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LOWELL KENT COUNTY. MICHu SEPTEMBER 30) 1897; WHOLE MO. 223. m*,

LADIES AND GENTLEHEN: R E M E M B E R ) before you purchase b pair df^ 2 2 2 ^^*

$ For fine or everyday wear, tliat we have the B E S T and

L A R G E S T assortment ever offered in LoWell. Let us remind you also that our GOODS and PRICES

lire Honest. GEO. M. WINEGAR.

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! Lowell Planing Mill, f W. J. ECKER A SON PROPRIETORS, f AND DEALERS IN

L i T J I M I B I B : R , 2 LATH, SHINGLES AND GEOAI PENCE POSTS. ^

I M a n u f a c t u r e d of—^Stoh^ Doors, Blinds, Frames for A Doors, Windows and Screens, Exhibition and T Shipping Coops for Poultry^ Dried Apple Boxes, I Wooden Eave Troughs, Etc. I M A T C H t K O , BB*f A W l l ^ O A N D J O B WOSLX.

j Ecker & Son, Lowell, Mich.

C l o t h e s D o n ' t M a k e

T h e M a n ^ But tkey certainly do make a I great difference in their appear* I artce, an in the case.of these two I men. Mr suits, prfau and over-1 CQftfc fere'mane from goods of I ronr own selection from hun-1 dreds of the best and latest btylef* 1 of goods oh the maVket. The! gooda, fit and Workmanship are ' gunrnnteed with ti guarantee | that guarantees.

SMITH, m Leadtan •a l lpr .

Fall and wlater saiaplM now la.

A Frugal Husband

Should direct his wife'feaU tent Ion to our advertisements, if we have not already succeed-ed in arresting it\ &e will thereby be doing her a real kindness, and at the saine time be saving- money for himself. Now as to. prices. It is u s e less to theorize. Figures are more convincing than mere as-sertions, and we therefore quote a few Cuffejft offerings : Teas, 15c to 75c. Brooms, 10c to 30c. Fruit Jars 40c, 45 and 60c» Coffees, 15 to 35c. Pickles in bulk 15 and 20i pdr

quart. Shredded Wheat Biscuit 15c

P k g -Cocoanut in bulk 25c per Ifo Saltine Wafers 7c per lb> 4 lb

25c. Rolled Oats 8 lb 25c. Wheat Grits 6 lbs 25c. Pure cider Vinegar 15c per gal White wine or pickling Vine*

gar 30c. A. B. C. Soap, the largest bar

ever sold for 5c, 5 bars for 25c or 15 cakes for 25c.

You will find everything in the grocery line at the right price.

> GEO. B. CRAW.

OrattaB-Vergennes.

Miss Morton Weekes, of Grand Rapid^ 'Pent Bnnday with her mother Mn R. A. Weeks.

The infant son of J . Cummingsis sick. Isaac Harrison arrived on our streets

Sunday. Threashing beans is the order of the day. Quite a few attended the picnic at Green-

tilhe Friday. Low Miller spent Sunday in Piainfield.

Old Peop la* Old people who require medicine to reg-

ulate the bofrefe t ad kidneys will find the true remedy in Electric Bitters. This med-icine does not stimulate and contains no whiskey nor other intoticant, but acta a* a tonic and alterative. It acta mildly un the stomach and bowles, adding strength and giving tone to the organs, thereby aiding nature in the performance of the functions. Electric Bitten is an eMellent appetiser and aids digestion. Old people find it just exactly what they need. Price 50 cents and 1 fief bottle at L. H. Hunt's drug store. 6

fallaBtmifc. •

Mttaa Lillie visited Minnie Bteketee Friday.

Fred Hooper was in the burg Monday! Mrs. Sargent's father, Mr. Sampeoa .of.

Ada, was bnried Saturday. Mrs. M. C. Denny spent Sunday with her

sister, Mrs. Frank Sherrard, in Keene. Mrs. Holden visited Grand Rapids last

week and attended the Wedding of her eon William.

Mrs. Peter Bocong received news Mon-day that her father's house at Westphaliai -had burned with all its contents, ifisnred.

Monte Sayles was dp to Fred PottrflfTs last week. He has a broken arm.

• There Was a Free Melk9di8t meeting here last Sunday and there will be another a w^ek frort Sunday with a Mt. Stow of tfaranau la attendance.

M n t o t f t f n a t o DapanA d m Mr. James Jones, of the drag firm of

JOnea & Son, Oowden, I1L, in speaking of Dr. King's New Discovery, says that last winter his wife was attacked with 1 P Grippe, and her case grew so serions that physicians at Cowden and Pana could do nothing for her. It seemed to develop in-to Hasty Consumption. Having Dr King's New Diseovery in store, and selling lots of it, he took a bottle home, and to the anrpriso of all she began to get better from first dose, and half dozen dollar bot-tles cored her sonnd and well. Dr. King'* New Discovery for Consumption, Congh* and Colds Is guaranteed to do this goro work. Try it. Free trial bottles at L. H. Hunt a Go's drug store. 5

ROBBERY? ALLEOED HIGHWAY ROBBBRY

NEAR LOWELL.

Two Men Arrested, Examined A tit) Released.

An aggravated highway robbety {4

alleged to llaVe been committed aboht

4 o'clock Saturday motniug in tHe

lonely woods skirting the river by the

fdilrond about foilr miles *wt of this

vi I luge. The amount Secured by the

robbers was nbt Ift'rge, but they took

Mil the man had and left him nearly

as destitute ag hfe was the day he was

born. .

Mr. and Mrfc BVadd were the Vic-

titos of the robbery And they allege

they were traveling on foot from De-

troit to Grand Haven, where they ex-

pected to take the boat to Milwaukee,

where Mrs. Bradd's sister livesv

They had been traveling all night and

sat down on the ends of the ties to

rest just at daybreak. Two men ap-

proached and after some conversation ordered Mr. Bradd to atand up; hold

up bis hands and while one covered

him with a large revolver the other

went through his pockets and robbed

him of seven dollars. He was then

told that they needed his clothes in

their business and was ordered to take

them off*. He did so and they buB>-

died them up and Went on up the

trr.ck telling him not to follow or

give an alarm.

The couple called at a farm house

nut far »way and the man was pro-

vided with clothing and the good far-

mer hitched up hie horse and took

them Co the village of Ada, where the

sheriff was communicated with and

Deputy Sheriff Morse of Lowell.

Bradd is a man with sufficient i n -

telligence to manufacture just snch a

story if he chose to do so, but be tella

the story in a way that leaves an im-

pression of trathfti incn following it.

He described the men as being a tall

man and a short, thhsbeet man, about

thirty and thfrty-si* years old.

Notice of the robbery was sent out

in all directions and about 9 o'clock

Saturday morning two men drove in-

to this village who corresponded close-

ly to the description given. They

were promptly arrested by Village

Marshal Dawson and Bradd was

brought here to identify them which

he tailed to do fur a certainty, but

thought they were the men.

The men arrested were Oris Priest

and his cousin, William Priest both of

Grand Rapids. They were brought

to jail last night and locked upv Oris

Priest formerly kept a saloon at the

corner of Front and West Leonard

atreetp, and William tended bar for

him. They both gave a good ac-

count of themselves and said they left

their home, 167 Taylor street, Satur-

day morning fln^ started out to find

work. Tfcey (Jroy^jtheir own horse to this village apud were arrested.

- fihefiff^Wopdwprth called on Mi*. Priest last night, and she said they

stayed a( home Friday night and left

there early Saturday morning. The

pHrlsomlfs turned in something over

$30 which they had in their pockets.

Not a thing was found on the prison-

e r which ftradd could identify as

having been taketf from him.

Some raetithers of the sherilTs force

are inclined to belteVe that Bradd's

story is a fake-Hhat he and his wife

haVfc made up the story of the robbery

lo arouse sympathy that might give

them a lift on thejfrtSrney westwards

After their e^taminattun, the two

Priests were released^ and no further

trace o4 the robbers has bwn found

if such there were.

Dea th d( W. R. P a r k s .

W. R. Parks, one of Keene's old Residents, died in that township, Sept-

ember 29 at the age of76 years, the

last 82 of which were spent in Keene.

H e leaves a wile, three daughters and five sons.

Funeral will be held at the resi'

dence od Saturday at 1 pv m.

Thoroughbred Cockreis taf suitr.

A few thoroughbred Partridge Cochin cockerels for sale. The father of the flock weighs 10 | lbs and car-ried off the honors nt the Saginaw fair, 81.00 each if taken at once.

Here is a chance to improve your stock at small expense. In-quire a t this office.

t h e Picnic Rase Awards. The 2.40 trot or pace in the Low-

teU picnic races was won by Wi 8»

Barnes Of Alaska. J . G. Train sett-

ttnn and Scott Thomas third.

The slow race was won by Asa

Fletcher's horse with J . Medema's

seoond. I t was fun alive and a hot

raCe; but Asa Fletcher feels s&d 10

think that Brother Quick published

his rsoetd: half mile in 7.59.

The running race was finished as

folio wf: Blake Vanderlip 1, Si Tole 2, Will

Rex ford 3, George Tate 4. A pro-

test was entered against giving first

tnoney to Vanderlip on the plea that

his hone had been in the race busi-

ness before, and the judces took ten

days to decide it. The prize in the

chicken co.itest was awarded to John

Clark of this village.

The New Peddliag Law.

Many inquiries are being made ae to the exact provisions of the new pedk

dling law and in answer to the same

we give the following synopsis:

No person is allowed to peddle or

sell from any stand or vehicle of any

kind in the public streets, highways or

elsewhere in any township in this

state without first getting a license

from the township board of the town-

ship in which he proposes to operate.

Where the townehip population is

less thauji,009 the license foe is fixed

a t 15. (whether from pack on back or

% big two-horse wagon.) In town-

ships of not less than 1,000 and not

over 3,500 a fee of not less tbau $10

nor more than $20. Where the

population exceeds 2,500 the fee must

be not less than $15 nor more than

130.

Licenses are not transferable and

no matter when issued, all licenses ex-

pire May 1 of each year. Every

peddler must execute a $50 bond to

the county clerk, with two sufficient

securities, that he will carry on his

business in a quiet and orderly man-

ner%

For any violation of this law the

penalty is a fine of not more than $50

and costs of prosecution or three

months In the county jail or both-

This law took effect on its passage

June 2, 1897.—[Belding Banner.

t h r e e Score and Tea. Last Saturday was the seventieth

birthday anniversary of Mnk B% J .

Peck, and that worthy lady celebrat-

ed the event by inviting in thirty of

her relatives and serving to them an

elegant supper. I t was a pleasant oc-

casion, and Mrs. Peck was the re-

cipient of several valuable gifts, Robf\

Hunter making the presentation

speech.

$ 6 C O C h i c a g o E x c o n i o i i

T h u r s d a y , O c t . 1 4 , 1 8 d 7 .

D . G . R. A W. R. R. agents ataU stations west of Saginaw and Lansing (not including these stationa) will sell tickets on above duto for moruing train to Chicago and return at $5 00. Ticketa will be good to return on any C. & W. M. train leaving Chicago until Monday uight Oct. 18th. I ts ihe chance of the season to spend a few days in Chicago with little ex-pense for railroad fare. Tell your friends about it. Train will leave Ehndale at 12.18 a tu.

Geo. DeHavcu, G^ P. A.

A Wotdati'^ Queatlod.

Do you know you have asked for the cost-liest thing

Ever made by thi hand iboVe— A woman's heart, a womanTi life, And a woman't wonderful love?

Do rou know you hsye asked for this price-less thirtg

As a child might ask fur a toy— Demanding what others have died lo win

With the reckless dash of a boy?

You have written my lesson of duty out; Man-like, you have questtonnl me;

Now stand at the bar of my woman's soul Until I have questioned thee.

Yott require your mutton shall always be hot,

Your socks and your shirt shall be whole I require that your heart shall be true as

God's ^tars, And pure as heaven your soul.

You require a cook for your mutton and beef;

I require a far better thing; A seamstress, you're wanting for stockings

and shirts— I look for a man and a king.

A king for a beautiful realm called home* And a man that the maker, God,

Shall look upon as he did the first. And say, '"It is very good."

I am fair and young, but the rose will fade From my soft, young cheek, some dsy;

Will you love me then, 'mid the falling I wires,

As you did 'mid the bloom of May?

Is your heart an ocean so strong and deep

I may launch my all on its tide? A loving woman finds a heavefi or hell

On the dsy she is made a bride.

I require all things that ate grand and true,

All things that a man should be'; If you give this all, I would stake my life

To be all you demanded of me. Ifyoucannot do thia, a laundress and

cook

Yon can hire with little to pay. But a woman's heart, and a young woman's

life Are not to be won that way.

— E L W A B C T H B&aarft Baowsnw.

Suffered Elgbteen Yftfo Pafika Mpavfed a n d Sleep Came*

Mm Julia A. Brown, of (fcrrlngton, TennA whose husband boa Charge of the electric light plhnt at that plate, has been a groat sufferor. Her ailments and speedy, euro kre best described by herself, as folkritat

"Fajf lyearsIsuffer tn from norvausmeuS and IMlgeatlon. 1 tried every remedy m v

Mas. J c u a A. Baowa.

S S K a n M s w r - t Dr. Miles* Restorative Nervine,

I was then unable to get to sleep natfl well on toward daylight, and during all this time I had a deep, oeayy pain In my left side. I teat most fniseroWs, Indeed, but after taking one-half bottle of the Jftnrfns IwwiWsleep all night juat as well as I ever did. The Nervine & the only remedy that gave me any relief whatever. I am now well and strong, and I than* God every dag of mv life for Br. MOes' Nervine,"

MRS. JULIA A. BROWN.

D f \ M i l e s ' N e r v i n e " • " g S i . t

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A CARNIVAL OP TRADE | ^

A carnival of trade at- ^

tend Look's Wall Pa- ^

per Sale which com- j

mences next Saturday- i E

j to 3 off, former price ^

and all fresh stock.

Real Estate f rauafera. M. E. Hugbson to Laura A . Wal-

ters lot 9. blk 26, Avery's plat, Low-ell, $2,000.

Harlow S. Livergood to Edwin Q. Duff, pee land on tec 34, Ada, $500

Wind-up Excursion. The Grand Trunk Itailway system

will run the last excursion of the season to Detroit oa Sunday, Oct. & Rate for rounq trip from L« well, $1.70. Leave at 7.02, a . m. and re-tnrning leave Detroit a t 7 p. m.

Spefcial Sale of

Hosiery! . For a s io r t tiiAe I will sell Hor-

iery al tlfe following prices. Now

is the l ime to stock up, as prices

will probably neveV be lower.

Ladies full seemles^ fleece-lined

Hose, 10c, 186, rtc.

Ladies all wool Rose, Sue.

Children's Hose, ^eece-lined, 16c

All wool, a ic .

Men's Socks, Cotton 5c to IOC1'.

Wool l»o. 20c, 21c, 86c.

P u f e Cashmere Socks in black

and natural, l i e .

C. H. ALEXANDER. P. Sv I will dose out my stock

of Saxony and Qermant^wn Yarns

at 8c per skein.

H o m e i e e k & t s E x c t i r s i o n s t 6

S o u t h e r n a n d W e s t e r n

P o i n t s .

On Oct. 4-5 18 and 19, C . A W. M. and D. G. R. &. W. agents will self tickets one way and round trip to southern points aud round t r ip to western points at low rates.

Ask ag^fms or wVite to the under-signed for full information.

Geo. DellaVen, G. r . A», Grand Rapids.

Th is paper on trial 10 weeks f o r one dime.

Are shoVitag amore complete line than evct of Men's Boy's and Children'*

Forced Ont Of Baaiaeas.

On account of ill health, I have have been obliged to sell my stock of drugs, and all persons indebted to me or the firm of Hunter & Sou, will please call and settle a t their earliest

I possible convenience^ i A . P . H U N T E R .

W i t h F f k f n i B h l i i g G o o d s t o C o m p a r t

And every inspection of their welh-selected stock cdnVhWes Ihe Customer that they are strictly "in it" as l o quality^ assortment and prices.

Just a word to the Ladies about their New^ Fancy

C H I N A W ^ R E These elegant goods are dall and see them, at the s

Lowell, Mich.) Sept 23,1897%

e hot cakes.

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"A freight car famine-" has a terrify-ing sound, but It does not necessarily mean that anybody goes hungry; quite the contrary.

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The Invasion of England by Amer-ican playwrights and players Is In the nature of poetical retribution. We have eomewhat like 10,000 ready for export.

A bicycle ordinance that can scorch through the council and not be punc-tured in the courts is what the wheel-men are looking out for as the next model.

FARM (AND GARDEN. M A T T E R S O F I N T E R E S T T O

A G R I C U L T U R I S T S .

Some Kip-to-nnie l l lntx About CUUIT*

tlon of the Soil nnd Yields Thereof—

l lor t lcnl turo. Vit iculture a n d Flori-

culture.

They had a dynamite explosion across the border from Buffalo the other day, and immediately the Buffalo papers claimed a local earthquake. That is the clearest case of stealing thunder we ever heard of.

There la still great activity in the wheat market, incident to the large de-mand for American wheat to make up the shortage in other countries. The market has been peculiar to a farmer's market rather than a trader's; that Is, It has been a market the advance in which came at a time to benefit the farmers, some of whose old wheat was still on hand, while their new wheat was Just beginning to be harvested. The scheming speculators got left this time.

Seekers after treasure going to Alas-ka have attracted so much attention tha t the coming from Alaska to one of the Middle States of a group of persons also searching for hid treasure may have passed unnoticed. Six Indian girls have left that far country to bo edu-cated a t Carlisle for missionary ser-vice. What computation could meas-ure the value of the probable acquisi-tion of these girls and Its use as com-pared with the gold which a few of the many Klondike pilgrims will find?

Because of the depredations of wheol-men, two very beautiful country places along the Hudson have recently been closed to bicyclists. Rare Ilowers had been plucked, ferns dug up bodily, boughs broken from the exol'c trees, peanut shells scattered over the lawns, and the very owners of the grounds warned by the insistent bell to stand aside. No aristocracy can compare in "effeteness" with such manners as these. The arrogance of unbridled lib-erty Is even ruder than the exclusive-ness of wealth.

In letters to our government Japan disclaims any designs of her own on the Hawaiian Islands, but makes for-mal protest against their annexation by the United States on three grounds: First, that the maintenance of existing conditions Is essential to the good un-derstanding of the powers which have Interests in the Pacific; second, that annexation would endanger the rights of Japanese residents in Hawaii, who number 25,000; and third, that It might lead Hawaii to postpone the settlement of the claims of Japan against her. Our government has replied, Insisting on the right of annexation, but giving Japan friendly assurances that her rights and those of her subjects will b# rwpected.

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B u r n i n g Over Old Ktrntrborry Hotl*.

NOTICE in your issue of July Mr. Brinkley's Inquiry In relation to the burning off of old strawberry beds, writes J. H. Hale In Strawberry Cul-turlst. 1 am not much of a believer in old strawberry beds, still I know

that under certain conditions they are fairly profitable, for on old beds the fruit ripens a week or so earlier than the same varieties in now beds. In years past 1 had a considerable experi-ence In burning over old beds, but it has nearly always been within two or three weeks after the fruiting season, when I have a mowing machine go over and cut down berry plants, weeds, grass, and everything quite close to the ground and then In a few days af-ter all were thoroughly dried and there was a good fair wind blowing I have started fires on the windward side and burned the field over rapidly; this kill-ed all fungus diseases, Insects, weed seeds, etc., and Injures but few of the plants, although occasionally where the roughage Is a little heavy it may make too hot a fire and hurt a few crowns. If this burning over can be done just before a rain storm I have found the plants start new leaves very rapidly. I have some times after the burning run a smoothing harrow over the entire field to loosen up the ground a little; this tears out a few plants, but does no harm to matted beds; it Is Bometimes advisable after the harrow-ing to run a cultivator over between the rows and loosen up the ground, which helps to stimulate a new growth more rapidly. What effect mowing off the tops and burning the field later In the season would do I am not sure, but the f ru i t crowns will be forming late in August and early In September, and I would not think that burning over at this season would be safe or advisable. I am rather of the opinion now that as far south as Norfolk, where fruitage was ended In May, that It would be bet-ter to defer burning until very early next spring, sometime In late Febru-ary or early March, when the ground was dry enough, a quick fire over the field might do some good. Some years ago I had an accidental fire get Into an old strawberry field early In spring and burnt off the tops and a lot of old hay mulch and where this burning over was, the fruit was earlier and better than where left undisturbed; still one accidental success of this kind would not be a guarantee that like results would follow every such burning.

The United States and Russia have never yet had a dispute. On the con-trary, the very warmest friendship has always existed between them. During ; the civil war a Russian fleet prevented ft British fleet from blowing up New York. In 1893 the czar offered to loan ns $100,000,000 In gold to replenish the reserve. There is not much immigra-tion from Russia, but as a rule the Rus-

'slan makes a good citizen of any coun-try. Thousands of Americans live and do business In Russia. From these jWe learn that Russia Is not the sort of a despotism that some British writ-ers try to make out. The country Is well governed and wealth Is equally distributed. The common laborer Is better off than his brother In America. There are no prisons and very little crime. The alleged horrors of Siberia that we read about In English papers are not horrors at all. A man con-victed of crime is sent to Siberia for a term of years. He is put to work, but is not shackled. If he Is married, h e may take his wife with him. He receives fair remuneration for his ser-vices and a t the end of his term of service rarely quits his exile. A single year in a British prison Is equivalent to a life sentence to Siberia. We cannot learn too much about Russia. Some time ago there was talk of an alliance between the United States and Eng-land. Our senate wisely refused to ratify it . We do not th ink that a similar proposition from Russia would be as speedily refused. Perhaps a treaty will be concluded before the end of the century. In the meantime there Is a perfect understanding between the two nations. Russia alone among Europeans is friendly to the Monroe

rlnc. There 4B not the slightent doubt but that in case of necessity she would aid UB to defend I t

The thlrty-fiixth anniversary of the Battle of Wilson's Creek, one of the early and Important engagements of the Cilvll War, wag obiorred by a re-onion of veterans of both armies. The Confederate stirvlvorR present flip out-numbered the Union men. I t was hard-ly aeoewary for the reponora to say that the heat of feeling prevailed at the meeting. The men who tought gal-lantly a generation ago Bet example ofiudlclons for^ttlng. It h usually from men who took no part \tl that KBlght? ttrogfle that we learn ^ the War la not jet over.

of man and team fllling gullies and chuck-holes, and doing a little grading of steep bluffs, would be worth twenty doilara on a few farms with which 1 am acquainted. It would save wear of wagon, team and driver's temper, and make it possible to increase the size of loadB without danger of overload-ing. This work should be done thor-oughly and on time. I prefer having it done a month before harvest, so that some wear may make It smooth. These are "details," but details count. A man will spend half a dollar to go to a circus and b^ happy two hours, while that half a dollar expended In perma' nently getting rid of some nuisance would save him from being mad a month, if all the little vexatious times could bo shoved together and be thus measured.

