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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29

covered two men preparing to burn the
place. They were discussing the plan,
and suddenly discovered the girl. She
had penknife in her hand, and at
tempted to escape, at the same time
attacking the men with her delicate
weapon. They caught her, though she
cut them both number Of times. AZ
ter binding her, they attempted to
make her take an oath not to try to
leave the building for several hours,
and to reveal nothing she had heard.
This she refused to do, and was told
that she would then be left to perish
in the flames. Both men were masked,
and at once disappeared. 1t was three
hours before the girl was discovered
by passing students and released.
Evidence Of the efforts Of the frebugs
were numerous around the elevator
shaft of the building, but the fire had
been smothered. 'rgfITT.Iy
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29
PIANO WAS CYCLONE PROOF,

Instrument Goes Through Kirksvi11e
Tornado Unframed.
A curiosity In the way of cyclone
proof piano is on exhibition in one of
the show windows of a Chicago piano
firm. 1t is piano that has been
through a first-class cyclone and come
out of the experience practically unin-
jured so far as its musical mechanism
is concerned, although the building in
which it was when the cyclone came
was leveled with the ground as were
also all the other buildings around It..
The cyclone was the one which devas-
tated Kirksville, No., and the country
around it. The destructive character
of the cyclone is well shown in the IL
lustration, and yet in the case Of this
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29

The assured election Of Congressman
David b. Henderson as Speaker Of the
next House calls attention to the
knowledge that the Republican party
of Iowa has brought to the front
great number Of strong and capable
men. She has In Congress to-day at
least four men who are national fig
ures. Either Hepburn or Dolliver might
have aspired to the Speakership with
Henderson, and of Iowa's eleven Re-
publican Congressman not one is stick
or a hole-filler In Senator Allen she
has man who some day may grace
the Presidential chair, and in Senator
Gear she has another who ranks high
in the upper house of Congress, while
taken as a whole her delegation is one
of the strongest that ever came from
any State.
We doubt, however, If Iowa is pos
sessed of more latent and undeyeloped
talent than any other Of the Northern
and Western States. In every State
are many men with attachments
enough and capacity enough to becQme
marked hgureS before the nation. but
in Iowa the Republican party has been
wise enough to draw upon its best tai
emit, to encourage the development of
craftsmanship, and to reward abaility
wherever found. Every one of the
eleven Congressman from Iowa is
serving his second, third, fourth, fifth
or even tenth term in Congress. BY
keeping it's strong men to the front the
Republican, party Of that State has-been
able to preserve satisfied condition
within the ranks Of the party at home,
to the end that the State is always safe
for the Republican ticket. In brief, the
Republican party of Iowa has been
wisely managed, and in this respect 1T
offers a fine example to the States
around it.-Kansas City Journal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29
,uugestions for Matings.

Beginners viii find in the following
suggestions a help in selecting breed
ing poultry stock: The male bird
should be model and exhibit the dis
tinctive character of the breed to which
he belongs. He should be good-sized,
healthy and full of activity, with no
constitutional defects. He should
have a clear-cut profile, with smooth,
glossy plumage and keen eye. He
should have a broad chest and carry
himself with proud, yet graceful air.
The females should be chosen to COM
bine good size. pure and even color,
strong constitution and symmetry in
form. When selecting hens for breed
ing we should look first for good layers
and the most perfect in general appear
ance, and by this combination we arc
sure to obtain a superior offspring"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29

IL the sow gets too fat when the pigs
are quite. young and they have not be-
come used to exercising. then thumps
will be most sure to follow. 1t can be
avoided by driving the pigs about the
pen after the dam has left the pen. and
If the weather gets so warm so the
pigs can go outside the pen, then make
them follow the dam. The cause of
the thumps is the fat that gathers
around the blood-making machinery OF
the pig, and makes the blood flow slow
ly, and, of course, the pig gets slug
gish. and If not attended to soon dies.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29
Ta,isman of the HoAennoIIerns.

