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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01
Tell an EngIishman by His Boots.

1t is a fact perhaps not generally
known that the surest way TO tell the
Enplishman abroad Is by his shoes,
or. as he calls them, his boots. They
are invariably thick and clumsy In
appearance, with heavy soles, more
like a cowhide boot than anything
else. They are made to wear and
are as much superior to the Ameri-
can article in this respect as the lat
ter is better in point Of looks. An
Englishman, but long since Ameri-
canized, thus tells how he spotted a
fellow-countryman Of his by his boots.
He had received a telegram that an
old friend OF his English days, who
was returning to England from Mex
leo via the States, would be at the
Palmer House on certain morning.
He had not seen the man for eight
wears and his face was utterly for
gotten. The hotel clerk could give
no further information than that
the Englishman in question was
somewhere In the rotunda and thai
he wore light-checkered trousers.
Whereupon the English-American be
gan to scrutinize all the trousers thai
sat, stood, or walked within the TO
tunda. At last he saw pair that
seemed to answer the description
They fitted badly, moreover. The
owner carried stout stick, wore
sort OF shooting jacket, and an air o.
independence. The looker-on though
to himself: Il believe that must b.
an Englishman. But yet" Thet
his eyes glanced downward until the.
reached the boots. The sight wa
enough. 1t recalled memories tina
nothing else had been able to awake
He went up to the man with tn
boots and was not mistaken. 1t wa
his old friend. Afterward the &C
cent and such phrases as: 20, say
you know" that's the game, Is IT.?
brought "the English Of 1t" very EN-
phatically home to him, but 1t wa
the boots that really did the trick
The traveller wondered afterward Il
a naive way, because, Il say, dom
know why, but these fellows all seer
to know I'm English!" Ny frien
acquiesced in wonder, openly. Sc
cretly he thought Of his boots an
| did not wonder.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01
EruUnlism.

Vegetarians are elated by the fact
that within the last twenty-five years
the fruit-producing resources OF the
United States have increased just ten
times as fast as the meat-producing
resources. Apples, oranges and
grapes are getting cheaper from year
to year, while meat is getting dearer,
thus, as it we're, bribing a short
sighted generation to relinquish their
flesh-pots and try the panacea OF DR..
Bronson Alcott. That much desired
contamination could, no doubt, be
greatly promoted by dropping the
name of vegetarianism with its water
crosses and root house suggestiveness.
Out of ten flesh eaters nine could be
persuaded TO test the merits OF baked
apples for one who would under any
circumstances consent to try the spe-
ciflc of King ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. And
seriously speaking, there Is not YES
tige OF proof that adults OF our species
were ever intended to feed on "vege.
tables" in the green grocer's sense OF
the word. Ii we admit the axiom
that our natural diet should consist
chiefly of substances that can be eat
en- without repugnance in the condi
tion we receive them from the hand:
Of nature, cabbage and spinach are
every whit as Objectionable as pork
sausages. Man, according to all thu
evidence Of his dentition and thu
structure of his digestive apparatus
is not an herblyorous, but frugiyor
Gus, animal, and our dietetic reform
ers should adopt the name of Frugal
ists.-Felix /. Oswald.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01

IT is often difficult to arrive accu-
rately at the value OF physicians
services, but some OF the doctors
themselves place pretty high esti-
mate upon the value Of what they can
do. A surgeon in Chicago who in
serted q tube into the larynx OF a
three-and-a-ha lf-year old child suffer
o0 b }F2R DAb teeygS S sraR9%
the disease, sent in a bill of $4,000.
The father offered 800 instead. A
New York physician called to Atlanta,
Ga, for ten DAYS charged 81, 500 for
his time and attention to the case,
and at the trial in court several OF
New York's high-priced physicians
said they would have charged $500
per day for the same trip. People
who have such experience with phys
icians, or who hear OF them, will
wisely ascertain the cost OF such serv'
ice before engaging it. That seems
to be the best and most business-like
method in professional matters as
well as in trade. .
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01

Major +. II. Law, an attache OF
the British Embassy at st. Peters
burg, states as the result OF personal
Investigations, that the famine of
eastern and northern provinces is apt
TO become chronic evil. The agri-
cultural communities OF the Empire
are managed on a plan which COM
pels the cultivators Of the soil to give
up his farm every third year, and as
consequence the productive capacity
OF the land is being rapidly exhausted.
Moreover, the forests OF the Ural
border have been cut away by mill
lions of acres, and the cold northeast
winds now sweep unobstructed over
the open plains OF the Volga country,
and cover the fields with runous
sand drifts
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01
smnrt Newsnnper Mem.

