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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23
The Penalty OF Heedlessne.s.

The army stood in the presence of
death, silent with horror.
The condemned man, pale but reso-
Lutte, had taken his place beside the
coffin which was to hold his mortal
clay, facing the firing squad. He
was handsome soldier, and 1t wrunk
the hearts OF his comrades to see him
about to meet dishonorable end
The culprit was speaking. His
voice was clear and tirm. and his
words reached every ear In that great
concourse.
"My friends"
Already there was many fearful
eve riveted upon that beloved figure.
81 die the victim of my own care
lessness Once my prospects were as
bright as yours. 1 had been CON-
mended for my bravery"
A murmur of approval ran through
the troops.
~And the scars upon my body at
test my devotion to the cause. Ihave
been declared a good soldier, but one
day, in a fit OF unaccountable heed
lessneSs-"
His head sank upon HIS breast.
IL passed within four miles of a
superior officer and did not touch my
bat. My fate is just one and 1
make no complaint.
They were sorry to see him shot.
Tut they appreciated the necessity OF
maintaining discipline.-Detroi Tri-
bune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23
A COOP MANS ANoeR.
Charles Summers Resentment OF England's
Attitude During the War.

Charles Summers Resentment OF England's
Attitude During the War.
But especially toward Great Britain
Mr.. Sumner felt his strongest, posi-
bly, his most bitter, resentment.
Reared in the study of her history,
filled with respectful admiration for
her great men, learned in all the de-
tails of her constitutional existence.
sincere follower of the liberal school
from which her greater glorles
spring, and, so to speak, enamored OF
those abolitionists who, long before
his day, had trodden the path upon
which he had walked unflinchingly,
Mr.. Sumner, 1t may be said, felt, as
regards that nation, which had we'll
nigh openly declared its hostility Of
the Unions cause, sentiment Of love
betrayed.
How was it possible that Lord Rus
sell, the impregnable bulwark OF the
abolitionist cause in England, had be-
come in 1862 an opponent of Ameri-
can abolitionists? 1t was always
wIJn DfUtor euuucSs, CiIuugn never
angrily, that Mr.. Sumner expressed
himself regarding the existing rela-
tions between the United States and
Great Britain. To his mind that ma
ton was guilty OF a great moral
wrong, and owed those who had suf-
fered therefrom manifest atone
ment.
Such was the feeling which inspired
his speeches, at times eloquently pas
sionate, on the existing intercourse
between the two Anglo-Saxon nations.
On reading them one can readily un.
derstand what explosions such fiery
words would provoke on the other
side OF the Atlantic. A challenge OF
war was thought to be concealed I'M
der them. The orator was even &C
cused of exciting the worst OF feel
ings and Of appealing to the darkest
of hatreds. But in all this English
public opinion was mistaken. Mr..
Sumner only considered that Lord
Palmerston, Lord Russell and their
colleagues had wronged the United
States, and it was by appealing tC
higher sentiments that he demanded
Justice OF their successors.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23

front platform, couple Of inches
above the rails. The frame is of gas
pipe, across which is stretched an
elastic wire netting, and the edges
are protected by pneumatic cushions,
so that any one coming in'violent con-
tact with this new kind of cow-catch-
er is not likely to be seriously hurt.
Instead of throwing persons of the
track or under the wheels, the device
picks them up and carries them until
the car can be stopped.
The appliance is so arranged that
the grip or motor man can raise or
lower it at will by means OF lever.
When raised it folds up in front OF
the dashboard, occupying very little
space. 1t is supposed to remain down
all the time when the car Is on the
road, except when there Is danger OF
collision with some other vehicle.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23

bling along over set of great whale
bone brushes; then, with the last ves-
tige Of dirt removed, they leave the
washhouse and enter the factory proper.
without moments rest they are caught
In the buckets Of an elevator and taken
to the top OF the house. where they fall
pell -mell into the receiver of an auto
matte scale. When this Is full It holds
1 100 pounds. 1t registers the number
OF the weighing and then precipitates
its bulky load into the slicer. A hand
on the lever, and the great mass sinks
like melting snow, until. after the lapse
OF several moments, nothing is left but
a few chips dancing and coquetting with
the swiftly rotating blades on the bot
tom OF the receptacle.
The beot-root, being composed OF
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23

