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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24
Cost of Paris Exhibitions.

The exhibition of 1867, with a total
area of 10000 square yards, cost 81.
100000; in 1873 the expenditure
amounted to 100000, of which SS,-
100000 went for the exhibition proper
ly so-calied, and its 100000 square
yards of covered space; 81, 100000 was
expended on the 1890 square yards
OF the Trocadero Palace, and the res,
was absorbed by the gardens. the aqua
RUINS, the cascades, etc. In 1889 the
estimate showed total anticipated ex-
penditure of $S,500,00O and, what is
very interesting and curious, the ac-
tual outlay fell short of The estimate.
since only $S,000,0O0 were spent on the
exhibition, leaving a balance available
for the maintenance of the palaces
on the Champ de Mars, which will now,
in part, at least. have to be demolished.
In 1900 1t is intended to spend 1S.OOO,-
600, but Of this onefiftli will be de-
voted to the construction of the new
palaces that will remain In the Champs
Elysees as permanent monuments.
There is an enormous increase In the
scale of the 1900 exhibition, as CON-
pared to that Of 1889, since 1t is in
tended to spend twice as much money
upon II as was devoted to its predeces-
sor.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24
Birds of III Nature.

Among those birds which stay at
home, especially the most domesticated,
there Is often an exhibition of unkind-
ness seemingly unaccountable, says a
writer in the Cornhill Magazine. The
graceful swan, g. e., Is one Of the most
ungracious in its ways. Not only lin
the breeding season. does a male bird
resent the intrusion of a strange gen.
tleman, but it will spend the day in
driving off from its domain any un-
lucky geese which might be plainly as
sumed to have no designs upon its do
nestle arrangements, and have, in
deed, no desire beyond that for COM
Portable wash and swim. 1t will also
pursue even the most innocent of new
born ducklings while they unwittingly
rejoice in an early taste of their COM
mon element.
When an only child has passed out
OF the cygnet stage of life and grown
to full physical, If not mental, matu-
rity, father and mother swans have
been known to fall upon and deliber-
ately beat 1t to death with wing and
beak. The gratified parents swan
gracefully about the mere In which
they lived, while the great white corpse
OF their son lay, battered and dead,
upon the shore. The following year,
after another had been born to them,
and in infancy carried upon his moth
er's back, they began to treat him so
roughly that, not being pinioned like
them, he wisely fiew away, and we
saw him no more. Curiously enough.
geese which have experienced rude
ness from swans in the lusty spring
have been known to retaliate in the
calmer autumn, when the fierceness
OF their enemy had become mitigated.
have seen gander leap upon the
back OF once arrogant swan and
pound away at 1t in the full enjoyment
of gratified revenge.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24
Singular Death.

Earl Blackwood, the twelve-year-old
adopted son of Clarence Blackwood
who occupies a farm about four miles
from Blackwood, Pa, came to his death
in singular manner recently, says the
philadelphia Ledger. He was acct
dentally hanged while playing in his
fathers barn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Black wood took the boy
to an entertainment in Philadelphia on
Thursday night. and what he saw there
appears to have made a deep impress
sion on his mind, as he talked about II
a great deal the next day, and it Is
thought that he came 10 his death while
trying 10 repeat some of the circus
feats that he had witnessed. Before
he went into the barn he told his
mother he would be back in short
time and help her TO perform some
household duties. Some time after
wards a boy living in the neighborhood
went into the barn and was Mortified
by the sight of young Blackwood sus-
pended at the end Of a rope which was
fastened TO a beam overhead. He
raised an alarm, and the body was cut
down Immediately, but all attempts al
resuscitation were unavailing.
The rope from which the boy was
suspended was a plough line, with q
loop at each end. He had evidently
fastened one end Of the rope TO the
beam overhead, and then passing his
head through the loop at the other end
had strangled himself.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24
Waterproof Materials.

