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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-25
Could. Ready Money.

How much is Jay Gould worth?
His contemporaries, associates and
critics put him down at about $780,
900, 900. / suppose it is not much
exaggerated. We know, who are
brokers and in the banking business
here, the influence OF his ready money.
He has got the best money In the
country; it is all liquid money, says
Gath in the Cincinnati Enquirer.
What do you mean by liquid
money?
Money which flows like liquid
like quicksilver, according to the
inclination, upor down. The Astors,
for example, do not have liquid
money; their money is in real estate,
upon which they could not realize In
tight times as well as in easy times.
But Gould's money is here in time Of
panic as readily as in flush times.
Almost any time he can withdraw
from the market s12, 900, 900 or can
keep 1t loaned. Now, the bank sur
plus is only $40, 900, 900. So, you see
the prodiglous power that money has
i'm the mere ebb and flow of 1t. When
Mr. Gould withdraws 1t, as he is said
to do, though / have no knowledge
on the subject, the times are terribly
tight here. Up goes the rate of in
terest. Men with obligations are
ready to pay almost anything. This
money comes to him in the nature
Of his property.
His property is always earning
money in cash. II he resolves to
purchase some costly piece of property,
like the Union Pacific Railroad, he
may put his money out to let inter-
est accumulate upon 10. He is not,
however, a money lender in the sense
Of Russell Sage, who lends money TO
earn money. Mr.. Gould lends money
with an object in view, In the nature
Of large merchant. Yet he is with
out the conditions Of such a mana
polite person.
A friend OF mine not long ago
borrowed $1,000, 900 from him in the
midst OF the panic. This man did
cot conceal his temporary necessity,
but said to Mr.. Gould, OF rather
wrote to him, that whatever interest
he was minded to ask would be salts
factory. He says that Gould said to
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-25

and Stripes. The clerks whom he set
at work on the subject discovered
that on June IA, 1777, the Congress,
In session at Philadelphia, adopted
this resolution:
Resolved, That the flag of the
thirteen United States be thirteen
stripes, alternate red and white; that
the union be thirteen stars, white, In
a blue field, representing new con-
stellation."
The thirteen stripes had been used
before by the Philadelphia Light
Horse, in 1775, but the stripes were
alternate blue and white. Mrs. John
Ross, who did upholstering on Arch
street, is supposed to have been the
maker Of the first flag containing the
stars and stripes. Although the reso-
luton of June IA was not promul-
gated by Congress until September 3,
the flag was carried at the battle of
the Brandywine on September IL.
And then, from time to time in the
nations history, stars were added to
the galaxy of the field Of blue, as new
States were formed. A resolution
providing for such changes was
adopted In Congress April 4, 1918.
Otherwise no change has been made.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-25
nerkmau I'm Chicago.

The crank who assaulted Mr..
Frick at Pittsburg, Berkman, or
Count Orlowitz," as printers all
over the country know him, was a
sub" or the Chicago Herald for a
short time during the summer of
1890. He was not only mystery
but was also the laughing stock of
the craft, especially the members of
it employed by the Herald. His odd
sayings and curious blunders were
told and retold wherever compositors
congregated. One story of the
Counts" eccentricities will never
die, and printers have RECALLED many
q group Of reminiscent typos with 1t,
not only in Chicago but in Eastern
cities.
1t so happened one hot night in 80
that -the Count Orlowitz" was given
o set Of extra cases. About mid.
night the foreman had occasion to
ask: what gentleman is fixing up
that pied ball scorer" At the time
The foreman was at the end Of the
room farthest from Berkman. But
Berkman, yielding to that uncon-
luerable desire to talk which every
where made him conspicuous, imme-
iiately replied: Il don't know, sir;
[ cawn't see from here" Il am not
speaking to YOU" said the foreman.
"Well, I'm talking to you, see?" re-
piled Berkman.
Another popularity, and the one
that brought about his discharge
from the Office, occurred one night
after the Herald boys had won hot
game OF ball from some other Of the
city newspaper mines. He was put
on about y o'clock by the pitcher,
who had just set several good-sized
takes" The pitcher was all ball
play that night and made errors in
his composition. However, the two
or more Thousand ems set was ample
remuneration for the subs pains In
correcting them, bnt this Berkman
declared to be rank injustice.
"I'm a printer" he went on, mot a
blooming blacksmith, and he refused
to make the corrections. which he
claimed was a direct departure from
all recognized rules. The more he
looked at the proofs the angrier he
became, and finally he seized his
coat, collar, and necktie, and darted
from the office In a terrible rage.
He never came back again. The
ominous warning somehow got to his
ears that the foreman was waiting fol
him whenever he might come looking
for work or pastime. The fellow al
ways had money, however, and would
lend it freely-that is, If the borrower
showed any inclination Of engaging
his services.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-25

