' W I T H I V E A L I O E T O W ^ P t D K T O I S T E ^ I S T I D O H A I ^ I T Y F O P L A . L L 55

VOL. V. NO 12. LOWELL, KENT COUNTY, MICH., AUGUST -19. 1897. W H O L E NO. 217

Ladies and Gentlemen. Before buying a pair of fine

shoes, ^e sure and look at our line. We are selling all colored shoes at prices which ARE way down.

YOURS TO PLEASE,

Geo. M. Winegar.

& £

£

POTATO BUG POISON!

Pure Paris Green Guaranteed. L. H. HUNT & CO.,

Druggists. 3

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Lowell Planing Mill, W . J . ECKER & SON PROPRIETORS,

AND DEALERS IN

I L i T J n V E B E I R , . . L A T H , SHINGLES A N D CEDAR FEKCE POSTS. ^

M a n u f a c t u r e r s of—Sash, Doors, Blinds, Frames for Doors, Windows and Screens, Exhibition and Shipping Coops for Poultry, Dried Apple Boxes, Wooden Eave Troughs, Etc.

Z S A T C H U r O , mB-SAWX1VO A M D J O B W O R K .

Ecker & Son, Lowell, Mich.

ABE ABROAD.

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An Awkward Position.

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We are in rather an awk-ward position just now. We had an idea that Fruit Jars would be very dear this season, and a couple of months ago, prompted by a tempting price, we bought a large quantity of them. As things have turned out, we were mistaken, and we are now overstocked with Frui t Jars. We want to get rid of them—a whole lot of them—and we wish to do it quickly. Until this is done the best Mason Fruit Can may be bought from us at 50c, 60c and 70c per dozen.

We will have another lot of those

TLEGANT STANDS that we are

G I V I N G A W A Y ! !

Cfrand Clearance Sale! i F o r the purpose of r e d u c i n g s tock, j we will fo r the nex t f i f teen days sell • our en t i re stock (outs ide t h e carpe t ' depar lmen t ) a t twenty- f ive |)er cent . ' d iscount . W e s imply w ant t o ex-j change our goods fo r your money.

Come now and t a k e first choice . R e m e m b e r seventy-f ive cents buys one dol lar ' s worth of poods.

N. H. BLAIN. Lowell, J u l y ."JO, 1897.

C a r d of T h a n k s .

Mr. ami Mrs. H . P . Lane and fam-ily wish lu express their sincere and heartfelt thanks to their many friends who so kindly remembered our son and brother through his long illness. To those who eent flowers and to tho^e who so kindly furnished car-riages.

M. Langworthy, cistern builder, would announce tha t he is making a specialty of building stone-arched j u g cisterns. Stone and cement wells deepened and repaired. New stone tops laid on old cisterns. Call on, or address him at Lowell Mich.

He Tells How C r o p s Are H a r v e s t '

ed In G e r m a n y .

M. Gladbach, Germany, 5th Aug.

Dear Edi tor and Friends.

I t has been some lime since I

wrote you. but I have thought many

limes a day of you all, and have set

many times that I would write, b u t

when the lime came, would put i t off

On my way to Germany I visited the

Exposition at Brussels, bu t a t that

time, while it was open, it was f a r

from complete, and did not commence

with the one' wc saw last year in

Berlin. I spent last Sunday in Brus-

yels, but did not visit the exposition,

as it is overcrowded on Sunday, that

being the day of the largest at tend-

ance during the week.

Germany is in the middle of har-

vest, has been cut t ing rye, wheat and

oats for three weeks or more, and i t

will take at least that time, before

they will be through. I have been

doing considerable country driving in

the pnst six weeks, and can ful ly

underetand why it takes so long to

ga ther their crops. I will explain as

well as possible, what I have seen.

In the first place, the land lays qui te

low, and the gra in is much of it,

lodged on the ground, and therefore,

I thought at first this was the reason

they used a kind of cycle scythe, with

a handle about twenty inches long,

the blade about eighteen inches long,

and from the top of the handle, a

short handle to hold onto; in the left

band they have a stick or pole, on

the end of this, is an iron hook, they

use this to t ip the grain away from

the scythe, and when it is straight*

ened right, they cut it close to the

ground, work into the grain perhaps

.six or seven feet, and then with the

hook roll t h e ^ u t grain to the outside,

and when there, i t is of course in a

bundle; this they take with the hook

and loot and lay it to one side, ready

for the women to bind up . I found

this was the way they cut all their

grain, where it stood up perfect, as

well as where it was down. Of course

all who read this can imagine the

length of t ime required to gather in a

large harvest in this manner ; it must

take a t least two minutes to cut and

lay each bundle. Some are cutting

oats first, others rye or wheat. They

use mostly in this part , two wheeled

carts, for drawing bundles, and in fact

everything. I t looks odd, or it did a t

first, to see a steer or cow, hitched in

monstrous shaf ts and not only draw-

ing large loads of gra in , but steady-

I am counting the weeks before I

can shake you all by the hand again.

My thoughts are with Lowell and iU

inhabitants, especially my many

friends. Yours, A. L. PECK.

PROSPECTS ARE GOOD.

Every I t idlcat ion S p e a k s T h u s Of T h e S t a t e Fa i r .

There is every indication that the

Stale Fa i r is to be a success this year.

Secretary Fralick wrote to Superin-

tendent Fifield yesterday, telling him

that the inquiries for premium lists

and other matters pertaining to the

Fair were more numerous up to the

present t ime than they were last year.

The secretary gave this as conclusive

evidence that the fair is to be a suc-

cess. Yesterday the secretary re-

ceived a letter from E. A . Martin of

Newark. Delaware, superintendent of

the Belmont farm, asking for 300

entry b l a n l " for the Michigan State

Fair . H e will come from the Ohio

State Fa i r here. As a special a m ac-

tion, a contract has been made with

the owners of "Bicycle Johnny ," a

pacing wonder tha t goes without

reins or driver. l i e has a record of

2:121 on a half mile track. This

horse will give an exhibition on the

track each day of the fa i r .—[From

Grand Rapids Democrat.

BURGLAR BOLD.

He E n t e r e d Several Lowell d e n c e s Las t Week .

Resi-

PICNIC MEETING

Of t h e H o r t i c u l t n r a l l s t s on t h e I s l a n d T u e s d a y .

with White Powder soon.

Cloud Baking Watch for them.

Farmers, I want to buy your butter and Egrgs.

R. VANDYKE. "If vou get it^at VatfDvke's,

f s goixl."

H O S E R Y FOR L f l D E S f l N D C t1L>ORE>N.

In black, tan. and graj , good articles, and warranted fast colors at 10. 15, and 25.

M I S S E S HOSE. Seamless ribbed, abtolutely fast black, warranted stainless, at 10c. Same with double knee, 15a.

HAMMOCKS. Now is the time to enjoy a lit-tle comfort. Try one of our hammocks at 75c, f 1.00, $125, $1.50, #1.75.

DINNER SETS. Compr i s ing 100 pieces of

first-class ware .

C h a m b e r Se t s , 6 P ieces , on-

ly $2.25.

A fu l l l ine of Glassware ,

Lamps , E t c . , a t pr ices to

sui t t h e l imes .

Best L a u n d r y Soap , 2 bars

f o r 5c , 4 fo r 10c, 6 f o r 15c, 8

fo r 20c and 10 fo r 2oo.

Croque t , 4-ball se t s 65c, 6-

bal l 85c, 8-baU 81 .00,

C. H. Alexander, ' O n

The meeting of the Hort icul tural

society, Tuesday , was called to order

by the president at 1. p. m. and the

secretary's report was read and ap-

proved.

Mark D ; Sneathen read a paper on

"Diseases of the Peach Tree," and a

discussion followed, p-rtiuioated in by

L . J . Post, J . E . Lee, Mr. Tucker. E ,

Hunt , M r . Morton and \V. R . Blais-

dell.

A song by Messrs, Howe, Gull i ford

and Burne t t followed.

Ruby A. Fox read a paper on "The

Relation of Women to Hort icul ture ."

and it was discussed by Mesdames J .

C. English and W . H. Moon.

Audie Post rendered a very fine

recitation and Messrs. Howe and Bur-

nett sang another song.

R. D. Graham gave a very in-

structive ta lk . He said that the E l -

berta peach was effected worse than

any other variety by the "curl l e a f "

This is a Chili year. Any wet, cold

spring is followed by curl leaf, while

a warm, dry spring was the reverse.

He said that Lowell had some first-

The residence of Wm. Pullen was

entered by bqrglaps last Thursday

evening. The door was open on ac-

count of the warrq weatljCf, and the

only barrier wag the screen, which

was easily out with n knife. Tl e

festive burglais went lo the refriger-

ator and helped themcelves to eatables,

took a little change from a couple of

pocketbooks lying in sight and af te r

ransacking the lower par t of the

house, as traced by burned matches

lying about, retired without molesting

clothing, silverware, or anyth ing else.

Mr. Pullen's pants lying on a chair

upstairs with quite a wad of the need-

ful in the pockets, were not molested.

The residence of Harman Nash wrs

also visited and the contents of the

refrigerator sampled but no other

mischief was done, and nothing was

missing next morning.

On the game night . F rank T . King

and wife were awakened by a uoi.-e

at one of their windows, and their

movements saved their larder from an

attack by their hungry visitors.

Frop) all indications the gentry

who honored Lowell ctyiiens by their

calls are more hungry than danger-

ous.

PIONEER PICNIC

AT CAMPAU LAKE LAST FRIDAY.

Big Crowd, Fine Day (iood Time.

and

Ben Doyle H^s S t r u c k I t Rich l

The Detroit Even ing News has the

following dispatch from Grand Rap-

ids:

Ben Doyle, formerly of Gra t tan ,

has returned to the Lake of the

NVoods, Minn., where he has six valu-

able gold mining claims. Doyle says

the rocks are full of gold. The r e -

gion is so far from civilization that

its existence was so^roely known till

a rich Engl ish syndicate gobbled up

nearly 100,000 acres, making it

harder for a poor man to get along,

but if transportation companies boom

it as they have boomed the Klondike,

there would bo a greater rush there

than to Alaska. Mr. Doyle was

penniless six years ngo but within the

past week he paid ^10.000 for the old

Grattan homestead and is supposed lo

be a millionaire.

The eleventh annual Pioneers' pic-

nic of ihe Thornapple valley was held

last Friday in the township of Cale-

donia, on the beautiful lake Campau.

Tnis lake was named af te r Pioneer

Edward Catnpau, who is president of

the society and was present at this

mje t ing . Representative Shisler was

acting secretary and creditably filled

the offio-1, in the absence of the society

secretary, W . S. Hale, who was d e -

tained at home with severe, if not

fatal sickness,

f n e r e were fully 2,000 people

g . t h e r e d together for an old fashiomd

v.sit, and to listen lo several speeches

f rom Hon. 1». M. Ciitcheon, Capt .

G o E. J u d d , of Grand Rapids ,

Aar.m Clark, of Caledonia, J . .S.

Hooker, of Lowell, Gaylord Holl , of

Cascade, W. H, Adams, of Par i s , and

Tne speeches were all mainly on

pioneer times ami were interspersed

with music and recitations by several

sons and daughters of the pioneers.

The d.iy was pleasant and l l , u visit-

ation was enjoyed by one of the best

representative crowds that we have

met in many a year. S-itne of" Low

ell's attendants were W. R . Blaisdell

and wife, A. L. Goons and wife, J . J .

McNaughton and wife, J . S . Hooker

and wife, M r s % 0 . O. Adams, Misses

Emma Craw, Mattie Thompson, Ma-

mie Walsh and Sirs Harvey Coons,

F rank White, and many others.

A C i r c u s Comlttg, S u r e a s Y o u ' r e B o m .

Lowell is to have a real, live circus.

T h e Ives-Bailey-Harris ' Grand Con.

sulidated shows are booked for this

place for September H. The contract.

;

ing it from a pad on the back and - . Mr«p . round thera. T h e y pull .he c l « f r u i t g r o w e r . ,

load from a small padded piece of

leather, which fits the forehead, just

in front of the horns, f rom each end

of which, chains a re hooked from the

whiffletree. Going over plowed fields

and rough ground must be a great

strain on the back of a cow, for when

they go down an incline, it throws a

large proportion of the weight of the

whole load on the back.

The weather here is very fine, it

rains just enough for the crops, and

while it is warm, it is not hot. Busi-

ness in Germany is generally good

and the people are not constantly

complaining. They seem to have

very little regard for their present

Emperor , but I suppose it is some-

thing like our political party, not

liking the others' favorite.

I receive the LEDGER quite regular

and if the readers at home, read it as

thoroughly as I do, they would save

considerable monev. The advertise-.

Dea th Qf Mrs . D^vld R. Condon .

Lucinda Jane , wife of David R .

Condon, died at her home near Al ton ,

of spinal fever, on August 9th at the

age of 43 years and 3 mouths. F u n -

eral services were held at the Al ton

church on the l l t h inst, conducted

by Rev. S. B . Dexter.

Lucinda J a n e Hubbell was born

in Keene and lived there for fourteen

years when she moved with h e r

mother, to Vergenues, where she con-

tinued to reside, until her death.

March 22, 1878, she married David

R. Condon; and to them were born

five sons and two daughters . De-

ceased had been in ill health for ten

years, but death came suddenly a t

h s t as she was confined to her bed

but six days.

Besides the children, a mother ,

N . P. Husted asked the speaker :

" W h a t effect has the curl leaf upon

the body of the tree?"

Answer: " I t is very weakening to

the tree."

Mr. Graham and L . J . Post recom-

mended the sowing of oats and cr im-

son clover in peach orchards f rom

Ju ly 15 to Anguat 1, to check growth

of trees.

J a p e s H a r k e r asked how la te to

1 culuvate a peacn orchard.

Answer: ' If the orchard is bear-

ing full do not stop cultivation a t all.

If not many peaches, August 1 is late

enough."

A song by Har ley H . Hayes and

two recitations by Johnny Miller con-

cluded the exercises.

ing agent wns here Tuesday and will i M r s . Wesbrook, of Campbell , t w o

be followed soon by the bill posters! brothers, Nathan Hnhbell , of Saranac

and advertising a g e n t On actonnt a l „ i William Hubbell of Grand Rap-

of the *i50 license charged b y the vil-1 i,i9t o n c s i s l e r t Mrs. Wna. Rexford of

lage, the tents will be pitched on the r Fal lasburg, also a half-sister , Mrs .

grounds of W . R. Huston, jus t outside | Kd Condon of Otisc-*, and a h a l f ,

of the corporation limits. This com-1 brother, Prindell Wesbrook of Camp-

pany claims to rank next lo Ringling i bell, mourn their loss.

Brothers in magnitude, running at an

expense of from 8800 to *1,000 per

day .

At C o u r t Walker .

J o h n Kel ley.a t r amp blacksmith,

was before Justice Walker last Satur-

day, charged with disorderly condubt

on the night of the 13th. Released

on suspended sentence.

John Morns of Ada made his bow

to Just ice Wa lke r Tuesday, on ac-

count of using too much budge and

foul language the previous evening . '

He had no money and the Squire I

M R S . W M . R E X F O R D .

OLARKSVUXE —• ACADEMY.

THIS PRIVATE SCHOOL OFFERS THF FOLLOWING COURSES OF STUDY.

Common Schoo l ConrsR.. . This course give* the ragtiUr work A all the common hnnchw of stud v. Tuiiion for term of 20 weeks s

E n g l i s h C o u r s e . . . Gives shorter or review worl -i com-mon ••ranches and all acadr ic siodies leading to first, MMad am' linl grade teacher's certificates. Toiion lor term of 20 weeks, $10.

Academic C o w t r m . . . Prepares the student f r state nertiii-cate or university. BTuition for term of

took pity on his large family and dis-! N o r m a l ' c o a n i o . . .

charged the old man on suspended 1

Annual Low R a t e E x c u r s i o n T o . . . . . . . . N o r t h Michigan R e s o r t s . j sentence, after giving htm aome whole

W e d n e s U r , August 25, i . the d . l e i u " , t w « " tek,!» ; for this popular t r ip this year. D. G . 1 * o d K-veu. i R. A. W . train will leave Lowell a t ' „ ^ ~ ^ ^ ^

, 1 I J L ; 11.50 a. in. I t a u n d l r i p r . u a ,n i l he ' » C o r r e S p o ;, a < , « , , C o . . n b -

ments change so often I find the most! ^ follows: u t o r s a n d A d v e r t i s e r s .

of them quite interesting to read, and ^ Mackinac Island, 85 00 As the entire force of the LEDGER

I judge would be quite a saving to • F^t'tskey and Bay View, 4 00 office will attend the baud

the pocketbook if taken advantage of Charlevoix and Traverse Ci^y. 4 00 Hon «t Grand Ledge next Wedi i f e i

in time. I am now in ihe silk and p o s l ^ . d a -V ' ••oU a r e , , e r e b v r e , l a e s t e d ^ ' ^ " in copy on Monday, so t ha i pu] ca-velvet district of Germany, and

j ticitlars given by agents and «t Geo. D e H a v e n , G. P . A.

Successor to O . G . Ha le , t h e B r i d g e . ^ J

| noon oue sees the streets and roads

filled with girls and men from the fac-

' tories, al l healthy and happy looking

tion be not dvlaved. Notice to Horsemen.

All horsemen will please see me be-1 I . ; =. i fore using the race track for dr iving | | people. j purposes. I . B. M A I . C O M . I cents. T r y it once.

This paper ou trial 10

inclndes kindergarten and proffssional studies for all grades of teai-horV cer-tificates. Tuition fur term of •J'l .v-.-eV* $10.

Business Course... Gives bdok keeping in nil its forms and

brandies necessarv for a complete buMncas lUiication. Tuiiion for ter of 20 ReeK $15.

A » « o * n c c m e a t s f o r 1897-98 . i . " Fall and •.vinier school begins Oct. i

con v e i l - J j £97. Anvone Jcsiring regular or «.p . work in anv academic work for whnirv-r p n m t e , will find that we will do thetn i -ticefor less expense, than ay other - -h • lo! the kind, if yuii desire special pre|i:inti n for first, Sicond or third grade . - r i \ we offer the be>t opportunity al r wrk^vi^e Academy. Our students are succe—Mil. C. J., a n l l i . t . TrAtisae. Managers.

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LOWBLu, MIOBL

PENINSULA MATTERS

R E L A T E D IN A BRIEF. C O N C I S E

M A N N E R .

Wchlean's State Troops Spend • Week

in Cump Flngree at Island Lake—

The Governor a nig; Attract ion-

Incidents of Camp Life.

Michigan Soldier Boys In Camp. Camp Pingreo was the n a m e (fiven

t h e encampment of the Michigan Na-t ional Guard a t Is land l ake th i s y e a r . T h e number of men in camp averaged wel l wi th any o the r previous y e a r a n d t h e plan of hav ing the t e n t s p i tched before the main body of t h e t roops a r -rived gave genera l sat isfact ion. T h e Fourll» r eg imen t was given a tas te of camping out, however be fore t h e y reached Camp Pingree. T h e y l e f t t h e i r t r a i n a t Green Oak, f ou r miles away , a n d marched in heavy march ing o r d e r over the rough fields and sandy roads t o within a mile of the c a m p and t h e n pitched she l te r tents , cooked the i r o w n supper and spen t the n i g h t there , w i t h Co. C. 19th U. t>. I n f a n t r y f r o m F o r t Wayne, Detroit , for company. W h e n they rcached n e x t day they looked l ike old campaigners.

As fas t as the companies arr ived a t Camp Pingree they were mustered in b y the colonels of the governor ' s s taff a n d inspected b j ' Inspector-Gen. Case. The Firs t w a s the first t o have a f u l l r eg imen t in camp.

The arr ival of Gov. P ingree , com-mander-in-chief of the M. N. G., w a s a n event which was somewha t i n t e r -fe red wi th by rain which began j u s t before the t ra in arr ived a n d cont inued un t i l the governor had reached h i s t e n t Nevertheless the re w a s a b ig crowd of both civilians and soldiers t o g r e e t him. The absence of the e labor-a t e gold lace t r immed u n i f o r m s of t h e escor t was noticable, b u t t h i s w a s on t h e governor 's order as h e h&d a l l of b i s staff ins t ructed to appea r in c a m p wi th only t he i r f a t igue uni forms. Gov. P ingree w a s ut l i red very simply, b u t a s he mounted a sk i t t i sh b lack ho r se and rode a long i t w a s ev iden t t h a t h e would be the pr incipal a t t r ac t i on d u r -i n g the r e s t of t he camp. J u s t be-fo re the parade began t o move t h e Naval Reserves fired the governor ' s sa-lu te . Every t ime a g u n boomed t h e governor ' s horse j umped in to the a i r , b u t t h a t did n o t seem t o d i s t u rb i t s rider. The Thi rd r e g i m e n t w a s g iven t h e honor of escort ing the governor a n d his staff into camp.

Thousands of visi tors witnessed t h e g r a n d p a g e a n t of blue-coated soldiers in t h e review before Gov. P ingree a n d s taf f , and enthus ias t ic cheers repaid t h e boys fo r t he i r long h o u r s of dr i l l wh ich have been necessary to enab le t h e m t o m a k e the splendid showing they did. T h e ra in came down a lmos t in t o r r e n t s l o r a t ime, b u t t he boys, and t h e crowds, too, he ld t he i r g round . T h e t roops and officers were d renched b u t t h e bands cont inued t o p l ay a n d t h e gove rno r and his staff s a t e r e c t u p o n t h e i r s teeds rev iewing the swi f t ly -moving column a s i t s w e p t by t h e re-Tiewing s t and . Cheer upon c h e e r w e n t u p f r o m t h e spec ta to r s all a l o n g t h e l ine of m a r c h , which led a r o u n d t h e e n t i r e field, each c o m p a n y sa lu t -i n g a s i t passed t h e r ev i ewing s t and .

I t is s t a t e d t h a t t h e 1897 encamp-m e n t is p r o b a b l y t h e l a s t t h a t w i l l be h e l d a t I s l a n d Lake . T h e m e n have become t i red of t h e p l ace , a l t hongh t h e y a c k n o w l e d g e t h a t t h e g r o u n d s a r e sp lendid . T h e n e x t e n c a m p m e n t m a y bis he ld a t Manis tee , on the Busse l l farm, a b o u t t w o mi les f r o m t h e c i ty . T h e c a m p wi l l t hen be o n t h e sho re of L a k e Michigan, and t h e nava l r e se rves can be t h e r e a t t h e same t i m e a s t h e t roops f o r prac t ice in t h e i r sh ip . Gen. Case, says, however , t h e f n t u r e s i te of t h e e n c a m p m e n t h a s n o t y e t b e e n de-t e rmined . T h e m i l i t a r y boa rd wi l l m e e t n e x t m o n t h a n d vis i t t h e s i t e s f o r e n c a m p m e n t s p r e sen t ed b y Manis-t ee , Cadillac, K a l a m a z o o a n d t h e po in t s a r o u n d D e t r o i t

Camp Notes. T h e U. S. r e g u l a r s ' c a m p w a s n a m e d

Camp Gardener . Mrs. Gov. P i n g r e e , Miss Haze l a n d

H . S. P ing ree , J r . , w e r e g u e s t s a t t h e governor ' s q u a r t e r s .

Second L i e u t W. E. Grayson , C a E, T h i r d i n f a n t r y , w a s a r r e s t e d c h a r g e d w i t h abus ing a g u a r d .

Gov. P ingree exp re s sed m u c h sa t is -fact ion a t t he a p p e a r a n c e of t h e c a m p and the t roops and w a s g r e a t l y p l eased v.iUi the showing of t h e F o u r t h reg i -

ui in t h e i r " r o u g h i n g i t " exper ience , 'trumps infl icted t h e i r p r e sence on

^K ' '"imp b y t h e score, b u t w e r e when they e n t e r e d t h e c a m p ''"hey s tole e v e r y t h i n g f o u n d

"m •, "n , : i ^ -ou t camp. - Uf :;u ̂ csv company in c a m p w a s • . ̂ .-eond inl intry f r o m Co ldwa te r ,

W M , ' ~TwcTwomWL While Mrs. A rv, . f rom her house n e ^ T , ^ M Louise Doubt and f leged, went in and b r ^ ' 1 4 * bushel of rotten eggs b* ^ 7 * a n d bed. A family S b u m ^ ^ a n d pictures of relatives aud , ? w e r e destroyed. Sheriff Campw, P c ^ ^ e w o ® e n , which saved t h e m a coat of t a r and a t t h e h a n d s of indignant neighbors

T h e miners a t the Sebewaing Coal Co. a re ou t on a strike. Every miner took o u t h i s tools. They w a n t the com-p a n y t o p u t in seven-eighth inch screens a n d t h e company refuses to do so. T h e y a r e a t p r e sen t using one and t h r e e - q u a r t e r s inch screens.

Tried tn Horn an Incemllary Alive. Four bui ld ings were bu rned in Jes-

sieville, a s u b u r b of I ronwood and John Romota and family na r rowly es-caped be ing burned to dea th . T w o of the bui ld ings were owned by Charles Ross, a notor ious Hur ley charac te r . Two weeks ago Henry Lcnsol came over f r o m Hurley and opened a candy s tore in one of the bui ldings, sleeping u p stairs in the other . When the fire broke ou t Romota 's fami ly were rescued wi th difflcalty, and Lcn-sol was accuscd of se t t ing the fire. Marshal Jef fer ies tr ied t o quie t t he crowd which assembled, b u t w i th cries of " lynch h im" several men picked Lcnsol u p bodily and s ta r ted fo r the fire wi th him, wi th the in tent ion of t h rowing him in. The firemen tu rned the hose on the crowd. Je f f r i e s r a n back and finally succeeded in g e t t i n g Lensol away and lodged h i m in jail. He a f t e rward confessed t o hav ing s tar ted the fire.

Brick Block Tumbles Into • Cellar. A two-story brick block owned by

Mrs. Haight , a t Kalamazoo, collapsed sideways completely filling t h e cel lar t ha t had been dug f o r a four-s tory block. The loss on the bu i ld ing is s h o u t 84,000, and on F. S. Pe r s ing ' s ha rdware stock S3,500. Mr. Pe r s ing had l e f t t he store only a minu te before . Mrs. E l la Coats was s leeping ups ta i r s and was called by a passer-by who s a w the wal l swaying, and she escaped barefooted, clad only in a wrapper . The south wall remained s t a n d i n g and on this Mrs. Coat's bird-cage st i l l h u n g with the bird s ing ing merr i ly . I t w a s rescued.

MICHIGAN N E W S I T E M S .

Rain fe l l for 14 hou r s a t Marque t t e

Mason county 's peach c rop is a lmos t a fa i lure .

The D., S. S. & A. wi l l ex t end i t s line t o Calumet a t once.

Over 200 hoboes camped n e a r F l i n t and several t h e f t s are repor ted .

The Second Michigan caval ry he ld their a n n u a l reunion a t Holland.

A f a r m e r n e a r M t Morr is h a s dis-covered a bed of coa^on h i s f a rm.

