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Mohave County miner., 1895-02-16
The English DO not Reod.

The great bulk Of the English read
nothing. literally nothing. and he who
knows something Of rural England will
agree to this. The casual and occasional
reader reads fiction. biography, history.
travels and no small amount Of theology
In q diluted form. The great middle
class read, and trust, their periodical
literature and their newspapers; the
students, the real readers, who feed their
minds a. other men their bodies, read
with moro thoroughness and patience
than our students. The entrance ex.
animation for any college at Oxford,
Cambridge, Edinburgh or Dublin 10
trivial compared with the entrance ex.
animation for Harvard University, but,
on the other hand. both the classical and
mathematical men who take the highest
rank here 20 through an amount Of resd.
ing that our men hardly DIRE an Of.
England has nothing like the average
number Of well.read men that one finds
in America, but America has nothing
like the number Of thoroughly well.read,
widely Travelled, hixhly-trsined men in
politics, and in ell the professions that
one finds here; in ENGLAND there 10. con-
fined to narrow limits. the education of
the tortoise, and there is fable that the
world is poised upon the back OF q tor.
toise! At any rate England carries .
very heavy proportionste rate OF the
worlds responsibility, and England and
America together would seem to have
little to fear from the future, for. after
oil, what men read is not crucial test
Of their capacity. Who has not known
men with enough university sheepskin
to make wardrobe OF, who we're vscil.
lating incompetents? Who foryets how
small were the liberties and the oppor-
tunitles Of Washington. Lincoln and
Grant-The Forum.
Mohave County miner., 1895-02-16

William Waldorf Astor has ordered .
new blanket Of lilies of the valley and
violets for his wife's grave every day In
the year at cost of 500 q day. He
spent $500 for orchids for her funers;
and was disappointed that he could not
obtain enouxh at dollar each to make
the bill 10000.
Mohave County miner., 1895-02-16

o w. O. Hartman. Sheriff Of Tyler
Co., w. Va, appreciates q good thing
and does not hesitate to say 20. He
was almost prostrated with cold when
he procured Q bottle Of Chamberlain q
Cough Remedy. He says: "It gave
me prompt relief. I find it to be an
invaluable remedy for coughs and
colds" For sale by
H. H. WATKINS,
Druggist.
Mohave County miner., 1895-02-16

Phenix 10 to have 10000 opera
house.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07

Names two Indian tribes. the
Penobscots and the Passamaquaddys
wear the dress of the whites, and
far the most part have adopted there
ways Of living But the nomadic
spirit is still strong within them,
and the summer finds parties camped
at the various Maine watering places
making and selling beaded purses
and woven grass and basket-work
trinkets, while the squaws turn many
silver piece by telling fortunes. In
some wood lot, where the ash tree
that supplies them with working
material is plentiful, they sometimes
build their camps of logs and sap
plings, rooted with bark or shingles
and we'll climbed with moss. There
is a feeling among owners Of forest
lands in Maine that the Indians. as
first proprietors, have claim to re-
side in the wilderness wherever they
choose, and, as they are peaceable
and do little damage to valuable for
est growth, permission to occupy a
piece Of woodland is seldom refused
them
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07
A Valuable Primer.

Last week at Boston auction a
little primer brought 1925. The
primer which brought this almost
fabulous sum consisted OF an Indian
translation and the English version,
printed on opposite pages, a little
book which our forefathers prepared
for circulation among the Indian
children.
The book measures hardly more
than 4x2 inches, IL that, and is bound
in it's original calfskin. The English
title page reads as fellows: 1.-The In
dian Primer, or the First Book by
Which Children May Know Truely
to Read the Indian Language, and
Milk for Babes. Boston: Printed
MDCCXLVII." 1t was bought by
Littlefield, Boston dealer, whose
hot competitor was Games, Of the
Lennox Library in New York, where
is the only other copy known to exss
ist, with thirty pages missing.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07
A Mischievous Duke.

