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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-02
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

A Non CLUSTERING MUSTARD PLAs-
fER--In making a mustard plaster
take piece of lard and stir the dry
mustard into the lard until it is a
thick paste and will just spread
Spread OH piece of lawn and apply to
the affected part. This will not blister.
BooT BLAcKING--The best black
ing for boots is orange juice. Take a
slice or quarter of an orange and rub
it on the shoe or boot; then, when
dry, brush with soft brush till the
shoe shine like looking glass.
For ACID DIscoLoRATIoNs--I the
juice of lemon or any acid fruit
has taken the color from gown or
apron, it may be restored by touching
the spot with household ammonia. If
soda or the like has caused the same
trouble, touch with vinegar.
To FREE THE HOUSE OF ANTs--To
free house from ants, sprinkle fine
white sugar on large sponge. When
full of ants drop into boiling water.
To drive away ants, scrub the shelves
or drawers that they frequent with
strong carbolic soap, after which
sprinkle red pepper in every crevice.
GETTING RID OF REACHES.
Sprinkle powdered borax plentifully
down into their hiding places wher-
ever they may be, and in a week, or
before very long, they will disappear.
Oil of cedar will kill reaches. Put
the oil into an atomizer and spray all
the cracks and crevices in the wall
and places where they inhabit. This is
q sure way to kill them.
TURPENTINE IN THE HOUSEHOLD
Turpentine is the best friend house
keepers have and supply shonld be
always kept on hand. 1t is good for
burns, excellent for corns, good for
rheumatism and sore throat, and
quick remedy for fits and commissions.
II is sure preventive against moths,
few drops rendering garments safe
from such invasion during the sum-
mer. 1t drives away ants and bugs
from cupboards and corners by put
ting few drops on the shelves. 1t
sffectually destroys bugs, and Injuries
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-02
He Drew the Prize.

81 encountered the strangest man /
ever saw while L was doing some gov
eminent work in Missouri" said the
railroad contractor. "He was smart
enough-so jolly that every one liked
him, and apparently in the best of
health. But he made few bad deals
had to mortgage some of his prop
erty, and seemed to throw up his
hands. He vowed that he had ceased
to be his own man, and would drift
along till he found out what the world
wanted to do with him.
'He never tried to dispose of any
of his possessions by auction or pri-
vate sale, but nearly every day held q
rattle at which the chief attractions
were his jokes and odd sayings. All
this time he was not trying to earn a
dollar. and in year or so it was
thought that he had gone to the end
of his string.
"When he disposed of the family
clock, and there seemed to be nothing
left, he coolly announced the next
day he would rattle himself. He
didn't know whether the boys would
care to buy chances, but he meant
business and would work faithfully
for the man who drew him. Tickets
sold for good figures, but there were
two left, and he laughingly said that
he would take couple of shots at
himself. When the drawing came off
he held the lucky number.
"Well, sir, the fellow turned loose
and went to making money hand over
hand. He became one of the greatest
rustlers in the West, paid off the
mortgages, bought everything there
was money in and is as rich now as a
river bottom farm. When he drew
himself at the rattle he made up his
mind that he was his own man again,
and besides he had agreed to do his
best for the winner. 1t was strange
case.-Detroit Free Press.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-02
IN BED THlRTY.NINE YEARS.
A Healthy Woman's Strange Resolution.
Made in 1853.

"This bed is the most comfortable
place in the world" remarked an
Englishwoman in 1858. "I shall stay
here the rest of my natural life."
The woman who made this remark
able statement was spinster and
she lived at Teignmouth, in Devon
shire, England. She kept her word,
and for nearly forty years she stayed
in bed. She was thirty eight years old
when she made the assertion.
She had retired to bed the night be-
fore in the best of health and there
was no seeming reason why she should
not have arisen the next morning.
But she concluded that she would re-
main where she was, and her relatives
concluded that it would be best to
humor her within. So she stayed in
bed and her meals were taken to her.
The bed she occupied was in room
upstairs, and for two years she stayed
there. Then she was removed to q
room on lower floor, where she
could watch the front door and the
yard. She had series of mirrors ar
TduRtu 80 tlub Sut cOulu See tue GIL
trance to the house and the entire
yard, and she was thus able to know
what was going on. Her hearing be-
came abnormally acute, and she could
hear noises that were inaudible to
other residents of the house.
Her mother and father died and she
still remained in bed. She became
owner of the small estate, and she
managed it with skill and judgment,
but she adhered to her determination
of remaining in bed. She died last
week at the age of seventy
The doctors who held the autopsy said
that her lungs and heart were sound,
and that had she lived the usual life
she would have been good for ten or
fifteen years longer. She ate usual
meals all of the forty years, took no
and there was no apparent
change in her constitution until few
months before her death. New YORK.
World.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-02

