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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21
Found on Stony Slopes.

The general belief that edelweiso
grows only in dangerous and almost in
accessible places has no foundation.
OF course, with it as with any other
Alpine plant, this may now and then
happen. But, as a rule, 1t is found OH
rough and rather stony slopes of grass,
the ordinary pasture Of sheep and
goats, at heights ranging from six thou
sand to eight thousand feet above sea
level. 1t is not often met with below
the former limit, and seldom above the
latter. That it is a great rarity is an
other article Of faith; but this also is a
myth, for there are few districts where
it does not occur, often abundantly.
What has caused it to be SO highly
priced is difficult to understand. 1t is
an everlasting, but that is almost equiv
alent to saying it has no great beauty.
1t is, In short, quaint rather than a
beautiful flower. The edelweiss is an
extremely easy plant to raise from seed
and should be treated as an annual. 1t
is, however, very difficult to transplant
with any success. When grown on
anything like the sea level, or in fact
anywhere from home, it entirely loses
its distinctive character and becomes
worthless as garden plant.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21
Some Big Packs of Hounds.

he American Field gives list OF
the largest packs of hounds in Great
Britain. The largest pack of all contains
ninety couples-1S0 dogs-and is main
tanned by the BlacknIore Vale. This
pack is run four days a week, but. OK
course, not all the dogs are used each
day. John Watson, master Of the
Meath. an Irish pack, has sixty-four
couples, running five days week,
making 1t one of the hardest working
packs in the kingdom. she Badminton,
owned by the Duke Of Beaufort, has in
1t seventy-five couples, which are
Hunted on five days Of the week.
Another pack that hunts five days a
week Is the Belvoir, and 1t has sixty
four couples. The four-days-a- week
pack requires from fifty to sixty cou-
pies. The Duke of Buccleuch and The
Earl Of EGlinton keep the largest packs
in Scotland, the Duke maintaining
ifty-seven couples and the Earl nifty
couples.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21
SAVE YOUR CORN.

The papers are telling about farmers
out West burning corn in place OF
wood or coal, corn being the cheapest
fuel there, considering the low cost of
production. This looks like waste Of
material, and is probably owing to ex-
cessive charges Of transportation. The
consolation the Western farmer has is
that his loss Is not his fault. He is the
victim Of other mems greed Now, Mr..
Farmer, are you not burning corn out
in your barnyard, not exactly in the
same way as the Western farmer, but
burning corn all the same? You know
that your animals are kept alive in
cold weather by heat, and that their
heat Is made out of the corn they eat;
that the colder they are the more corn
draw on their bank account of fat laid
on earlier in the season. You also
know by this time that warm stable
greatly helps to heat the cows, and
you thereby save Mt least % per cent.
Of the food they eat, compared with
those fed the same amount while ex-
posed to the weather. This has been
proven over and over again. Why not,
then, get some planks, old or new. and
make sheds or stables for all the
stock? Stop burning corn in the stable
lot, and also save the manure from be-
ing trampled in the mud Of the stable
lot. where it Is not only lost, but be-
comes offensive. Get move on you:
save corn and manure, and have
greater respect for yourself.-Home
and Farm.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21

