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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11
INHABITANTS OF FEZ.
Ancient Customs of That Old Fash
toned Town of Morocco.

Ancient Customs of That d-Fash-
toned Town of Morocco.
The death of the sultan of Morocco
has again directed the attention of the
nations to the northwest corner of the
Dark Continent, to that remarkable
country whose people and rulers have
contrived to remain isoloted through
the ages from Christian civilization,
from all it's blessings and
from all its evils. Morocco
is at present, perhaps, the only
Mohammedan land where Oriental life
and costumes have been retained in all
their genuineness and anciency.
No city in the world has so many
unrestored ruins and neglected, unten-
anted houses as Fee. Some still show
the ensemble of medieval palaces and
public buildings, uncanny looking
structures surmounted by large, totter-
ing towers, on the verge of collapse.
others are but great heaps Of stone,
and at the most only few black walls
remain of the ancient Moorish architec-
ture.
An almost sickly complexion charac-
terizes most Of the Moors met on the
streets; the rest of the population var
les from yellow, chocolate, and coffee
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11

brown to the pure black. With the poor
and the beggars, who are in the major
ity, the penchant is to adOrn their bod
les with variegated tatters; the infan-
try color the gay tableau with their
red, brown, yellow and green jackets,
but the mechanic and the small trades
men prefer the all white or rather w.
ory-colored ''haik" which they under
stand like none other to throw around
their tall forms in graceful folds. The
children, which In babyland are carried
by mothers on their shoulders in sacks,
go about in many -colored little jack
cts tightly girded. The infant world
here is extraordinarily charming and
pretty-amiable, intelligent features
and fine sparkling black eyes. Like so
many large, heavily cloaked and hood
ed dolls, the women, with the excep-
ton Of the negresses, waddle through
alleys and streets, allowing little
peep-hole through their thick wells,
large enough to see but not to be seen
through.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11

Congressman Bellamy Storer tells the
Associated Press that the two great
measures he Is hopeful Of seeing passed
In the coming session of Congress are
the Nicaragua canal bill and the bill
permitting railway pooling. Mr.. Storer
would better restrain his hopes. II
Congress can pass no better measures
than those twain 1t would better pass
none. In u time Of confusion and strin-
gency of the Government finances, the
nation does not wish to load itself with
an expensive canal enterprise, and the
people have lately found enough flaws
and weaknesses lurking in the inter-
state commerce law to be doubly will
ing now to surrender Its single good
feature-the anti-pooling clause.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11
On the Decay of PAPER.

The introduction of wood fibre into
the manufacture Of paper, it's econom-
ical production, and the attractiveness
of the article so produced, have COM
bined to tempt the papermakcr not to
make for "all time" but for the day,
and only sufficient for the day Is the
evil thereof.
Modern methods of book illustration
require a paper of line, even surface,
with the property Of semi-absorption
of printers ink, and this latter require
ment has resulted in the very consider
able use of what is known as "half-
sized" paper, !. e., paper which has but
a small portion of gelatine, or other
size, on which the permanent cohesion
of the paper depends. Such paper can
not resist the influences of alternate
variations of temperature and humidity
to which all books are exposed and thus
ultimate decay is probable.-Notes and
Queries.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11
Tho neonle of Minnesota are m,

The people Of Minnesota are moving,
like those Of Iowa did year ago, to
prohibit the 80 per cent. .cO-insurance
clause in fire insurance. The insur-
ance companies In that State, as In
many others, attach a clause in the pol
icy providing that unless the insured
carries policies covering ut least 30 per
cent. of the value of the property In
sured, in case of loss he shall receive
only that proportion to the face of the
policy which the amount Of the policy
bears to the per cent. In other words,
insurance becomes n partner with the
insurance company so far as paying the
premium is concerned. but there Is a
discount on his dividends so far as the
profits are concerned. The great mass
of people do not look upon 1t as fair
deal and there Is likely to be considera-
bic inhibitive legislation.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11
the land and narrowing It wen. apply
wood ashes and ground bone. and then
harrow 1t again before putting out the
new plants.
Cropping Orchards.

