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Many persons fail to set out trees
and vines because they fear they will
not live to eat the fruit. Some years
ago the writer heard an old man say
that he had planted and eaten the
fruit Of three different orchards. and
that at seventy years Of age he had
planted a. fourth orchard for others,
but at eighty-seven years or age he
still lives to eat the fruit OF his own
trees. Strawberries bear In abundance
the second year after planting; black
berrdes, -currants, grapes and gooseber-
ries the third year. Peach trees will
often bear full crops the third year.
Early bearing apple. pear and plum
trees win often produce abundantly for
the family the fourth and fifth years. &
1t Is possible for q farmer in the
Northern States to have fresh fruit Of
his own growing upon his table every
day In the year. He will begin with
strawberries the last of May. These
will last three or four weeks, and be-
fore they are all gone raspberries will
be ripe, and will continue about five
weeks. Cherries will begin to ripen
during the raspberry season. AS the
raspberries go out, blackbo~ries, cur
rants and gooseberries will be ready
for the table. AS the last OF these go,
the early peaches, pears, apples and
plums will begin to be ready for the
table. During August, September and
October he can have a great variety Of
fruit. After October until the next
June he will have to confine himself
In the main to apples. But of good
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-09-14

Bryan has Indicated his purpose to
make the big standing army the bur-
den Of his attack upon the administra-
ton in the campaigns of this year and
next. He will try to make the people
believe that this army was organized
for the purpose of depressing them
and he will raise his hands In holy
horror at the specter of militarism.
But when Bryan takes the stump this
fall he will find that issue disposed OF.
The big standing army to which he ex-
poets to point will not be found In the
United States as a menace to the. I'D
erty of the people. Every company OF
1t will be in the Philippines or on the
way there. The troops are being rails
ed to fight the Philippine rebels and
not to Cypress the people OF America,
and Bryan and the other Democratic
demagogues know that.
A story has been circulated to the
effect that big reserve of the new
army was to be kept in this country.
The story reached the ears of Score
tary of War Root. That official denied
1t emphatically. Every one Of the vol
unteers, he declares, will eat his Christ
mas dinner In, Manila. " ~ !.
OF course, IT will be difficult to prove
that a standing army engaged in put
ting down an insurrection on the other
side Of the Pacific ocean can be a men
ace to the people OF the United States,
and in view of the circumstances the
Democrats will be foolish to try it
Cleveland Leader.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-09-14
BRIEF state Happea.ngs.


1t Is said that another hotel Is to be
erected Mt Mt Clemens Jrs
The State fair to be held at Grand Rap
ids will be run evenings this year.
Potatoes and corn in the vicinity of
Franklin are all dried up and win be
failure y.s,.. ,-.,..,. = Jesf
Misses Clara and Minnie Starr were
injured in q runaway accident At Royal
Oak. VIZ l.c,, !, ~ fs9nl
Arnold r. Clark of Mayvilie committed
suicide by shooting himself. He was de-
spondent. ,rioU sSst
Samuel Geiger. Hinton dCognty's poor
master, took dose of iodine in mistake
for other medicine. He may recover.
Elmer b. Gavitt, son or Capt. VIM. A.
Gavett, has enlisted atIGrand Rapids for
service in the Philippines. 4w
The total cost Of conducting the schools
Of Lansing for the last school year was
$40, S23.23, or 1851. per pupil
A freight train on the +. g. r. M. was
derailed near Coleman. Geo. Vance Of
Saginaw was seriously injured.
The Champion Iron and Steel Go. will
build a tin plate mill Mt Muskegon with
capacity of 900 boxes each hour.
The map of the. Michigan Telephone
Company, showing a new line from the
500 to Houghton, has been approved.
Mrs. Carrie NJ. Van Sickle, wife OF
DIR. g. +. Van Sickle of Romulus, fell on
her bicycle. sustaining aserious injury to
hor spine.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-09-14
apples the family will never tire.-Ne'
York Weekly Tribune.
Well on a Novel Plan.


