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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31


A Light Near . window that Upset
the Household Of Jerseyman.
That there must be burglars In the
house the other night the observant
Jerseyman was certain. He had heard
m unusual noise outside the house, and.
gazing carefully out OF his bedroom
window on the second story, he could
see shimmering red light just where
he calculated one of the window wells
of the basement kitchen was. 1t was
not steady light, but like candle
burning in the kitchen.
The Jerseyman keeps two dogs on
purpose to alarm him or his family Of
any attempts at burglary. One dog OF
the celebrated Skipper Williams, Stat
en- Island, breed, has the run Of the par
lor floor, and the other beagle, IL on
the second floor.
81 knew these dogs were no good"
he muttered. ''I'll have to Investigates"
In living picture attire he tiptoed
downstairs, says the New York Sun.
The dog down there met him with such
demonstrations Of friendliness that the
humping of his wagging tail against the
furniture and walls was enough to
brighten any one In the basement. A
glance out Of doors assured the Jersey
man that there was no light left in the
kitchen. He waited until he was too
cold to stay any longer for it to appear,
but 1t did not. Then he tiptoed up to
his room again and peeped out of the
window. The light had reappeared,
but 1t was fainter than before, as IL the
burglars were trying to hide 1T.
Where's the pistolY" he asked his
wife in hoarse whisper. Getting the
pistol frOmunder the mattress woke his
five-year-old daughter, and she was in
sisting that II pa had real burglar that
he should squirt the electric light on
him, when the Jerseyman began sec
ond hunt.
This time he slipped out OF the front
door and circled around the house, de-
termined to kill the intruder from a
point of vantage outside. The base
ment was as dark as before.
Something desperate had to be done.
The Jerseyman returned to the front
door, determined to make complete
exploration of the house. Here he met
his six-foOt son, also in living picture
costume. With two dogs and two pis-
tolls they made their way to the kitchen.
One glance convinced them that no
one had been there. The Jerseyman
went back to his room and looked out
of the window again. The light was
gone. High in the west was Mars,
shining clear and red from the un-
clouded sky. There was little more
light from the stars than there had been
and right in the front of the window the
outlines Of a half-barrel could be seen.
The half-barrel was full Of water which
was frozen over. The icy surface was
wavy. 1t was the red light of Mars
that had caused all the turmoil.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31
Ghastly Human Table.


There is table in the Segato depart
ment of the Nuova Santa Maria Hospi-
tai Museum at Florence, Italy, which
for originality in the matter of concep-
ton is probably without a rival. The
designer and constructor of this Won
der was Professor Giuseppe Segato
lone authority spells his name SegattD,
the discoverer of lost process of petri-
flying human flesh, and who worked in
the various hospitals and museums Of
Italy about forty years. To the casual
observer this table is nothing more or
less than a curious mosaic made up Of
marbles and agates of different sizes
and colors. In reality, however, it is
composed wholly of human flesh, mus
cles, viscera, intestines, etc. A writer
who describes 1t In Harper's Magazine
says:
ut comprises every portion of the hui
man body transformed into stone, des-
tined to endure as long as the world
shall last. - Different portions
of the human body, showing the whole
internal anatomy, are so beautifully
petrified as to be a wonder to the trav-
eler as well as an object Of study for
the medical student"
The table Is bordered with upward Of
one hundred human eyes, preserved by
some process which makes them look
rs natural as life. 1t is without doubt
the most CHASTITY piece of furniture ever
designed by man.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31
Told Him TO Never Sleep.

Charles NJ. Kneippe of gainesville,
O., said he was in cell at the Harri-
son street, Chicago, police station last
night only as blind. He would there,
he explained, have the opportunity to
look over the prisoners that he had
longed for many months. Kneippc
was arrested by Officer McGovern for
making trouble on Wabash avenue
street car, the conductor refusing to
honor pass rudely written on scrap
of an envelope and addressed generally
to all street car conductors in this wide
land. Kneippe protested that he had
come from gainesville, where he had
worked as deputy sheriff, and intend
ed to get work as a detective from a
private agency. He grimaced gro
tesquely in order to prove that he could
entirely conceal his identity without
the use of DISCUSSES. Kneippe has been
victimized by fake" detective agen-
cy in st. Louis, which sent him tin
star and engrossed commission in re-
turn for So, with the advice "never to
sleep" Kneippe told how he trained
himself to keep awake. He is now in
sane. He was arrested few days
ago, but released by the city physician,
who thought him IA harmless mono
maniac.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31
A Pair 0f Roots


