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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-06
THE STATE OF HER MIND.

1t Was Lucky for Her Husband That Tele-
graphing Comes High.
There we're little red streaks I'm her
face and blaze In her eye as she came
into q country telegraph Office not q
thousand miles from Detroit.
II want to telegraph to my hus-
band. she said with q snap OF her
large and shapely jaws.
Yes, madam" responded the ope-
rator, handing her some blanks.
"How much will it boz" she inquired.
81 don't know, madam" replied the
operator, with keen politeness and q
faint smile.
Don't know" she exclaimed. What
are you here for?"
To tell people what 1 know, mad
am, and to send and receive messages.
well, why don't you know how
much telegram will COST"
Because, madam, l don't know
where is to be sent"
Nv ell, you needn't be SO smart" she
snapped. at is to go to Detroit.
THANK you, madam; it will be twen-
ty-five cents
She made no further remarks, but
took the blanks, and In the course OF
time returned with about ten pages OF
closely-written matter.
-There!" she said, laying q quarter
down with the message: send that"
But. madam" explained the ope-
rator, 1T is twenty-five cents for ten
words"
What" she g. acnlated.
You can only send ten words for
twenty five cents.
She looked him square in the face as
she tried to suppress her feelings.
"Are you a married man." she asked.
yes, madar.
well, you must be an idiot II you
don't know that woman can't give
her husband piece of her mind in ten
words" and without waiting to hear
anything more fro n him, she founced
herself out of the dice, taking her
II essage with her.-Free Press.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-06
Melancholy Lot of Musicians.

The Boston Transcript recalls the
tragic fate OF those great compo ers
who preceded Strauss, and whom VII
emma once similarly lauded. Schubert
was allowed to sthrve in the midst OF
the great capital; Mozart, living, wss
30 ire .te that he wrote his greatest
work, Don Giovanni" for Prague,
and when he died he 8 laid in pau
per's grave: Beethoven. to spite the
viennese, de, dedi ;ated his ninth sym.
the eldec Strauss, saws the T an
script, struck the keynote of Wen
nese musical taste, and his gifted son,
the p esent Johann, kept up the fam
tlv tradition
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-06
Denrne,, C.nnot r.. Cur.a

BY local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way TO cure deafness, and that is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by In
famed condition of the mucous lining OF the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube Is in
famed. you have . rurnbling sound or imper-
feet hearing and when 1t n entirely closed
Deafness Is the result and unless the ilifiamma-
tion can be taken out and this tube restored to
it's normal condition hearing will be destroyed
forever nine cases out of ton are caused by ca
tarrh, which IL nothing but IN inhamed condi-
tion Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give Ono Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness icaused by catarrhl that can
not be cured by taking Halle Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free
+. J. CHENEY CO., Toledo. o.
&TSold by DrugQists. 75c.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-06
Breakers Ahead!

Prudence. foresight, that might have saved
many n good ship that has gone to pieces
among the breakers. is a quality conspicuous
by its absence" among many classes OF in
valids. and among none moro notably than
persons troubled with inactivity of the kid
neys and bladder. When these organs fall on
in duty grlevous trouble Is to be apprehend-
ed. Bright's disease. diabetes, catarrh and
stone In the bladder. are among the diseases
which disregard of early symptoms confirm
and render fatal. That signally effectual d.
uretic. Hostetter's st omach Bitters. willard
let no one so troubled forget this-remedy the
symptoms Of approaching renal disease and
check its further progress. Equally cfficacious
is the Bitters for constipation, liver complaint.
malaria and rheumatic trouble snd debility.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-06
A Public Convenience.

