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The firm of Terwilliger & M •• Naughtoii have dissolved partuerehip and business will be continued by me. All nccoiin h to be paid lo me.

ThHtiking you for past favors and soliciting jmir future patronage, am Yours Respectully,

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Special Offer to o a r Re nders .

The Lowell LEDOKR, Twicea-Week Detroit Free Prewj, and the Free Prens Annual Year B'M>k and Encyclopedia for 1899, a valuable book of over 550 pages that tells you all you wmt to know. Over 35.000 of the 1898 issue were sold at 25c each. It is the m««t popular book of

, the kind ever publUhedY For fur ! ther particulars see adverlii i another page of this issue.

HAD HOW IN Y E R G E N N E S .

The Lohk Drawn out Treasury-De-

f ic i t Mat t e r Still In t h e Ring.

A serious altercation occurred on

the premises ot John 0 . Dennis in

Vergennes, Tuesday forenoon, with

Mr. Dennis and Peter McPherson as

the main actors, and in which Attor-

ney Myron H Walker and Mrs. Den

nis participated to some extent.

The trouble grew out of the loss of

the Vergennes township funds in the

IN MKMOKIAM.

An Old Soldier Gone.

Oscar A. Robinson died at bis home in this village on Friday, Feb.

3. Funeral services were held at bis

lute residence Sunday conducted by Rev. Mar-hall.

Oscar A. Robinson was born in

1828 at Ratuvia. N. , ami removed

with his parents to Ann Arbor, Midi,

in 1833 where he grew to manhaod,

removing to Manchester when he whs Church bank, Mr. Dennis being; 25 years old. He was married in

township treasurer st that time. The j November, 1854, to Lucinda R.

progress of settlement of this matter , Hunt and in the spring of 1855 they

isement on

Don't Forget

B I C Y C L E R I D E B R .

March 1st we will havefor your

inspection the

Crescent Rambler

•nd ColutnUa Bicycles.

lliey are all

Beauties.

C-Lw Up-to-date and

1 The S T E E L R A N G E bo14 by R.

B . Boylan is a better Range and q x

sells for less money and is fully ty

warranted and ^old on wwy terms ^

Yours,

R. B. BOYLAN.

Silwrwarc,

Uflwlry,

Clocks aid

t

Repairs.

1 0 0 W a t c b e s

t o s e l e c t f r o m . T e a S e t s , a n y n u m b e r of

p ieces . S i l v e r N o v e l t i e s , R i n g s ,

C h a i n s a n d B r a c e l e t s . Oh i lds S e t s . ^ T R o g - e r s B r o s . T a b l e w a r e

[1847.

HIGBY8, The progrefsive Jeweler.

If you want au Up-to Date Oar Fall Soitiigs

are now in. Handreds of » pies t o aelect f rom.

Suit of Clothes^ P r t l l t O P P A N T S

or

P f l L L O V E R O O r t T .

H - i - K

2 S S

I can fit yon oat in finest Koods a t priooH tha t are r ight .

B. C. Smith. "If Smith makes 'em Ihoy flt."

rtN C L E O f l N T L O T O P N

Carriages, Buggies, Phaetons Surrey's and Family Rigs

Juat received, a« tine as silk and we will s

prices that will astonish the oldest inhab^

el' I

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them

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H. NASH. O a t h Brl4x,

L O W B L L , M I C H I G A N .

Ol iver Chi l led Plows, S t n d e b a h e r Wageas,

A a H c n l t a r a l iMplewenU I

has l>et'n mentioned from time to

time in this paper and need not be

dwelt upon here. A portion of the

taxpayers seemed to favor raising

the deficiency by tsxation and otbeis

propose to have the bondsmen foot

the bill; and Mr. Walker is their a t

torney. Mr. McPherson is a leader

of the latter party. On Tuesday morning Mr. Walker

came to Lowell, meeting Mr. McPber-

• >n by appoiuttpent and the two

proceeded.to the home of Mr. Dennis,

where an encounter tool^f place be*

tween Dennis and McPhersoo. Mr.

Walker interfered to stop the row and

protect McPheraou and Mrs. Dennis

took hold of Walker, I t was a badly

mixed affair and as the whole mattfr

is likely to come out in the courts,

we shall not attempt any particulars.

Messrs, Walker and McPherson re-

turnen to Lowell and the latter took

the first train to Grand Rapids Mr Walker found Deputy Sheriff

Morse and returning to the Dennis

place left the papers to serve which

he had gone in the morning.

A Lie Mailed.

The trust that the publisher of this

paper has reposed in its correspond

ents and contributors, was last week

betrayed and our last Issue was made

the innoccnt instrument of peri^tra-

ting a libel upon Mr. and Mrs

Claude Lane, for whom it has ever

entertained but the kindest of feelings.

While this is true, the LEPOEK is

legally the responsible party in the

matter, and while disavowing all in-

tent to injure the people in question,

or any others at any time, it . heerful'

ly accepts the responsibility and here-

by apologises for the slander convey-

ed by the innocent appearing item,

the second on page eight of our issue

of Feb. 2, 1899. As for the person

who either foolishly or maliciously

has placed us in this position, we hope

never to see or speak to him again,

unless he comes prepared to acknow-

ledge his error and to accept the mor.

al responsibility for the offense which

now rests upon us. F . M . JOHNSON,

Publisher Lowell ledger.

HALF R A T E S TO D E T R O I T

T h e Grand Trunk Railway System will Ibhiic excurnion tickets from all iih sntlotiB 1

in MIchiKHn to Detroit uml return at u Single Fare for the Bound Tr ip on account of the Michigan Club Annual Meeting and Banquet at Detroit, February 22. Tickets will be sold for all trains on February 21 and for the morning trains of Feb. 22 and valid lo return on all t rains up to and in-cluding February 23,1899. T h i s gires a good opportunity to visit Detroit at a cheap rate t h u season of the year and the public should avail tiiemaelvea of the opportunity.

Clubbing List . We will furnish THE LOWELI, LED

UER in combination with the follow-ing papers lor 1899, the price given being in each case for two papers, ours and the one named.

Michigan Farmer (weekly) |1.50 New York Tribuau (weekly; 1.25 Detroit Free Press (semi-weekly) 1.70 New York World (iri-weekly) 1.70 Grand Rapids Herald, 1.60

(semi-weekly) Other papers and magazines fur*

nished to our patrons at wholesale rates.

A man might as well try to put a quart of water into a pint measure as to make a better haroeas than oar famous Oak Tanned hand made har-ness, Before purchasing it is for your interest to call and look at our goods. Brown & Sehler,

Genuine home-made bread "like mother makes" at Bush's bakery.

came to Loweli where they have al-

ways lived except a few years which

they spent in Grand Rapids, In 1861

he enlisted in Co. D in the old 3d

Reg., being in the first battle of Bull

Run. He was discharged July 29,

1861. for disability. He afterwards

re-enlisted in August '64 and was dis-

charged in Au^ '65. After his r e

enlistment he was appointed principal

musician He has been for the past

twenty years an inval :d and confined

to the house a great deal of this lime

H - leaves a widow and four children:

Frank H. Robinson, of Grand Rap-

ids. Lizzie Robinson and Mrs. Carrie

Shaw, of Muskegon, and Bertha M.

Robinson, of Grand Rapids, all of

whom were present a t the funeral

obsequies as were Mr. and Mrs. H. £ .

Hogan, of £outh Board man, Mrs. H.

E . Whilacre, of E k Rapids and Miss

Anna Daniels, of Lansing. *

Aged Levi Hall.

Levi Hall died at the home of his

daugliter, Monday afterocon, at the

91 yei|pi Mrs. Hall died a short time

ago, and the sad event preyed upon

the old man's mind until he became

mentally irresponsible for his acts.

Last Friday afternoon he attempted

to commit suicide by cutting his

throat; but was discovered in the

act and his life temporarily saved.

Monday morning, he jumped

through his upstairs window and fell

to the ground receiving injuries from

which he died that afternoon.

Funeral services were held at the

house yesterday afternoon, conducted

bv Rev. H Mar-hall.

M r s . B u s h .

Mrs. Bush an aged lady, who will

be better known as the mother of Mrs.

Shelton of Cascade, died at her daugh-

ter's home, Sa urday, Feb. 4. Fun-

eral services were held at the Snow

M. E. church on Monday. Mrs.

Bush was born iu 1815 and died of

old age.

Mrs. Jay J . Evans.

Mrs. Evans died of heart disease at

her home in Vergennes, February 5,

at the nge of 35 years. She leaves a

husband and an aged father. Fuu-

em I services were held at the Gorman

o arch in this village, yesterday af

terntou.

M r s . M o o r s .

Mrs. A. P . Moors, wife of the pas-

tor of the Lowell M. E . church im-

mediately proceeding the present,

died at her home in Ovid on Saturday

after a lingering illness. Funeral

services were held on Tuesday and

the remains were taken to Greenville

for burial. Mrs. Phila Clark of this

place was with Mr. Moor's family lor

many weeks and but recently return-

ed home when she was succeeded at

the bedside by Mrs. M. J. Painter,

another old filend.

Duiiy D y g e r t .

The infant child of Mr. and Mrs.

L . A. Dygert of South Lowell died,

Monday, Feb. 6, of pneumonia.

Funeral services were hold on Wed-

nesday.

M r s W a l t r

Sarah A. Waltz died of pneumonia

at her home in Ada, Friday, l'«b. 3, at the age of 71 years. Funeral serv-

ices were held at the Ada M. E. church, conducted by the pastor.

O W B B

Che Puzzle

of Cife

ie how to sustain life.

W e can help you keen warm by selling you your C O A L .

We have both Soft and Hard Coals.

We deliver to any par t of the city.

T A K E A P E E P A T O U R

' 9 9 C L E V E L A N D B I C Y C L E .

Your- Friends,

KLARK & KLARKo K K - K K H A R D W A R E .

3 B & B 2 ?

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L O W E L L P L A N I N G H I L L ,

FRANK R. E C K E R , P r o p .

MAHUFAOTTmBBS OP:—Buh, Doors. Bllndi, I'ramsa lor Doon, Wladowi tad BorNU, Ez* hibitlun and Shipping Ooopa lot Poaltry, Driad Apple borei, Woodaa BaTe Tronfhi. ato- 00

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H O M E N E W S .

Clyde Barnes of Grand Rapids was in town Sunday, *

Born—To Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Denniie, Feb. 2, a 9lD. son.

Mrs. Emma Deane of Grand Rap-ids is visiting relatives and friends in Lowell.

Mrs. Josephine Kelly and little son, Hugh, of Colfax, la., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J . D. Kelly.

J . E. Haughwont left Monday for Now York city where he will remain two or three weeks visiting relatives.

A very pleasant surprise was given Mrs. J. C. M-M.re Monday evening b y t h i r t y of her friends, the occasion being her birthday. She was pre-sented with a handsome clock, an oak table and a chair. A very enjoyable time was had by those present.

Rev. L. N. Pattison will take for his subject Sunday morning: "The Freed man." what he was and what we have done for him. In the even-ing he will speak of lessons learned from the life of Abraham Lincoln. This is the anmversarv of the F.eed-man's aid and Southern Education Societv of M. E. church and comes on the birthday of one of America's greatest men, Abraham Lincoln, so the two events will be celebrated on the same day. Special invitation ii given to the G. A. R. and 8. of V. and all others interested in the lub-ject.

" D o n ' t T e l l T h e n W h e r e Yon P o u n d He."

The above is the name of a new 1 song issued on the following incident: The Rev. Thns. Delnney, when Chap-lain of a Nrge State Penitentiary, while parsing through the Hospital Ward was called to the bedside of a dying c nvict. The last words of this unfortunate youth were: "Father, I see you do not know me, but yon know me well and my family. I will die to-night." I prepared his soul'a exit into eternity and whilst his hands were clasped in mine his last request was made: "In my dying moment promise me what I will ask." I her* gave him my word; he then revealed his parentage who thought him dead. "Now give me your word that you will send my body home, but don't tell them where you found ma." I sent the body home to another State t

but they never knew where I found h i m . T H E GROENE M u s i c ^ P u B L i s a -

i n o Co., 32 E. Fifth StreetfCincinna-ti, Ohio, will send the above song to any address for 20 cents in silver or Btantps, regular price 50 cents.

Notice to Tax Payers .

The township taxes are now due and pay-

able at my office in the sto'e of A.

Coonb. Hakvev J . Coons, Township I'rea*.

The best 40c tea in Michigan al Bergin's Try a pound and if not satisfied get your money back. This is "straight goodsi" 254U I

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An ocaLbl ' s b i l l Is uj- l l o afTect t h e

• y w l g h t .

F A B M A N D ( M R J ) E N .

M A T T E R S O F I N T E R E S T

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

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T A L M A C E ' S S E U M O N .

1 ' A B U S E O F T R U S T F U N D S , "

S U N D A Y ' S S U B J E C T .

••nm# r p - t o - D n t * Mint* Abont Cnl-

iHntlon of lha Snll RDd TleliU

T h r r r u f — l l n t i l c a l t a r s , TUIcaltnr* • n d

Flarlrultartti

T h e s tnge h a n d t h a t c a n ' t b t cured

shoa'.d bo insured .

B o n o people feci s o r r y f o r folVs

b r e a k up a n d h a v e l o r o t o work-

D e a t h br ln t rs to s o m e people t h e

• n l y rejkl l u o w l e d g e of l i fe t hey eve r

h a d .

A c e r t a i n a m o u n t of iRnnranco is

n e c e s f a r y to t h e e n j o y m e n t of o u r ex-

i s t ence .

'TCIione T r a i t Mmll Ho • Hpldei'a

Web"—Job, Chitplrr VIII, Vrntw 1 4 —

Kaiikrr* Hid Uxttycr* A i « U U o a

Bum* Uuotl Advlco .

E v e r y m o t h e r t h i n k s t h e r e i s n o b a b y on e a r t h l ike h e r o w n , a n d e v e r y

o t h e r m o t h e r is g lad of i t

W i t h seed less g r a p e s a n d o r a n g e s a l -

r e a d y a succcss , in t i m e science m a y

procee".' en f a r as t o p roduce a seed les s

a p p e n d i c i t i s .

T h e la tes t a l leged i nven t ion by T e s l a

I s a m e t h o d of c u r i n g disfRses . T h e

p a t i e n t is rel ieved of bac te r i a by h a v -i n g seve ra l mi l l ion vo l t s of e l ec t r i c i ty

s e n t t h r o u g h h i s sy s t em. T h i s Is

s h o c k i n g .

