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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12
Davy Crockett,s Beat.

IL once saw Davy Crockett clean up
a crowd Of crack Shots" said Judge
Asa Musgrove, one of the early path
finders" VINO is en- route to his home
in Northern Indiana. 1T was in 1884,
shortly before the outbreak of the
war between Texas and Mexico. /
was in Santa Fee, N. M. A party of
a dozen or more were shooting at a
target with rifles, when stranger
rode up, threw his leg across the
pommel of his saddle, and watched
the sport. Heohhads long rifle
strapped across The back of his saddle,
one of those old-fas hioDed affairs,
heavily ornamented with silver. He
was inclined TO criticise the shooting,
and was invited to set the pace. He
replied that he never throwed away
any ammunition, but that IL they
would put up their crack shot he
would shoot with him for ten Mexi-
can dollars. The crowd agreed, and
the stranger unslung his gingerbread
gum as his opponent dubbed it.
Perhaps y'd like T. raise the bet?'
said the stranger, as he ambled up to
the crowd. 1t was doubled, then
trebled. He then offered TO bet his
gun against that of his opponent.
The wager was accepted, rand the
stranger brought his rifle to his
shoulder. The muzzle 'wobbled'
badly, and someone cried out that he
was going toshoot a circle around the
target. The stranger lowered his
gun and offered TO wager his horse
against forty Mexican dollars on the
result. His proposition was promptly
accepted, and he once more brought
the gingerbread gum to his shoulder.
But it did not 'wobble' this time. He
put bullet in the exact center of
the target, then shot two more
through the same hole, winning cas-
lily. AS he rode of with the spoils
someone cried out, asking his name.
'Davy Crockett came the reply, and
the party adjourned to the nearest
saloon without another word. -
Globe-DemOcrat "a.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

she takes a chance to pull up her skirt
a little bit, just enough to show the
hostess her skirt, which Is the very
latest filmy lace over white lawn, and
the hostess wishes she had died before
she ever put on that old rose-colored
thing OF hers. Much of this is shown in
the third picture, but it Is needful to
say that this guests gown is emerald
green. She is blonde. too, and the
hostess needn't think apple green is the
only green that will make blonde look
lovely. The bodice is shirred very full
at the neck, and then drawn in tight at
the waist with belt OF black velvet all
covered with green jet nail heads and
pendants. Around the bottom OF the
skirt are two rows of astrakhan, and the
cape is of the softest astrakhan In the
world, and the two ruffles that make it
are as full as IL they were OF cloth. The
other guest hates her sable, and is
afraid she is so far ahead in the fash
ions that no one will know that sable is
really the thing and that astrakhan is
not.
Another guest, she of the fourth pict-
ure, came still later, and have her as
she was in an awful rage. This recep-
ton was a big scene IN the play, and
wasn't intended merely to show the
dresses. This last actress, you see, is
dressed to work, and show her in the
exciting part of the scene where she is
declaiming. She hasn't any wrap on to
interfere with her doing rage act Her
gown. too. is quite plain, and 1t clears
the floor and sets out in the back so that
IL seems a part OF her being mad when
she does become angry. ANY one can
see she is laying down the law by that
left hand OF hers, and that she is thor
oughly in earnest about it by the
clenched right hand. Again, that is
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12
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Oatmeal In Scarlet Fever.

A writer in the Medical and Chirur-
gical Journal, England, states that he
has for several years been in the habit
OF having his patients well sponged
over the surface of their bodies, com.
mencing, as rule, about a week after
the appearance OF the eruption, and
continuing the process until desqua-
nation is complete, with mixture OF
an ounce of oatmeal to pint OF boiling
water; the solution for this purpose
being made every day, and used tepid,
or at such temperature as may be
comfortably borne by the back Of a
finger. His reason for using this par.
ticular combination is that the glu.
ten in il sticks the scales TO each
other and TO the surface OF the body,
thus allowing OF their being removed
from one sponging TO another, with
out the ordinary risk of Injecting
either atmosphere or clothes, and
thus greatly lessening the risk OF
spreading the disease; In addition To
this advantage, the gluten fills up the
cracks of the new skin and protects
1t from cold, as patch after patch be
comes bare, and it thus, to say the
least, greatly lessons the risk OF the
dropsy which so often follows upon
this disease.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12
Gave Her Her Choice.

