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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-21

found themselves elected 10 Congress
from the same State. has q ranch OF
900 acres and wastes a good deal Of
valuable time In chasing graded cattle
around II. Baker has been renominated
and says he will be reelected. Otis, lie
a shy, tmid, suspicious man. who feels
very much away from home, and Is not
at all certain which way the volatile fe-
line is going TO Jump. John Davis con-
tinues to bite his iron gray mustache OF
short, and put In clip whenever monop-
oily carelessly drops its guard.
Farmers by Brevet.
New York has three alleged farmers
I'm the House. Ketcham, Curtis and
Greenleaf. They do not use the hoe OF
perspire much themselves; they are pro-
fessionals rather than amateurs. They
love farming even we'll enough 10 put
their money into 1t. They do not rely
on it for support; 1t relies on them.
The Empire of Texas.
Almost all Of the Texans here are
big ranchmsn. Sayers owns 500 head
of cattle and has sent cows to Chicago
that weighed 5000 pounds and hal
never had bit OF corn or any grain but
cotton seed meal.
Tim Campbell, of New York City. Ia
not farmer. There are not four rods
OF dirt In his district, except that borne
upon the surface of the citizens. His
Is the smallest district in the United
States. He can walk In three minutes
from one end of 1t to the other and can
almost throw his hat across 1t In places.
Mr.. Lanham, OF Western Texas, pre-
sents the sharpest contrast In this re-
spect. The other day he told me OF his
empire.
MY district Is 500 miles wide and SOC
miles long, said Mr.. Lanham. 1t takes
fortnight to ride across 1t In straight
line. Well, no; /, never 'stumped' It,
except fitfully and partially. repre-
sent ninety-seven counties, and one oil
them Is larger than several of our small.
er States. My district is about the
same size as New York, Vermont, New
Hampshire, Massachusetts,, Rhode
Island and Connecticut. / have made
an estimate that it Is as large as the
combined districts of sixty other mem
! bers of the House. am going to try
to get acquainted with my people wheI
a flying machine works. and when I Car
buy second hand machine cheap"
"You ought to spell your district
with a capital D." suggested.
"Oh, no." he said; I'VE Texans are
modest-we always use lower case wher
we can"
"Will Texas ever be divided?"
mo. Our act of admission entitled
us to the right to divide into four States
but we love the State so we'll that WI
wouldn't split up merely to obtain 81:
Senators and the control of that body.
w. A. CRoFFUT.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-21

extremely natty. The summer girl Is
wonderfully particular In the selection
of her hats. She has hats for every
thing: hats 10 walk in, ride In, sit In,
play in, and flirt in. She changes her
hat on the slightest provocation, and
often changes her mind In so doing. No
politician ever changed his principles
with such quickness and readiness.
Really, Mr.. Featherly," exclaimed
midsummer maiden, you must not talk
so to me-in that strain"
But you made no objection this morn
ing, Miss Frivellei"
"Ah, but 1 had my big hat on then,
and couldn't see your face, urged the
artless maid OF modes.
Some of the combinations of mauve
and cream are delightful. For instance,
an exquisite cream muslin printed with
mauve sprigs Of flowers Is set off with
deep sash of mauve and cream ribbon.
The front of the corsage has fichu OF
lace brought down under the sash, and
the bottom of the skirt Is garnitured
with two tiny hounces, lace embroidered.
Some malicious critic has asserted
that croquet was invented to display the
beautifully clicked stockings 80 much
in vogue rev years ago, and, no doubt,
the same critic would assert that lawn
tennis was invented In order to give the
summer girl an opportunity to display
her 1.-the and graceful figure, for surely
no one has ever been able to discover
what other object the game could pos
sibly have. There is this about these
lawn tennis games, however, that they
enable the summer girl to display a
natty and jaunty costume as well as a
graceful figure before more or less OF a
crowd OF lookers-on. As it Is hard for
the orator to be eloquent before beg
carly array Of empty benches, so it is
very difficult for young girl to show to
good advantage in her own narrow cir
Gle. She finds no inspiration where
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-21

