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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-15

a Air and sunlighe tn Plants.
N The Illustration herewith, taken from
Farm and Home, shows the construc-
Jon of support for raspberry bush
1s, tomato vines, etc. The corner posts
ARE ~ to 2 inches square, and about
2 feet or more long, as desired. AMI
sharpened so as to be easily pushed by
band into the ground. Stats or cross
pieces are Of lath and two or more
feet long, to suit whatever Is to be trel-
iised. BY use of something Of this sort
the vines or bushes are kept up OFF the
ground so that light and air can freely
circulate through and about the base
of plants, causing greater productive
mess. better quality Of fruit, and doing
away with much loss, decay and incon-
venience in gathering. With care, n
score or two of frames will last for
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-15
H;lls on an Acre.

AS there are 1880 hills on an acre
when crops are planted three feet apart
each way, it Is easy to see that the max
imum crops of corn or potatoes are
very much above the average. One
bushel Of potatoes to thirty hills would
give 167 bushels per acre. One bushel
of corn to forty-eight and one-half hills
would give 101 As bushels of corn. 1t
should seem as If these yields might be
attained by any farmer, but they are
not.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-15

In his address on Pasteur before the
French Academy CASTOR Paris, the new
member. said that the scientist used
often TO leave the table in the middle of
dinner and his bed at night in order to
elaborate an idea that had been fer
menting In his brain. Referring to Pas
tours rise from a humble place In a
village drug store, NJ. Paris said that
his audncity In the choice of subjects
for Investigation was extraordinary
and that even in his youth he astonish.
ed his companions by his eagerness to
soar beyond the limits of known SCI
ence and by attacking problems which
the greatest savants had aot attewpted
to solve. W H y.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-15
Grow Medicinal Plants.

Many medicinal plants can be grown
with profit, as the demand for some
kinds is increasing. Absinthe worm
wood can be raised as far north as
New England, and this country imports
1t from Europe. Saffron, which sells
for So per pound, may be grown In near
ly all sections. Peppermint and spear
mint find ready sale, and sage, which is
well-known to every farmer, is import
ed, frequently selling at $3.50 per ton.
Then there are hoarhound, boneset,
mandrake, blood root, pennyroyal, etc.,
which are regarded as weeds in some
localities, all of which are largely used
and have a value in market.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-15

Spats-Girls are strange creatures.
While we were touring last season,
Rosa did not mind when carried her
over the river by the stepping stones,
so that her feet might not be wetted,
but when offered to take her in my
arms down the steep descent into the
famous cave, she objected. Socratoots
Did not want you to run a good
thing into the ground, I suppose. Pitts
burg News.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-15

Writing of the new line of steamers
between Canada and England, with
which the British are fighting the
American line between New York aiul
Southampton, the Evening Post Of New
York calls attention to the fact that
Australian commerce amounts to $780,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-15

side, fastened with bolts. Between
them, for convenience in drawing the
bolt back, is a handle. The wooden
bolt works through slot in the post
and swings loose. 1t opens easily by
merely pulling 1t back and fastens au-
tomatically, as the gate shuts by its
own weight, dropping into the slot il
the post, the opening being beveled to
allow 1t to enter easily.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-15
Flood of Foreign Goods.

The following statements show the
increases in exports of foreign goods
from certain American consulates dur
ing the months Of March, April and
May this year, as compared with the
corresponding months in 1896. No fur.
Their argument was needed to show
why the Dingley tariff should have
been promptly passed by Congress:
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-15

Of a piece Of
hard wood Of
any d e s | r G d
length and from
two to three
inches in width.
This is hung
from one Of the
rails by four
pieces Of hoop
iron, two on each
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-15
White Grubs and Strawberries.

