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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-06


which Met ne Lansing.
The Michigan State Teachers Associa-
ton is mammoth body Of representative
educators, and the session was attended
by the largest number Of teachers In the
history of the association, which Is now
nearing its fiftieth year.
The day previous to the opening OF the
convention the county school commission
ers OF the State held Msgeiy attended
meeting. The principal topic discussed
was, els the high-school graduate pre-
pared to teach? III not, how can the de-
ficicncy be suppliedy' Commissioner J..
l.. Wagner of Eaton took the ground that
the graduate, as such, Is not prepared to
teach, and should have one or more years
of professional training. This profession
al training should not be optional, but
should be made by law compulsory, and
a prerequisite to the profession. In
general discussion, this view was almost
unanimously Endorsed. In reply to the
question, "Why are there SO many fail
ures in arithmetic ut our examinations
and what Is the remedy?" Commissioners
G. t.. Cane of Cass said that the number
of failures In arithmetic was double the
number in other branches, and that this
was due to poor teaching. 1t was re-
solved as the sense of the Michigan COM
missioncrs that the high schools should
introduce course Of arithmetic after ele-
mentary work In algebra.
Gov. Pingree, In welcoming the associa-
ton, delivered an address replete with
advice as to the proper way to mould
youthful minds so that their possessors
might become useful citizens of the State.
President Delos Fall in his annual adj
dress the first afternoon traced the origin
of the Michigan educational system back
to Prussia, and in recognition OF the
utilitarianism of the present day he ar
gued for more practical business train
ing which the public schools must here
after furnish. But the main line Of study
he was convinced, must be from tho
standpoint of the growing boy, who needs
to be thoroughly studied through the pc
RODS of puberty and adolescence and theil
varied phases and phenomena.
Addresses were made by Charles Nc
Kenney, who declared that permanency
in the term of office of, the teacher could
never be secured; by ]. II. Miller, who as
serted that teachers pensions were no
only practicable but desirable; by j.. L
Campbell, who said the only way to ge
rid of an incompetent teacher was to ge
competent school board that wouldn'
employ him, and by G. w. Loomis, wh'
insisted that the superintendent shoul'
employ the teachers. In the evening
Bishop Vincent lectured before the teach
ers on TON and His Teachers"
The School Commissioners Association
elected the following officers:
President-R. NJ. Winston, Clinton.
Vice President-R. ID. Bailey, Gaylord
Secretary-Flora Beadle, Hastings.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-06
short state Items.

: Eber Caswell, an Alamo farmer, was
robbed of $37 by unknown thieves.
Peter James, an Indian living at Pin
coming, shot three wild cats near the
school house in that village.
Bay City lumbermen are not worrying
over the Canadian retalatory act. The
act will not affect the mills for next sea-
son.
At Greenviue, house belonging to III.
Jensen, together with its contents, burn
ed. Jensen barely escaped c'sth his life.
Loss, $1,000; insurance, $500.
The upper floor Of Nicholson's hardware
store mt Holly was Quilted by fire. james
Shaughnessy, clerk, who sleeps above
the store, had narrow escape.
Galien has q musical prodigy in the per-
son OF Master Hurley Smith, who is the
youngest son OF Postmaster Melvin
Smith. He is only FIVE years of age and
yet he plays with great skill the slide
trombone, violin and banjo.
At ST. Johns, ike" Ellsworth pleaded
guilty to the charge Of horse stealing and
Judge Daboll sentenced him to Jackson
for four years. Ellsworth has served
four terms for horse stealing, and when
this term is completed he will have served
twenty-four years.
Il. T. Boden. n druggist in Wcst Bay
City, had presentment the other night
that his store would be robbed. He went
back to his place Of business after mid
night and took 500 home with him
Burglars robbed the cash register Of $4.5C
which he left IN 1t before morning.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-06
A Reliable barometer.

