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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03
THE FLYING MACHINE.

How the Successful Air Ship Will Be
1t Is an old story now that the aero.
nauts OF the day have abandoned the
search for light materials iAid buoyant
gases In attempts on aerial naviga-
ton. The nimsiness and large area OF
exposure that attend the use OF such
means place the aerOnaut ut the mercy
of the elements. Their hope now lies
in the principle OF the oyster shell
which boys sail to such gratifying dis
tances with comparatively small mus
cular effort, and the laws which ac-
count for soaring birds like the buzz
yards. Professor Langley. Mr.. Max
i'm and Herr Lilienthal are one In their
reliance on this aeroplane theory. The
mechanical popularity Of the aero
planes motion Is similar to the Gid
ing Of rapid skater over thin ice-the
faster he goes the less danger is there
OF sinking. So Professor Langley has
used In the building OF this last and
most successful machine substances
actually thousand times heavier than
the air which promised to support
them, and he relies entirely on the ex-
tensive area Of the planes, shaped
something like the wings Of hawk,
and their angle to the currents OF air,
~ achieve buoyancy. The oyster-shell
analogy affords luminous explanation
to every man who remembers the &C.
stacy Of seeing the white disc soar
AWAY and up bong after the earth
should, by all experiences Of stone
throwing, have claimed her own. The
fatter and thinner the shell within the
limits Of weight, the more astonishing
the flight that resulted, unless, indeed,
the edge of the missile were inclined
downward instead Of slightly upward.
In the former case the shell darted in
stantly to earth, and the throw fell as
much short Of the average heaving Of a
pebble as the more scientific skim
would have exceeded il.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03
Ready.Made Bridges.

"Ready-made bridges are something
new under the sum-" explained a we'll
known and prominent bridge builder.
"for there are n number of concerns
now which keep on hand a full stock
Of ready-made iron bridges of nearly
all sizes. BY this l do not mean that
could pick up ready-made a bridge
as long as the Long Bridge. would
have no difficulty, however, in finding
ready-made and packed so that it
could be shipped in less than half n
day after the order was received a
number Of bridges as long as. the So
called Chain bridge on the upper Po-
tomac. The customers for the ready
made bridges are mostly railroad COM
panies, who, when theywant anything.
want II mighty bad, and are in an
awful hurry for 1t. Only recently a
railroad bridge was washed away
from a stream I'm PENNSYLVANIA. In
less than two hours q bridge ninety.
seven feet long and nineteen and n
half feet wide was ordered by wire.
In six hours every part Of 1t was
shipped, and In two hours less than
three days time trains were running
regularly over II. 1t had to be hauled
over two hundred miles, too"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03
Spirits in the Watches.

During the course of his lecture in
Pittsburg the other evening, Paul du
Chaillu, the African explorer, told how
he once controlled race of savage
cannibals while he was on the dark
continent. He had a number of cheap
watches, whose ticking completely
nonplussed the savages and caused
them to regard him as a spirit. He
made practice OF leaving one of these
watches In village where he had
stopped. After while the watch, Of
course, ran down and stopped, and the
cannibals said that the spirits had
gone to overtake their master. When
Du Chaillu returned to these villages
he always got the watch that he had
left behind, and, unobserved, wound
II up again. The natives heard the
ticking continued, swore again that the
explorer was spirit, and did their ut
most to please him.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03
Pigeons Outwit a Hawk.

The Southern Sportsman told recent
ly about flock of pigeons that meas
ured brains with hawk and came out
on top In the contest. III. s. Edwards
owned flock Of pigeons which one
day were cut off from their cote by a
large hawk. The pigeons knew that
II the hawk once got above them, one
at least Of their number would go to
make the hawk a meal, and so up they
flew in circles, perhaps hoping to go
higher than the hawk. In the rising
game they were no match for the
hawk. The latter kept under the pig
cons, and leisurely followed their la.
borious movements.
Then came curious and unexpected
sight to Mr.. Edwards. Every pigeon
closed its wings, when they appeared
to be the size of sparrows, and down
they came past the hawk at a terrific
rate. That astonished the hawk. 1t
actually lodged the dropping birds, and
missed half a dozen wing strokes be-
fore il got in full chase of them. When
1t got down to the barnyard not pig
con was In sight-some were i'm the
cote, some in the porch. two in the well
house and one was in the kitchen. The
hawk had been outwitted completely.
1t Is a question how the pigeons man.
aged to check their fall, as they did not
slacken up till they were about sixteen
or twenty feet above the ground, when
they scattered in all directions to es-
cape the hawk.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03
sparvow's Choice of CoIovs.

