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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-12
No second-CIass Fares.

Lines members of the Central rassen-
ger and Trunk Lines committees are
considering q proposition 10 abolish sec-
ond-class fares. Another matter of more
than. ordinary interest to a large number
Of people concerns the policy TO be fol-
lowed next year in handling clergy bust
ness. 1t is said many Of the passenger
men are more than pleased with the man
ner in which Western roads handled the
clergy business this year and that n like
plan may be adopted by the Eastern
lines. That, however, is hardly likely
The misuse of charity fares, protective
forms of excursion tickets, government
transportation orders, interterritorial
party fares and number of other inter-
esting subjects are lockcted for consid-
eratiou
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-12

race from All directions. Railroad trains,
street cars. horses and bicycles hasten
the transmission of the news to the head
quarters of the Press Association. where
scores of skilled accountants are in wait
ing to tabulate the figures for the news
papers. As fast as the figures are tran
scribed. a pneumatic tube carries them
with lightning swiftness to the news
papers. There they are copied as a safe
guard against any emergencies. and
check against any mistakes that might
arise, and are sent 10 the composing
room. The earliest returns on election
night come IN the shape of bulletins from
different sections of the country. In the
hands of trained observers. these bulletins
are compared with the vote of the pre-
vious presidential election. and thus fur
nish indications of the result to be expect
ed. As the bulletins increase in number
they become more definite as the hour
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-12
short State Item..

Harry Wheeler. of Ypsilanti. has been
appointed clerk in the railway mail SER
vice.
The new +. & +. NJ. steam car ferry
was slightly damaged by fire in the
Wheeler shipyard at Bay City.
1t is said that the pumpkin crop In
Michigan this year is the smallest raised
in the State for twenty-five years past.
Mrs. Sarah Barber, of Adrian, swal-
lowed a mouthful of aconite i'm mista ke
for cough syrup, but was saved by a stom-
ach pump.
David b. Greenfield, a y. Il T.. M.
brakeman. was crushed between two
Jumpers at Wixom, and is in a critical
condition.
At Muskegon the Grand Rapids Dis
trict NJ. r. Womcn's Foreign Missionary
Society elected Mrs. II. j. Felker, OF
Grand Rapids, president. The district
collected $l,321.55 last year.
Hunters are focking to the northern
woods. Every Alpena and Mackinaw
train from Bay City carries frsn, twenty
TO ffty hunters and their traps from the
southern part Of the State.
At Jackson six children in the family Of
w. j. Billig have diphtheria. One has
died, and others are in a precarious con-
dition.
The school at Pine Run, in Genesec
County, has been closed on account of
diphtberia among the pupils. IL IL thought
that the drinking water used is response
BILE for the epidemic.
III the payment of taxes IL any indica-
lion. then times are much better now than
for some time past. Township treasurers
are generally returning only small
amounts 10 the county tressurers ss un-
collected.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-12

for other townships. Yet the complete
returns from every precinct in this vast
territory, populated 10y nore than 3.OOO.-
0O0 souls, are in the Offices Of the several
newspapers before midnight. aud the
majority Of rhe figures are ia type before
that hour.
The polls close ut 4 o'clock la the af-
fernoon I'm Chicago. The reporters of the
City Press Association waited, every vot-
Ing place in the city an hour later. These
reporters are not necessarily newspaper
men. In the city proper they are mostly
policemen. detailed for the special duty
Of carrying the news to the city hall. In
the remote precincts Of the county are
other messengers, employed to facilitate
the handling of the returns. All are
under the most specific instructions to
lose no time in transmitting the results
from the precincts to headquarters.
About three hours after the polls close
the judges and clerks in most OF the pre-
cincfs have completed their counting. Az
soop as they have sscertsined the vote
of fheir precincts the result II given to the
asssengers In waiting. Then begins q
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-12
Died for His Friend.