THE dreadful epidemic, Asiatic
cholera, has been prevalent in many
parts of Persia for several months,
and reports received from CONSTANT
nople show that it is rapidly spread
ing. Nothing is being done to stay
its ravages. The devout Mohamme-
dams believe the disease has been sent
as a reminder that they have been
negligent in performing their relig-
ious duties. They accordingly "pray
without ceasing." Under the leader
ship of their priests they go through
the streets, among the unburied
bodies. bewailing their sins and en-
treating Allah to be merciful. But
not hand is raised to improve the
sanitary conditions of the towns.
Cholera has been carried from the
cities in the interior of Persia to the
south shore of the Caspian Sea and
from there has found its way to the
Russian towns on the west coast. II
has made its appearance at Baku,
the seat Of the trade in petroleum,
and now threatens all the southern
provinces of Russia, whose inhabit
ants are weakened by long protracteC
hunger and diseases produced by lack
OF food. Cholera In passing from
Asia into Europe always seems t
keep the same route. If it is not
stopped in its course it will reach
ports in the Mediterranean within 1
few months. II the disease reaches
Smyrna and Naples it will be as likel!
to pass to the United States as to any
country in Central or Northern Eu
rope, as our commerce with thost
ports is large. The largest proper
tion OF the Storage passengers tnat
arrive at New York now come from
Genoa and Naples, and many of then
are gathered from the southern prov
inces Of Russia.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-21
To Test m Diamond.

Here is an easy means of determin-
ing whether supposed diamond is
genuine or not. Pierce hole in a
card with a needle, and then look at
the hole through the stone. If false,
you will see two holes, but II you
have a real diamond only single
hole will appear. You may also make
the test in another way. Put your
finger behind the stone and look at 1t
through the diamond as through a
magRifying glass. If the stone Is
genuine, you will be unable to dis
tinguish the grain Of the skin, but
with false stone this, will be plainly
visible. Furthermore, looking through
a real diamond, the setting is never
visi BILE, whereas it is with false
stone.-New York Herald.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-21

makes 1t point to send to Paris for her
bonnets, and when meet her feel like
advising her to send for Frenchwoman
to show her how to wear them. She
would then learn that a Frenchwoman
wears her bonnet on her head, and not
perched on towering coil of hair in an
altogether ridiculous manner. Nor does
a Frcnchwoman ever allow her train TO
drag behind her on tho sidewalk, exer-
cising the functions OF a street sweeper.
And speaking OF skirts, let me call
your attention to the fact that In all
wooden materials it is customary to set
off the skirt with a ruching Of the same
material. But 1t is possible to display
great deal of taste in this matter OF
ruches. One way is 10 make a double
ruching composed OF two pleats, set
close together and pinked out on each
edge. Another style is to set single
ruffie at the bottom and head it with
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-21

THE estimable Philadelphia Times
informs an amazed public that "Vic-
tor Hugo has been travelling in Bel
GUM, but-couldn't he prevailed upon
to visit the old Held of Waterloo.
Great geniuses," continues the Times,
~are~'not exempt from small sore
nesses." Yet how can M. Hugo be
blamed? Possibly he reflects that at
Waterloo he is likely at any time to
meet wellington and all the German
kings and princes since the time OF
Luther.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-21
Tho Actual Cost.

Theimpression seems to prevail that
our schools cost vastly more than for
merly. In few instances this may be
true, but as rule it Is not. The sum
total has gone up, but the cost per pupil
has notl &In one town in New England
in which several new thugs had been
introduced the cry was raised that the
committee was getting extravaganza.
The figures were produced and it was
found that in the last thirteen years the
figures had been per pupil, average at
tendance: $16.89, 1920, $15.44, $16.7O,
$17.63,c 1881, $500, S17.S5, $3.50,
$17, A. 1857, $1,000, $16.01. This is a
sample of what would be found, we sus-
nect. in other towns.=Ex.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-21
Prices We're Up.

