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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-21

piston, climbing up the steep White
pass, gliding over 90 or more miles of
level table lands and through as many
miles Of virgin forests, coursing its
way over the hills and through the
dales, climbing huge ice gorges, slip
ping over lakes like a steam yacht,
vending its course along the tortuous
river ways in that arctic country, at an
average speed of from 10 to % miles
an hour-or from Fort Wrangel to Fort
Selkirk, and then Dawson City, n dis
lance of 800 miles-in less than 10
days on the first few trips and after
that In less than six. and then you will
have clear conception of this great
scheme for opening communication
with the Alaskan Eldorado.
George It. Glover Of Chicago Is the
originator Of the scheme. Two years
ago he invented n new locomotive, du-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-21
Ouick-Maturing Hogs.

Trxsre Is no longer the demand Cor
fhs. heavyweight boss which used to
yr,,ynu when lard was what the hog
was mostly valued fer. What Is most
Wanted now are hog. that at seven or
eight months old wilt average pound
a Gay, or a trlfle more, for each day of
their lives. Such hogs as these are nj
ways salable, and il is very rare that
tfz,y will not yield profit to the grow
err The best pigs for feeding are usual
ay a cross of the fine boned small breeds
GU some large and rather coarse built
ssaws, the male always being the
smaller. The result will be hogs,
which for feeding will be superior to
either sire or dam.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-21
Fall P1 ,ughing.

The action of the frost Is very bene-
'fis-iai to the farmer, for the hard clods
.ar,s broken to pieces by the expansion
ef tho contained water when 1t freeze.
The earth Is puiverized and put i'm
as1od condition Tor receiving seed
Hence il is beneficial to plough the
fssIsis in the fall so that the winter
Trusts may act Upon the hard pieces
or earth. In this way much labor as
sawed and the natural forces do better
,sssrk than could be accomplished by
..rsihcial means. a further advantage
Is zr,ined from the action of air on the
exposed soil.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-21
Value of Good Brood Sows.

Before beginning to feed the spring
pigs much corn 1t is wei to select all
the long-bodied, thrifty young sows and
keep them for breeders. We never
knew even in most depressed times,
when breeding sow due to farrow in
the spring would not sell for much
more than her value for pork would
have been. What Is more, the breeding
sows need and should consume very
little grain. Some wheat middlings,
with such refuse fruit and vegetables
as would be otherwise wasted, will on
any farm keep two or more brood sows
until they are ready to farrow. This is
especially true in localities that are
largely devoted to growing vegetables
and fruits.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-21
Model Dairy Cow.

At the last Southampton show in
England Jersey cows made notable
display, both as to numbers and quail
Ity one of the Rothschilds is Il spc-
s.iai breeder of these cattle at his coun-
Iy-S place, Tring Park, Herts. Lord
Rofhschilds Jersey COW Gypsy Queen
H took first prize at Southampton.
Hssr picture is here given. A dairy
$ovS of that beefy build would have
bss.n nowhere at fair in the United
SSfafps. but ideals differ. 1t WIS that
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-21

terest capitalists, organize n company
and have his snow sled road in opera
ton before winter closes.
''There are two routes" says Mr..
Glover, "by which a snow train can
reach Dawson City, excepting the
route from st. Michaers to Dawson
City, up the Yukon river. The short
err is from Dyea through the Chilkat or
White Pass, which is about five miles
north and west of the Chilkoot Pass.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-21

ing aside the possibility Of danger from
disease entirely, the habit should be
stopped by all self-respecting women,
for what man would care to kiss them,
knowing that they had previously de-
filed their lips kissing dog? No mat
ter how clean dog may be; no matter
how great favorite, it should never,
no matter what the temptation, he
kissed
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-21

A Very Bad Habit which often Leads
20 Malignant Diseases.

Don't kiss your dog, no matter how
dear he or she may be to you! Aside
from the fact that 1t is nasty habit,
there is grave danger to the human be,
ing from all sorts OF microbes and
germs, which are fonder OF the human
being than Of the dog. This has been
amply proven by scientists, and even
the Board of Health, says the New
York World. AS matter OF fact the
latter body has several well authentl-
Gated cases Of diphtherias contracted
from dogs on its records. Diseases of
all kinds Turk uDon the lips and body
of the dog. A dog will wander about,
even though Of high pedigree, and In
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-21

with the neck, which gives 1t free mo-
ton and graceful carriage and pre-
vents 1t bearing too heavily on the
hand. The eye should be large, little
prominent, and the eyelid fine and
thin. The ear should be small and
erect and quick in motion. The lop-
ear indicates dizziness and stubborn
ness; when too far back there Is dis
position to mischief.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-21
TRAIN FOR KLONDIKE
RAPID TRANSIT LINE OVER
&C., WHITE PASS. W
A Snow Locomotive that Has Been in
Successful Operation I'm Michigan
Pineries for Two Years Will BE Used
800 Miles in Four. Days. - vss
The Proposed Route.

