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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-31

dog we could treat it more success
fully, for dog will hold his broken
leg up and travel on three legs, but a
horse apparently does not favor the
injured limb, but will rest its weight
az fractured bone as though the
Lone were whole. 1t will not do to
Ging horse completely off its feet,
Tor the entire weight would come on
the respiratory and digestive organs,
producing such distress that the horse
would die. The sling is used to pre-
vent the horse lying down, and is so
adjusted that the animal can put its
weight on the lling by slightly bend
ing the knees"
When the young surgeon had
finished talking he led the way to
the operating-room, where DR.. Sayers,
assisted by DR.. Hughes, was perform
ing an exceedingly nice operation in
veterinary dentistry. The tooth in
the case was far back in the upper jaw,
so badly decayed that it had disap-
peared from sight. The operating
table had fitting top, moved by a
screw lever. Straps for binding the
legs, body and neck were firmly at
tached to the table top, which stood
on its edge, while the blindfolded
horse was strapped securely. The
wheel was turned and the table tilted
from the perpendicular to the hori-
zontal position, carrying the horse
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-31

A lady now living in Detroit, wife
of an officer in the navy, tells this
true story of rodent:
Il was 16 years old at the time and
very fond of pets. We had family
of Maltese kittens which were just
beginning to run about when this in
cident occurred.
"My father had killed a litter Of
rats, the old mother-rat escaping.
That night, after 1 had retired, /
felt one of the Maltese kittens creep
ing up to my face. took it in my
arms and went to sleep with my cheek
resting against it. In the morning
1t was still there, and took it up in
both hands to fondle it, and saw 10
was big brown rat, and dropped IL
with scream. My father heard me
and ran into my room. He caught
the rat and dropped it out of the
window into a rain-water barrel,
where it was drowned. it was the
mother OF the little rats he had
killed, and he said "a mother rat Is al
ways. docileI and dislnclined to bite.
But 1t was an experience I would not
like to repeat. "-Erec Press.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-31

lege, when the inquiry was put why
is it necessary to shoot horse when
it breaks Lego" promptly answered.:
There are plenty Of fool ideas float
ing around regarding horses, but the
most foolish OF the lot is the idea that
the broken bones of a horse will not
unite. The plain fact is that they
will join as readily as the bones of a
man, and all that is necessary to make
a union is to keep the patient quiet.
Now, that is the sum and substance
of it all. If you can keep your horse
quiet you can set any bone in his
body, but there is where the trouble
comes in. 1t Is impossible to make a
horse keep still.
much depends on the locality of
the fracture. If it is below the knee
and not communicative is, if the
bone is not broken in fragments-the
leg can be put in plaster cast, the
horse placed in a sling, and the
chances are that the bone will unite
all right. 1t will take four to six
weeks to make union, and the horse
will probably go lame for three or
four months after. A fracture below
the hook can be treated successfully,
but if it is above, the bullet is the
only thing to recommend, for there is
no way to keep the leg fixed, and the
horse will not keep still. Thus the
conditions are against union. and
the broken bones keep the animal in
such agony that 1T is u merciful act
to kill it.
"!f horse had rs much sense as a
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-31
Bears Out Berrying.

In the White Mountains, some
years ago, when taking a tramp to
Mount Washington, the guides face
assumed an expression Of intense ex'
element. AS swiftly as a cat he
sprang in front of the Others and
moved toward the left. Some six o,
seven rods away he paused and beck
oned to the rest of us to follow him;
then we observed, not twenty yards
distant, and looking much nearer In
the clear atmosphere, full grown
bear.
"A cinnamon bear" cried one.
"a huckleberry bear" corrected the
guide.
With one paw the creature was
pulling toward her large blueberry
bush, which grew somewhat above
her level. Then she opened wide her
enormous jaws, gave the bushes a
few hard shakes, and having thus
filled her mouth with blueberries,
approached another one, smackins
her lips like a well-fed child.
The wind, which had been blowing
from her to us, at this instant seemed
to circle backward and carry some in
timation Of our presence TO the bears
quick sense. She cast fearful look
about her, uttered a peculiar sound,
half grunt half howl, turned and
trotted away. Then we saw what we
had not suspected before. that there
were two cubs close by their mother.
The whole family dashed like mad
into the woods, making a cracking
and a crashing which echoed far and
wide in the stiffness.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-31
suHerings of n Shy Man.

