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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
Poultry Points.

Dampness causes leg weakness In
ducks.
For large, heavy fowls have the
roosts low.
Dry earth is a good material to scat.
ter under the roosts.
Early Matched, well developed pullets
make good winter layers.
When a thrifty bird Is fully matured
1t is easily fattened.
Stale bread soaked in milk is a good
feed for young poultry.
Cleanliness and good feeding are the
secrets of success with poultry.
Leghorns and Black Spanish lay eggs
with the whitest shells Of any breed.
On the average it will cost 81 to keep
a laying hen one year.
Oilmeal, sunfower seed, hemp seed
and buckwheat can all be used to good
advantage in feeding fowls intended
for exhibition.
A cross of the Wyandottes and Lang
shans combines many good qualities
that make fowl valuable for market
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
Raold Work.

The chief pledges of the Republican
platform, adopted year ago, were n
protective tariff, international bimetal-
lism, reform in the currency system,
the annexation of Hawaii, and an i'm
provement In the conditions In Cuba.
In the sixteen weeks since the inaugu.
ration of the President elected upon
that platform, the protective tariff
pledge has been carried almost to- per-
feet completion, commissioners have
been sent abroad to treat for interna-
tional bimetallism, plans have been
completed by which Congress Will be
asked to create commission to devise
plan for reforming the currency, an
annexation treaty with Hawaii has
been signed, American prisoners In
Cuba have been released, and the plans
for lettering the conditions In that ISL
and by peaceful and successful meth
DDS are nearing completion.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
STATE OF MICHIGAN.
OccuRRENoEs DURING THE
ee PAST WEEK.
Michigan Roe IL Opposed Home-seek-
crs' Excursions-Pecuiia aud Fatal
Accident to Farmers Wife Odd
Feiiows system aticaliy Robbed.
Auain.t Emiaration.


The matter Of home-seekers excursions
from Michigan points to Southern ana
Western States has made its annual APP
pearapce in Michigan railway circles. For
four years past the home-seeker excursion
has been thorn in the side of Michigan
roads. For three seasons efforts have been
made to sit down heavily upon the scheme
and each year the concerted plan has
fallen through. This is the fourth season.
A renewed effort will be made to boycott
the hone-seeker scheme. There Is just a
possibility that the present effort will be
more successful than the earlier ones. At
the meeting Of the Michigan Passenger
Association a lengthy debate was held
upon this subject. 1t ended In resolu-
ton that the railroads should not allow
home seekers rates from Michigan points.
The tendency Of the home-seekers excur-
sions, the railroad men say, Is to take
people out Of the State. 1t il to the inter-
est Of the Michigan roads and to all other
classes of business, on the contrary 10
keep citizens here. Hence the roads VIII
not help to diminish the population or the
State. The home seekers excursions are
managed by and for the profit OF the
Southern and Western roads. Michigan
roads have hitherto been dragged into the
scheme by reason of their traffic relations.
1t is hoped to strengthen the opposition
to such nn extent that traffic relations VIII
be kept intact without making concessions
that in the long run prove injurious to
the roads making them. Strenuous ef-
forts will be made by the Southern and
Western roads to break down the move
ment. The outcome will go far to show
how much strength is behind the Michi-
gan Passenger Association.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08

OF beet sugar in April. 1907. were $685..
1858, 1888 pounds, against 00,471,717 In
April, 1896. The largest increase, how
ever, Is in the importations Of raw
woods, third-class woods increasing
from 6,242,15S pounds In April, 1896,
to 19,705,57s in April. 1897; second
class woods increasing from 1901, 1863
pounds In April, 1896, to 9,S13,4SS
pounds In April, 1897, while first-class
wool increased from 4,507, 433 pounds
in April, 1896, to 61,559,657 in April,
1897. A. b. CARSON.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08

That silver "Repmblican" Convention.
At last the advocates of the free and
unlimited coinage of silver have reach
ed the state of openly and unblushingly
announcing as their cardinal principle
the creation and enforcement Of law
which would permit people to pay their
debts with less than One-half of what
they received when those debts were
made. The platform adopted by the
free silver Republicans" so called,
who recently gathered at Chicago, at
the expense of the silver mine owners,
proposes to clothe both metals with ev-
cry attribute of full money, with the
right of every debtor to choose which
coin shall be the basis of payment"
While this principle of paying debts in
dollars worth less than one-half those
received when the debt was made has
been covertly part of the plan of the
silverites. they have never had the as
surance before to openly and specifical-
ly declare it.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
Slaughter of Birds.