Ulffrit lTo I ' uwer of Anlmwlfc The digestive and assimilative pow-

ers of animals are much more vigorous whin they are young than when they have grown old, and In selecting cattle for feeding purposes this should be borne In mind. This difference is plainly shown In the tests that have been made from time to time, the gain being much more rapid during the first two years than It Is afterwards, and the profits from feeding correspondingly greater. It Is frequently the case, to be iiure, that old cattle grow very fat, but It must be borne In mind that this has come about from long-continued feuding, and the question Is to be con-sidered whether, when the value of the food consumed Is taken into account, there Is any profit left. In the selection of animals It should not be taken for granted that a large beast will neces-sarily eat more than a small one, for this is not always the case. Much de-pends on the powers of assimilation. I t has ofen been noticed that one lot of cattle will thrive and make rapid gain on much less food than another. Careful watching of the stock while be-ing fattened, and keeping an accurate account of the cost of food consumed, will soon enable a man to make such selections as may be depended on to show good returns.—Ex.

MUtskes on the F a r m .

1. I made a mistake when I bought swamp land In thick timber, black ash, elm, sycamore and black alder, cat swamp clay lands.

2. "Tried to farm it with open shal-low ditches.

3. Laid It with tile too shallow. 4. Laid it with tile too small to

carry off the water soon enough to save the crop.

5. Plowed up wet meadow land to raise corn on.

6. Tried to raise the third crop of corn in rotation on one piece of ground,

7. Did not select my seed corn In September aud take proper care of same.

8. Planted in hills instead of drill-ing i t

9. Did not cut up corn early enough to make good feed of the stalks.

10. Did not tie fodder In bundles to stack or mow away.

11. Did not reclean and grade seed wheat before sowing.

12. Not plowing oats ground In fall so as to sow early in spring.

13. Sowing and planting all kinds of grain too thick.

14. Going In debt for farm machin-ery.

15. Allowing agents of every de-scription to persuade me to buy or take stock In companies for public Im-provements. Agents are a curse to the farmer and a public nuisance, and ought not to be tolerated.

16. With that lawyer when I coun-seled with him. Your case Is all r ight when there Is money In I t

17. When I sold that good brood mare and bred a common one.

18. When I bought a grade bull $20 cheaper than 1 could a good one.

19. When I hired a lively, spirited boar when a lazy one Is better.

20. Letting th« young pigs lay in a wet nes t

21. Feeding too much corn and not enough clover and slop.

22. Selling young calves for veal and steers as atockers.

23. Selling corn, oats and rye in-stead of feeding it on the farm.

24. Farming too much land and planning too much work.

25. Not confining ourselves strictly to the farm In all i ts branches.

26. Not having an education thor-oughly in all branches.—D. 0 . W., in

Parmer.

F a r m Koada.

A writer In an exchange says: The load of wheat or hay tha t can be drawn to the barn is measured by the worst place in the farm road leading to the barn . This may seem a small matter, hu t U Is not so on thoosands of farms. I cannot afford to have a bad piece la the road, because t ime and wages of men are going on while the team 1« gtalled or taking only thVee-fourths of a load to escape stalling. A day's work

DlTernlfylnr Agr leu l ta ra l Product ! .

The first thing that suggests itself to my mind is diversification of our agricultural products. We are now importing from foreign countries agri-cultural products of an average value of $389,651,012, which Is a little more than one-half of all our importations of all kinds. Some of these importa-tions cannot be profltably produced here; a large share of them can and ought to be produced here by Ameri-can farmers. This would give em-ployment to labor in this country and ought to be produced here by Ameri-can farmers. This would give em-ployment to labor in this country and keep a t home the millions that go abroad to pay for foreign labor. Such diversification would also reduce the production of the cereals which have been produced In late years at a loss, i t Is folly for us to try to force upon consumers more of any product than their wants demand. We must learn to supply them with what they want and then make them pay fair prices for the same. In this way we may exercise some control over our busi-ness and realize some profit on our labor and investment—J. H. Brigham.

TALMAGE'S SERMON. vSSf"'- .<

"MUSIC IN THE CHURCHES" SUNDAY'S SUBJECT.

From t h e Text , 11, Ohrou. 8 : 1 3 a* Fol-

l o w s " I t Came Even to P a t i t h e

SlitReM Were an One t o H a k e One

Sonnd lu t h e P r a l i e of t h e Lord."

CabbasM in Win te r . The old plan of burying, or putting

cabbage in trenches during winter, or for winter use, has become obsolete, and a more simple and easy plan has been adopted. Where cabbage Is grown on a large scale for shipping purposes, the best plan is to lift the cabbage and stack them two tiers deep and as close-ly as they can be placed in an orchard, or wood if convenient, and cover with leaves to the depth of two or three inches, the leaves to be kept in place by a slight covering of earth, says Amer-ican Gardening. In this way the heads will keep perfectly sound all winter, and they can be easily taken up as wanted for ship-ping. For family use cabbages con be kept in the same way, only it will not be necessary to make the second layer. I t is quite important to keep them a little below the freezing po in t I t has been suggested to keep them in some convenient building, but this plan has always resulted In failure, as the dry atmosphere Is fatal; cabbage must be kept moist and cool, the slight-est wilting renders i t unfit for the table.

KeopInK Grapes.

Concerning methods of keeping grapes, Consul-General Jones writes from Rome, Italy: "A recent bulletin of the School of Agriculture of Scan-dlccl, Italy, describes experiments made by Professor Marchl for the keeping of grapes fresh during the win-ter. A certain quantity of grapes (com-prising different qualities) were huag up in a cool and dry place, all damaged berries having been previously remov-ed; a second lot was packed in dry, pul-verized peat in wooden boxes. At the end of four months the grapes that had been hung up had become decayed and had dropped off; on the other hand, those that had been packed In the boxes were found to be in fine con-dition. This Is, therefore, a simple and economical method. Another one con-sists in gathering the bunches with i good bit of stem attached and immers-ing their tips in bottles containing wa-ter and pulverized charcoal.

Corn Smut—The smut does not pass from stalk to stalk in the field, and there is no danger of contamination in this way. The Infection takes place when the corn Is very young, the ger-minating spores entering the tenderest part—the root, node and lowest Joint; and after the disease is once in the plant no application will do the least good.—Ex.

If you have bog holes in the pasture where the cows can go and drink the stagnant water, have thnm either flllef up or drained.

HE temple was done. It was the very chorus of all magnificence and pomp. Splendor crowded against splendor. It was the diamond neck-lace of the earth. From the huge pil-lars crowned with leaves and flowers

and rows of pomegranate wrought out in burnished metal, down even to the tongs and snuffers made out of pure gold, everything was as complete as the God-directed architect could make I t It seemed as If a vision from heaven had alighted on the mountains. The day for dedication came. Tradi-tion says that there were in and around about the temple on that day two hun-dred thousand silver trumpets, forty thousand harps, forty thousand tim-brels, and two hundred thousand sing-ers; so that all modern demonstrations at Dusseldorf or Boston seem nothing compared with that. As this great spund surged up amid the precious stones of the temple. It must have seemed like the River of Life dashing against the amethyst of the wall of heaven. The sound arose, and God. as if to show that he was well pleased with the music which his children make In all ages, dropped Into the midst of the temple a cloud of glory so overpower-ing that the officiating priests were obliged to stop in the midst of the ser-vices.

There has been much discussion as to where music was born. I think that at the beginning; "when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for Joy," that the earth heard the echo. The cloud on which the angel stood to celebrate the crea-tion was the birthplace of song. The stars that glitter at night are only so many keys of celestial pearl, on which God's Angers play the music of the spheres. Inanimate nature is full of God's stringed and wind instruments. Silence itself—perfect silence—is only a musical rest In God's great anthem of worship. Wind among the leaves. Insect humming In the summer air, the ruth of billow upon beach, the ocebn far out sounding its everlasting psalm, the bobolink on the edge of the forest, the quail whistling up from the grass, are music. While visiting Blackwell's Island, I heard, coming from a window of the lunatic asyhim, a very sweet song. It was sung by one who had lost her reason, and I have come to be-lieve that even the deranged and disor-dered elements of nature would make music to our ear, If we only had acute-ness enough to listen. I suppose that even the sounds in nature that are dis-cordant and repulsive make harmony in God's ear. You know that you may come so near to an orchestra that the sounds are painful Instead of pleasur-able, and I think that we stand so near devastating storm and frightful whirl-wind, we cannot hear that which makes to God's ear and the ear of the spirits above us a music as complete as it Is tremendous. ' I propose to speak about sacred mu-sic. flrst showing you its importance and then stating some of the obstacles ito its advancement ; I draw the first argument for the Im-portance of sacred inuslc from the fact that God commanded I t Through Paul he tells us to admonish one an-other to psalms and hymns and spiritu-al songs; through David he cries out: !"Sing ye to God, all ye kingdoms of the earth." And there are hundreds of other passages I might name, proving !that it is as much a man's duty to sing ;as it Is his duty to pray. Indeed, I think there are more commands in the iBible to sing than there are to pray. !God not only asks for the human voice. ;but for the Instruments of music. He [asks for the cymbal and the harp and ;the trumpet. And I suppose that In 'the last days of the church the harp, Ithe lute, the trumpet, and all the In-s t ruments of music that have given Itheir chief aid to the theater and bac-Ichanal. will be brought by their mas-!ters and laid down at the feet of Christ land then sounded in the church's trl-!umph on her way from suffering into glory. "Praise ye the Lord!" Praise '.him with your voices. Praise him '.with stringed Instruments and with organs. ; I draw another argument for the im-portance of this exercise from the 1m-presslveness of the exercise. You know something of what secular mu-sic has achieved. You know It has made Its impression upon governments, upon laws, upon literature, upon whole generations. One inspiring national air is worth thirty thousand men as a standing army. There comes a t ime in the battle when one bugle is worth a thousand muskets. In the earlier part of our civil war the government pro-posed to economize in bands of music, and many of them were sent home, but the generals in the army sent word to Washington: "You are making a very great mistake. We are falling back and falling back. We have not enough music." I have to tell you that no nation or church can afford to severely economise in music. i Why should we rob the programmes iof worldly gaiety when we have so many appropriate songs and tunes composed in our own day, as well as that magnificent Inheritance of church psalmody which has come down fra-grant with the devotions of other gen-erations—tunes no more worn out than when our great-grandfathers climbed up on them from the church pew to

glory? Dear old souls, h o i they used to sing! And in those day j there wore certain tunes married to ca ' tain hymns and they have lived in peace a great while, these two old people, and we have no right to divorce them. Born as wo have been amid this great wealth of church music, augmented by the compositions of artists In our day, we ought not to be tempted out of the sphere of Christian harmony, and try to seek unconsecrated sounds. It Is absurd for a millionaire to steal.

Many of you are Illustrations of what a sacred song can do. Through It you were brought luto the kingdom of Jesus Christ. You stood out against the warn-ing and the argument of the pulpit, but when. In the sweet words of Charles Wesley or John Newton or Toplady, thu love of Jesus was sung to your soul, then you surrendered, as an armed cas-tle that could not be taken by a host, lifts its windows to listen to a harp's trill. • • •

But I must now speak of some of the obstacles In the way of the advance-ment of this sacred music, nnd the first is that It has been impressed into the service of Satan. I am far from believ-ing that music ought always to be posi-tively religious. Refined a r t has open-ed places where music has been secu-larized, and lawfully so. The drawing room, the concert, by the gratification of pure taste and the production of harmless amusement and the Improve-ment of talent, have become very forces In the advancement of our civil-ization. Music has as much right to laugh in Surrey Gardens as it has to pray In St. Paul's. In the kingdom of nature we have the glad fifing of the wind as well as the long-meter psalm of the thunder. But while all this Is so, every observer has noticed that this art. which God Intended for the Improvement of the ear, and the voice, and the head, and the heart, has often been Impressed Into the service of error. Tartlnl, the Aiusical com-poser, dreamed one night that Satan snatched from his hand an instrument and played upon it something very sweet—a dream that has often been fulfilled in our day, the voice and the instruments that ought to have been devoted to Christ, captured from the church and applied to the purposes of sin.

Another obstacle has been an inordi-nate fear of criticism. The vast ma-jority of people singing in church nev-er want anybody else to hear them sing. Everybody is waiting for some-body else to do his duty. If we all sang then the inaccuracies that are evident when only a fetor sang would be drowned o u t God asks you to do as well as you can, and then If you get the wrong pitch or keep wrong time be will forgive any deficiency of the ear and Imperfection of the voices. Angels will not laugh If you should lose your place In the musical scale or eome In at the close a bar behind. There are three schools of singing, I am told—the German school, the Ital-ian school, and the French school of singing. Now, I would like to add a fourth school, and that Is the school of Chris t The voice of a contrite, broken heart, although it may not be able to stand human criticism, makes better music in God's ear than the most artistic performance when the heart Is wanting. God calls on the beasts, on the cattle, on the dragons, to praise him, aTid we ought not to be behind the cattle and the dragons.

Another obstacle In the advancement of this ar t has been the erroneous no-tion that this part of the service could be conducted by delegation. Churches have said, "O, what an easy time we shall have. The minister will do the preaching, and the choir will do the singing, and we will have nothing to do." And you know as well as 1 that there are a great multitude of churches all through this land where the people are not expected to sing. The whole work Is done by delegation of four or six or ten persons, and the audience are s i lent In such a church In Syra-cuse, an old elder persisted In sing-ing, and so the choir appointed a com-mittee to go and ask the elder If he would not stop. You know that in many churches the choir are expected to do all the singing, and the great mass of the people are expected to be silent, and if you utter your voice you are interfering. In that church they stand, the four, with opera-glasses dangling at their side, singing "Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me," with the same spirit that, the night before on the stage, they took their part in the Grand Dftchess or Don Giovanni.

My Christian friends, have we a right to delegate to others the discharge of this duty which God demands of us? Suppose that four wood-thrushes pro-pose to do all the singing some bright day. when the woods are ringing with bird voices. It Is decided that four wood-thrushes shall do all of the sing-ing of the forest Let all other voices keep s i lent How beautifully the four warble! It is really fine music. But how long will you keep the forest still? Why, Christ won't come Into that for-est and look up, as he looked through the olives, and he would wave his hand and say, "Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord," and, keeping time with the stroke of Innumerable wings, there would be five thousand bird voices leaping Into the harmony. Suppose this delegation of musical per-formers were tried In heaven; suppose that four choice spirits should try to do the singing of the upper Temple. Hush now! thrones and dominions and principalities. David, be still, though you were the "sweet singer of Israel." Paul, keep quie t though you have come to that crown of rejoicing. Richard Baxter, keep still, though this is the "Saints' Everlasting R e s t " Four spir-its now do all the singing. But how long would heaven be quiet? How long? "Hallelujah!" would cry some glorified Methodist f rom under the al-tar. "Praise the Lord!" would sing the martyrs from among the thrones. "Thanks be unto God who giveth us the victory!" a great multitude of re-

deemed spirits would cry—myriads of voices coming into the harmony and the one hundred and forty and four thousand breaking forth into one ac-clamatlou. Stop that loud singing! Stop! On, no; they cannot hear me. You might as well try to drown the thunder of the sky, or beat back the roar of the sea, for every soul In heav-en has resolved to do It's own singing. Alas! that we should have tried on earth that which they cannot do In heaven, and. Instead of joining all our voices In the praise of the Most High God, delegating perhaps to unconse-crated men and women this most sol-emn and most delightful service.

Music ought lo rush from the au-dience like the water from a r o c k -clear, bright, sparkling. If all the oth-er part of the church service is dull, do not have the music dull. With so many thrilling things to slug about, away with all drawling and stupidity! There Is nothing makes me so nervous as to sit In a pulpit and look off on an audience with their eyes three-fourths dosed and their lips almost shut, mum-bling the praises of God. During my recent absence I preached to a large audience, and all the music they made together did not equal one skylark. People do not sleep at a coronation. Do not let us sleep when wo come to a Saviour's crowning. In order to a prop-er discharge of this duty, let us stand up, save as age or weakness or fatigue excuses us. Seated In an easy pew we cannot do this duty half so well ns when, upright, we throw our whole body Into I t Let our song be like an acclamation of victory. You have a right to slug. Do not surrender your prerogative.

We want to rouse all our families upon this subject. We want each fam-ily of our congregation to be a singing school. Childish petulance, obduracy and Intractability would be soothed If we had more singing In the household, and then our little ones would be pre-pared for the great congregation on Sabbath day. their voices uniting with our voices In the praises of the Lord. After a shower there are scores of streams that come down the mountain Bide with voices rippling and silvery, pouring into one river, and then roll-ing in united strength to the sea. So I would have all the families in our church send forth the voice of prayer and pralne, pouring it into the great tide of public worship that rolls on and on to empty into the great wide heart of God. Never can we have our church sing as It ought until our families sing as they ought

There will be a great revolution on this subject in all our churches. God will come down by his Spirit and rouse up the old hymns and tunes that have not been more than half awake since the time of our grandfathers. The si-lent pews in the church will break forth Into music, and when the con-ductor takes his place on the Sabbath Day there will be a great host of voices rushing Into the harmony. My Chris-tian friends, if we have no taste for this service on earth, what will we do In heaven, where they all sing, and sing forever? I would that our sing-ing today might be like the Saturday night rehearsal for the Sabbath morn-ing in the skies, and we might begin now, by the strength and by -he help of God, to discharge a duty v/hlch none of us has fully performed. And now what more appropriate thing can I do than to give out the Doxology of the heavens, "Unto him who hath loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, to him be glory forever!"

QUEER FABRICS.

There Is a flrm in Venice which is turning out glass bonnets by the thou-sand and several other European fac-tories are showing remarkable results In this particular industry. The In-fanta Mercedes, Bistor of the little king of Spain, recently received from the Venetian factory a white ball dress of spun glass as pliable as silk. Many society women with a whim for the curious have similar gowns.

Queen Victoria owns a more marvel-ous robe. In 1877 the empress of Bra-zil sent her a gown woven from a cer-tain spider's web which for fineness of texture and beauty surpasses the love-liest silk. A drachm of web reaches 200 miles and is proportionately stronger than a bar of tempered steel. A web of equal thickness would support sev-enty-four tons, while steel would break at fifty tons. These spidfrs when at work eat seventy-eight times their own weight every day and produce on-ly half a grain of silk.

Louis XIV. has a coat made of spi-ders' web which was a great curiosity In those days. Le Bon, a great beau of Languedoc, had, some 200 years ago, webs woveu Into gloves and stockings.

In one of Gilbert's funny "Bah Bal-lads" there Is a story of two noted dukes, one of whom wore silver un-derclothing and the other pewter. The Japanese make underclothing of a much cheaper commodity—paper—fine-ly crisped and grained. This Is cut, sewed together as cloth would be, and where buttonholes are necessary linen Is used for strengthening the paper. The material is strong and flexible and light, weighing about ninety grains to the square foo t The Japanese also make umbrellas of paper which even after It has become wet is hard to tear.

T o Oct Bid of Files.

Pope Stephen (A. D. 890) drove away a plague of locusts by sprinkling the fields with holy water, while S t Ber-nard destroyed an innumerable multi-tude of files which filled his church and Interrupted his sermon by simply pronouncing the words exoommunice eas ("I excommunicate them").—Corn--hill Magazine.

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Try Grnln-O.

Ask your grocer today to show you a package of GUAIN-O, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee.

The children may drink It without injury ns well us the adult. All who try i t like I t GRA1N-0 bus that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is madu from pure grains, nnd the most delicate stomanh receives it without distress. % the price of coffec.

15 cents and 25 cents per package. Sold by all grocers. Tastes like coffec. Looks like coffee.

Vorelgn Papers In t he United States. Newspapers are published In twenty-

three languages other than English In the United States. There are five Por-tuguese newspapers, four Polish dallies and sevon Polish weeklies; there are many Spanish weeklies In Now York, Arizona and New Mexico, and two dal-lies, one published In Now York and one In Key Woet; one Russian weekly, one Armenian, two Chinese, five Finnish, live Bohemian dailies In New York, Ohicago and Cleveland; three Danish, many French dailies in New England cities and in New Orleans; thirty Swed-ish papers, eleven Norwegian, four Ital-ian dailies, four Lithuanian, and twelve Jewish, three of the latter being dalUee. German dallies aro published in all the large American cities.

Shake I n t o Vonr Shoes

Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the f e e t cures painful, swollen, smart-ing feet and instantly takes the st ing o u t of corns and bunions. I t is the •greatest comfort discovery of the age. Allen's Foot-Ease makes tight-fitting o r new shoes feel easy. I t is a certain cure for sweating, callous and hot, tired aching feet. Try It today. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores. By mail for 25c in stamps. Trial package FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy. N. Y

No Chance.

"Did you see the ball game yester-day?" •

"No." "I thought you told me you were go-

ing." "I did go, but I Bat between two

young women who 'had never seen a game of ball before."—Chicago Tri-bune.

Read the AdTert lycments.

You will enjoy this publication much better if you will ge t into the habi t of reoding the advertisements; they will afford a most interesting study and will put you in the way of ge t t ing some excellent bargains. Our adver-tisers are reliable, they send wha t they advertise.

HIS FLYBOOK.

I t Is Dcnrer to t he Angler T h a n Any

Othe r Possession. Is theie anything closer to an an-

gler's heart than his fly-book? I know of a case where a burglar, among other things, took a fly-book. He was ar-rested and speedily convicted and Im-prisoned. He cleared things out pretty well In the house, but the owner seem-ed to care nothing about the missing fur coats, sealskin sacks, silverware and other valuable lares and penates, but ho did bewail the loss of his book of files. The other things he could buy again, but to get together such an as-sortment of valuable files seemed to him an Impossible thing. He had been years collecting ihem, picking up odd ones here and there, until, for quality and variety his book could not be ex-celled. It was a fiy storehouse, as It were. No matter where he Intended fishing, or whether for trout, baes or salmop, he could always find a choice assortment to draw from with which to fill up a supplementary book. Al-though It was some time ago he yet bewails the loss of that fiy-book. Many have been the efforts to get track of it, but all In vain. He has gone to the expense of sending to the prison. In a distant city, and endeavoring to pre-vail upon the convict to divulge the hiding place of the book, but without BUccess. A persistent search of the pawnshops and periodical advertising have produced no better results.

