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Arizona republican., 1897-10-23
A KIONDYKER.
The Second Woman to Cross the Chil-
 koot Pass Gets a Divorcs

Kansas City, Oct. 22-The second woman to cross the Chilkoot pass and enter the Klondyke was given a di- vorce from her husband, Joseph D Atkinson, a local dentist, by Judge Slower, today.
 She is Avora M. Atkinson, formerly a Wyandotte belle, who eloped with Atkinson in 1889, when she was 15 years old
 The gold fever struck the young couple few years ago and they wen. to Alaska. It was here that Mrs, Atkinson's troubles commenced. Her husband mistreated her in many ways compelling her ito sleep on the cold cold ground for many nights in sue cession. Without obtaining any gold the two finally managed to get bacl. to civilization, and Mrs. Atkinson brought suit for divorce. Atkinson did not appear at the trial.
Arizona republican., 1897-10-23
BROTHERS SNAPPED TRUNKS.
And the Priest Has Gone to Africa
 With the Confectioner's Outfit.

New York, Oct 22-Joseph Sim enc, an Italian confectioner who ar rived on the steamship Hesperia and landed yesterday at the barge office, was surprised when he looked into . the trunk he brought with him. The customs inspectors wondered what a confectionsr wanted with a trunkful of things that belonged to a priest. Joseph explained. He said he and his brother Andre, who is a Catholic missionary, bound for Africa, had left Italy on the same day. They had trunks just alike, and they got mixed The priest will doubtless be more startled than Joseph when he opens his trunk and finds it filled with the utensils of a confectioner. Joseph will send the priests trunk to him, and the priest will doubtless forward the confectioner's trunk as quickly as he can after having found out what is in it.
Arizona republican., 1897-10-23
JEFFERSON AS A PREACHER.
The Actor Tells Rips" Story to Con
 victs for Its Moral Effect

Boston, Mass, Oct 22.-Joseph lief ferson, the veteran actor, preached a novel sermon to the 750 convicts at the state prison yesterday morning. His vigor made it hard to believe that he lacked less than a year of being an octogenarian. He told the story of Irving's Rip Van Winkle," which he has inmortalized, and acted some of the passages, but left them to con- strue the moral for themselves. The convicts listened in silence and were apparently much impressed when they left the chapel.
Arizona republican., 1897-10-23
BETTINA GERARD A PARALYTIC.
Noted Society Woman and Actress
 Helpless ip Bellevue Hospital

New York, Ocs. 22.-Bettina Gerard, the actress, and former society belle, is nov a patient at Bellevue hospital entered on the hospital books as
 Betty Schuyler, 2S years old" She was taken to Bellevue on September p last, broken down in health so that she was scarcely more than wreck of her former self.
 The physician who has charge of Miss Gerard's case refused to talk about her yesterday, but it was learned that the young woman is par tially paralyzad and may never re- cover entirely the use of her limbs. But in spite of her illness and suffer- ing she is said to be remarkably cheer ful at times.
 Miss Gerard began her re gn as a favorite in the most exclusive society in Washington. She is a daughter of 1 General Albert Ordway, member Of one of the proudest families of the national capital. Some years ago shs married Arthur Padelford, who lav- ished wealth on her for time, but soon obtained divorce. Then she became Bettina Gerard, actress. He experiences during the past few years have been varied and interesting Among her husbands were John J Raffel tenor of the Conreid Opera company; John Harrison Wolfe, lead ing man in "Old Kentucky" and Williams of the Nat Goodwin com pany.
Arizona republican., 1897-10-23
sUMMARELY AVENGED
The Slayer of a Constable Lynched by
 an Arkansas Mob.

Dermott, Ark, Oct 22.-Last We'd nesday a white man named Cole was arrested at Wilmo5 by Constable James Jones for some trifling offense. and after he had given a bond before a justice of the peace he slipped up behind Jones and discharged the con- tents of both barrels of a shotgun into the others back, death being in- stantaneous.
 Cole escaped in the excitement, but a posse with bloodhounds was soon in pursuit. Yesterday he was found hiding in the woods near the scene of his crime and was hanged to a tree.
 Cole Vas a habitual loafer. but Jones was one of the most popular men in the community.
Arizona republican., 1897-10-23

