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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-23
PRorECTED SALT BON.

where 1t will be accessible to them at
all times. and this Is done In no more
satisfactory way than by the use Of a
covered salt box similar to the one
shown In sketch from the Orange Judd
Farmer. The box is IA inches long,
0 inches wide, inches high ut the back
and 6 inches in front. The box Is
firmly nailed to the fence board, or to
post or side of a building, rs most
convenient The cover is hinged. The
front end Of the box, a, is cut away, ex-
posing the salt. and in trying to get 1t
the cover raised. Cattle readily learn
to raise the cover when they are salt
hungry. f -,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-23
JInsaIted Butter.

Most people who like butter prefer 1t
with some salt In 1t, but there are a
few who have become used to eating it
without salt and who prefer it In that
condition. But as 1t is not possible to
get the last drop Of buttermilk out Of
butter, this unsalted butter will not
keep more than n few days without
becoming strong. 1t will not pay dairy
men to prepare butter without salt I'M
less they know certainly where they
can sell 1t and have 1t used soon after
making 1t. We have known Scotch
people who said they preferred butter
without salt, but they were not willing
to pay its extra cost The addition Of
salt makes profit to the butter-maker,
besides helping to save his product
from spelling.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-23
Building a Safe Staging.

The accompanying illustration shows
I method of making a safe staging for
the walls of houses and barns. The
method of construction is so plainly
shown in the diagram that description
is hardly necessary, except to state
that the support that runs from the
ground to the angle of the framework
may be rough pole, IL jOist Is not at
hand. though the pole should be stout
Such stagings are useful where one does
not wish to mar the shingling or clap
boarding by mailing on boards to build
the usual stage. Besides, these frames
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-23
Choice Soon Made.

Cant we get anything to eat on the
cars, papa? anxiously inquired the lit
tie 4-year-old, who was getting ready
for her first long railroad journey.
Certainly. Puss," replied her father.
"rhere will be dining-car on the
train
"But Wen get awfully hungry wait
ing for dinner. Won't there be any
breakfast carr
"You don't understand, dear. We
shall get our breakfast in the dining
car"
"what'll there be to eat?"
"Well, there will be bill Of fare that
will have the names of ever so many
kinds of food on it. You can have beef
steak, mutton chops or fried chicken ;
baked potatoes, fried potatoes or boiled
potatoes; ham and eggs, oatmeal, hot
biscuit, Graham bread, raw or cooked
fruits, coffee, tea or chocolate. Now,
with all that before you,. what would
you choose" (,
"Cake."-Chicago Tribune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-23
Prevent smut I'm Corn.

Frcvent smut In NOrns
Much has been said Of late Of cattle
and horses and other stock mysterious
ly dying, and the cause has been traced
to the smut on corn or similar fungus
OH other grains or grass fed to them,
says Colman's Rural World. The COM
mon smut Of grain crops Is a minute
plant, consisting of white threads, like
those Of mildew, which grow in plants,
and generally concentrate In the seed
heads. Tha corn appears In every part
of the plant, even In the roots, but
mostly i'm the seed heads. The seed OF
the smut fungus consists of extremely
minute black or brown balls, called
spores. when this smut dries 1t Is car
ried off by the wind and spread far and
wide. But some of it lodges in tuft
of minute hairs at the end of the seeds
of the grain, and thus, when the grain
Is sown, the smut Is sown with 1t, and
i'm this way Is most effectively spread
among the new crop. To prevent this,
the seed, whether wheat, oats or corn,
is stepped in solution Of four ounces
of bluestone (sulphate of copper in five
gallons Of hot water, and this, when
cold, is used to steep the seed in. The
smut spores are thus killed, and, Of
course, the danger of new smut Is
greatly reduced, as only that floating
in the air will infect the crops. The
seed is kept in the solution for few
minutes. then taken out and drained
and spread out to dry; it is then sown
Immediately. Or the wet seed may be
mixed with some dry, air-slacked lime,
which is n great help, and thus dried,
may be sown at once, either by hand
or by drill
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-23
Lost.