One Of the largest importers Of feath-
ers in England, Mr.. Weller, Is report
ed to have made this statement: "Un-
til recently, millions Of birds Of para
disc, sunbirds, humming birds, etc.,
were slaughtered annually; in one for
est in France alone one-half million
little songsters We're caught every year;
while, had 1t not been for State inter-
ference, the nightingales Of Germany
would now have been practically ex-
tinct. In all, the importation Of feath-
ers lately amounted to considerably
more than 100000 per annum."
Many tons Of feathers still annually
change hands. But our business -
said Mr.. Weller, with the exception
Of one line, has declined rapidly" And
the reason Of the decline, we are in
formed, is "the activity displayed by a
ladies society established for the pur.
pose of boycotting hats, ETC., for which
small feathers are used for adorn.
ment." 1t is added that the society
which was started only year or two
ago. has reduced the feather business
TO half It's dimensions. or course, all
considerate women will be pleased tc
hear this; fer now such species of birds
az have not already been eNterminated
will have a chance Of surviving and re
viving.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
The Bell Fell on. Her.

Mrs. William X. Munson, the wife OF
well-known fruit grower near Grand
Rapids, met with peculiar accident the
other day, which proved fatal. Mrs. Mum
son discovered that bees were about to
swarm or the farm and she started to
call the farm hands from the field to hive
them by ringing the farm bell. The
bracket holding the bell had become loos-
ened from long usage, and as she jerked
the rope the bell slipped from its rack and
fell. 1t weighs about $50 pounds and 1t
fell over her head, crushing her to the
ground. A deep cash was cut in her
head, and another in her back. Her face
was also seriously lacerated, and her right
leg broken near the hip. She died short
~ after being taken to a hospital.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
Clever THIEF.

Officers of Phoenix lodge Of Odd Eel
lows, Grand Rapids, discovered that they
have been systematically robbed. For
some time the Odd Fellows of the State
have been preparing to build home for
the orphans and mite boxes have been
hung in the lodge rooms Of each lodge in
the State. Friday the box In this lodge
was opened and not cent was found.
Upon examination 1t was found that a
false inside made of tin had been fitted
to the slot in the top of the box and all
contributions easily extracted. 1t was
one of the most ingenious inventions yet
seen. The lodge rooms are rented fire.
quently 10 other associations, and it will
he hard work to find the thief.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
How the Aged should Live.

Every person who advances in life
should carefully examine his whole
methods of life and personal habits,
and should adapt his mode OF living
to the peculiarities Of his individual
case. One of the first and most i'm
portant questions to consider is that Of
food. The teeth in old age are fire.
Quently lost, and, unless under excep-
tonal circumstances, they should be re-
placed by artificial ones, for mastica-
ton Is a most vital point, and is more
necessary in the case Of the old than
the young, for in the former the digest
i've powers are apt 20 fail. Very many
old people are injured by the use Of
food in excessive quantities.; but little
exercise can be taken; all growth has
ceased, and the bodily furnaces which
make heat are able to destroy but little
food fuel. 1t Is, perhaps, not univer-
sally recognized that in numerous cases
death is finally due to an absolute fail
ure on the part Of the body to keep It
self warm. In the old the heat-mak-
ing functions are exceedingly low, and
hence it is that few old people are COM
Portable In room where the tempera-
ture is under 70 or 80 degrees. 1t is
especially important, therefore, that an
abundance Of clothes be worn by old
people. Another vital point in the
treatment Of the aged is protection,
and especially protection against strain
Of any vital organ. An old man ex-
poses himself to inclement weather
and especially to high wind, with the
result that the blood is driven from the
surface Of the body upon the internal
organs, and the enfeebled movements
Of respiration which aid in forcing the
blood out Of these organs are checked
What Is true In regard to the ordinary
healthy conditions Of the old man Il
more particularly true in regard to the
diseases Of the old. Medicines that arr
too violent In their action cannot bt
taken: at the same time, when possible
| it is most essential to arrest at once
any incipfent disorder in old persons.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08

bent in the center,
and a wire (b) fas-
tened about 10
inches below the
bend and another
(c) after the poke Is
slipped over the
Sleeps neck, 4 or
8 inches low e r
down to fasten the
poke in place. This
device will keep
any sheep from go
ing through a wire.
rail or board fence,
is a good thing for
jumping sheep, and
will prevent them
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
Separate the Tlocks.

