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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19
LOCOMOTIVE FOR JUNGFRAU RAILWAY.

rack engine, as the illustration
shows, has a boiler OF the vertical
order, and four cylinders, the outer
pair OF which are connected with
wheels running on ordinary rails,
while the inner pair operate a CEN
trail toothed wheel, running on a
single. racked rail. The two sets Of
cylinders can be worked separately OF
together.
The route Of the Jungfrau Railway
will be as follows: From its starting
point, the line ascends to the foot Of
the Eiger Glacier, which Is to be tun-
neled, the trains entering on the
east side and coming out in the south
at Station Eiger, which is 9, 500 feet
above the level Of the sea- The tun-
mel ia to be open on the outer side.
From Station Eiger the line moves,
again by tunnel, in the direction Of
the "Monk" Mountain, until 1t reach
es the Jungfrau-Joch, and, leaving
the tunnel there, the railroad as
cends to the so-called small plateau,
winding itself around the mountain
in spiral form like the thread on a
screw. The small plateau Is IL, 500
feet above the level of the sea, and in
midsummer clear Of snow. There a
gigantic elevator will be constructed,
powerful enough to hoist fifty people
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19

ripe for an epidemic. 1t had popu-
lation of nearly 500, 900, and the ma
jority of the people were badly
housed. The city was built mainly
of wood and plaster. The streets
were narrow, badly paved, worse
drained, and never cleaned. Under
the very windows of the palaces the
streets reeked With unspeakable
abomination. In December, 1864,
the first case of the epidemic oc-
Cured, but 1t was not until the fol-
lowing June that the people realized
their perilous position and the horri-
bic nature of the disease. In the
second week of June 12O deaths oc-
Cured. A sudden panic swept over
the city. The royal court fled to Ok
ford and thousands left the city as IL
fleeing from charnal house.
BY August the city was at the
mercy OF the plague. Business was
at a standstill. Streets once thronged
were as quiet and deserted as the
grave, and whole rows of houses were
shut up, their occupants having fled.
AS soon as the disease was known to
be present in any dwelling the house
was shut up and marked in the mid
die of the door with a red cross a
foot long, AMI above it the printed
words, "Lord have mercy upon US. !"
No one was suffered TO leave the
smitten house unless it was to go to
the pest house. The authorities en-
deavored in every manner to Isolate
the infected, and those who in any
way had come in contact with them
were required to carry red wand
before them while travelling the
streets. The dealers in the necessa-
ries of life-all other traffic was sus-
pended-received the money from
their customers in disinfectants.
People were afraid to speak to their
best friends, and walked in the mid
die Of the streets lest they should
come in contact with Others leaving
their homes. All domestic animals
were banished from the city, beggars
were not allowed to frequent the
streets, and all games that might
draw a crowd were forbidden.
Burylng the Dead.
AS the plague progressed burials
ceased to be performed with any re-
ligious ceremonies. The dead be-
came so numerous that it was impos-
sible any longer to preserve the
individuality Of corpse. Pits were
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19

dug, at first so small as to contain
only so or 60 bodies each, but after
ward they reached proportions suffi-
cient to accommodate over 1000
corpses each. The pits were gener-
ally dug down to the water and into
these the rich and poor, the innocent
child and the hoary reprobate we're
flung. There were no prayers, no
friends to weep last farewell; only
hired bearers attended each commit
ment to earth. The dead carts went
their dreary rounds by night, accom-
panied by man ringing bell, who
called out as he passed the infected
houses, Bring out your dead" Then
the bodies were piled on the carts
and were taken to a common burial
ground.
And yet amid all this the deprav-
ity Of human nature blossomed. The
living were robbed by hireling nurses;
the dead were stripped of the linen
enshrouding their bodies; nay, what
is more horrible by far, nurses after
robbing killed the unhappy creatures
committed to their care that they
might hasten elsewhere to pillage
and to murder. From the middle Of
August to the middle of October the
plague was at its height. In these
two months there perished OF the
plague 40, 705. The most fatal week
was that between the 18th and 10Th
of September, when there died OF all
diseases 1927, Of whom 1896 were
killed by the plague. The entire
mortality during the prevalence of
the epidemic, which did not entirely
die out until winter, was nearly 100, :
600.
A violent fever, ending either in
death or In an eruption OF iniiamma-
tory tumors, generally marked each
case OF the plague. IL the tumors
broke the patient was considered
reeH'om danger. In other cases the
invasion of the disease was sudden,
and many thus attacked fell down
and died In the streets, in the mar
ket houses and In their homes.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19
where old English survives.

