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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-28

An English genius has invented q
iew locomotive for drawing heavy treins
up a steep grade. The arrangement
consists OF grooved drum. which Is
liked upon the axle Of driving wheels Of
the locomotive and which is OF sufficient
width to allow of a wire rope being
passed around It's circumference The
drum is OF the same circumference as
the driving wheels, 30 that at each rev.
Dlution OF the latter the former travels
q complete revolution over the cable.
This cable lies In the center OF the track
and Is secured at both ends, being thus
held taut and taking grip on the drum.
It lie maintained In q central position
around curves by means Of guides. The
model climbs easily gradient OF one In
three and takes sharp curve. The
ordinary precautions will be taken to
guard against accidents from the break
Ing OF the cable, such as using powerful
breaks, although IL is held that the wear
and tear on The cable will be reduced to
a minimum, so that the risk Of accident
will be small.-Picayune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-28
TaPeworms In Olco.

Col. @. NJ. Littler, Secretary Of the
National Butter. Cheese and Egg As
ISOLATION, says that: anybody who
says that butterine is healthful anc
wholesome, either does not know
what he is talking about or else lies.
Why are there SO many tapeworms
and so many Seases of Bright's dieaas
since butterine came into use? The
embryo tapeworm exists very freely Ia
leaf lard. This lard must be cooked
If you want to destroy the animal
cula. 1t is not cooked, 1t is only
warmed in the manufactures OF but
terine. / can show any one, by the
use of the microscope, the animal
cula. When. a hog has them bad, it
is called measly. No matter how
carefully it may be prepared, butter
inc contains acids that are not to be
found in butter. There Is very
easy way OF proving this. Put
calomel into butterine and you have
corrosive sublimate. The Lord only
knows how many people have been
mysteriously poisoned by taking a
dose of calomel after they have eaten
butterine."
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-28
Farm Machinery.

So far as possible avoid leaving ma
chinery standing out in the hot sun
when not IN use. One of the best
paying investments on the farm is
good shed, under which machinery
that Is used more or less through the
season can be kept when not needed in
the field The failure to give proper
care to the machinery needed to carry
on the work costs the farmer good
deal of money that could readily be
saved. A few days exposure to a
hot sun is nearly or quite as injurious
as one or two hard storms, and in
many cases il would save time TO
bring IL to the house and store under
shelter rather than let it stand out,
as more or less time is required to adj
Just it properly. In a majority Of
cases machinery will prove cheaper
than hand labor and can readily be
made to pay a good profit on its cost,
provided, OF course, it Is cared for, so
that IL can be made to do what should
reasonably be expected Of 1t. In
harvesting and haying, especially,
machinery is necessary when IL is inn
portant to push the work as much as
possible, taking all reasonable adj
yantages to save time. 1t is very
often the case that machinery Is dam
aged more by want of proper. care
than by using. 1t costs less TO buy
machinery In gvod working condition
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-28

Chicago "A synonym for enterprise. en-.
ueavor and success. but most people aasoci-
ate her fame with success in the material
and staple lines rather than the artistic;
hence u Will surprise many 10 learn that
IN the manufacture and sale OF musical In
struments Chicago possesses the largest
house not only In America but Ia the en-
tire world Lyon A healy, whose factories
are located near Union Park, produce an
other factory ia existence The yearly
output now exceeds 100000 instruments OF
all kinds, and the large buildings which a
few years ago amply sufiiced for their pur-
poses are nov taxed 90 the utmost 70 ac-
comnsodato their working array OF three
hundred skilled mechanics The business
done by them Ia brass band supplies alone
IL enormous. and covers the entire United
States, from Bangor TO Tia Juana. and
from WhAtcom 10 De Funiak Springs
Their success has been won by years of
earnest work combined with careful atten-
tion 20 the needs OF the musical public. aud
as q result the American-made guitar,
banjo. mandolin, or any other instrument
Il preferred by the best judges 20 the finest
work OF foreign manufacture.
IL Is a real pleasure TO an American
Journalist 20 record such an achievement.
because, while we are justly proud OF our
great stock yards. our colossal elevators
and our immense shipping interests, IL Is
something more TO know that our people
have not neglected the more elevated fields,
but stand as prominently forward In them
as In the others The largest and most
varied stock OF musical instruments carried
by any firm In the world can be seen at
Lyon Healy's warerooms. SO Monroe
street. Chicago, catalogues of which can be
had free upon application.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-28
African Nuts.

