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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23
ONE WAR AvERrEp.


Webster's Diplomacy Settled the
Northern boundary Dispute.
War with Great Britain was narrow
" averted during Harrison's admins
tration In 1S41, owing to complication
Of disputes, chief among which was the
question Of the northeastern boundary
Of the United States. This dividing line
had not been accurately determined In
1888, when the treaty Of peace was
signed, and ever since 1t had been .
source of irritation between the two ma
lions. The diplomacy of Daniel Web
ster, then Secretary of State, played an
important part in settling the dispute
amicably.
Edward Everett was then in London,
and Secretary Webster secured his ap-
pointment as minister to England. Mr..
Everett was very popular in Great Brit.
ain, and In response to his appointment
and as a courteous acknowledgment
Of the graceful act in accrediting q
statesman TO the court of st. James who
was so well liked by the British, Lord
Ashburton. whose friendly feeling to-
ward the United States was known to-
every one. was sent over on a special
mission to confer with Secretary Web
ster. The result was the Ashburton
treaty of 1912. by which an arbitrary
and conventional line was adopted for
the northeasterly boundary. while the
loss thereby suffered by the State of
Maine was indemnified by the United
States Government. 1t was also agreed
that Great Britain and the United
States should each keep its own squad
ron to watch the coast Of Africa for the
suppression of the slave trade.
This clause of what became known
as the Ashburton treaty was known as
the cruising convention" The old
grievance of the impressment OF sea-
men, which had been practically abol-
lshed by the glorious victories Of Amer
lean frigates in the war of 1912, was
formally ended by Mr.. Webster's dec
laration to Lord Ashburton that hence
forth American vessels would not SUBJ
init themselves to be searched. Hence
forth the enforcement of the so-called
fright of search" by a British ship
would be regarded by the United States
as casus belli.
1t was only the mastery handling OF
the situation by Secretary Webster that
avoided the precipitation Of a third
great war with England; and, as it was,
hostilities were avoided by the smallest
margin. The peoples of both countries
were wrought to the highest pitch OF
excitement, and 1t was several months
before the wdrlike spirit that had been
aroused in the United States was quiet
ed. Undoubtedly, however, war would
have been declared but for timely
change of ministry that took place in
England. This transferred the man.
agement of foreign affairs from the
hands of Lord Palmerston to Lord Abb
erdeen, who showed much more con-
ciliatory spirit.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23

kincre>., the children are practically
80 ..ee as In their own homes, while at
tie same time they are receiving a most
valuable training. The eye, the hand.
the attention, the memory. the judg-
course Of the education that is given
there, and all educational effort comes
so easily, so naturally, with so little APP
parent effort, that the child Is not aware
how much he Is really learning.
The parks are not monopolized by the
children of the wealthy, though often
these are in the majority; but even the
poorest occasionally make their appear
ance in the most fashionable resorts,
and not infrequently there make boon
companions Of the sons Of the million
aire. For, as already remarked, In some
respects boys are thorough democrats.
and any boy who proves companions
Bile win soon find himself at home In
any company. A goat that needs In
struction or restraint, another boy to
fill up Il baseball nine, any small excuse
will answer as an introduction, and n
friendship once contracted will be per-
manent as among older people, so long
as both are profited by it. The parks
ard the streets are the common prop
erty of all. and the child of the tramp Is
as much at home in them as the child
of the Mayor. During the summer sea
son, and In the crowded districts of the
city, the streets are the common resort
of the children, particularly about dusk
and after nightfall; all their games and
plays are carried ON in the public high
ways, nor does any one modest them in
the little recreation they are able to Sc
cure on the property of the general pub
lie So the games go on without inter-
ruption; the boys play hide and seek,
the girls play liking William, and as
the pllintive little melody rises on the
evening air, it recalls to the mind OF
many passer-by the scenes and COM
panions Of other years. 1t is mistake
to suppose that money or station, or any
other like distinction, gives pleasure to
children for to them money represents
nothing; rank and social position arc
only names. When they are old enough
to appreciate the fact that money
means candy and popcorn and n seat
in the gallery, then the scuffie for
money begins, to end no more; when
they are old enough to understand that
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23
chiId Lie in the Metropolis.


