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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-10-31
What eeoom OF Old Shoes.

A person who believes that every
thing in this world has its use will
be interested to know what becomes
OF the millions OF old shoes which are
worn out every year. The many
uses to which this mass Of frayed
leather is put are not easy to ascer-
tain, for manufacturers do not like
to acknowledge that they utilize such
base material. Most old shoes 60
back to the vat and emerge as leath-
erette, which manufacturers of cheap
shoes use to fill in the outer sole.
The testimony Of thousands bears
witness to the poor wearing qualities
of leatherette. Old rubber shoes are
of extensive utility, but the most
curious article OF which they form
ingredients is paint. Rubber is often
worked over into more shoes and it
is not an impossibility for three gen.
erations to wear gum shoes made out
of exactly the same mat erial.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-10-31

mors in>srssting business q he evening.
Cadet Annie Smith I" be called.
Two sparkling blue eyes aiming like
stars under the canopy of q quaint blue
poke bonnet, emerged from behind the
foliage. Two fresh young cheeks as deep
ly banked with pink and red roses as the
organ itself accompanied the eyes, and a
trim little girlish figure, which owned the
stars and the roses, advanced timidly to
the front. A smile. and nod from the
brigadler evoked activity In the collapsed
muscles Of the giant, who sat on the
platform like an awkward schoolboy, and
he came and stood cllipsily beside the
girl, and neither looked at the other.
my friends" said the brigadier, In q
very gentle and reverential voice, lit has
pleased God to place 1t In my power to
unite in the holy bands of matrimony this
night two of the noblest hearts that ever
beat in the service OF the Saviour. Ono
of these is Cadet Annie Smith, whom
many of you know and love. The other is
William Chatsworth Harvey, formerly
known as Montana Bill, the sleekest three
card monte sharp in the whole North
Westn
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-10-31
Army Nicknames.

Everybody is familiar with the
name OF Tommy Atkins, representing
the British soldier, but how many
know the terms Of endearnent by
which the German soldiers are called?
Some OF them are applied to the en-
tire regiment, some to an individual
corps. The guards are called Ham
mel, or sheep" the guards call the
soldiers OF the line "field rats" the
infantry speak of the cavalry as
'grooms, and the cavalry return
the compliment by bestowing upon
the infantry the names Of sand
hares," sand carriers" and 'clod-
hoppers. The Cuirassiers are known
as flour sacks" the pioneers as
"moles," the Hussars as pack
threads, "and the artillery as Cow
soldiers" The latter are called also
astronomers, and the Engineers
water rats. In these divisions
again the corps have names fer them
selves and their rivals. In the cavalry
the Seventh Cuirassiers are the
whitesmiths the first Hussars
the deaths heads, as their shake
bears the emblem, and the Fourth
Hussars, from their brown uniforms,
are called the cartridges, the only
brown in the German army preserved
in remembrance of Frederick H.,
who used all the cloth found in q
Capuchin convent for his soldiers.
The green uniform with yellow fac
ings has given to the Sixth Hussars
the name ri spinach and eggs, :"
and for q si nilar reason the Tenth
Eussl 70 ara called parrots.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-10-31
The Passing OF the Mule.

With fearful lamentations and
with rude and ribald jests the pass
ing of the horse has been noted in
prose and in poetry. The bicycle and
the trolley car have sent him to the
cannery and he finds himself being
used to supply the bovine deficien-
cies of oxtail soup. The modern
Richard III, is not Offering his king
dom for horse. He wants bicycle.
But in all his lamentation over the
hegira of the equine quadruped to
the cannery nothing has been said Of
the passing of the mule. And yet
the mule is passing His melodious
bray can be heard in the distance as
he passes from human vision. He
has been passing along the towpath
of the Erie Canal for years. II 1t
hadn't been for this towing mule
Garfield might never have become
President. His muleship with the
elongated auricular appendages lie
about to be crowded of the towpath
which he has YEARLY and faithfully
trod for SO many years. Not salts
fled with crowding out the horse the
deadly trolley is about to supplant
the patient and sadeyed mule by es-
tablishing itself on the canal boats Of
the Erie Canal The State OF New
York will spend several million dol
lars in equipping these boats with
electric propelling devices. which, it
Is claimed, are perfectly practicable.
When the State OF New York de-
liberately discards mule power and
turns its back upon this plodding
servant Of mankind the electrical
millennium is surely at hand.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-10-31
Battle Between Shark and Croe odiIe.

