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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15
JULES vERNE'S IDEAS.
The French Story Writer Explains What
He Aims At.


He Aims At.
In the course of a conversation with
r. Fl. Sherard on his life ana work, re-
Verne says: MY object has been to de-
but the universe, for / have sometimes
taken my readers away from the earth,
in the novel. And / have tried at the
same time 70 realize very high ideal
of beauty of style. 1t is said that there
can't be any style in a novel of adven-
ture, but that isn't true; though | ad-
NIT that it is very much more difficult
to write such novel in good literary
form than the studies of character
which are SO much in vogue. And let
me say"-here Jules Verne slightly
raised his broad shoulders" that am
no very great admirer of the psyche
logical novel, so-called, because don't
see what novel ha, to do with psy-
chology, and | can't say that / admire
the so-called psychological novelists.
except, however, Dludet and De Maui
PEASANT. For De Maupassant / have
the very highest admiration. He is a
man of genius, who has received from
heaven the gift OF writing everything,
and who produces as naturally and
easily as an apple tree produces ap-
pies. My favorite author however, is,
and always has been, Dickens. don't
know more than a hundred words of
English, and so have to read him in
translation. But l declare to you, sir"
Verne laid his hand upol the table
with emph a sis-"that | have read the
whole of Dickens at least ten times
over. ] cannot say that l prefer him
to Maupassant, because there is no
comparison possible between the two.
But love him immensely, and in my
forthcoming novel, Petit Bonhomme,'
the proof of this is given and acknowl-
edgment of my debt is made. | am
also and have always been a great ad-
mirer of Coorer's nov els. There are fif-
teen of these which l consider i'm
mortal "
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15
Taking Newspaper Advice.

A North Dakota farmer who read
in the papers the constant advice TO
northwestern farmers TO diversity
their crops and not run down the
prices by raising nothing but wheat
took the counsel He put some Of
his land into corn and raised fine
crop-none better-but he had to pay
high price to laborers who knew
nothing of any crop but wheat, and
when he had finally harvested the
golden ears and stored them away in
his barns he discovered that it would
have been cheaper for him to buy
Iowa corn as it came in at the rail
way station.
Then he tried potatoes. AS before,
there was grand crop. The price
of potatoes in ST Paul was good that
year, and he thought now he had
struck it. He wept into the little
grocery and postofIice town to get
men to cCme and dig the potatoes
when at last these were ready for
market. Plenty Of idle fellows were
hanging about the grocery-number
OF men. He invited them to come
home with him and have a potato
digging picnic at so much day and
found. Would they come? Not one.
They would work at wheat thrash
ing. That was in their rut, rectly
under their stupid noses. They had
done that all their lives and were
used to 1T; but dig potatoes? No!
They vowed by all the dignity OF free
born agricultural labor that they
would not, and they did not. TIM
potato froze In the ground, and the
farmer went back to wheat raising
The story shows thai when news
paper advises farmer to adopt d.
versified agriculture it should also
advise him how to raise crop OF la
borers who will harvest his diversi-
fed products.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15
How too Much Farming Is Done.

HOW TOO Much Farming Is Done.
Farming has to lie learned like any
other business, and that is where
people make great mistake, says
ID. X. X. in New York World. A
man who has failed to make a sue
cess in the city retires to the coun-
try, buys or rents farm and sets to
work to run it in utter ignorance Of
the fundamental principles of the
calling he has adopted. The same
man would laugh at .any one who
bought book expecting to read it
without having learned his alphabet.
Yet he does precisely the same thing
The A b Cs of farming have To be
mastered thoroughly, and for that,
time and practice are necessary. The
ignorant cannot succeed. This is
the lesson we need to learn.
In Europe land is rented only to
those who are known to be expert
enced farmers and certain regulations
are laid down to prevent the exhaus-
tion of the soil. That is the reason
why we do not hear there of wornout
farms, Though the land has been I'M
hCl buiUlNdUlOu WI
fertility Of the soil has been preserved
by means OF regular rotation OF
crops and by keeping of liberal
amount OF stock. The latter point is
the one most neglected in this coun-
try. The purchaser Of a farm in
America is apt to spend his last dol
lar in increasing the amount Of his
land, so that he is left without the
means to stock it. This is the worst
blunder he could possibly make. 1t
would be far better to rent the land
and own the stock. Old country
farmers have learned this by expert
ence, and that is the reason why they
are generally sue esstul when they
come here. The area of their farms
is usually smaller than that of the
Americans, but they have more stock
and, is better handled.
There Is no royal road to farming
any more than there is to any other
business. 1t has to be studied. This
is the point on which Americans err.
They imagine they will get along
somehow. 1t is different abroad. A
few years ago the country was hor-
rified by the murder in Chicago Of an
Englishman named Prciler. The
murderer was the man whom he had
paid to instruct him in practical
farming. The crime called attention
to the fact that foreigners consider
this calling one to be learned like law
or medicine. Now, while Americans
are Admitted to be cleverer than
other nations, we are not quite
heaven born geniuses, and until we
are willing to serve our apprenticeship
we shall continue to hear OF worn out
| farms and broken-down farmers
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15
one Advantage OF Farm Life.

