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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-08-08
Eyes.

Said well known optician. -'sYou
have no idea how many people come in
here daily who want cheap glasses. AZ
lection of the eyes. which require the
incest aud most accurate adjustment to cor
rect, and which cannot be done without
good glasses, are deemed of less moment
than other so-called human necessities"
While he was speaking q man en-
tered who purchased pair of spectaclcs
for % cents. seThere Is an ex-
ample" continued the optician. "That
mans sight will probably become worse.
But there's large demand for cheap glass
es, and we are forced to supply that de-
mand. Cincinnati Tribune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-08-08

time accessories. This is trick, how
ever, for this costume is a new one,
sketched before 1t had found wearer,
and the effect described will not be
nearly as happy IL its wearer's face and
figure are soberly matured. But when
the young woman who now wears 1t
hands 1t over to some budding maiden
In the years to come and says with
lingering fondness. "Take II. dear; 1t
was thought very becoming In my
young days" then that lucky maid can
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-08-08

A traveller just returned from China
expresses surprise because there are
only 100 doctors in population Of 4OO,-
100000 people. In view Of the fact
that the Chinese hold physician per-
sonally responsible for the death Of any
patient in his hands 1t is remarkable
that there should be SO many doctors
there
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-08-08

An exchange says that "a scientist
who is studying the language Of cats
thinks that they swear" 1t wauld not
be remarkable il they picked up few
swear words at night while lodging
bootjacks.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-08-08

The beauties of the jury system ever
impress themselves upon the observ-
ing intelligence. In a California coun-
ty one Hill was not long ago arrested
for hog-stealing, arraigned and plead
ed guilty. Now he has concluded to
Withdrew the plea, and the county
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-08-08

"Wood-pulp cotton" Is made from
whitewood which has been macerated
with chemicals until it can be drawn
into thread. The threads so produced
can be readily woven, and 1t Is said
that cotton duck" made from them can
be readily washed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-08-08

The New York Mercury says that
''Tammany is still pretty robust ca
daver and Is busily chewing the cud
of the past" A cadaver chewing any
thing would be about as great curl
osity as Tammany tiger with a cud.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-08-08

After Bellevue hospital physicians
had treated woman ten days for "al-
coholism" she died, and post norton
examination showed that her brutal
husband had fractured her skull. That
institution needs good course of
"house-cleaning."
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-08-08

A Florida mob interrupted church
services in order to drag out the
preacher and lynch him. Very rude
and unmannerly; they should have
waited few minutes.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-08-08

Mark Twain is suffering with car
buncle on his knee, and assures an in
terviewer that "there is nothing funny
about It," Mark may be a good judge
of carbuncles, but what does he know
about humor?
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-08-08

The latest popular song is entitled
"When His Love Grew Cold" We
haven't heard it. but have no doubt it
refers to the first time he saw her in
hIoomers
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-08-08

1t seems that firebug is paid as high
as $3.50 for setting fire to building In
New York and charges $1,000. This is
not sign of prosperity for insurance
companies.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-08-08

The New York Evening World says
that 10000 persons from that town
went down to Coney Island Sunday
and got drunk. One fellow, 1t seems,
kept sober long enough to tell about 1t.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-08-08

Nettie Parker, of Minneapolis, wants
the city of Chicago to pay her $4,000
because policeman mistook her for a
man. The average new woman" would
feel fiattered by such an error.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-08-08

A New York paper asks whether 1t
Is not possible to take the new woman
too seriously. We do not see how 1t Is
possible to take her otherwise.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-08-08

The Chicago man who hit his bride
and told her to "shut up" when the pair
were applying for license had proba-
bly, never been married before.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-08-08

Says the st. Louis Chronicle: "We
now have a full supply Of gold, with
$107, 100000 reserve in our treasury"
We advise the Chronicle reporters to
ask for an increase of salaries.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-08-08

The monogrammed cigarette is no bet
ter for suicidal purposes than the old,
familiar kind. 1t isn't necessary to be
extravagant in order to be an imbecile.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-08-08

