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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-17
Current COMBINATIONS.

Current COMBINATIONS.
The first discovery Of coal Is un-
known. The ancient Britons seem to
have dug for 1t.
A beer barrel exploded in the Rue
Dareau, Paris, and the accident result
ed IN the injury of four persons.
A French society IS being formed in
Paris for the study and Improvement
Of the various breeds of sheep dog.
Cuvier IL authority for the statement
that the life Of a whale may extend
over period exceeding 1000 years.
Within a quarter Of an hour on Tues
day. March 3, Londoners experienced
thunder storm, gale, snow, hail,
rain and sunshine.
In the United States driver Of
horses sits on the right and turns his
team in that direction. In England
the national custom Is the reverse.
The city Of Sydney, Australia, has
imposed n fine of FL upon any person
convicted Of splitting upon the floor Of
public buildings or upon the street.
As speaking tubes are found not to
work on the English warships, owing
to the rafting Of the machinery, the
admiralty has determined to try tele-
phones.
Gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, lead,
mercury, sulphur, carbon. anthony,
bismuth and zinc were the only miner
ais known at the time of the discovery
Of America.
A groom OF "A and bride of so were
married In North Adams, Mass, re-
Gently. The groom had outlived five
wives, but the bride had only had one
other husband.
Bears are the most profitable AMI
mails for trappers In Maine this sea-
son, on account Of the large amount Of
oil taken from their bodies. 1t is sold
for 81 gallon.
An Italian company at Florence, wish
ing to attract Americans and English
men, explains on its posters that ia
Bisbetica Domata," the play 1t gives, Is
Shakspeare's Tanned Shrew."
The Bank Of England has 1,16O of.
ficials on Its pay rolls, which amount to
about S., SOC, 900 year, and 1000 clerks
II clerk Is late three times he re
ceives q warning; the fourth time he is
discharged at once.
A white coon that hasn't dark hair
on its body Is owned Mt Weiser, Ida,
and is kind Of town pet 1t has distin-
gu.shed itself by whipping all the dogs
in the neighborhood, and Is sure death
to cats that stray into its vicinity.
A fine Gala lily, dead black in color,
is said to be in the possession Of a
woman at Switzler, Kan. The lily is
described as being fourteen inches long
and growing on stem fourteen inches
long and Of natural healthful growth.
number of converts walked over
the shore ice, scrunched through the
thin edge, and waded out into the Icy
sea ut Orr's island, Me-. to be baptized
few days ago. Even In the middle Of
summer the SEA in that region is SO
cold that few people battle in it.
A curate at Bray, County Wicklow,
has changed his name of Smith for the
older clan name OF MacLulich. branch
Of the clan from which he Is descended
having taken the name of Smith many
years ago. The founder Of the clan was
Lulach, who Is said to have been a
,randson OF Macbeth.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-17
silver May Not Rise Much.


Gold, Of course. will rise at the same
time with silver to corresponding
price, for the meaning OF the word
dollar" will have changed. 1t is some
times said that the increased demand
for silver and decreased demand for
gold will affect their relative values
and keep gold from reaching premi-
um. 1t is possible that the change In
demand may affect their values slight
ly, but that It should bring the market
ratio, which Is now so to 1, into accord
with the mint ratio of &c to Is quite
mconccivable. 1t should be remem-
bercd that value Is not determined by
demand nor by supply, but Is the equi-
ifbrium Between them The supply Of
idle silver In the world-silver which
will come to our minis under free coin
ags-wiIl doubtless make more addi-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-17
The Latin Union.

