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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-23
For Sale.

The Commercial House, of Gray
ling, is for sale. For terms, ETC.,
address or call on John Staley. at the
Exchange Bank, Crawling, Mich.
apr8-tf
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-23

Alfred Bourbannais, who went
south some time ago on prospecting
tour, has purchased a lumber plant,
at Hickory, North Carolina.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-23
BoNFIELD. Ill. Aug. Il. lS4

BoNFIELD, Ill. Aug. a., 1895.
al am subject to Cramps and Collie,
and have used many remedies, but
find Foley's Collie Cure beats them
all. w. l.. YEATS. For sale by l..
FOurnier.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-23
A Household Necessity.

No family should be without Fo-
ley's Collie cure, for all bowel COM
plants. For sale at l.. -Four nicr's
Drug Store.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-23

Grayling chapter No. SO, o. e. S.
elected and installed the following
officers for the ensuing year:
w. MFRS. Mary l.. Staley.
W. i. Mrs. M A. Bates.
A. MFRS. Ada M. Grouleff.
Conductor-Mrs. Nancy Deckrow
Assist. Cond. Mrs. Eva Conner.
Secretary-Mrs. Jesse Marin.
Treasurer-Mrs. f. II. WOODBURY.
AIRS. S. M. Woodfeld.
R.-Mrs. e. Hadley.
E.-Mrs. l.. Bates.
M.-Mrs. r.. Forbes.
E-Mrs. @. Taylor.
Chaplain Mrs. ID. Hampstead.
Ward--Mrs. M. Leece.
Sent.-Mr. j. Leece.
Mar.-Mrs. V. Taylor.
Organist-Miss Bessie Nicholson.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-23
W.B. I'LL lynn, Dentist
WEST BRANCH, MICH,

WILL make regular trips to Grayling
the 10th of each month, REMAINING
for three days. Office with Or. ms
ley.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-23

The order of the X, o. T. M, at
Lewiston, is booming, having taken
in some twenty-five new members
within the past two weeks.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-23

Miss Eula Thatcher is a welcome
visitor in the village.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-23


LOCAL ITEMS
SSr
Did you see Joseph's Bazaar? II
not, go aud see 1t.
Corners market will be opened next
Monday, under a new management.
A ane ruler free, with every tab.
let, at Fournier's.
Last Menday morning gave us the
first killing frost. The mercury reg
istered at 27'.
Buy your Evaporated AMI Canned
Fruits, at Bates s. Co.'S.
p. M. Braden started for the state
OF New York, Tuesday. He will visit
the Falls. Towanda and Buffalo.
School Books at Fournier's Drug
Store.
Geo. Mccullough left for his home
in Niles, last Monday. His family
will remain, and complete their visit.
Bring your Wheat and Rye to
S. II. & Co.
Jurors and witnesses for the Circuit
Court gave live appearance to the
streets, Monday.
The best line of &c and 10c godds
in this county, at Joseph's Cheap
Cash Store.
Miss Jennie Ingley returned from
a pleasant visit in Kent County, last
Saturday.
FOR SALE--l2 cords Of cord wood,
at half it's value. Enquire at this
office.
Order this Deliueator Of S. T.
B Co.
Call at Bates & Co.'S. for School
Supplies and Tablets. A gift with
every Tablet
R.F. Sherman, of Maple Forest,
was appointed Deputy, by Sheriff
Chalker the first of the week.
You can get your enlarged pictures
at the office of J. X. Wright.
sen23-5w FRANK CRAIG.
Regular meeting of Marvin W. r.
c., Saturday afternoon, the 25th., al
the usual hour.
Buy a Garland Stove Of S. Il
& Co., and keep warm.
Regular meeting OF Crawford Ten
No. 1917 X. o. T. NJ, Saturday eve
ming, the 25th.
Bates u Co. are Offering the Choir
est Teas aud the best Coifees II
town.
Miss Elsie Butler is Installed a
bookkeeper at Claggett's store, II
place Of Anna Belle, married.
Now is a good time to pay you
subscription. The AVALANCHE need
money.
Order Butterick's Patterns o
S. II. & Co.
Casper Strietmatter, of Cente
Plains, bought q fine horse and wa
gon of Alfred Smith. last week.
The best place in Grayling to bu
Hav, Grain aud Feed, is at Bates
Co.'S. Prices guaranteed.
Mrs. Smith, who moved fror
Beaver Creek, to New York, las
month, died Sept. 18th.
Advertised Letters Prof. e. G
Clark; @. Dennedy, VIM. Kelley, N
Prosser, M. Pet6skey, Mrs. E. A
Tappen.
Mr.. Cole measured pumpkin |
Mrs. Knights garden, yesterday
that was 50x66 inches in circun
ference.
A look at Joseph's Cheap Cas-
Store will convince you, that it is
money saving place.
Ladies, call at S. Il. & CO..
store and get a Metropolita
Fashion Sheet free.
J. Breaky. of Center Plains, has
field Of Sand Vetch, that is an agr
cultural wonder. He says the foddt
is relished by all of his stock.
Four sweet school teachers fro
Maple Forest were In town, Satu
day. As they started home with
Cobb, we know they we're safe.
D, what high prices we have bee
paying for goods, before Joseph pl
in his Bazaarl
Regular meeting Of Marvin Pos
No. 24O, Grand Army of the Repu
lie, next Saturday evening, the 25tt
at the usual hour.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-09
ONE ON HIM.
An Order That He Had Neglected to
Obey,

