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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02
A Marked Penny Turns Up,

In 1853 G. p. Bateman, then living in
Minerva, Ky, cut his initials on n %
cent piece and carried 1t for a pocket
piece for year or two. Then he part
ed with 1t. Last week Capt. Monroe
Bateman, Of Columbia, NO., a brother
of G. p. Bateman, received the 25-cent
piece in change from a neighbor living
in that place. He is sure 1t Is his broth
er's old pocket piece, because he re-
members when the letters were cut In
the coin, and various peculiarities
about their form and position.-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02
The Afrikander Puritan.

The Beers know the Bible, IL they
know nothing else of what is called lit
eratnre. They are probably the only
remaining homogeneous people on the
globe whose reading and whose intel
lectual aliment are purely Scriptural.
People who have lived among them in
South Africa all agree upon this char
acteristic feature Of Boer life. They
are essentially Puritan nation, and
they maintain strictly theocratic COM
munity, such as the good men who
founded Plymouth and Boston fondly
hoped to preserve on Massachusetts
Bay. Among them, people who stay
away from church or who profess in
difference to religious teachings and
observances are wholly unknown. or
course, young Afrikanders stray away
from the flock in ever increasing num-
bers, but until they go away they
conform with the rest Of the rules of
pious behavior. 1t was, indeed, more
for the purpose of preserving their
young people from demoralizing con-
tact with the lax and irreligious ''out-
lander than for any other reason that
the Beers of the Transvaal and the
Orange Free State have twice ''trek-
ked" northward, leaving the place in
which they were born and all their
possessions which could not be carried
along and faced the privations ana
risks Of unknown and savage Wilde.
At all hazards, they were resolute to
live their own lives and to keep their
children undecided BY contact with the
evil thing called administrative
York Times.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02

MT - eou1a ~ ~ - po1nt ~ n
afternoon. Would ohe come aGo1nl
Yos. she would come again Tomorrow
afternoon, and every afternoon until
the picture was finished. Foolish
maiden. Under such conditions the
picture would never be fnishedi Now
She ID about to 60. She picks up that
creature she had about her neck when
she came In. How its Vicious little eyes
glIsten In the fire light. Why the I'm
pudent thing. believe 1t Is defying
me. You WILL will you? Mrowoow
Mr-rrw! Fist. Br-r-r-r. "Miji-br-r-r-
lex"
It II all past now. shall never do IL
again, but when saw those beady lit
tie eyes blinking at me sprang for It
and tore the creature from her hand.
paved and shook It. slapped 1t and
was wrestling with 1t on the floor when
she tried to take 1t away from me.
What! Take first my master, then my
prey? The only thing had seen all
that day that looked as though 1t might
be eaten? I guess not. carry In my
paw four sharp claws, and she found 1t
out, for with one movement sent
them down on her hand so hard that
they made great ugly scratches In her
soft white flesh. And the blood came.
And there was a terrible clamor. For
when she saw the blood she screamed
gently, and quietly sunk downward.
If 1t hadn't been for him she would
have struck the floor. But his arms
were around her and he was crying,
"Oh, my darling girl. How did it hap
pen? Sweetheart, 1t will soon be all
right. My dearestr' and other idiotic
expressions. Pretty soon she opened
her eyes. She may not have heard his
last words, but 1 think she did. Any
way, she saw she was in his arms, and
instead of struggling to get away she
simply twisted herself around little,
threw one hand over his shoulder, rest
ed her head quietly on his breast and
tainted away. This spell was longer
than the other. When she came to
this time he was kissing her furiously,
and she was blushing, oh, so red.
Well, 1 haven't heard how it came
out yet. You see, when he got through
kissing her, she explained how it hap
pened. Then / went out / took q
pane Of glass with me, was in such a
hurry to go. or course / didn't jump
to the ground. 1t was eight stories
down. But knew the window opened
on a veranda a little below, and I lit
there.
He came down and picked me up
about an hour later. He was trembling
all over with joy, and said he would for.
give me. That 1t was through me he
was the happiest man on earth. That
she loved him, and, oh, such nonsense.
But when it was all over and / had eat
en- my supper, he sat In front Of the fire
and gaZed in the dancing flames. Then
he looked sad, then sadder, and finally
two big tears rolled down his cheeks
as he softly said, "Miji-br-r-r-ick."
wonder why.-Washington Post.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02
Twelve Eat Bows.