Rich and strong grain need not neceo-
sarlly be fed In quantities that would
be detrimental 10 later growth should
we decide to carry our cattle beyond
The two-year limit. and at tile same
time enough can he fed to have them
ready aud desirable to the slaughteref
and perfectly satisfactory to the con-
sumner
When the market price and other cir
cumstances demand longer feeding,
careful and judlcious precautions in Sc
lecting stock will insure continued
growth and improvement, to repay all
the food and care we bestow, although
we may safely calculate that less
gain, as a rule, viii come AS a greater
age is attained. But as an Offset to
this loss, there Is generally better
demand and advanced price for the
more matured bullock than there 10 for
one of less age and feeling.
The final effort in fattening for the
market need or ought not to occupy a
great length of time. IL the bullock
has had such attention as to insure the
proper and steady development we
are seeking, and such condition OF
flesh has been secured as to be In fair
shape for the butcher Mt any time,
and an additional season of fattening
Is desired, one hundred to one hundred
and fifty days is long enough. Give dur
ing this time, or as soon during this
period as we have brought our cattle
safely to the point. all the grain OF
any kind that Is available that they
will consume, and pasture or other
similar feed with the grain.
The best plan In my experience, when
full feeding, Is to place the grain in
suitable position and allow constant
access to it. This plan requires less Ia
Dor. and the food is then partaken of
at such times as the appetite demands
II, in such quantity as nature indicates.
Minute details of any particular
method or fancy scheme of Feeding l
have purposely avoided. for each
breeder must supply them by intelll-
gent attention.
Every animal disposed of In thin
fleshed condition Is at loss to the pro-
ducer, while by well managed work in
increasing growth and quality it would
insure profit. Then there will be an
evener distribution of fat and a great
Improvement in quality.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21
Iail.fala Mail.


DR.. John Dome, the famous English
divine and poet, who lived in the rei,yn
Of James L., was veritable Sherlock
Holmes in bent of mind. A writer In
TidBits tells of one of his famous ex-
ploits:
He was waking in the churchyard
while Il grave was being dug. when the
sexton cast up moldering skull. The
doctor idly took 1t up, and, in handling
it, found headless nail driven into 1t.
This he managed to take out and con-
ceal in his handkerchief. 1t was evil
dent to him that murder had been done.
He questioned the sexton, and learned
that the skull was probably that Of Il
certain man who was the proprietor OF
a brandy shop, and was drunkard. be-
ing found dead in bed one morning,
after night in which he had drunk
two quarts Of brandy.
"Had he a wife?" asked the doctor
Eyes"
''What character does she bear?"
'She bore very good character. only
the neighbors gossiped because she
married the day aftrs her husbands
funeral. She still L~es here"
The doctor soon called upon the wo-
man. He asked for and received the
particulars of the death of her first
husband. Suddenly opening his hand
kerchief he showed her the tell-tale
nail, asking, in a loud voice:
Madam, do you know this nail?"
The woman was so surprised that she
confessed; was tried and executed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21
NEW FODDER CROPS.

New fodder crops continue to at
tract much attention at the Vermont
station. Sofa beans of the green and
black varieties have proved satisfac-
tory each year. No other leguminous
hoed crop has given better returns in
tonnage Of green fodder, dry matter, or
protein. The green variety yielded at
the rate of six and one half tons green
and two tons dry fodder, and nearly
one-quarter Of ton OF protein
to the acre. Good growths were
made Of hairy and spring vetches with
and without oats, but after experience
with these crops for several years Mt
the Vermont station they are consid-
cred unequal to peas and oats. Sierra
della yielded about ton of dry mat
ter per acre, aud Is recommended ms q
promising forage crop that Is rich In
protein.-American Acriculturist.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21

We are indebted to Dean Holes re-
cent book or America for the following
nntc,lo,e. The dean says that Dem
YER audience is notably benevolent.
Ii is said that chairman, after n
depressing address, assured the speak
or that his discourse was moving,
soothing ana satisfying" When re-
proved next morning for having COM
mended dismal failure, he denied the
charge. and maintained that he had ut
tered no appreciation, but only simple
facts, namely, that the lecture was
moving" be cause large proportion Of
the audience fidglted In their seats and
several left the room; It was "soosh-
lug" because many fell asleep; and it
was satisfying" because there Was
not n single person who had not had
quite enough.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21

