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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-09

Bert Wisncr the artist of Holly,
who was here for a couple OF weeks,
for a visit with his parents, aud
brought along tent, camera. &C.
and did me work, SO pleased our
people that II he cones again. he
will have all he can d.. The w. II.
@. group OF thirty D ople is one OF
tie finest OF its kind, and Is justly
praised.
Half hundred friends of Rev. G.
L. Guichard and wife gathered at
the residence Of DIR. w. II. Niles last
Friday evening and gave them a
genuine surprise. Each carried some
useful article for housekeeping, 10
which they are about to engage, the
aggregate of which will save quito a
draft on their revenue. Light re-
frcshments were served, and all
were happy over the good-fellOwship
which prevails In the society.
The special election ordered by the
Board OF Supe rvisors for the election
of county clerk, which Office WAS
declared vacant by the removal OF j..
w. Hartwick from the state, will be
held Now 81. Ii the republican vote
is polled, there Is no question about
the election OF their candidate, j. j.
COLLEEN. All sorts of rumors are
afloat and wild statements made, to
which no attention should be given.
1t is the duty Of every citizen to vote,
the same as at general election.
Let every elector go the polls.
Our community was startled Sat-
urday morning, Oct. 2S, on hearing
OF the sudden death OF Mrs. Marga-
ret Peterson, at the home Of her SON.
in-law, John X. Hanson, with whom
she and her husband resided. Mrs.
Peterson seemed in her usual health
assisted in preparing breakfast which
she ate with the family. but after it
complained Of not feeling we'll and
was ad vised by Mrs. Hanson to lie
down. She went into the parlor and
lay on a couch, where her husband,
taking a seat near her, thought she
was trying to sleep, but in few mo-
menos Mrs. Hanson went in and
found that 1t was the sleep which
knows no waking. She had resided
in Crawling about twenty years, and
was 70 years of age. The funeral
services were conducted by Rev. A..
p. w. Becker, at the Danish Ev. Lu
theran church, and the large atten-
dance proved the esteem in which
the deceased was held.
DIED-At the residence of his
daughter, Mrs. F. O. Peck, Friday,
Nov. 3. Joseph Sewell, aged So years.
Mr.. Sewell was one Of the pioneers
of this county, having resided at
Cheney until after the death Of his
wife, since which time he has vibra-
ted between the homes Of the chill
dren, ten Of whom are living.
Though old and quite feeble from a
dropsical affection that has troubled
him for some time, the end came
suddenly and unexpected. He had
not been confined to his bed for some
time, and ate his supper with the
family as usual. About eight O'Clock
he went out doors alone, but was i'm
mediately followed by Mr.. Peck, as
it was very dark, who found him in
sensible and Immediately summoned
help, but he had gone to his long
sleep without any suffering. The
funeral, at the Presbyterian church
was largely attended, and his body
laid by the side OF his wife in the
cemetery at Cheney. "At Rest"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-09

The flower Of the British army is
being cut down, but the cold hearted
Cecil Rhodes, who next to Chamber
lain is responsible for the wanton
waste Of human life, is making merry
with his friends and drinking the
health OF the soldiers in cold bottles
Of extra dry champagne. A few more
British disasters and Cecil Rhodes
will be as cordially hated in England
IS he is In the Transvaal.-Bay City
Tribune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-09
Circuit Court Assignment.
STATE OF MICHIGAN,

The 34th Judicial Circuit.
PURSUANT to the statute in such
l case made and provided, l hereby
fix and appoint the times Of holding
the terms of the Circuit Court with
in the 34th Judicial Circuit of the
state OF Michigan for the years 1900
and 1901 as follows:
Arenac Couhty-Third Tuesday In
February, June and October.
Crawford County-T'hifd Tuesday
In January May and September.
Gladwin County-Second Tuesday
In February. June and October.
Ogemaw County-Fourth Tuesday
In February, June and October.
Otsego County--Fourth Tuesday In
January, May and September.
Roscommon County Second Tues
day in January, May and September.
Dated West Branch, Mich, Sept.
22d, 1899.
NELSON SHARPE,
sep28-6w CIRCUIT JUDGE.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-09

Germany, IL is said. will launch
forty-eight frst-class war vessels
between 1901 and 1917, more than
half of them to replace antiquated
vessels now In commission but fast
becoming unserviceable. The Ger.
man naval programme for 1898 to
1904 called for eleven battly ships
and I've large and IL small cruisers.
The German idea Is not to count old
vessels as effective.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-09
Used by Brit sh soldiers in Africa.

