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Crawford avalanche., 1895-08-08

Present Time.
Among the new things exhibited at
the annual convention Of the Master
Car-Builders, held at thousand ISL.
'ands, Alexandria bay, was solid
forged steel car wheel, the invention
Of James A. Facer, Of Germantown,
Pa, practical steel worker of many
years experience, he having been one
Of the first men employed at the Mid
vale steel works to make steel tire,
quarter of a century ago. The patent
ees Of this new wheel are James A.
Facer and Horace Il. McCann.
+ The process Of making these wheels.
Is as follows: Cheese-shaped steel in
gots weighing about 775 to 800 pounds
are put into a furnace, and when prop
erly heated are placed under an eight
or ten ton hammer, In which are ad-
justed the first set of patented dies.
After the ingot has been thoroughly
hammered on the circular side, or
what afterward becomes the tread and
fiange Of the finished wheel, 1t is re-
duced to thickness of about six inch
es, which is somewhat greater than
the wheel will be when finished.
Then the bloom, as it Is now termed,
is placed in V-shaped die on the
front face of the lower die, and the
circular piece of steel is shaped to rep
resent portion of the tread and flange
of a finished wheel, which works in
combination with a projection on the
upper die. The wheel blank, as 1t is
now termed, is turned slowly apd the
fiange is hammered on. The piece OF
steel Is passed to second hammer,
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which makes the hub and spreads the
metal between the hub and tire for the
plate. The finishing process drives the
metal up against the barrel of the die,
leaving the wheel round and true, all
that remains to be done being the bor-
Ing Of the hub for the axle.
Forty years ago it took seven men
md four boys twelve hours to make
two locomotive tires; twenty years af-
terward, with improved machinery
and the assistance Of Bessemer steel,
fifty tires a day were made, and ten
years ago one hundred tires were
turned out day with the same force.
1t Is expected that one hundred solid
steel wheels will be made with about
the same force that 1t now takes to
make the same number Of steel tires.
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may easily be drawn for miles and but
little bruisinga occurs when thus sup
ported and carried.
Notes.

Notes.
The stable should be protected from
flies and insects with wire screens. If
this Is done, the animals will secure
more rest and afford larger profit
A kicking COW, or one that requires
much labor and attention when being
MIXED, should be gotten rid Of. Such
cows ure nuisances and make the dairy
mans work disagreeable.
Oats when cut in the milky stage (be-
fore the grain is ripe) make an excellent
ration for horses. The nutritious mat
ter Is arrested In the stalks, and both
straw and grain are relished.
A COW will shrink in her milk because
of lack Of supply of drinking water
sooner than from any other cause, and
1t may be safely stated that insufficient
water when the cows are In the pasture
Is very frequent occurrence on farms.
Market gardeners find that the pea
crop returns as large profit as any
that can be grown so easily. They sell
1t while green, and for the very earliest
get very high prices. The pea is hardy,
and the farmer who has light, warm
soil has as good a chance as the marke:
gardener.
To have thistles appear in oats is to
have risk of losing the oats or raising
more thistles. The remedy is to go into
the oat field and cut out every thistle
with knife. If the thistles are too
numerous to do this, then the best thing
that can be done is to plow the crop
under and kill out the thistles by put
ting the land In potatoes or keeping the
field clean By cultivation.
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DEATH FOR A TRIFLE.
DRASTIC MEASURES TO PRE-.
VENT PIlFERiNo. so
Carnival of Blood at Spring Valley,
ul.-Atrocious Work of Chinese
Mob-Reason for the Quiet Which
Prevails In Trade Circles.

Miss Elizabeth Flagler, of Washington,
daughter Of General Flager, chief of
ordnance of the army, shot and killed a
14-year-old negro boy named Ernest Green
Friday at her home in the suburbs of the
city. The Flaglers and other families In
the vicinity have been annoyed greatly Of
late by boys stealing their fruit and dam
aging the trees of their gardens. Miss
Flagler discovered young Green on the
fence stealing fruit, and fired at him from
the second-story window. The bullet en-
tered ahis right breast, and passing
through his body inflicted a wound that
caused death. The coroner's jury ex-
onerated Miss Flagler and she was re-
leased.,-
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NO CAUSE FOR ALARM.
Commercial Quiet Is Due Solely tc
Natural Causes.


