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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21
LIGHTNING CALCULATING.
One-third Is Memory. One-third Practis
and One-third Trick.

One-third Is Memory, One-third Practice
and One-third Trick.
One-third memory, one third prac
tice, and one-third trick-that Is the
secret of most of the rapid calcu
lators who figure before the public
says London Tlt-Bits. There are
very few calculations of which there
is not a short way to the solution,
but perhaps none OF. them is so easy
and at the same time so surprising
to the ordinary mind as the instan.
taneous extraction of the cube root.
This is a feat which has gained
great applause for its performers from
the days OF Hutchins, "the lightning
calculator till now. The extreme
rapidity with which it Is worked, and
the difficulty of the solution by the
ordinary methods, render it one OF
the most taking of feats.
Before explaining the method OF
performing this extraction Of the cube
root, 1t may be well for the benefit
of those readers who have forgotten
some of their early school knowledge
to explain what a cube root Is Null
tiply a number by itself and the
product by the original number, and
the result is cube. Thus 9x9 equals
81 (the square Of 81; S1x9 equals 72e
(the cube of 81. Then 8 is the cube
root OF 729.
Now for the method. First you
obtain from one of the audience an
exact cube of not more than six
places of figures, though with mod.
crate practice the latter condition
need not be insisted on.
Say the cube given is 140, COS, Of
which the root is SO. You know
the cubes of the units by heart, thus
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21
Now, as the thousands in the cub

Now, as the thousands In the cube
given exceed 125 and are less than
2l6, the tens in the reply must be 5.
For the second figure, or units, Gu
rious trick comes in. The cubes Of
/, 4, 5, 6, and end in the same fig
ures; the cube Of is 8; the cube Of
3 ends in I, and reversely the cube
of 8 ends In and the cube Of In 3.
So when. the questiouer says 140,-
0G0, you say to yourself, so; COS, you
say out loud on the instant, SO.
Take another, 80, 304. The thou
sands exceed ~; therefore the root
is thirty something. The last figure
is A; therefore the root is "a.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21

Don Carlos choice has fallen, does
not belong to either of the royal
categories which fill the first two di-
visions of the Almanach de Gotha,
and hence some amount of opposition
to the match is to be expected from
his leading supporters. The Romans
are a non-sovereign princely house,
although by descent they may claim
to consort with the ruling houses of
Europe. They are the descendants Of
the former sovereign dukes Of Brit
tany.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21

HENRY S. ives, the dead @fnan-
cial Napoleon" began life in the
metropolis as a sweep, a scrubber Of
floors, a mental, drudge, at 81 a
week. In two years he had but risen
to junior clerkship in brokers'
office, which paid him $40 a week.
But in that clerkship he had acquired
knowledge of financial methods and
situations which, allied to his natu-
raj mental traits of audacity and
quick perception, perfected an equip
ment which enabled him to rule and
ruin In the great gambling world into
which he had but scarce entered as
a novice. In 1885, four years after
his arrival in New York, this boy had
astounded Wall street by a coup in
telegraph stocks which threatened
the stability Of great financial con-
Germs, had squeezed" one railroad
corporation as one would squeeze a
lemon. and, with the proceeds thus
gained, had secured control of and
plundered the rich Cincinnati, Ham,
ilton and Dayton system, and pur-
chased an option on that enormous
property, the Baltimore and Ohio.
He had as banker, broker, promoter
and agent managed to swing values
as pendulum and to terrorize and
almost paralyze the security market.
He played with millions as with
pawns upon chess board, and In his
trail Of devastation left a wake Of
wrecks Of firms, corporations and
properties the like of which the
world had never seen.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21

THE Rev. r. G. Cave, Of Richmond,
Va, says the leaders and soldiers Of
the Confederacy were not rebels.
That may be so; but, il so, the Rev.
Cave is the first to discover it, and
he should produce his authorities at
once, to escape suspicion Of being an
internal liar. In the meantime, loyal
men will have no difficulty in under
standing who is meant if the SYM
pathizers and soldiers Of the late
Confederacy continue to be called
raha1c
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21
A Little Kings Daughter.

