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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

a position to set about the work prac-
tically. It was decided that the mon
mument should be q simple statue
standing on plain granite pedestal,
and the contract for making the model
was given to Miss Louise Lawson, the
sculptor. She has completed her model
in clay. The statue will be of bronze,
will be nine feet high, and will stand on
a pedestal twelve feet high. The model
represents Mr.. Cox as in the act of
speaking in Congress, his eye on the
Speaker, his right hand raised, and his
index finger extended. while his left
arm hangs by his side. Those who
have seen the model differ in their
opinion of its artistic merits. Some
claim that it is a poor piece of work
which can never be accepted by the art
experts who are to pass upon it, while
others insist that it is all right. The
letter carriers have accepted it and
agreed to pay Miss Lawson $40, 900 for
her work. Her original design was a
monument that would portray the his
tory of letter carrying from the days of
the tabled Mercury down to our own
times. But the letter carriers wanted
a simple statue on a pile of granite,
and they have had their way.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

Our attention was called the other
evening to the history of J. G. Kissin-
ger, of Toby Township, who moved
from Butler to that place in 1919 His
first wife was Mary Steel, and she
bore him nineteen children. Some
time after the birth of the eleventh
child they took the babe, leaving the
next younger child with her brother
and the nine oldest children at home,
and started for Butler County on q
visit. During their absence the house
took fire, and not only were the house
and barn burned, but the nine children
were consumed by the flames. Their
bones were found in the ashes. Mr..
Kissinger rebuilt. Not long after his
wife died he remarked, and his second
wife, Mary Stevens, bore him fifteen
children. He not only recovered from
the loss, but became q banker, all
from his success as a farmer. This
record is probably not equaled in the
State the father of thirty-four chill
dren, successful farmer, and a banker.
Clarion pa Jocksonian.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26
Some Modern Names.


The following are derlvations and
meanings of names of some prominent
men of the present day as given by
Notes and Queries:
Pattison-This is an Irish name and
means the son of Patrick. The name
Patterson is the same. Patrick is de-
rived from the Latin Patricius, meaning
noble, q senator. The name was be-
slowed upon the eldest sons of the Roman
senator's.
Delamater-This is a French name
from lie Maitre, meaning the preceptor,
a master, or landlord.
Cameron is Gaelic, from Cam, crook
ed, and sron, nose, he-ce crooked nose.
Blaine-This name is from the town
of Blain, in France. 1t also has claim
to Welsh origin, and in that case it sig
nifies the summit or top.
Tilman-The farmer or alliance gov
ernor of South Carolina, is we'll named,
as his name means tiller of the soil.
Parnell-The Irish leader has not an
Irish name. 1t comes from Italy and is
derived from Petronilla, pretty stone,
and also an immodest girl.
McCarthy-This name is pure Irish
and means the son of Canthack, who was
an Irish chieftain of the eleventh CEN
fury.
Dillon is Welsh, from Dillyn, meaning
handsome, brave.
Vanderbilt is Dutch, from Byl, a
Ratchet or bill. The ship carpenters in
Amsterdam were nicknamed Die Byltye,
the Ratchet or bill men. Van, the Dutch
for the word of Hence Van die bilt,
or of the bill men.
Astor is Scandinavian, from the town
of Oster. in Jutland, meaning star.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26
CHILDREN'S CORNER
KITTIE's DOLL CLOTHES ALL
sHRUNK IN THE WASH


