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New York Journalists-Their Pay

New York Journalists Pay.
In New York City the salaries are
higher than anywhere else, partly be-
cause of the superior standard of pro-
ficiency, and partly because the cost
Of living is greater here than in any
other large city. One editor in chief
has the same salary rs the President Of
the United States, $4,000 per year, and
others receive from $4,000 to $4,000,
or more than members of the Cabinet.
Managing editors are paid from 500
to $50 per week, or better compensa-
ton than that of the Senators and Rep
resentatives in Congress. Editorial
writer's get from $50 to $40 per week, as
Il rule, and in cases of rare ability as
much as the average salary of manag-
ing editor. City editors receive from
stances 500. The pay of news editors
Is about equal to that of city editors.
Literary, theatrical, and musical crit
les average $50 per week. Copy read
ers are paid from $40 to $40 per week.
Reporters earn oil the way from $50
to $50 per week, with an average Of
$40, and space writer's Of particular tai
ent have been known to make as much
as $125 per week, though the limitation
of topics and the pressure of competi-
ton usually keep their incomes down
around those Of the best-paid report
ers. There are some writer's for syndi-
Gates of newspapers, men with names
that have a certain value, who earn
from $1,000 to $4,000 year. and there
are others of first-class technical capac-
ity in various lines whose salaries oc-
casionally reach $1,000. The pay Of
all classes of journalists averages 10
per cent lower In Brooklyn than in
New York City.-The Forum.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-04

was character. for be had been In the
family m long as nanny, and, like
the IAtser. had made himself equally
useful and highly: esteemed. He was
intrusted with the care OF the family
carriage. He generally had an assist
ant, the young driver. who, uhder' his
superiLtdcnce. did most OF the work
and looked forward to the time when
the old man should give up the post OF
honor and resign the reins into his Will
Ing hands. In his province he was abb
solute. He drove as he pleased. and no
word OF remonstrance could make him
hasten the pace Of his horses unless be
saw at to do SO. Furthermore, at the
foot Of every hill everybody had to get
out and walk up In order to spare the
horses. and many long. tiresome walk
was taken at his command by the mem
bers of the family, for the old driver,
very often known as Daddy" but
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-04

Risks Run by Chicago citizens ON the
Cable Trains.
The Illinois Legislature has fixed the
valuc of a human life at not more than
5000. The average Chicago man APP
parently regards his life as worth just
5 cents.
TRts latter sum is the fare charged by
the street car companies for carrying a
man from the business center to the
end Of the line. 1t Is presumed that the
man who gives his nickel to the conduc-
tor Ii entitled to safe passage, but
this presumption is cast aside, and
thousands every day bet their lives
against the nickels they hand over to
the street car companies that they will
reach home with whoN limbs aud as
live men.
During the rush hour in the evening
most of the passengers on the street
cars ride, outside. The street car COM
panies ,haye arranged the seats and ex-
tended the. platforms so as to obtain
the minimum seating capacity and the
maximum standing. crowding, plat
form, steps and running board capacity.
This is particularly so on the West and
North Side cable cars. The passen-
gers who have paid for safe accommo-
dations can take their choice. They
can place their lives entirely ut the
mercy OF good luck or they can walk,
and the great majority trust to luck and
ride.
They fill the inside Of the cars to the
suffocating degree of congestion;. they
pack the platforms until the railing
groans; they take to the grip cars, the
steps and the running-boards Of the
grip cars. They cling to one another,
and when they pass through the tun-
nels the walls leave whitewash on their
sleeves and on the backs OF their coats.
They cling between the trailers and
crawl around for an insecure, danger
Gus footing ia front of the grip cars.
A sudden lurch, broken wheel, piece
Of iron on the track, a needless move
ment, may any day send a dozen men
under the wheels In the tunnels.
Luck has been with the street car
companies thus far, and their patrons
have grown so careless that for a nickel
they will place their lives in jeopardy
and be thankful for those excellent
accommodations and unparalleled
transportation facilities" which always
figure In the annual reports that inform
the stockholders Of the street car COM
panies that the usual dividends will be
paid and that several millions Of dollars
Is In the surplus. Record.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-04

