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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-28

That launch Is matter OF mathe-
matics. as well as Of great skill and
labor Is shown by the fact that the
man of science who has the matter In
charge always makes set of calcula-
tions showing the strain on the ship
and its precise condition Mt practical
ly every foot Of the journey down the
ways. II boat should get In the way,
or IL 1t should take an unusual length
Of time to knock out the keel-blocks,
or II any one of half-a-dozen things
should cause serious delay, the scien-
tific man knows just how long he can
wait. and just how far the limit OF
safety extends.
There is always one supreme moment
in a launch, and it il mt time that es-
capes the average spectator. 1t Is
when the vessel gets fairly well into
the water This Is when an important
factor known as the moment of buoy
ancy" comes into play. If you can i'm
agine vessel sliding down an incline
without any water into which to drop
you can see that the vessel would tip
down suddenly at the end which has
left the ways, and would rise at the
end still on the incline. But really, in
successful launches the stern Of the
vessel is gradually lifted up by tho
water, and this throws the weight for
ward on that part OF the ship still rest
ing on the ways. The force Of the
water is called the moment Of buoy
ancy," and the natural tendency OF
the ship to drop to the bottom of the
stream is called the moment of
weight. Now the moment Of buoyancy
must always be greater that the mo-
ment of weight, but it must not be very
much greater, for il it were it wouh
throw too much weight forward on
the part of the ship still on the wars
and might break them down. or injue
the plates or keel of the ship. When the
great English battle-ship Families
was launched, this did really happen.
and so great was the strain near The
bow that parts of the cradle were ac
tionally pushed right into the bottom Of
the vessel. 1t is this danger Of disas-
ter that causes the scientific launcher
to make the most careful calculations,
as to the conditions surrounding the
ship at every foot of her journey into
the water.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-28

flowers which. az a rule, have little
or no scent. First Of all these are put
into metal box with Ice, and then by
a very simple process they are subject
ed to a continuous current Of carb0nic
acid charged with perfumes Of the re-
quired vivacity. There ID an immense
amount of profit made by seeming
those violets which In the order Of nat
ure have no perfume.
in certain districts prodigious
quantities OF violets having no scent
are to be found, while the naturally
odorous ones are quite rare by compar-
ison. But In first-class florists places
no unscented ones are sold, for an al
coholic solution fixed by means of gly-
cerin Is used In the case OF the scien-
less ones we receive. 1t Is the same
with other fiowers,except that some
other appropriate scent is used instead
OF the violet, of course.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-28
vosegays Of the Past.

Most ,higs move in cycles. and con-
temporancotsly with the temperance of
our grandmtthers' sleeves and petticoats
the taste for old-fashioned gardens is re-
vived. Thee is fresh call for the
perennials and ANNALS which enlivcned
the borders Of long ago, and those who
are fortunat, enough to still possess these
old-time gaIdens show with pride the
long TREASURED plants which have bloomed
for so many years. We are apt to think
that we know good deal more about
flowers thai our progenitors, but the fact
is there wal. perhaps, more variety than
there is to lay in many Of their collections.
Much tmeis given now to the develop
ment of perfect specimens and to the
cultivation of new varieties, both in green
house and garden, but il we were to look
over someof the venerable catalogues we
should find that If we planted all that our
grandsires did we should have our hands
aud gardens full, without anything new.
A garden guide printed in 1906 gives
list of 400 hardy pcrennials, with 100
ANIMALS
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-28
An Odd Ordinance.

Councilman Towle, of Oakland, Cal,
recently introduced and engineered to
second reading an ordinance compel
ling all bathers within the city limits
of that town to tie up their heads in n
sack while bathing. The ordinance
provides that all bathers must wear "a
shirt or jersey covering the entire up
per part of the body except the arms.
The ordinance passed to the printers,
and it was the often-abused intelligent
compositOr who discovered that If 1t
passed the Council every bather in
Oakland would be compelled by law
to bag his head. The ordinance was re-
ported back. and is to come up for final
disposition this week.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-28
THE DOWN GRADE.