C a p t a i n M a h a n , in t he E n g i n e e r i n g

Magaz ine , w r i t i n g u p o n the du t i e s a n d

r e spons lb l lU le s w h i c h devolve upon

t h i s na t ion in i t s t r e a t m e n t of I t s n e w flependencies. says , a m o n g o t h e r s u g -

g e s t i o n s : " M a t e r i a l l y , t he In t e r e s t of

t h e n a t i o n Is one w i t h Its benef icence;

b u t If t h e Ideas g e t inver ted , a n d t h e n a t i o n sees in Its n e w respons ib i l i t i e s

first of nil, m a r k e t s a n d profi ts , w i t h

i n c i d e n t a l r e s u l t a n t benef i t to t h e n a -

t ives , i t will go w r o n g . " E n g l a n d d id

t h i s , h e con t inues , a n d lost t he Un i t ed

S t a t e s , a n d impe r i l ed h e r power in I n -

d ia , ou t I n d i a a n d E g y p t today t e s t i f y t o t he nob i l i t y of h e r r epen tance .

S p a i n r e p e n t e d n o t T h e examples a r e

b e f o r e u s . "

C o m p l a i n t s f r o m fore ign i m p o r t i n g

c o n c e r n s of t h e cond i t i on In which t h e y

r ece ive A m e r i c a n co t ton a r e by n o m e a n s I n f r e q u o n t . T h e s e rompla ln tB

h a v e b r o u p h t f o r t h a suggeytion f r o m

t h e P h i l a d e l p h i a C o m m e r c i a l m u s e u m s t o t h e effpet t h a t p a c k e r s and s h i p p e r s would p r o b a b l y find i t to t h e i r a d v a n -t a g e t o be m o r e p a r t i c u l a r in b a l i n g

t h e i r c o t t o n f o r s h i p m e n t ab road . I n

a l e t t e r of r ecen t d a t e a la rge c o t t o n a n d y a r n h o u s e a t Osaka , J a p a n , s a y s

t h a t t h e A m e r i c a n ba les are t oo b u l k y . ,

a n d a r e ve ry Inconven i en t t o dea l w i t h , w h i l e t h e D o m b a y co t ton , a l -

t h o u g h of d i f f e r e n t qua l i ty , is p a c k e d

i n less bu lk a n d m o r e conven ien t ly f o r h a n d l i n g .

Clovrr for filrh

In every c a s e w e would say b o w clover every t i m e you sow s m a l l g ra in ,

even If you wi l l be compel led to plow i t u p the fall a f t e r it is s o w n , says W a l -lace ' s F a r m e r . Keep your l and f u l l ot g r a s s roo t s s o a s to p r e v e n t n i t r o g e n f r o m being w a s h e d a w a y d u r i n g wet Eeasons.

Th i s k ind of t r e a t m e n t will cure t h e k ind of s i c k n e s s t h a t r e s u l t s f r o m suc-cessive g r a i n f a r m i n g , a n d w« p resen t It now n o t b e c a u s e It is a n y t h i n g new. in fact , we h a v e ^aid t h e eame t h i n g over d o w n s of t i i ne i In t h e last t en years , bu t f o r t h e s a k e of some t h o u s -a n d s of n e w s u b s c r i b e r s t o whom we h a v e neve r p r e sen t ed it before , i t is on? of t h o s e s t o r i e s t h a t will bear te l l -ing a good m a n y t imes , fo r t he f a c t is t h a t t h e r e i s m o r e s ick l and iu t h e wes t t h a n s ick people.

T h e r e a r e p o r t i o n s of l and on a l m o s t every f a r m t h a t a r e n o t exac t ly sick. T h e fac t Is, t hey were n e v e r well , but c a n be p r o u g h t Into v igorous a n d a b o u n d i n g h e a l t h wi th g r e a t profi t t o t he f a r m e r if h e will g ive t h e m his un-

divided a t t e n t i o n and do a l i t t le ac-t ive work. W e re fe r to s loughs a n d

swales , m o r e o r less of which a r e found on e v e r y f a r m . T h e soil of t he se Is black, h a s p l en ty of h u m u s , an ex-

cess of It In f a c t , b u t t h e t roub le Is t h a t it is d r o w n e d ou t . I t is fu l l of wate r most of t h e y e a r , which excludes t h e air , a n d t h e r e f o r e p r e v e n t s t he de-compos i t ion of t h i s v e g e t a b l e m a t t e r , p reven t s t h e p l a n t s f r o m us ing it. a n d hence will g row only r a n k , roarso , he rbage t h a t can l ive u n d e r hard con-di t ions . S o m e t h i n c m a y be done fo r t h e s e l a n d s by s e t t l n s t h e m to a l s ike c lover a n d k e e p i n g t h e coarse g rasses m o w n off u n t i l t h e a l s ike becomes es-t ab l i shed . If t h e s e coarse g ra s se s a r e m o w n off a couple of t lm»s a yea r a n d

a l s ike is g i v e n a chance , t h e i r r oo t s

will decay. T h i s will g ive t he wa t e r a chance to s o a k down ins tea ' 1 of be ing held on t o p a n d will m e a s u r a b l y dry o u t t he l and . T h e only r emedy , h o w - j

ever , t h a t Is p e r m a n e n t Is t h a t of t i le d r a i n a g e , wh ich m e a n s s imply lower-i n g the w a t e r level to t h e e x t e n t of t h e

p e r i m e n t s t a t i o n h a s b e e n k e e p i n g a

c a r e f u l o b s e r v a t i o n u p o n t h e o c e u r -r c n c e of t h e d i s e a s e s o t d o m e s t i c a n i -m a l u in t he s t a t e , a n d a br ief s u m m a r y

of t h e c o n d i t i o n s fo r t h e p a s t y e a r a r e u fo l lows : T h e g r e a t e s t loss h a s been

caused by h o g cho le ra . T h e d i sease

h a s been g e n e r a l a l l o v e r t h e s t a t e , b u t h a s n o t so c o m p l e t e l y d e v a s t a t e d a l l t h e h e r d s In a g i v e n loca l i t y , a s Is

o f t e n t h e case . T h e t o t a l loss Is p rob -ab ly m o r e t h a n 900,000 h o g s , v a l u e d a t m o r e t h a n $3,000,000. T h e d i sease h a s

s u b s i d e d s o m e w h a t at t h e p r e s e n t t ime . T h e t w o m o s t s k i l l f u l a r c b l t c c t s In T h e s t a t ion h a s used 4.300 p o u n d s o t t h e wor ld a r e t h e bee a n d t h e sp ider ,

" g u a r a n t e e d c h o l e r a c u r e s " In t h e pas t T h e one pu t s u p a sug. i r m a n u f a c t o r y t w o y e a r s , w i t h o u t finding a p rac t i ca l B n ( i t ^ e o t h e r b u i l d s a s l a u g h t e r h o u s e

r e m e d y . fo r files. On a b r i g h t s u m m e r m o r n -C a t t l e w e r e a f fec ted by an u n u s u a l j n g w h e n t h e s u n comes o u t a n d

n u m b e r of d i seases . C o n t a g i o u s sore gj j ines u p o n t h e sp ide r ' s web, bedeck -e y e s ex is ted a s an ep idemic d u r i n g t h e e ( i ( j C W f ^ g o s s a m e r s t r u c t u r e

l a t e s u m m e r . W h i l e It did n o t c a u s e > 6 W n , s b r i g h t e n o u g h fo r a s u s p e n s i o n m a n y f a t a l i t i e s . I t r e s u l t e d In m u c h b r i d g e f o r a e r i a l be ings to c r o s s on . loss In d e l a y i n g t h e f a t t e n i n g process

a n d in a d i m i n i s h e d flow of mi lk . A few weeks l a t e r an e p i d e m i c of so re foo t and m o u t h d i sease occu r red , a l so caus ing cons ide rab l e loss. W i t h i n t he

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g r e a t bubb l e of A m e r i c a n specu l a t i on . T h e m e n who t h o u g h t t h a t t h e Judg-m e n t d a y w a s a t l eas t f v e t h o u s a n d y e a r s Y f f . f o u n d i t In 1898 o r 1897 o r 1896; a n d t h i s n a t i o n h a s been t a u g h t t h a t m e n m u s t k e e p t h e i r h a n d s o u t of o t h e r peop l e ' s pocke t s . G r e a t bus ines s -es b u i l t on b o r r o w e d cap i t a l h a v e been o b l i t e r a t e d , a n d m e n w h o h a d n o t h i n g h a v e lo s t a l l t hey b a d . I be l ieve wc a r e s t a r t e d on a h i g h e r c a r e e r of p r o s -p e r i t y t h a n t h i s l a n d h a s eve r s e e n , if . a n d If, a n d If-

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A m i s s i o n a r y In one of t he I s l a n d s of t h e Pacif ic p r e a c h e d on d i s h o n e s t y , a n d t h e n e x t m o r n i n g h e looked o u t of h i s w i n d o w , a n d h o saw h i s y a r d f u l l of g o o ^ i of a l l k inds . H e w o n -de red . a n d a s k e d t h e c a u s e of a l l th i s . " W e l l . " s a id t h e na t i ve s , " o u r g o d s t h a t w e h a v e been w o r s h i p i n g p e r m i t UK t o s t ea l , bu t . a c c o r d i n g to w h a t y o u sa id y e s t e r d a y , t h e God of heaven a n d e a r t h will n o t a l l o w th i s , so we b r i n g back all t h e s e goods, a n d we a s k you

t o he lp us In t a k i n g t h e m to t he p l a c e s w h e r e t h e y b e l o n g . " If n e x t S a b b a t h

a l l t h e m i n i s t e r s in A m e r i c a s h o u l d p reach s e r m o n s on the abuse of t r u s t f u n d i , a n d on t h e ev i l s of p u r l o i n i n g , a n d t h e s e r m o n s w e r e a l l b lessed of God, a n d r e g u l a t i o n s w e r e m a d e t h a t

a l l t he se t h i n g s shou ld be t a k e n t o t h e c i ty ha l l s , i t would n o t be l o n g be-fo re e v e r y c i t y ba l l In A m e r i c a wou ld be c rowded from ce l la r to cupc4a.

L e t m e cay In t he m o s t e m p h a t i c m a n n e r t o a l l y o u n g m e n . d i s h o n e s t y wil l n e v e r p a y . An abbo t w a n t e d to buy a piece of g r o u n d a n d the o w n e r would n o t sel l I t . b u t t h e o w n e r final-

ly c o n c e a l e d to l e t i t t o h i m u n l l l h e could r a i s e o n e c rop , a n d t h e a b b o t s o w e d a c o r n s , a c rop of two hundr.od y e a r s ! And I te l l you , y o u n g m a n . t h a t t h e d i s h o n e s t i e s whlqh you p l a n t in y o u r h e a r t a n d l ife wil l s eem t o bo ve ry ins ign i f i can t , bu t they will g row up un t i l t h e y wj l l ove r shadow you wi th h o r r i b l e d a r k n o s s . ove r shadow all t i m e a n d a i l e t e r n i t y . - I t will n o t be a c r o p f o r t w o h u n d r e d years , b u t a c r o p fo r e v e r l a s t i n g ages.

I h a v e a l so a word of comfor t f o r all w h o suf fe r f r o m the mal feasance of o t h e r s , a n d e v e r y honest man . w o m a n ,

IN T H E F L O W E R Y K I N G D O M .

H o w ConM He K n o w t b » E m p e r o r Vr»§?

H e r m a j e s t y . T s i A n . e m p r e s s of Ch ina , sa t iii h e r p a l a c e in t h e p u r p l e

f o r b i d d e n c i ty , w i t h h e r b r o w r e s t i n g

on h e r t h u m b a n d h e r Index finger pushed u p t h r o u g h h e r bang , s a y s t h e W a s h i n g t o n S t a r . R o u s i n g h e r s e l f p r e sen t l y f r o m h e r p r o f o u n d a b s o r p -t ion . she beckoned t o a p e a n u t - c o l o r e d

person p las t e red u p a g a i n s t t h e ye l low s i lk t a p e s t r y . " S w a t h i m . " s h e sa id ,

" w h e r e is t he e m p e r o r ? " " D a s h y o u r i gnomin ious s lave i n t o a mi l l ion a t o m s , o h . a m e t h y s t flower of t h e Ce le s t i a l k i n g d o m . " h e r e s p o n d e d , l y ing fiat o n h i s s t o m a c h b e f o r e h e r . " b u t y o u r s l ave w o t t e t h n o t . " " W o t ? " s h e

s c r e a m e d . "No , m o s t p u r p l e of o u r ye l lowes t l i l ies of t h e K a n k e e T a e

K i a n g , I do not w o t w h e r e t h e e m p e r o r

Is ." " A n d t h i s to m e ? " s h e c r ied . " M o s t b e a u t e o u s d e s c e n d a n t of t h e gods , y o u r v i l e s l ave s p e a k s b u t t h »

t r u t h , t h o u g h h e l ies h e r e on h i s v e r y

s t o m a c h . H e w o t t e t h n o t w h e r e t h e e m p e r o r i s . " " S l a v e , dog, c a n i n e ,

w r e t c h , s c u m of t h e Yel low r i v e r , d i d I n o t t e l l y o u w h a t t o d o ? " " T r u l y ,

m o s t d i v i n e of a l l t h e g e n t l e r p u r p l e peon ie s of P e k i n , a n d y o u r s l ave d i d

i t t o t h e q u e e n ' s t a s t e , so to s p e a k . " " A h a . t h e n h e i s d e a d ? " " A s a m a c k -

erel , oh, ye l low a n e m o n e of t h e c r y s t a l -

s e a . " " W h y Hest t hou , k n o w i n g t h a t

h e Is d e a d ? " " H o w t h e d ickens , m o s t m a r v e l o u s of m a n d a r i n m a t r o n s , do I

k n o w where he i s? I ' m n o f o r t u n e

t e l l e r . " "Oho, a h a . " smi l ed h e r m a j -es ty . aga in r e l a p s i n g t o t h o u g h t ; " b r i n g on a n o t h e r . "

Wat Diplomatic.

" B u t w h y on e a j l h d id y o u I n t r o d u c e — m o to y o u r aun t as Mr. D a r l i n g ? D i d y o u fo rge t t h a t It was S c r o g g s ? " " C e r -t a in ly no t , you old goose. B u t I

k n o w sho overheard m e cal l you ' d a r -

, l i ng ' a n d I w o u l d n ' t h a v e h e r t h i n k I a n d chi ld d o e s s j l l e r f r o m w h a t goes j w a s spooney f o r a l l t h e w o r l d . "

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iod CAMPriRE SKETCHES.

