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New-York tribune., 1891-05-08

To the Canal Investigating Committee appointed
bv the Assembly: When are you going 10 geO 10
work? Or don't you intend to get 70 worK a'
alp
New-York tribune., 1891-05-08

Tammony methods appear to have s.a" oo'al,'. "a !,
oad tootbold in Chicago under the Cresier ao'
ministratiou. Stu0lng the payrolls is iamin,.
Wirwam trick. But then Chicago ma" ,aS pIDns
snrit enough to introduce new order Oh 'ni'is'
at the recent city election.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-08

assume the most protentous tone. Lord SALISBURY
says:
al have great reverence for the lawn sleeves
and .crozler 'of an Archbishop but when / see bs-
hindsSthe crozier the familiar features Of Mr.
Schnadhorst my reverence disappears"
| know not whether it be needful TO explain TO
any American reader that Mr.. Schnadhorst is the
Boss Of the Gladstonian party; the great worker
and manager in that body, whose power OF manipu-
lating caucus or organizing an election is prob
ably equal to that of any Sachem Of Tammany,
past or present II is remarkable that Lord Sails
bury has borrowed, no doubt unconciously his
image from Emerson, whom perhaps l never read
Emerson says in his English Taits': Tho
bishop is only q surpliced merchant; through his
lawn sleeves you see the bright buttons OF the
shopman glitter"
This is not precisely chalking upNo Popery on
the wall, or beating the drum ecclsiastic. Were
il any other religion than the Rman Catholic,
Lord Salisbury's protest against priesty inter
ference would be- he tells Us, the same.
"Can you imagine tie Archbishop OF Canterbury
summoning his suilragans and reolv.ng that there
should he q change in the leadership of the Con-
servatlve party? might netuplly dcTur TO such
an exercise Of influence but my1mprcssion IL that
should not be eft alone in my demurrer, and that
the Church of England and alrwho belong to the
Church of England, would rejet with the utmost
indignation any such intrusio of the sacred &C.
cesastical element. Can yo' imagine a clergy
man of ST. Georges, llanoversquare, denouncins
from the altar all who maintai Liberal opinions II
his parish? Can you imagic all the estimable
London clergy going up " I'll poll on polling aas..
New-York tribune., 1891-05-08

signed to promote cleanliness by preventing , s,u1
walks and pavements from being Uttered i.S WIN sn
pdpers It's rigid enforcement must oe desired ~
cverv right thinking citizen. Mayor Grant is 70
be commended, therefore. for refusing 70 repan :.
even on the application of branch Of tns ioans ~
Mems Christian Association which wlsnea u Su
yertise a religious service by this means. s 0,'s
law for all and its equal enforcement is a so0o
rnle 10 stick TO.
New-York tribune., 1891-05-08

The crop of spring poetry must indeed be Inn
tied when The Critic finds 1t necessary or au.
visable 10 print in it's May-Day issue dated May
q poem entitled I'm October VI was ~
merely a typographical error?
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17
Electric EXECUTIONS.

The Legislature aimed to shock, not
roast, its erin inas to death by electrici-
ty.-New York Commercial Advertiser.
Is electrocution torture? This is the
question, and science should be able 10
furnish the answer. New York Re-
corder.
The executions by electricity are a
monstrous scandal No civilized com
munity can permit such dreadful work
to go on New York Times.
The exceedingly brief treatment OF the
event by the press generally must COM
mend itself to the cranky gentlemen who
drew the law under which the execution
was done. Providence Telegram.
The electrocution of the wife muir
derer Loppy, at Sing Sing, is pronounced
success by the attending physicians.
Mr.. Loppy's opinion on the subject has,
however, not been published Louis
Globe Democrat.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17
1t is reported that an expedition left

