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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-05-19

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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08
The Cossacks.

The Cossacks of the Russian army are
divided according to the territories as
signed for their dwelling on the Don in
Astrakhan, Orenburg, Tersk, Kuban,
Siberia. and Semiretchinsk. In those
territories they live as peasants on Gov
eminent lands and have to send only
certain number of their men annually to
do active military service. Every Cos
sack territory Cor station-Stanitsa) is
divided into khootors or Corropors.
Their administrative authorities and JUS
tees of the Peace are elected by pop
ular vote. Their military commanders,
called -otumans,, aPPointesl-b the
Government. Unlike the regular mill
tary men, they do their drilling at home
in their respective Khootors, and their
general military department is superin-
tended by the atalnan of the district or
the Stanitsa. When they are. called out
for active service they are perfect SOL
diers and need mo- special drilling or
trimming. With the beginning of 1892 a
new order of civil Government will be
introduced in the Cossack territories.
Hitherto they elected their administra-
tive officers independent of the military
authorities. From the new year the
military ataman of the district is to be
also the principal civil officer and the
Chairman at the district assemblies. In
the beroughs, too, at the election of JUS
tees of the Pence and other administra-
tive officers, preference will be given to
mon according to their military positions
or according to the honors they have
gained in active military service.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08
Island Customs.

Natives of tho Maldive Islands hold to
certain ways of domestic life that to us
seem decidedly unsociable. To eat alone
insures their highest idea of happiness;
to retire into the most secluded corner of
their homes, to draw down the cloths
serving as blinds, that there be no loop
hole through which an. outsider might
peer in, is essential to their pleasure
while refreshing the inner man. One
writer suggests that such caution may
arse from fear of enemies providing
about; possibly, says another, lest mean
tations, rudely traced in hieroglyphic
touch, be cast upon their food, or, by
some wildwood tramp, rites of hospitality
be demanded at their hands. In the
latter case the interloper would probably
be an inferior, aud to break bread or eat
salt with any one beneath the host in
rank, riches, or dignity is among these
peculiar people an utter impossibility.
Philippine Islanders are quite the re-
verse; sociability is their very life, and
hearty companionship at meal-times the
height of pleasure; il no person IL near,
search win be made in haste, for. how
ever hungry the savage may be, he will
not cut alone.
DIsraeli says that the Otahoitcans arc
naturally social in feeling, and even gen.
tie in their intercourse with one another.
At the hour of repast the members of a
family place themselves at distance of
two or three yards from each other, turn
their backs, and in such modest fashion
eat, each from his own basket, i'm pro-
found silence. IHarper's Bazas
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08

Over the range
The rifted range, where the purple and gold
ofthe high hills lift like picture unroIied-
We pitch our tents.
By tho groves Of the gnomes, by far-voiced
streams
That cry hike lost Pan in our lotus-dreams;
Where our dream-dulled ears catch the sor-
rowiul sigh,
The piteous plant Of the pines as we lie
In their shadows dense.
Over the range-
Bohemia blest; while the suns sandaled
Still circle afar in their fiery beat
Through dust and heat
By the marts OF men. Here the gold aud
blue
And the star-strewn ways are our ways. and
you
And viii forget tolls pitiless rods;
Aye. forget. while we drink the wine OF the
gods,
For the grapes are sweet.
Over the range
In peak-sentneled parks, by dlm-aisled
groves,
We lay down our lives and lift up lost
loves,
o dear heartseasel
We kiss them swift. for these dreams ara
brief
AS tho breeze that fondles the falling leaf.
They vanish away as the red rivers run
Thro' tangled hills TO the fugitive sun
By the sunset seas.
Over the range
The purpling peaks-when our dole Is done;
Our locks Grown gray meath an olden sun
Lies love grown strange.
We will close the book that is read, and
hence,
With holy hands, We will pitch white tents
BY shimmering stream, on shadowy shore
And wake from idyllic dreams no moro
Over the range.
-ITom H. Cannon, in Chicago Times.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08
A CITY OF PALACES.
A Glance at London in the Middle
Ages.

