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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-30
Getting Acquainted.

A Ravenswood man tells this story
about friend of his whose business
takes him away from home frequently
For the last month or so he has had
a respite, and his neighbors have no
ticed the unusual length OF his visit
at his own house. One Of them asked
him recently If he had got pretty well
acquainted with the members. of his
family.
IL think l am making an impress.
sion" he responded. "My little girl
went to her mother the other day and
said: That man who comes here
sometimes spanked me to-day. -
Chicago News.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-30

rope and Irvine oils-some of pale vel
low, others red-and carbons for cleo
trio light. The carbOns are made from
the last stubborn dregs from which ev-
cry drop of oil has been pressed. The
extreme refuse Is used as fuel and is
called coke. 1t gives out great heat
and Is used for heating stills" and
sometimes the homes Of the employees
A more interesting process cannot be
conceived than that by which wax is
made from petroleum. The machinery
used is massive and complicated and
the manager Of each department Is an
expert in his particular line.-Chicag 60
Chronicle.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-30

higher price. Other things being equal
the quality of any tea depends on the
"fncness" Of the leaf plucked. IL only
the tiny. tender, youngest leaf be pick
ed, the quantity OF the crop must be
comparatively small; but Its quality
will be decidedly superior to that OBJ
tanned by coarse" plucking. which also
embraces the older. larger and neces-
sarily tougher leaves.
Problem of Cheap Labor.
Ieaf-plucking demands the careful
attention of the tea grower. 1t Is a
light employment. suitable for women
and children. but they must be taught
patiently and their work must be scru-
tinized strictly. At Pinehurst colored
children do the picking. and very salts
factorily. A free school is maintained
for them: every pupil Of suitable age
and size Is required to pick: others are
excluded from the gardens. Regular
attendance and better discipline are thus
secured. But. otherwise. there would
be no difficulty in securing an ample
force. as the wages earned prove In
themselves sufficient attraction. The
older children earn from 30 TO 80 cents
day: the younger one in proportion
The tea gardens are picked twenty
times a season. or once every ten days
and 1t takes three days for the average
force Of twenty children to make the
round OF the gardens. The more in
dustrIous and skillful pick from ten tc
twenty pounds of fresh leaf n day. II
takes four and fifth pounds of fresh
leaf to make one Of dry leaf.-New
York Press.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-30

while some employ as high as 300. and
in one case 1,40O. BY the State census
Of 1895 the capital invested In this in
dustry In Providence is $12.OOO.OOO;
average number Of hands employed,
1000; annual wages paid. $500, 900;
value of material used. $500, 900;
value of annual products. $4,000, 900.
Had these figures been taken in 1893
they would have been at least 33 per
cent. more. In almost every case the
shops have been started by poor men
with small capital. and as a result CT
success there has arisen large class
of well-to-do people, neither rich nor
poor, but prosperous and contented.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-30

Residual Oil from Iliuminsnts Makes
Article Superior 20 Honeycomb.
The busy little bee was long ago
cheated out Of his monopoly In the
honey making business by artificial
honey manufacturers. Now he Is left
To improve the shining hour as best he
may, for his corner on wax Is rapidly
slipping away from him. Paraffin, q
product Of crude petroleum, is taking
the place Of beeswax In commerce very
largely. and half the "wax" candles OF
to-day are of pure psraffin and never
saw the inside OF beehive.
Whiting. Ind, just over the southern
line OF Chicago, Is the place where
this wonderful wax is made. Cleve-
land, Ohio, has a paraffin works, but
1t is only a small affair compared to
the Whiting plant. The paraffin works
are quite distinct and apart from the
oil refnery-whlch is near the lake
front-and is quite large plant In IT.
self. The oil treated here Is the "re-
sidual OIL" or oil from which all illu-
minating and fuel oils have been dis
TILED in the oil refinery, and which
would be deemed practically worth
less by an outsider.
AS 1t is pumped from the oil refinery
into It's first receptacle, the ''tar stills
huge piles of iron and brick with
innumerable pipes-it has the appear
ance Of liquid tar or New Orleans mo-
lasses or anything else that Is dark,
sluggish and looks as unlike the beau
tiful candles as possible. The COM
pany has the money to pay for the SER
vices Of expert chemists and by their
skill, combined with continual work,
this ropy, dark stream becomes a
thing of beauty.
| A parallel could easily be drawn be-
tween the paraffin works and a bee
hive, only instead Of one building there
were many, each under its own man.
ager and each doing its part In con
verting this worthless looking refuse
into wax.
Nothing Is wanted. AS this residual
oil'' is pumped from building to build
ing In its course Of publication 1t in
turn leaves a refuse from which axle
grease and all kinds OF lubricating oils
are made. Here they make wool oils
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-30

