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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07
Did Not Say "Hysterical Governess. !"

Did Not Say "Hysterical Governess."
A correspondent asks me why have
called Charlotte Bronte "a hysterical
governess." But when or where did I
ever write such nonsense about "the
yestal of Haworth"? If err not, the
accomplished Shirley brought this
charge against me In Good Words. I
read 1t with amazement, at Dingwall,
and forgot about 1t. The only article
that 1 ever wrote on Miss Bronte, 1
think, was In Good Words. Looking
over II, see that l did say she was a
governess. and expressed the usual re-
greet for the unhappy lives which are
too often lived In that underpaid and
difficult profession.
One catches an echo of many laments
In Miss Bronte's novels; her materials
are inevitably derived from her expert
ence. But find nothing about "hys-
terical governess." People have called
Jeanne dare "hystericar'; genius and
Mysteries have points of contact. But
did not even say that, as far as 1 am
aware, and IL am to be accused of do
ing so, by Shirley or any one else, /
must ask for documentary evidence.
'No other is genuine" If the thing
can be proved, shall recant and burn
my fagot; IL 1t cannot be proved, per-
haps the myth will be withdrawn. No.
body can remember all the foolish
things he may have written, but this
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07
A ColdAn the Head.

The process by which a cold in the
head or throat may be promptly re-
lieved, as suggested by a French ply
sician, is not new, but it is revival Of
a most agreeable If half-forgotten
method. Frenchwomen have long
known the virtues Of prompt inhala-
lions of eau de cologne, and an old
French mam'selle, who taught the
young ladies Of an uptown school twen-
ty years ago, was at least one of her
race to import the remedy. Like all
such remedies, the cologne water
should be inhaled at once, as soon as
the first SYMPTOMS Of the coming attack
appear. Deep whiifs must be taken,
and the fumes are more potent when
the cologne is poured on a handker-
chief. Four or five inhalations Of from
two or three minutes each are sufficient,
according to the French doctor, to put
to rout the most willing-to-stay cold, il
the preventive is begun in time.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07

President Dole, of Hawaii, is a charac-
ter. He il fully six feet tall, without be-
ing at all portly, and has gray hair and
plenty Of it. His mustache and beard are
thick, gray and long, and his eyes are
clear and gray. His full name is Sanford
Ballard Dole. When he returned from
the law Office of William Bingham, Of
Boston, he was about twenty-five years
old. He had been admitted after ex-
animation to the Suffolk County bar, and
was admitted also to the Honolulu bar
as soon as he returned. In 1884 he be-
came member of the legislature and was
conspicuous in the revolution of 1887. In
that year he was appointed a Justice Of
the Supreme Court Of Hawaii, which Of
fee he held until he became provisional
president. Mr.. Dole's wife was Miss
Anna r. Cate, of Massachusetts,. They
were married In 1873 and have no chill
dren. He lives on Emma street The
house is only one story high and is built
Of wood. The yard is large and is filled
with tropical trees and shrubbery. The
place suits the climate. for which it WINS
built, and looks very pleasant in the sum-
mer weather which prevails win
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07
AN EARLY TEXAN INDUSTRY.

How Cattlemen Laid the Foundation
Of Their Fortunes.
"The foundation Of the fortune Of
many Of the great Texas cattlemen was
laid In the years Immediately following
the civil war" said a man from the
Lone Star State.
During the four years in which the
drafts for the Confederate army prac-
tically depopulated the country of its
able bodied men, the cattle on the
ranges, running unherded and unbrand-
ed, increased enormously in numbers.
Bearing no brand Of ownership, these
cattle, which Mt the close Of the war
had become practically wild, were sub
ject to be taken by my man who could
sustain his attempt by force Of arms
against other claims Of ownership.
There was a good commercial de-
mand for hides, and these were the
times when 30 many got their start In
life by riding, pistol in hand, up to the
cattle wherever found unherded, shoot
ing them down and taking their skins
The adult cattle then running at large
were too wild to be disposed Of in any
other way, and 30 the Undertaking in
dustry fiourished; but when, In time
through the cntching and branding Of
calves, herds had been collected or
ranges, the shooting Of mavericks fel
into disrepute and came under the bar
of 'rustling.' Those men who, through
the practice, had become well-to-dC
cattle owners, now were foremost IL
suppressing II, through the instrument
atty of the courts and, more effectual
", by informal hangings."
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07

