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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-08
Eyentful Indeed.

'"The week was the most eventful in
the history of labor for almost dec
ade," says Pittsburg dispatch Of Jan.
8. What made 1t so eventful was the
fact that during the preceding week
$4,000 men, of whom one-half are en-
ployed in and around Pitsburg, had
their wages raised, or received notice
of an increase in the near future. The
Carnegie Steel Company, Jones a.
Laughlin, the United States Glass Com
pany, the National Glass Company and
the American Steel and Wire Company
are large employers Of labor that an
nounced wage increases ranging from
to 10 per cent, to take effect Jan. l..
All the puddlers employed in mills con-
trolled by the Amalgamated Associa-
ton Of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers are
figuring on an increase Of from 10 to
over 20 per cent, and the union carpen-
tiers have been assured an advance on
May /. The tin-plate-workers are also
figuring on another increase.
These are eventful times for Ameri-
can labor. They began to be eventful
early in November, 1896, when the cleo
ton of William Mckinley was made
known, and they have been growing
more and more eventful ever since.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-08
Rented Farsns.

There seems to be lack of system in
renting farms in this country. The
owner seems to expect that the tenant
will make no Improvement to land or
buildings, and to recompense himself
for the expected deterioration he
charges high rent, and to pay this the
tenant must take everything that he
can from it, and expend neither money
nor labor in making any permanent
improvement. In this way the rented
farm soon becomes n rundown farm,
and after a few changes of tenants Is
likely to be an abandoned farm. 1t
would be we'll If some one would study
the system of farm leasing in Great
Britain, where certain improvements
are to be made each year by the tenant
and certain others by the landlord, and
where the farm is kept improving,
while, in many cases, generation after
generation has lived In the same place,
paying about the same rent as they
would have to pay as interest, taxes
and repairs IL they were owners of the
farm. When landlord and tenant are
each trying to skin the other, 1t usu-
ally results in SHINING the farm.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-08
GOEBEL PASSES AWAY
Bullet Of the Assassin Proves Fatal
Victim Made "a Brave Struggle for
Life Beckham Assumes the Func-
tions Of Chief Execntiye.

i.tr.
William Goebel, the Democratic claim
ont to the Governorship Of Kentucky,
d:c1 in his chambers at the Capital Hotel,
Frankfort, ut ga O'clock Saturday
evening from the effects Of the gunshot
wound inflicted by an assassin. Mr..
Goebel fought against the end with all
the vigor and fortitule Of his nature, and
persisted till he lost consciousness that
he would live, but the arch enemy slow
ly but surely conquered the wounded
leader.
Mr.. Goebel's sister, Mrs. Herman Brun-
necke, and his brother, Arthur Goebel
of Cincinnati, were alone with him when
he died. They remained with the lifeIess
form until the arrival, at 40 o'clock, OF
Justus Goebel, another brother, who had
been hurrying from Arizona to Frankfort
OH special train. AS soon as Juatus
Goebel reached the capital he hurried to
his brothers. apartments, where he found
Arthur Goebel and his sister weeping
over the body of the dead man.
The news of Mr.. Goebers death, al
though expected, came at a profound
shock. 1t spread like wildfire, and awful
consequences were again feared. At the
State House grounds extraordinary pre-
cautions were taken to put down any
disturbance which might arise.
Mr.. Goebel rested well Friday night
and early Saturday morning announced
that he felt better than he had at any
time since he was wounded. At his re-
quest ex-Congressman John III. Kendrick,
one Of the Goebel leaders, was called into
his room and they were in consultation
concerning the situation for an hour.
After that Mr.. Goebel asked for some
thing to eat, and light food was given,
but he could not retain it in his stomach.
The patient then began to sink and his
physicians realized that the end was but
q question of q few hours. The doctors
tried to keep Mr.. Goebel alive by the in
PRODUCTION of oxygen and artificial blood
until his brother from Arizona could ar
rive, but in this they were unsuccessful.
The news of Mr.. Goebers death rap
idly spread over the State. In half a
hundred cities Saturday night mass meet
ings were held deplOring the assassination
and calling upon the people not to resort
to violence but to allow the law to take
its course. At many meetings Gov. Tay-
lor and the other Republican State OFF,
GERS were severely denounced.
Twenty minutes before the death Of
Mr.. Goebel was publicly announced j. w.
Beckham, the Democratic Lieutenant
Governor, was duly sworn in as chief ex-
ecutive Of the State by one Of the Demo
cratic Judges Of the Court of Appeals Of
Kentucky. s1j /,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-08
The Shooting of Goebel.

