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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-15
LApLAND WOMAN MILKING HER DEER

it is possible in places to sail for many
miles in the narrow passa ges between
islands and the main land and rarely
catch more than glimpse OF the sea
without. ,rs-'ls..n
The islands are worthy Of the name.
Huge masses Of rock rise from the sea,
often 1900 or 4 200 feet in perpe ndic-
ular height; their summits have never
been trodden by the foot OF man. No
attempt Is ever made to ascend them,
for the difficult and dang erous task
would be utterly fruitless of re-
suit. From some of the Alpine
peaks the prospect, for variety and
beauty, is unsurpassed. For hun
dred miles there Is an alienation of
mountain and valley, while far away
in the dim southern distance stretch
the sunny plains OF Italy, dotted with
the domes and steeples of cities,
specked with the white marble vii as
OF the nobility and gentry. A score of
cities, every one famous in story and
song, are visible at a single glance,
while the beauty of the, natural feat
ures of scenery, the scenery that Gre
ated Juror of enthusiasm when point
ed out by Hannibal to his dusky war
riors from beyond the sea. and later
drove Napoleons soldiers wild, amply
repays the fatigue and labor Of the as
cent. No such compensation awaits
him who climbs peak in Norway, for
after the ascent, if it can be made at
all. he sees to the north and south an
endless succession of gigantic peaks
similar to the one on which he stands,
to the east are apparently boundless
table lands, broken by an occasional
peak, while to the west is the sea that
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-15

and Ernest Michaux-for whom
their compatriots, with character
istic chauvinism, claim the honor of
inventing the modern blcycle-has
been gloritied In the remarkably
graceful design shown herewith, with
acknowledgements to the Paris LII
lustration.
The Michaux, it is related, set
themselves to work on the machine
that has developed into the two
wheeler of present familiarity in
Paris more than thirty years ago.
When the French again settled
down to nonsense after the Franco
German war two mechanicians,
Truffault and Vincent, occupied
themselves with the improvement
and approximate perfection of the
machine of their ingenious antece-
dent. The result Of their labors is,
OF course, a continuance vastly su-
perior to that turned out by the
wheelwrights of the Avenue d'Antin.
But the part played in the invention
by the house of Michaux-"l'initia-
teur reel de ce grand movement
velOcipedique," to quote the sonOr-
Gus phrase of the French reporters
is fully appreciated by the Gallo vic
Tins of the mania Of ala velocipedie, +"
and so he who runs may read at a
glance the fame that the Michaux
won tor themselves and the town OF
their birth, Bar-le. Due, when they
invented the prototype OF the bicycle.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-15
Hasty Choice.

An amusing anecdote is told of
Lord Liverpool, prominent peer
during the Pitt ministry, who made,
at least in one case, the mistake of
acting before he had sufficiently
thought over the matter In question.
Mr.. Pitt had some intention of Great
ing new order OF merit, and asked
the opinion of the cabinet ministers
as to the color of ribbon which should
be used. Lord Liverpool called upon
him one evening and announced that
he had made his selection, and was
ready to show it.
"You see," he said, with well-sat-
istled air, Il have endeavored to COM
bine such colors as will flatter the
national vanity. Here Is red for the
English flag, blue for liberty, and
white to denote the purity Of mo-
tive"
alt is excellent" cried one of the
persons present.
"The King will be greatly pleased
with it," said another.
"You had better take 1t down to
Windsor" added a third,
"Yes, said Lady Hester Stanhope,
"the King will be delighted with it.
l myself think the colors charming;
for l know exactly how they will
look, as have seen them very often y
"Seen them? Where?" asked Lord
Liverpool.
"Why, In the French soldiers cock
AIDES"
He had overlooked the tricolored
flag, symbol of revolt and democracy,
as well as another national ensign,
of which no reader in this day will
need to be reminded. He was thun-
derstruck.
@What shall / do, Lady Hester?"
ne cried. Il have already got 900
yards OF ribbon made. What can /
do with it?"
But there was nothing to do with
1t, aud so Lady Hester assured him.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-15
A FISHING STATION.

