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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-19
SENATORS FROM NEW STATES.

The Men Chosen by South Dakota and
Idaho to Represent Them.
South Dakota has selected j. H.
Kyle to take the place of Mr.. Moody
in the United States Senate. He was
chosen as a compromise candidate by
a combination of Farmers Alliance
men and Democrats. The new Sena-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-19

J. X. Toole, by 431 LIAM cLAGETT.
votes. He has resided in Montana,
Navada, Dakota and Idaho. He is a
lawyer, but is interested in mining.
The Mormons, who have influence in
Idaho, supported him against Dubois.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-19
ADAM OBERHorRER is an 8O-vear-o

ADAM OBERHorRER is an S0-year-old
resident of Wapakoneta, Chic. A year
or so ago he induced q Young woman
to marry him by giving her large oil
farm and 5000 cash. The other day
she presented him with a son and heir.
and Adam vented his Joy by going
about the streets singing at the top Of
his voice.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-19
Money for Prisons. but No sites.

A piece OF imperfect legislation enact
cd by the late Congress In It's closing
hours has come to light The discovery
was made that the act approved March
3, providing for the erection of three
United States prisons and the confine-
ment therein Of United States convicts,
is rendered absolutely imperative for
the purposes intended through blunder
in drawing the bill. Its intention was
TO authorize the Attorney General and
Secretary of the Interior to purchase
three sites and cause TO be erected on
them suitable prisons for the incarcera-
tion OF United States prisoners convicted
of crimes by any courts under the juris-
diction OF the department OF justice.
Not cent, however, is appropriated for
the purchase of sites, and the entire law
Is therefore useless
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-19

it is probable that the
question of the legality
of Clagett's election
will be raised.
Judge Clagett is q
native of Maryland,
but has been in the
West since 1850. He
was elected delegate to-
Congress from Mon
tana in 1871, defeating
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-19

CHARLES VII Of France had pair of
ill-made legs. He wore a long coat to
conceal them, and so everybody else wore
long coats.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-19

IT Is with seat in street car as with
riddle--one dislikes TO give It up
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-19

Many Lives Lost by Marine Disasters
Railroad Trafiic Throughout England Al
most blocked and Communication with
the Continent Suspended for Thirty six
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-19

The Last Descendant of Christopher Co.
lumbus May Attend the Worlds Fair
Suffering and Death Among Stock IN
EnRIand-No Sites Provided.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-08-21

All Their Means Of Existence Combined In
One Animal.
While you are reading this paper
the snowfial<es are falling noiselessly
over the vast white wastes of the
frozen north In that bleak and desc
late country live the Esquimaux-
A people who live neither by agri-
culture nor the pasturage Of sheep and
cattle. nor yet. properly speaking, by
the chase as the chase is ordinarily
people who have for food
neither beef. mutton nor pork. neither
fruit. bread nor vegetables, neither
sugar nor salt. who have for drink
neither tea. coffee. wine. beer nor
spirits OF any kind; for clothing. neither
silk. cotton. faxen nor wooden stuffs;
who have neither iron nor steel nor
lead nor copper nor gold nor pottery.
who have for fuel neither wood nor
coal nor peat-snch people are the
Esquimaux. or. As they call them
selves. the ..Innuits- Of the arctic.
Ii seems at first sight impossible
that men should live amid such condi.
tons The things enumerated appear
to include all the possibilities Of food.
clothing and fire found on the earth;
and the question unconsciously arises
TO our lips: Can : people. then, live
without either Of these three first
necessities OF life-food, clothing and
fre?'
But the Innuits. deprived literally Of
everything which in our cline makes
life possible have nevertheless found
in the world they have chosen. or into
which they have been driven, the
means Of existence in . very different
shape from that in which they abound
in our southern cline.
They have found them all-food. fire,
light. clothing. arms. implements
everything com ined in one single an
imal.
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when you fellows lay down %
sleep" said he. II took my net and set
out for little hunt, intending 20 DO
back by the time you should awake.
but met with such success that went
on and on u the edge d this savanna
and then across il nearly "a the
further side. heard all your shots.
but Of course You did not hear me
shout In return until you got into the
open
II secured lots Of rare specimens
here. and had just picked up = tine
scarlet beetle when noticed n little
way on a slowly -ad vancing. trem bling
wave in the long grass. as il some mon
strous serpent were crawling through
IT, / At first suppose that this really
was the case and stood carefully
watching, prepared for run But
very quickly found that retreat was out
OF the question when IN a minute or 80
caught glimpse Of this dangerous
| basis head as he wormed himself fat
along the ground. and am not
| ashamed 20 confrss that fairly shook
| with fright IT the sight being, as you
know. utterly unarmed-
1 II had read mewhere that beasts Of
prey will fly at the sound of the human
| voice: and so tried 10 brighten this
fellow of by a series OF wild yells-
Perhaps he did not recognize these
As human II all; but, anyhow. he did
not scare worth a cent. On the con-
tray. ne crept steadily on until within
fifteen feet. when he bumped up his
back and his horrible green eyes
glowed like emerald flames as he ey.-
IDENTIFY made ready TO pounce upon me.
had now scarcely hope OF escape,
but a sort Of merciful numbness came
over my senses, and did not much
seem 10 care
1T appears almost miraculous. but AZ
this moment. in my half-uncon scious
state. expecting instant death, l hap
pened 10 think OF one Of our schoolboy
games. and-why / hardly knew
jerked this tiny mirror from my vest
pocket, and. standing with my own face
10 the sun. flashed the focused light
into the jaguars eyes; and. TO my great
delight and establishment. the surprised
brute. at q single bound. sprang fully
twenty feet TO one side. Then. finding
; that ne was not hurt, he came on AGAR
10 be scared time after time in the same
manner So. for over half an hour, thu
: strange fight was kept up. !, with m,
face always TO the sun, backing toward
! camp and he persistently following ans
gradually getting more and more bols
as he became accustomed to the trick
; could plainly see. just as you CAM
! up. that a catastrophe was imminent
! and have no doubt that. il you ha.
{ been ten minutes later. should hav
! persisted. But all's well that end
! we'll. and we shall have this magniti
cent pelt to add TO our collection w
Thompson, in ~ " Ledger
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-08-21