some cases. where the servants wero
highly esteemed, the ceremony took
place In the parlor, with the family and
. few ncighbors as witnesses. A party
dress. low-ncckcd and short-sleeved.
was presented to the bride by one Of
the ladies, the groom being arrayed
with equal gorgeousness In the cast-ofr
sporting clothes OF his master. A bridal
procession from the quarters" to the
house was solemn AFFAIR, and both
bride and groom enjoyed the momen-
tary prominence given them by the &C.
casion. In families where the slaves
were well treated, a wedding feast was
provided, abundant though homely,
and the assembled guests Of color re-
veled In as much bacon and green's,
'possum and sweet potatoes, hominy.
corn-pone and pumpkin pie as they
could stow away. while the pickanin-
les had corn meal and pot liquor, VITA
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-04

of the dogs, the free and Independent
dogs, who never get out OF the wny for
man or horse.
The Turks have been Europeanlzed
of late, and there Ii a stupid mongrcl
air about these crowds, and, with the
exception of some old-fashioned. grave,
proud-looking. green and white tur-
bans. who disdain to show their re-
markably ugly legs In tight white pan
falcons and straps, the Turks look IKE
people who hardly know whether they
are standing on their heads or heels.
and this. believe, Is pretty much the
case with them. They seem to Inc
like people who are put out of their
way and don't know how to behave
themselves, as II Stamboul was trans
ported bodily into Regent Street or the
Rue de Rivoli, and they feel In their
own city the sort of awkwardness and
soggezione that they would feel In the
West.--Life and Letters Of Dean
Church. 81 r
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-04

One Of thcCuriosities In Chicago Left
Over from the Fair.
Probably half a million people know
him by sight, Certain not 500 know
his name. But anywhere he would be
q marked man. He looks like old pic
lures of the apostles. His long black
hair hangs about his neck In locks
which curl at the ends. His beard Is
like a fringe about his olive-colored,
oval face. His eyes are large and lus-
trous. He quotes scripture with the
air Of prophet He lives In cheap
temperance hotel and saves exactly
the same amount of money every day
of his life. He Is one of the curiosItles
left over from the Worlds Fair. When
the great exhibition was at its height
he drifted into the city. He came from
Kentucky, but neither whisky nor fast
horses had the slightest attraction for
him. The first day he struck Chicago
he became a newsboy. His peculiar
dress, his awkward manners, and his
strange personal appearance made him
at once the object of the sharp wit and
the rough jokes of the little street
Arabs, whose business 1t Is to sell papers
on the streets. d4
But "Willie," as they called him In
derision, met all their attacks with q
calmness which was disarming. When
they upset him and spilled his papers
he got up and gently reproved them by
quoting a verse from the Bible. When
they put Jumps of ice down his back
he shook them out of his trousers legs
and babe them do unto others as they
would have others do unto them"
Gradually lie won their respect. They
have rough but strict rules Of honesty
among themselves and they found
Willie was always ready to live up to
the very letter Of the law. A penny's
change either way was a matter Of
grave concern to Willie. The smaller
boys found friend in Willie. He was
willing to take their part on every occa-
sion and his long black hair was waved
In the thickest of many a hard-fought
fight In Newspaper alley, but always he
played the part of peacemaker and
smote only that the right might pre-
vail.
At the same time Willie Is not slow
to look after his own interests. The
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-04

first day of his adventures as q news
boy in great city Willie took his stand
on the corner of State and Madison
streets and there he has stood every
day since in spite of winds and weather,
sickness, and the repeated attacks of
other boys who had come to regard that
crowded corner as their respective prop
erty. Their first plan was to fairly
surround Willie with small and shrill-
voiced boys who drowned his deep bel
low with their treble yells and cut Off
every possible customer by darling be-
tween him and the strange long-haired
yender. But the small boys found VIII
lie immovable. He had come there to
sell papers and sell papers he would
though all the newsboys in Chicago
should try to prevent him. If he could
not make himself heard above their up
roar he could keep quiet. SO early in
the engagement he spiked their guns
in that direction, and so for months
Willie has not called his papers. He
simply stands like an Oriental figure
on tile Busy corner holding up copy
of the paper before the eyes Of every
passer-by. 1t is said of him that he
never "gets stuck" on his papers, be-
cause he never goes home till the last
one is sold; that he lives on exactly the
same amount Of money every day; and
that he has never sworn or told lie in
his life; i'm all Of which particulars 1t
may be observed his apostolic appear
ance Is borne out.-Chicago Tribune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-04
How cine Eskimo Count.