ODey.
II had a queer experience with a
gripman on a Mount Auburn cable car
this morning." said a Fifth street cigar
dealer to q Cincinnati Tribune man.
you know there is a sign in the car
which reads: Don't put your feet on
the seats or something to that effect.
Probably they were afraid that you
would scratch your shoes on the rough
seats. Anyhow, the signs there.
"On the car there was but one other
passenger, evidently a friend of the
gripman. He was sitting in the seat
a long and animated discussion con-
cerning the system of transfers soon to
go into operation over the new extern
sion of the Oak street line. In a careless
way l had placed my foot upon the seat,
or rather my toe was against the edge,
but in no danger of harming the wood
work. The gripman reached over and
in an authoritative tone said:
"'Yous must take yer feet off the seats.
See the sign? Them's our orders from
headquarters, and we must obey them.
lis that SOP said /. DO you obey
all the orders that are given out?'
"'Sure' said he.
whats that order up there? said l.
'Which?' said he.
THAT one that says: Don't talk
to the gripman." You have been talk
ing to your friend for Is minutes and
never once told him to stop talking to
you
He looked dazed for half a minute,
and then said:
That's one on me, partner. Let's
saw wood, and say nothin'.'
Then rested my feet in peace"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-09
INCIDENT OF TROLLEY TRAVEL.
Front Seat Passenger Sees the Con-
ductOr Operate a Safety Switch.

A Front Seat Passenger Sees the Con-
ductor Operate a Safety Switch.
4 man who was enjoying the air and
the scenery from the front seat of q
trolley car In the state of New jersey,
says the New York Sun, saw against
one of the rails of the track ahead,
when the car had come to a dead stop
at railroad crossing, tongue that
looked something like switch point
He dad not at first realize what this
tongue was for, but he saw that the
point of 1t was toward the car, and that
1t was also clear of the rail, SO that if
it had been attempted to run the car
ahead without first closing the point
up against the rail the car would have
beer run off the track.
The conductor got down and went
ahead to the railroad track and looked
to the right and left to see that every
thing was clear and that it was safe to
cross. The man sitting on the front
seat of the trolley car expected the mo-
torman would take this opportunity
to get down and close that switch, or
that he would bend over and close it
with a car hook, or somehow from the
car, but he didn't do anything Of the
sort; he just stood STILL But the con-
ductor bent over and put his hand into
ring, set between the tracks. Lifting
this ring he drew up n rodthat was con-
nected with the tongue In the trolley
track and by this means closed it so
that the trolley car could pass over
And thus it was discovered by the trav-
eler on the front seat that the tongue
was safety contrivance, which could
be operated only by man actually
standing on the track to be crossed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-09