Chloe Couldn't Holp It-Don Clothes Are
SO Tiny that when They DO shrink They
All shrink Away.
"Dear me, Kittie, how your dress
has shrunk in the wash" said man.
ma, as she buttoned on Kittie's new
gingham dress, freshly washed and
ironed. M
Kittie looked down at her little feet
and legs, showing so plainly below the
short skirts, and asked: "Do you mean,
mamma. that there isn't as much of my
dress as there was before it was
washed 2"
"Yes,' said mamma. 1T has all
drawn up"
just then Aunt Chloe came in to get
the soiled clothes.
Kittie sat down upon little stool
and watched her mamma count over
her clothes, and then set down the
number Of articles upon wash-list.I
Chloe tied them up in q great bundle
and. placing it upon her head, started
away with il.
Kittie followed her to the doorsteps,
where Chloe put down her bundle to
see what the little girl had to say.
"Aunt Chloe" said Kittie, gravely,
edo you want to take in any more
washing?"
"No, honey" responded Chloe,
"What wild all dem white frocks what
you wear every week, Use mighty nigh
wored out washin' what docs now"
"But this is dollie's washing" said
Kitty. at isn't very big and she
doesn't get her clothes very dirty"
Chloe smiled till all her white teeth
shone.
II will give you nickel week to
wash them" said Kittie, with quite
business air, cor dollar if you don't
think nickel is enough"
Chloe laughed till her fat sides shook.
"Bring 'em along, honey. / amt
goin' to charge you nothin.' I'll wash
'em fur de sake NV dat pretty face,
and de sweet little howdys' you got
fur me when I comes every Monday
mornin'."
Kittie got the sheets from dolly's
little brass bedstead and spread them
upon the floor Then she counted
into them the little garments gathered
up in her apron.
Then she got pencil and scrap Of
paper, and on the paper she made
twelve stubby little marks, just like
these-1 l 1 1 l 1.
"There's exactly twelve pieces, Aunt
Chloe. Don't you see?"
"Dat's right, little missile. I'll fetch
'em all back Saturday"
Saturday morning Chloe brought
back a neat little bundle, pinned in
the doll-baby sheets.
After mammals clothes had been at
tended to, Chloe and Kittie proceeded
to count dollie's. The scrap of paper
with its twelve marks was brought out
and the dolls clothes carefully counted.
There were only ten of them. Again
they were counted, Chloe lifting each
little garment as Kittie named the
number of each mark. Still, when
Chloe got through, two marks we're
left upon the paper.
II mustch lost EN-" said Chloe, re-
gretfully, "dey wuz so little. OATS
too bad"
"No, Aunt Chloe" said Kittie with
great dignity and earnestness, 81 spec
they shrunk in the wash" And pat
ting Chloe's cheek, she added, con-
solingly: Course you couldn't help.
You see they were so very tiny that
when they shrank they shrank to moth
ing."-M. E. Stafford, IN Detroit Free
Press.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26


Hear the patrol bell
What tale OF human failings it's changing
notes foretell.
How it's ding. ding. ding tells you OF the
city's sim
Gather in, gather in,
Gather 10, in, in,
We gather in, gather In, gather In.
Needless Of the bitter wailings,
Ofthe mockings. ieers and ratings.
Ofthe curse Of human failings
Which brought about the sin
Gather inl gather in
Mid the din, din, din,
We gather IN. gather in, gather INF
Hear the mercy belll
What a story full Of sunerings it's rapid
strokes foretell.
How its bang, bang. bang makes you feel a
twinge of pain:
have being slain, a human being slainl
There's a sob in every stroke
For the bones that may be broke
Kissing steam and sitting smoke
Sounding in your ears quite plain:
have being slain, n human being sIainl
Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang.
have beng slainl
Hear the cash-box bell
What a tale Of joy and sorrow its silvery
sounds foretell.
How it's tinkle, tinkle, tinkle seems to say in
store and bar:
Here we are, are, are,
Here we are, here we are
Visions OF fine silks and laces,
Hungry children with wan faces.
Grabbed men with wooden macs
Come to you in store and bar.
How its silvery jngles jar
Ifyour credits down to par.
While you hear in store, or bar:
Here we are, he'e we are
Here we are, are, are,
Here we are here we are here we are;
How the jingle and the chinking
Sets your muggy mind to thinking
OF the cost of love and drinking
AS you hear in store or bar:
Here we are, here we are,
Here we are, are, are;
Joy and sorrow, here we are, are, are.
Here We are, here we are, here we are
-IPittsburg Dispatch.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

