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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-05
A Western Heroine.

Not all the heroism of which West
ern women are capable comes along
the line of startling reforms or new
departures in customs Of living. The
everyday experiences Of many 'front.'
Ter woman are not less notable Such
was the case with Mrs. Mclean, who,
with her husband, settled on the
Nebraska frontier early in the '70s.
Her bravery is yet told Of by the cat
tlemen who then drove their great
herds up through the Platte bottoms.
Her husband had with great diff
Guilty gotten together bunch Of
cows, about fifty in all, and was en-
deavoring to start little herd in Or
der to rescue his family from the
poverty which hung over the claim.
Mrs. Mclean had the herding of
them, as well as the care of the
house. One day, when her husband
had gone twenty miles to the store,
she was compelled to leave the cattle
grazing while she looked after a sick
baby at home. Suddenly she saw
two men ride from behind the hills
and start the cattle off full canter,
abductlng the whole bunch. She
wasted not minute, but, mounting
her bronco, was after them.
The men evidently thought them
selves undiscovered, and in the hustle
of hurrying on the stock did not hear
the pattering hoofs Of the pursuer's
pony as she came cantering up be-
hind. Suddenly one of the men gave
a yell and tumbled backward off his
saddle, with the moose of lariat
tight around his throat. Frightened,
the other turned to see a furious
woman facing him, says writer in
the st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
"What are you doing?" she demand
ed, fiercely.
"Who are you?" he responded, with
equal gruffness.
Il own these cattle, and you have
got to help me drive them back where
you got them"
AS she held a cooked revolver to-
ward his head he decided to submit,
and, with her following closely, rode
around the scattered herd and turned
their heads homeward. For three
miles the stock was driven, and then,
with warning not to look back
ward, the depredator was dismissed.
He fled without a backward glance.
His companion, choked to death
and with neck broken, was found on
the prairie, but there was never any
inquiry as to the manner of his TAX
ing off. 1t was enough in those days,
as 1t is now, to know that he had
been engaged in cattle stealing. For
such the nrairies have scanf nitY
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-05

who sees "Hawarden Castle, y so styled
by courtesy, for the first time, is one
Of disappointment. The tourist, after
seeing the enormous masses of mason
ry that in Europe are denominated
castles, naturally learns to associate
the term with towers and bulwarks,
with curtain walls and trenches and
meats and drawbridges. with gigan-
tic keep or central ediflce, surrounded
by great variety and extent Of out
works, all so massive, so solid, 30
strongly built that the hills them
selves seem scarcely more permanent.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-05

gered In North Wales, end where,
some believe, they may still occasion
ally be seen. A beautiful spot II Is,
shut In by cliffs, . pretty stream
wandering over rugged, moss
covered powders, the giant
oaks forming an arch overhead,
and the rocks on either hand throw
ing their deep shadows on the pools
beneath. There are not many be-
levers In fairies now to be found,
even among the credulous Welsh
peasantry, but the beauty of such Sc
cluded caves as this furnishes a
strong temptation to the perpetual
tion of the belief, and even a deni-
zen Of another land, accustomed to
the rattle of the railway train, the
click of the telegraph, and the glare
of the electric light. would not,
among surroundings such as those of
the Fairy Glen, be greatly surprised
II the little folk clad In green should
come tripping from their caves and
begin dance over the surface of the
powders
But the good people" as the fairies
are called In Wales and Ireland, have
no local habitation in the neighbor-
hood of the Gladstone house, unless
1t be in the ruins of the old Hawar-
den Castle, which stand only a few
yards from the more modern home of
the statesman. Hawarden Castle, In
its original form, was one Of the
primitive forts which the ancient
Bret0ns constructed for the purpose
of resisting the encroachments of
their neighbors, whoever the latter
might be. For those were days
when everybody had habit of en-
croaching on everybody else, whether
he had pretext or not. The fact
that one chieftain had something an
other wanted was sufficient reason
for the latter to try to get it.
The little round towers which the
petty chieftains built for their own
residences were then to be found on
every hilltop in Wales, where scores
of them still stand. Hawarden was
one of these, though after the Con-
quest 1t was replaced by a more pre-
tentious structure, the ruins Of which
now crown the hill above the Glad
stone homestead. The ruins, the
park, and at certain times, also, the
Gladstone home, are all open to Wis
itors, the only restrictions being that
the curiosity seekers shall keep their
feet of the grass, their names of the
stones of the old castle, and their
fingers off the property in the family
residence.
The house has much to interest
the visitor. The various rooms of
the mansion abound with pictures
and statuary, photographs of Mr..
Gladstone himself being numerously
displayed in the parlors and in vari-
Gus other rooms. All the members
Of his immediate family live here
with him excepting one son, the rec
tor of the Hawarden Church, who
resides in the rectory. The little
village church, by the way, is almost
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-05

