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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24

trousers and socks. When we got down
stairs we found the parlor door wide
open, the room lighted, and the stranger
stood at the table with the watch in his
hand. We had crept down so softly that
he heard nothing. He was fully dressed,
and as we watched him he pocketed the
timepiece and removed the wrapper from
the shawl Sans idea had been to raise
an alarm, but sense of helplessness
crept over him, and his teeth began to
chatter before mine did. The man turned
the lamplight almost out. He passed
within foot Of US, unlocked the door
and softly closed 1t behind him. Sam
drew me across to the side window, pulled
aside the curtain and said:
Hes got the watch and shawl and is
now after the span of horses"
The stables were in the basement of the
barn and half underground. The win
dows were very small and the door
stout one. Nhis door had no lock, but
fastened with hasp and pin. We watched
the man until hN opened the door and en-
tered the stables, and then Sam said:
"You stand right here and hold the
door little open for me-"
what are you going to do?"
SIN going to shut him In the stable.
Don't holler nor run away, for I'll be
back In a minute"
Out into the snow and cold dashed Sam.
running like deer and as noiseless as
cat. He found the door shut, and il did
not take him ten seconds to lift up the
hasp and slip the pin through the staple.
When he came back we aroused father
and mother, routed out the neighbors,
sent for the Sheriff, and In about an hour
tte door was unfastened and the fellow
invited to come out. He had strapped
mothers new shawl on one of the horses
for saddle and fathers Santa Claus
watch was ticking away in his vest
pocket. He was marched off to Jail while
the ROSTERS were growing for Christmas.
"Boys," said my father, when we had
returned to the house-'boys, / thank We
n thousand times over for this watch.
which is something I've sorter wanted for
years, but let me jest tell We that We both
orter be taken out and licked fer not
tellin' me about that robber till ye had
him safely locked up"
"And boys" added mother, with tears
In her eyes, as she Rugged the shawl and
us too, II not only thank ye as much as
father does, but say ye did jest right in
not wakin' us up, I'd have had fit and
father might have tumbled down stairs,
and there's no tellin' who'd adjusted up
or who'd q tumbled into the cisternr'
SANS BROTHER.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24
CHRISTMAS LONG AGO.
When All the Presents Had to Go
Into the Christmas Stocking.

Whcn All the presents HAD to Go
Into the Christmas Stocking.
Robert j. Burdette, In the Ladies'
Home Journal, tells in his humorous way
how he remembers the Christmas of long
ago: "Most of the Christmas presents
in those days were designed by the man
ufacturer for the hanging stocking. Any
thing too big to go into stocking had to
go over to somebody's birthday. In any
family where there was more than one
child the old reliable 'Noah's Ark was
always looked for. We hailed with ac-
CARNATIONS of astonished recognition
Noah and Mrs. Noah. Messrs. and
Mines. Shem, Ham and Japhet. There
was no way of telling the men and wom-
en- apart. they were exactly alike. but the
elephant and giraffe you could distinguish
at n glance, on account of the spots on
the giraffe. So also the dog and the
COW, because the COW was always white
and blue, while the dog was invariably
plain blue. Within twenty-four hours
after the landing on Ararat the baby
would have all the paint sucked of Shem,
Ham and the hired man, and the doctor
would be sent for.
"The red monkey climbing a red stick
was another regular Christmas visitor.
He was highly esteemed as light lunch
con BY the baby. 1t never seemed to
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24

affect the infant unpIeasantiy-t himself,
that is-although the cloudy symphony
In red and blue about his innocent mouth
was apt to make the beholder SILVER.
But II made the monkey look sick. Then
there was q man on box, with major
generals uniform, beating drum. You
turned a crank. the general lifted his
sticks high In the air. and something "
the box made noise a. much like drum
as peal of thunder IL like piccoIO.
These things as toys were Of no great
value, but as practical and useful object
lessons they were beyond all price, on
the minus side" As.ss
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24
THREW AWAY A FORTUNE.
A Fisherman Who Did Not Know tn,
Value of Am bergris.