Whsn the engine IL a-pufin'.
An a-snorin' an ALBUMIN,
Like II mighty oren will;
When you hear the thing a-blowin'.
Then you know it's hard a-goin'.
For it's climbin' up Hill.
When II goes a-whizzin' by you
In way that's like to try you
II you're just bit afraid;
When it's runnin' fast an faster.
Like 1t doesn't need master,
Then it's on a down grade.
When you see man a-workin'.
An his duty never shirkin',
An a-sweatin' more or less;
When you see him climbin' higher,
An he never seems to tire.
He's a-climbin' TO success.
When you see one goin' easy,
In . manner light an breezy.
Like for pleasure he was made,
Just remember he's a-showin'
That it's mighty easy goin'
When you're on the down grade.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-28
cultivatins Bacteria.

To the uninstructed mind, 1t may
smack Of absurdity to say that ut no
distant day the bacteria Of butter ana
cheese will be cultivated as we now
cultivate other commercial products.
\ writer on this subject says: The
fermentation of cream and of cheese
is already as much of an art ms the fer
mentation of malt i'm the manufacture
OF beer. In the curing OF tobacco the
same activity Is discovered. and the
day is not far distant when commerce
in high bred tobacco bacteria will be
an accomplished fact. In short, we
may look forward to the day when the
bacteria active In agriculture will be
carefully cultivated. and the bacterial
herd book will be found along with
those Of the Jersey COW and the Nor
man horse" On par with this Is the
sterilization of products. which pro-
cess is necessary before the thorough
bred bacteria Is introduced.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-28
Lilies and Hogs.

Talk about casting pearls before
swine! In Louisiana the fair lilies
that grow in the bayous, with hearts
Of gold breaking into freedom through
the purity OF snowy white petals, to
be kissed by the sun, and which,
when loosened from their moorings
by passing boats. float idly down
stream on restful green leaves, are
gathered by farmers and fed to hogs
At Morgan City the lilies are taken
from the Boy in quantities and given
to stock. One authority says the
My bulb Is very fattening. Lilies
hsve been given to the world to teach
purity and make human hearts glad
with their beauty and perfume.
That is<heir mission In sentiment.
Commercially the lilies--with their
stems and '0roA1 leaves--are valua-
BILE because they attn hogs.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-28

Superstition reigns tyrannically In
many rural districts I'm Italy. Lately
u fortunc-teller prophesied to a young
farmer and his sister, living near MOTTO,
Sicily. that on the evening before GER
tain feast day both would die violent
death. This so affected the minds Of
the poor dupes that they became in
sane and rushed shrieking through the
streets. A brother of these unfortu-
mates then came somehow to the con-
clusion that the calamity was due to
the witchcraft of their stepmother,
and i'm lit Of blind rage killed the poor
woman with hoe.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-28
AbsorbabIe Tissue For Wounds.

]. Lustok has pitented process in
Germany under which the muscular
coating Of the iitestines of animals
is Invested of bth the interior and
exterior layers of mucous membrane,
and then digested in a pepsin solution
until the muscular fibres are half di-
gested. This is then treated with
tannin and gallr acid. The result is
a tissue which AN take the place of
the natural skin and which, when laid
on the wound is entirely absorbed
during the heaing process.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-28

There are great many lodges
that the public never dream of In con-
nection with the enormous sale Of but
ton-holes and bouquets. For instance.
we often give perfume by artificial
means to. the flowers we SELL" said n
florist to n writer I'm Answers.
The greater number Of doctored
flowers are either those which are
fading, and 'off-color," or those which
usually have mo- scent at all. In the
case of the former the flowers are daily
dipped In a weak solution of sal am
moniac, which, for time, revives them
in the most marvellous way
But the chief doctoring Is with the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-28
Valuable Remedy For Burns.

Chance led to the discovery in the
Paris hospital recently Of what Is
claimed to be valuable remedy for
burns. A surgeon who was using pic
ric acid as an antiseptic accidentally
dropped fire on his hand and proved
that he experienced no pain from the
burn. This set him to thinking and
experimenting, and he found that
wounds healed with a solution Of pic
ric acid did not blister, and healed
readily in the course of four or five
days. The cheapness of picric acid and
the ease with which it may be prepar-
ed and kept i'm readiness, make 1t
most valuable remedy, and 1t Is to be
hoped that further experiments will
establish its efficacy.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-28

No other member did. For sixty
seconds Paradise hall was 30 quiet
that Elder Toots' bunion could be
heard to ache. Then, as he pro-
ceeded to resume his garments the
president said:
II doan' say dat members can't
discuss religus subjicks at home. but
when such discushuns result in some
body bein' hit on de jaw den i shall
take hand in. Brudder Watkins,
riz up dat winder back OF yo', and
Brudder Shin, yo' put sum lemon
peel on de stove to kill of de mi
crobes floatin' around us.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-28
Ssdsntry Occupations.

