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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
To Some Extent Responsible.

1t is useless to deny that the policy OF
protection to American labor and in
dustry is more or less responsible fol-
the existing deadlock on the wage
question between the tin plate manu-
facturers and their employees. Had
there been no protective tariff on tin
plate there would certainly be no labor
trouble in that industry at the present
time, and for the best Of all reasons
There would now be no tin plate indus
try in this country, and the question
of wages could not possibly have come
Up. 1t will be remembered that prior
to the enactment of the Mckinley law
there were no tin plate mills and hence
no labor troubles.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03

1lat-Stemmed Bluegrass.
A correspondent writes to the Ohio
Warmer inquiring the name for an en-
closed sample of grass. The Farmer
replies that the grass included with
this letter Is fiat-stemmed blue grass,
Poa compressa l.. 1t grows in dense
tufts. forming thick but usually inter-
mittent sward- 1t spreads by under
ground stems shown In figure, and
hence often, In light soils, rapidly In
vades the meadows. It's a good grass
In many respects, but Is so much less
productive than Kentucky bluegrass,
Poa pratensis L.. that many persons
entertain o rather low opinion OF its
merits. The specific name, "com-
pressa," refers to its fattened stems or
culms, in contrast with the commonly
cylindrical ones. This character, with
its short blades and why stiffness, per-
mits a ready recognition Of fiat-stem.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03

that large volume Of manufactured
exports Is impossible under protection
We have, during the past two years
proved the utter faisity Of this theory
Don't go to juggling with the tariff
Let well enough alone. The people OF
this country have lost, in the aggre.
gate, many millions of dollars by the
check to enterprise which has resulted
from the agitation of the tariff ques-
ton from 1884 to 1896. We are getting
ample revenue from the Dingley bill
1t Expresses no one. Keep hands of
and let the country go on prospering.-
Toledo Blade.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
Feeding clover TO Fowls.

The very common advice to feed clio
yer to hens as an aid to egg production
needs to have a caution attached to It.
If hens have grain with the clover
they will not probably eat too much Of
the lighter food for their good. But
exclusive reliance on cut clover as win
ter feed for a day or two may so clog
the gizzard with light indigestible food
that when grain is given 1t only makes
the matter worse by furnishing more
heating material to ferment in the crop.
Wherever much grain is given to fowls
they become too fat to lay, and 1t is
such hens that are most likely to be
crop bound.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
Canes.

Since so many lose their chickens
with this dreadful disease, If 1t may be
called such. will give what consider
a preventive, says writer In Practical
Poultryman. At from three to four
weeks old I give little whey to drink
that is very sour. Recently l did not
have any, and at four weeks Of age
found one chicken with gapes. placed
a basin on the stove with little sour
milk in, and after the curd had separ-
ated let 1t sour a day or so and gave
to my chickens, and have seen no more
gapes since. Always have plenty Of
water by chickens so they will not
drink too much.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
Keep Hands OFT

There has been a great deal or fool
ish talk as to the necessity for pro-
tective tariff having passed. because In
some articles of manufacture we are
able to undersell the world, and hence
our exports Of these manufactured
goods are increasing at a magnificent
rate. This Is a proof Of the soundness
Of the Republican doctrine that a pro-
tective tariff does not interfere with
the development Of our export trade.
The free traders have always declared
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
A Brake Block.

This is used by teamsters in noun
famous regions. A three-cornered
block, a, of wood is fastened by chains
or wired to the brake beam of wagon
so that 1t will drag on the ground about
Of the wagon. The driver stops to rest
his team, and instead of applying the
brake the team is allowed to slacken
Its traces so the weight of the load will
rest on the self-acting chock block.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
Pruning Vino. 81 runner.

