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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-15
REPUBLICAN ENERGY.
IT Is MAKING ITSELF FELT IN
WASHINGTON.
The Tariff Bill Through the House 10
Being strongly Pushed in the Sem
ate-cuban Prison Doors Open to
Americas Prisoners.
Capital city Chat.

Special Washington correspondence:
The Republican party has again
shown It's business-llke qualities. In
less than two weeks from the time of
Its meeting, the House. controlled by
this party, has considered and passed
the tariff bill, and has done so despite
the opposition and delay and fault-find-
ing system Of the Democrats. The bill
now goes to the Senate, where the. Re
publicans have already shown their
business-like methods by taking 1t up
In committee and putting more than a
weeks labor upon 1t prior to its pass
age by the House. 1t Is expected that
the bill will be completed by the COM
mittee during the present month, and
be taken up by tire Senate early In
May, passed by that body in June and
go into effect July 1. President Cleve-
land and the free trade Congress, elect
ed in November 1892, did not get their
tariff bill upon the statute books until
Aug. %, 1894, one year and ten months
from the date Of the election. 1t looks
now as though the Republicans would
get their tariff measure on the statute
books within seven months of the date
of the election, possibly even sooner
than that
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-15

purchased for or 10 cents, make cunning
gifts for children.
Anything that is just little out Of the
ordinary is acceptable Mt Easter. Pho
tographs mounted on bits of tinted card
board or framed in delicate white frames
prettily decorated make satisfactory pres
ents-if given to the right people.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-15
An Easter Catastrophe

IT'S Easter day. the sky's serene.
New dainty gowns and hats are seen,
A fragrance sweet the breeze instills
OF violets and daffodils
Where parks are green, the fountains play.
Nature revives. and maids display;
/ have no heart for all of that
The breeze has spoiled my Easter hat!
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-15
BEST OF THE YEAR.

The Easter Holiday Season aud Its
Delightful Associations.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-15

Increasing Volume Of Money.
During the year 1896 the money In
circulation in the United States was in
creased $71,016,021 and the money in
the treasury 500, 002, 765. This means
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-15
No Comfort for the Democrats.

Democrats in Congress and else
where are greatly disappointed with
the sugar schedule of the Dingley tariff
bill as well as other features. They are
especially disappointed regarding the
sugar schedule as they are unable to
find In Ii any opportunity to charge
that the bill Is advantageous to or in
the interest of trusts. They remember
with great bitterness the fact that their
own law which now stands upon the
statute books, was condemned by the
public generally as framed in the inter-
ests of the sugar trust and they had
hoped to find some opportunity to make
a similar charge against the Dingley
bill. but in this they have absolutely
failed, and those Of them who are frank
enough to confess the truth admit that
1t wipes out the advantages which the
sugar trust has enjoyed under the pres
ent Democratic law.
Japan Goes Back on the Free silveritcs
The silverites have been compelled
to abandon another position. They de-
MED the published assertion that ia
pan had abandoned the silver and gone
10 the gold standard, saying that the
report was based upon the mere fact
that measure Of this kind had been
introduced In the Japanese parliament.
The latest advices show, however, that
the proposition establishing the gold
standard has passed both branches of
the parliament and has probably by
this time received the signature Of the
Emperor. Nothing which has occurred
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-15
The Cuban Situation.

The State Department continues to
receive encouraging reports from Cuba.
The attitude Of the authorities there
has undergone a remarkable change
since this aGninists alton came into
operation. Every few days bring re-
ports of additional releases and only
three citizens Of the United States now
remain in Cuban prisons, asking inter-
vendon by this Government in their be-
half. Several others are still imprison-
ed, but they have either been given
the fullest rights of trial under our
treaties with Spain, or have for rea-
sons of their own omitted to ask in
PREVENTION i'm their behalf by this Gov
eminent. No feature Of the present
administration has been received with
such marked satisfaction and COM
mendation as that relating to the rights
Of American citizens abroad.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-15


