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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13

be sufficient to break the skin OF the
duellists. Having satisfied wounded
honor by shooting of the revolvers,
thercontestant depart in cheerful
frame cof mind. The duels do not
always end so pleasantly. When a
quarrel Is OF very serious nature
the principals sometimes insist on
enough powder to do actual damage.
/ was called on to act as second for
man who shattered his opponents
shoulder with a bullet. Americans
have proven to be awkward custom
ers for the shoot-but-don't -hurt duel
lists. In several instances where
Americans were challenged, and had
the choice OF weapons, they have Sc
lected Colts revolvers. The invari-
able result was that the challengers
found 1t inconvenient to fight"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13

apart. Look at them steadily and
you will see three crosses, all black,
and the middle one entirely separate
from the Others If the crosses are
made of two colers, as red and green,
and placed on black paper, the
third one will appear white.
Another effective experiment is the
floating lights; this is easily accom-
plished, and it is hard for people to
see how the trick is done. Insert a
medium sized nail in the lower end
of half candle. If there is trouble
in pushing the nail in warm it a
little. The candle is then placed in
tumbler and just enough water
used to reach the top Of the candle
without touching the wick. The nail
Is used for weight. The candle Is
then lighted, and 1t will burn at
the top of the water until the
candle is all used up One would
naturally suppose that the blaze
would soon reach the water, and be
extinguished, but the fact is, as the
candle burns away it grows lighter,
and being lighter, rises in the water.
BY using colored glasses to hold the
water, it makes very soft light for
use at night in case Of sickness.
Another singular experiment can
be easily done. Procure a piece of
tulle and have glass filed to the
brim with water. Moisten the cloth
thoroughly and place it over the top
of the glass, pressing it down tightly
to the sides so it will adhere to the
glass. Hold one hand tightly over
the top of the glass, so no air can
enter it. and turn the glass upside
down. Then by drawing the glass
away carefully sidewise from the
hand, it will be found that the water
will remain In the glass, and not
even a drop will come through the
tulle. 1t is well to try this over a
sink the first time, as if one gets ex-
cited and removes the glass too sud-
denly, the water will all escape. The
whole secret Is in drawing the glass
slowly sidewise away from the hand,
instead of lifting it.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13

LONDON is dissatisfied with its eff
forts toward educating the children
of the poor. The barrack schools,
intended to cut off the entail of pau
perism by removing the children
from the atmosphere of the work.
house and bringing them up in an in
stitution where they might forget
their unfortunate origin, have been
given thorough and an expensive
trial, but the result has been failure.
The chief trouble seems to have been
that the buildings erected for the
schools-huge structures housing
from 500 to 1900 children-have
lacked in sanitary appliances, and
the buildings Of the associated" type
to adopt the language of the local
government board-"seem to have
been specially adapted for the culti-
walton of ophthalmia, fever, and
diphtheria, together with supdry
forms Of disease that indicate a d.
minished vitality. The mere mass
ing Of the children together is found
to be hurtful, for these evils arise
quite independently Of insufficient
food or cruel treatment, though such
aggravations are not wholly I'M
known. Nor Is this all the fault that
is found. The boys and girls are
held to such rigid lines that they are
said to be turned out "all made to
pattern" and the very evil 1t is
sought to remove-the faint of pau
perism-is really ingrained into the
the pupils. The agitation now going
on is likely to be remedied somewhat
by dispensing the children into small
er groups, where few hundred only
are to be accommodated.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13
To Make a Ball that LOUNGES.

