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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-10

To remove fresh fruit stains from
table linen, cover quickly with pow
dered starch, or pour boiling water
from the tea kettle upon them.
Finely sifted wood ashes will re-
move medicine stains from silver
spoons. Egg stains on silver can be
taken off with fine salt and damp
cloth.
On fabrics that will not be injured
by it soft soap will take out paint
stains much better than benzine,
chloroform and similar cleaners.
A weak solution OF oxalic acid will
remove bad mildew stains and iron
rust from white goods; ordinarily,
mlldew will come out If wet with soar
milk and laid in the sun. Use oxalic
acid with care, as 1t is poisonous. Di-
luted hartshorn takes mildew from
wooden goods.
Grass stains are obstinate, but soft
soap and baking soda will gener-
ally overcome them. Wet the stain,
rub it freely with the soap and soda
and let lie short time before wash.
ing.
Wheel grease on wash dresses can
be removed with soap and water. II
the spot is pretty old, wet 1t first with
kerosene oil. ~
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-10
THE PoULTRY-YARD.
Here's for the Drinks.

Where it is not possible to have
running water in the yards and hen
houses, says a poultry raiser in Farm
and Home, a never-failing fountain
the birds cannot foul is next best. 1t
is easy TO make one, using an old keg.
Even a fiouT-barrel or half-barrel will
serve for some months. Bore two
holes in one head. In one place a
pipe for filing. The other is for the
escape of air as the water goes in.
Cork both holes tightly after filling.
A piece Of half-inch pipe set in tightly
when the tank is dry will let out
water fast enough for large flock.
This pipe must be just little lower
than the edge of the drinking-trough.
When water has filed the trough
deep enough to cover the end Of the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-10
Poultry Notes.

NEVER allow the fowls TO go
thirsty.
ABOVE all things keep the hen
house clean and well ventilated.
DON'T forget that green food should
be fed to fowls when confined.
SAVE the best birds for next years
breeding and send the others to mar
ket.
If your hens lay soft-shelled eggs
they are probably too fat. Put their.
at work scratching.
no1z,., f..x-.et-to .lSeero your oIsiels-s
away from the hog pen. Hogs have
a weakness for young chicks.
REMEMBER that cockerels as well az
pullets are ''spring chickens" The
next spring they will be sold roost.
ers," worth about half as much il:
market as hens.
YOUNG poultry should not be fed
with the older ones. 1t will always
pay to keep a coop and provide a
board or shallow trough in order 70
economic feed.
THE effect of damp ground and
stagnant water on fowls-especiall
on young turkeys-is well known.
Fatal diseases follow as inevitably in
those cases as with human exposure
to miasmatic exhalations A dry
gravelly spot is absolutely necessary
to healthful conditions.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-10

The apartment TO which the unhappy wretch
70 confined by innammatory rheumatism is in
deed a chamber OF horrors. Appalling are tho
fortunes indicted by this agoniziug complaint.
and those endured by persons suffering from
milder forms Of II are severe enough. Obstinate
as 1t In its mature development, IL IL surely rem
ediable at the outset with Hostetter's stomach
Bitters. an infinitely safer as well as more ef-
fective remedy than the poisons often used to
subdue It, Always should it be b ;rne In mind
by those seeking relof from rheumatism. that.
though conquerable in the ineipient stage. IL is
not emily stubborn but dangerous when fully de-
veloped. on account OF its tendency to attack
tho vital parts This consideration should lead
to the early adoption OF curative measures. The
Bitters will overcome malarial, kidney, dyspep-
tic and bilious trouble.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-10
Household Notes.

VINEGAR bottles may be cleaned
with crushed egg shells in little
water.
To BRIGHTEN carpets wipe them
with warm water in which has been
poured a few drops of ammonia.
A GOOD liniment for Inflammation,
rheumatism, swellings, etc, is olive
oil well saturated with camphor.
A GOOD cement is melted alum,
but it must never be used when water
and heat are to come in contact with
it.
FINE shavings from soft pine wood
make pleasant pillow. They have
special curative virtues for coughs
and lung troubles.
CLEAN collars on wooden jackets,
mems coats. etc, by sponging with
ammonia and water, then with al
cohol, then rub dry with flannel
cloth.
COPPER kettles may be cleaned and
polished by taking a lemon, cutting
it in two; dip one of the pieces In
salt and rub well over the copper.
HYPosULPHITE of soda is recon-
mended for cleansing furnished silver
ware. 1t is applied simply with a
cloth or brush dipped into satu'
rated solution of the salt, no powder
of any kind being necessary. In two
or three rubs all furnishes are re
moved.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-10
THE DAIRY.
Losses from Poor Manufacturer.


