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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

francs on the Panama Canal, and al
most nothing remains to show for
this vast expenditure. In the first
flush of the canal scheme Panama
was to become a new Ell Dorado, a
place where money could be made as
it was during the gold excitement in
California and Australia. The ton
mage of the world would pass through
the canal. New towns with the
French names and French inhabi-
tants would grow along its route.
Colon would blossom into vigorous
life, and the ancient city of Panama
would throw off its lethargy and be-
come one of the foremost seaports of
the world. Those were flush times
on the isthmus, and the officials of
the canal found leisure to lay out
parks and gardens and plan great es-
tates for themselves. Even the
sleepy natives awoke. They began
to dream of wealth and hustled around
as if they did not live in the land of
tomorrow. The merchants did
great business. The money-changers
were never idle, and cash flowed from
the canal treasury into a thousand
channels. Everybody, if he Only
talked canal and believed canal,
could get rich.
But now the inevitable crash has
come. The new towns have faded
away. The parks and the gardens
are abandoned and there is nothing
but desolation. The property of the
canal company is rusting and rotting
in neglect. The machinery, dredges,
cranes and other appliances are strewn
in confusion from Colon to Panama.
Many pieces have sunk deep in the
swamps,, and others lie where they
were tossed from the boats or the
tram-cars years ago, never having
seen minutes use. Several Of these
dredging machines cost more than
500, 900 apiece. An expert who re-
Gently visited Panama says that ma
chinery, the cost of which was $780,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

introd1r1sd Into English.
Troy, the greatest laundry town In
the world, will be especially inter
ested, says the Times OF that city, In
an article on starch written by Will
lam Elliot Grifis and published in
the current number of Harper's
Bazaar. Mr.. Griffis informs us that II
was Queen Elizabeth OF England who
introduced fashions that established
the laundry on permanent basis
and created starch factories. She
not only enlarged the ruff, multiplied
undergarments, increased the lady's
inventory and the brides trousseau,
but 1t was she who began the fashion
OF the farthingale or crinoline. This
wheel-shaped arrangement pulled out
the dress like a balloon, and right
royal was the rustic of the stiffened
skirts as the Queen and her ladies
moved about. Z So great was the de-
mand for starch TO stiffen properly
the ruffs, collars, cuffs, and crinoline
that it seriously affected the price of
wheat. Complaints were loud and
long that bread was being taken out
of the mouths Of the people. The
potato was then unknown or too
much of novelty. Its virtues and
potencies OF supply TO the laundress
and the alleged sugarmaker were
then unsupported. To whom were
the English and their doughty Queen
indebted for this wonderful addition
to the resources of civilization and of
personal neatness? 1t is not their
own invention, but the gift of the
Low Countries. 1t came in with car
riages, which also were impoi ted, to
the amazement of the common folk.
Elizabeth was unable to monOpoliZe
starched ruffs, for presently the gen.
tlewomen of England began to send
their daughters and nearest kins-
women to Mrs. Dinghen to learn how
to starch. Would the reader know
who Mrs. Dinghen was-+she who first
made English ladies so fine and Brit
ish housemaids so neat? We bless
the memory of Mrs. Dinghen every
time we.-a daintily served in an
English home. The daughterIOf a
knight OF Flanders, and driven out
by Spanish oppression, she with her
husband found refuge in London.
Being probably penniless,J she so
turned her hand that the pounds
soon flowed in. While Mrs. Boonen
starched for the Queen, Mrs. Dinghen
van den Plasse, as her full name was,
taught sbarching to the ladies. Her
price was Go, for teaching how to
starch, but ego for showing show to
seeth starch" In a little time she
got an estate, being greatly encour-
aged by gentlewomen and ladies.
She was "the first to teach starching
in those days of impurity, adds the
historian, with pathos and apprecia-
tion of the previous facts. BLESS
ings on Mrs. Dinghen van Gen
Plasse." says Mr.. Grifiis. And every
Troy laundress responds "Amen!"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12
Dangerous humping.