"It's mighty hard work getting any
free advertising out OF you newspaper
people, nowadays" sighed the adj
vance agent of mammoth allied
circus as he passed a stack OF coin
over the business-otfice counter the
other morning.
space is space" replied the affable
cashier, as he made out receipt.
IL don't know why it is, continued
the A. A., retrospectivety, "but some
how editors don't seem TO bite as
they used to. Same on the Eastern
coast, too / noticed it particularly
on little snap l worked way down
at Galveston last fall"
slow was that?" A
well, you see, was on anyway to
that city by steamer week in adj
vance OF our show, when i struck a
great scheme. bought two dozen
pop bottles and as many steaks from
the steward. Then i got a lot OF
arsenic from the medical stores and
rubbed il into the steaks. L put
some of our bills in the bottles, tied
a steak round each and dropped ZEN
overheard as we entered the harbor
My calculation was that the sharks
would swallow the meat, be poisoned,
float ashore, would be cut open, the
bills found, and the whole thing b'
written up by the reporters in great
shape"
"How did it work?p
Like a charnl--my part OF 1T,
mean. Nine sharks altogether stoot
in with the show, but every time on
came ashogeI got note from ever
editor in the place, proposing t
write the thing up, with a sna
camera cutof the shark, at the regu
lar rates.
pretty mean, that"
sMean-those fellows could CIV
, Shylock cards and spades. The onl
: paper that referred 10 IL at all wa
1ne W. gave sixty-Tvu, f-oa masses II
The day we left town it remarke
that our show was enough to kill
blind nigger-let alone sharks"
And the colossal Aggregation sighe
deeply and drifted out.-San Frar
cisco Examiner.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01

THE wonderful growth Of Western
cities since the war has developed a
new quality Of wealth and educated a
new school OF flnanciers that are as
permanent and as potent factors in
the nineteenth century civilization as
any other elements that enter into
its makeup. Croakers call the men
themselves boomers and their calling
speculation. But men who know them
and their value recognize them to be
pioneers OF prosperity and their yoca'
ton to be to lay out the lines OF
future trade and open new highways
Clong the route.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01

FIGURES published by the Marine
Review indicate that the number and
value of vessels building for next
season on the great lakes Is larger
than in either of the two last pre-
ceding years, though the tonnage Is
slightly less. The total now under
construction is forty-nIne, with a
burden Of SO, 470 tons and value of
SO, 9O0,5O The reduction OF nearly
10 per cent. in the carrying capacity
is on large freight steamers, and that
is due mostly to the fact that three
OF the most important steel var Is are
crowded with work on large passen.
ger vessels. Twenty-eight freight
steamers and consorts, with nearly
10, 900 gross tons capacity, will be
added to this class OF vessels In the
spring. The reports of the Commits
missioner OF Navigation show 9
steady increase in shipbuilding on the
lakes since 1885, the tonnage for the
new vessels being reported as 20, 400
for 1886, SO, 4sS for 1887, 10l, l03 fo
1883, 1O7, $50 for 1889, los, 520 10
1890, and Ill, $50 for 1891. There i
also an increase in the average valu
OF the newly constructed vessels, tn
continued tendency being towards
better class of craft for the lax
trade.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01
Ahnuf Hosiery.