ty, Ohio. The flow of oil commenced
Nov. 10. The spectacle is described as
one of the most magnificent ever wit
messed in that part Of the country. First
appeared a column of water rising
eight or ten feet in the air. This was
followed by a black stream of mud and
sand, which gradually changed to vel
low. Then, with a deafening roar, the
gas burst forth in an immense volume,
hiding the derrick from view. AS this
cleared away a solid golden column a
foot in diameter shot from the derrick
floor 100 feet in the air. there breaking
into fragments and falling in a shower
Of yellow rain for a quarter Of a mile
around. For a period Of five hours
this great column Of oil shot upward.
In a very few moments the field about
the well was covered several inches
deep with petroleum. Within three or
four hours the bitches for miles around
were overlooking with oil. Dams were
constructed in order that the product
might be estimated, but these were
overlooked and swept away as rapidly
as built. Some persons living In the
vicinity, alarmed at the spectacle,
packed their household goods and fed.
The Buckeye pumping station, a mile
distant, was compelled to extinguish
its fires on account Of the gas, and all
other fires within the district were put
out. 1t was a literal flood of oil, the
estimated production for the first TWEEN
ty-four hours being 14,56O,000 gallons.
About $4,000 barrels per day have been
saved and marketed since the oil has
been brought under full control. The
owner has refused an offer Of $500, 900
for the well, being content with the in
come Of $4,000 per day.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07
Very Much Absorbed.

Owens power Of concentration and
absorption in subject which interest
ed him was not confined to profession
al or scientific matters. We find that
on Jan. %, 1S4S, after having heard n
lecture Of Whewell's, he went on to the
club and took up Thackeray's VANITY
Fair" to read. He became so deeply
absorbed in the book that he sat on,
oblivious Of the fact that every one else
had disappeared one by one. He was
also apparently deaf to coughs and
hints of attendants. etc., but still sat
there reading and laughing to himself.
At last in desperation the men came
forward and began to take away the
lamps. Then, having looked at his
watch and found it considerably past
2 a. ym,o he rushed wildly out of the
club, and, like a scientific Cinderella,
left his umbrella and greatcoat behind.
The Life of Richard Owen, by his
Grandson.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07

stand out, whereupon," says an old
authority, "when certain prisoner
was accused for wearing such breaches
contrary to law he began to excuse
himself of the offense and endeavored
by little and little to discharge himself
of that which he did wear with them;
he drew out Of his breeches pair Of
sheets. a brush, a glass, a combe and
night caps, with other things Of use,
saying, Your worships may under
stand that because 1 have no safer
storehouse these pockets do serve me
for roome to keep my goods In and
though 1t be straight prison yet 1t Is
a store house big enough for them, for
I have many things more yet Of value
within them And so his discharge
was accepted and well laughed ut, and
they commanded him that he should
not alter the furniture Of his store
house."
A Dandy of 1916.
One of our illustrations is Of dandy
of 1646, taken from an old print. He
wears tall hat, with a bunch Of rib
bon on one side. and a feather on the
other; his face Is spotted with patch
es' and two love locks hang down upon
his bosom and are tied at the ends with
ribbon. The vest is left partly open,
and the shirt protrudes. His brooches
are ornamented at the knees, and his
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07

ter and summer in Hono)u1h. While
the exterior of the Dole mansion
is plain, It is handsomely, even
luxuriously, furnished The library con-
tains many books and the usual compile
ment Of tables and chairs. Pictures and
statues and statuettes are numerous. Mrs.
Dole Is an artist, and some of the paint
ings are of her own production. One no.
tees great predominence of Ameri-
can subjects among these pictures and
statues. The largest statue is the figure
OF Massachusetts, minute-man Of 1775.
Mr.. Dole says he has these "reminiscences
and reminders of America because he
looks to 1t always as the parent
country, just as an Australian or
New Zealander always speaks of
England as "home," though he
might never have seen the old country.
The provisional President il the son of
New England missionaries who went out
to Hawaii in 1S41. So he has come hon
estly by his ministerial appearance and
manner. He was born in Honolulu in
1874, received his elementary education
there at Punahou College, and was then
sent to Williams College, Massachusetts,.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07
BRAVE COLONEL LARkE.
with HE Arm Badly Broken He Writes
and Works Every Day.

