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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29
Driver Ants.


There are certain ants that show
wonderful intelligence, and the
driver ants" not only build boats
but launch them, too; only these
boats are formed OF their own bodies.
They are called drivers" because Of
their ferocity. Nothing can stand
before the attacks OF these little
creatures. Large pythons have been
killed by them In single night,
while chickens, lizards, and other
animals in Western Africa flee from
them in terror. To protect them
selves from the heat, they erect
arches under which numerous armies
of them pass in safety Sometimes
! the arch is made of grass and earth
gummed together by some secretion,
and again it is formed by the bodies
of the larger ants, which hold them
selves together by their strong nip
pers. while the workers pass under
them. AT certain times OF the year,
freshets overflow the country in.
habited by the drivers" and 1t Is
then that these ants go to sea. The
rain comes suddenly, and the wall:
of their houses are broken in by The
| flood, but instead. OF coming to the
surface in scattered hundreds, anC
being swept off TO destruction, out o.
] the ruins rises back ball that rides
safely on the water and drifts away
At the frst warning Of danger, thu
! little creatures run together, ant
| form a solid ball d ants, the weake
in the center; often this ball Is large
than a common baseball; and II
this way they float about until the,
lodge against some tree, upon tn
branches OF which they are soon SAFE
and souud.--St. Nicholas.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

TIA designatcs them as "sloops pinks,
settlers for collecting oysters aud clans
In time the shallop came into use, then
the sloop and the pink But the largest
vessels of the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries were comparatively OF small
dimensions very few being over 100 tons
burden. The waters OF Maine were ex-
plored in one bark Of fifty and another
OF twenty.six tons. John Smith pene-
trated the rivers and bays of territory
now known as Virginia and Maryland in
a long boat of twenty tons and two
vessels OF forty and leo tons. A record
of craft in Massachusetts, from 1874 to
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29


Vogue.
That gay little game called battle
door and shuttlecock, which was so
popular in our grandmothers' day,
bids fair to become popular again
with the invention of badminton,
which IL so closely resembles. IL re-
quires no especial muscular develop
ment, says the New York Recorder,
only ability and as much grace as may
be convenient.
There are 0ld-fashioned folks still
who think that a sedate game OF
croquet, or even the terribly earnest
tennis, affords no such real sport as
did this simple little game of the
past. People make work OF their
sports to-day, these old folks say, be-
cause it Is a workaday age, and they
must cultivate their brains or mus
cles, or both, even in popular pas
times.
Battledoor and shuttlecock insures
one OF the most beneficial means OF
exercise, the continual upward move
ment of the arms--the reaching
which is the best of tennis, from the
athletic point Of view. 1t isn't an
expensive game, either, for the Inn
plements cost almost nothing. A
battledoor and shuttlecock club may
be organized by any set of young PEG
pie who have a moderate spread o.
greensward available.
A little garden hat, with a brin
wide enough to keep the sun from the
eyes, pretty bodices on the peasant
style, or with Swiss belts, the under
blouse sufficiently easy for free arm
movement; skirts short, full anC
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

has attained its highest perfection as a
fine art, and maintains leading place
In naval architecture. To other vessels
IL is what the thoroughbred is to the or
binary roadster. Human genius and
constructive skill all stimulated to their
utmost by competitive tests In which
the victor is crowned with honors and
substantial rewards. When in 1851 the
America captured the Internal onal cup
from the royal yact squadron, OF En-
gland. IL was thought that fast sa linq
had reached its limit, But this belief
was signally disce'led by subsequent
races, notably that between the Genesta
and Puritan for the same prize.
I hen the conviction became general
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

famarsck roots when Columbus landed
AZ the West Indies on his fourth voyage
ne was visited by an Indian trader In q
canoe eight feet wide. formed out OF
single tree and propelled by twenty five
rowera The canoes OF many Western
tribes were frames of osier or flexible
poles covered with buffalo skins sewed
together with the sinews OF the deer
On the Atlantic coast canoes were
used extensively by the first European
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

facilities to ascend rivers or paddle over
lakes on their H. nting and fishing ex.
cursions. The dugout, laboriously hewn
with shells or burned out OF solid log;
the birch-bark ca oe, and the coracle,
che latter consisting OF wicker frame
work covered with skins. were their
chief means of water transpo taticn,
and at first. for lack of any thing better,
che whites were not slow to adopt Indian
methods. Some OF their canoes were by
no mrans Insignificant affairs. The lro.
quis made them from two.ve to forty
feet long, tn capacity for arrying
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29
A pIystiaed Monkey.

