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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-11
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Comparative Love.

1t does not make any difference how
much smoker loves his wife, he loves
his tobacco ALMOST as well.-Donahoe's
Magazine.
What, Brother Donahoe? What's
that? But don't say it again. 1t
shocks us. 1t is not in good taste. II
will make many woman angry. II is
tooabsurd to compare mans liking for
q pipe or cigar to his love for the
wife of his choice, the darling OF his
soul, the mother of his children. We
cannot argue the matter. The quoted
words are neither sense nor logic,
neither poetry nor tolerable prose.
They are wild. They must have been
uttered by some poor mi cradle kdev-
otee of tobacco, who has no apprecia-
tion of true love. 1t is known that
some women like to wear feathers in
their hats; but suppose you said Of
soma wife that she loved the feathers
in her hat almost as well as she loved
her husband Why, she would feel in
suited. Yet she would be guilty Of
nothing meaner than the husband is
who loves the smoke of tobacco almost
as we'll as his wife. Away with all
stuff of the kindi-NeW York Sun.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-11
Fox and Cromwell.

One day Fox, riding into town
from Kingston, caught sight OF Crom-
Wells coach near Hyde Park and
pushed toward it. The guards would
have driven him back, but the Pro
tector recognized him and shouted to
let him pass.
The two men talked together earn
estly till they reached st. James,
when they parted with Il promise
from Fox to attend next day at
Whitehall. Il can give you good
news" laughed the Protector to one
of his wife's maids as he entered the
palace: "Mr. Fox is come TO town. :"
When they met next day, the stern
old warrior was in one OF those play
full moods into which, as troubles
thickened about him, he less and less
frequently lapsed.
Seated careleSsly upon the edge Of
a table he bantered the Quaker UNI
ceasingly, and dismissed him with
the laughing, but extremely true,
reflection that his dissatisfaction
was by no means the least part Of
him.
A year or so later Fox saw him 70.
the last time. He met him riding
into Hampton. Before i came to
him." he writes, "as ne rode at the
head Of his Life Guards, saw and
felt watt of death go forth against
him." A few nights later, while a
terrific storm was raging over Lon
don, the strong spirit passed away.
Fox had lost sincere and power
full friend. -Macmillan's Magazine.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-11
Hardwood Floors.

The use Of hardwood floors, with
rugs as a substitute for carpets, is an
idea which is rapidly winning favor
in this country. Hardwood floors
and rugs are superior TO carpets from
sanitary point OF view, says the
Carpet and Upholstery Trade Review.
They prevent the accumulation Of
dust and deposit Of matter in the
cracks and crevices of the under
floor. The method OF cleaning par
quetry floors is also more healthful.
In the sweepings Of carpets the dust
is brushed through and into the fab
ric, or is carried into the air to he
finally deposited upon every article
in the room. But in cleaning the
polished hardwood it is wiped over
with damp cloth, and it is there
fore, not necessary TO do the amount
of busting which must always be
done after carpet has been swept.
A house provided with hardwood
floors and with rugs for the colder
months does not need the semi-an-
nual cleaning with all its "terrors. +"
1t is clearly and healthful at all
times OF the year.
These floors can be made orna-
mental and a part OF the houae dec
grafton with the patterns properly
chosen and OF suitable woods to har-
monizs with the woodwork and fur
niture
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-11

of the army and the same year was
elected chairman Of the Pennsylvania
Republican State Convention. Prcsi-
dent Grant sent him as minister
to Turkey, but after two years Mr..
MacVeagh returned and settled down
to the practice Of law in Harrisburg.
His wife is the daughter Of the late
Senator Simon Cameron. In 1877
President Hayes made him president
Of the McVeagh commission to Louis
lana to endeavor to reconcile the con-
fiicting parties in that State. He was
Attorney General under Garfield.
Mr.. MacVeagh was a member of
the law firm to which President
Cleveland was attached in New York
prior to his present administration.
He supported Mr.. Cleveland's candi-
dacy in the fall of last year. He is a
man of great wealth and has an ex-
tensive law practice.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-11

