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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-10
PRICES.

During the reign OF Nerva fee Of
&C was. demanded ut the bath.
-AiRoman military saddle cost So; a
whip. 2lc; n bride cost x1.6O.
A Mazarin Bible printed in 14J5.
sold a few years ago for $500.
-Poppaea, Nero's wife, paid 4c d
quart for asses milk to battle I'm.
--Chestnuts were sold on the streets
of ancient Rome at twenty for &c.
Among the bills of Marie Antoinette
il one of $500 for pair of garters.
In China ordinary day board can be
had. for Chinaman. mt about Sc.
Bread in Pompeii cost 11ac loaf
rhc loavcs weighed about ounces.
A Roman stylus for writing cost. In
the time of julius Caesar. about &c.
Doves for sacrifice i'm the temple at
Jerusalem cost from &c to 10c each.
The fur-trimmed cloak worn by
Cromwell AS Lord Protector, cost $40.
The boar's head used In Cam
bridge college In 157y cost 10 shIllIngs.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-10

In indianapolis, young woman, hav-
Ing headache probably, sent boy to
an apotbecary shop to buy for her five
grains of antipyrin. Her messenger
was ignorant and did not get the name
very precisely, and when he got to the
apothecary shop was so uncertain of
what he wanted that the clerk had to
guess at 1t, and on the strength of his
own guess the clerk gave the boy five
grains of atropine. Atropine Is mar
cotic poison. 1t is the active principle
of the deadly nightsbade, or atropa
belladonna. 1t bears the same relation
to belladonna that morphine bears to
opium, but IL is far more virulent than
morphine. Given hypodcrmically one
twentieth of a grain is a deadly dose.
or this poison the young woman took
I've grains. What can be thought of a
system where a clerk In an apothecary
shop Is authorized to sell q drug of this
kind and is totally ignorant OF its ma
ture; or IL he is not ignorant of its ma
ture Is SO murderously reckless rs to
sell in q large quantity the deadliest
drug Id his shop without n written line
and without even the positive knowl-
edge that that is what IL called fort
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-10
Record of the Week.

A Casnovia Methodist minister was
presented with Il set of triplets by his
wife.
Benton Harbor's elite. 800 strong, en-
joyed a charity ball. realizing about $500
for the poor.
Miss Denise Lafrance, one of the best
liked girls in West Bay City, died Of ty-
proid fever. She was 10 years old.
Sheriff Garner. of Flint, offers re-
ward of 800 for the apprehension of the
miscreant who poisoned Jasper Bristol's
cows.
Stockbridge lost n pioneer by the death
of Mrs. Phoebe A. Bevier, who lived in
the village for thirty years. She was 20
years old.
Alpena's lumber cut during the year
past was 1O2, 5000 feet. The cut has
declined steadily from 1889, when it was
219,915,0O0 feet
Grand Rapids is getting excited over the
cigarette curse. All the small boys in
town are smoking them. A uniform tax
of 5000 year on dealers is projected.
Lester Baldwin, farmer Of Cambria,
committed suicide by shooting himself in
the mouth with revolver. Dependency
Is thought to be the cause. He leaves Il
wife and one child.
Mcmillan Township. in Luce County,
has public library containing 1000 vol
umes, and although there is no fee what
ever for those taking books to pay, only
seventy one persons in the entire town
ship take advantage Of the opportunity
thus presented to secure good reading
free.
Fred Pope, n wealthy Muskegon man..
has gone to Jail for choking his wife. The
woman was almost dead when the neigh
bors interfered. About year ago Pope
was stabbed by one Wooten, who was
Jealous of him. Wooten is now serving a
1O-year term At Jackson.
AtnSeney. Timothy Kane. camp fore
man for the Manistique Lumber Com
pany, was stabbed and killed by Isaac
Stracher, Stracher, who Is an employe
Of the same company, quarreled with
Kane in saloon, and when the latter
assaulted him drew a knife and killed
him. Strapher is In Jail. 80
The coroner's jury in the inquest into
the death of the five men killed In the boil
er explosion at Russell Brothers x Co.
mill in West Bay City, Dec. Is, found
that the deaths were caused by an over
pressure of steam on weak boiler. They
recommended the appointment Of a boiler
inspector.
Fire destroyed the stock barn OF. the
farm Of Fred y. Fisher, just east of Ypsi-
lanti The building was nearly new, hav-
ing been erected only short time ago at
an expense of $500. Insurance. $4,000.
All the stock, excepting valuable Jer-
sey bull, for which Mr.. Fisher had re-
fused $500, was saved. Origin Of fire
unknown.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-10
HORSE-MEAT SAUSAGES.
Three Equine Slaughter Houses Near
Chicago.

