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VOL. VI. N O iS. LOWELL, K E N T COUNTY. MICH.. OCTOBER 20, 1898. W H O L E NO. 2 78

Great Special Sale —on—

LEATHER GOODS - C o m m e n c e s — •

SATURDAY, OCT. 22 Yours f..r btuineg.*.

GEO. M. WINEQAR.

G o l d

THE L4TEST

C o i n U p t -

V e n t i l a t o r . For Hard Coal. Sof t Coal, Coke or Kaod.

A WONDERFUL HEATER.

R a i l r o a d m o l i n g

\t T r a i n ' s Opera H o u s e T o - N i g h t

T u r n Out Everybody .

There will be a mee l ing of the c i t i -zona of Ijowell a t T r a i n ' s opera house

: to nighl a l 7 : 3 0 in the interests of the i exlent ion of the Lowell A H a s t i n g s

rai lroad.

Tomorrow ( F r i d a y ) evening a | meel ing of the same sor t will be held a t Al ton . A fall a t t e n d e n c e ' i s d e -sired.

The Gold Coin Hot Blast Ventilator is n complfte revelation in Stove ; construction. The principle involved hitherto nnknc-rn. They have a dis- |' tinctive individuality, with no connterpartn or compi-iitors. G r e a t e r R e -s u l t s are obtained with One-third less fuel th:in is possible with any other heater made. The perfect combustion is obtained by the consnmption of

/ every particle of heat pruducin^ matter contained in the fuel, together with the great quantity of gas. This is essential for economy; nothing is wasted and fire can be kept over night with soft as well as hard coal.

In this stove are two distinctive features:

I s t — T h e V e n t i l a t i n g Hot -Air D i s t r ibu t ing Fea tu re . 2 d — T h e Combined Foul -Ai r Duc t and Check .

Our ?teel Ranges, Cook and Heating stoves are all up to date. Call and see them- No trouble to show goods. Yours Res pe t ,

R. ». BOY LAN.

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BRING YOUR JOB PRINTING TO THE LEDGER.

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Killed by t h e C a r s !

E u g e n e Ald r i ch , of Boston town-ship, was killed by a D. <& M. t ra in two and half miles f r o m this place Tuesday evening. His body was found on the t rack Wednesday morn ing. ^

Fired t o ki l l R H. King:

.r Considerable-excitemcntv~»-accasionea TFl tovC ii Tuesday

. afternoon by the violent actions | of William, son of Henry Bos-worth of this place.

The young- man has been acting- strang-ely of late, show-ing marked symptoms and on j Tuesday he shot at R. H. King-1

; who is employed in his father's j • blacksmith shop. Mr. King^ i i escaped unhurt and before he I fired ag-ain his father and King-took the revolver from him.

That evening Deputy Sheriff1

Morse took the boy to Grand !

Rapids tor safe keeping.

Carnival of Fan at Grand Rapids, Oct.

2 5 t h to 2 8 t k .

For the above ("amival the Grand Trunk | Huilwa} system will make one single fare i for the round t r ip from all etationson the system in Michigan. Tickets will bo .sold

I forall regular trains of the 25th. 2 th. ; 27th and 28th. tickets being valid to re-j turn up to tho 29th Special cheap ox-! cursione will be run on the 28th inst on I the I). A v . and G. T. Divisions. | For particulars inquire of all agents of i the company-

Call a t ity ' » i ke ry fo r y o u r l u n c h

HIS PLATFORM.

C a n d i d a t e Lyon O u t l i n e s H i s P o - j

l i t ica l Opinions .

I am a D e m o c r a t of the old s choo l ' and hold t o the old fashioned notion ' that the welfare of h u m a n i t y is o f ! in»re impor tance than dollars und cents. In other words I would place > the man before the d o l l a r .

I believe t ha t every dol lars worth of proper ty should bear its jus t and equitable sha re of the publ ic b u r d e n s .

. 1 have never been able t o discover why m o n e y invested in ra i l roads, telegraphs, telephones, etc. , is any more sacred or is enti t led to a n y m o r e consideration than money invested in f a r m i n g , m a n u f a c t u r i n g or mercant i le pursuits .

Al l p rope r ty should be assessed u p - . on a va lua t ion and t h a t yaluitiiou should a p p r o x i m a t e »» r.oariy to the cash va lue H* yoasible. T h e people • S ^ W n a v e a voice in all ma t t e r s liable to e f fec t them material ly; and all laws cf impor tance should be submit ted to o popu la r vole be fore going in to effect . I believe the nearer the government is to the |>eo- | pie, the be t te r and p u r e r it will he, us !

t h e people would not he likely to " p u t ; u p jobs" on themselves.

A very few necessary laws of most general impor tance wisely adminis-tered, I believe to const i tute the best j form of popula r g o v e r n m e n t .

T h e foundat ion upon which all government should s t and , is protcc-1 tion for the weak; as the strong are 1 belter a b l e to ca re for themselves.

Accumula t ed wealth has a lways endeavored to en roach upon individ-1 u a l r i g h t s ; a n d a s PERSONAL LIHEUTV

is of the utmost i m p o r t a n c e in ma in - ! t a in ing f ree gove rnmen t , i t booomos \ necessary that, it should be shielded I with tho utmost r a r e ahd should a l - ' wavs ho the first ponsiderntion r f

Read this Stove Advert i semet i t .

HEED OUR ADVICE! And you will put in your pocket-booka.

thos" who n u k e and tlw-sy minis te r t h e laws.

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Go to MiU( ,olii''s new S.uil i ' . for first-flnso w o r k .

AX'l'RI), Si ; \ i ra ' ion lis nt giHi.l d r y wond on «nl)M'n{iiioii ».| t T- wi-t i re .

We have the Best and Larg-est Line of Stoves and Ranges. -

We give you a better g-uaranteC: We save you» fuel bills fullv one-third. - -Weg-ive you better goods. We give you better prices. Remember we have the Lowell Agencies of the

Largest and Best Stove Makers in the World.

-CUTLERY.-

Our new line is in. W e Bought at a snap and are going to give you

the benefit.

Oil Cloth Patterns and Stove boards, New Designs

We want your Business. Our Prices are Lower than elsewhere. Our goods are the

best 11:1 i ; : 1 v 1 '• 1 t ^.

K L A R K & K L A R K

l ^ r i e e rv; a l t e r s o n I l a i c l - \ v a r e -

MARKS IS READY. C s - r a n c l F a l l O p e n i n g - S p e c i a l S a l e O o m m o n c i n g -

S ^ - T T J R I D - A . - S r , O C T O B E R I S , 1 S 9 S -

Y e s . M a r k ' s i s R e a d y ! T ht ^

e f ? l l l a , l w oL

r d a ^ u l t , , e i P 8 t a n ( | f o r t t w o r l . i o r t , i e . i m n g t o i h e p a b l i c o f L 1 o w e l l w h e n M V K K S K l i ; : \ S 1 M . l : » i r i i i . Iuve rotnrnol from the big hiwy innrkets of the Kist where my cash and v; ' . . , . y 011 e t ' o r ' "Brchan i i i se has maiie its power ami pri-senue toll. My oiierin^s in Fail an 1 Winter VVe:iri i>; App irel ('or >i«-ii 4ii>i means a reorranization of business values. 1 have i>icke<i up some biir <<nii

ad you will agree with me wften you least your eyes upon them. Come in and get acq«iainie«l with theseamch u l k e l alM)at values. Ask any man. »VOII I . I I I ..r diiiii in Uwell of whal store the following can be said, every one will answer Marks Ruben's

I v I E I S T ' S S U I T S . Black Clay s«ck suit, warranteii not all woo>, n i l I made, vvoll lined, good wearer, 5.73 goods. Grand frll ..pfiiing J , ' i Q

special price ^ * 0 0

Blue black plaid worsted, sack suit for hard wear, well made, weli lined. K. N.& F. iable, tho guarautee of superior A £?rt goods, our reg. price 6.50. Grand fall special piice

Brown cheviot, double bresied, well lined and triinmedK K.N. & F. goods, regular 7.50. Grand iaii special p r i c e " * 0 '

All wool, brown plaid, strictly ail wool, sack suit, K. N. & F. make, farmer's satin lining, yoked and piped, fancy sleeve lining, regular price 8.50. Grand fail opening special' 0 0 ^

tUrictly all wool Clay worsted 14 oz. black sack suii, lined with farmer's satin, every seam double stitched with silk thread, fancy sleeve lining, regular price 8.50. Grand £* Q 'V

fall opening special price U . O I

All wool brown plaid extra heavy and fine lined with Italian lining, fancy sleeve lining, padded shoulders, pipeti and yoked K. N. A F. goods, regular price 10.50. Grand fall T O O

opening special price. •

Imported a ' l wool 16 ox. Clay worsted sack suit, Italian lining, fancy stiiped sleeve lining, every seam stitched with silk, regular price 11.50. Grand

opening special price

Fancy plaid w.-irsied blue black suit, lined with Italian, fancy striped sleeve lining, padded shoulders and piped, warranted fast colors, K. N. A t' goods, regular price 11.50. O O 'V

Grand fall opening special price O . O f

Iidforled all wool 18 ox. Clay worsted frock suit, extra heavy and fine lined with the very be^t Italian lininE; extra fine sleeve lining, everystitch of the garment sewed with silk, pad-ded shoulders and piped, regular price 13.50. Grand Q Q ' V

fall opening special priee •

lined with doubl

fall (lonhly

8.48

O u r T j a r f P J l l i r l ( T m w i n t r Has nut heen .secuifil I.V MMis.-iti(inai !.pa^iiia nor is it c l U U V j r u w i u ^ U U M U t b S ,1^ rMuItofa.vtl.-ni. A-e laid iu foundatioo on

sound busineNS pnacipies which have been stridly adhered i- . 1'lie laws oi mule, lik.- .'Hon law., always work out certain results. Uur first principle was not t" promise what we com.I not |)eri°omi, tiuis iiisuriiiic the conli lence ol our patron*. Our advertisemenis and stock have alwavs agreed. Our advun . ;e o. l a . , j pnr.-lia'.o'. it i .o alw ivs been shared with our customers. 1 he friendship between onrselves and onrthoiisaii.ls ..f customers H a - r i:ityin,- an 1 nttnrallr profitable. It furnishes abundant proof that the p f ' p l e of Ijowell and the entire oonntry virr • 11 l.n.' i- ipprcvi ite t h j safety and sat isfaction which conies from dealing with a depen lable store like .Mints Kuben''.

Genuin^all wind kersey blue Muck overcoat, sizes 14 to 19 yr* farmer's satin lined, sil!" velvet collar, a nobby, np-to date' coat. New York make, regular price 7.75 g S 7

All wool be.tver dre^sovercoat, tan colored, stylish, lined with best farmer's satin, fancy sleeve lining, silk velvet collar, double seamed, K. N. A F. good*, regular price 10.50 8 3 7

Grand fall opening special price

Youth's, Boys' and Children's Suits. Double breasted brown plaid wool snil, well lined, wel1 made, good weight, from 14 to ID vrs New York made, reg- O Q'Y ular price 5.50. Gnmd fall o|ienini! special price O . O I

All wool plaid sack suit, extra heavy an 1 extra line lined with brown satin, stri|ied sleeve lining, sewed with sill; thread New York make, sixes 14 i-. Hi vi>, le-ulur price •> "IO | C ' T

Grand fall opening special pri. e ' I . O I

AM wool blue black chevi. t. Mpiaie . HI. HMJ weight, wi ll made and lined, Rochestt r make. »iz. > 14 . In HI; ' 7 Q price 7.50* Grand fitll op. nin^ >|HM-ial p i -c

Im|>orted all wool 18 I-Z. Clay wmsled, donMe lir"asi.-.|. vpiare cut, sack suit, lined with Italian liniu,-. '•'r-n It ; ml.!,-shoulders and pipeti, New York ma!..- V. > I". '.. 'JO Q f O yrs, reg. price 10.76. iirand tall ••p.-ni.i^ >pc I price

Children's knee pant suits, -ize> 4 !<• 14 yr». regular piice i*k) 1.00. Grand fall opening spe ial price . v w

nee pant suits, sixes 6 to 14 yrs. Iimwn plaid w ol "l " I t ) suit, reg. price l.oO. Granil full open't; >|>e.'l price

j L!r I*• n pi ii I w • II Kiie.,* pint > ii'. >;/.•< '> 11 Uyis. r.'<. 1 t ) Q price 1.75. Grand fall ojuning soc ial price

AUwmd Kersey, grey p: a id knee pant suit, good weight, wel' j m ule, warranled not in lade, sizes 7 to I ) i n , regular O / j O I price H oO. Gran I fall opening special price •w . ' xO

| All wool bine black chevi.it knee p in ' suit, agc< (» to 15 years'; gotsl weight, well made and triannel, regular price O ' 375. Grand fall opening »p.vl.il price

Otry plaid ve-tec »iiit. si'.^s :$ !o S vrs. fancr trimmed and liraided sail..r collar n ••nit. regular price 3.50 O I Q

iirand fall op.'iiing-pc-'ial price &%!.%)

Fancy mixo 1 plaid all w • d vcsiec suit, well lined, fancy trii'i nc l an 1 braid.*-! ^illor collar, latesi style, regular 6) i Q pn c3.75 'Hand fall <|ie:iing spec! 11 price ^

Blue black chinchilla r.-eier, si/.e> 4 to yrs, regular-^ ST Q price2.25 Grand fall 'pfninii special price 1 * 0 0

Bl'ie bhick fancy chin lii"'. r-efer. fancy brass buttous. barid trimmed collar, a.'— 1 t • • -• regular price 3.26 6) OfV

Itniiid fail opening -p.*ciil price

Gennine 1 lack beaver ovon-.at. si/^s 14 to U) yrs, fine dress .••.a Is. fa rule nlur price 6 s.ais. farmer's satin line<l. silk velvet i-idlar. reg- ^ Q T

Unui'l fail opening spec'l price T O x

(irand fall opening special price

F u r n i s h i n g - O o o d s .

2n cent men's underwear. Yon can buy them of Marks f.ir

40 cent.good, heavy and fine undershirts and drawers. Yon can buy them ol Marks for

Petroit cotton fleeced nnderdiirt and drawers. Kds-.n v'oore's. Yon can buy them of Marks for

The '"K" 60cent goods, white merino nndershins and drawers. Yon can buy them of •'arks for

Chiidren's grey nndeisliir!> and drawers, 25 cent goods. You can buy them of arks for

Boys genuine fleeced lined undershirts and drawers, extra weight, sizes 26 to 34. regular 40 cent goods,

Yon can buy them (.f Marks for

l5doz. Jersey overshirts from last year, regular 50 cent goods. You can buy them of M arks for

A few doz. heavier Jersey overshirts, regular 65 cent goods, You can buy them of Marks for

.15

.25

.37

.35

.19 good

.25

.29

.39 Genuine brown fleeced overshirt with pocket, fresh new yj Q goods, reg. 75c goods, You can buy them of Marks for • * 0

O V E R C O A T S .

Blue black chinchilla drew* overcoat, warranted not all wool, fancy plaid lining and velvet collar and good weight, a good serviceable coat, regular price 5.75. Grand fall open- O Q Q

ing special price l

Imitation kersey,slate colored overcoat, fancy plaid lining, vel-! vet collar, a good wearer and dressy coat, regular price A Cfi) 1

•1,76. Grand fall opening special price

Black and brown beaver dress overcoat, farmer's satin lined, extra good sleeve lining, velvet collar, well made, K.'N. K Of f & F. goods, reg. price 8.00 Grand fall opn'g spc'l p r i c e " * 0 '

T h e leas t

C r i t i c i s e d .

T h e m o s t

E u l o g i z e d .

F o r 22 Y e a r s L o w o T a Ciiicl

T h e B e s t

A d v e r t i s e d .

T h e m o s t

P a t r o n i z e d .

LOWELL, MICH*

50 doz. fine all wo I socks, regular 20 cent goods. I O You can buy them of Marks for • - i -O

25 doz. very fine camel's hair socks in boxes, sixes 9} to 1 A 11. reg. 30c goods. You can buv them ol Marks for IJIU

10 doz. brownie overalls, sixes 4 to 15 yrs, 26c goods i Yon can buy them of Marks for i l O

10 doxen knee pants, warranted all cotton, good weight "I 'V 25c goods. You can buy them of Marks for •

You most remember that yon can buy the best ducking AW coal in Michigan You ran buy them of Marks for t Q /

Black and brown dnck coat vi th blanket lining, rubber lined through out, corduroy collar, the best in Michigan < Q n

You • an buy them of Marks for I t W y

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P. M. JOHNSON, P u b l i s l i e r .

I/O W E L L , 7 M I C H I G A N

The heaviest pooketbook has a slV • e r l ln ins .

Mobs f requen t ly f u r n i s h nooso Itenn t o r tho napers .

The poet pipes t h e p lumber lays t h e pipe.

lay and t h o

I t Is dimcult to convince a loafe r t h a t he bores a busy m a n .

CAMPFIHE SKETCHES

G O O D S H O R T 8 T O R I B 9

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

Story of Two B m r e M e n - H o w the

Negroei And the IndUtu Fight Under

t h e F U ( or Freedom—The Soldier at I lome—The Voluntoara.

I t ' s never too hot In s u m m e r o r too told In win te r for t h e Ice man.

Men look fo rward t o the fu tu r e , While women dwell upon the past .

Some men t a k e less advan tage ol oppor tun i t i es t han those who offer t h e m .

T h e end of one m a n ' s fa i lure Is oft-tlmcB t h e beginning of ano the r man 's •uccess.

Some people are will ing to l ive up •o I ' s h t as long aa their eyes a re bandaged.

W e never heard of husbands and wives quar re l ing abou t which loved t h e o t h e r m o s t

S o m e ac tors are l ike Rome e g g a -tney go upon the s tage when they are n o good for a n y t h i n g else.

Th® Negro Soldier.

We used to think tho negro didn't count ror very much—

Light lingered In tho melon patch, and chicken yard and such;

Much mixed In point ol morals and ab-surd In point of dress.

The butt of droll cartoonlsta and the tar-get of the press;

But we've got to reconstruct our views on color, more or less.

Now we know about the Tenth at La Quaalna!

When a rain of shot was falling, with a song upon his Hps,

In the horror where such gallant lives went out In death's eclipse.

Face to face with Spanish bullets, on the elope of San Juan,

The negro soldier showed himself another type of man;

Read the story of his courage, coldly, carelessly, who can—

The story of the Tentk a t La Quaslnal

We have heaped the Cuban soil above their bodies, black and w h l t e -

The strangely sorted comrades of that grand and glorious flght—

And many a falr-sklnned volunteer goes whole and sound today

For the succor of the colored troops, the battle records say.

And the feud is done forever of the blue coat and the gray—

All honor to the Tenth a t La Quaslna!

Grea t w i t Is said t o bo akjjfcrffftl "W-'il.' ^ ' ' I b ' vvell known tha t t he colored troops In the United States a rmy have nesa, y e t we se ldo® t Juv"** «> mad

M o u d a v 0 • near of a man •a -wi ound bragging of his superior

insan i ty .

Some one has said t ha t t ru th Is eter-na l . Pe rhaps I t Is, but t ime changee I t unt i l Its own mothe r Is unable to recognize It.

Tho man who gushes over women Is sneered at as sent imental , and the one who doesn ' t Is called a brute—so what ean the poor man do?

T h e Soudan a r m y rat ion, a? describ-ed In a pr iva te le t te r f rom a soldier. Is appet iz ing and qui te unlike some of t h e food recently offered our soldiers. W h a t wi th s teaks, f resh bread, tea, and a n occasional t a r t , the campaigner hi Africa, a common soldier, seems to offer a s t r ik ing cont ras t to h i s con-t empora ry on th i s side of the sea. Hap-pi ly f o r us, t h e a r m y rat ion question m a y now be discussed a t leisure, and n o t under fire.

Some of the persons who a re urging a n d even "Ins is t ing" tha t certain regi-m e n t s of the volunteer army be mus-tered out of the service, forget tha t t h e men enlisted for two years. They did no t enroll themselves e i ther for a mi l i t a ry picnic or exclusively to fight Spaniards , but t o be good soldiers, going where they wore ordered to go, a n d doing what they were ordered to do, without demur, or question, or t hough t of discharge. They should be loyal to their promise of twenty-four mon ths of fa i th fu l mil i tary servicft, and patr iot ic in their will ingness to fulfi l It, if this is demanded by the f u r t h e r necefisllics of the gove rnmen t

Col. Theodore Roosevelt gave Borne good advice to the " rough r iders" who f o u g h t under him a t Sant iago, before t h e y were mustered out. "Don ' t pose a s heroes," he said, "or l ie on your Uure l s , because they wither . Be care-f u l of your conduct . The world will be k ind for ten days, and then. In t h o s e cold words tha t the world is capable of speaking. It will declare you ' r e spoiled by going to the war ." H e r e is a good-humored recognition t h a t mil i tary glory is t rans ien t , eapo-clal ly in this country . W a r is a r a re episode in our nat ional his tory. The du t i e s chiefly exacted of Americana a r e those of peace—man 11 noes in pri-v a t e life, in tegr i ty in business, good

c i t izenship .

T h e ol ive-growers of California will p robably ga the r nex t win te r the larff-es t crop ever g rown In the Union. Pe r t h e first t ime t h e product ion of th i s f r u i t will be In excess of the demands f o r consumption In Cal i fornia alone. An enormous p lan t ing of olive groves h a s been m a d e In California In tho l as t few years . I t has been reckoned t h a t 600,000 ol ive t rees were set out In t h i s s t a t e last spr ing alone. R o u g h es t imates put t he area of bea r ing el lve groves In Califor-n ia a t a b o u t 6,000 acres, t rh l le t h e total o rchard area la about 14,000. T h i s s ta te h a s pract ical ly a monopoly In growing ol ives In America. Some a t t e m p t s have been made to grow t h e nevadUlo blanoo olive In F lor ida and Louis iana , bu t t he soil la not adapted t o the f r u i t in e i ther of these states. S o m e twelve ye a r s ago a seventy-acre o l ive orchard w a s s ta r ted near Guad-a l a j a r a , M e r , b u t t he treos never came t o bear f ru i t , and t h e scheme was abandoned w h e n i t w a s found the a i r w a s too damp.

P r a n c e will no t d i s a rm unti l she g e t s back Alsace-Lorra ine . There is a p recedent f o r you. Eng land will p e r h a p s not d i s a r m un t i l she gets h e c k t h e Uni ted Sta tes of America, and Spain will postpone he r d i sa rma-m e n t un t i l s h e gets back Cuba, Por to R ico and t h e Phi l ippines .

T h e edi tor of the Humbo ld t (Kas.) H e r a l d says : " T h e Joy In a sweet w i f e Is too g rea t t o be described—too lacred to be spoken o f ; " and the cur ious par t of It Is that he Is speaking 4>f his own wife, too.

?k 5 . f 0 M Jt h e r e w a s p o w d o r m

in,« building to wreck the s ta t ion.

. n» ' h e r i n 18 0 0 t e l l l n S what " a singed •at will do. The present wr i te r knew

a Gloucester boy. so weak in body and ao ef feminate in disposition tha t h is brothers , who were seamen, used to speak of h im as ou r "poor l i t t le Da-vie." At the beginning of the civil war Davie enlisted In tho navy, and Je lng a high school graduate, was m a d s a petty officer.

One day a fire broke out on the ves-sel nea r the magazine. Davie, seeing t h a t the men and* officers hesitated to t ake the pipe of the hose down Into the smoky between-decks. snatched It. Jumped down and held It against t he fire unt i l the wa te r had quenched I t Then he fell down, senseless, overcome by the heat and smoke.

Davie was again promoted, and had to l isten to ' h e commander ' s praise u t -tered f rom the quarter-deck, the sailors and officers s tanding a t a t tent ion. Da-vie almost fainted again.

DAIRY AND P0ULTEY. Jstc.-k and who gets f rom one to nvo dollars a s i t t ing for his eggs, and the samo figures for his fowls—has no

He Became • Hern.

Some ex-confederates" were swap-ping war stories recently, when one of them told the following, which conveys a wholesome lesson against hasty Judg-m e n t

Ju s t before the battle of Murfrees-boro a de tachment of Morgan's com-mand was guarding a mounta in pass a few miles f rom Bradyville, Tenn. A portion of the valley leading to the pass was densely wooded and swampy. The marshy ground abounded In bull-frogs of huge proportions, and the t rees afforded a roost ing place for numerous owls. Among the soldiers was a s t r lp -pling by the name of Spreeler. I t was

1 ' y night when Spreeler

was called . . . . HkV

I N T E R E S T I N G C H A P T E R S F O R

O U R R U R A L R E A D E R S .

proved very efficient In the service of the plains and front ier , but perhaps It Is not so well known t h a t the Indians a re more a f ra id of the black soldiers t han of the whi te soldiers. T h a t this is the fact is vouched for by an army officer who has been " interviewed" on the subject by the Washington Star.

"The cavalry troop to which I be-longed," this gent leman said, "sol-diered alongside a couple of troops of the Ninth cavalry, a colored regiment, dur ing the last Sioux troubles. We were per forming chain-guard—that is hemmlng-in duty—and our task was to prevent the Ogallalas f rom straying f rom the reservation. If any of them attempted to pass, we had author i ty to prod them with our bayonets.