Pruning Vines In tummer.
The chief art In gardening consists
In not allowing our plants to have their
own willful way. but to make them
behave as we want khamrto Wines
generally make desperate attempts 10
get to the top Of q bush or tree that
they Irvine around, and the lower por-
ton Is nothing but q s9geH az n4h9d
stems. When we set them ytAItrejltRes
we want this proceeding reversed. we
desire as many branches close to, the
ground as at the extreme upper portion
Of the pole or frame on which they are
supported. The educated gardener M,
derstands how to do this. The grower
of grapes under glass has to know bow
to do 1t. as otherwise he would have
grapes In the apex Of the roof and no.
where else. He applies the same prin-
ciple to the growth Of towering vines
out Of doors as to his grapes under
glass, or to the grapes In the outdoor
garden, for that matter, with equal re-
suits. HNyF NE
The art is very simple. 1t is simply
to pinch out the apex or the strong
growing shoots that want to get up
still higher, and leave the struggling
shoots at the base alone. The growth
force. suddenly checked by the topping
of the upper shoots, has to be expended
somewhere, just as the sudden stop
page Of water being forced through a
pipe may burst that pipe. 1t Is diverted
to the lower and weaker shoots, which
become, before the season Is over, as
strong as the upper ones.
In the hands Of good gardener a
grapevine trellis will have fruit over
every part Of its surface-and have as
fine fruits at the apex as at the base,
But how rarely do we see these mas.
tiers of the art; and how simple the art
is, after all.-Meehan's Monthly.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
Cultivation and Apple Trees.

~
At the Nebraska station a study was
made Of the effect of cultivation on the
growth Of apple trees. the size Of fruit
and the water contents Of the soil. A
small orchard was divided into three
parts, one Of which was cultivated reg
ularly and the other two left in grass
and weeds, one Of the latter being
moved and the other pastured by hogs.
The report says: 'Trees In cultivated
ground suffered noticeably less from
the drought and hot winds of summer
than those in sod ground. The foliage
was darker and more vigorous in ap-
pearance, and there was no following
and dropping Of the leaves, nor willing
during hot, windy days, both Of which
occurred with uncultivated trees. APP
pies from cultivated land averaged
nearly IA per cent larger in weight
than those from pasture land and over
IL per cent larger than those from
moved land."-Grange Homes.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
Want an Experiment station.

At a meeting Of Menominee County
business men and farmers sixteen sites
of eighty acres each were offered for the
location of an upper peninsula experiment
station. Eleven are free and the others
from $500 to $1,000. The State commit
tee will meet at Stephenson to select a
site for beet sugar factory which will
cost 100000. Two thousand acres for
raising beets have been secured in Me-
nominee County and 1900 acres more
will be secured soon.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
Facilitating Growing Corn.

Top dressing with. well-composted
manure Is fast coming to the front
with our farmers for growing corn
crop. Try spreading when the corn is
two feet high and you will find 1t
works wonders If droppings from
the hen house are available, keep them
dry; add some dry ashes II convenient,
scatter along the row tightly and you
win find ID beats any brand OF special
commercial fertilizer.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03

In any preceding year, and exceed by
many millions the total exports of
manufactures In any preceding year.
The fiscal year 1898 showed the largest
exports Of manufactures In our history,
$500, 697 ,354, and in the eleven months
of the fiscal year 1899 the increase
over the corresponding months Of the
preceding year has been Sac, 164 900, so
that 1t is now apparent that the ex-
ports of manufactures in the fiscal year
now ending will be about 1886, 0O0,0 600
as against the high-water mark, $780,
697 1854 in the fiscal year 1893. This
would seem to indicate that we did
we'll to run exactly counter to the views
and wishes Of our Cobdenite advisers
Iron and steel continue to form the
most important, or at least by far the
largest item of value in the exports OF
manufactures. In the month Of May
1890, the exports Of iron and steel, and
manufactures thereof, amounted to
SS,601, ia, making the total for the
eleven months SS4 .S73, $40, against $685.
235, 029 In the corresponding months OF
last year-a gain in the eleven months
Of over S21,0O0,000. The recent adj
vances in prices of iron and steel
caused the belief that a reduction In
the exports of iron and steel would fol.
low, but certainly has not been realized
up to the present time, since the expor.
tations of iron and steel in the month
Of May are 20 per cent. in excess OF
those Of May Of last year, while those
of April are nearly so per cent. in ex-
cess of April, 1898.
The increase which the years exports
Of manufactures will show over earlier
years lends especial interest to table
prepared by the Treasury Bureau OF
Statistics showing the expectation of
manufactures by great classes In each
year from 1889 to 1898. The following
extracts from it show the expectations
In 1880 and 1898 of all articles whose
total value exceeded $1,000,000 in the
year 1898:
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
Kidding Land Of Bushes.

