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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

made up over n straw-coored surah
The skirt. pain in front, has fan pleats
at the back, and is bordered with q deep
fiounce of gathered tnlle. The corsage
is made on ordinary lining and closes In
the middle. The corselet is sewed on
one side and hooked on the other. The
basqucs are of the tule. The ceinture
and brewers may DC or st'l< or OF veivet
ribbon. The braces start from the
shoulder. The sleeves have ribbon
bracelets. It would be difficult to de.
wise lovelier costume for girl OF II to
10. 1t is the very perfection Of good
taste, and any attempt to increase its
attractveness must result in failure.
A pretty afternoon toilet for young
miss may be made up in wooden material
of turquoise blue with square yoke
ornamented with a steel gallooD and
framed with a narrow ruifie OF crepe de
chine of the same tone The corsage
closes at the back with steel buttons,
and is set off by broad ceinture or
Swiss belt made on stiff material and
whaleboned On the left there is bow
OF broad turquoise ribbon with long
ends
In my first illustration you will find
admirably pictured two costumes for
young girls, the one on the right being in
cafe au lait cashmere with spots OF a
somewhat darker tone, and intended for
a miss of sixteen or thereabou:l The
lining of the corsage clHses in the mid
die and the yoke and plastron have no
seam The yoke is ornamented with
vertical bands OF cornfower blue velvet
There "a n turn down col ar aud bouffant
sleeves cut straight. ending In cuffs or
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29
po..,b,l,t,es Of the window mirror.

1t is doubtful If any invention Of
minor Importance has afforded inquis-
tive women, who like TO see what
their neighbors are doing without be-
ing seen themselves, so much real en-
joyment as the window mirror. When
the Instrument IS closed it-loolss like.
an innocent japanned tin box; when
opened you see two fine plate mirrors,
working on a hinge. Ii you place it
outside window, and attach it to
the sill at an angle of 45 degrees, il
will reflect everything that is going
on in the two sides of the street, in
both directions, for several blocks.
BY simply adjusting another mirror
at the top you can Immediately dis
Germ anyAle on your doorstep. You
can do all this without raising your
window or running the least risk OF
being seen yourself. 1t does not mat
ter whether you occupy the ground
floor in fiat or the sky-parlor, the
continuance works equally as well.
The advantages OF this magic mirror
are boundless. When your bell rings
Ii is nice to be able to tell whether
you are receiving a call from an inter
esting friend or man with bill.
You can stave off a peddler without
the trouble OF holding a telephone
discussion with him at the speaking
tube. III your husband has been out
all night you can let him in quietly
before he has had time TO ring all the
neighbors' bells. You can see what
the other ladies on the block are
wearing without sticking your head
out OF the window. You can learn
which OF your neighbors buys his coal
by the baslsst, and how many beaus
the hired girl has. 1t was great In
vention in small way, that Is for
the ladies.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29
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reservoir for prolonged supply of
powder. The passage leading from the
powder chamber Is somewhat smaller
than that Of the bore occupied by the
projectile, which also prevents the
full force of the powder being ex-
pended at once upon the base of the
she'll, but, ON the other nand, 10 Is
more continuous and lasting. A hol-
low globe filed with carbonic-acid
gas and provided with plugs, the same
as the capsules behind the powder
charge, acts as further cushion to
the dynamite-laden shell and starts
it with comparatively little jar. BY
means Of this process the walls of the
shell can be made much thinner, per-
hitting the charging of the projectile
with greater mass Of high explosive
and yet the shell thrown with perfect
safety.
Mr.. Gathmann has experimental
with gun of 34-inch bore, using the
method described above, and he says
the tests were entirely successful
The range was that Of an ordinary
cannon of that caliber, and full
charges of dynamite were thrown
without accident. The inventor
says: "The present ship Of war will
be comparatively powerless against a
battery of 8-inch guns of this make
throwing shells containing 100 pounds
OF dynamite distance OF six miles.
No armor plating, though of steel
alloyed with nickel and thickened out
to the utmost carrying capacity of
ship, could withstand blow from a
bomb of this kind exploding on the
side or deck. The building of heavy
armored, expensive ships may as well
he dropped. The warship of the fu-
ture will be the light, speedy cruiser"
The department of ordnance and
fertilization has extended an invita-
ton to Mr.. Gathmann to send To the
experimental yard, New York harbor,
gun constructed according to the
plans and specifications submitted by
him and covering the Improvements
previously described. He has accept
ed, and the gun, which promises to
revolutionize the art of war, is nearly
completed. 1t will be AZ caliber,
powder chamber 81 inches, 0 feet long,
Of gun metal, weighing complete
1000 pounds.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

