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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-01

hat of the first bodice shown here, where
In collar, yoke and front were polka dot
ted red silk. Between this and the
mauve cashmere of which the dress was
made was a band trimming of gilt and
white silk passementerie. This was re-
peated for the narrow belt.
Such an arrangement will serve for
those who do not wish to go far from
well-esta blished standards. Others who
have taste for experimenting and means
to crafty that taste, will give more atten-
ton TO dresses of the grade of which the
three in the next illustration are repre-
sentative. In respect TO their belts they
display a fancy that appears in several
forms and that is likely to last. Fash
onabe women, at least, have become a
bit dissatisfied with the narrow round
belt, no matter how handsomely finished
the buckles or ornaments. They are
showing decided liking for bodice belt
Of the peasant type, which begins just
under the bust line, clasps the figure firm
", is fitted to the waist at back and sides,
and is rounded down in front. Such
belt of black velvet or of some dark, rich
color is a very pretty addition to a gown
Of delicate material. The first of these
gowns was biscuit colored pastel cloth
handsomely elaborated with insertions of
black net set over white silk and edged
with scrolled white silk bands. A bodice
belt of black satin gives character TO the
bodice, which opened to show pointed
yoke of white satin. Worn under jacket
fronts, as in the gown shown beside this
one, such a belt is made q little higher
and serves to give waistcoat effect. This
gown was planned for informal reception
or church wear. and was of zinc-gray
CLOTH The straight fronts of the jacket
opened over dark blue taffeta bodice
belt made with sharp point extending
below the waist line. Above the belt
were a white pleated lawn yoke and high
collar. Shoulder epaulettes of embrod-
cred lawn gave a summary suggestion
indeed, the designer Of the dress had
warm weather wear in mind, for it had a
number of yokes, not only in lawn but
in satin and silk, in white, gray and
bright colors.
The two uses of the bodice belt de-
scribed are distinct, and a third employ
ment of it that is quite as sharply de-
fined is shown in the third gown. Here
appears the form it takes as an accom-
paniment to q short eton. This was
waist of Persian printed China silk clasp
ed close by folded bodice belt of velvet,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-01
The Worlds Sugar Crop.

Two-thirds of the worlds sugar crop
is now produced in beets. None Of the
other foodstuffs has. seen such rapid
development. In 1854 the total pro-
duct was less than $4,000 tons. Ten
years later it was about 100000 tons.
In 1871 it reached and passed the l.
100000 mark. From that time on
there was gradual increase annually,
as the cultivation Of sugar beets de-
veloped in the different countries of
Europe, until in 1898 the product
reached the total OF 100000 tons
year, more than twice as much as was
produced from cane. The estimated
crop for 1899 reaches $4,000 tons.
Since 1892 the product of cane sugar
has fallen off. The average product
of cane sugar for the last twenty years
has been about 100000 tons. The
largest crop on record was in 1894,
when the total reached 3,530,OO0 tons.
The crop for 1898 was just a little
short of 100000 tons. The estimated
crop for the past year is 2,904,000 tons.
The effect of the development of the
beet-root sugar upon the price Is quite
remarkable. There has been gradual
but steady decline in the cost OF
sugar for half century. In 1871 and
1872 the average price for the year for
raw sugar was S5.37 per hundred
weight. In 1898, Notwithstanding the
small crop in Cuba, it fell to $3.50 a
hundred weight, the lowest on record,
except i'm 1885, when it was SOL, and
i'm 1894, when it was 2.15.-ChicagO
Record.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-01