There is no doubt that many men
appear rude who are only shy; in their
embarrassment they lack words to
express themselves smoothly, and 50
give unintentional offense. To such
a man as this, parties are. positive
torture. Each moment his sufferings
increase. His feet become feet of
clay, nothing to stand on, only good
to stumble with. Hands are cold,
trembling, useless. There is a disa-
greeable feeling in the back of the
neck, and spinning sensation in the
brain. Cruel are the women who
laugh at q bashful man. 1t Is the
higher order of human beings whom
bashfulness attacks. It Is the pre-
cursor of-many exccllencies, like the
vigil OF the knight, and IL IL is pa
tiently and bravely borne the knight
is thrice hero. 1t Is this recollec-
tion which can alone sustain the bash
full man under his sufferings. Very
shy men have often become very at
tractive men of society. The first
refuge, though, OF the bashful OF
either sex Is repellant-they assume
an air of hateur. 1t is a natural fence,
a convenient armor, and many a man
and many a woman has fought her
battle behind it through life. No
doubt IL has been the armor Of many
so-called cold persons.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-31
Intelligent Animals.

Mice sometimes show considerable
intelligence. Watson gives, on au-
thority of DR.. Henderson, as conflrma-
ton of the fact observed by an older
traveller in Ireland, of from six to ten
mice collected in parties, selecting q
piece of dry COW dung, placing upon
1t berries, ETC., and using it as raft
In Crussiug d sJream. They dared to
embark upon it and range themselves
around the edge, their heads in the
middle, their tails pendant In the
stream to serve as rudderS. The same
author gives instances of rats carrying
eggs and potatoes by having one rat
lie down, holding the egg or potato
between his fore paws, and the other
rats dragging him off by the ears.
Ants, according to Belt, seem to
have attained a state somewhat like
civilization. He describes their vari-
Gus communities and the order OBJ
served in them, their wars and cap
ture of slaves, their agricultural and
engineering works, their tenderness
toward their young and care of do
nestle animals, their methods OF
communication and of combination
for the common WEALTH. we are al
most tempted to think these in
genious little insects almost trivial man
in their domestic arrangements.
Bayard Taylor says that some years
ago he saw hippopotamus in Bar
NUNS Museum looking very stOlid
and detected. Il spoke to him in
English, but he did not even move
his eyes. Then went to the 0ppo-
site corner of his cage and said in
Arabic, i know you. Come here to
mel He instantly turned his head
toward me. / repeated the words,
and thereupon he came to the corner
where i was standing, pressed his
huge, ungainly head against the bars
of the cage and looked into my face
with a touching delight, while j
stroked his muzzle. / have two or
three times found lion who recOg-
nized the same language, and the ex-
preston of his eyes for an instant
seemed positively human. Great Di-
vide.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-31

the loose fragments of the tooth had
been crushed and drawn out through
the incision an iron bar was placed
against the roots and the tooth was
driven down and out by mallet.
During the operation the sufferer
gazed wonderingly at the doctors
with patient eyes, moaning with pain
and fright and struggling whenever a
nerve was pierced. But the removal
OF the tooth ended the pain, and
when all was over the wound was
carefully dressed and the horse led TO
his stall. Sometimes horses have
teeth filed, and extracting, filling anf
cleaning the teeth are common o.
currences.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-31
Incipient MelsnchoIia.

