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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-05
FIREMEN in THE '4OS.
Bjsue q the Hand Engines Parade
- the Public Square In the Fall Of
ths Year 1884, Odd sishts In the
Pieneer Times.

chicago had a fire lighting force an
early as 1886, but the equipment con-
s15ted selely OF leathern buckets, in
which water was passed by lines Of
nm formed for this purpose. In case
& Are the fighters would range them
selves IN line, with one end at the near
Ggt well or cistern and the other at
he burning building. Along this row
tha buckets OF water would be handed
and dashed on the flames. 1t was not
until 1874 that William b. Ogden had
succeeded In working the people up to
the point Of buying an engine, and
even then there was strong protest
arninst, 1t, the assertion being made
~ Mr.. Ogden's opponents that 1t was
. piece OF wild and useless extrava.
rance. Despite this the engine was
bought at a cost of $3.50. 1t was
goose neck. plano box machine, work
q by man power by means of long
sbrakes" at the sides. These brakes
were connected with the pump, and
when forced up and down by forty
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-05

leathern hat, which, with a pair Of
black doeskin trousers, with the lower
extremities stuffed into the tops Of
boots, cepstituted the full
dress. uniform. 1t was these things,
simple as they may now seem, that
gave enchantment to the fireman's life
and drew into the ranks the best men
in town. The actual fire service was
not particularly arduous. While the
city was built almost entirely of frame
structures. hres were neither numer-
Gus nor extensive. owing to the strin-
gent precautions taken to prevent their
origin. When the department was
called out the disagreeable features of
the work were more than compensated
for when those who had been most ac-
tive in fighting the flames were singled
out as members Of the floor and recep-
ton committees at the next dance.
Such was fireman's life in Chicago in
1914. yN
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-05
Extravasant Ores. in England.

Members of the nobility in England
make great deal Of pocket money by
writing for the papers and magazines.
One of these writer's is Lady Violet
Greville, and, according to her, the
American women are responsible for
the extravaganza Of English women to-
day. Ten or fifteen years ago, she says.
the American women, fragile, beauti-
full creatures" appeared in England,
wearing Paris gowns and beautifully
coiffnred, and society succumbed to
them. That was the end of dinner
dresses that lasted for years and trous-
seau gowns that were worn for a life
time. Then was the beginning Of
frewn and discomfort, and debt on the
part of the Englishman, but the Eng.
lIsh woman was patrlotic-that's the
way Lady Violet puts it-and was not
to be outdone by the Yankee million
aires, and she took to good gowns.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-05

wero muddy. unDayo1 hlghwoys, prom
inent only because Of tho churches 10
Gated on them'"' III Uu1yersalist
Church stood on Washin9son street
about where the Chamber ,dof Com
merce building now standsy and the
Baptists had a house of'worthip On the
west side of In Sale street. just north
of Washington. In those days the
court house square was aifavOrite spot
for open-air shows and displays, rs 1t
was within handy reach and yet far
enough removed from the business part
Of the city to prevent interference with
the trade and commerce of ,thc town.
1t was In this lot that Chief Engineer
Gale marshaled. his hremen in 1874
and paraded before the admiring popu-
lace that wonderful, addition to his
fire-fighting forceu-a piano box engine.
The department. marched around the
lot. dragging the engine behind ii, and
then halted at the south end where the
machine was given q eonspicuous place
and the firemen drawn up in line
around It while the chief and his as
sistants received the congratulations Of
the citizens on the visible evidence of
Chicago's coming, greatness Most Of
the population got inside OF the fence
and mingled ia free and easy manner
with the firemen, but sqine,of the kick
ers-the men who thought the pur-
chase of a fire, engine At q cost of $3.50
a bit Of wicked extravAEaHce- remain
ed on the outside and passed uncom-
plimentary remarks about the outfit.
In taking his picture OF the parade by
the old daguerrotype process the artist
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-05

