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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-18
Plea for tho Ugly Girls.

1t does not matter much to a boy
whether he is good-looking or the re-
verse. He is not obliged to wait for
somebody to ask him to dance, and his
matrimonial prospects, don't appear to
suffer any serious discount from per-
sonal shortages that would send
girls stock away down below par, or
even put her out of the -market-elt
getner. One never sees a man so
hideous or repulsive but that some
woman is ready to marry him, If he
will only ask her; but men are less
philanthropic, and so the ugly girls are
generally left to run to waste as unap-
propriated blessings. The handsome
is as handsome does" theory won't hold
at all after we get out of the nursery,
and little experience soon convinces
us that il is fraud and delusion, like
that other domestic fiction, about the
drumstick being the choicest part of
the fowl, with which our elders used
to impose upon the uususpectiug sim
plicity of our childhood.
We ugly girls never get any drives
in the park nor free seats at the thea
ter; and as for ice cream and French
candy, no matter how handsomely we
deport ourselves, we shouldn't know
the taste of either if we waited to have
it bestowed upon us as reward of
merit. Indeed, the expensiveness of
being an ugly girl is one of the worst
things about it; there are no perquis-
ties. We get none of the plums out
of life'H pudding, for under present
conditions men do all the carving, and,
as one of them says, "All the fine
things we think and say about women
apply TO those only who are tolerably
| good-looking or graceful"
Now, suppose the same rule applied
to men, and that only the good-looking
ones could hope to attain to wealth and
distinction; suppose, for instance, that
that famous wart on Oliver Cromwell's
nose had been sufficient to condemn
him TO obscurity, as it inevitably
would have done had he been q woman
suppose Grover Cleveland's too ample
girth of waist had kept him out of the
White House, as IL certainly would
have kept Mrs. Cleveland out had she
been the unlucky possessor of that in
convenient superhuity; or suppose
David b. Hills bald pate had rendered
him ineligible to the Office of Governor
of New York, as / have not the shadow
of doubt that bald head would rem.
der any woman in America ineligible
to the Office of Governors wife; sup
pose, in fact, that bald head wal
sufficient to blast any mans prospects
in life as effectually as it would any
woman's, i think most of tho middle
aged men, at least, into whose hands
this paper may fall, will admit tina
that would be a little hard. And, ii
fact. isn't IL just little hard that any
body's destiny in life should be mad,
to depend irretrievably upon an acct
dent over which they have no control
such as having been born with a rec
head or pug nose? But this is tn,
law under which women have LIVED
since the beginning of time, and i
doesn't give the ugly girl fair chance
--Lipptncotfs.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-18

nIrurew ms 9-vra - ----ar+ IL in the
air. And when the Christian chief
cried, Come and fight me- Ali an
swered him, You are dead already,
turn yourself round and you shall see.
Then the chief found that he had
been cut so clean by Ali's magic sword
that he did not know that he was dead.
But he fell asunder as he twisted
about and rolled off his horse into the
sand. SO the Moorish woman whom
he had made captive rejoiced. and she
looked upon Ali and saw that he was a
goodly man and offered herself to him
to be his wife, But Ali had got wife
already, even the captive who had once
been a Christian. So he would not
take the Moorish woman, but gave her
to another, and thus all was well and
everybody happy. Give thanks to
Allah. the merciful and mighty. More
touching Of foreheads and another coll
lection. Then story of finer flavor,
told with infinite and too obvious pan
tomime, amid shrieks of Laughter from
men and women, and little boys and
girls.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-18
The Matter with pa.


Man of Family =" Where's your
mother, and why isn't dinner ready ?"
Daughter" Mamma has been up
stairs all day again with an awful
toothache. She can't tend to any
thing"
Man of Family-"Why in the world
doesn't she have it out? The idea of
anyone claiming ordinary sense suffer
ing along day after day with tooth
that could ha jerked out in two SEQ
onds. 1t beats all what FOOLS woman
can be. I'll go dine at the club"
Daughter "a few moments later)-
"What in the world has got into papa
lately? He's as cross as an old bear"
Son-"Tm sure don't know. He's
been that way for a week"
Waiter cat club restaurant)-~Don't
you want anything but beef tea, sab ?"
Man of Family (irascibly)-"No, 1
don't. Dye expect me to order a
banquet when I've just told you I'm
half dead with the jumping tooth
ache ?"-Ne,o York Weekly.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-18
HUMoR.


