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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-05-14


has some future before
him. He is considered
one of the best light
weight men on the turf,
and in handicaps with
suitable weights he can
be careless as to the
identity OF the other
fellows. He Is a boy OF
81, modest, and Of ex-
cellent habits. He was
with the Morris interest
last season, and has re-
,nofrod for thfa With
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-05-14

breds he strides. Starters execrate him,
and he has turned up peck of trouble
more than once. For all that his per-
Torrance on Salvador against time, his
work in pulling out Loantaka from the
ruck and other notable feats of his
stamp him as a jockey Of the fore front
rank and order.
1t has often been said that Hamilton
would mount a sawhorse il he were
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-05-14

have refused to retire.
Donohue is more than
forty years old and
Hayward is close up.
Indeed, as the turf re-
porters say, you can
cover the three of
them with a blanket.
These are the fore.
most men for the sea-
son. Behind them is
a crop OF perhaps q
hundred youngsters.
From these will eurely
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-05-14

A KENTUcKIAN who had arrived at
majority offered his first vote the other
day, but SO great was his excitement
that he fell in heap in a dead faint,
and could not sit up for an hour.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-05-14

A USEFUL internal remedy for that
state Of the system which predisposes
one to warty growths, is arbor vitae
leaves, and they may be chewed fresh
or green.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-05-14


That is the reason he
feels in d @ pc II d e n t
e n GU g b to proclaim
that he will not ride
this year at all; but
there are those who
say he will. When he
is finally listed he will
be the first choice of
the Haggin stable. He
IS not more than 90,
and is as fractions as
many of the thorough
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-05-14

They were voting for the handsomest
girl in Dubuque the other night, at 10
cents vote, when "girl" of 40, with
turn-up nose, freckled face and a
cataract in one eye, stepped up and
laid down $50 in cash and took the
prize over the other thirty-eight COM
rnohiknra
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-05-14

The three or four French artists
who started out two or three years ago
to introduce men angels in their pic
lures of heaven have had to give it up
and return to all females. If there is
any heaven for men the public won't
admit it, at least in the angel business.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-05-14

1Two YEARS ago Secretary Window
was supposed to be worth two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars, but his es-
tats, so far as has been traced, is
valued at not above six thousand dol
lars, of which five thousand dollars is
a life insurance policy" says the New
York World.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-05-14

Two New YORK newspaper men paid
out their money for fads the other
morning. One paid 81, 400 for jar
only large enough to hold peck of
beans, while the other paid Judge
$40 for having been on a drunk. It's
Just as man feels about those things,
Won know
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-05-14
6 -
(ThE@~s v

And there are no flies observable on
our countenance, either.
Do you want a larger map, Premier
De Ruddygore 2--Cincii1nai Com
mercidl Gazette.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-05-14

A PoRrUaUEsE scientist. Senior da
Costa, is reported to have discovered
an excellent and abundant substitute
for gutta-pefcha in the solicited fluid
which issues from the nivol-cantem, q
tree that grows wild ia the Concan
district Of the Bombay Presidency,
India. where it is generally planted
for hedges.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-05-14
YOUR UNCLE SAMUEL.

How He Looked at One Time and How
He Looks Now.
There was a time when we looked
something like this:
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-05-14

A CORRESPONDENT of q London
paper thinks that many medical men
would be benefited by the adoption of
medical hat He has been saved
many journeys in the country by the
fact that his hat differs from that of
other people and he is recognized even
on dark night and often saved the
trouble of retracing his steps for
several miles. The hat he has adopted
is hard felt, just the shape of an or
binary straw hat, with low crown and
fiat brim. OF coarse, the hat is easily
changed when on pleasure bent, and
the cost is half that of silk one.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-05-14