A Youug Hero Whdso Herolsm Did
Not Lost Long.
Every one has seen the big, dark,
beetle-browed man who gets into the
elevator first. stands In the door and
makes people squeeze past him, rides
to the top floor and gets out. Well,
he got in the way OF a slender. pale
looking but erect young fellow the 9th
er day-a young man who had some an
dications of having suffered from con-
sumption. The young man was near
est the elevator as the door opened,
and started to step In; but no-the bee
tle-browed man was there, and he jam
med ahead and got in first. Then he
turned around and filled up three
f0urths Of the doorway, and looked
over the heads Of the rest OF the peo-
pie who wanted to go up. The young
fellow stepped back. took the measure
Of the big bully and said:
do you think you are the only one
who wants to ride in this elevator
The big man glared Mt him sluggish
ly. but said nothing.
w nat you ueeu, resuincu tho
straight. slender, consumptive looking
man, lis good, swift jolt in the jaw.
You need 1t as much as any one know
of-and you are a little past DUE"
The rest of the people were delighted.
They had suffered so often from the
boor that they were secretly and silent
" encouraging the heroic champion.
They could see. in fancy, that slender
arm with muscles of steel leap from
the side, the kuuckles as hard as iron,
land with practiced directness on the
ugly face Of the big man. How noble
1t would be with the little giant stand
ing triumphant over the PROSTATE and
bleeding body of the bully who had
troubled every one! The elevator man
started to slam the door. The passen-
gers thrilled, for the crucial moment
had come. There was movement Cd
the part Of the big man. His chal-
1enger started quickly, nervously, as II
picking out the place where he would
land his avenging blow.
And then the big man reached out,
caught the slender fellow by the shout
der, brought him into the car and
hung him up by the belt on tuliplike
projection in the iron grillwork on the
cage. But he did not say a word
Chicago Post.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-05
Modern solomon's Judrmen,.

The Greek ecclesiastical authorities
at Aleppo have been called upon to de-
eide a case which strongly recalls Sol
omon's famous jud yment. BY a
strange coincidence woman and her
daughter both gave birth to a female
child at the same time. But the ba-
bies got mixed, and, AZ one Of them
was ugly and the other pretty and
healthy, both mothers claimed the lat
ter. The elder woman maintained
that, as all her other children were
handsome, the ugly child could not be
hers, while the daughter claimed that.
being young, handsome and strong,
she could not be the mother Of a weak
and ugly babe. The religious chief of
the town settled the AFFAIR In sum-
mary way. He adjudged the beauti-
full child to the daughter on the ground
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-05

set his camera on Clark street, and
this brought into the foreground the
men who were hanging on the outside
Of the fence on that thoroughfare, max
ing their faring coat skirts and oddly
shaped high hats the most conspicu-
Gus feature Of the scene.
In the '40s the best men in Chicago
were identified with the fire force.
Lawyers, doctors, editors and business
men did not think it beneath their dig
nifty to run with the machine-in fact,
active service as a volunteer fireman
brought rewards in the way Of polit-
ical and social preferment, to which
even those in the highest ranks of pro-
fessional and commercial life were sus-
ceptible. One Of the most cherished
privileges was that Of appearing on
parade in the red flannel shirt and
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-05
A BRONZE BADGER.

Emblem with Which New Rattlesnip
Wisconsin Will BE Adorned.
The badger being the emblem of the
State Of Wisconsin, the people Of the
commonwealth, or a certain number Of
them, have decided that 1t will be
proper to adorn the new battleship
Wisconsin, now in the course Of con-
structjon, with bronze figure of the
little animal. With this object In view,
the Wisconsin battleship committee
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-05
BRONZE BADGER.

employed Paul Kupper, a German ar.
fist Of Milwaukee. to make an Image,
and the work has been completed at
Chicago, where the model was cast in
bronze. The figure, which Is four feet
long, rests ON shield, which is copy
of the escutcheon of the State Of Wis
consin. The metal used in casting the
figure was obtained from Sapnish guns
captured at Santiago.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-05
An Ami.ble wife.s way.

II have an infallible rule for the man.
agement of husband" says an anna
BILE married woman. IF he comes
home at night very tired keep every
thing quiet for him and have very lit
tie to say until after the soup course
at dinner. BY the time that course Is
over the soup has, as 1t always will do.
warmed the sery cookies Of a tired
mans heart. and he Is in a good mood
for anything and everything that may
follow."-New York Times.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-05

that Il being her flrst,. thu occasIon
was not 10 be made one Of humiliation
and appointment, while the elder
mother could afford TO forego her
claim. since che had already had sew
eral handsome children. Malumat
(Constantinople).
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-05
Prefers Death to the Jail.

Hans Roeder, Ann Arbor high school
student, who is wanted in Grand Rapids.
where he has been spending the summer.
for the larceny of twenty-five bicycles,
shot himself in cellarway when he
thought the officers were sure to find
him. He did not succeed in killing him
self, however. but the ball came very
close to entering his brain.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-05
Bank President Killed.

President William Smith of the First
National Bank of Charlotte was killed at
Wolverine by being thrown from log
carrier against a moving saw. Mr.. Smith
had vast lumber interests in Cheboygan
County and went to that point to make
final arrangements for the transfer of the
property to a Chicago man, who was with
Mr.. Smith at the time of the accident.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-05

The consumption of rubber In the
United States has attained enormous
proportions. and is still rapidly increase
In. In 1896 we used 34,000,O00 pounds,
in 1897 over 42,0Oo,OO0, and in 1898
44,2JC,026.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-05
Pastor Divorced in Secret.