Used by Brit sh Soldiers in Africa.
Capt. O. G. DennIson Is well known
all over Africa Us commander OF the
forces that Cal tured the famous reb-
Ell Galishe. Under dale of Nov. A.,
1897. from Vryburg. ecbuanaland,
he writes: "Before starting on the
last campaign / bought a quantity OF
Cham berlain's Cole, Cholera and III
arrhoea remedy, which ! used myself
when troubled with bowel complaint
and had given TO my men, and In
every case 1t proved most beneficial. I"
For sale by l.. FOurnier.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-09

The Ladies' Home Journal has ad-
ded Mrs. Janet Mckenzie Hill, of
Boston Cooking School, to its domes-
tic editorial corps, thus completing
a trio OF unusually strong domestic
writer's: Mrs. S. T. Rorer, Miss Ma
ria Parloa and Mrs. Hill, all three of
whom are now on the magazines ed
tOrial staff.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-09

At a recent convention clergy
man expressed the wish for a unior
OF church aud state In this republic
Such union never can be consum
ated without violating the constltu
tiou and the most cacred traditions
OF the nation The majority o.
Christians would oppose 1t, and non
Christians would not even tolerate
the suggestion.--Bay City Trib.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-09
Chamberlain Pain Balm Cures
Others, Why Not You.

My wife has been using Chamber
laiu's Pain Balm, with good results,
for a lame shoulder that has panied
her continually for nine years. We
have tried all kinds OF medicines and
doctors without receiving any bepe
1T from any of them. One day we
saw an advertisement of this medi-
cine and thought OF trying it, which
we did with the best Of satisfaction.
She has used only one bottle and her
shoulder is almost we'll. Adolph l..
Millet, Manchester, N. Fl. For sale
by l.. Fourier.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-09

For SALE-One OF the best farms
in Maple Forest. so acres, comfor.
table buildings, 40 acres improved,
nearly all seeded, small orchard.
Price and terms at the bottom. w
III. Sherman. Ocl9-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-09

You assume no risk when you buy
hamberlain's Cole, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. L. Fourier will
refund your money IL you are not
satisfied after using it. 1t Is every
where admitted to be the most sue
cessful remedy in use for bowel COM
plants, and the only one that never
fails. 1t is pleasant, safe and re-
liable. jul6-4mo
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-09

Subscribe for the Avalanche" and
Tue Household. Only $3.50 per
rear.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-09
Notice OF Commissioners ON Claims
STATE on Mrcurc.y

STATE OF MICHIGAN
County Of Crawford. 80.
PROBATE CouRr OF SAID COUNTY.
deceased. " " - NoSo'
he UNDERSIGNED having been appointed by
= the Judge OF Probate Of said county COM
estate OF Asa J. Rose and six ,non he from,
ne second day OF November A. ID. 1899 ba wing
oeen allowed by said Judge OF Probate to al
p yrsons holuing claims sgainst said estate In
ination and adjustment
NOTICE is hereby given, that we will meet on
9th. A. ID. 1900. at ten o'clock n nm. of each Al v
az the Office of the Judge of probate. In the
village OF Grayling. In said county, TO receive
and examine such claims ~
Dated Grsyling. Nov. I'd, A. ID. 1899.
JOHN LEEcE,
X. ID. CONNINE
nov. low COmmissionere
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-11-09

CINCINNATI LINE.
Three Trains Daily Detroit to CHINA.
natl.
Five Trains every Weekday, Toledo
to Cincinnati.
INDIANAPOLIS LINE.
Two Trains every Weekday from De-
troit and Toledo 20 Indianapolis.
Vestibule Sleeping Cars on all Night
Trains. Parlor Cars on Day Trains.
G. E.G ILMAN, d. p. A.,
Toledo, Ohio.
d. G., EDWARDS, Pass'r Traffic Mana
ger. Cincinnati, Ohio.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-09-08

til his dea... in 1866. 5s years after his
first entry into the army. These in
of longevity aad lone contin-
ued usefulness of american soldiers
give an idea of how long It will be be-
fore the wearers OF the uniform of the
Grand Army will entirely disappear
from the scenes of earth, and their liv-
ing influence cease. AS there were
many more onion soldiers than there
were Revolutionary ones, and the fa-
cititles for prolonging life are greater
now than in the earlier days of this
century, 1t is not unreasonable to hope
that 1850 will witness a few of the G.
A. r. veterans unfolding the banner
of their organization. And that this
hope of the survival of some of these
old soldiers So years after Appomattox
Is not unreasonable, is proven by the
fact that some of the small force of
men who defended Baltimore from the
British attack in 1914 survived for
more than 80 years thereafter, while a
French veteran who fought at Water
loo more. than S4 years ago was alive
within few months, and an English
midshipman who witnessed that bat
tie died only recently in Ohio-Pltts-
burg Times.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-09-08
B. & O.'s New Locomotives.