You have now TO learn, what believe
no one has yet pointed out, that if Lon
don could be called city of churches, il
was much more city of palaces. There
were, in fact, in London itself more pal
aces than in Verona and Florence and
Venice and Genoa all together. There
was not, ii is truo, line of marble pa
lazzi along tho banks of q Grand Ca
nal; there was no Piazza della Signoria,
no Piazza deli Erbe, TO show these build
ings- They were scattered about all
over the city; they were built without
regard to general effect, and with no
idea of decoration or picturesqueness;
they lay hidden in the labyrinthine
streets; the warehouses stood beside and
between them; the common people dwelt
in narrow courts around them; they
faced each other on opposite sides of
the lanes.
These palaces belonged to the great
mobiles and were their town houses; they
were capacious enough to accommodate
the whole of a Baron's retinue, consist
ing sometimes of four, six, or even eight
hundred men. Let us remark that the
continual presence of these lords and
those following did much more for the
city than merely to add to its splendor
by the erecting of great houses. By
their presence they kept the place from
becoming merely trading centre or an
aggregate of merchants; they kept the
citizens in touch with the rest of the
kingdom; they made the people of Lon
don understand that they belonged TO
the realm of England. When Warwick,
the Kingmaker, rode through the streets
to his town house, followed by five hun
dred retainers in his livery; when King
Edward w. brought wife and children to
the city and rode out to fight for his
crown; when royal tournament was
held in Chepe-the Queen and her ladies
looking on-even the boys understood
that there was more in the world than
mere buying and selling, importing and
exporting; that everything must not be
measured by profit; that they were
traders, indeed, and yet subjects of an
ancient crown; that their own prosperity
stood or fell with the well-doing of the
country. This it was which made the
Londoners ardent politicians from very
early times; they knew the party leaders;
they felt bound to take IA side; and they
quickly perceived that their own side
always won, which gratified their pride.
In word, the presence in their midst of
king and mobiles made them look beyond
their walls. London was never q Client;
nor was il Venice. Ii was never Lon
don for itself against the world, but
always London for England first, and for
its own interests next Harper's Maya
1ina
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08
A Brakeman's Rapid Ride.

Frank Bisbce, brakeman on the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad,
took the fastest ride he will probably
take in this world the other afternoon.
He rode on the top of a freight car from
Haydenville, Mass, TO Hospital Hill,
Northampton, distance of six miles, in
five minutes. The car was kicked"
down the line, but went too far and
struck the down grade. Bisbee put on
the brake, but it did not hold and the car
dashed over the rails at a frightful speed.
At one time, when the car had not
reached its fastest rate, the express on
the other line ran by its side for short
distance. but the car. with its solitary
passenger, soon left IL behind and did not
slack up until near Florence, where there
is a slight up grade, and Bisbee, as he
nearcd it, prayed that it would stop his
dangerous ride.
But up the hill went the runaway and
then down the other side, where there is
a down grade of sixty feet to the mile as
far as Northampton. The people stand
ing at the depot held their breath and
opened their eyes with surprise as the
car, now going ut the rate of more than a
mile minute, ran by. Bisbee, who
was standing and clinging to the brake
wheel, waved his hand to his brother, who
is baggagemaster ut the canal depot, and
who, as he saw the terrible peril his bro
ther was in, dropped his baggage and
started down the track after the car. A
mile further was Hospital Hill, and the
agitated baggagemaster breathcd more
freely as he saw the runaway begin to
slack up and in few moments come to n
standstill, while his brother quickly de-
seconded from the roof unframed. y New
Orleans Picayune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08
LOST AT SEA.

Only One of the Crew of Five of the
Schooner Blossom Saved.
The schooner Blossom struck Gull ISL
and, OF Newfoundland, in heavy gale.
There were FIVE men on board. One of them
jumped into the water and chung TO cliff
against which he was dashed. He passed a
terrible night In a fierce struggle for life.
The agonizing cries OF thoce who held to
the wreck, he says, are still ringing in his
ears, but he could do nothing, and they
were dashed into the sea and drowned.
The schooner Neva reports at Halifax that
she passed the hull OF water-logged
schooner. supposed to be the schooner
Maurice Wilson, that was abandoned. How
the crew Jared is a mystery.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08
MANY MILES BURNED OVER.

Houses, Cattle, and Crops Destroyed by
Fire In North Dakota.
A dispatch from Fort Yates. N. D., ON the
Missouri River, brings the news of an i'm
mense prairie fire west OF the Missouri
1t says that a scope OF country 800 miles
long and 200 miles wide has been burned
over, destroying farmhouses. stock
ranches. many herds OF horses and
cattle, and numerous quantities
OF hay. The fire IS said to have been
started by n bone-picker who found his
calling unremunerative owing to the heavy
growth of grass this season. Seeing what
an awful calamity he had been the author
of he fed at once, realizing how little his
life would be worth IL captured by the en-
ranged ranchmen. The whole region is de-
scribed as u place OF death and desolation.
Many persons are believed 70 have persisted
I'm the flames
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08
HISTORY IN THE RAW.
Rich Treasures I'm the Archives of the Go,
eminent at Washington.