The first thing to do with fiocks that
are kept on farms rather than on
ranches is to separate the flock into a
number Of small ones, each composed
of one kind, and having a regard to sex,
age and general condition. The weak
ones should not be placed with the
strong. The wether or stock flock
should be in one flock, the breeding
ewes in another, and the lambs In an
other, II the best results are to be Sc
cured
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
Should Make Our Own.

The United States are, Of course, the
best customer we have for our linens.
Out Of the 1895 export America took
1862, 400 yards, or considerably more
than one-half of the total, and 1880
700 yards more than she took in 1894
when her proportion was still more
than one-half of the whole. The bulk
Of the shipments goes from Belfast, as
the principal center of the industry, but
Barnsley, Dundee, and few other GEN.
tiers contribute to the total.-John 5.
Brown & Sons, Belfast, Ireland.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
Quickly Made Hedge.

American Gardening shows a short
cut to handsome hedge. A form" Is
made of wire netting, the sides and top
also being covered. Along the base on
either side Of this quickly growing
vines are planted, which soon cover the
wire with mass Of green that becomes
more and more dense and beautiful
each succeeding year IL the proper sort
OF vines are used. The proper sort"
would include our common woodbine.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08

Good country roads are an index Of
the thrift and prosperity Of a commu-
nifty. Smooth and well-kept roadsides
are a necessary adjunct to well-culti-
waited farm. This means that there
must be no weedy fence corners nor
fences overgrown with briars, thistles
and vines. The lanes may be made to
yield lai &c amount of hay, II the sur
face of the ground be properly leveied
and cultivated. and the appearance be
SO much improved, that many dollars
per acre would be added to the value OF
the adjoining farms. We wish our
readers would try it, See the results as
we have seen them.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
The Difference.

The Mckinley law produced in its
first thirty three months $533, 767, AL
from customs alone, while the Wanted
Wilson law in its first thirty-three
months has produced only $445,9O0.19S
from customs, deficit of $S7 ,SG2, 249
against the Wilson law.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
TO MAKE A HEDGE QUICKLY.

1t is quick grower, and It's foliage is
remarkably handsome, both in the
green state and when touched by
autumn frosts. There are many other
vines, however, that would answer adj
mirably for this purpose, SO that all
tastes can be suited. Such a hedge
needs only such annual clipping as will
suffice to keep the vines growing even
1y all over the wire-as thickly in one
place as in another.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
A Race OF Apple Fater>

Does any one know Of any good rea-
son why we should not be a race of
apple eaters? BY this we refer to the
habit or practice Of eating apples raw.
The Bulletin of Pharmacy advances
what we believe to be a valuable sug-
gestion along this line Of action.
1T SAYS: "No harm can come even to a
delicate system by eating Of ripe and
Juicy apples Just before going to bed"
IT also remarks that the apple Is rich
is phosphoric acid. WHAT'S not so well
known, however, observes the Nebras-
Ia Farmer, IL points out, is that 1t thor
oughly disinfects the mouth, excites
action Of the liver, promotes sound
and beautiful sleep, helps the kidney
secretions and prevents calculus
crowths, obviates indigestion, and Is
one Of the best-known preventives OF
diseases Of the throat. These are ben
efits enough to make us all apple eat
ers, surely.
This Couutryss Big Hoe Industry.
The hog industry in the United States
has reached tremendous proportions.
No less than 16,92S,97S swine were
slaughtered by the packers Of the West
alone last year. The whole number the
country over would amount to half as
much more, or about 25,000.000 alto
gether. 1t was the greatest hog year
I'm our history except 1901, when the
pork packing business reached high
water mark. In the region northwest
of the Ohio river last year farmers and
live stock men received for the hogs
they raised $135, 456.O00.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08

Truth in sweet simplicity expresseN
the thoughts that bind and the words
that burn conviction in human under'
standing. and steadily, with unfailina
eye, detects and dispenses to the brave
spirit that stands by what II believes
One has said that truth, like hght
travels in straight rnes"-that 1t b q
divine essence.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
Turkey Food.

