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crippIes Carried to the Polls.

1t has been many years since, by the
"Crime of the Nations" Poland was de-
stroyed and divided up between Prus.
STA, Austria and Russia; but the ma
tional feeling of this noble race is alive
and strong to-day. This fact was
brought out at the recent by-election
at Schwetz, Polish Prussia. The strug-
gle was characterized by extraordinary
bitterness. Polish workmen who had
left the constituency since 1893 were
brought back at the expense of the
Polish landlords.
Cripples aud confirmed invalids were
carried to the polls, and even a dying
man who had partaken Of the last sac
rament was borne to the voting urn,
where he deposited his ballot. A san
culinary encounter took place betweena
Polish nobleman and several German
electors who attempted to stop his
carriage. The nobleman drew a revol-
yer and severely wounded two Of his
assailants..- Buffalo IN. ~ Express.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-24
The Tomb of Pocahontas.

An interesting discussion has lately
been in progress in the London news
papers with regard to the whereabouts
of the tomb of Pocahontas. From
this it would appear that the American
princess was not buried, as has gener-
ally been supposed, in the parish
church ut Gravesend. as that edifice
was only erected in 1870. The ancient
parish church was half mile from the
river, and after having been destroyed
by fire in 1927 was never rebuilt.
Doubts prevail as to whether the re-
mains of Pocahontas lie somewhere
among the ruins of this church or
whether they were transferred to the
ancient Church of st. Mary, where an
elaborate search is now about to be in.
stituted.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-24
COLD.FIELDS OF GUIANA.
An Arizona Miners Prospecting Tour
Among Them.

Among Them.
Thomas Dalgleish, an old Arizona
miner, has written an account of his
Gold-Fields of GUIANA" for the Gen.
fury. Mr.. Dalgleish says:
The first fine placer on the Cuyuni
was found in 1893 by a Frenchman
named Jacobs. His outfit was fur
nished by two Portuguese named
Carras and Rosa. They took out from
two hundred to three hundred pounds
a month for two or three years, the
gold being worth $195 pound. When
1 reached there in 1893 the placer was
In full working order. Jacobs is said
to have disposed Of his gains at Monte
Carlo; Carrara died insolvent; Rosa
left few thousands; that is, in brief,
the history of the owners Of one Of the
richest placer mines in that country.
The mine was sold in 1895 for 81, 500,
and Jacobs is now simply an employee
In the placer. The Barnard Syndicate
has taken out great deal Of gold from
placers situated on the Potaro River;
but 1t Is my impression that placer
mining is about over unless new terri
tory Is opened up. Quartz-mining Is
still In its infancy. There are at pres
ent two quartz-mines in operation on
the Barima River with.a good showing;
but they are in the disputed territory,
and / think have S'er obliged to shut
down. Quartz on the Cuyuni is finely
defined, although there Is not a quartz
mine on the river at present; but in all
probability good quartz mines will yet
be worked In British Guiana
At present 1t Is impossible for a poor
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-24

a.
man to prospect to advantage In THAI
country. He must purchase all bis pro-
visions at Georgetown; buy or hire q
boat; pay big wages to his captain and
boatman, and give security for the
wages of his men and pay for their
food. / have known only one or two
poor men who have made a stake ont
there.
After prospecting three or four
months, which Is very fatiguing and
trying to the constitution Of the strong
est, a man may find nothing; but he
will have learned good deal. Then he
may take a notion, II he has a few
hundreds left, to buy another outfit.
This time he may find creek that will
pay him one or two ounces day In the
ton. When that much Is got In the
ton, sluices are soon put In, which yield
two or three times as much gold. II
he has the good fortune to keep his
health and to find gold, he has to carry
his yield to Badtaca Grove, where he
passes through the gold station. Here
every man, both laborer and master,
IL ScdICueu. oOule tilluh tLis very uio-
agreeable, but see nothing objection
able in the law, which Is a great pro-
lection to the placer-owner, the object
being to prevent labOrers and others
from stealing gold. At Georgetown he
must carry his gold to the Commits
sioner's Office, where he gets permit
to pay the royalty at another govern
ment Office, after which he may sell 1t
to the banks.
Miners are not allowed to sell gold
In the bush or in Georgetown. Each
day a miner must enter his find in his
Cookbook, and If an Inspector should
come along and find gold that was not
entered he might confiscate 1t. This is
why q miner must buy his entire out
fit In Georgetown, and have money
enough to see himself through before
he starts. All the British colonial off,
Gals, at least all that came In con-
tact with, are polite and gentlemanly.
/ have met foreigners who think their
laws are very stringent, but would
rather be where there is some law than
on the other side Of the Yucatan, where
there is none.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-24

