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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16

the thousands. 1t is big, busy build
ing humming with life and movement,
more than $50 men and girls working
at its benches every day.
-Four metals are combined to make
what Is known as type metal-lead, tin,
| copper and anthony. The four are
mixed according to secret formula
the lead being the largest Ingredient
and placed in the crucible. Anthony,
which is most expensive metal, is
used because 1t gives hardness to the
type-cOmposition and because it has
the unusual quality of expanding in
cooling, thus preventing the type when
cast from falling away" from the
mold and produces sharpness Of the
face and body Of the type.
The first step in type-making is the
cutting of the letters desired on the
ends of pieces of hard, fine steel This
Is very difficult work and the men who
do it receive high wages. Each letter
in font must be exactly the same
height and the width must be cut ac-
cording to rule. A separate one of these
lies or punches" is required for each
character in every font of type, and the
making Of them Is the most expensive
part Of the business. Some of them
cost as high as 81. When q set of
punches" is complete it goes to the
matrix department Here little rec
tangular pieces Of pure copper known
as strikes" have beef prepared. For
minion or long primer type they are
about two inches long by half an inch
broad. At exactly the proper point
near the top of each the steel die is
driven in, and then the strike" or en-
bryo matrix goes to the filter, who rubs
and polishes 1t down on big pieces of
sandstone until it is everywhere square
and perfect and the depth of the letter
is exactly the same as the rest Of the
font matrices. = 4
Next the mold is made. This work re-
quires the most skilled mechanics In
steel The pieces are all cut out by
lathes, planners and shapers and ground
down to just the right size and then
polished on emery laps. There are
two main parts to the mold and they
may be so adjusted as to make room
for casting the bodies Of letters Of any
width from a 3-m size to an size. A
great deal depends upon the accuracy
of these molds. The matrix Is now
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16

Of good results. II the land referred 10
by your correspondent IL overgrown
with mess. worn out" or falls to grow
clover when sown, ! should not hest
tate to apply one or two tons of aiF
slaked lime per acre, and thoroughly
work 1t into the soil by repeated har-
rowing. The lime will probably hasten
the decomposition, and make the fer
tilizing material In the soil more quick
ly available, which would be desirable
for any early crop. The application Of
the lime Is especially desirable II the
land is to be seeded to clover In the near
future. 4
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16
A Convenient Bag-Holder.

The accompanying illustration, TAX
en- from the Ohio Farmer, shows a
cheap and efficient contrivance to take
the place of man or boy in the work Of
putting grain into sacks. 1t Is made by
taking a good sound wooden barrel
hoop and closing it to the desired diam
eter. To the hoop attach three legs,
which should be of light wood which
will not split when the hoop Is nailed
to the tops. The tops of the legs are
beveled from the side next the hoop
in order to give spread at the bottom.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16

fastened In the mold SO that 1t will
form one end of the hole between the
two parts. Then one Of the parts In
fastened to the casting machine and
the other to movable arm. The metal
1t kept fluid In little furnace heated
by gas and Is projected by great force
into the mold by means of pump.
At every revolution of the crank the
mold approaches the pump spout, takes
a charge Of metal and flies back with q
fully formed type, which is cooled with
ir-blasts and water from above. When
the movable arm is as far back as pos
sible, a half OF the mold lifts and the
type jumps out. At the lower end Of
each one there Is a "jet' Of metai
which clings and has to be broken on
by an automatic device. In some of
the larger styles OF type the '.Jetr Is
removed by hand. When all the as In
the font are made the matrlx Is put
In, and so on to the end of the alpha
bet. A casting machine will turn out
from 100 to 175 type a minute.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16
Auricu1turaI Atom..

