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Crawford avalanche., 1891-03-19
An Engine ON a Cold Piece.

The smallest engine we have any
record of is that made by ID. A. Buck,
of Waterbury, Conn. lee engine,
boiler, governor, and pumps all stand
on q space 7-16 of an inch square and
are about of an inch high. The en-
gine has 14S distinct parts. held to-
gether by 80 screws. Three drops of
water fills the boiler to overhowing.
The diameter of the cylinder is 1926 of
an inch, the length of stroke 3-32 of an
inch. The whole engine weighs but
grains, not including base-plate.
Levi Taylor, an ingenious mechanic
of Indianola, Iowa, has constructed an
engine almost equal to the Waterbury
wonder. This pygmy was on exhibi-
ton at the Centennial at Philadelphia
in 1876. It is built on twenty five
cent gold piece, the whole outfit weigh
ing but fraction over three grains.
It must have been quite a contrast TO
the enormous Corliss engine when on
exhibition in the same building. Tay-
lor's engine, while not as small as that
made by the Waterbury mechanic, is q
wonder that will be better appreciated
when the reader is informed that il
would take LAG such engines to weigh
Que ounce avoirdupois.
Crawford avalanche., 1891-03-19

men and women didn't wear the same
material, the same cut, the same trim
ming and the same style.
Some of the spring hats have quiet
and refined elegance which contrasts
quite sharply with the assertive or
speaking colors OF last season. For in
stance, capote for lady-who, while
denying Indignantly that she has grown
old, would hesitate TO say "we girls"-
struck me as being in remarkable good
taste. 1t was in black tulle, embroidered
with gold. A large bow is set i'm 'front.'
and has its ends fastened down by gold
pins. There is also a coquille of the
tulle in front with a cluster of small
black bows on top From the back come
black velvet strings fastening under tho
chin. Another altogether charming
toque consisted of bouilonnee of black
tulle over crown made up of three
bands of mauve velvet At the back
there is a small branch of mauve and
black ostrich tips from which the black
velvet strings take their start. This
toque can only be worn when the hair
Is done high on the head Still another
stylish toque has crown of black tulle
point edged with gold galloon. 1t has a
jet aigrette in front and a bunch Of os-
trch tips behind.
An extremely pretty gray felt round
hat attracted my attention for its vigor-
Gus style and dasliing air. The crown is
fat and round with wide brim in front.
1t is turned sharply up behind and held
by bow of faille ribbon. The crown is
trimmed with broad faille ribbon and
is ornamented with steel star in front.
The lovely outdoor costume for after
DI GO
resented In the third illustration is made
up of Parma faille and violet stamped
velvet and sable fur. With this charm
ing attire for refined public entertain
ments, such as first days at the galleries,
is worn a very small white bonnet Of
lace, velvet, and tulle. One sees many
delightful cloth costumes made up in
jacket style. IL is quite necessary, in
order TO secure the proper fit and hang
of the long jacket corsage, that the skirt
should lie fiat on the hips, and to this
end the darts should be carefully made
and the fullness at the back secured in
hollow pleats. To hold the skirt firmly
down on the hips, strings should be
sewed TO the front breadth and then
tied behind. There should be two col
lars, straight one inside and rolling
one out. The waist of the Jacket has
but one dart on each side. The sides
are scalloped and embroidered. The
basques are also ornamented in the same
way, and the same motive reappears on
the sleeves. The jacket must be lined
with flannel and silk.
Another very pretty street dress Is
made up in putty-colored cloth. The
corsage Is shocked at the waist on
lining. There Is straight electric blue
velvet collar and also deep velvet yoke
with Mcdicis collar. The sleeves are
also OF velvet, with double cloth sleeve
ending In a point just above tho elbow.
In some OF the street costumes tho
velvet yoke runs to point at the waist
In front, Is repeated in the back and has
deep graduated revers edged with
narrow border Of feather trimming. and
Crawford avalanche., 1891-03-19
WHY We Die.