Rich Treasures I'm the Archives of the Gov
ernment at Washington.
II is said that Secretary Blaine, before
reiinquishing the portfolio of the Depart
ment of State, will try to secure the publi-
cation Of at least portion OF the historical
archives of the Government which are at
present stored away under his charge, as
they have been hitherto in the care Of his
predecessors. Many attempts have been
made to obtain an appropriation for this
purpose, but Congress has never responded.
The National Legislature is too keenly In
terested in the present, keeping an eye al
ways on the future, to feel the slightest
enthusiasm concerning the past, and thus
those enormously valuable records are per-
mitted TO molder away, food only for the
bookworm and the patient historical
searcher. Here, In fact, is the great re-
pository OF American history from which
Bancroft. Henry Adams. Hildreth and
others drew most of their information.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08

Tho boiler OF the tug c. W. Parker ex-
piodcd with terrible force just north OF the
bridge which crosses the river ON Archer
avenue between Paulina street and Ash
land avenue. Chicago. killing instantly
eight people and injuring ten more,
some of them fatally. The steam
barge II. s. Pickands grounded at
the Archer avenue bridge, and soon
four boats--the Parker. Van schaick.
Ferry, and shields-were at work trying TO
free her. The tugs puffed away all the
afternoon In vain endeavor to haul the
barge from the mud bank, which had a
tenacious grip on the vessels bow. The
scene attracted hundreds of people who
stood upon each side of the river and
watched the proceedings. Full heads OF
steam were In all the boilers and the en-
gineers were ordered to go ahead at full
speed The huge hawsers frightened and
strained ana tho black smoke that Cured
from their smoke stacks was whirled
around by the fresh breeze and sent flying
In the faces of the spectators who lined the
banks. Suddenly there was a terrific ex-
piosion, and a moment after the tragedy
Was comnlet
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08

the fans being ornamented with beautiful
pictures by great artists. Large num-
BETS of fans are exported from France to
Spain, where the fan is as essential an
article as IL IL in China or Japan, and is
used by the fair Spanish senoras and
senoritas with the grace and effect that
has become proverbial. II might be
supposed that the fan, which occupies
such a conspicuous place in the toilet Of
every Spanish woman, would arrive at
its greatest degree of elegance and per-
lection In that codntry. Such, however,
is not the case. The Spanish product is
rather coarse and ungainly, and al
though Spain has laid heavy duty on
importations of French fans, the Spanish
are as yet unable to compete successfully
with the French in the manufacture of
the finer grades of fans used by the high
born Spanish beauties.-[Commercial
Advertiser.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08
TEN DESPERATE CoNvICrs.
wholesale Delivery of Crooks and Murder
ers IN st. Louis.

wholesale Delivery of Crooks and Murder
ers IN st. Louis.
Ten OF the most notorious crooks and muir
dorers in the country escaped from the jail
1t St. Louis. Mo-, In manner showing their
desperation and cleverness. They were;
Michael Doran, q murderer who had been
sentenced to the penitentiary for fifty
years, hut was awaiting the decision OF the
Supreme Court on his easel Watt Jones,
alias stetsOn. alias Simpson. John Morgan,
George Walsh, alias Watson. and Frank
Murphy, four of the most clever daylight
bank sueaks of the present generations
John II. Orrick, the Iron County murderer;
Daniel Casey, q ravisher; Edward Leubest,
George Logan, ard Henry F. Leep. three
daylight burglars and highwaymen The
Wholesale delivery was effected undoubted-
" with the aid of some outsider.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08
WAS A TRIPLE MURDERER.

