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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03
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salutation. l
Queen Victoria, 1t Is said, has taken
quite fancy to the young Duchess OF
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The commander-in-c chief of the Sui
tan Of Morocco's army Is a Scotsman,
Mclean by name.
The last words Of Sir Aupustus Har-
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me. / want long, long rest"
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nephew, William +. Woodward, of Bos-
'on' aseu -. lie was IN dehcate health
OUT Oh work without money ana IN
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goes in swimming every day in the
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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03

every conner. OF course everybody was
anxious to bring home one of these
mementos, but nobody thought that
so tragic memory would be added to
the general interest OF this little piece of
metal.
The cut Is an exact illustration Of the
memorable cup. 1t is made Of white
enameled metal. covered with curious
Russian ornamentation. A broad line
of gold runs around the top and bot
tom. The narrow dark lines of the IL
lustration are brick red. while the
broader lines are OF a pale blue and
yellow. The shield on one side bears
the Russian coat of arms. while the
other shows the initials Of the Car and
Czarina IL Russian characters and the
imperial crown with the date 1896 be-
low. The effect of the whole is very
curious.
These cups were furnished by one Of
the largest establishments in Austria.
This firm laid down 100000 pieces in
eight weeks. The fact will be of inter
est that twenty-six railway cars were
necessary to transport these 100000
CUPS
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03
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Money value OF zoo pounds in 1898 at so.0-. 80
per pound, $780,
or "a. 5S cents per pound, in eight years,
Under our present financial system the
price has only fallen $50 per bale, or l l
cents per pound, in 23 years. In face of
these official figures how can any intel
ligent man pretend that it was the
change i'll our currency laws in 1873
which has reduced the money value of
cotton?
The advocates of free silver may at
tempt to answer this exposure Of their
low price for cotton argument by show
ing that there was a great increase in
the cotton crop between 1865 and 1878.
This is true, but there has also been a
far greater quantity Of cotton produced
every year since 1873 than ever before,
the crop for 1892 reaching 9,035, $40
bales as compared with 1880, sos bales
in 1878, the largest crop during tho
period from 1865 to 1878, so that if in
creased production caused the great de-
cline in price in one case it is surely
fair to credit it, and not the stoppage of
free silver coinage, with the lower prices
of the past % years.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03

mendous speed. Several cried. "Stop!
Stop" but this was just what could
not do. The young husband believed
me insane for the moment. and draw
ing pistol, cried. ''Now. hold up, or by
heaven will put bullet through your
heart" Instead OF attempting to COM
ply l again dashed my team, for In a
moment or two the danger would be
over The young man sternly repeated
his threat, but just then his wife struck
the pistol and knocked 1t out of his
hand. With wild yell at the. team,
which made them all spring forward
out Of the reach of the mighty wheels,
we dashed out upon the plain at the
foot of the hill. and soon was In a po-
sition to pull up and explain our dan
ger. The young married woman, who
had been quite cooi up to that instant,
tainted dead away, and came near fall
Ing from the scat. On reaching the end
Of our journey the passengers dubbed
together and bought me handsome
gold watch. but l assure you that l
would not take that ride again for. all
the watches ON earth. ts.t ....,t
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03

er neighhors, and from whom the pres
cut family dates It's foundation. Indeed,
the farther back the Yanderbilts go the
obsc,irer become the lines on both
sides. The vanishing point Of the breed
Of Vanderbilt il seen in Arts Van Der
Rylt. who was farmer. Nobody knows
when he was born or where. who his
parents were or why he came to Amer
tea glt has been said of him that he
settled in Flatbush. l.. L.. some time
about the year 1856. and that he was
married to woman whose given name
was Hiltjc. What the woman's sur
namc was no one can tell. True, so far
as is known. the foundation of this IL
lustrious house was laid 10y Arts, who
married an unknown woman.
Jacob Vanderbilt !. was the son of
Aris, and. like his father. was farmer
He was born. it Is said, in 1902, and
moved from Long Island to Staten ISL
and, Jacob Vanderbilt the first was
married TO woman whose CHRISTIAN
name is said TO have been Nellie. What
this, lady's family name was the world
will. never know. In 1923 Jacob Van
derbilt III. was born OH Staten Island
andtspcceeded his father as a farmer.
jacob the second was married and the
mamie of his wifeis fortunately known.
She was not a Dutch woman. Her name
was Mary Sprague. From this union
sprang Cornelius Vanderbilt the first.
who was born in 1764 ant who married
Phoebe Hand
Thehouse of Vanderbilt is now begin
ming to wax. With Cornelius the first
comes the initial greatness of the fam
ny. Which is the equivalent of saying
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03
Drirted Four Thousand Miles.

