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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09
A Polynesian Lerend.

Tura, coming from over seas, found
himself in land named Otea, and
leaving his canoe, journeyed inland
Travelling through the dense forest.
he saw fairies sitting in the flowers of
the climbing plants and swinging on
the llianas which trailed from the
high boughs across the vistas of the
wood. These fairies were curiously-
shaped beings, having small heads and
large bodies, while their hands aud
feet were attached TO limbs so short
that they seemed as if extruding from
their bodies. Tura had brought with
him the sticks wherewith fire is pro-
duced by friction, and he proceeded to
kindle fire and to cook some food.
much to the astonishment OF the
fairies, who had always consumed their
food in its natural state. Tura fell in
love with one of the fairy women and
married her. His wife reciprocated
his affection and they lived happily
together; but one day when the elfin
spouse was combiug out her husbands
hair, she suddenly cried out, "Oh,
Tura, what is this white hair among
the black ones?" He told her that il
was sign of age and approaching
decay. the forerunner of death. Then
his wife wept bitterly and refused to
be comforted. It is touching story,
the sudden surprise and grief of this
child of the immortals on her discovery
of that which to us poor sons of clay is
SO common and obtrusive fact. The
old legend has given rise TO a proven
bal saying, ~The weeds Of Tura," as q
anonymous expression for gray hair.
Magazine.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

gon Bay, without bordering upon the
mighty forces which In centuries past
shaped such imposing pilos of reddish
brown rocks as greet you,as point after
polntopens to view, while the prov OF your
boat plows the green waters which rip
pied in the wake OF tho birch-bark canoes
of the courageous French voyageurs and
the pious Jesuit missionaries, more than
two hundred years ago.
Wherever the eye turns, on island or
shore, IL Is alike met with the magnif-
cent and varying formations OF brown
stone rocks, sometimes towering into
dizzy cliffs, or opening into deep coves
or caverns; sometimes piled in massive
far out from the shore, as
though scattered by the angry hand of
the Almighty, and often rising In soli-
tary cedar topped pillars from the face
OF the ~Eather WnGsra-p far from.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

LIFE is garden, and you who dwell
therein must cut down, with a stern
will, the weeds would you have your
flowers flourish; give those tender BIOS
soms-love, hope, truth and friendship
mo artificial warmth, no forcing pro-
cess, no undue or nervous haste, but
vault them over with the blue skies
of eternal love, bind them about with
strong hedges of faith, and give them
sunshine and fresh air and sweet rains,
and give them care and everyday at
tention, for these they will need more
than anything else. And whenever
you have a moment to spare pull
weed-but never a fower-out of your
neighbor's garden, that it may be as
fair as your own.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

for as many days as they were provis-
Toned for; but had any accident pro-
longed their sojourn there, II would not
have been a difficult matter for them to
have supported life. for limited time.
on the wild cranberries and wintergreen
berries which grow so luxuriantly on
that island.
Although the life Of these prospectors
wild and lonely splendor To stand upon
some commanding cliff of PresQue Isle
and watch the changing tints OF Lake
Superior sunset playing upon the iri-
descent waters, or sit around a glowing
campfire at night, when high wind is
booming the sea into the deep caverns OF
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

A MAN died in Savannah the other
day who played no small part in the
sea duel between the Alabama and
kearsarge. His name was Michael
Maher, and he was petty officer of the
Alabama. When the Alabama had
been sunk by the Kearsarge. and the
latter's boats had rescued her crew,
Maher jumped from one of the Federal
boats with the Alabama's papers in his
pockets, was picked up by some En-
glish or French craft, and escaped to
England.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

PRINCE NICHOLAS of Montenegro has
ordained in his official gazette that
every one of his active warriors shall
plant during 1891 two hundred grape
vines; every brigadier must plant
twenty; every commander and under
commander of battalion, ten; every
drummer or color. bearer. five. Every
guide. moreover, must plant two olive
trees, and every corporal one. The
gazette calculates that in consequence
of this order Montenegro will have
four million grapevines and twenty
thousand olive trees on next January l.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

The respiration of insects has been the
subject of study by III. Conteiean. who
has found that, contrary to what takes
place in vertebrates, the movement of
inspiration is passive and that of expira-
ton active. The air is driven from the
body by a contractile effort. Hence,
when the insect is wounded, the flow
of blood occurs at the expiration. The
respiratory movement is not interrupt
ed by cutting off the head, nor by the
absorption of curare, which produces
an immediate cessation in man.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