The Christian Union has revived
the old controversy over the English
sparrow. Says farmer: "We miss
the young of the robin, the oriole. the
wren and other native song sters whose
habit has been to nest about and near
the house. notice the man in Utah,
who took the american Agricultatrist
prize for wheat, estimated that his
-ield had been diminished a number of
bushels per acre by the depredations
of this bird. have seen them here so
thick on o shock of wheat in the field
that it had more the color of the birds
than the wheat. The idea of introduc-
ing these grain-eating birds to rid tho
country of insect pests must have been
Matched in some undeveloped brain,
and the man who introduced them
should be hung in efigy in every town
and hamlet in the Union"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

A UNDERWRITING woodchuck is very
funny creature. A Ledyard boy dis
covered one in heap of leaves in an
old tree the other day and pulled him
out He was curled up like @woolly
bear" with both forepaws closely press
ed over his eyes. When his paws were
pulled off his eyes he did not open
them. but yawned and gasped as q
heavy sleeper might be expected to do.
The animal could not be aroused from
his dormant condition until he had
been in q warm room several hours.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

Med Donald, foreman of the logging camp
Of the Crescent City Mill and Transpor-
tation Company, informs US that NE has
taken from 1870 acre tract Of the com.
pany's land 30, 900, 900 feet of lumber,
and that there is considerable good
lumber left standing, which shows 4
result of about 1865, 900 feet to the acre.
This, of course, is choice timber, and
while there are thousands of acres as
good, and some better, there is consid-
cradle that is very infcrior.-[Crescent
City (Cal.) News.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26
Numbering Thread.

When $40 yards of yarn weigh 1000
grains, q pound of cotton, the thread
makers mark it No. 1. If 1000 yards
weigh pound, il is marked as No. 2.
For No. 80 yarn, it would take fifty
multiplied by $40 to weigh a pound.
This is the whole explanation of the
yard measurement as used by the
spool-cotton manufacturers. The early
manufactured thread was of three in
stead of six cord, the number being de-
rived from the number of yards to the
pound, just as il is to-day. No. 60
yarn made No. 60 thread though in
point of fact the actual caliber of No.
60 thread would equal No. 20 yarn,
being made of three No 20 strands
twisted together.
When the sewing machine came into
the market as the great thread con-
sumner. unreasoning in its work and in
exorable in its demands for mechanical
accuracy, six-cord cotton had to be
made in place of the old and rougher
three cord, it being much smoother.
As thread numbers were already es-
tablished, they were not altered for
the new article, and No. 60 six-cord
and No. 60 three-cord were left iden-
tical in both size and number.
To effect this the six-cord has to be
made in yarn twice as fine as that de-
manded in making the three-cord
variety. The No. 60 six-cord is made
of six strands Of No. 100 yarn. The
three-cord spool cotton is the same
number as the yarn is made of. Six
cord spool cotton is always made from
yarn double its number. Thread is a
simple thing, but, simple as IL Is,
there are 1000 kinds Of it, and each
kind goes through hundreds Of differ
emit processes.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

A BOLD tramp at Scranton, Pa,
carted off the furniture and bric-a- brac
from a mansion in that city to an suc-
ton room last week and had nearly
disposed of the same before the trick
was discovered. The house was the
unoccupied residence of lately de-
ceased gentleman, a side door of which
had been left unfastened. The articles
taken away were valued at 81, 900. The
tramp told a plausible story, but the
auctioneer's suspicious were aroused
and the daring scheme was frustrated.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

A cooL-HEADED engineer prevented
disastrous collision near West Point,
Miss, the other day. The telegraph
operator neglected to hold freight
train as directed, and it was pulling
out of the station when a passenger
train was discovered rounding a curve
at the rate of fifty miles an hour. The
engineer of the freight jumped, max
ing no effort to stop his engine. The
engineer of the passenger train, how
ever. brought his train to an abrupt
standstill. Leaping from the cab, he
jumped on the freight engine and
stopped the train just two feet from
his own,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

A DISPATCH from Rome to London
paper says the clericals are disturbed
by the statement, made on authority
of the new premier, that in the event
of the death of the Pope the italian
Government would occupy the Vatican
during the interregnum. This would
necessitate the holding abroad of the
conclave for the election of successor.
1t would also give the Italian Govern
ment an opportunity to appropriate
such of the priceless treasures of the
Vatican as it might claim to be the
property of the Italian people. These
treasures are regarded with longing
eyes at Rome, the radical element as
sorting that they ought to be used for
the public benefit and instruction.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

