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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-08-29
SHE'S PLANTED. BOYS"
The Old Farmers Object Lesson to
the Newboys.

The old man had just arrived.
The odor of the barnyard on his cow
hide boots and scent Of ripe apples
from his battered and motheaten
carpetsack Immediately suggested
rurality. Besides there were the
corroborative hayseeds on the back
Of the old overcoat that had faded to
the color Of rusty grindstone. A
crowd OF newsboys had swooped down
on the old man and were Juggling his
coat tails and pulling at his sleeves
to attract his attention to papers,
neckties, spectacles, collar buttons,
flowers and matches.
The old man was completely be-
wildered for time, but he smiled
goodnaturedly and shook the boys
off. When they found he was un-
profitable they started in to have
some amusement at his expense.
One called him Reuben and asked
about the little bunch of whiskers.
Another addressed him as Jasper,
and inquired about the folks.
Get into the hayseed !" yelled
one.
The old man had retained his good
nature through it all and fairly
beamed on the boys.
Come here, boys" he said. as he
sat down on a trunk, placed his
carpet bag between his feet and
picked wild oat straw of his sleeve.
The youngest gathered around him
and stood in open-mouthed curiosity.
The old man placed wild oat in
the palm of his hand and said:
II may be a hayseed, but I can
learn you boys something. Do you
see that?" and he prodLed the oat
with his finger. ''Well, that is a
hayseed. Maybe some o. you boys
that has been in the country have
wondered how hay grows wild ell over
the hills without being planted at all.
Now I'll tell you. The sun that
ripens the oats dries up the ground
and makes cracks in it. Pretty soon
the oat falls of, and plants itself in
one Of the cracks. How? Well,
I'll show you. DO you see that little
thing on the end of the oat that
looks like the hairspring Of watch?
Well, when the rain comes it vets
that like this" and the old man
moistened his finger in his mouth
and applied it to the oat. Now
we'll play this crack in the floor is
the crack the sun makes in the
ground"
The old man laid the oat down,
and the boys watched breathlessly.
The little spiral spring commenced
to unwind slowly and in doing so
rolled the oat over and over till it
fell into the crack.
'She's planted, boys" exclaimed
the old man, and they cheered him
Justify as he walked up Market
street.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-08-29

walls here, that IL fully equalIzed by
somewhat higher wages than are
paid here.
However, the Transyaal offers no
Inducements for making money.
With the discovery and development
of the mines came an immense rush,
so that all kinds of ordinary labor
are to be had Mt fair prices. More
over, q great many persons who
thought to settle In Mashona Land
and Matabele Land. several hundred
miles north OF Johannesburg, were
disappointed and have returned to
the Transvaal. Then, too, almost
every kind OF business is represented
in some way or other, and the busi-
ness man Of Johannesburg has his
typewriter and rides his bicycle, and
In general, has all the facilities and
con eniences that one enjoys here.
The town Is rapidly building up
with handsome brick blocks and fine
residences and tasteful churches |;
streets are being paved, and the only
thing so far lacking are good public
school facilities. Not the least strik-
ing characteristic of the country is
the presence OF the gold mines on q
green prairie. There are no noun
tains anywhere about, and the usual
bare. desert-like mining country is
lacking. Before the mines were dis
covered all this area was good farm
ing land, and the cautious old Beers
used to fight of the prospectors, and
in the early days of The Transvaal
there was heavy fine attached to
prospecting anywhere in the re-
public. OF course, that is all changed
now, but it Is the English rather
than the native Beers who have made
money out OF the mines.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-08-29
"LET ME NOT MUCH CON
PLAIN"

Let me not much complain OF life. In age,
Life is not faulty. life is we'll enough,
For those who love their daily round
OF doing.
And take things rounded. never in
the rough,
Turning from day to day the same old
page,
And their old knowledge ever more
renewing.
have known many such; through life
they went
With moderate use OF moderate
heritage,
Giving and spending, saving as they
spent.
These are wise men, though never
counted sage;
They looked for Ii tie. easy men to
please;
But !, more deeply drunk OF LIES full
cup,
Feel, as my lips come nearer to the
lees,
dived for pearls, and brought but
pebbles mp.
Thomas w. Parsons, in the Century.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-08-29
Iron Statistics.