An officer in India gave his tame
monkey a lump of sugar inside a
corked bottle of such stout glass that
it could not well be broken. The
monkey was of an inquiring mind,
and it nearly killed it. Sometimes,
in an impulse of disgust, it would
throw the bottle away out Of its own
reach, and then be distracted until it
was given back to it. At others 1T
would sit with countenance OF most
hfnUeusen ons.contemplating the
bottled sugar, and then, as IL pulling
itself together for another effort at
solution, would take up the bottle
afresh, and gaze into 1T.
1t would tilt it up one way and try
to get the sugar out of the neck, and
then, suddenly reversing it, try to
catch the sweet morsel as it fell out,
under the impression that it would
capture it by surprise. 1t kept rap
ping its teeth against the glass in
futile bites, and, warming to the pur-
suit of the revolving lump, used to tie
itself into regular knots round the
bottle. Fits of the most ludicrous
melancholy would alternate with
these spasms of furious calculation,
and how the matter would have ended
it is impossible to say.
But the monkey one night got
away, and took the bottle with 1t,
and it has always been delight TO its
former owner to think that whole for
ests full of monkeys have by this time
puzzled themselves into fits over thy
great problem OF bottled sugar. What
profound theories these long-tailed
philosophers must have evolved
What polemical acrimouy that bottle
must have provoked! And what
Confucius the original monkey must
have become A single morning with
such sanhedrim discussing such
matter would surely have satiatec
even Swift with satire.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

play of the finest specimens and models
OF ships, steamers. yachts, boats, etc,
OF the latest improved construction, but
Is intended to show in realistic way
the methods of water conveyance pecu-
liar to all countries from the most en-
lightened to the seini-clvilized and bar
barous A series of object lessons in
chronological order will punctuate each
progressive step in naval architecture
from the crude attempts of boat build
-ers to the stately steamships and iron
.clads of to-day.
Such an ARRANGEMENT OF naval sEe-
-cialties and curiosties will not only
crafty the sight-seer, but possess his
torical and educational suggestveness
that will invest them with far more than
.ordiuary interest. A similar judicious
,plan will be adopted in the grouping of
art cles belonging to the other two dis
tinctive classitications of this depart
ment comprising railways, their opera
ton and equipment, and vehicles on
common roads.
The continent of North America, from
the date of its first settlement by white
men, will a one furnish material for an
ample and varied collection Of naval
curios The aborigines did not lack the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29
An Expensive Diet.

Mrs. Canby-Oh, Titus, the baby
has swallowed hairpin."
Mr.. Canby-That's it; just as l ex-
pected. Now, you'll want money TO
buy some more. It's nothing but
money, money, money, in this house
the whole blessed time. I'll bet that
baby has swallowed more than $50
worth of hairpins in the last three
months. Now, madam, this thing
has got to stop right here-either
that baby will quit eating hairpins
and come down to common grub like
the rest of US, or III know the reason
why-you understand?-Epoch.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29
HOW 10 rroat nrowned Mem.

Little George Washington - oh,
pappy, Use done learned powerful
lot in ma school to-day. Use learned
what to do wiv drowned man when
you find him in de water.
The Old Man-G'way, chile!
"Yes, / did, pappy! Did you ever
find a drowned MANI"
"Cou'se, yes; lots OBJ dem!"
"Den what did you do de berry fust
t'ing?"
"Me? Oh, jes' go trough DER
pockets to see If dey hab anything wuff
takin'." boston News.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

