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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-05-07

spring. Then dead weeds and brush
and branches and all the odds and ends
of plant life seem to breed before his
eyes, and the places which during the
previous summerand autumn appeared
reasonably free from natures debris
seem to have served as trash factories
during the winter. The corners of the
old style stake and rider fences are the
worst. There Is superstition that this
particular brand Of fence was invented
by the enemy of all mankind, who, find
ang thorns and thfstles andsother weeds
did not grow with sufficient luxuriance
in the open field to suit his diabolical
purpose, went to work and persuaded
men to build worm fences, whose tri-
angular corners, which could not be
cultivated at all, and were with diff
Guilty reached by the hoe, afforded har-
Boring places where all sorts of weeds
could spread themselves like a green
ny tree and flourish to their hearts
intent. The superstition may have as
J. tile foundation as superstitions gener-
ally have, but considering the facilities
afforded by the rail fence for weed
kIOWlhE, IL 10 nOL IcludI hdDle L0HI SOME
such idea should have come into being,
for Of all the jobs that the farmer and
the farmers wife and the hired man
DO not enjoy doing, cleaning the fence
corners Is the least highly appreciated.
1t lie, so to speak, purely labor Of love,
or, rather, Of cleanliness, and for the
looks Of the farm, for nothing can be
planted In a fence corner, no matter
how clean 1t Is kept, and IL 1t could,
nothing will grow there but weeds. AS
Ma. Twain said about screening tall
ings at an ore mill, It Is constant job
always waiting to be done, and when a
farmer has nothing else on hand he can
20 and weed the fence corners.
There Is another odd job that is rea-
sonably certain to turn up sometime liz
the course OF every spring, and that Is
brush burning. Only the hottest day.
of spring or early summer will do for
brush burning, for IL 1t were done on
the cool days those engaged at Ii would
not sweat enough, and so could not
persuade themselves that they were
really working. But when the Their
mometer gets up toward 90 In the shade
and everybody still has his winter
clothes on so that he feels three times
as hot as he ought to feel, the farmer
announces that piece of land must be
cleared, and everybody falls to with all
his might. The trees are cut down,
She trunks and larger limbs rolled to
one side and the underground and
smaller branches piled into heaps for
Earning. A brush FIRE enjoys the repu-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-05-07
Romance OF the telegraph.

A great deal Of romance hovers round
the means by which the worlds news
is gathered. The speed and accuracy
with which messages are transmitted
between the uttermost parts of the
earth is marvellous when the conditions
under which they are sometimes trans
mitted are considered. The Indo-Eu-
ropean line offers good illustration.
1t runs from London to Lowestoft on
the east coast of England. 1t then dips
under the sea to Emden, on the Ger
man coast, where 1t passes right
through Germany to the Russian from
tier. From this point the wire passes
by way Of Warsaw, Rowno, Odesse,
the Caucasus and Tifis, to Persia, and
by Tauris to Teheran, the capital Of the
shahs dominions. There 1t joins the
Indian government line, which runs
from the Persian capital to Bushire on
the Persian gulf. Thence the wires run
through Beloochistan, and complete the
route by connecting Kurrachee, north
India. The operation Of this immense
stretch Of line, passing through coun-
tries Of such varying climates and char
acteristics, Is one Of much difficulty.
On the snow-swept steppes of Russia
the wires are often snapped like thread
by the rapid flight of fiocks of wild
geese. The poles are cut down and
made into firewood by the nomad tribes
of the Caucasian districts, and the cum
ming innkeepers Of Georgia seek to
boom their post-horse trade by DELHI
erately creating faults In the wires. In
the mountainous regions Of Asia the
maintenance Of the solitary line in
wolves much personal risk and hardship
to the staff hands. Communication is
often cut Off by q snowfall Of FIVE or six
feet In a night. These mountain sta
tons are provisioned with several
months supplies before the winter sets
in, as the staff will be in touch witt
the rest of the world by the wire only
until the spring weather opens out the
passes. In these supplies is always In
Guided liberal allowance of books and
games wherewith to relieve the monot-
ony of the tedious winter exile.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-05-07

