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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-02
Sergeant Vaughan.

A hero in humble life was recog-
nized in New York lately by the gift
of a gold medal. He richly deserved
it, fact which appears in this rec
ord of his deeds, published in the
Christian at Work:
A sergeant of fire patrol in this
city, John r Vaughan, was present
at the Are in the Hotel Royal a
month ago. At a window in one Of
the upper stories was gathered a
group with anxious faces-a father,
mother and child-waiting, perhaps,
to die together.
At the next window, in an adjoin-
ing building, appeared a sergeant of
our patrol. The distance was too
great to reach. Without hesitation
he threw himself down, resting one
arm upon the sill and entwining his
leg around telephone wire, fortu-
nately conveniently near; with his
other arm, one by one he conducted
this group of three over his PROSTATE
body, as a bridge, to the window OF
safety.
His work was not yet done. As
cending to the roof he discovered a
man standing upon the sill Of win
dow in another portion of the house,
doubling whether to meet death by
jumping or wait 70 be overtaken by
the fire.
Shouting to him to wait and he
would save him, Mr.. Vaughan rushed
to the street, and calling upon his
comrades to follow, assembled to the
roof of another adjoining building;
hastily throwing of his coat, his
companions holding him by his legs,
he threw himself head downward
over the cornice, and with their as
sistance raised this man of over 200
pounds in weight to the roof. The
rescue was completed, these lives
were saved.
Mr.. Vaughan was presented with a
gold medal concentrating his hero
ism. And he richly deserved it. He
was true hero, and none the less so
that he performed his deeds In the
line of his duty.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-02
Pantry Cackres.

RAISE plenty of lettuce; no better
green food can be given the chicks,
ducks, and geese.
AN incubator will run more regu-
larly after the eggs are in the ma
chine than when empty.
WHITE corn is said not to be 50
fattening as the yellow variety, hence
more suitable for poultry feed.
NOTHING will break up cold in a
fowl so quickly as quinine. Give two
two-grain pills-one at night and one
in the morning.
PLANT some Kaff1r corn, and feed it
all to the poultry. Those that have
tried it say it beats oats, and Is equal
to wheat for egg production.
If the fowls are overfat the best
step to take is to give family liver
pill, and then feed bran in the MORN
ing and oats or wheat at night.
1T is not too late yet to start the
incubators. Even in June it pays, as
the chicks can be raised up for roast
ing fowls. and sold the latter part OF
summer.
EVERY farmer should raise an ex-
ira supply of cabbage, lettuce, turnips,
potatoes. and onions for the poultry.
All hut the lettuce can be stored away
for winter use.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-02
Truck Farming.

According to census bulletin No.
Al, upward Of 500, 900, 600 are in
vested In this industry, the annual
products reaching a value of $40. ST.
155 on the farms after paying freights
and commissions, realized upon 534,-
44O acres of land. There are en-
ployed in this industry 2l6, 1856 men.
9,254 wemen, and 1854 children,
aided by IS, 500 horses and mules, and
SS, OH, 206.70 worth of implements.
The mum Der of acres devoted to truck
farming in the United States is 534,
440; value of products, 6,517, 155.
Kinds of leading vegetables grown on
truck-farms OF the United States:
Asparagus is grown on 1870 acres;
beans, t2,6O7; cabbage, 1904; kale,
2,962; spinach, 20, 1876; Irish potatoes,
90. 046; beets, 2,420; celery, Is, 3S1;
cucumber, 4,T21; watermelons, 114,-
351; other melons, 28,47 peas, Sc,
1872; sweet potatoes, %, 6l1; tomatoes,
2,802, and miscellaneous vegetables
on 80, COL acres.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-02
Talking with Marmosets.

