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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-26
A LegIess Wheelbarrow.

Metal barrows are coming In slowly,
but none the less surely. this being an
other of the many Instances in which
steel and structural iron are supplant-
ing the time-honored wood. They are
designed for work in mines, and being
indestructible and cheap they are es-
pecially adapted for the use Of contrac-
tors.
The body is hung very low, and is Of
such a shape and strength that little
damage can be done to it. even though
it be severely handled. The frame
bars and handles are formed of one
continuous piece Of pipe. The wheel Is
also especially designed. the hub con-
sisting Of two interlocking clutches,
between which the spokes, consisting
Of pieces Of bar iron bent so as to
form two spokes, are held. Not the
least valuable feature Of this barrow,
the invention Of William, James Freed,
Of Eureka, Utah, Is the fact that IL
damaged it can be repaired by ordinary
mechanics, all the parts being simply
putltogether and designed with that
end In view. ~
The absence of legs, It will be noticed,
is interHting, and allows the barrow to
rest fat on the ground. SO that 1t may
be quickly and easily filed and
dumped, The legs, it is asserted, are
one of the weakest parts of the ordin-
AIRY wheelbarrow. and are apt to be-
come loose and rickety.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-26
Very COMPLIMENTARY Advice.

Through carelessness on the part of
the committee of a well-known London
club, and some dexterous wire-pulling
by the Individual concerned, an ex-
ceedingly unpopular man contrived to
secure his election; but he soon made
himself generally obnoxious to his fell
low-members by continually posing
and staggering on the steps at the en-
trance.
One morning, not long after he had
taken up his customary position, a
prominent member of the club, whom
we will call Major Dash, came up the
steps, and in passing him said, with
quiet sarcasm:
IL say, X, could get subscrip-
tions to the tune Of five hundred
pounds for you in the club IL you
would only take your name off the
books.t nHg u fn
= K rushed off in a tremendous
rage to a friend of his with the story. !.
what do you think?" he shouted.
II have been outrageously insulted by
that Major Dash. He has just said that
IL would take my name off the club
books he would get up a subscription
of five hundred pounds for me. What
would you do?'
"Well," replied his friend, ''if were
YOU wouldn't take It, You stand out
a bit, and you'll get q THOUSAND
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-26

no Identical case In, opticai annals,
spiegelschrift or understanding. which
Ii found 10 be common among half
witted children. being the nearest ap-
proach to this perversity Of vision. In
cases Of mirror writing. unconsciously
produced as a correct copy Of ordinary
writing. paralysis OF the right side is
often found.
A simple inversion OF things, without
the accompanying reversion, IL fairly
common conception, and the attempt
to conceive Of the various physical and
psychical .phenomena consequent ON
living In an upslde-down world, has
been made the subject of practical ex-
pertinent in San Francisco. when q.
Nj. Stratton, A. NJ. professor Of psy-
chology at Berkeley University. made
his, famous lookipg,glass experiments,
But neither Of these reached the unique
point of view which is Mary. Terry's
popularity. The other day at the
school, In looking at the words on the
blackboard. she seemed to be trying to
peer over them-to the other side,
which Is exactly the mental attitude
necessary to the ordinary observer for
the conception Of the origin Of Mary's
kind of writing.
1t is apparently impossible for her,
until she has been over the letters, to
understand their meaning. Imagine the
mental gymnastics required of that it,
tie head. 1t was amusing to see Mary
hold her reader indlfferently upside
down or rightside up. reading equally
well In either case. - VI -
Doctors express the belief that the
defect in Mary's makeup Is mental,
rather than physical. That as an
image reflected on the retina is invert-
ed, and that as 1t Is a mental effort
only which enables man to see things
right side up, 1t must be mental lack
In Mary's case which binders her from
seeing as the rest of mankind sees.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-26
Herb Farms.