-Germany publishes more periodi'
eals than ali the rest Of Europe.
"A newspaper In the gypsy jargon
the Romany tongue. Is soon 20 ce pub
lished in England with the expectation
Of making 1t the organ OF the wander
ing people. IL will be edited BY George
smith. the liking" Of the English gyp-
sizes. who counts upon getting twenty
thousand subscribers To H.
Among the few women In New York
who have taken 10 the foolish fad OK
wearing ring on the thumb Mrs
Cs4rlcs II. T. Coils. Ella Wheeler Will
cox AID Lillian Russell are named. Mrs.
Coils thumb ring Is set with sapphires
and diamonds; those Of the others are
Get with diamonds alone.
George Kennsn II famous for his
wonderful memory. He is an omniv-
orous reader. and his system enables
him TO retain large proportion Of what
he reads KEENAN, passes his summers
at charming spot in one Of the British
North American provinces, and his
home is the scene Of much hospitality.
-Puvis de Chavannes. who succeeds
Meissonier as president Of the National
Society OF French Artists, is great
painter Of frescoes. and has decorated
the walls of many public buildings in
Paris and the provinces. He is well adj
vanced in years. tall. intellectual and
an elegant gentleman. II is hardly
necessary to say that he does not share
his predecessors unreasonable hatred
for Americans.
Manuscripts left by Count Won
Moltke. containing accounts OF his
youth, notes on various tours, narra-
tive Of the war with France, and other
interesting matter, are already in the
hands Of German printers. The great
general was an attractive writer, and
had he devoted himself to literature
might have gained as great fame as he
won through the sword.
The Mexican president, Porfirio
Diaz, is a straight, dignified man OF me-
dium height. who impresses the be-
holder with his strength Of character
| There is nothing ostentatious about
him. He dresses as quietly as plain
citizen OF the republic, and exhibits .
contempt for the gaudy regimentals in
| which many Central American leaders
array themselves He has a striking
| face and figure, and is undoubtedly the
gr eatest man of modern Mexico.
| One takes as matter Of course the
pictures Of Salvini and Davenport and
1 Mansfield scattered about on desk and
table Of the girl Of the period, but a
visitor looked little surprised on see
ing picture of Rudyard Kipling on the
colonial desk of young woman af-
fiicted with the journalistic fever.
Eyes. am very fond Of Rudy ard. +"
said the owner of the ''den," land
when want = particularly pat word
or phrase just look up and catch his
eve, and 1t hops right into my head;
and when I'm getting too prolox he
looks over his glasses and says: But
that's another story and stop short
Saturday Evening Gazette.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-08-21