There were files In that book for trout and salmon in Irish waters; files for the salmon and trout of the Scotch lakes and the English streams, and flies for the salmon of Norway. The favorites from Maine to California, and from one end of Canada to another, were collbcted In that wallet anything and everything from the featberdown midget with cobweb gut to the lordly sclmon fly, absolutely Irresistible to the lurking salmon deep down In the Icy pools of the Cascapedla. There were files In that book on which fam-ous bass, trout and salmon bad been hooked, each fly carrying with It mem-ories of battles fought from canoes among the rushing, swirling waters.— Pittsburg Dispatch.

MISERLY WITH DYING BREATH.

Very Clever.

"I'll get the best of that confounded personal baggage clauae."

"How?" "If I want to bring over $500 worth

of new clothes I'll make five trips."— •Cleveland Plain-Dealer.

All those terrible, itching diseases of the skin that help to make life miser-able for us are caused by external parasites. Doan's Ointment kills -the parasite and cures thu disease. Per-fectly harmless, never fails.

For an example of pure and unal-loyed contempt, take a barber 's opin-ion of the young man who is growing a full beard.

There are men who say t h a t the pre t ty bicycle girl should not be un-recognized as the daughter of the re-volution.

Jagson says his neighbor's daughter , who is learning the piano, cannot be accused of f raudulent practice—It's all sound.

Constipation is the cause of all sorts of serious disorders of the blood. Strong cathartics are worse than use-less. Burdock Blood Bitters is nature 's own remedy for troubles of th is s o r t

Two shots per minute can be fired with the Krupp 130-ton gun, and each discharge of the machine costs 81,500.

"The hard times made very little difference to me," remarked u lime dealer; "my business is always slack."

Cholera morbus, cholera infantum, diarrhoea, dysentery, and al l those other deadly enemies to the l i t t le ones are infallibly cured by Dr. Fowler 's E x t of Wild Strawberry.

Pass l a s of Ba l t e 8»en, W o r t h a Quar te r

ot a Million. From the Chicago Times-Herald:

"Halte Sven," a character of tlie North Side for some fifty years, died at the Alexlan Brothers' hospital last Thurs-day as the result of a fall from the second story of a building a t Hobble street and Milton avenue. "Halte Sven"—which means "Lame Sven"— was a miser. His name was S. U. Johnson, but few knew It. He owned a score of apartment houses on the North Side and his wealth IB estimated at $250,000. But the old man had lived for years on what he could find in the garbage boxes of the neighborhood. If any of his Swedish countrymen offered falm a drink he requested to be given the coin it would cost and pocketed i t with thanks.

Many stories are told of "Halte Sven's" peculiarities. One day he call-ed at one of bis handsome apartment houses, and a servant who did not know him came to the door. She assum-ed he was a tramp, and without ques-tioning him gave him some food. He eagerly devoured the food and then as-tounded the girl by requesting her to tell her master the landlord had been there for the r e n t He died bewailing the expense Incurred at the Alexlan Brothers' hospital, and almost with bis last breath begged to be removed to the free County hospital.

A sister in Minneapolis lo bis only heir.

O L D B U C K R O l i l P i S .

Prof. Masso, the Italian scientist, is authority for the statement t h a t eel's blood is as poisonous as viper's venom.

One application of Dr. Thomas' Ec-lectrie Oil takes away the pain of the most severe burn. I t is an ideal family l iniment

The sovereign grand lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows was held a t Springfield, 111.

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T h e Bi rd of Pa rad i se .

A creature of most gorgeous beauty Is the bird of paradise. As an orna-ment of beauty and grace, the bird of the sun—or bird of God, as It Is some-times called by the people of Ternate— stands unrivaled, and no bird has given rise to more romantic and fabulous tales; such, for Instance, as the ridicul-ous assertion that the bird of paradise lives all Its life long on the wing and In the air, and is born without legs. The natives of Gllolo and New Guinea have a curious custom of cutting off the legs of all dead birds of paradise offered for sale or barter, and this may have given rise to the legend as to the bird being without legs. The true rea-son, however, for this peculiar opera-tion is that the birds are supposed to be much better preserved, and the na-tives are also enabled to more easily wear them as ornamets to their hel-mets In mock battles.

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By Thomas P. MontiOrt. HERE was a time when the cowboys pretty nearly car-ried things their own way on the prairies of western Kansas. That was a loug while ago, before the hardy settlers came to

seek claims and build homes In that country, and while

the cattlemen grazed their great herds on the millions of acres of public lands and amassed quick fortunes from the free government pasturage.

In those days the cowboys rode the plains free and unrestrained, disregard-ing all law, and governed In their con-duct by nothing except their desires. They were wild. Impulsive creatures, overflowing with the spirit of liberty which they caught from the boundless prairie and breathed In with the pure, exhilarating air that Intoxicated the blood with life, vigor and strength.

Of all the cowboys on the plains of Kansas at that time, old Buck Rogers was, perhaps, the most Impulsive and reckless. He had for years lived a ranch life, and had "chased steers" in every part of the cattle range from the river Rio Grande to the Platte. Be-sides, he had fought Indians and Mexi-can greasers, and had helped Buffalo Bill round up the meat which he was supplying, under contract, to the men who were constructing the Kansas Pa-cific railroad.

At that time Dodge City was pre-emi-nently a cowboy town. They used to "round up" there after pay-day, "blow" their money Into every folly they saw, get uproariously drunk, and proceed to paint things ultra red. I t was nothing unusual for a gang of men to race up and down the streets, yelling like Co-manche Indians and shooting at the signs and terrifying women and chil-dren and the pale tenderfoot almost out of life. They had full possession of the town, and they ran It to their own lik-ing.

If old Buck Rogers happened to be present he was sure to lead In all this deviltry. It was a saying that went undisputed that he "could drink more whisky, yell louder and shoot stralght-er than any other man on the range." And he certainly did everything that lay In his power to Justify this state-men t

Often and often as he stood at the bar of the saloon and in rapid succes-sion tossed glass after glass of whisky down his throat until the hardest drinkers in town looked on In fear and amazement Then he would go out and mount his broncho and, throwing his hat to the wind, would fliarge up and down the street a t a mad gallop, his long hair flying out behind, each of his hands working a pistol with astonish-ing deftness, while from his throat there came a series of the most terrific and unearthly yells that ever emanated from a human being.

And fight! There was nothing that old Buck wouldn't stand up before; and It was bis boast that he had never met anything, either man or beast, that he had not been able to lay on Its back.

•''Oh, yes,' the ganihlnr answered. 'You stand an equal chance lo win or lose.'

" 'Then I am either going to win on | this Investment,' old Buck said, 'or I ; am going to smash the game.'

LAST MONTH

Of the Tennmsen Cflntennlul nnd Indim-tr lul F.rpimltlon.

The month of October CIOSPR this g rea t out of nil Bxpoaltioni ever held in the South, nnd next lo the Coliiniliimi, t he hesl

_ 1 I_ 11 a 1 ever held in this count ry . For tbo CIOBIDI; Well , t h e p lay was m a d e a n d In l i t - . m o n t b , special nl l racl ionn have been nr

t i e m o r e t h a n a second B u c k ' s m o n e y ( rnngeil, nnd the rnten f rom nil par t s of the

SWUNG THE GAMBLER OVER HIS HEAD.

The boldest and most daring cowboys, even those who possessed an enviable reputation as fighters, sang very low of their prowess when Buck Rogers was around. He was not only brave and reckless, but he was as strong as an ox, and a blow of his naked fist, fair-ly planted, was enough to settle a man for all time to come.

One day down at Dodge City a lot of cowboys were talking about old Buck's remarkable strength, and recounting some of ihe feats he had performed, when one of their number, a man who had recently come up from the south, said:

"Never heard about the trick old Buck played on a chap down In Texas one time, I reckon?"

"Guess not," somebody replied. "Then I'll tell you about i t It was

one night. Just after pay day at the XL ranch, and the boys were all down at town blowing In their money. Theie was Just one saloon In the place, and, of course, that was where the crowd rounded up.

"Well, when the boys had got pretty well loaded with liquor a slick stranger made his appearance at the saloon and opened up with some kind of a flim-flam game. The game was a clean steal from first to last, but the boys •bucked' it. and were, one after an-other, cleaned out so quick that it al-most made their heads swim. The losfers didn't feel a ^ l t good over being worked that way, and there was a good deal of muttering and cursing, to say nothing of menacing scowls and ner-vous fingering of pistols. But the gambler, a thin, wiry little cuss, had his nerve with him, and he proceeded with his game as coolly as though he had been surrounded by friends.

"At last old Buck went over to the table and put up a twenty dollar gold piece against the game.

' " D o I stand any show to win In this business?' he asked.

went Into the gambler's pocket. Buck waited a moment, then he said slowly:

'I remarked that I was going to win or else smash the game. Well, I didn't win, so I'll just—'

And before anybody knew what he Intended to do he had reached over, caught the gambler by the arms, swung him over his head and brought him down broadside across the table with all the strength he possessed. The game was smashed, the boards in the table were splintered, and the gam-bler lay on the floor as limp as a rag.

"Everybody thought at first that Buck had killed the fellow, but they were mistaken. The chap lived, but it was a long time before he was able to walk a step, or even to stand on his feet It Is safe to bet, though, that he never tried any more skin games on cewboys."

The old saying that "sooner or later every man will meet his match" proved true In Buck Roger's case. For years he rode the range, unconquered and Invincible and victor In every con-test with man or beast. But ho a t last met his match. He "went up against" a thing In comparison to which he was a mere feather. In plain words, he "bucked a cyclone.

One Saturday afternoon In July Buck was down at Dodge City. The town was full of cowboys, but they were not very lively. The day was Intensely hot and sultry, and even a cowboy did not feel Inclined to exert himself unneces-sarily. The usual amount of liquor was disposed of, however, and old Buck managed to take care of his portion.

Along about the middle of the after-noon a black cloud came up from the east and another from the west. These clouds advanced and mot overhead, and then began to conduct themselves In a most peculiar manner. They rolled and tumbled and pitched and churned, and twisted In and out among them-selves.

The street was lined with people who watched these clouds anxiously, for every one felt assured that a cyclone was brewing. People had left their homes and the stores and shops, and the cowboys had left the saloons—at least, those of them who were not too drunk. Old Buck had mounted his broncho and was standing In the road In front of the postofflce.

Pretty soon there came sweeping across the prairie from the west a mass of black cloud, funnel-shaped and bristling with electricity. Every one knew In an instant what that mean t The dreaded cyclone had appeared.

Some of the people fled In search of places of safety, some dropped down right where they stood and began to wail and pray, while others stood, open-mouth and dumb, staring stupidly at the terrible engine of destruction. But old Buck Rogers did none of these things.

At the first cry that a cyclone was coming he tore off his hat and threw it down In the road, gave one long, un-earthly yell of defiance, and dashed down the street right toward the cy-clone's track. As he went he cried:

I've never seen the thing yet that was able to do old Buck Rogers up, and I've fought white men, Indians and bears. I'm not the man, to be scared of a little wad of wind and cloud. Who-o-o-p-e-e-e!"

The people watched him as he raced out across the prairie, his long hair fiylng and his face set squarely to the front. They saw him as he bore down toward the cyclone, and above the roar of the wind they heard the shout of defiance which he gave out. The next moment they saw the mighty moving monster and the man meet. They saw the latter swallowed up In that black cloud. That was all.

In a minute the cyclone had passed It had missed the town, and the people breathed easy once more.

Immediately a party went out In search of old Buck, and after a long hunt somebody found him. He was hanging in the forks of a Cottonwood tree, about twenty feet from the ground, and jammed down go tight be-tween the limbs that he could not move. His broncho lay ten yards away, stone dead. Buck was rescued and carried back to town, more dead than alive. The doctor examined him and found that while his injuries would not prove fatal he would be a cripple for life. When he heard the announce-ment old Buck groaned. He looked at the cowboys who collected about him and said:

"Boys, I'm done. I went up against a critter at last that was too much for me. I was licked fair ; and from now on I'm gentle as a lamb. 'When a little wad of wind and cloud can pick a man up and toss him Into tbo fork ot a tree like that done me. It's time for that man to pull in his horns and shut up shop as a fighter. I've got no more to sny, and after this. If a 10-year-old boy wants to lick me he can do It."

In the course of time old Buck was able to get about, but he was never the

1 same man. His spirit was completely | broken. He had lost all zest for fight-j Ing, and Instead of being the rashest i and most obstreperous character In

the section, he had become the quietest and most demure. He lived a good many years, but as it was necessary for him to use a crutch he never re-turned to ranch life.

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WAS I T " M U R D R R ? "

A T T H E p resent ga i t , ve ry BOOH

none b i n the rich will have any riifhta in this h n d of the freo(?J . Wituera the shoot ing ilnwn l ike dogs of a score of peaceable ni iners by liireliug deput ies a rmed with Win-(ihesters. I t was a total ly unprovoked wholesale m u r d e r , and if it is not Hvenged, justice a n d decency a re but inncker ies ,—[Lowel l L E E M J E B ,

W h i l e g iv ing the above f rom our rsteeroed con tempora ry , we desire to lake issue with it in its ascertion tha i thu a f fa i r was unp rovoked , wholesale murder , or t ha t it was m u r d e r a t a l l , I t is t o be dep lo red , i t is t rue , and p r o b a b l y might have been better inn11 H£ied, bu t when all is said, these tueo >\ere law breakers and laid them-uelvt-.i l iable to the t r ea tmen t they re-re ived. These men had t h e r ight to i|<iit work , bu t they hud no rigii t to l i i t fpfcre with those who chose to wurU where they r e f u s e d - t o , And ^ l u i t ' h a v e these s t r ike r s gained by i l i e i r iuunthsof idlei.ess nnd interfer-ing with the businesB of the coun t ry? Jn o u r way of t h i n k i n g the re is too inuoh of this s^r t of t h inn being done nnd there are two sides lo the ques-t ion , I t is t ime to call a hal t to lluise who asKunie t<i d ic ta te as to who hball be employed and who shal l not nnd to sny what wages o the rs may and m a y not work fo r in this f r e e coun-

t r y t ? ) — [ R o c k f o r d Reg i s t e r .

T I I K L K D O I C U a t al l t imes s tands

r e a d y lo accep t honest cr i t icism and

would ce t t a in ly m a k e no except ion of

- ou r good b ro the r of the RegitMur.

I n the present ins tance, however,

w e believe t h a t our defini t ion of the

i l aze l ton slau<.'hter ns a " t o t a l l y un-

provoked wholesale m u r d e r ' ' is the

r i gh t th ing; nnd subsequen t events

just i t ies t h a t bel ief .

On Monday , the coroner ' s j u r y by

a mu jo r i t y of f ou r out of s ix, decided

t h a t

" C l e m e n t P lu tock and others came to their d e a t h bv gunsho t wounds at t h e h a n d s o f S h e r i t f J a m e s Mart in a n d his deput ies , t na t Clement Plat-o c k with o the rs was march ing peac-a b l y a n d u n a r m e d on the public h i g h w a y , t h a t they were mercilessly s h o t lo dea th and that, the ki l l ing was nnnecessary and could have been hvo id td wi thout serious in ju ry to t i lher person or p rope r ty , and that I he kUliiig was W A N T O N and U N J U S -

T I F I A B L E . "

W e leave the reader to decide

whether this opinion of a j u ry on the

spot , a f t e r d u e examina t ion and de-

l iberat ion of the s l augh te r in question

just i f ies t h e L E D Q E U in cal l ing the ac t

a b r u t a l , wholesale murder . W e

h a v e no b e t t e r n a m e fo r i t .

W i l l B r o t h e r Cowdin tell us wha t

r igh teous law o f G o d o r man these

men were viola t ing? The j u r y says

they were u n a r m e d and march ing

peaceably a l o n g the pub l ic h ighway .

I n G o d ' s n a m e , M r . Regis ter , shall

hones t l abo r ing men in this land of

boasted l ibe r ty and f reedom, be shot

down l ike doge, w i th no voice raised

in p ro tes t , a n d no pen to advoca t e

l l ie i r cause? I f so, t ru ly , " J u s t i c e

a n d d e c e n c y a r e b u t mocker i l8 . , '

T h e s e m e n were in ter fe i ing wi th

mi i ne when they were killed. T h e

Regis ter a s k s , ' ' w h a t have they

/Mined?" W h a t h a v e they lust?

T h e s t a t e m e n t of one mining com-

p a n y in t h e H o c k i n g valley showed

l o a t t h i r t y - n i n e mine r s were paid

%>223.98 f o r two week's work , or #2 .87

iter miin pe r week , and out of this

iiev were obl iged t o pay the cos t of

•' -ling powdel ' a n d tool 8har|>eniiig

I e goods p u r c h a s e d by these men

(Ini ni-j d m two weeks a m o u n t e d to

578.0"), au a v e r a g e of about 8 2 . 2 8 f o r

each fnimiy, a n d th i s did n r t i nc lude

r -nt . T h e s . r t of f a r e and the quan -

i ity a n d qual i iy of c lo th ing t h e ave-

rage f a m i l y can p rocure for • 2 . 2 8 a

Week can perhaps, be imagined

T h e fu l l meaninu of the contes t can

o n l y be unders tood when the condi-

t ions a g a i n s t wh ich the mine r s re-

•o iu-d a re comprehended . T h e m i n -

ers ' o r t j an imt ion <n officially announc*

log ISe Ktrike t said I

'•'Our suspepaion is no t a choice, bu t a n a l t e rna t ive . I t is the voice of au eufJaved class urged to action by cruel and i \nbearable oondit ions; t he protest of a u overworked , underpa id people aga ins t longer c o n t i n m n g a semi-s tarved exvstence. T h e l imit of e n d u r a n c e was reached when hones t labor could no longer sustain i tself ."

T h e policy indicated by the Regis-

ter ' s queotion would pe rpe tua t e l b se

condi t ions and keep the miners for-

ever in practical s l ave ry . Suppose

the R e v o l u t i o n a r y pat r io ts had

stopped to count the cost to t h e m of

t ha t t remenduous s t rugg le . These

U n i t e d States would have been today

a mere Bri t ish dependency. T h e r e

was not the smallest chance t h a t the

soldiers of 1776 could ever regain Ihe

wages lost, their prec ious hea l th , or

t ha t t hey would eve r be recompeused

for the i r te r r ib le suf fer ings . Wel l is

it for us, tha t they d id not t a k e so

n a r r o w a view, b u t wil l ingly and

heroical ly engaged in t h e s t r u g g l e

that has proved for posteri ty one of

the g randes t and most benef icent in

the world's history.

J u s t so, a t g r e a t personal loss, have

the miners made a change f o r the bet-

ter in their condi t ion t ha t to them is

ines t imable . T h a t it has cos t them

suf fer ing and leaves them d e b t s t ha t

will require many mon ths to p a y , they

should not a n a will not r eg re t ,

T h e Register t h i n k s i t is t ime to

call a ha l t to those who s ay what

wages others shal l pay . V e r y well,

work y o u r ru le bo th ways a n d stop

t h e mil l ionaire mine owners f rom

vio la t ing the laws of ou r c o u n t r y by

impor t ing I t aPans , nnd P o l a n d e r s for

the purpose of s t a r v i n g A m e r i c a n

w o r k i n g men , the i r wives a n d babes.

B r o t h e r Cowdin , does the mere fac t

t h a t t he otie is a mi l l ionaire and the

o ther a pauper , m a k e one m a n bet ter

t han ano the r?

" E q u a l r igh ts to a l l ; special pr ivi

leges to n o n e . " T h a t is t he rock

upon which we s t a n d ; and it is im-

pregnable , ¥ ¥

C O R N E L L ' S P R E S I D E N T ON C O -

E R C I O N .

In these d a y s of t rus t s and corpor-

at ions, it is p leas ing to no te tha t ou r

grea t educa t iona l ins t i tu t ions , a t least,

a r e not control led by the money pow-

er . T h e facts concern ing the forced

resignation by P r o f . Andrews of t h e

Brown Univers i ty pres idency, t he

s torm of denunc ia t ion t h a t over-

whelmed the mil l ionaires who caused

ir, and the i r subsequen t p rayer t h a t

the Professor r e tu rn a n d save the

university f rom ihe fa te a b o u t l o

overwhelm it, a i e well known to the

ave rage reader who is also a w a r e t h a t

Pres ident Andrewa* views on the Sil-

ver question was the cause of the

t rouble .

Keene. Wm. Covert haa just completed a neat

farm house for A. Lee of Keene.

Al Knee and wife and J en i e visited Ran-, gom Abbie's Thursday night, and Friday

Mrs. Knee went to Hubbardston to visit

friends, and Mr, Knee and Jessie went to Greenville to attend the convention.

Clark Hnwley and wife of loniu visited

Chas. Lnrnpkina Thursday. Mr. Levy of Nashville, Tenn. and Mr.

Chas, McCurly of Lowell took tea Thurs-

day with B. F. Wilkinson.

Frank Raymond of Keene and Myrtle

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In order to more rapidly increase

our snliscription list, ami as an in-

ducement for those of our readers

who are in arrears to settle up, we

have closed A contract for 500 lifc-

sizo portraits, with A. G. Van Alls-

burg, a Grand Rapids artist, to be

ifolcomh of Coral were united in marriage | a b s o l u t e l y g i v e n a w a y u p o n t h e fo l -

at the home of the bride on Sept. 21 in the l o w i n g c o n d i t i o n s : evening* f l e r dress was heliotrope of wool

goods and she carried bridal rosea. Miss Myrtie Raymond and Oeo. Holcomb stood

up with them. There were 40 present at the

wedding. They returned to Keene on the

22nd, to Oeo. Raymond's, the groom's fath-er, where there was a reception prepared

for them in the evening. Thirty invita-

tions were sent out. All wish them suo1

oessin life as Frank is one of our Keene

boys. Chas. Daniels was up from Qrand Rap-

ids and visited his mother a few days.

Mrs, Duffy from Lowell is keeping house

for Mrs. Nee while she is absent from home.

Mrs. R. and G. Adams. Mrs .E. Kennedy

and Mrs. T. Daniels called on Mrs. Lauu

berton last week.

Mr. Gifford and wife of Saranac visited

Mrs. Lamberton last week. Mrs.Knee'saunt, Mrs. Abies from Cedar

Springs has besn visiting her.

On Monday, ?epl. 30, it being Mr. and

Mrs, Hale's birthday, their friends and

neighbors planned a pleasant surprise for

them, went in the morning and ntayed all

day, with baskets well filled with every-

thing that was good to siitisly hunger-

There were 50 in number present and the day wus spent in it big jubilee. Ice cream

and cake were served for supper, their

presents consisted of a very nice ouk rock-

er, with everything complete for it, From

their relatives and the neighbors presented

six silver tablespoons, nil went home f te i -

ing they had put in a good time and

wished the old couple could see many more

such birthdays,

B u o k l e n ' s A r n i q a S a l v e .