If, In blowing land to prepare 1t for
planting, n great many Of the white or
brown grubs are seen, there is no use
In planting 1t with Strawberries. The
white grub almost always infests tim
othy sod, the parent bug selecting such
sod to lay her egg. as the bulb just at
the surface of the ground in the tim
othy plant is a favorite morsei with
the grub. Many pieces Of timothy are
every year ruined by this pest. but the
loss of grass does not involve so much
labor rs where strawberries are plant
ed and cared for, only to be destroyed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-15


from an old boot leg The chicken
thief was then caught, and pulling the
ears forward, the top corners OF the
blind were fastened to them by means
of pinchers and rings, such as are put
in the shouts Of pigs to prevent root
ing. This blind will not prevent the
hog from seeing his legitimate food.
but it does prevent him seeing chick
ems unless they are under his very
nose, and then IL he attempts pursuit
the chances are that he brings his nose
in violent contact with the fence or
some other obstruction. A few such
lessons and he concludes that he Is no
longer partial to chicken. A month Of
Leather specs" cured our most raven
,ous thief, and by binding only the
ring leaders the whole herd was soon
as docile as well behaved porkcrs
should be.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-15

into ravenous
chicken eaters. Be
ing troubled in
this way / tried
the following: A
leather blind wide
enough to cover
both eyes and long
enough to cons,
down well over
A. a.f
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-15
Profit in Cows

1t requires about 80 pounds of but
ter per year to pay for the labor and
feed devoted to a cow. The profit is
the amount produced above the proper
ton necessary to pay the expense. A
cow that produces $50 pounds of butter
year will give four times the profit
that will be derived from a cow pro-
ducing 200 pounds Of butter per year, as
the first 80 pounds must be charged to
the COW as an expense. 1t can be seen,
therefore. that one COW, giving $50
pounds Of butter In year, is equal, In
the profit given by her, to four cows
which produce 200 pounds each during
the same time. The one cow will take
up less room than will four. These
facts show where the profit from dairy
Eng rs derived. rEsI
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-15
March to May, inclusive.
A Shot at Grover.

A Shot ut Grover.
There are some individuals SO con-
stituted that they would rather shuttle
Off this mortal coil than admit that
they could be Observation-Disclosures
IN. ~ Herald.
Is this slap at the ex-President?
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-15
Gate EaafeuiuO.

Here Is a simple device for fasten-
ing farm gate that can be made by
anyone handy with tools. 1t consists
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-15

grasses. They will soon ruin clover II
allowed to eat 1t down, for they gnaw
closer to the soil than any other domes-
tic animal can do.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-15
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE
LESSON.

Renections OF an Elevsting Character
Wholesome Food for Thought
studying the scriptural Lesson In
teIIigently and Probably.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-15

100000 year, and, as the new steam
er line is sure to be in connection with
the Canadian Pacific and the British
line to Australia, the Post figures 1T
is evident that Canada may find that
her prosperity will not be altogether
blighted by the shadow of the tariff
wall that we are building against her."
This great good to Canada is to be
accomplished by what the Post calls a
subsidy" of f154, 800 year. Possibly
that paper can explain why subsidiz-
ed steamer line should prevent the
blight of Canadian prosperity and be
so bad for the interests of the United
States. But 1t probably will not.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-15
The Return of Prosperity.


No business man who has closely
watched the progress Of affairs during
the past three months need be told that
In his particular line of trade, and in
the particular section Of the country in
which he resides, there Is distinct up
ward movement which augurs a speedy
return of prosperity. The collected
cry section OF the country indicate the
feeling of the nation, and from these
we may judge accurately whether or
not the promised return Of prosperity
Is near at hand. No one is in better
position thus to feel the pulse Of the
nation than the Secretary of the Treas
ury, who is thrown in direct contact
daily with the leading business and
financial men, and as Secretary Gage
has again reiterated his belief that bet
ter times are coming, we may give his
statement more than usual credence.
The Secretary bases his statement
upon reports which have been received
from all sections Of the country, and
he makes it with complete confidence.
We cannot, as he says, expect good
times all at once. The country has
passed through period Of depression
the effects of which will outlive the
century. An immediate revival Of the
prosperity we once enjoyed would,
therefore, be impossible, but the times
can become much better than they
have been-much better than they are
nOw-and when Secretary Gage states
that there are already marked signs Of
revival, those who have been anx-
iously watching for return of good
times will agree with him that there
are not wanting those indications
which bespeak great improvement in
the business situation in the near fu.
ture.
What is needed most is public conf.
dence. Without that there can be no
prosperity. When people begin to be-
lieve that good times are at hand, the
battle against depression has been more
than half won.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-15
Potash for Potatoes.

