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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-16

Players of the seductive game of
pool often find it desirable, especially
on private tables, TO dispense with
the services of the attendant whose
duty it is to mark the score. To
meet such conditions an electrical
register has teen devised by which
the progress OF the game can be ac-
curately recorded Contact buttons
arc so arranged In front of the pock-
cts that when ball is holed 1t strikes
the button, and the point is regis
tered by an annunciator on the wall
OF the room. The same principle
has been applied to pin-pool table.
Push buttons are fixed in place OF
pins on an ordinary pool table, and
the balls passing over the buttons
make a connection which is shown on
the annunciator, so that when the
player has finished scoring the total
number OF points made are automati-
cally recorded.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-16

dress-coat style only at the back, and
those who pretend to stand behind
Queen FASHIONS throne say that waists
are gradually creeping upward and will
be under the arms before many months.
Who can say? Possibly In the near future
the modish miss will be lolllng in grace
full attitudes of cultured Incidence upon
a soft upholstered divan clad in a gen.
uine empire costume, Josephine style,
hair perked upon the top OF her head,
short waist, pulled sleeves and long
sheath skirt molding the form with the
clinging effect OF soft silks. Certainly
If the long puff goes up much higher it
will give the arm very much the look OF
being thrust into an empire sleeve.
Many of the outdoor costumes are
made with bodices consisting entirely
of lace yoke-wise, below which there
are alternate bands of ribbon of differ
ent colors. For instance, II the lace be
white the corselet may be white MORE
and gray satin. In the costume shown
in my last illustration you see one of
these ribbon coselets clasping a pulled
silk corsage with yoke outlined with
broad band OF passementerie.
Vatican backs are not in high favor
with young women having graceful fig
ures, for they simply serve to hide a
beauty instead of accentuating it, as
should be the desire of those fortunate
t. possess fine figures. In fact, some
mischievous maidens pretend to have
discovered that whenever a Vatican
Plait ia worn by n young poraon it aarvos
TO conceal some defect, such as round
shoulders or unshapely back-just as
some girls take TO the so-called reform
dress because they lack taper waists or
have no figures worth displaying.
The Russian blouse will be popular
with tall slender girls this season; it il
usually made up in silk and trimmed
with passementerie. You may make one
OF these b,ouses up in WOODEN stuff
trimmed with lace, and lined with silk.
The skirt worn with one OF these blouses
must always be of different material.
Every now and then the dainty trick
sters who set up and upset fashions hit
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-16

However, 1t is not necessary to become
Respondent. II you can't compete with
those who ride In coach and four, try
your hand on those who drive out in a
one-horse chaise. In the olden time,
men thought woman beautiful when they
were clad in homespun. King Coph6tua
even fell In love with beggar maid, and
Goethe turned from the silks and laces
OF court danes to the homely garb of a
peasant girl. 1t Is not so much the
clothes, after all, as the girl In them.
Grace, intelligence wit, amiabil-
ity, these have "a power and a
potency which the most costly
textures have not. But don't blame a
woman for wanting to make show
when summer comes. 1t Is such a
sweet consolation to be well dressed in
fine weather. A worn gown may pass
muster in the uncertain light of the
drawing-room, but the glory of June
day calls for fresh new dresses, graceful
in hang, perfect in fit, becoming in tone.
A young girl, especially, should strive
to have about her the neatness Of the
rose bud, the. freshness of the clover
top, the perfume of the lilac. These de-
lightful qualities are no more within
easy reach Of the rich than of those in
moderate circumstances. They are the
result of that eternal vigilance and care
which the particular girl gives her
toilet. True, the hit-or-miss girl Is
often very attractive character. but
she must have natural fitness for the
role.
This year as last there will be a pro-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-16


there was unlimited money used TO
defeat him, and the vicious and adj
tenturesome classes opposed him as
one man, he was elected by 80, 900
plurality. Mr.. Foster has long been
a conservative leader In Louisiana
politics and the representative Of
ST. Marys Parish in the State Sem
ate He has the confidence of the
men who have labored to free the
State from the disgrace Of the lot
terry and the good wishesof all right
thinking men in the country. The
action of the Federal Congress and
the decision of the Federal Courts
while the election was pending made
the business of the lottery company
hazardous; but now, in little while,
under a new regime in Louisiana, it
must inevitably pass out of existence.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-16

