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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18

Large Insurance Upon Princess, Kings
and Other European Magnates.

Large Insurance u pom Princess, Kinge
and Other European Magnates-
A peculiar and little known branch of
insurance 10 that INDUCED In by pri-
vate persons who insure the lives Of
royalties for their own benefit. From
the standpoint of the individual II 10,
Of course, pure speculation. The roy
atty insured may obligingly depart this
life shortly after the insurance Ii ef-
fected, In which case there is quite q
respectable sum netted; or, on the
other hand, he or she may persist In
lingering to q good old age, when the
insurer benefits but little. But taking
out a policy on the life Of royal per-
sonage is. on the average. a pretty good
"spec."
This is how 1t is done: You, gentle
reader, wish to insure the Prince Of
Wales 1--WE will say for the sum q
$500. You fill up a proposal form for
that amount In the name Of III. r. III.
Albert Edward, prince Of Wales, duke
Of Cornwall" etc., and forward 1t to a
company which accepts this kind OF
insurance. All companies, it must be
noted, do not issue policies on royalties
lives to private individuals, but many
In quite the first rank do.
On receipt Of your proposal the COM
pany will inform you of the iAte per
cent. at which the premium will be
charged; then, II you are willing to
pay this rate, which is a fairly high
one, Q policy will be issued In the usual
way. Most policies of this kind are
without profits. G.. there are no
bonus accretions.
Although there are no statistics on
the subject, and accuracy Of state
ment Is therefore impossible, 1t Is quite
probable that the life of her ma jesty,
the queen, Is insured hundreds Of times
In this manner. The same thing Is true,
to modified extent, of most of the
other members Of the royal family.
The duke Of Cambridge, for instance,
has been for the past twenty years a
favorite subject" for spectators. The
reason Is obvious, but the rate is, as
may be supposed, very high. Many
companies also accept proposals on the
lives Of members Of foreign royal
houses.
few days ago policy on the joint
lives Of the duke Of Cambridge and the
ex-king Of Hanover, for the. sum Of
f1,000, was in the market. The Han
over monarch Is dead and the policy
will be paid on the death Of the former.
1t fetched large sum. On the same
day a policy on the joint lives Of her
majesty the queen and the duke Of
Cambridge was also disposed of.-Lon-
don Tit Bits.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18

vana, Jose Marti was placed at the head
of the provisional government, and Gen.
Maxine Gomez had arrived in Cuba to
begin operations.
The history of the island runs coinci-
dent with our own, and Is therefore inter-
esting. Cuba was discovered by Christie
pher Columbus Oct. %, 1902. sixteen days
after he touched at San Salvador, and
nineteen years later his son, Diego, colon
lied the island, Pope Leo X. erecting it's
first cathedral. Velasquez followed with
new cOntingents, and in 1919 the capital
was located, at once assuming position
of Importance in the eyes of the free
lances of the ocean. In 1888 a French
adventurer sacked the town, which was
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
Old Corka.

Cork has become one of the most val,
liable components Of a city's refuse.
Great quantities of discarded corks are
now used again In the manufacture of
insulating covers Of steam pipes and
boilers, points to be protected from the
influence of heat. Powdered cork is
very useful in filling In horse collars,
and the very latest application OF this
material Is the filling in OF pneumatic
tires with cork shavings. Mats for
bathrooms are made Of cork exclusive
ly, and 1t also goes into the composition
of linolsum. Cheap life preservers are
now filed exclusively with bottle stop
pers, cut into little pieces.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
NO PATENT ON THIS.