The most common cause Of death is
fat and lime. Microbes are mere ac-
cessories in causing death. Take my
self as a case in point. Once, when
younger, could lift my leg on level
with my head. 1t is an effort now for
me to get it half that distance. Lime
deposits are the cause of it. 1t is only
few days since that performed a
post-mortem on the remains of a dis
tinguished journalist, who died in this
city at an advanced age When L
reached his heart / took my knife, and,
on rubbing it over that organ, IL
sounded as il il were being rubbed
over q rough stone. The heart was
fairly encased in lime. / have now
under my care distinguished literary
mana nonogenarian. He i going TO
die. (The patient has since died).
His death will be caused by abnormal
deposits OF lime. There is no mystery
in death. It is as natural for man TO
die as to be born. We are born, we
develop, we grow ("grow" is right
and we die. Is there anything strange
about that? Man is like tree. He
lives his time, then withers, decays.
dies. When we shall have learned
everything. we shall be wise enough to
prolong the life Of man, but by reason
Of the materials Of which the body is
composed he must dis.-Df. PhiIiD
Wales, u. s. a., in 81. Louis Globe.
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The fall of Detroit and Chicago

The fall of Detroit and Chicago in
August, 1912, threw the American
frontier back to the line of the Wabash
and the Maumee, and threatened to
throw it still farther back to the In
dian boundary itself The Miami or
Maninel River was defended by Fort
Wayne, the Wabash had no other de-
fense than the little fort or block
house, which Harrison built during
the Tippecanoe campaign, and named
after himself. Fort Harrison stood
near the later city of Terre Haute,
close to the border of Illinois. Fort
Wayne stood within twenty miles of
the Ohio border. The width of In
diana lay between the two.
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Secretary windows Last story.

A few minutes before Secretary
Window entered the banquet hall at
Delmonico's that fatal night, he met
Bill Nye in the lobby of the hostelry.
For years the late Secretary and Nye
were the closest of friends, and many
a joke has been discussed between
them.
"Do you know, Mr.. Nye," remarked
the Secretary, shat every time 1 see
you think of Senator Wade and his
experience What, have you never
heard the story?" the Secretary con-
tinued. well, it's so good I'll tell it
to you. Wade, as you remember, was
devoid of hair on his head and always
wore a wig of raven black. One day,
just after he had concluded a very
strong speech in Congress, he was
waited upon in the lobby of the Cap
itol by young woman.
Senator began the young wom-
an, i have listened to every word you
have uttered to-day with the greatest
of interest, and oh, what a gallant
man you are Would you object to
giving me curl of your hair to carry
home to Ohio with me?"
Why, certainly, madam, you can
have il all, answered the Senator, re-
moving the wig and handing IL to the
astonished woman.
This was the last story by the dead
Secretary. .-NelO York World.
Crawford avalanche., 1891-03-19

ACCORDING to the division of class of
1889, the first which has been raised
under the new military law in France,
he forces of the republic since the
first of 1890 have been as follows
The active army and its reserves, l.
510,290 territorial army, 994, ,6l5; re-
serve of territorial army, 1896, 290; Of
ficers, $4,000; gendarmes, officers and
troop, $4,000. This will give to the
French republic in case of war 1000,
900 men. Heretofore the relation of
the effective army. according to the
number of inhabitants in each nation,
has been about per cent. in time of
peace and per cent. in time of war.
To-day the per cent. will be five times
this at the moment of mobilization.
At no period in her history has France
had an assemblage of military forces to
compare with this.
Crawford avalanche., 1891-03-19
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

THE House. on the 10th. passed the sem
ate joint resolution submitting the question
Of increasing the salary of Attorney Cen
eral from $500 TO $4,000 IL will be submit
ted at the coming spring election. Bills
were reported favorably in the Senate
ferent points under State supervision
making general election days legal
holidays; and for uniformity Of text
books. A joint resolution amending the
constitution 90 limit the time for introduce
tion OF bills 20 the first thirty days of the
session was killed. A committee represent
ing the Grand Rapids Board OF Trade ap-
peared before the House State Affairs Com
mittee to urge an appropriation of swamp
lands for the survey of a system OF canals
across the State, utilizing the Grand and
Saginaw Rivers and those intervening. IL
Is proposed TO make the main line ship
canal the terminal points being Grand
Haven and Bay City.
THE Senate was the scene of turbulence
again on the 11th. Friedlander, the sena-
tor charged with bigamy. was I'm his seat.
but retired 10 the Lieutenant Governors
room before the session, which was very
brief, closed. Neither party knew just what
move would be made by the other. but when
the order of motions and resolutions was
reached senator Crocker (Dem.) offered a
resolution that the committee on the con-
tested election case OF Fricdlander vs.
Morse be relieved from further considera-
tiOn OF the case. Then the storm broke,
and for ten minutes the chamber was
a bowling mob. A half dozen Republican
Senator'S were on their feet demanding rec
ognition; Democrats were shrielking upon
points OF order, while the President finally
declared the resolution adopted. One SEN
ator left his seat and going almost within
reach OF the President deliberately told him
that any man who declared the resolution
carried was liar and that he did not dare
resent 1t. Excitement was at the highest
pitch. and very soon an adjournment was
taken. and the remainder of the afternoon
spent In angry discussion.
Politics overshadowed all else In the
Senate ON the 18th. Senator Milne demand
ed a correction of the journal OF the 11th to
show that a constitutional number of Re-
publicans had demanded yea and nay
vote on the motion To table motion made
by him. He succeeded I'm having it ad-
mitted TO the Journal but IL was laid on
the table. Senator Wilmington suisse
quently filed a protest against the pas
sage of bill having seventeen affirm
ative votes, bare majority, for the
reason that the names OF those voting for
the bill. including Frledlander, who. the
protest stated, was not and never had been
a member OF the Senate. There wore no
new developments I'm Frledlander's case.
The House occupied nearly all the entire
day In discussing the majority and minority
reports on State schools. The majority was
adopted under a call OF the House on strict
party lines, except In the case of Virgins,
who voted for the majority report, which
demands the removal OF the superintendent
and the censure Of the Board of Control.
Crawford avalanche., 1891-03-19