1t is one thing TO Jump from a
great height into open space such as
that of the sea, and it is another
thing to jump down one hundred and
twenty feet into a well. The feat
may be seen performed any day at
Delhi in India. So proficient are the
men and boys who leap down the dis
lance, both into tank from the top
OF mosque and into a narrow well,
that while descending they purposely
sprawl about in the air and display
queer antics; but the moment they
near the water they suddenly
straighten out their bodies, and
plunge down, arrow-like, with scarce
ly splash. A dozen men and boys
can be got at any hour to perform
this feat for the modest fee Of about
three pence a leap.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

there was no more money to expend,
and this stpppage compelled De Les
eact1ssand those associated with him
!. TO Tackpowledge the canal a failure,
with 1osliope OF realizing, farthing
for the tens OF thousands who had in
vested, the savings Of a lifetime in
the project.
Tfiereport shocked France, while
it dazed the multitude who had been
kent In ignorance of the progress Of
the enterprise, precipitated a panic
on the Bourse and all Paris went wild
over the confession. In the Cham
Der of Deputies the Government was
scored Numerically and the Ministry
dismissed from power. Baron de
Reinach, the leading banker after
Rothschild in Paris, who lent his
pane TO the scheme, was so overcome
with remorse that he committed sui
cides issH He was worth $50, 900, 900, but
this did not exempt him from the
Storture. that drove him TO self-de-
structionsa ~
SOGdespcrate had popular feeling
becomc that IL would have required
but little to convert the republic into
O. monarchy. The only argument
that counted against it was that
Frenchmen we're swindled under the
empire about as much as they had
been under the republic, and that the
fneditated Change would not have
secured the desired end. Consequent
ly the most aggravated part OF the
crisis has been passed without re-
course to such a. doubtful measure
Yet Parisians admit that we're there
a Napoleon TO appeal to the empire
would be re-established.
De Lesseps. who was once the lido
OF his nation, Is now held in loathing
with none SO poor as to do him rev
creme. The colossal failure OF thu
can4l is laid at his door and he is tn
most despised man, Ia France to-day
NE great englnecf has been trans
fofnind into the greatest Of swindler
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12
HERE'S WISDOM.
Some Startling Discoveries Made by Girl
I'm Domestic Economy.


I'm Domestic Economy.
The following notes on domestic
economy are selected ~from the
answers given at a recent examina-
tion of girls between twelve and six
teen years-ef age:
"Cheese3nis as wholesome as. 81
pounds ofl'beef. Beef is a useful
article of food, obtained from differ
ent animals, such as the cow, sheep,
pig, etc. the lean of beef belongs to
the animal kingdom, and the fat to
the vegetable kingdom. Butter is
good for the brain. Milk is called a
model food because it models the
form OF the child. Without eating
potatoes we would become very deli
cate, because potatoes are very neces-
sary TO sustain human life. Stewing
is very different from boiling; when
we want nice dinner we stew a
roast Of beef. Pot.au-feu is mashed
up meat. Cretins are generally
served with green-pea soup. liza
man lives without food for consid-
cradle time, say sixty days, he will die
at the end Of month; or, IL the
constitution is delicate, he may only
live for week, or less. The body
wastes away by the continual work
ing of the bones together, and as this
process goes on every day, the bones
get thinner and smaller. Carbon
aceous foods give the bones the elias
ITCHY of which they consist.
LAWN is a, soft stuff made from the
wool of the lawn, an animal in South
America. 1t is also part of the flesh
of the COW or sheep, the rib part.
Shoddy Is drink made from a mix
ture Of ale and sugar. 1t is the
leather before it goes through the
process of making into boots and
shoes, and for this reason is called
shoddy. 1t is the flesh near the foot
of any animal. 1t is kind OF
whisky. Wincey is the wool off an
animal which lives in America; the
lamen is its name. Calico is good
heat conductor, because it catches fire
very easily. II print dress is dried
outside, it must be careful not to be
left in the sum- Calendered means
turned from one kind of species into
another. 1t is things which, are the
shape of a calendar, like our bodies.
1t means preserved with sugar. Ii
means taking the dirt out sof:wateI.
1t means increased or getting heavier.
1t ia medicine or druy1 Iti,is boil
ing anything by means of steam. II
means chewing the food we'll to make
it fit to enter'the body. 50d 10
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12


