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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-06
Convenience In Fruit Gathering.

Convenience In Fruit Gathering.
Designs for fruit ladders are legion,
some good, some bad, and some in
different. The quadruple stepladder
here ILLUSTRATED must be classel
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-06
The Cow DID the Work.

In a little Mexican town on the
south bank OF the RIO Granje there
is a good-sized church with fiat roof.
A large number of cactus seed had
lodged In the dirt on the roof, and in
the course of time there was quite u
crop of cactus mp there. Now it Is
the custom in Mexico when they
want TO destroy cactus to first burn
of the thorns. and then the cattle
will eat the plant The people be-
cane tired of seeing the plants on
the church roof and he'd town
meeting to deliberate Finally a
man climbed up to the roof and In
two days had burned of all the
thorns from the stalks. Next a COW
was hoisted to the roof, and Ia less
than a week the cactus was all eaten
and the cow was lowered to the
earth again. The people we're de-
lighted with the result and now point
with pride to their church.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-06

TeIegraphic Clicka M
A DYNAMITE explosion occurred IA .
mine at Manilios, Mex, ard six Mozi-
cans were killed
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-06

No traveller will find such a resting place.
Though the quest be summer long;
No such dreaming place can q poet trace,
Wherein TO fashion a song!
Farm and Home.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-06
A Lively Burro.i

Next to cat there is nothing so
tough and tenacious Of life az Rocky
Mountain burro, and some of the
tales told about this little animal are
marvellous One day as the express
train was running into Santa Fe. N.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-06

among the good designs for obvious
reasons Placed under low, branch
ing rrees its use permits one to move
about within reach Of large portion
Of the whole side of tree, because
OF its four sides about which one C n
freely step Moreover, when not &C.
cuLied as standing ground" the
top affords an excellent resting place
for the basket. 1t should not be
made strong. but light, so as to be
readily mo; d about
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-06
Cereal Crops.

AS result of five years continu-
Gus ulture OF wheat and oats, eight
trials OF wheat and twenty-one OF
corn on soils VARYING widely In char
acter, the Ohio Station has reached
the conclusion that at present prices
of cereal CROPS and of fertilizing ma
terIals respecti' ely, the profitable
production OF corn, wheat and oats
pom chemical or commercial fertIl-
Tiers or upon barnyard manure. Tits
cost DO propoi Tomato TO that OF the
chemical constituents OF fertility
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-06

THIS IS THEIR DEPARTMENT or
THE PAPER.

Quaint Sayings and Cute Doings of tho
Little Folks Everywhere, Gathered and
Printed Hero for All Other Little Ones to
Read i
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-06
Coats and Capss.

New York correspondence:
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-06

GOh, hush.n the Wazzle answeredf smy
tails asleep. you see,
@And IL made noise I'd surely wake It
up.n said he
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-06

In the Homestead Barn.
In that summer NOW. how fair the hours
few.
Mid pillows of blossomed hay,
In barn we knew, where the light stole
through.
A fresco OF roof-chinks gray!
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-06

Why He Was Silent.
spray tell me why you keep 90 stili.n in
Aquired the Janearee;
9You speak so low I'D like to know what
can the reason ben
, 1894-04-11
ENGLAND AND NICARAGUA.
DAILY Telegraph
New YORK, MarCE

New York, March IL.
The steamer Elliott, which has arrived at
Savannah from Blueields confirms the report
Of the landing there Of a force from the Brit
ish cruiser Cleopatra, consisting OF three boat
loads of armed men, two Calling guns, and
three field pieces. The excitement prevailing
in the place had subsidized when the Elliott
left. After the landing of the British force
the Nioaraguans protested against the action
of the British commander as a violation OF
the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty.
New York, March IL dater)
The HerGld'S Havannah correspondent teIe-
graphs that the steamer Ell lott reports that
on TIE 9th ult. the commander Of her Males
tvs ship Comus put fifty men and several
guns on board an old hulk lying off Bluefelds,
and after hosting the British flag on this
craft. sailed for Colon for Instructions Ours
in his absence the British force landed "a d
compelled the Nicaraguans, who had hoisted
their flag above the Mosquito flag, to place
the two flags alongside each other as a sym
Dol Of equality. The captain Of the Elliott
asserts most positively that up till Sunday
last, when he left, the British had not hoisted
their flag on the shore. 1t is pointed out
that the captain probably confoundst the Com"
us with the Cleopatra, the latter vessel being
the only British warship at Blueields.
Panama, March IL.
The Star and Herald states that the British
Government sent the cruiser Cleopatra to
protect American interests at Blueields after
the loss of the Ksarsarge, and pending the
arrival of another United States warship.
, 1894-04-11