A young Russian groceryman at
Ekaterinburg obligingly displayed his
stock of goods to Mr.. George KEENAN,,
and incidentally gave him and his
companion a great deal of iuforma-
ton as to the Chinese and Russian
nuts lying in open bags on the coun-
ter. Mr.. KEENAN, describes what
follows:
After we had examined them all
and tested few, the grocer said:
Il have in the back part Of the
shop some very curious ones that
were sold me a year ar two ago as
African nuts Whethey they ever
came from Africa or not / don't
know, but the people do not like the
taste of them, and will not buy them.
II you win condescend to wait mo-
ment, / will get few"
What do you suppose they are?"
inquired Mr.. Frost, as the young
man went after the African nuts.
Brazil nuts, very likely,"I replied,
cor cocoanuts. l don't believe any
body here would know either of them
by sight, and they are the only trop-
ical nuts l can think Of"
In moment the man returned,
holding a handful of the fruit of a
plant known in science as Arachis
hypogea.
"Why, those are peanuts!" shouted
Mr.. Frost, in burst of joyful recog-
milton. "Amerlkanshi peanuts!" he
explained enthusiastically to the
groceryman. "Kushat khorosho"-
American peanuts eat very we'll
and he proceeded to illustrate this
luminous statement by crushing the
shell of one. and masticating the
contents with an ostentatious show
of relish.
Suddenly, however, the expression
of his face changed, as If the result
had not fully justified his ahticipa
| tions, and relieving himself Of the
AFRICAN nut, he exclaimed "They
haven't been roasted! 1t is neces'
sary to fry" he added impressively tC
the groceryman. Americans always
| do fry!"
"Fry!" exclaimed the young man.
to whom fried nuts must have been Z
startling novelty. "How is it posi-
BILE to fry them?"
l explained to him that Mr.. Frost
meant to say "roast Them" but this
seemed to him quite as extraordinary
as frying. and when he was told thai
the peanut is not the fruit Of tree
but of an herbaceous plant, and thai
it grows underground, his astonish
ment was boundless -
His commercial instincts, however
soon resumed their sway, and wheI
we left his shop he was already pre-
pairing to roast quantity of thu
wonderful American underground
nuts" with view to sending then
out again on trial.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-28
In the Poultry-Yarl.

BREEDING birds should be kept in
good condition.
LESS pork and more chicken eating
would give us less dyspeptics.
SAND does not make good substi-
tute for gravel in the poultry-yard.
Fowls shedding their feathers
should be fed little sulphur in their
soft feed.
BONES are valuable for poultry
chiefly for the phosphate of lime
they contain.
ONE advantage with ducks is that
after they begin laying they usually
lay very regularly every day.
DON'T waste the egg shells Place
them i'm the oven until they have
become perfectly dry, and then crush
and feed them to laying hens.
IT is not wise to kill fowl for the
table that has been running at large
until wanted. In all cases they
should be cooped up for about ten
days and fed on pure food.
THE fattening pen should have a
Slated floor so that the dropping will
fall beyond the reach OF the birds
1t is not uncommon for birds in con-
finement to eat their own droppings.
THE Poultry News rightly says:
'In nine homes out OF ten, pork and
beef would 60 begging If good fat
hen were either made into pot-pie,
or nicely roasted or manufactured
into one of those rich, juicy chicken
MES ~
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-28

Growers are beginning'to ask OF the
experiment stations what can be done
to prevent scurf on sweet potatoes,
aud rusty specimens are sent in with
the question: II these are used In
the hotbed for sprouts will they CON-
municate the scurf to the next crop!
This scurf, or russeted skin, says
the American Agriculturist, is caused
by a vegetable growth, and 1t Is we'll
to know this before considering any
methodsof attempting to prevent its
appearance. The dark mold is low
form OF fungus similar to the various
kinds that grow upon all sorts OF
organic substances. 1t consists OF
microscopic threads, that penetrate
the sweet potato for a short distance
and then sends branches to the sur
face. The skin OF the potato at the
place infested takes on a brown col
grafton, due partly to the dark color
Of the fungus threads. but more par
ticularly because the superficial layers
of cells of the potato have been killed
and thereby turned brown. The en-
craving will enable the reader to get
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-28