The Eskimo count their fingers-one,
two, three, four, five. Above five and
up to ten they use the second hand:
thus, six Is "the first finger Of the
other hand" Above ten they en-
ploy the toes. Thirteen, for instance,
is ''three toes upon the one foot" and
eighteen, ''three toes on the second
FOOT. Twenty they describe as a
"whole man" They seldom 90 farther
than this. but they can do so IL neces-
sary.s For example, they express
twenty-five by saying, "two on the
second man. thirty-seven by "two
toes on the second mans second foot:"
forty is ''thel whole OF a second man."
According to DIR. hansen they cannot
or ut least do NOT. count beyond one
hundred. which is 1.-THE whole of the
nth man"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-04
ConstautinopIe.

There is the sea all around. and In
various shapes-a magnificent port In
the Golden Horn-a broad, winding
river In the Bosphorus-and, again,
with it's islands and capes, and open
horizon, the Sea Of Marmora, covered
with ships of all sizes. and showing
the greatest variety or flags have
ever seen. In Its beauty / think 1
was disappointed; but not in Its grand
eur. Then, when you get into It, there
Is still plenty of Oriental life to be
seen: there are crowds. partly In a
state of the most perfect quiesccnce
and meditative repose. partly In u
state of violent action-pushIng, JOS
Ting, and especially screaming and
yelling, with confounding energy;
there are yelled women, shoveling and
sliding along In their yellow boots;
there are turbans, and kalpacs, and
sezses; there IL also the great estate
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-04
A Cats Caprices.

Cats are the most obstinately ca
PRECIOUS i'm their fancies about their
beds of any domestic creature. They
will follow particular rug or shawl
from room to room, ii it be removed,
In order to sleep on 1t, or insist on the
use of one chair, until they get their
way, and then, for some reason. take
a fancy to another. The cleanliest of
all animals, anything newly washed Or
very fresh and bright, strikes them as
just the thing for bed A nicely
aired newspaper lying on the floor or
in a chair, or linen fresh from the
wash, is almost irresistible. Outdoor
cats seek warm as well as tidy
bed.
The writer was once much surprised
when passing through large ship
building yard, to see a cat fast asleep,
lying, it seemed, on muddy path.
But the spot which the cat had select
ed for its couch was one at which q
hot steam pipe passed under the road,
and the mud was there baked into n
warm, dry cake, which made not only
a clean but an artificially heated sleep
ing place.
But the oldest taste in beds devel-
oped by a cat was that entertained by
n very highly bred gray Angora, which
was Justly petted and admired by the
family in which 1t lived. For some
months it would only sleep in or upon
a hat. IL such could be found, ladies'
hats being preferred. If it could dis
cover one with the inside uppermost,
1t would lie inside it. If not, such was
its love for this form of couch, it would
curl itself around the brim, and with
its long, furry tail and plant body
made u fine winter trimming to a
summer hat.
BY some accident, drawer In which
all the summer" hats had been dis
posed for the winter was left open for
some days, after which 1t was dis
covered that all the hats had been tried
in turn the cat having finally selected
one adorned with white laburnum
flowers which never recovered from
the "ironing" to which it had been sub
jected.-The Spectator.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-04

For Use on the Writing Desk and
Toilet Table.