1t has recently been discovered that
,parrows have particular dislike to
certain colors, such as purple and blue.
A correspondent In Nature states that
some Gagged sparrows that he had
would not touch their food IL he put
strips of blue paper upon 1t; that they
manifested discourteous dislike to
aides who came into the room wearing
blue dresses, and that several Of them
we're cured Of the vice Of pecking at a
certain part Of the wall they had access
20 by plastering piece Of blue paper
over 1t. As sparrows are grpiD-con-
summing birds. here II . suggestion Tor
farmers.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03
To Remove Substances from the Eye.

When an insect, grain Of sand, or
any similar substance lodges on the
surface of the eye, the consequence Is
pain and Inflammation, terminating, IL
neglected, in obscurity or dimness of
vision, and sometimes loss of sight.
The substance may either lie loose on
the surface, or, having penetrated the
outer coat, may remain there fixed. In
the former case it is easily removed by
means of a camel-hair pencil dipped in
oil, or what is better, n bit of white
paper rolled W to the size of quill
and softened in the mouth. When the
substance is fixed in the coats of the
eye, surgical operation becomes ne
cessary to remove it. The accident is
frequent amongst smiths, and it Is
recognized amongst them as fire In
the eye," some one Of the craft being
usually celebrated for removing it,
employing for that purpose his nail, his
tongue, or the first rude instrument
that may come within his reach.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03
The chone Tree.

Chone is the name given by the Ka.
nakas to a tree which fiourishes in New
Caledonia. 1t reaches height Of forty
feet, and puts forth beautiful flowers,
having a perfume like that of jasmine.
The chone is the Cerbera manghas Of
the bOtanist, and belongs to the family
Of the Apocynaceae. 1t yields milky
juice, like the india-rubber tree, which,
when evaporated, leaves n black gum;
that softens In boiling water like gutta-
percha, but has the advantage Of dis
solving in petroleum. The solution
painted or foated on wood and evapo-
rated leaves thin layer Of the gum,
impervious to water. Leather i'm
pregnated with the gum can remain in
water for hours without becoming
moist. Moreover, according to DIR.
prat-Flottes, French naval surgeon,
1t makes an excellent waterproof var
nish for boots whep II is dissolved in
essence of turpentine.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03
Killing the Trees.

In France great care Is taken in To-
eating the wires that carry high-ten.
sion electric currents, whether used for
light or for power, but In America the
thing Is done more simply, says Co.'S
mos. No one bothers himself about
what is to be found at the side of tho
wire and 1t passes among the branches
of trees and across thickets uncon-
scious of the damage that II may do.
Now, in many towns 1t has been re.
marked that the trees crossed by the
current dwindle and die. 1t has also
been observed that the death of these
trees Invariably follows the rainy sea-
son; the leaves, being soaked with
moisture become good conductors and
lead the current down into the tree
from the wire. The wires to be sure,
have been insulated, but the protective
layer has been quickly destroyed by
the friction Of the branches and the
lire becomes bare, producing thus re-
suits that it would have been well to
avoid. And the electricity Is the only
thing that can be accused of this. IL
sufiices to convince ones self to CON-
pare the conditions Of the trees trav.
ersed by the wires with that Of neigh.
boring trees. 1t has often been noticed
that In a storm all the trees through
which wires pass die In few hours.
while the surrounding ones are not
touched. This Is very serious source
of complaint and causes some lawsuits.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03

wealth OF the United States would havs
been not less than 100000 on all the
robes taken for the market, say 100000.
The Government could have collected
a tax Of 80 cents each, which would
have yielded q sum doubly sufficient to
have maintained force Of mounted
police fully competent TO enforce the
laws regulating the slaughter. The
American people. II seems. have not
yet learned to spend money for the
protection Of valuable game. and BY
the time they have learned II, there will
be no game to protect. Even despite
the enormous waste Of raw material
that has been shown In the utilization
Of the buffalo product. the total cash
value Of all material derived from this
source, II II could only be rcckoned up
would certainly amount to many mill
ions Of dollars. perhaps s20,O00,000 ~
told.-New York Times.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03
The Murder on the Brig Mariner.