THERE can be no doubt that within
measurable distance of time Russia
will prove formidable competitor of
every cotton producing country. and
there is also no doubt that the facili.
ties she possesses for the production of
cotton goods will ultimately enable her
to enter into competition on something
like equal terms with her rivals in for
eign markets. 1t is only few years
ago that Russia was almost entirely
dependent upon the United States for
her supply of cotton, and in 1887 as
much as 10000, 900 worth OF Ameri-
can cotton waI imported into the
Cars empire. Since then, however,
the foreign importation has fallen off,
and the supply has been drawn from
Central Asia, where the growing of
cotton from American seed was inaug-
urated a few years ago. Last year
nearly 10000 tons of Turkestan cotton
entered Russia over the Transcaspian
Railway,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-05-14

MEN would ne less wicked if they
would hunt for fewer opportunities.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-05-14

MORE than 100 arrests have been
made in this country since Valentines
Day of parties who got even" by send.
ing caricatures on that day. It's an
offense against the postal laws, and it
is this practice which has brought the
custom into such disrepute that it
won't be heard of after year or two
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-05-14

THE Superintendent of the Brooklyn
police got hold Of case the other day
where a broker had paid man 5000
per year for thirteen years because he
one day complimented his wife and
chucked her under the chin in father
" way. The chucker had submitted
70 be blackmailed rather than be ex-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-05-14

THR number of persons who are said
20 work on Sundays in this country is
tno million and half
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-05-14

THOSE who would not eat the forbid
den fruit, should not come near the
forbidden tree.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-05-14

first slip They viii be expelled forever
from all tracks.
Since the close of racing in 1890 the
American turf has lost many of its best,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-05-14

develop few who at the beginning Of
next year can dictate their own terms.
Another of the stars who have not been
thrown out by the whirligig is Fred
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-05-14

A STERN father IN Keya Paha Coun-
ty, Nebraska, with large family of
girls, has passed the cold edict that
each beau who frequents the domicile
through the winter must contribute a
The Spanish Government has fully
Endorsed the action of the Cuban Off
Gals in coolly assassinating four state
prisoners who had been lied to in an
outrageous manner to get them into a
trap. Such crimes delight Spaniard
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-05-14

IN.point of actual distance covered,
the greatest traveller in the world is
said to be Chief Engineer Sewell, OF
the White Star feet. While in charge
of the engine department of the YES
sells of that line, notably the Britain
mic, Mr.. Sewell completed one hundred
and thirty-two round trips between
Liverpool and New York, travelling the
enormous distance of 818, 400 nautical.
or 941, 900 standard miles, nearly four
times the distance between the earth
and the moon. This is said to be only
about two-thirds of the total distance
traversed by Mr.. Sewell since he be-
came q sea-Roing engineer
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-05-14

posed. but his persecutor stands good
show of going to prison,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-05-14
STARS OF THE TURF.
LEADING JOCKEYS AND THEIR
EMPLOYERS.

@There is nothing in the great middle
class or the second class TO beat this
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-05-14
In No Hurry.

Mr.. Testy (ineaninely)-I don't want
to interrupt your-er--conversat
with my daughter, but the-er-last
car goes by at IL.
Mr.. Staylate with composure)-
Thanks, many thanks, but there's a
big German ball up town, and con-
ductor told me the cars would begin
running again at 2.-New York
Weeklu.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-05-14

THE Legislature Of Maryland will be
asked soon TO consider bill for an
act to impose tar upon bachelors. IL
will be practical revival Of a statute
in force 100 years ago.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-05-14

THERE are nearly $4,000 school
teachers in Pennsylvania.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-05-14

shrewd turfmen. The element OF un-
certainty in the outlook Is added TO by
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-06-05
Lake TIukWa.

