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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14

in inexbaustible quantities; lead and tin
exist in great abundance. Asphaltum
enough to pave the streets of all the
cities in the world is found in the marsh
es and islands Of the coast, and petroleum
and coal enough to light them is near at
hand. Extensive deposits of salt and
soda exist in various places along the
coast, while many other minerals of more
or less value are to be found in various
parts of the republic. In short, there Is
as much wealth below the roots of the
Venezuelan forests as can be found
above them.
The fertility of the Venezuelan soil,
when the forests can be subdued and ma
tive vegetation checked to a sufficient ex-
tent to permit the growth of cultivated
crops, is said to be almost incredible, and
so many stories are told of the quantities
of food products raised on a single acre
that imagination is fairly staggered at
the narratives. Of course, the greatest
production is in the line of tropical plants
and fruits, and, no doubt, when plans are
devised TO transport ripe tropical fruits
long distances without impairing their
quality, a new source Of wealth will be
added to the State. At present the rich
est fruits grow almost spontaneously,
while the cultivation, even in the careless
fashion common among the Indians, of
garden vegetables brings princely re-
turns. The staple productions are coffee,
cocoa. cotton, sugar, corn, tobacco and
wheat 1t is estimated that about 40O,-
600 acres are now planted In coffee trees,
and as the quality Of Venezuelan coffee
u excellent. and by some persons
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14
Mistaken Identity All Around.

81 heard story the other day that
struck me as being rather good" said
well-known railroad man. 1.-TWO
drummers who were strangers to each
other occupied the same seat in a car
on Western road. After several miles
Of silence they drifted into converse
ton on the subject of mistaken identity.
One said: Il was once mistaken for
Gen. Grant. l was seated In front of
the Southern Hotel, st. Louis, one af-
ternoon when a stranger came up and
said: How do you do, General? I am
glad to see you
81 had similar experience said
the other. Il was in Washington last
winter and one day gentleman STOP
ped me ard said: 'Adlai, come and have
q drink
San freshman who was in the seat In
front had been listening to the CONVEX
sation. When the second speaker had
given his experience the Irishman turn
ed around to him and said: That's
shtrange, for Oh had an experience of
thot koind mesilf. 1 wor coming out of
me house wan morning when a man
come up to me and said: The divil,
where did you come fromY"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14
A. COLLEGE IN MARACAIBO.

gion, in which the tree best hourishes is
comparatively restricted, and large part
of the region most favorably adapted to
the growth of this tree lies within the
limits of Venezuela.
The urban population of Venezuela il
not large; though there are many small
towns and villages. Only two cities are
of considerable size. In the marshy re-
gions the Indians live in huts elevated on
poles above the water, and it was this
popularity of habitation that gave a name
to the State, Little Venice, it being 80
called by the early Spanish explorers
The capital, Caracas, and La Guayra,
the chief seaport, are the most important
cities from either social, political or
commercial point of view. The former.
only seven miles in direct line from the
latter and the sea, is over twenty miles
distant by the stage route, for a range of
rugged mountains intervenes between
the capital and the sea, and only recently
has railroad been constructed that en-
ables a shorter line to be taken. The city
is beautifully laid out in the center of a
beautiful valley, and has all the appoint
ments of modern city. The population,
according to the census of four years ago,
is 10000, only 10000 more than it had at
the beginning of this century, but besides
going through the horrors of merciess
war with the Spaniards, it was almost
utterly destroyed in 1912 by an earth
quake, that, coming without notice, pros
trated nearly every house in the city.
How many lives were lost on that occa-
sion will never be known, for the living
were too few to bury the dead, so the
bodies were gathered in heaps here and
there and burned.
A volume would not do justice to the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14
Blessing I'm Disguise.

