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Montague Observer. TWENTY EKJHTH YKAU. M O N T A G U E . M I C H . , A U G U S T 24. 1809.

1 LAST CALL I

Don ' t Miss t h e L a s t Chance to Ge t a

IShirt Waist Below C o s t |

The remaining NECKTIES m a r k e d w a y d o w n . Also our LEATHER BELTS.

j E Buttoriclc's Pattorns. C. L. STRENG. |

'Don't f a / / to Tit tend the-

GREAT BARGAIN SALE

DURING THE ENTIRE MONTH OF AUGUST AT THE NEW STORE OF

ROSE & SON. B a y tTre Bovs N e w School S h o e s w.Hile they last at th^se prices. $1.3B cot ton kcIuk).1 s u ' t

II.oOdark bn»wn •su^ " fancy plaid *' }--f'

$2.00 " s t r ipe W«K»1 " •2.(70 " liffht colored " •2.85 all wool dark brown ' •3.05) nil W(KI1 sui ts ,..2.48 r>cc c rash wash " ,7.rM- blyc duck wash milts

B o y s ' K n e e P a n t s Barga ins

Large stock (»f all wool knee pants , brown, gray and black shades, extra s trongly made, choice

50c brown wool pan t s Mr 3.'>c black worsted " 24c 25c st rong co t ton " 15>c

Ex t ra big values caps at

boys' school . . 19c and 25c

All summoi' goods will be sold at about cost during th is sale.

ROSE 6c SON.

There are Styles a n d ^ ^ Good Tasts in Stationery.

A n d there should be.

LETTER P A P E R and E N V E L O P E S are your repre-sentatives. They should look as well as you do when you make a call or pay a visit.

Our STATIONERY will remind your correspondents of you in your best attire It does not cost so much either. Good, taste in Stationery is not expensive. There is correct taste and laoest style in our lino of papers, and they cost but little.

Look them O v e r . » >

Old Reliable Drug Store,

Chas. J . Jfoffman, Prop 'r.

A Farm Journal G R t A I From now to Dec., 1903 OFFER Nearly 5 years.

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W T h l s offer should be accepted wi thout delay.

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g Perhaps You're £ Not Aware & ^ That we do all our own work in

compounding prescriptions. In conso-•E quonco we know absolutely that it is

thorough. ^ Then we're able to supply our

customers' wants at a much lowor price than other dealers, as there are no salar-ios to come out of our profits.

Give us a trial.

L O C A L N E W S .

Note Ihu sclmol report in another columii.

Percii (Udiing a l the pier is reported innnoH&e.

Four girls wanted a t Sylvan Hencli hotel. Apply at once.

Work will commence on Hie While Lake piers, next week.

•luhn MtmpiartU made a business trip to Muskegon yesterday.

Miss Nina Nelson is enjoying a so-journ in Chicago this week.

J. M. Flagslml went to P e n t water , Tuesday, mi a yacht ing trip

Mrs. Crnmer, of Shelby, visited Mrs. H. Snow Saturday and Sunday.

Prof . J. Fa rnham spent a few houra with Mnntngue friends Tuesday.

Will Kelley, of ChicHgo, is tlie guest of Miss Winnie O^mnii, lids week.

Ernes t SleITt! "whee led" up from Spring Lake Sunday to visit f r iends.

Lafe Pugli lias reshiugled his house and made oilier needed improvemouts.

George Miller wheeled to Grand Harmi Monday, re turn ing iu the eve-ning.

Mrs. Henry Lawton. cf Muskegon Height!*, is visiting relatives in the village.

••Jack'" Livingston, an old Montagu-ite, shook hands with fr iends here last Saturday.

Mrs. August Fisher, of Nebraska, is visiting at the home of her sister . Mrs. Henry Friday.

Misses Carriu Vauderberg and Dora Kabe, of Muskegon, spent Sunday here with relatives.

This seems to bo « week of ueddingv and still there are others to follow in the near fu ture .

Don't forget the Holland lea next Wednesday evening at the Presbyter-ian church parlors.

Miss Agnes K. VanderVcen , of Grand Hapids, is visiting a t the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Fish.

Chas. D. Hendrie, traveling repro-sentat ive of the Chicago Tribune, spent Sunday in ihu village.

Miss Minnie Marqnardt arrived from Chicago this morning for a two weeks' visit with her parents . #

Miss Clemmie Matson is clerking in Nelson's store this week, during the absence of Miss Nina Nelson.

" J a k e " Wilson returned to Chicago Sunday evening, a f te r a few days' visit with relatives and fr iends here.

Mrs. VT; J . McKinstry, of Muskegon, spent a few days last week with rela-tives and f r iends in this village.

Ralph Calkin will a t tend schoo^ at Ann Arbor the comingyear , with a view of aoqiiiring a dental educat ion.

Mrs. M. Andrews and daughter Rose, of Milwaukee, are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ot to /hunschipn.

Miss Eva Smith returned Tuesday from a visit a l the home of Mi. and Mr?. V. O. Clinger at Muskegon.

ChftS, ,Vl)crg, of Milwaukee, who has been visiting at l | ie |)ome of Mrs. Chas. Peterson, returned homa MoniiHT-

Wm. Thieman Is putt ing a new cel-lar under Thos. Gaynor 's house and otherwise improving the property.

The Miusoa Ediih, Verna and Laura Hanson, of Har t , were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Will Peck this week.

Miss Minnie McNally, of Grand Rap-ids, is the guest of the Misses Rose and Anna Friday in White River this week.

Mrs. Emma Harmon of Goshen, lud . has been called hero by the serious ill-ness of her mother, Mrs. John Thnrer.

Mrs. Hopkins of Chicago is being cu-tcrtalned at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. Tucker. Mrs. Hopkins is a niece

of Mrs. Tucket*.

Jloy. T . W. McLean, of Ray City, Mich., ^ j j l o|liciate iit the Church

the Redeemer, Wliiiejja|l, Jjunday next a t 10:30 a. m.

The Montague Iron Works are rush-ing business this week. Laige cast-ings have beeii made for the boat ma-chinery being made there.

r r F r a n k l i n H Block Paul G. Kling, Mgr. 1

F o u Apply Midi .

SALE—Two line milch cows, to E . S. Uouglas, Montague,

I T H B L P K D W I N D A T T L K S .

Iwentv-n ine ofllcers and men wrote from liie Front to say that for Scratch-es, Bruises, Cuts, Wounds, Sore Feet and KtllT JoinUs, Uncklen's Arniea Salve is the bewt in the world. Same for Rums, Skin Krnptio/js yn<l Piles. 25c a box. Cure guaranteed, liold C. F . Hoffman, druggist.

Mr? . Chas. Smith , of Whit ing. Mo., is thf guest of her bi ut!:er. Fred Folker.

Mr . and Mrs. H a r v e y Tower lef t for Ion I f . Tuesday for a few days ' visit.

'11 .e Presbyterian Sunday school is enjc y ing a picnic ac Sylvan Reach to-d a y .

0 yclist-s have been enjoying the beau-tifu 1 evenings and excel lent roads this we« .'k.

J diss Flora Fowlor is making a two we eks ' visit with relatives ami f r iends lu the village

f r a n k F ink , the popular tousorial a r t i s t , has heun suffering from a boil on 3d» neck this week.

S . 11. Lasly of Muskegon, was iu tewn yes te rday looking a f t e r business iu con-iicctUm with tho Dnwhng estase.

Gaynor is placing a handsome stone1 wall under lu- house and making o the r improvemeni* t«» a very pretty home.

T h e work of repair ing the bell on the Presbyter ian church has been com-ple ted , and beds will r ing as usual

he rea f t e r .

Has a n y one noticed the largo nnm-ber of handsome monuments and tomb-stones. erected in tho village cemetary this season.

Miss Loua Glassilor. who has been at teniUng the Muskegon Uusiness Col-lege. is spending a two weeks' vacation wi th her parents here.

Rev. W . W . S l e o of Nowyago. and 11. G. Slee of Chicago, brothers of Rev. R. .1. Slee. a t tended the CalkiiiH-Rlsel wedding here Wednesday.

Mrs. .James OConnel l , of Grand Haven, re turned to her homo Monday, a f tn r spending a pleasant week with her sister, Mrs. B. O'Connell .

Mrs. Sarah Green arrived on the Bradshaw from Chicago Tuesday and and is spending a fuw days wIth her parents , Mr. and Mrs. Redding.

Miss Mabel Mason returnud Satur-day from a visit wllh relatives in Can-ada , her cousin Miss McClintock re turning with her for a short visit.

Misses Minnie Blsel of Chester. Till ie Nelson, Ju l ia C'orbin and Mr. and Mrs. Kdson Mills of Hesperia, were guests al the home of Rev, and Mrs. R .1. Slee this week.

I»r. and Mrs. F. D. Holiis are euler-laining their nep!'ie-A . Mr. Heiny Kit tie, of Detroit. The Dr. is busy ex-p la in ing (with his hands) the intrica-cies of White Lake bass lishing.

"Snaps'" in the purchase of residence' property in this village are gutt ing scarce. Almost everything in sight lias bven taken up and higliur values are in order. There ' s hopes for the "old town" vet.

Ed Dodge returned Tuesday from a few day's out ing with fr iends in Grand Haven, Milwaukee, and other points of interest. Mrs. D. and daughter will remain with Grand Haven f r iends a few d/tyB,

John Ham is making extensive im-provements on the place he recently purchased up river. He has remodeled the dwelling and will cost i net a large hot house, and put ihe whole place iu llrst-class shape for market gardening, etc.

Mr. and Mrs. E. Z. Green lef t Wed-nesday for Fremont to attend the G. A. R. encampment to be held at Fre-mont lake. Company F,(Ifth Michigan Cavalry. Mr. Green's company, will hold a reunion of Its survivors dur ing the encampment .

Mission festivities will be held at the German Lutheran church next Sunday. Rev. Mr. Boecles, of Ludington will preside at th(* morning services and Rev. Frank Halm |n the evening. The subject of Rev. Hahn 's discourse will be Saiulwj^h Islands.

Miiny tlmnk-s to t h e young people who discoursed sweet s t ra ins of vocal music a t the edi tor 's house last even-ing. It was greatly appreciated.

Tho editor lias been out of town this week in search of material for a found-lings' home and loft his type and ink in our charge. We've decided to use it and thon run.

The vast shipments of f ru i t that are being made from Ronton Harbor and St. Joe would not seem to indicatn sucii a great scarcity of f ru i t a f te r all. Eighty thousand packages were shipped from the latter place Monday.

A law tha t weed pests,sucli «s Canada thistles and milk-weed must bo cut before they go to seed has long been on the s ta te 's s ta tu te books, but the instances in whioh it has bean enforced uro so few and (av between as to cause wonder when one cdmes to notice.

A sail-bunt capsized Sunday near the Ferry dock, with one occupant, who managed to escape a drouching by, crawling on tho high side of the boat. This was the same "duffer" ' the Sir Ryerson rescued one dny last week from a similar fate on Lake Michigan.

J. B. KINNISON

Seed Wheat f o r Sale. Dawson's Golden Chaff a t On cents

per bushel. G E K & S U U N E K , While River.

Fresh popcorn every Saturday after-noon and evening at CMI. Springer's, SouMi Hill. lw

Goes to His Lost Reward A f t e r Long S u f f e r i n g .

Job Ruel ICinnison, a f t e r long suffer-ing of a complication of diseases, ex-pired last Thursday af ternoon at 1 homo iu Maple Grove, at the age of 73 years. Ho passed to his eternal sleep quietly and without any apparen t strug-gle. D u t i n g the last few years ho has been in feeble health, and provlouH to bis death was conlined to his bed about two weeks.

Job Ruel Kliinison was born August in, IS^ii, in New York state . At the age of 'I'l years he migrated, with his wife, to Miehigan, sett l ing first at Al-legan. In 18GU b e c a m e to Montague, where he has resided ever since. Dur-ing the civil war he served in the (lib Michigan lufaut ry . Fivechi ldreu were the f ru i t of his two mar r i ages only-two of whomsurviyu him.

The N. 11. Ferry Post, G. A. K.. of which order deueasud was a member, conducted the obsequies, which were hold at the M. E. chin eh last Sunday morning at 10:30, Rev. R. J . Slee of-

flciating.

Mrs. F rank Baker gave a Jiivoullo matinee lawn party Tuesday in honor of her grandda ' ighter . Miss Frances Johns ton . Ice c ream,cake and HII un-disputed good time were tlm order.

Misses Irma and Alia Erwin, ihe former of Freeport , III., and tho lat ter of Culoago. sisters of Mrs. Chas. F. Hoffman, are being enter tained at the pleasant HolTmau home on Prospect street.

Those who remember "Butcher Hon-i.es" when he weighed 318 pounds will perhaps be surprised to know that now, though iu perfect heal th , his weight is reduced to less than 185 pounds. He is in the market ga rden ing business.

A. Callin furnished the ant ique bronze door locks and other t r immings for Geo. E. Covull's now house in Whitehall . They were shipped direct from the factory of Sargent iV: Co., Bridgeport, Conn., and are fine speci-mens of ar t in hardware . Erickson, Stefte & Co. are the contractors.

Miss Charlot te Vanderveane , an ex-perienced eighth grade teacher of Grand Rapids, has been secured to teach the gramniHr school this year, and Miss A MUM Johnson, a mer.iber of this year 's graduat ing olase, has been appointed cadet in the primary depar tment , un-der the supervision of Miss I l y d o r n .

On Saturday, August 2G, asocial will be g iv ju a t the opera house for the benefit of the Catholic church. Sup-pur and ico cream will be served from 5 to 11 o'clock. Tho handsome rocker ou exhibition lu the window of Dick Haan ' s store will be rallied during the evening; also a beautiful doll. All are invited to at tend.

Work on the central school building is progressing finely. A now shingle roof is being laid, a new room created lr» the . basement :or the primary grades, and a general renovation of the interior is being perfected. Montague has a gr ind institution of learning and no one need fear to class it with the best in the s tate .

A jolly party of Muskegon gentle-men came up on the trim little steam yacht Elsie Wednesday for a short visit with Montague friends. The personel was as follows: John Luders, John G. Meeske, John M. Smith , Wm. Wendell, Haus Marxer, Rudolph Arndt , Peter Jensen, Peter Bee, August Kruger, John Casper, Albert Gerst , Henry Leneiveand Geo. Phillips. Comengaiu.

S a f e a t a Ba rga in , For sale, a good firo-proof safe, me-

dium siy.cn, and in excellent oondllion; niade by tho Detroit Safe company. Inside dimensions: 24x30 wi th money vault and compar tments for all k inds of documents . Th i s safe will be sold at a decided bargain if t aken at once. Fbp f u r t h e r par t iculars call a t the Muskegon County Bank, where the safe may be seen.

S T O U V OK A S L A V E .

To be bound hand and foot for years by the chains of disease is the worst form of slavery. George 1). Williams, of Manchester. Mich., says: "My wife has been so helpless for five years tha t she could not turn over in bed alone. Af te r using two bottles of Electric Bitters she is wonderfully improved and able to do her own w-jrk." This supreme remedy for female diseases quickly cures nervousness, sleopless-ncss, melancholy, headache, fa int ing and dizzy spells. It is a godsend to weak, sickly, run-down people. Cure guaranteed. Only 50c. Sold by C. F. Hoffman, druggist.

Nine bars of Royal, Magnet ic or L. N. L. Soap for 2 » cents at Calkin's. |

T H A T T I I I I O I I U I N O H H A D A C I I K .

Would quickly leave yon. if you used Dr . King's New Life Pills. Thousands of sufferers linve proved their match-less merit for Sick and Nervous Head-aches. They make pure blood and jbnild up your health. Only 25 cents. Money back if not cured. Sold by C. F. Hoffman, Druggist.

Bring vour watch repair ing to Cal-k in ' s and be convinced t h a t it Is t he ' place for a first-class job.

R B. Ward, piano-tuner from Grand Rapids, Mich., will tune pianos for 5*2 501 during the next 30 days. Work gnar-antoed. Leave orders at HofTman'sl drug store,

WEDDINGS GALORE.

Many Monteguel tes a r e Made Happy By Cup id .

niSEL-CALKtN.

A charming August wedding took placc Wednesday af ternoon at 4.00 o'clock, a t the residence of Rev. and Mrs. R. J . Slee. T h e cont rac t ing par-ties were Miss Rachel Blsel, sister of Mrs. Slee, and one of Montague 's most excellent young ladles, and Mr. Rupert s . Calkin, the popular merchant .

