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VOL. X I I , NO. 18 Larsest Circulat ion.

INDEPENDENT-ROT NEUTRAL.

LOWELL, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20. 1904 Ufflctel Newspaper. TEN PAGE PAPER

Little, But Oh My! A Himtll pltHM* *»f pnpur in

check f(»rin will neltle up any accomit.. iKii't t ha t lauch bet-ter and a great deal quicker than counting it out in billR? Not onl.v tha t , but you wlii sleep much eaaler nightH when you know your money is safe.

Better open up an account in our bank.

For further information call any time.

lleineuiiier your money Is al-ways at your disposal just the same.

The City Bank, Hill, Watts & Co.

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When you thing of stoves, think of economy too, and look tit the new iine we are carry-ing this year. We have the

N e w G o l d C o i n B a s e B u r n e r

•which we are recommending highly iiecause i t hag more radiat ing surface than a n j other stove made. •

Sometimes circumstances makes i t advisable t o get a Second Hand Stove—we have some choice bargains iu these and we invite you t o inspect them. Ypurs,

R. B. BOYLAN.

Watches Clocks Jewelry Silver-ware Fancy China Kodaks and supplies

JEWELER AND OPTICIAN.

IF YOU want good goods, the best that money can buy, goods that are of superior workmanship

and quality, goods that are up-to-the-times, goods that are sold under a guarantee to be perfect, goods that will please you in every partic-ular, come to us—we rati please you in every way.

Come in an}7 time and see the different lines we carry. You are always welcome, whether you buy or not.

A. D. OLIVER

Oysters and Fish Fresh from the Ocean and the Great Lakes

Q U A L I T Y A N D P R I C E S R I G H T

Allen C.- Pot ior of Keone Paaaed Away Tuesday Blor«l«E.

Mrs. A. L. Weyrick died a t her home in Lowell village las t eveniag a t b:W o'clock af ter an illness of about three week's. Funeral serv-ices cannot be announced a t hour of going to press. Obituary next week.

HOMES IN M0UBN1N6 DEATHS OF MRS WEYRICK

AND MRS HOFFMAN.

Mrs. F. (1. Hoffman died af ter a lingering illness a t ber home in th is viibige a t 4:,'» this morning, aged forty-nine years. Her husband and three children survive. Funeralaerv-ices will be h«kl a t the Methodist church at 2:00 p. m., Sunday, con ducted by Bev. A. H. Sturgls.

Allen Po t t e r died Tuesday morn-ing a t his home In Boston township near t he Keene line, af ter a long de-cline. aged forty-eight years.

About a year a g o Mr. Po t te r went t o Ann Arbor expecting t o undergo an operation for removal of an Inter-nal tumor ; bu t the surgeons decided aga ins t it.

Funeral services will be he'd a t the house th is af ternoon,with Bev. J . H. Wesbrook in at tendance. Deceased was a son of Charles M. Pot te r ; and and leaves a wife and six children.

Oreco* Letter.

Free water , Oregon,Oct. 11,1904. Dear Lowell Ledger,

Lowell, Mich. Dear Sir:

Enclosed, find one dollar for re-newal t o Lowell Ledger and please pardon my negligence in sending same.

We are having fine weather here now. This has been an exceedingly dry season, no rain having fallen since J uly le t . The roads are very dusty and i t is very disagreeable traveling bu t we become accustomed t o the dus t like the web-foot people liecome used t o w e t weather.

But even with no rain this has been a good year In this section. Wheat has been w h a t is known as a bump-er crop and wi th a good price. Fru i t ha s been very fine both as t o quant i ty and qual i ty and also b rough t^ve ry good prices. Hay was goob. Prunes are the big crop in the f ru i t line in th is vicinity.

Well this is all f o r this time. 1 am yours truly,

Mas. Netta Wbllman.

The Ledser • Success as an Adver-

t istag Medium.

Friend Johnson : The Lkdukk, a s an advertising

medium is certainly a success. We have had no less t h a n eleven would-be purchasers for Mr. Nease's stove; and still they come. 1 don ' t know bu t t h a t you will have t o s ta te t o the public t h a t i t Is sold.

Yours, A. H. Stukgibj

HEAUU ABOUT TOWN o

Halloween dance Oct. JJl.

Suit and overcoat sale. G od frey.

NEW BANK AT ALTO

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In Meat Market Staples we are a lways " IT. '

A. L. WEYRICK.

8T0(K ALL TAKEN AND ACTUALLY SIGNED.

John Tappin, t h e Chicago tailor, a t Godfrey's, Monday. Oct. 24.

Beef scrape a i d / C o n e will make your hens pay. JTM. Meyers.

The American Girl shoe, a shoe as good as i ts name, price at Godfrey's.

1 w a n t t o buy a horse weighing from 1100 t o 1150, one tha t is Bound and gentle. R. B. Boylan.

E ight of the Lowell teachers at-tended the meeting of the Teachers' association iu Grand Rapids .Satur-day.

Mrs. Sherman Avery returned lust Fr iday from Alma, where siie was called by the death of her sister, Mrs. F. H. Gosh.

Miss Scott will give the first big p a r t y of the season on Halloween night, Oct. 111. Stocking's orchestra, square dances and refreshments.

Newton Warner has moved the large barn, formerly owned and used by Ecker &. Foster , t o the Pere Mar-quette sidetrack, where the new-owners, the Lowell Lumber Co., will use i t for s to rage purposes.

Herbert and F-ed Hale started lost Thursday for Oregon. They will spend a few days in Salem, then g o t o Douglass Co., where Herbert expects to take up a timlter claim adjoining the one taken by hie father las t Spring.

H. H. Reed has bought the Miio Hiler building now occupied by him as a second-hand store, together with Mr. Hiier's personal and house-hold effects. This closes up the lat-ter 's affairs in Lowell; and the old man left for California last week, no t expecting t o return.

Republican meetings: Cannons-burg, Oct. 21: speakers, Andrew Fyfe, Ear l R. S t e w a r t and Henrv T. Heaid. Cascade, Oct. 22. afterm...n. Speaker W. D. Gordon. Barbecue. Caledonia Oct. 29. fifceaker. Win. Aiden Smith. Lowell, S b v . 2 Wm. Alden Smith, speaker. This last will be the only politiual gathering in Lowell during this campaign: and our Republican friends propose to have a big blowout. Watch for an-nouncement in our next issue.

Lulu Stanhope, St. Louis: "1 used t o have a horrid complexion. 1 took Hoi lister's Rocky Mountain Tea and am called the prett iest girl in the city." Tea or tablets. 85 cents. D. G. Look.

List of Subscr ibers l acudes Many Well Known Men.

From the Grand Rapids Herald. The Farmers ' S ta te bank of Alto

will be organized within a few davs. substrlptionB having been secured for the |20,000 capital stock and the articles signed by the suscribera Tuesday.

A meeting will be held later in the week to elect a board of directors and the officers of the new institu-tion. Frank E. Campau, through whose efforts the bank han been or-ganized, will be its cashier. Mr. <'ampau hasconucted a general store at Alaska for the last 2S years. He has Iten aided iu subscribing the stock by John D. Morton of the Grand Rapids National bank.

The promoters of the enterprise have considered it advisable t o spread t he stock as far as possible t o give greater confidence, although Mr. Campau could have carried the stock alone, hence there are 44 stock-holders.

Following is the list of subscribers: Er.ank E Oampau Ohrlrt Schwardi-r Edson 0 Harrow o. L. Morgan Ji.lin O. Watts Oharles Harris John McOord John H. Layer John 1). Morton Charles Bancroft Alvln S. Eace Frank White George E. Bwtlett L J.Skldmort John A. Ellis Henry Klahn Fred 0. Tlllver Oharles H. Richardson Dudley E. Wattors John Layer Volnev C Walton Mrs Ann Peterson John W Freyormuth George E Brown Arthurs Powle Ulement 0. Parrot O.J. Thomas W W . Proctor S. Lowell Grange E Davis 4 Hon Alfred Warner v.-* 'atnes A. Bush William Thomas **£ D. Ellis Albert H. Prwer MattKelrer Isabelle 8. Frazer C. W. Yelter O- J. Keyberg Olaf Johnson J. Koukl# Oharles B. Rollins B F Palmer Osborn & Murphy

CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES HfDTtlOOiaT.

Preaching a t 10::J0 a. m.. Subject: "Waiting on God."

Evening preaching a t 7:00 p. m. Subject: "Sin a Debt."

Class meeting a t 9::{0 a. m. Sunday school a t 12:00 Epworth League a t 6:00 p. m.

Leader, Harvey J . Coons, subject: "How Can We Enlarge and Improve our Work?"

COHGREGATIOKAL. Nest Sunday morning the pas tor

will discuss the question " H o w is the Sinner Punished?"

Evening subject, "The Tenderness df God."

Christian Endeavor meeting a t 6:00 o'clock.

Devotional services Thursday eve-ning at 7:30

• o c i m E B .

The Clover Leaf Club will meet with Mrs. H. J . Taylor, Tuesday, Oct. 2.1.

The ladles of the Congregational church will hold their annual rum-mage sale, beginning Friday, Oct, 21, in the old mill office. All donations will be gratefully received.

W . G. T . V,

Mrs. .1. Harvey and Mrs. F. G. Mayuard will entertain Lowell W. C T. D. Friday, Oct. 21. a t the home of the former.

Regular meeting Cyclamen Chapter O. E. S., Friday evening, Oct. 21.

They ' re After Us. EDITOH LEDUEB:

Will you pardon one of your in-terested readers for not reaching the same conclusions as yourself, in your editorial, "From Our Point of View" in your issue of Oct. 13? And for this reason. The man you thus des-cribe, whom you call "B", and whom you make to represent the be-liever In christian doctrines, is uot a believer, bu t a n UNBELIEVER. If y o u answer tha t "B"' professed to be a l.eliever, 1 reply, t ha t your own statement for it his word is not t o be received. You would not accept his statement as t ru th on any other matter, why on this? " B " is a hyp-ocrite. a wolf In sheep's clothing, and only adds to his many other falsehoods when he claims t o believe In christian doctrines. John says: "He tha t saith, 1 know him and keepeth not his commandments is a liar, and the t ru th is not in him." 1 J no 2: 4. My conclusion, therefore is. tha t "A" might have added to his already lieautlful character by ac-cepting christian faith: while " B " , mean, wicked and despicable as he was might have become a "good A 0 " by sincerely believing the Iruth. CordlaJjl

A. H. Sturgls.

M A R R I A G E L I C E N C E S .

Emanuel Yoder, 27, Bowne town-ship; Bertie Snyder, 24, Campbell, Mich.

John A. McCabe, 23, Cannon town-salp; Frances G. Murphy, 21, Ver-gennes.

John L. McDonald, 38, Bowne township; Helen Tray , 37, Caledonia.

The Lont Snaday B i c n n t o n of t he Sea BOB via Grand Tmnk Oct 23.

To Grand Rapids 50c; t o Grand Haven »1 .00 for round trip. Train leaves Lowell 9:27 m. Return train arrives Lowell 752 p. m.

To Detroit f2.10 and t o Saginaw and Bay City tl .75 for round trip. Train leaves Lowell 7:00 a in. Re-turn t ra in arrives Lowell 10:55 p. m

A. 0 . Heydlauff, Agent.

"Squire John, a tale of the Cuban War," by St. Georgp Rathborn, is a new continued story, the first c h a j . ters of which appear In Ihls issue ol T H E L E D G E R .

Condition 2/our Stock,,,

It's between grass and hay now and your horses and cattle need something to put them in condition for winter and the change of feed from, grass to hay.

LOOK'S CONDITION POWDER

is just thing- to give for this purpose. It is an excellent tonic and appetizer for horses, cattle, sheep and hogs—produces a sleek coat and is invaluable for worms, bots, dis-temper, coughs and colds and all kidney and blood disorders.

2 5 o a Pound and can only be obtained a t my store.

D . G . L O O K The Quality Drug Store.

You Know Where.

If you will, th i s old gray bead. But spare yonr country 's flag she said.

But before doing much shooting call and see my elegant stock of

Guns, kmmmiiion and Hunters' Supplies.

Best goods, lowest prices and a guarantee t h a t guarantees.

R. D. STOCKING.

•piBpiFFEREMCE- You find between our baked goods and the others is great . We use the very best materials, combined wi th clean methods of handling and produce the best products t h a t can be obtained anywhere.

Our Bread is especially good (not handled, by nobody knows who, before you get It) and you can get it fresh every day.

Ask for Smith 's Bread if you w a n t the best.

WELDON SMITH, The Baker.

We have now on our floor the most complete

line of

j f f a r d Coat

SSase b u r n e r s

wc have ever shown. We have all kinds and sizes.

Call and see them.

Scott & Winegar

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LOWELL,

F. M. Jobmoh, Publisher.

MICHTOAK.

Rnasla is now counting her chick-«n« that were lost in the Tibetaa vm*

A man who will put iron in a corh life preserver would soap the horn a t a camp meeting.

Third Secretary Gurney now per-oeireB that his idea of his own im-p o r u n c e was an overestimate.

Philadelphia's fad is the cocktail on wheels. The cocktail on skates weald accord better with eternal fit

Another Mullah is reported to be loose in Somaliland. But d o n t be deceived. Insist on having the origi-na l Mad.

M i c h i g a n N e w s f Choice Itemi from orer the state, specially selected for oar readers

ONCE A MINER. NOW A MAGNATE , MICHIGAN FAMILY IS HUNGRY

Up in Vermont the rattlesnakes are milking the cows. E t h e r that or the Ckefoo liar has established a branch

there.

T h e S t Petersburg Novosti declares t h a t International law Is a polite s y t h . Um-m-m, well, let 's be glad it Valite, anyhow.

It 's a cinch that the corset manufac t a r e r s will put on a straight front when It oomes to a question of their • t a r i n g qualities.

T h e death of Lafcadio Hearn is a dist inct loss to literature. His talent was exceptional—perhaps it is not too •n ich to say unique.

I t la some indication of New York's efeOrtnous thirst that she contem-ijhftes the expenditure of 190,000,000 Air a new water sapply.

John L. Sullivan has again signed Uie pledge. John L. could save a great deal of valuable time by using a rub-M r stamp in his business.

A contemporary philosopher ob-aerves that you c a n t make your way fa this world by kicking. Perhaps he never saw a football game.

Look out for bioscope pictures of Vesuvius in action pretty soon now. N o doubt dozens of men In this conn-t r y are already busy on them.

The Hague conference might take • a t e of the fact that 95,000 accidents, fa ta l and otherwise, occurred on rail-roads in this country last year.

-Signs of the t imes: When she is earrying the package they are mar-ried. When he is carrying one she is tk iaking about getting a divorce.

Poverty, according to J. G. Phelps Stokes of college settlement experi-ence in New York, will one day cease to ex i s t So also in that day will riches.

I t is a more hopeful and not more fcatardous enterprise for the duke of Orleans to try to reach the north pole than to attempt to set up the throne of his fathers.

Evidently the Cleveland judge who holds that a man with a nagging wlte h a s a right to get drunk is of tha t «Chool of philosophers who believe t h a t what is is r igh t

President Eliot of Harvard says the t n i e gentleman will be deferential 10 s«e , beauty and all worthy things. He probably classes the homely girls as one of the worthy things.

Marconi has been held up by a policeman for violating the speed law la running his automobile, and was onable to pull any wires to save him-self from going to the station.

T h e man who writes to a New York peper declaring that housework Is all t h e exercise that women need to make them beautiful, strong and healthy, aimply signs his letter "Crank."

There Is a race horse that has been given the name of Togo. As soon as t h e Togo 5-cent cigar appears the ad-aiiral may retire, knowing that he has reached th^ limit of earthly glory.

A heretofore esteemed contempor-ary makes a great display of the an-nouncement that Chauncey Depew has cracked a new Joke. Nothing could be baser or c r u d e r than this.

France Is a b o u t . t o have another crisib. Nobody seems to know what I t is going to be, but i t is bound to come. The people have stood the present calm about as long as pos-sible.

I t is a sad fact that thousands of eubstanlial American clt'.zens are l e s s Interested in the announcement t h a t Mr. Jeffries is going off the stage than in the news ihal Mr. Jeffries is SOing on.

James A. Garland, millionaire, of New York, who has jnsi remarried b i t divorced wife, tried George Mere-di th 's scheme, but found It didn't work. He discovered he couldn't pet any substitute for the woman he loved.

WelMCnown Lske Superior Man Heads

$21,000,000 Company. Walter Fitch, one of the best-known

mining men tn the Lake Superior re-gion, has accepted the general man-agement of the mines and .«n:elter8 of the United States Mining company, one of the largest corporations of Its kind in America, and Is about to re-move to Salt Lake City to assume his new duties.

For more than thirty years Mr. Fitch has been a resident of Marquette coun-ty, and for twenty years he has been located at Champion, where, for an extended interval, he has been su-perintendent of the big Champion iron mine, acquired by the steel corpora-tions several months ago, and long pointed to as a model property of the kind. He is president of the board of control of the Michigan College of Mines at Houghton and for several terms has been chairman of the Mar-quette county board of supervisors.

Mr. Fitch is a self-made man. He was employed as a common miner on first coming to the Lake Superior re-gion from England, and from that sta-tion he long ago attained high rank in the mining profession. The United States company, whose practical af-fairs he will now direct, is capitalized at 121,000,000 and has only recently acquired additional claims valued at several million dollars. Its principal production is copper, although no lit-tle revenue is derived from the gold and silver contents of the ore.

Allows Weeds to Seed. Most people know that there is a

state law against allowing weeds to go to seed, but It is just as generally considered a dead letter. That it is not entirely so. however, a farmer near Okemos is convinced. He al-lowed a lot of Canada thistles and milkweed to go to seed on his farm, and was hauled into court and sep-arated from $10 and the amount of costs in the case.

Simplify Applications for License. A lot of the red tape In the granting

of deer hunters' licenses has been cut out this year. Heretofore it was nec-essary for the would-be deer-slayers to appear In person before the coun-ty clerk and make the affidavit nec-essary to get a license. Now the pro-cedure has been changed so that the affidavit may be made public and for-warded to the county clerk by mail.

Dogs Defctroy Sheep. Dogs are getting in their work on

sheep in the southern counties. A Mundy farmer lost twelve and has twenty-eight wounded on his hands, and a Wsyland farmer lost twenty-Jour. These are the most destructive' slaughters that have occurred in many years.

South Chicago Police Succor Aged

Woman on Way to Iowa. Almost dead from hunger and long

exposure, Mrs. Alice Allen of Ha-t-ford. Mich., reached South Chicago, af ter a month of hardships spent in an open wagon. Mrs. Allen, who is 77 years old, left Hartford with her son and his wife for Cedar Rapids, la., where she has another son living. Being in straitened circnnistances and too proud to borrow from friends, they started in a double wagon, with little food and no money. When the party reached South Chicago the wag-on broke down, and. cold and hungry, the old woman dropped fainting from her seat. She was taken to the South Chicago police station, where a col-lection was taken up and the wagon mended and plentlfuly stocked with provisions, and the party resumed Its Journey west.

Warden Loses His Game. Deputy Game Warden Hoyt of

Grand Haven may be a good game warden, but he Is regarded by sports-men as a rather poor hunter. He went duck hunting recently and suc-ceeded In landing eight of the feath-ered tribe. He was so jubilant over his success that his narrow duck boat could not hold him -and he uncon-sciously took to the water. He suc-ceeded in saving his gun from the briny deep, but lost all of his shells and had to abandon a fur ther conquest that morning. After sweating to se-crecy those who had witnessed the accident the dripping warden grasped the oars and pulled for the shore. He says he will not go hunting any more. ,

The Ways of the Law. Because he was selling peanuts

and popcorn on the streets In viola-tion of a village ordinance, a vendor was yanked into court at Oxford, tried by a jury, convicted and fined |10 and costs. And the amusing feaui*e of the whole performance was that all during the trial a small toy was peddling popcorn right in the court room, and the justice and the jurors were among his patrons.

Contracts for Chicory. Bay City's two chicory factories

have 1,600 acres under contract this season at $7 per ton for roots. The easi side plant has been rebuilt dur-ing the Idle months at a cost of $20,000.

Life Sentence for Murder. G. B. Gentllll, an Italian miner, has

been sentenced at Iron Mountain to life imprisonment in Marquette prison for the murder of his brother-in-law, Joseph Fondcchio, last June. '

Memorial Fountain. j A memorial fountain will be erected

on the court house grounds a t Adrian with a sum of money left to the county by the late Mrs. Sarah M. Hlnkley of Ionia county.

Aged Woman Is Killed. Mrs. Margaret Casey, 86 years, a

pioneer resident of the copper district fell down the elevator shaft In S t Joseph's hospital at Houghton, and died ten minutes later.

Bogus Money a t Lansing. Lansing folks are very particular

about examining their change nowa-days. Counterfeit silver coins are in circulation thereabouts In consider-able numbers.

Loves His Little Boy. There Is a young tarmer in Lapeer

county who Ife so fond of carrying his little baby boy around with him that his friends have dubbed him a "rural male carrier."

Good Yield of Pumpkins. A Manchester man planted three

hills of pumpkins in his gardcyi, and has enough to keep himself and neigh' bors supplied with pies the winter through.

Find Body on Tracks. T h e body of an m k n o w n man was

found on the t racks of the Houghton Street Railway company between Cal-umet and Lake Linden.

The statement that 150 Chicago toachers are suffering from overstudy Is respectfully referred for cogitation t o tha t western university professor who said the other day that school teachers ought not to have such long •wicatiocB. • • • •

Whistles Are Off Time. Eaton Rapids citizens complain that

the mill whistles of the city do not keep correct lime, and one laboring man advises the engineers to go look at the clock In the jewelry store win-dow every morning, noon and night before blowing.

Avirsge $1C0 Per Acre. The salting station of Williams Bros.

& Co.. at Wayland, hr,s closed after receiving 18,000 bushels of cucumbcrs. The average for the farmers on this urouuct has bfifift. ai 'er J100 per acre.

Talk of New Lines. Now comes another bit of gossip

from that enterprising town of Cadil-lac. Those Interested 'n railroad ex-tensions arc agitating a line from the Q.. R. & I. at Lake City across to Al-pena. There Is also another line be-ing talked of from Alpena to Frank-

fort, besides the Cheboygan Southern rem Petoskey to Cheboygan, and

which is already graded.

Need Evaporating P lan t Thousands of apples are going to

waste In the state this year, and now every town and village in the apple belt is howling because it hasn't an evaporator. The country papers are taking up the matter and suggest that the farmers ' clubs get together and offer a bonus to locate one.

Likes to Fish on Sunday. A Lapeer man whose customary

form of Sabbath observance, during tho fishing season. Is to go out a f te r the finny fellows, says he reckons it isn't more harmful to catch fish on Sunday than it is to run down a chick-en on that day for the preacher's din-ner.

Declare Hogs Are Nuisance. Manchester residents are demand-

ing that the law against keeping hogs in the village be enforced. People whose neighbors keep the animals claim it is a nuisance and a menace to public health, and have kicked to the health officers.

Frsak Apples. A Bedford farmer is the possessor

of a peculiar apple, half of which is sweet russet and the other half a Baldwin. The apple was picked from a Baldwin tree. Tho same fanner also picked a genuine russet from another Baldwin tree.

Gas Companies Consolidate. The Negaunee Gas company and the

Negaunee and Ishpeming Gas and Electric company have been consoli-dated. with Thomas H. Rockwell of Oshkosh, formerly president of the Fox River Gas and Electric company of Appleton, as president.

Paw Paw Boy Is Candidate. Frank R. Gooding, the Republlcaj

candidate for governor of Idaho, a former Paw Paw boy. His boyhi was^spent in comparative poverty, and his entire education was gained in the district school at Lyle.

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Sftip Lsct Blocks Abroad. About 12,000 hard maple last blocks,

made by a Cadillac concern from tim-ber grown In Wexford county, have been shipped to London, England.

Salt-Making Plant for England. The Manistee iron works hae begun

the manufacture of a mammoth salt-making plant, which will be shipped Intact to England and set up there. I t will be the first vacuum process salt works In Great Britain.

Productive Field of Muck. A field of muck near Decatur, about

three and a fourth acres, has grown in six years $2,324 worth of celery and $907 worth of mint, making a total of $3,291, with an expenditure of $850 for

4 help, ami lertlllzer,

PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD MEETS

Treasurer 's Report Shows That 122,• 916.03 Went to Home Missions.

Xt the session of the Presbyterian synod at Saginaw the election result-ed in the choice of Rev. William Bry-ant of Bay City as stated clerk and treasurer, and Rev. WUIard K. Spen-

Lew, D. D.. of Alma, as permanent clerk. Both offices are filled for a term of five years. The treasurer 's report gave the amount of gifts for home missions from all sources as$22,-916.03. Mrs. D. M. Cooper of Detroit presented the annual report of the Woman's Home Missionary society of Michigan. It showed an Increase of over $800 in contributions In behalf of mission work In Michigan. During the business session a resolution fa-voring the discontinuance of Sunday trains and the reduction of railroad work on the Sabbath as far as possi-ble was unanimously adopted.