A Fisherman Who Did Not Know the
Vaiuc of Ambergris.
For lack of little knowledge Nova
Scotian fisherman recently lost a for
tune. This man had never heard of
ambergris, or If so he had but vague
notion of what that valuable sea prod
uct is. He is, however, an observant
man, and one day, recently, while row.
ing about the shore of Annapolis Ba-
sin he noticed floating ON the water a
peculiar gray substance, well streaked
with black and yellow.
For some unknown reason he decided
that this curious substance might pos
sibly be made into soap, and he care
fully gathered the floating mass, about
100 pounds in weight, into his boat.
Naturally enough his soap experiment.
failed, and in disgust he threw the
presumably worthless material back
into the water, reserving only about
six pounds for further experiments.
The more he tested the strange sub
stance the more did his wonder grow.
The aromatic odor that rose from his
lye-pot aroused his particular interest.
At length he rowed to the nearest town
with a sample, and there learned that
the material that he had so ignorantly
discarded, and Of which he now had
but a small quantity, was worth $50 an
ounce, for 1t was nothing else than the
precious ambergris Of commerce. The
six pounds that he made haste to res
cue from the lye-pot brought him in
So, $50, but what must have been his
thoughts about the "a pounds that he
had thrown away!
Ambergris Is the evidence of dis
ease that attacks the spermaceti whale,
and whale fishers search eagerly for
traces of the substance In the intes-
tines Of torpid, sick or lean whales,
where is 1t sometimes found in small
irregular Jumps of from three inches to
foot in diameter. The largest lump
ever known weighed 1872 pounds and
was sold by the King Of Lahore to
the Dutch East India Company. An
other historic lump of $50 pounds was
found inside a dead whale whose car
cass was discovered fioating near the
windward Islands, and Isaiah King
horn the Nova Scotian fisherman, with
his find of 100 pounds, comes third ON
the list.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24

watch. and on the day before Christmas
old Santa Claus had the watch and
shawl Sam and had sold apples, dis
posed of old plow-points, hoed corn for
the neighbors, gathered and sold hickory
nuts and worked various other schemes
to get that $12 shawl, and we had a right
to feel elated and proud. We had the
articles hidden In the, hay-mow at the
barn. and about once an hour we had to
90 out there and take look at them.
1t was just growing dark on Christmas
eve when a stranger turned In at ou-
gate and sskcd for lodgings. He was a
well-dressed, keen-looking man, and the
fact of the village tavern being only two
miles away, ought "a have set father to
thinking, but when the man said he had
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24

OF business which was TO result nom
the sound money victory four weeks
since. strangely disregardlng the fact
that the election did not occur until
the fall trade was practically over In
all but the holiday lines, enormous ar
mics of travellers were sent on the road
election week from all the large cities
to harass and bewilder merchants who
Mt that time were In a position TO buy
practically nothing.-Dry Goods Econ
omist.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24
wicked Mark Hanna.


A newspaper correspondent, speaking
humorously Of Mark Hanna's wicked
ness, says:
He levied and collected $50, 900, 900 on
the banks and trusts for campaign pur-
poses. He hired and paid 100000 men
to journey to Canton to see Mckinney
making the world believe 1t was the
spontaneous desire of the people to pay
their respects to the great American
statesman. This trick cost Mr.. llama
$780, 900, or $40 for each man. He
hired the owners of 300 great factories,
employing 100000 men, to shut down
one month before the election and then
to open up few days after 1t, to make
a stir In business. This cost him $3,-
100000.
The proprietors of 200 other factories
and shops have been paid $2,5OO,OOO TO
induce them to coerce their men and to
compel their men to vote for Mckinney.
Hanna actually bought Ingersoil, Carr
Schurz, Bourke Cochran, and Benjamin
Harrison, who were paid $4,000 each
to make speeches for Mckinley. Han
ma worked great scheme on the
churches. He actually Induced 10000
preachers to put up private prayers
for the purpose Of getting drought IN
India so that the food crop would be
short and the price of wheat rise high
er than the price of silver. For those
prayers he paid $1,0OO,0OO. Then, to
make a sure thing Of 1t, he went to
San Francisco and bought 10000 tons
Of wheat, for which he paid $25O,OOO
This wheat he ostensibly shipped to In
dia, but WREN it got fairly out Of the
harbor every bushel of it was dumped
overheard into the Pacific Ocean.
Hanna was bound that Mckinley
should have a large popular majority,
so he went to work and bought up a
million Of men for $40 each; that was
100000, and he got the votes. You
can see it in any of the tables Of cleo
ton returns. The trouble Of it all is
that Hanna has promised those banks
and trust companies who advanced the
fifty millions that they shall have 1t all
back out of the United States treasury
as soon as Mckinley is inaugurated,
with a bonus of $200,000OO0 in addi-
ton. Great Is Mark Hanna.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24
Grandma,s Answer.

