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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19
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THE HOUSE COMPLETE.

for the sides and ends. Having
framed and leveled the stills begin at
one corner Of the front. Saw four
feet off a board and use the eight
foot piece for the front and the four
foot piece for the back OF the house.
Take two boards of the same length
and nail on the corners. TO these
nail the ends OF the plates, and nail
board in the center OF the plate to
keep it from saying Then nail the
side boards to the sill and the plate.
Remember TO Law the plate fiat with
the sides on the same pitch as the
roof. While boarding up the front,
leave place for the windows. Have
the side boards come up even with
the top of the plate. The bottom
end should touch the ground. After
boarding the sides and ends, leaving
a place for door and windows, take
some thick building paper and paper
the outside, putting on the paper up
and down. Board over this with
either hemlOck or spruce matched
boards, being sure not to have the
joints come opposite each other Ii
you batten the cracks outside no wind
can blow through. Make the house
eleven feet wide. Use planned and
matched twelve feet spruce boards
for the roof, laying them crosswise
with two rafters four feet apart run
ing lengthwise Of the house. Cover
the roof with tarred paper. Such a
house ten feet long will keep twenty.
two fowls
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19
Notes About the Farm.

ANIMALS confined should be we'll
bedded.
DIRTY heels are the beginning Of
scratches.
FrRsT-CLAss farming improves the
farm every year.
TURNIPs respond to manuring with
crude phosphates.
FooD enough for only one steer will
never make two tat.
A DEEP silo preserves sllage better
than a shallow one.
GROUND bone makes a lasting and
satisfactory fertilizer.
LESS acres and better crops is the
tendency OF the times.
TIE philosophy of feeding is simple,
but few understand 1t.
The more bushels to the acre the
less the cost per bushel.
CAN you tell how much your
pork costs you per pound?
THE most nutrltive part OF the
wheat goes with the bran.
SMALL pastures and frequent
changes are good for sheep.
SroP sowing weed seeds and you
will have less weeds to kill.
Sow ORCHARD grass thick so tho
stools will cover the ground.
IT Is better to sell TO your neigh
bors than TO buy from them.
BEEgEEPINe is recommended in
connection with horticulture.
THERE is money in mutton up to
the full supply of the demand.
COARSE manure is often effective
because Of its mechanical effect
SILAGE fed from the side spOils
faster than when fed from the top
BEGIN small and work up, instead
beginning large and WORKING down.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19
More Glover Sowing.

The best SigE we know of that a
farmer is waking up to the need Of
better farming, says the American
Cultivator, is TO see him prepare to
sow more clover seed. 1t costs little
and pays more for the money than
any other farm improvement he can
make. Therefore it should be always
the first step. 1t Will half furnish the
money and the fertility of soil neces.
sary to take longer and more expen-
sive future steps. We hold that
clover should be sown with every
grain crop even though the stubble
is TO be plowed under the next Fall.
Often the clover catch will be so good
that the farmer will think it a pity,
as it surely is, to destroy it. Then
the gain will be all the greater, but
the growth that clover will make be-.
tween March and September is worth
far more for manure than the cost Of
seeding. 1t is much richer manure
than most weeds which it will dis
place, and has the further advantage
of getting most Of its fertiliZing prop
critics except the mineral, from the
air, and not as weeds, always draw
them from the soil. For this reason
clover among grain so far as we know
never Injuries the grain crop, and wo
have thought it often helped it.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19
A Big Party.


A story is told Of a gentleman proml-
nently connected with one of the big
foundries in Pittsburg, says the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer. The gentleman in
question is an unusually large man,
very tall and far around. Finding him
self caught in little town about sew
enty-five miles from Pittsburg one
night, with no train going to the city,
and being very anxious to reach there
at IL O'clock, he wired to an express
train down the track to stop for him.
I'VE stop for officials only" came the
answer Quick as flash went the Sec
ond telegram. will you stop for a
large party?" "Yes," was the reply,
and the long express slowed up and
stopped when 1t reached the little town
and the gentleman complacently stepped
aboard. where is the large party?"
inquired the conductor, with wide-open,
astonished eyes, as he gazed about the
empty depot. Amt, l large enough"
chuckled the delighXd new passenger.
The conductor glared, then burst into a
hearty laugh as the fitness of the appli-
cation burst upon him.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19
Good advice TO Forget.