Robert Patterson and John Strong, n
deaf lnute, were at work on j. Webber's
farm, east of lonia. laying stone. The
other evening they started for home on
the Detroit, Lansing and Northern Rail.
road track. When about two miles from
The city they were oyertaksD by freight
train, and stepped Ia the side of the
track TO let it pass. The train was fcl-
lowed closely 10y the section foreman and
his crew on a handcar. Strong. net see
ing the car. stepped back on the track
directly in front of it. Patterson, seeing
the danger, jumped forward and drew
Strong from his perilous position, hut
was himself struck by the car and thrown
under the wheels. One arm was broken
and his side stove in. He was removed
to his home, but he was beyond help ani
died.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-12
ClrcumstantiaI.

curatc in AnjOu. a man OF very
dlsoiderly habits. had a quarrel with
a sergeant of the neighborhood. The
sergeant having suddenly disappeared.
everyone suspected the curnte-his
avowed enemy--of having made away
with him.
1T happened that criminal. who
had been executed. was exposed on
the gallows. within n league or two
or the curate's house. His relations
took down the. body secretly, and
threw 1t. with the cord about it's neck,
into a neighboring pond.
Some fishermen found the body. and
the iaatter being taken up by the Do
lice. everyone focked to see the corpse
OF the victim. As II was much disfig-
ured. the prejudlces which were uni
versally entertained against the curate
led them to believe that this must he
the body Of the sergeant.
The curate was Immediately arrest
ed. tried. and condemned 10 be hanged.
Whtn he saw hat death was ireyita-
bic, he thus addressed his judges:
1T Is true that II was I that mur-
dcred the sergeant; but am unjustiy
condemned. and ~ those who have
given evidence against me are false
witnesses. The body which you have
FOUND. and on account OF which have
been tried. Is not that Of the sergeant.
The real corpse OF the sergeant will
be found In a certain part Of my gar
den. along with that OF his dog
The judges immediately instituted a
search within the garden OF the curate.
and everything was found to he as he
had described.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-12
Prof. Jones Dead.

Charles X. Jones. of Gaines TOWNSHIP
Gcnesee County, died ut his home ut an
early hour Thursday morning. He had
been i'll only a few days. and his death
was great surprise to the people of the
county. Prof. Jones was born at Parma
In lS6S. For three years past he has
been principal Of the high school at
Gaines. which position he held TO the
time of his death. Two years ago he was
elected school examiner by the Board of
supervisors. and was recently reelected
10 the same position by the present Board
OF Supervisors. In August last he was
united in marriage to Miss Ida G.. An
drews. Deceased was highly respected
by all who knew him. lie was a member
of the Masonic fraternity.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-12

near daylight. Since the adoption of the
typesetting machines the work of putting
the copy into type and making up the
forms for the stereotypers has been made
much easier and shorter. Between the
first and second editions OF the paper
comes the final strain of the night. This
is from 10 3 n. IN, after the editors.
reporters and accountants have disposed
OF a hasty lunch. Later and more ec-
c,irate returns make necessary n revision
OF great part of the paper. Proofs are
consulted; figures are stricken out and
new ones inserted headings are rewrit-
ten; totals are changed bencath the col
umns To conform To the changes made in
their figures, and q hundred more changes
have To be made in n few minutes that
the paper may so out in finished condi-
tion. When the great presses finally be-
gin TO roll off the second edition the work
of handling the returns still goes on up-
stairs. Important news may come in at
any minute changing the aspect OF the
election. and provision must be made for
issuing an extra" in such an emergency.
For this reason the clerical force remains
ut work until the forenoon is well along,
and force of compositors is retained.
story Told by Bulletins.
The scene outside the newspapers
offices. hotels and campaign headquarters
on election night is one of rare excitement
and interest. In great city like Chi
cago watching the returns" has become
a feature of politics. attended with all the
hustle, enjoyment and variety that inge-
nuity and intelligence can suggest. The
plan adopted by the big dailes for
keeping the public posted up to midnight
scored some new and remarkable features
this year. Intense interest in the election
does not permit many city residents to
remain at home on election night, and
from o'clock until daylight vast crowds
parade the principal thoroughfares, go
ing from point to point where bulletins
are displayed. These take the form of
huge canvas screens tackled across the
front of building opposite the newspa-
per Office. Two powerful stereopticons
are employed to fash the returns upon
them.
BY still another method the enterpris-
ing newspapers tell the story of the cleo
tion for the benefit of the public. and this
moved system of disseminating news was
used on election night for the first time.
One newspaper secured n searchlight of
the greatest possible rejecting capacity,
which. under the guidance of an expert,
flashed code of signals up into the sky.
visible as far rs fifty miles away. The
Times Herald placed men on the top
of it's building. and exactly on the
hour, from dark until after mid
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-12

