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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
ArrIoultural Brevrties.

KEEP seed corn from getting damp.
THERE is likely to be good demand
for canned products.
In the history of the farming In
dustry IN the United States the time
has arrived when success depends
more on good management than good
luck.
THE result of the recent attempt to
raise tea in North Carolina indicates
that the soil and climate are favor
able to such an industry, but that.
owing to the expense of picking and
curing, none but the highest grades
could be produced protltably.
CANADA thistles can be killed by
repeated cutting during the growing
season, or by thorough blowing and
cultivation. If cut closely while in
bloom, and then repeatedly cut as
often as they grow, there will be little
left of them in fall; but frequent
blowing, hoeing and cultivating will
do more thorough work.
IT has always been something Of a
wonder to us that more attention
was not given to nut culture in this
country. In every section OF the
country some varieties of nut trees
will probably grow, and while the
variety that may do well in certain
section. may not be very profitable Sc
far as producing salable nut is con
cerned, the tree will be tree, and
| the nuts it bears will prove something
for pleasant home consumption. Fol
instance, the black walnut is not
very profitable as commercial nut
but when the tree will grow, 1T is {
good tree, and the nuts are not to b.
despised by any means on winte
evenings. 1t would be wisdom to as
certain what nut trees will do well II
our particular location, and to plant
few of such nut bearing trees.-West
ern Rural.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
Miss IDA +. RUSH.
KoENic MED. CO.. Chicago, III.
Sold by Druggists at 81 per Bottle. 6for 90
Fargo Size. sI.76. Bottles for 30.
CHICAGO.

Chicago has captured the Demo
cratic national convention in spite Of
the fact that nine other cities wanted
it. This speaks volumes for the adj
vantages which Chicago offers. 1t
gained it largely because the delegates
thought that that city contains more
hotel accommodations than any other.
Chicago is an example Of what per-
sistent energy will do. This is illus
trated in REDS GERMAN Couch AND
KIDNEY CURE, remedy that only
needs to be used in order to recon-
mend itself. 1t will cure the worst
description of lung trouble or kidney
complaint. These two maladies are
oftener connected than people gener-
ally believe-in fact, the lungs cannot
be affected without throwing addi-
tional work upon the kidneys. A
great many people suffer in this way
for years without knowing what ails
them, when they might be cured by
the exercise of a little discretion.
REDS GERMAN COUGH AND KIDNEY
CURE will heal all lung troubles and
all maladles arising from inactivity Of
the kidneys. Get it of any dealer.
SYLVAN REMEDY Co., Peoria, Ill.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
H,nt. ior the Household.

SALT fish of any kind is quickest
and best freshened by soaking in sour
milk.
BOILED starch is much improved by
the addition of little salt or dis
solved gum arabic
For simple hoarseness take a fresh
egg, beat 1T and thicken with pulver-
lied sugar. Eat freely Of it.
KEROSENE will soften boots or
shoes that have been hardened by
water and render them pliable as new.
IFpork is young the lean will break
on being pinched: the fat will be
white, soft, and pulpy.
FINE shavings from soft pine wood
make a pleasant pillow. They have
special curative virtues for coughs
and lung troubles.
To CLEAR stove of clinkers put a
handful OF salt into 1t during a hot
fire; when cold remove the clinkers
with a cold chisel.
PINE may be made to look like some
beautiful wood by giving repeated
coats of hot linseed oil and rubbing
hard after each coat.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04

Nothing IKE Il
DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton. It's as peculiar in its compo-
sition, as in its curative effects, in
all the diseases and disorders that
afiict womankind. It's legitimate
medicine--an invigorating, restora-
tive tonic, q soothing and strength
ening nervine, and a positive rem
edy for female weaknesses and
ailments. All functional disturb
ances, irregularities, and derange-
ments are cured by it. There's
nothing like it in the way it acts
there's nothing like it in the way
it's sold. It's guaranteed to give
satisfaction in every case, or the
money paid for it is promptly re-
funded.
Read the guarantee on the wrap
per. :.
You lose nothing if it doesn't
help you-but it will.
The system is invigorated, the
blood enriched, digestion improved,
melancholy and nervousness dis
PEELED. It's a legitimate medicine,
the only one that's guaranteed to
give satisfaction in tho cure OF al
q female complaints"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04

Nutritive ratio ] to 5. A. This is a
wcll-halanced milk ration, and If
these cows are in good, fair condition
should make good progress in laying
on fat, as well as yielding rich milk.
The average yield Of butter for a
lot Of good farrow cows on this ration
should be between four and five
pounds per head per week; but G. has
not given any description Of his cows
by which any closer approximation
can be made. He will not find all his
cattle to fatten alike, some may re-
quire longer time to get ia condi-
ton for the butcher. Country Gen.
tleman.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN.
Tho Family Doctor.