as famous and nearly as old as the
crumbling castle. There was church
on the site in the eighth century,
when the curious incident occurred
of the cross falling and hurting a
woman. The people Of the town,
considering that there was something
uncanny about the accident, took the
cross and threw 1t into the sea. It
was, to their establishment, however,
washed on shore at Chester, where it
was seized upon as a very precious
relic and set up In the race track,
where it or its successor still stands.
During the recess Of Parliament
the church is always thronged with
townspeople and visitors, for every
day Mr. Gladstone is present at
morning prayers, walking brskly
over from the mansion and as briskly
back to breakfast after the prayers
are ended. On Sundays he some
times assists in the service by read
ing portions Of it, and to hear the
Church of England service read by
a premier of Great Britain is an in
cident that rarely occurs in the ex-
perience Of the ordinary individual.
The church is plain, unpretentious
little affair, which is kept so pur-
posely by the rector, who discourages
even so much style as is involved in
cushioning the pews, believing, as he
does, that this creates an invidious
distinction among the attendants, so
Mr.. Gladstone and his family sit on
the bare benches
One Of the most pleasing features
of the Hawarden life Is the un-
bounded reverence shown by every
body in the neighborhood for the
principal occupant of the Hawarden
house. The Welsh are very warm
hearted people, and everywhere he
goes Mr.. Gladstone is treated with a
consideration that shows how hearty
and sincere is the respect felt for him.
Men stand at the wayside and un-
cover as he walks by; women curtesy
in the quaint old Welsh fashion, and
every window in the village is filed
with heads as the great man passes.
They have seen him thousands of
times, but that fact does not in the
least diminish either their interest or
their reverence, and, II sure Of MOTH
ing else, they are profoundly con-
vinced that there is no greater man
on the face of the earth than the mas.
ter of Hawarden.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-05
His Use of Words.

The old man adjusted his glasses
and looked at the pale-faced clerk.
absent yesterday, he said, shortly.
"Yes, SIR" replied the clerk.
absent from sickness"
"No, sir"
soho. you're honest, anyway. Most
men would say they we're"
Il haven't been absent from sick
ness for nearly year"
you haven't"
The old man looked surprised.
mo, sir 1t has been right with
me all the time"
@What has?"
sickness OF some sort"
"But you said that yesterday
yesterday l was abent on account
of sickness, SIR"
The ,old man thought the matter
over for minute or two, and then
he said:
ayes, yes; see! You're rather par
ticular in your use of words"
"Yes, sir. Study to use them cor
rectly."
aOf course; and I'm trife care
less, Now, please see II this sem
tence is correct. Hereafter you will
be absent from my displeasure.'"
"Ye-es, SIR"
"You will also be absent on account
of my displeasure.
"Ye-es, SIR"
@And because OF my displeasure.
"Ye-es, SIR"
aQuite right. am clad that 1
have sufficient command of language
to make you understand me. Good
dayi"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-05
HAwARDEN CHURCH.