The natives on some of the Pacific
islands, being provided with neither
metals nor any stone harder than the
coral rocks, of which the a.ells they
inhabit are composed, would seem
badly off, indeed, for material oil
which to make tools or weapons, were
it not that their very necessity has
bred an invention no less ingenious
than curious and effective. This is
nothing less than the use of sharks
teeth to give a cutting edge to their
wooden knives and swords. The
mouth of the shark contains 300 teeth,
arranged in five rows, all closely lying
upon each other, except the outer row,
and so constructed that as one tooth is
broken or lost another takes its place.
The teeth are not only pointed and
keen-edged, but are finely aud regular
ly serrated, so that the cutting power
is greatly increased. Indeed, so great
a faculty have these teeth for wound
ing that the implements and weapons
upon which they are used have to be
handled with great care. The King
mill islanders make many strange ar
ticles of sharks teeth.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

vest came off the same shelf. Every
thing fits like paper on the wall when
the floor above has been visited by the
fire department.
When a caller sends his card up to
Jerry he always comes down to see
what the trouble is about. He has
been somewhat embarrassed since the
last campaign by the receipt of over
300 pairs of socks. His dynamite
strength in the political quarry was
due to his disregard of socks.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

SOMETHING new in the line of enter
tainments is upon the tapis at York
Beach, Me-a frost carnival. The
hall is to be decorated to represent the
arctic regions, with grottoes. snow
caves and icicles. The audience is ex-
pected to appear in costume suited to
the apparent condition of things, to-
boggan. Esquimo. or snow and frost
covered suits. The children are in
training for appearance as snow fairies,
frost sprites, etc., and a sleigh bell
chorus and drill, with 164 sleigh bells,
Is on the programme. The supper is
to match the rest of the performance.
IL the veather continues 90 bshnve as
1t has done for the last four weeks there
is no doubt that the outdoor accessories
will be in proper trim for the occasion.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

ONE of the latest novelties in astro-
nomical phenomena, as brought to
light by studying the spectra of GER
tain stars, is the showing that two of
these, heretofore classed as single, are
in fact double, and belong to that class
known as binary stars. or pairs which
revolve about common center. The
binaries thus discovered are the stars
known as Zeta, Ursa Majoris and Beta
Aurig@, the former being that star
which, In popular phrase, would be de-
scribed as the middle star in the ham
die of the Clipper"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

DIsBELIEvERs In vaccination for
smallpox should consider the state
ments just made to the French Acad-
envy of Medicine by DR.. Brouardel.
While Germany loses only 10 persons
per annum from smallpox, France ac-
tually loses IA, 900, to be accounted for
by the rigid way in which vaccination
is enforced in Germany and by the
carelessness of the Frenchmen. In
1865, when vaccination was not obliga-
tory in Prussia, the mortality was 81
per 100000 inhabitants. After vaccin-
alton was enforced, the mortality fell
in 1874 to 800 per 100, 900, and in 1886,
to 0.0t9. At the present time, the
mortality from this cause in France is
43 per 100000.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

The specific gravity of new-laid
egg varies from 1850 to 1880; an egg,
therefore, is heavier than sea water, the
specific gravity of which is 1.O30. When
kept, eggs rapidly lose weight, and be-
come specifically lighter than water
this is owing to the diminution of bulk
in the contents of the egg, the conse-
quence of which is that portion of the
inside of the egg comes to be filed
with air.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

To MAKE an lmpermeable glue, soak
ordinary glue in water until it softens,
and remove it before it has lost its
primitive form. After this, dissolve
it in inseed oil over q slow fire until
it is brought to the consistence of q
jelly. This glue may be used for
joining any kinds of material. In ad-
dition to strength and hardness, it has
the advantage of resisting the action
of water
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09
THE Smithsonian INSTITUTION. alonc

The Smithsonian Institution, along
with the sages Of the land, has con-
cluded that many valuable animals are
fast becoming extinct. Instances in
the past occur to us-the buffaloes,
for example. to mention singular
notable case--and touching the future.
we all have been fearful lest the seal
should follow him to the happy swim
ming grounds. The forthcoming pub
LEGATION Of the Smithsonian will SUBJ
stantiate these melancholy forecasts.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

For long time glass spinning and
glass-fower manufacture have consti-
tuted very extensive branch of Aus
trian glass industry. At present the
methods have become so developed
that a petroleum flame gives some
1850 yards of glass thread every min
ute, this being woven not only into
glass cloth, etc, but also employed
for watch chains, brushes, and other
useful articles.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

the cold and tho waves wherever ex-
posed. on tho shores OF the Islands where
the storms beat iiercest The new Gov
eminent breAkwater now bclng con-
structed In tho Chcquamoyon Ray Is
being filed with this lasting stone, and
the stone for the famous high bridge
Central Railroad Company over eighteen
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09
some Name. that NrIsIo.d.