In a remote country district a lady,
locally described as zone Of the board
ers," CHANGED to call at a most unpre-
tentious farmhouse. On the parlor
wall, hanging in the most conspicuous
place, she saw the announcement:
lei on parie francais.
She was surprised, and no doubt her
face betrayed her feelings. Why
should French he spoken In this Out-of-
the-way place? And, If spoken, why
should the fact be published?
The old farmer came to her relief.
WAL, yes, most folks looks kinder
befuzzled at that" Ire said. "Some-
times they stares and stares at It, an
don't dassent ask no questions. Moth
er bought 1T Of a man that brought
things round to the door-nOt EXACTLY
a peddler-a kind of a agent he called
hisself. And as soon's mother set eyes
on It, and the agent told her what the
words was, noth.n' would do but she
must hev it. She's kinder pfous, mother
is"
HS the NiSitOI y my stiucNtlOu was
only increased. the old gentleman went
on, twinkle in his eye:
"Ah, I see you can't read 'em. nuther.
Neaw, thought you city folks knowed
furrin words. Waal, FL tell yer. Them
words jest means, God bless our home.
Thet's what the agent said. Now yer
wouldn IA thought it, would yer? And
II dunno myself but it's Kinder brought q
blessn'. Mother says it hes"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14
When Did They Live?

One Of the most interesting questions
relating to the early history of Switzer-
land is that of the probable le1gth Of
time that has elapsed since the peo-
pie called the Lake Dwellers'' occu-
pied the curious houses whose remains
are now found there. A fresh exam
ination of this question has lately been
undertaken by Monsieur Vouga.
The earliest Of the Lake Dwellers be-
longed to the Age of Stone, and they
were succeeded by others who made
weapons and implements Of bronze.
Monsieur youga thinks the. the people
who made the stone implements lived
during only one, or at most two, CEN
turtles on the shores OF the Swiss lakes,
and that for some reason, perhaps be-
cause Of an inundation, they suddenly
deserted their homes.
Then for three thousand years the
waters continued to deposit slowly
thicken.ng layer Of mud upon the sites
Of the abandoned villages. At the end
Of that time another people, who had
acquired the art of making bronze,
appeared upon the scene, the lakes hav-
ing in the meantime, perhaps, sunk to
their former level. These people re-
NAMED there for two or three cen
turtles, and then In their turn disap-
peared, and another layer Of mud. occu-
pying three thousand years more in
the process of deposition, covered the
remains of their dwellings and the
relics of their art and industry.
The muddy bottom of lake forms a
strange record-book for human history,
but II Is better than none at all.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14

without war or cesson or purchase. The
process is instructive
The boundary dispute recently called
up has had the effect of greatly interest
ing the people of the United States in the
residents of a country, which, although
separated from us by thousands of miles
of sea and land, is yet brought near by the
ties created by similar form of govern
ment. Although small and weak power,
Venezuela is large country, having
length from east to west of more than
900 miles, breadth from north to south
exceeding 700, and an area of over 594,-
600 square miles. Roughly speaking,
therefore, it is about as long as from st.
Louis to the Gulf of Mexico and about
as wide as from st. Louis to the Atlantic
Ocean. If line were drawn direct from
st. Louis to Washington, and from st.
Louis to the Gulf, the territory lying to the
south and east of these lines would APP
proximate in extent that of Venezuela.
1t is over twice as large as either Texas
or France, nearly twice as large as Ger
many and ten times as large as England.
In so extensive territory even under a
tropical sun, there is ample room for al
most every kind of climate, and Venezue-
la can boast of more climates than any
other land on the American side of the
world, excepting Mexico. Inc lnnumer-
able varieties, however, reduce themselves
to three species: the intensely hot, the
moderately hot and the temperature, or,
as a recent traveller expressed the idea,
"One is hot enough to cook an egg in a
minute, the second takes ten minutes and
the third is cool enough to keep an egg
fresh for a couple of days" Along the
seacoast and especially round Lake Mara
caibo, the thermometer frequently stands
at ITO degrees in the shade all day long;
little further inland, on lands somewhat
elevated above the marshes, the mean
temperature is about so, while on the ele-
waited tablelands of the interior very
moderate climate prevails most of the
year. with occasional flurries of snow in
the winter. From the diversity of climate
It might be supposed that Venezuela is
capable of growing any sort of agricul-
tural product that is known anywhere
else in the world, but this is not the case,
for the elevated plateaus of Venezuela,
unlike those of Mexico, are by no means
fertile, and large portions, comprising
thousands of square miles, are quite unit
for cultivation. even of the primitive kind
most popular among the Venezuelan In.
dams. But there is plenty of room for
the farmer in the less elevated regions of
the republic. for it is estimated that
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14
or good many years to come Venezuela