Victim cf Hard Luck. Misfortune seems to follow Joslah

Mitchell, a Middle Branch man. Two years ago he lost his wife, who lef t a family of small children. Later one oi the younger boys was run over by a stone boat and is now receiving treatment at Ann Arbor. While he and his older son were away from home, a younger son lighted a "cat tail" In the barn, a spark from which set fire to the structure, burning It with its contents, the entire season'a crops, tools and farming Implements. It was all Mr. Mitchell had and the loss is over $500.

Acrobatic Horse. T. C. Anderson'of Union City owns

a horse of decided acrobatic tenden-cies. His latest fea t Is to climb up the steep stairs from the stable lead-ing to the hay mow In the second story, where he was kept for several days before means could be found to lower him nearer t e r ra firm a. This was fitally done by the aid of a huge sling, ropes and pulleys, operated by a half dozen men.

Gamt Preserve Is Growing. The game preserve on Grand Island,

near Munlslng, Is gradually being en-larged. The recent additions are some black tail deer and antelopes from the W e s t ten deer from the park commissioners at Mackinac Island and fifty-seven game birds known to scientists as Capercalllzle, Imported from Europe. A herd of reindeer will also be secured In the near future.

Equal Suffrage Convention. The twentieth annual convention of

the Michigan Equal Suffrage associa-tion will be held a t Jackson Oct. 25. 26 and 27. Dr. Frances Woods of the national association and Rev. Caro-line Bartlett Crane and Rev. Florence K. Crooker, well known -throughout Michigan, will be among the speakers a t the meeting.

LATEST CASH MARKET REPORTS

WHEAT. 1-tvfrpool—American, <« Wrf. Chlcaco-No. I r*<l, tl.10Vkl.12*. Kpw York-No. 2 rHI. IVlBV allnneapoltii—Nn. 1 northern. IMRL K n n u t Ctty—No. 2 Iwrd, Jl.OMjl.w. Puluth—No. 1 northern. II.IS* Mllwauk<*—No. l northern, 11.11 81, Loult-No 2 rod. fl lOVi l »*• Cincinnati—No. 2 red. ll.S'Vfc.

CORN. Uvcrpool—American mtuM, It CMoasp—No, t. Uc. New York—No. 1 R7\ic. KanMM CUy—No. 2 mined. St. Loofe-No. t, Peoria—No. I. He. t^lnrinnatt—No. S mixed, Uo.

OATS. Chlcaro-Standard. New York-No. I aWMc. Kiiniuii Clly-No. 2 white, SICSSo. 8t Loula-No. t StV Peoria—No. I white, Cincinnati—No. 2 ml*»_,

CATTLK. Chlcaro—$2.2S4M.I0

York—n.ttfi C t tv - i r i

Oir aha-fl.Tt® 6.m

New York—ll.ZSM.fit. KanMu ctu—tTMtlM. Oiraha—fl.TSfllie. St. Joi*ph-ll.2SB6 2k

St. Lonla—12 71. M. H003. SO. -CM. s s c i . r v

j. 75.

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Ch'c I New York—C KanMs Clt Omaha—12 St Joseph

St. Loulf.-44.7IlS«.ll. SHEEP AND LAMBS.

Chtcftfo-MSia. Now York—tl.76ff5.7J. Kansas C I ^ - | r 7 B # t l l Omnhn-C.S.TfcJ,«.

Purralo-41.60«110. St. Louis—S2.2596.SQ.

Old Men In Session. Seated on a bench In front of an

Oxford store one night recently were men whose ages totalled 452 years, an average of 78 years per man. The eldest erf the party was 80 and the youngest 66, and a singular fact was tha t the party, six In number, had al! known each other for the past fif-ty-three years.

Fire In Covered Carriage. The Union City fire department was

summoned out to quell a queer con-flagration, it being neither more nor less than a covered carriage with horse attached, standing upon the principal business street. The vehicle fvas saved in a damaged condition. The origin of the fire was not discov-ered.

Largest Paper Mill. The mammoth paper mill being

erccted at Vicksburg covers six acres of ground, is fireproof and is located on a thirty-acre tract reached by slde-tracka from the Grand Trunk and G. R. & I. railroads. The plant will be one of the largest In the world.

Study American Methods. Two German mining engineers re-

cently paid a visit to the copper coun-try to study the mines and methods of mining there. The engineers are ob-taining pointers about the country on how to Increase their output there ao cording to American methods.

Building Boom at Alpena. More modern buildings, including

business blocks, school buildings, churches and lodge quarters, besides the new city hall, have been erected In Alpena this summer than In many previous years.

Rain* Destroy Beans. Nearly one-quarter of the bean crop

In the vicinity of Brighton has been destroyed by the rains of the past week.

New Insurance Order. Tho Soo is responsible for a now fra-

ternal society, known as the Royal Or-der of Oaks.- Each Individual lodge is known as a grove, and the Soo lodge Is of course Grove No. 1. It is an insurance organization.

Boy Wanders From Home. A Plymouth boy, 3 years old, is evi-

dently destined to be a t ramp or a book agent. The other afternoon he left home and had walked four miles before he was stopped and taken in by iavaicrs !or i - e c l i i t

Charles J. Bonaparte of Baltimore will preside a t the sessions of Lake Mohonk Indian conference at Lake Mo-honk, N. Y.

Gov. Chamberlain and a distin-guished party from Connectfcut assist-ed In the dedication of the Connecti-cut monument on the Chattanooga bat-tlefield.

Delegates to the Christian church missionary convention a t St. Louis at-tended a union communion service in the Coliseum, which Is said to have been the largest gathering of the kind ever assembled.

Larkin W. Hall, proprietor of a mil-linery establishment in Boston, was found murdered. Fred Watson and Eugene Sennott, privates from Fott Warren, are held on suspicion of be-ing concerned in the crime.

When the safe in Tony Faust 's res-taurant , in S t Louis, was opened Sun-day It was found that $4,116 In cur-rency and checks was missing. The police are seeking the assistant bar-keeper. who they say has disappeared.

J . M. Culp, fourth vice-president of the Southern railway, has been elect-ed to the office of third vice-president

The light-grade rail plant a t the Ed-gar Thomson steel works at Braddock, Pa., went on double turn, giving em-ployment to 200 men.

The late "Golden Role" Jones lert ifn es ta te valued a t $354,112, according to papers filed in the probate court a t Toledo, Olio. Of this amount $332,-000 Is In stocks and bonds.

The trea«suiy dcpaitment has order-ed the collector of customs at Nor-folk, Va., to colloct duly on Persian and Turkish valuables brought to tha t port by naval officers on the collier Hannibal.

Lieut. Charles F. Cone was before the ccurt-martlal It. Savannah. Oan oa

j trial for alleged neglect of dnty in con-nection with the recent lynching In Statesboro. He asked to be acquitteu. ba t this was refused.

At the concluding session of the International Sunday Rest pongress a t S t Louis, Mo., an organization to be known as the International Feder-

| ation of Sunday 'Rest Associations of America was completed, with Rev. William S. Hubbcll of New York as president

According to the census bureau re-port, the United States has a total of 271,100 employes In the executive branches. The average annual salary In the government offices at Washing-ton is given as |1.072, average age of employes 41. and average period of service ten years.

Charles Isaacs, aged 29, and Joseph Graham, aged 28, of Chicago, were convicted of robbing a Grand Trunk freight car near Valparaiso, Ind., and given a prison sentence of from two to fourteen years.

William Chapman, who killed John Stelzer In a drunken brawl at a lum-ber camp near Portland, Ind., Is said to be dying from hemorrhage of the lungs, the result of the beating ad-ministered by Stelzer.

Because of the prevalence of dlpth-eria at Standford University in Call-lornla all the football men of the uni-versity have been given Injections of antitoxin.

Ansgar College of Hutchinson, Min-nesota, recently assigned by the trus-tees to the creditors, was sold at auc-tion, the property, which is estimated to be worth $50,000, being taken by the Connecticut Fire Insurance Com-pany fo^ the amount of Its mortgage, $10,826.

A Missouri Pacific passenger train from Kansas City and another from St. Louis collided a t California, Mo. No one was hurt.

Ardre Bobroff, second secretary of the Russian embassy at Washington, has left St. Petersburg for his official post.

Fanny Moran Olden, formerly one of the really great sopranos. Is In a hospital for mental diseases In a sub-urb of Berlin.

Former President G rover Cleveland eald In Princeton, N. J , that while he had made only one engagement to speak in the campaign, a t the meet-ing In New York next weeK, It was not Impossible his present view might be altered.

In the speech from the throne at tho opening of the storthing at Chrls-tianla, Norway, there was nothing of International Interest, with the ex-ception of the announcement of the Introduction of a tariff bill with the "object of affcrdlng national labor greater prciection."

F f i [ I M

m m m W E v r n E y

Ralph Rogers, a member t h e

Junior class of Wofford college. Spat-tansburg, S. C., was accidentally killed while playing with a revolver.

M. J. Kelley, secretary of the Booth-Kelley 1-umber Company, says there ha* been no eale of a half Interest in the rompany's holdings to eastern cap-

Itollsts. Six f rame and brick buildings at

Pottstown, tU., were destroyed by fire;

low, $1LOOO. The king of Slam has purchased a

supply of souvenir gold dollars Issued In commemoration of the Lewis and Clark exposition.

The Carnegie Steel company started two more open-hoarth furnaces a t South Sharon. Pa., making eight out of twelve In operation.

Owing to an attack of rabies. It hS* been necessary to destroy the houni? of the Chester Valley. P*-. h u n t said to be one of the most valuable in America. . *

I h e formal opening to navigation of Ohio river dam No. 6, at Morrill, N. Y., wa* made s gala day affair by thousands of eastern Ohio and west-ern Pennsylvania people.

Myrtle Bberly. who, acordlng to the police, admitted killing Thomas Lane of New Dorp. Staten Island, N. Y., a t S t Lduls. because he refused to keep S promise to marry her. was released on $20,000 bonds.

Fire destroyed the cotton compress and 700 bales of cotton at Elllsvllle, Miss.; loss, $75,000.

An American forest congress ^rill be held In Washington. D. C, for five days, beginning Jan. 2.

The W. C. T. U. of Iowa decided to postpone action redisricting the state until the next convention.

Mayor H. F. Blllmeyer of Belle-vue, O., recently Indicted for receiv-ing a bribe, was placed under bonds of $1,000.

Memorial exercises dealing with the life of Senator Hoar were held at all the public schools In Worcester. Mass., Friday.

Thomas Jons and Matthew Helll were killed In Newport mine, near Ironwood, Mich., falling sixty feet down the shaft.

Fire at Frankton, Ind., caused a loss of $40,000, destroying L. A. Wells' drug store, the opera house and other properties.

Pic Bogglo, an Italian, who shot and killed Rudolph Lenzi, a farmer, a t Spring Valley, 111,, May 8, 1904, plead-ed guilty and was sentenced to life Imprisonment V

Paul Herbert Schmidt, who con-fessed to the murder and robbery of William Taylor at Sherman, Conn., has given Information that will lead to the recovery of a portion of the property.

Six cars loaded with lumber were demolished la a freight wreck at Pana, III.

Two unknown men, aged 45 and 55, committed suicide a t Bellalre, O., by drinking carbolic acid.

Isaac Shoptaugh was arrested at Boonevllle, Ind., and returned to the Michigan City prison. He was out on parole.

A warrant charging murder In the first degree was issued against Myrtle Eberly of St. Louis, who has admitted that she killed Thomas l a n e of New Dorp, Staten Island, N. Y.

While on his way to visit his daugh-ter In St. Louis, whom he had not seen for twenty years, George Krebs of Kansas City fell from the platform of a Missouri Pacific train and was killed.

Tho Indictments against Superinten-dent Board and Commissioners Bush and Smith of the Western Kentucky Insane Asylum at Hopkinsvllle were dismissed, it being shown that they had no connection wifli presenting two heifers to Stale Senator Richardson, which, It was charged, were given In payment for aiding In getting large appropriation for the asylum through the legislature.

Israel Zangwlll, the critic and au-thor, leaves Liverpool for New York to enlist the sympathy of wealthy New Yorkers In the proposed ettab-llshment of a Jewish colony in eas t Africa.

Walter Fitch, one of the best-known mining men In the Lake Superior re-gion, has accepted the general man-agement of the mines and smelters of the United States Mining company.

John B. Ward, secretary of the lega-tion a t Constantinople under Lew Wallace, who assisted In the produc-tion of "Ben-Hnr," Is at the point of death In the county hospital a t San Bernardino. Cal.

In the chamber of deputies a t Madrid Finance Minister Osma Intro-duced a bill abolishing all transport duties on cereils, flours, potatoes, dried vegetables, cattle, coal and ma-nures conveyed by sea, river or rail.

The Jeffersonvllle, Ind., branch of the American Car and Foundry Com-pany will be closed Indefinite^ Nov. 1. About 300 men are affected.

The Iowa League of Municipalities elected Mayor Charles D. Huston of Cedar Rapids president and chose f Burlington as the next meeting place.

The body ot Elmer Shaw, 39 years Ad, who disappeared, was found in the Wabash river at Vlncennes, Ind.

At the annual meeting of the Great Northern Railroad Company in New York all the retiring directors were re-olocted.

Admiral Dewey has again offered to assume command of tho combined fleet in the Cfribbean sea eariy in January and direct the winter maneu-vers. Secretary Morton will accept the admiral's offer If he can be spared from the presidency of the general beard.

I MEDAL SHOWS PEACE COMPACT

FOR COAST DEFENSE Struck In Honor of First Treaty Be-tween Indian and Saxon.

A sliver medal commemorating a treaty between the Creek tribe and Great Britain during the reign of George III is In the possession of a citizen of Muskogee. The medal weighs three and a half ounces, meas-ures three inches In diameter, and is in an excellent state of preservation, having been treasnred in a buckskin pouch and exhihiled only on occasions when national festivitfes were o b served.

I 'pon tho face of the medal appears In bold relief a picture of King George and an Inscription, as follows: "Geoigius 111, D. G. M. bri f ra bib rex F. D." Upon the reverse side appears a picture of an Indian and a white man sitting under a tree smoking the pipe of ptacf>, with three ships rest ing at anchoi in the distance, and a rude settler 's home nestled among the t rees by the seashore. Above this picture Is the legend: "Happy While United." Surmounting the medal Is an eagle's wing and a pipe of peace.

"fhis treaty medal is regarded as being the oldest In existence, anrt probably commemorates the first com-pact established between the Indian and tho Saxon. I t was handed down from chief to chief until about half a century ago, when. It was Intrusted to the head men of the Tokepache town the most powerful of all t h e Creel-towns.

Breathlee* We Strive. strive, rontendlns for suc-Breathless

cess. Accordinc to the standards of our dty. what is success? is It to And

rible charge «t ns door; I admit i t with shame. We have banned wines because of t h e i r relation to gout, and

" imi is success? Is 11 to nnd a way have thereby encouraged what needed

^ «>«. « « < * i\V>iii. -• - "vt—.i-.i s p i r i t ] xnlght KT-.p to describe tho

deadly nerve poi-ens, ranch worse than ethyl alcohol, which occur In the greater par t of the whisky now drunk In ever-Increasing quantlttes In this

f was once Its emblem, and f.ie | country. But havlnc: thus accused my .k 1 profession, I must ri-M-.laro that i ts at-uked !t as a wayfclde Inn ob- | ^ ^ ^ ^

going a complete reversal.

sw-n And „ 6ul>m<

imple pleasures crasping at a more extended

11 firing to our gods of clay the soul, al last. In worldll-

O. C. McDANNBLL, K . I k

rKYSJClAN and surckon St. L«w«n.wi<a

M. C. GREENB, M. D

Physician and Surgeon

Omce Over BoyUn". Store. Bride* St,

By Ora- mere stands n cottage smnll nnd The I

That'

rut n And

Disappearing Gun Raised in Position for Action. This it the King of Can-"In Battery" a t the World'* Fair. non

The visitor to the World's Fair Is afforded an excellent opportunity of studying every feature of the ar t of war. Besides extenslte exhibits of the

t arms, ammunition and military equlp-' ment of every nation, scattered

through almost all of the great exhl-^ bltion places, there are to be seen

on Government hill a reries of model fortifications llluetrrftlng the most typ-ical and np-to-^ate features of the

* coast defenses of the United States. The most Important types of pro-

ject i les are s h o t shell, torpedoes and shrapnel. A shot consists principally of metal, containing a comparatively small amount of explosive. The deck-plercfog shot used In coast defense fflortsrs are hardened at the f 'nt to Increase their power of penetration.

A. shell has a thinner c r u s t and a larger Quantity of explo-

the mortar a deck-plero-11 is used, which is likewise

haiSibod a t the point sb as to pene-r 4 t ra te t h e deck armor of the Invading

* ship and explode below I t A torpedo shell, has an exceedingly light crust with S very large quantity of some high szploslve, usually. In the case of

DIZZY BRIDGE IN THE ANDES.

mortar torpedoes, 137 pounds cf max-imlte. This is intended to cause the bursting of a large amount of hlgli explosive in the midst of the enemy. When it falls upon s hostile ship it does great injury to the personnel, and crushes the deck by 4ts explosion and not by direct impact

In disappearing and rapid-fire guns either shell o r shrapnel Is ordinarily used, the former being directed against the fortifications or ships, or to assist in obtaining ranges, while the latter Is meant more particularly for the personnel.

Smokeless powder, which Is twice as powerful as the old brown-prismatic or black powder, is now employed for tho "propelling charge" In all oases; nnd aloo for the "bursting charge" (contained in the p r o t i l e ) , except where a volume of smoke is for some reason particularly desired. For ex-ample, In the case of the shell used In coast defense. .It Is a great advan-tage to be able to locate distinctly the place struck. As smokeless powder is difficult to Ignite, those projectiles in which It Is used have a t each end an Igniting charge, composed of black powder.

Beecher and the Rooster. That Henry Ward Beecher wa?

spared much embarrassment by hit quickness a t repartee is fllustratod by the following s tory:

One evening, m he was tn th< midst of an Impassioned speech, somt cue Interrupted him by suddenly crow lug llkf % rooster. Tt was done to perfectlMrt s number of people laughed In spite of themselves, anc the speaker's friends felt t h a t In t moment the whole effect cf t h e meet Ing, and of Mr. Beecher'a thrill ing ap peals, might be l o s t The orator, how ever, was equal to the occasion. He stopped, listened till the crowlni ceased, and then, with a lock of sur prise, pulled out his watch.

'Morning already!" he sa id; "ms watch Is only a t 10. But t he re car be no mistake about f t The instinct! of the lower animals are Infallible."

There was a roar of laughter. Th( ' l ower animal" In the gallery eol lapsed, and Mr. Beocher was able tc resume as If nothing had occurred.— Success.

I. dwelt high consecration hf-re. .-.itUudo still guard* It as n

Hallowed hv thnt success which time ''Ut mal:es more dear!

—Hi ,•nee Eiirle Contes in Century.

Medical Men and Intoxicants. The following Is from an article by

Dr. P W. Salceby, w hich appeared re-cently in the London Daily Chronicle:

Thcrr has lately been sent out to every registered medical practilioner in 'he Tnited Kingdom a copy of a

Alcoholic Poisoning. Dr. W. C. Sullivan, at the recent

meeting of the mefiieo-psychological association of Great Britain and Ire-land. pointed out that the bulk of the social evil wrought by Intemperance was due to chronic alcoholic poison-ing, not to Elmple dritnkenness. "ihus suicide, crime. Insanity and racial d e

- terioration—In so far a s they were prtition to be presented to the Central | caused by drink—depended on ohron-Educational authorities cf the country, j ic alcoholism. But the sort of drink-in which it Is asserted that "a wide- j ing which led to casual drunkenness spn ad ignorance prevails concerning I might be entirely different from that not only the nature and properties of : which led to chronic Intoxication. this substance"—that is, a l coho l - ' "bnt also Its effects on the body and the mind."

Alaska's Gold Outpu t Alaska, during the year ended Junt

20, 1904. produced gold cf the valut of $6,328,524. "Tha t does not Includf Canadian gold shipped through Alas ka.

1

Swaying Suspension Devices of For-mer Days Gradually Disappearing.

^ J P i t h the building of railways and wagon roads Into the hear t of the South American Andes there is gradu-ally disappearing a type of suspension bridge peculiar to that region of which travelers used to speak with

. horror. These bridges arc on the mountain

f trails . Long ropes of twisted vines a re stretched from one side of a deep gorge to the other and made fast to t rees on each side. Then a rude floor-ing Is laid and other rones of twisted vines form handrails on either side of the footway. The bridge Is so loosely hung that i t sways frightfully under f o o t and roaring torrents dash over rocks a thousand feet or more below. T e t the Indians cross them without t e a r or dizziness, carrying heavy' loads on their backs and minding the passage no more than If they were walking across the Brooklyn bridge.

To others, however, they aro dan-gerous places, f o / If a man loses his "nerve" or becomes dizzy the chances a re that he will fall off and be dashed

' t o pieces, because the side ropes are so loose that tney offer little or no protection, and the rearing of the tor-rent , the swaying of the frai l struc-ture, which hardly allows the traveler to. keep his feet, and the sense of

Ibeing suspended In midair above 1m-J mouse depths is enough to t ry the ^hsrd ies t and most level headed per-

SHIP LIFTED OVER HILL

The petition urges that Instruction be given lo our school children In this muter , as u Is already in army schools in Canada, In Victoria, South Australia, Natal and the United States, to mention English-speaking conntries alone.

Within four days of the posting of this petition fourteen thousand slgna-tures were received. The verdict of science on alcohol is that it Is a poi-son to protoplasm—the "physical basis (f life"—and the verdict of the medical profession in Great Britain, following its fellows in other lands, will shortly be given to tho world in this petition.

Let us now examine the problem from a purely scientific standpoint. Everyone but the extremist Is pre-pared to admit that, even apart from bat-making and motor-cars, alcohol has It-- uses for man. But public opin-ion wonld assuredly be greatly sur-prised if It were to take up and read in any modern text-book of pharma-cology or therapeutics, what is the ac-tual verdict of physiological and medi-cal science on the uses of alcohol.

To discover tha t what Is taken to "keep out the cold" markedly and consistently lowers the temperature, and that the Indispensable "stimu-lant" is often administered as a seda-tive, wonld abolish the absurdity to which most people must apparently give credence, that alcohol is invalu-able to the doctor and yet fills our hospitals and asylums. There is In reality no contradiction, and the posi-tion taken by the three official repre-sentatives (all of whom use alcohol in their practice) of the first medical school in Great Britain in signing the recent manifesto Is capable of an Inex-pugnable defense on purely scientific grounds.

If ethyl alcohol were for the first time presented to a biologist, together with an account of its origin, he would expect the substance to have certain poisonous properties and would put it down, provisionally, as among the tox-ins. Countless simple plants, such as tho bacilli of tuberculosis or diph-theria, produce characteristic poison-ous substances or toxins, which can be, more or less, definitely isolated and studied. Alcohol, in a word, is the tcxin of the yeast plant.

How does It come about that so many of us take alcohol to keep out the cold. Simply because the nerves of

Drunkenness In its simple form was tho result mainly of convivial drink-ing, of the drinking that w-ent with conditions of relative luxury; It was generally Intermittent and did not tend much toward chronic alcoholism. It was quite different with the sort ol drinking which might be termed in dustrlal drinking, the drinking thai went with bad hygienic conditions, overcrowding, insufficient o r u n a t t r a c tlve food, overwork and so on.

It was characteristic of this form ol drinking that it went on during work-ing hours, and that it was more oi less in substitution of food. From a social point of view convivial drunk-enness was at once much less Import ant and much easier to check than was Industrial alcoholism. The rem-edy for the latter form of drinking was to raise the standard of living and something might also bo done b> restricting the facilities for obtaining alcohol during working hours by p r o vidlng hygienic substitutes, and by sane and temperate teaching as to th€ proper use and limitations of alcoholic liquors.

BIG ELEVATOR ON CANAL RAISES SHIPS OVER TTTTT

the Spaniards conquered ese wore tho only sort of

ges there, but the Inca kings had . t f c rn built on such a grand scale that

t h e invaders were able to ride across " t hem on their horses clothed In full

mail, though they took the precau-tion to blindfold their chargers before they urged them on the swaying struc-tures. -

How Far Away Are the Stars? Speaking roughly, we have reason,

from data so far available, to believe t h a t the s tars of the Milky Way are situated a t a distance between 100,-000,000 and 200,000,000 times the dis-tance from the sun. At distances less than this It seems likely that the ^ h r s are distributed through space with some approach to uniformity. We may s ta te as a general conclu-sion, Indicated by -several methods of making the estimate, that nearly

the stars which we can see with our telescopes ai% contained within a sphere not likely to be much more

£ vbsn 200,000,000 times the distance of %^tlie sun, & The Inquiring reader may here ask

another question. -Gran t l rg that all t he stars*we can see aro contained within this limit, may there not be

, any number of stars without the limit f ' which are invisible only because they

a r e too far away to be seen?—Simon Newcomb in Harper 's Magazine.