"The number of opium fiends,' as
they are called" said professional
friend, ais greater than most people
have any idea of, and seems to be
growing. It's disease. When it
gets hold of anybody it seems next
to impossible to make it let go. l
know plenty of opium users, people
who use the drug in one form or
another, and the station houses and
asylums are full of those who have
been pulled down by it. Whisky is
bad enough, but as to effects by the
side of opium all intoxicating liquors
amount to nothing, comparatively,
because its use is easily kept secret
until the victim of the habit is
practically beyond advice OF help.
A relative of mine keeps a drug
store uptown, and he could tell tales
concerning the use Of this terrible
drug, that would make your hair
curl so tight you couldn't get your
eyes shut. The Chinese Joints are
but evidence of the last stages of the
disease-the lowest rounds Of the
ladder Of human disgrace.
very highest ranks OF society, and
comes down permeatihg all classes,
excepting the working mechanic
class, which is less tinctured with
The disease than any other. / don't
know why IT Is, but you don't find
many opium users among skilled
mechanics. 1t may be that men and
women who fashion things stimuli
taneously with brain and hand have
less craving for opiates. 1t is the
active brain worker and the restless
idler-two eXtremes-who are prone
to fall before the deadly poppy plant.
The disease assails women and men
alike-and the women are the most
unfortunate, because harder to de-
tect. Respectable people, who would
consider il vulgar TO drink in public,
and lasting disgrace to get drunk
on liquor, will go around under the
influence of opium every day and re-
tire drunk with 1t every night. l
don't mean to say this is general, but
that there are great many such
so many that nearly everybody
knows of somebody who uses the
drug. Frequently the habit is the
outgrowth of illness-acquired in
nocently and accidentally. If you
would look over the prescription
book of any drug store you would
be astonished to see how widely
opium is used by physicians: and
the same is true of patent medi-
cines of all kinds Opium has its
legitimate uses, and confined to
these uses is precious boon to suf-
fering mankind; but beyond these it
is subtle fend, more deadly be-
cause insidious, that steals away
brains, honor, life. Better have the
yellow fever than the opium habit!'
Cincinnati Weekly Gazette.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-16

bers the numbers BY which they are
to be designated on the clearing
house sheets. The first broker TO
whom No. 10 was assigned asked 20
be excused, and his example was fol-
lowed by nearly hundred Others.
Every one OF the lot objected In the
most decided terms to having that
"unlucky number" stand opposite his
name on the books Applicant No.
l0l accepted 1t, but after sleeping
over 1t" went to the managers the
next day and begged them TO change
it for another. At last one was found
sufficiently brave or sensible to ask
that it might be assigned to him, and
Mr.. II. II. Niles Is entitled TO the
credit OF smilingly accepting the dis
tinction which had been refused by
50 many OF his brethren. It Is 3
wonder those chicken-hcarted ones dc
not object to transacting business OF
Friday, that being an unlucky day in
the calendar of the superstitious
And this suggests query. The pe0
pie of New York have decided Il
celebrate on the 18th of next October
the. discovery Of the new world by
Columbus. That was the date on ths
calendar IN use at the time of this
discovery. But ten days afterwards
were dropped from the count when
the change was made from the Julian
to the Gregorian calendar, one OF
those days OF error having been added
on eight years after the landing OF
Columbus. Hence four centuries will
not have elapsed until Oct 81, which
day falls this year on Friday. AS the
American people have made the
requisite change for Washingtoni
birthday, and those of them who OBJ
serve Forefathers' day have similarly
complied with the rule, it is in order
to ask If the New Workers deliberate
ly ignored it because the true data
will fall on the sixth day Of the weeB
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-16
The Fir., Natural Gas.

