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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-30
HIS HOME LIFE.
The Generals Devotion TO His Family
Logan n Poor Man.
from the Chicago Daily


Gen. Logan's home life was always attractive,
and his political campaigns wero conducted
from the family circle. His wife and his dangh-
ter, to whom he was always devoted and toward
whom no always showed the most atfectionate
demonstrations were his confidantes in political
matters, and always participated actively in
his campaigns. For fifteen years, and until
he purchased his new nome ON Columbia
Heights, he always lived in the same board
ing house on Twelfth street and occupied the
same rooms-a modest parlor and bedroom.
OF a syndicate interested in suburban property,
who gave him price much less than it was
worth, as they knew that his residence there
would attract people to the noighborhood.
He gave his notes for 81, 900, payable In five
annual installments and borrowed $1,000
from Don Cameron to make the cash payment
The house is fully worth $4,000 and perhaps
more.
The General was always poor. He was never
successful in business enterprises, and has
lived on his salary. His honesty in Legislative
I'm Washington who dared approach him. When
the bill to distribute the remainder of the
Geneva award " as pending in the Senate, Gen.
Logan was fayorably disposed to the
claims OF the insurance companies, and
one of the attorneys for them went
to his rooms to talk ON tho subject.
The General received him very coldly,
and when the man asked to see him in private
a few moments he flew into passion and or
mors that pecuniary inducements were being
offered to the supporters OF the bill and the
General supposed That the man had come to
make some proposition to him. Whether ii
was true or not, he resented the suspicion by
opposing the bill that he was inclined to favor.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-30
Short Sermons.

A lawyer will work harder to break
de law dan to enfo'ce it.
1t am easier TO govern State dan to
boss Sunday skule picnic.
De man who gives you thirteen cents
fur shillin' will borry yer tea an cof-
fly an pay muffin back.
A photograph doan' show de devil
try in q mans eye, nor de pimples on
a woman's face.
De mo- good clothes you kin heap on
yer back de less your bad grammar will
be commented on.
DE room which O man takes upon de
sidewalk am no criterion to Judge of
de amount of brains in his head.
You can't h'ar de jingle of gold pieces
half as fur as you can h'ar de rattle of
tin pans.
Industry am rack in which dar' am
always peg to hang up one mo- work
in'man's coat
When you come to let de gas out of
o balloon, you am surprised an dis
gusted at de shrinkage.
Luv am beautiful sentiment, an de
game of three-keerd monte am swim
die, but fifty people are downed by luv
fur ebery one swindled by de keerds.
De public nebber stop to queshun de
troof of scsndal, and de man who
climbs above us am nebber quite for
given.
De aim of de philanthropist am not
to preserve de good eggs, but to work
de bad cues over, an palm 'em of
agin.
Sift down de talk OF de worlds great
est men, an when you cum to extract
de bigotry, egotism, prejudice, and
self-interest, you will have to look fur
de quotient wild spy-glass.
Let two lifelong frens begin a dis
cushun as to de color of Adams hair,
or de size of Noah's head, an de chances
fur q row am fust-class. What men
doan' know am what dey refuse to LEI
go Of
Doan' worry ober de theory of trans.
migrashun. When you am turned into
an old white boss, an sot to work grind.
in bark in tannery, it will be time to
complain bekase you wasn't turned III.
to tanner instead.
One-half de great men expect DER
speeches to be read by posterity an
DER debts to be paid by DER chilen. =
Brother Gardner. in Detroit Free
| Press.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-30
Pins.

