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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24

In every one, and superior In authorify
to every line OF reasoning.
But the truth Is that sense Of every
kind, common or uncommon, must be
allied with reason, or 1t loses its signifi-
canoe.
There may be no conscious process
Of reasoning going ON, but It always
accords with reasonable conclusions
80 reasonable, In fact, that they are
often called self-evident.
1t Is rather a matter of extent than
Of kind, and It's limits are those Of ordi-
nary matters.
1t may be called one degree Of rea-
son--that degree to which most men
can attain, and without which they
would be considered most unreasona-
BILE.
1t does not aim to enter the arena OF
philosophy or speculation; 1t does not
expect to solve the problems which tax
the highest powers OF the human mind;
but It does enable a man to manage his
own affairs with some intelligence, to
prevent his making himself ridiculous,
to guide his conduct In relation to his
fellow-men, to judge with some ap.
proach to correctness, and to decide
with some wisdom in matters common
to all. or in those more especially con,
nected with his own pursuits.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24
sRlpos or GREAT size.


1t IL TO Span the Mississippi Above
New Orlesns.
II. l.. Corthell, chief engineer, and
T.. Ill. Conner, assistant engineer, have
just completed the drawings and stud
les for bridge 80 remarkable that Il
will attract general attention through
out the civilized world It u TO span
the Mississippi River ut Twelve Mile
Point, between four and Ave miles
above New Orleans.
This bridge Is to be a railroad struc
ture, double tracked, connecting all
lines OH the east and west banks Of the
river. 1t will be when the river Is ut
Its highest, S5 feet from the waters
surface. At the point where water
meets the land, the height Of the rail
Will be 100 feet above the earth. AT
each end OF this great structure, the
approach will be 0,5S0 feet long. the
grade being 10 per cent. The length Of
the structure between piers will Ike
$3.50 feet. The length from approach
to approach, the points referred to be.
ing those farthest from the shore, will
be 15.400 feet. total length of nearly
three miles.
Perhaps the most interesting feature
Of the bridge from an engineering
standpoint is the great length of clear
span required, 1000 feet. This fact
must be considered carefully, because
only when this Is the case can the great
task thai confronts the engineers be
appreciated, owing to the character OF
the river bed. The bed of the Missis.
sippi River at this point, and the
ground far ON each side, is all alluvial
material upon sand. The ground over
which the approaches pass is made en-
tirely Of river deposits. Behring'S 10 the
depth of over a thousand feet have
been made in New Orleans, and moth
ing encountered except loan, sand, and
some shallow layers Of clay.
The bed Of the Mississippi few feet
below the surface is Of clean sand. Or
either side and beneath the sites OF the
proposed approaches, borings have beer
made 200 feet deep. Fifty feet below
low water mark, clean SAND was founC
which grew coarser as the depth of the
borings increased. 1t is upon this sort
of bottom that the foundations of this
tremendous structure must rest. The
shore piers will rest ON pneumatic Gals
sons sunk 100 feet below low water
mark. The piers are to be constructed
of what Is called granite face stones
and concrete backing.
An excellent idea of the immensit,
Of the structure can be gained from the
fact that the total height Of the river
piers from the bases of the caissons t.
the top Of the ornament ON the truss
post will be $50 feet. The approach
spans Of the bridge are to be supported
upon steel towers of enormous tensile
| strength. The total length of the iroa
structure viii be 1864 feet, Lex gtl
of this sort of which no bridge in thu
world can boast.
| 1t seems to the engineering world blu
n short time ago that all creation wa,
talking o. the Eads bridge at st. Louis
| and the hitherto obscure Government
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24
His Vow Broken.

For more than twenty years William
III. Jerolamen, of Morristown, N. j.,
was silent in his home. He made q
VOW and kept it until death faced him.
Then he broke the oath, spoke to his
wife. kissed her and died.
One day back I'M the seventies, after
a trifing quarrel, he said to his wife
"I'll never speak to you again as long
as / live" At that time he was So
years old. He kept his VOW and lived
on, utterly ignoring the woman who
had shared his joys and sorrows so
long. They lived in a cottage at Mount
Arlington, Morris County; but, as far
as Jerolamen was concerned, 1t was as
II his wife was not living.
She bore the slight without a muir
muir. He dined In silence and alone,
and so did she. Often Mrs. Jerolamen
had to speak to her husband in refer
ence to household affairs, but he never
answered.
He was a church member, being one
Of the organizers of the Mount Airing
ton Methodist Episcopal Church. In
1874 the town was divided on the. ques-
ton Of prohibition. The old man tried
to induce the members of the church
to indorse the cold water ticket Mt the
town election, but they refused He
swore that he would never go to church
again. He kept his word in this as he
had toward his wife.
Thus his life went ON in silence and
gloom. One morning he could not
arise, for pneumonia had laid its grip
upon him. He was so years old, and
he felt that he could not recover. His
wife bent over him with love that all
his harshness never had killed. He
saw the Light In her eyes, and feebly
essaying to take her hand, he sobbed:
Dear, I'm so sorry. Will you for
give me?"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24