Selecting the point where the well
was to be located, dug trench, as II
undertaking, only deeper, being six
feet in depth, and dug 1t 200 feet In
length. In this / carefully laid a six
inch drain tile, e, covering 1t In the usu-
al way, using care to prevent sediment
getting into 1t. At the lower end of
this drain a pump, g, was placed and
here was constructed curb, a, 2x3 feet
for the first 31a feet, laying 1t with
brick and Portland cement Above this
the curb was built Of n inch pine
boards, b, tongued and grooved, to pre-
vent worms and vermin from getting
In the well. Three feet from the bot
tom an outlet, C. was made, leading to
main drain, lower, where other under
drains discharged. BY this method
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-09-14
The PRESIDENT, Policy.

There spoke the uncomprOmising pat
riot, the intrepid champion of the ma
tons honor, the faithful conservator of
the common weal.-New York Mail and
Express.
1t makes the Presidents meaning SO
plain that the dullest can take 1t In,
and the most dishonest cannot any long
err pretend to be In doubt about it.
Hartford Courant
AS time goes on, the conviction has
become stronger with all thinking men
that the, President took the only course
possible In regard to the Philippines
Springfield Union
The politicians seeking by intrigue
and every other artiflce to trap this sim
cere and masterful man might Just as
well give up and save their credit and
their reputation.-Ce Rapids Repub-
lican.
That Is a brief statement Of an en-
larged and profound policy. 1t Is the
condensation Of columns that have pre-
viously been written, and contains all
the promises of the original proclama-
ton to the Fllipinos.-Buffalo News.
How much higher, and purer, and
healthier is the tone Of these exalted
sentiments than the tricky and treach-
erous utterances OF Bryan who dares
to Islander the flag of his country by
saying that 1t carries tyranny and op-
preston to the Filipinos instead of the
light OF liberty and civilization.-Leav-
enworth Times.
There Is nothing of equivocation here,
and the candid, emphatic manner In
which this declaration Of the purpose
of American loyalty and patriotism Is
made, coupled with the surroundings
and the circumstances In which II was
made, should silence for all time the
carping critics who were 20 sternly re-
buked. Baltimore American.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-09-14
resdinu Green Or.

Horses that are idle in the stable or
that have only light work may be fed
n few green oats without injury. But
they should on no account be given to
horses that have much work to do.
Green oats will give horse the scours
more quickly than any other feed. The
oat hull initiates the intestines at its
best, and 1t therefore needs to be thor
oughly dried out before being fed. II
given 1t should have some old timothy
or meadow grass fed with II.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-09-14
Improvement of Hirhw,v..

Good roads are so popular In Connec-
ticut that the States appropriation for
helping out the towns will not be large
enough to supply the demand. Over
100 towns have voted money for roads.
The law passed by the last General
Assembly says that the State shall pay
in the case of towns whose grand list
is $1,0OO,000 and under, three-fourths
of the sums appropriated, and two
thirds of the appropriation in the case
of towns having grand list of 1,00O,-
600 and over. The States annual APP
preparation is only $4,000, which will
not nearly suffice.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-09-14
How 70 Make n Snare.

Take cord rope 10 or Is feet long,
make moose in one end, tie the other
end to spring pole, drive stubs In the
ground in circle II inches in diane
ter; make long trigger, say Is inches,
cut notch inches from end and an
other notch near the same end. Make
short trigger 4 or 8 inches long; slope
both ends. Tie rope back 3 feet from
moose end to middle Of short trigger,
draw down spring pole, let moose
around circle Of stubs, set as you would
trap, by having notch In top of one stub
for short trigger.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-09-14
ra-Iy Irish Potatoes.

In the fall prepare piece Of ground
for an early potato patch, open deep
burrows, select small or green end POI
tatoes, such as are neither salable nor
suitable for your table, plant the whole
potato as you would cut ones in the
spring. In this state The successive
spring rains make II impossible to plant
very early. Volunteers are always
early. Planted as above, they viii come
on as volunteers. We would not adj
wise seed saved from such patch, but
small potatoes will furnish such as are
suitable for early eating.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-09-14
Work SEEKING the Man.

