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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21

Piper's nose is provided for, as you can
see. Hang on her arm small, black
silk bag filled with shoe buttons. Pin
her shawl with coarse needle. On
her apron write the following lines:
My name is Miss Piper,
I'm not penwiper,
But If from your shoes
Your buttons you lose
Just bring them to me,
And quickly you'll see
With what great delight
I'll sew them on tight.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
SECURE WIRE FENCE BRACE.

this trouble is obviated and firm
anchorage secured. The two end
posts are connected ut the top by a
strip or pole a, two two by three-inch
strips m m are nailed in the form an
X to the top and bottom of the posts;
they are also firmly connected together
ut the center by bolts or spikes. This
plan answers equally well for ends Of
fences or the center Of long line. In
the latter case it equalizes the strain
from both directions.-Orange Judd
Farmer.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
Dcxice Tor BIanching Celery.

Device for Blanching Celery.
The new celery culture" does away.
to q certain extent with artificial
blanching. but many people do not fol-
low. this method of close planting,
while, moreover, some sorts Of celery
will not blanch, even with close plant
ing, unless banked by earth, boards,
or something Of the sort. Earth Is
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
The Trick of Resting.

Few women know how to rest as they
should. They think that they must un-
dress and 60 to bed to be thoroughly
comfortable. This is mistake, pro-
vided there Is tabouret or little foot
stool in the room on which the feet
may rest while the other part OF the
body is supported by chair. You can
read and rest comfortably In this fash
ion, and let it be whispered right here
between ourselves that If we want to
gain q maximum Of rest in a minimum
Of time we should copy that inelegant
but healthy trick of the masculine
drones and put our feet higher than
our heads. Fashionable women, to
whom the necessity Of never showing
fatigue and of ever looking their best
has taught this knack, fall into this
posture whenever they are In the Sc
clusion of their own apartments.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
WHY He Had tn Iauub.

eve had better watch the bookkeep-
er little," said the senior partner.
"He has been buying bicycle" "But
you can hardly call that an extrava-
gance," said the junior partner. "No,
but it is likely to make him crooked"
And the junior partner, who had en-
tered the firm by the son-in-law route,
dutifully Acknowledgements Jour-
ual.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21

Our Boys
s'what shall we do with our boys?" he
said.
Old Merchant Brown, to his business wed,
As with puzzled brow he shook his head.
s'Will chooses the law" said Mrs. B.,
"And Ned" says the father, 'he stays
with me.
I'll take him into the store as clerk,
And If he'll be steady and tend to work
He'll soon be partner, and when die
He'll be merchant, the same as !"
"And now," asked the mother, "what
about Jim,
Our youngest; what shall we do with
him?"
Jim heard the question. Father" said
he,
'I'll tell you what you can do for me.
As all my boyish pranks are played,
It's time to begin-let me learn a trade"
"a trade, my son! That's queer re-
quest.
I'd rather treat you the same as the rest,
And / can afford as well, you know;
And a trade, Jim, isn't that rather low I?
l wanted to send you off to college
edge,
Then to choose profession that pleases
you best.
You learn a trade. Jim? I'm sure you
JEST
mo, father, mean just what say.
I've thought of the matter for many n
day,
And that is the serious choice I've made.
If you don't object, let me learn a trade.
You say it's low, but we don't agree
All labor is honor it seems to me.
"Not every lawyer can find success;
Not every doctor, as you'll confess;
But man with trade and thorough
Can find employment, look where he will.
AS for education, still may learn
The night schools and lectures will suit
my turn"
Then parents and brothers had their say,
But Jim stood firm till he had his way.
Will went through college and studied
law,
And looked for clients he seldom saw.
Ned worked as clerk for a three years.
term,
Then his father took him into the firm.
Jim learned his trade, and learned it well;
His motto, in all things to excel.
His nights he spent in filling his mind
With useful knowledge of every kind.
AS time went onward, all he learned
To good and wise account he turned,
Until, within him, he found, one day,
A talent rare for invention lay.
And before very many years were passed,
His fortune had come to him at last,
Though long ere this he had found what's
best
"A home with wife and children blest.
The merchant died, and then twas known
His wealth had in speculation flown.
Then Jim, the open-handed, said:
Here's a home for mother and brother
Ned
And even wise Will looks up to him,
For there's nobody now, like Brother Jim
what shall we do with our boys?" you
said.
IT'S best if you let them learn trade.
You think it is low, but we don't agree
All labor is honor" it seems to me;
And O man with a trade, and q thorough
skill,
Con find employment, look where he will
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21