"The result was the whi te troops of ten had to perform the r isky Job of forcing back armed six-foot savages with the bayonet, and there were some very dangerous moments ; bu t the black troops alongside had no such trouble. While the Indians were con-tinually crowding upon the whi te sol-diers, they let t he blacks entirely alone.

"Moreover, the black t roops obtain-ed from the Indians ten t imes a s much general obedience about the camps as the white ones did. The Indians would fair ly Jump to obey the uniformed blacks. One day a black sergeant saw a minor chief, who was sunn ing h im- , self at the door of his tepee, send his j squaw with a couple of palls down to the creek to get water. The black ser- | geant walked up to the lazy savage and ) prodded him.

" ' L o o k oheah! ' he exclaimed, 'Jes' shake yo' no- 'count bones an ' go to te date watah yo'se 'f! Yo' heah me? '

"The Indian did not unders tand t h e words, but he comprehended perfectly the gesture, especially when the blacl man took the palls f rom the woman ' ! hands and pu t them Into those of her lord and master . He went a f t e r the water, and a t an astonishingly rapid pace."

During the P ine Ridge troubles, when the Indians were on one occa-sion in l ine of battle, t he duty of charging them was confided to the two black troops. The negroes began t o yell as soon as they s ta r ted , and the i r yell went on increasing wi th every Jump of their horses, unt i l It seemed to the l is tening white soldiers as if t h e air were being rent with t h e screams of ten thousand demons.

As soon as the Indians caught sight , through the cloud of alkali dust, of tho black faces and open mouths of t h e charging blacks, and got the full ef-fect of th i s mount ing roar , they broke and fled, and were soon surrounded and disarmed. The chiefs a f te rward confessed tha t the braves were scared by the awful howling of tho black troopers.

These black soldiers can flght as well as they can howl. Tholr record on the plains has been one of absolute in-trepidity.

n o w BncoeMful Fnrmen Operate Thin

Departmont of the Fiirm —A Pew

HlnU m to the faro of Live Stock •nd Poultry.

Dirt In tho Dairy. The whole science of but ter making

seems to revolve around the quest ion of cleanliness. The problem of di r t is the one tha t is hardes t to solve. The man t ha t th inks tha t ho Is dairy-ing in a cleanly manner Is almost al-ways mistaken, for cleanliness re-quires f a r greater effort t han most of us suspect. The mlcroscoplst comes along and looks into our "c lean" utensils and finds microbes there t ha t will certainly corrupt tho product. H e looks into the stables aud finds o ther microbes there , but In greater num-bers. He guca into the milk-house and he finds the dirt there, and, mixed with It, swarms of microbes. This Is so, though to the eye all is clean.

We do not take Into proper account the smallness of the particles of di r t nor the smallness of the minute p lants we call bacteria. We wash the palls till they a re clean to all appearance, but t ime and events show tha t they are not clean. We wash out the milk cans and th ink we have removed all remains of the milk and dir t and mi-crobes. Bu t put In the top to the can and let the can set for a day. Then open It, and the nostri ls will he sa-luted with the foulest and rankes t of smells. The very air Inside the can seems to have become a breeding medium for these bacteria. Scientific dairying requires the scalding out of

About one o'clock whefr^J2«-?J^ thn™ ».Dno » a ~ , ot « leaden hue and the wind . I g T O O T ^ — T * ? , n r " m - ' fitfully through the trees an owl on a w ' " n o t Ou i c3"W3nr unless the tiifafl

t h e

fitfully through near-by l imb hooted:

"Who—who—are you?" " John Spreeler." exclalmmed

sentinel, t rembl ing In his boots. Ju s t at tha t moment a bullfrog, In

deep bass tones, seemed to say: "Sur—sur—surround h i m ! " "I ' l l be hanged If you do," exclaimed

Spreeler as he fired his musket and broke for the camp, which had been thrown into the wildest confusion by the alarm, which was supposed to mean t ha t the enemy was a t tack ing the out-posts.

When the t rue s ta te of affairs was understood the other men made l ife a burden for John unti l the Battle of Murfreesboro. when the Lincoln county s tr ipl ing was promoted fo r conspicuous braver}-. He w a s a f t e rwards assigned to Bragg's a rmy, and died like a h e r o a t t he "bat t le above the clouds" whi le In the fo re f ron t of the charge, t r y i n g to spike an enemy's cannon.

Two Bravo Men. Smith was a gunner In the service

of the Eae t India company, was known as " t he sweep," a derisive name given to mark some eccentrici ty, fo r the m a n was a character . He had charge of the boats belonging to the mi l i t a ry s ta t ion, and one day wrote the brigade ma jo r , asking, "When shall I have the bote ready?" The majo r replied, "Have the boat ready at such an hour . "

When the m a j o r went down to the river with a par ty of ladles, he asked Smith how he spelled "boa t . " Un-abashed by the presence of the ladies. Smith, without a symptom of nervous-ness, answered the officer, "Some peo-ple spells it b-o-a-t, bu t I spells It b-o-t-e."

But Smith, no twi ths tanding his mocking nickname, wau not a man to be laughed at. One day the roof of the building which held the ammuni t ion caught fire. There was a panic ; even the beat disciplined soldiers lost t he i r heads. But " the sweep" mounted t h e roof, pulled off the tha tch , poured buckets of water over the flames, a n d saved the magazine. I t was as plucky a th ing as It was passible for a m a a t o

The Soldier at Home. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, in h is

ta lk to the Rough Riders, gave them some timely advice, which is worth the a t tent ion of every soldier who Is re-tu rn ing to take upon himself the du-t ies of peace. Here is a motto f o r all mil i tary heroes:

"But, boys, don' t get gay and pose as heroes or lie on your laurels, because they wither . Be careful of your con-duct In the fu ture , as you have in the past. The world will be kind fo r ten days, and then. In those cold words t ha t t he world Is capable of speaking at times. It will declare you're spoiled by going to war . "

The beneficiary of t h i s advice, if it Is taken, says the New York Tr ibune, will be the soldier himself far more than anybody else, and when the so l -dier Is warned to be modest It Is not because of any lack of appreciation of his bravery or of the splendid work he did, but f r o m a realization of the tendency of human na ture to react ions of sent iment due to slight causes. The American people today a re profoundly grateful to the troops who responded to the i r country 's call, deeply grieved over the fatal i t ies which attended the prosecution of the war and much dis-turbed over the mishaps which have caused needless suffering. It Is desir-able that they should retain these feel-ings. and both for their oy/n sake and the sake of the soldiers never th ink lightly of the soldier or teach fu tu r e generations tha t mili tary service can be forgotten.

The VoIanteorN.

In the management of the men, writes a correspondent with the a rmy in the Philippines. Pes tho whole weak-ness of a volunteer army. It is dlfll-cult to impress tho volunteers with the idea that they are bent on serious business: most cf them act an if they were on a pleasure trip. It is per-haps not policy to dwell on the distinc-tion between our small trained army and our mult i tudinous voluntoor force —but some facts It Is the duty of ev-ery observer to bring to public notice. I t is the opinion of the majori ty of good Americans that, when the occa-sion requires, we can raise an army of volunteers and "lick the world." This crude idea of war has been fostered by the iafe rebellion, where both sides were volunteer forces. Fatal as sunfa « crude doctrine is, the att i tude of the public is likely to find support In the easy victory we had over the Spaniard In spite of the fact t ha t that victory was made possible by our highly t ra in-ed navy. The weakness of our volun-teer force should, therefore, be well noted, tha t we may not bo led In the ar rogance of our easy victory to rush headlong Into a new war.

Irolniid'a Popaintloo.

The total population of Ireland on April 3. 1891, was 4,704.750. Of thesa 3.628,562 were Roman Catholics about 602,300 Anglicans and 446,687 were Presbyter ians . About 127,000 belonged to o ther sects.

need to count the cost so closely In the production of his stock, as tho prices obtained are sufficient to cover even ex t ravagant outlay, and to leave a good marg in of profit. Wi th the marketer , however. It is quite differ-ent. He must b r ing his bill of ex-penses low In order to realize any prof-It In eggs. In th i s connection wo would suggest the f ree use of one of tho modern Inventions for the poultry yard—the bone cu t t e r ; not tho dry bone crusher , but tho green bone cut-ter, and the liberal use of green cut bone In feeding the laying stock. With the wri ter , green bones, f resh f rom the butcher, are obtainable at fifty cents per one hundred pounds, and their value as food, in the production of eggs, la worth f rom three to five cents a pound. In fact , In f resh cut bone we find the best and cheapest egg food that we can buy. There Is certainly a good margin of profit in selling eggs at marke t prices when the hens are fed plenty of f resh cut clean bone. Of course It must not be fed exclusively; but It may, wo believe, const i tute one-third of the feed given the hens with-out any bad effects. Too much bono will cause dysentery or bowel trouble; but with the coming of cooler or cold weather the hens can eat a great deal of It to advantage. Tho cut bone is cheap, and It s t imulates laying won-derful ly. Wo believe t ha t every per-son who Is producing eggs for marke t should utilize, as hen food, tho cheap and wholesome bones t ha t can be bad a t any butcher shop.

element bo taken Into consideration. We have an Illustration of how hard

It Is to keep dirt out of t he dairy by the way In which the bot t l ing system has come Into disrepute in some sec-tions of tho country. I t was believed tha t bot t l ing the milk was a grea t ImprovempujL over the old way of dip-ping milk for each customer out of a can. Th is was on the presumption tha t t he bott les would always be prop-erly and thoroughly washed, as any defect of th i s kind would be made known In the uncleau appearance of the bottles. The t rouble proved to bo t ha t t he bottles were not sufilclontly washed to kill any disease germs tha t might have obtained a lodgment In them. T h u s a t West Po in t a t d In Phi ladelphia it was believed t h a t scarlet fever was spread by th i s means. The bottles, a f te r being emp-tied of the i r contents, stood open In tho houses where th i s disease was p resen t As tho bottles were not washed by the people t h a t used the milk, t h e l i t t le milk lef t In tho bott les became a good breeding medium for the ge rms of the disease. When the bottles were washed a t tho bot t l ing es tabl ishment the bapt ism of heat was not sufficient to kill t he bacteria, and when the new milk was pu t Into them the disease germs found a now and enlarged medium for the i r mult ipl i-cation. The same is t rue of the germs tha t cause milk to sour and but te r to spoil. Hea t and acids a re necessary to giro t h e cleanliness required In the dairy.

Bntlnesa Fowl*

In the h u m a n family we find oc-casionally fine physical specimens of the species t ha t are of no practical use In the world, and t h e same rule will apply In some degree to all an i -mal l i fe; and I have concluded tha t It depends largely on the breeder wheth-er a domestic animal or fowl Is sim-ply a t h i n g of beauty or built fo r bu«l-nees, says a wri ter In Indiana Fa r -mer. If a fancier 's a im Is wholly with a view to have a fowl of handsome feather and comely appearance, or In other words, "a winner at the show," It Is no t surprising t ha t such a bird may not be a success as a layer of eggs. My experience teaches t ha t If a person wants money making busi-ness hens, he must keep tha t point in view, culling closely all drones, loaf-era, and doubtful characters , and breed only those that a re most prolific In money making qualities, wi thout so much regard for fine feathers . I want eggs and plump meaty hens, for In them the re Is money, and while these requirements are filled. It mat te r s not whether they are pure blood, or of any fancy s t ra in. Disappointment awai ts the poul t ryman who buys eggs for ha tch ing on the recommendat ion of others. My hens may do well for m e under t h e diet and peculiar condi-tions they are accustomed to, but t r ans fe r thom to another climate, dif-ferent feed, surroundings changed, and they perhaps will prove very unsa t -isfactory, and It Is for this reason t ha t I In some degree account for the o f t repeated accusation of misrepresenta-tion on the par t of sellers. Therefore, don ' t depend too much upon o thers ; read good sound poultry l i tera ture , and be guided by your own good sense and experience. Raising poultry is a legi t imate business, but needs to be studied, built up, and taken care of as any live merchant or manufac tu re r takes care of h is affairs , and keeps up with the times. I t Is by no means simply chance or luck, but bard work, t ha t br ings success, and he who th inks oCherw!se had bet ter look elsewhere for a " so f t snap."

There i s money in t h e business, we h a r e ample proof. There a re some fai lures the same a s In every o the r l ine ot business; but th i s Is no reason why t he hen should re t i re f r o m busi-ness.

Bono and Kgjr*.

In selling eggs a t marke t price the Question of profit h inges on tho cost of t h e production of eggs, wri tes H. B. Gear in Agricultural Bpltomlst . The kOTpera of pure bred poul t ry—that Is, t h e fancier , who raises only fancy

CtlllElng Creamery By-Prodaoftt

The Creamery Journa l says In re-gard to this m a t t e r : "There Is evi-dences t h a t the fa rmers themselves are get t ing their heads level. They are l e a d i n g Ciie creuinGrynien In some lo-calities, Instead of be lng ' led by them. The c reamerymen should t a k e IBe In-itiative. however, in all re forms, be-cause the re should be a definite head. And the fa rmers seeing the ruinous effects of the loss of the feeding value of the by products, can see tha t the fa rm separa tor Is a perfect solution of this trouble. This shows why farm separa tors aro get t ing a good hold In spite of all opposition f rom such creamerymen as wish to see the sepa-ra t ing done in the factory. I t doubles tho va lue of the by products and cuts the expense of securing It In two. It Is a t least wor th one-half more than what the skim milk Is worth af ter haul ing tho milk to the factory and back again, which Is worth one-half as much under exis t ing general condi-tions a f t e r It Is done. We mus t save our by products or lose our profits and eventual ly lose our creameries, and there Is no fac tory of any kind t ha t can af ford to neglect to m a k e wise pro-vision In regard to their by products. Separa t ing a t home and pasteurizing factory milk arc receiving more a t ten-tion t h a n ever before, and It Is because necessity demands some method of cheapening the production t ha t th i s object lesson was brought before the eyes of the dairy public."

Cattle for Fwdcrn. Last year many who engaged In the

business of feeding cat t le were ama-teurs, most of them fa rmers who re-sorted to It as a method of get t ing better prices fo r their grain, says the " F a r m e r . " I t was the Inexperienced men who fed a t a loss and who have supplied the marke t wi th cat t le which they had not been able t o br ing to a finished condition. Many of th i s class will not again enter the marke t as buyers. There will bo a marked dis-cr iminat ion in favor of well bred cat-tle. The best Informed men were those who bought the best cat t le las t season, and as the men of th i s class will form a larger proportion of the buyers this year than last t he sale of scrub stock will be more difficult t han it was then. The range catt le feeders of the West seem to be determined to get the i r Blockers this fall fo r much less money than was paid las t year . Last year stockers. as a rule, were not In as good condition as they are t h i s year, owing to the pastures being bet-ter. In that case they will be worth more fo r feeding purposes. In addit ion to this, s tockers are not so plent i ful as last season, and feeders may find it difficult to get their supplies at the lower prices determined upon.

Kncllnh Milking Trial Rules.

At the las t meet ing of tho Council of the Brit ish Dairy Fa rmer s ' associa-tion the recommendat ions of the Milk-ing Tr ia l s Committee were considered, with the result tha t the fol lowing points to be awarded In t^e mllktng t r ia ls wero adopted: One point for every ten days since calving, deducting the first forty days, with a max imum of four teen points . One point for every pound of milk, t ak ing the average of two days ' yield. Twenty points lor every pound of but ter fa t produced. Four points for every pound of "sol-Ids o ther t han fa t . " Deductions: Ten points each t ime tho fa t la below 8 per cent; ten points each t ime the solids o ther t han fa t fall below 8.6. A dis-cussion also took place upon certain s t andards for different breeds, pro-posed by the same committee to be adopted In ad judica t ing champion mi lk ing prises; but t he council de-cided not to adopt these s tandards .

L i t t l e Tuberculosis In the West.— The new tuberculosis law In Pennsyl-van ia reveals that only about one per cent of cows coming from Ohio have proved tuberculous. A considerably larger proportion of tuberculosis cat t le have been found In shipments f rom o the r states, especially In those f rom New York. New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia. Doctor Pearson, t he s ta te veter inar ian, s tates t h a t it appears f rom this tha t tuberculosis Is more prevalent In the east than In the w e s t Th is confirms opinions tha t have been generally held for a long time.—Bx.

PIRH ami ITeedn.

A few days ago, while on Inst i tute werk in Minnesota, the editor of tkla depar tment visited a pen conta ining a sow and five pigs. A glance showid t ha t t he aniBiale were not In good coa-d l t lea ; t ha t they were, In fact. In a f a i r way to demonstrate tha t tho owner was a victim of hard luck (?) In his beg depar tment . They wero being fed corn aad slops from the house, says t k * Fa rm, Stock and Home. Constipation, poor digestion and other disorders were Indicated by a certain dull, spir-itless appearance, a want of t h r i f t , and other conditions. Growing hard by t h e pen was a mass of pig weed and r a g weed. A liberal bunch of tho first was gathered aud thrown Into the peo» Sow and pigs Immediately tumbled ever each other to got a t it, and a t s It ravesousiy. Some rag weed was-then supplied, and tha t was rushed f o r with still greater haste and eaten wl tk greater relish. The last Is a bi t ter wood, but It Is a tonic and appetizer , something that t he pigs demand t o oorrect the vices of a purely artificial d i e t such as they were gctt iug. Nature had supplied the demand, but a fence had kept the pigs f rom it, and ignor-anes of its value had kept It f rom t h e pigi. It was learned tha t no salt wasi BlTsa to these pigs, another br inger o t "bad luck," for hogs demand salt as. humans do. The owner of these pigs-received a valuable object lesson, aad. may It not be a pointer to o thers? Con-finod pigs must have soft , green, s u c -culent food If thei r owner expects to-escape "bad luck."

Valae of Barnyard Manure.

A year ago the Ohio E x p e r i m e n t Stat ion began a compara t ive tes t be-tween cow manure, taken directly f rom the stable to the field in t h e spring, and manure of the same sor t , which had been allowed to He In the-open yard dur ing the winter . The. plan of the experiment la to apply botb> kinds of manure t o land Intended foi eorn, plow under a t a shallow depth, and follow the corn with wheat an4. olovor, without any fu r the r manur ing . Four duplicate plots are t reated wlUi. each kind of manure , applied a t t h a rate of eight tons per acre, the t rea t -ment for each pa i r of plots being ea-actly alike In all other respects. TUe. result thus far Is t ha t t he corn of 18t7 gave an Increase of th i r teen bushelB' per acre f rom the yard manure agaliwt sixteen bushels f r o m the s ta l l manure^ and the wheat crop following has given an Increase of ten bushels p e r acre fo r the yaru manure , agaiaet eleven bushels f rom the stall manure . Valuing the corn a t th i r ty - three cents-and the wheat a t eighty centa per bushel and the s t raw and stover a t three dollars per ton, the Increase f rom tho yard manure In the two cropss has amounted to fifteen dollars per acre, and t ha t f rom the stall m a n u r e to seventeen dollars, an average o t two dollars per ton for the manure,, with fu r the r effect probable on suc-ceeding crops. The exper iment Is not. yet quite fair to the stall manure , b e -cause the la t ter has been taken from, bulls which had but l i t t le grain, whereas the yard manure was from< cows tha t had been much more liber-ally fed.

B o s s In Small Lots. I t Is nei ther profitable nor always-

ent i re ly safe to keep great numbers of hogs together, says American Cultiva-tor. Besides the liability to disease get t ing among them, there is a lways a cer ta in ty tha t t he s t ronger will crowd th« weaker f rom their feeding places, so t h a t the inequali ty In size will In-crease instead of decrease. In every Utter there a re always one or t w o weaklings t h a t were born runts , and unless given a bet ter chance than the i r fellows they will always remain runta . The best way t o manage th i s Is when the pigs are seven or e ight weeks old, t ake out the s t ronger ones and wean them, giving t h e m plenty of the beet food t ha t can be got to m a k e growth. Then the run te toft t o suckle tho sow alone will in two or th ree weeks more take a s tar t t h a t may m a k e them as good as the others , so tha t in later life »11 can be fed together . No other feed wi thout the sow's milk will do this, though such o ther feed should be giv-en and the pigs be encouraged to ea t all they can be made to cat.

RaMnK Trotter*. I t Is all r igh t fo r t h e fa rmer to raise

a w inn ing t ro t t e r if he can do so, but It la unwise for him to breed with t ha t solely In view, says a n exchange. Even those who are devoting themselves solely to tha t indust ry make many misfits. Records a re being roduoed every season but yet t he record break-ers are so exceedingly few in number t ha t the ordinary f a r m e r will make more money In buying lottery t ickets t han In t ry ing to produce record breakers. Te t speed for roadsters and ooaebers has a value, for oven though speed Itself be not so highly valued, the conformation to which It belongs la t ha t which glvee a n easy, graceful moveBMot, wi thout f r ic t ion, which l a so highly appreciated in the hosse whose uses a re for pleasure or faBh-ioa. Breed part ly for t ha t , but breed to a horse wi th plenty of size, s ty l e aad aotioa. a well iermed, t r o t t i * bred horse.

Po«atoee ia Gold 8 torage . -The Id^il msthod of keeping seed potatoes is in ooid storage. Potatoes thus kept at the Ohio station have eome out soand aad freeh. with ao indication of sprouting and the vftaUty unimpaired, evea so late as the first of June. It i s important, however, that the tempera-ture of the ooId storage room should not fall below 86 degree*, nor ahonld it riee much above 40 degrees. When a

cotd storage Is not available, sproat- ' ing may be In eome measure prevented by shoveling the potatoes over t n -qoeatly.

n e offloe never has to seek the n a n on pay day.

Pure Blood Good Digestion

These aro t he csflonlials of lienlth. Hood's Bsrsnpnrilln l« t he great blood purif ier s n d Stomach tonic . I t p rompt ly expels in® l inpnr i l les which CQUHO pimples, sores and e rup t ions nnd by glvlmt benl tby ac-t ion to tho Btomach und digostlve ergons It keeps the system In perfect o rder .

Hood's Sarsaparilla Is America's Orestest Meillclno. SI; si* for |B. Prepared only by C. I. llonil & Co., I.owell, Msss.

H o o d ' s PIUS euro Hick Hwsdache. aso.

Joseph Hat ton has ar ranged with James O'Neill for an American presen-tat ion, this season, of h is powerful play, "When Greek Meets Greek," which has been successfully produced In London. The story gives the s tar actor a dual character and many dra-mat ic opportunit ies.

S tua r t Robson'a summer homo at Waterwl tch Park , Navealnk Hlgh> lands, N. J. , Is one of the most delight-ful spots on the Atlantic coast. It Is s i tuated on the apex of a lofty hill, or ra ther mountain , as It Is almost 500 feet above the level of the Atlantic ocean, which It overlooks.

I t is diflluult to convince a loafer t h a t he bores a busy man.

I t ' s a mis take to imagine t h a t Itch-Inp piles can ' t be cured; a mis take t o suffer a day longer than you can help. t ) oan ' s Ointment br ings "instant relief and p e r m a n e n t cure. At any d r u g store. 50 cents.

The more bread the baiter makes the more lie Unoads.

Too la te to cure a cold a f t e r con-sumpt ion has fastened i ts deadly g r ip on t h e lungs. T a k e Dr. Wood's Nor-way P ine Syrup whi le y e t the re is t ime.

The poet pipes the lay a n d the plum-ber lays the pipe.

IN OLDEN TIMES. Many Thin** Wore Dlfferont—Now-a-days

the Pnblle Profit by Esperlonce.

When the s tr iped pole o r s ign which now indicates a ba rbe r shop was em-ployed to l e t t h e public k n o w w h e r e cupp ing or b lood- le t t ing was profes-s iona l ly pe r fo rmed , close shaves were of dai ly occurrence; no t t h e easy re-moval of t h e h i r su t e or ha i ry adorn-m e n t of t h e head and face, bu t close shaves f rom en te r ing e t e rn i ty . More t h a n one u n f o r t u n a t e en te red the bar-ber-surgeon 's doorway t o leave I t a corpse or so weak t h a t weeks were re-qui red to g e t t h e victim of malpract ice on h is feet. Bloodle t t ing w a s used fo r every th ing , f r o m a hea r t ache to a corn , s n d a pa in in t h e loins w a s invar iab ly t r ea ted wi th t w o incisions, one on each side of t h e spine. L ike plas ters and l in iments , these helped f rom t h e soun te r i r r i t a t i on they created, and w e presume t h a t had Mr. Calvin Wilson, propr ie tor of t h e lead ing shaving par-lor of Nlles, Mich., lived in t h e t ime of George I I I , of England , In place of t a k i n g t h e course he did a shor t t i m e a g o w i t h h is back, b lood le t t ing wou ld have been resorted to. Read how he t r ea ted h is t rouble . Mr. Wilson says:

My occupation has rtry llkoljr. muck to do with the cause of my backache from which 1 have suffered conufdernbly for a number of years. Siamling on one's feet some days 18 hours Is burd on the best of backs, but when you have psln across tho loins, with lameness and sore-BCSS. every! Itno you move the muscles of the arm, lonir, loair, before your dally tusk Is over you often wish you could go to sleep. 1 tried everything to belter ray condition but was un-successful until I used tbroo boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills. The relief they brouRht to a man who has worked hard all his life nnd Is now-past the three score and ten Is much easier to appreciate than to describe In wonts. Doan's Kidney Pills perform what they promise.

