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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19
GO TO SLAVERY WILLINGLY.
To Enter Harem Is the Height of
Circassian Girls Ambition.

To Enter Harem Is the Height OF a
Circassian Girls Ambition.
Far from dreading their sale, says
writer in the Popular Science
Monthly, the girls of Circassia look
forward to 1t as the greatest oppor-
tunity of their lives. They go to
seek 1t as a conscious jewel might
start in search OF costly setting.
They show no more reluctance than
Esther manifested when Mordecai
delivered her over as one of the fair
young virgins gathered from far and
near to adorn the palace OF Alias
uerus. Indeed, the history of Esther
reveals the motives which probably
animate each of the many maidens
of Circassia, who to this day re-enact
the old biblical story. Each believes
that it is she who may find grace
and favor in the royal crown, and
thus control at will the rise or fall of
the royal scepter. But even If not
chosen by royalty, those who purchase
the beautiful damsels of Circassia
are the wealthy and titled; and not
the slightest social degradation is at
tached to their position even If taken
to harems wherein Turkish wife
may be installed as head of the
household. The common dependence
Of all the inmates Of harem upon
the favor Of lord who may at any
time elevate Circassian slave to the
position of lady fosters spirit Of
equality, of pure practical democracy,
that would be inconceivable under
any other circumstances, and in our
Southern slave relation to nominal
mistress was totally undreamed of.
AS a Turkish lady explained to an
astonished English visitor, "A slave
may become lady any day, and in
treating her as one beforehand we
take off much Of the awkwardness
which would else ensue." When we
consider that all the children of
slaves are acknowledged as the legiti-
mate children Of their father, we
must confess In justice to the Turk
that theirs is condition In which the
evils of slavery to the slave are re-
duced to a minimum.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19
SECTIONAL JIMMY AND NlPPERs.
Two Tools OF Burglars Kit Which Ar
Made by Many Hands.

Two Tools OF burglars Kit Which Are
Made by Many Hands.
To the eye of an honest man nc
tool is burglars tool. Were he to
find most approved kit he would
merely think that a mechanic had
lost his stock in trade. Drills,
punches, bits and ordinary jimmies
have each almost a counterpart in
open daylight work, and only to the
sophisticated would it appear that
the bits ofsteel were implements OF
crime. To those who know, the two
distinctive burglars tools are the
sectional jimmy and nippers, the first
being a steel barso arranged that II
can be unscrewed into several pieces
for convenience, Ia carrying. The
other Is described by the Philadelphia
Times as like pair of curling tongs,
the clutching end being armed with
little teeth, and is used for turning
keys in doors from the outside. The
manufacture Of these tools is not, as
has been supposed, confined exclusive
ly to any set Of men. A burglar.
DESTROYS Of obtaining kit, will go to
a hardware store and purchase drills,
brace and bits, punches and wedges,
these latter being In series, from
those the thinness of knife blade to
others the thickness OF ones hand.
This assortment of seemingly limo
cent tools he takes to mechanic
with instructions, TO temper them to
a certain hardness. To another black
smith he goes, and. drawing a dia-
gram, has piece OF iron made in ac-
cordance. Still another makes him
a second part, and finally the thief
has drag" the most powerful and
perhaps the most useful tool, from
his standpoint, that can be used in
opening a safe. 1t consists of a long
screw, with simple iron braces to be
attached by link to the knob of the
door. A hole is bored through the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19
Don't Judge by Appearance.

A one-legged street beggar, who,
rain or shine, sits every day with
outstretched hand on the steps of a
warehouse In a 'do~n-town cross
street, is quite a philosopher In his
way. He says that, so far as his ex-
perience goes. little, can be judged
regarding the benevolence Of men or
women by their appearance. Some
times, he says, he will see a man APP
preaching who seems to be the per
sonification OF charity allied with
opu,ence. The beggar stretches
fort II his hand with confidence, but
wlthdraws 1t with disappointment.
Then there hursigs by a Mephisto-
phelian-looking creature, seedy per-
hans, with cynical smile on his
faees who drops aquarter into the
beseechisE palm. Among women,
the beggar asserts, the best dressed
are seldom the most charitable.
There are exceptions to the rule, OF
course, but the prevalent theory that
street beggar can size up" a pedes-
trian by his appearance is erroneous
New York World.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19