for good many years to come Venezuela
will be over-crowded.
1t is the best watered country on the
globe Within it's limits there are over
1000 rivers of navigable size, besides in
Vulnerable creeks and smaller streams,
and nearly all this vast number have their
rise within the boundaries of the republic,
springing from the mountain ranges that
divide. in almost every direction, the ter
ritory of Venezuela from that of her
neighbors. With so great number OF
rivers, Venezuela ought to be one of the
best known and best explored countries
on the globe. but it is not, from the fact
that the luxuriance of nature is such that
the rivers flow through almost unbroken
and impenetrable forests. Everywhere
trees in closest array, the branches inter-
lacing and forming an archway over the
stream; everywhere a network of creep
ers and vines, through which it is impossi-
BILE for the traveller to make his way. Yet
these forests themselves, which now
stand as barrier in the path of civilian
ton, are destined, in the future, to form
one of the principal sources of the na-
tional wealth. At the National EXPOSE
ton of Venezuela. held at the capital in
1883, there were exhibited 2,070 different
varieties of wood, composing 600 distinct
species and embracing every kind of wood
used in the arts and architecture. There
were several kinds of rosewood, mahog-
any, cedar and other ornamental woods,
with oak, pine and others which are found
in equal or greater abundance elsewhere.
But not for their wood only are the for
ests of Venezuela valuable, for the forest
products may become an almost equal
source of revenue. Thousands of square
miles are covered with the trees that pro-
duce rubber, thousands more with Gin
chona forests that have never been
touched with the AK. while plants useful
in medical art and practice are numbered
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14
Bores.

Dean Hole, of Rochester Cathedral,
England, in his lecture on 'Bores and
Impostors," did not refer to the man
who is a "bore' because he will talk
when you wish to speak, but to those
social mosquitoes who annoy and frrf-
tate. Said the dean:
1.-The bore always talks to you about
what you don't understand or don't
like. One of them wrote to me some
time ago, stating that he had heard
that many years ago the Danes stretch
ed the skins Of their dead on the cathe-
dral doors, and asked for some infor-
nation on the subject replied that I
was too much occupied with the bodies
and souls Of Christians to give much
thought to the epidermis of the early
Danes. Another wrote me that man
in Rochester owed him money, and ask
ed whether I could hot collect 1t for
him. replied that I was a dean, not
a dun.
''Then there is the idle bore. He is a
terrible nuisance. l knew one Of them,
an idle farmer, who used to call upon
an industrious farmer and talk, and
talk, and talk. Once, after wasting a
whole afternoon, he got ready to go.
His horse was ut the door.
"'Going through the town. the in
dustrious farmer asked.
"'Yaas.
"'Know the cooper's shopY
"Yaas-fellow who makes barrels
"'Well, just stop there and have two
hoops put around your waist or you'll
burst with self-impOrtance.'
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14

case, the ends of long teeth being
in grooves and pressed out by springs,
insuring perfect vacuum and taking
up wear. The water enters at the bot
ton by suction, the stream dividing and
filing the chambers made by the long
teeth as the cams revolve, and discharg-
ing at the top. The rotary motion is
steady and continuous, there being no
dead points, and the pump may also
be used as force pump to force water
to any height or distance from the
numn
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14

