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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23
Bottle Blowing by Machinery,

At the present time the eyes Of che
bottlc-making world are also turned to-
ward New Jersey for another reason.
Their glance centers upon Woodbury.,
for in that quiet village the destiny of
bottle-blower may be said to be on trial.
The Ashley bottle making machine has
been set In operation t. see II it cannot
do the work of human hands and lungs,
and do it better and more economically.
The machine was described before the
British Association in 1889, when it was
stated that bottles had been made by the
machine, quite complete, which had sue
cessfully been subjected to an internal
pressure of three hundred pounds to the
square inch. The career of the machine
in England, we believe, has been most.
unfortunate, but this does not 40 all di-
minish the interest which its introduction
into America has excited. The advanta-
ges to be gained by the use of such
machine are much too solid to per-
NIT small obstacles to hinder its
success. The trial run at Woodbury.
has been fairly successful. The auto
matte principle has not been developed
to the full extent in these machines, but
IL has been carried so far that one man
and three boys--none of them necessarily
skilled glass blowers-can operate two
machines, each of which is capable of
turning out two bottles q minute. The
machine does not gather the glass. One
of the boys, the 'gatherer," is specially
detailed for that service. He feeds the
molten 'metal" to the machine, in which
It is mechanically moulded, the neck and
mouth formed, the interior blown by
means of compressed air, and the finished
bottle automatically delivered to car
rier which takes it to the annealing oven.
There is undoubted room for improve
ment both in the performance and
capacity of the machines. But the inn
pcrtant step has been taken, and bottles
have really been made in this country by
machinery. -TPopular Science Monthly.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23
AROUND THE HOUSE.

To GET RID OF RATS AND MIcE.-The
best way to get rid of rats and mice is
not to poison them, but to make them
thoroughly tired of the locality and so in
dnce them to leave. They are generally
too smart to eat poison. even when it lie
prepared for their benefit in the most Sc
ductive fashion, but they are not so par
ticular about tartar emetic. When q
little of this is mixed with any favorite
food they will eat as greedily as though
the pbysic were not there, but in two or
three hours there will be the most dis
couraged lot of rats about tho place that
anybody ever saw. The tartar will not
kill them, it only makes them deadly
sick. II you put your ear to their holes
you can hear them trying TO vomit !;
sometimes they will crawl out and walk
about like seasick man, so i'll that they
do not seem to care what becomes of
them. But it disgusts them with the
whole vicinity, md as soon rs they are
able to travel they march off and you see
them no more.
How TO CARE FOR PIcTUREs.-In
cleaning house one of the principal cares
should be the pictures. 1t is too often
overlooked or left to the care of the SER
wants, when the mistress should give it
her personal attention. Each picture as
it is taken down should be carefully
busted and the cord or wire wiped.
Then lay it on table, wash the glass
and polish it until it is perfectly clear.
Wipe the frame with soft cloth wet in
warm water and rub of all flyspecks and
other dirt. If the picture is framed
with a glass, paste paper smoothly all
over the back to keep dust from sitting
through the cracks. Frames of polished
wood, oak. walnut, or in fact anything
bat gilt, will be greatly improved by
rubbing them with q solution three parts
linseed oil and one part turpentine.
Apply with a wooden cloth and rub with
a dry wooden cloth until perfectly dry.
Before hanging the pictures fasten q large
clean cloth over the brush end of the
broom, and wipe the walls all over. II
the walls are papered, and the paper is
torn, or defaced, cover such places with
scraps of the paper, matching If possible,
to the figures. If you have no pieces OF
the paper, japanese scroll or a cheap
plac4ue, or even bunch of dry grasses
tied with nice bow of ribbon, will
cover the place and add beauty to the
room. One lady covered pieces of paste
board with colored satin and fastened
the punches of grass to them and they
we're very ornamental. Pictures should
never be hung too high. You often see
a choice little painting hung SO high
that you would have to mount chair to
see what the SUBJECTS. Always hang
them SO that they can be easily seen by
person Of medium height. 1t is consid
cred TO be in better taste to use two
nails instead of one, it gives more SYM
metyical effect, and indeed, it is worth
considering as matter of safety. Be
very careful to hang pictures in the
proper light. If they are to be seen in a
strong light do not put them in an
obscure corner, and If painted in bright
colors, do not place where the sunshine
will fall on them.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23