The points of superiority OF the mod
erns over the ancients are so numerous
and obvious that the old controversy as
to the respective merits of the two no
longer has any point and is not serious
ly discussed. But among the items that
enter into the immense advances we
have made over the people of couple
Of thousand years ago is the fact that
the condition, the wishes and wants Of
children now receive more attention;
more is done for their comfort and hap
piness than was dreamed of as possible
In any previous age of the world. 1t
IL a singular and significant fact that
no author of ancient times alludcs to
his childhood in words indicating that
he had the slightest pleasure in the
recollection. The ancients really had
boys are entering the grammar schools
the boys of Greece, the lads of Rome,
were assuming the manly gown and
undertaking the responsibilities of man.
hood: at an age when our girls are bare
ly leaving off their short dresses, the
girls who grew up with Demosthenes
and Cicero, with Pericles and julius
Caesar. were married and had assumed
the duties of housekeeping. Childhood
is thus a thing Of modern times. The
boys and girls Of Attica and Italy were
really little old men and women, just
as the boys and girls of China are to-
day; only in our own age has the i'm
portance of childhood's happiness been
fully realized. Child life has, there
fore, become factor, and a very impor-
tant factor at that, in modern life. and
TO such an extent Is this understood
and appreciated that he who denomi-
mates this the "childrens age" is not so
far wrong as might be supposed.
But there are children and children,
says the St Louis obe-Democrat and
I'm the innumerable grades of life found
In modern city there is just as much
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23
RAIpED THE POSTOFFICE.
Wolscley Teaches Postmaster to Do
His Work.

Wolscley Teaches a POSTING as ter to Do
His Work.
To'illustrate some of the disagreeable
things which the soldiers suffered in
the Soudan, Mr.. Nourse tells the fol-
lowing anecdote Of the postal service,
which also well shows row democratic
was Lord Wo4seley, the commandment
Nourse went to the postoffice at Korti
to look for some letters. The postmas-
ter was native and not very much at
handwriting, and said that there was
nothing for him after a superficial
glance at big pile Of papers and let
ters.
Nourse asked to see the pile Of let
ters, and while he was looking them
over a man with nothing to designate
his rank came into the Office in COM
pany with another. He took in the sit
uation at glance an said: Lets
clean this thing out" Whereupon they
jumped over the counter and bundled
the postmaster out, neck and heels.
Then they began the examination Of
the Office and found it congested with
mail for the army.
They searched every nook and Granny
and threw the letters for one regiment
into one corner, those for another into
another, with all the newspapers In the
center Of the floor. Then they went
through each pile and separated 1t into
companies, and before night every let
ter was in camp and distributed, and
the next day the papers were out.
Nourse at the time did not know who
his companion in the good deed was.
He asked him his name and his an
swer was: ''They call me Charley"
Some time afterwad Nourse was go
ing to see the commandment and, sitting
near his tent saw his companion Mt
the postoffice.
Hello, Charley" he said, "I'm look
ing for the commandant; where'n /
find him."
"Well," said Charley" you won't
have to look very far. I'm the com
mandant. Come inside and have a bit
| to eat and drink"
1t was Lord Wolseley, and man
worthy Of the title.-Springfeld Re
| publican.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23

