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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-28

match the belt, but the moderately
wide balloon sleeves are plain
Babies' apparel follows no laws but
those Of mothers, and they reflect 50
many material cr1tchets - to be beyond
codihcation. Even fashions laws
could not convince Q mother that she
shouldn't dress her own babe as she
pleases. Some mothers Insist that
there should be q distinct difference In
the mode Of dressing girl and boy
babies, even at q month old. The 80
would have for the boy no lace, frills,
insertions, or furbelows. The littl Q
gowns are of the finest material and
Invariably white for both sexes, but
here resemblance ceases. according to
these philosophers. The little girls
gown Is no longer than the boys, hang
Ing almost to the floor when the child
Is In nurses arms. It may be made
shortsleeved and low-necked, q fashion
which, In spite OF the frantic appeals Of
physicians and asonable-minded
folk, Is coming back. It may be lace
trimmed. real lace always in the finest
possible mesh and narrowest width. I'M
til the little maid Is six months old or
so, when the lace may be wider. but no
less fine. The little dresses are daintily
made In conformity, to slight degree,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-28
An Uncertain World.

Something is the matter with the
axis Of our little planet. Observations
show that for some time the earth
has not been revolving on that i'm
portant, IL imaginary, support, as
she has done for centuries, and scien-
lists have decided that 1t is time to
find out, II possible, what it all
means. Those who have studied the
subject declare that II the variations
continue, In the course OF some very
long and very indefinite period we
shall have an arctic climate at Wash
ington, and the latitude Of every
place on the globe will be changed,
and all our Biographies will be USE
less. An equatorial telescope has
been finished and sent to Manila,
which ia nearly opposite to Washing
ton, and before long diligent inquiry
will be made at both places into the
why's and wherefores Of the peculiar
performances of old Mother Earth.
While one set of scientists Is trying
to find out about the axis, another
party Is endeavoring to find out why
the magnetic needle varies so, as
these variations of the needle affect
not only the mariner, but real estate
owners, and in large cities where
every foot is valuable this is not to
be overlooked. These latter observa-
lions will not be completed for several
years
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-28

denly reflected that II elephant No
I In the row cav me give two oranges
In succession to No. 8 he might I'M
agine he was being cheated, and give
me q smack with his proboscis- that
10 where the elephant falls short Of
the human being-so / went to the
door and began de novo az before.
Thrice I went along the line, and
then was In . fix. had one orange
left, and ! had to get back toward
the door. Every elephant In that
herd had his greedy gaze focused on
that orange. 1t was as much as my
life was worth to give 1t to any one Of
them. What was ! to do? / held 1t
up conspicuously, coolly peeled 1t,
and sucked 1t myself. 1t was most
amusing to see the way those ele-
plants nudged each other and shook
their ponderous sides. They thor
oughly entered into the humor Of
the thing"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-28
How to Mark Corn Ground.


i have often wondered how 1t Is
possible for u sober man to make corn
rows as crooked as some l have seen,
writes correspondent OF the Ameri-
can Agriculturist- Nor Is the In, ury
In appearance alone. The cultiyator
cannot run as close to the young
plants and do as good work In crooked
rows as IL can In straight ones. SO
that the labor wasted in keeping the
crop clean is ten times as much as
would be required to mark the rows
straight in the tirst place. One cause
OF so many crooked rows Is to be
found in the fact that SO few farmers
know how to make a really good drag
with which to H. ark the ground, and
no one can do the best work with
poor tools.
In the accompanying sketch is
shown corn drag which have used
for the last twenty-five years, with
great satisfaction and success. 1t
can be made In u few Eourslby any
farmer, and the material used is not
expensive. For the stringer / use
two by four spruce. Suppose the
rows are to be three and a halt feet
apart, then the striDger should be
cut ten feet ana eight inches In
length. This will make the runners
ten feet and six inches apart meas
ured from center to center. The
runners are two feet long, made Of
two-inch plank ten, inches wide, and
to each OF them Is bolted a pillow
handle They are notched to receive
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-28

and are finished by twisted arrange
ment OF surah across the shoulder,
while the standing collar consists Of
lace with narrow pink ribbons run
through 1t.
In the same picture there appears
one OF the prettiest OF the blouse mod
els which this summer has brought
forth In profusion, and its detailed de-
scription is not out OF place In this
connection, because 1t Is especially
adaptable to reproduction for wee
folks wear. With the change OF size
should come change of material, and
white China silk might well replace
the white satin of which the sketched
garment Is composed. But 1t is de-
scribed as in the "grown-up" original,
SO that IL may furnish suggestions for
either use. It is made with pleated
front and back and fitted sides, and Is
finished by a circular basque cut sep
arately and joined to the bodice, the
seam being covered with twisted
belt OF white silk. A deep lace frill Is
caught In the collar seam and the ends
reach to the waist as shown. The
standing collar Is made OF folded silk
With rosettes In back and front. 70
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-28
Small Men and Women.