Sing . song of harvest sing 1t, ring
it.sweet;
Set it TO the music Of the ripple Of the
wheat!
Sweetheart, sweetheart,
Reaping as we go,
A kiss amid the music
And the wheat would never know!
Sing . song of harvest-sing 1t, ring
il true!
Symphonies of sunlight and mysteries
of dew;
Sweetheart, sweetheart,
Summer signs to go.
A kiss amid the music
And the wheat would never know!
Sing song of harvest-of many a
golden 1.-THE;
Set it to the tinkle and the twinkle of
the scythe;
Sweetheart, sweetheart,
Loves reaper, too;
Love is in the music
And the thrilling heart of you.
Sing song of harvest like the ripple
of q stream,
Till the shadows kiss the meadows and
the stars above us dream;
Sweetheart, sweetheart,
Summer signs to go;
A kiss amid the music
And the wheat would never know.
IF. l.. STANTON, in Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-02
Reading as a Mental Stimulus.

An eminent French critic said in a
lecture recently in New York that
''to distrust what we like is the first
requisite of progress in art and in
life" He did not meal that books
that are disagreeable are the only
books worth reading. But he did
mean that book which opens up a
new field of knowledge, new outlook
upon literature or life, is not at first
likely to give the pleasure that comes
from one which simply reflects the
old familiar ideas OF which wo sag
complacently, ''How good and true
that is, for I've felt it or said il my
self" A book that pats You on the
head or heart all the time is apt to be
little more than reflection of your
own narrow experience, and you will
not learn anything from it. A book
that makes one feel ignorant is as
Notifying to ones pride as q superior
person. 'Droch" in LaIiea' HON,
Journal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-02

Neither furniture nor clothing. For
cleaning paint add . spoonful TO pail
of warm water. A little in the suds
on washday makes washing easier.
AKITcHEN CONVENIENCE. "A small,
fiat paint brush, about one inch in
width, is a kitchen convenience that
no housewife should be without. For
the greasing of all pans it is both
neater and more effectusl than the
usual bit of paper. Also, II all meats
were brushed over with sweet oil and
vinegar before sending to the refriger-
ator they would retain their juices and
flavor far more perfectly than is com.
monty the case.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-02
Snake coiIed About His Neck.

When Officer Wright was returning
on his wheel from trip to vineland,
N. j., he saw hugh blacksnake lying
across the road above here. He ran
over it, but as the front wheel struck
the reptile it curled mp and got its
head in the spokes. The tail of the
snake struck the rear spokes, and il
was hurled around the officers neck
Mr.. Wright lost his courage and
fell from the wheel, and while the
wheel, man, and snake were thrown in
q heap, the latter escaped. The Off
Ger declares 1t was ten feet long. Tren
ton a.. J.) American.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-02
A Steam Horse Invented.

After three years of constant me-
chanical experiment, Joseph Barsa-
leaux, blacksmith of Sandy Hill, N.
Y, has, according to a correspondent
of the Chicago Tribune, invented q
steam horse that promises to revolu-
tionize cheap locomotion. The horse
does not move on legs, but on a single
wheel about two feet in diameter.
This wheel is attached to the shafts,
just as is live horse. Over the
mechanism, constructed on an oblong
support covering the top of the wheel,
is the frame of horse. The reins at
tached to the mouth of the steam
horse when pulled will cause the
dummy animal to turn in whatever
direction the driver may desire.
Mr.. Barsaleaux has attached his in
vention to q two-wheeled road cart,
with the thills attached to the sides of
the steam horse, and has operated It
with complete success. The single
front wheel is twenty-seven inches in
diameter. 1t has tire four inches
wide. On this wheel is mounted an
American motor, operated by gaso-
line engine. There are three endless.
chains in the makeup of the inven-
ton.
At present the engine weighs 800
pounds. Eventually the weight will
be reduced to about $50 pounds. The
dummy horse that will cover the ma
chinery on the front wheel will re-
semble tho horses displayed in car
riage factory warerooms. When il is
completed the steam horse will spin
along the thoroughfsres as formid-
able rival to trolley lines. He believes
II will be able to pull several times its
own weight.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-02