uttering their wild war whoops. had
charged upon the camp. Bravely had
they been repulsed, only to come on
again and again until their superior
numbers should tell upon the white
men. Now they were upon the ram
parts and the defenders, almost all of
whom were most grievously wounded,
but who seemingly felt not their
wounds in the presence of the enemy,
heroically disputed every step. At
last, just rs portion of the breast
work had fallen in and the Iniians
sprung like panthers at their prey.
on the little square of white men who
had hastily collected around their
wounded, resolving to die as men
with their faces to the foe, ringing
cheer was heard and the relief force
came laundering down the slope.
And, as the clear, rapid notes OF the
''charge" echoed across the plain, each
drop of blood in those troopers veins
jingled exultingly against its neigh
Dor as they dashed among the foe.
There was crash-cheers-a voi]ey
of musketry, and the Indians we're
flying across the prairie, pursued by
the troopers whose carmined sabers
were busy converting, as an officer of
the regular army once said, bad In
dians into good ones by giving them
the route to the happy hunting
grounds.
The fight was over and portion of
Col. Mack's command was saved.
That night in hospital tent there
stood number of soldiers around the
couch of one on whom death had cast
its shadow There was sorrowful
look upon the faces of the watchers
as they silently awaited the Issue.
At last the boy opened his eyes and
looked around; then as smile of pride
lit up his face ne murmured as his
eyelids slowly dropped, 81 got
t e-re.'' The angel beckoned and
then the two went hand in hand into
the silent land.
Hes gone.' they told the men who
had gathered ontside the tent await
ing the news-gone; and the evening
wind took up the refrain and sighed
it to the trees, which shook their
leaves as if in doubt, while the stars
yelled their tremulous light. as heav-
en- in It's pity sprinkled its tears upon
the camp.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-09
CONCERNING "Purfessors.n

The misuse of the title professor" as
often vulgarly applied to musicians IN
genera! finds laughable example III
the following story credited to Band
master Sousa. It seems that some years
ago, before the existence of the organ
ization which bears his name, and be-
fore "The Washington Post" Liberty
Bell" Cotton King" and "El Captain"
had made the American march king ia
nous, he was leading band in the gov
ernment service, at some small country
festival. The advent of the band had
been awaited with intense interest by
the local population, and, as conse-
quence, the bandsmen were soon sur
rounded by surging crowd which
hemmed them In so that 1t became we'll
nigh an impoesibility for them to keep
on playing. Sousa pointed out the fact
to local official, adding that unless the
crowd fell back his band would have to
stop. That parsonage shook his head
warmly, and turning to the assembled
multitude, bawled out: "Geutlemen.
step back and give the purfessor's pur-
fessors a chance to playl"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-09
GETTING REVENGE.
A Little Girls Resentment Toward an
Aching MOlar.

Aching MOlar.
It is claimed that this story originated
in Cleveland, claim which may very
well be true, because Cleveland-and
especially the east end-has more pre-
cocious children to the acre than Bos-
ton could boast Of in her palmiest days,
says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. This
particular precocious infant lives on
pretty cross street in that favored
locality. Not long ago she was troubled
with an annoying and persistent tooth
ache. Finally her mamma took her to
dentist and the dentist interviewed
the troublesome tooth. After examin-
ing it he told her that tho best thing
to do under the circumstances was to
have the tooth extracted, as II contained
very large cavity and this was the
seat of the trouble. Bracing herself
firmly In the chair she babe him 60
ahead and remove the acher. After
the operation was over she carefully
wrapped the tooth In paper and de-
clared she would take it home.
Next day her mamma noticed that
she was an unusually good girl, and,
upon looking around, located her in a
window seat industriously poking su-
gar into the cavity of the extracted
tooth. Her mother demanded the cause
of this strange proceeding.
why" she said, I'm pol1ln' sugar
in the old thing just to see 1t ache!"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-09
FOLDING FURNITURE.
FurnishinEs Of n Bedroom That MAY
BE Packed i'm q Box.

Furnishings of Bedroom That May
BE Packed in q Box.
The old saying about living in a band
box may come to be a reality befort an
other decade, for now the complete
furnishings of sleeping or sitting
room may be packed in box six feet
long by two and one-half wide and a
little more than two feet in depth. A
clever Englishman is the creator OF
this folding furniture. With it persons
travelling will not be obliged to lament
the absence of their own beds and bed
ding, but may carry such things with
them as personal baggage.
One of these boxes contains wash
stand with tiled back and shelves un-
derneath, dressing bureau with q
swinging mirror, a cane-seated chair
and one rug upholstered chair, together
with bed, bedding, draperies, toilet
set, and a wardrobe of comfortable
size. This furniture is made OF we'll
seasoned hard wood. Each part fits
into its place and fastens without the
aid of nails or screws. In the dressing
bureau drawers, for example. the bot
tom is drawn out and the sides fold to-
gether. What a boon this furniture
will be for frequent movers who are
never satisfied with one place for any
length of time. while the camper out
may carry his home with him.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-09
OLD-TIME SWEETNESS GONE.
Molasses zs Now Made Into Rum, and
l.0xxu SuUaE Can't N. RauGhf