WHOoPING COUGH. 1.-The following
is regarded as an excellent remedy:
Pure carbonate OF potassa, one scru-
pie; cochineal, one grain. Dissolve
in six ounces of water sweetened with
sugar. Dose for child 4 or 3 years
old, one teaspoonful three times a
day, to be taken before meals.
The inhalation Of air charged with
ammonia vapors, as remedy for
whooping cough, has been tried in
France with success. One Of the
methods of application employed is
boiling strong ammonia in the room
where the patient Is.
Pound best black resin very fine,
and give as much as will lie on a cent
an "a little moist sugar three times a
day, commencing before breakfast in
the morning. have known 1T to
cure the most obstinate cases OF
whooping cough ia three weeks
| BURNS AND SCALDS.-Mix common
kitchen whitening with sweet oil, or,
if sweet oil is not at hand, with wa
ter. Plaster the whole Of the burn
and some inches beyond it, all round,
with the above, after mixing it to
the consistency of common paste, and
lay it on an eighth, or rather more,
of an inch in thickness. 1t acts like
a charm; the most agonizing pain is
in few moments stilled. Take care
to keep the mixture moist by the ap
plication, from time to time, Of fresh
oil or fresh water, and at night wraI
the whole part affected in gutta'
percha or flannel, to keep the moist
ure from evaporating. The patient
Will, in all probability, unless the
flesh be much injured and the burn 2
very bad one, sleep soundly.
Common baking soda-the bicar
bonate-has been found to cure burns
or scalds, affording immediate relic
when it is promptly applied. For
dry burn, the soda should be mad'
into paste with water. For a scale
or wet burned surface, the powered
soda Tor borax will do as welD SHOULD
be busted on.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
Notes.

NOtess
THE best blooded stock in the world
is in the United States.
SHEEP husbandry will unquestiOn-
ably increase during a few years ITO
come.
THE high price Of grain and feed
requires good stock to feed Ito, to
pay profit as it should on the feed
and on the stock. Scrub stock will
not do that.
TRY to raise horses OF ;as uniform
quality as possible, but uniformly good.
BY so doing a team may be mated up
and sold at higher price than the
two would bring if sold separately.
GET good, first-class COW. give her
plenty of good, frst-class food, with
good water, and yet neglect to make
her comfortable in the stable, and we
shall fail to get out of her all that we
might.
WE do not advise feeding turnips
to mich cows. Not that they will
always impart flavor to the butter,
and perhaps never will, il fed just be-
fore milking, but there are other
roots that are better and which never
flavor the butter under any circum.
stances
To DISTINGUISH genuine butter
from oleomargarine the following test
is recommended: Draw knife
through a piece Of the questioned
butter, and separate the parts thus
divided. If it ever saw the inside o.
a churn there will be watery exuda'
tions in the track Of the knife; but If il
is combination of prepared ahd dis
guised fat there will be a smooth
greasy surface only. The test ];
largely used by butter merchants.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
anrfInuliurai items.

THE willow, elm, poplar or locust
should never be planted close to wells
or drains.
BEFORE setting out trees of any
kind. mark of the ground carefully
and set stake where each tree is to
be planted.
A FEW dollars spent In trees,
flowers and shrubbery, and a days
time spent in setting them out will
enhance the value of many farms.
DO NOT gauge the value of trees by
their size; young and thrifty trees OF
moderate growth are always better
than overgrown ones.
In timbered sections many fail to
properly preserve their timber lots.
It is not necessary to destroy the tim
Der lot to get wood.
WHILE studying and planning for
next years work, get it firmly i'm
pressed upon your mind that in set.
ting a tree the mangled roots should
be trimmed with a sharp knife, and
that the fine moist soil should be
firmed about them.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY.
Fa,t.n,nr rarror Cows.