they were canning horse meat the sale
Of their canned beef would be mate
rally affected, II not entirely destroyed.
Proprietors Of rendering establish
ments refused to go West to buy horses
''from the range" for the reason that
they were able to obtain In the cities all
the discarded horses they needed at q
few dollars per head, or at the slight
cost of hauling them from different
parts Of cities to their establishments.
Horse owners In the West were thus
again disappointed In finding market
for their stocks In large cities as they
had expected.--New York Herald.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-24
ENGLISH EXECUTIONS.
The Methods Are Different from Those In
This Country,

tUtS SOuUTys
When Nilsson, the murderer, was
hanged the other day, writes Julian
Ralph from London, the paper of larg-
est English circulation, called Lloyd's
News, asserted that Ellington, the
hangman, had loOsened the drop at a
signal given by line in the clergy
mans prayer, and that the clergyman,
kneeling too far forward, had fallen
through the trap distance of twenty
feet, but saved his own neck by cling
ing to Wilson's legs. 1t was all true ex-
cept that the distance was much less
and the clergyman did not hang to the
murderer's legs. However, it brought
about a revolution.
The reporters had not been admitted
to witness the executions up to that
time, but at the hanging which fol-
lowed, members Of the press were in
vited to attend in order to overcome
the revulsion of feeling caused by the
story In Lloyd's News. The execution
thus reported was triple one at Win
chester, and I have been reading all
TIC VI IL OCIttuSC thty SnOW
that these things are not done in the
way here with us. The scaffold was in
the coach-house Of the governor of the
prison. On it's collapsible floor had
been marked in chalk the initials Of
each of the three murderers, in order
that there might be no delay in get
ting them to their proper places.
The bell of the prison began to toll at
a quarter to eight O'clock. The clergy
man was then with the condemned. At
o'clock the under sheriff and his dep
uty, the governor, the prison doctor,
Ellington the hangman, and his assist
ant, all followed by large staff of
wardens. walked in procession to the
cells. Ellington was carrying the straps
to be used in pinioning the men. The
procession passed on to the Jail yard,
picking up the clergymen, but leaving
Ellington and his assistant, who
speedily strapped the mems arms.
Even while this was being done the
clergyman began the words of the
burial service, and when the head OF
the line reached the scaffold the three
murderers were walking at the end Of
1t. They strobe firmly to the scaffold,
and while Ellington adjusted the
nooses around their necks and pulled
the white caps over their heads his as
sistant strapped their legs together.
The moose ropes were tied to the dang
ling ropes of the scaffold, the clergy
man stillcontinuing with his reading Of
the service-and, we may be sure, see-
ing to 1t that he was not on the trap In
the floor. When he reached the words,
Lord have mercy on u.s." and was be-
ginning the Lords Prayer, Ellington
drew the lever and the three men
dropped into eternity.
Immediately afterward the prison
doctor leaped down into the pit among
the rigid, motionless bodies, and called
up to those who looked down upon him
that the execution had been successful.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-24


