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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24

Who are injured by the use of coffee.
Recently there has been placed in all
the. grocery stores a new preparation
called GRAIN-O, made Of pure grains,
that takes the place Of coffee. The most
delicate stomach receives II without dis
tress, and but few can tell it from cof-
fee. 1t does not cost over one-fourth as
much. Children may drink 1t with great
benefit. 15c. and 25c. per package.
Try Ii. Ask for GRAIN-O.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24
ELIZA r. PARKER.
Mushrooms.

Mushrooms are found in immense
quantities in the Russian forests. They
form not only an important item I'm the
diet of the peasant, but are also a con-
siderable article of trade. There ara
some places the inhabitants Of which
exist entirely by the sale OF mush-
rooms
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24
Level culture for Potatoes.

Almost all practical growers now
agree that the level culture of potatoes
brings the largest crop. This is es-
pecially true II the season is dry, as Of
late years 1t almost always is. IL the
ground is cultivated often enough no
weeds can appear above the surface.
That will make 1t easy to keep the crop
free of weeds without ever needing to
cultivate more than an inch below the
surface. This is the best way to subdue
the perennial weeds, quack grass and
Canada thistles, as well as the annual
weeds
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24
KecnCu itiyatinu.

Keep the sulky cultiyator at work in
the corn and potato fields. Widen out
the frame and run but once In row.
After the field Is gone over the long
way, then cross 1t. This cultivation will
mellow the ground; start the corn to
growing, and kill off the weeds just as
they are sprouting.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24
Growing o.ion Set. for sale.


In every nelghborhood good bust
ness might be made If some one would
fit bed and grow onion sets for sale
to his neighbors. Comparatively few
farmers have the small onion bed that
is so convenient for the housewife to
go to when she needs something more
to supply the table properly with vege-
tables. Most farmers after few trials
find that the small onion bed costs more
labor to weed it than will buy the
onions it could grow. 1t is not so
where onion sets are planted. They
cost more than the seed to begin with,
but the labor of cultivation Is so much
lessened that they are much the cheap
est way to grow onions on a small
scale.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24

In Austria the man who loses both
his hands in an accident can claim the
whole of his life insurance money, on
the ground that he has lost the means
of maintaining himself. Loss Of the
right hand reduces the claim from 70
to 80 per cent. OF the total.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24

A device which should meet with
special favor in New Jersey is . mus
quito bar improvement which enables
person, after getting into bed, to
move the bar so as to entirely cover the
bedstead, or so as to uncover a portion
of the bedstead and permit free and
convenient egreSs
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24

"what in the world did you say
when mamma caught you alone In the
dark with Jack Robinson" IL told her
1 wanted to see IL could play without
nv notes. brooklyn Life.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24

Was discovered.
Squire Letch Weathers, who lives
near Clintonville, Ky, has a horse
which knows good thing when he sees
1t. Mrs. Weathers raises turkeys for
market. She had thirty young turkeys,
all doing well and fattening nicely. She
turned them loose In the farmyard
where the horse was accustomed to
Craze. From time to time the turkeys
would show up short. The good lady
thought fox or some other "varmint''
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24
a Nov In.ecticide.

A new lice exterminator, recommend
ed by the Arkansas Experiment Sta
ton, is made as follows, being kero-
sene extract Of pyrethrum: ~ gallons
kerosene soaked through 21a pounds
pyrethrum, resulting In yellowish,
oily extract, which will not mix with
water, but which will form an emul-
sion with soap, similar to kerosene
emulsion. One pond of soap dissolved
in one gallon of boiling water added
to one gallon of the extract, well mix
ed or churned with force pump, made
a perfect emulsion, which, when dilut-
ed-one part Of emulsion to 400 parts
water-readily killed cotton worms. 1t
seems to combine the properties OF
kerosene and pyrethrum, and to be
more effective than either, easier to
handle and cheaper.-Farm and Home.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24

wire cloth. Nail small strip Of wood
over the edges and the sieve is COM
plete. The cut shows a deep sieve with
an arrangement for Sizing an article
into three or more grades. The sieve
in the position indicated by the dotted
lines is permanently fastened in place,
and is very coarse in mesh. Below are
two sliding frames with meshes finer
and still finer. Thus with one shaking
three or ever four, assortments can be
made
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24

Murders and suicides by mere chill
dren in France are reported to be very
frequent. Nine murders Of boys ana
girls under 10 years of age, commht
ted by boys under IA, are noted within
a few months. Suicides are about 90
numerous.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24
Clover Growing in the West.