In commenting on "lassoing," the
peculiar method San Francisco park
police employ for catching runaways,
the San Francisco Chronicle remarked
with gentle pride: an no other park
in the world is the lariat used by the
police. When the efete cities Of the
East and Europe come to know what
handy thing it is, they also will,
doubtless, arm their park officers
with it. The lasso was used by the
Spanish and Mexican vaqueros in
California before other people ap-
preciated its merits, and in the adj
vance of civilization 1t has not been
cast aside. hut been more generally
employed. 1t is very true that the
lariat is not used ain the effete cities
of the East and Europe" but it is
very doubtful whether they can be
induced TO see what a handy thing
it is" In Central Park, New York,
and in the great pleasure-places of
Europe where driving and riding are
allowed, there are, OF course, runa-
ways, and there are mounted police.
These men are daring and skillful
horsemen. They are trained to stop
runaways, whether the horses are un-
der saddle or in harness. They ride
up beside the runaway, and seize the
frightened animal in certain pre-.
scribed ways which experience has
taught them to be most effectual. AT
the annual horse-show in Madiso u
Square Garden, New York, one OF
the sights OF the show is the daring
riding of the Central Park police in
catching a fleet horse in light cart,
representing a runaway. So in Hyde
Park, London-the mounted police
are bold and skillful horsemen, and
have saved many lives. Yet IL they
were to introduce into Rotten Row
the whirling bolas Of the South
American gaucho, the reata of the
Mexican vaquero, or the, lariat borne
by the cowboy of the wild and woolly
West, we fear that most of the horses
Of the British nobility and gentry
would take to climbing trees, while
those animals who remained on terra
flrma would at once leave the county
of Middlesex.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19

ANYBODY desiring an exciting &C.
cupation could not do better than to
obtain job at one of the numerous
metal reflneries in Birmingham. A
good deal of scrap metal, bought for
the melting pots, comes from the
continent, where, it seems, careless
ness has almost reached the rank OF
virtue. 1t is a common thing to
find loaded military bombs among
the refuse. The workmen must al
ways be on the lookout for them.
Recently scientific and up-to-date
bomb was in cargo of scrap iron
shipped at Amsterdam, and Bir-
mingham workman just missed show
cling it into the furnace. 1t weighed
only two pounds, but it would have
done damage altogether dispropor.
tionate to its size, for, on being ten.
derly dissected in the firms labor.
atory, the little stranger was found
to contain quarter Of pint Of
nitro-glycerine. "s
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19
Promoted by His Horse.

James Byrne Is a Swede who has
bumped around in all parts of the
world for twenty-five years, and he
landed at ST. Louis the other day
direct from bombarded Rio. The
story Of his life, however, occurred
during the Franco-Prussian war. He
was fighting on the German side as a
cavalryman, says the Republic. One
day during hot conflict the cavalry
came to the top OF a hill, and on the
crest Of another hill, across a deep
ravine, the French had planted bat
terry. Suddenly Byrne's horse reared
and jumped and started down the
hill toward the ravine on dead run.
Byrne tried to check the frightened
animal, but found that it had taken
the bit in its mouth and was wholly
unmanageable. Down the hill, across
the ravine and up the hill on the OPP
posite side the horse sped on like a
streak of lightning. The French
battery began belching out shot and
shell, and Byrne then realized that a
runaway horse was carrying him right
into the mouth of hades. AS the
cannon doomed the screaming shells
whizzed by the head of poor Byrpe,
but some unseen hand of fate pre-
vented them from harming either
himself or his horse. As the horse
dashed up the hill to the very mouth
of cannon Byrne concluded to make
the best of dangerous predicament,
and drew his saber for self-defense.
He was surprised to see the French
men leave their battery and flee like
panic-stricken sheep But Byrne I'M
derstood the situation when he
looked backward and saw his COM
rades dashing up the hill on their
horses. Byrne dismounted and held
one of the enemy's guns as the prize
he had captured. When the other
cavalrymen came up he found out
that they did not know his horse had
run away, but thought that it was
personal bravery on his part, and
that he had urged his horse to make
this mad race into the "jaws Of death. I"
Did Byrne tell them that this bravery
had been forced upon him? Well,
hardly. Byrne accepted congratula-
tions and said nothing. He was pro-
NOTED to a captaincy, and all because
OF his runaway horse. IL he had not
made that ride the troops OF cavalry
would never have attempted It.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19
Record of the Week.