The production Il pig iron in the
United States In the first half of 1886
amounted to 40S7. 55S gross tons.
and In the next six months the pro-.
duction Is expected to be on q scale
that will place the production for
1895 very little below that OF 1890,
when We made 9,201, 703 tons. In
1894 the production OF pig iron fell
to 6.657. 888 tons
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-08-29

The average price Of parrots in South
America In 10 cents-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-08-29

Beggar-Thankee, sir
Stranger-Why, how Is thisp You
thank me and your sign reads Deaf
and Dumb2" =
Beggar--Oh, that's all right I'm
Just takin' tn other feller's place
while he's gone to hear tn band play
ct the Park.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-08-29

X
of the Witwatersrand, and for the
most of the year is very pleasant
place to live in. 1t is nearly six
thousand feet above the level of the
sea, is surrounded by grassy, roll
ing country, and with tree planting
and other improvements that are
being made rapidly, 1t Is becoming
q pretty and attractive city. 1t
lacks nothing OF the comforts and
:onveniences OF civilization. The
town is lit by electricity and an
electric street railway line is being
built connecting all the surrounding
mines and villages with the central
town. The mines are equipped with
perhaps the finest mining machinery
IN the world.
johannesburg itself is study. 1t
has sprung up entirely within the
last ten years, principally within
the last seven or eight years, and 1t
is typical boom town. 1t presents
none of the characteristics that we
used to read of in the flush days OF
Leadville, Of Virginia City or Phoebe.
The rowdy element has never devel-
oped, and the MAN from Creole" is
not there.
The saloons OF johannesburg are
closed on Sunday, and a. IL o'clock
each night OF the week. A sanitary
board. elected by the people, is max
ing many improvements. and the
water works. built by Barney Bar
nato, have introduced an abundance
OF water.
Prices in general ara not high.
Good board at the h0tcis can be So
cured for about $40 q week, and
while there II, OF course, o general
tendency to higher prices than pre-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-20
BREAK IN OIL.
Crash in Speculative Certificates
Has Effect on the ReaI Market.

Crash in Speculative Certificates
Has Effect on the Real Market.
OIL CITY, Pa, April 19-Credit bal
ance oil, which had advanced steadily
from 81 to $3.50 a barrel, broke today
for the. first time. The enormous
blocks of Oil that poured into the Seep
agency on Thursday caused a natural
reaction and lowered the price zoe a
barrel
During the panic in the speculative
market of Wednesday credit balances
were held steady at $3.50, or 3ec barrel
above that paid for certificates, and
the market for the latter was in an ex-
tremely critical condition, owing to the
number of traders who were carrying
cash oil. By taking all certificates
offered and advancing the price of
Pennsylvania credit balances, the Ma
, ,tional Transit company restored con-
fidence and prevented what threatened
to be one Of the greatest financial
panics In the history of oil fields or Oil
exchange. Over 81, SOC, 900 were paid out
to producers yesterday, but it accom-
plished the desired object. The specu-
lative market opened weak, and when
the decline in credit balances became
generally known there were several lots
of long oil thrown upon the market.
Representatives of the National Tran
sit company were the principal and
about the only buyers. Certificates
opened at $2.41; highest, $2.41; lowest,
$2.2O; closed at 1920. Sales, 147,OoO bbls.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-20