On one Of the coral reefs off the Mar
shall group, far away in the South Pa
cific, there rests n large railway trans
fer barge, which was carried by winds
and currents from some point on the
California coast to it's present resting
place. It's ownership. home port and
the date of its loss are unknown. John
Crowley. mate of the missionary brig
Morning Star, saw the barge. Speak
ing about it recently, he said: "We ran
into the Marshall group in September
last in the course Of our tour through
the islands, and our intention was at
tracted to this huge barge resting on a
reef. made careful examination of
it, but the only marks of Identification
on 1t were the word Transfer and
the abbreviatiOn Cal
There were narrow gauge tracks on
1t. and n couple of big cranes still in.
tact and very well preserved. The
barge itself was pretty badly weather
beaten, but 1t was still in very good
condition. 1t was about $50 feet long,
built of heavy timbers. The bottom
had been copper covered. but the M.
tives had stripped that off. They had
made an attempt to break the craft up,
too. but that was beyond their power.
"The experiences Of that barge would
be. hard to conjecture. 1t may have
drifted the 1000 odd miles which d.
vide our coast and the Marshalls In
n very short space Of time. or 1t might
have taken a remarkably long period"
Inquiry among shipping men as to
the identity Of the strange craft failed
to throw any light upon tie subject!
There is no record Of the loss of any
such barge, and the general impression
IS that It, was probably swept away
from one Of the lower coast ports by
n storm. and carried QUITO sea, to be
guided by wind and sea to the Mar
shalls.-San Francisco Chronicle.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03
Mr.. Atkinson Tells a story.

An inmate of one Of the hospitals for
the imbecile and Predetermined, who
had one of these half-witted brains,
lately became interested in the money
question on the sound side of his head.
He read all Stewards speeches. No
body but half witted man would ever
have done that, and lie tried to get
through Senator Jones, but he gave 1t
up. Then he went to the superintend-
ent and told him that he'd found out n
way to fix the matter about prices. He
said: what these people who arc try
ing to make half q collars worth of
silver equal to a dollars worth OF gold
by an act of Congress make believe
they are after Is to raise prices for the
farmers products. They are on the
wrong track. The farmer can raise
prices in a great deal better way"
What is it," said the superintendent
why" said the half-witted man. ''thc
farmers can go to Congress and get =
law passed that eight ounces shall make
q pound, two pecks shall make n busbcl
and one pint make a quart. Then when
they begin to deliver short weight, up
will go the prices-double, maybe"
YES" said the superintendent, but
what fools the farmers would be to do
that. How would they be any BETTE
OFF," why" said the nalf-witted man.
they would be as well off as to be
forced to- take half dollars worth OF
silver for full weight of full mea sura
Isn't, 1t just qs broad as it is long, 10
cheat on light weights and short meas
urcs, as it Is to get cheated on bad
money!" The superintendent immedi-
ately sent to this mans friends and
told them 70 take him out of the asy-
l,im and to send him to Congress on n
Popocratic ticket.-Edward Atkinson.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03
CUP WHICH COST MANY LIVES
Fac-Simile of the Cars Souvenir
1N Which Caused a Tragedy.