A fabric of beautiful appearance,
says the London Telegraph, Is to be put
upon the market, an Improvement upon
the waterproof materials treated with
india rubber and other solutions. The
Improvement consists in giving to the
coated surface of such goods film Of
powder made by reducing glass to dust,
this being sieved so as to remove all
crystallized appearance. This coating
gives to the surface a fine, soft, silky
and luminous effect. Thus coated, the
material may be ornamented either be-
fore or after vulcanization, by printing
or otherwise, in the colorings preferred,
with the desired pattern or design.
For this purpose colors having an india
rubber or other suitable waterproof
medium are selected; and, in order to
counteract the adhesive property, the
material is treated after ornamentation
to a second coating of pulverized glass.
This also produces a luminous appear
ance, and not being soluble in water,
1t possesses the advantage of being
more substantial and lasting in it's eff
fects than the ordinary powders en-
ployed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24

Your heart Is bowed with transient
GRIEF,
Yonr'eycs are u:,sty with .ears;
There's a sorrow deep and there's no
q. relief
Ahead In the maze OF years.
SO At seems to you as You weep to-day,
Yet sorrow mny be your friend;
80 keep UP your courage while and
pray,
twill come out right In the end.
There never was day SO dark and drear
But that, ere the sands had run,
The clouds would shift and the heavens
clear
To the smiling face Of the sun.
There never was cruel stab or blow
inflicted by foe or friend
But there was balm, God willed Il
twill come out right in the end.
There never was love SO cruelty
wronged
Or throttled by vengeful lies,
Rut time atoned for the joys you
longcd,
And love that was crushed would
rise.
o. heart, rise up from the slough's de-
spond.
Your faith must not swerve or bend;
Let hope be pinned above and beyond =
Twill come out right in the end.
Roy FARRELL Greene.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24

NJ. Paul d'Humy, a French naval of
ficer, has originated process for the
solidifcation Of petroleum for fuel
purposes. From an account In the Pro-
gressive Age 1t appears that heavy
common oil has been converted into a
solid block, as hard as coal, burning
slowly, giving or an intense heat, and
showing no signs of melting-a ton OF
such fuel representing thirty tons OF
coal, and occupying n space of but
three cubic feet, as against the large
space required for coal. NJ. d'Humy
recently exhibited samples OF the arti-
Gle and experimental with them.
Among the samples were several OF the
solidified fuel and of low grade oils,
and in addition to these there were
samples of the same fuel In dry DOW
der and paste, the petroleum powder
and paste mixed together and forming
hard homogeneous mass, with A
great specific gravity, and, when burn
ing. giving off a fame three times its
own volume and n remarkable heat.
Tests to determine the production OF
smoke or smell failed to Indicate the
presence of either OF these.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24

Baron once meant only strong man.
Parlor was originally the talking
place..
Gauze was first manufactured at
GAIA.
A chancellor was once only a door
keeper.
TO provide was once simply to ''Iook
ahead"
Despot originally signified- master or
the house,
Paper comes from the name Of an
Egyptian red.
The word chestnut came originally
from Castenea.
The word nice originally meant ignor-
ant or foolish.
The magnet Is so called from the min
eral magnesia.
scamper originally signified only 10
go out of field"
To insult once signified to jump or
dance on n dead body.
Manumit formerly meant to ''send
away from the hand"
The word mob Is Latin word signi-
flying movable.
TO encroach once signified to put>a
hook into and pull away.
The dandelion was once written dent
de-lion. the lions tooth.
Dimity, a popular dress material, was
once made at Damietta.
To speculate In its original sense was
to look out of the window.
Leaf recalls the palm leaves formerly
used in the east as paper.
Cemetery is from the Latin signify
ing "a sleeping chamber
Husband was originally the house
band or bond Of union of the house.
Idiot once meant simply boy. 1t is
used by Shakespeare in this sense.
The word abandon originally signi-
fed Ito run away with your colors."
The word scrupulous originally sig
nified to "have stone in ones SHOE"
Milliners first piled their t<ade at
Milan, and mantua-makers at Mantua.
The tarantula is named from its
plentifulness in the vicinity of laramie.
The shallot takes it's name from its
plentifulness in the vicinity of Asca-
lon.,
Coffee is thus called because 1t was
first exported from the Arabian port or
Kaffa.
Cambria originally came from Cam
bray, whence its name, and calico from
Calicut.
Puss, familiar name for cat. was
once pers, the Persian name for the
same animal.
Termagant was once suppositious
Mohamedan deity of fierce temper
and language.
The word vernaeular once meant "A
slave who was born in the house of his
MASTER" ..-. ta.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24
"A BIG ICE MINE.
II Is In Virginia, and Is Thought to Be a
Relic of the Ice Age.

