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The advocate., 1894-12-19

WAbu OAAC OOAAA1B Va AnOAMAASS O0AVAn
tenderly laid the dear form on the bed,
and with a whispered word to his al
most distracted wife, set forth to make
necessary arrangements for the inter
ment. A little hillock in one corner of
the claim was selected as the locality of
the grave. 1t would be in sight from
the cabin, he told Nettie amid his sobs,
and they could keep watch over her at
all hours.
So the little one was made ready for
an offering to that dark spirit which
opens its mouth among the grass and
flowers, out of the waves which cover
the depths, or amid the red spray which
rOars and dashes over happy homes
and princely mansions, the spirit which
deVOurs our brightest and loVeliest and
dearest. Oh, awful street, through
which we sweep to the mystic shores
of the unknown, shrOuded in black,
bordered by pits hacked out of the
clOdded clay, yeasting with earth
worms, surely all the profundity Of
philosophy, all the intensity of faith,
all the resources of the Divine are re-
quired to rescue the beresVed spirit
from q death even more dreadful at
that supreme hour of human anguish,
when our dead are laid away out of our
sight.
Madam, do you remember that when
Johnnie died, many, many years ago,
you found q little toy drum deeply hid
den among the garden flowers a day or
two after the funerslH 1t had suffered
by its exposure to the rain and the dew
and would never sound again. think
you will remember, too, how much the
bang, bang, bang of the noisy instru-
ment annoyed you, as the sticks, tightly
clutched in two chubby fists, fell rap
idly upon the resounding head. twill
never torture your ears again. 1t will
lie in o cosy corner Of the garret, and
when your heart is heavy with clouds,
and the flowers Of your fancy cry for
the rain of your heart you will revisit
the gsrret and look upon the broken
drum.
Poor little Nettie. She had few play
things to leave as mementoes. Per
hsps nothing belonging to her pos.
sessed for her mother greater sad at
traction than one Of her shoes, down
trodden, out-at-the-toe little slipper
the faults in which she had often
pointed out. But henceforth that bit
of soiled and broken leather became
far more highly valued to one house
hold than the Kohinoor. Into any ark
of the covenant which the heads of this
home lay up before the Lord, this in
fant shoe remains as holy as was the
pot of mama in the sacred shrine Of
Israel.
! During the engrosSing scenes of the
burial, and for some days after, bott
| parents seemed almost mentally para
: lyzed. Beyond the almost unconsciouI
performance of the staple household
! duties, neither evirced the most in
: different interest in passing events. i
was not strange, therefore, that Calvin
came to regard the presence of the ba!
\ horse in his accustomed stable unques
! tioningly, and other than an occssions
! transient remembrance Of pas
} Transaction which he lacked energy t
The advocate., 1894-12-19
A PAIR OF CRANKS.
BY n. M. GREENE.

DUBIOUS way UO WdAo PEoP@I@tAOAS AOA
the trip. His wife, anxious to afford
all help possible, assisted him in dress
ing, brought his horse made ready to
the door, and between her aid and that
of Calvin he was in the saddle within
an hour from the arrival Of the latter.
Then came the ride. The doctor in
sisted that he could not endure any
gait but q slow trot. Almost frantic
with anxiety and rage, Calvin would
have left the miserable man and
dashed home to be with the stricken
child, but for the certainty that the
beWildered man would never find the
way. So he was forced to do the best
thing possible, which was to gain every
foot and every moment by constant
exertion. In this way, Calvin, almost
frantic with anxiety and just indigns-
tion, and the doctor, but little i'm
proved in mental condition by the ride,
he having replenlshed the stock on hand
by several deep pulls from a bottle en-
route, finally srriued at the dugout.
One look at the baby and then at his
wife told the poor man the condition
Of the patient. There was absolutely
no hope. The doctor, on the contrary,
took quite roseste view Of the case.
He made the usual examinations, and
murmured Smilingly: "It's all right!
Gastric fever, little cslomel fix all
right. Don be Harmed, mad'm. Soon
have um out" Turning to his case,
he attempted to deNl out medicine in
powders, but his hand trembled so
much that Calvin was forced to offer
to perform the task for him, an offer
which was not declined, the doctor,
meantime, falling into q protracted
drunken stupor from which the dis
tracted parents were unable to rouse
him long enough to give di-
rections for taking the medi-
cine. Returning to the little suf-
ferer from one Of these Intellectual of
forts, the mother in o tone so com
: pletely disguised by emotions that Cal
. vim did not at first recognize it, called
l frsntically to her husband, "Come
l herep' He came, looked an instant
1 then caught up the child in his arms
b, and bore It to the unconscious doctor
r Partially reused, that unworthy repre-
' sentative Of a noble profession de
d clared, "S'sll right. Give one every
I, hour, an four drops between. Sal
}. right"
d Our deadl Solemn surely, sad an(
,s moprnful we, when the death snge
% touches our friends. We stand by will
o long faces and watch them weep Owe
% their lost, and wonder as we look whs
,, we should do to rebut the testimony o.
q Jones in that case of Roe vs.. Doe, o.
It how much higher sugar will go, o
IS where we shall find an endorser for tn,
b next note. But our deadl Quite
% different affair, ladies and gentlemen
q Do all deaths shafts have such crue
barbsp Has the good God forgottent'
" be mercifulp What have we done
n harmless souls, eating the bread o
# carefulness, drinking the water of tn
6. desert, friendlesS, penniless, Wh,
3 should our chiefest JOY and comfort b
e takenP And so on and on for hour
n rolled the pillows Of the bitterest se
On aarth over their stranRling souls
The advocate., 1894-12-19
CHAPTER XIV.