Natural Causes.
r. G. Dun q Co.'S weekly review of
trade says: ''There is perceptible halt
which may deceive if attributed to wrong
causes. Trade two months late in the
spring pushed forward into July q large
share of business belonging to April or
May. Seeing a rush of orders out of
time, many imagined it would continue,
and hurried to give other orders. The
jam of two months business into one
lifted prices. Then other orders came to
anticipate a further rise. But the mid
summer halt was inevitable, and it is yet
somewhat uncertain how much improve
ment will appear after it, The crop of
corn promises to be the largest ever grown,
and is almost out of harms way The crop
of wheat appears perhaps 20,O00,0O0
bushels less than was expected a month
ago, and had the best hopes been realized
It would have been more than 100 ZOO, 900
bushels short of full crop. Cotton has
lost little, and more people seem to be-
lieve in 100000 bales than believed in
5000, 900 a month ago.
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.Tubercuiin ON Healthy Cows.


Careful tests were conducted by Prof.
James Law last winter at Cornell Ex-
pertinent Station. Taking all in all,
there Is nothing in the records Of tenn
perature that would indicate, either at
the time Of the test or later, that tuber-
culin had in any way proved inimical
to the general health. The decline in
milk production which followed Is
claimed to have been not more than the
natural falling of. No effect of tuber-
culin was observed on increase or de-
cline of fat in the milk" Professor
Law concludes: $50 far as there Is evil
dence before us, everything points to
the harmlessness Of single test dose
on sound animal system, even If such
dose were repeated several times"
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spilled milk. An arrangement with a
feeding pail is shown in the illustration
from the American Agricultprist. The
back board is hinged to the front Of the
on the side marked a. The pail can
thus be set into the holder on the out
side Of the pen and the holder swung
a quarter of the way round and hook
ed, thus bringing the pail inside the
pen. When removed, button keeps
the calf from getting his head out
through the opening. Such contriv-
ance tcan easily be made by anyone
handy with toels, and will be found a
considerable saving of time as well as
feed.
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securely into frame or sash (see cut),
by mailing the battens BIB along their
ends at top and bottom. Then nail on
the cleats a at top and bottom to hold
the sash in place. The strips Of the
sash now coinciding with those Of the
wall, the pinch cracks between them
are open, but by sliding the sash to
the left ~ inches the cracks are
closed. The sash in cut Is slid back
or closed, d is open. The cracks may
thus be closed or opened, entirely or
partially, at pleasure, by sliding the
sash back or forth.
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lfnst rake Better Care of Live stock
80, IN Transit.

MN6t Take Better Care 0f Live stock
80, In Transit.
Comparatively frpCusht complaints
have been 6led at the agricultural depart
ment alleging violations Of the law by
railway companies In keeping live stock
In transit confined In cars for over twen-
ty-four continuous hours, the legal allot-
ted limit. or failing to give the stock Eve
continuous hours Of rest when unloaded.
Most of the complaints involve Western
roads. Secretary Morton II determined
that the laws regulating the transporta-
tion of stock shall be enforced, and has
sent to all railway companies engaged In
live stock transportation a circular insist
ing on strict compliance with the law, in
which he says: "rhe fnilure of the rail-
way companies to conform to this law
causes animals great suffering while in
transit to points of destination, which It
Is the intention of the law to prevent.
Railway companies will therefore make
such arrangements as are necessary in
their train service. and provide the ueees-
sary feeding and watering stations, to
comply with the statutes, and any failure
to do this will render them liable on con-
viction to the penalty provided in section
1885,"
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RefGse TO Accent sa1aries.

Five members of the Ohio General As
sembly have refused to accept salaries
for the current year for the reason that
there was no session of that body. The
law, however. provides for their payment
five members are: Senators Joseph Nc
Maken, of Butler County, and Jay Nam
ming, of Huron, and Representatives w.
A. Reed, of Huron; ID. A. Spooner, Of
Seneca, and w. A. Walton, of Wyandot.
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DEATH RODE THE FLOOD.
Sixteen Perish in Cloudburst Which
Swept Four States.

