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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17

Instructions for AesnIrlng skill which Il
10th Useful and Plensurable.

Instructions for Acquiring skill Which Il
Eoth Useful and Pleasurablr.
Nine out Of ten persons who teach
themselves to swim do not swim prop
erly. says the New York Telegram. TO
swim correctly does not necessarily
mean to keep afoai for o long time or
even to cover long distance in rea-
sonably fast time. 1t means the art Of
making the different PARTS OF tho body
perform their work perfectly with the
use OF the lcast strength and at the
same time contribute TO the ease of
the swimmer.
The first thing a beginner must learn
is to overcome his fear of the water.
Unless he has perfect confidence in
himself he will never learn stroke.
Usually boys evince this weakness when
they begin, but they soon get out of it.
The first lesson in swimming is the
movement of the feet. Usually tanks
have bar fastened to one of the sides
and level with the surface of the water.
Grasp this bar so as to hold the head
above the water and go through the
motions of perfect kick, such as is
used in the breast stroke. Do this un-
til you have it perfect and then the
first lesson Is over.
The second lesson is the stroke.
Walk toward the center of the tank
nntil the water reaches the shoulders.
Then turn and face the steps and put
the hands in proper form for stroke.
This is the proper form; The hands
should be outstretched, palms down.
ward, and the fingers close together
and the two thumbs touching each
other. Then go through the motions
Of perfect stroke. When one feels
confident that he can use his feet and
his hands together, while standing in
the above position he must take long
breath and attempt to swim toward the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17
He Was Absent-Mlnded.

"A young lady entered car on the
New YORK ana New Tugfund Road, at
One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street,
yesterday, and walked up to the only
vacant seat beside gentleman who
was intently reading letter.
Engaged, sir?" she asked.
"Just missed it. She writes that
she Is a sister of mine now" answered
the gentleman, absent-mindedly, with
out looking up.
'I-I beg your pardon" stammered
the confused young lady, "but may
l."
'sNever again for me-" interrupted
the excited gentleman.
The young lady, fearing that she
might have a lunatic for a neighbor
il she took the seat, turned her back,
intending to go into another car at
the next stop.
Meanwhile the gentleman had fin
ished his letter and taken his bear
ings. Noticing the lady standing
while there was seat vacant next to
his, he politely notified her OF the fact
After some hesitation she blush
ingly accepted.
Then, he having fully recovered his
composure, what had just occurred
gradually dawned upon him, and he
felt it incumbent upon himself to
offer the young lady an apology, which
she received so graciously that ex-
plantations Of more confidential
nature soon followed, and when / left
the train at Brewster's they were on
fair way to become brother and sis
ter, II nothing better, he having ap-
parently forgotten his previous ex-
pressed esolution-ssNever again fer
me. "-Nao York Herald
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17

or perforating the cork or breaking
the neck of the BOTTLE"
Heron scratched his head, and re-
vOlving the bottle IN MS nahd, WINE
the problem was going through SIM
liar evolution in his brain, said: Gas
you well know, dear teacher, am up
in mathematics, proficient in mechan-
les, and not behind the age in pneu-
matics and hydraulics, but for this
problem l have no solution"
Heat! Unequal expansion" said
Ctesibius, impatiently.
Heron, being an apt scholar, needed
no further hint, says the Scientific
american. Lighting candle he held
1t under the thick conical end of the
bottle, and in less than a minute by
the clepsydra, the bottom of the bot
tie cracked around, the pressure from
within blew out the detached piece,
and the soda was dicharged with a
fizz into the tumbler. The rest goes
without saying.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17
CRIES For HIS .RAccY.
A Chicago s-year-old who Has a Passio
for Smoking.