Inv i ta t ions were extended by the In-terested par t ies t o only a few of the i r numerous f r iends, as the dimensions of the M. E. parsonage would not per-mit e n t e r t a i n m e n t for a larger com-pany,

The ceremony was Impressively per-formed by the Rev. R. J . Slee, assisted by his brother , Rev. W.W.SIee,of New-aygo. Miss Mabel Torwlll lger pre-sided a t tho organ and rendered elToc-tlvely a wedding march. Miss Minnie Blsel, of Chester, Mich., acted as brides-maid, while Ralph Calkin was best man. Space forbids a complete des-cr ipt ion of th is very pret ty wedding.

The bride's dress was of w hi te cash-mere and t r immed wi th whi te silk and ribbons, and she carr ied pink carna-tions. The br idesmaid 's dress was of blue cashmere and was very pre t ty . The r e f re shment s were simply elegant .

Guests f rom out of town were: Rev. W. W. Slee, Newaygo; H. P. Slee. Chi-cago; Miss Minnie Blsel, Chester. M h h.; Mr. and Mrs. Ed son Mills. Tl i l ie Nel-son and Jul ia Corbin, of Hesperia.

Following is a list of the presents re-ceived.

IIIIIKIWIIIH' wutcli. SIN to brl.l • from smuiu. W liter m-t, lli-rMm Orvvn. UaL'i< IIMI. Jiilin Corliln. Krult UUh. Cluni Ciilkln. Mr. nuii Mr.. W . Iliuit. I'nili •llsli. Tlitlf K. NoliKin. Silver wilier pltoher. II. J. Sjoo. Chkiigii. Ul:u« Wilier set. Rev. W. W. Sl.-e, Mlvr iilcklo iluli, Mr. uml Mm, I. s. ( ulktn. Sot rnni ilhlii *. Tlni-Enwuml KlUb SiitnnHxjii. Krull OIcInm. Mr. nixl Mm, Ooldrhip. IIIHI i|ulll. Mr. imU Mr,. S. Hiihy. MiiMunt srl, Ml»* l<lii Muiirw. Ilimk. Mr. iiikI Mr*. ('. U. tluwis. Rnokln^nhiilr. Mr. nnd Mr>. It I ploy HIKI Motif. KxUuialon onk A. L. fnni-

Ity. W. K. Oainiiu uml funiUv, A. l/<-lj;lii<iii mill rumltv, K. llullM'ri nml fnailly. 11. r, Kloi.-n, Mi,« Etlipfwyn W hiiiliM . nr. rims. SniUli. Carl Ki rm-r.

(Jill Jnr.liiilrr- Mlnnl- llli 1. I'lirlor klaiiil IHIIIP, Mr. mill MM. KIUOII Mill, Silver lea |hiI, Mr. nml Mta..lit*. DilluUnmli lila

UIIIIIIKIUWII. Ciiltl n'• •Iver, Don I Mttml Dm J. rrult illili, SIUUK ItulU ri. Krnlt ihr.li. .Inain lliii'liuanii. Klr*t tn>ii«. Mr. mill Mm. Cntlln. Sliver buncr knir-. MHU-I •h rwlllk'er. C -len iilsli. Lai* siii-, Ment dlili Mr.. K.ilit. Plowur viw. Mrs. II. 11. U-.lilnv.n. Linen nnpkliik. (iertnulp KUIeT. Lliien luiiikliu mill ii:id ' dlnlli. Mr*. Will llilr.i, CVm. f Uilila.apn-uil, M-iln-l )|nMn. Knli IMIIIV snii. Mr. uml Mm. I luui'y. Rock lux ''Imlr, it-v. nml Mr.. Sin.. " Llii'-n liiwfln. Mrv lleMie Mnnoii. II null • n-liief, lieiitlf <Jiilk|n. I'lnen um-olt. (iertrml-nnil Ablii • Kryes. s-i illiiiua room ••liiilr.., ttiipli und s- .ti rnlklu.

WAKD-STOKU. A t t h e home of Mrs. G. Klet t last

evening the much expected wedding of Miss Percy Ward of th is village and Mr. Wm. Stone of Muskegon, took place at seven o'clock. It was one of the pre t ty r ing forms of mar r iage and was elaborate in every respect. T h e cercmony was performed by Rev. J . A. Marquardt . T h e wedding march was played while the bride and groom, at-tended by Mr. and Mrs. Larson of Whitehal l , and followed by Lillian Klett , flower girl, and Viola F ink , r ing bearer, proceeded to the a l tar . A chlor of l i t t le girls rendered sweet music and an elaborate supper was served. T h e bride is well and favorably known here ind t h e groom Is a highly respected mechanic of Muskegon, where tho newly married couple went to-day for f u t u r e residence. Much Joy.

FQLKKK-M AltfU'.V UDT. A very pretty wedding was solemn-

ized at the home id' Mr. and Mrs. Fred Folker last Thursday af ternoon at -1:00 o'cloek, when their daughter Ada was married to Mr. Henry Maronardt , Rev. J . A. Marquardt offlciating. The at-tendants were Miss Laura Wurt /Jer ; cousin, and Ar thur Folker, brother of the bride. Miss Folker wore a gown of fawn colored silk with ' r immingsof white silk and chiffon.

Af te r the ceremony tho contracting parties received the congri ' lulatlons of relatives and invited guests present, following which a wedding supper was served. Tho happy couple were the re-cipients of many pretty and valuable gifts. May they pass life's struggle in happiness and piosperity is tho wish of their many f r iends .

Mr. and Mrs. Marquardt lef t Satur-day morning for Michignn Ci ty^ imL, their fu ture home, where Mr. Mnr-quardt has a good position in tho Car Works.

CATLIN'S

U " ' ... Stul "On the H i i r

w i l l b e H e a d q u a r t e r s For

Loaded Shells X , Ammunition

during the hunting season.

Cash Price T a l k s P r i c c . ^ T a l k s Cash

Special Sale//

of ffiuggies.

At Wur tz lc r ' s

T h i s W e e k .

To make room for now goods, I will, until furthei ' notioo, close out my line of buggies at u trifle above costs.

N o H u m h u g !

Call and Sec.

T j n 'al

will conu/nco you

that our

on

h in tho jCoad,

Montague

Roller Mills.

Ladd, T H E P h o t o g r a p h e r

at Montague e v e r y week From Saturday to Monday .

W E G U A R A N T E E

equally fine pictures from .siltings on Cloudy days as brlghi. ones, We take special delight in taking baby pletures.

. . . Ripley UIoclc.

W I I A L L B V - F L O T K M .

11 Is with ex t reme modesty t h a t wc record our own wedding, and s t i l l It affords us grea t pleasure to recall ihe many happy incidents tha t a t tended It. |

T h e wedding of Miss Ethelwyn WhaVey and ye scribe, H. C. Floten, was solemnized a t noon Wednesday, Aug. 23rd, In the presence of about twen ty relat ives and a few "bosom" friends, at t h e cozy farm home of Rev. and Mrs. John Whalley In South Har t , Michigan. T h e ceremony was per-formed by Rev. John Whalley, f a the r of the bride, and Miss Nympha Whal-ley. s ister of the bride, and Mr. C. M. Fe rne r a t t ended us.

Immediate ly a f t e r a bount i fu l re-past we left the scene of our marriage amidst a shower of old slippers and ar-rived safely at Montague on the three p. m. train, where we are now enjov-ing domestic life in the houseformer l ) j occupied by W. J . McKinst r.V-

We received mni^j ixmgmiulationh and p r e t t y y i jU, and trust tha t Ihe U K U U bleSsingn Iteslowed upon us will ue fulfilled.

"Warm Weather! New Shoes!

T h e one sugges t ; tin; other . O u r store i.s headquar ters for

Ladies ' and Gentlemen"'; tine

Footwear I n Black and Tans

b u r Assor tment is good. F I S H I N G B O O T S (or rent .

H A S E L T I N E & V E A L ,

Eiclusive Shoe Dealers.

W h i t e h a l l , Mich.

Foi l S A L I C C I I K A P : - A Shetland stal-lion Enquire f Norman William i • n

P H K V K N T K D A T K A O K D V .

Timelv information given Mrs. tieorgo L'-ng, of New SindUtvlllr. Ohio, saved two lives. A fnghlfn l cough had long kept her awake every night. She had"tried many remedies and doctors, but steadily grew worM- until u -ged to try Dr. King s New Discovery, u n e bottle wholly cured her; and ifi® this marvelous medicine also cured Mr* Uong of a MV«ro attack nt Piirniwmla Such e-uref are po-dtive power to cure all thrOBt. tj"' lung lionbleM. (ndy f . M'-Onarunlc td . C. F- Huffmau« d iug • l o r e .

THK BUMALLUFC V IEW OF PONCE. PORTO RICO, DESTROYED BY THE HURRICANE. n. C. F L O T E N . P u b l . f t b e r .

MQNTAOUC. • • MICHIQAN.

TWO CHILDREN DIE.

V I C T I M S O F A N E X P L O S I O N O F G A S O L I N E .

fh*r Mto t ahc • 0 « « o l l n e Can tor m

fc«««p««c<* t o n , " ' B , n B W , n * _ A o l o ' d t cMpol i a I t a l U n Arremted on - o OM M«rd«r Cb«rB«.

i4.o« UrtB^sr, 12 yuan old. •od Ro»a r » I N . - o r r . II f f r * old. loat ibr l r l l»r t mrn Ik* f « u l l ot an r iplo. lon of g w l l o e la lb# b a ^ i w D l of Ibi- Mrt«itri bome lu Cblraco u •'•Dl tbo f l rU d .«o.f«lr» In grt •wni.- win#. Tbi-y look • «MdW with lb* m Sbor t l j aft.-r a TIU-Uo' »i|4o«lon •hook Ibe bou**« In tbi-BriKhb«fbood, ind tbo Mcti*cr bouse

•ct-o to b* on flrn. An alarm wui »rnt In. and wbrn the firrmt-n arrivi-d U,.» found Ibv Ix-ly of Lena Mvtafer lying in the baiemcnt, barned to a crUp. |(. M Kalb luser bad e^oapi-d from tbe l iafoient to tbe yard, wbi-re abe ran In a i l rde. ber dotbea on lire, until *he

caapbt by »ome nelgbNir* and the flame* »mr>tber<*d wllb a blanket. She died at the (iernian boapllal. It la *up-po«ed thai Ibe f ir la uilntook n can of m W l c e far the wine lla«k. and bar ing p«Ued the cork put tbe candlc loo near the muulb of tbv can.

A R R K i t T K D A r T K B M A N T YE A U K

Xadlanapo l l a I t a l l un l a C b a r e e d w i t h a Mnrdcr C o m m l l l e J In

After evading tbe law for algteen years Vlnchea Olordlno. an Italian, was plac-ed behind the bars at Indlaaupolla, charg-ed with murder. He wan nrreated on lo-formatloo farnlthed by hia brother-in-law, l.uca Jefetla. (jlordluo, wbosv real name la Antonio Derona, admlta tha t he killed 8nbadora DlrSrlo on a planta-linn neor New Orleans, In I ' lacquemlae pariah, but Innlnts that It was in self-defense. He is very bitter toward bis brulber-ln law for Informing on bim, and It Is possible that bis frienda may at tempt rtrenge. Ulordlno has lived In ludlan-ipolli fur olmoit ten yeara. being a f ru i t vender, and bas purcbaaed the property lo which be lives.

BACK FOR THK P E N N A N T .

• t a n d l n s of t b e Clnba In t b e N a t i o n a l and Wea te rn L r a s u e a .

Tbe standing of Ibe cluba In Ibe Nt-tlonal League rnc»> la as follows:

W. L. W. L. Brooklyn . . .OS 34 Chicago 54 48 Boston HO 3D 1'lttaburg . . .51! 01 Philadelphia tJ5 40 Now Y o r k . . . 4 4 55 Baltimore . .01 40 Louisville . . . 4 5 58 CiDclnnatl . . 0 5 47 Wanbington. 35 08 81. Louis . . . .50 48Cleveland . . . 1 7 S9

Following la tbe atandlng of the d u b s to tbe Weatern League:

W. L. W. L Indlanapolia 00 34 St. Tnul 47 54 Ulnneapolis. 01 41 Milwaukee . . 4 2 53 Urand Bap..(12 47 Buffalo 42 57 Detroit 50 4U Kansas City.3D 09

CYCLONE 8 A V E K P 8 T O W N A W A Y .

B e d B a y I » W r e c k e d a n d M a n y H u n -d r e d P e o p l e K i l l e d . '

Cuptuin Dillon of the steamer Cocoa ststes that the town of Red Bay on the island of Andros, twenty miles aoutbwest of Nassau. Fla., was ^wept awuy lu the rrceut tropical hurricane and about 300 lives lost. An eye witness of the atorm estimated that the loss of life on the Island was fully UOO. Scattered through the wreck of bouses a t Red Bay a f t e r the storm aubulded he said there were huodrvds of coipsea of persona of all •ges and classes. Captain Dillon says the wind blew at tbe rate of ninety miles on hour at Nassau, with occasional gusts which reached a velocity of 105 miles au hour.

M o t o r m a n H e l d R e a p o n a l b l e . The Jury in the Inquest Into the cause

of the accident on tbe Sbelton Street Railway Company's bridge at Peck 's mill pond, Bridgeport, Conn., by which thirty people were killed, rendered a ver-dict that the motorman of the wrecked trolley car. George S. Hamilton, was guilty of criminal carelessness and tha t the Sbelton street railway was very uee-Hgeot. '

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U o l d - U p l a F r n e t r a t e d . As passeuger train No. 1 on the C O I Q -

rndo and Southern was proceeding south between Folsom and Des Moines. Colo., train robbers allempttHl to hold up the train, but were f rus t ra ted. The conduc-tor opened fire on tbe robbers. The ban-dita returned the tire and shot the cx-prvsa messenger, F red Bart letL tUrough the left side of the face.

Wadd ing Iloy la Set, The wedding of Miss Julia Dent Gran t

of Chicago lo Prince Cantacuicne, It is formally announced, will take place SepL 25. The nuptials will take place at New-port. Bishop Henry C. Pot ter will ofll-d a t e .

K n o c k - o f M c C o y . •Kid" McCoy, aspirant for tbe heavy-

welght cbampionsbip of the world, was kniK-ked oat in less than two minutes by Jack McCormack, tbe Philadelphia beavj wiisht , at tbe S tar Theater io Chi-cago.

N e g r o ! • L y n c h e d b y M o b . Charles Hurt , a negro, was taken f rom

tbe Brantley, Ala., jail by a mob of 100 men and shot to death in the woods half o mile away.

K l g b t e e n D i e I n a M i n e . By an explosion of i r e damp in the

U e a t colliery, in Glamorganshire. Wales, eigbteeo persons were killed and mauy others placed in great danger.

P I * P e r s o n a A r e D r o w n e d . Six person* were drowned in the White

river at Heimscl ferry, twelve miles southeast of Washington, Ind. A ferry-boat broke loose, jnst as a wagon was part way upon it, and wagon, boraea and occupant* were precipitated Into the water.

Call f o r More Troop*. Ao order has beeo issued at W a s h i n g

ton directing tha t ten additional rvgi-meot* of Infantry volunteers be orgao-loed for service in the PhUipplnea.

Seneca ft*olnt Hotel Barn*. The Seneca Poi'nt Hotel, on Caoandal-

gua Lake. N. Y., was destroyed by fire. Tbe structure was valued at $65,000. Little iosorance was carried. There were about forty gaest* In the boose a t the t i « e and all escape^l. though many of them lost their effects.

Call I t t b e Tool Tro«t . ^ be Nilea-Bement-Poad company, lo-

eon»i>raied a t Treatou, N. J . , .» spoken of taanc ia l drcles as a "tool t n w C although its organisers declare that they • r e not seeking to establish a monopoly. The c o m r a o j haa a capital stock of $S,-000,000.

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T R Y T O SLAY LABORI.

Dreyfna* Coaneel 9 b o t In t b e Back by H i d d e n Aa«a*aln«.