An orchard In bearing ought never to
be cropped. All the fertility that the
soil contains is worth more to be used
I'm developing fruit than for anything
else that can be grown. Renoyating
crops to be plowed under may, however,
be sown even In bearing orchards. IL
young orchards are making wood In
stead OF fruit when they are large
enough to bear. seeding with clover
and blowing In midsummer after a
clover growth has been taken of, will
often bring them into condition to bear
fruit. The clover while growing is
check to growth, and the cutting of the
roots in midsummer Is a further check.
This will cause great many fruit spurs
to form late In summer. and these will
produce large crop of fruit the next
year. This is'a severe remedy, but II
the tree has good supply of mineral
fertilizer II will continue to bear from
that time. 1t may be that tree treat
ed. thus will not be so long lived as is
one whose growth has not been check
ed, but 1t Is not often the very largest
trees that are the most profitable.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11
Profit In Hiring Helm.

The rate of farm wages is, we hear, q
litter lower than year ago; but those
who are known to be faithful and skill
full can get old prices. There Is not the
difference made that there should be.
1t is very easy for careless hired man
to destroy implements or injure stock
by Ill treatment to an extent that would
make his services too dear II he worked
for nothing. Neither can farmer
afford to hire the slow and unskillful,
for these are just as like as not to set
the pace for others that he employs. 1t
is impossible for the farmer to always
work with his men, and when he Is
away the work will suffer. 1t always
pays when really faithful hand can
be secured to give him some extra pay
and make him the leader, holding him
responsible for the amount of work and
the way IL Is done.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11
A Pig Rrootier.

@. J. Gray. Of Ashtabula County, Ohio,
sends to the Ohio Farmer a sketch and
description of device he uses to save
pigs that are Uttered in cold weather.
1t is shoebox set on end; a door cut
at top to put in and take out the pigs;
a door cut at bottom D) to put in and
take out lantern or lamp Q); and a
frame over which is stretched phos-
phate sacking (P), on which the pigs
rest The top D) can be made into a
lid, to open and shut. The door at side,
ut top, serves for ventilation. Mr.. Gray
says: "As soon as the pigs drop I put
them in on this sacking. They soon
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11

In Passiac, n. j., the Board of Edu-
cation has made the teaching Of cook
ing regular part of the curriculum for
the upper grades in the girls schools.
Cooking is a useful accomplishment,
but it should not be forgotten that in
Its higher branches it is a mans Occu-
patton. AS rule, the highest salaried
professors of cookery are of the mascu-
line persuasion.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11

broader, firmer foundation than is
usually given it, II 1t is to remain USE
full for any length Of time. The illus
tration shows sidewalk, and its foun-
dation, that is now in actual use and
is standing very firm and true. Length
wise strips of 3x4 inch stuff are laid
upon fat rocks well bedded In the
ground, the broader these rocks and
the more firmly established the better.
Crosswise over the lengthwise strips
are laid strips Of 3x4 inch stuff just the
width of the walk, upon which the
planks are laid lengthwise. A side
walk should never be laid with cross
wise planks Such a walk is a con-
tinual source Of annoyance.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11
Liver, Nerves and other Fads.

Rich and idle people are increasing
Ia number, no doubt, and they run, as
they always did, after the fashionable
fad of the day; what was oliver" fifty
years ago has become nerves" to-day.
Moreover, we must remember that ner-
vous diseases are long diseases, and,
as rule, do not tend to death; so that
one patient may be lucrative visitor
to twenty physicians, may occupy sue
cessive beds in many hospitals, or may
wander I'm the saloons of half the cure
houses of Europe.
We must remember, too, that one of
the features of the nervous disease
is restlessness, quackishness, and crav-
ing for sympathy, and that the intel
lectual acuteness of many Of these suf-
ferers, the swift transmission of news
by the press. and the facilities of mod
ern locomotion. all favor the ,leurotic
traffic. In the days of our grandfathers,
as / have said elsewhere, the nenrotic
invalid was more of home pet, who
lived upon the tenderness Of friends
and repaid their sacrifices In good adj
vice, in wool work, In volumlnous let
ter writing, and In the extension of a
somewhat peevish old age.
The stir In neurotic circles first began
with the womankind; the woman's
doctor was discovered, and throve
nightly; the suburban sofa was ex-
changed for the back parlors of Harley
street; irritable spines were bumped
across Europe to Schwalbach and
Franzensbad, and, crude as these fash
ions were, they were better than pious
Incidence and the perennial drone of
the village apothecary.-The Contem-
porary Review.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11

