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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16
The Luck of the House of Belgium.

In respect to fatal condolences, SO
far a. the Belgian royal family is con.
cerned, they are not only unlucky but
have specially unlucky month. THIS
il was on Jan. l, last year, that the
Royal Palace of Laeken was destroyed
by fire. When the Queen of the Bel
gians heard this she exclaimed Chat the
month of January always brought mis-
fortune to her family. II was in the
month of January that the Empress
Charlotte, sister of the King Of the
Belgians and wife Of the unfortunate
Macmillan, who tried to be Emperor
of Mexico, lost her reason. On Jan.
%, 1869, the Duke Of Brabant, the son
of the King and the heir to the crown
of Belgium, died; and, as the Salic law
applies in that country, Prince Bald
win, nephew of the King, and now
also deceased, became the next heir.
1t was in January, 1881. that the pal
ace inhibited by the ex-empress Char
lotte was entirely consumed by fire,
and in January, 1889. the Archduko
Rudolph, who was son-in-law OF the
King of the Belgians. committed sui
eide at Meyerling. On Jan. l, 1890,
as already mentioned, the Palace OF
Laeken was burned down, and q mag
nificent collection of objects Of art, OF
family souvenirs, among which was the
only PORTRAIT of the Kings son that
existed, were destroyed. Finally, on
Jan. %, 1891. Prince Baldwin died.
Philadelphia Telegraph.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16

In 1868, when the Ministry of Agri-
culture was created in Austria, there
were twenty-three agricultural educa-
tional institutions, including dairying
and forestry. The number was soon
increased, however, as the government
took strong interest in agricultural
education. At the present time there
are hundred schools in the Austrian
Empire for giving instruction in agri-
culture and allied industries. These
comprise one Superior School of Agri-
culture, sixteen Secondary Schools,
twenty Schools of Practical Agricul-
ture, twenty-five schools in which a
course of instruction is given in winter
only, five Dairy Schools five Forestry
Schools. sixteen institutions in which
horticulture, viticulture and hop Gull
ture are taught. and four for instruction
in brewing and distilling.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16

In 174l an energetic young lady,
Miss Eliza Lucas, began to try expert
ments in growirg the indigo plant in
South Carolina. A frost destroyed the
first crop that she painted, and a worm
cut down the ncxt. The i~digo maker
brought from the West Indies tried to
deceive her afterward, hut by 1745 this
persevering young lady had proved
that the indigo could be grown in
South Carolina, and in two years more
100000 pounds of it were exported. 1t
was leading crop for about fifty years,
but when the growing of cotton was
made profitable by the invention of the
cotton gin, that crop took the place of
indigo.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16

A KNOWLEDGE of the use of fire and
artificial lights ha, always been re-
garded as distinctly human, and as
marking definite separation line be-
tween man and the lower animals. 1t
would appear from a paragraph in
Stanley's new book, an Darkest
Africa" that this distinction can no
longer be claimed, for on page 423 of
the first volume of that work the
author says that among other natural
history notes which he CLEANED from
Emin Pasha, was the following: THE
forest of Msopgwa is infested with a
large tribe of chimpanzees. In sum-
mer time, at night, they frequently
visit the plantation of Mswa Station to
steal fruit. But what is remarkable
about this, is the fact that they use
torches to light the wayl Had 1 not
Witnessed this extraordinary spectacle
personally, / should never have cred
tied that any of the simians under
stood the art Of making fire."
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16

VICTORIA, Australia. gives wife the
right of divorce if the husband is
habitual drunkard, and to the husband
the same right of divorce if the wife is
proven to be an inebriate. DIR. Croth-
ers says: "This is clear inception of
the higher sentiment which demands
relief from the barbarous law which
would hold marriage with an iuebriate
as fixed and permanent. The failure
of the law to prevent and regulate such
marriages and the delusion that inebri-
ETY. is vice under the control of the
victim is one of the great obstacles
toward social and legal reform"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16
LATEST IN FRocK COATS.
Longer I'm the Skirt and shorter In the
Waist than the De parting style.