An old restaurant bill, printed in
Richmond in January, 1864, gives the
following wartime prices in Confed-
crate money: Soup, $3.50; chicken,
$3.50; roast beef, SO; ham and eggs,
%; raw oysters, 81; coffee, 90; bread
and butter, $3.50; bottle of cham
payne, $50; a drink OF rye whisky,
81; bottle Of ale, sl2; and cigar, ~.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-21

WE boast that we live In a country
where all are equal in the eyes of the
law. But New York judge recently
denied the motion in behalf Of wife,
who desired to secure limited di-
vorce, to sue as poor person. in his
decision he condemned the practice
Of bringing separation suits by poor
persons because it was impossible TO
enforce the order Of the court in re-
gard to the payment Of alimony and
counsel fees. So it appears that the
luxury of divorce mensa ct thora
can only be enjoyed by persons who
have means. Wives whose husbands
are poor as well as cruel must con-
tinue to live with them, but their
more fortunate sisters can separate on
slight provocation and the court will
enforce the payment of money for
their alimony.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-21

Six YEARS ago the Kentucky
Legislature was asked to change the
name of "Mr. Schlafenhasenrichstlch-
stafer." 1t is expected that the bill
will be passed and signed at the next
session of the Legislature. The de-
lay is said to have been caused by
the inability Of the Assembly to pass
the bill at any one session.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-21

AND so the passionful Sar all Bern
hardt has at last felt, the charm Of
the lily, and has accepted play by
Oscar Wilde. Everybody will wish
to see it, and Oscar might do good
stroke of business by appearing in
romantic tragedy, playing Antonys to
her Cleopatras. Or il the languid
apostle of the beautiful, could not
arouse energy enough to play stormy
hero, he might make role in which
he would have nothing to do but to
look sweet and to hold lotus bios
SONS in his hands, while Sarah ragged
around him. 1t would be spectacle
worth crossing oceans to see.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-21

The Intercon tineltal Railway,
which will make possible trip be-
tween New York and Patagonia at
no distant day, is making fair prog
ress. Three surveying parties are
now at work in Central America,
Columbia and PERI. The line in
South America will follow the CEN
trail valley between the western and
the central ranges of the Andes.
The towns along the proposed route
are enthusiastic for its progress. 1t
is probable that within five years a
continuous railway route may exist
between New York and Patagonia,
and this desolate land will open a
new field for enterprise, and Terra
del Fuego can be utilized as sum-
mer resort.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-21

IT will one OF these days dawn upon
the minds of spectators that corners
of wheat and corn and pork don't
generally have happy times. When
a corner goes down the public smiles
and says, SERVES him right" A man
who runs corner is the enemy OF
honest trade.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-21
Educational Intelligence.

Educational Intelligence.
o. THE enrolment Of students at the
University of Wisconsin for the present
year reaches 1892.
SEVERAL girl students at Cornell are
taking the course in agriculture. Ono
Cornell girl is studying veterinary sur
gerry.
THE new Chicago University will have
gymnasium costing $500, 900. with A.
A. Stagg, the well-known athlete, as
chief instructor.
The senior class at the Platteville
Normal School number -, at White
water 9, at Oshkosh IA, at River Falls A,
at Milwaukee 80.
THE long-pending election Of the
Girls High School, San Francisco, re-
suited in the lection of Principal Elisha
Brooks Of the Cogswell Institute.
INDIANA loses another educator In the
person of Prof. Bronson, OF DePauw,
who leaves the chair of English. there
10 accept like position In Brown Uni
versity.
AT the Ohio State University one
young lady is taking course in cleo
trical engineering. She Is a sophomore
and has made an excellent record in her
studies.
MRS. WARREN NEwcoMB, OF New
York, who gave 5000, 900 to endow the
Sophie Newcomb College, at New Or
leans, has made an additional endow-
ment of $4,000.
1T has been voted by the trustees OF
the Ohio State University to cut of the
llrst year OF the preparatory course after
the year 1929; and the faculty has
recommended the abolition OF the re-
naming year as soon thereafter as
practicable.
~YEs. these here colleges are great
Institutions, remarked Uncle Silas, re-
nectively. what with their baseball,
and football. and rowin' OF boats, and
their studios. tell you good college
course nowadays Is as rood as iib'raL
sddication. Punch.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-21