G O O D S H O R T S T O R I E S

T H E V E T E R A N S . F O R

Your h e a r t b e s t s over o n e b u n r j d rcd t h o u s a n d t , m e s . O n e h u n d r e d thousand s u p p l i c s o r good o r bad blood to your b r a i n . [

W h i c h Is i t ? If bad . Impure b lood, t h e n y o o r

b r a i n a c h c s . You a re t roubled with d rows ines s ye l c a n n o t s l e e p . I You a re as tired in t he morn ing a s at n igh t . You have n o nerve power . Your food d o e s you but |

little good. S t i m u l a n t s , t on i c s , b e a d a c h e j

p o w d e r s , c a n n o t c u r e y o u ; but

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will . I t m a k e s t h e l iver , k idneys , sk in and bowels per form the i r p roper work . I t r e m o v e s all Im-puri t ies f rom t h e b lood . And it m a k e s t he blood r ich in Its l ife-giving proper t ies .

To Hasten Raoovory*

You w : ' '•? i r e - rapidly cured if you v. i , k e a .axanve d o s e of A y e r ' s pil ls each n ight . T h e y a r o u s e t h e s luggish liver a n d t h u s c u r e b i l iousness .

WW/a to our Doctors. We bar* the exclasira •PrrleM Of

•otne of the nxnt •xnlneut phvilclant In the UnttMl Ktau-t WrIUtieuIr all the parUcuUii In ynarcase.

AJdrett. DB. J. C. AVER. LoweU. Mam.

M o s t w o m e n h a v e t i m e s w h e n t h e y e n oy t h i n k i n g of t h e m s e l v e s in a co f f in , w b i t n nnd b n a u t i f u l , w i t h h e a r t -b r o k e n m o u r n e r s a r o u n d h e r e x t o l l i n g b e r v i r tues .^

T h e r r e n c h Of f l ren—One of the Tea-

tare* That Mitkc the Army I'ormlilable

—Spalu'i I - l t t Hlockai le—It Uccurreil

U u n u g the Civil War.

Coninly nnil Trn-edy . If I should die nnd RO to my lonu rest.

Bomo (r l rmls no doubt would tuke tho Um-Iirs | .alns

To place ii f t w f resh flowers on my bn-aat.

And view my calm and dlgnlfled re-main*.

They then would carry mo with kindly EeM

Out where the winter i«now nnd sum-mer r a l m

Would |M it the ear th o 'er my defenseless bead—

The haddest c l rcutni tance of helnif dead.

Some ft-w warm fnei tda might drop a briny tear .

(A common ih'nit for nil of us 1 know) Or. mayhe two upon my lonely bier

(They did that much for E t g a r Allnn Toe);

But. In the merest fraei lon of a year. Not to exceed perhaps « wei-k or so.

My friends would t :y forRi'ttlns me their liest

Or think of me very much non est.

And so the man who s t ru t s alone the slreet

With lordly tread and self-lmportnnt air.

TVnn never deluns to clanee toward his feet

Retimes to see If both of them are there;

Wlio thinks the ea r th will be most In-complete

When he nt Inst Is laid nway with csre. May never know, the while he walks the

earth. How very trinin* his Intrinsic worth.

We see the names of sages dead nnd Rone

Upon the pace of h l s f r y ' s smlllns face;

Full r rany thousand, since creation's dawn.

Have made great t racks tbat no one can erase;

For ea-h (treat corpse we sadly look upon.

A greater one Is horn to t ske his p'.nce. As William Jennings Bryan, nothing

lonth To serve for Jefferson nn.l Jnck^on both.

Thl* Is n stage of t ransi tory things. As unsuhHiantlal as the snofv that

d r i f t s ; Grim d-n th gets a f t w common men nnd

kings And every seasco life's great curtain

l if ts . And time befor* the fltful footllpht

brings New actors xnd the scene forever

sh i f t s In this pathetic, comic worldly strife— The drama and th« t r a r i d y uf bto.

The French OSteer*.

One of t he f e a t u r e s which m a k e t h e F r c n c h a r m y co rps so t e r r ib l e a weap-on of a t t a c k , w h e n proper ly h a n d l e d . Is t h e la rge n u m b e r of non -commls -f l oned officers w h o h a v e won m i n o r commiss ions , such as s o u s - l i e u t e n a n t a n d cap t a in , a n d If t h e i r educa t ion is f au l t y , t h e y m o r e t h a n a t o n e fo r It by s u p e r b courage , s a y s t h e New C e n t u r y

H u n d r e d s of l ives s a v e d e v e r y y e a r Review. T h e y h o p e to win t h e i r p ro -b y h a v i n g Dr. T h o m a s ' E c l e c t r i e Oil in m o t i o n by the s w o r d a n d n o t by t h e t h e h o u s e j u s t w h e n i t i s needed . ; book. I t Is t h i s ve ry c lass of w h o m C u r e s c r o u p , h e a l s b u r n s , c u t s , w o u n d s v o n Mol tke sa id . In 1870. t h a t " w h i l e

o f e v e r y s o r t . t hey possess no o t h e r Ins t ruc t ion t h a n

For every consulate ther« are many dlscon- ^ of t he bad p r i m a r y F r e n c h In-•olates. says an onicc-soeker. _

Oh T h a t Del lc loot Coffee I Costs but le per lb. to ffrow. Sa l te r has the seed. German Coffeo Berry, pkg. 15c; J ava Coffee pkg. lac. Ba ln r ' a New Am-erican Chicory 16c. Cut this out and Mod 15o for any of above packages or send Kc and get all I p k c t . and great Ca ta -logue free to J O H N A. 8ALZKR S E E D CO., La Croaae, Wis. [w.n.]

"The stars are peeping." says a poet. Well, t ha t ' s what the peephole In the drop-curtain Is for.

n a t u r a l qual i t ies , a p ro fe s s iona l knowledge w h U h m u s t be c o n s t a n t l y advanc ing , a s t ron; : , cu l tu red in t e l l i -gence . bu t . a b o v e a l l , t h o sp i r i t of r e -flection. of ca lcu lh t lon—in a word , t h a phi losophica l s p i r i t . "

Hpaln's Last l l lorkade.

T h e Outlook gives a n I n t e r e s t i n g s t o r y of the Span i sh a d m i n U i r a t l o n , w h e n , du r ing our civil war . t h e E m -peror Napoleon fo rmed the Ingen ious p lan of un i t ing E u r o p e a n n a t i o n s in a c h a n g e of i n t e rna t iona l l a w s g o v o m -I n s blockades . T h e a d m i r a l t y l a w of t h e world at present e x t e n d s t h e j u r i s -dic t ion (if a n y na t ion fo r one m a r i n e l eague f i vm its shores, if , t h e r e f o r e , a n y blockade r u n n e r could gel w i th in t h r e e miles of J a m a i c a . C u b a o r P o r t o Rico , h e w a s safe f r o m a n y In t e r fo r -ence f rom our b lockad ing fleet.

Napoleon proposed t h a t , i n s t ead of o n e league, t he l l tnff of local sove r -e ign ly should be ex tended to t h r e e leagues f rom shore, a n d h e pe r suaded the Span i sh m i n i s t e r to come Into h i s p lan .

Such an ex tens ion of n e u t r a l l i m i t s would havo g r e a t l y h inde red t h o ope r -a t i o n s of o u r b lockad ing fleets. All t ho nepo l la t ions were conduc ted w i t h g rea t secrecy, bu t o r d e r s w e r e sen t f r o m Spain to t he W e s t Ind ies . In-s t ruc t inR au thor i t l rB t h e r e t o e x t e n d th ree fo ld t h e r a n g e of t h e i r d o m i n i o n o v e r t he sea . T h e s e o r d e r s h a d a l -r e a d y gone w h e n H o r a t i o P e r r y , t h e A m e r i c a n s e c r e t a r y of l ega t ion , go t wind of t he t r e ache ry of o u r a l ly .

Mr. P e r r y told h is w i f e : sho told t h e d u c h e s s of Mon tpens l e r . w h o h a t e d Lou i s Napoleon , nnd t h o d u c h e s s told h e r s i s t e r , t h e Span i sh q u e e n . T h e n t h e queen sent fo r Mr. P e r r y and a s k -ed w h a t It w a s all abou t .

"You a re I n j u r i n g y o u r bes t f r i e n d s , " said he. a f t e r e x p l a i n i n g tho m a t t e r , " a t t he so l ic i t a t ion of th i s I n t r i g u e r w h o you h a v o r e a s o n t o be l ieve Is y o u r

wor s t e n e m y . " T h e queen sent for h e r p r i m e m i n i s -

t e r and I n t e r r o g a t e d h i m . H e rep l ied t h a t her m a j e s t y had s igned t h e o rde r

on such o r such a da te . " B u t no o n e told m e wha t It m e a n t . "

said Queen Isabel la . " N o o n e told m e t h a t th is is a heavy blow to m y Am-

er lenn a l l i es . " No one h a d t o l d j i e r ! T h e m i n i s t e r

was s o r r y if h e r m a j e s t y d is l iked It, bu t It w a s too l a t e t o be lp It. W h y w a s It t oo la to? Because a s t e a m e r h a d eone to t h e West Ind ian fleet w i th t ho o r d e r s which changed o n e l eague

t o t h ree . T h e n sa id I s a b e l l a : " I t Is n o t t oo

l a t e fo r m o to accept y o u r r e s i g n a -

t i o n . " B u t t ho senor don did n o t w a n t to

res ign a n d the o t h e r s e n o r e s d o n s did not wan t to res ign . So t h e y f o u n d a f a s t s t e a m e r t o t a k e o u t o r d e r s re -s c ind ing t h e o t h e r o r d e r s a n d t h e b lockade w a s m a i n t a i n e d f o r t h e n e x t

year .

Keriting for Mrinni s* In Itnlter.

In w in te r , when t h e cows aro e a t i n g fodder , pra l r lo o r t imo thy h a y , s t r a w

and corn , the b u t t e r Is so h a r d t h a t lt%

goes on the b road In lumps u n l e s s w a r m e d . T h e c o m m o n op in ion is t h a t the cobl w e a t h e r m a k e s t h e b u t t e r ha rd , b u t lhe cold is only a p a r t of t ue cause f o r thin h a r d n e s s , s a y s H . M. t ' o t l r e l l In a bul in l ln issued by tho K a n s a s Agr i cu l tu r a l College. Cold does m a k e b u t t e r firm, b u t t he ex-t r e m e h a r d n e s s is caused by the feed, as a l l t h e feeds men t ioned h a v e a t cn -dency t o h a r d e n bu t t e r . In t he e a r l y spr ing , when t h e cows f i rs t go on g rass , t h e bu t t e r is s o i l and w h a t dea l -e r s cal l " s l u s h y . " Af te r t he g r a s s becomes leps w a t e r y , t he b u t t e r is f i rmer , a l t h o u g h tho w e a t h e r m a y bo much w a r m e r t h a n when the t o w s wore flrst t u r n e d out . Tho h a r d n e s s of t he b u t t e r Is d e t e r m i n e d by the feed. An excess of l inseed, g lu t en o r soy bean m e a l s will m a k e b u t t e r so f t , no m a t t e r w h a t t he w e a t h e r m a y be. whi le co rn . Kaff i r co rn a n d co t tonseed meal h a r d e n t h e bu t t e r . Bran h a s a t en -dency to s o f t e n b u t t e r s l i gh t ly and o a t s to h a r d e n it. Tho r o u g h n e s s fed does n o t h n \ e as s t r o n g an Inf luence on t h e flrmnoss of the b u t t e r as t he g r a i n , b u t still it h a s t o n s l d e r a b l o . Al-f a l f a h a s a t e n d e n c y to s o f t e n t h e b u t t e r , p ra l r lo hay . t imo thy a n d corn f o d d e r to m a k e It ha rd .

l h e s p r e a d i n g qua l i ty of b u t t e r Is a s t r o n g fac to r in i nc rea s ing o r dec reas -ing Its c o n s u m p t i o n . No one l i ke s It s o f t a n d oily, and b u t t e r shou ld be f irm, h a v i n g good body, bu t It m u s t s p r e a d easi ly . W e havo k n o w n cases w h e r e d a i r y m e n in w i n t e r h a v o had o r d e r s doubled f r o m p r i v a t e c u s t o m -e r s by c h a n g i n g t h e feed f r o m t h a t wh ich p roduced ha rd , c r u m b l y b u t t e r to feed t h a t m a d e b u t t e r which sp read well . In s u m m e r flrm b u t t e r b r i n g s

g r e a t e r c o n s u m p t i o n . T h e feeds sbou id bo b lended b o a s t o

s e c u r e t he firmness des i red . L a s t win-te r , w h e n f eed ing a l fa l fa , wo ba lanced Its s o f t e n i n g t endency wi th Kal l l r co rn . If corn , Kaff ir corn or c o t t o n -seed mea l s a r e fed and the b u t t e r Is too h a r d , add l inseed, g lu ten o r soy bean m e a l s to t he r a t i o n un t i l t he des i red body la produced . T h e d a i r y m a n who m a k e s h is o w n b u t t e r c a n r ead i ly con-t r o l t h i s m a t t e r . I t Is I m p o r t a n t t b a t c r e a m e r y m e n should look a f t e r t he feed t h e i r p a t r o n s ' cows a r o rece iv ing .

A C A N A D A F A R M .

(Vhat a Formur Ke«lilent of IdilioSaya

Keg Mrdlog Wealern Canada.

Mr. T. A. T o l m a n , cf Lacombe , A l -b e r t a , N . W . T. , a f o r m e r r e s iden t of C a s c l a C o u n t y , Idaho, who moved to W e s t e r n C a n a d a in Ju ly , IS'Jl, w r i t e s n s f o l l o w s :

i ' £ I ! I 0 I ) S O F P A I N .

I d c n s l r u a t i o n , t h o b a l o n c c w h e e l o f w o m a n ' s lii'e, is a l s o t h e b a n c of ex i s t -e n c e l o m a n y b e c a u s o i t m e a n s a t i m e o f

g r o a t su f lVr inp ,

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Unsolicited Testimonials and Sworn Affidavits Gffered to Prove Even Assertion—"5 DROPS" Scores Marvelous Triumphs;

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Swawsos RnEfUATic Ccre Co., CniCAGo; Dear S i r s - I wi l say to you and the rest ot tho world that it has b- < i j mmv yenrs since I have been ah'.otodon iWy's work until thi* spring. 1 comincnccd taki!!;: DKOFS**in Deecmbor last, and i now feel like a new man. 1 l ave hod the KhcumatUm ever aiuco 1 was 5 years t i d 1 u u now to odd years old and erred.

Yours enitctully, L M. DUKE. Juno 20. 1698. Lemon, Miss,

Cared by "S DROPS" A f t e r rhys lc lans and all Mcdlctceu Foil. Swansok RnEUMATic CcRECo..CntcAfio: OcnUoircn—This Is to certify that "5 DROrs**

Nnw E n e m y to Crlery In MarTlitn.