deep border OF torchon or Valenciennes
lace, or of embroidery. and a pointed
ceinture OF the same. Over this Is worn
quite a long loose jacket of heavier ma
terial, made with bouffant sleeves end
ing in deep embroidered cuffs, and hav-
ing a broad, square.cornere lay-down
collar of the lace or embroidery. OF
course, the frock needs no sleeves. BY
exhibiting goo taste in selection of ma
terials and ode OF trimming, You may
ach eve very pretty result The long
coat should reach the top of the lace
fonnte. TO keep the coat in pla"e,
fasten a string to the center seam at the
wa st, pass IL through the opening OF the
frock, and tie it underneath the skirt
Smock ng Is still popular mode OF add
ing style To children's dresses, but ii
should not he overdone. Instead of maxi
ing use of tn effect on waist and
sleeves both, merely content yourself
with four or FIVE rows at the throat and
resort to ether modes of garniture to
complete the sche ne OF trimming.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

THERE is no excuse for the Indiana
outrages. The laws can be enforced
in every county by the proper officers.
There is, therefore, no excuse for the
existence of White Caps to insure
good order and repress vice and crime.
They are lawless scoundrels who com.
NIT the outrages with which the State
has been disgraced simply to get re.
venge upon personal enemies or to
crafty the impulse of lawlessness,
which comes very quickly when law
less act is permitted to go UNPUBLISHED.
These White Cap scoundrels can be
discovered. 1t is impossible that
twenty or thirty men can take man
or woman out of a house and whip
him or her without exposing them
selves to detection. Tne evil is grUw-
ing, and tho friends of law and order
should organize at once to seek out
and punish these cowardly White
Caps, who are little or no better than
asSasSins.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

turn under the edges The band Of silk
Is fastened TO the skirt by Invisible
stitches. The skirt b finished with
band OF the cashmere, abont twelve
inchee deep, and ornanented with three
rows OF the ribbon. She teeth mist be
caught here and there TO this band. The
skirt Is gathered at The waist and has
numerous pleats at the back. The cos
tune on the left Is infended for little
girl, and may be made mp In any wooden
stuff, gray, nutorown, or turquoise blue,
while the velvet used 70 set 10 OF may be
b. ack or light brown. The dress Is gath
cred at the neck Instead OF collar. The
corsage closes at the back. The velvet
revers are held In plgre by large buttons;
cuffs In same style The velvet ceinture
has a large bow at the back IL is
charming makeup for little girl.
While striving TO help ont anxious
mothers by suggesting combinations and
STYLES In dress, ! must not fail to direct
their attention TO that art of beautfying
the person which lies outside the sphere
OF the designer of modes and makers of
gowns refer to the selection OF proper
corsets for young misses, so that the
symmetry of the figure may be main
tained or defects corrected while the
body is supple and pliable; and to the
care OF the hair. the hands, the feet,
the skin. the teeth and, particularly, TO
the cultivation OF grace OF carriage,
without which the most dainty costume
is utterly void and without any effect.
One often sees shapely little heads
marred by too protesting ears This is
defect which may easily be remedied
II taken in time. Train up child in
the way she should go may with equa
justice 10 applied to the physical as
moral eduration. An intel igent mother
will watca most jealousy ever any
marked point of beauty in q young
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