1t is reported that an expedition left
Albuquerque, New Mexico, a few
days ago to dig for treasure in The
ruins of Gran Quivera, which are sit
uated in desert country 100 miles
from Albuquerque. w. p. Metcalf, a
ranchcr, who is making visit to Chi
cago, is authority for the statement.
The searchers will have only tradition
to guide them, but they are not the
first enthusiasts to delve in the ruins.
No treasure has ever been discovered.
Without doubt a city of streets,
churches and monasteries once rose
where now only limestone walls are TO
be found, but the story that gold and
silver and precious ornaments were
known to aud used by the inhabitants
rostsA only ORA vagao roport chat tho
Spaniards set down in their chroni-
cles. No water can be had for fifty
miles around Gan Quivera, SO that the
prosecution of the quest will be at
tended with hardship, If not danger.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17

Contemplating in Northern Arkan-
sas nowadays Is done principally by
white people, Missouri furnishing a
large number Of the pickers, who are
men, women, and children. Whole
families migrate about September 18
to the cotton country, making the
journey in wagons, and taking their
beds aud cooking utensils with them.
The young folks look forward to the
Arkansas invasion as n holiday outing,
but the work, never, hcless, is hard,
lasting from sunrise to the last glow of
tho set sun. At the cotton fields the
MissourIans find ready for their ac-
commodation the same log cabins that
The field-hands occupied in slave days.
While the morning stars are still seen
in the sky young and old are up, aud
the usual breakfast OF bacon and
corn-cake having been eaten, they sal
ly out with the first light to the cotton
bolls. A good worker can pick 200
pounds day, the wages for which is
at the rate Of seventy-fivo cents hun.
dred pounds. The top crop, that
stands as high as the chin, is soon dis
posed Of, and when the middle crop 10
reached, the older men leave the pain
ful labor of STOPPING over the rows to
youngsters and the women, and with
their rifles make Tor the hills, where
bisgsape is plentiful. Occupation is
found for the children when the bot
tom crop appears, aud then, with
steady rains and raw atmosphere the
work becomes tedious aud irksome.
But this last picking Is sometimes the
most profitable. When all the cotton
is weighed and stored the Missouri
farmer gathers his people together,
and with his earnings tied up In q
stocking-foot starts the old horse for
home. Many a mortgage has been
lifted Al tho onj Of the cottoE- picking
season
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17
The Onion Upbeld.

1t has been decided I'm Chicago that a
school cannot be dismissed by the teacher
because some Of the scholars have eaten
onions. .-Philadelphia Call.
The place for the onion-eater is in
the solitude Of the fields or the bed
chamber with the windows well down.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Miss Merrill, fastIdlous school teach
er In Chicago is In trouble because she
insists upon sending boys home who eat
onions before coming to school.-New
York Commercial Advertiser
A Chicago teacher sent n child home
from schools because his breath smeled
OF onions, and the Superintendent OF
Schools has reprimanded her for f. Chi
cago believes in free diet as we'll as
free schools. .-BostOn New,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17

In Russia governmental system of
insuring crops against hail will prob
ably be set in operation in the near
future. 1t is reported that the main
plans have already been arranged.
There has been hail insurance system
in Russia for some time past, but the
insurance companies excluded the
small proprietors and peasantry. The
government proposes to give all ag-
riculturists chance to benefit by in
surance. According to the latest
official data hail insurance amounted
to only 50, 900, 900 throughout Russia.
n-Europe, while the average crops of
the empire have value about four
nuudrcu tImes Iarger than that insured.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17
nIoeRApuy OF THE spEAKEr.

Charles Frederick Crisp was born in
Sheffield, England, June 30, 1S45, his
parents being on a European tour at the
time They returned TO America the
year Of his birth. and went back to their
old home in Georgia. He was educated
in the common schools of Macon and
Savannah, and in May, 1861, he entered
the Confederate army as Lieutenant in
Company X, Tenth Virginia Infantry.
He was taken prisoner of war May II,
1864, and confined In Fort Delaware
until June, 1865. Then he was re eased
and went to live with his parents, who
we're residing at Ellavile, Schley Coun-
ty, Ga. Soon after he removed to
Americas and studied law, being ad.
mitted TO the bar there in 1865. and GO
ing back to Ellayille to practice. He
continued In private practice there until
1872, when he was appointed Solicitor
General of the Southwestern judicial
Circuit and was reappointed in 1873 for
term OF four years. In. the same year
he moved to AmerIcus again and since
then that town has been his home.
June, 1877. Mr.. Crisp was appointed
Judge OF the Superior Court of the
Southwestern Ciicuit, and In 1878
elected to the same Office by the General
Assembly. He was re. elected Judge ia
1880 for term of four years, but re-
signed In 1882 to accept the Democratic
nomination for Congress in the Third
District. He was also President OF the
Democratic State Convention of 1883.
He was elected TO the Forty eighth
Congress and has teen returned to that
body continuously ever since.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17