AS Utopian as the project of rapid
transit to the Klondike country in the
winter may appear, II is one that bids
fair to be carried out. Imagine mod
ern snow train Of from eight to ten
box and passenger cars mounted on
runners, carrying 100 tons of freight
and passengers, propelled by an eight
ton steam engine. whose wheels make
five revolutions to each push of the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-21

two small 'prathies" to carry In his
trousers pockets, and he swears that
he at once felt the rheumatism sneak
ing from his bones. In a few nights IL
was all gone. The potatoes have begun
to get as hard as rock, and Corporal
"Blll" swears he will carry them
through life,-Chicago News.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-21
The Pig Pen.

Small pig pens which can be easily
moved from place to place are much
better for hogs than the large ones.
where twenty or more are gathered in
heaps together. IL plenty of straw is
provided, each pig will make a warm
enough bed for itself. Separate pens
should ut least be provided for the
breeding sows. Many pigs are lost each
year by crowding sows into pens with
other hogs too near their narrowing
timp
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-21

iss>Gy build itself, added to her unus-
sxsI size, that helped Gypsy Qneen III.
spet FIRST prize. She is of a fawn color
and is > years old. A description of
tixs cow in the London Live Stock
-Iossrnal praises her capacious udder.
tn the American eye, however, her
spk5s.r is the reverse Of capacious.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-21

chant In Tower
street, who has
used them for
some years for his
own horses. Sun
bonnets are COM
mon in so m c
French towns, no
tably Bordeaux,
where they can be
had for fourpence
each. 1t is three
years since Mr..
Percy began to use
.l - II -.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-21
Planting Peach pifs-

Peach stones ought either 10 be plant
ed soon after the peach is taken or they
should be kept in moist place. 1t is
commonly said that the shell hardens
by exposure to the air, or that the germ
mating power of the seed is impaired
The real trouble is that the germ
shripks in the shell, so that when 1t
swelis with moisture during the winter
and spring the seed cannot burst the
hard covering in which 1t Is irclosed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-21
RESULT OF a FAD.

Golf Is Everywhere Now the Game of
the Moment.
AS golf is just now the game Of the
moment, having shouldered tennis to
back seat, the artists have turned their
attention toward picturing and carica-
turing the types to be met with on the
green golf field.
There is no denying that a mans
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-21
Around the World on a Wheel.

Miss Annie Londonderry, the Ameri-
can woman who has made tour of
the world on her bicycle, Is now writ
ing an account of her experiences. she
was unattended, and 1t required two
years and two months for her to make
the trip.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-21

of the cloth covering. These elastics
are for the purpose of keeping the bot
tom and top frame of the box together,
except when distended by the weight
Of the lady. Thanks to this arrange
ment of the box, it folds up as the lady
leaves it for her position on the table
top, and is concealed inside Of the
frame of the table after her weight is
removed from it.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-21

will be interestedLA GRIPPE MIcRoBE.
to see the cause of their trouble. This
microbe is Industrious, If not pretty,
and he will continue to be much in
evidence unless all present Indications
fail.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-21

SHOWN, THIS MI
crobe has the APP
pearance of a new
kind of bug-all
legs and body. Suf-
ferlng mortals who
have been sneezing,
smiling and mop
ninn r.ntnru ovnS
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-21
Hard at II.

"what makes Chawlie Dunno look so
doosid abstwacted?"
Haven't you heard? He's inventing
a game Of parlor go,f."-Cleveland
Plain-Dealer.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-21
Horse Points.

There are some points which are val
szabse in horses Of every description.
TIE head should be proportionately
Garrye and well set on, the lower jaw
bsus-s should be sufficiently far apart
- enable the head to form an angle
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-21
Fall Flowing Tor Corn.

II heavy old sod Is to to be plant
ed with corn next year, 1t should by all
means be fall plowed. The earlier this
Is done the better, as 1t will give time
for some decomposition to take place.
which will make the spring cultivation
much less difficult. 1t will also enable
the farmer to harrow the land two or
three times before winter sets in. 1t Is
often recommended to plow just be-
fore the ground freezes, and leave the
land in the furrow so as to give frost
better chance to mellow the soil. But
there is never any danger that frost
will fail to go down the full depth Of
the furrow in any Of the Northern
States. There will be a mellow seed
bed to the depth of the furrow, IL the
fall blowing is done early. If done
late, there will be more or less grass
roots living and ready to grow among
the corn when warm weather comes.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-21
A Mighty Army.