ki6hd, ana oizsrsd to be sister 70
him. Al which he had uttered bad
word. but had Immediately apologized
with the utmost abasement. Eventu-
ally. like another person, he wentawsy
in rage. When he had cooled down
little he decided that he would never
give her up.
Therefore, when he heard of the DE
Cruxa intimacy he felt an unholy
wish to maui and nangle that eminent
man. He could not really believe
that Lady Laelia could actually have
any tender feelings toward "a fellow
whose hair hung half way down his
back, and whose appearance and talk
were enough to make one i'll for a
month" but he did not like the idea
that "such an animals" name should
be coupled with that of his adored
one. Still less did he like the anxi-
ETY. which racked his breast whenever
he thought of this friendship and it's
possibilities.
"This is q most fortunate conci-
dence, said Lady Laelia after she had
responded to De Cruza's large and
ELUSIVE greeting. II can now intro
duce two of my great friends to each
other"
The interview did not proceed fe-
licitously. De Cruza blundered on to
subject on which Hounslow, as a
military man, entertained strong opin-
ions. To do him justice, the poet did
not know Hounslow's profession, but
the knowledge would not have caused
him to change his topic-especially as
Lady Laelia agreed with him.
moral suasion and the dignity of
being in the right are all rot, said
Hounslow, holly. GA nation must be
able to defend itself, just as man
ought to be able to defend himself.
What should you do supposing some
rough came and demanded your
purse?"
81 should call policeman" re-
piled De Cruza, with dignity.
II have no doubt of it., replied
Hounslow, contemptuously. 4" 1t
would perhaps be too inquisitive to in
quire what you would do if the police
man did not turn up"
"And what would you do?" inquired
Lady Laelia, haughtily; ''supposing the
man were bigger than you?"
Lord Hounslow flushed holly, for he
suspected covert hand.
well, seeing that 1 am the cham
pion lightweight of the brigade, ex-
pect that if the other man was game
there would be decent little set-to
for few minutes"
'How horrible!" CALCULATED Lady
Laelia.
''Barbarous" echoed De CruZa.
Hounslow stood up straight, every
inch of his trim little figure bristling
erect with indignation. For the first
time in his life he said goodbye to
Lady Laelia with feeling of strain.
He regarded De Cruza's observations
no more than the snarling of draw
ing room lap dog which relies on the
protection of his mistress's skirts but
that she should take part with it
against him!
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05

May Is called the month of flowers, be-
cause under the increasing heat OF the sun,
vegetation blossoms rapidly and lends its
varied hues to beautify the landscape.
During this month also there are usually
disturbances In the human body. Winter
diet, the foul air Of close rooms, insufficient
exercise, have left the system full OF Inn
purities, which, under the influence Of
warm weather, manifest themselves 10
biliousness. tired feelings, ~sallowness,
sluggish brain. nervousness, Indigestion,
loss OF sleep. These symptoms are only
~forerunners of more serious diseases sure
to follow, unless measures are taken to
purify aud strengthen the vital organs
At this season the cleansing, regulating
and strengthening properties Of PRIoKLy
ASH BTTTERs are particularly appropriate.
It is four medicines in one. A kidney tonic,
liver regulator, stomach stimulant and
howell purifier. A few doses taken when
the annoying bilious symptoms appear will
stren CITIZEN and tone up the system and
enable the bodv to pass through the heat
of summer unaffected by the diseases com
mon to the season. Sold by Murphey-Van
Petten Drug Co.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05
The nrandast Remedy.