night. shot up into the air bombs Of diff
ferent colors. These burst as high as
l.WO feet aloft, and were visible fifteen
miles from any direction. Each color
had its individual significance. the num-
ber fired at one time indicating city, State
or national report. as the case might be-
and the color designating the political
complexion of affairs at that hour. The
bursting Of grand battery of bombs of
all colors wound up the display, an
nouncing that the presidential question
was settled. and closing the exciting cam
paign of 1S0G in blaze Of glory.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-12

grows later, until they begin to tell the
story without any need Of comparisons.
The figures are copied and then handed
over to the telegraph editors to be pre-
pared for the composing room.
Where Everything HUNS.
With an army of telegraph operators.
editors. reporters and typesetters all
working at the same time TO their utmost
capacity, human intelligence is neces-
sarily taxed To it's limit To meet the situa-
tion. An able-bodied youth watches the
pneumatic tubes, through which an al
most constant stream of leather covered
cylinders come flying. to be discharged
into the glass-inelosed receiving chamber.
Each of these cylinders contains from
one to dozen sheets of -'flimsy." the
name given by newspaper men TO the yell
low tissue paper used by the press asso-
Citations in the duplication of their news
by the manifolding process. The "flim-
sy' is distributed 10y hurrying copy
boys between the editors. reporters and
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-12
Hotel Guest. Rout.d NV r,r

At an early hour Sunday morning
flames burst from under the main stair
way in the Franklin House at Manistee
and rapidly ate their way upward, cutting
off all communication with the street
Fifteen guests were compelled to jump
from the second story in their night
clothes. w. Il. Kessick, travelling man,
first discovered the fire and aroused the
guests. Mrs. Clark threw her boy into
the arms of spectator below and then
Jumped. Many were severely burned.
The servants escaped by back stair
way into the kitchen. The fire depart
ment did good work. so that the damage
will only amount TO 81 200.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-12

William the Conqueror, before the
conquest of England, wore only the
cap Of French duke, bat after that
event added a coronet with points. I
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-12

CRAWLING LODGE /. o. o. T.. no. 137.-
Meets every Tuesday evening.
]. PATTERSON, N. @.
M. SIMPSON, Sec
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-12

GRAlLING CHAPTER, +. A. NJ, No. I2J--
Meets every third Tuesday in each month
w. II. BESKLEMAS, II. p.
A. TAYLOR, Sec.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-12

CRAWLING CHAPTER. ORDER OF EAST
EkN STAR, No. SO, meets Monday evening on
or before the full Of the moon.
DE ETTE BRApEN. w. M.
josie TAYLOR Sec.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-12

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev A. ii. Mosser
Pastor. Services every Sunday morning and
evening at the usual hour. Sunday school fol-
lowing morning service Prayer meeting every
Wednesday evening
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-12

CRAWFORD TENT, X. o. IT. NJ. No. 1o2.-
Meets every Saturday evening.
A. MCKAY Com.
T. NOLAN, r.. K.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-12

METHODIST PROTESTANT CHURCH.
Rev. w. II. Mawhorter, Pastor. Services every
Sunday at 200 p. m, and alternate Sundays ss
lo:3o q. m. Sunday-school at p. IN.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-12

ST. MARY's CATHOLIC CHURCH.-Father
II. Webeler. Regular services the last Sunday
In each month
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-12

COURT CRAWLING, I. o. f., No. 79o.-Mests
second and last Wednesday OF each month.
j. WooDBURx, G. r.
ERR BELL, r. 8.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-12

N. Il. CHURCH-Rev. r. L. Cope. Pastor.
Services at 10 30 o'clock am. and III - Sum
day school at II m. Prayer meeting every
Thursday evening at 7ls o'clock. All are oor-
daily invited to attend.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-12

CRAWLING HIVE. No. 81. L. o. I. M.-Meets
every first and third Wednesday OF each month
JULIETTE BUTLER. Lady Com
POLLY CRoTEAU, Record Keeper.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-21
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.FlELRa'Np GRRDEN
THE QUALITY OF ENslLAGE.