A photographer who has been very
successful in representing children at
their best, says they should not be
dressed and crimped and curled with
a view to effect. What Is wanted is
a natural picture. A carefully
studied pose may be very sweet" but
it is pernicious from the artistic
point of view. SHOW the gentleman
how pretty you can look" urges the
fond mother. "Sit just as you did at
home for papa" And the poor in
FAINT, willing enough to oblige, but
desperately shy in showing off mon
key trick in an unaccustomed place,
goes through his little performance
with the air of a martyr, or with q
hard, obstinate look creeping over
the baby face. 1t is hopeless to OBJ
tain satisfactory photograph under
such circumstances, just as 1t Is hope
less to make a likeness which sug'
gests life and vivacity when child
is of the stolid, expressionless kind
When such a child Is ushered into
the studio, sits exactly where 1t 1:
told to sit, never moves muscle, Of
shows a sign Of sympathetic interest
when attempts are made to play witt
it, the photographers heart sinks
He will get good likeness; the feat
ures, the clothes, the attitude will be
exactly reproduced, but there will bt
no life in the picture. 1t frequently
happens that the children have beer
so much talked to about the pho
tographer that they regard him al
they do the dentist who periodically
pulls out their teeth. Their dread
of the ordeal to come is fatal to the
production of really good photo
graph. There can be no more salts
factory sitters than children from
babyhood up to the age Of or
years, before the time they be
gin to grow self-conscious. But al
naturalness is often driven out Of
them by the unreasoning exhorta
lions of mothers which frighten the
children into behavior while theil
portrait is taken, which Is altogether
foreign to them. To procure a salts
factory picture the small sitters must
be perfectly at ease
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-28

ties and oddities OF women's styles Is
dressed too fancifully. Good taste al
ways admits OF suggesting in the
child's garments the late developments
in fashions for mature wearers, and 30,
too, do current practices; but 1t Is now
seldom overdone, with the result that
children's clothes are all the more
suitable for children. AS illustrating
what is permissible, take the child's
apron shown in the initial picture.
Here, in the yoke, there Is direct pat
terning after the shoulder effects wom-
en- now deem so necessary, but the
sleeves do not follow out this sugges-
tion in the least. 1t is well that they do
not, for II a pair Of huge balloon puffs
were placed on those tiny shoulders,
the child would decidedly resemble q
caricature. The garment comes near
ly to the hem of the little dress and is
made of pink batiste. 1t Is laid in
three pleats in back and buttons be-
meath the center one. 1t Is cut away
at the top and the opening filled in
with yoke OF lace and batiste inser-
tions, round in back and pointed in
front, and finished in full lace frill.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-28

Any one familiar with agricultural
chemistry knows that salt does not
contain anything that may serve as
plant nourishment; it Is a simple
compound OF chlorine and sodium.
Chlorine, II anything, Is injurious to
plants thence the disastrous effect
sometime observed where salt is used
at the time OF the plar ting, or in too
large quantities,) while sodium.
though not ha mtul, cannot by any
means assist plant growth; the small
quantities needed are always and
abundantly present in every soil, and
IL Is not any more advantageous to
fertilize with sodium than 1t would
be to use sand or silica as fertilizer.
Country Gentleman.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-28
Hat Hat! Haii!

Mr.. O'Shea, the well-known war
correspondent, tells the following
anecdote of an adventure with a
herd OF elephants: "A young friend
asked me once to show him some ele-
plants, and i took him with me,
having first borrowed an apron and
filled IL with oranges. This he was
to carry while accompanying me to
the stable; but the moment we
reached the door the herd set up
such trumpeting-they had scented
the fruit--that he dropped the apron
and Its contents and scuttled off like
a scared rabbit. There were eight
elephants, and when picked up the
oranges i found had five-and-
twenty. walked deliberately along
the line, giving one 10 each. When
got to the extremity OF the narrow
stable turned, and was about to te-
gin distribution again. when I sud-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-28
HENRY CATASTROPHE

and agriculture re- HENRY 0hHisforh-
vived and freedom was indicated.
In 1901 Napoleon. then at peace in
Europe, resolved to re establish slav-
cry and sent a strong expedition to
Hayti. Toussaint was treacherously
seized and deported to France, where
he died of ill-treatment in 1903. The
negroes, under the leadership of j.
]. Dessalines, resisted the French,
and the latter were ultimately forced
to surrender to an English feet Nov.
80, 1903. Dessalines was appointed
Governor for life, but In imitation of
Napoleon he proclaimed himself En-
peror under the title of Jean Jacques
/. This caused trouble and inielS06
he was assassinated. Pc
Spain now seized the eastern por-
tion OF the island, while the French
sRIefs: he sfsatest 81 These was
Henri Christophe, and between him
and another chief, Petition, d civil war
ragged for eleven years. In 1911
Christophe abolished the republican
form Of government and proclaimed
himself King. The discontenta against
him grew, and finally to prevent
his being taken prisoner he shot
himself.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-28
PHIL sHERIDAN's SHOES.