Sam Jones, in one OF his recent
sermons in New York City, told this
story:
"If people get married they're one,
amt they? Now, how can one have
a row? How can one get divorced?
Most marriages nowadays ant mar
riages at all--that's the trouble. III
/ like 'erTll keep 'er, says he. If /
like him I'll live with him. says she.
An old friend Of mine celebrated his
golden wedding recently, and he and
his wife seemed such happy couple
that / asked him the secret of his
happiness. He thought for moment
and then said: 70
"a good understanding to start
with, that's all, The morning after
we were married, j woke and looked
at my wife. She was awake, and as
we looked around the room there
were two chairs and two piles OF
clothes on them. / said: Wife. get
PUP and take your choice. But say,
wife, whichever you take now you've
got to stick 10" All right" says
she, and she got up and took the
dress and left me the trousers, and
she's worn the dress ever since.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

with the least inconvenience while
living within, is sometimes a puzzle.
In this case, says the American
Agriculturist, the best way is to put
on the rear porch first Gig. 4), as it
will be convenient to work under
and roomy for the temporary storage
OF furniture. The Mushroom is next
partitioned off, making a good-sized
pantry with plenty of shelving, put
ting in window at the end. A
closet and cupboard are made in
the corner near the chimney, and
running water, sink and row of tubs,
equip the other end of the small but
convenient kitchen. When this is
done the door, with its framework,
leading into the old kitchen may be
removed and the little corner space
thrown into that room. Glass panels
are put into the outside doors to light
this passage.
The new kitchen being remodeled,
the old one may have a partition run
through it, making good-sized bed
room, library, or breakfast-room, with
a passage leading into the back hall
thus formed where back stairs are
now built, having closets underneath.
This room is used for a temporary
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

Delsarte. Her gown is a soft tan. She
is a brown blonde, and she knows that
green is all the rage, and that the rea!
blondes needn't think they have the
best Of her a bit. The velvet bodice
belt she wears is chartreuse green. The
buttons OF her bodice are pearl. Her
tiny hat is all perky with black wings.
The hats OF the first two visitors are
too pretty TO miss. Number two wore a
sort OF twist of astrakhan with rosettes
of emerald green all around 1t, and a
tiny bunch of royal purple violets in
each rosette. In front little bunch oil
the violets stood up straight. Green and
violet, it seems, are all right II they come
from Paris. Number one wore a sort oil
butterfly, made of four wings of white
laee all powdered with silver and
sprinkled with little single violets. You
may copy the dresses II you will, hats
and all; they are from the newest
models.
COpyright, 1923.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

back and front The lining closes in
the middle with hooks and eyes, the
plastron is sewn on on one side and
fastened on the shoulder and under the
other armhole with hooks. This plastron
is made of material cut on the straight,
Is gathered in slightly at the neck, and
falls in small gathers, and Is provided
with band of material 10 prevent 1t
from stretching. The hooks should either
be sewn fast to strip OF silk or TO the
lining itself. In the latter case, the
upper material must not be sewn in
with the lining. The back part OF the
princess robe must be so bias at the
middle seam that the skirt falls into a
ball shape. Some extra material may
be also added to make more ample
folds. Instead OF breast darts, protec
ton seams are used underneath the
bodice so as not TO be visible on the
outside. These seams must be sewn
into small cores and thoroughly ironed
fat. The front breadths are fastened
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12
SAVED BY A BEAN.
The Club Liar Relates Lion-Hunting Eek
nerianea "A Africa.