One day in the early spring little
Bertha looked up into her moth
er's face pleadingly, saying, Mamma,
dear, tan't l have darden all my
very own?"
Kind Mrs. Cleverly never de-
MED her children any reasonable
request, so 1t was decided that
Bertha should have her own little
garden to care for herself. AS she
was too small to understand any,
thing about planting, her mother
had some asters, row Of daisies and
bed Of pansies set out
Never was little girl more busy.
She watered the plants and soon
grew to know when weeds appeared.
No part of the yard looked prettier or
heater than Bertha's dearly loved
flower bed.
Our little gardener had a sister
who belonged to the Kings Daugh-
tiers. This sister often told of the
different ways in which her friends
had made money to spend In charita-
BILE work, little dreaming that her
sister was drinking in every word
she said.
Soon the flowers were in bloom,
and Bertha was very proud Of her
pets.
One afternoon, Katie, the maid,
came into the house in great dis
tress, crying:
"Oh, Mrs. Cleverly, sure, and the
posies is all gone out Of the baby's
garden!"
When Mrs. Cleverly hurried out,
she found it all too true.
Every flower had been nipped from
the plants, not even half-opened
bud remaining to mourn for its com.
panions.
She went into the house much per-
picked and distressed, for she knew
how grieved her little girl would be
when she was told of her great loss.
While she sat wondering who could
be so cruel as to rob her pet, In came
Bertha, shouting:
"Oh, mamma, I've dot all my flow
ers, every one, made into punches to
sell; tause Pm a Tins Daughter, and
I'm doing to dive the money all to
the poor people"
"Bless your precious heart" cried
her mother, as she held the little girl
close in her arms, while tears filed
her eyes, "you are Kings Daughter
indeed"
Never were flowers more readily
sold, and better prices we're never
paid than were given to this dear
worker for the Kings poor.
The little Kings Daughter never
regretted the loss of her flowers, for
the lesson learned so early In life re-
suited In many noble deeds In later
years.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21

WHEN will corn and wheat reach
the same price per bushel? Not a
few careful observers of the signs of
the times predict that before the new
century dawns, corn will reach a
higher price than wheat, which can
be produced the round world over.
Already the money value of this dis
tinctively American crop is nearly
double that of the wheat crop Of the
country. AS food 1t is fast gaining
high favor among the people Of the
old world. 1t is easily raised and
does not exhaust the soil and has
been the surest and greatest source
of wealth for this country. The corn
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21

world, the telegraph, lines being down
and the railroads inundated. In Sumas
Prairie Indians were sent out in ca
noes, under contract OF IS an hour, and
in dangerous section where no white
man dare go, to fix the telegraph wires.
They nailed scantlings to 14-foot poles
ard restrung wires over the prairie.
The waves, which rose with frightful
rapidity, soon washed over the elevated
wires, and the Indians were again sent
out. They nailed another piece of
scantling to tho poles, and elevated
tho wires two feet more.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21
DON GAIL os g keuHpoM.
Sketch OF the Claimant OF the spanish
Throne.

oketch or the Cisimant OF the openDn
Throne.
The announcement of the be-
trothal of Don Carlos tn a princess OF
Rohan ia confirmed by a statement
In the leading organ of the Carlist
party In Madrid. the Correo Espanol.
Don Carlos is now In his forty-sixth
year and is a widower, having lost
his first wife, who was princess Of
Bourbon and niece Of the Comte de
Chambord, last year. Since 1869 he
has been a prominent figure In
Spanish politics. He has made
several armed efforts to establish his
rights to the throne Of that country,
and the agitation on his behalf Is
carried on with unremitting activity
by an organization specially sub
Mentioned by him. His claims to the
Spanish throne are genealogically
well founded. He Is the direct male
heir of the Spanish line of kings, and
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21

CHICAGO has fresh wonder In a
colored singer who has fancy cpl
CLOTHS which enables him to sing
bass and soprano at the same time,
and when singing in large hall a
third voice is produced ranging be-
tween the other TWO. The owner of
this unique vocal apparatus is men,
Der of church choir, but, notwith-
standing his dual ability, he draws
only one salary.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21