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ly onrea Piles, or no pay required. I t is | a n h o u r you will be a deed m a n , " sa<d

Kvery person who will give us

$ 1 , 0 0 will reccivo the L E D G E R ono

year and receive in addition a life-

size portrait, enlarged from any

photograph they wish, This is no

framing scheme. Wo agree to give

you a fine portrait 16x20 inches in

size, and you can buy the frame

where you please, Remember, that there are no tick-

ets to punch, no coupons to save, no large sutns of money to spend, and no tedious wailing before you get the portrait. The small sum of 8 1 . 0 0 secures you the L E D G E R one year and •5.00 portrait.

Subscribers in arrears, who settle up and pay a year in advance, aro entitled to the same privilege.

Sample of work can bo seen in our office. Bring or send the cash and the photograph and we will do the rest.

T H E L E D G E R . Lowel l . M i c h .

OAUOLEO THI JURY. [AB iB tOTfa t l a* l a o l d M t of • Mimewm*

h i e f j m n t m l t T h e j u r y l a t h e M a r t h a Wash ing ton

case, a famoua t r i a l of 40 yea r s ago, where in t h e cap t a in of t h e s t eamboa t Mar tha Washing ton a n d o t h e r s were c h a r g e d wi th b u r n i n g •the b o a t t o se-cure inauruQCE, waa chosen w i t h diffi-cul ty , says McClure 'e -Magazine. Dur-i n g t he i r five weeks ' service the mem-b e r s of i t were assailed on every side b y t h e zealous feminine sympa th ize r s of t h e accused. By every a r t possible to you th , beau ty and w i t and the reckless abandon of lives la rge ly s p e n t in the companionship of adven tu re r s were they approachedi "If you do no t go in to t h a t j u r y room and vote ' n o t guilty* In

guaranteed to give perfect aatisfaotion or money refunded. Price 26 cents per box. For sale by L. H. Hunt 9c- Co.

W e s t Lowell .

The Husy Bees will hold their next

meeting at the home of /'{ella Mclntyre

October 2. at 2, p. m. Mrs. 8. GrlHtwood, who hAs been visiting

friends and relatives in Roohsster, N. Y.,

roturnrd Inst Tuesday.

The next regular meeting of the Ladies

Aid will be held nt tb(«home of Mrs, Covill at Lowell Oct. Qth at 10 a, in.

Mrs. H. Ensterbrooks on I led on Mrs. 8. Grist wood last Friday.

Miss Minnie Holmes is assisting Mrs. Alaska Jay,

8. Gristwood and wife visited M. D

Court and wife of Lowell lust Saturday

evening.

Mr. Holmes nnd family vi.-ated Ed Dun-

T . , . i n * ham and wife of Middieville who were for-I t is pleasing lo note t h a t Brown s m e r l r residents here.

pres ident does not s t a n d alone in his

mainlenatice of the r igh t o f f i c e speech

ami independence of opinion; a n d

has no less a i s n p p o r t e r than P res iden t

S c h u r m a n n ot Cornell Un ive r s i ty ,

whose ani iua l address to the s t u d e n t s

of that ins t i tu t ion , included the fol-

htwing nob le s en l imen t s :

" C o r n e l l , " said M r . S c h u r m a n , " recognizes t ha t the iniijnrity m a y be wrong a n d t h a t the minur i ty m a y be right. Therefore , abso lu te f reedom is the sou I of the ins* it til ion. Br ice called o u r major i ty r u l e sys tem fatal-ism of the inul t i l t ide. W e believe here t h a t one man with God 's t r u t h is a mujor i ty and eve ry teacher is ex-pected t«i do what Socra tes d id , al-though he ou t raged Athen ians and suffered m a r t y r d o m for it , t o com-munica te to others his belief a n d Con-victions o r else to answer to a cha rge of sacrilege. I bel ieve tha t inst i tu-lions should cea8e lo exis t a thousand times, sooner t h a n u s ingle professor should be coe rced .

" W h i l e money is a necessity to any univers i ty , it is not so p a r a m o u n t lo the f reedom of a t e a c h i n g staff. Bol-ter t h a i t he un ive is i ty be wiped ou t of exis tence than t ha t t r u t h Itesupressed. T h e end of a un ivers i ty is p ropaga-tion of t r u t h . A n y pretensions of a corpora t ion t o set i iniils on a teach-ing slnff tn jo t be resisted us absolu te ly

u n w a r r a n t e d . " » »

*

JUST ns soon as the B a n k of Eng -

land ta lked of g iv ing silver a l i n e

show in i ts rese rve f u n d , t ha t metal

began g o i n g up; ami ye t t h e r e a r e

people who insist t h a t " y o u can ' t

legislate va lue in to a n y t h i n g . "

G r e a t C u r e s proved bv thousands of tesl imoniuls show tha t f lood ' s Sar-sapar i l la possesses p o w e r to pu r i fy , vi ta l ize and enrich the blood.

H o o d ' s P i l l s . re the only pills to bo taken wi th Hood 's Sursaparil la.

A l t o n .

The parly at Richard McGee's Inst week

was very largely nttended, I/)well wus well

represented nnd all had a pleasant time.

Mrs. Pal Murphy and duiigbter Nellie,

are visiting relatives in Chicago.

Mr. and Mn. Lavant and Mr. Lurch have been giving some very inierestintf en-tertainments at the hall.

Mrs. P. W. Bvrne and son Onie were in Grand Rapids last week Thursdav.

Ernest Burt of Belding was here last week Thursdpy and Nellie Byrnes returned home with him.

Lon Culver and son spent Sunday at

their home in Belding. Fred Ford has jubt completed a wagon

f ir Thomas IAIIV.

Those from here who a t t e n d s the cele-

bration at Greenville iast week Friday were Nelson Lewis, A»* Jnkeway, P. W.

Byrnes and son Onie, Mr. Uogan, Lea

Gray, C. R. Porter ami wife.

Jacob Ford and wife of Trufant dined nt Fred Ford's Inst week Friday.

The cider mill will be^in business thix

week, with Fred Ford Art BiblerandUhas.

Keech at the helm.

Fred Soules and wife of Lowell are keep-

ing house for Mr. Duu-licr while he is vis-iting in New York Mute.

I^ake Davis was in Grand Rapids Mun-

day and Tuesday to get a gasoline engine.

With th i ch tu run the flour mill.

t he wi fe of the capta in , c o n f r o n t i n g an aged j u r o r on t h e s ta i rcase . S p r u n g f r o m an old) a n d respectable Massa-chnsettts fami ly , she waa a s ingu la r ly beau t i fu l , br i l l iant , d a s h i n g woman. She h a d gone In ear ly gir lhood t o the wes t and became enamored of t h e pic-t u r e sque r iver capta in , w h o did not see fit t o m a r r y h e r and w e n t o f t t o Mexico and opened hla g a m b l i n g house on t h e lUo Grande. One d a y a s be s a t dea l ing f a r o the re h is affianced- p resen ted her-self. Disguised in a m a n ' s a t t i r e and armed wi th a brace of pistols, s h e had made he r w a y w i t h o u t detect ion t o the Rio Grande. She w a s a ski l led shot and could h i t a dol lar acro ia a room. Level* ing a pistol a t t h e r e c r e a n t lover 's head, she said in a shor t . Sharp voicet "Mar ry me, or t a k e t h i s In y o u r h e a d f " The as tounded capta in repl ied; "Why, Ollie, my dear , I s t h a t y o u ? " The mar-r i age ceremony w a s pe r fo rmed t h a t day.

Or iv tn t h e W o r d " S M O b . "

"While t n r n i n g over t h e leaves of t h e e igh th volume of the S p o r t i n g Magar t ine , published In 170C," aays a w r i t e r in Notes and Queries , " I have coma upon w h a t I t h i n k i s a very ear ly in< s tance of t h e word ' snob. ' T h e con* t e x t does not Indica te I ts meaning , b u t I apprehend t h e r e la n o doub t t h a t w a m u s t In t e rp re t I t b y t h e shoemaker . T h e w r i t e r Is d i scours ing of races a t Whi techurch . H e says t h a t ' t h e r e waa a very respectable field; and a l though na l the r t h e d u k e of Queensbury , Lord E g r e m o n t n o r h is r oya l h ighness the prince of Wales w e r e present , i t be-i n g a hol iday t ime , a n u m b e r of roya l snobs w e r e . ' "

T h e S a l e s of H o o d ' s Sarsapar i l la aro the largest in the w o r l d because the cures b y H o o d ' s Sarsapar i l la a r e w o n d e r f u l , per fec t , p e r m a n e n t .

H o o d ' s P i l l s a re the best f a m i l y cathurt ic and l iver incdicine. 2ac.

E C O N O M Y in t a k i n g H o o d ' s Sa r -" sapari l ia , because " 100 doses one d o l l a r " is pecul ia r t o and t r u e only of the O n e T r u e B L O O D Pur i f i e r .

P o u l t r y W a n t e d

Your Last Sunday For an Excursion to Grand Rapids will be Sept . 26 on which d a t e t h e D . G . R . (fc W . R y . will r u n a special t r a i n , l e av ing E l m d a l e a t 11 :20 a . m . and a r r i v i n g al G r a n d R a p i d s s t noon. Leave reluming at 6.30 p, m. Round trip rate 40 cents.

This winds up the season of Sunday excurs ions for '97 , ( p robab ly . )

Geo. D e l i a v e n .

Last of This Year Sunday Excursions to Detroit.

October 3rd will wind up the Sun -day Excurs ions fo r '97 via D. G . 11. & W . R . R. L a s t ohalico to visit De-t ro i t a t such low rates. Specia l t rain will leave E l m d a l e a l 7.41 a. in., and a r r ive a t De t ro i t a t noon. Leave re-t u r n i n g a t 6.30 p. in . R o u n d tr ip

r a l e S l . 5 0 . Geo . D e l l a v e n , G. P . A.

R . D . S T O C K I N G

Having severed his connection with

the Michigan Cutter & Buggy compnny

wishes to announce that lis may be found

at the old stand of Stocking A .Sherman,

where he will make a specialty of

BICYLE REPAIRING. nnd wjl! handle nil kinds of MUSIC-

AL and SPORTING GOODS as of old.

Lowest living prices on

S e w i n g M a c h i n e s

with repairs and supplies for same.

F I R E and TORNADO INSURANCE

Written on Village nnd farm property

0 ^ ' V e r y best form of Insurance out.

M i c h i g a n ^ People .

CLARKSVILLE w ACADEMY.

THIS PRIVATE SCHOOL OFFERS THE FOLLOWING COURSES OF STUDY.

C o m m o n S c h o o l C o u r s e . . . This course gives the regular work ol all the common brmches of study. Tuition for term of 20 weeks, $8.00.

E n g l i s h C o u r s e . . . Gives shorter or review work of com mon branches ami nil acadeioic studies leading to first, second nnd third grade teucher's certificates. Tuition for term of 20 weeks. $10.

A c a d e m i c C o u r s e s . , , Prepares the student for state certifi cate or university. Tuition for term of 20 weeks, $10.

N o r m a l C o u r s e . , , Includes kindergarten and professional t i d i e s for all grades of teacher's cer tincates. Tuition for term of 20 weeks $10.

B u s i n e s s C o u r s e . . . Gives book keeping in nil its forms and oilier branches necessary for a complete hiibiness education. Tuition for term of 20 weekx, $16.

A n n o u n c e m e n t s f o r 1 8 9 7 - 9 8 . Fall and winter school begins Oct.

• 897. Anyone dexiring regular or spceiul •vork in any academic work for whnlever •iiirpose, will lim! that we will do them jus-ice for less expense, than ay other school ol

'he kind. If you desire special prepai-atimi or first, second nr third grade certilieutes *e ofler the best opportunity at Clai-lotville Vcademy. Our students are successful.

C I i 11 I B Trannso, Maaaacrs, Olarksvllle, lonlo Co., Mich

I T P A T S T O

"'Ihe McLauiilan Rusiuess Uuivernity i>2 P o s i t i o n s 9 2

ecured by our students during the past ten

months. We have no term divisions, stud may enter at any time. Rend

mniled free. For hund.>oiiie catalognu of

IniMiiess or shorthand dept., nddretts D, McLACHLANfiCO 23 South Division St ree t ,

Orand Rapids Mich.

plomas f rom prominent

N e w H a n d a t t h e C l e a v e r .

H a v i n g p u r c h a s e d t h e m e a t m a r -

P e a c h Hill G r o v e ,

S. Y. r s r y was pleasantly surprised l.ist

Monday evening by aUait 20 ol ilia friends Will Mim'tn ha-* a new wind-mill. i » . . . ' , , , t. i t to® bus ine s s a t t h e o ld s t a n d , a n d Snencer Morgan IIHH Injeti veiling bin I . . . , „ , , . 1 . ,

. . , „ i w i l l e n d e a v o r t o keep on h a n d a t a 11 cnusin. v rs . llendendiott. . . , , . /• ,i i • ,

itw. p k « k k „ 1 t i m e s s e a s o n a b l e m e a t s of a l l k i n d s , Mr*, hverhari has bren entertsining an _ L . _ , e , »

mini from Grand Raplda. A»lie Lingnfelter, Will Cihint and Had-

dy TuWw were In Saranar Sunday.

l i t , CrMri • imiif h atuwlj iniprstiag.

g P l

ket of . L. Coons, I shall Con linne

w h i c h wi l l be so ld a t fa i l p r i c e s .

A s h a r e of t h e p n b l i o p a t r o n a g e IR respee t fu l ly - so l i e i t ed .

L. B, LYONs

I

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w i l l p a y t h e h i g h e s t n l a r k e t

p f i c e f o r p o u h f y o f a l l k i n d s .

S e e m e b e f o r e y o u s e l l .

M c C A R T Y , T h e l i v e g r o c e r s

n o m ^ m P A Y .

Q , A . M u n c h , M . D .

t h e n o t e d Hpecial-

is t a n d c o n s u l t i n g

p h y s i c i a n o f t l i e

D e t r o i t M e d i c a l

a n d S u r g i c a l I n s t i -

t u t e , 1 4 5 P i n e S t . ;

D e t r o i t , M i c h . ,

w h o h a s f i ve d i -

ii p r o m i n e n t m e d i c a l

c o l l e g e s , c a n , a f t e r a n e x a m i n a t i o n ,

n a m e a n d l o c a t e a d i sease o r w e a k -

n e s s w i t h a c h e s , p a i n s , e t c . , w i t h -

o u t a s k i n g a q u e s t i o n . W e t r e a t

a l l CHRONIC, NKBVOC8, a n d PRIVATE

D I S E A S E S a n d U I S B A S K S O F W O M E N ,

( atarrh. Asthma, Bronchitis, rheumatism, Tetteri Eczema, Koroftlla, Ulcers, Tumors. Raptures, Epilepsy, Fits, Paralysis, Heart Lung, Skin, Kidney Odd BladQer diseases, Die.

No matter What your disease or who has failed to care you, consalt him. ( onsal-tation free aud CONFIDENTIAL, nnd if we takeyonrcase . we wonld ganrnulee a CORE or NO PAY and NO PAY will be re-qaired UNTIL l.'DUED of auyone whi. gives security or dujmsfb* money in bank If impossible to se Dr. Mtmch write folly enclosing s tamp fur inforrtiktion and large circulars. T o aooomodate patients, and others. Dr. Mnubli will again Visit IONIA, Det ler HOIttS, Th i f t day . Rebf aii. SARANAC, Ring's Hotel. Friday, Oct 1. LOWELL, Brace Bote!, Saturday, '• 8. i L l K a O D B & A t M i M n M w a d a , , " 4.

JPumfS.wxto

LOCATED Direcdv Opposite M. C R'y Depot. Two Blocks from Union Depot. Three Block* from Steamer Docks. In the Center ol Ihe Wholeaade District. Three Minutes by DecUic CMS to Re-

tail Center ind *11 PUces of Amusement.

aoo Rooms with Steam Meal Sio ,poo In New Improvements .

Cuisine Unsurpassed.. American Plan.

R a t e s , $ 2 and $ 2 . 5 0 per Day. Rooms, with Bath, $3. 8in|ls mtsls.GOo. .

HOW TO FIND OUT,

Fill a bottle or common glass with urino and let it stand twenty four hours, n sedi-ment or settling indioates a deceased con-dition <if the kidneys: When urino stains linen it is positive evidence of kidney trouble. Too freouent desire to urinate op pain in the back, is nlso convincing proof that the kidneys nnd bladder are out ot' op der.

WHAT TO CO.

There is comfort in the knowledge so often espressed, that Dr. Kilmer's .Sw:iinp> Root, the great kidney remedy fulfills every wish in relieving pain in tlie buck, kidnev. livor, bladder nnd every part of lie uriiihry passages It corrects inability to hold urine and scalding pain in passing It, or bnd effect following IIMS of liquor, wine or beer; and overcomes ibut nnpleus-ant necessity of being eom))elled to get up many times during the night to urinate. The mild and the extraordinary effect ol Swamp-Root is soon realized. It standi tbe highest for its wonderful cure* of tbo most distressing cases. If .Vou need a medi-cine you should have the best. Sold by druggists price lilty cenLx undone dollar. For a siniple bottle and piniplilet, both sent free by mail, mention Lowell LBIXIKH,

snd send your full post-olllce address to " r . Kilmer £ Co,, lUnghamtnn, N, Y. 1 proprietors of this paper guarantee tlis genuineness of this oiler.

T a x P a y e r s T a k e N o t i c e .

The tax roll of the village qf Lowell h is now in my hands and I am ready to re ceive taxes. After August 1, an extra charge will be made.

J O S R P H YEITHU, treasurer.

P a t r o n s of this paj ier h a v i n g busi-ness a t t he P r o b a t e c i n r t . will confer a g rea t f avor u p o n thu publ i sher , hy reques t ing t ha t the i r notices lie pub lished in t h e L O W E L L L E D G K K . rf

B u s i n e s s D i r e c t o r y .

J . HARRISON RLCKEKT. dentist. Over Church's bunk, Lowell.

8. P. HICKS, Loans, Collections, Real Estate and Insi.r*

ance. Lowell, Mich.

O.C. McDANtfEI., M. D , I'hyslcian and Surgeon. Ollice, -10 Bridge

street, l^well, Mich.

M. C.'iREEN, M. IK

^lifslcian and Surgeon. Offlce «t Residence Bridge street, Lowell. Mk-h.

G. G. TUW8LEY, I>., Physician and Hurgi on. Ollice Lome, 10 am

to .H pm. and 7 to 8 pin.

J . M GOODSPKE ', M.I). UHceand Residence on Hud-on street. Offlce hours from b i o 10a. in , 3 to 4 p. m. snd 7 to 8 p. in , Sunday, 3 to 5 p n .

E. N. CAMBELL, INSURANCE, LOANS, Notary Public, Real Estate Ag nt and Col-

lector. Over Boylan's store. Lowel'

MILTON M. PFRKY,

Attorney and Counselor at Law. Train's Hall Block, Lowell, Mich. Ppn-Ul Httentlon given to Collections, CoLV>-y;oiclng. snd Sale of Real Estate.

Has also qualiHed and been iid'nltted to pruc lice lu the IntArlor Department nnd all the bureaus thereto snd Is resdy to pntfcecute Claims for those that msy be entitled to Pension Bounty.

Edward 0. Mainsf A t t o r n e y a t L a w i W

Y O U R P A T R O N A O E S O L I O I T E D .

A . E. Cambell Dentist, OVER BOYLAK'S STORE.

Al l b runches of deiitnl work d o n e by t h e latest improved li ieihods. S a l ' isfnetion gunrnn teed .

G a s adminis te red .

r o f t m a

INSURANCE! OAXX OK

P. D. EDDY & CO..

W A N T £ D ~ A N taing to patentf Protect l ourtdeos; they may

wealth. Writs JOHN WBDDER-brlng you • • • • BURN A CO., Paunt Attuneys, Wi»hisa»—I

O ^ . f o r t M r S M W H t a s s f e t i

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Spring & Co From Clae to Clioiax. BY m N. HARKN.

(Cspyrlght i8g6, iy J. B. Llppliutitl Ce.J

Dress Goods.

S Y N O P S I S .

Chapter I—Alfred Whldby discovers dead body of his uncle, Mr. Strong, with gash In the throat, and telophones for police. Matthews, the gardener, Is the only other occupant of the house.

Chapter II—Capt. Welsh, chief of police, and Detective Hendricks Investigate, Blood .3 found on Whldby's cuff.

Chapter III—Col. Warrenton, a lawyer, makes a friendly call. Whldby recalls (what ho had not when examined by cor-oner) walking In his sleep during night, being awakened by stumbling over a chair; Isadvlsed not to again mention this Incident. Annette Deltnar calls to prove her devotion pven while her lover Is under suspicion.

Chapter IV—Warrenton learns that i . . , r T \ Strong had quarreled with a mysterious

i hlH season IS lo oe o n e of P r e s s visitor the previous summer, during Whld-. , , , , . . i by's absence. Myaterloua letters received ;

G o o d s b u y i p g . W e h a v e a n t i c i p a - : gnd^mayor offers reward for capture of j

l e d t h i s f r o m t h e b e g i n n i n g . P u r • Chapter V—Mayor's family Is concerned , , ,. , • . ( lest offering reward may attract murder-

Stock has a c c o r d i n g l y t aken on t h e | er's nttention to him, Lilian Walters, , , . . ,. {mayor's married daughter) acts strangely,

Jiew a d l a t e s t c l fec t s , c o n s i s t i n g ot I Claims She has seen ft man climb over the . . . I fence. She had securcd a revolver, but not

a ve ry p r e t t y l i n e of vpve l t i e s in I beforo the man's escape. ,w> , Chapter VI—Lilian wakens her mother In

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turn. Tho mayor receives a threatening note.

Chapter VII—Whldby fca^s he commit-ted tho crime under hypnotic Inlluence, Warrenton advises ft consultation with Dr, Lampkln, a hypnotic specialist.

Chapter VIII—Nothing developing at Roundtree's place, pollco guard Is with-drawn. A day or two later,Lilian, walking

garden, la shot at, bullet passing through er sleeve. Hendricks makes a careful

nvestlgatton. Chapter IX—Hendricks dbrcloses to

Welsh that Lilian had pcrposely shot Iso she haT '

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"*•" " TT—IT. i-ampjcm arranges a nyp-no t io tes t ' on Whldby to determine truth of latter 's suspicion that W'hldby commltteg tho crime.

Chapter X I - R t « u l t h ^ n o t l c teat MB, vlncos Lampkln that Whldby had been made to do the murder. Detective Hen-dricks, concealed In room unknown to the others, makes fu r t heMnves t l ^ lon . .