Most farmers are infested to a great
err or less extent with bushes, which
are exhaustive of fertility and patience,
and are unsightly. They are cut regu-
larry each spring, but continue to come
up and multiply. 1t Is a fact not gener-
ally known that II they be grubbed up
during "dog days." or at the time when
they have about attained their growth
for the year, 90 per cent. of them will
be effectually killed and the rest so
enfeebled that they will do but little
harm the next season, and can he cas-
ily killed at the second grubbing.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
Subjects to BE Avoided.

The condition Of the United States
Treasury at the close Of the war, the
advance in wages throughout the coun-
try, the commercial showing at the
close of year that had witnessed the
beginning and end Of a successful for
eign war, and the international feeling
of respectful admiration for America
under the present Republican admins
tration are subjects avoided by polite
gentlemen when talking with Demo
crats.-Indianapolis Qnd) Journal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03

Pillow the ground deep and pulverize
fine. When the weather becomes warm.
mark out shallow rows 21a feet wide,
drop your potatoes and cover lightly
with dirt. Then cover with old hay or
clean threshed straw eight or ten
inches deep. II straw has wheat left
In 1t, the wheat will come up and dam
age the potatoes. The yield in raising
potatoes under much Is double that un-
der the best cultivation, and is espe-
cially recommended for localities hav-
ing drouthy seasons.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03

A dogs sagacity and faithfulness saw
ed the lives Of the three daughters Of
Deputy Sheriff Jeremiah brennan, with a
playmate. The four girls, the Oldest be-
ing only years of age. were playing on
the river bank OF the Eureka Brewing
Company's plant in Wyandotte. A boat
was pulled up on the bank and the little
ones climbed into 1t. They were splash
ing water on their Newfoundland dog.
when the rocking of the boat loosened it
from its fastening and 1t foated out into
the river. The children screamed and,
becoming frantic, ran up and down in the
little skif out In the steamer channel and
the four-mile current was bearing IL
away. All this time, however. the dog
had been swimming beside the boat, and
mani seeing him, shouted to the eldest
child to tie the painter around his neck.
She held out her hand, the dog swan up
and began to lick it and she succeeded in
passing the rope around his neck. In
stantly he turned and swan ashore, tow
ing the boat with its precious freight be-
hind. As he struck shoal water he ran
ahead and the rope, fastened by unskill-
ell childish hands. became united. In
stantly the dog turned and, taking 1t in
his teeth, pulled the boat ashore.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03

There are no certain periods for work
on a farm so far as the cultivation Of
crops Ia concerned. Each crop demands
cultivation according to its stage of
growth and the conditions Of the land,
The harrow and cultivator cannot be
used too often. The difficulty is that
some farmers limit the number of
times crop should be cultivated with
out regard to conditions and circum-
stances. No field can be said to have
been well cultivated as long as single
weed can be seen standing.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
How Salt Helps Fertility.

While the soda and chlorine of salt
have no manural properties, there is
often decided effect from using salt
as topdressing for land that has organ
ic matter. Only very small amounts
are used per acre, and thus used the
salt hastens decomposition, and this
sets free whatever carbonic acid gas or
ammonia the organic matter contains.
Salt is usually thought Of as preserva-
tive. 1t is so when in amounts large
enough to pickle what 1t Is applied to.
When carbonic acid gas is liberated,
that acts as solvent on the inert pot
ash and phosphate that the soil con-
tains, thus often serving in place of
those minerals at much less cost than
If they were bought and applied.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
Terrific Struggle for Life.