If your children are young, there
is cause for Joy in that fact, because
you can console yourself with the re-
fection that they will be all right
when they are older But there will
come a time when they are older,
and not all right. There comes a
time in a mans life when he can no
longer put off disagreeable things;
he must face them.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21
CURRENT COMMENT.


oo8oE ~ tn0 0On8s<s
The Senate investigating committee
10 afraid OF what 1t may lind out.-ln-
aianapolis News. e4
There is q certain disposition to lose
sight of the fact that IL Is the Senate
and not the press that Is under investi-
Observation-Disclosures Star.
Bribery is very wicked and dis
graceful thing. But inside informar
tion on which way sugar Is going 10
different. -Washington Star.
The more the Senate shall incline to
star-chamber methods the quicker
popular resentment will compel 1t to
see stars.-Philadelphia Record.
The die has been cast in the United
States Senate on the issue OF free sugar
versus the sugar trust schedule. The
sugar trust won minneapolis Tribune.
The Senate vote on sugar extin-
cuisines the last faint hope that the
Senate investigation OF the sugar trust
will amount to anything.-Pittsburg
Dispatch.
The chances are that this will be
the last time that a Senatorial com
mittee will ever attempt to persecutt
newspaper correspondents. -PhiladeI
phia Press. -,,.
1t looks very much as II the sugo'
trust has got nearly all 1t wants" II
the Senate, but it Is to be hoped tia
the House will not yield to its dicta
tion. New York Herald.
1t is mistake to say that the trusts
are getting all the Glover" under thi
administration. Senators who stant
in with the trusts are receiving a lib
eral share. kansas City Journal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21
COOPER'S SPY.

He Wa, a Real Character Named Enoch
Crosby. Co.
Few people know that Harvey
Birch, the hero Of Cooper's novel,
"The Spy" had prototype in real
life who played a somewhat active
part during the revolutionary war in
this country. The mans name was
Enoch Crosby, and he lived near
Brewster, N. Y. His house is still
standing on the farm which he cul-
tivated for many years.
Crosby got into his work as a spy
shortly after the battleof Long ISL
and, when he was setting out to join
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21
Johnny Buips Smiles and kicks.

It was John Barleycorn rather than
John Bull who was responsible for that
insult to the American flag in St.
Thomas. -Chicago Record.
Champagne in Great Britainis noto-
riously sweet, warm and sticky, and
criticism of speeches delivered under
its influence must be tempered with
indulg = New York Commercial
Advertiser.
There are good and sufficient reasons
why we are not altogether pleased
with the conduct of the Canadians, but
we do not want to make a cause OF
quarrel out of trifle like this.
adelphia Telegraph.
1t Is awkward that the Queens Own
Rides tore down the stars and stripes
at St Thomas. Ont, when the flag was
Hying in honor of the Queens own
birthday. The red coats had too much
whisky. But the sincerity OF the Fri
fles" came out when they were drunk.
They did not like the flag.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21
Elective.

In some of the German towns when
q man is convicted of beating his
wife he is allowed to go to his work
as usual, but his wife gets his wages
and he is locked up only on Saturday
nights and remains In prison until
the following Monday. The punish
ment usually lasts for ten weeks.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21
For q Duchess Doll.

Perhaps the finest dolls house In
England is that ordered by the Ouch,
ess Of Portland forober little daugh-
ter, Lady Victoria Bentinck.
The reception rooms are hung with
brocade, the stairs carpeted, the doors
open and shut, and the bedrooms are
beautifully furnished.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21

THEY have now invented kite,
with a photograph box underneath,
which they send up and take accur-
ate pictures Of an opposing army. 1t
is worked by long string attached
to a windlass, and is said to be much
more effective than the observations
made from balloons.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21
Anarchy at Home.