The first natural gas discovered in
the United States was at Fredonia,
n. Y. in 1921. In that year a wom-
an went to a spring TO draw water,
and as the night was dark she took a
lantern. On setting the lantern
down on the bank the rising gas
took fire, to her great alarm. The
gas was collected for use by inverting
large pots above the spring, but after
a time 1t was carried to email tank
made OF copper, and was supplied from
that TO several houses, including a
tavern, that was lighted by 1t when
Lafayette passed through the village
in 1924.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-16

In admired refutatlon of thu
wretched theory that the Indian Is
intractable to the habits, practice,
and restraints of civilization is Carlos
Montezuma, agency physician at
White Rock, Ney. DIR. Montezuma
is a full-blooded Apache, who, TWEEN:
ty years ago, arrived in Chicago from
Arizona, as unpromising as any Of
his people, and began studies that,
earnestly pursued, led him through
the Illinois University and secured
to him degree Of the Chicago Med.
ical College The Apaches are be
lieved to be the most savage, relent
less and defiant of the American
Indians, but the Western Shoshono
Agency has brilliant proof of the
power OF education TO transform
them into valued citizens. DR.. Mon
tezuma declares: "The Indian ques.
ton will cease to be problem when
the Government enforces the com.
pulsory education of the Indian--nOt
on reservations o. near them, but
among civilized communities. This,
il seems to US, is self-evident prop
osltion, the great mistake of tina
Government having been ia the exer,
else of policy that isolated the In.
dian, denied TO him the rights and
privileges accorded to all other per
sons born On this soil and entirely
dlsregarde1 his capabilities Of devel'
Opment from the savage into respon.
sible citizenship That the Indian
problem will be unsolvable as long as
Indian children are permitted to
grow up to the Incidence, irresponsi-
bility and viciousness Of depraved
and dependent life seems to admit Of
no argument. The Indian mast be
separated from his past, divorced from
Evolutionary habits and rescued from
the demoralizing influence Of hered'
itary supestitions before he can b4
geccQnc;.ed T. the demands of indus
try and the beauties and glories Of
acknowledgment. Tns education Of
youth is the one sensible and only
feasible way of accomplishing the do
sired result; and Indian youths can.
not be successfully educated TO tho
appreciation OF the new idea of life
and their relation to Ii while they are
environed by the old conditions OF a
rebellious, dispirited, slothful people
and discouraged by the example OF
their ignorant and half-savage elders.
Indian children should have the same
advantages as sound Judgment de.
manded for the children OF the freed
negroes. They must be placed where
they can learn the lessons Of civlliZa-
tion from their surroundings and as
sOciations as we'll as from their books.
They need contact and afhliation
with the superior race in youth II
they are to be expected TO emulate
that race in maturity. Indian schools
on reservations and at agencies are
better than no schools, certainly, but
they are very far from meeting the
requirements of Indian civilization.
The necessities OF the situation are
excellently and sensibly stated by DR..
Montezuma, and as a. survey OF the
case from the Indian point of view
we commend his views to the consid-
Grafton of those of our readers who
are interested In the just, honorable
and wise treatment of the Indian.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-16

IT is doubtful whether anybody
but Parkhurst detective would have
conceived the idea of taking the lady
of his choice up into the head of
Bartholdi's statue, there TO wed her.
More quiet persons, afraid OF the
notoriety which is In these days so
easily obtained and so hard to get rid
of, would have preferred the more
orthodox seclusion of a church. But
there is no accounting for tastes, as
the old woman said when she kissed
her COW.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-16