Time was when Western farmers did
not care TO do anything to improve the
fertility of their soil, which they
thought was iDexhaustible. But de-
creasing crops have turned their atten-
ton to better modes of manuring and
to increased growth of clover. This is
especially true where stock growing
and dairying have superseded the ex.
elusive growing Of the earlier settle
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24

Turpentine farmersin several of the
Southern States protect their property
against loss by fire during the sum-
ner by burning the grass and under
brush In midwinter.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24
Lifting Jacks for Vehicles.

The very simplest form Of wagon
jack is shown in Figure 1. 1t is sim
ply board six inches wide, and Of
the proper length, with two notches
sawed out near the top, as shown
above. for light wagons, one man can
use this Hack very easily, but for heavy
wagons. assistance Is required. The
one in Figure is cheap, strong and
convenient. The part is made from
n two-inch plank of some tough wood,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24
A Three-Hor.e Evener.

In reply to numerous requests for
three-horse evener, Orange Judd Farm
er gives the accompanying illustration
as perhaps the simplest and best Of any
that have been used hitherto, since
in this arrangement each horse must
do his full part Of the work or show at
once that he is Sinking. The point OF
attachment to the pillow or load must
be made exactly one-third of the dis
lance from the point of attachment of
the double and single whiffle-trees, to
give each horse an equal share Of the
work. To make a four-horse evener,
attach a double whiffie-tree to the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24

and is two and one-half feet long. The
lever, m, is three and one-half feet long
and should be made from tough stick
3x4 inches square, dressed to the form
shown. The retaining rod, g.. may be
two pieces of No. 8 annealed wire. The
upper end fastens in the serrated edge
on the upper side of the lever. This
will be found most serviceable jack
and will easily support half n ton
welght.-American Agricultural.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24
Cross Breed;uu boe.u,t Pay.


The combination Of well-established
breeds each grown for distinct pur-
pose, is always a failure, as the prepo.
tency of each breed neutralizes the 9TH
er, and thus produces a mongrel that Is
quite as likely as not to reproduce the
least favorable rather than the most
favorable characteristics desired.
Breeding pure-bred animals to grades
Is always a good plan, for there Is no
prepotency in the grade, that having
been destroyed in the first cross. But
even in this breeding it is necessary for
the best results to have the pure-bred
male of the same breed that was used
to make the grade on which 1t is to be
crossed. If the grade Is a half-bred
Jersey or half-bred Holstein, for ex-
ample, the second cross on it with n
pure-bred male of the same breed will
make high grade or three-quarters Of
a full blood. and often nearly as valu-
able for milk or butter production as Ii
it were full-bred animal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24

The shiftless man il always away
from home when good opportunity
knocks.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24
RepeIIing Wire Worms.

1t is much easier to drive wire worms
from corn than to destroy them in the
soil. If little salt is sprinkleld on the
hill 1t will be washed down by rains
and make the locality unpleasant for
the worm. Soaking the seed corn in
copperas has also the same effect,
though we doubt whether the copperas
q strong enough poison.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24

People with hair that is continually fall
ing out, or those that are bald, can stop
the falling. and get a good growth OF hair
by using Halls Hair Remover.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24

Julian now has seven studios In Paris
for women art students, Of which the
chief Is still the one In the Passage des
Panoramas, which Marie BashIirtseff
attended.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24

i believe my prompt use of Piso's Cure
prevented quick consumption.-Mrs. Luz
cy Wallace, Marquette. Kan, Dec. II. 90.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24

point where the single one (seen in the
sketch Is attached, and make the at
tachment for the load exactly in the
middle Of the rear evener.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24

Mrs. winslow's SooTzINa syrup for Cniidrsa
teething; softens the gums, reduces tnnammafie1s
allays pain cures wind collie Is cents bottle.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24

Japan has more hot springs than any
other country in the world.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24

In the year 1900 the manufacture Of
silk began in England.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24
Eggs and PRICES.