For Use on the Writing Desk and
Toilet Table.
The very latest notion In lamps Is a
charming one. The last within of fash
ion calls for small lights upon both my
lady's desk and her dressing table, and
there are some very fascinating varie-
ties from which to choose, says the
Boston Herald. One woman, who Is
apt to be little In advance Of most
fashions, has both her toilet table and
her desk fitted out already, and she Is
the envy Of all her friends. The china
chosen for the writing equipment is still
the popular Dresden, and wonderfully
dainty 1t is. The ink well and pen rack
are combined, and sufficiently roomy
to suggest generous supply Of ink
and pens of many sorts. The paper
rack is gem in its way and really
contains sufficient supply to warrant
its being. The blotter, the stamp box,
and all the paraphernalia are there,
and finishing all are the two lamps,
which stand always ready to be lighted
and to shed their soft light upon the
page.
The various implements Of the toilet
on the dressing table all show handles
and backs of fine china, and the two
tiny lamps are so placed as to shed a
charming light over the whole and to
make the work Of selection a delight.
The wicks are not large enough to
show any fierce light, nor are these
lights intended as means Of illumina-
ton, either. There are others with larg-
re burners and circular draught some
where around the room, or gas or cleo
tricity is used. The object is to throw
a few extra beams on an especial spot,
and to give that final touch Of beauty
which well-shaded lamp can always
be trusted to do.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-04

Trees are now felled by electricity
in the great forests of Galicia. For cut
ting comparatively soft woods, the tool
is in the form OF an augur. which is
mounted on carriage. and is moved to
and fro and rcv6lved at the same time
by small electric motor. As the cut
decpens, wedges are inserted to pre-
vent the rift from closing, and when
tnc tree IL nearly cut through nm AK or
hand-saw Is used to finish the work.
In this way trees ere felled very rapid
". and with very little labor.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-04
A Good VIE for somebody.

Two up-to-date girls In seal sacks and
violets were hurrying up Washington
street just as a tremulous old man hest
tatingly started to cross the street. A
big dray crossed In front Of him, and
he came back to the sidewalk, He
stood looking helplessly about him for
moment. evidently undecided wheth-
CIR to return or try 1t again.
await minute" said one Of the girls.
and she left her companion suddenly.
Cant 1 help you to get acrossy' she
said to the old man.
THANK you, thank you,r he said
gratefully. Il wish you would; my eye
sight Is so poor ! hardly can venture,
and have just had an operation per-
formed on my eyes"
He took her arm, and she not only
took him across the street, but down
on Congress street TO his destination.
New York Recorder.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-04
AcUTE D7El'.s
SYMPATHETIC HEART DISEASE
OFTEN ATTENDS IT.
Tho Modern Treatment Consists I'm
Removing the Cause.

Tho Modern Treatment Consists I'm
Removing the cause.
tFysm the Republican. Cedar Rapids. k7ca.)
Mrs. v. Curley, who has resided In Clar-
ence, Iowa, for the past twenty-five years,
tells an interesting story of what she con-
siders rescue from premature death. Her
narrative Is as follows:
For ten years prior to 1894, was
constant sufferer from acute stomach
trouble, had oil the manifold symptoms
of acute dyspepsia, and at times other
troubles were present In complications
did not know what IL was to enjoy meal.
No matter how careful / might be as TO
the quality, quantity and preparation Of
my food, distress always followed eating.
/ was Respondent and blue. Almost to
the p2s q En- 9f9y at times al. and o Wsnd
could not sleep. Sympathetic heart trou-
BILE set in and time end again ! was
obliged to call doctor in the night to re-
lieve sudden attacks of suffocation which
would come ON without'a moments warm
ing. "a
"My troubles increased as time wore on
and spent large sums in doctor bills, be-
ing compelled to have medical attendants
almost constantly. During 1892 and
1893 it was impossible for me to retain
food, and water brashes plagued me.
was reduced to skeleton. A consultu-
ton of physicians was unable to deter
mine just what did all me. The doctors
gave us as their opinion that the probable
trouble was liberation of the coats of the
stomach and held out no hope of recov-
cry. One doctor said, All can do to
relieve your suffering is by the use OF
opium
About this time friend of mine, Mrs.
SAMANTHA Smith. of Glidden, Iowa, told
me about the case Of Mrs. Thurston, Of
Oxford Junction, Iowa. This lady said
she had been afflicted much the same MS
/ had. She had consulted local physi-
clans without relief, and had gone to
Davenport for treatment. Giving up all
hope of recovery. she was persuaded by
a friend to take DIR. Williams Pink Pills.
The result was almost magical.
II was led to try them from her expo
rience, and before many months l felt
better than / had for a dozen years.
am now almost free from. trouble, and il
through some error of diet l feel badly,
this splendid remedy sets me right again.
/ have regained my strength and am once
more in my usual flesh. !! sleep well and
can eat without distress. have no doubt
that owe my recovery to DIR. Williams
Pink Pills. l only wish that had heard
of them years ago, thereby saving my
self ten years of suffering and much
money"
DIR. Williams Pink Pills contain all the
elements necessary to give new life and
richness to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are for sale by all drug
gists, or may be had by mail from DIR.
Williams Medicine Company, Science
tady, N. Y, for SOC. per box, or six boxes
for 50 20.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-04

