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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
Discoveries Made by Photography

Photography applied to astroncm-
lcal purposes is continually achieving
unlooked-for triumphs. One Of the
latest is the discovery of previously
unknown objects on the moon. The
photographs of the moon made with
the great Lick telescope on Mount
Hamilton, in California, are the finest
in the world, and last summer the
ruins of a huge crater, some fifty
miles in diameter, were discovered
by means Of one Of these photographs.
The ruins lie near the celebrated
crater mountain called COpernicuS.
With telescopes alone these rocky
ruins had escaped attention, but on
the exqulsitely clear negative of the
photograph they were discernible.
There seems to be something in the
quality of the light reflected from
this spot in the moon which enables
its features to print their image more
sharply on the Photographic plate
than they appear to the eye even
when aided by powerful telescope.
Apparently the ruined crater in
question has had its walls broken
down and nearly buried by vast out
flows of lava which have burst from
the interior of the moon in its neigh
borhood. Copernicus, although itself
immensely old and long since extinct,
is evidently far younger than its
ruined neighbor.
More recently Prof. Weinek, of
Prague, in examining the photo
graphic negative of the moon made
by the Lick telescope, has discovered
upon them the remains OF another
great crater wall at some distance
southeast OF the well-known crater
named Triesnecker.
Prof. Weinek finds that the mega
tiyes are so perfect that they must be
strongly magnifled in order that all
the minute details which they con-
tain shall be rendered visible.
No one can yet fix a limit to the
power Of photography to reveal what
would otherwise be hidden from hui
man eyes in the depths Of space.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
He Had Noticed II.

Jerrold, all his life long, bitterly
protested against the fashion of trans.
lating and adapting, which excluded
the work of native writers and gave
a reputation to men for work which
they had not originated. Talking
once with Mr.. Plahche Ga noted
adapter of plays on this question,
blanche insisted that some of his
characters were original. Don't you
remember" he said, "my baroness ir
ASK No Questions'?" "Yes, indeed.
/ don't think l ever saw a piece OF
yours without being struck by your
barrenness, was the reply.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04

brought pestilence in its worst form.
thousands of Russian peasantry died;
Just how many there are no means OF
knowing, but IL is computed that in the
years 1912, 1913 and 1914, in consequence
of the French invasion and its result
ing woes, over 100000 Russians per-
ished.,
Such a calamity has no parallel In
Europe or Western Asia since the days
OF Tamerlane and Genghis Khan, and
the fact that the Russians look from
their present misfortune back to the
starving years" of the French invasion
suficienfly indicates the nature and ex-
tent of the present terrible misfortune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04

pie, inhabitants of Russia, were rendered
homeless and destitute. Half q dozen
OF the finest provinces in the empire
were ruined, and their inhabitants driven
out to starve. OF the 100000 popu-
lation of Moscow, over one-third
died Of privation, and the same
proportion was true of other
places. 1t was computed that from
battle, famine, cold and exposure during
that awful winter no less than 1000, 900
persisted. But the winter of 1928 did
not close the, terrible scene. The re-
sources of Napoleon were not exhausted.
He hurried home to raise another army
and renew the war. To oppose him a
merciless conscription was ordered in
Russia to obtain troops. The heads Of
families were taken away, only sons did
not escape, and during the following
season no crops were sown in the devas-
tated country. The famine continued.
There were no relief committees in those
days; there were no railroads, no contri-
buttons from the benevolent of Europe,
for Europe was still busy with the war.
Masses of dead bodies on the Beresina,
before Smolensk, on the Moskwa near
Borodino, and along the line of retreat,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04