Facsimile of the Cars Souvenir
g''N Which Caused a Tragedy.
A Chicago dry-goods firm has on ex-
hibition some Of the drinking cups
which were given away MS souvenirs
Of the coronation Of the Russian Car
The dreadful calamity on the KhOdin-
skoe plain, marrlng the magnificent
pageants arranged upon the occasion Of
the browning and costing upward Of
5000 lives in the short space Of few
hours is still fresh IN the memory Of
everyone. ptT
The origin of this appalling disaster
Is to be traced to an ancient Russian
custom. Among other curious usages
1t has been usual to distribute among
the many thousands congregating from
all parts Of the great empire to witness
the imposing ceremonies Of the corona
ton present to be kept as a remem-
brance OF the great evet. =,
At the last coronation drinking cup
had been selected for this purpose,
which was to be given away with par
eel of eatables, cakes and sweets, to
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03

rnajor-domo Ii Hung Chang, to study
styles and hunt bargains. The Ger,
llans and then the French flattered and
cajoled him and showed him their
wares. They urged him to decide at
once. Nov Is the time to buy" said
Germans and. French. But Ii Is too
good .aNsippper for that. These arc
line goods said he. land shall prob
ably take Them. But must look at all
before 1 decide" And now England is
taking down her goods, trying on her
best gowns and. bonnets. and parading
MI before him. And soon It will be
America's turn.. Ii has some big or.
1ers TO place We shall do. well to show
him everything and give him a good
time. New York World.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03
Mortgage. md Interest.

In connection with this subject, It
may not be out of place to refer to some
Of the arguments OF the opponents of
gold. They say mortgages increased
by millions between 1880 aud 1890. No
contractor orlbuilder but will recognize
this asa sign of great prosperity. Great
activity must have existed in building,
which, in fact, was the case, as the re-
ports from the building departments of
all the cities and towns in this country
will show. They rail against the great
moneyed men and Institutions; but
what could we do without them. from
the little KaSsas f&frfer who borrows
a hundred orr more dollars, to buy
shoats to eat up the leavings after his
store cattle, TO the ,.mep who erect
whole blocks fof houses In our great
cities? They complahifabout the great
interest charges, but a look at the facts
will show that as investors have felt
that the gold standard has become as
sured interest has gone down.-Archi-
lecture and Builling.7s stT Hfr
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03

80 M house OF vanderbllt-brought
once more TO the attention of the
- American people by the recent
serious illness of its present head-is
distinguished In many ways, but in all
ways distinguished for its association
with money getting and immense
wealth, Ii has uprcared system OF
RAILROADS. matchless in its beauty and
utility-Afor whatever may be said Of
the Vanderbilt power 1t must not be
suiid that II has been used to wreck en-
terprise and to create wealth for itself
by killing honest competition. The
Vanderbilt system has been. used as an
investment by its owners-the old
commodore" having but fought RI
val, the Nicaraguan Company, which
refused to keep Its contract with him.
To sue was impossible. He challenged
ID In the open and drove 1t of the seas.
Commercial conquest by safe, conserva-
tiye methods has been the policy of the
Vanderbilt life. In all the generations
OF the Vanderbilts there are no states
men. soldiers, patriots, philosophers,
painters. poets or scientists. But In
this century all the Vanderbilts have
been rich. Money getting and the up
building Of vast wealth and not the sac
ritice of the concrete to the ideal has
been their supreme moving force.
This family has coat OF arms. The
student of heraldry, looking back through
its line. can find no point ut which n
Vanderbilt was ennobled by king or
rsceived from monarch a title. Nor yet
can he find in the age of chivalry the
Vanderbilt who. in his pride of place
and of arms, took to himself the SYM
bols of his bravery and family traits
aud fixed them on an .escutcheSn. The
Vanderbilt arms, whatever they are,
mean little. There is no record of an
aid Vanderbilt who lived on hill in
Dutch stronghold and abused his. weak
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03