This mysterious lake is about 100
miles long and from thirty to forty miles
wide. The lake lies in very barren
and inhospitable country, in which re-
spect it forms great contrast with the
surrounding regions, which are among
the most fertile and prosperous of Africa.
The lake is east of Lake Tanganyika,
and about sixty miles from it in about
longitude thirtytwo degrees cast of
Greenwich. The parallel of eight de-
Grees south latitude crosses the lake, and
the sheet OF water extends much more to
the south and east than is indicated by
the dotted lines on our maps. The ma
tives say it would take many days to 90
around the lake in a canoe, but they
never do so, owing to their enemies.
Its waters are dark in color, brackish,
muddy, and quite undrinkablc. \ boy
who went into the lake to bring n speci-
men of its water to Mr.. Cross had to 70
distance of 300 yards before he could
fill his bottle, and then he was knee deep
in mud. The lake is apparently the
shrunllen vestige of much greater fake.
Trees were pointed out to the explorer,
as having few years ago been at waters
edge, though they were now several
miles from the lake. There are no hip
popotami, crocodiles or canoes in the
dark, .uninviting waters so far rs Mr.. Cross
could ascertain. The mud on the shores
is really form of lime, and is covered
with crustaceous deposit of white salt.
There had been no rain in the neighbour
hood for two years, and the Sonque
River, which enters the lake, seems to
lose itself to great cntcnt in the sand as
it approaches the lake. 1t may be in
fcrred, therefore, that Lake Hukwa is
rapidly eyaporating. All the natives
affirm that there is no outlet, and Mr..
Cross thinks this ls undoubtedly the
Observation-Disclosures Geographical Maya
CINE
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-06-05
Deft Way to Detect BAD Coin.

: a well-known restaurant keeper wa.
observed Inst night to courtcously return
a customer an alleged silver dollar and
advised him to go back to the man who
palmed it off on to HIM.
elbow did you know so easily It was
bnd2" he was asked.
SPY the feel. If you keep your hand,
dry you need never take in a bad dollal
in ten years. If very hot weather, whel
your thumb and fingers prespire, there il
little danger, for with wet fingers or
wet coin the shiny feel of bad coin can
not be so easily detected. With pane
money there is no difficulty and risk
but it is months since 1 got bad h;l
left ON my hands. The silk thread tes,
is one OF the very best, and there i,
something in the texture that is yer,
hard to beat. once paid big fee tt
learn how to tell bad money from good
but experience after all is the only re-
liable instructor.-T. Louis Star-!cayinqs
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-06-05
Carrier Pigeons Flying To and Fro

Captain Malogoli, the head of the
italian military carrier pigeon depot, has,
after immense and unwcarying trouble,
succeeded in getting his pigeons to fly
backward and forward between Rome
and Civita Vecchia (seventy-two kilo-
meters). This practical success has shat
tered the theories of various ornitholo.
gists, such as Russ, who have affirmed
that pigeons cannot be made to fly in two
directions. The chief points to be OBJ
served in the rearing of pigeons arc:
Roomy, warm houses, facing toward the
sun, scrupulous cleanliness, light food,
abundance of clean, fresh water. The
smaller the bird and the quictcr its color,
the better chance it stands OF safety
from human and other enemies. Amopg
the latter the falcon is the most danger.
Gus. The military pigeon post is best
organized in Germany, Italy and France.
In the last French budget n sum of S12.-
600 was devoted 10 that branch of the
service, and there are ut present in France
thirty-two ub-dcpots, besides the chief
pigeon station. In Italy there are twelve
sub-dcpots, and five in the Italian nus
sessions in Africa. - CornhW.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-06-05
The Fetish man of the Congo.

Established in reputation, the efforts
of the fetish-man are next directed to.
wards the requirement of a demcanoI
calculated to impress his clients with q
sense of awe; he aims at assuming an
appearance ut once grave and mysterious;
he seldom speaks, unless professionally,
and then always in a gruff, husky tone.
He cultivates Il mcdtative look, and
seems rs if he were the victim of great
mental anxiety. At home he keeps him
self very select, and occupies his time
principally among his charms. There
is generally some sign of his calling just
outside his hut, taking the form, us
rule, of All earthen vessel, out of the
neck of which sprout long feathers the
pot beng colored with red, white and
yellow chalks, and the orange like tint
derived from chewed betel-nut, the ex-
pcctoration of which substance is sup
posed to have very pacifylng influence
upon the spiritual evil-doer
Sometimes the fetish-man's gesticula.
tons will be directed to n carved image
or some exaggerated form of charm.
Suspended from the laftcrs in the in
terror of his hut are little parcels of mys-
tic character, smoked grimy by the con-
slant fires these people maintain in their
dwellings. And outside, over the door,
the same mystic character of Ornamental
ton proclaims to all the occupants pre-
tensions to sorcery.- Century,.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-06-05
Some Ancient Relics.