OUtufrtri- -Tif—riemji irrW rafifWfO 'TTTlld-by and friends his theory of tho bypnotlo test and arrives a t contrary conclusion to that reached by Dr. LamaJtln.

Ctiaptcr ITnT—Henant-Rs learns of Strong's mysterious caller, and also of a letter, which had greatly disturbed Mr. Strong, coming In a blue envelope about threo weeks prior to the crime. Hendricks secures a fragment of the letter and the en? vctone.

CTiapter XFV—Hendricks becomes coni vlnced that Lilian's mysterious actions have no connection with tho crime, but a tp paused by other and singular reasons.

Chapter XV—Hendricks rccalls having some time before received a letter signed "Frederick Champney," of 234 Union street, Brooklyn. Thinks writing resembles that of blue envclooQ.

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cnapter w t n——..110. j . la ' tc story of how her brother was swindled In a mining enterprise by Mr. Strong and of bis experimenting la hyppotlsm.

unaptep A.VIII—wmtroy nas neen ar-rested whllo Hendricks Is away In New York. Farlelgh In n letter agrees to give himself up If Hendricks will come to an appointed place. Hendricks goes, but Is pot auccessful. Another appointment Is made, the latter note containing a com-

tlete confession, and tho detective and ampkin go to tho given address.

whoever opened the door. Thede tecUve rang . The re w a s a f a in t l igh t shining th rough the g r imy t r ansom over the door, but no sound come f r o m wi th in .

l l cndr icks r a n g again, nnd when the c langing of the hell hud died away a door beneath the stoop opened, a chain rat t led aga ins t an iron gate, and a wom-an hall c |ad and with ha i r disheveled came out a m i d s t a heap of ga rbage and ash barre ls and glared up a t them.

"WJiat do ye wapt ?" she asked crust-,

Uy. •'Wo have an appo in tmen t with a M r . ,

Far le igh . who hps a room here, U h i n j t , " | Pend r i cka Teplled. '

"A pur ty t imeo ' n ight fo r i t r ' s n g r l e d the woman. "Bu t I promised the gin-, t leman to le t ye In, an ' so. if ye'il wai t till I come up. I'll open the door."

I n a minu te she admit ted them; "Ye w a s to go up to his room—the top

floor f r o n t ; ye can ' t miss i t . I would go up ahead o' ye. but I 'm t h a t s t i l l

t ha t—" "We'll g e t the re qll r igh t , " Hendricks

in te r rup ted , passing her . "We won ' t be long. Would you mind leaving the door un locked?"

"No t a t all, s ir ," she replied. The d e . ! tective thanked her, and w e n t up the stairs .

The door of the room in the f r o n t , on the top floor, was closed. There was a t ransom over it , b u t n o l ight shone t h r o u g h . Hendricks knocked and wait-ed. Then he pu t his hands on the latch. As he did so. Dr. Lampkin drew his re-TOIVCT.

Hendr icks laughed gr imly . " P u t it up." he mut tered . "You won ' t need It."

The doop w a B n o f c f as tened . Hen- i dr icks pushed i t open, nnd ns he did so j some s t r i p s of cotton b a t t i n g fell to the flooa* f r o m the side and the top. The | room was very da rk . The outside blinds | hod been closed, and th( ur tnins drawn, ' co t h a t uo l ight came in f r o m the s t ree t i below n o r f rom the moon above.

T h e detective s t ruck a match , ond ; 1-ghted the gaa near t h e door. The yel- i low g la re tilled the room nnd revealed i a g rue some s ight . A bed stood in the r i g h t h a n d corner , nnd on his side, h is l a c e t o t h e windows, lay the body of a man . A 44-caliber. old-style pistol hod been tied to the back of n chair in such a way t h a t t h e muz/.lc was wi th in three Inches of a da rk hole in the man 's tem-ple.

"Original Idea!" w a s Hendricks ' first observat ion. He pointed to a f a in t line of ashes f rom t h e cha i r , across the ba re floor, to the airhole of a l i t t le stove in t h e flrcplace.

" I can ' t unders tand i t ," said Dr . Lampkin , s tooping toexamine t h e oshes.

Hendr icks opened t h e door of the stove.

" I have never seen th i s method be-fore ," he said, reflectively. "The line of ashes waa made by a fuse runn ing

1 f r o m the tube of t h e pistol to a candle 1 in t h e stove. See, h e r e a re the remains

of t h e wick, and some of the tallow. T b e fuse was fas tehed in the end of t h e caad le i h e l i t it^ closed t h e door of t b e

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Dr . Lampkin , " I see. He calculated on a painless dea th by hypnot iz ing h im. self to sleep."

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t h i n k t h e c r e a t u r e was ever born who could, in t h a t way, pu t himself to sleep whi le fac ing e terni ty , especially a f t e r c o m m i t t i n g a crime. I l l s conscience would no t allow i t . " Dr. Lampkln ben t f o r w a r d , nnd made a close examinat ion of t h e dead man ' s fea tu res . "Poor fel-l ow!" he said. " H e evidently t r ied t o sleep. I t h i n k he wan ted to be found .wi th n smile on his face. Bu t he fai led. Even in dea th he shows t h e awful d r e a d he m u s t have had. T h e r e is no d o u b t t h a t he menia l ly suf fered . Do you know w h a t a f r iend of mine is do ing? l i e is m a k i n g a s tudy of the f ea tu re s of the dead, fo r the purpose of scientifical-ly proving to people w h o don' t believe in t h e Immorta l i ty of t h e soul t h a t the re Is a f u t u r e life. He says If only ou r s igh t were educated sufficiently we could rend on the faces of dead people express ions t h a t could no t be pu t t h e r e by mor ta l thought—express ions t h a t are fo rmed j u s t as t h e awakened soul Is leaving the body. I agree wi th h im t h a t i t is a g r e a t field fo r s tudy . He is an a r t i s t , nnd has pa in ted the s t rong-e s t p ic tu re t h a t I have ever seen. I t is t h e l iving face of a m a n d is tor ted by the w o r s t of human passions, and by i t s side is t h e same face, a f t e r dea th , wear-i n g t h e spir i tual expression I menr t loned."

" I hope," Hendr icks remarked , with a shudder , as he glanced a t t b e dead m a n ' s f ea tu res , " y o u r f r iend would not a r g u e t h a t t h e horr ib le expressions on t h e faces of some suicides would prove t h a t r - t h a t they h a r e no—chance, you

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j "No t a t all." replied tbe doctor . "Ho hays th# soul Is simply separa ted f r o m

"Here's f o m e t n i n g you d r O n t t t t i l e d in ." H e handed the doctor a t e l e g m n .

I t was as fol lows: "Mlnard Hendricks and Dr, Lampkln,

New York: "Ood bless you both! I never was so hap-

py In my )l'e. p a p a w e n t with me to the Jal} Jo see Alfred. I am dy}ng to thank you personilfy. p o pome down If you possibly can.

'.•ANNETTE DELM^Jt. '1

Dr. Lampkin folded tho te legram and p u t i t into t h e envelope. Hendr icks had th rown himself on a lounge, nnd was gaz ing up ap t he ceiling,

"Well, sha l j ^ou g o ? " Dr. Lnmpk jn asked.

"I hardly know," said the detective. " I t would be nice to see t h a t boy an<^ girl happy toge ther and know t h a t w e had someth ing to d o wi th it. If I had failed to car ry m y poin t in Whldby'^ case it would have driyen m e c razy ; I should never have tr ied to do anothen piece of detective work so long n& I lived. B u t I can ' t g e t away easily j u s t now, fo r I have the Sixth, avenue jew-eler 's m a t t e r to d ' g a t . P e r h a p s wa can both go a l i t t le la ter . ' '

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t h e body so hasti ly (ha t there i s n o l i m e for It t o leave its real expression. Bu t we are cer ta inly cn a gruesome subject . I suppose Far le lgh used the cotton bat-t ing to close up the chinks in the door, to deaden the sound of the pistol."

Hendr icks nodded, lowered the gas. ond led his f r iend down to the s t reet . He hast i ly explained to tho policeman what had happened, and told him to s tand gua rd at t h e place till he could summon the coroner.

" I suppose you a r e going to not i fy the coroner the first t h i n g you do." ob-served Dr. Lampkin. as they were en-ter ing a te legraph offlce on Broadway. Hendr icks took a blank from the desk, and. wi thout replying, hastily wrote a message. When he hnd linished it. he handed it to his f r iend , wi th a hear ty smile.

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"Mlsa Annette Dolmar," ran the message —"Murderer of Strong just suicided, lca\-Ing complete confession. Whldby shall be

. i-eleased to-morrow. " L A M P K I N A N D H E N D R I C K S . "

"Will i t be so soon as t h a t ? " the doc-t o r asked,

"Yes ; a te legraphic r e p o r t f r o m the chief of police h e r e will do Ihe work . I can manage t h a t . B u t t h e l i t t le gir l will be happy enough when she gets

, t h i s t e legram." "Now you will in form t h e coroner, I

suppose." said Lampkin . " N o t before I fire u message a t Whld-

b y , " said Hendr icks . "The re is no h u r r y abou t t h e o ther . I t won ' t t ake a coroner 's ju ry long t o give a verdict w h e n they read tbe confession."

T h e nex t day a t 12 o'clock Hen-dr icks called a t Dr. Lampklb 'u office. H e found the doctor alone.

" I t ' s all r i g h t ! " he cxclaimeiL "1 | t h o u g h t you 'd w a n t to feel pure abou t ! it* so I r a n up. T h e news baa j u s t reached 1 t h e jiollqe here t h a t everything is satis* I tiMWry. Whldby is W

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Gd Kapids,Gd Haven Muskegon and Chicago. 1 4 35 pm 110 47 am

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Wanled-An Idea i H S s oars. WBthinaton, D. C.. for th«tr ti.SUO prltt oSu and Uit of two hundred Injontlous waated.

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via Durand f lO 47 pm f 4 35 pm Detroit, Canada and

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Detroit, Canada and East *8 35 pm * 5 46 am f Except Sunday. * Daily.

SLEEPING AND PARLOR CAR SERVICE • W EST W A B O .

12 10 pm train has parlor car to Grand Kapids. Extra charge 25 cents.

«l 1*1 pm train lias parlor I'lir to Grand Haven. Kxtra chnrge 25 cents. Connects with steamer for Miiyraukee.

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I 15 am train has parlor c r ' o Detroit. Extra charge 20 cents. I'nllmnn pnlace i:ar Detroit to Toronto connicting with sleeping car for the ciisi anil N« \v Y'""'1

connects at Ihirsml wiib (' A C T divi-ion for Port Huron mid Chicn^n and with G 8 , it M for Sngiimw and Pay City.

4 Oli pm train lias |.ar!. r • ar !• Detroit^', Kxtra charge 25 cents, and I'lillmnn s leep-ing car to Toroiit'-. Smpeiisli n B r i d f ^ t Buffalo, Pliiladelpliia and New Yurki'^ Connects at Diinin • w i l l : A G T ' ' i r is ion for Port Huron ami Rattle Creek and with C S & M division loi S:iyiii!.w and Bay Citv.

8 35 p m train has through day {tarlor and sleeping cars \\in.r>i»i to .^••bpvk.aion Bridge, Buliiilo, New Y>ir' and Boston.

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Mrs. Verno Smith, aged 30, the pood looking wife of a Uranch county farmer , near Coldwater, left her home about 11 it. m. to call on a neighbor, a shor t distance away. When she hud reachcd the neighbor's she looked back and saw a man entering her own home. Mrs. Smith ran back and found a s t range man there who demanded the money in tho house. Ueing very badly frightened Mrs. Smith handed • • e r 88, but tho fellow said she had more and when she denied it she ran o n t of the house. The tramp caught he r on the veranda and struck her sev-era l terrible blows on the head with a stone, knocking he r to the ground. Mrs. Smith regained conHclousness In a shor t time and dragged herself to Neighbor Glllet's aud soon tho whole neighborhood was alarmed. Edward Bobinson, a young farmer, grabbed his gun, not noticing that It was not loaded, and in crossing a field discov-ered the t ramp and shortly afterwards

pni overtook him. A terrible struggle i followed, and the t ramp fired two shots

f rom a revolver, one striking the brave young fellow jus t above the h e a r t The sheriff was notified of the crimes a n d soon a large posse was searching t h e country surrounding the locality of the assaults. There was strong ta lk of a lynching if the fellow was captured.

Mrs. Smith's condition Is critical but s h e hus bettor chances of recovery than Bobinson, who was shot just above the hea r t , the ball going entirely through ti ls body.

I t is believed t h a t the villain has en-te red a large swamp of 300 acres aud eo can easily seclude himself. The swamp is surrounded by armed men a n d his capture is expected at any time.

Wlllooz's Boys Meet Agnln.

The survivors of the several regi-ments and batteries comprising the

; Wlllcox division. Ninth army corps, to t h e number of 000, met at Lansing for A reunion. Tho city was gaily decorated in honor of the old boys and the tat-tercd flags which they followed in so tnany battles were displayed to awaken the i r enthnslasm. Several of the regl-m e n t a comprising the corps held sepa-

. r a t e reunions and one day was spent in renewing old acquaintances. The

-eampflre a t Representative hall was a b i g affair. The capltol building was •crowded and bu t a small part of the genera l public could get near the

•doors. Auditor-General Dlx presided a n d Maj.-Gen. Wlllcox was the guest of honor and was greeted with an ova tlon. The s treet parade was one of t h e chief events of the reunion and the presence of their old commander lent

•enthusiasm and new vigor to the "boys , " bu t there were still evidences •of the ravages of past hardships and a score and a half of Intervening years «ince they were together in the "bat-t le ' s deafening roar." At the business session Geo. Wlllcox was made honor-a r y president for life and officers for the ensuing year were chosen as fol-lows: President, W. H. Withlngton, of Jackson; secretary and treasurer, J . T. Hammond, of Jackson; and a vice-pres-iden t for each regiment belonging to the corps. ^

O o o d Nerve of » SberifT's Wife .

Al Stone, who pleaded guilty to jail b reak ing a t Lansing, came near re pea t ing the trick a t Mason. By a ruse h e secured two table knives from which he made a saw and a kind of a mor t a r pick. The other night the tu rnkey , hear ing the water running, w e n t Into the cage to shut It off, and f o u n d Stone picking away a t a big hole i n the brick wall. Stone fought des-pera te ly and yelled to the other prison-e r a to help him, when the sheriff's wi fe appeared a t the door with a big revolver and prevented them from help ing Stone or get t ing away.

•UMtte Boys of Buy City Can ' t Agree.

•Coi C, Third regiment, M. N. G., a t B a y City, is in danger of dissolution. Many o ' the members have had it in fo r Capt. Hill iker for some time, and w h e n the annua l camp drew near, w i thou t any appointment or other ar-rangements , t hey asked for Ullliker 's resignation. Cap t Hilllkor a t once retaliated by preferr ing charges against four sergeants as the ringlead-ers of the opposition, which are now being considered by the regimeutal authorities.

Poor Showing of Michlplooten Golil Ore.

Specimens of rock from the Mlchlplc-oten trold fields of Canada, recently an-•lyzed a t I loughton, averaged about W cents a ton. and the people in that wicinlij uro convinced tha t the Lake Wawa gold boom has been punctured. I f all assays result in t h a t way, an ex-odus will shortly take place from tha t region.

Lumber pliers ut the Nester estate mi l l in Baraga siruck for $2 per day s n d the mill shut '».lWn.

The postofflce at > W a8 broken Into and t h ; tills were rifled and safe blown open and looted. The safe con-tained about 81,000 in money, papers. Stamps, etc. People heard the explo-sion and saur l ights and were on the ground in less than 30 minutes, b u t no

• t race of the robbers could be found. Three Bay City mills which have

been idle all season—Hargreave Co., t h e Hitchcock Lumber Co. and WVieh ife Flood—have contracted with Cana-dian parties to saw 11,000,000 fee t ot logs which are to be bronglit f rom Can-ada. The mills will s t a r t u p a t once And wil l give employment to many men

S t a t e Tax Appor t ionment .

The apportionment of the state taxes for the year 1807, shows tha t the total amount to be spread on the December rolls will be SL',379,907.23, upon a total equalized valuation of 81,105,000,000, u per cent of 2.153 mills. This Is 8313,-840.11 more than was levied last year, and 8034,012.29 less than was spread on the tax rolls in 1895. The amount for the biennial period Is less tha t it was In 1895 and 1890.

The purposes for which these state taxes are to be raised this year aro as follows: Unlvonlty of Michigan «207,183 33 State Normal School 73.050 00 Central MIchlRan Normal School.. 17.000 00 Agricultural College 10.700 00 Michlcan College of Mines 45.000 00 State prlFim 10.000 00 Ionia prison 11.200 00 Marquette prison 3,700 (H) Induiitrlal School for Boys 00.500 IK) Imlustrl.il Home for Olrls 40.750 00 MIchlean Inrane Asylum 11.700 00 Upper Penlnimla Asylum 30.000 00 Asylum for Dangeroue and Criminal

Insane T.S'Ci 00 Home for Feeble MindeU 70.788 00 Soldlenf Home 88.000 00 Sluto Public School 33.767 00 School for ihe l!Mml 28.000 00 School for the Deaf 82,000 00 State Klsh Commission 10,500 00 National duard 80,a»5 04 Naval Urlgnde 2,802 JO Copying tnllltnnr records *.000 00 State library .O^J 00 State Horticultural Society 1.000 00 State Doard of Health *.500 00 State weather service i.OOO 00 Dairy and Food Commission 18,000 00 Sucar beet bounty 5.000 00 Ontonafton flre sufferers. 25,000 00 General purposes 1,354,570 21

Total 12.370.007 23

In 1895 the sum of 81.900,000, and in 1890 81,171,000 was raised for general purposes. The amount raised this year is 8183,576.21 more than was raised last year, and 8545,423.79 less than was raised In 1895.

Tho amount of taxes to be paid by tho several counties In tho state is given in the following table: Alenna . . . . $ 1.830 53 Lake 1.CI5 18 Alger 4.307 13 L a p e e r . . . . 30,140 W All-Kan 33 3^0 2!> l^elannu . . 2.nH I" ! Alpena . . . . 8,014 27 Lennwie. . . 04.007 02 Antrim 0,000 03 Livingston.. 32,303 51 Arenac 2,001 00 Luce 3.230 35 Itaraga 3,230 35 Mackinac .. 4.307 13 Harry 80.140 04 Macomb . . . 30,841 00 Bay 62,702 40 Manistee... 10,382 11 Henale 3.708 74 Marquette.. 88.TS4 21 Berrien . . . . 33.701 21 Mason 0.001 05 Branch 40,017 78 Mecosta . . . 0.C01 05 Calhoun. . . 02.453 45 Menominee. 15,074 07 Cass 32,303 51 Midland. . . 5,383 02 Charlevoix.. 0.400 70 Mlrsaukee.. 5,883 02 Cheboyiran.. 7.068 20 Monroe. . . . 34,457 08 Chippewa.. 0,0.0 11 Montcalm.. 20 458 80 Clare 3,768 74 Montmorency 1,202 14 Cl in ton . . . . 38,761 21 Muekeson... 23.080 24 Crawford. . 2.153 57 Newaygo.. 0.152 00 Delia 7.537 40 Oakland. . . 64,007 02 Dickinson.. 11,844 02 Oceana . . . . 10.767 84 Eaton 40,017 78 Ogemaw.. . 8,230 35 Emmet 0,400 70 Ontonagon.. 1,015 18 Genesee . . . 51.685 62 Osceola. . . . 8,614 27 Gladwin. . . 3.230 35 Ofeoda 1,070 78 Gogebic . . . . 30140 01 OtseBo 4.307 13 Gd. Traverse 11.841 02 O t t a w a . . . . 81,22(173 Gra t io t . . . . 21.68'07 Presque Isle 1,615 18 Hillsdale . . 45 224 02 Hoscommon. 1,070 78 Houghton.. 01.520 01 Saginaw . . 77,528 42 Huron 18,813 71 San i l ac . . . . 18,305 32 Ingham . . . . 45.22 1 02 Schoolcraft. 0.460 70 Ionia 30,841 00 Shiawassee. 86,072 25 Iosco 4,307 13 S t- Clair. . . . 45.221 02 Iron 8.614 27 s t - Joseph-. 37.687 43 I s abe l l a . . . 12,383 01 Tuscola. . . . 22,012 10 Jackson . . . 05.083 80 Van Buren. 81,226 73 Kalamazoo.. 57,000 53 Washtenaw 60,700 50 Kalkaska. . 5,022 31 Wayne . . . . 441.481 CO Kent 113,062 28 Wexford . . . 0.691 05 Keweenaw. 3,445 71

Total....•2,879.907 20 Wayne county's share of this tax is

8441,481.30, which Is about 18.0 per cent of tho total, or one-sixth.

The following shows tho amount of each county's indebtedness to the state, some counties having a clean bill. Alcona . . . | 3.550 80 Keewenaw. 15114 Alger 1551 72 Lapeer 17,215 42 Alpena . . . . 34.350 05 Leelanau.... 2,037 40 Antrim . . . . 042 85 Lenawee... 170 31 Barry 80 00 Luce 480 22 Bay 27.207 SO Mackinac . . 820 70 •Jenzle 1.300 73 Macomb . . . 333 40 Be r r i en . . . . 11,880 W Marquette. 518 88 Calhoun . . . 105 40 Mason 74100 Cass 100 14 Mecceta . . . 0,382 00 Dickinson . 1.4.>5 54 Midland . . . 2,013 85, Chippewa .. 12.2-'i3 H Mls-aukee.. 1,614 33 Clare 1,030 13 Monroe . . . . 34 00 Eaton 140 00 Montcalm .. 1,688 00 Genesee . . . 250 50 Mo'tmorency 1,077 54 Gladwin . . . l s ' 1 Muskegon.. 548 14 G<«eblo . . . 39,070 11 Oakland . . . 453 50 Od Traverse 545 80 Ogemaw . . . 081 18 Hillsdale . . 120 07 O i c o d a . . . . 4131 Ionia 57 82 Ottawa 307 60 Iosco l.ooo or. lioj.common 4,373 03 Iron 20,040 01 Schoolcraft. 100 66 Isabella . . . 8,510 13 Shiawassee. 470 32 Jackson . . . 400 00 St. Clair.. . 280 0s Kalamazoo . 020 22 St. Joseph.. 548 70 Kalkaska . . 15 58 Wayne . . . .124,293 03 Kent 811 01

Total ....1330,764 30 In 1895 the equalized valuation ot the state

waa $1,130,000,000. The agBrvBate^ state tax that year was >3,013,010 52. In 1896, with the mime valuctlon, the state tax was 12,068,538 62. The per cent of taxation was 2.007 mills In 1805, 1.872 In 1890 and 2.163 In 1897.

