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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-24
Courteous and, Kind.

The personal "reminiscences OF w.
G.. Wills, the English novelist, sound
as if he must have been, as Thack-
cray said of Goldsmith, the most be-
loved of English writers. Always
good where q friend was con-
cerned, he one night allowed himself
to be dragged to the theater by a
friend when he would far rather have
stayed at home.
The young man at the door would
not admit them, though Wills had a
standing inyitlon to the house, but
the proper official was afterward
found, and gave the necessary per-
mission. Wills endured the per-
Torrance with stoical calmness, but
on going out he said, pathetically:
81 am looking for that kind-hearted
young man who was not for letting
us in. 1 should like TO give him a
shilling"
Many an obscure man of letters
whose only recommendation was his
poverty knew Mr.. Wills as friend
in every hour of need. One such
needy brother he found at night lying
on the steps outside his own door.
He drew the man in, made him bed
on chairs, and there the bohemian
slept all night. In the morning the
visitor shared his hosts breakfast,
and found the conditions of life SO
pleasant that he settled himself there
as fixture. friend calling, a few
days afterward, in bitter January
weather, found Wills, who. always
suffered from the cold, smoking on
the stairs.
''Why don't you 60 indoors?" asked
the friend.
"Well," said he, "P--- has the
greatest objection to the smell of to-
bacco, and shouldn't like to offend
him. as he is my guest"
His guest might be a dependent
also. but no word or deed would ever
remind him Of the fact.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-24

exercise In the open air lie cspe-
cially urges that the habit Of strength
enIng the physical powers be ac-
quired In youth under systematic
training, until to take exercise daily
in the open air becomes as natural
to the bodily functions as any other
DEMONSTRATING motion. This is ex-
cellent advice, and being followed
would no doubt dispel many OF the
ills and diseases OF which civilized
society is the victim. 1t is well, OF
course, that extra mental and ner-
vous exertion should be met with in
creased physical endurance, which
may be cultivated easily enough IL
win directs. We are inclined, how
ever, to except to one OF the findings
of the Doctor presented inferen-
TALLY rather than argumentatiyely,
and that Is as to the influence OF
newspaper reading toward the de-
rangement OF the nervous system.
He assumes that the women of a past
generation were stronger, healthier,
and longer livel, because, as one Of
many reasons, they did not have
morning paper with horrible stories
of crime and disaster to affect their
sensibilities and agitate their nerves,
firing them out, as lady declared to
him, exactly as shopping trip
will tire me-" OF the numerous
charges the newspaper has been COM
PEELED to admit or repel, this, it seems
to us, is altogetherth the most Quixotic.
1t is not necessary to deny that news
papers do publish matter the reading
OF which is calculated to disturb the
equilibrium of certain organisms, and
we can imagine depression or even
hysteria being the result Of an atten-
tive perusal OF the criminal columns
Of the daily press; but until DR.. Ed
son can persuade us that the Libraries
of fifty, hundred, thousand years
ago were free of pamphlets, periodi-
calls, books, ETC., other than tended
to produce sweet religious calm of
spirit and purity Of mind, we shall
except to his latest proposition.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-24

street sale-only one article would be
sold TO each person. He explained that
IL he sold out his business would be
gone. told.him that he might go back
to the city circulator and get all the pa
pers remaining from that days run and
/ would buy them He said "Mahopi,"
and 1 haven't seen him since, while hun
dreds of Illinois people will go down to
their graves and never know how genial
and accomplished am when away from
home.
Instances OF the mahopi habit spring
up at every hand. A short time ago we
stepped into the hut of native in the
outskirts of the town for glass OF
water We found the gentleman Of the
house at home. He had evidently said
"mahopi" to some one few days pre-
viously and was waiting for the affair to
blow over. He was seated in a rocking
chair attired in his wife's Mother Hub
bard. He was an exceedingly dignifed
and white-haired old gentleman, and
received US with courtly courtesy and a
warm handshake. Thoreau himself
could not have worn the Mother Hub
bard with more queenly grace. He ex-
planned casually that his only pair OF
jeans trousers were being mended, or
laundried, or something At any rate,
his good wife had them temporarily,
while, instead of going to bed, or bump
ing around in q coarse, ill-fltting, head
less barrel suspended by galluses, as is
the Chicago custom under similar stress
Of circumstances, nc donned his wife's
extra gown and wore 1t like perfect
lady. Had there been no such thing as
mahopi in this country he would proba-
bly, have owned as many suits OF clothes
as professional beauty.
Mahopiism reaches clear into the realm
of nature. Take for instance that SUI
perb type ofindustrial activity the mos
quito. The natives Of the jungles OF
New Jersey or the swamps Of Indiana
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-24