Almost the only case known where an
officer was killed by a member of the
crew and the murderer escaped pun
ishment Is that recorded of the little
brig Mariner, which was on a sugar
voyage from st. Thomas to this port
in the same year that the Thayer mu-
tiny occurred. J. G. Lewis, the first
mate, and Frank Jakileta, Russian
seaman, had a quarrel which developed
into fight in which the sailor had the
better part until the mate promised to
let him alone. As soon as he was re-
leased from the grip of the Russian,
Lewis grabbed Delaying pin and
rushed at the sailor. who made n mo-
ton as IL to draw knife. Bang came
the Delaying pin over Jakileta's head.
Then out came the knife. There was a
swish and slash, and Lewis. with his
jugular vein severed, fell to the deck,
dead. The struggle was over before
the rest Of the men could Interfere.
Jakileta was disarmed. but, as the YES
sci was short-banded, he was COM
PEELED to keep at work. Mrs. Wharton,
the wife Of the captain. John Wharton,
OF Portland, read the burial service,
and the body of the mate was buried
Mt sea. On the arrival Of the brig In
port, Jakileta was at once taken before
Commissioner Shields, and, a. the
Grand Jury was In session, the case
was quickly disposed of. The prison
ers strov was corroborated; the plea
that he acted In self-defence was ac-
cepted, and he was set at liberty
New YORK Tribune
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03

Lieutenant Come and some hftceA
members AZ Company Il started oui on :
steam launch little after iOa m Sunday
Tor the purpose OF doing what they couic
with certain family OF sharks reported
to have been seen outside the hsfpof.
They stocked the launch well, preparatory
10 an sll-dsy's hunt
Just outside the barbOr tinmistskhO'e
signs In the shape o. several ms were
noticed projecting above the surface Q!
the water, and they made the soldiers
hair bristle wi b excitement A hook
baited with large piece OF pork and At
tacbed TO heavs line wss thrown over
board. There was bite and pull,
and before long goos!-sized shark was
hauled along and filled with rifie and
revolver bullets. This was excIsemen!
enough, but when. after the line had
been thrown over again, another shark
was captured In the same manner. the
men In the launch could hardly remain
In their places
The line was cast overheard once more.
and soon there was tug that caused
very burning sensation 70 pass over the
hands of the four men who held II The
launch was pulled here and there by what
seemed to be q monster twice the size Of
the others. This seemed 10 be proven
when the sha. stuck its fin above water
At this seven or eight bullets pierced the
head of the monster. and after hard
tight dnring which the launch was In
imminent danger of being capsized. the
prize was brought alongside and towed
with the other two to the Aloha boat
house. where 1t was found to I've II feet
8 inches from head to tip OF tail. and
534 inches around at its largest part.
The largest OF the remaining two meas
ured % feet inches
Upon being cut open the large shark
proved to have stomach exceptionally
void. which in some degree accounted for
the ting given the line. One OF the
smaller ones stomach was found to con
tain two hats, one towel and half OF the
top of barrel, which one Of the soldiers
construed as meaning that two native
women had gone out in canoe with {
keg of beer, and had been met by The
shark, which had devoured one woman
the head of another. and tapped the kes
in peculiar manner.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03
foe THE YOUNG foLkA


PUSSY Willow. n
ne brook Il brimmed with melted snow;
The maple zap Is running,
And ON the highest elm crow
His big black wings IL stunning.
A clo~c green bull tie say-ncwer lies
Upon It's NOISY pillow.
And sweet and low the S1uih Wind bl0wA
And thr-ugh iie Lrown fields calling
goes,
ssCome. Pussy. Pussy Willow.
Within your close brown wrapper stir
Come out and show Your silver fur;
Come, Pussy. Pussy willow!"
Soon red will bud the maple trecA
The bIuebird, will be singing.
And yellow tasscis IN tine hrre
BE from the popsrs swinging;
And rosy will the Say-aower lie
Upon its mos-y pillow
But you must come the first OF all
..Lome, Pussy" is the South Winrs
call
Come. Pussy. Pussy Willow"
A fairy gift to children der,
The downy firstling OF the year-'
Come Pussy. Pussy Willow.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03