W e h a v e t h i s season f o u n d an insec t i n j u r i n g celery t ha t is now in o u r ex-per ience . It m i g h t be p o p u l a r l y cal led

t h e ce lery cob-worm, a s It sp in s a del l - ofi i wi^ 'severe case of KhcanjatUia.""'1 bad used varlr s liniments nnd patent c a t e web In and a b o u t t h e p l a n t s a n d | ucdieines. and had the best physicians in West Tcsas on her case.nil with no citrct. She grew n n n n tho i" • nnd T h e w e b sorves to worse all the time and Rot so she had to be turned iu bed: bad no use <>f herself and one side, upon tno g .wunu. i n o w e n s e n e s to | leg. etc.. looked as thouch it never would bo restor. d. Th:s looks pretty "thin." but pro tec t t h o vsorm whi le i t is f eed ing . I: Is a fact and Iran v one doubts it afildavit can be made OS to It-S truth. Should any one wish

to know about this Qcd-scnt remedy let them wr i t e me, inclasin? seU-addrrs><-d stainiied en-velope, nnd 1 will prove it . Gra tefu l ly , JOHN OL1VLU.

June 21. IbW. iluckahay, 1 exas. If yon hare not unfflrlftrtcnnflilcn'-e. iiftcr read In* the»e lettrrtto »t;nd foi

o n e larpe i ioti lo for r.-l.oo. which will purely etirc yon, then »eml f. r a S5o bc t t i e . wblch contsln* rn medictoi' to more than satisfy you of ti j wonder ful curs''.ve prop:nIr:". I'rersid by mall or express. Thl* w<iadfrful cursthrs rivet sl.noat lantant relief and l» « perm sneni core for B h o u m a f l e a . Sciat ica, Neuralg ia . Dyspepsia . IS.irkacho. Ast lmia . H a y Fever . Catarrh, fUeepleftsness, Nervonaneiss, Ncrvons and Neurr-lrlc U e a d a r h e s , Heart Wrnknr«s ,Toottuiche , Karaelie. Croup. I.a Grippe, .Malaria, Creepini; N umbo ess, l i r o n c h l t U nnd k'.adrcd dlscucs. I l | - p* 0 ^ 3 0 J l I s tbcnimesnddo*. L a r g e b o t t l e ( 3 0 0 d o s e s )

^ U n i \J ' • O SI.OO, prcpildby millorczpreM; three bott les 8 5 . 5 0 ; s a m p l e s 2 5 o Soldoniy by m sud our sgent*. ABcnt* »iip< luted In

territory. SWANSON RHEUMATIC CURE CO.. ' " c t t S C T

X boy of 15 t h i n k s h e Is t oo old t o r a n e r rands , b u t a f t e r h e Is 25 n i v j

c a i c u i u n u u , ou i ii> . i.V 1 rourried h e b e g i n s a g a i n . -nenns t h a t t h e ch iefs mus t h a v e h . f h j n.u

A bed of ce lery a t t a c k e d by th i s insec t l ooks v e r y m u c h a s t h o u g h i t h a d been b l igh ted m a n y of t he l eaves t u r n i n g b rown a n d wi l l ing , bu t upon close ex-a m i n a t i o n we h a v e f o u n d a l a rge p ro -por t ion of t h e I n j u r y is d u e to t he r a v -a g e s of t h i s insect . W e h a v e col lec ted a la rge a m o u n t of m a t e r i a l and a r e now-

m a k i n g a ser ies of e x p e r i m e n t s t e s t i n g va r ious s p r a y s and m i x t u r e s f o r I t s suppress ion and con t ro l . Some of o u r l a rge g r o w e r s h a v e been m u c h a l a r m o i on accoun t of the insec t ' s p resence . I t s a t t ack h a s been confined p r inc ipa l ly to t h e s e l f -b l anch ing va r i e t i e s , a l t h o u g h we have seen It on o t h e r p lan t s . I c a n h a r d l y bel ieve at t h i s t i m e t h a t t h i s

insect Is go ing to be an a n n u a l v i s i t o r ; bu t if i t should a p p e a r a g a i n nex t sea -s o n i t wil l be well f o r ce l e ry g r o w e r s to be on t h e i r gua rd . I t h i n k t h a t t he a t t ack t h i s season Is m e r e l y a local one and will n o t p robab ly occur a g a i n In a n u m b e r of years .—Prof . W . G. J o h n s o n , Mary l and s t a t e o a t o m o l o g i s t . in R u r a l

Now Yorke r .

RlcSm «!! '! n'ld Whey.

Ore of t he most needed r e f o r m s in

r r c a m r r i o s and cheese f a c t o r i e s is in t he c a r e of sk im milk a n d whey, s a y s I ' iyin Dr.lry R : : t . n U h i r . c . J. wh i ch is p rac t i ced in m a n y places, c o m e s back in severe p u n i s h m e n t to every pa t ron . I t exis ts because tho p a t r o n s and a l l concerned a r e i g n o r a n t of s a n i t a r y pr inc ip les nnd t h e i r ei lect on

tho v a l u e of t u e p r o d u c t . I n m a n y

c r e a m e r i e s and f ac to r i e s pa ins a r e t a k e n t o h a v e an e leva ted , double t a n k fo r s k i m mi lk a n d whey . One of t he t a n k s is c leaned a n d scalded out e v e r y day , s o t h a t t h i s v a l u a b l e food g o e s

in to a c l ean receptac le each m o r n i n g . In a d d i t i o n some c r eamer i e s use t h e e x h a u s t s t e a m t o pas t eu r i ze t h e s k i m milk a s It comes f r o m the s e p a r a t o r , t h a t I t m a y h a v e t h e l a r g e s t v a l u e poo-

•ible w h e n fed lo hogs and calvca.

[THADE-MARK.]

" T H E P O T C A L L E D T H E K E T T L E B L A C K . "

B E C A U S E T H E H O U S E W I F E D I D N ' T U S E

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f l R O P Q V A Q a u r l e r C e a t u r j r of tier-I manent Cures. Inimediata

llellff. 10 days' I D B T trial trcaiineat and hook of tea- w w r l H , tunouialH Freo. I I . II A R T E CO., e a « P o w e r s C D f C t U i o c k , R o c h e a t r r , N. Y . • I f C C i

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W H E A T

l i WHEAT . ' N o t h i n g but w h e a t ; w b a t you m i g h t ! c a l l a s e a of w h e a t . " la w h a t w a s s a i d ; b y a l e c t u r e r s p e a k i n g of W e s t e r n C a n -j a d a . F o r p a r t i c u l a r s a s t o rou te s , r a i l -• w a y f a r e s , e tc . . a p p l y to S u p e r i n t e n d e n t " * K u n l - ' I of I m m i g r a t i o n . D e p a r t m e n t I n t e r i o r . O t - Mentor, I t a w a . C a n a d a , o r t o M. V . M c l n n e s . N o | 1 Merr i l l Uiock. De t ro i t . Mich , ; J a m e s

G r i e v e . Mt . P l e a s a n t , Mich . , o r D . L . I C a v t n . B a d Axe. Mich

Mr*t •molted in tfnw bonn with KRAUSERS' LIQUID EXTRACT OF SMOKE.

Mt<1« from hickory wood. Cheaper, cleenar. SWSeUr, and «ur^r thtn lhe olil Si-nd fo«

. circ-aUi. l_ kKACbKU • ISUO.. Ullton. I'm.

CHEAP FARMS DO YOU WhHT h HOME?

100 ,000 ACRES r l proved and unltn-

.-vvid lu rming l ands bo divided and

sold on long t ime Iml ®aKy i m y m e n t s , a l l t l lo each year . Come and s e u s o r wr i t e . T H B TRUMAN MOSS S T A T E HANK. S a n l U o

Mich., or THE TRUMAN MOSS ESTATE.

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PUBLISHBU BVBKT TUORSIUT AT LOWELL, KENT COUNTY. MICM.

—BT— FRANK M. JOHNSON.

Rntored al Lowell post ofllce • l a^ matter.

as second

ft BBURIPTION ONR DOLLAR YEARLY.

cut down i»ud put on the market. The abfliirdity of celebrating the birth of the Saviour of the world by a wanton waste and ex-travagance which jeopardires the welfare of milliouH of human belugB yet unborn Is obvious to every thinking

»» man.' Mr. Morton's head appeara

level.

to be

\I)VKKTI8INO I U T B 8 .

Bpaoe AdTertisements one insertion lOo per inch. Same more than once 7o p«r inch with 10 per cent disconnl on jearly contract.

Page and half-page ads, $7.50 and | 8 76 en throe month contracts. Single inser-tions 7c per inch.

Business notices among local items 6c j*r line per issue. Those taking run of paper outside of local matter 8 cents per line.

Card in directory column $1.00 per line per year. One inch $6.00 per year

Cards of thanks 2oo. Resolutioiis of condolence, |1.00.

lS9"Pohitively, no deviation from these rates.

SOME folks a re so eauer t o "Chr is t -

ianise and lift up" the Filipinos thai

they are willing to shoot lhem down 1 " e , , l , r" l , ^ , n " u 0 " " 7 1 " * iii«y nm n i i i i i i K ^ H n i ] i | , e iHM|y was f..ll.»wed lo lis laM

eft hand iloeth." She leave# to mourn her loss a husband, two sons and three daugh* t en . Her sons William and Henry, Mrs.

M. McNarmara of Grand Rapids, Mrs.

Taos. Morris of Walerlown, N, N., and

&illiarine who resides at home. Mr. Cox is woll known for lhe aclive part which he

has laken In the agriculliiral iuteresta of

oor county and state. Mr. and Mrs. Oox came here In lhe early

fifties and accepted with praisewoilhy for-

titude lhe various vicissitudes incident lo

pioneer lite. The burial was from Hi. Andrew's calhe-

An up to-date Job Printing Plant in oonneclion. Work done neatly, quickly •nd cheaply. A trial order solicited.

first.

TUK F i l ip inos h a v e fough t for years

to throw off t h e Spanish y o k e and

now they a re ex peeled to meekly bow

their heads ami put on ours ins tead ,

T h e passage w i t h o u t d iv is ion by

the nat ional house of representative®

of a bill abo l i sh ing the sa le of l iquors

iu any e n c a m p m e n t or f»r t or mill

tary premises of the U n i t e d States ,

murks an advance in t emperance sen

t iment t h a t should •enunurage f r iends

of t ha t r e f o r m . T h e world moves,

slowly p e r h a p s ; bu t it. moves.

WHO IS T H E I N F I D E L ?

Who is lhe infulel? 'Tis he Who deems man's thoiighl should not be

[free

Who'd veil truth's fiiintest ray of IlKht

From breakini; on the human sight;

'Tis he who purposes to hind

The Kli^htest fetter on the mind, Who fears lest wreck ami wrong be wrought

To leave niiin loose will, his own thought;

Who, in the clash of brain with brain,

fearful lest the truth be slain;

That wrong may win and right may flee—

This is the infidel. 'Tis he.

Who is the infidel? 'Tis he Wiio puts a bound on what may be;

Who fears lime's upward slope shall end

On some far summit—and descend; Who trembles lost the long-borne light.

Fir-seen, shall lose itself io night;

Who doubts that life shall rise from death

When the old order perisheth; Thai all God'a spaces may be cross'l

And not a single ooul be losl—

Who doubts all this, whoe'er he be

This is the infidel. 'Tis he.

West Lowell.

Grandma Court who is spending the win

ter with her son, M. D. Court of Lowell

was the victim of a surprise, Saturday planned by her friends in this vicinity in

honor of her 76th birthday.

('. Green and family visited at J . Green's

Sunday. A number of the sick in this vicinity are

improving.

As will be seen by Bridget's account, t!ie

Lkdgkr scribes had a g od time al the edi-

tor's home .Saturday. RUMOR.

Who is the infidel? 'Tis he Who from his soul's own light would, flee.

Who drowns with creeds of noise and din

The Mill small voice thai speaks within;

Tis he whose jangled soul has leaned

To that bad lesson of t he fiend.

That worlds roll un in lawless dance,

Nowbither lhroi)gh the gulfs of chance;

And thai <ome feel may never press

A pathway through the wilderness

From midnight to the morn-to-be—

This is the infidel. 'Tis he.

Who is the infidel? 'Tis he

Who sees no beauty in a tree; For whom no world-deep music hides

l o the wild anthen of the tides;

For whom no glad bird-carol thrills From off the million-throated bills;

Who sees no order in the high

Procession of the star-sown sky; Who never feels his heart beguiled

By the glad prattle of a child;

Who has no dreams of things to be—

This is the infidel. 'Tis he. --By Sam Walter Foss.—in the Arena.

THE HOME PAPER AND THE BIG

CITY WEEKLY.

When you are Umpted to give up

your home paper and to take Instead

the big city weekly, just remember

these few things. I t is the home pa

per, whose publisher, workmen and

those dependent upon them you know,

and who help to eupp n t and build np

the Industries, markets and public iu-

ititutions Ln the home communities.

The city editor knows not one in a

thousand of bis readers and not one

in a thousand knows him. All he

wania is your almighty dollar and he

wouldn't trust you three months for

his paper if you were worth $1,000

•n hour. I t is the home paper tbat

lecords your goings and comings,

•uceeaeesand losses, that rejoices with

you in good fortune and aympathizes

with you in sorrow. I t is the home

paper tbat records the births and

marriages of your children, and fol-

lows them through life with its "God

•peed you," and at last records their

departure from this life and tells of

tbe good things they have done to do

•erve a good place in the next. The

big city weekly, all right in its place

and for its purpose, knows nothing

and cares nothing for all these things.

I t has more concern about the par-

tition of China than it has over your

elegant new house or the death of

your dearest friend. Think of these

things, dear people, and pu t tbe home

paper first on i h e list, adding to it

•uch others as you can afford.

J . STEBUNO MORTON of N e b r a s k a

protests against the cutting of Christ*

mas trees. H e says:

"The trees selected for slaughter for this anniversary 'are always the straighteot and most symetrical. There were last year more than twenty millions of Ghriftmas trees

S m y r n a .

A Osborn and wife of Belding spent Bun

day with his brother, Vest Osborn.

H. Skellenger and wile spent Sunday with their son Andrew, of Smoky Row.

C. Beedy who has been seriously ill with spinal meningitis is better.

Mr. and Mrs. Billow of Smoky Row spent Sunday with Mrs. S. Skellenger.

Andrew Skellenger is on the sick list.

Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Joslin and family

spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. Tom Davis.

Willie Jeflry died at the home of his

aunt, Mrs. Bue'l. Feb. ft, aged 25 years.

Mrs. C. Smith died at her home Feb.

at the age of 88 years. Funeral took place

Wednesday at 10 o'clock.

INC.

Lowell Center—Alto.