In the dairy business, especially
where cheese and butter are the
staples, the farmer is manufacturer,
and the salableness of his product de-
ponds largely on his skill. 1t does
not all depend on this, however, for
the proportion of butter and cheese
that is wholly unfit for food Is often
so large that it detracts from the
price the best would bring If it were
not weighed down by this inferior
stuff, which only completes because it
goes under the same name as that of
good quality: IL is much gained to
have the fraudulent compounds, cleo
margarine and the like, branded for
what they are; but the work will not
be complete until the poorer qualities
of butter are ruled out of the market
as unfit for human use. Rancid but
ter is not even good for cooking, as,
however 1t may be disguised, it fiavors
whatever IL is cooked into, and thus
lessons the demand which using good
butter for cooking would increase. In
many places poor butter is so gencr-
ally used for making butter crackers
that they are discarded for milk
crackers by all having any regard for
their stOmachs This is only one OF
many ways in which the use of poor
butter lessons the demand. --Ameri-
can Cultivation.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-10
I,rash for the I,est.

Do not try to use more breeding
stock than you need. 1t is often a
great temptation to breed from in
ferior fowls when there is "a good
prospect or good demand for eggs.
You may make sale of the eggs from
those superior fowls you are keeping,
at the same price as those from the
prime breeding stock, but you are de-
ceiving your customers first, and
losing their custom last. The success
of nearly all old breeders is in great
measure due TO their observance of n
rule never to breed from any but the
hest
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-10

Now. as 20 the ignorance OF Ameri-
can citizens not farmers regarding the
needs OF agriculture and the condi-
tiOns of the farmer, says Secretary
Rusk in the North American Review,
must in this respect ask my readers
TO take my statement on trust, as
that OF man who has had special
opportunities for judging and who Is
conscientlOusly convinced OF the ne
cessity for absolute sincerity on this
subject / ask the reader to take my
word for it that, great as Is the igno-
rance OF the average farmer in regard
to business matters and city life, 1t is
no greater than that of his city brother
in relation to things agricultural, nor
indeed Is it so great. This being the
case we find ourselves confronted in
the present. grave economic emergency
with a serious condition OF affairs.
We have patient sick with disease
our physicians do rot understand; as
a result the sick man and his friends,
blinded "a little, perhaps, by suffering
and sympathy in their efforts to ar
rive at a true diagnosis, yet endeavor
to secure relief from suffering by such
means as they can command or de-
wise; and who shall blame them if, in
the absence of physicians who know
something about the case, they are
perhaps misled into the adoption of
certain nostrums? The farmers at
least know their own condition; and
of what use is it to decry the remedies
they suggest If ignorance OF their true
condition and of their needs makes it
impossible for you to suggest one?
For the last twenty-five years you have
been giving the farmer and his needs
little or no thought; you have been
letting agriculture take care Of itself
and him. All other classes, all other
interests and industries, existing
though they do only by reason of the
fact that agriculture has called them
into existence and supports them,
have received your consideration, have
been the objects Of your special study.
is it surprising then, that, as the re-
suit of your selfishness, the farmer
but himself? Even when you talk to
him fairly, he detects at once that,
while you talk we'll and know much
about many things, you know little or
nothing Of him and his surroundings.
If on the one hand, the farmer lacks
business training and experience in
affairs, you, on the other hand, who
have both, lack to an even greater
cxtentsand in most pitiful degree,
knowledge of agriculture, acquaint-
ance with its followers, and famaili-
arity with their needs and conditions.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-10

Keep on
disease by keeping in healthy ac-
ton the liver, stomach and bowels.
There's a pleasant and sure way
lof doing it. It's with DIR. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets. They're the best
Liver Pill ever made, and a prompt
and effective remedy for Sick
Headache, Bilious Headache, Con-
stipation, Indigestion, Bilious At
tacks, and all arrangements of tho
stomach, liver and bowels. They
cleanse and renovate the system,
quietly but thoroughly. They reg
ulate the system, too-they don't
upset it, like the old-fashioned pills.
These are purely vegetable and per-
fectly harmless. One "Pellet" a
dose. They're the easiest to take,
and the mildest in operation-the
smallest in size, but the most eff
cient in their work.
They're the cheapest pill you can
buy, because they're guaranteed to
give satisfaction, or your money is
returned.
You only pay for the good you
get.
Can You ask more?
That's the peculiar plan all DR..
Pierce's medicines are sold on.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-10
Make IN. Hnm. N.a,.