Chief Barrett, of the Electrical De-
partment of the Worlds Fair, is con-
fronted by what appears a unique
predicamont. He states that, owing
to the many and rapid improvemI ts
being made in electrical machAks,
most manufacturers are afraid to pre-
pare an exhibit until the last minute.
By the time the fair opens the fixtures
they now have in hand may be. ac-
cording to Chief Barrett, the most
antiQuated of ''chestnuts."
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
sage's Assassin.


The only safe lunatics are those who
are under rigid restraint-New York
Tribune.
Russell Sage has probably sold more
puts and calls than any other ten men
in America, but IL was a startling nov
city to have a dynamite bomb put at
him Immediately after call for a mil
lion dollars. s.-Cleveland Leader Herald.
If a suspicious stranger calls on you
and demands $1,000, 600 lose no time in
sitting down and writing a check for
that amount In ehe-Iiaht of-roceat
events the Journal feels. justified in Of
ferihg its readers this advice. INDIAN
apolis Journal
The attempt on the life of Russell
Sage in New York sh ws the necessity of
the most rigid regulations with respect
to the use OF such explosives as dyna-
mite, with severe penalties to be visited
upon persons found with such articles in
their possession unless duly authorized.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17
Necessary to choice, ia.

The nomination of Crisp was made
unanimous on motion of j. ID. Brown Of
Indiana. Immediately {. ere were loud
cries OF ~Crisp! Crisp!" ana commit
tee was appointed to notify the success
full candidate of his selection and escort
him to the chair Applause and theers
greeted the gentleman from Georgia,
and aft r bowling his acknowledgements
Mr.. Crisp spoke as follows:
Representatives, / am profoundly Y
grateful for this mark Of your confidence
and esteem. ! p edge myself here and
now to devote whatever of industry and
ability possess to the advancement OF
the real int rests of the Democratic
party. l beg to say to you now as l
speak to you my first words since am
your selection for Speaker, that my elec-
tion means no step backward in tariff
reform.
Il beg to say to you that there Is in
our party to-day no man who more earn
estly believes in the Democratic doctrine
of tariff reform than | do. After the
long struggle through which we have
passed, when Representatives are ia.
tiRued. when other officers are to be
nominated, IL does not become me to
consume your time. / beg 10 say, how
ever. that during the progress of this
canvass i have said no word respecting
any individual which would at all justify
aim in having any harsh feeling of any
kind against me. | have felt that it
was friendly struggle. l have felt
that we were all Democrats, and have
felt that whoever might be chosen
Speaker, whenever this House meets and
organizes we stand as ne body, working
and laboring for a common cause.-the
principles of the Democratic party.
al thank you again for your conf
dence aud your kindness, and assure you
that this whole contest has left in my
bosom no unkind feeling toward any
member OF the Hou sc"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17
Gems Of Thought.