At Rennes, France, two men ambush-ed Attorney Labor!, counsel for Dreyfus, ood one shol was fired, bitting Labor! in

the back. Af te r tbe at tack be was able to walk to u doc-tor1 a house, a n d climbed the stairs to bis otDce. Tbe physician found Ibe wound was under tbe left shoulder blade and had beeu made by a small bull. The wound is not deep. When M. Dfiuange, La-borl's colleague in

FEHXAND I. ADO ill. the defense, arriv-ed at bis side the victim cried choerfully: "Not a tragedy this l ime." He told Demange to proceed with the trial, and that he hoped to be present and assist him In a week.

M. Laborl left bis home accompanied by hia wife al 0:25 o'clock on Mon-day morning and started on foot for the Lycee lu attend the day'a session of tbe court-martial. Tbe lawyer and his wife bad reached the Quay Onger, on the edge of tbe city, when a man who had been concealed near by leaped out and fired a revolver at Labor!. The law-yer staggered, .but soon regained control of himself. His wife screamed for help. The shooting caused tremendous excite-ment. The opot chosen for a s sass lua t^n was suitable for such a deed. The would-be murderer could not be seen by the vic-tim until close upon bim.

Fernand Labor!, tbe wounded attor-ney, is 40 years of age. H e has at tained f ame as a brilliant lawyer, and bas been prominent In the Dreyfus case, seeking for Information in behalf of Ibe prisoner. Ho defended Emile Zola against great opposition.

Upon the arrival of M. Laborl with hia family In Rennes, Just prior to the opening of Ibe Dreyfus trial, he was forced to pay exorbitant prices for apar t -ments, so strong were the sentiments In Rennes againsl the prisoner. He had been warned thot It was dangerous to hovo bis family there, as they might bo

P A T H O F T H E S T O R M IN T H E W E S T I N D I E S .

P E N S I O N R O L L IS D E C R E A S I N G .

C o m m l a s i o n e r Evnnn Fi le* Hia R e p o r t f o r t b e F laca l Year.

Tbe report of Commissioner of Pen-sions Evans for the fiscal year ended Juue 30 last shows total disbursements of !:138.253,D23. leaving a balance of Sl.-857.1SS in the treasury out of the 5140,-000,000 appropriated. Tbe total number of pensiouers on the roll June 30 was 001,510, a decrease of 2,105. There were 40,901 names added to the roll and 43.-180 dropped. The report shows that tba pension roll Is decreasing.

Of those dropped 34,345 were because of death and 8.841 because of remarriage, minors at taining their majori ty , fai lure lo claim pension and other causes. Un-der the general law there were 1,41'.! claims filed and 3,024 allowed. There were 0.184 original widows' claims filed and 4.240 allowed. The war with Spain brought n total of 10.D8G claipis, of which number but 295 have been allowed.

Under the act of June 27, 1800, original invalid pensions to Ibe number of 0,800 were filed and 20,041 allowed. There were 13,845 original widows' claims un-der Ibis act filed and 12,185 granted. Out of 34,330 applications for increases under the general low, 22.400 were granted, and out of 81,770 applications for increases under the act of 1800, 25,003 were grant-ed. A recapitulation shows tha t out of a total of 111.387 claims filed 89,054 cer-tificates were issued.

During the year sixty-three at torneys were disbarred, ten suspended, two drop-ped and one nppllcatiou for admission to

FILIPINO OFFICERS MEETING AMERICANS.

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subject to at tack, but he said he was of the opinion tha t having his family about him would perhaps cause him to exert more care than ordinary, uuder the ab-straction of bis legal duties.

Excitement scarcely equaled since tbe assassination of President Carnot reign-ed in Par is on the announcement of the at tempted assassination of M. Laborl. Crowds gathered In the hotels and cafes and on Ibe street corners. The la t ter were dispersed by the police. The very calmness of tbe people seemed ominous. Men seem to feel the mat ter too grave for anything as trivial as denunciation. Honest supporters of the military party were speechless. They have stood by the army lo crisis a f t e r crisis in public sen-t iment . Through scandal, blackmail, dis-honor and astounding tales of prison mal-feasance, they have bravely stood their ground. But they were not prepared lo defend o cowardly and brutal assassina-tion.

Saturday 's session of the Dreyfus trial was extremely dramatic . The chief in-terest centered In the testimony of Gen. Merder . former Minister of War . His evidence was expected by the antl-Dreyfnsords to prove cunduslvely the guilt of the prisoner. In this it failed.

Gen. Mercier in concluding his state-ment soid that if he bad not been con-vinced of the guilt of Dreyfus be would admit that he bad been mistaken. Then the most senastional event of the day took place. Dreyfus , s tung to the quick, sprang to his feel and shouted, "You ought to say so now."

The courtroom was in on uproar. Cheer a f t e r cheer rang out for Dreyfus, while Mercier was cursed and hissed. Mr. Casimlr - Perier, former President of France, told of his conaectlon with the case and demanded the right to confront and reftite the assertions of Mercier. The testimony given by the other wit-nesses was In the main favorable to Dreyfns.

C O L L E C T MAIL AT T H E D O O R .

New Sya tem In New York WU1 Soon Be K x t e n d e l .

Within sixty days the letter carriers of New York will begin collecting valuable mail mat ter direct f rom private resi-dences. The method to be employed was originated by E<tward C. Madden, third assistant por*master general, and the car-riers will carry t receipt book from which they wilf issue recv-sts for parcels or let-ters sent as registered mall. This system will soon be exteoded to all postofflces having corritra.

practice revoked. The total number of at torneys standing disbarred Julv 1, 1809, Is 1,103.

IT PREYED ON HIS MIND.

I n d l a n l a n ConfeHaea to n V i r c i n i a M u r d e r C o m m i t t e d in 18(j-t.

John T. Rogers, who served In Com-pany A, Eighteenth Indiana Infan t ry , In the civil war, went to the Soldiers' Home at Marion, Ind., and Htatcd that he wished to confess a crime that had been a continual strain on his mind for thirty-five years. H e said that he bad killed a man named Humphreys in Virginia in 1804. The crime was fastened on an in-nocent man, who suffered the death pen-al ly.

Hi ram Towne. 93 years of age and one of the oldest living soldiers of the Union, is a Chicago man. His g randfa ther fought at Bunker Hill, and in every war this country has bad since several of his kinsmen have given their service for their tlag. His grandson, Lieut. Charles A. Towne of tbe F i rs t Illinois infantry, was la the recent Cuban campaign.

Laaden Winchester, the oldest man in Kent County, Michigan, died a t the home of bis son in Byron township on Tues-day, aged 101 years. H e waa born in Connecticut in January . 1708. and settled In Byron township forty-six years ago-. His wife died nine yeant ago; they had been married seventy-two years. Mr. Winchester 's five sons, ranging in age from 01 to 75 years, acted as pall-bear-ers at the funeral .

Mrs. L n d n d a Prat^ of Chicago, who was 103 years old last week, is a native of Massachaselt*. He r f a the r was a vet-

i eran of the revolutionary war, and she ha# often repeated the stories he told ber

I af actual experiences in the conflict for j Independence. Living in New England

durlnc the war of 1S12. she had int imate , acquaintance with many of the stirring I events of that str ife. He r husbnnd died

sixty years ago of cholera, when an epi-demic of tbe disease rajred in the Bast. For twenty years longer she continued to l i re in ber native d t y . a f t e r which she went to* the West, settling in Peoria. F i r e years later. In 1S04, ahe went to Chicago.

BUSINESS SITUATION.

Chicago C o r r e s p o n d e n c e :

N the stock markets last week fur ther evidence was given of confidence on the part of the people at large in contin-ued advances. Trad-ing in what are known as the "in-dustrials ," the se-curlllen of the large manufac tur ing com-binations w h i c h have been formed in

the last two years, was on an extensive scale, and values for many of these rose to a materially higher level. In only a few Instances were there any signs of manipulation on the part of "Insiders" or cliques of market operators. The buy-ing came for the most part f rom the commission houses, and seems to have beeu largely for the account of people well posted as to the condition, earnings and prospects of these corporations.

Reports from the principal trade and manufactur ing centers arc of a favorable character and furnish abundant explona-tiou for this revival of interest in the securities included in the " industr ial" group. From all sides a steadily increas-ing activity iu the leading lines Is re-ported. The capacity of the mills Is be-ing tested, and prices are being well maintained. Goods-are going into actual coniumpcion, and still there is no slack-ening of the demand.

The tendency of the money market bos been toward an easier condition, but the approach of the crop-moving season seems to make it doubtful if there will be any material decline in rates f rom the present level in the next few months. Foreign exchange, however, is showing marked weakness.

The Government report on the condi-tion of crops, issued Thursday afternoon, created a diversion In favor of bulls In the wheat market . Prices previous to its publication had been Inclined down-ward, but the present condition of spring wheat being interpreted to indicate a de-ficiency compared with lust year of about 00.000,000 bushels, speculators look a different view of the situation, and In thirty minutes Fr iday afternoon the price of wheat recovered all It bad lost in two weeks. The Government est imates of Ibe yield of winter and spring wheat make their combined shortage, compared with the ofllcial figures of the previous year, 175,000,000 bushels. There is no suggestion of low prices for wheat In these figures.

While comparatively high prices for wheat arc almost a foregone conclusion, therefore, bearing in mind the failure of tbg crops lu southeastern Europe, the s i ie of this year 's corn crop seems to point to a wholly different prospect for tbe price of that most important cereal. When the enormous aggregate of promis-ed production, however, is taken into ac-count, the sum it represents at even 20 cents a bushel Is a splendid object lesson of the huge capacity of the American farmers for drawing wealth from the generous soli they cultivate. Tbe esti-mated production of corn for the season, with present condition maiHtalned till harvested, as indicated by tbe Govern-ment report. Is 2,150,000,000 bushels. At 20 cents a bushel tha t represents the vast sum of $430,000,000.

MORE PROFITABLE T H A N GOLD

B I s F o r l n n e a M a d e i n M l a s o u r i ' a B o o m I n g Z i n c M i n i n g D i a t r l c t .

There is a big mining boom on at the present t ime on the Missouri-Kansas bor-der. Tbe l ine mining Industry Is tbe cause of the cxcilcment, which bos at-tracted 100,000 persons to that section In recent months and t ransformed mere villages into bustling mining towns. Hun-dreds have beeu made wealthy and the tales of their success having spread f a r and wide, there is a steady Influx of strangers, many of whom cannot find shelter except in tents. Houses cannot be constructed fas t enough to accommo-date the newcomers.

Tbe boom In l ine mining throughout the district is due in large meanure to young Austin Corbin of New"*York, son of the late railroad magnate, who has cleared $1,000,000 In the industry in a year. I t was be who 5rat convinced Eastern capitalists of the possibilities of the region, and about every man who bos been associated with bim in the en-terprise has made considerable money. The price of t ine recently touched J5o a ton and as it con be mined profitably for $10, at present prices It is more lucra-tive than gold.

Between Springfield, Mo., and Empo-ria. Kan. , ctlies and towns have sprang up rapidly; steam and electric railways lo connect them have been built ; hun-dreds of poor fa rmers have suddenly been roised to affluence: industries aUied to mining ore everywhere flourishing, to say nothing of the thousands of people who are flocking there. Missouri's Klon-dike bas a salubrious climate. Four rail-roads ran th rough ' the mining belt, com-municating with tbe great cities of the

NEWS OF OUR STATE.

ITEMS OF INTEREST TO MICHI-G A N D E R S '

W a t c b m u n M a i n a t Conatan t lae— Bl ind a n d Uclplea* G i r l Keatored to H e a l t h — W b » l c b a c k Hank A f t e r a Col l le loa —Low F a r e a In D e t r o l L

Edward Cranston, the Coostaullne vii-lage night watchman, was shut through the heart by a burglar, who, it is suppos-ed, was about lo MltemiK an entrance lo the postofllee. There w as evidence of a fierce struggle in the Rtroet aud cries of "Don' t shoot," fullowed by a faint shot fired at dose range. Tbe burglar must have held his gun dose lo Cranston 's body. Tbe body was dragged into an al-ley, when ' It was found by Joseph Tweea-dale and Charles Stevens. The burglars left a portion of their tools and escaped In a closed carriage. Bloodhounds were put on the troll, tracing one of the men to the residoncv of Thomas J . Hamner , formerly *>f Columbus, lud. Hamner was arrested and taken lo Elkhar t , lud., for safe keeping.

Cured by P o w e r of P r a y e r . A remarkable cure by prayer is report-

ed from the home of Elder John Penuels of Heraey lowuship. His 10-year-old datiKhter Nina baa been entirely helpless for the past year, being blind and having lost the use of both legs. Mr. Pvnnels went to the leader of the Lat te r Day Saints, Rev. Joseph Smith, wlio ordered prayer and communion. The Saints held their meeting a t the house Of Mr. Pen-nels. Rev. Joseph Shlppey of Hersey administered the sacrament. The fa ther brought tbe child out lu hi« arms and as soon as the prayers were offered the child is said lo have opened her eyes aud began to walk and sing.

Whalobnck 1 teamcr B ln lu . The whaleback steamer John B. Trevor

of West Superior lies sunk In the St. Clair F la t s channel, the result of a col-lision with Its own tow, whaleback No. 131. The Trevor und tow were bound down with Iron ore. us was the steamer Crescent City of Dululh. Both were try-ing to pass the steamer Empire City, which was bound up. The Crescent City veered obout and struck the whaleback's towilne, swinging the Trevor so it lay across the channel, and while in that po-sition the Trevor was struck by No. 131, which cut a great hole In the s teamer 's side. The crew was easily rescued.

Tbief ? b o t by a F a r m e r . Solomon Widiig, a f a r m e r living In

Chesterfield township, heard two men working at the front door of his resi-dence. Widrig quietly slipped out of bed and secured his gun. Then ho located himself in the middle of the hall the door opened in, and awaited developments. As soon as the door opened aud a man ap-peared Widrig fired. The man gave u f r ight fu l yell, turned and fled, assisted by bis companion. Widrig made no at tempt to follow the men or fire again.

Fel l U n d e r a T r a i n . John Kelly, a transient, hailing from

Chicago, was struck by a 1). & M. train at Ionia and an arm and a leg were cut off. He died five hours later. Kelly has a half brother In Ionia, who heard of the accident and recogniied the injured man, though he had not seen bim in five years.

Pnaacn Low F o r e O r d i n a n c e . The Detroi t Common Council adopted

by a vote of 24 to I the amendments to the ordinance of the Citizens' and For t Wayne lines, changing the rate of fa re f rom 5 cents to eight for a quarter . There will be a hot legal fight over the plan lo reduce the rate.

W a n t to Bui ld a n h l e v a t e d Road . The Detroit Council has been asked for

a franchise for an elevated railroad and inlernational bridge across Detroit river below Belle Isle. Considerable opposi-tion developed. The bridge question must come up in Congress at the next session.

S t a t e Newa in Br i e f . Je r ry Covey, a fa rmer living near Cam-

den, was killed by a log rolling over him. Richard Petrie, an old resident of Ml.

Clemens, committed suicide by hanging. John McClfllan of Bat t le Creek tried

to split his head open with a hammer. H e is seriously injured.

Charles Glover is under arrest at Bat-tle Creek on the charge of stealing type-writers. He has confessed.

Mrs. E. F . Siple of Port Huron was severely burned about the head and body by the explosion of gasoline.

Dr. John Lee, a successful physician at Dexter, has been missing for several weeks, and foul play Is feared.

Dogs are killing sheep in the southeast-ern portion of Lapeer County. One farm-er lost fourteen sheep In one night.

Modesto Ruiz, the wealthy Cuban and fa ther of the two Cuban boys studying In the Mason schools, will visit Mason Ibis month.

Patr ick Lyon, aged 08 years, an ex-member of the Brooklyn, N. Y., police force, who boasted he had never had a sick day or drank a glass of liquor, drop-ped dead at Grand Rapids.

Willis Ilypolite, while threshing In the Flewelllag farm south of St. Louis, tried lo kick a jammed hundle Into the cylinder of the machine and lost a fool. Only prompt action on the par t of the feeder saved his life.

Prof. J . A. Jeffrey has been elected as-sistant professor of agriculture to fill a vacancy at the M. A. C. He is now with the University of Wisconsin. Chas. O. Bemis of Pennsylvania was elected pro-fessor of physical culture.

Gov. Plngree has paroled Martin Fur t -ney. who was sent from Grand Rapids In September, 1808, to lonla for eighteen months, for larceny: also Antoine Tur-colte, sent from Manistee in May to the county jail for five months.

The marriage of Winifred A. Tryon, New York, and Wm. Ackerman, Kalama-zoo, which occurred in June, 1898, haa jus t been made public.