steam, and the grinding Of the great
drivers as they spun backward on
veneers Of sand startled the passen-
gers, and a hundred heads popped out
of the windows. The little one stood
been the rails unmoved, its eyes
fastened upon the kite that fluttered
and fell among the tangle Of telegraph
wire.
Fireman Enright, sitting on his
side OF the cab, saw the danger.
Without hesitation he sprang through
the window that opens at the side Of
the boiler and ran along the narrow
footboard, jumped down on the brass
covering Of the cylinder-head, swung
down under the monster front Of the
boiler, swiftly sped across the pilot,
and slid down until his feet rested
upon narrow ledge at the bottom.
Then with his left hand grasping the
drawhead he stopped well forward.
They were on the child, and its
frightened eyes met the determined
face of the fireman. With vigorous
lift and push the baby boy was
thrown into the soft sand outside the
rails. The wheels STOPPED dozen
feet beyond.
Engineer Charles Shuneman reach
ed his oily Rand across in front of tho
tubes and pipes and registers at the
end OF the boiler, and he trembled
violently as he held the grimy hand
Of his fireman.
-He's all right" said he And
turned away TO attend to his levers.
ductor NJ. Z. Burke, Supplyman l..
ID. Knapp and Brakeman w. j. Huber
all ran forward. Trainmaster Cor
win picked the child up, expecting to
find 1t cut and bleeding, for no one
except the engineer had seen the res
cue. Then the engineer dropped
down from his cab and told the story.
A great crowd quickly collected. No
one knew where the rescued infant
belonged. The boys across the way
stopped pulling at their kite-strings
and joined the crowd. One little
fellow elbowed his way through, and,
when he saw the bingham dress and
heard the lusty yells, broke forth in
a clamor that drowned the efforts Of
his brother, for it was Jimmie" Fen
der, little Willie's brother.
Then woman, her hands all flour,
came hurrying into the alley. Her
face was whittier than her hands. Into
her arms they placed her baby un-
harmed, and as she hushed its cries
she listened to the story of its rescue.
A violent shaking of the body and
tears streaming down from her eyes
was all the acknowledgment she
could make. Daily News
Record
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-25

the Aztecs, smoking mountain" Is the
most noted volcano In the Western
hemisphere, and one Of the highest
mountains In either America, Its snow
covered cone towering up 1883 feet
above the sea. At It's summit there
lies an immense crater about a mile
across and more than third OF a mile
In precipitous depth. Sulphur from the
crater Is or has been quarried at an ele-
walton OF $4,000 feet. During the last
800 years there have been but two OF
three eruptions, and those have been
mild. Smoke constantly issues from
the mountain, and at times cinders and
stones are sent up in showers.
Mount st. Elias, in Alaska, is classed
as an active volcano, and exceeds Popo-
catapetl In height, the latest estimates
placing it's height at IL, 100 feet.
Interesting volcanic remains are tc
be found In the western part Of the
United States and especially In Utah.
The most interesting volcanic district
in Utah Is near Fillmore, where volcanic
buttes and tables rest upon the plain at
distances Of ten to thirty miles apart
The Tabernacle crater and Pavant
butte may be mentioned In connection
with volcanic remains in Utah.
The demonstrations accompanying a
volcanic eruption depend upon the char
acter of the material within the crater
and the passage leading downward. II
the crater has thin floor and the pas.
sage below is partially open or filled
with molten lava, the volcanic gases
can escape upward and outward with
comparative quiet. But II the passage
is badly obstructed violent explosions
may take place, preceded by rumbllnRs
and even by earthquakes, far-reaching
In effect.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-25