Following is list of boys in this
country who have extreme weights:
Harry Gutterman, Of 8oeton, age II,
weight ITS; Michael Corrigan, Walt
ham, Mass, -, 1893; Howard lib
belts, Maiden, Mass, IL, 30; Anton
Mochty, st. Louis, 10, $50; Fay Hou-
ser, Groton, N. ", II, 212; Joseph
Young, New York City, 10, 2O4; Theo-
dore Herman, Cincinnati, O., IA, 244;
James Angul, Natick, Mass, Is, 315;
Charles Schwartz, New York City, Is,
900; Howard Grosner, Philadelphia,
IL, 200; Martin Buxman, Coopersville,
Mich, IL, 265; Elmore Shepherd,
Pocahontas, Va, 10, 304.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02
She Saw Napoleon.

A Polish woman, 104 years old, who
saw the march Of Napoleon and his
army into Russia in 1872, and the ter
rible retreat Of the survivors, II living
at Shamokin, Penn. She In very feeble.
and came near being burned to death
last week, when her house caught nrs.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02

Football has been played in England
for more than ave hundred years.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02

never let yOuT puSsiOuS get TIE DcttcI
Of your judgment. The following story
will explain the propriety Of this adj
vice: A German farmer took load Of
potatoes to the city to sell them. The
jobbers offered him seven cents a
bushel. That made him mad. So he
drove down to the river front, backed
his wagon into the water, pulled out
the back board and dumped the whole
load into the stream. Now, while this
relieved the farmer of his wrath, like
wise his team of their load, and made
It unnecessary to haul the potatoes
back many miles to his farm, the act of
depositing vegetable matter in the river
was In violation of a city ordinance.
The farmer was arrested and fined SIS
and costs, and went home wiser man.
Dr. w. ii. Dali, a member of the
party Of scientific men recently sent to
Alaska to investigate the mineral re-
sources Of the country, has prepared a
report on the subject, which will soon
be published by the Geological Sur
vey. DIR. Dali says that many valuable
and extensive seams of coal exist about
the harbors in Cooks inlet and else
where, SO that 1t is easy to mine
enough to run a steamer In few min
utes. The Alaskan coal Is what is
known as the brown variety. tn color
10 not brown, but when scratched II ex-
hibits brown streak. The finer quail
tiles Of this coal are much like anthra-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-04-02

Wnen she talkS 10 MIN. But wnen ne
grows enthusiastic and tells her how
he fought his way through Europe;
how he was half fed, badly clothed, i'll
treated; every mans hand against him
because he had no money. But still he
fought on, until he had seen the famous
works of art, and had studied under
the masters Of to-day, had examined
the schools Of painting, had worked
early and late to perfect himself, and
had now come to this country, his ma
tive land, here to carve himself a niche
in the temple Of fame, and incidentally
to bring to the surface q few tons Of
gold-bearing quartz. In all this time
eyelids, smiled at his story of his stu
dent pranks, and flushed at his resolu-
ton Of stern determination to sue
coed. And how those limpid, liquid
eyes filed with tears when he told Of
the struggles he had been through.
Did he see It? or course he didn't see
1t. IL he had, he would have known
what to do. AS 1t was he stumbled
along like n laundering idiot until he
came to the place where he should have
told her what he thought Of her, and he
sighed and turned toward the window,
looking out into the street where the
shadows were beginning to fall. Oh,
no. He missed the sweetest sound ever
heard In those rooms, the sob that came
from swallowing the lump which gath
ers In the throat when the sorrow az
hicts those whom we love.
But he did zee that 1t was getting
late and that he could not paint her
this afternoon. So he brought himself
back to this world, and with q bad
grace told her that time had flown -
Evening star., 1896-01-11
The American Duchess.
From the Gentlewonan.


Sentiment did not lie dormant, at any
rate in the heart of the first Duke of Marl-
borough, two hundred years ago. Blen-
helm, built with the money which Queen
Anne granted the great duke for all the
services he had rendered his country, was
called by him THE Palace of Love-" And
over the fireplace in one of the halls is
written: II do SO wish there was not one
unhappy creature in the world, for 1 have
no malice, nor, indeed, any great ambition,
but that of being quiet with you, my lovely
duchess" The rooms TO be occupied by the
new duchess are those in which the duch-
esses of the last two hun dred years have
passed their time for joy or sorrow. The
suite has eight rooms and includes lovely
little library.
AS an American the fair Consuelo will
find much to charm her in their arrange
inert and decoration, for the last duchess,
Lily" had the American notion of fur
niShlng each room in the fashion of an
other cour try-Mcorish, Indian, japanese.
The Cuke, mindful of the comfort of his
bride, just before starting for America gave
orders that a corner of the chapel should
be fitted up for her especial occupations
corner easily reached from her own suite
of rooms. When, as Miss Vanderbilt, the
young duchess stayed at Marlborough she
expressed sometimes, with pretty diff
dence, her taste in the matter of furnish
ing and decoration, and she will find on
her return to Blenheim many pleasant re-
minders that her tastes have been con-
suited.
Evening star., 1896-01-11
The Latest.