Mrs. Yerger, of Austin, having been
absent for several days, returned to
her home. She was met at the gate
by her colored servant, Matilda Snow
ball.
"Has anything happened while I
was gomez" asked Mrs. Yerger.
de Lor', should say sumHn' hap
pened We came mighty nigh habin'
de biggest kind oh fire" replied
Matilda, rolling her eyes around.
"Where?"
@In your bedroom. You orter be
mighty glad was dar when de fire
started. IF it warn't for me bein' dar
de hull house would hab been burned
down before now"
$50 you put out the fire?"
"Yes, mum; / drapped de lamp and
hit cotched de curtain, but as luck
would hab it was dar. IF hadn't
been dar when / drapped de lamp.
whopeel dar's no tellin' what mout hab
happened. Texas SJtin0s.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-18

pucitY was doubled and workmen wore
I'm great demand. The contiguous coun-
ties were unable 10 supply laborers, and
the Pittsburg employment agencies were
resorted to by the mine-0wners. This
led TO the Introduction Of large numbers
OF Hungarians and Poles. Popular
error has accredited these men with dis
placing English speaking workmen,
which Is not the fact--they simply aug
mented the working force and filled
demand, rapidly acquiring American
ways The prosperity OF the plants
naturally extended to the men, and led
to Capitalization Of principles. Affairs
proceeded smoothly until 1891, when the
Knights OF Labor advocated. and aided
the first general strike Of the coke
workers for higher wages The strike
was unsuccessful, and, after six weeks
OF idleness, work was resumed.
Capital and labor seemed 10 agree
succeeding five years The depression
OF 1884, however, had a demoralizing eff
feet on the men. Over half the ovens
were idle. and those in blast put In only
three-Quarters time. IL is claimed that
abuses chargeab.e to capital began to
appear; that the men were imposed
upon, and the result was second strike.
This time success crowned the efforts OF
the workmen. Its effect was bad, how
ever, for the tables turned and the upper
hand gained by the majority, the opera
tors seemed to be marked as victims for
retaliation. Tritling affairs were mag
nifed into important issues, the work
men demanded the discharge of this and
that obnoxious foreman, they quibbled
over numerous technical points, and day
after day strikes we're inaugurated, un-
til three distinct advances in wages were
secured.
In 1887 the dissatisfaction Of the men
eliminated in a general demand for a 90
per cent advance. This was positively
refused by the operators, who offered
per cent. instead. The workmen de-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-18
HHR

tried to look awfully wicked-real old
Rocky Mountain wicked, with the gore
thrown in as a chrome.
"We didn't SILVER.
"Then he smiled-a fac -simile of the
grin Kit Carson used to put on as he
counted up the dead Injuns and
whistled for the buZZards to begin
work
I'VE didn't unwind or lose any but
tons.
"Then he sent his deep-base roar
down to his feet and brought it up
again to tell us that our ear was his.
He reached for it, but he never got
there. Werose up and knocked Smoky
off his pins at one punch, and then we
walked on him and sat down on him
and hammered him from head TO heel
until he roared like calf and whined
like a coyote. We have his two re-
volvers and bowie-knife on our table
as we write. We are waiting for
him to prove property and take them
away.
"Perhaps it would be appropriate to
observe in this connection that there
will be little bee or gathering or con-
veution or some such thing on Paw
nee Square Saturday evening. Most
of our prominent citizens will be there.
Several of them will be provided with
ropes. There will be various committees
appointed to wait on various disagree
able individuals in this town and ask
them how long they intend to remain.
If longer than two hours the commit
tee will bring them to the bee and
they will be argued with. The Ben
gal Buffer is on the list to receive
callers. "-NctU York World.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-18