Swept Four States.
Cloudbursts and floods in New Mexico,
Colorado, Kansas and Wyoming did great
damage Tuesdaynight, causing much loss
of life and great destruction of property.
The dead are: At Sorocco, n. NJ, the
infant son of e. Baca, and six members
of the Duran family. At Caspar, Wyo.,
two Harrison children and Mrs. S. New
by and child. At Fort Scott, Kas., Wal
ter Austin and Willie Gould. At Adelaide,
Colo, Mrs Carr, Mrs. Tracey and an un-
known woman. Four men are missing,
thought to have been caught in a land
slide near Adelaide. The greatest dam
age seems to have been done at Socorro,
n. NJ, where seven lives are known to be
lost. Three small towns near by may
have been swept away. The surround
ing country is devastated. The property
damage is said to be over 81 100000.
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DUPEs OF WRIGHT AND STANTON.
Twenty Thousand Letters, Each Con-
4<i< a. 70 I<&

Twenty Thousand Letters, Each Con-
tanning so Cents, to Be Returned.
The English Postotfice Department has
ordered the return to the writer's of over
10000 letters, each containing 80 cents,
which accumulated after the arrest sew
eral months ago of the two Americans,
Wright and Stanton, who advertised
"cash-for-brains" puzzle, something on
the order of the missing-word contests,
and who fed to the United States after
being indicted, forfeiting their bail OF
$4,000. 1t was estimated ut the time
that they had reaped fully $4,000 from
their schemes, not counting the $4,000
which is now to be returned to the dupes.
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the ground, and pass it up over the end

the ground, and pass it up over the end
by allowing it to rest in the notch d
at top. Hitch the horse to the chain,
let him pull steadily, and the post
comes out without difficulty. When
the ground is very soft, as We often
find 1t in early spring, the operator will
experience considerable inconven-
ience from having the plank driven
deeply into the mud by the great pres
sure. This can be obviated by placing
a short, stout plank upon the ground
in such a position that the lower end
of the upright may rest upon it.-A. A.
RiefY. Minnesota.
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lsAst - far ~ members Of the sooaA
mum family are concerned The egs
plant y included In his depredations,
and gardeners who grow either tomar
toes or egg plants near where the po-
tato IL grown must look out for the
ravages Of the sbeetle, The early pota-
to vines die doWn early In July, and
the horde of beetles from these are
obliged to seek other plants on which
to feed.
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Suspected of the Murder.

John Enhart, a farmer. of Robinson,
Ark, was killed at his home, his head be-
ing crushed with an ak. Enhart and his
wife quarreled, and as there is nothing
to indicate a motive for the crime outside
of the household, an investigation is be-
ing made on the suppostion that the mur-
der was committed by some member Of
tho family
Crawford avalanche., 1895-08-08
Unsatisfactory Land Examination.

Washington dispatch: The work thus
far accomplished under the law passed
last Congress for the examination and
classification of mineral lands in the grant
of the Northern Pacific in Montana and
Idaho has shown that the method Is far
from satisfactory and that some other
plan will have to be adopted. The law
contemplated that the examinations were
to be finished in two years, but It has
been figured out that in the small dis
trict of Montana, that of Bozeman, if
three commissioners should each mount
horse every morning and ride directly
through the lands to be examined at the
rate of twenty miles a day, it would take
them three years to merely ride across
the land and they would then leave strip
unseen On each side nearly ,half-nile
wide. They could not make the examina-
ton with any accuracy whatever, and
their work would be far from complete.
1t has also been shown that the examina-
tons thus far made have cost the Gov
ernment 25 cents an acre. There are 49,
O00, 900 acres to examine and the total cost
Is thus figured at $3,0OO,OOO, though this
is said to be low estimate, because the
process is much slower where disputes
arise and where testimony has to be
taken. n ff 80
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For Pulling Poafs.

A horse. boy and one man, with the
device illustrated herewith, can pull
up $50 posts day. Take a pinch oak
plank, b, 10 inches wide and 31a feet
long, and cut V-shaped notch In one
end. Set this lifting plank against the
post, C, as shown In the illustration.
Fasten log chain, a, to the post near
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Rich But Dies I'm n HoveI.

Mrs. Carrie b. Pomeroy, whose stage
name was Carrie Lipsis, died in a Denver,
Col, hovel Sunday. She was at one time
one of the best known actresses of the.
West and the wife of Seldom Richards.
She guarded jealousy her jewelry and
many diamonds, the worth Of thousands.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-08-08
Non-Union Men Driven Ont.

The non-union men are being forced
60 leave the Bluefelds, w. Va, coal fields
violence to those who don't quit work.
Gov. MacCorkle has reached there and
his hasty return is attributed to the
threats. Serious trouble is expected. +
Crawford avalanche., 1895-08-08
BRITISH BOAT. BURNED.

