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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01
4 GEISHA GIRL

A GrIsHA GIRL gle, not so much
for Corea as for supremacy and pres
tige. Compared, either In area or In
population, with her gigantic antag0-
mist, Japan seems a ,igmy, but In
point Of fact the island empire is any
thing but small. Comprising, as 1t
does, an area of LAT, 900 square miles
and a population of 40, 900, 900, 1t Is
larger than Italy or Great Britain, is
but slightly exceeded In size by Prus-
STA, and falls little short of the Aus
tro- Hungarian empire; while IN popu-
lation it exceeds France by 1000, 600,
Great Britain 5000, 900, has 0,000,-
900 more than Prussia, 1900, 600
more than Italy, and over twice as
many as Spain. When COM
pared with any other than the
huge, overgrown states of Russia and
China, Japan is therefore formida-
BILE power, one that would prove no
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01
Pain and Rest.

We are told that pain Is nothing
more than REORGANIZATION. 1t Is ex'
perienced when any destructive proc
ess goes on In any part of the body,
and may be felt In one part of the
body while the source of 1t Is In an
other. Thus headache may have Its
source In the muscles of the eye.
Pain. strange as 1t may seem, ia
really protective and beneficial SEN
sation.
In the case OF q broken limb, ex.
treme pain is caused by motion In that
limb Therefore the sufferer, wheth-
er man or animal, tries to keep the
limb at rests. (which Is the very condi-
tion requisttenfor Its healing. Sur
geons, indSsd have taken hints from
nature this regard, and In case OF
tuberculosis affecting joints find that
the hest results are obtained by rem
dering the joints motionless by means
of splints, though the affection itself
is often not very painful.
Pain from indigestion is relieved by
temporarily tightening the diet, and
giving the digestive organs less work
to do. Even headache usually indi-
Gates call for rest. 49,.
Pain due to an Overtaxing of the
nerve center, that Is, the brain, Is
usually the most dirficult to combat,
since here the cause is often obscure.
In this state neuralgia-nerve pain
affects first one part of the body,
then another. Natures restorer,
sleep, Is courted with difficulty, and
LIES ordinary duties become burdens
almost too heavy to be borne.
In this condition, natures call for
rest Is best needed by a complete
change of surroundings. If the call
is disregarded, serious consequences
are likely to ensue. A vacation Of
fers one Of the best chances of recu-
peration. In fact, a regular indulg-
ence in such forms Of recreation Is
the best means OF preventing this
very condition, and should be looked
upon not as the indulgence of a
weakness, but as the performance of
a duty.
In the natural course of events one
adds to, rather than detracts from,
the years which may be given to ac-
tive labors by devoting regular peri.
DDS to rest.
Treat the body not as a mere ma
chine, which wears out In any case
after a certain number of years or
months Of work, but as vital organ
ism having the power Of revivifying
itself-capable Of being hard worked,
but demanding, too, times Of recu-
peration.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01

Or polnts the native life has hardly
been touched ,3E AZ least, seems not
to nave been, BY Wcstern Influences.
In the villages and country the IA
psnese character IL seen In It's native
simplicity, or, as some one has said,
native duplicity, for, like the heather
Chinee, the Jap IL peculiar, and 20
clever In bargaining, In buying aud
selling that John Is fool compared
to him. There Is one native char
acteristic which Western progress
has not yet been able to touch, the
unfailing good temper of the people.
No matter what happens, q Japanese
crowd Is always In q good humor. A
couple of bearers may come along
with q traveller In the curious native
contrivance that answers for cab;
with shout they plunge into the
crowd, push its members right and
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01

tent nobody else has any just cause of
complaint, but the effort to use an
Observation-Disclosures imam oriental
style causes q singular ipcorgruity.
The same effect Is visibly produced
in society when an attempt is made
to combine the East and the West In
the matter OF dress The native
Japanese costume, Is picturesque and
very striking, but when to a Japanese
gown or'otoga is added swallow
tailed coat and stOve-pipe hat, the
effect is often very droll. The march
OF progfess, however, has not spared
the japanese raiment and there are
many social circles In the larger
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01
A JAPANESE HOUsEBOAT.