There are several kinds of farms,
profitable ones, too. of which little
mention Is made to the public. Many
herbs are grown on farms devoted to
them. and they are product not over
done by growers. In New York are
acres devoted to the growth of pepper
mint. In Illinois are farms where the
castor bean Is raised for the castor oil
that it contains. Many farms which
have lost their productiveness could be
made to grow sage, catnip, thorough
wort, and the other vegetable necessi-
the pharmacopoeia. The business
is one of the few that are not ruined by
competition. Rose farms. are to be
found in different sections of the coun-
try, and there is sweetness in this
method of earning a livelihood, al
though that Is not all there is in II by
Ia good deal. IniCalifornia some rose
farms are carried on to raise roses for
rose jelly. pnssttfs ulff redpr.a.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-26

spread Of the cocoaine habit among the
negroea When the cocaine habit
found its way AMONG the negroes Z Il
impossible to say but IL nov the fAypr-
lite mode by which thoy se@k forgetfnl-
ness. II is az YET connned I'd the city
negroes but some of the planters have
expressed the hope that the use OF the
drug be broken up, In New Orleans be-
fore 4 reaches the cotton plantations.
Whisky Ii bad enough, they say. but
trafFlc In 1t can be controlled, far more
easily than the purchase and sale OF
cocaine tablets. 49, III ITO ~ Wal
The tablets are composed Of cocaine
and phenacetine In about equal proper
tons. Some chemical genius discover.
ed that phenacetine prolongs the eff
fects Of cocaine. and, as 1t is a much
cheaper drug, it IL used as an adulter-
ant for the cocaine. When a negro
roustabout has swallowed one OF these
tablets he seeks the most secluded part
of the boat upon which he has shipped.
and. hiding himself among, the cargo.
lies down and enjoys the vision Of rest
that the drugs cause. The effect Is
very like that of opium. only far less
violent, more restful, sleepy feeling.
For a little while the cocaine fiend Is
as happy as a mortal can be. and he
will probably keep on swallowing
tablets until the mate comes around
and finds him Sinking duty and dream
ing among the cotton bales, and admin
listers strong and effective antidote
with the hickory stick which is his
badge of authority. This continues
throughout the roustabout's voyage as
long as the box Of cocaine tablets holds
out. When the box has run out he will
play craps with the other ''rousters"
and buy more cocaine il he wins.
The evil has grown steadily Of late,
and number Of drug stores In the
negro district do an immense business
In cocaine. So large Is the business
that the average negro walks into a
drug store and puts down a quarter or
half-dollar without a word and re-
ceives a box Of cocaine tablets in re-
turn, the drug clerk knowing by intui-
ton what he wants; or IL the negro
says anything it is likely to be only
"Tabs."
The cocaine habit Is most common
among the river negroes, nearly all Of
whom are addicted to 1t. They take
their cocaine in tablets. These are
dissolved in glass of whisky, If whis-
ky is handy, but If not the tablet is
swallowed. The city negroes, who use
the drug less generally, take it in the
form of crystals or powder, which is
snuffed up the nose. The cocaine habit
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-26
The Whales Vitality.

Some light was thrown a few years
ago upon the subject of the vitality of
whales by finding one Of these animals
in Boring Sea in 1890 with "toggle"
harpoon head in it's body bearing the
mark of the American whaler Montezu-
ma. That vessel was engaged in whal-
ing in Boring Sea about ten years, but
not later than 1854. She was after
ward sold to the government and was
sunk In Charleston harbor during the
civil war to serve as an obstruction.
Hence, II is estimated the whale must
have carried the harpoon not less than
fhirfv1six years 1851 ~
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-26
SCHOOL ROOM APPEARS MARY TERRY

of the West. So far as is known, a sim
liar instance has not been brought to
the attention of science.
1t was nearly year before her
teacher, Miss Carrie Parrish, discov-
cred the strange popularity of Mary.
The first six months work in the re-
ceiving class consists mainly OK the
teaching OF English. From the first
Mary appeared tirnid and seemed
slower of comprehension than the 9th
er members of her class. Nobody
could understand why she did not
learn faster. For whole year her
strange heroglyphics appeared utterly
meaningless TO her teacher. who could
only wonder at their invariable incor-
rectness. One day a certain method
in their madness became apparent to
Miss Parrish. Then she discovered that
her little pupil was not only writing
everything upside down, but was re-
versing everything that she wrote. II
you will take a sheet of paper, write
your name on it, turn it upside down.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-26
MoNoPoLv IN oAsLe sUIL DING.

