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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-22

which Is placed on narrow iron drum
put on legs with a long handle ON one
side, which, when turned, causes
series OF caps or scoops In the interior
to reyolve. At the lower part of the
drum is quantity OF sand, which the
cups scoop up and carry to the top of
the wheel, where they empty them
selves. A dial plate registers the num-
Der of revolutions made. A convict at
ordinary rate Of speed makes 1000 rev.
olutions Of the crank an hour, so to turn
10000 Of them means about eight hours
and twenty minutes labor.
There is something pathetic about
the intimation contained in the dis
patches to the effect that "Dynamiter"
Daveney, on being released from Port
land Prison, after serving thirteen
years Of his life sentence, inquired
after Parnell. and was absolutely ig-
norant of the death of the great Irish
leader. 1t Is almost Impossible to
conceive the fact that men living In
a civilized country can be so complete-
ly cut off from the outer world as to
possess no inkling Of what Is going on
around them. Yet thattis one. OF the
chief aims pursued b. the prison au-
thorities of the Old World. Only the
other day the Belgian papers con-
tanned graphic description Of the as
constituent manifestcA by an aged
murderer. .'ardoned AFTER completing
forty years of his silfe, sentence, when
he beheld bicycles.F electric lights,
electric tramways Ind railroad sta
tons. 80. ,rAEe
o'Donovan Rosa, in giving Ais ex-
perience lately. shows up its tortures,
and depicts his six years Incarceration
as a political offender asa season Of
horror and suffering. He claims that
when English jailers know that a pris-
oner Is hostile to the government, they
proceed to 'civilize" him into obedi-
ence or entire quiet. Under this sys-
tenn men have been starved into weak
ness until the skin and bones rotted,
choked, trampled, le. Led on and beat
en- on every possbl, occasion. An
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-22

Ing the officers hurry from cell to cell
to open each narrow dwelling. The
prisoner hurries for tub of water,
with which he cleans out his little
home. This is done under military
rule. Then some of the convicts wash
the cells, others sweep the pavements
until they glisten, while all are watch
ed by armed guards. A big bell sum-
mons the prisoners to work. Men
hurry to the treadmills, the cranks.
Carpets are woven. shoemakers bus
tie at their work, oakum pickers hurry
to duty. At IL o'clock the prisoners are
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-22
Not Interested.

The Philadelphia American gives an
amusing story Of distinguished En-.
glish oflcer, who at one time was sta.
toned in India. He was noted for his
hobbies, one Of which was amateur
gardening.
One morning early the general was
taking a stroll when he saw three OF
four private soldiers raking about the
compound. Much pleased, he remark.
ed: tta
"well, men, nice thing gardening Is,
isn't It? I see you are taking an inter.
est In it."
do we. indeedv' growlcd one of
them in reply. That's all you know
We've got an old fool Of general here
who Is mad on gardening, and we are
sent here on fatigue to scrape this
gravel about In case he should pass
this wayw
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-22
A Tree that stines.

There has lately been added to the
collection Of plants at the Botanic Gar.
dens at Madras, India, specimen OF
more than bush, but other individuals
Of it's species are known to have attain
ed, In their habitat In the Himalayas,
Burmah, and the Malacca Peninsula,
the dimensions Of a large tree, from
fifty to seventy-five feet in height. The
Madras specimen Is surrounded by a
strong railing, which bears the sign
''Dangerous-al persons are forbidden
to touch the leaves or branches Of this
tree"
1t is therefore a forbidden tree in the
midst Of the garden, but no one Ia
tempted to touch 1t, for 1t Is known to
be burning tree" This name is a
misnomer, for the tree stings rather
than burns. Beneath the leaves there
are st,pgs comparable to those of net
ties, which, when touched, pierce the
skin and secrete fluid which certain
ly has a burning effect.
The sting leaves no outward sign,
but the sensation of pain persists some
times for months, and is especially keen
on damp days, or when the place which
has been wounded is plunged into wa
ter. The natives In the part of Burmah
where this tree grows are In such terror
of it that they fly In haste when they
perceive the peculiar odor which it ex-
hales. If they happen to touch it they
fall on the ground and roll over and
over on the earth with shrieks. Dogs
touched by it yelp and run, biting and
tearing the part Of their bodies which
has been touched.
A horse which had come in contact
with a burning tree" ran like mad
thing, biting everything and everybody
that it could reach. A missionary at
Mandalay, who Investigated leaf of
the plant with his forefinger. suffered
agony for several weeks. and for ten
months felt occasional darting pains
in his finger.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-22