left, and in the most uncermo-
NOUS smanner elbow their way
through; in any European coun-
try, or even In America, such q
proceeding would cause half a
dozen fights in as many minutes, but
the Japanese only laugh. Every
thing in Japan is done politely.
When a policeman feels 1t his duty
to make an arrest he does 1t with
smiling urbanity, and he and his pro-
posed prisoner bow and scrape to
each other like pair of dancing
masters. With as much suavity as
the occasion will permit, the native
"peeler" produces piece Of cord,
passes 1t several times round the
body of the offender, gently ties his
hands behind him, and, taking the
loose end of the string, escorts him
to the station house, where, in the
French fashion, his case Is at once
inquired into by magistrate. The
arrest and process OF binding are
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01

mean antagonist either In commerce
or war; Up to this time the Japan
csc have displayed no special desire
for military achievements, but the
extreme readiness they have shown In
mastering the arts of Western civili-
cation justifes the belief that in the
field they will exhibit the same dex-
terity and be rewarded with the
same success that has attended their
efforts ia more peaceful lines.
The japanese have been called the
Greeks of the ORIENT" and well de-
serve the appellation, for ages Of ar
Cistic training have so informed the
mind of even that class which de-
ponds on manual labor for bread that
the day laborers and people who
could not, in the ordinary course of
affairs, be expected to know any
thing whatever Of art, possess accom-
plishments that among other nations
are known only to the few who have
time to devote to culture and the
means of acquiring it. The love of
art seems to be universal among this
singular peope, and not only do they
show the love, but, in no inconsider-
able degree, even the humblest dis
play an executive ability. One trav-
eler records seeing large crane light
on tree in village, and, instead of
somebody hurrying away for gun,
dozen produced notebooks and pencils
and sat down on the ground to sketch
the bird. Another tells how the cook
who prepared the meals for the party
amused the children by dashing of
little sketches by the hour; still an
other was carried by ordinary jap
anese bearers, men Of the lowest or
der of laborers, to an unfrequented
shrine somewhere in the woods, and
to his amazement found that two or
three of the carriers had while watt
ing made sketches of the temple and
vicinity, and these efforts were not
mere scrawls or blotches, but pos.
sessed fair order OF merit. A coun-
try where day laborers are artists
and where cooks amuse themselves
by sketching must possess much that
would interest those who regard
mankind as the proper study of man.
The early books on Japan have all
the freshness of subject entirely
new. They deal with people who,
for ages, were so completely separated
from the rest of the world that with
them the hands of the clock of time
seem to have been at standstill for
centuries. Everything was strange.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01

"AN' ~ ~ AoH'AN' my at West Point
from Louisiana, graduated in 1854,
was assigned to the Third Artillery
us Second Lieutenant, and ordered
to the Pacific coast, thence to the
Artillery School at Fort Monroe, Va.
Since the close of the war he served
at Fort Leavenworth, Kan, till 1873,
in New York city and the Depart
ment of Dakota, till 1877, then on
the Pacific coast and in Chicago, and
when he received his present appoint
ment was In the War Department at
Washington.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01

artist will elicit, as Secretary Foster
said, when the designs were shown
to him, "ready acceptance and per.
haps adoption" They will be sent
to Washington at an early date. The
design should contain forty live stars
the present number including the
Mormon State. AS stated before,
Mr.. Grafton's designs include six
flags, being made up to provide for
future contingency In the way OF in
crease The designs were recently
shipped to Washington for inspection
by the authorities there.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01

sWef the people Of the better classes
instead Of carriages; or In their house
boats, In which thousands of the pop
ulation 6nd home; whether at work
or 1t play, Ia jest o. In earnest. they
are always a source Of interest to
those who from business or curiosity
are thrown with them, and the
amount of literature concerning
them Is likely to increase rather
than to diminish for long time to
coDla
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01

Gen. Sherman and the Poet Stanton.
Frank L. Stanton, the Georgia
poet, preserves a queer memory OF
General Sherman. When the Union
forces invaded Savannah the General
placed a guard at the house OF the
poets father, who was a Northern
man, and afterward visited him.
While he was there the in antile poet
came into the room, and Sherman,
taking him upon his knee, said:
This is fine fellow, but his head Is
0 heap too big" Stanton became
devil In a printing Office and after
ward compositor before he began to
produce the verses that have made
nim celebrated In the South.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01

Rockt fer TAGS to tho Bicycle.
John y. I.ockefeller is a bicycle
enthusiast While spending the
summer at one Of his residences near
Cleveland the mania attacked him In
most virulent form. He had never
before shown the slightest inclina-
tion for worldly amusements of any
kind, hut the bicycle entrapped him.
Mr.. Rockefeller aroused several OF
his millionaire associates, and they
have had great sport on the asphalt
pavements and country roads about
Cleveland.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01

Whether this invention will help to
lower Sthe, short distance record or
not remains to be seen, but 1t looks
reasonable that, in long distance rid
ing, 1t will be great help in main
tanning speed.
The "Quadrimotive O'Keenan" is
an ordinary bicycle, to which a Sec
ond chain Is added. This chain
unites two pinions; one is on the
axis of the propelling wheel, the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01

Hair Raising Perfornshcss sf Rspsirsr
~ Factory Chimnsys.
John william MsyWen, al Englishr
man, born In Lancashire, has Tor
some time been at work repairing
factory chimneys Ia various parts OF
New England. He has been In this
business for sixteen years, and has no
idea Of turning his attention to other
work, Notwithstanding the fact that
his father and brother were both
killed by falls from . great height
@Steeple jack a. he Is called, has
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01
Feuillet's sensitiveness to Noise,