Boys who are always losing their
balls can make them themselves
Take common cork and cut 1t as
round as possible, making it the size
Of an ordinary marble. Then tear off
very narrow strips of rag and wind
these, one at time, around the cork
until the ball is Of the desired size.
Then cover it with cloth, or il boy
is fortunate enough to have an oblig-
ing sister she will make cover of
crewels by dividing the ball into
quarters, winding the wool several
times around it, then buttonholing
the quarters all round one-half, then
the other half, till an edge is formed
on each side OF each quarter, then
buttonholing with any colors of wool
till the quarters are quite filed up,
when a seam finishes them, and a
capital ball is the result, costing
nothing to make, but really service
able.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13

WHEN the economical history Of
the Western territories is finally and
truly written, it will be plainly seen
and fully recognized that the pro-
ducing farmer and the business man
were, as rule, working against
natural and economical laws during
the first two decades Of territorial
development 1t is too late for most
Of those who sacrificed best years Of
their lives to profit much by their ex-
perience, but the soil Of the older
Western States should be better
farmed, ard their markets more
faithfully tested, before another like
attempt to overcome unfavorable
conditions is made by the young men
of the present generation. st. Paul
Trade Journal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13
Fermentation.

Tears ago an old hard shell preach
er who lived on the border in the DAYS
when the Indians were at war with
the whites, was making preparations
one morning to go to his church,
miles away, through a country in
tested with savages. He was care
fully loading his old flintlock rifle to
take along, when friend present re-
marked:
What are you going to take that
gun along for, old man? Don't you
know that IL it is foreordained for
the Indians to kill you, the gun
won't save your"
That's very true" said the old
man as he deliberately rammed the
ball home, but suppose it is foreor-
dained that the Indian shall be
killedf Now. how would the good
Lord carry out his purpose II didn't
have my gun alongT That closed
the debate. II Summerville (Gs- }
News
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13

THE Lieutenant Colonel in the
regular army who has been forced to
leave the service because he criticised
the Presidents action in ordering the
troops to Chicago does not deserve
any sympathy. The man who be-
comes professional soldier must I'M
derstand that by so doing he ceases
to be reasoning animal. Somebody
higher in authority than he must do
his thinking. His part is that of a
dumb animal. The intensely mill
tary Emperor of Germany summar-
lied the theory Of military life in a
sentence when he said: "My soldiers,
if order you to shoot down your own
fathers you must obey" Army life
is not very satisfying to the people Of
active intellect and inquiring minds,
but as complete mental rest it has
its advantages.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13

WORD comes from Cripple Creek,
Col, that a vein Of precious ore has
been struck in one of the mines there
worth $4,000 ton. This Illus
trates the part which the imagina-
tion plays among the people who do
all their thinking and talking in
terms of bonanza" A ton OF dirt
containing $4,000 worth Of silver
could exist only among people who
find it too easy to put three pints
into a quart. The latest quotation
OF silver is 62l cents per ounce. Since
there are 20, 1877 troy ounces in ton,
the value of a ton of solid silver
would be $lS, 24l.875.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13
LITTLE GREEN TAllORS.

iGrasshoppers. what are you doing?n
Cried Elsie, out on the lea
9Cutting out dresses for fairies
Little green tailors are wen
Snip. snip, snip, snip
-.1Iittie green tailors are We
shaking warm mantles aud tippets
Out of the white thistle down,
Wrappings for all the wee ladies
To wear when the snow comes down.
Snip, snip, snip. snip
"To wear when the snow comes down.
1Gowns of green velvet and satin,
All slashed with purple aud gold,
Petals we've plucked from the pansy,
Daffodils brought from the wold"--
Snip, snip. snip, snip
"Daffodils brought from the void.
sCoronets studded with dewdrops
Twino we for each little head,
Ruffies of laces the rarest,
Woven of gossamer thread"--
Snip. snip, snip. snip
"Woven OF gossamer thread.
"a band of little green tailors.
Cross-legged we sit on the grass,
Shipping and stitching and singing
Listen. wee maid. when you pass"-
Snip, snip, snip. snip
"Listen, wee maid. when you pass"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13
WASTING WESTERN FORESTS.
Havoc Wrought by Lumbermen Who Sway
Power that Is Autocratic.