English hosiery is still considered
the best in quality, and some of the
finest cotton hosiery is still made In
England, but the prices are higher
than. these of the same quality on
German make. The French make
the best shaped silk hose, but In. cot
ton they are too heavy. 1t Is about
twenty years ago since the new
English patents In machinery were
introduced in Germany, and since
that time they have made many
further improvements, and to-day
Germany excels In variety of colors
and weaving.
Some OF the black hosiery has the
yarn dyed, hut that kind Is not very
popular in this country, as the finish
is not as perfect as when the dye Is
given after the stocking Is woven-it
lacks gloss. Black silk hosiery was
never more worn than at present.
and some that is embroidered in col
ors is as beautiful as it Is possible x
imagine.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01

the permanent way are slowly dim
inIshipQ. In 1881 were twenty-four
such cases In 1890 there were nve
and last year six. The greatest num-
Der OF accidents, amounting to TWEEN
ty-fiye, came under the head OF col
iisIons within fixed signals at stations
or sldings, With regard to derail-
ments, two OF. the accidents were due
TO the points OF the switches not
being altered after the passage OF
previous trains, one was due 10 q
point damaged by a previous train,
one was caused by the failure OF
cast iron girder, one was due to care
lcssness on the part OF the engineer
OF a relief train and one was due TO
unknown causes. Inadequate braRing
mower was responsible for twelve ac-
cidcnts, and fogs and storms for the
same number also. In eight instan
ces fault is found with a defective
system OF train dispatching, want OF
telegraphic communication, or lack
of a block system. Purely mechanic
al causes, apart from human error,
scarcely appear at all, and 1t would
thus seem, says the Engineer, in com
menting on these returns, to be with
in human power to work the railways
| without any accident whatever
While few railway officials will prob
ably subscribe TO this conclusion o
our English contemporary, the figures
produced by the Board OF Trade Ger
tainly show that abroad as well as II
the United States too many accident
can be traced to negligence, want 0
care, or mistakes 1.-THE part OF OH
GERS or servants.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01

In Science, DR.. II. w. Cohn tells
of the part played by bacteria in the
dairy. He tells US that in the nor
NAL process of ripening cream bac-
terra have been multiplying with alb
solutely inconceivable rapidity, and
it is owing to this that the butter ac-
quires that peculiar, delicate, pleas
ant aroma which makes it differ from
oleomargarlne. The action OF the
bacteria upon the sour milk and
ripening cream is sort OF decompo-
sition which, IL carried too far. would
make it offensive. AS a result OF de-
composition a great many chemical
products are produced, the first as
butter, agreeable, and later the
products of decay, disagreeable. Sc
the fine flavor or aroma is produced
by bacteria. After the butter is
churned their career is ended-most
are left in the buttermilk, or go off il
the washing. while those remaining
are killed by the salt.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01

II "a proposed by special agent
OF the United States Fish Commits
sion, who IL In charge Of the angling
exhibit at the Worlds Fair, that the
three-hundredth anniversary OF the
birth OF LEAK Walton, whom En-
glish-speaking persons piscatorially
inclined have long heard OF, shall be
celebrated at the Exposition. The
agent thinks that the celebration
should take the form Of an angling
tournament which should be AN ex-
blbiti.n OF skill in casting artificial
flies and bait. The commissioner
desires also to have erected memo
rial building to Izaak Walton, to take
the form of reproduction OF Wal
ton and Wotton's house on the River
Dove In England.
Izaak Walton was one or those
gentle souls much heard OF and
alluded to, an author Of books on
angling that have great celebrity and
few readers. Izaak lived to a green
old age. He was just 90 when he
took the bait dropped by death and
was landed In the Elysian fields.
His life was gentle and contempla-
tive, but he himself said nothing SO
much in praise of fishing as his friend
| Sir Henry. Wotton, whom he quotes
"a most dear lover and frequent prac-
ticer of the art of angling, Of which
he would say, Twas an en-
ployment for his idle time, which
was then not idly spent, rest to his
mind, a cheerer to his spirits, di-
yerter OF sadness, calmer OF unquiet
thoughts, a moderator OF passions, a
procurer of contentedness;' and that
it begat habits of peace and patience
in those that professel and practiced
it,"
It is the lover OF old books rather
} than the lover of the fishing roc
} who knows Izaak Walton, and pre-
5 else knowledge of his fame Is confined
therefore, to small number Of En-
vlish readers. The fisherman to-da.
5 would care very little about his advice
concerning the manner in which
bait should be attached to the hook
as witness: "Thus use your frog: Pu
e YOUR hook-I mean the arming wir
e through his pouth and out at nj
QlllS, d0u UucD WlOn a hONNAN UA'
t silk sew the upper part Of his leg will
( only one stitch to the arming wire o
your hook, or tie the frogs leg abov
:. the upper joint to the armed wire
y and in so doing use him as thoug
d you loved him."
e We don't fish that way nowadays
e. and when we,do impalea frog, as
: sometimes done, we don't talk
e handling him as IL we loved him
Is This is a practical age.
,r Let us admit that Walton was "a
d excellent angler and is now wit
n God" The words are his own. Bl
Y. liz we are to celebrate at World
is Fair the memory of fisherman VIII
)f is known throughout Christianit.
4, not to the readers Of English liter'
is ture alone but wherever the gospe
I. are disseminated, perhaps 1T woul
S, be we'll that we take up st. Pete
Or who had a double office-to sprea
n his nets for the tenants Of the dee
ne and, by the commission Of the Savio
ne a fisher Of men.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01