Doan's Kidney Pi l ls f o r sale by a l l dealers . Pr ice 50 cents. Mailed by F o s t e r - M i l b u r n Co., Buffalo, N. Y., sole agen ts fo r the U. S. Remember t h e name, Doan's, and t a k e no substi-tu te .

H l i i j p i l B

Minor Kappun ings o l Hie Past Week,

EVENTS OF LAST SEVEN DAYS.

ro l l t lea l . K I'IJIIHIH. Snrlnl snd Crlmliml UIIIIIKS of llui tVlinlu World Curefuily

Condensed for Our tx.(>.idnrs—X'«e Ao-

cldnnt Uueord.

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Now they simply "chew t h e rag . "

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m EXCELLENCE t f STKf »F m is doe not only I d t h e originality and simplicity of the combination, ba t also to the care and skill wi th which i t U manufactured by scientific processes known to t h e C A u r o a a i a F i e S r a u p Co. only, and w e wish to impress upon all t he iraporianoe of pnrohasing the t rue and original remedy. As the genuine Syrup of F i g s is manufactured by the CALIFORNIA PIO STBUP CO. only, a knowledge of t h a t fact wi l l assis t one in avoiding t h e worthless imitat ions manufac tured by other par-t ies. The high s tanding of the CALI-FORNIA PIO SVRUP CO. wi th the medi-cal profession, and the sat isfact ion which t h e genuine Syrup of Pigs h a s given t o millions of families, m a k e s t h e n a m e of the Company a gua ran ty of t ho excollenco of i ts remedy. I t is f a r in advance of a l l o the r laxatives,

i t acta on t h e kidneys, l iver and bowels w i thou t i r r i t a t i ng or weaken-ing them, and i t does no t gr ipe n o r nauseate . In o rde r t o g e t i ts bencficial effects , please r e m e m b e r the n a m e of tho Company

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Denver. Col.—A New York syndicate has completed negotiations for all the properties of the Victor Coal and Coke company In southern Colorado, in tho vicinity of Trinidad, consisting of sev-eral miles of mines and coke ovens.

Manila.—It is reported tha t Macabu-los. the chief controll ing the five northern provinces of Luzon, has re-volted against Aguinaido, aad t ha t sharj) fighting between the insurgenia Is proceeding.

Washington.—The secretary of s ta te Issued a war ran t for the surrender to the German authori t ies of Karl Ludwig Meyer, al ias Lewis Meyer. H e was charged with forgery.

Danville, 111—Albert Underwood, Pe ter Carp, Joseph Ullcus and Wal ter Halber t of Westviile were arrested on a bench war ran t for tho murder ot Jo-seph Swank In t ha t city three weeks ago.

Rome—The Italle says: " P r -concluded a t reaty with Abyssinia against Great Br i ta in lu the Fashoda

aua l r . " London—The duchess of Marlbor-

ough, formerly Miss Consuelo Vander-bllt of New York city, gave bi r th t o a son a t Blenheim castle.

Chicago—l^elghtou Lee, a promi-nent Phi ladelphia contractor , fell f r o m an elevated train and Is now a t Mercy hospital suffering f rom injur ies which may result In his death.

Canton, III—A fre ight t r a in was wrecked near Breeds, on the Toledo, Peoria & Western railroad. Char les Maxwell, conductor, had both legs cu t off and the lower par t of his body was terribly crushed. Ho died In an hour .

London—The Peking correspondent of the Dally Chronicle says: "There Is a rumor In circulation tha t a plot Is on foot for a massacre of the Euro-peans."

Elgin, III.—Thomas D. Burke, an ex-alderman of Chicago and the bro ther of Oil Inspector Rober t Burke, died a t tho Insane asylum here.

Quincy, 111.—Pike Moore has begun a 125.000 damage suit against th i s county for fail ing to keep a contract entered Into with him for the collec-tion of evaded taxes.

Boston, Mass.—George Wilson Ph i l -lips, aged 79, who Invented most of the machinery which was used In the first match factory In the country, died a t his home In Springfield.

Washington—Lieut . Fred H. Pul len of New Jersey died of yellow fever at Dry Tortugas, F la , Ho was a t tached to the Resolute.

Cape Town—A new ministry has been formed by Mr. W. P. Schrelner, tho leader of the Afr ikander bund, who will occupy the offices of premier and colonial secretary.

New Albany, Ind.—Mrs. Jul ia Wi l -son of this city Is dead. She was In her 100th year and was a pioneer.

Galena, 111—W. M. Fehler was a r -rested for forgery. He Is eighteen years of ago. H e has confessed the crime.

Hebron, O.—Frank Lee's two l i t t le daughters ate Jlmson weed seeds while playing. Lillian Is dead and Mildred Is dying.

Osgood, Ind.—Wilbur Reynolds ac-cidentally shot and killed himself. He was aged 22 and leaves a wife and two children.

Bloomlngton, 111.—William N. Coons of th i s city, a te legraph operator, aged 22, shot and killed himself in a boat In Missouri.

Dubuque, Iowa.—Receipts a t t h e in-ternal revenue collector's office here f rom the sale of s tamps and o ther sources average over $2,000 a day.

Youngstown, O.—At a furnace ex-plosion a t the Mahoning Valley Iron company Domlnlck Joyce, Thomas Mackln, Matt Gloney and Will Elgon were injured and all may die.

New York—The Olcott committee, appointed by the eastern stockholders and creditors of the National Linseed Oil company to a r range for a reor -ganization of the company, has given up hope of obta ining the co-operation of the committee appointed by local stockholders, a n d is appealing to in-dividuals to sign the agreement.

Berlin—The expor ts for the th i rd quar ter of the present year f r o m the southern half of Germany to the Unit-ed States aro officially totaled a t |8 , -541.623. or 11,190,253 in excess of the amount for the corresponding quar -ter last year.

New York—The Times announces a reduction of price f rom 3 cents to 1 c e n t

Buenos Ayres—Gen. Roca. who on June 12 last was elected president of Argentina for six years, assumed the presidency. He has formed a minis-try.

Plymouth. Ind.—C. Moorehead and R. Burner, two cadet s tudents In the Culver Military academy near here, were drowned In Lake Maxinkuckee.

Boston—John M. Forbes. Sr., presi-dent of the board of directors of the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy railroad, died at his home in Milton.

Boston—Leonard Ware & Sons, a well-known oil house, assigned to George P. Sewoll, a leather merchant of Boston.

Washington—Gen. Brooke, at Ponce. P o r t o Rico, reports that Pr iva te Charles Saunders, company A. Third art i l lery, died tbere of typhoid.

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Ke-.v Oii'-ans- Tho pnlnt manufac-tory and w.iixIujUkm: of U, Williams, limited, on MaL'tirino .'.ireet, was burned a rd Uio Qulf Manufncturing •'unijjai.'y's building adjoining was also diiinaged.

Traverse City, Mich.- Tho schooner A. J. Kofo:?, round from Klk Rapids to L'otroit with a cargo of iron, sank : ix ir.tics off Old Mission lighthouse in fifty feel of water. The crew, with Capl. F rank Coulsln, sacaped to the llgblhouso.

Duluth. Minn.—Fire caused a 15 per rent loss to the Cranberry Lumber company. Insured in the Northern. Phenix of Brooklyn. Caledonia. Mil-waukee nnd lloyal Exchmpe .

Oneonta, N. Y.—Tustin Dibbel, aged about 65, and Ira E. Green, aged 57, both of Unadllla, were killed by a railroad t rain. They wero walking on the track.

Opequon, W. Va.—The east-bound Chicago express on the Balt imore and OKlo was in colliaion. Engineer Sen-sey was killed aud two other em-ployes injured.

Norwalk, Ohio—Cadet Moorehead of Ter re Haute, Ind., and Cadet Burner of this city were drowned while row-ing In the lake near the Culver Mili-tary Academy.

Chicago—A stubborn blaze broke out In the four-stcry building at 63-65-67 West Washington street, at 2:30 yesterday morning. Several smal l manufactur ing firms suffered losses agKrcsallng ;?3 700.

Urbana, Ohio—Fire In the r.?w n lan t occupied jointly by the Urbana Broom Company and D. S. Perry, dealer In supplies, caused a loss of J30,000, ful ly Insured.

Clarksvllle, Tenn.—Fire broke out In the Grange tobacco warehouse, oc-cupied by Mill & Turnley, burn ing about 4.500 hogsheads of tobacco. The loss on tobacco and building Is est i-mated at nearly $500,000, with Insur-ance at about $300,000.

F O R E I G N .

Odessa—A congrecs of Russian mil l owners decided, owing to the decline in exports, to petition the government to g ran t export bounties on flour.

London—The Swedish minis ter of mar ine has decided to propose to the r iksdag tha t a credit of over 20,000.000 kroner be voted for nava l require-ments . These will Include the pur -chase of three first-class Ironclads, ammuni t ion , torpedoes and submar ln mines.

Tangier , Morocco—Serious d i s turb-ances have taken place In Tafilt, which Is one of tho great subdivisions of the empire, and Is used as a place of ban-i shment for political offenders.

London—The Berlin correspondent of the Standard says the difference between Prussia and the Vatican has been sat isfactori ly settled, and Pruss ia will soon appoint a new envoy to suc-ceed Baron von Bulow.

Paris—A dispatch received to-day f rom St. Louis, Senegambla, confirms tho reported capture of Chief Samory, all his family and hla chiefs. Lieut . Jacquln personally pursued and seized Samory .

London—Owing to a vo te of w a n t of confidence, the Cape Colony minis t ry has resigned. I t was beaded by Sir Gordon Sprigg.

Par is—Work has been resumed In many buildings. Rai lway employes a re disinclined to join t h e s tr ike, and scores of s t r ikers are disposed to yield. The government refuses to a t t e m p t to br ing about a set t lement , declaring tha t completion of exposition build-ings Is not Imperiled.

Par is The Lafaye t te monument commit tee has received a dispatch from President McKlnley h ighly ap-proving the project to erect a monu-ment to Lafayet te In connection with the Pa r i s exposition of 1900.

CRIME.

Cincinnati—W. J . Ha ldeman pleaded not guilty to the charge of m u r d e r of Senator Richardson. H e was refused ball and was t aken t o Jail.

Kansas City, Mo.—Frank R. Mason, a graduate of West Point , pleaded guil ty to burglary and has been sen-tenced to serve ten years In t h e peni-tent ia ry .

Springfield, 111.—Gov. Tanner h a s Is-sued a requisi t ion on the governor of Missouri fo r the sur render of Harry McAulIffe, wanted In Chicago f o r burg-lary and under a r r e s t in St. Louis.

Kansas City, Mo.—Dr. Jefferson D. Goddard, under a s ixteen-year sen-tence fo r the murder of Fred Jackson, a l aundry man, h a s been granted a new t r ia l by the s ta te supreme court .

Lexington. Ky.—The tr ial of Private Alvle Kitchen, who killed Pr iva te Ed-ward Nygran, Twel f th New York, has been postponed because a new outrage s t i r red up such a feeling tha t violence was fesred. Sergt. A. McClelland of the Third Kentucky was caught by a p a r t y of Twel f th New York soldiers and so mistreated t ha t he may be In-jured for life.

Kankakee , III.—John Slusser, a 16-year-old son of the tankkeeper on the Kankakee & Seneca railroad, commit-ted suicide because he was censured by his mother .

Dover, Del.—The t r ia l of United States Senator Kenny of Delaware, on a charge of complicity In t h e bank defalcation, has been postponed to December.

St. Louis, Mo.—While t ry ing to ar-rest George Bates, a negro. Pa t r ick

| Gunning, town marshal of Kirkwood, i a fashionable suburb, was sho t and , 'nstantly killed.

Washington.—A dispatch f r o m Che-mulpo states tha t the three accused prisoners were executed at Seoul. The mob dragged the bodies th rough the street . There was no other violence, but the si tuation Is serious.

I* Alnni rol-ionous?

Alilm is u.-cd by many halters to whiten their brrad, enabling them to I upp an Inferior flour, and it is also cm- j ployed a? a cheap substl tuto for cream , cf tar tar in the manu 'ac tu to of baking !

powder. Its use In bread und baking powder is very detrimental to health, producing dyspepsia and obst lnato constipation, aud under certain condi-tions of tho human system results in poisoning. What these conditions a re so far as each individual Is concerned can only be surmised: eoue pceullar-ity of the system producing a morbid change in the secretions of the stom-ach with which the alum combines and forma an active poison; or, the se-cretions may be healthy but In ab-normal proportions, and these lesser or greater proportions In combination with the alum consti tute a poison jus t as two parts of mercury and two par ts chlorine form calomel, which Is not poisonous, while one part of mercury and two parts of chlorine yield a cor-rosive sublimate, which la a most dead-ly poison.

I t t a k e s a p re t ty good ca rpen tc r t o floor a pugil is t .

Frxnce Lends la (ionit Itoads.

There are, it is ostlmated. 300,000 miles of highway roads In the United States, about 20 per cent of tho roads of all t he world. Great Br i ta in has 120,000 mllea of h ighways and these aro some of the best in the- world. Germany has 275,000 miles of roada, and fonio of thom aro as poor a« the road-ways of a great country can be. France. wli)i»h has taken an eul lght-ened view of tho good roads question for many years, and has ape&t by gov-ernmenta l or local authori ty over f 1.000,000,000 on highways, has a road mileage of 330,000. more than any other country. Russia, wi th an snormous area, has only 70,000 miles of roadways, while Italy, a smaller country, has 55,000. On fine s tone reads one horse can haul aa much as th ree horses can haul over an average dir t road of this country. I t Is est imated tha t it would be necessary to build about 1,090.000 miles of macadamized roads In tho United States In order to have a s good a system of public highways as is found in several E/uropean states. At |4,000 a mile th i s would Involvo a n outlay of <4.000.000.000.

Omnibus—Merely a stage name.

Denfueos Cnnnot be Curetl by local applications us they cannot reach t b f dlBOMCd porlkm of tho car. There Is only ons way to cure deafness, iiml that is by conjtl tu-tlonal remedies. Denfness Is caused by tin In* flamed condition of the mucous lining of t he Eustaehlun Ttii'i'. When this tube Is l:iilamei you Imvo si rumbImp sound or Impcrfcilt hear-inir. mi l when it Is entirely closed. Deafness If ilio result, nnd unle-s tlio Inllammallon^ttn os taken out and tills tub • restored to Its norms! condition, l.cnrinir "•111 bo destroyed forovefl nine eases out of ten are caused by CatarrlL which Is nothing but an Inflamed condition <M the mucous surfaces.

We will L'lve One Hundred Dollars for wif caseof Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot bo cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send Wr o l ^ culars; tree.

F. J. CHKNEY i CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Drueglsts. 76c. Hall's Family Pills-are the best.

Nightly changes of scene break the monotony of ihe actor's life.

The meaner a man Is the harder he trie* l a lower his record.

f i r . Car te r '* K. 11. T a n does what other medicines do notdo. Itregula' the four important onrann of ihebody— " ach Liver. Klducra and Uowels. Uo pao

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Dlscultmaklng as practiced by some vromea Is hard work.

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Jonah's experience was an example of prophet and loss.

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It Cures Coids. Ccuqhs. Sore Throat, Croup. Is> fluenza. Whooping Cough. Bronchllii end Asthma, A certain cure lor ConsumMion in first ttagM^ and a suro relief in rdvancea stages. Useatonca. You will tee the excellent cflect alter taklnq th*

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A •-•ood n<-<vspapcr and Hible In everv house, n pood sihonlhouse in even -district, nnd n church

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Dyspepsia—banc of human existence Burdock Blood Bit ters cures i t . promptly , permanent ly . Regulates and tones the stomach.

The early mi lkman catches a gl impse of a woman's t rue complexion.

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way to do i t is to a l and by y o u r h o m e dealerH, h o m e lahnrfcrs, h o m e people; aud d o n ' t forget tho home p a -pers . Theso penplu'pay for r em, t u x -es, insu rance , labor and c h a r i t y . T h e y m a k e a m a r k e t f o r y o u r c o m -modi t ies . If they soli you a n y t h i n g t h a i is no t sat iblactory, they will m a k e it r i gh t . B u y of fly - b y - n i g h t venders nud t he ro i s no remedy fo r f r a u d ,

K e m e m b e r these t h i n g s and o u r c o m m u n i t y will be happy and p r o p e r -oua.

L E T IT BE DONE.

T h e ac t ion of the board of

T H E C I T Y B A N K W H I T N E Y . W A T T S & C O .

R e s p o n s i b i l i t y , $ 1 0 0 . 0 0 0 . 0 0 .

L O W E L L . - M I C H .

WILLIAM 8HAKE8PEAHE, Preaidcnt. W. A. WAITS , Cashier.

' u " a ' y U i BU P e r * i partial parments allowed of any amount nl ! visors looking to the enforcement of I a n y *

t he law re la t ive to fish l adders in t h e d a m s of the s t reams a n d r ivers of t h e counly is t he r igh t t h i n g . Only one d a m owner in too c o u n t y has com-plied wi th the s ta te law. I t is c laim-ed t h a t t h e cost of tish ladders will not exceed *25 each; a n d the fact t h a t t he peop le a r e be ing depr ived of their n a t u r a l piscatorial r igh ts because dam owners a r e not pub l i c spir i ted enough to obey t h e law, is reason enough for its rigid en fo rcemen t . Tons of l ake fish a re t a k e n f rom the r iver a t G r a n d R a p i d s wi th in 100 feet of the d a m every s p r i n g where tho c rea tu res a r e m a k i n g vain en-eeavors to get u p s t ream. Thus the people a long the r ivers a n d t r i bu t a ry 8 ' r eams a re deprived of t he i r na tu ra l righto, i i i ike Robinson tel ls us t h a t he has seen the t ime when the Ind ians would s t a r t in the i r canoes in F l a t r iver and a f t e r a t r ip of two or th ree miles u p s t ream come back with a boat load oi handsome bass, p ike a n d muscal longe. N o w , a f t e r yea r s ol violation of na tu ra l a n d s tale 1 the man is l u c k v . r : ' ! - *•,

. a y s t ry . G o ahead, gent lemen of the county board . Lot the law be en-forced. G i v e the people the i r r ights .

Since the a ' love was pu t in type . Supervisor W h i t e in forms us t ha t t he county and not the d a m owners has to const ruct fish ladders, so t h a t no b l a m e at taches to the mill men in the m a t -ter .

A general blinking Imcinew transacted. 3 pteicenl interest paid on ccrtltlcates of de-pmil. Deposits of $1.00 and upwrrd rc* ceived in Savings Department, on whu-h 3 percent interest will be credited hemi-an-nually, on all deposits left four months.

Money loaned on real estate security,

I N E W G O O D S !

P W I R E P R E S E N T A T I V E , J A M E S

A . LYON.

T h « n e x t r ep re sen t a t i ve in the legis-i M u r e f r o m the Second d i s t r i c t , was t o r n in K e n t c o u n t y a n d educa ted in t h * pub l ic schools of the same. H e fengfat school in C e n t r a l I l l inois in I h e fifties; and enl is ted in Co. F , 25 th l l l i i iois I n f a n t r y , J u n e 4 , 1 8 6 1 , as a

w h f e t e . H e was mustered ou t a s F i r a t L i e u t e n a n t , in c o m m a n d uf • w n p a a y A u g u s t 7 , 1865, a f t e r a • • n t i n i o u s service of 4 y e a r s a u d 3 B o o t h s .

M r . L y o n se rved with F r e e m o n t • n d Cur t i s in t h e fa l l of ' 61 a n d n r i n g of '62; was w o u n d e d a t t h e B a t t l e of P e a R i d g e , Aakansas , March 8 , 1 8 6 2 ; w as wi th H a l l o c k a t t he fauuMis seige of C o r i n t h , Mississippi, i*. 1862 . A f t e r w a r d , he belonged t t h e old 14th C o r p s o rgan izeiLbr f ' y' H . T h o m a s ; a n d S C T E M ^ * : J ^ e 0 -

" ^ u with i t un t i l ot t h e war .

H e was in t h e ba t t l e of S tone R i v e r , Ihec. 3 1 , ' 6 2 , J a n . 1 and 2 . '63; t h e b e t t l e of C h i c k a m a u g a , Sept . 19 and JO. ' 6 3 ; t he b a t t l e of Cha t t anooga , K o v . 2 3 - 2 5 , ' 6 3 a n d again received a g n i a h o t w o u n d . W i t h S h e r m a n in U B f amous G e o r g i a campa ign in 1864. Ba t t l e s a t B u z z a r d Roos t , Rcsac-a, K i n g s t o n , D a l l a s a n d K e n e s a w m o u n t a i n a n d the bat t les a r o u n d A l -

any lime. g

C O - P A R T N E R S : ORTON HILL, Lowell. Mich

W. A. WATTS, " "

D. R. W H I T N E Y . Lowell, Mich.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Kalamazoo. E. W. BOWMAN,

N. 8. WHITNEY, Richland, Mich ASA STRATTON, "

n Wi lT YOUR BUSINSSS.

Hie lef t A t l a n t a N o v . 14, '64, vn t t o f i u n o u s m a r c h to t h e sea. Cam-p a i g n e d t h r o u g h the Caro l inas in F e b -• n r y a n d M a r c h , ' 6 4 and was in a t t h e d e n h when J o s e p h £ . J o h n s t o n • o r r a n d e r e d in N o r t h Caro l ina , Apr i l 1 8 , 1 8 6 5 . W a s cont inued in service b y special de ta i l of q u a r t e r master ' s d e p e r t m e n t un t i l Sep t . 7 . '65, when he mus te red o u t of serv ice a t Spr ingf ie ld ,

J a m e s A . L y o n , or " J i m " aa he is be s t k n o w n b y his m u l t i t u d e of old f r i ends , has been a labor ing man and mechan i c all his lifu excep t ing first few of his e a r l y y e a r s . T h e last six j e e r s h a v e been spent upon t h e f a rm in Vergennea .

H e was neve r in the employ or pay o f a n y corpora t ion , never received any f a v o r s of t h e m , no r does ever expect t o receive a n y . H i s sympath ies aru a u d a lways h a v e been with the labor-n g masses, with whom he belongs,

a u d fu l ly realizes the d i sadvantages u n d e r which they labor.

R E M E M B E R the—bridge.

S O L D I E H S , read J i m L y o n ' s a r m y record aud r emember t h e bridge.

D O N ' T al low par t i sansh ip to bl ind you to y o u r f inaucial interests. R e m ember the bridge.

W H E A T still slides down the tobog-gon , and M c K i n l e y and his b rand of prosperi ty a re eve r p resen t .—Salem ( I n d . ) S u n .

S T A N D by y o u r ne ighbor , f r i e n d a u d townsman , J i m L y o n ; and rem-e m b e r the br idge .

T H E tariff baron 's idea of "p ro t ec -tion to Amer ican l a b o r " is s u m m e d up in the P a n a c o a l d is t r ic t as follows: ' • W o r k a t t he wages I o f fe r or s t a rve and be d — d . " — W o r l d - H e r a l d .

Notice toCorrenpoadents . We want all the news. Social calls

among neighbors is not news, nud we have no Bpnce for such items. Dae a four mile limit and state where visitors reoide.

Ed.

T H E Democra t of W e d n e s d a y has an ar t icle signed by H e n e r y S p r i n g nnd N . A . F le tcher adv i s ing aga ins t bonding t h e the coun ty f o r $50,000 to bui ld an insane a s y l u m . T h e y c la im tha t tha t sum would s imply m a k e a beg inn ing and t ha t cost of ca r ing for the county iusane would be grea t ly

If elected to the legiaiature, he will i n c r e a f Mr '

d w i t . , U ) U t i " ' P r o y i n g f y his own f a r e to a n d f rom Lanain t t v , c e - U " " t h i n g before

yon vole " Y e s . " pay nis own fa re to a n d f rom L a n s i n g a n d ask no favors of anybody . H e will not be for sale and no one will h a v e a n y s t r i ngs tied to h i m . H i s oa ly desire will be t h e welfare of ^the whole people of the s t a te .

Citizens of the Second distr ict , if t he aboved record pleases you . if you a re satisfied with the pledgee above made , r emember t h e br idge and vote fur J a m e s A . L y o n of V e r g e n n e s .

PATRONIZE H O M E INDUSTRY.

I t seems necessary t o h a m m e r away o o this old subjec t which has been d w e l t upon so m a n y t imes in these co lumns .

T h e r e a r e people who would r a the r t r a d e wi th peddlers , street faki rs and fly-by-night ve nde r s of S loptown goods, t hau with their own neicM»"r« a n d fellow townsmen , eveu ii ilu-y h a v e to p a y more money fo r wonir i>. -a r i o l e s t b a n responsible home deuin--wi l l se l l hones t goods for. W e BB\ oooe and fo r ail tha t the re is not au oonoe of reason or compion sense in s a e h act ions. Y e t people go on pay-ing do l l a r s fo r a s t r i p of red flannel w i th t in b u t t o n s a n d bottled water a l 5 0 e per bot t le . S a m e with brass j e w e l r y , glass d iamonds , paper soled phots, wor th less c l o t h i n g — m a d e t o feell tc s u c k e r s — e t c . , etc. , e tc .

