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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01

Samuel Partridge once published an
almanac In London, which had a great
circulation In England. 1t was espe-
cially popular among the farmers, be-
cause 1t predicted the weather year
In advance. ~
One day, while Partridge was making
a trip In the country. he took dinner
at an inn, and when about to resume
his journey. the hostler warned him
that 1t was about to rain. Partridge
paid no attention and set out, but soon
returned, having been drenched by a
heavy shower.
He was SO impressed by the hostler's
weather wisdom that he offered the
man n crown to tell him he could pre-
diet with so much certainty.
EASY enough" was the reply. 1--WE
have Partridge's Almanac here"
"Ah, yes, to be sure" said Partridge,
smiling. II had not thought of that"
"And that man. went on the hostler,
''is such liar that when saw the al
manac set down to-day as fair, l knew
1t would rain"
Partridge paid the crown in silence.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01
DEERING HARVESTER CO.,
The Monkeys Of Malacca.

d. you care for monkeys? Person
ally, know two kinds only In Malacca,
and detest them both-the brok and the
kra. The brok Is big, brown, fatu-
QUA baboon of the familiar low comedy
pattern, forever scratching himself and
sputtering and fidgeting with hands
anG feet and making faces. Should you
desire to please him, you will squat
Gupt, beyond the length Of his chain,
in front of him and similarly scratch
yot9 person, make faces and sputter.
Thou in high good humor he will am
BILE round his post in as big circle as
his chain permits, clutching at your
hais with an adroit high kick as he
passes. Such are his delights. The
krs is a small gray person Of passion
alta appearance, with close-set fiery
eyes. The tastes of this little fiend are
still more primitive-namely, to fly
str aight at you with his tail sticking
QUE and his crest sticking up, and bite
you again and again.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01
CATCHING OF COLDS.
oLD-FAsHloNED COLDS SUPER.
SEEDED BY INFLUENZA.
Rrroueous Ideas About This Kind Of
Illness Dissipated by the Facts of
What IL signified and How the
Difficulty Occurs.

The old Fashioned cold has been GUST
ed to some extent from its former posi-
ton In domestic medicine by the more
modern influenza. An attack OF inf1u-
enza is a much better excuse for nom
attendance at the Office or shop than
cold, the latter being commonly re-
garded as an accommodation Dill
drawn by laziness on idleness. There
is unquestionably such thing as a
cold-that is to say, deviation from
health obviously consequent upon and
due to exposure to cold and damp. The
initial sensation Of cold Is followed by
more or less pronounced physical dis
comfort, possibly by more definite
signs and symptoms Of bronchitis or
other disease frigore.
With that prediction for inexorable
logic which characterizes the undis-
corning, the average citizen regards
every illness commencing with chill
as a cold, losing sight of the fact that
there are chills-i. e., sensations OF cold
which are in no wise due to the ac-
ton Of low temperatures. This vulgar
error has been productive of serious
consequences in more than one direc-
ton. Nowadays, and rightly, we are
all for fresh air. We fear no foe save
the ubiquitous microbe, and we fight
him with fire and poison, with results
that amply suffice to justify this war
a outrance. 1t may, on the other hand,
be a person with weak chest who
experiences ''chilP' and, as 1t Is theo-
retically impossible ever to exclude the
influence of cold, he or she attributes
the symptoms which folloy-the cough,
the sweating, the expectoratiOn, ETC.
to incautious exposure, whereas the
chill merely heralded rise Of tenn
perature incidental to an Outburst Of
tuberculous disease. 1t would surprise
many intelligent people to be told that
chill is sign that there Is fever, and
that sweating is usually sign that
fever is abating. Yet such Is the unvar-
nished fact, and it would be well for it
to be generally known.
Cold is merely a facilitating agent,
the effects whereof will vary according
to the individual. 1t throws a strain on
the organic machinery and the weak
est part gives. If the machine as
whole is in good trim, nothing happens
beyond little temporary discomfort.
In rheumatic person it may deter
mine pains in the joints; in another,
bronchitis; in third, kidney trouble;
and so on-in short, ii picks out the
weak spots and converts weakness
into disease. Colds are VIGOROUSLY in
fectious, and the places where colds are
most frequently caught are places
where ventilation Is defective and
where microbes abound, as in certain
theaters, churches, railway carriages
and the like, so that even the symp-
toms Of the old-fashioned cold are, for
the most part, the result Of microbal
infection and not of exposure.-London
Medical Press and Circular.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01
A Homesick Nurse.

