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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03
will Control the Worlds Markets

A glance mt the list Of manufactured
articles which we export is well calcu-
lated to create the impression that our
manufacturing resources are being de-
veloped at a remarkable rate and that
the statement that we shall have con-
troll, virtually. Of the markets of the
world before many years is not an ex-
travagant one.-Savannah (Ga.) News,
Free Trade.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03
TRADE NOW BETTER.


fhis IL All the More Encouraging Re-
cause IL Comes Unusually Early In
the scsson--specuiation and Invest
ments Also Becoming Active.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03
Shina Needed.

Our ships, like the ships of England
and Germany, should be known to-day,
In the age of the iron ship, as they were
years ago in the age of the wooden
ship, upon every sea and navigable
channel open to the commerce Of the
world. We would thus be able to en-
gage our capital, our energy and labor
in an industry which should be as re-
munerative to us as to any other peo-
pie. We would be able, Furthermore,
to establish commercial connections
with foreign countries, over routes
which are now traversed irregularly
and with markets which our exporters
and producers now find 1t difficult to
reach. These ends cannot be attained
without an effort. 1t Is certain that
they. cannot be attained without legis-
lation. This country should have the
best transportation facilities which the
world affords. Manufac-
Juror
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03

~ The Board of State AUDITORS has accept
ed the bid of the Robert Smith Printing
Company Of Lansing for the State print
ing contract for two years, commencing
July 1. The contract for binding was
awarded to the Review and Herald Pub
fishing Company (adventisD of Battle
Greek. The amount involved in the print
ing contract aggregates 100000, being
entirely for labor, the State furnishing all
paper. The binding contract amounts to
about $4,000 including all materials
used. The adventists say they will not
accept the State binding without print
ing.
Wesley Morrison Of Montague, former
" an inmate of the Traverse City asylum,
imagined that some one was choking him.
He whipped out his knife and made a
lunge ut his enemy, infiicting a wound In
his throat which will probably not prove
fatal. I4str
Fire broke out in the large general store
of II. 8. Keys ut Riverdale. A furious
wind was blowing and before the flames
were gotten under control the fire had
consumed the entire store and contents
and also the livery barn and Office Of w.
ID. Strong and blacksmith shop. The
loss Is about $4,000.
The Hub clothing store at Caro-, owned
by Charles Montague, was entered
through back window by burglars, who
helped themselves to good suit of clothes
each and some other clothing, and also
all the small change In the money draw
err.
Six months ago VIM. Hoffman Of Kali
amazoo cut his wrist by pushing his hand
through a pane of glass, the arteries,
nerves, muscles and ligaments all being
severed, causing complete paralysis Of the
hand and arm. These were all searched
out by surgeons and reunited, special at
tention being paid to the nerves. 1t Is
expected, In time that Mr.. Hoffman win
recover the use of his arm. ssia
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-02-03

The representatives of the Cuban junta
and their sympathizers in Congress will
make an effort to have the amendment
recognizing the belligerency Of Cuba,
which the House rejected, added to the
diplomatic appropriation bill in the Sen
ate, and they may succeed in doing so.
If such clause is added in the Senate it
would be impossible to prevent a direct
vote on the Cuban question in the House,
for, under the rules. single member has
right to demand roll call upon every
item in a conference report
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-08-04

fell i'll. He became delirious, and
remembered the wild people dancing
round his bed with magical incanta-
tions. Once in every three months an
English courier passed through the
village, and as he passed he blew
horn. 1t all depended on the young
mans hearing the horn whether he
could escape from Russia, for he had
no money. In his delirium he would
start up agonized lest he had missed
it.
At last the courier came, the horn
was heard, and the courier agreed to
take the young Englishman with him:
He was drunken fellow, and dropped
all his dispatches on the road. His
companion picked them up, but did
not tell the courier, until the man,
having become sober, was in despair.
Then young Tennyson gave the des-
patches to the courier, with warning
not to get drunk again.
At a frontier town they found the
gates closed and barred, because 1t
was late in the night. "The Duke of
York." shouted the courier. I'm
mediately the gates were thrown open,
and the sentinel sprang to attention
and saluted the young Britisher. who,
after many adventures, managed to
reach England.
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Riding With a Bull Snake.

