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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-11

THE owner of the bull that wrecked
the china shop had excellent financial
reasons for disowning the brute.
Some years ago two or three droves
OF steers met at certain corner in
North st. Louis amid much swearing
and flashing on the part of the cow
boys. The animals got all mixed up
and before they were separated one
unrufy bull plunged headlong through
a big plate glass window in which
the corner apoGhecary had an expen-
sive display. The cowboys suddenly
lost interest In that particular bull
and hastily scampercd off with such
cattle as each could collect. Not one
of them would admit that the bull
belonged in his herd, and the bull IL
alive is still roaming ownerless. The
apothecary who had been damaged
two or three hundred dollars worth
was eager to have somebody claim
the bull, but in vain; and he had to
pay for repairs out OF his own pocket.
Let not the real owners of the cap
tured Pinkerton guns at Homestead
emulate the cowardly example of
those cowboys. Let them come for
ward, prove property and take their
guns. Since warrants for murder are
in order, the State Of Pennsylvania
wants to know who put those guns
into the hands Of the Pinkertons.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-11

dent. the Vice President Is great
chieffy in the fact OF HIS nearness In
succession to the President and the
possibility that he may become Presi-
dent, but as long as he remains
merely Vice President he is an, alter
nate TO rank and comparatively I'M
important parsonage In the govern
ment. The Speaker OF the House,
however, has the appointment OF
committees. who shall take charge OF
the business of the House, and he
practically dictates the policy OF the
House. There have, perhaps. been
some Speakers OF small influence, but
they have been exceptions. Speakers
Reed, Blaine, Randall, and Carlisle
each In his time. exercised a powerful
influence upon legislation.
In appearance there Is q striking
contrast between Speaker Crisp and
Speaker Peel even leaving out OF
consideration the difference In their
dress while exercising their Official
functions.
The only other Office the Speaker
uOluo ny TCdSOu VI uip pOciOtOu III OiO
House Is that Of Chairman OF the
Committee on Rules. to which COM
mittee is referred all questions of the
order Of business. The Speaker usu-
ally dominates that committee,
though, of course, he may be voted
down by majority Of his four as
sociates. %s.l~.r
He has no perquisites'of power be-
yond his salary of $40, 600 a year, can
hold no other Office under the govern
ment during his incumbency as
Speaker, and has neither title nor
pension after retirement from the Of
fee. 1t Is an Office won through popu-
larity and ability and held only by
those qualities which give man a
commanding position in his party. 1t
is in the power of the Speaker to re-
ward his friends and punish his enc
mics In many ways, but though the
contest which resulted In Mr.. Crisp's
election was hot one, there have
been no punishments for those who
preferred another to him, and the
rewards have been measured out &c
ability and trustworthiness almost
without regard to faction.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-11
Popular, but Erroneous.

~Thc dramatic manner in which
newspaper reports of railroad wrecks
frequently refer to the heroic engineer
who died with his hand on the throt-
tie is amusing" said the General SUI
perintendent Of a Chicago line. "Of
course nothing too good can be said
about a man who loses his life. at his
post of duty, but the plains fact is
that an engineer who dies with his
hand on the throttle does so because
he has nothing else TO take hold Of.
/ have made few runs myself In my
time and / speak by the card. 1t is
generally admitted by experienced
locomotive engineers that the. safest
thing to do when a collision is about
to occur is to drop down behind the
boiler head and grasp the throttle
regulator with both hands. This
may prevent the engineer from being
hurled out OF the cab, and the boiler
head protects him to certain extent
from being crushed when the cab Is
telescoped from the front. OF course
If the tender is thrown upon the cab
he will be caught from the rear, but
he takes his chances at the best. II
he jumps he is very liable to strike
stone pile or TO have the engine fall
over on him before he can get away,
and l think the records will show
that fully as many engineers are
killed by jumping as by sticking to
their cabs and holding to the throttle
reQulatOr which Is the most con We nient
and substantial means Of support"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-11

THE growth OF the telephone bust
ness is one OF the most wonderful
things In this age of wonders In
1880 only $4,000, 900 was invested
in telephones In the United States,
in 1890 the amount had Increased to
over s72, 600, 000 The gross earnings
increased In the same time from 3d.
900, 900 TO more than SIC. 900, 900, and
the net earnings from s724, 900 to S.
100000. The employees of telephone
companies numbered s,545 In 1890,
as against 1898 in 1880, and the
number OF subscribers increased in
the decade from 4S, Ala to 1857.
The number Of conversations over
the telephone in'ls9o was 452, 200, 900.
And yet the business is only in its
infancy. "s
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-11
glory of a Missing diamond.