daughter-skin. eyes, hands or feet-foy
as the child verges toward womanhood
this point OF beauty may become CT
sole stoek-in-trade, so to speak. and IL $
a well-known fact that one wcll-defined
and high y pronounced To!nt of beauty
will often make young girls for une.
Difficult as il is 10 make gown that
will not rob child OF that delicious OK.
preston OF youth, that softness and
delicacy, thai pastel look as distin
guished from the sharp outlines OF a
pen-and-ink drawing. yet il is still more
difficult to devise bit of headgear that
will accentuate and emphasize rather
than injure or destroy the sweetness of
the little face, spiritualized by its
masses OF tangled curls or encircled by
tawny, silken tresscs, like snow scene
in a golden frame. / have a couple Of
hints for You in this line
In my third illustration you will find a
lovely little hat for a child-a cream
felt, trimmed with a folded band of
cream WOODEN stuff with bows back and
front and large and small pink wings,
making very dainty and delicate head
covering, from underneath which the
lossened tresses of wee and winsome
maiden curl with charming effect
we often '-cuscr~cr uerIgnJruT CT
preston Of piquancy in child's face.
and so attractive is it that we turn to
take second look at the mixture of
mischief ard dom reness. Of dignity and
sauciness. and every man l. a father and
every woman a mother when gazing at
such piquant little face The greatest
care should be taken not to set ally ort
OF headgear on that lite miss which
might in any way disturb this exqu site
bit Of natures own harmony. such a
face has the power TO stay % mothers
first vacillation or set bounds to q
fathers downward course: IN fact, hold
man and wife together when all other
earthly power has failed
My last Illustration pictures with good
effect bit OF head gear for such a face.
1t is pearl gray felt, tho crown being
trimmed with plaid velvet ribbon, gray
and French blue, with stylish bow on
the side as represented ! have noted a
very pretty and or ginal costume for q
child of 10 or l2 consisting of little
frack efvia ito alirf INV a.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

GERTRUDE POTTER, the coy daugh-
ter of o. w. Potter, the millionaire
Vice President OF the Commercial
Bank, Chicago, created her last SEN
sation by wedding julius Clark Dan
iels, Of New York. Gertrude, though
yet but a girl, has been married three
times; one husband being divorced,
another-her present husband-mar-
rying her the second time without
ever having procured divorce. She
also at one time fell in love with a
newsboy and would have married him,
had her father not succeeded in get
ting the prospective groom into the
pcnitcntiary. Gertrude is not safe
toy, and he who allows her beauty
and Doodle to captivate his affections,
is truly like clay in the hands of the
Potter"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

Nor long ago line ofiicer 10 one Of
her majesty's regiments on duty in
Central Africa resigned his position
to be made at one stroke Commander
in-chief OF an African king and SON.
in-law to the same party. The army
and the bride are both large and very
black, and the incentive for such a
step is said to have been that the
King is immensely wealthy, possess
ing SIS, 900, 900 worth OF diamonds
and untold millions. worth of other
property. And yet the English are
having many sly dig at Americans
because a 35-year-old paperhanger
married 70-year-old widow who was
very wealthy.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

BELGIAN soldiers enliven the tedium
of their marches with songs which,
though spirited, are not Of the high
est moral character. The military
authorities have therefore employed a
number Of poets to write ditties for
the army in Flemish and German.
The songs about to be composed will,
of course, be Of an elevating charac-
ter, and will tend to inspire senti-
ments of patriotism and religion.
The idea is commendable one, and
one for which the authorities cannot
be too highly praised. But unless
they have discovered a Tyrteus or a
Julia Ward Howe, it is not likely to
meet with much success. 1t is one
thing to write a song and another to
get people to sing it.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

IT is estimated that the British
mines will be exhausted in less than
900 TO 500 years. 1t Is further calcu-
lated that, drawing upon only one of
her fields, the Westphalia, Germany
will not exhaust that before the end
of the twenty-seventh century, but
that by the beginning OF the year
5000 the big coal helds of Bavaria and
Aachen and the Silesian districts will
be entirely used up.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