Issued, lays down the rules which must
govern the affections of individuals in
the army as If hearts were machines
and Cupid's FRANKS could be controlled
with a word. ~
1t Is only to the officers Of the army
however, that these rules apply; the
rank and file may make love and marry
as they see fit, provided they limit the
number Of their marriages to one. If
the susceptible heart of male officer
becomes stirred with the tender passion
Of love, and he ardently desires to be-
come one with the fair lady Of his af-
lection, he does not drop at once on the
left knee and ask her to allow her soul
to join with his, nor does he then slip
on the engagement ring while she pref
tily bushes. Neither does he timidly
approach him whom he fain would
call father, declaring that life without
her Is of no account at all.
No; he goes to the division officer and
briskly asks for printed engagement
application blank He fills this out,
stating all he knows about the fair
one, and hands 1t back to the division
officer, who in turns forwards 1t to the
national headquarters.
Officers may not marry without a
years separation from their chosen life
partners, and If the two favorites in
terested both live in the same town,
the higher officer either refuses them
permission to become engaged or re-
must rise from the ranks before the
marriage will be sanctioned. This pro-
vision is made that there may be ex-
traordinary efforts made by the pri-
vate in doing good work-and love will
find way-for thus the marriage will
reflect honor upon the army.
ANY breaking 81 an engagement"
the field book ordains, "must at once
quires one of the young people to 60 to
another city. cy,
In case where an officer, male or fe-
male, wishes to BECOME engaged to an
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-05-07

have they any strength worth speaking
of. This is worth remembering when
the use of wheels Of this type Is being
considered for three or four-wheeled
vehicles, where the conditions are es-
sentially different, and where, in turn
ing corners rapidly, or in going over
ground that causes the vehicle to be
inclined sideways, very considerable
lateral strain may be brought upon the
wheels-a strain which the ordinary BIZ
cycle wheel is, very properly, entirely
untitled for. This is to be considered
also in connection with devices for at
taching two wheels side by side to
make duplex or four-wheeled ma
chine Of them. Neither the frame, the
bearings nor the wheels Of properly
constructed bicycle are adapted to such
use without injury.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-05-07

A Giant 0eorgia N sro Does the worh
Of Mule.
Satan at last In harness. should not
be construed as meaning that the cloven
hoof individual who figures most con-
spicuously In Dante's Inferno has been
suddenly halted In his travels to and
fro on this earth. The Satan here re-
ferred to is Sam Satan. a giant Negro,
Of Dougherty County, Georgia, who al
lowed himself to be hitched to plow
and did the work Of his deceased mule.
Sam had owned a mouse-colored mule
for a number of years, but hard work
had hurried 1t to the bone factory, and
money was not plentiful with Sam, and
Just how he should do the blowing In
his field worried him very much. He
saw nothing else to do but to take the
mules place in the harness, and let bis
wife do the driving. For one whole
summer Sam assumed the role OF a
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-05-07
The mention of mysteries invites at

tention to the fact that by some curious
freak of nature the spring time is the
most favorable season for all sorts,
kinds and conditions Of breakages In
farm implements, harness and appli-
ances generally. Philosophical per-
sons, who are always prying into the
reasons of things and finding explana-
tons that no one else can discover, pre-
tend to say that the spring epidemic
of breakage in harness, wagons, plows,
hoes and other tools Is due to the fact
that these articles are not properly
cared for in the winter; that, II after
using them In the autumn they had
been oiled and put away In dry house
during the cold season, then oiled and
cleaned In the spring before using
them, most of the breakage could be
avoided. But this view Of the case,
which, to the philosopher seems so
plausible, is regarded by the farmer
with distrust, not to say with incredu-
lily. The freshness of the mules when
first led forth from the stable and
placed in front Of pillow which they
are expected to persuade through more
or less rooty and cloddy earth for the
next sixty days is not difficult to ex-
plain. They have been doing nothing
but eat their heads off during the win
ter, and have, therefore, acquired an
amount Of adipose tissue quite unbe-
coming to the degenerate sons of an ig-
noble sire. Were this the sum total Of
their offending, no harm would be
done, for too much fat on mule Is an
infirmity easily overcome by judicious
system of heavy loads, a long thrash
pole and much profanity. But mule,
when he gets fat, is sure, In rural par
lance, also to become Ambitious" and
injudicious ambition Is as bad for
mule as for the hereditary ruler of q
warlike people. Properly directed, the
ambition Of the mule, like that Of the
king, can be worked Off in peaceful
channels, but sometimes the mule, like
the monarch, has not quite sense
enough to perceive that the ways of
peace are preferable to the paths Of
war, and so manifests his ambition by
kicking the harness to pieces. OF
course, this reprehensible act meets
with prompt retribution at the hands
of the enraged granger, and conflict
ensues, generally ending to the disad-
vantage Of the mule.
But grubbing and cleaning and brush
burning and blowing are, after all, the
introduction to the planting with
which the labors of spring may be said
to close. There Is no more romance
about planting than about any other
part of the farmers spring toll, for
nothing is more fatiguing than to walk
all day over newly plowed ground,
sinking to the ankles at every step,
dropping exactly the same number of
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-05-07
A Rare Postace Stamp.