until they have passed through a pc
riod Of probation. Permission to
wear the horsehair hat is the final
act OF transforming the small boy in
to a real sure-enough man-though
he doesn't look it.
Such short childhood may, at first
thought, possess charm for boys in
our colder climate. But it will be
quickly understood that making
boys into men as soon as they are old
enough to feel that they would like
to be men Is not wise idea. The
Coreans, although possessing GER
tain degree of queer kind of civil
izatiOn, are not people to be pat
termed after. In Corea IL a young
mans parents are not rich, he can
never hope to become so by his own
efforts. And IL he is not a member
of noble family he can never hope
to reach an exalted position. AS for
courage, the Coreans have never
shown much of that. The Corean
men are not in themselves a good ar
gument for brief childhood.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-15
WOMEN AS GOOD BORROWERS.

Female stockholders Ia ~ Chicago Build
ing and Loan Association.
There is Chicago building and
loan association which has great
faith in women borrowers, says the
Investment Review. Running over
an experience Of eight years the as
ISOLATION has not lost cent from it's
female stockholders, and the secre-
tary is firmly of the opinion that
when woman starts out to secure a
home she does not cease her efforts
until she gets it. The first loan the
association made to a woman was on
a lot out at 31st and Wallace streets.
It was in the nature OF an expert
menu, and some OF the officers thought
it bad Policy; but the woman stated
the case In this way: "We are pay
ing $40 month rent, and / know we
could just as well pay that amount
toward the purchase of a home" She
succeeded in getting $3.50, with which
the association put up brick cottage
on her lot. Since that time she has
added another story to the building
and payment has never been missed.
Il have observed" said the secretary,
shat woman after home, if she
has a good husband, manages to
economic in such a way that she
forms the best kind Of borrowe'.
We had one once who fell behind Sc =
eral months, but she kept continually
coming to the Office and declaring
that she would come out all right,
and she did. That has been my ex-
perience with all the women to whom
we have loaned money"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-15
A Plain Fact.

The teacher in geography was put
ting the class through few simple
tests.
@On which side OF the earth is the
north pole?" she inquired.
@On the north side," came the
unanimous answer.
"On which side is the south pole?'
"On the south side?"
"Now. on which side are the most
people?"
This was poser, and nobody an
swered. Finally very young schol.
ar held up his hand.
Il know" he said hesitatingly, as
IL the excess of his knowledge was toe
much for him.
"Good for you" said the teacher,
encouragingly. "Tell the class on
which side the most people are"
"On the outside" piped the young.
ster.
And whatever answer the teacher
had in her mind was lost in the
shuttle.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-15
All They Wanted.

While Lord Coleridge was en- his
way to Chicago, an interviewer, fail
ing otherwise to draw him out, be-
gan to belittle the old country. Lord
Coleridge bore it all patiently; fin
ally, the interviewer said: Il am
told, my lord, you think great deal
Of what you call your great fire OF
London. Well, / guess that the con-
fagration we had in the little village
of Chicago made your great fire look
very small" To which Lord Cole
ridge blandly responded: "Sir, 1 have
every reason to believe that the
great fire Of London was quite as
great as the people at that time de.
sired
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-15
AALEsUND. A FISHING TOWN.

Every peasant in Central and Western
Europe is familiar with the sight and
sound of these aerial armies passing far
above his head, and has learned by
their movements to Judge of the near
approach OF cold or warm weather.
They are true tourists. AL day long,
with noisy clamor, they travel at
night, we'll aware of the danger, they
descend in perfect stiffness, feed and
rest. A passer-by might walk within
fifty feet of thousand Of them and
not hear a single sound. They are not
bothered with waiting for trains or
making connections, or paying hotels
or tipping the lazy waters who do
more waiting in the kitchen than at
the table. For thousands of miles they
travel, and the birds that spend the
summer among the barren rocks OF
Norway pass the winter among the
wild rice marshes of Central Africa.
The Norwegians they have left be-
hind would be glad to go with them,
for Norway is not over cheerful even
when summer is at it's height, and the
sun wheels round the horizon instead
of sinking below, but in winter the
desolation becomes tenfold more APP.
parent, and the limited resources of
the inhabitants are taxed to the ut
most to get through the season. More
than one Arctic explorer has given q
graphic picture of the horrors of a
winter in the frozen north: but to the
Norsemen every winter is an Arctic
winter, and the Inconvenience and
suffering of which the explorers COM
plain so bitterly are by him borne as a
matter Of cou. Sc. To him a tempera-
ture of 40 to so degrees below zero
does not seem excessively cold, for he
is prepared for it. Well protected
without by dress of fur from head to
foot, we'll provided within with an
abundant supply of fish and oily food,
his system defies the cold, and without
injury he endures a temperature that
would speedily prove fatal to the in
habitants of warmer zone.
Whether it is that only the strong
can live in such a climate, or whether
the climate makes all who live in it
strong, is a question that only those
versed in such matters can answer;
but certain it is that no country in the
world produces better examples of the
human animal than the scandinavian
penin sula. Tall, we'll formed, robust,
the men of Norway and Sweden are
capable of enduring almost any amount
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-15

