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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21

AIRY Ridge. Many of the brigade posi-
lions have been definitely determined,
and all of them have been approx
mately ascertained, and brigade tab
le:j for the first positions on each side
for both days battle at Chickamauga
are now being cast.
The State Of Ohio has had commits
sion of eight, who served in the bat
ties. at work for two years locating the
regiments and batteries from that
State, and their work on the Chicka-
manga field is nearly completed. Ohio
had fifty-five organizations in the bat
tie Of Chickamauga and seventy-one at
Lookout Mountain and Missionary
Ridge. That State has appropriated
500, 900 for fifty-fve monuments on the
Chickamauga field and $1,000 for the
expenses of her Commissioners. The
monuments are in position, and fifty
one granite markers 10 inches square
and 3 feet high have been placed to
mark fighting positions other than
those designated by the monuments.
The State of Minnesota has erected five
monuments to the two organizations
from that State which were engaged,
four at Chickamauga and one on Mis-
sionary Ridge. These cost in the aggre-
gate $4,000. The State of Massachu-
sets has erected a fine monument In
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21

the Orchard Knob Reservation COM
memorating the services of her two
regiments in the Chattanooga cam
paign. The Legislature Of the State
OF New York has passed a bill involv-
ing the expenditure of $S1, 900 for mon
uments at Wauhatchie, Lookout Noun
tain, Missionary Ridge and Ringgold.
The work of erecting monuments to
the regular troops has been completed.
These are nine in number.
Cost of the Monuments.
The monuments now on the field have
ranged in cost from $1,000 to a little
over $4,000 The monument to the
United Staes Regulars cost 81 500 each
delivered ut Lyle Station. The Ohio
monuments for the most part, cost
$500 each, delivered and erected on
the field. The monuments costing
81 900 each, delivered and erected, are
OF excellent design and execution. The
material for monuments Is, under the
regulations, confined to granite and
bronze. Any organization may in
crease the cost of it's monument by add
ing to the sum allowed by the State.
Eight pyramidal monuments, each 10
feet high. constructed Of S-inch shells,
have been erected as markers upon the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21

CARNATIONS, the brigade tablets carry
ing these designations to the command
ers Of regiments and batteries. The
part taken by each organization
throughout the battles will be concisely
set forth on these tablets. They are
each 4x3 feet, and contain from 200 to
400 words OF historical text. The act
Of Congress leaves 1t to the States to
erect monuments to regiments and bat
teries; and to the latter organizations,
such as corps, divisions and brigades,
to erect their own monuments must,
under the law, receive the approval of
the Secretary OF War before the monu.
ments can be erected.
The Completed Park.
The park, when completed, will be the
most comprehensive and extended mill
tary object lesson in the world. The
central drive, now completed from the
southern limits of the Chickamauga
field to the north end of Missionary
Ridge, is twenty miles in length. All
of it passes through or overlooks heavy
fighting ground. On the Union side
two corps from the Army Of the Poto-
mac, four divisions from the Army Of
the Tennessee and the Army of the
Cumberland were engaged, and on the
other the Confederate Army Of Tonnes
see. with re-enforcements from East
Tennessee and Mississippi, and two d.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21

On the occasion of Lord Melville's
trial before the House of Lords, Hook
had a seat among the spectators. He
could not resist the opportunity of mys.
tifying his neighbors, a lady and her
daughter from Sussex. When the
Bishops appeared in their state attire
wearing scarlet and lawn sleeves oy er
their doctors robes-he confldentially
observed to the lady:
"These are not gentlemen; they are
ladies', elderly ladies-the dowager
peeresses In their own right"
When the Speaker of the House of
Commons appeared, and attracted at
tention by the rich embroidery of his
robes, the lady inquired:
pray, sir, who Is that fine-looking
person oppositeT
THAT. madam" said Hook, SIS Car
dinal Wolseyv'
.No, sir" cried the lady, with look
of angry disdain, 1--WE knows a little
better than that; Cardinal Wolsey has
been dead many a good Year,
"No such thing, madam, l assure
you,' replied Hook, with imperturbable
gravity; ut has been, know, so re.
ported In the country, but without the
least foundation; In fact, those rascally
newspapers will say anything. TEN.
pie Bar.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21