per. Any one listening could have
heart the patter OF his feet through
the hall. But everybody was fast
asleep. The sitting-room door stood
open. AS the rat passed he glanced
In, and noticed queerfy shaped bag
lying on the table. He went nearer
TO investigate, and found bag Of
fresh lovely biscuits-at least two
pounds. Here was treasure indeed.
"Ahal" said Mr.. Rat, smacking his
lips; Il shall not go down to the
kitchen for supper tonight"
He reflected upon what he had bet
ter do. He could not carry the whole
bag upstairs; II he took the biscuits
one at time he would not be able to
secure all OF them before he wan dis
covered. Must he lose this feast and
be content with the two or three he
could eat before moining?
He looked about the room, and his
eyes fell upon the open crate, bare
and fireless, It was only used In the
coolest weather.
"Just the thing" said the wise
rat.
With the biscuit In his mouth he
ran up the fiue and found there a
splendid hiding place. The chimney
was filed with bag of straw, and
behind IL he secreted the biscuits,
making many journeys
The next morning there was a great
cutlery among the children. Some
one had eaten the sweet biscuits.
The bag was empty.
"Mice!" cried Aubrey.
"Nonsense!" said nurse. "No mouse
mo, nor ten mice-could eat all of
those biscuits in one night"
But nobody solved the riddle. The
old rat and his family lived high for
week, and Mr.. Rat grew fat from
finding continual suppers at such
short range.
At the end of the week there came
a big snowstOrm, and then q hard
frost. The house was very cold.
Mamma decreed extra fires, and Nancy
came upstairs to build a fire in the
sitting-roOm CRATE.
-Don't forget the straw bag, Nan
cy," said the nurse. SITS put in the
chimney to keep out the wind, but
you must take 1t down before you
start the fire."
Nancy put her arm up the chimney
to pull down the straw bag. One
end seemed quite loose, but the other
was wedged in tightly. She gave a
hard tug, and the bag came away SC
suddenly that she tumbled over
backward.
"My goodness" cried Nancy.
For after the bag followed shower
of SCOT, and then shower of curl.
ously shaped objects which had once
been white, but had grown gray, and
then black in their hiding place.
But the parties feasting upon them
had never hesitated on that account.
When she had examined them,
Nancy called nurse, who was duly
surprised, and then she called the
children, who added "Ohs!" and
"Ahs." to suit the occasion.
Its them lost biscuits, to be sure, "
pronounced nurse. And it's that
old garrett rat that's done 1.-THE
wretch! hear him come thumpin'
down those garnet stairs every night.
Presently the fire blazed and
roared up the chimney, and threw
flashes OF light into the farthest cor
ners. That night when the old gar
ret rat came down and saw it his
heart sank into his toes. He knew
he would have to go all the way to
the kitchen again to find a supper
Harper's Young People.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-16
INV LIttle NeIghbor.

have a listle neighbor,
Her dress is snow white fur.
With yellow shoes aud mittens
And nothing troubles her.
She never reads or studies.
But all these wintry days
just rolls upon the carpet
And plays, plays, plays
She never had a doliie
Nor toy In all her life;
She has no bed or rocking-chair.
No spoon, nor fork. nor knife.
She never gets a bathing,
Nor has her curls to comb;
Sleeps In her shoes and mittens.
And never leaves her home.
Yet she is very happy.
And smatt-for all of thati
And everybody loves her.
Her name is-Pussy Cat
Kramer
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-16
LoIig-Dirtancc Pictured.

Long-distaDce photography is rem
dered quite successful by new cam
era with telescope objective, which
consists OF a concave lens Of short
focus and a convex lens Of consider
able length of focus. These are put
at certain distance apart depend
ing on the difference of the two foci.
By the laws of optics this arrange
ment projects an inverted image OF
an object at a long distance from the
lenses
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-16

CURIOSITY TO see the Queen, who is
not now often to be seen in public,
might excuse some American women
for the idiotic Observation-Disclosures
in accepting the cheap and vulgar
privilege of being presented at a
"drawing-room" so-called in Bucking-
ham palace The scene in London
recently when a number of supposed
democrats OF the female sex belong
ing to this republic made themselves
objects OF curiosity to curbstone
cockneys was not one calculated to
inspire respect for American institu-
tions. 1t was known inadvance that
the Queen would not be present. Her
place was taken by the Princess
Christian, the least "aristocratic" Of
the royal set. Notwithstanding this,
Americans in London resorted as
usual to petty intriguing that at
taches to the favor Of the chamber
lain and some of them, in hyp0critical
black for the mourning Of the court,
OJueIS i'll COlOIS. bOOh OitCli ptiOSS III
the waiting herd and were permitted,
after hours of delay that they would
be very reluctpnt to spend in better
cause, to approach for an instant the
person of the princeling. Such per-
formauccs, II they have any value
whatever TO those who engage in
them, may well make the people of
the United States wonder whether
American women OF this generation
are worthy DESCENDANTS of those
earker women who sustained hus-
bands, fathers, sons, and. brothers In
a tremendous effort to cast of the
trumpery Of social system to whose
dregs these democratic toadies are SC
anxious TO pay homage.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-16

There was once an old rat that
lived in a garrett. He had begun life
there, and having now large FAMILY,
he found IL inconvenient to move.
But the garnet had one drawback as
q pace OF residence. IL was a long
distance from the kitchen, and the
rat, having to go so far to forage for
food, found 1t not always easy TO sup
ply the needs of his growing family.
One night he started down the gar
lot stairs TO fnd something for sup
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-16
A Little Girl as a Rainmaker.