The growing stockades of the native
villages are formed of the euphorbia,
a sort Of cactus which branches like an
ordinary, stunted tree, and forms a
mass ofsfoliage composed OF sections
of solid green pulpy growth. Bullets
and cannon shots take but little effect
upon such a bona; theA shots pass
through and leave the bona bleeding
with thick. creamy white Juice. which
Is poisonous, and. II 1t enters the eyes,
will blind. Such stockades are found
every where. Century. w W
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03
bs2p CORNELIUS vANDERBITs NEW RESIDENCE

tesas IL the first Cornelius had stuck, to
farming the last Cornelius would not
now be lying in tire finest marble palace
4n,America. Had the first Cornelius had
iaay faith in the soil the last Cornelius
pil,ht have been a railroad switchman.
HIT Cornelius the. first bought a row.
Boat aud varied his'pursuits OF agricul-
t,drc, with the occasional occupation OF
q fsrryman. In this departure lay the
eecd OF tine Vanderbilt millions.
Rightly years ago Cornelius Wander
hit was d country lad OF 20, the son of
q staten Island farmer. and the de-
scesdant OF line OF Dutch settlers
who had never manifested any ambi-
tiop TO rise above the paternal soil. His
wSridiy possessions consisted OF small
Beat with which he was operating a
primitive ferry between his native ISL
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03

American commerce lay with the West,
and he conceived plan for steamship
line to the Pacific coast by way of Cen
trail America. His plan, however, proved
n failure.
Meantime he was graduating from
steamships into railways-a field of
operations whose vaster possibilities he
was one of the first to realize. He grad
ually obtained control Of the New York
Central. His operations in its stock
were such as Wall street had never
seen before and has not witnessed
since. He found that railroad an I'M
profitable, second-rate concern, and he
left it quite or nearly the finest and
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03
An Ants Dwelling.

One of the strangest membersSSf the
vegetable kingdom and one which of
late years has become quite common
as greenhouse plant is the myrme-
coda tuberosa. The plant was first
sent to Europe in 1911 by DR.. Colling-
wood from Malacca. Its stem is tuber-
GUS and everywhere covered with
thorns. In it's native country every
plant is constantly inhabited by thou
sands of ants Of the great family Of
myrmica, and it Is on that account that
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03
/ THE HOUSE OF VANDERBILT. !

and and New York His opportunities
certainly seemed small, but his natural
aptitude for money getting was extra
ordinary. He was man who would
have grown rich upon desert island
At % he had a steamer plying from the
metropolis through the Kills to New
Brunswick, with a hotel mt the latter
place managed by his wife. asft sr
But the vision of the bold young fer
ryman was fixed upon, far greater
things. He foresaw that the future OF
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03
other harm than the gastritis which he
sometimes feels

other harm than the gastritis which he
sometimes feels.
He also takes some bismuth just
previously to eating the other poisons.
1t is n noticeable fact that Vetro eats
the poisons just after coming upon the
stage. The bismuth forms a sort Of
coat around the stomach. which for a
short time prevents the toxic effects of
the several other poisons. BY the time
Vetro leaves the stage the different poi
sons have not had sufficient time to
work themselves through the coating of
bismuth formed in his stomach, and
they are ready to b, vomited.
''In the vomiting process the bismuth
is elected together with the other poi
sons, and he is ready to again go upon
the stage and repeat his seemingly
wonderful performance."-Ne York
World
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03
EATS POISON ron a LIVING.
Succeeds In His Feat Because HI
- Eats Too Mnch to XIII.

