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Sir Holm MacdOna,d's Advice.

Sir John Macdonald was the guest of
honor at a banquet in Montreal one
evening and was expected TO make a
speech Of much political moment. The
Star sent n shorthand man with in
structions to take down Sir Johns
words exactly as they were uttered. 1t
was a great banquet and wine flowed
freely. After the speech the reporter
FASTENED to the office to transcribe his
notes. For the life of him he could
not make out what Sir John had been
talking about. He hurried off to the
premier and went over the speech care
fully with him and Strengthened it out.
Thanking Sir John most gratefully, he
was about to rush back, when the
statesman, taking him by the hand,
said: MY dear friend, you are young.
The world is before you. l am old and
have seen much of life, its trials and
temptations. Let me venture as one
full of experience to offer you few
words of advice"-it was the proudest
moment of the reporters life. He was
all expectancy. "Be sure, always be
sure. my young friend, that when you
try TO report speech you are quite So
ber."-New York Press.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03

and cast into prison and treated with
great cruelty and rigor
Their trials were held before mill
tary commission or court-martlal. Hor-
ace Heffron, n prominent attorney or
Salem, broke down under the strain
and made n confession. The other men
were condemned to death by hanging,
but at this point Gov. Morton inter
fered, and though he ut first insisted
on conviction, was now anxious for
modification of the sentence. Pardons
were offered the men IL they would
apply, but Milligan utterly refused to
do this and the case was taken to the
United States Court on writ OF
habeas corpus. Gen. Hovey declared
that he would disregard the writ were
it issued. The court could not agree
and the case was appealed to the Uni
ted States Supreme Court, which de-
clared the entire proceeding unconsti-
tutional and In violation of all law. The
attorneys for the, accused men were
j. ID. Mcdonald, ]. S. Black, James A.
Garfield and David Dudley Field, the
greatest array of learned, loyal and
able men that ever pleaded together
in one case before one court. Horsey
retired gladly from his involuntary no.
toriety, but since that memorable trial
and acquittal no history of the war
time has been complete without men
ton of his name.
The knights Of the Golden Circle, or
Sons of Liberty, as the organization
was sometimes called, was organized
in Orange County. Indiana, probably at
French Lick, where Col. Bowles resid-
ed Milligan and Horsey organized the
Martin County Branch, and were still
active in the work of installing lodges.
Horsey was picturesque character,
and his nature partook Of much OF the
ruggedness that made his Martin Coun-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03

waterways which will cheaper trans
portation and keep the rates OF the rail
rosds down to reasonable figure. The
canals of New York have done won
derful work in the regulation of trans
portation rates in that State. When
the Hennepin Canal project was last
discussed 1t was shown that on roads
running east from Chicago In compe-
1ition with the water routes the freight
rates were only one-half the rates on
roads running northwest which had no
water competition. OF course, the
enormous traffic of the east-bound
roads accounted for this In part, but
the lakes and canals were responsible
Tor much Of it.
THE experience Of the lake carriers
kas shown that water rates can be
c2capened greatly by using the largest
carriers. Therefore / say that IL the
government undertakes the construc-
sian of n canal between the Mississippi
vpd the great lakes, it ought to make
complete Job of 1t by affording chan
mel which will accommodate the largest
ships"
Mr. Thurston has eminent authority
for his advocacy of the canal system
John G. Calhoun, in 1916, presided ovei
n waterways convention which de
cssred that "the project Of connecting
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03
Paper Bags for Bread.

A novel improvement has been made
by one of the most prominent bakers OF
Berlin, which Is the natural conse-
ouence of the increasing tendency to
employ hygienic methods in every trade
dealing with food and food supplies.
While rolls have long been delivered in
paper bags to customers. Ii has always
been the rule to handle loaves with
the fingers, each loaf going through a
number of hands before delivered at
the consumers door, there to be re-
ceived by the bare, often not 100 cie.z,
fingers Of the servant. Tie recent i'm
provement, which-has been covered by
patents, consists of using paper bags
the exact shape of the various sizes Of
bread turned out by baker These
bags are open ut both ends, and, being
slightly longer than the loaf, the ends
are turned together with Il twist rs the
loaf IS showed from the oven straight
into the bag This cover will protect
the bread from any pollution after 1t
leaves the oven, rs the loaf Is kept in
the bag not only while being handled
in the bakery and by the delivery man,
but while the loaf is being used. being
Gu. nj one end as the loaf gets shorter.
The new system has found n very
quick spread, and the best bakeries,
which at once introduced the new i'm
provemcnt. gained by its adoption.
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wou,d Cheaper Transportation.