Mr. Dygert who died at his home last week was buried Sunday.

L. G. Rlakeslee writes from St. Louis,

Missouri, that he is suffering from a slight

attack of grippe, which assumes a more fatal form there than here. Numbers are

afflicted and many cases prove fatal.

How many of our scribes read Talmadge's

sermon in the last issue of the Lkdoek? Let us mind what is said in the last stanza on the first column.

Among those who have been afflicted with the grippe in Alto are Mrs Win.

Yeiler and two daughters who narrowly

escaped pneumonia, Mrs Burgy and Fred

Hinyon. Little Melta Ruth Rlakeslee had

scarletina and the little daughter of F .

Parrot has scarlet fever.

The oyster suppers at Nathan Blair's and

Matthew Hunter's were poorly attended on

account of tbe extreme cold weather, the

thermometer registering 14 degrees below

all day Tuesday; and that is pretty cold for "Peach Hill."

Bert Sydmen's baby got an open salety

pin into its throat and nearly choked tu death.

Rev. Freeman is holding revival meet-ings al Morse Lake church and much good is being accomplished.

We wish to thank Mr, and Mrs. Johnson

for the very pleasant entertainment given us mt their home Saturday. We hope for

many repetitions and wish for them many anniversaries uf their wedding, their seven* teenth occurring only two days before. By our gift we wished to express our esteem

and friendship for our editor and bis esti-

mable wife-Rev. S. G. Anderson did not preach a«

usual Sunday afternoon on account of hif

illness. N. P . Allen, who has his mill at Grand

Bapids, met with quite an accident while going down a sleep hill. His new engine

was thrown into a gutter and badly dam*

aged. BECKY.

re>llug place by a large concourse of synr

pjlhizing friends. The floral tributes were

Ueauliful aud numerous, showing the luy«

and alleclion iu which the deceased was

held. Dear friend, faithful wife, loving mother,

farewell. Mr. Editor: there is nothing worthy ol

record except thai the grippe is spreading

with frightful rapidity, though we have

reason lo be thankful lha i none ol the

many cases have as yel pioved lulul. It as

many Oonlend t h e severe weather is the

cause, il will have to continue as the mer-

cury registered 40 below al 6 this murnhig,

1 regret m o n than I can express thai 1

was unable lo allend lhe midwinter meet,

ing. Will try to do better next lime.

U U V N U M A .

Tlie Appetite of a Goat. Is envied by all poor dyspeptics whose

Stoma h and Liver are out of older. All such should know that L)r. King's New Life Pills, the wonderful Stomach and Liver Remedy, gives a splendid appetite, sound digestion nnd a regular bodily naott that Insures perfect health and great pn-ergy. Only 23c at L. H. Hunt & Co. s Drug Store.

Eas t Lowell-West Boston.

The debate oi\ expansion between the

pupils -it the Ware school last Saturday

evening was well haiulled, reflecting mu>h

cred t upon teacher and pupils. The judges

decided in favor of the affirmative.

John Carey has been very sick.

Krnest Conklin was "under the weath-

er" two days latil week. There w^s a pedro party at F. M. God

frey's and Hendershott's Friday Mi-m Dottle Buckley of Lowell spent a

f^w days last week at Will Grant's. Jay Ware has been visiting his father,

8. A. Ware. Mr. and Mrs. Anway are visiting S. 1 •

Carey. John Godfrey of Ionia surprised his pa

rents with a visit last Friday evening.

DEWEY.

20 Per Cent Off.

H e F o o l e d t h e S n r f f e o n a .

All doctors told Renlck Hamilton, of West Jefferson, O., af ter suffering 18 months from Rectal Fistula, he would die unless a costly operation waa performed; hut he cured himself with flve boxes of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the surest Pile cure on earth, and the best salve In the world. 25 cents a box. Sold by L. H. Hunt &.Oo., Druggists.

Cascade -Eas t Pa r i s .

Passed away at her residence in the town

of Paris , Febiuary 1, Mrs. James Cox.

Mrs. Cox had long been a suflerer from

a-malady known to be miserable, dropsy,

and when the dread summons came it

found her perfectly resigned. Mrs. Cox

was always a friend to the friendless, also

believing in that beoefioenoe which "let-

teth not tbe right hand know what the

G l o r i o n i N e w s

Cornea from l>r. D. B. Cargile, of Wash ita, I. T. He writes: "Four bottles of Electric Bitters has cured Mrs. Brewer of scrofula, whi h had caused her grc: auffering for years. Terrible sores woui l break out on her head and face, and the best doctors could give no help; but her cure is complete and her health is excel-lent." This shows what thousahds have proved, that Electric Bitters is the best blood purifier known. It 's the supreme remedy for ecrema, tetter, salt rheum, ulcers, boils and running sores. I t stim-ulates liver, kidneys and bowels, expels poisons, helps digestion, builds up the strength. Only 60 cents. Sold by L. H. Hunt & Co., Druggists. Guaranteed.

Fallnsburg. M. Steketee visited with Lowell friends

Saturday and Sunday. Fred Converge and family of Kccne

visited his sister, Mrs. Watson, Sunday.

Mary Copeland is home from working

for Mrs. Holden. John fioott of Lowell visited his father,

Henry Scott, Sunday. Grove Sears and wife visited the latter's

parents, Henry Scott and wife, a few days

last week. Mrs. Sheraitt who has been quite sick

is improving. Mrs. Choat has been very ill with

spasms of the heart. Arthur Sayles and wife have been on

the siok list the past two weeks. Correspondents desiring a good time

attend one of Editor and Mrs. Johnson's oyster dinners. Hope Mr. and Mrs. John-

son will enjoy their new chair the corres-

pondents gave them as much as wo enjoy-

ed ourselves Saturday. Miss Lillie is still sick, so no school this

week. Mr. and Mr". Rexford of Lowell were

in the burg Sunday. The sermon preached Sunday by Rev.

Gaffin was excellent All are requested

to be present Feb. 19. Ben Rextord who is living a t his sister's

near Belding is very siok and not expect-

ed to live, Lonny Watson is working for G. S.

Steketee for « few days. ' Anna Pottrnff is on the sick list.

IMA

vergetmes.

W. J . Bolzen and wife are entertaining

their father, Theodore Bolsen of Fillmore. Mrs. E. A. Squires made a business trip

to Muskegon last week, Winnie Patterson and brother Dan of

McOords were guests of their relatives, Ed.

Dickson and family over Sunday. Ada Poglar of Grand Rapids visited her

uncle, Eugene Lee, and family last week.

Mrs. S. Lee, who has been dangerously

ill with grippe, is considered out of danger

at this writing. P . W. McPherson has been tusseling with

the grip. Allen Bennett gave a party to a number

of his friends in honor of Miss Edna Steel

of Grand Rapids who was his guest last

The Walter's school will give a party

Valentine night, Feb. 14. All are invited

Picnic supper. Come boys and girls and

bring valentines.

Editor Johnson and his good wife royal-

ly entertained the Lowell Lkdoeb scribes

at their home in Lowell, Feb. 4; and the

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For the next ten days we will offer our entire Stock, outside

the Calico, Cotton and Carpet Departments at a Discount of

20 Per Cent for Cash from our regular prices.

We are very grateful to the public for their largely increased

patrouage of the past year and hope to make our sales for this,

the thirthieth year of our business in Lowell, exceed those of

any former year.

Our prices are right, our goods are right and we will treat

you right.

Prints SJc and 4c per yard. Sheetings 4c per yard.

Carpets from 10c a yard up.

N. B. BLAIN Lowell, Jan. 19,1899.

mid-winter meeting will long be remem-

bered by all who were there and will al-

ways be a bright spot in memory's chamber

to look back upon in after years. Mr. and

Mrs. Johnson are whole-souled people and

know how to entertain their company and

never do anything by halves. I ' he i} were

fouiteen present at the banquet besides Mr.

aiid Mrs. Johnson and their family. Six

of the scribes were absent and we can te 1

tiiem they missed a grand treat. Alter

partaking of a bountiful dinner given by

host and hostess tbe following program

was given:

Singing American by all. Reading, Our Oounty. by Homer bubbel . Recitation, "A stranger at the door," by

Ethel Taylor. Inatruinental solo, Ola M. Johnson. Recitation, "Selling Smantha a feller,"

Grace Blakealee. Round, Old John Brown, by all. Reading, Modern Grandmothers, Mrs.

Porter; « Instrumental solo, Lona Blakeslee. Reading, Masculine Vanity, Agnes Perry Vocal Solos, Mrs 8. Gristwood and Lona

ilikeklee. Recitation, The Old Settler's Story,

Grace Blakeslee. Vocal Solo, Minnie Steketee. Singing, "God be with you," by all.

After the conclusion of the program,

Grace Blakeslee, in behalf of the scribes, presented tbe host and hostess with a beau-

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I r e m e m b e r a s if i t happened bu t y e s t e r d a y t h e q u e e r fee l ing which c a m e over me when I r ead the fo rego-i n g cable . I t hud been an umiRally w a r m day f o r March , and I was t r y i n g t o keep cool In the lounglng- room of t h e E u r o p e a n f l u b , on the r iver bank , a s h o r t dds t an t e f r o m the ci ty. .My bus iness in Mani la w a s prac t ica l ly fin-i shed, and I w a s a n t i c i p a t i n g a few d a y s of r e c r e a t i o n be fo re the Hong-K o n g s t e a m e r l e f t , upon the fo l lowing Tuesday , when the message w a s bund-e d me by one 3f t h e nat ive boys em-ployed by t h e c lub.

I t w a s such a t h o r o u g h surpr i se t ha t f o r severa l m o m e n t s I dad not real ize t h e posi t ion in whicb it placed me. I t a d been the e a s t e r n r ep resen ta t ive of L a n t l n e & Company f o r over t w o y e a r s , and , a l t h o u g h my savings had disap-p e a r e d t h r o u g h a scr ies of Ill-advised i n v e s t m e n t s , m y posit ion seemed such a s ecu re one t h a t money m a t t e r s sel-d o m t roub led me. Now, however, a f t e r d r a w i n g f r o m t h e Manila bank-i n g and sh ipping house the a m o u n t BWmfiontd in the dispatch, my e n t i r e cap i t a l cons is ted of someth ing less t h a n t h r e e h u n d r e d dollars , and 1 had n o idea which way t o look f o r employ-m e n t .

T w o of the l e a d i n g M a n l l a m e r c h a n t s h a p p e n e d t o be in the club a t the t ime, and , a f t e r cance l ing the pu rchases I h a d m a d e f r o m t h e m on behalf of my house . T cabled to Hong-Kong and fihanghai in the hope of head ing off • h i p m e n t s o rde red t h e r e d u r i n g the

Erevlous m o n t h . Then , d vlng t o my otel in Binondo—the Oriente—I set-

t led m a t t e r s as f a r u s lay in my power , and w a s r e a d y f o r d inne r be fo re eight o 'c lock.

The Or ien te , l e i n g n^w a n d pro- . f r e s s i v e , s e t s one of the best t a b l e s in t h e east , and , a s experience w l t b or ien-t a l l ife b r i n g s the conviction t h a t n e i t h e r h u r r y po r wor ry i s con-ducive t o good hea l th , I took m y t i m e over the meal . Then , l i gh t ing a che-r o o t , I walked down the Esco l ta a s l a r a s t h e P u e m e d 'Espana . which con- i s e c t s Binondo wi th t h e old wal led cit- 1

adel of Mani la , and , l ean ing aga in s t t h e hand - r a i l u n d e r a so l i t a ry e l ec t r i c , l igh t , w a t c h e d t h e canoes a n d b a n c o s , on t h e P a s i g while I t r ied tn do a l i t t l e |

f i gu r ing a s to my Immediate p rospec t s . 1

T h r e e h u n d r e d do l l a r s would land me In New York by ca re fu l m a n a g e m e n t , b u t t h e r e w a s no c e r t a i n t y of employ-m e n t w h e n I r eached t h e r e ; and the • o t h e r f o r e i g n houses were so well rep- I ( resented be tween Yokohama nnd j JBingapore t h a t an Immedia te open ing j i n t h e eas t seemed unlikely.

A t f i r s t I could th ink of n o t h i n g but ' n y u n c o m f o r t a b l e p red icamen t . But ; a f t e r awhi l e the influence of a good d i n n e r and t h e soo th ing qua l i t i e s of t h e c l i m a t e b e g a n t o make themse lves f e l t . I f o u n d myself w a t c h i n g the m o t l e y c rowd of all n a t i o n a l i t i e s w h i c h passed a n d repassed a c r o s s the b r idge , t h e c rowds of l a u g h i n g Mes t i t a and Visaya gir ls s t ro l l ing a long t h r o u g h t h e Paseo t o h e a r t h e mi l i t a ry b a n d a t Lnne t a , g r o u p s of Chinamen a a u n t e r i n g a b o u t a f t e r t he d a y ' s busi-ness , a n d Spanish officers d r iv ing in e a r r o m a t a s w i t h t h e ladies of t h e i r f ami l i e s . Down t h e r iver w e r e r o w s of emai l c o a s t i n g s t e a m e r s and briga, each s p a r and funnel out l ined d i s t inc t -ly by e l ec t r i c l igh ts on the q u a y s ; be-yond them, a red-spark f r o m t h e l ight-house u p o n tho n o r t h e r n mole, and s c a t t e r e d l igh ts f r o m l a r g e r vessels wh ich lay a t a n c h o r t w o o r t h r e e miles o u t in the bay.

While w a t c h i n g these, I n o t i c e d a g o v e r n m e n t l annch coming up the Tlver. T b e landing s t e p s of t h e a u a y were b u t a f ew paces below t h e br idge , and I could easi ly see t h e f a c e s of t w o men a s t hey s tepped a s h o r e f r o m he r . T h e y were both s t r a n g e t o me, but t h e r e w a s some th ing a b o u t t h e walk of one which seemed f ami l i a r . I pre-sume my own f ace mus t have been dis-t i n c t , a s I leaned over the ra i l , f o r t he m a n g lanced searchingly a t me a s he c l imbed t o t h e s t r ee t level. At f i rs t he t u r n e d and walked away s e v e r a l s t e p s j ev ident ly unde r the impress ion t h a i he had m a d e a mis take , t hen c a m e bat-k, ns if t o c ross the b r idpe in f r o n t of me. We looked each o t h e r in t h e eye f o r a second ; then he s topped, and Mild:

"If you ' re not l ln r ry Stevens , of New York . I've mad. the biggest n i lh takeof

my l i fe ." 1 grasped lhe outr t r e t ched h a n d and

b e g a n t o see someth ing fami l i a r be-h ind t h e brown beard.