While the American gentleman Is
busily engaged in his researches in
to monkey speech, lady correspond
ent of the Spectator at Oxford has
written to point out that the ~nimble
marmoset" has already been the OBJ
ject of similar Investigations, and, as
1t would seem, with remarkable sue
cess. Nearly hundred years ago a
bookseller residing on the Quai Vol
taire in Paris, at the sign of the
Tower of Babel, published little
book in which the writer made an
endeavor to reduce the chatter OF this
tiny creature to articulate translate
able language. More than this, the
Spectator correspondent keeps mar
mosets, and is able from her own OBJ
servations to confirm the Tower OF
Babel mans discoveries. Thus the
peculiar. whistle, or ouistiti, from
which this little creature has its
French name, is described as a long,
sharp, piercing sound, repeated two
or three times, signifying the want
of something or some one, and It,
happened that this lady had very,
young one that always cried, "Ouis-i
It'll, ouistiti," to the older one for
help, IL it thought itself in danger
"Ghriii," a long-drawn high tone, Isl
translated in the book into come, -
and all those that the Spectators
correspondent has possessed have
thus called her to come to them
"Guenakiki" expresses (says the book)i
terrible fear; "Trouakiki," violent,
despairing grief; "Trouagno, intense
pain, save me-" and marmosetl
who had broken his leg thus warned
the lady OF the fact. "Krrrreoeoe0,
often repeated Continues our con-.
temporary's correspondent, means
very happy indeed; "Keh," a little
better; "Korrie," annoyed, disturbed;
"Ocoeo," deep terror; "Anic," feebly
and melodiously uttered, means help,
protect. "Quih, Il want something
very much;" ~Quouece, despair Of
escaping some danger. The latter
cry, we are assured, she has often
heard all her marmosets make at the
sight of anything strange to them or
which reminded them Of some known
danger. Altogether It must be con-
fessed that we have very fair COM
mencement OF dictionary Of the Mar
mosettian tongue. London News.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-02

THE roadbeds Of railways should be
owned, maintained and controlled by
the several State governments. The
rolling stock should be owned and
operated by private individuals. A
railway is an improved highway, a
locomotive is an improved horse, car
is an improved wagon. The railway
itself should be public property, and
its use by private individuals owning
and operating trains should be regu-
lated by public officials. Not feas-
ible? Visionary? @. p. Huntington,
one of the most experienced, saga
cious and successful railway men in
the United States, says in effect that
it is the only rational solution Of the
railway problem.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-02


Children, especially of the South,
have many ways OF telling fortunes
by the moon; the most popular one is
this: When the new moon is seen for
the FIRST time three steps are taken
backward and these words repeated:
New moon. true moon. true and bright.
II have a true love. let me dream OF him
sst Tonight; ~ EENys
II I'm to marry near. let me hear a bird
cry;
IL I'm to marry far. let me hear COW low.
And II I'm never TO wed. let mo hear a
hammer knock s
Then the flight of the turkey buzz
zard is always noted, especially II fly
ing alone, and the bird is addressed
thus:
Hall. hail. Iona turkey buzzard!
Fly to the east, fly 20 the west.
Fly to the one that love best;
Let me know by the flap OF the wing
Whether he Tor she) loves me or not
The birds direction of flight is
noted, also the motion of the wings. II
they flap it is considered true sign
that the lover or sweetheart is true.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-02
Dairy Suggestions.

s'HE that would get milk In the
pail and butter In the churn must
first put them into the mouth Of the
cow"
DON'T fool away time in following
any of the recipes for making a tip
top article of butter out of rancid
grease.
FEED the COW high, right along up
to the time of calving; and If there
is not case Of abortion, there will
likely be dead COW from milk fever.
Is THERE really any difference asks
a correspondent, between the keep
ing qualities of butter made from
sweet cream and butter made from
sour cream? Practically none. While
IL is desirable to keep butter some
times, yet it is fact that butter is
made to be eaten and not kept.
No DOUBT that there.will be enough
butterine and oleomargarine at the
Worlds Columbian Fair to disgust a
hog. 1t would be a bright idea for
some public spirited microscopes to
be In attendance to show the people
of the world how the stuff looks when
it is magnifled. 1t looks very differ
emit when magnifled by the micros.
cope from what it does when 1t Is
''magnifled" by its manufacturers
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-02
HabituaI Hurry.