the BASQUE Is also bordered with this
trimming and is widely separated In
front. The front OF the skirt Is set off
with deep founce OF hollow pleats.
The last illustration presents a very
stylish and refined dress for public or
private receptions Of white cashmere
lattice worked with dark-gray, made up
upon black velvet foundation under
skirt. With IL is worn very handsome
long jacket---a combination OF black and
pale gray velvet, with black designs In
braid and gray fur, as shown I'm the
drawing. The front revers are In gray
and black striped frills. For occasions
OF ceremony, such as afternoon gather
ings in the world OF art or literature, a
very small bonnet should be worn. The
one here represented is In gray silk gauze
caught up by black Jet and trimmed with
black and white cocks feathers.
An exquisite and velvet creation I'm
the line of spring outdoor costumes con-
ssts of silk skirt made up over taf-
fetas or serge foundation, and orna-
mented with Jet or white pearl beads
sown evenly over the 'front.' and lace
flounce set baldachin style. The waist
is of the seme material. with the jet or
pearl beads on so much of the front as
is visible. Over this dress is worn re-
markably stylish velvet jacket with
basques about twelve inches In length.
This beautifully designed jacket must
be made to fit the figure snugly, and be
closed at the waist for several inches
with ornamental fastenings. The
basques are quite wide apart in front.
There is Medicis collar, while the silk
waist has straight one. The silk waist
must be closed at the back with hooks
and eyes. There may be embroidered ef-
fects on the front of the jacket The
early spring tulle hat will be worn with
this silk aud velvet costume. 1t has
Crawford avalanche., 1891-03-19
Cast-Iron "Bricks..

Most of the building materials now
in use have been employed with great
Ell or less skill for thousands of years.
Since primitive man discovered the
adaptability of stone, wood, and burned
bricks composed of clay and sand for
house-building, no equally useful
building material has been added to
the list. According to the american
Furniture Gazette, a German me-
chanic has recently patented an inven.
tion which has certainly many advan-
tages over the old-fashioned brick of
clay, though use may not prove it to
be in all respects superior.
It's practical design and ingenuity
are Characteristic of the modern ten
dency of inventions. 1t is in the form
and of about the size of an ordinary
brick, but is composed of cast iron and
is hollow.
The shell is so thin that the brick
--o;n Lao Ivo5 JIIun one maze VI cIuy. A
wall is built of such bricks without
the use of mortar, and no skilled labor
is required in laying them. The upper
and lower sides of the bricks are pro-
vided with grooves and projecting
ribs, which fit into each other easily
and perfectly, and form wall of
great strength.
There are also two large circular
openings in the upper side of each
brick, arranged so as to receive pro-
jections on the lower side of the brick
that is to be placed above it. One of
these projections is hook-shaped,
which insures solid hold. A wall of
the bricks is very quickly put together.
After the wall is built it is covered
with paint. This closes all the cracks,
renders the wall air-tight, and pre-
vents the bricks from rusting. BY
the use of good paint the wall can be
made highly ornamental. The bricks
are very durable, and building made
of them is perhaps as nearly Ace-proof
as possible.
A wall thus constructed can be
taken down or rebuilt as readily as it
can be put up. There is no mortar to
be removed, as there is when
clay bricks are used A house
with such walls is cool in sum-
mer and warm in winter, for the large
air spaces prevent the passage of heat.
With supply of such bricks a man
can put up his own house, and be en-
tirely independent of bricklayers, NOR
tar-mixers and hod-carriers. If he
does not like his house, he can take it
down and build another with the same
material, which is always as good as
Crawford avalanche., 1891-03-19