Potash is the mineral that is most
needed for the potato crop. But 1t is
much better distributed as top dress.
ing over the whole surface than applied
with the seed potatoes In the hill. The
potato roots very early in their growth
I'LL the soil between the rows. When
mineral nanures are applied I'm the hill.
unless care is taken to mix them thor
oughly with the soil, they may eat into
the cut seed, and effectually destroy the
germ. When used broadcast on the
surface there is no danger Of this.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-15

years, providing they are removed at
the close Of the season and put away
under shelter
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-15
Feeding sheep at Pasture.

The old proverb that the foot of the
sheep is golden Is scarcely true IL the
sheep have only the grass that grows
I'm pasture as feed. But II fed grain
or oil meal to fatten them while they
are at pasture their excrement VIII be
very rich, and win increase fertility
rapidly. Sheep do best on the natural
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-15

Next Lcsson-"Paul Preaching in Atf
ens."-Acts II: 22-34.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-15

BLIND FOR HOGS.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-31
In Cultivated Boston

Some exceedingly ludicrous w
to examination questions by young peo-
pills are recorded in The Boston Trav-
eller. In a training school for girls"
says the journal, "one maiden a that
a robin had web feet, n hat a spar
row had eyes on both sides Of its head
to enable it to see around a corner.
In political and legal lore the pupils
were all at sea. One said a bill" is
permissible when it is allowed to pass
the first time; it is retrospective when
it has to be considered again. Charles
town was said to be a naval arsenic.
Children, too, give some queer defini-
lions. Backbiter was said to be a flea,
Blacksmith is a place where they make
horses, because o can see them nail
ing the feet on. A horse is an animal
with o legs, one at each corner. Ice
is water that went to sleep in the cold.
Little sins are cracked commandments.
The nest egg is the one the hen meas
ures by. The four seasons are pepper,
salt, mustard and vinegar, and stars
are the moons egg
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-31
Decline Of MOrganatic Marriages

MOrganatic marriages may be con-
sidered to have had their day. Their
death-knell has been sounded by the
judgment just rendered in the Lippe-
Detmold succession controversy by a
specially organized tribunal, presided
over by the venerable king Of SaXOny,
dear of all the sOvereigns comprised
in the federation known as the German
empire. According to the decision of
this court-the DEGREES of which, by
previous arrangement, are binding
upon all the states of the ~empire-mor-
ganatic unions on the part Of parents,
or of more remote ancestors, are no
longer to constitute any bar to the sue
cession to the throne. This being the
case, it naturally follows that they
cease to entail any diSqualifying con-
sequences in all other particulars, and
hat they become identical with ordi-
nary marriages. The tribunal could
not logically come to any other con-
cluSiOn. For if m~Organatic marriages
on the part of ancestors had been pro-
nOunced sufficient to diSQualify from
the succession to the CROWN, it would
have been equivalent to a judicial dec
laration that at least seven-tenths of
the thrones of Germany were held
wrOngfully. Indeed, there is a question
whether, if Emperor Williams argu-
ment had been admitted, his own
children could have been permitted to
succeed to the throne Of Prussia, since
a by no means remote ancestor of the
present German empress married a SER
vant girl, from whom her imperial
majesty and her numerous children are
descended.-San Francisco Argonaut.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-31
Fine;New Poet