"Yes, I 'm H a r r y Stevens , but—hold on a minute . Weren ' t you w i t h the Oceanic Steamship company , several y e a r s a g o ? 6V J o v e ! I t c a n ' t be Dick H a l s t e a d ? W h a t ? Well, I 'm blessed 1 Where on e a r t h ddd you d r o p f r o m ? You have changed, and n o mis t ake . "

"Possibly . Hut you haven ' t , old c h a p ; I 'd know yon a n y w h e r e . Say, look here , we've g o t a h e a p to ta lk a b o u t ; comc up to the c lub . No. never m i n d t h e c a r r o m a t a ; i t ' s cooler on the r i ve r . W e l l go up in the l aunch . "

"Bu t—how t h e d e u c e ? I thought • h e be longed t o the g o v e r n m e n t ? "

" T h a t ' s r i gh t . So do T. f o r the prcs-• n t . M We had taken ou r seats in the

s t e m , and were gliding np the motion-less s t r eam. "I 've been in colntnand of tha t t ramp, the Countess of Devon, for over a year—you see her lights out there , two miles f rom the mole—and the b igge i t s tockholder in the com-pany tha t owns her Is old Leon Ramirez, of Liverpool and this place. Ro when the Isla de I 'onape, that used to c a r r y mail to the Carolines and Ladrones, ran nshore on Esplrltu Santo, Ramirez c h a r t e r e d the Countess to the government he re until the com-pania could spare a n o t h e r of their own boats with b ig enough coal capacity to make the t r ip . Tha t was last Septem-ber, and they manage things so slowly t ha t I 'm st i l l runn ing supplies out to those islanders, once in three months , with a Scotch engineer and a Spanish crew, connec t ing with the Messageries boa t s at Saigon the rest of the t ime Now tell me under w h a t the canopy br ings you out here ."

"Business, of course ; you didn' t think 1 was t ravel ing on my money, did you? I've been buying China goods, assor ted devils, and Manila mat -t ing for Lant ine & Co. about t w o y e a r s . lip to t h r e e o'clock th i s a f t e rnoon I expected to keep on buying them unti l my liver r e fused to s tand the c l imate , but about t ha t l ime th is cable changed my plana fo r me." Hals tead looked t h o u g h t f u l ns he r ead the message which I handed him. We had reached the club quay, and were climbing to the balcony, where the boy present ly brought us c iga r s and coffee.

"M-m-m-m—how long will i t t ake you to close m a t t e r s up f o r the com-p s n y ? "

"T ' ley ' re set t led now, as f a r as any-th ing I c an do. It will be a mon th be-fore they can ge t l e t t e r s out here, but the o rde r s a l ready shipped will have t o be paid fo r . L a r r i n a g a ' s people fold me this evening t h a t they knew old man Lan t lne to be individually good fo r all t h e house bought . This cable however, winds up my coanect ion wi'.h them f o r the p r e sen t . "

"And you haven ' t decided w h a t you ' re go ing t o do n e x t ? "

"Not ye t . I'M probably go t o Hong-Kong on Tuesday and see how th ings look t h e r e . "

"Why no t t a k e a l i t t le vaca t i on? You've been w o r k i n g hard , and a res t would do you good. Run out t o the Ladrones wi th me. I t ' s a fine voyage i t th i s t i m e of yea r , and I'm so sick of ta lk ing mixed l anguages tha t i t ' l l be a p e r f e c t godsend t o have an old f r i e n d along. Come now. what do you s a y ? "

"Why, I don ' t know. I'd like n o t h i n g be t t e r , i f—m-m-m-m—there 's rea l ly no r ea son w h y I shouldn ' t . W h e n do you sa i l ? "

"About midn igh t . " "Wha-t, t o - n i g h t ? " "Sure . I only came ashore t o g e t my

papers f r o m the cus tom house, and hbould be g e t t i n g down the re as soon as I finish th i s c igar . The mal l ' s on board now. I guess . You ' re s topp ing at t h e Or iente , of course ; how long will it t a k e t o g e t y o u r duds t o g e t h e r ? "

" F i f t e e n m i n u t e s . Bu t how a b o u t a p a s s p o r t ? T h e c o m m a n d a n t e ' a office closed a t n o o n . "

" T h a i ' s a l l r i gh t . No one'll s t o p you on a g o v e r n m e n t lannAi, and I ' l l t a k e c a r e of t h e r e s t . Come a long ."

In t h r e e - q u a r t e r s of an h o u r Hal-• t e a d a n d I r e a c h e d the quay w i t h m y

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luggage , a n d 20 minu t e s l a t e r w e w e r e c l imbing the Countess of Devon 's ac-c o m m o d a t i o n ladder , .out in t h e bay . The Spanish m a t e stood a t t h e t o p and t o u c h e d his cap. Ha l s t e ad looked a long the g a n g w a y and s a i d :

"All t he pas senge r s a b o a r d , Mr. Diaz?"

"SI, s enor . " "Pi lo t come off wi th Mr . McPher-

• o n ? " "SI, aenor ." "All r i gh t . Get your a n c h o r up and

find how much she 's d r a w i n g . Tell Mr. Moreno to be ca re fu l t h a t i ron buoy doesn' t foul the sc rew th is t ime, and have the q u a r t e r m n s t e r b r i n g Mr. S tevens ' luggage np to my r o o m . The Kteward can give the passengerB bis-cu i t s and coffee if they w a n t it be fo re t u r n i n g in—there a re only a dozen, I t h i n k - a n d scat the ladles ' p a r t y a t my table in the morn ing . Now, old c h a p " ( t u r n i n g to me) , " I ' m go ing to give you the e x t r a b e r t h In m y cabin , and you can do as you p lease on boa rd Go to s leep now, If you l ike, o r b r i n g a s too l u p on the br idge and smoke . I shan ' t t u r n In un t i l a f t e r b r e a k f a s t . "

"If t ha t ' s the case, I 'll s lay win. you. Jus t to h u m o r my fool cur ionhy, I wish you'd explain why you s t a r l nt such an ungodly hour . T h e r e ' s no b - r t o cross, so the t ides can ' t make any dif ference."

"No; there 's plenty of w a t e r , but i f t e r passing Cape San t i ago there Isn't ano the r light in the s t r a i t . '1 here a re two dim ones on the no ' theas ' "or-ne r of Uurius island, but t hey ' r e not visible to wes t ' a rd , and 1 want to sec where I'm navigat ing be tween Burias and Ticao. We'll get the re about five o'clock to-morrow morning,—ought to pass Sant iago at b reakfas t t ime to-day,—so tha t du r ing the n ight we'll have plenty of elbow room."

"Suppose you s t r ike rain o r fog?" "We won't. This Is the m o r n i n g of

March 29. isn't I t? Well, two weeks f r o m to-morrow It'll be sul t ry , and still, and hot ns Tophet . A f t e r tha t the air'II smell like a f u r n a c e unt i l April 24. Then there ' l l be a hu r r i cane in this bay that will send a pile of ships ashore and spread co r ruga t ed iron roofs all over the landscape, and f rom tha t time to about the first of October the weather ' l l be simply h e l l i s h - r a i n , hurr icanes , fever and mud. In o thc r words, the southwest monsoon will have set in for six months . You ought to know when the monsoon changes, if you've been out here two yea r s . "

"Well, I suppose I should, but I've spent the Bummers In Yokohama and Shanghai , and they don ' t make so much difference up t h e r e . "

It was a perfec t n igh t . The wind had died down until t h e r e was scarce-ly a ripple on the wa t e r and each par-t icular s t a r was reflected in i t . The l ights of Cavitc, on our l e f t , were fasi d ropping a s t e r n ; and, a p p r o a c h i n g Corregidor Island a t t he en t r ance of the bay. about th ree o 'clock, the moun-ta ins of the I ' iquito on t h e south head with the Si r ra de Mariveles on the n o r t h rose like d a r k blue ghos t s 4.GC0 feet in the a i r . Cor reg idor itself s tood over 600 feet above high w a t e r , the light on i ts summit filling the rocks with g ro tesque shadows a s we passed c 'pse under i t .

Halstead occasionally called my a l -ten t ion lo some p r o m i n e n t point , but he was too closely occupied in watch-i n g the di f ferent bea r ings to ta lk very much ; and. a l though we didn' t d r o p the pilot until well past Cape San t iago . 3 could see tha t my "friend p r e f e r r e d ' t o know himself jus t how his ship was being navigated. A f t e r a six-o'clock b reakfas t we turned in and slept un-l l l noon. Then we went below and sa t down nt our first meal with the passengers , only f o u r of whom spoke ou r language, so t ha t t he conversat ion was mostly t a r r i e d on in r u d i m e n t a r y Spanish.

CHAPTER n . The cap t a in s cabin was an exceed-

ingly comfor t ab le one. with a l a rge cha r t tab le in the middle, cushioned t r a n s o m s a round th« sides, and sev-eral luxur ious r a t t a n chai rs . I t w a s r l tua ted upon the h u r r i c a n e deck di-rec t ly u n d e r the wheel-house, and had large windows in s t ead of the usual por ts , so t h a t we had a n u n i n t e r r u p t e d view of every th ing t h a t was going on. While I smoked an a f t e r - d i n n e r c iga r end enjoyed the breeze which blew t h r o u g h ou r q u a r t e r s , the s t r a n g e and rapid succession of even ts t h a t had lesul ted in my be ing bound f o r t h e most f o r g o t t e n c o r n e r of the e a r t h ' s aurfnee st ruck me ve ry forc ib ly . Every few momen t s some reminiscence of eld t imes would occur t o one or the o the r of us. and 1 finally asked Hal-stead if he were m a r r i e d .

"No." he said; " I ' m not . I w a s just going t o ask the same ques t ion . I t seems r a t h e r odd t h a t we t w o should have reached the age of—let ' s see; I 'm

, 35, and you can ' t be ' f a r f r o m i t— 1 w i thou t se t t l ing down . Do you know, i old chap , I 'm beg inn ing t o t h i n k I 1 haven ' t made m u c h of a success In 1 l ife." j "Oh, I don ' t k n o w . You ' re l ikely to , have a ship as l ong as you w a n t t o go 1 to sea, a r e n ' t y o u ? And the house j would probably o f fe r a f a i r ly good

b e r t h ashore . If you fe l t l ike t a k i n g i t . " " I Buppote so, a s long as the pres-

, e n t m a n a g e m e n t r ema ins unchanged . | B u t , even so, t h e r e ' s no chance of . m a k i n g a f o r t u n e a t i t . H e r e we are ,

you and I, two m e n in the p r ime of life, and able t h o r o u g h l y t o en joy all t he

: good th ings in It, y e t I suppose we a r e I likely to keep on d r u d g i n g f o r some : one else a s long as we live. In the

'ong r u n the fe l low who pe r s i s t en t l y 1 d rudges comes ou t ahead , and then

he ' s t oo old to e n j o y his good f o r t u n e . • I t t a k e s a y o u n g m a n t o a p p r e c i a t e

the th ings t h a t m o n e y will buy . Now why c a n ' t we s t r i k e a bi t of luck some-

1 where , find a b u r l e d t r e a s u r e or some-th ing of the s o r t , and t h e n live like p r inces In London o r New York , In-s tead of f r y i n g o u r g i zza rds ou t In the E a s t Ind lea? I sn ' t t h e r e a f a i r y g o d m o t h e r t h a t w e migh t p r o p i t i a t e ? "

"M-m-m, I d o n ' t t e e m t o r e m e m b e r any In my f a m i l y . But , speak ing of t r e a s u r e , a r e n ' t w e sa i l ing over p r e t t y m u c h the s a m e t r a c k a s t h a t fo l lowed by t h e old g a l l e o n s ? "

" T h a t ' s r i g h t ; pauic t r a c k , to a mile. To -mor row m o r n i n g I ' l l - t o w you P o r t San J a c i n t o , on t h e i s land of Ticao, w h e r e t h e y used t o wai t f o r a f avorab le wind In b e a t i n g t h r o u g h the San B e r n a r d i n o passoge. Anson ' s .ships wa tched f o r t h e m Just ou ts ide '.he 'Embocade ro , ' a s I t la called" in Spanish, and t h e y all s t o p p e d a t t he L a d r o n e s f o r p igs and w a t e r on t h e voyage ac ross . "

"Well, w e r e n ' t they usua l ly loaded wi th a p r e t t y r i ch c a r g o ? "

'Rich I hy, man , the Acapulco gal-Icon b r o u g h t be tween t w o and t h r e e millions—in si lver dol lars , gold doub-loons. and Indigo—to Manila, once or twice every y e a r . You see, t he j u u k s used to come down f r o m Hong-Kong Jn March or April , loaded wi th silk bro-cades. fine l inen, go ld o r n a m e n t s and •jewels, which t h e Manila S p a n i a r d s bough t and, a f t e r keep ing w h a t t h e y wanted f o r p e r s o n a l use, shipped t o

auupu .co on kpecuiat ion. Mevn o w a s a viceregal province then, and the Phi l ippines was a subdependency. The r e t u r n galleon brought the p roceeds of these specu la t ions ; though, as ' h e boletas. or shipping pe rmi t s fo r t r a n s -po r t a t i cn space, were issued by the g o b e r n a d o r s fo r revenue, they prac-tically a m o u n t e d to a Phil ippine sub-sidy."

"Tha t ' s about as 1 r emember i t . There were a good many gal leons wrecked on the coral islands, weren ' t t h e r e ? "

"Lo t s of t h e m ; they were g rea t un-wieldy tubs. a lways loaded b e y i n d the i r c a r r y i n g enpaoity. And. b^ the way, t ha t r eminds me of an ins tance whicb f happen to know about , more or less d i rec t ly . Last voyage. Pad re Ju l i an , who bus been in cha rge of the mission on Saipan fo r 30 or 40 years , came home with me. The old chap is a good deal of a s tudent , and has the h i s tc ry of these Islands at his finger-ends—best judge of rum and s h e r r y 1 ever saw. I used to fill him up with good liquor, jus t t o see him en joy II and hear the s tor ies he told when the stuff got into his blood. Among o t h e r things, he told me one night about the loss of Xuest rn Senora de Sevilla in ITd'J on the San ta Hosa Reef, somewhere south of Gua jan . The padre was p r e t t y mellow, ar.d I guess said more than he meant to . fo r 1 never could get a n o t h e r word out of him about the wreck. It seems tha t a nat ive in one of the flying proas—the island c a t a m a r a n s , you've h e a r d of them—found an unconscious ofilccr lashed to a spar several miles out at sea, and tu rned him over to F r a y Ig-nacio. who was then r u n n i n g the church at Agana, when ho came in. The f r a y nnd his b r o t h e r pr ies t s suc-ceeded in r e s to r ing the man long enough to get hit> account of the wreck , t o g e t h e r wi th the app* ox ima tc posi t ion of the galleon when she s t r u c k ; t hen he died. Being method-ical old chaps , they jo t t ed the s to ry all down, and F r a y Ignaclo signed it. Then, like the pious old imbccilcs t h a t they were , they buried the documen t , wi th severa l o thers , in the f r a y ' s s a r c o p h a g u s when he got t h r o u g h wi th life. I believe he and his box a r e now in t h e c ryp t under the church . The s t o r y seemed s t r a igh t enough, and I guess t he r e ' s no doubt of t h e r e be ing two or t h r e e millions of good rus ty money lying a t t he b o t t o m of the ocean , south of Gua jan , t o this day. It might as well be in the Bank of England as f a r as we a re con-c t r n ? d . Anothe r case of l ife 's l i t t le Ironies, Isn't i t ? "

" H o w deep is t he w a t e r t h e r e ? " "Well , the Aler t got f r o m 2.000 t o

4,000 f a t h o m s n e a r t h e r e in 1SR1—say two t o f o u r miles. Why. were you t h ink ing of diving fo r i t ? "

"Not exact ly . I mean t the d e p t h on t h a t r ee f . "

"Oh, S a n t a Rosa? I couldn ' t tell you t h a t . The re a re no soundings of It, even on the Spanish cha r t s , t hough it was laid down on Da l rymple ' sand Can-tova 's older maps. Dampier said he found it In ICSti. f ou r f a t h o m s unde r w a t e r . One of the galleons s t r u c k on

Work

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I i i ipor a m iiimiiii» Feb . 13. hmI. . . Ihui ' i I ' h I I tn a t t e n d .