ed, and it remains to be seen whether the
methods Of oscillating or of forcinga air through
the contents of the steam pans will ploftably
effect the improvement.
The other alternative of course is the pro-
duotion of crystals, using multiple effect
svaporators and vacuum pans for this to be
possible the amount of sugar dealt with in
each individual boiling house must be greatly
increased, for about 1000 tons may be looked
upon as the minimum amount which can be
proftably worked with multiple effect vacuum
pan and centrifugals.
One fact deserves notice th@ mills of
small factories are usually very imperfect,
the crushing yielding from 80 to 60 per cent
of the weight Of the cane in the form Of juice,
100 lbs. of Sugar in juice should yield II lbs.
, 1894-04-11

or a gain of 81 cents on II lbs of muscovadO
sugar equal 10 $3.50 per ton.
Now this gain Of "a cents rs on every S264
of muscovado produce or 204 per cent.
Two points have to be considered, the cost
of manufacture under the two systems. and
the relative cost Of plant. So far as l can
judge it appears that in a well appointed fac
tory the cost Of manufacture Of a ton of va
CUM pan sugar does not exceed the cost of
manufacture of q ton of IL uscOvado, a modern
fac tory with green megass burners rtqulrlng
no coal, the megoss alone being fornd sufh-
cient: any NAL difference Of cost either way
may be left out Of consideration in a calcula-
ton like this. Then as to the cost of machi-
merry, Muscovado plant making SEQ tons a
year may be taken as worth about $4,000
while a factory with multiple effect vacuum
pan &c, L oking 5000 tons would cost
about $50, 900 or the same cost per ton Of
muscovado or vacuum pan products.
The defects of he muscovado process as
conducted in this Island may be summarized
thus. The loss from imperfect crushing may
be taken at 36'4oIo,-the difference between
55 ~and rs per cent extraction and allow
ing that one fifth of the vail e Of the extra
yield o%fjuice was absorbed IN producing and
manufacturing it, we then have % per cent
as the monetary loss on mills and 20 per
NOAh, dS oAOhh dDONVy Oi IAC UIuNCONIOO PIO-
cess: a total loss Of 40 per cent An annual
loss to the island of something like 100000
TO 100000 at a very moderate valuation.
These are the losses which might be saved
fit were ossible to deal with all the canes
in a modern well appointed factory: there arc
improvements which can still be effected
while the muScoVado process is retained the
most important of these are improvements i'll
the mills, the production of larger grained
sugar, with consequent use of ctntrifugals
and the boiling of second sugars; and finally
the reduction of the very large loss of weight
on shipment.
In conclusion it may not be out of place to
add a few remarks on the management of
muscovado boiling houses as they exist at the
present moment.
Following the course of the juice through
the boiling house, the first process we have 10
deal with is the tempering: this should be
SO conducted that the juice is fully neutra-
liseG; any unneutralised tcid will, it is true.
cause this resulting muscovado sugar 10 be
lighter In colour, but the inversion during
the process will be great and the sugar will
probably test low. Phenol Phthalein is a
safe and easy Indicator with which you are
all familiar ; the method of using it should be
carefully studied by every manager and its
use insisted on in every boiling house.
Over tempering should be avoided, all the
lime that is required should be added in the
Clarif ers. none need be thrown into the
Juice on the battery or in the Steam Pan
The addition of extra lime will as already
, 1894-04-11

whereas rs per cent ought to be obtained by
the mills of large factories, which would
mean an increase of from rs to 80 per cent of
the Juice at present obtained. This loss due
to poor crushing is no essential loss of the
muscovado process, for efficient mills could
be used whether the subsequent process of
manufacture was to be on the muscovado or
the vacuum pan plan and in comparing he
two methods it is important to distinguish
between gains and losses by mill work and
by boiling house work if much of the i'm
provenent effected by 'modern machinery"
is due to the mills.
The following line of argument appears
Legitimate, though the figures must not be
too closely pressed.
, 1894-04-11
MAJOR WILSON'S PARTY.