hooks, and the needed accommodation
is secured. Such gates should have
Stats quite near together, and should
be Of good height to accommodate both
large and small animals.-Orange Judd
Farmer.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
AIfaIfa and Potatoes.

GAS renovator and enrlcher of the
soil" alfalfa is said to be equal, IL not
superior, to red clover, but is hard to
plow up and very difficult to eradicate.
Attention is called to the fact that the
finest and most perfect of the famous
Colorado potatoes are grown after al
falfa, and a rotation including it is be-
ing rapidly adopted in that potato
country.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
Pledged TO XIII Children.

Until fifty years ago two regularly
constituted families Of infanticides ex-
lsted-the Meebra, of New South
Wales, and the Arreoy, of the Society
Islands. The chief of their tenets was
that no member should suffer their
children to live, and they were on every
hand respected and held in the highest
honor by their countrymen.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
At the Top of His Professi

"what did the doctor say was the
matter with your"
ole said he didn't know"
"well, what doctor are you going to
next?"
"None. When doctor dares to make
such an admission as that he must be
about as high In the profession as he
can getv-Indianapolis Journal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
This Ia Miss Piper.

This Is Miss Piper.
Did you meet Miss Piper? If you
wish to make her acquaintance, will
tell you how to do so. Take a common
clay pipe and insert 1t in spool Of
coarse black linen thread. Make a
dress, cap, shawl and white apron, and
paint eyes, mouth and cheeks. Miss
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21

Little Jack prays every night for all
the different members of his family.
His father had been away at one time
for a short journey, and that night
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21

Objectionable in many cases, while the
use of boards is expensive and cumber-
some IL ones celery rows are somewhat
extensive. The accompanying Illus
tration shows q device that may be
found useful. The cheapest of cotton
cloth is bought and torn into strips OF
the required width. when 1t may be
hemmed upon a sewing machine. The
whole, when dipped into a ten-cent
package Of black dye, is ready to be
tackled upon slender sticks, sharpened
at one end. 1t Is a simple and very
easy matter then to place these strips
of cloth along the sides Of the celery
rows, turning at the end and going
back upon the other side of the row.
Sufficient shade may perhaps be at
forded in most cases without dyeing
the white cloth.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Farmer Boys and Their Fathers.
All farmers boys cannot take a
course at the agricultural college, but If
the fathers of these boys do their duty,
many Of them will be able to take
a scarcely less valuable course Of study
at home.
The wide diffusion Of agricultural
knowledge by means Of bulletins,
books, and the agricultural press, and
the influences Of Oranges, Alliances,
and similar organizations, has produc-
ed a large number Of intelligent farm
ers. They know not only the art Of
farming but the science that under
lies it. Let them establish a college at
home and train their own sons.
That the boys are not trained to fol-
low the calling of their fathers, and
made to feel deep interest in it, is due
largely to thoughtlessness and care
lessness on the parts of parents.
The boy is made acquainted only
with the rough side Of the business.
He is given duties to perform with no
explanation Of the why and the where
fore. He feeds the stock so much of
this and Of that, but is not told Of the
mysteries of digestion, nor why it is
better to feed one ration rather than
another. He is left in the dark on the
subject of the nutritive value of foods,
and sees no reason for the care he is
required to exercise In feeding.
If 1t appears to the boys as a weari-
some, humdrum business, the father is
probably at fault. "All work and no
play makes Jack" store clerk or a
lawyer instead of farmer.
1t would be an advantage to the son
and the father, too, for the son to have
IN insight into the business side of
farming, for him to know all about
the expenses and the income, the ne
cessity for certain expenditures and for
economy in other directions. He should
be taught how to buy and how to sell.
Many a boy has to learn all this after
his father dies, and the responsibility
Is suddenly thrown on his shoulders
Farm Journal.
Improved Brace for Wire Fences.
One trouble with wire fences is the
liability of the wires to become loose,
sagging down or losing their tension.
This is mainly caused by the posts tip
ping or leaning toward the point of the
greatest strain and which is not fully
overcome by the common plan Of plac.
ing brace against the top end Of the
post, the other end being imbedded in
the ground. This lower end is subject
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
To Choose Meat.