The following advertisement appears
conspicuously in leading Northwest
crn newspaper Of recent date:
WANTED-Laborers are needed in the
harvest fields of Minnesota and especially
ia the Dakotas. Harvest will soon begin,
to be followed by threshing. Good wages
are offered and low rates of Transports
ton are offered by the railroads. Here
is an opportunity for all that are unem-
ployed.-St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press.
This is a time when work seeks the
man, and no man need search for
work. 1t Is time of Mckinley and
prosperity.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-09-14

w6<sr sbslns sasily managed. mt =
pen few feet square turn two OF three
hogs and turn the pump with sprayer
attached upon them. Drench them
thoroughly, driving the water upon
them with full force Of the pump. One
spraying will kill the lice In hos. and
where the whole herd 10 treated, IN
Guiding the shed floors, the lice win be
exterminated. This IL much easier and
less disagreeable than greasing and -
more efrective. t
q Lcs6 ana Triumph Radishes.
The Rural New Yorker recently made
a comparison between the two unique
varieties OF radish-viz., Triumph and
|Leafess. This showed that both kinds
are early and that there IL but little
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-09-14
Bring. Gun to HUSBAND. Aid.

John Melcher and William Graves
fought at Coleman over the action Of
Melcher in closing up piece Of road
which had been used as highway.
Graves was getting the better of his ad-
versary, when Melcher drew revolver
and fred seven shots at Graves, but only
wounded him in the knee. Graves wife
started to her husbands rescue, carrying
a rife, when two men, said to be rela-
tives of Melcher, attempted to take the
gun from her. Graves ran to her. got
the gun and shot and killed one of the I'm
known men and MORALLY wounded Mel
cher. Graves is in custody.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-09-14

The potato plant requires the larger
proportion Of the necessary potash In
Its early stages. The reason Is that II
is the top that makes, the heaviest de
mand for potash and needs It at the
start. IL potash Is applied late during
the growth Of the plants much of II
viii ~ upserv.ceable for the crop.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-09-14
Arhicken's Growth.

The question Of how much will a
chick gain is an interesting one. The
following is about correct: The eggs
weigh ounces; the newly hatched
chick weighs IL ounces; att week old,
. ounces; weeks old, 6A ounces;
weeks old, 10 ounces; 8 weeks old, IA
ounces; weeks old, 1871 ounces; z
weeks old, 231a ounces; o weeks old, 80
ounces; 10 weeks old, 80 ounces; IL
weeks old, Al ounces.-The Poultry
West
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-09-14
10 KiiIL'ce in Hon House.

In the first place, clean out all the
droppIngs, then once month take the
hot suds from the wash and more wa
ter, II need be, and throw all over the
roosts and In every crevice, and while
still wet have lot Of unleached wood
ashes ready and throw them all over
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-09-14

difference between them, the Leafiess
being about three days earlier. Now
the Rural Illustrates the two, showing
a little bunch Of the triumph and
single specimen of the Leafiess. The
quality Is much the same, the Leafiess
being a rich, darkish crimson, the Tri-
umph white and crimson, variously
splashed and dotted. The latter Is
nearly round, the other generally OBJ
long. Doubtless larger quantity Of
the Leafless may be grown on given
plot because Of its scanty leaves. The
question of relative value seems to de-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-09-14
cnuse for chastened Satisfaction.

John. BulEWe don't worry about
merchandise balances so long as our
deficit is made good by returns on for
eign investments and profits on our
ocean carrying trade.
Uncle Sam-Well, If you're satisfied
we are; but what Is to become of Brit
ish industries If your American debtors
keep on increasing their payments to
you in the shape of manufactured
goods, in place Of raw materials?
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-09-14

When lice get into a drove of hogs
II win not, be. long until the effect is
noticed. Hogs will not remain healthy
with lice present. The easiest and also
the most effective way OF Kidding the
swine of the pests is by spraying them
with water In which kerosene Is STIR.
red. Fer spraying, use a common
spraying pump. one OF those handy lit
ale hand pumps which set In pail of
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-09-14
Gloomy ray. for copperhead..