The number of sudden deaths which
occur every year as a consequence Of
running to railway trains and ferry
boats is not inconsiderable. The VIC
Tins are mostly persons, middle-aged
or older, who, without knowing it,
have some disease Of the heart.
This kind of over-exertion, how
ever, does less harm than the COM
mon habit of being continually in
hurry. A habit which keeps the
nervous system at perpetual tension
leads to excessive vital waste, undue
susceptibility to disease, and, in ex-
treme cases, to nervous exhaustion.
Under its influence persons naturally
amiable are transformed into .petu-
liant and noisy scolds.
The woman who Is wife and
mother is peculiarly liable to this
habit, she has so much to do and so
little time in which to do 1T, in these
days when so many outside things
crowd upon her domestic duties.
There is no doubt that hurry claims
ten victims where hard work kills
one.
The man of business suffers in
much the same manner. The hurried
breakfast and the hurried Swimming
OF the morning paper are but the be-
ginning of a hurried day. Yet it is
unsafe for him to act in hurry, or
in the spirit generated by 1t. The
uncertainties Of. his calling make en-
tire self-control of prime Importance.
School children are victims Of the
same evil. They must be at school
exactly on time. But in thousands
of cases the family arrangements are
not such as to favor punctuality.
The child is allowed to sit up late,
and so is late at breakfast; or the
breakfast itself is late, and the child
must hurry through IL, and then hur-
ry off, half-fed and fully fretted,
dreading hardness and the teachers
displeasure. Robust children may
work off the effect amid the sports OF
the day, but many others are injured
for life.
Occasional hurry Is hardly to be
avoided, society being what it is; but
the habit of hurry should be guarded
against as one OF the surest promot-
ers of ill-temper and ill-health.
If necessary, less work should be
done; but in many cases nothing is
needed but wiser economy of time.
Some of the worst victims of hurry
are men who daily with their work
until time presses them, and then
crowd themselves into fever, pity
ing themselves meanwhile because
they are so sadly driven.
Companion.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-02

The decadence of farming of late
years Is largely due TO the undeniable
fact that city life has offered greater
attractions as well as greater profits
to the young. While IL is true that
farming does not require so severe
and unremitting toll as formerly, can
1t be said that young people on the
farm have been encouraged
to find their pleasures and
relaxation at home? This Is
the only way TO make farm
life attractive to the average young
man. III on each holiday he goes to
the city, it will naturally soon seem
to him that city life is all holiday
while life on the farm Is one OF un-
ceasing drudgery. 1t often happens
that city boys kept at work In stores,
and only allowed to go into the
country for vacation, see only the
holiday side of farm life, and require
a love for it that those brought up on
the farm too often do not share.
Why do not farmers take hint
from these facts, and make as much
holiday as possible for their sons at
home? IL is time that the old rule,
which made the boy hoe his row and
run for water while the men rested,
was superseded by practice which
would give boys the easiest tasks,
and the little investments that give
largest profits, as the best means to
interest them in farming and make
this the occupation Of their lives. -
American Cultivator.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-02
Grnppllng for STURGEON.

One day In March, 1851, writes a
Youths Companion contributor, /
was walking along the road built on
top of the great dam which spans the
Grand River at Dunnville, Ont,
when / saw a curious sight. Drawn
up by the side Of waste weir at the
west end of the dam were several
farmers deep-boxed wagons, the
owners of which were engaged In the
exciting and profitable sport of load
ing them with great, houndering
sturgeon.
In a minute / was down among the
men, watching with interest this
novel mode of fishing.
The race or weir was literally filed
with the fish, which, in attempting
to run up stream to spawn, found
themselves stopped by the dam.
Every moment fresh schools were
coming in from the river, crowding
the vast masses already damned into
the shallow passage until some OF
them were actually forced clean out
of the water. ..s.
Each of the farmers was armed
with common ten-foot rafting pole,
In the lower end Of which were a
spike and hook. With these rude
implements they were simply crap
ping the sturgeon, and hauling them
one by one to shore as quickly as their
strong arms could work.
The fish averaged from forty to
eighty pounds in weight, but now
and then monster of perhaps ene
hundred or one hundred and ten
pounds was hooked. Three times !
saw one Of these big fellows drag his
would-be captor off the bank, and
pitch him headlong upon the squirm-
ing shoal, to the infinite delight OF
his companions.
Notwithstanding many laughable
accidents, the wagons, eight in all,
were fully loaded in the course of two
hours, and as each contained at least
a ton the total catch for that boat
must have been some sixteen thou.
sand pounds. Yet after the men had
driven away the waste weir seemed
as full as before!
At that time the sturgeon was not
the important article or commerce
which it has since become. These
farmers would salt down the best
portions Of the fish, or so much of il
as they could use, and feed the rest
to their hogs. -. ,<tr
Now, such catch as above de
scribed would net the fisherman quite
a respectable sum Of perhap:
three cents a pound, or four hundred
and eighty dollars in all.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-02

