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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-01
What the AngeIus Means.

Millet's great picture, "The Ange-
lus," has become familiar from the
innumerable copies seen everywhere,
and lately the noble Turk shows it
on the rugs he offers for sale on near
ly every corner In San Francisco,
says San Francisco contemporary.
The origin of the term is given by a
church contemporary as follows:
"The angelus. or bell rung about
o'clock in the Catholic churches of
this country, Is a survival of the cur
few bell. In many parts of Europe
it is known as the prayer bell.
Pope John XXIII. about the year
I41O, fearing deposition at the hands
of his people, among whom he was
unpopular, ordered all Christian peo-
pie to repeat three AYES to avert the
misfortune. He was afterwards de-
posed, but the custom continued.
The MONDAY bell was first instituted
by Pope Calixtus III. about 1855, at
a time when the contemporaneous in
vasions Of Europe by the Turks and
the appearance of a great comet
seemed to threaten the whole Chris
tian world with determination"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-01

A woman went into a jewelry
store in New York and asked to see
some diamond rings. AS she was
looking at them she directed the
clerks attention another way for a
moment, and popped one of the rings
into her mouth. She did not notice
beforehand that the ring had a tag
attached to it by long string, and
when the clerk turned to her, he was
surprised to see the tag hanging out
of her mouth by the string, which she
was making the most extraordinary
faces in her efforts to swallow. The
string had gotten tangled in her front
teeth, and refused to go either way.
The clerk disentangled it for her, and
also disentangled several pocketbooks
which were found in her pocket
New Orleans Picayuine.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-01

Bishop with double frill at the bot
tom and the last one Is edged with fur.
The ruffles Of the sleeves are repro
duced at each side OF the muff worn,
and again the last one Is fur-edged.
Lenten hop-sacking, cloth of very
loose weave with thread of black or
white darned in and out through the
meshes, has been made up extensively
for street gowns OF the present somber
season.
A dainty sort OF collarette Is really
nothing but q square OF chiffon with q
hole cut out of the center. A slit Is
made from the edge to the middle
where the opening is desired, and q
folded collar of velvet is added as finish
to the neck. 1t is worn SO as to have
one point hang each side OF the shout
der. The edge is finished with frill
of lace set on an insertion heading.
Rose-pink chiffon takes collar OF
Havana brown velvet; cream and gray
are com bined, and purple and black.
This style was a great opportunity for
one wicked little woman who had q
real lace parasol top-one of those wee
parasols. She cut the center out, fol-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-01

A CORPORATION composed entirely
of Chicago philanthropists and lovers
of their fellow-men is seeking char
ter at Springfield which shall permit
the company to insure people against
marriage. When any insured person
falls into matrimony the idea is that
he shall get 81 900 to, as it were, as
suage him and help him bear with his
lot. The Secretary Of State will not
issue the charter because he Is under
the impression that work of this sort
is immoral and opposed to public pol
icy, but here the Chicago Mail thinks
the Secretary of State is certainly
wrong. The inevitability Of marriage
will be conceded by all students of
humanity. 1t is as sure almost as
death, and a great deal more certain
than embezzlement, which is insur-
able. Every man runs greater risk
of being married than he does of al
most every other catastrophe which
the companies will insure him
against, with the connivance Of the
State of Illinois. Statistics show
that SO per cent. of the male popula-
tion between the ages of 20 and 30 is
welded in the next ten years, and
bachelors between 80 and so have
even a much smaller expectation Of
bachelorhood. Just why the COM
pany which proposes to alleviate and
to soften the inevitable should not
be permitted to do business is incom-
prehensible. 1t seems to fill long
felt want.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-01
EUROPE again stands face to fac