MANY parents think 1t is better
that children should have some dis
eases while young, and carelessly per-
NIT them to pick mp. whatever Is
going In the way Cf measles or whoop-
ing cough. but oil the children
affected do not live thr, ugh these
diseases, and each one Is focus OF
> Infection to many others. ON the
whole, it would be safer and better
to prevent their spread, and II there
could be universal effort In this di-
rection there would be d tremendous
lessening OF infantile mortality. II
can hardly be true that person
makes a better adult for having had
all the diseases OF childhood, and In
fact many an adult carries about with
him a defect of some sort, often In
sight or hearing, as result OF scarlet
fever or measles.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01

THE late Prof. L. Blschoff, a dis
tinguished psychologist Of Munich,
Germany, used to insist that women
were intellectually inferior TO men,
and must be because their brains
were lighter in weight. By much
research he discovered that the aver
age weight OF mans brain Is 1850
grammes, while a woman has only
/, $50 on an average, but when the
wise Professor died his brain was
found TO weigh only 1,245 grammes.
The discovery comes too late to let
any more wisdom into his lightweight
brain, but it might be a useful lessor
to some of the know-it-alls who still
live
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01

WHEN we get to-coolsing, heating
houses and driving locomotives with
electricity, the Boss McLeods and
the coal barons'will lear something
drop. BY the way, they have grown
modest the past month. They found
the people were waking up too quick
ly. But the animals still live, and
are ready to strike their fangs the
moment it is safe for them to do so.
Keep an eye upon the coal monop
OlistS.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01

AS DEMONSTRATING the superior
culture of the East 1t may be related
that a Philadelphia woman and a
New York woman fought in a ring
with gloves. They had a savage set
to much to the delight OF the spec
tators, and the Philadelphia at last
received a blow on the jugular that,
as the expression obtains in upper
sporting circles, put her TO SLEEP.
When she emerged from her nap she
claimed with perhaps show OF as
perlty that her opponent was no lady,
a remark doubtless based upon prelu
dice, but yet not lacking wholly th'
dignity of truth.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01
A chiid's Favorite.

In a class of small children the
teacher desired, by illustration, to
define the word favorite. She said,
after several fruitless attempts:
swell, children, II there was some
one you loved more than anybody
else in the world, and wished always
to keep her with you, what would
you say she was-what name would
you give her?"
A small boy held up his hand, and
when told to answer promptly re-
sponded:
"My mother!"-Detroit Free Press,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01

The Board of Trade OF England
has just issued an official publication
giving list OF the number OF acct
dents to the s45, 900, 900 passengers
carried by railways in that country
during 1891. The lives lost from
causes beyond the control OF the
travellers numbered I've, the lowest
figure in any year on record The
classified list of accidents shows that
engines or cara meeting with obstruc-
tions or derailments from defects In
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01

THE signal man on an English rail-
way, having been watching by the
bedside of his dying boy, became un-
ut for duty and begged to be relieved.
The corporation did not recognize his
right to have dying boy, much less
TO watch by him, and refused. So
the signal man went to sleep, and
two trains crashing together killed
thirteen people and awakened him.
The indignation Of the corporation
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01

A NEW YORK woman has brought
suit for breach of promise, alleging
among other things that the pangs OF
love unrequited had caused her to
lose forty-two pounds of her 100.
The surmise is natural that this
statement will weaken her case.
Other women have been driven to
banting and to anti-fat compounds
with results not half as satisfactory:
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01

