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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-18
ALucky Presentiment.

An incident of the recent race be-
tween the train robbers and their
pursuers, which resulted so disas-
trously to the former, was told dur
ing the past week. One of the party
who went out from Kalispell to join
the chase was young man who had
been in bad health. He was suffering
from long trouble and had had sew
eral hemorrhages. Thinking the
open air would do him good, and that
if he happened to get shot by the out
laws it would only hasten the in
eyitable end, he started.
On the day before the fight he
thought he would take walk up the
railroad alone. The air was cool and
bracing and the outdoor life had
already accomplished more for him
than physic had ever done. So he
started. A couple Of miles from
where he left the party he saw pile
of railroad ties alongside the track.
The idea struck him that that
would be a good hiding-place for a
bandit. AS he drew nearer to 1T the
desire to look behind that pile OF ties
became stronger dS Juc uioOduOO
lessened, and when he reached it the
impulse was nearly irresistible. Still,
some indeflnable instinct told him
not to. Love of life is strong, even
In a man who thinks consumption is
about to take him of.
The young man obeyed the instinct
instead of the impulse.
When Jones surrendered he called
the young man out of the crowd and
said: "See here, young man, you
we're nearer death when you were
walking up the railroad track than
you would have ever known If
hadn't been caught was behind
that pile Of ties II you had as
much as made move toward look
ing behind that pile you would never
have known what killed you" The
subject Of this incident now thinks
life sweeter than ever because of the
close call he had.-Helena Mont.
Independent.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-18

which tumbles down various preci-
pices, forming some of the grandest
waterfalls in the world. Among them
are the Yosemite Falls, Bridal Veil
Fall, Virgins Tears Fall, Ribbon
Fall, Cbilnualnu Falls, and Nevada
Falls.
or this wonderland Benjamin +.
Taylor said:
yosemite awaited US without a
warning, spectral white in the glanc-
ing of the sun; the first thought was
that the granite lodges OF all the
mountains had come to resurrection
and were standing pale and dumb be-
fore the Lord. l turned to 1T again
and began to see the towers. the
domes, the spires, the battlemenss,
the arches, and the white clouds OF
solid granite, surging up into the air,
aud come to everlasting anchor until
the mountains shall be moved. You
hasten on; you hear the winds inton-
ing in the choral galleries a mile
above your heads you hear the crash
of waters as OF cataracts in the sky;
you trample upon broad shadows that
have fallen thousands OF feet down,
like the cast-off garments OF descend
ing night"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-18

els at Gettysburg. He was held as a
prisoner until 1865, and when he was
mustered out OF service 1t was with
the rank OF colonel. He then re-
turned to Switzerland In 1861 In
his own country he has held many
positions OF honor. He was Minister
to the United States from 1857 70
1885.
Since his election many interesting
stories In connection with his career
in this country have come to the sur
face. One is that he was at one Time
a woodchopper in Ohio. A couple OF
years before the war stranger IN
destitute circumstances applied al
the house OF a farmer named Graf
void, In Wayne Township. Butler
County, for food and lodging. He
gave his name as Frei and said ne
had been exiled from Germany for a
political offense. In return he offered
to assist his benefactor and was taken
into the family. He spent the follow
ing winter chopping wood, and early
| in 1860, after having spent two years
with Gratwold, he went to Illinois,
where he engaged as farm hand I'M
| til his enlistment in the Union army
He never forgot the Gratwold family
and one day recently son OF Mr.
Gratwold received a letter from NJ
Fret, President-elect OF Switzerland
recalling early scenes and telling o
the success that has crowned his de
1 cliniEg years.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-18

The music that can be obtained from
the reiteration Of one note is In moth
ing more beautifully shown than In
DIR. Arne's setting of Ariel's song In
"The Tempest" which closely imi-
tates the call Of the owl.
Birds are Not Natures Only sODgsters.
Nature has many voices beyond
those Of our songsters
The soul of music slumbers In the shell.
Till walked and kindled by the masters SPELL
sang Samuel Rogers a century ago.
The same spell has found music in
the babbling brook, the cry OF the
child, the elephants roar, the bark
ing OF "a dog--in fact, in every voice
of nature. Though laughter is often
said TO be musical one would not ex'
pect to find music in sneeze, a
cough, or yawn; yet Haydn has In
all three. The illustration given OF
the sneeze is from the minuet OF his
grand sinfonia and the yawn is from
his fifty-seventh quartet. e,5
Many will recall. too, the instance
OF the brawling voices Of three per
sons in passion introduced by Beet
hoven in his third trio, op. ga clat
ter of sounds indicating rage ant
passion.
For music in the cry of a spoiled
child we must turn to Rossini':
pensive duet, "Ebbere per mi;
memora," in "Gazza Ladra." 1t II
said of Mozart that he had peevisf
wife, lady hard to please, who wher
in a waspish humor frequently broke
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-18
BOYCOTTING A JAIL.

