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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-05
A Wicked, Parrot.

Every man who has parrot is al
ways telling what wonderful bird is
his. A lawyer in New York owns
one OF these talking devils" Al
friend went home with him. to dinner
recently, and when the two men were
approaching the house the lawyer
said:
my parrot can recognize my foot
step as soon as it falls in the hall.
When open my door he always>cries
out from back room, Halo, Will;
come in here Now" added. the
lawyer, as he slipped. his key into the
latch, "just listen"
They listened, and this is what
they heard: Halo. Will. YOU old
bald-headed fool; come in here. !"
The lawyer, Ter one minute, looked as
il the house had fallen oh him. And
it was all the fault Of. one Of his
brothers, who had heard the lawyer
boast so often of his parrot that he
taught the bird to insert the BALD
headed" part Now he can't be
broken Of the habit.-New York
Tribune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-05


in the south of England. The elder
Gray was Protestant, but religious
scruples did not stand in the way Of
his marrying an English heiress who
always has been devotedly attached
TO the Catholic faith.
1t has been said that the man who
controls the Freeman's Journal might
govern Ireland If his ambition lay in
that direction, and young Mr.. Gray"
Is believed to entertain such ambi-
ton. The paper has just passed
through critical period and is not
yet restored fully To its old position.
1t is probable, however, that Mr.. Par
nell's death will unite the party and
thereby revive the fortunes of the
Freeman. sS<Tthfnsa FEW wceks~tl1c
policy of that paper wheeled around
from ardent support to violent oppo-
sitiOn to Mr.. Parnell- The old staff
remained loyal, however, TO the young
proprietor, and its members have all
returned to enlist under his banners
again. Mr.. Gray is the grandson Of
Sir John Gray, Nj p, a prominent
Dublin politician who succeeded in
supplying his native city with good
water from the Wicklow Springs.
For such local improvement he was
knighted.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-05
Mhat sine WA. 70 Jlm.

At the county fair young lady
and her beau were promenading about
the grounds, says the Mount Carmel
Qll.) Register, the young lady carry
ing the buggy whip in one hand, dec
grated in a most noticeable manner
by vivid green bow. They present
ed verdant appearances, and it was
rather difficult to decide which bow
was the greener, the one on the whip
or the one walking by the young
lady's side carrying the red shawl. A
shower coming on suddenly, found
the young people without conven-
lent shelter. A good old lady called to
the girl to "hurry in out OF the rain if
she didn't want to get soaked" to
which the dear young thing was
heard to reply, looking lovingly all
the while at the green bow" at her
side, and not the one on the whip.
'Srhis little bit of rain can't hurt me.
/ amt no sugar nor salt, but I'm
somebody's honey; amt L Jim?" If
Jim didn't say yes his looks showed
that he thought it.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-05
Her Bargain.

The following true story Is told II,
the journal OF Emily Shore" 1t H.
Illustrates the truth that If one really
desires an article, the most sensible
way is to purchase 1t as soon as an
opportunity occurs.
A little girl near us was one day
playing before the house, when a
woman appeared and begged a few
pence. She had baby in her arms,
and the child was so delighted with
the little thing that she asked the
woman II she would sell it to her.
what will you give for it, miss?"
was the counter question.
half crown"
"Very well, said the woman. Lets
see the money"
1t was produced, and the sale made.
The little girl took the baby, carried
it upstairs and laid IL on her bed, and
after she had fondled 1t enough for
once" scampered downstairs, calling
to her mother:
Mamma, mamma! I've got live
doll! always wanted one, and now
I've got it,"
The baby was found, and the story
frankly told, but though the beggar
woman was sought all over the town,
no trace of her could be discovered.
Meanwhile the baby's little owner"
begged so hard that it should be kept
that the parents yielded, and the liy-
ing doll became a household blessing.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-05

Little "Bob White" Is one of the M
vorites of American game birds He is
known to sportsmen from Maine to Flor
ida, and from tho Atlantic TO the Pacific.
although different localities give him diff
ferent amos North and East he is
familiar as "quail," while West and
South he Is called partridge Com
pared with the birds of the same rame In
Europe he Is neither, and for this reason
many prefer TO call him as he calls him
self-"Bob White" The European quail
is smaller and more dumpy, With fat.
daklk meat 1t does not form in coveys,
the plumage is dull, and he is a quarrel
some, selnsh fellow, entirely different
from the affecticnate. gallant American
bird. Tho European partr dge is double
~Bob Whites" weight but lacks the
latter's swift and frequently long con-
tinued flight The flesh Is, however,
white and the wings are of tie Ameri-
can shape.
Sob White" is to some extent migra-
tory In his habits. In the fan he has a
running season" during which he will
not take wing, but runs with incredible
speed before an enemy. In weight, be-
tween six and seven ounces is a good
average, although considerable depends
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-05
Decrease of the French Population.