Kansas City, Oct '22-The body of a little girl about 3 years old was found in a sand bank in the Missouri river about 300 yards from the mouth of the Blue river, a mile and a half northeast of Sheffield, yesterday morn ing. Circumstances plainly show that the child had been drowned. The body was weighted down with ston tied with rags and rope to the breast. and the scalp was lacerated The child wore a heavy coat of brown material, a white dress, red under clothes. white drawers and black shoes and stockings. The appea : ance of the body, it's plumpness an1 the good clothes it had on, would in dicate that the child came of good parents and was well kept. It had auburn hair, matted with the blood of the wound on the head and it's feat ures, though marred with sand and the action of the water. must once have been pretty.
Arizona republican., 1897-10-23
CONTEMPLATING IN PRISON
Convicts Found Making Almost Per
 feet Imitation Coins.

Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 22-Wardan B. s. Wright of the Riverside peniten- tiary has found that a number of tba convfcts have been making counterfeit 5O-cent pieces and has unear.hed the metal from which they were made. and the moulds in which they were cast and has secured the names of several convicts who were connected with the matter, but has been unable to find the man who originated and carried out the scheme. The counter fe1ts are fine specimens. The die from which they were made is almost perfect and the milling is nearly per- feet. The counterfeiters had secured a connection with outsiders and some of the bad money is now in circula- ton.
Arizona republican., 1897-10-23
HAD SHE BEEN MURDERED.

A b Little Girls Body Found in th'
 Blue River
Arizona republican., 1897-10-23

The popular rendezvous Is at Wake lin's pharmacy, the coolest room in town.
Arizona republican., 1897-10-23

To Cure Constipation Forever. Take Ctscarets Candy Cathartic 10c or 25c. If c. .. C. fail to cure. druggists refund money
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-23
Durability of Cedar.

In an excavation recently made In
one of the Middle States, some cedar
trees were unearthed which were in a
most remarkable state of preserva-
ton. Their location was so peculiar
that eminent biologists were called up
on to decide how long it was probable
that they had remained there. The
results of the investigation were the
decision that they had been there since
or some time during the Glacial period.
A quarter of century ago, in digging
a canal, the laborers came upon some
cedar logs buried nearly sixty feet be-
low the surface of the earth. They
were so perfectly preserved as to at
tract the attention and excite the Won
der of even the most ordinary work.
men. They could cot imagine who
could have placed them so far below
the surface. They finally decided that
a pit or trench must have been dug by
the Indians, who had put these tree
bodies in for purposes OF their own, al
though there was nothing else to indi-
cate that the ground had ever been dis
turbed. The finding Of these trees and
the decision of eminent authorities rem
der it altogether likely that the same
thing had occurred In both instances,
that the trees were buried during the
Glacial period, and had remained there
until they were found. 1t is well-un-
derstood fact that when cut at the
proper season cedar posts will outlast
any other sort of wood that can be en-
ployed.-New York Ledger.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-23
A COUNTRY WITHOUT PETS.

How much the boys and girls of
Japan must miss-they have no pets,
not tabby cat, nor dog, nor pink
eyed rabbit, nor lambkin. In fact,
Japan is almost wholly without tame
animals. The inhabitants of Japan
neither eat beef nor drink milk, and
consequently the COW is of no use in
their domestic economy. The Japan
ese do not ride horseback; their two
wheeled vehicles are drawn and their
palanquins are carried by porters.
Besides, they have neither mules nor
other beasts of burden. There are
numerous dogs in the country, but
they all run wild. AS to sheep, goats,
and pigs, the Japanese do not raise
them. The place of the wool that
sheep could furnish is taken with
them by silk, which is very cheap, so
they do not wear wooden garments.
In Japanese establishment fowls are
seen rarely, ducks and pigeons still
more seldom; they are raised only to
satisfy the demands of foreigners.
Some persons in the suburbs of Yeddo
raise cattle, but they are intended to
draw the funeral car when some mem
Der of the mikado's family dies.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-23

preaching on his favorite theme, d.
vorce. He was denouncing the iniq-
ity of the calculating scoundrel who
deliberately planned the wicked and
trumpet up charge that branded an
innocent wife with shame, merely for
the sake Of setting himself free In the
eyes of the law from his matrimonial
obligations. In the sight of God he
said these double-eyed scoundrels are
infinitely worse than murderers'
81 see their hideous presence here!'
he cried, In piercing tones. There and
there the hell-born demons are fight
ing. The home of the damned yawns
frightfully close. Repent, repent,
brother, for the time is close at hand!'
Just then a loud cry was heard from
the rear of the church and voice rang
out 4 do! dol The cry came from q
well-known member of the church. He
rose and sought to rush to the repent
ant bench, but fell in the aisle. When
he was picked up he was dead. The
physicians said that death was caused
by sudden and intense excitement.
"At another time the preacher was
the means of preventing the carrying
out of a plan to murder. One of the
conspirators, son of the intended VIC
tim, heard him preach. The sermon
made such a powerful impression on
the young mans mind that he revealed
the plot to Kaufman the next day"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-23
AMIN MS WITH TRADES.