To Choose Meat.
Venison-Thec choice of venison should
be regulated by the appearance Of the
fat, which, when the venisOn is young,
looks bright, thick, clear and close. 1t
first changes toward the launches. TO
ascertain whether 1t is sweet run a
knife into that part; If tainted, 1t will
have rank smell.
Beef-True, well-fed beef will exhibit
an open grain of deep coral red, and the
fat will appear of a healthy, oily
smoothness, rather inclining to white
than yellow; the suet firm and white.
Yellow fat is test Of meat of an infe-
rior quality. Heifer beef is but little
inferior to OK beef; the lean Is Of clos
er grain, the red paler, and the fat
whittier.
Veal-Where you observe the kidney
surrounded with fat you may be sure
the meat is of good quality. The whit.
est is not the best veal. There is vein
in the shoulder very perceptible, and Its
color indicates the freshness Of the
meat; IL brightred or blue it is recently
killed; If any green or yellow spots are
visible it Is stale.
Pork-In young pork the lean where
pinched will break; the thickness and
toughness Of the rind SHOWS it to be old.
In fresh pork the flesh is firm, smooth,
clear color, and the fat set. When
stale 1t is clammy and flabby. Measly
pork may be detected by the kernels In
the fat, and should not be eaten.
Lamb should be eaten very fresh. In
the forequarter the vein in the neck
being any other color than blue betrays
it to be stale. In the hindquarter try
the kidney with your nose; the faint
ness of the smell will prove 1t to be
stale.
Mutton-The best is OF fine grain,
bright color, the fat firm and white.
It Is better for being full grown.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
FACTS FOB FARMERS.
HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS FOR
THE AoRICuLTURiSTS.

Several Devices Which Will Prove
Savers Of Time and Money-Now
Look After the Roads-Remember
that Onions Are Hardy.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
A COLUMN OF PARTICULAR IN
TEREST TO THEM.

Bomething that VIII Interest the Juvenile
Members of Every Household Quaint Ac-
lions aad Bright Sayings of Many Cute
and Cunning Children.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21

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coIIad ever-haar ring vnrieties. which
are GENERALLY worthless in TINT II "a
vigorous and exceedingly productive.
The main cron berins To ripen with the
Gregg. The berries are large and firm,
and the Miami hears through n very
long season.
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were registered. Each session began
with observation lessons. At one the
subject to be studied was twigs; at an
other, fruit buds, and seeds, leaves,
flowers, fruits, and last the apple.
The microscope and stereopticon views
were used by the lecturers In illustra.
ton. OF this novel school Garden and
Forest says: "Of course, 1t Is not to be
expected that accomplished horticul-
turists will be graduated from school
but whenever man learns new funda-
like this after four days of instruction,
mental scientific truth he becomes to
this extent more intelligent in the prac-
tice which rests upon this truth. We
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
The Farmers Aviary.

Counting out the good the birds do"
said fruit-grower at Chester County
institute, "their music Is worth all the
berries and cherries they eat, and
more. l say to the robins and blue
birds, and the catbirds and finches,
draw up and help yourselves, and even
the crows know my whistle, and come
down to It. Every year the robins aud
the catbirds build around our house,
and in the same old places. And you
should hear the catbirds sing. But You
will never hear them unless you take
care of them and make them feel at
home. The influence Of this bird life
upon our farm has told upon every
member of my family, and say to YOU,
farmers, protect the birds. Tempt
them to your trees, and then protect
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Ledger.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
An Example to Others.