is large enough to hold sufficient
water and ice for four 18-quart milk
cans diameter to ii inche0 and a
number of self-sealing fruit jars
filled at different times with but
ter, yeast, custard, fresh fruits,
in fact, anything that it
is desirable to keep at 10 degrees
above freezing, through the summer.
BY tying a small cord around the jars
and fastening the other end above
water, there is no difficulty in bring
ing them to the surface when wanted.
Two strips can be nailed along the
ends just far enough from the bot
tom to slip cans under so the water
will not raise them; on these strips
can be set pans of milk that the
cans may not hold or stones can be
used to weight the cans down and
dispense with the strips. Let those
who delight in cold drinks and des-
serts in harvest time try an ice house
and creamer-M. II. Carpenter, in
Practical farmer.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-28
For Those Who Cook.

BREAKFAST CAKEs.-Four and a
half teacupfuls of -four, two teacup-
fuls of milk, One-half teacupful Of
sugar, one egg, ore tablespoonful
butter, one teaspoonful soda, two tea
spoonfuls cream tartar and little
salt Bake twenty minutes
CANNED RHUBARR Peel the rhu-
barb, and cut into three-quarter-inch
lengths Weigh. and to every pound
allow half pound OF sugar. Make
a syrup of half pint of water to
two pounds of sugar, let it boil and
skim. Put i'm the rhubarb and boil
fast five minutes. Put into jars and
seal.
STRAWBERRIES WITH WHIPPED
CREAM. - Stem ripe strawberries,
place a layer in glass dish, cover
with pulverized sugar, and put an
other layer of berries and sugar.
Cover the top with pint of thick
cream, the whites of two eggs and a
teacup of sugar. whipped together.
Set on ice until chilled.
STRAWBERRY TAPIoCA. Wash a
cup of tapioca, cover with cold water
and soak over night. In the morn
ing put on the dre with pint Of
boiling water and let SIMMER until
clear. Stem a quartof Strawberries
and stir in the boiling tapioca.
sweeten tn taste. Take from the
fire, pour IN dish and stand aside to
cool. Serve very cold, with cream.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-28

from getting on this portion of the
footgear. The brushes, which con-
sist of four, arranged vertically for
the side of the foot and two working
horizontally for the heel and toe, are
then set in motion by steam power.
First the shoes are polished, then the
backing, taken from movable boxes
by an automatic device, is applied,
and afterward the polishing is fin
ished. According to the st. Louis
Republic the inventor looks forward
to a great future for his labor-saving
device, Notwithstanding that the
trade is at present largely in the
hands of foreigners, who are not given
to a consideration of mechanical de.
vicqc
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-28
Hot Weather Maxims.

We are now in midsummer, and
these intensely hot days are liable to
be followed by cool nights. 1t is now
that people are in the greatest dan
ger. They sit in draughts, they drink
large quantities of ice water, and
they suddenly check the Precipitation.
The waste matter is thus thrown on
the kidneys and stomach. The re-
suit is an attack Of cholera morbus
or pneumonia. When you are affect.
ed in this way get bottle of REDS
GERMAN COUCH AND KIDNEY CURE
and take it. 1t contains no poison,
and you can take it freely. If you
will take it in small but frequent
doses you will be astonished to find
how soon you will be relieved. No
other remedy on the market equals
it in any way.
SYLVAN REMEDY Co., Peoria, III.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-28

Doctor Well, my fine little fellow,
you have got quite well again. l was
sure the pills 1 left for you would cure
you. How did you take them, in water
or in cakeP"
Boy" oh, I used them in my blow
gun"
The little fellow put the nasty, great,
gripping, old-fashioned pills to good use.
at most, all his internal economy need
ed was q dose of DIR. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets. They are tiny, sugar coated
qranules, easy TO take, and arc gently
nperient, or actively cathartic, according
to size of dose. AS laxative, only ono
tiny Pellet is required.
The "Pelletsn cure Sick Headache,
Bilious Headache. Constipation. Indi-
Cestion. Bilious Attacks, and nll de-
Engagements of the Liver, Stomach and
The "Pellets" ore purely vegetable,
md operate without disturbance to the
svstcm. diet, or occupation.
/ DIR. Pierces Pellets ore the cheapest
piii, sold by druggists, because they are
Guaranteed to give satisfaction in every
case, or their price (25 cents vial Il
refunded. Can you ask morep
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-28
Twice Scared.