No matter how fresh the eggs may
be that you send to market, the re-
liable merchant, If you are unknown to
him, will candle" them! that is, he
will test them by looking through the
eggs in dark place at a strong light,
and should he find only one egg that Is
stale, your whole lot will be graded ac-
cordingly. Nothing is so affected by
suspicion as an egg, and the only way
to secure the highest prices is to dis
arm all suspicion by shipping no eggs
to market except such as are known by
you to be strictly fresh. Once let a
merchant discover that he can depend
on you, and you will have no difficulty
in securing even more than the regular
price, for strictly fresh eggs are salable
at all times, and at special prices for
choice lots.-Poultry Keeper.
Cuttiuu Glover and Gras. Closely.
1t is not alone because of injury to
scythes, mowers and other implements
that the haymaker wants as smooth
surface as he can get. 1t is necessary
to have stones and other inequalities
removed IL he would be able to cut as
closely as he should. The new growth,
especially of clover, starts quicker and
grows more vigorously IL cut close. Be-
sides, much of the weight of both clo-
yer and grass is lost IL either is cut
high. So there is loss by high cutting
in the first cut as we'll as in the after
math.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24
A Long journey

Geese in migration often travel over
5000 miles.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24

Halls Catarrh Cure.
Is taken internally. Price IS cents.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-17
sNow.YAcHr OF THE Eastwood.


Have you ever seen the snow-yachts
of the Eastwood? Almost any breezy
day in early winter they frolic swiftly
over tue snow in the parks or in the
woods. There is funny little brown
sail about three inches long curled nt
the edges and looking very much like
dried leaf. At the center of this
there is stiff stem with several little
green balls hanging at the end of it.
When the wind blows it catches the
sail and whsks it over the snow or
ice, and the balls are dragged along
behind, like anchors.
This snow-yacht, sail and all, grows
on the basswood tree in the summer.
The balls nre the bnsswJod's fruit aud
the sail is little bract. 1t hangs fast
to the limb until all of tho leaves arc
gone and good sleighiug comes. Then
the winter winds twist it off, and it
driven lar away from the parent tree.
In the little balls are tho Eastwood
seeds, and when the yacht is finally
lost in n drifted fence corner or near
rotton log the balls remain still until
the snow melts, and then the seeds
fall into the ground and young bass
wood sprouts. Nature has provided
this marvellous way for the Eastwood
to scatter its seeds. sometimes for
miles across the snow.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-17

higher type than mere book-learn-
ing can produce. He was developed
into greatness by the molding pressure
of stupendous events, which, with
rapidly increasing weight, forced out
the fire and vigor contained beneath
his somewhat calm exterior. He was
a general and statesman in the highest
sense of those titles, when he drove
the British out OF Boston in 1776.
None disputed him the foremost posi-.
ton after that. And there is many
ripe specimen OF knowledge who would
find it impossible to achieve Washing
tons results, even were the opportun.
ity given.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-17
TIE REWARD OF OBEDIENCE.

