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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09
He Makes a Good Thing.

The American people must be proud of
the record the defeated candidate of the
Popocratic party of last year is achieving
in making of himself drawing card for
county fairs through the country. Mr..
Bryan "lectured" at the Wichita, Kan,
County fair, under an agreement to re-
ceive one-half of the gate receipts. I his
was paid him. amounting to $1,000. but
it was then discovered that he had been
swindled by the management, which had
made extra charge for grandstand tickets
and for selling beer, the proceeds of which
were not divided with Mr.. Bryan.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09
Onr Pitinhie Condition.

1t is pity that this country should be
so completely at the mercy of the gold
power of England. Gold has been pour
ed into the United States, at San Fran
cisco, New York and all the great ports,
until our gold circulation is fifty million
more than it was n year ago, while the
total increase in circulation is nearly a
hundred million. There really seems to
be no way to stop these schemers in the
old countries from flooding us with their
gold and sweeping away the underpin-
ming of the Chicago and other free coin
nge uniforms
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09

1t Is poor taste and bad politics for the
Democrats and the Democratic newspa-
pers to point ut the deficit Of something
over three million dollars for the second
month Of the Dingley law. when the sec
ond month Of the Wilson law, as every
body knows, ran up deficit of thirteen
and half million. or about four times as
much. Notwithstanding the fact that the
conditions ut the time OF the enactment
Of that low tariff measure were most fav-
orable to 1t. while the reverse is the case
with the Dingley law. According to the
treasury officials, the Dingley law will
be making expenses before very long.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09
Work of Business Men.

The campaign of 1896 was remarkable
for the interest shown and the active
work done by the business men of the
country. The blow aimed at business by
the free silverites was recognized as a
heavy and dangerous one, and the best
elements of the business world lined up
in opposition. 1t is now observed that in
States where the money question is an
issue the business men are again coming
to the front and reviving and keeping up
their organizations of last year.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09

Do the Democratic brethren really feel
jubilant? They profess to. Bryan has
issued his manifestoes calling attention
to gains and the increasing sentiment in
favor of silver as shown by the election,
but they are intended for people who
don't know anything. With Mark Han
na as good as elected a Senator, with Cor
man defeated in his stronghold and
throughout his State, with Republican
gains in Kansas, with free silver again
repudiated in New York, Massachusetts,.
Iowa, Ohio and Pennsylvania, what real
cause for comfort and satisfaction the
Democrats can find is hard to discover.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09
A Change in Sentiment.

Congressman Hopkins OF Illinois, in a
recent talk about Cuba, expressed the
opinion that unless we are absolutely
compelled to interfere from motives of
humanity, it will be better for us to main
tain an absolute neutrality" The fact
that Mr.. Hopkins expressions on this
subject are being generally commended
by the newspapers not only Of his own
State, but elsewhere, shows a marked
change in public sentiment, which n few
months ago would have rejected and re-
scented so conservative n view of the duty
of the United States in the Cuban mat
ter as thus expressed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09
The Jack Rabbit.

Kansas dealers In hides have at
length awakened to the fact that jack
rabbit hides, known in commerce as
American hare pelts, are in great de-
mand In the Eastern market, and no
tees similar to the following are ap-
pearing in many papers throughout the
State:
1--WE will buy nicely handled cased
jack rabbit skins ats cents each; open
ed or damaged, half price; culls and
pieces 8 cents pound; cottontails at
515 cents a pound. Must be perfectly
dry and free of meat"
The skins Of the jack rabbits are
used for making hats. The best quail
ity of hats, says the New York Times,
are made from fur, and the fur has
heretofore been obtained from Aus
tralia, where the rabbits are success.
fully disputing the possession Of the
country with the human inhabitants.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09

The railroad employees OF the country
are not regretting their labors and votes
of last year in favor of Mckinley, sound
money and, protection. The gross earn
ings of the year just ended for the rail-
roads of the country are $75,0O0,OO0
greater than in the year preceding and the
number of people employed has largely
increased, with higher scale of wages
in many cases. Railroad shops have start
ed up all over the country on full and
overtime, giving employment to thousands
of old hands who had been thrown out OF
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09
Earnings and Prices.

1t must be a disappointment to those
low tariff advocates who were expecting
to disturb the political atmosphere with
groans about increased prices to find that
the net average increase in prices of ar
ticles affected by importation is under
the Dingley law less than one per cent,
while the increased earnings of those en-
ployed in the manufacturing industries
and in agriculture, which depend largely
upon Industrial activity, have been far
preater than that
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09
Found Another Cause.