furnace to the floor, and fitting closely
about the hot-air pipes, very little dust
will work through the register into
Hie house. The vegetable and house
hold supplies are stored in the cellar
under the kitchen, so as to be handy
for the housewife. The rest of the
cellar is available for storing fruit,
potatoes, ETC., that are to be kept a
long time. 1t is eight feet in the clear,
well lighted, and perfectly drained. so
as to be dry in the wettest weather.
The house may be so set up that the
rear of the cellar may open level to the
landing Of the cellar stairs, thus doing
away with the ugly hatchway under n
snowdrift. The one large chimney ac-
commodities both the furnace f1ue and
the two large tireplaces. The extra
cost of these fireplaces is very slight.
and, as long as fuel is so cheap, there
is no reason why the great majority of
farmhouses should not enjoy n fire.
place in the sitting room. 1t is really
necessity for ventilation in the close
ly built houses required by our long
winters. Entering the front door. we
have coy vestibule, with convenient
closet. Portieres or q door may shut
off this vestibule from the hall in cold
weather, for the hall Is well lighted
from the double windows on the stair
landing. A sliding door opens into the
living room, and hinged door into
the dining-room. The kitchen may be
reached from both the front and back
of house without going through any
room. The dining-room can also be
reached from both front and rear with
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21

spots where brigade commanders on
each side were killed or MORALLY
wounded.
Each battery engaged Is to be marked
IN its most important fighting position
by guns and carriages of the patterns
used In the battle. There are thirty
five Of these positions for each army on
the Chickamauga field alone.
The following States have commits
sions at work with the National Com
mission In locating positions and clear
ing up confused and disputed points
in history; Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
Georgia. Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ken
tucky. Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mlchl-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21
Names Winter Mosquitoes.

Stopping over night at little Maine
hotel that stands on low ground near a
marshy pond" said the commercial
traveller, ION q cold night, with three
feet of snow on level out Of doors, /
thought I heard a mosquitoes note. or
course 1t didn't seem possible that mos
qultoes should be humming about In
midwinter, but soon felt an unmistak-
able bite, and saw several of the wing
ed terrors flying between me and the
light.
"'Oh. they re mosquitoes enough
said the hostess, In answer to my ques-
ton. They come from the cellar. We
have 'em all winter long. It's the lights
at night that bring emupstairs. They're
kind o. sluggish ut this season. and
don't bite as hard as they do in sum-
mer, but sometimes they're pooty vex-
In to folks not used to summerin' and
winterin' with EN-"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21


Skating Is part Of the business of
winter In Holland. as well as health
full pastime. In many districts ut this
season 1t becomes the easiest and quick
est mode OF travelling from the villages
and farmhouses to the market towns.
The most noted display of this art,
however, as sportive accomplishment
Is at Slikkerveer, on the Mas, some
miles above Rotterdam, under the di-
rection Of the Dutch Skating Associa-
ton. The skates used have very long
runners and points curving back at the
toes. The ice here is not that of the
river, but large space obtained by
flooding the low ground adjacent. A
party of skaters will join together,
holding long pole under their arms.
At Slikkerveer, being "A place very ac-
cessible from such towns as Rotterdam
and bort, most of the skaters are towns
folk, and few quaint rustic dresses are
to be seen.
1t Is different in some Of the northern
and eastern provinces, especially Fries
land, where the peasantry and weil-to-
do farmers, with the women folk, still
wear their ancient costumes. The
shores and isles Of the Zuider Zee, in
deed, exhibit much that is curiously
old-fashioned in the manners and hab-
its Of the people. The holiday dress OF
the men is tight jacket. Of maroon
color with silver buttons which Is
'slashed in front to show the gay red
or blue shirt, huge haggy trousers,
boots and furred caps; while their
wives and daughters or sisters, in white
muslin caps with long pendants, golden
plates or golden spiral ornaments at the
sides Of the forehead, and frocks of
thick wooden striped black and blue.
make an equal show of the taste Of the
good old times.
The little isle of Marker, five miles
out from Volendam, is mere sand
bank or mudbank, with thousand in
habitants living in cluster of wooden
cottages, one-storied, rooted with tiles
and painted red, blue or green. This
small isolated community is thought to
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21