Members of the Spokane (Wash.)
Athletic Club are telling a remarkable
snake story in which Professor Free
man, the musician, figures as the lead
ing character
Professor Freeman and three mem
bers of the club started last Sunday on
q bicycle run to the Little Spokane.
While en- route home north of town,
one of the party noticed big bull
snake coiled up in the road. The pro-
fessor dismounted to kill the reptile.
He struck the snake q violent blow
over the base of the head witha stone.
The reptile squirmed minute or two,
and then all movement ceased.
The nervy musician decided to bring
the descendant of Mother Ewes enemy
into town as trophy. He took a
short piece of twine and tied the snake
to the handlebars, wrapping its body
around the steering head. The trip
was again resumed into town. Every
thing went nicely until coming down
long hill Ell route to town, when the
professor, who was setting the pace,
began racing as if the warm end Of a
Spanish gun was pointed in his direc-
ton. So exhiiarating was the sport,
in fact, that the snake revived.
The professor was made aware of the
revival by a kissing sound. He looked
down, and the reptile was making saw
age plunges at his hands, first one and
then the other.
Things suddenly became more than
interesting. The wheel was going
down hill as if lot of fends were af-
ter it. The snake was in front, and a
terribly hard roadbed kept jumping up
underneath. The professors hair
needed no combing to stand pompa-
dour. The snake to all appearances
was wriggling its head loose and its
teeth were just missing the riders
hands at every attack it made.
Finally matters were hreughstQ an
abrupt termination. by the wheel slows
ing up at the bottom of the decline.
The snake was readiusted, and the
trip resuUed into town. The reptile
is now on exhibition in a cage at the
professors apartments, where he is
perfectly willing to tell his friends all
about it. The reptile is three or four
feet long and lovely specimen OF
snake.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-08-04
Mule Steak Tasty.

ga party of Idaho cowboys. who
were out on the range hunting horses
not long since, got desperately hun
cry, and, rather than kill beef steer,
which is worth big money just now,
they despatched a young mule, whose
flesh they proceeded to eat with the
greatest RELISH" said Mr.. Albert G.
Blocker, of that State, at the Ebbitt.
Gone of the company told me that
the steak cut from the mule was as
good as any he ever ate, but his sharp
appetite may have been factor in the
case. 1t was the first time [ ever
heard of mule being sacrificed IN
such a cause, but as horse meat Is
growing in favor in European coun-
tries. I don't see why his long-eared
relative should not answer the same
purpose. Washington Post.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-08-04
The Philippines in Gold.

Canovas del Castillos widow hasre-
ceived magnificent present from ad-
mirers of her husband in the Philip
pines. e 1t is large map in relief of
the Philippines made of beaten gold,
the towns marked by rubies, the
names written in sapphires, and the
dedication in diamonds. The map is
set in frame of gold and jewels with
a gold bust of Canovas on top, and
this is inclosed in box of precious
woods artistically carved. The gift is
valued at $50, 900 The Duchess of
Canovas will soon be the sole Spanish
possessor of the Philippines.-New
York Sun.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-08-04
conquer.

The first railroad in Sweden was
opened in 1855, and the country has
now in proportion to its population,
more railways than any other country
in Europe. They are owned partly
by the state and partly by private corr
porations. Sweden has the only rail
way in the world which passes the
polar circle, i. e., the state line from
Lulea to Gellivare, in the Lapland
district.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-08-04