Havoc Wrought by Lumbermen Who Sway
Power that Is Autocratic.
A Western lumber expert declares
that almost the whole forest area Of
the country is now in the possession
of men who are ruthlessly despoiling
it OF trees. II have been appalled,"
he said to writer for the New York
Evening Post, "Dy the havoc that
has laid millions Of acres bare by ak
and flood and flames, changing the
reserve treasure spots of the people
into unsightly wildernesses. The
few square miles of forest reserved
by the Federal Government and the
States here and there he regards as
mere drops in the bucket. Drawing
a picture Of the immense personal
power of the lumber king of the
Northwest, he says: "The land is his
and the product thereof; the mills
and water power are his; the stores
and necessaries Of existence are his;
the cattle and horses are his; and
all the people are his retainers and
servants: the veal or woe Of the
community is weighed in his hand,
the happiness OF many families
trembles at his word" Admitting
that numbering operations have in
creased the population and built up
towns and settlements, he points
out that the work has been a waste
full and a criminal one. Even the
most ordinary MEANS" he says,
would have prevented the loss of
millions OF trees by fire and many
years of labor and life, for communi-
ties have been lost forever in the i'm
mense piles of slabs, refuse, sawdust
and ashes that surround and overlie :
hundreds of milling plants. Stock
enough to support a whole genera
ton has been burned up, rotted, or
run of in streams; In the haste to
get rich the large things only have
been seen, and the little things have
been overlooked; the future has been
sacrificed to the greed of the present.
The men who make the millions out
of these operations when the timber
is all felled and the mill silenced
pull up their stakes and fold their
tents in the night, like the Arab,
and steal away to fresher fields
leaving tens of thousands of former
dependents behind to shift for them
selves
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13
THE reported insanity of Partridge,

THE reported insanity of Partridge,
the Chicago Board Of Trade "plung-
err" will probably end the career Of
one of the most fearless and fortu-
nate spectators" Of this generation.
It is not to be wondered at that be.
tween operations which won and lost
millions and whisky, the unfortunate
Chicagoan's brain lost its balance,
probably for the rest OF his mortal
pilgrimage.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13
Interest.ng Experiment..

The following experiment will be
found useful In evening entertain
ments or for children's parties. They
are all harmless, and no trouble can
result from them.
The first one Is an optical illusion.
Cut Two figures, just alike, out of
black paper-crosses will answer the
purpose--and place them in front of
a white paper, about three inches
from the eye. Have the extremities
Of the crosses about half an inch
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13

FROM all quarters come reports Of
the increasing use Of wheat as feed
for hogs, stock, etc, natural result
of the low prices Of "the king Of cere-
ais" and the shortage in corn. While
it may be regretted that European
people do not generally use more
wheat flour, yet If they prefer wheat
fed meat to wheat bread it would be
very foolish not to cater to their
tastes in this regard.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13
DOG CAUGHT THE DYNAMITE.

Remarkable Result of an Indiana Farm
ers Experience In Carp Fishing.
Farmer Sunderland, residing in
Henry County, had an exciting ex.
perience while experimenting on the
result of exploding dynamite in his
fish pond in an effort to capture some
Of the big carp, writes Muncie,
Ind, correspondent Of the st. Louis
Post-Dispatch. He took a stick Of
the explosive, lighted match to the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13
An UnCratefui Teacher.

Little Boy-They won't ever get
me to give another 10 cents toward a
present of book for the teacher.
Mother-What went wrong?
Little Boy-We got the principal
to select one for her, and he picked
out one that was JUS crowded full Of
information, and she's been teachin'
It to us ever since.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13

BY a peculiar coincidence Kansas
and Nebraska celebrate the fortieth
anniversary of their organization as
territories on the same day. The
Kansas N ebraska bill ushered them
into the world as twins. After event
full careers for forty years they can
both reach over the border line and
congratulate one another.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13

THE people Of the United States
can hear with equanimity the an
nouncement that the steerage Of
ocean steamers between this country
and Europe do not have half as many
occupants now as they had year ago
this time
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13

The term mill" has come to be APP
piled promiscuously to most every
thing in the line of a factory, but 1t
is left for the Manufacturer Of Phila-
delphia to make further advance
and speak of boot and shoe shipments
from Eastern mills.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13
THE Minneapolis Is q flyer. too.
Uncle Sam Is gettlnga navy able 10
beat all creation.