COMPASSION will cure more sins than
condemnation. Henry Ward BeecheE
THE necessity OF circumstances proves
friends and detects enemies --Epictetus.
PEDANTRY aud taste are as incon-
sistent as gayety and melancholy.
ater.
THERE has never been a mean man
and at the same time virtuous Con
fucius
NATURE makes no vagabonds, the
world makes ms respectable. Alexander
Smith.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17

The ehila Of i~o yAar.- who hos
been sent 10 an Illinois insane asylum
because of homicidal mania is, thinks
the San Francisco Chronicle, worth
study by scientists. If she invented a
language for her own use she certain
ly has some of that genius that is said
to be allied to insanity, and she ought
not to be allowed to herd with ordi-
nary lunatics.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17

Congress presents as striking a change
in its personality "a In its partisanship.
The number of new members is unprece-
dented. Troy Press
The new Congress has great deal of
new material In its makeup. there being
141 members who appear for the first
time on the floor. Lafayette Journal
IL Is likely TO be stormy session. but
whether IL will be- or no IL will be full of
interest, and upon II will depend in no
small degree the issues and the lines Of
campaign ncxt summer.-New York
Mall and Express
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17

Florida IS probably the best timbcred
State in the Uaiou. Out of about
3s, goo. 900 acres only some 100000
are included In farms, the rest, nine
teen-twenticths, exclusive Of the area
covered by lakes and rivers, being
covered with heavy forests.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17

Tho third annual report of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission on the ~Sta-
tistlcs OF Railways in the United States"
which covers the operations Of railroads
for the year ended June 80, 1890, shows
that railway mileage on June 80, 1890,
was 163, ,5s7; the Increase during the
year was 5000. The total length of
track, including sidings aud spurs, is
zoe, ,060 miles.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17

Cficial statistics in Ohio show that
khc number of papers in that state has
grown from 5000 to $4,000 within
the past twenty years.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17

The express companies pay 10 rail-
ways as rentals 500, 207,711 a year.
They are in reality engaged in the busi-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17
THE SENATE AND HOUSE.
WORK OF OUR NATIONAL Law
MAKERS.

Proceedings OF the Senate and House Of
Representatives = Important Measures
Discussed and Acted Upon-Gist OF the
Busin0as.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17
CAPTURED BY CRISP.
THE GEORGIAN CHOSEN FOR
THE SPEAKERSHiP.

Springer Decided It-He Openly Displayed
His Pique Against MIR. Mills-Thirty Bal
lots Requirod-End of the Hottest Fight
known to History.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17

10 build one Of tho monster iia-ton
guas requires about as much time as IT
.akes TO build the vessel whieL carries
It ;ss.-w
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17
How It was Done.

How IL Was Done.
CHARLES +. CRIsP. of Georgia. ......... Speaker
JANIS KERR, Of Pennsylvania: ......... Clerk
s. YoDER, OF Ohio ....... .sergeant-at-ar
O. H. TURNER, of New York. Doorkeeper
y. g. DALTON, Of Indiana. Postmaster
Charles f. Crisp, Of Georgia, will be
Speaker OF the House Of Representatives
IN the Fifty-second Congress. William
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17
MIRROR OF MICHIGAN.
vAiTHFUL REcoUNTINo OF HER
LATEST NEWS.