Pins are supposed to have been in
vented in France, in the fifteenth CEN
fury. One of the prohibitions Of q
statute, relating to the pin-makers OF
Paris of the sixteenth century, forbid
any manufacturer to open more than
one shop for the sale of his wares, ex-
cept on New Years Day and on the day
previous. Hence we may infer that it
was customary to give pins as New
Years presents. At length it became
a practice, in many parts OF Europe,
for the husband to allow to his wife a
sum of money for this purpose. We
see here the origin of the phrase "pin-
money" which is applied to designate
the sum allowed to the wife for her
personal expenses generally.
Prior to 1443 the art of making pins
from brass wire was not known in Eng
land. Until that period they were
made of bone, ivory, or lockwood.
Brass pins are first mentioned in 1883,
when those of foreign manufacture
were prohibited.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-30

A NEW treatment for whooping-
cough, highly recommended and re-
ported to be prompt and effectual, is a
two-per-cent. solution of resorcine in
hailed in form of spray by aid of hand
atomizer, the inhalation to be practiced
during about five minutes every three
hours. As resorcine is a recently dis
covered powerful disinfectant or germ
icide, its prompt action in relieving
whooping- cough is an additional proof
that this disease is one of the germ dis
eases, that it is the result of irritation
caused by the lodgment of minute
spores in the delicate membranes OF
the air passages, and that the persist
emit cough is natures method and effort
to dislodge the intruders. Foote's
Health Monthly.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-30
Something About Chairs.

The chair was invented at so early q
period that its origin can not now be
ascertained. 1t was used by all the
civilized nations of antiquity. A stool
for sitting at the piano, called the X, is
the lower part of chair used in the
Roman Empire nearly two thousand
years ago. The seats used by the
barbarous conquerors of the Roman
Empire hardly deserve the name Of
chairs, as they commonly consisted Of
little or nothing more than a stool with
three or four legs. Even the great
Alfred, who swayed the scepter of
England in the latter part of the ninth
century, possessed nothing approach
ing nearer to chair than three-lgged
stool made of oak timber. This species
of seat was at length improved into a
chair, by the addition of another leg
and back.
The next step in the art of chair
making was to cover the seats with
cloth, and to stuff them with some kind
of wadding. The material of which
the frames were made vas oak, and
for long period they were exceedingly
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-30
LOGAN NO MORE.
Death of the WarriorStatesman
at His Home In Washing
ton City.
The Bedside of the Dying Man Sur
rounded by Family and
Friends.
Sketch Of the Busy Life and Public Ger
vices Of the Distinguished
Statesman.
washington special.l

Gen. John A. Logan. United States Senator
from Illinois, died ut his residence in this city
ON Sunday afternoon. Dec. 20. after an illness OF
only fortnight.
Gen. Logan appeared in the Senate for thel last
time ON Friday, Dec. 10. On Sunday no kept
the privacy OF his room. rheumatism making
its FIRST approaches. He grew rapidly worse
DIR. Baxter prescribed the remedies that had be-
fore been eifcacious and before the week
ended there was every Indication that the
disease had been counteraeted Then u
slight cold was contracted, and the
rheumatic torture returned with greater acute
moss. The suffering Senator was unable TO turn
Fever developed, and n sequence OF the COM
plications was delrium This subsidized for q
time and a semi comatose condition ensued
He was trented with alcohol baths-an heroic
remedy whose employment when discovered
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-30

M1lbOn DeRau 10 WOO Une muSe when
he was but 10 years old.
The poet Southey began to write
verses before he was IL.
Schiller wrote and published poem
on Moses in his 14th year.
Henry Kirk White published o
volume of poems at the age of II.
Dickens had produced "Pickwick
Papers" before he was %.
Bryant's "Thanatopsis" was publish
ed before the writer had reached the
noe of 90 --------------....-- .---
Shakespeare wrote "Hamlet"-if he
did write it-when he was only 36
years of age.
Bulwer Lytton, Bayard Taylor and
the poet Keats were successful maya
zine writer's at Is.
Fitz-Green Halleck's best verses
were penned when the author was be-
tween IA and IL years of age.
Poems by Chaucer were known and
read before the writer had reached his
twelfth year, and Leigh Hunt made q
stir at the age of ID.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-30
Brains and Character VS.. Money In
Society.