out going through the kitchen. The
door between 1t and the pantry swings
both ways, and so does the door be-
tween pantry and kitchen, but an or
binary door closes the pantry from the
back hall. But few steps are required
to reach the pantry from either kitchen
or dining-room. and the dresser In
the kitchen is handy to the sink. The
kitchen is well lighted, and can be kept
cool In summer. being on the north
side, while the shed Is also available
as a summer Kitchen IL desired. Tubs
for washing may be set In this shed,
with hot and cold water at but little
extra expense. and sink is also pro-
vided In the shed. where the men folks
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21
A WESTERN woman,s Lonely Lot.

While in Coulee City, Ore, recently
a woman met the wife of a prominent
stockman. After the usual salutation
she was asked for news, and replied,
81 have no particular news. l have
not seen white woman since last
August until recently. My husband
has been away most Of the summer"
"How do you pass the time alone"
"My two little boys are good COM
pany and we kill rattlesnakes."
Are there many rattlesnakes"
81 killed sixty-three last summer my
self, and my youngest child killed one
with n piece of sage brush. Then.
ducks are plentiful, and am pretty
good shot. have killed several on the
wing
Her looks indicated nothing but per-
feet satisfaction with her lot, and health
was pictured on every line of her smil-
ing countenance.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21
NEckrIEs ARE ALWAYS NEW.
Mr.. Feathers Learns the Secret OF Mr..
Ciuks' Attractive Assortment.

Mr.. Feathers learue the 6ecret OF DAr'
Giuks' Attractive Assortment.
II am somewhat curious by nature"
said Mr.. Feathers recently, "and some
time ago l was struck by the remark
able number of new neckties worn by
young Mr.. Ginks, who sits opposite
me ut our clearinghouse table. l
proceeded to study them, and after a
week or two discovered TINT they
were not only always smooth and
fresh. but that their appearance was
regulated according to their hues. For
two days he would wear a black and
gray tie, for instance; then Il black
Powered red ground affair would creep
out from his bosom, and then two or
three more combinations would be
worn. At last could restrain myself
no longer and asked Ginks to ex-
plain to me his necktie system. He
looked mysterious and beckoned me
to a secluded corner.
"'Mr. Feathers he said, earnestly.
Il feel that / can confide In you thor
oughly. The scarfs you have so kindly
duuiTcu uIe I'VE III uuiuDcT, anu iCc
all l have. l wear one until 1t gets
soiled, and then drop it In gasoline
outside of my window. After the
liquid has evaporated take the scarf
In and every sign of dirt has disap-
peared. By doing this in rotation with
the five ties keep up an appearance
that would cost more than could af-
ford If l depended upon new ones
II thanked the young man for his
very interesting information" said Mr..
Feathers in conclusion. land do not
doubt that many others like him know
the value of gasoline as cleansing ar
ticle, and put it to good use. l hope
they will use 1t In the open air, how
ever, as it Is very volatile and infiam-
mable liquid and is liable TO explode
IL exposed in room where there is a
gaslight or a fire"-Washington Star.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21
Lifeboat Propelled by Pumps.