The shooting of Senator Goebel,
Democratic contestant for the Ken
lucky governorship. ut Frankfort, was
the shocking sequence of the most per-
sistent and brazen defiance of the pop
ular will that has ever been recorded
in the annals of Kentucky politics. An
INSCRIPTIONS party dictator, who re-
sorted to the agencies Of corruption and
fraud to accomplish his political ends,
who secured the nomination for Gov
ernor by high-handed usurpation Of
the peoples rights, and then attempted
to steal the office, to which another was
elected. has reaped the fury of the pop
ular Indignation melted by his own
reckless course.
.Goebel should have bowed to the de-
cree of the State Election Commission,
which decided that Gen. Taylor. the
Republican candidate, was elected and
was entitled to the certificate of cleo
ton. Disregarding the finding Of his
own commission. Goebel defied all polit.
zeal decency and appealed to the State
Legislature, in which his partisans
were in the majority. Just as that body
was preparing to perpetrate the OUT
rage of declaring him Governor
bullet from an assassin's rifle laid him
low.
Tie shotgun method of adjusting
political controversy Is not new to Ken
lucky. Goebel himself was not guilt
less Of this peculiar Kentucky method
of settling political feuds, having shot
n man in the streets of Covington some
years ago. While the tragedy at Frank
fort was the logical Kentucky climax
Of a reckless career that rode roughshod
over the rights of the people and was
checekered with knavery and political
rascality, the shooting was utterly with
out justification and merits the sever
est condemnation of the people, regard
less of party.-Chicago Times Herald.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-08

The Boston Herald finds In the pend
Ing reciprocity treaties and In the prop
osition to bring Porto Rico into the
American tariff system convenient
occasion for venting its free-trade
spleen. Lapsing into Cobdenite dia-
tribe, this irreconcilable protestant
against the facts of history and the
logic of events savagely assails the
whole system Of protection to Ameri-
can labor and industry as the product
Of log-rolling and lobbying. Thus:
"A used his influence to secure favors
of b, G, ID and Il, on the understanding
that these latter were to use their in
fiuence to help him pull certain chest
nuts Git of the Congressional fire; but
under these reciprocal trade treaties A
and b think that they are likely to lose
a part of their ill-gotten spoils, and
hence they call upon C. ID and Il, and
the whole remaining alphabet of inter-
ests as well, to assist them in defend
ing themselves against this invasion.
AS there has to be loyalty between log
rollers as well as honor among thieves,
the others are likely to respond to this
appeal by doing what they can to de-
feat the Objectionable proposition"
There you have the typical free-trade
conception of an economic system
whose results are the marvel Of the
civilized world. The men who supplied
the information which enabled Con-
gress to frame successful tariff laws
are characterized as selfish conspira-
tors against the general good, and by
indirection are stamped as thieves"
OF course the Boston Herald has rem
edy to propose. 1t Is to abolish protec-
ton absolutely and get back to the plat
form of free trade pure and simple:
I'VE are thus in our policy, both inter-
national and national, the slaves of
these industrial tyrants which the pro-
tective system has built up. Apparently
the only way that we are to relieve
ourselves of these old men of the sea-
Is to hurl them from our shoulders by
a sweeping tariff enactment which
shall drive every vestige Of protection
out of our fiscal system, and impose
taxes only upon those commodities
from which we hope to obtain a rev.
enue, and on those at such a point,
high or low, as seems best calculated
to bring about the desired result"
Congressman Hopkins was right in
contending in his Forum article that
the tariff is still live issue. 1t is true
that there are not at present very
large number of free-trade propagan-
dists who are so frank and so foolhardy
as the Boston Herald writer above
Quoted. There are, however, many who
believe as he does, but are restrained
by considerations Of prudence from
saying so in plain words.-American
Economist.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-08
wintcr Work.