distinguish "a vegetable TASTE" are
giving too much credit to their
tongue and too little to their magma
ton. Europe floods US with 1t In raw
state; 1t reaches the great Eastern re-
fiueries, where also comes raw sugar
from the cane countries. These two
are inseparably combined, and the mix
ture goes forth as refined sugar, far and
near; and refined sugar 1t is, nothing
moro nor less. Nothing is distinguished,
as there is nothing to distinguish; SO 1t
must not be thought for a moment that
there is any sailing under false co,ors.
Only this-that honor should be given
where honor is due. Up to the present
time the cane has received in the
popular mind the credit OF being the
original source Of all this product; but
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23
The MysterIous Loss.

Mr.. J. f. Emerson, California
"forty-niner, relates curious story
in the Scientific American. Gold,
while its melting point is over 2,Olo
degrees, will evaporate at much
lower heat. In 1884 the Govern
ment Inspector visited the (then) new
mint at San Francisco, to take
stock" and found a deficiency OF
$3.50, 900. Tremendous excitement
ensued, the sensation being almost
equal to that caused by the acts Of
the famous vigilance Committee.
Wholesale arrests were threatened,
until some cool head suggested that
evaporation was the thier-that the
missing gold had flown up the chin
ney. Sure enough, examination OF
the slate roof showed it covered with
feathery gold, where the cold air had
caused it to be deposited when 1t
came out OF the chimney. The states
were torn OF; also those from several
nearby buildings; these were ground
to powder, and much OF the gold re-
covered. So also was the furnace and
chimney brick, and, after all was
saved that could be protitabiy by the
methods in use in San Francisco, the
dust was sent to the mint in Phila'
| delphia. Here 1t was worked ovei
more closely, and then the dust was
/ sold to French chemists, who shipped
it to raris and worked it over again
there.
More than one-half of the sl60, 600
as we'll as the good name of the SaT
Francisco official, was saved by these
various processes. Improved meth
DDS now prevent any recurrence o
such mysterious losses.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23
NotaFailure.

Johnny Gibbs is a youthful philos-
opher. He believes that life would
be simplifled If people would be con-
tent to do one thing at time.
The other day Johnny was hard at
work with paper and pencil. His
mother looked over his shoulder.
"Why, Johnny" she exclaimed,
@your spelling is perfectly dreadful!
Look at sitting in chare. I'm
ashamed OF youl"
But, mamma" said the little boy,
reassurlngly, ~this isn't spelling
lesson. It's composition.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23

is eating beet sugar. wholly or in part,
and he will laugh HtEyou, because he
labors under the delusion that as COM
pared to sugar, l. e., cane sugar, it Is as
OleomargaEine to butter-in other
words, Substitute Of inferior quality.
for OF colfse he could tell beet sugar II
he saw 1t. The fact is, however, that
there is no difference at all, except In
name. Sucrose, or crystallizaole
sugar, is identically the same, whether
extracted from cane, sorghum, maple
trees or beet roots, and those people who
claim, on sampling the product
OF the latter. that they can
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23
Delay OF Malls.

One curious cause of delay in the
delivery of mail in Indictment seasons
is not generally understood. 1t results
from the fact that mail Is assorted
for delivery, or thrown" as they say
In the business, on the trains. Two
men cover certain line OF road and
one Is supposed to be at one end when
the other is ready to start from the
opposite end. If one gets caught In
a snow storm or by accident the other
goes out as usual and both get on one
end. The consequence is that when
the next train is ready there Is nc
railway mail clerk for the run and
mail Is not sent out.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23

like so many hogs to a Chicago slaugh-
ter-houso, ON, ON they so, IN mad CON
fusion, as they are driven down
the length Of the canals; through
the factory wall they pass, are
caught by wheel and hurried with
out ceremony into a huge gutter,
where revolving arms speed them
along, and-minus stones, dirt, etc.
delivers them to a spiral, which in turn
carries them to the washer proper. This
is On immense barrel, with sides per-
forated, in which they are VIII rled round
and round until they disappear beyond
the farther edge, only to reappear bob
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23