Two hundred thousand children APP
Piled for admission to the public schools
Of New York at the opening Of the new
school year.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-21

1t is rare man who commends; men
like to tell how 1t should have been
done.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-21

Every church should manage to con-
vert a newspaper reporter, In order to
have ssme one to root for free adver-
Using.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-21
Cause of Much Misery

OF all microbes the animalcule of In
grippe is the ugliest to look upon. Mag
nified to the size of the picture here
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-21

Russia Is said to own 30,0O0,000
horses, or nearly one-half of the whole
number In existence. Most of them
are owned by the peasants.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-21

character Is cruelty displayed by his
actions on the golf links and the nu-
merous remarkable attitudes people
strike are n cause for amusement to
lookers-on. Here are some of the posi-
tons witnessed mt a recent golf game.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-21
Feeding Turnips on the Land.

So much is made of the turnip crop
by English sheep feeders that Ameri-
can farmers are inclined very natural
ly to initiate their example. But we
have grown several turnip crops, until
we concluded that in this country In
dian corn and other grains with wheat
bran afforded much cheaper nutrition
both for sheep and cows than We could
get from any root crop. AS for feeding
turnips off in winter, it Is not adapted
to our climate. Most Of the turnips
grown here are kinds that grow above
ground, and the freezing destroys their
feeding value. English farmers grow
rutabaga turnips for sheep feeding,
which are so deeply rooted that the
sheep eat into them without pulling
them up. But they are large, heavy
sheep, and will feed where our Ameri-
can grade Merinos will not.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-21
Suu pnunats for Horsea

Sun Bonnets for Horses.
The sun-bonnet for horses has been
introduced in England mainly by the
exertions of Mr.. Percy, a wine mer-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-05-22
wRENs WE'RE WcToRS.
Interesting story of Prolonged
Fight for n Bird House.

Fight for Bird House.
"One spring." said lover of birds,
uthere came to bird house in my gar
lien a pair of great crested fly-catchers.
I had a dozen bird houses scattered
around. This particular one was about
a foot square, with a peaked roof and a
chimney at each end, a doorway for the
birds to go in and out and couple of
auger holes bored through the back to
give the house light and air.
''This bird house the summer before
bad been occupied by pair of blue
birds, who had left their nest behind
them. This nest the great crested fly
catchers pulled apart and threw out of
the house; every twig and straw; they
cleaned the house out completely; and
then they brought in everything new,
and built nest of their own, and set
tied down comfortably for the summer.
But in few days pair of bluebirds
came along and they made for this
house. 1t might have been the identical
pair of bluebirds that occupied it the
summer before; / don't know about
that; though | have no doubt that rob-
ins and other birds that have been
south for the winter, hundreds of miles
away, do come back in the spring to
the same places, and to the same trees.
Anyhow, this pair of bluebirds wanted
that bird house, and they were ready to
fight for it, and that is what they did.
The fy-catcher is a nice little bird and
a pretty plucky sort of a fighter, but
not match for the bluebird. They had
grand roundup inside the house, and
finally the bluebirds pitched the fly
catchers out; and later they pitched out
every stick of furniture that the fly
catchers had brought in, cleaned the
house out entirely, and then brought in
fresh material and built new nest ac-
cording to their own ideas, and they
settled down for the summer.
"Well, few days after that, pair of
wrens came along and they took fancy
to that particular bird house. too; and
they sailed right in and tackled the blue
birds on the spot. You couldn't see the
fightfrom the ground, but every now and
then you could see a straw or feather
shoot out of the front door of the house.
The bluebird is a good. sound fighter.
but the wren is better one, and the up.
shot was that the wrens fairly put the
bluebirdS out and took possession of the
bird hoNe thernselves. And then the
wrens did just what the others had
done; they pitched out every scrap of
Astuff in the bird house, just tumbled it
tout of the door, to fall on the ground;
and then they brought in new stuff and
built nest for themselves.
Nobody molested the wrens. They
stayed there and raised their young
there; and in the fall they all flew away
ard left the bird house again deserted
for the winter."-N. Y. Sun.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-05-22
"A SHIRT AND A NEW ONE. TOO"

spring, intending to rally our COM
pany there, but only five reached it with
the captain and myself-Privates Tur-
ner, Heiser and Mooney. By this time
the enemy, having gone through the
tents, were forming slSirmishing parties
and were getting so uncomfortably
close that their conversation was dis
tinctly heard:
"'Hello! What is this?' said voice.
"A shirt, and a new one, too was sung
out, and then had to choke down my
laughter, as y dawned on me that my
soiled linen, hung out the night before,
was undergoing an examination. 1t
was no time to laugh, but they were
still around the shirt when the captain,
knowing that had some knowledge of
the land, directed me to lead them out.
This did, and through the narrow
opening we worked our way into the
ravine; and soon were in q comfort
able place. Perhaps you would not have
thought so, If you had been there, for
we were not 30 feet distant from where
hundreds of confederates passed. and
heard much of their talk. Before sun
down the Johnnies had the cattle on the
go, we'll toward their lines. We recov-
cred only seven or eight head, and lost
in killed, wounded and prisoners 262
men, II being officers, and among the
killed was the gallant Mumford. That
our little party was not included is due
to the Johnnies' curiosity over my old
shirt. Warrington Star.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-05-22
"The conscript officer has got themi"