Were 1t an ordinary. well-behaved
river 1t might be easily managed.
But IL is wild, Wayward, untamed
river. like the people OF the country
through which IL flows. A heavy
tropical rain comes, and It rises forty
feet in twelve hours. What TO do
with so much water, for It flows into
the canal as wen, then becomes a
problem that has yexed the best en-
gineers In the world. The difficulty
has been obyiated partly by an in
tricate system Of dams and locks,
but no one can say whether it would
have lasted or would have subdued
the Chagres In its widest moments.
The canal, as originally intended,
would have been 80 feet deep, from
260t6 $50 feet broad at the top, and
about 100 feet broad at the bottom.
On the Atlantic side are Is or 20
miles OF canal, dredged to depth of
16 feet by the American Construction
and Dredging Company, and there are
partial excavations and lines traced
by the French all the way to Panama.
At Colon, lying in the water, Is a
huge pile OF grandolithic blocks,
10000 IN number. They were brought
from the West Indies at a total cost
of about 8 cents block. They were
intended for banking up the canal,
but were dumped of the ships into
the water years ago, and have been
lying there ever since, "a monument
to the recklessness and corruption of
the Panama scheme.
The eighteen or twenty miles OF par
TALLY completed canal will soon be-
come nothing but muddy ditch.
The hanks are caving in, and every
time it rains huge masses of earth
are washed into the canal. In few
years the canal. except where cut
through the solid rock. will be filled
up entirely by these heavy washings
and the vegetation will begin to grow
again where the dredging machines
tore it away
Beyond Resurrection.
Remaining on the Isthmus are
many Europeans who still believe
that the work will be resumed. But
this is extremely Improbable. Many
calculations have been made as TO the
amount of money it would require to
complete-it None fall under $780,
900, 900. Some run as high as $780,
900, 600, and few go so far as to say
that the canal cannot be built at all
so that it will return a fair interest
on the investment. But there is an
other difficulty. The concession from
Colombia, under which the canal was
to be built, expires next February,
and, even IL the concession should be
renewed, whence will come the capt.
tai needed for the prosecution of the
work? The French people will give
no more, and the capitalists Of other
countries are rather shy of Panama
Thus far only the financial loss has
been considered. But there is an
other question that appeals to hui
manity. Negro laborers are now on
the isthmus prey to disease. At
one time there were 60, 900 negroes at
Colon. They led careless, merry
life, and saved not one cent from
their earnings When work ceased
they were unable to return to their
homes, and they are still on the 18TH
mus, less the thousands who have
persisted. Some have become out
laws. and infest the localities on
either side of the canal route.
i'm a short time the route of the
canal will be covered with tropical
vegetation, in which wild animals
will make their lairs. s.'>
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12
The Compass Plant.

On the Western prairie is found
what is called the compass plant,
which is of great value to travellers.
The long leaves at the base Of its
stem are placed, not fiat as in plants
generally, but in a vertical position,
and present their edges north and
south. The peculiar propensity Of
the plant is attributed TO the fact
that both surfaces of its leaves dis
play an equal receptivity. for light,
whereas the. upper surfaces OF the
leaves of most plants are more sensi-
tive to light than the lower; the
leaves thus assume vertical posi-
tion, and point north and south.
Travellers on dark nights are said to
feel the edges Of the leaves to ascer-
tain the point of the compass.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

and tho most heartless OF foes to the
thousands who trusted him only to
be ruined thereby.
Irretrievahie Ruin.
Now that the Panama Canal scheme
has been proved to have been a
gigantic swindle, the parallel OF
which may not be found In history,
an inventory, as 1t were, Of the work
done on the canal has been made,
and the result is alike astounding,
scandalous and profoundly sad. Apart
from the financial loss, which is enor-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12
Miles.

The measurement, in English
yards, of the different lengths of a
mile in several countries is as follows:
Arabian mile, 2,148; Austrian mile,
S,296; Bohemian mile, 10, 1877: Bra
bant mile; 6,O82; Burgundian mile,
6, 1873; Danish mile, S,244; Dutch mile,
1895; English mile, 1,760; English
mile, geographical, 2,025; English
mile, nautical, $3.50; Flemish mile,
$3.50; German mile, long, 10, l26;
German mile, short, $3.50; German
mile, geographical, $500; Hamburg
mile, s, 244; Hanoyerian mile, IL, 500;
Hessian mile, 1851; Hungarian
mile, 9,1l3; Irish mile, ancient, 2,240;
italian mile, 2,025; Lithuanian mile,
9,7sO; Oldenburgh mile. 10, S20; Per-
sian mile, 6,0S6; Polish mile, long,
800; Polish mile, short, 6,071; Prus-
sian mile, 8,237; Roman mile, 1,62S;
Russian, verst, 1,l65; Saxon mile,
1904; Scotch mile, ancient, LISA;
Spanish mile, 4,635; Swedish mile,
11,7O0; Swiss mile, 1853; Tuscan
mile, /, sos; United States mile, LEO.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

tlon Of white celluloid are painted a
spray of yellow chrysanthemums and
a butterfly, and TO the sections are
attached three strips of wide, yellow
satin ribbon of equal lengths, the
ends being pointed and tipped with
yellow tassels. Upon the shortest
strip are painted in white the days
OF the week, abbreviated. The mid
strip, which Is the longest, shows the
dates; and upon the third strip are
painted the names Of the month, also
in white and abbreviated A pansy
made of silk, selected in tints to cor
respond with those of the flowers and
stiffened with crinoline, is adjusted
over each strip, so that it may be
slipped up or down to mark the day,
date or month, thus making the cal
endar a perpetual one.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