Some persons have ON idea that to
have money in ones possession is key
TO every success. To some extent this
is mistake. Money may buy brains
and use the same to carry out an OBJ
ject in view, but it takes brains to rec
ognize brain force in others; therefore
fool with money is even worse eff
than man of brains without money.
Neither does money always open the
door to society. True, moneyed man
may be able to make himself O power
in the community in which he resides,
and by Big outlay may make quite a
spread among his neighbors, but he
will SEGA learn to his sorrow that it
will take something more than a for
tune to enable one to become recog-
nized as a man of culture in good So
ciety.
A gentleman is born so, and if he has
not the natural instinct to be gentle
man he will find it uphill business to
fill the role not intended for his nature.
Society excerpts the actor, though he he
ever so poor and uncouth, who assumes
the role of the gentleman because it is
all in the play; but society recognizes
the right to st down on the man who,
though he has fortune at his back,
attempts to fill the role of q gentleman
when he must we'll know the role but
lifts the unhewp, brutal nature of
his.
In this free land of ours, where
genius, brains, force, and strength of
character are being recognized on all
sides, there is no earthly excuse for an
ambitious young man of honest habits
and force OF character to stay out
good society. In fact, it is the dutl
tho would be-something young ma,
play his hand for all there is in
every opportunity. The young
that depends on God, man, or "so1
thing to turn up" to help him along
bound to be sadly beaten sooner
later. "God helps only those who b
themselves" is one of the wisest
truest of proverbs, and the young q
who lacks the force Of character to
on his own manhood for an honest
lihood has no business to attemp
live in this progressive, enterpr.s
world of ours, and the sooner he 81
files off to eternal rest aud sleep
better for himself, and especially
those he leaves behind. Ct1lci71ft
| E7l01tireT,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-30
BIOGRAPHICAL.
A Career Crowded with Incident.

John Alexander Logan, soldier and states
man, was born in Jackson County, Illinois, Feb.
o. 1896. His father, Dr. John Logan who came
from Ireland TO Illinois in 1923, served several
terms in the State Legislature. His mother
was Elizabeth Jenkins, Tennessenn. He was
indebted for his early education TO his father
and TO such schools were maintained for
short periods in the new settlements. When
the war with Mexico occurred he volun-
lieutenant In the First Illinois Infantry
He did good service as q soldier, and
for some time was adjutant OF his
leo he began the study Of law with his
uncle Alexander NJ. Jenkins In 1s49 he was
elected Clerk Of jackson County. In 1889 he
graduated at the Louisville University, was adj
United 10 the bar, and commenced the practice
OF his profession His popularity and success
led to his election TO the State Legislature in the
fall OF that year. and In the year following as
prosecuting attorney for the Third Judicial Dis
trict-a position he held till 1857. He was
elected n member OF the Legislature
1856 1855 and 1851. He was Presidential
elector in 1856 on the Buchanan
and Breckenridge ticket. In 1853
he was elected q Representative from Illinois
in the Thirty-sixth Congress as Douglas
Democrat and was reelected to the Thirty
seventh in 1860 In the Presidential campaign
OF that year he earnestly advocated the election
OF stephen A. Douglas. but ON the hrst intima-
tion Of coming trouble with the South no did
not hesitate 70 declare that in the event OF the
election of Abraham Lincoln, he would "shoul-
der his musket 20 have him inaugurated.' In
July, 1861, during the extra session Of Congress
called by President Lincoln, fired by
the enthusiasm OF the hour, no left his
seat, overlook the troops that were march
ing ont OF Washington to meet the enemy, and
fought with distinguished bravery In the ranks
OF Colonel Richardson's ~egiment at the dis
astrous battle Of Bull Run, being among the
last to leave the fold. Returning homo the lat
ter part Of August, he resigned his seat in Con-
gress, believing he could serve his country bet
ter I'm the field than in tho legislative halls. He
organized the Thrty-hrst Illinois Infantry, and
was appointed Colonel September Is. His FIRST
encounter with tho foe was ut Belmont in
November, when he led successful
bayonet charge, and had horse
shot under him. He led hts regi-
ment I'm the attack on Fort Henry, and at
Fort Donolson, while calamity leading the as
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-30

