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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-20
lnuseyifv In ireland.

Two remarkable cases of longevity
have recently been found in Ireland.
In Bantry, ON the route to Glengariff,
there has just died a woman named
Mary Spillane. who Is certified to have
been at least 112 years old. She
had had been a widow for fifty
years, aud boosted OF having many
grandchildren and great-grandchildren
in the United States. She maintained
all her faculties to the last. She re-
membered the French invasion of Ban
try hay in 1T96, and she was married
in the year of the battle of Waterloo.
The second case is reported from
Coachford, about sixteen miles west
OF Cork This woman is still alive and
In extreme want. Her maiden name
was O'SuIliyan Cow, and she married
a man named Mountjoy. She is report
ed to he lis years of age" She has
been confined to bed for the last two
years, and is a bit deaf and weak Of
sight. She speaks Gaelic and knows
no English.-C Chicago Record.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-20
AN AMATEUR DETECTIVES BLUNDER.
His Pot of Red Paint Fell on the Wrong
Man.

"My first experience as thief catch
err" said the detective, as he smiled
softly to himself, "came when l was a
young lad on my fathers farm. My
father kept large number of chickens
of which he was extremely proud, as
they were high-bred and the only ones
in the neighborhood.
lone morning several of them were
missing, fact which caused my faith
err to say things that he never used in
ordinary conversation. 1t was plain
that two-legged thief, and not an ami
NAL, had taken them, as there were a
number of foot prints around the hen
house.
Several days later a number of 9th
ers disappeared, and then my father
was wild-eyed. He bought n savage
dog that was warranted to eat a man
on the slightest provocation, and
turned him loose ut night. He also
borrowed a bear trap from one of the
neighbors, and set it near the doorway
Of the hen house. But it was all In
vain. 1t was only matter Of a few
nights when number more hens
disappeared, with no signs of the thief.
1T was then that my detective abil-
ity began to develop by laying plans to
catch the thief. One Sunday night,
while my folks were at church, l con-
ceived a plan that / thought might
work. i secured n pot of red paint
from the barn and fixed ii over the
doorway of the hen-house in such
manner that it would be sure to fall on
any one opening the door. Then l had
figured that it would only be necessary
to look for some one covered with red
paint to be sure Of the thief.
But my dream of looking for man
covered with red paint was short lived.
My father returning from church hap
pened to go out to the hen-house to see
If everything was all right. He opened
the door to look inside, and got the
contents of the paint pot over his head.
This so startled him that he forgot
about the bear trap until he had put
his foot in it, and had it closed up on
him with n snap. That awoke the dog
and he seized the other leg.
His cries brought the household out
on run. We managed to get him
loose and over to the horse trough,
where we washed off what we could of
the red paint, and gave up my efforts
to catch that particular thief"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-20

That many Of the volunteers sent to
the Philippines desire to remain there
and engage I'm trade and industry Is
entirely credible, thinks the New York
Commercial Advertiser. Soldiers that
other countries, notably Great Britain,
have sent to foreign dependencies have
settled there at the expiration Of their
terms of service and have assisted
greatly in the development and civil
ization of these territories. The west
ern states of our own country are
filed with men from the regular army
who, after retirement therefrom, went
into business of one kind or another in
that section. Many of the volunteers
now in the Philippines are from the
newer western states, and hence they
are more or less Injured to pioneer life.
There is something in the undeveloped
condition of these islands and the half
savage condition of the natives that
appeals to their tastes. BY remaining
in the Philippines these volunteers
would be leaven for speedy Ameri-
canization of these dependencies and
lead, perhaps, to Anglo-Saxon emigrn
ton to them.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-20
New discoveries at hampton Court.