W e say a g a i n t h a t the re is no ex-cuse for t h i s k ind of t h i n g in Lowel ' .

T a k e the wood business for in-s tance H e r e is a man who has weal th enough to re t i re f r o m active l ife. Comes t o Lowel l a n d builds a fine house j u s t nea r enough t o the vil-lage en joy its pr iv i l iges and jual f a r « n o n g h a w a ) to avoid be ing taxed t o t r e i M i p i l s pub l i c enterprises. H e evimes in to t h e vi l lage and jieddles wood aii •ot i h e town in coin|ieti(ion

n-Hh o u r ha l f dozen dea l e r s who sup-( W t o u r schools and churches , kce |

H o w nice i t will be fo r you a n d m e when all t h e mills a r e hudd l ed to-ge the r unde r one b ig t rus t ; a l l t h e coal minea gobbled b y t h e ra i l roads; all t he money piled u p in the banka and the price of l a b o r a n d labor ' s products measured by a d o l l a r so "good" t h a t you and I will r a r e l y see one! W o n ' t t h a t be the mi l lenoium? W e a re d r i f t i ng t ha t way as r a p i d l y a s the cohorts of M a m m o n aud greed can manipula te the wires .

W I T H a tariff so high a s t o amount to prohibi t ion the manufac -tu re r ships his goods r i gh t i n to the midst of the pauper labor na t ions and undf-rsrdis them. Sella hia p roduc t s f »r xcin lily less money t b a a t h e peo* !t iiii* count ry can buy t h e s a m e ur l.n-; and th i s ia p ro tec t ion! I ' luiei ii"ii f.ir the m a n u f a c t u r e r who :• t-iM is iii,. prufito and t h e people

ii..- i; •iise<|Uences whi le the iiiiioi m:" toan. who is supposed t o be

beii> ii. m e.- no difiVrence whatever i:i hie ««»;«•. As a ru le the s t r ikes and locK-iU!.* occor in the p ro tec ted industr ies . Pruteui inn Miuply m e a n s oppression and deoepti<ID. I : enab les those dispoted to fo rm tr . an . com-bines and cuntii>i>:i('ios to * .ntrol t he ou tpu t of any a n i c " .od to regu la te its price t o sui t i ts o v n whims aud purposes .—Crawford A r ^ u s .

M i l l i o n s G i v e n A w a y . It is certainly gratifjiug to the public to know of one concern In t i e land who are not afraid to be ^eoeroos to thi; reedy and suflcr ing. The proprietors of Dr. King's New Dls-covery for Consumption, Conghs and ("olds, have given aw»y over ten million Uial boltlefc of tLis t;reat inediclue; nod Lave the 6aticf*c-lion of knowing It has absu'utdy cured tijoiisiir.ds of hojicless capes. Aslhma, Bron-

chilU, Hoareeaess, aud all diseases of the

Perry and Clyde Pnrdy visited at Evart last week

Sarah Purdy went last week Thursday to assist Mrs Jad Hapemnn of East Low-ell

A cobbler has just started at Ringville, west of Alton

Thomas rondon, an old pioneer here, died at his home -uuday at I o'clock The funeral was held at the church Wednesday

Casai* Hendrick of Palo and Addie Hendrick of Ionia spent Sunday night at Dorns Church's

Millard Hendrtck of Palo was a gnest at P Houlihan's Sunday night.

M r s Warren Ford is under the doctor's care

Win Lally, Sr. Cvas called to Lowell Mon-day to the bedside of his mother who is very low

Ida Cooper of Segwnn visited at Col-onel Porter's Sunday

M rs Cooper of Segwnn visited her sister Mrs John Hapeman, Sunday

Mr and Mrs Herrington of Cannons-burg were here Saturday and Sunday

A Orattan man came to our town Sun-day morning to fight one of oar yonng men He went homo considerable the worse for the aff ray, whila the Altonite was minus even a scratch I t is about time the Sunday law should go into effect

S m y r n a .

Grandma Ingalls and her granddaugh* ter, Mrs. Campbell, spent Sunday with .Mis* Ada Ingalls.

Many of Rostan Skellenger's friend9

gathered at his home Saturday evening> Oct. '12, and gave him a pleasant surprise, it being his 19th birthday anniversary. They played many games aud at 11 o'clock coffee and cake wore served About 1 -.'clock they returned home all reporting a good time.

A. Hull and wife ofGowen spent Sunday at Mrs. L. Northway's.

Otis White of Alton called here the first of the week.

Cora Curtis of Beijing visited at H. Skellenger's Saturday.

Pearl Abbot of Saranac is visiting at Mrs. Sam Condon's.

Charles Walker of Dulliaville is visiting with his ancle. 0 . Osborn, of Smoky Row.

INO.

V e r g e n n e s .

Sighing winds and falling leaves remind us that summer is no more although we have nal had a frost yet to kiU vines of any kind.

Frank Qott of Greenville was a recent visiter of his sister, Mrs. Orlando Odell, also of his neices, Mesdames Lute Bailey and Phil Dickson.

Mrs. Nancy Collar of Lowell visited he r daughter, Mis. Fred Hodges, and family last week.

G. W. Crosby went to Grand Rapids last Thursday to attend the reunion of his regiment. First Mich. Engineers and Me-chanics. There were about 250 of the old veterans in attendance.

Mrs. Wm. Wisner drove down to Grand Rapids last week Wednesday and stayed over night with friends there.

D. J . Smith of Kendallville, Ind., visited his cousin, T. B. James, and family last week.

Levi Cole, wife and daughter, Mable, of South Lowell, were Sunday guests of W. J . Botzen and family.

And now it is Quint Hudson that U the happiest man in town all over the arrival of a son that came to his house, Thursday, Oct. 13. It is the first boy and third heir.

The L. T. L . will meet with Dora Botz-en. Come one, come all and help to make Uie meeting interesting.

PATSY.

N E W G O O D S !

W e a r e n o w r e c e i v i n g n e w g o o d s i n n e a r l y a l l l i n e s a n d a t p r i c e s

t h a t s u r p r i s e u s . O u r C l o a k S a l e i s o v e r b u t w e a r e s t i l l

do ingf b u s i n e s s a n d a r e b o u n d t o h a v e o u r s h a r e o f t h e t r a d e .

I f y o u a r e l o o k i n g f r

x G O O D G O O D S .

a t p r i c e s t h a t a r e r i g h t , T h i s i s t h e p l a c e t o f i n d t h e m

O u r C a r p e t a n d O i l C l o t h d e p a r t m e n t i s f u l l a n d w e s o l i c i t a n

i n v e s t i g a t i o n .

N . B . B L A 1 N ,

Lowel l , M i c h i g a n .

K e e n e .

Mrs. tioodell visited her sister, Mrs. O. I Woodman, last week at Saranac and re-1 turned to her danghter'a, Mrs. D. Bowen, | Sunday.

Leo Stanton, who is working in Otisco, visited his brother, Otie, last Suadajr.

Every one seems to be in a rash to get their potatoes and apple picked before if freezes. Wild geese were seen going south ' last week.

Sam Sweetland, Sr., of l^owell, took din-ner with C. A. Lee last Wednesday.

Charles Lampkins sold a horse last week to Elmer I^e , of Elsie Clinton county.

Mr. Goode!l, of South Lyon, came last Monday to spend a few weeks wilh his daughter, Mrs. Dell Bowen.

Dr. Greene reports, R. Rickert and wife aro getting better.

Grandma, where were yon last week and aod no news. We miss you, so get to work.

Ceorge Gardner and his new bride lef t Monday for his home in Canada. May their lives be long and happy.

A few of the young people of South Keene gave Will Darby, Jr*. a surprise gaoday. it being hia birthday.

Mrs. George Lind is sick.

Thomas Condon of Vergennes is sick and not expected to live.

AUNTY.

S tock ing has the best sewing ma* chines m a n u f a c t u r e d a n d pr ices a r e

right. >

C a r n i v a l E x c u r s i o n . The L A H railroad will rau special

traio on Wednesday, Oct. 26, at One Fare rate. Traio will leave Ijowell 9:20 a m. leave Grand Rapids on all regular trains and at 10:80 p m

T h e beat 4 0 c tea in Mich igan a t Berg in ' s T r y a pound a n d If not satisfied ge t your money b a c k . T h i s is " s t r a i i i h t goods!" 254 t f

A m a n m i g h t ss well t r y to p u t a q u a r t of w a t e r in to a p i n t measure a s to m a k e a be t t e r harness t han o u r famous O a k T a n n e d h a n d made h a r -ness. Be fo re p u r c h a s i n g i t ii for v o u r in teres t to call a n d look a t o u r goods . B r o w n & Seh l e r .

T o w n L ine T i d i n g s

Mrs. Ashland is spending several days with her daughter, Mrs. Phil Krum.

The highway commissioner has graded the road from B. D. Seely's east for some distance.

We were glad to see Merlon Reynolds a t church Sunday.

Oabe Onan and wifespent Sunday with the latter's parents. Orville Reynolds and and wife.

Clinton Thomas and wife of McCords at-tended church Sunday.

Several from West Lowell attended the Snow M. E. church Sunday.

Mrs. J . Thibos visited Mrs. Tom Leece at the Johnson dairy farm near Ada a couple of days lust week.

Rube Highland and lady of Saranac call-ed on his sister, Mrs. L. ^argent, Sunday.

The ladies' aid elected Mrs. B. D. Seely,

8res.; Mrs. H . Wesbrook, vice pres.; Mrs. harlie Reynolds, secy.; Mrs. W. S. Hesche,

treas.

Misses Winnie Peet and Florence Burras visited Miss Louis Baley. Thursday.

Levi Burras and wife visited her brother L. Whitney, near Hastings, Sunday.

D. Fero and wile of South Lowell spent Sunday with Mrs. D. Erb .

X-RAT.

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lip o u r s idewalks , r oads , br idges , pay [ Chea and lungs are surely cured by l-»r o u r s t ree t i i s h t s , fiir police p r o t e c - ; ll" "" Hunt .v Co.. druggiau, and l ion a n d a l l t h e o t h e r blessinsrs we en-1 ^ e l t t r U I '"WJefree. Kegularsize 50c, and j.»y. M e n to w horn subscription p a - 1 E v e r r , ' o t u ' W " f c e d or piiw re-

| iera f o r c h a n t a b l e pnrposef nre p u s - | 0 8

w d e v e r y week i n ' l u - vo-ir I« t h i s ! Call and see my work. R a e Mai f a i r ? I s i t r i g h t ? h it d » c nt? , co lm . Photogapl ier . Lee b l d g .

N o w , go d pe >; l e a " w t • fcarea u . iwj li-. ic iivini.' i . ' . j; | I nave a few good horses fo r sale

l a w n t h a t we can be p ioud of? "loe ( H . N A S H .

W e s t Lowell .

Miss Wilber of Cascade visited C. Cary's one day last week.

Mrs. J . Mc Jregor who was called to La-peer by the snddon death of her nephew returned home last Saturday.

P R O B A T E O R D E R . -L State of Michigan, County of Kent, ss. At a session of the Probate Court for

| said County of Kent, held a t the Probate I office, in the city of Grand Rapids, on the

5th day of Ootober in the year one thous eight hundred and ninety-eight.

Present, Harry D. Jewell, Judge of Pro-bate.

In the matt«r of the estate of Irvin Yonng. deceased, Ida Chandler, having fil-ed to this Court her petition praying that the administration of said estate, may be

William D. Crofoot or some

D e t r o i t W e e k D a y E x o n r s l o a

O c t . 21.

l^ast o n e of the season will be r u n v i a D . , G . R . & W . R . R . on a b o v e da te . T r a i n will leave E l m d a l e a t 7:35 a. m . a n d leave Detroi t a t 6 : 1 0 p . m. R a t e $ 2 . 2 0 . 1 8

GEO . D E HAVEN . G . P. A .

Clean y o u r wi th tee th Rose C r e a m

M y prices t h e s a m e to a l l . R a e M a l c o l m . P h o t o g r a p h e r .

Ga lvan ized steel t anks for s tock wate r ing . Cal l and see t h e m .

N. HASH. G e t y o u r watch a n d j e w e l r y r e p a r -

ed at Ol iver ' s and you will be s a t i s -fied. I t l

G e n u i n e home-made b r e a d " l i k e m o t h e r m a k e s " a t Bush ' s b n k e r y .

A t inted photo f ree with each dozen m a l t photos a t Malco lm ' s new S t u d i o

Cal l a t BuUl'a c i t y bake ry fo r b a k -ed goods and lunches .

Mr. and Mrs, Hnsted of Ottawa were i 1 0

guests of J . Ingersall and wife last week i other suitable person. r p i# u u u in 1 It is ordered, that I-nday the 4th day of L Rolf who has been qui te ill is "n- N o v e i n b e r 1898, at t^n o'clock in the fore

proving at this writing j n o o u a ( probate office, be appointed Mrs M D Court of Lowell spent a couple t o r hearing said petition.

of days last week with her s is ter j ^ n ( | jt ia further ordered, that a copy of The Busy Been wiil hold their next I this order be published three successive

meeting at the home of Ethel Rolf 1 weeks previous to said day of hearing, in Sunday with her ! Lo*®" 1 e d K e r ' " n f W 8 P , l P C T P " ^

I and circulating in said County of Kent . RUMOR. 1 HARRY D . J E W E L L ,

j Judge of Probate i (A true copy.)

ALVIN E. EWING,

Alice Mullen spent parents

I ce c r eam by the d ish , q u a r t or sup-plied lor socials and pa r l i e s in g a l l o n lots. D . T . B u s h .

nov3 Register.

B u o k l e n ' a A r n i c a S a l v e . THE BEST SALVE in the world for Cuts

Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns nnd all Skin Eruptions, and positive-ly cures Piles, or no pay required. I t ia guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by L. H. Hunt t Co.

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

.1. HARRISON RICKERT. dentist. Over Church's bank, Lowell.

8. P. HICKB, Loans, Collections, Real Estate and Insui-

ance. Lowell, Mich.

O. C. McUANNEL, M. 1) . Physician HU'I Surgeon. Office, -16 Bridge

street, Lowell, Mich.

M.C.GRBKN, M. D .

phvslcian »nd 8ur<reon. Office at Residence Bridge street, Lowell, Mich.

G. G. TOW8LEY, M. D., Physician acd Surgeon. Office hoars, 10 am

to 8 pm. and 7 t o 8 pm.

L N . C A M B E L L , I N S U R A N C E , L O A N S Notary Public, Reid Estate Agent and Col.

lector. Over Boylan's store, Lowel1

E d w a r d 0 . M a i n s ,

A t t o r n e y a t L a w .

YOUR P A T R 0 N A 8 E SOLlOITED.

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D . E D D Y ft CO.,

A. E. Cambell, Dentist,

OVER BOYLAN'S STORE. A l l b r anches of d e n t a l w o r k d o n e b y

t h e la tes t i m p r o v e d me thods . S a t -is fact ion g u a r a n t e e d .

G a s admin i s te red .

LOWELL M A R K E T Invariably corrected Thursday morning.

S p l e n d i d

Room S u i t s

)ods delivered

M c C O N N E L L

New Wheat 0 65 Old Wheat 66 Corn 85 Oata 0 Rye © 41 Barley per owt 0 80 . Flonr per cwt 1 t o Bran per ton 12 00 Middlings par ton e 14 00 Corn meal per ton 9 16 00 Corn and oats per ton 0 18 00 Butter 14 @ 16 Egg" 18 New Potatoes 18 ® SO Beans 30 @ 5C Beef 6 50 © 6 OO Veal 6 00 « 6 fiO Pork 4 00 0 4 60 Chickens 7 ®

20 « 9

Wool washed 7 ®

20 « 26 Wool nnwashed ia a 20

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J O S E P H E. KENNEDY. A Good O n e o n W a t t s .

Fish stories are always in order and

we heard one on Cashier Wal t s ol' i l f l ity bank that is too •jood i . ke-p . One hot summer day W ill began (o ih iuk of cool breezes, r ippi iug waters and lii^/ fish (intil hii i.-.ver went up to 104, At lli it In? Wi-nt home ami .>ai>l to Mrs. vVa ih :

" ii-i ivii.lv while I iiitoli up aii'l Wi-' i >.'0 li>!iiii-,' "

'"It is g-»itf_'to s l ' r i n . Dou' i he J i Um-i-lvr?

*' I i ere"- n i a cloud in liu-i l lu iTv up anil l'<-I r eady ."

j Will doesn' t like to have j Boat su I\ UIJ/ :il),iiit when lie fishes,

! so he lied three plow points i n n rojic I for an anchor; and in due t ime llu-v | r ; •iieil the lakt!. By this l ima ihe

| clear sky had become very da rk ; and Mrs . Wat t s said something about go-

i ing lionic, luit Will r emarked : "Did-1 n't cnme all this way to luick out ; n o w . "

hi' pulled out into I he lake,

G r a t t a u - V e r g o u n o s .

A f a m i l i a l ' t i g n i ' o on o u r s t r e e t s

o n c e m o r e is t ha i of t h e H o n . G .

! ' • S t n r k , w h o wi th Ills w i f e a n d

1 . Goi ' l i a in a n d w i f e h a v e b e e n

s p e n d i n g t h e s u n i m c r in O h i o . I h e

l a t t e r c o n i d e r e m a i n e d , g r c a t i v !'•

t h e r eg re t of t h e i r IVieiuls.

i". D . . I ' t ln ison a n d w i f e h a v e

g o n e to G r a n d K a p i d s t.» m a k e

t h e i r h o m e . M r . J o h n s o n h a s b e e n

D A M A G E D !

V " ' • a g r e a t snlTerer f o r 1 y e a r s .

sky

his

D a v i s a n d w i f e w e r e

F . M . D a v i s a n d w i f e

Joseph E Kennedy , the nominet fur C o u u t y Sheriff on the Democrat'< n '1 ^ " n e all this way t " hack out j n e w t o w n ha l l .

t i cke t was burn in Pennsy lvan ia 34 . n o w . " M r s . E . R . K i l m e r a n d c h i l d r e n

R J V F - M U ^ , m r T ' " i i • ' n - 1 "" ' i " , l | . | i f ' L"ive r e t u r n e d t o G r a n d R a p i d s , moved to .Michigan when only two i dropped his anch'»r, iiaited I IH hook; t ' T i • c y e a i s old and has lived in and about and ju- t tlieii a baby cyclone came j G u e s t s a t S . l e e p l e s S u n d a y G r a n d l i a p a l s fo r 32 vears. ' l enr ins down uitnn ilicin and the boat 1 w e r e D r . W o o s t e r a n d w i f e

M r . K e n n e d y is marr ied and wi th his wife and two chi ldren , one boy and a gi r l , lives in Caledonia, fifteen miles f rom G r a n d Rapids . F o r one year he was in business in G r a n d Rap-ids and fur the past thir teen years he has be tn in business in Caledonia . H e haa a ha rdware s tore and dcala in ag r i cu l tu ra l implemeuls , which has been hia business d u r i n g all these years. In hia business career .Mr. K e n n e d y has made a host of f r i ends and , in fact , whoever comes in con-tac t wilh him, e i ther in huainess or socially cannot he lp bu t become his f r i end .

Mr . K e n n e d y has been township t reasurer of Caledonia township for four years . Caledonia townsh ip pol-led 4 1 3 votes a t last spr ings election and the republ icans carr ied the town-•h ip by 132. which ia the uaual re-publ ican m a j o r i t y . Despi te this ad-verse vote Mr . K e n n e d y was elected b y a ma jo r i ty of 4 6 . Th is proves tliieesteem in which M r . K e n n e d y is

• held by hia intimatea and ne ighbors and those who know him best.

I t ia a fair proposition and logical, t ha t t he man who ia successful in hi.-> own affairs will be successful in car-r y i n g out t h e dut ies id" pub l i c office and thee lec l ion of M r . K e n n e d y to tue responsible position of sheriff m e a n s t ha t the office will be conduct-ed with economy and with a scrupu-lous a t t en t ion to the r e q u i r e m e n t s of the publ ic service.

N o less a personage than G o v . P n-gree said a t a mee l ing held in G r a n d R a p i d s last week; " T h a t some men can be in office too long," Mr. Ken-nedy ' s opponen t has been sheriff fo r t w o te rms and the r emark of the Gov-e rnor of Michigan, a man of his pa r ty , m a y be applied wilh jus t ice to t h e present i ncumben t w h o is r u n n i n g fo r hia th i rd term for sher i f f .

n> SmoL: onlv.

T h e ( iiii-ininii C|othin<r ( .. and

T h e .Mi.una Va i l cy Shoe MT.ir Co . , „

were D a m a g e d t o t h e ex ten t o f j J t -V,(.,im(if p a r t ol th i s .Mammoth

S tock has lieen sh ipped to Lowel l .

.Michigan, and p lac d in t h e l a rge

s to re room known as t h e S a m p l e

R o o m . H o l d Brace and will be -old t o t h e p e o p U ' oi' K e n t c o u n t v . as

d i r e c t e d by tin* I i i s u r a n c e C o m p a n v , | at less than app ra i s ed \ . i l i i \ T h e

g r e a t F i r e Sa le of .MenV. Boy ' s

Ladio ' s , .Misses' and Chi ldre iVs

S h o e s and .Me ."s, Boy ' s a n d C h i l d -

i ron s C l o t h i n g will c o m m e n c e on W e d n e s d a y , Oc t . 20 th , 4J)S a n d will

c o n t i n u e f o u r d a y s , W e d n e s d a y ,

P a t t e r s o n a n d I ' ' hm ' sday , F r i d a y a n d S a t u r d a y , , m a k i n g th i s t h e g r e a t e s t f o u r d a y s '

, l f . . . . . , , , ; 8 a ' e t , v e r i n a u g u r a t e d in K e n t coun-\ \ o r k is g o i n g on b r i s k l y at t h e | t y > S ( ( | n c o f o l i r i { a r , r a i 1 1 8 .

D r . (J inrk lin- m o v e d i n t o t h e

r e s i d e n c e k n o w n a s t i ie D a n f d r t i i

i iome .

W innie Patterson was tiie guest "I her aunt, Mrs. Davis, last week.

\ o u r c o r r e s p o n d e n t s p e n t W e d -

n e s d a y w i t h W m .

w i f e of M e . C o r d s

S : A m i n u t e a n d s e e w h a t

5: Cash will do at

E n t e r t a i n e d H i s S u n d a y S c h o o l

C l a s s .

L a s t F r iday even ing at t he M . E. parsonage. R e v . L . N . Pat t ison enter-tained the y o u n g gent leman of his S u n d a y school class and their lady f r iends . A f t e r an hour of atory tel-l ing, t he par ty repaired to the class rftom oi l!'e ad jaceu t c h u r c h , where re f reshments were se rved . F lo ra l dec-ora t ions were beau t i fu l a u d profuse .

T h e y o u n g people a re indebted to M r . and Mrs. Pai l i son for a very pleasant evening.

D e a t h of C h e s t e r C h u r c h .

C h e s t e r C h u r c h w h o d i e d

O c t . 1 4 , 1 8 9 8 w a s b o r n in P e n -

field. N . Y . , O c t . 9 , 1 8 2 4 .

A t t h e a g e o f 4 y e a r s h e m o v -

e d w i t h h i s p a r e n t s t o C a n a d a

w h e r e t h e y l i v e d f o r 1 3 y e a r s .

H e t h e n r e m o v e d t o O a k l a n d

w h e r e h e r e m a i n e d t w o y e a r s

a n d s o u g h t a n d f o u n d t h e L o r d

o u r S a v i o r .

I n 1 8 4 4 h e c o m e t o V e r e g n e s

w h e r e h e s e t t l e d a n d c l e a r e d

u p a f a r m . H e w a s u n i t e d i n

m a r r i a g e , O c t . 3 0 , 1 8 4 7 , t o

J a n e H e n d r i c k s w h o s u r v i v e s

h i m . S e v e n c h i l d r e n w e r e b o r n

t o t h e m , s i x o f w h o m a r e l i v i n g

a n d w e r e w i t h h i m d u r i n g t h e

t w o w e e k s o f h i s i l l n e s s , t o -

g e t h e r w i t h a n o n l y s i s t e r a n d

o n e b o r h t h e r .

M r . C h u r c h w a s o r d a i n e d t o

t h e m i n i s t r y in 1 8 5 2 , p r e a c h i n g

t h e g o s p e l f o r m a n y y e a r s u n -

t i l c o m p e l l e d t o c e a s e b y f a i l -

i n g h e a l t h .

H e w a s a k i n d a n d lov ing*

h u s b a n d a n d f a t h e r , a g o o d c i t -

i z e n a n d a f a i t h f u l a n d e a r n e s t

C h r i s t i a n . H e l i v e d o n h i s

f a r m i n V e r g e n n e s f o r 4 4 y e a r s

w h e n m o v e d t o L o w e l l w h e r e

h e l i v e d a n d d i e d .