AS the coming Of great storm Is horalded
by the display Of cautionary signals, 30 is the
approach OF that dread and fatal disease, Con-
sumption Of tho Lungs, usually announced in
advance by pimples blotches, eruptions, ul-
GERS, glandnlar swellings, and kindred 0ufpard
manifestations Of the internal blood poison,
which, II not promptly expelled from the sys-
TEN, attacks the delicate tissues OF the lungs,
causing them 10 ulcerate and break down. DIR.
Pierce's @do.den Medical Discovery" is the
great remedy for this as for all diseases hav-
ing their origin in bad blood II improves the
appetite and digestion, increases nutrition and
builds up the wasted system
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-30

Wherever you live, you should write to
Hallett & Co., Portland, Maine, aud learn about
work that you can do while living at your own
home at profit Of at least from s. to $25 and
upwards daily. Some have made over So in
a day. All is new. Ether sex All ages.
Hallett & Co. will start you. Capital not
needed. All particulars free. Send along
your address at once and all of the above will
be proved to you Nothing like 1T ever known
to Workingmen
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-30

When you visit or leave New York City, save
baggage oxpressage, and % carriage hire. and
stop at the Grand Union Ha,iel, opposite
Grand Central Depot
6l3 rooms, fitted mp at a cost Of ono million
dollars, 81 and upwards per day. European
plan. Elevator Restaurant supplied with the
best Horse cars stages. and elevated rail-
road TO all depots. Families can live better for
less money at the Grand Union Hotel than at
any other flrst-class hotel in the city
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-30

Mr.. ARTHUR SHURTLEFF, Parker, Da-
kota, writes that he suffered two years with
a lame knee, which was entirely cured by
the use of st. Jacobs Oil. He considers
it a most wonderful remedy. 1t conquers
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-30

Ask for Rough on Dirt" A perfect washing
powder found at last harmless, extra nne,
A 1 article, pure and clean sweetens, freshens,
bleaches, and whitens without the slightest In
jury TO finest fabrics. Unequaled for fine linens
and laces, general household kitchen, and laun-
dry USE Softens water; saves labor and soap.
&C, lOc, Csc. At druggists or grocers.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-30

IF bilious or suffering from impurity of
blood, or weak lungs, and fear Of consumption
(scrofulous d sease of tho lungs), take DIR.
Pierces @Golden Medical Dis covery," and II
will cure you. BY druggists.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-30

-RoUoH on Rats clears out rats. mice. $50.
Rough ON Corns"---hard or soft corns. 15c.
Rough ON Toothsche.' Instant relief 15o.
Rough on Dentist" Tooth Powder. 100.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-30

A GENIUS with taste for statistics
has figured out that the average news
paper writer makes 1000, 900 strokes
with his pen each year, or line 300
miles long. A rapid penman draws
his pen through 16t feet every min
ute. In forty minutes his pen travels a
furlonQ.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-30

COUGHS --BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs are
used with advantage 10 alleviate Coughs, Sore
Throat, and Bronchial Affections. Sold only
an ores
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-30

YOUNG or middle aged men, suffering from
nervous debility or kindred affections, should
address with 10 cents in stamps for largo treat
Use, Worlds pispensary Medical Association,
Buffalo. N. Y.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-30

LONDON and its vicinity consume
over 3, $50, 900 pounds Of cells a year,
worth $65O,000 The larger proper
ton of these cells come from Holland,
only small quantity being taken from
English waters.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-30

MENsMAN's Peptonized Beef Tonic, the only
preparation of beef containing its entire nw-
tritiOtIs properties 1t contains blood-making,
force generating, and life sustaining proper
ties; invaluable for indigestion, dyspepsia,
nervous prostration, and all forms of general
debility; also in all enfeebled conditions,
whether the work Of exhaustion, nervous pros
tration, overwork, on acute disease, particu-
larly if resulting from pulmonary complaints
Caswell, Hazard & Co., proprietors, New York
Sold by druggists.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-30

YOUNG ladies smile no more on Wales,
He is fat, and, horrors! threatened with
mont
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-30
LIFE PREsERYER.