. One iight newly engaged couple
were going to ball. In the carriage
he asked her to let him see her ring
for a moment, some popularity of its
sparkle having caught his eye, al.
though why she should have had her
glove of no one can tell. She gave
him the ring and he examined it for
some time In the light of the carriage
window When the carriage stopped
she asked him for the ring.
"But l gave it back to you and you
took it..
NO, you did not. l have. not had
it since / gave 1t to you"
Lights were brought, search was
made, clothes were shaken-eyery
place where a diamond ring could
possibly lie concealed was uncovered.
The ring could not be found. Each
persisted, he that he gave the ring
back, she THAT she did not receive 1t.
Assertion became argument; argu-
meut changed from heat to ice; COM
was interrupted and
finally ceased; the engagement was
broken. They went their ways and
each married another. One day
several years later the woman, rip
ping up an old ball dress, found in
the heading of one of the ruffies a
diamond ring. 1t was the lost en-
gagement ring. She wrote to her
former. lover letter of apology and
explanation, but the incident had
turned the current of both their
lives. This is true story.-New
York Sun.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-11

A CHICAGO paper tells OF an anus
Ing game plagedata picnic of French
people in that city a few days ago.
Towards the Close OF the day a line OF
laughing girls was formed on the turf
and each girl supplied with aspoon.
When spoons had been distributed all
around, a person went down the line
and gave each girl an egg, The egg
was placed in the spoon, and the
game was to run fifty yards without
splitting the egg. Whoever reached
the goal first would receive hand
some bracelet. At the word there
was wild scramble and all the eggs
but one rolled on the grass ten yards
away. The one that did not fall be-
longed to a tall young woman, who
sedately walked the fifty yards. Smart
girl, that.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-11
RELIABLE RECIPES.

COLD PoTAToEs;-A nice wayrrto use
up cold potatoes is a la .Lyonnaise. Gut
the potatoes in slices. Put hcaping
tablespoonful of butter in the fryingpan
and fry an onion, cut in dice. Then add
the potatoes and let them fry carefully,
turning them as they brown from one
side to the other. Sprinkle teaspoon
full of parsley over them while they are
frying and serve them when they are
Drowned.
STRAWBERRY SHORT CAKE.-Make a
dough with one-half more shortening
than for biscuit; roll out one third of the
crust; lay it in bake tin; spread butter
over the top; do the same with the other
thirds of the crust, except that you do
not butter the last one. Lay one on top
of the other; bake in quick oven. When
baked the parts will separate easily. Mix
berries with plenty of sugar and some
cream, and place between the layers, and
send to the table warm. Orange short
cake made the same way is delicious. Use
the fresh peeled, sliced, and seeded
oranges.
BREAD DUMPLINGs.-rve been won
dering If any one ever uses up their stale
bread by making dumplings of it as do.
They are most excellent, and are so well
liked by my family that l venture to
bring this recipe into The Household.
Here it is: Soak one pint of bread crumbs
in milk. Mix with one beaten egg, two
teaspoonfuls of baking powder and a lit
tie flour. Mix all together; stir to a soft
dough by adding milk and flour. Drop
by the spoonful into veal or chicken
stew about half an hour before you wish
to serve dinner. When the dumplings
rise TO the surface they are done.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-11

OF the commanding figures In the
House of Commons was that OF Sir
Robert Peel, and In the second half a
central and equally commanding
figure is that OF his youngest son, the
Right Hon. Arthur Wellesley Peel,
the present Speaker, whose portrait,
from recent photograph, is here
given.
For many years before his election
to the Speakership in 1884, during
Mr.. Gladstone's second administra-
ton, Mr.. Peel was one of the best
known men in the House Of Com
mons. For twenty-seven years he
has uninterruptedly represented
Warwick at Westminster. Three
years after his admission to the %As-
sembly of Great Thinkers as the
Anglo-Saxons called the Parliament
of their day, Mr.. Peel became Parlia-
mentary Secretary to the Board Of
Trade In 1873 he was appointed
Patronage Secretary to the Treasury,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-11

and for nine months in 1880 he was
Under Secretary TO the Home Depart
ment. To the reader unfamiliar with
English institutions 1T may be neces-
sary to state that a seat In the
House Of Commons, instead OF being
inconsistent with the holding OF these
positions, is necessary to them, as in
the case of cabinet officers b.d| ~
Attached to the Speakership is a
salary of S25, 600 year and an afficial
residence. Detached from it, but
shining in the distance, is the luster
of a patent Of nobility and seat in
the house oflords. besides retiring
pension of $40, 900 a year. During
his term OF office the Speaker Is the
first commoner of the land, taking
precedence Of Others by custom and
legislative enactment.
The political influence Of the Eng
fish Speaker is infinitesimal COM
pared to that welded by the Speaker
Of the United States Congress. Here
the presiding officer never, or hardly
ever, seeks to divert the course OF leg
islation, nor does he name the COM
mittees OF tho House. His duty is
mainly to insist on strict Observ-
ance Of the rules, and to keep close
eye on all those things which involve
the dignity of the House, to which
Englishmen attach such immense inn
portance. For his peculiar duties
Mr.. Peel is we'll equipped. He pos
sesses a fine business aptitude, a full
knowledge of parliamentary usages,
and disposition that can be serene
or severe, urbane or austere, as occa-
sion demands the exercise of those
essential qualities. He has also the
physical qualifications of a sonorous
voice and commanding presence.
His desk is not gavel-battered like
our Speakers, for, as rule, he easily
controls the House. He sits with
Jove-like serenity in his rich robes,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-11