A number Of our great and most In
verate tobacco smokers and chewers
have quit the use of the filthy weed.
The talismanic article that does the
work Is No-to-bac. The reform was
started bv Aaron Gorher. who was a
confirmed slave for many years to the
use of tobacco. He tried the use of
No-to-bac, and TO his great surprise
and delight it cured him. Hon. 9. w.
Ashcom, who had been smoking for
sixty years, tried Motto bac, and it
cured him. Col. Samuel Stoutener, who
would eat up tobacco like COW eats
hay, tried this wonderful remedy, and
even Samuel, after all his years of
slavery, lost the desire. j. G. Cobler,
Leasing Evans, Frank Dell, Geo. b.
May, Q. q. Skillingtcn, Hanson Rob-
inett, Frank Hershberger, John Shinn
ana others have since tried No-to-bac
and in every case they report not only
a cure OF the tobacco habit, but won
derful improvement in their general
physical and mental condition, all of
which goes to show that the u'e of to-
bacco had been injurious to them in
more ways than ole.
All of the above gentlemen are so
we'll pleased with the results that we
do not hesitate to join them in recon-
mending it TO suffering humanity, as
we have thoroughly investigated and
are satisfied that No.to-bac does the
work we'll and is boon to mankind.
The cost /; trifing-a dollar box
and the makers, the Sterling Remedy
Company, have SO much faith in No
to-bac that they absolutely guarantee
three boxes to cure any case, or refund
money. One box III every instance in
the above effected cure, with one or
NO exceptions. No-to-bac has n won
erful sale upon its merits alone
throughout the United States, and can
Pe secured at almost any drug store in
bis country or Canada, and it is made
the Sterling Remedy Company,
cago Office, As Randolph street; New
TX Office, 10 Spruce street.-From
Press, Everett, Pa, Dec. 10, 1898.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-11
To Annoy Napoleon.

A curious anecdote, OF which we may
say, 81 non vero Q ben tr0vat0, is Illus
tratiye OF. the disposition Of TalIeyrGnd-
1t was resolved that each Of the allied
powers should designate a commits
sioner charged with tho surveillance
of Napoleon at St Helena, Tslleyrand
proposed to the King foe this Office
M. de Montchenu, described as IAN In
supportable babbler, a complete non
entity" On being asked. why he ss-
lected this man, Talleyrand replied:
1T is the only revenge which / wish to
take for his treatment Of me: however,
it is terrible. What G. punishment fog
a man of Bonaparte's stamp to be
obliged to live with an ignorant and
pedantic chatterer! l know him; he
will not be able to support this annoy
ance; it will make him i'll, and he will
die of it by slow degrees Edinburgh
Review.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-11
Muscle and vIror-A Direrence.

MANY muscular men succumb to fatigues
borne with ease by persons far their interiors in
physical strength. Muscle does not imply vigor
In fact it is not difficult of proof that athletes
do not live as long nor enjoy as good health as
the average individual who is vigorous-that is
to say. whose digestion and sleep are untm-
paired, whose nerves are tranquil, and who has
no organic tendency 60 disease. These requi-
sites of vigor are conferred upon those inhe-
rently weak, no less than upon those debilitated
through wasting disease, by thorough per-
sistent course of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
the leading national tonic, Endorsed and recon-
mended by physicians Of eminence 1t will not
endow you with the muscle of a Corbett, but 1t
Will tnfuse energy into your system, and renew
the active and helpful performance of it's func-
tions. 1t averts and cures malarial, rheumatic,
and kidney complaints, and overcomes dyspep-
STA, constipation, liver trouble and nervousness
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-11
A Youthrul Pessimist.

Any boy or girl who doesn't know
what a pessimist is should be sure to
read the following, says an exchange.
Jeremiah, who is ~ years old, is al
ready confirmed pessimist. Among
the things he continually grumbles
about are his lead pencils, which never
have points, and to sharpen which he
always has to borrow knife of some
schoolmate.
why don't you have a knife of your
own, Jerry?" one of the boys asked.
Got no pockets to keep it in" said
Jerry.
"Then why don't you have pocket"
" IF had enc, d have hole in it. y
"Well. event. hen you wouldn't be any
worse off thanSou are now"
n m! Yes 1 should. # had a
pocket n a hole in it, neverd have
anything to lose through it"
Jerry sighed deeply and went on
whiting his pencil with the. dull
blade of the other boys knife. Lewis
ton Journal
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-11
MILLIONS OF poLLAns