The Baltimore & Ohio railroad has
ordered thirty three cylinder COM
pound consolidation" freight locomo-
tlves from the Baldwin Locomotive
Works for December and January de-
livery. These machines, when COM
pleted, will represent the highest class
of heavy freight power, both in pull
ing capacity and economy in operation
ever built in this country.
The cylinders are to be Is inches
and So inches in diameter with 30
inch stroke. The total weight of en-
gine, exclusive of tender, is to be 176,-
900 pounds The drivers are 81 inches
in diameter with a driving wheel base
10 feet inches, and total wheel base
of 23 feet s inches. The tenders will
have 5000 gallon water capacity, 8
tons coal capacity and weigh $4,000
pounds.
The boilers are to be of the extended
wagon-tnp type, GA inches in diameter
at front end. The firebox is to be Al
inches wide and 118 inches long.
When these locomotives are completed
the Baltimore &c Ohio railroad will
have 1877 freight engines, each exceed
ing in weight 175,O0O pounds.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-09-08
Crimes Of the Bender Family,

A large knife, which is supposed to
have been the one used by the noted
Benders in disposing of their victims,
has been found in an old tree on the
old Bender place, east of Cherryvale.
The tree, which was a large elm, was
cut down for wood and the knife was
found in hollow inside the tree. 1t
is supposed that 1t was hidden there,
and that after the Benders left the
opening in the tree grew together
The total number of people murder
ed by this family will never be known.
Eighteen graves have been discovered
so far. They kept a tavern, as it was
called midway between Parsons and
Independence, in early days, where
people would stop for the night, and
would mysteriously disappear 1t was
some time before the Benders were
suspected, and it was the murder of
DR.. York, of Independence, and his
little daughter that led to their detec-
tion. Col York, brother of the mur-
dered man, was an attorney at Inde-
pendence, and when his brother did
not arrive there as intended, an inves-
tlgation was made, and the horrible
crimes of this family were discovered.
The Benders disappeared about the
same timee They were followed by a
party of citizens of independence, and
1t is supposed thatthe murderers were
disposed of, but where or how will
never be known,a as each member of the
party refuses to acknowledge that he
knows anything about the affair.
To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic, l0c or Csc,
II @. Q. G, fail to cure. druggists refund money
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-09-08
LIQUID Manure.

Where one is so situated that tits not
feasible to buy concentrated fertilizers
there is nothing better than liquid ma
nure to take its place, and in many re-
spects the liquid manure Is better than
any other form OF plant food. If the
weather is dry commercial fertilizers
do not act at once, while plant which
is given liquid manure gets immediate
benefit from the moistur and the
plant food both.
The writer has been feeding some
melon and cucumber vines. nitrate of
soda, and a part of these have been
given liquid manure, and the latter are
making much the best growth.
Cabbages, caullfiower, tomatoes and
vines of all kinds show immediate eff
fects from liquid manure. Their Wig
or is increased and their fruitfulness
greatly improved.
Any farm produces the material for
liquid manure. Take any old barrel
and fill 1t with fresh horse manure,
packed down solid. Both heads
should be taken out of the barrel and
it should be set on a sloplng platform
Then pour in water until 1t begins to
leach out at the bottom, where it may
be caught in trough or bucket and
put around the plants. Half pint of
this liquid to plant twice a week will
furnish enough plant food to push it
into new growth and keep 1t in full Wig
or even in quite dry weather. Plants
thatare being fed in this way should
have the soil about them stirred very
often in order to prevent the formation
of a crust and the evaporation of the
moisture in the soil.
To make manure leach is the work
Of an hour, and time cannot be put to
aebetter use.-Farmer's Voice.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-09-08
A $1,000 Chat.