For many years Dinah Shad had
lain in the little burial ground.
In the meeting house itself John
Shad worshiped on alone. Each
frst-day found him here, the silence
of the place was made audible by his
presence. Sometimes when his heart
felt thankfulness became too much for
him he stood up and spoke aloud.
And what sermons were those, if only
they could have been taken down!
And so he sat on, week after week,
year after year.
Beloved by the woodlanders as man
was rarely loved, he was left undis-
turbed. A strange reverence grew up
about him. His silent testimony was
more powerful than the spoken word.
The lawless countryside became more
law abiding as his years went on. But
still he worshiped alone. it is told
how violent wayfarer, hearing OF his
lonely life, had intended to break in
and despoil his house. But, pre-
viously lurking about the premises, he
had caught sight of the old man at
worship. He saw him, sitting silent
and still, with head thrown up, as was
his wont, and, as he described, with a
bar of sunlight across his white hair.
The man watched him for time, then
skunk silently away and disappeared
in the woods, leaving the weapon with
which he intended to break the house
in his fight.
And as this man had seen him so l
found him one Monday at noon-a day
after he had failed to make his wonted
appearance. He still sat on the seat,
only little more rigidly than usual.
There was but little change, except
that the mouth, slightly drawn, added
hardness to the face that was not
there in life. Curiously enough his
will was in his pocket afterward
learned that he always carried it in his
''irst-day" coat. Subsequently the
duty fell upon me to read this quaint
document, but l must not disclose its
contents.
Suffice it, they were characteristic
OF the man-especially the direction
that his body was to be lain in the
woods, not in the little battle-ground.
And so John Shad, the very incarna-
ton of Quakerism, died, but still out
side of the pale of the sect-the last
of the Quakers of Hattock.
Even with the dead man lying be-
fore me, I remember smiling at the
incongruity of the sporting brass but
tons as they stared me in the face from
the high-cut, snuff-colored coat
the self-same anathema of sixty years
ago.-Boston (England) Guardian.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-08-04
SHIPS AT SEA.

Then anxious fears crowd In my breast,
And veil the sunshine in the sky.
Shall thus my good ships end their quest?
Shall this their fate be by-and-by?
o friends with ships far out at sea,
That sailed away so long ago,
Some day they're coming back to thee,
But when and how We may not know.
Perchance with sails all rent and solled,
Battered and bruised thy ships may be,
OF beauty and grace they may be despoiled.
Heavy and slow they may come to thee.
But come they morning, noon or night,
With flying colors or broken mast,
Our hearts will cry with thrill OF delight,
Thank God our ships have come in at
last
Clara W. Williams, in Boston Transcript.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-08-04
100000.

Kaiser Wilhelm is iuventing new
mitrailIeuse to knock over wholereg-
imeut at one fire whenever it comes
within range After he has invented
a new .icycle saddle he can sit down
like Alexander and weep that, il the
fields Of ingenuity, at any rate. there
are no more worlds left for him to
conquer.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-08-04
The progress of English toward uni.

The progress of English toward uni
versal use was shown when Doctor
Nansen recently addressed the Rus
sian Geographical society on the
theme o. his Arctic adventures. He
spoke in English, saying he knew no
Russian, was not sure of German, and
could not use French with any degree
of ease; but not one of his audience
complained of not being able to un-
derstand English.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-08-04

We do not have to search long for
the explanation of the tremendous
spread of the English language dur
ing the last one hundred years, says
the Atlanta Constitution. There IS
something in the temperament of both
Britons and Americans which makes
them superiosto any other race of peo-
pie on the globe in wideawake progress
siveness. While Great Britain on the
one hand has been engaged in plant
ing colonies in all parts OF the globe,
the United States on the other hand
has been engaged in subdulng the vast
domain of the North American cont
nent. While Great Britain has car
ried the English language into fore gn
quarters, placing it upon the lips OF
millions, the United States with III =
proffer OF splendid opportunities held
OllV 10 TIC ulSCOAtCLIlSNt l'Al ItN VI N'IC
old world has succeeded in attracting
millions into her amrle borders, en-
dowing them with her language As
well as with the fruits of liberty. In
spite of the decline which other ma
tions have experienced, the two great
English-speabing nations have forged
their way TO the front, causing every
obstacle to succumb to their invinci-
bic progress. At the present time
they carry on the great bulk OF the
worlds commerce, and represent the
major portion of its wealth and enter,
prise. Such being true, there seems
to be abundant warrant for the state
ment that the worlds destiny, in a
large measure lies within the keeping
of the two great branches OF the An
glo-Saxon race.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-08-04