steam laundries are plentiful, 1t Is
amusing to see our saffron hued friend
stand day after day at his little muslin
covered board doing by hand work
that we Americans long ago relegated
to machinery.
But st. Louis possesses one of those
rare things, a progressive Chinaman,
In the person of Mr.. zee Sing. zee
Sing has not only adopted the Amer
can mode of dress but reads English
quite well. His laundry Is equipped
with an electrical ironer of which he
Is very proud. zee Sing Is the only
Chinaman In the United States who
uses an electric ironer, and as such Is
quite a curiosity. He will exhibit the
working of his machine with seeming
pleasure and many remarks, most of
which you don't understand. zee Sing
employs three helpers In his laundry,
and although he has tried to induce
them to wear Mexican mans" clothes
they still ching to them toga and baggy
trousers.-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24
Old Lake Captain Dead.

Captain William Cary died Tuesday
evening ut $40 O'clock at his home in
Benton Harbor, of an intestinal com
plaint, which had been troubling him for
the past three years. Captain Cary was
born in Utica, N. ", in 1918. He was 10
years old when he shipped on a small
schooner. In 1912 he took command of
the schooner John Porter, running on
Lake Ontario, where he remained short
time, and then took command of the bark
entine Pathfinder, which is said to have
been the first three-mast vessel of that
style If rigging on the great lakes. The
rigging was after the pans furnished by
Mr.. Cary. He remained master of the
Pathfinder for eight years, when he
bought an interest in the bark Republic,
which he sailed for twelve years. Both
vessels were the largest on the lakes ut
that time. Selling his interest i'm the Re
public. he bought half interest in the big
schooner Mediator, which he sailed until
1867, when he retired from sailor's life.
AT one time, while master of the Repub-
lc he took crew off of dismasted
schooner on Lake Ontario in a gale of
wind and towed the disabled schooner into
Oswego, to the astonishmemt of all YES.
so.men. Captain Cary leaves an aged
widow and four daughters.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24

Every one of our departed Presidents
died from heart failure-tlrat is, when
their hearts failed they were dead
Washington's fatal malady was Group
while the others died from these caus
es: Adams, Madison, Monroe and
Hayes, natural decline and general De
bility; Jefferson and Polk, chronic
diarrhoea; John Quincy Adams, FIJI
more and Johnson, paralysis; Jackson
dropsy; Van Buren,, asthma; Harrison
pleurisy fever; Tyler, bilious attacks
with bronchitis; Taylor, cholera NOR
bus and typhoid fever; Pierce, drDpsy
and Inflammation Of the stomach: Blu
chanan, rheumatic govt; Lincoln and
Garfield, assassination; Grant, cancer
of the tongue; Arthur, Bright's dis
ease.-New York Press.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24
Growth of the unf,ea States.

In it's May number the North Ameri-
can Review has commenced the publ
cation of 4 series of articles ON the
Progress of the United States" by Mr..
Michael G. Mulhall, the well-known
British statistician. The progress OF
this country during the last fifty years,
he says, surpasses that exhibited by
any other nation in ancient or modern
times, whether viewed in regard to pop
ulation or to industry and wealth.
Iron and Steel Bulletin.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24
May Hurt the Revenue.

The longer the bill is before Congress
the greater will be The importation of
wool, wooden goods, tea, sugar and the
other articles removed from the free
list on to the dutiable schedules, or on
which duties are to be advanced. If
the bill does not go into operation until
August or September the importation
of some Of these articles may be great
enough in the interval TO furnish sup
ply for year or more In advance, and
thus cut the revenues Of the new act
accordingly Valley Manufacture
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24
when Navig alton Might Cease.