Wouid Cheaper Transportation.
senator John NJ. Thurston says he
has a proposition to make for the as
Dosal OF postal savings funds. MI.
Thurston wants the money put into
great system of internal improvements
which will give the commerce OF the
West a waterway from the Mississippi
River to the Atlantic seaboard.
MIR. Thurston would revive the Hen
nepin Canal project. But he would go
farther than the advocates OF that ca
nxs. They wanted the government 10
appropriate $6,000,000 or $S,OOOOOO FOR
a canal from Hennepin, on the ILLINOIS
River. to some point west or northwest
Of II on the Mississippi; for the widen
fog OF the Illinois River and for the
s.niarcing of the Illinois and Michigan
Canal. which was constructed by the
State of Illinois in the first half OF the
century. Mr.. Thurston wants canal
from the Mississippi River deep enough
and wide enough to accommodate Il
shin war He wants the river and
canal channels east of Hennepin made
eQuaIly wide and deep, and he wants n
ship canal opened from Lake Erie to
the Atlantic, either by the widening of
4he Erie Canal or by the opening of a
canal to cross Lake Champlain on the
Line. surveyed n year ago by n govern
nent commission.
The use of this canal would be the
cheapening of transportation rates on
the farm and range products of the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03
Vessels with Names Ending in "a"

Marine insurance underwriters al
WAYS fight shy of vessels whose names
erd In "a" This has become especially
true since the total loss, with all on
board, of the steamer City of Philadcl-
phia. about n year ago. The City OF
Philadelphia left New York for San
Francisco. and went down, with all
hands. off the Falkland Islands. y
shin with the final IA is looked upon
pretty generally as hoodoo. The most
serious wrecks of last year have been
vessels carrying the hoodoo latter. One
day the telegraph announced that the
British ship Androsa, from San Fran
cisco to Liverpool, was lost with very
valuable cargo. The next day word
was received that the Orealla, bound
from Victoria for Liverpool, had been
swept by heavy seas and badly dam
aged. Her mate and one sailor were
drowned. The wires told on the same
day of the total loss of the British ship
Villanta and the drowning OF her mas
Ter. near Freemantle, and a few days
later the papers gave the news of the
loss of the steamer Wallapa and of the
Bleaching of the Dora. During the lass
two or three years the most serious
wrecks on the coast were of vessels
whose names ended with the hoodoo
letter. Besides the wreck of the City
of Philadelphia, the wreck of the Coli
ma was the most horrlfying of all
Then came the loss of the steamer Co
lumbia. and few weeks later the pas
senger steamer Umatilla ran ashore
and narrowly escaped destruction
| Philadelphia Record.
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FUNNY FINISH to A FEUD.
Ormondes and Desmonds Had Quar-
relied for Six Centuries.