An Up-to-Date Girl, Who Has a New
Way Of Keeping Her Skirts Clean.
She was strictly up-to-date girl and
she attracted no end of attention as she
walked east on Washington avenue,
says st. Louis paper. She was dress
ed>in the height Of fashion; she had a
bearing as stately as that of queen.
and her face was fair to look upon.
But 1t WINS not her face, her dress, or
her bearing which attracted attention.
Not either nor all three of these. 1t
was the novel way she had of holding
up her skirts-or rather Of having them
held up for her.
Did she have a maid or page to
carry her train like the maidens Of
high degree Of n past age? No, but just
a cunning little woolly Scotch terrier.
Whether he had been trained to the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18

stance, boy of Is was arrested for
seditious writings. He was loaded with
chains, kept at hard labor. and finally
sent to Spain. Here he became brilliant
journalist. This boy was Jose Marti, the
great Cuban patriot, who by 1891 had
formed patriot clubs everywhere, and who
was the first to appear as war leader
when the present revolt broke out.
The war in Cuba may be primitive in
its general methods and barbarous in
the matter of butchery, but it is certainly
modern in the rapid development of dyna-
mite and other explosives as weapons of
offense and defense. To the dynamite
gun used by the Cubans In Pinar del
Rio more than to anything else may be
attributed the noteworthy successes of
Maceo against the Spanish troops. Invis-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
what Can ne m ocrats Dor


The campaign Is over. The dead and
wounded have been reckoned. Tears
for the defeated have been shed, and
presently we shall hear the shouts Of
the victors as they march down Penn
sylvania avenue In Washington.
But where are those who built for
the Democratic party at Chicago a
platform out of new and treacherous
timber? Where are those who negO-
tiated Democratic votes for Populist
support? Where is the senatorial
syndicate" which warped the old Demo
cratic ship out of her ancient moor
ings and set her afoat on a strange
course, flying an enemy's. flag? They
stand in the pillory of public and party
condemnation. ft
The ,inafmy of their course is re-
vealed clearly In the refusal of the Pop
ulists to longer maintain the dishonor-
able alliance which Jones and Butler
sought to establish dishonorable be-
cause the principles Of the Democratic
and Populist parties were not one and
the same. The Populist party Is to-day
ruled by the middle of the road ele-
ment. At its next national convention
it will distinctly and emphatically re-
pudiate Butler and forswear Jones. 1t
will cut loose from Popocracy abso-
lutely.
What, then, Is to become Of the Dem
ocratic party? Where lie its hopes?
What shall be the plan of its salvation?
It's redemption is possible in one way
only. 1t cannot go upon its knees be-
fore Tom Watson and beg for quarter.
1t cannot renew the alliance. 1t must,
therefore, renounce all utilization with
Populism. 1t must repudiate the Chi
cago declarations in letter and spirit.
1t must renew its alliance to the old
faith and, TO regain public confidence,
1t must turn down every man who was
instrumental in effecting the wretched
bargain Of 1896. In other words, it
must adopt the indianapolis platform
without modification and go before the
country upon it. Otherwise, the Demo
cratic party will never win another vic
tory.-Macon, Ga, Telegraph.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18

rebuilt when Ferdinand De Soto. the
discoverer of the Mississippi River, was
made Governor. Spain priced Havana rs
a base of operations. There Cortez COM
pleted his preparations for the conquest
of Mexico. and there Pizarro rested his
men before proceeding to Peru. Despite
the strong fortress erected, the French
in 1854 again destroyed the town, when
two other fortresses for the defense of
Havana were built, which still exist-the
Moro and the Punta. BY 1000 the colon
lists were raising cattle and applying
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
HOW LONG MUST THIS LAsTP

gle for independence in Cuba involves the
same line of victories and reverses that
characterized the strife of the Cos, only
that the people seem more determined
and better organized. The death of
MART May 10, 1895, and that of Maceo
n few weeks since, were severe blows for
the insurrectionists, for they idolzed
these men. but intrepid leaders are not
lacking. Marti's great political act was
the summoning of the September conven-
ton, which declared a provisional govern
ment. He was shrewd, and persistent
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
At Long Range.

