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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12
Do Not suffer from Heat.

1t has often been said that the capaci-
ty of the negro race for enduring heat
has never been fully tested. An Incl
dent related by dairyman living on
the outskirts of the city seems to bear
out this assertion. He has young ne
gro boy, who looks after the cattle and
does chores around the place. The
only effect that the heat produces in
his case Is a desire for slumber. The
dairyman had young calf in the barn
yard and as the sun was pouring in on
the poor animal his wife sent "Carlina"
out to turn the calf loose, so that he
could seek a shady spot After wait
ing an hour for his return the house
wife went to the barnyard to investi-
gate. There she found both boy and
calf curled up in the hot and sitting
barnyard. The calf was dead from the
effects Of the sun. but the boy was
slumbering peacefully by it's side.
While a negro can stand any amount
Of heat on his head, he loves to cool his
heels. 1t is common sight in the win
ter to see a negro boy on frosty morn
ing with his head bundled up to keep
ont the cold and at the same time walk
ing unconcePedly along the frosty
ground in His bare feet. One of the
hottest places in the city on hot day
is at the lumber wharves Of the Florida
Central and Peninsular Railroad.
When the men knock off for noon they
frequently take a nap with their faces
sun; at the same time they get their
feet under the shadow Of some friendly
lumber pile.-Florida Times Union.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12
A New Weannn.

They have a novel method of catch.
Ing rogues in Paris. A year ago police
men stationed at the crossings of the
principal bou.evards of Paris were pro-
viSed with handsome white enameled
"billies" and helmets. The patrols are
now armed with n weapon new TO the
history of police annals. 1t is n piece
of chalk. When surrounded by crowd
of hostile roughs, who hustle the
guardian of the peace. the patrolman
deftly puts chalk marks on the cloth.
ing of his assailants. who are thus ar.
rested and identified when reinforce.
ments arrive.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12

grew so heavy that the young officer
resigned from the army and returned
to ST. Louis. where whatever he had of
honeymoon was spent. He had been
unable to take his bride with him to
the camps and the barracks of the
South and West. After his return to st.
Louis rhls father-in-law presented him
withAa Small farm. house and three
negroes. The farm was just outside
st. Louis. 1t was in the cabin on this
farm that the honeymoon of U. S.
Grant was passed. The period had its
troubles, though, for the great leader
failed to make farming pay and he
dabbled in the real estate business In
st. Louis as a side issue. Some st.
Louis historians assert that the house
in which General Grant was married Is
still standing in st. Louis. but none
seem able to point 1t out. But one of
the illustrations shows the honeymoon
cabin on the Missouri farm.
Julia Dent Grant. born in the White
House. Washington, has recently be-
come the bride of Prince CantacuZene
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12

IL IL the Filler Which Regulates the
strength Of the Weed.
Zone OF the most absurd ideas thai
the average smoker has about Havana
cigars Is the notion that the color of
such weed. be II light or dark, Is In
dicatIve OF its strength" said large
manufactures of Cuban cigars to the
writer recently. 1T Is no such thing.
A light or Northumberland cigar is not
necessarily mild or medium In flavor,
for the simple reason that the color
only refers. to the outside wrapper,
which in itself is of very thin and small
quantity as compared with the other
materials that go to make up the cigar.
AS matter Of fact. the filters and
bunch wrappers are the only parts that
will determine the body or strength OF
the cigar. The actual strength. or 9TH
erwise, of the inner body Of the cigar,
the filler and bunch wrapper, is only
known to the expert. and therefore
when purchasing cigar the smoker
who Is not a judge Of the various
grades Of tobacco used to give a cigar
its flavor should be guided in his choice
of a mild, medium or full cigar by the
manufacturer or the dealer. Not doing
so, he will find that his own selection
of cigar from the wrapper is largely a
matter Of chance.
THE craze for hight or dark colors
has nevertheless assumed alarming
proportions. The manufacturers, par
ticularly those of Cuban-made cigars,
are at present at their wits ends to
know how TO grapple with the matter.
Nature Is very impartial and quietly
ignores the fads and fancies OF people
in general. Tobacco leaves, like most
things. are subject to the vagaries of
the natural elements. A crop may give
an undue proportion of dark. light or
medium; except for color, all may be
equally good. What is the manufac-
turer to do If he can only dispose of his
light and medium and has to keep all
his dark? He already threatens to
raise the price of his lighter colors. in
which case the smoker would be pay
ing higher price for by no means the
best article. 1t might be reasonably
assumed that as possessing the essen
tial qualities Of good cigar the darker
cigar is by far the best"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12