now that the sugar beet is struggling for
supremacy in American soil, its part In
sweetening the worlds, coffee can no
longer remain unacknowledged.
The amelioration or the sugar beet Is
a business in itsclfapd would require a
volume TO discuss q thoroughly. In
this country It is as yet quite undevel-
oped. but in Europe has very long been
carried out on the most scientific and
elaborate scale. Having secured seed
that bids fair to produce a large yield
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23

con centric rings, each full OF tiny cells,
in which are stored the solution OF sugar
and other matter, It is necessary in
sllclng to rupture as many Of these ves-
sells as possible. To this end the knives
used are aerrated and produce narrow
slices, which we call "cossettes for
lack of an English name. As these
leave the slicer they glide down nov
able feeder which supplies the diffusion
battery below. The latter consists OF
circular arrangement Of fourteen
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23
al Historical Jewel.

At the court ball in Berlin recently
the Empress wore in her hair the "a
nous jeweled hat-buckle Of Napoleon
l.. which fell into the hands Of the
Prussian cavalry at Waterloo. The
stones in 1t, though not large, are
magnificent 1t was originally made
for the coronation ceremony in Notre
Dame In 1904.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23

IN q recent numDer
OF the Cosmopoli-
tan, II. s. Adams
hae an excellent ar
ticle on beet-sugar
making. The writer
says that while the
average person, II
asked to name the
origin OF his sugar
howl, would re-
spond. "Sugar-cane.
OF course" this juicy
reed and all other
sources combined.
save one, supply
only about 40 pei
cent. OF the worlds
product; the remain
Ing and larger por-
tion has been stolen
from sun o Q a m 8,
drawn through the
v in 8 OF myriads
and m yria d 8 OF
leaves and stored
up In the taperine
roots of one Of the
m ost unassumine
members Of the veg
etable world-th G
beet; a plant that
hides It's light under
a bushel, that even
in culinary art comes
to the front only as
spring-salad and
boile d beets-in
short, a dweller in
titled fields Of which
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23
intellectual item.

It is said that a man does not reach
his full mental power until the age OF
25, and the development of talent Is
most marked between the ages OF 30
and IS.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23
RItsof News.

An English teacher, Miss A. @.
Graham, has taken a prize offered by
the University Correspondent for the
best collection Of pupils plumbers.
She vouches for them all as literal
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23

but little might be expected. Yet the
whole world is under lasting obli-
cations to this erstwhile garden
truck for it's abundant llberality
In supplying what has come to be
considered one Of the prime necessities
of life. Tell this same person that he
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23
LIFE sAvERs FOR oRIP-cARs.

A New Device 20 Prevent Front-Ecnd Ac-
cidents on Gable Trains.
Mr.. A. ]. Brown, OF Chicago, is the
inventor Of, what appears to be a
practical device for preventing front
end accidents on grip or electric cars
says the Chicago News.
1t is In the form of an attachment
projecting about four feet from the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23
BEET ! SUGAR MAKING.
HOW SWEETNESS IS STOLEN
FROM SUNBEAMS.

Beets Furnish 60 Per Cent. OF All tho
Sugar Used-No Difference I'm Taste-Ex-
tent of the Industry In This Country-con-
verting the Raw Material Into Fine Table
Sugar.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23

OF sugar, the grains. which resemble or
binary beet seeds In size and also In
point OF containing severe germs. are
planres as soon after the first week In
April as the weather will permit, quite
thickly, In rows eishteek inches apart,
the soil, which must be Of the best, hav-
ing been plowed at least a foot In depth
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23

Then it is easily lifted out of the way.
The device weighs about one hundred
and twenty-five pounds, and costs
from S15 to $50. The accompanying
cuts will give some idea OF what IL
looks like when attached to a grip
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23
aUMoR OF THE WEEK.
STORIES TOLD BY FUNNY MEN
OF THE PRESS.

