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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-09-04

The first election held in Tennessee
since the passage of the poll tax quail
fioation bill by the legislature In 1889
took place last week for county officers
in all the counties of the state. Ne
groes failed to vote, and the republi-
can vote was the smallest eyer known.
In several wards in Nashville, thickly
settled by blacks. less than half a
dozen negroes voted. The registra-
ton law and the poll tax law practi-
cally disfranchise the colored voter, n
few OF them will qualify.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-09-04

j. s. Clarkson ended his term OF ser
vice In the postolfice department Sat
urday and will become president OF
the Judson pneumatic construction
and railway company. During bis
term of office he appointed 80, 1926 post
masters.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-09-04
Bucklin's Arnlca Salve.

THE BEsT SALvE in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, Chapped
Honds, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin
Eruptions, and positively cures Piles,
or no pay required. II Is guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction, or money
refunded. Price % cents per boz.
For sale by III. g. THATCHER.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-09-04

The people Of Fayette. Ala, have
decided that George Banks cannot
both teach school and vote the Repub-
lican ticket in that town. While they
admit that two and two make four,
they insist that the four must be q
Democratic four every time. Detroit
Tribune
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-09-04

Secretary Window has reduced the
government deposits IN national hanks
from $s9. O00. 600 to lees than t26. ooo.'
900 and has bought bonds with the
money. That is Republican financier
Ing every time.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-09-04

Democratic newspapers which are
quarreling with Republicans for
''squandering the surplus in paying
pensions" forget how much was
squandered from 1861 to 1865 in keep
ing the now Democratic States from
destroying the Republic. If they
would read up ON history they would
be more modest. - Chicago Inter Ocean.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-09-04

For Governor
JAMES NJ. TURNER,
of Inghain county.
For L:eutenant-Governor
WILLIAM 8. LINTON,
of Saginaw county.
For Secretary of State
WASHINGTON GARDNER,
OF Calhoun county.
For Treasurer
JOSEPH b. MOORE.
of Wayne county.
For Auditor General
THERON F. GIDDINGS,
of Kalamazoo county.
For Com'r. of State Land Office
JOHN &. BERRY,
of Otsego county.
For Attorney General,
BENJAMIN w. HUSTON,
of Tuscola county.
For superindent of Pub. Instruction
ORR SCHURTZ,
of Eaton county.
For Mem. State Board of Education
OSCAR M. BALLOU,
of Allegan county.
For Justice of the Supreme Court,
EDWARD CAHILL,
of Ingham county.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-09-04
POLITICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS,

REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-09-04
CRAWLING ADVISORY BoARI

Money and advanced nsaments when required Build
ECONOMICAL MANAGEMENT! NO FORFEITURE!
Funds in First Mortgage Real Estate Security Write call for
prospectus containing full particulars GEO L. ALEXANDER Local Sec
s. B. COLEMAN Teas Room H. Campau Building Detroit Mich
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-10

An interesting aspect OF the tariff con-
troversy is the effect of protection upon
the farmer and agriculture workman who
have all along been the object of special
solicitunle with free trade attorneys, from
Mongredien az the Golden club 20 the lit
tie captain Of reform" la the obscure
town meeting. Farmers are urged to be-
Iieve that their interests were purposeiy
ignore In the preparation OF our tariff
laws, while in fact agriculture has been
neither overlooked nor discriminate
against. Quite as many products OF the
farm are enumerated in the tariff schedu-
les az III any other single industry. All the
cereals, vegetables, meats, woods, pro-
ducts OF the dairy and orchard are de-
Tended by duties ranging from ten to fifty
per cent. OF their value. And the reform
err who argues through all the other
dulles that the price oil the domestic
product is materially enhanced by "A tariff
ON competing foreign products, only
stultihes himself in contending that the
farmer gets no benefit from the tariff oil
twenty cents b,ishel on foreign grown
wheat. and hall ~ much on oa u and bar
ley raised across the Canadian border
and sold in the United states. The
twenty per cent. tariff cole cted on amin
portation Of $4,0O0,000 value oil live
animals IN the last fiscal year was To that
extent as complete ~ protection as the
tariff ON silks or any other product oil
foreign manufacture.
Further proof that the farmer has not
been Disseminated against In national
legislation is to be found in our home
stead law. Under this law any citizen
who will occupy and improve the land IL
given "a tract Of eighty To $50 acres, nc.
-coriing to location. upon the mere pay
a.ment of fees for survey and record ol
i-patent. M equally liberal treatment
shas been accorded to any other industry
And il may well be remembered that thin
policy Of giving homes TO farmers found
vigorous opponents among the same
class OF phlanthropists who are nov
working for the untaxed admission
OF harm products raised in foreign
countries.
IL is quite safe to say all tariff reform
wailings over alleged unjust discrimina
ton against the farmer with the equal,
hollow pretense that the house building
trades command relatively higher wages
because they are not enumerated in thu
tariff schedules
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-10