~ &SSeAA@o 49, ~N
that Dame
Fashion dictates,
that very few Of
them last more
than q season or
two. and three sea-
sons of acceptance
is enough to make q
style a regular old
est inhabitant. But
at last fashion ID
giving women
something t n q {
they may lay away
for their grand
daughters, for the
lcs-x o~ylo ~o rtx fTo
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-08-08

These days the man who has Ice to
rhoe mhas eltsltus. Nhelp-s7--ischerth
melt is richer than he who has money
TO burn.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-08-08

1t isn't very remarkable that Chaun-
cey M. Depew should wed "a woman
worth $S,O00,000." Any good, true wife
Is worth that amount.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-08-08

How original Nerve, of San Francis
co, is can be guessed from its sub title,
which reads: "A vehicle for original
ideas aud other strange things"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-08-08

OF course the farmer will have a
large crop OF oats, with nothing to feed.
them to but bicycles.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-08-08
4, The man VINO pays M ne goes finds
Il necessary to stay home good deal.

: The man who insists on consulting
= thermometer In hot weather deserves
no sympathy.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-08-08

The trolley, although still young In
Chicago, has proved q Jesse Pomeroy
in destructiveness. gse X
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-08-08
GOWNS AND OWNING.
WOMEN GIVE MUCH ATTENTION
TO WHAT THEY WEAR.

ssssf olaness II vsneiss Feminine. yrive-
ie.s, lGayhap. ssd yes offered - H.
Heps that the Heading May Prove
Restful % Wsarisd womankind
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-08-08

he lived only ten years. The next seven
presidents not only lived out their expec-
tation of life, but tile two Adamses, Jeffer-
son, Madison, jackson, Van Buren, and
Tyler exceeded it. But Harrison fell nine
years short of his expectatation Of life.
Polk seventeen, Taylor eleven, Pierce
seven, Lincoln sixteen, johnson seven,
Lincoln sixteen, Grant seven, Hayes three,
Garfield twenty two and Arthur fifteen. 1t
was true that Lincoln and Garfield were
assassinatcd, but the assassination OF a
president should always be taken into ac-
couptas possibility. Our first eight
presidents exceeded their expectation OF
life forty-ave years in the aggregate, while
their successors fell 10 years short. This
may seem strange when 1t is recollected
that the length of human life has steadily
increased during the century. The COM
piler.of these statistics suggests an expla-
nation. He says: "The fact seems plain
to me that the presidential Office
is becoming too heavy burden
for any man to assume without
almost certain shortening Of his life. The
responsibility is so great the tension so
destructive, that never again. expect TO
see president survive the full period of
his natural expectation"
THE report Of the interstate commerce
commission shows that the bonded debt
OF the railroads of the United States Is over
80, $50, 900 900, at an average interest of
8 per cent. or carrying an interest charge
of $267, 500, 000.,f Only one railroad in
twenty has made any provision for the pay
ment Of its bonded Indebtedness by q sink
ing fund, which shows what narrow
margin many of the railway companies
are doing business upon. The fixed charges,
current expenses and dividends, II any, are
paid, leaving no balance to be set aside for
the payment at maturity of bonded dsbtl
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WAS NOTED IN ART.

William W"trnore St"ry, sculptor and
Poet, D;e' in Italy.
LONDON, Oct. 9.-The Times an
nOuncrs that William Wetmore St0Iy,
the American sculptor, died at Val
lalnbrosa at the residence of his
daughter, the MarcheSa Peruzzi.
William WetmOre Story, artist,
sculptor and poet, was born at Salem,
Mass, Feb. II, 1919, and was the son of
Joseph Story, associate justice of the
supreme court of the United States and
the famous commentator on the consti.
tuition. He was graduated at Harvard
in 1888 and at its law department in
1910. He was a frequent contributor oil
both prose and verse to The Boston Mis-.
cellany and other periodicals. His first
volume of poems was published in 1874,
and in 1856 he delivered a poem at the
dedication Of the statue of Beethoven al
the Boston Music hall. In 1913 his fond
ness for art led to his going to Italy
where he had ever since resided, devot
ing his attention chiefly to sculpture.
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NAMED A FUSION TICKET.
Republicans and State Democrats Hold
Conventions.