Said the Gump, II know full well that
I'm as lazy as can be;
i often waste the golden morning hours
in sleep, you see;
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21

The Growing Uses or BOraxs
Sprinkle places infested by ants with
borax and you will soon be rid Of them.
Blankets and furs put away well
sprinkled with borax and done up air
tight will never be troubled with moths.
A little borax put In the water be-
fore washing red or red-embroidered
tablecloths and napkins will prevent
their fading.
Ringworms will yield to borax treat
ment. Apply strong solution of borax
three times day; also dust on the dry
powder very often.
Silver spoons and forks in daily use
may be kept bright by leaving them In
strong borax water for several hours.
The water should be boiling when they
are put In.
Put a teaspoonful of borax in your
rinsing water; 1t will whiten the clothes
and also remove the yellow cast on
garments that have been laid aside for
two or three years.
One Of the best things to cleanse the
scalp thoroughly is to dissolve one-half
teaspoonful Of borax In a quart OF
water and apply 1t, rubbing 1t in we'll
Rinse thoroughly in clear water.
For washing fine, nice fiannels moth
Ing will cause them to look so nice as
borax In the water, a teaspoonful OF
borax to pail of water being the right
proportion. Always wash baby's little
flannel skirts, shirts, etc., In this.
Always wash baby's mouth and gums
every morning with water In which
you have put a pinch Of borax. II
keeps the mouth fresh and sweet, and
prevents that uncomfortable affiiction
a sore mouth, with which so many
poor babies are troubled when Their
mouths are not kept perfectly clean.
| Borax water Is excellent for spong
Ing either silk or wool goods that are
not soiled enough to need washing. In
washing cashmere or wool goods, put 9
little borax In the water. This will
cleanse them much more easily and bet
ter, without injury to the colors. DE-
not rub them on board, but use the
hands, and throw on a line withou,
wringing. Press them on the wrong
side, and they will look almost like
new.-Good Housekeeping.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
Biackbcrries and Raspberries.

At the late meeting Of the Ohio Hor-
ticultural Society, Prof. Green, Of the
State Experiment Station, in a report
on new fruits, stated that lei Dorado
promised to take a place among stand
ard varieties of blackberries. 1t has
endured temperature Of II degrees
below zero, and Is certainly harder
than Lawton or Erie, which 1t nearly
equals In size of berry, and probably
as hardy as Snyder or Ancient Briton.
OF lsrge-fruited berries, Minnewaska
The morning times., 1895-08-13
HERND0N GOSSIP.

Friday afternoon Charley Jackson alias
Brown, colOred, who is fugitive from
justice, was arrested by the town sergeant,
Z. L. Dyer, as he was boarding the train
to return to Washington. One year ago,
while Jackson was under bonds TO keep the
peace after a shooting affray, he Shot and
dangerously wounded George Sims, another
co.ored man. at meeting in the woods.
He Immediately fled and q warrant was
nediately gotten out for his arrest
Last week he came up here to visit his
mother, with the result just stated. Friday
evening, Mr.. Dyer, with two deputies,
took the prisoner to Fairfax Court House
and placed him in jail TO await trial.
Some OF the ladies OF the town are agita
ting the subject OF sidewalks.
The Fortnightly Club was entertained
Saturday afternoon by Miss Ethel Mankin
Afteran address OF welcome by thecharming
hostess. the subject for the afternoon,
Edward Everett Hale was taken up,
after which parliamentary law was dis
cussed. Then a miscellaneous programme
was rendered, participated in by the Misses
Thornton, Misses Castleman, Miss Moore,
Miss MankIn and Mrs. Mexican. Those
present were Mrs. Stephenson. Miss Grace
Stephenson, Misses Catherine, Ellen and
Anne Thornton, Misses Lulu ard Virginia
Casueman, Miss Mamie Bready, Mrs. R.
McKean. Miss Ethel Mankin, Miss Mary
Moore, Miss Bessie WinCheIl, Mrs. N. II.
North and Miss Cecil Mankin. The next
meeting will be at Mrs. Mitchen's and the
subject Edgar Allen Poe"
Misses Mary and Anna Moore. William
Moore, jr., aud Charles Kee are visiting
Mrs. b. a. Mankin.
Mr.. Morris Herr and Miss Flora Faber
are visiting Mrs. William Urich.
There was a Union Christian Endeavor
meeting in the Congregational Church at
3 o'clock Sunday.
Monday evening the Blackfriars Academy
gave one of their delightful entertainments
in Central Hall to invited guests. An en-
joyable evening was spent.
The morning times., 1895-08-13
kENSINGTON NENS.