The surroundings about the farm
er's home should be such as to make 1t
attractive. There is a money value
in neatness in fine lawns and plenty
of ornamental as we'll as OF fruit
trees, especially in the localities
where summer boarders from cities
make their residence. The city Wis
Itor wants to be where all the sur
roundings are Of "a cheerful character.
Doubtless the repellant aspect OF
many farm homes is one reason why
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-10
Invest Your surplus on thu Farm.

When thoroughbred or a high
butter In wear, and scrub COW only
makes $40 worth, while it costs buU
little more to feed one than the
other, money invested in improved
breeds of cows, or in pure male
from which to raise up herd of
grades, will pay better returns to the
dalryman than can be obtained from
bank stock or railroad shares or West
ern Farm mortgages.
When small extra investment in
better seeds and more liberal manur-
ing will increase the crop without
increasing the labor Of cultivation, or
when extra cultivation will make an
increase in the money return four
times as great as the expenditure;
when better tools will save their cost
in one seasons labor, while with care
they will do good work for five or ten
years, then is the time when the
farmer can make money by spending
money.
When the expenditure If S25 or $35
per acre 1Or tile drains will enable a
field that now yields less than SIC
worth poor grass season to produce
S35 worth Of the best, and fit IL for
the growth of any, crop that will yield
profitable returns, it is economy TO
spend money, and so it is when a sim
liar sum or a smaller one will so reno
vate an old pasture which now only
feeds about one cow upon six acres, so
that it Will give more feed and bet
ter for six times that number. Amer
lean Cultivator.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-10
An eminent English authority writ

An eminent English authority writes
rs follows as to the value of trees in pro-
tecting land and stock: When planta-
tons and strips of woods of consider
able extent are so arranged as to OBJ
struct the wind in its course, shelter Is
afforded both to cultivate and pasture
land, AMI in appearance as well as pro-
ductiveness the character of the estate
undergoes thorough change. 1t can
| not be doubted by any one acquainted
with the losses which are frequently
sustained on high-lying farms from nip
ping frosts and whitening winds, that III
cold, late districts shelter is of the
greatest value to the farmer. Various
kinds of crops are liable at the time of
Towering to be seriously injured, if ex-
posed to strong winds, and frequently
cereal crops, which are just beginning
to ripen, suddenly assume premature
wilderness after being loosened about
the roots by severe wind-storms; the
crop is imperfectly developed, and the
farmer IS the loser. Shelter will 10 %
very large extent prevent this evil.
Then at harvest it has been found that
line explanations, running transverse
to the wind, though at distance Of
half mile, has materially diminished
the LOGS from shedd ng. Along the
eastern coast of Great Britain q proper
increas. of shelter would not fail to add
-s~srssi bushels of s,rs.i,. - Aha yi~i.l Isss
acre.
The value of shelter for pasture stock
is no less deserving of careful consider
alton. 1t is well known to veterinary
practitioners that cattle grazing in high
and exposed situations are generally
more disposed to consumptive and cut
aneous diseases than animals pastured
on low and sheltered farms. The past
urage, even when sheltered in very par
tial manner, is both earlier and more
,nutritive than if exposed to the full eff
fects Of unchecked winds, and in their
haun.s focks rarely fail to indicate the
situations which are really benefited by
plantations, either near at hand or az a
considerable distance. 1t appears,
there fore, conclusive that the relation
that exists between forestry and agri-
culture is q very intimate one.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-10
Deafness CAME He Cured