in this style of gown, although, Of
course, reasonable defects may be par
TALLY, If not entirely, remedied by ar
tistlc makeshifts. Nor should a woman
having a very full figure with large hips
attempt to wear princess gowns, for 1T
will only tend to accentuate these very
characteristics. Above all must you see
to it that the fit of princess dress be in
every respect faultless. and to this end
there must be no wrinkle or fullness in
the undergarments, for such defect at
once shows itself by disturbing that per-
feet smoothness of fit so re luisite in this
style of gown. 1t Is always necessary
to make It upon lining of either silesia
or glace silk, and II you don't use silk
lining a pinked-out irill OF silk just
touching the edge forms aneat finish and
imparts to the garment the desired rustic
of silk material.
In my second illustration you will find
represented a very charming evening
dress for a young person made up in
spotted cream tulle, garnitured with
roses. There is a transparency of taffeta
or surah of the same shade. The square
cut-out, as we'll as the sleeves, the belt
and the skirt where it is caught up, are
ornamented with roses, and the under
skirt has a rufiie of either gauze or crepe
de chine, made OF a strip about six
inches wide, taken straight and then
folded and gathered at the top before
being sewed to the skirt. Beneath there
is a deep fiounce of lace-trimmed mus
lin to support the skirt. 1t will be neces-
sary to have dress form in order to
accomplish the draping shown in our IL
lustration, and to fasten the draping at
the top before drawing in the pleats and
attaching the floral garniture, after
which you must equalize the bias folds
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-24

are tlreless. They work night and day,
regardless of the behests of the trade
unions, as long as the supply OF raw ma
terial holds out or does not build
smudpe. 1t would seem that they did
the same here to the superficial observer.
But we are not superficial observers-at
least Burridge is not. He studies ento-
mology every night After crawling
carefully under his mosquito canopy,
kicking his heels wildly in the air to
scare away those who would crawl under
the canvas with him, he commences his
researches. Usually there is a flock of
mosquitoes purring away up In the gable
END of his gauze tent. Then his career
as the great human insecticide begins.
You have seen baseball catcher work.
ing hard with pitcher who delivers
very wild balls. Well, that's Burridge
to. a nicely. There isn't any Mahopi
about his action. A few nights ago,
after bagging considerable game, he
stopped to examine and heft some of the
best trophies. e
Look here, JONES'" said he, "this one
don't weigh as much by quarter OF
pound as those l killed this morning,
Just heft IL once, and he tossed it over
to me. He was right and we asked the
hotel clerk about the discrepancy in
weight of the game of the place. We
were informed that it would try the ener-
gies of one mosquito too severely 10 be
Obliged to work all the time, so Ii was
arranged that the tourists are to be
chewed by different gangs. They work
in two shifts, a night and day Shift
The day workers are large and gray,
while, as Burridge discovered, those
who burn the midnight electric light are
smaller and are of jet black color.
The night gang seems to put more
bichloride of scratch into its injections,
but both shifts do rushing business in
the Dwight treatment. 1t Is very anus
ing to see them when one set OF hands
replaces another. When the 6 o'clock
whistle blows the day gang lays down
its drills or stops its pumping works, as
the case may be, wipes off Its bills and
leaves its Job. Then the little black
fellows come right in and take up the
work, which goes on without hitch.
This arrangement prevents premature
breaking down, paresis and oil those ills
incident to overwork. Mahopi is great
institution. a
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-24

