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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-02-16
Swimming In salt Lake.

When waded out so far that the
water came up TO my neck scaled a
bowlder and dived. As it is my Gus
tom to open my eyes under water, l
did so as soon as / was fairly i'm
mersed. In an instant it seemed as
If vitriol had been poured into them.
Springing to an upright position as
soon as possible, tried to get the
salt out Of them, but the more l
rubbed the more 1t seemed TO get in.
Nature relieved the smarts after
awhile by pouring through the tear
ducts enough of milder solution of
salt to clear the irritated cornea Of
the fluid, and l took pains not to let
the water into my eyes again. After
that the bath was more enjoyable, if
only as a new experience, says a
writer in Goldthwaite's Geographic
cal Magazine.
There was singular and unaccus-
toned sense Of lightness, and 1t was
not difficult to float high out of
water either in a reclining or sitting
posture; yet bather who is not a
swimmer will fare as badly here as
anywhere, for the head, being heavier
than the lower extremities, has a
tendency to sink, unless one has the
skill to keep IL above the surface.
To float requires less exertion than in
the sea, slight motion Of the hand
being sufficient to keep the body bal
anced evenly, for one depends less for
his buoyancy on breathing than in
ocean water. On striking out to
swim l was surprised at a splashing
noise behind me, and discovered that
it was made by my own feet, for l
was so high out Of water that they
went into the air at every stroke.
This lightness at one end of the body
tends, as have said, to depress the
other, but to one who is used to
swimming this is trife.
On emerging from the lake l found
that every inch of my skin was
sparkling with salt crystals, and
though rubbed and scrubbed they
were not so easily to be got rid of.
These crystals were sharp enough to
create discomfort and to suggest an
undue intimacy with thistles. My
hair was full Of them, and they even
adhered to my clothing, so that Wig
orous shaking of raiment and fresh
water bath were in order on reaching
my hotel. When told the people in
town Of my swim and the manner of
1t, L was laughed at, and informed
that it was not the correct thing to
swim, except at bathing pavilion,
where one has fresh water to shower
away the salt that sticks to him.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-02-16

tlemen were killed by wandering band
as result of quarrel early In the
week. Colonel Carlton Of Fort Meade,
has countermanded his orders and no
troops will be sent to Pine Ridge. Ev-
erything Is reported quiet there.
A later dispatch from Omaha says:
The true account of the alleged Indian
massacre is simply this: Thursday a
number Of cowboys belonging at the
beef camp OF Isaac Humphrey, a gov
eminent contractor located on White
River, at the mouth of White Clay
Greek, about twenty five miles north
west OF Pine Ridge Agency, returned
from town in drunken condition, and
brought good supply OF whisky with
them. During the evening they became
quarrelsome and mistreated and injured
an Indian by the name Of Two Sticks,
driving him from their camp, and firing
their revolvers at him. Two Sticks re-
turned later In the evening, REINFORCED
by his sons and a number OF other rela-
tives and friends, and commenced a
deadly fire on the cowboy camp, killing
three and mortally wounding fourth
man, who has since died.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-02-16

A CORRESPONDENT OF the Chicago
Herald, signing herself "Saleslady,
takes up the cudgels for her class In
a vigorous and well-wrltten communl-
cation. She says In effect that 1t Is
no ones business save their own II fe-
male employees In stores choose to
work for $50, $40 or 90 week; that
their lot is better than that OF do
mestics, because they have some time
each day to call their own. She al
leges further that the girl at the
counter is more frequently ill-used
by the ladies whom she waits on than
by her employer, and she finishes
with the following declaration:
People look upon clerks as an I'M
tutored set, but the greater number
of clerks are well educated, and
among their number are more refined
and intelligent girls than in the
cream of society,"" All Of which shows
that the American woman, whether
found behind counter, in a kitchen
or in parlor, is plucky and indie
pendent being, and that whoever
treads on her toes will hear the
American eagle scream.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-02-16
BAD WHISKY AND COWBOYS.
They Unite with Indians to Raise n Row Mt
Pine Ridge.