An elevator that will lift ships over a hill, just as the elevators in any great department store carry custom-ers from one floor to another, Is an engineering wonder which has just been completed at Peterborough, O n t , and which. It Is believed by many, will give a new Impetus to the pro-jected plan of running a canal from Georgia Bay straight through the hear t of most productive Canada to l.jxke Ontario, t h u s making a short cut which saves 260 miles and which will Incidentally rob Detroit of a large percentage of shipping.

The complete success of th is gigan-tic lift lock, which is practically a hugh elevator for lifting and lowering heavily laden ships a t a small expense from one waterway to another, adds a new Importance to the Trent valley waterway. By means of this new lock a barge or stoamer can be lifted or lowered a distance of sixty-six fee t in one and a half minutes, while with tho old style of lock, like those at Sault Ste. Marie, several hours are consumed in doing tho same work.

The elevators, or pans. Into wh'ch the ship runs, are two great steel boxes, each one capable of holding a vessel 150 feet long and 3S feet wide. Each of these pans Is supported by a huge steel arm, or piston, five feet In diameter.

Now, Imagining both pans filled with water, they would absolutely bal-ance between the massive cement towers which act a s the framework of the scales. "But they are n s t wanted to balance, so a little hydraulic pres-sure forces up one of the piston arms, and one of the tanks is held a t the upper canal, while the other i s a t the lower canal, C6 feet below.

Erom the lower canal the shir

j cur sense (f temperature end in tho skin. Be c-.:r skin well supplied with

i wiirm blood we say we are warm; i and vice versa. Furthermore, we nor-I mally lose heat, and keep our tem-

..... ' perature at the p roper level, by ra-glides into the big tank, and the gatet ] diatlon from the skin. Any drug that are closed behind i t : dilates the blood-vessels of the skin

Then the lockmaster "rings to the will therefore tend to make us feel elevator boy." This assistant, nearly i warmer and be colder. Everyone is one hundred feet below, touches a aware that alcohol dilates tho cutane-lever. i "tis blood-vessels, as in the drunk-

Hydraulic pressure is bronchi tc a r ( ' s R O S e : ( ' 0 n o t know that the bear against the piston of the ship ' ^ s e q u e n t loss of heat is a devltal-laden t a n k - a force pushing up, as it agent that is often a predispos-werc—while the water-filled tank ! n ^ c a " s c o r Pn^monla . "^u c™ do above acts as a weight coming down. n o t l i i n P I n o r e f o o , i s h , h a i 1 l a k e a n i P

Tn inct . w t ^ ^ . of whiskey before going out on a in jus t about one and a half mm . . utcs the vessel Is on a level with the , ; , , 41_ „ upper canal, when the water-tight I Jnf ini te ty more impor ant than al g . t M of both canal and lock a r c , , h e s e '« t h f opened. alcohol on the nervous system. I have

Ac tVo V.„ , , . no business at this moment with the bro.?ch? „n L i t ? f ^ w h * * ' - records of insanity or crime, but It is with water thero is a l r e a ( 1 > f l l 'C ( ^/gali while to dispel another popular t o t ^ m u n ° r U 8 h I n g 0 1 2 lallecy as to the influence of aicohol ononprt onrt th e n t he gates a r c j ^ t h G ^ ^ ^ 1 processes. For many opened. And the vessel elides cuiell' •wt v w \ s out and on her way. S ' |S";1 r s »""• S l s ^

^ I exhaustive inquiry In the psychologl-ir all has gone well no more than f a i laboratories of Germany, Prance

twelve minutes have passed during : nnd America. The conclusions reached the change of waterways. a r e extremely remarkable. Number-

When a vessel Is lowered, prscti . less tests have been carried out with cally the same work Is done ovei i such processes as adding up a columh again, only In th is Instance the hy jof figures, writing an account of a

simple occurrence, discriminating be-tween colors, and so forth. And the

I singular result, well-established and

- —..—uv-c mi- hy draullc pressure Is added t o the side t h a t is coming doWn. so t h a t the shir will not fall too rapidly.

The entire working of t h e gigantic mechanism is absolutely noiseless, and t h e sight of a large ship belnp raised or lowered a distance ,01 more than sixty feet, without Jar, t remor or grating. Is almost awesome.

Microbes Cause Death. Prof. Tito Carbone, a noted Ital

lan bacteriologist, has died In Milan f rom a fever accidentally caused >>y microbes with which h e was experi-menting. - "

confirmed, is that alcohol delays the rapidity and impairs the accuracy of these processes whilst producing the most convincing illusion of ease and rapidity. The calculator has a sub-jective impression of facility which the cold clock falls to confirm. This fact has not yet been explained, but our knowledge of the chemistry of brain processes tends to show that tne alcohol molecule undergoes the most complex relationships with the protoplasm of the living cell.

Defective Children. Lo Blen Social has an article on de-

iectlve children, in which we read thai the schools for such children con tain 954 scholars, but the Society foi the Protection of Defective Children has made inquiry, and tound tha t In Belgium there a re at least 8.000 such children and the greater number arc receiving no edncation at all. The ar t i d e goes on to say that in this sad mat ter "alcohol plays a preponderat-ing role." The teacher of a school at Antwerp "was so struck with the evil alcohol had caused to the children that he renounced for life the use of all al-coholic drinks, liqueurs, wine and beer." He one day said to a . f r iend: "How can one continue to drink when one sees In these children the terrible evils caused by alcohol?" Our con temporary then asks: "Do the rich dis tillers and the public empoisoners pay for the special teaching of these chil-dren? Do they charge themselves with the duty of remedying the sad consequences of their pitiable condl tion? These "honorables' content them selves with shutting up In their draw ers and safes the cursed money which they gain through the mlsfor tune and stupefying of the people."

In another article on criminality In Belgium, after giving details of the crimes committed through drink, showing that 75 per cent of the criml nals are alcoholics, it says; "It Is the infernal commerce of the distillers and the retail dealer in alcohol which produces all these criminals. Why not make those who deliver them selves up to this destructive commerce pay tho considerable cos t amounting to millions, which criminality entails on the country?"

A Model Village. A practical cxperlnvjit In restrict-

ive liquor legislation is being worked out by the corpcraticn council of Bir-mingham. England. The organ of the United Kingdom Alliance gives the following details of the enterprise;

"Elan, the site of Birmingham's ne^" waterworks, which the king Is to open, Is said to be the most complete model village in England. Iti, was built ten years ago by the Birmingham corpo ration for l h « accommodation of the navvies engaged on the works, and has been subject to a Utopian gov-ernment. I ts only entrance is over a suspension bridge, and this has been used to prevent the coming of unau-thorized and undesirable strangers. Tramps seeking work, tor example, are barred out until they have under-gone a week's quarantine, and tlu-n those for whom there are job« are scoured and cleaned before crossinc the municipal rubicon. The one public house Is run on unique lines. No spir-i ts a rc sold, only beer, and that not to women or males under elchteen years of age. The inn is open for only five honrs a clay—from 1?;J0 noon to 2 p. m., and from 5:SO to & p. m.—and not at all on Sundays."

Old Age Pensions, Some of the leading French states-

men, including Rouvler. Combes nnd Trouillot. have given their sanction to the socialistic scheme ol" granting every person aged over sixty a pen-sion of $72 a year. This scheme. If carried o u t would cost the country

The mcdical r-rofession b«s a ter-! fC-O.OPO.WD a year.

S. P. HICKS

t « m s . Collections, Real EltJtte, ««d Insurance.

LOWELL, MICHIGAN.

MILTON M. P t R R Y imomey and Counselor at Law

Block, Lowell, Mich. SpmiHi MMhAUin giveQ u; UollecUons, Oo«»

•tymicJmf tiuo sale of Ural Rstata. Hm »)»•

IukJflrd and Nwn lUHalUWl to prnctlce In Ik* nter.or DpauTtmpni unc i all th« bunwaa

and Is Wiuly to prcwecale claim* fa* iliiwi that may liecniUled to penatofl bounty.

R - E . S P R I X G E T T

ATTORNEY .IT LAIV General Law Practice and Coll

Offio®, C i t y B a n k Biock. Lcwell.

DR. E. D. McQUEEN

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realm of dress. Black is always dignified, elegant and genteel. It is putting it light when we say we have the best values and largest assortment in Lowell.

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From Our Point of View

FOR PROSECUUNC ATTORNEY.

THE Rev. A. H. Sturgls l>cing but a recent addition lo 1

our list of readers is excusable for apologizing for looking at one of THE LEDGER'S conclusions from HIS point of view. He has a pcrfect right to differ from everybody else all of the time if he chooses;and if he does not differ fromSOMEbody SOME of the time he isn't worth shucks. It is said that there are no two blades of grass or no two leaves in the forest that are ex-actly alike; and if the Creator intended all men to think alike. He made a mighty poor job of it. Mr. Sturgis is assured that the writer so far from claiming infallibility, makes no preten-sions beyond always trying to be right; and that no utterance of this department is held to be above criticism. When we go to hear Mr. Sturgis preach, we reserve the right to accept what appeals to our reason and to reject the rest. A s a reader, he has the same right.

Mr. Sturgis is mistaken iu stating that we make 4B. repre-sent THE Christian believer.' We said very plainly that 'B. PROFESSED to be A Christian. To make B. represent Chris-tians as a class would be an infamous slander. B. was resur-rected to verify our statement that "Apparently believing and doing do NOT always go together," which we see no reason to modify.

It may be true that B. s claim to be a "believer" was worthless; but it must be remembered that the CHURCH gave him its endorsement of membership. Shall we reject as a "be-liever" one thus sanctioned? And why does Mr. Sturgis say B. was "an UNbeliever?" Why? Because B.'s CHARACTER was bad. So, Mr. Sturgis accords with THE LEDGER in making character the test, judging the tree by its fruit.

After all, our differences are mostly in words. THE LEDGER claims that character is the main thing and that belief is secondary. Mr. Sturgis and A Thinker opine that if the belief is right the character will be right. The reader pays his money and takes his choice.

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CO Monroe Nt. Orantf Rapid*

THERE is such a thing as proving too much, as the Grand Rapids Herald may find. Its oft repeated question as to what Governor Ferris could do for primary reform when confronted by a Republican House and Senate signifies, if it means any-thing, that that sort of a Legislature can not be trusted to en-act the people's will into law. This may look like good cam-paigning to the Herald; but Republican candidates might well prefer to have Br'er. Conger "Take to the woods" again.

The length to which some sincere but simple people will go in furtherance of their peculiar notions is shown by the ac-tion of the Amish colony at Hirara» O. Because one of their number was fined for refusing to send his children to the pub-lic schools, they will sell their farms and move away. They believe the world is flat and object to geography as it is taught in the public schools. "Believing and doing" seem to go together in their case.

Lapeer is such a "rock-ribbed" Republican count}7 that ©ffice-holding has practically been prohibited to Democrats ev-er since the Civil war; but the revolt against the State ma-chine has spread even to that stronghold and at least two Re-publican papers in that county are supporting Roosevelt & Ferris; and numerous faithful old-timers in the party are eager to rebuke the Navin-Atwood gang. Truly, 'tis a long lane that has no turning.

The New York American gives facts and figures to prove that in ten years more, at present rate of progress, the Stand-ard Oil company will own the earth and the fullness thereof. Still, Jules Verne's Earth & Moon Transportation company may be operating then; and if we have to get off the footstool*, we can emigrate.

N e a r l y 200,000 men—110,852 Russians and 88,395 Jap-anese—have already been sacrificed in the terriffic conflict in the East; and the end appears to be far away. Grant was right: "War is hell;" and men arc only half civilized. Some day they will find a better way of settling disputes than by killing each other.

EXCURSIONS VIA TUB

PERE MARQUETTE T o <iraii(3 Kapidg Sunday , October

38. RateiVOc. Tra in will leave L/ow-ell a t I H C a . ni. See posters , o r aek agenlf i fo r par t icu lars .

H . F. Moeller, G. P . A.

SB. OO To Ckicac* aad Ret or* rfcarsfcay, O c t . 2 0 .

Tickets will l»e sold for all t r a i n s October 20, good t-o r e tu rn on r egu la r t r a i n s learlnR C h k a g o until Mon-d a y , October 24. Inclusive. See pos t -e r s or jifik agen t s fo r p a r t iculars.

H. F. Modler . G. P . A.

S e t t l e r s r a t e * t o t f c e S o n t b m o d S o u t h e a s t .

O n e w a y , wcond-daas t ickets on sa le a t all s t a t ions on first and third T u e s d a y s p leach m o n t h .Ask a g e n t s f o r par t lc la rs .

W o r l d ' s F a i r a t S t . L o u t s .

Bo.ind t r i p t ickets a t low r a t e s , o n Kale a t all ticket s t a t ions . Ask a g e n t for ra tes , l imit ol t ickets a n d lu l lpar-t k u l a r s .

Cause of Lockjaw.

L o c k j a w , or telanus, is caused by a bacillus or germ which ex ists p lent i ful ly iu dirt . I t i s inact-ive so long as exposed to the air but when carried beneath tbe skin, as in t h e wounds caused by percus-sion caps or rusty nails, and when t b e a i r is excluded tbe germ „ roused to activity a n j produces tbe mos t v i rulent poison ever known. T h e s e germs may W destroyed and all d a n g e r of lockjaw avoided by a p p l y i n g Chamberlain 's Pain Balm f i e e ly as soon as the in ju ry is re-ce ived . Pain Balm is an ant isept ic and causes cuts, brusies and l ike in-ju r i e s to heal without matura t ion and in one third the t ime required fo r usual t rea tment . I t i s f o r sale hy A. D. Sttkgis.

F. ORTON Of t h e late firm of Burl i t igame, Belden & O r i o n .

Letter From Mayor Sweet E X E C U T I V E O F F I C E

G r a n d Rap ids , Mich. EDWIN F . SWEET, MAYOR.

Oct. 6lb, 1904 M R . J E S S E F . O R T O X , C i ty : My D e a r S i r : — Y o u r candidacy f o r tbe office of P rosecu t ing A t t o r n e y

is most g r a t i f y i n g to me. You are the k ind of a man we need in t h a i affice a t t h i s t ime. I shall suppor t you fo r the same rearsous tha t I sup-por ted M r . F e r r i s , via because 1 have confidenoe in you r competency and in tegr i ty , a n d also because you r record shows tbat principle and no t pol i i ics will cont ro l you r admin is t ra t ion . Very t ru ly yours,

E D W I N F. S W E E T "

Platform.

TIE L8VELI HUKT KFtRT. [Corrected Oct . 19, 1904 ]

G R A I N . W h e a t 1.12 per busbe Oa t s , new ."JOc 4 " Oorn iwc - " Rye • * * "

F K K D

Corn and Oatn f24 00 per t o n Bran 20 00 " " Middlings 24 00 " " l orn Meal 23 00 " "

P R O D U C E Flour $3 20 pe r c w t E g g s 18c per dozen B u t t e r 14 t o l f i c pe r imund La rd 8 t o Wc *• " Wool 19 t o 23c " " Beans, new 1 25 t o 1 50perbushel P o t a t o w 25 ' " " Clover 8 00 Alsvke 7 50 t o 8 00 T imothy -2 00 t o 2 S

M E A T S

Beef, live, weight . . .$3 (I0to4 OOpercwt Beef dresned $5 00 t o 6 00 " Veal dressed f S 00 Sheep live weight . . .$3 OOto 4 00 " Lambflllve w e i g h t f b 00 " C a l m live $509 to&fiO " Pork al ive #4 00 4 75 " Pork dressed S6 OOto 6 50 "

Frcits Pears 40 t o 50 pe r bu Peaches 75 •* 1.50 " bu P lums •. 40 " 50 " "

I F I AM E L E C T E D :

1. T b e remaining ••water deal "cases will be prosecuted vigorously a n d with al l possible speed and economy.

9. I shall consider i t m y dnty , as legal adviser of t h e coun ty , and represen t ing the a ia te in mat ters per ta ining to this coun ty , t o gua rd t h e t reasury against all g r a f t s and raids, official o r o therwise .

P u b l i c officers, or the i r de|»iitio<, o r o ther persons, w h a m i k e oa lh to f r audu lan t , dupl ica te o r padded billn or c laims, wil l be proseoated l o the l i m i t of the law. P u b l i c officers who receive fees, o r o the r moneys , t o which they are not legal ly ent i t led, will b e c>>m|yilled t o r e i m b u r s e the county or s t i t e ,

3. Ins tead of the p resen t method of t i l i ng the sa la ry of t h e Prose-cu t i ng At to rney , by cont rac t with the Board of Superv i so rs , a f t e r election, I favor a plan by which the Board of Superv i so rs , b e f o r e t h e ho ld ing of the pr imaries , shall fix the Proseculor^s sa la ry f o r the e n s u i n g term, such salary to be ful l compensat ion f o r al l services o u t s i d e as well as mside the coun ty .

4. I shall g ive par t icular a t tent ion to the e n f o r c e m e n t of elect ion a n d pr imary laws, especially those provisions r e l a t i ng t o u n l a w f u l vo t ing a n d and the cor rupt use of money in pol i t ical campaigns .

* J E S S E F . O R T O N

Indorsed by Leading Attorneys. TO T H E V O T E R S O F K E N T C O U N T Y :

W e are well acqua in ted with Mr . J e s s i e F . O r i o n and his profes-sional career and persona l charac ter . H e is a man of h igh c h a j » ^ l e r and a l awyer of ab i l i t y ; up r igh t , honorab le a n d successful . H e is t h o r oughly equipped a n d qualified for t h e of f ice of P ro secu t i ng A t t o r n e y ; and , if e lcc ted , we h a v e no doubt t h a t h e will g i v e an eff ic ient , clean and honest adminis t ra t ion of t h e office in t h e in te res t of jus t ice a n d t h e whole people . H e wi l l prosecute v io la to rs of t h e l aw, whe ther r ich o r poor , ind iv idua l s o r corpora t ions . T o h im all will be equal law • W e commend h tm t o t h e vo te rs of th i s c o u n t y , of an ideal P rosecu to r who wil l honor t b e off ice .

J o h n E . More . Myron II W a l k e r . J o h n S . Lawrence . Char les M. W i l s o n . C . O . Smed ley . T h o m a s F. Carro l l .

Two Chapters From the Official Record of the Present Prosecuting Attorney,

Who is a Candidate for a Third Term.

Aaacal Excaivtoa To Cklcat* 6raaS Traak V a i l v a y Systea .

Extremely low fa res t o Chicago a n d re tu rn on all t r a i n s . Oct . 24, 1904. Return l imit Oct. 24, 1904, fo r f a res a n d fu r the r p a r t i c u l a r s call on local agent o r wr i te t o Geo. W. V a u x , A. G. P. & T . A. Chicago.

"The Youths' Companion"

Free for Six Months.

With ever purchase of $5.00 or over in onr Boys' Department

This is the most liberal highest class premium ever offered in Grand Rapids and is doubling the safes in our splendid Boys* Department.

No string to the offer. This best known of Boys* Magazines will be mailed direct to the boys every week for six months, free of all cost, with every pur-chase of $5.00 or over.

Our B o y ' s Depar tment is t b e finest In Michigan, t b e h ighes t g r a d e gives the best values.

Box Statements—The Ledger. - Box S t a t e m e n t s p r in ted .

al l before the parlies.

Date me

RAILSOAD From aad to what places

Dola. and

Cents

HOTEL Name & Ttane

Ools. aad

Cents

UVEMT Place, tune,

distance; bos; or street car.

IMa. aad

Cents

I f ea i s Doii aad

Cents Oct. 17 Grand Uaplds to Macki-

naw Oily for X ofHcerK and 2 prisoners tr u

Breakfast for four 0 M

Hack atG rand RapMs v.. . U 00 ISO IS

Dinners for 4 SOO 100 Fonr tk-kete fnnn Mack-inaw Otty to Marqoeue. 26 00

Supper, lodg-ing. breakfast soo

(lack at Mar-inette SOD SI 00

Marquette to Macklna* Olty.X officers U 0D

Olaweni a n d sappers (» . . . . soo u o o Urf f f tngfor l 1 00 1 00

Mackinaw OH# to Grand Rapids for two U 56 Breakfast W too 14 58

Olawers®.... 100

Totals TV ft. I S « SOO M «

Born—to Mr. and Mrs. I»odds, of Boston t o w n s h i p a p o u n d daugh te r . Oct, €.

C p ^ P T E H 1.

In November a n d December , 1902, the case of Peop le vs. Nicho ls was t r ied a t G r a n d Haven on a c h a n g e of venue f rom K e n t C o u m y . T b e defense took t h e deposi t ion of a wi tness in ( a l i f o rma , and the I ros-ecu t ing At to rney went t he re to cross exam m e tb . s witness. For t h i s t r ip the fo l lowing charge was made aga ins t tbe oounly;

People vs. N icbols .

12 days' trip t o California, at |»er day $800 .00 E x p e n s e s of t r ip to Ca l i fo rn ia (out i t e m i s e d ) 181.65

A t th i s l ime the coun ty was also p a y i n g $50.00 per day and expenses for the prosecution of t h e N i c h o l s case a l Grand Haven , and the Pros-ecutor was d rawing a salary of $5 ,000 .00 per annum in addi t ion t o h is charge for ihe C a l i fo rn ia tr ip- T h e Board of Snjn:rvisors finally a l lowed th i s i tem of §;300.00 aga ins t the recomraendat ion of i t s c o m m i t t e e on claims. (P roceed ings , pages 96, 27 32). W h i l e a charge f o r services on th is t r ip was wi th in f h e l e t t e r of t h e conUac t between t h e P rosecu to r and Sujvervisore; y e t , as remarked b y member s of the Board (see Even-i n g Press and P o s t f o r J a n u a r y , 20, iy03) , $25 00 per day besides t b e regular sa lary , seemed to be p r e t t y good pay lor v iewing t h e western " s c e n e r y " . A l al l events , t h e bi l l f o r expenses should have been i temized, the presenta t ion of large expense bil ls wi thout i t emiz ing them be ing ent irely indefensible . T h e en t i r e bill fo r ihe Nichols case was re-tu rned to the P rosecu to r with a request that it be i temized; b u t t h e

' ' s i t ems of these Ca l i fo rn ia expensese were never given and the chum finally a l lowed .

7X

CHAPtER II

In Apr i l , 1903, t h e r e was -publ ished a n d widely c i rculated in th is coun ty , a repor t showing g rave abuses a n d violat ions of law in the S h e r i f f s office, i n c h a r g i n g the county a n d s l a te fo r services and ex-penses. T h e s e i l legal cha rges have cost t h e t axpaye r s a la rge a m o u n t of money. T h e Prosecu t ing A u o r n e y , the legal gua rd i an of t h e laxpayers ' interest*, has no t a t t emp ted te recover h i c k t h e s e sums taken f r o m t h e s la te a n d county t reasur ies b y notor iously i l legal a n d f r a u d u l e n t means ; nor has he prooecuted those responsible f o r t h e f r auds .

T h e law of M i c h i g a n p rov ides (Compiled Laws, Section 2198) . t h a i ^ tbe sheriff shall be paid f o r t ak ing convic ts lo s l a t e pr isons, t h ree do l l a r s per day and ''bis acrral travelixg expenses and the expenses of ihe convict."" T h e fo l l owing is a c o p y of t h e bil l presented by t h e sheriff f o r fo r t a k i n g two conv ic t s f r o m G r a n d R a p i d s l o Marquet te . O n t h i s t r i p THE PROSBCUTING ATTORNEY ACTED AS ONE OF T U B D W U T Y SHERIFF'S IN CHARGE OF THE CONVICTS.

Wmasi SUtcaot 9f Eipnes lecind • C m y i ^ toricti.

J a e i M r U M i J * f after (Kmks 9f CmtUi)

Sta te of Michigan, County of K e n t — s s .

Leman EL C h a p m a n , be ing du ly s w o r n , says t h a t the wi th in s t a t e t t e e l of account it co r rec t and in accordance with l aw; t h a t t h e a m o u n t charged fo r expenses was actual ly expended a a d was m m a a b l e . nec-essary and in t h e d i scharge of official d u t i e s ; a n d t h a t the above account , or a n y par t of i t , has no t here tofore been al lowed or paid. '

Leman H . Chapman . Sworn to and subcr ibed be fo re me , th i s second d a y of December 1902.

