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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25
To XIII Hog Lice.

We hear a good deal about lice on
poultry and ticks on sheep. but there
is rarely any mention OF the parasites
on hogs. though these animals are
tormented equally with the others bv
little insects which feed on them
freely These parasites, which ARE
doing their best to render our fatten-
ing ration OF no avail. are easily de-
stroyed by the ever-useful kerosene
emulsion. When a dip in the mix
ture is not acticable, a spraying
machine can be used with good effect.
The kerosene emulsion Is made by
boiling pound of soap hard or soft,
in gallon OF boiling water. Then
add to this two quarts OF kerosene,
and the lather OF the soap will cause
the oil to mix SO that it will not
again separate. Kerosene emulsion
may be made with milk instead Of
with soapsuds, but the best place to
apply milk to hogs is on the inside.
For destroying vermin the soap lather
emulsion with kerosene is quite ais
good, and perhaps better, as the soap
helps to clean away any scurf from
the skin.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25
Photograph Title.

Photography played an important
part in suit at Cincinnati. The suit
is one of local standing, involving the
title of 1880 acres of valuable farm
land. 1t is based on deed made near
ly seventy-five years ago by the own
ers or the land, and turns on the point
whether the deed had five signature J
or only four. In order to test this
question it was decided to have the
deed photographed, and the clerk of
the court was ordered to give the mat
ter his personal supervision. For
that purpose it was taken to Washing
ton and submitted to an expert pho
tographer Of that city. The original
deed, discolored and yellow with age,
showed traces OF four signatures and u
space where there might have been a
fifth, but no trace of it. The photo
grapk ling was done in the presence of
the clerk of the court, who refused to
let the deed go cut of his sight. The
negative revealed traces of the missing
signature, and when it was enlarged
ten times the entire name became "a
plain as when first written. The court
pronounced the evidence conclusive,
and the I ult will be the reversal of a
former decisi ion and change In the
ownership of the land.-lndianapolis
Journal
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25
How Fast Fishes Swim.

Now that every effort Is being made
to increase the speed of ocean steam
ers, it is interesting to know the speed
with which different fish can pass
through the water. For long-distance
swimming the shark may be said to
hold the record, as he can outstrip the
swiftest ships, apparently without eff
fort, swimming and playing around
them, and ever on the lookout for prey.
Any humon being falling overheard in
shark-frequented waters has very lit
tie chance to escape, so rapid Is the ac-
tion of the shark. the monster of the
deep. The dolphin, another fast
swimming fish, is credited with a speed
of considerable over twenty miles an
hour. For short distances the salmon
can outstrip every other fish, accom-
plishing its twenty-five miles an hour
with ease. The Spanish mackeral Is
one of the fastest of food fishes, and
cuts the water like yacht.-Indus-
trial World.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25
Building Up n Flock.

On a farm one of the cheapest as
we'll as one OF the best ways or build
ing up flock OF sheep is to select the
best OF the ewes and breed to full
blood ram OF good breed-cne that
is best adapted to your locality and
the purpose for which you are keep
ing sheep. Keep on selecting the
ewes, selecting new ram every two
wears in order to infuse new blood.
There is five times as much profit IN
mutton as In the fleece. A sheep
may be efed for one-seventh Of the
food that an OK requires, and will
make growth OF nearly three quar-
tiers Of pound a day for the first
$50 days of its life, when it becomes
excellent mutton. For 600 days it
will make nearly half pound a
day. Such sheep will net cents a
pound at the farm; but such sheep.
too having large carcass, will have
a large fe zee in proportion.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25
The Comn,exion n, a chinese

