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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29
A Gigantic Irrigation scheme.

Beyond all question, the irrigation
scheme being pushed in Florida by a
number of capitalists of Cincinnati, o..
Philadelphia, and New York is to be the
greatest North America has ever seen. 1t
is exclusively private enterprise, con-
Quoted by a stock company that has no
bonds to float, no stock to sell, no mort
cages to negotiate. At present it is only
a big land syndicate, but it may develop
into the giant monopoly of the world.
The company has had an existence for
months, and through its agents has Sc
cured at few cents an acre tract of
land on the st. John and Indian rivers
eighty three miles long and from three to
six miles wide. 1t has three feet of rich
muck, and, it is estimated, will be worth
one hundred dollars an acre when
drained. The surveyors have been
at work some time preparing plans,
il being the intention to drain in Sec
tons, so that part of the land may be
available next spring. The entire cost OF
the improvement is estimated at 81, O00,-
600 and two years the time necessary to
complete the entire work. As fast as
prepared the land will be planted in sugar
cane. 1t is believed that on this reclaimed
swamp enough sugar can be raised to
supply the whole of North America.
Truck farming will be INDUCED. in to
some extent, and on the higher knobs
small fruits. s. A. Jones, of Tampa,
Fla, one of the agents of the syndicate,
says the improvement will have almost q
revolutionary effect o. Florida, and will
commercially, in the line of sugars, affect
the whole world, -[Chicago Herald.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29

DIR. TALMAGE must be highly graf
flied with his reception in London.
He was permitted to escape with his
life. The enthusiasm Of the popu-
lace was so marked that the carriage
in which the Brooklyn divine sat sue
cumbed to it, and had he not been
strong of limb as of faith, he would
have been crushed in the debris like
an egg in a bag. The incident is
valuable in furnishing another model
of that higher civilization which Eng
land so modestly claims, and which
had been partly forgotten since
brought into prominence by the mob
bling of Mrs. Stanley and the hurting
of cabbage at Mrs. Corvallis West
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29
Tpr united States cruiser Conc

THE United States cruiser Concord
is at Venezuela. 1t is natural to sup
pose that she goes there to back up
Uncle Sans demand for an apology
for the hot-headed Venezuelan out
rage of taking passengers from an
American steamship bound to this
country. Many South American
countries have been sinners in this
respect, and have laughed in Uncle
Sans face when he talked about
avenging the insult, simply because
they knew that his navy was COM
posed Of old wooden tubs. But now
that he has a nice little groupof steel
ships, there is to be no more grinning.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29
How Gold Is Shipped.

Shipments of gold from New York
to Europe are ordinarily made in
very strong hardwood kegs, each keG
containing $4,000. At the end OF
the keg, four holes are bored through
the projecting ends of the slaves, and
through these holes pieces Of red tape
are drawn, meeting in the center,
where a large wax seal is applied,
bearing the stamp of the house which
makes the shipment. A material
cause of loss in this handling OF
specie is the rubbing of the coin or
bars one upon another; and for this
reason $40 gold pieces are preferred
to $40 or IS pieces, the surface ex-
posed to abrasion being less. Each
keg contains ten canvas bags, and i'm
each bag is $4,000. In the United
States Assay ONCE the rubbing OF
the gold bars upon each other is pre-
vented by packing them in saw-dust--
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29
EvERYpopY will be glad to see law

EVERYBODY will be glad to see law
and order re-established in Tennes-
see, but no one in this latitude will
blame the free coal miners for riot
ing again if the competition with
convict labor is forced upon them.
We cannot afford, so long as United
States law forbids the importation OF
convict-made goods, with the express
view of protecting our own working
men, to have the laborers In any part
Of the country ground down to con-
vict-labor prices. If Tennessee gets
rid of the odious institution at the
price of the recent furry, she will be
getting off chedply. Bury the bar
barity out of sight forever!
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29

credit of making the pneu-
matte wheels and presenting them
to their rivals, the horse men,
thus helping to defeat themselves.
The bicycle record has gone down one
minute and forty-two seconds, while
the horse record has been improved
only eight seconds. The improve
ment of bicycle mechanism has, how
ever, been largely instrumental in the
marvellous improvement Of speed, and
yet, under the same conditions, with
the pneumatic tire, in two years 2:20
has given place to 2:l1.
The original adoption of the bicycle
wheels to the sulky frame was by
Sterling Elliott, the maker Of hickory
BICYCLES at Newton, Mass. The regu-
lation steel bicycle wheel is, however,
perfectly adapted to the purpose.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29
A simple Disinfectant.