Says the Youths Companion: Mel
ancholia is a grave disease, especially
because of its strange and terrible
tendency to induce suicide and homi-
eide. AS the patients reasoning
processes seem to be perfectly clear,
friends are seldom sufficiently on their
guard. The danger is always present,
however, nor is the highest degree of
intelligence or Of moral worth any
safeguard against it.
The New York Medical Journal has
report OF lecture on the impor-
lance OF recognizing melancholia in
'rlier stage by Doctor Burnett, lee
turer in the Kansas City Medical Col
lege, OF which report we make free
use.
There is marked difference be-
tween sadness and mel 'ncholia, says
DR.. Burnett. an ordinary sadness
thereis a cause comprehensive to the
individual, and he will seek to remove
it. In melancholia there is no appar-
ant cause; there is some implication
Of the higher faculties, and the patient
is usually Indifferent TO his condition,
surroundings and future progress.
There are several forms Of the
affection: simple melancholia, melan-
cholia agitata, melancholia attonita
and melancholia with stupor. The
first two are the most difficult OF
recognition, and. it is these that
especially endanger the lives Of the
patient and his friends.
The first important symptom OF
melancholia is sleeplessness. Another
symptom, of the greatest Importance,
is dull pain in the back Of the head.
1t is only within few years that this
symptom has been recognized. The
third symptom is depression Of spirits,
accompanied by slower mental move
ments and retarded speech and actions.
When the first and the last symptoms
are connected with pain in the neck,
the diagnosis may be considered as
conclusive.
In melancholia agitata these three
symptoms are very marked, but 1t Is
not so difficult to diagnose the disease,
since the agitation is of itself strong
lHulCdJlOll. IHCIC dlC BCnCldily OCliI-
flying hallicunations, an utter indiffer-
ence to ones self and ones surround
ings, aversion to food and inability
TO sleep, except under the influence OF
drugs.
The propensity to take life may
come on suddenly, or be gradually de-
veloped. 1t is not uncommon to see
melancholiacs whose morbid tenden.
cies are first brought out by some sug-
geStion.
Ono such patient was Thought tc
have the "Elues, and on his remark
ing that he wished he was dead,
friend carelessly said, go throw your
self over the stair railing" He acted
upon the word, fell through three
floors, and was killed.
Every case Of melancholia should al
an early date be put into the hands Of
a competent physician, who can have
the entire control of it.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-31
Fires.

f1reS.
MARCH.
17-At New York, s2.'OloO.
PAT Chicago. smyth's furniture establish
ment; S16O,0OO.
le-seabright, N. j.. 400 buildings. ssoc.Ooo
AUGUST.
6-comanche, Iowa, burned.
l2-oberne, Hosick & Co.'S warehouse at Chi
caeo loss e250,JO0.
is-At Jacksonville Fla Loss s1,ooO, eco /;
sixty-nve buildings burned.
BEPTr MBFR.
2-The Dalles, Oregon; eighteen blocks; loss
il-Delsware Iron Works, Newcastle. Del.
loss s3)0,Ot0.
I5-Commercial Advertiser building In New
York. Three fatalities. Loss s500,000.
H-Memphis, Tenn, theater, Oldest In city
loss SjO,IOU.
9I-At Savannah, Ca, Wholesale grocery
27-Five nres IN ST. Louis; loss over 81 600, OOO
Two fatalities.
esquire q Co.'s packing house, 1900 live
hogs, burned at 5omervillo Mass. loss $3.50 900
divinity Hall, Yale College; loss $75,0C
davis Co, Ind. court house and records. :.
Business portion OF Columbus Junction, Iowa,
So ,oOo. Times building; Lima, Ohio. and
Cutting mansion and art collection; New
s-.Psrsdiso Park New York; 100 families
homeless.
94-Cars and cotton at Birds Point, No., $780,
0Ol
2S-At Louisville KY, ESQ. GEO.
2e-At Lima, Ohio, $4,000.
eJ-At Clinton, N. j., 10000.
12-At Ybor City. Fla, ssO0, 900
17-At b. Louis, 81, $50, 900.
A-At Minneapolis. s40O.op.
3-At Plainneld, N. j., $4,000.
Cat Philsdelphia. s35O0o0.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-31
jaime. Pleased the scots.