somewhere in the labyrinthine depths.
where the sun. his only guide. could not
penetrate.
"Ani. boys" he concluded. .'if we
do not find him before nightfall
we shall never again see him in this
world"
IL was now past four o'clock. and al
ready the gloom about u was sensibly
deepening. and providing beasts Of
prey began occasionally 70 cross our
path Joe burke KIN ,clSed over stink
ing wolf. and Frank Austin brought
down wildcat from the top Of lofty
gum; but neither Of these shots brought
hail or shout from our absent friend.
We were still advancing in a toier-
ably straight line. always keeping
within speaking distance of each other.
when suddenly we broke out Of the
dark forest into a large, treeless savan-
ma. where the sun shone gloriously and
the rank grass was breast high. linz
mcdiately on reaching this, Hugh Kim
ball called out:
II say. boys. something has passed
along here not long ago Look At this
narrow path where the grass has been
parted.
We all hurried to The spot, and E.1ke
| ~ once said:
Were on Toms track. sure enough.
| You see the trail Is widest at top.
whereas II made by wild beast crawl
| ing alorg. it would be widest at the
| bottom"
| We now fired three shots in rapid
succession. and. after waiting a mo
ment. were about to shoot again when
Austin held up his hand with a
.'Whisht-' and each one strained mis-
ear, to listen Yes; there was no mis-
taking il; far away from toward the
declining sun came faint halloo. once,
twice. thrice repeated. and Eve lnsty
Threats sent up cheer after cheer as we
realized the joyful fact that our com
rade was indeed found.
Dashing along. now wading, tearing
scrambliug through the long, wiry
stems a. best we could, we made oul
way for a half mile. seeing nothing a
vet. but ever more distinctly hearing
the same ..Ialloo. Halloo, Halloor' al
ways promptly answered by our owl
encouraging shouts. At las. we caugh
sight OF broad sombrero and tn
shoulders Of a man above the tall herb
age. backing slowly toward us
/ flush. boys. hush cautioned Charlie
Blake. there's something unusua
here and. being now within cas-.
speaking distance. he softly hailes
Grant. and asked: What is up. Tom?
i The young fellow never turned hi
head but. while his right arm scenes
to be gently moving up and down. an
strange, flashing. dazzling CLEANS o
binding light played fitfully beyon
him. answered in . curiously restraine
voice:
Il Boys. there's laundering bi
jaguar following me up, not twent.
feet away. I've been standing him Of
for the last half-hour by flashing tn
rays from my pocket-mirror in his eyes
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but he's getting used TO the game now.
and you've got here just in time Don't
let Us lose him, One Of you come slow
" up straight behind me. and the other
four sweep around and get in rear Of
the brute. but don't waste moment.
for he begins 70 look mighty ugly."
As We heard Toms startling explana-
ton, = thrill Of hardly repressed ex-
citcment ran through the little party
Frank Austin. carrying his own and
his chum's rife, advanced cautiously
toward him, and the rest Of US made =
detour and crcpt, silently rs possible.
through the grass until we reached .
point directly in line with the actors in
this singular drama Then we rose to
our feet. and. peering over the top Of
the rank growth. saw most curious
sight. indeed Crouching low on his
| belly and creeping stealthily along lay
| full-grown and beautifully spotted
| jaguar. while. few yards beyond him.
| Tom. gradually backing away. held be-
tween his fingers common little mir
ror. such as prospectors carry. and. -
1! he faced the sun. continually flashed
the reflected rays into the eyes Of the
| brute, who. on each repetition Of the
| trick. recoiled in momentary terror.
snarliny and showing his great fangs.
and then rcsumiag his course until
again checked in the same way. The
hungry. bloodthirsty monster was -
| intent upon his expected prey. and.
suppose. 50 puzzled by the extraordi-
nary defense. that he appeared TO have
ewes and ears for nothing else. and II
was only when our simultaneously
ra sed gun hammers came into full pc
sition with sharp click that he turned
his head and saw rs Then. the spell
Of his absorbing pursuit being broken
he gave q hoarse. savage cry Of rage
or fear. and for one-half second. stand
ing az bay. seemed undecided whetFe'
70 fight or fly. r.
rifles cracked together .gpd en- ~
sent a heavy conical h'@lct
through his huge. roui.a -
without 20 much as . :s'.o' w,ss - J. |.
stone dead - the $3.50 49, -
shout p srlumpni Aver to Tom. Who,
carcass ~. o1rful tension was re-
now 49, vePped-and little wonder
le.eu' naie into Frank Austin's arms.
3wever. was made Of good stuff
loon revived. when. after empty
Ne contents Of two Or three water
/, TASKS Gown his parched throat, he told
the story Of his unprecedented adven
49, ~ few wordA
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-08-21