Longer I'm the Skirt and shorter In the
Waist than the De parting style.
The sartorial intellect of London.
which makes the masculine fashions of
the year whereon in the wide world
men wear good clothes, has just con-
sidered the frock coat problem, and is
sued its fiat.
From the present on the Washers of
Pail Mall and Piccadilly will wear q
slightly modified form of the existing
garment by which the name of Prince
Albert is perpetuated in the grateful
memory of civilized nations. The new
coat is shorter in the waist than the
departing style. and is longer in the
skirt 1t may be either black or gray,
and the edges may be corded or stitch
ed, as the wearer's fancy dictates, but
it must be of rough cloth if he desires
to retain the respect of polite society.
Hereafter, whether it be on Broad
way, Inter den Linden, the boulevards
or anywhere else that man has risen
above the level IF the savage, the dude
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16

center walls hangs a fringe OF heavy
chains, placed there as an offering by
released Christian captives in 1892, the
year of Americas discovery. Attached
to the church is beautiful cloister that
has been in solitude nearly 400 years.
Three sides are surrounded by sp!en-
didly carved and decorated pillars, but
on the fourth the wall was shattered by
the French bombardment, and so re-
mains. Stone for its restoration has
been got together, but nothing done be-
yond it.
The antiquities Of Toledo are not the
only interesting things. The gifts
from day to day on the streets and in
the family circle are peculiar. The very
children have queer ports. One OF their
favorite pastimcs Is TO parade In dark
hall with slow step, and dronc chant in
imitation of a church festival service.
Boys are also fond of playing bull fights,
"the bull" part being taken by some lad
not distressed by rough handling. Owing
to the narrow streets, everything seems
mixed up together-wine shops, vegeta-
bles. children, citizens, cadets, lOafers,
and beggars mingling in one mass.
The coplc generally are simple and
good-natured. The chief street is
shaded by awnings, and every public
doorway is screened by a striped curtain.
Foreigners visiting the town are dubbed
the strangers" and so referred TO on
every occasion when designation is nee
essary. The leading place OF amuse-
ment is called the "Grand Summer
TheaLer 1t is within the ragged walls
OF once grand building, now half torn
down. 1t is quite common thing in
the evening to hear guitar duets in the
narrow dark streets being given as sere-
nades TO ladies in the house before which
the playing in done.
The skill displayed by some OF the
players is marvellous, and the music is
delightful. The treble is carried on q
small instrument called "mandura"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16
,i,tx storie at onos.

Here is a good story OF Justin Mo
Carthy. 1t refers to the dav when the
GALAXY was alive. Sheldon a. Co.
were the publishers of the magazine.
Mccarthy had submitted story. One
day he said to Mr.. Sheldon:
al have come to see il you will take
that story l offered the GdIdry|
"Yes, cordially responded Mr.. Shell
don; "and sixty more Ike it"
Time passed, and one day Mccarthy
walked into the GALAXY office with an
imposing pile of manusc .ipt under his
arm.
what is that ?" asked Mr.. Sheldon.
Mccarthy laid the bundle of manu-.
script upon the publishers desk and
replied:
Here arc the sixty stories you or.
dered on the occasion of my last visit.
He got check covering the whole
sixty.--N Y. Times,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16

WHETHER the rain in thunder
shower is a cause or a result of the
generation OF electricity has never
been satisfactorily determined, though
electricity itself is but ths transformed
energy of some form of motion. 1t does
not need an exhibition of electricity to
make what might be called rain run
down an ice-pitcher on a hot day.
However, the Government has appro-
priated $4,000 to enable the forestry
department to make experiments in
producing artificial rain. If they can
force a warm column of rain against
cold one, on a large scale, they will,
no doubt, succeed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16

1T was at an East Side ball. says
the New York Times. One Of the
young men present had cheerful dis
position and gloomy girl. After
awhile the young man became Justly
indignant at her lack OF geniality.
@Wot's der matter wild yer, anyhow 2"
he asked, with an injured air; @youse
was clipper enough last night at Terry
Grogan's party" She eyed him for
moment. then said, with appealing en-
phasis: Jimmy, yer can't expect q
lady to be full every night"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16

