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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15

ed between the fingers or. squeezed in
the paper In which 1t is bought, and 1t
will not form coherent mass, 1t Is
pretty sure to be genuine, but If the
grains cake they are not coffee. Even
chicory grains will stick to each other,
for they are comparatively soft and
open, and adhere without difficulty
when squeezed, q In water chicory and
cereals viii soften quickly like bread
crumbs, while coffee will take long
time to soften; genuine coffee grains
will float. as win the whole beans, but
chicory or-any other sweet root will
soon sink. Chicory or caramel will
cause a yellowish or brownish color to
diffuse rapidly through the water, but
pure coffee will not tint the water for
long time. Such tests are so simple
that there appears little excuse for not
trying them, Yet. manufacturers sell
to dealers tons of artificial coffee,
which Is accepted unquestioningly as
the genuine article.
Furious Stuff Is Possible.
Both manufacturers and retail gro
GERS make enormous profits, for their
fraudulent coffee can be made for as
little as 3 or cents pound. Often
the -four, crackers or cereals which
enter into its composition are so badly
damaged that they could be utilized
in no other way. There Is, besides,
much huckstering in real coffees, and
lower grades are frequently mixed
with the higher. Thus Maracaibo and
La Guayra coffees are mixed with Java
and Mocha coffee and the mixture sold
for pure Java or pure Mocha.
Cheap cream Of tartar has been
proved to be composed largely of tar
taric acid and terra alba. This terra
alba, or white earth, imported from the
shores Of the Mediterranean, has been
used as food adulterant to a fearful
degree. 1t Is, when pulverlzed, a white
and almost impalpable powder, taste
less and looking like fine starch. Its
presence is frequently detected in pow
dered sugar, which may account for
the fact that housekeepers do not find
powdered sugar altogether satisfactory
for cooking purposes. Pure cream Of
tartar will dissolve in hot water, but
terra alba will not; therefore to test it
put teaspoonful into a tumbler of hot
water, allow it to stand for a few mo-
ments, and then see whether there Is
any sediment. If the sediment is large,
terra alba Is probably present. If it
does not dissolve, leaving the water
clear. add few drops Of tincture Of
iodine to the water. If pure, the color
will remain unchanged; but il starch is
present the water will turn bright blue.
The usual adulterants Of tea are
spent" or exhausted tea leaves, leaves
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15

NlNETy PER CENT or THE SUP
ply Is ApuLTERATEp.
startling Revslations Brought 0ut By
the senste Isvsstigstins comnittes
-Enormous Amount Of Fraudulent
and Poisonous Products Produced.

n there is any pure food manufac-
tured or sold In this country, the Senate
Pure Food Investigating Committee.
which took testimony In Chicago, did
not come across it. The evidence In
the hands OF that committee tends to
show that nearly all the commoner
articles Of food are adulterated by the
manufacturers, and some OF them with
deleterious and dangerous substances.
One OF the witnesses, DR.. H. II. Wiley,
chief chemist In the Department Of
Agriculture, went so far as to tell the
committee that 90 per cent Of the
liquid and solid foods consumed by the
people Of the United States are adul-
terated. And DR.. Wiley said this state
ment was based on his personal inves-
tigation. He had. so he told the COM
mittee, examined and tested almost
every article Of food and drink bought
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15

Don't try to knock a street car over
with your bicycle until you've prac-
ticed well on pedestrians.
Don't take the other mans bike when
leaving. 1t may be better make than
yours; but it's safer to take your own.
A buster very slightly moistened with
paraffin will do more to make and keep
the enamel of machine bright than
half an hours polishing.
Never eat a hearty meal before 60
ing on a ride, as II you do you are in
volving great risk Of bringing on syn
cope, which Is almost invariably fatal.
Don't be nervous when you meet a
young lady acquaintance. Smile con-
fidently, take Off your cap with either
hand, or both, and choose a soft place
to fall.
Don't ride at less than thirty miles
an hour If you are passing horse and
carriage. 1t is so refreshing to the
nerves of the horse, If the animal is a
little high-spirked.
Men cyclists, many Of whom are also
smokers, need never be at > loss for
patch in case Of a puncture; a rubber
tobacco pouch will always furnish the
necessary material.
In removing valve stem take a
piece of iron-a screwdriver will do
heat 1t and lay it on the top of the stem
base. The base will then curl up and
can be easily removed.
The latest fad is the fashion of hav-
Ing dress-guards to match ones cos
tune. The lace guard, consisting Of
cord passed in and out the holes, is I'M
doubtedly more satisfactory than the
netted ones.
Riders Of bevel gear bicycles are in
formed that jumping on the pedals is
not the way to get the best results. A
steady, even pressure Is the proper
thing. The same suggestion Is worthy
of the consideration Of all riders ire
spectixe Of the wheel used.
One of the latest applications of the
penny-in-the-slot principle Is bicycle
pump which can be thrown into gear
for filling tire by inserting coin. As
soon as the filled tire Is removed a
lever locks the pump, which can be
caused to work again only by dropping
in another coin.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15

