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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-26

A Good womsn's Advantage Of Marrying
Poor Man.

II have been young and now am
DID, said Que OF the charming middle
aged women OF the period, whose looks
belle the baptisnal register, and who
rather enjoy ari0gating to themselves
the wisdom and experiences OF age.
sAnd l have reached that period or
klfe," she continued, when can look
back and see results and note how sell
dom those who are born with silver
spoons In their mouths, as the saying
Is, have the silver fork when they are
grown UP. When ! look back and re-
member who were the jeaSnessc doree
Of my youth-the men whose lives and
positions above all others seemed par
ticularly enviable and desirable -and
then look about me and zee how few OF
those who were called men OF pleasure
in those days have attained nm honor
able and useful middle age, feel that
can preach sermon to my boys and
their friends with object lessons tnat
ought to make II very impressive.
Some are poor, having spent health and
substance like the lrOdigal, in riotous
living. Even those who have appar-
emily not suffered in purse or heaftf
are a set Of disconnected, blase, weary
wor;dlings, who go over the Same
treadmlll OF fashionable existence year
by year without pleasure of profit.
Another thing l have noticed from
my vantage ground Of n lifelong ex-
perience is that. If only as purely
worldly maxim, honesty certainly Is
the best policy. Many brilliant man
/ have seen who has destroyed his
prospects by the crooked ways in
whick he sought to better himself H.
nancially, politically and even socially.
whereas IL he had walked honnrably
before all men he would have gained
the worlds good opinion, and In many
instances the very things he coveted.
And finally there are the young mar
ried couples OF my youth. In nine
cases out of ten. those OF my friends
who married poor young men, and who
gave up the luxmies Of their homes to
prove veritable helpmeets to the men
Of their choice. are now AMIDST without
exception prosperous, and On many
cases wealthy, while those men and
girls who married for money are, as "a
rule, greatly in want OF It, BE good
and you will be happy is the old max
i'm, and certainly it seems true from
materlalstic as well as from a re-
igfous point Of vlew."-Boseon TRANS
cript.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-26
Profitable Fishing.

Salmon fishing with flies is no longes
a matter of mere sport, for it has been
taken extensively for money. 1t was
formerly thought that it took several
years Of practice with at least S2O0
outfit Of tackle before the sport could
be made successful. While there is no
denying that the elderpo,e and bent
pin will not catch the willy and rebel.
lious fish, many skillful fishermen have
found that the cxtravagant!y elabo-
rate tools are wholly unnecessary and
cheaper fy-rods and tackle are just as
effective. When one realizes that the
fish frequently weigh twenty pounds
and sell quickly ut 81 pound, as all
salmon do early In the season. there
is no wonder that the business is be-
coming popular one.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-26
The Vaparies of luck.

Some time ago an Austrian peasant
who was cleaning an old picture for
his aunt found $4,000 fiorins IN paper
money in 1t. He claimed the usual 10
per cent. as reward and got it. There
were two aunts, and as each claimed
the picture as her own, an expensive
lawsuit resulted. Finally the sisters
decided to go halves, but when the
bank notes were examined they We're
found to be null and void, the govern
ment's term for redeeming them hav.
ing expired. The peasant refused TO
return the 5000 forms which he re-
cclved i'm current money, wherefore his
aunts have now sued him.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-26
The Gem State.

North Carolina mas another nick
name. burt the above Is the one II should
bear. No other district OF like extent
in the world yields so many different
kinds OF valuable minerals. a list en-
braces diamonds. emeialds, beryls
(pale green. blue and limpid white).
chrySoberyls. tourmalines lblack and
grecn). garnet (almandines. chcrry-rcd,
pale ruby colored, pyrope and wine
co.orctD. hyascinth zircon twhiie zircon
is sometimes substituted for white dia
il sometimes substituted for cheap
diamonds). sapishires. rubes, oriental
topaz. oriental emerald. cats'-eyes.
rutilc used In some conditions under
the name of "arr0ws-of-lovc" stone).
amethyst. Jasper. hiddenite or green
spodumene; white. citrine, smoky and
rose quartz: moss agate, oligociase,
sunstone and moonst0ne.
The gems. The gold and silver and fine
timber lands make North Carolina I'm
natural resources one Of the richest of
all the States in rhe Union.--Pittsburg
Dispatch.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-26
MARKETING FALLEN FRUIT.