The Club Liar Relates Lion-Hunting Ex-
perience In Africa.
"Some years ago." said the club
liar in the hearing Of New York
Herald man, speaking rapidly Qf he
spoke, rapidly, with no pauses, he
thus avoided interruption)-''some
years ago a gentleman and his two
attendants were freed by Nubian
lion. They were journeying by the
third cataract of the Upper Nile, in
what would have been the garden
spot of the earth but for its fertility.
1t was so fertile that things planted
there grew, matured, and withered
away TO nothing before one could get
time to harvest them.
starvation stared at this gentle
man and his two attendants, trapped
as they were by the raging lion.
Their old-fashioned, muZzle-loading
muskets were useless. They had
dropped their bullet pouch and dared
not climb down.
ut was the commencement OF the
rainy season and the rain clouds were
gathering. They were starving.
There was nothing for them to eat
absolutely nothing-except er-er
except single bean-a bean which
the gentleman had found in his
pocket, where he had put 1t months
before as a Souvenirs souvenir of
Boston. Now this gentleman knew
beans. He noted the fast approach
ing rain. Then, close to the foot of
the tree he dropped the bean into
the soft soil. Instantly, such was
the fertility of the soil, it took root
and grew.
at grew seventeen feet six and one
eighth inches each second, and as 1t
shot up by the treetOp those there
had but just time to gather its crop
1.-TWO bushels Of the best pea beans)
before it withered away and died.
And they used beans for bullets and
peppered the lion with them. They
couldn't mortally wound him, but
they did literally fill him full OF
beans.
1.-The clouds gathered fast, and just
as they exhausted their ammunition
down came the rain and wet the lion
through and through. And the way
those beans absorbed water was won
derful. Ten minutes after the first
drop fell the lion was as big as an
elephant and couldn't move. The
beans, as thick as maggots in cheese,
just under his skin, had swelled and
he died of heart failure before the
men in the tree could climb down to
shoot him."
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

window In this part OF the hall FORM
ing a coy little receptionsroom or
sewing-room. The parlor Is changed
very slightly, fJlding-doors being
placed opposite those In the sitting
room. Ifthese door frames are made
so as to carry the woodwork up to
the ceiling and false beams are put
up overhead, it win panel of this
room to advantage, which effect will
be heightened by draperies and fine
balustrade. With suitable decora-
tions the interior should suit even
fastidious tastes. The outside of the
building can be greatly improved by
building yeranda across the hall and
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

SPEAKING of Nelson f. Evans, the
Spring Garden Bank wrecker who
was found guilty of misapplying the
funds of the bank and aiding Others
in misapplying them, the Philadel.
phia Press aptly says: "There are
some men so constituted mentally
and morally that it is impossible for
them to see the essential difference
between that which they own and
that which they simply control.
Such men when they get into trus-
teeships of any sort need to have an
unbroken run of good luck to keep
out Of the penitentiary.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

YUNG WuNe,. formerly Commits
sioner OF Education for the Chinese
Government, takes upon himself to
threaten that all protection will be
withdrawn from the 1900 American
merchants and the several hundred
missionaries now in China II this gov
eminent does not repeal the Chinese
exclusion act. We wonder whether
IL never occurred to him to speculate
upon what might happen to the hosts
OF Chinese in this country in such an
eventuality.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

APRoPos of the crinoline night
mare suggested by the statements of
the tyrants of fashion, Worth and
Redfern, it is well to recognize the
fact that the period in which they
were last worn was the most in
artistic in matter of dress in the his.
tory of human folly. A few weeks
ago, when Benneau and Gallet had
completed their opera founded on
Zola's "L'Attaque au Moulin" they
found that the society costumes OF
1871 were so hideous that they could
not be put upon the stage. Rather
than offend the eye by such an mar
tistic setting they put the whole plot
back to the war of 1915!
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

shades striped with hair lines OF rose,
and with other stripes OF solid rose
sprinkled with roses and leaves and
shining with golden luster. The corse-
let bodice and the sleeves were apple
green The upper part OF the bod &C
crossed peasant fashion, and was OF the
rainbow stuff. The sleeves were split 10
show the arms Black velvet made the
throat more slender, and velvet about
the waist did the same for that. The
skirt and sleeves were edged with black
feather trimming. and the fan with
which she made her little Delsarte gest-
ures was black. She was in such a
pretty hurry to greet her guests that
she had to lift her gown 10 avoid trip
ping, and that showed petticoat OF
rose silk.
Meanwhile, the guest came in, and
che was a vision. She had on for a
wrap. a wonderful thing they call a
capuchon in Paris, OF white velvet, with
faring Henry III. collar held In at the
lower edge by band Of sable, and she
held the long ends OF the capuchen In
her hands to simulate embarrassment
The sable ran all down these long ends,
too. Her dress was shot silk. all gray
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