small farmers and shopkeepers were
enlisted aud the. response became
national In character The assurance
from government officials that the
enterprise would pay and that De
Lesseps, who. built the Suez canal,
would repeat on. a larger scale his
success in uniting the waters of the
Atlantic and Pacific in the center
off,. this continent, was a. bait
that took exceedingly well.
AS "a consequence francs
by the hundred millions poured into
the;c%nahtraaspry until $3.50, 900, 900,
as Americans reckon money, was in
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

the Pacific coast, a distance of fifty
four miles. Suez is eighty miles
long, but the obstacles presented at
Panama were UNNECESSARILY greater.
In the Culebra cut and the hills. OF
Mindi the elevation Of thelisthmus
is 300 feet above the level ofthe sea,
and the excavation in those places
had to be made through the solid
rock, TOO. And then came the obsta-
Gle of the Chagres River, which was
practically insurmountable. The
canal crosses and recrosses It.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

nous, and the corruption, alike
shameful and monumental, there has
been frightful loss OF life, and even
now thousands OF misguided laborers
are living on the isthmus, a prey to
fever and sometimes starvation,
hoping that the work will be resumed
and that they may earn enough
money for support or to take them
back TO their homes.
France expended 1900, 900, 900
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

vested. !. To insure this result the
Partisan and provincial press were
paid 81, 900, 900 to advocate the propo-
sition.y PO make sure Of the passage
OF the bill through the Chamber of
Deputies $40, 600, 900 was given to the
members who influenced legislation.to
that end. In addition some $40, 600, =
600 was used in advertising the
scheme In various ways some $50, =
900, 900 twas squandered after this
fashion The balance, $500, 900, 900,
was spent. on, the construction Of the
canal, at least half being wasted by
acknowledgements. The abandonment
OF the project was decided only when
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

The marriage ceremony practiced
by the people of Borneois said to be
very short and simple Bride and
groom are brought out before the
assembled crowd with great solemnity
and seated side by side. A betel nut
is then cut in two by the medicine
woman Of the tribe, and pne-half is
given to the groom. They begin TO
chew the nut, aud then the old
woman, after some sort of incanta-
tlon, knocks their heads together and
they are declared man and wife.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12
sleep DaytImes, Probably.

The buffaloes in Sumatra, accord
ing to TN English traveller, in fear OF
their enemy, the tiger, take refuge
at night In the rivers, where they
rest in peace and comfort with only
their horns and noses sticking above
the water.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

PRFsIDFFA &ARSorselyes fortunate in
esdapinglwith this chastisement.
The scheme to build THE isthmus
canal calledHOr so much capital that
Erenchmen Aofvall classes were APP
pealed to for subscriptions. The
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

dignation OF French
men TO a pitch that
threatened to over
throw the govern
,ment and replace
republicanism with
no narchy. The
ministry was hurled
from spower uncere-
moniously, and those
disnlaced deem them
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12
This Probably = Fable.

OF Esop. the "fahulist," it is writ
ten that he was person OF extreme
ly luxurious tastes. and that he once
had served at banquet dish Of
singing birds at an expense of "a, 900.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12
safer TO Trnrel than Not.

According to the statistics Of the
Interstate Commerce Commission a
railway passenger stands one chance
in 10, s23, l5s to,be killed while trav'
cling
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

A calendar OF this kind will mako
4 pretty gift for friend, and to one
whose fingers can readily handle the
brush and paint In delicate colors the
task. OF making 1t will be both simple
and pleasant. Upon an 0blong sec
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12
HUMOR OF THE WEEK.
STORIES TOLD BY FUNNY MEN
OF THE PRESS.

Many ODE. Curious. and LauEhsbIs
Phases Of Human Nature Graphically
Portrayed ~ eminent word Artists o.
Our DIVA Day.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12
Insane Horse.

Burlington, N. j., has horse that
has been declared insane.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12
DimcultIes of COMMUNICATION.

What is left of the canal? The
answer to this question can be altered
every year, for the condition Of the
work is deteriorating very rapidly.
The cut was to have been from Colon,
on the Atlantic coast, to Panama on
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

ENuULFs MANY GREAT MEN
- 40 CT FRANCE.
Braxen Theta Amounting TO Over sixty
millions Machinery Valued at 800. Ooo.-
600 Rottlag- Vegetation Covering tho
Intended Itouke- Thousands Starving.
The Crisis In Franco.