A little girl in st. Lucia has the
faculty of making smart showers OF
rain fall from the ceiling OF rooms.
This little girl after making it rain
in every room in succession was ulti-
mately taken into the garden in the
hopes that she would make it rain on
the vegetables. But unfortunately
she could only make it rain in bed
rooms and kitchens.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-16

WHEN one reads of the terribly
severe and successive droughts that
have occurred in some parts Of Rus
STA; the diseases induced by the I'M
natural and insufficient food con-
sumed by starving millions; and of
the countless hordes of field rats which
oyerran and devoured everything
eatable, and then contemplates the
fearful outrages practiced by the Car
and his satellites upon the Jews, the
whole is strongly suggestive of the
plaques which befell Egypt in the
time of Pharaoh in retaliation for his
persecution of the children of Israel
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-16

NoTHINe will please the American
people better than to have -the anti
trust law reach down and take every
@trust" by the nape of the neck and
shake its head until every tooth drops
out The devil has devised many
methods of getting rich. ~'rhe trust"
IS his latest WE
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-16
Ono Enect OF Electrlc Roaa..

An invariable result OF the replac-
!ng of horses by electricity on street
ear lines is an increase Of traffic.
Statistics from a great number Of
lines prove that the increase I'm gross
receipts varies from 25 per cent to
300 per cent. and is rarely less than
30 per cent. even where the previous
horse service has been good.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-16

middle land between childhood and
womanhoJd as exists In the old world;
that when our children throw aside
their dolls they take up the young
man with his cigarette aud makc-helieve
manliness. Possibly the intelligent
foreigner may be right in most cases,
but did he ever make search for an in
genue at summer resort? She is more
likely to be met with there than when
the family is In town. She Is d. MED
access to the drawing-room, but who can
keep her out OF the hotel parlor or OF
the hotel veranda2 In my fourth illus
tration you will find pictured two charm
ing toilets for maidens who seorn to be
children and fear TO be women. They
may not be. strictly speaking, convent
buds. for their teachers take them out for
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-16

The feverish condition into which
Paris has been cast by the anarchist
troubles may be imagined from the
report that the fashionable society
women of that city are now dyeing
their hair red.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-16

An important article OF trade in
Morocco Is loaf sugar, which is in
general demand for presents. Every
person approaching a superior whose
favor or goodwill IL is desired to
proplriate is bound TO bring gift.
lie cannot appear empty-handed, and
the form that is most commonly
taken by the gift is loaf sugar.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-16
INCOME AND DRESS.
HOW TO EFFEcTUALLY FIT TIE
ONE TO THE OTHER.
The Craze OF the Summer I'm the FashLsn
Line VIII he Quaint Fashioned Ef-
fects TO he Attained by the Fairy Cod
mother style Generally.


OW 10 make a Dig
show with q small
income is the prob
lem which comes In
with the flowers OF
spring, but unlike
Them, brings no Joy
with Il, writes our
New York corre-
spondent. It con-
sists in trying to
make two md s
meet when there is
no stretch to either,
IN trying to ftround
pegs In square
holes, In a word, In
trying TO do on inn
sll IL -
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-16

election Of Murphy
]. Foster, the man
W no represented
the element oppos-
ed TO the rule OF
State lottery crowd,
says the Chicago
Post. The self-re-
specting men who
cherished the good
name OF the State
were all for Mr.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-16

THERE is capacity in every man and
woman, tho igh it may often lie latent,
to draw happiness from life in its varied
phnses: and his or her entire welfare
depends very largely upon the degree &c
which this power exists. To lose faitt
in II is to be blown about at the mercy
OF the winds and waves OF life, and al
last TO be carried away by it's current
but to feel and exert 1t Is to guide the
helm and conquer the storm, and bring
the boat successfully into port. The man
who does this is not the mere pleasure
seoker