Kimberly proper Is built around
hole big enough to hold the entire
white population of South Africa
writes Allen Sangree In Ainslee's Mag
azine. This Is the excavation above
the Kimberly mine, made when Ola
monds were mined from the SURFACE.
Nowadays shafts are sunk and levels
formed, whence the blue ground is
blasted out and hauled to the SURFACE
In elevators. Tie diamond is different
from other precious stones In that II
is found In soft clay, while the anne
thyst, ruby and emerald are embedded
In quartz. This makes the diamond
easy to conceal In the mouth, nose, and
by swallowing, and every year the DE
Beers Company gets from the work
men 100000 worth of stolen goods.
The inclination to pilfer these prec-
ious stones Is so intense that the crime
is severely punished. In South Africa
the first commandment Is Thou shalt
not steal diamonds What hOrse-steal-
ing used to be in the West Is l. ID. b.
illicit diamond brigand) to South
Africa. For murder a man may get
ten years; for having a diamond found
on his person that Is not registered,
twenty years. At Cape Town Is a
great convict station called the Break
water where sons of prominent Amer
lean families and English aristocrats
join in lock step with Lascars and
Kaffirs. They have all violated the
First Commandment. In Kimberly
1000 negro convicts sort the diamonds
under the muzzle of Martini rifles.
They are kept in separate place. The
other black boys live in five-acre en-
closure known as the Compound
1.-The De Beers Company controls the
diamond market of the world. OF the
five mines, Kimberly, De Beers, Du
Torts, Pan, Bullfontein and Premier,
the first two are situated in Kimberly,
and are the only ones worked now.
The diamonds produced in other parts
of the world would not supply the city
of PHILADELPHIA. The value of the
South African product thus far has
been $600,000,0OO. The supply seems
inexhaustible.
1.-TWO other localities are rich in dia-
neutrality-suspicious. and Koffyfon-
tein-both in Orange Free State. At
the former the famous Joegersfontein
Excelsior, weighing 900 carats, was
found in May, 1893, and the output of
that field last January was $3.50 car
ats, valued at $150,000. The CORE
spending output at Koffyfontein was
$1,000 worth. The proportion of dia-
monds to earth extracted is greater at
Jocgersfontein than at Kimberly"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-01

Thio y . new design that can be made
Of use In restoring gown that Ii a bit
out OF date, for by following II plain
trained skirt or even a half-lcngth one
can be finished with long and heavily
pleated train. Sleeve caps like these are
reassuring to slender women, who will
find further comfort in the fact that even
low evening gowns show sleeve modih-
cations that tend to widen the shoulders.
This trimming with cashmere printed
bands, which may be cloth on silk accord
ing TO the need, is still fashionable, and
sometimes in very expensive gowns the
bands are real cashmere shawling.
With all the beauty of the new skirt
one has reason to regret the passing of
the simple, unlined, well-6tting skirt that
was as easily carried about as is good
conscience. The much be-pleated skirt Is
heavy and grows heavier. Its advocates
claim that a sheath skirt distributes the
weight and that the skirt band does not
pull a bit. But wearers know! Yet pull
as it may, a skirt pleated all around but
for plain panel in front is becoming
and stylish. In such the plcats are stitch
ed to the knees and from there are al
lowed to fare. That means many yards
of material and unpleasant weight in win
ter stuffs. That fault could not be laid
TO the skirt of this sort that appears in
the next picture. because it was biscuit
colored batiste Its blouse bodice was
trimmed with embroidered white lawn
and was over a white lawn yoke. 1t was
a dress that will serve very nicely now
for informal house receiving and later,
with hat, will do in change with other
garden dresses. Apparently biscuit color
will have again the vogue ii enjoyed last
season. Ribbon of that shade is album
dant on the counters, biscuit colored
gloves are offered with an air of conf
dence when one asks FOR the latest, and
biscuit batiste. lawn and silk are already
in great demand, which shows what color
the early spring dresses are to be.
The out and out automobile coat is
quite different from the garment of the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-01
Fought When the Truth was Tod.

when General Grant was Presi-
dent" said Henry Wilietts. of Wash
ington, at the Hotel Imperial, "a GER
tain friend of his came out Of the West
to see him. One day, just after leav-
ing the White House, this friend fell
in with n fellow Westerner in the
White House grounds, and a heated
encounter took place, which suddenly
terminated by the Generals friend
knocking the other man down and out.
The matter was hushed up, but the
General. naturally indignant, called
his friend TO account, saying, John,
you've treated me and the office / hold
with much discourtesy. Why did you
do such thingT We'll. 1t was this
way, General replied the now thor
oughly penitent one, you know there
was bad blood between us, and he had
set all sorts of stories going about me.
lust after leaving you ran into him,
and he mt once accused me OF doing
certain thing As It was lie, only
laughed Mt him. Then he accused me
Of something else. and that being also
4 lie, jeered Mt him again, but his
third accusation was true, end 1
couldn't stand that, NO I Knocked him
down. New York Tribune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-01
4 UNIQUE CATTLE RANCH.