F u n e r a l s e r v i c e s w e r e h e l d

a t A l t o n o n S u n d a y , c o n d u c t e d

b y R e v . I r a B . J o n e s , a n d t h e

i n t e r m e n t w a s ' i n t h e A l t o n

c e m e t e r y . — C o m .

L a s t E x c u r s i o n of t h e S e a s o n !

T h e G r a n d T r u n k r a i l w a y s y s t e m wil l r u n an excurs ion to Detroi t on

tear ing down upon tlirin and the boat j w e r e D r . W o o s t e r a m i w i r e a t u danced a round until .Mr. W a n s eon- M r s . F . N . D a v i s of C h e r r y s t r e e t

eluded that d r y land would b o a good | G r a t ' d R a p i d s . |.I,.C0 I: reach.' He Uga.. imlli..* to | g . ,, ,uul B p a t t o n ! o n H r e shore; Inn the wind was m c h and the i . . 1 v , water waa n . ^ l , ami the old 6 P o r t l " 8 n e w w i , e c k

pulled harder than a canal boat . H e J o s e p h pulled und lugged and sweat—tr ied to g u e s t s of keep cool, but got very ho t—and still 1 S u n d a y .

he ge t aheai l but an incl. iir tw«. B c l l j M n i , 1 O i H o n a f a r m e r per s t r o k e . F i u a . l y . . t h e i l „ r „ , P ™ | J j . i d 8 . j , , w i , worse and worse and he aaw no pros I ' . I ; . ' , ^ pect of reaching home at tha t gait , he i a t r a g i c d e a t h a t h is h o m e in b a s t tu rned pale, and Mrs. W a t t s knew I P f t f i s ^ " l & v noo j i . H e w a s s i t -

t h a t someth ing was w rong. Looking • t i n g w i t h h is l a m i l y Jit t h e d i n n e r -a r o u n d , she finally remarked : , t a b l e , w h e n he was s t r i c k e n wi th

" W e l l , perhaps if vou would pull j p a r a l y s i s a n d d i e d a l m o s t i n s t a n t l y ,

in your anchor , you 'd get ahead fast- j U e l m ( | r e c e i v e d o t h e r s t r o k e s i n e r \ f T , , , , 1 t h e pas t t w o v e a r s , t i ie l a s t of w h i c h

.Mr. W a t t s may never h a v e held a ; i, i-f i • . u i t „ . . . i . . , u . j . i i ,• . l e i t m m s p e e c h l e s s , l i e nan a l s o

plow but he turned a mi ' f u r row m , • i r •. .r . n f l u . bottom o f t h e lake on t h a i event i ^ n a c r i p p l e f r o m i t s e f f e c t s . H e

fid d a y .

All T h i s M o n t h .

was 59 y e a r s o f a g e a n d leaves a

wi fe a n d a n a d o p t e d d a u g h t e r ,

1 b r o t h e r a n d s i s te r u n d a hos t of

S o m e people seemed to th ink that j f r i e n d s t o m o u r n h i s loss. M r . M a r k s ' special sale was for one dav j G i l d e n . u p t o a y e a r a g o was a c i t -

onlv , whereas it will cont inue all this i/ .en of G r a n d R a p i d s a n d w a s a l -mon th . Read over his prices. You-' d see thev c a n ' t be bea ten e i ther .

T o W h o m i t M a y C o n c e r n .

KLMOALE, MICH, Oct. 10, 1898. To whom it may concern:

We are prepared to pay highest cash pri^e for Wheat. Rye nnd Oats, at Klm-daio Elevator. A No. I Flour, Mill Feed. Seeds and Salt constantly on hand at lowest prices. A WEBSTKB & Co. dec22 1'. F . BBOWN, Mgr.

Ice cream a t Behl ' s city b a k e r y .

Dan Bush is se rv ing the (inest k ind of ice c r eam a t his r e s t a u r a n t .

A C l e v e r T r l c K . It cer'ainly looks like ll, but there is really

no trick al)Out It. Anybody can try It who has lame hack and weak kidneys, malaria or nervous troubles. We mean ho ean cure himself right away by taking Electric Hitlers This mediclnc tones up the whole system, a<'ts as a stimulant to the liver and Kidneys, is a 1)0od purifier and nerve lonle. It cures Constipation, Headache, Fainting Spt-lis, Sleeplessness a.. J Melancholy. It Is purely vegetable, a mild laxative, and restores the system to Its natural vigor. Try Electric Bitters and be convinced lhat they are a miracle worker. Every bottle guaranteed. Only OOJ a bottle at L. II. Hunt & Co'a drug store. 3

R a p i d

d e r m a n o n t h e T e n t h w a r d f o r t w o

t e r m s . H e w a s a lso a d e p u t y sher i f f

a n d s e r v e d in the c a p a c i t y of ba i -

liff in J u d g e G r o v e ' s c o u r t f o r t w o

y e a r s . H e w a s a n o l d sol l ier a n d

a m e m b e r o f t h e G . A . R . H i s f u n -

e r a l w a s h e l d at t h e E a s t P a r i s

c l m r c h S u n d a y .

URAHDM i.

SltOK lUKOAtNS G e n t s ' f i n e s l i ppe r s , wor th s i . . 1 0

a t . 7 4 . G e n t s ' h e a v y work shoes, wor th SI."Jo a t . " 8 . L a d i e s ' d ress shoes , lace or b u t t o n , w o r t h si.."in at . ' . i . i . Ladies" or G e n t s ' D r e s s

shoes , w o r t h ^ '2.50 a t $ 1 . 2 4 . La-

d i e s ' or G e n t ' s line shoes , wor th $ : i ,00 a t § 1 , 4 8 . L a d i e s ' or G e n t s '

c u s t o m m a d e shoes , w o r t h $ 3 . 5 0 a t $ 1 . 9 8 . L a d i e s ' o r G e u t s ' H a n d -sewed shoes , w o r t h $ 4 . 0 0 a t ^ '2.48, C h i l d r e n ' s school shoes , .S t o 11.

w o r t h 81 .25 a t . 78 . Misses* a n d Y o u i h ' s f ine shoes , w o r t h $ 2 . 0 0 a t

. 98 . Misses ' a n d Y o u t h ' s F i n e

shoes , w o r t h § 1 . 5 0 a t $ 1 . 2 4 . La-d i e s ' O x f o r d T i e s , ( s a m p l e s ) wor th 8 1 . 2 5 a t . 48 .

OLOT1II.VG BAROA1NS. M e n ' s P a n t s , w o r t h $ 1 . 2 5 , at .08.

M e n s ' bus iness p a n t s , w o r t h $2 .00 , a t . 08 . M e n ' s l ine p a n t s , w o r t h

$3.00, a t $1.24. M e n ' s t a i l o r m a d e pan t s , wor th $5.00, a t $2.48. M e n ' s su i t s , wor th $8.00, jit $9.25. M e n ' s

C a s s i m e r e Su i t s , w o r t h $ 1 8 . 0 0 , at

$1 ,75. M e n ' s fine O a s s i m e r e Su i t s , w o r t h $15.00, a t $0.76. M e n ' s t a i l o r m a d e su i t s , w o r t h 8 2 2 . 0 0 . at

$'.1,8:1. M e n ' s l ine c u s t o m m a d e su i t s , wor th *18 .00 , a t 812 .10 . B o y s ' l o n g ))ants, w o r t h $ 1 . 6 0 , a t . 78 , Ch i ld ren ' s school su i t s , wor th

88-00, a t .08. C h i l d r e n ' s fine su i t s w o r t h 83.50, a t $1.24.

A fu l l l ine of mens ' , boys ' and c h i l d r e n ' s ove rcoa t s a n d

| M c C A R T Y ' S ( i r o c c r v .

IS Ihs tiramdnled Sugar . , lbs Pure Ooid F l o u r . . . .

I" Mars A (.me Snap 10 Bars Jaxon Soap I - ; li)- -MV.-Of I'olall-ix-Kno-i-ne Oil. |a-i' uallon -Citiilia c- I'J heads i-ai ' l,i -. i lackers. I lbs---.'

Ti-as mid tl'iliees a speciahv.

< 1 1 A S i M c C ' A J R X V .

I Imc, C e m e n t , Ur ick , T i l e a n d Wood a t l.owest P r i c e s .

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h m u u i i u i m i u m m m u m i m m m u m m . ' :

^ i i n e t a P. W a t t 8 »

P i a n i s t e a n d AccnmpanWtc

- T E A C H E R OF PIANO -

F o r t e r m s a n d p a r t i c u l a r * c a l l a t f i r s t house nor t l i of Met l iodis t c h u r c h .

S a l e o f R e a l E s t a t e .

N o t i c e i s h e r e b y g i v e n t h a t ,

b y v i r t u e o f t h e p o w e r c o n f e r -

r e d u p o n m e b y t h e l a s t w i l l

a n d t e s t a m e n t of G e o r g e B o e h - !

S t r ings for violin, banjo, mandol in and G u i t a r at Ol iver ' s 1 tf

T r y Rose Cream for the tee th .

W e fit t he eyes with glasses and give you a perfec t fit. Special at-tent ion to complicated cases at O l i -

ver's l i t

F a l l a s b u r K .

A. G Steke tee . wife and son, George , took d i n n e r with R . B . B o } -lan and wife of Lowe l l S u n d a y .

The Misses Lil l ie en ter ta ined a few of their f r i e n d s S a t u r d a y evening.

H a ! H a ! bow Becky tal l ies t ime is an oddi ty t h a t we can ' t q u i t e c o m p r e -hend. I s i t not much easier as well as f a r bet ter t o reach Fa l l a sbu rg by going to Al to as to r each Lowell Cen -ter by visiting W m . Yeilers?

H a r r y B . Fa l l a s a n d wife of G r a n d Rapids were in ihe b u r g T u e s d a y and Wednesday of last week.

Mae Lil l ie of G r a n d Rap ids is v i s t -inz her parents .

Mrs . Ho lden moved her household goods to he r fa rm h o m e last week .

I t ' s a busy t ime with fa rmers in this vicinity d igg ing potatoes, which a re of a f a i r yield.

Mrs. V a n A l l s b u r g and son of C o o p e n v i l l e have been visi t ing he r parents M r . and Mrs. Li l l ie of this place. S h e re tu rned Tuesday a c -companied by her daugh t e r . V e r a , who has been m a k i n g an ex t ended

vUited here .

P a r n e l l .

Art Coach of Grand Rapids is visiting at P . Bresnahan's.

Lewis McDonald of Bowne is visiting: at James Gahare's. o

John Howard and wife of Alto spent Sunday with James Howard.

Thos. Lally and wife attended church in Lowell Smulay.

Mrs. Dan Driscoll who has been spending the summer with her daughter, Mrs. John Doyle, has gone to the Little Sisters of the Poor in Grand Rapids for the win-ter.

Miss Rosa Qullian has returned from her three weeks visit with friends in Belding.

Quite a number of young people from Parnell attended the dance at Grattan Center Friday night.

Jack Doyle and wife and Mrs. Farrill of Berlin spent Sunday at James F u l l e r s in Belding.

Rev. Father Byrne is putting in new windmill.

The 4-year-old son of Mike Murphy of Grand Rapids was buried at the Grattan cemetery Monday.

James Branigan and mother of Grand Rapids visited at John Mulligan's this week:

Born, To wife of James Sull i -van, Oct. 16, a boy.

ONA.

W e g i v e the very lowest prices on watches and ou r watches a re the best in the m a r k e t at A. D . Ol iver ' s . I t f

E v e r y b o d y knows w h a l Be rg in ' s coffees are , a n d the best in the world

, . . r t • at the price, 254tf ler, late of Ionia, county or Ionia and State of Michigan, LOWELL HASTINGS now deceased, I shall offer forj TIMETABLE. sale and shall sell at public auction to the highest bidder on the l5tli day of November, A . D. 18()S, at one o'clock in the afternoon, all the right, title and interest, of said de1-

RAILROAD

on ceased in and to a cer ta in s tore through the line you will find bar- i bu i ld ing and lot a n d a certa in gain after bargain; nothing reserved I res idence and lot, owned b y as everything must be sold in four! sa id deceased and s i tuated in d a y s . R e m e m b e r W e d n e s d a y . O c t . 2 0 t h . is t h e d a y , a n d is fo r f ou r

d a y s o n l y . L o o k l\ .r t h e g r e a t r e d s i g n .

M. C. J O H N S O N , A g t .

A l l k i n d s ot w o o d p r o m p t l y d e l i v e r -

ed b v K B . B o y I a n .

Lowell C e n t e r — A l t o .

N o r m Mi l le r , w i fe a u d m o t h e r of G r a n d R a p i d s a re visi t ing a t Allie D e n i s e s . t

Mrs. F r a n k B a r b e r visited h i r j b ro the r . A lmond Rowland last week.

P h i l i p Smi th a n d wife visited her | pa ren t s a t South Lowell S u n d a y .

S p e c i a l S a l e

S o u v e n i r t u m b l e r s

A l e x a n d e r ' s .

W e have j u s t received a lot of souvenir water turn blers each adorned with an e t ch ing of one of our war vessels, twelve di f ferent pat terns, for this sale we make the price onlv

$1.00 p e r Dozen.

Also a lot adorned with the picture of Admi ra l Dewey at 10c each. Call and see them.

('. II ALEXANDER

the village of Lowell, Kent countv, Michigan. Such sale will be made at the front door

• of said store building, and the terms of said sale will be made

j known at the time of offering i such property for sale.

Dated, Ionia, Mich., Septem-1 ber 21st, A. I). 1S«)8.

A L L A N \V. K I M B A L L , Executor of the last will and testament of George Beehler. decaased. Nov. 10

C L A R K S V I L L E

A C A D E M Y . THIS PRIVATE SCHOOL OFFERS THE

FOLLOWING COURSES OF STUDY.

C o m m o n School C o u r s e . . . This course gives the regular work ol ail the common branches of study. Tuition for term of 20 weeks, ^18.00.

E n g l i s h C o u r s e . . . Gives shorter or review work of com-mon branches and all academic studies leading to tirst, second and third grade teacher's certificates. Tuition for term of "20 weeks, $10.

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

Normal C o u r s e . . . Includes kindergarten and professn nal studies for all grades of teacher's cer-lilicates. Tuition for term of 20 weeks $10.

B u s i n e s s C o u r s e . . . Gives book keeping in all its forms and ather branches necessary for a complete business education. Tuition for term of 20 weeks, $15.

A n n o u n c e m e n t s f o r 1 8 9 7 - 9 8 .

Winter School Begins

Oct 24,1898. W r r i t c

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P a r t i c u l a r s .

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j R o b e r t H u n t e r a n d d a u g h t e r , M r s . '

T h e dance a t M r . A Id r ich ' s F r i d a y ! Cla re T u c k e r , of Lowel l , were visitors I

n igh t was well a t t ended .

Mary Raymond has been m a k i n g a

a t M a t t h e w H u n t e r ' s S u n d a y .

meeting will de held T u e s d a y e v e n -ing, Oct . 27 th , at t h e school house .

The re were qui te a number f r o m this place a t tended the funera l of Mrs. J a m e s Lynn Monday , which was held

at the Alton church .

Mrs. Wil l ie Rex lo rd of Lowell and . .Tueoduy, Oc t . 25 . Specia l t r a in a u u t called on Mrs. D e n n y Monday .

1 Lowell a t 6 :55 a . m. , r e t u r n i n g Char l ie Colvin is home visiti ng his l e ave De t ro i t a t 7 p . m . R o a n d t r i p n - r e , . , . f r o m Lowell $2.75 . ima.

J a s p e r Ried a n d wife of HustiiiLS

visit wilh Susie W a l k e r of Sou th Bos v i s i t e d her pa ren t s , M r . t n d Mrs. | t on . O b e r l y , o v e r S u n d a y .

T h e Fa l l a sbu rg cemetery anociat i i n F- M. J o h n s o n a n d family of Lowell ' was organized Tuesday even ing with 1 we re r ecen t guests a t M a t t h e w l l u n -thc fo l lowing officers: Pres. , H e n r y te r ' s and Geo . Blakes lee ' s .

Scott , vice president , Mrs . W i l o u r W i l l a r d H u n t e r a n d wife lelt Mon-1 Moon; secretary, W. I I . Moon; t r e a s - i day f o r L a n s i n g t o a t tend the Oi 'd urer . M r s . A . G. Steketee . Tho nex t Fe l lows a n d and Rebecca convention.

' leaves

B o r n — T o M r . a n d M r s . F r e y e r -m u t h , T h u r s d a y , O c t . 0, a 10 pound boy .

N a t h a n Blair a n d M r s . S a r a h J o n e s of Lowell , J o h n a t h a n B la i r and d a u g h t e r , Lott ie , of G r a n d Rap ids , were guests a t Noah Al l en ' s S a t u r d a y .

Miss I d a W e a v e r gave a p a r t y to a n u m b e r of her f r i ends , F r i d a y even-ing.

BECKT.

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a n d w i l l p a y C a s h f o r i t .

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w a t c h e s , c l o c k s a n d j e w e l r y e v e r s h o w n i n L o w e l l .

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t i o n i n e v e r y r e s p e c t .

C - A A . H I G B Y -

D E T R O I T 25,1898 V GRAND RAPIDS & WEaTERN R. R L ^ lu.».lg E.st A M r. M . P. M. " (irand Kapids

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Parlor oars on all Irairs betwerr Grand Rapids and Detrcit, seats 25 cents.

GEO. DBHAVEN,Gen. Paxs Agent. W.II CLAKK, Agenl OraL- Kapiu

Lowell.

G R A N D T R U N K R A I L W A Y S Y S T E M ,

Arrival ami Departure of Trains at Lowell

Time Table in Effect May IB, 1898 WUSTWAHD.

Gd Rapids,(td Haven LEAVE ABRIVE ann Muskegon f 12 10 pm f 3 56 pm

Gd Rapids,Gd Haven Muskegon and Chicago. f -1 55 pm^flOM? am

Gd Kai)id8,Gd Haven and Milwaukee ate Stations 9 19 pm f " i lSam

Gd Rapids,Gd Haven and Muskegon

Mixed Gd Rapids • 5 46 am

t 2 15 pint

#9 19pm 12 10 pm

lASTWAKO. Detroit, Canada and LEAVE

East f 7 15 am Detroit and Chicago

:'.a Durand flO 47 am Detroit, Canada and

East t 3 56 pm Detroit. Canada and

East * 9 19 pm t Except Sunday. • Daily.

Mixed Ow(«so t l 2 10

ABRIVE

t 9 19 pm

t 4 55 pm

t l 2 10pm

• 5 46 am

2 15.

8ERVICI SLEEPING AND PARLOR CAR WEST WARP.

12 10 pin train i.is parlor car to Grani Haven. Extra c.iargi 25 cents.

9 19 pm train has jarlor car to Grant Haven. Extra charge .15 cents.

KASTWARl. I 15 am train has parlor c r t o Detroit

Extra charge 25 cents. I'tdlman palace car Detmil to Toronto conuecling with sleeping car for the and New York— connects at Durand wilh C T division for i'ot*. Huron ; n l Chicago and wilh C S it M for Sa«jina" nd Hay oily.

3 66 pi". ;raii, !::*k ^srlor car to Detroit. Extra charge 25 cents, aud Pullman sleep-ing car to Toronto, Suspension Bridge, Buffalo, i'hiladelpliia and New York connects at Durand with C & G T diving for Port Huron and Battle 1

C. S. A M. division for Sagi C i t y .

A. O. IlETDLiUFF agenl, Lowt.i. Midi, E. H. H r o n » , As-t Gen ! ' A 1" agpik

Chicago. III. BEN FLETCHER, Trav I'ass agent DeM^u

Mich.

IIIH ••••• C A G T division ; Creek tnd wjlh iginaw . nd Bay

II, : Ooings of t h e W e e k Recorded in a

Brief S ty le .

C O N C I S E AND INTERESTING.

F t n e Statne of Wnr Governor n ia l i UD-

TCllcd s t I.ann'.nt;—A Lake Ktcnnier

Sank by a Collision—Muskegon Man

I lancod at ChlcaRo.

Statae of GOT. Ulalr Unvellod. Thfc s ta te of Michipan did honor to

he r war governor, Austin Blair, by • rec t ing a splendid monument to his memory in f ron t of the capitol bui ld ing a t Lansing. A large number of distinguished persons were present, including Maj.-'Gen. Shafter . Numer-ous Grand Andy posts participated in the event to show the i r veneration for the man whoso honestly and fearlessly looked a f te r their interests dur ing the nation's darkest hours.

A long and imposing parade of war veterans and civic societies, witnessed by 40,000 visitors and reviewed by Gov. ^ingreo, Gen. Shaf ter and Commander Patr ick, of the Michigan G. A. R., pre-oeded t he formal unveiling of the •tatue. Gen. Alger, president of the Blair monument commission, who was tb have presented the statue on behalf pf the commission, could not be present Cod th is du ty was performed by Gen.

H. V.'ithington, of Jackson, also a member of the commission. Gov. Pin-f r e e accepted the s ta tue in behalf of ihe state. Hon. Thomas W. Pal HUT, president of the day. made one of the characteristic speeches in which he paid high t r ibute to Gov. Blair.

The commission's report show that 19.701.24 of the 810,000 was expended. The sculptor was Edward Clark I'ot-•ter, of Enfield, Mass. Dona'dson & Meier, of Detroit, designed the pedes-

•tal, which was furnished by C. W. /Hills, of Jackson.

A Snd Trnffciljr at Flint. Wm. P. Murray, of Clinton, In., shot

nnd killed his wife and then killed himself a t Flint .

I n December, 1897, Murray took his wife, Hnrriet , to the Oak Grove home, whore she has been an inmate over since. Mrs. Murray was afflicted wi th n serious brain disease. Last week Mr. Murray came lo see his wife ami Dr. C. 11. Burr , the head of the insti-tu t ion , and was there three days and nothing unusual was noticed about h im. Suddenly Murray and wife disap-peared and af te r a search their bodies were found in the grove. A 44-calibcr revolver lay at Murray's side. Both were shot through the head and were ly ing as though asleep.

Mimterlni; Out Mlehlgan Troop®.

Cap t Irvine. U. S. A., mustering offi-cer for the Michipan volunteers, will begin his task October 24, a t Grand Rapids where he musters out four com-panies. He then proceeds to Grand Haven, Kalamazoo. Battle Creek and Coldwater. Returning to Detroit the four companies of the 32d and Co. M. 33d will be officially disbanded. After t h a t Capt. Irvine will go to the upper peninsula and will work south again. The war department insists t h a t the mustering out be conducted by compa-nies. Where a company comes from two places far apart the choice of mus-ter ing out point is lef t wi th the com-pany commander.

Ulehlgan Man I fangM for Murdrr.

George H. Jacks, formerly chief of police a t Muskegon, and John Drup-gan. both convicted murderers, were hanged on the same scaffold in the county jail a t Chicago.

J a c k s was convicted of the murder • of Andrew J. McGhee, an aped collec-

tor, and Wm. J . Willows is now serv-ing 14 years for complicity in the crime. J a c k s had a long criminal record. When chief of policc of Muskegon he was also a deputy U. S. marshal and a member of the fire department. While holding these positions he committed a number of burglaries, hut was finally caught a t i t and served four years* im-

4>risonment. He then went to Chicago where ho resumed his criminal career.

Druggan was convicted of murdering a saloonkeeper whom he tried to rob.

• teamer Blblejr Rank In St. Clair River.

The steamers 11. W. Sibley and Lan-s ing were bound up coal laden when t h e steamer Northern King, bound down with grain, attempU-d to pass between them RS they were side by ^ d e , a t the foot of Stag island, in St. Clair river, near Port Huron. The Sib-ley took a sheer and struck the King on the Rtarboard quarter, doing her eonMderable damape. She caromed off and then struck the Lansing a blow, breaking the rail and covering board on the port side, nnd some of the planking. The bows of the Sibley were badly damaged, and her crew had barely time to get their boat into shallow water on the Canadian shore ^ h e n she sank. The Lansing and Northern Kinp were able to proceed on their journeys.

Strange Hoy Murilrreil.

An unknown boy, aged about 10. was found three niilcs ea-st of Wheeler, be-side the railroad track wi th his face eonipletcly crushed In. The lad had passed through the town the day be-fore on a bicycle, and said be was go-ing to Saginaw. He was later seen, near the spot where the body was found, in company with Boyd I 'nrrish, who was carrying a gun nearby saj- they heard several gunshots. Parr ish was found at Merrill with the boy's wheel and ashecould not explain satisfactorily how It came In his pos-session he was placed under arrest on suspicion of having murdered the boy.

ra ta l Holier Esplotlon at Ionia Aaylnm. The boiler building of the Ionia

prison for criminal insane was demol-ished by the explosion of the bat tery of boilers which furnished steam for the institution. Four persons working about the bui lding were either k i l led or seriously injured. Henry Heimllne. a t rus ty of Saginaw, whose term of Imprisonment would have ended the next day, was instantly killed, his head being blown off. Jack Corey, a brickmason who was put t ing in an-other boiler, died from his Injuries, as did James Hand, a prisoner. Jack Hogan, a trusty, was badly injured.