Hampton Court Palace Is constantly
yielding up hidden treasures Of artistic
and antiquarian interest, and consider
ing the wonderful intricacies of VOL
sey's huge chateau it is not surprising
that every now and again finds" Of
great historical value are brought to
light. Some time ago the great Cardi-
NAILS private room was disclosed to
public view, and now comes the an
nouncement of an extraordinary dis
covery of what may prove to be an ar
tistic treasure. A large number Of the
pictures there are in course Of removal.
Underneath the canvas and paper with
which the walls were covered was
what appeared to be painting.
Subsequent careful examination
showed that three sides of a room,
which measures Al feet by "a feet, were
adorned with very fine paintings. In a
very fair state Of preservation, but dis
figured by hundreds Of holes caused by
the nails which had been driven into
the walls to hang the pictures. The
ceiling Of this apartment is painted by
verrio, and represents Queen Anne In
the character of Justice. Whether the
paintings on the walls are by the same
artist has not transpired, but 1t is prob
able that they are. 1t has been decided
to I'LL up the holes with suitable mate
rial and to engage the services Of q
well-known artist to repair the paint
ings and as far as possible to restore
them to their original condition.-Lon-
don Daily News.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-20
Money /. Walnut stumps and Roots.

The Greencastle Banner mentions
the recent sale i'm Putnam county, Of a
large number Of black walnut trees at
prices ranging from 75 cents to $2.25
per Thousand feet of lumber In the
tree. There Is comparatively little
walnut timber now left in Indiana,
though enough in some localities to at
tract purchasers, and as. the above fig
ures Indicate. IL commands good prices
In the trees. When the State was first
settled black walnut trees constituted
q considerable portion of its forests,
and, like all other trees, they had to
fan In the necessary process of clear
ing the hand. At that time timber Of
all kinds, including the hard woods
which are now scarce and valuable.
was regarded as a hindrance to farm
ing operations to be got rid of in the
quickest and most effective way pos
sible, by the ax, by fire or any other
way. Hundreds of thousands of wal
nut trees were felled and split up into
rails, other thousands were burned and
great numbers were converted into
lumber in a wasteful manner. For a
long time the big gnarly knots which
often formed on the trees were sup
posed To he valueless, and at country
sawInills they were tumbled into the
waste pile and buried in sawdust. In
later years, when they came into de-
mnnd for the manufacture Of veneer
ing. these discarded knots were much
sought after and brought good round
prices. Even now n market Is found
at good prices for walnut stumps and
roots dug out of the sandbars In the
Wabash and the lower White river, the
remains of trees cut down many years
ago and perhaps split up into fence
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-20

That the United States is gradually
displacing England in the trade of
China is clearly indicated by figures re-
Gently sent to the London Times by
its Shanghai correspondent. The cor
respondent states that the English and
Italian imports of plain gray and white
cotton goods into China fell from H.
100000 piculs, valued at SIS, S35, 900, In
1887, to 9,50O,000 piculs, valued at ST.
100000, in 1897, while on the other
hand the imports into China from
America increased in the same period
from i 100000 piculs, valued at $1,000
600, to 100000, valued ut $500, 600
The falling off in imports to China
from England is not wholly due to
American competition, but in part to
the increased importation and weaving
of yarns from India. 1t is conceded.
however, by the Times correspondent
that American manufacturers are now
competing with Manchester in lower
class goods, which they did not touch
formerly, and that whereas ten years
ago they were content to export the
surplus of their domestic manufac-
lures, they are now laying themselves
out for direct competition with the
Lancashire export trade.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-20
How to Raise Good Peaches.

At the last meeting of the Massa-
chusetts Horticultural Society, j. III.
Hale of South Glastonbury, Conn, a
farmer who has spent years In special
and intelligent cultivation of peach or
chards, and who consequently, is able
to speak with authority of their cul-
ture, gave his views on peach culture.
The difference of preparation of land
for peach orchards, said Mr.. Hale, Is
the difference in business methods, the
one being superior which Is most thor
ough, practical. and intelligent. The
land cannot be plowed too much, and
narrowing and cross narrowing are
less harmful than sensible. The trees
should be planted early In the spring;
fall planting Is apt to be disastrous,
because the tender roots will not bear
transplanting then from nurseries to
open soil. While sixteen feet each
way is accepted now as a proper dis
lance, the theory of planting trees thir-
teen feet apart Is justified by the fact
that peach trees are mighty uncertain,
and may not fill out. Medium-sized
trees, three or four feet high, are best
to plant, and they should be trees one
year old. In fact, no nursery ever de-
livered a two-year-old tree, though 1t
Is claimed that they do. 1t Is not es-
sential that the tree have many fibrous
roots; most Of them are dead, any way,
at planting, and a modest number WIN
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-20

