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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17
old Thlng. wo,th saving.

An old shade hat, il the straw be
good, may be twisted, turned up at
the side or behind, and retrimmed,
and come out as good as new. 1t is
poor economy to throw away any arti-
fetal flowers, unless very shabby, and
old ribbons are always coming
into play. Old gloves have many
uses. Large sizes may be worn in
busting, or in garden work. The I'M
dressed kid may serve many useful
purposes; the long wrists sewed up
into bags make excellent cases for
silver forks, spoons, and jewelry; the
shorter pieces may be cut into pretty
shapes and fastened together for pen
wipers, or small decorated bags. OF
course no good housekeeper throws
away old soft handkerchiefs, napkins,
or towels, but puts them carefully
into the drawer where she has old
sheets and pillow cases saved for a
time when there is sickness in the
house.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17
THE DAIRY.
Comfort at Pasture.

Many dairymen with big herds
which they have to drive to distant
pastures would do well to follow the
example of a successful New York
farmer. Realizing the force ex-
pended by dairy herd travelling to
and from the pasture nearly a mile
Che keeps fifty cows,) stout board
shed has been erected at the home
end of the lot, large enough to shelter
the entire herd and make tight
room for the spring house. Here also
stools, bran, ETC., are kept. When
milking time arrives, the mixers
drive to the pasture with pals and
cans. The cows, being messed regu-
larry, are at the shed, the stanchions
are opened and no time is lost. Each
COW quietly takes her place and no dog
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17

about inches. Put in an elbow and
a piece ofpipe 6 inches long, b. Take
a piece of 2x4, G, s inches long and
bore 2t inch holes q inches apart. In
one insert piece of 2x2, d, inches
long. In the top of this make a slot
ii inches long and J inch wide. Next
take stick Is inches long, E, inch
thick and / inch wide. Bore two
holes in this, one in the end and the
other % inches back. Put this in the
slot in the 2x2 piece. Bore a hole
through this and put a pin through
them both, leaving the short end next
to the other hole in the 2x4. Drive
the 2x4 on the pipe and then take a
piece 2x2 and make slot q inches
deep. Bore hole in the slot and put
a pin through it and the hole in the
end of the lever. Fasten a round
piece of rubber, +, on the block, 2
inches in diameter, to fit over the top
of the pipe. Fix the other lever to
the barrel as shown in the cut and
fasten the two together with a good
leather string, G.. The float is "A large
board. When the hogs drink the
water down the lever falls and the
water runs in. This raises the float
and the lever shuts off the water The
top Of the barrel is covered with
boards and the holes made just large
enough for the hogs to get their noses
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17
THE HOUSEHOLD.
.AnArouna the Hou...


A very effective pillow case can be
made with strips of fine linen joined
with embroidery insertion inch toan
inch and half wide, the breadth of
the linen strips to vary according TO
taste. This can be trimmed either
with frill of linen or lace. The pill
low itself should be covered with plain
cOlored sateen, to show through the
insertion. A spare bed is usually
stripped when not in use, the sheets
being aired and put on as the bed is
required, the blankets neatly folded
and laid on the mattress, but colored
chintz counterpart, with a frill of its
own or coarse Torchon lace trimming,
has a very good effect and makes a
room look cheerful.
For half window curtains there Is
nothing more attractive than a soft
muslin with frill of the same passed
on the rod, made rather full and al
lowed to hang straight down, push
ing them back or drawing them to-
gether, as desired.
Two pretty ways of arranging short
Cui diC DO AOiAVVo. bifioO
the muslin (plain or flgured) into
three pieces, and edge the center one
with small frill down each side, the
others with a frill only on the inside.
Hem them at the top, and pass the
brass or ribbon band through them;
tie the center pieces together in the
middle with ribbon and bow; loop
back the sides also with ribbons and
bows. The bottom Of the blinds may
be either left loose (hemmed and
frilled) or passed through another
brass or ribbon band; or, hem the
muslin at the top and frill it each side;
run the rod or band through the hem.
Then gather the bottom into a band
of the muslin about one inch deep and
six long, and fasten Qan shape) with
tiny tacks or drawing pins onto the
center of the window frame.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17
+ ~zzz-ce.ss.;-s,s.-- Fs7sT>