Rev. J . Mudge's house and b a r n , a t Smith 's Creek, bu rned ; loss, 85,000.

Loggers in the no r th woods wi l l re-ceive 20 pe r cen t more wages t h a n l a s t year .

The cycle pa th be tween Owosso a n d Corunna is finished and is g iv ing satis-fact ion.

Mason county Sunday schools a t -t rac ted 5,000 persons a t t h e i r ra l ly day exercises.

The mines on Isle Royale n o w em-ploy 50 men and 50 more wi l l be added by S e p t L

Ex-Pos tmaster Westover, of J e rome , was a r res ted charged w i t h embezz l ing Uncle Sam's funds .

Work h a s been begun ex t end i ng t n e new Det ro i t & Mackinac ra i l road f r o m Alpena to Cheboygan.

A bonus of 81,300 offered b y L u t h e r ci t izens induces L. G. S t eadman t o build a flour mill there .

Over 500 n e w houses have been bu i l t in Houghton conn ty th i s yea r ; mos t of them in min ing locations.

Joseph Hoag, aged 76, of Wayne , took o u t a license a t Det ro i t t o m a r r y Caroline Haesler , aged 07.

The 14-months-old child of R o b e r t Jonson, a f a r m e r n e a r Jones , w a s drowned in a t u b of wa te r .

J ackson county mine r s a re said t o be s t a rv ing and a n appea l h a s been is-sued f o r food and clothing.

J a m e s Gerri ty, an old soldier, a sked a Bay City just ice to send h im t o ja i l to sober up. He go t 15 days.

L i g h t n i n g s t ruck the residence of Alex. McKercher, a t Leland, i n s t an t l y k i l l ing a 5-year-old daugh t e r .

T h e 18-months-old son of J . R. Clark , of Cedar Springs, fe l l i n to a boiler f u l l of h o t boi l ing wa te r , and may die.

P r e s i d e n t Wells and Secretary B a k e r a t t e n d the na t i ona l convention of s t a t e boardsof h e a l t h a t Nashvil le , Tenn.

Oak land a n d Genesee count ies com-b ined in t he i r S u n d a y school ral l ies a t L o n g l a k e a n d 5,000 people a t t ended .

Mercy. Whedon, aged 12, w a s b u r n e d so b a d l y b y a n oil s tove explosion a t S. B. Collins' da i ry f a r m n e a r J ackson t h a t she died.

Alex. Becker commi t t ed suicide a t Sou th Haven b y shoo t ing himself in t h e head . H e h a d been on a d r u n k f o r severa l d a y s

J u s t 136 bushe l s of w h e a t were t h r e s h e d f r o m t w o ac res of t h e Brad-ley f a r m n e a r S tandish , f r o m t h e Ten-nessee Gian t seed.

Ho lmes & Sons' l ogg ing road h a s con t rac ted t o p u t in 150,000,000 f e e t of logs f o r the N o r t h L u d i n g t o n Co. in 15 years , f o r 8700,000.

T h r o u g h f r e i g h t No. 319 collided wi th t ra in No. 41, which w a s s w i t c h i n g a t E d w a r d s b u r g . T h r e e ca r s and a ca-boose w e r e demol ished.

T h e s t e am shovel m e n a t t h e Negau-nee mine q u i t e because t h e i r boss w a n t e d t h e m t o c u t t i m b e r d u r i n g t h e t i m e t h e shovel could n o t be ope ra t ed .

B a r n u m & Bai ley ' s c i r cus c a m e n e a r b e i n g wrecked b y a s t o r m a t P o r t H u r o n and a pan i c r e s u l t e d in wh ich seve ra l people were b a d l y t r a m p l e d

upon . T h e t a l k of a s t r i k e of un ion m i n e r s

in t h e u p p e r p e n i n s u l a because so m a n y non-un ion m e n w e r e employed is r e s u l t i n g in scores of t h e l a t t e r join-

i n g t h e unions.

W h i l e d r i v i n g across t h e Ai r L i n e ra i l road t r a c k H a r r y Lucas , a g e d 18, was s t r u c k b y a t r a i n a t R ichmond a n d \u8 i n j u r i e s m a y p rove f a t a L T h e

| W s o w a s k i l led .

^ f r a m e bus iness b lock a t t h e " S o o " 1 owHfcd by Mrs. P . L a u n d e r v i l l e a n d oc-i c u I , i ^ \,y t h e Scot t s i s te r s a s a mil l in-

" y s V , w a s des t royed b y fire caused

| a n c*ploding lamp.

John Mucklem, n young man, com-mit ted suicide a t Mur le t te by h a n g i n g himself. He had been on a spree and lo f t a note s t a t i n g t h a t the shame w a s more than h e could bea r .

Mrs. L. Hodenia, w a s found h a n g i n g in Hie cel lar of the house of h e r f a t h e r Mr. Zands t raw, a t Holland. She wns cut down unconscious, bu t will recover. Despondency and fami ly troubles.

George W. Howell, of Muskegon, w a s arrested on a w a r r a n t cha rg ing h i m with the fo rge ry of a bond he gave h is employers, a Chicago wholesale house. He is sho r t over 8700 in h is accounts.

A pa r ty of boys b a t h i n g in Grand river near Por t l and were badly f r i g h t -ened by a live a l l iga tor which go t a f t e r them. I t is believed i t escaped f rom a cage a t Leadley 's pa rk , Lansing.

The Charlevoix I m p r o v e m e n t Co., of which Charles M. Heald, of Grand Rap-ids, is pres ident , h a s filed art icles , with a paid-in capital of 8100,000, fo r the purpose of bu i ld ing a b ig hote l a t Charlevoix.

Herman B. Hinman , supervisor of Whi tehal l township , Muskegon county , has begun su i t a g a i n s t ex-Treasurer George A. Hobler c h a r g i n g that, t he l a t t e r has fa i led t o t u r n over 81,693 of township funds .

Newaygo and Mecosta count ies a re hav ing a con tes t over t h e a p p o i n t m e n t of a j udge in the twen ty - seven th judi-cial circuit . N e w a y g o says Mecosta has had t h e honor f o r 20 yea r s a n d i t is t ime fo r a change.

Michael Steel , of P o r t Huron, w a s found dead in the Michigan Central ya rd a t A n n Arbor w i t h h is head ter-* r ibly crushed. He h a d been on a spree fo r severa l days a n d two bot t les of whisky w e r e found in his p o c k e t '

A ha i l s torm in Covert township . Van Buren county , did 85,000 damage . Orchards, vineyards, etc . , were ru ined , windows broken and stock i n j u r e d . Daniel Moore 's b a r n , n e a r T h u n d e r Mountain , was s t r u c k by l i g h t n i n g and t w o horses kil led.

F r a n k Spaniolo w a s bi t ten b y a t a r -an tu la , whi le h a n d l i n g b a n a n a s a t Lansing. His h a n d and a r m doubled in size in a f ew minutes , and he begged the doctors to c u t t h e a rm off, to save h is l ife. Libera l appl ica t ions of am-monia a n d whisky, howeve r counter -acted the effects of t h e poison.

The first crop of s u g a r bee t s t o be raised in Bay county and p robab ly in the s t a t e h a s lus t been ga the red a t N. B. Bradley & Son's f a r m a t Saginin , a few miles no r th of Bay City. Bee t sugar e x p e r t s pronounced the c rop f a r beyond t h e i r expecta t ions , and as a re-su l t local pro jec tors of a s u g a r re f ine ry are e la ted .

The Soldiers and Sailors* association of n o r t h w e s t e r n Michigan wi l l hold i ts annua l reunion a t Big Rapids S e p t 15, 16 and 17. A ci ty of tents will be erected t o accommodate the b ig c rowds which a re expected. Col. A. T. Bliss, commander of Michigan d e p a r t m e n t G. A. R. . Gov. P ingree , L ieu t -Gov . Dunstan , Senator Burrows, Congress-man Mesick, Gen. Ru the r fo rd and o thers have promised to be p r e s e n t

A fire broke ou t in the Colby-Hinklev Co.'s warehouse a t Benton H a r b o r which, aided by a heavy wind and in-adequate wa t e r supply f rom city works , des t royed two l a r g e warehouses , a cooper shop, t w o dwel l ing houses, a n hote l and fifty ca r loads of peach bas-kets , a n d o the r b a s k e t stock. J o h n Fonger , whose t w o houses bu rned , bare ly escaped wltli only h is n i g h t c lo thes The to ta l loss is over 812,000.

F o r severa l days t h e r e was g r e a t ex-c i tement a t Sau l t Ste. Marie a n d a t t he Canadian 800 over t h e r epor t ed discovery of a placer gold mine on the Mississauga r iver, n e a r Thessalon, O u t , which assayed 8500 in gold to t h e ton. According to the r epor t i t was a n o t h e r " K l o n d y k e " and several prospectors made p repa ra t ions to s t a r t f o r the newly - discovered gold fields. The bubble finally b u r s t when a wel l -known Canadian exper t r e tu rned f r o m a n ex-amina t ion of the mine, w i th the news t h a t i t had been ' ' sa l ted ."

J a m e s Casey, jus t ice of the peace a t Bi rmingham, and h i s wife were ar-rested on a charge of obta ining a l a rge amoun t of money f r o m J o h n A r t h u r , a Farmington bachelor , by u n d u e in-fluence. The couple was lodged in ja i l over n igh t , b u t secured 85,000 bail and were released the n e x t day. M r s Casey a n d A r t h u r a re cousins and the fo rmer al leges t h a t t he l a t t e r gave h e r the money because of his affect ion fo r her . The compla in t aga in s t t he Casey's was b r o u g h t by Ar thur ' s s is ter , because of jealousy, Mrs. Casey says.

Vi l la ins who evident ly had des igns on the B. & O. pay car spiked a heavy t imbe r to the t r a cks nea r Mui rk i rk , Md., b u t an excurs ion t r a in r u n n i n g a t a low speed r a n in to i t and n o t much d a m a g e resulted.

The act ivi ty of numerous bands of Cuban insurgen t s a b o u t Havana is caus ing g r e a t d i s t ress in t h a t c i ty they seize t r a i n s loaded with suppl ies of all k inds and the necessit ies of l ife a re be-coming so scarce and high-pr iced t h a t many poor a re on t h e verge of s ta rva-tion. The i n su rgen t s have f o u g h t sev-era l brief bu t b r i l l i an t e n g a g e m e n t s wi th t h e Spanish t roops and gene ra l ly come ou t wi th flying colors. Small pox h a s invaded eve ry Spanish w a r s h i p in Havana h a r b o r and many sai lors a re dy ing .

A dispatch f r o m Lncera , I t a l y , says t h a t t h e police have ident i f ied Golli, t h e assassin of t h e Spanish p r emie r , Senor Canovas, a s Michel Angiol ino. H e is 83 yea r s of age, and was born a t Foggia . His mi l i t a ry record w a s very bad. H e w a s s e n t fo r t h r e e y e a r s ' ser-vice i n the disc ipl inary ba t t a l i on . Subsequen t ly h e became a compositor. I n Apri l , 1896, h e was sentenced to 18 m o n t h s ' impr i sonmen t fo r dissemin-a t i n g a n a r c h i s t p ropaganda , b u t he escaped to Spain. He comes of a n hon-e s t fami ly . His f a t h e r , w h o is a ta i lor , is gr ie f -s t r icken b y t h e cr ime of t h e son.

AFFAIRS IN GENERAL.

BRIEF M E N T I O N OF E V E N T S O F

I N T E R E S T .

Wcyler's Army In Cnba Badly Demoral-

ized by Insnrgents and the Climate

—Prince Henri of Orleans and Count

Turin Fight a Bloody Duel nt Paris.

Spanish Army Bouted—Weyler Beslgns. The New York Herald 's Havana cor-

respondent says t h a t Capt.-Gen. Wcy-ler 's s u m m e r campaign came t o an in-glorious end when he r e t u r n e d to Ha-vana wi th rebels firing on h is r e a r guard all t he way f r o m Aguacate t o Havana.

Gen. Weyler cabled h i s res igna t ion to Madrid, and 1 saw a copy of t h e reply he received. He was told to remain in Cuba so long as the pres-e n t ministry holds power. The cap-ta in-general who succeeds Gen. Weyle r will have a hard task. The sp lendid force of of 200,000 men Spain placed in Gen. Wcyler ' s hands is, if t he t r u t h be told, only a t a t t e red r e m n a u t . With the exception of the f o r t u n a t e ones s tat ioned in and abou t Havana , the Spanish soldiers are in a bad way . They have not received the i r pay f o r months , they are weak f rom i l lness and poor feeding, they a re bad ly clothed and many have no shoes. I n short , t he Spanish a rmy in Cuba is n o t inclined and no t In position to t a k e t h e offensive.

The gar r i sons of all in ter ior towns are being wi thd rawn and sent to l a rge r towns on the coas t Even these l a t t e r are no t safe f rom rebel a t tacks . Gnan-tanamo's s t rongly fort i f ied seapor t in Sant iago was en te red by rebels w h o numbered 200. They raided s tores t h e city hal l and the jail . They w e n t to the wha rves and unloaded a vessel t h a t had ammuni t ion fo r them. They re-mained in i the town fo r five hours .

Cubans Winning More Victories. Official in format ion has reached Ha-

vana of a decisive ba t t l e be tween Span-ish t roops and insurgen t s in M a t a n z a s in which the Spanish were rou ted a f t e r a h a r d ba t t l e wi th heavy losses This n e w s caused a ver i table sensa t ion in Havana , ' as Cap t -Gen . Weyle r is now in Matanzas , and the re is a belief t h a t t he Spanish t roops d i rec t ly u n d e r him were those w h o suffered d e f e a t a t the hands of the rebels. A conserva-tive e s t ima te places the n u m b e r of Spanish ki l led a t 200, whi le t h e rebe l loss w a s comparat ively tr i f i ing. I t is said t h a t Gen. Gomez personal ly com-manded the Cubans

French and Italian Princes Fight a Duel The c o u n t of Tur in (prince of Naples)

and Pr ince Henri of Orleans f o u g h t a duel w i th swords a t P a n s T h e fight-ing w a s most de t e rmined and las ted 26 m i n u t e s There were five engage-ments , of which two were a t close q u a r t e r s Prince H e n r i received t w o serious wounds in the r i g h t shou lde r and t h e r i g h t side of the abdomen. The coun t of T u r l a was wounded in the r i g h t hand . Pr ince Henr i will re-cover unless complicat ions se t in. T h e duel g r e w ou t of cer ta in cr i t ic isms made by Pr ince Henr i of Or leans upon the conduct of I t a l i an officers and soldiers whi le pr isoners of E m p e r o r Menelik, In Abyssinia.

N E W S Y C O N D E N S A T I O N S .

P res iden t and M r s McKinley, Secre-tary and M r s Alger and p a r t y visited J o h n Brown's grave , n e a r P la t t s -burg , N. Y.

U. S. Sena tor J a m e s Z. George, of Mississippi, died a t Mississippi City a t the age of 71. He w a s first elected to the sena te in 1881 and w a s twice re-elected.

Hon. E t h a n Allen Hitchcock, a prom-i n e n t ci t izen of S t Louis, w h o m Presi-d e n t McKinley recen t ly appoin ted am-bassador to Russia, h a s accepted the position. .

.Th ree men took r e f u g e u n d e r a t ree a t Por t smouth , 0 . , d u r i n g a s to rm, b u t l igh tn ing s t ruck the t ree k i l l ing J o h n Koerner , aged 18, and fa ta l ly i n j u r i n g George and F r a n k Haag.

"Divine Hea le r" Sch la t t e r took ou t a license a t Canton, 0 . . to m a r r y M r s G. W. Fer r i s , widow of the i n v e n t o r of the F e r r i s wheel . The lady says she never promised to m a r r y h im and cal ls him a f r eak .

A Par i s cable says 60,090 fo l lowers of Don Carlos are r eady to t a k e up a r m s to place h i m on the t h r o n e of Spain when he says the word. The pre-tender , however , bids t h e m a w a i t the outcome of the Cuban difficulty.

Sena to r Hanna ' s s t eam y a c h t Com-anche, wi th his p a r t y on board, ran upon the rocks in Nip igon s t ra i t s , Lake Superior , abou t m i d n i g h t T w o t u g s were requi red t o hau l he r i n to deep w a t e r the nex t day, b u t she was no t badly in jured .

A bloody race riot occurred a t Pal-a rm, 30 miles f r o m Li t t le Rock, Ark . , when D. R. Owens, whi te , a depu ty sher i f f , w e n t to a r r e s t Har r i son Ker r , a Negro. The l a t t e r resisted and o t h e r Negroes w e n t to h is aid, whi le the wh i t e s flocked to the assis tance of the officer. In the ba t t l e which resu l ted K e r r and ano the r Negro and a wh i t e were ki l led, ano the r whi te was f a t a l l y in ju red and t w o blacks were bad ly wounded.

The a n n u a l mee t ing of the Christ ian Alliance a t Old Orchard, Me., resul ted in cont r ibu t ions a m o u n t i n g to 870,000 be ing received in one day. T h e r e w a s an audience of 15,000 people in t h e vas t n a t u r a l a m p i t h e a t e r and a l l we re he ld spell-bound by Rev. Dr. Simpson w h o appea led to the mu l t i t ude to " i n v e s t in J e s u s Christ and His love." The g i f t s r a n g e d in a m o u n t f r o m 50 cen t s to t h e s t a r contr ibut ion of 825,000 f r o m a rich wes te rne r .

T h e Anglo-Egypt ian t roops on t h e uppe r Nile have cap tured the town of Abuhamed a f t e r a h o t fight in wh ich t h e Br i t i sh lost 82 ki l led and wounded .

PoKHlble E f f e c t of Canovas* D e a t h .

The opinions as to t h e resu l t of Can-ovas' murder upon the poli t ical s i tua-tion in Spain a re v a r i o u s Spanish s ta tesmen of the gove rnmen t side say t h a t i t will make no change , b u t Carl* ists and those work ing to over th row the monarchy th ink the i r d r eams are abou t to be realized. Secre tary of S ta te Sherman is quoted as say ing t h a t Spain was a b a n k r u p t coun t ry a t the end of its resources, and t h a t i t was bound to become a republ ic and t h a t I t a ly and o t h e r European na t ions would soon follow in the same direc-tion. Senator Morgan, of Alabama, a leading member of the fore ign a f fa i r s commit tee of the sena te and the cham-pion of Cuba in t h a t body, predicts t h a t the assassination may be the fore-r u n n e r of a complete change of govern-ment , a republ ic rep lac ing t h e mon-archy. On receipt of n e w s of the as-sassination a t Havana the c i ty was th rown in to a fever of e x c i t e m e n t I t was genera l ly f e l t t h a t t h e e v e n t would have g r e a t Influence upon Cuban a f f a i r s The Cuban j u n t a In New York expressed the fee l ing t h a t Canovas was more responsible fo r the ou t r ages in Cuba t h a n w a s Weyler , and h i s kill-i n g seemed to be an ac t of r e t r ibu t ion . A t the same t ime the Cuban p a r t y had no th ing wha teve r to do with t h e d e a t h of Canovas and had h a d no knowledge t h a t such an a c t was even con templa ted by anarch i s t s o r any one else.

T E L E G R A P H I C T I C K I N G S .

Congressman Ashley B. W r i g h t dropped dead a t h is home a t N o r t h Adams, M a s s

A serious revol t occurred a t Oporto, Por tugal , and 18 a r m y officers w e r e ar-rested as r i n g l e a d e r s

Southwes te rn Ind iana coal mine r s have voted unan imous ly to l a y down the i r tools un t i l t he b ig s t r ike is se t t led .

Upon the success or fa i lu re of the b i tuminous coal miners ' s t r ike depends the inception of a movement by the an thrac i te miners In Pennsy lvan ia fo r h ighe r wages and b e t t e r conditions.

Immigra t ion to the U. S. is now t h e lowest since 1882. The 'decrease h a s been l a rges t in German i m m i g r a n t s and smal les t in I ta l ians . The total decrease dur ing the las t fiscal y e a r w a s 230,832 as compared wi th thn previous year .

Phi l ip Hincs died a t Delaware, O., aged 107 y e a r s He w e n t to w a r when 71 years old, and go t a d i scharge re-cent ly , as he w a s on a f u r l o u g h when peace was declared. He w a s the l a s t veteran discharged. His wife is 97 yea r s old.

Michael Angiollllo, the ana rch i s t as-sassin of P r e m i e r Canovas del Castillo, of Spain, h a s been t r ied by cour tmar -t ia l and sentenced to dea th by be ing gar ro ted . Upon h e a r i n g the sentence Angiolil lo t u rned dea th ly pale and had to be assisted f r o m the cour t room.

Nikola Tesla , t he sensat ional ly ad-vertised electr ic ian who poses as a r ival of Edison says he h a s succeeded in m a k i n g i t possible to send electr ical c u r r e n t s to any po in t w i t h o u t wires— any poin t means t h a t t h e e a r t h can be circled with the mys te r ious c u r r a n t and t h a t ppaee means no th ing .

About 125 men and women of the Minnesota Edi tor ia l association s t ruck the Wolverine s t a t e a t Luding ton , a f t e r a journey across Lake Michigan f rom Milwaukee, on a week ' s outing. A special F. & P. M. t ra in carr ied the pa r ty to Det ro i t w h e r e four days were spent In s ight -see ing and side excur-s i o n s

Over 300 s t r ik ing miners f r o m Ohio invaded the Boggs Run field nea r Wheel ing, W. Va., wi th a view of in-ducing the mine r s a t work in t h a t sec-tion to join the s t r ike. T h e y an-nounced t h a t t hey would s tav un t i l those mines closed and m e t wi th good success the first day—over 100 miners not going to work.

Lates t advices f r o m Alaska say t h a t the snow has a l ready commenced to fa l l and t h e r e is every prospect of an ear ly win te r . Th is be ing t h e case the re is very l i t t le chance of one-half of t he would-be prospectors now a t Dyea crossing the Chilkoot pass before spr ing, to say no th ing of the thousands now on the way to Dyea and J u n e a u .

Ex-Vice-President Cameron Milller, of t he Uni ted Mine Workers , h a s en-tered sui t a t P i t t s b u r g fo r 85,000 dam-ages aga in s t T. B. D e A r m i t of the New York & Cleveland Gas Coal Co., for malicious prosecution. DeArmi t had h im a r res ted on cha rges of riot and un-l a w f u l assemblage. These charges were no t subs tan t i a t ed and the case was dismissed.

To car ry fo rward its work, the sound money executive commit tee appointed at Indianapol is las t J a n u a r y met in Chicago to endeavor to proceed with the task of c rea t ing a na t iona l currency commission to w h o m will be intrusted the responsibi l i ty of u n d e r t a k i n g to devise some sa t i s fac tory and accept-able plan f o r revising, r e f o r m i n g and regu la t ing the cur rency system.

The Turk i sh g o v e r n m e n t officials are now man i fe s t ing a desire to expedi te the s e t t l e m e n t of the peace negotia-tions, owing to t h e s t r a i t ened s ta te of the exchequer , r ende r ing i t impossible under the p resen t c i rcumstances to cont rac t a new loan; because of the unhea l t hy condi t ion of t h e t roops in Thessaly, where many of t h e soldiers are dying, and f o r polit ical reasons, t he a t t i t u d e of Bulgar ia , Servia and Montenegro appea r ing t h r e a t e n i n g .

Five enormous wa te r spou t s were seen moving ea s twa rd across Lake Er ie n e a r Cleveland. T h r e e of t h e m s t ruck the shore there , t w o of t h e m a t t he foo t of Willson avenue w i t h o u t d o i n g much damage , b u t t he t h i rd s t ruck n e a r Coe s t r e e t w i th terrible force , bad ly d a m a g i n g t h e Avery S t a m p i n g works, t h r e w a box f r e i g h t c a r 60 fee t , and par t i a l ly wrecked many roofs and b roke scores of windows be fo re i t spen t i t s force. No one w a s in ju red .

Over 2,000 m i n e r s of t h e Massillon dis t r ic t m e t n e a r Wadswor th , O., and passed resolut ions t h a t no coal w h a t -eve r be mined un t i l t he s t r ike is set t led.

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A H A R D D L O W .

Sweeping Injunction Against St Coal Miners.

The New York and Clevelanc Co. (the De Arml t mines) h a s secul most sweeping In junct ion in the cohr t of Al legheny county , Pa. , r e s t r a in ing and en jo in ing the mine r s f rom assem-bling, inarching or e n c a m p i n g in prox-imity of the mines and houses of t h e miners fo r the purpose of p reven t ing the miners of the plaintiff f r o m working. I t f u r t h e r r e s t ra ins t h e s t r ikers f rom Inducing o r compel l ing any employe or miner to qu i t work. I ' rcs ident Dolan, of the miners union, expressed surpr ise when in formed t h a t it had been g r a n t e d and said it would make no difference t o the s t r ikers . They will no t b reak c a m p and will g o r i gh t a long as usual u n t i l the m a t t e r is tes ted in the courts , regardless of every judge In Al leghany county , and if t he au thor i t i e s t ry to enforce the In-junct ion, they will have to build more jai ls to accommodate t h e men. I t is claimed t h a t t h i s is a move on the p a r t of De Armi t to g e t t he mili t ln upon the ground.

While i t was the announced inten-tion of the s t r ikers t o cont inue to march and hold mee t ings no twi th-s t and ing the temporary In junct ion, t he leaders t h o u g h t best to awai t t he action of the cour t on t h e reques t of DeArmit fo r a p e r m a n e n t in junct ion . A few small bodies of s t r i ke r s who In-sisted on march ing d u r i n g tlie first t w o daj ' s aga in s t t he o rders of t he i r leaders were dispersed by d e p u t i e s w i thou t ser ious opposition, a l t h o u g h i t seemed cer ta in a t one time t h a t blood would be shed.

The hea r ing In the in junc t ion case before J u d g e s Stowe a n d Collier was pe rhaps one of the mos t impor t an t im-p o r t a n t and in te res t ing eve r held in a Pennsy lvan ia cour t a n d the decision is expected to have a telling ef fec t on the conduct of the g r e a t coal miners ' s t r ike. Before the decision had been given b y the cour t J u d g e Collier said in open cour t t h a t t he s t r i k e would go down in h i s tory as one of the wonders of the cen tu ry and r e m a r k a b l e on ac-coun t of the u t t e r lack of disorder for which the s t r ike r s are commended and have the s y m p a t h y of t h e c o u r t

Strike Notes. Two deput ies , R o b e r t K e r r and

F r a n k Anderson, employed as g u a r d s fo r the New York & Cleveland Gas Coal .Co., f o u g h t a t t h e Sandy Creek mine and a» a resu l t K e r r w a s fa tall}' sho t in the abdomen.