and the father of Mrs. Stanton were
judges on the same bench. Some years
ago Mrs. Wood became afflicted with
cataract and was totally blind for four
years. A surgical operation was per-
formed and her sight was restored COM
pletely. She is a great reader and is
very fond OF needlework. Her late
husband was partner of John Lori
mer Graham, the famous New York
barrister. She is one of the Anneke
Jams heirs. Her great-grandfather was
married to Rachel, who was the grand
daughter Of Anneke JAMS. The old
lady's memory OF matters long since
past is perfect, and her health Is re-
markably sound for one Of her years.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-22

ing than the garments upon their
backs. For the benefit Of these valet
less coat possessors we publish the fol-
lowing recipe for packing cut away,
frock or dress coat, with illustrations
as issued by large clothipg firm. Cut
No. 1 represents the coat before fold
fink. 4x
As may be seen by cursory exam
ination Of the illustration, the garment
represented is a cut-away coar, but the
process to be described is equally eff
fective In the case of frock Or dress
coat. The article In question should be
laid out carefully, as per Illustration,
upon the bed or, In the absence OF that
useful article Of furniture, upon a
table, or even the floor, and the wrin-
kles carefully smoothed out. Particu-
lar attention should be given to the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-22

action. No coat owner with q fitting
reverence for his garment and the fit
thereof will do this to-day. Instead, the
coat should be folded directly through
the center seam, and then both coat
tails carried up and flattened down.
The garment is now ready for packing.
1t should be set in the bottom Of a
trunk or gripsask, sprinkled over with
a miscellany of other clothing and sea-
soned to the taste with shoes, collars,
neckwear and toilet articles.
An excellent rule on unpacking the
coat thus carefully prepared is to take
it to tailor and have it pressed. This
will obviate all wrinkles that may
have been sustained through a failure
to get the thing just exactly right
New York Sun.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-22
Wellington on the Defeat at Ligny

Wellington on the Defeat at Ligny.
Next morning Wellington was con-
versing with General Bowles when a
STAFF officer drew up, his horse fiecked
with foam, and whispered the news OF
Iigny. Without change Of counten-
ance, the commander said to his com
lanion; ''Old Butcher has had -
good licking, and gone back to Wavre,
eighteen miles. AS he has gone back,
we must go, too. l suppose In England
they Will say. we have been licked. |
can't help 1t; IS they have gone back,
we must go, too."-Century.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-22

marched In long files, lockstep fashion,
to exercising yards. In each yard Is a
rope with knots about fifteen feet
apart. so that 100 prisoners can get on
the rope at time. Each file grasps
the rope and then at brisk PAGES for
fifteen minutes whirl round in a cir
Gle. All Of the prisoners, with the ex-
ception Of the 'frst-class" have to
work. although the work may not ac-
complish anything. For instance. the
treamill or treadwheel is not a par.
ticularly useful machine. except to keep
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-22

Mrs. Samuel Carey, OF East Bruins
wick, Me-, has recovered a gold ring
which she lost as a child thlrty-five
years ago. 1t was given to her when
she was ~ years. old by her father
and was purposely made large for her
finger, and 1t slipped of one day while
she was playing. After marriage she
continued to live at the parental home,
and the other day her husband, on his
way through the dooryard, picked up
the ring.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-22
AGED WOMAN suFFRAetsT.
She Hopes to Live Long Enourh 10 Re
Able to Cast Her Vote.