Pine Ridge.
Another scene in the shooting tragedy
on the Sioux Reservation was enacted
Friday evening near the spot where the
four white men were killed by Indians.
AS soon as the news OF the tragedy was
brought to Pine Ridge Capt. Brown,
the agent. dispatched twelve mounted
police under command of Police Ser
geant Joe Bush to the scene of the
shooting, with instructions to arrest
and bring in the perpetrators of the
bloody work. When the squad arrived
at their destination Two Sticks and his
crowd opened fire on them and
a skirmish took place, resulting In the
death Of two of Two Sticks party and
the wounding Of Two Sticks and one of
his sons. Two Sticks himself was shot
In the leg and in the abdomen. Two
Sticks son was wounded slightly In the
ankle. The dead Indians were left
where they fell and the wounded ones
were brought to the agency. The motive
for the murder cannot be definitely
learned. One account Is that the In
dians were playing cards with the white
men In the dugout in which they were
camped and got into dispute, and that,
after leaving them, the Indians returned
and opened the door OF the dugout and
shot them while they were asleep. An
other account is that these Indians had
been in one of their sweat houses, going
through some of their savage cere-
monies, and became imbued with the
Idea that IL was incumbent upon them
to kill these men and proceeded to carry
IL into effect.
After making their reports the police
were highly complimented by Captains
Brown and Cisney. Capt. Brown has
another squad of police out after those
who got away, with instructions to bring
them to the agency dead or alive.
A courier reports that Two Sticks and
his two sons returned two or three
hours after killing the cowboys and
took all the bed clothing in the camp
and stole what food was In sight It is
a difficult matter to obtain reliable par
ticulars. last night II was rumored
that Two Sticks friends were moving
toward the agency and were going to
fire the government building. but this
cannot be confirmed. A blizzard Is now
raging, which is usually more cooling to
an Indians ardor than anything else.
Captain Brown does not fear serious
trouble, but others do not have the
same opinion.
A Rapid City, 8. D., dispatch says
the reports of danger from discomfort
among Pine Ridge Indians caused by
the murder of four cowboys are un-
founded, no general disquiet being re-
ported. The Humphrey a Stsnger oat-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-02-16
WILL LET HER COME IN.
The Feeling In Favor OF Annexing Hawaii
Growing In Congress.

Growing In Congress.
Concerning the Hawaiian annexation,
a Washington correspondent says that
at both ends of the Capitol the senti-
ment is growing that annexation is the
only step to take. The commissioners
have said unofficially over and over
again that they do not want a protec-
torate, and Senators and Representa-
tives who at first thought that was an
easy way out of the embarrassment OF
an unprecedented situation are drifting
to the idea that this presents about as
many difficulties as direct annexation.
But no steps are going to be taken i'm
mediately. The provisional govern
ment Is in position TO take care of the
country for the present. with the help
of United States marines. England
seems disposed, according to London
dispatches, to keep her hands off II we
want to take the islands, and Senators
and Representatives want to maintain
the status quo until they have acquired
fuller information about the resources
Of the islands and the different kinds OF
population who would have to be taken
care Of.
The strongest advocate and the strong
est opponent of annexation are South
ern Democratic Senators. Senator
Morgan is for annexation, as he has
been all along, and an advocate of a
broad and foreign policy extending far
beyond our own boundaries and our own
property. In the discussions on Samoa
and the Congo Free State, particularly
in the case of the latter. he has taken a
leading part in pushing claims Of the
United States to wider sphere of In
fluence, IL not of power, and his adj
vocacy Of the Nicaragua canal as
part of the same policy is well
known. The Southern men generally
are in favor OF Hawaiian annexation,
but Louisiana opposes. The sugar in
terests of Louisiana and Hawaii con-
fllct. The Louisiana planters are hop
ing for the repeal OF the bounty and the
imposition OF duty, and they don't
want the islands to stand on the same
footing that they do. Reciprocity with
Hawaii has not been in the interest OF
Louisiana, and the Pelican planters be-
lieve that annexation would do great
deal to encourage the investment Of
American capital In the islands, and
that the sugar culture would be greatly
extended there and the islands made
more dangerous competitors than they
have ever been in the sugar market.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-02-16
TO EXERCISE THE DEVIL.
Horrible Ceremonies OF n Peculiar RELIC
ious Sect In Michigan.