Poet Frank L. Stanton writes in The
Atlanta Constitution:
w are in love with Mr.. Sto1dard's
new poet, Lloyd Mifflin, whose work is
as nearly perfect as genius and exquisite
wit can make IL. Take this lyrical sonnet,
for instance, To an Old Venetian Wine
Glass, Rose-Covered at the Brim:'
Daughter of Venice, fairer than the
mooni
From thy dark easement leaning, half
divine,
And to the !utes of love that low repine
Across the midnight Of the hushed Ia
goon
Listening with languor in a dreamful
swoon-
On such a night as this thou didst en-
Irvine
Thy lily fingers round this glass of wine,
And clasped thy climbing ~loyer-none
too sooni
Thy lover left, but ere he left thy room
From this he drank, his warm lips at
the brim;
hou kissed it as he vanished in the
gloom;
That kiss, because of thy true love for
Long, long ago, when thou vast in thy
bloom
Hath left it ever rosy round the RIM
How have the magazines missed such a
poet as that?"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-31
Determined to Lynch the Negro

: Roanoke, Va, August 2S.-A freight
wreck nea Ch~ristiansburg today de-
layed a lynching party, but the aven-
gers of little Mary Moxey are now
gathering in force at Elliston, near by,
and the chances are that a negro will
fbe hanged without due process before
Sunday night.
Lark Taylor, colored. assaulted Mary
Jane MoXey, a white child, near Ellis
ton, Montgomery county, yesterday.
Only the child and her younger sister
were in the house at the time, n the
negro fled before the alarm was given.
IA posse soOn started on his trail, how
ever, but he was apprehended today
by the authorities and lodged in Jail
at Ch~ristiansburg. The lynchers were
CLOSE behind him, ara it was only
Through a freight wreck on the road
that they We're kept from their prey
Till he was comparatively safe behind
the Jail doors. At last the
1ynchers were still at Elliston, but their
plumbers are being rapidly augmented.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-31
A Misguided Burglar

Scar-faced Skies, the burglar, was
operating on the ground loor Of a
house of Seventh street the other night,
making j%udicious selections from the
articles Of silver and alleged silver
which he found in the dining room,
when he Inadvertently made a noise,
which disturbed somebody upstairs.
He heard that somebody cautiously
open a door, and hen all was still, as
if the somebody were listening. Then
a voice floated down the stair case:
William, is that your
Without a seconds hesitation the
burglar replied: Yes, darling" and
began to move toward the door, hop
ing hat his reply had satisfied the in
quirer, who would then go back to bed,
and wait for William" to come up
stairs. But he "a disappointed.
The voice Immediately let loose some
piercing screams, and as the burglar
rushed out into the street, he said to
himself:
That comes of my inexperience with
the ways of husbands. Instead Of re-
plying Yes, darling I should have
said, OF purse it's me; shut up n
go to re- That would have been more
natural and sooth, and I could have got
away without giving myself a nervous
fit wallpapers Bazaar.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-31

The tremendous drop in the market
price Of silver, while. fortunately, hav-
ing no disturbing effect upon our cur
rency, is not unlikely to increase the
use of that metal in the arts n indus
tries to a considerable extent. h is
not an undesirable thing. Silver is one
of the most useful metals for purposes
in which decoration is combined with
service. 1t lends itself most readily to
artistic treatment, being. indeed, far
superior to gold in this respect. And
it is durable as we'll as beautiful, age
only adding to the charm Of wrought
silver in any of its multitude of forms.
1t is not true that by ~cheapening the
price of the material artistic silver will
lose it's value. The art will remain
and there is no material in which art
finds a better expression than in silver.
Boston Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-31