Wool, wheat, and corn, those three
staple agricultural products, are feel
ing the effect of renewed confidence
and renewed prosperity which have
followed the Inauguration of McKin-
ley. The standard commercial authori-
ties report higher prices for wool,
wheat, flour and other articles OF agri-
cultural production and show that the
wheat and flour expectations of the
week just ended are greater than those
of the corresponding week of last year
and those of corn three times as great
as those of the corresponding week Of
last year. The farmers Of the country
are finding no occasion for regret that
they voted for Mckinley and prosper
ity
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-15
That Wilson Law.

The month Of March has proved re-
markable one in the history of the Will
son tariff law. The treasury has actu-
ally small surplus for the months op-
erations, an event so unusual in the his
tory of this act as to draw marked at
tention. This Is due, however, to the
fact that importers in the early part Of
the month took alarm lest the Dingley
bill should be so framed as to shut off
in some way their right of importing
under the present low tariff rates, and,
therefore withdrew enormous quaint
ties from the bonded warehouses, pay
ing the duties ON them and thus in
creasing the revenues to nearly what
they averaged per month under the Nc
Kinley law, and making the surplus for
the month of March. This makes the
fourth month in the history of the VIII
son law in which an apparent monthly
surplus has been created, but in every
prior case it was accomplished by hold
ing back payments in order to make
specially good showings just previous
to elections or at the close Of the fiscal
or calendar years.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-15


No feature of the tariff discussion has
been more interesting than that which
has developed a wide division Of senti-
ment among the Democrats upon the
question Of protection. Many members
of the Democratic party have openly
avowed themselves opposed to free raw
material propositions, while others
have denounced the extreme free trade
views Of the Cleveland wing of the De-
mocracy. Still Others especially those
from the South, have avowed them
selves absolute protectionists, and sew
eral Southern Democrats actually went
so far as to vote for the bill which was
denounced by their party association as
the most extreme protective measure
ever offered in Congress. The free
trade idea is evidently losing ground,
even in the Democratic party.
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in closed retorts to $50 degrees centigrade
for seven hours. The finished product re-
gas. Analysis shows this coal TO consist of
30 per cent. of carbon, 16 per cent of oxy-
Of water. and only 5 per cent of ash. and
its heating value is that of average bitum-
nous coal The cost of manufacture, is
about 90 cents per ton, the selling price be-
ing a little over 81 per ton or about a
quarter of the cost in Norway OF natural
coal. The peat coal has proven suitable for
foundry work, and rooms have been heated
with it at exactly half the cost of the same
effect from ordinary coal.
A singular eruption was witnessed early
this year by postman who was crossing
the sands Of Skeidara, in the south of Ice
land. A sudden long, groaning sound drew
his attention to a glacier about two miles
IN front of him, when he saw huge masses
OF ice thrown into the air from the glacier,
followed by flood that swept down upon
the level sands carrying everything before
it. Turning his horse he fed to the sta
ton of Nupsstad. On returning to the
sands six days later, he found them COW
cred by belt of ice foes or waves about
four miles wide and seventy to ninety feet
high. reaching from the glacier to the sea,
a distance of at least twenty-five miles. Six
neWiy-tormed torrents rushed from the
glacier on the opposite side of the ice field.
The eruption is supposed TO have some con-
hectlon with the severe earthquakes OF last
summer.
The use of ether for forcing plants has
given Mr. Johannsen, of the Agricultural
High School at Copenhagen, results so de-
cided as to suggest great possibilities for
florists and market gardeners. The plants
are etherized by being placed for twenty
four to ninety-Six hours In a closed vessel
filled with ether vapor, cylindrical glasses
being used for small plants and oil-painted
boxes lined with tin-foil for larger ones.
The cost OF etheriZing liacs is said to have
been from cent to cent and one-half for
each plant. In the experiments of the last
three years, tulips lilacs, etc, etherized
late in the fall and then placed in a hot
house, developed much more rapidly than
usual, and had a pretty color and great
dura bility Little benefit was had from
Der. Trials on a greater variety of plants
are planned for this year, and a study of
the effects of varying and repeated doses of
ether will be made The ether being very
infammable great care must be taken to
keep it away from lighted matches or any
flame.
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was one OF the inventors Of the Enfield
rife, and made the first Gaping breech-
loading rifles and cartridges in leos Later
he invented the top-lever breech-loadeT a ii q
the falling block rifle with the metallic
cartridge for it.
AT Prague in Austria, no fewer than nine
priests have been sentenced TO from fifteen
days to two months Imprisonment and TO
pay heavy fines for having acted illegally
during the last elections at which scan
dalous scenes were enacted, several priests
being arrested on the spot, While those VINO
took TO flight were pursued by Socialists
who stormed buildings in which they TOOK
refuge.
A traveller just back from Japan says
that the Japanese are making undercloth-
ing of their fnely-crisped or grained paper
After the paper has been cut to a pattern
the different parts are sewed together and
hemmed, and the places where the button
holes are to be formed are strengthened
with colIco or linen. The stuff is very
strong, and at the same time very flexible
The stuff as not sized nor is il impermea bic
After becoming wet the paper is difficult
to tear. When an endeavor is made to tear
1t by hand ii presents almost as much re-
sistance as the thin skin used for making
gloves.
As Senator Pettus, of Alabama, was go
ing to his home, on Capitol hill, Washing
ton, a few days ago, he met a very decrepit
old fellow, who seemed hardly able to cross
the street General Pettus caught the tot
tering patriarch by the arm and helped him
on to the pavement The latter returned
his thanks very effusively, and then said,
with a touch of some pride in his voice:
III were as young as you, and you were
sist you in this way" Yes" said General
Pettus, and how old are your" Seventy
four. said the ancient My friend" said
the Alabama statesman. II will be seventy
six next June
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Diversity in Names.