comedy and tragedy, this "book OF
suherings." A "stiff-necked genera
ation," the "priest" had called them
(having all eye on his tithe), and we'll
he might! But they are gone, all
gone!
True, the little meeting house re-
mains-still lovingly tended and cared
for by therejected of the elders, John
Shad the sole survival of Quakerism.
Sixty years ago the quiet spirit OF the
little community had entered INTO his
soul, and he lived on in the FaitlE But
he could never be induced to renew
his application. And only once, with
a quiet smile, he gave the reason. He
still wore the brass buttons of his
leather shooting jacket-and we're nat
they anathema?
With his eighty years upon him.
what man was John Shad, beautiful
with age! His soul looked out of his
face. Tanned was his face, his fine
square head covered with profusion
of silvery hair. With all his tyears,
he stood as straight as an ash-sapling
"a perfect woodlander! In his age
as in his youth, he lived face to face
with Nature. Never was such a poor,
rich man. Nature, his mistress, he
would say, lowered him with riches
showered her .bounties before him.
Where the clearings had been he
built gardens and orchards. Hanging
gardens he made among the rocks and
scars--spots in which it was impossi-
BILE TO tell where Nature ended and
art began. He grew the precious
herbs and knew the lore of all the
flowers. His patches of corn were
among the rocks, and everywhere
about him the desert blossomed as the
rose
But over and above all, the meeting
house was his chiefest care. How he
tended it, Nothing was ever allowed
to desecrate it-nothing except the
pair of swallows that came year by
year to nest among the rafters. How
the birds of return were waited and
watched for, and what Joyous day
vas that of their coming!
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-08-04
"Ride For Your Life"

Tsar Paul was strangled because he
was thought to be a madman whose
manias were too dangerous to be
borne. Bonaparte, who had entered
nto an agreement with the tsar,
whereby the two rulers should stimuli
taneously invade British India, had
the meanness to declare in the Moni-
teur, the official journal of France,
that the assassination had been
planned by the English. A thrilling
story, associated with the assasslna-
ton and Bonaparte's declaration, was
told by the poet Tennyson.
The poets father, when n young
man, visited ST. Petersburg not long
after the assassination, and dined one
day with Lord st. Helens, the British
minister. At the dinner-table the
young man, having in mind Bona
parties attempt to make the English
Government responsible for the as
sassination, said to Lord st. Helens,
speaking across Russian guest: "1t
is perfectly we'll known IN England
who murdered the Emperor Paul; it
was Count So-and-so."
A dead silence fell on the company.
After dinner Lord st. Helens called
young Tennyson aside and said;
''Ride for your life from the city. The
man across whom you spoke to me is
the Count So-and-so, whom you ac'
cused of numbering the Emperor
Paul"
The young Englishman took horse
and rode for weeks through Russia,
till he came to the Crimea, where he
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-08-04
Ill.

How Dinah Bebb became Dinah
Shad; how the hut in the clearing was
enlarged, and how John Shad con-
tinued in his quiet mind and still at
tended the old meeting house need not
be told. But these things were and
so they continued for years.
No doubt the meeting was ashamed
of having rejected Shad, but it seemed
to have been the mutual misfortune
that he had been interviewed by two
of the most conservative elders among
the sect.
But then, did not the Society's Book
of Christian Discipline and Practice
set itself against all sports-sports
which were demoralizing, and inter
fered with growth in grace.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-08-04

American lumber exports are on
the increase as shown by returns for
the last two years. During 1895 the
value OF lumber exports was $50, OO0,-
GOO, during 1896 80, 900, 900, and for
1897 there was an increase of 20 per
cent, bringing the total up to Slo,-
OOO. 900.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-08-04

Oh. many ships have I at sea
That sailed away long years ago.
Some day they're coming back to me,
But when and how cannot know.
Sometimes I wander on the shore,
And watch the far horizon dim,
Where vanished in those days OF yore
Ny argosies so feet and trim.
scan with eager eyes the waves
That dance and sparkle in the light;
A vision fair my fond heart Graves,
Alas. no sail is vet in sight.
Ofttimes find upon the sand
A broken plank, a shattered spar,
A bent and rusty iron band
Oh, voiceless tale OF wrecks afar.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-08-04