Shark Fisheries.
Spitzbergen has been crossed at lastl
From TrOmso, Sweden, came the intel
ligence recently that the expedition
organized by Sir w. Martin Conway
has accomplished the feat 80 frequent
ly attempted by others In vain. For
the first time the Interior of this
strange land mass has been explored,
and the data secured will doubtless
make a most interesting contribution
to human knowledge. Spitzbergen has
been best known hitherto In connection
with Arctic explorations and its once
prosperous fisheries.
The fisheries are still valuable,
though not nearly so important as In
former days. One marine animal
sought by the pelaglc hunters Is the
great northern shark. 1t Is one Of the
largest Of all sharks and is not danger
GUS to man. The1Aver Of single full
grown eecimen yields four or five bar
rels Of Oil. This oil Is useful for sew
eral purposes, but 1t figures in COM
merce most conspicuOusly as a substi-
tute for cod liver oil. Much Of the cod
liver oil now on the market is in real
ity obtained from sharks livers. Shark
skin Is employed to considerable ex-
tent for leather, and superior kind Of
sand paper Is made from it.
In the seventeenth century consid-
cradle town was created on the neigh
boring island Of Amsterdam, where,o ON
broad plain, grew up the astonishing
village of Smeerenberg. Here, within
ten degrees Of the North Pole, for a
score of years prevailed an amount OF
comfort and prosperity that can
scarcely be credited by the visitor Of
to-day in that desOlate Arctic region.
In the train of the whalers followed
merchant vessels, loaded with wine,
brandy, tobacco and edibles unknown
in the fare Of the hardy fishers. Shops
were opened, drinking booths erected,
wooden and even brick houses con-
structed for the laborers and whale
men. Bakeries were put up, and, as in
Holland, the sound Of the bakers horn,
announcing hot, fresh bread for sale,
drew crowds of eager purchasers. The
Dutch frau was not deferred by the
frigidity of the latitude from becoming
a temporary resident of Smeerenberg.
But the shore fisheries soon failed and,
the whalers being driven to the remote
and open seas, this. strange summer
city fell into decadence and eventual
ruin. Near the vanished town lie to-
day the mortal remains of more than
1000 stalwart fishermen.
From the Spitzbergen whale fishery
Holland drew i'm little over a century
about $9O,00O,OOO. The most recent at
tempt to colonize the island was in
1872 when Sweden and Norway pro-
posed to take possession of the whole
country; but Russia objected. In 1868
the Norwegian, Carlson, accomplished
for the first time the feat of circum-
navigating Spitzbergen. One of the
most interesting features of the main
island is an ice sheet 5000 feet thick,
which flows toward the east and pre-
sents on the coast precipitous wall
insurmountabl from the sea. It's sea
front presents the broadcast known
glacier.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-24
A REVERSED MEMORY.


A Man Who Remembers Nothing Of the
Past. but Much Of the Future.
Franklin Hart, 20 years old, whose
father lives In Trinity county, Cal.
came to Portland, Or, on visit last
June well supplied with funds, which
he spent freely. He suddenly disap'
peared on the morning of July 4, and
all efforts Of the police to trace him
failed. The suicide and foul play the
cries ran out. A large reward was Of
fered as a. stimulus for the detectives
On July % the fact was established
that young Hart, on the afternoon OF
July 4, bought tourist ticket to Chi
cago. Chicago was ransacked without
locating him. Finally letter was re
ceived from Hart, ST., In California,
saying that when he returned home
he found telegram saying that his
son was In a Chicago hospital. He lost
no time in reaching Chicago, finding
Franklin in the County Hospital, con-
valescent. His son arrived in Chicago
July II, stopping Mt the Palmer House.
On the second night he attempted sui
eide by asphyxiation with gas. He was
sent to the hospital, and though his
life was saved his mind was left In a
peculiar state.
while Franklin's physical condition
Is so good that he will be able to leave
the hospital In day or two" writes
Mr.. Hart, 'his mental state startles
foI xyict0 10, fttr
ally prospective instead of being retro
spective, and the physicians here tell
me that there Is no parallel case on rec
ord In any part Of the civilized globe.
They claim that the phenomena DEM
onstrated in my sons mentality Is one
of the many hidden forces in human
nature.
I'm ordinary conversation Franklin
is as lucid as ever, yet 1t is a matter
difficult for him to recall past events
without hard study. For instance,
when l referred to his Portland visit
and his departure from there, it took
him two days to recall even the more
important facts and features of those
events, as they had altogether passed
from his memory since the almost
tragic affair at the Palmer House."
The other peculiar phase Of his case
Is that he seems 10 see into the future.
For instance, the day prior to Mr..
Harris arrival In Chicago, Franklin al
most verbatim repeated to the doctor
attending him the conversation he had
with his father forty-eight hours later.
In other words. 1t is said that young
Hart has power to read all manner Of
events, even Of the most trifiing i'm
port, forty-eight hours In advance, with
the same clearness that the healthy
mind c0njures up the past.
Another remarkable condition of
Franklln's mind, writes Mr. Hart, Is
that after the consummation Of an
event which he has foretold he Is ut
terly unable to remember 1t.
Last Friday" continued the writer.
Franklin told me that on that day he
had received n lettr from his mOthr.
knw ii was Authorization, but asked
him what 1t contained; so he repeated
to me what he imagined had been writ
ten to him. The day following he, in
deed, got a letter from his mother with
out the slightest variation from his pro-
phetic revelation. Every hour in the
day my son startles me and the doc
tors by some evidence Of his wonder
full mental vision"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-24
How the Heart Rests,