The relative decrease of the French
population by the declining birth
rate troubles France very much, but
there seems to be no help for it. The
balance Of power in Europe has been
shifted even more conclusively by the
birth rate than on the battle field. A
hundred years ago there were three
Frenchmen to every Prussian. To
day there are only four Frenchmen to
every three Prussians. For every
Frenchman born last year there were
five Prussians. For every 1000 in
habitants there are 80 births in Ger
many, 81 in England, and only % in
France. The population of France
by the new census is 3S, 095, 900; that
of the German Empire, Jazz, 92S..
During the last five years France has
increased by 2OS,000, Germany by
1867, 224. In the preceding five.
years the increase was sos, 900 and
1921, 643, respectively. Even now
the increase in France is largely due
to foreign residents. Whatever may
be the fortune of armies, Germany is
beating France in the cradle. -Bos-
ton Advertiser.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-05
Paper 1. crowa,ns QUA Wool.

Paper is fighting wood hard in the
manufacture OF boxes, bnckets, and
even paeking-cases, and so perfect is
the manufacturing process that in
many instances nothing hut the won
derful difference in weight can afford
a clew to the presence of paper in the
manufacture. Paper packing-cases are
indestructible, apparently, and the
saving they effect in freight Is enor-
nous. Thousands Of dollars are al
ready invested in this comparatively
new industry, and new company,
with 81, $50, 900 capital, has been or
ganized TO introduce paper-boards In
to other lines. Experiments have
been made with buggy wagons and
other things where lightness is need
ed, and paper floorings in lieu OF boards
will soon be heard Of. 1t is easy to
render the material fire-pro0f in
course of construction, and this Is an
additional advantage that Is highly
appreciated st. Louis Glohe-Demo-
crat.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-05

Meat Sold In Mexico city nom Donkey.
BACKS by Etinerant Butchers.

Meat Sold In Mexico city nom Donkeys'
BACKS by Ktinersnt Batchers.
: Only the better classes OF Mexicans
eat meat, and one Of the great fields
OF American Investment is in the
packing interests OF Mexico. Hams
and beef bring high prices, and the
meat business OF the city is managed
by m0nOpolies. Good beeyes are
worth from $25 to $50 head. There
Is more mutton eaten than beef. The
meat wagons OF Mexico City are
mules. Take one of the greaslest,
dirtieet mules you can find and fasten
framework OF hooks to saddle on
his back. Let this framework ex-
tend about foot above the mule, and
on the hooks hang the halves and
quarters OF beeyes, so that the blood
drips from them on the ground. Then
you have the Mexican butcher cart OF
the mountains. The butcher or meat
peddler wears great blanket about
his shoulders, broad-brimmed hat
on his head, and his feet are bare. If
you buy quarter of beef, he will
carry 1t into your house on his head,
and IL you want slice he will hack
of piece for you, and charge you
about the same for the neck as the
loin. The Mexicans sell every part of
the animal, and in every market you
will find little cook-shops in which
shreds of beef are fried and offered
for sale. These are for the Indian
customers, who stand about and eat
the greasy morsel with their fingers,
and without the use of knife, fork,
or plate. In Mexico City the butch
ering is more carefully done, and beef
is comparatively cheap. You can get
roast for eighteen cents a pound,
but pork is more expensive. The pork
business Of Mexico City is controlled
by Mexican, who has made millions
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-05

