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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-20
The DandeIion.

The dandelion belongs to the larg-
est. Oldest and most widely diffused
order of plants. While other orders
Of plants have died out and become
mere fossil remains in the rocks, this
order has survived the geological
changes of many different periods, ON
account of it's power of adapting it
self to those changes. And these
changes in their turn have only
made it better suited for all the va
ried soils and climates of the earth
at the present day.
We find members of this order in
every part OF the globe. in places as
far apart from each other as they can
be. 1t is the prevailing and domi-
nant order ofvegetable life, the most
highly finished. and the most sue
cessful family of plants. And the
dandelion is one of the most perfect
forms belonging to it.
1t is the head and crown of the
vegetable kingdom, as man is the
head and crown OF the animal cre-
alton, and it is curious how the high
est type of plant always is found
only where man, the highest type Of
animal life is found, and where he
dwells or cultivates the soil. 1t is
never found apart from him; it fol-
lows him wherever he goes--to
America, Australia and New Zealand;
and there in the new home it becomes
a silent reminder of the dear old land
he may never see again.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-20
Miles Of Solid Ice.

The front of the glacier is about
three miles wide, but the sheer mid
die, berg-producing portion that
stretches across the inlet from side
to side, like huge green-and-blue
barrier, is only about two miles wide,
and it's height above the water is
from $50 to 800 feet. But soundings
made by Captain Carroll show that
720 feet of the wall is below the sur
face, while third unmeasured por-
ton is buried beneath the moraine
detritus, that is constantly deposited
at the foot Of it. Therefore, were the
water and rocky detrltus cleared
away, sheer precipice of ice would
be presented nearly two miles long
and more than thousand feet high.
Seen from distance, as you come up
the ford, it seems comparatively
regular in form; but 1t Is far other
wise; bold, jagged capes jut forward
into the ford, alternating with deep
re-entering angles and sharp, craggy
hollows with plain bastions, while
the top is roughened with innumer-
able spires and pyramids and sharp,
hacked blades leaning and topping,
or cutting straight into the sky.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-20
THE REAL TROUBLE.
Why kinsiey Did Not Like His New
Home.

Bingo-Didn't you have some trou-
BILE in building your house?
Kingley-Oh. little. The archi-
tect made slight mistake in the es-
innate, and it cost me $4,000 more
than counted on.
Bingo-Was that all?
Kingley-All? No, sir! The car
penters forgot there was such thing
as specifications, and left out hall |;
but of course one shouldn't mind a
little thing like that.
Bingo-Certainly not
Kingley-Then the pipes were put
in wrong, and had to be replaced.
Bingo-That usually happens.
Kingley-Oh. yes. Then neglected
my business for three months trying
to find the architect, and that cost
me q pretty penny.
Bingo-But you expected that.
Kingley-Certainly. After the place
was finished found my old furniture
wouldn't do, and / had to get new
outfit! Then my cellar flooded, the
roof leaked and the piazza warped |;
but these things aren't anything to
the trouble Pm in now.
Bingo-What's the matter now?
Kingley-I can't sell the house.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-20
T he Wrong Medicine.

There lives in town not far from
herein fact, it Is at Skaneateles-a
couple who think good deal of each
other, and when one is i'll the other
does everything in the world for her
or his welfare. Not long ago the
husband was taken i'll and his wife
rummaged around to find some medi-
cine in the house. Finally she came
across a box of little black pills.
There was no writing on the coyer Of
the box to tell what they were, but
as they resembled certain liver pill
the wife concluded they must be the
required thing. She gave them to
her hubby regularly and he seemed
to improve. About week after,
when he had got down to the last
pill, he CHANGED to turn the box
over. He gave yell that startled
the whole neighborhood. His wife
ran to him, thinking that he was
dying. Look" he cried; read
what 1t says on the bottom J" She
did MS he babe her, and this was
what she read: prime Crown Morn.
ing Glory Seedsl"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-20

quadrupled In mileage they have 40
tained to the enormous proportions
OF two hundred thousand miles; they
have cost close upon ten billion dol
lars; they employ more than q mill
lion men, and they run more than .
million cars, which Is to say that,
stretched out In a straight line, with
locomotives and tenders, they would
form q train more than seven thous-
and miles long.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-20
A srvPENDovs FEAT.
RscIsImina 76o Square Miles Of
Land Now Under Water.