A person in Brooklyn and a person
in st. Louis talked to each other for
about fifty hours last week over the
long distance telephone and it cost
them more than $4,000 for the priv
ilege. Neither party to the conversa-
tion was a woman and there is nothing
on record to show whether st. Louis
or Brooklyn had the last word.
More of this talking was done be-
tween the hours of p. m. and a. m,
when the rate between Brooklyn and
st. Louis is S. for the first five minutes
and a dollar minute for additional
time. The day rate is $40 for the first
five minutes and So a minute for addi-
tional time. At least one of their
talks, however, Tapped over into the
high priced hours, for the bill for it
was SIG. To talk steadily from 8
o'clock in the evening until 6 o'clock
in the morning at the rate of a dollar
a minute would cost $500.
The man in Brooklyn and his friend
in st. Louis were both telephone sub
scribeTs and carried on their conversa-
ton through their own receivers in
their homes or offices. Every precau-
ton was taken in the Office of the tele-
phone company to protect the talk
from interruption. No one was allow
ed to break in on the wire, and at each
end of the line where the plug was in
serted in the switch board a card was
hung up warning operators to keep off
The chief operator at the Office of
the Long Distance Telephone Comp
any in this city admitted yesterday
that the $4,000 conversation had taken
place, but said that he could not tell
anything about 1t, as that would be
contrary to the rules of the company
and to the laws of the state.
St. Louis is only one of about fifty
towns and cities for which the long
distance five minute rates from this
city are 10 by day and $5 by night
That is the toll for most of the points
reached by telephone in Illinois, Wis
consin, Missouri, Minnesota, Kentucky
Tennessee, Mlssissippe and Alabama
To talk to any one in Grafton, N. D.,
costs $l2 for five minutes in the day
time and So for five minutes at night
New York Sun.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-09-08
An Artificial Larynx.

Persons who have had the misfor-
tune to have their larynx removed
now have a prospect of still being able
to speak audibly. Since, in the year
1873, Professor Billroth of the Eienna
university for the first time entirely
removed a persons larynX, that oper-
alton has saved the lives of many per-
sons from cancer. But, unfortunately,
the loss of the larynx also involved the
loss of the voice, which deferred many
from undergoing the operation. All
attempts to construct an artificial lar
ynx of india rubber, or what not,
failed almost or quite entirely. The
celebrated surgeon, Professor Mikullez
has opened up new possibilities, 1t is
we'll known that the human voice is
produced by the air, when passing
from the lungs, setting in motion the
vocal chords. But the sounds do not
become articulate till modified by the
different positions oil the palate, teeth
and so forth. Consequently in speak
ing we produce first inarticulate and
then articulate sounds.
In Professor Mikuliezs experiments
the order was reversed. They were
carried out upon a man AZ years of age
who was suffering from cancer, and a
few months ago had the whole larynx
removed. In consequence of that op-
GRAFTON he lost his voice, and could
make himself intelligble only to per-
ly watching his lips. The professor,
in order to restore the mans voice, has
constructed a kind of metal whistle,
which by a simple mechanism, the user
can fasten before his mouth when h(
wishes to speak. A valve in the whis-
tie prevents its sounding when the
man Is drawing in air. The air freely
enters the mouth and is conveyed to
the lungs by means of tube and a
canula inserted into the windplpe. On
expiration the air takes the reverse
way The different positions of his
palate, tongue, lips and so forth, from
the sounds, wnlch would only be a
soft whisper on leaving the mouth.
were they not rendere as loud and in
telligible as the natural voice by the
vocal chords in the whistle.
The patient is greatly rejoiced at the
recovery of his voice. He himself can
take the apparatus from and put 1t be-
fore his mouth, and with its aid is able
TO speak quite distinctly, although, in
deed, the voice resembles that of a
girl of 13 or IA, rather than that of a
grown man, but that objection can be
overcome by tuning the whistle lower.
Doubtless this epoch-malSing inven-
tion will induce a man suffering from
cancer Of the larynx to consent to the
removal of that organ, which may pro-
long his life from 10 to 20 years.
Vienna Cor New York Times.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-09-08
Holes Bored By Lightning.