1t is very interesting to look at the
pictures OF the world In the long past
ages that geology presents to our
imagination. We see that there was
time when even the polar regions
must have bloomed with many OF the
splendid and varied forms OF life that
now adorn the tropics.
The fossil remains OF these ancient
forms preserved in the bosom OF the
rocks carry us back perhaps millions
Of years In the earth's history, and
show clearly what wonderful revolu-
tions the surface OF the globe has
undergone since the first plants and
the first animals appeared upon it.
Who would think of meeting a
rhinoceros nowadayson the prairies of
northwestern Canada, unless, per-
chance, travelling menagerie should
pass that way?
Yet at one time, as recent dis
coveries prove, creature closely re-
sembling the rhinoceros OF India and
Africa dwelt in that now compare
lively cold, snowy and barren region.
Remains of these extinct ancestors
of an animal that in our day thrives
only in the tangled tropical forests
and under the hot equatorial sun have
been found buried in the Canadian
rocks, where now the cold blasts OF
winter blow over treeless plains and
sweep the tanks OF ice-incrusted
mountains.
The rhinoceros of that remote age
was no less formidable beast than
his defendants, for the skull of one Of
the skeletons discovered is three feet
long, while some Of its teeth are four
inches across.
The fossil remains of many other
forms of animals have lately been
found there, including extinct species
of the horse, the deer and the turtle.
In some far-away time perpetual
summer must have reigned in regions
where ice and snow now prevail for a
large part of the year, or else animals
that to-day love only the sun must
have been Injured to more rigorous
climate.
Geology has evidently only just be-
gun to unfold the wonderful story of
the worlds history.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-05

the whole covey Of father, mother, and
chicks is often noticed by sportsmen,
and when the gun has thinned the
numbers the feeling is evinced in a
really touching manner. Frank For
roster" writes of IL as follows:
"Unlike the young broods of the wood
cock, which are mute, save the twitter
with VIII oh they rise, the bevies of quail
appear to be attat he'd to each other by
tender affection. II dispersed by acct
dental causes, either in the pursuit of
their food or from being flushed by some
casual intruder, so soon as their first
alarm has passed over they begin calling
10 each other with small, plaintiff
note, quite different from the amorous
whistle OF the male bird end from their
merry, day breaking cheeping, and each
one running toward the sound and re-
peating IL at intervals they soon collect
themselves into one little family.
"If, however, the ruthless sportsman
has been among them with his well
trained setter and unerrin1 gun, so that
death has sOrely thinned their numbers,
they will prOtract their little call for
their lost comrades, -even to nightfalI
and in such cases--I know not II 1t be
fancy on my part-there has often SEEM
ed to me to be an unusual degree Of
melancholy in their wailing whistle
Bob White tries the wing-shot as sore
ly rs the trout the angler As with the
trout. something must be known of his
habits and pecuTiarities IL he is to be
landed In fair weather start early, for
the birds will be feeding at sunrise. II
there are any fields OF buckwheat, range
about them, for this is taking dish.
BY II o'clock they will leave the field for
some covert near water, where they will
dress and smooth their feathers. They
will remain here several hours unless
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-05
Substitute for Steel.

An odd cargo Of African vegetable
fiber, tough as steel itself, is being
landed at Hanover street wharf from
the Italian bark Nuova Monde. The
vessel brought 2,236 bales of il from
Oran, an Algerian seaport in the
Mediterranean Sea. The fiber has
been found to be so elastic thai it can
be used as a substitute for springs
and the like in the manufacture Of
furniture backs and seats. 1t is so
expansive and so, easily affected by
higher temperature. in its dry state
that the bales are held in place by
bands of heavy steel! The pecul-
iarity Of the grass is that it thrives
only around the volcanic mountain
slopes of Oran,. and flourishes up 10
Within a short distance Of the craters
themselves. The latter are always
in a semi-active state, and the earth
around is so warm that not a plant
of any kind can thrive or is ever seen
to grow except this steel-liaSe plant.
When dry and flattened out it will
pierce body like. an. arrow.-Phila-
delphia Record.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-05
The Pie Crop.

In the United States,there are eaten
every day, 2,250,0O0 pies. Each week,
16, $50, 900. Each year, $4,000, 900,
at total cost of 1854, 900, 000--an
amount greater than the internal rev.
enue, and more than enough to pay
the interest on the national debt. II
the pies eaten every day were heaped
one on top of another, they would
make tower thirty-seven miles high.
If laid out in a line, they would reach
from New York to Boston. With
the yearly pie product of the United
States, a tower 13, 46S miles high
could be erected, and stretched in a
line they would girdle the earth three
times. These pies of year would
weigh 100000 tons. And if, as has
been so often stated, figures don't lie,
then certainly pie is a great institu-
tiOn.--New York Press.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-05
Stop-House.