Is not yellower than that of an unfortunate
individual whose liver complaint has assumed
the chronic form. The eyeballs Of the sufferer
assume saffron hue, there is dull pain in the
region of the organ affected, the tongue is
coated breath sour, sick headaches usually
but not always occur, and there IL sometimes
dizziness on arising from a sitting posture.
Constipation and dyspepsia are also attend
ants Of this very common ailmerfti, always in
its aggravated form, liable to breed assesses
'of the liver, which are very dangerous. Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters wholly eradicates it, as
well as tho troubles complicated with it and
plant which always yields to the Bitters. the
liver is seriously involved. This fine Alternative
tonic removes costiveness and Indigestion
rheumatic, nervous and kidney trouble and
debility.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25

hold water. A wheel E is hung be-
tween the grindstone A and the
water pan q. The wheel should be
OF iron and the tire as wide as the
stone and the pan kept filled with
water so as to Just touch the tire Of
the wheel. The wheel also has ped
ais, III, on the outside Of the ari-
angles so the grinder as he sits in the
old moving machine seat, X, which
is fastened to the triangle, turns the
small wheel by means of the pedals.
The small wheel is kept wet enough
10 moisten the grindstone just about
as much as is needed. The grind
stone rests wholly upon the wheel
and as its axis is kept within the
slotted upright, it can move freely
and easily. AS the wheel wears away
it gradually drops in the slot. - Farm
and Home
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25
Good Farms and Good Farmers.

The first essential Of good farming
is good farm, says the American
Agriculturist, and good farmer is
pretty certain to have a good farm.
That close observation and sound
practical Judgment requis &c to sue
cess in farming will enable it's possess
sor TO select good farm. If good
farmer by any chance or accident
inheritance for instance-comes into
possession of an irreclaimably poor
farm, he will not keep it long. He
will not waste his energies in an at
tempt to make money from poor
farm. What kind OF farm would a
good farmer select? He would avoid
extremes: selecting neither light
sandy or gravelly soil, nor stiff.
heavy clay. Especially would he
avoid cold. wet, shallow soil with
an impervious hardpan subsoil. A
very light soil will not produce large,
paying crops without too much outlay
Tor manures A stiff clay soil too
much subjected to climatic condi-
tons. When the season is just right.
neither too wet nor too dry, it may
be cultivated well and produce large
crops, but in u very wet or very dry
season it is pretty sure to battle all
the efforts OF the farmer, and result
in failure. Draining will do much
toward ameliorating such soils, but
even then there are too many days IN
the year when they are untillable,
and it Is very dirlicult To accomplish
the necessary work in the proper sea-
son for plant growth
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25

Plant. encourage your neighbor 70 plant
IL takes. day. oushel o. whess 70 buy
Bros share or comparative orchards fur
nished without money-nn fnvestrhept for
the we'll to- do. as we'll as for men of limited
means. and providing orchards which other
wise they might never get Agrsat orchard
system on thorough. buslnoss-like plans. =
something never before attempted We
practice what we preach, show our faith
In our orchards. In our trees, two million
trees cooperative Q per cent plan. ale
ready planted; over two million, over
30. 900 acres, share plsn, and adding over
half million year Farms with orchards
doubling In value annually; sure income
Our help enable beginners 10 succeed
Write Us SEQ adv. Nt.sg ~ ~
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25
be very conducive to the health of

be very conducive to the health of
the animal. 1t would be much bet
ter for the pig, and the eater thereof,
ii this should be prevented, and the
animal compelled to keep his dirty
feet out OF his dish. 1t should be
borne in mind shat the pigs neck is
short, and that he cannot reach very
far, and, therefore, his trough must
neither be high, wide, nor deep and
it should be SO placed that the bot
tom is on level with his feet Some
good forms of troughs are shown in
the illustrations from the American
Agriculturist
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the'needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation:
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man.
nfactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being we'll informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25
AyRcnt- Reduction Scheme.

Organized workers of Sydney, Aus
tralia.> have formed what is known as q
Rent Revision League. One of the
methods adopted is for a tenant who
believes he is paying too much rent to
petition the landlord to reduce it. If
the owner refuses the tenants of the
entire district decline to pay more
rent than the amount offered, and then
the other landlords ccerce the recalci-
trant householder into accepting the
terms proposed to him, SO that they
can get their money. There is no in.
formation thus far as to how well the
scheme works.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25
"a to California.