Moiasses 1s NOW Made Into Hum, ana
Brown Sugar Can't be Bought.
~ ne old-fashioned molasses is rap
idly disappearing as an article of COM
merce," said a prominent grocer, re-
ports the Eastport (Me.) Sentinel, land
in its place have come a number of sir
ups, which are more costly, aud by no
means as satisfactory, especially to
the little ones, who delight, as we did
when we were young, in having lasses
on their bread. Most of the molasses
goes into the distilleries, where 1t is
made into rum, for which, notwith-
standing the efforts of our temperance
workers, the demand is constantly on
the increase, especially In the New Eng
land states and for the export trade
The regular drinker of rum will take
no other liquors in its place if he can
help 1t. 1t seems to reach the spot
more directly than any other dram.
The darker brown sugars have also dis
appeared, and they are not likely to re-
turn, owing to the methods of boiling
and the manufacture. Granulated
sugar is OF the same composition, as
far as the saccharine qualities are con-
cerned, as loaf cut, loaf cube and
crushed, end differs only from them in
that its crystals do not cohere. This
is because it is constantly stirred dur
ing the process OF crystallization. The
lighter brown sugars taste sweete: than
the white, for the reason that there is
some molasses in them. Housekeep-
ers have difficulty in these days in find
ing coarse, dark sugars, which are al
ways preferred for use in putting up
sweet pickles. making cakes. and SIM
liar uses. AS they cannot get brown
sugar any more, it may be well for them
to remember that they can simulate
brown sugar by adding a teaspoonful of
molasses to each quarter of pound of
the white grannlated sugar. This com
bination does as well in all household
receipts that call for brown sugar S
the article itself, and, besides, it saves
them great deal of hunting for brown
sugar, which. as said before, has dis
from the market"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-09
lUBRiCATING A WATCH.
No Other Piece of Machinery Will Run
So Long Alter a Single OiIinE.

SO Long Aftcr q Single OillhS.
Very few of the millions of people
who carry watches realize to what a
powerful extent fabrication Is de-
veloped, and what an extraordinary
number of turns the balance wheel
makes with one oiling, says the Phila-
delphia Record. A Chestnut street
matchmaker, whose knowledge of these
wonderful pieces of mechanism is not
exceeded by any man in this city, has
made up an interesting table OF COM
parison to show the perfection Of lubri-
cation in watch.
A watch will run on ore oiliEg from
q year to a year and a half. Every min
ute the balance wheel turns on its
axis $50 times, and 27,000 times In an
hour. Accepting the year as the time
the ordinary watch will run with one
oiling, he finds that if the driver of a
locomotive was as well oiled as bal
ance wheel of a watch, il ought to run
GO miles an hour day and night for
Gas days, or well on to two years, with
one oiling In that time 1t would
traverse a distance equal to nearly four
times the circumference of the earth.
In view Of the fact that In reality
few locomotives will run one day with
out reoiling, he maintains that the
matchmaker has developed his art to q
far greater degree than the locomotive
builder has yet been able to reach.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-09
HOUSEKEEPING.

If woman is in good health there
is no more heaithful employment than
housework. Generally speaking,
there is no happier woman in the
world. But how different when every
breath is pain, every step torture!
This state of health, in nine cases out
of ten comes from arrangements of
the delicate, feminine organs of gene
ration. The family doctor inquiries
first concerning these. He most us
ually insists upon an examination. "
From this the modest woman natur
ally shrinks. She is right. Except
IN very unusual cases Of female weak
ness" examinations are unnecessary
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is q
simple, natural remedy for these ills.
1t cures safely, permanently
Send II one-cent stamps to cover
cost OF m ailing only. and receive free
copy Of DIR. Pierce's Medical Advi-
ser. Adress, Wolld's Dispensary
Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-09
No Worse Than Nice.

The attacks upon the morality OF
Monte Carlo are made by it's rivals for
pop ular favor, If we may believe Henry
Labouchere. The English radical says:
"Every year the number of visitors to
Monte Carlo increases and every year
more desperate efforts are made by its
rivals along the Riviera to prejudice The
place with the British public. That
Monte Carlo is a paradise In a moral
sense I am not going to suggest. Every
man of the world knows that, like other
places entirely devoted to luxury and
pleasure, society there Is not exactly
an assembly of saints. But that Monte
Carlo is any worse than other pleasure
resorts of a similar character / en-
phatically deny. AS to the results of
the gambling everyone who has been
behind the scenes knows that infinitely
more mischief is done in the gambling
hells Of Nice every season than at the
tables of Monte Carlo, and / doubt
whether even Nice. which Is in many
respects sink of iniquity, is any worse
than Ostend has been during the last
few seasons"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-09
NEW WESTERN IDEA.
Girls Who Give Gold Models of Thei
Little FinRers,