January, 1894, to less than 100000 bar
rels of merchantable oil. So marked
and rapid has been the appreciation
in price of petroleum that speculation
in it has been excited. Further ad-
vances in quotations are noted also
for wheat, on improved demand for eX-
port; cotton, on a wide consumption,
present and prospective; print cloths
and other cotton goods, because Of
higher raw cotton; Bessemer pig iron,
on the increase of cost of ore, coke and
labor, and shoes and leather, on the
further stiffening of values of hides.
The upward turn of prices for dressed
beef and live cattle has been main
tained. Coffee is lower, as are lard and
oats, but Indian corn and pork re-
main steady at last closing quotations.
Wool is barely steady, as consumers
are waiting for the new crop before
buying.
Exports of wheat from both coasts
of the United States this week, flour
included as wheat, show a third weekly
gain in succession, with the total
amounting to 3,165, 900 bu, against 1884,
600 bu last week. 3,019,0 bu in. the third
week of April, 1894; 1865, 900 bu in the
like week of 1898; 3, 107, 600 bu in 1892, and
as contrasted with 2,222,O00 bu in the
The weather is warm in Ontario and
Quebec, but the roads are bad, and
connections and trade are slow.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-20
MANY WERE CRUSHED.
HOSTING MACHINERY IN SHIP
YARD COLLAPsES.
TWO KILLED AND TWO DYING
A Number of Others Less Seriously
njured-Breal<inG of u Guy
Rope the Cause.

CHICAGO, April 1.-TWO men were
killed, and seven were injured by the
collapse of hosting machinery in the
Chicago shipbuilding company yards
at South Chicago today. The dead
are: Harry Blake, Patrick Harvey
The injured: John Comfy, fatally; j.
j. Hand, fatally; William Medallion,
Michael Cusick, Frank Carver, Will
lam HardpeckL fourteen years DID,
Harry Price. Each of the last three
was slightly injured.
The hosting apparatus was used in
the construction of the steel merchant
steamer. Arcadia" The beams were
sprung above the half completed yes
sci at intervals of so feet from stem to
stern. They were held in place by
wire guy ropes fastened to stanchions
on the ground at the ships side. One
of the small guy ropes broke Under
the increased strain on the remaining
stays one of them snapped and with
it heavy cable gave way The bow
beam fell as it's supports were weak
ened and knocked the other three
girders down one after another.
Thirty men were at work on the
decks under the girders when the ac-
cident happened. Blake and Harvey
were at work riveting the plates on
the deck and were struck by the same
pole. Both men were struck in the
chest and killed instantly. The rope
which broke had been broken once and
spliced by a foreman who allowed it
to remain in use against orders
William Medallion died from his
injuries this evening, making the dead
three in number.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-20
NO BREAK IN BEEF.
Combine Hold Prices Up, Though
Cattle Come Pouring In.

Cattle Come Pouring In.
WASHINGTON April lg.-Secretary
Morton, when asked today in regard
to the report from Chicago to the ef-
feet that his agitation on the subject
of high prices has led to reduced con-
sumption of beef and consequent
break in. the markets for live stock,
said that SO far as has been learned.
there has been no break in the price
of beef. Notwithstanding the smaller
receipts of cattle during the last two
or three months, he said, the markets
at Chicago had been reported dull and
weak, and it had been difficult for
shippers to obtain market quotations
for their cattle. The quotations on
these animals had recently been ad-
vanced from u to Il of cent pound,
but it had not been easy for the pro-
ducer to obtain the higher prices. He
added:
'If supply and demand is the only
influence which is being exerted, why
should the price of beef continue high
and the price of cattle be suddenly
lowered? 1t is now stated that Chi
cago and other slaughtering points
will soon have all the cattle needed
and the result will be that prices will
begin to tumble, but we see no predic-
ton that the price Of beef will tumble.
1t is not long since the large packers
were claiming that the price of hides
was unremunerative in this country
owing to the competition with hides
imported from other countries, but with
falling off in the receipts of cattle,
the price of hides has been suddenly
marked up. 1t is now plain that the
Chicago packers have more power
over the markets than has generally
been Supposed
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-20
BRADSTREET,s FINANCIAL.
BuIlish Sentiment Active in Wall
Street.