The records OF divorce granted Mrs.
Bertha Barr from Rev. Thomas +. Barr,
two months ago on the ground of deser-
ton, were filed away in the court house
archives at Kalamazoo, and no public
record was made. but the news leaked
out. Mrs. Barr is at Oshkosh with four
small children. Barr has been the pastor
Of the First Presbyterian and First Con.
gregational churches.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-05
MICHIGAN MATTERS.
Detroit street Car Fight 10 Ended
Combination of Railway = Thrown
Again.t Moving saw-Bought Nor h
Manitou Is!and-The cucumber Crop.

Elliott G. Stevenson, Eli r. Sutton, J..
@. Hutchins, Tom l.. Johnson and b. T..
Wilson had long conference in New
York relative to the reopcning of the mu-
nicipal street railway campaign in De-
troit. Mr.. Stevenson announced upon his
return that as n result OF the conference
the entire street railway deal contemplate
ed under the Mcleod act and later under
the plan proposed by the Municipal Rail-
way Company IS permanently and abso-
lutely abandoned. The reason given Is
that Mr.. Wilson refused to tie up his
property with another option and that he
also increased the price of the roads from
approximately $15,0O0,0O0 cash to $i7,-
600. 600
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-05
AComplicated Timeplcce,

An East India man has built house
clock which weighs nearly two tons
and has hundreds of moving figures,
music boxes, chimes and other compli-
Gated machinery. The man spent sew
en- years In constructing the time piece.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-05
Cucumber Crop Entirely Destroyed.

Nucu"Der Nrop EHtirefJ De"trVyeu'
The entire cucumber crop in the district
northeast of Benton Harbor, representing
over 100000 bushels of small pickles
per season for the last ten years. has
been completely destroyed by a small red
bug. The new pest, although much
smaller, belongs to the lady bug family.
The toal loss to growers is estimated at
nvar x10O OO0
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-05
Three Railways May Combine

What appears to be the preliminary
steps toward the consolidation OF the
Flint and Pere Marquette. Detroit,
Grand Rapids and Western and the Chi
cago and West Michigan Railway com
panies was taken when the articles OF in
corporation of the Pere Marquette Rail-
way Company were filed with Secretary
of State Stearns at Lansing. The com
pany Is Incorporated for ninety-nine
years and its capital stock is $1.4OO.OOO.
The incorporators are connected with the
three companies first mentioned. The in
tention Of the new company, as APPEARS
from articles, Is to construct and operate
a standard gauge road from Pentwater to
Manistee.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-05

The man who owns n paste diamond
isn't necessarily an Irishman just b.
cause he wears q shamrock.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-05

Every man should have two wives;
one to cook for him. and the other to
amuse him after he has eaten
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-05
North Manitou Island Purchased.

Franklin and Benjamin Newhall, mem
bers Of the firm of f. Newhall X Sons.
Wholesale fruit dealers at 131 South Wat
err street, Chicago. have purchased 5000
acres, comprising practically all of North
Manitou. the largest island in Lake Mich
igan, lying near the famous Sleeping
Bear point. The new owners propose to
establish great fruit and stock farm
on the island. The Government owns
property and a life-saving station. and
few small farmers still have holdings.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-05
Explanatory.

AFTER these things: the date Of Es-
theirs elevation is given q: 16) as the sew
enth year of Ahasuerus. That would be
at the end of the year $50, or the begin
hing Of 40; that is to say, Immediately
nfter the return OF the king from Greece,
where he had sustained such frightful de-
ieat at ThermUpylae and Salamis. The
plot against the Jews occurred some time
later: the lots were cast q: . during the
twelfth year of Ahasuerus, and the work
ing out of the plot occurred in the follow
ing year (4T3). The place was Shushan.
or Susa. one of the capitals Of the Per-
sian empire. situated east of Babylon. not
far north Of the Persian gulf.
Nothing is known OF Haman beyond
what the narrative tells. Mordecais re-
lation to Esther. and the influence he had
over her, are explained by the preceding
chapter.
Mordecai's defiance of the royal COM
mand reminds us at once Of the conduct
of Daniel. The jew is a true non-con-
formist born and bred. Refusal to obey
any command that interfered with relig-
ious scruples has for ages been regarded
as almost the highest of virtues in a Jew.
Mordecai sat in the kings gate" rs a
relative and protector Of the kings favor
lite wife; his position as such would be
recognized by the palace officials until
me ris, of Hannah put him in a position
OF defiance.
Hama,i's coveted revcnge-the dcstruc-
ton. not of Mordecai alone, but Of his
whole people, is not too bloodthirsty to
be possible in such land as Persia. This
fentu.e of the story can hardly be attack
ed on the mere ground of improbability.
Such things have happened in lands far
more civilized and in later centuries.
The casting of the lots was to find an
auspicious time to bring the matter before
Ahssuerus. From the word pur, mean
ing a lot, the name Of the feast Purim
is said to be derived. That feast, by the
way, which Is celebrated to-day as II has
been for twenty three centuries, Is evil
dence of some occurrence In the national
history similar to this.
The giving of the kings ring to Haman
Is equivalent to power OF attorney, the
conveyance Of full authority to act In the
matter; for signatures to all documents,
royal edicts, ETC., were made with the
signet ring. containing a specially engrav-
I'd seal. The act meant that Haman
could write whatever order he chose. and
sign the kings name to It.
Next Lesson--"E Esther Pleadinr."--
M q. n 4
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-08-30
Gen. 0rout on Temperance.