All kinds Of fruit are very cheap
this year, and will be made cheaper
still il windfalls and bruised speci-
mems are offered for sale. None but
the best. perfect fruit should he sent
To market. That will be worth more
than the poor fruit, AMI IL only the best
Is sold the market will he kept up, 50
paying iates. SO that the best sold by
itself will bring more than the whole
would 10. The poorer quality Of fruit,
or that which, from bruising. will not
keep, may be- fed TO stock. or IL there
is too much Of IL for that, evapOrators
may b. procured and the fruit evapo-
rated 20 that it will keep. One ex-
IRENE naturally follows another, AMI
Il light apple crop is very likely next
year in The localities where it is most
abundant this season.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-26
Strange Timidity in Horses.

Young horses can be led Up 10 sack
lying OH the ground and induced to pass
it by letting them smell it and find our
PrOtean thing, whatever Il may he,
which illusion conjures UP for them.
Once the writer saw very quick and
pretty instance OF experiment by touch
made by a frightened pony. 1t was be-
ing driven as IA leader in pony tam
dem, and stopped short in front OF
where the rails OF steam tramway
crossed the road. 1t first smelled the
near rail. and then quickly gave II two
taps with its hoof. After this 1t was
satisficd and crossed the line. On the
other hand. donkey always tried to
Jump the shadows of tree trunks un
the road though a similar experiments;
OF touch would huvc shown tL,.e these
were as unreal rs the tram rail was
substantial.
Lastly. no horse which has once
knocked its head against the top of "a
stable doorway seems quite able to get
rid of the illusion that there sits up
in the top Of all doorways an invisible
something which will hit II again next
time he goes through. Hence the
troublesome, and sometimes ircurable.
habit Of horses 'jibbing" when taken
out Of the stable.
This Is an obvious instance of the
disadvantage at which most animals
stand In regard to means OF physical
experiments. The horse, for instance,
need only feel the Intel 10 ind orq
that 1t Is fixed and does not move, rnd
Is not alive and waiting to hit him.
But except his lips, which are sensitive,
he has no member with which he can
make the experiment. Except the elc-
plant and the monkey. most Of the
higher" animals suffer from this lack
Of the means OF experiment. The won
der Is, not that they suffer from illu-
sions. but that they make 80 few mis-
takes London Spectator.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-26

u think. cir, shes q num-
A1exontler walked Into his study.
Amazed, he saw rIse bef6pe him .
figure Il, black. with Tapping sleeves
rsd flowing skirts.
A calm, good face looked from under
the viii, band and sable veil.
1T Is you," said the nun quietly,
''w'ho have been advertising to discover
the address OF Hedwis Scbn,alby'
His heart sank.
"Yes-yes."
"She rs with u.s."
"Hedwig! A num-
She shook her head with a grave air.
nuns are not made so quickly. Our
Order has a chapel and infirmary near
Soho. We work there. Two days ago
found the poor woman lying on the
chapel steps. ann Sister Frances.
She was ill--insensible; we took her In.
Her mame Is ON her clothes; we could
not find out anything about her. She
has fever--it Is on the brain-she
doesn't speak sense. But we see she is
good girl, and has been well cared
for--innocent, refined. II you are q
relative, and wish to see her, you can
come with me-"
Not a relative" gasped Alexander,
'.an old friend"
The nun bent her head.
IL am sorry TO have TO say Ii, but
there Is no time to lose IL you want to
see her alivew
Beds-narrow beds, white beds, sick
beds IN rows. Walls-gray walls, ST.
lent walls, glimmering walls-with
pictures. Lights-dim lights, kind
lights, holy Hghts--like flowers. And
on a pillow Hedwig's face, with the
roundness and the roses and the splen-
did hair gone from 1t, and Hedwlg's
voice babb.ing in German wildly.
''She won't know you," said Sister
Frlnces.
But she did know him. He took her
hand and bent over her, and she be-
gan talking English at once. A light
came into the sunken face.
1T is you. l am SO pleased to see
you, at all. l was knowing YOU would
come. What a fine day! What a blue
sky! Happy, happy" Her gaze
wandered. And look only-the beau
tiful tame deer! Can give him bread?
No, no. His eyes are too sad! Take
him away. i am tired! Cute nacht."
Perhaps Sister Frances had had
love story in her youth.
She turned her back when she saw
how Alexander's tears railed down,
and how he held the poor dellrious lit
tie girl in passionate. yearning clasp.
Was 1t the warm tears, the warm
clasp, that brought Hedwig back to
llfe's shores from which she had been
fast drifting? Who can say?
As soon as she was better, Alexander
asked her very timidly If some day she
would marry him.
In a whisper came Hedwlg's reply:
IL what al"
answers.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-26