~ 49, --~-i~r " IN =
England Alone Ca Lay tTslerraph
y Lines Across the Great Oceans.
Thefe oase NO American makers o.
,cean cable, 80 the insertion Of clause
lin the Pacific cable bin by the House
Committee ON Commerce. providing
that ''the rcable shah ,bo OF American
make, and that the cable ships shall hy
the American dag" Is considered by
President secrymser Of the Paciflc
Cabler Company to- be likely to affect
the rapidity and thoroughness OF the
work.
He said to-day: I've IN America
never have done that.work and the
plants. the capital and, above all, the
experience, which are required for
ocean cable making cannot be impro-
vised under the touch Of government
undertaking A look at the history of
cable-making for ocean lines will show
why we haven't done the work and
why we cannot do 1t offhand. even II
we try. '.i-- SN lfsij 70 'i2pW Ar
practically all ocean cables. from
the first transatlantic line In 1857 up to
the present day. have been made In
England, and English firms have a
practical monopoly Of the experience.
The first Atlantic cable was made by
Glass. Eliot & Co. The failure of this
and the loss OF the second resulted in
the formation of a great company-the
Telegraph Construction and Mainten-
ance Congratulated by great capt.
tai. and this company made success
Of the third cable and gave impetus to
further work of the sort. But the nee
essary experience had been expensive
and England was the first to acquire It..
Then, In 1870, when England paid $780,
000,0 900 for the land telegraph lines of
the islands, that capital went at once
into plants and ships, for making and
laying ocean cable Thus England had
the lead. To make the cable in Amer
lea we would have tolhave big plant
and a good many men Of practical ex-
perience in such work.
For this, a large Investment, far
into the millions, would be required,
and il the cable, when laid, should fail
in any way, its makers would suffer a
dead loss of all their work and have to
replace the cable at. their own cost.
Then there must be some ten ships Of
at least 1900 tons specially constructed
for the work. Each ship requires full
outfit, Of apparatus for every branch of
the work and to be manned by men Of
experience All this equipment Is found
only in England. Evidence of this APP
pears in the course taken by Germany
In the matter Of the new German cable
to New York, via the Azores. Ger
many wanted cable she could be sure
Of and wanted 1t quickly-just the stu
alton at present of the United States.
She guarantees about per cent. Of the
whole cost, and then the cable is made
in England. That shows the German
appreciation of this need of experience
and great equipment."-New York
Evening Post.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-26
| placed a man on the table and turned

l placed man on the table and turned
the current into him. He had previous
ly stripped to the waist and wet the
hair upon his face, head and chest.
When the current began it's passage
through him he became ghostly in APP
pearance. His beard, head and chest
were wreathed in blue flame. Yet he
did not feel the slightest disagreeable
sensation. Another peculiar feature
about this static current Is that when
ever it finds point for exit it becomes
blue flame, one-half inch in length.
1t has heat. yet it does not burn the
person from whom it passes The
discovery Of DR.. Roberts should be
very valuable in the application of cleo.
tricity to therapeutics. 9u
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-26
wonderful thinness and with the

wonderful thinness and with the
springiness, strength. and capacity for
being tempered that steel has. The
process consists in rolling a hot steel
plate and two heated copper plates at
the same time in such a way that the
copper forms a skin over the surfaces
of the steel and gives it all the weather
resistance that pure copper has.
On his desk in the standard oil offices
in this city Frand Rockefeller has a
small sheet of the new material. no
name for which has yet been selected.
The sheets were the size of letter pa
per- and so thin as not to be mus
heavier The steel itself was sevei al
times as thick as the copper, and yet
on each surface of the steel there was
n perfect skin of copper, so thin that
strong magnifying glass did not ex-
pose the edges. To all appearances the
sheet was all copper, but its spring.
ness showed that it was not.
Although he has had considerable
correspondence with the inventor, Mr..
Rockefeller has not yet met him. Last
summer the Inventor sent some sam
pies Of his new sheet metal to Mr..
Rockefeller, who had an idea that such
plates of greater thickness would be
valuable material for making steel lake
steamers. He arranged with Captain
McDougall to tow model made of the
new material behind one Of his whale
backs for trip up and down the lakes,
to see how 1t would stand the expert
ence, When the model came back the
copper skin over the steel plates was as
| shiny as when II had been put into the
/ water. Whether it Is along this line,
or in the making Of stamped articles of
use and ornament such as gas chan
deliers, cornices and roofings, that the
new material will be used, will in a
measure depend on the cost of produc-
ton under actual conditions.
81 think that the invention is one of
the most remarkable that has come to
my notice, and people are all the time
trying to get me into something of that
sort" said Mr.. Rockefeller. The cop
PEI aud steel are all rolled at the same
time and in the finished plate no mat
ter whether it Is thick or thin, the cop
per Is united with the steel so that II
is impossible to break or strip 1t Off
1t Is practically single thickness OF
metal with n copper surface on either
or both sides, whichever way 1t Is
made and It can be made either way
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-26
JUST LIKE TEMPERED COPPER,
New Combination of Metals Which IL
Expected to BE Very Useful.