1t may yet be that we shall be called
upon TO quote In our raw silk market
reports prices on silk produced In Aus
tralia, says the Dry Goods Economist.
According to the Textile Manufactures,
Of Manchester, the mulberry thrives In
New South Wales, and Is particularly
rich in the resinous substances on
which silk of the best marketable
value Is 80 dependent We learn from
the same authority that a number Of
Italians, who settled few years ago
In q part of New South Wales not par
tlcularly favorable to sericulture, have
been agreeably surprised mt the results.
One of these settlers has set up hand
loom and manufactures silks. Since
then silk-growing association has
been formed, with headquarters mt
Sydney, and the government has
raised thousands of plants for the use
of intending sericulturists.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-20
Tommy Atkins.

The new Chinese regiment of the
British army at Wei-Hai-Wel is to be
an infantry one, armed with the Mar
tint Metford rifle, weapon which has
been highly spoken of as the result Of
experience in various parts Of Africa.
The men will be paid So month, and
when the other advantages Of the SER
vice are taken into account there
should be little difficulty in obtaining
n select body of men. Major Bowers
first difficulty will, apparently, be that
of securing accommodation for the
new troops at Wei-Hai-Wei, for, at
present, SO far as can be learned, there
Is nothing ready in that respect. The
uniform has not yet been settled. but
in all probability 1t will be pictur-
esque but serviceable adaptation of
the dress of the Chinese soldier. As
to the fighting qualities Of the men. it
is, of course, too early to speak with
certainty, but. knowing the class from
which they will probably come, Major
Bower is sanguine that in due time he
win command really effective force.
North China Herald.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-20
Treatment of Foamy Cream,

A New Jersey dairyman wants to
know what is the matter with his
cream. 1t foams in the churn and he
gets no butter. He has tried warming
it and churning at 62 and "a degrees,
but the result is the same. He churns
once week and feeds good clean clo-
yer and timothy hay with bran and
meal. He asks If it Is the fault of the
COW or due to the treatment Some
cows give milk that can be churned
with difficulty after they have been
long in milk. The butter globules be-
come smaller and the milk grows more
viscous and churning makes it foam.
After the COW becomes fresh again
this trouble vanishes. But there il
also q kind of fermentation which
causes ropy milk. This milk will not
yield butter. The scientists of the
dairy division of the agricultural de-
partment at Washington say this is
not the fault of the COW, but of her
treatment They hold that the fer
mentation germs gain access to the
milk through carelessness, and that
strict attention to all details will keep
them out.
Whatever may be the trouble in this
case l recommend the following treat
ment: Heat the milk before setting it
for the cream to rise. Let it come
nearly to the scalding point. To avoid
scorching put the milk pan in larger
vessel with water in the larger vessel.
If once heating does not cure the
trouble, repeat it after twelve hours
and repeat again after twelve hours, IL
necessary, keeping the milk in a cold
place for the cream to rise. The effect
will be very thick cream with but
little milk In 1t. and therefore but lit
tie albuminous material to make it
foam. And II due to n ropy fermenta-
ton, heating should also have good
effect as to that feature. Churn as
often as twice week. 1t may be nee
essary to thin the cream with water
to keep it from adhering to the sides
of the churn.-E. G.. Bennett in New
England Homestead.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-20
METALS PRECIOUS AND RARE.
A Vast Difference Between the Market
Value of Gold and Gallium.