Revenge OF a Convict-Gives Her Another
Arm = Trouble for Timber Men = High
Winds I'm Ottawa County-Kiiied by
street Car.
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ing her instantly. Her lover purchased
the locks OF his beloved, deserted the
army and retired to Canada, where he
bewailed his betrotheds fate until the
end OF his life.
In 1879 Washington sent Gen. Wayne
Mad Anthony-to storm the fort on
Stony Point, in the Hudson Highlands.
Under black walnut tree In the still
ness Of night, Wayne gave his orders to
his little band, and stealthily as tigers
they approached the fort and surprised
il. In the early morning Wayne, who
said TO Washington when asked If he
could carry the fort, "I'll storm hell IL
you will only plan it, wrote to the chief,
"The fort and garrison and Col. John
ston are ours. The walnut tree has
persisted
Near Seaconnet, r. l., stood veneer
able sycamore tree, the only one left in
that section of the State by the British
when they evacuated 10 in October, 1879.
Seaconnet Channel was the scene of one
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tree at the north end OF Cambridge
common, and drawing his sword. form
ally took command of the army of Boston.
The old elm tree was known afterward
as Washington's elm.
Near the dividing line between North
and South Carolina stood famous tulip
tree, marking the spot where the Amer
leans i'm October, 1880, defeated portion
OF Lord CORVALLIS army. After the
battle ten Tories were suspended from
its branches and the tree was afterward
called the Tory Tulip Tree.
Until about 1852 majestic pine tree
stood by the highway between tho vii
lagos OF Fort Edward and Sandy Hill, on
the upper Hudson Upon its trunk wa $
carved "Jane McCrea, l777." The story
OF Jane McCrea is a sad one. She was n
New Jersey clergyman's daughter and
on his death removed to her brothers
place near Fort Edward. =. neighbour
son became her lover, and being loyal
list entered the army OF Burgoyne. In
1777 Jane was captured by Indians
Pursuit was given and bullet intended
for the savages pierced her heart, kill
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old trees, about which memories cluster
like the trailing vines. In the shadows
of the dark forest, in the light OF the
lofty hills, in the warmth and beauty of
the broad plains of the lcat globe, they
stand in matchlesS dignity. But they
are few. They are patriarchs in the So
ciety of the vegetable kingdom receiv-
ing the homage Of myrads of chi dren.
With what mute eloquence do they ad-
dress us? With what moving rathos do
the trees of Olivet discourse of Jesus,
his beautiful life and sublime death?
How the cedars of Lebanon talk OF Solo
mon and Hiram, and the great temple of
Jerusalem? In our own country and
our own time there have been and still
are ancient trees intimately connected
with our history as colonists and as a
nation, and which command the rever-
.ence of every American heart.
Probably the most ancient OF these
living links, connecting the present and
the past, was the Big Tree that stood on
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Thirteen n Lucky Number,

The old superstition that the humble,
13 is unlucky is supposed to have Its
origin as far back as the last supper,
when Judas betrayed his Lord and af-
terward hung himself. There are,
however, instances where 13 has been
a lucky number as in bakers dozen,
where one loaf is added to the dozen
for luck.
There is also an account of British
soldier in the reign of William and
Mary who was court-martialed for
having fallen asleep at midnight when
on sentry guard upon the terrace at
Windsor. He most solemnly declared
that he was innocent of the offense,
and to prove it swore that he heard the
clock Tom of Westminster strike 13
when it should have struck II.
The court refused to believe that he
could hear the clock at that great dis
lance, and sentenced him to death, but
when number of people came forward
and made affidavit that the clock did
actually strike Ii on the same night hs
was pardoned. Detroit Free Press.
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A ErnriIa Struciure.

system which chronic Indigestion has de-
pleted and rendered nervous and feeble is, in
deed, very fragile structure, tenement fast
topping into irretrievable decay. Excessive
irritability Of temper, abnormal and causeless
anxiety, hypochondria, hysteria, and sleepless-
ness-these are some OF the manifestations OF
nervousness. That grand, invigorating nervine.
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters tranquillizes by
strengthening the nerves, accomplishing the
double result through the medium of renewed
digestion and assimilation. No tonic in exist
ence exhibits such thoroughness. produces such
speedily appreciable effects as the Bitters 1t is
n perfectly reliable safeguard against malaria
and dangerous kidney trouble, and remedit =
completely liver and bowel inactivity and dis
order. Nervous invalids should not fail 10 for
THY their systems with this benign protective,
Which merits q persistent trial
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Sanitary Instincts.

A contributor to The Forum calls at
tention 10 the fact that the unwhole-
someness of artificial sugar is recognize
ed even by our dumb fellow-creatures,
and that wasps and bees turn with an
angry hum from the chemical product
known as saccharine. But the same
argument might be used against the de-
fendcnts OF the alcohol habit. There
are animals to whom the odor of putre-
faction seems to be a most attractive
aroma, and salt does not wholly pro.
tect meat from the attacks Of certain
insects; but neither insects, birds nor
beasts can ever be driven by extremes Of
heat TO quench their thirst with brandy.
The mere odor of distilled fluids is SO
repulsivo to our instinct-guided fellow
creatures that in the preservation OF
anatomical curiosities alcohol is better
pickle than arsenious acid.