is required. The nights milk is left
in cans to be carried to the factory with
that drawn next morning. The
mixers are always housed if it rains,
and during the heat of the day
the cows find the shelter of the
shed grateful one, the stanchions
being locked. The overflow from the
spring finds its way into trough on
the north side Of the shed away from
the sun where the cows help them
selves. There is no platform nor floor
to the shed. Manure that accumu-
lates is scraped up and spread on the
pasture. No time is lost bringing up
and turning away the cows, no manure
is wasted, and the cows lead lives Of
unbroken quiet, paying their owner
handsomely. Another thing seldom
considered: The noise, hustle and
stir about the home which milking
time always causes, where such a
large herd is brought up morning and
evening, are entirely obviated, and
the invasion of flies Is unheard Of
Farm and Home.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17
oid-Fashion.d Pumpkin P,e.

If pumpkin is peeled, cut up and
stewed rapidly, it makes coarse pies
which have very little Of the native
sweetness of the vegetable. If it is
cooked in a very small amount of
water, in thick, porcelain-lined
kettle, where it will gradually steam
for six or eight hours, it requires a
richness and sweetness that can't be
obtained by any other process of cook
ing it. A half pumpkin will not re-
quire more than pint OF water, and
by the time it is thoroughly cooked by
this method, all the water will have
been absorbed. The old-fashioned
rule for pumpkin pie is about two
cups of pumpkin to five of milk, or
four of milk and one OF cream. four
or five eggs, sweetening and spices to
taste. DO not forget to add half a
teaspoonful of salt to every quart Of
milk used In the pies.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17
Mr.. Beecher Was surprised.

Rev. Henry Ward Beecher's love for
children was we'll known; he always
listened to their prattle with interest
and they talked to him with fearless
frankness on all subje is. He was some
times rather startled by their remarks
He used e. tell the following story with
great enjoyment: One Sunday, as he
was returning from church, he was over
taken by one Of his practitioners who
held his little daughter by the hand. In
his sermon that day he had earnestly ex-
horted every one to practice human
kindness. The little girl, evidently anx-
ious that her father shou d b. buked,
volunteered the information that papa
had scolded Mary that morning.
"And who is Mary?" inquired Mr..
Beecher.
"Why, Mary is our cook" replied the
little gossiper.
"Well, well. that is too bad. But l
hope pa doesn't scold mamma" said Mr..
Beecher, with twinkle in his eye as he
glanced at his old friend.
swell, ! guess not" said the small
damsel. "My mamma isn't servant
none OF my parents amt servants
Why, they amt even servants OF the
Lord %
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17
The Voice of the People

Reaches us-or should do so--through the bal
lot-box. This is the medium through which 1t
ought to speak in clarion tones. But there are
other means by which the people voice their
sentiments, irrespective OF politics, concerning
matters Of vital Importance. Successful or un-
successful are those popular admonitions as
they are heard distinctly or family. But health,
the grand desideratum, appeals to ms all Tho
avenue Is only cleared when. the obstacles which
bar fits complete recovery are swept aside. Hos
letters Stomach Bitters has for nearly third
of q century occupied the FIRST rank among pro-
prietary remedies for debility, dyspepsia, con-
stipation, disorder Of the liver and kidneys, and
as an effectual means of conquering and pre-
venting malsrial complaints since the advent
OF ia erfpPs- ~ has also signalized itself as q
cure OF the complaint
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17
Rooted barn Yards.