AS the following is published in the
Army and Navy Journal, 1t may be
copied without offense to the military
profession, no doubt.
Father, are generals brave menY
asked Johnny.
"Yes. my son, as rule" was the an
swer.
Then why do artists always make
pictures Of them standing on n hill
three miles away looking Mt the battle
through an opera glassr'
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18

defeat Of MT. Bryan a quarter Of . NH.
lion OF men then Idle found employ
ment. Thousands more have since been
called to the army of the employed.
Meantime, the wrecks produced by the
uncertainty which the Bryan policy
caused are being cleared away. Busl-
ness and industry are slowly picking
up. Mr. Bryan and his little army OF
calamityltes cannot prevent 1t. And
slowly the rank and file ofsthose who
voted for Bryan last November are
coming to the conclusion that they
want no more OF him.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18

Nearly two years have elapsed since
longer endure the yoke Of Spain. MIL
lions of dollars have been expended dur
Ing that time, both in the maintenance Of
armies and the destruction of the proper
u of the people of the war-swept island.
Feb. "a, 1895, il the date upon which
the insurgents declared their independ-
martial law had been proclaimed in Ha-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
Prosneritx Will Come.


All that is needed to make the times
as prosperous as they were in 1892 and
for part of 1898 Is return to the eco
nomic conditions which, in those years,
made work and money plentiful and
trade remunerative. 1t should not be
overlooked, in summing up the pros
poets, that McKinleyism is In no sense
an experiment. In that 1t differs rad
ically from economic Clevelandism.
which, when 1t took the form of the
German Wilson bill, was nothing else
than experimental and that as 1t turned
out, of the most disastrous kind. What
is about to come to pass is return to
the old footing. The government is GO
Ing back to the safe ground of 1892. 1t
knows where that ground is and how
to reach it and can assure the people of
how they will fare there with the con-
fidence born Of experience and n clear
memory of events. The case Is like
that of q man who left a fertile country
to find something better In the mirage
take he retraced his steps, knowing
that IL he again reached his starting
point he would be well provided for.
Those who thought that the mere
election OF Mckinley would set all the
wheels of industry In motion will, OF
course. be disappointed-that the present
business of the country Is below high
water mark. But the wiser ones whs
were prepared to wait for the induction
of Mckinley and Republican Con-
gress will have no occasion to think III
of their judgment. Barring the nom
'supposablc accidents of war, famine or
pestilence the four years beginning
March A. 1897, promise to be the most
soundly prosperous of any In our BUSH
ness annals.-San Francisco Chronicle.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
Electricity.

In Sebnitz, in Saxony, experiments
are being made to cover real flowers
and leaves with metallic coating BY
means Of galvanic electricity. A way
of doing this has been invented, and
the question now is, how to make such
weather-proof flowers available for
millinery purposes.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18

work, or had picked up the skirt in a
spirit of canine playfulness are unsolv-
ed problems. But doggy did his work
as though he was used to 1t, and he did
It well. He picked up the hem OF the
skirt In front with his teeth, and am
bled along beside her as though he was
stuck on his job.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18

Seeker-I wonder why 1t is that the
male cycler always follows In the wake
Of his female companion.
Sageman--It Is the prompting Of o
royal ambition. He feels that he may
become successor to the thrown. -Bos-
ton Courier.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18

aud in an incredibly brief space of time
had vast quantities Of firearms imported
from the United States. By December.
1896. the Cuban forces were right in the
center of the Spanish army. The latter
were driven back for seven consecutive
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
CUBAN WAR REVIEW.
TWO YEARS or FIGHTING WITH
LITTLE RESULT.

History Of the Present UPRISING
etory of the stormy IsIand from
Its Observation-Disclosures and
Climatic Conditions.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18

A Guatemalan mother gives her con-
sent to her daughters marriage by be
laboring the young lady with heavy
stick ttfTH
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18

A gray, unsized blotting paper was
sold In England, according to Rogers In
his history Of prices, a. Tar back as
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18

days, and Campos, then in command, was
forced to change his strategic positions
by Gomez, being overwhelmed at Calisco.
Christmas eve, Gomez. as he had prom
ised, was within few miles of Havana
and Matsnzas, and so certain of success
seemed the efforts of the patriots. that
Gen. Weylsr was sent ito snbdue this
congiomcration Of negroes, bandits. assas-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18

