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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15
Senator Voorhees, Story.

"It was years ago." remarked Sen
ator Voorhees,, when l was Just be-
ginning the practice OF law, My cir
cult used to take me over i'm Eastern
Illinois. 1t was then / first saw Abe
Lincoln. He was practising law then
and was very successful. l recall a
story he told on some opposing law
yer, during the argument of n case.
"'Ouf friend" said Lincoln, to the
jury, SIS not responsible altogether
for the very remarkable argument
with which he has afflicted us. Our
friend is all right i'm conversation
and he may even examine a witness
fairly well. But the moment he en-
banks on set speech his mind be-
comes peculiarly affected. It's opera
tions, while our friend is speaking,
seem so much retarded that they
might almost be said to have ceased.
In this respect he reminds me of q
steamboat / knew many years ago,
and which busted itself i'm the Ohio
River. This putting little steamboat
was of unusual, not to say illogical
construction. 1t had five-foot
boiler and seven-foot whistle; and
every time it whistled it stopped. 1t
reminds me very much, gentlemen, of
our friend. "-[Washington Post.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15
No Rights as BellIrerents.

@If the rebel admiral. Da CANA at
tempts to blockade the harbor of Rio Ad-
miral Benham will, IL necessary. cut
passage way With solid shot In such
terms Cabinet member explained to
Washington correspondent the administra-
tons attitude toward Da Gama's reported
intentions The report which was pub
lished In cable from London said that
the rebel leader had given forty eight
hours notice that he would blockade Rio
and had disposed his fleet accordingly.
This step was intended to assert belliger-
emit rights for the insurgents. and the dis
patch said that the action of the foreign
commanders was awaited with anxiety.
The Cabinet member, continuing, said |:
aSince the Benham incident last week
we have have had no official informat ton
to warrant me 10 denying or confirming
that report The report Is, however. In
harmony with our Official inform alton OF
Da Gama's intentions before the Detroit
fred upon his ship Before that shot he
had intended to establish n general block
ade. as already published, aud he looked
for the assistance OF Great Britain. But
the Detroit's shot seemed to rob him of
his nerve We have not recognized him
as q belligerent We regard him simply as
little more than a pirate. And until he
has possession OF some part Of Brazil and
has some sort of . government recognized
by the people of that part we are not like
iy TO give him recognition.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15

Figures from the Reports Ia the Adjutsnt
GENERAL Of the Army.
Secretary Lemont Of the War Depart
menk hes transmitted TO Congress an abb
stract of the militia force OF the United
States. according 70 the latest returns re-
ceived by theAdjutant General of the army.
The returns show that IN all the States
and Territories the aggregate Of enlisted
militismen Is liz. 100 ALASKA. Utah and
Oklahoma alone having no military organ
izations. The total number OF men avail
bile for military duty In the United States
Is {, 223. 007. This force. II organized. would
make an army nearly Ave times as large
is the famous army pf Xerxe1 OF the
enlisted militiamAn. 10. 3ej arc nom COM
missioned Officers The commissioned o..
GERS number o.27s; among whom are %
generals and I. 212 stan ofBcerA New York
leads In the sise OF militia forces. the en-
listed men In tiiat State numbering 12.Si9
PennsylvanIa 10 next with s.6l4. aud Ohio
ranks third with 6.t26 Massachusetts, has
$500 militiamen and South Carolinia has
5.440 California stands sixth with 4.944.
and Illinois ranks seventh. her militiamen
numbering Att. There are generals In
the Illinois militia and 81 stan officerA
The resimental and field officers number
90, and the company officers 22a The
commissioned officers are 347 and the nom
commissioned officers 767 There are 90
musicians and 3.567 prlvates The num-
Der OF mon In the State available for mill
tary duty is estimated at $50, 600.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15
ONLY A SMILE.