HID encounter WIN ~ LI(kct IN " ml(u
He was worsted.
An amusing Incident Of the civil wsr
was recently told ut veterans re-
union. During the siege OF Petersburg
section OF the Weldon Railway was a
picket line for the Union forces.
One day General Miles, who had re-
ceived not long before his commission
as brigadier general of volunteers, Wis
tied ON exposed quarter Of the line near
Greensville and noticed grim sentinel
on duty. Riding up to the picket Gen.
eral Miles pointed toward Greenville
and said:
II wish to see General Kautz. Go
down to his headquarters and tell him
to come up here"
The errand was not pleasant one.
The enemy were behind the exposed
railway and the messenger would be u
conspicuous target for bullets.
II am on duty here" said the picket,
quietly.
'"rhat is all right" said General
Miles, with smile. II know that you
are on duty here, but want you to go
to General Kautz and tell him that I
want to see him at once"
~ have been ordered on picket duty"
said the soldier, with logged persist
ence, land l must remain here until
am relieved"
Every good" said the General; IL I'M
derstand the matter, but l want to see
General Kautz at once"
"All right" answered the picket. IF
you want to see Kautz more than
do, why don't you so down and look
him up?"
General Miles rode away in great
anger, and sent word to General Kautz
that the picket had been very insOlent,
and ought to be severely disciplined.
The next day at guardmOunting Gen.
eral Kautz sent for the picket, and
asked him to repeat what he had said
to General Miles.
II told him that was on duty, and
must remain until somebody in author
ity relieved me-"
did General Miles relieve your"
mo; he told me to go down the rail
way towards Greensyille, but he didn't
relieve me-"
"Well, did you defy him?"
"No, indeed" said the picket. II
merely told him that If he wanted to see
Kautz more than did he would better
go down himself and look you up"
That's all right" said Gen. Kautz,
apparently well pleased that the picket
had saved him an uncomfortable ride.
eff 1 had been there, would have told
him to go to Halifax. It's all right,
anyway"
The sentry, instead of being sent to
the guardhouse for characterization in
having impudently refused to obey an
order from his superior, was compli-
mented upon his discretion in waiting
to be relieved from his first detail
The veterans who heard this story
We're disposed to think that the sentry
was technically correct. If General
Miles had formally relieved him from
picket duty, there would have been no
pretext for disobedience of direct or
der.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23
The Idoness Killed Him.

An English major has just been killed
in n desperate fight with lioness in
Somaliland. The ANIMAL was driven out
of a thicset by heaters, and the major
wounded her severely; the attendant
who carried the second rifle fired both
barrels into her, but she killed him
with one blow Of her paw on the head.
The major then fired another shot at
her, and she turned upon him. Not hav-
ing another cartridge he rammed the
barrel Of the rife down her throat, her
jaws closed on one arm, and In trying
to force them open his other hand and
arm were bitten. The lioness was final
ly speared to death by the native SER
wants. 1t took ten days to take the
wounded major to Alden, but gangrene
set In, and he died'in two days after ar
irving there.-London Globe.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23

nominal expense. 1t is claimed that the
skate may be safely used on both vi
and down grades IA well as on the level
roads, and that with very little practice
a speed Of ten or twelve miles an hour
can be attained. 1t is highly probable
that the new form of skating will be-
come rs, fashionable as cycling itself,
and 1t seems clear that prosperous
future awaits the conductor OF an en-
terpr.se possessing such obvious advan-
tages from'n commercial point of view.
The skates can be folded for travelling
and can be easily carried under the arm,
or like small grip.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23
Within 100 Years.

The total Indian population at this
time, according to estimates made by
the officials of the Indian Bureau, is
24S,253, exclusive of the Indians of
Alaska. In 1929, before the annexation
of Texas and Mexico, the estimated
Indian population of the country was
100000. In 1866 the number was said
to be $50, 900 and the same estimate Is
made for 1871. The mostrapid decline
In numbers has been in the last quarter
Of a century. The fact that the Chero-
KEGS and Chippewas, both comparatively
powerful tribes, have actually increas-
ed In numbers makes the decrease In
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23