ogy for his hasty conclusions. Strange
10 say, that is the first time in the his
tory of the house that any guest has
frankly admitted such blunder after
taking his departure, and blunders Of
TINT kind are of almost weekly occur
renee.
at is the commonest thing in the
world at all hotels for persons to go
away declaring that they have been
robbed by the help. We know the miss
ing article subsequently turned up, be-
cause the subject Is never referred to
during later visits. but in the mean
while score or so Of humble, but hon
estand Woodworking people, have been
placed under q suspicion that Is wholly
unwarranted and unjust. That Is a
point the average traveller doesn't seem
TO consider. Hotel chambermaids are
continually returning valuables which
they find in rooms. Dishonesty among
Their is so rare as to be almost I'M
known"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12
Criticism OF the Fool.

Ridicule is the criticism Of the fool
the stock argument Of men who lack
the sustained force Of logic. 1t is the
natural expression of resentment felt
by inferior souls when they see or hear
something which they can not grasp or
appreciate. Ridicule never did any
good 1T never made any man better,
wiser, more prosperous in any sense.
1t has often scorched the germs of
goodness and nobility In timid souls,
by arousing false shame. 1t Is close
akin to cruelty. Most of us possess
fault-fi=ding propensities, but have the
grace TO be ashamed of them. Few of
us care to cultivate, much less glory In.
a power which blasts and sears, but
helps no one. Worse still, ridicule
tends to destroy all principle In the
man who exercises 1t. Nothing is sa-
cred to one who looks always for evil.
Such n man can have no real friends.
for ai,hough those who may listen to
him. laugh. they secretly distrust and
fear him.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12
BRIGHT MEN HAVE BIG HEADS.
Phrenologists Agree on the Value of
Large CraniaI Development.

Psychologists Agree on the Value of
Large CraniaI DEVELOPMENT.
"All things being equal" said the
phrenOlogist, 'size Is the measure of
power That is, man with a small
head cannot get to be President Of the
United States. nor can a real small
man attain to that position. They
have comparison of the men who
have been Presidents of our nation,
consisting of the relative size of their
heads and their respective weights,
which goes to show that they have
been tall men and that they have had
large heads.
"Phrenologists also state that be-
cause a man has large head it is no
reason to believe that he has an un-
usual amount of brain power. But
they say that he has the best oppor-
tunity for development and he can
cram more learning into his head than
the man with the smaller head. Peo-
pie with thin heads are usually ruled by
hte broad heads. The protuberance
Immediately above and behind the ears
denotes executive force and ability, and
a man with narrow head has little of
this power. The best lawyers and
statesmen have wide, broad heads.
The argumentative faculty. which is
located in front on each side Of the top
of the head, is well developed in these
persons, so that it gives the Uranium
its shape.
you can generally tell whether a
man is refined in his tastes by the
width of his forehead above the eye
brows. If he has good development
above his eyes he is a man who knows
what Is going on in the world about
him. You can tell a mans generosity
and his sympathetic powers by the
size of his head at the forward por-
ton on top. You can also determine
something about his own estimation
of himself and his ability to stand by
q point If lie thinks he Is in the right
by knowing the exact size of his head
from the middle of each ear TO the
crown. His fighting qualities and his
ability to make his way in the world
are denoted by slight elevations be-
hind and above the ears. The size of
q mans head is determined by run
ming measure around it just above
the eyebrows to the back of the head
passing over the occipltal bone"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12

