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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14
AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE.
A Dead Mans Name and Place
Taken BY Another.

A remarkable story comes from
Sedgwick, Wis.
Sometime in the winter Of 1892
Willis German mysteriously disap-
peared, leaving a loving wife and a
handsome property. Search was
made, but tho missing man could not
be heard from, and his neighbors
gave him up for dead. No reason
could be assigned for his disappear
ance.
Eighteen months ago a man came
to Sedgwick and announced himself
as Willis German. He looked like
German, talked like him and was
familiar with matters known only to
German and his wife. Still there
was something peculiar about him
and people had their doubts. He
failed to recollect certain names and
localities, but he explained by saying
that he had wandered of when tenn
porarily deranged, and blow on the
head had injured his mental facul-
ties. During his absence he had been
in Michigan, where his cousin, John
Mcclure, had nursed him back to
health. This statement satisfied
everybody, and Mrs. German was
convinced that the man was her hus-
band.
The supposed German resumed his
old place as the head Of his family,
and everything moved along pleas
antly until two months ago, when q
son was born in the German house.
hold. Then cousin from Nebraska
came to see Mrs. German and when
he saw her husband he declared
positively that he was not the real
Willis German. The whole story
was told to him and he pretended to
be satisfied. But the Nebraska man
was still anspicious, He went to
Michigan and investigated the mat
ter, and upon his return he exploded
a bomb in Sedgwick.
To make long story short, he had
discovered that Willis German died
at the home OF John Mcclure, in
Michigan. Mcclure had found out
all about his history and circum-
stances, and as he closely resembled
him, he thought that he would go to
Sedgwick and pass himself of for
the dead man. He succeeded won
derfully we'll, and was getting along
finely until he was unmasked by Mrs.
German cousin. When Mcclure
realized that his deception was
known, he burst into tears and Of
fsred to marry Mrs. German at once.
The lady's relatives wanted to &C
cept the offer, but she would not lis
ten to it, and demanded that Nc.
CURE should sign written confes-
sion and depart from the State. leav-
ing her and her child In peace.
Mcclure accepted these hard con-
ditions and left. The case is the
sensation OF the hour out West.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14
Petty Economies.

Shoes were the pet meanness of a
distinguished English nobleman
whose ground rents in London alone
would have shod all its inhabitants
for centuries to come. 1t is related
Of him that he once took his favorite
pair in person to a cobbler, and that
after carefully examining them the
man said to him, Il never saw the
like since / We been at the business.
You are either the greatest pauper
in England, or the Marquis Of"
Il am the marquis, and not the
pauper, said his lordship and far
from being offended, seemed greatly
amused. To mount new pair Of
shoe-strings, even, is pain and grief
to him, and new pair of shoes al
ways brings on violent fit Of govt.
so vehemently is he opposed to the
sad necessity Of donning them at all.
Lord Eldon was peer Of this pat
tern, only he proceeded to the other
extremity. and would never allow his
wife and daughters but one bonnet
between them. One wonders what
pretty Betty Surtees saw in him to
induce her to elope with him, cost
what it might.
There is Frenchman whose &c
centricity in respect Of a pet mean
ness is very often commented upon
in Paris. for, though he has model
establishment and positively rolls in
money. he cannot bear to use towels
freight own or his neighbors'. It
is said that upon staying at one of
the old castles Of Brittany for q week
he took his hostess aside privately
and showed her over three dozen
towels that he had been gloating over
for days. "All these, madame, /
have saved ;" he remarked, with great
delight. Your servants put them in
my room, it Is true. but / and my
wife have only used one between us.
Servants are careless, wasteful
creatures. Ireturn the rest"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14
LARGEST LOCOMOTIVES.
Pendsrous Engines that Drag Tim :
Der Down Mountain Sides.