Bank clearings are an absolutely re-
liable barometer of general business
conditions. That steady and perma-
nent increase in bank clearings from
week to week means n positive COM
mercial and industrial revival is as
certain as the law Of gravitation. That
a commercial and Industrial revival
means more employment for the wage
earners, and hence increased purchas-
ing power for the laboring classes, Is
equally certain.
The bank cleaIings Of Chicago for the
month Of November tell tale Of good
times that must completely confound
the most resourceful and tactful of the
calamity walters. There Is no argu-
ment that can be advanced by the
apostles Of discomfort that will prevail
against figures which show actual bus
mess transactions. The bank clearings
of Chicago for November reached the
enormous aggregate Of $45S,0O0,0O
which is a gain of 500, 100000 over the
corresponding month Of last year. This
remarkable gain Is the highest on
record since the good times of 1S90-03.
The figures Of the politicians some
times lie; bank figures do not.-Chi-
cago Times-Herald.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-06

real friend OF the farmer, and instituted
q number OF schemes which have work
cd out to their advantage and which
are now recognised as permanent in
stitutions Of the country. but the work.
ings of his department. were largely ex-
detrimental. and IL remained for his sue
cessor to reap the benefit Of his work.
But President Cleveland's Secretary OF
Agriculture, Mr.. Morton, failed to Inn
prove his opportunities and seems to
have been about the last man who
should have occupied this important
position. But Farmer Wilson imme-
diately upon his appointment pulled on
his coat and has had II Off ever since.
The department has undergone tram
sition, and more has been done In the
genuine interest Of the farmer or the
United States than was ever dreamed
of before. The new Secretary has pun.
sued vigorous policy In regard to- the
distribution of seeds which will be or
some definite value to the farmer; he
has encouraged In every particular the
beet sugar industry, he has placed the
department at the service OF the dairy
interests in bringing their products to
the attention of foreign markets, and
with no little success he Is making in
vestigation In regard to foreign mar
kets for American cattle, horses and
other farm animals; he Is sending all
over the world for new seeds, which
will be of value to this country, and, in
fact, is doing everything which energy
and ingenuity can conceive and which
thorough organization and system In
his department can foster to materially
advance the welfare and business in
terests of the farmers OF the United
States. 1t is predicted by the friends
of this department that before Presi-
dent McEiinley's four years OF admin
istration have passed. there will be no
branch Of the Government more inhu'
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-06
Corn stalks and Clever Hay.

On most farms in this country either
clover hay or cornstalks is the main ra-
tiOn for foddering farm stock during
the winter. These are, everything
considered, the cheapest foods that the
farm can produce, the advantage Of
the corn being that 1t will grow a
greater bulk than can be grown Of
anything else. The clover has an equal
advantage in the fact that wherever 1t
is grown the soil is increasing in fer
Utility. 1t Is economy to feed clover
and corn stalks together, as each will
supplement the deficiencies Of the 9th
er, and more of both will be eaten and
dipeSted
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-06
yaIue of the Farm.

Waldo +. Brown, in the Cincinnati
Gezette, says for ten years past he has
estimated what his farm was worth
to his family, and finds that at fair val
uation the farm was paying over 8 per
cent. on the investment, IL only enough
were sold to pay taxes, insurance and
hired help. In other words, with a
family of eight persons to be fed, the
farm, valued at $1,000, was furnishing
what would cost, IL bought in market,
from $500 to $500, namely fruit, veg
etables, poultry and dairy products,
breadstuffs and meats, all of best quail
ity and furnished In abundance.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-06
DISPOSE of Nomenclature Cows.

The Toronto Globe says Canadian
farmer who kept twenty-four cows and
two hired men, tested his cows with
the Babcock test and found that eight
were Improbable. He disposed Of
them and let one hired man go, and at
the end of the year found that he had
made as much money from the sixteen
as from the twenty-four. Now he has
got down to twelve good cows, and ex-
poets as much from them as he made
from twice that number. Now he can
increase up TO his original number as
fast as he can find or grow good cows,
and increase his profits.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-06
They,re Ndt So Warm.

An Investigation OF the subject
shows that the thirteen countries
which made formal protests against
certain features of the tariff law Of
1897, in the two months in which the
details Of our exports can be obtained,
have purchased $131 ,440,503 in value
of our products and merchandise,
against only $1O7,O77, 500 in the corre-
spending months OF last year under
the Wilson law.-York PA Dispatch.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-06
Feed Fowls slowly.

The great trouble with most fowl
fanciers Is that In their zeal to promote
egg production they feed too heavily,
and the fowls fatten instead Of laying.
Corn also Is bad feed for fowls, es-
pecially II shelled and thrown where
the fowls can eat It as rapidly as they
can pick 1t up. II one person shells by
hand an ear Of corn and throws 1t
among thirty or fifty fowls the active
ones win get 1t fully as fast as they
should. The better way Is to mix the
grain and small grain as well among
cut straw and let the fowls earn their
living by scratching for Il.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-06

CLOTHES POST. are put upon IT,
and thus hang out the whole wash
without moving step or once lifting
the basket. If the ground be wet or
covered with snow, this is an import
ant point. This plan also saves much
labor II one end-one wheel-can be
attached to post on the back veranda
or porch, using the basket support and
the pin box as on the regular post. This
will obviate the necessity of stepping
out upon the ground at all, either in
hanging out or taking in the clothes.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-06
A Fidpety Horse.

