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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-01
General Fnrm Tonio..


KEEP the chickens dry.
KEEP your farm tools clean.
He who lies in small way will cheat
in a large one.
THE best cultivator gets the most out
OF poor soil.
THE largest profit usually comes from
what you do yourself
CULTIVATE no more land than you can
attend to thoroughly.
HAVE a tool house and keep your tools
In 1t when they are not in use.
NEVER worry over trouble. The
trouble itself is misery enough, when it
comes.
IT is cheaper to educate the child than
TO maintain the future man as criminal
or pauper.
THE butter and milk product, from all
breeds of cows may be increased by
judicious feeding.
EVERY farmer should take good .care
OF the young swine now on hand and
provide for liberal increase the coming
year.
A PRACTICAL cattleman is as necessary
to succeed in breeding as a practical
grocer is to con Quoting his line OF BUSH
ness.
IT is estimated that IL requires fifteen
million cows TO supply the demand for
milk and its products In the United
States
To OBTAIN the best results from work
you must have wisdom, system, and
method. The wise man Systematically
plans his work and methodically exc
cutes it.
providence makes nothing to go TO
waste" Whenever there is a temporary
excess or lack OF needed products, things
were soon evened up by short crops or
increased yields.
THE American Analyst says that there
are 81, 600, 500,O 900 invested in the dairy
business In this country. The amount Is
almost double the money invested In
banking and commercial Industries.
IT is a commendablc idea to give TO the
boys an interest In the colts, and In this
way get them TO spend their spare time
In looking after the welfare OF all the
horses on the farm instead Of trying TO
loaf at the corner grocery.
The dairy farmer should always reckon
the value OF the manure produced upon
the profit side OF his account Well fed
dairy cows will yield a manure rich In
fertillzing elements. and this should be
employed In the production OF such crop
as WILL with liberal fertIlizing, givelar
money returns.
III is not TO be expected that the milk
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-01

stack and the sides of buildings. II may
be impracticable TO make a barnyard
what IL should be without roofing IL,
nevertheless it can be greatly improved.
The barnyard should not be basin TO
collect the water which falls upon the
outbuildings. Unless the water from
these buildings is needed for filling els
terms, 1t should be carried away In
drains Saehr crains are very Important
In level location for drying the ground
about the premises, and into these the
water from the roofs should be conducted.
These are much better than open drains
because they do not become INSTRUCTED.
In this way the barnyard will be kept
from drawing water into IL which falls
beyond its boundary.
The watering trough Is usually located
in one corner of the BARNARD, aud
during the winter the mud will become
so deep around it that stock cannot have
access TO it without difficulty, unless
this is prevented by the use OF stone and
gravel. The best way is TO pave the
ground with small boulders. These
should be from four TO six inches in
length, and should be placed on their
ends and very closely together After
this layer Of smaller stones should be
spread over IL, and above this coat of
gravel. II gravel is not available a few
loads of surface clay will make substi-
tute. Perhaps it would be advisable to
construct a passage of the same material
from the stable door TO the trough, hut
make IL higher than the surrounding
level 1t is a luxury to be able to lead a
horse from his stall to water in all kinds
Aof weather without getting ones boots
muddy.
The barnyard should be surrounded
by wind-break of evergreens on the
side toward the prevailing winds. Such
a protection is more necessary for open
regions, but there Is scarcely yard
where stock must stand during the day
that will not be much more comfortable
If such break is provided. Less than
a dozen Norway spruces will effect this
purpose, II planted in the right place,
and they will be ornamental as well as
useful.
The fences around the barnyard should
be built of posts and planks, and should
not be less than four and one half feet in
height, and greater height would be
still better. This requires large posts,
which should be deeply set If the fence
is made high IN this way barb wire can
be stretched above the top plank with
safety, and this will prevent the animals
from gnawing it and also check their
propensity TO push over 1t. This will
prevent rubbing against the fence. which
in time is sure to push it from a perpen-
dicular line.
A lump of rock salt should be kept in
trough in the barnyard, unless the
animals are freely saltcd in their stables.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-01