Of men voluntarily travelling forty-six
miles before breakfast, bearing q heavy
load most Of tbs time. In another
case he met with some men who. after
having gone twenty-seyen hours with
out food. and having carried heavy
burden in the meantime. yet had still
strength enough left to carry man
fifteen mileSfurther.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

Louise Lawson's statue Made for the Let
ter Carriers Ready for Casting.
The letter carriers of New York some
time ago inaugurated movement to
erect monument in Central Park to s..
s. Cox, the late member of Congress.
who was q great friend of the postof-
fee employees, and had rendered them
great service. They appealed to their
brethren throughout the country, and
met with great success. From every
State in the Union subscriptions poured
In on the committee, which was soon in
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

geese have to have keel made Of
piece of putty on n pin stuck in their
under sides. Any number of queer
looking creatures can be made with
feathers. This one has been called q
goblin bird, though he doesn't gobble.
Matches can make good legs and neck,
and his head can be made of beeswax
or dough, with a piece of quill cut TO
form beak. Glass beads for eyes and
feathers ito taste" make him quite in
describable.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

The following anecdote is from
"Glances at Great and Little Men, by
"Paladin:" A lady of the court told
a funny anecdote of one of the numer-
GUS Americans who were presented at
the Tuileries. He was a young man,
and tue Emperor had known his father
in America, so Napoleon, wishing to be
gracious, said: "Et monsieur votre
pere, vit-n encore?" Does your father
yet live?) "Pas encore, sire" Not
yet, sire.) The Emperor had much ado
to refrain from laughing, and put his
next question in English.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

KING KALAKAURs coffin is made of
koa and kou wood of about 600 pieces;
even the handles are made of wood.
No metal of any kind is to be seen ex-
cept the inscription plate, upon which
the crown and the Hawaiian coat-of-
arms are engraved. with other suitable
inscriptions.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

dance very graceful
ly if put on the top
or sounding-board of
a piano. Cut her
out of o large cork
in the shape shown.
in Fig. 1, and in the
base insert half u
dozen stiff bristles
or fine pieces Of
broom splin t err.
Make arms of pins
and dough. and mark
IL n l.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

SOME of the Alaskan natives acquire
very respectable fortunes in the fish
ing trade. A Nicholas Bay Indian
has been known to pay down 81 900 in
hard cash for blankets and trinkets
for one potlach.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

In the Wheatstone automatic method
OF telegraphy, when transmitting at
the rate of 600 words a minute, there
are $4,000 currents per minute sent
out, each having a duration not ex-
ceedinp .OO2 of a second.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

In these days of so many alleged
cures for consumption, oysters are
commended and given to consumptive
patients because they contain iodine.
The treatment is quite common in the
South
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

uoI AhCo Win lJCA ohu
in tarlatan or some
light and fluffy ma
terial, making her
skirts quite full; add
o fez of bright red,
and she will astonish
you by her liveliness
if some one will play
. jig. Or if you put,
aer on a tin tea-tray,
tin IL a little and drum
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

Mr.. WALFoRD, the English anti
quarry, has started subscription to
pay for recruiting the inscription on the
tomb of George Chapman, who trans
lated Homer and who is buried in the
old Church of st. Giles-in-thef elds,
London
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

THE largest order for single adver-
tisement in one paper, before the war,
was given by the Fairbanks Scale
Company to the New York Tribune,
and it amounted to $4,000.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

CHAUNCEY M. DEPEw has among
his most ardent admirers a little girl
in st. Louis who has named her pet
rooster after him.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

WHEN the frigate United States
captured the British frigate Mace
DOMAIN, in the war of 1912, young
officer, who bore the official report of
the victory to the capital, entered
large public assembly, escorted by two
other officers, and presented the ensign
of the Macedonian to Mrs. Madison,
the wife of the President. The assem-
bled guests cheered and wept with en-
thusiasm, while the young officers
mother and sisters, who were present,
embraced him, delighted that he had
come safely out of the battle
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