was seated in the summer house
with my afternoons sewing, leaving
the two children playing happily in
the garden. Suddenly the pleasant
babble and merry laughter changed
into angry words, eliminating in a
piteous wall, and little Robbie came
running into the summer house.
throwing himself into my lap with
convulsive sobs. His older sister
Ruth, who had followed, stood little
apart with sullen, hard expression
on her young face.
children, what is it?" ! asked,
looking from one to the other.
''She-she won't laugh!'' faltered
Robbie, between his sobs.
Hes such silly little fellow"
explained Ruth, scornfully. "How
can / laugh every time he wants me
tog'
well. If she can't laugh" she can
smile, can't she, mamma? said the
child with wisdom of which he did
not dream.
AS l soothed the little one, and
tried to teach his sister the evil of
wounding this loving little heart, l
thought how many of us might well
learn the lesson of Frightening the
lives Of those about us with smile,
even when we feel that we cannot
laugh.-[New York Observer.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15
FIREMEN ARE KILLED
BURNED TO DEATH IN A BUILD.
ING IN PARIS.
Seventeen workmen who Go Ia Their Aid
Also Frightfuily Burned Gang Of Brook
lyn Counterfeiters Captured-smali-po
Nurses Stricken.


BY the explosion In Paris OF q large car
boy Of suiphuret OF carbon eight fremen
we're instantly smothered and burned to
death aud seventeen workmen were seri-
ously injured. The men were called Out
20 tire In building on the Rue do Neu-
lily. The Hre started IN the basement.
which contained much infammable ma
terial besides large quantity OF drugs,
chemicals aud oils The fremen broke
into the basement and with the
workmen were hard at work removing
goods In order TO give them better
chance to fight the fire. They had sue
ceeded In getting an opening and were
playing on tho fire with line of hose
whom the carboy exploded. The stun ig-
nitcd at once and filed the basement with
flames and sunocsting vapors. Pieces OF
broken casks few In every direction and
added to the horror. The eight men work.
ing with the hose line were completely en- :
veloped by the flames and vapors and were
all dead before assistance could reach
them. Other workmen, many OF whom
we're near the carboy, were horribly burned
and disAgured,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15
THE LIME OR LINDEN.

The lime or linden trees are natives
of Europe, the North of Asia and
North America. They are graceful,
outrageous trees, with deciduous,
heart-shaped, serrated leaves, and
cymes or panicks of rather small
yellowish flowers. The wood is light
and soft, but tough, durable, and
particularly suited to carved work.
1t is much used by turner's and for
making pill-boxes. The charcoal
made Of it Is often used for tooth
powder, for medicinal purposes, for
crayon, and for the manufacture Of
gunpowder. The fibrous inner bark,
called bast, is employed for making a
coarse kind of robes, mats, we'll
known as bast-mats, and shoes much
worn by the Russian peasantry. The
trees are cut when full of sap in
spring. For bast to be plated into
shoes, young stems OF about three
years old are preferred, and it is said
that two or three are required to
make single pair of shoes. The
leaves Of the lime or linden are in
some countries used as food for cattle,
but cows fed on them produce bad
butter. The flowers have an agreea-
BILE odor, and abound in honey, much
sought after by bees. The seeds
abound in a fixed, sweet oil. The
American lime, commonly called
Eastwood in America, has larger
leaves than the European species. 1t
grows abundantly on the shores Of
Lakes Erie and Ontario.-[Detroit
Free Press.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15
SCHOOLS WITHOUT DISCIPLINE.