the present president of the French re-
public, rose to his high position from
the Office Of a tanner. Above his desk
hangs a picture of himself in tanners
clothes which was taken when he was
10 years old, and which he takes great
delight in pointing out to his friends.
Since his elevation to the chief magis-
tracy President Faure has gained great
ly in popular favor and Is regarded as
the cleverest president the French re.
public has yet had. He is very demo-
cratic In his tastes and very charitable.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11

AS an example of the possibilities OF
a spirit of enterprise, when carried into
the domain of crime, the case of II. II.
Holmes, the insurance swindler, prom
ises to take conspicuous place In
criminal history. The ingenuity which
has marked this individuals efforts
was backed up by an energy which, in
a better cause, might have won him
fame and fortune. Beginning his APP.
premiership in crime when he was a
mere boy. he seems to have improved
every opportunity to acquire proficiency
in 1t. According to the reports now oh.
tanned he began his remarkable career
by getting his life insured and then Sc
curing corpse and having it identified
as his own body. From this venture lie
netted $12.5OO. The plan was SO sue
cessful that Holmes secured an accom-.
plice and repeated it several times, OBJ
tanning considerable sums of money
with most or the attempts. These bold
swindlcs, however, are only a part Of
the career of the man now under arrest
In Philadelphia. He seems to have ex-
banded and developed his capacities
with every new crime performed until
lie attained skill which in other lines
of effort would be called genius His
swindling operations were as numerous
and as Enthusiastically novel as his means
of increasing his list of creditors. His
latest crime, the swindling Of life in
surance company by means of what
was probably bogus corpse, has merel
ly had the effect of raking up an entire
career of criminal adventures ranging
all the way from petty swindling and
theft to large forgeries and more helm
Gus crimes. The various incidents con.
nectcd with his latest effort place him
under suspicion Of murder. 1t will be a
strange and sensational story which
this case develops when 1t comes to
trial. 1t will be the story of man who
not only seems to have done wrong as
a matter Of fixed policy and choice, but
who abetted his wrong doing with an
energy, shrewdness and imaginative
fertility which indicates real love for
the work.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11
Oats and Scotland.

When DIR. Johnson had defined oats
as "a grain which In England Is gen.
orally given to horses, but in Scotland
supports the people," Lord Elibank tri-
umphantly retorted: 'But where will
you find such horses and such men?'
We may admire the patriotism. but
we must regret the loyal mendacity Of
his lordship, for he must have known
how dirty. slow and slovenly his rural
countrymen were.
The food of the people was poor, for
they had nothing to cook except oat
and barley meal and kail-greens from
their yard, for no other vegetables
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11
FACTS FOR FARMERS.
HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS FOR
q, THE A0RICuLTuRIsTS.
Oxford Down Sheep as Mutton Breed
How to Properly Construct Plank
Sidewaik-A Brooder for Pigs--Proft
I'm Hiring FarnsHeIp.


The history Of the sheep industry in
this country is one of almost ceaseless
fluctuations between boom and a
panic. With almost cyclical regularity
one has followed the other. The pres
ent depression In the wool market has
created increased interest in the heavy
mutton breeds Of sheep. However
cheaply wool may be imported, the
mutton supply must be mainly pro-
duced at home. True, the prices for
mutton have also declined, but the out.
look for mutton Is more hopeful than
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11
Not All the Same.