The Federal Department of Agricul-
ture has shown that fruits, vegetables
and grain are being grown with profit
In Alaska, and that our great Arctic do
main offers enormous possibilities,
hitherto unsupported. for agriculture
on large scale.
Along the Alaskan coast the soil is
capable Of producing grain, vegetables,
small fruits and forage Plants of as
good quality and in as great abun-
dance as many OF our Northern
States, and of supporting countless
herds of cattle. In southeastern Alas
ka is region as large as all New
York. New Jersey and Pennsylvania
combined. that is adapted in all re-
spects to cattle raising.
The Government is establishing three
agricultural experiment stations at
different points in the Territory, to test
thoroughly and scientifically the capa-
city of its soil for producing food sup
ply for it's present and future popula-
ton, and enable the Territory ulti-
mately to become self-supporting with
respect to the food it may need.
The stations are at Sitka, on the
southeastern coast; at Kadiak, on
Kadiak island. off the southern coast;
and at Kenai, on the Kenai peninsula,
beside Cook inlet, about 10 miles to
the north and east. The conditions at
Sitka represent all the heavily timber
ed region Of southeastern Alaska, with
its deep moss and peaty soil. At
Kadiak the climate is somewhat cooler,
and the soil less peaty. while in the
Kenai peninsula there is n large area of
agricultural land inside the coast
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12

excellent condition, Prof. Georgeson
says, is evidence of the nutritious quail
tiles of the Indigenous grasses.
The sells of Alaska are largely OF
vegetable origin. and TO a great degree
resemble. the black earth OF ricr hands
or peat formations, In the southeast
ern portion Of Alaska there zrS deep
deposits of this rich soil oFeriyipg slate
or conglomerate bedrock. The organic
content of many Of these soils 10 very
much higher than id any Of The agri-
cultural lands of the States. III these
soils are so situated as 10 I've wei drzia-
ed they should be capable Of prvduring
enormous crops. and with Az zbun-
dant and well-distributed rainfall. they
would be adapted 10 alrnes, any kind
of crop suited TO the geHersI eEsusatie
conditions of that portion OF tie eeun-
try.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12
HOTEL SERVANTS ARE isoNESI.

hey Are Often Accused cS Steaiing,.
,but Are 1 sreiy Gniity
"A curious thing happened here TO-
day. said the head clerk nj one OF the
leading hotels in New Orleans 20 3
Times Democrat man. About month
ago a gentleman and bis wife. from.
Milwaukee, spent n couple Of Guys In
the house. and on leaving the isdy
missed valuable ring. She was posi-
tive she left 1t on the dresser sad equal
ly positive it had been sioiea by une ef
the servants. We set an Investigation
on foot and promised 90 forward the
ring IL found. A little later ,hc hus
band wrote to inquire whether the
search had been successful. and when
we replied ip the negative he notified Ms
that he proposed to sue the botes. He
claimed we had shown great negligence
in notJlfresting suspected esnyscye.
and his comments were bitter IN the
extreme. That was two weeks syn.
NOV here Is the sequel In the ss,ape
Of third letter that s.riyed this morn'
ipg.ceHe SOS that he and his wife
reacbAd hg4f3 few days sco sz1 fn
uhmp,a klnf fsa2 Iufksge found the ring
In onv ofthe Wufkx and be b 1snnly
enough to add . very han6~ons apol.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12
INCHES

all were successful, the cioTer being
especially vigorous. measuring over
two feet high.
Alaska is pre-emihently land Of
small fruits and berries. Tine iaror OF
most of the native berries is pronsune-
ed to be so excellent that Il is said they
are worthy of introduction futo tha
States. t,t "Hig
Cattle were introduced in Alaska
long ago by the Russians in their yzri.
Gus settlements, and, according TO re-
ports. they always did well Professor
Georgeson reports that The cuttle now
found at the little towns alo0E the
coast thrive and appear TO have De-
come well adapted 30 the climate. This
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12

in southern latitudes. The peas were
especially prolific. and the turnips. rad
ishes, parsnips. parsley and snlsffy YTo-
douced roots as good rs cam be sound
anywhere. Some Of the turMips weigh
ed five pounds each. and some eyen ten
pounds, and were Of excellent hayor
Potatoes also were n decided success.
Many of them weighed each q pound
or more.
A more important test, however. wns
made with grains and foliage pisnis.
Oats and barley were grown NJ Sitka
and Skaguay with gratifying results
Several varieties Of Norwegian md
Russian barley were grown with the
same excellent result rs with the oxts-
or forage plants there were seeded
several varieties OF Norwegian clover.
timothy, hairy vetch and Riga fax, and
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12