Girls Who Give Gold Models of Their
Little Fingers.
"Do little girls here give gold models
of their little fingers to their fiancesw
asked the western girl of the Gothamite,
reports the New York Sun.
Heaven, mol" answered the Gotham
ite. 1T seems to me that that is rather
grewsome souvenir"
Not at ALL" answered the western
girl. ut is decidedly dainty, and Pm
little surprised that New York is so
far behind the times. The fad started
in this way: When the daughter OF one
of our big western politicians was six
months old he had a model of her little
finger cast in gold. Around the little
dimpled digit is a ring of turquoise,
which Is her birthstone, and it makes a
lovely charm for her betrothed's watch
chain. He valued it so much that it set
other men to thinking, and the result
is that as soon as a girl wraps one of
these chaps around her little finger suf-
ficiently for proposal to follow, he i'm
mediately insists upon a gold facsimile
of the flesh and blood original. 1t is a
pretty conceit, and is being followed
by every westerner who is in subsection
to somebody's little finger"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-09
A TRUE HElPMATE.
COnEresaman's Wife's Scheme to
Gain Popularity.


Gain Popularity.
Great successes often depend upop
small considerations, and the wife of a
member of congress, a statesman to
whom his constituents are wont to point
as MAJ. Of the people whom fiattery
cannot divert from his old custom and
associations, fully realizes this fact, says
the Washington Star. A school friend
who had not seen her since girlhood
surprised and delighted her with visit
not long since.
How Industrious you are!" ex-
claimed the visitor.
In what way?"
II don't know. / suppose it is fancy
work. know that you used to have
great aversion to plain sewing. But you
must be very diligent indeed to have
your work basket in this ROOM"
Would you like, to know what am at
work on?"
"Certainy."
"You shall see for yourself. Here it
is" And she held up to view half-knit
sock of old-fashioned blue yarn.
"You-you don't mean to say that
your husband wears things like that?"
"Oh, no. He wouldn't think Of wear
ing them. I have a whole lot thatI will
give away to anybody who will use
them"
do you do this for pleasure?"
No 1t isn't at all for pleasure. It's
business, and l never occupy myself in
that way except when it is absolutely
necessary. But always keep the work
handy, and whenever one of the old
fashioned, rural voters of my hus-
bands district comes to make him call
and you have no idea how many honor
us with that attention. get it out and
knit away for dear life. tits a good deal
of bother. but it's worth it, for you real
ly can't imagine how it pleases them!"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-09
A Clever Ruse.

It was an ingenious ruse that pris-
oner who escaped from South Carolina
prison recently hit upon to throw blood
hounds off his track. The convict was
tracked by the dog to q farmhouse,
where he bad begged breakfast. He
stole a pepperbox. and after leaving the
house peppered his tracks. The dog al
most died from The effects of the pepper
and had to be called of
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-09

If you have ever seen little child
in the paroxysm Of whooping cough,
or if you have been annoyed by a con
stant tickling in the throat. you can
appreciate the value of One Minute
Cough Cure. which gives quick relief.
Henry Hinrichs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-09

Small precautions often prevent
great mischiefs. DeWitt's Little
Early Risers are very small pills in
size, but are most effective in prevent
ing the most serious forms of liver
and stomach tronbles. They cure
constipation and headache and regu
late the bowels Henry Hinrichs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-09

The ''Bicyclists Bes, Friend" is
familiar name for DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve, always ready for emer
gencies. While specific for pilas, 1t
also instantly relieves and cures cuts,
bruises, salt rheum. eczema and all
affections of the skin. 1t never fails.
Henry Hinrichs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-09
New Wire Gun.

A projectile from the new wire gun
in q recent trial completely penetrated
an 1s-inch steel-faced compound armor
plate backed by a six-inch wrought
iron plate, by eight feet of solid oak
and three inches of iron and was found
imbedded In a clay bank 35 yards be-
hind the target.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-09-09

Certainly you don't want to suffer
with dyspepsia, constipation, sick
headache, sallow skin and loss of ap
petite. You have never tried DeWitt's
Little Early Risers for these com
plants or you would have been cured.
They are small pills but great regula
tors. Henry Hinrichs.