Lord Clifford VIC, communicates the follow
ing to Reuters Agency: The Hon. Maurice
Clifford writes by this mail a graphic account
of how Major Wilson and his party met their
fate in their plucky attempt to capt IRE Lo-
bengula. Mr.. Clifford obtained the informa-
ton from an Induna Of the Insuka Regiment
who was present at the engagement. The
account is briefly as follows
con Major Wilson and his party returning
with Captain Burrows achievements to the
Kings scherm in the morning they were re-
ceived by a volley from part of the Inguba
and Imtisu regiments, who had orders to # take
up their position on the road by which Major
Wilson and his party would return. On
receiving the volley Major Wilson retired in
to the bush towards the river, but he found
bis party surrounded OH all sides by natives
numbering from $500 to 5000 at the very
least. The orders from the Indunas to their
men were that on reaching Major Wilson's
patty they were to shoot the horses first.
This order the Matabele proceeded to GARY
into effect, Major Wilson's party keeping up
a heavy fire all the time. The horses, which
Major Wilson had tied together in a ring,
were soon all shot. The Englishmen then
lay down behind them and kept up a steady
fire, with such good cfeot that they succeed
ed in driving off the Matabele for a short
time; but endorsements arriving from
across the river the attack was again renew
ed, and as far as Mr.. Clifford could gather
from lie Induna, tile fight must have lasted
some three hours. A number Of our men
were seen TO be wounded, and their ammu-
milton began to run short Tnen the natives
gradually crePt up closer, shooting anyone
they could.
The Induna describes Major Wilson most
accurately by his dress and the hat he wore,
and states that he was. wounded in several
places and covered with blood, whilst an
other wounded man stood by his side loading
rifles and handing them 10 him. Major Will
son and his men fought desperately to the
very last. Mr.. Clifford adds that men know
dated with him did, as man Of high oour-
age and determination, could not imagine
him doing other than selling his life dearly.
The Induna said that as the supreme
moment came the Englishmen who
were still able to rise stood shoulder
to shoulder, took off their hats md
Joined in q song, the kind of SO, &, that he
(the lnduna) had heard ,missionari s sing to
the natives. The Matabele then rushed up,
aud whilst the men were singing what We
suppose to have been God Save the Queen"
they were overwhelmed by the natives and as
segaied. The Induna estimated that the Ma
tabele lost eight to every one of the thirty
four white men killed and said that Loben-
gula's warriors lay round the dead white
men like grass.
1T has transpired that the King had left
his camp half an hour before Major Wilson's
nartv arrived OpDoeita the sober which sur.
, 1894-04-11

shown, destroy glucose but at the same time
other substances, quite as undesirable as glu-
cose, are produced.
AS The Juice leaves the Clarifer we are
brought face to face with another source of
loss; the amount of juice car ried away i'll the
form Of scum the loss here may amount
to from 5 to Is per cent, with a filter press
it can he reduced to about / per cent. Vari-
Gus forms Of filter presses and bag filters are
in use in the Island, and they deserve care
full attention.
The battery is admittedly an important
feature Of the boiling house, for here the
sugar can be rapidly spoiled from defective
manipulation. ~ good battery should be
somewhat shallow with 'large heating and
eyaporating surfaces, the boiling should be
rapid, and the Suice should remain subjected
to the action of heat as short a time as posi-
BILE. This last point is perhaps the most
important OF all for good sugar making and
it is one which many of the batteries in the
Island fail to satisfactorily attain. The
syrup should be removed from the battery at
a moderately low density and the concentra-
ton finished in good pans. It is a very com
mon fault to boil the syrup almost to
striking point on the battery and serious
inversion follows as a matter of course.
Efficient pan power is essential and too
rarely met with; very large pans are not
desirable and if large pans are to be con-
structed they must be shallow and must teke
off their large strikes in the same time as
the small ones; the time of boiling must not
be increased with the size of the pan any
increase in size must be accompanied by pro-
portiOnate increase of heating and evapora-
ting surface, the depth Of syrup and the time
of boiling ought not 10 be increased This
is I fear usually overlooked by the makers of
large pans who regard them as satisfactory
ifthey boil off their strike in a time proper
tomato to their size. Thus if a small pan
boiled a strike in 80 mirutes q pan holding
twice as much should also boil the double
quantity in 80 minutes whereas it would
probably be thought highly satisfactory from
an Engineers point of view if it did the
work in 45 minutes: this would be unsatisfac-
tory, for the individual PARTICLES of cane
sugar would be subjected to the high temper
ature of the pan for half as long again as in
the.small ones. This accounts perhaps for
the manner in which. managers often refer to
the excellent qualities of small pans, sOme-
times speaking of them almost in terms Of
endearment.
Briefly then successful boiling house work
depends on CLEANLINESS.
Proper tempering,
Reduction of waste III Scum,
Rapid and careful Boiling.
FRANCIS WATTS.
Government Laboratory,
Antique, W. l.. 1924
mills for the crop, was ascertained, the
, 1894-04-11