She Hopes to Live Long Enough TO Re
Able to Cast Her Vote.
Mrs. Emily Morrell Wood Is the old
est woman suffragist In California. She
hopes to live long enough to be able to
cast her first vote. Just at this time
the women are concentrating their e.
forts on California, and 1t is probable
that universal suffrage will win IN the
golden State. Mrs. Wood is native
Of New York an6is. upward Of SO years
old. She went to California In 1850
with her husband in the bark Palmetto,
of which he was part owner. The cir
mate suited him so nicely that he de
cided to make California his home.
Mrs. Wood has lived In San Francisco
ever since. She was n schoolmate of
Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Her father
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-22

BHACKLED DAY AND WITH tHIs fIIe, tHHt
NIGHT. OF the ordinary
convict is terribly hard, and the papers
have teemed with details of the suf-
ferings Of DR.. Gallagher, the dyna-
inter, who recently went mad In an
English prison. There are fifty odd
large prisons in England, and in each
one the same routine is followed. They
are all under the control of the Home
Secretary. and one set OF rules does for
ALL
At 9 o'clock every week day morn
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-22
All on Account OF a Rooster

A rooster near Lima. Pa, the other
day created no end OF trouble for n
wheelman. While Prof. Frank Il. Wes-
sells was speeding along on his wheel
the rooster few out at him. The at
tack was so sudden and the professor
was so taken by surprise that he was
thrown from his wheel against the
fence. His wheel was damaged. his
eyeglasses were broken and one OF his
ribs was fractured. 1t Is said that the
professor will sue the owner of the
rooster for damages.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-22
A Great Scheme.

Borax Injecting friend in saloon)-
Why, Samjones, 1 thought you never
drank.
Samjones--I do lately. 1 am told that
Miss Mainprize has vowed never to
marry n man who drinks.
Borax-I3ut thought you were dead
In love with her.
samjones-So 1 am. and have to
learn to drink In order to give her n
chance to convert me to temperance
Truth.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-22

perience Of this
convict. however,
IL not likely to re-
semble that OF
those who have re-
Gently shown up
some of the hor-
rors OF British
home penal insti-
tutions. AS a
first class" In
m n te, Jameson
will practically be
a boarder, will
have a complete
rest from mental
and physical ia
tigue, and, being a
rich man, will be
awarded courteous
and humane treat
ment, Contrasted
A
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-22

prisoners employed when there is moth
ing else for them to do.
Each tread wheel or mill Is so con-
structed that II necessary twenty-four
men can bc employed upon It at time.
The mill Is divided into twenty-four
little compartments or stalls. separated
by high wooden partitions. The mill is
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-22
The Careful Editor.

Prominent Citizen-You desire me to
20 write for your paper my impressions
or this Egyptian question, But my
dear fellow, don't know thing
about It."
Enterprising EDITORIAL right, sir,
but please don't go over four columns
Philadelphia North American.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-22

instance is known where captive was
put In the 'black hole" cell, naked.
No bed clothes were given him. Four
wardens threw him down on the cold,
damp cell floor, and one OF them step
ping back, ran at the victim, leaped
In the air and came down with both
knees on the PROSTATE mans chest
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-22

Blggs-Some Of the STUFF that poet
laureate turns out makes me tired!
Here's poem that any ordinary versi-
Ger could write. Boggs- Yes. but most
Of them wouldn't..-New York Press.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-22

BY an unfair disposition on the part
Of Providence OF the good things of
this world, a considerable number OF
persons In this and other localities lind
themselves possessed Of coats, but no
Wallets to fold them when It is neccs-
sary that they should be folded. Many
of these persons are obliged OCCASION
ally to fold their coats; as, for instance.
when they are going out of Town and
desire to take with them more cloth
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-22

HN HE sentencing of DIR. Jameson,
the Transvaal filibuster. to the
- NORWOOD Scrubbe j4il for Of
teen months has awakened universal
interest In English prisons. The ex-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-22

connected with fan, which Is so ar
ranged as to give enough resistance to
the mill to make the words 'hard la
bor'' mean what they say. There are
twenty-four steps In the wheel. which
nre eight inches apart. This makes the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-22

circumference Of the wheel sixteen
feet. The wheel performs thirty revo-
lutions in each quarter of an hour, and
each man walks on an average fifteen
quarters of an hour day. So he as
cends something like 1900 feet. for a
days labor, Crank labor Consists Of
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-22

There are 20 many funny things In
the world that you can't laugh at them
all
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-22

No girl whose hair Is naturally curly
should complain Of her environments
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-22