There never was a stable where all
the creatures should be fed exactly
alike. Some run to fat, others to milk,
one is dainty, another is hearty, or here
II d thief bound to steal all she can
Teach before she cleans her own, some
are cutting teeth, others shedding them,
this one is excltable, another naturally
quiet. To many a cow Is COW, but
there is much more we find when we
attempt to keep each doing her best at
the milk pail.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11

There was correspondent in the In
dian Territory, and he told the truth
about the vain pretences Of those who
made believe capture the Cook gang.
Now the correspondent has reason to
suppose he will be safe in some other
territory. Truth crushed to earth will
rise again."
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11

for wool In the immediate future.
While the holders of fine wool sheep
must sell out on low markets, or hold
on at little profit, IL not absolute loss,
until the return Of better times, the
holders of middle and long wooded
sheep may reasonably expect fairly
remunerative prices for carcasses,
whatever may be the condition of the
wool market. Besides, the heavy
breeds Of sheep are generally held in
comparatively small flocks, few on
each farm, and do not constitute the
leading industry of their holders, as
In many cases do fine-woOled sheep.
Holders of mutton sheep seem largely
disposed to hold their fiocks and keep
right along raising lambs and mutton.
An indication of this was visible Mt the
last Chicago fat-stock show, where the
entries In the down and long wooded
sheep classes compared favorably with
the exhibits Of more prosperous years.
The display Of Southdowns, Chrop-
shires and Oxfords was particularly
good, while long woods and merinos
were quite fairly represented. OF the
oxford classes the entries Of II. J..
Stone, Of Illinois, were specially fine,
and took all the prizes but one. His
yearling wether, "Stone," a portrait
ing illustration, was awarded first In
his class, and was at the head Of the
rpremium pen.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11

"No man ever obtained anything
worth having without working hard
for it," said Mrs. Bickers to her hus-
band, who was In discouraged mood.
That's so," replied Mr.. Bickers, re-
flectively. II remember obtained You
without the slightest difficulty."-Har-
per's Bazaar.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11

Advlces from Washington state that
certain railroads which applied for
United States regulars during the re-
cent unpleasantness have filed fat bills
with the War Department asking for
pay for transporting troops to guard
their own property. Those railroads
do not need nerve tonic. ~
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11
Improving WORKOUT Lands.

In 1884 bought a farm of fifty acres.
mostly poor land, and by the use Of
stable manure have brought it up so
1t brings good crops. 1 have been keep
ing the average of about six head Of
cattle and horses, and,I have support
ed them from what raised on my own
land, and sold some hay and corn be-
sides.
Now, my brother farmer, you can do
the same thing. 1t isn't any use buy
ing feed when you can raise all the pea
hay at home you need, for there Is no
land so poor that peas can't be grown In
it, Try to make all the manure you
can, clean up your lots, take care Of
your straw pile, don't set 1t afire as
see some doing, put straw in your stable
Qeaves will do), put up your stock Of
night, and when your stable gets wet
clean it out, and put In fresh supply,
and by next spring you will have more
manure than you have any idea of.
always haul my manure on my poorest
land. Plant your best land In corn;
SOW peas In 1t at last blowing. 1t will
help the land, and besides makes fine
pasture for the hogs and cows. Sow
some wheat, followed by clover, and IL
your land Is too poor for clover SOW it
I'm peas, and in few years 1t will bring
clover, and then you are all right
Home and Farm.
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Covering Seed.

Seed should be covered. 1t Is true
that clover seed, sown on the snow and
allowed to remain on the ground, grows
and makes a good stand sometimes, but
1t is safe to claim that the larger por-
ton of the seed never terminates, and
is lost. If grass seed Is to be sown on
lawns the surface should be scratched
with a harrow, seeded and rolled.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11

In sentencing Harry Hayward y be
hanged Judge Smith, of Minneapolis,
had the bad taste to say that he did not
approve of capital punishment. Surely,
without stretching his conscience he
might have made an exception in this
instance
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11
Planting strawberries.