Over in London they have new cycle
whether to give it the prefix uni or bi has
not yet been determined-which Is alto
gether different from the models seen on
the streets of Washington. Instead of be-
ing on the wheel the rider Is inside. AS
shown in the above picture, there are two
wheels, one inside the other. The inner
wheel maintains a stationary position,
which is necessary because it has fastened
to it the riders seat. Around it revolves
the outer wheel, with which it has three
points of contact, three grooved wheels,
that form runway. The power is OBJ
tanned by the simple action of spring at
tached to the treadles and it is promised
that great speed will be made when the
wheel is properly used. Lightness and SIM
plicity of construction seem to be it's best
points. The rider. being suspended below
the machines center of gravity, maintains
level seat whatever the seat or grade.
Evening star., 1896-01-11
Feel Their Hair Stand on End.

From the New York Tribune.
A singular form Of amusement INDUCED
in by the cash girls Of one of the large
covered the other day by a reporter. AS
the sport interferes somewhat with the or
binary transaction Of business it is to be
feared that its vogue is doomed. The re-
porter was looking at the books which
are kept on the second floor Of the build
ing. Just as he was making up his mind
to take a particular volume his attention
was attracted to one of the floorwalkers,
who came up hurriedy and asked of a
saleswoman standing near:
What is the matter with those tubes
now? They're stopped up about half the
time. and can't find out what the trouble
Is"
"Well," came the laconic reply. delivered
in true East Side accents, 1.-The little girls
downstairs is always lettin' their hair blow
up the tubes"
"What!' exclaimed the man. The re-
pcrter's book ceased to interest him. and he
ed attention, visions Of streaming locks and
the scalps of Bluebeard's wives arising be-
fore his imagination the while.
"Why, they just put the ends of their
braids in the tubes, and the air draws
them straight up and l suppose they like
the way it feels" said the girl. with grin
"Well," remarked the foorwalker, recov-
ering himself, chats the greatest thing
yet" and meditatirg upon the inventive
genius Of cash girls, he proceeded down
stairs to arrange for freer working of the
pneun attic tubes. And the reporter was
SO entertained by this attempt on the part
Of the youngsters to feel their hair "stand
store without buying the book he had Sc.
lected
Evening star., 1896-01-11
TESTING FOR COLOR BLINDNESS.

Skclns of WOrsted Are Used in the
Examinations.
From the New York Times.
The test for color blindness to which the
trainmen of the Brooklyn bridge, in COM
mon with all other railroad employees are
annually subjected Is proceeding to in
tcrest the curious. On the appointed day
the 100 men comprising the force are ex-
amined in turn to determine their ability
to distinguish colors and different shades
of the same color. The test is conducted
under the supervision of the surgeon and the
chief engineer About 200 skeins of ordinary
worsted form the only equipment neces-
sary. These represent red, orange, green
and white as the main colors, with a vast
numter of slightly varying shades of each.
1t Is easy to realize how many different
tints there may be of the first three, but
one unaccustomed to a close observance of
colors would find 1t hard to believe that
there could be so many shades of white
as are there exhibited.
When a man steps forward to be exam
ined he is asked to pick out, first, perhaps
a skein of red. ard then one Of orange or
green. After it seems evident that he is
able to distinguish readily between the
strongly contrasting colors, there is a trial
of his perception of the sometimes barely
noticeable differences of shade. This is
discovered by handing him a skein and ask
irS him to sort out from the ralnbow-ike
mass before him all those which match it
exactly. The process is repeated with other
colors until it Is proven beyond doubt
that the msn has no symptom of the pecu-
liar form of blindness in question. Particu-
lar attention is paid to the reds and greens,
for, by an odd coincidence these two col
ors, which have come to be universally
used as signals, are these upon which a
person wi h any tendency to color blindness
is likely to fail first. 1t is not uncommon
to find that men who have no trouble with
other coors unable to tell a bright red
light from a green one. Such defect in
an engineer or any of the train hands
| would, of course, be fatal. When a case
is discovered the man is at once removed
and put to work in another department,
where nice knowledge of colors is not
essential.
OF the entire number of men examined at
the bridge office few weeks ago not one
failed in the test. This is an unusual
record. for on nearly every previous occa-
sion there have been at least two three
| who have wavered and gone down before
| the strict requirements.
Evening star., 1896-01-11
NEVER SAW NEGRO SANTA CLAUS.
The Argument Was n Convincing One
and He Withdrew.