Perry i iardner, F . K.

K e e n e .

The "hIiiuIuw Hicinl" fur the benefit of

lhe Mnrlih u m i e i y hi Kd. Frost's was a mm cthh. I'm e i e d s JliJ.HO.

Wsude im-l l im^li is en^nged to teach

the tprin^ leriii h i lhe Potter's corner school.

Mrs. Polsier Iihs his Htore in one ef M»ll Pillii j.('rV hnililings. He expects to

huild a new store nt Avon next Npring.

Mn*. Mellwa Sparks has a severe attack of ihe Krippe.

Robert Sparks nnd wife entertained a

p s n y of young people at their home last WednesdHy evenini;.

Norman Oglivie in very siok with pneu-monia.

Milton Wilkiiwin in riding afler a span of coal hlnek horses.

Mrs. S h I l i e ("atr in sick.

Lawrence Lanx of Keene and Frona

fletzel of Belding were united in marriage last week.

• Mrs. Rawnon, of Mersey, to whom Mrs" Wilkinson shipped the barrel of goods, losl

her oldest ditu^liter, Lizzie, last week.

All of the'eorrevpondents who were not

present al the edilor'n home Feb. 4 missed

a treat as we all hud a very enjoyable time nnd werelrented to a lovely dinner.

M. Wo' dmnn of Saranncnnd A. ShirtlilT of Nov! visited their coasin, Mrs. Dell Bowen. Wednesday.

Mrs. Robert Sparks nnd son, Floyd, vis-

ited her mother, Mrs. Wilkinson, Sunday.

A surprise party was given In honor of Mrs. B. Rlckert'n two sisters, the Howe girls, nt her home Inst week.

Carrie Kennedy spent Sunday al her

home and returned to her tchool in Clarks-ville Monday.

B. F. Wilkinson nnd wile were guests of Harvey Brown and wife Thursday.

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July next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of a reef t h e r e since tha t t ime. Most of these Islands are volcanic, you know, and it may have sunk to t h e t h r e e o r f ou r mile level."

"Very likely. Still, the ships t h a t looked f o r It might have bee n t h e r e a t a t i m e of yea r when the w c a i h e r was un favorab le fo r a search ."

"You mean—?" " T h a t , as Is quite probable , they m a y

have been c ru i s ing dur ing the sum-m e r . Tha t would be the s o u t h w e s t monsoon, wou ldn ' t I t ? Rain, fog, hu r -r icanes—"

" T h a t ' s so." "And the w a t e r might have been so

lumpy t h a t c a r e f u l sounding would have beeu out of the ques t ion ."

"Hard ly . They wouldn ' t a t t e m p t t o sound in bad w e a t h e r , unless f o r t he i r own sa fe ty . Still, t hey migh t no t have happened t o t r y It when they were over the exac t spot , and the s h i f t i n g of t b e monsoon m i g h t make a n y t h i n g like an a c c u r a t e sea rch impossible Oh, I wouldn ' t ven turp t o say t h a t t h e r e is no reef t h e r e ; i ts exis tence and posit ion a re not defini tely known, t h a t ' s all. But suppose t h e r e Is. Sup-pose for the sake of a r g u m e n t t h a t Its lagoon isn ' t more than 100 f e e t o r bo deep, how much chance do you th ink the re would be of finding even t h e f r a g m e n t s of a hulk lost t h e r e 120 y e a r s a g o ? Why, man. It would have u cora l j acke t on so thick t ha t you'd have to use dynami te If It we re above w a t e r . Coral deposit Increases a t t he r a t e of an e igh th of an Inch a y e a r , or more , according to Agassiz; t h a t would make make a th ickness of about 15 inches. Adding shell-llsh and o t h e r m a r i n e g rowth , it would be sa fe to fig-u r e two or t h r e e feet , wouldn ' t i t ? "

"P robab ly ; but I t h o u g h t t h a t coral , d l a tomaceae , nnd f o r a m i n i f e r a depos-i ted perpendicular ly on these volcanic

a to l l s ? " " T h a t ' s so. If t he wreck lay In a

bold position some of her side t imbers m i g h t still be exposed, or a t l eas t cov-"ered very thinly. Har ry , w h a t crazy no t ion have you got In y o u r head? T h e r e isn ' t one chance in a million of e n a t t e m p t to raise t ha t t r e a s u r e be-ing successful . I t would be folly to t h i n k of t ry ing It w i thou t a ful ly equipped wrecking t f e a m e r , and even t h e n you 'd have piracy to contend wi th among your c rew."

"Well, I became Interes ted In the utory. And then the idea occur red to me tha t , being out of a job. the re would be no th ing to h inder my inves t iga t ing t h e th ing a litt le. Ju s t for the sake of a r g u m e n t , now—we might as well j inuse ourselves wi th this as any th ing , —suppose I were to leave the s t e a m e r a t Gua j an ; t ha t ' s the biggest and m o s t sou ther ly Ladrone, isn't i t ? R igh t . Then suppose I should happen t o g e t hold of F r a y Ignacio 's accoun t of t i e shipwrecked officer, aud should And In

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tipn. I l m a k e s t h o m filthy a n d u n -h e a l U i y . F r e q u e n t l y p e r s o n s a r r e s t e d o n s o m e t r i v a l c h a r g e c a r r y t f to l s o r w e a p o n s i n t o t h e j a i l t o a id in t h e es-c a p e of pa l s . T h o h o a r d s a y s i t i s ex-p e n s i v e a n d u s e l e s s t o p u t d r u n k s n n d d i s o r d e r l i e s i n t o t h e j a j l s , v e t t h e y cou-• U t u t e m o r e t h a n h a l f o i t h o s e con-fined. I t i s r e c o m m e n d e d t h a t t h e Ifcw p e r m i t t i n g t h i s he r e p e a l e d , a t

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I l l ; ; F l r o nt De t ro i t .

T h e b i g p i a n o nnd o r g a n p l a n t of Olough & W a r r e n , of De t ro i t , w a s pa r -t i a l l y d e s t r o y e d b y f i re , e n t a i l i n g a loss of b e t w e e n ?SO,000 a n d 8100,00.'). W h i l e t r y i n g to e s s a p e f r o m t h e b u r n -

. I n g b u i l d i n g Uob t . F e r g u s o n , un em-p loyee , fo i l f r o m t h e fifth floor to t h e s t o n e s i d e w a l k , s u s t a i n i n g i n j u r i e s f r o m w h i c h h e d ied a few h o u r s l a t e r

u p o n t h e o p e r a t i n g t a b l e n t H a r p e r h o s p i t a l . T h e u n f o r t u n a t e w n s 35 y e a r s of a g e a n d leaves a w i f e a n d o n e l i t t l e d a u g h t e r 2% y e a r s old. F e r g u -s o n h a d boon in t h e employ of C lough & W a r r e n f o r 12 y e a r s nnd w a s w e l l l i ked .

I^.ST Ills Own I.lfo SIIVIMK HI" Fami ly .

i F i r e d e s t r o y e d t h e h o m e of T h o m a s L o w d e n , seven m i l e s n o r t h of Senrs , Osceola c o u n t y . Mr. L o w d e n rescued h i s w i f e nnd f o u r c h i l d r e n f r o m t h e b u r n i n g b u i l d i n g , a n d r e t u r n e d t o res-c u e h i s 5 -year -o ld boy, w h o s l e p t up-s t a i r s . H o b e c a m e ove rcome a n d b o t h p e r i s h e d i n t be flames. Mrs . L o w d e n l e f t t h r e e of h e r c h i l d r e n in t h e b a r n , t o o k t h e b a b y in h e r a r m s a n d w e n t to 1

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l o g i s l a t i o n t o p r e v e n t t h e s p r e a d of c o n s u m p t i o n , w h i c h t h e y figure ou t Caused n t l ease o n e - t e n t h of t h e d e a t h s in t h o s t a t e d u r i n g 1898. T h e b o a r d t h i n k s t h e r e s h o u l d b e a s t a t e r n n i t a r -

i u m f o r c o n s u m p t i v e s , t o c o s t a b o u t 800,000. I t is c l a i m e d t h a t t h e money loss c a u s e d by t h e d i s e a s e is a t lenst

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once more , a n d tbe m o t h e r bear , s e e m -ing to fo rge t e v e r y t h i n g but h e r y o u n g one . r u s h e d to i t s r e scue . ? h e h a d no t , howeve r , t a k e n niOiO than t h r e e o r f o u r s t eps w b e n t h e p a n t h e r s p r a n g nt , h e r t h r o a t aga in . I t s a im was t rue , for i t se t t led t h e c l a w s of its fo re feet | in t he b e a r ' s s h o u l d e r and i ts t e e t h In h e r neck . T h e b e a r now s t rugg l ed h a r d to s h a k e the p a n t h e r off. b u t sho

cou ldn ' t do It. Soon t h e p a n t h e r to re t h e b e a r ' s e n t r a i l s o u t with i t s h ind c laws ; t hen It l eaped away a n d w e n t to s m e l l i n g a f t e r t h e cub, which had c rawled over to t h e t ree n e a r w h e r e we h a d been w a t c h i n g the b a t t l e .

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H o w m a n y t i m e s i n l i f e a f e w w o r d s o f good adv ice , c o m i n g f r o m a f r i e n d one c a n d e p e n d u p o n , w i l l s a v e n s hours , p e r h a p s m o n t h s , of m i s e r y . T h o fol-l o w i n g w h i c h c o m e s f r o m B a t t l e Creek w i l l i n t e r e s t o u r r e a d e r s . Dr . Oliver G u i t c a u x , V e t e r i n a r y S u r g e o n of t h a t c i t y , a w e l l - k n o w n m a n t h e r e , a s w e l l a s in K a l a m a z o o a n d M a r s h a l l , s p e a k s of h i s e x p e r i e n c e w i t h t h e l i t t l e con-q u e r o r a n d t h e r e s u l t of a f e w t i m e l y w o r d s of advice . H e s a y s :

" I w a s s t a n d i n g i n A m b e v g A M u r -p h y ' s d r u g s t o r e i n B a t t l e Creek duo d a y w h e n a f r i e n d of m i n e c a m e in a n d a s k e d f o r a b o x of k i d n e y pi l l s . A f t e r h e h a d m a d e h i s p u r c h a s e 1 sa id q u i e t l y t o h i m , ' Y o u h a v e m a d e a m i s t a k e i n b u y i n g t h o s e . ' H i s r e p l y w a s , ' H o w l s t h a t ? ' I s a i d ' D e a n ' s K i d n e y P i l l a 0*e w o r t h a l l t h e o t h e r s p u t t o g e t h e r . ' As h e w a n t e d m y r e a s o n s f o r t h i n k i n g so I t o l d h i m t h a t m y k i d n e y s h a d b o t h -e r e d m e f o r y e a r s , t h a t I s u f f e r e d from b a c k a c h e u n t i l I c o u l d s c a r c e l y s t a n d I t , t h a t I h a d n e a r l y e v e r y s y m p t o m t f b e f o u n d w h e r e t h e k i d n e y s n r e a f -f e c t e d , t h a t I h a d used r e m e d y a f t e r r e m e d y i n c l u d i n g b o x a f t e r box of t h e o n e h e j u s t p u r c h a s e d , nnd t h a t u n t i l I u s e d D o a n ' s K i d n e y Pi l ls I m i g h t h a v e t a k e n a s m a n y spoons fu l of w a t e r , i n f a c t , I t h i n k some of t h e m h u r t me. A c o u p l e of w e e k s a f t e r t h i s I m e t h i m on t h e s t r e e t , w h e n h e said: 'Doc., Doan ' s K i d n e y P i l l s a r e j u s t as y o u r e p r e -s e n t e d . A f t e r u s i n g the box a b o u t w h i c h w e h a d a conve r sa t ion in A m b c r g & M u r p h y ' s d r u g s to re I w a s a s b a d a s over . I t h e n procured Doan 's a n d s t u c k t o t h e i r t r e a t men t u n t i l t h o y c u r e d me.

Doan ' s Kidney P i l l s f o r s a l e b y a l l dea l e r s . I'rico 50 cen ts . M a i l e d by Fos te r -Mi lb i i rnCo. , B u f f a l o , N . Y . , So le a g e n t s fo r t he U. S. R e m e m b e r t h e nnmo Doan's a n d t a k e n o s u b s t i t u t e .

N e x t t o bahico a w o m a n j u d g e s h e r f r i e n d s by t h e i r u n d e r w e a r .

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HOMK NEWS,

C o s s i p and C h a t a ^ u t People T h i « s s You Know.

a a d

S-.- R . B . Bujlftn'f new adv.

J . H. Yeiior is nn tbe fick lirt,

.1 nn Miles a » s in Orand Rapids T u f f i iv .

R W . was in Omnd Rsp-ids M nday.

^ P Hicks visited ( i rand Rajtids on husiness Monday.

i)r. McDanneli was called to Ionia • i i business ye>-terdnv.

The Vergennes club dnnoe to-night at Trs iu ' s Ofper* house.

M.mie Sayles wns over from Grand Eapidf on bunness Toesdny.

Fred Holmes ol Detroit s]>ent Sun» day -siih old Lowell friends.

Mrs. R C . Smilli is v is i i in j rela-tives at Big Rapids and «Viill«c.