tanned. All of the seeds were planted
between May IL and May %. The sea
son was backward and II was lmprac-
ticabIe to pant them earlier.
p or vegetable seeds planted there
were asparagus, wax beans, beets,
cress. kale. lettuce. mustard. onions,
parsley. parsnlps. peas. radlshes. ruta-
bagas. rhubarb. sa:sify. spinach. sage,
thyme. turnips and Windsor beans. All
these, including In some cases several
varieties Of each. except the wax beans
and spinach. made excellent growth
and produced vegetables and plants
that compared favorabIy with the
products OF gardens almost anywhere
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12
Ouecr Jap Funeral.

Lieut.. Yoshibumi Fukagawa. OF the
Z. J. ". left behind curious request
10 bis family a few days prior to his
death. which occurred the other day In
his native district of Hizen. He OBJ
served 10 his family that as he had
oeyer had the time to investigate rellg-
icus questions deeply enough to enable
him TO determine which faith he should
en- race, he was neither prejudiced
against nor partial toward any form Of
religion. However. he himself was of
opinion that his soul would perish with
the cessation OF his life, while his re-
mains would. crumble to dust There
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12

Large sums Donated tn Educa tionui
Installations This Year.

Large Fums Donated tn Educational
Institutions This Year.
In no previous year has the cause OF
education In the United States been so
enriched by donations and requests as
In 1899. The institutions of learning
have received $2S. T2O.6l1. which Is 49,
GS4 ,4G7 more than they received last
year. There have been twenty-fsur in
dividral donations this year ranging
from 100000 to $15.0OO.000. The list
Is as follows:
Mrs. Leland Stanford 10 Leland
stanford University ...: .Slo.O0O,OOO
Estate of John Simmons for fe-
male college, Bosom .......... 100000
College ...................... 100000
Denver ................... 100000
i. ID. Armour 10 Armour Institute 100000
Maxwell Somervile 10 University
or Pennsylvania ............... 100000
Edward Austin to Harvard Col
Lydia Bradley to Bradley Poly
Samuel cuppies to Washington
jacob t's scSiit to Harvard College. $1,000
Marshall Field and J. ID. Rookie
Teller to University OF Chicago. $4,000
Edward Tuck to Dartmouth Col
J. 3. Rockefeller to Brown H,;l Uni.
Caroline L. Macy to New York
Teachers College .............. 100000
Edward Austin TO Massachusetts
Institute Of Technology. ....... 100000
X. Z. Billings to Massachusetts
Institute OF Technology ....... 100000
q. c. Marsh TO Yale College. $50. 100000
Andrew Carnegie to University
OF Pennsylvania ................ 100000
Unknown donor to Wesleyan Uni
George h. Berry to baltimore Fe.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12

range. which presents favorable condi-
tons for farming, although 1t lies
north of the sixtieth parallel of north
latitude.
Last year the Department sent to
Alaska special agent, Prof. G. G.
made his headquarters at Sltka and
Skaguay. and experimental with seeds
Of over 100 varieties Of grain. vegeta-
bles. grasses and forage plants. He
also distributed seeds to individuals in
other localities in Alaska and made ar
rangements for cooperative expert
ments and reports as to the results OBJ
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12

OF Russia. The marriage, Of which so
much has been written, was solemnized
in the palace Of one of the Astors at
Newport, which is under lease to Pot
ter Palmer of Chicago. or course the
ceremony was a brilliant one. But
after it there was no hurrying away of
the bridegroom to battleflelds or dreary
frontier posts. The honeymoon began
in palace in America and will con-
tinue on the vast and beautiful estates
of the prince near Moscow.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12
Dead Languages.