Col. Julian X. Larke, the Crimean
war veteran. met with an accident re-
Gently. In which he demonstrated that
the heroic soldier Is born and not evo-
luted by rigid system of drill He Is
one of the bright writer's on an after
noon paper and has charge of the real
estate department On one of the cold
est days Of last week. when the breath
seemed to freeze and icicles gathered
on the mustache and beard, the Col
onel, clipper as chipmunk, although
he is over 60 years old and is all SCARED
up with wounds received In battle,
called at the Real Estate Exchange,
says the New York Commercial Adver-
tiser. In descending the steps from
the streets that lead to the exchange
he slipped on the frozen ice and fell
heavily on his left shoulder.
Like a nimble athlete of thirty years
he picked himself up, and, after finish
ing his business at the exchange, he
went to his office, and wrote column,
coolly smoking a long Havana, known
as the "Smuggler's Delight" His
DiOlucI iuciuucIb VI thC YUM hotiSrA
that while he was writing his left arm
hung limp and motionless at his side.
Finishing his copy and calmly knock
ing the ashes from his cigar he said:
NOW will look at my arm" He tried
to lift up his left arm, but he discovered
that 1t was not only broken, but consid-
erably fractured. His shirt and coat
sleeves were soaked with blood. Sew
eral wished to run for doctor, but !,e
simply said:
"Oh, it is nothing; I'll go out AMI
have it set" He lighted fresh cigar
and went out and found a surgeon,
who tried to lecture the brave old vet
eran, who has fought through wars,
because he neglected his arm so long.
go home early and stay there week"
said the surgeon, after he had splin-
tered the broken arm. The surgeon lit
tie knew the vitality Of the Colonel and
his devotion to journalism. The next
day he turned up in the Office and wrote
five columns Of statistics, the data of
which he had been gathering for some
time.
His GOODNESS and heroic nOnchalance
In suffering great pain have won the
admiration of all the editors and re
porters on the papers and they propose
to honor him in some way, either by
rendering him banquet or giving him
q silver loving cup.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07
she Wanted An Uneasy Plaster.

Sho Wanted an Uneasy Plaster.
A colored woman with her head done
ND In q red turban offered piece Of
money to the apothecary's clerk, say
Ing:
81 want an uneasy plaster, sah."
T-er-don't think understand YOU"
said the man.
"Its an uneasy plaster l want" re-
peated the woman.
"What's thAtT
Uneasy plaster, sab"
81 don't know what you mean"
1.-The missus said was ter git an
uneasy plaster"
Tho apothecary reflected for a mo-
ment and scratched his head. Then an
idea seemed to break upon him.
"A porous plaster n the most uneasy
kind of plaster know Of" he said. ''Tll
give you one. and II II Il not right bring
it back"
The woman did bring 1t back about
fifteen minutes later. She also had q
nots from her mistress explaining that
adhesive plaster for . cut finger was
the article wanted.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07
Richard III. in Citizens Dress. :

"Tom Keene played Richard III. in
street clothes in Macon, Ca, two years
ago." said G. r. Reeves at the Emery.
"All of the company's trunks were
carried past Macon on the Central Road
in some way, and could not be brought
back in time for the performance. The
house had been pretty well sold up,
and it would not do to disappoint the
people. Not even sword could be
procured, and large cleaver was bor-
rowed from the hotel. In citizens
clothes and with the cleaver as a sword
Keene and his company went upon the
stage. During the first act there was
a great deal of merriment In the audi
ence, but Keene played as he never
played before, and made his hearers
forget the incongruities. 1t was the
greatest success of the tragedian's life"
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07
AGAIN IN USE.