A cr iminal su i t h a s been begun aga in s t Samuel De Armi t , a b r o t h e r of the b ig mine opera tor , b y M r s Anna Crotoi, wife of a s t r ike r , who cha rges t h a t in evict ing he r f r o m one of the company 's houses he t h r ea t ened t o ki l l he r wi th an a x and t h r e w h e r and h e r crippled boy f r o m the house wi th vio-lence. Crotoi cha rges DeArmit with_ the t h e f t of a keg of wine a n d revolver .

Over 2,500 miners of t h e Lehigh and Wilkesbarre collieries in the the Hon-eybrook distr ict , n e a r Hazleton, Pa. , w e n t on a s t r ike . T h i s is t he first de-fection among the m i n e r s of e a s t e rn Pennsylvania .

Some Bellaire, O., m i n e r s w a n t e d to r e t u r n to work , but a vote was t a k e n and i t was decided to s h u t down every mine in the d i s t r i c t I t is said th i s will cause a number of l a rge manufac -t u r i n g p lants to close down a t Bel la i re and probably the c i ty e lec t r ic and wa te rworks p lan t s as welL

About 200 s t r ikers f r o m t h e r iver ' d is t r ic ts marched to Greensburg , Pa. , and induced 200 miners to come o u t aft the Herminie mine. T h e y t h r e a t e n to b u r n ou t the miners a t Arona and Madison unless they q u i t work also.

About 800 miners a t S immons Creek and Logan, Va., have jo ined the s t r ik-e r s F i f t een hundred men a re now out in the Norfolk & Western distriot.

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Dur ing the recent r i o t i n g a t Calcutta the Bri t ish a r t i l l e ry fired poin t b lank a t a mob of 5.000 mill h a n d s who were march ing to join t h e r ioters , wi th the resu l t t h a t 1,500 of t h e nat ives were killed.

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Every trade center reports increase of trade, and nearly all bright crop prospects. The great Improvement in business Is em-phasized by the presence of a multitude of buyers from all parts of the country, by their statements of the situation at their homes, and more forcibly yet by the heavy purchases they are making. .Bat the custom-ary signs of prosperity are urgency of French buying that Russia will stop ex keep suppUes for Itself an ments from the Pacific to having a surplus, make estimates of probable su for the possible demand. industries a large den pears with strong spev and intermediate prod

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CHAPTER XIV.—(CONTINUED. ) "Don i look al me, don't speak lo me.

In tha t horrible manner!" she exclaim-ed. "Clara, it Is unworthy of a rea-sonable being, it is doubting the mercy of God, to say what you have just said. Look at the newspaper again. See! They tell you plainly that their in-fc rmat ion Is not to be depended upon —they warn you to wait for fu r the r part iculars . The very words at the top of the list prove how little they know of the t ruth. 'Dead or missing!' On their own sho-ving it Is quite as likely tha t Frank is missing as that F rank is dead. For all you know, the next Ra i l may bring a letter from him. Are you listening to me?"

" Y e s " "Can you deny what I say?" "No." " 'Yea! ' 'No!' Is tha t the way to

answer me when I am so distressed d so anxious about you?" "I am sorry I spoke as I did, Lucy.

We both look at some subiects In very different ways. I don't dispute, dear, tha t yours is the reasonable view,"

"You don't i i spute?" retorted Mrs. Crayford, warmiy. "No! you do what Is w rse—you believe In your own opinion—you persist in your own con-clusion—with the newspaper before you! Do you, or do you not, believe the newspaper?"

"I believe in what I saw last night ." "In what yo>i saw last night! You,

an educated woman, a clever woman, believing in a vh lon of your own fancy —a mere dream! I wonder you are not ashameJ to acknowledge it!"

"Call It a dream if you like. Lucy. I hove hed other dreams, at other times, and I have known them to be fulfilled,"

"Ye1}'" said Mrs, Crayford, "Fo r once In a way they may have been fulfilled, by chance—and you notice It, and re-member it, and pin your faith oh It, Come, Clara, be honest! What about the occarions when the chance has been against you, and your dreams have not been fulfilled? You superstitious peo-ple are all alike. You conveniently forget when your dreams and your pre-sentiments prove false. For my sake, dear, if not your own," she continued, In gentler and tenderer tones, " t ry to be more reasonable and more hopeful . Don't lose your trust In the fu tu re and your trust In God, God, who has saved my husband, can save Frank, Whi le there is doubt there Is hope. Don ' t embitter my happiness, Clara? Try to think as I think—If i t 's only to show that you love me."

She put her a rm around the girl 's neck and kissed her, Clara re turned the kiss! Clara answered sadly and submissively: "I do love you, Lucy, 1 will try "

Having answered In thoes terms, she sighed to herself, and said no more. It would have been plain, only too plain, to far less observant eyes than Mrs. Crayford's that no salutary Impression had been produced on her. She had ceased to defend her own way of th ink-ing, she spoke of It no more; but there was the terrible conviction of F r a n k ' s death at Wardour ' s hands rooted as firmly as ever In her mind! Discour-aged and distressed, Mrs. Crayford left her, and walked back toward the house.

CHAPTER XV. T the drawing-room window of the villa the re ap-peared a polite lit-t le man, with bright . Intelligent eyes and cheerful , social manners . Neatly dressed In professional black, he stood, self-pro-claimed, a prosper-

ous country doctor—successful and popular In a wide circle of pat ients and friends. As Mrs. Crayford approached him, he stepped out briskly to meet her on the lawn, wi th both hands extended in courteous and cordial greeting.

"My dear madam, accept my hear t -felt congratulat ions!" cried the doctor "I have seen the good news In the pa-per ; and I could hardly feel more re-joiced than I do now, if I had the hon-or of knowing Lieutenant Crayford personally. We mean to celebrate the occasion a t home. I said to my wife before I came out , 'A bottle of the old Madeira a t d inner to-day, mind!—to dr ink the l ieutenant ' s heal th. God bless h im! ' And how Is our Interest ing pat ient? The news Is not a l together wha t we could wish, so f a r a s she Is concerned. I fe l t a l i t t le anxious, to tell you the t ru th , about the effect of It, and I have paid my visit to-day before the usual t ime. Not t ha t I t ake a gloomy view of the news myself. No!

> T h e r e Is clearly a doubt about the cor-/ we tnes s of t h e informat ion, a s f a r as

Mr. Aldersley is concerned—and tha t i s a point , a grea t point, in Mr. Alder-eley's favor . I g ive him the benefit of t h e doubt ,as t h e lawyers say. Does Miss B u r n h a m give h im the benefit of the doubt , t oo? I hardly dare hope it, I confess."

"Miss B u r n h a m has grieved and a l a rmed me," Mw. Crayford answered. " I was j u s t t h ink ing of sending tor j x u , when we met here."

W i t h those introductory words she told the doctor exactly what had hap-

< f pened; repeat ing, not only the conver-A Httkm of t ha t morn ing between Clara

«Bd herself , bu t a laa tbe words which

had fallen from Clara in the trance of the past night.

The doctor listened attentively. Little by little, its easy smiling com-posure vanished from his face as Mrs. Crayford went on, and left him com-pletely t ransformed into a grave and thoughtful man.

"Let us go and look a t her," he said. He seated himself by Clara's side,

and carefully studied her face, with his hand on her pulse. The re was no sym-pathy here, between the dreamy mys-tical temperament of the patient and the downright practical character of the doctor. Clara secretly disliked her medical a t tendant . She submitted im-patiently to the close Investigation of which he made her the object. He questioned her, and she answered Irri-tably. Advancing a step fur ther (the doctor was not easily discouraged) he adverted to the news of the expedi-tion, and took up the tone of remon-strances tha t had been already adopted by Mrs. Crayford. Clara declined to discuss the question. She rose with formal politeness, and requested per-mission to re turn to the house. The doctor at tempted no fur ther resist-ance. "By all means. Miss Burnham," ho answered, resignedly—having first cast a look at Mrs. Crayford which said plainly, "Stay here with me." Clara bowed her acknowledgments in cold silence, and left them together. The doctor 's bright eyes followed the girl 's wasted, yet still graceful figure, as It slowly receded f rom view, with an ex-pression of grave anxiety, which Mrs. Crayford noticed wi th grave misgiving on her side. He said nothing unti l Clara had disappeared under the ve-randa which ran around the garden side of the bouse.

" I th ink you told me," he began, " t h a t Miss Burnham has nei ther f a th -er nor mother l iving?"

"Yes. Miss Burnham Is an orphan ." " H a s she any nea r relat ives?" "No. You may speak to me as her

guardian ana her fr iend. Are you alarmed about h e r ? "

" I am seriously alarmed. I t is only two days since I called here last—and I see a marked change In her for the worse. Physically and morally a change fo r the worse. Don't needless-ly a la rm yourself. The case Is not , I t r u s t entirely beyond the reach of rem-edy. The great hope for us Is In t h e hope tha t Mr. Aldersley may still be living. In tha t event , I should feel no misgivings about the fu ture . Her mar r i age would m a k e a healthy and happy woman of her . But, as th ings are, I own I dread t h a t settled convic-t ion In her mind t h a t Mr. Aldersley Is dead, and tha t her own death Is soon to follow. In he r present state of heal th , t ha t Idea (haun t ing her. a s i t certainly will, day and night) , will have i ts influence on her body as well as on her mind. Unless we can check the mischief he r last reserve of s t rength will give way. If you wish fo r o ther advice, by all means send fo r it. You have my opinion."

" I am quite satisfied with your opin-ion," Mrs. Crayford replied. " I t Is your advice I want . For God's sake, tell me what we can do."

"We can t ry a complete change," said the doctor. " W e can remove her f rom this place,"

"She will r e fuse to leave it ," Mrs. Crayford replied. " I have more t h a n once proposed a change to her—and she always says No."

The doctor paused for a moment , like a man collecting his thoughts ,

"I heard someth ing on my way here ," he proceeded, which suggests to my mind a method of meeting the difficul-ty t ha t you have jus t mentioned. Un-less I am entirely mistaken, Miss Burn-h a m will not say no to the change I have In view for her ."

" W h a t Is I t?" asked Mrs. Crayford, eagerly.

"Pardon me If I ask you a question on my part , before I reply," said the doctor. "Are you for tunate enough to possess any interest a t the admira l -t y ? "

"Certainly. My fa ther Is In the sec-re ta ry ' s office—and two of the lords of the admira l ty a re f r iends of his ."

"Excel lent! Now, I can speak out plainly wi th l i t t le fear of disappoint-ing you. After w h a t I have said, you will agree wi th me t ha t the only change In Miss Burnham ' s life which will be of any use t o her is a change t ha t will al ter t h e present tone of her mind on the subjec t of Mr. Aldersley. Place her in a position to discover—not by reference to he r own distempered fancies and visions, but by reference to actual evidence and actual fact— whe the r Mr. Aldersley Is or Is not a l iving man; and there will be a n end of the hysterical delusions which now threaten to fa ta l ly undermine her heal th. Even t ak ing mat te r s a t the i r worst—even assuming Mr. Aldersley has died in t h e Arctic seas—it will be less Injur ious to her to discover th i s positively than t o leave her mind to feed on its own morbid superst i t ions and speculations fo r weeks and weeks together, while t h e next news f r o m the expedition Is on i ts way to England. In one word, I w a n t you to be in a position, before the week is out, to put Miss Burnham's present convictions t o a practical t e s t Suppose you could my to her, 'We dMfer, my dear, abou t Mr. Fmmcla Aldersley. You declare, wi thout the shadow of reason f o r it , ' t ha t he is cer ta inly dead, and, still, tha t he has died bf the act ol

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

From t h e T'oiUmini; T n j t , I 'roverbH.

Chup te r Vi l , Verso a s : "As an Ox

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of his brother ofllceri. I assart , on the authori ty of the newspapers, that nothing of the sor t has happened, and t ha t the chances are all in favor of his 1 S L A U G H T E R O F MEN, L A S T being still a l iving man. W h a t do you say to crossing the Atlantic and deciding which of us is right—you o r , I? ' Do you th ink Miss B u r n h a m : would say no to tha t , Mrs. Crayford? | If I know any th ing of human nature , she will seize the opportuni ty as a means of conver t ing you to the belief In the Second Sight ."

"Good heavens, doctor! do you mean t o tell me tha t we are to go out and meet the Arctic expedition on its way home?"

"Admirably guessed, Mrs. Crayford! Tha t is exactly what I mean."

"But how is it to be done?" " I will tell you immediately. I men-

tioned—didn't I—that I had heard something on my road to' this house?" "Yes?"

"Well, I met an old fr iend a t my own gate, who walked with me par t of t be way here. Last n ight my friend dined with the admiral a t Por t smouth . Among the guests there was a member of the Ministry, who had brought the news' about the expedition with him from London. This gentleman told t h e company tha t there was very little doubt t ha t the Admiral ty would Immediately send out a s team vessel, to meet and rescue men on the shores of America, and bring them home. W a l t a little, Mrs. Crayford. Nobody knows a s yet, under what rules and regulat ions the vessel will sail. Under somewhat s im-ilar circumstances, privileged people have been received as passengers, or ra ther as guests, in Her Majes ty ' s ships—and what has been conceded on former occasions may, by bare possi-bility, be conceded now. I can say no more. If you are not afra id of the voy-age fo r yourself , I am not a f ra id of It (nay, I am all In favor of it on medical grounds) for my patient. W h a t do you say? Will you wri te to your fa ther and ask him to t ry wha t his Interest will do with h is f r iends a t t he Admira l ty?"

Mrs. Crayford rose excitedly to he r feet.

" W r i t e ! " she exclaimed. " I will do better t han write. The journey to Lon-don is no grea t mat ter—and my house? keeper here Is to be t rusted t o t a k e oare of Clara In my absence. I will see my fa ther ton igh t ! He shall make good use of h is Interest at t he Admiral ty— you may rely on that . Oh, my dear doctor, w h a t a prospect It Is! My hus-band! Clara! W h a t a discovery you have made—what a t reasure you a re ! How can I t h a n k you?"

"Compose yourself, my dear m a d a p Don' t make loo sure of succcss. We may consider Miss Burnham's objec-tions as disposed of beforehand. But suppose the Lords of the Admiral ty say Nor'

" In t h a t case I shall be In London doctor; and I shal l go to them myself, Lords are only men—and men a re not In t h e hab i t of saying No to m e ! " So they parted.

In a week f r o m tha t day H e r Maj esty 's ship Amazon sailed fo r Nor th America. Cer ta in privileged persons specially Interested In the Arctic voy agers, were permitted to occupy the empty s ta te rooms on board. On the list of those favored guests of the ship were the names of two ladles—Mrs Crayford and Miss Burnham.

(TO BE COSTIKDED.)

How It Happened,

Of course she was a n e w ' w o m a n or she would never have dared do it.

We charge everything t o t h e new woman these days, but th i s was a clear case. The rec tor would probably ad ml t i t himself .

T h e rector was young and unen cumbered, speaking matr imonial ly , and for some reason a n unencumbered rector a lways h a s proved a g rea t at t rac t ion to a n unencumbered woman of t h e same church, In spite of all the Irksome dut ies t h a t fa l l t o a n unen cumbered rec tor ' s wife. .

However, t h a t is more or less Im-mater ial .

'Will you promise me one th ing?" she had asked.

" I will," h e replied, promptly, know-ing her to be a very correct and proper young woman whom he might t rust .

" I t has a lways been my desire," she said, ' t h a t t h e clergyman who married me should be one whom I had known long enough t o respect personally, as well as f o r h is calling."

"Very laudable and very proper ," he replied.

"Too of ten , " she said, " t h a t is not the case."

"True ," he answered. "The gir l knows noth ing about the

clergyman w h o marr ies her ," she sug-gested.

" T h a t is so," he admit ted. "And when my t ime comes," she

continued, " I want to be su re t h a t it will be different . I want you to prom-Ige me t h a t you will mar ry me."

Of course he was flattered, and he showed It.

"Real ly," he said, "I t gratifies m e ex-f .emely to th ink tha t I have your con-fidence to such an extent t h a t "

"I want you to promise," she said" earnest ly, " tha t , whatever t h e circum-stances or the place, when I cal l for you to mar ry me you will respoad promptly—In fact, Instant ly."

• I t Is a n unusual request ," he an-swered, fa i r ly beaming a t t h e implied

. compliment , "but, of course. It Is granted . I give you my promise."

" T h e n m a r r y m e now," she said. He looked around. There was no

one else in t h e room. H e recalled the pledge be h a d just

made and ccimled i t wi th t h e f a c t tha t there w a s no one el.-.e in the room and t h a t t h i s gir l had the reputat ion of being a new woman.

And s« it happened t h a t t h a t pastor called in h is assistant, and soon there-a f t e r found tha i he had made enemiM of half t h e o ther girls in the parish.— Chicago Post.

H E R E is nothing in the voice or man-ner of the butcher to indicate to the ox tha t there is death ahead. The ox thinks be is going to a rich pasture field of clover where all day long he will revel In the herbaceous luxuri-

ance; but a f te r awhile the men anu the boys close in upon him with sticks and stones and shouting, and drive him through bars and into a doorway, where he is fastened, and with well-aimed s t roke the axe fells h im; and so the anticipation of the redolent pas-ture field Is completely disappointed. So many a young man has been driven on by temptat ion to what he thought would be paradisiacal en joyment ; but a f te r awhi le influences with darker hue and swar th ie r arm close in upon him and he finds that instead of making an excursion into a garden, he has been driven " a s an ox to the s laughter ."

We a re apt to blame young men for being destroyed when we ought to blame the infiuences that destroy them. Society s laughters a great many young men by the behest, "You must keep up appearances: whatever b e your sal-ary, you must dress as well as others, you must give wine and brandy to as many fr iends, you must smoke as cost-ly cigars, you must give as expensive enter ta inments , and you must live in as fashionable a boarding house. If you haven ' t the money, borrow. if you can ' t borrow, make a false entry, or subt rac t here and there a bill from a bundle of bank bills; you will only have to make the deception a little while; In a few months or In a year or two you can make It all r ight . No-body will be hu r t by It. nobody will be the wiser. You yourself will not be damaged." By that awful process a hundred thousand men have been s laughtered for t ime and slaughtered for eterni ty.

Suppose you borrow. There is noth-ing wrong about borrowing money. There is hard ly a man who has not sometimes borrowed mnnev. Vast es-ta tes have been built on a borrowed dollar. Bu t the re are two kinds of bor-rowed money: Money borrowed for the purpose of s ta r t ing or keeping up legi-t imate enterpr ise and expense, and money borrowed to get t ha t which you can do without . The first Is r ight , the other Is wrong. If you have money enough of your own t o buy a coat, how-ever plain, and then you borrow money for a dandy's outfit, you have t aken the first revolution of the wheel down grade. Borrow for the necessi-t ies ; tha t may be well. Borrow for the luxuries; tha t t ips your prospects over In the wrong direction.

The Bible distinctly says the borrow-er is servant of the lender. I t Is a bad s tate of things when you have to go down some other street to escape meet-ing some one whom you owe. If young men knew what Is the despotism of be-ing in debt, more of them would keep out of It. Wha t did debt do for Lord Bacon, with a mind towering above the centuries? It induced him to tak3 bribes and convict himself as a cr imin-al before all ages. W h a t did debt do for Wal ter Scott? Broken-hearted a t Abbotsford. Kept him wr i t ing until his hand gave out In paralysis to keep the sheriff away f rom his pictures and s ta tuary. Better for him if he had minded the maxim which he had chis-eled over the fireplace a t Abbotsford, "Was te not, want no t . "

The trouble is, my fr iends , tha t peo-ple do not unders tand the ethics of go-ing in debt, and tha t if you purchase goods with no expectation of paying for them, or go into debts which you cannot meet, you steal just so much money. If I go Into a grocer 's store and I buy sugars and coffees and meats with no capacity to pay for them, and no intention of paying for them. I am more dishonest than if I go into the store, and when the grocer 's face is turned the other way ? fill my pockets with the art icles of merchandise and carry off a ham! In one case I take the merchant ' s t ime and I t ake the t ime of h is messenger to t r ans fe r the goods to my house, while in the o ther case I take none of the t i ipe of the merchant , and I wait upon myself, and I trans* fe r the goods wi thout any t rou-ble to h im! In o ther words, a sneak thief is not so bad a s a man wh« contracts debts he never expects to pay.

When a young man wi l fu l ly and of choice, having the comfor t s of life, goes into the contract ion of unpayable debts, he knows not Into what he goes. The credi tors get a f t e r t h i debtor, the pack of hounds In ful l cry, and alas! for the reindeer. They j ingle his door-bell before be gets up in the morning. they jingle his doorbell a f t e r he has gone to bed a t night. They meet him as he comes off his f ron t s teps. They send him a postal card, or a letter, in curteat style, tellng him to pay up. They a t tach his goods. They want cash, or a note at t h i r t y days, or a note qn demand. They call him a knave. They say he lies. They want him dis-ciplined in the church. They want him tu rned out of the bank. They come a t him f rom this aide, and f rom that side, and f rom before, and f rom behind, and f rom above, and f rom beneath, and he Is Insulted, and gibbeted, and susd, and dunned, and sworn a t . until be gets the nervous dyspepsia, gets neunalgia. gets liver "complaint, gets hear t disease, gets oonvulsive disorder, gets consumption. Now he is dead, and you say, "Of COUBSO

5liey will let him alone." Oh. no! Now they are watchful to so>j whether there \ good and a Christian.

are any unnoccssary expenses at the obsequiep. to see whether there is any useless handle on the casket, to see whether there Is any surplus plait on the shroud, lo see whether the hearse is costly or cheap, to see whether the flowers sent to the casket have been bought by the family or donated, to see in whose name the deed to the grave is made out . Then they ransack the bereft household, the books, the pictures, the carpets, the chairs, the sofa, the piano, the mattresses, the pil-low on which be died. Cursed be debt! For the sake of your own happiness, for the sake of your good morals, for the sake of your Immortal soul, for God's sake, young man, as far as pos-sible, keep out of it.

But I think more young men are s laughtered th rough irreligion. Take away a young man ' s religion and you make him the prey of evil. We all know tha t the Bible is the only perfect system of morals. Now, If you want to destroy the young man's morals, take his Bible away. How will you do tha t ? Well, you will car icature his reverence for the Scriptures, you will take all those Incidents of the Bible which can be made mir th of—Jonah ' s whale. Sam-son's foxes, Adam's rib—then you will car icature eccentric Christ ians, or In-consistent Christ ians, then you will pass off as your own all those hack-neyed a rguments against Chr is t iani ty which are as old as Tom Paine, as old as Voltaire, as old as sin. Now, you have captured h is Bible, and you have taken his s t rongest for t ress ; t he way is comparat ively clear, and all the gates of his soul are set open In Invi-tat ion to the sins of earth and the sor-rows of death, t ha t they may come In and drive the s t ake for their encamp-ment.

A steamer fifteen hundred miles from shore with broken rudder and lost* compass, and hulk leaking fifty gallons the hour, is bet ter off than a young man when you have robbed him of his Bible. Have you ever noticed how despicably mpan it is to take away the world's Bible without proposing a subst i tute? It is meaner than to come to a sick man and steal his medicine, meaner than to come lo a cripple and steal his c iutch, meaner than to come to a pau-per and steal his crust, meaner than to come to a poor man and burn his house down. I t Is the worst of all lar-cenies to steal the Bible which has been crutch and medicine and food and eternal home to so many. Wha t a generous and magnanimous business irfldelity has gone Into! This split-t ing up of life-boats, and tak ing away of fire-e: C-ipes, and ext inguishing of Kghl-hoUtfes. I come out and I say to such people, "Wha t are you doing all this for?" "Oh!" they say, " jus t for tun." It is such fun to see Chris t ians try to hold on to their Bibles! Many of them have lost loved ones, and have been told that there Is a resurrection, and it is such fun to tell them there wll ' be no resurrection! Many of them have believed t ha t Christ came to car -ry the burdens and to heal the wounds of the world, and it is such fun to tell them they will have to be their own saviour! Th ink of the meanest th ing you ever heard of; then go down thousand feet underneath it, and you win find yourself at the top of a s ta i r s a hundred miles long; go to the bot-tom of the stairs, and you will find a ladder a thousand miles long; then go to the foot of the ladder and look off a prfcipice half as far as f rom here to China, and you will find the headquar -ters of the meanness t ha t would rob this world of Its only comfort In life ita only peace In death, and its only hope for immortal i ty. Slaughter young man 's fai th in God. and there is not much more left to s laughter .

Now. what has become of the slaugh-t e r t d ? " Well, some of them are in their fa ther ' s or mother 's house, broken down in heal th , waiting to d ie ; o thers ar? in the hospital, o thers are in the cemetery, or, ra ther , their bodies are for their souls have gone on to re t r l l ution. Not much prospect for a young man who star ted life with good health and good education, and a Christ ian example set him, and opportunity of usefulness, who gathered all his t reas •ires and put them in one box, and then dropped it into the sea.

Now, how is this wholesale slaugh ter to be stopped? There is not a per sol. who is not Interested in that quos lion. The object of my sermon is to pu ' a weapon in each of your hands for your own defense. Walt not for Young Men's Christ ian Associations to protect yen, or churches to protect you. Appealing to God for help, t ake care of yourself.

First , have a room somewhere tha t you can call your own. Whether It be the back parlor of a fashionable boarding house, or a room in the fcur th story of a cheap lodging, I care not. Only have that one room your fortress. Let not the dlssipater or unclean step over the threshold. If they come up the long flight of s ta i rs and knock at the door, meet them face to face and kindly yet firmly refuse them admittance. Have a few family portrai ts on the wall. If you brought them with you from your country home. Have a Bible on the s tand. If you can afford it and can play on one have an instrument of music—harp, or llute, or cornet, or melodeon, or violin, or piano. Every morning before you leave that room pray. Every n igh t af-te- you come home In t ha t room pray. Make that room your Gibral tar , your Sebastopol, your Mount Zlon. Let no bad book or newspaper come into tha t room any more than you would allow a cobra to coll An your table.

Take care of yourself. Nobody else will take carc of you. Your help will i:o> come up two, or three, or four •lights of s ta i rs : your help will eome ihrough the roof, down from heaven, f rom tha t God who hi the six thousand

, years of t?be world's his tory .. never be-trayed a young man who tr ied t o be

1^1 me say hi

regard to your adverse worldly Clr-cumstanoes, in passing that you are on a level now with those who are finally to succeed. Mark my words, young man, and th ink of It thir ty years f rom now. You will find that those who th i r ty years f rom now are the million-aires of this country, who are the ora-tors of the country, who are the poets of the country, who are the strong merchants of the country, who are tlm grea t phi lanthropis ts of the c o u n t r y -mightiest in church and state—are this morning on a level with you, not an Inch above, and you In s t ra ightened circumstances now.