Catarrh is an inflammation of the mu
cous membrane. As the membrane
lines every cavity of the body that has
an outlet, there may be as many diff
ferent forms of catarrh as there are
such cavities.
The closed cavities are lined, not with
mucous membrane, but with one that
secretes a thinner fuid--serum for
lubricating purposes, which is readily
absorbed after doing its normal work.
Still, the Serious membrane also may
be infamed, and its secretion alb.
normally increased.
Thus we may have pericarditis, with
its water" around the heart, from in.
fammation of the membrane that lines
the heart-bag, or pericardium; pleuri.
sy, with its fluid crowding against the
lungs, and sometimes causing their
complete collapse, from Inflammation
of the membrane that lines the chest
peritonitis, so painful and dangerous,
from Inflammation of the membrane
that lines the cavity of the abdomen
synovitis, with its painful and pulled
out joints, from inflammation of their
similar lining membrane.
A common cold" is an Inflammation
of the air passages. When it is con-
fined mainly to the nostrils, it is popu-
larry known as a cold in the head, but
medically as coryza.
When it is confined mainly to the
bronchial tubes, it is called bronchitis
which, when it has gained permanent
hold, greatly resembles ~consump.
tion," and is often mistaken for it by
the people.
Catarrh of the ears and catarrh OF
the Eustachian tubes often cause deaf
ness. Catarrh of the stomach loads
the stomach with tough phlegm and
interferes with dige ,tion. Catarrh OF
the gall bladder obstructs the outflow
of the bile, which is absorbed into the
circulation, and thus gives rise to jaun-
dice. Catarrh of the bladder is dan
gerous disease, from the difficulty OF
getting rid of the mucus.
Two forms of catarrh are due to
pollen; one, in summer, known as
rose cold" or shay fever;" the other,
in autumn, known as "autumnal ca
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-18
For the Protection OF Railways in War.

For the Protection OF Railways in War.
France has in her army unique
body of troops for the protection of her
railways in war Most of them are
men living near the eastern boundary
among them 1000 foresters and Gus.
toms officials--able to get in the field
at few hours notice. Recently this
railway contingent was modified, SO
that its efficiency might be tested. The
mobilization was not very successful.
Half Of the men could get no overcoats
because there were none for them.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-18
KING BIRDS IN BATTLE.


A Lycoming Man Makes Novel Capture
while Trout Fishing.
The trout-fshing season is only a
few DAYS old, and yet q. A. Sheets. OF
Quigelville, has had an experience that
a whole summer does not often devel-
OPP. One morning Mr.. Sheets rugged
himself out for days sport and started
for one of the babbling brooks that the
trout delight to haunt. While passing
Coal Mountain in the vicinity of Cogan
Station, his attention was attracted by
a commotion some distance ahead. As
he drew near he observed two immense
birds engaged in a combat. So intent
were the combatants with the battle
they apparently paid no attention to
Mr.. Sheets, who was thus enabled to
draw quite near.
Prompted by curiosity st the strange
battle, the spectator hid bohind tree
and looked on with amazement. He
soon realized that the scene was un-
usual as we'll as novel, for one of the
birds was an immense golden eagle.
while the other was large hawk. 1t
was a battle for life or death, and.
while the hillsides re-echoed with the
screams of the birds, and the feathers
were flying, Mr.. Sheets could no longer
control himself, especially as the birds
Topped around close to where he was
standing. He sprang from his place OF
concealment and laid hold OF the eagle
which had its talons so firmly imbedded
in the flesh of the hawk as TO be un-
able to extricate itself. He soon sue
ceeded in subduing the bird and max
ing 1t captive. In the mean time the
hawk died.
Mr.. Sheets succeeded in carrying
both birds home with him, and in the
presence of several of his neighbors
made az examination OF them. The
eagle was found TO measure seven feet
one inch from tip TO tip of its wings
and two feet from head TO tail. It's
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-18

talons were eight inches in length.
The hawk measured fonr feet four
inches from tip to tip Of its wings and
was correspontingly large.
The eagle was cared for and on
Saturday was reported TO have fully
recovered from the effects of the fight
and gave indications Of becoming quite
tame. 1t was rayenous and ate freely
Of the food furnished by its captor.
Mr.. Sheets is very proud of the bird,
which is very rare in these parts. =
Jersey Shore Pidette.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-18
The Care OF a Mo.rschaum Pipe.

A meerschaum pipe, if properly
cared for, requires as much attention
as baby. You must not smoke il too
much or you will burn the wax out of
il and so spoil it; nor too little for fear
it may not color at all. If you keep it
in case it becomes overheated and
covered with splotches; if you take it
out of the case it viii be soiled by
every touch of the fingers, and so
ruined in that way; il you lay it down
on q mantel to cool off after smoking,
it is cracked by the unequal contrac-
ton while cooling; if you carry it in
your pocket, 1t does not cool fast
enough and so becomes stained. 1t is
always on your mind, and you are
never satisfied that something is not
happening to it.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-18
Applying the Remedy.