The families of farmers certainly
know more OF comforts this winter
than those who depend upon days
wages or salaries. The hand-Jo-
mouth existence works we'll when
there is a steady inflow of money, but
when Saturday night no longer brings
the usual dollars there inevitably
comes time of pinching il not Of
actual suffering. A roof, a fire, and
always enough TO eat, without con-
tinuous worry lest the supply give
out, make farm life seem one OF COM
fort and plenty. The farmers wife
may not always see much money,
neither does she constantly spend it;
she does not begin to get dinner by
first looking to her purse, for there is
always something ready to be cooked.
Grange Homes.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15
81 To California.

This is our sleeping car rate on the Phil
lips Rock Island Tourist Excursions from
Chicago to Los Angeles or San Francisco,
via the scenic route and Ogden. You can
go with Phillips, the best of all excursion
managers, for he has each party accom-
panied by a special agent who goes the en-.
tire trip with patrons These personally
conducted excursions leave Chicago twice
a week, Tuesday and Thursday.
We have also a daily tourist car service,
via our Southern route, through the beau
tiful Indian Territory and Fort Worth 10
Los Angeles and San Francisco The tour
ist car rate via this route the same APP
ply at Rock Island ticket Office, 104 Clark
street John Sebastian, g. p. A, O, K L
L p. Ry., Chicago
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15
Dairy Notes.

A REGULAR routine in dairying is
one Of the essentials.
The man who thinks The has ar
rived at state Of perfection is very
far from it.
THIS routine should not be an un.
changeable one, but one subject to
improvements
ALL dairymcn can't use the same
methods because conditions vary on
different farms
PROGRESSIVE dairymen are ready Il
try new things; II they prove to be
better than the old ones they adopt
them
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15
The Kanaka Queen.

Will the Queen Of the Sandwich Islands
again sit ON her thronep This is one OF the
foremost questions in the public mind. II
may depend entirely upon herself for an
swer. as a writer says she is almost help
less cripple from lumbago. The intelli-
gence ought to be conveyed to her in Dip
lomatic way. that there is no remedy on
earth surer cure for 1T than St Jacobs
OIL, as it is also specific for sciatica, SC
prevalent in the tropics. She can easily
verify this statement by the use OF the
remedv.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15
MOney-Making.

"A man who has faith in his land "runs"
it for all it is worth and makes money.
Whether he knows it or not, he en-
ploys scientific methods, and they are
always successful in the end, when
governed by common sense. But he
must employ economy also. If he is
wasteful he will not succeed, no matter
how much he makes.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15
Beware of Ointm-nts for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury.

As mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole system
when entering II through the mucous surfaces.
prescriptions from reputable ply scians as the
damage they will do is tenfold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by +. J. Cheney & Co, To-
ledo, o., contains no mercury and 10 taken in
ternally, and acts directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces OF the system. In buying
1t is taken internally aud made in Toledo, Ohio,
by +. j. Cheney Co. Testimonials free.
S-Sold by Druggists, price 75c per bottle
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15
The Modern Invalid

Has tastes incidentally in keeping with
other luxuries. A remedy must be pleas
antly acceptable in form, purely whole
some in composition, truly beneficial in
effect and entirely free from every OBJ
iectionable quality. II really Ill he con-
suits physicians; If constipated he uses
the gentle family laxative, Syrup OF
EiQS
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15

CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL was a
magnificent cathedral at Canterbury,
England. 1t was designed by Sir
James Burrough, was begun in liza,
and finished in the reign of Henry V.
1t contains the shrine of Thomas a
Beckett. in former times a great resort
of pilgrims.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15

JAPANESE doctors never present
bills to their patients. They await the
patients inclination to pay, and then
thankfully accept whatever sum Is
offered.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15

LUNG COMPLAINTS, BRoNcHI rrs, ASTHMA,
&c, are speedily relieved. and IL taken in
time. permanently cured by DIR. d. Jayne's
Expectorant You will find In IL also a
certain remedy for Coughs and Colds
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15
Astnma SuRerers

Who have In vain tried every other means
of relief should try sschiffmann's Asthma
Curen No waiting for results Its action
is Immediate. direct and certain, as a sim
gle trial proves Send to DR. r.. Schin-
mann, St Paul. Mimi. for free trial
package, but ask your druggist first
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15

IN thirty-six State prisons in this
country solitary confinement is used as
a punishment. and in twenty the pris-
oner is handcuffed to the wall
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15

COUGHS AND HOARSENEsS.-The irri-
tation which induces coughing Immediately
relieved by use of "B'Dton's Bronchial
Irochesn Sold only i'm boxes.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15
A Balanced Wheelbarrow.