The boy who never does more work
than he can help does not grow up
to become confidential clerk or part
ner. Harper's Young People tells
this anecdote:
I'm one OF the large railroad offices
in this country is a comparatively
young man, who is at the head Of a
large department.
"The very first day Of his employ
ment by the company, a man who had
been at work in the same room for
six years approached him and gave
him a little advice.
Young fellow, / want to put a
few words in your ear that will help
you. This company is soulless cor
poration that regards its employees as
so many machines. 1t makes no diff
ference how hard ryou work or how
well. So you want to do just as lit
tie as possible to retain your
job. That's my advice. This
is a slave-pen, and the man
who works overtime or does any
specially fine work wastes hisstrength.
Don't you do it, The young man
thought over the advice, and after a
quiet little struggle with himself he
decided to do the best and the most
he knew how, whether he received
any more pay from the company or
not.
AT the end of the year the COM
pany raised his wages, and advanced
him to a more responsible position.
In three years he was getting a third
more salary than when he began, and
in five years he was head clerk in the
department; and the man who had
condescended to give the greenhorn
advice, was working under him at
the same figure that represented his
salary eleven years before"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19
Natnre.. surost AIlx.

II nature did not struggle against disease,
even in weakly constitutions, swift indeed
would be the course of a malady to its fatal
termination. While nature thus struggles let
us, lest worse befall us, aid her efforts with
judicious medicinal help. Experience must be
our guide in battles with disease, and that
lamp to our feet" indicates Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters as a safe. tried and thorough
ally of nature. II the blood be infected with
bile, II the bowels and stomach are inactive, IL
the kidneys fail to expel impurities OF which
they are the natural outlet, course of the
Bitters is the surest reliance of the sufferer,
one, moreover, that is sanctioned by profess
sional Endorsement and use for nearly half a
century. No American or foreign remedy has
earned greater distinction as n remedy for
and preventive of chronic liver complaint, ma
laria, constipation, kidney and rheumatic
trouble and debility.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19
Country Roads.

farm and Fireside says that good
country roads would make it possible
for the farmers to take advantage
promptly of the highest market, no
matter at what season OF the year.
They would save him days and weeks
of time which he wastes every year
wallowing through the disgusting
mire OF dirt roads. They would re-
duce to a minimum the wear and
tear on wagons and carriages. They
would lessen the expense in keeping
horses. in working order, and few
horses would be required in the coun-
try to perform the farmers work.
They would require less to keep them
in repair than do the dirt roads They
would make il easier for a team to
pull several tons over their smooth
surface than to draw a wagon through
the mud. They would afford ready
communication with the outside
world at all seasons of the year. They
would save the farmer many veXa.
tions and nervous strains They
would practically shorten the distance
TO the local market. They would in
crease the demand for country and
suburban property.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19
Starving Orchards.

The question 'Are orchards starved
by corn growing?" was asked by one
of the agricultural papers, and the
following is one reply received:
Corn feeds upon phosphoric acid,
potash, and ammonia. Trees require
the same thing, but rather more OF
potash and phosphate of lime than
they do of ammonia. / have no
doubt that the corn does not harm
tho trees. except by taking from the
soil food which they need; but l do
not see how one can get any sort of
corn under trees. They may get a
growth of stalk, but there cannot be
much nutriment in IL, for corn re-
quires sun to develop the starch and
sugar and other feeding elements of
which it Is composed. We think
that II corn is planted thickly, even
for fodder. that IL is not SO valuable
as that which is planted more thiuly
with a chance for the sun TO strike in
and develop it. Corn grown in She
shade must be like grain grown under
trees, all ''fizz and no food"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19
The Rear and the Mopkeys.