The General Kept Them ON His Desk Ex-
cept ON Ono Unfortunate Occasion.
A good story of General Sheridan
was told Boston Herald man tho
other day by Mexican, an intimate
friend of the great northern soldier In
his lifetime. One day, calling on
the commander of the army at his
office In Washington, he found him at
his desk, his feet incased In slippers
and his shoes democratically placed
on the top of the desk. While the
General was apparently absorbed In
some writing, the Mexican gentle
man, who thought some servant had
left the warriors shoes In the wrong
place, took his cane and gently de-
posted the shoes on the floor. The
next day the Mexican called again
On Sheridan and found him at his
desk, shoes on top as before The
polite resident of the tropics began
once more removing the shoes to the
floor, when all at once Sheridan roar
ed out:
Don't you do that again, sir! You
make me ridiculous, sir"
Il beg your pardon, General, but
how have made you ridiculous?"
"Why, SIR" said Sheridan, still ar
noyed, yesterday, sir, / went out to
walk after you had called on me.
was nearing the White House, when
/ noticed gentleman looking at me
intently. Soon he addressed me, say
ing: Excuse me, General, but aren't
you afraid of catching cold?' why,
sir, no, not that 1 know Of; what's
the matter, STRIP well, said the
gentleman, 1T is very damp and you
are going about in your slippers! i
tell you, SIR" said Sheridan, address
ing his Mexican friend, "you made
me ridiculous. 1t is my habit, sir, to
put my shoes on my desk where /
cannot fail to see them, so may not
forget TO put them on, and, confound
it, sir, you come around here with
your notions Of proprlety and send
me around town in my slippers sir!"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-28

days were spent beneath the shade of
the historic Killeen castle. He mar
ried when II and soon afterward with
a capital Of 80, 500 came to this coun-
try. He settled in Orange and after
a few years began dealing In real es-
tate on small scale. He also con-
tracted for the laying out and ma
cadamizing Of streets and during
later years became interested In the
construction Of electric roads. His
business prospered greatly and now
he is many times millionaire. Now
Mr.. Nevins has sailed FOR Ireland to
buy the ancient castle by whose walls
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-28

The front breadths are laid in six
pleats and the tiny sleeves are par
TALLY covered with frills of thread
lace. The strings commence at the
sides and tie in back, and the gathered
skirt part Is sewed to the top or bodice
portion with two rows of gathers at
the waist. Garments which furnish
protection for the little ones dresses
and which are at the same time dressy
and becoming and scarce enough.
This model seems to possess all these
qualities, and, Of course, 1t can be
transposed into coarse stuff without
losing much OF any OF them.
In The next two Illustrations bloused
dresses are shown, and this might at
first thought be taken to mean that
the current rage for blouse waists.
which would inundate our young women
did it not carry them high on Its crest
to increased daintiness, had reached
the children. But the latter were ever
much in blouses, so no charge of aping
their elders will hold The first ex-
ample of these two Is simple little
gown in blue and white-str rep,
with a white bengaline yoke, and Is
suitable for girls from four to six
years. The yoke is finished with a
frill Of ecru lace, and the tiny skirt is
gathered to the bodice, which hangs
over like a blouse, front and back. The
dress buttons behind and has ribbon
garniture and ribbon belt. The Sec
ond child's blouse comes from pink
surah and is made with a fitted lining
hooking in back. The round yoke is
m ade of lace and the lining is cut away,
only narrow band being left at the
bottom, to which the straight, iull
breadths of the surah are gathered
with head, as shown. six breadths
being required. The bottom has a
draw string or an elastic, and is turned
under like the sailor blouses. The sur
plice sleeves are made entirely of lace
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-28

ACCORDING to DIR. Gould there are
Q, Ito stars In the Northern and 1900 in
the Southern Hemisphere distinctly
visible to the naked eye. The enor-
nous globe OF Jupiter differs from ours
In almost every respect. 1t Is eleven
times larger In diameter than the
earth, being 125 times greater In solid
ity. It gravitates slowly In a year
equal to twelve OF our years, at FIVE
times the distance from. the sun, as
compared withqnss 90 that the light
and heat IL receives are twenty-five
times less intense than ours.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-28

strong box 43x2f x13 It. with an
opening at one end. Set the box In
pen doorway and with little corn
in the end T the box, entice the hog
In. Let the door In the rear end
down and secure with peg, as shown
In the cut Two men can easily load
a 2OQ-h shote into wagon and save
the unnecessary noise. The box must
be made strong by Cheating the in.
size corners. Such box is worth
its cost every time it is Ised-Farm
and Home.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-28
Pasturipg a Meadow.