THE Marquis De Mores has fatally
wounded his adversary in duel with
swords. This Is what comes OF fool
ing with steel weapons instead OF
sticking to the good old-fashioned
ones made of lath.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-21

lntemperance or irregularities OF life
In any manner. The employe must
be In a condition to do her work or
her place will be lost, and she can
not be In a condition OF physical
yigor without living reputable life.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-21
BEING a millionaire has it's draw

BEING a millionaire has its draw
backs. N. @. Creole, who Is the
founder of the great Colorado mining
camp, knows this to be fact. Every
day he receives letters from all parts
of the country signed by women who
want to marry him. IL might be re-
freshing for these matrimonially in
cfined females to know that all snch
letters and photographs are turned
over to his wife.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-21
Gotham Fashion Gossip.
New York correspondence:

Il A s. HON A b LY
dressed woman is
not alw avs W 0 III
dressed. 1t Is one
thing to buy a bon
net and quite anoth-
or TO know how to
wear IL. Some one
has said that youth
Is always beautiful;
this is no more true
than to say that
youth is al ways
graceful. In rare
cases women have
had nstin G tiv Q
sense of the becom-
ing, but as a rule
the art OF dressing
becomingly must be
learned like any
other art, by close
study and deep APP
plication. l know a
lady who always
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-21

An communications for ths paper should be soeom'
panisd ~ the Of the author not NECESSARILY foi
publication but evidence Of good faith tho par
Of the writer. Write only on aide Of the paper BE
parcpiary careful A giving and daiss. 70 hHss
ths lsiten and figures plain and distinct
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-21

MODERATION Is the father oil
health. cheerfulness, and old age.
Excess has so large family that we
cannot remember the names of one.
half OF them. However, disease,
debt, dishonor, destrl c ION and death
are among them--not the most hopo
full household in the word.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-21

Now THAT city authorities are
aroused to the necessity OF providing
an adequate system OF milk inspection
TO break up the practices OF some
dealers who adulterate that import
ant part OF food. 1t should be borne
in mind that the many honest deal
ers will be the most hearty support
ers of fair and adequate plan of In
spection. The surprising results OF a
Chicago physicians investigation OF
the "milk-expansion" process have set
on foot among medical men an earn
est movement to combat this insidi.
GUS practice. Milk, which Is neces-
sary part of the food OF infants and
invalids, should be especially guarded
from the adulterator, who too often
endangers the life of frail beings by
his nefarious arts. The feeble in,
FAINT the wan patient brought by
fever to the verge of death-these
are the sufferers whose very lives are
threatened by the milk "expander.
Such practices are not to be tolerated.
The physician who has called the at
tenticn of the community to the
matter and his observation-disclosures
are deserving of the citizens sincere
thanks. 1t is for city authorities IL
obedience to public opinion to stoJ
the rascally business.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-21

MEN are to be judged-not by their
performance, but by their line OF as
piration. 1t Is that toward which
we aspire that determines the trend
of life.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-21

MAN is the only animal that can
not sleep well after eating heartily.
Exchange. Man is the only animal
that takes to WEIGH rarebits and
similar rest disturbers.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-21

BY some recent experiments. an
Englishman has found that smoke
can be prevented at profit He
burns his coal with artificial draft,
and, conveying the gases into cham
Der, he washes them with water
spray, which causes every particle Of
SCOT or smoke TO be deposited. At the
same time it condenses and RECEIVERS
the ammonia, a product Of nitrogen
and hydrogen, as well as the sulphur
Gus fumes. To get an equal efficiency
OF steam-raising power he has to burn
125 tons of Goals in place of 100 tons,
but for every 125 tons of coal burned
he RECEIVERS ton Of sulphate of am
monia. The fuel IL cheap can be
bought in London at $l.25 a ton, or
an increase for the extra % tons Of
S31 %. But the sulphate OF ammonia
recovered is worth $50. 1t has been
shown by the experience of manufac-
turers that it pays to prevent smoke.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-21
FARMER STATESMEN.
THE AoRIcULTuRisT IN THIS
cONoRESS.