Adobe Houses Are Once Moro Being
Built I'm the West.
1t Is q curious thing that adobe
houses, the earliest type Of houses
known In this country, are again CON-
ing 10 be used, as several have been re-
Gently built In Colorado. Everybody
who has ever seen picture of cliff
dweller's town or of a pueblo village
knows what an adobe house IL. The
adobe house Is made of a peculiar
sticky mud and Is always sun drief.
The bricks vary in size and are gcner-
ally about 4 inches deep, inches wide
and 10 inches In length, while the outer
walls Of the adobe building proper vary
from 2 to 4 feet In thickness. One old
mission in New Mexico boasts o. an
outer wall six feet In thickness.
Curi0usly enough, the exact recipe
for mixing this adobe Is held as SCI
cret by the Mexicans and half-breeds.'
Not even have they disclosed the necesJ
sary amount Of hay or straw to make
up perfect adobe brick. Mayhap the
Egyptian told 1t to the Aztec and this
wonderful race to the ancestors of the
present The building Of an adobe
house must necessarily be confined TO
the months between May and August,
at least in Colorado. Arizona and New
Mexico, for frost is death to the uh-
baked brick. The adobe is prepared In
the old-fashioned way-that OF tread
ing-and when the mud is worked to
the proper consistency by the nervous
feet of the Mexican 1t is placed in molds
Of the required size. The mortar il
also Of mud, but dries quickly, and Is
as solid as modern cement Wealthy
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07

This ID one Of the unique experiences
that befan the hardware trade. Some
days since . dear old lady from the
country went into a grocery store In
Lewiston, Maine, and offered some glue
for sale.
"where did you get 1t, ma'amT ask
ed the dealer.
"where did 1 get itT' she repeated
proudly. IL made It. Where do you
SUPPOSED / have been saving up the
feet of all the critters that we have kill
ed for years, and here's the glue.
billed II out myself"
When she wns paid the small amount
of money the glue was worth, she went
on apparently happy and contented,
though she only got sixty-fve cents.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07

legs are incased In "boot-hose tops"
1.-THE tops of his boots" says an old
record, "were very large, fringed with
lace and turned down as low as his
spurs. which jingled like the bells of
monice dancer as he walked"
The patches referred to In the above
description were introduced In the sew
enteenth century, probably from Ara
bia, where a black mole is considered
beauty spot Hence those in England
to whom nature had denied the boom
of black mole endeavored to initiate
II by means of black silk and paste.
Our illustration of this fashion repre-
SCENTS q lady of the latter part Of the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07

Nowhere are old soldiers so distin-
guished as in China. In 1890 the EN-
peror Kiang Su issued q proclamation
which read In part as follows: ITO
thank heaven that 1t has allowed us to
reach the age Of 20 years, we herewith
raise all active soldiers Of the eight
banners of Manchuria and Mongolia to
the rank of the nobility. To those who
have passed the fourscore, we give In
addition piece ofsilk, ten measures of
rice, and ten pounds Of meat Those
who have passed their Goth birthday
are to receive double measure in each
case" When the crack regiments of
the Chinese army contain men almost
a century old, 1t is not so difilcult to I'M
derstand the successes Of the brave
Japanese.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07

ment OF public In
struction, Colora-
do stands In adj
vance Of its sister
ter States. 1t was
In 1893 that the
people Of Colora-
do decided by a
majority vote of
5000 that women
should have the
s q m e political
rights as men, and
last fall in the
fulfllment Of this
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07

Maurice Thompson tells Of certain
buyer Of sheep who went into the
mountains Of Eastern Kentucky,
where the following dramatic incident
took place between him and a grim
mountaineer who had one eve for
sale: Buyer-That eve is worth about
20 cents. Mountaineering air wo'th
Jest dollar n err half. Buyer-You
are joking; the old thing Is lean
and Mountaineer drawing q
large pistol and cooking it)-Strenger,
wat did ye say at that air eve was
wo'th? Buyer (briskly)-Nigh on to
seven dollars IL what I said.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07

l n g on yo'I
with stars and
half m o o n 8
a n d a coach
and horses de-
picted on her
face! Yet these
were fashions
In other days.
Aft er t h Q
time OF henry
VIII. Of Eng
land his bree-
ches were the
objects of a
young mans
chief solici-
tude. We read
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07
THE FASHIONS OF OLD
QUEER CUSTOMS OF OTHER
BELLIES AND DANDiES. !.
Breeches So Large that They Served
as Storeroom and Were Sometimes
Stuffed with Bran Patches az Adorn-
ments-Other Enormities.
stxles that Were.