How senstss 1aSbis Lsd Oh Tor .
BashfuI Preacher.
Former Senator David Turpic OF In
diana IL asman OF intense nervous de-
velopment.s He says 80 himself. Any
one who has ever seen him for i've
consecutive seconds Is willing to take
his word for It. AT times the states
mans peculiarly takes the form OF
Feasibility. and when the wind Is. In
hat quarter thoughtful persons efface,
themselves as expeditiously as Is con-
sistent with practically. Not that the
Senator Is Intentionally abrupt 1t Is
merely the natural idiosyncrasy of the
great. On one occasion. the President
OF the Senate being delayed In reach
ing the Capitol, Mr.. Turpie was re-
quested to preside Mt the opening Of
the session. The unusual prospect
brought out the nervousness In more
pronounced shape than was Ordinary,
and when the Hoosier assembled the
steps leading to the Presidents seat
with the chaplain-a new chaplain, by
the by-in tow, he was really so Ill at
ease as to make his position painful.
Something of this feeling communi-
Gated itself to the new preacher, who
followed In apparent bewilderment,
and awkwardly took the wrong posi-
ton. This further embarrassed Tur-
pie, who stood surveying the stand
ing quorum and at loss how to make
beginning. For several seconds the
chaplain looked blankly around. Sud-
denly Turpie, who had grown more
and more confused by the parsons in
action, caught up the ivory gavel and
brought 1t down with terrific nervous
force on the desk. Then wheeling
round to face the affrighted cleric the
Senator shouted, Pray, you,
prayw And the chaplain prayed. =
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15

MRS. ALTGELD. WOnOerIuIy pa
tient and beautiful. Her eyes are gray,
her features are delicate and her mouth
expressive. Her face Is a mirror which
speaks for every emotion she feels.
She has a poets sensitive apprecia-
ton Of nature and Mt last has realized
the ambition Of herlife to live near to
nature" For years she has tried to
persuade Mr.. Altgeld to move into the
country, where they could have trees
and grass and where 'even the dirt Is
clean," as she expresses 1t. 1t Is only
recently. however, that her wish has
been realized, and now she lives In a
charming home In Rogers Park. She
spends most Of her time sitting on the
broad yeranda Of her home. watching
the leaves develop on the trees, which
grow In abundance In that locality,
weaving little imaginary stories about
the golden ,dandelions blooming on the
lawn and breathing the country air,
laden with perfume OF lilacs and wild
currants. The roses have already be-
gun to bloom again in her cheeks, and
she will soon be her old self again I'M
der the magic influence of her sur
roundings. Mrs. Altgeld has no chill
dren. She loves her home and prefers
the society Of her husband to that of
any outsider. While she was the first
lady of the State Is was necessary for
her to entertain and 60 into society,
but she has no taste for that kind of
life. She dresses quietly. with slight
dash Of color here and there, ''just for
cheerfulness." While she does not en-
ter into politics, she takes keen in
terest in Mr.. Altgeld's successes and
failures. and 1t Is safe to say she has
even been the ex-Governor's inspira-
ton In everything he has undertaken.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15