OF labor and hardship. The soldiers OF
the Swedish and Norwegian armies
average the tallest in Eur pc, and al
though during the last few centuries
they have not had the opportunity to
keep up the reputation they won when
the viking ships were known and
dreaded on every coast from the mouth
# the Rhine to the mouth of the Ii
Der, they are still prepared to give q
good account of themselves should the
political necessities of their country
ever a :, In demand their services in
war.
Their home life is as simple as could
be imagined, for there are only two
leading lines of industry in Norway
farming and fishing and very often
both are practiced by the same indi-
viduals, VINO, during the short spring
and summer, do the heavy work OF
agriculture, leaving the lighter tasks
to their wives ard children, while in
the winter they devote their time al
most exclusively to the fisheries. The
latter pay much better than farming,
for the Norway sunni err Is so short
that only the quickest growing and
hardest grains, such as oats or barley,
have q chance to matu Q at all. hut
oat cake and barley bread are good
enough for the man who has never
known anything better. and the Nor.
way peasant has few dainties, while
his style of living is on par with his
plainness of diet. His house is never
luxurious, but one thing must be said
in its favor, it is always comfortable,
even in the coolest weather. 1t is of.
ten shared by his goats and reindeer,
and as cooking. eating and sleeping
are all done in the same room, the at.
mosphere is often of ogerpowering
thickness; but to Norwegian oxygen
does not appear to be a necessity; he
lives and thrives in air that can al
most be cut into layers
Ordinarily regardless OF personal ap.
pearance, there is one occasion when
every inhabitant Of Norway must look
fine, and that Is on the wedding day.
Even then, however, the distinction
between the rich and the poor is very
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-15

Curiosity in the shape of Check Owned
by Chicagosn.

Curiosity In the shape of . Check Owned
by Chicagosn.
An unredeemed check for % cents,
issued by j. r. Grant, leather mer-
chant of Galena, H., the father OF
General Grant. Is In the hands OF a
Chicagoan, who values 1t, of course,
and who could not be induced to ex-
change II for q thousand times its
value, though the administrator of
the estate of j. r. Grant should re-
turn and open up the concerns at
fairs. The accompanying cut Is q
fac smile of the check.
1t used to be the circulating me-
dunn in a small way, this pasteboard
check business. 1t was soon after
the beginning Of the war. That
event favored the people with moth
ing but silver for currency. The MIN
BILE peuny was not much in vogue, to
use a social coinage. AS the war pro-
crossed silver followed gold into Sc
clusion, until the time came when a
5-cent silver piece was quoted at a
premium, as were all silver pieces.
A little later no silver was to be had.
There was nothing Of monetary
character less than paper dollar,
and the value of that was some
times called in question. The bust
ness men found it necessary to make
change. A customer did not always
want to buy dollars worth at a
store. 1t was at this time that the
merchants agreed to issue pasteboard
checks In denominations of from 5
cents to so, and when a man had a
dollars worth OF these he could re-
deem them at any store or bank in
tho 20 tuhoro
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-15

their presence yalmost as necessary at
a wedding aSthat of the preacher. In
the rural districts of this peculiar
country there still linger the tradi-
tions and legends which are found
among the common people of every
country in Europe: nor, any more than
the Greeks or Italians. have they for
gotten their glorious past. There is
great future before Norway and Swe
den, and the evidence of a new ma
tional life is seen everywhere: in the
cities, where modern structures are
taking the place of the old-fashioned
dwellings and offices; in the country,
where men and women dress better,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-15

fare better and look better than did
their fathers and mothers The time
may never come when the viking will
again carry terror to France and En-
gland, but the day is near at hand
when the SCANDINAVIAN powers will
exert far more influence in the affairs
of Europe than they have ever done
before, and this broadening OF their
power will be due in no small degree
to the improvement in the condition
of their people.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-15