the best swimmers were not to be found
among those who were brought up near
salt watsrs, but among those whose
early lives had been spent In the interior
of the country. also noticed that near
" all the young men from the Southern
and Southwestern States could swim,
while not half of the New Englanders
were master OF this art. The explana-
tion discovered 10 be as follows:
"a man who has been training TO swim
In fresh water, when once he gets In the
ocean feels as If motion in the water
presented no difficulties at all. The sea
water is so much denser than the fresh
that efforts that would send man along
but slowly Ia the latter give him racing
speed in the former The fresh-water
swimmers always beat those trained by
the ocean. The reason that there were
more of them was climatic. The cold
currents from the north render swimming
on our New..England coast very uncom-
Portable except during three or four
months. In the South and Southwest,
however, bathing can be INDUCED. in
much longer, and as result nearly
every boy, especially those bred outside
of city, can swim. 1t was rather hard
for us to be beaten by fresh-water swim
mers, but we had to take it."-[St.
Louis Post Dispatch.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23
A BRUTAL ROBBERY.
An Old Man In Kentucky Tortured Untn He
Gave Up His Money.

An Old Man IN Kentucky Tortured Until He
Gave Up His Money.
A correspondent at Burksville, KY, Civ IS
an account Of a robbery committed In
Cumberland County. homas Bryant is
an old bachelor living on Leatherwood, a
tributary TO Marrowbone Creek and is one
OF those men who have little faith In
banks, and consequently kept his money
at home as the safest place for it Living
with Bryant were man and two boya
His house was entered by three masked
men, who tied the men and boys aud
then tried to make Bryant tell where his
money was concealed Upon his refusal to
disclose its hiding place they placed their
pistols close TO his head and discharged
them to frlghten him. They then choked
the old man and burned his body with hot
irons, heated in the fire Upon his still re-
fusing TO tell them whore his money was
concealed they took Bry ant - the fire and
thrusting his feet into the hot Goals held
them there until they were burned TO o
crisp This was too much for Bryant and
at last he told them where to find his
money. The robbers secured about 81, 500
and then left
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23
Rearing Rabbits.

No doubt rabbits may be reared with
profit equal TO that Of fowls If equal care
Is given to them. The flesh is quite as
good as that Of any poultry, and the tame
kinds are better favored and larger in
size than the wild ones, which are most
difficult to rear. An inclosed piece Of
ground is best for rabbitry, and II
should be kept planted with such plants
as the animals Ike the best, as peas, oats,
clover. and turnips, with some parsley,
of which they are exceedingly fond. The
rest Of their food is made up of bran,
oats, fine hay, and turnips OF carrots with
the tops kept green If possible in the
.rinter. Cleanliness is indispensable.
The largest tame rabbit is the Belgian,
which IS white and black, and will weigh
five pounds when dressed. The lop-cared
rabbit is also large one and quite hand.
some. The skins are worth almost a
much as the Acsh.-[NSw York Times.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23
WINTER WHEAT SHORT.
Elevator Agents In North Dakota Ship
ping--An the Cereals Possible.

Elevator Agents In North Dakota Ship
ping All the Cereals Possible.
1t is learned that every elevator agent
North Dakota has within few days re-
ceived secret orders to ship at once out OF
the State to Minneapolis and Duluth all
the wheat possible. A big elevator syndi-
cate centering In Minneapolis and Duluth
controls all the wheat In store in the State
not now In farmers hands The annual
movement OF most of the wheat In eleva-
tors out Of the State is always made, but
not earlier than the middle of April. In or
der to avoid the May assessment OF taxa
ton, The hurried preparations for the re-
moval of the wheat this year at this
time are not understood unless it is to bear
the market by swelling the ostensIble re-
ceipts 1t Is believed that most OF tho
grain in sight In both Dakotas will be on
the market in q very short time The win
ter has been long and severe, and farmers
have not been able TO haul grain to market
even II they would. The price OF No. 2
northern, the average grade. as given at
the elevator Is AZ cents at jamestown. and
will run about that price all over the
State, Farmers refuse to sell what they
have left at this price and decline TO deal
with merchants and dealers with per-
sistency never known.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23

Reply TO a Question Involving Privat,
Bonded Warehouse Receipts.