WITH the new picking machine, the
field work on each bale of cotton costs
$3.50. Before the introduction of the
machine the field cost was $40 bale.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

The ancestral home of the Washing
ton family is Sulgrave, an insignificant
village in Northamptonshire, England.
The family lineage has been traced
back as far as Sir William de Hert-
furn, a knight of the twelfth century.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

AT ninety-six years of age, Mrs.
Matilda Sewall, of Augusta, Me-,
takes rank among the best piano play
ers of her city.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

SWALLOWS in dry, clear weather fly
high, because the insects which form
their food are high in the air during
such weather. When the weather is
cloudy and damp the insects settle
nearer the earth, and the swallows of
course follow them.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

The sidewalks at Gueda Springs,
Kan, have been demoralized by the
boys, who tear up the boards to catch
rabbits.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26
THE LUsHAIs UNEASY.

English Troops Necessary to Repress Hos
tile Actions I'm Burmah.
England has again found it neces.
sary to send small force up the high
lands above Chittagong, east of the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

The redwood tree is the monarch of
the forest. Il is not rare to see its
trunk twelve 10 eighteen feet in diameter
and it's branches 300 feet high. John A.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

For every acre of high and healthy
land in Africa there are twenty of
morass and pestilence. For every
mile of valley there are three of noun
tains. For every acre of grassy plain
there are fifty of forest so dense that
it would take a small army a year to
clear off a fair-sized farm.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

AN excellent and abundant substi-
tute for India rubber is reported as
having been discovered at Goa. 1t is
the solidifed fluid which issues from
the nivlocantem, which grows wild
and is generally used for hedges.
Though white when it flows from the
tree, in its dried state it is of choco-
late color, closely resembling gutta
narcha
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

LAST August there was fall of
mama in Asia Minor, which was baked
for bread after the manner of the
biblical tradition. 1t has been exam
med by Frenchmen of science and iden-
tilted as ichen of the family lecanora
cesalle1lt1
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

FoRT DoNELsoS was taken by Gen.
Grant on Feb. 16, 1862. "When Gen.
Buckner, commander OF the fort. wrote
to Gen. Grant offering capitulation,
Graut replied that no terms would be
accepted except an unconditional sur
render and that he proposed to move
immediately upon their works. These
expressions came to be much quoted,
and u. s. Grant has been often said
to signify Unconditional Surrender
Grant"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

FRENCH parents possessing seven or
more children have certain exemptions
from taxation.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

In Warrensburg, Mo-, lives light
ming calculator who has done, in three
hours, work that would have taken six
ordinary accountants six days. He can
also, at any period of the day or night,
give the exact meridian time in hours,
minutes and seconds, though he can
not tell time by looking at watch or
clock
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

A BURGLARS drill will go through
cast iron one and quarter inches
thick in fifteen minutes.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

CHRIS Brown, of Fort Wayne, Ind,
has agreed to walk from Aspinwall to
Alaska for $4,000.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

BLAcKsMITHs will be apt to view
with alarm the introduction of paper
horseshoes just approved for use in the
German army. They are made of
layers of compressed parchment. ce-
mented with q preparation of turpen-
tine, Spanish white, lac, and boiled
hnseed oil. The separate layers are
stamped out, cemented, and consoli-
dated by hydraulic press. When dry
the shoe is rnsped to fit each horse.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

TRERE are said to be $4,000 brass
bands in this country, with 100000
performers.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

STANLEY says that lecturing is more
tiresome business than exploring
Africa.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

on the bottom, and she will go through
soany difficult figure with ease.
Cork is fine figure to make birds
Of, especially water birds. Ducks and
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

CALIFORNIA proposes to construct
marble hall on the Worlds Fair
grounds.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

More Cork Figures
This little lady is Miss Flopsy Float
away. She cannot sing, but she will
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

THE power Of endurance Of the Chi
nese coolie is marvellous. A mission
AIRY from China tells Of "a instance
that came under his own observation
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-26

her face with pen and inl