AS boy the Duke of York was
thoroughly mischievous Many oil
his pranks were played on that IA
nous voyage round the world. We
all know how, ut a great state dinner
at Hong Kong, he was discovered co.
verify pulling the pig-tails of the
Chinaman buffers who were waiting
at the table. Another time. l think
1t was at Bombay, when large en-
tertainment was given in honor OF
the young princes. between the parts
Of an orchestral concert, Prince
George hoped away from the supper
to change the music of the bandmen,
so that when they returned to theiI
places poor bewildered flutist found
the score Of the cornet upon his mu.
sic stand, and the violinist the page
Of the pianist. But the prince had
always another side to his character.
An Australian minister. at whose
house the princes stayed for week
or two, offered Bible to both as a
parting gift. Quite recently the
bishop was invited to Sandringham,
The Prince Of Wales showed him the
Bible he had given Prince George and
remarked that it was we'll worn. II
do believe" added his royal high
ness, that my son has read chap
ter from that book every day since
you put 1t into his hands. "-Chicago
Times
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07
An Ever Bearing Orange Tres.

Mr. Simms, the proper founder OF
this most valuable fruit, says it is n
true citrus vulgaris, found while in the
Apopka hammock, without the bitter
of the common wild orange Of our
hammocks. The tree has the char
acterstics OF being in fruit the year
round, and is without doubt u cross
the sour orange with the sweet
and of holding the fruit on the tree
for months after they are fully ripe.
The original tree now has both green
and ripe oranges, and they are picked
ripe, juicy and delicious any day in
the year. The fruit is more even in
size and thinner skinned than the old
one, with less rag and but very few
seeds, and for home use every garden
from Tampa to Brunswick should
possess it. 1t surely must prove val
liable as market variety. Only to
think of it-a ripe orange picked
from the tree every morning before
breakfast the year round! A guar
antee is given by Mr.. Simms that
the original tree was found in the
month of August full of bloom and
green and ripe fruit.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07
a Remarkable Statement.

a Southern reader sends us'a clip
ring taken from the Weekly Progress,
of Chase City. Va, in which it says
that Mr.. l.. r. Butler, who lives a
few miles from that city, claims to
have raised twenty-seven pumpkins
from one seed. the vines running q
distance OF over thirty feet, through
strip of woods out into an opening,
and was checked in its growth by
some one stepping on the end OF the
vine and breaking it. The largest of
the twenty-seven pumpkins grown
he claims, would fill half-bushel
measure. The leaves of the vine en-
tirely covered the ground and were
about three feet high, while some of
the stems were more than an inch in
diameter. Mr.. Lee recently sent a
bushel Of sweet potatoes to the edi-
tor of the above-named journal,
which averaged two and half pounds
each, one or two Of the chance ones
weighing as much as five pounds
New York Witness.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07
NEW oIPHrRERIA CURE.
Method Of Developing the Anti Tox.
ines.

The new treatment Of diphtheria is
a practical application of the latest
advances OF experimental bacteriolo-
gy, The general facts upon which
it Is based are briefly these: Certain
bacteria, when developing in the or
ganism OF an animal or man, produce
an albuminoid poison called toxine,
which, circulating in the blood, causes
disease. For example, the Klebs-
Loefier bacillus, growing in the
throat OF child, generates toxine
that produces the systemic condition
called diphtheria.
IL some Of these bacteria be re-
moved from the organism and placed
in artificial media. such as broth,
under proper conditions they will
grow and multiply and produce the
same toxine as before. This toxine
may now be separated from the bac-
terra by filtration, and il introduced
into an organism by incubation it
will produce the disease as readily as
II it had been formed in the organ
ism. But the virulence OF the dis
ease thus produced will vary with the
quantity Of the toxine injected.
Moreover, il the first dose given is so
small as to produce only slight i'll.
ness, a larger quantity may be in.
troduced few days later without
producing corresponding effect;
and progressively larger doses may
be administered from time to time,
until at last the animal receives with
impunity doses many times larger
than could possibly be borne at first.
In the case Of the diphtheria tox-
inc, for example obtained, as has
been said. by growing the diphtheria
bacillus in meat broth), if fifteen
drops OF the filtrate containing the
toxine be injected into vein of a
horse the animal will be severely
poisoned. But by repeating the in
lection from time to time, in progress
sing doses, at the end Of three or
four months tho animal will bear q
dose of two hundred times the orig
inal quantity. In other words, the
animal has become immune to the
disease.
hOW ~ WIN vi hll-
NAL be opened and some blood with
drawn, the serum OF that blood (the
other constituents being removed)
may be injected into the system of
another animal or human being
without ill effect. and the animal or
human being thus inoculated be-
comes immune to the disease, in vir-
tue OF the incubation. More than
that, il the organism inoculated had
already acquired the disease, the in
oculation, within reasonable limits,
is curative. For example, If child
has been exposed to diphtheria, inoc-
ulation with the serum OF horse
rendered immune to diphtheria, as
above described, will prevent devel-
opment OF the disease. At later
stage incubation tends to cure the
disease.
These are the facts as applied in
the new serum treatment of diph-
liberia.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07
Primitive Lighting Systems.