On his birthday and all great occa-
s!9pg the German Emperog years q
ring set with small black stone which
does not belong among precious stones,
yet 1t is jewel Of great value, for it is
considered the talisman of the Hohen-
zollern family. Tradition has 1t that
this stone was placed on the bed of the
wife of the great elector, John Cicero.
by frog. 1t Is certain that this stone
set in the ring was given to Frederick
the Great by his father, Frederic l..
who believed In the legend, according
to certain documents In the royal ar
chives at Berlin. Old Emperor william
I. also believed in this talisman. and It
is not surprising that William H.. who
respects the past and its traditions SO
deeply, should also treasure tis stone
as a sacred talisman, although tts pre-
else significance Is no longer kno, ~. All
that is remembered Is that in some way
1t is the chief talisman Of the Hohen-
zollerns. fN
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29

jackets, and are sometimes destructive
in fields. l have known them to de-
stroy fields Of young wheat in Indiana
in early spring, where the land had
been devoted to clover the previous
year, and the ground broken very late
in the season and sown to wheat. There
is but little doubt that they will de-
stroy red clover and wheat in early
spring under the conditions previously
indicated.
If your ground was thickly shaded
last fall, and especially If there was a
rank growth of clover during the late
summer, these insects, in all probable
ity, laid their eggs among the clover
plants, and these Matching to maggots,
shown at left in the figure, became half
or thirds grown before the winter
set in. / do not know that there is
anything you can do to stop the depre-
dations of these worms. If l am not
badly mistaken you will soon see the
ground full Of holes; in many cases out
of these will be sticking empty shells,
shown at right in figure, and your
fields will be quite thickly populated
by these large, long-legged fiies.-F. M.
Webster, Ohio Experiment Station.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29

propriately inscribed, recounting her
courageous action; the citizens of the
village, in mass meeting, passed resolu-
lions complimenting Miss Watson,
and Governor Poynter has written her
a letter in acknowledgment Of the
services rendered the State, and thank
ing her in the name of the people.
Miss Watson was In her classroom,
on the fifth floor Of the university
building, late in the afternoon, when
she heard voices In the hall and dis
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29
Echo Answers. "who?v

Now that PETER Is with us who will
look after the octopus? Some one will
have to exercise the octopus, or he will
die of lethargy. Also, who will prod
the Rothschilds, and make the money
barons writhe with anguish? Who will
blow the hot breath of sirocco into
Wall street! Who will dynamite cor
porate wealth? Who will succor the
great plain people? And the owl In
the thick woods of oblivion answers:
"Who, who, whov-Emporia, Kan,
Gazette
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29

Of the columns will be perfect, to rep
resent those who escaped from the fire.
The second will be partly broken, to
represent the identified dead, while the
third will be broken off at the base,
to represent the unidentified dead. The
memorial will cost $500. The names
of those who persisted in the fire, but
whose bodies were not recovered, will
BE cut in the stone.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29

A correspondent sends specimens Of
worms that infest his strawberry, rasp-
berry and dewberry fields. He says:
They work on the roots and cut them
of;..cu or leaf stems and fruit buds
OF strawberries, and work similarly on
dewberries; cannot see that they are
injuring raspberries. Land was all in
crop rotation before planting berries.
Berry patches are one and two years
old. What are they, and will they do
serious damageT W#E
The worms sent are the young Of
what are known as crane flies, the long
legged, mosquito-like insects that are
sometimes mistaken for Hessian fly,
and are supposed by others to be the
parent Of cut worms. This is the first
time that these insects have ever been
reported as injurious to strawberries
or dewberries, so far as known to me.
In England they are called leather
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29
MONSTER CRANE.

Electric Cantilever Device Used for the
Building of sea-Going Vessels.
The cut shows one of the monster
pieces of machinery used for the build
ing of sea-going vessels at the Newport
News ship-building yards. This crane
has a span of seventy feet, is worked
by electricity and can lift at the GEN.
trail point thirty-fve tons, and six tons
at the extreme ends. These machines
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29
Innc Grasa fnr Hnx

The reason why June grass or blue
grass is not thought much Of for hay
is because II is never cut until its seed
stalks appear, when the plant has lost
most of the nutritlve. qualities that
make 1t valuable for pasture. 1t may
seem too much bother to cut and save
a mass Of leaves, but. II cut before the
seed stalk appears IL may be cut often
on rich land. and will make more hay
In the form of cured grass than can be
got from the land by pasturing It.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29
A sheep Trough.