Sad Ending of a Pleasure Party's
Plans-Nine Drowned.
The lugger Zenith has been burned off
Baltimore, Cork County, Ireland. Details
of the burning show that she had on
board crew of six men anil twenty-one
passengers. who were out on pleasure
trip from Gladore, to which place they
were returning from Baltimore, when
flames burst through the hatchway of the
lugger. A panic followed and a boat
which was lowered was swamped by the
crowd of people who clambered into it.
During the confusion nine persons were
drowned. The skipper of the Zenith then
ran her ashore and the remainder Of the
passengers and crew were rescued by the
coast guard. ~.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-08-08
Southern Pacific Ticket Agent Missing

James d. Cook, who for many years has
occupied prominent position in the San
Francisco Offices of the general passenger
and ticket agent of the Southern Pacific
Company, is missing. Cook handled all
the money of the general passenger Office.
The railroad officials say his accounts are
all right and are at loss to account for
his disappearance.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-08-08
True BiIIs FOR Ten.

At Chicago indictments were voted by
the Grand Jury against six election
judges charged with fraudulent practices
In the First and Second Wards last No
vember. The indictments grow out of
the evidence adduced in the investigation
Of the McGann- -Belknap contest
Crawford avalanche., 1895-08-08

A trough fastened into a pen Is not
desirable for feeding calves. as 1t can
not be as thoroughly scalded out as 1t
should be. Moreover, pouring milk
into any receptacle In pen In which
there Is calf Is hazardous business,
the operation usually resulting In
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To Invade Natures Domain.

A company backed by New York and
Philadelphia men is arranging to build
an electric car line from Colorado Springs,
Colo, to the Garden Of the Gods. 1t il
also proposed to build at the garden
huge structure to be known as Palm Pal
ace.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-08-08
BETTER Paw for Puddlcrs.

The puddlers in the York, Pa, rolling
mills have been notified that the rate for
pudding would be increased from $2.75
to So per ton.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-08-08
Rir Losa bx Fire.

The total number of buildings burned was
seventy-fve. The loss is 100000 and
the insurance about $4,000. About
twenty residences were burned.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-08-08

"Do you believe the theory that char
acter Is determined to some extent by
what we eat and drinkT 81 do"
"Then person who drinks sage tea Is
likely to develop into philosopher,
suppose. e."--Boston Globe.
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fraud which Jas.
Addison Reavis
a t t e IN D t e d
against the gov
ernment. II e
claimed that a
huge grant Of
land In Arizona
and New Mexico
"a strip 2 %
miles long and
20 wide = W a 8
Crawford avalanche., 1895-08-08
Iron Comnanx Raiscs Wauea.

The Reading, Pa, Iron Company in
creased the wages of its puddlers to So a
ton, an advance of % cents. This is the
highest amount paid. The 275 employees
of the company's rolling mill also received
q 10 per cent. advance.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-08-08
YOUTHFUL INCENDIARY.
Fifteen-Year-Old Boy Admits Start
ing Numerous Fires.

ing Numerous Fires.
Henry q. Clark, 15 years old, was in
the municipal court at Chelsea, Mass,
charged with breaking and entering: His
case was continued in order to permit
State Fire Marshal Whitcomb to prefer
more serious charges against him. By
his own confession the boy is one of the
most dangerous firebugs in Massachu-
setts. Last spring he started fires that
caused loss of more than $4,000. Clark
has already served time for incendiarism.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-08-08
Slaughter of Chri.tians.

A cable from Shanghai says: Advices
from Foo-Choo are that telegram re-
ceived there says that a fearful massacre
of Christians has occurred at Ku Cheng.
Five foreign women are among the mur-
dered
Crawford avalanche., 1895-08-08
Charged with swindlinG Pensioners.

Charged with Swindliug Pensioners.
A man giving the name of w. w. Will
son was arrested at Newark, N. j., charg-
ed with attempting to swindle pensioners.
He was identified by United States spe-
cial examiner from Rochester as Slip
perry Jim," alias w. w. Williams, alias
Paschal, alias Moran, real name sup
posed to be ]. d. Doyle. 1t is said he has
been operating on pensioners in Michigan
for some time, and has served terms in
different penitentiaries.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-08-08
Courthouse Burned.

The courthouse in Frensno, Cal, was
burned Monday night. Only the hall of
records was saved. The loss is estimated
at 100000, most Of which is covered by
insurance.
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Fatal Blast Furnace Explosion.