Three Equine Slaughter Houses Near
Chicago.
France may laugh at our cereals and
sausage, Germany may grumble about
American meats, and Denmark may lay
embargo upon our hogs and cattle from
Texas. but there is at least one among
the countries Of Europe which is glad to
get certain kind of food from Uncle
Sam, and that is Belgium. But what is
still more remarkable, that commodity
which Belgium is SO glad to buy from us
Ii horsefcsh!
And Chicago, ever ready TO supply what
ever anybody in any part Of the world
may want. is only too glad TO undertake
to supply the Belgians with horscmeat
sausage, picked horsedesh and horse
flesh in any other form. As surprising
as II may seem. there are mt present
three equine slaughter houses within a
few miles of this city, says a Chicago dis
patch. which are daily shipping horscmeat
TO Europe. Two of these are located on
the Indiana side of the State line and the
other on the Illinois side.
The horse butchers make no secret of
their unusual industry. They admit that
they buy horses-decrepit brutes, old
worthless. attenuatcd. disabled. halt,
manned and blind-aud kill them for their
hides and their meat for their blood,
their offal and their bones. The hides
and hoofs and bones find legitimate
home market. apart from popular preju-
dice: the blood aud offal is likewise die
posed of: and the mcat-well. all tho
horse butchers swear by the gods that
every pound of meat goes to Belgium
and through Belgium to France.
There is at least one man who doubts
that all the horse meat intended for food
goes to Europe. J. +. Davis. who is
Justice of the peace at Hammond, Ind,
aud who also runs an express wagon
route. laughs Mt the idea of the horse
product going altogether to Belgium. He
says:
"My wagons hive carried a good deal
of the product up TO Archer avenue. OF
course il goes there. The sausage meat
goes up in pals and tubs and there is a
place up there on Archer avenue where
they mix II or make il up INTO sausage.
These little Frankfurter sausnges-look
cot for 'em-they're boss nett.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-10

A lirm OF London Afdshsonablp 1sns
lists has introduced the occupation Of
"denticure, (which, In plain English,
~ the art OF cleansing the teeth"
Young women are sent out from the Of
fee to visit customers daily, like mani
cures, and properly and personally, az
1t would seem from the reading of the
account, perform the office OF brushing
the teeth. So sanguine nre the intro.
ducers Of the new scheme. that they
assert that many a gentlewoman who
hitherto has been unable to find con-
genial employment will. in denticure.
secure an occupation at once interest
!nl and remunerative."
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-10
Agreed with His Cross.Examiner.

hkTccu WIFI
James Hyde, once lawyer in small
town on Long Island, tells good story
about himself. He says:
1T was when l used to practice law
in little town near the center of the
State. A farmer had one of his neigh.
bors arrested for stealing ducks, and I
was employed by the accused to endea-
vor to convince the court that such was
not the case. The plaintiff was posi-.
tive that his neighbor was guilty be.
cause he had seen the ducks IN the de-.
PENDANTS yard.
How do you know that they are
your ducksT asked.
"'Oh, should know my own ducks
anywhere said the farmer, and he
gave q description of their various De.
culiarities whereby he could readily
distinguish. them from the others.
why said I. those ducks can't ba
of such rare breed. l have some jus,
like them In my own yard
% That's not at all unlikely replied
the farmer, for they are not the only
ducks l have had stolen lately. '"--in.
dianapolis Sentinel.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-10
rERRIsLE DesTITuTIoN.