Cornel ius De Boer, N o t a r y P u b l i c , K e s t C o u n t y , Michigan. 1 he reby ce r t i fy t h a t the pr isoners named within were received a t t h e

piison a t 2:50 o ' c lock p . m . , on the 18lh day of October . 1909, f rom J o h n A . Verkerke , who was acoompanied b y Wi lUam B . B r o w n , and which were wr i t ten in my presence, appear below.

T . B . CaUin, D e p u t y W a r d e n . (S igna ture of officer o r officers).

J o h n A Verkerke . W i i l i a n B . Brown. '*

T h e Sheriff also included the s t a tu to ry charge of $8 .00 p e r day f o r each officer, a m o u n t i n g t o $18.00.

I n reliance on t h e Sher i f f ' s oa th t b a t these amoun t s had been a c t c a u , * expended and were reasonarle and nbcessart, this bill was anditea and paid by t h e f t a t e . I t will appear f r o m t h i s bill t he Sheriff charged fo r t h e ra i lway t a r e of each person between Grand Rapids a n d Maek-inaw Ci ty , $6 .78 and between Mackinaw Ci ty snd Marque t te $«.50 (

making a total of $13.26 f r o m Grand R a p i d s to Marquette , A l t h a t t ime an nnl imited first-class t i cke t f r o m G r a n d Rapids to Marque t t e , via. M a c k i n a w ^ t y , could b e b o u g h t f o r $10 80, o r $8 .98 loss than I k e L ^ amoun t winch t h e Sheriff swore be a c t d a l l t and necessakiit paid t h e k rai l road fo r c a r ry ing M r . Brown to Marque t te . I t i s common knowledge 9 t h a t usually o n these t r ip s no th ing more expens ive than mileage books is used; bnt in this ease more than the actual theocgh ticket fare was charged and sworn to . T h i s i s only one ins tance of the un lawfu l and f r adn l en t charges made aga ins t the coun ty a n d s ta te , th is ins tance b e i n g . i n g ci ted because t h e P rosecu t ing A t t o r n e y acted as depu ty sheriff .

W h y has n o t the P rosecu to r pu t a s t o p t o these pract ices, recover-ed back the money due to the county a n d s ta te , a n d prosoculea fo r per-j u r y thoss who appear t o have m a l e o a t h t o il legal and f r a u d u l e n t c la ims.

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The Lowell Ledger. pudijsrkd' evkrv thursdat at

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FRANK M. JOHNSON.

Enteml at U.well rostoOoe n-s seoood class mmtr .

SCBSCRITTIOS OXE DOLLAR PER YEAR

The Proper Care of Flatlrona. Irons that a re heated to a high tem-

perature, and then, aa soon as the worker is through with them, put In a oool place, to become thoroughly cold, will last many yesrs. Irons grow nn re vs'uahle with time If good care :n so* e other respects is taken of them. f o instance, they should be kepi in a Iry p lac j where th y arc not uh-Je.-t to rust or moisture,

Hat i rons that have lost their teni]>er and beenme rusted or roughened should be disposed of. and not left to taVe up valuable space on kitchen shelves. New irons cost little, and it Is poor economy to use o!d ones that a re past their usefulness.

WOMAN L1TT1

Sacrificed One.

I

Senrentor settled hark oomforlahly iu hib chair and lit liie after-Uiuuur cigar 10 which he had limited him-sei( in deference to his wife'.s (oars that he injuriug hia heaiiii by exccosive smoking

Oh!" he etclaimed suddenly. "W do you -.I.iak? WiJI.ng • h i , backed out of ihat litUe M.ig i-m , xt Hen'-.rJV. His wife w juldn t I-l j hui. gv!. Wouldn't that give y-ju 1 1 nervous chill? Ao lint. ;f I 1... a wife like that I'd bo t e n d e d tc ; k--•i club to hi-r. I don't sii, • dares open up his n outh ar- v d ! house without raising his hand to pernwssion.

"How would you like to have it said that j ou r 1.unbind stood in t rn.: of you. Utile a on. .in?" ue asJo-J j.K-u-l-ir.y.

i wouldn't like it at all." replied Mrs. S e n on lor. prom;-!;;.-. " | beiiovj in a man d-».ng vviiat he p i e u e s as long as he drxsn't miscrnduci him-self. I'm not aa advanced womaa like Mrs. Willing;on, you know."

"No. you're not, by Georg.!" said her husband, adiriringly.

"Ccs.des. I know you wouldn't 6t:;nd dictaJon," laughed the lady.

"Well, I guess not," said Earventcr. "What kind of a pir ty is this, (Cd-

ward?" asked Mrs. Sarventor prec-ently. as she threaded a needle.

"Oh. just men. you know." "Are they nice?" "it depends on what you call nice.

It t n ' t like a pink lea." "I suppose you will all smoke likJ

chimneys and play cards. Well, of course, you will go if you want Jo."

"Why, oertainly." "You needn't be cross ab- ut it, Ed-

ward. I'm not cross. "I don't see any rc-ason why yon

should be." "I might not like It, though. I

wouldn't wonder a bii If th.-y plaj'ed

Three evmlngs ago Baron and his wife attended a meeting of their su.n-me* whist club. It was held at th* W lot takers' home in Kenwood m l Wv4s within a few blocks of the I' :- ' i home. The Barons were srn» l - ; ; peveftrily h->me (.bout 12 oVi-wh« n an Idea came to Baron. 1 were l o s i n g a drug s-tore in i b ' neighborhood and Baron, who ha i weakness for lemon phosphate. A -c' d.'d to Indulge It and treat his wife at the same Umi

The druggist, who had about civ' i up hope for any more night ir ,l • drew off the lemon phosphate? w'.".' \ flonrit* and set down on the si.ia'l table before the Barons. Baron ll.p: • i

Trngood of the old.

ilil

"I thought your doctor wouldn't let yon drink."

"I know, but 1 changed doctora.,• —Chicago Journal.

Spotted a t Last.

President of Vegetarian Association (to candidate for membership)—Be-fore you are admitted t o ' ou r society 1 most ask yon one serious question —wh»t is the canre of that large grease spot on your necktie.—Lustige Blaetter.

WHAT TRUE LOVE IS.

cards for money—and that's gambling. You don't blame me for not w uitlng my husband to be a gambler. That wouldn't be reasonable, would It, dear?"

"Why. Adeline! Suppose it was a penny- ante—enough lo give an in-terest to the game?"

"The principle Is the same. Bat, of course, my narrow views needn't stand in the way of yonr having a good time."

"Oh. thunder!**

"Now you are losing your temj^er. Well, we won't say anything more about it You've made up your mind that you'll go whether I like it or not or whether it's right or wrong. 1 wouldn't say a word for the w^rld to displease you. You know I wouldn't, Edward. 1 don't like to have you cross."

"But, my dear! "No. we won't say anything more

about i t And then you'll be tempted to smoke more than is good for you. I know you won't break your promise to me. but—"

"What promise?" "About smoking more one

cigar in an evening.' "Adeline. I just said Fd try it for

awhile and see how i t went ' "Then you intend to. Oh. Edward!" "Nonsense. You aren't talking rea-

sonably. my dear. You just don't want me to go."

'No. I want you to go. If yon

Sincere, serious lore is never love a t first s ight

When one look—and the first one, too—binds a man and woman, yon may be sure that one single word will soon be sufficient to unb.'nd them.

Beauty i i not the mother of lore. On the contrary, it is often love which engenders beauty—gives brilliancy to the eyes, gracefulness to the body, vibration to the voice.

The face, which reflects all the In- | prefer the sodety of a set or horrid ner sentiments of the heart, betrays the love of its owner, and is beanli-flnL

Absence is a tonic for love only when men and women lore with all their heart and soul. When they do not, the ancient proverb is still t rue;

"Far from the eyes, far from the heart"—Max O'Rell.

card-playing men to your wife's ought not tc complain. I ought to be g-g-glad.**

"Why. Adeline, my dear!" "No. I'm not. You know I'm n o t

You dud-dud-don't love me." "Of course, I do. Yon know per-

fectly well I do.' Mrs. Sarventor put aside her hus-

band's caressing hand and dried ber Draft Horse Sharks. eyes. Then she said: "This is very

It la an excellent idea for neigh- ^ ^ Edward. I ought to b -bors to club together and buy a good ^ and I am. too. Of draft stallion for their use. but they J o x l m U B t ^ d e a | . Y t J U k l K > w

ought to know just what they are | never oppose you in anything, buying. The Live Stock Journal we've been married over a year now sounds the following note of warn- ^ ^ n o l t o e x p e c t

Ing. It says: [ t h a ( ^ w o u ] < j n, t get Just a little

"The .harks are plying their trade ^ in ^ 1 j n i e / . in selllnB stallions as well as in sell- { -• ^ Sarventor. "how can lag f i rm lands, and It is well for ^ ^ s u c h a b s u r d T i r e d

you! i "I suppose if I had made our Utile

home attractiv

farmers to be on their guard and buy only from reliable breeders and im-porters. The sharks buy up cheap and Inferior stallions that are un-sound and poor breeders and palm them off to stallion companies of far-mers generally at cheap prices as the inducement, and any price paid is worse than los t for the loss of breed-

I d , breedins >h.t j* J " ^ „ n t o r . ^ ,o t u u . M , appoint is more than the price of a t . . .

"You've made it a Utile paradise." "And of course you miss all your

old bachelor habits." "Miss nothing 1 know when Fm

well off." •"Then why." demanded Mrs. Sar-

good stallion to any community. The reliable Importers and breeders

you can always find and their sales-men have proper credentials to iden-tify them and their guarantee is sat-isfactory. while the sharks dealing in

and second hand stallions are not always responsible or reliable They look up localities where the ' f anners are not well posted. Our readers know who the reliable import-ers and breeders are. and they know the good horses."^

F or S t t le - l^adies wheel in g o o d repai r , $7.00 t a k e s it- Inquire a t l e d g e r office.

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The Key Depression of

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horrid slag party r "I 'm not crazy about i t I don't

care a thing about k . I don't know tbat I'd go If I hadn't promised least I half jnomised "

"Then you won't go? Oh. good!" "Not If you don't want me lo,

dea re s t " "Oh. but I don't want you to stay

at home just because you know I'd be hurt if you wen t I want you to do exactly as vxwr please. You'd better go. perhaps, dear."

"Well. 1 don't want to." said Sar-ventor. "I want to stay and spend

with you. and that set-j k .t" - Chicago News.

back the check that accompanied them.

"No good!" he said, cheerfulh "i always take two. Wait till I'm don ordering."

Tbe druggist smiled and waited i:..-and by Baron called for anoth'-r ]• phaie and got it. He finished tbi - c-and glass as his wife sipped iIk- . u : drops of ber first one.

His hand went Into h : s pocVf? r -the 15 cents due. and G^.ed up a t v pennies. He drew out his pocket !• ; and found one lonely >.'.0 bill. l b it back and hunted Uirough bis p ets again. The druggist 's smile : died. His eyes had a bak-ful gli-Baron fedt that he was suspected being the lowest of sneak thieves in-stead of the honest, honerable insur-ance man that he wad. He tried an-other pocket and asked his wife ;n a low tone if she had her pockvt Ik> < with her. and then he u k e d her wi y n o t Then he pulled h.s $50 bill and tendered it awkwardly enough.

"I 've only goi t cent-. b-:-5id*-s." said Baron, unoomfortab'e under the basi-lisk eye of the drnggisc

"It*s queer about these fellows with big Wlla." said the druggist pensively. "They usually travel with 2 or 4 cents change. What drug store in this pan of town could change a |5» bill at midnight? It 's a cinch you know the neighborhood."

"I live four blocks from here." said Baron with heat. "1 could pass here every morning on my way to the sta-tion—•"

"Only you don't iwid the druggist a s acid as his lernon photHrhate.

"Well." said Baron, with a noble ef-fort to appear al his ease. "I'll drop in to-morrow morning and pay you. Fm Harris W. Baron "

"I never heard the name." remarked the druggist with resignation in his voice.

"Well, confound it. maybe you'd like to see It printed." said Baron testily, and he drew out the p x-ket book again. He went through it> several compartments, and Mr? Baron and the druggist gazed with var us feel-ings as Baron's search re sealed no card

"Well." saW Baroa furiously, "we d o n t seem to be able to settle 'bines up to-night, but I'll be on band in the morn ing"

"That 's -what they all -a:. " tbe druggist, practically t ibaa cynically.

They were half tbroush dinner ihe next evening when Mrs. Baron sud-denly giggled. Baron movvJ uneasily and Crowned slightly.

"Did you pay tbe n.an : • 15 nts. d e a r e a t r she asked

"Naturally I wouldn't let tiie matter slip." said Baran.

That evening, contrary "o his cus-tom, be went out for a walk He «a< gone perhaps an hour. V. hen he oarne back h e sa t down on the porch and wrestled with his mascuLne •ease of pride and dignity Then he spoke, and Mrs. Baron sbri.-ked wsib laughter.

"No," she said al las' 1 don't know the druggist 's nam- nor where the store Is. but"—she gr- w .-erious —"I'll bet you | 1 0 for a uv * cui-glass bowl tha t I j-ai* lead you to it in the dark."

" i M d on." remarked Baron, sepul-ohiaJly. T U mop up tbe flo' with that nteasly Utile pirate for - l ^ n g to doubt my wonj^ bnt I'll pay him S r s t "

When the Barons retuniod 'wenty • l a u t e a la ter Mrs. Baron w s bold'ng a crisp new |10 bill. O n e more had woman's intnltfon and senst of local-ity wonted man's alleged accuracy and attention to detail. and attention to detail. — Chicago News.

WIBBLEDEN'S FIX. For

In tbe ITn'ted State# the sparrow bus d broods a year; in Britain only three

Made a Good Reputation by Humans

Act, and Then Nearly Lost It.

Wlbbleden is not a member of tbe soc.ety for the Prevention of Cruel.y to Animals. Nevertheless be Is a pap tkularly humane man and dislikes, as he says, "to see any of our four-footed friends abused." About a nionth ago he happened to behold a driver of a badly overloaded wagon brutally whipping his emaciated hors-'-s and jerking at their bits. There was no policeman handy, so Wlbbleden took the matter inio his own hands and by knocking the driver down twice and finally shaking him by the col.ar until he was giddy brought the man to :

a sense of his inhumanity. He did j not know .hat his pretty little next- j door neigbi-or. Miss Sealinder. wit-nessed the affair.

Not long after that Wlbbleden In-formally made tbe acquaintance of the y ung woman's mother and ihe mother ma-le him formally acquainted with the daughter. Then Wlbbleden called and the young woman told him how perfectly splendid and noble and sev-eral other adjectives she considered his conduct with reference to the driver who beat the horses. Her eyes shone when she said these things, and It was quite evident fnat she believed them.

Wlbbleden went back to his little flat completely enslaved. A man likrs

i to be appreciated. He made one or • two other calls and learned lha? Miss

Sealinder was extremely fond of ani-mals — particularly kittens.

Wlbbleden Is an enthusiastic fisher-man. It is his custom to spend every summer varntion in some place where there Is good fishing—in Florida for tarpon or in Wisconsin for musket

, lunze. as tho case may be. He went to bed and dreamed of big

catches. The next morning he got his rod out oi its case, jointed it and put on a line and an artificial mm-no*. and th-n went out on the back porch to see if his hand had forgotten

i its cunning in casting. He made two i casts—one at an inverted flower pot

and one at ihe ash bin. He had just reeled in when an unlucky mottled gray cat ran lightly along the fence, and instinctively, witbeut the least consideration. Wlbbleden made the third c a s t

There was a mad squawl and the cat shot down from the fenca and began carreening wildly about the back yard. The hook had become firmly fa>iened in its tall. Wlbbleden had landed some pretty gamy fish In his time, but never one with the ac-tivity and energy of this mottled gray cat. Twenty limes In a minute it was on the point of climbing the fence and breaking away, and It was only by the most consummate skill that Wlbbleden prevented i t He d d not want the poor thing to go away with that barb in Its tall.

The two boys in the house at the other side happened to come out on their porches and began to cheer madly, and their shouts brought other spectators. Wibbleden felt badly, but at last the cat showed symptoms of tiring and. cautiously maintaining the right tension on the line, he de-scended tbe steps lo the yard. By this time the cal was making no further effort to get away, but was plaintive-ly yowling In the center of the yard. Carefully and foot by foot Wlbble den approached him. call nc soothin? ly as he did so. and al last caught him with a sudden grab.

He had quite a liille fight on hi hands before be got the honk oat and bis knuckles were bleeding from the srratcbcs he received, but he per-severed and in a minute or two tbe released cat went over the fence like a gray streak and Wibbleden climbei up to his porch again.

i As he reached i^e t sp of Ihe St£i>r

Wood Offi«e in U. B. Willi a m Jewelr; S'ore. Citz. Phone 127

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Medical School a n d Hosp i ta l , New York City.

O f f l c e - L O W E L L . MICH.

STATE OF MICHIGAN*. Tit Co

Probate 'Court for the OountT of Kent. lo the matter of the Estate of GEORGE

W. Crwby, Deceased. Notice is hereby giren that, by rirtae of

an order of u id court, made on the ninth day of September A D. 1904, I fhall sell, j al public auction, on the third day of November,A. D. 1904, at ten o 'do k in the forenoon at the premises oesection twenty-nine in Vergennee townahip in said ooun- ?. s ly, the interest of said estate in the follow- ' s. iog deKTibcd real estate, lo-wit: Eighty-- * ""' - 1 -two acree off east part of the toulh-easl .juarler of Miction l»eolT-uiiie. l"*n eer

LL the reliable p a t e n t medicines a d r e r t t o & i g . this p a p e r a re sold bv

D. G. LOOK, tbe Lowell Drug a n d Book m a n . .

Get y o u r Ledger office. ~ 'AI.-L1 1 1 '

report cardti a t the

T 2 Sept , IT. 1904.

Trains leave Lowell as followf: en north, range nine west,.bring the east I p ) r ^ >ne half of tbe toulh-eabt <|'iart«-r and ihe

east two rods of the we»4 half of the sculh-easl quarter of Mid section Iwenly-oine, township aforesaid.

Daud this 9th day of Sep:eml>er A. I>-1904. Howard L. Bencclt

oct 27 Administrator

he saw. fo"TIT? Tiorfbr. Tliss ?t-alTn1er on her porch, evidently awaiting him. Her eyes now were sparkling with In-dignation and her cheeks were flush-ed.

"How cruel of you. Mr. Wibbleden!" she cried. "You ought to be ashamed of yourself."

•Really." said Wlbbleden, earnestly, "I didn't mean to do it."

'You didn't mean to! How can you tell me that when I saw you deliber-ately throw at the poor thing. 1 was never more surprised In my life. I had such a good opinion of you."

She turned away. Wibbleden felt that It was all over with ETm, but just as she was entering he r door he called desperately to her .

"Well, what Is It Mr Wibbleden?-she asked, coldly.

"I waul to explain." said the young man. "I wouldn't lose your go .d opin-ion for—for—all the cats in creation. I didn't mean to hook it—!• <nes:Iy. I d idn ' t I wanted to see .f I could cast that distance and—and it y.*' came handy. Then I did tbe best I could for I t "

He spoke with great -arnestne?? and the girl seemed to relent a

"Do you do that with fish'.' asked.

"Wy. yes." confess.* 3 V.' "but that 's dlff.-rent. Tb- y i t Say that y-.u fonr - n - I'

"How do you know feel It?" demand* ; don't know. Poor tbi haps you didn't mean and—"

Wlbbleden held ut "Well, yon mutt j r :;i se me not tn

fish any more," Eh** 1 hesitating.y advancing her own.

Wlbbleden doesn'- really see his way out of this dilemma.—Chicago News.

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THE

pilent jbtiofe the Mystery of

StJamcs'Park JNO BIOUNDELLE-BURTON

*TodleUUndiafon atUrBt there, W'bera billows nerer b<-*t, r or

tempe»u ru*r.'

TOTlr j e a r s Tiare passed since tbat excnrsioD to tbe East and tbe time when Gervase Occleve Is tbe albanced husband of Ida RauKbton, but the friendship of tbese two bas only grown more firm. On tbeir return to England, Lord Penlyn offered bis fr iend tbe post of bis secretary com-bined with steward, which at that mo-ment was vacant by the death of the previous holder. "But enmpnnion as well," h e said laughingly, "I am uot

going to have you burled alive at Oc-cleve Chase when i want your society in London, nor vice versa, so you bad t e t t e r find a subordinate."

Smerdon took tbe post, and no one could say with any trut'- thnt his f r iendship for Lord Penlyn stood in t h e way of his doing his duty 10 him a s h is secretary. He made himself thoroughly master of everything con-cerning his fr iend's property—of lils tenants and bis servants; be knew to a head the cattle belonging to liim. and what timber might be mxrked an-nually, and regulated not only his covntiV esta te but also his town b< iise. Aad, t h a t his friend should not lose t h e companionship which he evidetitly prized w dearly, he thought nothing of t raveling half the night from Occleve Chase to London, and of appearing f resh aad bright at the breakfast ta-ble. For , so deeply had Penlyn's goodness to him in all things sunk iuto his heart , tha t he never thought he had done enough to show bis grati-tude.

Of course In society i t was known tha t , wherever Lord Penlyn went his f r iend went also, and no doors were d r a t t o the one that were open to the o ther , o r would bare been shut had Phi l ip chosen. But he cared little for fashionable doings, and refused to ac-compaay his friend to many of tbe tails and dinners to which he wen t

"Leave m e alone In peace la read and smoke," h e would say. "and go out and enjoy yourself. I shall be Just a s happy a s yon are." And when be learned tha t Ida Raughton bad con-sented to b e Lord I'enlyn's wife he told him tha t -he was "sincerely glad t o hear I t "A man in yonr position wants a wife," he said, "and you have found s good one in ber. I am sure. Yon wfll be a s happy as 1 could wish yon, and tha t la saying a good deal."

They had been busy this morning— t h e morning af te r Lady Chesterton's tall—la going over tbeir accounis, s n d making arrangements for their v i s i t In the forthcoming Ascot week, t o Sir Psul ' s villa, near the Koyal eonrse. Then, while they bad paused fo r a few moments to indulge in a cigarette, t be conversation had again turned upon that discovery at Le .Vocq.

" I tell you what I do mean to do." Penlyn ssid, " I mean to go and see BelL Although he could bare known nothing of what was going on thirty years ago, he may have beard his fa ther say something on the subjec t They have been our solicitors for years."

" I t is only letting another person Into the story, as he probably knows nothing about It," Philip said. "I wouldn't go, if 1 were you."

" I will, though," Penlyn answered; a a d be did.

Mr. Bell was a solicitor of tbe mod-ern type that Is so vastly different f rom the old one. Thirty years ago. when our fa thers went to consult tbe family lawyer, they saw either an elderly gentleman with a shaved up-pe r Up and decorous mutton-chop whiskers, or a young man, also with his lip shaved, and clad in a solemn suit of black. P.ut all that is passed and Mr. Bell was an excellent speci-men of tbe soiU-itor of to-day. H e wore a neatly waxed mustache, bad a magnificent gardenia in bis well-cut morning coat, and received Lord Pen-lyn in a hand.-oujciy furnished room) that might almost have passed for tbe library of a gentleman of taste. And, bad bis client been a few years older, they would probably have known each other well a t Oxford, for Mr Hell himself had been a John's man. and had been well known at the debating rooms.

He listened tc his client's story, smiling faintly once or twice, at what seemed to his worldly mind, too much remorse for his faiher's sin on the part of Lord Penlyn, then he said;

"1 never even knew your father, but I should think the whole affair a slm pie one, and an ordinary version of the old story."

"What old ntory " "The story of a person '.f position—

Forgive me. Lord Penlyn, we are men of the world" the «iid "we," though be considered his client as tbe very reverse of "a man of tlie world"), " and can speak plainly '.he story of a jx-r-•on of position taking up with some woman who was bis Inferior and flat-tered by hi* attentions, amusing him-self with ber till he grew tired, and then—dropping her."

-To starve with her—with bis off-ffprlng!" . . .

*T should Imagine not!" Mr. Bell said with a n airy cynicism that made him appear hateful to his young client "No, 1 should imagine not! The ladies who attach themselves to men of your father 's position generally know how to take very good <-are of themselves. You may depend that this one was either provided for before she agreed to throw in her lot with him. or after-wards."

Tbe lawyer's "opinion was the same as Philip's, and they both se rned to j look upon the art air aa a much less 1

serious one than it sppeared to him! Were they right and was he making too much out of this peccadillo of his father 's?

"And you can tell me nothing fur-ther?" he asked the solicitor.

"What can I tell you?" the lawyer said. "I never saw the late I«ord Pen-lyn, and scarcely ever heard my fath-er mention him. If you like I will have all the papers relative to him gone through but it is thirty years ago! If the lady is alive and bad wanted anything, she would surely have turned up by now. And I may say the same of the son."