Horrible Ceremonies of Peculiar Relig-
ious Sect In. Michigan.
The Carterites at Coloma, Mich, a
new religious sect, are continuing their
inhuman seances, and supreme effort
will be made to have the leader arrested
and the new heaven disbanded. Re-
Gently Carter and some of his followers
held what they called routing the
DEVILS meeting" and slammed things
around the house, broke furniture, etc.,
and when the devil, as they put 1t,
would get into one OF their number that
one was treated something In the man.
ner that a sheaf of wheat Is treated
when run through separator. But his
satanic majesty has not bothered
the Carterites for some time.
The other day Carter was In the
barn milking cow. and during the
operation the COW kicked him
and he Immediately concluded that the
cow had that peculiar disease "the
devil" He tied her up In a stall and
twisted her tail until the flowing OF the
kline" was beard in the land. The neigh
bors came in to see what had happened
to their leader, and then Carter, In a
solemn speech, made it known that the
devil had taken possession OF his COW.
but he had twisted her tail until she
had given him up like the whale gave
up Jonah. But he at the same time in
sisted that their enemy had lodged In
the hayloft. 80 the little assembly
proceeded to drive him out after the
manner they had followed in the house
some time before. The hay was turn ed
upside down and the barn doors
slammed, and oil maneuvers imagin-
able were gone through, and finally
an old lady In some manner hurt
herself and declared the Devil had
paralyzed her left side. She was jolted
on the floor and dragged around in a
very ungentlemanly manner until she
declared that she was once more free,
and then over their success "hallelu-
jah" was held, to the qualification Of all
present. One OF these chosen ones"
upon hearing her old mother groan,
went downstairs to find her enveloped
In flames; and coolly took her child and
crossed over to neiRhbor's house, sew
eral rods away, and awoke and sent
them to put out the fire. When they
reached the house the poor old creature
was outdoors clinging to the clothesline
post. The post was all charred and her
flesh was hanging to 1t in bits. She
lived few minutes only. Other things
not exactly fit for publication have trans
rirad
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-02-16

PERHAPS the most profitable bust
ness in this country is that done by
the Government minis In the coinage
OF silver and minor coins. During
the past fourteen years the Govern
ment has coined 416, Alp, 1913 silver
dollars The quantity of silver con-
tanned in each cost from 65 to 90
cents during the period, and was in
effect sold for 100 cents. On subsidiary
silver coinage there is also a hand
some profit. The total gain to the
Treasury from both sources from 1873
to 1892 amounts to S72, 736, 065. 10.
On the coinage OF 1-cent and scent
pieces the rate of profit is even
greater. A pound of bronze, which
costs less than 20 cents, is worth
$1.46 when made into 1-cent pieces.
A pound of nickel, costing less than
80 cents, is coined into a value OF
Asa in scent nickels. For the
fiscal year 1891 and 1892 there were
coined Of the former 81, 12S, 295. 80 at
d profit of 1914, 1877. 90, and of the
latter s1,536, 217.65, at a profit of
81, 42S, 021.5s. During the past year,
although the profits of the minis
were greatly reduced owing to the
reduction in the coinage Of silver
dollars under the law of 1890, they
aggregated 50, 294, 2SS.20, which gave
a net gain over all expenses Of the
minis and assay offices of $793, 794.17.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-02-16
Childish PrattIe.

MAMMA (severely) johnny, what
made you steal that cake. Johnny
My appetite. Brooklyn Life.
Mrs. FoREsTER-Look at the new
moon over there Kendall, Kendall
lis that really new moon, mamma,
or is it the old one,made over again?
LITTLE BoY-Dld it hurt to have
your tooth pulled? Little Girl-No;
l took gas "How did the gas make
you feel?" Like a balloon, of
course?" 49,
FIRST BoY-Did you get a pony
this summer? Second oBoy-Yes
First Boy-Have any fun with it?
Second Boy-No-o, but the pony had
lots of fun with me.
MAMMA-You look as IL you hadn't
slept much. Little Dot-No'm,
didn't. "What kept you awaken" II
waz waitin' for the new clock to go to
sleep. Good News.
LITTLE DoT-Folks say there is
people on Mars. Little Dick-There
isn't. Little Dot--Why isn't there?
Little Dick (triumphantly) = How
could Jney get there!
MOTHER see you have been play
ing with that little girl next door
again. Have you and she made up?
Little Daughter - Nom, but we
haven't anybody else to play with.
WHEN Polly saw a colored baby
for the first time. a week or two ago,
she ran into the house, and called to
her mother, ooh, mamma, come
quick!" she cried. @Here's a live
baby all made out OF chocolate.
WHAT was Helen crying about,
Polly?" asked Polly's mother, as the
little one came in from the play
ground. "She dug great big hole
in the garden, and her mamma
wouldn't let her take it into the
house with her," said Polly.-Har-
per's Young PcOple.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-02-16