When one is lying down the heart
makes about ten strokes less a minute
than when one is upright, says The
Medical Review. That means a saw.
ing of 600 strokes per hour, or about
5000 heart beats during the eight
hours spent in bed. The heart pumps
six ounces Of blood with each beat. 1t
therefore lifts 10000 ounces less of
blood in night Of eight hours spent
in bed than when one is in an upright
position. The blood flows just so much
more slowly through the veins when
one is lying down, therefore one has to
use extra covering to supply the
warmth usually furnished by circula.
tion
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-24
Germans Playing Chess.

One can scarcely take up a German
paper or magazine which does not have
It's special column or corner devoted to
chess and its interests. The children
are set to work on simple chess puz-
zles, while the magazines for older
readers present problems which seem
almost hopeless Of solution to an in
experienced player. There are chess
clubs, chess rooms, chess books and
chess players without number.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-24

In Harbor Springs, Mich, there is a
large and fiourfshing wood toothpick
industry. White birch Is exclusively
used In the manufacture of toothpicks,
and about 100000 are turned out
daily.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-24

1t Is unwise to have house too
much shaded. An Italian proverb
says that where the sun never comes
n the doctor must"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-24

In Brooklyn, N. Y, there are $40 suits
pending against street-car companies,
brought by persons injured In trolley
accidents.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-24

In France n man can secure a divorce
from his wife IL she goes on the stage
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-07-22
CANDIDATE BRYAN
Overwhelmed with Correspondenoe-A
rev Hints to the Public.

LINCOLN, Neb., July 90. When Mr..
BRYAN entered his library to begin his
day's work he was appalled, By the
formidable array OF letters and tele'
grams lying on his desk. Hard work
on the part of Mrs. Bryan and himself
and Mr.. Schind, the temporary private
secretary, has not made much OF hole
in the small mountain OF letters. Mr..
Bryan drew up the following state
ment, which he handed to the United
Press correspondent;
LINCOLN, Neb., July 20, ispe.
TO THE PuBIdc-My daily mall has grown so
very large that find 1t impossible to read all
letters received and still more Impossible TO
renlv nj length to each. Those who are inter-
ested I'm the success of our cause will appre-
ciate the situation and pardon me for making
following suggestions
FIRST AS time will not permit full discus
sion of political questions in so large mum.
her Of private letters, shall, in order to avoiu
discrimination reserve all such discussionstor
public occasions.
second. All offers OF services and sugges.
tions as to the conduct OF the campaign should
he made to the national committeeman repre-
sentine the various states and territories
Third. All requests for campaign literature
should be addressed to the secretary OF tnc
national committee at committee headquar-
| ters as soon as headquarters are open
n friends will be kind enough 10 observe the
above suggestions, shall be able to devote
my time more fully TO the work Of the cam
| paign, N, pnx
| ISigned W. D. DIV,
Mr.. Bryan took possession OF his
new Office in the Lincoln hotel. lie has
four communicating rooms at his dis
posal. and will use them principally FOL
consultation with delegates and other
callers. He will continue to do most o.
his work at his residence. The neees
sitv for a manager OF the political enc
of his business is becoming ap'
parent. and it is probable tn;
national committee will seno
him some competent person 70
handle his mail, look after visitors, ar
range interviews and prepare sched
ules for his railway journeys MIR
BRYAN is reading his kilograms as rap
idly as other duties will permit
MIR. Bryan has just received from tn
South Carolina delegation a gavel o
beautiful workmanship from the nom.
of John C. Calhoun, at Clemson col
lepe. South Carolina.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-07-22
KENTUCKY PoPULlsTs
Opposed to Fusion with the Democrats
SIlVerite4