A fidgety horse usually has the tail,
like the ears, always in motion; when
about to kick the tail Is drawn down.
ward between the legs; when the ami
NAL is fatigued or exhausted then 1t Is
dropping and frequently tremulous;
and with some horses when galloping,
1t Is swung about In n circular manner
or dashed from side to side. There can
scarcely be any doubt also that, like
the tail of birds, 1t assists in the
horses movements, rs when the ami
NAL is galloping in small circle, or
rapidly turning round corner, 1t is
curved to the inner side.-Massachu-
setts PIoughman.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-06

A framework of heavy poles, with
poles or rails over 1t, and entirely COW
cred with straw or corn fodder, Is sug-
gested by the New England Farmer as
n very good, warm shelter at slight
expense. The satisfaction OF having
stock comfortable will alone amply re-
pay the cost of 1t. Such shelter VIII
answer for poultry. pigs or any kind OF
farm stock. Years ago 1t was thought
the proper thing to winter stock around
the straw stack, ito harden them" but
opinions have changed. and every one
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-06
The Celestial Surgeon.

IL have faltered more or less
In my great task Of happiness;
IL have moved among my race
And shown no glorious morning face:
If beams from happy human eyes
Have moved me not; II morning skies,
Books, and my food and summer rain
Knocked on my sullen heart In vain
Lord, thy most pointed pleasure take,
And stab my spirit broad awake;
Oh, Lord. If too obduratc /,
Choose thou, before that spirit die,
A piercing pain, killing sin,
And to my dead heart run them inI
>Robert Louis Stevenson.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-06

w h e e l at both
ends. There Is a
support on which
to set the clothes
basket and a small
rainproof box for
h o | d ing clothes
pins. One can thus
set the basket of
clothes down and
proc e d to pin
t h e m upo n the
lower line, moving
the line alongGas
fast as the clothes
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-06
IMPROVED sAw-pucK.

stick with ones knee while the stick is
being sawed. The sketch, which or
iginally appeared in the American Ag-
riculturist, shows mechanical holder
whose construction Is seen at glance.
The rod is of steel, so that 1t can be
bent tightly over the wood. The pegs
and the ratchet permit its use with
either large or small sticks.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-06

SO poisonous Is the fly mushroom that
a piece Of one that is only as large as a
pea will kill man. One Of the worst
points about 1t is that 1t produces no
symptoms for some time after 1t Is
eaten. 1t has no bad taste, and no un-
easiness Is felt by the victim until
from nine to fourteen hours afterward,
when vomiting and diarrheal symp-
toms resembling those Of Asiatic choi-
era set In. 1t is then too late to admin
lister emetics. Coma supervenes, and
the end soon arrives.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-06
Ashe, with Stable Manure.

1t may seem strange to advise APP
plying wood ashes unleached to stable
manure just before 1t is plowed under.
Yet this is often a good thing to do.
While exposed to the air, especially
II the manure be wet so as to leach the
ashes, there will be some loss of am
monia. But so fast as the manure and
ashes are turned under, this waste Of
ammonia ceases. The ashes cause the
manure to ferment rapidly, and in con-
tact with the soil none Of the ammonia
will be lost. In fact, much of 1t will
combine with the potash in the ashes,
forming q nitrate Of potash, which is
the most effective manure known.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-06

rains and other obstacles are to be met,
but there Is much work put or until
spring that could be done In winter. In
the spring. as. soon as blowing and
planting must be performed, dozens Of
jobs come up to be done In hurry, and
all seem to need attention at once. 1t
Is then that the farmer finds that he
has been neglectful and failed to pre-
pare for spring. Wagons are to iron,
repairs are required for implements,
seed Is to be procured and fertilizer
must be purchased. At the same time
every other farmer. Is busy and can
render no assistance, while merchants
who have many orders on hand cannot
supply the needed articles promptly.
The way to make the spring operations
easier and save time is to do as much
to tighten the spring work as possible.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-06
Fertilizers for Berries.

Nitrate of soda IL a valuable fertil-
izer for strawberries and raspberries;
1t should be applied with powdered
phosphate Of lime. This application to
strawberries viii sometimes triple the
yield. The berries are larger in size.
handsomer In color. more solid and
finer in flavor. Ordinary manure will
not produce such results. as It Is not
converted hsto plant food until after
the demand NJ the fruif.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-06
Creamery Shark.