Pllny, the naturalist, but also as having
had his nephew, the younger Pliny, for
Its historian. He gives most graphic
description OF this magnificent though
terrible scene.
THE cloud which had scattered so
deep q murkiness over the day had now
settled into q solid and impen etrable
mass. It resembled less even The thick
est gloom Of night in the open air than
the close and blind darkness Of some
narrow room But In proportion as the
blackness gathered did the lightnings
around Vesuvius increase in their vivid
and scorching glare. Nor was their
horrible beauty confined to the usual
lines Of fire; no rainbow ever rivaled
their varied and prOdigal dyes.
I'm the pauses Of the showers you
heard the rumblng Of the earth beneath
and the grooming waves Of the tortured
sea. or, lower still, and audible but to
the watch Of the intensest fear. the
grinding and Kissing murmur Of the es-
Gaping gases through the chasms of the
distant mountain. Sometimes the cloud
appeared to break from its solid mass
and by the lightning to assume quaint
and vast mimicries Of human or OF mon
ster shapes striding across the gloom,
crowding one upon the other and van
ishing swiftly into the turbulent abyss
Of shade.
Suddenly the place became lighted
with an intense and lurid glow. Bright
and gigantic through the darkness
which closed around it like the walls of
hell the mountain shone-a pile of fire.
It's summit seemed riven in two, or rath-
er, above its surface there seemed to rise
two monster shapes, each confronting
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-25
Bread from Blood.

DR.. Makarof has been making ex-
periments in Russia with the blood
of animals in the manufacture of
bread. He made a dough composed
of two and half parts of rye meal
and one and quarter Of blood. This
he baked, and so produced very
good loaf of bread, which was not
only 1T to eat but also contained
much more nourishment than or
binary rye or wheaton loaves. DIR.
Makarof considers that some regula-
tions should be issued to people who
slaughter animals, requesting them
to collect blood, which has hitherto
been wasted, and send 1t to certain
specified centers, where it could be
made into bread and distributed to
the peasantry in the grain, so that
they are obliged to grind it down,
and as In most of the districts there
has been great dearth OF fuel, the
baking OF the bread has been a great
difficulty, which in some cases has
proven insurmountable.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-25

ashes as 70 have the appearance OF
black smoke. and which assumed the
usual form OF a pine tree. The column
OF vapor was carried over nearly 1c0
miles OF country. At the same moment
the summit Of the cone poured out seven
streams of lava, one OF which destroyed
two-thirds OF Terra del Greco; a second
Resfna9 (which had been built on the site
OF Herculaneum; another the village OF
Granatello and q part OF Portiol No
less than $4,000 persons are said to
have persisted In this catastrophe.
Other eruptions occurred In 1888 and
1860, when the crater was so cleared out
that three distinct holes could be seen in
action at the bottom of the hollow.
From 1904 to 17O8 there were frequent
cruptions. the worst being In liJf, when
ashes. stones and lava were cast forth
In great quantities, Naples being Aug.
covered with dense shower OF ashes.
From 1712 to 1887 there were constant
efuptions, beng at times thrown to a
height OF 100. feet above the orifice
from which they issued. The years
1751, 1854, 1853 and 1760 were also very
turbulent.
quiet until 1884, when two streams OF
gin of the crater, the other from the
base Of the old cone accompanied by a
sea Of flame. One stream lost itself In
the Atrio del Cavallo, the other flowed
down in a vast current OF great rapidity,
nearly half a mile broad and from
eighteen to thirty feet deep. It did not
stop for eight days, and in Its course II
destroyed the village OF Caposecco,
leaving only four houses out of 500. In
1883 there were also eruptions OF
great violence. The crater was changed
by the last outbursts, assuming the form
of funnel 800 feet deep, accessible to
the bottom.
After few years of quietness the
mountain again resumed business at the
old stand. The night of Feb. 8, 1854.
there was terrific explosion and pour
ing out of lava. one stream reaching
and utterly destroying Bosco Reale, the
wood formed Of stately oaks and ash
trees. The large trees, as soon as en-
veloped in the seething lava stream,
poured out jets of Kissing steam from
every knot and branch and then ex-
ploded with loud report, shooting up
wards of fifty feet or more. 1t formed
q wonderful spectacle to see those large
trees, burning brilliantly, shooting
through the air in every direction. This
eruption changed the appearance of the
mountain entirely. The walls of the
old crater were broken down and the
central cone reduced In height and form.
After this Vesuvius became mpara-
lively peaceful, though it sputtered and
shook the earth occasionally.
During the first three months Of 1858
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-25