A writer inLa Medicine Modern as
scrts that saieniary occupations pre-
dispose to tuberculosis more than any
others Italian and English statistics
show lie says, that there are 459
deaths per 1000 from this disease
amsng students seminarians and
yong clergymen while farmers, boat
men and mountineers enjoy almost
complete immunity from 1t.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-28
Deer "skInnsrs."

Gangs of "skinners.' men who
slaughter deer wholesale solely for the
hides. are again ut work i'm the noun
tains of Curry county, Or. A hunting
party just returned from the region
relate tnat II was not unusual to come
across a dozen or more carcasses of
deer In the course of a day, left to rot
by the law vlolators. II Is estimated
that more than 700 deer have been
killed in that section this summer
solely for their hides. The ''skinners''
find ready sale for the hides, and
make much money at the wretched
business.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-28
The Dog fet,d His Roll.

r. ]. Storck. OF Report, N. j., lost
large sum of moneyin roll a few
days ago. Search for \ was In vain.
and DR.. Storck gave upall hopes of
ever seeing 1t again. wheEhe was as
tonished to see his dog rt>ning to-
wards him and wagging histail with
the money i'm his mouth. TheoIl was
intact. Where the dog found \ never
will be known. ~
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-28
DyeIns Grasses:

Dyes for grasses are PREPARED as fol-
lows: For red, boil together I warm
wuter some logwood and aluI. For
pink use logwood and ammonl. After
drying the grass dip 1t into wdk gum
water, so as to keep It togethf nicely.
The pampus grass is quite sasy to
treat as above.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-28

Luther Latin Mills, the Chicago crim-
inal lawyer, says that when he was boy
he frequently accompanied his father,
who was wholesale merchant, on col
lecting tours through the northwest They
had TO travel by wagon, and as his father
would have large sums Of money about
him 1t was often problem where they
could safely put up for the night. my
boy" the old man used to say, lit Is safe
to stay at house where there are flowers
In the window"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-28

INSURANCE Examiner-Has there been
any insaity in your family?
Mrs. u Avnoo-Well, my sister mar
ried mn who hadn't cent.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-28

sheer of de odder half am devoted 10
argufyin' bout what we doaI know,
can t know an doan want to know
bout de present an fucher. What
we want in gineral an in pertickler
am less religun an mo- gittin up
up airly in de mawnin less Ga den
of Eden an mo- Eaters in de honse-
less Adam and Eve an mo- bacon an
Goldfish. We will now open one OF de
alley winders to let dat smell OF
burnin' wool git out Of de hall an
den purceed to tackle de programme
of reg lar bizness."
Would an appeal be in order at
dis juncture, sah?" asked the Rev.
Penstock as ne arose.
what sort OF an appeal?" queries
| the president in reply.
IAN appeal from yo'r declshun,
sab. Pears to me dat IL de mem
bers OF dis club wish to discuss re-
ligus subjicks in DER own homes de
rules an regulashuns can't stop
EN-"
"Do 20 wish to appeal from my
decishun, sah?"
why, reckon"
''Hold on q mint, Bruddsr Pen
stock - said Brother Gardner as he
began removing coat. vest, cuffs and
collar. Now, sab, 60 ahead wild dat
appeal ]"
oil hain't got no appeal to
makev, replied Penstock as he sat
down.
| 'Oh! Yo' hain't An appeal am
allus In order In dis club. P'raps
some odder members wants to kick
again de decishun Of dis CHAIR
The record-union., 1895-03-11
CONNOLLY CONSENTS.
He Says He Is Now Willing to
Testify to the Whole World
Strong Enough to Do 1t.
John ]. Connolly, 1881 Howard Street
Makes a Remarkable Statement
Which Is Authenticated by His
Friends aud Neighbors.
TSan Francisco CALL