•He may not even know the claim :

he bas." •Tlaim! my lord, what claim? He

has no claim on you." "Has be not? Has be not tbe cl?lro |

of brotherhood, the claim tbat my 1

father deserted bis mother? I tell you. Mr. Bell, tbat If 1 could find that man 1 would make him the greatest restitution in my power."

The lawyer looked upon Ixird Pen-Ijn. when he heard these words, as a (juixotic young idiot, but of course he did not say so. it occurred to him that, in all probability, his father had had more than one affair of this kind, and he wondered grimly what his romantic young client would say If be beard, by chance, of any more of them. But he did promise to go through all tbe papers in his pMssession relating to the late lord, and to see about this par-ticular case. -Though I warn you." he said, " that I am not likely to find any-thing that can throw any light upon

' an affair of so long ago. And, as a lawyer, I must say that it is not well that such a dead and gone business should ever be dug up again."

i "I would dig it up." I»rd Penlyn answered, "for the sake of justice."

Then he went away, leaving the law-yer's mind wavering between con-tempt and admiration for him.

j "He must be a good young fellow at heart, though," Mr. Bell said to himself; "but the world will epoil him."

| Two nights afterwards Penlyn re-ceived a letter from him, saying that there was not the slightest trace in any of the Occleve papers in bis pos-session of tbe persons about whom they had spoken. Moreover, Mr. Bell said he had gone through a great many of the accounts of the late Ixird Penlyn. and of bis uncle and predeces-sor, but in no case could be find any evidence of tbe Hon. Cervase having ever exceeded his income, or, when he succeeded to the property, of having drawn any large sum of money for an unknown purpose. "And," he conclud-

: ed, "I should advise your lordship to ' banish the whole affair for ever from < your mind. If your father really had i tbe intim:i'-y imagined by you with ! tbat lady, t ime bas removed all signs

of it; and, even though you might be willing to do so, |t would be impos-sible for you now lo obtain any infor ma tion about i t "

CHAPTER IV. Two people went away from Lady

Chesterton's ball with anything but happiness at their hearts—Ida Raugh ton and Walter Cundall. Tbe feelings with which tbe former bad beard Ihe latter 's declaration of love had been of a very mixed nature, pity and sym pathy for him being combined with an Idea that she had not altogether been loyal to tbe man to whom she was now pledged. She was able to tell herself, as she sat in her dress-ing room a f t e r her maid bad left her, thai she had, af ter all, become en gaged to the man whom she really loved but she had also to acknowledge t h a t for that other one, her compas-sion was very great. She had never loved him. nor did she until this night believe the rumors of society that reached her ears, to the effect tbat be loved ber hut she bad liked blm very much, and his society bad always been agreeable lo her. His conver-sation, his stories of a varied life In other lands, had bad a charm for her that the Inverterate gossip of sn or-dinary I>ondon salon could never pos-sess but there her liking for him had stopped. And. for she was always frank even lo herself, she acknowl-edged that he was a man whom «be regarded with some kind of awe man whose knowledge of the world was as much above hers as his wealth was above ber fa ther 's wealth. She remembered, tba t when any question had ever perplexed her. any question of politics, science, or art, fo which she could find no answer, he would instantly solve the knotty subject for her, and throw a light upon i t tbat bad never come lo her mind. Yes, she reflected, he was no much above her that she did not think, in any cir-cumstances, love could have come Into her hearl for him.

Hut, if there was no love there was intense sympathy. She could not for-get, at least nol so soon after the oc currence. bis earnest appeal to her to speak, bis certainty that she knew ol his love, and then ihe deep misery ap parent in bis voice when he forced himself into restraint, and 'oulrt even go so far as to congratulate her. Mer knowledge of the world was small, but she thought tbat from hU lone this must have been aimoHt the first, a s she was sure it was the greatesl. disappointment he had ever had. "He

wanTeil TSHkve 'a wile to hJake His' home welcome to him," h s had ssid,! "snd she was the woman whom he ; wanted for tbat wife." Surely, she reflected, he was enUUed to her pity.j though she could not give him her love. And then she wondered what she ought to do with regard to telling her father and her future husband. She did not quite know, but she thought she would tell he r fa ther first, and then, if he considered i t right that Oervase should know, he should also be told. Perhaps he, too, would feel Inclined to pity Mr. CundalL

As for him, he hardly knew whs t to do on that n igh t He walked back to his bouse In Grovenor Place (he was too uneasy to sK In bis carriage), snd, letting himself in, went to his library, where he passed some hours pacing up and down I t Once he muttered s quo-tation from the Old Tes tament and once he flung himself Into s chair and buried bis head in bis handa, snd wept as strong mea only weep In fh" r

darkest hour. Afterwards, when h e was calmer, he went to a large ecrt* toire, and. unlocking i t took out a bundle of papers and read them. They were a collection of several old letters, a tress of hair la an envelope, which he kissed softly, and two slips of I taper which be seemed to read particu-larly carefully. Then h e put them

sway snd said to himself: " I t must be done, there is no help for i t My happiness is gone for ever, and. God knows. I would not wreck the happi-ness of others! but. In th is case, my sin would be beyond recall if I hesi-tated." And, again, after a pause, he said to himself: "I t must be done."

He rose in toe morning a t bis u^usl time, though it was nearly six before be flung himself wearily on his bed to snatch some troubled rest , and when he went downstairs to his break-fas t he found his secretary, Mr. Stu-art , waiting for him. Tbe young fel-low bad been telegraphed for on bis employer's return, and had lorn him-self away from tbe charms of Brigh-ton to come back to his dut iei . A' ter they had exchanged greetings, the sec-retary said:

"West told me that I should iind you looking better than ever. Mr. Cun-dall. but 1 cannot honestly say that I do. You look pale and worn."

"I am perfectly well, neverthe'ess. But I went to a ball last night, and, with that and traveling all day, I am rather knocked up. But it is nothing. Now. let us get to wors on tbe correspondence, and then we must go into the city."

They began on the different plies of letters, Mr. Cundall throwing over to Staart all those tbe bandwrlllng of which he did not recognize, and open-ing those which he did know himself.

Presently he came to one with a crest on the envelope that be was well acquainted with—the Raughton crest, and he could scarcely resist a start as he saw I t But he controlled himself and tore tbe letter open. It was from Sir Paul, and simply contained an in-vitation from him to Cundall to make one of bis Ascot party at Belmont, the name of his place near there. The writer said he had heard It rumored about that be was on his way home from Honduras, and hence tbe Invita-tion, and if he got back in time, he hoped he would come. This letter bad been written some day or two ago. and had been passed over by Cundall o n ' t h e previous one. Had he not so passed it over, he wonld have known his fate before be went to Lady Ches-terton's ball, for the Baronet went on to say: "You may have learned from some of your numerous correspondents that Ida and I^ord Penlyn are engaged. The marriage is fixed for the 1st Sep-tember, and will, I hope and believe, be a suitable one in every way. At least, I myself can see nothing to pre-vent its being so; and I shall hope to receive your congratulations, amongst obers, when we meet"

He read the letter and put It In his pocket, and then he said lo Sfuarl:

"I have bad a letter from Sir Paul Raughton, In which he tells me his daughter Is engaged to Lord Penlyn. You go out a good deal, when did you first hear of it?"

The secretary looked up, and seemed rather confused for the moment. He. too, like every one else, even to West the butler, knew that it was supposed that Cundall was in love with Ida. snd bad wondered what he would ^ay . when he heard it. And now be was sitting opposite to him. asking him in i the most calm tone when he flrit knew ' of her engagement, and the calmness staggered him. Had ihe world, after all. been mistaken?

"Oh. I don't know." he said "Not so very long ago. About a month, i should say." t

"About a month since it was an-nounced?"

'Yesi about tbat." 'I wonder you did not think of tell-

ing me In your last letter. sliK-e you knew bow intimate I was with the Raughtons."

"I forgot It. It—It slipped my mem- ! ory. And there were so many busl- j ness matters to write alKiui

"Weill it oi ao Imporlance." "Of no importance!" Stuarl thought

to himself. "Of no Importance!" Then they must all have been- Indeed mistak-en! Why, It was only two or three j days before Mr. Cundall's return that j he had, when up in town for tbe day, consulted West, and told him that be had better not say anything on that | subject to his master, but let him { find it out for himself. And now be ; sat there calmly reading his letters, j and saying that "it was of no Import- } ance!" Well, be was glad to hear it! i Cundall was a good, upright man. nnd, I when he heard of Ida Raugbton's en- j gagement, bis first thought had been that it would be a blow to bis employ- J er. He was very glad that his f ea r s j were ungrounded. 1

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They went to the city together later on, and then they separated but he-fore they did so. Cundall asked Stuart if he knew what club Lord Penlyn l>e-longed to.

" 'Black's,' I fancy, and the 'Voy-agers,' but we can see in the direc-tory." And he turned to the court de psrtment of that useful work, and found that he was right.

In the evening of two days later Cundall called at "Black's," and learned that Lord Penlyn was In that institution.

"Will you tell blm. If you please," he said, " that Mr. Cundall wishes to see him?"

All through those two days be had been nerving himself for the in'^r-view that was now about to take plnce, and had at last s trung himself up i'or It He had prayed that there might be no cruelty in what he was about to do; but he was afra id! The lad—for he was little better—whom he was now summoning, was about to tie dealt a blow at his hand that would prostrate him to the earth; he hoped thai ho would be man enough to bear it well.

"How are you, Cundall?" Ixml Pen-lyn said, coming down the stairs lie-hind tbe porter, and greeting him with cordiality. "I have never had tbe pleasure of ' see ing yon here l»€fore."

Then be loked at his visitor and saw that he was ghastly pale, and be no-ticed that his hand was cold and damp.

"Oh. I say!" he exclaimed, "aren't you well? Come upstairs and have something."

"I am well, but I have something very serious to say to you. and—"

"Ida is not 111?" the other asked a p prehensively. his first thoughts fly.ng to tbe woman he loved. And the fami-liar name upon bis lips struck to the other's heart.

"She is well, as far as I know. But it is of her t h i t I have to come to speak. This club seems full of mem-bers, will you come for a stroll In Ihe park? I t Is close at band." •

"Yes, yes!" Penlyn said, calling to the norter for hja hat apd stick. "But

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Then, as they went down S t Jsmes' street and past Marlborough House Into the park, there did come back suddenly to his memory some words he bad once overheard about Cundall being In love with tbe woman who was now his affianced wife. Good Cod! he thought, suppose he had come lo tell him that he held a prior promise from her. that she belonged to him!

_ But no that was absurd! He had seen j her that very day. and. though he re-

membered that she had been partlcu-' larly quiet snd meditative, she bnJ

again acknowledged her love. There j could be nothing this man mlzht have to say about her thst should l>e dis-sgreeable for him to hear. Yet, still, t he remembrance of that whisper about his love for her disquieted him.

."Now tell me, Mr. Cundall." he said, "whst you have to say to mo about my future wife."

i They had passed through the rail-ings Into St. James' Park, and were in one of the walks. The summer ?un was setting, and the loiters and nur e-malds were strolling about but. nev-ertheless, In this walk It was com-paratively qu ie t

"I have come to tell you first." Cun-dall answered, "that three nights a^o. I asked Ids Esughton to be my wife."

"Whst!" the other exclaimed.'"you askMl my future—"

"One moment" Cundall said quiet-ly. "I did not know then that she was your future wife. If you will re-member, I had only returned to Lon-don on that day."

' "And you did not know of our en-gagement? '

"I knew nothing. Let me proceed. In proposing to her and In galr 'ng her love—for she told me that she had consented to be your wife—you have deprived me of the only thing in this world I prize, the only thing I wanted. I came back to England with one fixed idea, the Idea tbat she

- Invod me. and tbat. when I asked her, she would accept me for her husband "

He paused a moment, and Lord Pen-lyn, said:

"While I cannot regret the cause of your disappointment, seeing what h i p plness it brings to me, I am si ill very sorry to see you suffering •*).'

Cundall took no notice of tb'a re-mark. though bh soft, dark eyec v,ere fixed upon the youn;er m m as he ut-tered it. Then he continued:

"In ordinary cases when two men love the fame woman—for I love her still. Heaven help me! and shall al-ways love her. It Is my love for her tbat Impels me to say what I am now about to—when two men love the same woman, and one of them gels the acknowledgment of her love, tbe other stands aside and silently sub-mits to bis fate."

l.ord Penlyn had been watching blm fixedly as the words fell from his lips, and bad noticed the calmness, which seemed like the calmness of dfepair. that accompanied those words. But there was not. however, tbe calm that accompanies resignation In them, for they implied that. In this case, be did not Intend to follow tbe usual rule.

"You are right In your Idea, Mr. Cundall." he answered. "Surely It IS not your Intention to struggle against what is always accepted as the case?"

"It Is not. for since she loves you I must never look upon her face again. But—there Is something else?" He paused again for a moment and drew a deep breath, and then he proceed-ed:

"Are you a strong man?" he ssked. "Do you think you can bear a sudden shock?"

"I do not know what you mean, nor what you are driving at!** Lord Pen-lyn said, beginning to lose his temper at these strange hints and quesllonB. "1 am sorry for your disappointment. In one way. hut It is not in your pow-er. nor In that of any one else, to come between the love Miss Raughton and I bear to each other."

"Unfortunately It is In my power and I must do It—temporarily, st l ea s t At present, you cannot marry Miss Raughton."

"What! Why n o t sir? For whst reason, pray?"

"Do not excite jroutself! Because she and ber father Imsglne thst she Is engaged to Lord Penlyn, and—"

"What the devil do you mean, sir " the other interrupted furiously.

"And," Cundall went on. without no-ticing the Interruption, "you are not Lord Penlyn!"

" I t Is a lie!" the other said, spring-ing at him In the dusk that bad now set in, "and I will kill you for i t " But Cundall caught him in a grasp of Iron snd pushed him back, as he said, hoarsely. " I t Is the truth, I swear It before Heaven! Your father had an-other wife who died before be mar-ried your mother, and he left a son by her. That man is Lord Penlyn."

Gervase Occleve took a step back and reeled on to a seat in the walk. In a moment there came back to his mind the Inn at IjB Vocq. the Llvre des Etrangers there In which he had seen ths t strange entry, and tbe landlord'! tale. So that w o C n was his w.tb and that son s lawful one. Instead of the outcast and nameless creature he had pictured him In his mind! But— was this story true?

He rose again and stood before Cun-dall, and said:

"I do not know bow you. who ?cem to have lived in such out-of-the wiy : parts of the world, are capable of s->b- . stantlatlng this extraordinary state-ment ; but you will have to do so. and tha t before witnesses. You have brought a charge of the grnveet na-tu re against the position I hold I simpose you a re prepared to produce some proof of what yea say?"

"I am fully prepared," Cundall said. "Then I would suggest, Mr. Cundall.

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morrow, snd tell th is remarkabe tale In full. There will be s t least one wit-ness. my friend. Mr. Smerdon. When we have heard what you have to aay, we shall know whst credence to place In your story."

"1 will be there at m l d ^ y . If vou will receive me. And believe me. If It had not been that I could not see Miss Raughton married illegally, and ss* sumlng a title to which she hsd ao right, I would have held my peace."

Lord Penlyn had turned away be-fore the last words were spoken, but on bearing them, he turned back again and said:

"Is this secret In your Itands only, then, and does It depend upou you alone for the telling? Pray, may I ask who this mysterious Ixird Penlyn Is whom you have s o suddenly sprung upon me?"

"I am he!" the other answered. "You!" with s n Incredulous s ta r t .

" Y o u r "Yes. I . "

CHAPTER V.

"I have heard It said tbat he Is worth from two to three mllllons.•,

Philip Smerdon said to bis friend the next morning, when Penlyn had. for the sixth or seventh time, repeated the whole of the conversstlon between him snd Cundsll. "A man of that wealth would sesreely try to steal an-other man's title.- Yet he must be either mistaken or msd."

"He may be mistaken—I must hope he Is—but he Is certainly not mad. Hi t calmness i t s t night was some-thing extraordinary, and I am con-vinced that, provided this story Is true, he has told It sgalnst his will."

"You mesn thst he only told- It to prevent Miss Raughton from being Il-legally married, or rather, for the mar-riage would be perfectly legal since no deception was meant, to prevent her from assuming a title to which she had no claim?"

"Yes." ••You do not think that be hopes by

divulging this secret—always assum-ing It to be true—to cause your mar-riage to be broken off. so that be might have a chance of obtaining Miss Raughton himself? If his story la true, he can still make her l a d y Pen-lyn."

His friend hesitated. "I do not know." he said. "He bears the charac-ter of being one of the most honorable men In London. Supposing bis story true, I imagine he was right to tell 1L"

(To be continued ^

Nobody Wanta This Place. Party nominations for vice-president

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Miss L o t t i e Potruff visited her sis-ter , Mrs. Will L a u x a n d family las t week.

Mrs. Foun ta in her daugh te r , Mrs. week.

Mrs. Will J u r y of Lowell spent S a t u r d a y a t Mrs. Garf ie ld ' s .

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Mrs. Will L a u x nnd l i t t le d a u g h t e r of West Lowell c a m e Monday for a visi t w i th her p a r e n t s , I r a Pot ruf l a n d wife.

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Mr*. Lucy Buff of< Grand Rapids b a s purchased t h e s to re building owned b y 4>. M. Lewis a n d h a s moved her household g o o d s In to It.

Mrs. Ber t Klnyon of Whi te Hall Is vis i t ing ber sister and o the r friends In th i s place.

E . E . Keel, wife a n d t w o d a u g h t e r s spen t SnDda\ a t B. D. Seeley's.

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Mrs. Mar t in Schneider Is t h e poeeessor a fine new p iano .

Miss Agnes Mur ray h a s a new or-gan .

Or la Keyespresented his d a u g h t e r s a new o r g a n recently.

T h e Grange will I v e a chicken pie social nex t F r i d a y evening a t t b e ball every one Invited.

T b e sad , a n d unexpected news of the d e a t h qf Mrs. S a r a h Cbeeeebrough (nee S a r a h Calkins) w a s a painful shock t o ber m a n y friends a a d rela-tives of th i s place. She died a t t h e hospi ta l in G r a n d Rap ids S a t u r d a y forenoon where she h a d gone only a few d a y s before f o r t r e a t m e n t . Mrs. Cbeeeebrough h a d spen t nearly all ber life In tills c o m m u n i t y a n d w a s fo r m a n y y e a r s * fa i thful member of the West Lowell church. Hera w a s a cha rac t e r t o be loved a n d admi red . Her cheerful, hopeful disposi t ion m a d e her fr iends whereever she wen t . She w a s t h e d a u g h t e r of L. 8 Clark, a a d s is ter of Mrs. Wesley Yelter. Mrs. Chas. F reye rmuth , Mrs. Ann Merr iman, a n d J o h n Clark. A

SOUTH LOWBLL.

Jenn ie G r a h a m h a s re turned to

t h a t place l a s t week Wednesday a f t e r occupying rooms In Mrs. F . M. T h o m p s o n ' s house in t h i s vil lage since l a s t Deceml)er.

Mr. a n d Mrs. J a b e Codger of Mlnneappolls, Minn., were S u n d a y g u e s t s of bis b ro ther , H . A' Codger a n d family.

k LOT* Lettsr.

W o u l d no t in teres t you if you ' r e l ook ing fo r a guaran teed Salve f o r Sores , Burns o r Pi les . O t t o Dodd of P o n d e r , Mo . , wri tes : , 4 I suffered f o r a yea r , bu t a box of Buoklen ' s A r n i a Salve cured me. I t ' s t h e bes t Salve. 25c a t D . G . LOOK'S d r u g store.

KBBMB CBBTBB.

Election d a y dinner a n d supper will be served a t the hal l a t a very reasonable price, by t h e l^adles Aid society.

P reach ing a t the church every Sun-d a y a f t e r n o o n a t 2:30. Every body Invited.

Eddie a n d Bowjey Crane a n d George Robson left l a s t T h u r s d a y m o r n i n g fo r sou the rn California.

Mrs. Wilkinson h a d five of t h e Telephone men fo r d inner Monday .

Box social a t H u g h Car r ' s Thu r s -d a y evening, Oct . 27. I t Is hoped the re will g o o d c r o w d o u t .

d a u g h t e r a n d only child Mrs. Albert K i n g of Al to Is k of th i s M o v e d mother . The de-

t o m o u r n the loss

her school du t i e s a t I ron Mountalo.

Mrs. Fred KUgus s t a r t s for the S t . Lou i s Expos i t ion th i s Wednes-d a y . She will be t h e gues t of her s i s te r whlM there .

R u t h Laye r w a s t b e g u e s t of Reva H l n y a n of Lowel l S a t u r d a y and S u n d a y .

Onion ha rves t Is being hurried. A g o o d yield Is expected by some.

T . Wlllett , wife a n d daugh te r , Ruby, were S u n d a y gues t s of R. M. Wilcox a n d fami ly of Keene.

Several of o u r y o u u g people a t -tended a su rp r i se o n Miss Giennls Youngs In Lowel l , F r i d a y evening.

We enjoyed a n In teres t ing sermon S u n d a y a.* in., b y o u r fo rmer p a s t o r , Rev. Ho lcomb.

A splendid a t t e n d a n c e a n d good Interes t a t L e a g u e S u n d a y evening.

T b e bee t h a r v e s t began t h i s week In ea rnes t . We a r e look ing f o r (bea t s tor ies ) . A. F . Behler r epo r t s one weighing 9^ p o u n d s : next l

MlssVer le Coppens a n d scholars a r e h a v i n g a t w o weeks, bee t vaca-tion.

Win K l a h n b a s sold his f a rm, fo rm-erly t b e W. CUley e s t a t e , t o J o h n Atchison.

Minnie Behler of Lowel l spen t Sun-d a y w i t h ber p a r e n t s .

Mrs. SmelchPr a n d ( teqghter .of F reppor twere - fn ies^s o t h e r d a u g h -ter , Mrs. J o h n O ' H a r r o w a n d fami ly a few d a y s t h i s week.

Nov. 6, t h e E p w o r t h League will under t h e leadersh ip of Mr. Catelle. A rous ing t emperance meeting. Every one come a n d br ing y o u r fr iend. D o n ' t f o r g e t the date .

ceased w a s marr ied one y e a r a g o t o Mr. Cheesebrough of Freepor t w h o Is p r o s t r a t e w i t h grief a t bis g r e a t loss.

Brafca la ta Bis Boaaa.

S . Le QuiBDof Cavendish , V t . , was robbed of his cus tomary hea l th hy invasion of Chrooio Constipa-t ion . W h e n D r . Kiog 'a New L i f e P i l l s broke in to h is house, h is t ronble was ar res ted a n d now h e ' s en t i re ly oared . T h e y ' r e guaran-t s ed to cure , 25c a t D . G. LOOK S

d r u g store.

CASGAJOK.

Mrs. Minnie Slocum a n d son L y n n ot Car l ton Centre visited her s is ter Mrs. Robt . W a t t e r a o n a n d family l a s t week.

Mrs. L o t t a Wat te raon and her guee t and cousin. Miss Olive Johrf-s o n of Mason coun ty , visited over n i g h t Oct. 11, wi th the i r cousins. Mrs. Byron P a t t e r s o n a n d husband . Accompanied by Mrs. P a t t e r s o n they drove t o Gaines t o w n s h i p a n d visited a d a y a n d n i g h t wi th Mrs. Blanche Heln t iehnan a n d husband .

Some kind hear ted gent leman f rom t b e d t y t r ea t ed a g r o u p of boys ami girls, w h o were re tu rn ing f rom J u n i o r League, t o a n au tomobi l e ride S a t u r d a y a f te rnoon much t o t h e delight of the children.

Mrs. A. F . Cook of Cascade Spr ings vicinity will enter ta in t h e Ladles Aid society Thursday , O c t 27, t o dinner . A cordial invi ta t ion t o all.

Warren Snow left for his home In HIU City, Tenn. , af ter a ten d a y s vis-i t w i th his sisters, Mrs. C. M. Denlson of Ada, and Mrs Emily Murray of t b e Town-line. While here Mr. S n o w sold his share of his f a t h e r ' s ( t he old Uriel Snow) f a rm t o J a m e s Green. I t included the old home-s tead a n d some th i r ty acres of land. Mr. Snow will visit his wife 's rela-t ives in C a n a d a enrou te fo r home.

Mrs. S. A. L a r a w a y has rented r o o m s in t h e Valley City and left f o r

Tastiaioay of a Hia lsUr .

R e v . J n o . S . Cox , of W a k e , A r k . , wr i tes , • ' F o r 14 y e a r s I su f f e red f r o m Y ellow Jaundioe . I consul ted a number of ph^rticians and t r i e d al l so r t s of medicines , b u t go t no re-l ief . T h e n 1 began the use of E lec t r ic B i t t e r s a n d fee l t b a t 1 am now cured of a d isease t h a t had m e in i ts g rasp f o r twe lve y e a r s . " If you want a rel iable med ic ine f o r Liver and Kidney t roub le , s tomach d i so rder or general debUity , g e t E l ec t r i c Bi t te r s . I t ' s gua ran teed by D. G . LOOK. On ly 50c.