The light at home. how bright II bpnnns
When evening shades around us fall;
And from the lattice far II CLEANS,
To owe. and rest, and comfort all;
When wearied with the tolls OF day,
And strife for glory, gold or fame, >
Eow sweet TO seek the quiet way,
Where loving lips will Tsp our pame
Around the light at home!
The hight at Hometown still and sweet
II peeps from yonler cottage door,
The weary laborer to greet,
When the rough tolls OF day are DER!
Sad Is the soul that does not know
The blessings that it's beams impart,
The cheerful hopes and Joys that flow,
And lighted up the heaviest heart
Around the light at home.
The Housewife.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-26
Coffee Blindness.

The Moors are inveterate coffee
drinkers, especially the merchants,
who sit in their bazars and drink coffee
continually during the day. 1t has
been recently noticed that almost in
variably when these coffee drinkers
reach the age of forty or forty-fivc
their eyesight begins to fail, and by the
time they get to be fifty years they be-
come blind.
Strangers are impressed by the num-
Der of blind men that are seen about
the streets of the city OF Fee. the cap
ital of Morocco. 1t is invariably at
tributed to thesexcessive use of coffee.
This opinion has been confirmed by
that Of European physicians living
there.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-26
Ii lungs Condolences.

III Hung Chang. the famous China
man who visited this country a short
time ago, made quite an impression in
England for his wit and apparent in
gcnuousness, although it was more
than suspected that some OF the old
gJitleman's remarks were not so bland
as they seemed. One incident especially
amused the Brstishers. 1t was when
Ii Hung Chang met Joseph Cham
ber.ain. who affects monoc.e. The
Chinaman noticed the single eyeglass,
and took it for granted that the Co
lonial Secretary had lost the use of one
eye, and he offered him his sincere con-
dolcndes. Harper's Round Table.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-26
Burial Mounds in Siberia.

Boran de Ray, French archaeolo-
gist. has been digging up the Kurgans,
or old turtle-back burying mounds.
near Tomsk i'm Siberia. Some OF these,
dating from the Russian conquest of
Siberia. contain beads, earrings, knives
with artlstically carved bone hats,
copper kettles. rings, bracelets and or.
namcnts Of silver. The Oldest mo,fld
was five or six centuries old The
mounds that were built only 800 years
ago showed much poorer stage of
civilization, very few metal objects
being found, and the arrow heads and
knife blades being made Of bone.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-26
SO TIE STABLE DOOR WILL NOT
BANG.

The wind destroys many doors and
door hinges. Besides that, banging
slammlng door anywhere. whether In
house. barn or corncrib, destroys both
the temper and the nervous system Of
those who must listen to 1t month after
month.
To stop the hanging OF his stable
door live stock man has devised the
Arrangement described herewith.
The inventor describes his sliding
stable door as follows: For doorway
three 10y eight feet, make baften
door in the usual manner, weigh IT.,
ami procure two square sash weights
thar together will just balance the
door. or make the door to balance the
weights. Purchase about eight yards
of sash cord and two large sash pull
lcys. Place in position n frame made
OF two by eight inch plank, having the
pulleys near the top, and fit the door
80 that it will slide up and down with
out wearing the cord. Fasten the cord
out wearing the cord. Fasten the sash
cord to the bottom OF the door, near
the hattcn. On each side Of the door
sasten to the frame strips OF inch
square pieces to hold the door i'm posi-
ton. The weights may Side up and
down OH the sides Of the frame, which
may project ont far enough for the
purpose, or be boxed I'm to protect them
and the cord from the weather This
method costs less than the common
overhead hangers, is very durable. can
BIZ used for doors or shutters. and any
farmer who is handy with tools can
easily put 1t into practice.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-26