1t is difficult question to solve
to fatten farrow cows economically.
Wheat straw serves merely to furnish
coarse fodder to mix with the grain
foods without yielding much nutri-
ment. But IL the straw is well cut
and the other foods are of good quality
we think the following combination
will effect his purpose: Fourteen
pounds cut wheat straw, pounds
wheat bran, pounds ground dam
aged beans, 4pounds cornmeal and 3
pounds O.. p. linseed meal, the di-
gestible nutriments OF which are
shown in the following formula, in
pounds:
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04

we will be blessed with fine trees and
good crops.
Apples that arc well grown and ma
tured can be kept finely all winter
without decay. But bruised or In
jured apples win not keep until the
HOLIDAYS. The choicer the varieties
the more care there is demanded TO
keep them through winter. Many OF
our fruit cellars smell with mold ana
decay, and apples can not preserve
their naturalness in such places.
Cellars where furnaces are kept are,
on the other hand, generally too dry.
1t is not so much dry cellar needed,
as a cool, clear place. This part OF
the question needs studying, too, FOL
many good applesare spoiled by lack
OF proper knowledge in storing and
lkeeping them over winter.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04

900 mules. There were then 2o,5l4
cattle ranches valued at S5l5, 600, 900
which number OF value has greatly
increased during the last seven years
The stock-raisers OF the United States
lose thousands of cattle every year
owing to rigorous winters and severe
summers, while in Mexico perennial
spring smiles on man and beast In
Bulletin No. o, from the Bureau OF
American Republics at Washington,
figures are given OF the profits OF a
cattle ranch OF 6l7 acres, situated 249
miles from large city and fifty miles
from the nearest railway station.
The land cost s4.e6 per acre and at
the end Of two years the business had
entirely reimbursed the outlay and
given q profit of s., 1927 besides, while
the profits of future years were esti-
mated at 20 per cent. on the capital
invested. Many OF these cattle are
exported to the United States.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
Mead Sen Fruits.

They slay multitudes when they are the
product of neglect OF incipient disease.
slight" cold, a at of indigestion. bidousness
or constipation. each or any OF these minor all
ments," advance in many cases with league
destroying strides Give them swift early
defeat with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and
avert the danger. Abernethy administered an
alarming yebuke to the man who informed him
that he had "oniy cold!" only ccld.' re-
peated the Doctor "What would 20 heve-the
plaguei' rheumatism and 10 grippe are easily
extinguishable at the start. Why then allow
them to get up full head Of steam? Put on
the breaks with the Bitters. The genial warmth
which this superb medicine diffuses through
tho system, the impetus Il gives 30 the circula-
lion of the blood, IT'S soothing and strengthen
ing effect upon the nervous, specially recon-
mend II TO the enieeblsd and sick. 'Tis the great
6o for ARIA
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
A startling Change.

The girls OF Cornwall, according to a
recent traveller, give nobody any trouble
In early life. They are little automatons
In youth, silent as pagan stone circles In
girlhood, voiceless and blushing there
after until welded, when they at once
develop such strength OF character.
temper, and tongue, that half the men
of Cornwall are known individually as
"Jenny's jack" and In raillery are
greeted with the inquiry, "How's the
woman as owns 'ee!"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
August.
Flower

I.had been troubled FIVE months
with Dyspepsia. had a fullness
after eating, and heavy load in the
pit of my stomach. Sometimes a
deathly sickness would overtake
me. was working for Thomas
McHenry Druggist, Allegheny City,
Pa. in whose employ / had been for
seven years. fused August Flower
for two weeks. was relieved ofall
trouble. / can now eat things 1
dared not touch before. / have
gained twenty pounds since my re-
coyery. I'D. Cox, Allegheny, Pa. o
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
what Good Cooks Say.