SmOo wow O0o0T WotOTs
One OF the most stupendous feats
in engineering which the world has
ever seen Is proposed by the people of
Holland, being nothing less than the
reclamation Of the waters submerged
by the Zuyder Zee. The scheme, II
carried out. will result in recovering
about $50 square miles of land now
under water and will add q new prov
ince to the country. 1t is estimated
that the work will cost over $780,
O00 600. and will require 33 years of
constant labor. The Dutch Govern
ment has recently received q favor
able report on the plans from thu
ROYAL commission appointed to look
into the project, and it is re ported
that the government and many Of the
leading citizens OF Holland consider
the scheme practicable. In the ex-
pansion Of territory, in the increase
of trade and agriculture, and in the
giving to thousands Of people the OPP
portunity OF profitable employment.
the project, though a stupendous
and very costly one, will be one that
Will IOCoHiiACuu ioSCAA w hOSV AAoA-
landers.
The work proposed to be done con-
sists, first, OF the construction Of an
extensive embankment from almost
the extreme point of North Holland
to the Friesland coast, so as to shut
out the ocean from all further access
to the Zuyder Zee; and second, Of
the formation, by means of further
embankments, Of four great "pold-
ers" on different parts of the shores
of the Zuyder Zee for the purposes Of
land reclamation. IC is estimated
that the capital value of the land to
be reclaimed, for agricultural pur-
poses, will be over $l35, 900, 900.
There is one important point which
has been raised by the DIRECTORS to
the plan, and that is that its con-
summation will practically destroy
the Zuyder Zee fisheries. the reve-
nues of which now average about
$3.50, 600 per year, employment being
given through these fisheries to 5000
persons, and 1900 vessels. To COM
pensate the fishermen for their loss
the Royal commission proposes to
give to every man thus deprived Of q
means Of livelihood new vessel suit
able for the North Sea fisheries; and
further to insure them against acct
dent, to pension old fishermen and to
exempt from harbor dues all the craft
owned by them. 1t is believed in
Holland that after the settlement Of
the secondary questions the gov
eminent will at once order the great
work Of reclaiming these lands under
water to be begun.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-20
A Hint to Husbands.

A Significant occurrence is reported
from Louisville. Matt Schmidt had
occasion to stay out later the other
night than usual, and his wife, who
Is nervous woman, became very
much alarmed for fear of burglars,
or something. She locked up. the
house tightly and went to bed, and
when Mr.. Schmidt came home and
tried to get In he could not. He rang
the bell, and as there was no re-
Spouse he forced the door and went
upstairs. His wife was apparently
sleeping peacefully, so he went to
bed. In the morning he discovered
that she had heard him trying to get
in, and 1t had frightened her so that
she had entirely lost the use Of her
voice. It Is to be feared that there
will now be an epidemic of men COM
ing home late and frightening their
wives by forcing the door. Possibly.
however, 1t may not have the same
effect on every nervous woman.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-20
THE PERFECT WOMAN.
A Story Of How That Event Was
Realized.

In a book by Leon Gazlin, the
French author, is the following
pretty account OF the distribution Of
the charms OF the female sex by
fairy:
ITO the Castillian, long and black
hair, with which she might almost
make q mantilla.
ITO the italian, eyes bright and
ardent as midnight eruption Of
Vesuvius.
ITO the Turk, a form as round as
the moon and soft as eiderdown.
ITO the German, beautiful teeth
and an earnest heart, profoundly in
clined to love.
ITO the English, aurora borealis to
glorify or paint her cheeks, her lips
and her shoulders.
"Afterward she gave gayety to the
Neapolitan, wit to the Irish, good
sense to the Fleming.
But when this good fairy, who
had served out all these female at
fractions to the daughters of Eve,
had exhausted all her treasures, an
attractive little figure came tripping
up and asked for her share. And
who are you, dear?' said the good
fairy, rather surprised. %, I'm a
Persistence said the little lady. Pm
sorry said the fairy, but / have given
everything to your sisters; have ac-
tually nothing left This caused
great grief to the petitioner. so much
so that the fairy took pity on her,
and calling the other recipients 'of
her bounty together, put it to them
whether. as she had been so generous
to them, they would not give q por-
ton of her gifts to the little stranger,
which they agreed to do. They each
gave her share Of the fairy's gifts;
hence the Parisienne, who. we are
told, combines in sufficient degree
oil that makes womankind delightful.
1.-THE American was not present
when these good things were being
served out, for the very good reason
that in that good fairy's time she
hadn't been invented yet; but she
was equal to the occasion. She had
no idea OF being left out in the cold.
Like those fine old Milesan families
who had boat Of their own at the
food, she got fairy Of her own. and
told her to take the Parisienne for q
model, and see IL she could not i'm
prove upon her. Hence the Ameri-
caine. Whether the American fairy
was successful in fulfilling the in
structions OF her fair client I must
leave to better judges to decide; but
there is no doubt that original and
copy are very NICE"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-20