KALIsPEL, the new city of North.
ern Montana, on the Great Northern
Railroad, is not yet two years old,
but its growth is marvellous. 1t is
lighted by electricity, is just COM
plotting waterworks which will fur
nish an unlimited supply Of pure
mountain water, and has we'll
organized City Council and Board
of Trade, and public buildings and
residences that would be credit to
cities fifty years old. 1t has in Flat
head Valley Reservation the finest
body of farming land in the State,
while the mountains and hills are
rich in mineral wealth. A great i'm
migration is expected along this new
line Of the Great Northern iBi the
early spring, when the road Will be
completed to the Pacific coast.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

dining-room, while the old dining
room is remodeled. A middle parti-
tion is put in with sliding doors, and
a door put through into the ball at
the foot OF the stairs. The old cup
boards are removed from the Chin
ney corners, the mantel renovated
and a bay window built on at the
end. A neat dining-room is thus
made, leaving comfortable sitting
room in front. The only carpentry
to be done In this is the making OF
folding-doors into the hall. Having
this, entire half OF the house In order,
the rear is again attacked Building
a wall in the middle line Of the small
bedroom opening into the hall, the
end of this space is fitted into three
closets, as shown In the plan, and the
remaining space thrown into the
hall. The old partition between the
two bedrooms back of the parlor, is
then removed. A more convenient
bedroom IL thus made. An alcove is
made back OF the stairs, and a double
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

ACCORDING to an Idaho story a
man up there swallowed a live lizard
on a wager, the stake being glass
OF rum. He regretted soon after
that he had not swallowed the rum
and put the lizard in the glass.
Happily the regrets did not last long,
dying simultaneously with the man,
while the stake amply, comforted the
mourpers. The somber side of the
episode is that the man was fatal tC
the lizard.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

A WYOMING Sheriff, being called
upon to arrest a fellow who had pub
licly insulted two women, wished to
save the county the cost and delay
OF a. trial. He took the offender to
his Office, told him TO strip for a
fight, and then thumped him into
penitence Of heart as we'll as condi.
ton of body fitting him for hospital
treatment. This method Of dealing
out even-handed and two-handed JUS
tlce is, perhaps, crude, but it is cheap
and charmingly devoid Of techni'
cality. e..
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

parlor with carriage entrance Gig. p
at the end, Through which the drive
is carefully laid out and grayeled.
The roof is extended, forming jet
eighteen inches wide all around, put
ting brackets below, an effect like a
cornice being carried down to the
level of the second-storywindow caps.
A gable is added to the main roof
over the front door. Lay walks to
the porches, make few additions of
shrubbery to the grounds, and home
is now furnished at little cost that
is far more desirable than a new cot
tage, whose main characteristic might
be an effort to appear quaint with nc
justifying semblance of age.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12
MAKE Z THEM MODERN.
HOW OLD FARMHoUsEs MAY
BE IMPROVED.
rhe American Agricultural Tells How
Anticipated Homes May he Made To Look
New and Attractive at Very slight Eek


Work for Winter.
The buildings of the Colonial times
which survive liz the early settled
towns are evidences OF the durability
and strength which were embodied In
their solid walls and heavy framework
by the squire or landlord of olden
days. The plainness which charac-
terized the exterior was equally
marked within by the immense rec.
tangular rooms, although the chin
ney-pieces and holdings are marvels,
considering the amount Of .handwork
displayed in their mechanical designs.
The dreariness of. these great rooms
has sometimes condemned the. old
mansion, the owner choosing small
er, more modern cottage raised from
its ruins, rather than live longer sub
ject to its airy hospitality. Often its
silent protest brings regret after the
deed is done; for with the destruc-
tion of the old house go all the asso-
Citations attached to it and all the
charm which is found in the ancient
European homesteads. The faults
and Inconvenience OF these old
houses may be corrected. The illus
tration Fig. / represents a house
40x54 feet with an ell l4xl5 feet. Be-
fore remodeling, few steps led
to the front door opening In
to long hall; on the left was very
large parlor Gig. 81 with two bed
rooms in the rear; on the right the
front room was of the same size, and
held the dignifled position Of sitting
room and dining-room combined; it
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