A correspondent Of the Iowa Home
stead has a trough which he considers
peculiar to his own view of what a
sheep trough ought to be. 1t is so con-
structed as to be convenient for both
sheep and lambs. No sheep will jump
into the trough, and lambs will not lie
in it as they will in larger ones. First
take one sixinch board the desired
length and bevel its edges a little for
the bottom. Nail to this two more six
inch boards for the sides, so the tops
will flare a little. Use n four-inch
board for a guard rail with supports
at each end at the middle of long
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29

practical. 1t is self-evident that thor
Ough facility In swimming under the
most difficult condition would be Of the
greatest advantage to a soldier in war
time. This advantage the German
Tommy" Is enabled to gain by
course Of exercises designed for that
purpose. When he is proficient in the
art OF natation in ordinary circum-
stances, he Is made to learn to swim in
his clothes, afterward with all his trap
pings on, and finally while carrying his
rife
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29
Light on Natural History.

Tommy Tucker was showing his aunt
from the country through Lincoln Park.
"This," he said, sis the prairie dog
village. You see them standing up be-
fore their holes with their forepaws
folded? They're praying. They al.
ways do that. That is why we call 'em
prairie Chicago Tribune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29

tons general herd. When the animals
reacted under the delicate tpbercplin
test they were not slaughtered, but
were segregated and studied. They ind
that the milk from these cows has
been tested and analysed again and
again, but thus far no germs have
been found In 1t. So that. from scien-
tiAc point of view, these cows have
produced clean and healthful milk. One
criticism of this achievement points
out. that, although no germs have been
found In the milk, 1t Is not safe to say
that the milk had never contained any.
The germs may be found In unsuspect-
ed corners, and In one milking and not
in another. The testing apparatus. too,
Is not yet perfected. The general eject
Of these Investigations. however, Is to
make the public much more comfort
able as to its dairy milk supply.
Take Thought for Wife and Mother.
h In a recent farmers institute one
farmer said: "Much Of your success
depends upon the good health and
cheerfulness Of your wife, doesn't It?
Then why don't you take steps to light
en-. her labor and preserve her health?
Most Of you have good wells with
windmills, and you have taken the
pains to run pipes to your barns be-
cause the expense was not great, and
it saved you the trouble of either carry
ing water to the barn or leading your
stock to water. But l wonder how
many o. you have run water pipes to
the house, thus giving your hard
working wife the convenience, of step
ping to a sink and drawing the fresh
water whenever 1t Is needed, without
the labor of carrying 1t.
II will tell you, fellowfarmers, we
should take better care Of our wives.
Why, in the community where / live,
three farmers have buried their wives
within the last six months! And 1t Is
my honest opinion that two of them
were just worn out with hard work,
and neither Of them past so. The fine
homes they had helped to build up are
saddened by the absence of those
mOthersv HN
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29
WINDSOR HOTEL FIRE.

Monument to BE Placed Over Graves
of the Unidentified Dead.
In memory of the unidentified dead
who persisted in the Windsor Hotel fire
in New York monument will be erect
ed in Kensico cemetery, where they are
buried. The monument will be Of gran
lite, twenty one feet high and twenty
feet wide. 1t will'consist of a life-size
bronze figure of Grief, bearing palm,
and standing beside three columns. One
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29
Washing Milk Pans.

1t is always important to wash milk
pals as soon as possible after their
contentssare emptied II left to stand
two or three hours. some of the milk
dries on the wooden pail, and then the
more hot water Is put on 1t the closer
1t sticks. Always wash milk pals first
with cold water to remove the parti-
cles of milk. and then scald with hot
water to destroy any gerus that may
remain.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29
Bryau's Chief Trouble.