The important discovery has been
made that the thousands of acres Of
land In Potter County, Pennsylvania,
that have been denuded of hemlock
make choice pasture for cattle. AS an
experiment, George r. Brown last
spring turned 700 young cattle, pur-
chased in the Buffalo markets, into a
hemlock "slashing'' of about 800
acres, and during the past two weeke
he has reaped profitable harvest
from his experiment by shipping his
cattle, now sleek and fat, to Eastern
markets. Their keeping cost him
nothing, except the wages Of two men,
who were employed to keep them from
wandering off.
Mr. Browns unique herding having
proven so successful, he has pur-
chased nearly $4,000 acres of "slash-
ings" from the Goodyears, and next
spring will treble the number of cat
tie to be pastured on his novel ranch.
Besides the cattle, he will also try
sheep, which, it is believed, will thrive
equally well. Br. Brown will first
burn over the entire trace and then
SOW timothy upon the soil. A wire
fence will be built about the ranch,
thus preventing the cattle from row.
ing into the remote districts. Little
Of the ranch is level. The valleys are
not much else than gulleys, through
each of which flows a stream.
Mr.. Brown paid but 81 per acre for
the land, and his successful expert
ment in the cattle-grazing business
has awakened interest in vocation
which promises to become general
throughout the now almost abandoned
territory where the lumber man and
his axe have hewn off the trees.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-01
The Girls Ambitions.

MANY girls will have noticed, am
sure, that as our lives advance our am
billions are apt to become more sim
pie" writes Helen Spencer in the
Ladies' Home Journal. THE great
plans we had as girls Of thirteen or
fourteen settle gradually in simpler
ambitions. We learn gradually to
know that in smaller duties better fit
ted to our hands lies the greatest hap
piness, and the possibility for fullest
and richest development. Almost ev-
cry girl, when she first begins to realize
that she will probably never fulfill all
her girlish ambitions because they are
many of them beyond her possibilities,
will have the inclination to give up as
the children say. This Is apt to be the
beginning of real discomfort, and 1t
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-01

Some time ago brakeman on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad used his
brains and saved a passenger train
from running into two derailed cars.
The company sent him a check for $50
and posted bulletin complimenting
him for his luickness of thought. A
few days later Engineer John Hag-
gerty was oiling his engine at Con-
nellsville while waiting for the pas
sengers to leave the train. He heard
another train coming and believed that
it was not under proper control. He
sprang into his cab, opened the throttle
and started his train. The other en-
CINE struck the rear car, but 1t was
not hard blow, and Haggerty's
promptness saved ten or a dozen lives.
The company has ordered handsome
gold watch, suitably inscribed, and a
gold chain, for Engineer Haggerty, as
| reward for his devotion to duty and
using his brains in time of emer
ancy.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-01

BE- ~ industrious ana exemplary a
bees should be, and not to be demoraL
lied by such intimate associatlon with
less industrious human beings The
practical csfficulty In the way Of keep
ing bees IN the house arises when the
cold weather comes In, because they
are tempted to carry on work In the
house when It is too chilly for them to
be abroad, and when bees are anxious
to be busy with no work to hand their
temper Is always uncertain.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-01

"#N.| ~. r. d II II" a 81.
We p'raded out M the stroke o. four,
But the girls was there two hours be-
fore,
We slung along thro' mud an mist,
Each with is love chung close to is
wrist;
The Riddles torches paled the moon,
An my girl caller f'r the roarin' toon,
Ta-ra-rara-rara,
s'rhe girl lef' be'ind me-"
'Er eyes wos red, but 'er smile wos
brave,
She'd brort tup'ny flag to wave;
She perched II up In 'er sailor at,
An she led the cheerin' smart an pat,
AS the band burst out with suddin
skirl,
While ev'ry trooper kissed is GIRL
-ra-rara-rara,
ssrhe girl l lef' beind me-"
She's ard at work in garrlt, guess,
Stitchin like fun at big swell's dress,
An mid the whirl of 'er old machine,
I'll back she'll fancy tn roar, be-
tween,
When the regiment leaps in the foe
mems lair,
An then. she'll breathe a tiny pray'r,
Ta-ra-rara-rara,
''The girl / lef behind me-"
An IL, as we carry the Fights, / fall,
With the girdling smoke f'r n soldiers
pail,
When we rush the bush an the artful
trench,
Or ford the rivers chilly drench,
You'll find in the breast o. me bloom
in shirt
The face, with frame o ribbon be-
girt,
Ta-rarara-ra
''The girl | lef' behind me-"
Westminster England Gazette.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-01