MILK TOAST. Slice some bread,
toast it OF nice light brown on both
sides. Boil pint of milk; mix
together two teaspoonfuls OF -four in
a little cold water; stir this into the
boiling milk. Let 1t boil about one
minute, then add little salt and
stir into it two ounces of butter. Dip
the toast in the milk, place it on a
dish, and pour the remainder OF the
milk over it. The toast may be made
much richer by increasing the guam
tity of butter.
BLACK PUDDING. Three cupfuls OF
-four, one and one-half cupfuls or
milk, one and one-half cupfuls OF
raisins (stoned), one egg Tor without),
butter the size of an egg, teaspoon
full of Glove, cinnamon, salt, one cup
full of molasses. Steam four hours.
CHEESE WATERS Rub table,
spoonful of butter to cream, and
stir in two tablespoonful of grated
English cheese. Spread this mixture
on thin water crackers or plain
waters, or, If you cannot get thin
crackers, split the thicker ones. Keep
them IN a hot oven till they are a
delicate brown.
BALLOON MUFFINs. = Place your
gem pans on the range to get very
hot. Take one pint OF -four; half
pint milk, half-pint water; beat thor
oughly with a keystone or wire beater.
Butter the pans; I'll two-thirds full
and bake in a quick oven twents
minutes, or until they are puffs and
nicely Drowned. Use no salt or bak-
ing powder. Salt IS easily added
when they arc broken open to eat.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04

on December 10. / was confined to my
room with the Grippe. The Treasurer Of
the Commercial Advertiser recon-
mended that / should try bottle Of
ayers Cherry Pectoral." as it had
cured him Of the same complaint.
sent for bottle. and in two days was
able 10 resume my business. and am
now entirely cured.
AS took no other remedy, can but
give all the credit to the "Chcrry Pee
toral. which gratefully recommend as
a speedy specific for this disease. Yours
very truly, +. =. hAhIIsVn'v
20 Park Row, New York, N. X.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
Prenaring XyhaIebone.

A full-grown Greenland whale yields
about ton of whalebone. The whaling
vessels usually bring it in pieces OF ten
or twelve blades each, but sometimes, II
the voyage is long, the sailors have time
to strip off each blade and divest it OF
it's hairs. In preparing them for use the
blades are cleaned and softened by boil
ing for about two hours; while still hot
they are fixed in large wooden vises anc
shaved into the required sizes.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04

any other part when falling. A
broom handle may be used for the
perpendicular part of the drop, and a
heavy piece of plank on the bottom
of it to make heavy fall. A little
notch is cut in the shingle IA little
past the middle, and another notch
on inside of front of box, half way be-
tween the slot and top. The thin
piece of wood on the string is put
into these notches when the trap rs
set. The end of the shingle in the
trap, on which the hait is put, should
be raised clear from the bottom about
a quarter of an inch when the trap is
set correctly.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04

The loss Of flesh is a trifle.
You think you need not
mind it.
But, if you go on losing
for some time or lose a good
deal in a short time, you are
running down. Is that a
trihe?
Get back to your healthy
weight and generally you get
back to health.
A book on CAREFUL LIv-
ING will tell you what it is to
get there, and when SCOTS
Emulsion of cod-liver oil is
useful. Free.
ScOrT & Bow,yn, Chemists. Iss South sth Avenue.
New York.
Your druggist keeps SCOTS Emulsion Of eod-liver
eil-all druggists everywhere do. g..
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04

Thousands Of farmers still feed
good fodder from the ground without
racks in all weather, says a writer,
and let their colts and other young
stock run over the farm and pick
their living from fence corners and
stalk fields. An equal number waste
quantities of coarse fodder every
winter, which, ifproperly economical,
might do much toward supporting
stock well sheltered. Why don't more
of us apply some of the good advice
given us and work Systematically on
this feeding problem, buy less hay and
more cotton-seed meal and lay up
money? Many of us are too lazy to
even try balanced ration. We act
as if afraid to adopt something a
little out Of our usual rut. There
is nothing very fearful about four
quarts of bran and pint Of oil meal,
nothing complicated, but it will make
cow do better when put on cut, wet
stalks and poor hay than the finest
timothy. 1t doesn't cost much either
-33c., and besides lining the purse II
| fattens the farm.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
TIL. Cowx smeIIin MIX.