Terrible Deathbed Confession OF John
Girock at ShamolSin.
Just before his death, John CROCK, of
ehamokin, Pa, made confession IN which
he said that seven years ago, while work.
ing at Sunbury, he and Charles Ward muir
dered Oscar Oluck. When asked next day
about Oscars absence they said he had left
for his home in Poland. Richard, a brother
OF Oscar, suspecting foul play, instituted a
searching investigation. and fearful of be-
ing discovered the assassiAs lured him into
the country and killed him. Soon after the
pair went to shamokin and worked in the
mines. A peddler stopped at their home
one night for shelter, and mentioned that
he had $3.50. He was shot dead and robbed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08

Terrible Tragedy I'm North China, Caused
by Money-Lender.
A letter from Shanghai gives the details
OF tragic aud sensational occurrence
In q northern province OF China.
A native known as a shensi man. one OF
the Jews OF China. had for years conducted
a sort OF banking house az Hupoo. He
had accumulated an immense fortune.
making large sums OF money by lending
money at usurious rates Unfortunately
Tor him, az the wrong time he pressed his
creditors. who were all Mohamme-
dams. with too much severity. They
held mass-meeting aud threatened him.
This had no effect and finally few weeks
since they armed themselves. seized the
usurious jew, and put him TO death In n
most brutal manner. Along with him the
mob killed and butchered no less than
thirty Chinese who were followers
and friends of the shensi man. The heads
of the victims were afterward placed on
bamboo poles and exposed 70 view.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08
IDAHO INDIANS MAKING TROUBLE.

Settlers Ask Protection, and Troops VIII
Likely Be Ordered to the Scene.
Settlers in the Calispel Valley in North
ern Idaho are alarmed over the menacing
attitude of the Indians in that section.
Marsela, chief OF the Calispels, 1t is re-
ported, has ordered all the white settlers
out of the country, and the Indians are run
ming OF the settlers stock and otherwise
annoying the whites. Gen. Carlin, In COM
mand OF the Fourth Infantry, now in camp
in Spokane, has been urged to take meas
ures OF precaution. A troop OF cavalry.
under the command of Gen. Carlin. is ready
for marching orders and may soon start for
the scene of the disturbance. The Calispel
Valley ia isolated, and all supplies have TO
be sent In by pack train.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08
RUSSIA FEARS CHINA.

why the Cxar Refuses to Assist In Cocrcing
the Celestials.
The refusal of Russia to take a hand in
coercing China is attributed TO the dread
with which the Russians regard China's
capacity for injuring Russia's interests In
the interior of Asia. Russia has always
feared a sudden and overwhelming move
ment Of the Chinese that would sweep back
the Russian Empire perhaps to the Ural
Mountains This fear seems TO be tradi-
tional, and Is as strong to-day as when Rus
STA was a Tartar province, The Chinese
have a very large force stationed near the
Mantchoorian boundary. and could throw an
army into Siberia superior TO any force
that Russia could readily place in that
neiRhhnrhood.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08
BOSTON WINS THE PENNANr.

Tho AgoniEing Struggle In the National
League is Ended.
The season for the National League Is
fnally closed, and, contrary to the expec-
tation which was very general up TO the
last three days, Chicago did not win the PEN
uant. That emblem will float proudly from
the nagstaff on Boston's grounds. There
was much the appearance of purposely
losing on the part OF New York, when it
became evident that Chicago would other
wise inevitably win; and that question
and several others will doubtless be sub
jocts OF Investigation. President Hart, OF
the Chicago club, has started the ball
rolling.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08
FOUGHT OVER A LOAD OF APPLES.
Fatal Encounter of Angry Farmers Near
KentOn, Ohio.

Fatal Encounter of Angry Farmers Near
Kenton, Ohio.
A double murder was committed near
Kenton, Ohio. William Houser had made
arrangements with the owner OF farm for
the apples he had on his land for the pur-
pose OF making cider. and when he went to
the farm to get them, Sinclair Cameron.
the lessee of the farm, ordered hin, OF, and
Houser. refusing TO obey, Cameron went
into the house. and returning with his shot
gun fred charge of buckshot into
Houser's breast. Cameron then closed In
on the wounded man and knocked him
down with the gun. Houser's son ran to
his fathers assistance and dealt Cameron
q blow on the head with the gun, crushing
his skull Houser cannot live.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08
Spanish Fans.

The folding fan was introduced In
France by Catherine de Medicis, and
under Lsuis XIV. the manufacture be-
came great industry. Large guam
titles OF costly fans are produced in Paris
of what Is called chicken skin Ia very
thin yet tough preparation of kid skim,
satin, gauze, tulle, crepe or parchment,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08

train wan occupied almost wholly by mem-
bers Of the olin family. going 70 their re-
urion &C Bennington, VI The identified
are; Clayton Glass, fireman; MAXWELL,
engineer; and an unknown elderly lady.
The train was running as the sixth section
Of east bound train No 4. The freight
crew claim that they saw no flag on the en-
CINE OF the ffth section 10 indicate that
another train was soon to follow.