"The conscript officer has got themi"
shouted a dozen voices.
1t was even so. The men had not
been out of the confederate service two
minutes before they were in it again.
They had been drummed out in military
fashion. tarred and feathered by the
civilians, and now they reentered the
army with an opportunity to die like
heroes or perhaps desert at the first
favorable chance. Which would they
do? l never heard of them again, but
/ feel confident that they were inside of
the federal lines in less than a month
from that day. Altogether, it was the
iolliest confederate holiday ever seen
in that part of the south, and doubt
whether anything like it occurred in
any other city while the war lasted
Wallace Putnam Reed, in Chicago
Times-IIerald.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-05-22
WAR "REMINISCENCES.
A CONFEDERATE HOLIDAY.
Two Thieves Drummcd Ont of the
Army and Drafted In Again.

Two Thieves Drummed ont of the
Army and Drafted In Again.
During the war the confederates had
very few holidays of festive nature.
1t was my fortune to witness one such
occasion. The place was Atlanta and
the time was in the summer of 1868.
A private soldier went to the leading
hotel of the city and called for room.
After he had been shown to his apart
ment his partner stationed himself di-
rectly under the window in the rear of
the building. The two exchanged sig
nails and were soon ready for business.
1t was dark night, and the soldier in
the upstairs room soon stripped the
bed of it's sheets, quilts and pillows.
He rolled these into a big bundle and put
in few towels and other small articles.
When everything was ready the pack
age was thrown down to the man who
was waiting for it. Unfortunately for
the thieves. they had attracted the at
tention of some of the servants, and
they were caught in the act.
Such sneak thieving made the citi-
zens indignant, and the thousands of
soldiers in camp around the city agreed
with them that the rascals deserved very
severe punishment. But what penalty
would suit the case? 1t was out of the
question to send them to the penitcn-
tiary. That would suit them too well,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-05-22
SAVED BY A SHIRT.
Stirring Account of Narrow Escape
in Wnr Time.


"I had an experience during the war;"
said Mr.. James Dobbyn, of East Wash
ington, the other day to a Star man,
(which caused me to feel kindly to-
ward an old shirt which had thrown
away. The freedom and life of four
others with myself hung on it. You
see, it was this way: In an attack on our
lines, had not my old shirt attracted
the Johnnies' atten ton they would have
had us all five, or may have killed us.
My company (Capt. George Griffin), of
the First District Columbia cavalry,
with the Fifth and Eleventh Pennsyl-
vania, and the Third New York cavalry,
were, in September, 1864, doing duty on
the Norfolk road, ten or twelve miles
in the rear of City Point. Our lines ex-
tended distance of four miles along
the road, and were there for the protec-
ton of 3,700 head of cattle, between us
and the Point. We had been there long
enough to enable me to learn much
about our surroundings, for 1 had fol-
lowed my inclination to wander around.
l knew the best and most accessible
places to obtain green corn, sweet po-
tatoes and similar delicacies, and l also
found a deep and narrow ravine, filled
with dense growth of briars, and dis
overed that there was but one entrance
to it, and that as difficult to find as it
was to enter. On exploring it found
that once through the brush, conceal
ment was perfect. little thought
when there that it would serve me as
IL - afnt, 4hok al eh htrk
would enable me to reach it. The night
before the attack Lieut., Mumford, of
the Third New York, came to our picket
line with report that while out on a
reconnaissance he had heard the enemy
chopping in the woods, and had gotten
so near that he heard their voices, and
was sure they were chopping out roads.
1t seems that if any proper notice had
been taken, many lives would have been
spared, including Lieut.. Mumford's, and
the Johnnies would have missed their
beef. At least that was the general i'm
preston of the men.
1T was about an hour before day
light" continued Mr.. Dobbyn, "when
1 heard the picket firing. My 'bunky'
being little deaf, and hard to awaken,
l left him and ran to the horses, brid-
ling his and my own. Then it was red
hot. Wade Hampton, wanting beef,
had struck our lines in three or four
places; and by this time his men were
in our camp, pillaging from tent to
tent. There was nothing to do but to
retreat, and so Capt. Griffin ordered.
Then 1 determined to make the effort
of my life, and save as many as pos
sible, and the captain told me to lead the
way. We ran through the tents en-
deavoring to get our men together, and
it was so dark that we jostled in and out
among the Johnnies, who could not dis
tinguish US from their own men.
Reaching the lower end of the camp.
we made for fallen tree not far from