IL shown In thy clear brown eyes, and
the vocabulary Of thy tail and ears.
! will tell the Don OF thy faithfulness
and thou shalt be canonized among
dogs. Thou art no longer young. ],
myself. have known thee number
OF years. Thou shalt be relieved Of
the care and labor Of the field, and
live at the ranchhouse. where the
Don Will give thee Q place by the fire.
and III stroke thy head like this. as
he tells the story OF thy sagacity."
Light Of heart. Father Gaspard
started once more on his way to-
ward the Gabilan. At evening he
reached the edge OF the mountain.
and looking back saw nothing but
sea of fog. But had 1t been clear he
might have seen shower OF dirt and
grass flung high In the air, caused by
Domingo In the act OF resurrecting
the remains OF the lamb for his sup
Dor
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-20
HOW GRANT WHEELER DIED.
A Notorious Bandit Chose Suicide
Rather Than Captivity.

OoSU0T sUoU SoPssvsSys
With officers of the law hard upon
his trail Grant Wheeler, the train
robber, avoided capture recently by
sending o revolver bullet through
his brain. Wheeler was a desperate
character and the widest Of the ruff.
fans with whom he associated. The
robbery in which he figured and for
which he was hunted to his death
occurred on Thursday, January 81,
when the West bound overland mail
was stopped near Wilcox, Arizona
Territory. Two masked men, one Of
whom was Wheeler, forced the brake
man to divide the train, afterward
taking charge of the section to which
the express car was coupled. The mes
senger in charge made his escape and
gave the alarm to the authorities at
Wilcox. The safe was blown open
with dynamite and the contents, ag-
gregating large sum, carried of in
sack. ..
A rigid investigation followed, and
the crime was fastened with consid-
cradle certainty upon Wheeler and q
cowboy named Joe George. Sus-
picion also lighted, though not quite
so directly, upon two other men,
named Trainor and Davis. The most
promising clew obtainable put Spe-
cial Officer Breckenridge, Of the
Southern Pacific Railway, Deputy
Sheriff Toe Smith and l.. &. Williams
hard on the track OF Wheeler. They
surprised him just as he was cooking
breakfast in ditch near the little
town of Mancos, in southern Color
ado. Williams walked within few
feet of the train robber and ordered
him to throw up his hands. He re-
fused and started to run. Williams
pulled the trigger OF his Winchester,
but the weapon missed fire. Wheeler
turned at bay in small ravine,
whence he sent a revolver bullet
whistling past Williams head. The
latter, with his companions, advanced
upon Wheeler, who Immediately kill
ed himself. Wheeler was u years
old and of medium stature. but ath-
letic in build His confederates in
the train robbery are still at large,
though there is an even chance OF
their capture. After they looted the
train they separated, each, it is sup
posed, taking different routes to
avoid capture. When Wheeler's per-
son was searched after death but 30
cents was found in his pockets. A
peculiar incident connected with the
robbery was the fact that the bandits,
when laying their explosives on the
safe, piled over them eighteen sacks.
each containing one thousand Next
can dollars. The terrific explosion
scattered the coin in all directions.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-20
cUSTER'S LAST FIGHT.
His Force Overwheimed BY Sitting
Bulls Braves.