There was formed in the convention
of 1865 thn. Latin Monetary Union. The
Observation-Disclosures this has been
several times modified, but the union
survives and is tacitly renewed from
year TO year, mainly because 1t would
be very difficult thing under existing
circumstances to dissolve it. But it
ceased to be n league for international
bimetallism when the first limitation
was placed on the issue OF mint certifi
Gates, in 1874. The commercial value
of silver had begun 10 sink with appall.
ing rapidlty. and the stock Of silver coin
in the Bank OF France had increased
from $1J03O0,0o0 in 1873 TO sos, T00.-
Geo in 1879. France held to the theory
of bimetallsm, and still holds to it,
70. that matter. long after its practice
has been demonstrated to be impossi-
BILE. for, if change Of less than j per
cent in fifteen years in the value Of
SILVER could dcrange al ratios, what
must be the effect of fall of 40 per
cent in a similar perlod?-Denisop
Tey.) Herald.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-17

based gold coinage? why NOT take 5uDu
ne-half the metal that Ii In each half
eagle. stamp 1t So and attempt to make
1t pass as such? According to the Popu-
list school OF finance. the country would
have just twice as much money In cir
culation. Morevore, II there Is anything
in the plea so often made that silver
has not deprecated, but that gold has
appreciated, why not bring the latter
metal down to Its proper worth and
coin 1t at just one-half the proportion
at present used? Why not make free
gold" the campaign watchword? IL
ought to catch votes as readily as "free
sIlver."-San Diego (Cal) Union.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-17

evEHy HOMe S6OOIO oeI JIs
New Catalogue Issued By John M.
emyth Company saves Money 20
Buyers.
The catalogue issued by John n.
Smyth Company Of Chicago should be
In the home OF every person who values
economical buying. The book consists
Of 422 pages, beautifully illustrated.
and Is sent free on application.
No furniture house in the world
stands so high In public esteem as John
NJ. Smyth's. For thirty years 1t has
enjoyed the reputation for honest deal
Ings and for the high quality of goods
It handles. There Is not State In the
Union to which 1t does not ship goods,
and the great West looks upon 1t as its
chief supplier.
To have furnished half million
homes is a distinction few firms enjoy,
yet this Is what John M. Smyth has
done. In the new catalogue are accu-
rate illustrations and faithful descrip-
lions of thousands of different articles
used daily in the home and Office. From
It q person a thousand miles from Chi
cago can furnish q house from cellar
to garnet Just as well as by q personal
VISIT to the store; or a single article
may be ordered, such as carpet, sew
ing machine, dinner set, bicycle, stove,
lamp, curtain or any Of the many pieces
indispensable to the home.
Such a book Is a good thing to have,
and as 1t costs nothing 1t should be In
every house in our community. April.
cations should be addressed to John, NJ
smyth Company, 15O-16S w. Madison
street, Chicago.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-17
A study of the Rnnee.

Before the Indian minis were closed
to the coinage of silver, the price OF
bullion went down to 81 pence per
ounce. and the intrinsic value of the
rupee was as low as liz pence, Its ex-
change value gravitating pretty near
that limit. Since the closing of the
minis the average exchange value OF
the rupee has risen from a little over
1919 pence to about 141A pence, gain
of 16 per cent in exchange value, and
representing an excess of % per cent
over tho bullion value of the coin. The
value of silver coins can be increased
only by limiting their supply.-Dayton
Times.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-17

The coin in circulation In Costa Rica
Is the silver peso, which formerly was
worth 06h cents in gold. That was
what 1t was worth In 1874, before sill
YER bullion was mined In such prodig-
ious quantities as to make the mainte-
nance of It's value altogether impossi-
BILE. At the present time the silver peso
Is worth about 40 cents, and one time
last year Its value had gone down to
A cents. 1t fluctuares In price as silver
bullion varies, and In twelve months
time there have been variations In
worth equivalent to one-quarter Of the
entire value. These fluctuations have
interfered seriously with legitimate
trade. They have favored speculation,
but the Costa Kican merchants are,
apparently, sick Of speculation, and
are DESTROYS of establishing business
upon a solid foundation. 1t Is for this
reason that the Government has de-
cided to put itself in line with the great
commercial nations of the world by es-
tablishing an unqualified gold standard
OF ue.-Worcester. Spy.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-17

by surreptitiously shaving. He never
put razor to his face, but the hair need
ed no encouragement and continued to
grow and become darker until the mus
tache was thick and long. -,
The remarkable feature Is that the
boy Is not particularly developed be-
yond his years in any other way. He
Is not above the average height or
weight. He still wears knee pants and
1t Is queer sight to see the kid fun
bling at his mustache and curling the
ends
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-17
No Appreciation Of Gold.