An American girl who went to
Japan to teach in the schools says
that Japanese children are never
noisy in the presence Of their elders.
To the same effect is the testimony
OF Miss Bacon, who, in her book, "A
Japanese Interior" thus describes
her first introduction to the school
customs OF the country;
After a while the principal comes
forward and bows, and all the chill.
dren bend themselves nearly double
in return; then he makes very short
speech and bows again, and once
more the whole $50 bow simultane-
ously. 1t is very pretty custom,
and 1 do not see why, when a speaker
bows to his audience, the audience
should not return the compliment.
It seems quite the natural and polite
thing to do.
The first thing that one notices in
a Japanese school, after an expert
ence with American schools, is the
absolute absence OF discipline, or OF
any necessity for it. The pupils are
all so perfectly ladylike that polite
ness restrains them from doing any,
thing that is not exactly what their
teachers or superiors would wish
them to do.
There is no noise in the corridors,
no whispering in the classes, nothing
but the most perfect attention to
what the teacher says, and the most
earnest desire to be careful and
thoughtful always of others, especi-
ally of the teachers.
Mine says that in addition to this
there is in the Peeresses' School a
most remarkably high sense of honor,
so that the teacher can be quite sure
that her pupils will never be guilty
of cheating or shamming, or trying
to improve their standing. by any
false methods. 1t is very interesting
to me, in reading over the names on
my class list, to notice that some Of
them were famous in japanese history
long before Columbus discovered
America
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15
DELAYED ny STORMS

Rough Seas Cause Fourteen Ocean Steam
ers to BE Overdue at New York.
New York dispatch: After very stormy
passage the Umbria. Of the Cunard Line,
has arrived In port about three days over
due In her trip from Liverpool For a
week past the weather IN the nsatlantiG
line Of travel has been very rough and
stormy, and high seas have ruled. All in
coming vessels are overdue and some appre-
hension has been created. There are
fourteen ste smships overdue from twenty
six hours to four days Among these are
the Adriatic, of the White Star Line; La
Gascogne. OF the French Line; the Rhae-
tia, Of the Hamburg American Line; the
Pennland, of the Red Star Line. the
Thingvalla. OF the Thingvalla Line; and
the IL H. Meier. of the North German
Lloyd Line. The Pennland Is now seven
teen days out from Antwerp Her usual
winter passage is twelve days Every one
Of the fourteen belated vessels has doubt
less been caught IN the storm track.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15
ron The YOUNG FOLKS.
THE FIRST sxowsroRM.

THE FIRST sSowsToRM.
ooh! what shall we dor" cried bird
to her mate
ooh what shall we dor" cried she !;
"For the fields lie white in the morn
ing light,
And there's never leaf on tree
Tree tree
And there's never leaf on tree. :"
"Ohi let us be of to the fair sunny
south
Obi let us be off," said he,
"For they tell me down there they'v
enough and to spare
For my dear, tiny WHEY and me-
Me, me-
For my dear tiny WHEY and me-"
- -[Detroit Free Press.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15
STATE RANKS AND PRODUCTS.

MICHIGAN is first in copper. salt and
lumber, second in iron, third in sheep,
fifth in hops, sixth In wheat.
GEORGIA sends out every year about
1000, 900 bales of cotton, and cuts every
year 100000, 900 feet Of lumber. y
MISSOURI is first in mules, third in
hogs and corn, sixth In iron and horses,
seventh in oats, ninth in sheep.
MAINE has 10000 square miles of
pine forests. The lumber industry
sends out 400, 000, 900 feet year.
NEW JERSEY is first In silk manu.
features and zinc. fourth in iron, sixth
in buckwheat, and seventh In rye.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15
ABOUT THE pIerAn.

When the Manchoos conquered
China in 1927, or thereabouts, they
compelled Cinnamon to wear the pig
tail as q mark of subsection. What
was meant to be sign of disgrace,
however, has long ceased to be SO re-
garded, and a Chinaman would as
soon have you kill him almost as cut
of his pigtail. Nearly every one
wears it, and when the hair is scanty
they make it go further by using silk
or false hair. To tie two criminals
together by,their pigtails is to infiict
upon them degrading punishment.
In the presence of superior it is
always let down.-[New York Mail
and Express.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15
Insane Woman at the Throttle.