On June % Custer struck Sitting
Bulls main trail and eagerly pur-
sued it across the divide into the
Little Big Horn valley. Expecting
battle, he detached Major Reno with
seven of his twelve companies to
cross the Little Big Horn, descend
it, and strike the foe from the west;
but Reno was soon attacked and held
at bay, being besieged in all more
than twenty-four hours. Meantime.
suddenly coming upon the lower end
OF the Indians immense camp. the
gallant Custer and his braves, with
out an instant's hesitation, advanced
into the jaws OF death. Balaklava
was pastime to this, for here not one
rode back" "All that was left OF
Them" after q few minutes, was
some 200 mostly unacceptable
corpses. Finding himself outnum-
bered twelve or more to one-the IN
dians mustered at least $500 war
riors, beside caravan OF boys and
squaws--Custer had dismounted his
heroes, who, planting themselves
mainly on two hills some way apart,
the advance one held by Custer, the
other by Captains Keogh and CAL
houn, prepared to sell their lives
dearly. By waving blankets and
uttering their hellish yells they
stampeded many OF the cavalry
horses, which carried of precious am
munition in their saddle bags. Lin
ing up just behind ridge they would
rise quickly, fire at the soldiers, and
drop, exposing themselves little, but
drawing Clusters fire, so causing ad-
ditional loss of sorely needed bullets.
The whites ammunition spent, the
dismounted savagss rose, fired. and
whooped like the demons they were,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-20

As when In dreains we sometimes hear
A melody so farmland fine,
And musically sweet and clear,
II fiavors all the atmosphere
With harmony divine.
So often in my waking dreams
I hear n melody that seems
Like fairy voices whispering
To me the song never sing
Sometimes when brooding DER the years
Ny lavish youth has thrown away,
When all the glowing past appears
But as mirage that my tears
Have crumbled to decay.
Thrill 10 find the ache and pain
or my remorse is stilled again,
As forward bent and listening,
Ihear the song never sing.
Amurm'ring of rhythmic words,
Adrift on tunes whose currents flow
Melodious with the thrill Of birds
And far of lowing of the herbs
In lands of long ago;
And every sound the truant loves
Comes to me like the coo of doves,
When first in blooming fields OF spring
hear the song never sing.
The echoes of old voices, wound
In limpid streams of laughter where
Theriver Time runs bubble crowned,
And giddy eddies ripple round
The lilies growing there;
Where roses bending DER the brink
Drain their own kisses as they drink,
And ivies climb and Irvine aud cling
About the song never sing.
An ocean surge of sound that falls
As though n tide of heavenly art
Had tempested the cleaning halls
And crested DER the golden walls
In showers upon my heart
Thus, thus, with open arms and eyes
Uplifted toward the alien skies
Forgetting every earthly thing,
hear the song l never sing.
James Whitcomb Riley.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-20

while the mounted ones, flashing their
ponies. charged with infinite venom.
overwhelming Calhoun and Keogh,
and lastly Custer himself. Indian
boys then pranced over the fields on
ponies, scalping and reshooting the
dead and dying. At the burial many
q stark visage wore q look OF horror.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-20
A New Violet:

While exploring in the Cascade
Mountains during last summer Pro-
lessor Lloyd, of Forest Grove, dis
covered new violet. 1t is a small
plant with n delicate white flower
with translucent petals, and grows
in wet messy places. He has named
1t Viola Macloskeyi in honor of HIS
preceptor in biology at Princeton.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-20
A Marine vsIoeipsds.

Last winter a young Chicago gen.
ius took out patent for an ice bicycle
and now there Is another at work on
a marine bicycle. A machine Of this
nature has been patented within the
last few weeks by New Orleans
man. He calls IL marine yelocipede.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-06-20

worse than the thirst OF men for
wine"
Domingo sat on his launches be-
fore the priest and listened to this
TRADE, his head on one side, his eyes
fixed on those of his denunciator,
and his tongue lolling out Of his
mouth, except when the priest
paused, then he drew 1t In and swal-
lowed. His sharp ears stood up and
pointed forward and back from the
priest to the sheep. Occasionally his
eyes would roll toward the flock, and
the little brown spots above them
seemed also to move. Ever on the
alert, he now dashed away to see IL
they were safe.
Father Gaspard grasped his staff
and arose to go, hoping to reach the
ranch and send shepherd back be-
fore night. Suddenly q thought
struck him. and he sat down again.
"What would have kept the dog
from starving since the shepherd
died. IL he had not eaten a lamb now
and then. Yes, it had to be, for the
good OF the flock the dog must be
fed. He killed the lamb quietly, not
alarming the rest"
Father Gaspard called him by
name, and when he came running up
stroked his head ienderly.
i" Domingo milo. was overhasty
and have done thee injustice. Dost
forgive me for my blindness and
harsh words Yes, see no malice
in thy honest face. Thou needst no
words to express thy forgiveness, II
The evening times., 1895-12-14
Socleiy's Latest Fad"

IL to have ono or two at least Of those very
dainty looking Dresden China Clocks I'm SELL
ing at 81 and m
The evening times., 1895-12-14
ABOUT SOME WOMEN.