One of the simplest disinfectants
of sick-room is ground coffee burnt
on a shovel so as to I'll the atmos-
phere of the room with its pungent,
aromatic odor. II two red-hot Goals
are placed on fire shovel and tea
spoonful at time of ground coffee is
.sprinkled over them, using three tea
spoonfuls in all, it will I'll the room
with its aroma, and it is said to have
the hygienic effect of preventing the
spread of various epidemic diseases.
The odor is very agreeable and sooth-
ing to a sick person, where other
disinfectants prove disagreeable.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29
A D,auond HoIe.

The diamond is a brilliant thing,
but the place 1t comes from is dismal
enough. A traveller recently from
South Africa gives an account of the
crowds of the diamond seekers who
poured in after the first discovery.
The mine is situated in the midst OF
plateau, high, wide, and barren,
and consists of nothing more than
IAN enormous hole nine acres in ex-
tent" This hole is about four hun
dred feet deep, and visitors seldom de-
scend into it on account of the dirt
and danger 1t is from this disagree
able aperture that the gems are
brought which glitter and sparkle up
on the persons of lovely women.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29
children,s Chatter.

"rM glad Ira not peaeh," said
Rollo. IF ] was, mamma'd eat me,
she's so fond OF 'em."
Il DON'T think that's good picture
of our baby" said Adam. why
not?" asked his mother. Its too
still for him."
~PAPA," said Harry, as he looked at
his new baby brother, Il wish we had
seven more, because with him and
me and seven more we'd have base
ball nine"
"MY!" said Bessie. at is awful
hot. / wish / was a cake of ice. "
@Pooh!" said jamie. "If you were a
cake of ice you couldn't stand the
heat half so well. You'd melt all
up"
A LITTLE five-year-old interviewed
his mother the other day upon the
subject!of angels having wings, and, on
being told that there was reason to
believe that they we're so equipped,
! exclaimed: "Oh, mamma, how funny
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29
surprisedPIg.

Little Pete never intends to mis-
state things, but his very figurative
imagination gets the better Of his
facts. He starts out 10 tell some
thing which is perfectly true, but be-
fore he is done he has generally
drifted off into some picturesque ex-
aggeration. The other day he ex-
claimed to a companion:
"Just think, Billy! Out in Chicago
they aren't going to be cruel to the
pigs any more when they, kill them.
They're going TO chloroform them"
"How do they do it?" asked Billy.
"Why, they just put a sponge in
front of the pigs nose, and he goes
right to sleep, and when be comes to
himself he says, why, my hams
gomez And by and by he. says, Good.
ness! Somebody's sawed my leg Off
And then he finds out that he's all
cut UNI"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29
Where snakes Are scarc,.

There is not a lizard or snake north
of the southern extremity of Hudson
Bay, says an exchange. The sum-
mers there are, so short that these
reptiles have no time to enjoy them
selves even if the ground at depth
of two or three feet below the surface
were not frozen all the year round,
thus depriving them of a place to
hibernate. Snakes and lizards can
not endure cold climate, and a
latitude of 50 degrees north is alto
gether too, frigid for them.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29

they must look when asleep roostins
like turkeys
MAnMA-You look as II you hadn't
slept much. Little Dot--f o'm, ]
didn't. Mamma = What kept you
awake? Little Dot--I was waitin'
for the new clock to go to sleep.
UNCLE JoHN--So you have been
promoted to higher grade? sup
pose you'll have some hard studies
next year. Nephew-Yessir. Well
have geology. That's all about rocks.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29