Tramps Insist on Better Food or They'll
, Ruin the Sherirs Business.
An unusual strike has occurred
here, says Mount Holly correspond
emf of the New York Herald. 1t was
not among the members Of any labor
organization-as is often the case
but was confined to the tramps who
are locked up in the county Jail, and
who boldly threatened to boycott the
institution unless the sheriff supplied
them with better food.
The spokesman, thick-set tramp,
known among his companions as
@The Tank" out Of compliment tc
his abdominal development, was plain
and outspoken in his demands to one
OF the keepers.
See here" he said, what's on the
card for dinner to-day?"
Bean soup and bread" was the
reply.
at won't do" was the reply. "Thi'
bean business is gettin' played out
What we want is more meat aDC
vegetables, and we're goin' to have
'em or know the reason why. W.
can't keep up our strength on no sucf
grub as we've been havin'-sec!"
You fellows are gettin' too gay,
said the keeper with sheer. Mex
thing you'll be wantin' ox-tail soul
and sweetbreads. We're givin' yol
good grub-good enough for anybod.
and you'll either eat 1t or live OF
your shape"
Hold on there!" interrupted an
other tramp with red nose and
bad list to port, we've got something
to say bout that. We've got the la.
of the land pretty well in this county
and we know the sheriff's offic
wouldn't be wuth haif interest In
yaller dog if it wasn't for the prof
out of feeding us tramps. Everybod
knows that. Now I'll come down +
business. Ell you don't feed us u
high we'll boycott the jail, and ever
man on the road'll fight as shy Q
the place as IL 1t was full OF small
pox. Now I've had my say, and G
the goose don't hang high after thi
you'll hear from u.s."
This threat took all the flercenes
out OF the keeper, who promised
see what he could do in the line OF
more attractive menu.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-18

fords patent automatic pickup fen
der. 1t Is made in Pittsburg and
has been in use in New York only a
short time.
The car to which IL is attached has
not run into any one since the guard
was put on, and thus human test
has not been made, but 1t is asserted
that a person would be scooped from
the roadbed by it instead OF being
mangled under the wheels. The fen
der is similar In shape to bench
seat and has an iron frame with a
wire netting stretched across 1t.
Springs give IL sufficient flexlbility,
so that when It strikes a large OBJ
structlon the guard will be pressed
close TO the track and cannot pass
over the object This fender has
been In use in other cities on cable
cars, and is said TO have shown its
' ability to save life.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-18
Married a Century.

We have all heard OF tin weddings
celebrated after ten years OF mar
riage, of crystal weddings after fif-
teen years, OF china weddings after
twenty, of silver after twenty-five,
OF gold after fifty, and Of diamond
after seventy-tive-or, as Europeans
celebrate it, after sixty-two and a
half years. But the scale Of celebra-
tions docs not seem to extend any
further, and one wonders what pre-
clous thing would be selected to give
its name to wedding anniversary
recently celebrated In Hungary-the
one hundredth anniversary OF the
marriage of Jean Szathmary and his
wife.
This appears to be a circumstance
which is entirely impossible. But the
marriage of the aged pair Is duly and
officially recorded as having taken
place in May, 1893, at which time,
according 10 the record, they were oil
marriageable age. As in Hungary al
that time bridegroom must have
reached the age Of twenty and bride
that OF fifteen, the pair must now be
at least one hundred and twenty and
one hundred and fifteen years old.
The one hundreth anniversary wa:
celebrated at the town OF Zsombolyi
in the Banat, which has for a Ions
time allowed the venerable couple
pension in recognition OF their grea'
| age and fidelity to each. other. .s
Even the oldest residents OF Zsom
bolyi have no other recollection o
Jean Szathmary aud his wife than a
old people. Not one relative OF eithe
survives. Their century OF wedde'
life Is 50 well and officially atteste'
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-18