M. Octave Feuillet, from all ac-
counts, must have been a hard man
to live with. Nine. Feuillet, wha
ought to know, declares that he was
a victim to his nerves. A strange
voice, one he was unaccustomed to,
in the house made him wild. When
he was ailing mattresses had to be
piled up against his doors, so as to
keep out the ordinary noises. When
In the country the Growing OF cocks,
the cackling of hens, the neighing Of
horses, made him frantic. For a man
OF poetical temperament the twitter
of swallows, the chirping of spar
rows, caused him agony. BY steady
pistol practicing, says. his wife. he
exterminated all the fowl In coun.
try garden where he was living.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01

The dress, the manners OF the pe0-
pie, the customs prevalent every
where among both high and low, the
houses, the legal system, the religion
the ordinances OF worship, the physi
cal appearance of the people them,
selves, all were so completely out of
the ordinary line Of occidental expe-
rience, that had a traveller been sud-
denly transported to another planet
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01

cities where European dress is the.
rule, and : reyersiCn 10 the native
costume Is regarded almost as re-
lapse into bArbarism. -
Still. however, the wave of West
ern civilization has setoverwhelmed
the people Of Japan. Even in the
leading cehteys of population the ma
tive dress 'is worn bX more people
than Sddptl the foreign, while at 9th
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01

army, to succeed
Brigadier General
John p. Hawkins,
has served forty
years In the army.
General John T..
II a W k s. h a s
reached the age
limit OF ga years.
Gen. Morgan is 81.
At the age Of II be
was appointed to
tho Military Acada-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01

lenge the admirar
tfon of the world"
This sentence, ro-
Gently uttered by q
well-known mill
tary man, does not
fairly represent the
actual status Of at
fairs In the East,
nor give a correct
idea of the respec-
tive powers Of the
combatants now en-
gagged In what Is
really a fierce Strug-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01

ALWAYS POLITE. - Judge = Your
innocence is proved; you are acquit-
ted. Prisoner-Very sorry, gentle
men, to have given you all this
trouble for nothing. : Fliegende
Blaetter.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01
JOTS ABOUT THE JAPS
A Quick-wITTED AND ARTISTIC
RACE.

People Who Deserve the Complimsats
that Have Been showered Upon Then
-Cooks and Lsborers Who Sketch Like
Artists-0eishn Girls and Their ways.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01

A VERY NECESSARY ARTICLE
Citiman-What do you think Is the
hardest thing to raise on a farm?
Haysede-The money to work it,
Truth.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01
PROPELLED BY THE ARMS.

An Invention that Is Expected to Lower
Bicycle Records
Itseems that propulsion Of bicycleG
by the arms has at last been solved.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01

BY the time man makes up with
his wife because of the spring house,
cleaning the fall house cleaning be-
gins. .--Atchison Globe.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01
Ancient Ruins.

The oldest architectural ruins in
the world are believed to be the rock
cut temples Of Ipsambul. on the left
bank of the Nile, In Nubia
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01

.Greeks OF the Orient"
.The courage with which the little
state Of Japan tackles the big Chi
nese Empire Is a spectacle to chal-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01

Philadelphia makes It's own gas at
q cost Of u rents thousand feet,
and 1t is sold to consum ers at S1.25.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01
Must Re Acrohafs.

Recruits for the Chinese army will
not be accepted unless they can. leap
a ditch six feet wide.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01

SHE-lt takes tw' to make bar
gain, you know. He-Yes; but only
one gets it!--Boston Courier.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01

other is placed on support fastened
to the handle bar. Two handles.
easily brought into play. work tho
continuance.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01
FORTY YEARS IN THE ARMY.

General Michael X. Morgan and Something
OF His Life.
General Michael r. Morgan, who
has been appointed Commissary Gen.
eral of Subsistence. United States
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01
HUMOR OF THE WEEK
sroRlEe TOLD ~ FUNNY MEN
or THE PRESS.

Many Odd. Curious. and IAughsbls Phases
Of Human Nature Graphically Portrayed
By Eminent Word Artists Of Our Own Day
"A Budget of Fun.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01

MORE men than dogs need muz-
cling.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-06-01