Many OdA. Curious. and Lsughabis
Phases OF Human Nature Graphically
Portrayed By Eminent word Artists -
Our own Day. t
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Feeding Apples to Live Stock

F. s. Wilson Breeders Gazette.
If apples are very sour do not think
they would be beneficial to any kind of
stock. If sweet, think they are better
feed than any root crop. l have for years
fed my sweet apples to my horses, cattle
and hogs. A hog will leave clover patch
to cat sweet apples, and | think apples
will make more fat and muscle than clover
When bring my horses and cattle off pas
ture in July to fatten them for the fairs
my sweet apples are as much part of the
rations | feed them as corn or oats. 1t
puts the hair in shape, cools the stomach
and intestines, regulates the bowels and
makes them voracious feeders, and | think
tends as much to fatten them as any other
portion of ratiOns.
The quantity | feed them is almost IL
limitable governed only BY the supply
| have fed a cow as much as a bushel of
apples day and brought. her back to milk
when she had gone dry on dry pasture. |
have fed large horse as much as half a
bushel day, giving the cows two feelings
day and the horses three.
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Picked Posts.

Any kind of timber, such as fence posts
and bean poles, may be made much more
durable, according to the American Farm
er, by a thorough saturation with lime
before they are set in the ground. The
poles used in hop yards and the stakes in
vineyards are thus treated, and last longer
than Others not so prepared. The method
is as follws: A pit is made of convenient
size and depth, and the poles or posts are
set upright in it. Lime is thrown in among
che timber, and when the pit is filed water
is poured on the lime, which is slaked, and,
of course, generates heat, by which the
water and air in the timber are forced out;
and as the timber cools afterward the lime
water is absorbed into the pores of the
wood. The lime has the effect Of decom=
posing the albuaen of the wood, and thus
prevents its decay, to which the rottiDg Of
The timber is chiefly due
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Keeping Fruit and Vegetables
From the St. Louis star-seyings,

From the ST. Louis star-sayings
1t is surely as much consequence to
know how to keep fruit and vegetables as
it is to know how to produce them, and
yearly more and more thought and atten-
ton are bestowed on the subject of their
preservation. 1t appears that experiments
in France have shown that fruits and vege-
tables stored under ordinary conditions,
but heavily busted with lime, will resist
decay for long time. Potatoes layered
in lime kept for fourteen months, and
were in as good condition as when dug.
Beets, onions, apples, grapes and ounces
similarly treated kept well for varying
neriods. but all for several months longer
than they would have done ordinarily.
The lime keeps away moisture, prevents
the fruit from absorbing unpleasant odors,
and destroys any microbes that may have
found resting place upon the skin or
about the stem. This a preventive within
the reach Of all, and much cheaper than
cold storage.
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whipping Horses.


EIOln fAIlu anu AAoAhcs
The whip is the parent of stubborness
in high spirited animal, while gentleness
will obtain obedience and at the same time
attach the animal to us. 1t is the easiest
thing imaginable to win the affection of
animals, and especially of horses. An
apple, potato, a few Jumps of sugar, given
from the hand now and then, will cause
the horse to prick up his ears at the sound
of his masters footsteps with low,
whinnying note of pleasure. The conf
dence of the noblest beast thus gained will
lead him to obey the slightest tone Of voice
or indication ofthe bit. There is no such
thing as balkiness to be found in a horse
thus treated; he shows desire TO obey,
whereas few lashes of the whip, smartly
applied if he be horse worth having, will
arouse in him spirit of retaliation and
stubborness that may cost the owner hours
of trouble, and possibly danger to life and
limb. Horses are made gentle by kind
ness. They "believe in the master they
love" and his voice will calm them in a
moment of fear, or induce them to strug-
gle forward even when overladen, and
when a whip would be sure to bring them
to a stubborn slandstill.
No man knows the true value of his
horse until he has won his regard and con-
fidence, as it were. 4 kind hand and
gentle voice will act like magic; thus we
have known women who could handle and
drive horses that would almost invariably
show some vicious traits in the hands of a
male driver. These facts apply especially
to the rearing and training of colts, some
thing which the Arabs understand better
than we do. They do not "break their
colts, they adapt them; they fondle them
always. An Arab would as soou strike
his wife or his daughter as his horse and
no animals in the world are heeter, more
enduring, or more docile in the perform
ance of every task which is given them
than the Arabian horse. We would like
to see the whip wholly, discarded.
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10 R s Al E.