The wheelbarrow plays no small
part in the making and the after
care Of the ordinary garden, but it
has its limitations and its disad-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15

shiioh's Consumption Cure is sold on guar
antee. 1t cures lpient Consumption 1t ~ tn .
best Cough Cure. IS cents. so cents and si.0o
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15

BEECHAM's PILLS are a wonderful medi-
cine for any bilious or nervous disorder,
such as sick headache. etc. 20 cents box.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15

RESPONSIBILITY educates. Wendell
Phillips.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15

THE Russian authorities have for
hidden the publication of marriage
offers in the newspapers.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15

BE rather bountiful than expensive;
do good with what thou hast, or It will
do thee no good. Penn.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15

A pearl-like purity of color, closely resembling
the nchsntment of early twilight; thus was her
complexion made radiant by GleDns Sulphur
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15

FITS.-All Fits stopped free by pr. kiine's Gre,t
yelous cures Treatise and 200 trial bottle tree TO
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15
OF What Use Is 1t?

William Hecker, strong man Of
Augusta, Ca, can move a freight car
with his teeth.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15

SEE colchester spading Boot ad In
other column.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15

employment in the Offices of the gov
eminent gives me more real satisfac-
tion than all the other deeds of my
life"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-01
Slept and Died In Q Coffin.

An interesting and original person.
named Vaszary Kovacs, died in Hun
gary on Wednesday. He had been
" Honved in 1913, and then became
q popular comic actor. When too
old to go on the boards he discovered
u strange occupation, which harmon
lied with the hobbies he entertained
all his life. For II small fee no car
ried the wooden cross customary in
Hungary in all the funeral process
sions Of the capital. The last time
he was noticed in this part, which
(Our correspondent says) he played
like true actor, was ut Kossuth's
funeral. With his snow-white beard
and flowing white hair, the wooden
cross in his right hand, and tine left
IN his sword, he was conspicuous
and dramatic figure. For the last
twenty years of his life he slept in
his coffin, which, with his own hand,
he had painted in the national colors
Of Hungary. He died in tho coffin,
and his last wish was that the lid
should be merely nailed down over
him, and that no one should touch
bis dead body.-lLondon News.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-01
The Making Of Thieves.

There has surely been Of late q
very great and significant increase in
the number Of child criminals that
are brought to our Police Courts.
There are more of them, and they
are much Younger than they used &c
be, and they are vastly tougher.
Their manner shows plainly that the
street has been their teacher and that
they have been apt pupils. Its meth.
cd Is simple, and varies only In the.
opportunities offered. To begin with
the boy idlcr In the street during
school hours Is there in defiance OF
law, whether the fault Is his own or
not, and he knows It. lie il In the
attitude OF opposition, the normal
attitude OF the street. The police.
man Is his enemy, and the policeman
stands for the established order of
things. Thus the groundwork IL
laid for whatever miscief comes
along. 1t is not long in com
ing, rarely longer than the
dinner-hour Of the first day. The
boy Is hungry. lie wants something
to eat. A boys hunger Is not like u
man =, WHICH Gun Dt VppcnScu WIFI
promises. lie wants something ut
once. Is he playing hooky, he does
not want to 90 home to get il. Any
way, there Is no need to do so. The
street can show him nm easier way.
A grocers stand is handy, or pie
wagon. Better still, II soda-water
wagon; the bottle is worth so much
cash ut the junk-shop. The drivers
back is turned, the boy "swipes"
one. II Is not II very great crime,
but it Is the stepping stone to many
greater. A horsc-blanket or cop.
per-bottomed boiler may be the next
thing. IL is the first step that costs
an effort, and that not II very great
one, with the clamor of hungry
stomach to drown the warning voice
within him that whispers OF the police
man and the lookup. The friends he
makes in the street soon help him to
contempt for the one and a secret
pride in the other.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-01
MIGRATION OF BIRDS.
Mysterious instinct That Leads
Them Through Vast Distances.