LOCSA.

Lewis Leece a n d fami ly s p e n t a r t of l a s t week n e a r Remus look-

ing fo r a fa rm. ,

Mrs. Fo rd torn In Grand R a p i d s Monday . '

Mr. and l i ra . N o a h Blough of G r a n d Haplds a r e vis i t ing the i r p a r -e n t s a n d o the r f r iends here t h i s week.

Clara Vanderwerker re turned home Wednesday a f t e r a t w o weeks vis i t in Grand Rapids.

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Leece a t t e n d e d the wedding of their nicce a t B u t t o n l a s t Wednesday evening.

Miss H a t t l e Devoe of Lowell h a s been spending t b e p a s t week w i t h her cousin, Mrs. Norman F o r d .

R o b t . F o r d a n d wife visited a t G r a n d p a Phillips ' Sunday .

Mr. Eash and fami ly visi ted f r o m S a t u r d a y until Monday a t L a k e Odessa.

Tbe funeral Mrs. J . Cheesebrough w h o died In Grand Rapids F r i d a y will be held Tuesday a t t h e United Bre them church; bur ia l a t F reepor t ,

A number f rom here a t t ended t b e fa i r a t Has t ings l a s t week.

Nelson T h o m a s a n d family spen t S a t u r d a y and Sunday visi t ing fr iends a t Lake Odessa.

• s a y Nothcni ot a Like Opialoa,

Mrs . Pi lmer , of Cordova , Iowa , says: ' ' O n e of my children was sub-j ec t lo croup of a severe type , a n d and the g iv ing of Chamber la in ' s Cough Remedy prompt ly , a lways b rough t relief. Many mothers in th i s neighbors t h i n k the same as I d o abou t th is remedy and want no o the r k ind fo r the i r ch i ld r en , " F o r sale by A . D. STu HOIS.

m

• Ruben & Co | E H A V E not lathered you during the

Summer days with u lot of reading matter when your mind wa. so occu-

pied with your own aflkirs.

But Now We wish to call your attention to the tact that our store is loaded down with good things for Fall and Winter comforts for all, both large and small.

For inatanca

Our Cloak and Suit Department is certainly crowded with all the new and up-to-date g a r -ments that are shown this sea-son in any of the city stores. W e have the largest line of Children's up-to-date Cloaks ever shown, ranging in sizes from 8 to 16 yrs. We ask you to call and examine these goods before buying for we are sure it will be to your interest as well as ours.

A Word About Carpets. We have added to this line Art Squares in Velvet, Tapestry and Ingrain. Some-

thing that has never been carried in stock in Lowell before. Remember, that to show you these goods is a pleasure to us all.

The most complete line of furs ever shown in Lowell, r anging in price to $20.00 each, also a line of Qhildren's sets a t moderate prices.

from 50i

of all kinds—Cotton and Ail Wool at extremely low prices.

Bad Blankets which are fresh from the markets this season.

We are agents for the Banner Patterns and carry them in stock. Step in and get a November fashion sheet.

. Ruben & Co. TjAe up-to-date dry goods merchants.

LOWELL, MICH.

The People's Choice For #

County Clerk.

Ckaaberlaia 's Gaash Reaiedy.

N o one w h o is acqnainted wi th its good qua l i t i es can be surprised a t t h e g r ea t popu la r i ty of Chamber-a i n ' s C o u g h R e m e d y . I t not only

cu res oolds a n d g r ip effectually and Mrmanent ly , bu t prevents these I

diseases f r o m resu l t ing in poeumon-1 ia i t is also a cer ta in cure for croup. W h o o p i n g cough is not dangerous j when th i s r emedy ie given. I t con-ta ins no o p i u m or o ther harmful i subs tance a n d may be given as confi-den t ly t o a b a b y as to an adul t . I t is also p leasant to take. When al l these f ac t s a re taken into consider-a t ion i t is n o t surpr i s ing thai peo-ple in fo re ign lands , as well as a l home, es teem th i s remedy v e r y | h igh ly a n d v e r y few are willing to t ake-any o t h e r a f t e r having 'once used i t . F o r sale by A. D . STUBGIH.

MEWDEALEILDIBER We are a l ready receiving a good many car loads of nice, new stock a n d iteing connected wi th t h e wholesale business we have special a d v a n t a g e s In buying a n d so can sell everyth ing a t reason-able prices.

LOWELL LUMBER CO. Successors t o Ecker & Fos te r .

r a a r r LAKE.

Meedames A lma Marsh and Aliua Greulx of B i g Rap ids visited a t A. P. B u r r ' s l a s t week .

A n o t h e r c a s e of small pox Is ts-po r t ed a t W. Tay lo r ' s .

Mrs. L . L . T a y l o r a n d Mrs. J . Gil-b e r t were called t h e bedside of their f a t h e r , w h o is very 111 wi th but little h o p e of recovery .

Mrs. A. V. W r i g h t Is so far re covered a s t o b e dismissed from t h e hosp i ta l a t G r a n d Rapids where she h a s been fo r several weeks.

H i r a m F le tcher h a s taken three of bis children t o a n o r p h a n ' s home in G r a n d Rap ids .

Miss Jenn ie Andrews Is In the Val-ley City t h i s week. Wednesday eve-n ing she will a c t a s bridesmaid a t the m a r r l a a e ot Miss Mable Cheyue whose w e d d i n g Is t o t a k e place a t a newly furnished home provided by t h e husband-efeot , Mr. L. Calkins.

Will F le tcher h a s rented bis f a t h e r ' s f a r m a n d will work i t t he

c o m i n g y e a r .

Charles E. Hogadone Endorsed by careful and conscien-

tious vo te rs t h r o u g h o u t the county, regardless of politics.

Ask Ynr Siperviser

who served on the County Board with him, a b o u t Hogadone ' s char-acter and qualifications..

Elect Mr. Hogodone a n d the peo-ple will have a clean, conservat ive and capable representative in t h e county clerk's office. «

Savea Two P r o a Doath. ••Our l i t t le daugh te r had an al-

most fatal a t tack of whoop ing cough and b ronch i t i s , " wri tes Mrs . W . ] l lav i land, of A r m o n k , N . Y . , " b u t , when all o the r remedies fa i led , we saved her l i f e wi th D r . K i n g ' s N e w Discovery. O u r niece who had uonsumpt ioo, in an advanced s tage, also used t h i s wonde r fu l medicine and t o d a y s h e is p e r f e c t l y wel l . " Desperate t h r o a t and l u n g diseases yield t o D r . K i n g ' s N e w Discovery as to no o the r medic ine on e a r t h In fa l l i b l e f o r Coughs a n d Colds. 50c a n d $1 .00 guaran teed by D . 6 . LOOK. T r i a l bo t t l t s f r e e .

CLARK'S Buaineaa and Real

Eatate Exchange. 2 3 Men roe Street Facing Campau ieuaro

GRAND RAPIDS. MICHIGAN.

Exchang ing F a r m s and City P r o p e r t y a Specia l ty .

Real E s t a t e Rent ing . N o t a r y Public .

Insurance . Business Chances.

Money t o L o a n .

New Deal

All a round a t the

Lowell House arslgne i o t e l i

having leased the Lowel l H o t d on the east side, solicits t h e p a t r o n a g e of the local a n d t r ave l ing public. The hotel b a s Just been thoroughly

CMmia TOtashaaa M S * . - " S4S. mi®

.tulates Mr. Hen eene, in his success

T h e LOCAL . ry R. B r o w n of in w inn ing t h e g r e a t e s t number premiums a t t h e I o n i a Fair . In con sequence of which Mr. Brown w a s a w a r d e d t b e fo l lowing specials: Gorham & Co., 40 rods of wire fencing; B a t s o n ' s one doxen meal t ickets; Ber t L a m p k l n s best h a t In s to re ; boxes of c igars from Bar re t & Scully, W. R. Cutler, and Bailey

I House ; a n d t w o newspapers . a n a c Local .

American housewives can a l w a y s be depended upon In a n emergency, a n d eapeclally t h o s e in Keene t o w n -ship Mos t ot t b e f a r m e r s in t h e cent ra l p a r t of t h a t t o w n s h i p h a d

of pl'io n-1 T h e

Ixnted a lar arge J recent ra iny

acreage of potaoes . w e a t h e r and soar-

c i ty of help m a d e a heavy loss qu i te possible, b u t t h e women t o o k the place ot help t h a t could n o t be pro-cured, a n d donn ing a t t i r e t h a t w a s convenient and su i tab le t o the t a sk , w e n t t o t h e field, a n d by the l re f for t s saved m a n y dol la r ' s w o r t h of p o t a -

[Sa r^ toes . All honor t o t h e ladles.—[Sar-a n a c Local .

QTATB OF MICHIGAN, The Probate *3 Court tor the County of Kent. At a Mtdon ot said court, held at the probate office in tbe d ty of Grand Rapids, in said oooaty, oa the 10th d s j of October A. D. 1904.

P n m b C H O N . HARRY D. JEWELL, Judge of Probate.

In the matter of tbe Mtale of NORMAN L. FORD deceased, Nellie L. Ford having filed la a d d court her petition praying that the administration of said estate be granted to Uathew W. Dafley or to some other in iuble person.

I t ordered that the 7th day of Norember A. IX, 1904, at 10.00 o'clock in the fore-noon, at said probate office be and is here-by appointed for bearing said petition.

It is further ordered, that public notice thereof be given by publication of a oopy of this order, for three snccesaiye weeks previous to said day of hearing, in the LOWELL LEDOEB a newspaper printed and riroulated in said county.

H iaav D . JEWELL, Judge of Probate. Alvine E. Ewmg

(A true oopy) Rebutter of Probate

if t roub led with weak digest ion try Chamber la in ' s Stomach and L iv -er Tab le t s . T h e y will do you good. F o r sale by A. D. STUBGIS

There will be a Thanksg iv ing pa r ty a t Gleaner ball Moseley, Wednesday evening, Nov. 23. Music by Lowell orches t ra .

Overhauled and Renovated

a n d Is clean a n d heal thful In new-paper a n d pa in t .

Our beds a r e clean; a n d wc shall endeavor t o serve A No. 1 meals; a n d assure our guests of every courtesy and convenience.

Nates S1.00 and S I . 2 5 Per Day.

Special inducements to regular boarders . Give us a tr ial . D o n ' t w a s t e y o u r t ime looking for p r iva t e boa rd . We can t a k e care of y o n r i g h t and the price will be r ight .

I. A. Wood, Prop. Sunday Dinners a special ty.

Bdrry Mnskegei Uie Stenttrs New Dock Chicago R u s h St . Br idge

Commencing Oct . 2nd, s t eamers o th is line will leave Chicago Mondays , Wednesdays a n d F r i d a y s a t7 :45p.m. Leave Muskegon Sundays , Tuesdays a n d T h u r s d a y s a t 7:00 p . m., a n d Grand H a v e n a t 9:15 p. m.

S t . Louis Pa i r . 7 m o limit $14.90 60 d a y limit $12.50 15 d a y l imit 11.60 7 d a y limit 8.50

F o r fu r the r luf o n na t ion ask Grand T r u n k Agent fo r t h r o u g h tickets. 0. F- Olugston. T. M . S. L. Vanghn. Q. P A

Muskegon, Mich Ohlcut.'o, 111.

Chat te l m o r t g a g e blanks a t THE LEUGER office.

H H R B H r n

CURE YOUR KIDNCYI^

When the Back Achee mhI Oladder Troubles Set In, Get at the Cause. Don't make the mlalnke of believing

backacho and bladder Ills to be local Aliments. Got at the caufe and cure tbe Itldnoys., U«e Doan'u Kidney Pllle,

which have curea thousands.

capt. S. D. Hun-ter, of EnglnoJto. 14, Pittsburg, Pa.,

iFire Department, and wsidlng at

Ave., 8

was three !o that I

. I f tan 's Kid-ney Pills for au atU^Sk, of kidwy trou-ble that v/as mostlj' lack*CBG,- and tUby flxod me up line. There Is no

itstake about t^alL ^and If I should cr be troubled -iSfeln, I would get

flr* thing, as 1 know what they

P-" [For sale by all dealers. Price 60 ints. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, i Y.

fATALE(rra(MWf Copyright, 1897. by F. JTennyson Ncely.

CHAPTER t • • 10 •

Perhapi a Foel 'eitpnmd. "Stop—we drop off here," slnps ont

/ack Travers. as be thrusts his bead from a carriage that bas just passed the magnificent Scott monument facing Princes street In the beautiful city of Edinburgh.

The Caledonian Jehu ^raws 6p to tbe curb, and his two ^paissongers al ight Jack seems to be a young man; there is nothing a t all extraor-dinary about his appearance as seen on this moonlit night, only that his quick actions would mark him aa a fellow of considerable energy.

I His companion, on the contrary, — 'promises to attract an abundance of

Ancient Water Clocke. 1 attention in the streets of Edinbqrght lato Introduced the clepsydra into being a Chinaman, "who still wears his see. It was used by the Romans queue, and Insists on dressing, : t o

^ The king ol Peisia is said to some extent, at I#ast, In his national have presented Charlemagne wlta a ' garb. water clock of bronze, inlaid with gold. •Water clocks were used up to the seventeenth century. Even with the Injtroduction of the pendulum, water •erved "as the motor and the pendu-lutn as a ro^ulator."

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"Well," says Jack, when the vehicle rolls away from the spot, "here We are. Ah Sin, safely landed in Princes street.. You see, we have loads of time; twelve was. the hour appointed —'that witching hour when church-

.fc.. ! yards yawn and graves give np their AMen'c Fcot-Eate, Wonderful Remedy. d e a d . ' Let us then gaunter along <*Havc tried ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE, and Princes street in the direction of Cal-flnd It to bo a certain oura, and ffivea com-; t o n Bill; and when we come to the

nr. T FOOT-EASE to my friends, as it is I 1 0 H i g h B t r e c t ' f r t n n w W d l w e

certainly a wonderful romody.—Mrs. N. I C R n easily reach our destination, the B . CuUiord, Now Orleans, La." historic Canongate."

| If Ah Sin hears he makes no reply, Go-Called Propheciis. I being accustomed to such soliloquies

Any man of a lively fancy, who o n Part of the remarkable gentle-knows enough of human nature to taan with whose strange fortunes he realize Its abiding needs, can enumer- has for several years been united. jate future discoveries by the dozen 1 la adversity as well as prosperity with a fair chance that perhaps one this pimple follower of Confucius had In a thousand may be realized within proven as faithful as the needle to the a Century, ssys the London Spectator. Pole. He knows more of Jack's life To the same class belong the curious than any other person on earth, but a r tic ipa tion by native tribes, which secrets remain inviolate In his heath-Senoraliy take tho form of news en breast known: w h A by no conceivable, He walks beside Jack, a trifle to the means could information have rcached rear, as though he would not presume, them by ordinary channels. The pres-; An Sin knows his place, and in his ent writer believes that this phenom-' eyes this tall young man Is a god enon, which some have explained by j whom he worships In secret telegraphy. Is simply a form of an- Sauntering slowly on. Jack casts an tlripntlon. Tbe native is an In-eter- occasional glance aloft^ and. presently ate guesser and since bis tongue fln(j8 t i j a t ti,ey are exactly under the never ceases and bis Invention is great clock suspended in air t a r np the

j acUve he makes enough ottempts to I l i c e o f t h e old Tolbooth. be fairly certain of ^tumblins now and then on . the trutb.

Childish Ideas of Life.

"We go no further. Ah Sin. This is the camping ground where we are to oool onr heels waiting on the J>leas-ure of—well, someone. If we fail to-

i

A curious ond amusing mixture ot I night, then tomorrow a t the same early piety and worldliness came to hour—any night this week will do. Hght in a city schoolroom one day j I've passed through something of wild when the teacher had asked the chil- l life as a cowboy and ranch owner, and firen to writo on their pads of paper ] finally a miner; but the last state something about the profession or oc- that has fallen to my share Is perhaps cupation in which they would Jike to j the most singular of ail. Don't fancy engage when they became men and j it-i-can't believe I have any right to women. One little girl wrote briefly f accept; that's why I am here search-but effectively: "I would desire to be Jing for her. Find her yet, if I have a lady rider at a circus if i t 'was the Lord's will." Another little girl with equally mired Ideas -wrote: "Mis-sionary, but if not that, millinery or dork In candy store."—Llppincott's.

A Celestial Office Seeker. . "Yes." said the BHlville citizen, "he in my whole life,

v.'us a nat'ral born runner fer office— jest run in his blood, so to speak—an' i t 's my firm belief that when he land-ed in paradise the very fust thing he did wuz to git out a opposition ticket to-St. Petar for gatekeeper."—-Atlanta Constitution

to turn old Edinburgh upside down, or follow that rascal over the sea to Havana, whence he came. Will I find what I seek? That's an open

.question; but since this photograph j fell into my hands I must confess tn an interest In the hunt second to none

Jove! I haven't

Bices H c l Every one would rather freeze all

nlglit than get up and look for mors covers, except the mother who has children to watch over.—Atchison Globe. • '

SAFEST FOOD

men 4

I

In Any Time of Trouble Is Grape-Nuts, j Food to rebuild the strength and '

that is pre-digested must be selected ; when one is convalescent. At this • time there is nothing so valuable as ! Grape-Nuts, for the reason that this ; food Is all nourishment and is also all digestiblo nourishment. A woman who nsoii it says:" " ,

"Some time ago I was very , ill with typho'ci fever, so ill everyone thought 1 would die, even myself. It left me so weak I could not properly digest food of any kind and 1 also had much j The face is that of a young girl, bowel trouble which left me a weak, l o o k e d a t t h e d l v i n e creature for over helplrts wroA. | a i i h o u r ; .

ncc-dod nourishment as badly as , a h e t a k c 8 o u t a n o U . \ conid but none o the tonics • a n d u n t M t e u i l * the rubber band

M p e d mo until 1 fluully tried Crape- ( t h l U y d r a w 8 o u t a c a r ( ] ^ V;f,s food morning and evening; This | t0KT.aph r.ot only supplied food that I thought j T h e f a c e l e t h a t ^ a | r l _ ddlclo™ as could be, but it also made R c h a r i n l l l g f n c e t h a t c o u l ( i h a r d . me perfectly well and strong again f o u n d o l I t s , d e S c o t t l B h b o r d P T ^ I o r

ao I can do all my housewor^ sleep t h e 9 l n l n i 8 o f S c o t c h a s

•well, can eat anything Without any j qUee i ,g 0f beauty have long been rec-tracc cf bowel trouble and for that • Q g u j ^ j as well founded, and hardly roason nlone Grape-Nuts food is worth • n o e d the inspired pon of a Burns to its weight In gold." Name given by 1 -Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.

' Typhoid fever, like some other dis-eases. SttCkS fhP fry ' ' -V ' f-nr-l ly' sets up L!:r.::ss i... I ll.c;a for. months incapable of digesting the starches and therefore pre-digested Grape-Nuts is Invaluable for the well-known reason that In Grape-Kuts all the starches have been transformed into grape sugar. Tbi? means tbat the first stage of digestion has been me-chanically accomplished in Grape-Nuts food at tho factories and therefore anyttae. no matter how weak the stom-ach, can handle it and grow strong, for a l l tho nourishment is still there

there 's a sound reason and 10 days' trial prove*

court the lavor of the world s Judges. "Yes," snys Jack, almost savagely,

"I believe it with all my heart. This h my f i ' o — s w ^ t Cameron; and could I win her heart, gladly would I forego all those wonderful blessings Fortune has of late seen fit to shower on me. And It Is to find her I have come to this northern cap-ital, visiting the Canongate like a thief in the night, end courting not only arrest as a prowler, but what is worse, a cold In the head. Well, here's wishing luck to the most respectable enterprise I ever had anything to do with in the course of my natural life! Who knows but what if Fortune fa-vors tne, It may be the little angel herself 1 set eyes on next '

Copyright, ISM. by Street and Smith.

He actually sighs as he carefully replaces the picture In its receptacle, and then casts, a quick glance around to discover jf anyone baa been a wit-ness to bis action.

Not a soul appears to be in sight save Ah Sin, and that acute Celestial has bis back turned toward his young master, as though ho would avoid giv-ing him an awkward feeling—vise old Ah Sin, reader of hutnan nature and pupil of the greatest of diplomats, Li Hung Chang.

Jack has just started to return to his former stamping ground, whore he can rest his broad shoulders against the stone stairs loading above, when a strange thing happens—the most re-markable event in his experience so fa r as the vagaries of chance are con* cerned. -

He hears a sound of wheels, and realizes tha t a vehicle of some sort i i advancing from'the direction of High street—a vehicle that is being carried a t a tapid' pace by t h e anlifial in the shafts.

They come spinning on at a joyous pace, and natnrally Jack haa his eye on the vehicle as it approaches, HttW dreamihg how much of his tate is bound np in tha t cab.

As though the Inmate has become somewhat anxious over his where-

Voouts, a lace appears Just a s they are passing the lamp-post, a face that is so familial to Jack that i ts pres-ence here in old Edinburgh almost takes his breath away.

He opens his mouth as if to call out a name; but before it can leave h s lips the strangest part of the whole affair comes to pass.

Why it should happen Just there in the presence of Jack Travers must be left to those more skilful in solving the problems of Fate. The three sis-ters spin their threads, and weave them Into athe warp and woof tnat go to malge up the fabric of human lives with marvelous skill; and look-ing back, we sometimes shudder contemplate what a c h a n g e must have oome over our fortunes if c c ^ ' " events, upon which our plans have been based, had not occurred.

At all events,/one of the wheels of the cab takes a singular notion to pro-ceed on its own account, having^ se-cured a divorce from the axle and its running mate. ,

The result naturally is a sudden wreck of the vehicle; the horse takes it upon himself to fiing up his heels and might have beaten the cab into kindling wood, as the drlver sprawled upon the stones, only that Jack springs out and grasps his bit in a firm hand, effectually quelling the devil that had cropped up in the usual-ly s a ^ t e animal.

CHAPTER II.

The House With the Seven Gables. Tho driver has been momentanl>

overwhelmed by the disaster that has come upon him without a second s warning; but he quickly recovers his head, and picking himself up from t j * street, runs to the assistance of the

^'-T^have the beast all right; look you to the passenger—I'm afrlfld he's been hurt," sings out Jack. Obedient-ly the Jehu turns toward his dilapi-dated vehicle, and the Inmate of the forlorn hansom is assisted out -

Fortune has indeed played him a scurvy trick, for he is badly battered, and doubtless believed the case for worse than it will turn out in the end.

Jack remembers the glimpse he bad of the gentleman's face, and is more than curious to ascertain wheth-er it can be possible h e knows this unfortunate traveler. .

So he bends over him, and discov-ers he has made no mistake. How-ard Spencer! "he exclaims.

The man, who 'has been groaning with pain and is evidently consider-ably bewildered by the blows he re-ceded, looks at him vacantly as he

111 "That was my name once—heard it J e ^ c r o ^ r . 1? Too plagued mean it comes Just when I was about to take a leap into the lap of Fortune. Say. who are yon. anyhow?"—to Jack, who bends oyer.

"Why. Howard, old boy. dtm t y< remember m e - J a c k Travers. the Other, cheerfully. h kB

The man on the pavrtnent breaks out into a laugh, that grates on the

twelve. A fortune a t s take , y ° u . Show me the house with 8 e v

t at tbe comer. I tell you 1 must get there, or all is los t ' of

The man bas an amazing amouutof pertinacity about him; a t any ^ -reels forwr-.rd, takes three s P • falls headlong, so thnt It ^ o D ' A h

cuick movement on the P a * ^ A

Sin that saves him from crashing to

and have the g e n t l e m a n taken to hospital," says a police officer w

^ n o u l d h e a ^ i e ' P W remarks Jack, for he may have rwelved inter-nal injuries. You see he talks as he's off his head."

At the same tlma the w n ^ 8 t ^ 1

fell in snch broken sentences from tne lips of the wounded and dazed trav-

you says

eier seem to have been written on hk. brain indelibly, as if seared by letters ot fire.

Dy this time numerous heads have appeared ^t windows along the Canon-gate. and a small crowd has collected around the broken hansom, which the driver Is endeavoring to patch tempo-rarily together, so that he may drag It away to the mews where his quar-ters are located.

Jack attempts to question the man, whom he has apparently known at some former period of his adventurous past, hoping to discover where he puts up; but the other pays no attention, muttering to himself about his ap-pointment, and swearing horribly every time ho moves bis wrenched or broken arm.

Turning to the hansom driver, Trav-ers learns that he picked up his fare at the station, the gentleman having come by a delayed train.

Quickly, In response to the police-man's call, an ambulaiyre arrives, showing how systematically every-thing is done in this beautiful city on the Forth. The unfortdnate gentle-

Effectually quelling the devil.

man Is lifted into i t and almost before Jack realizes the f a c t the vehicle van-Iphes down the street.