A Kentuckian who Is visiting the city
tells this story of the impression made
by the boy orator in Louisville:
Louisville, as you know, is one of
the greatest tanning centers in the
world" he said. 1.-THE day after Will
lam Jennings Bryan was in Louisville
1 was riding In street car, when a
passenger boarded the car and sat
down next to me. He had the solid,
robust look and dress of a cross be-
tween q German American manufac-
turer and a lanyard laborer. The smell
of the lanyard was all over and about
him. He spied an old friend sitting
just opposite him in the car.
"'Dld you hear Bryan? asked the
friend.
"'I did, said the tanner.
"'What do you think of himY said
the friend.
"'Vell,' said the tanner, there is
only one trubble NIT Brine; he amt
got some sense. He's good for shust
one ting: He would make a good drum
mer He's certainly fine traveller;
makes five or ten towns day-been
doing it for several years without los
ing a day, and ISIS always full Of Wind.
l gif him 500 a month to go on de road
to sell ledder. If necessary / gif him
81 1850 for de ferst year, but l wouldn't
make a contrakt NIT him for more dan
year. He ISIS worth nearer $1,000 ais
81, $50, as a ledder drummer, and good
for nothing else. He knows a good
deal, but what he knows ISIS all
wrong New York Tribune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29

art teacher at the
Cotner University,
who defeated the
plans of two deter
mined incendiaries
who attempted to
destroy all t h e
S e mi n airy build
ings. The faculty
voted the y o u II G
w o m a n a hand
Soma n,adoI m
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29
ExcusabIe Delay.

Manager-Does it take you an hour
to go round the corner, sir?
Office Boy-Please, sir, man
dropped half dollar In the gutter.
Manager-And 1t took you all this
time to get it out?
Office Boy-Please, sir, L had to wait
till the man had gone away.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29
A Good Butter Record.

The cut herewith represents regis
tered Shorthorn COW Sally. the proper
ty of the Lyndon Shorthorn Stock
Farm, Lyndon, VT. She has a butter
record of pounds 1-3 ounce per day,
and transmits her dairy qualities to her
offspring, as is shown by her three
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29
CHURCH 200 YEARS OLD.
Antiquated Monument of Protestant
Episcopal Foith in America.

Episcopal FIFTH In America.
Right in the midst Of the busiest part
of Wilmington, Del, stands the grim,
time-stained oIa-gray church, the old
est living monument Of Protestant
Episcopal faith In America to-day. 1t
Is the Holy Trinity Church, colloquially
called Old Swedes', built 200 years ago
by the band of Swedish immigrants
who settled on the Delaware. The erec-
ton of the building was commenced
1906, and the edifice was formally dedi-
Gated on Trinity Sunday, 1900. The
size of the church inside Of the walls
was 60 feet in length, 80 feet In
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29
Proved.

Mrs. Boozely-My husband is really
generous to fault.
Mrs. Gaddson-Yes, know II. James
was telling me last night that your hus-
band borrowed So from him the other
day and then wanted to spend half of
It buying drinks for the party.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29
Non-TubcrcuIous MIX.

1t seems that, after all, much of the
public alarm as to the danger of the
spread OF tuberculosis through the
drinking OF milk is unnecessary. For
some years the 'station officials at the
New Jersey experiment station have
been closely observing several tubercu-
1ous cows. formerly part Of the sta
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29
Making Their Mouths water

The method employed by Dutch fish
ermen to ensure astonishing catches"
is thus described by the Golden Penny:
The fisherman puts a number of live
worms and insects in bottle partially
filed with water, and then corks it Sc
curely. The bottle is dropped into the
water, the fisherman sinking his line
alongside.
1t appears that the sight of the wrig-
Cling contents Of the bottle so excites
the appetite Of the finny tribe that they
fall easy victims to the baited hooks.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29

"Do you think character Is shown In
the featuresT
"Yes, to some extent at least. Black
ened eyes and skinned noses are seldom
seen on any but hard characters" s
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29
GIRL FOUGHT WITH eIResues.