An English paper revives the follow
ing pretty little "story with n moral"
1t is really the a,nplilicd version of n
Persian proverb:
A Persian mother gave her son 40
pieces of silver and male him swear
never to tell lie. $50, my son."
sue said. 81 commit thee to Gods
care and We shall not meet again.
The youth left the house and the
party with whom he Travelled were as
sailed by robbers. One of them asked
the boy what he had, and he said,
"Fortyl horins are sewn in my
Clothes" Tue robber laughed, feel
ing certain that the boy jested. An
other asked him the same ques-
ton and received the same answer.
At last the chief called him and
asked him what he had. The boy re-
piled, 81 have told two of your men
already that have forty pieces of sill
yer sewn in my clothes." The chief
ordered the garments to be ripped
open, and the discovery Of the money
proved the boy to be moro truthful
than most meu. "How came you to
tell this?" asked the chief. because,
said the boy, 81 would not be false to
my mother, whom l promised never
to tell lie." ''Child," said the rob.
Der, ''are you so mindful of your duty
to your mother, and am / so forgetful
at my age of the duty owe to my
God? Give me your hand that / may
swear repentance on it,. He did SO
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-17

no reason to suppose so. Washington
was already wealthy man, as the heir
of his dead brother, Lawrence. His
estate of Mount Vernon was one of the
finest in Virginia, and Mrs. Custis had
children, and was to have grandchil-
dren, to set up in the world. A calcu-
lating man might have foreseen these
things. Itwas the custom of the times
for n husband to manage his wife's es-
tate, and in this capacity Washington
was never niggardly in dealing with
tho Custis heirs. For thut matter,
Mrs Gusts was herself what is called
n "capable" woman.
There is other evidence than tho
merely negative. Washington wore
always about his neck a locket .minia-
ture which served to remind him OF
the features of his beloved wife. He
had her at his side in camp and in his
travels, whenever it was reasonably
possible.
And she was woman worthy his
affection. Edmund Pendleton travelled
with Washington to the Congress which
decreed the Revolution in 1875. In q
letter to his wife he said: "Mrs.
Washington, as we were departing from
Mount Vernon, addressed Mr.. (Patrick)
Henry and myself like a true spartan,
She said to us: You must stand firm
for America. 1 know that George
will"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-17

told in the town that Betsey Ann Bless
ing is arrested for a spy. Keep up
your courage, sweetheart"
eff you would befriend me, betake
yourself to some safer place." whisp-
cred Betsey's voice through the barred
window high above him. "a halter
will be ready for your neck if you are
seen or suspected, and listen-if your
dose takes effect, you are no longer q
lover of mine !"
The youth went away, grumbling
about all being fair in love and war.
If Washington was different from
his usual self at that historic dinner,
the fact has not been recorded. There
was much secret discussion of weighty
affairs with his guests, but he gave
close attention to the viands set be.
fore him. 1t was not, however, until
the vegetables were served that he
made any aliusion to the food. When
his favorite vegetable, dish of green
peas, was uncovered, he demanded at
tention, and when all were silent re.
marked in loud voice:
"There is death in the pot -
great excitement ensued; the
guests, who were IN full uniform,
drew their swords and murmurs of
"death to the traitor !" were heard on
every side.
Then Washington sent for Mistress
Blessing, who came with defiant
light in her eye, and was given the
seat of honor at her hosts right hand.
She took it with dignity that called
forth approving and admiring COM
ments. Soldiers are proverbially gal
liant, and those of "76" were no ex.
ception to the rule.
A servant was next sent out by the
Commander.in. Chief on peculiar
errand. He returned, bringing with
him a live and particularly active
chicken, which partook eagerly of the
dish of peas.
And in five minutes by the watch it
lay dead in their midst.
Betsey Ann Blessing married her
lover, after turning him into a patriot,
and Washington himself gave away
the bride. How much he knew re-
mained his own secret, hut green peas
never afterward graced his table or
were alluded to in his conversation. -
Detroit Free Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-17

The past year has been moment
Gus one. Important questions have
agitated many peoples, battles have
been fought, political campaigns have
been wagcd; political policies over.
turned; discoveries made by daring
ndventurers and panstaking students (;
great disasters have wrought ruin
and death. Amid the mass of events
the following seem to stand out with
greatest distictness ms being those
that will make the year memorable /:
The presidential campaign and cleo
ton; Cuba's revolt and American
sympathy; general election in Can.
ada; the Manitoba question; settle
ment OF the Venezuelan dispute !;
Soudan expedition; Italy's fiasco in
Abyssinia; DIR. Jnmeson's raid; ST..
Louis cyclone; Nnnsen's expedition /;
discovery of Y rays.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-17