The First 60 Greet Columbus.
When the feast is spread in our country's
name.
When the nations are gathered from far
and near.
when East and West send up the same
Glad shout. and call 70 the lands "cooa
When North aud South shall give their
bloom.
The falrest and best OF the century born,
Oh, then for the king OF the feast make
Make room. we pray. for the scarlet
thorn!
Not the goldenrod from tho hlllsides blest,
Not the pale arbutus from pastures rare.
Non the waving wheat from the mighty
West,
Nor the proud magnolia tall and fair
Shall Columbia unto the banquet bring.
They, willing OF heart, shall stand and
wait;
But the thorn. with his scarlet crown. is
king.
Do we not remember tho olden tale?
And that terrible day OF dark despair,
When Columbus, under the lowering sail.
Sent out to the hidden lands his prayer?
And was 1t mot he of the scarlet bough
Who first went forth from shore To greet
That lone grand soul. at the vessels PROV,
Defying fate with his tiny fleet?
Grim treachery threatened. above. below.
And death stood close at the captains
side,
when he sawAoh, joy!Ain the sunset
glow.
The thorn trees branch DER the waters
glide.
GLand! Land ahead.n was the joyful
shout;
The vesler hymn DER the ocean swept;
The mutinous sailors faced about;
Together they fell on their knees and
wept
| At dawn they landed with pennons white;
y. They Kissed the sod of San Salvador;
| But dearer than gems on his douole'
bright
Were the scarlet berries their leader
bore;
Thorny and sharp. like his future crown.
Blood-red, like the wounds In his great
heart made,
| Yet an emblem true of his proud renown
Whose glorious colors shall never fade.
| st Nicholas.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29
The aabv E,ephant,s Peanut.

Mamma" moaned the baby ele-
plant, "Ive lost the peanut you gave
me-"
open your mouth, my child, and
let me see," returned the mother.
"Vhy, there it is right in your mouth,
you foolish little elephant.
well, / cannot help it," pouted
the baby elephant. "My mouth is so
big and the peanut is so little, l don't
see how it could help being lost in
there. "-Harper's Young People.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29
INVESTIGATION is bringing out tn

INVESTIGATION is bringing out the
proof that the strikes in Tennessee
were of the real walking delegate
order, engineered by persons who
were not generally miners and not
long residents of the State. Some of
them are now making an effort to ex-
plain satisfactorily to an unsym-
pathetic court what they meant by
going down there and causing muir
der and the destruction of property.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29
A pecui,ar Disease.

When a horse is brought into the
high attitudes of the Andes the blood
starts from his mouth, ears, and
nose, and men are often affected in
the same way. The disease is known
as asirroche" and sometimes is fatal.
The natives having been born and
bred at this great elevation, are no
more affected by the rarity of the
atmosphere than the negroes OF the
Brazilian swamps are by the heat
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29

SOME doctors In Europe have the
courage to declare that the prevailing
style OF cholera is only pretender,
and unable to show the Asiatic
brand. This may be true, but as the
pretender seems to possess the essen
tlal traits OF the thoroughbred Asiatic
sort, the grain OF comfort concealed
in the truth is hard to find.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29

A LoNa-DIsTANcE telephone has
been devised in France to talk under
oceans, just as is now done under the
English Channel between London and
Paris. 1t seems simple enough to
laymen, but so insuperable are the
difficulties that II NJ. Oillott has
solved them, he will be given first
rank among electricians.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29

In figure 3. Gather it together be-
tween thumb and finger, and fold 10
according to the oblique line indi-
Gated in figure 4. The whole then
assumes the aspect of figure 5, and Ii
is through this figure, following the
dotted vertical line, that you must
make your scissors cut.
Unfold the paper and you have tho
little ladder seen in figure 9.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29

A NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. poet has been
writing a song of remorse with the
refrain: Il want to be little child
again" But perhaps if he could go
back to his youth he would not turn
out bit better man. Remorse is an
awful thing.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29

STEP by step the usurper is sapping
the privileges of the lords of creation.
Here, now, is the case Of woman ar
rested in New York City for wearing
overalls. Thank heaven, full boards
are beyond their reach, at least for
the present.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29

RECENT occurrences lead to the
belief that embalming fluid is likely
to take the place Of the rope and the
pistol as a means of self-murder.
While only towards and fools commit
suicide, yet II they choose the new
method. they viii. at least. succeed
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29