Certain statistic!ans admittcd-erro-
neously. thlpk-an appropriation of
gold and in part attribute to it the fall
in prices. Even Mr.. Gifren. the jealous
statistician OF the British Board OF
Trade, adopted this opinion 10 a certain
extent. To-day it has lost all value.
The event, confirming my predictions.
which, however. were easily framed.
has shown that the colonization of little
explored countries leads, TO the discov-
cry Of very productive gold mines. Since
1888 the production of gold has advanc-
ed considerably. In 1894 it exceeded
100000 francs ($16C,0O0O00) In
place of the average product of 500.-
00O,C00 francs ($100,000,00O) from 1881
to 1888. This production leaves far be-
hind the average of the great aurifer-
Gus period of 1850 to 1870. a new age
Of gold Is opening, which will strikingly
eclipse that which followed the Califor-
MAN and Australian discoveries about
1850. The production of gold Is in
creasing in all cor.ntries-in the United
States, Australia and Russia; aand 1t
tends to become prodigrous In South
Africa. An able English banker of
high repute, Sir Edgar Vincent, return
ed few weeks since from the Trans
vaal, and gave 1T as hisfopinion that
that country contained $4,000. 000, 900
francs ($5,OO0,O 100000 nfgold ito be
extracted in twenty years. ,In1S05 the
product Of the Transvaal alone will
probably reach 250,OO0.00O francs ESQ.,
000,o00), and will probably reach $780,
100000 francs $780, O0,O00) In four or
FIVE years. IL not sooner.--Paul Leroy
Beaulieu, in the Forum. w.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-17

tional currency than now exists, OF all
sorts, in the United States. The annual
production OF silver, too, is greater than
is needed, both for use in the arts and
to maintain coinage against abrasion
and growth OF business. To carry off
the surplus OF commodity which
yields a profit at the market price will
not materially raise its value. No one
else wants il; and even to double our
currency would hardly require more
than the existing supply.-'When Coin
age of Silver Is Free" William Morse
Cole, A. NJ. Z
Suppose You Should BE Mistaken.
Farmers who think that free silver
will help them to get rid of their mort
cages should consider carefully what
effect 16 to / law will have on the
lenders of capital. The silyerites are
telling you beautiful stories about the
great volume of money which will be
ready for loanlng mt low rates of inter-
est aS soon as we adopt the silver stand
ard. But suppose the scheme should
not work in the way they expect? Sup
pose that as soon rs it becomes likely
that free coinage law wiz be enacted
there is n general demand that all
mortgages should at once be paid in
fun? The promise of cheap money
when free silver comes won't help yoI
now. Where are you going to get the
money to pay eff your mortgage? DO
you suppose any man Is going TO make
loans while there is possibility of his
being repaid Iii 50-cent dollars? And
If You can't raise the Nancy VIXEN 1t il
called for, and il your farm is sold at
a sacrifice, where vii! you be Their?
Think these things over Don't be
fooled by the free silver idea that cheap
money means low rates OF interest. The
facts are just the other way. Interest
is far higher in all silver using coun-
tries than in gold countries. II we 20
on the silver standard the men who
have capital to lend will charge more
Interest than they do now in order to
COW the risk of being repaid III depre-
cia,ed silver dollars. SO IL you sue
coed in borrowing under free coinage
you will pay higher interest on the loan.
Ask anybody who knows the facts
whether interest Is not much higher In
Mexico. India or the silver South Amer
lean countries than in the United
States, England or Germany, with their
currency based on gold. Then make
up your mind that you will vote for
the financial system which. If left un-
disturbed, will benefit you far more
than free silver will.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-17
SOUND SENSE.
Ex-Prestient Harrison on tho Powers of
Government. .,t.