George Merrick has been a resident of Chester since 1848. H e was a great hunter In his day and had o record of killing nearly 1,000 deer besides other game.

J . L, Hudson, receiver of the defunct Third National Bank of Detroit, has received notice f rom the Comptroller of the Currency tbs t a fu r ther assessment of 10 per cent bos been ordered upon the copital stock.

A milk trust Is getting in Its work a t Northvllie and residents of that village a re paying 5 cents per quar t instead of 3.

The plant for the manufacture of sturch from potatoes a t Eas t T a w a s Is nearly completed and active oparationa will begin about Oct. 1. Forty hands will lie given employment,

Asri I I . Browne, clerk of the Senate Committee on Appropriations during tbe last sesxion of the Legislature and lately conm-cted with tbe Port Huron Timeo, acd Robert Stevenson, for several yeara paj>t clerk of the St. Clair County Board, have been appointed deputy coUectors of customs on the S tar Line afeamers. Tbe poaitions were abolished two years ago.

I Cattle thieves are still working ta La-peer County.

| A valuable mineral water bas been struck at Corsonville.

The H a r t Canning Co. put up 1,800,000 cons of peas thl* seaoon.

D. B. Hutchins bas taught school In Oceans Omnly fur the past thirty-two yea rs.

John Jackson rescued FVeMto Jones from drowning In the Black river at Port Huron.

Frederick Llewelliag of Bay City died In a padded cell in the polio- station at Toledo.

Counterfeit silver dollar* are In circu-i lallon in tbe towns along the Michigan-

Indiana State line. Rev. Dr. Philip Graiff of Oakland,

i Cal., has occepltd a call to the Free Bap-tist Church at Hillsdale.

M. L. Tlce, a painter, f d l from the roof j of the Sljnua Phi house at Ann Arbor, i 11U* backbone is broken.

Orlu Pamhall and John S ta r r of Cam-den were severely shocked by lightning duria*; an electrical Storm.

Mlac Mary Derby, daughter of Mrs. H. R. Derby, and City Recorder Guy E. Sterling Were married at Eaton Rapids.

The new union depot al Durand is lo cost about $40,01)0. It will be two stories high, stone to the first floor and brick above.

Section hands on the F . & P. M. be-tween Toledo and Flint are out on a strike. They want $1.25 Instead of $1.10 per day.

Mrs. Alanzo Barker fell dead ot a ben-efit douce at Ingalls. Sbp died of heart failure, which was no doubt aggravated by over-exertion.

The encampment of the Soldiers and Sailors' Association of St. Clair, Sanilac and Macomb counlles will be held in St. Clair Sept. 14 to 10.

Bay City assessments for 1.HD9 show an aggregate of $10,402,000, on Increase of $151,000. The rate of taxation will be less than lost year.

Rev. 6. A. Bauer, aged 70 years, liv-ing near Monroe, got tangled up in a rope while lending a cow to pasture and was seriously injured.

L. T . Becker of Charleston township threshed fifty acres of wheat averaging 28% bushels lo the acre, a total of 1,425 bushels from fifty acres.

Insurance Commissioner Stevens has authorized the Ann Arbor Railroad and .Steamship Employers' Relief Association to do business in Michigan.

Wellington Woodworth fell under a cor in the Michigan Central yards at Bay City and lost a foot. He is a stone ma-son and lives at Oakley, Pa .

In Detroit, Nels Sorenson hanged him-self In the summer kitchen of his home. Grief over the loss of his wife was the cause. H e leaves six children.

The unknown man who was found dead along the C. & G. T. t racks near Fl int on May 24 last, turns out to be John Alexander McDonald of Por t Huron.

T h e born on the form of Andrew Vo-gelsburg, located in Mt. Morris township, was destroyed by fire, together with two horses and season's crops. Loss $1,000.

Prof. H. L. McDonald, principal of the Hillsdale high school for the past season, has decided to occcpt the presidency of Storer College at Harpe r ' s Ferry , W. Va.

Mrs. John M. Russell, Mrs. Ear l Wil-son and Mrs. S. A. Wilson, while driving at Flint, were thrown out of their buggy. Mrs. Ear l Wilson died in fifteen minutes.

Roy Dean, aged 10 years, son of E. V. Dean of Perrinton, while shooting spar-rows, accidentally discharged a load of fine shot into his foot, making an ugly wound.

Five women, while berry picking neor Standish, were nearly scared to death by the sudden appearance of a bear. They screamed so fearfully that bruin turned and tied.

Alex. Robinson, living on the Haupt -man branch of the Michigan Central Railroad, has secured a rontroct to put la 1,500,000 feet of pine for Russell Bros. of Bay City.

The large hoist recently erected by Prescott & Son at Styles Lake, on the Prescott division of the D. & M. Rail-way, is now in operation and is bolsllng and loading two t ra ins of logs daily.

A rural f ree mail delivery has been established at Lansing. The route wij* be eleven miles west into Eaton Cougty, thence one mile south, and back to the d t y , a total distance of twenty-three miles.

Mrs. Bens of Bay City, fhe only sur-vivor of a party that left that city more than a year ago for the Klondike, says that al no time did the party suffer for lack of food. They were unable lo cope with the scurvy, however.

President Heald of tbe Chicago and West Michigan aud Detroit, Grand Rap- j Ids and Western roads says that 97 per 1

cent of the stockholders in these roads und the Flint aud Pere Marquette have assented lo the consolidation, and the plan Is sure to go through.

Levi W. Pi wing, president of the Na-tional Match Company of Chicago, has decided to equip a factory in Lansing at once. An available plant has been se-cured and the necessary machinery will be Installed with a view to beginning work with 10O hands within ninety days.

Edward C. Beorce, manager of the Western Beef aud Provision Company of Grand Roplds, was fuuud with his throat cut In a s ta te room In the Goodrich steamer Iowa, when the boat arrived in Chicago. A penknife was found by his side. Mr. Bearce was unmarried and was 30 years old. No cause Is osaigned for his act.

P rof . George A. Hench of Ann Arbor, whose skull was f ractured by a foil from a bicycle at Franconlo, N. H., bs dead. Prof . Hench was an Instructor In the University of Michigan, and was taking his vacation in the Whi te Mountain re-gion. He was coasting dowu the hill from tbe Profile to Franconla when he took a header Into a mass of rock.

The 12-year-old son of Horace Lal t ln of H a r t and a cousin, also named Latt in , ajred 17, ran away from home. They were captured at Muskegon. The lads had $100 in cash.

B. Schooble's 8-ycar-oId grandson was burned to death in the former 's barn just outside the city limits at Bay City. SchauWe was working in o field near by and noticed tbe flames. He knew the

j child was in the barn and dashed Into the burning building to rescne bim, but he was too lote to save the lad, as the build-ing was on fire from end to end and be was nuable to locate bim.

A. B. Mclntyre of Kent County hi or-ganizing anti-trust leagues In northern Indiana and southern Michigan counties. It is proposed to effect the organization of o league io every school district rn thi* two Sta tes and lo refuse lo buy all com-modities controlled by combines.

President Horace Davis of the Michi-gan fisb commlsoion bas been notified that neffotiolfoos hove been dosed for assumption of the control of tba com-mercial fish hatching of Michigan by the United Slates Government. In coaae-queuce the propagation of whltefiah for Michigan waters, which bad been aban-doned. is now to be resumed upon a acale grcau-r than ever before.

President McKinley has h«»ught the Canton. Ohio, bouse lo which he and Mrs. McKlule.v began housekeeping tw»>o-ty-eight years ago. The homestead pass-ed out of Mr. McKinley's poMie«siun In 1892 or thereabouts, and such lime a-* he occupied the bouse since waa as a ten ant. Now be has purchastd It of the holder. Mrs. Har tc r . for $14,000. The property became famous as the "little wooden house on the hill" from the bun-

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dreds of delegations of visitors received there In the 1890 campaign. It was from the porch of Ibis house thai the s|teeches of that campaign were delivered by Mr. McKinley. President and Mrs. McKin-ley have many sacred associations with this house. In It they not only set up a home, but In it their children were bora and died.

One hundred years ago the first savings bank was established In Englund. In 1801, at the suggestion of Mr. Charles W. Slkes, s a v i n g s bonks were made a part of the postal de-partment of Great Britain. Postal savings bonks have since been opened by most of the i E,o r o p e o n countries I and their establlshmenl In this country has been urged by a num-ber of Pos tmaster Gen-erals. In the United Kingdom tbe number c. w. B I K R B .

of depositors in the postal banks Is 0,H02,-000, and the total amount of money on deposit is $520,000,000. In the number of depositors at postal banks Italy s tandi second, with 3,000,000, though the total amount of deposits is only $89,000,000. Of savings banks other than those con-nected with the postal department Great Britain bos 239, with 1,527.000 deposit-ors and total deposits of $235,830,000. In F ranco there ore 0,030.000 depositors, 545 banks and total deposits of $0.^2,800,000. In Russia there ore 801 savings banks outside of the postnl department, 1,870,-000 depositors, and deposits of $108,000,-000. In the United States there ore 979 savings banks, with 5,385,000 depositors oud deposits amounting to $2,005,000,000.

Only in the extreme southwestern cor-ner of Kansas ore the grasshoppers giv-ing much trouble this year. There, how-ever, they ore thick and hungry, and the formers have adopted on ingenious device

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for gathering them In by the wholesale. The bottom of o big hay rake Is covered with pans filled with kerosene oil. At the back of the rake tall screens are erected, and the whole machine is drawn through the a l fa l fa fields, tbe power be-ing furnished by a horse on either side. The "hoppers" fly up as the machine ad-vances, strike the screens and ore thrown or fall dowu into the pons of oil.

Years ago Miles B. McSweeney was a newsboy selling papers on the streets of Charleston. S. C. Now he Is Governor of

the same State. Mr. McSweeney's fa ther died when he was a small boy, and he sold papers In order to h e l p support his mother. Af terwards he became a printer, and finally, with a capital of $05. he be-gan a few years ago tbe publication of a newspaper. H e la now fhe owner of the

| Hampton Guardian, u . D. u'swEKVET. one of the most suc-

cessful papers of the State. In 1898 be was elected Lieutenant Governor of tbe State on the ticket of whlqh William H. Ellerbe was the head. Mr. Ellerbe's re-cent death leaves the chair of the chief executive to be occupied by the former newsboy.

The people of South Amherst . Msss., ore aroused at the atrocious murder of Edith Morrell, who fell a victim to the bullet of a Coman-che Indian named Eugene Tekahpuer, who worked on her fa ther ' s form. The Indian fell in love with tbe girl, who was only 17 years old and pretty. Ai-tbough the redskin was educated s t the Carlisle schooJ and had more or | less polish, he was BDLTLL M O B B B L L .

•till an Indian. Edith would have noth-ing to do with bim. On tha t scconnt bs murdered her with a revolver In tbe cel-l i r . where she had gone to get some butler.

Lady Charchill, who Is to marry L ieu t Cornwallls-West instead of William Wal-dorf Astor, Is an Americso by Wrth. ber

maiden name hav-ing been Jennie Je-rome. She Is o woman full of loy-alty to ber father-land, despite the foreign title which she tx-ar*. Lady Churchill has bad a brilliant c a r e e r . First as a young woman she wss fomuus for ber wit

cncscBiTX and for ber beauty. Tb.-s married to Lord Rand-dph Chnrrh-K, the second son •< the Duke of Marl-borough. she sboae even more In the po-litical life of her Isnabsod. Af ter Lord Raadolpb'n death fhe ynei-n paid special honor lo his widow by coaf ' r r ing oo ber lbs ImperioJ Ord<-r nt the Crown of I s 4U.

Onr Wew Dialect. The offort of our Porto Klcans to

•dap t themaelTM to changcd condl-tlops la reflected aniuBlugly In a San Juan paper, wbicb printa every day a little leasoc In Engllfh. Hero la one InaUilliuent, tbe San Juan conception of com>ct pronunciation being shown by the j 'hrases at the r ight:

How ore you? so pronunola Han aa iu?

Quite well, thank you. He pronunria Kunlt uel, acnk lu.

Anil your faniliy? se pronuncia Bind iua femillV

Not very well. •r pronunda Natt veri uel.

Who is alck? «c pronouncia Hu iz sik?

My boy. no proauacia Mai boi.

Good-by. ae prnnuncla Gud-bal.

Probably tbe Porto Rlcana wlD ulti-mately discover some of tbeae linguis-tic curios, but "zend iu" and "god-bal" are dellgbtful enough to deserve TO sur-vive.

1 b e O n l y W n y , "Yew,"" remarked Sandy Pikes, "dat

wu« a .pretty clever plcce of business In da-l fellow pncln* n train wid his bike, 'but I did de same trick walking one time."

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yer pace a fast train like dat? '•By walkln' up an' down on de roof

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P t l l l M o r e C o n n t e r f V l t l n R . The Secret Service has Juat unearthed

another band of counterfeiters and se-cured a quantity of bogus hills, which are •very cleverly executed. Things of great value are always selected for imitation.

•notably Hostetter'a Stomach Bitters, which ban many imitators hot no equals for disorders like indigestion, dyspepsia

•and constipation.

P r e s c r i p t i o n W a n t e d . Mrs. Oldham—Doctor, what shall -I

do to prevent these horrid wrinkles from coming at the corners of my eyes?

Doctor—Stop getting old, madam. T w o dollars, please.

The man with a surfeit of yarns Is al-ways anxious to unravel mysteriea.

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C H A P T E R VI. The last stroke of eight dies out from

tbe old clock to tbe ball as Soatou Dytart enters tbe drawing room. The extreme diugincss and gloom of that molancboly apartment tdnka into bim as be moves rather discdntentcdly, but with a man's unfailing instinct, toward the bearfh-rng.

It Is not all gloom, however, a« -he pres-ently discovers. In this dreary plooe. Some one rises languidly from a low chair—a girl, a lovely girl, as be instantly admits —and advances about the eighth part of an ordinary foot toward him.

They are wonderfully alike, the father and son, and y«n how wonderfully un-like. It seems impossible that with ex-preasioira so utterly at variance so strong a resemblance can exist, yet it Is there. The on«», the old face, mean, cringing, suspicious, wicked; the other, cold, honor-able, earnest and beautiful. The girl, watching bim with distrust In her eyes, ivluetautly acknowledged this last fact.

"I'm extremely sorry If I've kept you waiting for dinner," he soys, advancing at a quicker pace, once he sees the pretty girl in white, and holding out his hand. "But the fhet is I was dreadfully tired when 1 arrived, nnd I'm rather afraid I fell asleep."

"The day is warm," says she, coldly. The likeness to his father seems clearer to her as he speaks, and kills for her all the charm of bis face.

"Very; but I don't fancy my absurd fit of laziness arose from tbat. Rather from the fact tbat I haven't had a wink of sleep for the lawt two nights."

"Two nights!" says she with a faint accession of interest. "Toothache? Sick friend?"

"Oh, no. Ball—cards," returns he, con-cisely.

" ^ b ! " says she, this time rather short-ly.

"You arc Grisclda, I suppose?" eay« he, pleasantly.

"Why should you suppose it?" asks she, with a faint smile.

"True. Why should I?" relurns he, laughing. "Perhaps because," with a steady look at her," "I have been told that my cousin Oriselda is a person possessed of a considerable amount of—of charac-ter."

"By that you mean that you have beard Oriselda is self-willed," says she, calmly. "Ajid as it is evident you think 1 look the part also, I am afraid you must prepare yourself to meet two self-willed cousins— I am not Griaeldn."

If she had fnoded that this xmnoance-ment would have put him out, she is un-deceived in a moment.

"No?" says he, looking distinctly amus-ed. "There is comfort in the thought that I cannot again fall into error, becnuse yuu must be Vera."

"Yes, I am Vera," slowly. **1 fear you will find It very dull down

here." "Your father has been very good to us;

more than kind," interrupts nhe. gently, but with decision. ~Ue bus given us a home."

"1 should think be would be very glad to get you here," says he. At this mo-ment Grisekia enters the room. A'charm-ing Oriselda, in white, like her sister, nnd with a flower in her sunny Lair. She trips up-to Sea ton and gives bim her band and a frank smile, that ban just the cor-rect amount of coqueUish sbynetM In It. A man, to (SrLsclda, no matter out of what obnoxious tribe be may have sprung, is always a creature to be gently treated, smiled upon and encouraged.