There is but little to do In the fields
during this season, but the time for
planting corn will soon arrive, while
such garden crops as onions and peas
go into the ground very early. If the
weather permits the manure should be
hauled and spread on the ground before
spring, and the application of fertilizer
should not be delayed, especially II
potash Is to be applied. 1t is better to
put fertilizer on the strawberry, rasp-
berry and blackberry locations while
the ground is cold than to delay, as to
apply too late may cause injury In some
cases. This is the time for using crude
petroleum on fruit trees as remedy
for the San Jose scale. and grapes, rasp-
berries and blackberries should be CIV
en- attention while the weather Is cold.
Sometimes the spring opens early, and
it will then be too late to cut back the
grape vines. The old canes Of blackber-
ries should always be removed In win
ter. The manure heaps should now be
worked over so as to get the materials
in as fine condition as possible. Well
rotted manure gives more immediate
benefit to plants than does coarse litter,
and the winter is the season for prepar
ing 1t.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-08
Forced to Enjoy Prosperity.

Gen. John Il. Gordon, commenting
upon the wave of Southern prosperity,
says that the North and East will have
to keep a sharp lookout or else the
manufacturing interests of the South
will overtake and catch them. That is
all right: but isn't it about time for the
South to help the North and East in
the work Of voting for prosperity? If
the South could have her way she
would vote her own manufactures out
Of existence. Her prosperity has been
forced upon her by the voters of the
North and East."-Benton Qll.) Repu-
lican
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-08
DAIRY Sugpestions.

'Dhiry SUGGESTIONS
In the winter keep the COW warm and
dry.
Never use rusty cans under any con-
sideration.
Don't keep hard-milking COW, If you
value your time.
Always milk as quickly as possible,
and do 1t with clean, dry hands.
Cream should be taken off the milk
while it is still sweet, IL possible.
Clean, bright food, In sufficient vari-
ETY., is what is needed for the dairy.
Two or three degrees of temperature
ing.
Be on friendly terms with the calves
from the very first. Talk to them and
pet them.
Never disturb milk when cream is
rising or the butter globules will sink
never to rise again.
The good-looking, round-bodied COW
is never a good one. The best dairy
COW is hardly pretty.
Whenever a cow drinks water thai
you would not drink yourelf she is rob-
bling you of profits.
The COW eau have no better food than
shredded corn fodder, IL it is good fod-
der, or ensilage..
First rinse cans In cold water, then
wash them In warm water, then scald
with boiling water and dry.
A cow is both a machine and very
sensitive, delicate organism. DO not
make the mistake of supposing that she
ID simply an inanimate machine.-west-
ern Plowman.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-08
Clogging the system.

Nothing tends to the injury of brain
workers so greatly as over-eating. Many
active brain workers. have suddenly
broken down, and fancied 1t was due
to brain fatigue, when, as natter Of
fact, 1t was due to overeating. The fur
mace corrected with the mental ma
chine becomes cloggcd with ashes and
carbon In various shapes and forms.
Nervousness follows this excessive clog
ging, and the general system gets out
of order. People often take weeks
holiday, thinking they are overworked,
when all that 10 necessary Is to eat less.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-08
The Wheat Harvest.

I'VE scarcely realize that the wheat
harvest lasts the year through, yet such
is the case. In January they are har-
vesting 1t in Australia and in Argen-
tine. Through February and March
they will be busy in the East Indies
and in Upper Egypt. April will find
them busy at it in the wheat belts OF
Asia Minor, India, Persia and in Mex
lea. One might finish In Mexico In
time to help his neighbors in Texas or
Florida in May, but he could scarcely
reach Japan or northern Africa in time
to do much From June to September
he could, and many do, work north
ward within the limits of the United
States, and even into Manitoba. Peru
and southern Africa harvest it in No
vember, and Burmah in December.
SO says writer in one of our maya
zines ftfif
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-08
The Black Cat Fad.