The Argument Was n Convincing One
and He Withdrew.
From the Macon (Ga) Telegraph.
docs yer tell yer chillun dat Sana Claus
brings um dere good things on er Christ
mus?" said Uncle Sawney to Lucindy
Brown the other day.
lob cose I doesn't" said Lucindy some
what petulantly.
"Doan yer knows dat yer orter do dat,
Lucin6y, so'se ter bring um up wild de
proper reverence fur de glad Christmas
time?" said Uncle sawney, rather pity
ingly.
Now, Uncle Sawney. yuse so uppety
ertout tellin' folkses what dey mus do ter
raise dey chillun right dat I wants ter
ak yer jes' one plain, homes question"
Uncle Sawney nodded his head in ap-
proval and Lucindy proceeded: Now, an
swer me dis question, Uncle Sawney-Hab
you eber seed er niger Sana Claus?'
Uncle Sawney appeared nonplussed and
scratched his Woolly head thoughtfully
awhile, but at last owned up that he never
had.
Den doan yer KNOW said Lucn ]y
triumphantly. dat de nigger baby befo' he
am ole enough ter unnerstand erbout er
Sana Claus knows dat no white Sana
Claus ain gwine cum down er niger
chimbly ter bring er niger nuthin?"
Uncle Sawrey saw that he had gotten tie
worst Of 1t, and walked away muttering
to himself that it was no use to try to
teach a negro to he like white folks when
"dere berry color am ergin EN-.
Evening star., 1896-01-11
A Simple Explanatl tlOn.
I'm the Chicago Tribune.


Yesterday was a busy day for Superin-
tendent Lane who with all Of his assist
ants except Mr.. Kirk, spent the day at the
West Division High School conducting ex-
aminations for principals and teachers.
Superintendent Lane and his helpers re-
gard these examinations as sacredly pri-
vate, and refused to give any information
whatever about them. They would not tell
what the questions were, nor even give a
list of the applicants. Least of all would
they furnish reporters with those amusing
answers which always creep into some
examination paper on such occasions, and
yet for wonder, one assistant superin-
tendent, who was caught in an empty room
bursting with laughter and was importuned
for an explanation, forgot himself and told
two answers given by a young woman
applicant She was asked How far can
water be lifted by a pump?" and why
can ii not be lifted farther?' and she wrote
without hesitation and with look of tri-
umphant self-complacency, TT can be lifted
as far as the spout" 1T cannot be lifted
any further because the spout is no
higher
Evening star., 1896-01-11
INTERESTING To FAT MEN.
How 1t is Said They May Reduce Thei
Flesh.

Flesh.
From the New York Herald
If you are too fat the chances are at least
two to one that you eat too much 1t may
be that you are moderate eater and drink
too much beer or ale, or you may be moder-
ate in botn eating and drinking and take too
little exercise Finally, you may be the VIC
tim of some constitutional disorder which
prevents the oxidization of your food.
In any case, you are not a sound person,
but have the disease of obesity, which the
doctors call poiysarcia-
of the nostrums for the cure the doctors
say they are all, without discrimination,
thoroughly unscientifie." Some, the doc
tors add, are harmful and even dangerous.
Mr.. Ranting tried his system on himself
thirty years ago and succeeded in Kidding
himself of forty-two pounds within a
twelve-month. This was great success on
the face of 1T, but many others who have
tried to follow his example have found the
treatment too severe. The Banting system,
which was, in substance, gradual starry
ing, is not often used.
Schweninger's system is a modification of
that devised by another German, Oertel.
Obesity is much more common in Germany
than in the United States. and many of the
cures came from that nation. OerterS is
not a starving cure, but a sort of bracing up.
Its inventor Contended that if the circula-
tion of the blood was improved fat would be
ing, because, as he said, ''the force required
to raise the body TO great height entails
the destruction of large quantities of fat
All the systems involve as much eXer-
else as the fat man can take without ex-
haustion. Mountain climbing is excellent,
but not always possible Any walking in
the open air is good in its way, and the bicy-
Gle is boon. But, after all, there can be no
cure without a diet.
All the diets restrict the quantity of fluid
to be taken, especially with meals. Here is
system credited to Schveninger:
Moderate exercise for an hour before
breafast, after cold bath, with friction.
Breakfast, o'clock-Meat and eggs or
milk, followed by walk
Second breakfast, 1879 o'clock-Meat or
fish and glass of white wine. Another
walk.
Dinner, 1 o'clock-Meat, vegetables and
fruit compete.
Supper, Z o'clock-Meat and fruit compete
or salad, with glass of white wine
No other fluid is allowed with meals and
bread only sparingly. Bread, by the way, Is
form of food which, together with sugar
tie fat man must eschew.
Evening star., 1896-01-11