Half the people who pretend to make
love. could be arrested for countcrfeit-
ing.
The record-union., 1896-07-21

ing it has no reference whatever to the
recognition the church gives to mar
riage. It can continue to refuse in some
cases and in others to give consent to
marriage, and the state will take no
concern in the matter. The dispatches
say that many Catholics in England
sharply resent this interference by the
Pope It is pointed out that the church
has given and now gives dispensations
in large number for such marriages as
the law prohibits in England. 1t is
added that many members voted for the
hill in order to harmonize an apparent
Inconsistency between the church by
reason Of dispensationS issued, and the
state of the law in England. But the
Pope says that the new law is in con-
fiict with ecclesiastical canons of his
church, and therefore It must be wrong
But it is not stated that the present law
is based upon biblical inhibition. 1t is
not set out that it is opposed to good
morals, or that there is anything in the
revealed law of the church oIhidding
cne to take to wife the widow of his
brother, or forbidding one to marry
the sister of his deceased wife.
On the contrary the friends OF
the bill quote Scripture in direct affirma-
tion of their position. 1t is not at all
surprising, as the dispatches put it, that
the POpe'S edict creates Widespread
comment in England.
The record-union., 1896-07-21
THE RISING SUN DINING PARLoRs.
COMMISSIONERS SALE.

BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE OF FORE
closure made and entered in the Superior
Court of the county of Sacramento, State
of California, on the 9th day of Junes
A d. 1896, and an order of sale issued out
of said court and directed to the Commis-
sioner on the 29th day of June, 1896, in an
action therein pending, wherein 5. Be-
MOORE is plaintiff and LAURA PAYNE,
formerly LAURA JONES, A. j. VER-
MILYA JR., and others are defendants
w. d. Lawton was appointed Commis-
sioner and commanded and directed to sell
the real estate described in said decree,
and situate, lying and being in the county
of Sacramento, State of California, and
known and designated as the lower, or
southwest one-half of lot No. one, and the
upper or northwest quarter of lot No.
two of the Daylor's part of the Ono
chumnes Grant. Said tract being three
eighths of a mile wide and fronting on the
Costumes River, and running back to the
back boundary of said grant, in township
Z north, range east, Mount Diablo base
and meridian, containing 40 acres.
Notice Is hereby given that on TUES
DAY, the 21st day of July, A. D., 1896, at
10 o'clock a. m. of said day, in front of
the Courthouse door in the city of Sacra-
mento county of Sacramento, State of
California, / will sell at public auction,
TO the highest bidder for cash the above
described real estate, for so much thereof
as NAV be necessary to satisfy said decree.
w. D. LAWTON, Commissioner.
Holl & Dunn, Attorneys for Cornmis-
sioner. je30-4tTu
The record-union., 1896-07-21
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

The Sacramento Chamber Of Com
merce, which was organized last year
after long struggle to get business and
manufacturing and other representative
interests together and in motion for
union, has recently shown new and
healthful signs OF activity The mem
bership list is being vigorously can
vassed to enlargement Propositions
with snap, sense and promise in them
are advanced, and the spirit is along
the whole line one that is encouraging.
In the name of common interest. let
this new awakening be conserved, fos-
tered and brought into full activity. The
chamber ought to have one thousand
members. There is not an interest of
industry, brains and business In the
section that should not be represented by
It, With such a membership 1t would
command capital for its needs at once,
would command respect abroad which
It must have, and would unity sentiment
at home on economic questions that is
much needed.
Let the chamber membership fix the
limit OF its effort at not less than 1000
The record-union., 1896-07-21