Keep a close account Of the cost OF
crops. :.
Transplant without moving the dirt
from the roots. Use a shovel.
Sulphur, salt and sulphate of iron In
equal parts is good for worms in lambs.
Hens relish a bit Of charred corn
once or twice week and 1t is health
full.
Irregular feeding Is thought to be
the cause of many disorders among
fowls.
Agriculture cannot be kept In the
background; 1t is the heart of the ma
ton, which forces the life blood
throughout the body polite.
Better stock and better feeding and
management will do for American
farmers what 1t has done for English
farmers to make farming more profita-
bic By stock growing. -
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16
What Fighting Means in Kentuck,

An old woman living some distance
from Manchester, Ky. was summoned
as a witness to tell what she knew
about fight at her house several
nights before in which three or four
people were killed. She mounted the
stand with evident reluctance and
many misgivings, and when question
ed by the court as to what she knew
about the matter said: "Well, ledge,
the fust knowed about 1t was when
Bill Sanders called Tom Smith a liar
en- Tom knocked him down with a
stick of wood. One of Bits friends
then hit Tom with knife, slIcin' big
piece out of him. Sam Jones, who was
n friend of Toms. then shot the other
fellow, en- two more shot him, en- three
or four others got cut right smart by
somebody. That naturally caused some
excitement, Jedge, en- then they COM
menced misunderstanding Courier
Journal
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16

Late returns show that Paris has So
600 registered dogs, or one to every
thirty Inhabitants.
1t costs $2.OOO.O00 annually to feed
them, but the dogs In turn afford cccu-
patton to twenty-five manufacturers Of
collars and muzzles. four bakers of
dogs bread, five factories where dog
biscuits, consisting of meat fibre, are
made; three special dog pharmacies, a
dozen infirmaries and two dog hospit-
als.--Chicago Herald.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16
Lime as a Fertilizer.

From many tests made upon land In
various parts of the State, it has been
found that much of the plain land Of
Rhode Island is. perhaps. more acid
than 1t should be for most profitable
cultivation, says the Agriculturist. Up
on land that Is acid the application Of
air-slaked lime In quantities of one to
three tons, evenly spread and thoroughly
worked into the soil after the land ID
plowsd for crop, has been productive
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16
a Good breed of Swine.

The Duroc Jersey will pay as well,
or better, than any other breed for
the feed consumed. They will fatten mt
any age. They are gentle and easily
managed. They are ut home every
where. They are the most prolific
breed. They raise as large a percent
age of their pigs as any other breed,
and their good coat of hair protects
them from the heat Of summer and the
cold of winter.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16
When the Shoes Are Wet.

AS soon as you can remove wet shoes
do SO, and rub them well with soft
rag, to get some of the dampness out,
and to take off all the mud; then rub
them with cloth saturated with kerr
osene. Get as much of the oil into them
as possible, and then fill them as full
Of dry oats as you can and set them
aside for few hours, when apply an
other coating of Kerosene. The stiff
ness will have disappeared, and the
shoe will be in good shape when you
want to don 1t again.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16

A soap dealer who should open an
agency in China would lose money.
In many parts Of China the children
wear no clothes for many months In
the year, and the majority of the people
never wash. "Do you wash your child
every day." a Chinese mother was
asked. "wash him every dayw was
the indignant response; ''he was never
washed stree be was bcrnr'
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16

1t is easy enough to make money
even in the hardest of hard times. A
few gentlemen, banded together for
mutual advantage under the name of
the Standard Oil Company, have just
pocketed $50000,000 profits, all made
within few days. All that is needed
to make money is the right combination
Of conditions-hard times do not count.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16
A CHEAP BAG-HoLDER.

The legs may be of any length that will
suit the fancy, but should be little
shorter than the sacks. 1t is not neces-
sary that the hoop be so small as the
diameter Of the smallest sack, because
II the sack is small it need not be hook
cd onto all the small nails that are
driven from the inside Of the hoop. The
materials cost almost nothing and the
holder can be made in half an hour.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16
Gardens on Heavy Soil.