Many fishes and other marine ami
mails reproduce In the most wonderful
manner, said fisherman. A hundred
thousand eggs from single fish Is com.
mon enough, and 1t may be that prac-
tically all hatch out. But they are
subject to many vicissjtudes. Many die,
many are eaten by cher fishes, per-
haps by their kind; some are caught
by men; comparatively few reach ma
turity. II all the fishes born should
survive and they should continue 10
reproduce In the same ratio, 1t wouldn't
be very long before the ocean would
he so clogged with fish that naviga-
ton would be Impossible.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24
give nneT'

Forgive him? Would she? Kneel-
ing by. the dying mans bedside she
wept softly, while he, with tongue
freed at last, rambled ON deliriously
about old times. She did not leave
him until the end came. He died with
his hand in hers and look of happd-
ness that his face had not borne In
twenty years
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24

The origin Of the phrase, "At skies
and sevens," meaning lat variance"
is probably traceable to the fact that IL
you write the numerals they all agree
in height until you come to six and
seven, the former Of which goes above
the others. and the latter below them.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24
Our First Need.

Before other business Is transacted
let us first provide sufficient revenue to
faithfully administer the Government
without the contracting Of further debt
or the continued disturbance of our
characterization Mckinley, Execu-
tive Mansion.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24
Where waves Ircrcase

Labor in England is faying we'll The
British Board of Trade reports changes
in rates of wages during April that af-
fected $500 people, of whom $1,000
received increases that averaged AZ
cents per week after deducting the de-
creases in the wages of the 1000 work
ers whose earnings were lowered. Hur-
ry along the tariff bill and transfer q
little Of that prosperity to American
wage-earnerS
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24
For the Embroiderer.

A lady who does exquisite embroid-
cry work says that when you button
hole scallops in your embroidery hold
the concave edge toward you. DO not
knot your thread, to trouble you and
make your work look rough, but run
two or three fine stitches AZ you start
In
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24
PROPOSED BRIDGE ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI

engineer achieved almost in a night
lasting fame. The Southern Pacific
bridge across the Mississippi above
New Orleans, while in one way less the
work Of genius than the first mention
ed, is really the most tremendous strrc.
ture In the way Of railroad bridge
ever planned. The best known engi-
neers pronounce it, taken as whole,
one of the engineering marvels of the
century,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24
ADVANCED ST. LOUIS cHINAMAN

The Fret of HE Race I'm America to
Use Electrical Machinery.
The Chinese can hardly be called a
progressive race; as nation they cling
to time-honored customs, and even the
Americanized Chinaman seldom
changes his shirt-El1e garment and bag
gy trousers for the apparel Of his white
brothers. In this day Of mechanical
contrivances for saving labor, when
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24
Foreiun Ljnens Co,n;nv

The Irish Textile Journal, May Is,
gives the exports of linen manufac-
lures from the United Kingdom to the
United States at 17,5S3,30 yards for
the month Of April, as compared with
6,737 300 yards in April, 1896.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24
Cheap Cooiie Labor.

The fifty-seven cotton mills Of Japan
have made an average profit of 101a per
cent. for the half year ended December
81, 1896, after allowing for the reserve
funds.-The Indian Textile Journal
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24
They Worked with a Will.

The United States Senate started
nobly on its work of revising the Ding
ley tariff, and we trust there may be no
let or hindrance in the continuation Of
the good work. Senators appreciate
the necessity for prompt action.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24
Down on the Dudes.

American tailors are entitled to pro-
lection against the free importation Of
the innumerable suits Of clothes that
American tourists may wish to bring
with them after their European trips.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24
80 HyzspAII Need IL.

Give protection to American cotton
1t is as much entitled to it as sugar,
rice, hops, wool and hides.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24
Randall Yet Lives.

1t is remarked by the st. Louis Globe
Democrat that the spirit Of Randall
ism" is swiftly reviving in the Demo
cratic party.
That is perfectly true-at least, of the
non- Bryan wing of 1t. AS a matter of
fact, the great mass of the Northern
and Eastern Democracy never was gem
timely converted to the doctrine which
used to be known as tariff reform"
Its attitude toward it was not so much
acceptance as acquiescence. SO long
as Mr.. Cleveland kept this notion to
the fore and associated a sense Of po-
litical success with it, all went well,
but with defeat came first Indifference
and then revolt. The reason why Mr..
Cleveland, with all the prestige of vic
tory, and all the machinery Of the Fed
eral patronage at his command, could
not persuade a Democratic Congress to
pass radical free trade tariff in 1893
"a was because many of the Democratic
leaders and most of the rank and file
IN the Northern States distrusted not
only the political expediency but the
economic wisdom of free trade legisla-
|
ton. F'
Randall was dead, but the influence
of his teachings was still powerful.
Now the extreme free traders have
swung off after Bryan and free silver,
the Democracy is split in two, and Ran
dallism Is naturally beginning to re-
assert its sway over the conservative
faction of the sundered party.-Boston
Journal.
Silver Hurts Their Foreign Com mn cree.
There is remarkable similarity In
the reasons assigned by officials of
Japan and Peru for the recent action
of those two countries In the adoption
of the gold standard. In each case
they say that the complications under
the silver standard were so great as to
prove Instantaneous to their foreign
commerce. Both President Pierola and
officials of Japan state that I'm practical
experience their countries found that
the fluctuations in their own standard
placed them at disadvantage i'm com
merce with other parts of the world,
foreign buyers treating their coin as
simply so much bullion, which they
bought for gold and paid out to the
people of those countries at Its face
value, thus causing loss to their people
as we'll as uncertainty and constant
difficulty In trade matters. This prac.
tical experience of people who have
made long tests of the silver standard
under the fluctuations in value Of that
metal Is worth acres of theory such as
was spread over the United States last
fall upon this very subject.
Good for the Farmers.
NM, <.<Sxv, m ro4fv< <szffxo ofouu - vhoof
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24