THERE are 143 colored voters in
Adrian.
THERE are several cases OF typhoid
fever in Jackson prison.
r. w. COVERT, assistant cashier of
the First National Bank in Ionia, is
dead.
HARRY Hook, Cheboygan 4-year-
old, fell into the river and was
drowned.
ONroNAGoN township. 40 years old.
has lust voted to erect its first town
hall building
DETROIT parties are purchasing lake
fronts at and near Lexington for sum-
mer cottages.
LOCAL capitalists of Lake Ann are
considering the advisability of estab-
fishing planing-mill there.
WIN. CARMEL has been appointed
postmaster at North Star, Gratiot
County, vice A. H. Batelke, resigned.
ALBERT F. HARRISON, OF Adrian.
better known as Lengthy" while dig
ging horse radish Saturday morning.
fell forward suddenly, and was dead
when discovered, his face being in a
pool of water.
AT Adrian, Henry Saverly and James
Phelps, boarders enamored OF the
same landlady, fought In bedroom,
Phelps giving Saverly several blows
on the head with q Ratchet. He Is
severely but not dangerously hurt.
MICHIGAN grocers will meet in
Grand Rapids next month to see if
they can't persuade wholesalers to
adopt uniform rate on sugar.
CHRIS. MCCRACKEN, well-known
young man Of Grand Blanc, attempted
suicide recently by cutting his throat
with q pocket-knife. He made two
deep gashes In his neck and one In his
wrist. He may recover. No cause is
assigned for the act.
This time 1t was horse and not q
cow, and IL was at Deerfeld, and not
Chicago, J. w. Lake was doing his
usual chores in his barn by the light Of
. lantern, when one OF the horses
kicked and over IL went into the straw.
There IL no barn there now.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19

THE champion lady whist player is
now in San Francisco. She has made
the game study for years, and says
that the process has been attended
by marked intellectual benefits. Ac-
cording to her, however, lifetime
cannot reveal the possibilities of the
game. So that despite here and
there an optimistic CLEAN Of faith
and trust, life is after all failure.
May it not be hoped that in some
sweet hereafter, when years shall be
no more and existence shall run on
and On, never ending and not paus-
ing for meals, the possibilities of the
game may be dragged from their con-
cealment and the whist intelligence
tower to the giant height forbidden
by the trammels Of human environ
ment and tleeting seasons?
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19

IT is evident that the revival of
business has not yet struck the royal
ties. King Behanzin is in Jail at St.
Pierre, Martinique, and King Malie-
toa is racing through the underbrush
with several hundred insurgents a
short length behind. The Sultan of
Johore has not been heard from late
ly, but at last accounts he was wan
dering around London disguised as a
second trombone trying to evade a
deputy sheriff who wants to serve
him with papers in another breach
of promise suit. Altogether it has
been hard winter on the king in
dustry, and our old fritn Lo Ben
gula seems to have come off luckier
than most of his fellow reigners. He
is dead.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19

IT has come to be chief glory OF
the modern age to use English well.
Long as the polished French held
pre-eminence as the language of dip
lomacy, supplanting Latin in courts
as English supplanted Latin In our
common literature; intrenched as
French Is still In even the official
publication Of the German Empire,
Almanach de Gotha-monument to
the influence of Voltaire; rich as is
German, and never mightier than to-
day, for music is bearing its sonorons
verse to all lands that love grandiose
song--the progress of English alone
is keeping pace with advancement of
frontiers of civilization. In the far
north, in the Southa Pacific, at the
equator, 1t Is becoming the para
mount tongue. In Australia 1t ia
taking the place Of old held by Ger
man. In portions of what were
originally Dutch settlements it has
succeeded Dutch to large degree.
In Russia and IN Germany it is sec
ond only to the vernacular, and the
next international conference will
doubtless adopt it as the most expe-
dent medium. What legislation
cannot do commerce has done All
artificial efforts to preserve old or to
propagate new vocabularies have
proved and must continue to be fu-
tile. Ancient languages have their
own imperishable and reserved place
in the love and learning of mankind.
All modern tongues, many Of them
surviving civil prescription, should
be cherished by those to whom they
are cradle speech, and studied by all
who can. English is the language of
destiny. They to whom it is cradle
speech can well afford to study it
with worship. 1t should be their
care to protect it against violation or
intrusions. For noble sentiment,
profound truth, broad wisdom, or
eloquence or tenderness, it is need
less to wander from it into other
tongues, be their true accents lost in
the dim music of antiquity, or be
their organic forms plastic in the
pottery Of contemporaneous life.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19