New Combination of Metals Which IL
Expected to Be Very Useful.
BY new process Of rolling Massa-
chusetts genius has succeeded in at
tanning results that so far as sheet
metal work Is concerned, are almost
equal to what he would be able to ac-
complish IL he had rediscovered the
secret of tempering copper. The Mas
sachusettts genius has succeeded, ac-
cording to the Cleveland Leader, in
getting Frank Rockefeller, brother Of
the president of the Standard Oil Com
pany, and himself a very rich man. in
terested in the matter.
The inventor has succeeded in max
ing sheets of seemingly pure copper Of
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-26
] over sweetened. :

The coffee is always good in the
Transvaal, but usually over-sweetened.
When any guest is in Dutch house
rwife's good books she shows her appre-
citation of him by loading his cup Of
coffee with sugar, which he must drink,
unless he desires to upset her easily
aroused susceptibilities. s' adf
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-26
Both Vegetarian and Cyclist.

Count Tolstoi Is an enthusiastic ,ey-
clist.yyHe declares that he has to thank
his bicycle and his vegetarian diet for
the robust health which he has so long
enjoyed. Twenty years ago his ply
stefan advised Tolstoi to avoid too
much muscular exercise, but the pa
tlent was obstinate, and did exactly the
contrary; in fact, he has ever been a
lover of sports of different kinds.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-26

reverse the sheet and hold it up to the
light you will see what Mary Terry
sees when she has the pleasure OF be-
holding your honorable signature.
Since the date of her discovery it has
Deen perpetual struggle for Miss Par
Vish to keep pace with her pupils pc
culiar point of view. and after patient
effort, most pralseworthy on the part
OF teacher who Is in constant charge
of four and five different grades of pu-
pills. Miss Parrish has succeeded in
making the little girl understand that
TO be herself understood she must re-
verse and invert what she sees.
IL would seem as II Mary were not
less but more gifted than the average
child to have been capable Of under
standing the complex and difficult com
mand laid upon her. though the testi-
mony of experts Is all on the other
side. This is. however, reasoning by
analogy, as the writer has so far found
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-26

There tis a 7-year-old girl I'm Alviso
GAL. who lives in world all her own
Nobody would want to share her world
with her, because 1t Is topsy turvy
one-so very topsy turvy that 1t makes
the head dizzy just to think about 1t.
Little Mary Terry sees everything bot
tomside up and backward The ex-
periences that each day brings to this
child In real life are more remarkable
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-26
Int resting Facts.

America sells nearly three times as
much as she buys; Germany buys over
two hundred and fifty millions Of dol
lars worth more every year than she
sells; while Great Britain last year
actually bought twice as much as she
sold a s.. fly itlf
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-26

"There is nothing like being In love
to make man gentle and thoughtful
in all his actions" 49,.
"No-except touch of rheumatism
between the shoulder bIades."- Har-
pbr'g Bazaar. tia 81 $40 Nif
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-26

Before Gathering Of Medical Men q
usts rsuis fDectorl Rfnsss ythst Nigh
= Voltage cqrrepts Are Not, ,Neeesr.;,
riIy Death Deaung.