Are annually lost because poor seed r.
planted Now, when you SOW you want
to reap. For instance, A. M Lamb,
Penn, made So, 500 ON ten acres Of veg
etables; II. Bey. Cal, cropped I,2l3
bushels Salzer's onions per acre; Frank
Close, Mimi, 100 bus ncls of spring
wheat from two acres; A Hahn, Wis,
1,4l0 bushels potatoes per acre; Frank
Winter, Montana, PIC bushels s wounds
oats from one bushel planted This is
what Salzer calls reaping.
Lyon VIII Cut This ON and Ssud It
With l0c TO the John A. Sal1or Seed
Co., La Crosse, Wis, you will receive
their mammoth catalogue and ten sau,-
pie packages of farm seeds Catalogus
alone, &c postage.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-11

stream less than one hundred feet in
width. Posts are set firmly in the
ground from four to ten feet back
from the margin OF the stream, as
shown in the illustration. from Il
sketch by l.. ID. Shook. Against
these posts is placed a strong piece
of timber Of some durable wood,
around which are firmly secured the
ends OF the wire intended for the
bridge support A fifty-foot bridge
requires eight No. s or gauge an
nealed fence wire placed from six TO
TO eight inches apart, always remem-
bering that the shorter and narrower
the bridge the less weight in foot
boards 1t Will be obliged to support,
consequently the more durable it
will prove. The wires should not be
drawn to tightly, but should have a
curve Of about ten inches in a fifty
foot bridge. Make the floor of some
light, durable wood one inch thick
and four inches in width. Commence
laying at one end, fastening each end
of the board to the outside wire with
a staple driven underneath. Place
The toardS one inch apart
The posts should be about four feet
in height, over which are strung hand
wires firmly secured to anchor posts
as shown. Short guy wires are placed
every few feet and connected with
the outside foundation wires; these
not only add to the supporting
strength Of the structure, but pre-
vent the bridge swaying in heavy
gales If heavy stones are placed
near the posts for the cross timber to
rest against the structure will prove
more durable. Rapidly-growing trees
planted near the roSts may, in few
years, be used to replace them.
Where the embankments are low,
raise the end timbersso that the foot
wires will be in no danger of injury
by foodwood during freshets. If
short sections of two-inch gaS-pipe
be used for all the posts and for the
end crosspiece, and once in five years
the wires are painted where they are
wrapped around the end support, the
bridge will prove good and serviceable
for fifty years. American, Agricul-
turiSt
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-11
August
Flower

AZ ann Post Master here and keep
. Snore- Ihave kept August Flower
frK sale for some time. / think IL Is
q splendid medicine" +. A. Bond.
r. NJ, Pavilion Centre, NY.
The stomach is the reservoir
IL il fails, everything fails. The
liver, the kidneys, the lungs, the
heart. the head, the blood, the nerves
all 60 wrong. If you feel wrong.
look TO the stomach first. Put that
right at once by using August
Flower. 1t assures good appetite
and a good digestion. y
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-11
skim Mink Cheese.

There Is great outcry in some
quarters against either making or
selling cheese from which any OF the
cream has been removed. Yet it is
true that If all the butter fats Of rich
milk are left in it when they 60 into
the vat all above per cent. go
into the whey and are lost. The
practice OF many good farmers in
making cheese for their own use is
to skim each alternate mess OF milk
IL hours after setting. Th S with
milk in the pan would leave a good
deal OF cream to sc. Such skim
milk was mixed with The new milk
Of the next mess. Cheese thus made
was as rich aud as good favored as il
a greater portion Of cream was left to
be thrown TO the pigs, because the
cheese could absorb no more. 1t is
fraudulent practices OF different and
worse sort than these that have
brought American cheese into disre-
pute In the English market.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-11
CurryinG the Cows.

1t Is as gratifying TO the COW as it
is to a horse to be groomed, brushed,
and curried. Do it carefully SO as
n OF TO crate the teeth of the curry
comb on the cows bones where they
are prominent but the cow likes it
all the better il curried heavily on
her neck ana back. Good grooming
will make the hair smooth and glossy,
especially if W. tn it goes good feed
ing. 1t is impossible to get the most
from cows that do not have the lest
care, and thorough grooming in win
ter is one of the most important
points OF good management In the
summer cows will rub themselves
aga INST trees and fences, but their
hair does not get so full of dirt in
pasture as it is sure to do in winter
in the stable.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-11
Humping Pigs.