EUROPE again stands face to face
with the big war which 1t has been
going to fight half dozen times a
year since the early seventies. If
the opposing powers have any idea of
cutting loose in the near future they
could not please this country better
than by unleashing the dogs of war
about this time. We can furnish
them with food fodder, clothing and
other essentials at good rates and
speedy delivery. II Europe would
only have the big wind-up that seems
.aevitable, the compact for inter
national arbitration could be good
deal more easily brought about.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-01

ranged from over Is IA more tnan ~
per cent. on its capital. In five of
the years IL was over 20 per cent.
The capital has been increased from
time to time to prevent the dividends
from exceeding 1t. 1t has grown
from 1880, 900 In 1881 to $50, 000,-
900. The average amount OF capital
was s1l, 209, 035, and the dividends In
fourteen years have aggregated $780,
l06, 096. The average rate OF divi-
dend has been H.. 70 per cent" There
is much money In these wire couriers
OF the age.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-01

immigrant criminals who came to re-
cruit the gangs of ruffians were the
convicts and ticket-of-leave men
from Van Diemen's Land and New
South Wales. who feared nothing but
the gallows anywhere, and even that
not at all in this land of devil-may-
care, where prosecutors and witnesses
were too busy to concern themselves
with courts; where judges were igno-
rant, careless or corrupt; where trials
were too costly for bankrupt city
and where man might hide easily
and utterly under an alias or an alibi,
a pea jacket or serape, smooth
face or ragged beard.
In the quarters known as Sydney
town." the @Five Points" and the
"Seven Dials" policeman hardly
dared to enter Night was made
hideous with debauchery and assaults,
and for few ounces fellow could
be hired to kill man or fire house.
Although hundreds of murders had
been committed by the desperate den
liens Of these and other quarters,
not one person had been hanged.
Chief among the desperadoes of
the town, was band of self-styled
regulators" who were commonly
called the Hounds. They organ
lied under the pretense of resisting
the encroachments of the Chilians,
Peruvians and Mexicans, but they
soon became strong enough to make
the town their own. They ,paraded
the town in broad daylight, with flag;
ano fife and drum, armed with re-
volvers and bludgeons; and at night,
when the streets were dark and tihpi
guaded, they often raided saloons and
taverns, eating and drinking ut the
charge of the proprletors, and after
ward making wreck of stock and
furniture In the very devilment OF
wantonness and fun.
To restrain these the better ele-.
ment Of citizens organized. A vol
unteer police force was organized aud
in brief time the Hounds" as an
organization was broken up.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-01
Promoting Ingenuity.

1t may not be generally known,
says the Railway Review, that Messrs.
Denny grant to the workmen in their
shipbuilding yard at Dumbarton a
sum of money for suggestions for the
improvement in plant, ETC., likely to
facilitate or cheaper production,
During the year past fifty-seven new
improvements have been considered,
and of this number thirty-eight have
been successful, fifteen rejected, and
four postponed. The total sum ex-
pended during the year was 1920; of
this sum $3.50 was paid in ordinary
awards and $240 in premiums. gThe
number of awards and the amount of
money expended are not only much
greater than those of last year, but
are the third highest in any year since
the scheme was started. Fully two
thirds of the total number of claims
received were successful, as against
an average of fifty-two per cent. for
the fourteen years the scheme has
been in operation. The workmen in
the iron department have this year
succeeded for the first time in send
ing in more claims than those of any
other department, while the electro
cal department has been successful
above all others, considering the
number of workmen connected with
the branch. Since the introduction
of the scheme, 602 claims have been
received, BIB being successful and
2S9 rejected. The total sum expend-
ed is So, 400, Of which So, 10 was paid
in rewards and 50, 28O paid in premi-
ums. The sum of $3.50 has been
gained by eighteen claimants.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-01
THE California Supreme Court h;

THE California Supreme Court has
pronounced unconstitutional law
Of that State which provides for the
deportation of Cinnamon. The ground
of the decision is that it usurps a
power which can only properly belong
to the United States. This raises a
question whether the State courts
have legal right to remit punish
mcnt for crime on the condition that
the criminal leaves the State. 1t is
a practical deportation. Probably IL
the case were tested it would be held
that the prohibition against return
to the State was void. If man has
a right to be in one State the Con-
stitution guarantees him a citizens
right in any other State.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-01
HUNTING WITH THE cHETAH,
An Indian Sport More Than Two
Thousand Years Old.