During 1898 he crushing Of three mills for the crop was hcertaned the
figures obtained were-Weght of jmoe-5663: $3.50; and 54l5 per cent? Of the
weigh OF cane, These three mills are probably above the average ofthem mills in the island,
in efficiency.
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A PHANTOM SCHOONER.
Strange Spectacle in the Clouds Seen
by a Baltimore Captain.
From the Baltimore Sun.

From the Baltimore sun
Capt. Hill of the schooner Annie e.
Reynolds, from Chesapeake CITY. says
strange sight was witnessed BY ..mself,
Mrs. Hill and the crew of his vessel last
Saturday night. The Reynolds then was
lying at anchor in Elk river, near Back
creek. The captain says that at $50
o'clock there appeared in the sky, bear
ing north-northeast from the Reynolds, a
schooner, with fore and smainmasts stand
ing. The rigging of the vessels foremost
appeared stranded and there was no rig
ging on the mainmast. Her headgear
was gone and her 1ibs hung overheard,
with the exception Of little piece of the
outer iib, which appeared TO be the only
whole canvas on the vessel. The keel of
the vessel, Capt. Hill says. could be seen
from the stem to about the mainmast.
The spectacle appeared for fifteen min
utes to the amazed observers During
this time the mainmast of the phantom
ship suddenly broke OFF, apparently flf-
teen feet above the deck, and the stern
gradually sank into the clouds, the bow
rearing up until the picture disappeared.
The huh of the vessel seemed to be pure
white.
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A Pearl Found in a clam.


New York, June 25-Policeman Ru-
dolph Newschaffer, of the East Sixty
seventh street station, when going off his
morning detail on Saturday TO his home.
at No. 1888 Madison avenue, was prevailed
upon by an itinerant vendor to buy %
cents worth of CLANS. At home, News
chatter, in opening one of the clans, en-
countered an obstruction The police
man, upon prying the shell apart, found
snugly ensconced in the heart of the mol
lusk an enormous pearl. The gem gave
out prismatic rays that proclaimed in
trinsic worth. Newschaffer took the
pearl TO Jeweler Lambert, at Fifty-eighth
street and Third avenue. That gentle
man placed the pearl upon his scales and
gazed dumfounded at the result. IL
weighed 65 grains. IL was perfect in
form. ~ have never seen or heard of one
SO large" said Mr.. Lambert, "and IL is
absolutely perfect. / would put no esti-
mate on its worth, but II is very valuable.
The pearl is as large as ones thumb nail,
and fullyone-third OF an inch ia It's great
est diameter"
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ACCOUNTING FOR CROKER.
It Is Alleged He Will Spring Sensa-
tion on His Own Hook.

New York Letter in Philadelphia Ledger.
The Evening Telegram publishes this
afternoon an extremely interesting and
novel explanation Of MIR. Croker's hurried
trip across the ocean. and his equally pre-
cipitate voyage home. 1t says: "Mr.
Croker believes with Shakespeare, that
all the world is stage, and, following
the line of all great dramatists, he has
purposely placed himself under a cloud
until the time for dramatic effect arrives
when his vindication comes and his
enemy is exposed" The article contin-
ues by quoting a friend of Mr.. Croker,
who says that the ex-chieftain of Tam
many made his trip a hurried one pur-
posely, in order to have it appear that he
was a fugitive; although he
took care to have proof availa-
bic that he was not running away
from investigation or the witness
stand. The cloud on his reputation was
simply for effect. When he returns, it is
said, he viii have a highly sensational
story 10 give out, the data for which, it is
believed, will be fully collected by that
time, attacking his chief enemy, the ed
itor OF the New York World. 1t is further
stated that Mr. Croker is acting strictly
In accordance with his prearranged the
atric programme, the itinerary of which
was fixed six weeks before he sailed from
New York. 1t cannot be denied that
when Mr.. Croker sailed he created great
sensation, and if he duplicates this when
he returns with his now heralded inter-
view for the newspapers his ability in
arranging theatric surprises will not be
questioned
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a TALE FOR THE MARINES.
Two Negroes Garry Silver Under
Their Tongues for SO Years.
From the Pfttsburg Disnatch