The instinct which guides young
bird, without either experience OF
the help of its parents, across vast
expanses of land and water to the
winter quarters Of its species has
been described by the greatest nat.
uralist ard sage Of modern times as
"the unknown power" While the
necessity Of obtaining an adequate
amount Of food is, undoubtedly, an
important factor in the cause OF mi.
grafton, it can only have partial
operation, inasmuch as the spring
Journey northward is commenced
from country teeming in many
cases with desirable supplies. An.
other inexplicable phenomenon,
which proves conclusively that
neither food supplies nor climatic
difficulties create the impulse 70,
change, Is furnished by the cross.
migration which goes on regularly
during the autumn between this
country and the continent among
birds of the same species.
Some idea of the great power TN.
derlying the impulse to migrate may
be gained when it Is mentioned that
swallows have been known to perish
rather than forsake their young in D
fire, yet they will leave their second
callow brood In obedience to this
mysterious instinct. The force that
is stronger than the devotion OF
motherhood mnst indeed be great.
There is no evidence to prove that
~ t.t tleg %
their winter quarters with the excep'
ton Of the sand martin, so that
doubtless the mere desire to perpctu.
ate the species governs tho flight
north. This theory is based upon
the fact, that while the flight south
is led by young birds of the year, the
Journey north in the spring is led by
old ones that have already known the
Joys and cares of pdrcnthood.
Marked swifts have been known to
build in the same chimney seven
years in succession. Birds have
marvellous faculty for calculating
time. as is proved by tho fact that
some, species arrive and take theii
departure to II day, and this withou,
reference TO the weather, although II
has been asccrtained that they dis.
like following wind Us much rs o
head wind, on account Of the dis
arrangement II causes among then
flying and steering feathers Why
| the kingouzel sometimes migrates
singly and ut others In tlocks Is ~
incxplicaplc rs the local limitations
Of the nightingale. The latter bro
does not extend its range further west
than the valley Of EXc, nor much
further north than York. Birds art
wonderfully conservative in their mi.
gratory routes, the quails pursuing
tho same course to-day ~ when they
came up and covered the camp OF
the Israelites." These great acriu
highways IRE neither the nearest nor
the safest TO and from their winter
resorts, according to mans judg
mcnt, but there Is strong geological
authority for supposing that their far
distant progenitOrs flew over narrow
necks OF land where water now exists.
In clear weather birds perform then
migratory flights Mt immense alti.
tudcs, but in dull weather. when
neither moon nor star Is visible, they
fly low, and their ranks are thinned by
enormous losses. London Speaker.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-01
West Raden and French Lick Springs.

West BADEN and French Lick Springs.
For the accommodation of visitors
to West Baden and French Lick
Springs the MOnOn Route will run
sleeping car to the springs every
Saturday night, beginning Saturday,
June 2, and returning every Sunda.
night
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-01
ReflectOrs, Chandeliers, and
Light and Heat Specialties Generally

THE new billiard hall Of messIs.
apan h Barber, over the House Of
David. 1862 Clark street, II the finest
- the city. Visit Il.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-12-01

A GENTS furnishing goods depart
nent has been added 70 shsyns''
State street store
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-01-12

all go down. In the last great
earthquake all the cities will be
Frustrated, and as consequence all
banks will forever suspend payment.
In the last confagration the fire insur-
ance companies of the earth will fail,
Tor how could they make appraisement
OF the loss on universal fire? Then
all the inhabitants of the round world
will surrender their mortal existence,
and how could life insurance compa-
MES pay for depopulated hemispheres?
But our celestial life insurance will not
be harmed by that continental wreck,
or that healispheric accident, or that
planetary catastrophe. Blow it out
like a candle-the MONDAY sun! Tear
it down like wornout upholstery-the
last sunset! Toss it from Gods finger
like dewdrop from the anther of a
water lily-tht ocean Scatter them
like thistledown before a schoolboy's
breath--the worlds! That will not dis
turb the omnipotence, or the compesure,
or the sympathy. or the love of that
Christ who said it once on earth, and
will say it again in heaven to all those
who have been helpful to the down
trodden, and the cold, and the hungry,
and the houseless, and the lost, ''Inas-
much as ye did it to them, ye did to
mep'
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-01-12
WHILE THE DOCTORS ARE DOUBLING

WHILE THE DOCTORS ARE DOUBTlNG
Scientists have discovered the
germs of many diseases, but,
unfortunately, not as yet the
means of destruction of these
germs.
At present the couture" and
not the destruction of the dead
| ly bacteria seems to absorb then
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However, they all agree that
a well nourished body and plen-
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While the doctors are in this
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longer, would it not be well for
the patient to have recourse 30
the well tried Compound Oxy-
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and fertilizer?
During the last % years ii
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tried it. 1t has witnessed the
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elixir"
Investigate the matter for
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Card of Thanks

l hereby desire to extend to all my friends
my thanks for the many kindnesses extend
Q 10 me during past illness of over three
months from rheumatism, and | especially
desire to tell them that but for Sulphur
Bitters | should have been suffering still.
May you never suffer what l have, is the
wish of your friend, b. II. TAYLEUR.