What remarkable places some fear
some souls choose for the hiding Of
their money! A New York woman con-
cealed n thousand dollars worth Of
diamonds In one of her old shoes lately
for fear the burglars would get them.
Her hired girl took the shoe to the cob
bler's to get 1t mended, and now that
lady mourns her diamonds. A Michi-
gan woman who had no faith in banks
recently hid her money Zone thousand
dollars), In her house, whether under
the carpet, or In cracked teapot er in
an old tomato can, under the kitchen
sink is not stated. At any rate, mask
ed men got In, bound and gagged her
and took all her money, leaving her
more dead than alive. 1t would have
been more satisfactory to lose the psop-
ey in a broken bank than to lose II In
that violent way.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-23


A homemade hay carrier Is shown
by the illustration. There Is scarcely
any description needed.
The drawing shows a portion OF hay
barn. The homemade attachment Is
shown mt A, which consists Of a piece
of wood 2x2 inches of good oak. Al
either end Is securely bolted a clevis,
one to be attached to the hay carrier
pulley above and the other to harpoop.
The length Of the wood piece Is such
as to just allow Of the hay'to clear tho
tie F. To each purline, b and z in cut,
is attached pulley near middle of hay.
Over each of these pulleys passes a
rope; one end Is fastened to the attach
ment at 4, and the other end hangs
loosely In the bay. Be sure the ropes
are long enough to reach to bottom OF
hay when the harpOon Is on the wagon.
The operation Is as follows: After
the harpoon Is loaded and it is desired
to drop the hay toward the end Of bay
marked ID, the man In the bay grasps
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-23

The Little Wisher.
have little brother, his name is Gordio
Fay,
He spends his time wishing all
the livelong day.
He wishes he was this, he wishes he was
that:
He has twenty thousand wishes under
meath his little hat!
II wish was soldier on great big
prancing horse, ert
And gun upon my shoulder, with bay
onet, of course, for
I'd fire it at the enemy; I'd like TO see 'em
run, ,sf 81 esi i1-.
I'd kill 'em OF by hundreds-it would be
jolly fun.
II wish was the elephant that's chained
up In the Zoo,
For they give him tons of peanuts; my
father says they do.
l wish / was the gateman that keeps
guard at the gate,
For he tell you to do this or that and
never let's you wait!
II wish l was a Waterman; he sits up till
IL is past.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-23

was put around the priests neck and
pulled from opposite sides till he was
several times choked and revived, after
which several bayonets were planted
upright and he was raised In the air
and let fall upon them.
THE men Of one village, when fleeing,
took the women and children, some
500 in number, and placed them in a
sort of grotto in ravlne. After sew
eral days the soldiers found them and
butchered those who had not died OF
hunger.
"Chndren were frcquently held up by
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-23
Cabbage and Tomato Piants.

Many persons set out plants of this
character in a comparatively dry time,
and In order to prevent their willing
pour water around the plants after
they are planted. A much better plan
is to make the holes first with dibble,
and then fill water into the holes, al
lowing the water to fully soak away,
and then put the plant into the hole,
pressing the earth firmly against it.
Plants will then need no surface water
ing, and do much better than IL they
had it. Some people In order to pre-
vent whiting cover the plants with an
inverted flower pot for some twenty
four hours, which is also an excellent
Observation-Disclosures Monthly.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-23

the end Of the rope at ID, and pulls the
harpoon toward the pulley B, while the
man on the laod pulls the trip rope.
The operation Of the other rope Is the
same. The attachment A is valuable
in moving clover hay, as the hay does
not pack in the middle as II does when
every forkful is in one place. When
NOW gets too full to use attachment,
remove it and attach harpoon to car
rier in usual way.-Ohio Farmer.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-23
Value of Brewer,s Grains.