He turns round; the Jehu is also leaving the spot, with his horse tow-ing the wrecked hansom; the little crowd disperses, heads are drawn in from windows, and almost like magic the Canongate resumes its normal state of midnight silence.

Jack rubs his eyes in bewilderment "Come, was all this a dream, or did

It really happen? That poor devil had an awful shake-up. Once we were chums, and many times have we slept nnder the same blanket, until that lit-tle affair down at Santa Fe separated r.s. I never could forgive Howard his treatment of that black-eyed beauty. What brings him across my path again, nnd, of all times, now? Heigho! what o'clock is it up there—eleven fif-ty? How the minutes drag! Have 1 really been asleep and dreaming! Ah Sin, did a vehicle smash to pieces here?" he demands, turning on his faithful follower.

(To be continued.)

POINTER FOR THE IMPECUNIOUS.

Scheme That Enabled Y^ung Man to Keep Up Appearance.

The cashier in the candy store who had married the telegraph operator had just returned from her honey-moon, and was receiving her friends In a new flat

"Did he get on t o the way you crimped your hair, Mamie?" asked the mischievous manicure girl.

'I d o n t know whether he did or not," »replied Mamie, "but I twigged the way he pressed his trousers. When he used to call on me I no-ticed that they were freshly creased every evening, and I knew he couldn't afford that pace at a tailor's. I no-ticed that before going to bed he straightened his trousers carefully and pfft the front edge of them into the jam of tho bedroom door. Of course ho had to get up some time in the ni^ht and change sides. But he told me he had been doing it so many years be was accustomed to it.

"He had to be very careful putting them in ,or the door wouldn't shu t But 111 tell you, girls. In the morn-ing he had a crease that had a tail-or's job whipped to a suspender but-ton. Men saving np to get married have their little tricks of making a good appearance on little money. Just as girls have in making themselves so pretty that men want to marry them."

Stenographer of Old. . Jefferson had just fired the stenog-

rapher. " f h a d to," he said, sadly; "see what

she made of the Declaration of Inde-pendence."

"We hold these tooths to the shelf of a dentist—the tail men are crated quail."

Sighing heavily, he finished the rest with his fist ,

All In the Family. Smartleigh (to-father-in-law)—Your

daughter's extravagance is too much for my purse, and yet I don't want to have any hard words with her so soon pfter our marriage. Don't you think you could speak to her about It?

Gay old father—I could, but it wouldn't do any good. She's smart enough to knew that she Inherits all of her bad qualities from me—Detroit Free Press.

Accounted For. "Young Spendem insists that he

doesn't care for money." , . "Of course uo t He has none to •jare f o r ' ^ D e t r o l t Free Press.

TALK ON ADVERTISING

By C. W. Post to Publishers at Banquet at Battle Creek.

The sunshine that makes a bu'sfness plant grow Is advertising.

Growing a business nowadays is something like growing an apple-tree. You may select good seed, plant It in good soil, water and work with It, but the tree will not produce fruit until another and most powerful, energiz-ing'and life-giving element is brought to bear. You mdst have sunshine and lots of It. Can you expect to rtpen apples In the dark? Can you expect to grow a profitable business plant nowadays without tbe sunshine of pub-lic favor produced by advertising?

This Postum plant is a good illus-tration of that law. It seems but a short tlmo ago when I put a few men at work in the carriage house of the barn you have sean to-day, where we began making Postum coffee.

The seed then planted, less than 9 years age, was a new kind of apple seed and It was not altogether certain how the people wonld like the apples. We did our work thoroughly and plenty of It. We knew wo had a good

Some thoughtful man might say that if what you manufacture has mer i t once yon get a trade established peo-ple will continue to purchase, oven If tho advertising Is stopped, but to act on that conclusion would be a fatal mistake, for thore are always bright men on the lookout to fetoal your ap-ples, and If you give t^em the chance thqy will come in and take the f r u i t sure. Right here let us drive a nail, not a shinglo nail but a forty penny spike. Your article must have meri t far and away beyond the ordinary un-advertised thing. It should be the very best that human IntelMgenco and ingenuity can produce. Then you have a foundation to build upon that, will not slip out from under when the building grows heavy. There are per-sons Ignorant enough to believe that a poor article can bo advertised into a success. It cannot and any one who tries the experiment will pay heavily for his experience. Critically examine any well known nnd advertised article that has been years on the market and

Pure Food Factories that Mak# Postum and Crape-Nuts.

apple tree of fine quality but how to develop our work and turn the apple tree mto a productive and profitable tree was another question.

It needed sunshine and the kind of sunshine that Is spread by the news-papers and magaxlnes. It Is an abso-lute certainty that without the pub-licity thus given1—In other words, the sunshine—the business never would have developed.

You have seen to-day factory build-ings—thirteen or fourteen In number —covering many acres of ground, em-lloying hundreds of workpeople, pro-ducing food and drink In an aggregate of four million packages per month, which goes to every civilized country on the globe, and yet the entire enter-prise is less than 9 years old. We have found it necessary, inasmuch as the tree has grown and the apples ma-tured by hard work and sunshine, to continue the work and the sunshine day in and day out, month in and month out, the sunshine appropriation amounting to approximately a million dollars a year for advertising, for ex-perience teaches that if you mature the treo under strong sunshine, and bring it up to a thrifty and healthful state where it produces profitable ap-ples, you can not withdraw that sun-shine else the tree will gradually die.

THIS WOMAN KNOWS WHAT ONE OF THE SEX DISCOV-

ERED TO HER GREAT JOY.

Mrs. De Long Finds That the Inde-scribable Pains of Rheumatism Can Be Cured Through the Blood.

Mrs. E. M. De Long, of No. 160 West Broadway, Council Bluffs, Iowa, found herself suddenly attacked by rheumatism In the winter of 1896. She gave tbe doctor a chance to help her, which he failed to Improve, and then she did some thinking and ex-perimenting of her own. She was so successful that she deems it her duty to tell the story of her escape from suffering:

"My brother-in-law," she says, "was enthusiastic on the subject of Dr. WllllamB' Pink Pills as a purifier of the blood, and when I was suffering extreme pains in the Joints of my an-kles, knees, hips, wrists and elbows, and tho doctor was giving me no re-lief, I began to reflect that rheuma-tism is a disease of the blood, and that if Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are so good for t>ie blood they mast be good for rheumatism and worth a trial.

"I was In bed half the time, suffer ing with pain that cannot be described to ono who has never had the disease. It would concentrate sometimes In one set of joints. When it was in my feet I could not walk; when it was in my elbows and wrists I could not even draw the coverlets over my body. I had suffered in this way for weeks before I began using Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Two weeks after I began with them 1 experienced relief and after I had taken six boxes I was en-tirely well. To make sure I continued to use them about two weeks longer and then stopped altogether. For sev-eral years 1 have had no reason to use them for myself, but I have rec-ommended them to others as an ex-cellent remedy."

Dr. Williams' Pink Pills furnish the blood with all the elements that are needed to build up healthy tissue, strong muscles and nerves, capable of bearing the strain that nature puts upon them. They really make new blood and cure ail diseases arising from disorders of the blood or nerves, such as sciatica, neuralgia, partial paralysis, locomotor ataxia, St. Vitus' dance, nervous prostration, anemia and all forms of weakness in either male or female. They are sold by all druggists.

Urban Population Growe. Half a century ago little more than

one-half of the population of England lived in towns. To-day the rural pop-ulation la only one-fifth of the whole.

No Hurry. A remarkable story is told of a

clergyman abiding in a southwestern suburb of London, who, concluding a sermon, said; "Yos. my brethren,

| there is a hell," and then, drawing out his watch, added, "but we will not

i go into that just now."

Beware of Ointments tor Catarrh that Contain Mercury,

M nicrcury will •urfljr deitroy the MOM of men •nfl rumpleieljr deraoee tbe wbule irdem when rnterine It through the muoou* lorficet. Snch

; anlcle* nhonld never lie twed ezccpt cm preacrlp-tlmu from rrpnttble phytlcUnt, •> th danwee tbef will da Ii ten fDM to the pwd you can p u M l b l j r de-

! rive from them. BaH't Catarrh Cure, manafaciared by F. J. Cheney * Co.. Toledo, 0.. conutn* no mer-cury, and ii taken Internally, aotlns directly upon the blood ud mncona aurfacca of the nyiMm, In buying Hall'a Caurrh Cure be aute vou set tbe ccuuloc. It la Uken internally and made Id Toledu. OLIu. by F. J. Cheney * Co. Teatltnonlala free.

Sold by DruRRlaia. 1'iioe. TSc. per bottle. Take llalt'a Family I'llli for conailpatlon.

The knowlodee of the most value to UH in thnt which we gain BO Insensibly nnd gTftdunlly as not to perceive we have acquired It until its effect be-

The new woman wna a failure be-cause there were no new men to match.

Many Children Are Sickly. Mother Gray's Sweet PowdonrfoKJh ildren, used by Mother Gray, a enreo id Ohlldren's Home, Now York, euro Summer Comploint, Feverithne38,Head8die,Stomach Troubles, Teething Disorders and Destroy, Worms. At all Druggists', 25c. Sample mailed FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Lo Roy, N. Y..

The flattery of one's friends is re-quired aa a dram to, keep up one'* spirits against the Injustice of one's enemies.

Impertaitt fe Mother*. Bxamlno oarcfally erery bottle of CASTOWA b ssfo and rare remedy for InfanU aad children, and we that it

Bean tho Slgnstaro of

la Uie For Over SO Tears. Tho Kind Yon Bsve Always Conght.

When a man flatters you put on your spectacles and look around for the ax he has to grind,

j Plso's Cure is tho best medicine we ever used '[ for all affections of tbe throat and lungs.—Wa. 0. EansLar, Vaaburon, Ind., Fob. 10,1000.

Tt Is easier for an orntor to make a spoech than it is for the speech to make him.

Mrs. Wtnalow's Soothing- Byrnp. ForcbllUron teethlnK, aoftenB tbe puma, reduiw fa. flamtnaUon,allays palu,cureii wind collu. u iucuu.

You will never be trusted if you do more to gain an enemy than to serve a friend.

n Want Home to D»« from OrBvelTrotibto, Dooton .ulled. nr. Bawld Kennedy'a Favorite IlomaOv ourad ma." Mr*. & W. Brown, Petarabui*, H. T,

A man's success depends on wha/V ha does with hla failures.

Murine Eye Remedy cures sore cyoi, makes weak eyes strong. All druggists, 50a.

No, Cordelia, an indulgent husband aoesn t always coma home early. Some-, times he'a too Ml to get home.

M

It will bo found to possess exoeptfoniJ merit .

In ancient days newspaper publish-ers considered an advertisement an evil but a necessary evil, and that it should be hidden away 'as carefully as possible, so that no one would dis-cover that the paper was trying to make a little money by inserting pub-lic atnonncements. A yaper run that way to-day woulo fall.

Tho most successful exponeats of the new plan of doing business with ink and paper are using every possi-ble means to make the announcements attractive and sought after by the readers.

It is safe to say that thousands of women read tho newspaper—not the telegraphic page, but the pages con-taining announcements «f bargains in stockings, skirts, hats, .gloves, pianos, furniture, food for the table, etc.

You have been Invited to visit Bat-> tie Creek for the purpose of viewing one of the most unique advertising buildings in tbe world, also to loo* over a large business built up, sus-tained. nourished and kept active by sunshine, and, at the same time, have an opportunity to see one of the most thrifty, active and prosperous towns of its size in the world, built up large* ' ly by the saine kind of sunshine.

/ «

SADIE ROBINSON. Girl t f h r e d From

cJhrrti—I and

Pelvic Qslek Relief fm Days.

JOKE OH THE JOKER.

fllustratlon of Henry Ward Beecher'a Excellence at Repartee.

That Henry Ward Beecher was spared much embarrassment by his quickness at repartee is Illustrated by tho following story:

One evening, as he was in the midst of an impassioned speech, someone attempted to interrupt him by sud-denly crowing like a rooster. It was done to perfection; a number of peo-ple laughed in spite ot themselves, ahd the speaker's friends felt that In a moment the whole effect of the meet-ing, and of Mr. Beecher's thrilling ap-peals, might bo lost. The orator, how-ever, was equal lo the occasion. He stopped, listened till the crowing ceased, and then, with a look of sur-prise, pulled out his watch.

"Morning already!" he said; "my watch Is only at ten. But there can be no mistake about it. The instincts of the lower animals are Infallible."

There was a roar of laughter. The "lower animal" in the gallery col-lapsed. and Mr. Beecher was able to resume as If nothing had occurred.— Success.

MAY CE RACE OF GIANTS.

IESS AND WEAKNESS GORED

BY PE-RU-NA. Miss Sadie BoUnaon, 4 Hand street,

Maiden, Maas., writes: '•Pernna was recommended to me

about a year ago aa an excellent remedy for the troubles peculiar to our«ex, and aa I found that all tha t was said of this medicine was true, I am pleased to en-dorse it.

"I began to use It about seven months ago tor weakness and nerroasness,

L~ <d from overwork and sleepiest-and /band tbat In a lew days I

_ i to grow strong, my appetite In-creased and I began lo sleep better, ameqaontly my nervoasness passed away and tbe weakness In the pelvh organs soon disappeared and / bav*. boon well and strong everslnce."

Address Dr. S. B. Eartman, President of Tbe Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, 0 . , for free medical advice. All corres-pondence strictly confidential.

You Should Try

mvm* PURE

MAPLE SJTRUP

gives It that delicious taste.

M followed the trail from Teas On the Tratt

a Fish Brand PornmdSlicker - cold, a wind coat when windy, "a rain coat when it rained, Snd fer a cover at nifht if we got to bed. snd 1 wfll aay that I have gotten mora comfort out of yovr alicker than aay other cue article that I ever owned."

(Tkaaaaa aad addrMtoftte wrtUr ar uti aaaoUdM la* tcr aay be bad ea aivhcattaa.)

Wet Weather Oarmenta for RJdtafc Walking, Working, or

opening

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MEXICAN

Mustang Liniment i a a p o s i t i v e c u r e f o r P i l e s .

W&le^flcH Wlaple 'Stfck LAIKDRY BLUE t fjilir break. rreeMi nor apot elothra. i IU and equtOa » eeau warth of anj other bl

Wont teoanta

Coeta blu ing .

GWSENG Fortnnei in little card-ena. Eaally grown ererjrwhere. Bella In

— American market al • 7 to SI 8 per lb,; coata tu grow lean than II. Big demand: roota aalaead for aalei booklrt frer; write to4a)r. Or, ft Ra

or aaleibookleifroo: write O CO., Dept. 8, JeaUn. So.

L A D I E S Are you IcoMnv tor a Dres sy , Oood Wear ing S h o e a t • m o d -K a t e coa t? If oe ask your dea le r fo r f h e

$2.00 Shoe for Women I t ' s a w o n d e r f o r t h e pr loe

Sooklot Proa

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Whtn answering tds. please meniiun this paper

One of the Possibiiitlea of Continued Use of Lecithin.

The process by •which a human be-ing or other animal grows ia some-thing of a mystery, and nobody knows why development comea to an end at a certain stage of life. It ia supposed that an alligator continues to grow throughout ita entire life, atod the same may be true of some other rep-tiles; but the growth period of a mammal is usually limited to about one-fifth of the term of its natural existence. If development during that period can bo accelerated the sire of the animal at maturity will be great-en, Hence It is thought that children Judiciously dosed with lecitlan may in this way be made to grow taller and more muscular. Perhapa, indeed, by this simple means wo may yet be able to create a race of gianta, such aa the people described in the story o: H. G. Wells, who owe their enor-mous size to a wonderful food.

Snakes in Water. All reptiles swim. Almost all

snakes move through the water with is much ease and rapidity aa on land, llattlesnakea, for example, are much given to swimming in placid water if it Is not too cold. In the Everglade lakes of Florida they may be often neen. It is well to know that to at-tack from a boat a poisonous snake m the water is a much more danger-ous 'proceeding than to attack the snake on land. The reason is that the reptile will immediately make for the boat, since it must have a solid base from which to strike. It half leaps and half climbs into the craft, and there Is a fight at uncomfortably c'ocn Quarters.—Success.

Could Qet No ResL Freeborn, Minn., October 17 (Spe-

cial)—Mr. R. E. Ooward. a well-known man here is rejoicing In the relief from suffering he has obtained through using Dodd's Kidney i-Hls. His experience is well worth repeating as it should point the road to health to many another in a similar oondl-tlon.

"I had an aggravating case o! Kid-ney Trouble," says Mr. Goward, "that gave toe no rest day or night but using a fpw boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills pot new life in me and I feel like a new man.

"I am happy to state I have received great ai-.d wonderful benefit from Dodd's Kidney Pills. 1 would heartily recommend all sufferers from Kidney Troublo to give Dodd's Kidney Pills a fair trial as I have e e r y reason to be-lieve it would never be regretted."

Dodd's Kidney Pills make you feel like a new man or woman because they cure the kidneys. Cured kidneys mean pure blood and rrare blood means bounding health and energy In ^very part of the body.

HdW Webster Got Eveiv Daniel Wftbster wrote after con tin-

ned provocation to the editor of a newspaper which had referred to his private affairs and especially to his not paying his debts. He said: "It Is true that I have not always paid my debts punctually, and that I owe money. The cause of this is that I have not pressed those who owe me. for payment. As an Instance of thla I enclose your father's note, made to me thirty years ago, for money lent him to educate his boys."—Rehoboth Sunday He^ ld .

Work of American Farmers, i t is the American farmer who'ha*

paid off our hugs indebtedness to Eu-rope, who has brought back our se-curities from foreign banks, and who has sent American capital around the world looking for investment—Sue-cess.

Sailors' Bassy Trousers. Sailors do not wear baggy trousers

for custom's sake. They are "builf wide so that Jack can turn them up above the knees when necessity d e tnands, 'which is often.

r -

Health of the JaiMinese All wealth is at last reducible to

and Is, in fact, idenlicai with healthy human bodies. There are only two civilized nations which have accepted and carried out compulsory vaccina-tlon—the German and tho Japanese. Their consequent freedom from small-pox is but one illustration or many that might be adduced, showing that in making sciencewpracticai, that is, in hygiene and preventive medicine, the Japanese are in advance of all others. The fundamental contiition of this health of the people lies far back of all the contributions of Occi-dental civilization, and are wholly indigenous to this remarkable people. It consists in the national and his-toric habit of living In the fresh air and sunshine.

Every hygienist knows and preaches that almost the sole cause of tuber-culosis and pneumonia is the ill ven-tilation and Impure air of our houses. They are house diseases. Many oth-ers are in part or indirectly due to

the same cause. Personal unciean-liness of body is also a contributing source of morbid mischief. aRalnst which the best of our Western na-tions must also fight a long war. The Japanese have plenty of fresh air and light in their houses. The typical Japanese house. Indeed, is open on all sides and at ail times to wind and sun. and those who live In it are the most cleanly of body of ail peoples. They have no bedrooms, and no beds, as we understand the term, and so they are also free from the diseases whiqh are almost inevitably connccted with that otherwise universal piece of household furniture. Those who are astonished at the sudden appropria-tion by this people of all that science and civilization can give or teach, fqr-get that It has long been' possessed oi the prime essentials of civilization, of which our hygienlsts and boards of health are vainly now trying to teach ihe people the trne value.—American Medicine.

W h e n

St. Jacobs Oil The old monk cure, strong, straight, sure, tackles

Hurts, Sprains, Bnrises The muscles flea, the kinks untwist, the soreness dies out. Price 2Sc. and 80B.

Test for Cigar Smokers "I have a customer who thinks he

Rtnokes fwenty cigars a day." said a downtown dealer. "As a l e t t e r of fact he gives away many of them and throws away soiae that are only partly consumed. However, he is firm in the belief that he smokes more actual tobjeco than arty man in New York, and a boast on the subject In fay store yesterday led to a curious be t

"He declared, to begin with, that he could smoke three ordinary cigars in half an hour. A bystander remarked thnt no man alive could smoke even one cigar continuously until it was consumed without taking It from his lips. 'Bosh!' said my man. 'I do that right along and think nothing of it.'

" T U bet you a box of perfectos you c a n t do it right now,' said the other, and In half a minute the wager was made. By Its terms the cigar was to be consumed in steady consecutive puffs and not removed from .the lips until burned to a mark one and a half inches from the tip. A clear Havana

| Colorado Madura was selected for the j lest and the smoker took a seat and

began. •'He puffed like an engine for about

two minutes and accumulated some-thing under half an inch of ash, and then he began to wabble. He shifted the cigar from side to side, pulled slow and fast and seemed to have difficulty getting his breath between the draws. At any rate he kept turn-ing his head to avoid tho smoke, and Anally got to laughing. I could see he was in torture, but he stuck to It until he got within half an inch of the mark. Then he jumped up suddenly, threw the cigar away and walked odt of the shop.

"I paid the bet and charged it to his , account, and he told me last evening

that the very idea of tobacco made him sick. I doubt whether it would be possible for anybody to smoke even a moderately strong cigar through in the manner I have d e scribed."—New York Press.

Burro Served as Guide The burro, veritable ship of the

Western desert, will live longer with-out water and scent it further than any, other known animal except the camel. As an example of the keen scent of the burro for water, Arthur J. Burdick relates, In "The Mystic Mid-Regicn," tho experience of two prospectors, named Peterson and Kel-ley. A few years ago they attempted to eross the Great Mohave desert on foot with a burro to carry their sup-piles.

tn passing from oasis to oasis thfy lost their way, and the supply of water became exhausted. To be lost In the desert Is a terrible thing, and anxiety, coupled with torturing thirst and the Intense heat, drove Peterson Insane. He left his companion and fled, shrieking; across the plain. Kel-ley picketed the burro and went after Peterson to bring him back, but was unable to overtake him.

He returned to the trail to find that

his burro had broken his tether and was moving across the desert at a leisurely pace. He followed, but the animal was so far in the lead and he was so exhausted from his efforts to overtake Peterson that he could not come up to the burro.

Night came upon him, and it soon became so dark that he could not dis-tinguish the burro. He had to follow it by the footprints in the sand. When it became too dark to distinguish the footprints Kelley still staggered on In sheer desperation.

By and by his heart gave a great throb. Before him, outlined against the sky and seemingly suspended In the air, was a form which he knew to be either his burro or an appari tion. He hurried forward, and, lo! standing upon a sharp rise of ground and facing him was his lost burro! The burro seemed to be awaiting him, for when he came up the animal turned and led the way down the in cilne to a spring of living water.

The Origin of Hoodlum "Hoodlum," which has found place

In the vernacular, is well understood to apply to a class of young toughs who has no respect for sex, age or the sense of what is becoming. Few know the derlvlatlon of the word.

It was In 1872, when the Odd Fel-lows held a picnic at. Redwood City. A gang of toughs attended.

Among the gang from San Francis-co. was one whose name was Hood Lummix, who was a peculiarly form-ed creature. Clumsy, big-footed, with e large mouth and protruding teeth, thick lips, a big, bushy head of hair of a dirty brick color, standing out like qnllls on a porcupine, this almost mal-formed specimen attracted the aiten-tion of young rowdle# '-/ho picked npon him for a day's sport.

Go where he might he was followed by a gang who hooted and made things unpleasant for him during the day.

The amusement of the gang did not confine itself to the picnic grounds. They went outside, broke into orchards and flower gardens, des-troying valuable property, and finally wound up by shooting a valuable horse belonging to a rancher.

This last act was more than the sheriff of San Marco could stand, and he bagged a couple of dozen of the offenders. When the case came up before the justice of the peace in Red-wood each of the accused laid the blame on Hood Lummix. Simple minded Hood got six months in jail.

In sentencing him the justice, who was very much displeased that he could nol send the entire gang to state prison, delivered a lecture to the offenders. In which he said:

"I now warn you to keep out of this country: we want no more of Hood Lummix or his gang lo visit us."

The word was thus coined for com-mon use.—New York Herald.

Two severe cases of Ovarian Troutle and two terrible operations avoided. Mrs. Emmons and Mrs. Coleman each tell how they were saved by the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable CompouncL

"DEAR MM . PINKHAM I a m so pleased wi th the results obtained f rom L y d i a E . P i n k h a m ' s V e g e t a b l e C o m p o u n d tha t I feel i t a du ty and a privilege t o wr i te you about i t

" I suffered f o r more t h a n five years wi th o v a r i a n t r o u b l e s , caus-ing an unpleasant discharge, a g rea t weakness, and a t t imes a faintness would come over me which n o a m o u n t of medicine, diet , or exercise seemed to co r rec t Y o u r Vegetable Compound found the weak spot, however, within a f e w w e e k s — a n d s a v e d m o f r o m a n o p e r a t i o n -a l ! m y troubles h o d disappeared, a n d I found myself once more heal thy and w e l l "Words fail to describe t h e real, t rue , g r a t e fu l feeling tha t is in m y hear t , and I w a n t to tell eve ry sick a n d suffering sister. Don' t dally wi th medicines you k n o w no th ing about , b u t take L y d i a E . P i n k -h a m ' s V e g e t a b l e C o m p o u n d , a n d t ake n t f w o r d for it, you will be a di f ferent woman in a sho r t t ime."—MRS . LAURA EMMONS, Walker -ville, Ont.