COuoOSOoo GO0sUOo tuot SSo8 ~"
Der Down Mountain Sides.
In the vicinity of the town OF
Verdi, Cal. the highways have been
completely ruined for carriage pur-
poses by ponderous road engines
which are used by the lumbermen
They are larger and heavier than the
largest railroad locomotives. They
pro ell themselves and draw from
eight to dozen great cars laden
with timber from nearby forests for
the sawmills In Verdi. The wheels
of both engines and cars have pinch
fianges running diagonally across
their surface, which have the same
effect upon roadbed as milestone
on wheat. says a correspondent of
the Chicago Times-Herald.
As the lumber business Is the main
stay of Verdi, the citizens forego
their carriage drives without grum-
bling. and have never thought Of re-
stricting the liberties OF the road en-
gines. Without the fanges the
wheels would slip, as the engines go
up and down the steep grades-so
steep that it would not pay to cart
the timber with either horses or
oxen.
The engines cost great sums OF
money, and are only practicable be-
cause there are millions Of dollars
worth OF timber upon The hillsides.
So they were created for special
purpose and are altogether too pom
derous and expensive to serve any
other purpose.
They are supported and propelled
by three wheels, all driving wheels
connected with the same cylinders
(two in number) and guided by the
single wheel placed directly in front
OF the boiler head. In order that
this wheel may be used as steer
ing wheel series Of ingenious ball
joints, permitting a swivel in any
direction, connect the cranks with
the driving rods.
A cab containing the steering gear,
horizontally placed wheel similar to
those used upon hook and ladder
trucks, is placed directly over the
boiler head. The pilot is also en-
gineer. The throttle, reversing lever,
whistle and guages are ranged about
this cab in convenient form. At the
rear is another cab, used by the fire.
man, also set up with gauges and
valves. Wood is the fuel used and
wood stations and tanks located every
mile or two along the road do away
with the necessity of towing large
tender, and the only incumbrance to
the machine, aside from it's load. is
small tank strapped upon the boiler,
resembling the camel-back engines
used in railroad yards for shifting.
The connection between engine and
train Is made with chain, the tongue
of each wagon fitting in a traveller
upon the rear axle Of the preceding
wagon.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14

A writer In The Household Com
panion speaks up for these two
Hcommon things'' a. follows:
A box OF washing soda In the kitch-
on and another In the bathroom
closet are great aids IN Clearly house
keeping. Greasy spots and pans, or
those to which something has burned
or fastened itself so firmly that scrap
Ing Ia q dissgreeable necessity, are
easily cleansed ifa small lump Of
soda is put In the pan and covered
with cold water. Set the utensil
over the fire until after dinner, and
you will find that all the grease or
crust 10 loosened. Granite wear and
tin last much longer when cleansed
In this way, which 10 preferable to
the pot-cleaner that IL q network Of
iron or steel rings. The soda 10 also
excellent to cleanse and Written I'M
vanished and implanted floors, t.
bles and other surfaces, and quite
indispensable In flushing the waste
pipe in the bathroom and kitchen
sinks once or twice q week. In this
case the soda should be dissolved in
boiling hot water and used at once.
Charcoal Is another simple and in
expensive purifying agent that is
most useful in keeping q house free
from smells OF various kinds. A
few good-sized pieces in refrigerator
occasionally purifies and preserves
1t. II you have that abomination,
an enclosed dark place under the
sink for pots, ETC., put some char
coal there, as well as in the cupboard
where you keep cooked food.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14

Surprising the army supplies to BE-
regularly furnished, the fighting man
ought to return from the cam paign
carrying In his hsversack the same
emergency ration with which he
started out originally. But 1t may
happen that the regiment or brigade
10 cut of from the main body, and In
that case the emergency rations may
be literal salvation. Or he may be
left wounded on . field of battle, I'M
able to obtain anything to eat for
days, unless he has 1t with him.
During the recent war with China the
Japanese found emergency rations q
necessity In active service. An army.
or large part Of 1t, may be thrown
rapidly forward to hold q position.
and 1t takes week or more to make
roads, SO as to get supplies to the
'front.'
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14

In the year ITO the most wonder
full automaton that has ever been
constructed was exhibited at Exeter
Exchange, London. This automatic
wonder represented country GENTLE
mans house, and was of such intri-
cate and elaborate construction that
no one disputed the claim of the ex-
hibitor when he declared that he had
worked q years in periecting it. 1t
showed the regulation English coun-
try house, with parks. gardens, cas-
cades, temples, bridges, ETC., besides
over 100 appropriately clad human
figures in the gardens, on the bridges,
chopping wood and at various build
ing operations. In the park were
several deer moving naturally about,
and four horses and coach follow
ing the meandering road. Besides
the above the figures Of boys were
seen fishing from the bridges, while
boatload Of ladies and gentlemen
regularly rowed across an enlarge
ment In the brook, much to The con-
sternation OF the natural looking fig
ures OF geese and ducks which were
padding about in the water. The
whole OF these animate and mani
mate figures were Enclosed in space
Of only Al feet square.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14
A Clever Marksman.