The City Railway Company Of Ber-
lin has adopted the nickel-in-the-slot
plan for selling tickets during busy
hours. The improved machines are
so constructed that the coin drops out
aga II q wrong one has been put in,
or II there are no more tickets.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-06

SEND your full name and address to Dob
bins Soap Mfg. Co, Philadelphia. Pa. by
return mail. and get, free of all cost, q
coupon worth several dollars II used by
you to Its full advantage Don't delay.
This Is worthy attention.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-06

AsrBMArrC TROUBLES and soreness of
the Lungs or Throat are usually overcome
by Dr. d Jayne's Expectorant-a sure
curative for Colds
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-06
The Standard

remedy for all stomach and liver COM
plants is Ripans Tabules One tabule gives
relief, but in severe cases one should be
taken after each meal until the trouble
has disappeared
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-06
M-~-~C >zs...5

TWENTY years ago Queen Victoria
was taught how to spin by an old
woman from the Scottish highlands.
Her majesty 10 very fond of. the occu-
patton, being proud OF her skill.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-06

If 1t were not 80 hard for woman to
take care of herself there wouldn't be
so many unhappy marriages.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-06

AFTER six years suffering. l was cured
BY Piso's Cure MARY THOMSON. 2oh Ohio
Ave. Allegheny. Pa. March 10. o.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-06

THE deposit of snow and ice In the
interior of Greenland is estimated to
be mile in thickness.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-06

WHAT Is more fascina ting than q COM
plexion tinted like the rarest sea-shell and
purified by the use of Glenn's Sulphur Soap?
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-06

If everybody's children we're as
good as their neighbors think they
ought TO be, the sun would never set.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-06

STRENGTH of character lies not in
demanding special circumstances, but
in mastering and using any that may
he pivan
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-06

TIE worst company for some men is
themselves.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-06
The Greatest Medical Discovery
of the Age.
KENNEDY'S
MEDICAL DISCOVERY.
DONALD KENNEDY. OF R0xBuRY, MASS,

Has discovered in one of our common
pasture weeds remedy that cures every
kind of Humor, from the worst Scrofula
down to common Pimple.
He has tried it in over eleven hundred
cases, and never failed except in two cases
(both thunder humor). He has now In his
possession over two hundred certificates
of its value, all within twenty miles OF
Boston. Send postal card for book.
A benefit Is always experienced from
the first bottle, and perfect cure IS war
ranted when the right quantity IS taken.
When the lungs are affected 1t causes
shooting pains, like needles passing
through them; the same with the Liver or
Bowels. This Is caused by the ducts being
stopped, and always disappears In week
after taking it. Read the label.
If the stomach Is foul or bilious 1t will
cause squeamish feelings at first.
No change of diet ever necessary. Eat
the best you can get, and enough OF It.
Dose, one tablespoonful In water at bed
time. Sold by all Druggists.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-06

There are IA cooking places In va
rious parts 81 London whore public in
strue tion In cookeryiis given to girls
over III years of ago. There are also
forty-two places where instruction In
laundry work u given for girls of suit
able age. instruction II FREQ. The
food cooked at tho cooking schools IL
sold, to In part pay the expense.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-06

- The Modcrn Mother
Has found that her little ones are Inn
proved moro by the pleasant laxative,
Syrup OF Figs, when In need of tho laxa-
tive effect Of q gentle remedy, than by
any other, and that IL 10 moro accept
able to them. Children enjoy IL, and It
benefits them. The true remedy. Syrup
Of Figs, Is manufactured by tho Calf
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-12-06

the condition of our national affairs and
recommending such legislation as seems
to me necessary and expedient.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-30

Kenneth Bazemore had the good
fortune to receive a bottle Of Cham
berlain's collie, cholera and dlarhea
remedy when three members OF MS
family we're sick with dysentery.
This one small bottle cured them
all and he had some left which he
gave Geo. W. Baker, a prominent
of the place, Lewiston, n, c., and
Il cured him of the same complaint
When troubled with dysentery, .l-
arrbma, collie or cholera morbus, give
this remedy a trial and you will be
more than pleased with the result.
The praise that naturally follows lfs
inroduction and use has made IL
very popular. 20 and 80 cent bot
ties for sale by 4. Ross &Co.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-30
DAY COUNTY. SOUTH DAKOTA. Angus 80, 1894.
me Valley of Darkness.