Mr.. R. B.. Greeve, merchant, of Chill.
howie, Va, c~ertiies that he had c~onsunip-
tion, was given up to die, sought all medi-
cal treatment that money could procure,
tried all cough remedies that he could hear
of, but got no relief; spent many nights
sitting mp 10 a chair; was Induced to try
DR.. Kings New Discovery, and
was cured by use oftwo bottles. For
past three vars has been attending
to business, and says DIR. Kings
New Discovery is the grandest remedy
ever made, as it has lone so much for him
aud also for others in his community. DIR.
Kings New Discovery is guaranteed for
coughs, colds and consumption. 1t don't
fail. Trial bottles free at MURPHY-VAN
PETTEN drug stores, and BROWNE & MAN
ZANAREs Co..
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05
SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE s, 1897
THE COMMERCIAL CONGRESS

~
The meeting of the Pan-American
commercial congress, which has just
convened at Philadelphia, may prove a
very important one 10 this country.
The object OF the convention is to bring
the United States and the South AMIR
lean republics into closer commercial
sympathy and to promote their mutual
interests. This is a very complex pro-
blem, but not impossible of solution,
and the programme for the congress is
well calculated to, at least solve some
part of it.
The South American countries are
producers of certain articles of general
consumption in the United States and
they are of many products
manufactured in this country. 1t will
be OF mutual advantage to make an
exchange of such productions. Al
dresser the channels of trade take u
South American %neighbors to EuroE Q
more conveniently than here, n
oblige the United States to buy from
them through Europe. The process is
expensive and detrimental to both,
since European traders exact a prof
both ways and an additional charge
for exchange of commercial currency.
One Of the first steps necessary for
a closer intercourse between the Amer
lean nations is to provide banking ia
cilities for making exchanges. 1t will
avail little to endeavor to promote ex-
changes of products if the exchange of
bills must be made through English
channels. This is one of the subjects
to be discussed by the congress and, no
doubt, the result will be an effective
banking system. The other very i'm
portant point is for each country TO be
acquainted with the products of the
others, and the congress may do much
TO promote this knowledge along with
the friendly feeling that comes from
association. An American merchant
marine is also desirable, but it may be
believed that this adjunct will naturally
be found without any special subsidy.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05
Railroad Rates.

General Assembly Cumberland Presby
terrain church at Chicago, ILL.,, May 20tt
June 2nd, '97. Fare and one-third o
certificate plan for round trip.
Annual meeting Supreme lodge A. o. U
W.. Milwaukee, Wis, June 8 to ii '97. Far
and one-third ON certificate plan 10
round trip.
Annual meeting American medical as
sociation, Philadelphia, Pa, June ] to
'97. Fare and one-third on certificat
plan for round trip.
General Assembly OF the United Presby
terrain church Of North America at Rocl
and one third on certificate plan for rount
trip.
Annual Congress Of the international Di
vine Science Association. at st. Louis, Nc
May 11th to 10th. '97. Fare and one-thiro
ON certificate plan for round trip.
Annual meeting OF the American Asso-
citation Nursery men. at st. Louis, Mo-,
June 9th inc 10th, '97. Fare and one-third
on certificate plan for the round trip.
Q~uadrennial General Conference OF the
United Brethren in Christ, at Toledo,
Iowa, May 10th to 25th, '97. Fare and one
third ON certificate plan for the round trip.
@. F. JONES, Agent.
Santa Fe Route-caiifornIa Limited.
Leaves Chicago 800 p. m. Wednesdays
and Saturdays, KANSAS City $3.50 a. m. and
Denver $3.50 p. M, Thursdays and Sun
days, reaching Los Angeles in 70 hours
and San Diego in rs hours from Chicago,
Connecting train for San Francisco via.
Mojave. Returns Mondays and Thursdays.
Equipment Of superb v~estibuled Pullman
palace sleepers, buffet smoking car and
dining car. Most luxurious service via any
Another express train, carrying palace
and tourist sleepers, leaves Chicago and
Kansas City daily for California.
Inquire Of Local Agent, or
A & 8. F. R'y,
W. j. BLACK, G. p. A.,
Topeka, KS.
Meeting Benevolent md Protective Or
der of Elks at Minneapolis, MINI, July 9th,
1897. Open rate OF one regular standard
cents. Tickets on sale July 2nd and Bird,
1897; final return limit to be July 10th,
1897; subject to extension of limit to not
later han July 31st, 1897.
9. F. JONES, Agent.
Young Peoples Society Christian En-
at San Francisco, Calf, july 9TH |
% 18th, 1897 SAL for the round trip. Tickets |
IN sale June 22nd, 23rd and Doth and 30th.
July LIST, End and 3rd. 1897. Going |
rip to begin only on date of sale and to be |
passage. Tickets sball not be |
rood to leave San Francisco earlier than
July 18th, and final return limit shall In
10 case exceed August 18th, 1897.
G. F. JONES, Agent.
Biennial session, supreme court, Forest
sters Of America at Denver, Colo, Aug
lst Gath to 93th, '97; fare and one-third,
certificate plan, from all points on our
Inc.
Annual convention, National Kelley
league at Minneapolis, MINI August
4th to Goth, '97; fare and one-third, on
plan, for round trip.
@. F. JONES, Agent
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05
BuckIen,s Arnica saIxe.