A Chicago 2-year-old who Has a Passion
for Smoking.
Leonard Turner, a 2-year-old Chica-
go babe, smokes a pipe and cigars.
Little 'Lenne," as his pet name
runs, is a great smoker. When but a
few months old he was taught to
smoke tobacco In an ordinary clay
pipe. Now he cries for 1t.
He is a pretty child, with even,
regular features, big, bright, black
eyes, and very dark hair. His COM
plexion is clear and healthy glow
runs over his features. He wears a
neat little red and white striped
dress, black stockings, new shoes, and
evidently has been well cared for. He
is the picture OF health, is very lively,
constantly laughing, and would make
nice picture for dainty advertising
novelties.
His pipe was held up to his view.
He at once began laughing, Growing
and clapping his hands and toddled
across the room, reaching for that
pipe. 1t was handed him. He poked
the stem between his red lips, damned
his chubby fingers down into the bowl,
and looked longingly at the one who
had handed him the pipe as if to say,
''Fill it up and light it for me-"
He can't light the pipe, though he
makes fair stagger at filling it.
Though he has not all his teeth
yet, he can hold the pipe in place
without touching his hand to it.
Still, his favorite methods of smok-
ing are two-''the quiet smoke" and
the ''gad-about smoke" as the neigh
bors have termed them. For the
former he sits fat on the floor with
his fat little legs pushed out ahead Of
him, holds the pipe with his right
hand, and puffs industriously until it
is well a-going, then takes the pipe
from his mouth and watches the
smoke curl away, while very sober
and meditative look rests upon his
face. His appearance then is droll
and comical. He looks as if thinking
Of some great problem in flnanoe or
politics.
In his 'gad-about" smoke, as soon
as he gets light he struts across the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17
Energy of sunshine.

Gall the energy in the world" said
DR.. Q. F. Chandler in a recent lecture
before the Columbus School of Mines,
''comes from sunshine. Even the en-
ergy in the electric battery that rings
the doorbells Of our homes has its
origin in the light Of the great solar
system. The force in the copper wire
that sets the bell to ringing comes
from the zinc plate in the battery lar.
the energy in the zinc plate comes
rom the anthracite coal with which
1t was burned when taken from the
mines; and, finally, the energy in the
anthracite coal was put there by the
sunlight that fed and nourished 1t
when 1t existed, ages ago, as trees
and plants. An interesting misap-
prehension that exists in the minds
of a good many persons is concerning
the vital dangers that Turk in the
pressure of, say, a thousand volts.
The newspapers often tell us that a
man has been killed from such a
pressure, whereas, In fact, such a
pressure alone could not kill hum
ming bird. / have frequently caught
in my hand sparks possessing an cleo
tro-motive power of 100000 volts
without feeling more than a very
slight burn. The danger arises only
when the volts are reinforced by a
good many amperes or currents, and
when. one takes hold Of charged
wire. Then one feels a shock that is
unmistakable, because the force Of a
great many currents in the wire sud-
denly decomposes all the fluids in his
body. The salt in the blood at once
turns to chlorine gas, and the man
whose veins are charged with this
deadly poison cannot in reason be ex-
pected to live"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17

the breast stroke. Then plunge into
the water. taking care not to open the
eyes until the head and part Of the
body are under the water. There are
many ways OF diving. but the straight
forward plunge is the simplest and the
best.
In diving in shallow water 1t is the
safest to squat and make a plunge,
strike the surface fat and glide out
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17

BISHOP WILBERFoRcE once came near
going on strike himself, and by threat
of so doing he carried a point. Enter
ing a crowded church in which he was
to preach, one day, he escorted inside
q lady whom he met at the door but
who complained that there was no
room. To his order to the beadle Ia
find her seat, that functionary re.
piled that 1t was impossible. There.
upon the Bishop declared: "Oh, If you
don't, won't preach~ Asluxurious
empty pew was quickly discovered.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17

floor on his insecure legs, hIIfng The
air with wreaths of smoke and stop
ping frequently to laugh, throw the
burning tobacco about him, and crow
at the disturbance it causes.
He will cry and fight when the pipe
is taken from him and laugh merrily
when it is returned. He has fire.
quently smoked two pipes Of tobacco
and a cigar a day. He prefers the
pipe to cigar. His own pipe, which
he has been using for several months,
is colored from service and has an
inch OF stem broken off.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17
Very Annoying.

Mrs. State Street, do so sympa-
thize with poor Mrs. Hill Bunker.
She certainly has continued ill-fort-
une in securing disciplined domestics,
Her embarrassment must certainly
have been terrible last evening.
Mrs. Monu Ment--Indeedl Did
anything serious occur?
Mrs. State Street-Serious! Why,
she actually detected her new house
keeper using parlor matches in the
kitchen.-ChronicIe- Telegraph.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17
width Necessary.