WHALEBoNE is a horny substance
found in the mouth of the whale. The
number of strips of whalebone obtained
from the mouth of the whale amounts
to about 300, and are from twelve to
fifteen feet in length, ten to twelve
inches broad, and from 4-10 to 5-10 OF
an inch thick. They consist of parallel
fibers, aud are easily bent or split.
From its elasticity, strength, and
lightness, whalebone is employed for
many purposes, stiffening stays, ribs
for umbrellas and parasols, etc.
Crawford avalanche., 1891-03-19

DURING the past six years Mime
sofa has paid $78, 834 for wolf bounties.
During certain months of the year the
bounty is only s3 per scalp, while dur
ing other months it is $5. 1t is alleged
that in certain counties some persons
have been in the habit of farming
wolves, and also of keeping wolf cubs
in captivity during the months when
their scalps were worth only SO until
the $5 months came around. 1t is
also alleged that wolf scalps have been
imported from other States, and that,
generally speaking, the bounty system
has been grossly abused.
Crawford avalanche., 1891-03-19

A WRITER makes an ingenious calcu-
lation as to the restoration Of the po-
tato crop, supposing it to be SO reduced
that only one tuber were left in exist
ence. On the assumption that this
solitary tuber produced ten sets, their
products the same, and so on, in ten
years the total product would be
10000, 900, 900. quantity sufficient to
stock the whole world.
Crawford avalanche., 1891-03-19

WHmE constable at Bayville. N.
Y, was trying to serve a subpoena the
other day, the unwilling witness, in
endeavoring to keep away from the
man of the law, jumped through a
window, landing in q tub of water.
The constable landed on top of him,
and while both were "wallowing in
their bath the constable served his
subpoena.
Crawford avalanche., 1891-03-19

CONSUL GENERAL STEWART has dis
covered what is believed to be the
safest body of water known. The
Dead Sea is nowhere by comparison.
This saltiest of all waters is in Persia,
and is known as the Lake of Urumia.
1t is eighty-four miles long and twenty
four broad, very shallow, yields twenty
two per cent. of salt upon analysis,
and is destructive to all forms of life
with the exception of a certain kind of
iellY-fsh.
Crawford avalanche., 1891-03-19

Mrs. Rambo (from an upper window
--Absalom, is that you?
Mr.. Rambo climbing the front steps
with two or three ll-wishers) ~ Yosh,
Nanshy, it'sh me.
"You said You were only going to at
tend business meeting down town.
"Th-that'sh right, Nanshy. Tiitical
b-business. 1 was right there"
20, Absalom, why cans you let poll
tics aloneP You are notS candidate
for anything"
Il don know, Nanshy; dom know.
Pm-shteady, now--in the hands of
"a friends, Nanshy.S
Crawford avalanche., 1891-03-19

WHEN the Young Mems Christian
Association of Chicago begins to serve
the Lord in a fourteen-story building.
prayers for protection from cyclones
will be in order.
Crawford avalanche., 1891-03-19

Tx the palmy days of Rome the num-
ber of lions brought from Africa aver
aged 400 per year for nine years, and
with these we're leopards, tigers, hy-
enas, elephants, buffaloes and serpents
almost without number. For several
years there were 5000 men employed
in Africa in trapping wild animals to
make sport for the people Of Rome.
Crawford avalanche., 1891-03-19

narrow brim, and is mounted on a wire
frame, garnitured with bows of black
and dull-red roses at the back, with a
graceful lace ornament in front. The
long featherweight umbrella which be-
longs to this costume, has all the grace
of the slender cane carried by the court
ladies of the epoch from which this
graceful garment is borrowed.
Figured materials are much affected
for the reason that in skillful hands the
pattern may be turned into very pretty
garniture for the dress. Braided effects
will be very popular and they look ex-
tremely stylish on the sleeves and lapels
and pocket flaps of the jacket corsage.
When velvet lapels are used stylish bro
caded vest patterns should go with them.
The pointed-toed shoe has qoite dis
appeared and round or square toes are
affected by those who wish to do exact
ly the correct thing on all occasions
But 1 need hardly add that the satin
slipper still keeps its point. 1t was to
be expected that heels should feel the
effect of the craze for old French styles,
and as a consequence they are as un-
reasonable as they are coquettish in their
size and angles. The black silk stock
ings seem to be hard to displace, al
thought one often sees attempts TO keep
the colors Of the shoe and stocking in
perfect harmony.
Judging from all signs, the late spring
and early summer styles will hold fast to
the jacket bodies and long basques and
vests, most dainty and taking in material.
Flower fans promise to be popular, a
single flower forming the fan. Poppies
and chrysanthemums will be favorites
for those who like something effective.
Another novelty in this line will be the
butterfly fan, in which these gaudy-
winged insects will seem to have alight-
ed upon the leaves or flowers trailed
upon the sticks of the fan. But such
articles are far too fragile for knock
Crawford avalanche., 1891-03-19