1t used to be thought that only on
sandy soil could good early gardens
be made. 1t is true that the sandy soil
is easily permeable to the air and is
soon warmed, and it is also well drain
cd But it has too little vegetable mat
ter, and the sand dries out In hot wealth
or, so that however promising the veg
etables may be in early spring they
prove a failure. Well drained, heavy
land, thoroughly cultivated to fine
filth, is best for most garden crops.
There are few, however, that do best
on sand, but it requires heavy and fire.
quent manuring to make such land
produce its best results.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16

Mrs. Jacobs, of Butte, has instituted
divorce proceedings on the ground that
her husband is engaged in disrepu-
table business. He has some kind of
an investment company which she says
is no better than lottery. But, then,
when she got married she invested in
the biggest lottery going. She's not in
n position to take exceptions to his
business.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16

measurement must be made to the
thousandth part of an inch, and II q
mold or die is not exact to the hairs
breadth a whole casting may be lost.
For In this age of newspapers every
printed page is judged to certain ex-
tent from an artistic point of view. and
IL the impressions of some type are
heavier than those of others or II the
alignment is imperfect or the spacing
uneven 1t is subjected to condemna-
ton. In this way type-founding be-
comes real art.
One Of the largest manufactures OF
type in the world is located in Chicago
and the amount of type In tons which
1t turns out yearly runs well up into
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16

WILL BE FOUND IN THIS DE-
PARTMENT.
Plan for Model Dairy Barn-choose
Fast Walking Team for Farm Use
How to Cure Smoky chimncys-
Agricultural Notes.
Dairy Barn.

The barn illustrated herewith was
built with this purpose In view by I'd
win Parsons, on his Riverside dairy
farm OF 100 acres In York County,
Maine. The frame work OF the barn
is shown In the first picture. The main
barn is 42x72 feet, the cow stable on
the south side being 30x30 feet. There
Is a cellar un .ler the whole eight feet
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16

Wyoming sheep fattened on alfalfa
and wheat have sold in the Chicago
market this spring at prices which
realize for the feeder 1920 per ton for
wheat This is an excellent method of
Transforming these products into cash.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16
Pasturing Woodlands.

1t is not worth while to turn cows into
woodlands early for the pasture they
will get. Shaded as the ground is
under the trees the grass is very in
nutritious until the season is well nd
vanced. There are besides in most
woodlands many weeds like wild garlic
which spoil the tasteyof milk. and make
the woodlands unsuitable for pasturing
with cows at any season.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16
SLICED Pincapplcs.

When fully ripe pineapple is to be
offered on warm day there is no more
satisfactory way Of preparing it than
to cut it into thin slices after remov.
ing the core and eyes,, sprinkle the
slices with sugar. into which a little
lemon juice has been squeezed. and
then crate ice over them just before
serving. III nAs
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16

The Prince of Wales has reconsidered
his idea of coming over to Newport this
summer If he doesn't come he Will
miss the treat of seeing rare collection
of anglomaniacs with English manners
totally unknown in England.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16

Prince Francis Joseph Of Battenberg
announces that he will shortly visit
this country, landing in San Francisco
and traversing the entire width of the
United States. Thus no bidder will be
overlooked. Get out your pocketbooks,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16

If Professor Woodward, who declares
that the earth wabbles. will investi-
gate the matter little more closely he
perhaps may discover that one OF his
own wheels is loose.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16

Virgil was close student of Homer.
Several long passages in the "Aeneid"
are literal translations from the lines
of the Iliad and Odyssey. He was also
reader of Theocritus, the Greek coun-
try poet, and many lines in the Bu-
COLES and Georges are translated or
initiated from the Greek.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16

Henry Gleason, Chicago salesman.
aged 23, took dose Of laudanum to
'play joke on the old folks" The
Joke was not as good one as 1t might
have been; a doctor pumped him out
and spoiled ii.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16

A little paper up in Victoria expresses
decided disapproyal of the Monroe doc
trine. The authorities ut Washing
ton ought to know this before they do
anything rash.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16
Graham Bread.