"So you've come at last to this Castle of Despair," says she, saucily. "I must say, you took time to look ua up. But 1 dou't blame you; life down her is too live-ly for most. It has quite done up Vera and me."

The ditanal sound of a cracked old din-ner gong breaks in at this instant on Gri-h-elda's speech. They ail rise and crosa the hall to the diniug room, but just in-side it a momentary boaitatioa takes place. Dysart going to the foot of tbe table. Vera stops short, as if io some surprise, to look at him. question in her eyes.

"You will take the head of the table, I hope," says he, in a low tone, divining her perplexity.

"But " quickly, and then a pause. "If you wish it, of course," iih<- says, with a swift uplifting of the brows and an al-most imperceptible shrug.

Her manner somehow irritates him. ^ "1 wish it, certainly," says he. coldly.

"But I wish still more to see you do only that which you like."

"I have few likes and dialikes," replies she. still in that utterly emotionless tone; and sweeping past him, she seats herself at the head of the tabic.

As for Oriselda, the little jar in the so-cial atmosphere around her goes by un-noticed, so overcome is she by the un-wonted magnificence of the sight before her. a decent dinner table at Oreycourt,

She looks round her and loses herself a little in the touch of fairyland the room presents. It is. as it were, an echo from the past, a glimpse into the old life when her father still lived, that she hardly knew was dear to her until she had lost it. The glitter of the silver, the glass, the intense perfume of the glowing flow-ers, the rich tin: of the fruits, all seem part of a dream; a sweet one, too,

Mr. Dysart is wondering why both girls should have taken so instantaneoua a dis-like to him. As a rule, women were civil enough; yet here wore two to whom he was an utter stranger, and aggressive was the only word ho could apply to their looks and words, though both were stu-diously polite.

"Do you stay long.?" asks Oriselda pres-ently, looking at her cousin.

"I don't know bow you may view it. I return (o town tbe day after to-mor-row—very early on that day. Whether 1 must or must not work for my living is a thing that does not concecn me. I work—you will hardly believe it in this prosaic age—but I actually seek after fame. I should like to get on Is my pro-fession; to be more tbas a mere triflcr."

"You are charming." says Oritsclda, saucily. "You talk like a book—a blue book. But you have not told me why your father will not let us see aayone. why ~

"Oriselda!" says Miss Dyaart, a little sharply. She rises as she speaks, and Dysart opens the door for her. As Oriselda passes him he says, easily;

"I cannot tell you everything at once, you see; but I dare say Ujere will be time given me. As for my father, be is ec-centric, and. I fear, hard to lire with. But if ever I can help you. call on me."

(Iriselda gives bim a smile for this, and follows her sister into tbe drawing room.

"After all. be.isn't half bad." she oays, with a little nod.

"I was right, however. Did you ever

see a father and son so like?" asks Vera, coldly.

C H A P T E R VII. "Well, I'm off." says Oriselda. poking

her pretty head into the summer bouse, where Vera sits reading, l l is next day, and a very lovely day, too."

"For your ramble," *ays Vera, laying down her book. "So yon won't take my advice.' Aery good. Go on, and you'll see that you won't prospor." Her tone is half gay, half serious. "And don't be long, entreats Vera, with a sudden rush of anxiety. "Don't, now. Yes, I'm in deadly earnest. There is that man all over the place, lot loose, as it were, for my discomfiture, and if he turns up in this part of the world I suppose I shall have to talk to him."

"What a calamity!" says Oriselda, with a little feigned drooping of her mouth. "In this barren wilderness oven manna may be regarded with rapture—even Sea-ton! Better any man than no man, say I."

"So -say not I, then," with creat^pirit . She has leaned forward upon her elbow, and her eyes are brilliant with a little suspicion of auger. "Give me a desert Island rather than the society of a man whom I know it will require only time to teach mo to detest. And how you can call bim so familiarly 'Soaton,' passes my "

A pause! An awful pause. Who Is it tbat has turned the corner of the summer bouse, and is looking in at them with a curious expression round his mouth? Ori-selda is the first to recover.

•"Isn't it absurd?" she says, smiling rather lamely. "But I assure you. Son-ton, your sudden appearance quite took away my breath. You should stamp when you come to a house like this. The grass all round is so thick."

"Too thick!" says Dysart, with a swift glance at Vera, who has lost all her color. "For the future I shall try to remember. I am very sorry I-startled you." He has addressed himself entirely to Oriselda. unless that one lightning glance of con-temptuous reproach cast at Vera could be counted. "But I was on my way to one of the farms, nnd this is the lowest, the nearest jiath to it. I shall never cease to regret"—here be stops dead short, and turns his eyes unreservedly on Vera— "that I did not take the upper one."

He make« both girls a slight bow, and walks swiftly onward on the unlucky path be bad chosen.

"Oh, Vera, do something!" cries Grisel da. in a small agony of consternation, clasping her hands. Vera, thus admon-ished, springs to her feet, and. driven half by honest shame and half by im-pulse, ruxbes out of the summer bouse and runs after Dysart as ho is fast dis-appearing through the shrubs. Reaching him, panting nnd pale with agitation, she lays hor hand timidly upon bis arm.

"I am so grieved," she says, hor charm ing face very pained, her lips white. "There are moments when one hardly knows what one says, and "

"There are such moments, certainly, •says he, interrupting hor remorselessJy. "But they can hardly be classed with those in which the calm confidences of one sister are exchanged with the other. And why should you apologise? I assure you, yon need not. I do not seek for or desire anything of the kind."

It almost seems to her that be has Shaken hor bund from bis arm. Draw-ing back, she sees him proceed upon bis way, nnd then returns to Oriselda.

"I really Chink 1 hate bim," says Vera, vehemently. Tbe recollection of his con-temptuous glance, the way in which he had disdained her apology—above all, that slight he bad offered her when he had displaced her hand from his arm—all rankle in her breast, and a hot flow of shame renders her usually pale face bril-liant. "There, never mind him," she say*, with a little frown. "He is not staying long, fortunately, and this\ episode will bear good fruit of one sort at least. Ho will not trouble mo with his society while you are away. Now hurry, Griselda. do."

Oriselda. with a light laugh, drawn ir-resistibly by the gorgeous loveliness of the iiirkls and shadows of the land below, runs down the pathway and is soon lost to view.

When she returns over an hour later she discovers to hor amazement, that Vera is still in i t

"You are miserable about that wretch-ed affair of the morning," cries Oriselda. "Xever mind it. If yuu will come to din-ner I promise you to do all the talking, and as it has to be endured 1 do entreat you to keep up your spirits."

"Oh. yes. There isn't a decent chance of escape," says Vera, wearily.

" ' S h ! " cries Oriselda, softly, putting up her hand; the sound of coming foot-steps, slow, deliburato footsteps purpose-ly made heavier, smites upon their ears.

"oGod heavens! Hero ho is," says Oriselda, and indeed they have barely time to put on a carefully unconscious demeanor, when Seaton Dysart darkens the door of tbe summer house, nnd looks coldly down on them.

"They told mo I should find you here," houays, speaking to Vera. "U hnve come to say good-by."

"But surely you are not going so soon —not before dinuer, not to-night!" cries Oriselda, thunderstruck by this solution of their ditllculty, nnd a little sorry, too.

"I am going now. Good-by," holding out bis hand to her with a determination not to be changed. Oriselda takes it and shakes it genially, nay. warmly. His hu-mor is decidedly hostile, nnd if he ac-quaints the old father of their incivility— Anything to propitiate bim, she tells her-self, will be the correct thing, and she grows positively friendly toward bim, nnd beams upon bim with gentle entreaty iu her eye.

"If you must go, do us one ser.vico first," she says. "Do you see that rose?" —a rather unkempt nnd straggling speci-men of its kind that trails in unadmirod disorder just outside the door, "It baa batiled mo many a time, but you are tall, oh, taller than most; will you lift these awkward tendrils, and press them back into shape?"

She is smiling divinely at him, a smile that Tom Peyton would have given sev-eral years of his life to possess; but Dy-sart is disgracefully unmoved by it, and, refusing to return it. steps outside, nnd, with a decidedly unwilling air, proceeds t/> lift the drooping tendrils and reduce them to order.

Griselda. naturally a girl of great re-source, seizes the opportunity she has herself provided. Catching Vera's arm, she draws her back out of sight.

"Vow's your time!" she says, "Say something. Do something. It doesn't matter what, but for heaven's sake smooth bim down one way or aootbor! If (

yon don't you'll have the old man down upon us like "

"I can't," gasps Vera, fearfully, "You must," insists Griselda, sternly.

"I t ' s Impossible to know what sort of man ho Is. If revengeful, he can play old Harry with us!"

Without waiting to explain what pap* titular game this may mean, or the full significance thereof, she steps lightly out-side nnd gnzos with undisguised rapture upon Dysnrt's work,

Dysart returns to the summer house with all the manner of one in mad baste to bo gone. It is merely a part of an un-plonsant whole, he tells himself, that he must first say a chillingly courteous word or two of farewell to tbe girl who has openly declared toward bim such an un-dying animosity.

"I am afraid." says Vera, speaking with cold precision, ns one delivering her-self of an unloved lesson, "that you are going away thus abruptly because of what you heard me say this morning."

"You are right. That Is why I am go-ing." replies Dysart. calmly.

"Yes?" in a chilling tone, nnd with faintly lifted brows, "I regret oxcoed-Ingly that I should have so unfortunately offend you, but to go for tbat—it all sounds a little trivial, don't you think?"

"Not by going, I think. I don't see how I can do otherwise. Why should I make you uncomfortable? But you may call it trivial if you like, to talk of detesting a man you have only seen for an hour or two, nnd who in those hours " Ho pauses. "Did I make myself so specially objectionable?" demands be, nbrnptly, turning to her with something that is surely auger, but as surely entreaty, in bis eyes.

"As I told you before," Indifferently, "one says foolish things now nnd then."

"Wonld you have me believe you did not really mean what you said?"

"I would not have you believe any-thing," returns she, haughtily. " I only think it a pity that you should curtail your visit to your father because a chance remark of mine that ennnot pos-sibly affect you in any wny."

"Is that how you look at it?" "Is there any other way? Why should

you care whether or not I detest you—I, whom you saw for the first time yester-day?"

"Why. indeed!" He regards h^r ab-sently, ns if trying to work out In bis own mind the answer to this question, and then, suddenly:

"Nevertheless, I do care," he says, with a touch of vehemence, "I t Is the injustice of it to which I object. You ha<l evidently determined beforehnnd to show mo no grace. I defy you to deny it ' Come, can you?"

Miss Dysart Is silent. The very im-petuosity of bis accusation has deadened her power to reply, nnd besides, is there not truth in it? Had she not prejudged?

"By the bye," ho says, "I am afraid you will hnve to put up with me for n few hours every week. I shall promise to make them ns short ns I possibly can. But my father likes to see mo every sev-en days or so, and I like to see him. Do you think," n slight smile crossing his face, "you will be able to live through it?"

"I have lived through a good many things," says Vera, her dark eyes aflame.

"Tbat gives you a chance here; prac-tice makes perfect. I am Sorry to be obliged to inconvenience you so far, but if I stayed away, I am nfraid my father might want to know why. He might even be so nbsurd as to miss me."

"Why should you take it for grunted that I desire your absence?" cries Vera, her voice vibrating with anger, "Come, remain, or stay away forever—what is it to me?"

Aud it was thus that they parted. <To be continued.)

KEEPING YOUNG.

O c r m n n M o t h e r o f T e n D i d I t w i t h H e r " V o u L i t t l e N a p a , "

The secret of prolonged youtb—or a par t of tbe secret—seems to be reveal-ed In the tnodliled form of "restcure" described by Clarissa Sergeant lu Har -per 's Baxar. She pictures a little Ger-man woman, tbe mother of ten chil-dren.

She was as fresh in color a s a girl, her hair without a touch of gray, her face without a wrinkle, and she felt. I am sure, as she certainly looked, f a r younger tlmn I. So I asked ber, final-ly ;

"How do you keep so fresh and young with all your g n a t family?"

She looked a t me a momeut, and then laughed her merry little laugh. "You see." she said. "I haf my von little naps."

"Your wha t?" I asked, puzzled to un-derstand her.

"My von little naps," she repeated. "But tell me, I do not understaud,"

I said, "Vy so," she said. In ber pretly

broken English. "nl>oud twelf o'clock, or maybe von or maybe two, a s you like Ik besser, I takes de baby, vlch-ever Iss tie baby, and I goes to de room aud takes my naps."

"But If tbe baby won't sleep at that time?" I objected.

She shrugged ber shoulders. "Oh. he sleep all right,"

"But there are so many things to do while the baby sleeps," I went on,

"I vll baf my naps," was her suilllng answer,

"But, ' I urged, "supposing some-thlug happens to tbe other children while you and the baby are asleep?"

Then she did stare at me. "There could not noting happen to

dose children vorse dim 1 not get my von little imps," she said. Indignantly.

I gave it up. This closed the argu-ment,

Aud the writer bands on the advice to all other tired mothers to try the little imps, even If It upsets to a de-gree methodical housekeeping. Method Is good, but If it comes to be a whip which makes rest Impossible, It should be dropped.

Hens D idn ' t Hnve to Work . Thackeray 's "Book of Snobs," com-

prehensive though It Is, would have been broadened and enriched by this anecdote, which Is Indefinitely credited to "an English newspaper:"

A young woman of Sheffield came In-to a fortune and promptly buuted up a country house, where she played the role of chatelaine to the mauuer born according to ber own Ideas of the part. One day some of her old-tlmo friends came to see her, and she condescended to show them all over tbe place.

"What beautiful chickens!" exclaim-ed the visitors, when they came to the poultry-yard,

"Yes, All prize birds!" haughtily ex-plained tbe hostess,

"Do they lay every day?" "Oh, they could, of course; but,"

gr.uulllotiucntly. "In our position It isn't necessary for them to dn so."

As men are said to lead live* and fol-low occupations, tbe perforu»«nce as a whole would appear to be » gume of tug.

BEARLT 1,000 BEAD Awful Destruction by the Great

West Indian Storm,

A M E R I C A S E N D S A I D .

Thousands Rcrdcred Homeless and io

Danger of Stanat loo.

Fonca !• W holly Destroyed aad Other Porto Riciin Town* Suffer Grea t L O M — Five Hnndrcd Bodies Recovered-Fear* t h a t a Flaicne Will Follow the Doom t h a t Uun Dev s ta ted the Country —"i h= War Depar tment Take* Prompt A'ea*ure* to Kellerc the Distreaa.

Nearly 1,000 lives and millions of dol-lars' worth of property are now known to have been destroyed by the hurricane in Porto Hico and the adjoining islands of the West Indies. Over 500 bodies haTo been recovered. Gen. Davis tele-graphs that 100,000 people are destitute, and tbe full extent of the fatalities is not yet known. Not since 1870 has a storm of «nch fearful violence viidted these isl-ands, The War Department took prompt measures of relief in the matter of food for the stricken inhabitants of Porto Hico.

The track of the hurricane lay a little farther north than that of the storm which dnmnged Barbadoos nnd Marti-nique last year. Martinique seems to have escaped entirely, but Dominica nnd Guadaloupe, a little farther north, suffer-ed severely. From these islands west-ward and slightly northward the hurri-cane swept with terrific force. The small British Islands of Montserrat, Nevis, St. Christopher's, nnd Antigua report a total of ninety-six fatalities, of which over three-fourths were in Montserrat. Guad-aloupe lost over a buudred by death In the storm. Coming up toward Porto Rico the wind destroyed most of the houses and churcboa in the Danish Islands of St. Croix and St. Thomas, with thirty deaths reported from St. Croix. It is practically certain thnt when the smaller snd less accessible islands in this Leeward group are heard from the total death list will be greatly Increased.

The storm struck Porto Rico squarely on the southeast coast, doing i |s worst at Humacno and at Ponce, though at Saa Juan, on the north, much property waa destroyed and several deaths resulted. The city and the port of Ponce are re-ported as total wrecks, with a losa of life estimated in the hundreds, and a damage of half a million to property. The fatalities here seem to have been caused chiefly by drowning in the river flood that accompnaied the storm. As all interior communicatlonB have been cut off it is Impossible to tell how much more damage bus been done throughout the thickly populated eastern end of Porto Rico.