A sporting gentleman, who had the
reputation Of being a very bad shot,
invited some of his friends to dine
with him.
Before dinner he showed them q
target painted on barn door with q
bullet right in the bullseye.
This he claimed to have shot at one
thousand yards distance.
AS nobody believed him he offered
to bet the price of an oyster supper
on it. On one of the guests accept
ing the wager he produced two wit
nesses whose veracity could not be
doubted to prove his assertion.
Since they both stated he had done
what he claimed he won his bet.
During dinner the loser of the
wager inquired how the host had
managed to fire such an excellent
shot.
The host answered:
"Well, / shot the bullet at the
door at the distance OF one thous-
and yards, and then l painted the
target round it"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14
Long suffering Couple.

The Monroe County Court has appoint
ed guardian for the estate of Isaac
Brewer of Stroudsburg. This is the
climax OF strange career. He and his
wife, Alice, have had ups and downs with
the most alarming frequency during the
twenty-five years Of their married life.
In that time the wife has, it is asserted,
deserted her husband forty-two times.
Forty-one times Isaac was able to coax
or hire his better half to return home; but
the forty second time she refused, and she
is now living with her daughter. They
would have slight disagreement, and the
wife would leave home. Perhaps she
would be absent several days, and then
Brewer would go in search of her. The
twenty-third disappearance was caused by
a custard pie, and it cost the husband
$500 in cash and the deed of house to
get his wife back. 1t seems their tastes
differed as to custard pie. the husband
seeming to have peculiar ideas about its
makeup. Now the wife says she cannot
be hired to 60 back home, and a guardian
has been appointed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14
Fun With Peanuts.

A peanut hunt Is lots of fun for an
evening party. The hostess hides
peanuts in all sorts of queer places
about the room, sometimes putting
two or three nuts in the same place :.
Then she provides each Of her guests
with little basket tied with gay rib
bons, and then the hunt begins.
Sometimes a march is played and the
hunters mist keep step to the music,
stopping when 1t stops, and starting
again when it starts. After certain
time the finds are compared. The
one who has the largest number wins
the first prize, while the booty"
prize is fittingly awarded to the one
having the fewest.
Some other trials that are great
sport are often introduced. One is
to see who can carry the most pea
nuts In one hand from one table to
another. A boy ought to win this.
Forty-two is q good number.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14

Some passengers over one OF the
Berlin canal bridges the other day
noticed the sudden appearance Of
two black points in the sky at con-
siderable distance away, which de-
veloped into two ducks. Behind
them at lower level few another
bird which suddenly rose into the air
above the ducks. and then shot down
upon them like an arrow. One Of
the ducks few sideways towards the
Thiergarten; the other, closely pur-
sued by it's enemy. few slanting into
the canal, and. reaching the water
exactly behind the bridge. dived,
while the hawk in its blind haste,
struck against the head OF a statue
OF Hercules, and fell once more, flap
ping its great wings, dead on the
pavement OF the bridge. The bird
was splendid specimen, the wings
having an expansion OF more than
three feet.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14
Lead Mining Declining.

The United States geological sur
vey report says that the lead mining
industry for 1894 was one of except
ionally low prices. Mining declined
and 1t was necessary to draw on for
eign sources to supply deficiencies.
The production Of refined lead In the
United States was 2l9 900 short tons
in 1894 The production OF 1893 was
900 900 short tons.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14

Come listen. oh. love. to the olive-hued
dove.
The dove and the olive of old.
Companioned still in their wsrld above
As when the deluge rolled.
HarkI heaven. oh, love, to the voice of
the dove.
Hark, heaven, and hear him say,
There are many to morrows, my love. my
love, -
There's only one to-day"
And this is his wooing; you hear him say,
''This day in purple rolled.
And the baby stars of the milky way
Are Graded In cradles of gold"
Now, what Is thy secret, serene, gray dove
Escaping deaths deluze alwayi
s'There are many to-morrows, my love, my
love;
There's only one to-day"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14