A furore Norman Drum LIBERIA nos, o
Domino. @,HA 49,
So nobody tries to Ascend the reaks,
and. indeed, not q few are inaccessi-
BILE, having not even q landing place
for the smallest boat Rising perpen-
dicularly from the water, their bases
have been tunneled by the busy waves
boating against them for thousands Of
years; the pillows rush into the cav
erns with q sound like O boom of thun-
der, rush out. again like pent up
flood, and with force that no boat
could withstand, 80 that, sometimes
for miles, no spot. can be found where
even the nimblest sailor could leap in
William Tell fashion from the boat to
the shore. But the mighty cliffs and
cone shaped rocks that rear their
heads among the clouds are not left in
solitude, even though their tops have
never been tro den by the foot OF man.
Millions OF wild fowl Of every kind
have their nests among the crags, and
fly 10 and fro In midair, suspended far
above the range OF the sportsman 8
shot Ordinarily, almost unseen, save
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-15

State, the more OF II a man owns, the
poorer he is. II at this is almost liter
ally true in the case OF Norway may
the more easily be seen when it Is re
membered that a European govern
ment, like every other, must have
money, and, however poor the land
may re, its owner mu pay his taxes,
and plenty Of them, too, and IL he an
not prevail on any one to buy tee land,
he must keep on aying indefinite v.
IL he cannot get his money out OF the
land, tn t is hi misfortune. The Gov
eminent Of Norway is Just as hard
hearted in such matters as any State
or municipal government in the United
States, and just as prompt at enforcing
collections.
In one way or another the govern
ment of Norway manages to squeeze
out of the people ST., t0J,0C0 every year
In taxes, and, as may be naturally sup
posed in a country so poor, the inhab-
itants are kept busy In the effort TO
make a living and pay their taxes. But
they manage to do both, though 1t
must be confessed that, to people who
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-15
HE LIVES IN A TREE.

The Curious Dwelling Place of an Eccen-
trio Louisi ana Man.
Among the lower branches Of an
immense white oak on the Calcasieu
River, near Lake Charles, Louisiana,
lives Tom Rogers, an eccentric old
fellow who seems to enjoy life as
much as il he lived in one of the most
palatial houses in the country. His
house, while necessarily constructed
in rambling and circular manner in
order to obtain a suitable foundation
for a chamber of comfortable size,
shows ingenious design and much
strength. So strongly and compact
ly is it built that it seems almost a
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-15
From Chambermaid to Actress.

"Clara Norris" recently remarked
a Cleveland woman, used to be a
chambermaid in the house next door
to my fathers. We saw her daily
brushing, sweeping, and busting, as
is the habit OF that craft After a
while we heard that she had gone
upon the stage, and later that she
was meeting with some success. We
knew her then as Miss Heriot. 1t
was not until Ellsler took her in
hand that she developed into any
thing remarkable, however. won
der If she would remember me IL
were to make myself known to her!"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-15

Enthussastic Freedmen Have Erected .
Public Memorial To the "Bike."
They never miss chance to raise
q monument - those Frenchmen!
And In casting about for an oppor-
tunity to indulge In their wholesome
and yet aesthetic fancy they hit upon
subjects for celebration In stone or
bronze that would never occur to the
people OF civilization less exquisite
than their own. Who but a French
man, for instance, would ever have
thought OF erecting lasting public
memorial to the inventors OF the
bicycle? That is just what has been
done, though, at Bar-le- Due. in the
department OF the Mouse. There. at
the junction of the two principal
streets, the achievement of Pierre
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-15
UNDER MIDNIGHT sun
NORWAY'S SEABOARD AND ITS
MANY ATTRACTIONS.
Customs and Resources OF n Far Distant
Country Which Has Little Besides Its
People and It's scenery-Grand Future
and Glorious Past.
An Iron Coast.