According to ale Guide Francois DIES
Etats Unis," the French Canadians in
the United States own $10J. 32S, 500
worth OF real estate, and 10, 500 of them
are in business for themselves. There
are now 500, 900 French Canadians in
the United States, half million Of whom
arc in New England, and New York.
The number of French Canadians in
Canada is 1, 200, 900, though when Eng
land acquired Canada they numbered
only 65, 900, a fact which strikingly indi-
Gates the fecundity Of the race. In Bos-
ton they number nearly IL, 900, and in
New England they have fourishing
schools and societies, and they now talk
of establishing a college. They have
representatives in the legislatures of five
States, and they have nine newspapers
in New England and New York. "Iu
politics, says the authority quoted, ''the
majority are Republicans, though good
many are Democrats. They are naturally
conservative. They favor order, dis
countenancc radical views or experiments
and oppose strikes and secret societies.
They also strenuously oppose divorce"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-11
A woman the Inventor.

A woman Is the inventor OF a sys.
tenn Of signaling with colored lights
which Is used on land and sea all over
the world. She is Mrs. Martha J..
Coston, OF Washington, ID. G, While
she was very young her husband,
Benjamin Franklin Coston, an officer
in the marines. died, leaving her
three little children to support She
devoted herself TO the perfection of
experiments begun Dy her husband
and worked out the system which has
brought her fame and fortune. Her
code was OF great value to the gov
eminent during the war and since
then IL has been used in other de-
partments notably the life-saying
service. Her signals have been
adopted by the principal European
governments and she has received
many honors from royalty.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-11

IT is striking, although it is what
was to be expected, that the advo-
Gates OF the Baconian authorship Of
the plays OF Shakespeare should have
become so greatly lessened in number
in so few years. 1t will be the lot of
the rising generation TO live to see
the whole thing treated as one of
those incomprehensible delusions
which it is all but impossible to sup
pose ever to have been taken seri-
ouslV 't
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-11


THE newspapers are more poten-
tial than stump speakers in cam
paign. The Wilmington Messenger
says: at is line upon line that does
the work. There is great power in
iteration. You hear speech or a
sermon and II soon becomes a mere
Impression echo. But you can
take out your tract, or your political
pamphlet, or your filed newspaper,
and read again and again the senti-
ments enforced. A party would fare
badly that relied only upon the talks
upon the hastings, and gave the
documents and newspapers up to the
opposition"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-11

JUST because one woman has hap
pened to lame hCself permanently
by closing bureau drawer with her
knee, newspaper Solons are rising up
TO say that the use of the knee for
the purpose is universal among
women, and that they are all likely
TO be lame II they do not reform.
Woman is watched so closely in these
progressive days that she has no
chance to indulge even in small vices
without being caught at it.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-11

PEOPLE who think that the young
doctor charges enormous fees forgot
the awful weight of responsibility
that every young doctor palpably
carries around with HIM for a couple
OF years after he gets out Of the med
zeal school.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-11
TnE sentence Of capital punishment,

THE sentence Of capital punishment
passed upon Colonel Henry Clay
King, of Memphis, for the murder Of
the'lawyer employed TO prosecute a
suit for SANDER against him has
created profound sensation from
the social standing and the high
position OF the criminal, and there has
been strong effort to have
the case otherwise disposed OF.
1t is said that the Gov
ernor has refused TO interfere, and
that the law will take its course.
Sad as IL may be TO see such an end
for brilliant and gifted man, there
can be no question that his death is
precisely the lesson which is needed
IA the South. There is still good
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-11

deal too much OF the old-time feeling
that a gentleman has an inalienable
right TO kill those who offend him,
and II is only by severe lesson that
this feeling is to be reached. 1t is
time that some striking example
were made, and there seems to be no
doubt that Colonel King richly de-
serves the fate In store for him..
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-11

WHEN boy begins to wash his
neck without being told it is sign
he is passing into the ordeal of his
FIRST love affair, says contemporary.
1t is either that or for the reason
that some other portion of his anat-
omy has suffered for his neck.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-11

WHEN some of the workmen of
Pittsburg demanded that. the City
Council return to Mr.. Carnegie the
81, 600, 600 he donated for public
library, they showed that they were
right mad, and also that when men
get right mad they can part with a
right smart" of their common sense
in little while.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-11
The Enelish speaker.