Disease Added TO Other Trlbulatlona
Of Nebraska Drought Sunerers.
Additional dispatches have been receiv-
ed from Western. Nebraska telling Of the
dcstitution and distress prevailing among
the inhabitants Of the drought-stricken
districts. A dispatch from Hastings
says:
Terrible destitution exists in Perkins,
Chase, Dundy, Lincoln, Hayes. Hitch
cock and Frontier Counties, and the
worst feature of II is that the people In
several localities are afflicted with scurvy
for want Of wholesome food. The State
Relief Committee finds itself unable to
relieve all the people in distress, 30 great
Is the demand for aid. Railroad men re-
port that since the cold snap no less than
dozen people persisted in the above coun-
ties In the past two days for want Of
food and fuel
Hundreds of families are without coal.
and in the border counties. where no
trees or brush exist, the poor people will
have hard time TO keep from freezing to
death. In Perkins County the destitu-
ton is complete. Over 600 families are
appealing for help.
In Hitchcock County the wife of set
tier gave birth to twins during the storm,
and before neighbors could reach her
home the poor woman expired for want
OF sufficient food and attention. The
twins are still living and in charge of
charitable neighbors.
North Platte reports that there are
many cases of suffering and hunger
among drought sufferers in Lincoln and
Logan Counties.
Overseers of the poor state that unless
aid comes from outside there will be
many deaths from hunger and want Of
clothing this winter.
THE State Relief Commission has fifty
families On its list as needing. assistance
and most distressing reports come in from
all over the western part of the State
relating to woful lack of food and cloth
ing" says a Lincoln dispatch.
NO deaths certainly attributable to
starvation are yet reported, although
IT is claimed that woma and two chill
dren found dead in cabin near Niobrara
the morning before Christmas died from
lack of food and care. Coal is most need
ed and Mr.. Ludden, of the State Relief
Committee, and General Manager Hol-
dredge, of the Burlington and Missouri
River Railroad, are doing everything in
their power to forward supplies to the
more destitute localities. Very few farm
ers in the border counties have any stock
left, having let cattle and horses roam at
large. The people are living in covered
wagons by hundreds rather than face
starvation and freeze to death. More or
less restitution exists in every county,
from the Colorado line east to Hall and
Adams Counties, and the various relief
committees, although overwhelmed with
applications for aid, are doing all they can
to relieve the distress"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-10

horror of the nine months night early
awakened poetic responses in his i'm
questionable nature. He attended the
University of Christiana and was grad
uated in law, but journalism proved
more to his taste. He was "a years oc
age when he published his first volume
of poems. Many novels have been
turned out by his ready pen. and all
Norway does him honor. He has been
happily married many years, and his
wife Is his favorite critic.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-10
A TRIO OF SENATORS.
MORRILL,. PALMER AND HARRIS
I'll ALL OLD-TIMERS.
Beginning as Poor Boys, They FORCED
Their Way Ahead and Have Been
I'm Public Life Nearly Half a Cent
ury-venerable statesmen.


The three oldest men in the United
States Senate are Morrill,, of Vermont;
Palmer, of Illinois, and Harris OF Tonnes
see. For nearly half a century they have
been in public life. Men of deep learn
ing, careful observation and sound judg-
ment, they have studied American poll
tics in all its phases and have become
thoroughly acquainted with all measures
of public concern. Naturally they are
looked upon as the Grecian leaders looked
upon the sage Of Nestor, and whether on
the floor of the Senate or in the councils
of their parties, the wisdom stored up by
years of experience is constantly appealed
to by their associates. They have passed
beyond the mark of three score and ten,
but their venerable frames are yet strong
as the sturdy oak and apparently they
are fully able to serve their country well
through several more sessions.
The Oldest of the trio is Justin S. Nor
rill, the sage of the Senate. His life has
been less active than that of Palmer or
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-10

When Gertrude Atherton said that
there was no. beauty at the New York
horse show the papers of the other large
cities called her blessed. Now the
Gotham journals have recovered them
selves. and say they are very sorry that
Mrs. A. did not have chance to 60 to
the show, and that IL she did go to the
show they are very sorry she did not
have some one to escort her around the
boxes where the brilliant assemblage
had gathered. Some of the papers bid
the lady contain herself until next
year. when they promise to get her a
ticket. We will await the outcome of
the discussion with interest.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-10

The Genital of 100 pounds, the most
sensible unit of measure ever used, has
not yet been adopted by the trade, but
dealers continue to struggle along with
the two measures. The grain is bought
from the farmers by the bushel. but
measured by weighing, which necessi-
tates a reduction by the buyer What
he loses through error Is Il sacrifice TO
q benighted system Of measures Grain
Is shipped by the 100 pounds, and that
Is the unit upon which freight rates are
charged. The Genital system would
greatly facilitate the business and pre-
vent many errors.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-10
viii Not Admit Outsidcrs.