|, hankton' Aug. "a deep gloom
mas settled over the features of Joe
'reen' Bush Sullivan and Jim Law
son. and those mighty braves induce
a twilight wherever they appear
among the hosts, with occasional
thunder and lightning whenever the
Jeers Of the crowd become too YAM
pant Their locks are shorn: the
glory and power have departed from
between their knees. These three
mighty chieftains, the chairman of
the state committee; the speaker of
the house and the late owner of
Aurora county and chief promoter of
the great Mckay came down to
Aankton to do up the Governor and
throw his carcass to the wolves.
They wrestled valiantly two days and
finally held a caucus attended by
themselves and a few others. They
made up a list of men whom they
would support and set out to secure
n of the lot, With one accord
Herried, Ringsrud, Dollard, Craw-
ford and others refused and accom-
panied their destinations with en-
phatic remarks. The great men
spent Tuesday in securing the woods
for a candidate while the Governors
unfeeling supporters flooded the land
with handbills reading: "A candi-
date for Governor wanted. Apply
to Sullivan & Co., Caucus Bureau"
After wrestling all night they called
y consolation meeting in the morning
attended by a handful of delegates
and a mirthful hundred spectators,
With set faces they nominated E. 7.
Sheldon of Hand county and the an
nouncement was ratified with a
scattering o of ayes. Then amid
general laughter the meeting adj
iourned. 1t is understood that the
Big three have retired to private life.
AS one of them remarked, "damn
men who say they will fight and
won't fight Falls Argus
Leader.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-30

The Republican state ticket which
was nominated at 4ankton last
week is one worthy the respect and
hearty support of every patriotic
citizen of South Dakota and is an
emphatic endorsement of the pres
ent administration. Nearly all the
old officers were renominated with
or two exceptions. On the
congressional ticket Capt. Lucas is
succeeded by Robert j. Gamble, OF
Yankton. Mr.. Gamble is young
man, comparatively, but has been
resident of South Dakota from Its
earliest history.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-30
The B~ristoiite gives the REPoR-

The Bristoiite gives the REPoR-
TER some advice in its last issue in
regard to making political capital
out of mans misfortunes. Bro.
Slovenian your advice is timely
and good and is all the more con-
viucing coming from one who
speaks from experience, that expen
sive but thorough school that
eventually turns the calcium light
upon all kinds of uncertainty.
But the novice might ask, why do
you not practice what you preach?
Go to! Doth advice cost?
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-30
Concerning Demagogues.

Demagogy has had 0 to do with
Tho disaffection and the spirit OF I'M
raet among the working classes OF the
TTnitsd States than all other causes.
within the last few days the demagogue
;s professing to be honest. de Is teiilhs
IN nnblio some Of the things that a
snired behind closed dears The people
wait with listening ears.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-30
Good Goods.
Low Prices.
The Best 900
$I.o5, $780,, $500

The celebrated Douglas in all sizes and at
$500 and $500. All sizes and prices of the
A. w. Clappmake at the best values. Every
pair warranted.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-30

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December laln
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|ry of Deed q
|lI be f~oreolosea
or OF section ons
and twents-a
said county
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-24

In the conduct, language ana manners.
or do they mean only fastidiousness? 1t
has been Justly said that refinement. like
modesty. consists in negatives. II is not
self-conscious. coarse. O. Impure. This
Inconsistencies is safeguard from con-
tamination and suspicion; SO that in no
aee Il individual refnenet Impossible.
True refinement Is slow to suspect evil.
II interprets what It SEES on the prn-
cIples OF charity. A MN Is not more
refined than another because he sus-
neots the loaf he eats, and assumes
therefore that the kneader was n dirty
fellow. On the contrary refinement be-
ing clean itself. thinks that others are
clean also, until forcibfy undeceived. The
"father Of poetry" bsrbarous as we
deem the age In which he lived, has
keenly Disseminated between true and
mock delicacy. When IN the Odyssey,
the princess Nausicaa and her maids
are washing their garments In the river.
and the naked. ship-wretked mariner APP
nears. as a suppliant before them. they
act precisely as a high-ired princess and
her haif-bred maids would act to-day.
The one. with real dignity, listens to
his supplications and relieves his necessi-
ties. while the others run screaming
"Delicacy. True and False"
by William Mathews. Ill. d., in North
American Review for Aoril.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-24
George Du Maurier as a Writer.