HEN the story or
the ninete e mt h
century in tn e
popular branch. OF
the British Paflia-
ment shall have
been written the
name OF Peel will
be found in bold
type beside those
OF Gladstone, Dis
raeli. O,Connor,
Parnell and other
grea { parliament
tarians who have
therein figured. In
the first half OF
this cenf.urv one
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-11

INFORMATION is lacking as to the
exact date upon which Victoria
Woodruff and Tennie Claflin Will
convene and nominate each other for
President and Vice President.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-11

A MOST scurriloss cartoon was
issued by the tories i'm England,
picturing Gladstone being carried of
by Satan, and yet England sometimes
presunics TO criticise American
politics.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-11

Mr.. AsToR can draw check based
on an income of $7.3s minute, but
it shows the relative value of things
that just now it's doubtless more sat
isfaction to him that he can draw his
breath.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-11

and when he rises IL would be consid-
cred gross breach OF parliamentary
good manners If any other number
remained standing.
As Speaker Mr.. Peel is the princi-
pal trustee of the British Museum.
He Is also Chairman of the Caledo-
MAN Canal Trust, Irfthe carly part
OF the century the government adj
vancod a sum OF money toward the
expense OF the canal, and. in order
that it might be represented on the
trust statute was passed making
the Speaker OF the day chairman ex-
officio of the undertaking. He Is also
trustee for the. Duke OF Wellington
OF the famous Strathfleldsaye estate
In Hampshire.
The American Speaker.
Speaker Crisp does not get haA as
much pay for presiding oycr the noisy
branch OF Congress as is given the
Speaker OF the House of Commons in
England. But he does not have to
wear the curly wig. His head is not
upholstered. Thatils one compensa-
ton for the difference Ia salary.
Though the Speaker OF the American
House wears less hair and draws less
pay than the corresponding ofiscial OF
the British Government. hc. occupies
immensely greater influence in
legislative affairs, and his rel
alive rank in the government
is higher. The Speaker OF the'House
Is properly next in rank to the Prcsi-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-11
THE late occultation of Mars h;

THE late occultation of Mars has
failed to discover any new facts about
it. The interest of astronomers and
others in this planet, millions Of
miles distant, makes them little
inconsistent when they criticise the
women of the family for being curl
Gus about the new people who have
just moved next door.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-11

In England 1t is the general opin-
ion that the only statesmanlike thing
the recent Parliament ever did was
to dissolve. And the Queen had to
help it even TO do that.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-11

THE execution of Ravachol is dis
tinctly thing TO be thankful for II
only. because. it goes 50 far to prove
that Partisan justice is not to be alb
soiuteIy coweu ny Une Vnreats or the
anarchists. - ISIS, -
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-11

Mr.. GLADSTONE likes tea, particu-
larly when made by his wife. II he
doesn't also dote on it "cold," that's
another point where he differs from
some of our own prominent states
men
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-11

A LITTLE girl entered rope jump
ine contest at Wilkesbarre, Pa. She
won, jumping $40 times without stop
ping. Then she died. But her be-
reaved friends can console themselves
with the reflection that she was the
champion rope-jumper of her town.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-11
|rwoNoTED OFFICIALS
MARKED sptFFERENcEs BE-
TWEEN TWO SPEAKERS.

Tho Right Honsrahie Arthur sgrtiesiey
Feel and spesksr Crlsp--wherein They
Are Alike and wherein, They Dinsr--
An Interesting Contrast In Public and
Private Life.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-11

A CHICAGO Judge granted eight di-
vorces in fifty-two minutes. This
puts the windy City" far in advance
OF all competitors, for it breaks all
previous records.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-11

THE process may be disguised, but
It is fact that good many men
carve out their fortunes by hard
"chiseling.s
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-11

A PIECE OF wood one inch long and
one-halt inch thick was removed from
the cheek of Reading, Pa, young
man. The splinter entered his cheek
six years ago In a coastlng accident.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-11

A LITTLE depression isgmore favor
able to Improvement than much
complacency.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-11
|NEWsOFOUROWNSTA
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO MIcHI-
0ANDER6.

Dates OF Fsirs--Drug Store Fire 1T Lam
sing-Jackson JAN Birds Tunnel Out
Thrashed the Hired Man for Swearing
at Yellow Jackets.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-11

THE humble are rarely humiliated;
the proud often.
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What fOryl To be without Beecham's pills.
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Speeches of the Nine" in Congress on Free
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