A TEXAS bank, not particularly in
need of brown paper, received a pack
age of it in lieu of an expected con-
signment Of $1,000 in bills. The
next day there was received another
package Of the same material osten-
tatiously labeled as SO, 900. Texans
appreciate practical joke, but this
is reckoned too expensive and seems
to have palled to a certain extent.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

THE violin upon which it is claimed
the wedding march was played at
George Washington's marriage is now
in the possession of the Sunbury
Musical Association. If this is so
the members should lock it up in a
burglar-proof safe to keep those Chi
cago Exposition fellows from getting
their hands upon it.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

THE question of mans right to
devise his estate to any particular
person is debatable from a natural
standpoint. The law accords him
that right, but the State may say
what part OF the fortune it will take
TO itself for seeing the transfer peace
ably made. European countries very
generally levy an inheritance tax.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

GEN. DYRENFoRTH, the Texas
cloud puncher, calls himself a scien-
list, and all because Of his unsuc-
cessful efforts to knock rain out Of
the sky by exploding dynamite in the
upper air. 1t is much as If man
who spends his time in chasing the
perpetual motion phantasm should
call himself an inventor and dis
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

No GOOD work was ever begun that
obstacles and hindrances did not
speedily present themselves; and the
better the work, the more and greater
do the difficulties often seem to be.
1t is these that try mems courage,
and it is in face of them that one
begins to appreciate how grand an
element hope is in noble life.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

A ST. PAUL man has had his gold
plate attached by dentist for debt.
This not only interferes seriously
with his dining, but he cannot even
gnash his teeth in disapproval. The
only teeth he has have the misfor-
tune to appertain to the gold plate
aforesaid
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

THE number Of farms in the United
States and their average size per acre
was: In 1850, l,449, 073 farms OF 203
acres each; in 1860, 2,044,O79 farms
Of 1919 acres each; in 1870, 1850, 95S
farms of 1873 acres each; In 1880,
4,008, 9O7 farms of 1874 acres each, and
there are 1871, 900 people engaged in
agricultural pursuits.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

EX-QUEEN NATALIE, Of Servla,
will, in the future, winter at Biar-
ritz and summer in her new palace at
Bischnieff. All that she needs is
rest, retirement, and certainty that
she won't be called upon to breathe
the same air as that polluted by her
crowned cad of a husband.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

CHICAGO craftsmen recently blew
open seven safes in single night.
The city is perhaps not unduly elated
over this, but there is perceptible
haughtiness in its manner of an
nouncing that even in the matter of
thieves it beats the world.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

OVER in Prescott, Arizona, one
man hit another with a beer glass.
The next day, unarmed and penitent,
he went around to apologize and,
having done so amply, was shot dead.
The shooter was arrested, tried and
acquitted, a result apparently salts
factory to the people. It can be be-
lieyed that the next Prescott citizen
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

USEFULNESS is confined to no sta
tion. 1t is astonishing how much
good may be done and what may be
effected by limited means united with
benevolence of heart and acti witty Of
mind.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

If DR.. Parkhurst and Superintend-
ent Byrnes would swear out mutual
injunctions, each against the vocal
apparatus of the other, any court
would joyfully make the injunctions
permanent.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

FORCE, force, everywhere force!
we ourselves a mysterious force in the
center OF that. There is not leaf
rotting on the highway but has force
In it; how else could it rot?
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12

WHEN Douglas Sladen said that
New York was the literary center of
America, he merely wished it to be
understood that his late plate of Bos-
ton beans had not agreed with him.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-12
-NEWSOFOUROWN STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO MIcHI-
oANDEBs.

Portage Lake Canals Heavy Tranic-Or-
phans Not Wanted at Menominee-A
Farmers Heavy Loss The Onicial Vote
Crime mt NOvl. "a