Amy-Do you know, Mr.. Goslin, I
am troubled with insomnia?
Goslin-Now ] wead in the papah to-
day that the way to go to sleep
promptly is to think of nothing,
doncher know.
Amy-That's very simple. I'll try
1t this very night, and think of you.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-18

The manufacture of grape baskets
has grown to be an industry in many OF
the towns along the shores of Lake
Erie. Two men, TO determine which
was the faster workman, agreed to
labor at their trade for one month, each
to work as many hours as he wished.
The score at the end Of that time stood
81, $50 for one, and 52.045 for the other.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-18

URING the past
fifteen years, the
coke interest of
the United States
has assumed an
Importance in the
industr al world.
uneqnalled in the
history Of any
other branch of
mining or manu-
featuring. This
progress and de-
We opment is all
the more remark
able, from the
that t he
amount Of capt.
tai invested, the
labor equipment
and the SCOPE Of
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-18

The word catarrh, as popularity used,
means either nasal catarrh or bron-
chitis. Nasal catarrh is often helped
by shutting up, so as to carry it into
the mouth, weak solution of salt and
water, repeating the operation several
times day. Where the disease is very
persistent, it is we'll, when possible. tc
try change of climate. In bronchitis
the case should be attended by ply
stefan. Youths Companion.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-18
Tn. Gaming Material.

Government Agent CA. ID. 1910,
wrathfully)-Are you aware, sir, that
those 200-ton guns were to be ready
Tor delivery to-day?
Proprietor of Gun Works equally
snraged) II am, sir, but you know as
we'll as / do that I can't make them
without the material, and every darned
paper-mill in the country is six months
behind its orders.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-18
Made some Din erence.

"Yes," she murmured, II loved him.
He was not worthy of me, but 1 felt /
could not give him up. So my parents
took me across the ocean.
did that make any difference in
your feelings?"
~Yes. The second dav out felt as il
/ could give up everything"
And she changed the subject.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-18

. sufficiently large amount Of money Is
withdrawn from circulation TO seriously
affaet- tho regular routine of trade.
There are eighteen States and Terri
tories in which the manufacture OF coke
is made feature, but the Conncllsville
district in Pennsylvania, outrivals all
others in the quantity and quality OF its
supply. Here the industry has its cen
ter, aud sufficient capital is massed,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-18

actual operations, are out OF al proper
ton TO those employed in kindred indus
tries, where the returns are Insignificant
by comparison, under like conditions.
Closely allied to the iron industry, con-
trolling in a measure the coal output.
and requiring the services of men de-
pendent and permanently located, coke
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-18
An Unp'oasant Subject.

Mrs. Brickrow-I met Mr.. Intrade
yesterday, and was Disguised at the
way he talked
Mrs. Brownstone- You do
not associate with such people, do you?
They always talk shop.
Mrs. Brickrow-Yes. AS was say
ing. was Disguised at his talk. The
idea of his saying you'd been owing
him money for five years and he never
expected to get q cent of it..
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-18

McCorkle-I don't see why you al
ways refer to William Jaysmith as Ur-
gent Deficiency Bill.
McCrackle-Then you don't know
him well enough for him to'try to bor-
row money from you.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-18

production affects with its prosperity or
depression the commercial. financial,
agricultural, and industrial interests of
q section vitality, and of the country at
large to quite an important degree. 1t
practically sways the iron manufac-
turers, il defeats investment calcula-
tions by cutting down running expenses
during a lockout, and when such occurs
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-18

A NOVEL experiment has been de-
vised for the entertainment of dinner
guests, the serving of salad grown
under the eyes of the guests who par
take of it. The secret of performing
this magic feat is in soaking good
terminating lettuce seed in alcohol for
about six hours, and sowing it in an
equal mixture of unslacked lime and
rich soil. After the soup has been
served sprinkle the seeds with like
warm water and they will sprout inn
mediately, the lettuce growing to
about the size Of hazel nuts before the
time for serving the salad arrives.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-18

loads Of sand In
their systems-but
dred woul d b o
toughs who are not
a bit tough; and
never can be. 1t
isn't in them, and
they are not in it.
L h ely go around
splitting over their
shoulders and bluff
finp the Cinnamon
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-18
A strong Combination.