Ancient wooden Anchor taken nozn sne
notion Of Green Bay,

Ancisnt wooden Anchor Taken nom the
Bottom Of Green Bay,
One of the many curious exhibits
which will be shown In the Transpor-
tation Department OF the WORLDS
Fair, and one which will be OF inter-
est to lake captains, will be an old
wooden anchor In use ON the lake 100
years ago. 1t is primitive contriy-
ance. and has been secured for exhi-
bition by Chief Smith through the
State MISUNDERSTANDING Wisconsin.
This old anchor was taken from
the bottom OF Green Bay, Wisconsin,
four years ago. 1t is a curious con-
trivance, and was not uncommon on
trading vessels on the upper great
lakes in 1892. The anchor Is about
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01

A GOOD many filings have been
made at Arizona. But just now her
enterprislng people are nearly ready
to irrigate a million acres of her rich
soil. and reclaim her desert places.
1t is also to be noted that during
the last year Arizona has produced
5000, 900 in gold, 81, 200, 900 in sill
yer and $4,000, 900 in copper. There
is future for Arizona.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01

five feet across from tip to tip of the
flukes, and about four feet high. LIZ
is regarded as picturesque relic OF
early navigation. Three OF the legs
are part of the stump which forms
the head. The fourth leg, In front,
is movable, and is secured by an iron
bar as shown in the picture. This
was moved outward in order TO I'LL
the basket with stones and then
pushed back into place and nailed in
again
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01
Tnr Colorado coal producers az

THE Colorado coal producers ar'
those Of Tennessee are seeking e.
arrange a combine in their respective
localities. As they produce soft coal
their task win prove difficult one,
SO far as following in the tracks of
the anthracite trust is concerned.
Vast portions OF the country are UNI
dcrlaid with this bituminous article
and attempts at monopoly will only
lead to greater development and
keener competition.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01

THERE are three important times
in a mans life-when he is born,
when he marrles, and when he dies
And even then his own importance is
overshadowed by the curiosity to know
II he is a boy or girl, what the bride
wore, and what he left in his will.
Vain man, you don't cut much figure
in this world.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01

In a recent railway disaster In
England every car on the train ex-
cept zone Pullman car" was smashed.
The passengers in the Pullman
walked up and wanted to know II
something was the matter" Eng
land will learn where to buy cars
after q spell.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01
.AIs First Me First,r

Little Margaret has been to Ohio
on visit with her mother, and has
played much with wee cousin who
has been spoiled bit and has bad
habit Of crying, "Me first! Me first!'
on every occasion.
Margaret picked up the cry, too,
but her mother talked to her in pri-
yate and told her the words were not
pretty. One day Margaret climbed
into a high and rickety chair. "Oh,
get down." said her mother, "elst
you'll go heels over head"
"And II did," said little Margaret
"then my heels would be saying u
my head, Me first, me FIRST wouldn''
they?"-New York Recorder.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01

Mr.. OLA DsToNE is an early riser,
and by half past in the morning
the q. O. m. is on deck, and can enjoy
a couple Of hours work in his library
without the fear OF being interrupted
by pompously ponderous populations
asking for the earth and the fruits
sto.ooA
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01

LORD TENNYsoN was morbidly sem
sitiye to all criticism Of his work.
Fortunately he was dead when the
graveyard poets turned upon him and
dosed his literary efforts with ode,
epic, elegy, and weird lamentations.
Had he been living when they broke
loose upon him, he would have desired
To die as soon as convenient.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01

HERR FREDERICK SCHLoEeL, Of
ten referred to as the dickens OF
Vienna" died recently at the age OF
II. The truth and humor OF his
character-drawing made him Inn
mensely popular throughout America
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01

toward the signal man was terriSle
20 see, and Che manner in which IL
saunted it's own responsibility upon
his shoulders was q lesson In agility
and hoggishnesS
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01

THE Queen Of Roumania is sue
cessful lecturer, as learned as elo-
quent, but she only goes upon the
platform in the privacy OF her palace,
where the young ladies OF the best
families are her audiences.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-01

puise of the famous Roman matron,
Cornelia, is ten feet tall, and the
figures around the shaft measure
seven feet and represent 'Ohio's
Greatest Sons" - Grant, Sherman,
Sheridan, Garfield, Chase and Stan
ton. The cost of the monument Is
S25, 900.