one thought very much about the fire.
quency OF his calls or speculated az to
their meaning. He was not the hero
then. He was plain. quiet, unass0nl-
ing commodore. He was ordered to
the Philippines. and 1t Is said that when
he went away he carried with him Mrs.
Hazen's halfway promise that when
his ship came sailing home again he
might claim her for his bride.
There were many weary but event
full months before that time came. Let
tiers crossed the sea and told of his
busy life. his hopes, of his longing to
get back to his native land.x But the
secret was well kept. No one guessed
that Dewey had left his heart behind.
No one knew that a woman's prayers
and love were cheering him In his he
roic achievements. Not until the time
came for Admiral Dewey to 60 to
Washington to receive the jeweled
sword presented to him by Congress
did the gossips begin to whisper.
Mrs. Dewey confesses to As years. but
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-30

Some years ago few far-seelng men
Of the Southern States looked far
enough ahead to see that cotton would
not always be king. and opened to dis
cussion the problem Of raising tea. Al
that time cotton was king. and there
was no denying 1t, so the effort to Gre
ate an interest In tea raising proved
abortive. In less than fifteen years
came a great war In which the South
was swept clean as by a hurricane.
One result of the war, minor perhaps,
besides some OF the other results, was
that cotton was dethroned. Into the
new South was introduced other forms
Of agriculture, and not only that, but
manufactures which the South hereto
fore had despIsed with pride IN its
splendid isolation"
And now. a generation after the war
has closed, after King Cotton has been
deposed, Southerners themselves have
taken up the culture of tea In earnest,
bound to make 1t contribute to the gen.
eral prosperity OF that section of the
country. A leader among these leaders
is Prof. Charles U. Shepard. Of Pine
hurst, Summerville, s. c., and in pub
Aication Of the agricultural department
I'm Washington he tells of the success
OF his experiment.
Since he has made a profit Of % per
cent. on his venture the undertaking is
entitled to be taken out Of the class of
experiments and put In with the solid
accomplishments that will endure. 1t
is seven years since he first reported
on the operations on the Pinehurst es-
tate. He says that 1t seems probable
from the facts so far gathered that the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-30

In Harnces.
The most unique steed ever attached
to harness Is Oliver W.. OF Florida, a
400 pound. full-blooded African ostrich.
Not only has the distinction of being
the first pacing ostrich ever known.
but he can get up speed that would
trouble the fastest Of horses
Hitched to light carriage, driven by
his keeper and manager. the big pacing
ostrich may be seen daily In the road
near Jacksonville and 1t Is doubtful II
ever a more peculiar and interesting
sight was seen. His spesd IL simply re-
markable and nothing on the road can
pass or even hold him. He has gone a
mile In POP several times and once 1t is
said went below the two-mlnute mark.
He has already won several big match
races and also came out first In the
most unique trial Of speed ever per.
formed In this part Of the country. a
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-30
A Natural weather Bureau.

An enchanted ravinc of the Ulloa
Valley. Honduras, is described as a
regular weather bureau. with the pc
culiarity that 1t is always reliable. The
tumbling Of a cataract down the side
Of a mountain gives the ravine its
voice. which can be heard for many
miles. and this indicates by its volume
the approach of rain and whether the
coming storm Is to be light or.heavy.
Tradition says that the ravine Is the
home of a dragon who controls the
clouds and winds.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-30
N RS. DEWE
Charming Personality of the Woman
Who Is Now the AdmiraI's Wife.