The following interesting facts vera
CLEANED by the Philadelphia Record
from the recent lecture on 'Some Char
acteristics OF the Most Northern Els
kImos," delivered by Henry q. Bryant,
commander OF the Peary auxiliary ex-
petition OF 1894:
The Eskimos In Southern Greenland
are a separate and distinct people from
those OF the northern part.
Some OF the individuals Of the South
ern Eskimos have blue eyes, light com
plexions and blue hair, unmistakable
proofs of the admixture of European
blood
They are physically deteri0rating
from the use of stimulants and tobacco,
and are no longer able to endure the
rigors Of the winter.
Their kayaks or boats, however, are
marvels Of ingenious construction, be-
Ing built on the graceful lines Of our
own racing shells.
The Eskim0s OF the north Of Green
land are completely isolated from the
rest of the world, hemmed in on the
north by the Humboldt glacier, an i'm
passable ice wall, and on the south by
Melville glacier, while inland they can
not go on account of lack Of food and
means of travel. Their country extends
about $50 miles between seyenty-six
and seventy-nine degrees north lati-
tude.
Until Sir John Ross landed there In
1918 they believed themselves the only
people In the world.
When the Kite landed there in 1891
most Of them had never seen a white
man, although they had traditions of
the visit Of white men and their
strange boats.
These people are exceedingly primi-
tive, apparently just emerging from
the stone age of prehistoric man.
The weapons with which they pursue
their game are exceedingly crude. I'm
til within the past twenty years they
did not know the use of even the bow
and arrow, or of the kayaks. so charac-
teristic Of the Southern Eskimos.
They were very friendly to the Peary
expedition, and welcomed the arrival
OF. the vessels and white men with
much boisterous expression of good
will.
Their language is exceedingly scant
and simple, so that with the aid OF
signs the Peary expedition soon learned
to converse with them.
They dress in skins, their costume
consisting Of moccasins knee high, Of
sealskin, with rabbitskin stockings,
breeches of reindeerslSin or bearskin
and a coat and gloves of sealskin.
They eat their food uncooked.
They do not use fire to keep them
selves warm, depending solely on anil
NAL heat.
Nature has made wise provision in
providing this peculiar people with a
layer of fat directly under the skin,
similar to the blubber Of the animals
Of that region.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21

then they WIN disappear, and hardly enc
will be met with In their favorits haunts.
This h to be accounted for, no doubt,
by the strange peculiarly the squirrel has,
In common with many other wild animals,
OF periodical migrations. On such occa.
sions the squirrels move forward In i'm
mcnse droves, and nothing can stop their
progress. Much as they dislike water
and In a wild state they never qucnch
their thirst except by tapping the dew
drops from the leaves lin these migra-
tons they boldly swim the widest rivers.
In their train comes the villa turkey. and
finally, at the close OF the season. the
black bear brings up the rear. showing
that the God OF nature inspired the crea-
lures to seek new homes In the distant
wilderness
The familiar colors of these little ami.
mails arc black, rcd and gray: the varieties,
however. differ very little except in size.
The habits OF all being similar. The gray
squirrel Is the most common. aud seems
to posse's In an eminent degree the power
of self-preservation. for while other kinds
disappear before the rifle and the AK, the
gray squirrel will still be found in families
and groups, maintaining itself in the
vicinity Of the farm and plantation house,
and sometimes gro~ing comparatively
tame by association with human beings.
This squirrel differs from other kinds in
building a nest OF twigs and leaves in the
forked branches Of high tree which 1t
occupies in the summer abandoning it in
the fall for the more secure retreat in the
hollow of the trunk
Squirrels are possessed OF great power,
and the development OF their muscles Is
unsurpassed for beauty and perfection.
They leap from tree to tree with surpris-
ing agility. and, when holly pursued.
will, II necessary to effect their escape,
drop themselves from tremendous nights
to the ground md then make off with
the greatest rapidity to the next favorable
c'ump OF trees that may stand in their
path. Their claws are long and the nails
are very acute and greatly compressed;
they are thus enabled to grasp the small
est twigs. and seldom miss their hold.
The squirrel is almost "a provident as
the ant, and, in the proper season, Occu-
pies all its leisure time in storing up food
for winter. II has well-slocked eranaries
in the neighborhood of its nest. either in
some hollow tree or crevice in the rocks.
The quantities sometimes stored away
are represented as enormous one deposit
DRY containing perhaps bushel of hick.
ory. beech and chestnuts together with
acorns, chncapn,. grain, etc. 1t Is
supposed that these collections are not
made by one individual, but by several
who join together for the general good.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21
ban eearIngs tor street Cars.