Very aged persons are often afflicted
with itching of the skin without n rash
or manifestation Of skin disease. This
is generally due to weakened nerves,
and may be mitigated by baths In
warm water family tinged with car
bolic acid-one teaspoonful OF acid to
a gallon Of water.
Medicines do not very greatly change
the effects Of yaricose veins in the leg.
About the best alleviant is silk elias
tic stocking. This eyens the pressure
In the limb and prevents the veins from
dilating excessively.
Thin-blooded children who arise with
headaches and dizziness in the morn
ing may be greatly benefited by the
administration Of Tablespoonful of
solution of illuminate of iron after
meals.
A great many nervous people are
alarmed at the presence of huttering
feeling In the throat when they get ex-
cited-"a lump that cannot be swal-
lowed" The lump Is an imaginary
one, due entirely to slight constrlc-
ton of the gullet and may be miti-
gated with yalerian or almost any mild
nervine.
"Skln foods are generally humbugs.
There ire no foods for the skin differ
ing from foods for the entire body.
Some persons, anxious to fill out the
cheeks. rub on cod liver oil. but IL Is
the rubbing only that develops the
muscles of the face. Freedom from
worry and plenty Of rest, are the great
complexion savers.
Callopsed feet are produced by ILL
fitting shoes and prolonged standing.
They should be pared only when abso-
lutely necessary. as frequent pairing
favors rapid growth. Soak the feet in
hot alum water, one teaspoonful to the
quart, every night, and protect the
callous by thin ring of felt.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15

IS minutes to complete the operation.
The barrels are now taken to the
Strengthening room, where the opera
tor holds them up toward white sur
face with horizontal black line upon
1t and looks through the bore. If the
bend Is downward, the curved refiec-
tons of the black line on the surface of
the bore will be convergent; If upward,
they will be divergent A few taps
Of the hammer quickly straighten the
barrel until the reflected lines are per-
fectly true.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15
Very Busy.

May and Edith are sisters, and 5
years old respectively. May had been
very naughty, and mamma had taken
her over her knee to administer cor
poral punishment, when Edith sudden
~ pushed the door ajar and peeped in.
Turning her chubby face as far round
toward her. sister as her peculiar posi-
ton would admit, May said very
gravely: dl
go out, Edie; don't you see I'm
busyr
1t Is needless to add that mamma
granted respite"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15

During the eady '70s he was en-,
gagged a. counsel - a celebrated case,
and visa compelled to devote not only
the day but the greater part Of the
night to his task. Once when he was
thoroughly tagged out an associate
suggested that cigar with his coffee
might have a soothing effect. General
Tracy succumbed to the temptation.
and before he was aware of 1t had fin
ished his third cigar. They seemed to
quiet his nerves. and he was able to
work over his papers the whole Of that
night. Since that time. perhaps out of
gratitude for the effect Of those three
cigars, General Tracy has been q
smoker.-Philadelph Post,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15

ment introduced by Major Taylor. The
oil is forced through the drill by means
of a small rotary pump. which forms
part of the machine. Although the
barrel rotates at a speed Of 1000 revo-
luton per minute, the constant rush Of
cold oil to the head is sufficient to keep
the drill and barrel perfectly cool, and
it also serves to carry away the chips
which issue in constant stream from
the rear bushing. The barrel is drilled
to a diameter Of 0.205 inch, and 1t takes
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15
and sold In the country, and he ex-
planned to the investigators the results
of his tacfS