bandit, they feed him and protect
him against the gendarmerle. III he
is arrested, every means will be ex-
hausted TO secure his acquittal.
Thus, witnesses TO murder are very
difiicult 20 get, When jury is COM
posed Of friends and enemies OF the
accused, the results are extraordi-
nary. Some feign stupidity and deaf
ness. They did not hear the witness
make such and such statement, or
they understood him to say the oppo-
site. The result of all this intimida-
tion is that the Corsicans themselves,
who have strained every nerve to
paralyze the arm OF the law, are the
first to find that arm too weak to pro-
tect them. The very family that
has exerted itself to protect MUIR
derer finds that the murdered are not
adequately avenged, and, when the
court rises, the work OF the juries Is
finished with a gunshot, or cross is
drawn upon the murderer's door. The
cross Is a threat OF death, and the
threatened one need expect no quar-
ter. The vendetta neither sleeps nor
knows where 1t may stop. 1t Is not
confined to two persons. The quar-
rels Of individuals are taken up by
whole families. Even collateral
branches are not exempt, and women
must take their chances with the
men. Indeed, revenge is more
artistically complete when the blow
falls upon the beautiful and gifted.
Threatened persons remain shut up
for months, or even years, in their
houses, built, as all COrsican houses
are, like a fortress. The ground floor
is occupied by the stables; and the
first floor Is reached by an external
ladder, overlooked by loophole,
from which cannon ball or a heavy
stone can be dropped on the head of
an unwelcome visitor. II they wish
to go out for a moment to breathe
the fresh air on the threshold, scout
goes before and reconnoiters. And
this death in life continues until they
meet their doom or the vendetta is
formally closed by written treaty
between the parties. There are be-
tween five and six hundred bandits in
NOiolCd UO-udy, iuOoO VI WHOhu dlc Icl-
ugees from the law. They are a
hidden power in the country. They
control the petty elections; they
menace those who are hostile to
their own friends. Thus, while the
existence of six hundred of them is a
real danger to public security, it is
no small advantage to Corsican to
be related to bandit. You support,
pay, protect, the bandit; and in turn
he places his gun at your disposal. 1t
is an exchange of services. "He has
bandit in his service" is common
expression. Are you in debt? The
bandit will gain you time. Are you
disputing the ownership of property?
The bandit will show your opponent
he is wrong. Have you land on
which shepherds trespass? He will
keep them off. In word, the ban
dit is the Judge Lynch of Corsica,
and is invoked instead Of the courts.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-02-16

THE manufacture of war clouds is
again an active industry in Europe.
france, according to some of the
German statesmen, is soon to see the
republic overturned and a dictator
ship established, an early result of
which change is to be declaration of
war on Germany. The Egyptian
question, in its new phase, according
to many diplomates, is going to lead
to trouble between France and En-
gland, while Russia is beginning to
prepare for either an attack on India
or a march on Constantinople. OF
course these war stories come as a
godsend to William ii. and Premier
Caprivi. They make dozens OF votes
for Williams army bill in the Reich
stag.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-02-16

ENGLAND's diplomatic buffer,
Ambassador Cremer, seems in call.
ing down" the Khedive of Egypt Il
have detached little more than hi
or his country is able to masticatC
with that grace which should char
acterize "the Queens taste" Abbas,
the son, is made of sterner stuff than
was Tewfik, the father, and his sin
uous Oriental vertebr9 are receiving
some wholesome Occidental bracinG
from some very ram-roddy gentle
men in the diplomatic service Of bott
France and Russia.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-02-16

The danger Is great. - St.
Paul Globe.
We're not eager to annex Ha-
wall. Wheeling IntelliRencer.
Republican Independence "a
to be preferred at present to
annexation. Minneapolis
Z journal.
Must either remain indepen-
dent or be annexed to the
United States. = Milwaukee
Wisconsin.
We don't want Hawaii. and
yet we don't want anybody
else to get her.-Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-02-16
BOGUS JAVA AND MOCHA.
Brazilian Coffee Often Masquerades as the
More Popular Bean.