Republicans and State Democrats Hold
Conventions.
NEW YORK, Oct. 9.-There was con-
siderable excitement before the formal
opening of the Republican county con
vention i'll Lyric hall, when the report
wa received that a fusion ticket had
been decided upon. The ticket was
finally agreed upon at the conference at
Republican headquarters which lasted
almost to the hour of holding the con.
vention. 1t was a great disappoint.
men to the straight ticket" men as
three places had been conceded to the
State Democracy, one to the Committee
Of Fifty and n to the Good Govern.
ment clubs. There We're left but foul
Platt Republicans on the ticket. The
Republicans and State Democrats bo;l
held county conventions and formally
placed i'll nomination tie fusion ticker
1t is expected that the German Amer
can Reform union will endorse the
ticket hocaCSe> the excise plank of tn,
State Democracy ticket is endorsed.
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ROBBED THE PASSENGERS.

Chicago street Car Held Up by Five
Masked Men.
CHICAGO, Oct. 9.-An Evanston cleo
trio car was held up between Argyle
Park and Edgewater by five masked
men. 1t was shortly after 8 O'Clock
Two of the robbers covered the motor
man and conductor and the other three
entered the car with drawn revolvers.
There were IS passengers. The women
screamed and those of the men who
made a movement to escape were given
al opportunity to look into the mouth
of a cooked revolver, When the pas.
sengers We're under control the fifth
robber, who was the most heavily
masked of all, entered and quickly
passed down the car appropriating the
valuables of the passengers. The con
ductor lost all the fares of the day ant
some OF the passengers were relieved O.
watches and money to the extent o.
several hundred dollars.
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UNCLE SANS HELP.
Congress May Aid the Northwestern Ex-
position.

LUX may <NAN sho AA-
position. ~
MINNEAPoLIs, Oct. "A Washing
ton special to The Journal says: If the
people Of the Northwestern states de-
eide to hold the proposed exposition in
1897, and ask the assistance of the gov.
eminent, the prospects seem bright for
securing an appropriation from con
gress. While there are only a few
congressman in Washington at the pres
snt time, and nothing like IA canvass is
possible regarding such a proposition,
yet, if the action of past congresses can
be taken as Il criterion, IL If the case
of tire Northwestern exposition is han
died properly before congress, aid can
be secured. The mel who bring this
matter before congress, however, will
be compelled to make IA most deter
mined fight to secure any money, and it
will be necessary, it is thought, by
those who know something about these
affairs here, that the Northwestern
states present a solid front when the
proposition is submitted for an appro.
priatiOn.
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Ply -.G\S At SEA.
Cannot Diag.n~r III" Cases of Wholesale
Poisoning at Subn'a, La.

SABULA, la. oct 9.-The singularly
distressing illness among the guests at
the wedding IF John luplaw and Anna
Gage Is Sti!I occupying the attention OF
the medical fraternity of this and other
cities. but 50 far III physician has been
able 70 correctly diagnose the case.
Three deaths have occurred and SO per-
sons are confined to their beds and sew.
eral of these are not expected to live
The peculiarly Of the disease is Aus ng
great apprehension ana i attrll utabl9
to the failure Of the physicians to sue
cessfully combat It Its similarity to
common forms OF poisoning and It's I'M
nervousness to all antidote> and u>ua.
remedies is u puzzler. Some Of the &c
Tins show every symptom Of trlchinoSIs
yet the ordinary treatment
Fails to Eradicate the Disease
or allay the fever with which it is &C.
companied. Others appear 10 be If
1icted with ptomaine and the antidote'
administered in cases Of mineral poison
| check the illness. The fact that mos
of the victims were not stricken unit
three weeks after p%artaking of the wed
ding feast furnishes another surprise tt
the physicians. There are % cases il
Sabula. In the surrounding country o
Jackson county are 30 or &C more~ pa
tients all showing the same symptom.
1t has transpired that after the meat
which were served at the wedding feaS
had been cooked the wedding was p $,
poned four days. Between the interva
Of this postponement and the marrlag
feast the weather was warm and II
meats which We're not iced or otherwlS
preserved became tainted.
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LITTLE PROGRESS.