But perhaps the most unique construc-
ton of the year Is the hippocycle-a horse
driven quadricycle. This machine has four
forty-inch wheels, the two rear wheels
drivers and the two front wheels steerers.
The horse will propel himself, the vehicle
(Which will weigh about seventy-hve pound)
and one or more riders, who will steer and
govern the machine. The horse, as shown
In the picture, is mounted on horizontal
revolving endless platform, built upon two
roller-supported chains. 1t is in reality a
treadmill, built up of Stats, supported upon
endless chains, which run over sprocket
wheels and transmit power to gear wheels
connected with the drivers. The platform
of the machine designed Is four feet wide.
The only harness needed is collar ard
traces the latter attached to a stationary
part of the machine. In running the horse
pulls at the traces and starts off on a trot.
He does not advance foot. for the plat
form moves beneath him, but the whole
spokes and a high gear. goes racing along
the road at a gait never attained by an
ordinary carriage.
The saving to the horse in expenditure of
power is very great. With a common
phaeton or buggy the horse Is constantly
at work, whether the gradient be for or
against him. Down hill he must keep up
his pace to prevent the carriage from rum
pulls the entire time. But with the hip
pocycle 1t Is different. On every incline
sufficient to carry the machine on its own
impetus the horse can be as much at rest
as In his stall at home, a ratchet similar to
that employed In the old "Star' bicycle al
lowing him to stop without hindering the
forward movement Of the carriage. To this
advantage may be added that of level
and uniform surface for his feet, and pro-
lection from the sun and rain afforded by
a light protecting roof over the cycle
Should he get "balky.'' or should he fall
from any reason, the platform will merely
ccme to a stop, the machine running free
If this should take place while climbing q
hill the ratchet would prevent the cycle
from going backward down the hill.
A powerful hand or foot brake Is pro-
vided, bearing upon drum on the driving
axle, and to prevent the horse from being
thrown suddenly forward by its application
or backward by collision padded breech-
ing is arranged fore and aft to catch him
One Of these machines has been success.
fully used in Paris, and 1t is proposed tc
have little car or trailer for passengers
in such case two horses being used side by
side.
Evening star., 1896-01-11

picture Of the dog-power vehicle. This
lady was probably fond of an outing, but
too poor to purchase horses and carriage.
So her husband being a wheelwright and
blacksmith, conceived this scheme, and car
red it into execution, utilizing the pet dogs
in very novel manner. In this case the
two animals run side by side in wide wheel,
similar to that seen in a squirrel cage, the
lady sitting behind and steering by the
rear wheels. A patent was granted for
this construction in 1870. The weight Of the
apparatus may be estimated at 300 pounds
and how these two little dogs could ever
propel it along a road is beyond compre-
hension.
Evening star., 1896-01-11
Cnpitnl Bicycle Club,

Last evening Mr.. H. K. Willard, one of
the members Of the Capital Bi. Club, gave
a stereopticon lecture at the club house on
18th street to the members and their friends.
The subject was trip to the Bermudas,
Mr.. Willard and several of his friends TAX
ing in the trip last year. The lecture prov
ed to be very interesting and was made
more so by the number of pretty views
thrown upon the screen
The playing in the pool and billiard
Journeys is waxing warm and getting more
exciting as the close draws nigh.
Mr. A. S. Mattingly of the club and Mr..
George Aucum took ride to Marlboro on
their wheels Monday, but on account of
the weather the trip was anything but
pleasant.