After wrecking the southern coast of this island the hurricane continued Its westward and slightly northward conrae, devastating tbe northern coast of San Domingo and finally passing out upon the Atlantic with modified force at Cape Haytlcn. Along the whole track of the storm there now exists much suffering and starvation. A Inrge amount of local shipping has been swept upon the shore and totally dostsoyed. When one remem-bers thnt only a trifle over a year ago Gen. Miles nnd his expedition were en-tering Ponce the thought gives cause for thankfulness that those crowded transports were not caught In auch a storm.

The terrific nature of the West Indian hurricane has been famous for centuries. , This is one of the things we hnve an- ! nexed in Porto Rico, and one of the 1

things we cannot reform. But the signal i service can be extended nnd made so efll- j cadous in the Caribbean that the whole i repion will bo thoroughly prepared for every such storm, so far as preparation Is possible. The weather bureau does not j appear to have done much in the present | case. The Government should take steps I to equip the West India weather service as completely as possible for this work These hurricanes can be predicted many boats beforehand, as is done at the Ma-nila observatory, and their direction can be determined at the start. Though the whirling motion of tbe air Is incredibly swift, the progressive advance of the storm Is comparatively slow, and with improved cable communication between the islands the whole archipelago can easily be warned of what to expect.

The only other palliative tbat the American regime can offer to Porto Rico i recarding this scourge Is by extending aid and succor to the homeless victims. Gen, Davis, commanding In Porto Rico, telegraphed asking for food, clothing and money to help the unfortunate inhnblt-ants cet on their feet ngnin, and the President indorsed the appeal.

In accordance therewith the Secretary of War sent out nn appeal to the May-ors of cities for help for tbe destitute. The Secretary also took stops for Imme dinte relief by ordering the distribution of rations to the sufferers by the army In Porto Rico, The Secretary instructed the commissary department to load the

TOILETS OF AFRICAN B E L L E S :

Heine Withont Btockins*. They Color 1

Their l . lmb* wi th Ked Faint . Lieutenant Hourst of tbe French

army has published a lively personal narrut lve of bis recent explorations in | West Africa, With four white com-, panlous be plucklly sailed down tbe Niger River In au aluminum sailing boat of about seven feet beam, mau- j aging to carry ber and her smaller ; consorts, manned by friendly natives, tbe whole distance from Tlmbuctoo. past Say and Bussa. to the sea without serious accident or loss of life. Being a Frenchman, the most amusing parts of bis book are devoted to descriptions of Negri dan ladles, whom he studied along tbe river banks. He was not captivated by their beauty. Indeed, he compares tbem to Durham oxen, for negreases "like English women, when they are ugly at all. are really revolt-Ingly ugly."

The corpulent matrons of the Niger eagerly clad themselves In yards upon yards of cheap Paris velveteen, but there were girls of more slender make, whose sole at tempt at dressing was staining their legs to the knees with rocou or red dye, "which gives them the appearance of wearing nothing but light red stockings." Tbe gay lieuten-ant confesses that be was confused as a shy Englishman at tbe unusual sight; but one of tbe red-legged beauties, uo-tlcing his embarrassment, remarked very sensibly, "Are we so badly made that we need hide ourselves? All In good time. When we are old like our mothers wo will wear clothes."

The men folks likewise have their amusing traits. A declaration of war was one day brought to tbe lieuten-ant ' s boat. While it was being trans-lated M. Hourst covertly watchcd the ambassador. After delivering bis mes-sage he had prudently sought refuge behind a piece of rock, but, finding tbat no notice was taken of him, he peeped out, first with one eye, then with both eyes, aud finally ventured Into the open with the plaintive Interrogtory:

"Is there any hope of my getting a pair of breeches?"

His Days Well Takon Up. If the Prince of Wales were not reso-

lute, uufllucblngly energetic, aud tbe essence of punctuality, he could not possibly get through all he does every day of bis life. He Is an early riser, though be goes to bed very late, and even should daylight find bim still busy with bis ar rears of private corre-spondence he will be ready to get up when called at 8 o'clock. Practically the only time his Royal Highness has to himself Is before the simple break-fast , of which he par takes alone about 9 o'clock, and the short time he has to snatch from public affairs a f t e r that meal. A breath of fresh morning air In the pret ty grounds of Marlborough House brakes bim to face the enormous piles of letters tba t awai t bis attention a f t e r tbe first meal.

Ladles Can Wear Shoes O n e « lc* s m a l l e r a f t e r u s l u g A l l e y s Foot -t o s e , a p o w d e r t o be s h a k e n In to t b e sbues . I t m a k e * i l g b t o r n e w s b o e s feel e a s y : K'vea l u s t a u c re l i e f t o c o r n s a n d b u n i o n s , i t ' s t b e t r r e a t e s t c u m f o r t d i s c o v e r y of t b e a g e . C u r e s • tvolleu f e e t , b l i s t e r s a n d c a l l o u s s p o t s . A l l e u ' s Koot E a s e Is u c e r t a i n c u r e f o r In-g r o w i n g na i l s , s w e a t i n g , bo t , a c b l n g f e e t . At a i l d r u g g . ' s t s a n d s h o e s t o r e s ^5c. T r i a l p a c k a g e K f t K K by ma l l . A d d r e s s Al len 8. O l m « i e 4 , L e R o y , N. Y.

H e R e m e m b e r e d "Not long ago," said the Cleveland

Plain Dealer, "the pastor dined with the family, and Master Tommy was at the table. He behaved pretly well un-til tbe cake was brought In. Then he suddenly lurched forward and snatched tbe piece he sized up as the biggest.

" 'Why, Tommy,' cried bis distressed mother, 'you are forgetting that Dr. Choker Is here."

"The boy gave tbe worthy pastor a withering look.

" 'Naw, I ain't forgettln* It,' he snarled: 'If he wasn' t here I'd get two piecesT* "

M o r e t h i i n • " n e . "Henry, did you attend the lecture

Inst Evening, ns you expected?" "Indeed I did, Amanda, and I toll you

I had a great treat," "Unless appearances belle the facts.

Henry, you must have had a good deal more than one."—Richmond Dispatch.

Much More t-o. Mrs, Von Blumer—I don't think there

Is anything worse than to ask one's husband for money, do you?

Mrs. Wltherby—Oh. yes there Is. To have him refuse It.—Detroit Free Press.

H a i f a Catarrh Care, Is taken InternaUy. Price Is cents.

In tbe Dark. "Young man." cried th*» Irate parent,

"didn't I tell you to leave when the clock struck 10? Now, light out."

"The lights been out for some time." faltered the ardent lover.

1» jroor breath bad? Then yo< tSi friends turn their ••iM. best friends mrn their fcwSV'aaSe!

V . J?r.calh m c " n » • bad liver, Ayer s Pills are liver pills. They cure

] constipation, biliousness, dyspepsia, headache. 25c. All drugj>i*rs,

I your mouitmch* or bMrt* buntlfuT'l brown or rich hUrk T 1

BUCKINGHAM'S O Y E t t J , A ^ ^ It _ j

H.im-Smolling aa a Buainraa. To the long list of curious aud unus-

ual occupations by which men live, the Kansaa City Star adds that of th» ' ham-smeller" In a packing house, i l ls duty Is to Inspect meat producta and Judge of their soundness.

The bam-smellor's only tools are m loug steel trier nud bis nose. Ha stauds in a barrel to keep bis clothes from being soiled by the dripping brine, and the hams are brought (o him by the workmen. A ham Is laid before bim. and he plunges his sharp-polnted trier Into It. withdraws It and passes It swiftly beneath bis nose. The trier always goes down to tha knuckle Joint.

In testing meat lu that manner th» man with tbe trier Judges by tha slightest shade of difference betwesis tbe smell of one piece of meat and an»-other. The smell of meat Is almost universally sweet, and that Is what ha smells; the slightest taint or devlatlois from the sweet smell Is therefore ap-preciable. It is not the degree of taint that be expects to find, but the slight-est odor that Is not sweet.

When he detects an odor he throwa the meat aside, and If It Is not un-wholesome It Is sold aa "rejected" meat, but If It Is tainted It goes to tha rendering tank. The ham tester smella meat from 7 o'clock In tbe morning un-til 5 o'clock at night, and bis sonsa must never become Jaded or Inexact* or his usefulness would be at an end.

Deposi tor 's Le t t e r . The following Incoherent letter onca

received1 at the Central Savings Bank In London, with a deposit book sent u p for examination, la chronicled by tha author of "Tbe Romance of the Sav-ings Bunks." It Is not without Its par-tbetlc side.

Would It be too much to ask bow an old lady who never reads newspapers (and who will have to, or rather m a j vote) Is to know how to give her vota with certainty to Mr, Gladstone? Sha would give It as a helper of Mr. Rus-kln not a member of the company and having loug time been convluced that our present Right Honourable Premier is Righteous and Frank If not glvea thus the vote Is lost.

She would also know If two or tbrea hundred pounds be put Into consols-are they or rather—Is the money ap-plied to payment of our national debL And In case Miss so wills would ba so at her death.

Apologizing yet hoping for an an^ swer. Yours respectfully,

May she add, too, though the Infoi^ matlon be not called fur that since 1865 Miss has not been able to stand ou either foot and mostly Is quite slona-and seldom remembers to send book at proper time. To save myself further thought I send the paper found with, my book.

T o o S u r e . Mrs. Waggles—Did Mr.Wlgglbs seenF

to be excited when he proposed to yout Mrs. Wiggles—No; ho was so cool

about It and seemed to be so dead cei^ tain I would have him tbat tbe first time be asked me, I refused him.—Sonv ervllle (Mass.) Journal.

Some Persona N'eod a Monger. A writer wishes to know how to eat

corn on the cob. The only safe way ta eat corn on the cob Is to eat It off tha cob.—New York World.

What a Little Faith Did FOR MRS. ROCKWELL.

[ L r r r c a TO MSS, PINSUAM NO. 69,884]

" I was a great sufferer from femal» weakneHS and had no ktrcngth. I t waa impossible for mo to attend to my hotiKchoId duties. I had tried every-th ing nnd many doctors, but found n o relief.

*' My sister advised me to try Lydla E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound, which I did; before using all of ona bov "• I felt better. I kept on with l i

A kind heart Is a fountain of glad-ness. making everything In Its v lc ln l ty - l

— JP ^ ^ J ^ • • H t o freshen Into smiles.—Washington a n ^ 1 0 n'-v g r e a t snrprlne 1 am cured. transport Mcl herson at New York with | All who suiF. from fi-male complaints

_ L • should give it a Mai."—Mas. Rocx-[Recently a ship of only 2,500 tons car- j wn.!.. 1209 S. Divi io* S T . , O H A . H D

000,000 pounds each of rice and beana aud have it procced to Porto Rico

AN ILLINOIS PRODIGY.

LAWREXCK CIICHCH.

Has a Passion for Kending and Mnslc, a t F o a r Yen m.

Bolvldore, III., has a prodigy in the perHon of Lawrence Church, son of C. M. Church, a druggist. Ho is only 4 years

old and has been able to rend since he was 2% years of age. At that age he could r e f l d <?v<?ry Piece In

. the gospel hymna or apa ^ find UUJ' Sec t ion ask-

>i t-d him. He can pick up a newspaper now and read aa well aa any grown penion, pronouncing all diffi-

cult words. He can spell nearly every word In the spelling hook. HU parents hnve been fearful thnt the boy's aston-ishing development in the fields of knowl-edge preeagod an early death, and have constantly discouraged his endeavora to road and study.

Before the child could talk he could tell nny letter in the alphabet by means of blorka. HI* parents never taught him the ulphabct. He picked out the letters without a word of Instruction. Another •trnogc thing about the boy la his pna-alon for music. When 8 years old he would ask his mother to play on the pini^o whenever he got a chance. He wonld oven take the mmric book to her and pick out the selection he wanted to h»ar, nnd now will stand on a stool be-•i/le any one at the piano and follow .the litres wo closely as to be able to turn over the page at the proper time.

rled from Para, Brazil, to New York a cargo of rubber which was Insured for $3,000,000.

Don't call a big strong man a liar; It Is cheaper to hire some other fellow to break the news to him.

B A P I D S , MICET.

Piso'a Cure for Consumption has eared me large doctor billa.—C. L. Baker, 4228 Uegent Sq., Philndelphia, Pa„ Dec. 8. '05.

The worst about a villain with a smil-ing cheek is thnt he has so much of It.

F I T S I 'enDSaeailj Cored aftrr Bnt dsj'i

No a u or nerToii_ uie of Dr. KJIoxl Ureal Nrrr* Ile-

•ioi*r. send for K K £ E a s .OO trtal buUlsanJ txpausa. I'S. K. U. KLINE. Lid., VJ1 ArcC M,. ftolodelpliU. Pk.

M r s . W l o a l o w ' s H o o n t t s o K y a r r for Chlldraa W t b l n i : SOIUM Iba sum*, reanoni lna*a»m*Uun. slUy* pala. cur«a wind colic, a c e o u • but i la

From a Cratefal Newark Woman " When I wrote to you I waa very

sick, bad not been well for two yeara. The doctors did not seem to help na«, and one said I could not live tbrea months. I had womb trouble, falling, ulcers, kidney and bladder trouble. There seemed to be auch a drawing and burning pain in my bowels that I could not rest anyw here. After using Lydla E. Pinkham s Vegetable Com-pound and Sanative Wash and follow-ing your advice, I feel well again and stronger than ever. My bowels feel sa if they bad been made over new. With many thanks for your help, I remain, L . G . , 7 4 A - t a S r . , NKWAK*. N . J . "

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W H I T E R I V E R .

Mrs . A . I 'c lui-sand sou bnv r e l u m e d

tliMt b a l b , prutiia U»e Loi'1 1 • • i Mr*. L . J . Olson a n d son, A l f r e d , of

V l l , f i h r keepers a n d •urfim-n In Gel lyBbi i rv . 111., a r c T i s l t l ng a t t h e

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H e n r y L e V l l l e , of Sbolt iy, Npeni- u few days last week a t t h e h o m e of Goo. H. N e l s o n In t h i« v i l lage .

MISSCH K e r t l e Munson a n d Lily I CbrlHienson. of M i l w a u k e e a r e v i s i t - j ed Cnrl M e y o r a lu l old acqr lintniH-es

u s e d in tin* a rmy «"•! ""v3r

l ife - a v l n g crew» bBV» C.MIO I b ry « l i l br -ble U. r ^ r i v e rae#-

. . e r . inm 2 o . . r o . n f n t i.l.-

pntaoi i lng tb r n"'1 ' ' I ' ' 1 1 ' ' " I" I Rev . T . W. M c L e a n , of Bay Ci ty , i I b e m l o i t a n l i j U» , l l " { " " will on i c i a l e a t t h e c h u r c h of t h e Ile| w b e r a . liieraby •' " " ' ' 1 1 deo inc r S u n d a y n e x t a t 10:30 a. m. •ilitnid »«ivico »'• " 'oug tlie At HI ICJ MiM S u t l a N 'andcrpylc , r e t u r n e d t<|

Min. R . H y d e a n d fami ly . • f Miuke* Ron, a m v i s i t i ng a t the b- je n t 11 Stf»bb«.

Mrs. P . ( i . W o l l e r s a n d fa* 'th «"f C leve land , Ohio, a r e vis i t ini ; a t »>. M. Sclial l ' s .

Rev. J . J . B e r g e r a n d H.S t* iibeviitit-

F L O W E R C K B E K .

C I M S . i l a » s e r l y w e n t Ui ( J m n d Rap-ids S u n d a y on tbo PHcurdioi .

Mi-»» K d i i l i S t . . f f . . i^ ( i i n

OoiutiiiH Ml \\ liit»-!i ill i d ivs H i* | week .

Mrs . J o b n 11.ubcr U alii i q u i t e s ick. I

M. M. Fulki-rs'-ii and son WilliHm j have gone l«« N e w Y o r k t o v i s i tTr ieuda iilid relative!*.

E lbe l , J e n n i e a n d Unssi-li CiieeD. of |

M o n i a g n e , b a v e been vis i t iug tVeir cous in . Ed i th StefTc, t b e oas t week.

L o u i s Bt i l l c lumnn w a s home over

S u n d a y . He is work ing ud ibo tele-phono line n e a r L n d i u g t o n .

T i g s for sale.

2 W . ( J E E & S U M N E U , W h i l e River .

ANNUAL R E P O R T

Of t h e B o n r d of T r u s t e e s of S c h o o l D l c t r i c t No. 2, Towr.Nhlp of Montr . -g u e , M u s k e g o n C o u n t y , M i c h i g a n , f o r t h e y e a r o n d e d J u l y 10. IS^Q.

