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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27

Put strong halter on the colt and
tie in a double stall with steady work
horse. Put on only the harness mt first
and let them remain thus for day or
two. Fasten a pulley (a) at top and
back Of stall, also one (b) at back,
about two feet from ground. Arrange
double trees, rope. and weight AS
shown in illustration. The weight
should be about 300 or 400 pounds. AZ
ter Harvesting the colt with the old
horse, attach the weight and let the
colt pull Mt It, When taken to the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27

plank, b, is feet long, 8 inc;aes wide
and inches thick. The head, C, is @
inches thick and from to e is 8 inches
long; the piece passing through the
mortise is by 1 inches. The hole, n,
Is for pin to hold the head In place -as
well as to raise or lower head by
means of the several pin holes at o.
Farm and Home.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27
The Cxar,s Exercise.

The health Of the Gear is excellent. he
has nothing the matter with his brain,
but is keeping himself training by get
ting up at daylight and running FIVE
furlongs, verst daily, timing himself.
He amuses himself by shooting crows
while riding bicycle at high speed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27

February counts. among its anniver-
saries of birthdays Melancthon's, Abra-
ham Lincoln's, George Washington's,
Susan B., Anthony's Thomas A Edi-
sons. and others, distinguished and
otherwise. ~
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27
English Cyclic Trade.

England imported $4,000 worth of
bicycles and exported $2,3O5,O0O worth
during the first three months Of this
year, the first year in which account
has been taken month by month Of the
trade in wheels at the custom house.
London Answers.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27
Tho KING OF siam,s palace,

The palace Of the King of Slam is in
closed in high white walls which are
a mile In circumference. Within them
are contained temples, public Offices,
seraglios, stables for the sacred ele-
plant, accommodations for 1000
troops, cavalry, artillery, war elephants
and arsenal and theater.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27
barrel occasionally and put in coat.
ing of fresh earth
Export Horse Trade.


The expectation of horses to Europe
will this year be heavier than it has
been any preceding year, says the Buff
falo 'HOrse Review" The market is
opening earlier this year, is stronger
with heavier shipments and a better
demand for the early time Of the sea-
son, than for any year yet. There are
more foreign buyers on our markets
than for any year at this season of the
year, and new ones will be on the Buff
falo market next and following weeks
The Europeans have given Ameri-
can horses a good trial, and are well
satisfied with them when good ones are
sent to them, but poor ones they do not
want. 1t Is waste Of money to send
poor ones across the ocean, as they will
not pay out over there. 1t costs no
more to send good horses than it does
poor ones, and, besides, poor horses
hurt the reputation Of the American
horse.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27
There L. . class or People

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
delicnte 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. 16c. and 25c. per package.
Try 1t. Ask for GRAIN-O.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27


One OF the causes Of hard times Is the
lack Of care In housing and caring for
implements. Too frequently we see
costly implements left unhoused from
one season to the next; the plow per-
haps standing in the furrow where the
hired man unhitched from 1t last fall,
or possibly turned upside down as an
extra precaution; the binder standing
In the corner of the field or the back
yard, where in company with the cul-
tivators. 1t furnishes convenient roost
for the chickens at night and a play
thing for the children In the daytime.
Under such circumstances lots Of good
big dollars are simply thrown away
The life Of the implements is cut down
much less than half; and yet the shift
less farmer wonders why he doesn't get
ahead! or course many other things
conspire to make his lot hard one just
now-albeit he is really better Off than
most Of his brethren In town-but lit
tie care in this regard would save hum
dreds Of thousands of dollars every
year to the farmers of this county,
Exchange
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27
Then sleen soundlx.