Mr.. s. O. Blair, Chicago, says: I'VE
could not keep house without your
Clarke's Extract OF Flax skin cure and
cough cure. We have used both Tor nu-
merous troubles. especially for our child.
We recommended the cough cure to every
family having children. We used IL for
whooping cough with remarkably quick
and satisfactory results, and use IL Tor
any and every cough the family may
have" Only one size, large bottle.
Price 81. 90. II you want the best toilet
soap get Clarke's Flax soap twenty-five
cents. Ask j. +. Hooking druggist, for
these preparations.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-10

--LATEST advices from the department
are TO the effect that there are not less
than 800, 900 land cases there awaiting
adjustment, and OF these at least 10000
are contested cases. by far the longer
portion 81 these cases are in the pre-
emption division which is about three
years behind time, while the homestead
division comes next and II in the neigh
borhood of "a year behind. Our pre-
emptor friends will therefore see that
they must not expect their patents very
soon. An effort, however, Is being made
by western congressman To have the
clerical force increased, but they meet
opposition from southern and eastern
members.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-10

The total number Of electors for pre-
sident and vice president now provided
for Is Ala, requiring 208 votes To elect,
but IL Is more than likely that Idaho and
Wyoming will be admitted To the Union
before 1892. and the total will then be
42O, OF which eli will he "A majority.
OF these the republicans can count on
2o1 or only ten short 81 a majority,
without counting either New York or
Indiana, but who says we cannot carry
10th Of these states7 And further, we
hope TO carry no less than three OF the
ruiddle states that do not enter into the
above calculation.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-10

Plans and specifications Of any class OF work
furnished on short notice Will make contracts
for the erection Of all kinds OF buildings.
once IN The DIAMOND DnuI. block.
cRYsTAL FALLS, MICH
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-10

or the American people are troubled with
"a most annoying, troublesome and dis
agreeable complaint called "catarrh."
1t is not necessary To be so troubled. IL
il demonstrated beyond question that
Clarke's Extract Of Flax lPapillonl
catarrh cure Immediately relieves and
permanently cures catarrh. A thorough
and lair trial will convince you. Use
CIarke's Flax soap for the skin. Catarrh
cure s1.O0. Soap twenty-five cents. AT
Hocking's pharmacy.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-10

WHILE the guessing" rocket adopted
by many Of our exchanges rs on. The
DIAMOND DuLL can not resist the temp
tation TO stick it's bin In and here IL our
offer: To any one guessing the exact
number "a inhabitants in Iron county
we will give the earth. We reserve the
right, however, TO reject any or all CUES
res. Send "A five dollar bill with your
guess mot necessarily Republication but
as evidence OF good faithl and be- SURGEON
ectit In here before the Grant monument
Is completed.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-10

Theirs was curious sight prcsentcdin
this northern CLINE last Monday morning;
4, sight seldom met with: Snowfall TO the
depth OF inch and beneath the white
spread blossomed the fragrant trailing
asrbutus. A the warm rays OF the sun
came out the snow began to disappear
the little flowers could be seen lifting zap
their sweet iaces Ia gratitude 10 the SUM-
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-10

Mn. WA. TREHIrnocK. clerk at the
Dunn mine, donated beautiful cop
per specimen 20 our cabinet this
week. The specimen is large one oil
congIomerate copper from the rock
shaft OF the great Calumet * Hecla.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-10
hut apparently none the worse Tor the
little surprise Old Boreas had given them.