There. is splendid material in that Auh
case for realistic novelist. The
famous Norwegian writer. Lie. Is the most
appropriately named author TO handle it.
To a boarding school miss who met Joseph
Jefferson at tea table and began TO talk
to him about Sabbath breaking the actor
said: If 1 were n fisherman l should
never fish on Sunday, but being an actor
/ can rest both soul and body by fishing
writer's description of the sultans
1arem and domestic life, in the Fortnightly
Review, says that his wives all dress in
In the costllest conceivable tea gowns from
Paris and Vienna We are told, too, tha,
Abdul Hamd ii is the first OF his royal
race who has ever admitted Christian
woman to his table. His household includes
no less than 5000 persons, 400 or SO OF
whom are cooks Yet "his life is of the
simplest and most arduous.''
Alexandra Dumas was a strong champion
OF equal rights for women. lis it not alb.
sGrd.' he said, that Joan of Arc. IL now
among us, could not serve as Il witness or the
birth of neighbor's child or vote for towr
saved? France was proud of De Sevigne
De Stael, and George Sand, but refused
them the civil and political rights exercised
by their coachmen." His pet argument was
ttat rs woman is mans equal in most things
and his superior in others. with equal respon-
sinilities, She should be declared his equa.
politically.
Miss Balfour, sister Of the leader of the
House OF Commons lis the exchange editor
OF the British Ministry. She reads all the
principal newspapers, daily and weekly
and marks whatever she thinks viii be O.
use to her brother and his colleagues.
rhe wife OF Sir Phillip Currle, the British
known 10 the literary world as Violet
Eane.s'
The evening times., 1895-12-14

working years should be from 80 to 100
and tell wonderful tales of women being
radantly beautiful at 80, owing wholly
to a consistent fruit diet.
THE NEW HEROINE.
And as the literature always reflects
the times, the girl of sixteen as adorcd by
Shakespeare, Byron, Moliere, Foltaire,
cot. is np mnrr Ia be foTud. Elenore. the
heroine OF Benjamin Constants novel Adolf
phe, is perhaps the first specimen of the
modern type made fashionable by Balzac
and George Sand the woman of thirty in
love. Formerly as Jules Janin remarks
the woman between thirty and fort years
of age was lost for passion, for
romance for the drama; now she rules alone.
Madame Emile de Girardin in defending
Balzac says: ''Is it BalZac's fault that the
age of thirty today is the age of love?
-,izs" IS conpeiie'l 10 6epicl passion where
he finds it, and at this day 1t is rot to
be found in the heart of a girl of ten"
Our own Howcijs has never done any
thing more charming than pnrtray wing the
dignity and sweetness of Indian Summer
love against the background of that of
the immature limited, silly Imogene. And
one of the most delightful of Harpers
stories last year was "Tbe CuloneIs Christ
mas" by Harriet Prescott Spofford, in
which while two young women are each
plotting and planning the capture oT
wealthy and distinguished gentleman, he
quietly falls in love with and narries their
stepmother, woman of forty.
In the drama the same thing Is con-
spicuously true. The ingenue must con-
tent herself with n simple '.Yes, mamma"
while all the power, passion and dramatic
interest of the play centers in the woman
of riper years.
In art this has always been moro or
less fact. Ancient sculpture abounds
in examples of mature womanhood.
Venus di Milo is evidently woman of
so. All the Junos, Mineryas. yenuses,
Malpomenes and many Madonnas are
mature women. Titan preferred to
paint women at 80. Rubens goes with
out difficulty as far as 40. Van Dyck
does not recognize age at all; with him
art is free. He entertained sovereign
contempt for time. While Rembrandt does
more: by a gesture, look, smile he
banishes age.
But we can't quite forget the sweet
hope that Kipling's maiden OF IT indulges
in when thinking upon her ali-conquer-
ing rival of 40.
"But even she must older grow
And end her dancing days,
She can't go on forever SO
At concerts balls and plays
One ray of priceless hope see
Before my footsteps shine:
Just think, that she'll be eighty-one
When / AM forty-nine.
The evening times., 1895-12-14

The Misses Mattingiy will entertain at
a dinner Monday evening number of the
members OF the Princeton Glee Club.
The evening times., 1895-12-14

Miss Margaret Casseis will entertain at
"A dance Monday evening in honor OF the
Princeton Glee Club.