Tho curious beliefs of tho MEDIEVAL
English rs to the cause and cure of yari
GUS diseases was often even more shocking
than absurd, If such could be possible. A
ring made of the hing or handle of "a coffin
was credited with the power of relieving
era nps, which also received solace when
a rusty old sword was hung up by the pa
TENTS bedside. Nails driven into an oak
tree were not u cure, but preventative of
toothachc. y halter which had been used
IN hanging murderer when bound
around the temples was said to be an in
fallibie remedy for headache. a dead
mans hand could dispcl tumors of the
glands by stroking nine times with it, but
the hand OF man who had been hanged
and then cut down from the galows by a
maiden was remedy infinitely more eff
caciolis. Some of these remedies still eX-
ist among the superstitious poor of the
provinces, but are not now strictly adj
hered to. TO cure warts, for an instance,
the best thing to do is to steal piece of
beef from the butcher, with which the
warts are to be rubbed, after which tho
meat is to he inferred in sandy soil; rs
the process of decomposition goes on the
warts will withcr and finally disappear.
The chips of n gallows upon which sew
eral persons had been hanged was also
one of the items in medieval matcria
medica; these, when worn in bag
around the neck, were pronounced an in
falliblc cure for aguc. The nightmare,
supposed, of course, to be the result of
something supernatural, was banishcd bv
means OF II stone with n hole in it which
was every night suspended at the head of
the sufferers bed. This Inst remedy went
by the name of "hag stonc," because it
prevented the witches from coming and
sitting on the patients stomach. The
witches, which from popular pictures
could not have sat upon u horse a mo-
mcnt, were credited with riding them
across the moors at break-ncck speed at
the dead hour of midnight, when better
disposed and less frisky persons were
asleep. In cases of this kind "hag.
stone" tied to stable door Mt once but
stop to these hcathcnish vagarics.-St.
Louis RopuJlic
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-06-05
Too Much Trouble to Distribute Papers

a Californian tells this story of boom
times in San Diego. The general de-
livery window of the postoffice was
always crowded. One week the mails
were delayed for several days, and when
they were at Inst distributed the line of
inquirers at the general delivery window
Of the postofiicc extended for six blocks.
~ man who fell in line in the early morn
ing got to the window and received his
mail about eight o'clock in the evening.
One old lady, who had plenty of time on
her hands, took with her n camp stool
and her lunch basket, and campcd Eight
there on the line. She received no let
ter, and turned away apparently happy,
although she had waited in line for
seven hours. When this mail accumu-
lated the postmaster made no attempt to
distribute the newspapers. They were
simply piled up in one corner, and finally
a. wagon load of newspaper mail was
carted away from the postofi:ce. TO be
distributed9 Oh, no; to be dun ped in
to San Diego Bay.-Neto York Tribune.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-06-05
The Emotional Life Of n Horse.