Great Britain is going steadily
ahead In the work of fortifying the
coast line of her American possessions
on both sides OF the continent. Inn
portaut Notifications are being built
on the British Columbian coast, and
the authorities have now decided to
place two revolving turrets at the
Fort York redoubt at Halifax. One
is to be placed at the northern end
and one at the southern end OF the
fort. Zach turret will be built OF
stone and will contain four sixty-ton
guns.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29
CuAR1.rs A1eERNoN SwINBURNE

CHARLES ALGERNoN SwINBURNE,
the feshly poet, has been visiting in
a house in Cheltenham which was
originally built for and occupied by
Sir Walter Raleigh. We should think
Sir Walters ghost would haunt him
for the remark Swinburne once made,
after going through every room in one
of the London clubs, looking for one
in which there was no tobacco being
smoked: "King James was scoun-
drel of the deepest dye; but l honor
and respect him, because he slit the
throat OF that other villain, Sir Wal.
ter Raleigh, who introduced the Gus
tom of smoking in England.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

se's were built for ocean service, making
remarkab y swift voyages between Eng
lish and Atlantic seaports, and China,
Australia and Pacific coast points
IL was a period especially active and
eventful in matters bearing on all classes
of navigation interests, most Important
changes being due to the successful ap-
pllcation Of the screw by Ericsson. In
is4O the Cunard line was established. In
1851 as many as fifteen companies sixty
three steamers Ill, 496 tonsl were run
ming lines between New York and Lon
don and Liverpool In the United States
there was corresponding increase In
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

Long Island Sound. was COZ feet long,
30 feet beam, and Of 676 tons
Meanwhile the vessels plying between
Atlantic and foreign ports had also
greatly increased In numbers and EN-.
cheney An American merchantmen OF
1.133 tons In 164l was said 70 be the
largest In the world. In 1880 vessels oil
1000 tons were not uncommon. The
Republic, 1853, had a tonnage OF 4,55h
From 1870 TO 1860 the finest sailing YES
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29
A Groundless Complaint.

Grieved Guest = You advertised
fresh fruit every day; and I've been
here two weeks and 1 have not seen
a single piece.
Shrewd Host-You haven't! Well,
what's the matter with them tomatoes
right there in front Of you?
"Well, tomatoes and fruit are two
very different things"
They be, be they? Well the next
time you lay out to pass the summer
in a family OF culture. you'd better
put a little botany into you. Boston
Courier.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29
can Early Bird" Etc.

She NEW to rural life $50 that is
an apple tree?
He-Yes.
sWhy doesn't it blossom
Sits a trife late for 1t to blossom.
swell, let's get up early tomorrow
morning and see it blossom then
New York Herald.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29
His Natural stopping Places.

"Where did you spend your yaca-
tion, Lakteel?"
Il made a tour of the watering
places, Bangle"
20, yes, of course! forgot for the
moment that you were milkman."
-Pittsburg Chronicle.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29
a Rose wien thc Thorn.

Grifin-Then there is no hope for
me, Miss Julia?
Miss Julia-None, Mr.. Griffin, I'm
afraid, but I'll be sister to you.
Griffln-That'll do nicely. Wen
mention it to your father that I'm
your brother now, and then, perhaps,
he'll treat me little more civflly.-
brakes Magazine.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29
Goodness It's own Reward.

Mrs. Ponsonby-Why, my dear,
what has become Of all the jewelry
you used to wear so much?
Mrs. Popinjay-I have given them
up to save the heathens.
"How good Of you?"
Eyes, but / will get my reward.
Harold will buy me new set of the
latest style. The jewelers. Circular.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29
Highly Accomplished.

Miss Breeze, of Chicago-How did
you like my gentleman friend from
st. Louis?
Miss Wabash, of ditto-Oh, want
he nice? l love TO watch him eat.
Miss Breeze-Yes, he carries his
knife to his mouth so graceful
Boston Courier.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

In Australia there is manufactured
hat which is said to resemble the
Panama hat very closely. 1t is made
from the unexpanded leaves of q
native plant, which are immersed in
boiling water and then dried. The
fiber obtained from this treatment is
plated as in South America.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

In connection with models, photo
graphs, and sketches illustrating the
many changes in construction, equip
ment ana propulsive devices which have
marked the tmporsaue transittve periods
above briefly referred to, the reproduc-
ton of designs and improvements
adapted to the protection OF life and
property on the sea-, buoys, signals
lighthouses, docks, wrecking apparatus
and appliances, will be hardly less inter
esting.
In the modern yacht ship-bu lding
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29
A solution at Any Cost.