You can't afford to lie awake O.
nights. Nothing compensates for loss
Of sleep. Eight hours Of good sleep
every night Is what you need II you
hope tN-keep healthy nerves in your
body ana clear head on your shout
ders. Yet you cannot get rest enough
while you persist In drinking coffee.
No habitual coffee drinker can depend
on his sleep. Why not break of the
coffee habit and drink GrainO In place
Of It? Grcin-O Is made from pure
grains, has the rich seal brown color Of
Mocha or Java, is nourishing and pal
atable-a food drink-without any of
the noxious properties Of coffee. Hnv-
ing used 1t n short time you will prefer
1t to the best coffee that was eyer set
on your table. Two points gained
health promoted. money saved. All
grocers. In packages at 15c. and 25c.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27
Ponder Over IL.

A prominent building owner, with years
of experience, gave the following instruc-
tons to his architect: II have had my ex-
perience with kalsomine and other goods
claimed to be just as good as Alabastine.
1 want you to specify the durable Alabas-
tine on all my walls; do not put on any
other manufacturers dope, If they fur
nish it for nothing. Alabastine is right,
and when I cease to use it shall cease to
have confidence in myself or my own
Judgment"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27

Do you know the meaning of what
is popularity called those "long-
ings," or cravingss which beset so
many women during pregnancy?
There is something lacking in the
mothers blood. Nature cries out
and will be satisfied at all hazards.
One woman wants sour thin ..
another wants sweets, another
wants salt things, and SO on.
The real need all the time is to
enrich the blood so as to supply
nourishment for another life, and
to build up the entire generative
system, SO that the birth may be
possible and successful.
If expectant mothers would fort
lily themselves with Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, which
for twenty years has sustained
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27

When the. scalp is atrophied, or shiny
bald, no preparation will restore the hair;
In all other cases, Halls Hair Remover
will start q growth.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27
KafRr Corn for Swine.


Kafir corn for swine should be fed
in connection with other foods. The
Kansas experiment station ground and
soaked over might red Kaffir corn and
fed 1t to a lot OF four hogs from No
vember to january %, but gains In
flesh were so hight 1t seemed impossi.
BILE to fatten the hogs, so feed con-
sisting OF red Kaffir corn two-thirds
and shorts oue-third was fed with
greatly improved results. A mixture
of two-thirds corn meal and onethird
soy bean meal has given better results
than Kafir corn and soy bean meal,
Red Kaffir corn meal Is not as good q
feed for hogs as corn meal, but when
either Kaffir corn or corn meal Is mix
ed with soy bean meal the results are
highly satisfactory.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27
Hsll's catarrh cure.
II tlfken internally. Prios 70 cents.

A descendant Of Rob Roy, the famous
Highland outlaw. died in Scottish
poorhouse.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27

Plow points are often improperly
sharpened. Some blacksmiths slope
the plowshare all the way to the edge,
live cultivator shovel. A point so
sharpened will always give trouble.
running too deep. and II the ground =
very hard the point WIZ coca round W
and the plow refuse ample penetration
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27

England has turned against Its own
sparrow. The birds are being slaugh-
tered wholesale by the farmers, espe-
cially In Yorkshire, and great disgust
is expressed at the matter of their TAX
ing of. The Board Of Agriculture re-
fuses to protect the birds.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27

Herod the Great loved Marianne, his
wife. so devotedly that when he was
summoned to Rome by Augustus to an
swer certain charges made against him
and was afraid he might never return,
he left her in care Of three trusted SER
wants, with orders that II he himself
were put to death by Augustus she
was to be Immediately killed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27

know that my life was saved by Piso's
Cure for Consumption John A. Miller,
An Sable, Mich, April Il, 1896.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27

London theaters employ about $4,000
people. w
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27

People never think Of whistling in
Iceland. It's violation Of the divine
law. ..a.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27

unless the ground Is rather soft. In
working the steel, 1t is better to heat 1t
slowly. In tempering. heat to a cherry
red and dip In water. When taken out
II blue color immerse again. and that
VIII tougher 1t. If the plow u rusty.
1t Is q good plan to oil the share often
with Kerosene. In painting iron work,
an excellent paint is made Of graphite
mixed with linseed OIL The color il
black. the paint sticks well and forms
fine coating for tin roofs. Farmers
should paint the sheet-iron work on
their binders and other machinery,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27