This Is our sleeping car rate on the Phil
lips Rock Island Tourist Excursions from
Chicago to Los Angeles or San Francisco.
via the scenic route and Ogden You can
60 with Phillips, the best of all excursion
managers. for he has each party accom-
panied by a special agent who goes the en-.
tire trip with patrons These personally
conducted excursions leave Chicago twice
a week, Tuesday aud Thursday.
We have also "a daily tourist car service,
via our Southern route. through the beau
tiful Indian Territory and Fort Worth TO
Los Angeles and San Francis he tour
ist car rate via this route. the same. APP
ply at Rock Island ticket Office, 104 Clark
street. John Sebastian, G. p. A. O. K L
p. Ry., Chicago
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25
Shelter for stock.

A very cheap and warm shelter
may be made by setting pests firmly
in the ground and covering with a
roof OF poles or 10 e rails. Over this
lay a covering of straw or coarse hay.
Cover this with few poles or boards
to hold the straw in position. Set
other posts two feet outward from
the tlrst ones. Wire few poles to
each set. filling in the spaces with
straw firmly crowded into position.
By having a door at one side the re-
suit will be as warm room as can
be made from boards and straw In a
barn basement. For shedding rain
properly, make one side three or four
feet higher than the other, or make
it level, putting load OF straw on
top ia the form OF a pyramid to shed
the rain. While this and other forms
OF temporary shelter are cheap and
require no direct outlay for material.
yet rather than follow up their con-
struction year after year apermanent
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25
Pes. sprea i Broadcast.

1t is claimed, with much show Of
truth, that the entire exhibit Of for
eign grain at the Worlds Fair was
infested by the weevil, which has
done enormous damage to crops in
Southwestern Russia and In India,
aud was brought to the fair in the
grain from those countries. Any
farmer who has procured grain from
the Worlds Fair should burn it i'm
mediately, and every effort made to
prevent the spread OF this pest Elk.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25
The Care of Good.

1t is very common practice to put
away food that comes from the store
in the brown paper in which the
dealer wraps it. While this may be
convenient. it certainly is open to Sc
riouS objection on the score of health
and cleanliness. Most OF the cheap
papers are made from materials
hardly up to the standard Of the
housekeeper's ideas of neatness and,
although "a certain degree Of heat is
employed in their PREPARATION, it is
by no means sufficient TO destroy all
az the disease germs with which the
raw material may be filled. When
it is taken into consideration that
waste paper Of all sorts and those
used for all purposes are gathered up
and worked over into new paper to
wrap our food in, it behooyeS the
housewife who cares for the health
of her family to see to it that art-
Giles OF food remain in contact with
such wrappings the very shortest pos
sible time. 1t is not UNUSUAL to see
meat, butter, cheese, and other ex-
tremely succeptable articles put away
in the very cheapest, cOmmonest
brown paper, practice which is usu-
ally discontinued forthwith as soon
as realizing sense OF the Oh. ection-
able material is borne in Upon the
mind. immediately upon the receipt
or soft groceries or fruits they should
be put into earthenware dishes and
under no circumstances should they
be allowed to remain in the papers
in which they were delivered. 1t is
useless TO expect that better class
of paper will be employed, and so
we may as well make up our minds
to guard against trouble by shifting
all articles OF food to some dish that
is absolutely free from contaminat-
ing elemen S. New York Ledger.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25
Yield of Potatoes.

The average weld of potatoes in
this country Is about fifty bushels
per acre. yet in competitive trials as
many as 800 bushels per acre have
been grown, proportlonately, on an
experimental plot This was done
with care and judicious use OF fer
filters 1t is true that it would e
difficult for any farmer to produce
800 bushels on an acre OF land, hut
the low average indicates that some
thing better can be done with such a
crop.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25
Aim for Big Yields.