At Martins Ferry, Ohio, an accumula-
tion of gas caused an explosion in the
cupola of the top mill blast furnace, and
pieces Of iron, coke and cinders were
blown 200 feet in the air. Samuel Cash
Mich, filler, was fatally burned and
James Carman was badly injured
Crawford avalanche., 1895-08-08

1.-Two heads are better than one," they
say;
But 1t does not always work that way.
There's an instance, though, on which
there's no quarrel
Two heads are better than one in a
barrel.
--Judge
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Bacon-Did you see Hooker when he
came from fishing? Egbert-Yes; I was
on the float. WAS there any fish lying
about himT "No; he was lying about
the fish."-Yonkers Statesman.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-08-08
Denver Bank Closed. .

The Union National Bank of Denver,
was closed Monday. 1t will liqhdate It's
affairs and go out of business.
Crawford avalanche., 1895-08-08


The cellar must be ventilated direct
ly into the base Of the chimney. The
kitchen chimney Is best, for 1t always
has draft both summer and winter.
This is easily arranged by having an
opening eight inches square near the
bottom, which will also serve as a
means by which SCOT and ashes may be
removed from the chimney. When re-
pairing my house some years ago,
arranged 1t in this way, with the result
that the cellar Is entirely purified from
the close and unwholesome air that
seemed to pervade 1t before, especially
during the winter season. In fact 1t ac-
complishes, to some extent, ventilation
OF the whole house, for by this means
the cellar air never ascends to the
rooms, but instead the air from the
house is drawn downward into the Gel
lar and finally passes out through the
chimney.
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MAY Recover Tr;nidad.

Eontura Xavier, the Brazilian Consul
General in New York. believes that the
Island Of Trinidad, which was recently
Crawford avalanche., 1895-08-08
Gave His Rody TO science.

eugene Blumenthal, brother of the
playwright, Oscar Blumenthal, commit
ted suicide by taking poison in his room
in the Great Northern Hotel, New York.
Blumenthal had been i'll for some time
and unable to procure employment. A
letter was found addressed to the coroner.
1t was dated July 20. In it Blumerithal
stated that he intended taking his life
and asked that his body be given to some
medical college for study.
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Covered Two Continents.
The records Of this country do not
furnish any instance which even ap-
proaches In audacity the gigantic
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THE BALL PLAYERS.

Standing of the Climbs In Their Race
for the Pennant.
The following Is the standing of the
clubs in the National League:
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Sheriff in Charge.

The 100 or more employees of the large
Chicago wholesale hardware firm of the
Woodrough & Hanchett Company were
notified Friday that there was no longer
need of their services. The big firm had
failed through inability to collect out
standing claims for large amounts. Ev-
cry creditor, it is said, will be paid in
full, as the liabilities are $1S0,00O, while
the assets are estimated at $4,000.
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A Summer or Winter Hen-H House.
Here Is a device for converting q
summer henhouse into winter one,
and vice versa, which is simple, cheap
and effective. The house is built In
the usual way, the walls consisting
largely Of 1x3 vertical strips 2 inches
apart. The device Is for closing or
opening these 2-inch cracks at pleas
ure. 1t Is applied to an end wall, for
example, as follows: Go inside the
house, cut other 1x3 strips Of proper
length, set them up, against and coin
Gliding with the corresponding strips
of the wall, the top end Of each being
cut to correspond with slope Of roof,
and lacking about 1 inch of reaching
the rafter to which the wall strips are
nailed. Fasten 8 or 10 Of these strips
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Things could be worse; the women
might wear bloomers made Of white
material
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Springs for the Fruit Wagon.

Springs IOT tHc II TUT WHSOus
In large commercial orchards it is
well understood that the jolting Of
fruit when carried In the solid, spring
less box wagon causes injury, entail
ing great loss to the selling value Of the
fruit The cut from Farm and Home
illustrates a simple method Of arrang-
ing springs with wagon body suffi-
ciently sensitive for the carrying of
the most delicate fruit. The springs
may be made Of vertical coiled wire,
securely fastened to the cross piece
which Is attached to the underside of
the body Of the wagon and held in
place by uprights at the ends. Fruit
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Have = Few Sheep on the Farm.

Have 4 Few Sheep on the Farm.
Every farmer should have a few
sheep in order to save much Of the ma
terial grown that should be wasted.
Sheep will eat great many plants
which cattle reject, and they Craze
close to the ground. Young and ten
der weeds are delicacies to sheep, and
they therefore assist in Kidding the
fields Of such pests. A small flock of
mutton sheep should be kept, IL for no
better purpose than to supply the fam
lily with choice meat.