At a meeting of the Michigan knights
of the Grip at Grand Rapids the matter
of accident insurance was dropped after
voting down a report 10 refer 1t to the
board of directors with power to act.
The proposed increase in the mortuary
assessment was referred TO the commit
tee oil constitutional amendments and will
be considered next year. An amendment
admitting other than Michigan travellers
to the association was voted down. The
board of directors was authorized to ex-
pei members for improper conduct and
the present hotel agreement was annul-
led. ID. G. Crotty. of Muskegon. Il vete-
ran of the grip, was unanimously Endorsed
for sergeant ut arms for the next State
Senate. The knights paraded the city
with the temperature far below freezing.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-10
OF MICHIGAN
FAITHFUL RECOGNIZING OF HER
LATEST NEWS.
BETTER Prospects, for the Furniture
Trade What the Teachers Would
Like-Tragcdy In the Family Of
Chas. whitc-Tra vclcrs' Doings.


Grand Rapids furniture manufacturers,
reviewing the year past. find that while
sales were ms large as in 1898, profits were
much smaller. yerging on almost nothing
The latter six months in 1893 and the first
six in 1894 were periods of depression,
but business In now picking up. with pros
poets of mt least medium profits. Pros
poets are that the main demand will he
for goods of medium quality. Manufac-
turers say the depression is due largely ia
the establishment of new factories all
over Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota
Cutting the market 1t is believed that
there will be wecding-out process. re-
sulting in better profits for the factories
that remain.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-10
Has an Air of Mystery.

Druggist Il. ID. Larke, of Rogers City,
was called up the other night and request
ed to prepare medicine for person al
legged to have been stabbed in fourteen
different places in the back with a knife,
the blade Of which was three inches long
The part. receiving the medicines, lint.
bandases. etc, was n stranger to Mr..
Larke and would not say where the pa
tent was or who did the deed; but stated
that the man was in II very precarious
condition and tainted twice from the loss
of blood, and further that the deed was
done by an Indian or one who has Indian
blood in him.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-10

Voiceless sorrow, grief that is deeper
and more lasting than any that death
ever brings, broken hopes, blighted
lives and perpetual sadness are covered
by the smiling mask Of habit and edu-
cation. One idol after another is shat
tered, but the well-disciplined mind,
after little time, RECEIVERS it's balance,
the carefully-trained hands remember
their cunning. and, with no outward
sign Of inward desolation. the ship
wrecked spirit gathers up the remnant
OF its life and goes on just the same as
before to do the next thing.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-10
Want Com puIsory Education Law.

Among the resolutions adopted by the
State Teachers Association was one ask
ing for stringent compulsory education
law, which shall provide punishment by
imprisonment of parents who fail to re-
quire children between the ages of : and
IA years to attend school. Laws were
advocated requiring all teachers to be
American citizens and providing that no
person who uses tobacco in any form be
granted certificate to teach in this State.
A committee was appointed to secure the
passage of n more stringent law govern
ing the sale Of cigarettes. The resolutions
emphasize the needs for a normal school
which shall be devoted exclusively to
preparing teachers for the rural and
smaller graded schools. At present the
township unit system is optional with
counties Of the upper peninsula, and 1t
was recommended that this option be ex-
tended to all the counties of the State.
The Legislature was further asked to re-
quire all districts 10 furnish free text
books and to extend the term of office OF
the superintendent of public instruction
from two to four years and increase his
salary to $4,000.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-10

ago, proposes to
make another early
in '9J. Mr.. Tree Is
among the few men
who may be said
to have walked up
one fine morning
and found them
selves famous. That
occurred on the &C.
casion of his imper-
sonation of the Rev.
Robert Spaulding,
I'm "The Private
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-10