House Furnishings RKCUPTS.

«-lT«UI*al |iu-P' IRPLU* <1<IK

(•RMIMN WIK '•w* mill tax In*. • HICUM d'q'nl loxr* • m't. Imrrxv

I fl.AU »i») MS IS IIS 10

Toseu ;Mnm

FURNITURE

i n g a t t h e h o m e of H. H. Ol scn . I a t R o t h b u r j r ecen t ly .

Cbr i s . B u l z e r . of Cbtcngo , i s v i s i t i ng

iiis p a r e n t s here .

lU-v. C. !•'. T i e m a n . of C.'iiCHuo. n

—wboanl and tbe great l«kw. I ChlCTgo S u n d a y , a f t c r a f e w w e e k s I f o ^ i e r l u u l o r o f c h u r c h .

notmimvi co'Jiei Ibis «ffeek viidt w i t h he r m o t h e r in t h i s v i l l a g e . ' w , n l , , V i U • | l , , e * 1 S n u d » » ' c«reat Impravn- t". C. J o h n s o n l e f t S u n d a y n i g h t for Fo l lowing a r e t h e service i a t the

f rom A m.i c - . . an e x t e n d e d vis i t n t h i s old h o m e in i B a p t i s t c h u r c h n e x t S u u d a : Bible

Sweden H e wi l l n o t r e t u r n u n t i l school a t 9:30 a . in . ; lesson, • ' R e l u r n -i* an ' bi-iiig mado.

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t o t b e f a c n i i y . T b a u a a a i u . a i i i u ba i ld-

ing will Ih« enclosed tbls fall

HOLLAND TEA. T h e flmt difUion uf l b " Cbr is l ino

Kiiduavor Soeiiir will e n l e r t a i o the i r

f r i e n d s N I I W e d n o - d a y evaiilng. AttgaH W. f row »ix to e igh t o 'c lock, a t Hie parlors of the Presby-

te r ian church The reception c o m m i t te. . those in charge of the col lect ion of

relics, the art g»diery a t t enda i i t s a n d the )oiiiig ladifl* wiiilliig tables will bf

In Iloiisnd aoslnmei. MKNU.

1"»ITI <• Kuehen, luiiclMmim Polulo Stdnd

I I SIIUWIIII*, S.-iill'"i»'<l |><.l,il.«

UMI.-II Kwrrl Cukf. Tlare will he music iu t b e a i t gal-

lery duriog tbe ent i re even ing . T e a

ten cents. AdrolMiOD to Art Ga l le ry live cents. All are cordial ly inx i ted ,

llaniili-'ii ' link, of C h a u n c e y . Ga . , says he suffered with I tching piles twenty Tears before t r y i n g D e W i t t ' s WI toll Hsxol Salve, two boxes of which completely eurod him. B e w a r e of wurtbleas and dangerous c o u n t e r f e i t s .

F. HolTmiin.

Zbe IKHO crop of w h e a t will easi ly prove to be thn poorest fo r many years .

In most of tho count ies the yield is uo

better tlniu was an t i c ipa ted some t ime ago Nat only t h a t , h u t whe re m u c h

Ihreshing has been d o n e the qunl i ty is also found to be poor. T h e e s t ima ted

iivcrage yield per ac i e is; Iu t h e

soutlieni I 'onnties. 7 bushe l s , in the centnil counties 7 bushels , in the u o r t h -

ern counties 10 bushe l s , a n d for the

stale 1 busbeis. I t is difficult to de tormino from these l ignres w h a t the

crop will amount to in bushe l s . Con-ditions tiiis yea r a r e so d i f f e r e n t f r o m

what they usually are t h a t it is difli-

cnlt to Ux the a m o u n t of the c r o p even approximately. A l a r g e per c e n t of

the total acerage was plowed u p th i s spring nod la ter on m a n y flelds were cut for hay. Tho total a ce rage th is

spring was 1,900,000 acres . Wi th the

State average nt e igh t bushe l s per acre

it would sti l l indicate a c rop of 15,000-ooo bushels. When o t h e r f a c t o r s a re taken into cons idera t ion a crop of only

18,000,000 is ind ica ted . T h e la rge c rop

of last year con t inued to g row as tlireebing progressed. I t is possible

that the smal l crop of th i s year m a y

cont inue to g row smal le r .

EXCURSION NOTICE rSvesT MICHIGAN R 'Y . " • U K D A T , S B P T E M B K R a n l .

T ra in will leave M o n t a g u e at l l : 0 o a m. Leave P e n l w a t e r 5:4.j p. m. Kates to Pen twatur a n d H a r t low as usual . 2w

G. A. R. r i l l L A D E L r i H A E X C U R S I O N

S K I T E M B E R . On account of tho A n m i a l G. A . R.

E u c a m p m e n t a t I ' i i i iudelpbia , t h e C . U . M. will sell t icket* on Sep t . i s t to 4lh at very low ra tes . Retui-o l im ' t ii-eiv

t n u b e r Ig th . wi th privilege of ex ten-

sion to Sept . 80th . Ask a g e n t s fo r fu l l inforuia t ion o r wr i t e to («oo. D e H a v e n ,

Genera l P a s s e n g e r Agen t .

- w ' G r a n d Rapids .

F R E M O N T E X C U R S I O N S

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S O L D I E R S ' vV S A I L O R S ' R E U N I O N .

August 21 to 28, C. vV W, M a g e n t s be tween G r a n d Rapids a n d Baldwin

and Big Rap ids , Muskegon and P e n t -wa te r , i udus ive . will sell t i cke t s a t one

fa re r a l e to F remon t and r e t u r n . Lim-i t August 2:s.

GKU.DKIIAVEX, t ; . 1*. A.

A MOTIIKK TKLLS HOW SUK SA\ B > HKK L m l k DAUQIITKUV L i k k .

1 am the mothe r of e ight e b i l d r e n j and have had a g rea t deal of e x p e r -ieuo« wi th medic ines . Las t !

n e x t Apr i l . Car l F o r n e r a n d Mrs. F . E . H i m l

a n d Mrs. E . J . S m i t h w e n t to H u r l W e d n e s d a y to a t t e n d t h e F l o t c n - ; Wba i l ey w e d d i n g .

Mr. a n d Mrs. Geo. E. Co veil w e n t !•<) Ch icago T h u r s d a y n i g h t to p u r c h a s e | f u r n i s h i n g s fo r t h e i r new h o m e . T h e y a r r i v e d h o m e T u e s d a y .

J . H . Monroe l e f t fo r h is h o m e in D e t r o i t S a t u r d a y a f t e r n o o n . Mrs . Monroe a n d c h i l d r e n will r e m a i n In 1

t h e v i l lage a f ew weeks . Chas . H e n l k e wil l h a v e c h a r g e of

C. C. JohnHon's f a r m d u r i n g Mr . J o h n -aon ' s absence Mrs. J o h n s o n will ! m o v e to t h i s v i l lage t o res ide .

M a u d e S u m n e r , w h o is a t t e n d i n g ; t h o Bus ines s Col lege a t M u s k e g o n , | s p e n t S u n d a y a t t h e h o m e of he r p a r -e n t s In W h i t e R ive r t o w n s h i p .

Mis-. M a r t h a D e F u s h a y , w h o h a s been v i s i t i ng t h i s s u m m e r a t t h e h o m e ' of h e r g r a n d f a t h e r , A. W. Vea l , ro-1 t u r n e d to he r h o m e In G r a n d R a p i d s | S u n d a y .

C h a r l e s Liccago, an e m p l o y e of t h e E a g l e T a n n i n g W o r k s l e f t for Chica-1 go T u e s d a y n i g h t on t h e B r a d s h a w . j las t T h u r s d a y .

ing f r o m A c t i v i t y . " P r e a c h i n g a t I0:3o

a . m . ; t h o m i ' . " W i l f u l I g n o r a n c e . " B.

Y P . U. a t U:l.'> p . m. ; topic , " G r e e n P a s t u r e s , t h e C h r i s t i a n s ' P l e a s u r e s , " led by Miss L y d l a R e d m a n . P r e a c h -

iifg a t 7:45 p. m . ; t h e m e , " W e l l , I will Keen on Try ing . ' *

Quick ly c u r e o o n s l i p a t i o n a n d re-build a n d i n v i g o r a t e the e n t i r e s y s t e m — n e v e r gr ipe o r nausea te—JDeWit t ' a L i t t l e E a r l y R i s e r s . C- F . H o f f m a n .

I r r i t a t i n g s t j iugs . b i tes , s c r a t ches , w o u n d s a n d c m s soo thed a n d healed by Do W i t t ' s W i t c h Haze l Sa lvo—a s u r e a n d s a f e a p p l i c a t i o n fo r t o r t u r e d flesh B e w a r e of c o u n t e r f e i t s . C. F . HofF-m a n .

One M i n u t e Cough Cure qu ick iy e n r e s f ibs t ina te s u w m e r coughs a n d co lds . " I c o n s i d e r i t a mos t wonde r -f u l m e d i c i n e — q u i c k a n d s a f e . " — W . W . M e r t o n , Maylnuv . Wis . C. F. HolT-m a n ,

C R A N S T O N .

Mrs. F . A . R o b b i n s a n d son H a r r y

r e t u r n e d f r o m t h e i r visi t in N o w York

H e wil l m a k e his h o m e iu t h a t c i ty In t h e f u t u r e .

C. G. P i t k i n w e n t to Ch icago S u n -day n i g h t on t h e B r a d s h a w t o s e l e c t a la rgo a n d u p - t o - d a t e a s s o r t m e n t of school suppl ies . H e r e t u r n e d W e d -nesday m o r n i n g .

Mrs. J o s e p h i n e LcVi l l e , of Chicago , was t h e g u e s t of h e r s i s t e r , Mrs. Geo.

C a r l i e l d a n d H u b e r t D e i n i n g have a

n e w w h e e l .

Miss Bessie D e w e y s p e n t t h e f irst of

the w e e k in She lby .

M r s . Geo. C. Myers r e t u r n e d f rom

H a r t S a t u r d a y , win-re s h e has been v i s i t i ng t h e H a n s o n s .

T h e ( ' . L . A. me t wi th Mrs. F. A.

COMMUNICATED. F lower C r e e k . A u g u s t 21st «»

Mr . E d i t o r Dear Sir : - I n y o u r last issue, i saw you r not ice to the effect

tiiat n«\v w a s the t ime to clean one ' s p remises of weeds , a n d especial ly of

the milk weed . T h i s adv ice is good

a n d I hope everyone who r e a d s it will l a k e heed .

1 also s aw t h a t von were informed t h a t the milk weed was ge t t ing t h e

lUiper h a n d of the f a n e e r s i n the vicin-

ity. I u m sor ry to say t h a t th i s is t r ue to a g r e a t e x t e n t , all t h rough t h e e o u u -

try be ing no t oulv t h e milk weed, but

the C a n a d a th i s t le . I u n d e r s t a n d tha i w h e a t h a s been th re shed th i s season ,

in t h e v ic in i ty of Mon tague , t h a t bun-

dle a f t e r b u n d l e was largely th is t les . I c a n n o t see how people can be so bl ind

to the i r own i n t e r e s U . Some will tell you t h a i tln-re is no seed in t hem if

they be cu t at the s a m e l ime wi th the w h e a t , but ib i s is not t r u e , as 1 h a v e seen seeds ripu a t l h a t t ime .

By the way. Mr . Ed i to r , were you

ever i n f o r m e d t h a t t h e milk weed is g e t t i n g the u p p e r h a n d of the

vil lage of M o n t a g u e . If nut . al low me

to say t h a t I t h ink it looks as if it were , a n d 1 s h o u l d l ike to a sk , what

good it will do fo r t h e f a r m e r s m the vicinity to t a k e care of the i r weeds ,

when the re a r e e n o u g h g r o w i n g to seed

every yea r in the v i l lage of M o n t a g u e

to seed a t least tlie whole c o u n t y . I t h i n k t h a t the line which appl ies t o t b e

f a r m e r , app l ies to the vi l lnsp also, and

it shou ld be given to both w i t h o u t de lay .

H o p i n g t h a t you may lind space for

t b l s in you r va luab le paper . I a m .

Respec t fu l ly y o u r s , DAN ALLKN.

M E N

and

H. Nelson, a f ew days l a s t week . Miss F o s t e r S a t u r d a y to sew c a r p e t r a g s fo r N ina Ne l son a c c o m p a n i e d he r h o m e ! Mrs . E ls ie Swee t . T h e r e were twe lve S u n d a y e v e n i n g a n d is s p e n d i n g t b e l ad ies p r e s e n t .

week I d Chicago . Miss C o m C o i ^ r » ou the s lek list . Rev. T h o m a s Boone, of G r a n d Rap-

ids, will occupy t h e p u l p i t of t h e Con- Miss C h r i s t i n e S h o g r e n . of Muske -g r c g a t l o n a l c h u r c h n e x t S u n d a y m o r n - go»i Is v i s i t ing h e r s i s t e r . M r s . J o h n

inu a n d e v e n i n g . Mr . Boone is a pul- l o d g e s .

p i t o r a t o r a n d his s e r m o n s a r e a l w a y s Phones h a v e been p u t in t h e res i -s t r o n g a n d i n t e r e s t i n g . deuces of J . S. H e d g e s a n d A. S. Hee-

Mr. a n d Mrs . W . E. Lee a n d chi l - t o n . d r e n . of T o n a w a n d a , N. Y. , were g u e s t s a t t h e h o m e of Mrs. Lee ' s T h e s o o t h i n g a n d h e a l i n g p r o p e r t i e s b r o t h e r . Chas . W. Chick , d u r i n g t h e 0 J ^ ' ^ l . e r I a i n ' s R e m e d y , i t s

. i >i i p l e a s a n t t a s t e a n d p r o m p t a n d p e r m a - 1

p a s t week . Mr. a n d Mrs . L e e w e r e | i e | , t c m . e s h ; l V l ! * , l ( X oy

i t

f o r m e r rcHidents of W h i t e h a l l with the people e v e r y w h e r e . F o r sa le T h e g r o u p c o n v e n t i o n of t h e E p - : by C. F . H o f f m a n , D r u g g i s t .

w o r t h L e a g u e , to be held a t t h e M. E . | ChUfCh in tblfe v i l lage F r i d a y e v e n i n g 1 . D y s p e p s i a Cure c u r e s dyspop-

a n d S a t u r d a y rorenooni of be ing ve ry i n t e r e s t i n g . l l c C H I 1 , . e J V u p t

is i n v i t e d to a t t e n d t h e sess ions . dy f o r all "d isorder* a r i s i n g f r o m im-W . B. N i c h o l s o n a n d son, of Holly, I i u i p e r f e c t d l g e s t i o n . " — J a m e s M . T h o m -

a r c g u e s t s a t t h e h o m e of J . J . G e e i : is« ^1- D . , in A m e r i c a n J o u r n a l of t h i s week . Mr. N i c h o l s o n w a s for-1 N . 1 . C . F . l lo f fmai^ .

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K i d n e y t roub le p r e y s upon ihe m i n d , dis-c o u r a g e s a n d Ipssens

W O M E N a m b i t i o n ; beau ty , v igor a n d c h e e r f u l n e s s soon d i s a p p e a r when t h e k i d n e y s a r e ou t of o r d e r or dis-eased. F o r p leas ing r e su l t s use Dr. K i l m e r ' s S w a m p Roo t , the g r ea t kid-ney r e m e d y . A t d rugg i s t s . S a m p l e bot t le by mail f r e e , also p a m p h l e t . Addres s , Dr . K i l m e r & Co., Binglmm-t o n , N . Y.

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Dr. a n d Mrs. J . E. Bin more r e t u r n -ed f r o m C h i c a g o F r i d a y m o r n i n g a n d

ach , a n d a t the s a m e l i m e heals and re-s to res tho d i seased d iges t ive o rgans . I t is the only r e m e d y t h a t does both of tlie.su t h i n g s a n d can bo re l ied upon

h a v e s i n c e been r ece iv ing t h e c o n g r a t - 1 l o p e r m a n e n t l y c u r e dyspeps ia . C. F . u l a t l o n s o f t h e i r f r i e n d s . T h e y w e r e j H o f f m a n . m a r r i e d in Ch icago S u n d a y a f t e r n o o n . Mr. Bin m o r e h a s dec ided 10 loca t e a t Jo l l e t , 111., a n d t h e y wil l soon l e a v e for t h a t c i t y .