A bear once met troop of mon
keys which were looking very pale
and thin. They asked the bear why
Sle always managed to look so plump.
oh" he said, IL take good meal,
and then sleep all through the win
ter and wake up in the spring."
The monkeys thought that this
would be good plan for them to fol-
low too. They asked the bear IL he
would fasten them up in a cave.
Bruin said he would. So he pushed
the monkeys into the cave and fas-
tened them in with stakes. Then he
went to sleep, and in the spring he
returned to look for his friends the
monkeys, but he found only few
bones. A fox asked him what he was
looking for, and bruin said, IL am
looking for some monkeys which 1
fastened up in the winter, but can
not find them"
"You foolish fellow" replied rev.
nard, "yOu will never find them alive
again. They have persisted from hun
GER"
Moral-Analogy is a good thing for
wise people, but not for fools to tam
per with.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19
From Iaa TO 200.

We would respectfully call attention TO
this from Mr. T. A. Van Hoten, the we'll
known and popular barber doing business
at 375 Third street, corner Grand River
avenue, Detroit, Mich.
AMY one who has suffered torments with
dyspepsia or gastritis, as my physician
called It, as / did for four years. knows
what it means. and the difficulty of getting
any relief, let. alone a cure. l doctored
with eleven different physicians, and tried
/ don't know hoy many different remedies,
but my trouble fingered with me with the
affectiopkot a brother. Two years ago 1
began tpying Hoods Sarsaparilla. Before
] had 'uEken half a bottle began to feel
better. kept on till 1 had used six
bottles 1 also took Hoods Pills / am
happyto say that 1 have been perfectly
and, think, permanently cured For the
past year have been able to eat anything
without distress. have a blessed appetite
and once more thoroughly enjoy what L
eat. / had also rheumatism quite badly
for a number of years, and that has de-
parted. When / began taxing the Sarsa-
parilla l weighed bat 139e pounds, now /
weigh about go. i have no hesitation In
stating that Hoods Sarsaparllla. judging
by the happy results that know to be due
TO it in my own case. must he one of the
best preparations ever placed on the mar
ket You can always count on me as "a
friend.n EDWIN A. VAN HoTEN.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19
..The FIrm.s Busted.v

A little boy applied to General
Clinton b. Fisk for capital to go into
business. Amount wanted-seventy-
five cents. MISUNDERSTANDING.
Station--near Fulton ferry, New
York. Profits to be divided at the
end OF six months. The arrange
ment was made and the firm began
business. On Monday morning, how
ever, the working partner" came in
to the generals Office, wearing very
lugubrious countenance.
whats the natter" asked the
General.
"Oh," said the boy, "It's all up"
"All up!" said the General, What
do you mean?"
"Oh," replied the urchin, "the firms
busted.
How is that?" was the inquiry.
"Well," said the boy, Il had 81. 90
on hand, but yesterday a man came
into our Sunday school and said we
must give all our money to a mission
airy society, and 1 put IL all in
couldn't help tan it's all up with
u.s."
We have no doubt that the firm
Immediately resumed" business
again, but IL is the first partnership
we have ever heard of that has been
busted" in that way.-PresbyteriaL.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19

temperature OF the stable is az all
times conducive TO comfort. Sudden
changes require constant watching,
and the rations must conform 10 the
circumstances. With the thermometer
at zero, more food is needed to run
the COW machinery TO full capacity
than in moderate weather therefore
diligence and care Is one OF the factors
required for successful winter dairy
ing. Whatever may be the accepted
theory as to cows needing exercise, 1t
is certain that the best place for them,
In cold or stormy weather, is in COM
Portable stables with comfortable sur
roundings. and there they should stay
as long as such d condition exists, and
II their every want is properly sup
piled no cessation IN milk yield will
occur
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19
A cheap Warm Poultry House.

Here Is a plan Tor poultry house,
which according to Farm and Home,
is the cheapest and most practical
house that can be built. The house
should be located on an eastern or
southern exposure and where there
will be no chance for surface water
to run in. Decide how many birds
YOU want to keep and build your
house accordingly, allowing five
square feet of space TO each bird.
Use for silis AKA inch timber, for
rafters 2x6 inch; and plates 2x4 inch,
all of spruce. Use hemlock boards
twelve feet long, planed on one side,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19
81. wrote to the President.