Cripple Creek is be ginning to earn
its name.-Boston Traveller.
Wage workers must appeal to reason,
fairness, and lawful means. -Streator
Free Pre- 70.
The rioting mob at La Sale are for
eigners who could speak no English
Aurora News. '5Ti
Any reasonable arbitration Is better
than the arrangement of business and
the employment OF dynamite in strikes.
New York Journal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21

COLORADO wool-growers object to
having their wool classed with @terri-
tory" wool. 1t isn't because Colorado
has been State since the Centennial
year, but because Colorado wool has
been improved so it is actually better
than the classification it gets.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21

SOME theatrical managers are
nothing IL not consistent. For in
stance: A Miss Gore is to be the
soubrette Of the company which is to
produce d new melodrama called
"Blood Money"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21
sERGT. PuRcELL's INVENTION.
The Police onicer's safety Scheme for Eie-
vator Hat chw

The Police Ofiicer's Safety Scheme for Eie-
vator Hatchways.
Police Sergeant Thomas Purcell,
New York City, has invented an auto
matte door for elevator hatchways
which is valuable and practical az a
preventive of accidents and an OBJ
struction to the spread Of fire. The
illustration shows that the doors part
from the central line and retire with
in horizontal recesses as the cage APP
proaches. When the cage has passed
the matches are automatically drawn
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21

belt IL limited one, considering our
immense area Land within its
limits has never shown any perma-
nent depreciation. In the course Of
events farm values In this corn belt
must range higher and prove more
profitable than mines and mineral
wealth.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
A DEPARTMENT FOR LITTLE
BOYS AND GIRLS.

Something that VIII Interest tho Juvenile
Members of Every ACKNOWLEDGMENT o-
lions and Bright Sayings of Many Cute
and Cunning Children.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21
Boy. Speeches.

At one of the big private schools
for boys over In Brooklyn, says the
New York Times, there is debating
society which meets once a fortnight
and discusses various questions OF
public interest. Atone meeting cap.
ital punishment was the subject pre-
sented, and the young lad upon whom
the duty of opening the meeting rest
ed was somewhat embarrassed over
his position. When the meeting was
called to order, however, he prompt
ly stood up and began, "Mr. Chair
man and gentlemen, the subject
which we are about to discuss this
evening is one of the most vital i'm
portance to everybody In this room, "
but he never got any farther In that
sentence, for he was greeted with
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21

the patriot army.
He fell IN with a
party OF Tories,
and they misiook
him for one o T
themselves, so he
went W t h them
and passed several
days in their COM
pany. Finally he
left them, and 60
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21
A FLOOD INCIDENT.

Indians Resting Telegraph Wires at Five
Dollars an Hour.
The recent overflow of the Frazer
River in British Colum bia, which de-
stroyed millions OF dollars worth OF
property, cut off ali communication in
many. OF the towns with the outside
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21

DONG COOP BY STEALTH Mis-
sionary-"The money which you have
given to the cause will be like bread
cast upon thdnWater." Drummer
"Oh, that's all right. shall charge
it In my expenses. Boston Tran
script
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21
W. 90 -
Mai. RuttZ.

Buttz isn't precisely the sort Of name
to conjure by, but 1t is on nearly every
bodys tongue in Washington, just the
same.-Boston Globe.
Have they also hired the great Buttz
to decamp! If he has done 30 it is
probable that he has not separated
himself from all the Doodle. -Memphis
Appeal Avalanche.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21
Airy, Fairy Lillian.


We are sincerely afraid that matri-
mony with Lillian Russell has become
habit. Dispatch.
+ Lillian should really be more care
full. The statistics show that husbands
OF any kind are getting very scarce
Buffalo Express.
Lillian Russell reverse3 the usual
proceedings. Her practice seems to be
to marry whenever she has leisure and
to repent in haste Boston Globe.
When Lillian Russell, the songbird,
tries an opera and finds it unsuitable
she drops it. The same wise rule she
applies to misfit husbands. New York
| Commercial. tH
Lillian Russell is getting along in
years, but she experiences no abate
ment OF, marital am bition. There are
fears that the demand will survive the
supply. --Chicago Record.
Miss Lillian Russell ought to know {
great deal about matrimony, and wha
she does not know congress Of hel
Iate husbands ought to be able to tel
her. baltimore American.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21
THERE may be more danger In the
firt of a fan than the blow OF a sword.