A postage stamp which is pronounc-
ed the rarest in the world has just been
brought to light In Louisville. A col
lector there asked permission to rum
mage among the correspondence of an
old lawyer, with the result that he
found one Baltimore postmaster's
stamp 40 cents) on original cover; FIVE
New York scent stamps, $50 United
States Scent stamps of 1S47, ITO Unit
ed States 1O-cent stamps Of 1S47. The
first of these is said to be worth $1,000,
the value Of the others In the aggre-
gate Is 5000.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-05-07

~ ER GIRL. The most commonly
used saddle for the ordinary rider Ia
the one that tips up in the back, mas
much as the wheels Of recent make
have frames which make that kind of
a saddle almost nccessary-for COM
fort at least. The weight of saddle
seldom Is more than twenty-five ounces,
and not often is one found weighing
less than ten ounces.
A dealer in bicycles said the other
day that three years ago it was much
more easy to satisfy people with sad
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-05-07
SHE DEFIES THE FRENCH.
Plucky South Sea Queen Who Led He
Forces to Victory.

Plucky South Sea Queen Who Led Her
Forces to Victory.
Queen Mamea of the Island Of Hna-
heme Of the Society group is a buxom
ruler who for years has defied the pow
er of the French authorities at Tahiti.
Mamea has often been spoken of as the
handsomest woman In the South Seas,
but whether her claims to this distinc-
ton are based upon substantial grounds
residents Of Raieatea are inclined to
doubt. 1--WE will annex the island, and
you must submit" was the edict sent
out by the Governor of Tahiti to the
Queen. Her reply was raid on the
French missionaries near Uturoa and
the slaughter of several traders. Tho
French shelled Huaheme and landed
troops at the Queens palace, but tie
willy lady led her forces by a rapid
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-05-07

grains in every hill to the subsequently
covered by a dexterous stroke of the
hoe. 1t is hard work, and the only
representatives of animate nature that
really enjoy seeing anybody do 1t are
tie crows. To them it is joy, IL not
forever, at least during the spring sea-
son, nor are they deferred from 1t In
any wise by the erection of scarecrows,
for crows have a world Of sense for
crows, and can tell the difference be-
tween a scarecrow and a man as far as
they can see. The farmer may erect
his worst suit into manly guise, and
do his planting In the belief that the
crows are deceived, but the sly rogues
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-05-07
A Brave Coyote.

Coyotes have the reputation of being
very cowardly, but a trapper in Wasco
County, Oregon, ran across one recent.
" thatput up vicious fight and severe.
" wounded him before he could kill
1t. The coyote was caught by the foot
in trap. AS the trapper approached
the animal succeeded In freeing itself
and instead Of running away turned
and attacked the trapper, and wal
killed only after severe struggle. The
incident Is said to be unique.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-05-07