,
mony Of other witnesses that
they would be likely 10 be call
ei. The COMMITTEES win have q
stenographic record Of the testi-
mony made and at its close will
publish it, iast as taken, what
ever the nature Of the report
thereon may te, at least that is
what its members now promise,
AT last there seems to be a
probability that a tariff bill will
be passed in a few weeks, the
Senator'S on both sides having
apparently located themselves.
The progress made during the
last half Of last week was very
gratifying to those who are more
anxious to see the whole business
| disposed of by the passage of
some sort Of a bill than for the
success or defeat qf any particu.
lar part of the bill. Things
started off this week very pro-
pitiously for a continuation Of
rapid progress until the sugar
schedule is reached, which will
probably be about the last Of this
week. Then there will be hard
fight made for free sugar, with
the result very much in doubt,
as party lines will moi control ali
of the Senators.
Coxey's army no longer at
tracts much interest in Wash
ington, bnt, judging from Coxeys
mail, which has grown to large
proportions and is still growing,
the interest throughout the ooun-
try is on the increase. The con
tributions for the support of the
men have dropped almost to the
zero mark in Washington, but
are coming in freely from other
quarters. The original army is
decreasing slowly, but the mum
Der is kept mp by recruits, and
this week more than 1000 men
are expected to join. Sentence
is to be passed on Coxey, Browne
and Jones today, all efforts to
get their cases before the higher
courts having failed,
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-06-01
THE OUTLOOK

The outlook for The Republi-
can party's success was never
more favorable than at the pres
ent time. All good Democrats
are sick and tired of the present
administration, and many of
them do not wish to cast their
lot with the Populists. The Re-
publicans are partially response
BILE for the success of Democrats
in getting into power but they
are sufficiently repentant, and
their punishment is Given more
than they can bear" The Pop
ulists are gathering their forces
and gaining ground day by day,
but at least seventy-fve per cent
of their voters are from the Dem,
ocratio ranks, and at the same
time the Republican party is
being reinforced by ex-Demoorats
and if the good work goes on for
the next two years every state in
the North and West will roll un
up a handsome majority. The
past year and the Lord knows
how many more OF the same
kind are to come, ought surely to
serve as lesson to the Ameri-
can people, and teach them that
when they are prosperous not to
Glamour for change thereby
jumping from the frying pan in
to the fire,
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-06-01

1t is fact worthy of comment
but not one to be proud Of, that
memorial day was observed in
only one community in Idaho
County. What loyalty and
patriotism we do exhibit. The
act OF paying tribute to those
who died that the government
might live does them no good,
but it would make us appear
more like people who remember
and appreciate the fact that we
are an undivided nation which
they yielded their lives to pre-
serve.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-06-01
Washington Letter,
From our regular correspondent.

~ <seff lNhloN, MAY IL, lOjf,
H Everybody one meets seems tt
have become walking interro
cation point, all seeking the SAM
information what will be fopnc
out by the committee of sena
tors charged with investigating
the charges made against yari
GUS individuals AND Senators, in
cluding attempted bribery, cor
rupting methods Of sugar trusts
and speculation in sugar STOCK
by Senators? 1t is not surpris
ing that the Senators selected tc
serve on this eonnmittee, which
began its work today, should
have sought to evade the disa
greeable task; but Vice President
Stevenson, having made the sell
ection after mature consideration
and with view of the special
fitness of each man for the work
he is to perform, declined to ac-
cept any excuses Or to make any
changes, and the committee
stands as origionally appointed
democrats, Gray, Of Del. (chair-
man), and Lindsay, of KY; re-
publicans, Lodge, Of Mass, and
Dayis, of Mimi; popplist, Allen
of Nebr.
If Congressional committee
had any power to compel wit
nesses summoned to testify there
would be no doubt of the sensa-
tional nature Of the facts that
would be brought out by this in
vestigation, but the U, S. Sp-
preme Court has in a similar
case decided that no witness can
be punished for declining to tes-
tify concerning the private af-
fairs of any citizen; therefore the
testimony will necessarily be
confined to that which is in a
sense voluntary, but the ques-
tions which will be asked some
of the Senators in connection
with the relation between them
and the sugar trust during the
last two months may bring out
much, if the members of the COM
mittee live up to their declared
intentions. The first branch of
the investigation deals with the
alleged attempt to bribe Senators
Hunton, of Va, and Kyle, of S,
D., to vote against the tariff bill,
and will probably be short, as
there was probably nothing
more serious in it than the gar
rulity of an irresponsible lobby
ist, The sugar trust branch will
be longer, with results very
doubtful, I shall not be surpris-
ed to have the fact brought out
that the sugar trusts made big
contributions to both the repub-
lican and democratic campaign
funds, just as other trusts have
been known to do more than
once; but with that Supreme
Court decision to protect the wit
nesses it will be largely chance
what is brought out. Some of
the witnesses are newspaper men
who will be willing to tell all
they know, so far as it can be
done without violating promises
which they have had to make to
obtain some of the information
that has been printed.
The decision of the committee
to hold the investigation behind
CLOSED doors was not well receiv-
ed in Washington, but the vote OF
the committee was unanimous
and, all things considered, was
perhaps the wisest thing to do.
The argument of the committee
is that if the testimonyiwere pub
licly taken it would prevent
much being found out as the
publication would enable wit
nesses who did not care to testi-
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