A. E. Prince and Fred Odiorene, while
sailing off Cross Village, were thrown in
to the water by the capszing Of their
boat. They chung to the boat eight hours
before their plight was noticed, and they
were rescued. Odiorene died of exhaus-
ton, but Prince will recover.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
DimondaIc Man Drowned.

Mrs. Andrew Pray of Dimondale has
received telegram from Gordon Warren,
who is employed on Mr.. Pray's ranch at
Fort Steele, Wyo., saying that George
Pray had been missing for several days,
and it is feared that he was drowned
while fording the river.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
Two New Railroad BY FAN.

Work has begun vigorously on the
Grand Rapids, Bedding and Saginaw
Railroad between Bedding and Lowell.
Forty teams and 100 men are at work on
the grade and bridges. Contractors say
trains will be running direct to Saginaw
over the line by Sept. 1. Rights of way
are also being secured in the city limits
for the Grand Rapids. Bedding and
Greenville electric railway, which line
will run over the highway a distance Of
thirty-six miles. with several fine lakes
contiguous to It.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
Arrest Disease by killing the Patient.

The tariff has simply made good
times; good times have made 1t posi-
BILE for trusts to be profitable. The pro-
posal is now made by the free traders
that the tariff should be done away
with, thus doing away with these good
times, In order to do away with the
trusts. 1t is much like urging one to
cure n painful corn by cutting Off the
foot.-Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03

When the team starts again the team
merely has to start the load instead of
having to pull against the brake until
1t can be oosened.-American Agricul-
.ief
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03

There IL q great difference In the
quality of celery, and this makes the
size matter Of comparatively little ac-
count. The giant varieties Of celery
are now superseded In favor OF dwarf
kinds that are crisp and nutty In flavor.
Something, however, depends on the
soil and method of growing. A moist
coil makes the celery grow much fuller
OF its native juices than one which ID
lry. The saI can hardly be too rich.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
Ventilation of Horses Stables.


Good ventilation Of stables with plen-
ty Of light should be provided for
horses in summer. Many horses are
kept In underground stables. This is
very bad, especially in summer, when
excrement rots very quickly, filling the
stables with ammonia. This is very
Injurious to horses eyes, especially II
the stable be rather dark. This causes
enlargement Of the pupil Of the eye,
and the change to bright sunlight when
the horse is brought out Of the stable
often results in making him blind. 1t is
worse If there are one or two small
windows where sunlight can come in.
The underground stable should in sum-
mer be unusued; it is tolerable only in
cold weather.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
wonld Ra,h.r Soc Notice 1t.

The advance in wages of working.
men in various parts of the country
goes merrily on. but the Democratic
papers are so busy bowling at expan-
sion that they fail to notice 1t at ALL,
Cleveland (Ohio) Leader.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
CuItivatiur Beams.

All cultivation Of beans should stop
when the plant blossoms, as getting
moist sod on the blossom is the chief
cause OF the fungus diseases which
fasten themselves on the grain. Neither
should beans ever be cultivated when
the leaves are wet with rains or dew.
For this reason the bean field should
be left as clean Of weeds at the time
the beans are In blossom as It can be
made. - - 'ffss,et eeT
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03

Gorddinog, Llanfairfechan, Wales. She
is the winner Of first prize at the show
Of the Royal Agricultural Society Of
England in Birmingham.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
MIRROR OF MICHIGAN


DOG Saves Four Children from Drown
ing-Beiding 90 Have Two New Rail-
roads-sites cnersd for New Expert
meut Station Right Hours In Water.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03

Use common coal tar; apply with a
whitewash brush. III too thick to spread
easily, thin with coal oil. Cover the
walls Of your chicken house and the
perches, nests and every place that a
mite can hide Two applications, spring
and fan, viii he sufficient.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
OUR MANUFACTURES.


whas the Unitsd states Has Accom-
plishsd by Adhering 20 the Protec-
tionist Policy OF Developing Do
mestic Industries. ~ &
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03

med bluegrass; A, in the cut, is cross
section Of stem, and b, of an ordinary
round stem grass.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03

ff,H. Welsh Heifer.
The Welsh heifer shown in the pic
ture is the property Of Col. H. Platt
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
1882.