A remarkable battle between two
leviathans of the deep was witnessed
by number Of people in canoe,
some two Sundays ago, at the mouth
Of the lagoon here, writes cores
pendent from Madagascar. A large
shark having crossed the bar, and
disporting himself in the brackish
waters, fell foul of crocodile simil-
larly, though in less boistrous man
ner, enjoying himself on the sandy
shadows. The weather and water be-
ing calm, the men in the canoe had
capital view of the whole encounter,
and am indebted to friend for the
account. Time after time the shark
attacked the amphibious reptile,
who was able to protect himself and
appeared fairly all right as long as
he was able to keep his tail on the
bed of the river; but the shark know
ing this, drove him little by little into
deep water and eventually after a Sc
ries Of assaults got him off the bottom,
and, Elunging underneath him, rip
ped the crocodile from stem to stern,
wounding him fatally. Having
played about with his antagonists
corpse for a little.while the shark set
of, no doubt in search of fresh con-
quests. The natives in the canoe
dragged the lifeless gladiator ashore,
when some Taimoros cut the body
up and carried it away for food. I
can vouch for the accuracy Of this
story, for have had it corroborated
by other witnesses, and l am told
this is the second time similar fight
has been witnessed here during the
past two years.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-10-31

How che industry 10 osNduetsd On
Cape Cod.

Now the SoouosSy - Ooooootoo ~"
cspe Cod.
A sand hill, q marshy tract, and o
running stream, are the three re-
QuisItss for a cranberry bog. No
whore are these things jumbled to-
gether In greater profusion than on
Cape Cod. which In former days sup
piled the world with sea captains, SO
that 1t was truthfully related at one
time that In q certain Cape Cop
town, an entire street of seventy
houses was taken up exclusively by
the homes OF sea captains. This Cape
Cod has, with the decadence OF sail
ing ships. taken upon itself the right
to furnish the world with nearly all
the cranberrics used.
TO prepare the soil, sand Is spread
evenly over the bog to depth Of six
inches. In this sand young plants
are set out the roots being forced
down through the sand to the loan
underneath. The plants are set out
in regular rows, about one foot apart.
Three years are required before the
plants mature.
Sand is valuable in that it furnish
es smooth surface on which the
vines may stretch. The tendrils from
each plant lie fiat on the sand, and
as each plant las dozens Of branches,
they pile up to height of about
six inches in the matured plants.
Such chokes the growth Of weeds but
does not interfere with the plants
whose roots are in the loan beneath.
The running stream is damned
above and below the bog, and sys-
tenn of bitches irrigates the bog. In
time of frost the bog is usually food
ed at night and drained in the morn
ing. This does not hurt the berries,
but 1t accounts for much of the
rheumatism on Cape Cod.
Berry picking begins early in Sep
TENDER and lasts until either the ber-
ries are all picked or frost has
spoiled the crop. Usually the last of
October ends the work. AS all the
boys and girls are needed in the sea-
son, the public schools begin the fall
session late to accommodate the
pickers. Numerous machines have
been devised to pluck the berries, but
it is claimed that all ruin the vines.
Experiments by persons skilled in
cranberry picking are now being
made, and it is believed that salts
factory machine will be produced.
The champion hand-picker has
recor Of sixty measures in one day
At the usual rate Of payment, he
would make six dollars per day.
Chief among the enemies OF the
cranberry are the angleworm and the
fireworm. The angleworm eats his
way around small circle, and then
eats within the circle. The fireworm
is less considerate, eating in all di-
rections.
Cranberry boys are good invest
ments, when the sterility of this land
is considered. As Joseph Jefferson
remarked of his Grow s Mes" prop
erty Nothing will grow but weeds,
and they grow wild"
A bog is worth about 500 per
acre. The usual output is so to 100
barrels per acre, and the price aver
ages from 81 to SIS per barrel.
Salt marshes can not be used, and
the sand must be near the bog to in
sure profitable working. Fancy
names are quite popular, the "Silver
Hill Bog" and Herring Pond Bog"
being examples.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-10-31