A PRACTICAL calculator has dis
covered that an average waltz takes
one over about three-quarters OF a
mile. A square dance is half mile,
and galop is a good mile at run.
But no young man thinks OF these
trines, for the minute he surrounds
the girls waist with his arm he
feels he's going round the world.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29

The visit OF a skillful French dip
Tomato to st. Petersburg, ostensibly
for change of climate, has created a
number of rumors about new treaty
between Russia and France which
may lead to the ,leng-expected and
still far-distant war that is to shake
up all Europe.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29

A DRIVER has been fined by a Chi
cago Justice for having deliberately
run over bicyclist. This incident
gives color to the hope that in time
jurlst may be found with pluck
enough to fine a bicyclist who runs
over a humble pedestrian.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29

A MAN in New York committed
suicide because his baby was a girl,
He had set his heart on a boy. He
did very foolish thing. That daugh-
ter may live to be the President Of
the United States.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29

LADIES, it has been observed, are
quite as ready to go into get-rich
quick schemes as the sterner sex.
This would prove that some men
know how to find the pocket Of a
woman's dress, at least.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29

BALLARD SMITH has retired from
Journalism. - New York Herald.
Would it not be more correct to say
that journalism had retired from
Ballard Smith? The two never had
more than a slight acquaintance.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29

EMPEROR WILLIAM may yet have
to follow the example of his illus
trious grandmother, who had to
restore to office the cast-off Glad
stone. Bismarck is still power in
Germany.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29

CANADA is now getting into the
position of the small boy who prom
Uses that he will never do so any
more if his father will spare the rod
Just this once.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29

DREKER, the Vienna brewer, is re-
puted to be worth $40, 900. 900 and to
be increasing his fortune at the rate
of So, 900, 900 year out of the profits
OF his business. There's more money
in brewing beer than in drinking it.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29

A GREAT deal is being said about
Canada's destiny. Canadas destiny
is to stay on the other side of the
river until she makes an out-and-out
leap-year proposal to Uncle Sam.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29
AN average English election cost

AN average English election costs
twenty-five thousand dollars. An
average Congressional election with
us costs about one-fifth that sum.
The member Of Parliaments gets no
salary. Our Representative gets five
thousand dollars year and mileage.
the American plan is the better.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29

SOME say it is unlucky to put up an
umbrella in the house, but this Is
hardly the case unless the house hap
pens to be pawnbroker's.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29

IT'S lucky the United States Gov
eminent is not trying to enlist any
girls in the navy, for it would be
doomed to defeat. Sailors, you know,
do not wear suspenders.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29

THOSE farmers out in Kansas who
entered into contract with rain
company should have insisted on a
time limit. 1t was pretty certain to
rain sometime.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29

OF all the potentates of the east
ern hemisphere the Ameer of Az
ghanistan is the least enviable. He
seems to have new revolt to subdue
every week, and In the interim he is
bullyraggcd by Russia on one side and
Great Britain on the other.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29

A GERMAN psychologist announces
the discovery that the habit of ital-
icising words is sure indication of
insanity. The same thing has been
said Of about every habit to which
is addicted, so that there
is really no cause for alarm. Possibly
the learned German had caught him
self italicising some valuable thoughts
Of his own.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29

THE interstate commerce law, since
the courts have had chance at it,
looks as though it had been run
through a clover huller.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29

A FEELING Of sympathy is well
enough in the heart, but there are
occasions when its presence is even
better shown by feeling in the pocket.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29

aow 20 Mako II with /. single Cas a ~
Scissors.
This Is curious experiment.. easy
TO make with a sheet OF paper as fol-
lows: !
Figure 1 is the sheet OF paper, .
rectangle as long and tall as the lad
der which you wish to make. Fold
it double lengthwise, and you have
figure 2. Now fold it up fan-like as
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29

An eonmunitatlons foF thls pspsr should BE- aoss~
p.nisd b. he Of the author; not NECESSARILY B.
puhleaton. but evidence Of good faith the
- The writer Write only on one sid. Of The papsr.
psrtoalHry careful IN giving and dAiss = h-s
~ lsltsr and dgurss plain and distinct
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
a DEPARTMENT. FOR LITTLE
BOYS AND GIRLS.