A New Hampshire lawyer, with
evident appreciation OF his little step
daughters wit, tells two stories abOnt
her.
Shortly before his marriage with
her mother. the 4-year-old said one
day, when the approaching wedding
was being discussed:
I'm be glad when Mr.. C. comes
here to live" Her mother was
pleased.
why will you be glad9" she asked.
%Cause p'r'aps then we'll go away
sometimes"
After the wedding the step-fathel
attempted to correct the child fol
misbehavior at the table. She re
belled, and said with flashing eyes:
This isn't your house anyways. ~
no." he said, gently, lit is OIL
house."
"No, 1t Is not" she replied, @it'l
Just your step-house."
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-05

The chaff which surrounds all kinds
of grain has very important economic
uses. I'm its wild state this chaff
saves the seed from exposure to
weather, sometimes in severe seasons
only one or two grains escaping dam
age by xxiRter,s axposure- When first
cultivated most kinds OF grain had
doubtless much more abundant chaff
than now. The original wild Indian
corn, in which each grain has husk
of its own, is an illustration of this.
But chaff even now serves very inn
portant purpose. 1t allows the grain
to dry out in stacks, and mows with
out heating, so as to injure the seed.
Grain threshed before this drying out
is accomplished heats much more in
juriously in the granary.
Sometimes in threshing oats that
have been drawn in wet we have seen
the straw blackened by heating
around the bands, while the heads
kept separate by the chaff showed
each grain bright and uninjured.
Wheat that has strong bearded
ohatf is usually strong grower, as
its terminating power is less apt to
be; destroyed by heating in the NOV.
This fact secures the continued popu-
larity OF these sorts, despite the un-
pleasantness of working among
bearded grain. Reaping machines
that bind grain with Irvine as soon as
cut make the chaff even more neces-
sary. 1t is not any more difficult to
work among, and it does help to keep
grain from being injured through
imperfect drying before moving
away
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-05

In this shot" he goes on. aby holding
directly at the bird until he is within
range. and then. just as touch this
trigger / raise the muzzle OF the gun
about SIX inches would only advise
trying this shot whore there is moro
than one bird, and you want TO use the
second barrel. When there Is only one
incoming bird, walt until he passes over
you. and then by shooting under him.
more or less. according to the speed and
elevation at which he Is flying, you will
be pretty sure TO kill
I'm cross shots, at thirty yards AND
over, hold above the line OF flight anc
from six to nine feet ahead Of the bird.
This may seem entirely too much, but !
have frequently shot Bob White whom
flying parallel to a rail-fence by aiming
the full length Of the rail- ahead OF him"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-05

feed en- afternoon. But when bright
and pleasant they are away 10 the feed
ing ground az sunrise. remaining there
til about II o'clock. Then q rest Is
taken till the middle OF the afternoon,
when they forage again till shutdown.
IL often happens when shooting In the
fall that convey will be sprung" with
some Of the bros too small to bag. This
Is because there have been two nestings-
The eggs and the young are often de-
stroyed by the wet and cod OF tho early
summer, or by beasts and birds OF prey.
In such case the hen again goes to lay
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-05

ing, and the second brood is retarded by
the time lost between the first and sec-
ohd nestings. When birds OF two sizes
are found in the same coyey, 1t seems 10
show that the parents have raised two
broods; and this happens eftener in the
South than in the North-the summer
Of the Middle and Northern States be-
ing generally too short for the ra sing
of two broods. Audubon states that
ain Texas. the Floridas, and as far east
ward as the neighborhooi of Charleston,
in South Carolina, IL breeds twice in the
year, first in May and again in Septem-
ber."
The affection which exists between
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-05

honor OF their occupation; but they
are often ambitious OF what Is called
consideration or respectability, and
are likely to be unconsciously affected
by misrepresenting pictures and sto-
ries.
1t is the duty of the young to bear
in mind that nothing is more respect
able or dignified than the life OF the
independent farmer, and the duty of
those who have IL In their power TO
"riise laugh" in the public prints to
remember that they, no less than Sc
rious writers, have responsibility to
truth and justice. = Youths Com
paniOn.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-05
Domestic Insurance.