Ex-Preskient Harrison on tho Powers of
Government. ts.
I will sell you what this government
can do alone. 1t can fix its money unit.
1t can declare by law what shall be the
relative value Of an ounce Of gold and
an ounce Of silver, b1t it cannot make
that last declaration good. Itis unques-
tionably fully within the power Of this
government to bring this country to o
silver basis by coming silver dollars and
making them legal tender. They can do
that. This government can say you shall
take one Of those dollars in discharge of
any debt owing to you for 81, notwith-
standing you may have loaned gold dol
lars; but it cannot say. and enforce its
decree, if you should call out the regular
army and navy and muster all our great
modern ships and add the militia, and
put William J. Bryan in command of
them-it cannot enforce the decree that
ounce Of geld is the equivalent OF 10
ounces of silver Not only that, not
France and England and Germany can
do that unless the markets respond.
Why? You may make me take silver
dollar for debt, but il l have bought
my goods at gold prices You cannot
make me give as many yards OF cloth
fof silver dollar as l have been in tho
habit Of giving for gold one.
If have gold dollar in this hand
and silver one III that, and you declare
they are equal, and can take that gold
dollar to bullion broker and get 81 fer
it, know it is lie. If have nothing
but gold dollar, and sugar is 90
pounds for 81, will not give that gold
dollar for 90 pounds of sugar. will
take il around TO q broker and get two
silver dollars fer it and get the 20
pounds Of sugar and have one silver
dollar left, So it is, my friends. We can
Of ourselves, Of our own wisdom, de-
clare tho unit Of value We can coin sill
yer freely, but we cannot make lG
ounces of silver equal to 1 ounce Of gold
unless it is. And it is not unless the
merchants take it at that rate That is
where all this thing comes in. 1t is
trade, it is the merchant, it is the man
who exchanges and deals in these things
that fixes the relative value, and if you
do not take the value he fixes the gold
dollar will go back to the gold vault,
and the gold will go out of circulation.
-Ex-President Harrison i'll His New
YORK Speech.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-17
"A PREMATURE MusrAoHE.

10 Decorates the Upper Lip Of =
Fourteen Year-Old Kentucky boy.
Ed Jenkins Is 14-year-old boy living
= Garrand County, KY, whose claim
distinction is based on the fact that he
has fully developed black mustache
that many man Of 80 would be proud
to boast.
The boy was hardly 10 years old
wher the fur began to sprout on his
upper lip. Contrary to the usage OF
boys, he did not encourage its growth
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-17

You Are Not shaken Before Taken"
with malariai disease, but with prodigious
late measure OF relief. The surest preventive
and remedial form Of medication II Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters, the potency Of which
as an antidote to miasmatic poison has been
demonstrated for over forty years past. The
liver when disordered and congested. the
bowels II constipated, and the Kidneys II In
active. are promptly aided by 1t, and It is In.
valuable for dyspepsia, nervous debility and
rheumatism.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-17
Onr Credit Currency.

Credit, as represented by checks and
the various other devices Of the era of
swift steamers. railroads, telegraphs.
submarine cables and telephones. en-
larges and contracts the per capita"
Of means of payment indefinitely, ac-
cording to the needs Of business. The
credit currency exceeds the cash cur
rency by over ten to one, and it would
be silly to try to add a billion of silver
to the latter by an eXpedient which
would destroy credit to the extent Of
many billions and fill the land with
panic and disaster. Our present credit
system is built on the basis Of the gold
dollar as the unit of value. TO so to
the silver basis and make 53 cents
worth of silver legal tender for 100
cents would evidently call for n new es.
innate of every mans position. ana
while that estimate Is being made credit
must evidently be greatly curtailed.
The experience of 1893 taught us the
evils of suspended credit. and the coun-
try isin no mood to,rcpeat that expert
ence.--Bhltimore Sun.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-17
In Society.