Whole tribes of birds are musicians
The beaver is an architect, builder
and woodcutter; he cuts down trees
and erects houses and dams. The
marmot is a civil engineer; he not
only builds houses, but constructs
aqueducts and drains to keep them
dry.
The white ants maintain a regular
army of soldiers.
Wasps are paper manufacturers.
Caterpillars are silk spinners. The
squirrel is ferryman; with chip or
piece of bark for boat and his tail
for q sail, he crosses the stream.
Dogs, wolves, jackals and many
others are hunters.
The black bear and the heron are
fishermen.
The ants are regular day laborers.
The monkey is rope dancer.
Bees are geometricians. The cells
are so constructed as with the least
quantity of material to have the largest
spaces and least possible loss of in
terstice. The mole is meteorologist
The torpedo, the ray and the electric
eel are electricians, says the Philadel-
phia Inquirer. The nautilus is a
navigator; he raises and lowers his
sails and casts and weighs anchor and
performs other nautical acts.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-23
THE TRAMP BOULDER.
Remarkable Evidence of Glacial Influence
In New Jersey.

Remarkable Evidence of Glacial Influence
In New Jersey.
Countless thousands of years ago
vast stretches of glacial deposits came
sliding across the State of New Jer-
sey, mounted the Palisades, pushed
their way across the Hudson River,
secured over Manhattan Island and
slid out into the Atlantic Ocean,
whittier they disintegrated and sank
into the deep or perhaps glided on TO
the other ocean shore.
But in their onward march these
glaciers left indestructible evidence OF
their grinding stride and to-day, all
along the Palisades the trap rocks and
boulders are worn smooth where the
mountains of ice and sand passed over
them. In some rocks are deep
scratches, all pointing eastward, and
showing which way the glacial deposits
drifted. There is the evidence, mute
but indisputable.
To the careful observer there are
numberless other evidences Of the
presence of glacial influences in the
past, but none are more convincing
than the tramp boulder that has finally
settled down in the woods in the heart
of Englewood borough. There 1t sits,
a towering mass of rock weighing per-
haps two hundred tons, and resting
upon three points which in themselves
! find a purchase on a fiat rock that is
part of and common TO the character
of rock which composes the Palisades.
/ Il,,& -. .nI, nd IN hn Wy
derment of biologists, the tramp
boulder is red sandstone from the Jer-
sey hills twenty-five miles inland, and
the pedestal is metamorphite or soft
granite.
| Around this marvellous monument
have grown trees that may, perhaps,
be a century old, and they have COM
pletely hedged it in; while the rock
itself has stood where it stands to-day
for thousands of years. On the pedes-
tai, or that part Of 1t which Is pro-
tected from the action of the elements,
can be seen the deep ridges and scars
made across the fiat surface by the
great grinding pressure of the body Of
Ice and sand that passed over 1t count
less years ago when New York was ice
and snow clad, and the world was a
desolate waste in state of chaos.
This tramp boulder has caused
biologists much wonderment, and is
regarded to-day as one of the finest
specimens ever left in the wake of q
glacier. 1t is equally astounding as
though an explorer should find the hull
of steamboat in the Sahara desert.
The only way it could get there would
be through some great CONFUSION that
had landed it from the sea to the
heart of the inland sands.-New York
Journal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-23
A Great Industry.