No woman admits that tight lacing
Injuries her; II Is some other woman.
The worship OF fashion has become 50
Intense, and the appearance OF rivals
shape arouses such spirit Of emula-
ton, that our women continue TO squeeze
themselves In steel bands TO such de-
gree that the functions OF the body can
not go on normally; and the long train
OF fills tight-laeers know so well, but the
warnings OF which they viii not heed,
follows, ending In slow disease and final
wreck. Experience seems to teach the
sufferers but little. and the mothers are
as ignorant as the daughters. Health
is sacrificed for spiders vast Sc en-
tlfc doctors have been preaching against
these evils time out OF mind, but the
Roadway against them is slow. Tho
academies and colleges for women, how
ever, are getting TO be more alive TO the
Importance OF the pupils health The
better class OF institutions are equipped
with gymnasiums and provided with
swimming pools and other means for
developing the body and preventing the
health from breaking down. Tennis
aud other outdoor games are growing in
favor. For girl nothing can take the
place of exercise In the open air; not
merely walk OF a few blocks, but a
good constitutional" at a swinging
gait, and that, too, without much refer
ence to the weather. The girls OF to-
day will I'm few years be mothers. The
law OF heredity is inexorab'e. Strong,
healthy men and finely developed, hand
some women are not born of sickly,
weak parents, whose blood, perhaps,
suffers from the poison that can be
traced back generations. Health is
beauty, said the old Greeks who lived
Baltimore American ----.-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-01
Hourrhold Hints.

WHITES OF eggs may be beaten to a
stiff froth by an open window when IL
would be impossible in steamy kitchen.
POWDERED flint glass ground to an i'm
palpable powder and mixed with the
white of an egg makes one Of the strong
est cements known.
HALF lemon dipped in salt will do
all the work OF oxalic acid In cleaning
copper boilers, brass teakettles and other
copper or brass utensils.
RoAsTs that should be juicy come to
the table as dry as pasteboard because
the oven was not hou enough at first to
instantly harden the outer surface and
prevent the escape OF Its juices.
To TEMPER earthenware which is to
be used for baking, put the dishes in
cold water over the fire, then bring
When the water boils around them re-
move from the fire and let them remain
In the water till It becomes cold.
AFTER bottle or key of olives has
been opened the mold will soon form.
A little horseradish or few nasturtiums
placed therein will prevent this TO a GER
tain extent The better way Is TO buy
them In small bottles. so that the bottle
may be used before they have chance
to mold.
THE very best lounge one can have.
all things considered, Is frame support
ing n good spring bed, with regular
hair mattress Of suitable size over IL.
the whole kept in place by an mex
pensiNe Bagdad rug, as you prefer. Re-
peat half dozen OF the tones OF color In
the rug in the covering of the down
pillows. OF which you can hardly have
too many. III you cannot afford the ex-
pense OF elder down for sofa pillows, use
tho best OF feathers rather than the
cheap down generally sold In the stores.
Many people like a hair pillow better
than any other, and hammock pillow
covered with blue denim will often be a
welcome addition TO the lounge.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-01
: August.
Flower

For two years I suffered terribly
with stomach trouble, and was for
all that time under treatment by
physician. He finally. after trying
everything, said stomach was about
worn out, and that would have to
cease eating solid food for time at
least. / was so weak that ] could
not work. Finally on the recon-
mendation of a friend who had used
your preparations
A worn-out with beneficial re-
suits, procured a
Stomach. bottle of August
Flower, and COM
menced using it. 1t seemed to do
me good at once. / gained In
strength and flesh rapidly; my APP
petite became good, and / suffered
no bad effects from what / ate. I
feel now like new man, and con-
slider that August Flower has en-
tirely cured me of Dyspepsia in its
worst form. JAMES +. .DEDFRIcK,
Saugerties, New York.
w. B. Utsey, St. Georges, S. c.,
writes: I have used your August
Flower for Dyspepsia and find it an
excellent remedy. q
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-01

A SIMPLE rule for determining the
width and thickness of rubber betting
required to transmit certain power
may be found from the following form
ula: h. p. multiplied by 155 and divided
by speed in feet per minute, will equal
the cross sectional area of the belt in
square inches; from this il is very
easy matter to ascertain the width and
thickness.-The Stationery Engineer.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-01

lcnvc5 on che-cun~us. rnc design ~ nor
own, and she copied the leaves from
nature, SO the whole thing looks quite
'woodsy' as the children expressed it.
They made it for my birthday and never
saw It until It was finished"
ave made three before we got one
right" added the boy who stood by, well
pleased to have his work admired. 1.-THE
prettiest sticks are. apt to be decayed
and IL was not until cut down some
young, strong sapplings that / made a
seat strong enough to bear any ones
weight. "-IFarn. and Home
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-01

FROM Oregon comes the queer story
that 5-year-old child at Eugene grows
faster on one side than on the other,
without any apparent cause. Physicians
there are reported to be highly interest
ed in the case
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-01
Con,me.aaD,e.