In the long series which has led up
to our present lighting systems
America appears at both ends of the
string Just as the American arc
light is the highest conception of the
daylight maker, the torch of the In
dian has been found to be the crudest
effort ever made by man to count the
inches before his nose in the dark
ness. These torches were uaught
but for pine twigs, twisted together,
and set on fire by sparks created by
the friction of two pieces OF bark or
board. But as the savage broiled his
meat on wooden spits over his bon
fire, he noticed that the fat clinging
to the wood caused it to fame more
brightly. so he made the first step
toward candle making by greasing
pine wood and afterward by sticking
torches through the bodies OF fish or
birds, custom which still prevails
among the natives OF the northwest
coast and the Esquimaux of Alaska.
In the South Sea Islands the sava-
ges string oily nuts on sticks, which
are kept burning during their religi-
Gus performances, and the Malays go
further by using bundles of resin
wrapped in palm leaves, while the
early English and Scandinavians
dipped rushes in heated fat and af-
terward wrapped cloth fiber in rolls
Of wax-hence the growth Of the tai
low and wax candle. The first use OF
the candle in China and Japan. how
ever. is lost in obscurity. The use
of the candle i'm most countries may
be dated from the introduction OF do
nestle animals and honey bees into
the territory.
Likewise, the lamp is found in it's
crudest form among the aborigines
of this country. The Esquimaux
found on the leach stone with
natural. depression in it, which he
filled with seal fat, and used moss
wick. This is also repeated among
the earliest tribes of other countries,
the next step in the direction OF
globular vessel for oil being the ir-
regular earthen saucer. while in
America turnips have been found
followed out for this purpose, and
among the Pennsylvania Dutch the
primitive form crops up to-day in
the use of the tin pan, with q tallow
I'll
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07
Poison on Bank Notes.

A bank teller OF Vienna recently
died from the effects Of moistening
his fingers with saliva Mt the lips
when counting money. At the first
revision of the vaults it fell'to his lot
to count large number OF small bills
and, although repeatedly warned,
continued mechanically to touch his
lips when his fingers became too dry.
That evening he felt a smarting pain in
his lips. but did not attend to it until
swelling had set in the next day.
He then consulted a surgeon, who
insisted upon an immediate opera
ton on the tumor, that had in the
meantime assumed alarming proper
tions, as Indispensable A consulta.
ton Of eminent specialists declared
his condition critical, but decided
upon the operation as Al possible
chance. In spite OF the operation
the patient died three days after OF
blood poisoning.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07

Curious and Wonderful Forms ~
Deep Sea Life.