The feelings of the copperheads as
they read of the preparations In this
country to stamp out the rebellion
promptly must be about as gloomy as
those of their friend Agulnaldo. The
ten regiments already filed are rapidly
getting into shape to aid the veterans
Of Otis army when the word for the
general advance comes at the close OF
the rainy season.. The ranks of the ten
regiments authorized few days ago
will probably be filled by the latter
part of September. Otis will have
three times as many effective men with
him by February next at the latest as
he had at the opening Of last February
when the war began These prepare
tons to stamp out Aguinaldo are cal
culated to have a depressing influence
on Atkinson, Bryan, Garrison and the
rest of the Aguinaldists. ".Anti-imperi-
alism" will begin to look sick when Mac
Arthur, Wheaton and Lawton start out
to round up the Tagals a few months
hence.-St. Louis GlObe-Democrat
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-09-14

yet shown the slightest disposition 70
condemn war In which national honor
and interests have been once involved
as blunder or failure. Col. Bryan
forgets history and misjudges both ma
tive and foreign born Americans when
he jumps to the conclusion that they
can be led to disavow the administra-
tons purpose to establish the author
ity of the United States In the Philip
pines by any empty exhibitions Of
phrase jugglery la Edward Atkinson.
The Republican party has nothing to
fear from a canvass conducted on the
assertion that the generalities Of the
preamble to the declaration Of indie
pendence apply with immediate force
and literal exactness to the military
and political situation in Luzon. 1t
can invite a contest on this or on the
silver issue with equal complacency.-
New York Tribune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-09-14

drained effectively a piece Of land
which needed it and secured an ample
supply of the very best water, lasting
all the year round.-T. F. Van Luven,
in American Agr,culturist.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-09-14
Northwestern Harvest Hands.

The farmers of the Northwest are
kicking again, but It Is different kind
Of kick from that of three years ago.
In those days of '96. when lamenta-
tons for the crime of '73 filed the air
Of the Northwest, the burden Of COM
plant was scarcity Of work, scarcity
Of dollars and the too large purchas-
ing capacity Of the dollar when ac-
quired because of the cheapness of
everything. This year the times are
out of joint for the farmers because of
the scarcity Of men to work in the har-
vest fields. Wages are offered ranging
from $3.50 day and board for COM
mon harvest hands to SO a day for
threshing machine engineers, and even
at these figures 1t is well nigh impossi-
BILE to get men enough to do the work
Everybody able to work seems to be
having something else to do that Is
more congenial or more profitable than
harvest field work. II Brother Bryan
would make tour Of the Northwest at
this time he could still expound 10 to
-16 jobs looking for every idle man,
and his explanation Of the phenomenon
would be interesting In view Of the
doctrines he preached in the last cam
paign year.-Grand Rapids (Mich.)
Herald. -
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-09-14
The Mckinley Policy.

1t is American first, last and all the
time. 1t never halts, never hesitates,
whether the question be the defense of
American industries or the defense Of
American dignity. McKinleyism and
Americanism are synonymous terms.
The one involves the other. Listen to
what the President of the United
States said in his address before the
Catholic summer school at Plattsburg,
N. Y, Aug. 10, 1899: IT
1.-The flag symbOlizes our purposes
and our aspirations; 1t represents what
we believe and what we mean to main
tain, and wherever it floats it is the
flag Of the free, the hope of the OPP
pressed; and wherever IL Is assailed,
at any sacrifice it will be carried to n
triumphant peace"
This utterance was greeted with
ringing cheers, all the reports agree In
saying. It's lofty purport appealed in
stantly to the intelligent minds to
which 1t was addressed. 1t appeals to
every true American throughout a
country consecrated to freedom and
progress. 1t ought to make the small
coterie Of "fire-ln-the-rear" anti-Ameri-
cans feel smaller and smaller.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-09-14
Couple Married in a Hack.

Rev. Charles l.. Seasholes of the First
Baptist Church of Lansing performed
a marriage ceremony in a hack while
chase was being made to catch train.
The contracting parties were James Do
ner and Elma Van Neiuys Of Lansing.
They procured a marriage license early
In the day, intending to be married at /
o'clock. Just before that hour the return
of the license was demanded by the au-
thorities, it having been learned that the
bride was under the age given, making
the mothers consent necessary. This
and new license were obtained so late
that it was necessary to have the cere-
mony performed on the way to the depot.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-09-14
cu,ter,s Nephew Fatally Wounded.

Charles Custer, nephew of the late
Gen. Custer, was fatally shot ut Monroe
by a neighbor, John Russell. 1t was acct
dental Ha f g
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-09-14
BRYANT. Nrisiudamont.

The American people have never yet
discountenanced military enterprise
undertaken 10 extend or enforce the
national authority. They have never
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-09-14
STAGE i0F MICHIGAN.
oocuRRENcEs DURING THE
PAST WEEK.