All claims not consistent with the high
character OF Syrup Of Figs are purposely
avoided by the Cal. Fig Syrup Company. 1t
acts gently on the kidneys. liver and bow
els. cleansing the system effectually. but
1t is not a cure all and makos no preten-
sions that every bottle win not substan-
ttata
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-01

GUESS He CoULD.-It is said that II an
ordinary man was muscled like flea he
could throw a tramp two miles. People who
use DIR. Whites DandclioR do not become
strong as Samson nor quite as old as Methu-
selah but this great medicine has performed
many wonderful cures, and brought JOY and
sunshine to many u home.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-01
Aaom.-MsdejBus,,o Chair.

"What pretty chair!' exclaimed a
visitor. as she noticed on Mrs. Ms
veranda a rustic seat that had been
fashioned with considerable skill. as
it not?" said her hostess, land l am
very proud of it, for my little boy of l.
made the frame quite alone, and his
small Sisfar CONFERENCE.-The fssllSsssy
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-01
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 @Crescentn 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??, 1891-10-01

"YOU are grossly intoxicated, Mr..
Aonsiv. II know III, my Iove' uuJ you
told me when started down town this
morning to exchange a pleasant smile
with every one, and l obeyed your in
junction"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-01

A MICHIGAN girl has been asleep
since the Fourth OF July, and long
naps of a weeks duration are nothing
to her. She win make a good wife
fora man who Is in the habit Of com.
ing home late. ~ ~
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-01

THE Pixies Peak Railroad is now in
successful operation. The lower terminus
Of the line is 9. $40 feet above sea level
and the upper 14,447. The distance is
nine miles.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-01

Is not q
more indispens-
able division Of
the average farm
than the harm
yard, and yet all
will agree that
there is hardly q
spot on those
farms which suf-
fers more from
neglect than 1t
does. Fully one
third OF the year
the stock seldom
go beyond this en-
closure, and very
often find n o
shelter ex ce p t
what is afforded
by the straw
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-01
PullInr ola po.r. Made Easv.

Hook log chain around the post,
near the ground; draw it over the top of
an oak plank with notch sawed in it,
and stout cleat spiked ON each side to
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-01

THE best cough medicine n Piso's Cure
for Consumption. Sold everywhere Csc
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-01

M. L. THOMPSON & CO.. Druggists Couders-
port, Pa, say Halls Catarrh Cure ID the best
and only sure cure for oatarrh they ever sold.
Druggists sell it, 75c.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-01
REAL RURAL READING
WILL BE FOUND IN THIS DE-
PARTMENT.

The Barnyard. an Ind'spsnsable Division
OF the Average Farm-rhe Post Fuller
General Farm Notes.-The Dairy, Poui-
.ry-Yard and household.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-01

prevent it from splitting. The illustra-
Lion explains il all. Hitch your team on
ana you will never forget the "Short
Cuts post puller. This can also be used
to pull underbrush, erc.-[ Practical
Farmer
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-01

And now we have the eeg-laying type
of hens. We have had a full discussion
OF the milk and type OF cows. the trotting
and draft type OF horses and different
types OF other animals. The long and
short OF the whole thing is that an
animal taking after given type Is sup
posed to be better adapted for the pur-
pose which that type Is supposed 10 rep
resent. j. ID. Tompkins, well-known
breeder OF Silver Wyandots. tells I'M the
Fanciers' Journal what he thinks should
be the shape of the ideal laying hen. He
says to avoid long necks and legs. for
they are not as good for laying or for the
table as those having shorter necks aud
legs. The ideal hen should have broad,
deep, round body OF moderate length,
but should not be too chunky. The
thoroughbred poultry industry Is begin
ming TO receive good deal OF merited
attention ard in few years American
poultry will be sought for tho same as
are American trotting horses IL breed
ers will select a type and stick to It,
they will greatly improve the breed and
get class of birds that will bring $40 TO
S25 where they now sell for 81 mongrel
thoroughbred Of unknown breeding.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-01
Feed for Eggs.