10 we should never, as the ancients had
Il. count a man happy till he dies. so
doubtless we should never call man
clever so long as he has not written
novel. We had tasted George du Man-
rier's talent, we had arpiauded his pen.
for many a year. and had ended ny fee!-
ing familiar With their exercise ana
range. only 10 find az last that We had
been Judging them on half the evidence.
The penetrating instrument TO which we
owe so large n mass OF consistent pic
toriat satire, suddenly puts forth sec
oud point, and dips IL into literary ink.
This is a great comfort for friendly
commentator who has accepted afresh
the responsibility of speech. ! have so
freqently expressed my appreciation or
Mr.. du Maurier as a various draughtsman
as a painter in black and white. that
should now have little left to say had
ne not kindly put new ground under my
background firm enough TO sustain
very jubilant step. From the moment he
in the common phrase. takes to writing.
IL is possible once more 10 write about
him.
Everyone, every thing. Is beautiful for
Mr.. du Maurier. We have only 10 look
TO see it proved, at the admirable. lovable
little pictorial notes TO his text. VIII
not profess for moment that the effect
of these notes Is not insidious and cor
ruptine, or that with such perpetual
nudging Of the critical elbow one can
Judge the text with adequate presence OF
mind There Is an unprecedented con-
fusion. in which the line seems to pass
into the phrase. and the phrase into the
the ine-in which the 'letter-press. In
particular. borrows from the Illustrations
illicit advantages and learns impertinent
shortcuts; though this. indeed, Is by no
means irveterate, the written presenta-
ton Of the tall heroine. for Instance. being
to my sense. decidedly preferable to the
drawn. Described. or portrayed, on the
Other had fHo zero is equally pro-
digicus and pathetic.)
The reader who would fatn ask himself
how II Is that our authors visioa sue
ceeds In being go blissfrlly exclusive.
such 4 reader ends by rerceiving. think.
that this Is because II Is intensely VS.
lon Of youth. and not Of the soul OF
youth. Everything and every one Is not
only beautiful for him; II 70 also divinely
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-24
Curious Use Of Tobacco.

All the Lushai smoke inveterately, even
children of five years of age. and their
children reek with rank tobacco smoke.
saws a writer in Gent emans Magazine
The men use short pipes made OF bamboo;
the women use more elaborate ono,
the bowl OF clay communicating TO
stem with a receptacle for water. through
which the smoke passes to long. slender
mouthpiece of ornamental metal. The
water in the receptacle. when fouled by
tobacco juice. is emptiei into small gourds
stoppered with a plus OF wood. These
gourds are carried by the men In cotton
bags with other necessary articles for
travelling. and moutffui Of the contents
is occasionally sippec and the mouth
rinsed Herewith. wher 1t is spat out.
1t is considered polite TO offer a sip
from this gourd 10 friend, as a pinch
of snuff was formerly In Europe. A
friendly native will co so even to an
Englishman. but the writer has never
heard of anyone except Major Levin
who has had the courage to accept the
compliment. That offer, when deputy
commissioner of the Chttagong hill tracts
rendered himself thoroughly familiar with
the habits of the borler tribes. and is
probably the best authority on all matters
regarding those dwelling near the Chitta-
gong frontier. The writer purchased and
brought TO England one of the small
gourds which are here spoken OF. the con-
tents OF which, with disastrous effects.
were spilled over the rapers contained in
his dispatch box.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-24
HAIL FIFTEEN INCHES.
sxysRE srORN IN Parts u
NORTH CIROLJxA.
Fifteen Hundred Dollars Raised JOE '"'
Jen. Davis Mcnument-Sance "sn"'
rial Associations to DO Organised.