Get the new strawberry land In con-
dition. New beds should have the
plants In position before April Is, II
possible, so as to give them the spring
In which to get q start and become well
established before the dry season sets
In. A week or two is quite an advan-
tage with strawberries. After blowing
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11
Sound Advice.

Do not turn the stock on the pasture
too soon. Give the grass an opportuni-
ty to get start and make growth. The
feet Of the animals do damage, and
sheep Craze very close to the ground.
The pasture will be all the more ser
viceable by allowing the grass an OPP
portunity to grow.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11

The stories Of old employees turned
out of Government situations In Wash
ington emphasize the well-ascertalned
fact that of the various ways Of wreck
ing a young mans career one of the
best Is to give him job at the capital.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11
Rolling Wheat.

y The wheat field should be rolled after
heavy frost, so as to press the plants
into the soil If they have been thrown
UP. Where a field is somewhat damp
from insufficient drainage, and heavy
frosts occur, the plants are liable to be
thrown up until their roots are exposed.
The roller should be put on the field as
soon as the condition Of the ground will
permit :. -r-..,-~~
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11

The sultan will Investigate the out
RACES" against the Armenians. That
will be kind of him. But 1t will not re-
lieve the rest of civilization from the
responsibility of investigating the In
Yestigation.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11

The tramp who was found snusiy
ensconced in John Jacob Astors bed
said he guessed he would stay there
all winter" John Jacob replied that
he guest not -rs
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11

dry and are ready to suck. They are
safe from being tramped on or chilled.
have kept the pigs in this brooder
three or four days, taking them out
only long enough to suck, once in two
hours. The greatest loss is usually in
side of four days"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11
Constructing a Plank Sidewalk.

constructing a Plank Sidewalk.
In many villages and farming COM
munities the sidewalks are constructed
entirely of planks, says the American
Agriculturist. When this is the case
1t is of the greatest Importance that
they be properly laid, or decay or a
fitting walk will soon follow construc-
ton. The sidewalk must be laid up
from the ground and it must have a
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11

The uncertainty of things in China
would possibly make 1t good idea for
Ii Hung Chang to take his race-horses
and other belongings and go to Eng
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11

"Isn't 1t sad" asked the young girl,
Economically, ito think of the roses
of yesterday" ut is" said the young
man, emphatically. IL have an unpaid
florists bill of $24."--Chicago Record.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11

sBrownsmith-SO your daughter Is
married? What is her husbands bust
ness? Montmorency-Well, he's a
count, believe, or something OF that
sort; but he doesn't work at 1t now.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11

Denver proposes to have a mining ex-
position. One of the gentlemen asked
to subscribe promptly wrote himself
down for $4,000. When people really
want anything this Is the way to get 1t.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11

There is a popular impression that
motives of thrift may lead Russell Sage
to take measures to save his soul, but
that If he succeeds it will not add much
to his accumulations.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11

An communication for this paper should BE- soeouA
psnisd By the Of the author; not necessarily to
pubcaton but svtdsnos Of good hath on tbs par
sf the writer. Write only side Of the paper b
particularly careful IN giving names and dAtsa to hsvs
the lsttsrs and figures plain and distinct
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11

If the whipping post Is to be revived
Tor e-beaters, the ducking stool
should also be restored as a protection
to hen-pecked husbands.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11

A woman never practices the correct
way of walking when she Is on her way
to bargain counter.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11

England Is taking all our spare APP
bles this year. Uncle Sam has already
shipped 100000 barrels ut an average
price of $2.65 per barrel.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11
ONCE A TANNERS BOY.

But Now He Is President of the French
Republic.
We have long and justly prided our
selves on the possibility of advance
ment that lies before the youth Of our
land, but we are not the only people
among whom the ladder of fame may
be successfully climbed. Felix Faure
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11

A contemporary remarks that boy
sometimes goes wrong because OF a
misplaced switch.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11

The "sultan is aroused" about things
In Armenia.