AGES
AT length, after many broken prom
ises, the long-deferred rain came in
torrents. In time to bring up the
wheat, it was too late to save the corn
crop. The field which had been at one
time certain to yield large results was
almost Valueless. Meantime, the sec
ond payment on the land was paStd due,
and the means were largely wanting.
The matter could be neglected no
longer. Some of the neighboring set
tiers had been evlcted after summary
foreclosure of their claims. There was
but one recourse within reach. The
horses must be mortgaged to raise
funds whereWith to save the land.
After much delay and Wearisome Of
fort, Calvin succeeded in obtaining the
amount necessary, with the under
standing that the mortgage should
keep the horses. AS there were no
crops to cultivate and none to be gath
cred, this seemed no very hard condi-
tiOn. Still, the absence Of the faithful
beasts who had been so valuable in his
daily tasks, grieved Calvin not a little.
Especially, did he feel the want Of the
gallant bay who had brought him
within reach of his wife's brave sup
port, and together with her saved him
from one Of the most fearful Of deaths.
One night, little Nettie was taken
suddenly and seriously Ill. She was
desthly cold upon the surface, but eVi-
IDENTIFY consumed with an internal
fever. All the simple remedies the
distracted mother could remember
were tried in vain. The little sufferer
must have medical attendance at once,
So soon as this was evident, Calvin
girded on his revolver, and kissing
mother and child goodbye, set forth
on his long walk Of eight mile to OBJ
tain the only doctor within reach.
AS he passed the stable he heard
familiar voice calling him. Never hsC
human tongue seemed to the despond
emit man so sweet. 1t was the well
remembered neigh of his fsVorit'
horse, the hero Of his escape. ANT
never had Morgan been so much prizet
az at that moment. Forgetting al
questions Of ownership and possession
and realizing only that the means TO
obtaining help for his sick child nov
lay within reach, Calvin bridled an,
saddled the horse and set off in a long
swinging gallop over the dark prairie
It was q centeaur which bounde
thro ugh the shades, soaring the wolVe
away from his track, and rousing th
sentry prairie dog from slumber {
look after sCurrying shape. Th
rider, impelled by his hot impatienc'
struck the horse upon the foWin
name, and the response was NANTES
in run. On, on, Morganl no Indian
behind you now, old fellow, but deaf
in another form. But Wen fight hi
back and away, good comradel W
shall winl On, on, Morganl
The doctor was at home, certainl
within his own house and in his oW
bed. But whatever might be said {
the locality of the individual, the do'
tor was not at home. He was indiI
posed, affected by attacks Of slternat
taciturnity and loquscity,-in plai
The advocate., 1894-12-19