Ormondes and Desmonds Had Quar-
relied for Six Centuries.
1t is seldom In this workaday age
that one encounters genuine family
feud inherited from sire to son through
no less than six centuries. Such
feud actually existed in the dominions
of Queen Victoria until short time
ago, and its final settlement was
brought about by the righteousness OF
a boy of 8.
The two leading Anglo-Irish families
in, Ireland had long been the FitzGer-
aids and the Buffers. From being COM
rades In arms of the invading Strong
bow they became by degrees rival bar
ons and fierce contestants for the vice
sovereignty of their adopted country.
In the wars of the roses the Buffers
sided with the white rose Of Lancaster.
the FitzGeralds with the red rose sof
York. Factions gathered around the
two great houses and the bitter feud
brought forth death and bloodshed
from as early as 1850 down to the
Willlamite wars. The Buffers, whose
of Ormonde, succeeded In crushing the
power of the elder branch Of the Fitz-
Geralds, Earls of Desmond. 1t Is told
of a warlike Desmond that while being
borne prisoner on the locked shields Of
his feudal foes clansmen the Buffers
tainted him with the bitter words:
where Is now the proud FitzGer-
aldY'
To which the indomitable earl al
swered:
''FitsGerald Is where he ought to be
--on the necks of the Buffers"
This proud reply will give an idea of
the intensity of the strife.
Now, it happened that her majesty
Irish viceroy gave garden party IN
the viceregal lodge at Dublin, and
thither We're hidden by accident tht
Marquis of Ormonde, head of the But
Ter family familiar to the Americans
through his yachting interests), and the
little Duke of Leinster, boyish chief
tain of the house of FitzGerald.c Wit
the duke, who was not quite 8 years OF
age, came his widowed mother, one Of
lie beautiful Duncombe sisters.
The Duchess of Leinster lost sight o.
her son for a space, and in going t.
look for the lad found him engaged II
earnest conversation with a tall elderl,
gentleman. in whom she was SURPRISED
to recognize the Marquis of Ormonde
What was her horror when, on ap
preaching nearer, she distinctly heard
the youthful Geraldine remark II
somewhat slangy phrase:
well, suppose l ought to puncl
your head on account Of the feud; bu
say, you know you're too jolly de
cent chap for that. Can't we SHAKE
hands and call 1t square,"
With the utmost gravity Lord Or
monde grasped the small hand of hi
hereditary foe, and when the amused
mother came TO congratulate them OF
the happy settlement of 600 years o
bitterness she found young hopeful
perched like his famous ancestor, OIL
the neck of the Butler
Thus ended a feud, undoubtedly on
of the oldest and possibly the bloodic3
in the world.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03
WIFE OF TAMMANYS CHIEF.
Mrs. Richard Croker a Good Mother
and a Devout hurch Woman.

Mrs. Richard Croker Good Mother
and Devout hurch Woman.
Wherever American newspapers are
read, Richard Cookers name is known
in connection with Greater New Iork's
first municipal campaign, but the Tam
many leader in the role of husband and
father and head of a household is
character quite unfamiliar to the pub
lie. In these roles he is described as
DELIGHTFULLY."- old-fashioned."
1t was twenty-four years ago that
Richard Croker and Miss Elizabe.i
Fraser were married. She was 10 years
old and beauty. He was 2S and was
always referred to as promising
young man." 1t was n love match. the
surest foundation for happy home.
They commenced life on humble
scale. Mrs. Croker was n favorite in
the neighborhood. She has not lost n
whit of her early charm of manner.
She went to early mass then and she
does so still. Her hand soothed many
n fevered brow in those days. She is
still charitable still keenly sympathetic.
She is still handsome woman. She Is
tall and well proportioned. Her fea-
lures are delicate and regular Her
eyes are. dark, with finely arched
brows. Her hair is black. Her cheeks
have the hue of health.
Early in September, when the polite
al campaign was opened, Mr.. Croker
left the home on T4th street and took
up his residence at hotel. This move
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03

the Mississippi with the lakes of the
North by a canal, and this with the
Atlantic Ocean, Is a measure worthy or
the enlightened consideration or Con-
gress." Grant approved the canal
project. So did Arthur. President
Monroe, in one of his messages to Con-
gress, said of the general scheme or
Waterways: "When we consider the
vast extent of territory In the United
States, the great amount and value or
it's productions, the connection or It's
ports and other circumstances on which
their prosperity and happiness depend
we cannot fail to entertain high sense
Of the advantage to be derived from
the facility which may be afforded In
the intercourse between them by means
of good roads and canals. Never did
country of such vast extent offer equal
inducements to Improvement or this
kind nor ever were consequences or
such magnitude involved in them"
The consequences" at the present
time Mr.. Thurston estimates at $780,
OOO, 900 to S4O0,OOO000 year-that is,
DOSSlDly lNO-hlthS VI ehS pANSNAe 49,
of running the whole government.
The Hennepin Canal project received
serious consideration several times ut
the hands of Congress. More than ten
years ago the State of Illinois offered
to the government the 100000 State
canal between Lake Michigan and the
Illinois River on condition that II
should be wldened and connected by
way of the Illinois River with the Mis-
slssipi. The distance from Hennepin
TO the Mississippi by the proposed canal
was sixty-four miles, while by way OF
the mouth of the Illinois the same point
on the Mississippi was 46S miles away
But Congress, after having elaborate
surveys and estimates made, let the
project go by default. One point OF
difference was the choice OF Western
terminus for the canal, and that diff
ference would arise again. Three
routes were proposed. The cheapest
and most satisfactory, from an engi
neering point of view, was the Marai'
d'Osler or Meredosia route, terminating
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three hundred years old. The Poetry