On Feb. 14 tbe Phila d a r k Union | will meet with Mi*, Al water. A Cordial ioviUt ion Ui ail.

F. .1. Eiidj ' , pavine clerk of the Grand Rapids jxtstofhee. was calling on Lowell friends '1 uesdav.

A marriape license was issued Tuesday to Albert Heiugelman and Blanche Watterson, hotli of Cascade,

Olaude Lane and vife returned to their home in Rifihland Tuesday af-t e r a visit of several days with Low-ell friends.

Mrs. L. S. Diokerson returned to her home in Almont yesterday after a two months visit with her daughter, Mrs. F. M. .lohnsoTi.

The jury in tbe cast of Mrs . Star-bard vs. the D., G. H. A M. Railroad oompany. awarded tbeplaiutifl '$1650 We understand the company will ap-peal to the supreme court.

Mrs. Z . H . Covert is able to be around the house .-ipaiii af ter being confined to tier bed f o r two weeks with congestion of the lungs.

Wno. Patterson, of MeCords has our thanks for a bushel of his very fine Compton's Surprise potatoes. Ht-has a few seed potatoes ol this variety for sale.

The will o-f Mary Krum, deceased, was admitteo to probate Tuesday. J . E. Lee was appointed e reca tor and apprai^erV warrant issued to Will S , Winegar and D. G. Look.

Advertised letters—Mrs. Annie C . Baker, Mrs. C . Passenbeim, Mrs. Maude Wilbur. Orrin Keyes, H. P . Raymoii t ,S. W. Webber , A. W . Temple., Miss Jennie Drummond.

"The '98—'99 Dancing club will give their ninth par ty ot tbe season at Music hall on Friday evening, Feb. 10. Music by the Lowell orchestra. Bill 50c, including care ol horses.

Milan D. Wilson, who has been at Adrian for nearly two years, returned to that place Tuesday after a several days visit with Lowell friends. He expects to make his home here again in a few weeks.

Murphy Bros, ol Lowell won seci ond award on cheese at the meeting ctf the Michigan Dairymen's associa-tion at Grand Rapids last week. The score was 93 points, the same as tha t which was given first award .

Tbe winter meeting of t h e Michigan I Ass'iciation will he held at Lai .sing February l-»th and 15tlv. The editor of the Lei 'Okk e&pects 1 ^ I and corre pondents are re-q U'- to send in their c »ntributioiis early next week.

W m . J . Bryan is expected to be in Grand Rapids on tbe evening of Feb-ruary ITth . A reception will be tendered him at the Morton house f rom 7 to 8 o'clock, immediately afler which he will spenk al the audi ton-nm. Mr. Brvan ' t admirers in th is par t of the county are invited to he present

Last Monday evening a number of fr iends very pleu&tuijv surprised Garfield Ford in honor of his nine-teenth birthday. The evening wns spent in conversation and games. ]oe cream and cake were served, and a t a late honr all departed for theii bomes feeling that they had spent a very enjoyuble evening. *

An observing man well along in yea r s made the following statement to the ediuir: " I have never seen a f i r l unfaithful to her motner t h a t e v e r came to be worth a one-eyed bu t ton t o ber husband. I 'm talking for the hoys now. If one of yoa boys ever come across a girl with a lace f u l l of roses, who says as you come t o the dour, ' I oan't go for thirty min-utes for the dishes are not washed,' y o n wait for that girl . You sit right down on tbe door s tep and wait for h e r . 'Cause some other fellow may ca r ry be r off and r i g h t here you lost an angel . Wa i t fo r her and Htaok to be r l ike a b i r r in a mule's ta i l .—[Ex,

In l iSI I I I I ''•I

signs in gill a kI ' j iU and enamf.l,

Thev are ih • ' roa^ n u d e ior-wr-vioe kind—»nne m . ' t i a t will suit. The prions st-em i • ••atch the favor ol our cuMomers.

W e shall e i n i e t v o r to keen « com-plete line of Buckh.*, S lirtwaiM goods, etc,, during t h e m-> «" i i .

M o C o r d a .

W m . Lowe and wife of Hudson are j vi-inng friends and relalivea in this :

v i c n i i * . L. W.vi«ink, our a^rent, is W ^

i * iM-ne home lo K«si Paris. H i f j vacancy i* fii'eii by K. ! ! i j h y .

Koyal Myers and Miss Gail 11 imp ( "oal^ Grove were guests at J .

R nter 's Sunday, K d i l . * . l « > h n s o n a n d w i f e e n t e r t a i n - j

«-d l h e c> r r e s p ' n d e n i s a t I h e i r b e n e

i t . L . c e l l S a i - i r l a v w i t h a f ^ t i n t i t u l

d i n n e r l o w h i c h t i e g n e s t s d i d a m p l e

i n M i c e , A c o o i l l i m e e n j o y e d h y a l l . !

"I a m a o r r v f o r I h e s i s t e r s w h o w e r e

n<»l p r e s e n t ,

A n v » s i e n j o y a h ' e t i m e w j i « p a r l i < - i

p a ' e d i n b v t h e c h i l d r e n a n d r e l a t i v e s

o f U n c l e C l i n t W o o d , a t b i s r e s i d e n c e ,

F e b . 5llh. lhe o c c a s i o n b e i n g b i s s e v -

, n i w « i n i i . b i r t h d a y , A s n m u p t o i w

dinner w a s s e r v e d and l h e afternoon w n s s j i e n t i n s > r i « l c h a t . Uncle ('lint w a s ll < r e c i ] i i » * n l nfsome v e r y u s e f u l

gifts i n r e o i e m ^ r s c e o l t b e o c c a s i o n .

FEKK.

H o r n — T o C h a s . R e n n e l l s a n d wi fe , J a n .

25, a girl. UNO

Willism R ck t s . v,-rv Mck,

>1 v 1 A A ii'le - II WH- III Gi-and ' Ha i S Mondnv I Tuesdav and I h Mnessed t he production ot "Ti e

Hon. dohn K i i t - • > " by S.I Smith j 1.'U-«<'II.

Married, a. <1, Patrick 's church, G man. Jan , SI . hy K-v, Fr . Byrne, M rhael J . Mi' .nitiv to Miss Anna I/illv Quite a Minii^r of I/ .well jx-o-pic vc ie preseni at the ceremony.

Geo. M-'scar. for siveral years down town oin-rat'.r for the I)., G, H & M., i*1 now in the employ of the D . G R. A W . at Remus and Geo. B. Morse iff instaileii in his place here

Last Sunday evening, the Y. P S C. E . observed the eighteenth anni ver»-arv of the organixalion ol the C . K . S b y p r e S f T i t i n g t h e p r o r a m

entitled the Chiisiian Endeavor Rain bow. The reading, speaking and music was all well rendered. The hoo-e was fn ' l to overflowing and all pron •nnced it a success in every wav.

S o n t l i B o s t o n — E l m d a l e .

On account o f the illness of Rev, Fl int Will Mintv prcuched a t tbe S«»uth Boston church Sunday.

Mrs. A. S Stannard is on the gain.

Geo. Chat terdon has moved into Ira Emerson's house.

Claude Tyler of Ionia visited at C. W , Taylor's Thur sday .

Born—To Eugene Com stock and wife, Feb. 2, a noy.

The estate ol L . B. Tyler is estims-led at $45,000,

I t was announced last week that th^ lecture was F e b . 4. I t should have been Feb . 11.

LEAH.

IMCMgh Hangs On You have used all

! sorts of cough reme-| dies but it does not j yield; it is too deep j seated. It may wear] jitsdf outin time, bu t j j i t is more liable t o ! : produce la grippe, | 1 pneumonia or a sen-1 i ous throat affection. 1

You need something I that will give you strength and build

I up the body.

nUw.vr re* »»?• • A n o t h e r prcat iif- oven hufbt^n Tnafle

I , 1 i«dj In ihl* o o u n t r y . ' " P i s i a M fa f tened l is c lutches u p o n bar

a n d f o r s c v e m y e a r s s h e w U h s l o o d I t s s « -

v e n - K t KRIS. I" ' h , , r " " , 1 f r P 8 1 " 1 I • i,'«-milni-<l and d(-aih seemed Immlnfent.

;•.••r , n-.omhs -he c o u p h e r I n c e s s e n t -I \ and <-oi;.d r.ol sle p. She finally dls-I

(•o\-f red a w a y 10 recovers", b y p u r c h a s - | : .np of us a bottle of Dr. Klnp's New 1 ' L'l aoo ve ry lo r C o n s u m p t i o n , a n d w a s so

.m < h ic.ievcd ..ij u k l n p first dose, that 1 -h.- v., pi a ' I n i p b t ; a n d w l l b t w o b o t t l e s . ( ha« tx-m abso lu te ly i u r e d . H e r n a m e l« Mrs. Luther Luix." Thus writes W. C. HamnJck & Co.. of She lby . K C . T r i a l bottles free at L. H. Hunt & Co.'a Drug Store. Repu'.ar size 50c and $1.00. Everj" hot lie guaranteed.

T h e Free Year Book and Encyclojx-dia for 1899 given free with The ' I -Uw^kr and Free Press fo r a year at SI.T-t for al l , may now be

ti st 1 hi- • ffice.

I SCOTTS EMULSION i! do this when everything

: sc fails. There is no doubt bcut i l It nourishet.

; lengthens, builds up and •̂ iKes the body strong and

cslthy. not only to throw . f this hard cough, but lo

•r'afy the system against . :-ther attacks. W yoa arc ; un down or emaciated you hould certainly take this

urishing food medicine. kot. nnd 61.00, all druKgisU.

• 'T'l & UOWNE, Chombts. Tiew York.

Every Stitch

f o f w o r k a n d e v e r y p i e c e o f l e a t h e r i n t h e L e w i s " W e a r

f R c s i s t e r s " i s p e r f e d . Made f p r o p e r t y , t h e y fit a n d w e a r ' p r o } « i i y . T h e y c o m b i n e

J st vie, comfort and service— (couple pleasure with econo-

rtv. They wear 90 long that you'd tire of 'em if they were like com men shoes, but the longer yon wear

I B, LEWIS CD'S

"Wear-Resisters" the liettcr they ' l l please you.fe Look for "Lewis" on every diocif Men's, women's , chi ldren 's . /

; r J . B . L R W r e c O ^ B o s t o n , Mbm . ^

I c W I S " W E A R - R E S I S T C R S we sold by

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Ledger's lob Dep'm'l s?

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CH E Job Printing that h tarned out at this office pmunoanoed perftct and Up-to-Date. Our wora embrane* all ihe late*! styles. Onr job

type is of the latest desipn. Don't think beeanse von dooH see oar finest Job Type in. the newspaper that we haven't got it for we hare and knov how lo pnl it together so 1 hat il will p]*a«e you. Try ns and be oonvinccd that what we my is t rue.

Our Prices are right and work satisfactory.

Over Postotflce. Phone 62,

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ALEXANDER'S Clearance Sale of

Crockery

Goods.

Romantic and full of exciting adventure i s our

new serial, which begins elsewhere in this issue. The stoty is one of American in-genuity in the Spanish territory of the Philippine and Caroline Islands, an excit-ing rivalry and hunt for a sunken Spanish treasure ship, and a beautiful romance of which a pretty Spanish senorita is tbe heroine.

THE TREASURE OF SANTA ROSA REEF

Is sure to be instructive and entertaining. in the highest degree, and especially so at this t ime because of the prominence, occa-sioned hy tlie recent war between them, of the nations represented in the characters in the Story. You will enjoy reading i t , Don' t miss a single chapter.

A l t o n .

We werefor ry t ha t all the oorrospond-

ents were unable to meet with us last Sat-urday. We bud a very pleasant t ime and

each meeting biud^ our hearts and fr iend

ship more sbrongly. Hope that we may all live to enjoy a great many more to-

gethea. Mth. Km est Godfrey is vihitinc frienfla

in Low. U. Mr. and Mrs. Guy K or ton spent Sunday

wWi her paronb' in Grai tan. Mr. llinp hiu> a new horse, ] The iot) in the pond is now over 28 in-

cheH thick. E<ma BerieitiJiow home with her mother.

Elder Bunnell and wife are helping in

the revivals. The aiok the past week are Mr. and Mrs-

N. €ooiis and daughter, Mrs. Bunnell, Lin-cic Veteubook, Ed. Houlihan, Nelson

Lewis, Eva Andrews, Mra. J , D. Frost, Mrs.

Electa Mosher, Charles Keeoh, Otis White

and family, Mrs. J . H. Church, Mrs. Ony

Norton and daughter. Ed. Godfrey of Segwun is hauling wood

for Mra. Alice Brown f r o m here to Lowell

Eevival meetings are being held this

week and a large number are present

every evening. Mra. Goo. Ford was taken with hemrnor-

Hge of the lungs Friday. Elder Smith and wife of Ohapel are -at-

tending lhe meeting here, Mrs.Cynthia Bang and son, Bay. apent

Sunday a t E . Sting's-Mrs. Kate Davis has returned from the

war a t Cuba. Lena Eisser of Faliaaburg viaited her

sinter, Mrs. John Kopf, last week. Mrs. Byrnes of <J rattan viaited her

daughter, Mra. Ony Norton, Monday. We hear tha t Mr. Collar of Vergennes ie

to have tbe findA-Godfrey farm.

Mrs, M a s o n o f Oront wac the gna t t of

Fred Ford Monday. Ony Kcrton and wife attended the For*

reitere danee «t Grattan Friday

$ 8,00 100 piece Dinner Sets 1 0 . 0 0 44

1 2 , 0 0 44

7.00 Va«e Lamps 3,00 44

2.25 44

2.00 44

1.75 44

and

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All other Lamps at Reduced Price-

^ T I N W A R E ^ 5c Pint Cups, now 2 for 5c. • 5c Pie Tins, now 2 for Sc.

6 Quart Milk Pans per dozen 55c. . 50c Milk Pails now 38c. • 35c Milk Pails now-30c.

30c Milk Pails now 25c.

Misses and Bovs all wool Hose-25c-value, now 19c* Lad iesJFleeced-lined [Hose* now 15c.

Every article in store at reduced^price.

C. H. ALEXANDER.

XI A P a p e r f o r W M h t a c ,

People who wish to pay a year sub-s m p t i o n t o this paper by doing a week's washing and ironing can have the opportunity by applying a t tbia office- No poor work wanted a t any price.

As usual our

1898 Watch Trade Excelled any previous year.

( m i r y .

S i lVerware^ .

We are going: to make 1899 still better.

1st—We have the goods. 2d—The quality and style are right. IZD 3d—The price will suit you—Calf and see.

s ^blowing np" his wife beoanseabe didn't] improve the opportunity to save money by buying berlM A. D. Oliver, 1

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