1t would appear from all accounts
that NJ. Chacot's enterprise of the
manufacture of spiders'-we silk is
to be pursued on large scale, a fac
tory in Paris having been taken for
the purpose. Here the spiders will
be kept and worked at regular hours,
and, when one of them is used up, he
will be fed and helped back to condi
tion again, while another will take his
place on the bobbin. An expert, fully
acquainted with the habits of the in-
sect, will be in control OF the spider
department of the factory, the care of
them, feeding, housing, etc. In OBJ
tainlng the requisite supply, if the
latter exceeds what is necessary for
the industry, experiments will be
male with aview to ascertaining which
of the different varieties produces the
finest quality of silk, and in this way
those not favored with fine web will
be wee led out. Trials will likewise
Sc male with different diets, in order
to determine whether or not it is pos
sible to train the spider to give forth
a web that is an Improvement on the
ordinary product-the expectation be-
ing that perseverance in this respect
will result in securing a quality OF
silk hitherto unsurpassed.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-08-04

The Quakers' meeting house stood on
the edge of the clearing, it's "up-keep''
being represented by the rent of the
Pit Farm. 1t was a small, white
washel building, with plain unvar-
nished benches. An oak gallery ran
along one end, and on this was a mat
of plated straw. About a dozen
"Friends" habitually attended, a man
and woman Friend coming on a pillion
from one of the upland farms. The
Quakers ministered among themselves,
and as an "attender," and sitting just
within the door, John Shad had sat for
a number of years. This quiet, self
contained man who lived in the woods
was welcome among the little COM
munity.
As time went on, and he never
broached the subject of applying for
membership" some of the Friends sug-
guested that, did he make application,
they had no doubt it would be accept
able, especially if he were found to be
at one with them on the main point of
doctrine. After pondering the matter
for time Shad saw no reason why he
should remain outside, and according
ly made application. In this way he
might share the larger responsibilities
and partake of the fuller privileges
that attached to membership. The
outcome of his application was the ap-
~, &c do fn
him. If the conference was satisfac-
tory, they would recommend his ad-
mission to the Society.
But the recommendation never came,
and it was in this wise: To pursue his
nature studies John Shad had but few
other aids than his gun-and his gun
was an un-Friendly possession. Then,
again, his leather jacket was adorned
with brass buttons depicting sporting
subjects-buttons much worn through
transference from one garment to an
other. These were an heirloom, and
not lightly to be parted with, although
they were hardly less subjects of
offence than his fowling piece.
Forego his gun, his nets and snares
and all his rustic appliances? No; if
Quakerism could not embrace him
with the love OF nature and sport upon
him he must bide outside.
The woods were wide. The seasons
would come and go, the winds and the
tides. He was content.
How much the nature hunger had
entered into his soul no one knew.
Keenly as he loved the woodland
creatures alive, his gun brought them
within his grasp. His knowledge and
collection of birds would have been all
incomplete without it. Nature was
his fe-study; it had got into his brain
and blood. He had the forest fauna
by heart, and when he was not char
coal burning or peeling oak-bark, he
made excursions to widen the scope
of his observations. When learned
entomologists came collecting to the
woods, he was consulted as to the
spots affected by the rarer species Of
butterflies and moths, and in this way
some of his observations had found
their way into print-into quite learned
treatises. -
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-08-04

The Quakers were areminiscence IN
Hattock. Only the name remained.
Sixty years ago they had been more
than a name. Traces of them were
common-of their doings, their say
ings, of the stand they had made
against what they deemed oppression.
There was their "Book of Sufferings, "
pretty piece of reading in itself.
Turning its yellow-s stained pages one
laughed and wept with these dead
Quakers in turn-but always admired
them. 1t was curious patchwork OF
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-08-04

\ early life John
Shad had no con-
nection with the
p people call e d
Quakers. At the
time when he at
tanned to manhood
he had no ere
ligion," but this
was owing rather
to his shyness in
attaching himself
to any particular
sect than to lack
of spirituality Of
N in d. Hitherto
his hungry heart
had gone out to
t h g mysterious
workings of ma
ture, and he had
worshiped til e
sun and the stars