Only ~ Farmers Against 270 Lawyers In
Consress-Interview with tho Farmers
AWbat They Are Trying co Do-Hoi-
mans Clearing = Casey's so0'ooo-Aore
Ranch.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-21
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN.
MANNER OF CONDUCTING Ex-
AMINATiONs.

fhe Once Common Practice OF Holding
written Exsuninations in All the Grades
Monthly Il disappearing from City
schoois-Educ tional Notes.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-21


THE Atlanta Constitution quotes
approyingly statement by the Chi
cago Tribune that human life is far
safer from lightning stroke in the
cities than within an equal area OF
country that is sparsely covered by
human habitatiofis. But it thinks ii
remains to be seen whether ONT large
cities will be able to- withstand the
tornadoes that apparently grow more
numerous and destructive every year.
To this 1t may be replied that we
have no proof to sustain the idea OF
tornadoes being more numerous now
than formerly. They are oftener re-
ported, because the portions Of the
country in which they occur are more
thickly settled now than few years
ago. OF course, they are more de-
structive to human life and property
on settled areas than on those which
are not cultivated or otherwise inn
proved by the hand of man. IL is
true that "the tornado is more fire.
quently dreaded In the west and
Southwest than anything else," but
it does not necessarily follow that the
city is more likely to be visited by a
tornado than was the site ere the city
was built. On the contrary, there is
every good reason to believe that at
least some tornadoes have been killed
off, so to speak, by contact with a
city, and that without doing material
damage. 1t would appear to be
essential to the tornado that substan-
TALLY the same atmospheric condi-
tions shall prevail throughout the
whole of its destructive course, and
the city presents such contrast to
the condition under which the tornado
develops in the country behind it
that the greatest force is soon dissi-
pated by the meeting.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-21

No MAN ever offended his own con-
science but first or last 1t was revenged
upon him for it.-Souih.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-21
MODES OF THE SEASON.
POINTS ABOUT DRESS AND
HOW TO WEAR 1T.

Many Women who send co Paris for Their
Attire should send for a French
woman 10 Show Them low to
Wear ~
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-21

Mr.. CARROLL ID. WRIGHT's dis
cussion OF morality vs.. industrial
occupation, in regard to women, is
an interesting feature in current
periodical literature. Mr.. Wright
makes three assertions-that, by the
entrance OF women into industrial
pursuits, they have been intellectu-
ally benefited, that wOrkingwomen
stand as high, morally, as any other
Glass of women, and that the co-em-
ployment of men and women works
no harm either to women or to
society. The truth is that, so far
from regular employment conducting
to immoral conditions Of life, 1t is
the greatest safeguard against such
conditions. To do any work well,
even the most mechanical In its
nature, requires health, and an even,
sustained vigor, incompatible with
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-21
Wants to Fight.

THE st. Louis school teacher should
accept the challenge of his pupil to NOR
tai combat and should name rattans or
paddles at distance OF twelve inches.
Kansas City Star.
"A PUPIL OF a st. Louis university,
quite a boy, in fact, has challenged his
tutor to'fight a duel. The tutor ought
to take the boy across his knee and use
a, ruler" on him with much vigor.--
Philadelphia Call.
A PUPIL OF Washington University,
st. Louis, only IL years of age, who
had been punished by his teacher, chal-
lenged the. latter to fight duel. The
professor simply told the other boys and
treated the affair as joke. 1t is safe
to say that the would-be duelist will be
made to feel the force Of their ridicule.
Philadelphia Record.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-21

MANY a woman who cannot drive
nail or a horse can drive man.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-21

~ u foNOlI W NJ y II
brought this Con-
gress TO the front
was understood as
being largely in the
interest OF the plow-
the wheat
grower, the cotton
picker, the herds
man. 1t was an
nounced that the
farmer was demand
ing attentions that
the man who had
calloslties on the
inside of his fingers
was about to super
sede the man who
got his bread by the
sweat of his inge-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-21
The riow In Politics.

Washington correspondence:
n T0HE revolt which