Miss Emma Moulton, of Flndlay, Ohio,
while temporarily insane from the effects
OF an attack of tho grip, jumped out of
bed, threw up q window, and leaped to the
ground, q distance of some ten feet
Before she could be stopped she
had clambered over Z fence, run al
most halt mile into the yards Of the Ohio
Central Railroad. and dashed into the cab
Of n yard engine, which was temporarily
deserted by its crew. The insane woman
pulled on a lever, and started out Of the
yards toward Toledo She evidently did
not understand the working Of the loco
motive, for she was unable to send the en-
CINE forward at high rate OF speed and
was overtaken before the engine was far
out of the yards
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15
Loss BY FIRE OF $500, 900,
Blaze at Savannah, Ga, In Which Several
Buildings Are Burned.

nAuzc NJ cbthnnhn, ohss IN WniC SeterhA
Buildings Are Burned.
Fire caused a loss at Savannah. Ga, OF
$500. 900. Several valuable buildings are
total wrecks William Tilton was hurt by
being run over by the hook and ladder
truck. Arthur Tosback. fireman. fell
from ladder, but was not badly injured
The FIRE started at 10 o'clock In the morn
ing In the gusno warehouse Of Wilcox,
Gibbs & Co, and from there spread to the
Savannah Grocery Company's six-story
brick building. which was totally con-
sumed. The store Of the Savannah Gro
Gerry Company was worth $3.50, 900. 1t was
insured for $4,000 The fire next extend
ed to NJ Ferst's wholesale grocery, three
stories high. The stock IL worth $3.50. 900;
insurance, s125. 900. The building belongs
to Wilcox, Gibbs & Co. and is valued at
100000; insurance. SOS. 0Oo The guano
warehouse is valued at $40, 600
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15
SHELLS FLY AT RIO.

Shore batteries Aitac..ed-Only Four Per-
sons Killed In the City.
The comparative quiet which has ire
vailed at Rio de Janeiro for ten days or
more was yudely interrupted by a furious
encounter between the Aquidaban and the
forts. followed by an attack by the rebel
feet and the batteries in their possess
sion upon the shore defenses OF the
city. Later In the day another
fight took place at Santa Anna and
Ponta de Areia. All the fighting, how
ever. only resulted In the killing of four
men and the mortally wounding of fifth.
These were all citizens OF Rio What loss.
II any the rebels sustained is not known.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15

IMITATION THE sINcEREsr FLATTERY.
Widow want stone for my hus-
bands grave exactly like the other
one in the lot.
Agent-But isn't it trifle small for
a man OF your husbands prominencey
Widow-No, sir! If Thomas
thought stone like that was good
enough for his first wife, / guess it's
plenty good enough for. Thomas
Life.
HE HAD s1LEyCED HER.
She-Oh, George, that horrid Brooks
girl saw you kiss me last night.
He-That's all right. She won't
say anything. l kissed her, too
Detroit Free Press.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15

sage which be received from LieutenAnt
Frederick BrAinard. an oficer of the vessel.
dated At Colon The message. In substance.
10 ~ follows:
Kearsaree sailed from Port an Prince, Hayti,
Jan. 80, for Bluehelds. Nicaruaes- Was wrecked
on. Roncador reef Feb. 2. Omoeu and crew
safe
The Kearsarge was ordered on Jan. e7 to
proceed TO Bluefelds TO protect, American
Interests that were alleged 70 be endan-
gered by the troubles between Honduras
and Nicaragua Roncador reef. on which
the Kearsarge IL supposed 10 have struck.
10 some two hundred miles TO the north
east from Blue6elda Immediately ON re-
ceipt OF the cablegram Secretary Herbert
sent Q message to Lieut. Brainerd directs
inR him 10 charter vessel At Colon and
proceed at once to the assistance Of the
shipw rocked men. 1t IL presumed that
they are yet on the reef Commo-
dore Ramsay. Chief OF the Bureau Of
Navigation. who knows the neig hborhood.
said that the officers and crew would be In
no danger on the reef except In very heavy
weather. and they could easily reach Old
Providence. an island between the reef
and the Nicaragua coast In their boats.
No fears for the safety of the ships COM
psny are entertained at the Navy DEPART
ment In view OF Lieut. sBrainard's dis
patch. The Kearsarge was one Of the old
est vessels In the navy. with q splendid
history. The event with which the vessel
Is most closely associated In the public
mind was its gallant fight with the Ala
bama, the Confederate privateer. near
Cherbourg. France. June 10. 1854
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15
soMErHrxa uxNEcEssARY.