She says there amt no Santa Claus,
The girl who lives next door;
That papa buys my dolls and things
And sends them from the store;
That Christmas trees are only trash,
And the lovely lights and toys
Are not brought by dear Kris Kringle,
Who loves little girls and boys.
But l went right straight TO grandma,
And asked her, solemn, true,
Now isn't there q Santa Claus
Who comes to me and your
She softly laid her knitting down,
Then kissed me tween the eyes.
And said, 'twlxt you and me, my dear.
I shouldn't be surprised.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24

ne chimes are the passions that sway mems
souls -
That tempt and inspire them. The thought
the deed.
On this New Years eve from the earth
dross freed.
n enc mighty vibration upward rons; a..
And hushed are the voices AROUND 'ns
a. the Great Creator receives His own
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24

+ PLANNED 1t one
day-my b 70 t b e Z
Sam and las we
sat under a harvest
apple tree. We
agreed to scrape and
save and buy father
n silver watch and
mother a new shawl
for Christmas. The
jeweler threw off 81
On tho Drice of the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24

Fish In aquaria turn on their side,
or In other ways ut times indicate a
diseased condition. If they are taken
out and placed In vessel of salt water
water made about as salt as sea
water-they willusually recover. They,
should remain IN the salty water about
twenty-four hours.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24

tons, cabbage palms are much used and
are very effective. They come from
Florida, and measure from 4 to feet In
diameter. Because of their size they are
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24

Santa Claus win be just as well pleased
II you distribute few stockings instead
Of hllins quite 70 many this ys
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24

IA. ~ .,T'sss.r,,..
High In tie bslfry =
tolling hls knen
From the phantom
S s.% Of I. magic
And the world y
swayed BY it, mys-
tic chime.
For earth II the pom
derous tongue that
swings
In the tower OF
Time. The catAo-
dral dim
II the universe, ond
the bells huge rim
To the ether blue 40
It rings and ringA
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24
OUR CHRISTMAS RoBsER.

And How Two Boys Brought Him to
Grief
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24
TRUTHS HALF TOLD.
MISCHIEF IN FIGURES WITHOUT
ACCOMPANYING FACTS.

Literal Figures Do Not Give the Rea.
y sons why the Revenues Under the
Mckinley Law Fell OF During the
Years 1898 and 1904.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24
Can Cuba Buy Liberty?

The trend of gossip regarding Cleve-
lands Cuban message shows plainly
that the public think that the Presi-
dent means more than he says. The
belief is fast becoming general that
Mr.. Cleveland intends ufiat Spain shall
act Mt once and that the war shall be
over before he retires from Office. The
solution that seems to meet with most
general approval Is that Cuba shall
buy her liberty of Spain and that Uncle
Sam shall indorse the note, go on her
bond as 1t were, to insure the payment.
1t Is presumed that Mr.. Cleveland in
tends that the question of payment
shall be settled by arbitration, which
might postpone the final adjustment
for some time. Meanwhile. both par
ties must agree in advance to ratify
the arbitration settlement and Cuba
must be regarded as a free, though
mortgaged nation. 1t begins to look
as If the President intended to act no
matter what Europee thinks or does.
Well, the people Of the United States
will stand behind him.-Springfield
Union. IS 4
Some People Expect Too Much.
, Many a man who would smile indul-
gently at the innocence Of his little
child, who. planting a seed in the morn
ing, would dig It up ut night to see why
1t had not sprouted, Is to-day pulling
long face over the lack Of pressure
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-04-12