1 called at 1882 Howard street to find
out whether Mr.. Connolly lives there or not
as you desired, and l was amazingly i'm
pressed when l saw the gentleman, because
he looked 50 remarkably well for q man who
had been in such bad condition as ne stated
he was. Mr.. Connolly said tor long time he
had such sick, bad headaches and awful in
digestion that he despaired OF ever getting
well. He said he would wake up in the morn
ing with nasty taste in his mouth, u weary
feeling, bloodshOt eyes ana his stomach COM
pletely filled with gases; everything was blue
TO him. He was irritable; said he could not
eat in the morning and would not get hungry
until about l o'clock, and that was just when
he could not get his food, as he was COM
PEELED to work, and when he got to lunch
what little food he did eat would so dis stress
his stomach that he would become drowsy
and weary all the afternoon. And all the
while his sick headaches continued.
LAS far as l can tell" said Mr.. Connolly,
my liver was completely deranged because
could feel the bile in my mouth in the morn
ing, it was so thick and heavy. My stomach
was all out of order and my blood was i'm
pure, because there were always big red
blotches or little patches Of red over my
body"
Yes" said Mr.. Connolly. 'I consent to
giving nv humble testimonial to the great
and valuable remedy, Joys Vegetable Sarsa-
parilla. l wrote them some time ago. 5ere
is copy Of the letter:
"'Hearing great deal of your SarsaparilIa
and being urged TO give 1t a trial by my
friends, as was looking like wreck and
feeling horribly miserable, 1 concluded to get
a bottle of joys Vegetable SarsaparilIa. I
did not believe that joys Vegetable SarSa-
parilla was any good. As matter Of fact
when 1 commenced taking it I did it just to
please my friends, who we're always nagging
Ut me for not trying to help myself. Before
using it l was troubled with indigestion,
sleeplessneSs, headaches, loss OF appetite and
sometimes too much appetite one day
could eat whole lOt-the next day I could
not eat anything at all. Whatever I did eat
always seemed to stay upon my chest for
three hours. am now Perfectly we'll man
and don't care who knows it.
= i feel certain that L became well through
the use of Joys Vegetable Sarsaparilla. 1
used several bottles. 1 viii always re ON
mend it, and | Will always thank my friends
who recommended it, AIlmy sick headaches
have lett me, all my dyspepsia is gone, all the
symptoms l complained OF have entirely dis
appeared and feel like well man and that
is the reason why don't mind if you put it
III the papers.
"'tSlgned. JOHN j. CONNOLLY,
"'No. 1882 Howard street."
The record-union., 1895-03-11
SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY.
REWARD!
San Francisco, Oct. II, 1904.
TO UNITED STATES MARSHALS,
SHERIFFS, CONSTABLES, POLICE
AND OTHER OFFICERS.

At or about $50 on the evening OF
october nth the overland mail and
express train No. was stopped brT
robbers, about five miles west OF Sac
ranentO, IN YOlO County, California
Ihe express car was robbed of about
$4,000 (hfty thousand doIlars) in
gold coin. The train men and express
messenger were shot at several times
TO accomplish the robbery. The fol-
lowing is a brief description Of the
robbers, as near as known at present.
One about SIX feet high, weighing
about 200 pounds, the other a bout five
feet nine inches, weighing about no
pounds. Each wore linen busters and
masks and had their faces vvhitened.
The Southern Pacific Company and
Wells, Fargo q Company will pay a
reward Of two thousand five hundred
dollars (S2, 300 for the arrest and con-
five thousand (S5, ,OOO) dollars for tho
recovery Of the money stolen or a
propOrtion@te amount for any SUM
recovered.
This offer Of reward supersedes arY
ana all others. Further inform atlo1
may be obtained from the under
signed, or Of Mr.. J. B. Wright, Division
superintendent, Sacramento, or Of
Mr- A. D. Wilder, Division Sllrerin-
tendent, Oakland Pier, or Of Mr.. E. Fl.
Cooper. Manager Wells Farco,a E,x-
press, San Francisco.
A. N. TOwNE,
Second Vice-President and GenI Manager.
j. j. VALENTINE,
President Wells-Fargo & Co
The record-union., 1895-03-11
= Ely in the Beer.

If a fly drops into beer glass. saws
FhcgeHde Biaetter, one who has made a
study of national characteristics can
easily tell the drinkers nationality by
his action.
y Spaniard pays for the beer, leaves it
on the table and goes away without say
ing word.
\ Frenchman will do the same, except
that be swears while he goes.
An Englishman spills the beer and Or
ders another glass.
4 German carefully fishes out the fly
ana finishes drinking his beer as if moth
ing had happened.
fly. "'N VIC
a Chinaman fishes out the fly, swal-
lows II and then throws away the beer.
The record-union., 1895-03-11
nrS-6t
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