The best feed for young turkeys Is a
cake made of equal parts of ground
oats, corn and wheat baked SO that 1t
will crumble. They ought to have their
freedom from yards as soon as possible,
say when two weeks old, but should
be housed at night. Nothing is better
than good, whole corn to fatten tur-
KEYS
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
Save the Younr Timber.

There Is always a demand for good
timber, especially Of the quick-growing
kinds, such as pine, oak and birch. A
piece Of land cleared will in thirty five
or forty years have a new growth large
enough for box boards, and spoolstrips,
and there should be more attention CIV
en- to this source Of income. Stronger
and more systematic laws protecting
timber should be passed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
Old Glory to FIy.

Old Glory is likely to fly from the
dome Of the Government house In Hon
olulu in the near future and there will
he no Paramount Commissioners Blount
to order it taken down, either.-Ohio
State Journal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
Iuteres4inu Comparison.

1t will afford interesting reading to
compare the recent tariff talk of Sena-
tor Vest, Senator Jones Of Arkansas,
and other Democratic statesmen, with
their remarks in 1894 when they voted
against free trade schedules.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
True Progress.

What is true progress? Every step
that leads to true aim. What Is true
aimf Every landmark that is mapped
out In our ideal Of humanity's trust
What is humanity's trust? "Have yel
not known? Have We not heard? Has
It not been told you from the begin
ming? Have We not understood the
foundations of the earthT-Jewishl
Messenger
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
A Valuable New Radisb.

The lists of good, early radishes are
80 large that all but experts may find
1t difficult to make suitable selection.
French Breakfast, Early Scarlet Tur-
nip, Scarlet Olive-Shaped and others
have long been general favorites, but
the new Henderson's Rose Turnip rad
fsh-a life-like illustration Of which is
shown herewith-is second to none in
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08

beauty as well as quality and earli-
ness. 1t has small, compact top and
a miniature root, requires only twenty
three days to mature and remains in
good condition for ten days. Its beau
tiful rosy pink color renders it very at
tractive when punched. - American
Agriculturist
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
"co.,or.rniI Democratic"

Senator Vest has labelled his Demo-
cratic protectionist associates cotton
tail Democrats" but in doing so has
not deferred them In their determine
ton to stand by the principles Of pro-
lection which they have expressed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08

Foreigners seem to think that Amer
lean free trade is a good thing. They
are pushing their goods along.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08

The town of Washington, Pa. has a
widows row, where there are nine lone
females within a block Of cnly one
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08

from crowding into bushes and briers,
tearing the wool from the body. Graz
ing or drinking is not interfered with.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
&c, the ehcep ut Home.

The illustration, from Farm and
Home, portrays a sheep poke made Of
a hickory stick (a) A or feet long,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08

We are another week nearer to the
restoration of the policy of protection
end its twin prosperity.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
NEARS COMPLETION.
THE vARIFF BILL WILL SOON BE
A LAW.

Wonderful Work with the Republic
cans In . Majority In the Senate
Tho Inporters RushinR Foreign
Goods In UP 70 the Last Minute.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL,
SERIOUS SUBJECTS CAREFULLY
CONSIDERED.