Pigs will ''thump" in almost any
internal disease; hence we could not
decide from the statement rec lived
what the ailment would be, and no
other material symptoms are given
us. We have often stated that when
ever a number Of animals are sick on
a place, and when deaths occur, that
it is desirable to have one or more Of
the carcasses cut open soon after
death, and a careful memorandum
made OF the appearance ofall internal
organs
This, in connection with short
description Of the symptoms eXhib-
tied by the animals during their
sickness would be a valuable assist
ance in forming a diagnosis Of the
disease. AS it is now, we are sorry
not to he able TO give any correct ad-
vice in this instance Prairie Farmer.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-11
How to Preserve Root Cuttings.


1t is quite common for those de-
string new plants from cuttings, says
the American Cultiyator, to place
them in bottle OF water, keeping
the whole cutting, except bud, sub
merged until roots form. The prac-
tice OF gardeners is to place the cut
ting in damp sand, and they claim
that the sharp PARTICLES of sand rub
bling against the smooth end or the
cutting hasten the callousing from
which the roots are started. No
manure OF any kind should be al
lowed to come in contact with cut
tings. The first roots formed are
very tender and sappy. They will
rot of as fast as they form If heating
manure is placed near them. After
the cutting has been we'll rooted it
may be planted in richer ground, but
even then the filling around the roots
had better be sd than rich earth
or manure. When the roots grow,
they will reach the manure fast
enough If within reaching distance,
and this for la &c vine may be If
teen or twenty feet distant.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-11
Doing Away with Pastures.

A. b. Barrett thinks that good
farmers will soon adopt sOiling al
most exclusively in place of pastur-
age. That steadier supply Of food
can thus lie provided is unquestioned.
Pasturing is wastefuL whether there
is abundance OF feed or not. Mr..
Bartlett believes that with good soil
ing one and half or two acres Of
good rich land can be made to furnish
feed for cow whole year, but in
pasturing five acres are required for
summer and one FOR hay for winter
feed. The saving in this is quite evil
dent especially where the tax on
every acre amounts to considerable.
Now, in the fall, is the time to be-
gin Soiling, and to do 1t properly
preparations should be mace so that
the first feeding can be made in April
and steadily thereafter. Winter rye is
the first crop that should be planted.
This should be put in in October or
at the latest November, With good
preparations Of the soil and good seed
ing the rye should take steady
growth as soon as the first signs Of
spring appear The clover or grass
seeds must he sown, too, and the rye
will last until the grass is ready to
grow up for eating. Glover or orchard
grass seeds must be sown, too, for
they give an abundance of good, rich,
food. Early corn must be planted as
soon as possible in the spring, and by
the time the clover or orchard grass
gives out the green corn should be
ready for eating to take up the sue
cession. Meanwhile the second plant
ing OF rye has been attended TO- and
wren the corn gives out the rye will
be ready for fall food.
Thus, all through the summer, a
succession OF green crops has been
supplied to the cows, and with a lit
tie preparation In another line, the
same can be continued through the
winter. Either beets or mangels, or
silage should be grown for winter
feeding, and this will complete the
year.
To grow Il of these crops consider
able planning is required, but after
the succession is once practiced 1t is
not a difficult matter TO follow and
improve upon it. Every available
space Of land must be utilized. Hart.
ford COurant *.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-11
Farm Notes.

SOME farmers make it q point to
produce enormous hogs, and the
weights are published as news. but
it is doubtful il such hogs are as
profitable as those that are OF medium
size.
A CORNELL experiment station
bulletin, concerning raspberries and
blackberries, says that the only rem
edy for red rust is to dig up and burn
at once every plant found to be af-
fected. Cut away and burn all canes
affected with anthracnose pits, and
spray the plantation with Bordeaux
mixture.
FARMERS are rapidly learning that
the best way to rest land is to keep
il actively at work between sale
crops, gathering fertility from the
air by means of leguminous crops.
Whatever rotation is practiced. never
let it be one IN which field is let to
lie a whole season growing only weeds
for future brow sweatings
I. A SOUTHERN farmer says IL the
tire of the wagon becomes loose pour
a gallon OF boiling not linseed oil in
a suitable vessel, and. with the help
of an assistant, place the wheel
directly over it and immerse the fell
Toes wholly in oil. Apply on TIE hub
with brush. When dry rereat,
after which give the who,e wagon a
good coat OF paint
IN order to be wholly successful a
farmer should make his plans fer a
long time in advance of the day when
they must be put into operation.
The best way is to mature a plan of
operations that will require some
years for fully carrying them out
This brings better results than the
changeable way that some have OF
trying one way this year and another
the next
An eminent scientist claims that
the time will come when all CROPS
will be grown by irrigation, and tliat
s'water is king" instead of cotton
aud corn. Irrigation is us yet in its
infancy, but the improvements that
are Constantly being made In pumps
aud windmills will do more to rcgu:
late moisture than any experiments
to control the rainfall.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-11
To Keep Trees from Breaking.