The Pedant praised the zeal of the school
master who preserved and kept familiar
the names of ancient towns and heroes bv
bestowing them on villages and cities in
New York; lion, Syracuse, Palmyra Pom
pey. Senect-the list is long. Surely" he
said, the practice was more ingenious
than the paltry habit OF surrounding a
town by villages bearing the names of the
cardinal points Old Chimes heard him
patiently. and then lifted up his
voice: Yes, to-day there is a feebleness
of invention in onomatology. They that in
years gone by gave sonOrous names to
demons-from Arracatorra to Zamcapatu-
jas-were richer in Imagination Here is
Hatfield, for instance, the name of a town
in several states: Suppose it be divided
The first thought of the manners of the new
section is North Hatfield, or East Hat
field. And thus do men throw away op-
portunities. See what could be made out
of Hatfield, if it were properly and SYM
bolically subdvided. The old families. the
swells, should live in the district known as
Plughatfield or Silkhatfield. StrawhatffeId
would be a delightful summer resort near
the depot free from mosquitoes and ma
laria, with excellent water and drainage
Furhatfield, on the contrary would be a
winter resort for consumptives. with pine
air and sheltered walks and sitting places
The lower classes should be confined to
Slouchhatfield, and the sports woula CRAWL
tate inevitably toward Dicerfield Business
men might prefer the suburb Pothatfield
and the opera house should stand in Claus
field
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-20