an occasional spoonful Of molasses.
The pot liquor was an indispensability
on the plantation, for to raise little dar-
kies without it was regarded as an i'm
possibility. 1t was the water in which
hams or other meats had been boiled,
and that contained a considerable
quantity of nourishment. Thickened
with corn meal and thoroughly reboil-
ed, it was served out to the youngsters
by the nanny who had charge Of
them, with the result that their little
ribs were always well covered with
fat
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-04
Queer Custom at southampton.

OF the many quaint and picturesque
survivals of old English customs surely
one of the Oldest and most delightfully."-
suggestive is the engrossment and pre-
sentation on the 9th day of November
every year, at Southampton, Of grave
ly worded certificates vouching for the
fact that no carracks of Genoa or gal
leys Of Venice have arrived at the port
Poetry Is not to be looked for In Off
cial documents, but IL this voucher be
read between the lines, Is 1t not vcrita-
bly, three-centuried sea song of the
freshest and breeziest, full Of the bril-
liant color and strange circumstances
of old world shipping New York Ad-
vcrtiser.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-04

heartlcss; that the slaves on a planta-
ton wore chains; and that the whipping
post and branding irons were to be
found in every neighborhood. There
were, no doubt, heartless masters and
cruel overseers; there were, no doubt
chains and whipping posts; but 1t IL
probably not true that these were so
common as many persons suppose, for
as general thing the slaves were
treated with some degree OF considers
ton, and in not few cases the kindest
possible relations existed between them
and their owners. On the large planta-
lions, particularly In the cotton and
rice districts, where hundreds, and, In
some cases, thousands Of slaves were
owned by the same man, much less re-
gard was had for them than when they
were employed as house servants. In
the former case, the slaves saw little of
their master or the members of his
family: the overseer represented the
masters authority, and often abused
the masters power; and, deprived of
all intercourse with their superiors,
these classes of plantation slaves by no
means equaled In intelligence those
who served in the households.
Comrades in BOyhood Days.
Few persons have any idea Of the
pleasantness of the relations existing
I'm many households in the South Mt
that period. For boys, both white and
black, there was almost equality.
Childhood is democratic, and so far as
the sports of the country were con-
cerned they were followed alike by
the young slaves and the sons of the
master. To each of the latter negro
boy was generally assigned, who was
understood to be his, and between the
two there was commonly an ardent
friendship, with on one side conceded
superiority, and on the other gra-
ciOus condensation. The little whites
and the little darkies played together,
hunted together, together went In
swimming and took fever and ague,
and together received their furnishings
for robbing orchards and melon
patches. There are many known in
stances Of friendship thus contracted
In boyhood which lasted during life,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-04
prosperous Philadelphia bankcl

A prosperous Philadelphia banker
was noticed by several friends a few
days ago on a suburban. train deeply
absorbed I'm large table Of figures In
n newspaper. Every now and then the
banker made some memoranda H. a
small note book, circumstance which
led the watchers to believe some inn
portant financial deal was In progress.
Finally. one more intrepid than the
others approached the financier and
begged to be let into the secret OF the
figures. With smile the banker hand
ed over the mysterious table, which
proved to be the league baseball sched-
ule.