Conditions as Regards the Filling OF silos.
Good Cutter and Steady Power.
Whether made from fresh cut or wilt
ed fodder corn, the quality Of the ensi-
lage will be good if the necessary condi-
tions as regards the building and filling
of the silo have been observed Very
watery fodder will give sour ensilage
The more water in the fodder-that is,
the greeDer it is cut-the more acid will
be found in the ensilage. The common
practice among "ensiloers" of late years
has been to cut the fodder one day and
fill it into the silo the next day or as
soon after as convenient Many claim
that in this way we handle an unneces-
sary quantity of water in the fodder,
and that the better way is to leave the
corn shocked in the field for week or
ten days before filling the silo, so as to
allow the excess of water to evaporate.
In connection with the foregoing, Prairie
Farmer says:
We shall probably in the future see
this latter method practiced more than
before, since with our present deep silo
there is generally enough pressure in
the silo to secure good ersilage When
the weather is good, the corn will not
suffer much, but if the prospects are
there will be much rain it is better to
haul the fodder TO the feed cutter right
away and fill it into the silo. But the
essential thing is to have good cutter
and steady power.
The cutter should be placed close to
the silo and the carrier adjusted so as
to drop the cut corn near the middle Of
the silo. The cutter should be power
full one. By trying to economize on a
cutter many farmers lose i'll few days
enough money to purchase the cutter
they need. The cutter should have ca
pacity of three tons per hour at least.
For this two to four horses will be need
ed on a sweep power. A good two horse
tread is an excellent power, or a gaso-
line engine will be found just the thing
Have everything about the cutter
snug and tight, so that the cut corn
will not fly all over and be wasted. The
carrier should be made of chain and
Stats, as tho pieces Of corn would wet
rubber belt carrier and cause it to slip.
10 run rapldIy ana continuously ana
to do its work well, none but the best
machines will do. BY using two or
moro wagons for hauling the fodder can
be passed from the wagon directly to
the cutter without unloading on the
ground. Arrange every detail about tho
cutter so as to economic all the time
and labor possil lc, for plenty of both
may be easily lost if the strictest atten-
ton is not given to details.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-21
Irrigation In the East.

Gradually it is dawning on the farm
ers of the older states that the benefits
of irrigation need not be confined to the
plains of the west. AS Irrigation Age
says, there are few farms III the eastern
states that are not 'well watered, " and
every such farm may have its product
increased and insured by a comparative
ly small expenditure, mostly III labor,
by conducting the water from a running
stream or from an artificial reservoir,
which may be chcaply constructed.
\ farmer in New York recently stated
that he had never known a year when
there was rainfall enough to produce ono
full crop. A few pillow burrows, supple
mented by the use of common scraper,
will carry the water along the hillsides
into the main latcrals for the fields to
be watered. Lay out tho rows so that
water will run between them, not too
rapidly, and turn it in when it is need
ed. There is almost always a week or
two during the growth of crop when
little additional water would add
largely to the product. 1t should be re-
membered, too, that the preparation for
irrigating will provide for carrying off
surplus water as we'll, matter of hard
ly less importance.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-21
SWEET POTATO CULTURE.
Report Upon Experiments with Fertilizers
Mt the New jersey Station.