An army nurse who lately returned
from Cuba to Washington declares that
never again will she go to a country
whose language she cannot understand.
1t was before hostilities mad come to a
definite end that she was startled one
day by the unexpected visit of her Gu
ban laundress. The woman was in
tensely excited. Anxiety sat on her
brow and sorrow dwelt in her eyes.
She gesticulated and talked. The nurse
knew not a word of what she said, but
The Cuban's hands seemed to speak
Of an attack upon the hospital-of
wounded men butchered and nurses
cut to ribbons. The nurse was frantic.
She must know the worst. In the hos
pital was an officer very i'll with ty-
phoid fever. She knew he understood
Spanish. Only in a matter Of life or
death would she disturb him, but this
was obviously matter Of life or death.
She led the Cuban woman to the bed
side and there the story was repeated.
The officer listened intently. The nurse
held her breath. The Cuban ceased.
The sick man turned his head on the
pillows.
"She says" he whispered feebly,
''she says the stripes In your pink shirt
waist have run, and she doesn't know
what to do with it."
That same nurse confesses to having
been desperately homesick down in
Cuba.
at gave me the blues" she said, mot
to be able to make even the children
understand me, and one day, one indigo
day, a great big sleek cat walked into
my room. / was so glad to find some
thing that could understand me.
Kitty, kitty, kittyv said. The cat
didn't turn its head.
PUSSY, pussyv said The cat took
no notice. The cat-the very cat spoke
Spanish. 1t was more than l could
bear. couldn't even call a cat"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01

John uamaker Has Tnat heputoe
tion in Philadelphia.
There Is one story which a certain
employee In the great Wanamaker es-
adjustment is never tired OF telling
about the head or this establishment,
says the Philadelphia Saturday Even
Ing Post AS many are aware, the
Hon. John Wanamaker Is very proud
Of his big store, and Is frequently seen
walking along its aisles, stopping to
gaze at this, that or the other exhibit
with apparently as much interest as
any outsider.
Rarely, however, does he come down
from his luxurious offices on the Sec
ond floor without wearing his hat, thus
appearing to the few who do not know
him as merely an on-looker. One ex-
,ceedingly warm day he stood ut the
foot Of the stairs which led to the
transept with his hat in his hand, al
lowing what few zephyrs there were
about to fan his brow. A furricd shop
per, bewildered by the many diverging
aisles and avenues, spied the hatless
man, and feeling sure that he was q
fioorwalker. or at least an employee Of
the house, she rushed up to him and
asked: won't you please tell me
where can find cotton battingY
Certainly, madam" came the suave
answer, and with the genial manner
(which Is one of his greatest charms
Mr.. Wanamaker led the relieved shop
per to the proper counter "Show this
lady some cotton batting, and see If
you can't find her fam"
''.Thank you-thank you so much; you
are the most, polite clerk l have met
in long time. only wish John Wan
lamaker knew about you. Be certain
I'll tell him IL ever get the chance"
! 1t was now Mr.. Wanamaker's turn
to thank her, and it was some time be-
fore the clerk ut the counter recovered
from his establishment enough to tell
the woman the name Of the supposed
fioorwalker.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01
Both Satisfied.

1t Is seldom that the buyer and seller
of horse are both satisfied, but such
an event did once happen.
Lord Granville, master of the royal
buckhounds, had lubricating manner.
He bought an expensive horse from a
dealer named Anderson. Meeting the
dealer some time afterward, his lord
ship said, well, Anderson, you know
the price was quite extravagant, but 1
am bound to say the horse was worth
It,"
II can assure you, my lord" answer
ed Anderson, with a stiff bow. "your
approval is our only profit In the trans
action"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01
A Quick CAPTURE.