Had Suicide of » Young Lady.

Several weeks ago an 18-year-old girl, who gave her name as Marie Bur-ton, arrived a t Grand Uapids, and se-cured employment in a hotel. This was only temporary and she was un-able to Hnd another position, and last week when her funds became ex-hausted she committed suicide by tak-ing morplilno. The girl had destroyed all evidence of her identity, and the coroner was balked in his efforts to find the relatives. Finally, as the body was about to be shipped to the Ann Arbor university, a girl remem-bered that Marie had received letters under the name of Nellie Blood. An Investigation revealed tho fact tha t tha t was her name and her paren ts lived a t Kalamazoo. I t is said tha t she left home because her parents op-pouod her In her love affairs.

Gov. Pingree has issued a requisition for Geo. W. Watson, of Grand Ledge charged by his wife with a serious crlmc against their daughter.

Chas. Ellis, a well-known publisher j of Grand Ilaplds, died while alone a t j his home, presumably from a slight in- i jury received three weeks before by falling from his bicycle.

L. II. Somers & Co., of Cleveland, have closed a deal giving them options on over 700 acres of land in Kawkawlln township, Bay county, and they will begin drilling for coal a t once.

Mrs. J . E. Ray, of Detroit, whose husband lef t for Alaska last June, has also started off. She will spend the winter In Seattle, Wash., aud will sot out for the Klondykc next June.

Peter Welczorek, aged 50, was found dead In his boarding house a t Grand Uapltls. I t Is evidently a case of sui-cide, Welczorek having figured in a sensational divorce case recently.

Mrs. Lizzie Gray, of Minneapolis, while visiting a t Grand Rapids ate heartily of canned salmon. She be-came violently 111 and died the next day, presumably from po' 'on in the can.

Frank Jones, Charles "ford and George Stewart, three dru ..ten tramps who assaulted, gagged and robbed Jos. S. Penard in a box car a t Lansing,were given eight years in Jackson. They are all under 20.

Gov. Pingree has made a very quiet trip to Venezuela in company with Ell R. Sutton nnd Gen. A. L. Brcslor, of Detroit. I t Is said that they are seek-ing an important railway concession from the government of Venezuela.

George Davey, aged 87, was killed in a runaway a t Arliugton, the horse being fr ightened by a bicycle. Ho lost his wife a few weeks ago and his granddaughter, coming <from Kansas to keep house for him, arrived a few hours a f t e r his death.

Mrs. Spencer, tho state librarian, says provision has been made for 50 more libraries In addition to tho 100 now traveling around the state, and she would be glad to hear from granges and farmers ' clubs t h a t would like books on any lino of study.

Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Moore, of West Bay City, celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary. They were pio-neers of Oakland county, and have out-lived all of their 10 children excepting four daughters who participated in tlie anniversary celebratlou, together with 27 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.

The noted "divine" healer. Dr. John Dowle, of Chicago, has purchased for 810,000, 30 acres of land on White lake, near Whitehall, which he will convert Into a health resort for afflicted people who have faith. In his treatment. Dr. Dowle, who Is a millionaire, will spend a large sum In beautifying this r e so r t He will erect a sanitarium to accommodate 200, and a tabernacle with a seating capacity for 2,000.

Bishop Richter. of the Roman Cath-olic diocese of northern Michigan, was arrested on a charge of perjury, a t Alpena, the complaint being made by Fr. Sklorzek, formerly a priest a t Al-pena. The charge is in connection with a case now in the courts in which the priest is t rying to recover money which he claims is duo from the bishop. The lat ter promptly gave bail and will fight the case.

Fire was discovered lu the building owned by Turck & Ward, of Alma, and occupied by D. Fleming as a general store a t Rlverdale. Before the fire could bo checked bv the improvised bucket brigade, it had spread south-ward, licking up tho ollice of Dr. Christmas and the hardware and fur-niture store of R. E. Moblo, including tho Maccabees' hall aud a building owned by Mrs. Morey. Total loss about 811,000; insurance 82,500.

AFFAIRS IN GENERAL.

BRIEF MENTION OF EVENTS O F

INTEREST.

Cuban Mut ters l l eg lnn lng to W a r m L'p—

Uncle Ham Ulven Hpaln a Punch—

Fil ibuster Expedl tons Reach Cuba—

Gen. Lee Says Cnbans Will Win.

MICHIGAN NEWS ITEMS.

Russell Wilson, while playing on the scaffold of a high building a t Grand Marais, fell to the ground and was killed.

Miss Mary Maynard, of Lakcport, died in terrible agony of lockjaw, as a result of running a sliver under her finger nail.

Mrs. Mary Wilcox, of Huron, O., while visiting friends a t Hudson, slip-ped and fell, producing a rupture which caused death.

John Osgerby, a hay pressor, was thrown against a fence by runaway colts near Vassar. His head was badly cut, and ho may not live.

An electric lineman by the name of James W. Flnley, who was beating his way from Toledo to Detroit, was killed by a f re ight train a t Lasalle.

Lew Van Ulse has just been brought back to Butler county from Salem, Ore., for the alleged murder of old man Cutler a t West Chester, six years ago.

At Whltedale, a small hamlet 12 miles east of Manlstlque, Victor An-derson shot and killed his aged'mother and himself. Anderson was a well-to-do farmor and unmarried. Two years he was supervisor of Ddyle-township and highly respected. . T h e cause of tl}e murder and suicide is unknown.

Joseph Bulkeley, of Sidney, New South Wales, has arrived a t the Mich-igan Agricultural college to take a course of studies, this college h&ving been selected by the department of mines and agriculture of New South Wales us the place to send a represent-ative for special training in agricul-ture. Mr. Bulkeley will spend the summer vacations in traveling through-out the states and Canada, to familiar-ize himself with agricultural methods.

W. 8. Hopkins, proprietor of the Oak-land hotel a l St. Clair, met with an ac-cident a t Detroit which resulted in his death. As he was f.bout to step from a street car in f ron : of the Ste. Claire hotel the car swung round a curve and he was thrown upon the asphalt pave ment, striking on the back of his head and fracturing his skull. He was taken into the hotel and his family notified. His wife, daughter and brother lef t S t Clair by s|)ec!al boat and arrived one hour before he died.

Charles Davenport, of California, and Joe Mason, of Canada, prisoners In the Monroe jail, the former on the charge of breaking Into an Ann Arbor railroad car, and the latter on suspicion of hav-ing held up the Wabash operator a t Milan, hid under a table in the corri-dor of the jail when the turnkey locked the big Iron doors a t night, and later tunneled their way through the two-foot brick wall with tools fur-nished them from the outside. They had revolvers also furnished by their friends nnd they threatened to shoot the other prisoners if they did no t keep qu ie t

Elmer Stoughton is a Birmingham youth who has gone through a 835,000 inheritance in a short tlmo in theatr i-cal ventures and making extravagant presents of bicycles, diamond rings, etc., to young ' lady acqtiaintances. Two years ago when Miss Edna Bots-ford, of Royal Oak, graduated from the Pontine high school Stoughton fairly burled her and another young lady in a dr i f t of costly flowers and he pre-sented to Miss Botsford a fine diamond ring. Now tha t be is near the end of his golden rope Stoughton has begun suit to get the ring back. Miss Bots-fordjrefuses to give It up.

I n t e r e s t i n g News About t he Cuban W a r The Paris Temps publishes a dis-

patch from San Sebastian, Spain, to tho effect that In an interview with the duke of Tetuan, the Spanish minister of foreign affairs, the U. S. minister to Spain, Gen. Stewart L. Woodford, made a statement of the great injuries commerce and industry had suffered in the United States through the pro-longation of the Cuban war, and added t h a t Secretary of State Sherman had desired him to declare to the Spanish government that it was evidently im-possible for Spain to end the rebellion In a reasonable time and, fur ther , that if the war was continued, Cuba would be devastated and of no utility to Spain or to the Cubans. In conclusion the U. S. minister is said to have insisted courteously, but firmly upon the neces-sity of ending the war, declaring t h a t if It was not terminated by the end of October the United States would feel justified In taking measures to secure the independence of Cuba.

The duke of Tetuan protested against tho alleged American "preten-sions," and said he would reply officially to the United States minister when the Spanish court re turns to Madrid.

Madrid: In official circles here the greatest secrecy is maintained regard-ing the United States' ultimatum, which is looked upon as bound to cause a great sensation in Europe and to have the greatest consequences for Spain.

Washington: The state department says that Gen. Woodford bus not de-livered to Spain an ultimatum from the United States regarding Cuba, and sett ing a time for the close of the war, bu t simply made a statement of our deep interest in a set t lement of the Cuban war as a reasonable explanation for intervening In any manner a t this time.

Big Fi l ibuster Expedi t ions ReAoh Cuba.

Information has been received of the safe landing In different par ts of Cuba of three big expeditions—the most im-portant that had been dispatched since last winter. The three ships carried a large quantity of dynamite and other munitions of war, together with an immense supply of medicines for the army of the patriots. In all, there were over 40 men on board, going ei ther to join the Cuban army for the first time or returning to the ranks. There were two doctors and two dentists.

Con.-aen . Lee on t h e Cuban Si tua t ion .

Consul-General Lee, who is a t his home in Virginia on a brief leave of absence, held a long conference with President McKlnley and Secretary Alger in which gave an extensive report of the situation in Cuba. Gen. Leo declined to state what the nature of his recommendations were or what were the feelings expressed by the President on the subjec t I t is evident, however, t h a t the President is deeply impressed with the character of the situation in Cuba as described by Gen. Lee, as i t is understood tha t a t the conference he strongly urged Consul Gen. Lee to retain his offlce, a t least for the present, and to return to Ha-vana at his earliest convenience. This is construed to mean that he thinks i t unadvlsable to make a change a t his juncture.

In speaking to a friend Gen. Lee is reported as saying that a t present there is no opening for the active in-terference of the United States, as the Spanish have released nearly all the American prisoners, while congress has relieved the wants of the suffering concentrados in the towns. American Interests have already been destroyed, so tha t there is really no commercial reason for interference. Gen. Lee says t h a t the insurgents are now on top and will certainly achieve their own salvation without assistance. He be-lieves Spain has lost the island beyond recovery, and tha t the United States can now afford to stand aside and wit-ness the independence of tho island through the unaided efforts of the In-surgents. He predicts t h a t before the winter is well along, Weyler and his staff will be besieged in Havana by a t r iumphant army of insurgents and then the United States can take a short cut and acknowledge the inde-pendence of Cuba.

Atty.-Oen. Al c K e n n a Kills "Section 89. '

Atty.-Gen. McKenna hus announced his opinion in the matter of section 22 of the new tariff law. Ho holds in ef-fect that goods coming directly into the United States from foreign coun-tries through Canadian ports are not subject to the discriminating duty of 10 per cent and also holds t h a t foreign goods shipped from countries other than British possessions In British ves-sels are not subject to tho discriminat-ing duty.

Three men were blown to f ragments aud the mill demolished b}' a boiler ex-plosion a t Jos. Hayward's sawmill near Macon, Mo.

Over 500 men and boys employed by the Lehigh Valley and the Heidelburg mining companies a t Scranton, Pa., have struck.

An heir has been born to the duke of Marlborough and the duchess (formerly Consuelo Vanderbllt) is doing finely. The prince of Wales will be the little fellow's godfather.

President McKlnley was greeted with an ovation oa his tr ip to North Adams, Mass., being greeted by 20,000 people. He participated in a corner-stone laying for a G. A. R. memorial library.

OHIO TOWN SCORCHED.

T w o Men Kil led a n d t h e Business P a r t of i l a lnbr ldge Burned .

An entire square, containing most of the prominent business houses of the village of Bain bridge, O.. several hand-some residences and the Methodist church, were entirely destroyed by fire and two prominent busleess men lost their lives ns the result of an explosion in the drug store of W. P. Beardsley The fire was started in a barn in the rear of Perril Brown' general store, by two little boys who were playing with matches A brisk wind spread the flames v e r j rapidly, and when Mr. Beardsley saw his drug store was doomed he rushed In to save some ar-ticles. As he did no t return Thomas Higgins, his brother-in-law, went In to rescue him. A moment later there was a loud explosion. After the fire had been extinguished tho bodies of tho two men wore found on tho floor about 15 feet from the f ron t door, mu-tilated and burned beyond recognition. Seven other men were badly injured. Several families were lofthomclessand almost destitute. The loss is estimated a t 850,000.

A B o t T i m e In t h e Old T o w n (Madrid.)

Madrid: Tho arrival of U. S. Minister Woodford from San Sebastian has made a sensation In Madrid. Unusual measures were taken to protect Min-ister Woodford on his journey from San Sebastian and to guard him lu this city. The unexpected bitterness of the press and of public opinion has painfully Impressed him, but he hopes this will soon be al-layed, as he believes his mission fav orablo to Spanish interests and cannot, comprehend that Spain could rejcct mediation designed to end an Impover-ishing war. He believes the war is in-flicting Incalculable loss upon the United States and tha t i t is impossible to prevent the organization of flllbust-er lng expeditions.

The program of the United States bus been ascertained. This does not contemplate a declaration of war if Spain rejects mediation, but according to report, an "ostentatious proclama-tion to tho world of disapproval of the Cuban regime by suspending diplo-matic relations with Spain and with-drawing the United States minister ." Gen. Woodford has declined to be in-terviewed on the subject fur ther .

Engl ish Advise ns t o Act" In Cuba.

London: The Spectator, accepting ns a fact the report that tho United States has admonished Spain, finds i t difficult to think war can be averted, adding: "Apart f rom tho fac t tha t pride and Ignorance of the conse-quences bid Spain defy tho United States, war is probably considered to be the best way ou t of the difficulties."

After detailing Spain's iniquities in Cuba, the Spectator continues; "To prolong the war in Cuba would be a crime, and If America chooses to stop these hideous cruelties all Englishmen should applaud and refuse to inqure too closely into the reason which forced her statesmen In putt ing press-ure upon Spain."

Referring to the objection of "pat r i -otic Americans to the admission into the union of Cuba and Hawaii as states and the consequent election of senators by degraded populations," the Specta-tor says: "America's duty is to stop the long agony in Cuba, and if her consti-tution does not admit of her doing so safely the sooner she amends her con-stitution so that she can hold her new acquisitions on a different footing the better for her and for humani ty ." 1

N I N E M I N E R S K I L L E D .

Poles Indulge In u Ter r ib le B lood ; IV.ot

a t Olrardvll le, Pa.

Girardville, Pa., was tho scene of a remarkable and bloody all-night riot among Polish miners. There hud long been a bitter feud among them led by Wm. Cnlncabbage and Jos. Cavendish, rival saloonkeepers. While the lat ter 's followers to the number of several hundred were celebrating pay-day in Cavendish's saloon the Cnleabbage gang gathered in about equal numbers and with guns, revolvers, axes and clubs marched upon their enemies. The Cavendishes discovered them In time to hastily arm themselves and a bloody battle ensued. The men fought like demons, the shooting was fast and furious, and other weapons were used with deadly effect Tho battle lasted almost an hour when the Culacnblmgc gang was routed leaving their wounded behind. Everything In tho house was smashed, the floors were strewn with wounded men and the walls were be-spattered with blood. After the routed rioters had returned to their headquarters the Cavendish gang armed themselves to the teeth and marched to their enemy's rendezvous, where a still bloodier battle nnsucd. The pollco forcc and the constables of the surrounding region were called to the sccne, but were unable to cope with the rioting horde, who continued hostilities until morning. The town people did not sleep a wink all night, and while they watched the progress of the fight during the night, they made no at tempt to Interfere. At least 9 Poles were killed, 30 ore known t/> be desperately wounded and perhaps *0 more are being bidden away by their friends.

Canadians Come .Back a t Unole Sam.

The timber regulations of Ontario have been amended by the addition of a clause against alien labor, which provides that no timber license or holder of a permit engaged in lumber-ing on crown lands shall employe, en-gage or permit to be employed, in any capacity in such lumbering operations, includint* towing in Canadian waters, any person not a resident of or domi-ciled in Canada. This Is supposed to be In retaliation for the 82 duty placed on Canadian lumber by tho last U. S. congrcss.

IB Killed by Snowsllde In Chllkoot Fas t .

The tug Pioneer arrived a t Port Townscnd, Wash., from Skaguay and brings a report of a landslide which occurred near Sheep camp on tho Chll-koot pass In which 18 men on their way to the Klondykc are said to have lost their lives. Only one body Is said to been recovered, that of a man named Choyhskl, a cousin of Joe Choynski, the prize fighter.

TELEGRAPHIC TICKINGS.

The latest t rus t Is that of tho window glass manufacturers, formed a t a meet-ing a t Pit tsburg with $20,000,000 capital

Dr. Frederick A. Cook, who was a member of the Peary Arctic expedition of 1891, has sailed from New York for Montevideo to join the Gerlaek south pole expedition.

The injunction Issued against Eugene V. Debs by Judge Jackson, in the U. S. court for the district of West Vir-ginia, has been made perpetual, the judge says. In the interest of "good law and morals."

Chas. Newcomb. of Conklin, O., was eating in a railroad res taurant a t Scranton, Pa., when his train started. In trying to get aboard he fell under the wheels ami was beheaded.

Andrew Smith and wife, colored, locked their six children, ageid f rom 18 months to 7 years, In their house while they went for a visit, near Don-alds, S. C. The children overturned a lamp, setting the house on fire. The building was burned to ashes, and tho children perished in the flames.

.Americans residing in Antwerp held a meeting and decided to oppose the new Belgian, law which requires all foreigners residing in tha t country to be enrolled for military service m case of war. Americans nnd other foreign-ers In Brussels and other par ts of the <*»«mtry will probably take like action-

NEWSY CONDENSATIONS.

I t Is announced that Lily Langtry Is to marry Prince Esterhazy.

Torpedo boat No. 20, of the German navy, capsized '»ff Cuxhaven and eight of her crew, including her commander, Duko Frederick William, of Mecklen-burg-Schwerln, were drowned.

Because the young lady's parents objected to their marriage Arthur May, aged 24, and Miss Cora Caseman, aged 18, resolved to die a t Shamokln, Pa. They Iny down together and May sent a bullet throng his sweetheart 's brain and then took his own life.

The operations of the British against Mohmands on tho India-Afghanistan frontier are proving satisfactory. The headquarters of tho haddah mullah, the leading agitator of tho tribesmen, have been completely destroyed, a t Jarobi. The tribesmen have suffered defeat in tho Samana and Tirach dis-tricts and are nearly disheartened.

Col. Baldomere Acosta, one of the active Cuban Insurgent leaders oper-ating in the neighborhood of Havana, was captured by the Spanish on board the steamship Concho, on which he was about to sail for Mexico to recover his health. Acosta recently led a raid Upon the city of Mariano, carrying off a large quantity of arms and ammuni-tion.

Advices from Juneau say that heavy snows have fallen over both Dyea and Skaguay put t ing au end to all progress through the passes to the Klondyke. Undoubtedly many of the prospectors have been caught b y . the snow and i t is likely that the trails will next spring be marked by collapsed tents, blasted hopes and the skeletons of the unwary and venturesome.

THE MARKETS.

New York-Best grades . . Lower grades

Chicago— Best grades. . . Lower grades,

Detroi t— BcKt grades . . . Lower grades .

Buffalo— Best g rades . . . Lower grades.

Clnc lnna t l -Bcst grades . . . LoWcr grades.

C l e v e l a n d -Best grades . . . Lower grades .

P i t t sburg— Best g rades . . . Lower grades.

LIVE STOCK.

- Cattle Sheep Lambs Hogs 14 2) II .'A to Si 1485 .2 7iQi 75 3 23 4 50 400

.5 0035 50 4 00 5 63 4 25

.2 7&®4 7i 3 00 4 23 4 10

.4 2^04 75 SW 5 25 4 30

.8 2S®I 00 2 85 4 23 4 15

.4 0004 85 4 50 5 75 4 50

.2 23®3 75 2 75 4 25 4 35

.4 70^5 00 4 00 5 60 4 3o

.2 r>J(4j54 60 2 60 4 25 4 20

4 UA4 50 ,2 236A4 00

375 2 00

5 50 4 25

.4 75Q5 10 4 30 5 25 2 50^150 S 55 4 23

440 425

455 435

GRAIN, ETC. Wheat. Corn, Oats,

No 2 red No 2 mix No 2 white New York P9 @99^ 33«0UX 21H®34X Chicago 90 ftOOtt 20 2J Q20K •Det ro i t 91 ®04Vi 31 ®3IK S3 (ft23U Toledo 95 Q93!< 31 2J O20 Cincinnati 91 ((9t 31 ®3I 21 OSIft Cleveland 94 ©94 31 ©31 21 ©21 Pi t t sbu rg 95 ((195 31 ©31^ 21 Buf fa lo 90 ©90^ 32 ©32 23 923*4

»Detrol t -Hay No. I timothy, 18.50 per ton. Potatoes, 63c per bu. Live Poultry, spring chickens, 8^0 per lb; fowl, 6Hc: ducks, 7^ ; turkeys, 8c. Eggs, strictly f resh. Utfc per doz. Butter , dairy, 15c a lb; crcamery. 20c.

R E V I E W O F TRADE.

Gold Imports have begun f rom England and Prance, besides the ar r iva l of W.OJO.OOO at San Francisco f rom Australia fo r wheat exported. The gold received there and tha t s tarted f r o m Europe amounted to K^Oj.OJO in two days alone, a n d the advance of r a t e s by the Bank of England toS^i pe rcen t seems little likely to check the movement. In view of heavy merchandise balances due to this count ry and a n s e In the ra tes of Interest here. The August excess of merchandise and exports over Imports was not f a r f rom eu.OUOtf)) and the September excess Is larger. The oniclal ending ot the western coal s t r ike adds many thousand men to the working force In t he mines a n d o thers In manufac -turing establ ishments using bituminous coal. The anthrac i te str ike has substantially ended and no o ther extensive labor dis turb-ance is threatened.

Lieut Col. Geo. F. Randall, of the Eighth U. S. infantry, stationed a t Cheyenne, W y a , has received orders f rom the war depar tment to s t a r t within a week with 25 enlisted mon and two officers for S t Michaels, Alaska. He wij l remain there unt i l spring and then proceed to the upper Yukon country and establish a U. S. military post near the Alaska-British boundary l ine. .

London is stirred by a series of most sensational murders and outrages such as has no t been known since the " J a c k the Ripper" Crimea

• 5 T

George Caulfield's Journey By n in n. R. Braddon.

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$ CHAPTER IL—(UoNTiNnin.)