1t is in my opinion a successful way
of making manure to make it in a
covered yard; good manure can be
made without question by heaping in
open space and forking over OCCASION
ally, but with less care a better pro-
duct is likely to be the average result
when made under cover, whether
enough better TO pay the cost OF the
shelter is perhaps an open question;
II the shelter were only for the ma
nure, the balance might be struck
against it; and if no coarse stuff goes
into the manure pile Gt is singular
advice of one writer that it should
not) the balance would certainly be
against it.
But the cattle may enjoy this
shelter and profit by it. since it gives
to them large freedom TO move
about without exposure to storms or
cold; and with the aid OF their tramp
ing a very considerable addition may
be made to the value of the manure
Of the yard by working into the ex-
crements the straw or other coarse
stuff which, under conditions that
may often prevail, cannoe be profit
ably fed; there must, Of course, be so
much of such material that the ami
mails will not be injured by too much
wetness under foot. This coarse stuff
put directly on the land is worth very
little for fertilizing; when more or
less decomposed in well-aired mix
ture with animal excrements, it is
worth much more.-New York Trib.
nna
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17
LIVE STOCK.
Method in mountaineering.

The importance of method OF horse
breeding is so little understood by
most farmers that it is not 20 be won
dered at that in many sections of our
country ''scrubs" are numerous and
complaints many that horse-breeding
does not pay. With a population
that is increasing, both in city and
country, the demand for horses is sure
to increase in like proportion. All
kinds of horses always have been, and
all kinds always will be raised, conse-
quently there will always be a wide
range in prices. Those who breed for
an object and attend well to the de-
tails, will: find horse breeding a source
Of profit as long as horses are wanted.
1t is not possible for all to own
1rst-class mares, but this should not
deter them from using the very best
stallion obtainable, and thus take the
tirst step toward Improvement. The
Introduction OF imported sires, and
the popularity they have won where
ever introduced, is termed by many a
''craze" that would soon die out IL
let alone. They have let it alone,
but IL does not die out, for the reason
that In all the countries from which
these horses are brought, method is
used I'm breeding. A horse is no bet
ter from the mere fact of his having
been imported, but years of breeding
in direct line, and from sires whose
purity OF breeding can be traced back
for generations, is OF incalculable
value In sire, especially one that is
TO be used in a locality where the
mares are Of mixed or no particular
breeding, because he has received
many infusions Of blood from one and
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17

A lady who had lost a canary hap
pened to be attracted by bird that
was hopping about in its cage in the
front window Of house in New York.
Thinking that 1t looked very like her
own, she knocked at the house door
and asked few questions about it.
She was told that IL had been found
one cold morning sitting on the win
dow-sill, and taken in and cared for.
The lady then said her bird could per-
form the pretty feat OF picking up a
pin and sticking it In the carpet. Be-
ing allowed to test this bird, the cage
was opened and a pin thrown on the
floor. The canary at once flew down
TO IL, picked It up in its bill, and clev-
erly stuck IL upright in the carpet; af-
ter which 1t burst into song, as IL re-
joicing at its success. The folk OF
the house, believing that the lady
had proved her ownership OF the bird,
permitted her to take the songster
away to her own home. .
Moor xnn< 80 ax,wfr,,. 60 lonc llfo hus
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17

Il 'aelo man
can be made, out of one that's
used-up," bilious and dyspeptic.
It's done by DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. 1t starts the
torpid liver into healthful action,
puriies and enriches the blood,
cleanses, repairs, and strengthens
the system, and restores health and
vigor. AS an appetizing, restora-
tive tonic, it sets at work all the
processes of digestion and nutri-
ton, and builds up flesh and
strength. It's the only Blood and
Liver Remedy that's guaranteed, in
every case, to benefit or cure. If it
doesn't do all that's claimed for it,
the money is promptly refunded.
But it keeps its promises = that's
the reason it can be sold in this
way. :
discovery" strengthens Weak
Lungs, and cures Splitting of Blood,
elortnvss of Breath, Bronchitis,
Severe Coughs, and kindred affec-
lions. Don't be fooled into taking
something else, said to be "just as
good" that the dealer may make a
larger profit. There's nothing at
all like the Discovery"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17

farms TO the cities. It has deem
claimed that improved agricultural
machinery has driven laborers from
the farm to the city. But such is not
the case. The scarcity of farm labor
has largely increased the sale and use
OF improved farm implements. On
this account many farmers were
obliged to purchase labor-saving i'm
plements long before they would have
done so, IL the number OF farm labor
ers had been equal to the demand.
The drift from farm TO town has
greatly stimulated the manufacture
of agricultural machinery. Farm
and EireSide.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17