Reply TO a Question Involving Private
Bonded Warehouse Receipts.
The Louisville (Ky) Public Warehouse
Company recently presented question to
the Treasury Department whether IL would
recognize warehouse receipts -issned by
private bonded warehouse'in case an Inn
porter should apply 10 remove his mer-
chandise from the bonded warehouse.
either duty paid for transportation In bond
or for expectation, the merchandise being
subject TO the return OF the negotiable
warehouse receipt issued by the proprietor
of the bonded warehouse In asking this
question the company states that IL has
been the custom for forty years for bonded
warehouses to issue negotiable warehouse
receipts. which have been accepted by
banks and bankers as unquestion able
security for advances OF money, and
that on this custom q vast amount OF the
commerce OF this country Is based and con-
Quoted The governments reply is that
customs control over bonded merchan dise
Is under the statues maintained for the
sole purpose of securing the duty and that
no authority exists for the continuance of
such control after the payment OF such
duty. A sole exception TO this rule is
pointed out In Section 10 In the act of June
10. 1850. under which whenever the col
lector shall be duly notified In writing Of a
len for freight upon any imported NOR
chandise In his custody shall refuse the de-
livery of the merchandise until satisfied
that the freight thereon has been secured.
Such liens, IL is stated, are not recognized
when for freight or merchandise intended
for expectation or for transit 10 a contigu-
Gus foreign country.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23
BALLADS OF CHANCES lost

L
They came too late or else arrived too soon
These opportunities the gods provide,
We were too slow to grasp them, spurned the
boon.
In some queer fashioa we have let them
slide.
Now lsg we In the race while men deride,
Still dimly trusting that our look win mend |;
But We must creep where we had hoped to
stride,
And struggle somehow onward to the end.
Here's Jones laments an outing missed in
June;
Smith. stocks whose values since have null
tiplied;
Brown means the college yea,s he played buff
foon,
And White, the girl he mignt have made
his brid=;
And some with sorrows much more dignified
Nut all the Will, 'gainst criel odds con-
tend;
Brave souls with cares and gliefs they try to
hide,
Who struggle somehow onward to the end.
III.
So many thoughts that ring doleful tune,
So many reasons ones poor self to chide.
No wonder hopeless mo.tals sit d Groom
The sad old dirge "If we had only tried,
We might have gained on time and sailed with
tide,
And reached this port with strength and days
to spend;
Now, old aud feeble, must we choke our pride
And strug lie somehow onward to the end"
"ENvoI"
Toilers. to whom, successful joys denied,
Experience comes tardy. testy friend,
Take heart, tax. heed, with patienc. for your
guide,
And struggle somehow onward to the end.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23
How Flowers Produce Perfume.

The rose would no doubt smell as
sweet by any other name" but how does
it contrive to smell sweet at all In
other words, by what mode do flowers
produce their perfumel This is one of
things which, although they may seem
to belong especially to the realm of
poetry, cannot escape the pursuit Of
science.
NJ Mesnard, q French chemist, has
been subjccting flowers to analysis in
order to find out how they become frag-
rant. Being cut into sections and having
pure hydrochloric acid poured over them,
1t Is no wonder that the tender flowers
gave up a portion of their secret. Yet
they did not give it up entirely. NJ.
Mesnard was only able to ascertain that
the fine oil which gives the perfume is
apparently derived in every case from
chlorophyll, and is usually located at the
upper surfaces Of the petals or sepals in
delicate cellules.
There seems to be some inverse rela-
ton between the amount of pigment, or
coloring matter, in the flower and the
perfume. Some of the more soberly-
cOlored flowers have the most delightful
fragrance, while brilliant hues do not i'm
ply corresponding sweetness of smell.
The fact that the perfume oils are de-
rived from chlorophylI is interesting be-
cause, as will be remembered, clorophyll
is that substance in plants which, when
acted upon by sunlight, turns leaf into
a sort Of chemical laboratory. But it
canaot act without the suubeams.
We know how much we owe to the
sun as source of all life and energy
upon the earth, and yet it is not little
surprising to reflect that the great orb oil
day is directly instrumental in the pro-
duction Of the exquisite perfume with
which bouquet salutes our nSstrils2-
Youths Companion.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23
CONDITION OF TRADE.