•' His friend had left him hooh after dinner to go back to Grandchester by the nine o'clock train; and then camo a dreary Interval until ten, when the prisoner lay downon his pallet bed and slept soundly, exhausted by the be-wildering emotions of the last twen-ty-four hours. He was very down-l. nrled, now that he had before him the prospect of a week's solltudo In that miserable cell, for Mr. Leworthy had told him that he should not return to Mllldale until the day fixed for the adjourned Inquiry, by which tlmo he hoped to have unearthed the man who had used Mr. Elsdon's card.

An agitating surprise awaited Mr. Catilfleld next morning. Whllo he was breakfasting dismally upon tea and dry toast, the guardian of his solitude cumc in to telj him that a lady wished to see him.

"A lady!" cried the ournte. "There must be some mistake. I don't know a cvreature In the town. Pray don't let mo be made a show of. to gratify any one's morbid curiosity."

"Lord love you, sir, as if wo should do such a thing! It's all right; the lady's got an order. She's a relative, no doub t "

The man withdrew Into the stony passage outside; then came a rustling sound George Caulileld knew well—a sweeping, stately step, and an elderly lady, gray and tall and slim, came quickly in and threw her arms round bis nock.

"Mother," crlcd the curote, "how could you do such a thing?"

"How could I do anything else?" said his mother, striving heroically to be theerful. "Do you suppose I was going to stay In London after I received your letter? The.postman brought the let-t e r at seven, Sophia had my trunk packed by half-past, and Jane had a cab at ithe door—such good girls, and 60 anxious about you! I was at Eus-ton by ten minutes past eight, and caught , the train that leaves at elght-flfteen. iLwas at Mllldale half an hour n i te r midnight—too late to come hero, of course, so I went to the nearest ho-tel. The chamber-maid told me they were sending your meals. I felt quite Interested in them, and at homo with them directly."

She was a wonderful old lady, car-ried herself so ravely, spoke so brightly, looked at her son with eyes so full of confidence and hope. He would have been unworthy of such a mother had he not faced his posi-t ion unfalteringly. They sat down side by side on the prison bench, and he told her all that had happened slnco he wrote his letter to her. and spoke as If nothing were more certain ithau his sneedy justification.

CHAPTER III. HILE G e o r g e Caulileld was talk-to his mother the Vicar of Fresb-mead was plodding up and down the streets of Grand-Chester, e a g e r , hopeful, determin-ed to unravel the tangled skein of tho nameless wo-

man'sf fate. Who was she? what was Jhe? i Had she actually been mur-dered,, and If so, for what reason? 'Who was the gainer hy her death, and i n what way?

'Mr.'Leworthy started at an advant-age. B verybody In Grandchester knew him, and he knew everybody. The po-lice were ready to confide In him free-ly. The local magistrates would be Clad to help him. But on this occas-ion :he .was inclined to rely on his own wits. The police were at work for Mr. Brockham's client. If they succeeded, well and good. But the vicar was not going to work with them.

His first visit was to the office of dafly paper, where he handed In the fllowlng advertisement: "Missing since Nov. 30th, a young lady; when last seen she wore a Rob Roy tartan shawl, a brown-straw hat and blue gauee veil. Any one affording Infor mation will be handsomemly rewarded on applying to E. L., care of Mr, Brockbank, solicitor, Deansgate."

This advertisement Mr. Leworthy took to the threo local dailies.

His next visit was to Mr. Elsden, of Brlargate.

"A man would hardly make use of another man's card unless he had some business or social relations with that other man," reflected tho vicar, as he tramped along, sturdy In bearing, determined in step. "A man does not pick up a visiting-card In the street. . He found Mr. Elsden elderly and plethoric, a man who rarely got through a business letter without stop ping in the middle to mop his high ly polished cranium with a crimson silk handkerchUf. This gentleman was amiable, but not bri l l iant He had read the report of resterday's Inquest and was therefore posted in the facts but he had no Ideas to offer.

"How did that young man get hold of your card?" asked the vicar. "He must have picked It ap in some Illegit-imate way, unless he Is among the number of your personal acquaint-ance."

Mr. Elsden gave a supercilious laugh.

"I hope my friendships do not He among secret murderers," he said.

"Of course, we all hope that, natur-ally, hut one can never tell. My friend describes this young man as of gentle-manly appearance and good manners. Good-looking, too. quite an interesting Muntanancd—paJs. with dark eye».

silky brown mustache—what Is gen-WjiMy called a poetic style of face."

' lie Grandchester merchant seemed to retire within himself, and to be ah-sorbed In profound thought. Pres-ontly he gave a sigh, and began to mop

. P0"Bhed brow, and the barren arch above It, whereon no hair had grown for the Inst decade.

I don't want to mix myself up In business." he said at last. "It Is

sure to entail trouble." As a christian, as an honest man,

you are hound not to withhold any In-formation that can tend to exculpate the Innocent." urged the vicar, with some warmth.

"n t how do I know that I can give any such Information?" demanded Mr. Isden, testily, "if i give utterance to my Ideas I may be only putting you on a false scent."

"netter hazard that than withhold anything."

"I know absolutely nothing. But your description might apply to a young tnaii called Foy, who was in my employ three years ago."

"What character did he bear when you knew him?"

'Excellent. He left me of his own accord, in order to Improve his posi-tion. He was a talented young man —first-rate accountant, good l i ngu i s t -and l had no situation to give him worthy of his talents. He left mo to go to Kibble & Umpleby's, packers, In Deansgate, as corresponding clerk, I was only able to give him seventy-five pounds a yeor. He was to have two hundred at Kibble's. They do a great deal of business with Spanish America and tho French colonies, and they wanted a clerk who could write good French and Spanish."

'T see. Do you suppose that he is still a t Kibble & Umpleby's?"

' 'I have not heard the contrary." "Was this Mr. Foy a native of

Grandchester? Had he family or friends here?"

No, he was quite alone. I believe h e was of French extraction. He used to boast that he was descended from some famous family called De Folx."

I should bo very grateful to you If you could give me any fur ther Infor-mation about this young man."

What kind of Information? My ac-quaintance with him never extended beyond my offlce. I know that he was (ilever. He was regular In his business habits, and I had every reason to sup-pose he waa well behaved. He brought me a letter of recommendation from a flrm at Lyons with which I do busi-ness. I engaged him on the strength of that letter."

I see. Then he was a stranger in Grandchester? Something you can tell mo, however—the house in which he lodged while he was In your employ-ment. You must have known his ad-dress then?"

•Certainly," replied Mr. Elsden; nnd then he put his Hps to an Ivory mouth piece, and murmured some order down a gutta percha tube.

Five minutes afterward a clerk ap-peared with a slip of paper, which he laid before his employer.

"That Is the address, sir." Mrs. Elsden handed the paper to the

vicar. "There It is. sir. You see there i s

only one address, and the young man was with me nearly two years—an In-dication of steady habits, T think."

"No doubt I dare say Mr. Foy is a most estimable person. But I must And the dark-eyed, pale-faced young man who gave your card to my friend, and whether I find him in Mr. Foy's shoes or in anybody else's, I'll make it r a the r hot for him."

And with this unchristian speech the vvlcar took leave of Mr. Elsden.

might, though she'r. one of a large family. But the firm has been pleased with tho young man. and the young man has got a footing In the firm's houses, which Is more than the com-mon ruck of us do -unless It's a bit of a klck-up at Christmas time, In a con-descending way, which we may appre-ciate or may not, according to the bent of our minds. But this young Foy Is musical, nnd he's half a foreigner, and those two things have stood bim in good stead with the firm's families; and the upshot of It all is that he's going to be marrifed to the youngest Miss Umpleby the day after to-nior-row.

"Could I see him for a few minutes? shan't detain him long." "Certainly, sir; I'm sure he'll be

happy to oblige you," said the clerk, who knew all about the Vicar of Fresh-mead, one of the most popular mon within twenty miles of Grandchester.

Tho clerk went to fetch Mr. Foy, and returned presently with the ac-complished young man. Tho vicar was

student of character. He had not spent all his days amidst the green pastures of Freshmead. Seven years of his life had been devoted to preach-ing and teaching, and doing all man-ner of good works. In one of the vilest and most populous districts of East London. He had had plenty to do with scoundrellsni in his time; ho knew a scoundrel when he saw one, and bis first glance a t Gaston Foy convinced him that this young favorite of for-tune waa as dark a vllllan as ever wore a smooth face to gull the world.

Yes. despite his polished mannors his gentle and Insinuating smile, and the oily blandness of his legato tones the vicar made up his mind that this was the villain he wanted. This was the man who had brought his dying victim to the railway station and transferred the burden of his crime to a stranger.

George Caulfleld had minutely de-scribed the man's appearance, and thlp. man. In every feature, corresponded with that description. That he seemed perfectly happy and at ease did not surprise Mr. Leworthy. To a creature of this kind dissimulation was second nature.

The vicar stated his business, and sat down at the clerk's desk to write a rough draft of the letter to bo t rans lated, but after writing a sentence he stopped abruptly.

"It 's a business that requires some thought." he said. "If you'll look In at my hotel this evening and let mo dictate the letter quietly there, I shall esteem It a favor. I won't keep you half an hour, and you'll be doing me an Inestimable service."

Mr. Foy looked a t him rather BUS plclously. .,

"My time Is not my own Just now, he said. "If you'll send me your let tor I'll put It Into Spanish for you, but I have no time to call at your hotel/"

This was said with a decided tone that settled the question.

"I seo," thought the vicar. "He Is not the man to walk Into any little t rap that I may set for him."

"I'll send the letter to your private address this evening," he said.

"You had better send It here. I Hv a little way out of Grandchester."

Tho vicar assented, wishecWMr. Foy "good morning," and went away. Ten minutes afterward he went back to Kibble & Umpleby's, saw the clerk ho had seen flrst, and said;

" I may as well have Mr. Foy's ad-dress, In case I shouldn't be able to get my letter written before he leaves buslneas."

"Certainly, sir. Mr. Foy lives at Parmlnter—Rose Cottage. Lawson Lane."

"Thanks. I may not want to send to him there, but It's as well to bo on tho safe side. Good morning."

"Good morning, sir." said the clerk, aloud. "Fidgety old gentleman." he ejaculated, Inwardly.

(TO BB CONTINOBD.)

GOOD SHORT STORIES FOR T H t VETERANS.

Mn his to r ic Log Cabin In Which Gran t

Pifsscd the I.iiNt Six Month* of t ho

Unlx-lllon—i.iiiigcxt Distance Traveled

0 / it Shot.

AMPFIIIE SKETCHES.

Rio

s ... •> J?/ " ... i"" . v * ..'*«• 'Jl ' •iirf

Bravo.

IO BRAVO! Rio Bruvo! — Saw nu n ever such a sight.

Blnco the dnld of R o n c o s.v nllei

Scrofula "Our daughter broke out with scrofula

•ores all ever her face and Lead. She grew worso until we gave her Hood's

..... Sarsaparilla. When she had taken tlx been considered ont of the possession | buttles her face 'was smooth and the of the Commission, and no effort has i scrofula has never returned." BtLAB been made toward its preservation ex- | V E R N O O V , West Point, New York.

Park '.'.ommlsfllon to remove tho cabin, which was granted, with tho stipulation that after the removal the site and sur-rounding grounds wero to bo restored to their original condition. No stepa toward the removal have slnco been taken by Mr. Stuart. The cabin has

Dark is Palo Alto's story—sad R e -aaca Pa lmu ' s rout—

Ah mo! upon those Holds so go ry how many n gal-

lant life went out. There our licsl and bravest lnnccs shiv-

<rr-'l 'gainst the Northern steel, Lef t the valiant hear ts tha t couch'd them

"nrath the Nor thern charger ' s heel. I'.io Bravo! Rio Mravo! b rave hea r t s ne 'er

mourn'd such a sigiit, Snce the nchiest lost the i r life-blood in

the Bonctsval les light.

cept to provide police protection. About eight or nine years ago a new roof was put on the structure and other Improvements made. About five years ago the Grand Army of the Republic requested the Park Commission to make necessary repairs to the cabin. This the Commission was unable to

seai'd the fate of i ( , 0 b e c a , , 8 e ' h o structure waa neither In many a knight! j their possession nor that of the city.

' Upon the door of the cabin Is a largo frame containing a printed copy of a letter written by General Adam Badeau to Russell Thayer, chief engineer and superintendent of the Park. It bears date of Washington, D. C., February 12, 18S9, and Is a reply to a request from General Thayer asking for a history of the cabin.

Sarsa-parilla

Is tho best—In fact the Ono Trus Blood Puriner.

Hood's H o o d ' s Pl l la euro all Liter Ills. 25 cenu.

The Lnngcut lll«tanc» t h a t a Shot Ilae

llcen F i red .

Arista; besl and bravest-there T h c , o n * c s t , l l 8 t a n c e t h a t a s h on \ h a 8

tiena, tried and true, been fired Is a few yards over fifteen • 1 •-M- i v i t n » i . nf Krunti's

An Expensive Appet i te .

"Men are very stupid about some-things," she remarked. "They have no Idea of the value of somo of thf. commonest things. I never knew one who could tell the difference between a high-priced and a low-priced pleco of goods."

"Do you regard that as a test of in-telligence?" asked her husband.

"Certainly; In one way. Don't you." "No. I can't admit that there's any

merit In a man's studying for years to learn what comes naturally to a moth."—Washington Star.

There Rllglii-nii, • ni-n uiiu iiu<-.

On thu f.-. al li-M ihou iavest, nobly did ] miles, which was tho r a n g e of K r u p p ' s

v i?1!1 ".T" ''."i1"1 ''V n .in ' well-known "monster" 130 ton steel Vainly then, iho?.' heroes rally, Castillo | , « r n a ! ...... n - i ™ n s jo t w e i g h i n g 2,000 gun, firing

pounds. The 100 ton Armstrong gun has an extreme range of fourteen miles, ' ring a shot weighing 1.890 pounds, nd Requiring 9G0 pounds of powder.

Those guns, however, proved too expensive, being unable to stand fir-Ing a hundred .times, and their manw-

! facture has practically been abani/-; oaed. The 90 ton Armstrong gun hur-a j a solid shot for a distance of twelve j miles, and the discharge of the gun I wnnot be heard at the place whore the [ ball strikes. From twelve to thirteen , miles Is the comtiuted range of thc

most powerful guns now made, and elevation '?f

on Monlc zuir.u's shore, Vainly there si; u Aztec valour brightly

as it shorn- of yore. Rio l!ravo! Itlo l l ravo! saw men over

such n sjglit, Sinee tho ilews of Ronccnvoiics wept for

paladin and knight?

Heard ye not tin wounded courrers shrieking on yon trampled hanks.

As thc Northern wlnn'd arliilery thun-der'd on our shal tcr 'd r anks?

On t iny canit—those Nor thern horsemen —on like eagles toward the sun :

Follow'd thru tho Norih. ' rn bayonet, and the field was lost and won.

Rio P.ravo! lilo Bravo! minstrel ne 'er sung such a light.

Since the lay of Roncesvalles s a n s the fame of mar tyr 'd knlnht.

Rio Bravo! fa ta l river! saw ye not, while o b t a i n t h a t r a n g e a n red with gore. near ly 45 degrees Is f o u n d to be nece?-

One cavalier all headless quiver, a naire- Quick firing g u n s a r e m o r e d?-less t runk upon Ihe shore? I ' . »i,„n av-

Other champions not less noted sleep l e- Ponded upon a t p resen t day U1_ ncath thy sullen wave:

Sullen water , thou hast floated armleB to an ocean c rave .

Rio BruVo! Rio Bravo! lady ne'er wept such a sight.

Since the moon of Roncesvalles klas'd in death her own loved knight.

he had been anywhere else.

CHAPTER IV. R. Leworthy's next call was at Kibble & Umpleby's. Hero he acted with greater subtlety. Ho asked to see the head clerk, and Informed that g e n t l e m a n that ho had been recom m e n d e d to apply there for a small service which

unablo to got done He wanted a letter

written to a correspondent at Cadis, and be had not found anybody In Grandchester who knew enough Span-ish to write such a letter for him. He had particular reasons for not writing In French or English, ns his commun-ication was a strictly private charac-ter, and t h e gentleman to whom ho had occasion to write understood no language "but his own.

"I am told you have a clerk who is a flnrt-rate Spanish scholar," Mr. Le-worthy said. In conclusion".

"Quite true, sir. Our foreign clerk, Mr. Foy, knows Spanish as well as he knows French, and can write you as good a letter ;in Italian or Portuguese as In either. It 's rather lucky you looked In this morning, though. To-morrow would have been too late."

"Why? Is he leaving you?" The clerk grlnnel . "Only a fortnight's holiday—rather

an Important event In his life. He's going to be married to-morrow morn-ing—to the daughter of our Junior partner, the youngest Miss Umpleby."

"Oh, he is going to be married to-morrow morning! I congratulate him —and the young lady. Has It been a long engagement?"

"A year and a half. The old gen-tleman was very much against it at the first—thought his daughter might

j have Jook&l higher—as of courU she

THE LARGEST CRANE.

The Greateet Meohanleal Giant In t he

World IT tad In Scotland.

Absolutely the greatest mechanical giant in tho world is now lift ing stone on a new sea waH on the north coast of Scotland. Not even the monster cranes used for lifting the government-al great guns can compare with this Titan, as it is ealicd, says the Loa Angeles Times. It is capable of lifting 100 tons and it could pick up a modern locomotive with as much ease as the same locomotive draws a train of cars. It could lift tho cubic contents of 100 carloads and strew them over a wide section of tho landscape. I t s dally work Is tho placing in position of fifty-ton blocks of granite, of which the new sea wall at Peterhead is being built. Tho length of Its arms, reaching out from the central point of support, is exactly 100 feet, and It can set a sixty-ton block In thc sea 100 feet deep and seventy-two feet from the outer edge of the masonry wall. This long arm Is balanced by a shorter-weight arm that carries the engine house, with the machinery for moving tho Titan for-ward or backward on a railroad set into the finished masonry, and t to run out or In on tho long arm a traveling car from which are suspended the fonr-sheaved blocks through which Is re-ceived the cable that lifts the great pieces of stone. The Titan itself weighs 700 tons and Is built of steel. The long arm swings about on a turntable, Just as a bridge swings over a river. The waU which it builds and then travels over as It slowly advances Into the sei Is nearly fifty feet wide.

"Why did I pave with good lateiv tions?" repeated the devil, pleasantly "You see, most of my guests while ob earth had been accustomed to trample on them, and, of course " His food nature wm Infectious. "I wantea t» make them feel a t home. Yes."

WeepeBl thou, lorn Lady Inez, for thy lover mid thc slain?

Brave I«i Vega's t r enchan t sabre c M t his slayer to the brain—

Brave I a Vega, who. all lonely, by a host of fors beset.

Yielded up his falchion only when his equal there he met .

Oh, for Roland 's horn to rally bis pa-ladins hy the sad shore!

Rio Bravo. Roncesvalles. ye a r c names llnk'd even more.

Sullen r iver! sullen r iver! vul tures drink thy gory wave.

But they blur not those loved features , which not Love himself could save.

Rio Bruvo, thou wilt name not t ha t lono corse upon thy shore.

But in prayer sad Inez names him— names him pray ing evermore.

Rio Bravo! Rio Bravo! lady ne'er mourn'd such u knight.

Since the fondest hea r t s were broken by the Ronc9Kvalles light.

An HUtor lc Itolic,

The historic log cabin in wMch Grant spent the last months of thc re-bellion and which stands back o! Lemon Hill and close to Girard avenue bridge. In Fairmont Park. Is rapidly falling to decay. Tho cab'n Is one of the most Interesting relics of the late war of the rebellion. It Is filled With associations cf great dolng i by great men in great times, and 'Is lestruction will be a calamity which can never be atoned for.

The cabin stood at City Point, Va., and was Inhabited by Grant luring the anxious winter of '64-C5. It was brought to this city and placed in thc park about twenty years ago. lavinr; previously been removed to St. Louis. I t Is a rough one-story cabin of logs, whidh, In -he moving, have boon rein-forced from behind with a layer of pine boards. There are two doors In tho structure. One in the front and one in the rear, both of which have been locked for many months. Several rough windows on either side are covered with heavy wire screens. The Interior

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treme length of range and In this rn-spect what is considered tho mo'it wonderful gun, perhaps. Is one of li»e Maxims, which can fire as many as WO shots a minute, and yet is so light that a soldier can carry It strapped to his back. Financially regarded, tfco Immense sum of $195,000 was expend-ed In constructing the monster Krupp gun, and each projectile cost S4P750.— Sel.

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'•ontalns two rooms and Is entirely neg-lected nnd unfurnished. The cabin is situated in a somewhat retired spot and relic-hunters and vandals ".re not only supposed to have carried off part of the cabin, but have carvcd their names or initials upon the doors nnd surrounding woodwork. The evidences of decay about the cabin arc marked. All of the logs seem to have been honeycombed by boring worms, so. that Here and there tho outer surface is rapidly crumbling and falling away. Half a dozen logs on one side and rear of the hut are either In a state of total collapse or have disappeared entirely. There seems to be no other way of pre-serving this historic relic than 'o en-close It In a building to protect It fn-m the rigors of the climate and the In-roads of Insects. The cabin Is not ownnd by either the city or the Park Commission, but was merely placed In the Park by the late George H. St mrt. Its owner, to whom It bad lean i ic-eented by General Grant, his Inllmate fr iend. In February. 1893. Goorfo H. Stuart, Jr., representing the estate of h is father, requested permission of the

New TarKetH fo r t he Army.

When the trained marksmen of trie Transvaal routed the regular troopn of Great Britain at Majuba Hill by s h o d ing with such marvelous skill as to pick off the redcoats like so many deer on a hill, a great outcry was heard In British army circles against tne folly ol teaching a soldier to shoot by Ing him opposite a target and telllug him to place a bullet as near to the bull's-eye as possible.

The United States army officerfl have just come to the same conclusion did tho British af ter tho disaster Majuba Hill. As a consequeuce of this awakening there will shortly be Issued a set of targets to bo used at the va rlous rifle ranges, that will revolution Ize the old system of training soldiers to become marksmen. Instead of the bull's-eye In the center of a square target, the object to be aimed at will be a black mark representing, as near ly as possible the figure of a man as it appears when he lies prone on tne ground, rifle presented, in the act of taking aim.

A second target will show the fig ure of a man taking aim while in kneeling position. The figure mounted on a square background of white, and is carehiily drawn to meas urements so as to present a mark as nearly as possible like that at which the soldier would have lo shoot were he fighting for his life in actual con filet. This figure will be used as target at medium distances, from five to six hnndred yards.

Still anot l^r target represents the full figure of a man standing and fir ing. This la for long distance prac tlce, and will enable a marksman see exactly the effect prodnced by bis skill in firing. Every siiuu mat hits thc flgure would kl l for malm wero the target a living njark.