The public libraries of the United States
have become a great educational force and
the calling of librarians is no longer merely
clerical, but takes rank among the profess
sions. Success in it involves special quail
ties and special training. Schools have been
organized to supply this training, and their
benefits are eagerly sought. Unframed APP
plicants for library service find themselves
in competition with better equipped rivals,
greatly to their own disadvantage As in
the teachers profession, more is constantly
being requireds and a higher standard de-
manded. 1t is not enough now that IL
brarian be a mere custodian Of books,
clerk who fills the orders of the patrons.
He must be acquainted with the character
and contents of the books as we'll as with
their titles he must serve as literary guide
and mentor, and the greater his ability to
do this the greater the value Of the library
as an educational institution. He is not
only a custodian whose knowledge is merely
technical he is a librarian in the fullest
sense who has the most liberal education,
the widest general knowledge. This fact is
not realized to the extent that could be
wished by the various boards of trustees
who have such institutions in charge, but
the tendency to improvement in this line is
seen everywhere. The larger libraries of
the country are coming under control of
men distinguished for scholarship, and for
the smaller ones the standard is becoming
higher from year to year The librarians
themselves help to raise this standard.
Their national association has been Of bene-
fit in this direction. 1t was organized in
1876, for the purpose of promoting the
library interests Of the country, and Of in
creasfng reciprocity and good will among
librarians and all interested in library econ
omy and photographed studies" 1t had
a small beginning, but is now an influential
body. 1t is expected that at least four
hundred members will be in attendance at
the annual convention this week in Phila-
delphia. They will consider many matters
relating to their calling and will be afforded
an opportunity to examine a very large and
valuable exhibit of rare photographed
treasures gathered by the Pennsylvania Lii
brary Club from private libraries for the
occasion. At the conclusion Of the Phila-
delphia meeting many members will go to
London to attend the international confer
ence to be held there IN July. Having
realized their own responsibility to the pub
lie, it is the public that will benefit in the
end by their consultations and self-improve-
ment. The convention is one, therefore, in
which library patrons have real, though
ipdiract intarect
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-20
SHREDS AND PATCHES.

In great attempts it is glorious even to
fail.-Longinus.
Most men think more of their wives than
they ever admit.-Philadelphia Post.
Most men like to be told that they are
working too hard.-Philadelphi Inquirer.
Every man. however wise, needs the ad-
vice of some sagacious friend in the affairs
Of life.-Plautus.
Another lesson of Flag day is that it
teaches the value of the single standard.
Philadelphia Times
God lays His cross upon those whom He
loves, and those who bear it patiently gain
much wisdom.-Luther.
AS soon as woman thinks she loves a
man she takes the Lord into her conf
dence.-New York Press.
When a man is short he admits it. but
a girl makes the stripes on her skirt run the
other Way.-Atchison Globe.
About everything in this world is I'M
healthy except the uncomfortable things
nobody cares for.-Tammany Times.
Mrs. Church-Did youA ever catch your
husband flirting? Mrs. Gotnam-That's the
way did catch him.-Yonkers Statesman.
Where can L find the great virtues"
asked a man of Mediocrity Usually with
some of the vices, she replied.-E. S.
OConnOr.
A pin is furnished with a head for the
same reason that one is given to man. 1t
is to prevent it from going too far.-Boston
Transcript
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THE REVIVAL OF INDEPENDENCE
DAY.