/ effect Of our fire was TO scare
B their hiding-placcs or 10 drive to
per cover hundreds Of screaming
pots chattcring monkeys and the
Psand and one flying and creeping
zens Of the forest wilds
n human voice responded 20 our
mons. and vet we felt assured Of
V on the right trail, for three sew
times we had found half burnt
ehes. and once had picked up :
'nent Of drawing paper which We
TO be Toms We had spent fully
hours IN going. perhaps, Is many
> and not having lately come
= further signs Of our friend.
ne blake gave Il - his. oplniSs
Y still alive, he had lost ~ ~.
- probably wandering ~
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-08-21

mighty foolish thing TO do IN these
urts. without his rifle. and ] see he
~ left that behind. When did he go?"
k;oincl the captain.
.Don't know. cap. but ! guess he
liver took snooze at all ! walked up
~ Of the crowd. and he was gone
ken." Austin somewhat anxiously an
kercd
Charlie Iilal<e. whom we had elected
kp.ain OF the exp edition. out Of defer
bee to his longer experience in the
bnntry. turned to the party. with .
Srious expression On his handsome
zee. and said:
BOYS. il Is now two o'clock. We've
zen sleeping for owe r an hour and a
III. and Grant may have been gone
that time. lie Is quite unarmed.
IA the brakes and thickets about here
b full of jayuars. panthers. palmcats
N wildhogs; and. worst Of all the ter
h trceboa is by no means rare. Most
these creatures lie close hidden dur
Y The heat Of the day. but Tom is just
likely as no. 70 run right into their
rs. or. by his single prese nee, tempt
me Of them from cover. and II he does
well. we had better Lose no time in
hitting him up"
We were a party Of six: i've OF US
ung fellows from Boston. who had
kelv graduated and were now. before
tling down 70 the serious business
life. spending a few months in Bra
on botan:zing. chronological and
hitting trip. The sixth man. Charlie
lake. was . thirty-year-old New
,rker. whom we had fortunately run
hinst At valvcrde. where he had been
some time engaged in trade. and
10 had very kindly consented TO join
for . week or two, thus supplying
tbe rather light headed . much.
Ia n,odicuzh OF ballast
late We had made valverde ouz
1uarters. but we were now out on
b - exploitation, and il was ON the
"a day,Aftcr leaving the old town
We found ourselves, 1t noon. In
prolific stretch Of country which
avove the junction OF and between
Tocantins and Rio del Tigrc river.
Bonderful land. indeed. whose amaz
richness OF tropical vegetation
gcons bloom Of endless flowers
Rad birds OF brill an. plumage ans
redible wealth OF scarcely less bril-
bt insects. on every side delight thu
but whose groves and swamps
TX forests and deepgrasscd plain
n. alas. With noxious. vcnomon
and in the grcen-scummed water
whose stagnant lagoons deadly ma
a forever turks
Ne had lain down beneath TIL
de OF a clump Of vine-clad cypres
gum-trecs TO sleep away the no
bntide hours. and discovered. only Of
hiking. that Tom Grant. never
Ing cntomologist, had disappeared
had il not been for Blake's warn
words. none Of US would have fel
least misgiving as TO his safety.
low. however. al were anxious =
ft out at once on tile search; an
rnding ourselves into line. wit
interval Of about ffty yards be
zen each two men, we set on up
lam. knowing that our comrad'
81 have taken that route, a. th
ers' junction lay Immediately b
Us.
very now and then rs we pushe
priously along through the ai.ncs
cnesrable woods. one or anothe
5 discharged signal shot. in hop
bearing an answering halloo; but I'll
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-08-21

Never be influenced by external APP
pcaranccs in forming your Judgment Of
persons worth This il an important
rule. for many noble spirit is covered
by habiliments Of poverty, while not
unfrequently snowy exterior con-
ceals q villain OF the basest kind
Dean Swift said that nature had given
every man a capacity Of being agree
able. though not shining in company;
and there are hundred men sum
cicntiy qualified for both who, by Z
very few faults that they may correct
in half an hour. are not 50 much Is toll
cradle The world would be mo
happy il persons gave mp more -
an intercourse Of friendsh.
Ledger.
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A NOVEL DEFENSE.
keeptag a JaRuar at Bay with .
Hand Mirror.