A correspondent of the Boston
Herald writes from the Hot Springs
In the North Carolina Mountains:
"This is the land Of the poor whites,
who dwell in windy cabins among
the mountains, and seem to have
nothing to live upon. A kindly,
hardy race of mountaineers, they
live usually to old age, in spite OF
what seems like great privation; and
they retain In their usual forms OF
speech many Of the old English
words which were common In Shak-
speare's time. They are apt to APP
peal to the rife or shotgun In settle
ment OF a feud, but convictions for
murder are rare, although many cases
come to trial. Recently In this vi
cinity one mountaineer was arraigned
for fracturing a neighbours skull; and
venerable woman from the noun
tains was called to the witness-stand.
Did you ever hear Jim threaten to
hurt Bill?' asked the lawyer. Il
reckon l did, answered the witness.
Il heerd him say he'd bust his MAJ
zard one day when o he was right
smart ambitious % o4U
"Here is the survival OF an ancient
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19

The Jungfrau, the magnificent
snow-covered peak OF the Bernese
Alps, is soon to be reached by rail.
The European bourses are selling the
stock of projected Jungfrau rail-
way, for which M. Guyer-Zeller, Of
Zurich, the principal owner Of the
great Northeast Railway, has Just re-
ceived a concession" by the Swiss
Federal Council.
The Jungfrau is situated on the
boundary line of the Cantons Berne
and Valois. Its height is 1851 feet,
200 feet less than that of Mont Blanc,
the giant among the mountains Of
Europe. In 1890 project to reach
the summit by rail was launched, but
the plans were not feasible. The
present plan is to start the road on
the Scheideck Mountain (Wengern
Alp), some six thousand feet above
the sea. The rack system Of railroad
ing, which is employed by the Mont
GEMS, Right and Zermatt Railways
most successfully, will be used In
pulling up the cars to the Jungfrau,
being REINFORCED by electricity. The
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19
deceased Ancestors in China.

The Chinese dislike to Western in
novations which Is now threatening
the peace of tina. country, especially
In the province Of Human, is curl
ously illustrated by a correspondent
who Is employed In the service of the
telegraph company which built the
first telegraph line In China 1t is
we'll known that the Chinese used to
pull down the lines at night. and
that it became necessary to lay the
wires underground, otherwise, there
would be no telegraphs in the coun-
try to-day. The reason given is that
the Chinese yenerate their deceased
ancestors so profoundly that they will
not allow even shadow to fall upon
their graves AS rule, there, are
no cemeteries in China, the dead be-
ing buried near the dwellings Of the
living, and hence there is hardly a
field or garden which has not its
sacred place. Since China is so
thickly populated, the telegraph men
found themselves embarrassed by
graves on every hand, and the people
flung down the posts and menaced
the workingmen's lives. On apply
ing to the authorities for the reason
of this hostility, the engineers were
told that at certain hours of the day
the poles cast shadows over the
tombs beside them; and, as neither
money nor persuasion would overcome
the sentiments Of the people, all the
lines In China have been laid under.
ground
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19
GNSAhER20Sa
ooowHEEL TRUCK OF LOCOMOTIVES.
to the mountain summit on each

trip
The railroad will be $4,000 feet
long, and for power and lighting pur-
poses electricity will be employed
throughout. The falls of the Luet-
schine River and the Truemmel
stream are to furnish the power for
electrical engines.
Work will be started in the spring
The engineers hope to finish the rail-
road to Station Eiger within two
years. In the summer Of 1898 Amer
lean tourists will be able to reach the
summit of the Jungfrau, as M. Guyer-
Zeller says, in true United States
fashion, by elevator. The cost Of the
undertaking is estimated at about
$4,000, 900.
The first great mountain railroad
constructed in the Alps was that to
Mont Cents, 6,775 feet above the sea,
finished in 1855. Then followed the
Right Culm Railroad, finished six
years later, and finally the Zermatt
railway, which was thrown open to
travel In the summer OF 1891. The
latter is twenty-five miles In length.
The locomotives Oh these railways,
which are fed by coal, are Of los
horse power, and travel at the rate
Of ZOO feet per hour. These roads
are also constructed on the rack sys
tenn.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19
word among the mountains Of North
Carolina. Hamlet saws in the grave