sidered as, in a measure at least. pub
lie property, and so it happened that
few homes in England, aside from
those pertaining to royalty, are bet
ter known than the quiet, retired
mansion where the famous ex-Prem-
Ter has spent most Of his leisure time
during the last half century. Ha-
warden has, indeed, become sort Of
shrine Of the English Liberals, to
which they resort to pay their hon.
age to the greatest living man Of
their nation and In some respects one
Of the greatest Englishmen who ever
lived.
The general feeling of the stranger
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-05

in Chester as elsewhere, but not to
the extent of compelling the citizens
to pull down their old walls, and so
they remain one of the shows of the
city and a great curiosity to tourists,
who are to be found at all times walk
ing up and down, on and around
them, measuring their height and
thickness, and making reflections
more or less nonsensical as to the
length of time they have stood and
the scenes they have witnessed. The
tourist, if an Englishman, will take
a secoDd-class railway carriage out
of Chester; il an American, he
will go first-class just for the style
of the thing, and ride on the
London and Northwestern to
a scrubby little town called Saltney,
while he will leave the main line and
take branch road to another town
called Hope, at which he will wait
awhile and then take another branch
line to a still less entertaining village
known as Buckley, where he will
leave the train and prepare to ride or
walk, as best suits him, to the vii
lage of Hawarden. The distance is
about two miles, and when Mr.. Glad
stone makes the journey and has
plenty of time he walks, and the
tourist can do no better than follow
so distinguished an example. Let it
not, however, be understood that
when the great Premier goes from
London to his country house or vice
versa he is subjected to the delays
that ordinary travellers find so harass-
ing. The principal use Of the rail-
ways in Great Britain is to carry
"Her Majesty's nails but after that
one very important part Of their duty
is the transportation OF Her Majesty's
Ministers, and whenever one OF their
number wants to 60 anywhere in a
hurry he simply commands the rail-
road company to furnish him special
train and send in the bill, all of
which is promptly done, especially
the bill. Thus, although Mr.. Glad
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-05

What is his surprise, therefore, when,
after passing through large park,
well kept as is usual with English
parks, he comes In sight of a brick
house built In somewhat tawdry imi-
tation OF a medieval fortress, with
towers that command nothing, with
curtain walls that are all windows,
and with nothing about 1t Of CASTELAR,
appearance but the name. That,
however, Is not the fault of Mr..
Gladstone, nor OF the excellent lady
who inherited the house from long
line of noble ancestors, but of a
builder of the last century, who, hav-
ing more pride than taste, determined
that his house should be castle in
appearance as well as In name, and
SO went to work and created the
architectural monstrosity now known
as Hawarden Castle.
The ancestral home of Mrs. Glad
stones family Is situated down In
Wales" for it should be understood
that in Great Britain London is sup"
and everywhere else is down" The
traveller who would see the house
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-05
LINCOLN'S BIRTHPLACE.

1t Is Now . Desolate Farm In Kentucky.
The birthplace Of Abraham Lincoln
in LaRue County, Kentucky, has just
been purchased by Mai. S. P. Gross,
who means to make it into kind OF
museum field with relics Of the Pres
ident. The place Is near Hodgens-
vile, a small hamlet about eighty
miles from Louisville. 1t is a desc
late farm, and Of the single. room log
hut in which the President was born
nothing remains but heap of stones
where the rough chimney stood. All
else has disappeared, though the de-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-05

Hut He Drew Crowd and Had Lots II
Fun.

Nut No Drew Crowd and Had Lots 81
A boy ten years old suddenly ap-
peared on Monroe avenue, near Ran
dolph street, the other forenoon with
. rat-trap held high In his hand. The
trap contained rattan old veteran
who had probably eaten twenty
times his weight In Michigan cheese.
For years and years he had been too
fly for those who sought his destruc-
tion, but the pitcher had gone to the
well once too often. He was squeal-
ing and squirming about, but there
was no one to pity. The boy had
scarcely gained the street wheD there
was a rush for him, and men and
boys were heard shouting:
~He's got rat!"
sLemme git my dog"
"Go0d gracious, what whopper!"
"Don't let him git away"
The man who knows all about rats
was there, of course. Also the man
who has made the killing Of rats a
speciality all his life. They worked
their way to the front.
@You don't want to fool with that
rat" cautioned the first.
Il think / know my business,
bluntly replied the second.
$50 do l."
@Don't interfere with me-"
Three or four dogs we're brought
into the crowd. The man who Is
always willing to boss the job also
got off street car and elbowed his
way In to demand:
whats all this fuss about? A rat,
Ell! Now, then, everybody stand back.
Gimme that trap"
The boy demurred. 1t was his trap
and his rat. He felt that he ought
to be consulted.
"Let 'er 60, Gallagher" yelled one
of the crowd.
"Where's your rat?"
Somebody hit the man with red
necktie."
A policeman now appeared. He
began to use his official elbows to
open a path for his body, but the
crowd resented the action, and began
w uuoUiC Hill uuOii HC UuIcdIcucu W
collar some one. Meanwhile the two
men who knew all about rats were
jawing with the man who wanted to
boss the job, and the boy was declar-
ing that his brother would lick the
man who stole his rodent.
@You're liar!"
Slit him One!"
"Look out for the cop!"
The crowd began to circle around,
and the boy fell down and lost his
trap. Some one picked it up and
shook the rat out, and dogs and men
and boys were all mixed up, and fall
ing over each other. In the confu-
sion the rat got away into the sewer,
the policeman raped three men on
the back with his club, and the crowd
dissolved, leaving about dozen hats
kicking around on the battle-ground.
Then lot OF people shook their fists
in the air, and another lot called
somebody liar, and everybody went
away mad and threatening to get
even il it took him a whole year
Free Prees.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-05
Important to Druggists.

