Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-06

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Readable.
Mr.. Gladstone makes 1t q rule
never to travel on Sunday.
Darwin was an inveterate smoker
At the age Of 78 he declared that Q
cigarette rested him more after hard
labor than anything else.
Mr.. John w. Foster Is we'll pleased
with the treaty between japan and
China. He gets 500, 600 out Of 1t.
Mr.. Foster Is great diplomat.
Thomas A. Edison. the electrician,
is one OF the few poker players who
invariably win. His opponents &C.
cuse him OF possessing mysterious
power to see through cards.
It is snid that the first bicycle
ever brought to this country was
owned and ridden by Robert Center,
of New York. who was killed on his
wheel by collision with a Brooklyn
trolley car recently.
King Humbert, OF Italy, can broil
. steak. grid chop, and do plain
cooking, as we'll as he can run to q
fire, couple the hose and pump on
the fire engine. He is the best all
around man in Italy.
John d. Rockefeller, the head OF
the Standard Oil Trust, Is credited
by writer in the Boston Commercial
Bulletin with having remarked a
while ago that his great ambition in
life was to accumulate a fortune Of
$500, 600, 900.
Congressman Bland, the famous
advocate of silver, who lives on a
farm near Lebanon, Mo-, has an
orchard of 5000 Ben Davis apple
trees. These apples sell for 40 cents
bushel. and the yield of each tree
averages five bushels. or $40, 600 in
cash.
Joel Chandler Harris, "Uncle
Remus" OF the newspaper press, is a
man of extreme diffidence. A Geor-
gian editor, in speaking Of him, says
that Harris once left Boston very
suddenly, without even sending to his
hotel for his trunk, in order to escape
a dinner at which he was apprehen-
sive Of being lionized.
George Augusta Sala, the English
journalist was once in train which
was "held up" by Carlists in Spain.
and he overheard Spanish gentle
tleman, who was overcome with
fright, murmuring to himself: ITO
die so young, to leave my wife and
babes oh, it is sad, it is sad and
haven't even had my breakfast. j"
William Morris, the English poet.
reioices in the possession of pro-
digious memory. Given fair start
on any sentence In Dickens works
he can complete that sentence with
very little deviation from textual ac-
curacy. Were every copy of Pick
wick Papers destroyed to-day, Will
liam Morris could, doubtless. write
the book almost word for word as it
now stands. ---,>
Samuel Staples. OF Concord, Mass,
who died recently, was famous for
his friends, among whom were En-
erson, Thoreau, Alcott. and Bull,
the inventor of the Concord grape.
Mr.. Staples was at one time the town
jailor, and he once had Alcott and
Thoreau for prisoners. the former for
q few hours, the later for night.
Alcott's otfense was the non-pay-
ment Of small debt, which he re-
fused on principle. never heard
a man talk honcster, said Mr.. Sta
piles.
Ex-Congressman Amos Cummings.
the we'll known journalist. recently
told this story about Horace Gree
ley: lone day 1 went out to see
Greeley at Chappaqua about some
newspaper business. The old gen.
tleman saw me coming as he stood
looking out the window, opened the
door himself and led me into fash
ion parlor. / followed him into the
room and, as / was only going to re-
main moment. laid my hat, gloves
and cane on center table. Greeley
and / had just immersed ourselves
in q Talk when Mrs Greeley swept
into the room. The moment she
entered the door her eyes fell indig-
nantly on my trousseau rs I'd piled
it up-hat, gloves and stick-on the
table. Without word she swooped
on the outfit like fish-hawk and
threw them out of the window. Then
she left the room without pausing
for speech, as one who had taught
somebody that the hall was the place
for hats and canes and similar brio
a-brac. was inclined to get trifle
angry, but Greeley stretched out his
hand in deprecating way and
cheered me with the remark: Never
mind her, she thought they were
mine, Aiterward, however, con-
cluded Cummings, when l recalled
what Greeley's hat used to look like
had my doubts.
Edward, one of the fighting Nc
Cooks" while Governor of Colorado
Territory, had good deal Of trouble
with the Indians, and especially with
their chief, Colorow. With party
of braves Colorow came to Denver
one day, and after drinking heavily
told his followers that he was going
to kill McCook. The Governor had
his Office in two-story building. and
sat with his back to the door, with q
looking-glass on the desk in front Of
him, so that he could see any one
coming in without turning. McCook
was expecting some trouble with
Colorov, and was seated ut his desk
when the Indian came in. Colorow