Baab Robber* Dig Haul. Professional bank robbers blew open

t h e safe in the private bank of Jacob Ben Herder, a t Zeeland, with nitro-glycerin, and took 85,000 In currency and gold. They le f t 81,000 in silver, as i t was too heavy to carry off. Valu-able papers were also lef t untouched The safe was completely shattered

Delia Medema, an 8-year-old Muske-gon girl , died of lockjaw as a resul t of running a rusty nail into her foot.

The barn on the farm of Edmund Hall, near Weldman, burned, together with six horses and th is season's crops. Loss §2,000.

A fierce fight occurred between two factions of German Lutherans in Koch ville, Saginaw county, a t a saloon kept by one Wolters. Knives and clubs were used. Many received bad woundu, but none were killed. The walls of the saloon were spattered wi th blood.

SStb Mlchlsan Captain Dead.

Capt. U. S. Lockton. of Marshall. Co. K. 35th Michigan, died a t Pennsylvania hospital. Philadelphia, from typhoid fever. He was ill two weeks.

Capt. Look wood was 36 years of age He had held several city official posi-tions a t Marshall and gave up a good law practice to take command of Co K. He leaves a widow and daughter , the former being very sick with typhoid fever, contracted while visiting her husband in camp.

l i i S u i i ) ur 1 I I

The Consolidated and Street railway systems which have beer, in of receivers fo r over have been bid In by Boston News of the Day SS Told Over the bondholders, for an aggregate of 8307.-

hands year.

STATE GOSSIP .

The late Judge Coolcy, of Ann Arbor, left no will.

Ever}' man In the 3Mh Michigan at Camp Meade Is being vaccinated.

Surveyors have begun operations at Utlea on the proposed Detroit-Romeo electric railroad.

Law ton voted 151 to 30 in favor of bonding the village for 85,000 for an electric l ighting plant.

The fusionists of Ogemaw county nominated Mrs. Merrie Hoover Abbott, LL B.. for prosecuting attorney.

The surgeons say the health of the 31st Michigan, a t Knoxville. is belter now than it has been for months.

An extra freight collided with a local freight on the F. & P. M. at Evart. demolishing eight cars, but in-juring no one.

Edward Arnold, aged 27. had his arm completely torn off by get t ing caught in the shaft ing at the Passolt soap fac-tory at Saginaw.

Creditors of the Tawas State Saving bank, of East Tawas. have located Cashier F. F. French in Detroit. He disappeared two weeks ago

Wm. Kingsbury, a carpenter, while hanginp a window in the courthouse at Kalamazoo, fell from tho second story to the ground and was killed.

Isaac Ellsworth, the Clinton county horse thief, who so cleverly escaped from Jackson prison, was recaptured near Lapeer and returned to prison.

Three barns on the farm of Mrs. D. II. Strahle, east of Owosso. burned with all contents. Loss. 810.000; Insur-ance. 33.000. Origin of fire unknown

Fire damaged one of the warehouses of the Challenge Comp'anter Co.. at t!rand Haven, to the extent of 87.000 Fully Insured. I t was of incendiary origin.

Twenty-one members of Co A. Ann Arbor, 31st Michigan, who wero stu-dents of the U of M , united in a pull for their discharge, and were success ful in the effort.

William Kulp. George Wagner and Joe Gregory, the alleged Richland

Persons ' bank robbers. w«ye bound over to the Kalamazoo circuit conn. Rail was fixed at 810,000 each.

While at work in the third level of the North Tamarack mine, a l Calumet. John Zolka was killed by the prema-ture explosion of a blast. Ills head was entirely severed from his body

The legislature will be asked to ap-prove of a plan lo connect the main buildings of the Michigan asylnm and colony farm with an electric railway The.dlstance between the two is about two miles.

Two houses owned by B. F. Cotheriu of Flint, were destroyed by fire. Loss 82.500. The fire was undoubtedly of incendiary origin, and some villain stuck a knife In the hose while the firemen were al work.

Farmers in the northern portion of Berrien and Cass counties arc bothered by wolves. The prowlers have been devastating flocks of sheep, and pigs and poultry have been devoured. One farmer lost 11 sheep in one night.

The state fair board has balanced ac-counts. and the record showed total re-ceipts, 820,000; expenses. 818.100; bal-ance. 82,559. Of the receipts. 810,509 were taken in at the gate. This gives the fair nssociiiTion a surplus, some-thing ll has not bad before in years

The boy killed al Wheeler by Byron Parrish who was captured ut l lorr lce with the boj^'s bicycle in his possession, was identified v Dell Lloyd, aged 14. He was on his way to bis home ut WatroOsvllle a f te r visiting his uncle a t St. Louis. Parrish confessed the mur-der, but says he was drunk.

The slate convention of the Young Women's Christian association held ut Olivet was well at tended. The reports of the workers made a favorable show-ing. Officers elected: President, Miss Elsie E. West, of Detroit; vice-presi-dent, Mrs. C. H. Kimble, Kalamazoo; secretary. May Dewing, Kalamazoo.

800. and will be reorganized at once.

The Seventh U. S. infantry, now at Forts Wayne nnd Brady, lost one offi-cer, Lieut. Wansboro. and 47 men nl El Cancy. Four officers and 130 men wounded. Since then fever has In-vaded the ranks, and out of the 1.272 men In the regiment, over 000 are sick In the eastern hospitals and at their homes.

The steamer Peshllgo. bound from the Soo to Toledo wilh lumber, col-lided with the steamer Roby off Thun-der Bay island. The Peshllgo was badly disabled and the life saving crew put out to her assistance. Leaking badly, she was started for Alpena har-bor. but went down within 100 rods of the dock.

The Seventh U. S. Infantry, San-t iago veterans, in command of Maj. Corliss, has arrived in Detroit. Cos. A, B, C, E. F. G, H and I. about 400 men altogether, have been assigned to Fort Wayne, and Cos D. K. L and M, about 250 men. continued on their way to Fort Brady, at the "Soo," where they were given a hearty reception.

Mrs. Anthony Doyle, of Grand Rap-ids. learned by accident that her father, Chauncey Smith, from whom she had been separated since she was a l i t t le girl aod whom she supposed to be dead, was living in Port Huron. She hastened to find him, but on ar-rival there no trace of him could be discovered. Later it was learned tha t Smith had moved lo West Bay City and a reunion of father and daughter soon followed

Isaac Ellsworth, sent to Jackson prison from Clinton county. Dec 2?, 1SP7, for four years for horse stealing, escaped from prison by cut t ing a hole through the stone ceiling into the attic and (hen cut t ing through the roof He made a rope of Ins bed clothes nnd let himself down into the yard where he secured a ladder and climbed over the north wall.

Secretary of State Gardner has rc-ccived Inquiries from Chicago capital-ists, relative lo Ihe steps necessary for the organisation of a company lo con-si met a cabal from Hay do N'ocquel to Lake Superior across Alger and Schoolcraft counties This would con-n e d Lakes Michigan and Superior The canal would bo about 35 miles Jong, ami would save about 900 miles travel now necessary

The township of Lincoln, Arenac county, has sued the Star Wooden-ware Co . a firm which erected build-ings at Slaudish four years apo and pledged themselves to operate a fac-tory employing 125 men and lo put 815.000 into buildings and machinery. The township bonded itself at the t ime for 810.000, as a bonus, and now sues to recover, as the firm failed to do as they agreed in any particular.

Col (Jardener, 31st Michigan, has a scheme to give every man in his com-mand a furlough, by allowing five men to be absent from each company a t a lime. The colonel is receiving appli-cations from men of regiments about lo be mustered out asking that t hey be allowed to enlist in the 31st. These arc placed on file and as soon as the war department gives permission the vacancies in the 31sl will be thus filled.

Rodulphus Sanderson, a wealthy citizen of Kattle Creek, died Sept 0. One night last week, at midnight, the body was taken up. and a postmortem held by three physicians. The stomach was taken to Ann Arbor to be ana-lyzed and a sensation is expected. An inquest was held by order of Ihe prose-cuting at torney There is preal secrecy among the officers, as it has not been made public what or whom they sus-pect.

The annual report of U S Land Commissioner Hen maun for the urea! year ending June 30. lSi>S. made public, shows tha i 127 acres of swamp land were patented in Michipan during iho year, making a lota! of 5.0"5f>7l acrerf patented under the swamp prant There aie in Michigan unafpropr ia ted and unreserved. 505.893 acres M *w amp lands, reserved. 67,746 acres, appropri oied 36.225.359 acres; total area. 36.-819.000 acres

The factory of the Michipan Sugar Co . al Ray City, is now in successful operation This is the first beet sugar factory to begin operations in Michi-gan nnd naturally great interest at laches lo it. The company ha.* made . 'ontracts for sufficient supplies of beets to produce 7.000.000 pounds of sugar for which 8275.000 will be paid to the farmers of Bay and surrounding coun lies. The company will receive from the state a bounty of one cent a pound on all sugar made from Michigan beets for six vears. aggregating al least 870.000 per year, under the bounty law passed by ihe last legislature.

TELEGRAPHIC BITS.

Slender Wires.

DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN NEWS

StriklPR ro;.l Miner* at Vlrdcn. HI.. I lavo

a Illomly ll i t i i le Willi a Train Load

of Impor tod Negro l.;il>orcr* and

Kallroad Uetertlvea.

14 I.Ives Lost In the llattle.

The strike of coal miners which has been on in the Fourth district of Illi-nois since last April has a t last resulted In terrible bloodshed. Pana has been the scene of excitement all summer, but at the town of Vlrdcn everything had been quiet until about a month ago, when the Chicago-Virden Co.. im-ported 100 Negro miners from Birming-ham. Ala. The train was met by a large body of armed union miners who threatened to shoot the first Negro tha t stepped from the cars. These Negroes were finally induced to return to the south and the mines were not opened.

The mine operators strengthened the stockade about their property nnd made preparations lo open their mines a t all hazards. Gov. Tanner refused to scud state troops to protect "im-ported convict labor against citizens of the state.''rind when the vigiiant strik-ers learned tha t n special train on the Chicago A Alton railroad was coming with 200 Negroes they gathered in force nl the depot and at the stockade, armed with Winchesters nnd revolvers. As soon as the train reached the town firing was begun by the miners nnd by a large force of railroad detectives on the train and continued all along the route to the stockade. The moment the train reached the stockade the miners opened a desperate fire with Winchesters, revolvers and firearms of all descriptions. The armed men on the train answered with a steady tire. The miners and the train were envel-oped in a cloud of smoke and the shoot-ing soundpd like a continuous volley. Engineei Hurt Tigar received a bullet in the arm and dropped from his seat. His fireman seized the throttle, pulled it open ami with a jerk the train was under speed, toward Springfield. The train stopped at the stockade but two minules. l i s departure did not cause the firing to cease. The tower of Ihe stockade was filled with sharpshooters armed with Winchester, and they kept up n steady fire into the crowd of union miners Eye witnesses say the dead miners were killed a f te r the train hud departed.

The list of the dead is as follows: Edward Welsh, miner, Springfield; Frank Rilyeu. miner. Springfield; Al-bert Smith, miner. Ml Olive; Joe Kit-tcrly. miner. Ml Olive: Ernest Kent-ner. miner. Ml Olive; Ed Gree. miner. Ml. Olive: A H. Rreneman. miner. Gir-ard; A W. Morgan, guard inside stock-ade; Wm W Carman. '•deputy sheriff" on the train: D. H. Kiley. Chicago . t Alton detective. Six others on the train were wounded, one of whom. Wm. 11. Clarkson. of Leavenworth. Kas.. will die J. F. Eyster. superin-tendent of the mine company's store, was fatal ly shot and benten by the in-furiated str ikers because he attempted to take medicai aid to the wounded inside the stockade, who number eight. There were 10 strikers wounded besides those killed.

After the bat t le Gov. Tanncrordered troops to Virden lo disarm all armed persons and lo prevent imported miners being taken into the stockade. The militia tired on a group of strikers who went too near the stockade and killed Tom Preston, a Chicago detective in i h j employ cf the luinc company John M Hunter, president of the Illinois districi. United Mine Workers, was thrown from a roovinp Irair by n rail-road deputy ami was probably fatally injured

The names of three other miner? have beer, added to the iLalh »oil of the battle Ernest Long, of Ml Olive: Wm. Harmon, of Girard. and Ed Webb, cf Springfield

The militia took full control of af-fairs on arriving at Virden und the commanding officers said they would prevent imported Negroes from enter-ing the mines if they had to sacrifice every man under them Warrunlu were sworn out by officers of the Min-ers' union charging the officers of the coal company wilh "conspiracy to murder." but on advice of the militia officers they were not served

Later advices regarding the loss of the steamer Mohegan off the Lizard, off the coast of England, places the loss of life at 103. The Mohegan was fully ?cven miles north of her coursc, but no one Is able to tell why. There was no fog snd the gale was not strong enough prevent her answering her helm.

Dayton Kirby. aged 40. residing near Cardington, died from blood poisoning caused by a bee st ing received last May

Articles of agreement have been signed for a fight between James J. Corbett and Thomas Sharkey, to take place on Nov. 52. under the auspices of the Lenox Athletic club. New York City, for a S-'J.OJv purse.

The coroner's jury which investi-gated the Union elevator fire a t Toledo, n which 14 lives were lost, finds the lessees, Messrs. Paddock, Hodge & Co.. responsible for the tire, and charges them with gross neglect for failing lo provide the necessary machinery for preventing the nccumulalion of dust. The coroner also scored the city council for not appointing a building inspector lo look a f t e r such cases.

Louis Adams, a Toledo bookkeeper, was bending over to adjust the lamp on his bicycle when he was struck on tiie head by a robber. Ills skull was fractured and he will die

Inillani Surrender.

A dispatch from Walker. Minn..says-The Rear island or Pillager Indians agreed lo surrender nnd war has been averted. I t only remains for the terms lo be arranged before the hostiles will come into the agency.

Mrs John Sherman is seriously ill al j Wushinglon

Secretary Alger soys: " I want it t o be understood distinctly that any offi-cer or man in the army may speak freely and unreservedly concerning his observations of the war without the slightest fear of possible consequences. While I am secretary of war no man shall be the sufferer for speaking what he believes lobe the truth. Above all, the witnesses who appear before the war investigating commission shall be protected to the fullest extent ."

F i f ty carloads of beer from St. Louis and six carloads of cigarettes from east-ern cities have just been shipped lo t h e Philippines, via San Francisco.

H O T T A L K F O R T H E D O N S .

Amer ican Pence Comnils^lonera Call Uie S|>:inlnrils to Time.

The IHspano-Aincrlcan pence com-mission has reached an Interesting nnd exciting point in its deliberations. Judge Day declared that delay was the only possible object a t ta inable by the persistent efforts of the Spanish com-missioners to saddle the United States with the Cuban debt and would be tol-erated no longer, as the United States would neither assume nor guarantee any par t of the debt. The Spaniards replied that before Spain would repu-diate or reduce the face value of the Cuban bonds 00 per cent—her only al-ternatives—she would surrender to the United States the entire Philippines. Judge Day responded that the surren-der of the Philippines would probably be demanded irrespective of the Cuban or any other debt.

No Troops for Cuba Befor* December.

If the President listens to the recom-mendation of the military commission now in Cuba only a very email body of troops will reach Havana earlier than December. There are two reasons for this. The first is that the weather will be much improved by December. The second nnd more important reason is the desire to use no docks, ware-houses, hospitals or camps tha t have been used by the Spanish or Cubans. This is the only way yellow fever can be avoided. The commissioners urge the President to authorize them to build everything new.

ir.O Lives Loftt off Coast of Enfrbtnd.

The Atlantic Transport Co.'s steamer Mohegan, formerly the Cleopatra of the Wilson & Fnrness-Leyland line, which left London for New York with 50 passengers and a crew of 150, went ashore in a pale off the Lizard, be-tween the Manacles and Lowlands, on the coast of England. I t is reported that 160 lives have been lost, the pass-engers drowning like rats. Part iculars as to the disaster are difficult to obtain. The coast at this point is extremely dangerous nnd hns been the sccnc of numerous wrecks.

14 Lives Lost—Fir* at Sea.

The British ship Blengfell, Capt. Johnson, from New York for London, was destroyed by a sudden fire off Margate. Eng. Nine of her crew, in-cluding the captain and a pilot, per-ished. Later it developed tha t the captain's wife and two children nnd the first nnd second mates also were lost.

Plot to Assassinate Emperor William.

The police of Alexandria, Egypt, ai^ rested nearly a score of I ta l ian an-archists and thereby f rus t ra ted a plot against Emperor William of Germany, now on his way to the Holy Land, to be present at the consecration of the Church of the Savior a t Jerusalem

Troops will not Move Sooth Jnst Tot.

It is stated a t the war department tha t troops will not be sent to the southern camps until a f t e r frost has made it certain that yellow fever will not spread. This applies to troops now at Camp Meade Lexington and Knox-ville.

Loromollve KzploHlon Kills Fonr.

Four men. the entire train crew, were killed by the explosion of a Wil-mington .t Northern f re igh t engine, a t Joanna station. Pa.

T H E NEWS C O N D E N S E D ,

Maj.-Gen. Coppinger, U. S. volun-teers, has been retired on account of age.

Oregon Republicans elected Joseph Simon, of Portland, a German-Hebrew, U S. senator.

The famous stallion Meddler has been purchased by Win. C. Whitney, of New York, for 8451.000.

U is reported that 27 Spanish trans-ports are now en route lo Cuba to lake away the Spanish troops.

The great building trades strike at Paris Is ended and t h e 40.000 str ikers have returned to their work.

The plans of all fortifications in Cuba have been turned over to the American commissioners by Gen. Rlanco.

Reports from Japanese sources say the Rritish minister nl Pekln has in-formed the Chinese government that sovereignty appertains solely to the em-peror who has been deposed and tha t he must be restored to power.

The imported Negro miners who were driven away from the coal mines at Virden. 111., by strikers are being cared for a t St. Louis and the mine owners say they will be returned to Virden as soon as protection Is secured.

At Santiago Gen. Wood has received requests from two companies for rail-way concessions—one line between Santiago and Manzanlllo, and the other between Santiago and Havana. These requests will be forwarded to Washington.

The highest mountain in North America, which towers far above ML St. Ellas, has been discovered by the U S. geological survey party in Alaska lo the right of the Sushitna river. I t is over 20,000 feet In height. I t was named Rullshae. a word spoken in ex-clamation by ihe Indian guide of the party upon first beholding the wonder-ful peak.

President McKiuley was greeted with a continous ovation on his tr ip from Canton, ()., to Omaha and on ar-, riving al the exposition city the larg-est crowd that ever thronged the streets of the city gave him a tremen-dous welcome. In his speech at the exposition the President spoke on the recent, war. He said the defamers of the nation's heroes and great men of this war cannot dim the lustre of the victory. The gain of this achievement to eivilizalion is yet unwritten and unknown.

Capt. Herman Werner, of Akron, Cq F, Tenth Ohio, has resigned.

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

The Trleiinlnl ConoUvo a t I ' l t lAbur? a Very llrll l l .uit Affair .

The grnnd parade was the finest ever s?cnin Pittsburg. Over25.000 Knights Templar were in line, and their uni-forms. the nppenraneo of the men nnd the perfection of their evolutions won hearty applause from the 700,000 peo-ple who witnessed the speetnele. De-troit commander}', particularly, evoked loud and continued demonstrations by their precision of movement nnd tine appearance.

At the opening business session of tho conclave reports were presented by the grand treasurer and grand re-corder, showing receipts of 826,701; disbursements 89,727: net cash re-sources, 842,154. The gains since the last conclave were 8.374; losses, 5,638. The net gain. 2.730.

Detroit commandery hod everything Its own way in the competitive drill of the Knights Templar conclave at Pittsburg. Louisville commandery and St. Bernard commandery of Chi-cago were the only ones to oppose the Michigan men and the la t te r carried the 20,000 spectators by storm by their splendid manenvering.

Louisville captured the Knights Templar tr iennial conclave for 1901.

Does Spain Mean Treaeberyf

Madrid: The Spanish government annonnces its intention to maintain a strong force iu Cuba until the treaty of peace with the United States is defi-nitely signed.

Uncle Sam Calls the Bluff.

Washington: The officials of the war department, referr ing to the Madrid dispateh, said t h a t there hod been and would be no change in orders to the U. S. troops, and that the instruc-tions given to the American mili tary commission in Havana to take posses-sion of the island on Doe. 1, irrespect-ive of the presence or absence of the Spanish officials, would be rigorously adhered to. The commissioners, acting upon these instructions, have notified the Spaniards tha t all ports and cus-toms reccipis and the management of municipal affairs will pass into the hands of the, American military com-mander in the island, and thus end Spanish rnle in Cuba on tha t date. By Dec. 1 it expected that enough U. S. troops will be there to control affairs.

Chicago's Big Peace Julillee.

The national peace jubilee a t Chi-cago was inaugurated with a union thanksgiving service a t the Audito-rium. President McKinley and several members of his cabinet attended and listened to addresses by Dr. Hirsch. a Jewish rabbi. Rev. Thos. P. Hodnett. a Roman Catholic priest. Rev. Dr. John H. Barrows a Presbyterian clergvman and Booker T. Washington a noted colored orator. The applause for the Presi-dent was terrific, and he was compelled to rise in his box and respond to the f rant ic cheering of the audience. Over 12,000 people were inside the great building and as many more were un-able lo secure admission.

The following day President McKin-ley was the guest of the University of Chicago, f rom which institution he rr-ceived the degree of LL. D.

Schooncr Churchill Went Down.

During a terrific northeast gale, with blinding snow, which swept over the lakes numerous vessels had narrow es-capes from destruction. The steamer Majestic, towing the schooner Church-ill, had a perilous time In Lake Mich-igan. The steamer came near founder-ing und had to cast off the schooner. Shortly af terward the Churchill went down, carrying Capt, Patrick Kane, of Detroit, and one sailor. The lost ves-sel was owned by J . J . Ward, of Chi-cago, and was valued a t 815,000.

The war investigation commission lef t Washington on a special train for an extended tour of the southern military camps which will be thoroughly In-vestigated. The commissioners will make the train their home until they return to Washington.

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The U. S. soldiers who have died a t Manila number 120.

The ninth annual session of the grand chapter of Ohio, Order of the Eastern Star, at Zanesville proved very interesting. The membership almost doubled within a year and is 5,381. They meet In Columbus next year. Officers were elected: Grand matron, Elizabeth Walton, Shiloh; grand pa-tron, J . M. Stuhl, Warren; grand secre-tary, Ella B. Shearer, Marysville; grand treasurer, Abbie A. Klndall, Sunbury; grand conductress, Alice M, Webster, Kingsvllle.

THE MAJOR'S EXPERIENCE. From the Detroit Free Pre*.

One of tho rdannchofit nupporlors of tho deep wntor way from tho Great Lakes to I the ocoan is Major A. C. Bishop, of 715 Third Ave., Detroit, a c|vll euglneur of wido oxporlencs nud consldorable promi- | neuce In hi« profersion. He was assistant ; •nglnoer oa the Hadson River Railroad in 1850 nnd has cince conductod largo eugin- 1 •erln-f operations. Re has beou located iu ' Detroit siice 1815. and has alar^e ao<]iiain- ( tan oo among the business mon aud citizL-us j of this city.

Two yoars npo. for tho first time, Major i RUhop was iu tho huspltal. KortwumonthK I bo haa the best of medical atteudnnre hut ' when lie discharged he was not like the Major Bishop of old. When asked regard- i Ing his hoaltti, be said: "When I had my last spell of sickness and carao out of I bo hosp tal 1 was a sorry siglil, I could not gain my strength, nvd cuald not walk over a block for several woeks.

"I noticed some n r t i c l o s in the n e w n p a p o r s ro-

Sarding l)r. Wil-nniM- Pink Pills

for Pale People, which convincd me that they were worth trying and boughttwo boxes, i Ididnot take them ; for my complex- ; i o n b u t f o r ; strength. A f t e r ' using them I felt : better, and know ! they did me worlds of good. 1 atp pleaMod to recom-mend them co in-valids who need a

THE ICONOCLAST.

Major Eithop.

tonic to build up a shattered constitution. "A. C. Bisnoi-."

Bnbecribed and sworn to before ma this •ighth day of Jaauary. 1898.

ROMBT EL HULL, Ja., JTotory PubUe, The pare, powerful vegetable ingredients

In Dr. Wllliaffls' Piak Pills for Pale People supply the antidote for peWouoos matter in the blood and add these elements needed to build op body aad braias. Maav diseases long snppoeed by tke medical profession to be incurable have snocambed to the potent Influence of theee pills. They can be taken by yoong or old. M a g harmless in their j aature^etpoweiral In eliminating dlseaae. I

Two Interesting Balldlnce. Pictures of two Interesting Balti-

more and Ohio Railroad buildings have been reproduced In a recent Issue of Truth. Ons Is the building at Frederick. Md., which has been used since 1831 as a freight station, a rd j which Is still devoted to that purpose. ; In the little cupola of the building a bell once hung which was always rung on arrival of trains from Baltimore when horses were the motive power of the railroad. The other building lo the station at Mount Clare. Baltimore, and It Is noted as being tho location of the first telegraph office In the world. It was from this building that Professor Morse seut his celebrated message In 1844 to his friends In Washington, forty miles av/ay.