Uncle Ito nephew playing the game
of war with companion of his own
age)-If you take the fortress within
quarter of an hour I'll give you a
dime.
Youngster "a minute later)-Uncle,
the fortress is taken; now let me have
the dime.
Uncle-How did you manage it so
quickly?
Youngster-I offered the besieged a
nickel and they capitulated.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01
Those Absurd Nance.

what ridiculous names they have
over there in the Philippines" said the
man who had just walked up to the
counter and been assured by the clerk
that he could have the best room In the
hotel. There's Calumpit, for Instance.
That name would make horse laugh.
Who ever heard Of anything SO absurd
as to give a town such postmark as
that?" "a 60,
, Then he took the pen that the clerk
had been holding out toward him and
wrote upon the register:
u. Crawford, Woonsocket, II. !"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01
China,s Amnsement.

The chief amusement of the Emperor
of China is the training of goats and
monkeys. The former he has, by dint
of much patience, taught to do tricks
of every kind. One is to jump through
the paper windows which are found
everywhere in China, from the palace
to the cottage. 1t is said that the En-
-Dowager complains of the ex-
pense of having daily to replace the
breakage.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01

A Kansas veteran Of the civil war
has filed with the Government a claim
for back pay to the amount of $51, 900.
He was captain of a gunboat on the
Mississippi River. In 1885 he was off,
cially directed to go home and await
orders. He is waiting yet. Not having
been mustered out of the service at the
end Of the war, he holds that he has
been on duty for the last thirty-four
years, and Ii entitled to his pay for that
time
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01
A House Made Of Paper.

A large paper house with sixteen
rooms has been erected by Russian
upon his country estate at Savinowka,
Podolia. The house was constructed
Ia New York by an American engineer.
las architect declares that 1t will last
longer than stone building. To make
the triumph of paper still more EN-
Ihatlc, the proprietor has resolved that
the whole of the furniture shall be
made of the same material.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01
Bali Bearines on the Farm.

1t is probably Q safe prediction that all
manufacturers of harvesting machinery
will eventually adopt ball bearings wher-
ever il is possible to use them. In 1891
the Deering Harvester Company of Chi
cago equipped all their machines with
ball and roller bearings, and the great
popularity of the idea led other manufac-
turers to experiment with several styles
of roller bearings, hoping to apply them
to their machines without appearing to
initiate the originators too closely. The
application of ball bearings is more cost
ly, but popular demand VIII yet force all
competitors to follow the lead OF the
Deering Company.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01
shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot Ease. a powder for the feet.
1t cures painful, swollen, smarting, nervous
feet and instantly takes the sting out OF cOrns
and bunions. It's the greatest comfort dis
covery of the age. Aliens Foot Ease makes
tight-fitting or new shoes feel easy. 1t is q
tired, aching feet Try it To- day. Sold by all
druggists and shoe stores. BY mail for 200,
in stamps. Trial package FREE. Address,
Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01
Our First Postal service.

The first postal service ever estab-
lished In the United States was mon
opoly granted by King William and
Queen Mary to Thomas Neale, who
was authorized to locate postofiices
where they would best suit the con-
venience Of the people In the colony
Of Virginia, and allowed to charge three
cents for every eighty miles that he
carried letter.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01
Age Of Ballet Dancers.

A German statistIcian has discov-
cred that ballet dancers, as a rule, at
tain an age much above the average.
Carlotta Grisi is II years of age and
Amalia Fearraris 7S. Taglioni was
over 80 years old when she died and
Fanny Elssler was "A. Bostia Mauri.
well over 80. Is still dancing at the
Paris Grand Opera.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01
pfdn,t Care for Mothers.