Bliffers-I have friend who is the
most peculiar man you ever saw. He
but he looks like born sRJJaRd name,
yet he is really an italian.
Cliffers-By jove, he ought to go
into politics.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-18
III, Rea,on Is Clear.

Gazzam-It is a wonder that love
letters written by girls don't all go to
the Dead Letter Office.
Mrs. Gazzam-Pd like to know why.
Gazzam-Because they are miss di-
rected
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-18

AAshlli WHAT pElS
on he had -un
from. He's been
promising the boys
to slice off our
right ear, have it
broiled in Bill Tay-
lor's restaurant,
and then publicly
feed it to Steve
A ker' s Virginia
70 x h o u n d. We
haven't been great
ly worried, and we
didn't skip a cog
when we saw the
Tiger rolling along
toward us. H Q
came to a halt in
frnnk nf No and
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-18
bottom and war

bottom and warn the public against
Investing.
"A POINTER FOR THE BoYs.-There
are three or four tough men in this
town-'way-back toughs, with cart
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-18
Tit for Int

Mr.. Jinks-Who has been fooling
with this gun?
Mrs. Jinks-The new girl got hold
of it this morning and discharged it.
my gracious What did you do?"
Il discharged her."
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-18

A DANISH arch@ologist has found in
Macedonia. near the modern town of
Niausta, a Greek painting on the walls
Of tomb. II shows a Greek horseman
battling with Persian foot soldier.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-06-18
A MONSTER INDUSTRY.
IMPORTANCE OF COKE MAKING
IN THIS COUNTRY.

xts Relation 10 Other branches of Trade
--Extent OF Field. Developed = Thou
sands Of Men Empioyed-siatuso of Labor
IN fhe Ror
The critic., 1891-03-23
EDITORIAL PERSONALS.

To those persons who ask who Mr.. Fell
ton Of California Is, IL is enough for them
to know that he was the highest bidder
New York World.
Farmer Cockrell is not sleeping on bed
of roses these days. One of the lodges of
the +. NJ. B. A. in his own district has
passed resolutions declaring him to be
man without principle, truth, honesty or
integrity and calling upon him to resign
as he is no longer representative Of his
constituents. Treason is never profitable
in the long run.- Chicago News.
Mr.. William Walter Phelps is diplo-
matist of thousand. He has obtained
for American beef entry into Germany
and by making II a feature of his dinner
parties has sought to increase its popular
ity among the Germans. Although this
method OF booming articles of table con-
sumption is not original, it is the first time
din1.n, that it has appeared n the . records OF OF
much for the American hog-Boston
Herald.
Thomas i. Bayard few years ago was
one of the great lights of his party, and
his name always appeared near the head
of the list of Presidential possibilities.
Just now, however, the average Democrat
outside his State IS scarcely aware of his
existence. The passing Of Bayard, for the
time being at least, has been complete
and significant.-S. Louis GloJe-DeDiocrat.
Charles N. FELTON,, the new United States
Senator from California, is intimately
connected with Philadelphia bv family
alliance. His daughter is the wife of Will
liam l.. Elkins, jr., of this city, and has
been resident here for several years. She
is now in California on visit TO her
father at his beautiful home in Menlo
Park, near San Francisco, and Mr.. Elklns
starts to-day to Join Philadelphia
Times, 2la.
On the monument over the grave OF the
famous Davy Crockett of Tennessee, who,
among other wonderful things, killed 1903
bears, the emblematic bear Is to have q
conspicuous place. But we DO not see
that any arrangement has been made for
the historic coon, which gracefully came
down from the tree when Colonel Davy
appeared without waiting for him to use
ammunition on q shot, Cincinnati COM
mercidl Gazette.
Count Tolstoi was pretty tough boy IN
the 'long ago." He squeezed out of life
all the pleasure there was in IL, and when
he could get nothing more turned ascetic
and crank.
Last year he told MS il was q mortal sin
for man to marry, and when asked il
the race wouldn't die out under that
regime the old rogue replied, 1.-The sooner
the better.h
Now he says that all the ills of life come
from the use of tobacco, but forgets to
confess that the smell of smoke makes
him sick.
Dear old boy, the trouble with you Is
that you are nothing but cinder, though
you think yon are reformer.-Nw YORK
Herald