utIStOOu L III u tut
Monroe doctrine was being disregarded;
that weak little nation was being de-
spoiled. and that the United States was
using up reams of paper in diplomatic cor
respondence on the question. Yet so well
did John Bull prosper in the acquisition
of land on American soil that in 1887 the
British official publications announced
that British Guiana contained 100000
square miles. Just the year before the
official record, and the authorized records
of all civilized countries, gave the
area as 10000 miles. Where did the
South American colony of England get
it's increase? No new survey had been
made; no territory had been gained by
ccssion or accretion from the sea, or by
a new adjustment of boundary lines.
England had got $4,000 square miles of
land, an area as large as the State of In
diana, and Venezuela had been robbed of
that much.
The astonishing part of the whole af-
fair was that no one entered a protest
loud enough to be heard. The world
accepted the usurpation, new maps were
made of the territory. BY 1890, in spite
of the diplomatic correspondence. the re-
port of the International Conference con-
tains two maps of South America, both
of which agree that there is no dispute
about boundaries between Venezuela and
British Guiana, and that the latter con-
tains all the area latest claimed for it in
1887. The new boundary is accepted by
the United States, boundary made by
England and protested against by Vene-
zuela. The scale upon which England's
continued encroachments have been pros
ecuted is shown by the map. Cuyani line
is as far to the westward of the Schom-
burgh line as that is from the Esequibo
River-the legitimate boundary accord
ing to Venezuela) of British Guiana. This
is rapid progression. Within six years
Great Britain has acquired territory
nearly as large as the State of Illinois.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14
Oh csc Laundry Tickets.

The Chinese washermen have q sys-
TEN Of ticketing bundle Of soilec
clothes based on the many gods and
goddesses Of the laundry. Though It Is
complicated, the laundryman seldom
delivers q bundle OF washed clothes to
the wrong person.
Furthermore, II the ticket Is lost, the
chances are that you will not get your
linen, unless you are particular friend
Of the proprietor. Instances are on rec
ord where an American has gone to
court to force the Chinese to yield up
the washing, but the Judge was not
convinced that the case Of the white
man was a good one.
The Chinese laundryman at the be-
ginning Of each week makes out a
batch of checks, in duplicate, to be used
as wash tickets. He selects the name of
some god or goddess. or Of some OBJ
ject, as the sun, the moon, or the stars.
To this name he prefixes number, as
"Moon, No. l." "Moon, No. 2" and so
on.
In the space between the two legends
for the signs are repeated twice-he has
his own name, as, for instance, "Wah
Lee"
When a customer takes a bundle of
washing to the laundry, the Chinese,
first tearing a ticket in two In a ragged
fashion, puts one-half on the packet for
reference; the other half he gives as a
receipt to the person VINO has brought
the package Of laundry.
1t must be presented when the laun-
dry Is demanded, and no fears need be
entertained that the package Of clean
clothes will not be forthcoming, for
they are scrupulously exact in these
matters.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14
An Editor.

Some boys were asked the other day
to define editor" Here are some of
their definitions: can editor Is a man
who handles words" "An editor makes
his Lying out of the English language"
"An editor is somebody who does not
do anything himself, and when some
body else does, goes and tells other
people all about It." IAN editor is a
man who has the industry of beaver,
the instincts of bee and the patience
of an ass."-BOOk Buyer.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14
The Watch still Going.

A singular incident took place tire
other day on Damariscotta Lake.
Maine, which shows the voracity of the
bass in that lake. A party from the
Kennebec were fishing from boat
when one Of them caught the end of
his fishpole in his watchguard and
flung his gold watch overheard into
forty feet Of water. About an hour
afterward, and a mile and a quarter
distant, they caught six-pounder, and,
noticing his fullness and peculiar ap
pearance. he was opened, and there was
the watch, still going.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14
To Harden Wax.