For instance, he found ''pure" alco-
hol that had been made of menthol and
wood sap; brandy that had been man
ufactured of burnt sugar and water;
bread that had been made of potato
-four, and even then adulterated with
alum and sulphate of copper, sub
stances dangerous to the health OF the
consumers of that sort of bread; cider
made OF tartaric acid and colored with
caramel; candy made of glucose and
artificial essences and colored with
poisonous substances; canned goods
which had been preserved with salts OF
copper; butter which had been manu-
featured from ordinary animal fats
and starch, aud In which there was an
excess Of salts; beer that had been
made of burnt sugar, licorice, quassia
and grains other than barley; cheese
that had been made of oleomargarine,
with salts Of mercury In the rind cocoa
and chocolate that were compounded of
sugar, animal fats, -four and starch and
that was made of ground rice and -four
and salt and sprinklng Of red lead;
-four that was made of alum and
ground rice; cinnamon that was made
of cassia and plain sawdust; ginger that
was manufactured of mustard and
tuineric; gin that was composed alto
gether Of mixture Of water and sugar
and alum and turpentine; honey in the
comb that was made of glucose and
cane sugar, with the comb nodded OF
paraffin; lard that was made of starch
and cottonseed oil and stearine, and
containing alum and caustic lime; mus
tard that was compounded Of flour and
tumeric and chromate and sulphate of
lead; artificial milk that was sold as
pure condensed milk" and made Of
burnt sugar, annotto and water; fruit
jellies that were made of gelatine and
apple parings and favored with arti-
fetal essences; mace that was made Of
bread dust and venetian red; pickles
put up in salts of copper and alum
fruit preserves that were made of the
common pumpkin and colored with
dangerous substances; sage made of
potato starch; powdered sugar, the
base of which was rice -four and
which contained also salts of lead and
tin, gypsum and marble dust; tea that
was made Of common leaves and treat
ed with gypsum, china clay and soap
stone; vinegar that was made of burnt
sugar and sulphuric and hydrochloric
acids; wines made of artificial alcohol
and water and colored with anilines.
From the testimony of the witnesses
before the committee it would seem
that more time and ingenuity are ex-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15
YOUNG COxCOMB
Taught Lesson by an Old Man from
the Country.

Taught O Lesson by an Old Man from
the Country.
He bore the customary resemblance
to a rural visitor. There was the chin
beard and the clean-shaven upper lip
and the trousers that fell just below his
ankles. No wonder the foppishly CARRIED
youth at the end of the car snickered
aloud when he entered.
All during the ride up Lincoln ave-
nue. the young man smiled at the aged
gentleman opposite him. The latter
fell to reading newspaper, but now
and then he would look over the top of
it and meet the haunting eyes Of the
young man.
All of sudden he laid the paper
aside and arose from his seat He grap-
bed one of the "hold-on" straps and
tugged at it frantically. The conductor
did not notice his attempt apparently
to stop the car, but 1t nearly drove the
young man into Mysteries. "Oh, what
Rubew the old man heard him NUT
ter, and then as though the efforts Of
the aged gentleman had softened his
heart he said: 'I'll do 1t for you," and
rising he pulled the motorman's bell.
When he had tugged it the regular way
the old man resumed his seat.
The car came to standstill at the
corner. The conductor opened the rear
door, but no one inside moved.
II guess 1t was that young Teller
over there" answered the old man,
nodding toward the youth.
"D'ye wanter git off?' inquired the
conductor, with snap.
"Why, no." stammered the youth.
Il thought that the elderly gentleman
did, and I rang the bell for him. He
was pulling one of those straps"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15
General Tracy's First Cigar.

General Benjamin f. Tracy, former
Secretary of the Navy, and associate
Of General Benjamin Harrison in rep
resenting this government In the mat
ter of the Venezuelan boundary dis
pute, finds his keenest enjoyment In
smoking. During his recent voyage to
Paris he passed good deal Of his
time In the smoking-room Of the steam
err. But the general was nearly 90
years old before he acquired the taste
for tobacco. Previous to that time
smoking made him Ill. w,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15
Corn.stalk Disease.

Corn-stalk disease is the name given
to an affection occurring In cattle as
result of eating corn and corn fodder
that seem to have been rendered poison
Gus by moldiness and fermentation.
The disorder is usually confined to AMI
mails under years of age, and it runs
a rapid course, causing death in from
four to thirty-six hours.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15
Flintx COATS for Plano.

If two pieces of sugar cane are
rubbed together in the dark they will
make tiny light This comes from
the fact that every reed or cane or
leaf Of grass has hard, flinty outside
skin, which helps them to stand
straight up and also keeps the tender
inside from being eaten up by many
of the insects.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15

Every one saw the position the old
man had placed the young man In and
all eyes were turned on him.
He Redeemed. what did you do It
for?" asked the conductor, turning to
the aged passenger. 81 Jest wanted to
show a thing or two to that young cox
comb over there" was the reply. And
he added as the youth ducked for the
open door. Il guess did it."-Chicago
Democrat
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15
The Lunatic's Repartee.