Nicolosl was destroyed. At this time a
stream OF lava ran for fifteen miles
down the mountain. A terrible eruption
occurred in 1869. During this eruption
Nicolosi, Belpasso, and a part of Catania
were destroyed. Belpasso. a village Of
5000 people, was destroyed by the out
burst from new crater which opened
about mile below the others and threw
out q flood of lava two miles wide.
Stopped for a time by the city walls Of
Catania, the lava rose gradually to a
height OF sixty feet and finally rushed
over the walls and destroyed part Of
the city. Altogether some fifteen towns
were destroyed by this eruption and
lava thrown out covering an area OF at
loast forty square miles. The latest
eruption prior to the present one was in
1885. This lasted about three weeks
and was preceded by earthquakes. Gin
ders fell as far distant as Messina,
about eighty miles from Mount Etna.
Mount Etna is one of tho most noted
and marvellous volcanoes in tho world.
II is located on the eastern coast OF
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-25
The Temple of BaaI.

There rises a huge wall seventy feet
high, inclosiug square court OF
which the side is TAO feet long, says a
writer in Blackwood's Magazine.
Part Of the wall. having fallen into
ruins, has been rebuilt from the an
Gent materials, but the whole of the
north side, with its beautiful pilas-
ters, remains perfect. As the visitors
enter the court they stand still in as
constituent at the extraordinary sight
which meets their eyes, for here,
crowded within those four high walls,
Is the native village OF Tadmor. 1t
was natural enough for the Arabs to
build their mud huJs within these
ready-made Notifications, but the i'm
preston produced by such village
I'm such a place is indescribably
strange. The temple, so to speak, is
eaten out at the core, and little but
the shell remains. But here and
there a fiuted COrinthian column or
group Of columns, with entablature
still perfect, rises in stately grace far
over the wretched huts, the rich,
creamy color Of the limestone and the
beautiful holdings Of the capitals
contrasting with the clear blue of the
cloudless sky. The best view of the
whole is to be obtained from the roof
OF the naos, which, once beautiful
and adorned with sculpture, is now
all battered and defaced, and has
been metamorphosed into a squalid
little mosque. To describe the view
from that roof were indeed hopeless
task. High into the clear blue air
and the golden sunshine rise the
stately columns, crowded, and jun
bled, and heaped together below, I'M
touched by the gladdening sunbeams,
unfreshened by the pure, free air, lies
all the squalor and wretchedness of
an Arab mud-hut village.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-25

him, go along until you get through,
and We will see about the rate then. I"
When they came to settle all that
Gould asked him was ordinary In
terest-six per cent Such things
he does quietly without further re-
mark, and hence many persons who
are not very intimate with him, but
have had exchanges OF that kind to
take place, think OF him with as much
respect as they speak OF him.
IL must be remembered, however,
that he has not lived this life and
encountered long hostility and abuse
to become mere philanthropist. He
is a gigantic merchant In transpor-
tation.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-25
The London Lady-Help Movement.


The 'lady-help" movement started
In London few years ago was practi-
cally dead failure, but an effort Is
now to be made to revive itin slightly
different shape. For this purpose the
Household Auxiliary Association has
been formed. Both employers and
applicants for situations are to supply
references on registering their names
as annual members. The ladies who
take service are not to be required to
take their meals or share a sleeping
room with regular servants, nor will
they be asked to undertake scrubbing,
blacklng boots, or carrying heavy
weights upstairs, although special
agreements may be made in particu-
lar cases. This is the plan adopted
by the Gentlewomen's Employment
Association in Manchester, which has
been in operation for a little more
than a year, and has just issued it's
first report. From this it appears
that the lady-helps are most DESTROYS
OF finding situations as companions,
positions which are about the most
difficult of all to find. There is a
good demand for nurses and plenty
of ladies willing to undertake the
duties Of such places, but, curiously
enough, most of the employers seem
to think that lady-helps" ought to
be willing to work for much smaller
wages than those paid to regular SER
wants or even for no wages at all, for
the sake Of getting a comfortable
home. In other words, they feel that
they ought not to be called upon to
pay equal prices for skilled and I'M
skilled labor. If young "ladies" knew
more about ordinary household duties
they would be better fitted for max
ing livelihood IL overtaken by mis-
fortune. The problem now is how to
divide the necessary preliminary in
struction for women absolutely pen
niless and helpless, without setting
them to common "drudgery." Some
day or other the association hopes to
have funds for this purpose, but where
they are to come from no one yet has
the least idea.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-25