Eugene Field declares that when
James Whitcomb Riley gave some
readings on shipboard, while return
Ing from Europe few weeks ago, he
had two enthusiastic Scots among his
auditors. as it no wonderful, Donal'.."
remarked one Of them, "that trades
man suld be sic bonnie poct?" And
Is he indeed tradesman?" asked tho
other. "'Deed Is he, answered the
tirst speaker. ~Did We no hear the
dominic intryipce him as the Hoosier
poet? Just think OF It, mon--just
think o. sic a guide poet dividing his
time at making hoosieryls
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-31
EQUINE suRoERY.
An Injured Horse IL Almost as Wen Cared
For ns nm Injured Man.

An Injured Horse IL Almost as Wen Cared
For an Injured Man.
When 1t was announced that Uncle
Bob, the American Derby winner OF
1890, who broke his leg at Garfield
Park, Chicago, would not be shot
there was great rejoicing among the
sporting fraternity. Several OF his
admirers paused a moment while
celebrating the glad tidings TO pay a
passing compliment TO veterinary
surgery, which put horses broken
lc, in splints instead OF putting a
Juliet into his brain.
There seems TO be general i'm
preston, says the Chicago News, that
the only remedy for broken bone in
horse is plenty of powder and lead,
judiciously and promptly administer
ed. To the great majority of people
the idea that the unfortunate animal
need not give its life as a penalty for
Il fractured limb was so novel as to
excite wonder, yet spllnts are placed
daily around broken legs OF horses.
One OF the young doctors on the
staff Of the Chicago Veterinary Cd.-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-31

tique is used for the shoul der drapery,
pockets, revers, collar and cuffs.
The cloak is formed OF golden
brown, colored beaver cloth, cut scant-
lily with the trimming of chocolate
brown plush antique, and gray Krim-
mer on the cuffs, and lining the collar
and forming the principal revers.
The vest is made: Of white cloth with
bias of brown and gold braiding. The
buckle at the waist is bronze and sill
yer. A flaring hat of brown plush
with golden-brown plumes should be
worn with this cloak.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-31

with it. AS there was nothing Of the
tooth for the forceps to grasp, it was
decided that the only way to extract
the tooth was to push 1t out.
After giving the seat or pain an
injection of cocaine DR.. Sayers
drilled hole straight into the
jawbone above the tooth, passing
through large pus cavity and sever
ing several small arteries, which were
carefully ligatured. The tooth was
so soft and 50 rotten that large pieces
wers found floating In the pus. When
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-31
Disasters,

JANUARY.
1-Eleven girls burned to death at a church
fair In Leeds, England.
l3-steamers Bear and Britannia Ia collision
IN Firth Of Forth thirteen drowned.
1S-Gas explosion at Findlay, Ohio: killing
9S-snowstOrm in the East does 90 200. 900
N-Coliiery explosion at scottdale, Pa, kills
Isl miners. .--
e-steamer Chiswick foundered of scilly
12-Boiler explosion ut Hare Point Quebec
twenty killed twenty nine wounded.
2o-ln New York lily. on Boston and Albany.
M-Coiliery explosion at Cumberland, N. s.,
100 perish.
aa-At san Francisco. vessel Elizabeth wreck
2S-Five miners rescued at GAINESVILLE, Pa,
after eighteen days imprisonment. Parkers-
burg. W. Va, flooded; damage. a, 100000.
a-Yuma, Arizona. submerged.
MARCH. =
e-Loss Of steamer Buckeye on Puget Sound
20 drown....J. y. IL. train near Havana, Ill.
derailed many injured by burning
1t-Insane asylum near Nashville, Tenn.
burned; six perfsh Steamer Roxburgh Castle
collided with bIitiah Peer, IN English Channel
twenty-three drowned.
I7-British steamer Utopia sinks ironciad
Rodney In Gibraltar bay, 500 Italians drowned.
Caroline coast nineteen perish.
T-on Virginia coast bark Dictator; eight
-snovslides in Western mountains kill
nifty people.
APRIL
e-Wreck Of British ship st. GATHERINGS on
Caroline Islands 90 perish.
16-Fire-damP explosion at Tamaqua. Pa. ;
three killed.
is-six postal clerks and two engineers
killed IN wreck a. kip.Cn' onio'
!-0as exploitation in .iarksburg wv. ".
20 Tornado destroyed part Of Mt. vermont
Ter.
tralia. No.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-31
Obituary.