own physical makeup. Halt knowledge
which is little better than pure ignorance
opens the way to an untold amount of pain
and wretchedness.
Few women realize the influence exerted
on their bodily and mental well-being by
the special organism of their sex. 1t Is hard
for them to believe that the little drain
which goes on from day to day IS sufficient
to sap away the very life forces. Yet II is so.
The weakness, exhaustion, melancholy the
periodical prostration and sometimes almost
torture has no other cause, two-thirds of the
time, than the abnormal unhealthy condi-
ton of the generative organs. Strangely
enough even doctors often fail to recognize
the truth. For this condition there is no
other remedy in the world so helpful and
certain as DR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
1t restores health and vigor to the feminine
functions and renewed vitality to the entire
body 1t heals Inflammation, stops dis
charges, strengthens the ligaments and
builds up the internal tissues which cannot
be reached by local treatment. 1t is of
inestimable value to young women and to
prospective mothers, greatly lessening the
pains and perils of childbirth If taken dur
ing pregnancy. During the change of
life " it is invaluable.
DR.. Pierce's great book, The Peoples Com
Sense Medical Adviser" has zoos pages,
profuseiy illustrated. Over 90 pages are de
voted TO wonan's diseases with suggestions for
horne-treatment 1t will be sent free by Worlds
Dispcnsary Medical Association, sos Main Street,
Buffalo. n, Y, receipt of a. one-ceut stamps
- cover cost OF mailing onlv.
The record-union., 1896-07-21
BEGINNING AT THE WRONG END.

The people of this city are called
upon to vote away S65000 of their
money to establish a drainage plant.
that may and probably will become use
less within two or three years when
a comprehensive sewage disposal sys-
tenn is adopted. 1t is conceded that it
will give partial relief to the south
end section of the city, but so would
any system Of drainage constructed in
that section as part of a comprehensive
and general sewer system. 1t is there
fore discriminating and unfair to call
upon all the city to pay the cost of
partial relief for one section, and ask
all the people of other parts of the city
to wait for an indefinite period for re-
lief to which they are as much entitled
as are the south enders.
Let us this year, now, and without
further postponement adopt from
among plans on file a comprehen-
sive general sewer system and means
of sewage disposal. That agreed upon,
and made clear in all its details to the
people of the city, there will not be the
slightest objection to constructing so
much of it in any one section first as
imperative need demands.
The Record Union" is not opposing
the drainage Of the south-end section,
nor the lifting of the drain waters and
sewage out for that section and so much
as drains into it from other parts Of the
city. But it does oppose, in the interest
Of common sense, and common economy,
and common fairness, the building Of
the tail-end Of system before it has
been decided what the body shall be.
The people want to know what the
whole thing is to be; that settled, they
will not oppose the construction Of the
end of the line first. Mr.. Mullen
ney informs the city that his proposed
drains will At into any system here
after adopted, as a screw fits into
properly threaded hole. But we have
the temerity to suggest that neither
Mr.. Muuenney nor any other man can
give any such assurance. 1t is a guess
upon his part, as 1t would be upon the
part of any one else, no matter how
skilled In engineering.
Who can say what system the people
will adopt or reject at the polls? Who
can guarantee that they will adopt one
that will At into the Mullenney scheme?
Suppose that some wholly new and as
yet unmentioned system of sewage dis
posal Is presented. that meets with the
approval of good judgment, and that
will answer the requirements of Sacra-
mento admirably, but which is wholly
dissimilar and unrelated to discharge
along a low-lying street to the south.
What, in that event, becomes of the
Mullenney plant? The safe thing TO do
Is to vote down the $4,000 proposition
1t is unfair. 1t is unjust. it is uncertain,
It Is unsupported.
The record-union., 1896-07-21
AUCTION SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY,

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT IN
pursuance of an order of the Superior
Court of the county of Sacramento Calf
fornia, made on the 18th day of July, 1896,
in the matter of Henry HEM, an insolvent
debtor, the undersigned, the assignee of
the estate of said insolvent, will sell at
public auction to the highest bidder for
ca sh. on THURSDAY, the 23d day of july
1896, at 10 O'Clock a. m, at the Washington
Bakery, No 1121 Third street, Sacramento
the following described personal property.
TO wit: Show cases and fixtures in said
bakery: also a quantity of butter eggs
lard, sugar, spices, flour, raisins and
canned fruits; also four horses and three
bakery wagons: also lot of pans, bread
boards and other articles used in conrlec-
ton with said bakery; also the book ac-
counts belonging to said business
Dated July 20, 1896. EN
r. H. ITAWLEY
Assignee of the estate of Henry HEM. a n
insolvent debtor.
Bell & Co., AuctioneerS iy2O-3t