PADucAH, Ky, July fO-The popu-
lists are holding their state eonven-
tion here. The delegates are divided
into two factions, the weaker adj
voeating the ratification Of the nom.
nation tt Bryan and Sewall, while
the other desires the sending of an
uninstrueted delegation to st. Louis
to act as they think best. L. X. Tay-
lor, Of Paducah, was elected temporary
secretary, In a speech, thanking the
convention for the honor, Mr.. Taylor
said that the populists had forced the
democrats into populism and had
forced them to nominate Bryan.
The temporary organization was
made permanent. The committee on
resolutions reported as follows:
Rss0leed by the peoples party of
Kentucky in delegate convention as
sembled
First, the peoples party OF Ken
tnelSy is unalternbly opposed to the
Endorsement by the national conven-
tion of the peoples party at st. Louis
Of the democratic platform and ticket
nominated at Chicago.
Secondly, We are decidedly opposed
to nominating any man for any office
who will not indorse and advocate q
straight populist platform. We be-
lieve in honest, courageous, straight
forward adherence to all the prinei'
Piles Of our party and the preservation
OF our Organization in this crisis of our
party TO be the wisest and the best
policy to be pursued by our conven-
tion at st. LOUIS, both for our country
and our party.
Third, We favor a union of all re
form forces on an honorable basis /
one preserving intact the organization
and principles of the peoples party
can be devised. This may be done b.
an equitable division of electors ant
not by surrender or fusion"
The report was adopted by vote o
23O to lO7
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-07-22
A FIENDlSH FEMALE.
Eta Robbins, Aged "a, Commits
q Horrible Series of Crimes
UPON A WEST VIRGINIA sHASTY BOAT,
A. ]. Call and One Daughter Killed, a
Second Daughter Fatally Woundel
and Two Other Children Badly
Cut With an Ak.

CINCINNATI, July 90-A special to
the Post from Huntington, W, Va,
says.
Six miles above here, at the mouth
OF Three Mile creek, occurred one OF
the most horrible murders ever known
ON the upper Ohio waters.
The scene was ON u shanty boat, and
the killed are A. J. Call, As; Nettie Call,
his daughter, a. Lottie Call, another
daughter, is fatally injured, and those
in crital condition are Grace Call, IL,
and Otis Call, 10.
Late Sunday night Call and his fam
ily retired. Eta Robbins, aged ~,
was at their house, and retired with
one of tho daughters. A little boy
who was sleeping with his father
makes the following statement, he
being the only one outside the Robbins
woman able to talk:
"At three o'clock this morning | was
awakened by Eta Robbins cutting my
father with n double-bit ak. My sis
ters, Lottie and Nettie, ran into our
room and Miss Robbins turned on
them. She killed Nettie and cut Lot
tie several times, when Lottie leaped
from the boat into the river. She
thon cut several of children and threw
the AK at Lottie, who was swimming
TO the shore.
The woman Acknowledged the kill
ing of A. j. Call, but denies killing thu
others. Calls head was almost cut off
aud his heart was visible from wount
In his breast. The head of the gir
killed was also almost cut of and he
hand cut off. The children were Gu
In dozen different places. A coro
ners Jury was impaneled. The yer
dict was that Eta Robbins COMMITTEES
the murders. The boat was cut loos
and brought here and the womal
placed in jail. Feeling Is very strong
and thousands of excited persons lin
the river bank and many threats ar
heard
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-07-22
PoPULlST LEADERS
Working In the Interest Of Bryan and
scwail at st. Loul.

scwall at 81. LOul,.
Sr. LOUIS, July 90 This has been a
busy day for the populist leaders from
all sections of the country who are for
William J. Bryan and free silver.
Early in the day they rallied about
the standard of Nebraska in the Lin
dell and quickly effected an organiza.
tion Of their forces.
Gen. James Il. Weaver, of Iowa, who
will be permanent chairman of the
convention; Senator Allen, Of Nebras-
ka; Senator Stewart, of Nevada; Dele
gate Bailey, of oklahoma; J. II. Ed
minsten, Of Nebraska; Benton Maret,
private secretary to Gov llolcomb, of
Nebraska; Jerry Simpson, of Kansas,
aud other Bryan workers, selected sub
committees and sent them out TO poll
the delegations from the several states,
Pending returns from these com
mittees they opened permanent head
quarters on the parlor floor of the
| Lindell and inaugurated lively cam
paign.
At noon the one issue as developed
by the reports OF the sub-committees,
was, whether Bryan should be in
dorsed or nominated. There were sup
portcrs of both propositions, but the ma
jority seemed to favor nominating Bry'
an and Sewall and putting outa plat
form which should be In harmony with
the Chicago declaration, yet sufficient
ly distinct to enable the popalists ia
maintain their individuality as party
The reports from the subcommittee
were not completed, because SO many
states have not yet their full quota o.
delegates here.
The poll of q states and territories
showed handsome ma jorlty in favor
| nf Brvan.