Laura-How do you like my new
dress?
Jennie-The sleeves are absurdly
full.
''That's done in self-defense,"
"What do you mean?"
''That dreadful, absurd Tommy
Knoodle calls every other evening, and
l must have somewhere to laugh in"
Pittsburg Bulletin.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17
Politics Explained.

She-Charley, don't quite under
stand this political talk.
He drawing closer)-Well, when l
put my arm around your waist that's
protection. 1 steal kiss and you
recover it, that's free trade.
"And If l let you keep it and take
one from you, that's reciprocity"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17
UP In the BUSINESS.
r. Saunterer = Hello,
Uncla

Mr.. Saunterer - Hello, Uncle
Where you going with that mule?
Uncle--Gwine take i'm ter de opery
house, sahl Dey tells me dey's oner
deze bally troops in town an de man
ager done got use fer dis ve'y sorter
critter.
sin what way, I'd like to know?n
Gin dis way, sab. hearn dat dc
mos high price pufformers in de
business ter-day am de high kickers,
an 1 lay yer wen dis quaderped lif's
Unset dey amt nary one onem kin
come so mar jarrin' de gildin' often
de stars Yonkers Gazette.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17

Assistant-I'm told that our funny
paragraphs about Vassar are hurting
the institution.
Editor-In that case we had better
look out, or the chewing gum manu-.
facturers will withdraw their ads
Epoch.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17

Ono winters night he was spearIng fsh
through the ice, when OF a sudden he
heard a snort, and then, before he could
lift his spear, pickerel of enormous
size seized him by the foot and tore the
loose overshoe away. An instant later
the fish darted beneath the ice and was
aaot seen again until 1860. as the legend
gums, when Farmer Vosburg caught him
and landed him in a boat 1t was a
strong pull, for the fish, even at
that day, weighed as much as
Farmer Vosburg's eldest child. The
hook was wrenched from the Bleeding
gtlls, and the sturdy fisherman was
about to hit the fish in the head with an
car, when he suddenly attacked his cap
Tor and knocked him into the stern
sheets with one swish OF his tail. When
the farmer rounded to, the pickerel was
out OF the boat and cutting water ten
yards away like the blade of a knife
His dorsal fin. 1t is now recorded, looked
like a sail set before spanking breeze
Troubled not only by his misfortune in
E. losing so great fish, Farmer Vosburg
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17
The Choicest MorseI.

Mrs. Pert-We had an elegant sup
per at the sewing society.
Mr.. Pert-What did you relish
most?"
"Oh, we dissected watermelon.
sis that all? / thought probably
you had dissected at least half
dozen of the neighbors!"
"You're just too hateful!"-Har-
risb,rg Telegram.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17

side. This being
done, allow the first
flap to fall outside,
over-l apping the
crossed portion, as
in figure 3, and then
stick it up through
the loop formed, as
seen in figure 4.
Draw this tight,
fold the other down,
showing the face of
the scarf, cross the
- La
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17

great favor. Or
dinarily it can
be purchased al
ready made up.
T he principal
defect Of tn e
made-up tie Of
this design is
its proneness to
become soiled on
the edges. Now,
the proper way
Is for the wearer
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17
Not Much OF = Trick.

A Philadelphia surgeon says that
by three strokes of the lancet he
could paralyze the nerves acted on to
make man get mad, and thereafter
any one could pull his nose, cuff his
ears and spit on his boots, and he
would simply smile soft, bland
smile. Pshaw! Any butcher could,
with one stroke Of lancet, so par
alyze a man that all the abuse in the
world would not even cause him to
omen an eye
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17
NO coRKscREW NEEDED.

Ono Way to Open Bottle without Draw
ing the Cork.
Said Ctesibius to his pupil: "Her-
on, will you have glass Of soda?"
81 don't care if 1 do" said Heron,
Whereupon Ctesibius produced a
quaint glass bottle, having thick
conical bottom, and containing a
liquid said to be saltwater.
"Here, my boy" said he, ''here is
your soda; drink it without removing
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17
HERE'S A FISH STORY.
n TALE RELATED BY WISDOM
SIN FARMERS.