In order to prove the docility of the
bulldog the South London Bulldog So
ciety, which is holding show mt the
Royal Aquarium. has Gagged one large
dog with small cat, and the pair get
along together with perfect amity-and
the cat is not inside the dog. either.
Nevertheless, we fear the effort is in
vain. Until they can breed new kind
of bulldog, with different kind Of face
on him, the generality Of people will
still credit him with a fearful amount
of ferocity
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-10

ton to another until 1S02, Sen il fAbMEh'
when he was sent to the State Senate.
Here he distinguished himself as an OPP
ponent Of slavery and it was during these
years at Springfield that he became the
firm friend of Abraham Lincoln. Prior
to 1856 he was Democrat, but when
the Republican party was formed he
Joined it on account of its position toward
slavery. In 1861 he was one of the
members of the peace conference at
Washington. When the war began he
went into Missouri as colonel of the
Fourteenth Illinois Regiment and soon
became brigadier general. He took
part in many important engagements,
rose to the rank of major general and COM
manded the military department of Ken
tucky from February, 1865, to May, 1866.
In 1868 he was elected Governor of Illi-
nois as a Republican. but in 1872 sup
ported Greeley and then drifted back to
the Democratic party. He was nomi-
mated for several important Offices, but
the Republicans were too strong for him.
I'm 1890. however, he was sent to the
UNITED States Senate by the Democratic
Legislature.
The aged Senator from Tennessee was
born in Tullahoma, that State, in 1918
and grew up. wild and without discipline,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-10

Some members of recent grand jury
In Chicago took novel method Of find
ing out the true inwardness of bucket
shops. They had been appointed a
committee to look after the bucket
shops personally and took few "fly-
ers" for luck and incidentally to assure
themselves that the shops were violat-
ing the law. They had no trouble in
finding indictments after this unique
personal investigation.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-10

Northland. He was
born near Dram
men, 81 years ago.
His early years
w ere passed In
TrOmsO, Il town
within the Arctic
circle. Here the
picturesque noun
tains, fiords and
glaciers, the bound
less S t o N G gray
wastes, the three
months dav AMI
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-10

it as his opinion
that the change in
the American tariff
m e a n $ bread to
many young artists
on the banks of the
Seine who are en-
tirely dependent on
{ h e transatlantic
trade for a living.
Duran's first Salon
picture dates back
to 1850. For the
] st twenty-five
-Aa-. -AaI&Ix 4.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-10

SENATOR HARRIS. ccSStul merchant.
For two years he studied law at night. at
tending to his business during the day,
and had accumulated $1,000, when
though the failure of bank he was left
penniless. With undaunted enterprise he
set to work anew and within two years
had repaired his losses. Meanwhile his
nights had been given to study of law and
In 1871 he was admitted to the bar. Short
ly afterward he was elected to the Missis-
sippi Legislature and in 1SfS went to
Congress. In 1858 he settled at Mem
phis, Tenn, and in 1867 was elected Gov
ernor of Tennessee and reelected i'm 1859
and 1861. He took sides with the Con-
federacy and was driven from the State
by the Federal troops. Then he joined
the staff of Gen. Albert Sydney Johnston
and was with him when he fell mortally
wounded at Shiloh. He continued with
the Confederate army until the close of
the war and then found that his entire
fortune of $50, 900 had been swept away.
He evaded capture on parole, went int
exile into Mexico, where he remained IS
months, and thence to England, where
he remained year. Returning to Men,
rhis in 1867 he resumed his law practice
and in 1876 was sent to the United States
Senate, where he has since been a con-
spicuous figure. His term expires in
March of the coming year, and an effort
is being made to defeat him for re-elec-
ton.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-10

at the age when most men who achieve
fame and public life are already on the
road and nearing the goal, he was first
elected to Congress. Then began his ac-
tive political career His knowledge Of
commerce and finance brought him at
once into prominence and in his second
term he was placed on the Ways and
Means Committee. In 1860 he became
the author of and carried through the
Morrill, tariff. He remained in the House
of Representatives until 1867, when he
was elected to the Senate and took his
seat at the same time as did Roscoe Conk-
ling There he has remained ever since
and is now serving n term which ends
in March, 1897, when, if he lives, he will
have completed AZ years of service in
Congress. From 1881 until the Demo
Gratis came into control he was chairman
of the Committee of Finance. He is pro-
gressive, is deeply interested in educa-
tional matters and has done much for the
colleges.
The sturdy old Senator from Illinois is
KentuclSian by birth and is a years
of age. He received common school
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-10

dies from all parts Of the world have
longed for Carolus Duran to paint
their pictures. He is a member Of the
leading clubs of Paris, and is always
ready to extend a helping hand to his
fellow artists whatever be their posi-
ton on the ladder of glory. A portrait
signed Carolus Duran costs the anna
teur all the way from $4,000 to $4,000.