If a farmer can grow 100 bushels OF
corn on an acre instead OF fifty
bushels he will make more than twice
the profit, although his yield is only
doubled, for the reason that he will
have less land to plow, and the fist
cost OF production will be less. The
greater the yield of crop the smaller
the cost proportionatcly.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25
sIe BUS. 8 LBS. OATS FROM ONE BUS
SEED. G.

This remarkable, almost unheard-of,
yield was reported to the John A. Sal
ger Seed Co., Lacrosse, Wis, by Frank
Winter, of Montana, who planted one
bushel of Great Northern Oats, care
fully titled and irrigated same, and be-
lieves that in 1894 he can grow from
one bus. Of Great Northern Oats three
hundred bushels. It's wonderful oat.
If You Will Cut This Out and Send 1t
with &c postage to the above firm you
will receive sample package of above
oats and their farm seed catalogue.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25
flows Thisr

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall g
Catarrh Cure.
+. j. CHENEY d CO., Props, Toledo, o.
We the undersigned, have known +. j. Che
ney for the last fifteen years, and believe him
perfectly honorable In all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obligations
made by their frm
WEST & TRUAK, Wholesale Druggists Toledo O.
WALpISo, KINNAS & MARVIN. Wholesale Drug
pists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucou surfaces OF
the system. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by oil
Druggists. Testimonials free.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25
Americans IN EneIand.

: There are almost four times as many
Americans living in England as there
are in France. According to the Brit
ish census, just published, there are
26.226 Americans resident in the Brit
ish Isles, of whom about 10000 were
born in the United States. The
French census, taken for taxation pur-
poses, gives the number OF Americans
residing in France as only 1000.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25

MEDICAL writers claim that the successful remedy
for nasal catarrh must be non-irrtatinR. easy of
plcation, and that will reach the remote sores
and liberated surfaces The history of the efforts
TO treat catarrh is proof positive that only one
remedy has completely met these conditions. and
that is Ely's Cream Balm This safe and pleasant
remedy has mastered catarrh as nothing else has
ever DONE and both Ihysicians and patients freely
concede this fact.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25
Convenient Pig Troughs.

When pig comes to trough for
feed or slop he generally comes in a
hurry, and is not content with plung-
ing his snout into it, but must thrust
his forefeet into it also Ii these are
covered with mud and filth, as very
often they are, this is mixed with
the feed or slop and certainly cannot
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25
Hood Pills cure all liver ills. biliousness,
iaundice INDIGESTION. sick headache. CSC.
suMMER SNOW for 20 wears. b,

SUMMER SNOW for 80 years. the
one hardy peach; comes true from
seed-seedling peaches are hardi-
est. Stands 9 to 10 deg. more cold
than others; 36-yr.-old trees stu
benr-BEAR WHEN OTHERS FAIL.
III interested in Trees, Fruits,
Roses, Ornamentals, 'crifc for Or
chard Book, Guide, prlces-will save
you money, and MORE: mistakes.
APointer Wheat soc. bu., apples
s.; 3Oc. apples O,itpdD So wheat.
OLD OAK PROCESS Whole Root
trees are carefully propagated re-
CARELESS OF cost Ivy the one known
method that gives fruitful. long
lived trees. They 'sIive longer and
bear better. Sec. Morton. They
GROW = one customer planted
10, 400 Without Losing a Tree. You
can't get better at any price, nor
equally good for less money; ours
are the LOWEST PRICED Nurseries
in u. y. for good stock--sent world
wide during 50 YEARS.
Read the thousands of letters
from customers who orderyea af-
ter year. Men do not as n rule send
the second, the third, and even the
10th order. II not fairly dealt with.
YOUR ORDERING want II .whcth-
er for one tree or one million, be
cause we have the stock to n II IT.
1000 acres Nurseries. Tested. and
hardy, let Choice sorts - 30, 100
acres Orchards In q states. We
np sy rsy,asg :nH y w Sn!s 4
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25

structure OF wood should be erected.
This should be built in substantial
manner, making the foundations
solid, and mailing each piece firmly In
position. The roof should not DO less
than quarter pitch. and, II possible,
obtain all boards year in advance
that they may become properly sea-
sOned.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25
A Bicycle Grindstone.