2-Alexander w. Kinglake. English historian.
S-A. J. Robertson. state senator. Sidney,
Ohio.
4-Mons. A. Labelie. Canadian Minister Agri-
culture, Quebec.
SHINE. Emma Abbott Ndrs. Eugene weth-
erelD, opera singer.
!-.den- Charles Deyens. eminent jurist and
soldier.
border rebellion; At LAfayette, Ind, suddenly.
15-Jno. w. Root, famous Chicago architect.
H-0eorge Bancroft, the venerable American
historian, aged o.
S-King kaiakAua IL, monarch of the Hs-
waiian Islands.
22-Prince Baldwin. heir 70 Beleian throne.
9e-Ex-Gov. George II. Crawford, OF Kansas.
D-Hon. William Window. Secretary U. s.
Treasury.
s0-Hon. Charles Bradlaueh, eminent Free
M-yean Louis Ernest MsIssonisr. TIE famous
Frcnch artist
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-31
REVIEW OF THE YEAR.
CHRONOLOGY OF THE NoTA-
BILE HAPPENINGS.

Read the History Of Isol-'Tis Briefly
Told and Repiete with Reminiscent
suggestiveness Men Have Gone,
Great Deeds Been Done.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-31

CURIOSITY becomes vice when IL
is only an itching to learn what Is
amiss respecting Others
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-31

HELP man out Of hole once and he
may forget you when he Is out; but he
will not fall to call on you the next time
he falls in.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-31

Old-Fashioned plush Antique" IL Use
ns Trimming. ~

ns Trimming.
A very old-fashioned material called
plush antique" has been welcomed
back, from the dead past, into the
very live present. 1t is funny,
quaint, old-fashioned material, some
thing like ordinary plush that has
been we'll sat upon by some one very
heavy. 1t is made In lovely old-woTid
shades. soft, romantic old rose, state
ly old gold, innocent cerulean blue,
baby-like cream and Quaker-likc
mouse color. In the long French
cloak given in the sketch, plush an
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-31

BIZ always At leisure to do'sood
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-31

Tho end OF 1891 has come. and retro
spoctlve glance may not be unlnterest-
esting. Its history Is much the same a.
that OF any year OF the past decade,
except that IL was marked by the South
American revolutions Below wi be
found an enumeration OF the principal
events:
The Bossier banner., 1891-08-27
Cow Pease.

Cow pease are noted renovator 4
the soil and answers a better purpoa
to the southern agriculturist than rs
clover at the north. The roots, reach
ing into the subsoil, brings its minenl
constituents to the surface. shades 81
all noxious weeds and grasses, promoie
the formation of nitrogen and preYenh
the evaporation of ammonia. PloSa
or spaded in they tighten, warm sa
enrich the most obstinate soils placing
them in the best condition for lie
growth of all crops. IN 0. Time
Democrat.
The Bossier banner., 1891-08-27
ANCIENT AMERICAN CLOTHES.
Beautiful Fabrics Woven from the Hair OF
Animals.