A correspondent asks II pasturing
moving land In autumn injuries it
Well, that depends. II the grass is
timothy, feeding cattle on 1t in the
fall or early spring will injure it
greatly; IL heavy beasts are allowed
to 20 on it In wet weather they will
hurt 1t by poaching it, whatever be
the grass sown. But II variety OF
grasses and clovers form the bulk OF
the pasture and the cattle are only
allowed on 1t in dry weather, no
damage will be caused; and this Is
one OF the great objections we have
to timothy; 1t should never be grazed.
The plant roots of this otherwise
valuable grass are OF dubious
growth, and the side twitch of the
cow In eating is mighty apt, particu-
larly in damp weather, to pull the
entire stalk out OF the ground
Farm Life.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-28

Striped ticking is durable, and II the
stripes extend upward and the edges
are bound. 1t looks neat. A piece of
ticking fourteen inches square for
the back Is none too large, and the
front Is cut In the form shown, the
point at the center being firmly sewed
to the band. This will hold the pins
for large washing. and may be taken
from and replaced with either hand.
1t takes but moment to tie it on or
to remove it, and will prove far more
satisfactory than pail or BASKET for
carrying the pins
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-28

The manufacture of brick from
blast furnace Stag has recently been
commenced in Germany. One set of
furnaces alone turned out over 5, 0O0,-
600 bricks last year. The bricks are
weak at first and have to be handled
carefully, but they become sufficient
ly strong for building purposes after
tho lapse of six months.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-28

to the prevailing fashion for mamma.
Fluffy frills extend from tiny shoulder
to shoulder across front and back, each
frill lace edged. The short sleeves
are sometimes puffs nearly as big as
the little maids head, and now and
then the frock Is cut off the shoulders
in true 1880 style. Certainly the satin
skin seems too pretty to cover up
though the crusty old doctor will say:
Better cover 1t up with clothes than
with the cold ground" But what taste
have doctors.
If her mother SO elects, her baby boy
will be dressed in much the same
fashion; indeed, those who would dis
tinguish the sex OF the child in arms
in the mentioned ways are very much
in the minority. By the time the
child Is in short dresses the face will
be likely to tell the tale, and IL it does
not, then Is tine enough to consider
the garb in this respect. No badge is
necessary for the youngstes of the
fourth picture, for the coming man is
apparent in the bright face. His dress
is made of fine white nainsook and
trimmed with Swiss embroidery. The
tached to the waist. and the little
bodice is beited in at the waist with a
band Of embroidery, the yoke being Of
the same. Full pulled sleeves reach
to the elbow and are finished off with
a band of embroidery and small frill
of lace. White socks and black slippers
with velvet rosettes complete his
dainty rig.
Baby's dress No. 2, which the last
picture shows, is in white lawn, and q
Dretty finish for. IT, and one which
would lend a touch OF femininity, would
back and front. and rosettes of the
same at shoulders and wrists. It's
waist is laid in fine pleats back and
front and fine lawn straps edged with
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-28

When removing the washed clothes
from the line the common practice
Is to throw the loosened pins into the
basket with inc clothes. This, of
course, reQui es the extra work Of
picking them out at ironing time,
hence 1t Is Nd wonder so many are
lost; whereas, by making clothes
pin apron and using IL, much vexa-
cious trouble will be avoided. 1t
should be made from strong cloth.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-28

deep cultivation of corn the crop u
nearly ruined. The pillow long ago
went out or use among Northern
farmers. We are learning that very
deep cultivation is ten nearly as in
furious. FIX.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-28
House for LAYING Ducks.

The design is intended for a cheap
and easily-constructed house. for
ducks that are laying and may be
used for the entire flock also says
the Poultry Keeper. There being no
roosts the object is, to secure floor
space. The roof also serves for the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-28

he roamed as child and as young
man. The purchase price is $500, 900
and by November Mr.. Nevins will be
In possession Of the venerable pile.
Killeen castle, now owned by the
Earl of Fingall, is rich In history. It
was built in 1881 by Hugh de Lacy.
companion-in-arms OF Strongbow.
During one OF his visits to Ireland
King John, of Magma Charta fame,
lived in Killeen and the portion
which he occupied is still called King
Johns Tower. During Cromwell's
wars a part of Killeen was burned,
but 1t was afterward restored and in
recent years additions have made it
a model dwelling.