One of the greatest curiosities in the
United States, or in the world, per-
haps, is the wonderful ledge of ice
which exists, even In the midst Of the
hottest summer, In Scott County, v,r-
ginia. This natural ice-nouse ~ sit
uated on the north side of Stone noun
tain and about six miles from the
mouth Of a small stream known as
Stoney Creek. The marvel Is said to
have been known to ut least one of the
earlier settlers, Mr.. Dunridge, who, 1t
Is alleged, discovered Ii while deer
hunting away back in 1880. Owing to
to the fact that the land on which ii
was situated could not be bought, Mr..
Dunridge positively refused to tell Of
the whereabouts of the Ice ledge. and
only visited the place when 1t was alb
solutely necessary to obtain supply to
be used In case of sickness.
The old man died many years ago,
and from that time until 1893 the To-
cation of Dunridge's ice mine was un-
known, the old gentlemen having
never even taken his own family into
the secret.
In the last year mentioned, however,
party OF herb diggers visited the I'M
frequented region contiguous to Stone
Mountain and were fortunate enough
to re-discover the lost Ice mine. Al
During two or three months in the
middle OF summer the ice Is only pro-
tected from the suns rays by thick
growth of moss. The formation of the
ice layer is similar to that of n coal
vein. being thin In some places and
thicker in others, the average being
about four feet. Persons Of scientific
attachments who have visited the place
for the purpose of studying the wonder
say 1t has. the appearance Of having
been there since the time of the ice
age, which the biologists talk so much
about Another plausible theory Is that
somewhere beneath the bed Is situated
a great natural laboratory. where 9TH
er Ice is constantly formed and expell.
ed. and that the process of freezing Is
now constantly going on. Whatever
view Is taken of 1t IL is one OF the
greatest natural wonders the state af
fords.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24

4 Circus Manager Ends the PIaysd-o Our
Call for Doctor.

"Your story about calling for q doc
tor In the circus," said a retired show
man, reminds me Of the way we broke
up nuisance In a good-sized PennsyI-
vania town. / was ON the road with q
farce-comedy company, and we put In
two weeks at the town In question.
there being a big military encampment
there and county fair to boot. We
drew good houses all through the en-
gagement. and We're booked for an
early return. don't think we had
been there more than one night before
the doctor nuisance began. There
would come hurried messenger from
the box Office to the stage manager
with request that he ask II DIR. Bolus,
or whatever his name happened to be,
was In the house, and II he was, to
send him to the Office ut once. OF course
the stage manager couldn't very well
refuse, and general attention was d.
rected to the medical man, much to his
satisfaction. We soon found out that
the doctors who were so much In de-
mand were very small medical fry, and
there wasn't doubt that they had had
themselves called for in order to Sc
cure the consequent notoriety. Well,
we stood 1t for few nights, and then
an idea occurred to me. l took walk
up the main street until came to GER
tain sign hanging over the stairway.
went up to the office indicated and had
a brief conversation with its inmate,
ending 1t by handing him a reserved
seat tickets.
THAT evening Immediately after the
first act and before any messenger from
the box office had chance to arrive, l
stepped out in front of the curtain and
held up my hand. Then in my gravest
tones | asked:
Is Dr. Chizziold in the houseT
Immediately a very tail colored man,
with bushy white head and huge sill
Yer mounted spectacles, arose in the au-
dience and said:
Here is, sah'
'"rhe audience Uttered, but kept my
gravity.
"'You are wanted at the box office at
once, doctor, in case which requires
your immediate professional attention
AS the aged medlcus ducked to me
and hobbled from the room, the audi
eiice broke into wild roar.
Perhaps you will understand the
cause of their merriment when l add
that the old man was a corn doctor, and
probably the best-known eccentric
character in town.
well, there was no more doctors
called from that stage during our en-
gement.'-Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24