Ibid you ever see the diameter of
lightning flash measured?" asked a
geologist of the writer. well, here
is the case which once enclosed flash
of lightning, fitting 1t exactly, so that
you can see Just how big it was. This
Is called 'fulgurlte' or lightning
hole, and the material 1t is made of is
glass will tell you how 1t was man
ufactured, though it only took a frac-
tion of second to turn 1t out
when a bolt of lightning strikes a
bed of sand 1t plunges downward into
the sand for distance less or greater,
transforming simultaneously into
glass the silica in the material through
which 1t passes. Thus, by its great
heat 1t forms a glass tube of precise
ly its own size. Now then such tube
known as 'fulgurite,' is found and dug
up. Fulgurltes have been followed for
nearly thirty feet into the sand. They
vary in interior diameter from the size
of a quill to three inches or more, ac-
cording to the bore of the fash.
But fulgurites are not alone pro-
produced in sand. They are found al
so in solid rock, though very naturally
of slight depth, and frequently exist
ing merely as thin, CLASSY coating on
the surface. Such fulgurites occur in
astonishing abundance in the summit
of Little Ararat, it Armenia. The rock
is so soft and porous that blocks foot
long can be obtained perforated in all
directions by little tubes filled with
bottle-green glass formed from the
fused rock There is a small specimen
in the National Museum which has
the appearance of having been bored
by the teredo, and the holes made by
the worm subsequently filled with
glass.
Some wonderful fulgurites were
found by Humboldt on the high Neva-
da de Toluca, in Mexico. Masses OF
the rock were covered with thin layer
of green glass. Its peculiar simmer
in the sun led Humboldt to ascend the
precipitous peak at the risk of his
life. Pearson Weekly.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-09-08
Admiral Sampson to be Re
lieved.

Washington, D. c., Sept. 1.-At the
conclusion OF the Dewey celebration at
New York Admiral Sampson will be
relieved of the command of the North
Atlantic Squadron. This action is to
be taken at the request of the Admiral,
who has already had much more than
his portion Of sea service. After a
short leave Of absence he will be as
signed to shore duty, probably in COM
mand of one Of the navy yards.
In considering the selection of Ad-
miral Simpsons successor as comman-
der-in-chi of the North Atlantic sta
tlon, the Navy Department has prac-
tically narrowed the field down to two
names 1t has been laid down as the
policy to be, followed, that the com
mands of fleets and stations shall be
reserved whenever practicable, for the
nine Rear Admirals of the first grade.
1t has been found that of these Of
ficers who are not already on sea SER
vice or abou; to retire shortly, there
are three-Remey in command at
Portsmouth; Farquahar, commandant
at Norfolk, and Schley, president of
the retiring board. Farquahar has
been longest on continuous shore duty
and it has been indicated that either
he or Remey is to succeed Sampson.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-09-08
Great Railroad Combine.

Pittsburg, Pa, Sept. THE Post
this morning says: There is a plan ar
ranged to form a gigantic railway sys-
tenn which will create a trunk line
consolidation greater than any now in
existence, and it will embrace the B.
& O., Pittsburg and Western, Buffalo,
Rochester & Pittsburg, Philadelphia &
Reading, West Virginia & Pittsburg
and several small roads in so many
states. This gigantic enterprise will,
if carried out, mean a series of first
class roads reaching from Philadelphia
Baltimore, Washington, New York to
Reading, Rochester and Buffalo, and
from Baltimore to Cincinnati and ST.
Louis, with the main line passing
through Pittsburg to Chicago,and hav-
ing excellent terminals here and at all
the lake ports. 1t wouru mean also the
shortest and most direct route from
Cleveland and Chicago to Richmond
Va, and Charleston, S. c., and the
South Atlantic coast seaports. To il
lustrate what it would embrace few
figures are appended:
Baltimore G. Ohio Railroads.&c.
miles, 1000 engines, $4,000 cars
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
92S miles, 21O locomotives, 5000 cars.
Buffalo, Rochester and Pttsburg-
Nearly 400 miles, engines, $500
cars.
Philadelphia and Reading-1, ,O96
miles 500 locomotives, 10000 cars.
Pittsburg and Western-36O miles.
including new branches, 14O engines,
1000 cars.
West Virginia and Pittsburg-160
miles, 25 engines, 555 cars.
This would aggregate 5,OS1 miles,
2,345 locomotives and 1OO,755 cars. A
gigantic traffic agreement, amounting
almost TO consolidation, has been per-
fected and all the lines above named
are prepared to work in each others
interests.
James j. Hill is behind the work of
perfecting the deal and it will be final
ly consummated. Then the grand ag-
gregation .of the roads will control the
greatest wheat belt, the greatest cop
per region, the anthracite regions of
Pennsylvania, the bituminous coal and
coke regions of the same state and will
have splendid terminals in all the chief
cities of the continent between the At
lantic coast and the Missouri river.