A business man In Tasmania failed,
and was compelled to call meeting of
his creditors. Among his assets were
q number of tin mine shares, which
were regarded as worthless. 1t was the
first tin mine discovered in Tasmania,
and the output was not as heavy as the
prospectus declared it would be. The
shares dropped in value, and when tie
debtor offered them to his creditors,
the latter smiled and refused to touch
them. Among the creditors was poor
shoemaker, who had supplied the man
with pair Of shoes. He offered to take
the shares in payment Of his debt. No
one raised any objection, and he took
them, saying, ''They may turn out well
some day." Five years later, under
proper management, the mine develop
ed into valuable property. 1t was
veritable mountain of tin, and the
shares sprang up to an astonishing
point. Eventually the metal was "cor-
nered' by French syndicate, and, the
shares reaching a fabulous price, the
once INDECENT shoemaker sold out and
realized fortune. In return for pair
of shoes he is now receiving an incoi le
of several thousand dollars year.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31

ear, and gently presses the probe
through the delicate tissues of the brain
until 1t touches the foreign body, bone
or bullet, as it may be. The minute
this contact is accomplished quite a
distinct sound is carried through the
circuit to the operators ear. BY an in
genious device pair of teeth are pro-
jected on each side of the end Of the
probe, and take immediate hold Of the
foreign substance thus found, which
can be deftly drawn out of the wound.
The detective and extractive powers
Of this instrument are said to be in
fallible, and the extraordinary fineness
of its work is particularly serviceablc
in the brain, whose tissues are so easily
damaged, and where, naturally, the
very least amount Of liberation is de-
sirable.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31

now his pond is safe prison, being
surrounded by board fence topped
with sheet iron and tin. To an inter-
viewer he said:
"Shall 1 make any money? Well, 1
count that II Is the best business In
California to-day. 1t Is better than
owning South African gold mine. In
summer good fat frogs never go below
$3.50 dozen, and in winter the ruling
price is from 81 to So"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31
been made possible very largely by the

been made possible very largely by the
discovery of new mechanical appli-
ances, which have in nearly every in
stance been the invention of surgeons.
In the treatment Of epileptics, where
the surgical interference consists in
opening the skull over the spot where
the affected motor center Is known to
be, and either removing 1t or in taking
away splinter or bone or bullet, which
presses upon 1t, the success of the OPP
Grafton is vastly increased by the use
Of an ingenious instrument, and an even
more adroit apparatus which has been
very recently invented by able sur
geons.
One of the illustrations of this article
shows the skull Of patient opened by
the use of DR.. Pyle's diamond drill. 1t
is needless to state how vastly superior
is this instrument to that Of the ordi-
nary and now old-fashioned trephine.
The trephine entirely removes button
Of bone, and to do this 1t is necessary
to detach it altogether from the scalp
and periosteum, and so prevent its fur
Their usefulness in the healing process
or as protection to the exposed brain
tissue.
But in the illustration 1t will be seen
that when the bony protection of the
brain has been entirely cut through in
all parts, except at its base, by these
diamond drills, 1t is pried and broken
back by the use of a lever, which ac-
.oYononioc tbio COT nf inctrumapfc apI
SO still retains at this base its connec-
ton with the scalp and the matted it's
sue Immediately enveloping the bone
which have called periosteum.
1t is thus possible simply to turn back
this flap Of bone and scalp into it's place,
stitch It's outer surfaces of thin flesh
together, and leave 1t there to heal as n
natural land not foreign) protection Of
the brain wound. In many operations
by the trephine a metallic button is EN-
ployed to lie between the brain and the
replaced flap of scalp.
Still more wonderful is the "tele-
phonic probe" This instrument COM
bines the utmost nicely Of mechanical
compactness with the most recent de-
velopments of electrical science. 1t
consists of three parts. First, there IL
the probe, which is gently insinuated
through the tissues; second, little
pocket battery, connected with the ear
piece; and, third, the ear piece itself,
which is exactly like the corresponding
part of a telephone.
1t is used In this way: The flap is cut
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31
TOO FAT TO WORK.
And He Is Now Being Shaved of 100
Pounds.