: The latest idea in the way of porte
bonheur is to carry a tiny puss of won
drous goldsmith's work swinging as a
pendant from the end of your lorgnette
chain. The cat is made of black enamel
upon metal. Its eyes have a metallic
green CLEAN. Are they not tiny cats
eyes? The sapient puss wears collar
of brilliants set close about her furry
neck. This, it seems, is the very
--latest"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-08
vM.'M. rvARrs.

lie questions, and has closely followed
the course Of the nation through the Gu
ban ana Philippine campaigns. Mr.. Ev-
arts was born Feb. g. 1918, in Boston.
He was admitted to the bar in 1871, was
chairman Of the New York delegation to
the national Republican convention in
1860. and proposed the name of William
III. Seward.
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Upon Lady Roberts falls heavily the
burden of the Boer war. Her only son,
the heir to the handsome title, Roberts
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-08
Profit in the Cow.

There is large difference In the prof
its on cows, even when the same kinds
of foods are given. The majority of
dairymen are well satisfied with cow
that will give as much as ten quarts
of milk day for 300 days, and, allow
ing fifteen quarts Of milk for each
pound of butter. she would produce
5000 quarts of milk and 200 pounds OF
butter. Many cows do not approach
such yields of milk and butter, but
There are cows which give twice as
much milk as the quantity mentioned
and also produce twice as much butter.
The profit is therefore large, because
the greater the yield of an animal the
smaller the cost proportionately.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-08
whitewasbinu Peach Trees.

Those who have peach trees will do
well to remember that in Missouri they
have decided that spraying peach trees
two or three times during the winter
is an efficient protection for them
against the early starting of the buds,
and killing afterward by frosts. Use
thin whitewash and cover trunk,
branch and twigs, and renew when the
weather had washed it off. They say
that it makes the fruit but little, If any
later, but makes sure crop Of it,
which is what peach growers most
want
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-08
Bryan and the Money Question.

Mr.. Bryan, making pass at the
money question in his Cincinnati
speech, Is reported to have said he
had been asked to drop the problem,
but there was no man in the nation big
enough to let that question fall" Who
ever made this particular request of
Mr.. Bryan was guilty of discourtesy.
When the money question is dropped
Mr.. Bryan also will drop. While stands
the money question Bryan shall stand;
when falls the money question Bryan
shall fall. 1t isn't polite to ask him
to kill Observation-Disclosures Sentinel.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-08

The Philadelphia Ledger does not be-
lleve that Congress can do anything
directly to overcome the trusts. 1t
says: There is one method, however,
If coping with monopolistic trusts
without attempting specific legislation
pronouncing them unlawful. 1t would
effectually cripple the power of oppres-
sion exercised by the practical monop-
olIes which are the benefciaries or an
excessive tariff. Should Congress low
~ the rate Of duties on all products
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-08

by the closest application to his studies,
Mr.. Randolph had risen from the stake
driving stage to that Of engineer in the
same service. In 1880 he was called to
Chicago as chief engineer of the Chicago
and Western Indiana road and in. 1891
he was appointed consulting engineer Of
the big road in whose employ he began
his noted career. Mr.. Randolph has been
president of the Western Society of Engi-
neers, and is an international authority
on excavations and bridges.
-
Former Senator William NJ. Evarts,
the venerable and much-respected citizen
of the Empire State, now nearly 50 years
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-08
How TO Avoid Folly.

So long as American workingmen
preserved wholesome remembrance of
the woeful and drearily protracted bust
ness depression that followed the sue
cess of the Democratic anti-protection
campaign of 1892, they will be pre-
served from the folly of voting for any
party which seeks their SURFACES on a
platform that does not pledge protec-
ton to American industries and Amer
lean labor.-Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-08
Shade Trees.

1t is not the lack of means that some
farmers fail to ornament their farms
with trees, evergreens and paint. 1t
costs but small sum to plant ever
greens to serve as wind brakes, and
they very much beautify home when
placed along the roads. Even around
the barnyard, evergreens are useful
and are superior to fences on the d.
viding lines Of farms. Cattle in the
fields, both In summer and winter, will
seek shade and protection, and these
and evergreens will serve them adrhira-
hly
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-08

1t is often desired to put tight foun-
sdation under barn or other structure,
already built This Is difficult mat
ter particularly If the building is close
TO the ground. The foundation should
extend down below the frost line. How
shall the ditch be dug under the edge
of the barn? The illustration, from the
'. New England Farmer, shows an excel
pent plan. Dig trench close to the
barn, and then dig In under the barn
TO the required distance to accommo-
date the foundation stones. Exactly
under the edge of the barn, at the bot
tom Of the wide trench, drive stakes
I, and put down a rough board. Now fill
in behind the board with loose stones.
put on another old board and continue
TO fill in the loose stones until they
stand level with the surface of the
ground The part of the trench outside
the boards can now be filed In with
earth, packing 1t down solidly, leaving
the old boards where they are. The fiat
stones above the ground can then be
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-08
Strange Indeed.