A peculiar accident occurred In
East Monmouth, Me. A man by the
name Of Prescott was leading colt
when the animal whirled and kicked.
striking Prescott In the region OF the
hip pocket. where he carried loaded
revolver. The revolver was die
charged !, the bullet lodging In the
calf OF Mr.. Prescott's leg.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14

In a Wisconsin village recently q
funeral procession was very largely
made up OF men and women on BIZ
cyles, the deceased having been
member of bicycle clss
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14

Sixteen Indian skulls were found
in one mound near Martin, Mich, to-
gether with implements of war and
slate, upon which peculiar hero
glyphics were written.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14

There are those who say that the
Napoleon curl has been done to
death by actresses.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-11-14

Soups, you understand, are most
useful in rations. For health 1t
is not sufficient to put a certain
amount Of nutriment into the body;
the stomach must be distended.
Soup does that incidentally. the
soldier who consumes one OF the ra-
tons absorbs one quart of sterilized
water.
CONDENSED soups may be pur-
chased in tablets three inches square
and half an inch thick. Each tablet
weighs four ounces and makes six
plates OF soup. In food value one
tablet Is equal to one and three
quarter pounds of potatoes. Bean,
mock-turtle, green corn, barley and
potato soups are desiccated In this
form. Tomato, vegetable and fish
chowder soups are similarly pre-
pared. What do you suppose this is'
1t looks like button, doesn t it? 1t
is cup OF tea condensed. All you
have to do is to drop 1t into cup Of
hot water and stir it up. The sweet
ening is in the button with the tea.
No. the sweetening is not sugar. but
,saccharine. Coffee Is put up In the
same way, with saccharine, as we'll
as in shape that looks like black
molasses. stFT
IAN iron ration is short weight
and highly concentrated diet intend
ed TO cover only brief period. IL Is
not to be used except when the regu-
lar food supply cannot be obtained.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-08-02
CHAS. WILSON & co
Cut This Out.

Save this and wait until Saturday,
August 3. at 8 a. M. then come to ,309
State street, a few doors below Chapel.
New Haven, Conn. Look for sign and
number. Great Consignment Sale of
s57 900 worth Of merchant tailors' mis-
fits at so cents on the dollar. This sale
will commence on Saturday, August g.,
at 8 a. m. For ten days only. This is
the first time sale Of such extraor-
binary magnitude, of merchant tailors'
misfit suits, coats and vests and pants,
has ever taken place in this city, and
may never occur again. A chance like
this happens only once in a lifetime. A
few Of the many bargains that can be
obtained are mentioned here:
Mems Tweed Cashmere Suits that
were made for $14 are sold here at $475
or money returned. English diagonal
suits, that were made for SIS sold here
at $3.50, worth s25 or money refunded.
Genuine Scotch Cheviot Suits made for
$40, sold here for SITS. Foreign Wors-
ted Dress Suits made for $35, sold here
for $3.50. Elegant silk and Satin Lined
Suits made and trimmed in the finest
manner in sack and cutaway, made for
forty dollars. our price during this sale
$14 Mems Pants made for IS sold here
for Sits worth SIS or money returned.
Mems Fancy Stripe Dress Pants made
for $3.50 sold here for $3.50, and hun
dreds of other bargains not mentioned
here. Come and see them. Cost you
nothing to judge and look for yourself,
and you will find the above are positive
facts.
This Is genuine merchant tailors'
misft clothing sale Don't buy ready
made clothing when you can buy mer
chant tailors' misfits for less than ready
made. Remember the address, 800
State street, a few doors below Chapel,
New Haven, Conn.
Make no mistake; look for name and
number. Store will remain open even
ings until p. M, Saturdays until 1890
p. m. Jy 81 st
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THE BRIDGEPORT STRIKE.


Operations Resumed at Plush Shop--situ-
alton Rather Mixed.
Bridgeport, Aug. 1.-The situation at
the Plush shop is daily growing more
complex. Each side Is anxious for a
settlement of the difficulty, yet neither
will give into the demands Of the other
This morning the fires were started
and the doors Of the factory thrown
open to all the help who wished to re-
turn.
According to the statement of Mr.
Pierson something like one hundred
employees returned to work OF these,
he said, fifteen or twenty were weavers
All of the cutters. trimmers and basters
came back and by this afternoon he
expected many more. He said:
1--WE have opened the factory for good
now and propose to keep it open. II
the striking employees continue to re-
main obstinate we will get what help
we need elsewhere. The work is open
to anybody who applies"
The strikers claim that there are $50
weavers now on strike, and say that
even if it is true that fifteen did return
to work, that is not much of a victory,
and so the matter stands.
The regular force employed at the fac
tory when the strike occurred was over
800 hands.
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EXCURSION NOTES.