II. G. Dun q Co.'s Weekly Review of Bust
ness.
r g. Dun & Co.'S weekly review OF trade
says:
Distribution OF goods continues large for
the season in spite OF extra rdinary wealth
er, some failures, and a tight money mar
ket Storms and severe cold have retarded
trading and collections throughout q large
part Of the country, and doubtless cause
much of the monetary pressure, though
larger part Is due TO the great excess OF
imports over exports. Europe is not ship
ping products from the country as usual
nor lending money as much as usual to
carry products here until they are needed.
and accumulated stocks at commercial
centers, with slow collections in the coun-
try, make the demand for money unusually
large. The natural results OF the great
Reading collapse are seen In some failures
at Philadelphia and a more cautious spirit
among lenders Money Is not as usual.
tight only on call or for speculation, but
there has been greater difficulty here
than for many years past In effecting COM
mercial loans In spite OF all these things
con 6dence is undated and business is re-
markedly large. with some signs OF inn
nrOvement
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23
HARD AFTER THE COMBINE.

Neither Court Orders Nor Threats Alarm
the Minnesota Legislators.
The Minnesota Legislative committee
having In charge the Investigation of the
coal combine is being assisted In its efforts
materially from outside and unknown
sources, and while the coal dealers say the
combine is dead the committee Is unearth-
ing startling evidence The letter files
which were seized from Mr.. Rhodes. the
local St. Paul manager. show conclusively
the existence of the combine Many OF the
letters seized, as we'll as some which were
sent In anonymously, wore made public.
One of them shows the steps taken at the
time Minneapolis advertised for coal sup
plies for the use OF the city, as follows:
DEAR SIR-At a meeting of the board of
managers OF the Minnest Ia coal associa-
ton held this day, at which each OF the
shipping companies was represented, the
following resolution was unanimously
adopted:
ait is hereby resolved that we will not
furnish coal governed by this association
to any retail dealers In Minneapolis who
have put in bids for coal to be furnished
the city OF Minneapolis at less than the
prices authorized by this association
SHOULD their bids lie accepted). except at
the regular retail prices" Yours respect
fully, JOHN p. RHODES.
! Senator Donnelly received letter from
a coal mine owner in Pennsylvania, and,
being asked about its contents made the
following statement: ~ had letter from
a coal baron In Pennsylvania notifying me
that the coal dealers in that State have
heard of the legislative investigation now
under way, and give US timely warning
that unless we stop IL this entire State will
be shut out from the hard coal market for
the season of 1893 and 1894. / have not
answered the letter, but when i do think
shall be able TO satisfy tho gentleman
that we In Minnesota are not accustomed
TO being scared by threats like thatn
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23
Percentage

This table brings before us three i'm
portant points-frst that man should not
marry before the age of thirty-fve if they
wish to have strong and healthy children;
second, women between the ages of thir-
ty and thirty-fve-end this applies with
still greater emphasis to the women un-
der thirty years of age-should not con-
tract marriages with men who have
passed the age of fifty; third, that it is
not wise for women over thirty five years
of age to marry men under thirty years
of age
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23

An overheated steampipe In the fremont
Temple at Boston was the cause OF fire
Sunday morning that laid In ashes that
historic house OF worship. caused q loss OF
nearly half million dollars, scared
the thousand guests OF the Parker
House into an undress panic, frightened
the dodgers OF the Park Hotel and Ire
mont House from their beds TO the
street without regard 20 toilet and pro-
vided the fremen With a foeman that
threatened at times to vanquish them and
infilct upon Boston a greater calamity
than that imposed by the fires of 1879 and
1889. Happily the threatened evil was
warded on by heroic work. But the Ire
mont Temple is no more, the Parker House
is badly damaged and dozens OF firms and
societies have lost heavily.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23