A PRETTY German walter girl only
IS years old has just married New
Yorker named Woodcock, aged 10
years Her taste is evidently In line
with that of the English epicure who
"desplsed all game birds unless they
we're kept long time before serving
nm -
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13

Is THE man who invariably leaves
the car door open cold morning In
league with the doctor, or is he a
personal friend of some undertaken,
or is he only an ordinary, common
place chump?
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13

THAT Uncle Sam is regarded as be-
ing an eminently just parsonage is
shown by the fact that both China
and Japan accepted him as a protec-
tor of their citizens who are in the
enemy's country.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13

In Switzerland girls on arriving at
the age OF IA are regularly employed
as porters. and during the season In
that country may be seen daily car
rying the baggage Of travellers up and
down the steep mountain paths.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13

Ir is said that 500 veterinary sur
geons have signed paper condemn
ing the use.of tight check reins on
horses. They state that 1t is not
only painful to the horse but posi-
lively injurious. 1t Injuries the eyes,
affects knee action and expenditures
throat troubles.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13
What Becomes of Them.

Old Woman-I am sorry to hear
little boys use such bad language.
Have you thought what becomes of
little boys who use bad language?
Street Urchin-Yes. Dey becomes
hoSScar drivers.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13
Scotch Couples Well Matched.
A contemporary says the following

couples were proclaimed" In matr
mony last year in Scotland:
Thomas Black and Mary White.
Peter Day and Ellen Knight
Solomon Bank and Catherine Vale.
james Hill and Susan Dale
Isaac Slater and Jane Thatcher.
John Baker and Mary butcher.
Stephen Head and Nancy Heart
william Stately and Jessie smart
Joseph Reed and Julia Hay.
Thomas Spring and Mary May.
Joseph Brown and Kitty Green.
John Robins and Kitty Wren
William Castle and Nancy Hall
Peter Chatter and Fannie Call
Joseph Mann and Ellen Child
James Merry and Lucie Wild.
Thomas Bruin and Mary Bean
James Fox and Catherine Hare.
Andrew Clay and Lucy Stone
Michael Blood and Lizzie Bone
John Cloak and Julia Hood.
Edward Colo and Nancy Wood.
James Broom and Eden Birch
Charles Chapel aud Susan Church,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13

boy should practice the movement
till he is confident, and then, if called
upon in an emergency, if he will be
cool and keep his wits about him, he
may have the highest Of all privileges
the saving of human life.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13
To LEARN TO play the trombone 1t
Is necessary to have good lungs and
indulgent neighbors.

IT is an interesting paradox that
the only absolutely stable element In
this climate Is the element OF con-
slant change.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13

CALL no man rich until his estate
is settled. III every one kept this in
mind there would be fewer surprises
and fewer estimates to apologize for.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13

A pair OF gloves passes through
nearly 200 hands from the moment
the skin leaves the dresser's till the
slime when the gloves are purchased.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13


A WASHINGTON sea captain COM
plains of the tramp nuisance at sea.
There is large and increasing num-
Der of men who make practice Of
beating their way from place to place
on vessels, and the coasting craft are
their favorite prey. They manage to
slip aboard q vessel just as she is
ready for sea, and hide themselves
until she is fairly out on the salt
water, when they make their presence
known. Sometimes a gang of nve or
six will get on the same vessel. OF
course, they have to be fed, as the
captain is more or less responsible
for their being there, but as no ac-
count of them has been taken in lay
ing in supplies, they sometimes force
the crew on rather short rations.
Most captains put the fellows to work
as far as possible, but there Ia little
work on the sort of vessels that they
usually select that landlubber can
do. t
"DUELLING in France" said man
recently returned from the gay capt.
tai, els in largo majority of cases
farcical. Old-fashioned, muzzle-load-
ing duelling pistols are used, and the
quantity of powder used 10 graduated
according to the gravity Of the insult.
The contestants stand thirty PAGES
apart, facing away from each other.
At the signal they turn and fire. Ow-
ing to the small charge Of powder,
the bullets usually drop to the earth
before reaching either man. IL the
lead did carry the required distance,
the force Of the proiectilc would not
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-12-13
Mathtrs !!