Something that WIN Interest the Juven-
lie Members Of Every Household =
quaint Actions and bright Sayings Of
Cute Children.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29

KRUPP, the cannon-maker pays
more taxes than any other man in
Germany. Most of it comes back to
him, too.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29

THE prophet In politics is without
honor in his own country and every
where else. 1t is the vote that tells.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29

IT is doubtless nice to own a s40,-
900 horse--untll 1t drops dead, as one
did In Kentucky
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29

For bad taste in the mouth don't
do so any more.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29

AN agnostic is a man who doesn't
believe in doctors OF preachers as
long as he is in good health.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29

in preserving their bodies Tor future
reference.
The record-union., 1892-08-11

baskets Peaches, 473%c; 20 baskets Peaches,
45c; baskets Peaches, 45c; 8 baskets Peaches,
3 &c; John Miller, 81 baskets Peaches, 8 SC;
&c., j. p. Koch & Co. 1S4 baskets Peaches
45c; E. Damn, 90 baskets Peaches, zoe; 10
baskets Plums, zoe; a. J. Reynolds, 8 baskets
Peaches, 573zc; f: Crofton, baskets Peaches,
yon, 3 baskets Peaches, 3715c; rs baskets
Peaches. -55c; ). Runyon, 20 baskets Peaches,
5272c; Is baskets Plums, soc; B. Bates, %
llets Peaches. 60c; Al baskets Peaches, 6215c;
Is baskets Peaches, soc; IA baskets Peaches,
25c: c. Strothman 90 baskets Peaches, 671ac;
All Que, 2 baskets Peaches, orc; Johnston
q Son, 3 baskets Plums, 55c; r.. Cronon, 4
boxes Pears, doc; $. Runyon, 5 boxes Necta-
rines, soc; A. j. Reynolds, s baskets d. Plums,
II boxes Tomatoes, 81 %: B. Bates g crates
Gantaloupes, So John Miller, Is baskets
PlumS soc.
The record-union., 1892-08-11
geal estate. eyar.
ARARE OPPORTUNITY
Good Agricultural Land for $40
to $40 per Acre.

Inc Pacific Improvement Company has re-
Gently purchased twelve thousand Scres OF
land In the heart of Tehama County. for the
purpose of promoting subdivision and settle
ment. This land embraces lands from first
class Sacramento Valley agricultural land, to
land Of fair average quality, and is offered at
nom $40 to $40 per acre, in subdivisions Of
40, 80, 40, $50 and $50 acres
The terms upon which these lands are offered
are especially attractive. They Will be sold In
subdivisions, as above indicated, by the pay
mens OF interest only for three years, at which
time the purchaser can begin the payment OF
principal by paying the first of five equal an
nual installments. Thus no part Of the prin-
clpal IS TO be paid for three years and then
the purchaser is to have i've years In which to
pay i've equal annual instalments. with in
tereRt at the rate of per cent per anraurn.
making payments extending over period of
eight years. Intending purchasers are as
sured that this is an opportunity TO purchase
land of fair average quality at SO per acre,
and good agricultural land at $50 an acre,
with other grades OF land at prices to CORE
spond between these figures.
The assertion is freuuently made that good
lands, suitable for general farming. and es-
pecially adapted for fruitgrowing cannot be
had in California for less than from $50 to
500 an acre. An examination OF the land
subject of this advertisement viii prove to
home-seekers that this is an opportunity for
the purchase of good agricultural land AT $40
an acre, and for qualities grading down to fair
agricultural land at $40 an acre, on terms of
payment which should make the disposition
OF these lands to actual settlers result easy OF
mplishment.
The primary object of the purchase of this
oody OF land was the breaking up OF large
holding for the purpose of promoting its set
tlement in smaller quantities and It's devotion
TO diligent husbandry
For further particulars, call upon or sd.
dress VIM. H. MILLS,
Land Agent Of the G. P. r. r., Fourth and
Townsend streets San Eranciscn Cal
The record-union., 1892-08-11
In MANY out of me wav places il has

In many out of the way places it has
been found necessary to manufacture
nitro glycerine on the spot in order to
avoid the very high rates charged by
transportation companies. Such has been
the advance in methods of making this
explosive that, with ordinary precaution,
thorough washing and careful watching
of the various changes of color, it can be