There are others. but people never
find 1t out until they are married, and il
= too late
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-18
THE BATTLE OF 1896.
ATTITUDE or THE FARMERS m
THAT GREAT CONTEST. fs

a study Of the Farm Mortgage Qucs-
tion a. Developed By the Result of
the Election IL Extremely Interest
inE-0ousral Political Opinion. $50.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-03-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Over one-half Of the arabic land OF
Japan is devoted to the cultivation Of
rice.
Kid gloves, with hand-painted flow
ers on the back, are the latest fad in
Paris.
Among the supplies sent to foreign
missionaries the bicycle takes promi-
nent place.
The flesh of the alligator is eaten
by the inhabitants of india. Boiled. it
tastes like veal.
The first man to apply steam 10
house warming was James Watt. the
Scottish inventor, in 1884.
Louis A. Pettier. of Allen county.
Ind. has been an undertaken for sixty
years He has buried over 1900 hu-
man beings.
Something squeezed the ankle Of a
woman in Coffeyville, Kan. as she was
shaking a mat on the piazza of her res
Idence. Sht discovered that the squeez-
er was a make.
From five hundred 10 six hundra
monkeys are annually imported 70 T..
country. Most of them come from
dia and Africa The price Of mo-
here is about sl5.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-03-05
SOUTHWEST BREEZES.

Sarcasm is rhetorical flower con-
ceaitng a bee.
1t lsgusts US to see others doing the
foolish things we do.
Every man who has G reat faith has
great power for good.
An investment in knowledge always
pays the best interest.
No man was ever converted while
nursing an aching tooth.
There is not in the world a mask
that can disguise vulgarity.
The eye of ambition is an orb that
can be closed by no opiate.
1t is far easie rto see through 4 stone
wall than through prejudice.
The morning of opportunity passes;
the day of accountability never.
Nothing gives one a more melan-
choly fee ug than a clock that doesn't
run.
That nan who can afford to make
enemies Is certainly rich in expedi-
ents.
According to the world an odd rich
man is eccentric; an odd poor man
fool
1t is an unfortunate fact that clerical
morals do not always go with clerical
garb.
During slippery weather, pray less,
and put more ashes on your side
walk
There are long speeches that are ap-
plauded that do not contain five vital
ideas
When it comes to making mistakes.
nearly all men are found to be
artists.
1t is better TO insult an impertinent
questione rthan to lie to him or employ
evasion.
Negligence is the rust OF the soul,
that corrodes through all her best reso-
lutions.
One of the hardest things in the
world is for a man who is stuck up to
get down.-The Southwest
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-03-05

concludes that X W7W
water at a time when thar%m
country was covered by a lake VIZ
is supposed to have existed late In the
tertiary period. and the ash is believed
10 have been borne thither by winds.
Long ago it was discovered that bub-
bles of air rising through water do not
move with great speed. This, except
ing for great depths, is not more than
foot a second If. therefore. bubble
of air is caught in q stream OF water
which flows downward, and the rate
of speed OF the stream is more
than a foot a second, the bubble will be
imprisoned and will be carried down
with the stream. This phenomenon
may be observed in all waterfalls,
where the whiteness of the water is
due to the air which is carried down in
il
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-22
THE BAREFOOT CURE.
LOGIC of the Fad.

Looking for the reason why people
are benefited by the FIR. Kneipp practice
of barefoot walking in wet grass, il will
be remembered by Electricians that lit
tie unfelt currents Of electricity are con-
tInualiy passing TO and fro between the
body of animals and the earth, (the
great field Of negative electricity The
free passage OF these currents sets up
what is known as electro-n1otive force. a
very important need Of the human body
The human IS toe only body that is in
sula ted from the earth, Coy leather, a
non-cOnductor). Therefore the free
passage of the natural currents IS inter-
fered with and the body accumulates
an excess ot positive electricity from the
atmosphere, which it cannot readily
pass of. A few moments barefoot in
We grass will correct the trouble. The
feet should then be rubbed dry, shoes
and stockings put on and brisk walk
and short run INDUCED in. The feet
Will feel good,' half the day. After the
run, rest bit and then breakfast on
whole wheat, or oats, milk, cream and
fru; with a hot cup OF Postum Cereal in
stead OF coffee. Meat only once a day.
This trea tment coupled with good food
and abandonment of coffee will heal
many an invalid where drugs have
failed. Leaving off coffee IS easy when
Postum Cereal IS served, well prepared
L is grain coffee par excellence and a
real liquid food.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-22
CITY IN BRIEF.