NEW YORK, April 19.-Bradstreet's
Financial Review tomorrow will say:
The increasing bullish sentiment has
asserted itself with some force this
week, resulting in more active and
decidedly higher market 1t cannot
be said, however, that speculation has
broadened to any great extent The
demonstration this week was due to
professional interests, the public talk
ing very little part, while London,
though of a favorable opinion of Amer
leans, did not purchase. The salient
features were the unusually large num-
Der of stocks which recorded advances,
the disregard of all unfavorable de-
velopments, and the evident absence
of selling for either short or long
account. Offerings, In fact, were
mainly confined to traders who desired
to realize profits, the absence of real
pressure in any direction making 1t
possible for prices to be advanced in
comparatively small transactions.
The lack of outside; buying power is
so marked, however, that the street, as
usual, tries to identify the large inter
ests which are evidently absorbing
stocks. One story which must be
taken for what it is worth is that the
movement has been engineered by the
bond syndicate, and is designed to at
tract European buyers to this market
A more probable explanation, however,
would be that the striking advance in
the prices of commodities has en-
couraged the large financial in
terests of the country to take a
bullish position and that it is this sup
port which takes the place of public par
ticipation and makes the market so
Indifferent to unfavorable conditions.
How marked the latter tendency is,
may be measured by the fact that tie
granger stocks were strong, and in
the face of continued poor earnings,
and that the passage of Baltimore &
save temporary drop in the stock
itself. Toward the end of the week
conservative interests became more
convinced that reaction is due and
necessary, the fact that silver, petrol
cum, and cotton have all receded from
the highest figures being pointed to as
an argument for something similar in
stocks. The further progress of the
market, in fact, seems to depend upon
terests in our market, and though Lon
don is cheered by the probable con-
clusion Of peace between China and
Japan, it's energies. are still concen-
trated on speculation in South Africa
mines, but little attention being as yet
paid to American stocks.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-20
REVIVAL OF TRADE.
London Papers Comment on the
Improvement in Americn


Improvement in America.
LONDON, April 20.-In its financial
article this morning: the Times in dis
cussing the revival of trade in Ameri-
ca and its effect on the railroads says:
The rise in petroleum is largely due
to manipulation but 1t would be a
mistake to treat it as unimportant as
an evidence Of the revival of trade, for
petroleum, like other articles, in
large measure, has been unduly de-
pressed for some time past. The
Standard Oil combination has taken
advantage of the situation which arose
from ordinary economic causes, and it
is unlikely that the price will return
to its former low level. A substantial
rise in the price of wheat and cotton
would benefit the United States great
ly, and would probably turn exchanges
in favor of America, and thus prevent
gold being shipped to Europe even
after me gold bonds sold in Europe
have gone home. The prospects of i'm
proved trade are hopeful. both here and
in America, but the currency question
is still an element of danger The sue
cess of the bond issue may make peo-
pie forget that it was merely a pallia-
tive. No permanent good will be done
unless the period of grace secured by
the issue is utilized. The maturing
heavy installment- of the gold loan
caused no difficulty in money rates,
which were unchanged yesterday.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-20
SAW THE SUNKEN CHlc0RA.
Michigan Farmer Locates the
wrecked Steamer.

Michigan Farmer Locates the
Wrecked Steamer.
BENTON HARBOR, Mich, April
19.-WiIliam Hare, who lives on the
lake shore, halfway between South
Haven and Saugatuck, was in Benton
Harbor today. He drove in early, and
went directly to the offices of Graham
& Morton company at the docks Here
he was closeted with MIR. Graham and
Chief Engineer Mcclure, of the City
OF Chicago, for over two hours. The
company officials refused to talk of
the visit, but it was learned from other
sources that Mr.. Hare had located
the wreck of the steamer Chicora
!; Mr.. Hare was seen after he left the
offices of the company, and was evil
IDENTIFY excited over the interview that
had taken place behind closed doors.
He said: During the evening of
Wednesday, Jan. %, was on my way
home from Saugatuck. The road
leads along the lake shore. When
about halfway between the two
towns 1 happened to look out and saw
a boat headed for the shore She
was not drifting. There was a lull in
the storm, and my view was unob-
structed. 1t was the Chicora, 1 am
sure. She had high decks, and her
forward part was we'll out of water.
Her stern was down, and looked to be
sinking. There were no spars, and 1
saw no signs of life, nor heard dis
tress signals. There was no chance
of my being able to do anything for
the boat, and, as it was apparently
deserted, 1 went home. Afterwards
l went back, and the boat was then
lying on the bottom, with her bow up,
and the ice was pounding her heavily.
l paid no more attention to this, as 1
thought that her loss would be known
to her owners and everybody else.
When I found that the Chicora was
gone, and that nobody knew where
she had been lost, 1 was afraid to
tell what had seen for fear of public
censure.'
The place where Hare claims to
have seen the boat corresponds to the
locality in which others claim to have
seen large vessel during the search
for the Chicora.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-20
NO OIL BOOM COLORADO.
Prices Not Affected by the Rise In
the East.