For one loaf of bread take pint Of
warm water half q ,teaspoonful of salt,
a tablespoonful of sugar, half a cup
ful of soft yeast and enough graham
flour to make as stiff as you can stir 1T;
put in a tin and let it rise until quite
light .probably two ,hours), then, bake
in a moderate oven Slowly.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16

The head line of n contemporary
which says that 1.-The Standard Again
Has Control OF the Oil Market" Is un-
necessary. That is what the Standard
Oil Company is on earth for, exclusive
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16

Men should really be in favor of
boomers. No matter how awkward
they are, they can't possibly step on a
lady's train II she wears boomers.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16
Train Robbcr Perry has been criticis-
Eng the management Of the Matteawan
insane asylum. He must be crazy.

Some women are SO ill-mannercd as
to go right into a store and try to in
terrupt conversation between the
clerks
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16
To Serve with Meat and Fish. =

10 serve with Meat and Fish.
Roast beef should be served with
grated horse-radish.
Roast mutton with currant jelly.
Boiled mutton with caper sauce.
Roast pork with apple sauce.
Roast lamb with mint sauce.
i Yenison or wild duck with black cur
rant jelly.
Roast goose with apple sauce.
Roast turkey with oyster sauce.
Roast chicken with bread sauce.
Compete of pigeon with mushroom
sauce.
BrOiled fresh mackerel with sauce of
stewed gooseberries.
Broiled bluefish with white cream
sauce. -
BrOiled shad with rice. ,o,9 /,
Fresh salmon with green peas and
cream sauce. m anon
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16
Away with che Gimcracl..

Go through your house and simplify.
Take out and throw away, or give
away to some lower mind, the gilded
rolling pin with a row. Of hooks In 1t;
that elaborate jnass of embroidered
velvet-and-palm-le leaf fan full of news
papers, that pigmy three-legged stool in
the corner, painted-'hand painted
and bedecked with yard or so of good
ribbon. oHave nothing In your house
that you do not know to be useful or
believe to be beautiful, Nothing is or
ever can be beautiful without use, with
out harmony.
A thing may be beautiful of its kind,
beautiful In itself, but the moment You
combine two things to make something
else, then there needs something more
than the beauty Of the separate parts.
Your gilded rolling pin with the hooks
in 1t is not beautiful because n rolling
pin is an object with defipite use, and
beautiful only I'm relation to its USE
To gild 1t interferes with its use; to
put hooks In 1t prohibits its use; to hang
II, on the. wall makes a permanent
laughing stock of once respectable
Implement. Nothing is beautiful out of
Its place. So of the fan. A fan Is
meant to fan with, to move and swing;
1t suggests GOODNESS and grace of mo-
ton. Fastened to the wall it gives the
same impression as a butterfly with a
pin through it-something perverted
and imprisoned, robbed sof its natural
functiOn.--St. Louis Globe Democrat.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16
Sailed Oranges.

on The Mexicans eat,salt with their or
anges, both because they prefer the
fruit so seasoned and because it is con-
sidered more wholesome with salt
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16
HOW TYPE IS MADE.
ACCURACY REQUIRED IN EVERY
49, DETAIL.
Each Measurement Must BE Made to
the Thousandth Part of an Inch
Type Metal Combination of Four
Metals-Extent Of the Business.


GRA PS ~ -
font, like every link
In a chain, must DO
perfect In itself, or
else the work OF the
maker counts for
nothing. Perhaps
In no other indus
try, unless 1t be
watch making, is
such scientific ac-
curacy required In
every detail. Each
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16

A rolling stone gathers no moss, and
1t Is liable to strike something and do
q lot OF damaCN
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16

In the second illustration that explains
itself, the details of which will form
an interesting study to all interested
in barn architecture.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.


A Scholarly Exposition Of the Lesson
--Thoughts Worthy OF Calm Reflcc-
tion-Half an Hour's study OF tho
scriptures-Time Well Spent.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16

lengths Of pipe are added two stays Of
wire attached to the ridge will prove
sufficient; IL the distance is greater,
use three stays, which will hold 1t Sc
curely
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16

with the advent Of the new woman
what will become of that old standby,
the summer girl?
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16