NAs oroat Fickerei OF Twin Lakes and
low He Was Finally shotcuted "A
4rlace Where Legends Grow Very Large
Gletween the Eyes-Farmer Bundy and
q Festive Picherel.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17

it, and the scarf is complete and in
position, as figured in the last cut.
Fasten with an ordinary scarf-pin at
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17
Profitable Athletics.

Old Houlihan-"And it's an ath-
letic club yure afther wantin' to join,
is it?"
Young Houlihan-"Yis, sor; for
company and exercise"
Old Houlihan-'Com and ex-
ercise, indade? Jist take one of me
shpare hods on yure shoulder to-mor-
row marnin', an Oi'll bring yez to a
Job where Yell find plinty av both!"
Judge.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17

into deep water. Swimming under
water is very easily learned. When
ct proper distance below the surface
strike out, using the breast stroke,
taking care to bring the arms back
straight. To come up make a down
ward stroke with the arms and that
will bring the body to the surface.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17
Its Etymolosy.

"I wonder how Chautauqua got its
name?" observed Mrs. Snaggs.
ut comes very naturally from the
character Of the place." replied
Snaggs.
ssHow is that?"
"Well, there's social conversation
there, and lectures, and lake."
''Still don't see the connection. I"
''Don't you? It's c4s::Arrr.=s5r0n OF
chat and talk and aqua. PittsbtTg
IeleQrdph.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17

u d scarf a n d
one you tie your
s Q II, replied,
"About half an
hour"
This Is humor-
Gus, but 1t is not
strictly true. To
b Q sure, there
are hundreds OF
men to-day in
any city W h o
can't tie a neck
tie. Theyd depend
nnOn the daft
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17

collar and swells
out toward both
ends. 1t should
be CROSSE X
shape as the in
itial move.
The second
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17

A MAN who went to church especially
to hear certain lady sing fell dead
as soon as she began. Singing doe,
not always prove fstal SO suddenly
however.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17
HUMOR OF THE WEEK.
STORIES TOLD BY FUNNY MEN
OF THE PRESS.

Many Odd, Curious, and Laushable
Phases of Human Nature Graphically
Portrayed by Eminent Word Artists Of
Our Own Day.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17

cold that a plckerel with head as long
rs a sections spade and a body which
was fully the length Of tho rotting posts
Of the old bridge, had been seen plung-
ing along the surface Of the water with
q noise that sounded like the exhaust OF
an engine In saw mill. One day In 1886
Farmer Nader drove his horse and wagon
rfnfo the lake 60 wash them. He was
.aerubbIng the spokes Of the wheels pre-
sparatory TO going to the annual "trot" at
Rfchmcnd, when he heard nightly
smash. He threw mp his hands I'm
arnazement. for before hts bullying eyes
was the great fish tearing the harness
OF the plugging horse. The bride
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17
Black sheep owen IN Every Fold.

She = Oh, yes. l quite believe
there's simpleton in every family.
Don't you?
He-Well-er-my opinions rather
biased. You see I'm the only men,
Der of our family. Boston Budget.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17
NO TRICK AT ALL.

Tying q Neclxtie Properly Much Easier
than People Think.
A certain gilded youth, on being
asked the difference between made.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17

WHAT has become Of the old fashioned
young man who used to wear cloth
gaiters2
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17
FIGURE POUR

move is to push the outside lap up in
side, showing the lining, as shown in
figure 1: then cross the. other end
directly over, showing the reverse
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17

You will seldom see married man
who hasn't got il ~in" for some partic-
uiar member Of his wife's family.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17
FIGURE THREE.

to tie it himself, and the same portion
of the scarf rarely comes on an edge
twice In succession, thus causing the
tie to last longer and retain better
appearance.
The scarf comes narrow in the por-
tion which is hidden in the back of the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17

age the intricacies Of tying their
scarfs, recourse has usually been had
to the puff and other contrivances Of
the ''shirt-concealer" order.
Recently the "AscOtv has come into
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17

should always be tied
by the wearer, il pos
sible. The four-in-
hand and sailor-knot
are easier to con-
struct, and have re-
manned in favor long
er than any other
style = that is, Of
course, among those
able to tie them. To
Al ..AI@ a. w.1A-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17
An Amended Amende-Honorab

Due de Montmorenci = Monsieur
Barton, what you haf said Of me in
re club hat cast slur upon re illus
trious name bear. Will Monsieur
apologize?
Mr.. Barton (nonchalantly) - Oh,
certainly. In speaking as l did moth
ing was further from my intention
than to cast a slur upon an honored
Due de Montmorenci-Your hand,
Nj Mr.. Barton (snaKrng nands,@rce-==
sidered that as an alias, you know
Puck.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17
Wanted.