WuSU De IHIerWOVen TIE MONOGRAM
in such manner that they will not fall
to pieces when they are lifted up. 1t
is done in this fashion: Hold one pick
in the left hand, place the end of anoth-
or on it near the bottom, inclining it
upward at an angle of about 30 degrees
at the same angle insert the third pick
under the first near the top and wedge
a fourth under and over the ends on
the right and the deed is done. With
little patience and steady hand it
is easily performed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16

DOMESTIC troubles and divorces
seem to run in families like some
hereditary disease. In QUE family in
Atchi,on. Kan. the grandparents
quarreled all their lives. the mother
aud father have So ,arated. and four of
the SIX married children have been in
divorce cases.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16

OR the g DRY Of
this world passeth
away. f" If an y
verification OF this
scriptural assur.
ance were needed,
there Is hard y a
place W h Q re ! .
could be better
found than in some
of the once great
and powerful prov
| n ces OF Spain
Take Toledo, for
instance. Accord
ing To an ancient
tradition 70 Al, a q
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16

SPIDERS differ from insects in five
minute particulars: their eyes are sim
pie instead of compound; they have
eight legs instead of six; they do not
pass through the metamorphoses which
are characteristic of insects; they have
no antenne, and their breathing is ac-
complished by means of organs which
combine the functions of lungs and
gills, instead of by tubes pervading
their bodies.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16

FROM Helsingfors, Russia, it is re-
ported that line of fast steamers, ex-
pressly constructed for the dairy and
mea. trades, is to be opened between
Hango aud Hull. They will run at
eighteen knots. and will do the return
journey in fourteen days. The Fin
nish Government are granting a loan
out of public funds to enable the pro-
moters to realize their plans.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16

A NEW rolliug-mill in the Krupp
Works at Essen. Germany, is probably
larger than auy other 10 the world. 1t
will roll plate about twenty-eight
inches thick and nearly twelve feet
wide. The rolls are of steel. Each
pair, in their rough state, weighed
100, 900 pounds.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16

hlNe hhIJ. IL can
be formed with
Gig hit picks in
this m q n n err
First, cross two
picks, place an
other pick on top.
and h old the
three firmly with
your thumb and
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16

DESPITE their subjugation to the
British rule the princes of India are
still able to indulge in royal whims
and extravagances. One of them re-
Gently had made at Paris a bed worth
$4,000. It's canopy is supported by
four automatic female figures that
wave fans to cool the air. The mat
tress is huge musical box, which,
when one lies upon it, plays operate
airs.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16

once proud city of the
Peninsula, is a ruin, with
less than C,00J souls.
There Is no echo of
rolling wheels, no rum
BILE OF manufacture and
traffic. The hustle o I
industry is hustled, and
Toledo is ike a place
without a vo.ce. Tie
surrounding river-b @ d
sands are rich in vego-
tat on, but the an lent
city itself, with tn g
Tagus loopcd around il,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16

Next comes Inc
Monogram" This
trick consists of
making the letter
Ak" and AZ" out of
four picks. This
would be a very
simple thing to do
were it not for the
fact that the letters
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16

A GIGANTIC pendulum has been sus
pended from the center OF the second
platform of the Eiffel tower at Paris.
1t consists of bronze wire $50 feet
long. with steel globe weighing
about 1913 pounds at the end. Its OBJ
ject is to exh bit the rotation of the
earth by the Foucault method.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16

WHILE George Fountain was strug-
Cling along San Francisco street with
a sack of potatoes on his back, he al
most dropped to the pavement on see
ing flames burst suddenly from his
right side. In his pocket he had a
little vial of potash tablets, and they
became crushed because of the fracture
of the bottle, causing the flames to
burst forth.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16

A MAN in Germany, according to the
american StatiOner, has constructed
a clock which will run 5000 years.
The maker has warranted it to run
without stopping and without winding
until midnight of the year 5000, but he
doesn't expect to live to wind it the
second time himself.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16

has only sterile Il It's OF rock. But IIttIc
part OF it is traversable except for men
and donkeys. A broad thoroughfarc
skirts the disused defenses on the south
and west, running at first along the
sheer descent 10 the river, and dizzy
height against which houses, shops, and
churches are crammed confusedly. The
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16