Few persons have any idea how
great the bicycle industry in this coun-
try has become.
Not only has the manufacture OF
bicycles for the home market reached
immense proportions, but our export
trade in bicycles is very big thing.
During the nine months ended Sep
TENDER 30, 1897, the exports of passen-
ger cars, carriages and bicycles from
the United States amounted in value to
$S,3T4 ,223, against $4, S2S,026 during
the corresponding time in 1896. or
these exports bicycles and parts Of BIZ
cycles alone amounted to the value of
s., 100000, or more than double the
value Of the expectations during the
corresponding period last year. These
exports are not included in the steel
schedule, to which they might well be
long. If SO included they would mark
more distinctly the wide margin be-
tween exports and imports of iron and
steel products. The imports of these
products have already dwindled to q
comparatively Insignificant figure.
The best bicycles are now made In
this country, and 1t is probable that
our enterprising manufacturers will In
wade the foreign market still further
At present our expectation Of bicycles
is almost entirely to Great Britain
Germany, France, Canada and Aus.
tralia, but there are many other coun'
tries where bicycles are largely used
which offer a tempting field to oul
bicycle makers and they will probably
build up big trade in those countrie!
in the early future.-Atlanta Journal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-23
A Woman.
a Woman.
First and foremost, woman is mans

First and foremost, woman is mans
best friend
Because she is his mother.
Second, because she is his wife.
Because without her, he would be
rude, rough and ungodly.
Because she can with him endure
pain quietly and meet joy gladly. %
Because she is patient with him in
illness, endures his fretfulness and
mothers" him.
Because she teaches him the value
of gentle words, of kindly thought and
of consideration.
Because on her breast he can shed
tears of repentance, and he is never re-
minded of them afterward.
Because she will stick to a man
through good and evil report, and al
ways believe in him II she loves him.
Because when he is behaving like
fretful boy-and they all do, you know.
at times-with no reason in the world
for 1t, woman's soft word, touch or
glance will make him ashamed of him
self, as he ought to be.-Farm, Field
and Fireside.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-23
A HYPNOTlZtD DOG.
Remark able Freak of Fox Terrier In
Chicago.

Remarkable Freak OF FOX terrier IN
Chicago.
In Chicago there is a very wonderful
little fox terrier, Esau by name, who
shows great intelligence in response to
hypnotic suggestion. DR.. Herbert A.
Parkyn, his owner, has put the dog
under hypnotic influence so many
times and with such success that it
almost seems as if Esau had a trained
mind and human consciousness.
While he performs readily all the
tricks of the best trained dogs, Esau
has thirty-four tricks of suggestion
which no other dog has learned. He
receives instructions through writ
ten paper folded and laid on his nose.
The suggestion, for instance, is that
he shall at once scamper upstairs to
bed. AS soon as his nose receives the
intelligence he rushes out of the room
and upstairs like q wild thing, and
scrambles into bed, where he remains
until his master suggests to him 10
return.
him gently while he says to him IN
a hypnotic voice. you are not suffer-
ing! You are better, you are we'll
now" and the dog has lost all traces
of indisposition and is as well as ever.
How many people are in the
room?" is one of the questions pro-
pounded to him, and Esau immediate
ly banks wrong number.
Count them yourself" his master
says, and the number of barks which
he gives always corresponds with the
number of people present.
"Yawn, Esau," and the dog yawns
until the tears stand in his eyes and
everybody in the room wants to yawn.
too.
where are your bones, Esau?" the
doctor asks. and the dog suggests the
ceiling, to indicate his playground on
the roof.
Ibid you ever let your bones fall
off the roof" is the next question pro-
pounded, and Esau sits up and walls
yes"
Esau says his prayers, standing "a
his hind legs, with his fore paws on a
chair. "You cannot move" says the
doctor, and Esau is as immovable as n
statue. He kisses his masters fingers
one by one, with the touch of human
being. He turns handsprings, somer-
saults and stands on his head. He has
enjoyed the enviable distinction of
posing for painter.
DR.. Parkyn has learned enough from
his study of the dog to believe that the
same course of hypnotic treatment on
human beings will result in their
higher development. He proposes to
take twenty boys from the streets
and treat them by his method of sug-
gestion until they are twenty-one
years of age. They must not be
vicious boys, and they must be musi-
cal. He will give them musical edu-
cation, and when they reach the age
limit furnish each with the musical
instrument he desires, and send them
out to make their way in the world.
He believes that psycho-theraputics,
the influence of mind upon mind, or
mind upon matter, as in the case Of
the animal, will make the boys ex'
cellent musicians.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-23