The largest target of all, and tho 'one tliereforo that will be used at OX' treme range. Is Intended to'-represent tbe figure if a mounted man. This more particularly designed for carbine practice by cavalrymen. Tho troop ers will bo taught to shoot nt the target from horseback as well as dis-mounted. and .as In tho case of the standing targA. will" be instructed to aim nt the center of the mass, tho Idea being that killing tho hcrse of a cav-alryman does no less damage to the fighting effectiveness of an enemy's force than shooting tho rider.

A project for Introducing moving targets based on the same system as described above is being considered by the military authorities.

Iiook after the Back: A Fall, % Strain, a Constant Sitting or Stooping Position Brings

Backache—Bo Tea Know This Means the Kid*

neys are Affected! How few people realize when their back

begins to ache that It is a warning pro-ided by nature to tell you that thc kid-

neys arc not working properly. You have a severe fall, you strain yourself lifting or perhaps you nro compelled to inidntain a bitting or stooping position for long inter-vals at a time, your back begins to ache, then your head, you become listless, tired ami weary, but do you understand tho real cause? Wo'thiuk not, else you would uot use plasters and liniment on the back, which only relieve ljut do not reach tho cause. If you would rid yourself of tho pain nnd euro tho root of tho trouble, at tho same time save many years of Buffer-ing and perhaps llfo itself, you will take a kidney remedy that has been tried and proven that It will cure.

Mr. John Robsoln of tlfll Russell Street, Detroit, says: " A s a result of exposure during the war I have suffered ever since with rheumatism and kidney trouble. Pains would start In my hip and go around to mv hack. Highly colored urine denoted kidney disorder. The pain In my back was often so bad I had to give up work until tho severity of thc attack passed away. I have used many liniments and other things, but received very littlo relief. Some time ago I started using Doan's Kidney Pills nnd they have worked' a wonderful change In me. My back is. all right now nnd I owe it all to the almost magical Influence of Doan's Kidney Pills."

Mr. Robsoin was a member ot tho Fifty-first Illinois Regiment, which served through the war with honor and distinc-tion. Doan's Kidney Pilla are for sale by all dealers—price, 50 cents. Mailed by Foster-Milbum Co., Buffalo. N. Y., sole-agents for the U. 8. Remember the name» Doan's, and take no other.-

A Misguided Itelng. "Charley," said young Mrs. Torklns,

"1 wish that the United States senate were In session."

"I don't see why." "Because it doesn't cost anything to

get in." "But what makes you want to ge t .

In?" "You said yesterday that sometimes

the proceedings of the senate were a perfect farce. And nou know they do say so many clever things at farces,'1

—Washington Star.

W r e i t l n c Beriptnre.

A dean had been giving a series of lectures on the doctrines of the church, ending up with a sermon on the words, "Hear the church." Soon after he was met by the biahop, who did not ap-prove of this way of wresting Scrip-ture, "I've heard about your lectures." said the bishop, "and now I think /ou had bettor take for your text. Hang all the law and the prophets." The dean looked shocked, and replied that he did not know of such a text.

"Oh, yes there Is," said the bishop. 'Tf you can make Matt. 18:17 Into Hear tbe church, you can make Matt. 22:40 Into Hang all the law and the pro-phets."—The Christian Scotsman.

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There is a Class of People

Who are injured by the use of coffee. Recently there has been placed in all the grocery stores a new pre-paration called GRAIN-O, made of pure grains, tha t takes the place of coffee. The most delicate stomach receives it without distress, and but few can tell it from coffee. I t does not cost over X as much. Children may drink it with great benef i t 15 cents and 25 cents per package. Try i t Ask for GRAIN-O.

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Try Rose dr'eaiii for the tdelh.

Read Ged. tl-aw's Heir aclV. in thii b u e ;

Esther Cutler is visiting Met Aistet

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* in Owosso. I M n . P . i , Devine left tor her home < ID ton Saturday.

Johnson of Aliiiont is the lest of his son; F . M.

_tarvln Rice and Mabel Cox of this village wbfe married last week:

, Dolly Blaton has been sentenced to 18 months at the Ffodie of Correction.

Don't send roonby oilt of toWn for Work thai nan be aone as well at the fcowell IjaUndry.

, Born, a tbh pound son lo l i r .G i G. Towsley and wifej in tHis Village Monday morning.

W e have received R fcopjr of the

^bw game aijd.flsh law; Whiclj is open tr inipeotion by all those Interested >

Is yonrslitilcrfptlon to the liKndfcB paid a year in kdvancef if so, you are entitled lo dne of" those crayon pot

p( (raits.

P . S. Don'l forget tlie 15.06 Chi-t bago excursion Via j ) . G. R. A Wi

railroad Octobet 14. Tickets food } 6 days.

. Floyd 1 \maf , a young liiEti of j Greenville, wai fatally bdrried. by

gasoline last Friday; aekth resulting 'on Saturday.

Bobscrihe now for the L b u o k r and i>ay in advance and we will mak^ you a present p i a way on portrait of yourself, si^e 10x20 inches.

My houscj with seven acres of land

Co orchards, pahij House, etb., wil, to rent. ^epierilDer 15. at perl

knonth. Enquire of Mrs. Dr . Pet i t .

Ed Craw lias keen in town thii i | week packjbg up His goods pre-

paratory tbtakit ig up his residence at Grand Raplas where he is employed.

Mrs. Je t ty Brandeberryj son ahd little daughter, of Wawaka, Indiana, kre vi8itingaher s|ep-8i8ter, Mrs. A . Brunner alia othei* relatives near Lowell.

The total amount.qfstale tax to be yaned thj^s year is $2,^39,901231 .Of this amount, Kent is assessed; 1113,-

. 052.2&{ tonia, 139,841 and Barry, jMo. 14994. . . ; Houston, Texas, where John and Xiorento Itopf, late of this village, are living, ia under a shotgun quarantine ifti account of yellow fever. No mails k re allowed to leave the city.

- People who patronize oil wagons . Should be sure of t^eir man. Several

j C o j y e j l j ^ i l i e s Have .h^H, their liven Wty endangei-ed. oy having ptit into their kerosene oil

Beware! Everyone wishes to, keep informed Yukon, the Klondike abd Alaskan

flelf& vSend 10 o.for large coni-idium of vast information and big

or ni^p to Hamilton rub . Co.) dianap^Hs, Ind. 2 0 9

AyerV pleasant social and tea-narty.^al. given by Mrs. Jdbn Phil-tip* at her hoiiie on the addition. last

ednesday afternoon, foV Mrs. ^red lei, who ir about to move with her lily to Grand Rapids.

Mn. E. R . Craw is not mending fest as • be r friends m\ght wish, ills a^d fyv^riset in, the fever run-{.ai high as 1 0 5 , . ^ t . i t this writ-she Is 8omewh|U i t p p r o ^ and no

result is now expected.

• MonteSpyles wahUp from Grand Rapids, T u « d « y <*rrying one arm to a sling. H e f o ^ I d ' n t tell the LED-q e b what was tl^e Qa.use, but said the end was not yet j f n d we'll bet a cooky there has been a rumpus.

Lovers of deeiv, hunting ^wha^are eparidg for t l ^ r anni^al expedition ould bear in tnind that „ the open asor does hot begin now until Nov.

, instead o f ^ o y . 1, t^e l u t session f the legislature havidg changed the aw in this respect.

Mr. and Ktni Clyde Collar gave a 4^) web party to about twenty friends will'.'ty evening in honor of her coh-

reffioa. Krn. P . J . Devine. First prites

mill in Mt?.., K- .Vtndyke and the mill shuTbornas ^ ^ a l l a f i e d with

The postofflce a. Refreshmentments were Into and the tills u

Wown o^D ami of peal fisheries tained about $1,000 in i n i i n m t r ~ : n

•tampa, etc. People heal * considerable elon and saw lights and considerable ffround in less than 30 muio , U | , m n ( ] trace of the robbers could be '. "P 'oy several

Three Bay Ci^y mills whk , n gaWienng been idle all season—Hargreave Sti Joseph the Hitchcock Lumber Co. and M haVe been & Flood—have contracted with CaPa'stytea-dian parties to saw 11,000,000 feet eported. logs which are to be brought from Can-ada- The mills will start up at once I and will give employment to many men I n

that the balance«wheel of an average watch makes 600 vi-brations every minute, 18,000 each hour. 432,000 in a day, or 157.788,0(X) per year? At each vibration of the balance wheel it makes about one aud one half revnlutlonif and it is thus §een that the at-bot- or shafl on iVhicll the balanbe-Wheel is iiioiinted hinkes abuiit 260,682,-00b reVollitions in its bearings in one vcan One drbp of oil Is sufficient to lubHbate from one to two hundred of such bearings; and the greatest del-ilJaby of tolich is required to place it where heeded.

' 'A modeni Ibtiomotlve with seven-foot driveH would have to make 085,824 miles, or more lliaii 39 tinies arouhd the earth, ^hich at the rate of one mile pbr minute without Stopping it would take 683 days, or nearly two years to do before the shaft itf llle dHver would make as many revolutlohs as the bal-Knbeataff of a watbh hiakes iu one year. And yet some peo-ple wonder why it is that a Vratch ever ueedi cleaning and oiling, t t is hot advisable to allow a watch to run longer than 18 months without hai*-tiig it atteluien to, if you wish to ^void ruining it.'1

The Utmost bate should taken in ^ making repairs an that.service we give.

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M e C o n t i e i r s

A new and complete line of f d m l t u r e of the latest de-signs. Some wonderful bargains being Offered.

Line ot Caakets IS stdefc.

" " " - S E f l S f . oweier.

fedl son Train is tio better.

Clean your teellt with Rose Cream,

fe. & SherraHH bl" Oaabkde is very 111.

J . lioylan of d e c a d e Is building a new hoilse.

Old nev^s papers 25 fol1 five cents at this office.

Rev. S. B. Dexter was in Grand Rapids Inst Week.

Miss Myrtie Hatch of iteene was in town lastjTilesday.

ChaS. Leclefk a fid wife of Cascade have a new daugluei ,. pv a , j j

A bediUiflil set ot" artificial jWtjb/for • 5 at Dr J . fa RibkertV T > [ ) J \

Herbert Johnion of Cascade is a large cistern in his b a ^

Miss Ida Hogan has been visiting in Paris and Grand Rapids.

. Mrs. Millard and son Ernest, of Saranac we^e in town last Tuesday.

Thomas l^ippreSs and family are nicely settled in |lieir bosy new home

Harley bhllrch oi" Muskegon has ))eehyi8iting his brothef-ita-law, Edi i

ion Train.

Mrs. Z. Fox attij ti. Wills of Free-

g)rt has been visiting M n . Liza runner.

. Miss Clara Walker obtained a Brd grade certificate at the Lowell ex-amiaatloh.

Miss Carrie Hunter has returned from an extended visit with relatives at Toronto Canada.

Thos. Cowan and wife were ([ueets of Jacob Weaver and wife this week, stopping on their way to visit their daughter. Mm Ivitsonj in Boston totlfnSbil).—Belding Banner.

L. i t . Clark has purchased the in> Merest of I J V L . Dallas in tbe firm of Falffu A Clark abd the outstanding accounts are payable to the old firm Aii m l y settlemeht is necessary {d order that the former partnenhip be dissolved and business closed.

F a l i -as & C l a b k .

The much-talked of Cisler case was .disposed of by Judge Jewell Sa tur -day. He appointed Jane Cisler

Sardian for the girl in question, aud Oisler, aud she is expected to

take change of heir at bnoe. The ap* pointed guardian is an auot of the girl's father and lives in Barry coun-t y -

McCarty is buying poultry.

Try Rose Cream for the teeth.

Miss Libbie IVedenick spent last Week at Grnnd Rauids.

LeVy A Bro. of Nashvillej Tenn , are Buying polalnes herb.

D. Gi tjooH liai maugiirated one of his great wiill {fapefr sales.

The k e n t County fair this year Was not a profitable Ventiit'e.

Mr. Colvin and wife «f Alaska visited at Gains bangs' last week.

E. H. DaWson of tietroit visited M n . Ejla Hine the first of the week.

Miss VVest of Grand Rapids has been the guest of LavanChe Cogswell recently.

"Lost time is never found again, and whst we call tiihe enough always proves. IHtle enough."

<Vi Hendricks and family of Grand Rapids Spent a few days of last week with C. Buckley.

I50d invoice of neW .taqketi and F u n received at the New bloalt and Suit house Wednesday tHoliiing.

Mrt. Robertson has returned from Visiting her sister, Mfs. Blair at tonia snd her niece, Mn. Cahoon, near St. Johns.

M n . L . C. Hildreth and little Olive sfe entertaining her daughter add husband, C. B. Taylor and wife of Manistee.

iTred,Mason's new advertisement in this iftsiie should receive a careful pe-rusal by thofce of our lady friends who are interested in cloaks, wraps and furt:

The ladies of Lowell are wild with admiration over the Oloaks and F u n at tHfe hew store. vVe can't blame you ladies. It's the low prices how ever that catch the nien;

(jn Friday evening, Oct. 1st, Miss Jennie Wright will entertain the Vergennes Reading circle f t the resi-dence of J . H. Wright in Vergennes. Refreshments will be served.

M r and M n . Shreiner of Lowell and Mr; and Mn. John Hellen afid Mn. Swartengraber of Grand Rapbis were guests at Mn and Mrs..jE*.Tali's Sunday.—[Belding Banneri

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We want to sell [now, a great big lot I of wall paper.

We have the A. P. 1 Hunter stock.

If you think of us. 'ing paper this fall, jwe can save you mou-)ey. Seeing is believ-'ing.

L. H . HUNT & Co^ Wilder Wiley is on the sick list.

G. rf&ngs and wife visited in Al-tUka oyer Sunday.

L . C. Hildreth was in Manistee a jfvrt of last week.

This paper on trial 10 weeks for 10 cents. Try it ence.

All kinds of, wood promptly deliv-ered by R. B. Boylan.

Mary Blifras of Alton visited at F ; Brunner'S Wednesday.

Good girl wanted for general housework; F. R. EckER.

Good wofk twice a week and fair treatment at the Lowell Laundry.

One cord of good, green wood pays ii yean siib'sbfiption to this paper.

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Thin, Pale Children

One satislaction in giving Scbtfs Emolsioh to children is they never object to it. The fact is, they soon become fond of it. Anoihef Satisfaction is becatssfe ft make them plump, ia3 them growth and prosperity» It should he given tio all children who are too thin, or too pale. It does not make them over-fat; hut phitnp.

It strengthens the digestive organs and the nerves, and fur-nishes material for rich hloo&

T s &aVe a took tdliag you mors <]ts thewbject SmI £rac for the aak%.

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i f ^ . T . Roberts has had a iieauti-fiil monument erected in the Saranac cemetery. I t is dark granite of beaiilifui design and fine finish and was fumifched by J ; H. Hamilton of LoWell.—-[Saranac Local.

Mn . Dr. M. C. Greene gave a de-lightful afternpou tea to eight of her schoolmates I t t t Friday from 3,^o 7. Those froth nut ot town were Mn . S. W. Taylor of Kalamatoo, and Miss Ella Kaple of Grsnd Rapids.

The regular monthly meeting of the Woman's Home and Foreign Mis-sionary Society of the M. E . chnrofa will be hstd at the home ot M n . San-dsll, Tuesday.^fternooh, Oct . 5th. a t 230 o'clock', Object , ASch06l Work \u India.

T h e LEDOfcR is meeting With a grat i fying increase in circmation and we are prepSVed to prove that no-advertiser ban coVe'r the terr i tory oc-oupyied by it, without nfiing our c o l -umns. Now is the time to plant an advert isement.

Last week J . E . Lee exhibited a handsome plate of Chili peaches, eight Weietabg 4 pounds and one weighing 8i oonces. The question whether the OhiK is a small peach or not etoems to d e p ^ d largely Upon the raiser and bis soil.

The Glens-Falft InWUVantte Com-pany's adjufetinc agent was here Mon-day and paid Will F. HoWk J196.76 insurance on bis residence property which jvaS damage^ by fire the pre-v i o ^ Tuesday. Prompt work. E . Catabell is the local agent.

The work of the LoWMi center of the Northwestern University is well undek- way and is proving a success-ful educational Venture to partici-pantsv Kext meeting Monday even-ing at office OfE. '6. Mains, Subject, Ethiopia, Assyria and Babylonia.

The Ledger 10 weeks for 10c, to tlOw subscribefs.

Patronize heme industries—the Lowell Steam Laundry . is .one of tKem.

Rhoda Ktills; who has been visit-^ng in Lowell has returned to Grand Rapids;

Mesarsi Buckley and Hendricks, with their ianiilies spent last Monday at J . Buchanan's.

The Farther Lights met a t Ida Hogan's last Saturday. The Study was on Japan nnd very intetesting.

Geo. Raymond and wife of Keene gave a reception last week Wednes-day evening in honor of their son, Frank sqd bride, nee Myrtle Hol-comb of Coral.

j -The i leibert , Castcllo & Nevarro's Vaudeville company advertise an en-tertainment nt Mi'sic Halt this even-ing and claim to give a strictly refined show. Admission 10c, 20, and 30c.

Our good old frifehd. John Christie has the thanks of the LEbGER for a bushel of elegant pears. His effort to conceal his idebtitvj by bringing the fruit during the editor s absence and saying that it was none of our busi-ness who brought it, was useless. Vou can't fbol a country editor that way. John.

Next Sunday, Oct. 3rd, the Young Men's Christian League will observe their anniveraary with the following program! 9 o'clock, devotional ser-vice in their room, 3 o'clock p% m men's meeting a t the Baptist church. 7 p» m. general meeting at the M» E. ohnrch. I 'he State Secretary C. P . Copeland.of Detroit, and 0 . b . Her-rlngton, state president, will be in at-tendance and conduct (he services. All yobng men are especially invited to attend these meetings.

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M E H I T is what has given Hood's Sarsaparilla the largest sales in

the world and enables It to accomplish thousands of wonderfnl C U R E S *

Vergettnes. The W. (XT. U. meeting has been ad-

journed from Oct. 7, until Oct. 14. An ac-count of tbe convention next week in Grand Rapids.

Mrb. P. Miiner of Reed City Visited at

Wm. Misner's and family alao at Mrs. 6 . W. Crosby1*.

Mrs. Patsy Devine of Stanton was a guet-t of Ids sister, Mrs. Oeo. Kraift, also his aunt Mm. L. J . Robins last week.

C. O. Hill and family of Sbuth Lowell spent Sunday With D. S. Blending and family.

Mesdames MerHman and Orakes are delegates to the W. C. T. U. convention in Qrand Rapids next Week.

Wm. Collins and Tatoily wen Vtvitora al Mr. Cs sister'a Mrs. Xieorge Godfrey and family of South Lowell last Sunday.

Melville MpPbenoa la teaching school in tbe McPhersan school kouea.

Wm. Collins and wife a n entertaining Ills step-lister, Mrs. j . Brandebeny and son fend dabghter. , ,

Jjlrt. H d. bunker of Plain well if the guebt of her parents, Irvfng Batc'helor and wife.

ChA. Got*, wife and aon Harold, of Low-

ell, Were Sunday guests of theii- daXigWr, Mrs. l)ute Bailey and family.

Scbit Fox entertained Ralph kclHarnircl or Lowell Thursday evening.

Ed Babcoek and wife of South Boston were recent gnests of Frank Fox.

No Gripe When you take Hood* fills. Theblc.old-fasb-looed, sngarooated pUk.'whiclj tear you an tS rteoea, are not ia it witS HoM'a. Easy to take

Hoods Pills

and easy to operate, ia true M Hood's Pilla, which are np to date in every respect. Bale, oertaio and sure. AU aniMtfts. 25c. C. I. Hood ft Co., Lowell, Mass.

a^y pfiia to tato with Hood's SaraavarlOa

Cornet For Sale Cheap. A'high grade cornet, with ctiFe.nd

sbk^ks complete, but little used, good *8 new, an elegant instrnment. Will taffoUi a^SQc. on the dollar, on easy terWs. inqu i re at this office.

ARE YOU A COWARD ? ' A 4- ft*** etf r v K f t h i s m t y s e e m t 0 b e ^ I M I l rSt S lg i l t an impudent que$..<

tlon. We a n told however, by the famous author, Disraeli, that any man Is a coward, even in spite of himself. If his garments are Ill-fitting: Or in a shab-by condition. If you wish to enjoy the bravery . of elegant attire you should brdef your Su i t s ^ and Overcoats of

M. BORN & CO., I THI H U T CHICAGO MERCHANT T A I L O M . ^ Who for 20 years have led all rivalry in Cus tom*^ Tailoring and aever failed lo please in Material, Style or Workmanship. A •'BORN , ,suil will cost ^ you less than the kind of tailoring that makes men cowardly. Every Feature Guaranteed,

300 Patterns to Choose from. D

W I U l ^ U L L E I V S O X , L o w e U .

t First-ClasS Implements - -• Oliver and Syracuse Plows, Planet J r . Cultiva-tors. They are right, and Mash sells them right. If you don't find it so: he is here to make it right.

Gfarden Seeds That G f r o w . . . In bulk and package. Don't neglect the garden | | npot this year. It will repay you in satisfaction. Start right by buying your seeds of

H . N a s h . STNOCBAKER WAGONS, CARRIAGES. MCCORMIOK BINDERS AND MOWERS.

Cloaks For Tho Thousands. The people of Lowell know

a g-ood thin^ when they sec it.

At the

G R E A T C L O A K A N D

F U R S T O R E

prices g-o hand ih hand wilh thc farmer's products or the wages of the day laborer: You have a right to buy goods as cheap as any merchant. This you can do at tho

N E W C L O A K A N D S U I T

H O U S E .

Prices Paralyzed! Big Profits Smashed I

We Have No Competition. DoD*t Bfe Mislead By Any Startling Reductions.

RE^Lftct on Ike piofit you would have paid elsewhere if W« had not been generous enough to have opened our $4,000 sam-ple liAe V)f imptoted and domestic cloaks. Cotoipare our pricW with Gf 4nd Rapids prices.

GLIMPSE $0 / T A trimmed cape all wool, Q l O O C .

O « 9 w latest style, now • O O

9 . 0 0 Melton or Beaver jacket lat-est style, now 3.90 Seal collarette Martin edge C *

. U U latest style, now Q . # U

4 H J S Ladies wool suit, silk line^ f t C S f ) I d C • S 9 U tailor made, latest, now ^ 0 9 O U

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DON'T think of buying a garment until you have seen our immense line and get our prices. It ia

WHOLESALE, no reductions or ban-tering—one price to all.

T h e Great Russian 61 oak and Fur

F. T. MASON. worth of new Furs and

^ " " j a c k e t s received to-day'.

First door west of Althen's^ Lowell, Michigan.