A New York druggist, who spent
the winter in Texas town for his
health, was asked by the genial clerk
OF the hotel:
stranger, what might your BUSH
ness be?"
Il am pharmacist"
"a what, did you say?"
"a pharmacist"
40, yes, pharmacist. Well, you
can buy as good farming lands in this
neighborhood as you can find in
Texas. You have struck the right
locality, stranger, IL you want to
farm. I'll take you out this after
noon in my buggy and show you one
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-05
The Postal Service.

The first raention of a postal SER
vice in the United States is that of
the General Court of Massachusetts,.
at is ordered that notice be given
that Richard Fairbanks his house In
Boston il the place appointed for all
letters which are brought from be-
yohd the seas or are to be sent thith-
er. to be left with him, and he is to
take care that they are to be deliy-
cred or sent according to the direc-
ton. And he IS allowed for every
letter penny, and must answer all
mlscarriages through his own neglect
Ia this kind"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-05

The Streets OF the Town Burned Up.
ut is not often a man Is witness
to burning streets in town, but /
had that pleasure few days ago, "
said q. w. Douglass, of Ell Paso. "The
citizens of the village of Las Cruces,
N. NJ, are in the habit Of grading
their streets with the accumulations
Of barnyards. They had done this
till the sand, dust and manure had
become thoroughly mixed, the ma
nure predominating. 1t seldom rains
in that part Of the country, and the
manure was dry as powder. From
some cause it caught fire in the west
ern part Of the village, just as one Of
New Mexico's typical sand storms
was rising The wind soon became a
strong gale, and the fire spread rap
idly. In less than twenty minutes
the whirling wind had carried the
fire into all parts of the main streets,
which had been graded with stable
stuff. Dense clouds Of smoke rolled
over the buildings and out on the
plains. The whole heavens were
darkencd, and it was a grand sight
to see the great columns of smoke,
fire, sand and dust surging, whirling,
and darting away toward the noun
tains. Had the town not been built
of mud 1t would certainly have been
destroyed. The storm swept the
streets Of all barnyard grading ma
terial, and the Las Cruces villagers
will have to regrade as material ac-
cumulates. st Louis Globe Demo-
GRAFT
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-05

where Mr.. GlsdsroBgnnds rcpose from
his political labors must start. from
Chester, an old English Frontier town
q few miles south Of Liverpool.
Chester IL now q frontier town in the
same sense that ST. Louis Is from
tier post, but In both cases the term
once had a lively Significance, for
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-05
His Rebuke.

Mr.. Abner Jennings was never
known to say harsh thing to or
about any one. His form of speech
was invariably mild, and exaggerated
statements were viewed by him as
almost as reprehensible as lies Once,
in the spring of the year, when the
Blueville roads were In a fearful
condition of mud and mire, the team
of a "traveling merchant" was stalled
a short distance from Mr.. jennings
house. The old man at once brought
out his oxen and went to the ped
dler's assistance.
The team could not be instantly
released even with the aid of the
yoke of oxen, and the peddler, who
was man OF high temper and little
self-control, proceeded to vent his
rage in language which first amazed
and then disguised the equable Mr..
Jennings. He bore it as long as he
thought was necessary and proper,
and then unhitched his oxen and
went calmly home.
Il went to try and help him." he
explained to his wife as he walked
into the kitchen on his return, "but
he talked so poorly that i came Off
and left him."
One day he caught some boys rob
bing his black cherry-tree, and sur
veyed them for some moments in
speechless disapprobation.
"Boys," he said at last, giving the
culprits the sternest glance of which
he was capable, "boys, / think you've
been dom very poorly!"
After administering that singing
rebuke, he turned to his heels and
walked slowly away to the barn, and
never referred to the matter again
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-05