Now THAT England has lady shook
makers" on her race tracks and "lady
bartenders" in her saloons, it behooves
our own proud Kentucky colonel to
hump himself, lest my lady absorb all
the offices in which the titled nobility
of earth can be useful.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

writer, but I've often suspected that he
had large family OF daughters, and
hence preached against the abominaton
OF fine clothes from the standpoint OF
economy. Certain IL is that Cornelia's
Jewels, of which she was so proud, were
both boys, and IL is quite likely that had
they been girls she would not have been
so eager to call them into the room and
show them off, for they would have been
sure to cry out in the same breath: "Oh,
mamma, buy us some OF these pretty
gemsip This silly prejudice against girl
babies took its rise in barbarous and
semi barbarous times when the chiefs
longed for sons to take up their battles
where they left them of. Girls couldn't
fight Thank heaven for that; but they
may look beautiful and carry sunshine
into the hearts and homes OF men. Cor
ne las two sons came to bad end. Had
they been daughters they might have
lived to delight their mothers old age.
A mother fortunate enough to possess n
daughter should avoid two dangerous
extremes in feminine adornment--she
should neither dress her too cd nor yet
too young Youth is always beautiful,
and its delicacy, its harmony, and It's
coloring may easily be destroyed by an
unbeconing gown, or killed, as the ar
lists term it. by tao bright CO or.
Princess or cor e!et gown always look
well on young gir.s, especially II they
are slender ct the gown be made
of any woolci material of becoming
color, and the upper corsage, plastron
and epaulets OF pongee. Close the cor
sage at the back with hooks. You may
outline the plaStron with bias border
of the wooden stiff The skirt needs
little ornament OF some kind. say several
rows of narrow ribbon or galloon.
In my first illustration / present for
your consideration charming evening
costume for young miss-a dotted tulle
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

The Fair Visitor (hesitatingly)-If
you please, here's a little notice wish
inserted.
The Society Certainly. mad
am; let me have IL.
The Fair Visitor (reads)-The sew
enth engagement of Mrs. Smith
Jones-B Brown Thomas Richards, nee
Quitemall, is announced. The IA
yored seventh is Mr. Percy Wunce-
more, of Wabash avenue. --Pittsburg
Bulletin.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

THE Chancellor of Germany says
that.no one wants war, but as he con-
tinues strengthening the armament
of Germany, France regards his pa
ciflc utterances much as the small boy
looks upon the remark of the stern
parent who declares his unwillingness
to deliver the thrashing for which he
is preparing the switch.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

CHICAGO looks with apprehension,
as well she may, on the proposed en-
barkation of Boston in the business
OF pork-packing. So far as the mar
kets Of the world are concerned the
~Hub" is not likely to prove very
formidable rival to the great pork
packing center on the shore OF Lake
Michigan, but It will cut Chicago of
forever from the New England de-
mand. And this will be great loss
unless Chicago, with her aptitude for
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

Fuss 10 the froth Of business. Hood.
WHOEVER is out Of patience is out Of
his soul Bacon.
THE curtain OF the future is always
drawn.-John Bigelow.
IDzENEss is both great sin and the
cause OF many more.-South.
To BE famous when you are young 10
the fortune OF the gods. -Beaconsfield.
ABILITY involves responsibility. Pow
Or 20 Its last particle IL duty. Mac
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

Dynamite Prejscfiies Thrown Distance
Of Sin Miles.

OF StA Miles,
/ Louis Gathmann, the dscoyerer OF
The Chicago process OF producing rain,
has also invented q new method Of
throwing dynamite Shells from an or
binary cannon. III Mr.. Gathmann's
scheme proves to be what he claims
the naval battle OF the future will be
very brief affair, but full of results.
The destructive agent in wars of
the coming century will be dynamite,
nitro-glycerine and gun-cotton, unless
In the meantime more powerful ex-
plosive shall be discovered. 1t is a
well-known fact that a shell contain
ing 200 pounds Of dynamite will blow
the biggest iron-clad ahoat out OF the
water IL projected against its side or
on deck. The trouble has been in
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

TORONTO has q sensation in an
earl's daughter who had been arrested
for drunkenness. But there Is, after
all, little to be surprised at in the
case. Considering the vast number
OF aristocratic sons who go to the
bad, the proportion of women who
como. to grief is creditably small.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