for comic effect What it was, and what it will be in the Jefferson revival, is indicated by quotations from Sheri- dan's own writing. Mrs. Malaprop's coiffure will be:
 Then, behind. all my hair is done up in
 plat
 And, so like comets. tucked under my
 hat,
 and the men's bravery as fine as when beaax dead and gone paraded in The Campius Martius of St. James street, Where the beau's cavalry pace to and fro Before they take the field in Rotten Row.
 There being nothing new under the sun, The Rivals" is of course more than 121 years old. Under that name was enacted by "the duke of Yorke's Servants" more than 200 years ago, comedy adopted by Sir William Davenant or D'avenant or D'Avenant, from an earlier play, 1.-Two Noble Kins- men, incorrectly attributed to Shake speare and Fletcher, which was in turn taken from Chaucer's Knights Tale, = the parent stock also of Dryden's ''Pala- mon and Arcyte." Where Chaucer got it doesn't matter.
 The 1862 production of Davenant's "The Rivals" was historically more in- teresting than the Coyent Garden play of Sheridan For one thing, Betterton appeared in it. So did Mary Davis, who
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DID NOT KNOW A WIG.
Astute Lawyer Who Disposen of Dan
 gerous Witness by Trlck.

Astute Lawyer Who Disposen Of Dan
 gerous Witness by Trek.
 There resides in Washington a law yer who a few days ago retired from the profession in which his name was power. In his early days the lawyer los his hair, the result of long spell of sickness, and from those days to the present time his head has been adorned with wigs, veritable works of art, from the hands of celebrated maker in New York. As the time rolled on he changed the glossy black shock of arti ticial hair to an iron gray, which is the color he affects now. The wig looks so natural that only his intimate friends recognize them as such. One day he was defending a man accused of trying to steal a pair of trousers from hook in front of a secondhand store while the proprietor was inside. The shop keeper was placed on the stand and identified the prisoner as the man who attempted to snatch the goods, mention ing at the time that the thief wore wig.
 Do you know wig when you see one on somebody's head?" asked the attorney.
 The witness smiled, and replied in the affirmative.
 Does his honor wear a wig?"
 "No."
 "Does any of the jury wear them?"
 s'No."
 Do I wear one?"
 The shopkeeper laughed outright at the idea of man with such mag nificent suit of iron-gray hair wearing wig, and he replied emphatically that he did not.
 q knew you didn't know wig when you saw one" retorted the lawyer, cool ly, at the same time yanking off the gray locks, and exposing pate as smooth as baby's face.
 The courtroom was conyulsed and the defendant acquitted.
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Jefferson, which will make the spoolx of the last century actor-manager groan with envy.
 Sheridan ought to be a favorite in the United States, if there's gratitude in re- publics. "The Rivals" was produced just before the outbreak of the revolu- tion, at about the time when he was composing a defense of the American colonists against Dr. Johnson's ponder GUS Taxation no Tyranny" The re- ply did no good, as it was never pub lished, but we can afford by this time to take the will for the deed. It was just after Clineh's service in saving ''The Rivals" that Sheridan wrote, out of gratitude to that actor, the farce of St. Patrick's. Day." for which the com ing war furnished such "gags" as this: "Oh, barbarous! To want husband that may wed you to-day and be sent the Lord knows where before night; then in twelvemonth, perhaps, to have him come like 8 Colossus, with one leg at New York and the other at Chelsea hospital"
 The Liberty boys of Golden Hill had already taught the Britons one name in American geography.
 The costuming of the forthcoming of "The Rivals" will be pretty faithful reproduction of that in 1775. Costum- ing proper was in those days an art al- most unknown. Garrick, who played Hamlet in bob wig and broad-tailed coat, was contemporary of Sheridan. But as "The Rivals" was practically a play of the period, the dress worn was that of the fine ladies and gentlemen &$ the day, perhaps trife exaggerated
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entirely new cast in which, however, we still fail to recognize any of the great names of dramatic history.
 It is curious to note that in Sheri- dan's east the part of Acres came half way down the list of the male actors. The genius of Jefferson has, in the minds of American audiences at least, placed dear old Bob at the top of the company
 The actors who first produced sheri- dan's play had to travel from point 10 point by stage coach. When the rude Conveyance stuck ill the mud, the men must get out, be1nf7ed as they were, and walk beside it or even help the
 aboring wheels out of the mire. The 1896 cast will travel through Hart ford, New Haven, New York and Brook lyn, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washing ton, Pittsburgh, Louisville, Cincinnati, St Louis, Chicago, Milwaukee, In 5 Annapolis, Grand Rapids, Toledo, De- iroit, Columbus. Cleveland, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse. Utica, Albany, Boston. Worcester and Providence d
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-04-12