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Rats Too Mich to XIII.
Poison eating. instead of means of
death. may become a means OF liveli'
hood for all who care to adopt 1t.
One man, Captain" vetro, as he
styles himself. has for several years
been gathering In the cash Of those In
this country and In Europe who wish
to see him apparently endanger his
life by swallowing polsons OF sufficient
quantities to kill dozen men.
His performance has been described
In the press Of both continents, but II
has remained for New York physi-
clan, DR.. 4. ]. Salicrum, to reach solu-
ton Of the mystery with which Captain
Vetro's feat has been surrounded,
though many noted doctors have pro-
nounced 1t beyond the scope Of medical
knowledge. r'ts .-f,
DIR. Sailcrum explained the secret to
a reporter as follows: II have been for
many years deeply interested in toxi-
cology, and have carefully studied Cap
tain Vetro's performances. 1t Is un-
deniaiae that he eats sufficient poison
OF different kinds to Kill. a dozen men.
L witnessed his performance while he
was exhibiting in museum In this
city.
.This man eats enough poison to Kill
outright from ten to fifteen people, but
the whole secret is in the fact that he
does not only eat enough to kill one or
two men, but fifteen.
arsenic, paris green. phosphorus and
Rough on Rats are what medical men
call irritant poisons. They act primari-
ly by, producing Inflammation of the
mucous. membrane OF the stomach AMI
the intestinal tract.
when irritant poisons are taken In
very large quantities. as this man takes
them, they produce In little while
such irritation Of the stomach that
they are involuntarily vomited before
they have time to pass into the intes-
tines. or. being absorbed. cause no
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03
Eject OF High Attitudes.

Some German savaDts have shown re.
Gently that there is notable increase
In the proportion of the number Of cor
puscles In the blood In persons who go
from low. to a high altitude This In.
crease takes place In from twenty -four
to thirty-slx hours. 1t Is possible that
this fact MAY be one of the reasons for
the beneclal effects OF high altitude In
cases OF pulmonary tuberculosis.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03

the plant was given its scientific name
of myrmecodia. The ants pierce the
tuberous stems In all directions AMI
coat the galleries thus formed with an
insect cement that is of surprising dura.
bllity. Iii fact, 1t is so strong that when
a branch or plant dies 1t will rot away.
leaving the cement galleries intact, the
whole then having the appearance of n
beautifully ramified specimen Of sea-
weed
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03

liable to decay, a circulating medium
was provided Of papyrus strips, repre-
senting a certain ,Jspmber of cats and
onions at a ratio oftMto l. This was a
true double standard system and is be-
lieved to have been tho origin Of modern
paper currency. For time the cat
onion money circulated at par, but the
historian Faque Hur records that about
963 b. G. serious difficulty arose.
New colonies had been established in
the region of the upper n @, and the
savage Nubiaps had been taught the
art of agriculture. The rich black soil
Of the valley which they inhabited was
especially suited to the growth of
onions, and the production of those per-
fumed bulbs was soon enormously in
creased. Meanwhile the cat crop had
only grown in tho usual ratio, and the
result was that, with the demand for
sacred animals in the new colonies, at
least 80 onions would be given for one
cat. This breugh the papyrus currency
into disfavor, and, the ruling pharaoh,
Ram Bunkshus III, issued royal order
that cats should be the sole standard Of
value, and that onions should be issued
only to the extent that they could be
kept at par with the ''caterwaulers, as
the unit Of value was termed.
This did not suit the onion growers.
who at once started an agitation for the
free and unlimited coinage Of all onions
at the good old ratio of their daddies.
After passing 3, 187, 642 resolutions de-
nouncing the horrible crime of 963 the
onionites marched in body to the pal
ace Of their Pharaoh and demanded that
tho unjust law enacted at the instance
of the catbugs should be repealed and
the bicatallic standard restored. Ram
Bunkshus listened to them patiently and
answered.: "Great, no doubt, was the
wisdom of our ancestors. But / am in
the wisdom business myself to some ex-
tent. When the ratio Of 16 to l was
adopted, that was the true ratio of the
cats and onions. Now, owing to great
increase in the quantity Of onions, tho
ratio is 80 to |. All powerful as am. I
cannot make onions worth more than
their market valuo. The present stand
ard stays. As for you. o foolish onion
ties, your leaders shall feed the sacred
crocodiles. The rest of you will return
to your farms and hustle. I have re-
marked"
Thus ended tho first and only cur
rency agitation in Egypt -Whidden
Graham in Puck.