The subject of obtaining higher
temperature in steel furnaces has
lately been discussed by the Society
of Civil Engineers, Paris. At pres
emit, IL is stated, the temperature Is
limited by that at which the walls Of
the furnace begin to fuse, and even
Deeners tirebricks are not found
proof against this. Magnesia Is
claimed to be capable of standing far
higher temperatures than that kind
OF brick, the principal difficulty In
using it being the excessive shrink
age to which it is liable when heated
"a cube OF magnesia OF ten-inch
edge, in the raw state, Is said to
shrink to one OF six-inch edge, when
sufficiently calcined-and such being
the case, furnace Innings made of this
material are liable to crack badly; as
a remedy fof this state OF things, the
magnesia is caused to undergo It's
maximum possible contraction before
being placed in the furnace, though
for this an excessively high tempera
ture is required. M. Lencanche7
claims to have overcome these din.
culties, and has exhibited asnumbeI
of perfectly solid bricks of magnesia,
which were as dense as granite, and
had been thoroughly shrunk. The
composition of this brick Is 90. 20 ia
! 90. % magnesia, 1.50 to 800 lime
] O.75 10 1.25 alumina and iron oxide
! 1.5O to $50 silica.-Sun.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-18


AZ mechanical TAN Has Been Devised
n which Greatly Facilitates the business.
l had a chat the other morning
syith Mr.. Arnold and the brothers
donaldson, the monkey performers
and contortionists, says a writer In
Pearson's Weekly
1t has long been the ambition OF
acrobats to invent useful mechani-
cal tail, without which no man can
properly initiate monkey. At
length the tail has been devised.
Arnold and the DOnaldsons are the
only people In the secret, and they
now hang and swing by their tails,
to the disgust fof rival man mon
keys.
So like the original are their antics
and their whole get up that from a
distance It is impossible to tell, as
they swing from bars and ropes In
side a cage, that they are not apes.
The masks they use alone cost sl5
apiece, and are so naturally made
that they have even deluded the real
animal. Let one Of my informants
speak for the trio:
Before we could attempt to iml-
tate a monkey In public we went
through course Of the closest study
In various geological gardens. 1t
was months before we were pro-
| ficient, but then we did not consider
ourselves so until, having donned
our monkeys dress, approached a
cage of real apes, one of whom actu-
ally came to the bars and scratched
my head.
"An acrobat and contortionist has
| to crowd all his work into a short
space of time. for after he has reached
80 years of age his work begins tc
deteriorate. We experience no diff
Guilty whatever about blood rushing
to the head. When we begin tC
train we could only hang our heads
down for half a minute, and ever
then we were nearly suffocated. Now
we can hang for ten minutes and fee
no Ill effects.
"The great thing is to get the
cords OF the legs to stretch, which
they do gradually, and to loosen the
hips. So long as the cords OF thu
leg will give, almost anything Cal
be done with them. For instance
we find it quite easy to cross tn
right leg over the left, bring the lat
ter over the right shoulder, ant
finally crowd the toes under the
arms-a feat that looks exceedingl,
difficult.
"a great deal depends upon tn
backbone. BY constant practice i
can be made to bend like awhalebon
to the shape of the letter G, eithe
backward or forward. One Of on
troop can spin on his head, but tina
trick came to him naturally and 1T !
impossible to teach it. The chic
ailments which befall acrobats ar
strains and the dislocatlon OF tn
hips"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-18

In the trot.ing ~ a horse It Il q nat
ter Of common knowledge that each
alternate step is louder than the
other, and the same Is the case In
the tread OF our own feet throwing
the sounds into the order OF common
time, while the "capter"-so called
from the pace which pilgrims went
on horseback to Thomas "a Becket's
tomb-sometimes called the YCanter-
bury Gallop," was in triple time;
every third step was louder than the
other two, owing to the first and
third foot striking the ground as
nearly as possible simultaneously.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-18
Music I'm the Air.