A NEW YORK lady, Mrs. Sire by
name, has been giving the Britishers
a taste of American dash and spirit
that they will not soon forget. Un-
accompanied by male escort, she
started out to do London town, and
incidentally took in fashionable
restaurant and swell ball. Several
sprigs Of nobility, not posted on the
American woman's ability to take
care of herself under any and all cir
cumstances, followed her home and
broke open the door which she
slammed in their faces. Mrs. Sire
opened fire on the crowd with a re-
volver, and one young lord was
severely injured. In this adventure
Mrs. Sire did not cover herself with
glory exactly, for she should not have
been out alone in London without an
escort; besides, as she only hit one OF
her pursuers, she did no credit TO the
American woman's reputation with
the revolver.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-02

FRANCE has reason to congratulate
herself these stormy days that she is
a republic and not monarchy. A
republic is in itself safety valve. II
citizens do not like the government
or any feature of it they may upset il
at the polls. Anarchy is totally un'
warranted in France to-day. Anarchy
is the savage violence of a mere
handful who refuse to recognize the
principle that in human society there
must be some governing tribunal, and
in republic it is the majority.
Anarchists should not be dealt with
sentimentally, but according to law,
and vigorously.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-02
Raininr Turkaxa

There is no use trying to raise tur-
keys unless you can give them wide
range. They do not thrive when shut
up in yards. Turkeys are hard to
raise, but after they pass the critical
period of shooting the red," they be-
come very rugged, and can stand a
great many hardships-ln fact, can
stand almost anything but confne-
ment One of the prime causes OF
the alarming mortality among young
turkeys is dampness; 1t is fatal 70
them. They must not be allowed out
in the morning before the dew Is of
the grass, and they should be housed
before the sun sets. Avoid dampness,
and keep them free from lice, and
there will be considerably less risk to
run.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-02

1T must be humiliating to those
money kings to think that perhaps
only day or an hour stands between
them and utter poverty they
may be suddenly summoned to anoth-
ersphere to begin life without single
one Of the advantages which made
them SO powerful and comfortable In
this life. This is ia very commonplace
trail of thought, but it is worth our
attention. If men thought more seri-
ously and sensibly on this line, there
would be less greed in the world, and
less antagonism between the rich and
the poor.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-02

RUDYARD KIPLING has again
broken loose, and this time he attacks
New York. So much has the city
disguised him that he seems unable
to find words in his crude but pictur-
esque vocabulary sufficiently strong
for the subject. Everything about
the town is bad, and the more he
studied it, the more grotesquely bad
it grew. 1t is bad, he says, in its
streets, in its police, and in its sani-
tary arrangements. The manage
ment of the town he denounces as the
outcome of squalid barbarsm and of
reckless extravaganza. Some time
ago this conceited cad and over-ad-
yertised upstart expressed his opinion
about Chicago, and NEWCOMERS
were greatly delighted thereat. Very
few people in Chicago will take any
pleasure in this latest airing Of Kip
ling's views.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-02
ain.s 70 Housepseepsrs

PICTURES are now frequently hung
with ribbons of a color harmonizing
with the decorative motive of the
room.
GLASS jars of small size, or large
tumblers, are better for preserves than
china, for should they not keep well
It. can be detected Immediately.
A GOOD way to discover the pres
ence of moths, and also to destroy
them, is to place lighted candle in
a basin of water. The moths will be
attracted by the flame, and will drop
into the water. ~
If you have boiled potatoes left
over, n very nice way to use them a
second time is this: Crate them into
the dish they are to be served in, put
bits Of butter here aud there, and
dust a little fine salt over them; then
put them in hot oven for Ave min.
utcs. vy
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-02

A GREAT many discreditable things
have been said of Emperor William,
but the cruelest story about him that
has yet come across the water is the
one which credits him with scheme
to force his sister Margaret into a
marriage with the dissolute gambler
and general scoundrel, Prince Will
lam Of Luxembourg. That an honor
able woman should be yoked to such
a profigate and unworthy creature
under any circumstances would be
most pitiable; but that this Princess
should be sacrificed to the greed and
covetousness of her brother is abso-
lutely revolving. These royal mar
riages are, as rule, mercenary: but
in this instance the infamy Of the
system is more apparent than usual.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-02
A Hero mt Ten Years.