AThas become
Of Tom Grant,"
said the leader
Of our party As
we, one after
another. reused
up after a long
midday sleep.
Gone of. as
usu al. on a
beetle anu but
lerhy hunt. !
supp e. e
Piled 7 0 ms
churn. = young
fellow named
Austin.
..Nell IL was
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-08-21
HUMOROUS.

-"Do you know that your wife re-
fused me once ?" ''She did, eh? That's
= dinner on you. Truth.
A man who makes mats is mat
ter. but woman in the same business
is not mattress Boston News.
So Homely. What time il
Il ?" She-"Oh, don't look at the clock,
you might stop II" brooklyn Eagle.
$50 she's going to lecture on how
70 manage husband. is she? How
many husbands has she hersclfy
why. shes never been married. IN
Y. Press
1t is . great thing to be friendly
and sympathetic. but a man needs t.
discriminate a little before he tries t.
be friendly with a strange dog.
erville Journal.
A father. hearing his little boy tx
the other room singing II want to bs
an angel" told his mother she had bet
ter go and see what he was up to-
Philadelphia Record.
-Bingo-"Things have gone % with
me lately that have had 10 compel my
wife to make her own dresses" King
| ley-"How does she look?" Bingo-
| ..Daggers"--Cloak Review.
-McFinglc-"I want this telegram
| to reach its destination inside Of IN
! hour. How can ok it?" McFangle-
Just mark Il 'Unimportant,' Ne
| hurry don't tip the messenger boy. an(
carefully instruct the operator not q
| hle II until midnight. boston News.
/ -Unaccountable Headaches.
lean not understand whyI
In misery should be.
| NY head my nerves doth sorelv try
1 Il aches ali day. don't know Why:
/ Nv diet II sim nie--rhubard pie
l And fourteen cups Of tea
That Was All do you want
some nice pork. sir?'' asked butcher
OF an Irishman who was intently re-
garding side Of hog as II hung al
the store door. mo. sorr. Oi was
only wondhcrin whin yez waz goin' Ia
kill the other half Of that pig - Pitts.
| burgh Chronicle.
Don't you think bye-byc is rather
a silly sort Of expression for sedate
| folks like us 10 use when we part?" she
asked rs she stood in the door Of his Of
flee preparatory 10 her shopping tour.
1T depends, my dear" her husband re-
| piled. ION how you spell IL. | mean
buy. buy. Washington Post
The Even Tenor of Her way.-Or
ganist--''M Miss Jones. allow me to intro
duce our new tenor. Mr.. Highsee."
Miss es-"Dclighted 10 meet you"
Miss Us father flatcr) -"What kept
yon 20 long at church tonight" Miss
jones' was so interested In q new
him, which our organist was trying.
that never noticed the time passing"
brooklyn Eagle.
1t Tuned His Heart to Praise.
Deacon (of the Mt Pisgah Colored
Methodist church 70 the retiring pas
torl-.De flock hab tuck up election
an bought yer dis heah 'stantial time
piece 70 show d. Tub dey feels TO DER
pasture" Pastor Examining the
Waterbury, 'Bredcrin an sistern.
IL ovacome vii gratitude IN cant hnd
words 20 sprcss my fcelin's. De con-
grcgation will jine il singin' 'Dere
nebsh endin' spring sbidsa "-Jewsl'
ere Weekly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-08-21

Tn the ninetr~~m annual report Of
80. 5;-.ssr~~ y she geological society
- ph;,.a..rphia. attention Is called To
~ unnr~osyserted destruction Of many
~ Che -rs.e valuable and important
animals Of the native American fauna,
and 70 the need for the immediate
adoption Of every means which can be
Icmplcycd TO save them from complete
extinction. The directors think that .
good deal may be done in furtherance Of
this object. both in geological gardens
and private preserves. OF all the bis
ons now surviving outside the National
park. probably nine-tenths are COM
prised ia few herbs owned by private
individuals and geological societies
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No Reverence for Celebrity. Gold
Pen TO the other pieces Of the writing
sct)-''I'm the only member Of this
family that ever made his mark" The
Others lin chorus -"Catch @ 70 HE
nibsw--Jcwclcr's Weekly.