II has been suggested that economy
of operation Of street railroads would
Lc subscrved by placing the wheels on
hall b~arings, and experiment has
shown that the starting force re-
quired on a car so equipped is very
mnch less than on other cars. 1t seems
to bc only question whether the cost
of Introduction and maintenance Of
ball-bcarings is not greater than the
cost OF the energy that would be saved
by their use. II It Is not, we may LOOK
for far greater station economy In the
ncay future. Popular Science News.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21
FINISHING OFF BEEF CATTLE
FOR MARKET.

Perhaps on general principles twelve
to twenty-four months Is long enough
to keep bullock profitably. As the
value of beef cattle of the same quail
ty varies considerably during each
year, well-kept, fieshy yearling steer
or heIfer will yield a much larger
amount Of money to the owner at that
age than the same would months after
wards, with it's increased growth, says
w. Il. Taylor, Of Ohio, in Orange Judd
Farmer.
Hence the advantage Of keeping
stock all the time In condition, ready
to take advantage of these varying
circumstances. This cannot be done II
we attempt to follow the ancient GUS
tom OF growing before fattening and
finishing our cattle for the market.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21
Smoke Against lightning.

There exists an old saying among
peasants. says the Philadelphia Press,
that when a storm Is approaching. a
FIRE should be built In the stove, with
as much smoke as possible. In a re-
cent article by Shuster in this journal
he shows that this custom Is rational
one, as the products Of combustion and
the smoke act as a very effective con-
ductor TO discharge the atmosphere
slowly but surely. He quotes from sta
tistics showing that ont of every 1000
accidents G.3 churches and S.5 mills
were struck by lightning, while The
number Of chimneys Of factories was
one L: every 1900.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21
WINDING MOTHER.

Mary was going to use kerosene to kin
die the fire, but her mother discovered it,
and stopped her before she had poured
the oil into the stove.
You must never do that" she said.
"You might set fire to your clothes and
burn yourself terribly. or the house might
burn. You understand me, Nary
under no circumstances are you to kindle
the fire with kerosene. Remember what
tell YOU"
One day, not long after that. Mary was
left at home alone. while her mother went
to visit sick neighbor.
Start the fire about five o'clock Ii I'm
not lack before, and put the tea kettle
on" her mother told her when she went
away.
Five O clock cane. and Mary tried to
kndle the fire with shavings, but they
burned out without seeming to set fire to
the wood.
Il know what I'll do" she said; .rll
pour little oil on the wood. Mother
won't know"
She got the can and began to pour some
oil in the stove. The wool was not burn
ing, apparently. but there was fire enough
about It to ignite the oil as 1t streamed
from the can. The blaze flashed up the
little stream to the spout, and an explo-
sion took place which covered Mary with
burning fluid. She ran out Of doors,
screaming for help. Fortunately. aneigh-
Dor happened to be passing. and he came
to her rescue But she was SO badly
burned that the came near dying. When
she got well, her face was disfgured for
life.
80, IL had only minded mother!" she
often says. when she looks at her SCARED
face in the glass.
II she only had! But It's too late TO
think about that now. The mischief has
been done. and she must bear the conse-
quences Of her disobedience.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21
GEESE.