who sees the children pour out Of our
great public schools by thousands ut the
closing hour, the only question that
presents itself Is how in the world the
parents are able to feed and clothe so
many. AS this, however, Is question
that the parents themselves are some
times hardly able to answer, 1t may be
dismissed as Irrelevant. for, somehow
or other. no matter what the number
of children that come into family they
all seem to get enough to live on, and
something to wear, and they all have
homes, and beyond this is nobody's
business to inquire.
In many respects child life in city
is of infinitely greater variety and SUI
perior picturesqueness to the life OF
children in the country. In the rural
districts, children, whether of rich or
poor parentage, are practically on n
level so far as social life and amuse-
ments are concerned, while i'm the city
there are as many phases to the life OF
childhood as there are residence dis
tricts. :.
The children of the slums have been
frequently the subject Of literary and
artistic treatment and their Importance
in this regard has probably been cxag-
gerated by a class of writer's and art
fists who delight in the abnormal phases
of human nature. A style of illustra.
ton has recently sprung up as fad,
and is now running its course in the IL
Illustrated papers, a style that represents
the slum children as speaking and act
ing in a mock-heroic, dime novel style.
quite foreign to their real character and
nature. 1t is difficult to see the humor
supposed to exist In such pictures. for
although there may occasionally appear
the one. touch of nature that, on poetic
authority, we are assured makes the
whole world kin, most of these pictures
are only stupid.
The children Of the slums do not al
ways work for living, but there is a
large class Of children, generally Of the
very poor, who from the necessities OF
the case, are put to work Mt an early
age. and. save In exceptional cases. new
or know any lot in life but that Of the
seyereA drudgery. The division Of Ia
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23

be ~ hard 10 bear, sor him. as tie iron
BILE OF a man who has lost 81 90; the
modification OF the boy who has been
turned down" In his spelling class Is
as keen as that he will experience later
In life when. In another sense OF the
word, he Is turned down. In pursuit
of an Office.
The child life of great city Is seen
in its perfection In three places,the
kindergarten, the park and the street.
The kindergarten is really the chill
dren's paradise, and In its limits may
be witnessed every day as much happt-
ness as can be crowded into youthful
life. Under no restraint but that Of
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23

the other tribes all the more remsrka.
BILE.
1t is believed that the principal loss
has Deen among the Sioux and other
tribes OF the Northwest. More than two
thirds of the total number, or 237, ATS,
In 1871 were on the reservations. At
the beginning OF 1895 the number OH
the reservations had been decreased to
133,417, or about one-third Of the total
number. Less than 10000 of these arc
self-supporting, the Federal Government
issuing supplies to most of them. II
the rate of decrease which has been
maintained for the last quarter Of q
century or so be continued there will
not be single full-blooded Indian I'm
the country, except possibly In dime
museums, by the end of the twentieth
century.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23

room for classes among children as
among their elders, and, perhaps even
more. for while, In one sense, children
are model democrats and acknowledge
no class distinction but that of age, in
another they arrange themselves into
sets with the utmost rigidity, and their
social rules are almost as unalterable
as the laws of the Modes and Persians.
The study of child life in great city.
therefore. assumes an interest which,
at first glance, does not seem to belong
to it, for to the .thoughtless observer
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23

Dor rendered necessetyhy 90 compli-
Gated processes OF our manufacturers
has Afforded employment In abundance.
even for children OF tender years, rs
there are many things which they can
do as well as their elders, and at much
less expense. Their lot Is not enviable.
They may be seen In dozens. coming
out Of the large factories where many
different operations necessitated the
employment of labor of every grade,
and the appearance of these youthful
laborers is far from prepossessing. Nor
are their words or actions material
Improvement on their appearance, for
the former are often coarse and the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23
IN THE PARKS.

latter rude. They know nothing of the
elegancies of polite society; it is impos
sible that they should, and 1t is quits
probable that If they had the oprortu.
nifty they would not care to learn. t.
district school which they attended for
two or three years before they were old
enough to work gave them all the book
education they are likely ever to gain.
1t is enough for their purpose, and most
of them do not care for more. There
may be among them those mute in
glorious Millions" of whom Gray writes,
but, If so, the chill penury in which
they are doomed to live will crush out
every noble ambition and concentrate
all their energies in a struggle for
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23

metal strip which acts as guard, and
which can be made wider or narrower,
to suit the riders foot
The clip can be readily adjusted to
fit almost any make of pedal. The con-
struction Is very simple, having no
parts to become disarranged or get out
Of order, and the weight is only three
ounces.--New York Herald.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23
NOVELTY IN SKATES.
The Pneumatic Road Skate IL the
Latest Invention.