Pounds.
Who has not heard of the proverbial
fat, jolly man? The expression has be-
come so hackneyed that it almost seems
as though no man had a right to feel
jolly unless he was fat. Well, Thomas
Bower, of New York, is fat. He weighs
$50 pounds and he isn't jolly. On the
contrary he has worried so much that
he may never be jolly again.
Thomas was waiter in a hotel. He
was a first-class advertisement for the
dining-room, to be sure; but unfortun-
ately space is valuable in New York
and poor Thomas grew so fat that he
could only with difficulty move be-
tween tables, and he had to go. He APP
plieE elsewhere for work, but his ap-
pearance was against him and he was
rejected. This made him worry, but as
he had worried before his discharge
and through dread of 1t he only grew
the fatter now that physical exertion
was removed. Finally lie entered
Bellevue Hospital and irIplored the
physicians to relieve him by cutting him
in two. They are now engaged in re-
ducing him by $50 pounds, and the
probabilities are that he will be waiter
again. But he'll never be jolly. worri-
ment lest he get fat again will prevent
him.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31

theaters, bathrooms, etc, to supply all
their needs for food, clothing and pro-
visions and for their entertainment. In
fact, the building will be complete
city in itself. Besides its business fea-
lures 1t will contain $500 flats for living
apartments. Thus man could live in
the building with his family, conduct
his business, do all his shopping, enjoy
theatrical performances, concerts or
balls from years end to years end
without ever once going outside of this
structure. 1t is designed to have this
city within city covered in its entirety
by huge plate glass roof like the Crys-
tai Palace at Sydenham. This roof is
to be so constructed that by the pres
sure of finger it can be lifted and laid
aside to allow free and unobstructed
entrance of air.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31


The Senate Thursday concurred, after
considerable discussion, In the House
resolution for the usual ten-day adjourn
ment to give the State institution COM
mittees time to visit them. A resolution
was adopted limiting the mileage Of visit
Ing committees to Q cents per mile and ex-
penses to SO per day. The House also
adopted a sweeping resolution, intro
duced by Farmer" Kempf, of Wash
tenaw, requiring the heads of the several
departments to make a detailed report of
the number of clerks employed, salaries
paid, how long employed, their previous
occupation, average number of hours per
day they are occupied, whether the en-
ployment be permanent or temporary, the
amount paid for clerk hire annually, and
an estimate of how much will be required
to maintain the departments for the COM
ing two years.
The Legislature was in session less than
an hour Friday. The Senate adjourned
and the House followed suit after twen-
ty-minute session. The members fitted
at once to prepare for the start for the up
per peninsula on the biennial junket.
Several legislative hearts were broken,
however, by the passage of a resolution
limiting the mileage of junketers to 8
cents per mile and their expenses to $1.3O
per diem. The following nominations
were sent to the Senate by Governor Rich:
George w. Hill, Saginaw, State Inspector
Of Salt; Freeman b. Dickerson. Detroit,
member of State Fish Commission; Geo.
A. Hart. Manlstee. Trustee of Northern
Asylum for the Insane; Arthur b.
Loomis. Major and Military Secretary;
James e. Vincent. Lapeer, Major and
Judge Advocate; William A. Gavett, De-
.roit; Frank III. Latta, Battle Greek;
Barnard S. Kaufman, Marquette, and
Lou Burt. Detroit. Colonels and Aides
de Camp.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31
Three Queer Tennessee Families.