Iron and steel, and
manufactures OF. SCI, 150,077 S70,406, Sc
Refined mineral OIL. ii. 4i,S30,545 81, 1881,
Copper manufactures
Of ................. 2,3is,954 30, $50, 81:
Leather, and manu-
features Of. ........ 10,74I,710 Fl, 113, ca,
Cotton, manufactures
Of ..........,...... 10,212,e44 1I.O24.O 90
Wood, manufactures
Of .................. e,l5O,2sl o.oos.2I,
Chemicals, drugs and
dyes ............... 4,792.s3i s,e55.47,
Agricultural IN p e.
ments ............. 1923, 100 1900, T3.
Cycles and parts off,. ........ 6,S46, 80.
Parafin and paraffin
wax ............... Z,UZy,bU2 6,O3O, 70
Paper, and manufac-
lures of..,......s.. 1,191,035 5,494, SO
Tobacco, m n u Z c.
lures Of. ......... 3,IOS, 600 4.s1s. 10
Fertilizers ........... 9SS,569 1850, SO
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-08-03
HorseIess Paragraphs.


The automobile wagons thus far built
have been, In many respects, reproduc-
tons Of wagons and carriages intended to
be pulled by horses; but with more expe-
rience we feel confident that wide de-
partures will be made from this old type.
Boston Herald.
The Chicago officials appear to be
thinking seriously Of keeping automobiles
out OF the parks, because they may
brighten horses. They fail to recognize
that. the more automobiles there are the
fewer horses there will be to frighten.--
St. Paul Ponce. Press.
A word Of one syllable, to which no
chronological objection can be made, is
wanted as a name for the new vehicles
automatically propelled by electricity
Philadelphia Ledger.
Automobile or ought not to mobile
seems to be the question IT issue between
the South Park commissioners of Chicago
and the owners Of several hundred power
propelled vehiclcs.--St. Louis Republic.
There's a great fight on In Chicago as
to whether automobiles shall be allowed
to run In the public parks The park
commissioners are against the automo-
biles, and the public generally are for
them. SO we reckon the automobiles will
Win.-Boston Hefold,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-05-22
DAMAGES ASSESSED.
DsnhoIm & KcKay Co. Given Judgment Against
John nrewson for S52.79.

Judge Dobois today assessed damages
in the deceit case brought by Denholm
& Mckay of Worcester against John
Drewson, a former resident of Paw
tucket.. The defendant did not answer
the case and Secretary Smith of the
plaintiff company testified that the
company in the regular course of busi-
ness deposited a check signed by the
defendant and drawn on the Broadway
National bank of Boston. The check
was cashed for c. +. Adams and was
returned to the plaintiff as Drewson
had some time before he gave the check
drawn all his money out of the bank
named. II was stated that Drewson
admitted In certain letters that he gave
the check knowing he had no funds in
the bank. The check was for SOL and
the damages were assessed at $52.79,
this amount including the cost of pro-
test. James +. Banigan was attorney
for the plaintiff.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-05-22
THE FIRE AT DAWSON.


San Francisco. May 22.-Referring to
the high estimate placed on the loss by
the Dawson fire, L. II, Fulda, manager
of the Alaska Expectation company,
who recently returned from that city.
says:
''The banks and business houses have
much gold dust and currenAs on hand.
Ii represents their accumulation for
the winter which they would ship down
as soon as the roads opened with
spring Paper money circulated very
extensively in that country. as II the
handiest. None of the stores, hotels or
saloons are provided with safes or
strong boxes, and that fact alone must
account for a tremendous loss of ready
cash. There is hardly any doubt that
the bank of British North America has
had a great amount of gold dust on
hand. and the bank may have been
caught with a large amount OF paper
money as well.
"The Canadian Bank of Commerce
has most likely escaped the fire, as IL is
far to the south of the burned dis
trict."