Mother (soothingly)-Yo mustn't
mind what he says about his mothers
cooking, my dear. All men do that.
Married daughter (warmly)-I don't,
mamma. It's the things he says about
my cooking that make me mad
Brooklyn Life.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01
A Mexican in Congress.

Pedro Perea, who will be a delegate
in the next Congress from New Mex
leo, is of pure Spanish blood and an
cient lineage, tracing his ancestors
back for $50 years. He is Republican,
always a diligent party worker and a
man of affairs, being interested In
mining and stock-raising and president
Of the First National Bank of Santa Fe.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01
Inevitable.

Clara-Mr Spooner said If he was
sure you would accept him he would
propose.
Maud-What did you say?
II told him to try it. If you wouldn't
now you would some time" Detroit
Free Press
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01
st;I, Better.

Bass-I got some eggs of Mrs. Fowler
for Is cents dozen. praised her
baby, you know.
Fogg-Thats nothing. l bought some
Of Fowler himself for 1914 cents.
spoke in admiration Of his dog.-Boston
TRANSCRIPT.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01

A steam motor car, for use on the rail-
roads, recently made trial trip, going at
the rate of sixty miles an hour. This will
probably be as much of record beaten as
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. 1t cures
Indigestion, constipation, nervousness,
liver and kidney trouble,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01
Ideal Summer Tours.

The ideal route for summer tourist
travel is the Grand Trunk Railway sys-
tem-reaching directly all the most popu-
lar lake, river, mountain and seashore re-
sorts of the East, including those located
on the Lehigh Valley X. II. and direct con-
nections.
Vestibule Train Service.
Full particulars and copies of Summer
Tourist Literature on application to j. III.
Burgis, City Passenger and Ticket Agent,
249 Clark street, corner Jackson boule-
ward, Chicago.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01

Jones-Are you going to pay me that
account?
Smith-Not just yet.
,JonesvIf you don't I'll tell all your
creditors that you paid me!-BrookIyn
life.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01
No IIse at All.

Coal Dealer-At last have found an
honest man.
Hawkins-Well, what of it? You
can't use him In your business.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01
A Matter of Taste.

Moth overheard some callers say
ing this room is furnished in execrable
taste.
Other Moth-Why, the idea! I never
ate more palatable upholstery in my
life
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01

eff I say" said the teacher. 1.-The
pupil loves his teacher what sort of
q sentence is that?"
Sarcasm" said the boy.-TItBits.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01

- tell you," said Sammy Snaggs,
that man talked straight from the
shoulder" Ap l.s
"Samuel," said Mr.. Snnggs.. severely,
"you should not use slang.r
but father, this was deaf and
dumb man and he used the sign Ian
guage." - Pittsburg Chronicle Tele-
graph,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01
Just Girls,

Juliet yawning)-Dear me! l feel
30 years old to-day.
Angelica-Why, what have you been
taking to rejuvenate yourself?
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01

The children of the blacklist Africans
are born whitish. In a month they be-
come pale yellow; in a year brown; at
4, dirty black, and at Q or z, glossy
black.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01
Realism

THAT new war drama is very reals
tic"
"Oh, don't know. The embalmed
beef in the second act Is made Of rub
detroit Journal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01

TNHERE women everywhere who suffer almost con-
statly because they cannot bring themselves to tell
all about their ills to physician 1t'5
Such surely explain their symptoms and their
suffering by Mrs Pnkham Lynn Mass for the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01
hule Train Service.

1t is a pretty general belief in China
that women who wear short hair will
in a future state be transformed into
men.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01

fdence reposed in her has never been
violated. Over million women have
been helped by her advice and medicine.
Mrs. Pinkham in attending to her vast
correspondence is assisted by women
only. If you are i'll, don't delay. Her
reply will cost you nothing and it will be-
practical help as it was to Miss ELLA E.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01

In business three things are neces.
sary. knowledge. temper and time
Feltham.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01

Frances Burden or Ofhcials.
France is burdened with 100000 pub
lie officials, costing the state $3,OO0.OOO
a year. f
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01

If 1t wasn't for enthusiasm but little
would ever be accomplished.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01

know that my life was saved by Piso's
Cure for Consumption.-John A. Miller,
Au Sable, Mich, April 81, 1895,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01

The secret of making ones self tire
some Is not to know when to STOP
Voltaire.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01
OFF the Track.