her of tho opportunity to display her
treasure 10 the very best advantage. 1t
not infrequently happens that her hair
is a woman's chief stock Of beauty, and
in such cases she often ignores modish
coiffures with supreme Indifference, and
makes such lavish de play of her crown
ing glory that she completely extin-
cuisines her individuality and continues
to be known only as the lady with the
beautiful hair.
Ibeueve n certain American states
man once declared that he would rather
be right than be President, and that re-
minds me of a remark recently made in
my hearing by prominent lady of the
fashionable world, who declared that she
would rather have the reputation Of be-
ing a so-called fashion butterfly" than
of an intellectual grub, adding that
there were always men enough 10 write
all the books tho world wanted to read.
But not all women have such ideas con-
corning dress. There are many who
think that gown should seem TO be
made for the woman, and the woman not
made to show off the gown. At recent
literary at home" to my great surprise
met bevy of pretty women, all
Jwned in silks and crepons and velvets.
and yet you uld almost have held in
the palm of your hand the garniture Of
all the gowns in the room. Many fol-
lowed the dictum of a celebrated French
artist in fashions. who declares that
nothing is more universally becoming
than plain black.
l set before you in my fourth illustra-
ton one of the dresses worn Mt this lit
erary evening, where tea and waters are
supposed TO be quite heavy and stimu-
lating enough to set free ones best
thoughts. 1t was a purple surah set of
with velvet ceinture and braces. From
this intellectual grub TO the full-hedged
fashion butterfly the transition is vio-
lent, for the types are far removed, as
you will perceive by glancing at my last
illustration, in which l picture the citi-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-24

to the sweets OF Incidence with the calm
placidity Of the truly great, writes Con-
Migration Jones in the Chicago Inter
Ocean. Such q man is king. He Is
more-he is czar, and serenely entails
suffering on others with the matter-of-
course feeling which only belongs to alb
so.uLe monafchs aid pretty women.
Thoreau, whose chief glory was that he
could wear patch or even a sunbonnet
without blush, found by actual ex-
pertinent that seventeen days of labor
would keep man year even in grudg-
ing New England, and that the hustle OF
the remaining 348 days went only to buy
food which did not agree with US, clothes
which were for show, not protection,
and gilded shelter. The Apostle Of Sim
plicity worked hard and then he loafed
hard. 1t always seemed to me that he
was not only sane but sensible. There
are good many men in Chicago to
whom the greatest compliment OF life is
to be called "hustlers. They tear
around like village people at a fire for
twelve or fourteen hours day, six days
in the week, and fret all day Sunday
about buslness-fo what? Simply, they
will tell you to make pile before they
die, so they can retire from business and
enjoy life. or course there are numbers
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-24

and the inten. OF the speaker. It's raost
exact translation. bweyer, is by and
by" II you ask . native TO do any
thing for you and hesays. All right,
will. Mahopi," It means that you had
better hustle for Il yourself. 1t IL a
very handy word ana IL IL worked pref
~ hard In the locd vernacular. The
natives live up TO th Mahopi idea with
religious consisten0. The most ener-
getlc citizens of Chicago are the news
boys, and the gull between them and
the Honolulu artide Is something I'M
spanable, even b fancy. The little
Kanaka boy who ells the Pacific Morn
ing Advertiser and the Evening Bulletin
comes 30 the hotels and stands In shad-
owy corner OF the corridor with one bare
foot on the other, and just looks sorry
about something. His eyes are big and
black and he looks with much pathos at
the people who can read. but he doesn't
do anything else TO sell his pa
pers. Indeed. he seems to part with
them with pang. sThe other day the
Bulletin referred TO me as genial and
accomplished. wanted a number OF
copies to decorate with a frame OF blue
pencil marks and send TO a lot OF people
-scquaintanoes of mine-who don't
know how good or great a man is until
they see 1t In the papers. He only had
three or four copies, and tried TO buy
them. but 1t was like a special State
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-24