word among the mountains Of North
Carolina. Hamlet says in the grave
digger's scene:
"Why, cen so; and now my Lady
Worms chapless, and knocked about
the mazzard with a saxton's spade;
here's fine resolution, and we had the
trick to sect. ''f'.
Ambitious mean ugly in the
vernacular Of a mountaineer, and it
is more than probable that some re-
mote ancestor OF the venerable wit
ness was transported to this part OF
the world for busting the mazzard'
of some fellow Briton.
THE people Of the lowlands COM
ing into constant contact with those
whom the Shakers call worlds peo-
ple,' have lost the language which
their progenitors brought with them
from England when they landed and
forced the convict settlers back into
the mountains. But the mountain
men, seeing few strangers in their
rocky homes, have retained much OF
the original speech which they in
herited from the exiles OF Elizabeth's
reign"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19
TIGE RETRIEVED THE BONE.

But In the Accomplishment OF the Feat
He Secured Self-obliteration.
"The hero of my story" he began,
"and he was a hero Of the first water,
was an Arkansas farmer who sailed
under the honorable name Of Miller.
or course you all know that in Ar
kansas it is against the law of the
commonwealth to use dynamite In
the public waters. Well, to hurry
through the statement of the case,
a lot of us came to the conclusion
that If we wanted to make a big
haul of fish it would be necessary to
use little force. Accordingly dyna-
mite bombs were secured, and we
asked Miller to go up stream and
throw the bombs in while we, his
guests, would gather at a ford few
rods down and secure the floating
fish. Miller, accompanied by a
highly educated water spaniel, went
up the bank and prepared for his at
tack upon the denizens of the water.
He hurled one missile, fuse attached,
into the stream. An instant later
the dog was in the water, and in a
moment he had the bomb in his
mouth swimming for the shore.
"'Drap 1t. Tigen shouted the far
mer. 'Drap, i say!' to IA
"But the dog would not obey. He
swan wildly forward and in twenty
seconds had landed. Miller started
to run, the dog coming after him at
a break-neck gait. Miller ran toward
the fishermen below. They realized
the situation in an instant, and level
ling their guns warned the farmer to
head in another direction. The
situation, for all its seriousness, was
the funniest that / ever saw. Miller
ran wildly down the hill, yelling at
the dog to 20 back.
@'Stop" he yelled. 'Drap il, Tige!
Go home" But the dog only in
creased his efforts to reach his
masters side.
"But the end soon came. The
fuse burned its length, and then
Miller never recovered even the
collar Of poor Tige!"-St. Louis Re-
public.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19

liove that any similar combination
has ever aroused such interest In
North America.
To give some idea Of It, will say
that the receipts for the twelve per-
formances were s43,500, an average
of %, 625 q night In Italy such re-
ceipts would be something phenome-
nal; in America they were very salts
factory.
During this time ! came to know
Booth, and / found In him every
quality that can characterize gen.
tleman. The affability and modesty
of his manners rendered him justly
loved and esteemed, not only by his
countrymen. but by all who had the
fortune to make his acquaintance.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19

and although he does not hunt him
self he loves to ride across country
and is out every pleasant morning.
He is often accompanied by his
daughter. One day recently Mr.. Dill
went out to ride alone and when he
returned to the stable his little
daughter came toward the stable to
greet him. Mr.. Dill was standing
inside the stable door, talking with
the groom and had the bride of Jack,
the bay horse he had just been rid
ing, in his hand. Suddenly he heard
a scream. Jack heard 1t, to. Before
his master had time to turn around
the horse had jerked the bride away
and was running across the stable
yard.
Mr.. Dill followed and what he saw
was calculated to make him follow
pretty rapidly. His little daughter
was being attacked by dog, bis,
ugly, yellow cur, that did not belong
around the place. Its teeth were
tearing her dress and she was vainly
struggling to free herself. Jack must
have had an appreciation OF her dan
ger Running until he had reached
the little girl and the dog he reared
up on his hind legs and brought his
forefeet down with crushing force on
the vicious cur. The dog released its
hold on the child's clothing and fell;
but Jack had not finished his work.
Turning just as the dog was about to
rise again he let fly his hind legs and
gave the cur kick that landed it in
a heap against stone fence full ten
feet away. Then Jacks work was
done-the dog was dead and his
friends life was saved.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19
Wooden swearing.