Some of the members OF the Nansen
expedition at Tromsoe have been re-
lating TO a Reuters correspondent some
of the scientific facts CLEANED during
the expedition. During the course of
the cruise the crew had on several oc-
casipns exciting encounters with bears.
North Of "a degrees, however, no ami
NAL ffe was found to exist, and this
would seem to cast some discretit on
the hitherto prevalent theory that IL n
sufficiently high latitude could be at
tanned, one would come to dry land and
open water, because birds are to be
seen flying toward the extreme north.
This northerly flight Of the birds is
now believed to be attributed to their
having lost their way or being blown
out of their course. The depth OF the
water I'm the extreme north also seems
to indicate that there can be no land
near. Soundings taken at "a degrees
latitude gave depth Of from 1910 to
1880 fathons, and further north the
lead reached even greater depths, as
much as 1886 fathoms. II is said From
observations made In 1S94-06, the TEN.
perature Of the sea in these regions was
found to present several pecUiiarities.
1T depth Of 100 fathoms the water
was cold. Then came stratum OF
about $50 fathoms with, some degree OF
heat. and under this stratum about 400
fathoms of cold water. The propor-
zion Of salt In the water varied good
deal. These conditions were pretty
much the same everywhere. The fur
taer north they got the less current ami
tide there was, wIdle the wind began to
exercise considerable influence on the
course OF the Fran.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24

might ~ his super1or knowledge q
'aon rsachlus us, charley Va. quite
az much exhausted as Darwin himself,
and his first word was a declaration
that 1t was sheer folly for thesn 20 at
tempt to sustain the boat there until
| they became utterly helpless. and IN
ally be forced over the dam like an old
saw log.
"'Give me hand here--both OF You
girls. Nova long pull, strong pull,
ana pull all together.' And by tho
united efforts OF Mary, myself and
Charley, that young gentleman was In
the skin directly, and not many Sec
onds latter he had Darwin In also, AMI
the boat was drifting swiftly onward
again towards the dam.
Charley Cheever was a discarded
sutton Of Mary's, while Fallonsby, who
had so baseiy abandoned her In the
moments Of extreme peril, rumor said
was her accepted lover.
"Queer arrangement, wasn't Ii, girls
There we were, two foolish girls, drift
ing to destruction with our rejected
suitors, while our accepted ones were
perched on a rock away up there In the
middle of the river. like sea-lions, only
there was very little Of any sort Of lion
about them.
"'Now, then, Denton said Charley,
gaily but earnestly, let us to work AMI
wreck this craft a trifie more, that we
may have something to save her with.
Wrench out that thwart on which you
are sitting, while help myself to this
one. So-we are supplied with toler-
able paddles-now you take the bows,
and I'll go aft; keep one eye on my mo-
tons, and assist my navigation with all
the might that is in you. Pve been
three times over that old dam, with
more water rolling over than there is
this evening. Help me all you can,
Denton; and you girls keep quiet and
il don't pilot you down that channel
without ruffiing a feather, I'll agree to
swim up stream over the dam
Il can never describe to you the fear
full plunge, for every sense was merged
in that of concentrated vision, and that
fixed upon the stern, resolute features
CT the two heroes who We're so gener-
ously periling their lives for our saliva
ton.
1--WE passed the seething vortex I'M
scathed and then think tainted, for
have no recollection of anything fur
Their until awakened by the congratula-
tons Of our whole party save two, who
had fastened across the river, and
down the bank to the point where Oar
win and Charley had landed us in
safety.
When the base conduct Of Monta!n
and Fallonsby was proclaimed, 1t was
voted unanimously that a nights re-
Election OH the rock there by themselves
might be of service to them. In the
following morning, however, they We're
brought off; but they were never very
well received in Fairfield society after
wards.
"A year later, Charley and Mary.
Denton Darwin and myself, all went
over the matrimonial dam together"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24