the tail and slunG bodily into the
high places Of the nation? IL any one
preventing the educated class. from
taking on its coat rolling up it,
sleeves, and going into politics like
ordinary peoples Why should the
educated class" remain In its libra
ries and clubs manufacturing fine
spun theories Of government only to
come out when the elections are over
and hold lis nose at the odor Of
political corruption? Why doesn't II
jump in and show It, faith by its
good works? Why doesn't 1t get In
to practical politics instead of writ
ing magazine articles and distribute
ing unasked-for advice? There. Is
only one way for the educated class"
to reform things. 1t must climb
down from It's perch and mingle with
the vulgar herd"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19

front of the safe by means of a bit, a
block Is adjusted on the inside, and
on this is placed the point of the
screw, which is turned by crank.
AS the screw revolves it penetrates
further and further until the back is
reached. Then, as the tremendous
pressure continues, something has to
give, the front generally being ripped
out. This apparatus, in addition to
its simplicity and quick work, has
the advantage of being noiseless.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19
A BuNDU DEVIL.

knOWh % 1uCLni-
land. Here there are some curious
customs. The Poro bush is the name
of the political meetings Of the men,
and here all matters relating to
peace or war are deliberated. This
place, which Is merely an encamp-
ment in the woods, is sacred to the
Poro people and none but Poro can
enter it. The opening leading to it
through the woods is marked on
either side by punches Of kind of
fern.
The Bundu bush is, the headquar-
tiers Of the girls, and into one of
these retreats no man can ever enter,
under punishment of death or slay-
cry. In this Bundu, which is some
what of a convent, the girls are ini-
tiated into the secret country Gus
toms pertaining to their sex. Often
a girl OF 8 or 10 is betrothed before
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19
TIE hruiser. Ed Smith. who cha

THE bruiser, Ed Smith, who chal-
lenged the winner OF the Corbett-
Mitchell fight, has started out for a
preliminary record. The police in
the town that Smith honors as resi-
dent state that he has beaten his
wife, but question the fairness Of his
tactics. The woman, not having
been provided with. anything to eat
for some time, was trained down toe
fine, and was outclassed anyway.
Still, all this has nothing to do with
the accepted truth that pugilism is a
manly and elevating art.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19
AN Alabama mob in pursuit Of

AN Alabama mob in pursuit Of a
negro charged with shooting a
woman caught up with two negroes.
1t was not thoughtless mob UMPIRE
pared for emergencies, but had rope
enough, and SO it hanged both Of the
men, The certainty that one was
innocent and the other probably so
was not permitted to stand in the
way of justice. If on second, and
happily sober, thought the mob does
not secure more hemp and hang itself
unprejudiced outsiders ought to save
it the trouble.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19

WILLIAM LAIDLAw, the young man
whom Millionaire Russell Sage used
as an improvised bomb-proof when a
crank attempted to dynamite him
some months ago, has been awarded
$25, 900 damages by New York
court. The penurious Mr.. Sage is
doubtless sadly rejecting that it
would have been cheaper to settle
with the dynamiter in the first place.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19
brakeman Gets a 90, 900 Verdict.