Herschel earned his living by play-ing a violin at parties, and In the In-terstices of the play he would go out and look up nt the midnight heavens, the fields of his Immortal conquests. George Stephenson rose from being the foreman in a colliery to be the most ronowned of the world's engineers. No outfit, no capital to s tart with! young man, go down to the library and get some books and road of what wonder-ful mechanism God gave you in your hand, in your foot, in your eye. In your ear, and then ask some doctor to take you into the dissecting room and i l lustrate to you what you have read about, and never again commit the blasphemy of saying you have no cap-ital to s t a r t with. Equipped I Why. the poorest young man is equipped as only the God of the whole universe could afford to equip him. Then his body—a very poor affair compared wi t t h h wonderful soul—Oh. that Is what makes me so Bolicitous. I am not so much anxious about you, young man. because you have so little to do with, as I am anxious about yon because you have so much to risk and lose or gain.

There Is no class of persons that so s t i rs my sympathies as young men in great cities. Not quite enough salary to live on, and all the temptat ions that come from tha t deficit. Invited on all hands to dr ink, and their exhausted nervous system seeming to demand st imulus. Thei r religion caricatured by the most of the clerks in the store, and most of the operatives In the fac-tory. The rapids of temptation and death rush ing against tha t young man forty miles the hour, and he in a frail boat headed up stream, with nothing but a broken oar to work with. Unless Almighty God help thorn they will go under .

The great musician who more than any o ther art ist had made the violin speak and sing and weep and laugh and t r iumph—for It seemed when he drew the bow across the str ings as If all ear th and heaven shivered In de-lighted sympathy—the great musician,

i a room looking oft upon the sea, and surrounded by his favorite Inst ruments of music, closed his eyes In death. While all the world was mourning al his depar ture , sixteen crowded steam-ers fell Into line of funera l procession to carry his body lo the mainland. There were fifty thousand of his coun-t rymen gathered in an amphi thea t re of the hills wall ing to hear the eulogium, and it was said when the great orator of the day with s tentor iaa voice began to speak, the fifty thousand people on the hillsides burst into tears. O! tha t was the close of a life tha t had done so much to make the world happy. But 1 have to tell you, young man. If you live r igh t and die r ight , that was a tame scene compared with tha t which will greet you when f rom the galleries of heaven the one hundred and f o r t y and four thousand shall accord wi th Cbulst In crying, "Well done, thou good and fa i thful servant ." And the Infiuences that on ear th you put In mo-tion will go down from generat ion to generat ion, the Influences you wound up handed to your children, and their Infiuences wound up and handed t o their shl ldren. until watch and clock are no more needed to mark the pro-giess, because time itself shall be no longer.

W O R L D ' S L A R G E S T F L A G ,

T h e Monster Will Consume 700 Y a r d s

of Bunt infr ,

Capt. George C, Beckley of Honolu-lu, who arr ived here recently to t ake back tbe new s teamer Helena, lately launched here. Is having the larges t flag made of which shipping men bSve ever heard. I t will be of the ex t raor -dinary width of forty t ee t and will be eighty feet long, consuming in a l ! n o less than 700 yards of bunt ing, says t h e San Francisco Call. Th is mons t e r flag is to be raised on the Helena o n t h e maiden t r ip of tha t vessel a s s h e l eaves here for the Hawai ian Islands. I t Is a Hawai ian flag, of course, a n d a.i such will dwarf every o t h e r flag, no mat ter of wha t na t ion , t h a t comes into port. When the Helena ge t s t o Hmo-lulu the fiag will be t a k e n dowi: and will finally be put o n a g lgan tv pole, towering in the a i r f r o m t h e heights ot Punchbowl hill . T h e pole will be 150 feet long. I t Is t o he m a d e of a mons-t rous Puge t sound flr t r ee and Is now en rou te to t h e is lands. The way Capt . Beckley happened t o get the Idea of eclipsing the world In the way of flags is peculiar . H e Is a Commodore in the H a w a i i a n navy . Oh the eve of his de-p a r t u r e to r th i s count ry a dinner was given h i m b y t h e employes of the com-pany a n d h e received a present of a f a t purse . Capt. Beckley said, as It w a s h a n d e d h im; " T h e money will be used In t h e purchase of the largest H a w a i i a n flag ever seen in Hawaii, It will be la rger than the great flag of the Amer ican league and will fly f rom tbe f o r e m a s t of the Helena f rom San Fran-cisco to Honolulu. Then It wll! float f r o m a tall pole in my yard on the slope of r -T -hbowl hill ." This .u why a h e a w ufacturing firm Iw.e 1" Otow bu6\ wiih the great flag. "It will bn the biggest flag of which ever be.ird," ..aid Capt. Beckley yesterday. "There fsn't ncother one like it in the world."

Hi* rTniTffw'ViinaiiMn mi?'"11 rii iAf t i mmmSivM m&iiiisfa

D r u g S t o r e P r i c e s K n i f e d l

Y o u r D o c t o r B i l l P a i d B y U s !

Munyon's rcmedico, nil 'Jfic sizes | 18 rcmodieB, AOo sizes ii.r»

" rctnedieB, nil sizes fi7 Stewnrl's Oyspepsin tnblote 05 Tjincoln ten 17 I'nrn^oii ten IB Lime's family medicinc 17 Celery ten 17 King's now discovery r>()c slixo R'J King's new discovery size (!fi Piso's consumption cure 17 Dr. Bull's cough syrup, smnll 17 Dr. Bull's cough syrup Inrgo JWi Ransotn's hive syrup 2» Jnyne's expectornnt 07 Traek's mngnetic ointment Invge 28 Trask's magnetic ointment Bnlall 17 Pozzoni's face powder 88 Malvina cream 88

" lotion 88 Duffy's mail whiskey 80 Fleming's malt whiskey 80 A good Kentucky whUkey. qttart 50 A good Kentucky whiskey gallon 2 00 Golden Gate pure rye whiskey, per

<iuait t!5 Golden Gale pure rye whiskey per gallon 2 50 Old private stock whiskey, qunrt 7r> Old private slock whiskey gallon 2 75 A yen's pills 15 Cusloria 22 Doane's kidney pills 81 Williams' pink pill's Jll (iarlielii tea 17 Piiikhnui'8 pills 15 Scott's emulsion cod liver oil, snmll 35 Scott's emulsion cod liver oil large, 05 Peruna 05

W h e t l y o u a r e s e a r c h i n g - f o r

l o w e s t p r i c e s ori b e s t d r u g s ,

c o m e t o u s .

W h e n y o u o r y o u r f a m i l y a r e

•;ick

Consult

Dr. Tyroler. :it h i s o f f i c e o v e r o u r s t o r e .

H i s s e r v i c e s a r e f r e e t o o u r

p a t r o n s .

P a u l V . F i n c h

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Tho C u t - R a t o D r u g g i s t s , 76 Cana l , ( i rat td Rapids .

Kennedy's medical discovery $1 05 C-utlcurn resolvent 011 • 'ulicura shlve 85 Uulicura soap 15 Warneris safe cure 80 Curler's pills two for 25 lienehnm's pills 15 I'aine's celery compound 01) Alcock's porous plasters two for 25 Fiorlick's malted milk, large 75 Horlick's mnlted milk, small 88 Hurlick's malted milk hospital size

8 00 St. Jacob's oil S. 8. S. large $1.75 size S. S. 8. small #1 size Kly's orenm balm Hall's entarrh remedy. Sage's catarrh remedy Syrup figs, largo Syrup llgs, small Greeners nervurn •Mile's nervine barker's hair balsam Caplllarls Sozodont Rubifoam Chapinan's liquid penri jOrientnl orenm Fellow's hypophosphites Arnlcn tooth sonp

I Dr. Lyon's tooth powder Shefllelds tooth dentifrice Zonweiss

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t e l l d e d t o . Electric bitters, smnll

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| California Wittes From 15c Per Quart Up. |

fflte Towell 'iedger.

I'lIBMSIIBI) KVKKV T11UU3D.VY AT

LOWELL, KENT COUNTY. MICH.

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FRANK M. JOHNSON.

Entered at Lowell post offlce ns efecoDd .-lass matter.

• UUSCUll'TlON ONE DOLLAR YEARLY.

AOVKUTISIXO UATKi

Rnstoess locnls 5 cents per line each Issue Leual ads at legal rates. Card in directory column $1 00 per line

per voir One inch $5 per venr. Kates for lar.-er advertlsotnehlA mode

•cnowu nt the ofllec, Osrds of thanks, SO cent*. Resolutions of condolcnc", >1.00.

Job iirintlns In connection nt low st livlntr "Always Prompt," is our molto.

T u n man who lliinks n lift wfell

Btnck-to is as good as ilm t ru lbj has a

companion in tho fellow who, having

luado ;i mistake and knowing in his

self to the fact is as big a fool as the

Buif ilo calf that runs his head into the

deep grass and ihinks bf rnnse he can

not see that he ia not seen. As for

the iran who prefers panic and pov-

erty to seeing the Republican parly

credited with ushering in an era of

prosperity, he is a knave for whom we

have no use. W e do not believe thai

permanknt prosperity will come un-

de r thej single gold s tandard; bu t with

good crops and good prices, there

will come a blessed temporary relief.

If the Republican party arts the credit

for these, hurrah for the G. O. P !

Bucklen's Arn ica Salve. The Bkst Salve in the world for Cuts,

Bruises. Sores. Ulcers. Salt Rheum. Fever Sores, Tetter. Chapped Hands. Chilblains. Corns and all Skin Eruptions, nnd positive-ly cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect sntisfaotion or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by L. H. Hunt Jk ('o.

M c C o r d s

Mr«„AllMrt Clnrk nnd little

their wives went north last week, looking for land.

Mesdames M. C. Denny and Leroy Snyles visUed Mrs. Stanton Inst Thursday.

There will be meeting in Mr. Pallas' woods next Sunday at this place, forenoon an l afternoon.

Mrs. Frank Lucas received word thnl her father, Mr. Sheplnr, who lives neat Linsing, had a pnralylic stroke and was not expected to live. She started for home Wednesday.

Win. Rexford received word from his brother1 ornelins, of Gratiot county lhi:l his wile was dying, and he . left lor there Tuesday niorning.

, • , xlslti-d her mothur W.-dnesd .y. heart that it was an error, still mam-1 rapt. Judd, G.o. Judd and wife • f Gr.nd

Give tains that he was ri^ht.

both a wide be r th .

them

* *

I t sHEnfs n o w t h a t Softie of o u r

good horticultural trieiirfs who, last

spr ing insisted I hat their peafcli or

cmiiMs were everlastingly rinned by

the twig borer and the curl leaf', were

simply borrowing trouble} and that

the i r orchards now are looking well.

" N e v e r trouble trouble till trouble

troubles you," is a good old ma.tiin

t h a t i t is well to remember .

¥ * * f h ! ' * :

T h k Twenty-nintl^ Annual Regis-

tration Repor t of Michigan has been

issued by the Secretary of State, and

contains the vital statistics , for the

year 1895< There wese 18,952 mar

m ; e ? , 46,373 bir ths, and 22,757

deaths rt corded for the yeaf . The

registration of dea ths has been quite

Imperfect in this s tate , a n d j as

Seen in the pfesent repof t the t e t u f u s

have been made so long a f t e r the

registrat ion yea r t h a t ifiuch of the

interest and practical value of the.-e

Malistioi has been lo6f< (t Is there-

f iiv grat ifying t » t y ) t e tha t th? last

'••^.islatnre enacted a rtfeiV law /or the !lamc I'.ate regis!tJ^tiorf of deaths, re-

ertlfica.teS pf , tfejith ^ahd huriiu ,, ; t s t '} i r o U 'gh0^' rlife slat^.

^hich wiu . ,U|y. jni'prove the quali-

ty ol ihe-.-. nannm a'nd eiiafeie ( l̂iertil to

— e r m l , 1 ^ t o 1 r , m t(( b ^ o f ^ r a d -

l^altli'. o f f a e t f j

R-.plds, visited al Frank Hlaik's lH!*t week, and attended the ? O 'ecr picnic at Gampan t-k e Friday. Ered Thorn is of Gro d Rapids atleudtd tin

picnic at C-onpau lake Friday Blnk-i Vandi rhp and J. Ch iteidon were the

guests of H. F. Pattorson Sundny. Dr. L. E. II •skins and family of Flmdnl'

sr.! occupying their new lu.nir at McCords. J Cheest-brou^h and wife, of Fretpoil

tflsited their daughter. Mrs J Renter and at-t nded the picnic at Catnpau Luke.

•I. A. Ellis and wife went to s<-e her brother, C «sey Shepard of Ada Saturday, who was-eeriou^ly,injured by falling In his ham.

H. F. Pattens in, who has. been spending his vacation with his parents,' W. H. P.tterson and wife return ed lo Milwaukee Monday.

Somethine to Depend On. Mr. James Jones, of the drug firm of

Jones £ Son, Cowden, 111., in speaking of Dr. King's New Discovery, says that last winter his wife was attacked with 1 e Grippe, nnd her ense grew so serious Hint physicians at Cowden and Fana could do nothing for her. It seemed to develop in-to Hasty Consumption. Having Dr. King's Now Discovery in store, and selling lots of it. ho took a bottle home, and to the surprise of all she began to f""' .dtter from first dose, and half doze- .oilar hot ties cured her sound and well. Dr. King's

Harold N e w l)i8COvery f 0 r (Consumption, Coughs nnd Colds is gunranteed to do this goo work. Try it. Free trinl bott cs at L. H Hunt it Co's drug store. f>

i ^ F a l l a s b u r a .

t Mr. Atyl Mrs. Tower drove to Ionia luht week '^u'esdjiy., i

Manley A ldrich and Frank Lucas with

Keeuo. Mrs. Clnpp and her two sons, of Chicago,

are spending two weeks with Mrs. Dell Bowen.

Mrs. Guerrier and Mrs, Hilton from Grand Rapids, called on Mrs. James Bow-en last Monday.

Rev. Rochelle and Frank Lampkins went last week to campmeeting and stayed till it was out.

John Jordiner was taken with a ver> severe fit Inst Monday.

8. Knapp of Lowell took dinner with Mrs. Wilkinson last,Thursday.

Jerome, a son of A. Hawley, once a resi. dent of Keene, but now of Otisco, died li st Wednesday of consumption. His funera^ Was at Saranac Sunday.

Thursday afternoon Lewis Woodman and

C I i — r r

F i r s t - C l l ^ I m p l f t n ' e n t s - - -

O l i v e r a n d S y r a c u a e P l o w s , P l a n e t J r . C u l t i v a -a r e • r ! ^ t ' a , l d W a 8 h s e l l s t h e m r i g h t .

I f y o h a o u ' t find i t soj h e i s h e r e t o m a k e i t r i g h t s ) * O w

S ^ T M S r o w , . ,

I n b u ^ l ^ a n d p a c k a g e . ] ) o n ' t n e g l e c t t l i e g a r d e n

• f p y i C t e W F ' . , ! ^ r e p a y y o u i n s a t i s f a c t i o n . S t a r t r i g l i t b y b u y i n g y o u r s e e d s o f

l i r r - u . N f t S h *

a a s B ' . ^ s j *

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tical us.-ruln^f

The law will b l

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A WP.ITKH ill the Crafid Dem >cri t criticises that

J ilnprds ^ ^ ^ • p a p T ? a n .

Douncing that there arc- imlica-.\ n<!

of comi.ig be(t(!r t im... The ' i Z l are certainly n u t f l

crop?

crop failu

Cpuntru

for our farmers.

p r o p e r s

f H o w a b o i f t S p r i n g S t i l t ? ^

1 c M fl£ y o u o u t , g i v i n g Vc U a Cbotde of a l l t h e

b e s f g t i bds" il l t h e ' i t a i ' k S f . A n d r a i t f s a l i r i e t t i s e l e c t f r o i h f f f

B , C . S i i l T H . s

the farmer everybody shares hi his

g iod luck—including n.e G r a i , ^ Old l i | .

T a r t y , ' i rid iHd mini whi, blilids him-

wife of Grand Ropids took tea with C. A» Lee nnd stnybd nil night with Mrs. B. F, Wilkinson, hU cousin.

Allie Saell nnd wife attended the Grand Ledge excursion last week.

Mrs t). <\ Gould nnd wife of Bnginaw are tisiting relatives in Keene.

Mrs. D. C. Keyiioids and Miss Addie Hefltlie, John and Will Ellison went to campmeeting Sunday.

Miss Libhie Shell wns the guest of ninnclie Lee Sunday.

John McKendry nnd wile visited nt Charles Lampkins Sunday.

Miss Grace Blaheslee of South Lowell, and her brother, L. G. illakeslee of New York spent Sunday with D. F. Wilkinson's fiiniilvi

Mrs Ed Kennedy and mother, Mrs. Jas. Bowen, spent lust Thursday with her brother, A. F. Lee, it heing his 70ih b i n h -dny.

Hired girls we see are a very costly arti-cle, providing they should use the family's med cine lo excess for tooth ache. Where the pay should he poor, they had better postpone the tooth ache and save all extra east.

Mrs. Bertha Foulks of Orleans, visited her cousin, Maud Foulks, last week.

Mesdames II. and Levi Peek spent Thursday afternoon with Mrs. C. A. Lee.

Miss Mina Ilowen is working foi John Jordner's family.

A large party of young people gave liui^h Cnrr a hnppy surprise last Friday evening to celebrate his 21st birthday.

McHilnmes Uobert nnd I'.'d McKny visited at Geo. Snell's, of Ens ton, last Friday.

Mrs. L. E. Jones and Mrs. Kyle called on Mrs. A. F. Lee one day Inst week.

Vergennes and Keene quarterly meeting will he held in the woods just east of Fallnsburg next Sunday the 22d. Service to last all day heginuiiig a t , 9.30 o'clock. Intermission at noon long enough to eat n lunch. Everybody bring lunch so ns lo stay all through the service. Saturday at 2.M0 preaching service followed by joint meeting of the stewards of the charpe. Brother Stinchcomb of Greenville nnd Brother Moors of Lowell will both be with Ut nnd preach. Let us remember Brother Moors is lo leave thij community next m.'iuh and that this probably will be the I Kit opportunity of the charge to hear him preach. Quarterly conference will be held at the school house Monday al 2.30.

I get off a t Buffalo Monday mrtrnlng. ' Geo. DeHaven, G. P. A.

Old People . Old people who require medicinc to reg-

ulate the bowels and kidneys will find the true remedy in Electric Bitters. This med-icine does not stimulate and contains no whiskey nor other intoxicant, but acts as a tonic nnd alterative. It acts mildly on the stomach and bowles, adding strength and giving tone to the organs, thereby aiding nature in the performance of the functions. ICIeclnt Bitters is an excellent appetizer nnd aids digestion. Old people find it jnst exactly what they need. Price 50 cents and I :<er bottle al L. H. Hunt's drugstore. 5

Al ton. , ,, ( Abe Blosserand wife were in Grnnd Rap-

i Is Inst Monday. Perry Purdy wns at Palo hist week and

called on Millard Hendrick, a former re.-i-dent here.

Allen Godfrey and wlfe.of East ^owell, were Sunday guests of Newton Coons and wife.

Mr. Green of Grattan was here on busi-ness last week.

Will. Kennells cut his foot qnite badly while loading logs.

Several from here attended the Pioneer picnic at Ada.

Mrs. David Condon had a stroke, of pai -alysis last week, and in falling broke her wrist. . , ,

Miss Jennie Corrigan is yisitipg rela: tives in Grand Rapids and attending the teacher's institute.

The steamer has ceased to ply the waters of Murray's Lake. , i% .

D. Church and family spent Sunday at CannnnsluTg.

Band bovs are practicing every Saturday night, having just received some new mucio from Switzerland.

A camp of 16 from Mill Creek camped at Murray's lake in Weekes' grove last week.

The Catholic Picnic wns,largely attended a largedelegation from. Lowell was present

Leon Weekes was tinder the doctor's care last week. , „ ,

Wm. Aldrich of near Lowell was In this •iclnity last Thursday.

Mr. Ayers of Lowell called on friends here last Saturday.

The frost Inst week Wednesday and Thursday nights jtyured the potatoes in some localities,hare.

Frank Keech and wife spent Saturday and Sunday at Uelding.

Orla Weekes and Chris Kopf spent Sun-day i t Allen Godfrey's in East Lowell. . Jud Hapeman and wife of East Lowell

Irere in Alton Monday. ' Ball game next Sunday at Ftltcher's.

E. Ring's birthday occttred Stmduy, no bis relatives gave him a very pleasant sur-prise at his home.

Clinton WeekeA has a new wheel, Warrei.Ford and wife ate visiting the r

dangtater,- Mfs. Milton Gross in the north partoNhe state.

David Claw Beta will occupy the pulpit next Snoday.

I T P A Y S T O

"The McLiiclilaii Business University.'' 88 P o s i t i o n s 8 8

fille.l by our students during tl.o past ten tnonlhs, proves it.

mailed free. School opens .-iept. Ist. catnlogur, and full particulnrs. write

D, Mc LACIILAN & CO. 23 South Division Street,

Ot-and Rni I Is Mich.

HOW HE GOT WATER.

Old Trnppe r Hliowcd Them n New Do-•vice In neaclilnu- UrlnkH.

"When people arc Buffering from thirs t they will resort to nil kinds of means to get water," remarked a gen-tleman who was a t one time a member of the United States geological and sur-veying exptxlition in the Indian terri-tory. "For some time we had been with-out water and were suffering greatly. Among our number was an old trapper who was as keen on the scent for water us is a hound on the trail of a deer. Finally he paused a t a place and stopped.

" 'I think there's water here if we could dig a well,' he observed,

" 'But we can't, ' I replied. " 'No, but we can do something else/

he said. "With that he cut a reed, tying some

moss on the end of it. Then he dug into the earth, placed his reed in theholeand packed the ear th around the reed.

" 'Do you mean to soy tha t you can suck water ou t of tha t thing? ' I asked.

" 'Yes, if, a s I think, there 's water near 'the surface. '

"He drew strongly a t i t wi th much satis faction.

" 'Good,' he remarked, 'would you like to t ry i t? '

"With little confidence in the result I sucked a t the reed with the surprising result of get t ing plenty of clear, pure water. To my parched tonguei tseemed the very nectar of the gods.

" ' I t ' s as clear os tho water of a spring,' I said.

" 'Yes. the mosB In our flltet-,' he re* piled. • "We pursued our Journey mUch re^

freshed, and I never forgot the old t rap-per's advice."—Detroit Free Press. UtraMTTO UUWN f H E f i r n J K E .

A Pecn l l a r l an tance of FereslBrht 111 France .

One day in October, 18S3, Lady A 1

living in Rue du Bel-Respiro, Paris, found that she had been robbed of a sum of 3,500 fraucs, says the Arena. She notified the commissary of police, who instituted a search and questioned the servants, bu t discovered nothing. Lady A when emumeratingherserv* ants begged the commissary to exclude from his suspicions her second valet de chambre, a youth of 19, very good-look-ing, very respectful and very well quali-fied for his duties, who had been nick-named "lo Pet i t" not on account of his stature, for he was rather tall, but for a feeling of delicate, protecting famil-iarity which his good qualities had won for him.

Meanwhile, among the friends of Lady A there had been a good deal of talk about a certain Demoiselle E , who they said, could see the most surprising things in a bowl of coffee grounds. M. L. d'Ervieux had the curiosity to accompany his governess to the house of this person and was quite surprised t o hear her describe ex-actly each piece of furn i ture in Lady A 's apartment-, pass in review her seven servants and say that, though she could not name the thief, he would be guillotined within two years.

.Some weeks later "le Pet i t" lef t the service of his mistress without giving any reason and two years later he mounted the scaffold. The servant so highly esteemed was none other than Marchandon, tho assassin.

—In the winter months tt childgrows dhly one-fifth as much as i t does in June and July.

S u n d a y I h t o u r s i o n s A u g u s t

2 2 , D e t r o i t , G r a n d L e d g e

I s l a n d L a k e .

Special train will leave E lmda le a t 7 ' 41 a. til. leave Detroi t a t 6.80 p. m. Round t r ip ra te to Detroi t (il.SO, Islafid Lake $1.00, Grand ifeedge 50c.

& A - F o r B u f f a l o .

Take this train to De t rdL . . tpend the aite^nMli and evening' there and

N o G u r e , N o P a y .

G . A Munch, M. D.

the notod special-ist and consulting physician of fhci Detroit Medical and Surgical Insti-tute, 145 Price St.; Detroit*, Jj[ich.r

who has five di-plomas from prominent ijied^cal colleges, can, after an examlnafi#>, name and locate a (jipqase or we|vk-ness \vith dches, paifnj, etc.,, with-out asking a,, question, • We treat a l l o h r o m i p , n e r v o u s , , a n d p r i v a t k

DfSEASEfe 'alld d i s B a b h s o £ w o m e n , Cataifrh.'Arsthma, BronchjrttH Th'samatism Tetter, El-fcfcma. Scrtfritaj Ulcer*. "Tuition.'. Rupthres, EpJlepsy, Fits. Tarnlytfisj Heart Lttng, Skin, Kidney and Bladder diseases, etc. • • „ t (

No matter what -yonr diaease or who has failed to care yon, consiilt him. O'onsal-tation^reo andCONn^EKtlAL, And if we take MOflr Case, ^ wotila gaArailheb a CURE-of NO PAY ® NO PA?wlU bere quir'fcd "J/HTlL CURED}'t/t anyOJie wty, giVen Bed̂ HNy or denOhit* Wflne.V In 1/atflC If lalpOHRbfc to no Di.J'Mtitfeh wtitb Mly' entloBing; J&Wmp for 'inffcrmation Jina Ini'go oitirtflrtrii. Td ttceoaiodate pktifefata, and other*, I)r. Monbh - ifiU aaain vhit

Sept. 2.

LOWELL; jfraotj Hote^ Sstordaj, 4 LAKKOUfiSSA, .Minor, Monday, " 6.

People. Michigan

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LOCATZD Directly Opposite M. C R'y Depot. Two BIocIja from Union Depot. Three Blocks (ro.Ti Steamer Drcks. In '.lie Cc--.t:r cl the Wholesale Di'.t.-trt. Three Minutes by Dcctric Can to Re-1

tail Center and at' Pkc.-i cl Amuseifoni.

200 Rooms with S'.jam 112at Sao.coo In Naw Jmprovanicnta.

Cuisine L'reurpaosod.. American Plan.

: : Rates, $2 and $2.50 per Dav. ; ' Rooms, with Bath, 53. SIr.j'.a mca's. COp.

U 0 ¥ T O F I N D O U T ,

Fill a bottle nr common plans \v{jb m ine and let it stand twenty four hours, a mjiIi-meut or settling indicates a disceused con-ditinti of the kidneys: When iirino stuiiiH linen it is positive evidence of kiilney troiihle. Too frequent desire to urinate nr, pain in the hack, is also convincing prm;!" that the kidneys and bladder are out o-: or-der.

WHAT TO D'J.