Charming Personality of the Woman
Who Is Now the Admiral's Wife.
Admiral Dewey has known the wom-
an who recently became his wife since
she was a chubby. rosy-cheeked girl.
with two long brown braids Of hair
hanging down her back. Mildred Nc
Lean was beautiful and joyous. Life
to her was roseate. She had never
known care. She was simply a merry,
light-hear:ed girl. with infinite posi-
bilities. About this time she met Will
lam Babcock Hazen. afterward briga-
der general. who was known as a sol
der and an author. He fell at once in
love with the charming girl. She loved
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-30
ONLY PACING OSTRICH IN THE WORLD.
they dwell lightly upon her. She is q

they dwell lightly upon her. She IL .
woman OF perfect manner. She has
exquisite grace and really aristO-
cratic bearing. The years OF expert
ence she has had In Washington So
ciety have brought her unequaled tact
and culture, together with rare CONVEX
satlonal ability. There is in her talk
the very slightest suggestion of the for
eigner. She is as enthusiastic and talks
as rapidly as French woman. There
are moments when her gesticulations
are even more eloquent than her words
She Is never at a loss to convey her
meaning.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-30
which, from inherent chemical causes,
cannot be brought from the Orient.

Filling Ont Garden Corners.
There Is large class of people who
might profitably add the cultivation of
tea to that of flowers and vegetables,
filling out the corners of their gardens
and home fields with tea bushes, as
they do in China, or substituting use
full as well as ornamental evergreen
hedges Of that plant for the present
unsightly and costly and frequently un-
reliable fences. Cultivated in this way,
the outlay Of time, labor and money
could hardly prove burdensome; and,
as one result. the household should be
able to supply its own rea-pure,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-30
Tbe Pope's Rooms.

or the vatican's 1000 rooms Pope
Leo has reserved for his personal use
only three-a small parlor. little din
ing-room and n bedroom.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-30
ani. .iuhts I'm Paris

Paris Is to have its bull fights to add
10 the excitement of Its populace. The
arena, however. will not be within the
city walls, but at Enghlen, which Is
some twelve minutes journey by train.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-30

A bridegroom can get good deal OF
credit Tor helping his wife with the
housework. by going out once or twice
a week. and upsetting few things in
the kitchen.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-30

The real cup defender out In this
section OF the country Is the woman
whose children got silver mugs for
christening presents.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-30

Women have the most to wear, but
men have the most to eat
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-30
THE CULTURE OF TEA.
SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT. ARE
MADE ~ THE SOUTH.

Gardens In south Carolina Produce a
Superior Article at Twenty-Five Per
Cent. Proat-A New and Growing In
dustry for the Southland.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-30

IL she found her husband easy to get
ind expects to have another one.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-30

Every poor man has favorlte joke
which he tells on some rich man.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-30

There Is scarcely an individual In
China who Is not competent to cook
The record-union., 1899-01-19
MILLER DISCHARGED.
Charge of Obtaining Goods Under
False PretenSes Dismissed.

STOCKTON, Jan. 1S.-The prelimin-
ary trial of Dave Miller, charged with
obtaining goods from the California
Navigation and Improvement Com
pany, resulted in his being discharged
from custody.
The cause of this action by the court
was that the complaint charged Dave
Miller with the crime, while the docu-
mentary evidence in the case, which
was not admitted, however, as evil
dence, showed that Miller & Co. was
signed to the warehouse receipt and
the check in the controversy. The
dismissal was on the ground that the
proofs were not in accordance with the
complaint.
1t will be remembered that Miller
was formerly in the commission busi-
ness here, but that he levanted under
peculiar circumstances last May, but
returned voluntarily a few months
later, upon hearing that a warrant was
out for him. He gave a check on the
San Joaquin Valley Bank for 4,50O,
securing for it warehouse receipt for
beans in the warehouse of the Califor-
MIA Navigation and Improvement
Company to the value of $1,000. Upon
being presented at the bank the check
was thrown out, Miller having no
money there
The record-union., 1899-01-19
Third Day Of the Annual Meet at
Bakersfield.
Romeo, a Setter Dog From Los Angeles,
Winner Of the Derby.
The Senatorial Situation in Ne
va acknowledgement Of
Newlands Assert That if Their
Candidate is Not Chosen
Deadlock Will Follow.