While the propulsion of boats by
Jets Of water thrown from them to the
rear or to the front may not be econ
omical under ordinary conditions. it
has proved decidedly satisfactory i'm
lifeboat service, where screw i,rOpel-
lers and paddle wheels are alike in
admissible. The first boat Of this sort
has been in service at Harwich. Eng.
for three years, and during that time
she has been out twenty-eight times,
and has saved fifty-one lives. Her sue
cess has led to the construction of
second boat on the same general style,
for which the plans were prepared by
the eminent yacht designer, C. l.. Wat
son, who is trying to lay down lines
for n cutter to take back the Queens
cup to England. The new lifeboat Is
SO feet long, 16 feet in the beam, and
has n depth Of 51s feet. Steam is
raised in n multitubular boiler and Is
piped to compound engine of 223
indicated horse power, driving two
centrifugal pumps, one on each side
Of the boat. These pumps draw their
supply Of water from an inlet directly
below the center of the boat, and are
arranged so that they can throw pow
erful streams ahead, back or to either
side there being six ports In ALL The
boat is called the City of Glasgow, and
has been stationed at Harwich in place
of the former boat, which has been
sent to New Brighton. On some recent
trials it was found that by means of
one of the stern jets alone, without
rudder, the boat could be turned In
the open sea in a little over five min
utes, while, with both stern jets in
operation, the boat could be turned
with the rudder in about a minute
and a half. While going ahead at full
speed she can be brought to uead
stop and started astern in twenty sec
onds.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21
visions from the Army of Northern vir-

visions from the Army of Northern Vir-
ginia.
The details Of six battles will be set
forth upon the historical tablets to be
erected by the National Commission
within the park and its approaches,
namely: Wauhatchie, Browns Ferry,
Orchard Knob, Lookout Mountain, Mis-
sionary Ridge and the three days fight.
ing at Chickamauga. The grounds will
be a park only in the sense Of being
restored to their condition ut the time
of the battle. No work will be done
for purely decorative purposes. The
old line of works are to be restored.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21
incomes I'm country and Town

Five thousand dollars in country
town is affiuence, IL the beneficiary Is
content to stay there; but In the city
the family man with only that income,
provided he Is ambitious, can only just
live, and might fairly be described as
the cousin-gcrman to mendicant.
And yet there are some worthy citi-
zens still who would doubtless be
aghast ut these statements, and would
wish to know how one Is to spend
5000 a year without extravagancc.---
Scribner's.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21

be the remnant of a peculiar race, more
ancient than the Hollanders of the
mainland. They have customs and
traditions of their own, and whenever
any of them appear in the streets Of
Amsterdam he at once eXcites the no.
tice of city people. Marken will be
submerged forever, but full compensa-
ton will be paid to its inhabitants, If
ever the Zuider Zee draining scheme
be carried into effect.-London Illus.
trated News.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21

may wash without cluttering up the
kitchen. The milk room opening on the
shed Is t1so convenient, and keeps the
milk Utensils out Of the house. The
secoiid- floor rooms are large and con-
veniehf My family believe that the
bathroom is worth many times Its
cost. 1t is fed from tank In the attic
In the absence of aqueduct water, a
ram, force pump or windmill will keep
this tank supplied, and feed the boiler
OF the kitchen range.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21
HONOR TO THE DEAD.
MARKING THE SPOTS WHERE
AMERICAN HEROES FELL
Hundreds of Monuments and Tablets
Dot the Chickamauga Battlefield.
The Grandest Military Object Lesson
I'm the World.
A Great WORK FL progres..

An interesting statement of the pro-
gress and condition of work on the
National Military Park at Chickamau-
ga and Chattanooga has been issued.
1t is the first announcement Of what
the States have done in conjunction
with the general government As the
result Of careful study by the National
Commission, the fighting lines OF all
divisions and brigades on each side
have been ascertained with sufficient
accuracy to justify the erection OF
historical tablets for these organiza-
lions. Division tablets have been COM
pleted for Chickamauga and Mission
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21
Bread and Typhoid Fever.