The item going the rounds that
Blind Tom, the colored pianist, was in
a poor-house is denied. He is not only
not in poor-house, but still giving
exhibitions and adding to the store of
wealth which will enable him to live
bountifully in his old age.
Crawford avalanche., 1891-03-19

The editor of the Voics flung shaft
of satire at "the gnat and camel con-
science" of contemporary, but it
came out in print great and carnal
conscience"
Crawford avalanche., 1891-03-19
NEw YoRK. March. 1904.

ODES may come
and modes may go,
but servant girls
go on forever. and
go their own sweet
too. They are
like the slave who
stood behind tn o
Roman victor, and
amid the acciama-
tions OF the multi
tude whispered to
h i'm that he was
lk .A-A-I IN - :.
Crawford avalanche., 1891-03-19

RosEBERY, the famous jumping
horse, at Toronto, Canada, recently
broke its own high-jump record of
eighty-four five-eighths inches by clear
ing exactly eighty-five inches.
Crawford avalanche., 1891-03-19

IT is said that the wife of William
Morris, the well known poet, artist and
socialist, is the most beautiful woman
in London. Her portrait is soon to be
placed in one of the great art galleries
of the English capital
Crawford avalanche., 1891-03-19

THE spot in Rome where Nero COM
mitted suicide is said to have been dis
covered. 1t is on the Pincian Hill and
was identified by the discovery of a
stone with an inscription fixing the To-
cation of the villa where it is known
the deed was done.
Crawford avalanche., 1891-03-19

Two HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS q
year are spent by the London School
Board in enforcing the attendance of
children. They are advised to try the
French plan of getting children to
school by good lunches.
Crawford avalanche., 1891-03-19

DURING the recent severe weather in
England sea gulls were fed from the
windows of houses on the Marine
Parade. Wild fowl were found on the
beach half frozen and nearly starved.
Crawford avalanche., 1891-03-19

The Chinese believe that the devil
always walks in astraight line, and for
that reason they make the streets of
their cities crooked. Boston is the only
conspicuous American city which ap-
pears to hold that theory.
Crawford avalanche., 1891-03-19

THE majority of military officials
favor common gunpowder in war, as it
is believed that the smoke of battle
saves thousands of lives, and it fur
nishes cover for troops to change posi-
ton without being slaughtered. The
better way is to favor peace and no
nowder at all.
Crawford avalanche., 1891-03-19

RESIDENT of Antelope Valley, New,
reports thousands of wild horses
ranging on the mountain plateau near
his home. 1t is impossible to raise a
band of tame horses in that section
because they join the wild herd.
Crawford avalanche., 1891-03-19

FoR many years Gottfried Heller, a
New York tailor, had been accustomed
to bite off the ends of threads aud
swallow the remnants. He died a
short time ago at the age of 46. and
the doctors say that death was caused
by poisonous dyes used in the threads
he had swallowed.
Crawford avalanche., 1891-03-19

THE greater quantity of hair from
which wigs are made for England's
judges, lawyers and clergymen comes
from China, where it is cut from the
heads of beggars. criminals and the
dead
Crawford avalanche., 1891-03-19

A STORY writer has rattlesnake
strike at man and come so near his
cheek that drops Of poison fell upon
his face" No poison can escape from
the fangs Of snake until they enter
the fesh, and the aperture by which
At escapes would not take q human
Crawford avalanche., 1891-03-19

CHARLEY JOHNSON, Of Amber Town
ship, Mason County. Mich, is only l6
years old. and yet he weighs $40
pounds.
Crawford avalanche., 1891-03-19
SERVANTS AND FASHION
DRESS OF THE cooUETTIsH
cHAMBERMAiD.

what She Wears In Uptown Households
"A Charming Attire for Refined Public
Entertainments Tasty street Dresses,