Cholly--The doctaw has ordered a
complete rest, has positively forbid
den me even to think, dontcher-
know.
Cynicus-- did he have the gall to
charge you for that advice?---[Truth.
WHY HE WAS LATE.
feacher-Why are you late to
school?
Boy-The streets are SO slippery I
couldn't walk.
Teacher-I didn't find them SO.
Boy-N-o, may be not. You see, I
creased my soles so j could slide.-
[Good News.
"How are you getting along with
your music lessons?" asked the caller.
Very peaceably, now, replied the
resolute girl.
"What do you mean?"
1.-THE neighbors on both sides of rs
have moved"
DEPRESSING INFLUENCES.
His Father-What. are you crying
about Tommy
Tommy (weeping bitterly)-I just
read in an almanick (sob) where it
says it's goin' to rain (sob) on the
Fourth of July!"
ANGLOMANIA.
Chollie-Oh, she is perfectly lovely /;
she paid me such compliment.
Fweddie-What was it?
Chollie-She said / was so un-
American.
Fweddie-How delightful. - lDe-
troit Free Press.
ON ONE ACCOUNT.
"I'd like to marry Miss Bullion on
one account
whats that?"
'Her bank account. - Philadel-
phia Record.
EXPECTING 4 SAVING.
Byers-What was your idea in get
ting vaccinated on your rheumatic
arm?
Sellers-Economy of pain. 1t
couldn't make the arm hurt worse
than it did already.-[Chicago Tri-
bune.
THE LATEST.
Wayside Bill-Did you know I'd
got a job?
Lingering Luke-Wot yer dom?
Wayside Bill-Sweeping out aqua
riums.-[Judge.
THE PROPER THING.
Hungry Higgins-Wot's right, now
adays-tank you, or tanks?
Weary Watkins--I guess tanks
would hit us about right.-[Indian-
apolis Journal.
UNDOUBTEDLY EXAGGERATED.
Doctor told mamma the other
evening that il didn't give up wear
ing fashionable bonnets I'd have neu-
ralgia."
"And so you're going back to the
good old comfortable styles?"
Nonsense, Lena; if people only
Hluhc up UiieiT HiiiluS w " neuralgia
isn't such an awful thing. Judge.
NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.
"Were you discharged from your
last placer"
Eyes, sir.
"What for? /"
"Good behavior"
How's that !"
Well, sir, it took two years and
six months off my term. - Halo.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15
FOUR FROM ONE FAMILY.

secret-Service Men Capture a Gang OF
Brooklyn Counter:eiters.
The special agent OF the United States
secret service. with the assistance OF two
deputy marshals, raided a counterfeiters'
den at 922 Atlantic avenue. Brooklyn, and
made foul arrests They took into GUS
tody Carlo Buanadonna, and Josephine.
Annie and Dufiield Lamont the last three
being mother. daughter aud son. Duff
field Lamont is only Is years old. In their
apartments In the rear of adummy"
barber shop the officers found thousands OF
counterfeit dimes and quarters. plaster
molds, crucibles. and all the necessary
counterfeit parapbernalia The prisoners
were arraigned before United States Com
missioner Morle, in b. ooklyn, and held In
81, 500 bail for examination. They were
committed 10 Raymond street jail. The
agent then went to New York City and ar
rested Albert Lamont, another son oil
Josephine. In his fathers grocery store.
These persons have been watched by the
agent and his men for several weeks.
Their victims we're all small store keepers
Albert Lamont was taken to Brooklyn and
locked up with his alleged confedera;es.
This is the third gang OF counterfeiters
captured In Brooklyn within fortnight
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15
Threw Her Children Out.