A Scholarly Exposition Of the Lesson
-rhoughts worthy Of Calm Refiec-
tion-Half an Hours Study of the
ecriptures-Time Well Spent.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08

Next Lesson-"Paul at Thessalonics
and Betea."-Acts II: liz.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08

To keep hogs thrifty when fattening
mix two quarts Of wood ashes or fine
charcoal with one pint salt and a quar-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08

ter Of a pound Of sulphur. Ten hogs
will eat this mixture once week.
Agriculturist.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-08


during the year. The total cost of main
tanning the jails for the year and for ar
resting and taking prisoners to penal in
situations was $751;, 907.71. The proceed
ing year the cost was $19S,347.3O. The
average cost per week for board and keep
ing of prisoners was $4.74.
Stevensville, small town near Benton
Harbor, is terrorized by a gang OF 2OO
tramps. One Of the party was arrested
and the others broke into the Jail and re-
leased him. Soon after another man was
captured and his friends.attempted to re-
lease him, but were held ut bay by the
marshal, village president and citizens
with revolvers until he could be transfer
red to the county jail. The men steal
chickens, pigs and calves and commit 9TH
er depredations, so that citizens are afraid
to be out after dark. Numerous hold-ups
and burglaries In the vicinity are credited
to the tramps.
Lysette & Gregg, contractors, Of Sault
Ste. Marie, were awarded the contract
by the board of control of the Northern
Michigan insane asylum ut Newberry for
improvements amounting to $31,S6S.
Battle Greek water, which is drawn
from Goguac lake, Is so bad that Secre-
tary Baker of the State Board of Health
has had his attention directed to II. and
Is now in Battle Greek consulting with the
city authorities on the matter.
Marshal Davis, the new Official of pon-
tiac, Is making a record for himself. His
raid on Sunday gambling den a few
weeks since wns seconded by an order
upon all saloons to remove all billiard and
pool tables within week.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-26
Number Killed by the
Plunge Into Hudson.
THREE BODIES NOT FOUND
Bride Who Prayed When She Was
Saved From EntOmbment.
SEARCHING FOR THE VICTIMS.

uarrisons. N. Y. Oct. 26.-The COM
plete list OF the killed I'm the New York
Central and Hudson River railroad
wreck, and which the railroad officials
believe include all OF those who could
possibly be lost. is as follows: Engineer
John c. Foyle. East Albany; Fireman
John o. Fompkins EastAlbany: Samuel
Williams Buffalo: Thomas Riley, 81.
Louis; W. ii. G. Myers. fremont, N. Y;
A. q. Mckay. Harlem; Il. A. Green, Chi
cago; William Schenckenbecker, New
ark. N. j.. Guiseppi Taguana. New York
city: Mrs. Robert L!ndsman, Utica; un-
known woman: Chin Lee Song, San
Francisco; Chin Fong Hop. brother of
Chin Lee Song; Hoo Wuh. New York;
Lee Tong Sing. New York; unknown
Chinaman with letter TO Hop Sing Of
Newark. n. j.: Wong Gin. residence un-
known: two unknown Cinnamon.
The number is 10, and there is little
doubt that this is the total list Of the
killed. The bodies of the engineer, fire
man and Van Etten's secretary are yet
I'm the river, with small hopes OF their
immediate recovery.
Tlnge OF the Dramatic.
The incidents and features Of yester-
day had tinge OF the dramatic around
them. the contrasts OF light and shade
being somewhat remarkable Had IL
not been that torrents of rain poured
down all the afternoon the New York
Central railroad people would have had
an excursion upon their hands larger
than any one for many years. AS IL was,
trainload after trainload of curiosity
seekers either landed at the stations
near the point of the wreck and walked
through the drenching rain TO stand
there and stare at the burning embers
ard mutIlated cars. or else rode down
on the trains TO the vantage point.
There was a similar display OF curiLs
csity at Cold Spring. where the 16 dead
bodies lay. OF those 16 dead, eight were
heather foreigners, whose names or resi-
dences meant scarcely anything 10 the
general public. and yet six OF these eight
were Identified and claimed long before
any person had come forward to inquire
or seek for two .well-dressed and evi-
IDENTIFY very respectable white women,
the only women Killed in tho wreck In
the morgue they lay unclaimed and un-
sought evidently. while the other dead
were claimed and taken care Of. The IS
bodies that were held at Cold Spring for
Identification and the claim OF the reia-
tives were divided between the under
taking establishments OF Mr. McKeel
md MeIlvary All day long these places
were besieged by crowds OF the curious,
but only those who might in any way
establish the identity Of the victims were
admitted 10 look upon them
One OF the two women was identified
last evening as Mrs. Mary Lindsman Of