There is cbniifort itl the khowleilse so often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's Swjiiii|i. Root, the great kidney remedy I'm Hi 11» every wish in relieving pnin in the liii<-|<, kidltev. liver, bladder mill every pint ol' tic urinary passages It corrects inalality to hold urine and Kealdiitg pitin ill pi's>ini; it, or had eflect following n.«e ol" liquiu-, wine or heer; and overcomes that nnpleii" anl riBcessjty of'boinc compelled to jet up many times dnrinp the night to urinate. The mild and the extraordinary elfeet i f, Swamp-^oot is soon realized. It stands, the lushest for its wonderful cores of tho most distressini; cases, Ifydli need a medi-oihrt Von uhonld hflvo l|ii.> hoyt Sold liv druggists price lllty .cents and one dollan For a sample bottle and pamphlet, botli sent free by mail, mention Lowell Ijkduimi. and send yonr full post-oflice address to "r , Kilmer Jk Co., Hingbamton, N. Y. 'I' e proprietors of this paper guarantee tbi! genuineness of this oiler.

Tax Payers Take Notico The tax roll o r tho village of Lowell 58

is now in my hands and 1 am read;.- to re-ceive taxes. After August 1. an extra charge will be made. .

JbHKi'n Y e i t k b . t r easure r .

Pat rons of tbis paper bnvlni;1 busi-ness nt tlie P roba t e frmrt. will oonf.-t1

a great favor upon tlm ptiblisluT. by requesting that their noticcs bu pub-l i s b e d in t b e tiOWRLL L k d g k u . if

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

J. HAKRIsON KICKEUT. dentist. Over CliU^cl/s hunk, Low-ell.

8. 1'. lllCKSi Loanfc, Collections, Keal Efetstt' and Insi r-

ancb. Lowell, Mich.

O. Ui MCDANNELJ M. U , PhyMtilah and Surgeon. Otllce, 40 Bridge

street, Lowell, Mich.

M. C. (JRItEN, M. 1).

physician and Sutgeon. OUlee at Resldcix-C Bridge street, Lowell. Mich.

G. G. TOWSLEt, M. U., J " Physician acd 8nrg» on. Otllce iiou>P, anl

to 8 ptil. and 7 to 8 pm.

•t. M.GOODSPEEO, M.I). Office and Kusldence on Hudson street. C flk-o

hdurs froih U lo lo a. ni, ^ to 4 p. in. und t to 8 p. m , Sunday. 2 to 6 p. m.

E. H. CAMBELL, INSURANCE. LGAKS. Notary PuKlfc, Reil Estate Ag nt ami Col-

ktldr. Over Boylan's slorei LOwel'

MtLTO^ M. PEkRV,

Attortiey and Counselor lit Law. TrainV Holl Blobk, Lowell, Mich. RpecUl attention, given to Collections, ConVeyanting, mid Sale of Real Estate.

Has also Qualified and been ndmltteH to pric tlcc In the Intnrldr Department and all the bureaus thereto anfl Ib ready to proM cnte Clatfns ftfr thoftb that (hay be cntitK-d ti/ Pension Bounfy.

M A / j \ r s d M A I N S , Attorneys at Law,

Lowell and Lake Odessa Mich.'

JV4 Respectfully Solicit Your

Bmnebs.

A i E . Catnhell, i e n t i s t ,

OVfR BOYLAN'S STORE. All branches of dental work done by.

the latest improved methods. Sat-isfaction guaranteed.

Gas administered.

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P . D . E D D Y & C O . ,

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lCttpyrlEM iSflfi, '.y J, U. Lipplnmit-Co.]

eVfe^ybne." "Yon don't know much about Mr.

Strong's enrly life Vvhlcb bcRpcnt'ln thn thinea out west; I believe?"

"No, I don't, l ie did not speak of It cf lcn."

"It. is posHiblej you know, for him lo SYNOPSIS; • bnvc an eaiemy even that far back.

Chapter I-Alfred Whidhy dlscoVersdead Matthews, with whom I have talked,

I 'hethroat," arid' uTephonc-a' "for ^ H c e l , ? m e n , b p r f . . " n c , c ' a h a v i n 8 n

Matthews, the rardencr, la the bnly other occupant of tho house.

Chapter Il-Capt, Welsh, chief ot police, I and Detective Hendricks iTivestluate, | Blood la found on Whldhy's cuff.

Chapter HI—Col, Warrant on; a lawyer, j inakea n friendly call. Whldby recalls

(what ho had not whorl examined by cor-

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oner) walking: In hla Bleep during: night, peing awakened by stulnblfngovcra chair; laadvlsodnottoagaln mention this incident. Annette Delinar culls to prove her devotion even while her lover Is under Suspicion.

Chapter IV—Warrenton Icarna that BtroiiK had quarreled with u mysterious ylsltor the previous summer, during Whttl-by's absence. Mysterious letters received and mayor offers reward for capture of writer.

Chapter V—Mayor's family is concerned lost olterinc: reward may at tract murder-er's attention to him. Lilian Walters, (mayor's married daughter) acts strangely, claims Hho has seen it iv.a.i climb over the fence. She had necurcd a revolver, but not before tho man'a escape.

Chapter VI—Lilian wakens her mother In the night. She thinks the man sho had seen Is tho murderer, and i.-i fearful of his re-turn. The mayor receives a threatening note.

Chapter VII—Whldby fears he commit-tod tho crime under hypnotic intlucnco.. Warrenton advises a consultation with Dr. Lampkin, a hypnotic specialist;

Chapter VHI—Nothing developing at Roundtrce's place, pollco guard Is with-drawn. A day or two later. Lilian, walking In garden, is shot at, bullet passing through her sleeve. Hendricks makes a careful Investigation. ' Chapter IX—Hendricks discloses to Welsh that Lilian had purposely shot Ihrough her own sleeve, also she had been author of the warning note to the mayor. Welsh is cautioned to watch her to learn reason forjier actions.

" t . TiSiVipicm Arranges a nyp-notic test on Whldby to determine truth of latter'a suspicion that Whldby committed tho crime.

Chapter XI—Result of hypnotic test con-vlnces Lampkin that Whldby had been mado to do the murder. Detective Hon-drickSi concealed in room unknown to the others, makes further investipation.

Oimim i-.Vi"—,* rnui icir* in.* trsro-tT nld-hy nnd friends his theory of the hypnotic test and arrives at contrary conclusion to that rcached by Dr. Lamakln.

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CHAPTER X1U. Ilemlrloks called a cub a t the door

and drove lo the olllce of Capt. Welsh. He found Welsh pacing' the floor In ai fever of imptulence.

" I thought yon would never turn up in the world," said Welsh, as they took seats. "It seems to mc that everything Is a t a standstill. The city Is wild with excitement and demanding that some-thing be done."

Hendricks shrugged his shoulders as if he had only half heard the remark and had been disturbed in some train of thought, lie reached for n cigar in a box ou the captain's desk, bi t the end of It, and then seemed to sink Into a tcvcrle again.

Welsh stared a t blm a moment In \e.v&tion, then he said:

"1 was on the. watch myself at-the mayor's last night. About ten o'clock 1 saw Wrs. Walters slip out on the lawn. She came very cautiously from the rear of the house. I saw her stoop to 1 pick up something near where your um-brella was left, and then she returned by the front door." .

Hendricks nodded slowly,- but did not look up from the spot on the carpet a t which he had been staring for sev-eral mlnntes. Welsh flushed slightly and went on awkwardly j

"I had .expected to find o u t a l o t a b o u t her early life from a lady friend of mine, but* ns bad luck will have it, the lady has left, the city for the. sum-mer, and 1 don't exactly know where she has gotie. I was thinking of hunt-ing her up and going to sec her< if you think—"

Hendricks rose abruptly. • " I must write it letter," he said. "Glre

me some paper, p^ase ." , Welsh's.face.fell as.he rose and drew

some writ ing materiflls from a drawer And pu t them before the dctectiro.

' 'Do yon want mc to cease my investi-gations?" he asked, impatiently. • Hendticks dipped a pen in the ijik-

trell, and as he did eo he looked up and caught tiight of the captain's face. ;• "Oh, hang it all, captain!" he said— "pardon me; I have not heard lta\f of what you were sayiiTg..- I only caught enough at tlie s ta r t to know that you

not on the r ight track. J^ t tho tooman alone for awhile. Do you re-member 1 said tha t if I discovered cer-tafin things about a mysterious fitralng>er in tlie city I should have to tegin all over Hgain?".

"Yes,- certainly, but—'*. } " I have begun all o \cr again.'* And

Hendricks began to w-rite hurriedly. "Can i help yoh in any way?"

j "1 am. afraid not now, captain. A little later, perhaps; but ilme is too val-uable jus t ,now formsele^e. explana-tions; every minute frtust,count. This is the hardest nut 1 eVetr tried to crack."

Welsh saicl uotfiiug fur ther . He sank into a chair and looked out of a win-dow till Kcnclricks had finished and sealed his Itfttcf.

"Now, said the' detectr^b, as he rose and grAusped his hat, " f ' a tu ^oing OUt for H little, lunciy. and then I have art appbiutmci'it, 1 shall iee you later."

At t<\'of o'clock Hefidrlcks rang the Bell at the Strong homestead. Whldby fiirtself opeflerf the depr. • " Is MlsS Defn'thi' her6^* flsked thede-

<eciive. "She Has ieeu ta'fe'sevtral minutei,*'

rtnMve^ed Wlridby. "She Is lit ff»« li-br^ry." , . " "Good!*1 sa'id fletiffii^k*. •'N'otv /or

business." he weiit oti. Mieetily. as hfi" entered ihe U^r!,r>v hoivi-d to'Mis^

"Move f u voti chairs.'both'

s trange visitor here a year or so ago while you were at the seashore. It. feeems that Mr. Strong had a sort of quarrel with him, and, for some reason of his own, he requested Matthews not to mention the visitor to you. Now, we must find that fellow if wc can."

"But how, are you going to do i t?" asked Miss Del mar.

"That 's what I 'm here for," replied Hendricke. "And you arc both going to help me. Now. tha t visitor came here and threatened Mr. Strong about somc-ihing, so Matthews says, and one who will threaten a man to his face Is apt to do so In other ways. Mr. Whldby, do you remember ever having seen your uncle recclvb any letter which seemed to disturb him nt all?''

Whldby reflected a motnent, then he looked up wit h a start .

"Yes; I had not thought of it before, bu t my uncle has once or twice acted peculiarly after receiving letters. About a month ago he opened a letter at the breakfast table and seemed almost to tu rn sick over It. He was white and trembled all ovpr. I. asked him what was the matter,, but he said he felt suddenly faint, and tha t was all ho would tell me. I was concerned about him, and wanted to send for a doctor, bu t he refused to le^ me, »nd declared be was all right. Ilo seemed so un-fetrung that 1 felt uneasy. I really feared his mind afleeted, so 1 watched him through tho curtains for awhile af ter he went into the room where he keeps hlsipapers."

"What did he do there? Try—try to think of everything," urged the detec-tive, his eyes glittering as he fixed them on the young man's face.

"He stood a t the window," went on Whldby, "and .read the lettnr again. From where I was in the hall I could see the paper quivering in his hands. He remained there j^or a long time, as if In deep thought, and then threw the envelope into a waste-paper basket, took down a file, and pu t the letter care-fully oway."

"Ah. I see. Good, so f a r ! " exclaimed Hendricks. "Do you th ink you would know that letter again?"

" I don't know; perhaps so. I t was in I a large, square, bluish c-iiu-lopr, and ; tho sheet was of the sau\e color, and of letter-paper size.", ;

"I am glad you remember those de-tails," said Hondricks. "Now let's in-spect that file;.. May we not go in the room where Mr. Strong kept his pa-pers?"

"Certainly," said Whldby. "The coast ia clear. Matthews is staying down-stairs. I am answ ering the doorbell."

"At this young lady's euggestion," said tha detective, with a laugh, as they v e r e crossing the hall.

"I ' ray how did you guess that, I'd like to know?" Miss Delmar asked.

"You were afraid your father would call here, and if Mr. Whidby answered the bell you would have time to hide. Is not that t rue?"

"Perfectly," replied the girl, with a laugh. "I 'm glad he isn't a famous de-tective. He would have found me out long ago."

When they entered the little .room and approached the desk, which was near a great iron safe by a window, Whidby started to draw the letter-file from a pile of books and papers on a shelf over-head, but the detective called out : "Hold on! Don't touch i t ! " and be brought a chair and placed it under the ehelf. Then he went to the window, raised the shade as high aa it would go, find let in1 the sunlight; a f te r which he stepped upon the chair, and, with a hand on each end of the shelf, looked earcfully at the books and papctrs on which the file rested.

"Ah, blast his ugly picture!" heejacu-latcd. "He's nobody's fool!"

"What's the mat te r?" asked Whidby. "We shan' t find 'the letter, af ter all."

i lendricks lifted the file nnd stepped down to the floor.

"Why, you haven't looked," protested Miss Delmar. •' "Yes, I have,-'* said the detective, In a

disappoint »d tone. "Those boohs and papers Up there are thickly covered with dUst, bu t the file is Comparatively f ree from it."

"AhI" Said Misa Delmar. "Some one

the girl. "Oh, T should simply be de-lighted lo be able to show papa that you (tre Innocent, after nil! He would never object then, you know, for you would be your uncle's legal heir, and worjh more money than I could ever expect from papa. If only—"

"By Jove!" Hendricks' startled ex-clamation drew tht i r eyes to him. lie was holding tbe flic close lo his face, and examining a letter with his lens.

"What is i t?" asked Whldby. "TM-o-o-d!" said Hendricks. playfu|ly,

Ifi it deep, gurgling tone. "The fejlow extracted that letter within two min-Utcfi af ter he cut Strong's throat.'!

"How do 3,ou know?" asked Miss Del-mar.

"I find traces of blood on each of the two letters between which the missing one lay. So far. so good! Now, there is but one course of action, and if tha t fails I shall be a t sea; so, Mr. Whidby, keep your wits about you. The letter taken from this file must have been of such a nature that It woitld nssocinte the writer of It with the crime. That means a good deal. It Is quite likely that the murderer witnessed your un-cle's reception of the letter and saw him file it away; otherwise he could not have gone to It so readily. Now, what we have to do is to find Ihe envelope you lay your uncle threw Into the waste-paper basket."

"Impossible," said Whldby. "Why?" "Matthews has been looking after the

rooms since the maid went off. ami he takes out the waste paper as soon as i t accumulates. I t must have been thrown away several weeks ago."

"Where does he. throw such things?" " I don't know." "Call him." Whidby rang, and in a minute Mat-

thews came up from the basement. "We want to find a certain blue en-

velope, Matthews," the detective began. " I t was t hrown Into this basket by Mr. Strong about a month ago. Can you help us?"

"I don't know, elr. I have been emp-tyin' everythin' of that kind in the cel-lar. I keep all the papers in one banrel ttnd all the rugs In another, and a junk shop man comes every now and then—"

"And gives you a little something for keeping' the stuff for him," interrupted Hendricks.

"Yes, sir," the servant nodded. "Has he been here lately?" " J u s t a day or so before the murder,

d r . I r e m e m b e r - " "Could you take Mr. Whidby and my-

self to his placc?" said the deteutUi.*. "We might be in time to keep our bit of cvidenee from being made up Into new paper."

"Yes, sir, without any trouble. His shop is on Firs t street, under the bridge. I t is a pretty tough place, sir, but we can take the cars and get down quick tnough."

"I see I am to be of no fur ther assis-tance," jested Miss Delmar.

"I didn't quite think you would care to soil your skirts in a ragman's shop," replied ihe detective. "But as soon as we get a clew, Mr. Whidby may bring the. news to you. We'd better be going, too."

.Hendricks and Matthews started out at once. Whidby lingered In the draw-ing-room w ith Miss Delmar.

"If you have the time,you might stay here until we return," said Whidby. "1 am sure we shan't be long."

"I ' l lwai tanhour.nnyway,"the young lady promised. "1 am dying to know if you accomplish anything. But run on; they are waiting for you, and here comes the car."

In ten minutes the three men had reached the bridge spanning the murky river and were entering the shop indi-cated by Matthews. , . ! "We must tell him exactly what we Want," Hendricks whispered to Whidby at the door.' "He hasn't a very honest face, and if he thinks we have lost some-thing of intrinsic value he may tell us a lot of lies. Usually they do all they can to aid a detective." •

"Ah, t see," answered Whidby. "I should have blundered there if I had been alone." • •' . > •• .

The dealer, a little JeW, with a very crafty face, came from behind a coun-tei' piled Up high with sacks of rags and paper. '

"What Can I do for you, gentletnen?" he asked. • ,

In a few words Hendricks explained What they were searching for. . • . "Ahl and y o u w a n t to eateh him, eh? Well, I hope you can," said the Jew. " I think I hftoW the bags I got f rom dere. They ftre Up In the loft. I will

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AfORTCACE SALE. i t x i it (unit having been mode in the con-ditions of a certain morlgsirr made and exe cuted by James F,. Scese and Rnuna V. Perse, his wifr, of the Township of Nelson. Keir County. Mlchigm, lo .lolm Hugsfird of the same nUce, hearing dale May 21th. 189ft, nnd j recorded In the otllce of the Register of Deed- ! for said connty on the 2tllh day of May A. 1) ! 1893. in Liber 20h of Mortgoges at Pages RJ14 I und and. wherca". default has been made in the payment of the annunl Interest due on said mortgage nnd said payment of Interes has been In arrears for the space of sixty days and upwards, for which default said John Hnggard, mortgagee, hereby exercises hi-option granted by sold mor gage and declares thi-princlpd Mini of said mortgage nnd all arrearages of interest to bo due and payable, whereby the power of sale therein contained has become operative and, whereas, by reason ot ssid default, theie Is now due and unps.i'l r.' the date of this notice upon said mortgag nnd the note accompany In ir the same. IncUid ini:principal and Interest the snin of $221,40 ami whereas, no suit or proceeding either nt law or in t quilv has been InstlttiU-d to re-cover the debt, sccured by said mortgage or anv purl Hereof,

Now, therefore, notico is hereby given that by virtue of said power of sale and the statute of the state of Michigan in such case nude and provided, the undersigi ed will sell at public auction or vendrie to the highest lad-der on the I6th day of November A D. 1897, at ten oVlock in the forenoon of-said day al the front door of the Court House in said City of Grand Rapids (thai; being the building iu which the Oircnit Court for the County of Kent is held) the pn-mises described in said mortiragc or sulli lent there.of to satisfy said debt with the Interest, costs and eipetises of -»uid sale, together with an attorney fee of $15 00 as provided by law, hd attoi-ne and c.'iins lot at law l "lng employ* d to for-close srtid mortgage and said attorney fee not ex-eeedlng the amount provided for therein, ^ald premises are described as follows: All hat piece or pttrcel of land lying and being

situate in the Township of Nelson, County of K«-nl and State of Michigan and described as follows, to wll: The northeast quarter • >f Mic southwest quarter "41 efa-etlon tlfte- u fl5| In Town ten MOj north of range ten [lO] wes', being fArty [101 acres of land more or ess are >rdtngto Unl cd States Mtrvey thereot.

Dated August T7lh, A. D. 1897. EnwiN F. Swbbt. John HrooAUP, Attorney for Mortgagee. Mortgagee.

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Lowell.

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Arrival and Departure of Trains at Lowel

T i m e T a b l e in E f fec t M a y . 3 , 1897 WUSTWAKI).

Delmnr. of von Ti\ ivill do. Novi-,

/l ' J ' • * • licfe'a tvhat I Want to get at< Cot. \Varrpnton was pood enough to pfct lye ou to1 a little circumstance which .be nays he baa iJot mentioned to you/Mr. j Whldby, but w h l o b ' ^ a ivs t a i f t to th^ I bottom. I t .may IcadMH tor A motive' for the crime, and ti»\t '|a whAt ore locking''fOT. • Do, yqinhappcn to j Itnovr i f ; your uncle bad an eaemy o<

toy m r t f ' r ! ; ' 1 . . 0 . I Whldby abook hlBherwl^houghtft/Uv. "I caa ' t tblnk Who i t ecjuld be. it m 1

ioA ••©n«A -be -ankl.« *0» «be coqtntry? j Ancle aeemed to make frkad® Wilh 1

haa been handling it." . . "Exict iy; aifid quite reoentfj ' ." Hen- tbro\v them down, aftd you can

dricka Opened the box-like file and be- through tbem h e f i . " i gan to turn over the papef-a fastened In • "You are very good," said Hendrlcka; j by shnrp-'poihted steel prctogs. "Ah!" ' ' that ' s exactly What we Want." ; I see they a r t nr ranged according to The Jew ran iip n ladder through a I date Of arrival. Youthink, Mr. Whidby, hole in the ceilng, and in ft moment I that the letter yon remember noticlngi fhree sucks filled with -old paper tiim-1 came about a tnontli ago. Well, we must bled down a t their feet. > ! tn rn to abodt the 20th of Ju4e. Ah!" * Hendricks pointed to a clean placeon i Jkere fs the spot; and, by Jove! our fhe floor, and said wMatthetvs. "Shake ; f i iend \<as In a hoi 'ry—ndtso vefy cad- them out." • > 1 . . 1 tlous. ftftet all." * Matthews emptied onc of the bags in

"What'ls i t?" asked tVhidby. a h^ap, and Whidby bent Over it. "He ImS torn a letter ont a t tfiiS pfaee. I'ST-o dodbt abolit the stuff being from

And i t tvlis it blue one, too. for he ha'S onr hoitse,' 'he fcaid. " i leVcisanotead-le f ta t l f iy f ragmentOf ite^itheprofcgs." drcs&^T to'"mo, aifid i h t r e ore some old Tlendricki hefd a fainfitc piece of bills 'of ofi(Jle|ri.", feut ttft<fr five hiin-towards \tft1dby. "Does that look like tites' dettffrh h^ deelnred he fea'w fid en-fhe paper On whteh that particular lei- lelo'pe \Vhicii looke<l like the one he Htrd ter was tvrittenC" In mind. Tho second bag was siiiirched

" t think sO." •; tvitbout success, but the thlixl had hard-Ilendrlck.s noildcd. hud pftt tbe tortt 13- l>oert opfricyf bfcfoffe Whidby picked

^riece into the back part of his Watch up n large, sijuare(jhv'eJopo. case. Then, taking tbe letter-file t9 the "1 think this raust'be it," he saidi window, he fain it on the end of the. "Yoii are r igh t ; ' I t matches the color

" I ' • They must have gone desk, arid, keeping i t open dttlife [Vhoe iogf thet . ' ' repiled theddteetlvO: and ho {vhe-re t;h^ letter bad b«i n abstracted, he

\rCRTCACE SALE. , , a '1- Delault having been made in tbe comlitions of a certain mortgage given by Frank D. Tarleton ami Malina \V. Tarle-ton. his wife, to Frances A. Sweet dated November I, A. D. ISS'.' and recorded in the ollice of the Register of Deeds for the County of Kent and Stale of idiuliigan on the 4tii day of December A. D. 1889 in Liber 150 of Mori«niies at pttge'230 and the power of sale contained in said inorlgage havinp become operative and the amount claimed U| be due and unpaid thereon'in; eluding interest lo dale and the statutory attorney fee helm; the sum ol f 1(.'43.Q0 and no suit or proceeding at law or in chancery having been instituted to recover said debt or anv part thereof.

Now, TIIKRKKOKE. notice is heieby given that by virtue of said power of sale and the statute in such case mode and provided said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises or so much thereof ns may lie necessary to satisfy the amount due on said mortgage as principal and interest ami costs and expenses of said sale allowed by law, at public aucilon lo

: the highest bidder on Si'turday, the 18th day of September. A. D. 18117 -at ten o'clock in the forenoon of said day at the north front door of tho Kent County Court House in the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan (that being the place" where the Cirouit Court for said County is held) said prem-ises are described ns follows, to wit: All of lots two |!>) hnd threft (3) of Sweet and Smith's addition to the Village of Lowell County of Kent and State nf Michigan • ac-cording to the recorded plat thereof.

Dated June 17, A. D. 1897. FRANCES A. SWEET.

Mortgagee. .SWEEt. PERKINS A JFDKINS, At'toriieys for Mortgagee, Grand Rapids,

Michigan,

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

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Gd Rapids,Gd Haven and Milwaukee ate Stations |- 9 19 pm

Gd Rapids.Gd Haven and Muskegon * 5 46 am

Mixed Gd Rapids f 1 lo I'm

ABIUVE f 4 00 pm

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• I I 48 pm f 1 15 pm

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Detro i t , C a n a d a and i . e a v k East f 7 15 a m

Detroi t and- Chicago via Durand f l O 47 p m

Detroi t , Canada and East • t 4 06 p m

Detroit , Canada and Eas t *8 35 p m f Except Sunday . * D a i l y .

ARRIVE f 9 19 pm

t 4 35 pm

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t) 19 pm train has parlor car to Grand-Haven. Extra charge 25 cents. Connects with steamer for Milwaukee.

SA8TWARD. I" lo afn.trairi has parlor car to Detroit.

E^tra charge 25 cents. Pullman palace car Detroit to Toronto connecting with sleeping car for the east and New York—" co(meets al Durand with C & 'G T division for For'. Huron and Chicago and with 0 8 & M for Saginaw and Bay City:

4 06 pm train has parlor car to Detroit. Ejttra charge 25 cents, and PnllmMl sleep-ing car to Toronto. Suspension Bridge. Buffalo, Philadelphia and New York Connecfs at Durand with O & Q Tdivis • n for Port Huron and Battle Creek and wiili C S A M division for Saginaw and Hay City. * ; - •' • f

8 35 p m train has tnroi^M day rnrlor' and sleeping cars Windsor ioSnM -nMon Bridge, Bu.Talo, New York and Bo-'""-. '

A. O. HxTnLAirrf", agwrt. Low. . Mich. H. Hubit t t , Asst Gen F a 1" agent,

Chicago, 111.' 1 • - • • j •Bum FLKTCHtR.Trav Piss ngent Detroit,

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S T E A M examined i l closely.

Miss Delmar drotv nenrer her lover. 1 " I dadmp* be will find tbe criminal.

J t would, make me happier tbon a n y thinff ift the tvorld.'' Ihe whispered.

" I flrfn't tbiyik th^re l« muCb hOpei'' feptfetf Whidby, \ t fli low tone, as be Bltealthiij- pressed he# hafcd, Jds'eyes on the 'broM batfk of Ib't fleloctit*'.

" I tbink ther t \i a ffreat dea l " said

opened ihe case of bis tvateh aiid held life corner of the envelope'down to the fropt-ef tbe tiny h i t ' ' ' 'Wo ai-c all olgbt. 60 far ." 'Uendpckn walked to ihe f ront of the shop alone,1 studying, .with a wripkjed brow, the tnVelopP. ..Whidby paid-the JeW for hia tfouble, and then johjeAbim.. ' . ' 7(7,-1 • '», •

"Can you make a n y t i i d j out of I t , ' he aakfcd;' ' ' * . •

"Not a blasted thlnff," JtpUed Hea-

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ttoplnR Hie Army Mulcg—Mother nicker-d / k e Ilunorcil—Khiiihi Holttlen I'ny

lloinni;!' to the (iront Army Huaa—

Oar Ornnil Old Hlilp.

I'll® Fl ight of the "ConBtltntlon." HE aky In Ihe south

wait unclouded, the Hca wub like grass

That Kllttors irrocn allnouRh shroud-ed in Ice clear aa glass.