Chas . E . G i lbe r t , w h o h a s b e e n e m - j ployed a s e n g i n e e r a t t h e N u f e r C e d a r ' Co s p l a n t for some t i m e , was m a r r i e d T u e s d a y e v e n i n g to Miss R o s a b e l l e M. 1 K i n s m a n , of N o r t o n . Mr . a n d Mrs. G i l b e r t a r r i v e d In t h e v i l lage Wcdnes -1 day a n d wil l a t once go to housekeep -ing in t h e H a y w a r d r e s idence on

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W e x f o r d c o u n t y , h a s r e t u r n e d home .

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Dav i s vis i ted a t M o n t a g u e F r i d a y .

Miss A n n a Ba i l ey vis i ted f r i ends in

C l a y b a n k s l a s t week.

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Mrs . W m . S w a d e r ' s s i s t e r a n d two

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Hon L o d g e , D. of R . , d r o v e t o Muskc- W. A . D o n a l d ' s m u t b e r and two gon T u e s d a y a f t e r n o o n . T h e y w e r e ! b r o t h e r - a r e v i s i t ing h im this w e e k , supii l lcd w i t h n r l l lillc.l iu.K-h l u i s k c l s i M i s , M j l l l l i „ u l l i r l : . c l e r k j,, w . A .

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• • IHI IUI ." I I . 9 0 0 ( U •• I " M LIMIKS. PRR sohixluto C . . IRASR •• DR lusiiranw LLL^I

fln- «ooil 90 .VJ laiUilnl ludi>bt<idlii>N.'i rrllird I I O I M I

•• LIILPN'TI ON UNIT'' 75 0U " R»-p'r* on furimevt INNL blnok

baynU.. 1H1 7K " coiiIlnu*-iit ••\|VN]«<-( » • |*T

S -hednli. |> 175 3» To lul.

Ilnbinoi' In bniiil«,ur AaMani Sobrdulft A—TKAC'lllvRS" S.VLAHI KS.

I ' a l d to Mr. nnd Mr*, F . 11. I lur-T.'I*A>. for ••ni-YVAR flluUOO

" Ilflon Klflli-, lor I I WEEKN W W " . l n « o p h ( K - u b o c l i f o r 3 n k i S639

•• •• L. N. ivilir. for «• K. |W7FT • ' " . ' • •n i l l p LL"NR>L.»L>*'. ;SI wkn 3110 75 •• •• Kill"* TOM .T, for »L W.'.-KW 3C7 75

AbbtnCuok . for 36 « I - " k » ' JC 'S I " " ( j n u - • NC IMIII , f o r 2 0 w k» . 100 AO •• '• linin NaxMxi. ror9 vri<cki. '1' W

" Kniimi IViivlliiK. T'BA'RNK 5 75 •• •• Kmlly (ioldrlnu, L 75

a. W. Iti'iiwlok, for vr-in viv-nl niiitio »»00

It has been demousli atoil time and tinio again that i: pays to I buy FURNITURE of your home merchant. WHY? IWmui.so lie

0 I , „ can. by paying cash, buy Purmhire at whulesalo jusi a> clioap 1 and has the fur ther advantage of >mallor expenses nvor iho city dealers. Xotwitlistanding ilii-' f ad many go out of town for thoir

1 goods anti pay fancy prices. To such people I have thi.s to say: 1 ran and will compote with all honest competition.

M y s t o c k of F U R N I T U R E , F i n e a n d

H e a v y S H O E S i s s t r i c t l y u p t o d a t e j *

and will be sold at prices which will keep them moving with the times.

m v m * »Tii w

wooa JO N-li.-luI." n .1 AM TO US' WAUKS.

I ' a l i l to W. S. Morion, for our ywir, ccninii LOHNOL # -.MIUI

N . l u l l IIIS-t INI.T yr. 15 HI KN^L KnlkiT, norili

»PllO hill

45 I I I • 20U 00

SHiiilnb' f—TKXT HOOKS. I'Ald lo Sllvnr. Unnlottf A 18«»

" " lloiiKlilxii. Mimin A CO,. 17 00 •• LLIMIRX n.ILL .v, I O IOOO " • ' ULLIN A C.. . . #0 85. #11 03 . ".•I !M " •• Seoll. Kop-.nmn A ( " o . . . . 4 SO

" Muynnnl , Morrill A Co., M S I . 13 00

" •• L>. E . ILL-HILL A OO., FL3 III, •108

•• Aincrlniu llookCu., TISHII • I B 00

•• " A. C, .M.fluru A Co •• " II. It. PiiUinijdll •• •• W I T I N T Hook Co " ' .MHI-M U U I I A CO " PROLSLIT innl DNTYIIK? on anuii'

" 1106 37 Stibcdulo I ) - C O N T I X O K N T K X I ' K N S K S .

I ' u l d to C I M I W ' l u r d . AL'HVOTIKLKK.I 9 28 •• •• Mnrjorli' UowUnir, inkliiK

(•••iisii* •• Monlrtaiii'OI»I<rvi'r,<prliit

TN*^ IIML ntnllonery •• •• .1. I". W i l ium , for liibor .

" I ' . I I . Iluru"--". Muidryws-OX lOJH.'M'S

" " WDI. Tlili'niiin. niiifon wk •• oi<. Kktorllng. MirlpiiiL'

nuitlr L*ir» " Knmk S.iiidi>n. 4iiillliinl»

mid work •• !•;. K. Lyon blackbonixl

inmi-RS " •• ('olOinnn A D.-iuii*. n -

4 80

15 IU

I I 70 75

1 5(1 >• W

22 82 2 00

5 0 0

28 82 7 00

i :t8 II -T

imlrinu' pump •• TbomiisClmrl'-s C<x, kln-

di-ru'trl'-n snppliiM •• Mnntiiifiip lfitrdw»m Co..

Iron work L. U. Hiplf v, •iipnU<» — MoniitKiio Iron \\ orkst<>; for work

" Kn-lclii puid, i>xcliinixf mid pnnlHire

•• A. K. llonrOwnll. tnpplli-k •• TniitiH1* Pitib}'terliinuh.

for n-ni Tbot>. linynor, mippll'-s..

•• 11. II. 'PenvilUifor, scrvlcoa ii< (lin'otot Krli'wiu. Sti-iTi- A Co., for Ininlx'r

3 0 0

4 00

800

3 0 0

7 7 0

I 40 I 10

0 07

4 50 5 $15

5 00 8 7S

50 00

S01 T 175 3 J

l);ii il Mont IVIH', Mleblgnn. July lOtb. 1800. I I . I I . T K I I W I L M O K I I . Dlraolor. W. IC. Ohmi'n Modnnitor. I. S. ( AI.KIK. Aaacuxor.

• 'Our baby was sick fo r a m o n t h with severe cough nnd c a t a r r h a l f eve r . Al-though we t r ied many remedies she kep t ge t t i ng worse unt i l we used One M i n u t e Cough Cure—it le l icved a t at once a n d cured her in a fe.v d a y s . " —H. L. N a n c e , I ' r in , High School , Blufl 'dale, T e x a s . C. I'". H o f f m a n .

F o r Sa le . T w o t e a m s fo r sa le c h e a p . Ages 6

a n d (i yea r s r e s p e c t i v e l y . We igh t of e a c h t e a m 2.200 a n d 2.-1U0. T e r m s , good a p p r o v e d n o t e s or e x c h a n g e for c a t t l e . Also t w o s e t s of h a r n e s s a n d t w o l u m b e r wagons . E n q u i r e of Nels Micke l son ,

ONE PRICE TO ALL.

D I C K H A A N .

We are Showing this week a splendid line of high grade

^ B U G G I E S

Also some very pretty designs in

CROCKERY WARE.

M O N T A G U E H A R D W A R E GO.

A

Y O U N G M E N A N D W O M E N wbo de . . r i r o. mnkiiiK lliolr own way In ilio world, Miould ''Y'"* Dgnlo Uio inerlla ol lhl» >cUool. Kvorj coinp < nt Brtiduotc n"«l̂ lc<l lo » poslilon. li you are m oatn. est. wrlsc fur prorpcclui of dllfiToin dupnmoonli. Adilrc""

E. C. B1SSON. , , rrincioal nnd Proprietor.

Muskceou. Mich,

C H I C A G O Jilll"' 18. 1800'

A. M. I I 15 10 40 10 20 0 55 0 60 0 10 0 15

11 50 I ' . M .

I'. M 0 25 8 95 8 2.' 7 55 7 6 0 7 15 5 05

11 15 A. >1

A N D WEST MICHIGAN R Y.

Kodol D y s p e p s i a C u r e . Digests what you eat. It art! flciallydl gests the food and aids

Nature In strengthening and recon-structing the exhausted digestive or-gans. It Is t he latest disco vere<I digest-ant and tonic. No other preparation can approach It lo efllciency. It in-stantly relieves and permanently cures

I Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn, Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea. SickHcadach6,Gastralgia,Cramps,and Ml other resultsof imperfectdlgestlon.

''r«e Ted by E. C OcWKt A Co.. Cblcage. j L. G. Ripley, M o n t a g u e . Mich.

Ar.

Lv.

Lv .

A . M . 1 IVntwatc-r Lv. 5 15 I 35 , P O R a l l lluri 0 15 .'08 , , , 1 , Shelby 037 2?7; lCIDdSOf Mouliieiic 7 05 2 5FT I W LILLI-LIULL 7 I O 3 00 I Miuki'JWU AR. 7 55 3 50 ( i n i n d l luven Chl»i]{0 Ar.

M. TecKBH, A I F nl.

Montnitnc,

I I 43 10 31 :

5 15 T 20 i

I ' M , A M ' UKO. D K I I A V K X ,

OT'U, I'LL.** A M ' n t . ( i n i n d It-ipidn.

&'cyo/o NTO5 SPepa/nn# c,,eal,15'

Call at The Whitehall Wheel Works, Colby St.

j7o/»n (ftrtcAson, *Prcp.

ZPctoskcy,

Charlevoix,

City

Traiii Time and Round Trip Rates. Reg. t ra in Spec, t r a i n Reg. t r a i n

I ' , M. 1 46 1 67

77, rauerse

jCOW ffiate E x c u r s i o n

i . K A V E A. M. P. M. G r a n d Rapids • . . . , 7 30 12 16 Rridge s t ree t . . . . . . . 7 37 12 22 I). \ M. Cross ing. , 7 45 Mill Creek 7 50 A l p i n e 7 5U Englia | jvll le •

S p a r t a 8 ll« K e n t City X Ift Casnov la 8 20 B d l e y H 82 G r a n t . N 41 N e w a y g o H AM W h i t e Cloud • li5 1 4 5 Ih lc ly • 9 45 Ba ldwin 10 15 2"% Travei-se Oily . . .Ar. 12 l" 5 (JO T r a v e r s e City . . L v . 1 00 5 00 Char l evo ix . Ar . 3 15 7 16 Pe toskey . .Ar . 3 45 7 45 Bay V i e w . .Ar . 3 65 7 66

P. M. P. M,

•a iu

6 85 0 40 H 8K S 16 H 20

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I ' o n t w a t e i H u r t

A. M. \ r,

< •. r.

A U G U S T 2 9

Mears . o Shelby N e w Era Ro thbnry Mon tagno Whi leha l l

V I A

We Haic some E x c e l l e n t Lands for Sale

„ J a c o b s , of T h o m p s o n , C o o n . P r o m p t . s l i e U J a S t w e e k

In u s wurst fo rm. We though t -be P e a s a n t , uevor e n p e - t b e y euro con-

think of, O.n no th ing * e m « r f V d o ' b a a • 1 1 0 , 1 M l , d K i v e > 0 " c U ' x u b o o J - s U" a '1> *oy gootl. 1 u w by nd advertiMOK-nt I , , e l , v e 9 ' * e , ®i l r

t Ib ™ , l , a i l d : i •M>

m o a r p « i ^ r t h a t C b n a b e r U i l i ' l C e l i e . ^ P H o f f m a n U n d e r * a n d Dia r rhoea ReiDcd\ «:LS H u r i n g t b e civi l w a r . as well ;is in oRhly rec>»fliiiaei d e d nud sent a n d got o u r l a i e w a r with S p a i a . d i x r r h o e a was

a oou ie at once. Ii proved to be one of t b e mos i t r oub le some d i s e a s e s yt te* vi-ry best medic ines we eve r b u d iho a n u y b a d to c o n i e n d with. In in Uie house . I t saved my little d a u g h - many i n s t a n c e s it became ch ron i c a n d te r s life. I am aux ious fo r every t h e tdd so ld ie rs s t i l l s u f f e r f r o m it- M r . roomer to know what an exce l len t med-1 D a v i d Tay lo r , of Wind Rid^t-. G r r e n e ictne it is Had I kuowu it a t first i l j Co. . is c u e . r t n e s e . H e uses C h a m -won id have Navoct me a g rea t d e a l of b e r l a i n ' s Colic, C h o l e m ai d D i a r r h o e a anxivl* a n d my UtUe d . u i t h l e r m n H , H e n m l v a k d savs be w v r r f o u n d a u y -d u A B n a s . - \4Hirs t r tdy . Mies. ( i u . . F. 1 t h i n g t h a i wnald g ive h im s u d i relief.

For s a l e by It is for sa I Cist .

Born , to Mr . a n d M r s . W m . V a n d e n -

burg , a boy.

Wi les M u n r o r a n a p i t ch fo rk in to b is hai d w hile t b r e s b l n z o n e d a y last w eek.

Mr. Upson los t one of his horses last wreck.

T h e fa:.t a n d Sea wort liv r.i-M-i-.gur S teamei

Mabel Bradshaw.

West TT/ichigan

West Olive A g n e w G r a n d Haven Fe r ry sbn rg Lake H a r b o r •••••••••••.••••a.* •••••••

.Muskegon I l e lgh l s u 7 05 7 30 H \f ,

• 2#

u s ? ft Up 7 0.3 7 1(1

« 20 « M U 41 <( 44

no

R A I L W A Y -

Muskegon Hig Hapids .J unci ion ! H o l t o u . . . . , . . . , R r t i n s w i e k Reeman F r e m o n t Whi le ("loud Wbi to Cloud i T r a v e r s e City Charlevoix Pe toskey Day View

• S t o p on S igna l .

A ' I A

Ar. . . .Ar. . . .Ar. . . A r .

N 46 » 10 9 25 •J 4n A 15 A 46 3 55

P M

L e a v e s C H I C A G O

Monday. Wednesday, Friday at6S0p-m-

L e a v e s Whi t eha l l

BTKDICK. L i l* r t* . R 1 C v H o f f m a n . i H u g g i s t .

Y o u a s s u m e no risk wnen you buy j ChHmbvrbUirs Colfc. Cholern and D i a r r b o e s R e m e d y . C. F . H o f f m a n , will r o f u u d you r mmiev if yon a.^e n o i sat isf ied a f t e r us ing It. Il is evcry-wli»*ro a d m i t ' e d lo he the most success 1

f n l r e m e d y in use f«»r Imwel cocnpiaints 1 by C. F- H o f f u i a n . l)i nj;- ;tiid t i n - o n l j o n e l h a t never f a i l - . It [

1 is p l e . u a n t . s a f e a n d re l iab le

Sunday. Tuesday. Thursday

A r n v i n g a t Chicago bufore

af e. OO p. a

6: I .<0 H . N I

S i n g l e Kan ?> 00 R u n n d T r i p S-j.00

U / c J c e t s S o o d / 5 ' D a y j .

Best Chance of the Season to Visit the north Country

RATE $4.00 FROM ALL STATIONS.

R E T U R N L I M I T ^ . E I ' T - v l t U

T i c k e t - f r o m .Station- \S eM. ' . j l i r i - to M cbwive. will bo G IMKL to retniM ria G r a n d RMpldn 'AIUL Waverly.

S tops will br m a d e a t Da ' id f f ln . Mauhto** Crosning and T h o m p s o n v i l l e a n d and r . t pr inc ipal a ' j i if- .ns lu-r tb of T r a v e r s e City to le t off pa'iaengrrM who do no t wish to go t h r o n g b to P e U t a k e j . f l a g g n g r will be cbeefced 10 an eh s t a t i o n s on a p p h e a i i o n t o baggageiuMn at f l a r l i i i f p o i n t . ^

J . K V . A G N E W . G E O D K H A V K X ,