In the Circuit Court at Jackson the
Jury in the case of Frank Perry VS..
The Michigan Central Railroad Com
pany brought in verdict f)r plaintiff
for $4,000. Perry was formerly a
brakeman on the Grand Rapids division
of the Michigan Central, and while
coupling cars had his right hand caught
and crushed so badly that amputation
was necessary. The case will go to
the Supreme Court.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19
ABOUT e1esxa ponth some high

ABOUT prcea month, some. high
collared Individual, who dfffuses in
his vicinity an aroma OF sanctity and
high-pricedg handkerchief extract,
arises t6femark that this country is
going to the devil because the sstlu-
Gated classes" are not recognized in
politics. One OF these gentlemen
an editor who makes a speciality Of
directing the conduct OF everybody
and everything from the Almighty
down to the New York street-clean-
Ing OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to this sub
ject In one Of the free-for-all maga-
zines. sThere is nothing" he says,
from which the public service Of
the country suffers more than the
silence of tie educated Glass; This,
of course, is too bad, but who is to
blame for 1t? Must the educated
class" be dragged out Of Its hole by
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19
Clemens an Alleged Defauiter.

Albert Clemens. agent of the New
York Mutual Life, who married a
widow with two children in Chicago
four weeks ago and left them at Adrian
penniless, proves to be in default with
the company. and State Agent Schuy-
Ter Grant at Detroit is also seeking his
arrest Citizens at Adrian have con
tributed enough money to send Mrs.
Clemens and her little ones to their
former home at Omaha She married
him after short courtship. Clemens
Is believed to have another wife.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19
entering the Bundu, and here she

entering the Bundu, and here she
remains at the expense of her fiance
until she is Of manageable age.
But the Bundu Devil, a medicine"
woman, somewhat corresponding to
the Indian medicine man, is the
most interesting character in Mendi-
land. No part of her body may at
any time be visible, and she is thus
encased in rough native-made cloth
a long shaggy fiber. In each hand
she carries bunch Of twigs and with
these she goes through sort of dumb
show, as she does no talking. She
generally looks after the men and
Furnishes them for misbehavior.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19

THE foreign correspondent has evil
IDENTIFY been drinking again. He has
taken to cabling over London music
hall ditties, thereby crowding out in
teresting and important information
respecting the Duke of Spiegelberg-
Schloppenhausen's corns, the health
of Madame Carnot's poodle, and other
matters in which the American peo-
Pile take deep and abiding interest.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19
New SwIndIing Scheme.

R. B. Steele, farmer boy who
doesn't live very far from Grand
Rapids, thought he saw great scheme
to make his fortune. He's out So. He
answered an advertisement by New
York concern to the effect that II he
would send So he would receive 800
check with which to buy money-mak-
ing instrument which happened to be
a jewelry peddling outfit. Young Steele
sent the money and received the check.
The bank cashiers refused to cash it,
for, according to the terms OF the
check, they would have received their
money back only in the form of stock
in a mythical concern.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19

-SNAPPER" GARRISON has Joined
Jim Corbett and various other sport
ing gentlemen, burglars, race horses,
and buzz saws In the noble work OF
cievating the stage.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19

about the customs
and habits Of the
n a tives Of the
d a r k continent.
Recently a terri
tory east of Sierra
Leone, where the
English and the
FIR e n C h forces
came in t o acct
dental and fatal
10 n, was
opened up by the
for m e r. 1t is
n.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19

Who says there Is nothing In .
name? The patronymic of Califor-
mia young woman. whose voice has q
range of three and half octaves, is
Yawp.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19
STATE OF MICHIGAN.
OCCURRENCES DURING THE
PAST WEEK.
m-Timed Oscillation Gets Detroit Youth
Into Trouble-BIg Verdict for Brake
man-Mrs. Burpes's Horrible Cruelty
Clare County's Mesnest Man.


Fred II. Starin, well-known Detroit
young man, escorted Belle Brandon
home from ball at an early hour the
other morning. At her gate they
stopped to chat, and Starin kissed the
girl against her will. She screamed
loudly, and Starin fled. A policeman
gave chase, and In firing his revolver
to stop Starin shot him seriously In the
arm. The injured man was put under
arrest, but later released.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19

WHEN q man is asked to foot bill
how can he be blamed for "kickingPs
-Yonkers Gazette
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
AN INTERESTING AND iNsTRuc-
TIVE LESSON.

Rensctions Of IN Elsvating Character
wholssoms Food for Thought study
ing the scriptursl Lesson Intelligentiy
and Probably.