1t is said that Nine. Pompadour used
TO spend 100000 year in perfumes.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27
Mother

mother who il In good physical condition transnits
to her children the blessings of good constitution.
The child fairly drinks in health from its mothers
robust constitution before birth, and from healthy
mothers milk after.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27

Equal parts OF lime water and sweet
oil well mixed will form kind of
soap which II very efiicacious In taking
out or. removing Inflammation, as well
as for healing wounds caused by burns
or scalds. r.nl
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27
Hna Flowing Prevents Drought.

k111 Flowing Prevents Drought.
1t will be found that while the soil Is
kept loose by blowing and cultivation
It's capacity for absorbing and holding
water is much greater than where It is
neglected. Thus every weed and sur
plus growth must be scrupulously kept
down, as everything that grows is con-
stantly drawing moisture from the soil.
II we can get the upper and lower
moisture In the soil to meet the battle
u won. II. however, there is a dry
streak of soil foot or more below the
surface, vegetation will suffer.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27
How to Tell a Horses Age.

"The popular idea that the age of
horse can always be told by looking at
his teeth" said n veterinary surgeon,
els not entirely correct. After the
eighth year the horse has no more new
teeth, 80 that the tooth method Is use
less for telling the age Of horse which
Is more than 8 years old. AS soon as
the set of teeth Is complete, however, a
wrinkle begins to appear ON the upper
edge of the lower eyelid, and n new
wrinkle is added each year, SO that to
get at the age of horse more than 8
years old you must figure the teeth plus
the wrinkles"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27
Shaving Wood Made Easy.

Useful for making AK handles, single
trees and for trimming wood for other
purposes is horse, similar in purpose
to the harness makers stitching horse.
BY the horse portrayed below, a stock
can be dressed into almost any shape
by means Of sharp drawing knife.
The head should move slowly In the
mortises and the pin in the inch hole
through the upper plank and lower
part of head should not be too tight,
hut so as to raise or lower the head for
shaving light or heavy timbers easily.
The bottom plank, a. Is feet long, s
inches wide and 2 inches thick. Upper
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27
Wide Tires

Wide Tires.
1t has been truly said that no other
single element, except ignorant road
making, adds so much to the heavy
burden of supporting the highways as
the use of narrow tires, which cut up
the roads instead of ironing them
smoothly down. The horses hoofs, of
course, chop up the road somewhat,
but it is a mere surface irritation COM
pared with the deep and fatal wounds
made by the narrow tired wheels when
once rut Is started.
Build a reasonably good road and
equip the vehicles with wide tires,
with the tread Of the rear wheels diff
ferent from that of the front wheels,
so as not to follow in the same path,
and the surface will not be rutted at
all. The wheels serve as rollers, and,
instead Of cutting up the roads, they
make them better. We tax ourselves
poor to keep our highways in order,
and then carefully select wagons which
will undo the work as quickly as pos
sible.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27

field the animal will ~ along quietly
and will make no trouble.-M. L. Bane,
In Orange Judd Farmer.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27

Not instantaneously. II II true, but in Z
phort space Of time. persons Of Z bilious
habit are saved from the tortures which Z
<leordered liver II capable Of in6IctinG By
medicine and aperient Of the nrst rank. The
pains In the right side and through the right
shoulder blade. the sick headache, nausea.
constipation, and saffron. hue Of the skin. are
<ive Of tone to the organs Of secretion and
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-05-27
TRADE

Examination and advice 10 Pstentabity OF inven-
lions. Send for INVENTORS GUIDE, OR How TO GET
PATENT. Patrick O'Farrell. Washington, DC.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-20
LEVEES, CREViSSES RECON
STRUCTIONS, AID.