Tho pennants and topsails h u n g Idly, awaiting the breeie.

While Hull from tho quarter marked wldoly the swoop of the seas

Behind him, like hawks that one second repose ore they fall. . . ,

The ships of tho English he reckoned, six far down tho vessels in all.

They had followed him far down ocean, and now thoy wore there;

But they, too, wore left without motion wcro stranded for air.

Across tho smooth shoon of tho surface no ripple mado way:

To east the moon even showed her face, so rare was the day,

>And once In a while ranB deflant Hull's . . . , o n F "twenty-four,"— From the shsttorod stern windows tho

giant grinned black to the core.

Cried Hull; "We arc wasting our thun-der, unhar.dle the gun!

.What trick can we play them, I wonder what thing can be done?

w o will tow with the current to nor'ward and give them a chase.

Come! Down with tho boats and stand forward! Each man to his place!"

Thoy wore olT, and tho hawse held secure-ly; tho towing seemed play.

And the frigate forged slowly but surely „ ahead and away! ®Ut the llect of the foomon still followed

and hung like a hound. And the foam of the sea curled and hol-

lowed their oar-blades around

'Tho captains of England peered proudly and straightened In pride:

IThe captains of England laughed loudly ^ and sang as they cried:

woe to the ship Constitution, for , this day shall bo Tlw day of her first retribution, her last

on tho sea ' '%hoy had no occasion for hurry, their net

was mado fast. ^Two short miles ahead lay their quarry

they held her at last. |TlH5y thought that ere night should come _ rolling, the sound of tho surge

"Would bury tho foe and be tolling the knoll of his dirge!

"The wind we shall have ore It reach him ^ for wc are behind! TSiough to Neptune he kneel and beseech

nlm. no help shall he find;" And Broke smiled quite slowly at Dacres,

and Dacres at him: "Wo have her, by all your broad acres,

unless sho can swim!"

|Tet night came and no wind was blowing, and all of the night

Tho ships of the English wore towing, and held her in sight.

At noon there crept out of the distance four frigates again!

'And Hull prayed aloud for assistance; the Bntflsh were ten'

•Then cried: - w e mc

W« shall save every star In the pennant „ Bach Inch that has waved! 8pllc« cables and take out the kedges, and

see they are strong; Drop them down to the lowest sea ledges!

We'll warp her along!"

Ttien swift the sea-anchors uplifting, they „ bore them away. Bat while the great frigate was drifting

to give the ropes play, 'Broke came In his flag-ship, the Shannon,

by sixteen boats towed. •And the crash and confusion of car

rang out as they rowed!

Already new night was unfolding her wings from the shore.

And the great Constitution was holding her distance, and more,

Akd when the dear Dawn, rosy-flngered, . commenced to appear,

TVie crew cheered tho foe where they lin-gered, three miles to the rear.

And ere the third daylight was passing. and twilight began.

X>ark clouds on the sea-line were massing, and thin ripples ran.

The rain that arose whirled and hovered, and fell like a pall

Till the ship Constitution was covored and safe from them all.

W<th a smile on his lips that half-paled them, Hull softly said: "Well!

We've outfought them, outtrlcked them, outsailed them!" and slept where he

one side, nnd not linve anyone come near . Tor half an hour 1 examined tha t mule, and when I had finished I wns ready for the contractor. Wc d idn ' t exchange many words, but t he resul t of what was Ba;J appeared tho day following, when the man rel in-quished his contract ."

Wha t was It you discovered?" the repor ter for the Post-Dispatch asked.

I discovered." replied Dr. Far re l l , " t h a t every one of those mules, and the re were several hundred of them, was old enough to keel over and die of ant iqui ty . But they had been un-dergoing t reatment . For a month or more the beasts had been treated to hypodermic injections of a fluid espe-cially prepared for the purpose, and which contained some arsenic. I t caused them to be temporarily young again, filled them out and gave the i r coats a sleek appearance and made their eyes glisten.

"I suspected the mules had been doped a f te r I had examined tha t ani-mal ten minutes, but I was puzzled when I opened the mouth, for the teeth Indicated a 3-year-old. It was some t ime before I caught on. and when I did I marveled at t ho neatness of the work. Those teeth had not-only been sawed to the right, but had been rounded with a file. Then again I was puzzled. There are little black spots around the lower part of an old mule's teeth t ha t are missing on more youth-ful animals. I . looked for these and could not And them, but as I passed my finger over where they should be I felt s l ight Indentations, nnd a t once realized tha t nitric acid had been used t o burn the marks away. T h a t settled

the business."

FARM AND GARDEN.

M A T T E R S O F I N T E R E S T T O A G R I C U L T U R I S T S .

Soma Dp-to-Date Uinta About Cnltlva-tlon of the Soli and Yields Thereof— llortlrullnre, Viticulture and Florl-

ooltore.

fell. And see! when the clouds broke In sunder the wthd was still fair.

Cut they scanned the wide ocean In won-der; no English wore there!

•Oh, save us the old Constitution! What shall this day be

Tho day of her first retribution—her last on the sea!

Preserve her with all great glory—she still Is sublime;

Forever she lives in our story, a landmark of time! —Thomas Tracy Bouve

Doping tho Army Mnle.

From S t Louis Pos t Dispa tch : un ique swindle of the gove rnmen t has recent ly been exposed by Dr. Ed Fe r -re l l and f u r t h e r a t t e m p t In tha t dlrec Uon prevented. Dr . F e r r e l l is a well k n o w n St. Louis ve te r inar ian , hav ing t a k e n up the l a rge prac t ice en joyed by h i s f a the r , when t h e l a t t e r was ap-po in ted Inspector of horsea and mules fo r the government , w i th headqua r t e r s

a t Chicago. According to the young ve te r lna r l

an'n s tory a large con t r ac t fo r a r m y mules was recent ly adver t i sed , and following the ru les a n d regu la t ions was let to the lowest b idder . T h i s own said h e would f u r n i s h all mules wanted a t $86 apiece.

"The first cons ignment was t« a r rive in East St. Louis ," said Dr. Ed Perrell , "and f a the r appointed m e to Inspect them. When I looked a t tho papers and saw that $85 was t h e price per head I at once concluded some thing was amiss, for I knew a good mule cannot be purchased for less t han |150. But the an ima l s I examined seemed all r ight; they were sleek and lively, and apparently came up to the requirements. During the first half kour tha t I was Inspecting I noticed t h a t I waa never permit ted to examine « m a l e very closely. The animal itKelf objected and when one or two bad nea r ly kicked my head oft I began to Buspect t h a t some person w a s causing the i r deviltry. Then, finally, I caught s i g h t of a man poking a mule with a sharp-pointed Iron Just as I stooped t o examine a fetlock. This happened •tiro or t h r e e t imes, and I tell you my Ufe w a s in danger .

T h e n e x t discovery I made waa t ha t of ft. m a n pok ing a 'hypo* Into a mule. T h e n t cal led a h a l t , and ordered one « f t h e d r i v e n t o t a k e an animal f a r to

"Mother Blokerdyke" Honored.

Fully 200 old soldiers, their families and f r iends crowded Into Bunker Hill, Kan., the other day to honor and pay their respects to t h a t mother of all soldiers, Mrs. Blckerdyke. The Mother Blckerdyke day was originated by Commander Botkin a s a token of the grat i tude of the western soldier to an estimable woman.

Mother Blckerdyke. while 80 years of age. Is remarkably vigorous and In good heal th. She delights to see the soldiers and cheer them In the i r old age. As each delegation came Into the city they went to the home of Mother Blckerdyke and paid their respects. She received each onc with a hand-shake and a cheering word.

Department Commander Botkin and staff, and Mrs. Griffiths, president of1

t he W. R. C., and staff came In early this morning. The services were held In the morning In a large tent . Ad-dresses were made by J . A. Dickson of Russell and William Russell of Bunker Hill. A hundred old veterans escorted Mother BIckerd' ke to the af ternoon celebration In a hack. Addresses were made by Commander Botkin, General Lewis Handback of Topeka and Colonel Thomas Jackson of Newton. Mother Blckerdyke was presented wi th a sllvei water service by the G. A. R. of Kan-sas In commemoration of her labors for the old soldiers of Kansas . Mrs. Blckerdyke was Mary Ann Ball, and she was born at Mount Vernon, Ohio, In 1817. She came f rom the old pil-grim stock. Intermingled with the Knickerbockers. Her ancestors came f r o m England a lmost a century before the grea t revolution, and It Is from the Virginia Balls t ha t Mrs. Blckerdyke is descended. Af te r a course a t Oberlln college, Miss Ball studied the methods of the nurs ing of that day in the hos-pitals of Cincinnati . A f t e r her m a r -r iage she removed lo Galesburg, 111., and the death of her husband left her to support two children. At the be-g inning of the civil war she offered her services to the sani tary commission at Chicago snd, being accepted, was as-signed to Cairo. 111. She served all

Kaffir Corn In Indians.

E T T E R S of In-quiry, received a t the experiment s ta-tion, Indicate t h a t many I n d i a n a farmers are becom-ing Interested In kafllr corn. This forage plant has been grown experi-mental ly for a number of years

In many pa r t s of the coun-try, bu t without a t t rac t ing much no-tice. Recently I t has sp rung Into some prominence as a forage p lan t for the semi-arid port ions of the country, and as ton i sh ing c la ims a re made for It In cer ta in newspaper articles which are a t t r ac t ing wide a t tent ion. Kafllr corn Is o n e of the m a n y non-saccharine va-rieties of sorghum. In common with o the r sorghums, both sweet and non-sacchar ine , kafl lr corn appears to suc-ceed qu l t t well In climates too dry fo r the best development of Indian corn. Whi le kafllr co rn may well claim the a t ten t ion of f a r m e r s living in very dry climates, it Is a t least an open quos-t ion, whether It can prove advan-tageous to the f a rmers of mdlana . I t should be borne In mind tha t the so rghums a re recommended as forage p lants for the dr ie r cl imates In which Ind ian corn canno t thr ive. Where In-d ian corn g r o w s t o perfection, a s It does in all por t ions of Indiana, it would be ext remely unwise to neglect It f o r any of t h e sorghums which have t h u s f a r shown no special adapta t ion to th i s section. Al though the kaffir corn and o the r sorghums have shown no superior m e r i t in previous t r ia ls a t th i s exper iment s tat ion, the fo rmer will be more thoroughly tested here the coming season. F a r m e r s having very dry , warm soils, will do well to grow small areas of kaffir corn along side the common field corn for comparison. Those who in tend t ry ing kaffir corn, should remember tha t i t is said to be very sensit ive to culd, especially when germinat ing . The ground may be pre-pared a t t he same t ime and In the same m a n n e r as f o r common field corn, bu t t h e p lant ing of t h e kafl lr corn should be delayed un t i l la te in May or ear ly In June. Meanwhile, the prepared ground should be cult ivated f r o m t i m e to t ime as weeds appear , so t ha t i t will be cleared of weeds before the seed is planted. P u t in to clean ground t h u s late, the seed will germinate more promptly, and the early growth which ia slow a t best , will be more v igorous than if planted early and the subse-quent labor of cult ivation will be con-siderably reduced. If much seed Is de-sired, p l an t t he same as sweet sor-ghum. If sorghum hay is desired, I t is recommended t ha t one bush-el of seed be sown broadcast , or th ree pecks to the acre in drills. A t the Kansas experiment s ta t ion t h e red kaffir corn yields more grain and fod-der than the whi te variety, and is con-sidered super ior to the lat ter .—W. C Latta, I nd i ana Exper iment Stat ion.

MRS. MARY BICKERDYKE.

through the war, and her fame a s a nu r se spread throughout the armies of t h e nor th and the south. Many a brave soldier owes his life to her, and she is honored by the soldiers as Is no o the r woman. Since the close of the w a r "Mothe r" Rlckerdyke has len t he r valuable aid to many chari table mis-s ions in t h e eas t and In the w e s t She h a s been a pension agent , and in t ha t capaci ty she has seen t ha t m a n y a deserving soldier has got his r ights . Of la te yea r s she h a s lived a t Sal lna, Kan. , c los ing the years of a well-spent

l ife.

A Pigeon's Wonderfnl Feat. A pigeon s tory, which is vouched fo r

by the premier of the colony. Is going the rounds of the New Zealand papers. Mr. Seddon ' s family received f rom rela-t ives In Victoria a beautiful pair of An twerp h o m i n g pigeons. One day t h e b i rds were out flying, but only one re-tu rned to t h e cot, a n d noth ing more was heard of the o the r ; but some t ime a f t e rwards news w a s received f rom Victoria t h a t the miss ing bird had ar-rived sa fe ly a t I ts f o rmer home. To reach Victor ia f r o m New Zealand the bird must have accomplished the feat of flying someth ing l ike 1,000 miles without r e s t and according to the dates it xaurt h a v e done the Journey ha less than thrae days , which would mean t ha t it would have to fly a t a speed ot from 18 t o 25 miles a n hoo-contlnuously.

reach Yellows snd Pesch Rosette. Missouri Exper iment S ta t ion : T h e

recent discovery by the Exper imen t Station of ou tb reaks of Peach Rose t t e in two localit ies of the leading peach section of the s ta te , has prompted the station t o issue fo r f ree dis t r ibut ion among the peach growers an i l lus t ra t -ed pamphle t ful ly describing th i s dis-ease and a lso Peach Yellows, and giv-ing suggest ions f o r t h e suppression of these diseases. They are by f a r t he most des t ruct ive diseases known among peaches. In some s ta tes the peach orchards , over large areas , have become so generally diseased t ha t peach growing cannot profitably be carried on there. The symptoms of Yellows a r e p remature r ipening of the f ru i t , wh ich is unna tura l ly blotched or cloufled wi th red, and which is usually insipid o r b i t te r ; a general fa l l ing off in vigor o t the tree, small, cup-shaped leaves, a fa i lure of many of the winter buds t o s t a r t In spring, t he presence of sprou ts and tu f t s of leaves in the body of the tree. In early au tumn, and sometimes a yellowish, sickly color of the leaves, f r o m which t h e disease takes i t s name. Any or all of the above symptoms J iay occur, bu t the p remature r ipening of the f r u i t Is us-ually the most prominent . A t ree once at tacked by "Yellows" ia sure to die sooner or later, generally wi th in f rom th ree t o five years . The "Rose t t e" usually a t tacks t h e tree in the spring, or In ea r ly summer . I t is character ized by t u f t s or roset tes of leaves, which usual ly fo rm a t the ends of the newer wood, t h e n along the t r u n k and main branches . The tree becomes weaker and t h e leaves fewer , until when the tree dies, the las t leaves are usually those t h a t f o r m in numerous t u f t s a long t h e t r u n k . The "Rose t t e" kills t h e t r e e in a s ingle season. Both t h e T e l k r w s " and "Roset te" a re slowly, b u t surely spreading westward. A few t r ees of the "Roset te" have been found l a Missouri peach orchards and de-s t royed this season. T h e on ly safe-guard aga ins t t he spread of these dis-ea se s I s to d ig u p and b u r n a h t rees t h a t a re k n o w n to be infected, and fti* should b e prompt ly done wherever t h e diseases occur. Careful a t tent ion t o t h i s ma t t e r now will save immense

losses.

have lately engaged In the dhep,. business. Have seven head of yearl ing ewes and three lambs, and will soan g e t two ewes and th ree lambs more, the latter registered Shropshires. The ones I now have are Infested with t icks. Can I exterminate the ticks, and how? Wil l the t icks get a s t a r t in the pas ture and trouble In af ter years If I tu rn to pasture before I get rid of t hem? These are the flrst sheep I e v r r owned, and I will be pleased to have you give a n art icle telling how to run my flock to a success. The seven ewes I now have are grade Shropshires. a s a r e their lambs. I want to accumu-la te a flock of 60 to 100 head, finally all to be pure-bloods. How can I manage them to secure tho most prof l t?" Mak-ing Inquiries to get a right s t a r t Is an earnes t t ha t you love sheep and a guar-'xnxeo of success. To get rid of t icks when you sheer the ewes In the spring, dip both ewes and lambs in any of the dips on the market . I t pays well to dip all sheep, both spr ing and fall. Ticks will not Infest a pasture field. They are unlike the scab Insect about tha t , and several species of t h e Inter-nal parasi tes . You have selected your breed; now use none but pure-bred Shropshire rams, and change every season fo r r ams not of fami ly rela t ion-ship. I t h i n k sheep more sensi t ive to bad effects of Inbreeding than any other domestic animals. I s aw a flock tha t had been bred In-and-in fo r four reasons and about half of t h e las t crop 't lambs were IdioU. Observe these ules a few years and all of your fioek

will be s t rong and vigorous pure-bloods. You have sheep of Engl i sh blood and f o r best success you should give them Engl ish care . If you do not they will deteriorate. Th is care means good pas turage In summer, and cult ivated succulence, like rape, fo r droughty weather in late s u m m e r and fall. There Is no doubt but t ha t rape •8 a valuable addit ion to fodder pa in ts fo r sheep In this country. F o r winter feed clover hay la best ; bu t a s sheep like a variety, some other kind of hay. corn fodder and s t raw may be a l te rna-ted with i t . Some kind of succulent feed In win te r is a lmost a necessi ty f o r the Engl ish breeds; and i t Is be t te r for all o ther breeds than dry feeds alone. For succulence, e i ther corn silage, beats o r tu rn ips will answer ; but preferably all th ree , f o r var ie ty . A very l i t t le grain of any kind Is fed in winter. Sheep should have access to sa l t every day In the year. Sa l t Is a grea t worm preventat ive, and goes f a r as a remedy. Never pasture sheep on low wet ground, nor where they can get s t agnan t water to dr ink . The i r d r ink ing wa t e r t o be pure , and so s i tu-ated t h a t they can ge t i t wi thout wet-t ing the i r feet. They, a re about aa afra id of this a s they a t e of a dog. W h o ever saw sheep wade in to water t o d r ink , a s o the r an ima l s do? W e t feet t ends to cause hoof-ail in sheep and they know i t instinctively and avoid s tepping in to wate r when possl hie. Sheep of Eng l i sh blood should be housed f r o m very cold wea the r a n d f rom all severe s torms. Thei r wool is not greasy to aid In shedding rain, t he i r fleece wets th rough easily, and wi th t h i s wet, t hey m u s t feel l ike a man wi th a wet overcoat on. Male lambs a re to be castrated when two or th ree days of age. They feel i t less t hen t h a n la ter . A few days a f t e r t h i s the i r t a i l s can be amputa ted . If both are Jone at t he same t ime the shock Is grea ter . Now tha t you are com-mencing t h e business, I t rus t you will resolve t o have your flock t ame and do-cile. Have t h e m as the Holy Wr i t says : "My sheep know my voice and they follow me." Noth ing Is said in the Bible about dr iv ing sheep; y e t in t h i s count ry , as in no o ther , i t is nea r ly all "drive, drive." I t la the na ture of sheep t o follow. Dr iv ing worries them, and worried sheep lose flesh. T h e grea tes t proof of a person being a qual-ified shepherd Is, tha t his sheep heed his voice and follow him. This is eas-ily accomplished. Br ing up a cosset l amb o r two ; o r teach two o r t h r e e t o d r ink milk when runn ing wi th their

dams.

Minor Happenings of the Past Week.

EVENTS OF LAST SEVEN DAYS.

Polltlml, Religions, Social snd Criminal Doings of the Whole World Carefully Condeime.l for Our Resdsrs—The Ac-

cident Record.

Ann Arbor, Mich.—Michael Steel, a t ravel ing man of Port Huron, was found dead In the Michigan Centra l yards. He was apparent ly using the rail for a pillow when run over. On his body was found |14 In change.

Dublin.—A potato blight is ravag-ing the counties of Clare and Limer-ick. Prices have quadrupled and the re Is only a supply for two months .

Rome.—Signer O. Costa, minis te r of justice, is dead. Short ly before he ex-pired he sent a touching death-bed tel-egram of farewell to King Humbert . Marquis di Rudlnl, t he premier, will temporari ly assume the portfolio.

HicksvIIle. Ohio.—A terrific s torm swept over this city Sunday, do ing 110,000 damage in unroofing and o ther -wise Injur ing buildings. The loss to crops in the sur rounding count ry Is great .

Palmyra, Wis.—Christopher Oleson, a resident of th i s city fo r half a cen-tury , is dead, aged 74 years . F o u r

sons survive him. Elwood, Ind.—Henry Wilson, aged

f years , a veteran of t h e Mexican a n d civil wars, nnd Emmet t Slzelove, a well-known business man, died here.

Crystal Falls , M i c h . - P e t e r Bons, the alleged murderer of Pearl Morri-son, made an unsuccessful a t t empt to burn h is way out of ja i l , but succeed-ed In only destroying his bedding and creat ing a good deal of exci tement .

H a m b u r g — T h e H a m b u r g express was derailed between Celle and Uelren. in the province of Hanover. Three passengers were killed and th i r teen In-

jured. Evansville, Ind.—Joseph Llvlngood

was fa ta l ly In jured by fa l l ing f r o m a

tree. Mauston, Wis.—Miss Nellie Somen-

berg was s t ruck and killed by a f r e igh t t ra in a s she was a t t empt ing t o cross

the t rack. Pr inceton, Ind.—Thomas C. Laswell ,

t imekeeper for the Louisville, Evans -ville & St. Louis rai lway, was drowned n e a r Atlant ic City, N. J . , whi le ba th -

ing. Denver, Col.—It Is probable t h a t t he

grea t silver mines a t Creede, Col., will be closed down on account of t h e low price of silver, unless rai l road and smelt ing rates a r e reduced.

Sioux City, Iowa.—Justice of the Peace D. C. Reed, of Moville, th i s county, received probably f a t a l In-jur ies a t t he hands of F r a n k Thomas. The two were along In Reed's office and a quarrel ensued. T h o m a s finally s t ruck Reed on the head with h is bare fist. It Is feared Heed 's skull Is f rac-tured . T h o m a s was arres ted and held in |1,000 bonds.

Canton, 111.—Miss Mary Green was killed Instant ly by the fa l l ing of a bridge over which she was driving.

Shelbyvllle, Ind.—The in fan t son of Mrs. David Cher ry w a s scalded t o dea th by fa l l ing in to a tub of boiling water .

Rockford, 111.—Roy Snyder, 17 years old, accidental ly sho t and killed h im-self while cleaning a revolver.

Janesvll le, Wis.—While r id ing a bi-cycle on the f a i r g rounds Fred Isaacs, aged ZD, collided with ano ther rider. Isaacs was in jured Internally and may

die. Cairo, 111.—Capt B. B. Bradley's

towboat, Fr i tz , blew up ten miles be-low here. Ten m e n a rc miss ing and four are badly scalded. The missing men were all negro roustabouts , whose n a m e s are unknown. They a re thought to have been killed.

Peoria, 111.—Secretary of the Treas -u ry Lyman J . Gage has promised to deliver the dedicatory address a t the opening of the Bradley Polytechnic

October 4. Danvers, 111.—William Strehl , mayor

C A b U A L T l E S

New York.—John Per ry , 32 yea r s old, was s t ruck by a base ball and may die.

LaOrange, Ind.—An unknown man wns killed by a Wabash f re igh t t rain near Benton.

Galesburg, 111.—Dr. Frank H. Fow-ler, of Bradford, has been appointed professor of l i t e ra ture In Lombard universi ty.

Hamil ton, O.—Maxwell V. Po t t e r , 20 years old, son of El l i s Pot ter , t h e New York millionaire, was killed by a Cin-cinnat i , Hamil ton & Dayton passenger t ra in a t Schenck's station. He was on his way to Hamil ton on his wheel.

Martinsville, 111.—The large farm barn of P. Crabtree was burned to the ground. Two horses and a la rge quan -t i ty of hay and grain waa destroyed.

Loss covered by Insurance; supposed to have been fired by t ramps.

Paxton, 111.—Daniel Dwyer, residing a fow miles southwest of this city, lost his barn and contents by lire. Five horses perished. The loss is es t imated a t |700.

San Francisco.—Sparks f rom the en-gine ignited a pile of shavings at the factory of the San Francisco Furn i tu re Manufac tur ing Company on Bryant street , resul t ing In the total destruc-t ion of the fac tory and i t s contents, valued a t $20,000.

Jasper , I n d — A thrash ing engine ex-ploded on the f a rm of Charles Burger, severely wounding Joseph Bauer and Stephen Loehr. Bauer Is not expected

to live. Harvard , III.—L. Lockwood, a promi-

nen t resident of this city, where he has resided for forty years, had both h is legs cut off by a rai lway engine while crossing the railway tracks.

Milan, Mo.—Milton VIrden of Stahl, while Jumping on a moving train, missed his foot ing and was Instantly killed.

Evansvil le , Ind.—Mrs. Yarborough stepped on a parlor match, set t ing flro to her clothing. She waa so badlly burned tha t she died.

Alton, 111.—John P. Johnson of Springfield was fatal ly h u r t a t Olden-burg s tat ion, on the Bluff line. He was walking on the t r ack when t h e Springfield accommodation t ra in s t ruck him. He cannot live.

Ashtabula, O.—Clayton Evans ot Lenox, aged 12, was accidentally sho t and killed.

Trick of the Commission Man. We were opera t ing quite extensively

in apples t h a t year , and had shipped quite a few cars and had no com-plaint, unt i l one morning we woke np with t w o cars rejected o n our hands , c la iming t ha t they were false- of Danvers . died a f t e r a long Illness ly packed, wr i tes a correspondent of f rom dropsy. F r u i t Trade Jou rna l . Knowing that New Y o r k . - A t a meet ing of the t hey were rejected because the marke t board of directors of t be Adams Ex-was off, I lef t a t once to set t le the press Company Henry Sanford was ma t t e r , as t h e deduction asked was a elccted vlcc-presldent and Will iam B modera t e o n e of a dollar a barre l , or Dinsmore t m s t e e f y f ' S ^ T V o n t S c ° " . fc»n.-A local paper and I found the f r u i t O K . but t he market B o m e o f t h e c o u n c l l i n e n o f t h l g c i t i l r c

r - o * and w e w e r e u p aga ins t i t , so inpisllng t ha t an occupation t a x be as-I set t led f o r half he deduction asked. ^ a g a J n 8 t t h e m l u l 8 t e r 8 o f t h e

W e had sold ano ther car to go to a t o w n a a a Q ^ Q g o f r a j s l n g revenue nAichborlng town, and Just a s I a r - t 0 ^

Wisdom for Sheep Breeder*. Dr . QaJeo Wilson, the noted wr i t e r

nod sheep breeder, was recently ap-plied to b y a n e w beginner in the sheep hds toess t o r advice. T h e inquiry a n d reply w h k h a re in te res t ing and in-itrnollva, are reproduced f r o m Wool • a r k e t s and Sheep, a s fol lows: " I

ne ighbor ing rived I saw our car shoved In. Two m e n w h o m I a f t e rwards found were t w o " r iva l " merchan ts of the town, were ready t o examine and broke t h e seal . I w a s close enough to hea r all t he conversat ion. I saw them take out but one barre l and examine I t The barre l was sound but the marke t was off. The one said to the o the r : "Wi re them—car bad order shal l w e hand le f o r your a c c o u n t " J u s t t hen one of the men looked up and took a ful l look a t me, a n d he remembered m e when I called a t h is s tore half an hour la ter . He of course was surprised and gjad to see mu. 1,200 miles f r o m home. H e paid the bill in iull .