Il A NJ
III Acres prime limestone g = -
land near New Windsor, 7ntls.-
miles from Westminster; fine BUILDING all
in good condition; a very desirable farm;
price So, 000-half cash, balance on years
time.
Farm of $50 acres, Al miles from Westmin-
ster. "a miles from Patapsco Station, w. NJ.
K. X. Buildings fair. Price $500.
Choice little farm of 554 acres, half mile
from Westminster; good soil; brick house;
large barn; all in good condition;price 81 ,000
Nice little home; 3 acres; prime land: 4
miles west from Westminster; brick house;
bank barn; more land il desired; price 81, 500
Plaster and bone mill on W. Md. Railroad;
buildings new; best of machinery; IA acres Of
land; good water power; splendid opening
to engage in a profitable and growing business;
terms easy; price 5000.
225O acres prime timber land on Cheat
river, West Virginia. Heavy original growth
of poplar, red oak, ash, walnut. cherry, &c.;
land valuable for grazing purposes after timber
is off; price 81 per acre.
Machine shops at New Windsor, Nd; all
the necessary buildings for the manufacture
and repair of machinery. This property will
be sold; "a bargain al easy payments; price
"a, 500.
or acres Of woodland, near public road
from Westminster to MI. Any, miles south.
east from New Windsor. Price $3.50.
A small home, acres, on road from West
minister TO New Windsor, ! mile from former
place; good house. good stabhng, good wafer.
extra fine fruit, &c. Price $3.50.
Fine brick house on John street, > rooms,
conveniently arranged. all in first class con
dition. Quite bargain al S26OU.
I 80 acres prime land, half mile from Vest
minister: large bank barn, line orchard, SPLEEN
did building site for house; price $4,000.
Large brick hotel in Westminster, on Main
treet, near Railroad Depot; price 81, 900.
Farm As acres, y miles from Westminster;
land good; buildings good; orchard choice
fruit price $50 per acre.
Farm u acres, 8 miles from Westminster, 2
miles from Hampstead, nearest X. r. Station,
good house and barn; 50 acres cleared land
in good condition S35 per acre.
Nice Little Home, one mile from west
minister; 80 acres of prime land. good brick
house; price, $500.
Twenty acres good land, good buildings,
near Westminster, So, 800.
One hundred acres, best quality Of land, "a
miles from Westminster; buildings only fair,
good water, &C.; price, So, 500.
Brick house and lot in Westminster; 81 100.
Double brick house and lot in Westmin-
ster; $4,000.
Also, some fine pasture lots, ranging from
to acres, adjoining Westminster.
For particulars call on or address
sep 3,tf Z. LYNCH. Westminster, Md.
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Auetrp.
ELDER BLOSSOMS.

From The IadepeldeM
The altar of roses is quaint aud is rare.
tpleases all noses. or ruddy or fair;
1t is the most regal Of scents.
But talk as you will, hold TO it still,
Though you deem my perception is dense.
There is nothing so sweet as
The wild elder blossoms
That bloom by the old rail fence.
The odor of musk is the scent OF old time
A Whit in the dusk is the theme for rhyme;
IT'S the perfume of all most intense.
But a fig for smell that nothing can queil
You'd wish il a mile or two hence
II once you had scented
The wild elder blossoms
That bloom by the old rail fence.
A violet scent is a scent that is neat.
To use in ones twenties an odor most meet
fragrance quite free from pretense-
Rnt leave it for maids To bind in their braids.
And give me the rarest OF scents,
The breath of the blossoms
The wild elder blossoms,
Thai bloom by the old rail fence.
Their fragile white grace is like point Of venise
They drape the wood places with fragrance an'
peace;
A virginia. charm they dispense
Like a lass of sixteen that no lover has seen.
They spell you with bright Innocence,
In childhood they won me-
The wild elder blossoms,
That bloom by the old rail fence.