widows Of Brigham Young who Are Now
LIVING

widows Of Brigham Young who Are Now
LIVING
or the nineteen wives whom the
great head Of the Mormon Church,
Brigham Young, married, nine are
now living ut Salt Lake City, Utah.
The most interesting of these women
Is Amelia Folsom Young, the seven
teenth wife and the fayorite OF her
husband. She was born at Buffalo
In 1888, and in 1860 her family moved
West and joined the Mormon Church.
She and Brigham Young saw each
other. 1t was case of love at first
sight and they soon welded. Mrs.
Young has lately been interviewed
as to her married life, and what she
says is very interesting. Each Of
Young's wives, she says, had sep
arate room In his dwelling, aud his
household altogether numbered sew
enty-five. All dined at the same Ia
BILE and all met in the evening for
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-05
Located In wales.

The home life of q man like Mr..
Gladstone is always interesting, and
In his case the contemplation OF his
domestic relations becomes all the
more pleasant from the fact that he
has not only typical English home,
but in that home leads q typical
English home life. The personality
of this remarkable man has been so
long before the public that anything
concerning him and his may be con-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-05

How much horse may suffer from
a harness that does not At, or which
Is rough and painful to the animal.
may be unknown, but one of the first
duties on taking horse out for
work should be to examine the har-
ness, and also to carefully look for
sores or gals. The harness should
be kept clean and well oiled, in order
to have every part soft, smooth and
pliable.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-05
Wonderful.
{ was at Niagara.

There" said a grandiloquent fell
low, ain all your experience have you
ever beheld more wonderful spec
tacle than yonder majestic volume of
water crashing into that seething
whirlpool below"
sou, ay," replied the canny Scot,
to whom he spoke. Il have seen
finer SIGHTS than that. Why, mon,
when was at Dumfries / went to
see friend of mine. gardener, an
he showed me a far more wonderful
sight-a peacock wi wooden leg!"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-05

"PAT, / was up by y house the
other night, and / couldn't raise yea
at ALL" Il know 1t, Mike, "and IL
hadn't been a-bed I'd got up and let
yez In, would. Newport News
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-05
CamphOr.

Camphor-oil is obtained by allow
ing the crude camphor to remain
packed loosely over wire grating, so
that the oil may drain out
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-05

when the Welsh held the mountain
districts of their native country
against all corners, Chester needed
the red sandstone walls that still
stand and furnish pleasant prom
enade for her people in the after
moons of warm, sunshiny days. The
march of modern Improvement is felt
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-05
HAWARDEN CASTLE.
THE COUNTRY HOUSE OF THE
LATE PREMIER.

The Little Welsh village where Mn Glad
stone Spends His vsostioas-Ths Old
Castle and tho village Church = The
Library and the Park.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-05

The BENEFITs-"Wha hat makes some
girls look young so long?" .The men
are to blame They won propose
-Life's Calendar.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-05
OUR BUDGET OF FUN.


Jokes and Jokelets that Are Supposed 70
Have Been Recently Born-ssyings and
Doings that Are Odd. Curious, end Laugh
sbIs--The Weeks Humor.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-05

cayed stump of
what Is said to
have been a pear
tree is seen near
by. A few hun
dred yards to
the southwest
I n G r c n o W
stands a sub
stantial farm
houca w n 4 ~ n
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-05

TIE Sacred Black stone which All Ma
hometans Worship.
The Holy Well of the Mahometans
II at Mecca, Arabia. To them 1t Is
known as Fem Fem, and In their eyes
its waters are sacred and few drops
OF 1t, drunk or sprinkled over their