John has 5'oranges, James gave him
IL, and he gives Peter Z; how many
has he leftT t7l
Before this problem the class recoil-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01

Mrs. Winslow's SOOTHING SYRUP for children
teething; sottens the gums. reduces Inflammation.
sllays pain cures wind collie. Is cents q bottle.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01

please. sir" said young lad, I'VE
always does our sums in apples. Tit
Bits.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01

Halle Catarrh Cure.
n . constitutional cure. Price 20 centa
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01

wANrED-Case OF bad health that R.IP.ANS win
not benefit Send cents to Ripans Chemical O.,
New York. for 10 samples and loo testimoniala
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01
a WOMAN
HELPS.
WOMEN

BRENNER East Rochester. Ohio, who says ~ shunk from
the examination by physician yet knew must
NV troubles
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01
Absolute Proof

Your name and address on postal card will
bring you absolute proof that Dr. Williams Pink PilIs
for Pale People will cure you If you are afflicted
With any disease OF the blood or nerves Mention
the d,sSrder with which YOU are suffering and we
you that Or Williams Pink Pills for Pale People viii
cure YOU
These pills contain. in q condensed form. all the
elements necessary give life and richness to the
blood and restore shattered nerves. Theyare an vn-
failing specific for such diseases as oeomOtor AtaxA
St. vtus' dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism.
partial paralysis and all forms Of weakness either
in men or women
a a
citizen of Lawrence related wonderful He
a m legs
L
tnguished telling another
rienda me totry
People m box we're
months pill
many
fu package. druggists
Dr. Williams Medicine Schenectady, N.Y.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-01


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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-06-10
THE FLOODS IN TEXAS.
Reports of Loss of Life and Prop
erty Fully Confirmed,
RESCUED FROM THE TREE TOPS.

4 Hundred Tcoplc Brought TO Places
of safety by Searching Partics-Full
Number OF Dead Not Yet known.
The Property Loss Worry Heavy.
Austin. Tex. June 10.-Information
from the food stricken district along
the Colorado river TO the northwest OF
this city fully confirms former reports
OF loss OF life and property. All telc-
graph and telephone wires are pros
trated, while great tracts Of wheat and
corn have been devastated by the rag
ing waters. Several people are known
20 have perished. and many more are
unaccounted for at present. Latest re-
ports say that the river rose so rapidly
at San Saba that farmers and people
living IN the lowlauds were unable TO
make their escape. Mr.. IA. n. Wells,
q prominent farmer living a few miles
north OF the city, in attempting TO
rescue his family by boat, lost two
daughters and barely succeeded In saw
ing his own life and that Of his wife
and one small child. The body OF one
Of the daughters, Lydia, was recovered
yesterday hanging from the top OF a
tree.
During the day something like a
hundred people who had been swept
away in the first furry Of the food
were rescued by means OF volunteer
parties in boats from their perilous
positions In tree tops There are quite
number unacoounted for, and It may
be that they have been drowned. Res
cue parties are still out searching for
them.
The wheat crop was swept away by
the food, entailing a loss Of thousands
of dollars. From all reports received
from below San Saba the entire coun-
| try has been laid waste, and the loss
| from the food In that district Is
thought TO be fully 100000. The
water Is now receding very rapidly
and II is believed the worst is over.
| During the flood of yesterday {
large number of houses were swep
away Many that withstood the floot
are under water and their contents
are ruined. There was no direct new
from Manardville during the day, bu
indirect information via Llyano Is tina
the town has been badly devastated b!
! the flood. A number of negroes arr
missing, and It is presumed they hav,
| been drowned. The total number los
will not be known for several days.