Report Upon Experiments With Fertilizers
Mt the New jersey Station.
A series Of experiments was conduct
ed at the New Jersey station to deter
mine if profitable crops can be raised
with chemical manures, to compare the
relative value of nitrogen in the forms
of nitrate of soda and of dried blood and
60 study the comparative effects of diff
ferent quantities of New York horse
manure alone and in combination with
chemical manures
The experiments were carried out on
two different types of soils, one a sandy
loan with clayey subsoil and the other
sandy loan with sandy and gravelly
subsoil. On the first soil the variety Up
River was employed and on the second
Yellow Nansemond. Tables are given
showing the number of plats, the
amount and kind of fertilizer used on
each and the yield per acre in bushels.
The conclusions reached were that
not only could sweet potatoes be raised
by chemical manures alone, but that the
increased yield was sufficient to pay
considerable profit. Where horse ma
uulS dlOuG wis uSeu inc prOllJ lTOm Uu6
crop was not sufficient to pay the cost
Of the manure The results from the
use of the various forms of nitrogen are
conflicting in different years, but with
the odds apparently slightly in favor Of
the dried blood. The addition of nitro
gen, however, was followed by fnan-
cial loss, as, though the yield of pota-
toes was increased, the addition was not
sufficient to pay the cost of the fertili-
zers. AS a consequence, the use Of fer
tilizers rich in nitrogen is strongly ques-
toned. Combinations of chemical and
horse manures show results slightly in
favor of the combination where small
quantities were used. Where larger
quantities were applied the added ex-
pense was not made up by the sale of
the crop 1t is stated that further ex.
periments are needed to determine the
kind and amounts of manures best
adapted for the crop.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-21

Sow the grasses on the rye and cover
them with the harrow. Do this as soon
as possible after the ground is dry in
the spring. Sow timothy, red top and
alsike clover. Use four pounds of timo-
thy, three pounds of red top and three
pounds alsike clover per acre. These
three varieties go nicely together. They
all flourish best on low land. The over
flow should help rather than harm
them, and they mature about the Same
time. 1t is somewhat surprising that
alsike clover is not more grown when
we call to mind its affinity for such sit
nations and the excellence Of the hay
which it produces. Prairie Farmer.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-21
The Army Worm.

Until recently but little trouble has
been experienced i'll the eastern and
middle states with one of the most disas-
trOus plaques of the western farmers.
This is the army worm, product Of the
eggs of large brown miller. The worm
is from to . inches long, light blue
or gray in color with brown and yellow
stripes lengthwise on its back. This sea-
son these pests are making sad havoc
with corn, oats and grass in several To-
calities i'll New York, Pennsylvania and
i'll southern New England.
The ways of destroying the army
worm are many, but the best means Of
combating it, according to The New
England Homestead consists mainly in
blowing a furrow to keep it off the
land, one of its sides to be made perpen-
dicular so the worms can't climb up,
and holes to be dug in it at intervals,
into which the worms fall when they
are covered with kerosene and burned.
All this involves work, but it is effect
i've if taken i'll time. The reassuring
feature of the present invasion is that
most OF the worms already have on their
backs many eggs of minute fly that
will hatch into minute slugs, or para
sites, that will feed ON the worms and
destroy them by the million, or prevent
the pup3 from Matching
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-21
succes.fnl Grasshopper Catoher.

The grasshopper catcher successfully
tested by Professor Golf of the Wiscon-
sin state university station consists of q
sheet iron shallow trough, 10 feet long
and feet wide, with canvas back 4
feet high, which extends over and in
front Of the ends. The trough is nearly
filled with cloth saturated with kero-
sene, which is also used ON tho canvas.
The machine is either pulled or pushed,
and the hoppers, in trying to escape,
strike the canvas, fall into the trough
and are stupefied or killed by the kero-
sene. The best results are obtained
when the grasshoppers are young and
unable to fly.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-21

Here i'll the west the ideal use to
make of barnyard manure is to put it
on grass. The eminent French authority
on manuring, NJ. Colrard, depreciates
the use of it, however, not because it is
not of value when thus applied, but be-
cause it is more valuable ON land under
cultivation, the reason given being that
it is complete fertilizer, while the
pasture generally needs a special one
only which will supply some special
want in the soil.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-21
No. 21a.-snhtraotinns.

Example: Take fifty from girdle and
leave a wager Answer: Bolt, bet The
subtractcd letter is not always in the mid
die of n word
Subtract fifty from to stop and leave an
article of apparel.
Subtract FIVE hundred from funny and
leave kind of biscuit
Subtract fifty from jewel and leave a
fruit.
Subtract one from Scotch lord and
leave to stuff with bacon.
Subtract fifty from a small basin and
leave n weapon
Subtract one thousand from u servant
and leave to relieve,
Subtract five hundred from scarcity
and leave planet
Subtract one thousand from something
worn by person who fences and leave a
question.