The manufacturers of Chicago en-
ploy capital to the amount of sl4O, OOO,-
600, furnish emplo sment to 10000
people, pay annually $70,00o,00O in
wages aud turn out products valued at
&5OO. OO0. 900.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16

In consequence of the new French
law compelling seminarists to serve in
the army the French bishops have
taken measures for their protection
during the trving period of service.
There is to be seminarist's home in
every garrison town, where they will
spend all their leisure moments. They
will, SO far as possible, observe the
college rules and continue their theo-
logical studies.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16

century B. c. After being held by
Romans, Goths and Mcors in turn. 1t
was wrested from the latter, after
bloody siege, by Alfonso VI Of CASTLE
and Leon in 1855, and made the capital
of Casti O. After this il became exceed
ingly prosperous, and had population
at one time of 200, 0,O people
But now? Alas! decay is on every
side. Madrid, the capital, and the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16

A TRAMP begged drink of whisky in
a saloon in one of the towns in Michi-
gan, but before drinking it asked if it
was imported or domestic. On being
told that it was made in Kentucky he
few mad and broke the barkeeper's
jaw and walked away. He was proba-
bly, count in disguise. and used to Al
imported diluted goods.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16

THE world consists principally of
two classes those who deceive and
those who are deceived. 1t is more
advantageous to belong to the f r uer,
but much more decent to belong to the
lokka,.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16

A Pans tobacconist, who had per-
haps been in America. advertised a
certain cigar to be "thc best 10 the
world for five cents" He was ar
rested. failed 10 prove IL "the best, '
and was fined $50 for malicious iuten-
ton 10 deceive
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16

AFrER the settlement of New En-
gland by Puritans, and Maryland by
Catholics, there was period Of about
thirty years in which no new colonies
we're planted. In this period occurred
the great rebellion in England, 10
which Charles !. was beheaded, and
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16

Me. Brown, of Virginia, spoke of
Mr.. Hough, Of Tennessee. rs If the
name were pronounced Hoe" which
he claimed was very proper for him to
do, but Mr.. Hough resentedit, and one
received two bullets and the other
three cuts, and the case is still unset
tied. Mr.. Brown insists that when a
man wants 10 be known rs Mr.. Huff
ne needn't go all aio..nd the alphabet
40 accomplish il.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16

Tux largest barometer ye' made has
been put in working order in the st.
jacques tower in Paris. It is forty
one feet FIVE inches high.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16
STORIES OF TRAVEL.
TOLEDO. SPANS FORMER CAP
ITAL, NOW A RUIN.

Palaces Of the Time OF Columbus crumb-
ling Wrecks-but ReInn,nt Or the
PopuIa' Ion OF Prosperous Days Kemain-
ng-Pictaresqus spallarda.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16

AN Oregon editor has been forced to
desert his adopted town for attempt
ina a defense of the Chinese.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16

THE Queen OF Roumania, during her
soiourn in Engla-d, visited Q needle
factory. While Watching the work one
OF the men asked her majesty for q
single hair from her head. The Queen
granted his request with smile. The
man placed the hair under the needle
of his machine. bored hole through
it, drew fine silk thread through the
hole, and then presented it 10 the aston
ished Queen.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16

THE battle Of Waterloo was fought
ON Sunday, June Is. 1915.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16

PLEASURE is like molasses-too much
Of it spells the taste for everything"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16

but they DC very llttlo beyond turning
out q few weapons for show. May OF
tho banks that look at first to be OF
earth and rock prove, ON close ex-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16
ToothpIck Fun.

One Of the most picturesque OF the
oothpick tricks is called @The Explc-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16
FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS.
A DEPARTMENT EXCLUSIVELY
FOR THEIR READING.