Washington had tender heart and
he was greatly distressed by this un-
usual scene.
"You have something to say?" hc
asked gently. "Speak on, but beg,
my child, that you cease weeping"
"Oh, Your Excellency you are too
kind" said the girl, and, rising to her
feet, she uncovered beautiful down
cast face, which glowed pink and dewy
through her tears like a rain washed,
sun.kissed rose.
"Now, Mistress Blessing" said
Washington, in his kindest manner,
"tell me what brings you hither and
what your errand may be?"
al came hither to save Your Ex-
cellency's life," was the startling re-
sponse.
Instead of laughing at the apparent
presumption of the weeping girl, he
bade her tell him everything, promis.
ing her immunity from punishment IN
case her news was not rs weighty as
she anticipated.
Thus encouraged, she began her
story.
son the morrow Your Excellency is
to dine with several officers of your
command under guard?"
"How know you that, girl?" asked
Washington, much surprised.
"Your Excellency will lay certain
plans against the enemy before the
company?"
"Proceed!" commanded Washing
ton, sternly.
"Among the dishes set before Your
Excellency will be new vegetable of
which you are very fond"
"Ah," laughed the General, "you
have lost or forgotten an order from
the kitchen. Here is, indeed, new
version OF the mountain and the
mouse"
II know not, gracious sir, what
meaning that hath of the mountain
and the mouse" cried Betsey, "but if
mess OF green peas be served at the
table on the morrow / beg and be-
seech you, sir, not to taste of them -
Wherefore, Mistress Blessing? 2"
asked Washington in his tternest man
ner.
"The peas will be poisc ned!"
"How know you this?" demanded
the general IN the tone which made
his soldiers quail when they heard it.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-17
w WASHINGTON IN DANGER.
And How lie Was Saved by Betsey Ann Blessing.

"Speak. and see that you ,riae not
with me. Nay, child, do not fear II
what you say be true, not you, bui
the traitor who planned the dastardly
deed shall suffer I"
mo! no?" retorted the trembling
girl, "no one must suffer- Is IL not
enough that have dared to come into
lions jaws to tell of the decd, to en-.
sure safety for the designer thereof
Now that have warned Your Excel
lency, permit me to retire from your
distinguished presence.
General Washington gave n signal
and instantly an armed guard of sol.
diers responded.
ARREST this grill" he said stcrnly,
"and keep her under guard until such
time as she send for me to confess her
faulti"
''rhat will never, though die in
prison !" was the defiant reply, ms the
girl, who had entered bowed and
weeping raised her head proudly and
walked out with the soldiers like n
young queen.
All was tumult in the kitchens at
Richmond Hill, and cooks were run
ming about getting into one another's
way, when a fair-haired youth in the
garb of serving man loitercd in and
made his way unobserved to the great
fireplace, where he uncovered the
skillets in which the vegetables we're
simmering on the hearth. When he
came to that one containing the peas
he dropped in a handful of some con-
diment, and instantly took his depar-
ture.
His next appearance was under the
window of that room in which Mis-.
tress Blessing was incarcerated.
"H-i-s-t! Sweetheart The dose is
ready. Keep heart until the morrow.
when l will myself release thee to ride
pick.a'back on my roam horse. 1t is
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-17

1t appears that one of the new coun.
tries which are next to surprise the
world is Siberia, notes Harper's Week
ly. The surveyors and Investigators
who have been looking into its re
sources and possibilities along the
proposed line of the trans Siberian
railway report, as is no doubt their
business, that it has most things that
ought to be stored in a great undevel-
oped country-minerals to burn and
Others to smelt, great stretches of ngri-
cultural land, abundant wood, nnvi-
gable rivers, and numerous other pos
sibilities OF emolument. 1t is possible
that ii ever the raw materials of civil
ization which Russia controls are
worked up, the United States will be
relieved of the embarrassment of be-
lieving itself to be the greatest thing
ON earth.