Something must, in the near future,
be done to prevent if possible the wide
spread and most awful deluging in the
MISSISSIPPI valley n all others SINH
larly visited. bikes of the old kline are
insufficient to prevent and
sweeping floods over the cultivated
fields and the homes of the people. The
area d~essolated now is immense, and
will produce 1900, 900 bales Of cotton
yearly, it is said. Some of the north
ern newspapers are favOring the inter-
vention Of the federal government to
protect the farms and homes hereafter
from destruction. Owing to the great
length of the Mississippi river, running
almost the entire length of the middle
section of our country, the large num-
Der Of tributaries, the enormous vol
ume of water the lower river carries,
and the tens of millions of dollars in
volved, as we'll as the large annua
products of the hundreds of farms, it
might be a proper case for federal in
tervention. While the business Of pa
ternalism is very largely overdone by
III SON Cl illllCIt, iCl . " dIIu lllCIl
an instance in which it is j%udicious, hui
name, polite and proper to interfere.
Great injury follows a general over
flow, and the farmers are we'll nigh
ruined for years. Mems go to work in
distrust of results fearing another
overflow, and the country is the loser
in the productiveness of a large sec
tipr-fho ir,,nIofa o. norfinnc Tho
levees fail at the critical hour when
the floods are unprecedentedly heavy.
Some new plans must be devised, some
splendid feat of river engineering must
be conceived n exerted, or farming
in a great, productive section will de-
cay. The old system does not meet the
extraordinary test of endurance and
the uncommon e%xigency that arises.
The Baltimore Herald says that there
is 1.-The fact that the greatest and most
disastrous flood ever known has come
pom the Mississippi after eighteen
years of levee building, and the expen-
diture of many millions of dollars.
But perhaps, without anticipating too
much, it may be safely aid that the
care of the Mississippi and it's con-
troll has now reached the magnitude
ference is undoubtedly clear hat the
of a national undertaking. The in
combination Of state and federal in
terests in controlling the Improvement
of the mighty stream has broken down,
and that it is the duty Of congress now
to take charge Of this public work,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-20
THE sEMIWEEKLY MESSENGER, TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1891.

and to do what Is needful TO pro-
tect the manifold and increasing val
liable interests along the banks of the
lower part Of the river"
Sound and informed democrats viii
be always cautious and ever averse TO
calling in the interference Of the fed
eral power at Washington. It Is really
only to be done under the EXTREMIST
appeals Of humanity or when the in
reference Is justified by considera-
tons OF national interests well based
and genuine. If Louisiana and the other
states more particularly interested shall
be found after due effort to be unable to
stupendous plan OF recovering protec-
ton and prosperity, then the aid OF the
federal government might be invoked
by the state legislatures, or by the
governors in case the legislatures are
not in session. The plain state of the
case is simply this: The levees fail
to meet the extreme dangers; great
ruin and suffering follow, including
very serious loss of life and vast de-
struction of property and crops; the
states must act promptly, and in the
event that they are unable to meet
the great cost and labor Of a sufficient,
thorough system thai will be equal to
all strain and shut out the terrible
rush of waters that then the aid of the
central government might be solicited
to cooperate and aid.
The damage done by the flood grows
in extent as it is better understood. The
loss is simply immense. 1t covers 49,
500 square miles, SO the department Of
agriculture weather bureau officials
report who are in charge of the river
districts. The submerged farms are
valued at s65, 900, 900. Add the losses of
Stock, buildings, fences, etc, and a
crop of cotton amounting to 1,5OO, 900
bales, and you see what tremendous
wreckage a been done.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-20