The emotional life of horse is re.
markablc. There are instances on record
where the death of the horse has been
traced directly to grief. One instance
is called to mind, which occurred moro
than twenty years ago. y circus had
been performing in Unionvillc, Penn.
when one of the trained horses sprained
one of his legs so that he could net
travel. lie WAS taken to the hotel and
put in box STALL The lcg was bau-
dagcd, and he was made as comfortable
rs possible. TIc ate his food aud wa:
apparently contcntcd until about mid
night, when the circus began moving out
of town. Then he became restless and
tramped and whined. AS the caravan
moved past the hotel he seemed to real.
izc that he was being deserted, and his
anxiety and distress became pitiful. Ht
would stand with his ears pricked in an
attitude of intense listening, and then as
his car caught the sound of the retiring
wagons he would rush, as best he could
with injured leg, from one side of tn,
stall to the other, pushing at the door
with his nose and making every effort tc
escape. The stablcman, who was {;
stranger to him, tried to soothe him, bui
to no purpose. He would not be com
fortcd. Long after all sounds of the
circus had ceased his agitation continued
The sweat poured from him in streams,
and he quivered in every part of tn,
body. Finally the stabicman went te
the house, woke up the proprietor ant
told him he believed the horse would die
if some of the circus hories were no.
brought back to keep him company. Al
about daylight the proprietor mounted E
horse and rode after the circus. H,
overlook it ten or twelve miles away and
The groom who had charge of the in
jured horse returned with him. When
they reached the stable the horse wal
dead. The stablcman said that he re
manned for nearly an hour perfectly STILL
and with every sense apparently strained
to the utmost tension, and then, without
making sign, fell and died with scarce
ly struggle. The veterinary who was
called remarked after the circumstance.
were told him that unquestionably the
horse died from grief. If it is possible
for all the mental faculties of the horse
to become abandoned to grief to such al
extent as to cause death, how much more
docs he appeal to the sympathy and re.
gard of mankind.-Kentucsy Stock Hum
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-06-05

Many of the Office buildings in Gin.
cago carry 10 fire insurance, declares
the News of that city, because the pro-
prictors are satisfied they are practi-
cally fire proof, and the only money
TO be made by insurance agents Is by
underwriting Office furniture. which
is dailr becoming more valuable in
artistic quality and intrinsic worth.
Platc-Z' insurance men wax fat on
these business palaces, for the ubi-
qui;ous small boy with his deadly
sling can do more damage than go
ll' fire to windows, but the all around
insurance man, his commissions held
behind the vitrified walls of fire-proof
architecture, can sympathizc kcenly
with old Tantalus. lie knows how it
is himself.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-06-05
What the Gronndhog is.

An inspection of the natural history
book show that the groundhogis genus
OF the squirrel order. 1t is from sixteen
to twenty inches long, without counting
four inches of tail. The body is brown
ish gray above and reddish brown below.
aud the feet and tail are blackish brown.
The animal IS fond of sitting erect, as u
squirrel docs, and it assumes that atti
tude when eating, holding its food in its
paws. 1t cleans and combs its fur like a
squirrel, licking and smoothing it down
as cat does. Most of the day, when
not alternating, it sleeps in its burrow,
occasionally coming out and taking a
look around. In the evening it goes out
to feed upon grass, Us we'll as fruits and
vegetables, to which it often does much
damage. In the daytime it never goes
far from its burrow9 When angry or
alarmed it makes gurgling or chatter
ing noise with its mouth ard sometimes
it utters shrill whistle, which has given
it the name among the French Canadians
of the 'sifileur" or whistler. The bite
of the grounding is severe and it will
make desperate fight against dog.
Its hide Is tough and was formerly used
for whip lashcs. The fur is of no value
and the flesh is flabby and rank, though
the Inter, when cooked like roast pig,
can be eaten by person who has first
rate appetite.
The grounding, or "woodchuclz, as
it is more commonly called in the north,
becomes torpid during the latter part of
October in Maryland. Unlike the other
varieties of marmot, it is not gregarious
in its habits, each family keeping to it.
self. 1t burrows on the slope of hill or
by the side of big stone, making an ex-
cavation twenty or thirty feet long, which
descends obliquely four Or five feet, then
gradually rising to Il large round cham
Der, where the grounding family sleeps
and brings up its young. The little ones
arc born three to eight at Il time. New
England farmers make n practice of
drowning groundhogs out with water
One story was found of woodchuck
that was kept tame in kitchen, making
its bed III box full OF straw in warm
corner. Nevertheless, when the cold
season arrived it curled itself up with
its little nose in its stomach and thus
composed itself for winters sleep.
Some weeks later it was put ON the floor
by the fire and gradually thawcd out, but,
when put back in It's box, it went asleep
again for six weeks more. The burrows
of the grounding are always so con.
structcd that no water can flood them
Washington Star.