The Home Missionary Society of the
Warner Memorial Presbyterian Church
viii meet on Wednesday morning at 10
O'Clock at the home of Mrs James
Freeman.
Mrs. j. W. Whalen. of Frederick, is the
guest of her daughter, Mrs. George W
Hyatt, of Washington street.
Miss George Graham, of Washington
has been visiting her sister. Mrs. n. NJ
Little.
Miss Cleora Duvall is spending a couple
of weeks with her cousin, Mrs Annie
Owens, of Bethesda.
Miss Clare Mannakee will leave Thursday
for a visit TO Miss Effie Nelson, of Manas-
sas.
A party OF young people from Washing
ton chartered a car on the Chevy Chase
line and came out TO Kensington. Their
destination was the home OF Mrs. New
man and Miss Clara Little. Among the
number were Mr.. and Mrs. John Mickle
Miss Jennie Mckle, Mr.. L. o'Neil, Mr..
Sweet, Miss Addie Railway, Misses Ida
and Daisy O'Nen, Mr.. viii Quinter, Miss
Hattie Quinter Mrs Polkinhorn, Mr.. Ray
mond Mouton, Mr. Mickle, of Philadel-
phia and others.
Mr. R. B. Ritter and family have re-
moved from Washington 10 a house be-
longing to MI O. r. Harr
The morning times., 1895-08-13
ALEXANDRIA HAPPENINGS.

The funeral of the late Elijah J. Miller,
the prominent Alexandria merchant whose
death occurred in Rockville, Md, on Fri
day last, took place from his residence on
Washington and Wolfe streets yesterday
morning at 10 O'Clock. Rev. j. T. Will
liams, pastor of the NJ E Church South, con-
Quoted the funeral services, which were at
tended by all the prominent business men
OF the city. The interment was in the old
Methodist cemetery, and the pall-bearers
were Col. Arthur Herbert, Messrs. E. S.
Leadbeater, Walter Roberts, Edmund Hunt,
w. H Lambert and j. p. Robinson.
A carrier pigeon, evidently belonging to
one of the lofts in Washington city, flew
into the restaurant of Chas Zimmerman
in Market alley yesterday morning. On
its leg is copper ring bearing the number
19349A
The Postoffice Department has notified
Postmaster Conlin tha.hereafter the bond OF
the mail-carrier in this city would be fixed
at $4,000 per year, and that the bids for
the carrying OF mails here woald be- received
at the Department until the 9th inst,
when new contract win be made
A large number OF the Alexandria mem
W
city this morning for Marshall, Fauquier
county, TO attend the reunion OF the Yetcrt-
ans which opens there tomorrow.
A large nmber of the memubers OF Acca
Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Alexandria,
last night accepted the invitation of Alma
Temple, OF Washington, and went on the
Shriners excursion TO Marshall Hall They
all had most pleasant time, reaching
home on their return trip about midnight
The discovery OF a leak in the boiler of
the ferry steamer Belle Haven yesterday
caused the withdrawal OF the boat from the
line while the necessary repairs Were being
made. 1t is expected that she will resume
her trips this III orning
The denominations OF Mr.. John Ryan as the
Democratic candidate for the House of
Deleagtes from Loudoun county gives much
pleasure to his friends here Mr.. Ryan Will
be reelected speaker OF the lower house of
the Virg inia legislature.