Animals when wild constantly die
lingering death from injury to the
skin, whether caused, as usually
happens in tropical countries, by
wounds aggravated by insects, or
by cutaneous disease, Gays the Spec
tator. Hence the pains which they
take in making their toilet, and in
the use and selection OF cosmetics. "
Among birds the salt water species
often seek fresh water to wash In !;
different land birds choose different
earths in which to dust, and also
wash in water, and nearly every trop-
ical animal, including the tiger,
bathes either in water or mud. Per-
haps the best known mud bathers
are the wild bear, tho water buffalo
and the elephant. The latter has an
inexpensive advantage over allother
animals in the use OF it's trunk for
dressing wounds. 1t is at once a
syringe, powdering puff and hand
Water, mud and dust are the main
applications" used, though it some
Tins covers a sunscorched back with
grass or leaves. Wounded ele-
phants," writes Sir Samuel Baker,
"have a marvellous power of recover
cry. When in their wild state, al
though they have no gifts Of surgical
knowledge, their simple system is
confined to plastering their wounds
with mud or blowing dust upon the
surface. Dust and mud comprises
the entire pharmacopea of the ele-
plant, and this is applied upon the
most trivial as well as upon the most
serious occasions. have seen them,
when in a tank, plaster up bullet
wound with mud taken from the
bottom"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-10-31
A CROW ON TRIAL.
The Story Of = vsraeious Western
New Yorker.


There are few men who would dis
pute statement made by john G.
Level. OF Niagara Falls. Mr.. Level
usually tells his tales in a way to
carry conviction with them, and his
late experience in Canada Is one that
will doubtless interest every one in
terested in ornithology. John was
serious as he recited the tale to a.
party of Buffalonians several even
ings ago. He said that he would like
to have had with him some one inter-
ested in birds when his attention was
taken by the action of a lot OF crows.
AS Is his custom, Mr.. Level went
through the Canadian peninsula on
one of his periodical trips, look
ing for horses for friends in this city,
and, as his horse was cantering along
easily toward the Falls, he was sur
prised to find a dark cloud suddenly
come over his buggy. He was aston
ished to find that it was flock OF
crows. Some Of them flew so close
to the ground as to cause them to
swerve from his buggy in order to
avoid collision.
Il was SO much taken up with the
actions OF the crows" said Mr.. Level,
that reigned up the horse for the
purpose OF finding out the cause Of
the congregation of birds. To my
surprise. the crows alighted in q
large open field, where one of them
alighted on knoll He was soon
surrounded by several Of the others,
and was apparently holding court.
Before him stood detected looking
crow, with head bowed and it ap-
peared that there was some kind OF a
trial going on. There was chatter
ing, and, apparently every one of the
crows in the party took up the re-
frain, as in few moments one could
hardly hear his own voice with the
noise made.
1t ceased as suddenly as it began,
and one Of the birds seemed to ad-
dress itself to the one which held
court on the knoll. When it finished
it seemed as though all Of the flock
were saying something. Two of the
members OF the party had struggle
with the one which appeared to be
under arrest, and in few moments
the entire flock flew away. When
the flock started noticed that one
of the birds, the one which appeared
to be on trial, was still on the
ground. After the rest of them had
flown he raised himself, and, in
wobbly way, followed them, staying
in their rear and lower than the rest
of the birds.
Il have an idea that the crow did
something wrong and that the trial
was had in the open field, whore
three of the wing feathers were taken
from the bird as punishment, and he
was ordered to follow in the wake of
the flock. In order to find what had
been done with the bird as punish
ment, went into the field where
the contest had been had, and there
found three wing feathers which had
apparently been plucked from the
criminal
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-10-31
Counting the Stars.

The numbering of the heavenly
bodies, whether planet, satellite or
star Of the smallest size. has been
commenced at the Paris Observatory
by Miss Klumpke, Director Of
Sciences and Assistant Astronomer.
in view of the publication Of an in
ternational catalogue Of the stars.
The idea was formed at the Astro-
nomical Congress In 1887 and already
1S9 photographs have been taken.
Some only contain dozen stars, this
being a celestial desert; but others
are crowded, even to the number OF
1900. The average number Is 1886
stars per photograph. Altogether
the catalogue is expected to contain
about 3 900 900 stars. A census OF
the heavenly bodies has long been
needed. Now woman comes for
ward and will count all the stars
She will be some time at It.; but when
the work Is done 1t will be finished.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-10-31
A French Board and It's Lesson.