Another Case of Ovarian Tronble Cured Wi thou t a n Operation.

" B i a r MRS. PINKHAM:—For several years I was t roubled wi th ovarian trouble a n d a pa inful and inflamed condition, which kept me in bed par t of the time. I did so dread a surgical operation.

W I t r ied dif ferent remedies hoping to ge t better, b u t no th ing seemed to bring relief until a friend who had been cured of o v a r i a n t r o u b l e , through t h e use of y o u r compound, induced me to try it. I took it fa i thful ly for three months, and a t the end of t ha t time was glad to find tha t I was a well woman. Health is nature 's best gift to woman,

and if you lose it and can have it restored through Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com-pound I feel t ha t all suffering women should

^ ' k n o w of this."—31ns. LAURA BELLE COLB-\ MAN. Commercial Hotel, Nashville, Tenn.

I t is well to rememember snch letters as above when some druggist trie® to get you to buy bomething which he says is " just as good " That is impos-sible. as no other medicine has such a record of cures aa L y d i a E . P i n k -h a m ' s V e g e t a b l e C o m p o u n d ; accept no other and you will be glad.

D o n ' t h e s i t a t e t o w r i t e t o Mrs . P i n k h a m if t h e r e is a n y t h i n g a b o u t y o u r s i ckness you do n o t u n d e r s t a n d . She wil l t r e a t y o u w i t h k i n d n e s s a n d h e r a d v i c e i s f r e e . N o w o m a n e v e r r e g r e t t e d w r i t i n g h e r a n d she h a s h e l p e d t h o u s a n d s . A d d r e s s L y n n , M a i

0|* AAA FORFEIT we cannot tnrthwlth prnanee tho nrlfflniil letters nd ultmttni* ( Arllllll l above tesUmonhde, whlcb will prove their *b«olnte cenninwieM. KKIUUU Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Cc.. Ljmt,.

m flOT WOr"FO« wllen In tha "world It hersweof Ibelr exrrt-The rsuon W. 1* DevcUa 1*.

lent style, en>r fluing and wi* •T H H.-Mid Imiiter.and. •He* for the year ending Jolr l.BM. were IP

W. L. ]>oai;luic«sniim«a their Taluetoy ittn tako uo inbtmnte. Sold by thoe dealers cveryw

mi Uli name and price on the bottom. Lookfortfr-

SUPERIOR IM FiT, OOMFORT AND WEAR. W hnf Mem IV. L Poofioi f330 iWi/or Ihe last trthr Urcri trilh abtolule tuli-/act<- i . I find them mrrnor in tU.romJrrt and tttar fo olhrn to$tnp/rrm 15.00 la rW-D. 8. McCVK, DrplTtoll.. If. S. Jnt. Rnnur, SirhmcnJ. la.

W. L. noairUft Corona Cnltxkln In Mm a.l.6»> diora. Corona Colt I* conceded to t a the flncat I'aMnt Leather made. Fiat Color Eyelet* hmi! rxelaKlrcly.

IT. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mmsaaofimmmttm.

On Life's Roujjh Way Life In slmfljr what wc make It as we

hasten heedless on To the fu tu re that awaits ns Just beyond

the gilded dawn; We can jilnnt our path with roses, aye.

or water It with tears. We can shadow it with sorrow that will

stay throughoBt the years; We ran make our neighbors happy with

a laugh or with a song. We can scatter sunshine always as

through life we pass aloni;; Life is simply what we make 11; let us

make it bright and gay. For the bird that carols sweetly gladdens

all the summer day.

As a little smile costs nothing, with your smiles be ever free.

And oft a laugh will calm the storm that sweeps the human sea:

The heart attaned to melody will never know dt-spalr.

The touch of friendly hands will make a clouded sky more fair:

For wha t ' s the use In brooding o'er a sorrow or a woe?

For sorrows, like the birds, take wings nnd quickly from us go:

Then let our barks have snowy sails and pennons gayly bright.

That those who see them on the wave may greet them with delight.

The Chicken Joke Again. Senator Daniel tells of an old darkj'

who was asked whether in his experi-ence prayer was ever answered.

"Well, sab," replied Mose. "some pra'rs is ansnd an* some ain't—It de-pends on what yo* axes fo'. Just arter de wah, w'en It was mighty hard

Why live a;id think the busy world is " cold and hard to please.

And drain the vintage of unrest down to the fllthy lees?

The smiles of childhood haunt us as the years go drifting by.

A baby's laugh will often clear a storm-enshrouded sky;

Then laugh till those around you catch the merriment you own.

And you have firmly seated Queen En-joyment on her throne:

For the world is not for sorrow, or the skies would not be blue.

And you can give to life's landscape the colors that are true.

Aye. Mfe is what we make It, bright or clouded o'er with woe.

As fate doth sweep the pendulum unceas-ing to and fro;

Plant roses in your pathway, weed th* thistle from your door.

He In whose heart a laugh is bom can-not be counted poor;

So make life bright and merry, sunshine never killed a flower.

And never came a smile amiss unto weary hour;

The birds doth flll with happiness the meadows wheio they throng.

And we can set the world aglee with laughter and with song.

•Liverpool (Kng.) Mercury

scratchln* fo' de cullud brederin, I noticed dat wenebber I pray de Lord to sen' one o' Marse Jenkins' fat chickens lo' de old man dere was no notice took of de petiahun; but w'en I pray dnt He would sen' dc old man fo' He chicken dc matter was tended

I'to befo' sunup do uex' morniu'."

E WiNT YOUR HflSE and wil l send you p r o s p e c t f w and fu l i pa r t i cu la r s of KIN®

SUCCESSFUL COLO, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD. ZINC AND QUICKSlLVeR MinhirCoi*p«nl«,lf you wilisend usyourntme and addrosi. Mining Maps Fno, ARBUCKLE-OOODE COMMISSION CO., 325 Olive Street, St Leah, rts.

t t Cures Colds. Coughf. Sore Threat, Crstn, flueasa, Whooping Cough, Hronchitls" end Asthma. A certain cure for Consumption in first stages, and a sure relief in advanced stages. U$3 at once. You will sec the excellent eCecl after taking the first dose. Sold by dealers every-where. Large bottles 25 cents had 50 cents.

TELEPHONES! FOR FARMERS' LINES •nd Villsot Exchinpe*

Bond your own line*-toexpen-sire and Mmplu. Uookuf laitrno-tion Free. CH 809 THE KORTH ItlCTKIO 00. MTBt Clair St., Cleveland, Ohio

WESTERN CANADA'S Magnificent Crops for 1904,

Western Canada's Whsst Crop this Year Will be OO,. 000,000 Bushels, and Whsst st Prss* ent Is Worth tl.OOs Bushel.

Tli3 Oat end Barley Crap Will Alio Yield Abundnfe. Splendid prices for all kinds of grain, eattle

and othfcr farm produce for the growing ot which the climate is unsurpassed.

About ISO.OOO Americans have settled InWesV rrn Ccnada during tho i w 1 'hieo years.

Thousands «>.' ire# t.f 100 acre* eii.-n still available in the beat atncultural dis-tricts.

U has been aa'd that the United States wfll, be forced to Import wheat within a very few years. Secure a farm In Canada and heoOmtt one of those who will produce It.

Apply for information to Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to anthorlied Canadian Government Airent—M. V. Mfclnnea. No. C. Avenue Theatre Block, Detroit, Mich.; C. A. Laurier, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.

W. N. U.""DETROIT- KO. •4-3~t90^

^^^fThimpson' i lye Watr

Cloaks, Suits Skirts and Furs.

Wc have broken nil prevlouR rccordu thin year in om-Htock of ClonkH. Furs, and iiHdleH Ttillor-Madc SiiUh. Wo ht t ' l t r ight whun wo 'deforrod imying (JioakR 'till 'the very las i mdinent. Tlad wc Htot'kwl np" early mh Ronie HtoreB did, we too, wonld "have a lot of HtyieH t i i a t were ntlpposod to Be good warly In the season.

See our Touml Coats They are r lglf t . quite long, loose and 'ttdt higii.prlced.

Our Stock of Furs is Compldte and large. We buy I'nrs early and in large qnanilftiee and can save you from 10 t o 20 per cent <"ii the price of them.

AH f o r i anne le t t e Wrrtppcre we well thcni all for $1.00. They arc nearly nil thofi ;2r . and $1.S0 kind.

Wc sell $1.50 Ibigft for ?:?.0<i. Wc sell fBIOO Itngs for $'j.00.

We sell the berit Thl lie ()il Cloths for per ya rd .

W. W E E K E S

Heard About T o w n

"Hfesierday was; Tio-morrow may be,-

Uo-day t's' — Y o u r o p p o r t u n i t y

To call and Inspect our

Onr Bargain Sale l« now on mus t be closed ou t regardless of

w, s. • a

for the purpose of nmklng room for now stock. Boant l fnVpat terns cost, uhcapcr grades a t your own price.

WINEGAR, Lowell, Mleh.

P o t a t o Bread.

t»r. ^lodges, dentist . 'Lamp Sale, Odt. 22.

tf

P o t a t o Bread

P o t a t o c ra tes Mill.

Collar's Ba'/aur.

Tt is solid. Smi th ' s Bakery.

a t Lowell P l an ing

Mrs. A. 'G. Stone w a s In Orand H a p l d s S a t u r d a y .

Miss lifzyilc Thompson spent Sun d a y In Orand Hapids.

Si. Bailey of Detroit spent Sun-d a y with old 'Lowell Mends.

^Lotsdf light for a little money, 'Ocl. 22. ( 'ollar 's t Jazaar .

Cai'Ioad cedar fence posts Just re-ceived. Lowell Ijiiniber Co.

Stock of groceries and lixtures for sale. ttco.'Odlds, Lowell.

Mrs. Jas . A- Marsh of ConStaiitlne visited'her son, W. 'E., 'theffri^t of the week.

Mrs. Freda Mueller has returned from a Several weeks' visit in Orand Jtujilds.

•Emma Wcshrook vtf Lowell has been selected as assis tant teac'her at Alhlon college.

f t will pay you t o gdt prices'on! buggies u t Brown. Sehler <t McKay's! before buying.

Born—in Lowell, Oct. Ifi, to Mr.' a n a Mrs. Kov Graham, a daugliWri weighing S»,' pounds.

Mrs. W. A. Heed of Grand Bnplds spent the lat ter par t of last, week wi th Mrs. (Jeo. McKee.

Mrs.TO. L. Kaulkndr and son Paul of Belton, arc visiting Mr. und .Mrs. H. 'E. FunlkuiM- a few day's .

J u s t w h a t you liave been looking for, P o t a t o Bread, Weldon Smith 'niakes It and your grocer sells it.

Mrs. Lewis Audiv\vn and daughter .Muriel a re visiting the former's sis-ter , Mrs. Chas. Wolfe, at .laclcson.

;Idhn Tappin , the Chicago tailor, will be a t W. S. Oodfrcy's next Mon-day , Odt. tM. Come and see his samples.

3. E. T h o m a s and family attended the Golden Weddlhg annlversarv of

Tils p a r e n t s a t Sodth Bend, Ind., last Wednesday.

The Pe re ManiUettc donot'liasheen very peat ly painted Inside and out anil ipresents a iiiuch lm|»rove(l ap-•pearance.

Mr. and Mrs. P r a n k Itandall and t w o children of Orund Hujjlds visited! his parents , Mr. and Mrs. F. Kandall, l a s t wedk. .

Ed Tra i l and wife of Beldlng ciimc t o 'Lowdll Sunday wi th their airto-nidblle and visited 'H. S. Schrelner and Avlfc.

lua G. Tay lo r of Orund Kaplds will give y pr ivate piano-recital for her Lowell anil Ada pupils a t the home of Mrs. Wlllard'Odt. 28.

The t w o boys who were concerned j in t h e Tlowk store burglary have been released on suspended sentence. If their beha vior Is goon they will probably escape further punisliment, on account Of their youth and this being their 11 rrtt offense.

Miss Alice P . Morris and A. G. Peckham of this place were married Wednesday af ternoon, Oct. 12, ut tho home Of his father , A. f l . 'Peckham, 28 P a r i s Ave. , 'Grand Haplds. Thb ceremony was performed in the pres-ence of his father and his broiher, Carl and .Mrs. Fl. A. I 'eekham, The bridal pair ure ' taking a ten days1

trip th rough the earit, lifter which they will return to make their home with his father.

Try P o t a t o Bread. Santih's 'Bakery.

L a m p Sale Oct. 22. Collar's Bazaar .

Get your p o t a t o crates a t "Lowell P l a n i n g mm.

Jackson cement—carload ijlist re-ceived. Lowell 'Lumber Co.

Lumps (»f all Kinds, prices Slaugh-tered a t our sule. Oct. 22.

Collar 's 'Baaaar.

TTave you seen those t(i|) carr iages Brown, Sehler & McKay are offering for $T5, fdlly guaranteed?

Alaaka.Tay. and family have moved to Edmore . where the ' former Is em-ployed. The family left for their new home las t evening.

Mrs. i/dhn Wilson formerly of this , phice btit now of St. Louls/Mldhlgan, was enfertalned to dinner a t tihej home df Mrs. S. 'BrowOrlast P r lday . |

In order to reduce our large s tock| of buggies we an- offering special ln-1 ducetnents In way of prices. "

Brown. Sehler & MdKay. i

Miss Olennis Young was surprised | Fr iday evening by the arr ival df a company Of youngpeojile fromSoiitihl Lowell and South Boston, who, spent severjiPfllesant 'hours wltih herJ

Mrs. f i .Sl lsby wa« given a surprise painty by a b o u t thlt'ty df 'her IrTends last T h u r s d a y evening, In 'honor of her b i r thday anniversary. She WMsj the recipient df a nunlber of fine gif ts from them.

Among the Jurors d r a w n fo r t h e November term df the Tdnla Circuit court which convenes Nov. 22, are: A. P . Lowrcy. Uerlln; J a m e s Flarkcr, Moston; if dim i l .Scd t t Campbell; Ed-j win Frost , Keene; C. C. 'Cuickerlng. Otlsco. ^

For eruptions. HOres,iphuples, kid-ney and liver troubles, const ipat ion, iiHligeStidn, use flrilllster's Tlodkv 'i'ea. Carries new life t o every pai ' t of t he body. Tea or tdlilet form. •«» cents . O. G. LOOK.

Hal-Stocking's orches t ra rtt loween dance.

Vou save money by buyhig sui ts and overcoats a t Godfrey's .

T w o Shropshire r a m s for sale.; (Prank F lanagan . Gltlzen's phone215.!

Good second-hand wood cdok rito ve for sale. 1 nqulrc a t this offloe.

ers for chicken foods lis. > .FL M. Meyers.

f l e a d q and oySfi

Walt for our Annual L a m p Sale commencing S a t u r d a y . Odt. 22.

Collar's Bazj iar .

Notteo f o chicken owners. Fli^h protc^rtnu'f scraps and 'bones. Try . t h ^ n f f o r yoMUidhickens! il. M. Meyers.i

'Ndw stock of P o u ^ l a s shoes ju^ t arrived a t tJodfrey's—best ?!!.R0 Shoe In t h e world.

Ouy May, aged TO, was brotig'Wt before S. P . Flicks Monday, ch/irgedj with disorderly condndt, and 'bound over for t r i a l t o t h e Circuit 'Coudt.

TU'nJ. Terwllligor left Tuesday for New Vork t ' l ty. t o spend t h e Winter with relatives t h e r e and 'In 'LMster Co.,N. Y. Misslilzzie Is visiting rela t lves a t Newaygo and other places.

Mrs. Albert T{ydcr, Mrs. M. Van-a.rsdfde and daughter . Miss Mae, a re at tending the Odd Fellow and Ttc-bekah assembly a t Lansing 'this week.

P r o m lndlgestlon,adheR and ipains. Your svHtcm will be'freo, T'f you' l lTu/t take a tbndly drink, ' Of Pocky Mountain 'i'ea."

D. G. LOOK. :

The reception given Mr and Mrs. A. FL Sturgis w a s held a t 'tilte res-Ideaceof Mr. and Sfrs. T). G. Mangf instead Of t h a t of Mr. and Mrs. P . W. Flinvon as reported by Tue 'LtmoKH last week.

To PKNT—Two 'large f ron t rooms1

In Masonic 'Flail 'block; suftablc 'for ofllces, lodging rooms or light house-keeping. Tm/Ulre a t residence.

2w Ohandler iJdhnsoa. P o t a t o Bread somdthiug new. P o t a t o Tlread. Just w h a t Tilie

name Implies. P d t a t o e s In ft. Made only by Wdiftoh Strifth the buker. Try It.

Blcdle for sale.

Begular special mectintr of t h e Common Connell of t h e Village of Lowell held In Who conncil rortms on Monday evening,'Odt. TTth. 1004.

Meeting called t o order by Prcsi-ddnt P r o Tem Nicholson.

Present Trns tees Collar, Hldks, IJPO, Nicholson, Smith and winegar , a'bseut Presldeh't 'Wakes.

Minutes Of tTio Angust and Septem-ber meetings Wad and ap|n ,ovefl.

On motion by Trnstee 'Fl icks t h e •StjrecTTVimtrilttee w a s instructed t o t ake such act ion a s may'be'ne<'essai^-t o crnupel the Pere Marquet te rail-; way company t o 'put Its crossings In good shape a t Hudsdn s t reet and Highway near nor thern IImfts\ Of the Village. . y . ^On motion by Trnstee Collar t h e •fdllowlng bills were allowed. Y'»as, 'COflar. Flicks, !Lee, Xldholson, SmTtftl and Winegar,

GEN. T1:NT) Weldon SmiOi 9 65 Tjowdll Ledger 0 08 Exlpense'ln Murp'hy Case 121 85 'Ktoappen, 'Kiainhans & 'Knap-

pen In Murphy case...... lifl 10| R. E . Spr lnget t "• 50

271 5H

STREET TT^ND .'I ."'P. Todd 10 50 w m . P a w s o n 7 05 •I. E . Todd 0 00

1410, fi'00

54 78

On motion by Trustee Lee "Coundll adjourned.

T. A. Mnrphy. Clerk.

Sv'A. Wood

m

In these duys of cheap watcheH and shoddy nmniifactliru n timepiece shoiiitl be wle'cted wi th Care. A good wu'ch should lust a llfdtiine.aud lon^ er. Such watches are tiie only kind wor th having and In

of a reliable dealer hand t o make the good .

We have In stock complete lines Of ^he best watches made. All sizes for both glilltlcuidb and' ladles.

We sdll watches for prpcisely w h a t they are, und (pmllty considered, our luices are a'i-w a y s aa'low a s cun be had.

dCr' to get them you must buy who Ih lit guarantee

Cost $25, New •y'lltitle. Own-

er gone a w a y . Muri t 'havothe mon-i cy. Oolng at 'hulf price. Inqui re at! LKDtftjR olllce.

Pdt . Warren W. P l i T i a r d s o n / n S.j general recrtdting serdlco, Is ln 'Low-j ell looking for available men for ser-vice In t h e !U. S. Army. A'dpnctfUts arc desired for Coast, Pldld Ai ' t l l lervj fl Is headquar te rs will 'be a t 'flOtdll Waverly, Where'he will beirileasedto gi ve a II information to t hose intcres-! ted.

The Lowell :Cu'tter company Tmsj Installed In Its new engine room oiiel of the best «team poweriplauts, 'boll-! er and engine wi th all modern appur-l tenances. By an Ingenious •system I Of biow-plpeH, t h e dus t and Shavings from the nmdlilues throughoUl, tihe factory are fed automat ica l ly Infto the furnace. 'I'hls makes the 'fadtory a t jot ter lire riHk/more heUlOiftd 'for the workmen and Is a fnel economis-er. Among many other 'Itrtprove-inentH IH un electric l lghtlng'plaut 'for night service. The Cutter company

been u heavy pa tron Of Tire Tn-surancccouipau 'es and on account or the ureal care taken the 'business has been very protltable t o 'tihe tln-i derwrlterH. With the i r new Improve-' nentH, ti»? cu t t e r company expedts! ill' *! S ' t . t 0 S ( i t " n b r i t a r i t l a l re-'

uuctlou In insurance rates.

Disinfect Seed for Black Rot. HecCMt Investigation^ihas 'provefl

tlmt the RnrniB of black rdt may 'be carried over winter on the dry noed, a fact provlounly doubted by Bclon-UBIS, and that thpse gerniB may pro-duce the dlaease wheh1 Inoculated hi to healthy plants. It Is, therefore, a wise preoautlon to dlBlrifeCt the cab-hage seed, an removing one 'possible BOU rco of I n fectlon. This can 'be done von- cheaply, easily and Safdly by Konldng the seed for 'fifteen nituutes In corrosive sublimate solution, ono to 1,0W) strength.

'African 'Qerte. African gecso are as large as 'most

HJmbden and ToUlouse geose, and are better layers, Setters and mothers than any other breed df geese. Ooa-lings from old Africans are very strong and hardy ^nfl grow vory fast. They arc a very active breed o'f geese.

The ganders are very active and sure breeders and Will mate promptly with any breed rif geese. They can be mated with five times as many geese j as can a Toulouse.gander and twice as many as an 'Birtbden gander.

The female-; are excellent setters and mdthers—are second to none In these respects.

The African geese 'have been raised for many yours In the ex t e rn Stkt.es, whore they -have a vory godd roptita-tlon as a first olass innrket goose, and they are rapidly working their way westward, and In a few yetfrt will be as common as the Bmbden and ToUlOUBe geese.

Afrlcaas have a Steady, dignified and ndhle walk and -carriage and Show 'muCh grace In their movemerit

African feeese originated from A'frlca and were known In Massachu-setts back as far as 1859.

African geese have H large "head With a large knob and generally liave a dewlap under fhe throat. •These and the 'Chine se geese are the only two breeds that have a kndb on the head.

Eye, Ear, Nose and Threat Specialty.

G. <S. TOWSLEV.'Nl.'D. Offiocover McCaity'siitere. 'Lowdll, MlCb

GraiMl

HwHicai Mass Meeting firm's 'Opera Iffme,

ILowcll,

W e d . E v e n i n g

N O V E M B E R . 2 Hon.

Wm. Alden Smith

And Others Will Spe^k

C A S H I Q ^ Special Attodim

I S OTVLN TO THE

ACCOUNTS OF t A -DTES AND CHTLD-

REN IN "BOTft THE ' C ' O M M E R C l A L

ANT) T H E S A V -

INGS foEPAKT-M ^ N T S OF THE _

ImtM Sink Bank

J. B. Nicholson Elected By 1904 Majority.

Puprcscnta'tilvc Of tho people Of Lowell and vldinfty anfl duly authorized t o seiwe In t h e Wodld'B '(^reat Dry Goods Miidkcts a s ITlgh i "hlcf Bargain Hunter, Wis 'last campaign resulted 'fn tihe sdiedttlon Of an dlegant tftock Of Ladles a"nd (ihlld-'ren's

Coats See Ids $10 coat , Berit on eai'tih. Il ls $5.00 'Fur Is a l T u m m e r

!(Mrs. W^II "Pleased Signed • Wrs. Ba rga in 'Hunter

- I Mrs, Bntlrdly SatWflod Tnspectors of TOlodilon.

Horse Owners!

IThis f^tcre call 'be't/f service to 'everjvwner 'df a 'horse. W e have a M iltrre df Vdterffiary "Rem-eflies. We maike a specialty df preparing- special receipts for horse tlinimefrts, condition (powders, ctc. W e have a Wft Itne of stable necessities sndh as sponges, dhamois, etc., etc.

W h e n y o n t i eed a n y t i f n g - ^for y o u r ' ho r se M a t a ' f i r s t d l a s s d r u g s i tore s h o n l d ' h a v e — c o m e 'he re .

A, D. STURGIS.

OOhn, Trut/k ft'Co.'s MrtkeOfOlOtlhlng 'for Wen.

DaUhe/Cdbn & Oo.'s Wttke-drfllOtHlng

'for "Boys. Wie'KuHl-w/ar'MH 'Branti.

The Best 'COMHINWION M'LOWllL

LARGEST STORK LARGEST STOCK SMALLEST PRI€i

YOUrs'for'inany sriles anflHymrilliprOWts.-

W , S , G o d f r e y , The Clolhlrm and Shoe Ulan.

W. l i . 'Doug las Shoes ia 'for Men an

'Boys.

A'tnei'lcan fJIrl Show 'for Women.

'Otfi'ltfhd Shoes'for'OHIldren.