Bishops and Deputies Wres ling With
constitutions Revision.
MINNEAPOLIs, Oct. AT the end Of
the days work in the Episcopal con-
vention the committee of the whole re-
ported progress and asked to sit again.
With IL exception, all that had been
done was to vote down amendments to
the commissions report. The only al,
teration made in the draft was the one
proposed by Judge E. H. Bennett of
Massachusetts, which includes the mis-.
sionary bishops within the United
states in counting quorums in the house
of bishops. Ten other amendments
were voted down. and each vote was a
negative Endorsement Of the commits.
ion. Not a single action was disposed
of finally.
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THE FAIR.
THE CITY.



Real estate was on the move to day
and rising fast.
John Gilchrist returned on the eve
ming train from Manchester.
Mr.. Boyer OF Herman township is
building II granary 20 by 26 feet.
Z Mrs. J. NJ. Preston and Charley Pres
ton returned last evening from Western
Kansas.
J. NJ. Preston was the lucky winner of
the silver water pitcher in F. G. Smiths
drug store.
Rev. A. e. Blackman returned last
evening from the Baptist convention at
WATERFOWL.
The Woman's Guild of Grace church
will meet to morrow afternoon with Mrs.
Al. C%ornelyson.
Mrs. John Stewart departed to-day
for Springfield, Mo-, where she will prob.
ably spend the winter.
J. I. Brorby departed to-day for
Hooper, Neb., where he has bought a
hardware stock and will 60 into
business.
Weather report: Cloudy, tonight and
Thursday; warmer tonight, cooler by
Thursday evening. Southerly, shifting
to northwest winds Thursday.
mir. and Mrs. C. w. Wood returned on
last evenings freight from Sioux City.
They would have returned by wheel
last week had not Mrs. Wood injured
herself by a fall from her bicycle while
at Sioux City.
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. and Mrs. A.
F.. Glover buried their little year and
half old daughter, Vera Isabel, who
died of brain trouble. The little one
was sick less than a week. In the 'ab
sence Of Rev. A. G. Blackman, Rev. Mr.
Tilgner conducted the funeral services
at the house.
The county commissioners were pre-
sented with a bill to-day from Judg'
Jones' court for $3.50, in payment O
costs of suit OF the State VS.. j. w. Hur
ley, F. D. Fits and Tim Lannon. Thi
was a suit wrongly brought agains
Hurley for violating an injunction Q
the court and was dismissed at the las
term OF court.
Kumpf Bros. of this place the othe
day received a carload OF flax mi
machinery. 1t is intended for a niue
larger and heavier mill for breaking fla
and making tow which Kumpf Bros. wi
set up for their rapidly increasin
business. They now have orders for IA
car loads OF to~ and propose to get
out as rapidly as possible.
X Frank Hyer, who has been a resider
cf Eugene City, Oregon, for sever,
years past, returned last evening an
will settle down again on the tamil
farm north OF Wentworth. He report
business IN fair condition in Oregon, b,
says the people of this vicinity ought
feel satisfied with the condition
things here compared to localities alor
the route he has travelled. s. Mereal
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formerly a citizen here, Mr.. Heyer re-
ports prospecting at Eugene City.

formerly a citizen here, Mr.. Heyer re-
ports prospecting at Eugene City.
Yankton dispatch, s: Members of the
state board of agriculture are highly in
censed at the attack made upon them
by the Sioux Falls papers, which charge
them with misappropriating funds and
mismanaging the affairs of the fair. w.
d. Russell, the superintendent OF gralns'
and a member of the board, said that
when Sioux Falls bid for the location OF
the fair it made certain pledges that
were not fulfilled and that the board at
its January meeting would probably To-
cate the fair elsewhere. Sioux Falls
agreed to pay the association certain
funds. to furnish the state board the fair
grounds. buildings and race track, be-
longing to Clark Coates and to have the
building in good order and pay all
necessary advertising and printing for
the fair. This contract was signed by
Porter 2. Peck and other responsible
citizens, but was afterwards stolen. The
association was compelled 70 put the
grounds in order to prevent a fata
failure. The board bought lumber, paio
water rent, advertising and printing
bills, paid it's baseball guarantees ane
other expenses. The board intends t.
have it's contract fulfilled to the letter o.
remove the fair toa place where the!
will receive decent treatment.
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Advertised Letters

List of ,etters remaining ~uncalled for
!, tho n~ostottice in Madison. Oct. 9
1so5.
Rasted Harry.
Brandt. .Josenh.
Pitcher. II. G.
Furtnav Ed.
Ganlev. Sherm,n.
Gordon. James.
Grooo = x
u.mnor Goo II
ua,sor Mrs Gro
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1895.