THE mothers favorite cough medicine fog
the children and adults Is -Rough on Coughs'
Troches, loo. Liquid, 2hc.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-30

WIDE awake 3 or hours every night, cough
ing--Get immediate relief and sound rest by
using Rough on Coughs" Troches 10 cents.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-30
How to Save Money.

TOBACCO leaves-the cigar stubs that
nIe thrown aWay
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-30

The man who sat upon bent pin is de-
nounced as O profane upstart.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-30

Mr.. l.. d. VINsoN, Cashier ID. & I. r.
R., has tried and indorses Red Star Cough
Cure
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-30
"RUCHU-PAIBA."
"ROUGH ON BILE" PILLS.

Quick, complete cure, all annoying kidney,
bladder and urinary diseases. 81. At druggists
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-30

THE last man will, of course, be boot
maker.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-30

II YOU are losing your grip on life, try -wslls
Health RenewerS Goes direct TO weak spots.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-30
100 Doses One Dollar
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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-30

BRONCHITIS is cured by frequent small doses
of Piso's Cure for Consumption.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-30
TROUGH ON DIRT. ("

Small granules, small dose, big results, pleas
mt in operation, don't disturb the stomach. $50.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-30

PERCHERON HORSES,

The Largest Breeding Establishment of Pure Blood
Percherons in the United States. Five hundred head
Der of which were imported in July 1884 and another
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best, and take pride in showing stock.
Location, DID IKALB, ILL.
IL SO miles west of Chicago on Omaha Div O. A n w.
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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-30
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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-09-28
An Opening for Blaine.
Philadelphia Times.


In these days Of trembling thrones aud
national debts and general political dis
turbaIces, the "New British Empire com
pany, limited" will meet want long
felt. The company's headquarters are at
present at Ottawa, but the scene of Its
intended operations is Palestine. The
capital stock is $4,000, 900, and when
this is subscribed Mr. Monk, NJ. p, the
originator and president Of the concern,
Is going over to purchase Jerusalem and
establish there the capital of the world.
Mr.. Monk very rightly says that the
advantages Of Jerusalem for this pur.
pose exceeded thoes of St Louis, end he
thinks there can not be any doubt that as
soon as the nations of the earth, or al
least the English speaking nations, catch
on the idea, they win all accept it as
their capital, In that confederation Of the
world whose advantages would be pur.
chased cheap at an outlay Of SIC, 1000, 900.
The idea of starting new empire on q
joint stock basis Is rather novel, but 1t is
quite time TO bring some modern ideas to
bear on these affairs, The old empires
gre notoriously on bad financial basis
and It Is the lack of proper business or
ganizaton that produces so many dis
turbances. The new empire will be en-
tirely peaceable and Mr.. Monk expects
that when IL is well under way 1t
will "overwhelm entirely every Irish
grievance" and cause thome rule to
prevail not only in Ireland but in every
other convenient locality also.n This
alone would be worth twice the money.
The prospectus OF the new empire is
not behind that Of other great enterprises
In the distinguished names attached.
Queen Victoria is named as patroness,
the president OF the United States is an
honorary yice-president, and another is
the Hon. James G.. Blaine. The enter
prise seems to open particularly invit-
ing field for this last.named distinguished
statesman. He should not be dead
head in the enterprise, There are various
channels In which he could be useful, and
Mr.. Monks should seriously consider the
propriety OF putting him at the head. Mr..
Blaine would make = first-class emperor
of Jerusalem.
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