The climate of all Western Europe,
30 far as the influence of the sea ex-
tends inland, is SO tempered by the
balmy waters of the Gulf Stream dur
ing both winter and sumper that the
population do not seem to be in special
need of going elsewhere to ESCAPE
either the heat or the cold. In Eng
land, when the summer temperature
rises above eighty degree the heat
is considered o pressive; in winter
when the iermometer sinks below
twenty degrees the cold is regarded
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-15

a part Of the tree, and there would
be little danger of its destruction,
except by fire or the uprooting Of the
monarch oak by storm. 1t is seve-
raj miles from any other habitation
and is well adapted to the solitary
life chosen by the strange old hermit.
He cultivates a few acres of land to
meet his simple wants, and the adj
jacent river and forest afford him an
ample supply of fish and game for
food and to sell in the town market.
He never leaves his retreat except
when compelled by his necessities to
sell farm produce and game to supply
him with food and clothing. On his
trips to town he avoids all conversa-
tion, and to the country round about
he is a yeritable enigma
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-15
GOOD FOR
| Is Cents
IN cURREHcS
|X)y';K;i;',S';;:;I,ass;';;;;x;;;x|
] r. GRANTS CHE OK.

if he didn't want to hold the checks
or use them to purchase. j. r. Grant
was in the leather business at the
time, as above stated, and he with
others issued the pasteboard currency.
Previous to that condition OF affairs
postage stamps were taken for cur
rency, but so stringent were the con-
ditions Of commerce later on that
people held on to their postage. The
check in question was issued when q.
S. Grant was clerk in his fathers
store, and it is not improbable that
this identical bit Of pasteboard may
have been handed out to some GUS
toner by the man who afterward re-
ceived the sword Of Lee at Appomat-
tox, and later became President OF
the United States.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-15

and by paying . small sum the poorest
bride can, for day, look as gorgeous
rs a queen. Many Of these wedding
crowns are 600 or TOO years old, and
were worn by Norse brides at q time
when the memories of the viking In
vasions were still fresh along the Ger
man Ocean. and there Is therefore an
odor of sanctity about these articles OF
personal adornment which renders
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-15
Napoieon's shrcwdness.

When the great Napoleon was urged
to conquer China, he replied:
Better let China alone. The Chi
nese do no harm at present II we
conquer them we shall teach them
the art OF war. They may then
raise and equip armies, buy or build
navies, endanger France, and per-
haps all Europe"
The shrewdness Of the level headed
Corsican is being appreciated by sew
eral European statesmen just now
Boston Globe.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-15

for one sailing out or lazily returning,
fish laden, to Its nest, no idea
can be formed OF their numbers. The
discharge of q gun brings them out by
thousands; the air Is darkene1 with
their numbers; the ear Is offended by
their noisy remonstrances against the
invasion of their solitudes. When
winter approaches, they gather and
leave for the south in vast focks.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-15
Was Too conscientious.

A man lately confined in Scotch
jail for cattle stealing managed, with
i've others, to break out on Sunday,
and, being captured on one OF the
leighboring hills, he very gravely re-
marked to the officer: "Imight have
escaped, but / had conscientious
scruples about travelling on Sunday"
London Tit Bits.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-15
They Are Men at Ten.

In Corea the boys are called men
as soon as they reach the age of ten.
They receive their final names at
that age, and assume the garments OF
full-grown men, all except the horse
hair hat, which they cannot put on
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-15
burning for Twelve Centuries.

There is still burning in India a
sacred fire that was slighted by the
Parsees twelve centuries ago. The
fire is fed with sandal and other fra
grant woods, and is replenished 1--WE
times day.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-15

JAcK-If I should attempt to kiss
you would you scream? Jess--Wby,
OF course, IL any one was looking. =
Town Topics.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-15
Liebtpinp Heats the San.

Lightning, when it strikes tree,
sometimes converts the sap into
steam with such energy that 1t ex-
plodes, scattering the wood in every
direction.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-15

MONEY makes some men so mear
that they hate to do even themselves
favor.