agreed under pressure not tn carry out
this planned assault upon education
and the line arts. The bill ought to be
swept away from beginning to end. be-
cause IL is permeated with outrage and
h robber principle. Well may The
New York Eveneing Post ask Of this
protection enemy ard monster:
Was there ever a time when the in
Gignation of the community was more
thoroughly aroused against attempted
tariff extortion than now? Has any
measure for robbing the masses for the
benefit OF the classes ever eQuaIled the
Dingley bill with its retroactive clause.
its repeal of the drawback on exports,
its loo or 200 per cent- tax on the cloth
ing Of the poor2"
What sort of a democrat Is he who
will vote to fasten this bill Of abomi-
nations and iniquities upon the coun-
try?
Did the Mckinley law cause more
wool to be produced in this N
by its high tax favoring it and collect
ing il out Of the people? Mr.. Wilson
says:
4hCiE was u ds iIusU Npcf EdlSSd
in 1894 as in 1884. There were fewer
sheep in the country in 1893 than in
1889. Under the operation Of the tariff
Of 1862, made by and for themselves
alone, n to which the Wool-Growers'
Association now point as the tariff
which offered them ample protection
there were fewer sheep in 1880 han in
1870"
The high tax did not add to the pro-
duct. With the grabbers and oppres-
sors, it was great cry and less wool.
The republican plan now is a regularly
constructed b~lood-sucking machine to
enrich the rich and make poorer the
poor. May the people unite and throt-
tie this taxation "Frankenstein' that
incompetence and viciousness and ra-
pine and greed nave created and set it
up to do it's work of ruin.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-20

Increase ........ ....1,s27, 1876 176. 1862
Percentage of increase 40.3S 39.1S
1t is admitted that the percentage Of
deaths is greater thar among the
whites in the towns. We doubt If there
is a city or a town Of 1000 people in
all southland that can show as high
an annual white death rate as egr
death rate. We believe that il all the
towns and cities from 10000 inhabi-
tants and upward were tabuiated a.
to vital statistics, hat the total
would show very nearly or quite
double mortality among the blacks.
Those who understand their habits,
mode of life. ~indulgencies. ETC.,
need No special information in this
matter. The Evening Post, evidently
very favorable to the emancipated
race, at long distance, however, admits
that, unfortunately, "the mortality
mons urban negroes is very great"
and tina after all allowance is made
on this score, it remains true that the
negro death rate is alarmingly high,
and hat it is so high is owing in a
large asu to the low of
morality still SO general among the
race. Unfortunately, there is as yet
very little statistical evidence that the
moral standard Of the race is rising"
We repeat here what We nave often
said, that the very best friends the ne
gro race in America has are the better
classes of whites in the south, and that
it is the part of benevolence, safety
and political wisdom to EDUCATE them,
to give them the Gospel, to have them
taught by example, to have their NOR
ais disciplined while the mind is in
formed.
The truth is, that people of both
races sorely need to be instructed as to
the laws of health and sanitation. We
believe that it would be a wise thing
for the city to employ a thoroughly
competent teacher of sanitary science
and physical health to give a series of
lectures in school houses and church
buildings in every ward in Whining
ton, and strive to bring out the house
holders, parents, teachers, pupils and
others to hear expounded the necessary
laws that govern health. Light here
is needed. We believe farther that it
is the imperative duty of the city to
give every household pure water to
drink-Water analysed by a scientific
chcmist-and also to construct a COM
plete system of sewage. We doubt if
you can find in all the north a town
of the size of Wilmington that is with
out safe, pure drinking water and a
thorough sewage.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-20

The Pasteur theory as to bacteria has
been overthrown so far as it was held
that microbes were indispensable to an
imal life. Experiments at the univer-
sity of Berlin Germany furnish con
elusive tests to the contrary, it is re-
ported.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-20

After much speculation and ma
noeuvring on the part Of the Euro
pear powers it now looks as if there
would be a war the results of which
and the participants in which no one
can forecast,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-20

General Joe Wheeler is a man Of
ability. He says a purely protection
tariff tax is unconstitutional. OF course
it is. So a republican supreme court
long ago declared it to be.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-20

The democrats are divided in the
house. One set are favoring the letting
of the RAIDS pass their tariff bill with all
of it's huge expressions and monstros-
tiles. Bailey, the supposed leader, is
favorable to such a course. There are
members W h will not follow him.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-20

A pitched battle is reported imminent
in Cuba. A great victory for the pa
triots was reported two or three days
ago. The Cubans in Pinar del Rio
whipped q Spanish battalion capturing
800, 900 rounds of ammunition. Good
More of this please.