A story of juvenile presence of
mind and courage reaches me from
Manchester. Two little children, Ar
thur and Daisy Lemaire, living at
Charlton-on-M edlock, and aged re-
spectively 10 and s years, were play
ing together in their nursery, when
the little girls frock caught fire.
Arthur Immediately caught hold of
her and wrapped'a Counterpart round
her, trying to extinguish the flames
with his hands; but the little girl,
mad with fear, tore herself away
from him and ran downstairs, setting
fire to the curtains as she brushed
past them. Arthur rushed after her,
dragged her into the bedroom below,
and throwing her down on the hearth
rug rolled her round In 1t, and then
sat upon her to prevent her escaping
from him second time, says London
Baby.
The mother ran up, hearing the
noise, but, by the time she appeared
upon the scene, the little boy had
quite extinguished the flames; and,
after looking to see that all was safe,
he said to his mother, you look
after Daisy while go and put out
the fire in the nursery"
This he succeeded in doing, and
only after all danger was ever did he
show his mother how his poor little
hands were burned with the flames
and torn by the struggle with the
hearthrug. A doctor was sent for
In haste to attend the two children,
and, on arrival, exclaimed, $50
hear you have been saving your lit
tie sisters life, Arthur"
sob, IL was nothing" replied the
boy. Then. laughing bravely In
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-02

SAMUEL roBEMAN. until to-day he has
the satisfaction of seeing it prc-emi-
nent In the land.
Mr.. Foreman was born In Balti-
more, Nd, Nov. 80, 1910, and on
Feb. 7, 1892, was initiated into the
order, joining Marion Lodge, No. s,
of Baltimore. AS is well known,
Baltimore was the first home of Odd
Fellowship in America, and Marion
Lodge was the eighth organized in
the United States. In April, 1882,
he assisted in the organization OF the
Grand Lodge of Maryland, which
afterward became the Sovereign
Grand Lodge. In 1887 he came
West, locating first at Aurora, Ind,
and shortly after in Greensburg, aud
assisted in organizing the Grand
Lodge of Indiana. which In those
days was held in Madison.
Mr.. Foreman, though 80 years of
age, is spry on his feet, enjoys good
health and appears to be good for
many more years of life. His aged
wife is still living and takes great
pride in the distinction her husband
enjoys.
Mr.. Foreman's record as a member
of the I. o. o. +. is not guess work,
but is verified by the records Of the
Sovereign Lodge.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-02

gems OF rapine. and their fidelity To
the gang. The liar, and only the
liar, Is invariably and universally
despised, abandoned and disowned;
he has no domestic consultations which
he can oppose to the censures OF man
kind; he can retire to no fraternity
where his crimes may stand in place
OF virtues, but he is given up to the
Kisses OF the multitude, without
friend and without apologist
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-02
A Farmer. Workshop.

/ became tired OF the old way or
having bolts, screws, nails, rivets,
wire, buckles, etc, in boxes standing
here and there, oftentimes all sizes in
the same box, just because there was
no other place for them, says a corre-
spondelt OF the Ohio Farmer. The
bother and loss of time were great, as
i had to open sometimes nearly a
dozen boxes to find the thing /
wanted. Thus necessity became the
mother of invention, and the result
was 'case" in which there is place
for everything. as shown IN the cut.
The drawers are made of small,
light boxes (Which can be had at the
grocery stores) sawed to the right
size, and then mailing a side, bottom
or end to them as required. The
lower ones are shallow for nails, ETC.,
two or three inches deep; those in
tended for more bulky articles, as
bolts, ETC., deeper. For knobs, take
common sewing thread spools and
saw them In two. The half Of one
spool, with a wood screw through the
hole of 1T and into the drawers makes
the knob. For convenience drawers
for screws, rivets, small nails, tacks,
etc, are partitioned into two, three OF
four parts, and can also be taken out
and carried TO where wanted. A
sample of the article or articles (size
and kindly in each drawer is fastened
on the outside Of it by double
pointed carpet tack, and when any
thing is wanted, from quarter inch
tack to half inch bolt it is pleas
ure and satisfaction to be able TO put
your hand on il in a moment.