The author of sports and Adven'
lures Among the North American
Indians" says that he and compan.
ion, whom he calls NJ, had
wounded buffalo, and were follow
ing him through a country intersected
by small streams. They came at last
to stream which had a very steer
bank. about fifteen feet high. Al
the bottom they saw the buffalo wait.
ing for them.
He came up the bank with a rush,
and very nearly caught us, as We
were not expecting such demonstIa.
ton. We both fired and bOlted in
opposite directions.
The buffalo took after M, who,
instead of going down the bank into
the timber at the bottom, ran along
the top. Things were getting dan
gerous, when / managed TO get in q
shot which struck the beast well for.
ward. He turned and went 81 WHY
down the bank. Then he walked in.
to the stream, laid down, and rolled
over.
Thinking he was dead, we both
went up TO him, first leaning our rifles
against a tree few yards away.
Before taking out his tongue, we sal
down on his body to discuss the affair.
While we were peacefully employed
the buffalo gave n violent hoa, Z,
nearly throwing us off, and then at
tempted ~ rise.
We went up the bank faster than
we had come down, and blush tc
say that we forgot our rifles In oul
hurry. However, 1t was only last
effort, and the buffalo was soon dead
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-28
Queer Decorations OF a Hotel once.

Wayfarers who stop at country inn
at Getchelrs Corner. Kennebec County,
Me-, are surprised to find The Office dec.
GRATED with souvenirs of the deep sea
and 'curio stiles from many parts OF the
world. George Gibson, the landlord
was a whaler and a sailor, and he likee
TO keep the numerous mementos OF his
voyages where he can see them every
day. Suspended from the ceiling are
whales ribs six feet long, aud on the
floors are two large sections of whales
backbone. Behind the stove is the back
bone OF large shark with the jaws at
tached, and suspende from the ceiling
in one corner are thrasher's tail and
the blade OF a swordfish. Mr.. Gibson
carries a cane, TUNED perfectly round,
from q whales jawbone, with a head
carved from q whales tooth.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-28
blowing sand Against Vegetables.

Many people have an idea that
gardens should generally, If not al
ways he made ON light sand that has
been well fertiliZed. But the sandy
soil cultivator has its owns especial
troubles, and they are not always
from drought either. While the
broad-leaved plants, like peas or
beans. are very small, driving wind
blowing dry sand against them often
destroys them as completely as frost
would do. If the weather is dry the
gardner dare not cultivate as often as
he would like, lest the wind should
raise the upturned and loosened sand
and drive it across the lot. Hence
for this reason high board fences or
rows of evergreens often enclose small
lots for the sole purpose Of protect.
ing them from winds, though this
protection exposes them still more to
injury by frosts.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-28
German
Syrup

Just a bad cold, and a hacking
cough. We all suffer that way some
times. How to get rid of them is
the study. Listen" / am Ranch
man and Stock Raiser. My life is
rough and exposed. 1 meet all
weathers in the Colorado mountains.
sometimes take colds. Often they
are severe. 1 have used German
Syrup FIVE years for these. A few
doses will cure them at any stage.
The last one / had was stopped in
"a hours. It is infallible. James
A. Lee, jefferson, Col. O
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-28
Small and Large Fruits.

Prompt, energetic action applied at
the right time, is far more essential
with the small fruits than the large
ones. An apple or pear tree will
struggle along and often successfully
against weeds, drouth and unsuitable
soil, while a strawberry or raspberry
pant would perish in short time
under similar circumstances. The
public taste has not as yet been suf-
flciently cultivated TO select the va
riety of fruit, and it is doubtful If the
masses appreciate or care whether a
fruit is up to any particular standard
of quality that scientific horticnltur-
lists have underworld to establish.
Quantity and cheapness is evidently
more highly priced than quality, es-
pecially IL the latter is attended by
scarcity
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-28