When perfectly fresh and fed In lin
tied quantities, there Is nothing in
brewers grain to injure milk. But as
frequently used, says Hoard's Dairy
man, with fermentation very active,
and the grains constituting the major
portion of the feed, they are decidedly
Objectionable. Why they should be we
cannot answer any more satisfactorily
than we can explain why arsenic is a
poison.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-23

A Tale OF Horror. as I.
There does not seem to be much doubt
that the sufferings endured by the
wretched Armenians are something
more dreadful than can be conceived.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-23

sis Salt Box for the Open Field.
Live stock should either have u
quantity Of salt mingled In their food,
or 1t should be fed to them direct. IL
you trust TO feeding them salt a. stated
intervals the chances arc they will often
he neglected for some period beyond
the stated time; consequently. when
1t Is fed them, they will Indulge too
freely and the wcll-known looscnlng
effect Of the salt Is observed. The bet
ter way il to place a quantity Of salt
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-23
sur.r Bccta for Swiue.

When they can be cheaply grown,
they can be probably fed to fattening
swine. With growing swine, they
would need some wheat bran or nitro
gencous food added, as beets IRE rich
in carbon, containing seventeen parts
of starch, sugar. ETC., to one part Of
protein or esh-forming material.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-23
Jumping I.addie-Cakes.

One of the favorite winter games OF
the small boy who lives along the Hud-
son Is jumping laddie-cakes." This
sport reaches Its height just as the ice
In the river is breaking up, and when
the great cakes go floating up ana down
with the tide dozen or more young
sters may be seen running from one
cake to another, and sometimes making
really dangerous leaps.
One day boy, apparently about D
years old, was to be seen standing on
cake which was rocking in some
what alarming manner, and the little
fellow was crying in a frightened sort
Of way.
i"what's the matter?" called a passen-
ger from the shore.
And then came the sobbing answer
'I'm afraid diss cake'll turn over, an
II I get drowned me mother'll lick me-"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-23
Advantnve. If Rotation.

When any one crop Is grown on the
same land for number of years, the
soil becomes filed with insects and
microbes which injure the crop.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-23
TORTURED BY TURKS.
A MISSIONARY DEscRfeEs Ar,
MENiAN sUFFE1INtos. 4

AwfnI Atrocities committsd By Kurds
and Soldiers Of the Sultan Priests
Massacred- chiIdren Are Cat In Two
and Their Jaws Torn Apart!
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-23

UGH dainty elab-
grafton is found
on new parasols
that they tempt
women or even
quiet tastes, but
these will be mis-
led by the adora-
BILE nuneries I'M
less there Is an
elaborate dress to
so with 1t. 1t will
be safe for wOm-
en- who buy a par
asol to suit the
dress, rather than
the reverse, to
purchase one of
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-23
TlMELY.FARM TOPICS.
MANAGEMENT OF THE FARM.
GARDEN AND STABLE. 3

Smut In Corn IL. Often Responsibie
for the Mysterioas Death Of Cattle
Home-Made Hay Carrier Attach
ment--A Protected Salt Boz.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-23
B0R LITTLE FOLKS.
a COLUMN or PARTICULARS IN
TEREsT TO THEM.

that Will Interest the IN
veniie Members Of Every Household
Quaint Actions and Bright sayinss
Of Many Cate and Cunning ChiIdren.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-23

COD during bot teether. The nfsbt an
has also less moisture than has the
warmer air during the day, and which,
when admitted among the cooler air
in tho cellar. deposits moisture on the
walls. Cellars are apt to be too moist.
however managed. Lime Il one Of the
best absorbents of moisture. and o
peck Of unslaked lime scattered through
the cellar will not only purify the air,
but will make II much dryer. 1t will
help to keep the cellar dry to put on a
coat Of whitewash each spring. This
also makes the cellar lighter and aids
In circulating the air through 1t.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-23
DcfectAvc Hoofs.

A defective hoof will ruin a horse
more quickly than anything else. Have
an understanding with your black
smith.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-23
Grating Wax.

The best receipt for grating wax
I have ever tried, and I have tried
number of kinds, In six pounds Of
resin, one pound of becswax and one
pint OF linseed oil.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-23

can be laid aside ready to be put up
again at moments notice, proving in
this way n saving of labor.-American
Agriculturist-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-23
HOWNSAND GOWNING.