The expression worth their weight
in gold' is familiar one. In the book
of standard quotations 1t is thus cred
tied to John Ferrier: Now cheaply
bought-for thrice their weight in
gold" 1t is very generally believed
that gold is recognized as the most val
liable of the precious metals, but such
n view Of the matter does not take into
account "the scientists" There has re-
Gently appeared, under warrant Of the
highest scientific authority, statement
of values based upon the commercial
price of various rare metals-a state
ment which overthrows many previous
fond notions. A pound avOirdupois of
gold is put in this statement as worth
$500. A pound of platinum as worth
at STA and iridium at SIP. After
these there is n rapid descent, accord
ing to the scientists, to cobalt worth So
a pound, magnesium worth $3.50, bis
muth worth $2.T5, sodium, $3.50; man.
ganese, $1.10, and aluminium, 80 cents.
Then comes jump to chromium
worth $500 n pound, and palladium
worth $500. Uranium is worth $3.50,
and osmium is worth $1,000 a pound.
There may be scattered about the COM
munity few persons who are looking
for bargains in barium, which costs
$1,000 pound, or for rhodium, which
costs $500, or for arium, which costs
$4,000, and rubidium, $1,000. These
figures, however, may be said to pale
into insignificance-if anything connect
ed with scientific discovery ever pales
into anything so intangible-when CON-
pared with the value Of gallium, which,
according to the scientific standard, is
worth $3.50 pound.
The apparent excess Of value Of the
other metals quoted over that Of gold
is not due, II ought to be added, to their
superior intrinsic worth, but rather to
their exceptional rarity. Gold In gen.
eral use as money, In jewelry, for orna-
ment and otherwise, is being constant
ly produced, whereas the more rare
metals are with difficulty found, and
the occasional demand for them gives
them what may be called an artificial
value.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-20

rope ! grasped, although no dennite
idea was In my mind as to where e
was attached. Presently came butt
up against something solid, the feel of
which gathered all my scattered wits
into compact knub OF dread. 1t
was the whale! "Any port In Storm"
murmured, beginning to haul away
again upon my friendly line. BY dint
Of hard work pulled myself right up
the sloping, slippery bank of blubber,
until reached the iron, which, as luck
would have IT, was planted In that
side OF the carcass now uppermost.
Carcass / said-well, certainly had
no idea of there being any life re-
naming within the vast mass beneath
me; yet l hardly had time to take a
couple of turns round myself with the
rope Cor whale line, as had proved 1t
to bel, when l felt the great animal
culver all over, and begin to forge
ahead. / was now composed enough
to remember that help could not be
far away, and that my rescue, pro-
vid!ng that could keep above water,
was but question Of few minutes.
But was hardly prepared for the
whales next move. Being very near
his end, the boat, or boats, had drawn
off n bit, / suppose, for l could see
nothing of them. Then remembered
the furry. Almost at the same mo-
ment Ii began; and there was l, who
with fearful admiration had so often
watched the titanic commissions of a
dying cachalot, actually involved in
them. The turns were off my body,
but l was able to twist couple OF
turns around my arms, which, in case
of his sounding, could readily let go.
Then all was lost in roar and rush, as
OF the heart Of some mighty cataract
during which l was sometimes above,
sometimes beneath, the water, but al
ways clinging, with every ounce Of en-
ergy still left, to the line. Now, one
thought was uppermost-"What If he
should breach?" l had seen them do
so when in furry, leaping full twenty
feet in the air. Then prayed. Quick
ly as all the preceding changes had
passed came perfect peace There l
lay, still alive, but so weak that, al
though could feel the turns slipping
off my arms, and knew that / should
slide into the sea If they did, could
make no effort to secure myself.
Everything then passed away from
me, just as If had gone to sleep.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-20
Fresh Water for Hogs.