D E A R EiiiTon:-If you know of a sollritcr or canvnsscr In your city or i-U' Whort-, esunclnlly a roan who t as Koltclteil for suhserlpttoRs. Insurance, nun>ery slock, bocks or Ullorlng. or t man who ran sell roods, you will confer a fovor by lolilnu Lhn to correspond with us: or If yea will Insert thin notlcc In your p^jmr and such parties will cut this notlcc out and mall to u« we may bo ablo to furnish tbom a good position In their uwn and adjoining countlos. Addresi. AMERICAN WOOLEN' MILLS CO., Chicago.

General Wheeler told Roosevelt soms time ago that he would yet be preai-dent of the United States. Possibly be will be known some day, outside of his other greatneea, as the man who flrat nominated that distinguished young man. There 1#-Jready, In Chi-cago, a Roosevelt clu*whorto purpose It Is to make Roosevelt president In 1804.

Don Quixote was a typical Spaniard; but tho Spanish government can oui-lie h im and bo more absurd than he ever dreamed of being.

If it wis only health, tr* miEht let it cling.

But It i f a cough. One cold no sooner passes off before another comes. But It's tho same old cough all the time.

And it's the samei old story, loo. There is firs: the cold, then tho cough, then pneu-monia or consumption with tho long sictncoa, nnd life tremb-ling in the balance..

v m m loosens the grasp of your cough. The congestion of the throat •nd lungs it removed; all In-flammation Is subdned; the parts are put porfectly at rest fnd tbs cough drops away. It has no diseased tissues on which to bang.

Dr. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Plaster draws oat inflammation of (be longs.

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pMsri *J1 rsMlr.

"It Is no atonement for a late arriv-al to go early," he remarked, within his tone a hint of tho gloom accom-panying a sentimental mlsunderstand-

Y o u v ' e r e t 0 h a v e c o m e on the 11:02. It is now "

"Don't!" she exclaimed, prettily, but pettishly. "I hate to be tried al a bar where Justice is overshadowed by the first witness—a machine made in Walt- 1

ham. Waltham ia not a nice suburb > all. nnd it is terrible to consider '

how much more trust a man pi]t« in his watch than in a woman's word."

He was silent while considering what might have been said. At the same lime It appeared as if she was right,

j He did make of his watch a court of appeal—a dernier resorfe—an she made a few tears, sh»»d becomingly.

"The 11:02. however, proved qullo Impossible," she continued, calmly, while her parasol proved how near it could come to the home of an ant with-out making of It a ruin.

"I don't see why—I was bore at the quarter past "

She regarded him for a moment with the wide-eyed store of injured inno- | cence. "The 11:02 was quite Impos-sible," she repented. "Papn was hav-ing an early luncheon with a mar v. ho came to the house on business con-

I nected with the mill and remained on pleasure connected with pate de fole gras. And when I listened at the door of the dining-room they were talking of James G. Blaine."

' Ethel," exclaimed the yonng man. with a visible frown of annoyance, "you can make a fool of mo—as by compelllag me to wait from the 11:02 until now—but don't add to mv dis-comfort by making game of me. Jmnce G. Blaine Is "

"James 0. BInlne Is papa's bete noire. I wouldn't dare to po near him when he talks on the subject And papa has the milence hook."

And as she delivered this convln-In? statement with a superior smile, and "em It home accompanied by a shaft from her blue eyes, he meditated more that might be said. Feeling urged him to draw the comparison between the saving of seven and three fourths cents and the dUappointment of a waiting lover, but finance is a delicate subject where a man and maid are con-cerned. BO he held his peace, end he-w n to plan for holding her hand. Somewhat absent-mindedly he remark-ed: "Well, there was the 12:03."

"The 12:03. yes. but you don't seem to realize that this is Thureday."

"Thursday? Not realize that It la Thursday, the day of the appointment to which I have been looking forward since Sunday! Certainly It is Thurs-d a y - a n d I wm under the Impression that the 12:03 ran every day except Sunday."

"Of course, stupid! But I can never take the 12:03 on Thursdays. It is the most Impoflsible train. Bridget takes It to come In town for her afternoon out."

He gazed blankly and quite uncon-vinced^ at his vis-a-vis until she add-ed. "You don't seem to understand— or you won't—but there are things one positively cannot do. One may sew for 'the girl,' you see, or read to her while she irons, or do her work for her or even eat with her If she comes from n very nice intelligence office, and says •he must be one of the familv when she comes, but there is only once when you may take the train she takee. and thnt Is when you are bringing her out for the first time. So the 12:03 was even more impossible than the 11:02."

Her hands were clasped tightly round the parasol handle, and she had quite Ignored his tentative movements i toward Innocent dalliance. He reflect-ed that men with dark-laid schcmos most frequently atood In their own light, boldly possessed himself of her gray glove and Its contents, and said with Increased cheer. "Well, the 1:45."

To his surprise she blushed rosy red, BO that he felt aa profoundly amazed as once when In Switzerland he hnd gone out of an early morning to find a favorite meerschaum mislaid the pre-vious evening, and had discovered a hauntingly beautiful sunrise.

"I suppose I must tell you all about It," she murmured. "You see. there was such a lot of time between the 12:0.1 and the 1:45 that I remembered what you told me once of a man who utilized spare moments of the sort— Elihu Something was his name-ami In the end grew most wonderfully learned. Of course, acquiring Hebrew or even Sanscrit, was nonseuse when I had only from 12:03 to 1:45. but I took the first step and went Into the library."

"That was several steps." he remark-ed mentally, trying not to compare himself to those who Jest at scars and still have wounds.

"How amusing. Did I say that? I f g a Joke. Isn't It? And you once told me women had no sense of humor. Be-tides. It was several steps, because I was quite across the hall and In the drawing-room when the Idea first come to me."

"Well." ho went on In an encourag-ing manner. "So. while I was sitting here reading for the millionth time the three weeks' old advertisements on that dead wail, and eating my heart out for I had no luncheon—and be-tween whiles making myaelf a laugh-ing stock to the men who hang around that station by Imploring them for in-formation as to a possible accident down the line, you were trying to make a learned woman of yourselfT" "It you would only listen," she pout-

ed. "I got that darling pencil you gave me Christmas and then 1 Sharpened It with that sweet penknife you sent me New Year's, and then 1 remembered that I had never given you a penny Iu exchange for It, nnd that some time It would be sure to cut I—friendship. Of course, you don't believe In such super-•tltloua nonsense, for yon know, nnd , 1 know It's not trr!». L'tl* Fomehow tho

rates don't seem to know. And not a person in the house had a p e n n y -mamma, nor Cousin Jen, nor the sec-ond girl "

He reflected on suburban etiquette that allowed one to borrow money from servants with whom one might not share a railrnad train, while she continued: "And we shook Cousin Jen's baby's bank, but nothing came out except nickels, and Cousin Jen leaced me dreadfully over wanting the penny for yon, so that 1 ran back Into the library and shut the door hard. You see you are not the only one who siiffers, in spite of your railroad sta-tion offlclala. And someway I took your picture out of my desk and It re-minded me of you. nnd you seemed to be smiling, and I thought of that last moonlight evening in the canoe, and the silver-plated look of the water, and the dreadfully affectionate couple un-der the willows playing the banjo, whom you said you envied, and it was all so beautiful, nnd the scent of the lilacs in the air, and while I thought of them—and you—the 1:45 went by—''

He gave with his own hand the con-vulsive clasp thnt he would have giv-

I en to hers had it remained where he I wished it. Then reason readvanced with the usual grim visage.

"The lilacs were not In bloom," be snld. stiffly. "They are only budding now, nnd that evening was three weeks since."

"Which is about the length of timo I that will epalse before I keep another appointment with you." she said, with such dignity as could ncord with quivering lips and trembling chin.

Fancy struggled with fact, and the latter was thrown.

"Never mind the lilacs." he whis-pered. "There is yet the 2:10 and the 2:15, to say nothing of the 4:06."

"The 2:10." she replied concisely, "went by while I was putting on this hat. A plain sailor will do very well before noon, and even up to 2 o'clock, but later It is apt to make one look like n typewriter girl on her way home from the office."

Ho was slightly staggered, but man-aged lo murmur. "Still, dear, it does-n't take you twenty minutes lo put on your hat when we are going to the theater."

"No, not if 1 have merely to put It on. But, you see, this is my change-able hat. These roseUes and loops on the side come out, and the flowers arc pinned in. I wore it yesterday with

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"DCNT!" SHE EXCLAIMED, my blue tailor-made, and it had violets nnd mauve ribbon, which, of course.

, would never do for a brown coat. While I was hunting for my red ribbons Cou-sin Jen offered to lend me some burnt orange out of her black Ince toque, nnd she had to And the toque—the ba-by had been playing with It—and ripped out the orange, nnd 1 had to sew ll In —why, 1 really believe you nre nod-ding."

"1 beg your pardon," he said, draw-ing a long breath. "I think I uuder-stnnd it as well as I ever can. Now for the 3:15. You had fixed your mil-linery and ihe girl had gone, so what more could happen?"

"Susie Gray. She Just came In for a minute, you know, nnd we got to talking of Harry Hammond. She is by way of having a penchant for him, 1 BCspeet, at least ehe defends his cm-vat», nnd thnt means n good deal when a man wenrs plaids, and I considered It my duty to tell her lhat while Har-ry might be very lovely, still a man cannot support a wife on cards for 5 o'clock teas. The 3:15 went while 1 was convincing her. and before th'.-4:06 came mamma thought we ought to have lea. You see. I had mtesed my luncheon on account of having the ap-pointment with you BO early as the 11:02."

He r«emod Interested In the horizon, hot she went on, "I began to think, then, how perfectly lovely it would be if you should take some train your-self and come over. Instead of walling for me. I mentioned this to Sue. sub rose, and she thought It very likely that you would. So I ordered muffins because you like them, and we drew the tea Just five minutes before the 4:11 from here came In. When ll whistled I ran to the door and looked down the avenue toward the station, and women who had been In town shopping got off. and Bridget came hack, but you—you didn't—and 1 waa so disappointed. Then Sue cald you hadn't half a s much intuition as Harry and intuition on a man's part made a girl happy—and—and—my eyes got red, and 1 couldn't find a vol! to cover them in lime lo gel the 5:04."

"Miss Beebee." said her companion. Interrupting brusquely nnd rising to his feet. "1 see no otject In continuing the present convtrsation. You came on the 5:48. I am deeply grateful for the trouble you have taken, and have no doubt the ten table and your fair companion may amply compensate for losing a matinee In my company. I can well believe, now. that It Is Impos-rlble to please a woman, because she cover knows vrb t w^nts. Will

yon allow me to «ee you to the 8:53?" As they walked he reflected bitterly

on the large disasters that follow small mischances. After she was on the 6:53, and the 6:58 was on Its way to a suburb that was nicer than Waltham. he continued to reflect. Their last words had bnen mutually cutting.

She had said gravely, "It has been a mistake. I could never be happy with a man who used the same letters tn spelling mathematics and love. Good evening."

He had sa'd words of obvious polite-ness and intentional stircosm. Now, however, he recalled the look In her eyes, and it troubled him. Quite sud-denly a new idea came to him. in Jux-taposition with a telegraph office. Step-ping in. he called for a blank nnd ; wrote: MIPS E'HEL P.ORHEE,

Rose Villa. The Highlands. James G. Blaine is dead. Next time ;

take the 11:02.

Wil l i am Van P.^nsselaer Whi tney . It was brought to the girl before 9

o'clock, and she smiled once more as she read.

"Dear boy." she murmured. "I will remember that. With such a knock-down argument for papa he can never keep the mileage. And after all, Wil-lie is right. If I bad only got the 11:02 I don't think we would have equaled at all." When she bad conHd-ered this idea for a time, with the air of a feminine Isaac Newton making an important discovery, sbe aild«»d. "After all. I believe Sue is wrong. He has in-tuition."—Edith Minlter in Boston Home Journal.

HAPPY MOTHERS AXD HEALTHY CHILDREN.

L y d i a B. P inkham 'B V a e a t a b l o O o m p o u n d Q-oos S t r a i g h t t o t b o C a u s e

of All F o m a l o Troub le s a n d A e s u r o a a H e a l t h y M a t e r n i t y .

LOVE'S DREAM IS O'ER.

Rnde Awakenlns Which Came to Sarah X and Her "John henery.'

John henery Ubert 1 7

Sarah Jane Cooper, X 1<J

The X In the case conveys no title and stands for none. It is Just "her mark." She had her "mark" with her, loo, and her mark's mother, also, ai she sat herself down in front of ll ? desk of the clerk, whose business it is in the office of the counly recorder to Issue marriage licenses and say noth-1 ing. She and '"John henery" were very desperately in love with each other, she said, and were going to be married. Cupid had been stopping around in their vicinity for three or four days and demanded lo be quieted. "John henery" was young, she knew, but she could be tender with him. His mother said it was ail right, and when Sarah, X, left the office it was with Joy In her heart and the license in her pocket. That was yesterday. During the afternoon they were married by "Rev. William R. Vance,"' whose name does not appear In the director}-. The crash came in the evening when De-tectives Keshiear and Lowe broke in on the wedding festivities at Sarah's room in the Gandy building at Third street and Grand avenue, and arrested "John henery" on complaint of Col. Drake, superintendent of the reform school at Boonville, as one of its in-mates. The boy was. at the time the officers tore him away from his Sarah, trying to borrow 10 cents from a neigh-bor with which to buy another can of beer to prolong the weddiqg supper. The Gandy block ami its neighborhood were Immediately filled with the hea .-broken wails of Sarah, but the ofiice.-s were heartless and took the whole wedding party to the police station. Col. Drake took the boy back to the Boonville reform school last night. The

I boy's mother seems to have been at the bottom of the marriage scheme. She had acquired the idea that if the boy were married the officers could not take htm back to the reform school. Sarah Is no longer young. She regis-tered as 19, but she had ll marked down from 30. perhaps more. "She's a dear, sweet thing. Just tho same," said "John henery," at parting, "and I'll be back for her Just us soon as 1 can."—Kansas City Star.

Mrs. M. SrsoEn, 104 Hudson Ave., Rochester, N. Y., writes to Mrs. Pinkhaia as follows:

" When I appliod to you for advice I had been suffering some years from de« bility, nervousness, etc. I had had several miscarriages nnd was pregnant when I wrote to you.

" l a m g r a t o f u l t o s a y t h a t a f t e r tak ing three bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com-pound I was considerably bet ter , and a f t e r using three more i t brought mc where I am to-day. 1 am well, and tho mother of a three-months' old baby.

" Doctors had failed to help me. I have no one to thank but Mrs. Pinkham and her won-derful remedy."

Mrs. ELLA DUXGAX, Recder's Mills, Iowa, writes:

" DKA:*. Mits. PINKHAM I thank yon for wha t your medicine and advice have done for me.

" I have a baby two months old. When he was burn I was sick only fifteen minutes, whereas with my other children I was sick fo r two or three days, and also suffered with my lef t leg, and could get nothing to relieve the pain bu t morphine. My leg did no t t rouble mo a t all this time. I had no a f t e r pains and was not as weak as I had been before.

•' I cannot praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-table Compound too highly. May God bless you in your noble work."

Mrs. J . W. 1'KfKTT, Medford, Oregon, says: " M y health, also the baby's, we owe t o '

Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound." Mrs. J o n s W. Lose , Wyoming. Iowa, writes: " I had shooting pains all over my body, w a s very

weak and nervous. I could not straighten np. I wished to become a mother but was a f ra id I never conld. Seventeen months ago I got some of your Vegetable Compound, and a f t e r tak ing half a bottle was much re-lieved. I took four bottles and was cured. Now I have a big baby boy which 1 feel I o*ve to your Compound. Many thanks for your ki.id advice."

A Million Wotneii Have Been Benefited by Mrs. Pinkham's Advice and Medicine j " -

MoimmruU to Now York K(<Klnienta.

A movement hns been set on foot al Blughamton. N. Y., to erect at Peters-burg or Spottsylvanla battle monu-ments to New York regiments and batteries which were in ihe army of the Potomac during the campaign of 1804.

W O R N B Y N A V Y O F F I C E R S .

When Commodore Dewey last winter was promoted from the rank of captain be had to visit the tailor for clothes suitable to his new rank and was , obliged to buy a full-dress coat and a cap. The latter cost $15.

During the terrible storm at Samoa 1 some years ago, when the naval offi-

cers lost their belongings, a bill was introduced lo reimburse them, and 11 was figured a lieutenant's wearing ap-parel was worth $l,3(i5, an ennlgn's $1,050, and a rear admiral's 52.000. An admiral's full-dress outfil,Including the

, hat, Is worth J765. The epaulets alone ' cost |105.

During the engagement at Manila I Commodore Dewey, as he stood on the

bridge directing his forces, wore what Is called the aervice coat, of dark blue serge, shaped to the figure, with a slit on each hip extnndlng on the right side as high as the sword bell. Plain gutta percha buttons aud a high collar fin-ished the coat. His trousers had a strip of gold lace down their outer seams one inch wide. The visor of his cap was trimmed with oak leaves.

It takes most of a young naval offi-cer's salary to keep his wardrobe In condition to suit his superiors. The first thing a naval cadet la taught Is how to keep his uniforms in condition. He has a number of them for different occaalons, but the regulations are most exact. Naval officers are much more particular than army officeni in regard to the making of tholr uniforms, for they are continually cruising about tho world, entering foreign ports, and must uphold the honor of their coun-try.

P e m e m b e r H i e n a m e I % u / h p n w n i i h i when you buy again.

" D I R T IN T H E H O U S E B U I L D S T H E H I G H -

W A Y T O B E G G A R Y . " B E W I S E I N T I M E A N D U S &

POL FRO^ FACTORY TO USER DIRECT. W* •*

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AGEiTS WANTED T O S E L L

"(ter R2li?8 Herbs" Tiie Great Btori Purifier and Llw Begitator

200 Days' Treatment $1.00. A R e g i s t i r o d Q u a r a n t M .

32-pige Book and TettlmonliU. FREE. Kent by muiL, poeta d paid.

T H E A L O N Z O O. B U S S C O . WASHINGTON, D. a

W H o t Sold bjr DruggUU.

L UNITE!) SiiTES Will HAP •p i a n rra pai A co-.? at eu h»ailtom» map, K a ftc S * Ck.1^ laakta. * Hated la aalora g W P an* laosatad aa a ralUr. will I I D • • Sm tuMBtlokaraddmaoBNMlpt of IS rants lo poMes to pai in paaUau aad tnn*. porUUoa. P. 8. B8STI9. Otnaral PaaMagu A««at, a a * o. a. iu cuoaa*. ui.

CHEAP FARMS DO YOU WANT IMOBE?

1 0 0 , 0 0 0 ACRES •old on long time asd ra»y puymrnta, a llttlo each rear. Come and we ua or write. THE TBUMAN MOSS STATE HANK. Sonlloo CcDter. Mich., or

THE TRUMAN MOSS ESTATE, Croswcll, Sanilac Co,, Mich.

CURE YOVItElF!

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tovk.fcr 10 •am iej tail Mtttion This roper.

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LOWELL STATE BANE Capital, - $25,000.00.

LOWELL, MICH.

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FRANCIS KINO, Piwident, CHA8. MoCARTY, Vice President

I I . 0 . ORIS WOLD. Cult ler. JDIHECTOKP:

Francis King, CIIUH. McCarlj, Geo. W. Parker, F. T. King, 6 . H. Force E. L. Bennett, H . C.Grliwold. C. Bergin.

A General Banking Business Trnniiaclcd Money Loaned on Real Estate Security

H Rev. H . Marshall attended the

Congregational Awociation a t Ada Monday and Tuesday. " ' * * *

At tuniey E . 0 . Mains and 6"ii Cur-tis are in at tendance at the Pence Jubilee in Chicago.

Misses Conuelly aud Gunuau of Grand Rapida were guests of Lowe friends Monday. ^

Burton Mains has returned to Lake Odessa af ter a weeks visit wilh hi* brother, E O . Mains.

Q M r e . Dla S i . John of Keading, wl.i been ca r ing for her brother, Maurici Ijang, haa returned home. m

Mrs . W . Hall of Grand Ledge wes the guest of her sister, Mrs. Orion ICill, the fore par t of the week.

The Eve ry Other Thunwlay c lub will meet at the home of Mrs. D . G. liook, Sa turday, Oct . 20, at 3 o'clock.

Lis t of unclaimed le t ters—W. H . Anderson, Chauncey Holdridge, J a s K. Monroe, S. J . Hanson, R . L . C . ^mi th . . j &•-

Mrs. Chas. K r u m leli WeduesJay morning for Belding where Charlie has secured a position in the Refriger-ator factory. ~ ^ - I*

" " T h T h e a t i n g furnace for t h e Bap-tist church has arrived aud will be placed in position this week, ready for use next Sunday.

T h e Phi la Clark union will meet with M r s . H a r t , Tuesday, Oct . 25. They report being very pleasantly entertained by the Vergeunes union at the home of Mrs. I la t t ie Hoag.

Editor y F . Powers of the Cad-illac New- - <1 Express addressed a small ga " ng of Republicans a t Music h s l l Tuesday evening. Broth-er Powers is no mud-thrower but a clear and logical speaker. If there w m ire o: hia kind ol campaigning Mid 1« ss of viinperati ' ii jri'* l a ' ranune fewer po'.iticnl enemies and more converts won d be made.

••What t i m e <•• It When the clock -trikes W,

papa?" imke-l lie yming Impe ml, "lime il w:i- ilxitl I gnews*'

'uitkwcml Tiii* u HI) riglil in u jukf but iloii't lei

^vour clockK" ••(•til il Birikw' 13 i»r it wmu 1>.' a joke.

When your clock does nol i do right we want you to. think

j of IIH nU dock cpeciHlUlH Mmi i« our huxln?» ami we

. mnKe a business nl it.

All werk tally OnaraotMd.

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Hustling Joe Kennedy accompan* ied by F rank Hodges waa in town Monday looking after the interests of bis candidacy lor sheriff. H e is get-ting ahead every day.

WANTED—A hustler to ac t as salesman and collector, in Lowell t e r -ritory, good opportunity for a hustler. Address, T h e Singer Mfg. Co. N o . 3, South Div . St . Grand Rapids. 19

Sexton Winters notifies the men who have been using* the cemetery as a resort for drunk-en sprees that they had better keep out hereafter or they will ffet into trouble.

Rev, S. G. Anderson goes as a del-egate to the Baptist Miesionary state convention al Owo9?o this week and expects to return Fr iday afternoon. Services a l the Baptist church next Sunday as usual.

Rev. L . N. Pat t ison will take lor his subject Sunday morning: "Jbiiiir Ye All the Tithes into the S.oie House," a revival sermon. It i thupid every member of the dmrcli ihni can do so will he present In ihe evening his subject will he: "Believi-on the Lord .i» -1is Christ Mm1 t lr n | Mint j S IV« . :IIPI Tliitii- llotii"'.

C r a y o n p o r l r a i t s f r e e t " p : i t t ' .n t -

of B u s h ' s b a k e r y .

T h e G. A. R . will give a chicken pie Micial at their rooms on Wednes-»lay. Oct. 2tyh. Oo account of their limited room they do nol issue a gen-eral invitation; bnl will issue tickets of admission to those invited. There will prohnhly be another al a later date so .is to entertain all their friends.

_ Delayed Locals.

T h e lollowing items were received too late for publication last week:

Joe l Aldrich and Miss Bernice Jones of Grand Rapids attended the funeral of Li t t le Lawrance Woodcock Monday.

Herbert Howlett visited a t Robert Woodcock's Sunday.

The Ladies' C l u b of Ada will meet with Mrs. Joe Hutlriok Tuesday af-ternoon of this week.

VargeaaeB Dancing Club OpetHag.

T h e popular 'and successful its Ver-gennes Dancing club will give first danuing of , 98- '99 series a t Train 's hall on Thursday evening, Nov. 3. J o h n Dulcher , Ed . Story and Dan. Townsend will manage the floor; and Adams' fu l l orchestra will play. Bill, 81.50 to join club or 50o f o r dance, including horse care al Mc-Queen's. Kleclion of officers will take place. All wishing to join club are expected to be present.

Death of Mrs. Hester A. McCarty.

Hester A . McCarty was born a t Keswick, Out. , Dec. 22, 1622 and died Oct . 15.1898. al the age of near-ly 76 years.

Deceased was twice married. Five children blessed the first union with Rober t Anderson and two the second wilh David McCarty, a son Edward and daughter, Mrs. A. O. Hevdlaulf' who alone surive her. Eustace A. Anderson of Lowell and Mrs. Oia A. Roche of Delroil are her gramlchild-ren.

Mrs. McCarty became ;i member of t h e M: E . church in her early days at •(Batavia, N . V. Uemoving i>" Grand Rapid* thiiteen yean? ago S'IU deposited her N iii-r villi the Second street M. E . ( hurch isi'd nioxini: m Lowell tlirec inter joim'ii the liowel1 ••I'liicii Itni Ims ncvei liet-n j ablo lo aiu-iid «"TVU'ts on ucooiinl of ill lieahli.