In our own time there are gigan-
tic shells. their presence sometimes
being disagreeably forced upon the
finder. In the South Pacific, where
the ocean Is apparently cut up with
small islands or reefs OF coral, tho
tridacna, or lung of the CLAIMS, IL
found-a gigantic two-valved shell,
with deep radiations or convolutions,
that often weigh five hundred pounds.
These monsters are found imbedded
in the coral rock, singular frill Of
lightly-colored flesh only appearing
above the surface. This habit has
been the cause of number OF acct
dents to natives as we'll as white
men. The locality where they are
found is frequented by collectors of
marine curiosities, who send the
shells, sea fans and corals to Amer
lea and Europe, where they are dis
tributed to the curiosity dealers all
over the world.
In searching for shells, the collec-
tors wade along the shallow lagoons
or reefs, followed by flat-bottomed
boat, into which they toss their vari-
Gus finds.
On one occasion an inexperienced
man war hunting for shells without
boat, having merely native net
thrown over his shoulders. Seeing
what he thought was large sea
anemone of beautiful tints, he struck
it with his foot, and in an instant
was thrown upon his face screaming
with agony. The seeming anemone
was giant shell that. startled at
the sudden attack, had closed its
huge valves and held the collector a
prisoner as firmly as though he had
been clasped by wise; in fact, the
shells cut through skin and bones.
The unfortunate man was some
distance from help, and as he had
started at low tide, the treacherous
waters were rising. For an hour the
victim underwent untold agonies Of
pain and apprehension, fearing that
the tide would rise above his lips.
Struggles were useless, and he hero
ically waited until canoe came in
sight, when he signalled the occu-
pants, who, after much difficulty,
released him, the animal having to
be killed by severing the great mus
cles that held the shells together.
A number of such instances are on
record, and large sharks have been
caught by the shells in the same way.
Some natives at the New Hebrides
Islands, seeing an unusual commo-
ton some distance from shore, went
out and found a ten-foot shark beat
ing the water; hurting itself this way
and that, as though held by some
enemy. Approaching. they found
that the big fish was held firmly by
the tail, the lobe Of which had
touched the fleshy portion Of the
shell and been caught.
To excavate one Of these giants
often requires the work Of several
men for week, as the shell at times
is deeply incased in the solid coral
rock. which has to be cut away. One
animal taken was served as dinner,
to the crews of two vessels, affording|
a meal to fifty men. One species OF
these shells is very common, and is
used as an ornament, while others
serve as receptacles for holy water in
churches and cathedrals.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07

Joseph Hoffman. the phenomenal
boy pianist. is fulfilling his early
promise. Although he is only
seventeen he is great pianist,
and even painfully familiar
music becomes fascinating beneath,
his fingers. The boy is young, but
his mind is old--uncannily old where
1t is applied to music, whatever it
may be when brought into contact
with other subjects A full grown
soul seems to have been arbitrarily
propped into q half grown body, ~
il che case OF Mozart
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07

them at mine that / want my holi-
day."
1T must be dream" and she
put up her hand and pushed back
her hair. 1T cannot be reality. OF
late / have felt quite frightened,
thinking how sad it would be IL you
went away"
"A similar dread has haunted me.
especially to-day. whom l saw the
blind down. But now we shall leave
together, and wo will 60 down to
Putney. The old house / lived in
from boy is there, and it is vacant,
too, and We will make it our home,
and. as before. the dear name of its
mistress will be Elizabeth Morley"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07
Relics Of the Saxons.

saxon relics have been found in
great abundance lately in a cemetery
in Sussex, England. In one grave
were two deliberately ornamented ves-
sells and a trumpet-shaped glass
utensil. III other graves were found
spear, circular bronze brooch,
bronze knife and knife sheath, u
bronze ring, with two toothpicks and
one earpick attached, drinking cup
of clay and n number of colored
beads. Upon skeleton there were
Isl beads of clay and glass suspend
ed on string from the neck to the
waist.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07
Great Ancient Cities.

The greatest cities Of ancient times
were Babylon and Rome, says the
Pittsburg Dispatch. The former is
said to have had an area OF 100 TO 2OO
square miles; its houses were three
or four stories high, but palaces and
gardens occupied much of the vast
area. so that the population was not
what the figures would seem to indi-
cate,
In fact, it is said by ono historian
that nine-tenths of this area was ia
ken up by gardens and orchards.
The total population Of the city under
Nebuchadnezzar and his son Evil.
Merodach, is estimated at over 2, 600,
600. Rome reached its greatest size
during the fourth century OF our
era, and its population was then
about 2. SOC. 900.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07

not as long, are far hotter than those
of Hong Kong, which lies within the
tropics. The atmosphere is SO lu-
minous and clear that every object
stands out against it with q singular
distinctness. The city CLOVIS with
color, and there Is SO much that Is
beautiful to be seen that one almost
forgets the horrors.--[New York
Post
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07
BEYOND.