tho orvhard and then Try to regenerats
It. l do not believe it.can he done.
believe that an orchard when It Is ten
years old should be In pretty good
hearing condition. An orchard when
II Is thar age should average a barrel
TO tho tree: when II IL twelve years
old 1t should average barrel 10 the
tree every year from that time on.
We have an orchard planted In the
spring OF 1880, and some OF the trees
have already produced more than a
barrel Of apples, and they have all re-
ceived f'gll cuItivatIon-.n0t extra high
as strawberries, but good cultivation
The Silver Knight.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-26
PUMPKINS.

There is nothing better for starting
hogs TO fatten than cooked field pump
Eins, nor is any vegetable more easily
and cIeapiy grown. breaking the
pumpkins open and removing the
seeds before cooking them Is all the
PREPARATION required. Some ground
giain. oats or corn, should be put in
after the cooking is done, as the heat
OF the pumpkins will cook it sufficient
~. IN Tins way sweet. tender and ea-
ccllently favored pork can be made.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-26
Ireland's Large Families.

or countries for which dependable
statistics are returned Ireland takes
the highest place for large families,
the size OF the average Irish family
being 10. Next In order come RuSsta,
4.S3: Spain. 5.65: Italy, 4.JG: Scotland,
4.4G; Holland. 4.22; Sweden. 4.12: ter
many. 40: England. 4.0S; Austria and
Belgium. s.O5; Switzerland. 3.94: Hun
gary, 310; Denmark, 3.Gi. AMI Irrswce.
BOG .
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-26
THE NEGLECTED ORCHARD.

We leave our orchards too long he
fore we come to the point OF doing any
thing with them. People who neglect
yheir orchards until their trees are
twenty-five. thirty or forty years old.
after the orchard ms been set n gene
ration. have just come to the point of
asking. What Is the matter with my
orcEard:" A man cal begin to tel.
whether an orchard is going to do any
thing WHEN II IL ten years old. man
who has his eyes upon Il can tel. when
an orchard is seven or eight years old.
IL That orchard has a future. and he
ought to begin right there to study
the question as 10 what that orchard
wants. says Professor T.. III. Bailey.
" Cornell University. nearly always
say to such a man. "You have simply
delayed breaking your horse until your
horse Is old enough TO die, or nearly
SO, ana now You cannot break the
horse and make good horse out of
him. or course, I should try to cult
vatc the land as well as | could; 1
might Try TO prune the trees and spray
1t. ard work along with il year by
year. and possibly something would
come. but ] believe the only way in
thar case IL TO plant new orchard
and begin AN over. do not believe
hat We can begin at sbs back end Of
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-26
GINSENG CULTURE.

The gcnsing plant thrives best in
l0amy soils, such as are usually found
in sugar maple and oak forests ut the
north. Shade is also essential. Select
q piece OF land at the edge Of some
forest where the plants are found
growing wild. Clear all underbrush
and small trees during spring or sum-
mer, then break up the soil two or
three inches deep, removing all weeds,
grasses and their roots. The bed thus
prepared VIII he ready for the recep-
ton Of seeds and small. unstable
roots, as collected in the autumn. the
season OF ripening depending some
what upon latitude. Ginseng berries
are of crimson color when ripe, each
containing two seeds. produced in
snail clusters ut the top or a central
pcduntlc elevated above the principal
leaves. When gathering the seed, the
roots may also be dug and all small
and unstable ones preserved and re-
planted In the prepared bed. The seed
should be rubbed from the pulp very
carefully. with the hand, and then
SUN ~. VI. pctteI, DTesSeu lutO the
ground with the finger abont half an
inch deep, and one every six inches
along Inc row. The rows should be
froni one to two feet apart, for con-
veIicncc in removing weeds. should
any appear Both seeds and plants
should bo I'm the ground before hard
frosts occur. In autumn. for when they
come. TIE leaves OF the large trees
will fall or the bed and give the ma
tnral projection required. The follow
Ing season no cultivation will be need
ed. II the bed Is thinly covered with
leaves. except to cut out sprouts and
remove any large coarse weeds which
may spring up from seeds or roots LEFT
in the soil. At the end OF the third
seas son. the roots will have reached n
marketable size. and may then be dug
ana the same bed worked over and re-
stocked with seeds or small plants
American Agriculturist.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-26