pFOLeSCS ana strenuous OppOSlClOn, MS
clothes almost completely torn from
him, and he was flung to the ground.
Nettie, who had vsinly endesvOred to
interpOse in her husbands behalf, then
demanded to know their intentions.
She was answered by voice, at the
first accents of which she started.
ave will not kill him, madam. But
we'll teach him not to steal horses
again. Here you. Jim, bring that
black snake"
Nettie rushed to the house and re-.
turned holding the revolver ready for
instant action.
"Now, remember" she said in a
commanding voice, "the man who
strikes my husband dies"
The men stood looking at her silently.
They remembered her record as a sure
shot.
"Jim, give it to him." shouted the
only voice she had yet heard, and at
the half-recalled tones of which she
again started, "best him like a hound
before his wife"
"You devilp' cried Nettie, advanc-
ing toward him. 81 know you noWl
The second shot will be for you, cow
ardly bruteP' and the attitude of her
arm was not assuring that the first
might not be for him also.
Just at this juncture most surpris-
ing diversion occurred, On a pony
which seemed to fly rather than run
into the circle of men around the dug
out, rode a figure. Whether man or
woman, if indeed mortal, was difficult
to establish at first view. 1t dashed
straight. up to the party, and Calvin
who had tossed aside his keepers and
now stood erect, and without word be-
gan laying about it with quirt, a short
riding whip Of raw-hide. Each blow de-
livered in the face brought hOwls and
curses from the recipients. Refining
the pony up to Calvin, the figure drew
a long, keen knife, cut his bonds in
twinkling, and then handed it to him
with the remark, "Help yourself" " and
then he knew that his deliVerer was
Deborah.
A parley followed: Calvin explained
as calmly as possible, the situation,
and the farmer to whom he had mort
gagged his horses finally admitted that
he was satisfied that there was no at
tempt at theft. The whole had been
worked up, Calvin told him, by bitter
enemy who was then present. But
this remark, it was found, was not at
that time true, as a thorough scrutiny
of the crowd failed to disclose the
presence of the leader who had gathered
the posse, and by artful lies had nerved
them to the performance of the das-
tardly act. The result of the settle
ment was the disaVoWal of all hostile
intentions or feelings regarding Calvin.
and the party leading back the horse,
soon passed out of sight in the gather
ing darkness.
This matter disposed of, tho atten-
tion of the couple was soon eentered
upon the strange woman who had so
opportunely returned. Her hair, long
and originally black, but now stresked
with gray, the tints of alkali dist, as
well as of age upon it, was flowing
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-03
NG. MICHIGAN, THURSDAY. MAY 8. 1884,

IN the church escaped without Injury.
Thirty were taken out dead. Houses
were thrown down In other parts Of
the village, and the money loss is very
great Some Of the villagers are prac-
tically ruined. At Maselina houses
tottered and fell as though built OF
cardboard. In this little village sixty
persons were killed. In some cases en-
tire families, fathers, mothers, and
children, were taken out OF the ruins
dead. At Martino thirty-nine persons
were killed. Here, "a at Proskina, the
parish church was the scene of the
greatest number of fatalities. In the
vicinity of Athens the fatalities were
less numerous, but the damage to
property is immense. The church of
St. Elias, on Castelle hill, be-
tw ween the Piresus and Phalerum, has
been wrecked beyond repair, and the
domes, walls, and mosaics OF the
famous Byzantine Church of Daphne
are seriously injured. The Govern
ment will be compelled to adopt extra
ordinary measures to help the poor
in the districts affected. Steps to this
end have already been taken and tho
state authorities are giving quick re-
sponses to the calls being made upon
them. The total number of deaths
thus far reported is 100, but there Is
scarcely any question that this num-
ber win be augmented when the more
remote villages are heard from. Sim
gularly enough not much damage was
done to any OF the buildings, new or
old, in Athens.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-03

Secretary of the Interior Hoke Smith.
Speaker Crisp and Congressman Henry q.
Turner are among the possibilities. though
neither Of them 10 = candidate. To draw
the line through the group of active can
didates for the place would put Northen
and Bacon together on the anti adminis-
trstion side. and leave Du Bignen alone
on the other
The term OF Senator Butler, of South
Carolina expires within q year. and the
Populists. under the leadership OF Gov.
Tillman. are already planning TO capture
the Legislature which is 10 choose the
States next representative In the upper
house OF Congress- With Senator irby.
Populist- Democrat. as one representative.
IL is the belief of Gov. Tillman that he
himself can succeed In capturing the
longer term South Carolina elects State
officers as we'll
Arkansas has its State election on Sept. 3.
and will vote for all State, judicial, courts.
township officers. one Associate Justice OF
the Supreme Court, and . Legislature.
which will choose a successor to Senator
Berry. The political sentiment In the
State has not yet crystalized into move
ment except to develop the certainty OF an
entire Populist State ticket
Alabama elects a Governor. secretary OF
State, Auditor, Treasurer. Attorney Cen
eral. Superintendent OF Education, Com
missioner OF Agriculture aud a Legislature
which will choose the successor to Senator
John T. Morgan. The election takes place
Aug. O.
Although the Legislature which will be
elected In Missouri this fall will not choose
Q nator. the campaign is, nevertheless.
OF general interest A Judge of the SUI
preme Court, State Superintendent OF
Schools. and a Railroad Commissioner will
be elected.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-03