A shoe manufacturer in Brockton,
Mass, stated one day this week: ITO
morrow l shall open in London, on a
principal street, one of the largest
stores in that great city for mems
shoes. Other American manufacturers
are able to compete with the best prod
ucts Of the boot and shoe industry in
France and Germany" 1t is very
strange how all such things as this
come only in Republican times, and
yet the Democrats say that Republic
canism has nothing to do with it,
Des Moines Qowa) State Register.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-08
Prosperity in Kansas.

The people Of Kansas have $50,0O0,-
600 laid UP in their own banks, prac-
tically all of 1t deposited since the Re
publican administration came into pow
err. But they have only to wait the
visitation Of Bryan to be assured that
this is not real prosperity. II they want
the genuine thing let them try him and
his wildcat financial theory. But under
the circumstances they will not dance
to this tune, let him pipe 1t melodiously
as he will.-New York Tribune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-08

father, Samuel Hoar, who was one OF
Massachusetts greatest lawyers, and af-
ter graduating in the study of law at
Harvard University, he went to Worces-
ter, where he practiced. He rose very
rapidly, and in 1857 was elected to the
Forty-frst Congress. He also represent
ed his State in the Forty-second, Forty
third and Forty-fourth Congresses, but
declined the nomination for the Forty
fifth. March s, 1877, he was elected to
the United States Senate to succeed
George s. Boutwell,, and was reelected
in 1888, 1889 and 1895. His term of SER
vice will expire March 3. 1901.
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Isham Randolph, who for six years has
boen the brains" of the big Chicago
canal, is one of those men whose signal
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-08
Preventing Freezing in Cellars.


There are times when 1t seems al
most impossible to prevent vegetables
from freezing in the cellar. OF course,
having doors and windows tight and
banking around the walls on the cold
sides does much to prevent this, but
when that coolest day since we can
remember" comes unexpectedly, as II
does so many times, the chances are
that many are not well prepared for it.
A small oil stove. or even one or two
lanterns, lighted and burning, will do
much to give warmer temperature,
and one or two tubs of water put down
there will do nearly as much. The
first throw off an active heat and the
water latent heat. Not until the wat
er is frozen will anything else freeze
there. Set the stove or lanterns on the
bottom of the cellar, as heat rises, and
see that they cannot set fire to any
thing.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-08
FouI Seeds.

Tests made Of seeds by the United
States Department of Agriculture
show, among other results, that a lot
only 16.5 per cent pure. 1t cost 80
cents a pound and was adulterated
with seed worth only 10 cents. OF
many seeds purchased in the open mar
ket, a sample of orchard grass was
found to be SO per cent bad; batch Of
redtop clover, 20 per cent; lot of Grim
son clover, 9S per cent bad, and some
Hungarian bronze grass that failed to
terminate at all. 1t is to be hoped that
this investigation will improve the
quality offered on the market.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-08

of Kandahar, lies
in a soldiers grave
at Colenso, in Ma
tai, where his fel-
low officers with
Gen. Butler laid
him after the battle
on the Tugela river.
Her nephew, Col.
Shorston, was kill
ed at Glencoe, the
first battle. Recent
ly she babe fare
well to her husband
ne ha cotIal -. Al
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-08

journalism one Of
its strongest char
acters. Mr.. Ford
was born at Cam
bridge. April o,
1922, and had,
therefore, reached
the ripe age Of -.
When a boy he
learned the print
cr's trade, but TOO
ambitious to con-
fine his life to this,
he decided to enter
the p,shl,ab,un 6ald
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-08
Value of Reputation.

It is just as necessary for a farmer
to "get reputation" as for the mer-
chant to get to the top with certain
line of goods. Whep the farmer makes
a speciality of butter, eggs or any other
article, he should seek to introduce the
goods himself. 1t may not be encourag-
ing at first, but his products will in
time become known.