Congressman Grout gave ring
ing speech at the Lyndonville w. c.
T. U. campmeeting Aug. 10 advocat-
ing total abstinence and prohibition.
He spoke on the army canteen and
the bill which he championed in the
last Congress to abolish it. He stat
ed that the reason the bill against
the sale of beer and other intoxicants
in the army canteen was carried was
not that all the congressman who
voted for it land practically all did
for no one voted against it) were in
favor of the bill but because of the
constituency behind them, whose pc
titions they respected. AS he hurried
from the platform to reach his train.
he left these words with his hearers:
1.-THE only safe way is that of total
abstinence"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-08-30
The Gagged Lion.

He sees them pass with yelled, disdainful
eyes
The shutting crowds, who stare, with feeble
cries.
What counts this jackal race of men to him ?
Beyond the tawdry tent, the torches DIM
Lies to his gaze the tawny Lybian plain
Where his 1.-the lioness waits her lord in
vain
Where tireless stars march down the Orient
night
And beckon him to conquest and delight.
Now, as hot memory through each vein doth
surge
AS sweeps the simeon DER the desert verge
He springs! magnificent in kingly rage
And beats the fretted b ,rrier OF his cage,
Hurting his heart out in the cry of wrath
That once through covering deserts clave
his path
And now-sufices only to begue
A gaping rustic to vacant smile
Then. conscious of his impotence his shame,
His strength farce, his majesty a name,
Shuddering he sinks; and silent lays once
more
His kingly head against his prison floor.
Too proud to moan, too weak to conquer
Fate,
Stares at the staring crowd in brooding
hate.
Yet-Desert- Born lin that dull throng may
be
(That jackal-throng whom thou dost hate
as free)
One. king as thoul who sees, through prison
bars,
His Lybian plain his unattained starsl
Edna Proctor Clarke, in the New York
Independent.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-08-30
PLANS FOR DEWEY RECEPTION.
Joint Committee Meet.

The committees, state and city, on the
great reception to be given Admiral
Dewey held an important meeting at
Montpelier, last Wednesday.
The most important part discussed
was the expenditure of the $4,000 rails
ed. The transportation question took
up much time.
The Landon estate offered the free use
Of the Landon pasture for camp grounds
for the National Guard and also the free
use of the buildings now in course OF con-
struction at the corner Of Main and
State streets for taking care of and feed
ing the people who visit here.
Chairman Hooker appointed as CON-
mittee on decoration and fireworks
Charles H. Stearns, of Johnson, Elias
Lyman OF Burlington, and Harry Blod-
gett of st. Johnsbury. A like committee
will be appointed from Montpelier to
confer and work with the state commit
tee.
1t was voted to invite the Norwich
university cadets to take part in the cere-
mony and all other societies unknown to
the secretary can have an invitation by
simply suggesting it. There are many
school battalions in the state, and it was
considered good plan to have them
present and join in the parade.
1t was deemed inexpedient to appor-
ton the $4,000 until it could first be
seen what was needed for various pur-
poses. The decision of the previous
meeting to invite President Mckinley
has been reconsidered and no invitation
will be sent him. Gov. Smith explained
that the president has declined the New
York invitation because he does not care
to take away from the reception any
honor which will be given to Admiral
Dewey, and it is believed that he would
feel the same way toward the Vermont
celebration, hence no invitation will be
sent.
Before adjourning it was settled that
Montpelier should 60 to the expense only
of decorating the private houses and
furnishing sustenance for the crowd
which will attend. The state will pay
for decorating the state house and
streets, the fireworks, and bands, and
furnish entertainment for the bands, and
it is proposed to decorate the exterior of
the state house with 1000 electric lights
attractively arranged.
In accordance with the law passed in
1898 the state house fence can be remov-
ed, providing enough can be realized
from the sale of the iron and granite to
pay for its removal and grading the
grounds. 1t is very desirable that it be
removed before Dewey Day. and COM
mittee was appointed to confer with Mr..
Phinney in the matter.
Much disappointment is caused all
around by the fact that the Central YER
mont does not offer lower rates, fare and
one third being the lowest offer yet made
which makes high rate from distant
parts of the state.