The opinion is expressed by n writer
In Casters Magazine that no true en-.
gineer will believe that, with 80 many
sources of natural energy around us,
the progress of mankind and the work
OF the engineer will cease with the ex.
haustion of the coal fields. The very
earth we live on is whirling around like
a huge fiywheel, and, IL only some
way could be found for utilizing its
vast momentum, we could draw upon
1t for ages for all the power needed,
without appreciably affecting the speed
OF its revolution or the length OF our
day. The flow OF the time Is accom-
panied by vast expenditure Of power
In overcoming frictional resistance, IN
the grinding Of shingle into sand. and
In the transport of sandbanks from
place to place: even the flow of water
through the slulces OF locks involves a
loss OF energy. as does the working of
tide mill, which latter Is n way OF
using, as the others are OF destroying,
the earth's momentum.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24
First Floors Healthy.

A Hungarian professor has been Civ.
ing his attention to the degrees of
health enjoyed by the various classes
of dodgers and gives the palm TO the
first and second floors. The cellars are
the least wholesome FOR a dwelling.
place; then the third floors. and then
the ground floors. The tenants of the
first and second floors live longest. The
advantages OF the pure air OF the upper
stories are overbalanced by the exer-
ton OF climbing the stairs. 1t would
appear that tifth or sixth floor with a
lift would he, from a sanitary as from
practical point Of view, nearest
heaven
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24

being the sinking Of the sloop Red Hot.
which was employed around New-Bed-
ford by the United States Fish Com
pany. The swordfish, undoubtedly en-
ragged mt the presence Of what II consid-
cred an enemy, dashed at the vessel
and sank Il.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24

In many English parishes The clergy
men are so poor that they are compell-
ed TO resort to all kinds of manual labor
to exc out a livpg. The vicar OF q
small church In Sutherland is a fair
sort Of dentist, and during long min
istry has pulled more than $4,000 teeth.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24

The library OF congresses Is the larg
est library in the country.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24

In 1896 only 1851 bushels Of Amer,
lean corn were sold to Mexico
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24

table privateer. 1t is a piratical cousin
of the mackerel.
The striking feature is the sword,
which is a continuation of the upper
Jaw into a sharp bony sword. The
Jaws are toothless, the lower one being
hard or bony. The eyes are large anil
prominent, the tail sickle-shaped and
powerful, and the whole appearance
of the fish denotes speed and activity.
1t attains length of from five to nine
feet, and when working at full speed
can pierce n wooded hull sheathed with
copper. One of the most remarkable
cases on record Is that OF the ship
Dreadnaught. One day at sea the
crew felt a sudden shock. and soon af-
ter that the ship sprang leak and was
obliged to put into port. 1t was found
when she was dry-docked that large
swordfish had struck her. The sword
had penetrated the copper, then the
thick oak hull, passing through the
thick pine sheathing, and finally enter
| ing the head OF barrel. The sword
was broken Off short, partly plugging
the wound.
The ship wanderer was struck In the
South Atlantic In the same way, and
| the pumps had 10 be manned. When
she was locked the terrible sword was
| found. The United States government
has recently collected testimony re-
laflng to such cases, and II makes a
most Interesting showing. Hundreds
| Of instances have been brought to light
where swordfshes have struck vessels
xith disastrous results. one case cited