The accompanying cut shows how
grindstone may be easily and
cheaply set up on any farm and in. a
manner so as to dispense with the
small boy as motive power Two
solid triangular pieces OF framework
should be made, In each OF which is
a strong upright piece 1 ID with a
groone DID in which the axle OF the
grindstone rests Between the tri-
angles should be. placed pan Q, to
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25

SOONER OR LATER a neglected Cold will
develop, Il constant cough. shortness of
breath. failing strength, and wasting OF
flesh, all symptomatic Of some serious Lung
affection, which may be avoided or pal
lated by using in time DR.. ID. Jayne's Ex-
pectOrant
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25
Leprosy Increasing.

Leprosy has greatly increased during
the last half century, and is now prev
alent in many places where it was for
merly unknown.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25

1r does some people so much good
to catch you In blunder that yoL
may be certain kind OF philan-
thropist by making few occasion
ally.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25
Good ProYcnder.

British North American Indians live
on reindeer meat almost exclusively.
They are big and strong, many OF them
being six feet high.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25

In India twenty-five million acres are
made fruitful by irrigation. In Egypt
there are about six million. The
United States has about 4,000,0 600 acres
of irrigated lands.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25

"'BROWN's BRONCHIAL TROCHEs' are
excellent for the relief OF Hoarsencss or
Sore Throat. They are exceedingly effect
ive.n-Christidn World, London, England.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25
REALRURALREADING
WILL BE FOUND IN. THIS DE-
PARTMENT.

birthstone That Does Away with the
Small Boy-Good Farms and Good Farm
ers-Care of Food -weevil In Worlds
Fair Grain.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25

Shiloh's Consumption Cure is sold on guar
antee. IL cures lncipient Consumption. IL Is the
best Cough Cure. IS cents. 50 cents and &i.00.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25

The word pen" means a feather,
and is from the Latin penna, wing
Surely the expression. "a steel pen,
could be improved upon.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25

BEECHAM's Pills. for bilious disorders,
are extensively sold and used in all civil
lied countries. 25 cents "a box.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25

Freckles, tan and all beauty marring blemishes
vanish from the face when Glenn's Sulphur soap
L.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25

REMoRsE is virtues root: its fair in
crease are fruits of innocence and
blessedness.-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25

FITS.-All Fits stopped free by DIR. Kline's Gre,t
yelous Treatise and 600 trial bottle free to
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25

SEE colchester spading Boot ad in
other column.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25
KENNEDY'S
MEDICAL DISCOVERY.
DONALD KENNEDY, OF RoxBURY, MASS,

Has discovered In one of our common
pasture weeds remedy that cures every
kind of Humor, from the worst Scrofula
down to a common Pimple.
He has tried it in over eleven hundred
cases, and never failed except in two cases
(both thunder humor). He has now in his
possession over two hundred certificates
of its value, all within twenty miles of
Boston.
A benefit Is always experienced from
the first bottle, and perfect cure is war
ranted when the right quantity is taken.
When the lungs are affected it causes
shooting pains, like needles passing
through them; the same with the Liver or
Bowels. This Is caused by the ducts being
stopped, and always disappears in week
after taking it.
If the stomach Is foul or bilious it will
cause squeamish feelings at first.
No change of diet ever necessary. Eat
the best you can get, and enough of it.
Dose, one tablespoonful in water at bed.
time. Read the Label. Send for Book.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-01-25

IT doesn't make lie any whittier to
put it on tombstone.