Clover f o r Seed.—If t b e f a r m e r wan t s a crop of clover seed, he should cut t h t first crop a s early aa possible, says H o a r d ' s Da i ryman . T h e clover p l a n t Is a biennial . T h a t means t h a t i t t akes t w o years f o r i t to blossom and seed. Now, if t h e first crop Is allowed t o s & n d un t i l i t blossoms, a n d the seed commences to fo rm, t h e r e will be bu t ve ry l i t t le seed in the second crop. The poin t is, t o tu rn aP. the seeding in-s t inc t a n d power of the root I n t o t h e eecond crop. Henoe, t he necsssMy of cu t t ing t h e first crop much ear l ier la usoaUy done, when It is cut fo r hay

alone.

make u pthe deficiency occasioned by the closing of the saloons.

Washington.—The Pres ident has dea ignated F r a n k A. Vanderllp, ass is tant secretary of the t reasury, to perform the dntles of regis ter and ass is tant reg-ister of the t reasury dur ing the ab-sence of the register and ass is tant reg-ister.

Carroll ton, HL—John Zarhll , county judge of Calhoun count ) , Is dead.

Crystal Falls, Mich.—The ent i re un-derground force of the Crystal Fa l l s mine struck for higher pay, but re-turned to work unti l thei r demand was placed before the company at Cleve-land.

Warsaw, 111.—-Mrs. Louise S c o t t a pioneer, i s dead, a t t he age of 83.

Waukegan, 111.—Special Telegram.— Mrs. H. Cahbisin, a n Armenian wom-an zz years old. was so badly burned t ha t she died late this af ternoon. She was using a can of kerosene to s t a r t the ki tchen fire.

Be lo l t Wis.—A series of m a r k e t days was successfully inaugurated. Ex-Gov. W. D. Hoard gave an address in the Haymarke t square.

Ph i lade lph ia—James Crawford E m -bry, bishop of the Afr ican Methodist Epidoopal church in South Carolina, dfcd a t his home in t h i s c i ty .

F O R E I G N .

London.—The Brit ish cruiser Am-phlon haa been ordered f rom her s t a -t ion in the Nor th Pacific to sealing du-ty in Bering Sea.

Madrid.—The Archbishop of Toledo, Monslgnore Antonio Monesclllo y Vlso, 1* dead. He was born In Spain In 1811, acd was created a cardinal In 1884.

London.—General S tewar t L Wood-ford, the United States minis ter to Spain, has arr ived at Madrid.

St. P e t e r s b u r g . - E m p e r o r Wil l iam of Germany has appointed the Grand Duke NIcholaa Nicbolavltch lo the hon-orary colonelcy ot the Magdeburg hus-sars.

Par i s . - -A dispatch to the F iga ro f i om San Sebastian says t ha t Golll, the assassin. In the course of a police ex-p.mlnatlon, declares t ha t it will be President Faure ' s t u rn next.

Bangkok.—News has arr ived of se-vere fighting at Muang Locus, on the r igh t bank of the Mekong, the neu t r a l tone between the French and Siamese. Several were killed and wounded on both sides.

London.—A large number of Br i t i sh t roops have been ordered to get ready to embark for the east . Their desti-nat ion la supposed to be E g y p t but the war offlce refuses to f u r n i s h any Infor-mation on the subject.

London.—According to a dispatch f rom Buenos Ayres, t he government of the Argent ine Republic has decided to prevent the landing of any Spanish anarchis t s on Argent ine soil.

Eldora, Iowa.—Farmer Foosburg waa Instant ly killed at Gowrie by a team throwing him Into a di tch. He leaves a large family in des t i tu te circum-stances.

C R I M E .

Green Bay, Wis.—Six prisoners es-caped f rom the Browu county Jail by breaking an iron bar off one of the outside windows.

Baltimore, Md.—Peter Monohan, 74 years old, was hanged for the m u r d e r of his wife. The cr ime was commit-ted May 25, 1897, and Monohan was convicted and sentenced June- 17.

Durango, Colo.—Dr. Winters , who ^hot and killed Wil l iam J. Arey, has beeen released under $5,000 bonds, a f -ter pleading not gui l ty to a charge of murder and waiving examinat ion .

P a r i s — T h e official re turns Just pub-lished show tha t t he Imports Into F r a n c e fo r the last seven mon ths were 20,217,000 f rancs below those of 1896. On the other hand, t h e exports foot up 177,637,000 f rancs more than dur ing the same period of 1896.

Elwood, Ind.—The annual barn-burning epidemic has broken out here again and during the past week sev-eral barns have been destroyed and a dozen others fired by incendiaries. An extra fire patrol Is being ar ranged for.

C i n c i n n a t i . - U m p i r e " T l m " Hurs t , who threw a beer g lass at the spectat-ors dur ing a game here last week and severely Injured F i reman Cartuyvelies, WHS fined |100 and cosU.

Virginia, 111.—Frank A. Mills, a sign painter of Beardstown, was found on the bank of the Il l inois river a t tha t place. In a fit of despondency he took

arsenic . Aust in . Minn—Edward Bandler , t he

pos tmas te r ol Aust in , commit ted sui-cide by taking poison. He Is thought to have been shor t in his accounts.

Geneva, O.—Lydia Ely of Gainesville killed her 11-year-old daughter by smother ing her with a pillow, and at-tempted to kill he r 9-year-old son with a hammer , a f t e r which she cut her own t h r o a t She probably will die. The boy Is not seriously injured.

m-:; W W

MM HKR MISSION.

Our I's and Other Eyes. O u r I ' s are just as s t r o n g a s they were fifty y e a r a ago,

when we have cause to use them. But we have less and less cause to pra ise ourselves, s incc o the rs d o the prais ing,

a n d we a re more than willing for you to see u s t h rough o the r eyes. T h i s is how w e look t o S. F . Boyce, whole-

sale a n d retai l druggis t , Du lu th , Minn. , who a f t e r a q u a r t e r of a century of observat ion wr i t e s :

411 have so ld Ayer ' s Sarsapar i l la f o r more than 25 years , bo th a t wholesale a n d retai l , and have never h e a r d any-

th ing bu t w o r d s of pra ise f r o m my cus tomers ; no t a s ingle complaint h a s ever r eached me. I believe Ayer ' s Sar-sapar i l la t o b e t h e b e s t b lood purif ier t h a t h a s b e e n int ro-duced to t h e genera l pub l ic . " Th is , f rom a m a n who has sold t h o u s a n d s of dozens of Ayer ' s S a r s a p a r i l b , i s s t r o n g tes t imony. Bu t i t only echoes popu la r s en t imen t the world over, which has " Nothing but words of praise for Ayer's Sarsaparilla."

Any doubt about It? Send for .'he " Curt book.** It killi doubii and curei donbtera.

Addresi: J. C. Aytr Co., Lowell, Mm.

Thousht of th« Future. Felix—Do you mean tha t you can

never be mine, Angellne? Angeline— Well. I won ' t go so far as that , Mr. Turndown. I am going to mar ry an -other; but one never knows, you know. —Philadelphia North Amer ican . ,

Wn Wonrter. Little Hugh (eating strawberries from

a b a s k e t ) - M a . how is it that the s n a i l -est straWKTrries always fall to the bot-tom of the baske t?" -P ick-Me-Up

Tit ere In n CIrkr of People Who are in jured by the use of coffee.

Recently the re has been placed in ull the grocery s tores a new preparat ion called GUAIN-O. made of pure grains , t h a t t a k e s the place of coffee. The most delicate s tomach receives i t w i t h o u t distress, nnd b u t f e w can tel l i* f r o m coffee. I t does no t cost over as much. Children may dr ink i t w i th g rea t bene f i t 15 cents and 25 cen t s p e r package. T ry i t Ask for GRAIN-O.

Jacob Sims, aged 89. was marr ied in Wilkesbarre, Pa., the o ther day, Just 60 years a f t e r his first marr iage.

Read the AftTertliement*. You will en joy th i s publication much

be t te r if you will g e t Into the h a b i t of reading the adver t isements ; t hey wi l l afford a most in te res t ing s tudy and will pu t you in the way of g e t t i n g some excel lent ba rga ins . " Our adver-t isers arc reliable, they send w h a t t hey advertise.

The sad f a t e of Lot 's wife seems to show t h a t i t is a b o u t as bad t o look back as i t is not to s t a r t

There is no other remedy on earth so simple, so effectual, so natural, In the cure of summer complaint In all its forms as Dr. Fowler's E x t of Wild Strawberry.

It pleases a woman to be told thatshe improves a man by her companionship.

For earache, put a couple of drops of Thomas' Eclectric Oil on ab i to f cotton and placc it in the ear. The pain will stop in a few moments. Simple enough isn't i t

Only onc nersoa In one thousand roaches ofai 100 years ot age

BRAIN C E L L S IN F INGER T I P S .

Una»n»I Development of Nerret la lha Flngeri of the Blind.

From the Mic roscope : -The gray matter brain-cells of perception have been dissected out of tho finger-tips of the blind. Standing point up be-neath all the ridges so plainly seen with a magnifying glass on the skin of the Inside of the finger ends are the so-called corptifcles of Pacini , which are arranged in the exact sem-blance of the keys of a piano, and a re said by Meissner to crepitate and give forth a different sound in every age of each person. This Pacinian co r puscle, which contains within I ts l in-ing membranes a nerve t runk, a n a r -tery and a vein, lines all t he taistlle surfaces of the body, part icularly the Inner finger and t h u m b tips. A med-ical man recently assisted in a n au-topsy on a person blind f rom b h t h , and he sought to discover by icalpel and microscope the secret of t he ex-t raordinary delicate touch t h e blind man had acquired dur ing life. Sec-tions perhaps a s ixteenth o t an Inoh thick were carefully sliced off t he in-ner surfaces of the index and middle fingers of tho right hand, u n d e r a high power these showed. Instead of a single nerve t r u n k and a r te ry and vein ot the average man, a most com-plex and delicate ramificat ions of nerve filaments, dainty a n d minute nerve twigs In Immense numbers branching from the main stem. Th rough con-s tan t use the finger t ips of t h e blind acquire th i s unusua l deve lopmen t with more and more perfect pe r fo rm-ance of funct ion.

F«oU About Alanka. Write to F. I. Whitney. G. P. & T. A- Great

Northern Railway, for "Facts About Alas-ka." or send 10 ccnts In stamps for "Alaska. Land of Gold and Glaclcr.'' a bcauUfully Illustrated booklet containing maps and de-scriptive matter.

More than 1.800 varieties of roECs hare been cultivated during the present ccatury.

nai l ' s Catarrh Cur* Is taken internally. Price, 75c.

Some people, like the earth, have to be broken up before they bccome useful

Ednrale Vour RoweU With Caararets. Candy Cathartic, cure constipaUon forever.

10c. I fC C C fail. drugKisU refund mooer.

Recollection Is the only paradise out of which we can not be driven.

Mr*. Wlnslow'sSoothlnicNjrmp For children terthlng.ioftoni thr t,-\im«.rcdur«» intUai B^Uun^laji pain, cure# wind colic, ti ocaU m bolUe.

Women load and unload vessels In some of the Japanese ports.

Coe's Cough naUam I* thr olilnt •nd be»l. It will break up a cold quicker than aiiylhlue elm. It U al»*y« rrllable. Try It-

Opinions are mortgaRes the world holds upon our liberty.

One Standard One Price

Two short sntcaoes tkst •ess s tmtfcsi to every Hcyde rider. Tht first tonics a qasllty of • * ttrlsl, ooBitradiM sU efefSflca wbicfa itindi far Ike worM's psitcro. Tht stCMi cafihttltts the (set (bst at tat oa ibay aa 1897 Colaabia chtaptr (haa yta. Jatf aMcabtrthtat iwtlads.

t m ColambUs, M0.

Hartford Bicydcs, dt aaoft ttt MS. *4$. §40. MC.

POPE MPQ. CO., Hartford, Cora. Crtaltsat list N a aay CaMla Jtaltr: by sail

Imb • Itr tat 2-aal ataap.

Par a Healthy Existence.—That's Wkf the Kidneys so often Fail.

Nature has provided a certain amount of work for every organ of the human body; overtax them and disease eventu-tUy follows. There is not one por-tion of our organism that is so overworked ss the kidneys; on them is placed the im-portant function of filtering the blood of the impurities which naturally form in the regular action of life and digestion. The kidneys arc consequently termed the sew-erage of t h e system; clog up this sewer, and the blood becomes tainted with poison-ous uric add , which brings on disease in many forms. The back ia the first to show this stoppage. From there comes tlie warning note; it should be heeded, and the kidneys receive prompt attention. Doan's Kidney Pills will right the action of the kidneys quickly, relieve the back of pains and aches, and cure all troubles of kidneys and bladder. Read the following:

Mr. Wm. Nelson is a well-kaown busi-ness man of Kalamazoo, he resides at 822 Portage Street, und his business is that of a grain buyer. He says:

" For five years I have suffered from an inability to urinate, which resulted from what was said to be a stoppage of the blad-der. During these years I have taken min-eral and electric baths and used other means in expectancy of getting better, bu t thev all proved unavailing. Some months ago"! bega^ using Doan's Kidney Pills, which I had heard highly recommended, and I can now say tha t the flattering reports were not greater than they deserved. I got better right along, and I am free from any trouble now. f feci better than I have done for three years past. If Doan's Kid-ney Pills were well known all over they would do an immense amount of good."

Sold by all dealers—price, 50 cents. Mailed b f Fostcr-Milbum Co., Buffalo, N. T. . sole agents for the U. S. Remt-m-her the name. Doan'i. nnd take no other.

(By Amy Randolph.) ND you th ink I'd really better adve r . U s e ' " said the Rev. Septimus Hlxon.

"By all means ," said Maj, Clark, "pu t yourself In di-rect communicat ion with the general p u b l i c of Snag-town; tha t ' s the o n l y b u s i n e s s

way."

Mr. Hlxon, a tall , pale, close-shaven young clergyman, sat In his Gothic study, with a vase of rosebuds before his sheets of sermon paper, and a stack of new pens all placed ready for use. Maj. Clark, short and s tout , with a fr inge ol ' - ' te whiskers around his rubicund co^lntfcna:;0», waa smoking a cigar on the doorstep. Mr. Hlxon disliked the odor of Havanas . and Maj. Clark despised the rosebuds. Dut they were both mildly tolerant of the other 's weakness. Maj. Clark had an Idea tha t It looked respectable to be on social terms with your clergyman, and Mr. Hlxon, who had only recent-ly accepted a call to Snagtown, de-pended a good deal on Maj. Clark 's thorough acquaintance with the peo-ple and the place.

And, to speak t ru th , the beautiful , rose-garlanded parsonage was not al-together without Its thorns . Mr. Hlxon knew nothing about housekeeping, and the old woman, who had a lways man-aged the domestic helm for h is prede-cessor, had just retired f rom business on a legacy. And the topic which Maj. Clark and he were diFCussing at that especial moment was how to re-place Betsey Ann Snedecor.

So. Mr. Hlxon took the major ' s ad-vice and Inserted an adver t isement In the Snagtown Weekly Trumpet . The majo r gave It to the editor with the dollar which was to guarantee Its prompt Insertion.

And the Snagtown Weekly Trumpet had not decorated the breakfas t table of the cltlcens for half an hour on the Wednesday morning of Ita Issue when Mr. Hlxon, s tudying out the "f i f thly" of h is next week's sermon, waa startled by a tap a t the door, and In walked a lady.

A young lady. And ra ther a pret ty lady, with a flush on her cheeks as red as the Rev. Mr. Hlxon's own rose-buds, pretty brown hair and dark blue eyes veiled with long lashes.

"Ah!" s tammered Mr. Hlxon. r is ing r a the r awkwardly , "how do you do, Mlsa Lennox? A fine morning a f t e r the rain. P ray be seated—pray favor me by occupying this chair !"

For he had seen Barbara Lennox several times, called once a t her f a th er 's snug little farmhouse , and put down her name In his list of people to be visited f requent ly . He liked Bar-bara. and he did not th ink tha t Bar-bara disliked him. There a re some people with whom we feel tha t we should like to be better acquainted. And pret ty Barbara was one of these, classed on the whi te pages of the min-ister 's memorandum book.

So, of course, when she came to the

Qoeen Victoria relcns over one continent, one hundred peninsulas, lire b-ndrert pro-montories, one thousand laketc two thousand rivers and u-n thousand Islands.

N. Y. Doard of Health on Wine. Dr.Janesof the New York Board of Health

ays: "1 take great pleasure in tesUfvinc to the

superior qualiuea of the Port Wine pro-duced by Alfred Speer of Kew Jersey. Atter a prolonged trial I recommend it as a su-perior wnne for the sick and debilitated."

It is kept In casks to a great age before bottling, and though nigber In price Is far superior and morerellable than other nines.

Green Fluke, one of the three colored men who were In the band of pioneer Mormous who founded Salt Lake City, Is still alive In Idaho

What Everybody Sayt About Brandv. That the Wines and Brandy of the Speer N.

J. Wine Co., Passaic, N. J. are leading all others In pubUc favor. Their Wines are un-excelled for deUcacv of flavor, and are pro-nounced by the most capable judges to be the very best In the market For pure grape Brandv their Old Climax, rlntare of lg:A. is admltedly the best to be had ana more relia-ble than French Brandies. Druggists sell ic.

An ostrich lives about 80 years, and the average annual vield of a bird in captivity Is from two to four pounds of plumes.

To Cure Comtlpatlon Forever. Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c

IfCCCfallstocure.drugglstsrefund money

There is no use trying to hate work to death Asparagus is the vldcst known plant used

for tood.

" W I L L YOU MARRY ME?" s tudy t ha t Ju ly morning, looking so f resh and pre t ty In her pink muslin dress and gypsy hat , wi th I ts wrea ths of daisies, he was a degree or so more awkward a n d c lumsy than usual.

"But I can ' t s tay," fluttered Bar-bara ; " I have come to see you on busi-ness, Mr. Hixon."

On business. Miss Ba rba ra?" Yes," nodded Barbara ; " I have

peen the paper this morning." Oh!" said Mr. Hlxon, reddening up

to the roots of his hair , as he remem-bered t h e adver t isement . "Ah, yes! Havo you any t rus twor thy person whom you can recommend?"

"Myself," said Barbara . Mr. Hixon moved back his s tudy-

chair , thereby seriously Inconvenienc-ing the tortoise-shell cat . which was asleep in the sunshine close behind him.

"You!" said he. "Yes," said Barbara ; "why no t? I

a m such a mere useless doll In the world now. Don' t you th ink , Mr. Hlx-on, you could flnd something for me to do?"

Mr. Hixon rubbed his Greek nose. "There 's enough to do," said he;

f n o t a question 01' t h a t But whether you would l ike t h i t sor t of work—"

"Any work t ha t Is done for the church would please me, I know," said Barbara , eagerly. ; "Do you th ink , by dear Miss Len-nox, t ha t you a re strong enough?" du-biously asked the clergyman.

She laughed a mer ry bobolink sor t of laugh.

"I ," cried she , " s t rong enough? I could do any th ing . Look a t the frai l , del icate women who have succesefolly gone out t o ou r foreign miss ions!" ! "Ah, bu t t h i s field of labor Is very different ," reasoned the Rev. Septi-mus.

" t e s , of oo j r se , " said Barbara ; "hut jit's doing good. Just Uie same, isn ' t litr

"You have never done any th ing of the sort before." said Mr. Hlxon, more and more puzzled.

"No, but there must be a first begin-ning to everything," said Barbara , cheerfully.

"The compensation is not h igh," said Mr. Hixon, wondering what the old ladies of the parish would say to seeing Barbara Lennox in his kitchen

"Aa if I cared for tha t . " said Bar-bara.

"My work Is light." added the clergy man, "and of course you would have a great deal of time to yourself ."

"Oh, but I want to be kept busy," pleaded Barbara .

"I—I am af ra id you are too young, said Mr. Hixon in desperation.

"Too young!" cried Barbara. " W h a t difterence does that make?"

"People might say gossiping, Ill-na-tured things." reasoned Mr. Hixon, looking very ha rd a t t h e tops of the cars of the cat, which had by this t ime Jumped Into Miss Lennox's lap. "And much as I should appreciate your kind offer—"

"If you won' t take me,", said Bar-bara, spr inging to her feet with a red spot glowing on either cheek, "I'll go to Mr. Symington, the Bapt i s t min i s -ter."

" I don't t h i n k he needs one," said Mr. Hixon, also rising and looking per-turbed.

"Needs wha t?" "A maid-servant ," explained Mr.

Hixon in the blunt way in which your Latin scholar sometimes blurts out his facts.

"But," cried Barbara, with very wide-open eyes, "who is talking about a maid-servant?"

"You." said Mr. Hlxon. "Aren ' t you?"

"Indeed I 'm not ." said Barbara. "Didn't you allude to my advert ise-

ment for a servant-maid, which ap-peared in this morning 's Snagtown Weekly Trumpe t?" asked Mr. Hixon, feeling as If the world were all tu rn-ing upside down, and he were los ing his hold on creation In general.

"No," said Barbara Lennox. " I a l -luded to an editorial In the same pa-per which called the a t tent ion of the public to t h e lack of workers in the field of domestic missions."

Mr. Hlxon heaved a deep sigh. "Dear , dear ," said he, "how very rediculous. I must have made myself—"

"Wha t m u s t you have thought of me?" cross-questioned Barbara, sud-denly perceiving the weak side of her own position. And. without wait ing for his response, she dropped the as-tonished ca t and flew out ot the s tudy, crossing the old orchard, where the cherries were winking their scarlet eyes th rough the leaves, and at length losing herself In the woods beyond.

"I have offended he r , " said Mr. Hlx-on to himself . "How clumsy I m u s t have been! I must go af ter her. at once!"

He did so. overtaking her Just where a rus t ic bridge spanned the quiet brook below the woods.

"Barba ra , " he pleaded In pi teous tones, "Miss Lennox—I didn ' t mean to say a n y t h i n g which could offend you!"

"Oh!" cried Barbara, "I am not of-fended. I a m only vexed and a n g r y with myself!"

"Barbara !" "Yes, Mr. Hlxon!" "You are determined not to t r y the

s i tuat ion?" Her eyelashes fell. " I am not

worthy even of tha t , Mr. Hlxon." "Ba rba ra?" "Well, Mr. Hlxon?" "If you won' t be my mission Sunday

school teacher, will you be my wife?" "Mr. H l x o n r "We can a t least work together , Bar-

bara, in ou r Master 's vineyard." said the young clergyman solemnly. " A n d ever since I have been here I have felt t h a t I lacked something t o get force and energy to my dally min i s t ra -tions. I know now w h a t i t is—a wife! Dear l i t t le Barbara, will you mar ry me?"

"If—If you think I a m good enough." said Barbara , drooping her head so that he could scarcely see the shell-pink glow of her cheeks.

So they took the adver t isement out of t h e Snagtown Weekly Trumpet , and were marr ied quietly—and Mrs. Sept imus Hlxon brought wi th her to the parsonage a f a i th fu l old domes-tic. who asked for no better lot In life t han to work fo r "Miss Barbara and her husband."

And Barbara has a t length achieved the grea t longing of her life—a mis-sion! She Is a pa t te rn clergyman's wife, an earnest worker , a fa i th fu l mis-sionary in the home field. And Mr. Hixon h a s cut the l i t t le advertisement out of the village paper, and preserves It among his dearest mementos.

" I d idn ' t advertise for a wife ." said he. "bu t I got one. Eh. Barbara?"— New York Ledger.

Pertinent Questions. Why Will t Woman Throw Away Her G o o d

Looks and Comfort?

W h y will a woman d r a g o u t a sickly, ha l f -hea r t ed ex is tence and miss th ree -quar te r s of t h e joy of l iving, when sho haa h e a l t h a lmos t wi th in h e r g r a s p 7 If she docs no t value he r good looks, docs she no t value h e r comfor t ?

Why, my sister , wi l l you suf -. f e r t h a t dul l pain in the sma l l of

your back, those bcaring-doWn, d r a g g i n g sensat ions in the loins,

t h a t te r r ib le fu l lness in tlie lower bowel, caused b y constipation pro-

ceeding f r o m t h e w o m b ly ing over a n d press ing on t h e r ec tum ? Do you k n o w t h a t these a re s igns of displacement , a n d t h a t you wi l l never be well whi le t h a t l a s t s ?

W h a t a woman needs who is t h u s a f -fected is t o s t r eng then the l i gamen t s so they will keep he r o rgans in place. T h e r e

Is no th ing b e t t e r f o r th i s purpose than Lydia E. P inkham's Vegetable Com-pound. T h e g r e a t volume of tes t imony which is constant ly rol l ing in, proves t ha t t h e Compound is cons tan t ly cu r ing thousands of j u s t such cases.

The fo l lowing l e t t e r f r o m Mrs. Marlow is only one of many thousands wh ich Mrs. P i n k h a m h a s received th i s y e a r f rom those sho has relieved—surely such testimony is convincing:

My t roub le commenced a f t e r the b i r t h of my las t child. 2 did n o t know w h a t was the ma t t e r w i t h me. My husband w e n t t o ou r fami ly physi -cian and described my symptoms, and he said I had displacement and f a l l i n g of the womb. He sen t me some medicine, bu t i t did l i t t le good. I le t i t g o on abou t t w o years , and every t ime I did any ha rd work my womb wou ld come down. F ina l ly a lady f r iend advised mc to t ry Lydia E. P i n k h a m ' s Vegetable Compound, which I did. T h e first bot t le helped me so much, I con-tinued t o t ake i t r i g h t a long My back was a lmost the same aa no back. I could no t l i f t scarcely any we igh t . My life was jus t a d r a g to me. To-doy [ am wel l of my womb t roub le , and have a good, s t rong back, t h a n k s to Mrs. P inkham ' s Vegetable Compound."—MRS. L. MARLOW, Milford, I I I

Jupiter is five times as far from the sun aa we are and the years on that planet are each as long aa 12 of ours.

Try Allen'a Foot Kue . A powder to be shaken into the

shoes. At this season your feet feel swollen and hot, and get t i red easily. If you have smar t ing feet o r t ight shoes, t ry Allen's Foot-Ease. I t cools the feet and makes walking easy. Cures and prevents swollen and sweat ing feet, blisters and callous spots. Re-lieves corns and bunions of all pain and gives rest and comfort . T ry It to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores for 25c. Trial package F R E E . Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.

To believe a t r u t h t h a t comes f rom God a l w a y s l i f t s u s up. To believe the devil 's lie" pul ls us toward the pit .