BY local applications. as they cannot reach the
diseased portion OF the ear. There IL only one
way TO cure Deafness, and that is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness Is caused by an In
fiamod condition of the mucous lining OF the
Eustachian Tube. v hen this tube gets infamed
you have q rumbling sound or imperfect hear
Ing and when It IL entirely closed Deafness is
the result and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to it's normal
condition. hearing will bs destroyed forever |;
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which Is nothing but an inhamed condition OF
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case OF Deafness caused by Catarrh) that we
cannot cure by taking Halls Catarrh Cure. Send
for circulars, free.
FJ. CHENEY CO.. Toledo. Ohio.
Sold nv Druopista 75c
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-10
august
Flower

at inherit some tendency to Dys-
pepsia from my mother. ] suffered
two years in this way consulted q
number of doctors. They did me
no good. then used
Relieved In your August Flower
and II was just two
days when I felt great relief. ! soon
got so that could sleep and eat, and
/ felt that was well. That was
three years ago, and am still first
class. am never
Two Days. without a bottle, and
if / feel constipated
the least particle a dose or two Of
August Flower does the work. The
beauty of the medicine is, that you
can stop the use ofitwithout any bad
effects on the system
Constipation While was sick 1
felt everything II
seemed to me man could feel 1
was Of all men most miserable. lean
say, in conclusion, that believe
August Flower will cure anyone of
indigestion. if taken
Life ofMiserywi judgment. A
M. Weed, 22o Belle
fontaine ST., Indianapolis, Ind" .
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-10

they attract only those who earn
money by farming, and In these days
this class can only pay a low price for
land. So far as he can do so without
cxtravagant expenditures, the farmer
should seek to attract wealthy pur.
chasers, and selling TO them 1T up
other farms In the same way.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-10
IVORY
S0AP
0044sas Pure.
TIE BEST FOR EVERY PURPOSE
TIE BEST FOR EVERY PURPOSE.

Vile cod-liver oil has lost
its vileness in SCOTS Emul-
sion and gained a good deal
in efficiency.
1t is broken up into tiny
drops which are covered with
glycerine, just as quinine in
pills is coated with sugar
or gelatine. You do not get
the taste at all.
The hypophocphites of
lime and soda add their tonic
effect to that of the half-di-
gested cod-liver oil.
Let us send you a book on
CAREFUL LIvING-free.
Scorr & BowNE, Chemists, I3s South sth Avenue,
New York.
Your druggist keeps SCOTS Emulsion Of eod.livcr
oi-all druggists everywhsrs do. q.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-10
SHILOH'S
C0NSU M PTION
CURE.

The success of this Great Cough Cure Is
without parallel in the history Of medicine.
All druggists are authorized to sell IL on pos
tive guarantee, test that other cure can sue
cessfully stand. That it may become known,
the Proprietors, at an enormous expense, are
placing Sample Bottle Free into every home
in the United States and Canada. II you have
a Cough, Sore Throat. OF Bronchitis, use il, for
II will cure you. II your child has the Group,
or Whooping Cough. use il promptly, and relief
is sure. II you dread that insidious disease
Consumption, use it. Ask your Druggist for
SHILOH'S CURE, Price 10 cts, so cts. and
$I.oo. II your Lungs are sore or Back lame,
use Shiloh's Porous Plaster, Price IS cts.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-10

pipe, no more will flow out until it
has been drunk. BY having the
trough project into two yards one
tank will supply both. II the water
barrel is shaded in summer the drink
will be relished better. The trough
should be raised from the ground
high enough to prevent the scratch
ing OF dirt into it.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-10

THERE is nothing better than benzine
to clean grease from machinery or cloth
Ing. To clean greasy cloths. put the
benzine on the greasy spot and rub the
solution out before the bcnzine has time
TO evaporate and leave the grease re-
naming In the fabric
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-10
The Only One Ever Printed Can You Find
the Word?

There is a 3-inch display advertisement
in this paper this week which has no two
words alike except one word. The same Is
true OF each new one appearing each week
from The DIR. Harter Medicine Co. This
house places a "Crescent" on everything
they make and publish. Look for IL. send
them the name of the word. and they will
return you BOOK. BEAUTIFUL LIrHoGRAPHs,
or SAMPLES FREE.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-10

An are entitled 70 the best that their
money with buy. so every family should
haze. at once. bottle Of the bsst family
remedy. Syrup OF Figs. to cleanse tho sys-
tenn whom costiye or bilious. For sale in
SOC and 81 bottles by ali leading druggists.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-10