the same source. every one OF which
adds TO his ability TO transmit this
same blood to his progeny. For this
reason sire should be chosen, but
not because OF some one point In
which he excels, but because he aver
ages best in all points, for prepotency
and the laws that govern II may be
applied both ways, and any defect IN
the sire is very liable to be trans
mitted TO the foal.
In this particular locality the
Percherons have done much toward
giving us better and more Stable
horses. More recently the French
coachers have been introduced, and
have become very popular.
Heavy. horses are In demand in all
large cities, where heavy loads must
necessarily be moved through the
crowded streets slowly; so, from mo-
tlves of economy, heavy loads must
be drawn, and heavy horses used to
draw them.
The custom prevails in some local
tiles where pure-bred stallion has
been kept for several years, for farm
ers TO keep some of their grades as
stations, and by Offering their serv-
ices at low figures, they sometimes
succeed in getting considerable Gus
tom. This practice should not be en-
couraged where the services of pure
bred horse are obtainable; for, al
though a well-bred grade stallion
may, and occasionally does, get very
good colts, the mixed breeding in
both sire and dam renders the result
very uncertain, and you are breeding
without method, which in the end is
almost certain to prove unsatisfac-
tory.-F. H., in Country Gentleman.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17
rhe Efeot OF Breed on Feed.

A great many farmers are asking
questions OF themselves, their neigh
bors, and agricultural journals, con-
corning food for cows and. how to
feed 1t. One point in the economy
OF feeding many overlook. That is,
the value or effect of breed, and indi-
vidual fitness of the animal, on the
feed. This can be made very APP
parent in the case Of horses. A trot-
ter having the trot bred into him
will take a moderate feed of oats and
trot his mile in 2:20. Another horse
bred for draft purpose could not trot
a mile In that time II he was fed ten
tons OF oats. So IL is with cows. One
COW takes her feed and turns it into
milk and butter, and she will eat a
heavy ration each day and still keep
In that channel. She has a constitn-
tional fitness for the performance OF
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17
wonder She Discovered It so Soon.

A public school teacher has just
made, indirectly, an important discov-
cry. For over a year she has had a
pupil in one Of her classes who seemed
utterly dumb except when told to repeat
something.
On account Of the child's inability to
make the progress the teacher expected,
she sent him TO the principal so that
that worthy might give the benefit Of
his extraordinary wisdom. Throu2h
some strange mischance the principal
discovered that the little fellow wasn't
able to speak word OF English. -Buffa-
10 ENQUIRER.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17
Alien Slang Words.

Many slang terms are corruptions or
notifications of foreign words wrested
from their original meaning. Thus
"cahoot" Western term meaning to
be in company OF alliance with, is from
the French cohort, while the baccha-
nalian spree" is esprit twisted around
and Anglicize1, or rather Americanized.
From the Spanish we get "savvy" from
sabe, to know; "vamoose, from vamos,
to go, and @cavort, from cavor, to caper.
The German gives us "loafer," from lauf-
er, an idle fellow. and "bower," the term
used in some card games, from bauer, a
card-piayer.
The Dutch and Holland language con-
tributes "boozy," from buizen, drunk;
"logy," from log. dull; "boss," from
bass, master, and "landlubber," from
landlooper, a vagabond - Rochester
Post Express
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17

dairy work; and so feed stimulates
her powers IN that direction. An
other COW having beef tendency in
her blood will do dairy work up to a
certain extent, when she turns the
food into flesh and fat on her own
ribs. Therefore, in the study OF
economy Of feeding, 1t is highly es-
sential to have the right kind OF
COW TO put the feed into.--Hoard's
Dairyman
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17

Tnnnn t. more catarh IN this section OF tho
country than all other diseases put together.
and until the last few years Was supposed 10 be
mcurable For great many years doctors pro-
nounced Il q local disease. and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failing TO cure
with local treatment, pronounced IL incurable.
Science has proven catarrh 70 be constitu-
tional disease, and therefore requires constitu-
factured by r. y. Chenoy a Co, Toledo, Ohio. IL
the only constitutional cure on the market. IL
IL taken internally In doses from ten drops TO a
teaspoonfuL ~ acts airecuy upon the blood
one hundred dollars for any case At fails 10
cure Send for circulars and Testimonials. Ad.
dress. i. j. CHENEY a CO., Toledo, o.
MarSold by Druggista. 75c.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17