sufficient; If the distance is greater,
use three stays, which will hold 1t Sc
curely.
Windbreaks for. Poultry.
On windy days the hens will
resort to any kind Of shelter or break
that protects them from the winds. Az
they prefer to be in the open air as
much as possible, says the Prairie
Farmer, the necessity for some kind
of shelter often arises. 1t need not
be covered shed. as clear, sunny
weather induces the fowls to forage,
and they prefer to be In the sunlight.
All they need Is close fence or wall.
This should prompt those who contem-
plate making poultry yards to have the
lower part Of the fence, to the height
Of about two feet from the ground,
close, so that the hens may be protect
ed from the direct action Of strong
winds. If they are exposed to the full
force of the wind, even when the wealth
err is not very cold, the result will he
catarrh, and eventually roup
Effects of Dehorning.
On June Z about seventeen cows
were dehorned. Some of the animals
appeared to suffer considerable pain
and quite loss of blood, while others
did not appear to mind it great deal.
There was little, If any, less milk on the
days after dehorning, though the per-
centage of fat fell off to some extent.
The average per cent. Of fat in the
milk of twenty-five cows, says +. !.
Sleightholm, Of the Ontario Agricul-
tural College, most of which were de-
horned, for the three days previous to
dehorning was 80, while for the four
days after dehorning 1t was 1886. The
average per cent. of fat of the four
cows not dehorned was four for three
days before, and 4.3 for the four days
after dehorning
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-05-16

Next Lesson--"Jesus on the Cross."-
Mark 10: 22-37.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-05-15
SCORE OF PASSENGERS HURT
Entire Train Thrown Down a Twenty Foot
Embankment.
ONE KILLED AND ONE FATALLY INJURED
ST. Louis g. Hannibal Passenger Wrecked
by n Broken Rail Near Slick, Mo-
Very Few Persons on Board
Escaped Injury.

SILEX, Mo, May 14.-At s a. m. the
southbound passenger train on the ST. Louis
Hannibal railway was deraled by a
broken rail two miles from here and thrown
down twenty-foot embankment. The en-
tire track for distance of 100 feet was
torn up, some Of the rails being thrown OF
the right Of way Very few of the passen-
gers and train crew escaped injury.
C. MEYER Of ST. Louis was instantly
killed.
The following were injured:
Eugene Sullivan, engineer Hannibal, No.
probably fatally injured.
Perry Wood, attorney for road, New Lon
don, Mo, dangerously injured.
]. A. Gordon, Hannibal, Mo, shorlder in
jured.
Charles Yancey Clayton, Hannibal, slightly
cut.
S. w. Smiley, Hannibal, slightly injured
Mrs. Lizzie Grafford, Cyrne, Mo-, head cut
and internally injured.
Charles Van Hester, Keokuk, Ia, head in
jured.
Andy Dick, baggage master, head severely
cut.
C. p. Garwood. st. Louis, spine injured.
C. II. Peters, st. Louis, slightly hurt.
j. r. Smith, Salem, Mo-, injured ribs and
side.
Ben II. Johnson, ST, Louis, bruised,
q. " Deckhaust, ST. Clements, Mo,
Caroline Deckhaust, St. Clements, Mo-,
arm bruised.
Joseph Deckhaust, St. Clements, Mo-, badly
bruised.
w. f. Oglesby, Clarksvlle, Mo-, chest in
jured.
Jack Mariand, brakeman, back and arm
injured.
c. A. Lewton, fireman, hip injured.
j. II. Wright, Vandala ILL.,, slightly hurt.
William Boyd, Vandala, H., face cut.
Jesse Jones, Frankfort, Mo-, collar bone
broken.
w C. Hurd, customs house. St. Louis,
slightly injured.
The train was going at a moderate Of
speed, but the engineer did not see the con-
dition Of the track until 1t was too late to
check the momentum of the train. Brakes
were applied, but the engine was already off
the track and the coaches were pulled down
the embankment. Those who escaped at
once began the work Of rescung those who
were caught under the debris of the wreck.
and they were made as comfortable as possi-
Bile Word was sent to this city Immediately
and physicians hurried to the scene.
c. Meyer of Warrenton. Mo-, was travel
ing salesman for c. L. Bushman, st. Louis.