"The Integrity Mutual Beneficial
Association" is the name of society
just organized In Philadelphia The
charter declares that its purpose is TO
~collece and accumulate a fund by
admission fees, monthly dues and
assessments, in order 10 benefit and
aid its members in the event OF their
marriage, and to benefit its members
upon their surviving a period of
years, and to benefit and aid the
widows and widowers and children OF
deceased members, and for the fur
therance of the general welfare OF
the members thereof"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-05
The Last Letter written by Dickens.

Charles Dickens last letter, one of
the most interesting that he ever
wrote, came into the market a few
days ago at Bristol, England, and
was speedily snapped up for couple
of guineas. 1t was written to Mr..
Makeham, and runs as follows:
ut would be quite incunceivable to
me--but for your letter-that any
reasonable reader could possibly at
tach scriptural reference to pass
age in book of mine, reproducing a
much abused social figure of speech.
impressed into all sorts Of service on
all sorts Of inappropriate occasions,
without the faintest connection Of its
original source. / am truly shocked
to find that any reader can make the
mistake.
Il have always striven in my writ
ings to express yeneration for the life
and lessons of our Savior, because l
feel it; and because l rewrote that
history for my children-every one Of
whom knew it from having it re-
peated to them long before they
could read, and almost as soon as they
could speak.
but have never made proclama-
ton of this from the housetops."
Mr.. Makeham explained in the
London Daily News the circumstances
under. which he wrote to Dickens
after the novelist's death. The fig
ure of speech of which this gentle
man complained was drawn, he says,
'from a passage OF the Holy Writ
which is greatly reverenced by a
large number of his countrymen as a
prophetic description Of the suffer
ings of our Savoir, and is to be found
in the tenth chapter of Edwin
Brood"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-05
An Evidence of Taste.

A st. Antoine street mother came
SHINING into the mouse the other
morning where her youthful son was
enjoying himself in his own way.
Johnnie" she called, "are you
smoking cigarette?"
Nom" he answered from behind.
the curtains as he threw something
out of the window.
"Yes, you are, too; 1 smell it."
"No'm, L amt" he insisted. 1T
was only cigar stump found in the
gutter"
"Oh," she said, apparently much
relieved, Il beg your pardon; but
don't you ever let me catch you
smoking cigarette. Do you hear
me?"
"Yes'm," and Johnnie went out
and restored the stump to its pre-
vious position. Free Press.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-05

on the feeding ground, the condition Of
the weather, and the birds age. With
everything favor able for flesh, bags have
been made averaging eight ounces, but
this is an exception rather than rule.
Unlike the grouse and the European
quail, the little American is a faithful
husband and devoted father. To find
him in Mormon practices is rare. Should
he, however, discover that his gallant
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-05
II Had o TwofoId Result.

1nvalid--The corner druggist said
IL / got my medicine from him there
would be double result.
Friend-I guess he spoke the truth,
for after buying it you would make an
exit from his store, and after taking
it you would make an exit from the
earth. Pharmaceutical Era.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-05
Herod Thwarted.

First janitor-Poor McGinnisl He
swore, you know, when he took charge
of his fats thered never be any chill
dren in them.
Second ditto-Goodl for him, too.
You don't mean to say, though, that
he's departed from this rule and let
any in?
First janitor-No, but there were
twins born on the fourth floor yester-
day.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-05
Dreadful I,ossIbilitIes.

Fair visitor-Dearest friend, what
is the matter?
Mrs. Knewliwed (sobbing)-Thfs
mum-mum morning 1 made some
lul-lovely cake.
"Well?"
"And dear John ate a great lot, and
gave little piece to the kitten before
he went to his train"
"Well?"
"And the ck-kick-kitten has
just died, and the telephone has been
ringing like mad!"-Pittsburg Bull
letini
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-05

Messenger Boy I'm Chicago lis this
Mr.. Calumet's house? Well, the tailor
sent me around with this coat to have
him try it on.
Servant-Mr. Calumet is not in the
city.
when will he be back?"
Il don't know. He's gone up on
the roof. "-Clothier and Furnisher.