Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-06-11
May Prove Interesting.


In the Tyrol girls who are fond OF
cats marry early. .o
The Pennsylvania Dutch believe
black cats cure epilepsy. =
Throwing a cat overheard from a
ship will cause cyclone.
If the family cat lies with its back
to the fire there will be sQuall.
If cat sneezes three times the whole
family will soon suffer from influenza.
The more honest our intentions are
the less suspicious are we of others de-
signs. H1'-1..
Cleverness is sort of genius for in
strumentality. 1t is the brain Of the
hand.
The lotus in India is emblematic Of
life; in ancient Egypt it was a death
flower.
Before we boast Of how bad we have
been, we had better be sure we are not
that way still
The purple columbine, in both Eng
land and Scotland, is symbolic of de-
termination.
Over 1000 varieties of microscopic
sea shells have been enumerated by
ma turalists.
Say Whist you please, the greatest
pleasure In the world Is to scratch
when you itch.
They say an ostrich can digest any
thing. We wonder If an ostrich ever
tried radishes?
To dream Of a black cat at Christ
mas time in Germany is an omen Of
alarming illness.
If 1t rains on a Dutch girls wedding
day it is because the bride has for
gotten to feed her cat.
When a woman contracts the habit
Of chasing the men, 1t is as hard to re-
cover from as the tobacco habit
Mothers who have had experience
say that big children cause them q
great deal more worry than babies.
In Ireland the cat must not be taken
to new house by a moving family,
especially If water has to be crossed.
Every stop a woman makes when
she is travelling she sits down in the
depot and writes a letter on her knee.
A eat born in May will be of a melan-
choly disposition, given to catching
snakes and bringing them into the
house.
There are very few things in this
world worth getting angry about, and
they are precisely the things which an
ger does not help.
We are ruined, not by what we really
want, but by what we think we want;
it is wise, therefore, never to go abroad
in search of our wants.
In the south Of France the handling
Of sweet pea by young woman to a
young man is a polite way Of stating
that she Is tired Of his company.
The Jesuits have purchased the IA
nous palace Mondragone, near Fras-
cati, Italy, from Prince Borghese, for
$4,000. 1t will be used as an institute.
Spirits of turpentine Is one Of the
most valuable articles for family use.
1T medical qualities are very numer-
GUS. For burns 1t Is a good application,
and gives immediate relief; for blisters
on the hands 1t Is of priceless value; for
corns on the toes it Is useful; and 1t Is
beneficial for rheumatism and sore
threats.
1t was formerly believed that the
hairs composing the fur Of the ermine
which Is brown in summer and white
in winter, could not change their hue
and that the difference in color between
the summer and winter coats Of the AMI
NAL arose solely from the fact that nj
the beginning of winter the summer fuI
is shed and new coat Of snowy white
ness takes its place. Lately, however
experiments have. shown that II an er'
mine wearing Its warm-weather coat Is
subjected to lowering of temperature
Its brown fur will quickly become white
without shedding Of the hair. 1t re
mains true, however, that the ordinary
winter dress Of the ermine Is put on
only when the summer one falls on.