PoMPEY's pillar has no historical con-
nection with Pompey in any way.
WHALEBoNE is not bone, and Is said
not to possess single property Of bono.
TURKISH baths did not originate in
Turkey. and are not baths, only heated
chambers.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

Our at the Folsom prison, Oregon,
there is horse that has developed an
earnest desire to eat all the red and
green peppers he can get hold of. The
animal behaves just like any other
horse except in this particular.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

OW many of those
who roll along Michi-
gan avenue, Chicago.
sweeping In, through
the windows of their
handsome carriages, a
vision OF the long line
OF brownstone palaces,
which have made that
avenue famous. ever
spend a moments
thought on the beauty
OF those stones, aside
from their architec-
tural setting, or raise
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

EIoHr years ago a Sacramento
woman gave tramp dollar. The
tramp subsequently went to work. ac-
cumulAted a fortune Of $4,000. and.
dying the other day. left all his estate
to his benefactress. Tramps should
cut this out and show il to the lady Of
the house when they apply for assist
ance. 1t is not quite so certain as the
ordinary lottery, but the tramp might
scoop In dollar now and then.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

QUEEN VICTORIA having presented
the mess of her Prussian regiment
First Dragon Guards) with a por-
trait of herself, the officers have sent
her large and handsome colored pho
tograph of the regiment in parade order.
Colonel Victoria is understood to be
proud of her command.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

WHILE Brazil was in the throes of
revolution her immigration agents were
passing from point to point in the
United States and telling people what
a peaceful, law-abiding country it was,
and how they wanted the Yankee to
come over there and show 'em how to
farm and do business.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

AN Austrian count and member of
the Imperial Corps got so hard up the
other day that he tapped a butchers
till for $50, but was suspected and has
had to skip out like a common thief.
It's a wonder he didn't sell his title to
some idiotic American heiress.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

1T is foolish to try to live on past ex-
Perience. 1t is very dangerous, if not
fatal habit, to Judge ourselves to be
safe because of something that we felt
or did twenty years ago.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

A NEW form of chair has been
brought out by the Medical Battery
Company, of Oxford street, London.
An electric current renders the patient
insensible to pain when an operation is
being performed on him. II this be
true, the days of lnughing-gas, ether,
ETC., for dentistry are numbered.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

years ago was taken from the same
grounds.
This stone was quarried in mldwinter
and hauled on sleds over the ice to White
River and put into the piers on pies
sawed off below the water, where II was
exposed and subjected to both water and
ice and the freezing and thawlng OF the
severe Lake Superior winters for all
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

HENRY SINNER lays claim to ten
acres in the heart of Cincinnati, valued
at millions, but as there is nothing
mean about him he will quit-claim for
Sl5 in cash and barrel of whisky.
He says he met an old chap on the
highway one day fifty years ago who
gave him the land for chew of to-
barcn
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

The latest article to be manufacture
ed from corn is soap. Experiments
have shown that bushel of corn, with
the proper amount of alkali, will make
200 pounds of soap.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

THERE is a story about almost every
inland lake that it has no bottom.
John Farmer, New York man, has
spent three months sounding the lakes
of that State, and in no case has he
found spot in any lake deeper than
ninety-one feet. That's water enough,
however, to drown all the surplus cats
and dogs.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

A SPARK from locomotive on the
South Pacific Railroad in California
caused the burning of a wheat crop
The company being sued for damage
showed that the fire was caused by q
locomotive of the Santa Fe Company,
lessee of the road, and the United
States Court sustained the position
that the lessor was not liable for the
acts of the lessee-an important prin-
ciple, of wide application.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

A NEW material called "lactite" has
recently appeared in England as
substitute for bone or celluloid. Casein
is the principal constituent.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

HIGH heels, it is said. owe their
origin to Persia, where they were in
troduced to raise the feet from the
burning sands of that country.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

Truth and soul that is ready for
truth meet like the fuel and the flame.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

IT Il easy enough TO ship oil in tank-
ships, but not SO practicable to do the
same with molasses. Atleast the thing
has been tried in iron tanks, and chem
ical action has spoiled the business.
But now come some Boston people who
have contracted to carry molasses from
Cuba, in wooden tanks, for q New
York sugar house, The schooner to be
employed has been fitted with twenty
tanks, with an average capacity of TO-
900 gallons. To keep the ship sea-
worthy these tanks are to be divided
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

II is estimated that during the past
year damage aggregating $3.50, 900 has
been done to buildings in Ashland, Pa,
by the settling of the surface.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

The population of Toxic. the capital
Of japan, is rapidly increasing, while
that of other cities and towns in the
empire is decreasing.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