Tommy said Mr.. Scatterly. In the
privacy of the deserted smoking-room.
"its all on! The old woman wouldn't
take to me at any price. She said IL
Lizzie married me she wouldn't leave
her a sixpence. And all because I'm
like a young man she knew who mar
ried girl for her money, and then left
her! She says she's sure l should do
the same to Lizzy."
Mr.. Simpsons nervousness had In
creased to an alarming degree. He was
pale, and the beads of moisture stood
on his brow.
Tim very sorry. Bob" he muir
INJURED.
"But I shall make 1t up with Sally
again now" Mr.. Scatterly remarked.
The little man sprang to his feet.
whats the matter with your" his
companion demanded testify.
He might well ask; Mr.. Simpsons
manner was extremely strange.
1--WE something to tell you. Bob" he
stammered, edging toward the door.
"Well, out with it," Mr.. Scatterly re-
torted. impatiently.
"It's-it's about Miss Lowe-about
Sally" Mr.. Simpson went on. his hand
grasping the door.
What about herr"
What? Why shes-she's my Sally
now"
your"
Eyes. While you were away we
made it up, an we were married this
morning at the registry office. She's
waiting at the station for me now.
We're off on our honeymoon"
Then Mr.. Scatterly was alone.-Johp
w. Maynall in Answers.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-23
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
THE FIRST POCKET.

THE FIRST POCKET.
What is this tremendous noises
What can be the matter ?
Willie's coming mp the stairs,
With unusual clatter;
Now he bursts into the room.
Noisy as a rocket;
Auntie, am five years old
sand I've got pocket r.
Eyes as round and bright as stars;
Cheeks like apples glowing;
Heart that this new treasure fills
Quite to overlooking.
"Jack may have his squeaking boots
Kate may have her locket;
I've got something better yet
have got a pocket.
All too fresh the JOY to make
Emptiness sorrow;
Little hand is plump enough
To fill it'll tomorrow.
And, e'er many days were Ger,
Strangest things did stock it;
Nothing ever came amiss
To this wondrous pocket.
Leather, marbles, bits OF string,
Liquorice- sticks and candy,
Stones, ball, his pennies, too
1t was always handy.
And, when Willie's snug in bed,
Should you chance to knock it,
Sundry treasures rattle out
From this crowded pocket.
Sometimes Johnny's borrowed knife
Found place within it;
He forgot that he had said:
II want it just minute.
Once the closet key was lost;
No one could unlock it;
Where do you suppose it was 7?
Down in Willie's pocket!
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-23
THE SNAKES TAIL.

The japanese children play some
good games that might help American
youngsters through wintry after
noon The girls, big girls, too, have
q very pretty ball game that they call
"Yemari, which means handball, but
it is not at all the same thing as the
handball we know. A number of
them stand in circle, one of them
takes the ball-they use one about
two inches in diameter-and throws
it perpendicularly on the ground. AS
it rebounds she strikes it back with
her open hand. This she does as
often as she can do so without NOV
ing from her place in the circle, but
when it rebounds nearer to some other
girl-as it will be sure to do soon--it
is the part of that girl to strike it
down. So the game goes on till some
girl fails to hit when she should, or
to make it rebound, and then she is
cast out of the circle. The game goes
on till only one girl is left, and then
she has the honors of the game,
''kachi," or victory, as the girls call
it.
There is another merry game called
Catching the snakes tail. F" One player
is selected to be the catcher, and the
rest range themselves in row, one
behind the other, each child putting
his or her hands on the shoulders of
the child in front of him.
The catcher stands in front of the
row some feet away and when the row
is ready the game commences and it
consists of the catcher's efforts to
catch the last child in the row, while
the row defends its tail, the snakes
tail. This is usually the smallest
child playing, for the row is graduated
by size, the catcher must not push
any more in the row, and the chain
of the row must not be foul" when
the ''tail" is caught that child be-
comes catcher, and the catcher be-
comes the tail,
A variation on this game is for the
catcher to cry out that he will catch
child. (which child do you want p
asks the head of the row, and then
the catcher says third, or fifth, OF
whatever he will, and then the row
tries to defend that child under the
same conditions as before.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-23
Dogs Horseback Rida.

William Hallock, of Huntington,
N. j., is recovering from injuries re-
ceived in runaway accident. He was
accompanied by little poodle, aud
the dog jumped on the back OF the
horse. This frightened the animal and
caused him to run away. In turning a
corner sharply the wagon was upset,
and Hallock was thrown out. He was
badly bruised, but not dangerously
hurt.--New York ines.