"Put on your boots. Paul we can
take II easy now. But expect to be
In D. by daybreak. have plenty
Of time-can get home, change my
clothes and take cup of coffee before
the train passes our station. Tim
Dawson's In danger, Paul! The D.
authorities win have him in keeping
within "a hours!'
She rose and marched OF through
the wind and storm, determined rs tri-
umphant: and more than that, she
proved herself prophecies.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-01
sows, MIX for Babies.

A novel petition has just been sub
mitted to the French Chamber Of
Deputies by n woman resident I'm the
Finistere Department. She proposes
that steps be taken to test the quality
of sows' milk as form of nourIsh.
ment for babies. Donkeys' milk, as Is
well known, Is superior to cows for
the purpose, but the employment of
the domestic pig has the merit of nov
ely. Several doctors have already pro-
nouneed In favor of the innovation,
however. London Chronicle
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-01
TWO FINE WRAPS AND A SKIRT OF A LATE CUT.

which laced at one side under a lap. A
bolero of this type may be either sleeve
less and show the sleeves of the under
bodice. or the latter may be made with
tiny sleeve caps. the bolcro having close
dress sleeves. This skirt was one Of the
newer cuts, with straight panel In front
that appeared to be continuous with what
was shown of the under bodice. Its close
fitting back and sides were cut short to
be finished BY plcated trained founce.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-01

some sort of yoke, panel or waistcoat
But that doesn't settle much, for the ac-
companying pictures only hint of the va
riety of ways in which this rule may be
met. However, since it is an almost es-
sential rule, it may be answered to suit
individual taste If only that is guided by
reasonable consideration of what's new.
An answer that was easy yet stylish was
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-01

2crlmps the most adventurous addi-
on to the house menagerie In Lon
On is that of hive Of bees which live
sitting room and ny out to gather
oncy in Hyde Park among the fiow-
RS and the blossoms or the London
ne trees. Thu bees are reported to
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-01
FIN DE Steele BELTS
THE BROAD PEASANT TYPE COM.
ING INTO FASHION.
Many Radical Changes In Treatment
Of Bodices Since Styles of Early Win
ter-should Open I'm Front Over Yoke,
Panel or Waistcoat.
New York correspondence,

Il Is dimcult just
now to tell what are
the safest fashions
in bodices. Many
radical changes from
what was current
during the early win
ter are shown, so
many that it does
not seem possible for
all to survive. Yet
most of these have
distinct advantages,
so it is difficult to
prophesy as to the
successful ones, and
one naturally wants
to be reasonably sure
of her ground before
indorsing any radical
change. 1t is still
safe to say that the
dress of house or tai
Tor variety should
on..n In frnnf oVnr
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-01

ought to be battled with. Let girl
once try to fully realize what 1t means
to be the inspiration Of some one per-
sons life, the sunshine In the darkencd
lives Of some one or two people, and
she will then understand how II may
I'LL her life almost to the brim with
happiness"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-01

wIndsor FOREST Is CO miles round.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-06-27

General Agent N. G. and Richmond.
No 900, East Main Street.
Richmond. Va.
VALUABLE CITY PROPERTY FOR
SALE.