To harden wax for mechanical uses,
melt the wax and add to 1t hot calcined
plaster or any of the ochres, previously
heated. The amount used depends upon
the quality Of the wax. The addition
of resin will increase the hardness.
This mixture can be cast, wrought with
n knife, chisel or saw, or turned in a
lathe. In fact, 1t can be used for q
variety Of useful purposes.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14

of prospectors have discovered others
that will be quite as rich.
Silver is almost as plentiful as gold;
copper is found in quantities so large and
in situations where the metal is SO easily
worked, that the copper of Venezuela is
already competing in Europe with that
from other countries Iron ore is found
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14

the bean is preferred even to- that Of
Java, the acreage is annually increasing
More coffee is produced in Venezuela thar
in any other country of the new world
except Brazil. Besides coffee, however
Venezuela has another source of wealth
In the cocoa tree. The cocoa belt, or TO
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14

Mrs. Figg-Dear me! You never come
into the house without making an at
tack on that dish of doughnuts. Tom
my-Yes. nav; a home run doesn't
count unless Teller hits the plate,
you know.-Indianapoli Journal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14

by the hundred. If Venezuela had moth
ing but forests the State would be
wealthy; but there is reason to believe
that the mineral products are equally rich.
Gold has been found in every portion of
the republic, from the desert steppes of
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14

giish 10 claim land to which they have
not shadow of title; and no doubt is
felt that when the mines of Venezuela are
properly worked the worlds output of
precious metal will be largely increased.
Some of the mines now worked produce
seven ounces to the ton, and the labors
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14
WORLDS wckEDEsr WOMAN.

jane Cskebread, Who Has Been Arr
rested $50 Times.
All London IL laughing just now and
all at the expense Of Lady Henry Son.
erset. Some time ago she took upon
herself the reformation OF Jane Cake
bread, the "wickedest woman In Lon
DON" or. as some say, Sin the world"
Poor old Jane has record of which she
Is very proud. She has been arrested,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14
a HORSEPOWER PUMP.
1t May Be Used to Force Water te
Any Height.

Any Height.
The illustration represents simple,
strong and highly efficient horse power
and pump, which has been in general
use on the Pacific coast for the past
eight years. 1t is described in the
Scientific American. The fianges of the
entire casing are bolted to timbers over
or at one side Of well, and the large
gear or master wheel as it revolves
sets in motion the pinion shaft and
large chain gear which runs the pump,
a sectional view of which Is shown in
the small figure.
1t comprises pair of corrugated
cams working together in an oval
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14

Numerous are the people who have
"builded better than they knew" A
small boy In one Of the public schools
was asked to define a demagogue. "a
demagogue," he said, ''is vessel that
holds wine, gin, whisky, or any other
liquor. Bangor News.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14

Friend--why didn't you ever marry
Maiden Lady-Because by the time my
relations thought was old enough to
marry the men thought l was too DID,
New York Weekly.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14

Half Back-Scared dozen people in
to fits yesterday. Center Rush-How?
Half Back-Rode my wheel home Dress
ed in my football suit!-Chicago Record
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14
by Britain.

~ ~sN &<>t
years readers of the
press have heard
now aud then Of the
progress made by
Great Britain in ex-
{ e N d | n g her rule
from the indefinite
boundary line of
British Guiana over
a considerable por-
ton of Venezuela.
1t was vaguely I'M
derstood [ h at the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14
COVETED BY ENGLAND
THE FLouRisHiNo REPUBLIC
OF VENEZUELA.

A Country of Immense wea1th-For-
ests with Every Kind of Precious
Wood, Mines of All Valuable Metals
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14
Sol?

The Atlantic takes its name from
Mount Atlas.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14

fiourishing republic that Great Britain
now seeks to dismember, much less an
article
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14

On chilly days the maiden grieves
Though dressed in garments new;
She can't display her silk waists