The creamery shark" Is again at
work in New York State. What is a
creamery shark? He looks like a man
on the outside, and he can talk like
photograph. He goes about trying to
interest farmers in building co-opera-
tive creamerles. His favorite plan is
to interest some prominent citizen"
by Offering him number of shares Of
the stock. Then the two worthless go
about getting farmers to sign a con-
tract agreeing to buy certain num-
Der of shares. The contract usually
calls for an expensive plant, and In the
end the farmers find themselves sad
died with an outfit costing from % to
40 per cent. more than reputable deal
ers would charge for It, The creamery
shark thrives on deception and fraud.
His chief argument is that, by saving
advertising and other expenses, he Is
able to give farmers cheaper rates for
goods handled by old-established firms.
Our advice is never to buy without first
corresponding with manufacturers OF
long standing.-Rural New Yorker.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-06
Pigs stuntcd bal Winter.

Until pig gets to weighing fully 100
pounds 1t requires warm sleeping
apartments and a considerable variety
of food to prevent 1t from being stunt
ed. A young growing pig should never
be fed on corn exclusively at any sea
son. In cold weather II may have
skim milk with wheat middllngs fed
warm. and with little cornmeal mix
ed with II. On such ration and with
a warm bed to sleep in, the pig will
thrive nearly as well ms ia summer.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-06
A wood-sa'

A wood-Sawing Device.
Saving wood Is hard work at the
best. No small part of its irksomeness
is the necessity Of holding down the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-06
New Clothes Post.

1t Is believed that this clothes post
will fill long-felt want. 1t is fitted
ND with a double line running over a
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-06

winter work cannot always be done
TO suit the convenience Of the farmer.
- severely cold weather, continued
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-06
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
THOUGHTS WORTHY or CALM
REFLECTION.

A Pleasant, Interesting, and Instruct-
I've Lesson, and Where 1t May BE
Found-A Learned and Concise Re-
view Of the Same.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-06

Truly the matter of promoting Amer
lean shipping, even by not being above
initiating the methods England has en-
ployed, Is fitting one to command at
tention at the coming session Of Con
gress. Plttsburg Commercial Gazette.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-06
It Plenscs Amrricans.

1t ought to be matter Of gratifica-
ton to all Americans to know that the
United States is pursuing an Industrial
policy which Is calculated to cause
alarm among the manufacturing ma
lions of Europe. --Cleveland Leader.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-01-06

Next Lesson-"Beginning of the Min
istry of Jesus. Matt. 4: 1875.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-06

oALiisMEN-Sl00 weekly guaranteed and ex-
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OF ~ testimonials from leading merchants
OF United States Address Arctic Rosr;s
Grating Co, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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of in,srcst IL rrayelIne Wan.

~ meeting of the stockholders of the
sour Lake company the following directors
were elected r. W Ford. Harry Harhy
pan NJ Lasker T l.. Freaiaud and i u
Newten, the last four being members o,
me travellers Protective Association The
company Is making a bond issue OF stes. /.
WV s'o The bonds viii be ISSUED in srfhs OF
Wv, each and can be paid for n, The rate
NJ h, " pr month. The purchaser OF the
vap,ei stock OF the company fully naia
ing worcestershire equal 10 the amount of
p - !, subscribed and paid tor. II is mat.
OF eoasratulation that this magnitieen,
p.'perty Is in the haads OF a sci Of n,am
il nol,a hasfling qualities ard viii make
TO TINS State what the resorts N c,,los
RADIO, California ami Florida haye hasn -
, 10, states. y is a We'll known fact that
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=. heaith where YOU can meye one 1or
BUSINESS reasons The oil ln,iust,v hs.
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Ncgn lsanna ar.

corpus Christi, Texas. March .--Tbe
examining trial OF Cashmere yees NJ
Young Mexican boy who shot ana killi.l
.vaoai''pe Adrianeo at lie oso. aoath Of
ne'o some weeks ago which he claimed
Is accidental, and who was arrested !, ~,
DAYS since BY sheriff McTiernap on Al, ~ ~.
naas. sharsine him With murder. Mas
= l han w. before Justice Dupn YESTERDAY.
iao" TO await the action of the ,,cxt a ,,.,,,',
,u's anu as consequences he now LAW
guisnes behind the bars al mo .o,,r,,,
ssh mere, The cause OF The killinr y
siven ~ evidence at the examining tr,sI
Was over young Mexican Girl.
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