1T is said that one-eighth of the wine
produced in California last year came
from single vineyard owned by Sena-
tor Stanford.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

Dun prayers and Gods mercy are
like two buckets in well-while one
ascends the ether descends.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09
BLOCK OF BROWN STONE


The wonderful Age ana Interesting His
tory OF This Aristocratio Architectural
Description bv = visitor "a the Lake
Superior ouarrles.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

The number Of exiles to Siberia this
year, up to Oct. !, amounts to 10000
souls.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

on Jan. 81. 1861. Kansas was adj
mitted as State into the Union.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-09

FREE living leads TO free thinking
and free thinking to free living.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-05-31
THE DASHING WHEEL.
Good Runs at Elizabeth and Mil
burn Despite Bad Weather.

The unpropitious weather of yesterday
had tendency 10 keep away hundreds Of
wheelmen who anticipated attending the
annual meet of the League of American
Wheelnien at Elizabeth. The VIII eelmen
OF that city had made laborate prepare
tions to entertain their guests, and they
were sorely disappointed at the slim at
tendance
Y esterday morning run of twenty
five miles was taken under command of
First Lieutenant Bellinger to Plainfeld.
via Westfield and Railway. The second
run embraced Railway. Westfield, Union
Village and Springfield. The third run.
distance OF twenty-five miles, was taken
to Westfield, Springfield and Summit
and the fourth and last was to Milburn
and Rosevllle, distance eighteen miles.
At i've O'Clock the wheelmen assem- bled
in Zouave Armory, where the annual
banquet was held. Addresses were de-
hvered by Mayor Rankin, Senator Marsh,
f.reeholder William u. West and ex-
Assemblymaa Foster NJ Voorhees,.
Today run is to be taken through the
Oranges.
About forty of the Hudson County
Wheelmen, accompanied by six Bridge
port wheelmen, left the club house on
the Heights yesterday morning and took
quick run to Milburn to witness the
twenty-five mile road race for the cham
pionship of America. The Hudson boy
had E. NJ. Smith in the race as their rep
resentative. There were l06 entries, and
seyenty-five started. Smith made a
good race, and held his own from
the start to the finish. The race was
won by b. G. Graves, a young English
man. Il was an exciting one from start
to finish. No records were broken owing
to the heavy roads. After the race the
Hudson boys went to Elizabeth and par
ticipated ia the banquet. Today Secre-
tary w. o. Huron viii accompany the
visiting BrilgeDort wheclmen to larry
town. New York.
a tally-ho coach conveyen about thirty
members Of the Jersey City Athletic Club
yesterday to Milburn to witness the
twenty-five mile road race, The clubs
representative, G. +. Kluge, started nine
ty-.nlnth and finished seventeenth. The
hobby uniforms OF the j. o. "A. c. wheel
men excited much admiration yesterday
ID the wheelmen's parade ut Elizabeth
Fifteen members of the Greeuyille
Wheeimen's Association attended the
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-05-31

RACQUET AND NET.
A Flood Of Members for the New
Tennis Organization.

The members of the Racquet Club feel
greatly elated oyer the flood OF members
that have poured in upon them since the
club was founded month ago, inasmuch
MS they already include some of the best
tennis players Of the city There are few
members whose tennis is not above the
average. so that it is unnecessary to go
outside OF the club when experts desire to
have a friendly game.
II is remarkable how many strong
players there are among the players, ow-
ing perhaps to the fact that the ladies
have played more with the gentlemen
than among themselves, and therefore
have acquired better game than has
heretofore been common with lady
players.
George Case, who is at present at
Princeton, is said to have now improved
since his memorable playing of a few
years ago. He is a wonderfully cautious
ana safe player, and seldom suffers de-
feat VIII Dear is also among the young
players who are liable to make a name
for himself, and his practice in the game
at Stevens together with his frequent
playing on the racquet grounds, will no
doubt give him high place as tennis
player.
The Racquets will probably be repre-
sented In the New Jersey Athletic Club
open games by Will Speer, while Vree-
land Tompkins is said to be one of the
leading players now at Rutgers College.
There are three other players who will be
well worth looking after this season
They are Fred Per Lee, Rob Rodgers and
viii Clements. It takes some years to
develop expert tennis players, but these
persons seem to show evidences of pos
sessing great talent for the game.
There is some talk among the Board of
Governors, of making THE SUNDAY MORN
ING News the official organ of The club.
The resolution will probably be passed ut
the next meeting. and thereafter all club
notes will be found in these columns.
EThis is the kiud of official organ we like
Co be.--Ed. JERSEY CITY NEwsJ