them in severity If not in extent, says a
writer in the Fortnightly Review, and so
complete and child-like is the peo-
pies trust in Providence and the
Gear, who, it is hoped, will utilize in
good time the abundance of the harvest
in the neighboring provinces to relieve
their needs, that the crops are allowed
to lie rotting in some places until the
peasants in others are beyond the reach
of hunger and of human help, and many
of them lie down by the roadside, in
bitches, in the yards of deserted houses
and give up the ghost without murmur
against their Little Father, the Gar. In
887-1SS8, when the abundance OF the
harvest in Russia seemed to partake OF
the nature of the miraculous, the dis
tress in certain districts was to the full
as intense and disastrous as at present.
In the government of Smolensk the
peasants lived during the year on bread
made partly of rye and partly OF the
husks of rye, often eaten with the worm
eaten bark of the oak or the pine, which
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04

fortunate inhabitants OF that stricken
country the historic days In the early
part of this century, when a famine, the
worst Of all, prevaiied for three years.
Then, as now, according TO tho Globe
Democrat, the central districts OF the
empire were devastated, and to the ter
rors Of famine and pestilence were added
the horrors OF war In its most savage
form. The occasion of this former Wis
itatlon was the invasion OF Russia by
Napoleon and the French, an invasion
which, In destructiveness Of human life,
has few parallels in ancient or modern
times.
AS to the justice Of the war waged by
Napoleon against the mighty power of
the North there always has been and
always will be difference Of opinion,
for certainly there was provocation
enough on both sides. Napoleon
thought that the power of Russia should
be curbed; he preferred to wage the war
in person, SO between the years 1910
and 1912 he made preparations for the
most stupendous military operation he
had ever undertaken.
The first fright over, busy prepara-
tons were made throughout the giant
empire to meet the coming French.
Serfs by thousands were drafted, hand
cuffed, sent to points OF instruction to be
trained and drilled, and as rapidly as
possible were hurried to the front.
Along the western frontier, then de-
scrlbed by the River Niemen, an army
of 100000 was gathered. Every effort
was made to inspire the Russian troops
with confidence, but when the massive
columns of Napoleon began to move
10 no, hna afu Of tho R1ta-
sian generals failed; Kotusoff had been
beaten by Napoleon at Austerlitz, and
remembered the lesson. The French
were allowed to cross the Niemen with
out a blow, and June "a, at Kovno, less
than 100 miles from the Baltic, the grand
army passed into Russian territory.
Napoleon soon perceived what kind Of
warfare would be waged against him.
The Russian armies OF the frontier, al
together numbering nearly 400, 900 men
were in full retreat, leaving desolation
behind them. AS they retired, in addi-
ton to burning the bridges and destroy
ing the roads, they drove before them
the peasants and their cattle; they
burned the houses, they leveled the
fences, they destroyed the Enclosures,
they set on fire the growing crops.
Carrying provisions was novel ex-
perience,for the French. In all their ex-
petitions up to this time they had lived
on the country, making acquisitions for
what they needed, and paying for it or
not as circumstances dictated. Aware
of the thinly settled districts through
which they must travel during the in
vasion of Russia, immense stores had
been collected at Koenigsberg, but bad
management was conspicuous in for
warding them for the use of the troops.
When the army crossed the Niemen not
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04

stills without satisfying the cravings Of
hunger.
The evil is undeniably chronic; the
symptoms are always the same, and the
descriptions of them published ten or
fifty years ago might be served up afresh
to-day or next year as faithful photo
graphs OF the life In death Of millions OF
Russian Christians. The Czars have
been aware of It for centuries, and have
done all that they could be expected to
do to prepare for it. The district now
affected extends from Odessa on the
shores ofthe Black Sea through Little
Russia, athwart the rich black loan
country celebrated for it's marvellous
fertility, straight through the country
watered by the Volga, across the Urals,
growing wider and wider till It reaches
Tobolsk; In other words, 1t covers. a
tract of land 1000 miles long and from
500 to 1000 miles broad, which supports
q population Of only forty millions.
The terrible suffering now being ex-
perienced recalls, It is said, to the un.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
Arkansas CurIosities.

Arkansas has two natural curiosi-
ties which will be exhibited at the
Worlds Fair, and which will be OF
interest to lumbermen. One is an
oak tree ten inches in diameter,
pierced through and through by q
small cedar three inches in diameter.
The other is a sample of Arkansas
grape vine found in Lincoln County.
II is eighteen inches in diameter at
the butt and flfty yards long. Little
Rock Gazette.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
America I'm England.