The Pneumatic Road Skate IL the
Latest Invention.
The pneumatic road skate is the latest
invention In England. The new appli-
ance, which is really an adaptation of
the principle Of the bicycle to the old
fashioned rOller-skate, can be used on
practically any ordinary road or foot
path. 1t is furnished with ball bearings
and pneumatic tires, and 1t will proba.
bly, not be long before the ingenious
inventor will contrive to introduce the
principle Of geared action, and thus still
further increase its resemblance to the
bicycle. The new skate will indeed
prove very formidable competitor to
all other forms of wheeling, since by its
use one can combine all the pleasure Of
rapid travelling by means Of ones own
exertions, with very small amount
of preliminary trouble and merely
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23
the feet properly on the pedals without
bending the elm

the feet properly on the pedals without
bending the clip.
This new toe clip has several good
features. The construction is such
that when the pedal is not in use and
hanging downward the toe clip swings,
out of the way. so that the pedal may
be caught by the riders foot without
any attention being paid to the clip.
The instant the foot is placed upon
the pedal the clip flies up into position,
where it locks firmly. and when the
foot is removed from the pedal it turns
with the clip on the under side; the
mechanism Immediately unlocks- of it.
self, and is at once ready for further
use. By the use of this clip, the side
guards on the pedal may be dispensed
with, as the clip is provided with .
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23
Eound beer in the sink,

A peculiar incident occurred in New
York IN a recent Sunday. While a
policeman of that city was trying to see
what was going on in n suspected"
saloon he soiled his hands; he noticed
n sink In the ante-room of the saloon,
and when he turned on the faucet he
was surprised to find that he was wash
ing his hands in beer. The keeper of
the saloon was. OF course, arrested.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23

business difficulties and reverses he will
encounter twenty or thirty years later.
A woman lightly treats the sorrow Of
her little girl over broken doll, but
the grief is none the less sincere, for
all these things are merely compara-
tive; one man. who Is weak, will find ten
pounds as much of a burden as 100 will
be to anotlsess who Is gifted In the mat
ter of bone and muscle, and so the trou-
BILE Of boy who has lost his knife may
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23

Here Is an example of how far the use
of the word shat may be carried: The
tutor said, Id speaking of the word that,
that that that that that lady parsed,
was not the that that that gentleman
requested her to analyze. This SEN
tence, though rendered intelligent by
n bad choice of words, is grammatical.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23

So dreadful word Is booze" In the
sense of drink" that one Is disposed to
take for granted that it came from some
extremely modern Stun and has not vet
even earned place in the slang diction-
aries. Such is by no means the case
Spelled "bouse," but pronounced exact
ly after to-day's fashion, 1t occurs In
Massinger's famous play, "a New Way
to Pay Old Debts" The middle En-
glish form was ,bowse."
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23
A Sure Symptou.

Better git them ducks OUT said the
barkeeper to the bouncer, before they
git to fightin'."
which ducks?"
"Them two settin' at the fur table
that's tellin' each other what good
friends they re."-Indianapolis Jour-
nal
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23
A New Serum.

Professor Nocard, of Paris, has dis
covered an antitetanic serum. III this
remedy proves effective in combating
the horrors Of loekjaw. as 1t is claimed
to be, Professor Nocard will have i'm
mortalized himself by effacing one of
the most terrible Affections which may
befall man.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23
A NEW PEDAL ATTACHMENT.

Foot Clip for Bicycles that Locks and
An o natica1iy.
Among the mass of new inventions
for the general benefit Of bicyclists is
a top clip. Riders have, as rule, been
skeptical regarding toe clips, for the
majority Of them, while having one or
two good features, are defective from
the fact of being stationary and re-
Quiring considerable practice to secure
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-01-23

Ethel (aged 6)-I don't love you any
more, grandpa. Grandpa-Why not,
Ethel? Ethei-'Cause 1 love you so
much already that couldn't love you
any more ff tried. Please give me FIVE
centaL-Judge.