Columbia Castle, X, of G.. e., the Vet
eran Firemen and Connecticut Rock
lodge, II, and A, NJ, went to Glen Is
land on the John H, starin yesterday,
Among those who went with the veter-
ans We're II. t, Mix and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. G; NJ. Corbusier George Coe and
family, George w, Stoddard, G.. w. Mill
err Harry Martin, C. w. Nettleton,
George Bean, Jerome Haywood, c, e.
Hall, Mr.. Barnes and family of North
Haven.
III. ID, Mix, e. Bassett and family
of North Haven, Mrs. Rehbein and
family, Louis Richter, Charles II. Harris
and wife, John Ruff and family, Henry
Fisher, Charles C, Hall of Centervine,
Charles Hall and family, E. Bradley,
d. G. Sauders, Miss Judd and Miss
Meacheam,
About 600 persons were on board, and
all enjoyed pleasant day,
Owing to the heavy head wind, the
boat was late in reaching the island.
Arrangements are complete for the
Mcintyre outing this afternoon in honor
of the lady clerks. The party will leave
at o'clock for Pawson park. Dancing
anS other enjoyments will be INDUCED
in during the afternoon and at Z o'clock
they will go to Branford Point house,
where a first class banquet will be serv-
ed, after which dancing will follow at
the Pavilion" also a short musical
entertainment. They will return on the
Margaret, leaving Branford Point at
1890.
The K, o. j. society and the Philip
Sheridan council, Royal Arcanum, will
unite in giving an excursion to Glen Is
land next Tuesday
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Corrnntion is Alleged.

London, Aug. IA great deal of ex-
citement has been created at Birming-
ham over the publication of a pamphlet
written by Alderman Manton of the
Birmingham city council, charging the
Birmingham police with having resort
ed to the most corrupt. dishonorable
and dishonest methods in securing the
conviction of the dynamiters White
head, Egan and Daily in 1884. Manton
was the chairman of the Birmingham
watch COMMITTEES at the time the con-
spiracy of Egan, Daily and others was
discovered.
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N. II. o. p.

Fort Hale, No. 225, of Fair Haven, Young
est in the City, but Rapidly Growing.
Fort Hale No. 225. New England Order
of Protection, will initiate five members
this evening at their rooms, 1923 East
Pearl street. The lodge now numbers
eighty-fve members and although it is
the youngest in the city, it Is fast grow
ing. Grand Warden Deming and suit'a
will officially visit the lodge and dele
gates from all the lodges will attend,
The occasion will be a memorable one
in the history of the lodge and will be
partly in the mature of a reunion for
members of the order in New Haven.
Ice cream, cake, ETC., will be served.
The lodge invites all members of the
other lodges in the city to attend, and
a large number will be present.
Information may be had by applying
to Warden D. A. Plummer, Secretary j.
Hurd and William Rowe.
C. w. P.
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HARTFORD TIMES MOVES.
Has Made Only Eight Removals In Seventy
three Years and is Still at Nearly the Old

has mAue ouiy Eight 6nOvAls In SEVENTH
three Years and is Still at Nearly the Old
Stand.
Hartford, Aug. 1.-The Hartford
Times the leading democratic paper Of
this state, which was established as a
daily by the Hon. Alfred E. Burr in
1S41, moved into Its new offices to-day.
The new location is at No. 246 Main
street, on the corner Of Grove street,
in one of the best locations in the city.
The business office and editorial rooms
are on the first floor and occupy a
space 25x145 feet. The Times was
started as a weekly January /, 1917, and
in 1889 was purchased by the Hon. AL
fred e. Burr, who then left the COM
posing room of the Courant. Mr.. Burr
is still living, over eighty years of age.
and yet takes an active interest in the
paper. The Times has made eight re-
movals in it's history of seventy-eight
years, but has remained within block
of the original location.