The county in which Milan, Tenn, is
located contains three very odd fami-
lies, believed to be the tallest and
heaviest and slightest" families in that
State. The first is composed Of four
persons--father, mother, son and
daughter, the range of height being
from 6 feet 2 inches to feet 8 inches.
The heavy family is composed Of faith
err, mother and daughter, and their
united weight is 300 pounds. The
featherweight family is composed of
ten persons. father, mother and eight
children, the combined weight of the
ten being but 513 pounds, an average Of
fraction over fifty pounds.-St. Louis
Republic.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31

The rapidly enhancing value of real
estate in large cities and the tendency
to utilize to the fullest extent every foot
Of available space by erecting sky
scraping buildings has led Boston
architect to make a very bold and strik-
ing prediction. He has put on paper
design for what he terms ''the building
Of the future" which for originality
probably exceeds anything ever con-
ceived in an architects mind. The
building he has drawn Is circular in
shape, with breaks in its interior at in
tervals for light and air shafts. 1t is a
structure fifty stories high, and is de-
signed to accommodate 10000 people.
1t will not only provide living apart
ments for that number of persons, but
will also contain the necessary stores,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31
TaxafiOn.

In the early days OF the Virginia
and Carolina colonies taxes were paid
I'm tobacco.
Most of the Asiatic countries have
been ruined by the system of farming
the taxes"
Customs duties on imports were col
lected in England by Ethelred III. as
early as 070.
Almost all the Turkish taxes are
farmed out. and the resulting corrup-
ton is very great
The tax on coffee yields the best re-
turns In France, f4,600, 900 q year, and
the poorest In Denmark
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31

The different species Of ants are
pretty generally distributed over the
globe, and on this account the natural
lists infer that there is work for them
to do In the great economy Of the uni
verse. In each colony males, females.
neuters, and sometimes soldiers are to
be recognized. The males are invaria-
bly, smaller than the females, and. like
those of the feminine gender, have
wings In their original state. The neu-
tiers, which are the workers, are with
out wings In any of their transforms
tons, and the soldiers are recognized
by the armor plates on their hcadx
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31

We admire cautious, conservative
man who neHcts from impulse, but
always from eful judgment and ma
ture reflects, But there are times
when this mbe carried to extremes.
John Littleo, Exeter, \. H., came
home to dinlrecently and found his
wife hangipy the neck ana kicking
vigorously. g evidently had decided
to commit :ide and, putting IA bed
cord aboutr neck, stepped upon Il
chair. tied rope around beam and
kicked theair from under her. We
believe ouaders will admit that the
discovery his wife under such cir
cumstanclaced Mr. Little in n very
e,abarras position. He did not
want to piany mistake and he could
recall nos in his Handbook of Ell
auette aRules for Action" which
gave dilons how to proceed under
such cirStances. So he sat down To
think itr. He reasoned that, as he
had nofed very happily with his
wife, tieighbors would be sure to
criticism If he failed to conform to
the use polite society. lie thought
Il woue better to have a witness.
He wput to find one. Forty-five
minut4ter, when he returned with
a neig, Mr.. Little was panied and
shockfmost beyond measure to find
that Fife was dead. 1t was a very
sad G But Mr.. Little, in this hour
of bereavement, ut least, has the
prouatisfaction of knowing that
thrort all he was entirely calm, cool
and ected, and acted with the care
full eeration which marks the true
genfln.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31

founder of the farm, Richard Siege, for
whom the station on the Southern Pa
cific Railroad near where the ranch is
was named, says it is as big bonanza
as a gold mine.
He started a few months ago will,
1000 California frogs, and now esti-
mates that he has at least 100000.
They are so thick that they jump about
like grasshoppers when they are dis
turbed, and fairly flecked the tops of the
Gala lilies and nodules of mud in the
pond where they are placed.
Mr.. Siege had considerable difficulty
at first in keeping his frogs after he had
them, but he has overcome that, and
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31

the shoe, and is intended to press the
big toe back into the true line. 1t is
claimed that this post is found valua-
bic for the cure of paralyzed toes, bun
ions, corns, stiff toe joints, varicose
veins, fiat-footedness, overlapping toes,
hammer toes, govt, rheumatic govt, fee
bleness of the knees, in falling ankles,
weak back, stopping knees and similar
ailments that have been, it is said, trac-
ed to the wearing Of boots that have
unhealthy contracted or distorted the
feet
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31