APRIL 30 was the 10lst anniversary OF
the Inauguration Of Washington and
New York broke ground Tor the Washing
ton Memorial Arch. There ARE numerous
things New York need complete before
commencing anything else TO the memory
of great men.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-02

Gimme a nickel's worth Of buck
shot, said st. Paul gamin wearing
somewhat disordered raiment. His
head just topped the counter in ba-
Ear devoted to sporting goods.
Il suppose he viii load them into a
rusty pistol and accidentally shoot some
one Of his intimate friends, suggeste d
a bystander.
ooh, no, replied the proprietor of the
gun store; che has no firearms. He is
going in to beat the nickel in-the-sIot
scheme, and L suppose I am pariceps
criminis"
Glow ?"
why, he viii put them on the
street-car track: the car VIII convert
them into the exact size Of nickles and
pennies, and, of course, YOU can antici-
pate the financial panic liable to ensue
in st. Paul shortly, with a gum ma
chine at almost every corner. - st.
Paul Pioneer Press.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-02

A BURGLAR in Bondy, France, got
into the rooms of two men while they
were absent, and, fastening the door
from the inside, prevented them from
getting in when they came back unex-
pectedly, The police sent for the VII
lage 1ocksmith, but he, very strangely,
could not be found, so they burst open
the door just as the burglar got upon
the roof of the building. He was seen
and pursued down to the street and
into a canal. The shock of the cold
bath made him unconscious, and he
died in a short time. When they had
washed from his face the black with
which he had disguised himself the
riddle of the village locksmith's where
abouts was solved. He was the bur-
glar himself
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-02
Did Not Consunmate the sac.

A grizzled old farmer with q shot
gun put two swindIers to flight a few
miles north of MascOutah. His name
is Henry Emmerich. He signed the
old swindling lightning-rod contract
under the impression that he was get
ting his lightning rods for $15. When
he discovered the true character of his
contract he took down his double-bar-
relied shotgun and waited for the
party of the first part. He had not
long to wait before the swindlers came
prepared to put the rods on the build
ing.
"Stop!" said Emmerich, as one of
the agents started to enter. you can't
come in, and he backed the assertion
with his shotgun.
But, protested the Eghtning-rod
man, "I have a contract to put up rods
on your building, and L am here for
that purpose"
How much viii it cost?" asked En-
merich.
Something over s15," was the
reply.
aHow much more ?" said Emmerich.
well, sir, 1t viii cost you $3.50"
"I don't think it viii, " said Emmer-
ieh, decidedly, and he cooked both
hammers Of the shotgun. Nov, he
continued, Il VIII give you just five
minutes to get off my place, and if you
don't get I'll fill you so full Of buck
shot that you won't know what hurt
you"
They fed. Minneapolis Tribune.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-02

Ganymede. The works are contained in
the body Of the eagle, which opens across
the center and displays the dial plate
richly engraved with scrolls and flowers.
The silver gilt watch in the form of
deaths head was given to Mary Queen
of Scots by her husband. the Dauphin of
France. 1t was lately in the possession
of Sir j Ohm Lauder, and came to his fam
lily through Cat crime Seton, to whom
the unfortunate Mary gave it before her
execution.
There is a similar watch in a Boston
museum that belonged to some one of
the pilgrim fathers. It is of silver in the
form Of deaths head, but differs from
the one engraved here by opening at the
under jaw. It has at the top a small ring
by means of which it was attacked to the
girdle.
When the famous Diana of Poitiers be-
came alliedto Henry II. she was a widow
and the cOmplacent court went into
mourning on a most grievOus scale.
Rings were made in the form of skele-
tons, collins of gold contained chased
and enameIed figures of death, and
watches were made in the form of skulls.
These we're worn as Ornam ents, and are
fair sample of the extremes to which
fashion will sometimes go.
Early in the seventeenth century all
these strange forms passed out. The
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-02