Some visitors were being shown
through Kew lunatic asylum, Victoria,
a few days ago, and, coming opposite
the clock in the corridor, one of them,
looking up quickly at his watch, said:
'Is that clock rightT "No, you idiot"
said a patient standing by; ut would
MT be In here IL 1t were right."-Mel-
bourne Australasian.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15

The great naval celebrity was on his
way to the safe-deposit vaults with
several installments Of prize-money.
'"Hellor' exclaimed an intimate friend;
what have you thereT These" re-
piled the celebrity, are the fortunes
OF war that you read so much about"
--Washington Star. - 70
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15

. The Mistress-Mary, don't let me
catch you kissing that butler again.
The Maid--Lor', mum, don't mean to.
but you do bob aroun' sol-Kansas City
Independent. ~
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15

waggles-There is only one thing as
hard to find in this world as the north
pole. Jaggles-What's that? waggles
The fellow who gets lost searching
for it.-Judge.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15

There is this to the everlasting
credit Of the farmers wife: She is kept
SO busy that she doesn't dress her boy
In long cuyls after he has put On
"pants.yll < 80
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15

-
somewhatofan In
valid. Illness. not
age. has silvered
the hair that once
w as midnight
black, writes a
@ hi ca 60 corre-
spondent. T b ! 9
has only the effect
of further soften
Ing q face that Is
wonderfully pa
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15

Practical people should quit referring
to woman's husband as her "choice."
There are too many cases where he was
not choice, but a necessity.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15
GUM BARREL TEST.
Simple Method of Detecting an Irregu-
Iarity After Boring.

1arity After Boring.
In the manufacture Of Krag-Jorgen-
sen rifles at the Springfield Arsenal the
drill, which has to pass through 30H
inches Of barrel, Is provided with q
1-32-inch oilhole which extends through
its whole length, and feeds oil directly
ut the point of the drill. This hole,
which takes the place Of the old chan
mel cut along the side Of the drill, says
the Scientific American, is an improve
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15

Business men are bothered so much
with schemes that some Of them con-
denim them all without investigation.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15

Dlslikss eociaI Fuuctious md Loves
Her Husband and Nature.
Mrs. John P. Altgeld. wife Of the ex-
Governor OF Illinois. IL tall. dlgnined
woman, and, like Mrs. Mckinley. Is
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15

Some seem to have the idea that ad-
vertising Is an exact science-that I'M
less a man has studied 1t he cannot
make a success of 1t. They are wrong.
Advertising Is not an exact science.
We know that the experts make 1t pay
and we know that others who are a
long way from experts make 1t pay.
too. When done In the right way and
spirit, and placed in the right medi-
ums, and stuck to perseveringly, it
pays always. That Is about all we
know about 1t. 1t Is so far from an
exact science that no man can come TO
another man and show him just how,
~ where, or when an ad. will pay.
These are things an advertiser must
find out for himself, and the finding out
takes time and is difficult process. A
man is liable to get lost, but If he does
he may be sure that there is a way out,
and that If he keeps pounding away he
will find 1t sooner or later.-ShOe and
Leather Gazette.
II you foot your little tooter and then lay
aside your horn.
There's not a soul in ten short days will
know that you were born.
The man who gathers pumpkins is the
man who plows all day,
And the man who keeps a humping is the
gent who makes it pay.
The man who advertses with a short and
sudden jerk
Is the man who blames the printer be-
cause it didn't work.
The gent who gets the business has long
and steady pull
And keeps the local paper for years and
years quite full.
He plans his advertisements in a thought
full, honest way,
And keeps forever at it until he makes it
pay.
He has faith in all the future, can with
stand a sudden shock,
And like the man of Scripture has his
business on a rock.
Kingsley Qowa) Times.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-06-15

Between two evils some folks have
NJ choice; they embrace than both.
Daily camera., 1899-12-12

The Longmont Ledger jostles the
Longmont Call and good naturedly re-
minds it that county division is dead
issue. The trouble with the Call is that
it is tender new 'un and doesn't know
how we slew that fetish back in the early
8o's. And it was costly to Longmont,
that desire to be the center of county
all Its own. Our yearning for the capital
of the Kingdom of St. Vrain has not
abated a jot or title and the citizens of
Boulder county will not like brother
johnson if he fails to put his little pet
hobby horse away. Now, Mr.. Johnsing
don't get gay!