Several appeals have appeared in the
newspapers and have been made in public
addresses for "a new Fourth of July 1t
is claimed by those who make this demand
that the day now has not much of it's sig
nificance, in that it is no longer day spe-
cially devoted to the incubation Of patriot
ism. Because the country is apparently
free from dangers from without, and the
Republic is not threatened by sectional diff
ferences, the Fourth has become a holiday
for relaxation and amusement except the
terror which the fusillade of fire-crackers
gives the nervous for twenty-four hours
1t is not claimed that there has been any
falling off in patriotic sentiment. True,
now and then a person laments a past
which never existed and deplores present
colored by his distempered Imagination but
disagreeable people.
The demand is for a new Fourth of July
because, it is said the dangers which
threaten are not those of fifty years ago.
Our people believe in the Union, and all
are attached to our form of government.
Everywhere the flag is hailed the en-
blem of a nationality which all people in
their right minds hold in loving and proud
remembrance There is no need of inculcat-
ing a patriotism which will cause citizens
to rush to the defense of the country if
threatened by war. And yet there are foes
which are undermining the foundations of
the Republic, and these foes are all the
more dangerous because they are insidious.
The men who array people who may be
spoken of as in different walks of life
against each other, filling the minds of
many with envy and of others with dis
trust are foes, and very dangerous ones,
because they appear in the part of patriots.
They are men who would carry the flag
to assail that confidence and mutual re-
spect upon which the Republic is founded.
The Fourth of July this year will be- used
by this class of orators to preach heresies
which many well-meaning but ignorant peo-
pie will receive as truth. 1t will be used
by others in bombastic utterances regard
ing Cuba, the duty of the United States
to give freedom to the oppressed, and to
the effect that it is the asylum for the
down-trodden. That is all the old Fourth
of July. 1t has had it's day.
There is need of a new Fourth of July
for consideration of the duties of citizen
ship and of some things which have always
been evils, but which are more easily seen
at the present time. We need to be
taught that the man who is false to a pub
lie trust deserves a place on the same roll
with Benedict Arnold, and that men in pub
lie position who sell valuable franchises are
traitors to society, but not much worse
than those who offer the bride. We may
cheer the flag and become fearful over
heroic deeds Of the past, and it is well TO
do so. but If such sentiment fails to make
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-20
Preying Upon Poets.
Collier,s WeekIv

At a recent reception a man said to me.
who is that you were talking tor" "A
young poet | answered. Said he: 'I hate
young poets" And, as matter Of fact IL
will happen that now and again they are
rather exasperating. Here is a modern in
stance. In France a month or two ago
Mr.. Fabry dc Loupiac started a Poets
Johrnal" incidentally he announced that
there was to be tournament of song in
which amateurs were invited to compete.
Tie entrance fee was 10 francs and the win
ner was to receive u prize. In no time at
all he received the manuscripts OF nearly
one thousand young poets, plus 10 francs
each, which amounted TO nearly $1,000 in
addition TO return postage and the incre-
ment 10 the waste-paper basket. To each
and every one Mr.. De Loupiac was sweet
enough to write: Your poem is exquisite.
You have won the prize. / beg you will
send~~me your photograph and full auto
biography for publication In the next issue.
Kindly remit for correction of proofs and
the packing of a figurine of Fragonards
which constitutes the prize, AZ francs" OF
all those young poets there was but one TO
unmask the fraud When Mr.. Fabry de
Loupiac was arrested the following letter
from one of his dupes was found in his
pocket: New st. Gilbert. l was dying in
the hospital when your letter restored me
to life. hasten to send you my eternal
gratitude. my photograph. my biography,
and AZ francs. Whom you come to con-
slider II. 1t is not surprising that the man
Fact said he hated young poets.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-20

The members of fraternal and benevolent
orders in the United States number I, $50 600
more than half the number who voted at
the last presidential election While quite
a number of such orders have a female
membership, very much the larger part of
this immense membership is composed of
men Of the voting age, so that it is fair
70 assume that majority Of men who take
an active part in the affairs of the COM
munities in which they live are members of
these orders. At the present time there are
nearly 100000 Freemasons, 10000 Odd Eel
lows, and fully 100000 of that younger and
vigorous order the knights of Pythias.
Other organizations have a very large men,
bership, but their rapid growth is due
largely to two important features-life
insurance and benefit and nonpartisan and
nonsectarian management. For the most
part the insurance feature of these organ
izations has been admirably managed. Now
and then an Iron Hall goes to the wall, but
the fraternal element in these is not prom
tnent. AS rule they are operated on strict
" business principles Two years ago the
Ancient Order OF Foresters celebrated its
one hundred and fiftieth anniversary and
reported fund Of $2S.o0O00o. The Ancient
Order Of United Workmen. with a member
ahip Of over $4,000. distributed $1,000, 900 last
year without straining Its financial ability.