stream followed its withdrawal and
bruin was becoming groggy. Blow after
blow with the rolling pin fell upon his
head, and after few minutes the
brave girl had the satisfaction of see
ing the animal roll over on his side and
expire.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24
A Good Mott

"He gives twice who gives quickly"
should be the present motto Of the Uni
ted States Senate.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24
A Good Idea
Our Dead Presidents.

Protection to American labor is q
good thing. Push it along.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE
LESSON.

Reflections of an Kieyftlng Character
Wholesome Food for Thought
Studying the scripturai Lesson In
tsIligently and Probably.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24
APPEALS 90 Common Sense.

Appeals 60 Common Sense.
In controversies ON mooted questions,
when all arguments seem to fall, we
often hear appeals made to common
sense, as II that Mt least must be alike
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24

striking balance in favor or che United
States. Indeed. unless al signs fail,
we shall be called upln In the fall to
furnish, In large measure, wheat for
the whole world. The Mark Lane TX
press, reliable crop weekly Of London,
presents most discouraeing view OF
the wheat crop outlook In Europe. In
England mediocre yield OF twenty
seven to twenty eight bushels per acre
Is all that Is looked for; in France the
prospect is that 6,O0O, 900 quarters will
have to be imported to supply the aver
age need; the Prussian and Polish
wheat Is promising, and the Russian
reports are equally encouraging; but
in Austria, cold rains have ruined the
hopes of the wheat-growers. On the
other hand, the outlook In the United
States Is most encouraging Phdladel-
phia North American.
"A Surplusi
The close Of May gave the treasury
again the novel experience OF q surplus,
though 1t was a small one, amounting
only to $6S8,1S1. This, Like the sur
pluses Of March and April, was due to
the heavy importations in anticipation
of the new tariff. The customs receipts
during May were $6,000,000 greater
than in May of last year. The fact that
even the present excessive importation
barely brings IN sufficient revenue to
balance the expenditures adds to the
demonstration of the last three years
that the Wilson law is totally made
Quate. The years deficit to date stands
at So, 273, 121. The deficit for the fiscal
year ending ON June 80, 1896, was $685.
57S,671. While IL is possible that the
June receipts may bring this years de-
felt down to neag last years figures,
it can hardly go below them. Thus the
Wilson law, instead of becoming ade.
quate when it got properly to working
has been producing less revenue the
longer it has been In operation.-Buf.
falo Express.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24
Hard on the WaUe Eoruers

The proposed ten-cent tea tax Is not
meeting with favor among the wage.
earners in our factories.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24

The comparative estimates Of wheat
crops for 1897 In Europe and In this
country show most remarkable and
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24

Next Lesson-"First Converts in Eu-
Ssps"-Acts 10: clio.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-18
rhe Lnteat nome nnt.rprIss.

Elsewhere in this issue win DO seen tho
advertisement OF the American Cigar 90.
The new irm have opened up a factory In
the old postoffice building on Sixth street,
where the manufacture and sale Of stho So
ductive weed will be carried On az cxten-
sively as trade will permit.
In an interview with tho manager, a re-
porter was told that, In case the factory
was supported In proportion 20 the size OF
the town, five or six hands would be con-
stantly employed. at wages which would
disbusse between $3.50 and 5000 per week
to the merchants, thus saving to the city
that amount Of money, which would other
wise go outside of hscity, never to re-
turn.
The company intend keeping their goods
strictly up to the highest standard and all
they ask Is the support Of the business men
10 proportion to the standard goods
sold. Everyone knows that each homo
enterprise adds just SO much to the city's
wealth, by keeping that wealth at home
and this new firm should receive its pat
ronage accordingly.