Two of the bes t Lawn Spr inklers made a re the Twin Comet, a s ta t ionary one. 85.00, and the Lit t le Giant , a trav-eler. 815.00. T h e y spr inkle fou r times g r ea t e r area than any others , nnd are sent prepaid on five days ' t r ial . Wri te the manufac tu re r s , E. Stcbbins Mfg. Co.. Br ightwood, Mass., fo r circulars.

Hollanders consume an average of 100 ounces of tobacco a year; Belgians, 80; Turks, 70; Americans, GO.

Eczema in any part of the body is instantly relieved and permanently cured by Doan's Ointment, the sover-eign remedy for itchiness of the skin.

He who has a thousand friends has not one friend to spare.

Iturdock Blood Bitters never fails to cure all impurities of the blood, from a common pimple to the worst scrofula sore.

Altogether there are 4.000.000 mummies la Egypt

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kSTw! um IThonpton'tEft Water.

PATENTS H. B. Wl LLSON & OO..Waub-inRton. D. CL No few till palcnl •eenred. 4H.paB« book rt-M.

n D O D Q V NEW DISCOVERY; tlm 1 quirk relief au.ivui it woral

num. semi (or boulc of tmllmonUU and lUdayB* t r e a t m e n t F r e e . Ur. n.U.aKKUPSDOis.Aiuau.ui.

OPIUM MORPHINE and WHISKY HABITS. HOKE CURE. Book FREE. UK. J. r . iiorraix. utktiuaMc., emuue, nx.

E N S I G N S . P A T E N T S . CLAIMS, ' J O H N W. MORRIS,WASHWGTiW,0.a LaU Pr lodMl Exaalncr D. B. Pnt lon Bortaw I j ' n J i i U a t w a r . U a a j u a i c a u n a o a i u u . ^ u j .uur .

^ G o l u m l ) i a s , H 2 d d S 5 - S I 5 E S L S D *"> Wheel (or IM, t i l for M8, tioa (or

tU. u O. D. oil awiiuT.1. Cataleg K. A. Warner 4b B r O i i t t l WUuk knmmt, OlMt*.

S I ? T O 5Ll [ic*n <>• ***• working for oa. I U « 0 0 PBTtl,, prefrrred who can giro their

n njr«r<fr w h o l e 10 tke b«»lne«B. Spar* P e r W F r K hour*. tbouRh. may be prufltabty en* TT UUIV (;ikk1 -vanlnci for town a»d city work aa well at tonatrr dlalrleU. i.E-UlFFOUD, l l th * Mala SU., KUlusaBd. Ta.

Harvest Excursions! To the Fin m rejlona

CCDT 7 m n 01 0 ( t t 0 West. North-O L i l i I HnU £ l i west and Southweat.

Itoundlripilckeia alll

OCT. 5 AND 19. tiooa and at many

Eaatern pointa at about half fare good for 11 daya. Stop over allowed on Rolnff Ask your local agent for particulars

60 WEST AND LOOK FOR A HOME. A handioma Illuatrated pamnhlet d?acrlbinz NEBRASKA seal free on application to P. S. EUSTIS. Uan'l Paaa. Act., O. B. * Q II. It . Chicago

Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away. To quit tobaccoeasiiv and torcver, be mag-

netic Jull of lifc.nerve and vigor .take No-To-Bac. the wonder worker, that makes weak nu-n strong. All druggists. 50c or ti. Cure euaranteed. Booklet and sample free. Ad. Mti-rling Remedy Co.. Chicago or New York.

Tea is gathered from the plant four times a year.

Xo-To-Bac for Fifty Centa. Guaranteed tobacco habit cure.makes weak

men strong, blood pure. 50c. II. All druggists.

The "new woman" erase Is on its last legs.

I never used so quick a cure as Piso's Cure for Consumption. -J. B. Palmer. Box 1171. Sjoatile. Wash.. Nov. i>. IrtUi.

Any man will claim a good stray umbrella.

Ctoaouy B»r Lm—Amerlra'i flneft ootlnr 1 Tfek 117. ForfuMor.Mrtenauu'ii ilurk. foot Kamlolph HL. or 110 WwHlward Are.. Iictrolt. or any U. T Ry. agrnt

Frlcndshin is the soul's heaven. Pet toads arc sold in Paris.

Applante for n Heroic Drninmrr. A Bangor d rummer recently saw a

woman enter the t r a in at North Bucks-port and rush through the car just as i t was get t ing speedy. He coolly walked a f t e r her. and Just before the fa ta l leap grasped her firmly to his manly bosom. She struggled, but he only t ightened his grip, saying: "Mad-am, you shan ' t Jump off the car and kill yourself ." When she got her breath she shr ieked, "You big fool. I was on-ly going out on t h e platform to wave my handkerchief to my fr lenda." A par ty of Bangor yachtsmen aboard the t r a in applauded t h e d rummer f o r hie heroism folly half a n hour a t in terval! thereafter .—Springfield Republloan.

Too OIBah. Bacon—Have yon seen Sprocket late-

ly? Egbert—No. "He 's a s i g h t Face all cut , a r m In sling, and walks lame." "How did he do It; on his bicycle?" "No; If he could have stayed oa the bicycle he'd have been all r lfJu."— Tonke r s Statesman.

Try Qrain=0! Try Qrain=OI

Ask your Grocer to-day to show you a package of ORAIN-O, the new food drink that takes tbe place of coffee.

The children may drink It without injury as well as the adult. All who t ry i t , like it. GRAIN-0 has t ha t rich ^eal brown of Mocba or Java, but it is made from pure grains, and the mort delicate stotnadh receives i t without distress. the price of coffee.

15 centa and 25 centa per package. Sold by all grocer*.

Tastes like CoHee Looks like Coffee 'J

SlOO ToJny Man. WILL P A Y $ 1 0 0 F O R A N Y C A 8 B

Of Weakuaaa In Man They Trea t and Fall to Car«.

An Omaha Company places fo r tbe first t ime before the public a MuiiOAi. Taa i : -MKKT for the cure of Lost Vital i ty, Ncrruus and Sexual Weakness, and Restoration of Life Force in old and roaag men. .Vo worn-out French remedy: comtmlr* do Phosphorna or other h a r m f u l d n v f

a WosDiufCL Thbatmbxt-magicn: in ita effects—positive in its d o n . All rcudors, who are suffering from- a w e a l that blights their life, causing t h a t nii-utal and physical suffering peculiar to I Man-

paper on these distassa, and ; - nveproofls of their t r u ly ILtAKUfcTaac cent. Thous-ands of men, who have io»f all hope ot * curd, are be ta f restored ' v t L e m 1 0 * par-feet coadittoo.

This Maqicu.TamiTv VT may b e t a k e s a t home under their d ^ nous, or thev will pay ra i l road f a r e ani' .'ic tel bills to all who

Srefer to go there for t reatment , if they ail to cure. They ire perfectly reliable;

have s o Vtsa Fn-criptions, Free Cure, Free Sample, o r V. O. L». fake. They have e w . e w oapital and guarantee to cure every ease thev treat or-refund every dol-lar; or thair charges may be deposited in a bask to ba paid to them when a cure ia effected, wr i t e them today.

1 M & daja. CURE YOURSELFf

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Sand for Uat Vast hare TKB8 dara Blanks •OOTMDWI

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LOWELL, MICH.

FRANCIS KING; f i l d e n t , ~ CHAS. McfcARTV, Vice Pre8id«jif.

M. C. GRI8WOLD, Caahier. DIEECTOB8:

Francis King, Chas. McCarly, Robert Haf^y, F t . King, p . H, Force, E. L. Sennelt,

M. C. Griswold. A A A A A

A General Banking Business transacted Money Loaned on Real Estate Security

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Mrs. J . Wftlsh has sold her bakery

Mae Talbot is yisitjng felatives in p r a n d Kapids.

Mrs . Ha t t j e Tredenick is yisiting jn Grand Rapids.

Ber t Newton was home from Grand Jlapids over Sunday .

Miss K a t e Cad well of (Dhipago is jrisitjng Mrs. Abe Peck.

l^rg. E . 0 . Mains and children are yisiting Ker parents a t Saranac.

N e j t Wecjnesday, A u g . 25, occurf the great l^apd convention at Grand t e d g e .

Master VVells Brown of Grand lids is visjting his aunt , Mrs. Fred

[alcolr^.

mar r iage license has been issued to J o h n S. Sjjaw, I^owell, and Viola Hoos, Ada.

Tho annual picnic of the township punday snhopls will be held on Fri-day, August 27.

Mrs. W . B, Riokert is hprai f rom a visit with friends at her old home, Lockpo^t, N. Y.

J . D . Kpjly and family are spend ing a week with fr iends in Muskegon. Berl in and Grand Rapids,

Miss Maude Lennington of Graiu' Rapids is the guest of Martha Thomp-son and other friends here.

A good fishing boat with good pair of oars for sale, or will exchange for 5 cords good wood. This office.

Mr . and Mrs, D. G. Look and littli daughter Helen. lefl for I thaca and Loomis, Saturday for a ten days out-

Garrick Theater Co. opens a three nights engagement next Thurs-d a y night , August 19. Prices 15 and 26c.

Miss Katie McMahon went to G r a n d Rapids Monday to attend the cl'ifling,session of the Teachers' insti-

tu te ,

C . 0 . Lawrence and family and Mies Libbie Lawrence leave Satur day on the Buflalo excureion to m a U a shor t visit Eas t ,

Misses Clara, Grace and Blanche Newton of Grand Rap ids have be* n ^pending their vacation with thei mother , Mrs . Phoebe Newton,

. T h e Lowell Jun io r band has taken the n a m e "Tbe Lowell Ledger band ' I f there is anyth ing in a name, thi |>and will hie a success.—[Saranat Advert iser .

F o r the g rend tournament a t Grand Jjedge the L . & H . R . R . will sell ex-purefon tickets a t one lair for roun< {rip. Leave Lowell 7, a, m . , reach ing home 10:30, p . m .

T b e Seventh Day Adventists a re hold ing the i r annua l s tate oampmeei-i b g a t Owosao A u g u s t 19 to 29th. Excurs ion ra tes on railroads to tho** a t t end ing Augus t 19 to 25.

J . H . D u k e is working on the new cement walk in f ront of the Lowel S ta t e b a n k . H e has finished the Mc Car ty and McDannel l jobs, nnd i t b needless to say they a re "beauts ."

T h e Lowel l State B a n k is having a pew cement walk laid in front of m building, in the hope of getting a bel-ter j o b than wes made by the persm who laid the first one several yenr ago .

T h e Lowell A Has t ings railway will give an excursion to the FarmerV picnic a l Lansing, tomorrow, August 20tb, leaving Lowell a t 7 a. ra., aii< re tu rn ing leave L a n s i n g a t 0.45 p. m . Round t r ip 11.00.

W . H . C la rk , R . B . Boylan, A r t h ur McMahon, Tom M u r p h y , Harolo Force and F . £ . Holmes took in t h r excursion to Island L a k e l a s tSunday They worked their passage in a Put-«v's palace car to E l m d a l e a n d re turn

Mr. Har ry W i c k h a m , the manager of the (Jarrick Thea t e r Co., is an old Lowell boy and has met with succew-in the profenbion and is a recognized manager. The company present The

ild Rose Thurday n ight . Admis Sion 15 and 25o. ' '

The union harvest picnic of east e r a Ken t and western Ionia will be held at Saranac, Thursday, Augus t / b . Hon. Aaron Clark of Caledonia and others will address the meeting. T h e r e will be a balloon ascension in the afternoon and everything will be done to make the day one of pleasure.

There will be a dance a t Lally's Grove, Murray ' s Lake , Wednesday evening.Sept . 1., 1897. Good music will be furniahed by Covert and Ba-sam. Floor managers are Geo. Mason and Ber t Heffrou All night uance, kil l 35 cents including care of hordes!

excellent t ime guaranteed. Lelly <fc Frost .

OUR WORK is always fiist class- A watch is top deli-cate n piece of mochnnism to be intrnsted to incompetent hands'.

Onr increasing trade only proves that onr repairs are giving satisfaction.

We have lately added at quite an ex pense, some bf the latest and most im-proved machinery, and tools for doing the best work, so are now' prepared to nndertrike anything in onr line. All wort, guaranteed with a guarantee that guaran tees.

U. B. WILLIAMS. We have some nice styles in long chains

that are bargains,

Good print ing, low prices. LEDGEH

A large line of ladies wrappers at Blain's.

Good ^-fooii] house lo rent. F . L . Fal las .

Best of seasoned wood at Fallas & Clark's.

T h i s pqpe,i' oil t r i a l 10 weeks f o r

one d ime .

A. \V. Burnett was down f iom Saranac Monday.

A rare bargain in Alaska refriger-ators at Fallas & Clark's .

All kinds of^wopd promptly deliv-ered by R .

A beauli 85 nt Dr . J .

C. Krum town the fl

oial teeth for

ids was in the week.

Will Eun i s and family have moved into the Terwilliger house.

Repairs on the K ing Milling dam have been in progress this week.

One cord of good, green wood pays a years subscription to ll)is paper.

Many from this section will a t tend ihe Farmer? ' pjonio at Lansing tomor-row.

W a n t some business cards? Call at this office and see our elgant new line.

Don ' t forget Blain's \ off s^le Now is your chance to buy goods cheapo

Mrs. Jennie Robertson is visiting her sister, Mrs. Blair a t Ionia, fo r « few weeks.

Fallas & Clark screen all their coal; prices guaranteeed coal the very best quality.

i l r s . Clair Shaw of Muskegon ih the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs 0 . A . Robinson.

Ray Edmonds and family of Chi-cago are visiting his parents, M r . and Mrs. S. F . Edmonds.

The King Milling company is mak-ing large shippients of its popular brnods of (lour this week.

Do you want a n y dry goods? T h i s is a goqd ( ime and Bla in ' s a good place to buy t b e m .

Dr . Mil l jmip of Chandler, brought i load of wheat to town yesterday and •subscribed for the L b d q e r .

N; B, Blain's clearance sale is meeting with great success and will be contimied another week.

R . J . FUnagau has returned from Mt. Clemens where he took a three weeks course of mineral baths.

Misses Nellie and Nettie and Mrs. J . J . McNaughton are visiting rela-tives and friends a t Yankee Springs,

Is your subscription to the L k d g k u paid a year in advance^ if so, you are liiititled tooBu of those crayon por-traits.

Your Cough,

like a dog*! bark, if a tign that there Is something foreign around which shouldn't be there* You can quiet the noise, but the danger may be there just the same* S C O T T ' S EMULSION of Cod-liver Oil is not a cough specific; it does not merely allay the symptoms but it does give such strength to the body that it is able to throw off the disease*

You know the old proverb of4 4 the ounce of prevention ?f' Don't neglect your cough. A book which will tell you more on the subject sent free on re-quest*

Your druggist ketpt Scott's Emul-sion of Cod-liver OiL Put up in 50 cts. and $(.00 tU**.

SCOTT & BOWNH, Y«rk.

A " L a t e in Season*' price «»n Dan^ gler uasoliiia stoves a t Fal las & Clark's .

John Cutler, who ha>< sold his hotel business at Howell, sp^nt sever d days I this week with Inn daughter , Vlrs. W. Ennis .

N . B . Blain 's Clearance Sale is n o " on. Don ' t spend a dollar when seventy-f ive cents will buy as nujcli a t Blain 's .

A. H. Ptokhiim wife and son Carl , leave Saturday on a to"r weeks visit with friends in Syracuse, and Cort-land, N. Y

Miss Veia Barber of Houston, Texas, is the guest of her cousin, Lou-ise Berber , and other relatives and friends in this vicinity.

Subscribe now f i r the L k r o k r an I pay in advance and we will mak" you a present of a crayon portrait of | yourself, sise 16x20 inches.

Now is your t ime to place your order for coal Qual i ty the best, price guaranteed and every pound of coal screened a t Fallas & Clark's.

Friends of the family of Robert Hardy , can do them a favor by giving them copies of the LEDGER of J u l y 29, the edition having been exhausted,

My house, with seven acres of land, two orchards, barn, house, etc.. will be to rent , September 16, a t S8 per month. Enqui re of Mrs . D r . Peck .

W e propose to do bus iness—are not here f o r f u n , and i t will be to your advan tage to do business with us, N o A- is t h e t ime .

N . B . B L A I N .

Don ' t forget the Silver picnic a t Grat tan grove next Saturday. Rev. F a t h e r Nugent of Iowa, the g r ea t Silver orator, will speak Take yfmr baskets and enjoy the day.

" M a m m a says I m u s a n t . " The young lady that be t a shor t t ime ago, paid up and said U Bet I won' t bet again on that chap. T b e boys are smil ing and eat ing io*. cream soda.— [ I tem box.

Suffered Eighteen Years. a n d l l e ep Cam*.

Mrs. Julia A. Brown, at Oorlagton, Tenn., whose husband luw chavgo of the electric light plant at that place, haa 1)9*0 a sroat aafferer. Hor allmchttr and speedy cure are 1

THE FISHERMAN'S PET CROW.

A nird That Went to Charob, ThonRb Not to Servtoe. Krery Bandar.

"You will flnd pet crows alongshore," said a flsherman, " jus t as you might anywhere else. I knew a flshennan once that had one he got out. of ita nest when i t waa little, and brought up in his home. He never clipped tta wings, and i t used to go ou t and be gone, may-be for hours, perhaps fo r daye, bu t it knew wbere i t could get warm and where the best th ings to Cat were, and it always came back. If any of the fnan-ily saw it coming they would let i t in; if they didn't see it, t h e crow would eit on the railing by tbe door and caw to be let in; nod, if nobody heard tbe cawing, i t would peck a t the door with its beak, I t used to sleep in the house, and was on fr iendly terms wi th the whole household. T h e najue of the crow's owner was William; his friends need to call him Bi l l When mealtime came the orow would perch on t h e back of Bill's chair, and every now and then Bill would reach u p over his shoulder something nice f o r t h e crov* io eat.

"Every Sunday morning the crow used to go to church, and i t never used to go any other time. I t know the sex-ton. The aeocton was a flsherman, too, like everybody along tho beach, and he was superintendent of the Sunday school, and a big man in the church gen-erally, The orow used to go over to the ohuroh and sit on. the doorstep Sunday morning and watt, f o r the sexton to come, and when h e did come and open tlie door, the crow would go in wi th him. The church waa heated by a big ptove, and while t h e sexton was bulld-ing the flre the crow would s i t on the beck of a pew close by aud look on. Sometimes, when the sexton was work* ing away over the stove the crow would hitch along on tho pew rail and caw to him; and sometimes thp sexton would turn around end smile a t the orow and maybe say something friendly, and then the crow would perk its head over on one side and caw and caw, and then the •extop would smile again and go on building the flre. He would put in a eection of old tarred netting to s tar t the flre with, something t h a i every flsherman uses if he has got it, and the best thing in the world to s t a r t a flre with, ond then he would build u p the fire and light it, and when i t had got well a-going- and he had made every-thing snug he would leave t h e church until It was pret ty n«or t ime for the

j service to begin; and when he went , t he crow would go with him. I th ink

the crow would sometimes have stayed > in the church, bu t of course t h a t wouldn't do, and when the sexton was ready he would coll the crow and the crpw would follow him out, and they would separate where they had met, on the steps of the church. The sexton lived about half a mile away hi one direction, and the crow lived close by in the other, and when the sexton had gone the crow would go over to its home and pock on t h e door, and they would let him in.

"Everybody around knew .this crow, and nobody ever molested It. The crow Itself took chances. Sometimes it flocked with other crows and then it was In danger of being shot; bu t nobody ever shot nt it when It was alone. When they saiw i t fly by they said:

" T h e r e goes Bill's crow. 'H — N. Y, Ban.

EXACTING DISCIPLINE.

|Tke Crnel S e r c r l t y of an Vnmerolfnl Father.

Philip Gilbert Hamertoo was, during b i s childhood, the victim of a severe

cruel discipline. His fa ther was a tnan of ungovecnable temper andl ir-regular life, who had no sympathy with ohlldiah foibles, and whose only idea

edaoBfeiaff » boy was to "moke * man

an ommon . . could got no relief at oai. two years a while belDK treated by thny local ph clans, Drs. Barret, Maloy and Sherod

H a s . J d l u A . B h o w n . Informed me that I had become droptlec/L and that there was Uttle hope for me. I then decided to try

Dr. Miles' Restoratlye Nervine, le to get to sleep nntll

" " and during aU I was then unable to ge> well on toward daylight, . .. this time 1 had a oeop, heavy pain In my left side. I wot trwel miteralM, indeed, bnt • „ -_-'half bottle of the Nervine could sleep all night just as well as lever

did. Tho Nervine Is tbe only remedy that gavo me any relief whatever. I am now well and strong, and 1 thank Qod everyday

after taking one- half bottle of the I couldsleop all nl^ntjust as well a

sfl ng, a

of my life for Dr. UUu' Nervine." MBS. JULIA A. BEOWN.

Dr. Miles' Nervine Is sold on a positive anarantee that the flrst bottle will neneflt. All druggists soil It at 11,6 bottles for IS, or

- . r j c a Ind.

Dr. Miles1 Nervine

His method of teaching a lad to ride was to accompany him on a vicious black horse, and when little Philip erred in any of the observances of good riders, to punish him with his lieavy hunt ing whip. The whip had a steel hammer a t the end of a long handle; nnd if a t any t ime tlie owner fancied t h a t t h e child was turning out his toes, he would not say anything, but with cruel dexterity heal him a blow on the foot, ehavp enough to make him writhe with pain.

Yet this Spartan severity had ita val-uable side. The elder Hamerton un-derstood the importance of concentra-tion, and if he saw tlie boy occupied with several books, would say:

"Take one of those books and read It steadily. Don't potter and play with half a dozen."

What he hated most was a lie or the shadow of a lie, and so bi t ter was th is aMersion t h a t Philip was sometimes pun-ished unjustly. He wns expeotwl to practice with dumb-bells 16 minutes every morning. This exercise waa taken in tho garden, b u t before begin-ning he always looked a t the clock in the sitting-room. One day the fa ther met him and asked:

"Have you done your 15 minutes?" "Yes, papa.' ' "That is not t rue ," said his aunt, f rom

the n&ct room* "He has only practiced for ten mihutep; look at the clock."

The hand stood a t ten minutes past 11; and though the boy protested tha t be bad begun a t ten minutes before the Ijour, the "additional lie" put his fa ther In a fury, and he was ordered to prac-tice oontinuaJly fo r two hours. And though the child was ready to drop with fatigue long before the 120 minutes were over, not) one of them was remitted.-*-Youth's Companion.

Jast Shrewd Jn dement. She—I went t o a fortune-teller to-day,

jus t for a lark, and she told me a lot of things.

He—Yes, some of them h i t It pre t ty closely, bu t I hope you don'J th ink there is anything supernatural about their powers. They just use shrewd Judgment; tha t is aU.

"Tha t may b e true, dear. She told m e I wns married to a man who fell f a r shor t of what I deserve."—Indianapolis Journal.

NOT A FASHIONABLE WEDDING.

The Groom'* Clothes Were nadly Shrnnken and the Hrlde Mnddy. There was a time in Oregon when the

male inhabitants mostly wore buckskin trousers, because there was no other material available for garment making. Oregon's climate, of course, is damp, and buckskin once wet shrinks fr igbtr fully in drying. This reminds an old pioneer, says the Co vail is (Ore.) Times, of the flrst wedding he ever went to in Oregon. He said: " I t occurred in the Winter of 1846 a t Oregon City. The br ide walked two miles through mud to ge t to the church. She .was arrayed In white, and when the appeared in chbrch her gown was sadly bedraggled. The groom wore buckskin pants. Opce they had been wet, but a t the wedding they were dry. They bagged a t the knees Until there was room inside for a swarm of bees, but they failed to reach his shoetops. They ended somewhat about tbe calf of the legs, and the groom wore no socks. I t was a s t range costume fo r the chief contractor a t a wedding, b u t the groom was undaunted. His name was Sharp, and the-name of the br ide was Edes. Though they were wedded !n unsightly suits, I t is presumed t h a t they lived happily until the husband, years afterword, killed a man and went to the penitentiary, and t h e wife mar-ried another man.

In Donbt. A certain minister, who is not always

so careful as he might be In making his teachings and his practice correspond, was lately telling some friends a atory of adventure. I t was a pretty " tal l" story, and the minister 's ten-year-old girl was observed to bo listening to it., very Intently. When he finished, she ' fastened her wide-open eyes upon he r father 's face, and said, very gravely: "Is tha t t rue, or are you preeohing now, papa?' —Household Words.

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* FAIR K WIU, n s IIEJ.U AT

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1897.

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J a a t » Sltffht Mistake, Pre t ty Mrs, Brown waa wedded to her

peeonfl hueband and had a peculiar way of talking about her first and her sec» ond iri t he same breath, which was con-fusing' to her listeners as well as to her-self. One day she planned a bir thday party as a surprise to Tom (hersecond). About an hour before the guests were to ossemble to celebrateI 'om'sbirthday,she could contain herself no longer and con-fided the secret t o him. A troubled look stole over his ^ace and he seemed greatly distressed t o dampen her en-thusiasm, bu^ upon her questioning him as to his peeming distress h e an-swered; ' 'Why, my deer, this is Dick's birthday, no t mine! "—Liverpool Mer-pury,

Han a Robber Daclc. ''A. c a t will fall on Its feet always,

while a coon will olways land on its back," commented ah old hunter a s wa galloped through one of the mountain hollows i n oouthwestern Missouri. '.'J s'poue t h e reason is pbVious. A coon has an I n j e rubber back,"

"A rubber back?" incredulously. "Sunete you're b o m . A coon'll fall

from t i e topmost branch of th* tallest tree on Its back every time. The fa l l would kill any o ther animal. How about t h e coon? H e jus t bundle^ up. |n the air about 25 feeit like a rubber ball and comes d&wn on a dog's neck,. Why, IVe aeon a coon bound like a ba-by's rubber ball. . " I have been told—-I've never s e e a i t —that t i e coon's favorite amusement, Is bouncing. One'll drop from a tree and bounce; then another'll drop addi bounce, and they'U keep that u p by thai hour. So I say a coon has a real rubber; back." (All of which will not bo found! In any book on nattural history,)—De?j troit Free Press 1

A P p w e r f a l Bat t le Ship. The most formidable addition y e i

made to our new navy is the ba t t lesh ip Iowa, which has recently bad heroffloial trial off the coast of Massachusetts. She ia the flrst vessel officially classed M a sea-going battle ship. As compared with the Massachusetts and her two sis-ter ships, the Iowa is of 1,200 tons larger displacement, and Is one knot faster, Her bat tery is of about the same s t rength as theirs, and her armor, though not quite so heavy, is practically as effective. The contract required of her a speed of 16 knots an hour, and a bonus of $50,000 was promised for each quarter of a knot In excess of that limit, She made 17 knots, and thus earned fo r her builders, the Cramps, of Pblladel* phis, a bonus of $200,000.

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