Die WOuIu cOme III ueClu-FOR THE DON'T
ing which one to take. CARE RIDER.
There are enough makes Of wheels
In the market this season, so that any
person can find among them one that
will suit exactly" he said. But 1t Is
not so with seats. 1t would take
Solomon to pick out one that would
stand above all others"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-05-07

ordinary soldier ths same rule of sep
aration Is observed, but the private
be reported to the. division officer, and
any officer found guilty Of shameless
and heartbreaking jilting will be re-
duced to the ranks. Counting means,
more or less, a division Of feeling, nee
essarily interfering, In some measure
with the discharge Of duty, and Is
therefore deprecated. Officers must
not be allowed to carry on any court
ship in the town in which they are
stationed"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-05-07

The power of reproduction in insects
Is one of the most wonderful parts OF
their economy. On beheading a slug
new head, with all Its complex an
purtenances, will grow again; SO win
tile claws Of a lobster. The end of a
worm split produces two perfect heads,
and IL cut into three pieces the middle
produces perfect head and tall.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-05-07
Poor of London.

The bishop Of Bedford AYERS that the
East London district contains popu-
lation of 100000, nearly all poor.
From this statement some idea will be
had of the vastness Of the work the
clergy are called upon to perform. The
difficulty Of raising funds for 80 great
a work is very great.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-05-07

iron provides solid background for
ornamentation, giving the lamp digni-
fed, substantial appearance, quite dif-
ferent from the brass and sheet iron
spun work usually adopted where orna-
mentation on arc lamps has been at
tempted heretofore.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-05-07

bOu iedtuer bedtD, COIu-
woven seats. wooden
seats, cloth seats, seats
made Of seaweed, alu-
minimum seats and wire
seats for the babies
The fat person and
the slim person have
had seats made for them.
The racer and the road
ster need not worry
about finding seats suit
able for their purpose, II
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-05-07
Not For Cnrrlaee Wheels.

1t is not as generally understood as
It should be, perhaps, that bicycle
wheels seldom or never are subjected
to lateral strains. They need to resist
only those strains which pass through
their own plane, and in this plane only
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-05-07

uIeS THAN It is NOWADAYS.
He said the reason was
that the people had too
many kinds to pick from.
While they probably
could find one that would
give satisfaction they
would see another that
they would like just as
well, and then the trou-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-05-07

WHISPERS. they want them In hur-
ry. The bloomer girl can have n pick
Of SO many kinds that she breads buy
ing one because she cannot buy all.
The elderly woman has almost as many
to pick from as the bloomer girl.
The baby and the old man are pro-
vided for properly. The baby, SO young
that 1t cannot express itself in words,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-05-07
HOW THEY, MAKE LOVE.

Officers of the Salvation Army Must
DO Nothing Sentimental.
Marriages of officers in the Salvation
army are not numerous, and perhaps
the reason is to be found in the very
stringent laws which govern the love
making in that body. The new field
book Of the army which has just been
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-05-07

Joe Cose-What has become OF that
stale messenger boy joke? 1t seems
to have disappeared. Scribbins-Somo
one must have given 1t to messenger
boy to deliver to the papep.-Phila.
delphia North American.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-05-07

Is given a seat
made Of wire, nice
ly nickeled, COM
Portable, sprin: y
and easily applied.
The seat is so ar
ranged that 1t can
be set in front or
behind the handle
bar.
There are saddles
for long distance
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-05-07

riders which, though very light, have
sufficient elasticity to relieve them OF
entire rightly. There are pneumatic
saddles that have shapes something
like that Of pear. They are so made
with separate chambers that the air
cannot roll about underneath the rider.
Circular holes in the rear portion Of
the saddles serve to keep the seat cool.
There is difference between the
saddle used by the bloomer girl and
the one used by the girl who wears
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-05-07

skirts. Inc Dl0Omer
girls saddle is almost
like the one generally
used by the men. The
skirt girl uses the reg
ulation woman's saddle.
Seats of all shapes
on the high wheels
and sizes. Those used
years ago were long and
rigid. They are used
very little these dayS.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-05-07

Work, Not Sentiment.
Youth Of the year! Celestial springI
Again descend thy silent showers;
New loves, new pleasures, thou dost
bring.
And earth again looks gay with flowers.
Peacock.
1t ID altogether probable that hum
dreds of poems have been written on
the beauties of spring, and barrels Of
ink and reams of paper have been shed
and wasted In the effort to show forth
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-05-07
ALL KINDS OF SEATS.
A GREAT VARIETY FOR BICYCLE
RiDERS.