Anton Rublnsteln, the Russian com.
poser. in his autobiography tells OF the
confusion which overcame q certain
architect OF his acquaintance, who had .
habit of interlarding all his remarks
with the phrase, ~You understand. On
one occasion he was explaining certain
architectural matters to the Emperor,
and. according TO custom, made free use
OF his fayorita expression. Good heav'
ensls exclaimed Emperor Nicholas Al
last irritably, ~of course understand.
My dear fellow. how could help it?"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17
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 it on pos
tive guarantee, test that no other cure 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. If you have
q Cough, Sore Throat, or Bronchitis, use it, for
il will cure you. II your child has the Group,
or Whooping Cough, use it 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??, 1891-12-17
Yanl.ee stood. Dying Out.

There is abundant food for reflection
in the figures furnished by the Massa-
cbusetts census OF last yer. which show
that one-fifth OF the native born married
women of that State are childless, 0
condition without parallel in any coun-
try OF the world excepting France. II
IS also significant that only about ID per
cent Of the foreign born married women
Of Massachusetts are childless
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17

How War win Array tho Royal Families
of Euroua.

How War Win Array tho Royal Families
OF Europe.
In the event OF q war IN Europe OF
any considerable note, the relationship
existing between quite a number OF the
royal families will be somewhat strained
Let us imagine that Germsny and
France pitch into each other, as they
surely will before long; then Russia,
England and others take sioos or BIO
draw into the affair. as is almost GER
tain TO be the ase. the first named on
the side OF Fra ce d the other with
Germany. In that event England has q
future queen--the Princess OF Wales
who would no doubt be embittered
again much Flowed sister OF former
days In the present Empress OF Russia
King George of Greece, will also be I'M
friendly to his British relatives, as he
loves not England since Ieac0nsfield
robbed him of chance TO secure his
proper possessions at the Berlin appor-
tionment, following the Russian Turkish
war, and while HIS son, In whose. favor no
proposes abdicating shortly, may hold
the same opinions, he will look with q
gentler eye toward England's ally, Ger
many, as 1t Is from that land he got his
wife. Two Russian princes OF the royal
house are mated with Geri ans, and a
princess Is the present Duchess Of Edin-
burgh, and daughter-in- law OF the
Queen of EnglanL Truly, a royal mix
up
But the m st curious position is that
OF denmark The reigning family Of
that country has powerful relations In
England, Russia, France, Germany and
Greece, and It will be interesting TO know
whose cause 1t would espouse in the in
evitable conflict to come. Indications
point to Russia as the favored one, the
English newspapers already containing
minors to the eL ect that Russia success
full means the Czarna will demand the
annexation OF Schleswig-Holstein with
Denmark to her fathers kingdom.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17
A Handy Tool Tray.

1t often happens, says writer in
the Practical Farmer, that repairs are
to be made to binder, mower or
other implements, something around
stables, barn, fences or gates, things
that cannot conveniently, if at all, be
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17
Tho Only One Ever Printed-Can You Find
the yVordg

There is 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 1Crescentn on everything
they make and publish. Look for IL, send
them the name. of the word, and they will
return you BOOK, BEAUTIFUL LIrHooRAPHs,
or SAMPLES FREE
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17

ABOUT this season of the year, the
rapid disappearance of house flies is
mainly due to a pai asitic fungus VIII Oh
envelopes them and feeds upon their
bodily fluids Though the fly has lived
but one short season, 1t is probably the
decrepitude of age which renders him an
easy victim to fungus.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-12-17

SHOWS tndJ Jne
cities have in
creased h cir
population at a
faster rate dur
ing the last de-
cade than during
any former. The
urban population
is fast gaining on
the rural, and
may soon equal
IL. Inefe seems
to have been q
strong drift OF
the population
q -
away from the