Giddings-Did they catch the fell
low that tried to pick Mrs. Waight's
pocket yesterday?
Rawley = No; but he gave him.
self up.
"What did he do that for?"
ITO force her to testify whether
she had a pocket or not. Puck.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

Trick Upon which Tt Is safe TO Lay
Wager Every Time.

On a dry day rub with brush, OF
with the hand, a thin piece OF paper;
II will become electrified In short
time and adhere 10 your hand, youi
face or your coat as II It had glue on
II, and you will not be able TO get rid
OF IL,
Electrify, in the same manner, q
thick piece OF paper-a postal card,
for example--and you will see that,
as with sealing wax, glass, sulphur
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29
HuMOR OF THE WEEK.
STORIES TOLD BY FUNNY MEN
OF THE PRESS.

Many Odd. Curious. and Laushabls
Phases Of Human Mature Graphically
Portrayed by Eminent Word Artists ~
Our Own Day.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

Naval Archttecturo.
The perlls incident to the navigation
of lakes end streams OF any considerab o
magnitude few centuries ago were suf-
ncient 20 test the courage of the bo'dest
and bravest; but the real and imaginary
dangers that confronted the mariner
who ventured In his frail bark upon the
unknown open sea were appalling. To
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

A GOOSE farm has been started in
Michigan. II will be managed BY q
Michigander.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

A TRAIN Of pure thought will only
run on the track Of well-graded mind.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

Wishlets-These summer resorts
are so full of all kinds OF crooks,
that for fear of being robbed, / al
ways leave my money In the hotel
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-29

plan.
what is it?"
aMy wife carries the Doodle in her
dress pocket. brooklyn Eagle.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-11-28

bis craft, and to the end he had q silent
pity, that came as near being contempt
as his good, forgiving old heart could
feel, for an editor who had not worked
his way from a regular devilship up past
the cases and the imposing stone.
He worked all that night, and when
the hours that are so short IN the ball
room and so long in the composing room
drew wearily on, he was tired. Hc
hadn't thrown in a very full case, he
said, and he had TO climb clear into thC
boxes and chase a type up into a corner
before he could get hold of it. One Of
the boys, tired as himself-but printer
10 never too tired to be good natured-
offered to change places with him, buf
the old man said there was enough II
the case to last him through this take
and he wouldn't work any more tonight
| The type clicked in the silent room, ant
by and by the old man said:
"rm out of sorts"
And sat down on the low window sill
by his case, with his stick in his hand
his hands folded wearily in hislap. TIT
types clicked on. A galley Of telegraph
| waited
"What gentleman is lingering with Il
D?' called the foreman, who was danger
ously polished and polite when he wa
on the point Of exploding with wratl
| and Importance.
Slug nine, passing by the alley, stop
ped to speak TO the old man sitting ther
SO quietly.
The telegraph boy came running il
with the last manifold sheet, shouting:
"Thirty!"
They carried the old man to the fore
mans long table and laid him down rev
erently and covered his face. They too
the stick out Of his nerveless hand an
read his last take:
"BosToN, Nov. 23.-The America
bark Pilgrim went to pieces off Marble
head in a light gale about midnight
She was old and unseaworthy, and thi
was to have been her last trip. "-Bo
Burdette.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-11-28

Good looks are more than skin deep, de-
pending upon a healthy condition of all the
vital organs. If the Liver be inactive, yor
have a Bilious Look, if your stomach bt
disordered you have Dyspeplic Look aut
if your Kidneys be affected you have Pinch
ed Look. Secure good health and you will
have good looks. Electric Biters is the
great alteratiYe and Tonic acts directly OF
these vital organs. Cures Pimples. Blotches
Boils and gives good complexion. Sold al
Reber's LehightOn; and Biery's Woisspor
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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-11-28