An egg is largely heterogeneous. The
white is albumen, the yolk contains
phosphoric acid ana mineral substance
and the shell is composed mostly OF lime.
The hen Is small animal. Eggs are not
a miraculous dispensation, as they come
from the food hen gets and converts
into egg, the same rs any animal con-
verts It's food into products Corn alone
is not suitable food for the production
Of eggs, as it does not possess enough Of
the constituents to make eggs. Hens
fed on such food will get fat. Hens, like
every other animal, must have coarse
food to distend the stomach and bowels
and for this purpose cut clover hay and
cabbage are largely fed by manv. These
also contain material to make eggs.
Skimmilk is also just the thing for an
egg food. To get eggs, feed hens to pro-
duce eggs. -[Col. +. ID. Curtis, Kirby
HON estead. N "
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-01

A THUNDERSTORM in hot weather trav-
els at the average rate of thirty miles an
hour.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-01

FTTS,-AIl Fits stopped free by DIR. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. No Fits after first days use Mar
vellous Treatise aud 600 trial bottle free 70
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-01

THE somersault artists in the circus
take turns In their work.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-01

~ makes me ttre6 I
People ask me---is marriage fail
uref OF course faint (; s'pose /
don't know my biz--what am /
here for?" If the women only
keep healthy they keep in good
spirits and cupid is in demand. Let
every enfeebled woman know this
there's a remedy that'll cure her,
tho proofs positive.
Here's the proof-if it doesn't do
you good within reasonable time,
report the fact to its makers and
get your money back without o
word-but you won't do it
The remedy is DR.. Picrcc's Favor
lite Prescription-and it has proved
itself the right remedy in nearly
every case of female weakness. 1t is
not a miracle. 1t won't cure every
thing-but it has done more to build
mp enfeebled and broken down wo-
men than any other medicine known.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-01
SHIL0H'S
CONSU 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 a pos
tive guarantee test that no other cure can sue
cessfully stand. That il may become known,
the Proprietovs, at an enormous expense, are
placing Sample Bottle Free into every home
in the United States and Canada. II you have
Cough, Sore Throat, or Bronchitis, use il, for
it will cure you. II your child has the Group,
OF 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
$500. II your Lungs are sore or Back lame,
use Shiloh's Porous Plaster. Price as cts.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-01
The Soap
that
Cleans
Most
is Lenox.

Inc BeSt hemeuy III
IN this world, says J. Hofherr of Syracuse, N. Y.
is Pastor Koenigs Nerve Tonic. because my SON
who was partially paralyzed three years ago and
attacked by Ats, has not had any symptoms Of
them since he took one bottle of the remedy.
most heartily thank for it.
Mr.. Ernest Castleman, Bingham, Ill, In
formed us that he had been q sufferer from In
somnia and rushing Of blood to the head for
weeks. He procured q bottle of Koenig's Nerve
Tonic, took 1t according TO directions, and found
relief after having taken only about IL doses he
speaks very highly OF tt.
CHArswoRTH, Livingston Co., ILL., May 80.
admit that / am well satisfied with the erect
Of Pastor Koenigs Nerve Tonic, because il cured
me entirely Of the severe nervous troubles.
r RORGMANN
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-01
DONALD KENNEDY
Of ROxbuIy, Mass, says

Kennedy's Medical Discovery
cures Horrid Old Sores, Deep
Seated Ulcers of 40 years
standing, Inward Tumors, and
every disease of the skin, ex-
cept Thunder Humor, and
Cancer that has taken root.
Price $3.50. Sold by every
Druggist in the U. S. and
Canada.
The Portland daily press., 1891-10-22
Foreign Markets.

IBy T6Iegraph.J
LONDON, Oct. 81, 1891.-Consols 95 3-l6d 10
money and the account.
The Portland daily press., 1891-10-22
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE.
Tuesdays quotations.
Boston Produce Market.