Congressman Gear. The State votes for
eecretary, Auditor. Treasurer, Railroad
Commissioners, Judge and Clerk Of the su-
premo Court
Wyoming elects its State officers and
State Senators for four yeara Its AS
semblymen and county officers hold ONCE
two yeara This year all these onlces will
be filed and the Legislature will elect .
successor to Senator Joseph n. Carey.
South Dakota elects all its State and
county officers and a Legislature to choose
successor to Senator Richard +. Petit
grew.
North Dakota elects all State officers. q
Judge Of the Supreme Court and all county
officers. There will be no Senatorial vacan-
cy next year
California elects all OF its State officers
this year. but no Senatorial election occurs
IN 1895. hence the legislative fight will be
OF q purely local nature
Michigan has a successor 70 Senator Nc
MILAN to elect aud State ticket to take
office January I, 1895.
Washington elects two Supreme Court
Judges. its county and precinct officers.
and its Legislature chooses a Senator.
Idaho has its State. district and county
officers to elect and a Legislature which will
choose the successor of Senator shoup
Virginia has only its Congressional elec-
tions.
Nevada has only its State. county and
Congressional elections next November.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-03
ODD FELLOWS JUBILEE.

A Great Celebration of the Seventy-fifth
Anniversary of the Order.
The celebration of the seventy-fifth
anniversary of the founding of the In
dependent Order of Odd Fellows was
fittingly observed throughout the
country.
The founder of American Odd Eel
lowship was Thomas Wildey, who was
born in London. Jan. Is, 1882. On
reaching manhood he was initiated into
the order. He came TO this country In
1917 and settled in Baltimore. He
sought the acquaintance Of a few strag-
CLING members of the order who had
prec sded him here and March q, 1919,
he inserted notice in a Baltimore
paper calling for the members of the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-03

The young man had borrowed SIC
from the rich old man, promising To
bring It back one week from date. The
millionaire let him have IL, and prompt
ly on time the borrower brought II
back.
Now. Mr.. Bullion" said the young
man, 1--we been square with you In this
matter, and want to borrow $50 for
two weeks"
The old man shook his head.
Sorry" said he, but can't let you
have It."
why not?" And the young man
was greatly astonished.
Because you have disappointed mo,
and l don't want to be disappointed
again"
The borrower was more surprised
than ever.
what do you mean by being disap
pointed?" he asked.
This, explained the money man: Il
let you have that 10 not expecting ever
to get 1t again, and did; now IL let
you have 80 / would expect to get 10
again and l never would. No, SIR" he
added. conclusivel;, "one disappoint-
ment is enough. Good day." And that
ended it.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-03
sparks from the Wires.

AN army Of 700 Coxeyites has been
organized at Ell Reno, o. I.
The ST. Louis, Mo-, industrial army
has only ninety men enlisted so far.
A CoxEY reserve army Of 250 men
will be organized In Crested Butte,
Mont
REPORTS of a smallpox epidemic In
Texarkana, Ark, are said to have been
exaggerated.
POLICE OFFICER AUSTIN, OF Port
land, Oregon, shot and killed an un-
known burglar.
AT Hammond, Ind, William Bard, q
Wabash conductor, fell under his train
and was killed.
w. H. OGLE, Northern Pacific sta
tion agent at Belgrade, Mont, was
killed by q burglar.
AT St. Paul, Mimi, bucket-shop
was raided, and Frank Hill and How
ard Hill, the proprietors, were ar
rested.
THE Texas Medical Society has me-
morialized Congress for protection
against contagious diseases other than
cholera, smallpox and yellow fever.
EVIDENCE has been found showing
that Lawyer A.. T. Beck, OF Indianap-
oils, was struck with sandbag before
he was shot. No arrests have been
made.
EDWARD RYAN, JR., and his sister
Nellie, of Boulder, Mont, we're
drowned on their way to the Crow res
ervation In search Of a ranch they
could take up.
Two wELLrDREssEDme men robbed the
II. E Spencer Bank at Springfield,
Mass, Of 81. 300, one occupying the at
tention Of the cashier while the other
secured the money from the change
count0S.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-03
THE CAMPAIGN IS ON.
ELECTION OF OVER TWENTY
SENATORS INVOLVED.
OnHces to BE Filled In the Various States
This Year-A New House of Represen-
tatives to He Chosen Hot Fights In
Some Sections.