Division OF Territory for Enusera'
tion for Census OF 1000 Lum bermen
Petition . Canadian Court Shooting
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-09-14
Hurt by Canadian La w.

Michigan lumbermen who own timber
In Ontario have united In petition to the
High Court of.Justice in Toronto to have
of logs set aside as unconstitutional. The
petition sets up that the supplicants pur-
chased their timber lands prior to the pas
sage Of the act and ask damages for the
loss sustained since the law has been In
force. The beginners Of the suit are Rob
ert w. Smylic, auditor of the Peoples
Savings Bank in Detroit, representing the
lumbermen, and the Canadian Bank Of
Commerce of Toronto, the latter acting
In the capacity of trustee of the grants.
Canadian attorneys are prosecuting the
case for them.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-09-14

Director Of the Census. Merriam has
completed the plans for the division Of
territory into enumerator districts. He
has decided that In States as tIiickly set
tied as Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin. ETC..
the enumerators' districts in rural sec
lions shall be extensive with townships.
Where a township has an unusually large
population two cnnmerators will be as
signed to the work, but in no case will a
single enumcrator have parts of two OF
more townships in his districts. In the
cities the practice will be to constitute
ward lines as the boundaries of enumera-
tors districts, and where the population
Is very dense. exceeding 1000 to the
ward, to detail two enumerators to each
ward ftf
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-09-14

The county relief boards, II Is decided
by the Attorney General, are the sole
judges under the new soldiers relief law,
as to the necessity for granting relief.
0 .7;-rrircncs1sA Hst,
The Attorney Generai1has affirmed the
constitutionality Of the noxious weed law
Of 1897. fi N4
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-09-14

The flag of the Petersburg, Va, Grays,
which has been in the Michigan archives
since the civil war, was .recfntly turned
over to George w. Stow, who has been
commissioned by G0E PihEree to re-
turn it. sFf 1856
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-09-14

TOom uuJOiulug were destroyed. Ine
pump was useless, but lack Of wind
saved the town. er- a 81 -7f
Rev. T. w. MacLean. rector OF Trim
ity Church, Bay City, has accepted a
call to st. Marks Church at Minneapo-
lis, MINI. He is prominent minister.
Grand Rapids Board OF Health will
enforce the State law relative to con-
sumption and to compel physicians to
report all cases Of 1t, the same as other
contagious diseases. Physicians will
make a fight on 1t.
Miss Mabel L. Taylor Of Michigan has
been appointed clerk In the civil service
commission at $40 per annum.
Mrs. Nancy Howard of Port Huron
celebrated her ninety third birthday. For
over sixty years she has been a resident
of Port Huron. The early part Of her
life was spent in Detroit.
Monroe County has fifteen political
townships within its borders, with an av-
erage Of two postofiices for each town
ship. Ten of these are money order Of
fees, while but two of the thirty Offices
are presidential Offices, Dundee and Mon
roe. t-' t
The Board of State Auditors refuses
to pay $1,000 to Mrs. Betsy ]. Haight,
widow Of the jackson prison keeper, who
was poisoned by Convict Latimer. The
Legislature authorized 1t by joint resolu-
ton. The auditors want the Supreme
Court to act upon the right Of tht Lcgis-
lature to make such requests. 80
w. r.. Bates, United States marshal at
Detroit has levied on the property owned
by John Mains and Horace v. Swartout
at Homer and Eckford townships. 1t
was made to satisfy the JUDGMENT given
to the Consolidated Steel aid Wire Co.
Of Pittsburs, Pa, against John Mains,
Charles r. Mains and Horace ". SwAzt.
out
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-09-14

Food Commissioner Grosvenor threat
ems to make it lively for hotelkeepers
who serve oleomargarine on their tables
in place of butter. As an earnest of his
intentions he has caused the arrest Of
three landlords, and has complaints made
out for several others in different parts
of the State. Complaints are based upon
an analysis Of the so-called butter OBJ
tanned from the tables Of hotels by the
pure food inspectors.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-09-14

The State military authorities stood pat
on the proposition not to accept the old
ordnance stores sent to Michigan by the
general Government, and the carload Of
supplies which was sent to Lansing from
the Rock Island arsenal has been sent
back to the place of shipment (,