There are certain languages which.
although they are still spoken and
written In. are to all intents and pur-
poess dead. For instance. Icelandic is
practically identical with the dead
Morse language. out of which the Scan
dinavlan tongues have grown. So, too.
Provencal. the ancient language of
Provincial. and the speech in which
the troubadours sung, has now sunk to
the level of patois. although certain
French literary school Is making eff
forts to revive II as literary language.
Hebrew. again, though still spoken. is
to all intents and purposes dead in the
sense that Greek and Latin are. Corn
ish. Manx and the old. mysterious
Romany tongue are also examples
which should be mentioned.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12
TWO GRANT MARRIAGES.
Wide Contrast. Between Those of I

Wide Contrasts Between Those of the
President and His Granddaughter.
When General Grant took unto him
self as Q bride Miss Julia Dent Of st.
Louis he went to the altar. as it were.
straight from the battlefield of Mexico.
Then by the orders OF the war depart
ment he was sent away to other scenes,
finally going in 1852 to do soldier duty
in California, where the monotony
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12
DOS t;row,py wcaker.

Experts agree that the life of dog
is shortened by close breeding and. ex-
hibition, and that we are gradually
raising dogs that will not be so long.
lived as the semi-wild mongrel types
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12
jealous or a Baby Camel.

At the Jardln des Plantes, in Paris.
the inhabitants were surprised recent
~ by the birth of young camel and
the new arrival naturally attracted
much attention from the visitors. A
large elephant which used to be the
center of attraction exhibited signs Of
dissatisfaction at the success Of his
young nelghbor, but In spite Of his
trumpeting was unable to reconquer
the tickle crowd. At last the elephant
filed his trunk with water and dis
charged 1t over the persons standing
looking ut the baby camel.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12
Realistic playing: perted daughter

Realistic playing: Petted daughter
Th. asked me to play at Mrs. High
ups this evening, and ! did. but"
Fond mother tproudly)-Were they not
entranced? Petted daughter Hunt
When | played Life on the Ocean
Wave with variations, half of them
left the room. Fond mother tecstatlc-
ally)-That's wonderful. They must
have been. seasick.--New York Weekly.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12
Trained as Food Exp .rts.

Paymasters and commissariat Of
ficials of the German army receive spe-
cial training In examing the quality Of
food supplied to the army.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12
ALASKA Is FERTILE.
GROWING THINGS THRIVE IN
E OUR ARCTIC DOMAIN.

Information from the
Government's Experimental Agri-
cultural Stations -Early Vegetables
Excel In Flavor Those of the States.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12

A woman who boards Is as busy az
one who keeps house. but she will new
er admit that 1t consists largely OF frit-
taring.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12

The stage prompter might be appro
priately termed a theatrical poster.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-10-12

A woman Is immensely battered
when 1.-THE girls" ask her to appear at
. party In low neck gown.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-02-02
English Penny Novels.

Penny NOVELTIES differ from one an
other in externals rather than in in
ternals The get upof the better sort is
neat and attractive The type is clear,
and the covers might even be called
''artistic" in the catholic sense of the
term. The inferior kinds are indiffer-
emily printed son gray paper with blunt
type" and there are many degrees of
excellence between the two extremes.
All except one have Illustrations rang
ing from the rudest of woodcuts to the
smudgiest Of process" plates. OF
course the artist selects the most sensa-
tional incidents for his pencil to adorn.
The stabbing of the heroine's father by
the villain disguised as the hero, the
kidnapping Of the heroine by Black
Tom and his gang of gypsies at the in
stigation of her jealous rival, the horse
whipping Of the villain by the hero in
''faultless" evening dress these and
their like naturally present themselves
as thoroughly suitable and congenial
subjects. -Blackwood' Magazine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-02-02
The Tuna.

My Introduction to this prince of the
Pacific was on this wise: My brothe.
and I were trolling for yellowtail off the
island of Santa Catalina. Suddenly out
of the summer sea a flying fsh-the
humming bird Of ocean-fashed
athwart our bows and then, not dozen
yards distant, the waters parted and a
huge tuna, in its respondent livery OF
blue and silver, swooped with indescrib
able strength and rapidity upon its
quarry, catching it, mirabile dictu, in
midair. In fraction of second tn.
deed was done. The ocean, recording
the splash of the leviathan, rippled ap-
plause, and our questions battered like
hail upon the somewhat hard under
standing Of our boatman, son of Al
SAGE.
Eyes" he said, his white teeth in
curious contrast to lean, bronzed face
Eyes, messieurs, that is tuna, zoo
FOUNDER, at least Pail Mall Gazette.