each as demons contending for a world.
These were OF one blood-red hue of fire,
which lighted up the whole atmosphere
far and wide, but below the base OF the
mountain was still dark and shrouded,
save In three places, down which flowed
seEpentine and irregular rivers Of the
molten lava. Darkly red through the
profound gloom Of their banks they
flowed, slowly on toward the city.
Through the still air was heard the rat
Ting OF the fragments OF rock crashing
one upon another as they were borne
down the fiery cataracts, darkening for
one instant the spot where they fell and
suffused the next in the Furnished hues
of the flood along which they floated."
The effect of this eruption was to
destroy the entire side OF the mountain
nearest TO the sea, leaving the only
remnants OF the ancient crater, che low
er ridge on the south flank E<~t called
La Pedamentina, and that portion Of
the wall which under the name of Som
ma encircIes about two-fifths Of the new
cone. This conc is the present Vesu-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-25
WIN Build an Unslnkable Boat.

A Leith, Scotland, boat builder is
the patentee of a boat which he
claims Is unsuitable and uncapsiZablc.
Hitherto he has constructed them of
steel and he claims that owing to the
manner in which the fore and aft
sections, which are conical in shape,
are permanently and Theoretically
sealed the boats are rendered I'M
sinkable, even il filed with water, as
the water runs back into the sea
through the opening in the center
board casing. The cruising yacht he
is about to build will not be OF steel,
however, but OF an aluminium alloy.
The metal is as white as silver and
possesses breaking strain of twenty
four tons to the square inch. 1t is
unaffected by water. The yacht,
which instead of being painted will
be polished, will be about thirty-two
feet long and eight feet broad and
will be provided with roomy cabin
paneled in oak and a commodious
forecastle. The deck fittings, as well
as a centerboard dingey which will
accompany the yacht, will be made of
the same white metal. II this ex-
pertinent should turn ont successfully
a new departure in yacht construction
and fittings may be expected.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-25
The star-spanrled manner.

English antiquaries now positively
assert that the star-spangled banner
was not evolved from the depths Of
the inner consciousness Of commit
tee of patriots in the parlor of Mrs.
Ross, in this beautiful Quaker City;
and they point to sundry tombstones,
monuments, and family records still
extant In England as conclusive evil
dence that the starry and striped flag
of Britannia's runaway daughter was
simply an outgrowth from the coat
of-arms of the Washington family
Philadelphia Record.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-25

|ItfI
tain II about four hundred and eighty
square ,miles. and includes two cities
Catania and Aci ReAler- and slxty-three
towns and villagss. II is estimated
that rs many ~ SDO. 900 people live on
the sides ef the mountain. The noun
tain may DO asoended. preferably be-
tween juno and December. A party
which assembled In August found It 80
cold near the top that extra coats were
necessary. The abyss Of the crater was
found In 1877, TO. DO about thousand
feet deep and come two or three miles
81. H., Mount vesuvius.
The volcano OF yesuyius is more cele-
brated than Mount Etna, although 1t IL
only 4,O00 feet In height, against the
nearly eleven thousand feet of Etna.
Probably Vesuyius has been nearly or
quite twice its present height.
Tho first eruption OF Vesuvius OF
which there is any record occurred Aug.
"A In the year 10. during the reign OF
Titus. 1t is memorable not only as the
eruption which destroyed Pompeii and
Herculaneum and caused the death OF
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-25
nxgienio Precautions.

A bill has just been enacted in New
York State which contains many i'm
portant provisions relating to the en-
ployment of women and children in
factories. Under this law it has be-
come illegal to employ women under
the age of 81, or children under is,
for more than sixty hours in any week,
or ten hours in one day. No cLild
under IA years is permitted to work
In any manufacturing establishment,
and none under Is years without af-
fidavit from parents or guardians as
to the child's age. Not less than $50
cubic feet OF air space shall be allow
ed for each person in any work room,
where persons are employed between
6 a. m. and 8. p. m. For night wor X
400 cubic feet Of air space is the min
imum for each person employed.