People often forget the manifold benc-
fits to be derived from baths. Turkish
baths are good for rheumatism, malaria,
indigestion and bad circulation. Cold
water baths are good for nervous troubles
and torpid liver, and both baths are
good for every pain and ache that hesn
Is heir to, from toothache to heartache,
because they are sleep producing. sooth-
ing and grateful to tired bodies aud
nerves.
HANDY HOUSEHOLD REMEDy.-It is
very yexing and annoying. indeed, to
have ones lip break out with cold sores,
but like the measles il is far better to
strike out than to strike in. A drop OF
warm mutton suct applied to the sores at
night Just before retiring will soon cause
them to disappear. This is also an excel
lent remedy for parched lips and chapped
hands II should be applied at night in
liquid state and we'll rubbed in before
a brisk fire, which often causes smart
ing sensation, but the toughest Of hands
by this treatment will often be restored
to their natural condition by one apple
alton. II every one could but know the
healing properties of so simple q thing
as little mutton suet no housekeeper
would ever be without it. Get a
little from your butcher. fry it out
yourself, run into small cakes and
bruises il is almost indispensable, and
where there are children there are always
plenty of cuts and bruises. Many deep
cash that would have frightened most
women into sending for physician at
once have healed with no other RENE
dies than little mutton suet and plenty
of good CASTLE soap. A wound should
always be kept clean and the bandages
changed every day or every other day.
A drcnchng of warm soap suds from the
purest soap that can be obtained is not
only cleansing but healing; then cover
the surface of the wound with bit of
old white muslin dipped into mutton
suet. Renew the drenching and the suet
every time the bandages are changed,
and you will be astonished to see how
rapidly the ugliest wound will heal.
THss AaE AT WHICH TO MARRY.-The
right age at which men and women
should marry is a question which has
been agitating the Statistical Department
at Buda- Pesth. The result of its invest
igations is here given. For the past ten
years the head of the department has
made it his business, whenever the death
of child was registered, to obtain, in
addition to the usual particulars Of age
and cause of death, the ages of Ne
parents. In this way he has noted 29,813
deaths. These he divides into two.
groups, one containing all deaths caused
by hereditary disease, of which the germ.
was contracted before birth; the other
where death was due to some disease
after birth. He finds that the
age of the mother is more determining in
its results on the infant than the fathers
age, though the latter is by no means un-
important. Mothers under twenty must
give birth to weak children,
who die soon after birth. The following
table speaks for itself
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23
Collision on the Erie.

The east bound Erie passenger train No
~ was run into by No 10, another passen-
ger train, at Lackawaxen. twenty three
miles west of Port Jervis, N. Y, at o. clock
In tho morning. The rear Pullman sleeper
was demolished, and ten passengers, the
occupants OF the coach, we're injured, some
of them ssriously--NoL-1 10 was--Waiting Mt
the station for locomotive 70 replace one
which was disabled. The other cars were
uninjured and no passengers In them were
hurt Surgeons and physicians we're sent
TO the scene OF the wreck on Il special train
from Port Jervis.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23
Driven from Home by rhreats.

B. W. Grow and his family have been
driven from the town of Nebo, N c., by
anonymous threats Of destruction of their
property and fear of assassination. Grow
is a white man, and his daughter taught u
school for negro children. On Saturday
night the schoolhouse was overturned and
destroyed Mr.. Crow has received anony-
nous letters threatening him with death
unless he left the town. The better class
of citizens are indignant over the outrage.
and are making efforts to discover the
guilty parties
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-23
IN EACH OTHERS ARMS.

Dependent Husband and Wife Commit
Suicide I'm Tennessee.
In lonely cabin near Reelfoot Lake, in
Lake County, Tenn, there was discovered
the dead bodies of man and woman
clasped in each others arms. An empty
revolver lying between them told the tale.
The bodies were those OF Abner Carter and
his wife, who lately moved 10 the county
from Iowa Some weeks ago the couple
had a misunderstanding, terminating in a
domestic brawl, In which the woman was
severely beaten. She left her husband.
but a reconciliation was effected. Last
Saturday their infant died and they be-
came respondent and ended their troubles
In death