three hundred years old. The Poetry
Oak of Pachaug stands in front of Pa
chang Westinghouse. The tree was
alluded to in the agricultural papers of
the country half a century ago be-
cause of it's enormous size. G. Ed
wards Lester author of the GLORY and
Shame of England" unused under its
shade; George ID. Prentice wrote his
first poems beneath its shadows, and
Galusha Grow passed many Of the
study hours of his youth under It, Mr..
Reade says of this oak: 1T has heard
fifty-two sermons n year for III years,
and political speeches from the settle
ment of this country down to the pres
ent day. One foot from the ground its
trunk Is 10 feet and 10 inches in cir
conference and its longest limbs ex
tend each way 119 feet" On the farm
OF James b. Palmer, of Lisbon, is an
immense black oak that measures
around the trunk one foot from the
ground % 1-3 feet. This, Mr.. ReadC
calculates, must be at least 500 years
old.-New York Sun.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03

at Albany, seven miles above Rock ISL
and. Another route terminated at Wa
tertown, twenty-one miles above Al
bany, and the third at Rock Island.
Gen. Newton and Secretary Endicott
favored the Rock Island route, largely
Oh account of the arsena. there and the
consequent Importance of the canal in
time Of war. The local interests repre-
scented by the three termini supplicated
Congress for years, anc their failure
to agree, no doubt, had much to do with
the defeat of the canal bill.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03

there was an average of million men
ont Of employment. Labor leaders at
times estimated the number at 1000
600 and at 100000. / believe it would
have been better for the great mass OF
the people if the government had found
employment for these men. The COM
munity had to support them in some
way. Every idle man is tax on the
man who is working. And lack Of work
creates discomfort, which stirs up n rev.
olutionary feeling.
THE scheme of improvements, l
think, will take the form of n system of
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FOR DUTY OFF CAPE HATTERAS.
Lightship No. 90 to Constantly Patrol
the Dangerous Diamond Shoals.


From the day that the pioneers from
old England settled jamestown to the
present time Hatteras inlet and Cape
Hatteras have been looked upon with
superstitious horror by seamen NO
point on the Atlantic seaboard Is or
ever has been as fatal to shipping or
the lives of the men who go to sea in
ships. The natural dangers arising
from sunken reefs and treacherous
sands have been augmented by the fire.
quency Of fierce storms along that por-
ton Of the coast. 1t has been so GUS
weather and heavier seas while pass
ing Hatteras that every shipmaster who
must sail by it always prepares for a
bad time Of it. The authorities have
striven for many years to provide some
means by which the casualties might
be reduced. 1t looks as If they had
finally succeeded. 1t is the steam light
ship, known as No. 60, which will SO
into commission off Diamond shoal.
Diamond shoal is the graveyard of
the seas of the western continent.
More hapless vessels have foundered
and bee npounded to bits on its reefs
than ON any other reef in the Atlantic,
on the western side. 1t projects out
from Cape Hatterasseven miles into the
ocean. Efforts to build stationary lights
there have failed. Seventy-five thou
sand dollars was dropped into the
ocean in the effort to sink caisson
there which would withstand the force
of the seas. The money is there, but
the caisson would not stay sunken. The
attempts to build skeleton house fol
this dangerous reef have never been
deemed practical. and the necessity OF
putting in a lightship was enforced by
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03

West to points of consumption and ex-
port in the East and on the manufac-
lures and imports of the East to the
Western States.
There is no doubt in my mind" said
the Senator, that the government has
got to undertake some day scheme OF
Internal improvements which will give
work to the unemployed. There is no
considerable number of men out of
work now-that is, of those who want
employment-but during the three
years of depression l have no doubt
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03

by the chief of Tammany is mark OF
consideration toward his family and
servants. Mrs. Croker Is an indulgent
wife and housekeeper Mrs. Croker
doesn't know the name of the County
Clerk nor Sheriff and | am glad of It,"
her famous husband has been heard to
say, and the mere mention of women In
politics brings frown to his brow.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03
NEW UNICYCLE.
A Continuance Which, 1t Is Promised:
Will Eclipse All Bicycle Records.