II some of the handles and beauties
of other days could only return to US In
the flesh and wearing the habiliments
Of their age what a sensation they
would create! Imagine dandy Of
the reign of James l. of England walk
Ing into your home with breeches large
enough, IL extended, to shelter mod
erate-sized circus; or fair daughter If
Eve Of the seventeenth century BEAM
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07

Ao"D FINGHAM. of "petticoat
breeches" tied above the knee, ribbons
extending up to the pockets. ribbons
hanging all about the waistband and
shirt hanging out from the opened vest
front We read of breeches almost
capable Of a bushel Of wheat" and of
alterations which had to be made In
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07


the B RITZ s b
House of Com
mons to afford
a d d 1 tionai ac-
com IN odations
for the men,
bers' seats. It
is related Of a
dandy Of the
time that on ris.
ing to conclude
a visit of cere-
mony be had
the misfortune
to damage his
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07

breeches by a protruding nail in his
chair so that by the time he gained the
door the escape of bran was so great as
to cause state Of complete collapse.
Brooches as a Storehouse.
A law was made against such as did
so stuff their breeches as to make them
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07
HON. CARRIE G. HOLLY.

of Co1orado's Assembly.
In electing women to the lower
branch Of its Legislature and in plac-
ing q woman at the head Of the depart
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07

No woman has right to neglect her
ordinary duties, which are important
to crochet things for third cousin she
does not see once a year.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07

people in the West have taken up the
fad and are buildins adobe houses and,
If the fashion spreads. the time may yet
come when the adobe dwelling will be
the distinctive type Of American archi-
lecture.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07

Amputation Without An@sthetics.
1t has not been many years since am
putations were performed with the
patient in full possession of all his fac
ulties.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07
OUR BUDGET OF FUN.


Jokes and Jokelsts that Are Supposed -
Have Been Recently Born-sayings md
Doinss that Are Odd. Curious, and Laugh
ohls--Ths Weeks Humor.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07

The sea-nettle stings its prey to
death BY means Of a poison secreted In
its tentacles.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07

The Church Collection.
The church collection was once taken
In bag at the end Of pole, with beu
attached to arouse the sleepers.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07

particular folly, fondly trust, is be-
yond my power.-A. Lang, in Long.
mans Magazine.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07
A VALUABLE SPOUTER.

An Ohio Oil Well That Yields &c.,
900 Per Day.
The Kirkbridge No. 1 oil well. Of
which we give an illustration, is located
in Madison Township, Sandusky Coun-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-03-07
GAVE HIMSELF UP.
4 Notorious Burglar Suspected of Muir
dering His Wife

Philadelphia, Pa, March 6.-"Jim-
my ue, the notorious burglar and
sT;T q murderer, gave himself up
o. ~ 90 Coroner Ashbridge and is
D the custody OF the police Off
y >. In addition to a long list of
-fimes, such as burglary, bank rob-
berry etc, which have kept Logue be-
hind prison bars during the greater
portion of his life, he is now wanted to
answer a charge Of wife murder. Oc-
tcber 16, 1893, the skeleton of woman
was found under the kitchen floor of
the house No. 1850 North Eleventh
street, which was being torn down.
The house had been vacant for long
time The last occupants of the house
had been Logue and his wife, Johanna,
and the family of Logue's nephew
LOgue always treated his wife brutally
and it was the theory that he had mur-
dered her and concealed her body un-
der the floor
February 15, during LOgue's absence,
his wife left for a trip TO New York
and this was the last seen of her by
her friends. A short time after her
disappearance Logue had inserted in
Philadelphia paper notice orering
$500 reward for information leading to
the whereabouts of his wife.
Logue has been in some of the most
notorious robberies in this city, New
York, Baltimore and Washington dur
ing the last % years. He was con-
nected with the robbery of the Catholic
Beneficial Saving Fund in this city
j., 1874 and y wear later 3ttemDted the
robbery OF the Southwark Bank and
Kensington National Bank. In May,
1871, he and his pals arranged for
raid on the National Security Bank
at Seventh and Girard avenues, but
Logue. was caught. and the other mem
bers of the party escaped. He was
taken to the rogue's gallery, and while
waiting to be photographed, made his
escape. but was subsequently recap
ured and sentenced to seven years
imprisonment. As soon as he was re-
leased from iail he resumed his life Of
crime. He went to Washington, d. c.,
and there robbed Naval Constructor
Isaiah Hanscombe of between $4,000
and $4,000 He was also said to have
been implicated in the Manhattan
Bank robbery.
In late years he has confined himself
almost entirely to safe blowing.
Logue denied the murder of his wife,
and said that the skeleton. if that of
his wife. had been placed there by
other persons. He was held to answer
the charge of wife murder. He is O.
years old.