Birmingham, Ala, June 25.-There
lives at Rising Fawn, Ca, a negro 76
years OF age, who has under his tongue a
silver quarter which he has carried in
that place for thirty-six years without
ever having removed it. His name is
Thomas Jackson and he has a nephew
whose name is George jackson. George
jackson has under hts tongue silver half
dollar that he has carried for the same
length Of time as his uncle without ever
removing it.
These two negroes were slaves of a
wealthy holder named jackson, and it was
during those days that these coveted coins
were placed where they now remain.
They were given the coins one Sunday
afternoon by couple of old time sports,
who were counting at the Jackson family.
Fer fear that their master would relieve
them of the coins they were placed where
they now are, and have been kept in the
same place because of superstitious belief.
With the exception of being somewhat
worn and darkened around the edges they
look like any old silver piece. Large sums
of money have been offered for these
pieces as souvenirs, but nothing will in
duce their owners to sell them.
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HE GOT INTO THE DIET HALL.
A Young Man Who Told Lies to Get a
Chance to Hear Ttsza.



Chance to Hear Ttsza.
From the New York Tribune
The party was in conversation over it's
beer OF all shades and all degrees of ex-
cellence, and tales had been told in sew
eral languages and of diverse degrees of
trusJworthiness, when the Hungarian
pounced upon an opportunity-he had his
glass empty trst-to tell for the hundredth
time of the beauties of his native Buda-
pest. The baths, the Andrassy avenue,
the park, the theatres, the bridge, the
palaces, the music, and the "incomparably
beautiful women" had all been described
and Hungarian statesmen, from Kossuth
to Kalnoky, lauded when a story teller in
terrupted with:
budapest may be all that you claim for
II, but I'll never forget an experience had
there when fooled some Of its bicwigs.
II was only a few years ago, when l stop
ped there for rest on my way from Paris
by the Oriental Express TO Constantine
pie. J noticed an unusual excitement at
the Hotel Hungaria, could see there were
many strangers in town and across the
Danube, over the Schloss, hoated the
royal standard Of Hungary as q sign that
the king was there You know, the Hun
garinns never speak Of Franz Josef as en-
peror, always as king.
During the day heard that the min
lstry would resign the next day, and that
Premier 1is2a would make his last ad-
dress in parliament. Well, YOU can well
Imagine wanted 10 be In az the death,
and set about TO secure ticket of adj
mission 10 the Diet Hall. Those whom |
asked simply laughed at me; tickets were
at high premium, and some 10 whom |
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THOMAS A. EDISON liz,
Suffering From an Attack of Acoute
Entsritis, Caused by a Cold.
T7rovo Tho Do.e-a

Orange, N. j., June 26-Thomas A.
Edison, the inventor, is suffering from an
attack Of acute enteritis, believed to have
been caused by cold. 1t was at first be-
lieved that the illness was the result of a
fall sustained at Ogden on Friday eve
ming, when the back of the chair gave
way and Mr.. Edison fell, striking heavily
on the floor of the porch. DIR. Fewsmith
says, however, that the accident has
nothing TO do with the attack, being
merely a coincidence. MIR. Edison is a
sick man, but the doctor believes that q
few days rest and good nursing will re-
store 1.-THE Wizard" to good health.
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A Romantic Marriage at Dawson-A
Chess Club at Macon-Arrested for
Murder on suspicion-A Former sa-
MAMMALIAN Rides on Wheeloarrow
at Pensacola.
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Orkney Springs Hotels,

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unsurpassed climate; altitude, $500 feet;
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that made the loser Of The bet perspire
freely. but he stood manfully By his con
tract and performed the task amid the smiles
and plaudfts Of the lockers on