Mr.. A. H. Eller, OF Winston, was the
chief speaker at the Masonic picnic at
Mocksville Thursday Of last week The
Winston Journal says Of his address:
The speaker denounced. in most
emphatic terms. the gifts coming from
large trusts and corporations to chari-
table and educational he
said such gifts We're hollow
and declared hat the devil had as
much right to wear the livery OF heav-
en- as the trusts ave to wear the
mantle of charity. which mantle was
only worn to please and placate the
people and stay the uplifted hand OF
popular disfavor which sought TO de-
stroy them. He maintained That in
giving TO educational institutions the
corporations dictated the policy TO be
pursued and the cours Of study to be
taught in such institutions. n cited
in proof Of his statement the recent
call for the resignation Of the president
of Brown university. on account of his
financial views.
Mr.. Eller commended the Quakers
for their recent opposition to the gift
of the Dukes to Guilford college and
spoke of the gifts as blood money. In
view of the fact that the Dukes have
recently given SO, 600 to the Oxford
Orphanage these remarks. coming from
a Masonic speaker, created something
of a sensation"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-31
Fast Trains the Safer.
OndianapoliS JOurual.s

There seems to be an impression"
said a railway superintendent, speak
ing Of the fast service the railways are
now giving, that the fast trains are
the most dangerous for people to ride
on, and that more persons are killed in
crossing tracks, etc., than by the trains
which are slower. This is a mistake.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany a given this matter special at
tention and has statistics to show that,
in proportion to the fast n slow
trains run, more accidents have occurred
to the slow trains and more persons not
in the employ of the company killed by
the slower trains. Men in charge of
fast passenger or freight trains are
constantly on the watch for danger.
The engineer feels hat there is more
at stake, and one will notice that the
blasts Of his whistle are more frequent
and sharper; that the fireman is more
particular to ring the bell when pass
ing through a town or a city or near
a highway crossing. 1t would be diff
ficult to find people living on the lines
of the a which run fast trains that
WE not heard of the Chicago limited
on the Pennsylvania lines; the fast ex-
press, No. 2, between ST. Louis and
New York, over the Vandalia and
Pennsylvania lines; the Empire State
express, the KnickerbOcker, on the Big
Col and the hundreds of other fast
trains. Fast trains are run nearer on
time, and people know their time and
keep out of the way. The equipment
Of the fast trains is kept at the best
standard, and everything cOnduces to
make them safer to ride on and less
liable to injure people at highway
crossings and in passing through towns
and cities. The Pennsylvania trans
portatiOn department is fully satisfied
that the above statement is correct"
The same remark will apply to the
freight service. In 1888 twelve miles an
hour was considered the highest speed
limit for a freight train, and j. j. FUR
ner, when superintendent of the In
dianapolis division of the Panhandle,
was the first to increase the speed Of
freight trains in this section, schedul-
ing a train at sixteen miles an u
between Indianapolis nj Columbus.
Competitors soon took similar action
and increased the speed Of the fast
freights to eighteen miles an hour,
then to twenty miles, which was the
maximum for through freight trains
for several years, but with the better
track and better locomotives some Of
the roads are scheduling freight trains
at twenty-three to twenty-five miles an
hour, using the schedules of passenger
trains during the seventies and eigh-
ties.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-31
Modern Multiplicity of Noise
(Leslie'S WeeWly.)


There is no doubt that the multiplied
noises of our time distinctly shorten
life. They certainly make it harder to
live. In cities and large or considera-
BILE towns people who are i'll and in the
doctors hands lose their lives in hum
dreds Of cases because of excessive
noise; and those who recover find their
illness more uncomfortable and recover
slower. 1t is strange that the race,
having exalted its nerves by more cod
died living and less harsh exposure
should torment with tenfOld more
racket h a it's ancestors put up with,
these victims of neurosthenia.
The civilization Of the person dis
misses loud tones. The loud laugh, as
Emerson says, is '~barbaric." In a po-
lite drawing no one expects, or
finds, the bawl of the Comanche. Why
a we not now take our multiplied
mechanism in hand and tame it as we
have our educated folk? Let us give
the fshman a flute. the railroad a soft
er or different signal, dismiss ponder
and dissonant bells and somehow
make a beginning for peace and rest.
The world must come to this effort
some day, and why not this jaded and
noise stricken generation begin it?
There must be boiler shops to be sure
and these can be seQuestered some
what-but do not let us sink in acQui-
essence with these who wish to make
the whole out-of-doors a boiler shop.