There is no powder or anything else
of that nature that can be put in
milk to prevent it having that strong
smell from the cows and stable. You
could be prosecuted for adulteration
if you used anything OF this kind.
Take your milk out of the stable as
soon as it is drawn from the COW.
Aerate by pouring it slowly from one
pail to the other or by using an
aerator, which is better. This will
take out all such smells and will help
to keep the milk sweet longer. Card
ing the COW, and even washing the
bag may be necessary to keep the
milk clear of the fine PARTICLES OF
manure that are. almost certain to
fall into the milk pail.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
The School of Hard Knocks

was where Andrew Carnegie gained his
start; forty years ago a poor Scotch boy
to- day. prince of manufacturers, author,
and philanthropist 1t ID from his own ex-
perience that he Is to write for the Youth
Companion on sHabits of Thrift" More
than 525,OJ0 subscribers receive the Com
panion at their homes every week. The
price is only Sl.55 a year.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
Cattle Raleinr IN MeEleo.

Cattle raising has become one OF
the most important Mexican indus
tries. In the Northern States OF
Mexico there roamed in 1885 over an
area Of 300, 900 square miles 1900, 600
horned cattle, $500, 900 goats, l,000.-
900 sheep, 1000. 900 horses and $780,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
al nIndol I,nt Tran.

1 give below, says correspondent
of Farm and Home, design for rat
trap. Let the boys try it, The parts
are box about OKLA inches, drop,
similar to IA churn dasher. a frame
over the box and a piece of single
which is inserted in the slot in front
of the box. There is also the contri-
vance to set it with, as shown in the
illustration. Every part should be
planed smoothly. The drop should
be made small enough not to touch
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
The only Ono Ever Printed-Csn You Fine
tha WOrd7

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 "Crescent" on everything
they make and publish. Look for Ii, send
them the name of the word, and they VIII
return you BOOK. BEAUTIFUL LIrHoGRAPHss
or SAMPLES FREE.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04

1872; groundsel, $500; oX-eye daisy,
5000; mallow, Is, 500; motherwort,
$4,000; foxtail, 1880; SOW thistle,
10, 600; mustard, $1,000; Canadian
thistle, $4,000; red poppy, 90, 900;
burdock, 400, 32S; purslanc, 100000;
lambs quarters S25, 900.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
HOME AND THE FARM.
A DEPARTMENT. MADE UP FOR
OUR RURAL FRIENDS.

Tho Productive Power Of weeds-How 60
Fatt~n Farrow cows-Hendi,ng the APP
Pile Crop-Agricnlturai Notes-nouse-
hold and Kitchen HATS.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04

prod u c Z ! v e
power OF weeds,
the seeds upon
a single plant OF
different species
have b G Q n
counted w t h
the following
results: Wild
carrot, 1900;
dandelion, ST.
500; chickweed,
1900; cookie,
3, 200; campsion,
3, 425; ch es S,
$500; d o C k,
300; ragweed,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
An old Book Agent.

At ST. Helen, CAL, there is a book
agent who is so years old, and who was
never shot at, thrown through window,
or worried by.a dog in all his long ex-
parianoa
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
On InInnd Waters.

The trip to Alaska is made almost en-
tirely on inland waters. The entire
coast of British Columbia Is lined with
islands, and between these and the
mainland is a navigable channel.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04

THE PERSONAL DISCOMFORT, and the
worry of Constant Cough, and the Sore
ness of Lungs and Throat which usually
attend 1t, are all remedied by DR. ID. Jayne's
Expectorant a safe medicine for Pulmonary
disorders and Throat affections.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04

A YOUNG lady remarks: Man pro-
poses, but it sometimes takes a great
deal of encouragement to get him to
do so"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
ChnIxed with EeIs.

The -four mill of Martin L. Dunn,
near Bordentown, N. j., has been idle
for few days, the big turbine wheel re-
fusing to move. Frank Dancer, an en-
ploye, finally made an examination and
found the wheel choked with cells
Nearly a tnushel Of them had to be cut
out with a ohisel and hammer.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04

AT San Jose concert lady sung
would / were n Bird" and miner
cried "Would were Gun"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04

ONE Of the most powerful elements In
every success is the determination to
succeed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04

liz YOUR blood poor2 Take Beecham's
Pills Is your liver out of orderr Use
Beecham's Pills 25 cents a box.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04

a.BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs' are
excellent for the relief of Hoarseness or
Sore Throat, They are exceedingly effect
i've. n-Cyiristtdn World. London England.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04
Denarted Glory of ireland.

The Irish parliament existed for over
800 years. 1t was extinguished in 1901
at the time of the Union with Great
Rritain
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-04

Is man In the saddle in total dark
ness until he comes to alight?