.''I went to two receptions last night
and lost my umbrella at the last"
Its wonder you didn't lost 1t al
the first one" ~tns
'sThat's where I got it-"-Truth.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-17

II You lay a gold dollar ON the anvil
and hammer it out of shape, il is still
worth Gil gid
If you do q silver dollar the Same
way, you hammer 46 cents out of II,
and 1t is worth its bullion value only.
or 81 cents.
Gold loses coin shape. yet loses no
value. But silver loses coin shape and
loses nearly half its value. Is Il wise "
drive from tho United States this gold
a. fixed value by introducing the free
coinage of inferior silver and make
yourself the prey Of brokers7
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-17

DO you wish 10 know bow TO have no sfedna and not
half the usual wxshday? Ask grocer Tor
bar Of Dobbtns' Electric Soap and the drecttous
will tell You how. Be sure TO get no Imitation There
lofa NJ than
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-17

Mrs. Winslow's SOOTHING SYRUP for Children
teething: sotteus the gums reduces Inflammation.
allays pain. cures wind collie. y cents bottle.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-17
"Free Go1d.v

II 1t comes down to matter OF the
number OF coins that are to be put
forth, regardless Of what they are
worth, why stop short with J0-cent sill
yer dollars7 Why not also have de-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-17
! prosperity's Founaa ton.

In 1890 we were prosperous. Our
people were all at work. Consequently
there were good wages. and wealth
greatly increased. At that time the fig
ures show that in that year we had
$3.50, 100000 of gold more than we had
in 1SS2-evcry bit of that had been i'm
ported or kept, the product of our own
mines. . 1t was busy transferring this
vast capital we had borrowed and that
which we owed ourselves. Now, just
as soon as this election is over and the
future position of the United States Is
assured, both as to money and to the
employment of our people, capital Is
ready to come to us from abroad and
from our own people, and we shall
again be prosperous.
1 know this plain, temperate state
ment does not seem so high colored as
will be given by speakers who are not
really responsible for what they say,
but 1t has one advantage-it will be
found to be true.-Thomas b. Reed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-17

1 never used SO quick cure as Piso's
Cure for Consumption.-J. B. Palmer,
Box I'LL, Seattle, Wash, Nov. %, 1895.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-17

Maple sugar was first made In New
England In 1852.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-17

1t takes life to know character and
to acquire experience.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-17
GIudnesS Comes

WITH a better understanding Of the
w transient nature of the many phys
Zeal ills which vanish before proper Eff
forts-gentle efforts-pleasant Efforts
rightly directed. There Is comfort in
the knowledge that SO many forms Of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to o constipatcd condi-
ton of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt
ly removes. That is why it is tho only
remedy with millions of families, and Is
everywhere er eemed so highly by all
who value gooal health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness, without facilitating the
organs on which it acts It's therefore
all important,- in order to get its bene-
fetal effects, to note when you pur-
chase, that you have the genuine article,
which is manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Co. only, and sold by all rep
utable druggists.
If in the enjoyment Of good health,
and the system is regular, then laxa-
tives or other remedies are not needed.
If afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended to the most sl<illful
physicians, but IL in need of laxative,
then one should have the best, and with
the well-informede everywhere, Syrup Of
Figs stands highest and is most largely
used and gives most general satisfaction
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-17

XII, VRjIpS Tayette yoSnty, west Ten.
uIU UNU1 u nessee, he gard spot OF the
south. VIZ is 10 Sauihe Honiesees ers' Land
Co.. SomervIlle, Enyettv County, Tennessee.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-17

Halle Catarrh Cure.
u Q constitutional cure. Price rs cents.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-17

WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS
w please say you saw tho advertisement
In thig paper.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-17

Examination and advice TO Patentabity or invenr
tons. Send for INVENTORS GUIDE, OR HOW TO GET 4
PATENT. Patrick O'Fsrreil. Washington. DO
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-17

nnullQH Habit Cured. Est. in 1871. Thousands
EIHIHHHU cured Cheapest and best cure FREE rRI-
III IVtv2 AL state case. DIR MARSH Quincy. Mich
q. N. u. No. $500
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-17

When the ..As- has fallen out, leaving,
the head bald, II the scalp IL not shiny,
there IL a chance Of regalning the hair b.
using Halls Hair Remover.