Prof. w. +. Massey. Horticulturist
of the North Carolina Experiment
Station, gives the following in reply
to an Inqu ry as to the best method
of keeping peach trees from breaking
down. Peach trees usually break
down because Of neglect in pruning
and shaping the young tree. The
peach bears its fruit on last years
shoots. II the growth is neglected
the fruit bearing wood gradually gets
further and further out on the ends
of the limbs, and the weight OF the
crop has a tremendous leverage and
splits the limb or
When we plant young pea,h tree,
OF one years growth from tSe bud
(the only age at which they sholld be
planted. we cut the stem back to
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-11

about eighteen to twenty inches
from the ground. When growth be-
gins IN spring, we rub of all the
shoots except three or four at the
top, which form the limbs for the
future head. These are again short
ened back IN the fall one third; and
when the Shoots are too thick In the
interior OF the head and interfere
with each other, they are trimmed
out Every fall the young growth OF
the season is shortened back one.
third, and care Is taken TO maintain
an even distribution OF young wood
all through the head of the tree.
The crop is thus distributed over the
tree and no damage is done. If the
tree is planted and allowed to take
the natural shape 1t assumed in the
nursery. the limbs will more readily
split of than when formed by head
ing back.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-11

who win Represent This Government In
Italy.
Wayne MacVeagh, whom President
Cleveland recently named as Am
bassador Extraordinary 10 Italy, was
born in Phenixyille, Chester County,
Pa, In 1888. He was graduated
rom Yale University and in 1856
VAS admitted 70 the bar. At the
outbreak OF the war he organized q
company of cavalry and went to the
'front.'. In 1863 he was mustered out
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-11
Question or Pronunciation.

Doubtless three-fourths of the
Americans who visit the Bermudas
pronounce the second syllable of the
name as If it were spelled "mew,"
although Shakespeare in "The Tenn
pest" has Indicated for all time the
original pronunciation OF the sylla-
BILE by calling the islands "the still
vexed Bermoothes.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-11

Foot bridges, in both mountainous
and nearly level regions, acrosss streams
from ten to one hundred feet in
width, would often be a great con-
venience and save going around TO
cross on some public bridge. Since
wire has become so plentiful and
cheap there is no great difficulty in
having foot bridges across almost any
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-11
The surest Way.

great wealth of many Ameri-
PAS acquired by the closest econ
Most people seem to prefer the
hethod. such as specializing, some
' her peoples money. But the
process of economy, industry,
hdy application is the surest.-
IJournal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-11

There are few scientists who do
not believe that petrified human
beings are pure humbugs. One schol-
arly Smithsonian Institution man
said he could not find a single in
stance on record OF human petrifac-
tion
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-11
Who Ger High SALARIES.

1t has been said that the world
pays most to those who kill---gener-
ais and great lords; next most to
those who amuse-singers and actors,
while those who preach, teach and
write for the papers come along some
where near the bottom of the list.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-11

FOR COUGHS AND THROAT BTsoR-
DERS use Browns BRONCHIAL TRooREs-
"Have never changed my tnind respecting
them. except think better OF that which
began thinking well of.n-Eseo. H6ssrU Ward
Beeeher Sold only in boxes
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-11

THE largest theater in the world is
the Grand Opera House of Paris IL
covers more than three acres of ground
and cost 63,000, 600 francs
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-11
cultivated acres.

In England the area under cultiva-
ton is given in late number of the
London Review at about 24,000,000
acres, or slightly over cne-tenth
that of the United States.