Rrssf Chances at rsnciss Feminine. Erivo-
los. Gayhap. and Yet offered In the
Hope that the Reading NAY Prove
Rsstfui to Wearied womankind-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-23


There is necessarily close associa-
ton between the hired help on farms
and the members of the farmers fam
lily. This In itself Is not to be regretted;
but 1t makes more necessary q great
caution as to the character Of the as
sistants hired. 1t Is not enough that
they are able to work and skillful.
There should be In them enough moral
stamina not to make them injurious
companions for the young. There Ii
too little care by farmers In this re-
spect. 1t ought to be the business Of
the employer to know that those who
are working for him. are not democrat
izing themselves or others when out
of work hours. The really good effec-
tive workers are usually the best NOR
ally. 1t Is for the idle hands that Satan
is always finding mischief and wrong
doing to be done. r
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-23

lettes Of silk. The waist hooks invisibly
beneath the front pleat and the back
is plain of bias material.
Fronts that cover the entire front of
the bodice from side seam to side seam
are made of closely pleated or fiuted
black chiffon, with many up and down
rows of valenciennes lace, run on In
tight little frills. There Is something
at once dressy and quiet In this COM
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-23

1t is important to have thorough ven
tilation Of cellars, but this ought al
ways to be ut night while the air b
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-23

Don't fool with inbreeding or any
other breeding until you know what
you are about.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-23

You can always pick out the New
Woman by the way she kisses.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-23
Cutworn,s.

In preparing land for melons in the
future, the Department OF Agriculture
says, growers will find it of great ad-
vantage to plow In the fall-early
rather than late-and leave the land
bare during the winter. Then, in the
early spring. as soon as the grass be-
gins to come up in adjoining fields,
sprinkle here and there throughout the
field which Is to be planted to melons
lunches of grass or any other green
vegetation which has previously been
poisoned by sprinkling with Paris
green In solution. Such of the cut
worms as may be present in the land
will feed upon this vegetation and viii
be killed. 1t will also have the effect
of destroying many Of tho wireworms.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-23

Protection from Late Spring Frosts.
Many field crops could be started earl
Ter If the danger from late frosts could
be overcome. Trials at the Michigan
station, says the Agriculturist, have
shown that the remedy for the farmer
is to make anoartificial cloud over his
crops on the calm, clear nights when
frost is to be expected. This is best
done by burning small heaps of wet
hay, straw or green weeds, tar, or
crude petroleum, to make a dense
smudge of heavy smoke which settles
down on the crop, effectually blanket
ing the plants. The air will be the
coolest very early in.the morning. from
two to four o'clock, and there should
be a good cloud of smoke by that time
The piles of damp stuff should be scat
tered through the crop or orchard, In
readiness for lighting at the intimation
of danger, as shown by personal OBJ
servation, or by the frost signals from
the weather bureau.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-23