By virtue of authority conferred by a
judgment of Wake county Superior court,
rendered at it's October term, 1899, in a
civil action therein pending entitled A. w.
Shaffer Executor of James II. Miller, de-
ceased, plaintiff, against Pattie Christ
mas, ct ais, defendants, 1 will on Mon
day, July 9Th, 1900, sell at public auc-
ton to the highest bidder for cash, a GER
tain lot of land in the city of Raleigh,
Wake county, N. c., and more fully de-
scribed as follows:
Being lot No. in a plot of the Ray
property, in the city of Raleigh, which
was made by Fendol Bevers, Surveyor,
and recorded as a part of the deed made
by the late B. F. Moore to John Calling.
on November 2S, 1877, which said deed
is recorded in the office of the Register
of Deeds for Wake county, North Caro-
lima, in Book 40, at page 218, the said
above lot No. s being So feet broad and
105 feet deep and fronts on an extension
of Edenton street made through said
property.
Time of sale IL o'clock m. Place of
sale, county court house door in Raleigh,
N. C.
ERNEST HAYWOOD,
Commissioner.
June 6, 1900. Gtds,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-06-27

Last fall I sprained my left hip while
handling some heavy boxes. The doctor
/ called on said at first it was a slight
strain and would soon be well. but 1t
grew worse and the doctor then said
had rheumatism. 1t continued to grow
worse and / could hardly get around to
work. / went to a drug store and the
druggist recommended me to try Chamber
lains Pain Balm. / tried it and one-halt
of a so cent bottle cured me entirely.
now recommend it to all my friends.-F.
A. Babcock, Erie, Pa. 1t Is for sale
everywhere. Bobbitt-Wynne Drug Co.
and H. T. Hicks. Druggists. Raleigh.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-06-27
NAVAL STORES.

Wilmington. N. c., June 2d.-Turpentine
steady at 4IH0142: receipts l02.
Rosin steady at s. 05al.0; receipts 392.
Crude turpentine quiet ut 81 .6Oa2.6O; receipts
SO barrels.
Tar steady at s1.4O receipts so barrels.
Charleston, S. c. June 26.--Turpentine firm
at A.; sales 75
Rosin firm; receipts = sales 300; exports =.
Quote b. G, d, Sl.05; f, $l.10 f, Sll5; G, l;25;
II, sl.35; /, $3.50; X, $50; M, Sl.7o; N, $500; q
220; w w, S240
Savannah Ga, June 26 -Turpentine firm at
421$ receipts 2, 1856; sales 936; exports 263.
Rosin firm; receipts 1885, sales l,054, exports
S65
quote A, &C, d, sI.2O; E. s1.25; F, s1.3o; g,
81. 40; Ii, $3.50; |, $3.50; X, Sl.70 NJ, Sls5; h,
IT,. 20; VIC, " IS; WV, $3.50.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-06-27
WHEAT AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago, Ills, June 26.-Liquidation by
longs and a slackening of the demand
caused a further reaction in wheat today,
July closing 4c. under yesterday. Corn
closed firm. 1Ac. down and oats steady
2s to Ec. depressed. Pork at the close
was sc. and lard 7hc lower. Ribs were
shade higher.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-06-27
RALEIGH COTTON,
RALEIGH. N. C.. June
NEW YORK MONEY.

NEW YORK, June 26.-sP. M.-Moaey on call
easy at 1alh per cent. last loan IN per cent
Prime mercantile paper 3A04h per cent Ster-
ling exchange 6rIner, with actual business in
bankers bills at "a. SOS 1914 for demand and at
G483ha4. $685. for 20 days. Posted rates "a IS aud
487hQ4S8 Commercial bills "a S3A@ Asa. Sill
yer certificates 6lss. Bar silver 6lss Mexican dol
lars 40 Government bonds firm: State bonds
inactiye railroad bones irregular.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-06-27
NEW YORK, June 20 Cotton futures opened

uplands 9-i6 middling gulf 1915; sales =
bales
LIVERPOOL
LIVERPOOL June 26-4 p. M.--Spot cotton,
fair demand; prices higher; American mid
ding fair 49, l6d good middling 5 IL -32d mid
ding sgd; low middling SID; good ordinary
51sd; ordinary 15-l6d.
The sales of tie day were 1900 bales, OF which
500 were for speculation and export, and in
cuded II 400 American. Receipts (, 900 bales, in
Gliding 800 American.
Futures opened easy and closed steady
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-06-27
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