Nebraska Teacher Who Saved a Uni.
versity Building.
All Nebraska has united in paying
tribute to the fine quality of courage
exhibited by Miss Lether Il. Watson,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29

year-old heifer's butter record Of II
pounds IL ounces. During the butter
test they were fed four quarts corn
cob and oats ground and one pint cot
tonseed meal once per day. Sally rep
resents an ideal dual purpose cow.
great size being combined with good
dairy qualities.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29
A Question of Comparisons.

Nobody needs to be told that pros
perity is here. Every one knows that,
from having actual individual partici-
patton in it. 1t is so universal that ii is
getting to be accepted quite as the nat
ural order Of things, and interest be-
gins to center in comparison between
our present prosperityand that of other
years when n protective tariff policy
has been in effect The indications are
that the period of prosperity inaugu-
rated by the Dingley law is to be q rec
ord breaker. In many cases 1t has been
stated that the prosperity now being
enjoyed surpasses that of any other
period.
A recent instance of this sort Is re-
ported from Connellsville, Pa, where
the 10000 men employed by the II. G.
Frick Coke Company have just been
most agreeably surprised by having
been Informed that a general advance
of wages, ranging from G to 121a per
cent, would take effect from May 1.
The new scale, it is stated, will be the
highest ever paid in the Connellsville
region. s H ~ tt
This Is the kind of news which we
may begin to expect now. The question
IL not, "Are we prosperousY' but,
How much more prosperous are we
than during any previous period?"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29

AS rule, the woman who has had
as many as three husbands has never
had one good one.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29

He Il Made to ewim In HE Clothes
and with All HE Trsppinss. :
Next to the British army there y
probably no force In Europe so well
trained as the soldiers OF Gcfmany, and
without Qeprsciating IL the least the
systems In Vogue Id our own military
centers, 1t may be said that In certain
respects the training Of the German
soldier is of more practical and useful
kind. ~
In the matter of swimming, for in
stance, the Germans are pre-eminently
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29
Importance of the Ohio Campaign.

Nobody doubts that Ohio will be the
scene this year Of the first great politi-
cal battle in the Presidential campaign
Of 1900. 1t is conceded that the Nc
Kinley administration will be placed
on trial here, and the result in Ohio will
be regarded as an indication Of how
the greater battle next year will 60.
The friends Of President Mckinley
realized this when they asked that a
firm friend and loyal supporter Of tho
President be chosen as the Republican
candidate for Governor, and that
thought was uppermost in the minds of
the delegates at Columbus when they
made up the splendid ticket which has
been presented to the people for their
Endorsement. That Is why the cam
paign In Ohio promises to be one of the
most memorable in the history of the
State.--Cleveland Leader.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29

The Pennsylvania Democrats made a
desperate effort to avoid inda rising the
Chicago platform, specially without
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29

"Look There's a cslored messenger
boy running" tf
"sure enough. They ought to adverS
tise him as warranted fast black ~
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29
No Back ward Step.


There has been a good deal Of talk
about President McKinley's "back-
ward step" in the matter of civil ser
vice reform. The National Civil Ser
vice Reform League jumped before 1t
looked and quite number of Repub-
lican newspapers Joined in the process
Of interpreting the Presidents exemp-
tons as meaning the complete turning
over Of the appointments affected to
the "spoils'' politicians. President.Mc-
Kinley's mere statement that the
changes were made for the increased
efficiency Of the government service
was not accepted and long strings of
details were printed illustrating the al
legged evil effects Of the new order.
Secretary Gage, who Is admittedly a
consistent advocate Of civil service re-
form, has deemed the misrepresenta-
tions Of sufficient Importance to war
rant attention, and he has voluntarily
bestowed a little upon them. The re-
suit Is an authorized statement from
Mr.. Gage that will be accepted by the
friends of civil service reform rs
worthy of more credence than the IT.
responsible criticisms, so hastily voiced
by lightweight critics. Mr.. Cages
statement amounts to a categorical de-
NAL of every one Of the accusations so
brusquely put forward by the civil SER
vice league and the papers which took
its say so for gospel.-Sioux City Jour-
nal
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-29

trough. The figure shows view of
the end of the trough in a perspective.