fore Jay Gould died. This Is 1t the rats
OF about $417.000 q year.
Am0ng the various quiet but useful
works which Gerald Balfour II carry
ing out for the benefit OF Ireland. the
encouragement Of horse breeding occu-
pies by no means the least place II
il understood that the government IL
contemplating the issue OF a royal COM
mission to inquire into the whole sub
ject and that the chairman will pr0ba-
bly, be the Earl Of Dunraven.
According to the records for 1890 the
amount Of sugar cane produced by the
leading countries OF the world was:
Cuba, $4,000 tons; Java, 10000 tons:
Jamaica, 10000 tons: India. 100000
tons; Brazil. 23O, 600 tons; Manilla, $780,
900 tons; Mauritius, 10000 tons;
Guiana. 10000 tons; China. 100000
tons; Guadeloupe. 100000 tons; United
States. 100000 tons: Porto Rico, $1,000
tons, and Honolulu, cO.OOO tons.
a political campaign has multi
tude Of side effects. besides i'm
| IyVht0nt CiNC NOnTfstuChstr. Att iC"
probably think Of The influence Of a
campaign upon literature. Every
political contest creates or particular
ly applies various expressions which
thereafter are practically ruined for
sOberer use. Adverting to this point,
the Bookman calls attention to the
astonishing part played In every cam
paign by political gags" which stand
to nine votes out of ten In the place OF
any final and definite opinions upon
great questions Of national policy.
Sometimes these terse expressions
cmbody in a compact form a distinct
principle, but often they are mere
senseless filings at candidate which
prove nothing but the vacuity of the
minds that utter them. In every cam
paign "some phrase or adjective or
epithet Is worked to death by cam
paign orators and afterward by the
newspapers. II Is. i'm the first place,
generally uttered in a serious way,
because II Is supposed to be pathetic
or striking or especially vivid; but
after II has been used by ten thousand
stump speakers and twenty thousand
editors, il is reduced to the level Of n
ludicrous bit of political slang" The
BoOkman contends that this sort Of
thing has its serious side, for .indis-
criminate use of these current pOliti-
cal phrases results i'm the vulgariZing
OF "some of the finest and most ex-
Dressiye words in the language, thanks
to the poverty Of the reporters vo-
cabulary" There are words that must
be allowed to lie fallow for perhaps
years after a Presidential election,
because of the Over-telling which
they received In the course of the cam
paign. What all the people have
once laughed at can not for long
time Ike prOfitably used again In q
serious relation.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03
MARSH wRENs.


Marsh wrens are queer little fellows.
Queer in their nests, queer in their song,
queer in the places they choose for their
homes. They are OF TWO species, quite
closely resembling each other. aud yet
one will never live where the water Is
fresh, and the other will live only where
it is fresh. The first is seen only on the
saltmarshes and yet its habits are almost
the same as those Of the fresh. water bird.
They build nests almost alike and vet
they never put them in similar places.
In going across salt marsh you often
see a tuft of the tall coarse grasses of
which the stems have been woven and
bound together into a sort OF column, and
then in their top. two or three feet from
the ground, Is large coarse ball Of long
leaves and fibres, OF the size of child's
head. This Is the nest II marsh wren.
Now you may cross the iresh- water
marshes all day long. and you will sec
no such thing, and yet YOU will see mum.
bers of the short billed marsh wrens, and
you will pass many of their nests, and
the nests will look almost exactly like
those perched up in the tops Of the salt
water grasses, but you will not see them
unless you know where to look. Whyp
Because instead of being away up on the
grasses, they are placed at the roots.
Can you tell why they differ so in their
nest building? cannot. Each nest, Ut
either species, is coarse ball. rs already
mentioned, with round hole on the side,
and inside Is the real nest, beautifully
smooth and comfortable place for the
bird and her young. mentioned also
that the marsh wrens OF either the salt or
fresh water species were peculiar in their
notes, for you can scarcely call it song.
1t is a series of short sounds. seemins al
most like the bubbling IT air through
Understandable like the noise which
your feet make in stepping on the marshy
ground. and yet 1t has musical effect
which is very pleasant.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03
TIE cnuDREy's DELIGHT.