1t Is beyond controversy that music
had its origin in the simple and I'M
mutable expressions OF nature Our
best musicians owe some OF their
sweetest effects not alone to the In
SEPARATION due to listening to the songs
OF the birds, the soft murmur or the
vagrant bee, the catchy melodies OF
the insect world, but to their repro
auctions of the voices OF nature.
Gottschalk introduced much insect
music into his compositions, says A.
Il. Camden Pratt in the Strand Maya
zine. In Handel one traces the sol
emn and beautiful, but spirited, mel
ody of the lark. Rossini, Mozart and
Beethoven initiated with pleasing eff
feet the cackling OF chatty brood OF
barn-doOr fowls. Haydn introduced
the braying of the ass into his seven
ty-sixth quartet with great success.
It was upon summer day that
Beethoven, resting on a stile during
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-18

frequent in the music Of our great
masters, aud it will be remembered
that in "Semiramide" Rossini has in
a wild movement introduced the
squealings of some little urchins with
admirable effect.
Natures Important Contributions to NJ uslc
Early in the present century Will
lam Gardiner, member Of the Acad-
envy OF ST. Cecilia, Rome, wrote a
lengthy featise-which / believe is
now out OF print-in which he at
tempted to prove that what is pas
sionate and pleasing in the art OF
singing, speaking and performing
upon musical instruments is derived
from the. sounds of the animated
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-18

Plan of Captain Mellon TO Ascend BY
Rings, Ropes and Capstan.

hings, Ropes ana CapstAn'
Capt. J. A. Mellon for many years
has been running steamers on the
Colorado River from Yuma as far up
as the Grand Canyon and into 1t for
long distance, says the San Francisco
Chronicle
Travel is pretty brisk on the river
this year. he says, and because OF
this he will soon push the steamers
forward through the famous Black
Canyon, where hitherto they have
rarely yentured, and even then only
when the conditions were most favor
able. az Ase
However. the Captain has hit on
a unique plan to surmount the giant
cascades. He has caused great steel
staples to be driven In the sides or
the frowning rock cliffs.
In these are stout iron rings.
Ropes are run through these when
the steamers arrive, and by the aid
! of a steam capstan on board the
steamer Is enabled to pillow her way
forward.
1t is a dizzy undertaking, but
Capt. Mellon is convinced that it can
be made a success. There the gorge
and the cascades are exceedingly
wild.
"The Black Canyon" said Capt.
Mellon, "ls forty miles through In
one place before the sun shines on
the depths The walls are 1000 feet
high, or we'll on to a mile.
ain the Grand Canyon, where the
river is 300 feet wide, the walls are
5000 feet high, but they are thirteen
miles across the top-that Is, from
wall to wall.
But in the frowning Black Can
yon, where the river is 3, 900 feet wide
the walls run up 1900 feet and are
narrower at the top than at the bot
tom. At least that is so in many
places. You see, therefore, wha1
kind OF a place it is to get through.
1.-The canyon commences at the T.
Dorado canyon in Lincoln County
Nevada, and runs for forty miles Il
the north In the same county, tC
what is known as the Vegas Wash
From there we will 60 on up to tn
Virgin River aDd on UP to Rioville
the old Mormon settlement. From
there on the Mormons held swa.
clear up to Salt Lake.
"A number OF mining camps ar
being opened up along the route. l
is an extremely wild country, bu
promises to develop great interest
in many places.
Capt. Mellon is here on a brie
,, business trip. The first steamer t
be taken up is the Mojaye.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-18