In the country districts in France,
boards are put up telling what ami
mails and insects should not be killed
and the reason, and also which ones
should be exterminated In order to
afford protection to the farmer. First
on the board is this:
This board is placed under the
protection Of the common sense and
honesty Of the public"
And, Of course, after that, no boy
or man would mar or remove the
board. Then follows these instruc-
tions:
Hedgehog lives upon mice, snails
and wire worms-animals injurious
to agriculture. Don't kill hedge
hog.
Toad helps agriculture, destroys
twenty to thirty insects hourly.
Don t kill toads.
''Moles destroys wire worms larvae
and insects injurious to the farmer
No trace of vegetables is ever found
in his stomach; does more good than
harm. Don't kill moles.
Cock chafer and it's larvae-deadly
enemies to farmers; lays 20 to loo
eggs. Kill the cock chafer.
Birds-Each department Of France
loses yearly many millions of francs
by the injury done by insects. Birds
are the only enemy capable of bat
Ting with them vigorously; they are
great helps to farmers. Children
don t take bird g nests"
And so on the instructions read
Among the animals which need Kill
ing on farm are mice and rats, and
the reason they increase, in spite OF
the constant warfare of cats an d
dogs, is because the boys on the farm
kill the animals that would destroy
the pests IL thew had chance.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-10-31

of oshsr citiss Of the State b 2so 900, ouly
. lIttle moro than 50 900 IL left 70 b. cred
tied 70 the 800 towns or townships, and In
l48, or nearly one-half, OF these the popll-
lation has declined, and in forty-threo
other towns the gain has been less than
100. The returns thus show that in
nearly two-thirds Of the townships the
population has decreased or is at stand
still, and that nearly four-fifths Of the en-
tire population of the State Is massed in
towns and cities having 5000 or more in
habitants. The showing Is startling one
In the profit gives Of the extent OF the
depletion Of the country, and although ex-
ceptional causes may account for It In some
instances, such as the removal Of great
industry or the exhaustion OF farming
lands, they are insufficient to explain 1t as
n whole
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-10-31

In the guards the first regiment Of
foot are called tin heads !" In poetic
allusion to their helmets; the Chas-
seurs are green frogs" the First
Grenadiers. potato pselers;" the
Hussars. glow worms" from their
red clothes; the Third Uhlans, ''dus-
ties. from their dull yellow trim
mings, and the Pioneers. ''earth
worms
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-10-31
a Tiny Monarchy.

One OF the smallest monarchies In
Europe Is the principally Of Lich-
tenstein, wedged in between Austria
and Switzerland. 1t measures about
fifty square miles. and has popula-
ton OF 1000 all told. Lately It's
Parliament OF fifteen members ac-
cused the Sovereign OF violating the
Constitution. Thereupon the Prince
simply prorogued the Parliament
until further notice." and now all
is quiet again along the waters OF the
Rhine.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-10-31

Oil stoves and gas stoves should
never be kept burning in sleeping
room, for they are burned in the open
air OF the room, and, having no con-
nection with chimney fiue, they
throw the poisonous carbonic oxide
OF combustion into the air of the
apartment and make 1t unfit for re-
spiration. Even an oil lamp is dan
gerous II left burning oil night, but
an oil stove is worse, because stoves
generally feed more flame, consume
more OF the oxygen and give of more
poisonous gas.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-10-31
SONG.

The song we never sung,
The pine-trees Sigh IN chorus;
The eyss cur eyes must shun
Cur kxnrts keep still before US
The rose we gathered not
Blooms In the soul forever,
And hands ne'er joined In life
Death has no power TO sever.
--Lilla Cabot Perry, in the Century.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-10-31
NOT A pnESoMRSox.

''You see the gentleman who is walking
yonder? His hair turned perfectly white
In the course OF single month"
"A lot Of trouble and anxiety, eh2"
"No, he gave up dyeing."
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-10-31