Hogs frequently suffer from lack Of
water because farmers do not remem-
Der that whatever comes in liquid
and fresh water which all animals
need. Put little rennet in skim milk
or heat it, and 1t soon turns into q curd
which no one would think Of taking as
drink. Yet both the rennet and
enough warmth to make 1t effective
are present in the stomach of a pig or
hog. The rennet from pigs is by some
preferred to that from calves. Al
ways the first process in digestion Of
milk is to turn it into curd. Milk is re-
garded as constipating, especially
after it has been heated, which brings
1t more nearly to the curd condition,
and thus absorbs the water in the
stomach.
Most of the water that pigs get Is as
bad for drinking as skim milk. 1t is
largely the water used for the wash
ing of dishes or the freshening of salt
pork. In this way the hogs get more
salt into their stomachs than they re-
quire, and this also makes the hogs
feverish and Injuries the quality of the
pork. This sometimes makes the
Western pork, which is fattened in
large droves, and gets little salt, bet
ter than the pork made by the farmer
who keeps but two or three pigs, and
feeds them from the swill barrel filed
with a mixture of skim milk and salt
water. If fed as it should be, with
only enough corn at the close Of the
fattening, and without an excess of
salt, the Eastern pork is much the
best. The water in which salt pork
and beef is freshened is highly nutri-
tious, as good deal of its strength
goes out with the salt when it is
freshened for cooking. But the great
majority of hogs would be healthier If
they had enough fresh water, fruits
and vegetables to Offset the excess Of
salt that most Of their drink contains
American Cultivator.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-20

According to consular reports, we
may shortly be called upon to consider
Italy somewhat more seriously as n
factor in beet sugar development.
There Is now in progress, under the
direction Of the agricultural associa-
tons of Upper Polesine, Lendinara and
Lower Veronese-Legnago, an exhibit
ton of machinery and implements
adapted to the cultivation of the sugar
beet-including implements used in
loading and transportation and meth
DDS Of storing, pressing and preserving.
AS the exhibition is to remain open I'M
til next October, it is apparent that the
Italian agriculturists look forward to a
greatly enlarged participation in this
industry.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-20
Heavy Oats Rest for Seed.

The fact that oats soon in our eli
mate fall off in weight per bushel or
run out" as farmers say, is probably
owing to the hot, dry weather which
usually comes about the time the oat
crop is filling and ripening. That can
not be helped as climatic changes are
beyond human control. But the evil
may be lessened by sowing only the
heaviest oats, and sowing these early
in spring in fall-plowed ground. Then
they will probably ripen before the
hottest and dryest weather comes.
We knew one old farmer who
always attributed the decline In
weight of oats to threshing by
machines instead of by hand. The
threshing machine takes out every
oat, light or heavy. When they are
failed out many of the light oats do
not fall out of their hulls. They are
probably worth more to make the oat
straw better feed than to go it'll the
larger, heavier oats. This farmer used
to beat out oats so as to get not more
than one-half of these. There would
be no light oats In them. He found
that with these heavy oats two bushels
of seed was sufficient. So it may be if
the oats are sown early, for then the
oats will start and send up many
shoots from n single seed. But If the
seeding is delayed so that the oat can
not stool much, we should advise SOW
ing the usual amount, which is about
three bushels per acre.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-20

While washing q wagon wheel In
Shirtfafl Gulch, twelve miles south Of
Durkee. On the O. II. and N. thirty
eight mikes from Baker City, Ore, re-
Gently, the two Retcliff brothers mo-
ticed colors Of gold In the dirt. They
immediately started to wash out the
neighboring ground, and In three days
took out $26l with rocker. They
took four claims OF twenty acres each.
These claims have since been pur-
chased by Colonel James Painting and
three Baker City men. Three pans Of
dirt, which Mr.. Painting brought In q
few morning ago. showed "a cents to
the pan, and one panned GO cents. The
bar h 1880 feet long, and the pay
streak IN from twenty to thirty feet
wide. IL n estimated by reliable ex-
perts that the ground contains over
$1,000O0O worth Of gold. Seattle Post
tDtellieences.