The silver trust is preparing to attack
the railroads. 1t has just occurred to the
members OF the trust that the cause in
the fall in the price Of silver is due large
ly to the fact of cheapness in transporta-
ton of silver ore. A ton of ore con-
tains five or six dollars worth of silver,
and it is apparent that transportation cuts
an important figure in the price of the
white metal. 1t is therefore evident that
the rapid opening up of railroad lines has
had much to do with the fall of the
money of the Constitution"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09
White SIaxesi

The horrible padrone spstcm flourish
60 IN the Italian section OF Chicago and
innocent childhood is held In a thrnll-
dom far worse than the slavery that
existed In the South before the war.
Recently a newspaper man. with sew
erai police officers. made q tour Of the
Italian quarters and the result Is q
story Of bitter bondage. of fiendish
cruelty and Of most rapacious greed.
The first stop, says the reporter. was
made at a tumble-down two-story
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09
WHY Does He Want a Toga.

Mr.. John II. Mclean of Washington,
d. c., owns the bulk Of the stock in the
Washington Gaslight Company, capital
lied at $4,000, 900, also shares in the Cap
ital Traction Company, a street railway
monopoly, capitalized at So, 0OO,O 900. The
prices of gas in Washington and the fares
which railways may charge the citizens
of Washington, and other such details,
are regulated by Congress, which acts In
the capacity Of board of aldermen" for
the District of Columbia. Nobody has
any idea, therefore, why John X. Mclean
wants to get into the United States Sen
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09
Every Furnace at Work.

The reports from Pittsburg announce
that every blast furnace in Allegheny
County is at work for the first time in
three years, and that more furnaces are
now in operation in that section than ever
before. Yet Mr.. Bryan, whose Ohio trip
carried him into the iron section Of the
Ohio valley insisted that he saw no indi-
cation of increased activity.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09
They Are Deserting the Ship.

1t is an actual fact, rather than a cam
paign story, that the advocates of the
free silver theory are gradually and grace
fully breaking away from their former
convictions in regard to the white metal
and are looking about for other tissues"
Many men who supported free silver in
last years campaign, seeing the way the
drift is going, are dropping the silver the
DRY and coming out squarely in favor OF
absolute fatism. 1t is, however, but
step from free silver and the issuance OF
money worth forty cents on the hundred
to unlimited paper money with nothing
behind it to assure its redemption.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09

pointment of reciprocity commissioner
to relieve the State Department officials
of duties Of that nature is generally COM
mended. A few Democratic editors and
orators as usual attempt to belittle the
matter and decry attempts at reciprocity
as unproductive of good to American
farmers and manufacturers, but such ac-
ton hurts no one so much as themselves.
especially in view of the excellent record
made by the Republicans in this line I'M
der Ben Harrison, and its complete fail
ure in the succeeding Cleveland admins
tration
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09

house on Ewing street, near Des-
PLANES. No lights could be seen from
the outside, but the noisy gable of
voices told Of lively commotion
among the inmates. Here, on the up
per floor, in one squalid room, lives Il
man with fifteen children ranging in
age from 5 to 10 years. None OF these
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09
Increase in the Gold Reserve.

The official figures show that the gold
reserve increased nearly $4,000,000 in the
first half Of October, reaching a total of
more than $150,000,O00. The reserve is
now getting so unwieldy as to cause the
treasury officials considerable annoyance.
This is a novel sensation for the treasury
employees whose experience in that depart
ment dates from the incoming of Cleve-
landism.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09

economy that it effects is obvious. One
engineer can attend ten machines, each
working as fast as three compositors,
and much Of the typewriting work will
probably be done by the authors, and
even without this the saving is enor-
mons
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09

81 see you have had your last winters
sealskin made over"
"Yes. 1t cost me more than a new
one, you know" = Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09
Protection nnd COTTON Mills.

The mills in the now prosperous town
of Spartanburg are taking all the cotton
of the county, paying therefor from one
quarter to three-eighths of cent more
than the exporters can afford to pay. The
farmer thus receives from 81 to $1.50
more per bale because of the presence of
the mills. No wonder everybody in South
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09


Carolina wants more mills. The surplus
money Of the State v put into cotton mills,
and each mill directly or indirectly leads
to another mill; and the State entertains
the hope that every county viii attain to
the economic eminence OF spartanburs
County.--Birmingham (Ala) Herald.
transportation Affects silver's Price
The matter of transportation has cut
an important figure in determining the
supply. and consequently the value, of the
stock of silver in the world. Prior to the
building OF the Pacific railroads the sill
yer producing sections Of the United
States were devoid of transportation Ia
cilities, and, simultaneously with the Gre
alton OF these transportation facilities,
the production of silver began to increase
enormously, and the price began to fall.
The fact that every pound Of silver repre-
sents several hundreds Of pounds OF ore
shows the close relation of transportation
to silver ~ s.su ta
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09
A Crank,s Wife.