taDle anu trleu 10 Stedl out ike tnleI.
But she heard him, and saw the money
and looked at him like he was ghost,
and sprung ahead Of him and stopped him
and stood there looking at him with look
he'd never seen in no mortal face in his
life.
'''It was God who put 1t into your heart
to follow me and bring that money she
said to him, and as He has done that
much, He has done more, and will keep
on doing more, until that big manly heart
in your body beats altogether for. mankind
and its Redeemer.'"
The giant paused. His narrative had
been SO simple and earnest that there were
tears in many eyes. Perhaps II was these
that sent his self-mastery astray. for when
he essayed speech again he failed Then
he looked so foolish and helpless that q
suppressed litter ran through the audience.
and this made 1t all the worse for him.
At this juncture the brigadier stepped
forth. A half merry, half whimsical ex-
preston lighted up his face as he gently
pushed the giant into platform seat fac
ing the audience, and then said:
"And so 1t was too hard for the poor
little girl to be made to tell before all these
people what happened to her in the Butte
saloon that day, and so a. great, strong
man, seeing how small and cruelty tortured
she was, would come forward as her
knight aud protector. He would show
the strength that lies in the heart of q
giant. He"
But the audience, having already caught
the point, and seeing how foolish and
childish the giant looked as he sat facing
them with tears streaming down his
cheeks, burst into great laughter and ap-
plause, with "Hallelujah!" and "God
bless the big man !" now and then.
This being the case" resumed the
b igadier, 1--WE may now proceed to the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-10-31

giOnS, but also those tnat, though eX-
plored, are not accurately surveyed, 1t
will be seen that the field for further ex-
ploratiof and research is abundantlv
wide.
A GRAND RAPIDS paper says that the
folding bed is passing; even as the round
table passed. And it is not to be regretted,
adds Truth, when one considers the risks
one takes of being folded up against the
picture on the wall in and by one of them,
when he wishes to be folded only into
rosy, refreshing dreams. To pull ones
bed out like drawer or an accordion, or
down like an awning, In itself savors of
artificiality not pleasant to the lover of
nature, who would predict from the sue
cess of such a contrivance that other CON-
binations, such as folding pianos and fold
ing refrigerators, would follow. And so 1t
is refreshing to know that 1t Is passing
away never to re turn--that 1t is folding
its ominous wings, like the tent OF the
Arab, to take long flight aud softly van
ish away. For then when one sees side
board or bookcase or bureau, he will
not suspect it of being what it Is not, and
he will know when looking at mantle
piece that the vases are not bed legs, and
that the mattress and other things are not
crammed up the open fireplace to be
pulled out at the hour Of retiring.
PUBLICATION Of the results of the State
census of Massachusetts, shows steady
drift of population toward the cities. of
the total gain of 500. 204 in population in
the last decade, about 40 900, nearly one
half. being made by the cities and towns
Immediately around Boston. As the grin
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-04
CRrnot's Noble Memorial.

Instead Of being invested in cold mar
bio or bronze, the funds raised by pub
lie subscription for monument in
memory of NJ. Carnot, the murdered
president of the French republic, arc to
DO devoted wholly to the iolicf of suf-
fering humanity--a most noble idea,
comlnendablo for imitation. Eleven
thousand francs, the interest on tho sum
raised, will hereafter be distributed an
nually among 70 widows of working
men who have been left with children
without support. And Nine Curnot has
reserved the right TO increase tho fund
by donations
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-04
SCHOOLS Ann coLu.EG Es.
soIao"LS AMI COLLEGES.


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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-04
Not Much IN a Nams.

The Detroit Free Press is an excellent
newspaper, but 1t ought to know better
thar to ascribe the improvement in bust
ness TO the Wilson bill =" The Evil
Eon bill" reposes i'll a mangled condi
ton in one of the pigeonkoles of de
serted committee room. Tho act which
the esteemed Free Press and other
onckoo' organs were pleased to term the
!" Gorman- Brice outrage" is on tho stat
utes and is doing the business the FREQ
Press 50 much admires Washington
Post,
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-04
Getting Ready to Move.

OF course we will move nothing but the good will the
new store No stock. Nothing will be left Of that by
the time the building the Stevens
ready The first lines to be closed follows:
Ladies Lonsdac Cambria Night Gowns Val. and linen
ace trimmed $3.50. These reduced from SIS and $3.50
One lot of lonsdale Cambria lace Trimmed Gowns re-
duccd from 81. SO and rs S. One Sla and
$I574 Gowns now soc each Some 5 Gowns 75c
Fifteen fall weight
makers cost i u
Of lot OF all wool dress yard wide Shepherds plaid
9o cloth Black
o S suits 81 stripped Duck with collar close Go each Boys Shirt
Waste now 33c insea OF 5c Mothers Friend
aunded Csc
five feet long, reduced 99c close them
One mixed
tlannel all WOOL
PIsse wash
ST. Embroidered flannel, ST.
fromJ - ~ $500
w ATT, I3ETTEWN & CLAY.