The Century contains an article on
Hunting with the Chetah," sport
which has been known for more than
1000 years. 1t is still sometimes
practised in India.
The chetah, commonly known as
the hunting leopard, is taken, bound
in wagon, to the scene of the sport,
When his prey is sighted and the
wagon has been brought sufficiently
near, the animal is loosed from his
bonds. The following is an extract
from the Century article:
In few minutes, that to our anx-
ious minds seemed interminable, we
managed to diminish the, distance to
the requisite point, and again the
straps were liberated. The hood was
then slipped from the chetah's head.
He saw the animals at once; his body
quivered all over with excitement,
the tail Strengthened, and the hackles
on his shoulders stood erect, while
his eyes cleaned, and he strained at
the cord, which was held short. In
q second it was unfastened, there was
yellow streak i'm the air, and the
chetah was crouching low some yards
away. In this position, and taking
advantage of certain unevenness Of
the ground which gave him cover, he
stealthily crept forward toward a
buck that was feeding some distance
away from the Others. Suddenly this
antelope saw or scented his enemy,
for he was of like the wind. He was,
however, too late; the chetah had
been too quick for him. All there
was to be seen was flash, as the SUI
preme rush was made. This move
ment of the chetah is said to be, for
the time it lasts, the quickest thing
in the animal world, far surprising
the speed of a race-horse. Certainly
1t surprised all of us, who were in
tently watching the details of the
scene being enacted in eur view. The
pace was so marvelously great that the
chetah actually sprang past the buck,
although by this time the terrified
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-01
Ticket CaneeIlins.

The exigencies of railway passenger
traffic have led to the invention Of
most ingenious machines for the can
collation., dating and registering of
tickets. In one machine, designed for
turning out tickets rapidly for street
railways, ferries, etc., the individual
tickets in large roll of paper of the
required width and thickness are di-
vided from one another by perfora-
ton and pair of notches, which are
also used for maintaining the regis
tering during printing. The strip Of
paper then passes over series of
wheels, which regulate the fractional
tension, to the printing cylinder,
from whence it is turned ready for
use, says the Pittsburg Dispatch.
In other machines tickets can be
numbered consecutively from one to
any given number. For instance, there
is special "ticket holder and regis
ter" by which web of tickets can
be cut up and dated, each ticket be-
ing counted and marked as it is being
withdrawn, to prevent fraud. The
tape is drawn through feed rollers,
by turning handle, and passed be-
tween printing cylinder and bed
cylinder. Upon the printing cylin-
der is a knife which cuts off the
tickets as it delivers them through a
slot. A. counting device is geared to
the printing cylinder, and keeps a
register of the operation. 1t is en-
closed in case, which is normally
closed by locked door. By the use
of this machine all troublesome
counting of the stock of tickets is
avoided, while dishonest officials find
an exact account kept against them.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-01

evenings also are spent in the kitchen,
where she convel ses with the SER
wants Mrs. Green, in order to still
further economic, washes the smaller
articles of her wardrobe in her own
room and also dries them there. She
has no trunk and when she moves
from one house to another all her
worldly goods are done up in various
newspaper parcels and in black bag,
all of which she carries with her. :
Mrs. Green's husband Is a WE'LL
known and popular club man of New
York. He and his wife have mu-
tually agreed to live apart, although
remaining very good friends. They,
have two children, son and daugh-
ter. The son is Edward III. Green, a
business man of 26 years, who is
shrewd and keen. Mrs. Green's
daughter is Miss Sylvia, a young
woman who inherits many of her
mothers eccentric traits. She is
heiress to about $1,000, 900 in her own
right.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-01