W. r. Maxwell Of Cheney was f.
town yesterday.
Jacob Odd lost twen;y-seven head O.
hogs from the heat Sunday.
Miss Fife Gle iet; yesterday morning
for brief visl; with friends in New
ton.
Judge n. q. RuggIes returned from
Geuda Springs. Saturday evening. HI,
tip al not prove beneficial. He i,
quite 81 a. his home.
II. Hitchcock % Zy5s. Kan. passed
through the city yesterday on his way
hume. Mr. Hitchcock has made an ex-
tensive trip through the Pacific states
On wednesday afternoon the local IL
surance men VIII have pscugc and
pleasure pai2ver in GrlswoiG PARK. and
all Insurance Offices all be closed On
that day.
IF. George Daisy vas riding no-th On
Main street Sunday evening when TIE
meteor wen; By. HIS horse Eel. either
from fear or surprise. sn1 shook as
rider W quite little.
hiss - L-ls44s 1aFLa r4se f-tss - -
her home IN CaickaSaa. l. T. after m
!saing her course q lessons IL Cana
painting under the ins,ructiSn g XssS
J-kyu a. Lewis academy.
Singer K Donnell TIE furniture dsal-
srs q. rs Sorra Main street. have tus.
rad a nsx delivery sszon built sy
Blgss * RcGke- They made the s.k: de-
ver!ss win Il yesterday. Tee wagon r.
a beauty. vel bsii; and very attractive.
Mss Rssse scaasites departed "a To-
8 Annapolis aa4 as-i3n. lad. last Sun
9sy % Wit relatives sna srsezsk. Msss
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-22

decorating meteors. This is the kind we
saw last night. There are no doubt mill
ions AND millions OF these unseen trav-
elers in space, but when one passes into
| the earth'S atmosphere /: is soor heated
10 incandescence. They are of all sizes
from hundreds OF feet in diameter down
% fraction Of an inch. And from tina,
OF; down TO the most impalpable dust they
are called shooting stars. But whenever
one OF these smaller ones is heated the
very incandescence makes 1t appear
much larger. These me.eoric t-amps
travel much faster than their terrestrial
namesakes. twenty 10 thirty-fve miles
per second. Decorating me;eors are Of
al least year.y occurrence. The ore
KNOWN as the Tennessee meteor o. An
gust :, 1850 was seen about 10 o'clcck
A, night as a magaifcen: ball OF fire
aoou; the size OF the full moon. and
.ew minutes after lis disappearance
there was heard Throughout; several coun-
ties OF Kentucky and Tennessee a ire
mendous explosion ike the sound Of die
isnt cannot The meteor was seem from
Charleston 20 81 Louis and from Nex
Orleans to Pit;s5urg. From a conpu.a-
ton o. large number Of observations IL
was found that when first seen the ne
tee. had AZ elevation above i.e earth OF
eish-y-.w0 miles and tia; /: exploded a: |
al elevation Of twsnty-esg1t miles. TIE
length Of Ats path was go miles and is !
tine Of fight eight seconds. giving so- :: |
thus ve.eciIy ot thirty miles second /
Decorating neteo-s are small bodies O, /
considerable density whica rsv5,ye 4
around The sun in orbits and vaica a..
generally eliiPses % considerable eccen-
,riciiy, perhaps soEetiues even psraboI-
as Tae noise which succeeds ,asir
fig1t - Ysobaosy in grea: part due 20
re collapse q tie air rushing i-,o rs
vacuum lef. behind ne Advancing M
tear. AS mere matter % statistics. =
nzy NJ: be embarrassing . EE3r IA;
the average EznAe- .. ns;c5rs ira; TIA
verse Ire el-sh's atmosphere daily AxE
been carefully computed 20 be over eiza.
millions May &C these w1ud ee inviss-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-22
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