Never worl IL said,
But it trembles In the afr,
And the truant voice has sped.
To vibrate everywhere.
Never are kind acts done
To wipe the weeping eyes,
but. like the flashes of the sun,
They signal to the skies.
Henry Bdrton.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07

Deep sen soundings OF $500 faith
oms were taken on the coast OF Alas
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07

If you are troubled with hoarse-
ness here is a way to get rid of it,.
The advice Is given to the Morning
Advertisers readers by famous
throat specialist.
Nothing is better for hoarseness
than the inhalation OF steam. Take
a teaspoonful Of compound tincture
of benzoin and put it in n quart OF
boiling water. Make funnel out of
n piece of newspaper, place it over
the vessel containing the boiling
water and inhale the steam through
the small end. This should be done
every three or four hours. The per-
son should not expose himself for at
least two hours after each inhalation.
In from twenty-four to thirty-si
hours the hoarsencss will disappear.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-07

Ploids are used in combination
with plain goods. and q pretty school
dress Is made with plaid skirt or
plain wool blouse waist and wide
straps Of plaid going from the belt
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-03
Dexter Grange.
TRACK AND STABLE GOSSIP,

Hugh Jameson. Jr., of Presque Isle,
has Bloodmont PAGER which promises to
DO good one. In size and action she re.
sembles her distinguished relative, Ada
p, somewhat, and with handling Is ex.
pected to do credit to her breeding.
Cushnoc, Jr, came to Rockland, from
Liberty, last week. where he has been in
training. M. H. Nash, Cushnoc, Jr. e
owner says the horse is In great shape and
will go In about p 80.
G. W. Simpsons finely bred s-ycar-old,
Nelson, Jr. arrived at Rockland last week
from Sunnyside Farm, WatervIlle, where
he has been In the care Of c. H. Nelson
for several years. Nelson, Jr., is by Mel.
son, 200, and got mark of 2. 2sL OF
Rigby park last season.
The most important horse sale recently
reported Is the sale OF the fast mare, Sadie
L., 2.26H. sister to Nelson, 200, by
Messrs. B. F. and F. H. Briggs Of Au-
burn to Mr.. John Dobson. the millionaire
carpet manufacturer of PHILADELPHIA.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-03
Tides.

The following is given in brief as tho
theory most generally entertained by sci
entists, with few exceptions, concerning
tides: 1t is assumed that tho moon, acting
alone, would not only raise wave on the
side of tho earth nearest to 1t by gravita-
ton, but would also draw tho earth itself
far enough out of its course to leave be-
hind soinc of tho water on the farther side,
which water would then be raised relative
~ to the oarth's surface and constitute
the second tidal wave. The sun alone
would act similarly, although its tide
raising effect is only about two-flfths that
OF the moon. Now, at new moon the sun
and moon pull together" and give high
or tides than at the first and third quar-
tiers, when the sun draws its right angles
to the line of the moons attraction, and
at full moon, when the sun is on the op-
posite side of the earth from the moon,
virtually the same effect Is observed as at
new moon, but the double tide raising &C
ton OF the sun would again be superim-
posed on that Of the moon and give tides
on opposite sides as high as those a fort
night before.-New York Sun.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-03

There was but little business to transact
at the city government Monday evening.
The committee on laying OUT new streets
reported on the Fountain street extension
which came up before the council at pre-
vious meeting, and recommended that it
be continued, two rods wide) from Har-
rison avenue in a westerly line to land
occupied by George E. Colby. Council
man Jones of Ward 2, moved to accept
the report and have the road built at once.
After some discussion the report was laid
on the table. A petition was received
for plank walk on Church street extend
ing from the corner of Pleasant street to
the Evans house, and was referred to the
proper committee The chief engineer
of the fire department submitted a state
ment in regard to the condition of the
boiler of the Cobbossec steamer. A practi-
cal engineer from the Silsby Manufactur-
ing Co. made examination and said that
in his Judgment the boiler was not in safe
condition to use The cost of putting this
machine in first class order. the chief en-
gineor estimated, would be $1,000 Re
ferred to committee on fire department.
Roll of bills No. 4,amouuting to s3257 %,
was presented and ordered paid. The only
business in the aldermen's room was of a
concurrent nature.