THE BEST SALvE 10 the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores. letter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains, Corns. and all Skin
Eruptions, and positively cures Piles.
or no pay required. 1t IS guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction OF money
refunded. Price 20 cents per box. For
sale by Murphey-Van Petten Drug Co
Las Vegas and East Las Vegas, AND at
wholesale by Browne q ManRanares
Co. East Las Vegas
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05
a SANTA E,e

From the New Mexican.
N. King and Miss L. Schormoyer
were united in marriage. last evening,
at $3.50 o'clock, at the residence Of the
BRIDES mother, Rev. Townsend off.
eating. The wedding was q very
quiet affair. Aside fro m the relatives
Of the bride, only two friends OF the
contracting parties with esssd the cere-
monies-Miss Nellie Smith and Mr..
Edwin s. Andrews. Both bride and
groom are we'll known in Santa Fe,
and their many friends and acquaint-
auces wish them much happiness. Mr..
King fills q responsible pcsissea la the
eurveyor-general's Office and is pro-
minently identified with the local
militia. and the bride is one Of the
fairest Of New Mexico's daughters.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05

1t may be worth something to know that
the very best medicine for restoring the
tired -out nervous system to a healthy vigo
is Electric Bitters. This medicine is pure
ly vegetable, acts by giving tone to the
nerve centres in the stomach, gently slim
ulates the Liver and Kidneys, and aids
these organs in throwing Off impurities In
the blood. Electric Bitters improves the
appetite, aids digestion, and is pronounced
blood purifier and nerve tonic. Try 1t.
Sold for so cents or ST. 90 per bottle at MUIR
phey-van Petten Drug Co. and Browne &
Manzanares Co.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05
This Is Your Opportunity.

On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps,
Q generous sample will be mailed of the
most popular Catarrh and Hay Fever Cure
(Ely's Cream Balm) sufficient to demon
strate the great merits of the remedy.
ELY BROTHERS,
Sc Warren St., New York City.
Rev. John Reid, Jr., of Great Falls, Mont,
recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. |
can emphasize his statement, at is o posi-
tive cure for catarrh if used as directed -
Rev. Francis W Poole, Pastor Central Pres
Church, Helena, Mont.
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
cure for catarrh and contains no mercury
nor any injurious drug. Price. so cents
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05

The readers Of this paper will be pleased
30 learn that here is at least one dreaded
9issaae that science has been able o cure
la all its stAgeQ, and that is Catarrh.
HALLS Catarrh Cure ID thp only positive
cure known to the medical fraternity,
Catarrb being d constitutional disease, re-
quires a constitutional treatment. Halls
Catsrrh Cure Is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system, thereby destroying the
foundation OF the disease. and giving the
potent strength by building up the con-
stitution and assisting nature In doing it's
work. Tho proprietors have so much faith
in its curative powers, that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case tbRt it fails
to cure. Send for list Of testimonials,
Address, f. .CHENEY & Co., Toledo,
Ohio, @'
@Sol4 BY Druggists, Ysc,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05
BnckIen,s Arnica saIxe.

THE BEST SALvE in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and pc l..
lively cures piles, or no pay required. II is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price % cents per box.
For sale by Murphey-Van Petten .Drup
Co., and Browne & Manzanares.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05

There are some people who never wear
dark glasses and yet they never see any
thing bright it's che people who are dys-
peptic and soured. Everything is out Of
Joint with such people. II suffered many
years with Dyspepsia and Liver Troubles
but have been relieved since taking Sip.-
mons Liver Regulator. know others
who rave been greatly benefited by its
u~se."-James Rowland, CaRrolton, No.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-05

There are some people who never wear
dark glasses and yet they never see any
thing bright; it's the people who are dys-
peptic and soured. Everything is out of
Joint with such people. 81 suffered many
years with Dyspepsia and Liver Troubles
but nave been relieved since taking Sim.
mons Liver Regulator. know others
who have been greatly benefited by its
se.n-James Rowland, Carrollton. Mou.