Beautiful Fabrics Woven from the Hair OF
Animals.
The Mexicans spun and wove cotton.
and the Peruvians both cotton and wool,
into fabrics which the Spaniards found
in every way equal to anything they
had known at home. The Peruvians,
in particular, were adopts in the art.
When Pizarro made the conquest of
their country in 1888, he found in the
empire of the Incas four species of
animals little different from each other.
which he called the sheep of the coun-
try, because of their general resemb-
lance to the Spanish sheep, and the
similar utilization of it's fiber. Two of
the species, the llama and alpaca, had
been in a state of domestication from
time immemorial, the remaining
varieties, the vicuna and the guanaca,
living in a wild state in the Businesses
of the Andes. From a variety of sources
we are able to obtain minute details of
the Importance which the government
attached to these animals, and the large
part which they played in the domestic
economy of the country.
The Peruvian woolen fabrics were OF
three kinds-a coarse wooden cloth,
which they called avasca, which formed
the raiment of the common people; a
finer variety, called compi, worn by the
captains aud officials; and still another.
Elso called eompi, but of much finer
quality, reserved for the use of persons
of royal blood. Specimens of this cloth,
still preserved, reveal fineness of tex
ture and an exquisite finish which mod
ern ingenuity rarely equals. Both sides
of these cloths were woven alike. The
delicacy of the texture gave it the luster
of silk, while the brilliancy of the dyes
employed excited the envy and admira-
ton of the European artisan. The
Peruvians made also shawls, robes, car
pets; coverlets, and hangings in great
varieties of patterns. They knew how
to produce an article of great strength
and durability, by mixing the hair of
animals with the fleece of their Hamas
S. N. D. North, in Popular Science
Monthly.
The Bossier banner., 1891-08-27

What Texas and the south no.,
the horse line Is, not more horsas 9
better ones. It takes many l,;ss 0&
people to make a world, and ~ a. Z
many kinds of horses to sunni, 4 .sa'a
many kinds of people. The +. ~
wants for his own use horses of a.s
size, large bone and lively moyems.. 49,
suitable for the saddle, the nlo,. Y
road-cart or the wagon-a sort = NJ
purpose beast. OF course, such ~ e
die horse will not be the very ~. w v
the purpose, such a buggy horss ~ n
not be famous as a roadster. and ~,
draft horse will not be a heavv :
cheron. Farmers who can 49,
have them, of course, may reyel II ~ =
luxury of a special beast bred r., !. \.
of these purposes. The ordinarv ss,.4
er, however, viii often find + NY
venient to unhitch his plow tssr
burnish them up with comb s.s
brush and wisp of straw NV wv
die, mount and HE him away 10 to,rs.
or transfer his horse from the NJ
beam to the buggy shafts and him,.,,
from his solitary position between s
handles of the plow to seat be,5.
his wife on the plush cushion of Il.
buggy. The cities need roadsterg IS
heavy draft horses, and for good or..
will pay good prices. The sportiss
fraternity want fiiers, and win bsz
them at any price, and the brees,r
want animals whose perfections s.
ornamented with a pedigree as lons !,
that of petty prince. In short 4.
farmers want the best farm horses, 4.
city transportation companies want 4.
best draft horses; the fast Young ma
wants the fastest trotter; the re,rs
banker wants the spankingest NJ,
of matches; the sport wants recopl
beater, and those that can produs.
such animals are sure of their rewSra
Texas Farm and Ranch.
The Bossier banner., 1891-08-27
Average Ltfe Of a Grow.

''Do you know that the average life
of crow is one hundred years?" said
an Albanian who poses as a naturalist.
ut is so. One was killed down in
Douglierty county a few weeks ago
with 81 branded on his back He was
well feathered everywhere except just
between the wings on his back, where
the figures 81 could be distinctly seen
branded in the flesh. l can see but one
meaning to that, and that is that some
one caught him in 1887, branded the
figures Oh his baok and released him.
But it is the first case of branding a
bird have ever known. --Atlanta Con
stitutioA.