Or. Heber Roberts, Of st. Louis. be-
fore a gathering Of hIedical men In that
4 city resently, proved, that l0oV, cog yplts
Of electricity conld be passed through
the human body Without linjifry, TO 1t.
and that the popular belief that high
voltage currents were death dealing
is acfailacy. According To DR. Roberts.
the injurious possibilities, of a current
depends upon Its amperage, and the
Voltage when properly handled Is with
out the power to kill or even injqre
any one.c. The expefinienter attracted
much interest among professional men
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-26

is fast driving out the morphine habit,
which, however, never had much hold
among the negroes. The cocaine can
be taken SO much more easily, and
when mixed with phenacetine is
cheaper. ~
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-26

and IL Spreading Fast.
The troubles which steamboat men
have been having with their negro
roustabouts have been increased by the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-26
Healthy to Ya,xn

mot only is II healthy to yawn," says
d French physician, ''but artificial
yawning should be lresorted to In cases
of sore throat buzzing of the ears, ca,
tarrh and like trouble" 1t Is said to
be as efIicacious IN its way as gargline
the thrbht. with which process 1t should
be combincdd 3ya NfdcR .uyln ~
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-26
He Believed IL.

,..rhey say there is arsenic in playing
cards"
''well, thought I'd been holding
some mighty 'pizon'v hands lately
Cleveland Plain Dealer. f.a
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-26

Every railroad mans wife joshes her
husband a good deal about some won,
an where he gets his meals at the other
end Of his run. IL DssILLLG
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-26
AN INVERTED BRAIN.
CHILD SEES. READS AND WRITES
UPSIDE DOWN.

'eeven-Year-Old California Girl, Who
Lives i'm . World that Seems Bottom
i eide Up and Back ward : Her Case q
Puzzle.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-26

This sole inhabitant of topsy turvey-
dom is the daughter of a Portuguese
rancher near Alvarado. For two years
she has ATTENDED the Alviso public
school She is a pretty child. shy and
graceful with rosy coloring and black
hair. Her case puzzles the wise men
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-26

( In teaching the young. be careful not
TO deceive them; they will catch you
ntit ~ " vnT raarsr x
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-26
scrupuIousix Clenn-

"a In the matter of personal cleanliness
the Filipino is equaled only by the jap
anese. Men, women and children seem
to take pride in being clean; yet their
houses are untidily kept and they
make not even the simplest kinds of
sanitary arrangements.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-26

A few men are ambitious to work for
a living. and a great many are ambt
tious to live without working. q
The daily sentinel., 1900-10-04
THE
ADAMS >ttst
PHARMACY

(Successor to Mitchell Drug Coz
The daily sentinel., 1900-10-04

Senator Stewart will gladly an
swer the question tonight. why he
does not resign his seat in the sens
ate, at the request of those who
sent him there, because he is now
betraying silver. He will also tell
why he disciplined Hon. Francis
G. Newlands because of his alleged
laxity in the cause of silver, making
the resolution read that Newlands
was a traitor and then to be even a
more despised traitor than New
lands ever could have been. If the
assertions of his own people are to
be believed and we published a
portion of the resolution the other
day which denounced Stewart as a
traitor to the silver cause and to
his own constituents, Mr.. Stewart
has certainly some explanation to
give.
The daily sentinel., 1900-10-04
Now King OF Italy.

It Ii pleasant to hear good things
of the new king of Italy, and, il pos
sible, to sift the truth from conflict
ing statements concerning this ruler
of a people who one day kiss their
kings feet and the next are ready to
slap his face. AS it appears now.
Italy's better feelings are in the as
cendent and SO. instead Of falling into
revolutions, she is prepared to stand
by her monarch and insist on law and
order. They also say that, when the
Prince Of Naples. Victor Emmanuel
had no sort of chance to show abil-
ity, for. at the least sign OF self-as-
sertion or independence OF character,
he was extinguished by his father and
the minister in power. 1t Is hoped
now he has become master of his own
affairs and ruler OF 20.00O,000 people,
that he won't go too far in the re-
verse direction. King Humbert never
did anything brilliant for the country,
but he was kind and good as mon
archs 60, and won the love Of those
capable of attachment and loyalty to
the head of the nation. His son, 1t
must be confessed. has hard row to
hoe. But he is an accomplished young
man with tastes that do him no dis
credit and an excellent education. He
speaks English without an accent, IN
derstands the soldier business. Is the
leading numismatic collector in Eu-
rope and his vices are very small ones.
or, as one might say. they are no big
ger than himself. SO give the young
ster chance to be a good king
Boston Herald.