QUEEN VICTORIA has brand-new
grandson weighing about ten pounds.
The new arrival will count for more
pounds than that in the annual
budget for many years to come.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

namented with enc .rcling hands OF the
velvet. The belt is ornamented in the
same way, and there Is n ro>eite at the
back TO conceal the enino. The plas-
iron and yoke are lined with silk and
there ale no darts except in the lining.
The oversleirt Is cut to0thwise which
parts are lined with silk To make
these teeth you haste the stuff on band
OF silk. stitch out the teeth In outline
and cut away the super6uous stuff: then
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

THE little daughter of a Brooklyn
clergyman swallowed her fathers
collar button few days ago. This,
however, is not as severe test of his
piety as it would have been if the
collar button had rolled under the
huraot
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

"BLAsPHEMY, says philosopher in
the New York Herald, "is such cheap
wit that our humorous evangelists
have no need to bear the market"
1t is their hearers that bear the mar
ket, more sorrow to them.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

A WOMAN living in Portsmouth,
Ohio, was recently attacked and
severely injured by an owl. II
pounced upon her while she was In
the chicken yard and clawed her saw
agely about the arms and shoulders
before IL could be driven away.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

No STREET cars are allowed to run
on Sunday in Canada, but since most of
the American refugees had the pres
ence Of mind to take along money
enough to maintain private convey
ances, few Of them are deprived Of
the blessed consolation of attending
divine worship.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

Mr.. JOHN l.. SULLIVAN has been
knocked out in his theatrical starring
tour in Australia. Outside OF Boston
they don't understand Johns genius
very well.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

GRAND opera in four languages at
at once, as it was presented at a
Chicago playhouse, has its advantages
from the managerial point of view.
Even If an auditor understands two
or the languages ne has to buy a book
of the opera for the other two.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

CHINA offered compensation to for
eigners who suffered during recent
riots; but Cinnamon who have suffer-
ed from mobs in America have to
content themselves with the fact that
they are still alive.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

LIKE the beacon lights in harbors,
which, kindling a great blaze by
means of few fagots, afford suffi-
cient aid to vessels which wander
over the sea, so, also, a man Of bright
character in storm-tossed city,
himself content with little, effects
great blessings for his fellow citizens.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

THERE is one thing that may be
said to the credit of a woman. When
her husband dies she does not scatter
her children among all her kin or the
neighbours she keeps her family to-
gether while she supports them. Let
a man be left with six children, and
before his wife has been dead a
month, the children will be living in
six different States.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

THROUGH the columns of the st.
Louis Allenist DIR. Charles III. Hughes
informs the world that genius is really
a degenerative epileptoid psychosis.
Dear, dear! and for years and years
people have believed that genius was
only psychical epileptic degeneracy.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

ACCORDING to Mr.. Searles, the rich
Hopkins widow proposed to him, he
waited year before accepting her,
and then three years before marrying
her, so as to be sure the lady knew
what she was about. That settles it.
No sane woman would have left a
big pile of money to such q stupid
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29
CHILDREN's COSTUMES.
GOWNS THAT ARE BECOMING
TO LITTLE GIRLS.

youth Is Always Beautiful ana Its DELI
cacy. Its Harmony, and Its Coioring May
he Destroyed by an Unbeooming Gown,
or killed, as the Artists Term IL, by Too
Bright Color.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

IF the Gertrude Potter style of
matrimony holds its own in Chicago,
Cupid will be compelled to resort to
that old and familiar battle cry OF the
barber shop, Next"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

THE tobacco. crop OF Connecticut is
short this year, but SO long as the
cabbage crop is all right smokers need
fear no advance in Havanas.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
AN INTERESTING AND INsTRUc-
TIVE LESSON.

Reflections of an E;evatins Chsrscter--
Wholesome Food for Thought = study.
ing the scriptural Lesson IntellIgontly
and Probably.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

PEAKlNG or chill
dren, some philos-
opher has averred
that, no m q Ct g r
how much trouble
they IN q X Q, they
always pay their
way. Manifestly,
this writer hadn't
q large family Of
daughters or n o
W ouldn't have
made this remark.
/ don't know how
many children Fox,
the founder OF
Quak eris m, was
blessed with, says
our New York
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

THE "Hold Your Corn" circular has
aroused the just Indignation Of the
chiropodists.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

1T is said gasoline will drive bugs
OF all sorts out OF the house. They
probably have heard OF the gasoline
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