NOTICE IS REREBY GIVEN THAT
IN sealed bids will be received and opened
by the Board of Supervisors of the County of
Sacramento at their Office in the City of Sac
ramento, California, at the Hall OF Records
on WEDNESDAY, March 13, 1895, at 2
O'Clock P. NJ. for the construction of the ap-
pToaches to the new steel bridge across the
Costumes River near the Slough House, ac-
cording to the plans and specifications on file
in the County Clerks Office, Bids must state
the price per cubic yard for grading or for
treStIa complete, or both. a certified check of
ten per cent. of the amount bid must accom-
pany each bid. The Board of Supervisors re-
serves the right to reject any or all bids
SEAL. W. Is, HAMILTON,
mr9-4J CleEG of SAID Board.
The record-union., 1895-03-11
BIDS FOR ADVERTISING SPACE.

PROPOSALS FOR THE USE OF ADVER-
] tisIng space on new spr1nkling wagons,
TO be used Dy the city during the coming sum
mer, Tor the term of one year from date of
contract, viii be received at this Office until 5
O'Clock r. NJ, MONDAY, March II, 1895
The amount Of the successful bid mus be
paid on the delivery OF the contract
All bids must specify the amount offered
per wagon or for the whole number of wagons
The general character of the advertisement
must be stated with the bid, and no ad. of an
unsatisfactory nature will be accepted.
y certified check, payable to the City Clerk
for 10 per cent. of the amount of the bid
must accompany each proposal. For further
particulars apply to o. 5. FLINT
mr6-0t City Clerk.
The record-union., 1895-03-11
OFFICIAL.
Notice Of Street Work.

DUBLIC NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN
i that the Board OF Trustees of the City of
Sacramento on the 18th day OF March, 1895,
adopted Resolution No. 25S of its Intention
TO order the following street work to be done.
viz
That the alley between H and 1 streets,
from the east line OF Ninth street 10 the
west line OF Tenth street, be improved
by grading and macadami2ing, constructing
redwood curbing, constructing one ~ brick
catch basin and connecting the same to the
sewer therein.
For further particulars reference Is hereby
made TO said resolution on nIe in the Office OF
the City Clerk.
Sacramento March s, 1895.
GEORGE MURRAY,
mrS-6t Superintendent of Streets,
The record-union., 1895-03-11

After leaving Mr.. Connolly with his words
of praise for joys Vegetable Sarsaparilla, l
went TO Mrs. J. L. Stanton, who resides al
ISIS Bush street, and asked the gOOG lady
what she thought of joys Vegetable Sars tpa-
rilla. She said: ''Of course you know | can't
help saying a good word for joys Vegetable
SarsapariLa, because the Home Remedy has
done SO much for me. was always q nerv-
Gus body anyway, but was more than usually
nervous before l began 10 use the Home Rem
edy Joys Vegetable SaTSapariIla' | had been
suffering rom dlSOrdereJ liver for some
time. could scarcely do anything without
an effort Everything was blue to me. At
times had those weak fainting spells and
dizzy leelng. l would sit on my cnair as if
chained to II. My blood was Impoverished.
WHAT l wanted was a good blood medicine
with something tor the liver and a tOning up.
Yes, tried joys Vegetable oarsapaTila, and
must confess 1t has improved my health re-
markably. l shall heartily recommend Joys
Vegetable Sarsaparilla. l want TO tell YOU"
said Mrs. stanton, that when / first asked
tor joys Vegetable SarsapaTilIa at the drug
store very pIeasant-faced gentleman told
me ne had something just as good, but, of
mind; she won't be put of with smiles when
she says she wants Joys Vegetable Sarsapa-
rilla. she must have joys Vegetable Sar-
saparllla and none other. So l told the
drug clerk l wanted Joys SarsapariIla
and he at last consented to give me what /
wanted"
ON my way from ! SIG Bush street. where
Mrs. stanton lives, l called at a drug store
and Tried to Uuy bottle of Joys Vegetable
sars aparilla. The clerk brought the Sursapa
rilIa and also another Wiich ne said was inst
as good. 1 had 10 talk with him for ten min
utes before l could get what l wanted
Amazed at this l determined to 90 TO the
company, and l saw the President, who told
inc tnat he had learned of some OF the drug
gIsts trying 10 substitute another Sarsaparilla
1Or JOY Vegetable SarSaparilia, but he did
not believe the drugstoreS We're responsible
far 1t. Possibly, he said, some OF the clerks
We're interes ted in some other medicine How
ever, # you VIII write the matter up we will
publish it,
And SO l have.
H. NELSON, Lick House.