INCREASED Immigration 10 the
United States is almost certain to
result from the distressing condition
of affairs that now exists throughout
Europe. Recent events in Vienna
and Berlin and some OF the other cap
itals OF the continent show that the
failure of last years crops and the
consequent poverty and scarcity of
food is by no means confined to Rus
STA. From all parts Of the old world
the cry for bread is heard, and the
answers to that cry that have been
sent from this country have served
to turn the eyes Of the people toward
this land of plenty and to start a
movement among them to leave the
scenes of their present suffering in
quest of new homes in the far West.
Many of the unfortunate people have
already friends and relatives here
who are comfortably settled on farms
of their own in the West, and these
have been urging them to follow their
example and come to this country.
They have done more than that.
They have sent prepaid orders on the
railroads and steamship companies to
their friends TO bring them here.
The number Of these that have been
sent this last winter is known to be
far in excess of those transmitted in
previous years, and the railroads,
knowing this, are anticipating q
much larger second-class business
than usual. Among the new arrivals
there will doul tless be many indus
trious, frugal, thrifty people who will
make desirable and useful citizens
wherever they may go. There is
danger, though, that in the large
numbers that are preparing to come
there will be very many who will be
the reverse Of desirable. Their COM
ing will go but to increase the amount
of poverty and of crime which al
ready exists to an alarming extent in
many of the large cities of this coun-
try. For the industrious, thrifty
settler this country has always had
an open door and "a warm welcome,
and there is no likelihood that these
will be withdrawn now; but for the
shiftless, the lazy and the lawlesS no
place is left. The country Is already
too full to receive them. Anothec
danger that threatens from this fresh
influx of foreigners is the introduce
ton of infections and contagious dis
eases. Want and famine always carry
disease, pestilence, death in their
train. Many of the immigrants may
have already contracted disease be-
fore embarking for this country, but
it may not have developed far enough
| to have become. apparent, and it may
not be discovered until after they
have landed on these shores. 1t be-
comes the commissioners. OF ipImigra-
ton at the various landing places to
be doubly watchful, and see that the
laws OF this land, which are intended
to prevent the coming of those who
will be burden or menace to the
people, are figidly enforced. Any
remissness on their part may be dis
astrous in its consequence.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-24

THE decision of the Supreme Court
in the cases OF Fielder and Schwab
disposes of the points raised by Gen.
Butler, and rules that the proceedings
in the Appellate Court were consist
ent with due process OF law, and
founded on "a wise public policy"
The points raised by General Butler
were strongly presented; but the ar
gument of Attorney General Hunt so
clearly presented the law and the
precedents in Illinois, that the opin-
ion of lawyers at the time was that
the Supreme Court could not rule
otherwise than it did. The decision
is of importance, because it is of gen.
eral application to criminal cases.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-24

ACCORDING to foreign papers, the
queen OF England receives 1855, 900
sterling annually from the British
Treasury; the Empress Frederick Of
Germany, her oldest daughter,
ES, 900; the Prince of Wales, e40, 900;
the Princess Of Wales, el0, 900; the
Duke of Edinburgh, a25, goo; Princess
Christian, 1000; Princess Louise,
the warehouses Of Lorne, s6,000;
the Duke of Connaught, e25, 900; the
Duchess of Albany, $4,000; the
Princess Henry of Battenberg, s6,-
900; the children of the Prince of
Wales, 936,OO the Duchess of
Mecklenburg-Strelitz, OF the Cam
bridge line, 1000; the Duke of
Cambridge, el2, 900; and the Princess
of Teck, $4,000.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-24

OSCAR WILDE, now posing as a
playwright in London, appeared be-
fore the curtain of the st. James
Theater in response to call, with a
filthy cigarette in his paw. He made
a driveling speech, meantime Whit
ing his cigarette. If an American
backwoodsman had been guilty of this
ineffable piece of coarseness in Lon
don, the high society over there would
have attributed it to our vulgar civil
izatiOn.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-24

THERE is a bill before Congress to
authorize a postmaster to throw an
edition of newspaper out of the
mails If he finds anything in it that
he regards as indecent. 1t is doubt
full II the time has come yet for run
ming the press of this country under
the censorship Of postmasters or any
other class of officials. Bills for that
purpose cannot be killed too quickly
or too dead.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-24

"A TEAR" says an exchange, ais
composed of water, minute proper
tions of salt, soda, phosphate of lime,
phosphate of soda and mucus, and
when seen under the microscope after
evaporation looks like very small
fish bone" Young men who have
been on a tear will recognize the
fidelity Of this description-barring
the water.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-24