In Mexico the tobacco plantations
are penal settlemcn'-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-26

He had betti returned to town four
days. AS he came In late from weary
stretch OF walking, his valet met him.
"a person TO see You, sir"
what sort OF persona"
Alexander's nerves were In a queer
state. He turned very pale.
"a woman, SIR"
"A ladyY'
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-23
OAMDEN's MUNICIPAL FIGHT.
Republican Misrule Presages a Demo.
cratic Victory.
'ccsdl fo3ac JerscU Cffu Ncfcs


CAMDEN, March %. 1s9s.-Wfth the
four tickets now completed, Camden will
be deep in the heat of its municipal cam
paign from now till April IA. the date Of
the election. The principal fight, OF
course, will be on Excise Commissioners.
but the election of ten members to the
City Council, with a number eff important
offices to be filed by this body, will not
be lost sight of. The Committee of One
Hundred is basing it's campaign upon al
legged municipal misrule and extrava-
gance, but the Republican managers say
they are willing to go before the people
on their record. They say the reformers
fought on this line a year ago. and used
all their ammunition in charging dere-
%lictions, and that the voters expressed
their confidence in the Administration
by keeping it in power. They say Cam
denis debt, bonded and floating, is only
S1,2o2, 800, which is much lower in proper
ton to population than any city in the
State; that this shows in actual decrease
OF SS5, 500 from the total of 1883, and that
the tax rate has been actually lowered,
despite many permanent public improves
ments. In the space of ten years the Fire
Department and Police Department have
been more than doubled in capacity, the
sewer system has been greatly extended,
much street paving done. and the light
ing Of the city brought up to a point far
beyond that of any city of its size in the
country. The Republican City Executive
Committee will dwell at length upon the
city's financial conditions, and spread
broadcast facts and figures upon the sub
ject.
Meanwhile the Democrats look with
pleasure upon the efforts Of the reform
ers to dethrone the Republicans who
have SO long enjoyed the offices of the
city. A change in the complexion of. the
City Council mean a change in the Of
fees of the City Counsel, City Clerk,
Building Inspector, Supervisor Of High
ways and a lot of small places under
these officials. Three reformers hold over
in the Council, and it will be necessary
to elect seven new men to gain a major
ity. The Democrats hope that the Com
mittee of One Hundred will draw enough
Republican votes to strengthen their
seven.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-23
highest Of all ii Leavenipg power-Lates .. s: Govt Report
Bs'aes
ABSOLUTELY PURE

passage Of his bill through the House,
abolishing lay Judges, and the Governor
VIII not hesitate 10 sign It. This legis-
laadfion will save, the State about $40
ny E yeas; a e t St.l h miI9tipp pay aa 5Sr The The
building Of armories. It is not considered
popular legislation, because it wipes out
an element of the courts which IS close
to the people, and establishes a one
man power in the administration Of
This argument was made against the
bill in the Senate, but did not prevail.
because the Republican leaders had is
sued an ediet that il should. become
( The track elevation bill passed by the
Legislature. 1t is said, wifi not accom-
pl.slh what the friends of the movement
desire. It empowers a Supreme Court
to appoint a commission to i'm
CURE into the matter, and then. if prac-8
ton Ct the Court A prominent, Republic
Courts Will agree to take jurisdiction in
sfhis matter at all, because no legal
points are involved, and no writ of err
ror OF appeal lies to another Court. 1t
the Court may ignore altogether, and
ADVISE that 1T be referred for discussion
and settlement to the parties who are
directly in the project-the municipalities
and the railroad companies.
AMONG, the constitutional a~mendnlents
for biennial sessions of the Legislature.
WHICH will probably be adopted. It ex-
TENDS the terms of the Governor and
the senators to four years, and of the
Assemblymen to two years. The Gov
ernor's salary will be the same as now.
$1,000 a year. n the Senators and
Assemblymen are to receive $500 each
Tor every biennial session.