Local Time able. =
Chicago. Milwaukee Il 81. panl suway, which
took effect, sunday, August %, 1883:
TRAINS come EAST.
Passenger, no. 4, departs 11:35 a. NJ.
Freight, No. SO, departs $3.50 a. y.
Freight, No. "a, departs 8 20 p. m.
TRAINS GONE wEsT,
Passenger, No. L, departs 3:35 p. m.
Way freight, No. 20, departs 1880 a. m.
TRAINS FROM THE EAST.
Passenger, No. 1, arrives $3.50 p. m.
Freight, No. g, arrives 4 :50a. m.
Freight, No. 81, arrives 5.55 p. IN.
TRAINS FROM THE WEST.
Passenger. No. a, arrives IL 80 a. m.
Freight, No. W, arrives 5:4S p. m.
All the above trains carry passengers; but
freights only when passengers are provided with
tickets.
Passenger trains going east make connection
at Egan for all points south, and passenger traiI
going west, at WoGnsocket for all points north.
MADISON Il BRIsToL LINE.
Passenger going north departs $40 a. m.
Passengerf from north arrives, 800 p. IN.
JNO LARKIN. Local Agent.
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HOT PRAIRIE FIRES.


Two Lives Lost Near Ellenda e-Much
Grain Burned.
GLENDALE. n. d., Oct. S.-A great
prairie fire ragged through this and adj,
joining counties during the latter part
of the past week. 1t was started west
of Frederick by "a match which had been
used to light a cigar, and rapidly spread
despite the immediate efforts to OK.
tingnish it. The burned district lay
in Brown county, South Dakota. and
Dickey and Mcintosh. covering q
region nearly 40 miles in length. A
Russian was burned to death while
blowing a fire break around his grain
A boy was so badly burned that he viii
die, and several others were badly
burned upon various parts of their bod
les. Much grain and hay was destroyed
1t was extinguished near Merr!court
this COUNT
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Acts at once, never fails, One Minute
Cough Cure. A remedy for asthma, and
tina. feverish condition which accom-.
panies a severe cold. The only harmless
remedy that produces immediate results
FRANK SMITH.
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There are many good reasons why
you should use One Minute Cough Cure
There are no reasons why you SHOULD
not, if in need Of help. The only harm
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1t is a truth in medicine that the small
est dose that performs a cure is the best
De Wits Little Early Risers are the
smallest pills, will perform a cure, and
are the best.
FRANK SMITH.
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It's just az easy to try One Minute
Cough. Cure as anything else. It's
easier to cure a sever cough or cold
with it. Let your next purchase for a
cough he One Minute Cough Cure. Bet
ter medicine; better results; better try
il. FRANK SMITH.
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Repullican District Con VentiOn.

Republican District Convention.
A Republican delegate onv ntion for
the FIRST Commissioner district of Lake
county Is hereby called to meet in the
town hall OF the village of Wentworth,
Lake county, s. d., at ! O'Clock p. m.
Tuesday, October u, 1890. The basis OF
representation for the townships com
prising said district is as follows:
Chester ..........2 Summit ..........2
Leroy Rutland. ........3
Nupda. Wentworth. "A
/ Unless otherwise ordered by township
committees, it is recommended a caucus
be held at the usual polling place in
each township, Monday, October IA
at s o'clock p. III. HENRI NELL,
Chm Co. Rep. Cent. Com.
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For rent, house in good repair, good
location. CHAs. B. KENNEDY.
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The healing properties of De Wits
Witch Hazel Salve are we'll known. 1t
cures eczema, skin affections and Is
simply a perfect remedy for pies.
FRANK SMITH.
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Don't Tobacco spit or smoke Your

Don't Tobacco spit or Smoke Your
Life Away
IS the truthful. startling title of a book
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Say, why don't you try De Wits Lit
tie Early Risers? These little pills cure
headache, indigestion and consumption:
They're small. but do the work.
FRANK SMITH.