SOME papers make the fatal mis-
take of depending on the politicians
instead of the public.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21

DEADBEATs make much noise on
the bass drums Of hollow lives. or
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21

An somnunissassns sss thb pspa shs~AA - ssssn
ps.isd by ~ nans q ~ snshori nos nsss~asv -
p~biessoa but - IN svids.ss q sod faA - ~ -
= shs writss Write oaly On one do Of u pAp~. -
paxtasnlaxiy careful. h sving HAnss - eAas - -
No isSssrs and figures plais and diseansA
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21

IT takes a mighty smart doctor ia
discover what ails dumb patient.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21

D1srRusT can pierce Achilles
shield.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21

DON'T throw away your small fish
until you have caught big ones.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-11-28
CANNED CORN BEEF.
GrOcRriPa.

Canned Observation-Disclosures 2-lb soc
cove oysters, lib, full weight. soc; lib
light weight. 60c; 2-lb, full weight. 81. 70
2-lb, light weight, $1.10G1. 30; peaches, stand
ard, 3-lb A.S5q2; seconds, 3-lb, 81. 4OQi 30
pie, $l.O5d11 10; pineapple, standard, 2-lb
81. 40dI75; seconds, BIB. $1dl.lO; string
beans, CSC; salmon, lib, $..20d220; peas
sifted, 81 S56225; early June. Sl.10G1.50: mar
rowfat 9OcdSl.25; soaked, 70q Soc; tomatoes
s-lb. S21e4S71zci corn, standard. ScQSl25
SpicesEPepper. 12a14c; alIspice 12914o;
cloves, 121zq15c; cassia, logic; nutmeg, 75q
Soc
The following is a correct list of the va
rious brands of sugar sold in the Indian
epolis market.
Cut loaf, 526c; Dominoes, 5.26c; powdered
4.7Oc; St. graduated, 4.45c; fine graduated
445c; cubes A70c; XXXX powdered. soc
confectioners' A, 4.S2c; No. Ridgewood A
ACC; Phoenix A. 4.26c; Empire A, 400
Windsor extra c, 40lc; No. Ridgewood ex-
ira c, 3S9c; No. 10 yellow c, 3.76c; No. L
yellow 4, 357c; No. Ii yellow 5, 345c
Satin car lots, soc; i'm small lots, S0l
OSLO
Starch-RefiRed pearl, 3IkQ3a4c per ID;
champion gloss. 2 and S-lb packages, 5Ld
SIC: champion gloss. lump. 3%4a4c; inn
ported corn, 6H61zc
Observation-Disclosures. Louisiana, 4k961kc;
coal oil, 6lzGl012c; beans, navy, N.7O; me-
dunn, S1.70.
Coffee-Common to good. 2Od201kc; prime
to choice. 22d23c; fancy, 26GI27c; golden Rio,
2S630lzc: Java. 33M35c: Banner packages,
2lAc; Arbuckle's 2lAc; Lion. 1Ac; Jersey,
Corn s.rup-AG2sc
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-11-28
MONDAY EVENING. Nov. Pc

J. Z. Berry's Chicago advices say:
The firm closing of last week prevailed
again at the opening this morning As
the session advanced, however, under the
influence of libeyal receipts in the north
west. over 100000 increase in the visible
supply, the market declined slightly and at
one time looked quite heavy Later. for
eign houses bscame liberal buyers on the
English visible showing a decrease of
1.250.C00 bushels. while news from Argen-
tine reports unfavOrable weather for the
crop which IS now maturing. Ii is notice
abe that the stocks in Liverpool are al
most the lightest ever known and that the
price is the lowest; hence il is not to be
wondered that they should be free buyers
here. now that they see their stocks de-
Creasing constantly. The flrmness in the
market started shorts to covering and
some OF the large local spectators, who
sold out their holdings early last week,
were free buyers, thus causing a very
strong and active c.ose.
The 100 cars local receipts of corn Great
ed free selling this morning, and, with news
al. in favor of the short side, the market
ruled dull and depressed, making but a
faint effort to rally or the better feeling
in wheat, until near the close. There is
still some effort to bear the market. No. 2
corn is liable TO be overdone,, as it will
require continuous large receipts for a
-ong time to increase the stocks to their
normal condition.
Provisions have ruled dull, without spe-
cia, feature, the heavy hog receipts being
10000 over expectations, tending to depress
the market. Steadiness of wheat, how
ever. prevented any material braak. Mar
ket on hogs at the yards ruled weak, 90
10c lower i'm price