that no one thought of reducing it to
pocket size. Some time In the fourteenth
century the escapement was introduced
in what is known as De Wyck's clock
This allowed of reduction in size, but it
seems to have taken LOG years more for
the idea to have gotten into mems minds
that the clock might be made small
enough to carry in the pocket, or to hang
as an ornament upon the person.
The city of NUremburg claims to have
made the first watch in l477, and Peter
He'll, of that city, made watches of steel
q early as 1890. It is certain that the
first watches were called Nuremburg eggs
"a fact that identifies both the place Of
making and the shape Of the watch.
The works were inclOsed in circular
metal cases, and were hung from the
girdle. They generally suggested the idea
of the egg.
The first English watches were made
upon a different principle. They had
weights and were used as a TOcket-clOck.
The earliest mention made Of one under
its present name is of a watch belonging
to Edward VI. as being zone larum or
watch of iron, the case being likewise of
iron guilt, with two plummets of lead. a."
Such early watches had only one hand,
and required to be wound up twice day.
The dials we're Of silver and brass, the
cases had no crystals, but opened at the
back and front, and were four Or five
inches in diameter-about the size Of q
common dessert plate.
Henry VIII, who died in 1917 had one
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-02

watch-m8kers succeeded in making the
watches more compact and they assumed
substantially their present form, except
that in order to protect the key-hole they
were surrounded by a large silver case.
This gave them the shape of the fat
turnip ind the popular voice irreverentIy
called them "turnip watches" The outer
case was usually the repository of sundrY
verses and devicss-tOkens of love or
friendship-Which, although generally
printed on satin, or more frequently
worked with the needle, were always
designated watch papers. Sometimes
they were pOetical cOnceits like the fol-
lowing:
Time is-the present moment well employ;
Time was-is pRst-thOu canst not it enjoy;
Time future-is not and may never be
Time presents the only time for thee.
The French were the first to introduce
judiciOus improvements in weight and
size. A watch that once belonged to
Charles l., having been presented to him
by Louis XIII, was of an oval shape, two
inches by one and a half on the face, and
an inch thick. The back is chased in
high relief with a figure of st. George
cOnquering the dragon. The motto of
the Garter, @Honi soft qui nal pense,
surrounds the case, which is enriched
with enameled colOrs. There was one
exception to the grOtesque forms which
went out of fashion in the seventeenth
century, and that was in the case of
watches made in the form of a cross and
intended to be hung by ring to the
girdle.
They are sometimes called abbess
watches, but for no good reason. One
curious fact In the history of watches is
that in one of the halls at Oxford there
is the figure Of a female who is said to
have been the first wearer Of 8 watch.
No one seems to know what her name
was or when she lived.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-02

she least leverage to tho greatest force Of
the spring. As the cone was unWound.
the leverage changed in proportion to the
force Of the spring. This made it posi-
BILE to attain considerable accuracy in
the running Of the watch. A small linked
chain was soon substituted for the cat
gut, and this style of manufacture re-
manned until comparatively recent times.
The spiral hair-spring, which is so nsces-
sary for equalzing the motion, was IN
vented and attached about the year 1853
by DR. Hook. Lengthening or shortening
the spring lessons or increases the vibra-
tjOns and made the regulation Of the
watch an easy matter.
The cases of the early watches were
made for personal adOrnments, and were
or all sorts and shapes. One that be-
IOnged to Lady Fitzgerald tells in a curl
Gus way the classic tale of Jupiter and
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-02

watch and if men have lived las some
scientists claim for 1000 years, then
how singular the fact that for 99. 800
years of that time no one ever had a watch.
Of course the watch grew out of the
precedent use of the clock, and it was
about 600 years between the first clock
and the first watch. That is as closely as
one can estimate dates when the precise
year of either invention is unknown.
The invention Of the clock is generally
ascribed to the monk Gerbert, who was
afterward raised to the tiara, under the
name of Pope Sylvester II. The first
clocks were cumbrOus things, calculated
only to be hung to the. wall, and worked
with cords and weights. For long time
they were only used in converts and
mOnasteries, where they helped to make
miserable the lives of the inmates. 9th
ers say that the invention of the clock
was due to the Saracens. However, it
was invented and for a long time was
made in such large and cumbrous form
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-02