In face of the continued low price
of at 1t is rather remarkable that
the'mers of the country have just
pIai larger acreage than last
We, As IL the over-supply from o.
5l6 acres In 1894 were not sufficient
les, they have now planted Papa
35res in wheat-an increase Of 705,-
5Gres over last year. And this they
h, done while that grain was selling
n, cents In Chicago and when in
Uon and the Puget Sound country
elevators are full of wheat that was
sg begging at 20 cents a bushel.
ere is every reason to believe that
all but the largest wheat farms these
ces do not cover the cost of produc-
n. One is therefore forced to accept
cretary Morton's theory Of the why
Id wherefore of this blind tempting
! fate by the farmers. He says that
heat Is the lazy mans crop, and that
me American farmer unwisely insists
IN raising the crop involving the small
est amount of manual labor, trusting to
luck to bring him out with a profit.
This, added to the superstition that
two years Of plenty will be followed by
q short harvest, has led the Northern
farmers to repeat with wheat the very
the Southern farmers have for
years perpetrated with regard to cot
ton. 1t is possible, however, that not
enough allowance has been made for
the important discovery forced upon
the farmers during the last year, of the
value Of wheat as feed for farm ami
mails. 1t Is not improbable that many
Of them have determined to pat in
wheat for feed purposes where they
formerly planted, corn, arguing that
wheat. which can be planted with a
drill, cultivated with a harrow, harvest
ed with a self-binder, all drawn by
horses. and threshed by steam, will be
easier TO raise and just as useful az
corn. Until the corn-harvesting ma
chine, recently invented by Chicago
house, shall have proved
itself a success,it Is not impossible that
the corn crop Of the country may have
TO hide In diminished ears.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31

We clip the owing clear and sue
cinct statemel from the Chicago
Times referrino the personal char
acteristics of aal millionaire:
"He spends # as much, if not more,
for his wearirlpparel than the mil
lionaire street! magnate.
"-ooothimcoos1i: u-nei, 'ih:ryQ gkqj'
The queer t. about this is that it
was put into E before the New Year
celebration bel.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31

A New York preacher recently assertt
ed that every ninth man Is a drunkardi
every seventh person an opium fiend;
every fifth woman victim of hysteria,
and every fourth man slave of tobac-
co. That preacher is an exaggerator,
or the associate of people who have bad
habits to a much greater extent than
ordinary people do.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31
Pumping Hot Water.

Water at high temperature cannot be
raised any considerable distance by
suction, as the vapor discharged from
the water so heated follows the reced-
ing pistons of the pump and resists the
entrance of the water; consequently, to
pump hot water always place the sup
ply above the pump, so that II will be
supplied from head.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31
FROGS BETTER THAN GOLD.

A California Rancher Has a Million,
and Proposes to Supply the Market.
One of the queerest ranches that has
ever been heard of has lately been es-
tablished a few rods from Steges sta
ton, Contra Costa County, and in the
last few days it has attracted a great
deal of attention. 1t is a frog farm, and
bids fair to be one of the biggest pay
ing enterprises in the country. The
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31

When a balloonist Is precipitated from
his parachute the man Is invariably
surprised, but he cannot plead that he
did not know the parachute was load
ed.-Pittsburg acknowledgement.
Generally he cannot plead ut all
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31
IrrevocabIy Gone.

81 set four pies out on the window
sill to COOL" said Mrs. Hunker to her
husband, land they have all been
stolen" 'Then we must number them
among the lost tarts." was the philo-
sophical reply.--Detroit Free Press.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31

In the light ofe fate of the crooks
of 1894 bookkeGs and cashiers can
well afford to st their ledgers and
cash books right 1895, and keep them
right. 1t doesn'ay to be crooked.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31
THE REFORM SHOE.

A Post in the Sole to Keep the Foot
in Place.
The latest idea in shoes is shown be-
low. The ''toe post is a vertical steel
plate covered with leather fixed inside
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31

The young manho has compiled
list of Chicago's 90 ana managed 10
squeeze into it 800 names should be
hired to get up tnext census report.
He is an artist.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31

1t is charged that Brooklyn police
man has been stea,g "A pocketful of
eggs every day foplany years. This
is indeed tough; cldn't he find any
thing better?
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-31

Breckenridge attribus the failure OF
his lecture tour to bad reather. There
caa be no doubt thafbadness has
great deal to do with ~