solution of sirup and sugar, and con tinued this treatment for three days. On the fourth day the creature fut- tered on my hand and sucked the liquor of it's own accord, and after this it be- came perfectly tame. Iput flowers into my room, and it fed on them. and was perfectly happy. When it sat on the table could pass my finger down it's back without the slightest fear the but terfiy might take to the wing. In fact, it arched it's back as does a cat when pleased. After three weels@of perfect tameness it's color faded. it's wings shriyeled up and it died."
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played Celia of Celania." singing sev- lral wild and mad songs, My lodgingis on the cold ground, etc" She performed that so charmingly, that notlong after it raised her from her bed on the cold ground to a royal bed.
 Mrs. Moll Davis did in fact become one of King Charles fayorites in Nell Gwynn's time, and their semi-royal daughter Mary. taking the name Tu- dor, became Lady Mary Tudor, coun- tess of Derwentwater. Thus early did the stage furnish beautiful countesses.
 In the earlier version of s.The Rivals' the combatants are represented as
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EYEBROWS AND EYtLAsAEs.
They Should Be One of the Attractive
 Features of woman's Face.

Eeabures or WOmAn'S Face.
 It is really wonderful to see how very little attention is bestowed, as a rule, on the eyebrows aud the lashes X woman will worry herself thin and make the lives of her household unen- durable if her hair is falling off, or she has pimple on her chin, but she pays less than no regard to the state of any other portion of her face. As long as there are enough lashes to protect the eyes and the eyebrows are thick enough to make their presence known, she rests content-unaware, perhaps, that much of the attractiyeness of her face entire ly depends on these minor points that she seems to despise.
 Not eyeryonef possesses that delicate, high-arehed curve that is the height of perfection in an eyebrow, or the long, curling lashes without which no heroine of fiction ever yet was complete As rule, scantiness of hair characterizes the one and short stubbiness the other A great deal of this unloveliness is owing to the lack of care which nurses and mothers take of their children's appearance and the stupid habits they let child get into regarding them
 Eyebrows, to be perfect, should be slightly arehed, and the hair of the same length and softness. 1t should not be too bushy, or it makes us look undulr fierce and masculine; or too scanty, so that we look characterless and insipid The color should be shade darker thar the hair.
 The brows must never be rubbed OF brushed except from the roots to the ends. Some people contract bad habit in childhood of rubbing them the other way, and the effect is both grotesque and painful to behold. The hairs will never lie as flat as they ought to do, and bristle in unexpected places. \ tiny comb and brush should be used daily on them to keep them soft and smooth. They should be most carefully washed every day, and the same care must be taken about the direction they are rubbed in, They should have vase line gently smoothed over them once or twice a week. This will keep them in perfect health and serve to strengthen them. Where they are very scanty and coming out very much there is nothing better to use than a few drops of castor oil in a little paraffine.
 They are apt sometimes to be a little scurfy. When this is the ease yaseline must be put on the spot, and it must be bathed with hot water and little Vinolia soap till it is cured. On no ac. count must it be rubbed.
 Eyelashes should be long and curl, ing, and when they are like this they are most attractive and bewitehing \ child's lasbes may be slightly clipped now and then at the extreme points and will be longer and better in conse- quence. But this should never be done when person grows older, as the only effect it has then is to make them coarse and stubby.
 Vaseline rubbed on every few nights keeps the l2shes in good order and will prevent them sticking together on walk ing.
 All makeup" near the eyes is very dangerous to the sight, so no cosmetics darlening pomades, etc. must be al 1 lowed to touch the laShnS-N Y SI1u
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