THE retirement of the Princess of
Wales from society and state func-
tions has occasiOned great deal of
stir in European royal circles. If the
reports can be trusted the matter is
much more serious than at first be-
lieved. She is said to be woefully
unhinged mentally. One Of her de-
lusions is that her son Clarence is
still alive and that they are keeping
him from her. Two physicians are
in constant attendance upon her.
The malady is not Of recent origin,
although it was FASTENED no doubt by
the death of her eldest son and the
trouble that resulted from the subse-
quent marriage of Princess Mary of
Teck to the Duke Of York. Four or
five years ago her mental eccentrici-
ties first manifested themselves. 1t
only served to teach anew that hap
piness is not confined to the rich and
the great, nor suffering to the poor
and humble. She is in her flftieth
year and has always been reputed one
of the most beautiful and gracious
women of Europe. She is the daugh-
ter of the King Of Denmark. The
royal families OF Europe are honey
combed with insanity, and If all the
royal lunatics could be gathered in
one room, it would have to ne a pretty
large one to hold them. Royalty is
played out. 1t is in its scar and yell
low leaf. For the Prince of Wales,
who is still waiting for the day when
he shall ascend the throne, the deep
est Of sympathy is being expressed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-01

ONE of the most common expedi-
ents of trust corporations is to pro-
cure from the courts injunctions re-
straining infringements of the pat
ents they hold. 1t is an abuse of the
power of injunctions, for 1t gives the
original patentee all the advantage
before the official decision of his case.
Senator Morgan, Of Alabama, has
introduced an important amendment
to Sec. 8 of the antitrust law, provid-
ing that hereafter no injunction shall
he granted to restrain infringement
OF a patent when it shall appear that
said patent Is owned or controlled by
a combination for the restraint OF
commerce between the States or with
foreign nations. Such an amend
mend will do away with a serious
evil, and remedy one Of the defects
OF the present antitrust law.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-01
TILE attemnt to shin tnrke VS.

THE attempt to ship turkeys in re-
frigerator cars to California for the
Christmas and New Years holidays
proved failure. The fowls were
frozen and appeared all right when
received, but on being thawed out
they developed decided faint, and
were promptly condemned by the
local authorities as unfit for food.
The shipment of frozen meat Of any
kind for long distances is difficult
matter, and especially so for fowls,
whose bones are hollow and filled
with air. 1t is probable that no de-
gree of freezing will bring this con-
fined air down to the freezing point.
Hence all the time it is In transit
the flesh nearest these hollow bones
must be below freezing point, and of
course subject to injurious changes.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-01
THE government of Manitoba has

THE government of Manitoba has
given up trying to secure emigrants,
and the bounty Of $40 a head, which
it has been paying to all settlers, will
be discontinued. There is less loyalty
to English domination in Manitoba
than in eastern Canadian provinces.
Despite the connection of the Mani
tobans with the East by the Cana
dian Pacific their market is in the
South through the United States.
The same is even more true of Brit
ish Columbia. Only by political union
with the United States can the pos
eibiIities of these great fertile regions
be realized
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-01

THE great forest of Northern New
York covers an area Of 3,5SS. 500
acres. The Adirondack Park, which
is the proposed reservation, includes
2,sO7, 76O acres, OF this 1876, 4S3 are
In the primeval forest One million
acres has been umbered-that is, Its
spruce and hemlock have been cut
out, leaving the hard wood with
small coniferous trees to grow. The
State now owns 731, $50 acres in the
Adirondack forest The forest COM
mission strongly urges the purchase
of extensive tracts in addition to
those that the State has secured. 1t
does not, however, propose TO disturb
the farmers who have established
homes. There are, besides, villages
in this territory which cannot be in
Guided in any scheme of purchase.
1t is proposed to increase the State
no ding of forest lands to 200, 600
acres. The private preserves In addi-
tion to this amount to sos, 900 acres,
and these should also be purchased
now, as the care which the State is
giving to these forests will cause
them to rapidly increase in value.
The commission advises the expendi-
ture of 1875 5000, which can be paid
by the issue Of bonds. In this way
an investment can be made that will
return much more than its cost. This
has been demonstrated by sales OF
spruce lumber made on lands that
were cut over fifteen to twenty years
ann
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-01
ACCORDING to a dispatch from