"Are MT you ever going to grow old,
like the rest of us?" asked man Of an
acquaintance he had MT seen for some
time, "Well, not so long as I can purify
my blood with Ayers Sarsaparilla,' was
the apt reply. This man knew what he
was talking about.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-11-28

have not used all of one bottle vet. I
suffered from catarrh for twelve years, ex-
periencing the nauseating dropping in the
throat peculiar to that disease, and nose
bleed almost daily. l tried various rene.
dies without benefit until last April, VIXEN
/ saw ElY's Cream Balm advertised in the
Boston Budget, procured a bottle, and
since the first days use have had no more
bleeding-the soreness is entirely gone. .-
ID. G. Davidson, with the Boston Budget,
formerly with Boston journal.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-11-28

A millionaire said "the secret of my
wealth. is in the word, 8 AVE; and tho
secret of my health is in the word, SAGE,
by this last he meant DIR. Sage, whose
Catarrh Remedy cured him of one Of the
worst cases Of Catarrh, and thereby saved
him from much suffering and premature
death, enabling him TO make his millions
and enjoy life. The cures made by This
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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-11-28
He Was Short OF Type and When 'Thir
tyn Came, Ills Spirit Had Flown,

- EaAAANH AAAn EkAAAA AAAu A AbhAH
And so, year after year, he wrought
among the boys on a morning paper. He
went to bed about the time the rest Of
the world got up, and he arose about the
time the rest of the world sat down 10
dinner. He worked by every kind Of
light except sunlight There were
candles in the oaice when ne came in;
then they had lard oil lamps that
smoked and sputtered and smelled; then
be saw two or three printers blinded by
explosions Of camphene and spirit gasi
than kerosene came in and heated mp the
newsrouns ON summer nights like a
furnace then the Office put IN gas, and
now the electric light swung from the
ceiling and dazzled his old eyes and
glRred into them from his copy.
II he sang on his way home police
man bade him "cheese that" and re
minded him that he was disturbing the
peace and people wanted 10 sleep. But
when he wanted 10 sleep, the rest of the
world, for whom he has sat up all night
10 make morning paper, roared ant
crashed by down the noisy streets undel
hiB window, with cart and truck anj
omnibus blAred out with brass bands
howled with hand organs, talked ant
shouted, and even the shrieldng news
bays, with a CHASTITY sarcasm, murdered
thseiaep Of the tired old printer by yell
ing The name Of his own paper.
Year after year the foreman roared a
him 30 remember that this was not al
afternoon paper, editors shrieked dow
the tube TO have blind man put on tina
dead mars case, smart young proof
readers soribbled sarcastic comments OF
his work on the margin Of his proof slip
that they didn't know how 10 read, lonJ
Winded Correspondents learning 10 writ
and long haired poets who could neve
learn TO spell wrathfully cast all thei
impegfections upon his head. Blu
through Il all he wrought patiently an,
found more sunshine than shadow Ia tn
woridi he had more friends than enc
mieA
Fdntsrs ani foremen and pressmel
and reporters and editors came ant
went, but hs staid, ana he saw news
papers and 8nctum filled and emptie
and filed and enpted again, and hllel
with new stIanGa faces. He believed /
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-11-28

A man that's got a good offs is q plum
fool that won't fio fer it tooth and toe nail.
Uncle Sam iist aint afearod of nobody
hats, what
A man named Sledgc was arrested recent
ly for swindling. lie struck hard luck.
A miner dressed in armor went into q
burning mine at Republic, Mich., to Gght
the fire.
Diogenes was a crank
English sYndicates are stil buying big
ranches.
Admired for Its simplicity is a queen
charm fashioned as a lima bean in gold.
indianapolis planning mill employees are
trying to start a cooperative mill with
100000 capital
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-11-28

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To withhold sympathy from there uufor.u.
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hutterins, pain in side, weak and hungry
spells, and finally swelling of ankles. op,
preston, choking, smothering and dropsy,
DR.. Miles New Hear5 Cure is just the
thing for them. For their nervousness
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Heart and Nervous Diseases" and mar
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