saddles for the Tall and the Lean
and yt1ss Short and the Stout and for
the Old Man and for the Baby-only
q Solomon IL Needed to Select.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-05-07

The trouble with cute children IL
they soon outgrow it, and become impu
dent.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-05-07

Saddles to Suit.
Bicycle seats have been bothering the
inventors during the last winter. As q
result there are In the market this sea-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-05-07

A man never gets as much as he ex.
poets, in anything.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-05-07
BEAUTIFUL SPRING.
A SEASON FULL OF POETRY TO
ALL BUT THE FARMER.

There IL No Romance In Grubbinss
Brush Burning, Flowing or Cleaning
Fence corners-A Dreary Round Of
Often Ill-Requited Toll
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-05-07

scmc men would be clever If they
were not 50 lazy.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-05-07

march into the mountain Businesses Of
the interior, and at the head Of 500 IA
tives held the foreign soldiers back,
losing but a few followers in admins
tering to the French soldiers a sound
thrashing.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-05-07

powerful electric light is to be provided
in the form Of large globe suspended
from reel Of wire passed through
the floor Of the car.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-05-07

mule, and did the work In a mastery
manner that created jealousy among
the mules Of the county.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-12-03
UNIQUE BRIDGE AT HASTINGS.
Believed to Be the Only One of Its
Kind in the World.


Hastings O1inn.) new wagon bridge
has been completed and it probably is the
only one of the kind in the world. Its
peculiar feature is the spiral approach at
the south end. On account of the great
height of the channel span of $50 feet
which is placed fifty-five feet above high
water mark-it was necessary to have a
very long approach in order to avoid 4
steep grade. The town being so close to
the river it would have been necessary to
run a straight approach to such dis
tance as to spoil the looks of the business
streets. In order to overcome this difficult
ty it was decided to make use of corner
lot 60x120 feet, adjoining the foot of
Sibley street, and to build thereon a spi-
raj approach.
Beginning at the heart of the city the
approach starts with a rise of seven and
three-fourths feet to the 100. forming an
earth grade banked between massive re-
tanning walls 12O feet long. The spiral.
built of steel, begins at the end of this
drive and winds its way with a curve of
sixty feet, with grade of FIVE feet to the
100. for distance of 3S5 feet; then strik-
ing again straight approach from the
point where the spiral ends, there is a
rise of six feet to the 100 for distance of
13O feet. to the beginning of the channel
span. This span is $50 feet long from
center to center of end pins.
Beyond is another 120-foot span; then
twenty-one spans of thirty-three feet
each, terminating with an approach of
172 feet, making total of $40 feet The
largest span of $50 feet is built to carry
256 tons, besides its own weight. and the
smaller span in proportion. The iron
work of the north approach rests on we'll
constructed masonry pedestals, which
have concrete footing averaging nearly
two feet thick and six feet square. Foun-
dations of the large river pier, carrying
$50 and 12O foot spans, were laid by
means of 4 caisson. the river being at n
very low stage. On the north side of the
river all the masonry was placed on solid
rock and the iron work tied to the rock
by heavy anchor bolts. The joists which
carry the oak floor and sidewalks are Of
first-class white pine; later they may be
replaced by steel joists if desired. In the
large span the entire floor is steel, except
the planking which forms the surface.
In the surface there are 1000 cubic
yards of stone masonry, 10000 feet Of
timber, $50 yards of concrete, $500 yards
of cubic earth, 2,400 lineal feet of piling,
800 tons of steel and 10000 feet of lum-
Der for floors. Provisions for expansion
on account of the change of the tempera-
ture is made at the main pier, the two
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-12-03

1S96-Mck1nley 5 poi
(approximatel ..:..,
1S92-Grover Clevelan'
ISSS-Grover Clevelan
1SS4-Grover Clevelan
ISSOLJames A. Carrie
1S76-Samuel ]. Tildel
1S72-U. S. Grant. -.
1S6S-U. S. Grant. -.
1S64-Abraham Lincol
1000 hon, inrnll