RALEIGH. N. c.. April 2s.-speciai'-
Hail drifted to a depth OF fifteen inches
during the heavy storm In Cie'e'ahu
county Friday.
The civil term Of Wake Supreme ooul
began here to-day. Judge Hoke pres'd,is'
Some interesting cases are on the caie"
dar. :,
The Board of Aldermen have sran'e' ="
franchise to a new and cheap telephone
company. and the president OF the COM
pany will be here in few days 10 d,
range for beginning work. wires VIII WA
also be put up from here to durham anu
Henderson. ~. ,o-rorrow
night is called by Mayor Badger 10 .ane
sieps 10 orsanize a Vance memorial assn.
ciation for the erection OF a monun'eh. III
this city to the dead statesman. move
ment for this purpose is general ,hrousn-
out the State. rr,,,od
Col. i. ID. Hall, president OF the unitea
Confederate Veterans In this State' vss
gone to Birmingham TO attend me 'oii-
federate Veterans reunion. Tnere are
only fourteen camps in this state.
Fifteen hundred dollars has been raiser
in North Carolina for the Jenerson DAVIS
monument at Richmond.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-24
Nost Hennt!ful Of Birds.

In the Smithsonian building at Wash
jngton is exhibited one particularly per-
feet specimen of the most beautiful bird
in the world. While its coloration is
as brilliant as that OF any humming bird,
its superior size renders it more attrac-
tive TO the eve, says the Star. This Is
the quezal Of Guatemala. It's plumage
vies in brillancy with the rainbow and
shines with q metallic luster. Until with
in the last few years 1t was unknown 10
science. mainly owing 10 the fact that it
is hermit among feathered creatures,
delightlng in the silence of deserts. 1t
dwells on mountain heights above seven
thousand feet in elevation. The quezal
was the royal bird Of the Aztecs. Its
breast is a brilliant scarlet, while its
green tail attains length Of three feet.
Its size is about equal to pigeon. Its
plumes were utilized anciently for the
adornment of headdresses and for the
famous feather pictures of the Mexicans.
1t nestles in holes in worm-eaten trees.
which II enlarges with its bill so as to
form comfortable and roomy residence
The young are hatched totally naked. 1t
is the hardest OF all birds to prepare for
stuffing. because the skin tears like SO
much tissue paper and the feathers are
implanted to so slight n depth that they
readily fall out A specimen is very apt
10 be spoiled by falling against a branch
on being shot. Up 10 1860 naturallsts did
not know where the quezal was 10 he
found. The few specimens which had
fallen into their hands were obtained
from the indians Of Guatemala who kept
the secret. About that time. however. a
collector visiting that country got on the
track. went I'D into the mountains and
shot number OF the birds II Is said
that in ancient times the skins Of all
birds of this species that were killed
belonged by law TO the king. and nobody
outside of the royal family was permitted
TO wear the plumes. The quezal belongs
TO the family OF trogons. This genus in
ciudes forty-six species. thirty-three OF
winch are American. All Of them are
very beautiful. "'e
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-24
The Advantages Of an Anglo American
Alliance.

political union between the United
States and the British Empire being at
present impossible. there remains but
one expedient--an alliance, or accord.
which would pave the way to concerted
action In the future. This alliance need
not be of sufficient intimacy TO involve
the United States In any responsibility
as regards British interests in all parts
of the world II is obvious that, in
their present undeveloped condition, the
United States dare not risk becoming in
volved in a European war. Their desire
Is 10 remain neutral: and the alliance |
am about to propose provides for their
strict neutrality, in the terms of inter
national law. II l were asked TO draft
the terms Of an nglo-American alliance.
or accord. should put Il in this way:
Great Britain shall become an ally Of
the United States In the event OF any
European power or powers declar
ing war against the latter. On
the other hand. the United States
shah guarantee friendly neutrality
IN the event Of Great Britain
becoming involved In a war with one
more OF the European powers concern.
ing issues that in no way concern the
pacihc interests of the United States.
and. under such circumstances the United
States shall render to Great Rritsin
every assistance. positive and negative
allowed to neutrais.-From IAN Anglo.
american Alliance" by Arthur Silva
white. In North American Review for
April.