American visitors in England are
often surprised to find unfamiliar
names OF Englishmen current there
as the inventors of what they had al
ways been accustomed to regard as
the creation Of American brains. 1t
Is not Cyrus Fields name that is spo-
ken there in connection with Allan
tic cables, nor Howe's with the sew
ing machine. In fact, few things are
ever seen labeled american" in Lon
don shops, no matter what their
origin may have been, that are not of
the cheapest and often the most in
ferior description. -Philadelphia Led
ger.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
A VICTIM OF THE FAMINE.

or wounded and persisted in the field or
in hospital, 100, 900 were taken prisoners
and died in the Siberian mines, while
nearly 100000 more died Of famine or of
exposure and cold during the terrible re-
treat. Never was ruin more complete.
Immense as were the losses OF the
French, those of the Russians were far
greater. The mortality in battle vastly
exceeded that of the French, and the
deaths from hunger were innumerable.
During the advance of the French, the
Cossacks, as already stated, burned the
cities and towns, and devastated the
country, in order that the invaders
might tell the story. During the retreat
the French burned everything behind
them to prevent pursuit. Over 300 cities
and villages were thus totally destroyed
in the late summer, fall and early winter,
and it was computed that 100000 peo-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
CALIFORNIA; big Orange Crop.

The orange crop of California has
become so large that it cannot be
marketed at paying prices. Thou
sands of acres of the land of Cali
fornia are now bearing young lemon
trees. The olive and fig crops of the
State are now profitable. Expert
ments In the raising of Ceylon tea in
Southern California will soon be
sried.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
.Tne Qreat Huneer.r

Russian famines are periodical like
the SHOWS, or rather perennial like the
Siberian plague. To be scientifically
accurate, one should distinguish the two
different varieties of it, the provincial
and the national, the former termed COLO
dovka, or the little hunger, and the
latter golod, or the great hunger,
Not year has elapsed during this
century In which extreme distress In
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
Found HIS Level.

Old .Friend-Well, old boy, how
have you been getting along? Did
you succeed as novelist?
Mr.. Soarhigh-No; the publishers
said my imagination was too lively
plots lacked probability, you know
SO 1 had to give it up; but I'm doing
first-rate.
what at?"
writing railway advertisements. "
New York Weekly.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04

palace, looking out across the square
upon the curious Oriental Cathedral OF
st. Basil. and offered to his great enemy
conditions Of peace. To his letter no
reply was deigned, and the next day the
work of destruction planned by Alexan-
der and Kotusoff was begun by the de-
PRAYED wretches who were left for that
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
al PIax that FnIIed.

Z Fledgely-I see that bow-knots in
jewelry are very fashionable.
Gwendolin-Beau-knots have al
ways been fashionable. ~ ess
And she thought she heard the dull
thud of the setting sun as the young
man showed no signs of intelligence.
The jewelers. Circular
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
Pauts for a GeneratIon.

Mrs. Whalen-Hov yez emmy short
pants fer byes?
Mr.. Silvcrstein-I hafe not. l hafe
long bants for mems. Buy bair for
your husban', wash 'em vonce und
dey will tit der chile. 1 hafe sold
bants dot hafe vent drue whole
cheneration like dot. De longer you
wash em de smaller dey gifts. Judge.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04

A considerate, generous cobbler in
Delaware gave his wife certain sum
Of money each week for her personal
use. He never inquired what she did
with it, but after thirty-nine years of
welded life the wife died, and IN the
drawer of an antique table the hus-
hand found a bag containing gold.
also roll OF greenbacks, amounting
In all to $4,000. And now all the
cobblers in Boston will try the expert
ment.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
primitive People.

p There Is no machinery in the Sierra
Leone Islands except the sewing-ma-
chine. The colony is 103 years old,
and contains $4,000 people without a
sawmill or any other kind of mill to
do any kind OF woodwork.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04

An oommuniestions for thls paper ahonld be accom-
panied by the OF the author not necessarily foE
publication. but evidence Of good faith on the pan
Of the writer Write only side Of the paper Be
particularly careful IN giving and dates. TO have
The letters and figures plain and distinct
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
Innocent Repartee

"Do horses go faster with shoes or
without them?" asked the wife, look
ing up from the pages of "Black
Beauty"
with them, / should say" an
swered her husband.
~What makes you think SOP"
"Well, I've noticed that hen al
was goes faster after you shoe it. -
New York Press.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
Too Precious to BE Jeopardized.