Along the Nebraska River rises a
succession OF beetling cliffs OF indu-
rated clay and sandstone, bearing
the semblance of towers, castles,
churches and fortified cities They
received the name OF Scotts Bluffs
from a melancholy incident. A num-
Der of years ago, while party were
descending the river in canoes, their
frail banks were overturned, their
provisions lost or spoiled, and their
powder wet. The rifles were, OF
course, rendered useless, and they
were unable to procure food by hunt
ing and had to depend upon. roots
and wild fruits for subsistence.
They made their way on foot, as
best they could, suffering extremely
from hunger, until they reached Lar
amle's Fork Here, Scott, one OF the
party, was taken Ill, and his compan-
ions came to halt until he should
recover sufficiently to proceed.
While searching for edible roots,
! they discovered fresh trail or white
men, who, it was evident, had re-
Gently passed. What was to be done?
BY forced march they might over
take the travellers and thus be able
to reach the settlements in safety.
what shall we do with Scott?"
said one. "He can't walk"
For a moment all were silent.
They realized that they were too
weak to carry him, and II they waited
for his recovery all were in danger OF
perishing from starvation and ex-
haustion.
1--WE must leave him here" some
one said, gruffiy. ITO wait for him
means death, and to try to take him
along can't mean anything else"
1t was a cruel thing to do, but IL
was at length decided to abandon the
poor man to his fate. Leaving Scott
to infer that they were in search OF
food, the whole party set off on the
trail. They succeeded in overtakine
the white men Of whom they were IL
quest, but concealed their faithles:
desertion Of their unfortunate com
rade.
The following summer some OF thu
same party were visiting the regior
again. They came, suddenly upor
the bleached bones and grlnnins
skull of human skeleton, which BY
certain signs they recognized as thu
remains OF Scott. This was sixt.
long miles from the place where III
had been left; and it appeared tina
the wretched man had crawled tina
almost incredible distance befOr
death put an end to his miseries
The wild and picturesque bluffs il
I the neighborhood of his lonely grav
, have ever since borne his name.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-18

probate music, and Goethe implies
this in the curlously discordant jang-
ling OF sound in the Mephistopheles
speeches in "Faust." Men talk music
as we'll as sing; Chey walk to a mu-
steal rhythm; the sounds of nature are
, in accordance with musical rules.
The ancients even held that the
mere proper motion of the planets
Z must create sounds, and as the plan
cts move at regular intervals the
sounds must harmonic. This is en-
bodied in the beautiful lines Of Shak-
speare:
There's not the smallest orb which thou be-
holdst
But in his motion like an angel sings,
Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubims.
The idea itself is a truly poetic
one, but it seems to proceed on the
assumption that the recurrence Of
sounds at regular intervals consti
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-18

is so beautifully realistic Of the soft
fiuttering stir Of the insects-the
hum in the noontide warmth Of a
summers day.
The gnat-which has been called
~the trumpeter" among insects-has
q well.detlned note on A in the sec
ond place. 1t is the most audible In
the whole insect orchestra, and at
night may be mistaken for a post
horn at a remote distance.
There Is Nothing Unmusical In Nature.
There is nothing in nature that is
not musical. According to old legends
the principal OF evil alone suffers un-
der the curse of Punishment from
harmony. The evil one cannot ap
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-18

world. There is great deal that is
curious and interesting in this old
work. He especially studied the
cries of animals. With regard to
the dog. ne rot only argues that the
dog indicates his diSerent feelings
by different tones OF voice--so mark
ed that they are recognized by other
animals as expressive OF anger or fear
but that they understand the gen.
eral force of language and the par,
ticular meaning Of certain words.
And, again, that although the bark
ing of dog Is an inarticulate sound,
yet IL he is brought by the side OF a
pianoforte while barking you may
distinctly hear the notes upon which
his bark is made reflected by the in.
strument. For instance, the notes
OF dog barking from excess OF
pleasure are reproduced Ia the &C
companying illustration.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-18
Eight with a Leopard.

A striking illustration OF British
courage and logged persistence was
given by an otficer in India, named
Apcher, in fight with a leopard.
He was going round a rock, following
the beast, which he had wounded,
when the leopard, meeting the hun
ter. dashed at him. Apcher jumped
one side and fred; the shot only
staggered the leopard. The man
started to run, but before he could
turn round the beast was almost up
on him.
He struck the animal with the gun
as it was in the act of striking him,
and so warded off the blow from his
head. But the beasts claws from
one paw cut his right cheek and the
other paw knocked the gun out oil
the officers hands.
With all his strength the man
dashed his right hand into the beast:
mouth, and with the left graspec
him around the throat. The leopard
caught him near the elbow, and BIZ
through the forearm, Exerting al
his strength Apcher threw the leop
ard into a rift between the rocks anc
on its back. With his knee on it
chest. one hand in its mouth, thu
other grasping its throat, he held the
struggling animal. His native DO.
came ND with a double-barrel gun.
~Put it in the leopard's mouth and
fire." said Apcher.
The boy obeyed, pulled both trig
gers, and killed the beast. fortunate
iy without hitting the hand. Tn
logged officers lett hand and arm
were much injured; every finger o
the right hand was lacerated, tn
hand bitten through, and the forearm
| bitten Ia five places.