New York Correspondence,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-14

all nrocurohle witnesses on these points, anu Ut
cded that in no respect were the Charges quo
t,iucd Then he sought the editor OF TIE pap
and he reports that the editor testlhes mat ~
..hos no knowledge Of the facts OF s'ich occur
..ronc, nor does he know OF any one h'''"s
..norsonoI knowledge Of the same: that the "r'i
solos unfinished in his paper were wri''ph ny
..rorortor and not by himself. and 'hat ne oocs
..no, know that the said reporter had an! per
..so,ol knowlclge Of the facts. nor mat the per
.sons from whom the said reporter gained MS
..,,f,rnotion had such personal knowledge Inc
...o,or.nr rcfcrrcd to In his statement TO yonr
commissioner distinctly disavows any pefsohai
..,..,,,.,,1ro ~ tbc occurrences which he de-
..scrihos and. further. admits that the state
"mcnts made 10 him by the persons anoru'ns
..bim information were stated by them 10 oe
:. rcporis among the inmates and were moi mat
.,ors Of pcrsonal knowledge on the part OF
chose who made those statements 10 HILL
Those "rcports among the Inmates wheh iu'h"-
fed ut all appeared TO he founded on the Iaise
hoods Of persons having unkindly 1eeihgs
toward individuals connected with the ihstitu-
tion. or on the gross exaggcrations OF 'hose
whose intelligence was so slight as 10 n'ahe
,bom unable to give exact statements or trust
worthy character.
The present Board OF Managers OF the inst'-
titon IS extremely progressive-s0 mucn So i"
fact rs 10 excite forcbodlngs on the part OF some
conservatives who believe in conducting lil'ehiIe
rcformatorics as penal institutions. In the iast
ten years the boys department. when Is Inc
mos, important part Of the school, mas aiii'ost
entirely changed its character. The managers
with the greatest attention to detail, nave
watched over the boys as individuals and striven
with strict but kindly discipline 10 develop their
.,,oractcr In past wears under other ADMIN
is,rntjon the conduct OF the boys division WAS
! .ovcr,Iv criticised by managers themselves as
VOL rs outsiders. But even then the ADMIN
istra,lon of the girls department was CON
coded 10 be excellent The girls are much more
d,,,icult 10 manage ard reform than the boys.
and the results attained are not so good. Ihis
fact has led those In charge to recommend III
entire separation Of the departments ana the
establishment Of a school elsewhere for girls.
Dr Stoddard while giving the highest praise
+, fine MANAGEMENT. notes the difficulty or the
.i,u,tion He says that the union Of tho two
douar.meniS renders necessary The INSTITUTION
ulan without facilities for proper classification.
and l. an embarrassment to the evolution OF the
schoo, on the family and cottage" systems
in accord with the conception OF the managers.
He therefore indorScs their recommendation Tor
, s,p,ratc alrS' school In a different locality.
II his Investigation. made TO hunt down wall
TON and incxrusabc libel. shall hasten the scpa-
ration there will be no cause to regret that he
had to undertake II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-14

cations are in ORDER and will doubtless be
made at once. The Department of Agriculture
as letter from our Albany correspondent
points out. will be profitable field for explora-
ton. The expenses of this department last year
ran up to S1Oi795, half OF which was paid for
chemists experts. etc" Either that "etc.
covers a good deal. else the chemists and
cyDcrts were higll-priced men. The experts
are said to he more expert in politics than in
agriculture The head of the department Is a
lawyer. with not more than the average law
cr's knowledge of farming. The system IN
operation in this department Is vcions. since me
Commissioner audts practically all of his ac-
counts The department plainly needs com
plctc reorganization.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-14
Nmusemenis.


ABBEY'S THEATRE-s:l3-A White Lie
ACADEMY or MUS1C-S:I5-The Cttoon King.
AMERICAN THEATRE-S-The Silver King
ATLANTIC GARDEN. so TO "a Bcwery- Evening
cert and Vaudeville.
iIJOU TiiEATRE-Sl6-A Run on the Eank
BROADWAY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Sans Gene
COLUMBUS TUEATRE-S:15-The Prodsal Daughter
DAiY'S obtaining the shrew
EDEN MVSEE-S-Thc Dresden shepheriess
TAipIRE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Masaueraders
FIFTH AVENUE manufactured.
GARDEN THEATRE S:i5-l.uc Christopher.
HARLEM OPERA HOUSE, :l5-Frou-Frou
UARRIGA.cS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
HERALD SQUARE: TIIEATRE-s:i5- Rob Roy
HOYTS THEATRES so MIX White flas.
IRVING PLACE TfiEATRE-s:l3-Dic Or.en'Feise
ROSTER & S:I5-vaudeyllle.
IYCEJM THEATRES :30-The Case OF Rebellions susan
PASTOR S-s-Vaudevlle
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE-S-Lucia di l.amnier-
moor and Caval,eria Rustcana.
PAI.MER'S TIIEATRE-S-The Fatal Card.
PROCTOR SO q. m TO 10 80 p. m-NauceviIe
STANDARD THEATRE-S30 -Too Much Johnson
STAR THEATRE-S:l5-The Old Homestead
ST. JAMES HAII~-S-From tine Bosphorus to the Top
Of Mi. Ararst.
18th STREET THEATRES :!5-Brownies
a3' ITH-AVE.-9 n IN. 20 y. m-The tiffany Chap'L