Fireman-.Now, then, one at time
hurry up, if you all want to get out
alive!
Mr.. Benthayre-Saye the cook first
we may never be able to get an
other one.-Puck.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
A wonderfnl Memory.

Bulflnch-Miss Smilax has simply
wonderful memory.
Wooden-Why, what proof has she
given OF it?
Bulflnch-Why, met her at sup
per last night and she not only re-
minded me about our being engaged
last summer, but gave me a number
of the details. Boston Courier.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
What He Got,

She-rve just made myself pres
ent Of new bonnet, and I've go
something for you, too.
He-Good! What was it?
She-The .-Harper's Bazaar.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
Baked.
Ruthington (who has been scooped

huntington (who has been scooped
by the races, Tilted by his best girl,
and left out of his uncle's will, all in
one day)-"There is at least one soft
resting-place for me-the riverl"
Oficer Kerrigan-"Oi wouldn't go
in on thot side o. tn dock, young fell
Ter. It's jam full o. Haverstraw
brick-scoWs. Judge.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
FAMINES IN RUSSIA,
cALAMITiEs THAT SEEM TO BE
PERIODICAL.

The AWFUL Desoiation Attending the
French Invasion OF 1914 cities and
Towns Burned by the Cossacks - The
Famine and Prestige Which Followed
the War.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
Dangerous Revelations.

Belle-Don't you think gentle
man should always wear dress suit
when he makes a call on a young
lady?
Nell (doubtfully)-Well, don't
know, If he wears a full-dress suit
his shirt bosom when he gets home
gives him dead away.-Somerville
Journal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04

some province or provinces of the en-
pire has not assumed the dimensions of
O famine. while scarcely a decade has
passed away in which the local mis-
fortune has not ripened into the national
calamity. The present century, which
has yet eight years to run, has already
had its full share OF visitations which
some optimists regard as automatic
checks on over-population; in 1901, 1908,
1911, 1872, 1883, IS4n,, 1860 and 1891.
These are the national golods. The
provincial fGmines frequently equal
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04

purpose. The best quarters Of the city
were destroyed, and, as the fall was
rapidly approaching, the question as to
the disposal of the French army during
the winter season at once became prom
inent. Several plans were proposed;
one, to fortify Moscow, gather all the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
Hypothetical Case.

He-Do you know what I'd do if 1
were you?
She-No; what?
He'd marry me.-Puck.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
One OF the Mysteries.

Il don't see why they call this a
situation" said the horse-car driver,
with me a-standin' all day long
Epoch.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
She Was willing

Husband-My dear. we'll have to
ecOnomiZe.
Wife-Well, let's smoke less. Puck.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
Plush Erlnine.

Prisoner-If your Honor pleases,
the officer who arrested me is unwor-
thy OF belief. He actually offered to
carry bride from me to your Honor,
hut / rafucad
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
OUR BUDGET OF FUN,
HUMOROUS sAyINoo AND DO
INOs HERE AND THERE.