No fowl can be reared with as much
profit and with so little care as the
goose, says the Poultry Fancier. After
they have attained the age Of four
months but little attention Is required
other than supplying plenty Of fresh
water. a good grass range and scru-
pulously dry roosting place, which also
must be free from lice and other YER
min fatal to the young.
II it is impossible to provide free
range. the next best substitute Is wire
netting which need be but about eigh-
teen inches high to confine them until
matured. Give them fresh water
twice each day, also green food, such
as turnip tops, celery and cabbage, or
allow them free range morning and
evening
When Thanksgiving time arrives you
can generally dispose Of the young Cos
lings at ten cents per pound, and their
average weight will be about ten
pounds. Suppose, for instance. you
have twelve ''gooselets' at 81 each, the
receipts from the sale would be $12,
and the cost Of feed has been but a
trifie. 1t is safe to say that your profit
will have been $40 on the transaction.
OF course they cannot always be dis
posed of at 81 each; but, on the other
hand, the price is often more than a
dollar; hence we take 1t as basis on
which to figure. We doubt II fancy
fowls would pay better, considering,
of course, that we always have ready
market for our. geese. BY crossing a
China gander on Toulouse geese large
goslings are obtained, quick to grow,
nicely marked, with medium length
necks, yellow bills and remarkably
easy to domesticate.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21
SQUIRRELS.

Squirrels are among the most interest
ing inhabitants OF the woods and they
are familiar TO everyone. because very
numerous and easil, tanned. The chisel-
like teeth OF the squirrel are remarkable
among all the gnawers for their sharp.
penetrating character, for they will In .
moment chip of the flinty end Of hIck-
ory nut, and split 1t down the side with
the precision Of q penknife. The whole
race, with one or two exceptions inhabit
the thick woods, and live upon the
abundant seeds and nuts peculiar 10 our
forests. AT times they become 80 nu-
merous In certain sections OF our coun-
nv . 70 be . scourge 10 our farmers
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21

Half an hour aftc: the polls In the
municipal election at HaverhIll, Mass,
recently. were opened, every church
bell in the city began to peal, and con
tinued ringing until O'Clock. The idea
was an original one. and at the noon
hour the bells again pealed for another
half hour. At 3 they were rung for q
final summons to the voters to exercise
their suffrage. Boston Journal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21

ODD, ISN'T Irr
Iom, made 70 stay IN after school,
Sits grimly wrestling with rule
In simple fractions. Worn with care.
With mouth tight shut aud hands IN hair.
The two-line task In vain he tries
And tries again to memorize.
Dismissed. Tom. quite another chap,
Before bill board stands agapc.
1t stretches half block or more.
With circus posters pasted DER.
Jaw-breaking words crowd every part :.
And Tom has learned them oil by heart.
Il Harry s. Moore.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21
Mls.ion,. Rsmarkable RECORD.

The Jerry McAuley Mission in New
York city, started, by the reformed
drunkard and evil doer of that name
has turned more than 1000 persons
from evil lives during year past,
while costing Its supporters less than
$4,000.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21

A story is told OF child witness IN an
Irish court who was asked by the
Judge: II you took false oath, what
would happen to your He hesitated,
and Mt last said: II suppose wouldn't
get my expenses"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-21

tinction.
Much has been published about the
assassins of Paris, writes correspon-
dent, and In many cases fabulous
gains have been attributed to them as
a result Of their crimes, but these exist
more frequently in fiction than ia fact
Statistics recently compiled by the pre-
feet of Paris police throw a good deal
Of light on the assassin's trade as
practiced in modern times. Especially
interesting are they In view Of the pop
ular, but very erroneous. idea that the
assassin's trade Is profitable. That
Il Is quite the reverse seems to be
proved by a record of the profits gain
ed by notorious assassins during the
last thirty years. Biographies Of
large number Of French murderers,
some of whom paid the penalty of
their crimes on the guillotine, while
others are transported to New Gale
donia, show that the average murder
err makes far less money at his abom-
Unable trade than Is made by any third
rate artisan or even day laborer. Such
being the case, the wonder il there
are so many murders. And great
er wonder is, why, II they are deter
mined 10 kill for the sake of money,
they do not arrange to kill persons
who are known to be wealthy and do
not seize an opportunity when their
intended victims have their pockets
stuffed with gold. A distinguished
official Of the police force In Paris says
thst the assassins act In their usual