WILL BE THERE sURE.-If you sell pota-
toes from measure with false bottom
you will find on the judgment day that the
measure will be there, too. II you buy a
bottle OF DIR. Whites Pulmonaria you will
find IL the best cough remedy you ever used
and full scripture measure.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-10

The Philadelphia gentleman of tho
last century, if he we're man of fash
ion or means, wore q three cornered
cooked hat heavily laced. His hair
was done up in cue, and its natural
shade concealed by profusion of pow
der. His coat was light-colored, with
diminutive cape, marvelously long
back, and silver buttons engraved with
the letters of his name. His small
clothes came scarcely to the knees; his
long stockings were striped, his shoes
pointed and adorned with huge buck
les; his vest had flap pockets, his cuffs
were loaded with lead. When
he bowed to the damsels that passed
him, he took half the sidewalk as he
fourished his cane and scraped his foot
The historian proceeds to convince us
that the dress of the lady, as she gravely
returned his salutation aud courtesed
nearly to the earth, would seem no less
strange to us. "Those were the days OF
gorgeous brocades aud taffetas, luxu-
riantly displayed over cumbrous hoops,
which, fattened before and behind,
stood out for two feet on each side; of
tower-built hats, adorned with tall
feathers; of calash and muskmelon bon
nets, of high wooden heels fancifully
cut; of gowns without fronts; of fino
satin petticoats, and OF implanted
teeth" 1t appears that in 1884 this
curious custom of transferring teeth
from one woman's Jaw to another had
been lately introduced in Philadelphia.
In an advertisement yet extant one La
Mayeur announces to his fair but pre-
sumably mature patrons, that his bust
ness is TO transplant teeth, and that he
has within the six months just proceed
ing transplanted 1873; and he assures
those having front teeth for sale that
he viii give two guineasfor everysouni
one brought TO hiin.--McMasters' His
tory.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-10

DESERVING CONFERENCE.-The is
no article which so richly deserves the
entire confidence of the community as
DRowNs BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs. Those suf-
fering from Ashmatic and Bronchial Dis
eases, Coughs,'and Colds should try them.
Pricn O5 M
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-10

clover i ca I,
the markings
being shaded
with ca + c.
Then cut two
clean, even
Sits in each
leaf and in
sert "a pale
green ribbon
OF the same
width, with
the day Of the
week, t h g
month a n d
the day OF
the mon tn
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-10

DR.. ALBERT SHAW in a recent lecture
at Johns Hopkins University predicted
that the adoption Of Gen. Booths meth.
DDS would result in completely stamping
out the slums of London within twenty
xyaa
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-10

For paint to stick to link use the fol-
lowing wash: Chloride OF copper, part;
nitrate Of copper, part; sal ammoniac,
part; wlter, "a parts. This coat Is left
for "a hours before applying the paint
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-10

painted at regular distances upon
them, as shown in the sketch. The
ribbon must be fitted so as to move
easily I'm the spaces. This is a pretty
desk ornament to be made for q fair
or for q Gift
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-10

A CURE for nearly all the common Ills
what, doctors? Pshaw! Take Bee1ham's
Pills. For sale by all druggists. rs cents
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-10

FIRST COLD, THEN BRoNcHITI-. Check the
first with HALEs HONEY OF HoREHoUSD AND
TAR
PIKE's IT orHAcHE DROPS Cure In one Minute.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-10
HOME AND TILE FARM.
A DEPARTMENT MADE UP FOR
DUR RURAL FRIENDS.

Secretary Rusk ON the Needs OF Farmers
Invest Your surplus ON the Farm Large
Profits from One Cow--About Poultry
nouseho d Hints and Decorations
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-10

FTTS.-AHFit stopped free bv DIR. KIine's Great
Nerve Restorer. No Fits after first days Mar
yelous cures Treatise aud 800 trial bottle free TO
Fit cases. send TO DIR. Kline. l Arch st. Phia. Pa.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-10

"TDiE is money" said poor fellow,
as he pawned clock.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-10

IN Corea sheets of paper pass for n on
ey. One sheet brings one quart of rice,
or twenty sheets piece of hemp cloth.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-10
THE HOUSEHOLD.
ATrofoii Calendar.

The trefoil pieces, says the Farm
and Home, are cut from thick bristol
board and painted the color OF a