How 20 Have Fun with Toothpicks-
Marbles and How They Are Made
Honor Mother.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16

founded by Jewish colonists in the sixth
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-16

Next vssk---Ninsvsh Broushs 70 Re-
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-27
Kansas City Races.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, June 26.-The weather
was warm and fair to-day, and great
crowd attended the races. "A serious acct
dent occurred in the first race, in which
Jockey Drain received injuries that may
cost HIM his life. The ten horses which
were in the race We're coming down
the stretch in good bunch, when
Van s., ridden by Drain, left
his feet and fell. Little Sister,
Rocka and IT, W., ridden respectively by
Taylor. Van Dusee and Esell, pulled up
over the fallen horse, and Jockies Van
Dusee and Taylor extracted themselves
from the heels Of the kicking animals I'M
hurt. Drain and Esell We're picked up
unconscious. Esel soon recovered, but
Drain is still in precarious
condition. His injuries are considered dam
gerous. None of the horses were hurt
First race, half nile, Tramp won, Miss
Francis second, Lacy Day, third. Time,
81.
Second race, one-half mile dash, Virginia
won, Van S second, Jaold third. Time, 81
Third race, mile and seventy yards, Wild
Rose won, Florence second, Slaughter
third, Orrick fourth. Time, 1:49
Fourth race, seven furlongs, heats, Askey
won, Parthian second. Time, 1850
Fifth race, seven furlongs, Vidette won,
Halfisher second, Past-time third. Time,
1:0S14.
Sixth race, five furlongs, Mamie NJ. won,
Robin second, Florence Shanks third.
Time, OBJ
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-27


TEX, June q, 1891. {
Editor Gazette.
You will do favor to the friends of Add
Ran university by making a correction of
errors in The GAZETTE Of June Is. The
article is headed adrian University
Students presume the writer alluded
to the students of Add Ran university. This
is an institution founded here in 1873, and
has been continuous and regular in its work
here from then till now; and paper SEEM
ingly as wen posted as TIE GAZETTE is.
and which has printed catalogues more than
once for this school, should have known
better than to cau the university Adrian
instead of Add Ran.
And then, yop say, the students sshocked
to the Union depot to the number Of ninety
eight The scholastic year was finished a
day or two since, and those who had been
attending school were homeward bound.
The entire number came to Fort Worth,
arriving here at II o'clock
Instead OF the ninety eight being the
"entire number, - as stated BY The GA
zETTE, they were not one-third Of the entire
number Of the students of Add Ran univer-
sity.
There was another error in The GAZETTE.
In speaking of the marriage Of DIR. Irby to
Miss Bushwah at the Mansion hotel, Fort
Worth, June IL. it is stated that Professor
A. Clark of Weatherford oficiated. A.
Clark is not Of Weatherford, but is resi-
dent Of Add Ran university at Thorp's
Spring. ] hope The GAZETTE Is not dis
posed to ignore the existence Of Add Ran
university, as some have been alleging for
some time past. Yours truly,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-27
NOT UNCLE BILLY.

Uncle Billy" Hittson, SO we'll known
in livestock circles and an time resi-
dent of Palo Pinto county, was in THE
GAZETTE Office this morning as proof
positive that he was not in Jail. Uncle
Billy desired to make this proof because
of the correspondence ofTHE GAZETTE
yesterday from Rayner, dated June %,
which stated that william Hittson, q
cattleman well known in this section,
was arrested by Sheriff McLaren on
yesterday evening and lodged in Jail,
charged in four cases with theft of
CATTLE" 1t did not need this assurance,
but as the names are exactly the same
'Uncle Billy" feared that friends out
side the state might not be able to COM
prehend. Mr.. Hittson says he is salts
fled that the man mentioned in THE
GAZETTE correspondence as being in
jail at Rayner is w. e. Hittson.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-27
Notes of Progress.

Architects are at work on plans for
twelve residence to aggregate in cost S9i, :
0O0
Bids for the construction of the rapid
transit line to Polytechnic college and the
cotton mill will be opened on Wednesday
next.
1t is by no means improbable that Tarrant
county will before many months go by be
at work on $500, 900 courthouse, the finest
in the whole state of Texas.
The signal service is DESTROYS of estab-
fishing a station at Fort Worth. The gov
eminent will furnish the necessary instru-
ments if Fort Worth will furnish the man
to make the observations. Fort Worth's
name would find its way in papers all over
the United States If this were done. A gen-
tleman received letter from government
official on this subject yesterday
In the recorded transfers yesterday was
deed from the Texas and Pacific to the
Waters-Pierce oil company to property near
the depot. The oil company proposes to
build a large stone warehouse on the land
bought