BAKERSFIELD, Jan. 1S.--The an
nual runs of the Pacific Coast Field
Trials, Club We're continued to-day. The
derby was finished this morning.
Romeo, a setter dog, owned by .)ohn
Hauer, won first moEey and hand
some trophy. Romeo is out ot Lazy
Stamboul by Valiente. Merry Heart.
setter dog by Merry Monarch out OF
Sweetheart's Last, owned by Albert
Betz, was second Ashbury, pointer
dog owned by Otto Fendner, was third
Vals Mark spoiled his chance for
place by chasing rabbits, and got lost
The all-age stake was started after
the finish of the derby. Romeo, win
ner of the derby, was entered. The
dogs were run as follows: j. 9. Lucas
Alex C. against N. L. Donovan's Sena-
tor p, Fannie G. with Countess Glen
beigh, Sans Bow with Orion, Cuba of
Kenwood with Count Harold, Romeo
ran a bye. All the above dogs, except
Romeo, Orion and Count Harold are
pointers. All did good work. and the
winners have not yet been announced.
The judges have named the following
dogs to run the second series: Cub.
of Kenwood, Sans Bow with Senator
p.
Los Angeles, Riverside and San Diego
are we'll represented at the meet.
Romeo, winner of the derby, is from
Los Angeles.
The record-union., 1899-01-19
ouAY's SEAT IN THE SENATE.
A Bitter Fight for the Place in the
Peunsylvania legislature.

HARRISBURG Pa), Jan. 1S.-The
feeling between the candidates, their
managers and their followers in the
sreat battle for United States Senator
has been intensified by the ruling OF
Lieutenant Governor Goblin at to-day's
:oint assembly of the Senate and
House Mr.. Goblin refused to enter
tain an appeal from his decision ex-
cluding a series of rules regulating the
procedure of the conference, and de-
claring the Assembly adjourned when
three -fourths of the Senators and men,
bers voted otherwise.
The anti-Quay Republicans and Dem
ocrats were hurriedly called together
after the session adjourned by Senator
William Flynn of Allegheny (Republi-
4 cam, Chairman of the anti-Quay or
ganization in the Assembly. The roll
call showed 145 Senators and Repre-
sentatives present. OF these five Re-
publicans who voted for Quay partic-
ipated in the meeting and indicated
their sympathy with the movement.
A committee of seven was appointed
to prepare a series of resolutions to be
submitted to an adjourned meeting
which was held this evening in the hall
of the House of Representatives..
The hall of the House was crowded
with legislators and politicians when
the night meeting was called to order
by Chairman Bliss. Mr.. Flynn pre-
sented the report. 1t recites the ex
cluded rules and the right to prescribe
such, declaring that the presiding off,
GERS action violated all rules and pre-
ceoents, and resolves that, as the joint
The record-union., 1899-01-19
MAJOR GENERAL sHAFTER.
Commander at Battle Of Santiago
Arrives at San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1S.-After an
absence of nine months Major General
Shafter, U. S. A, returned to San
Francisco tonight on the Southern
overland train. He was accompanied
by his: aides, Major Robert H. Noble,
Captain E. H. Plummer and Captain
w. II. McKittrick, and the party also
included Mrs. McKittrick, who is Cen
eral Shafter's daughter, and J. N. Shaf-
ter, his brother, with the later's wife
and son.
committee comprising Brigadier
General Warfield, Colonel w. r. Smed-
berg, Colonel ]. G. Currier and George
w. Spencer met the military party at
Oakland on the arrival Of the train,
accompanying General Shafter to this
side of the bay.
Mayor James D. Phelan headed a del
egation of citizens who met the incom-
ing ferry boat, and after formally well
coming General Shafter, escorted him
to the Palace Hotel, where he was re-
ceived by General Merriam, who has
been commanding the Departments of
Columbia and California, and whom he
will relieve at noon tomorrow of the
responsibilities of the California De-
partment.
General Shafter was everywhere re-
ceived with enthusiasm.
The record-union., 1899-01-19
SOUTHERN PACIFIC SYSTEM.
Large Contracts Placed for New
Rolling Stock.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1S.-One OF
the largest equipment contracts ever
let for a railroad in this country has
just been placed by the Southern Pa
cific. 1t contemplates an expenditure
Of between $2,O0O,OOO and $2,5OOO 900.
General Manager Kruttschnitt, who
has just returned from the East, speak
ing of this investment by the railroad
company, said:
s.The Southern Pacific has placed
some very large orders for the new
year. Much of the material will be used
on the Pacific system. There will be
fifty-one new locomotives six of which
are to be consolidated freight engines,
the largest and most powerful ever
brought to the Pacific Coast. Most of
the others will be Mogul freight en-
gines. Each consolidated engine will
weigh ninety-eight tons by itself and
about $50 tons with it's tender attach
ed. Our average freight engine weighs
sixty-five tons. These big new locomo
tives will do from quarter to half
more work than the Governor, that
giant locomotive that several years ago
was considered too big for service
Three thousand three hundred freight
ears have been ordered. Eight new
first-class sleepers for regular service
on the Central and Southern routes will
be added. Then there are to be eight
club-room cars and three dining cars.
Twenty ,first-class day coaches are to
be built They will be supplied with
all the most modern improvements,
and will be lighted by gas and mounted
on steel wheels. They will be vestibule
cars, the ends being closed and hood
ed over. All of our passenger cars
hereafter to be built will have vesti-
bule ends.
I'm addition to this big order for
equipment, which believe is the larg-
est ever placed by railroad in this;
country, we are doing something in
construction besides the general bal
lasting of the road. A fine steel bridge
will be completed over the Colorado
River at Yuma in about sixty days.
The piers are already above the water
level. There are to be three spans
across a distance of about GOO feet. !"
The record-union., 1899-01-19
THE POET cowPER's HOME.
Something About Romantic Spot
and Poetic Relic.