THE time is likely coming when
express cars loaded with their mill
ions Of value will be made Of some
thing stronger than inch boards, and
built on purpose for ease Of entrance
and exit. Express companies have
lost enough during the past ten years
TO have built cars burglar proof.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-24

fuses to rise up and accurse him, and IL
soldiers the happy hours away with the
abandon OF utter debasement. II man
wants quiet and rest, and has any
natural reluctance about going to jail,
Honolulu is the next best place on earth
TO get u.
The islands are called, and rightfully
called, the land Of the Mahopl. Mahopl
means tomorrow. next week. by and
by. or never. according to the oontext
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-24

THE art of forgetting is the hardest
to learn where it is most in request.
1t is the happy past that makes a
happy present, and together they give
pledge of a happy future-a, threefold
cord not easily broken.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-24

Then he joins himself in an eight-hour
movement, which is invariably success
full. This is rapidly deer eased until he
sits on the Hawaiian Hotel piazza and
looks and smokes for sixteen hours out
of possible sixteen. and tries to stiiie
q guilty conscience! sore over the fact
that he isn't getting his moneys worth
OF sights. Then the climate gets in it's
perfect work. Even his conscience re-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-24

THE proprletors Of the late Stand
ard, published at Jacksonville, Fla.
sank nearly s35, 900 in the paper in
the twenty months of its existence.
A town where a newspaper can sue
coed in spending 50 much money in
so short a time cannot be altogether
dead
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-24

In the early historyOf PENNSYLVANIA
when a big Indian chief offered TO
sell a tract OF land big enough TO
make two counties for twenty gallons
of whisky, "ye, white man went cute
and removed ten gallons of We whiskee
and substituted that muche water. :"
We white man HASN'T changed much
since that date.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-24

and ralse the tulle on the right so as to
have tho folds gracefully undulating.
At the back the folds fall straight, or IL
you choose, you may catch up the skirt
little on the left side with a bunch of the
roses. The skirt has no belt, but Is adj
justed by means OF small cores. At the
back 1t Is run and fastened on band.
The corsage hooks at tine back: and the
lining is fitted perfectly before being
covered with the tulle, which has only
one seam under each arm. In the up
per part Of the corsage the material Is
drawn smooth, but lower down It Is
crossed. You must make the Afolds
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-24
Imnortant Informntlon

A professor In the medical depart
ment of Columbia College, says the
Texas Siftings, asked one of the more
advanced students:
what is the name OF the teeth
that a human being gets lasty"
False teeth. OF course"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-24

She-Everything good and beauti-
full comes from New York.
He (from BOSTON, --Ah, lat ex-
plains, then, why IL is so disagrcea-
bic TO the visitor who has TO endure
what remains. Columbus Post.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-24

A VERY liberal paper OF New Or
leans announces jubilantly that
-eyerything goes" in that city. Cor
rect. Even the lottery is getting
ready to 60. IA
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-24

VERY now and then
comes a rumor that
the plain skirts,
which have taken
such a hold upon
popular favor--the
cores, the m :
brellas. and the fan
pleats = will soon
make their final
exit, and be re-
placed by draped
skirts of most in
trlcate make; but
each I'll m Q ( h Q
threatened revolu-
ton turns out to be
a fashion paper
squlb, rather than
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-24

The first Russian newspaper was
published In 1903. Peter the Great
took personal part in Its editorial
composition and in correcting profs-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-24

MANY a man who thinks he can't
afford TO buy l0-cent bunch Of
flowers for his wife viii pay that
amount for weed" without regret.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-24

He (fearful Of rival Bobby, does
n young man call here nights to see
your sister? Bobby-Mr, wilkins
calls on sister, but not to see her, 1
guess, cos they amt no light in the
parlor when they're there.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-24

DRUNKENEss may be a disease, but
its victims seem more willing TO pay
Cor the symptoms than for doctor.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-24
SWEETS OF LoAFIEG.
WHERE 1T 10 REGARDED AS A
HIGH ART.

The Land 81 Io-morrow- Huatlers Are
Viewed with suspicion-conhaGrs
Jones Investigates the Mahopi Habit in
the Sandwich Islands.