FLORENCE, Col, April 19.-The Flo
renee oil market continues unaffected
by the rise in oil East. Supt Robinson,
of the United Oil company, whose prod
uct is sold to the Continental Oil COM
pany, says that the reason the price
has not been affected here yet is due
to the fact that the territory allotted
to Florence is about equal to the sup
ply, and here being no scarcity of oil,
there can be no advance. Mr.. Robin
son says the day is not far distant
when the Colorado field will be affected
and every other industry in the state
will share in the benefits resulting from
the rise ia oil. On the other hand the
independent producers, the Florence
Oil and Refining company and the Tri-
umph Oil company, assert that so long
as the Standard win not permit Flo
renee oil to be sold outside of Colorado,
New Mexico, Wyoming, Utah and Mon
tana, the price will stay where it is,
and that the only hope for rise in
oil here is the event of a rise in the
East sufficient to permit the independ-
ent producer to ship oil into Kansas,
Nebraska, Missouri and Texas, in COM
petition with Eastern oil.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-20
PARDRIDGE PLUCKED.
The PIunger n Heavy Loser in the
Rise in Wheat c&-

CHICAGO, April 19.-Ed Pardridge,
the wheat plunger, who has been a
successful bear in wheat for months,
was driven to cover today by the mar
ket's steady advance. He is reported
to have covered a short line of be-
tween four and five million bushels,
making his loss for the day something
like $150,000, if current talk on change
is accepted as true. Partridge showed
seemingly unlimited nerve in resist
ing the previous bulges of the market,
and has heretofore ignored the numer-
Gus wild scrambles of small shorts,
frequently stopping advances by his
own heavy selling. But the present
advance in price has been so general
that the plunger evidently concluded to
shorten his line. He is said to have
as much now out as he bought today,
all of it sold at between 8 and 4 cents
less than the present price.
The market for May wheat shortly
after the opening today sold sc higher
than it closed yesterday (5SAc), and
went as high as 595sc Partridge did
his heavy covering around 59c, and
when his wants were supplied, the
price fell back, the May option closing
at 5S1sc. The present bulge in wheat
is owing to the light interior move
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-20
BURN THE CHURCH.
Strong Feeling Against the Scene
of the Murders.

of the Murders.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 19.-That
section Of the city where Emanuel
church is located was originally the
Mission Dolores, founded by the friars
a hundred years ago, and is to this
day generally designated as 'the mis-
sion." Popular sentiment of the mis-
sion favors the razing of the edifice.
This telling extends even to those who
are not financially interested in the
property, but have an interest in the
moral atmosphere of the neighbor-
hood. The church has always been
under a cloud. A stain of human
blood marks it's history from one pas
tor who killed a newspaper proprietor.
and who blew out his brains, and
thence to the awful tragedy that is
now before the people. Everywhere
is heard the expression: Burn the
place down.
The feeling Is that the church should
never again be opened as place OF
worship. AS a resultsof these threat
ening expressions, the insurance COM
panies have Cancelled their policies
and the police have been on guard
there since the tragedy. 1t is report
ed that Durant and his lawyers are
preparing statement, outlining the
defense, which will be an endeavor to
prove an alibi.