There is kind of swearing, which
many people are given to, when they
are angry. Instead Of giving vent to
their feelings In oaths, they slam the
doors, kick the chairs. stamp on the
floor, throw the. furniture about and
make all the hoisc they possibly can.
1t is practically the same thing as
swearing--springs from the same
kind OF feelings exactly, but avoids
saying those awful words. They
force the furniture to make the
noise, aud so Icall IL wooden swear
ing. Texas Siftings.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19
Not Evidence Enough.

In a Washington County town a
little while ago the local champion
liar was brought up before the justice
for stealing hens. Twas a pretty
plain case, and, by the advice OF his
lawyers, the prisoner said: II plead
guilty" This surprising answer In
place of the string OF lies expected,
staggered the justice. He rubbed his
head. IL guess-Pm afraid-well,
Hiram" said he, after a thoughtful
pause. Il guess I'll have to have more
evidence before sentence you."-
L .wiston Journal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19
sALvINi AND BOOTH.
Extraordinary Receipts Of Their Perform
ances In Three Cities.

Extraordinary Receipts of Their Perform
ances In Three Cities.
From California we returned to
New York, where / had an offer to
play for three weeks with the famous
artist, Edwin Booth, to give three
performances of "Othello" week,
with Booth as Iago and me as Othello.
The cities selected were New York,
Philadelphia and Boston, writes Sal
vini, In the Century. As the manag-
ers had to hire the theaters by the
week, they proposed that we should
give Hamlet" as a fourth perform
auce, with Booth as Hamlet and me
as the Ghost
accepted with the greatest pleas
ure, battered to be associated with so
distinguished and sympathetic an
artist. I cannot find epithets to
characterize those twelve perform.
ances! The word extraordinary" is
not enough, nor Is splendid" / will
call them unique" for I do not be-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19

Grocers everywhere assert that
there is little or no profit in retailing
sugars, and housekeepers confirm this
by saying that there is small econo-
my In buying sugar by the keg. The
tradition touching the small profit in
handling sugar at retail is certainly
more than 100 years old, for writer
In the middle OF last century affirmed
that London grocers Of that day were
often out 98oato ev0 a year for paper
and packthread used In wrapping up
sugar, and some sgrocers would not
sell sugar to q customer who did not
at the same time purchase some other
article. Chicago Herald.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19
Editor Not to Be Muzzled.

On Friday last Councilman David
Smith turned his little finger over his
thumb few times tco often, became
uproariously drunk and was promptly
arrested by Marshal Davis and lodged
in the lookup to cool off. He was taken
before Judge Neal Monday and was
fined 81 and trimmings. We wish to
say in this connection that we were i'm.
portuned not to write this up, but will
say that it is a news item and is mat
ter that the public have a right
through their local paper to know
about.-Vanceburg Sun.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19

In the crusade inausursted nearly half .
century ago against the professional ignor-
ance OF the old school of medicine. Hostetter's
stomach Bttters was . standard bearer. Its
Victories over disease, when the old-time
specifics proved abject failures. proved that
the philosophy which sanctioned tho
administration Of violent remedies where the
terable rules blood-letting, violent purgation.
the use OF emetics and the employment OF COR
rosive and cumulative poisons In simple cases
the worst of unphiaosopby. contrary alike 10
the laws OF true medicinal science, Of hygiene
And OF common sense. Biliousness, constipa-
thn p aHa chilli ana Iever - nov treated by
obstfnately resisted old fashioned medic alton.
30 do dyspepsia, rheumatism and kidney COM
plaint-eli surely conQuersble by this safe
and really phflosophic remedy.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19
Adopted Names.