Young men who will court for busi-
ness only.
Old men who know when their
counting days are over.
Young women who can understand
that ten-a-week beau can't supply
ten-a-day luxuries.
Old women who will mind their
own business.
Dudes to understand their utter
uselessness.
Bores to forget our address.
Times.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-17

fingers of mothers, wives, sisters, or
sweethearts. AS result, ready-made
ties are purchased, stiff in construc-
tion and lacking the easy repose and
artistic finish of hand-tied scarf.
A dress tie that Is for fnH dress
The record-union., 1891-10-07
SENTENCE DAY.
Judge Cravens Dtsposes Of Big stool
Of

Judge Cravens Dtsposes of a Big stock
of Justice.
The Police Court calendar was not long
yesterday, but Judge Cravens was kept
busy measuring out heproper doses for
offenders who were up before him for
sentence.
The court sized up Andy Walkers case
and took into consideration the fact that
Andy had appeared several times of late
on charges Of disturbing the peace of his
wife. The judgment was ninety days in
the County Jail.
{. +. Brown, who raised a disturbance
In Senatz's restaurant, was thought by the
Judge TO be deserving of sixty-days'
sentence, and he got it.
Neil O'Neill had promised to leave town
only a few days ago, and the court let him
off at that time. Neil broke his promise.
however, and was found LOADED for bear'
on Sunday by one of the officers. He
was ordered to keep Andy Walker com
lany for couple of months.
n. G. Wilcomb was up for sentence on
two charges of petit larceny in robbing
the till in the International Hotel. He
was sentenced to five months imprison-
nent for each offense, the second term TO
commence at the expiration of the term
of sentence in the first case.
AT the suggestion of the City Attorney
the case of j. l.. Gomez, charged with
opening a letter that did not belong TO
him, was dismissed. The complaining
witness agreed to this course.
The record-union., 1891-10-07
DISSATISFIED SOLDIERS.

They Kick Against One of the Adiu-
tant-General's Orders.
The recent order of Adjutant- General
Allen consolidating Company of Oak
land and Company II of San Francisco,
is the leading topic of discussion in mill
tary circles at the Bay.
According to the reports in the news
papers the men and officers of the COM
panies are up in arms, and they all want
TO resign Immediately. This is a privi-
lege, however, which only officers can
enjoy. The enlisted men must serve ont
their terms of three years, or be dis
honorably discharged. on presenting a
good excuse, however, an enlisted man
may receive an honorable discharge
The Oakland men claim that they have
not been treated fairly, and the San
Francisco members of Company II do
not like the idea of their company being
called Company c.
General Allen says he ordered these COM
panies consolidated so that he might make
o regiment in every brigade in the State.
lie says the regiment to which both Com
pany ii and Company c belonged had
one more company than any other in the
State, while the Fifth Brigade lacked one
company of enough TO constitute regi-
fnent.
The record-union., 1891-10-07

are looked up and reintroduced, to again
go through the legislative process.
As the State Library keeps file of all
bills introduced, great demand is made
upon it at every session, and the attend
ants find much employment in looking
up the particular ones that are wanted.
Heretofore. unless one knew the number
of the bill inquired for, considerable
search was required to find it. But with
theindex all this difficulty is obviated.
It shows:
First-Members Of the Legislature from
1887, in alphabetical order, and all bills
introduced by each.
Second-Subjects on which bills were
introduced and the members Introducing
them.
Third-Sections of the codes affected by
bills, with reference to the bill and its
author.
Hence, if one knows the number Of
bill, its author or what it is about, the in
dex will refer him to the particular bill
desired. For all bills which have become
laws reference is also made to the page
in the statutes where it may be found.
Altogether the index contains much val
liable information to those interested in
legislation