A little over two years ago were Of
fered for sale the garden and summer
house at Olney, attached to the resi-
dence which was occupied for SO many
years by the poet Cowper. An an
nouncement is now appearing of the
Forthcoming sale of the Weston Under
wood estate, which is near Olney and
adjoining Yardley Chase. The property
includes the house in which the Poet
Cowper lived and produced some of his
best work. and also many objects he
made famous by mention in one or
other of his poems.
1t was to Weston that Cowper was
removed by the care of his cousin, Lady
Hesketh. who found that the "cruel
solitude of the little town of Olney had
a most depressing effect upon him, and
that he must be placed in pleasanter
surroundings if he was to escape any
further attacks of insanity. The house
at Weste n, which was rented for Cow
per in the autumn of 1856, belonged
to his friend Mr.. Throckmorton of
Weston Hall, a Roman Catholic, in
difference to whose religious opinions
the poet had entirely omitted or con-
siderably toned down certain express
The record-union., 1899-01-19
WASSERMAN, DAVIS & co.

sionS he had indulged in with regard
to professors of that faith. It was
here that Cowper spent the remainder
of his life. if we except the few sad
closing years, and at Weston he was
probably happier than he had ever
| been before. To this period belong
such poems as "The Loss of the Royal
| George" ''The Solitude of Alexander
| Selkirk," 1.-THE Poplar Field" The
! Shrubbery,'' "The Lines to a Young
Lady," ITO Mary" and the tender and
pathetic poem "On the Receipt of NY
Mothers Picture -
1t was while living at Weston that
he wrote certain loyal verses on the re-
covery of George Ill, Lady Hesketh
persuading him to this course with a
view to the laureateship. Cowper,
however, shranf from the idea of any
Office which would bring him into the
light of the public gaze. The life led
by the inmates of the house at Weston
Underwood was sketched in a letter
written by Samuel Rose, a friend of
the poet, to his sister Harriet, in
11SS: "We rise at whatever hour we
choose; breakfast at half after nine:
take about an hour to satisfy the sem
timent, not the appetite, for we talk
good heavens, how we falkland en-
joy ourselves most wonderfully Then
we separate and dispose of ourselves as
our different inclinations point. Mr..
Cowper to Homer, Mr. r. to trans
scrhing what is already translated,
Lady Hesketh to work and to books
alternately, and Mrs. Unwin who in
everything but her face is like a kind
angel sent from heaven to guard the
health of our poet, is busy in domestic
affairs. At one, our labors finished,
the poet and walk for two hours.
"At three we return and dress. and
the succeeding hour brings dinner upon
the table and collects again the sfr1il-
ing countenances of the family to par
take of the neat and elegant meal.
Conversation again and then rest be-
fore twelve to enable us to rise again
to the same round of innocent, vir-
tuous pleasure. London Times.
The record-union., 1899-01-19

The Storm noted last evening has
moved rapidly eastward, and is now
central north Of Montana. The pres
sure has risen rapidly over the north
ern portion of the Pacific Slope.
The weather is cloudy and somewhat
threatening from the central portion Of
California northward to the British
line and eastward to the Rocky Noun
tains. Light scattering rains have fallen
over this region during the day.
There has been no marked changes
in temperature. The, continued warm
weather, with light showers above the
snow line has caused a rapid rise in the
upper Sacramento River during the
day.
Conditions are favorable for fair
weather in California Thursday.