ACCORDING to dispatch from
Pittsburg the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company has discharged 125 men at
one stroke. Under the rulings of
Judges Jenkins and Dundy if these
125 men had desired to stop work at
one time, thereby mountaineering
the company, it would have heen
competent for court to enjoin them
against so doing. No injunction,
however, lies against wholesale dis
charges, although the sufferers may
be aforementioned" thereby to the
point of starvation.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-01

the abundant novelties in outside gar
ments which are being offered for late
winter and early spring wear. One
other striking sort is an Inverness
cloak made up for the tailor-made girl
in exact imitation of those planned for
her brother. They are very effective,
and so dressy and convenient that even
girls who are not strictly tailor-mades
wear them.
1t is difficult thing to understand
the system which governs the produc.
ton of these new things, and it some
times seems as IL even our everyday
garments are planned to show the
characteristics of a carnival season, in
their fantastic and odd arrangements.
Such a thing as an old-time winter coat
is altogether out of the question. The
lucky owners of carriages revel in the
most gorgeous cloaks, and elderly
matrons give decided preference to a
costume made of heavy cloth, which
combines dress and coat and is usually
trimmed with rich furs, passementeries
or Jet. The same applies to younger
women with this difference: that they
affect a more youthful and jaunty style
and sometimes even wear whole cos
tunes of fur, but more frequently short
jackets of it. II cloth be chosen, then
Figaro jacket of fur, or double fur
cape, the upper one very much rippled
and full, giving sometimes an almost
grotesque breadth to the figure, takes
the place of the customary coat. A
glance at some of these elegant capes
and jackets is enough to convince that
no idea of economy is furthered by
leaving out the coat-far from it.
Many times, however, these short
jackets are of the material of the cos
tune itself, and in that case they are
bordered only with narrow bands of
fur. Such costume is before you in
the next picture. Hero sage green
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-01

The Pittsburg Catholic says that
the Orthodox Church of Russia is so
wealthy that it could easily cancel
the national debt of Russia, which
amounts to one thousand million
dollars, and hardly feel 1t. It's ways
OF getting this wealth are unique.
One is the sale Of consecrated wax
candles. For example, the cathedral
Of Ilasan, In st. Petersburg, sold
during the last Easter season more
than 30, 900 Jf these consecrated cam
dies.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-01

IT is not surprising that the Bell
Telephone Company should seek by
every means in its power to maintain
its hold upon the great business 1t
has developed, or that the guaranty
OF monopoly heretofore vouchsafed
by the patent laws should be main
tanned by other means, now that
many OF the patents have expired
Undoubtedly the service will be
greatly improved and cheapened In
the struggle to retain its supremacy.
What the profits OF this great monop-
oily under its patents have been are
thus stated In current paragraph:
From 1886 to 1892 the net income OF
the company available for dividends
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-01


tached to the edge Of the bodice. Many
made-up accessories come to be basted
on to gowns, much as real lace Is, and
in these, cuffs are added to complete
the set. In the dress first shown here,
the bands on skirt, bottom of bodice
and cape are a handsome silk passe-
menterie, and the fabric used for the
dress is dark-brown cloth, the skirt
panels and upper sleeves being black
mirror velvet. The bodice is garnished
with separate collarette made OF
cloth and velvet and topped by a high
Stuart collar. 1t is designed for call
ing gown.
A jacket of new shape having bell
cape and also in brown cloth is the
next garment presented. Its chief
novelty Is in the cape, which Is cut
circular, edged with fur and forms a
big pleat in the back which makes it
about fifteen inches shorter there than
at the sides. The garment hooks in
front and is garnished with ornamented
buttons, while the fronts must be of
sufficient width at the bottom to per-
NIT the edges to be laid against the
side seams. where they are apparently
fastened with other. similar buttons.
The cape is cut with long ends reach
ing to the hem of the jacket, which are
draped at the bottom and faced with
light-brown silk. This Is but one Of
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-01

cloth Ia the material. The skirt is
seven gored, fitting closely at the hips,
and Is trimmed with band Of Persian
lamb at the bottom. The waist Is
perfectly plain, back and front, and
tight fitting. Over 1t comes a small
Figaro Jacket which reaches almost to
the waist line. II has rundown col
lar Of the fur and the goods are gath
cred In front to form knot at the bust
line. The sleeves are q very wide
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-03-01

ACCORDING to the Tribune, Of Chi
cago, the free soup houses attracted
tramps as sugar draws flies. When
the wholesome reform of making
work condition sine qua non Of soup
was instituted the tramps departed.