When a man is SO mean and cranky
that nobody wants to have anything to
do with him his wife always says he
has a peculiar disposltion.-New York
Press. 1000
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09
transportation Anects silver's Pric
Practical Workings or silver.

Countries which are operating upon a
silver basis have been bordering on panics
during the last year. Silver has decreas-
ed twenty per cent, or one-fifth OF its
value, during that time. Thus, IL a man
loaned $500 he would receive but $500 In
payment; he would receive five hundred
silver dollars in payment for the five hun
dred silver dollars which he loaned, but
they would be worth in the markets, OF
the world but four-6fths of the value
loaned. This is condition which would
exactly suit the people who were last year
clamoring for an opportunity to pay their
debts in deprecated money.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09

Some men would get along much fast
err II they didn't lose so much time tell
ing other people how smart they are.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09

1t is sometimes as difficult to tell
mean man from a good one as II IL to
tell q mushroom from toadstool
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09

Fortune no longer knocks at a mans
door. You must have an electric but
ton II you want to be In the push.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09

The stronger the butter is in the tub
the weaker 1t Is In the market
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09
THEPADRONE SYSTEM
FLouRisHes IN cHlcAoo.s ,rAL-
IAN SECTION.

miserable Children Held In Bitter
bondage and MutiIated So as to Create
the Sympathy Of the Public Ficnd-
tsh Cruelty and Greed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-12-09
rs MARKED


First Four Months OF Each-DinRiey
Measure Meets Expectations of Its
Most sanguine Friends- Now Recov-
E ering from Early Heavy Imports.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-06-03
A BlOodhound's Keen Scent.

A remarkable exhibition of the
keenness of scent of the bloodhound
was given at the little town of Bron.
son, in Allen county, the other day.
The town recently appropriated $10O
out of the city treasury for the pur-
chase of one of these animals, the pur-
pose being the detection and capture
of thieves who were operating in the
neighborhood, and test of the hound
was considered desirable. At noon
three men started out on foot and
walked four miles into the country.
Then they mounted horses, and by a
circuitous route returned to the town.
Six hours later the hound was per-
mitted to smell glove which had
been worn by one OF the men, and the
next instant, with deep howl, he
caught up the trail and followed it on
the run. At one point the men had
walked for 80 yards on fence,
and when the, hound came to this
point he carried bis nose along the
rail with hardly any reduction OF
speed. Coming to the pl.ce where
the men had mounted, he took up the
trail of the horses and followed it into
the town, where, in a crowd of more
than 100 men, he picked out the one
whose glove had been given him to
smell. Kansas City Journal.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-06-03
Mrs. Bruin Goes Fishing.

Old Ned Shumaker, aho prospects
for ore, was up along Otter Run, in
the Pine Creek Valley, the other day,
when he ran across novel fishing
party. In sauntering down stream
through the black alders his attention
was attracted by sound almost iden-
teal with that made by half-grown
shoat quarrelling over a bucket OF
slops. He tiptoed along the bank OF
the stream until ne came to sudden
sharp turn from which the opposite
bank was visible for probably 40 feet.
Sitting in midstream, where the water
formed an eddy, was big she bear
intently watching the surface OF the
stream. On the bank, not more than
Is feet away, were two half-grown
cubs wrestling about like schoolboys.
Suddenly the old bears forepaw went
into the water quick as flash, and the
next instant it reappeared with trout
probably eight inches in length. This
the old bear chucked out upon the
bank to the cubs, and then a wrestling
match for the prize began. Over and
over the cubs rolled, squealing and
grunting. One of the cubs finally
succeeded in gulping down the fish,
much to the discontinue of the other.
The old bear was quite successful
fisher, for without moving around very
much she managed to pull out half
dozen trout within half hour. New
York Sun.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-06-03