The exposure OF the corruption,
mlsmanagement and stealing In Pan
ANA canal affairs has aroused the in
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12
NEAR THE CITY DE LEssEPs

900, 900, lies rotting on the isthmus.
1t will never be moved. A large por-
tion is already irretrievably damaged.
1t has suffered so severely, from ex-
posture that much of it could not he
used even If work were resumed on
the Panama Canal, which is no longer
classed among the PROBABILITIES.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1893-12-20
skrzypka do IistSw.

r,SzeregosOcotOi 70 Chicago. Kaade-
mu EwIszkowemu chetnie udEielsmy M
4adsnie informsoyi " kaAdsj sprswie
dotyoraOej instytucyi nssSej. Gdybys
pan byi do mas sic udal - dowiedzial
bys sic pan iak rzeOEy stoia. Napsdsjso
W m. zgoiu" ns kierownikow instytu.
cyl nssuej wyrzadr4sl Jej pan wisIts
sEkode, DO PrzyczYniaSz sic do zerwauia
solidsrnosSi Dsszej. Gdybys pan rzs-
ozywisOie koohsi iustytucye nssEs byl
wiernym Iei czsonkism - Przyszedlby 4
pan do bi6n REsdu Csnts. / zsasdai
wyiHSuisnia tel sprawy. ktcregoby Panu
Mkt ME odmowl. Me masz pan ma
wet tyle cyvilnej cdwagi, sby wystapic
OtwarCie, ale kryiesz sic pod passzczyk
pseudonimu.
Eel jak 10 brzydkoi
Poprsw sie psnI
,,szeregowieO", kt6rY " TAXI sposob
sobie postspuje, lepieibY zrobR gdyby
zdezsrtowai szsregow zviszkowyoh.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1893-12-20

oeoziemy Pamlatke 0drodzenls
ludzko6ci.
Odrodzmy i my sic W dniu tym
= bracia sWiaskowil
Odrodfmy sie ma duchul
Pracujmy dla idei naszej, dla
idei narodowej z zaparciem sic
wiasnego uja" bo ten kt6ry
szuka siawy : nigdy jej ME
zuajdzie.
w dniu tym darujmy sobie u
rasy i ba1zny odtad jedni, zgodni
4 silni.
Pnypomnijmy sobie " dniu
tym, ae nie kaady, kt6ry m6wi
PANEL Pauiel bedxie sbawiony-
i ME kaidy. kt6rY giosi le Jest
dobrym swiszkowym rzeczywiicie
Pracuje dla idei naszej zaparfssy
sie wiasnego ,,ja".
Wierzmy tym, kt6rzy maio mo.
via : = wiele czyuia.
DLieh "a grudnia wigilia Bo-
aego Narodzenia. nasyWa sie u
mas ,Gwiazdka" i aaden
narod tax uroczyicie ME obcho.
dzi dzieh ten = jak my polacy.
Staropolskim zwyczajem W
dniu tym pred wieczerEa wsp6l.
na dziellmy sic opfatkami = ay.
czac sobie nawzsjem zdrowia i po.
myalnoSci.
Ot6a tamiac oplatki ayczsc
sobie nawzajem pomyslnoSci, iycz.
my przedewszystkiem biednej, roz
dsrtei ojczyznie nassej rychlego
oswobodsenia.
w dniu tym podobne iyczenia
wychodza Z ust meczeanik6w pol.
skich " kopalniach syberyjskich
i na SnieEnej Ksmczatce = ust
tuiaczy polskich rozpr oszonych
po caiym 6wiecie.
Wszakae polacy, gdziekolwiek
she oni znsjduja, msja jedno to
samo zyczenie - a syczeniem
tenn oswobodzenie ojczyzny naszej
= ziemi ojcow naszyoh zwiltaiej
krwia lzsmil
W dniu tym ME sspominajmy
i o biednyeh rodskacb nsszych,
kt6rym Z powodu og6lnego "a.
stoju = gi6d dokucza-
O. kt6rzy wiecz6r ten spedza
mile W k6iku rodzinnem, " do.
brze ogrzanem mieszkaniu, msjac
wszystkiego podostatkiem = ME.
cbaj Pamietaja o bliEuich swych
= kt6rych nedza trzyma W swyOh
szponach.
Wiecz6r ten spsdzic musza ME
kt6re rodziuy poIskis dzieciatks
Iich o chlodzie giodzie. Me za
pOmnEmy o nichI
Raz ies1cze iyczYmy wmyStkiu