Will Eclipse All Bicycle Records.
The latest novelty in wheels is uni
cycle, which it is promised will eclipse
all records of the bicycle.
The contrivance Is the invention or
Emory b. Sewers, Of Westville. Ohio.
who has succeeded in making surpris-
ingly fast time on it. The motive pow
er of this invention is obtained by the
use of safety. which can be fitted TO
and be taken from the large Wheel
without much loss Of time. 1t is claim
ed the new machine will make it posi-
BILE to develop a much higher rate or
speed than the ordinary form with the
same expenditure of energy.
The unicycle is guided by the handle
bars the same as an ordinary. The
riders weight may be thrown or shift
ed by turning these, which. in turn.
guide the larger wheel in the same d.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03
the floating off of the caisson. Hence
the genesis of this lightship.

the floating off Of the caisson. Hence
the genesis of this lightship.
No. 60 will be on constant duty at
Diamond shoal. She will anchor in still
weather and rely on her powerful
screw to maintain her position during
the gales which sweep her station. She
is equipped with exceptionally power
full engines and screw, set up for TINS
express purpose. She is sister TO
lightshlp No. Is, now on duty at Fire
Island. in New York harbor. No. CD
will show disappearing lights of GOO
candle power from her two stout
masts. \ fourteen-inch chime whistle
will sound in foggy weather, ana she
will also be provided with large bell.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03
Echoes.

In cave in the Pantheon, Mt Rome,
the guide, by striking the flap of his
coat. makes noise equal to twelve
pound lannon's report. The singular
ity is noticed, in lesser degree, in tho
Mammoth cave in Kentucky. In the
cave of Smellip, near Viborg, in Fin.
land, a cat or dog thrown In will make
screaming echo, lasting some min
utes. Fingars cave. on the isle of
Staffa, has also an abnormally devel-
oped echo.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03

He then spent year or more making
the best of his time and opportunities
in studying in the law office of Colonel
l.. J. Rusk, after which he went to
Madison, where he entered the law
course and was graduated with honors
in 1898. Shortly after he began the
practice of his profession At the time
Of the spring election he secured the
nomination and was elected to the Of
Gee of County Judge.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03
wscoNsIN.s YOUNG JuRlsT.
Judge John II. Pannier, of Chippewa
Fall, but % Years Old.

The youngest judge In Wisconsin,
and probably the youngest in the coun-
try, Is John Il. Pannier. elected County
Judge at Chippewa Falls, Wis. last
spring. He is % years old and sue
ceeded Judge Belden, of Racine, who
ten years ago, at the time OF his cleo
ton, was the youngest judge on the
bench.
Judge Pannier was born In Chippewa
Falls and is a product of the public
schools. which he attended until he was
graduated from the high school in 1892.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03
Bank Note over 80 Years Old.

After over eighty years from its is
sue fl note of Fector's Dover bank.
in England, bearing date 1916, has just
been presented in Dover for payment.
The bank was taken over by the Ma
tional Provincial some sixty years ago.
The note was found in book, the
property of m old lady who died re-
Gently in South Wales. 1t has been Sc
cured by the Dover coroner.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03


BENNY
hfrmert capable Of no
howsh
have
PROVIDED
be OF hockey
ordinary
Me- World.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03
Connecticut Oaks.

About oak trees an important chap
ter in Connecticut history might be
written. The famous Charter Oak
tree in Hartford was IN old tree when
the colonists first came into these parts,
and the Glastonbury oaks, of about the
same age, are now held to be over
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03
Mr. Hardcre Hugs a Job.

Some of the consular offices of the
United States have been held by the
same men for twenty years, and Mr..
Hardegg has been consul in Syria for
twenty-six years.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03

When n mans trousers are out at the
knees It's sometimes difficult to tell
whether it's from praying or shooting
craps.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03

A good word might be said in favor
OF congress CATERS, but shoes with
tongues should be able to speak for
themselves.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03

rection. The new unicycle may he
changed to safety by taking off the
top wheel and putting n wheel in the
front forks as in the ordinary cycles.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03

There is an independent fortune
awaiting the inventor of typewriting
machine that will spell correctly.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03

We wish someone had bone to picb
with us that had meat on 1t.