longer hair or bristles of yellowish
white. These are especially long and
numerous on the thickened back Of
the neck, forming the so-called "wig.'
The wigged males have rough, coarse
coat, and their skins are without mar
ket value. The animal makes its home
on the rocky shores of the islands, in
large, closely massed bands, forming
what are called "rookeries. 1t is ex-
tremely gregarious; individuals sell
dom venturing far from the main body
while on land, though wandering about
singly in the sea. The female fur
seal is much smaller than the male,
and has soft, smooth hair of varying
shades of brown, under which is the
dense, short brown fur. The female
bears her first offspring at the age OF
three years, but her full growth is not
attained till two or three years later.
The average weight of the grown fe-
male is about eighty pounds. The
young of the fur seal, called "pup,
is born soon after the arrival Of the
female. Its weight at birth is about
| ten pounds. The fur seal is polyga-
nous, each male capable of holding q
place on the breeding grounds having
from one to one hundred females in
his charge, constituting what is known
as "harem," the average number
being abont thirty. But the size OF
each family is subject to variation,
depending not chiefly on the strength
of the male, but on the preference OF
the female for location, and on the
topography of the ground. The young
male is very similar to the female in
color and appearance. He is not per-
| mitted to enter the rookeries in the
breeding season. The old males are
very particular in this regard, and the
bachelors" as they are called, are
forced to herd by themselves on what
are known as the "hauling grounds, "
located near the breeding grounds,
but distinct from them. The Forum.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-06-03
Sleep.

The composure Of mind which it is
desirable to secure as harbinger OF
sleep, is promoted by allowing time,
before retiring to rest, for the subsi-
dence of all enforced mental activity.
There should be at least an hours in
terval between work, no matter what
it may be, and sleep, for if the work
be pushed up to the last moment,
sleep will be driven away, or will be,
in its first and most precious stages,
broken and unrefreshing. To turn
resolutely from work at fixed hour
and plunge for little time into O
novel or newspaper, q game or
music, will often make all the differ
ence between bad and good nights
rest. Position when in bed is very
important factor in the production OF
sleep. Englishmen travelling on the
Continent are sometimes puzzled and
distressed by insomnia, until they dis
cover that their bodies, propped by
enormous, square pillows, are at a
much greater angle to the plane of the
bed than that in which they are accus-
toned to repose at home. The sub
stitution of small pillow for the
large one soon disposes of their wake
fulness. And so with children. The
position in which they are placed
when put to bed should be carefully
attended to, as nightly variations in
this may at least postpone the advent
of sleep, which is 80 essential to the
welfare of the growing brains. Very
little things serve sometimes to induce
sleep. Thus, the mere turning of a
pillow and the application of its cold
surface to the head and face will, on
occasion, prove the turning point in a
struggle with sleeplessness. New
York Ledger.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-06-03

The male fur seal, or "beachmas-
ter" reaches full maturity at the age
of seven years. At that time his
weight is about four hundred to five
hundred pounds, being considerably
heavier when first in from the sea in
the spring, or after feeding in the fall.
than in the intervening period. when
he (Asts on land and grows gradually
lea( (AAnd weak. The males vary con-
sidI Sbly in color, the general shade
bell \ black or dark brown, with
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-06-03
Catch Fish With Wheels.

A curious plan for catching fish IS
used on the Columbia river out West.
A number of wheels are set up in the
middle of the stream, which, as they
turn round, catch up the fish and cast
them into troughs by the river banks.
The salmon are then timed and sent
all over the world. AS much as five
tons weight of fish day has thus
been taken. City Star.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-06-03
NO.. 81.
The Weaver,
Besid, the loom OF life l stand

Besid, the loom Of life stand
And watch the busy shuttle go;
The threads hold within my hand
Make up the filing strand on strand
They slip my fingers through, and so
This web Of mine fills out apace.
One time the woof is smooth and fine
And colored with sunny dye;
Again the threads so roughly twine
And weave SO darkly line on line
My heart misgives me. Then would
Fain lose this web-begin anew
But that alas / cannot do.
Some day the web will all be done,
The shuttle quiet in its place,
From out my hold the threads be run;
Ard friends at setting of the sun
Will come to look upon my face,
And say: "Mistakes she made not few
Yet wove perchance as best she knew"
The Independent.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-06-03
A Short Charge.

The little personal mention of Judge
Roy Bean of Langtry, Texas, pro-
voked a kind subscriber to send us
this: "The picture in your publica-
ton of Judge Roy Bean is all right,
except the collar and cravat. He was
once trying Mexican for stealing a
horse and his charge to the jury was
one OF the shortest on record: Gen
tlemen of the jury, thar's a Greaser in
the box and hoss missing; you know
your duty!' And they did. LES
lies Weakly.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-06-03
DeceIYing q Goat.

A flagman OF German railway was
recently told that he would be fined
if his wife was again seen tagging
train. The man said she had never
done SO, and explained as follows: !:
Being ill, she, asked her husband to
milk the goat This animal was how
ever, unused to any one but the woman
herself, and the fagman. to save
trouble. dressed in his wife's clothes
to deceive the goat A shrill whistle
reminded him of his duties, and he
saluted the passing express in skirts.