a clearer idea of the scurf fungus. AT
a is represented potato partly coated
over with the Scurf. and at those
places where the mold Is worst the
root has taken on a wrinkled appear
ance, due to the drying out of some
of the juice In the cells near the sur
face, or its absorption by the fla
ments of the fungus that has been
feeding upon them. This tendency
to shrink of the affected potatoes, to-
gether with the less attractive color
are the two chief disadvantages OF
the scurf. 1t is, however, true, that
a scurfy potato, having, as 1t has, the
skin more or less roughened and dis
organized, is more subject TO the at
tack of other forms of mold, some Of
which are very rapid In their work OF
destruction. Thus the soft rot
fungus may get a foothold in
the skin OF scurfv potato,
while a smooth, healthy skinned one
might go free. At b is shown a
highly-magnitied view Of the sur
face of a scurfy potato, and several
projecting filaments of the mold are
represented. The branching, finer
threads of the fungus beneath the
skin are seen as indistinct and ir-
regular lines One of the free, up
right, dark chains Of cells is shown
highly magnitied at e, with two
younger filaments arising from the
same base. At d is another chain,
with less regular cells than at C, and
a larger portion Of the branched
threads, from below the surface,
shown at e. This scurf is upon the
ROOFS. above the potatoes, extending
sometimes to the surface Of the
ground.
From the fungus nature OF the
scurf it is natural to suppose that
the trouble may spread from the
affected root to the sprouts, should a
security potato be used in the hotbed.
1t would be wise precaution to ex-
,clude all but roots that are free from
the mold. AS seems to be true with
the scab of Irish potatoes, so here the
chief inducing condition is the pres
ence In the soil of large quantities OF
rotting manure. Sweet potatoes, a:
has been abundantly demonstrated
can be grown protltably without Sc
much manure, and, in fact, without
any. Commercial fertilizers may bt
used much more extensively thar
generally supposed, to the special ad
vantage of reducing the amount o.
the various forms Of rot, decay, anC
blights of various sorts In time II
is hoped that some method of treat
ing the hotbed, or the srouts as the!
are set, or possibly the field plants
may be found that will materially
diminish the scurf, the soil rot, ant
the black rot. while at the same tim'
augmenting the profits from the crop
Fungus troubles that are located be
low ground are among the most diff
cult to reach with positive remedy
and precautionary measures are, thu
far, most to be depended upon.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-28
A Giant Piano.

One OF the wealthiest landowners of
Russia is Netchaieff- Maltzeff, the Lord
Chamberlain OF the Emperor. He has
just ordered a W pianoforte from a
Paris manufacturer, which will be three
times as large as common piano, Will
stand on six legs instead OF four, will
have sound three times as powerful as
the strongest that is now made. and
will thus be able to fill the whole OF the
immense dancing hall in the Chamber
lain's mansion at st. Petersburg. The
price stipulated for the piano Is $4,000.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-28

as long as IL Is worth repairing than
to use as long as possible without any
work and then be at the expense of
giving thorough oyerhaullng, saying
nothing OF the increased risk Of a
breakdown at a time that consider
able loss would be occasioned. IL
rarely pays to manage machinery on
the make-shift plan; 1t should either
be kept In good working condition OF
be discarded for something that Is
worth keeping In good repair.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-28
Oddities of Modern Dressing.

Bodices are made quite long at the
present time. Has any one noticed how
of fashion, but has been temporarily
pressed into service? Its parallel is
only to he found in the long-tailed claw
hammers which in England man will
not hesitate to wear under a box coat.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-28

uniform, the corn Is quite likely to
come up uniform The same may
also be said regarding the planting OF
potatoes; machines that cut drop
and cover at one operation work
quite satisfactorily, and the saving OF
strength and time is an adequate re-
turn for the expenditure necessary.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-28

With the amount of work that is
always required upon the farm, there
should be an effort made to save la
Dor by everv means possible when it
can be done without too great an ex-
penditure of money. In planting
corn, for instance, instead OF resort
ing TO hand labor, as is very fire.
quently the case, make use Of the
planter. This may be done by APP
plying manure during the prepara-
ton OF the soil, and II special fertil-
izers are TO be used, employ a planter
that will drop both that and the, Brain
at the same time. Planting with a
machine is more satisfactory than
hand planting for the reason that
tho depth Of covering being more