One little miss in this city wrote to
the Chief Magistrate stating that her
papa, lately deceased, was member
OF his old regiment, and asking If Mr..
Harrison remembered his name and
could give any account Of the dead
soldiers record. The Presidents Irl-
vate secretary replied to the effect
that an answer would arrive in due
time, and sure enough it came. The
letter stated that its writer remem-
bered well the. soldier in question,
and gave some details Of his military
career until then unknown to the
epistle's youthful recipient. -Phila-
delDhia Press.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19
German
Syrup

I simply state thatII am Druggist
and Postmaster here and am there
fore in a position to judge. ! have
tried many Cough Syrups but for
ten years past have found nothing
equal to Boschee's German Syrup.
/ have given it to my baby for Ci~~-P
with the most satisfactory results.
Every mother should have it. j. II.
HOBBS, Druggist and Postmaster,
Mofat, Texas. We present facts,
living facts. of to-day Boschee's
German Syrup gives strength to the
body. Take no substitute. .
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19
HOODS PILLS cure Constipation by restori
the peristaltic action OF the alimentary canal
KIDNEY TROUBLE.


When people are worried and annoyed
they are apt to have kidney trouble.
These organs sympathize with the ner-
vous system to such an extent that when
the individual is depressed, annoyed and
In trouble the kidneys respond by be-
coming inactive and failing 10 perform
their function.
This, perhaps, is what is the matter
with you.
What you want is something that will
arouse them to action.
Geta bottle of Reds GERMAN CoUoH
AND KIDNEY CURE.
It is the best thing In the market for
vi maladies OF this sort.
It contains no opiates or narcotics TO
depress the vital Powers, to ruin the
digestion and TO bring scores Of diseases
in it's train.
It will restore the system TO it's nor
NAL condition. perfectly.
Get 1t OF any dealer.
The small bottles are twenty-five
cents; the large ones are fifty cents.
SYLVAN REMEDY Co., Peoria. Ill.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19
Catarrh Cannon DE Cured

With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot
reach the seat OF the disease Catarrh is a blood
or constitutional disease, and in order to II
you must take internal remedies. Halls Ca
on the blood and mucous surfaces. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was pre-
scribed by one of the best physicians In this
II IL composed OF the best tonics known. com.
bined with the best blood purifiers. acting d.
rectly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect
combination of the two ingredients is what
produces such wonderful results In curing ca
taTrh Send for testimonials, free
F. J. CHENEY a CO., Props, Toledo Ohio.
Sold by druggists, price 75c.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19
Winter Cars of Cows.

According to the Indiana Farmer.
there are several methods that may
be adopted to keep up the milk How
and increase the butter yield In the
winter, without adding greatly to the
expense. Among them, warm the
water the cows drink, and Keep con-
slant supply before them; feed and
milk at regular hours; see that the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19
Improved Dairy.

Dairy progress is often merely tho
forerunner Of progress all along the
line, because the proper care and
feeding of the herd gives a manure
crop that incites to high farming.
Discuss improved dairying at the in
stitutes this winter There is no
greater room for improvement In any
branch of agriculture.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19

cunED cough aft after lung fever with
two bottlea MIRA Lizzie Burns. Barclay.
hangainon Co, Ill. writes ~ follows; AZ
think Dr. Bulls cough syrup Is truly an
excellent remedy for coughs left from lung
fever. as two bottles entirely cured my
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19
The Most Pleasant way

or preventing the grippe, colds, head
aches, and fevers is to use the liquid
laxative rSemedy Syrup OF Figs, when
ever the system needs gentle, yet
affective cleansing. To be benefited
one must get the true remedy manu-
featured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
only. For sale by all druggists in DOC.
and 81 bottles.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19
LIKE A THIEF IN
THE MONT. Con-