More Popular Bean.
Does it not strike you as strange.
considering the fact that more than
half the coffee consumed in the world
is grown in Brazil, that one seldom
sees Brazilian coffee advertised?
Should you ask your grocer for the
"best Brazilian" he would not know
what to give you. The reason, ac-
cording to the Boston Bulletin, is be-
cause the best coffee grown in Brazil
is sold under the name of "Java" and
MOCHA" and large share of the in
ferior grades are marked Bourbon"
and Martinique" Yet nowadays
the latter island produces hardly
more than 500 sacks of coffee in a
year-a mere drop in the worlds big
bucket; and Bourbon yields perhaps
5000 sacks per annum-just about
enough to supply the markets of Rio
for twenty-four hours. At least
nine-tenths Of all the Mocha" coffee
that you drink with such gusto be-
cause it costs an extra price is the
small, round bean of the Brazilian
plant, picked from the tips Of the up
per branches where the tropic sun
has had the most chance to infuse
richness into it and afterward sep
arated" by hand. The fazendeiros
Coffee planters) of Brazil, unlike
those of Java, do not sell their crops
under any special trade mark. Be
tween the fazendeiro and the export
er class of middle men," unknown
elsewhere, intervene-half bankers,
half ENTHUSIASTICALLY designated as
commisariOs, who lower the standard
of the crop by mixing different har-
vests, thus relieving individual pro-
ducers Of all responsibility and de-
priving the product of its true value.
1t is often remarked that there Is
no drunkenness in Brazil, but the
statement is untrue; not perhaps so
far as alcoholic drinks are concerned,
but the whole country is perpetually
in state of semi-intoxication on cof-
fee-men, women and children alike
and to babies In arms it is fed from
a spoon. At all hours of day and
night, in season and out, everybody
literally guzzles it. The effect is
plainly apparent in trembling hands,
twitching eyelids, mummy-hued skins
and a. chronic state of nervous excit-
ability worse than that produced by
whisky.
Are you overheated in the MONDAY
sun or chilled by the dews of even
ingp Are you wearied or "blue" or
suffering from the bodily pain or
inconsistencies? Coffee is the Brazil
ian's unfailing papacea. as the Chi
nese turns to his opium and the topper
to his toddy. 1t is brought to your
bedside the instant you are awake in
the morning and just before you drop
of in sleep at night, at meals and be-
tween meals, and whenever a caller
comes in-always black, bitter and
hot. Connected with each of the
theaters is garden or cafe, to which
the people repair after every act to
partake Of ices, confectionery, wines,
and coffee, of course.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-02-16

The typewriters' trust, the seduc-
tive combination of winning beauties
who daily pound the keys and adjust
the bands Of the half-mlllion type
writing machines downtown, has re-
suited in the creation Of body hos
tile to IL. The wives and mothers
in-law of business men are forming
in solid corporation to watch the
pretty manipulators OF the clicking
keys. Between these two unions, each
Of which has eagle eyes upon him,
the average business man is liable to
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-02-16

THE Almanach de Gotha of 1893
mentions only four American ladies
as having married Englishmen Of du-
cal families. These are the Duchess
of Manchester, nee Miss Yznaga; the
Duchess of Marlborough, nee Mrs.
Hamersley; Lady Randolph Churchill,
nee Miss Jerome, married to the uncle
of the present Duke of Marlborough;
and Mrs. Cavendish Bentinck, nee
Miss Bessie Livingston, married to
Mr.. Cavendish Bentinck, cousin OF
the Duke of Portland. There are
many American ladies mentioned as
having married members of the no
bility of France, Germany and Italy.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-02-16

THE public of the country is to be
congratulated because of the fact
that one OF the most detestabie of
practical jokers has met with we'll
merited punishment at the hands of
his victims. 1t will be remembered
how the newspapers some weeks ago
published an account of a terrible
riot in Bakersyille, N. c., and how
the affair on investigation proved
one of the boldest fakes" ever known.
J. II. Hyams was the originator of
the report. In recent fight with
Capt. Fl. f. Perry, one OF those re-
ported dead, Hyams was badly
whippd and will be the possessor OF
a sore head for many days.