Jokes ana Joksists that Are SUPPOSED %
Have Been Recently Born Sayings and
Dofngs that Are Odd. Curious and
Laughabls.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04

Jeweler-This clock will go twelve
months without winding.
Oldboy-Well, how long would it
go If it were wound?-new York
Herald.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04

aBy producing the plaintiff In court
and letting the jury look at her. p
Light.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04

Prisoner amazed What for?
Justice O'Rourke-For contimpt c.
court, Sorr. Life.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04

Newell Machine Recently Patented b.
nm Illinois Inventor.
The Bearings Weekly gives a.de-
scription and illustration OF a novel
unicycle which was patented by its
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04

Lawyer-You claim that you were
insane when you proposed to her?
Defendant-Yes, sir.
"Can you prove .it?"
"Yes, SIR"
"HOw?D
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04

A DIET Of oatmeal and brown bread
promotes the growth Of hair.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04

Justice Foine that mon
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-11-18
CuRsoRY AND CURIOUS.

Florida's state building at the
Worlds fair will be reproduction of
old Fort Marion.
An American merchant in Mexico
has been banished from the country
for presuming to criticise the official
acts of President Diaz-
Among the pupils at the Kentucky
State Deaf and Dumb institution at
Danville, Ky, is Louisville girl, nine
years Old who is claimed to be deaf,
dumb and blind.
The nousekeeper who would be
have on her table what is known as a
bread server" The bread server is a
fork of peculiar shape and is used in
taking bread from the plate.
Scientists have discovered that the
mind is stronger in summer than in
winter. Among the worst foes of
memory are too much food too much
physical exercise, and strangely
enough, too much education.
Knife edge cigar cutters and alcohol
lamps are TO be done away with in
cigar stores. A small electrically-oper-
ated machine has just been brought
out which will automatically cut and
light cigar and then hand it politely
to its owner.
George Jeffreys, who lives near
Burlington, n. O., has covey of
young cartridges that came to him in
peculiar way His cat went into the
field and captured mother partridge
which had brood of young ones.
Rather than be left alone, the young
partridges followed the cat home, and
Jeffreys caught them.
Curling irons are the latest things
heated electrically. They are manu-
featured so as to be adjusted by means
of silk cord and a plug to a lamp sock
ct in a dressing room. All of the an
noyances experienced from using the
older forms of hair curriers' may now
be overcome If ones house has an cleo
trio lighting circuit in it.
The Provident Bounty association of
London, England, is prepared to insure
married couples against twins and
triplets Parents who desire this
kind of insurance pay in S95 and then
in case of twins they will receive $3.50,
and in case of triplets s3l5. The Off
GERS of the association are confident
that the idea will be very popular
among the lower middle classes. in
which case the profits will be enor-
nous, since the number of twins and
triplets in any community is compare
lively small.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-11-18
Home Hints.

To wash chamois mako q suds of
tepid water and white CASTLE soap
shake well and pull out while drying.
To remove glass stopper that has
become fast pu. a drop OF sweet oil
or glycerlne in the crevice above I o
stopper In an hour o" so the stop.
per may be easily removed.
A simple test for the detection OF
lead in drinking water is furnished by
: tincture OF cochineal few drops OF
which will co.or the water blue If
there is tn remotest trace of lead
present
A large, padded chair with high
back and high sides OF the kind
known as the winged chair " is espe-
cially desirable for an invalid's room.
as it supports the head and Is pro
lection on ali sides against the insid-
ious draughts.
Usually candle wax can be removed
from cloth by hot iron and brown
paper; put the paper (heavy Drown)
under and upon top and change as
often as you see the spots upon the
paper. Turpontine will remove pitch
and shoemaker's wax.
Epicures now claim that the fruit
course at breakfast should come in
at tho finish and many doctors add
that to begin with fruit O. ten brings
on headache. as the acids have the
stomach all TO themselves for while.
Kerosene will make tin kettle as
bright as new. Wet flannel cloth
and rub with it. Kerosene will also
remove stains and dirt from varnishel
furniture.
To clean and preserve the color OF
ivory ornaments. brooches card cases
bracelets and chains etc. place the
articles to be cleansed in basin OF
cold water and allow them to remain
in it for twenty-four hours. lake
them out OF the water and lay them
on n clean, soft towel but do not wipe
them; they must be- dried by the a r.
and any water that remains in the
carving OF the ivory should be blown
out II allowed 70 settle on tho ivory
1t will destroy tho color