A serious note OF alarm was struck
last summer by Surgeon Major Rennie,
of the English army, who sent COM
munication to London medical Jour
nal, showing that typhoid fever was
spread at Meerut, In India, by half
baked, doughty plumcakes, eaten by the
soldiers of the English army Mt that
station, where impure water was used
In making the dough. A month later
Drs. Waldo and Welsh published their
experiments on the temperature Mt
which bread is baked and carefully
recorded the bacteria found In British
breads.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21

pounds. Were the separate sheets plac-
ed end to end in straight line, the pc
tition would be thirty miles in length,
and to it are signed between 1000, 900
and 100000 names-and all those of
women. These are not all the names of
American women. This. is the petition
that was circulated in the Old World by
Miss Willard and Lady Henry Somer-
set, and presented to the women Of
fifty different countries.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21

Suggestions by New York Farmers,
Wife for a Cory Home.
! have made plans suited TO onr own
needs on farm four miles from SYRIA
cuse. N. ". that is DEVOTED to fruit
and garden crops, with a small dairy,
writes Mary A. G. Biell. In the Ameri-
can Agriculturist. We do not care for
the conventional parlor. and therefore
dispense with It, believing that the
hall, dining-room and living room AT
ford all the necessary rooms for prac-
teal use. The living room may be
used for bedroom II necessary, and
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21

Men may, for broken wood or glass,
Some strong cement invoke;
But there Is no cement, alas!
To help n man who is broke.
New York Herald.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21
sad Plight OF a Young Countess.

The young daughter of Count Stozzi,
an Italian nobleman, was recently ar
rested for stealing jewelry. At the trial
of the young lady Il sad story was
brought to light Her father who was
once very wealthy, lost all his money
in unfortunate land specalations in
Rome. The young countess, In order
to support her parents, took place as
chambermaid. and recently, under
stress of poverty, stole some of her
mistress jewelry, and being tried and
convicted was mercifully sentenced to
only twelve days Imprisonment. the
Judge admitting as extenuating cir
cumstances the sad change in her fam
ily's fortunes.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21

No man will take good advice on
another's say so; even when he learns
a truth for himself, he cannot always
apply 1t.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21
MILES OF NAMES.

Monster Temperance Petition, Signed
by Four Million People.
The cut herewith gives one much
more vivid idea than could be gained
from a mere description of the size Of
the mighty polyglot petition presented
to Congress, asking for legislation
against liquor. opium and kindred evils.
The rolls all together weigh thousand
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21

"Do you think girl ought to learn
to cook before she gets marriedT
asked the practical man. YES" re-
piled his dyspeptic friend. Either
that, or else she ought to be willing
not to try."-Washingtor Star.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-21

When man has an opinion or
theory that happens to turn out right
how he likes to hover around 1t.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1895-06-20
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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1895-06-20
RECEIPTS.
NO IMPROVEMENT SHOWN OVER
LASTsMONTH
In Amount of Customs and Internal
Revenue Collected During the Month
Of June-Iresent Deficit Likely to he
Reduced.

WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE treas
ury receipts from customs and all in
tcrnal revenue SO far during the month
Of June show no improvement over
last month, while the disbursements
are practically the same. The receipts
from sugar Importation are surpris-
ingly low ard the exports largely in
creased. For the first half of the pres
ent month the receipts from customs
amount to $6,224,725 and from in
ternal revenue, 3, l95,0S6, making the
total receipts from customs for the
eleven and one-balf months of the fs-
cal year G146.S43,6S7 and from the
internal revenua sources Sl36, 954, 1853,
The present deficit of 4S,4O0,950.
however, is likely to be reduced by the
cutting of expenditures to about
$45,000,000 for the full fiscal year.
Notwithstanding this showing, there
is no expectation from any source oe
an extra session of congress or for an
other bond issue before the regular
meeting in December To-day the
gold reserve amounts to about &c.,
100000, with an available cash balance
of nearly $1S4,000, which is regarded
as ann : to. me ct all ordinary demands.
The spirit of confidence and security
which pervades the treasury depart
ment at this time is largely due to the
provision i'll the last bond contract
obligating syndicate to protect the
gold in the treasury from withdraw
ais from export. The ability of the
syndicate to carry out this provision
has been amply demonstrated during
the last several months, when the rate
of sterling exchange has at times ruled
far above export points