Authors are apt TO become very
fanciful about their names, as soon
as the latter have received public ap-
probation. J. b. Jeaffreson says that
his friend, William Stigand, was I'M
easy about his surname until he had
changedsthe spelling Of 1t, so that 1t
stands thus or the title-page OF one
book and @Stigant" en- another. Will
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19
Freak ora Fish.

In the window of q cigar store on
Columbus avenue, New York, is to be-
seen a freak OF nature that attracts
much attention. 1t is goldfish with
out any fin on its back. Otherwise it is
perfectly developed, and seems TO suf-
fer no Inconvenience from the absence
OF this part Of its anatomy. There is
said to be but one other such specimen
In the country. and it is stuffed one in
the Smithsonian Institution at Wash
inptOn
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19
scottish Expedient.

A curious method OF resuscitation In
vogue among the miners OF Scotland In
the case of insensibility from exposure
to choke-damp, and which Is said to be-
very efficacious, is as follows: The
half suffocated man Is placed face
downward over hole freshly dug in
the earth, and allowed to lie until he
shows signs of consciousness. The
idea involved in this proceeding Is that
the fresh earth draws the foul gas out
OF the lungs.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19

THE sale of the Sierra Valley and
Mohawk Railroad for $50, 900 in salts
faction OF lawyers claims has re-
suited In some disappointment.
Doubtless the lawyers for defending
the road against the assaults of ra-
pacity were entitled to pay. But
their demands were only for $40, 600.
The sale results In the requirement.
Of 5000 that somebody else must in
evitably secure. And It would have
been so easy and professional TO have
tackled this trifle onto the bill.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19
A Rabbit Drive in Texas.

In the Panhandle of Texas the
rabbits are very nearly as much of a
nuisance as they are in Australia,
and the problem Of how to extermi-
nate them is serious one. Unlike
the prairie dog, which moves when
civilization reaches his habitation,
the jack rabbit will remain very near
the settlements and run the chances
of being killed. Parties are formed
to drive these rabbits. A triangle,
with the sides about a quarter Of a
mile long and the base about an equal
distance across, Is formed with close
ly constructed wire fences or wire
screening.
The hunters separate very much as
in fox hunt and, going In circle,
meet a short distance below the base
of the triange, beating the grass as
they 60 Then, closing In, they
drive the rabbits into the triangle,
and the animals suspect no danger
until they are huddled together at
the point They try to jump the
fence, and, failing in that, make a
rush to reteat. The hunters are
armed with stout clubs and kill them
by the hundred. 1t Is not uncommon
for two or three Thousand to be killed
in a single drive. The sport Is an ex-
citing one, as the animals are exceed
ingly quick In their movements and
will execute some very artful lodges
to try to pass the hunters.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19
A Tale of Horror.

The great epidemic that visited
London in 1865, wiping out nearly
100, 900 lives, must be reckoned one
OF the most disastrous visltations In
history. London at that time was
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19

Finally girls in
spect them, and
after throwing out
imperfect on e 8
pack t h e M in
pasteboard boxes
holding one gross
each.
A little better
grade of the same
button is m a d Q
with hacks of met
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19
OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SAYINGS AND DO.
INoS HERE And THERE.

Jokes and Jokelcts that Are Supposed to
Have Been Recently Born-sayings and
Doings that Are Odd. Curious. and Laugh.
sbls--The Weeks Humor.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19
SAVED BY A HORSE.

A Remarkable Example Of Equine Intelli-
Gence.
James B. Dill, a New York lawyer,
has a little girl about II years old
who owes her life to the affection and
intelligence of one of Mr.. Dills
horses. Mr.. Dill has very fine sta
BILE OF hunters at his home at Orange
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19

al instead of pasteboard; but the
process of manufacture Is the same
in both and both kinds are used for
the same purpose.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19

A GIRL Is not considered a good
singer until she has caused concert
to be postponed because she has a
cold. --Atchison Globe.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-04-19
AN ILLINOIS MIRACLE
A CASE or DEEP INTEREST TO
WOMEN EVERYWHERE.

saved Through . Casual Glance 1T News
papsr-wssk. Pale and I'm . Dspiorsbis
Condition when Relief Came-A Ne
msrksbIs Narrative Carefully Invests-
gated BY = Dubuque Times Reporter.