The '-all day sucker is not an indI
vidua, but a piece of csn-,y that costs
one cent. and, as It's name Implies. gives
Joy to the sucker for iwrn four hours.
In some instances where The suction ID
not too tense. an ali-dayer" has been
known to last week. AMI this on the
affidavit of the buyer. The composition
of this bit Of confection Is profound
mystery, but it Is surmisel that small
pebbles are infused with glucose and then
dyed all co!Ors of the rainbow. which. OF
course, add TO the rapture OF the con-
sumner.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03

An experienced farmer asserts that II
one-half of the fruit of a heavily laden
tree Is removed by. picking, the re-
mainder will be Of better quality. The
product will also be as many bushels
as though all Of the fruit had remained
on the ire
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03
CLEVER FRArs OF A oHINpAyzKE.

Professor Garner SAYS that one OF the
most intelligent AMI quite the best edu-
Gated chimpanzee that he has ever saw is
Consul IL The many feats done by this
ape would fill small volume. he has not
been trained to perform them as tricks,
simply to amuse or entertain visitors, but
many of them he has taken up OF his own
accord, having seen others do so. The
feat that impressed me most was his skill
in riding tricycle., and his taste for that
sport. He often takes his machine with
out being told and rides all about the
place; If he finds 1t lying on its side, he
sets it upright. adjusts the handle bar,
mounts it. and takes ride. He propels
it with ease and guides it with dexterity.
No boy of his own age eau handle it with
more skill. He ride. all about the place,
around the walks and drives. all over
several acres of ground:. lie steers it
around the posts and corners. around he
curves of the paths. makes his way
through crowds of people without collid-
ing with them. He amuses himself by
the hour at this pastime. When he tires
Of it lie sometimes shoves the vehicle up
In some corner and leaves it,
Consul also smokes cigar. cigarette, or
pipe. He often finds cigar stub about
the place, picks it up, puts 1t in his
mouth, and goes to his keeper for light.
One amusing habit he has is that OF spit
ting; he is not very skilful in this, but is
persistent. However, he has the polite
ness not to spit on the floor he spreads
piece of paper on the floor, and uses it 40
q cuspidor.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03
THE GIRL QUEEN.

The little child-monlrca. Wilhelmina
Of Holland, Is b.essel with u wise mother
who remembers that her daughter Is
Queen. but also that she is n little girl, to
be kept strong and well in her growing
years. She lives very simply and quietly,
much more so than many American chill
dren. She rises at o'clock every MORN
ing. breakfasts at 8. and at . o'clock her
lessons begin. The stuiy she likes best
is history. The morning studies are
stopped at 1880, and then the Queen
goes out for drive. No matter what the
weather is. nor what the season. she
drives in an open carriage. AT 400 there
is tea in the English fashion. Then, un-
til dinner time, the Queen Is fr Q 10 amuse
herself AS she pleases. She roams in the
palace gardens. or perhaps has an outing
with her dolls. Ats 30 dinner is served.
Her hour for retiring is AS regular as the
hour for rising. she is in bed by 10
o'clock each night and the lights are out.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03

The bones of aged persons having
more lime in them than those Of young
people, are therefore more brittle.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03

very hard. For its production no ma
chinery is required save that contained
in portable lamp neither larger nor
heavier than Is used with COLA oil or
parafiin. This lamp, 1t is declared.
generates Its own gas. The substance
employed Is mt present secret, jeal.
ously guarded by some inventive
Italians. The cost Is declared to be mt
most one-fifth of that of ordinary gas,
and the resultant light is nearly as
bright as the electric light and much
whittier. The apparatus can be carried
about as easily as candlestick and
seems both clean and OdOrless.
In the $4,000 electoral colleges OF
Mexico the vote of last month for the
reelection Of Porfirio Diaz to the Pres
idency was unanimous. Never in any
previous Presidential election I'm Mex
leo, or, perhaps, in any other republic
was there result so remarkable.
Pennsylvania papers tell of n man
who is swindling farmers by means Of
a double-end fountain pen, one end Of
which he uses In drawing up contracts
for harvesting machinery. and the
other he presents for the farmers TO
use in putting their signatures to the
documents. The ink Of the contract
fades, and promissory note Is written
In over the signature.
A New York Surrogate has decided
that George Gould earned the $1,000
5000 left him by his late father Jay
Gould. The State Controller tried to
show that the money was subject to
the collateral Inheritance tax as a gift.
but the Surrogate says that the
younger Gould earned Il by his SER
vices to bis father for twelve years b.