6crofula You can prevent 1t, and you can
cure Il, IL you haven't waited too long, with
DIR. Piercc's Golden Medical Discovery. That
is the most potent blood-cleansor, strength
restorer, and hesh-builder that's known TO
medical science. For every disease that has
20 DO reached through the blood, like Con-
sumption, for 6crofula In all its forms, Weak
Lungs, Bronchitis, Asthma, and all severe,
lingering Coughs, IL n the only guaranteed
remedy. II It doesn't benefit or cure, you
havo your money back.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19

We have noticed a page article In the
Boston Globe on reducing weight at very
email expense. IL will pay our readers to
send two-cent stamp for copy 20 betina
Circulating Library, % Washington
street. Chicago Ill
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19
DallyIng on the Verge.

Our ultra fashionables Of the female
sex are now taking cold tea cocktails,
and those of the male sex are running
heats after oyster cocktails. Thus do
people daily upon the very verge of the
precipice. -Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19

A Philadelphia candidate complains
that co many lies we're told about hin:
during the campaign that he cannot
now get credit from his tailor.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
a DEPARTMENT FOR LITTLh
BOYS AND GIRLS.

something that win Interest the Juven-
lie Members Of Every Household
Quaint Actions and Bright Sayings 81
Cute Children. .Nr4t.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19

@'BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs' are
excellent for the relief of Hoarseness or
Sore Throat. They are exceedingly effect
i've. &C Christian World, London. England.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19

DISEASE is unnatural and is but the proof
that We are abusing Nature 1t is claimed
that Garfield lea, simple herb remedy,
helps Nature to overcome this abuse.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19

RoUoH. wINTRY, CHANGEABLE WEATHER
produces Catarrhs, Coughs, Disorders OF
the Lungs. etc. which Jayne's Expectorant
promptly cures IL faithfully administered.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19

The Gingerbread Lady. q"
IT'S a gingerbread lady. left pining alone
All hes lovely companions are sold out and
know not. / ask not II tender she be,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19

FITs.-An Fits stopped free by DE. Kline's G. cat
Nerve Restoror. No Fits after rst days use. Mar.
xelous Treatiss and 20 trial bottle free TO
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19

Remedy k5.osO that their medicine perfectly
and permanently cures Catarrh. To prove
IL TO you, they make this offer: II they can't
cure your Catarrh, no matter what your
Case IA they'll nav You $500 In cash.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19

Round the World In Mail Bags.
A postal card has just travelled round
the world in seventy days-the quickest
time on record.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19

CANNED sardines carefully Drowned
on double wire gridiron and served
with lemon are appetizing.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19
HOME AND TlIE FARM.
A DEPARTMENT MADE UP FoR
OUR RURAL FRIENDS.

Farmers Don't Credit the Farm With ITS
Earnings-Good Plan for a Poultry Hsuse
Starving Orohards - winter Care OF
Cows, Etc.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19
Royal Baking Powder.
THE GOVERNMENT TESTS
ESTABLISH ITS ABSOLUTE SUPERIORITY.

data from the latest Official GovsySrsHf Report on Baking
POudeys DEPARTMENT Of AgyleEIfHf bulletin ~ page 1927
Royal is placed first of the cream of tartar
powders, actual strength, 1906 cubic inches OF
leavening gas per ounce of powder.
Every other powder tested exhibited much
lower strength than the Royal, the average
being SO per cent less.
s. Every other powder likewise showed the
presence of alum or sulphuric acid
perior strength purity has been denounced faehood
bv the Government officers who made the tests.
Avoid all baking powders sold with gift
or prize, or at lower price than the Royal,
as they invariably contain alum, lime or sui
phuric acid, and render the food unwholesome
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19

BOARD wanted" said the chap who
couldn't swim when he fell overheard.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19

The gingerbread lady Is the lady for me.
I'll not leave thee, thou lone one, to pine
on the shelf;
Since the small boy has left thee I'll eat
thee myself
New York World.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19

FoRo1vE fault, but do not forget it.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-01-19

ANCIENT Greeks thought that all
creatures except cats have souls.