Remember that Castoria does not con-
tain Morphine, Opium, or any other
narcotic substance, in any quantity, shape
or form. II Is entirely vegetable, pleas
ant TO take, positively effective, and per-
ieetly harmless. 1t is not u secret remedy !;
the formula is printed on the wrapper.
Your hpysician will recommend it. Pare
gorie, Bateman's Drops, and many so called
Soothing Syrupe, are composed principal
~ OF Opium or Morphine in any quantity
they stupefy, and in large quantities are
deadly poisons. Castoria assimulates
the food and regulates the bowels, cures
diarrh9a, allays feverishness and freet-
fitness, soothes the pain in teething, re-
lieyes constipation and kills worms. II
brings refreshing and natural sleep to the
child, and gives rest to the mother.
"Castoria is so well adapted to infants
and children, that / recommend it as
superior to any other known remedy"
DR.. II. A. ARCHER,
Ill S. Oxford ST., Brooklyn, n. Y.
March s, 1887.
From personal knowledge and obser
walton can say that Castoria is an ex
cellent medicine for children. acting as
laxative and relieving the pent up boweli
and general system very much. Man,
mothers have told me OF its excellent ef
feet upon their children"
On. q. G. OsooD.
Lowell, Mass.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-12-13

See them in our windows-you'll fall
dead il not careful, they are so cheap
NORTH YAKIMA DRuG STORE,
~ let street, Terry bid
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-12-13
May . Man Conduct ME Business
as He Pleases p

Colonel Carroll d. Wright in the De-
cember Forum: A great many valuable
lessons will be learned from the Chicago
strike. While studying it, phases, its
origin, its course, and its close, two very
far-resching ethicsl-economic questions
have been constantly in my mind. These
are
1. Shall = man conduct his own bust
ness in his own way?
.. Shall the savings of labor lie consid-
cred . reserve from which labor must
draw, in order to enable it to subsist dur
ing periods OF depression or Of adversely,
while the reserve Of capital is kept prac-
tically intact under all circumstances, or,
il drawn upon at all, in less measure
than labor draws on its savings? Society
has long since answered these questions
in some important particulars. 1t says
to the property owrer, the manufacturer :
"You must not so conduct your business
~ to iniure the property of your neigh
Dor, nor must you conduct your business
in such way rs to injure the health OF
your neighbor. No property owner can do
anything:that will interfere with the rights
and privileges coming under the head
OF right to freedom from injury to prop
erty, or the privilege of living without
damage to health" But the question
which is much more far-reaching, and
which will inevitably be answered BY So
ciety, relates to conditions of men rather
than to their material surroundings; aud
this question is: "Shall man or corpo-
ration who does not, or is not able to,
conduct his or its affairs 80 as to avoid
public disturbance, obstruction OF trade,
loss Of wages, or the lowering OF the
standard of living, be free from the inter
ference OF society,""
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-12-13

Times are too hard to bring expensive
goods in the jewelry line to Yakima.
Hence 7. 6. Red6eld, the pioneer jeweler
has selected only ordinarily costly articles
for his Xmas trade. His goods are sup.
erior in quality, hut are remarkably
cheap. New pat rons are invited to call
and verify these statements; old ones
know that they are true. BY the way,
Mr.. Redfeld is also competent opti-
clan. 46-4
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-12-13

In the new treaty given out by the
state department between the United
States and Japan the Japanese are rec
ognized As civilized nation and are ac-
accorded the same terms as other civi.
lied nations. Americans in Japan are
granted important concessions in COM
merce and personal liberty. The treaty
supercedes the treaty dated March 81
1854, with the several additions thereto
in 1856, 1866 and 1878.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-12-13
Read This, Flsur Consumers.

Don't worry your cook to death by
buying new and unknown brands OF flour
when you can buy, for less money. the
Victor Patent Flour, now warranted to be
good, or double the cost refunded by the
North Yakima Flour Mill. AZ
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-12-13
flsur at Half Price.

Granuiated Flour, warranted to
better than any shipped in. is now reta
ell at the grocery stores at % CENTS pc
SACK and the Victor Patent Flour at 6
cents per sack. Now is the time to bu
your winter supply.
Al NORTH YAKIMA MILLING Co. (