At midnight the other night In Cincin-
natl, O., FIRE was discovered on the ground
floor Of tenement A man that discov-
cred u thrsws boulder through the second
story window and awakened the occupants,
who were Mra Combs, her son Marion.
aged 4. her daughter Stella, aged .. and
Miss Coleman. a friend. Mrs Combs thre v
her two children out OF the window on the
stony pavement twenty feet below. The
boy was fatally hurt; Mrs. Combs will die.
Stella is unhurt and Miss Coleman jumped.
escaping with slight injuries
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15
TRAIN WRECKED By ROBBERS.

Texas Desperadoes Ditch Passenger
Train and Fire ON the Crew.
At the high bridge over White Oak bay on.
near Houston, Texas, train wreckers re-
moved the rails and fish, plates on the
Missouri. Kansas and Texas Rail-
road. When the passenger train came
along the engine passed safely over,
but the baggage and mail coaches
jumped the track sSd rolled down the
bank, followed by the smoker. which land
cd on top OF them. The wreck presen ted
frightful appearance. Joe Elliott, q
brakeman was sent back TO flag freight
train which was soon due. He had not
proceeded a hundred yards when volley
from ambush was fred upon him.
Four bullets took effect in his body.
The crew In the meantime. aided by pas
sengers. were ut work extricating the men
buried in the wrecked cars and feared
to 60 to the fagman's rescue He, how
ever. crawled. bleeding and wounded, back
to the train. In the mail car was Lou
Norris the agent. badly bruised. and with
several bones broken. II. Hatton, the ex-
press messenger. was found In his car with
his ribs broken and In u critical condition.
J. W. Carter. baggagemaster, was injured
about the head and internally.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15
ESCAPED THE ExECUTIONER.

Purvis Breaks the Rope and Executive
Clemency VIII He Asked.
The execution of VIII Purvis. at Column
bia. Miss. set for Wednesday, was a fall
ure. The rope broke at the first drop
without In any way injuring Purvis. The
spectators interceded In such manner as
to induce the Sheriff to refuse to proceed
with the hanging. An effort will now be
made to secure executive clemency. Pur-
Wis has always asserted his innocence of
the assassination OF William Buckley. of
Marion County. Miss. who was killed by
white cappers, OF whom Purvis was sup
posed to be one.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15
Presidential Nominations.

The President has sent to the Senate the
following nominations: William @. swee :
ney. Of Iowa, Surveyor of Customs for the
port of Dubuque. Iowa Postm asters:
Michigan. H Parkhurst Cold water
Nebraska-J. H. Harley. Lincoln. South
DakotaA-A. W. Pratt, Aberdeen; John
stolte. Chamberlain.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15
Two Confessions.

Mrs. Nuwed--I want to confess some
thing to you, dearest. deceived You
about my age; it is more than told
YOU. Mr.. Nuwed-Then ! may as well
reciprocate, darling. l deceived you
about my income; 1t Is less than told
you.-Harper's Bazan
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15

was 81, 167. 040. 23i, less 1000, 600 TO be de-
stroyed by fra This shows an increase of
90, s44. 1876 during the month Outstanding
Jan 81 we're: One-dollar notes, eas, 249. :
267; % notes, $50, 325,017; IS notes. t2l3. .
097. 67o; $40 notes, e301. 351, 746; $50 notes
s23s, $50. $50; $50 notes, s44, oe1. 2ss; 800
notes, esl. 4s2. ITO; $500 notes. SO. 2os. 900 |;
$1,000 notes, $50. 400. 600; $1,000 notes, s14.-
300. 900; $40. 900 notes, es3,07o,O0o.