BOSTON. Oct. 20, 1S9l.-The following are 10
days quotations Of Provisions, &C.:
Pork-Long cuts IA 20 a 10 25 short cuts l5 90
@l6 25; backs at 10 00@l5 30; lean ends l6 90
al7 20; pork tongues 10 50@17 90 butt pork
10 so; prime mess o00090JO 90; extra prime at
90 90.
Hams at l0c; small at 1o1Se; pressed hams
11hc.
Hogs-Choice city dressed sac y ib country do
&c.
Rutter-western extra creamery 29G3oc;
fancy higher iirsts and extra 1rsts 2bG28c;
extra imitation cream 20gs2c; others = &C;
choice at 00@30; New York and VT dairy good
to choice at 22 d27c; Eastern creamery, good
to choi Q at 25029c. The above quotations
are receivers prices for strictly wholesale lots.
Cheese-Northern choice 1O@1o14c; Western
choice 912c.
Eggs-Eastern extras at o0@24 fancy nearby
stock higher: frsts 22@23c; extra Vermont and
New Hampshire at O0G24c: Western frsts 22
@o0c Mlcnigan firsts at 22a22 1sc. Jobbing
prices lie higher
PJutry-Eastern fresh killed turkeys l7@18c;
spring chickens 15Gl6c; fowls 13gl4c; fair to
good at 10@12c; Western iced fowls at l2c;
chickens 00a12c.
Beans Choice small New YORK hand-picked at
2 00d2 10 ID bush; choice New York marrow
hand-picked 90G2 90: choice screened pea
l e0a1 30 choice Yellow Eyes at COCA 10. job
bing prices 10c higher.
to good S15 0O916 90; Eastern line Sl2@14;
poor to ordinary Sl1@14: East swale SoG9;
Rye straw, choice, $l4 50@16; Oat straw $500.
Potatoes choice native and Maine stock
81 371z@1 30; choice Vermont and N Hampshire
and New York Burbanks 00@40c; Houlton He
Sweet potatoes, Eastern Shores 81 15@1 70; Jer-
seys So
The Portland daily press., 1891-10-22
REVIEW OF PORTLAND WHOLESALE MARKET

Trade in breadstufs, and provisions is fair
while on the other hand dealers in seasonable
goods report dull business. The Wheat situa-
tion during the past week has been devoid of In
teresting features. The markets generally have
been dull and prices rule 2@3c lower. Flour is
quiet but firmly held. Concerning the tuation
OF breadstuffs the New York Commercial Bulletin
says: sour exports for July, August and Septem
Der were 511a million bushels, and the equivalent
Of 100000 in -four. and since June 80 to date
equal 100000 bushels of wheat and fl lur, or at
the rate of 200, 100000 for the year. July, Aug
ust and September, 1890. there were twelve mil
lions of wheat, and ten and half of flour, and
from June 80 to october 10 were equal to about
261a millions, or an average of about quarter Of
million bushels per day, against about 100000
this season. Ordinarily exports have increased
after this date and prior to July. The usual pool
samples of Russian and Indian wheat are not as
desirable this season to mix the French and Great
Britain's poor, homegrown, weather-beaten
VIII at as in years past. The late severe storm
has delayed stacking, curing and drying of their
wheat, and will likely further depress prices for
the same. This should enhance the demand and
price OF choice American samples, as there is no
other export country having any surplus to supply
Europe"
In provisions pork is dull at decline of soc per
Dbl; lard is dun and 1ac lower; hams are l@11
off; ex-mess beef is SOC per Dbl lower In cured
fish herring are 2a4u lower: No mackerel are
81 per bbl higher. Fresh fish are in better supply
and prices are easier Cheese Is firm at advance
tfH gic on all grades. London layer raisins are
25c OFF. In fresh beef the demand for fore quar-
ters Is much improved and prices are firmer while
binds are less active and little easier. We quote
as TO lows; sides 6hd7@8c, hinds at 61s a91a
9llc, torres at 4h@6c, rounds and TANKS "a
&c, rump loins lOGl6c, rumps at lO@l3c, lOins
pork ribs ribs Ice, sausage 10c. Sugars have
declined 1sc, at l1-1ec Tor extra quality fine.
raw In the four ports the latest dates was SO 3034
tons, against q AIT tons in 1S90and 80, $50 tons
in a 80. Moasses is quiet and unchanged;
stock in the four ports at latest dates was 222
hhds, against COS hhds in in 1890 and 1881 hhds
III ID 81. In cordage Manila is 1c higher. Eggs
and butter are in good demand and unchanged.
Onions are 25c lower