The politicians of the country are In
the saddle. This is no unmeaning
phrase this year, for 1894 promises to
eclipse in interest even presidential
election. In fact, it promises to fore
shadow accurately the campaign of
1896. For this reason all the talent Of
the various parties Is already being
brought to the front, primed with a
mass OF campaign material growing
out of the silver, the tariff, and the
Hawaiian controversies of the last
year. Local issues will be merged in
those created by the leaders of the ma
tion, and as over twenty Senators are
to be chosen by the Legislatures which
are TO be elected this year, and an en-
tirely new House Of Representatives is
to be voted for, a change in the COM
plexion of the legislative branch OF the
country lies in the balance. In the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-03
DISASTER IN GREECE.
Repeated Earthquake Shocks Cause Terri
nsafru

Repeated Earthquake Shocks Cause Terri
BILE Destruction.
The earthquake shocks that began
in Greece at about 1880 o'clock Friday
night continued with more or less fre-
quency until noon Sunday. The death
list will reach into the hundreds. The
people in Athens were in a state OF
semi-panlc. Telegraph communica-
tion with many parts Of the country
impossible to get news OF the towns
that must have been affected by the
shocks. In three villages-Malesina,
Proskina and MARITIME, all in the prov
ince Of Locris-l29 persons were killed.
A heavy shock occurred at Pros
kina while vesper services were being
held In the parish church. The walls
Of the church fell, burying all the wor-
Shipers In the ruins. Hardly person
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-03
WHOLE LINE TIED UP.
Great Northern Employees at st. Paul ant
Minneapolis Stop Work.

Great Northern Employees at st. Paul and
Minneapolis Stop Work.
The strike is on at last in st. Paul
and Minneapolis. The American Rail.
way Union called out all its men in the
employ of the Great Northern Road in
the two cities. kilograms were sent
to all unions on the line to stand by
their guns. All efforts to settle the
strike failed, and President Debs Of
the A. r. u. issued orders for strike
on all the Minnesota divisions Of the
Great Northern. This completes the
strike from st. Paul to the coast. Pres
ident Hill, OF the Great Northern,
again proposed his plan of arbitration
at the last conference between the
mems committee and the road, but it
was refused. The strike inaugurated
in Minneapolis and at st. Paul includes
all train employees. yard hands, shop
men, an all other classes OF railway
employees, and ties up the system from
st. Paul and Minneapolis to the Pacific
cOaat
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-03

The great strike of the coal-miners
Is on. In the Pittsburg district it has
resulted in an almost total stoppage Of
all the mines. Fifteen thousand of the
twenty thousand men in the region are
out. According to ectimates made by
President John Mcbride, of the United
Nine Workers, 124, 900 men are already
out and are distributed as follows:
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-03

order to meet for the purpose of form.
ing lodge. Five responded, and on
the memorable Goth of April they or
ganized themselves into the Washing
ton Lodge of Odd Fellows at the his
toric old Seven Stars tavern. The sub
sequent growth and spread OF the order
can be seen in the following table OF
figures made for the annual encamp-
ment of 1893:
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-03

ana, in 1885, it was regarded as presag.
ing war with Mexico. There is dusky
zigzag line near the tip of the Great
ure's wings which looks like q w, and
is said to stand for war. The omen
would not hold e. cd in other languages,
but the seventeen-year locust does not
prevail in other lands. 1t is distinct
ly American product, and of the $780,
600 varieties OF insect life known to
science It has the longest life. It is
little singular that the Arabs trace in
the wings OF the genuine locust mes
sage from God written In Arabic.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-03

Vast as is the growth here shown, it
does not do justice of percentage OF in
crease, as only round numbers are
given, and thus many lodges are not
represented in the figures.