TINE was when hanged men-men
who had been legally dropped through
traps with ropes about their necks-
walked around in Ireland in considera-
bic numbers, alive and well. They
were esteemed by their neighbOrs as
persons of distinction, for no Irishman
can help hOnOring anybody who has
cheated the law under any circumstan-
ces, says the San Francisco ArgoraaLt.
The finger Of pride points out these
rescued ma1efactors to strangers, and
usually they died a happy Irish death
from the offerings of whisky made
them by their multitudes of admirers.
These hanged men escaped Justice
through the connivance of the Sheriff,
who for a consideration allowed the
friends of the condemned to stand
under the gallows, catch the criminal
as he fell. and hold him up until in
due time the slack rope was cut. The
hero of the hour was then borne home
in his coffin, and the neighborhosd
went upon a rejoicing spree.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-02

In 1857, William Parker, Liver
pool sailor, aged twenty-six, accom-
panied by his young wife and two chill
dren, took passage On the packet ship
William and Mary, bound for Montreal.
A short time after the steamer left the
Mersey, Parker, who was on the spar
deck leaning over the rail, lost his bal
ance and tumbIed into the sea. Par
ker was swept astern and given up for
lost. The widow continued her voyage,
finally settling down in the vicinity of
Montreal, and, soon finding an adj
mirer, married again. The second mar
riage was disturbed the other day by
the sudden appearance of Parker, who
it seems, had been picked up by a
Portuguese merchantmen bound for
South America, and, arriving in that
country, resolved to seek his fortune
before joining his family.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-02
II Chanea ii Exam.

You VIII have to give me another
room, I guess, said a Congressman to
the hotel clerk.
Whats the matter? aren't You
comfortable where you are?"
well, not exactly. That German
musician in the next room and I don't
get along well. Last night he footed
away on his clariOnet so that I thought
I never would get to sleep. After I
had caught a few winks was awakened
by a pounding on my door. What's
the matter q I asked. OF you bIease,'
said the German, dot you would
schnore Of the same key. You vas go
from B fat to G., und It schpoils der
m0osic. - Washington Post
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-02

UNTIL the recent throwing. open to
settlement of the great Sioux reserva-
ton in South Dakota, that vast tract of
"a, 1000, 600 acres was inhabited excIu-
sively by $4,000 Indians, there then
being more than 1000 acres for every
man, woman and child in the tribe.
The reservation has long been of little
account as hunting grounds, and the
chief effect of keeping it closed has
been to give the wilder Indians an OPP
portunity to shut themselves away
from civilizing influences. For the
land relinquished the Indians viii re-
ceive SO, 800, 900, and every Indian
family that chooses to accept it viii be
entitled to a farm of $50 acres and tools
with which to work it.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-02

of these pocket clocks, as did his con
temporary, Charles V. Watches seem to
have come into a wider use about that
time in France than in England, for they
were named with clocks in statute en-
acted in Paris in 1914.
All the earlier watches were extremely
rude measurers of time, and the necessity
of frequent winding is alluded to by
Shakespeare in Twelfth Night, where he
makes MalvoIio say: Il frown the while,
and perchance wind-up my watch, or play
with some rich jewel.
The first great improvement Of the
watch-the substitution Of springs for
Weights-was in 1860. These springs
were not cooled, but were only straight
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-02

How FEW people are blessed with
presence of mind when danger threat
ems! A lamp expIodes; five out of six
run screaming from the vicinity, Ieav-
ing it to do its deadly work unchecked !;
the sixth snatches up a wooden shawl
or blanket and smothers the flames
A woman faints in a public place. A
struggling, suffocating crowd presses
about. Suddenly three or four in the
crowd begin to exclaim, Stand
back! Give her air!" But not one Of
them makes a move to stand back him
self, and the crowd gathers more and
more closely, until some one with the
gift of leadership comes to the rescue.
The wheels of a carriage become in
terlock with those of heavy wagon.
The horses are terrified and FESTIVE;
an accident seem imminent when a
man cries, to the one next him, "HeIp
me lift the carriage c1ear!" In the
fash of an eye it is done and the peril
averted. Leadership lies in thought;
cultivate it, you who can.