She was a ineinbi r of the order of >val l i III|I':II> o | IV in perm ice since |

1878 i'lin a membt-r «.f ( Lnweii ( uiniri! No. 21 of that order at the lime 11 her deaih.

I'IMII JII! .••ei viers \v« ie CONDUCTED at !'n ' e < 1 A. O llevdlauff Oct. 17 ai 2 in., i R - v . L. N. Pattison. j

< liirjiiai-'i 'ifw with cverv jmrrhn^e: , "Got'dp lite l>. «t, I'liee- the lowest" | Bergin, the reliable grocer. 254lf. I

OLD SAYINGS. "There is a saying old and true We wish to quote ag-ain to you. That when you want a Boot or Shoe ^ Don't leave your old friend for the new.

New Sayings. W e wish to say t h a t we a re now ready t o show you the la rges t s tock of

F O O T W E - A - I R

T h a t we have ever carr ied since we h i v e been in business, a t pr ices t h a t no one has found fau l t with th is year . You run no risk here, as we do nol carry any shoes made of oak leaves, pine shavings , sheepskin or paper . W e arc no t in business to deceive the publ ic and lose our t r ade ; b u t to please our customers and hold our busineM, Our constant ly increasing custom prove th is . Every manufac -t u r e r of shoes in t h e T n i u 1 S ta tes knows tha t we pay S P O T C A S H for our goods. T h a t f ac t alone pu t s us in position to sell you g"ods much cheaper ; because the best bargains in the Eas t are look ing fo r C A S H houses and B I G deals . Below we quote you a f ew prices;

Child's Oil Grain Button, 8 to 12 ($ $1,00 Youth's 4* " Bal solid. 12 to 2 @ $1.25

" " 44 4 4 No seams to rip @ $1,50 Boys' Top Notch bal Stylish and Stout, 2.i to 5J 0 $1,50 Men's Fine Shoes all solid from $1,25 up

Kip Boots, 22 different styles from ^"2,00 Up 44 Calf •' 12 " 44 . 4 \ $2,00 Up

Ladies' Kid Button or Bal pat, tip from $1,00 Up A full line of Ladies' Warm Shoes and Slippers strictly solid from ,75c Up

We wish to say to the ladies that we are sole agents for the Queen Quality Shoes so highly spoken of in the September number of the Ladies' Home Journal,

Compare our goods and prices and if we can't save you money don't deal with us.

The old reliable Shoe House,

A. J. Howk & Son.

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Is it Clothes You Want?

WM. PULLEN & SON,

Special Fall Sale,

Lowcirs Popular and

Reliable Clothiers,

Ask your kind attention fur a briel* matter-of-fact talk on h matter-of-fact subject You buyers of Men's Wearing Apparel are about to puPPb' y p 1 1 ^ ^ W l t l 1

suitable clothing for fall and winter season. The idea uppermost in your minds is to get something GOOD and S E R V I C E A B L E at the L O W E S T PRICE. With all ot you it comes down to a question of the right nlaee to go. No trouble in deciding that you want GOOD CLOTHES C H E A P ; but a great deal of trouble in deciding what Clothing house will do the best by its customers in this direction.

That is to the iwint is il not? And why not say it when we have the goods and make the prices that will back this 1 . XIT • , i i . • i . .i i xi • i £.11 f l i l c niiaia orivinjr POOd.

f WE WILL! j statement every time. We are going to do business right through this busy prosperous fall on this basis, giving goo , honest goods as fairest prices. You will find us prepared to please and certain to carry out our promises. Am * ia a stock we have for you to select from! Every article in stock has been selected with care aud Iwught at bed-roc

^ figures. All grades and varieties are represented in this stock, with the Choicest and best goods procurable, Irom one end to the other, from top to bottom, is all the same—-just the very best that money can buy—just the newest of new styles and all bought at figures that make it not possi le but EA^Y to sell at the lowest of prices.

To IK; a well dressed man, come to us. To be an economical, well-satisfied buyer, come to us. We do this for all comers aud do it well and thoroughly. Our Clothing possesses those merits of strength and durability that makes a suit stay by you. It is honest, good cloth, strong seams, buttons, trimmings, linings all A No, 1, These points yea arc not apt to sec when buying but you notice it when it comes to wear. Suits are made to S E L L that LOOK nearly as well in the store, OUR Kind is made to wear and you will think more of us when you have had one of our suits in service for a few months. He will be a hard man to please who fails to get satisfaction from our fall and winter display. And now are you prepared to take us at our word sufficiently to call and see that in all things our gocdsand prices are as represented? We ask no one to buy because wo CLAIM to give bargains in quality and price. We can PROVE to you thoroughly and completely with high grade goods and the fairest of prices that B A R G A I N S DO EXIST; and that we give them and that there will be pleasure, satisfaction and economy in buying y »ur Fall and Winter Clothing of us. Extending our urgent invitation to call, we will quote you below some of the most marvelous prices ever before published.

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K e a d a n d C o m p a r e .

liAIMiAlN So. 1. 4:'. Mens S.iits. all sizes f rom :!4 t o 4*2, goods t h a t are worth

5.00, S.8K, (i.-Jfi t o J.O0 per suit . T h e s e sui ts consist of brown piaid cheviots , plain black cheviots , plain diagonal worsteds, b i rdseye wors ted , ext ra heavy grey cass imere , etc. They are goud bus iness sui ts aad are t h e greatest va lue in cheap sui ts ever quot -ed . O u r special sale pr ice on ly

N o odd cent prices to confuse buyers . B A K G A I N N O . 2

L o t l"8fl A double breasted sack sui t iu plain brown melton made as well as a n y of our h igh g r a d e sui ts- Th is suit is adver-t ised by other houses as an 8.50 sui t . O u r special pr ice

W e cha l lenge compet i t ion on th i s sui t . BABGAIK NO. 3.

Mens s u i t s in plain black clay worsted, f a rmer ' s sa t in l ine ! , well made. T h i s su i t is r an at a special sale pr ice at 5 .87 b y c o m p e t i t c n . O u r g rand special sale price only S . O O

B A R G A I N NO. 4 . L i t 1 4 5 9 .

Mens sui t in fancy brown checked cheviot with green mix ture very dressy fo r y o u n g men. made with French facing, satin piped seams. P a n t s are ta i lor made and t r immed and cut to fit. T h i s su i t is cheap a t our r egu la r price, Ji.OO. but we make our special

sale price only £ ~ S T . 5 ^ 5

S a v e G l o n e y W h i l e t i i e C h a n c e L ^ a s t f i i .

KABGAIK NO . 5

Mens sui ts in f rocks plain g rey t r ico t c loth , for f a r m e r s aud mechanics wear. T h i s suit has no equal . Regu la r pr ice 10,00.

< hir special sale price only 8 . 2 5 R e m e m b e r th i s su i t and ask f o r it .

B A R G A I N x o , 6 , L o t 1 6 9 4 .

Mens heavy b lack cheviot s ingle breas ted , double shoulder satin p ip ing , ve rp durab le and dressy O u r regula 7 .10 su i t , W e c h a l l e u g e comi)etilion o n i h i s s i i t . Special price on ly 5 . 5 0

BARGAIN NO. 7. T h e l»est c lay worsted suit in the marke t . I t is lot l 7 2 i , very

fine I f . g o o d s , guaranteed not to fade , doub le shoulders , satin piped. W e recommend this su i t to you and our reputa t ion is be-hind i t . T h e r e is no bet ter one in t h e stock a t t h e price.

Our special sale price only 1 0 . 0 0 BARGAIN NO. 8.

A y o u n g mens fine dress sui t in fancy cassimere, 4 bu t ton sack, also fine blue serges , regular pr ice 15.00.

O u r special sale pr ice 1 2 5 0 B A R G A I N NO. 9 . L o t 1 8 0 3 .

A very fine dressy suit made in the l a t e s t s tyle, mos t l y small sizes, fine brown and black mixed worsted check, r e g u l a r p r ice 10.50. Our great special sale only S . 0 0

BARGAIN KO. 10, Lot 2111. An all wool man's suit in light colored grey- mixture, strictly all wool, reg. price 6.50. Onr great 8i»ecial sale price 5 * 0 0

A Pew Sample prices f rom our Gent's Furnishing Department.

Mens ext ra heavy Jersey overe'iirt, wool, the Invincible. This g a r -ment is correct in make, style aud finish. I l is a 1 00 s h i n . Our

special opening price is only . . . * You can rely upon this beiug the be#l value in ahtrt* ever offered.

Mens shirta and drawers, extra hv'y brown mixed 50c goods. . 3 5

Mens good wool socko, a big bargain per pair , | 0

20 doz all wool h V y ribbed mena socks, regular 35c. S'pc'l p r i c e . 2 5

Mens extra ftne sbirta and drawers. Morris mills goods, all wool, never before sold under 1,00 a piece. Our special -al« pnoe only , 7 5

Mens calf gloves oil Uned leather wi ths t r ine fasten, rs, durable limng Regular price is 75c. Special sah price only .CKJ

Mens lined Duck Costa worth 1.25 only * 8 7 •< a « m «• 1.75 41 L ^ O u u ii u ii 2.50 " 1 . 8 8

Big Line of Overcoats, Call and See Them.

F T T L X feSOlT, LOWELL, MICH.

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

FOR T H E

v e s t m e n t s i n c r e a s e s . T h e s u p -p l y i s n o t a t a l l e q u a l t o t h e de -1

H o w p r i c e l e s s i s a l i b e r a l e d u - m a n d , n o r c a n i t b e . I l i s s t i l l c a t i o n ! In i t s e l f w h a t a r i c h p o s s i b l e t o s e c u r e i n v e s t m e n t s ! e n d o w m e n t ! I t i s n o t i m p a i r e d 1 t h a t y i e l d f> p e r c e n t , i n t e r e s t , b u t PI ADVOyil I C APAnCMY b y a g e , b u t i t s v a l u e i n c r e a s e s t h e y : r e n o t o r d i n a r i l y s u c h a s | U L H R I V O f I L L L n U H U L I l l I

i w i t h u s e . N o o n e c a n e m p l o y i t a t r u s t e e w o u l d s e l e c t f o r h i s ;

i h plain, hnrd-workinK men. ; i ) U t i t s r i g h t f u l o w n e r . H e a l o n e b e n e f i c i a r i e s . A r i s k m u s t b e

when you're worked from brrakfast to • c a n i l l u s t r a t e i t s w o r t h a n d e n j o y t a k e n . A n d e v e n t h e s e o p p o r t u -

T i i e r i d l ^ i « T i t t c k , M d t i v ? n U l , n B d 0 n e : i t s r e w a r d s . I t c a n n o t b e i n h e r - n i t i e s a r e n o t n u m e r o u s a s t h e y In the light of the Betting sun: i t e d o r p u r c h a s e d . I t m u s t b e w e r e a f e w v e a r s a g o . T h e t r u t h

And it i» s iTKht to look at— , a c q u i r e d by i n d i v i d u a l e f f o r t . I t m u s t b e r e c o g n i z e d t h a t w e h a v e

: c a n b e s e c u r e d o n l y b y p e r s e v e - n o l o n g e r a f r o n t i e r , o u r c o u n t i y 1 r a n e e a n d s e l f - d e n i a l . B u t i t i s i s d e v e l o p e d , a l l t h e b e s t f a v o r e d I a s f r e e a s t h e a i r w e b r e a t h e , s p o t a r e o c c u p i e d , a n d t h e r e i s ' N e i t h e r r a c e n o r n a t i o n a l i t y n o r n o l o n g e r a n e c e s s i t y f o r g o o d s e x c a n d e b a r t h e e a r n e s t s e e k e r b o r r o w e r s t o p a y 6 p e r c e n t , f o r

[ f o r i t s p o s s e s s i o n . I t i s n o t e x - m o n e y . "

Turning the lonu, straight furrowH, When the air is fnil of spring.

And the trees with buds an- hazy And the birds beginning to sing,

Is the job that takes my fancy-Not pretty, perhaps, but then

It's a Job that is only meant for

At least It pleases me; There's something about it that's healthy

And manly and honest to see.

W e g i v e b e l o w t h e r a t e s of t u i t i o n fo r t h e v a r i o u s c o u r s e s of t h e A c a d e m y w h e n p a i d by t h e t e r m a n d b v t h e m o n t h .

When my team is quiet and steady, And the sod just right for the plow,

When the warmth of life is around me An l the south wind fans my brow,

Such dreams to my head come crowding That it scarce seems work at all

To cling to the crooked handles And watch how the furrows fall.

"Tis the work lo waken hunger And the glow of strength and heulth.

For the earth breathes up u tonic That's beyond the price of wealth.

Folks say that the work of the farmer Is thV hardest on earth, bat I row

Tli'-re Is nothing that suits me better Than trudging behind the plow,

P. McArthur.

e l u s i v e , b u t i n c l u s i v e in i t s | b r o a d e s t a n d b e s t s e n s e . I t i s j w i t h i n t h e r e a c h of a l l w h o r e a l l y j w a n t i t , a n d a r e b r a v e e n o u g h t o j s t r u g g l e f o r i t . T h e e a r n e s t r i c h

a n d w o r t h y p o o r a r e e q u a l a n d

TO FRIENDS AND PATRONS. Tin' short hand dcpurtmvut

is in clKirgc of Mr. Charles

. f r i e n d l y r i v a l s in i t s p u r s u i t , a n d ; G. Marshall. Mr. Marshall | n e i t h e r a r e e x e m p t e d f r o m a n y of j C(nJll-s lo (his iuslilulion hi^h-i tVio cm'rif i i 'pt i tn>r<»u«arv f n r t f c !

/v •rccotnnirnaca as a scholar.

R u r a l R o a d s . Icitchrr. and ffcullrman. is (liredly inlcrcslcil iu success nl I he ZL'urk of

He

the

the sacrifices necessary for its 1 acquisition. The key to its title ; is not the bright allurements of , rank and station, but the simple

Much ha> been said al>out j watchword of work and study. r o a d s . It i s n o t p r o b a b l e t h a t A l i t e r a l e d u c a t i o n i s t h e g r e a t -this short article can add any- est blessing that a man or woman / l h t > / / " / ' " [ thing to what has been said up- c ? n eilj0.v* when supported by on the subject. j virtue, morality, and noble aims.

For the past fifty years, there President McKinley. h a s b e e n b u i l t 182 .776 m i l e s of 1

D e c l i n e in I n c o m e s .

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tin- Business Course.

T h e P h i l a d e l p h i a I n q u i r e r s a y s ; " T h e r e t u r n s of s a f e i n -v e s t m e n t s h a v e f a l l e n s o l o w a s

i t o b e c o m e a s e r i o u s m a t t e r t o

r a i l - r o a d s , a n d n o w t h e b u i l d i n g i of r a i l - r o a d s i s p r a c t i c a l l y a t a n 1

e n d . T h e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f t h e s e r o a d s h a s f u r n i s h e d a v a s t a -m o u n t of l a b o r f o r t h o s e w h o a r e k n o w n a s t h e " u n e m p l o y e d " . , , • r xt • •

Now, what is wanted is the relymB for their iiKome employment of the un-emploved! UP"" l n r a t " ' " P 1 * 1 - I n the upon the rural roads. Why "canl° c x t or nfteen vears .n.,st of not the o.untrv have as k.kkJ r u . the ra.lroads iM.nds issued years ml roads as the R. R companies. I f?', ' f '' ' lK' ""<• , n t f ' s t

The Government has Ix.nded the ' a l 1 ' u c ' ' ; l" , l f eountry to dig canals, to huil j ;la",ti.x; t u-.v will be ex-rail-roads for corporations, 'ended at a grc-atly reduced rate suppress foreign and d o m « l i c i » f T ™ such cases are wars, to raise internal extH-nses Ph'iadelph.a investors at and to suppress a foreign rebel- ( " I , r e 8 e f l t time. The first ion. Why not have the Govern- i mortgage / per cent bonds of the m e n t i s s u e a p o p u l a r l o a n t o , , , . t h e p e o p l e to r r o a d i m p r o v e m e n t ? ^ V ^ y - » i n v e s t m e n t , a r e

If e a c h s l a t e w o u l d b o r r o w t h e , b e l ? K « ' " d e d a t 4 p e r c e n t , m o n e i n e c e s s a r y t h e v w o u l d he , T h e first m o r t g a g e 7 p e r c e n t , o b l i g e d to p a v five t o t w e l v e p e r - ^ n d s o f P e n n s y l v a n i a a n d N e w c e n t i n t e r e s t , " w h i l e t h e G o v e r n - ^ o r k " - a n a l a n d R a i l r o a d C o m -m e n t c a n g e t t h e n e c e s s a r v m o n - P ^ y ^ • * ' » « r e p l a c e d a t 4>4

ev a t t h r e e p e r c e n t , t h u s " m a k i n g P " c e " t - B " , h , s s u « w e r e

p u t o u t 30 y e a r s a g o , a n d

i N o r t h e r n P e n n s y l v a n i a R a i l r o a d

percent, thus making a saving to people of three or more per cent interest.

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

n o w t h e n e w h o l d e r s h a v e t h e i r i n -c o m e c u t d o w n f r o m 3 5 t o 43 p e r c e n t . O t h e r i n s t a n c e s r e a d i l y

j c a n b e f o u n d . T w e n t y y e a r s a -1 g o t h e c o n s o l i d a t e d m o r t g a g e (> p e r c e n t , b o n d s s o l d a t p a r ; w i t h -in a f e w m o n t h s t h e c o m p a n y h a s s o l d b o n d s s e c u r e d b y t h e s a m e m o r t g a g e a t 3 ^ p e r c e n t .

T h i s c o n d i t i o n is w o r l d - w i d e .

As u ineuus of supplying country boys and girls with the most useful and desirable ed-mation with the least outlay of time aud money, there is no schoo! thai can compare its advantages with the business college. Here the boy gets exactly what be needs to make him a useful and businesslike farmer, i r> u i t . i ^ i , , und thousandr of successful business farmers ; f ^ H t l s n c o n s o l s n a v e l a t e l y s o l d are giving tbelr sons and daughters the best u p t o 114 p e r c e n t . T h e y b e a r 2 .-ulvanUiges offered by these schools. Many | ' • , / . ' . . • . . . . students trom tiie country enter the business ! "'4 p e r c e n t , i n t e r e s t , w h i c h college, who nare no thought of accepting j i s t o b e r e d u c e d t o 2 p e r c e n t .

! " l i w , w h i l e t h e b o n d s a r e a b -and that broadening ic general intelligence s o l u t e l } ' p a y a b l e t w e n t y y e a r s tliat can be obtained In the business school i t h e r e a f t e r T h e r:it«'s o f i n t e r p s t better than anywhere else. Young men and I . , ,7- 1, n e r ' l l t s O I , ^ ! e . r

lc . : , l

women from the country, as a rule, make the IS f a l l i n g t h r o u g h o u t t h e ClVlllZ-beat students, and when they qualify and go e d w o r l d . T h i s h a s b e e n i t s i>sck to the farm they have an educaitonai

WINTER TKKM, 2 0 w k s . , 615.OH.

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1 M o n t h . 64.0H.

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Tu i t i on m u s t b e oaicl on e n t r a n c e .

I f a n y o n e d e s i r i n g e d u c a t i o n in a n y of t h e a b o v e c o u r s e s w i l l c o m p a r e o u r r a t e s w i t h t h e r a t e s of o t h e r s c h o o l s of s i m i l a r c h a r -a c t e r , i t w i l l n«»t t a k e l o n g t o b e c o n v i n c e d t h a t m o r e c a n b e o b -t a i n e d a t t h e A c a d e m y fo r t h f

/ / a r e n A W / M i V r t ' / s a r a e m o n e y t h a n e a n b e o b t a i n -/ e d e l s e w h e r e . H e r e a r e s o m e

up

therefore, always receive his best efforts. Mr. Marshall.'

also, lakes charge of ihe com- j

mt'rcial work of business course' IVe now can give our business

course wore -prominence, for

we have sufficient time for personal instruction, which is

in the -work of the business college.

Everyone who has )n<i(lt his mind lo business education can get il with us for the rales as pre-sented in our advertisement. Mr. Marshall gives the work

complete, whal more can you ask ? The cost is cheaper

than anywhere else, -what bet-ter can you ask ?

yours truly.

C.J. Transue, Prin., Clarksville A cad any.

R e c o m m e n d a t i o n s . Dayton. Ohio. April 20. IHiW.

To whom it may concern: We desire to say that we have known

and have been associated with hundreds of young men but have found none more ear-nest, reliable and gentlemanly than the bear-er. Mr. C. G. Marshal!.

He Is conscientious in ills work, quiet and dignified in the school room and well qualifi-ed is a teacher of shorthand and typewriting.

While he has l>een with us but u few months he leaves us through no fault of his ami we wish him every success.

Very truly, The Ohio School of Business Co.

• Per C. K. Beck, Manager.

Fremont, Mich,, June riS, IS»7. To whom il may concern:

uava iu mc imim tacf naic an ouuewiuum , r , . . i . t 1 This is to certify equipment that makes them good business : C o u r s e l o r t m r t y y e a r s , a n u t h e r e 1 Ihst I liave been acquainted wilh Mr. Charles men and women and belter farmers, as well j i s n o r e a s o n t o s u p p o s e t h e r e w i l l ('- Marshall of this place, for about four us iMttter aod more Influential citizens. This . ^ ,p, r | y e a n . during which time, he has resided marked tendency to give the country boy and | , ) c * - n a n g t . 1 n e w e a l t h o l j wW, i,^ father, the Rev. Henry Marshall, girl u business education is a most hopeful! t h e Wor ld IS i n c r e a s i n g e v e r y ' I^st'"" "f the Congregational Church, in and plowing sim. They get broader views ; i t a t w o n - l p r f n l r ; . t , . ! this village; that he Is a young man of ex-of lire, learn that town lue has its drawback)'-iv . . . w m u e n u i r a i t . . eI11j,inrv and studious habits und possesses a as well as its advanlagea, and go back home E v e r y i n d i c a t i o n t h a t t e n d s t o , character above teproach; lhat he Is indiiNiri-wilh an increased desire for the free outdoor i-nnKorv^ t h o i ' n c r i r v f n u mrmi-nl ous and ambitious to succeed iu life and, hi life of u business farmer. Upon no one doe,>-1 . . . " , my opinion, has all the sterling qualities that VOUUg .. I .~4 .1 # ' 111.. liriMlllftlMn :iMM t o liiii:. • •• • >-•— »— •- - " business education confer more tangible p r o d u c t i o n a n d t o f a c i l i t a t e b u s - 1 should recommend him for employment iu advantages than upon the farmers' vms und i n e s s i s o n e m o r e i n f l u e n c e t h a t 1 ll' , i profession. I further certify that doughters. Commercial World. • • • r , , t i it is a pleasure lo write thefic words of com-

aiUS in t h e c r e a t i o n Of w e a l t h , nicndatioti in his l>ehalf and that I accoinpa' : N e v e r w a s t h e h u m a n i n t e l l e c t s o ")" them with my mo*' hearty g.Kxi wishes

Good luck may come to you, busy as now, s.) ingenious, so , f o r h1'' , but good success will not; it | well supported. And with every m E Mw ids. must be achieved. ; year ihe pressure for good in- circuit Judge and Ex-state s nator.

r a t e s c o p i e d f r o m c i r c u l a r s r e c e n t -ly r e c e i v e d .

G n g l i s h a n d N o r m a l c o u r s e s . I* i r s t t h r e e m o n t h s - - 6 1 5 . 0 0 S e c o n d 44 " 612.1 HI

B u s i n e s s C o u r s e . F i r s t t h r e e m o n t h s - - 6 2 5 . 0 0 S e c o n d " " 6 1 5 . 0 0

W e j^ive y o u s o m e r e a s o n s w h y w e g i v e y o u t h e a d v a n t a g e of s u c h r e a s o n a b l e r a t e s .

1 s t . T h e r a t e s a r e c h e a p e r , b e -c a u s e o t h e r c o m m o d i t i e s a r e c h e a p e r . T w e n t y y e a r s a g o w h e a t a v e r a g e 6 1 . 3 4 p e r b u . . n o w it s e l l s a t 6 3 c e n t s a b u . If t h e c o s t of e d u c a t i o n b e k e p t a c -c o r d i n g t o t h e p r i c e of c o m m o d i -t y , t h e n n o o n e n e e d b e d e p r i v e d of i t s a d v a n t a g e s . If y o u t a k e t i m e t o c o m p a r e t h e i r r a t e s n o w c h a r g e d w i t h t h e r a t e s c h a r g e d t w e n t y y e a r s a g o b y s o m e s c h o o l s y o u wi l l l i n d t h a t t h e y a r e a s m u c h n o w a s t h e y w e r e t h e n .

W e b e l i e v e t h a t s c h o o l b u s i n e s s s h o u l d k e e p e v e n , if n o t a h e a d of o t h e r b u s i n e s s in e x t e n d i n g i t s b e n e f i t s t o t h e p e o p l e .

2 n d . W e d o n o t p a y r e n t s a s d o s o m e of t h e p r i v a t e s c h o o l s , f o r w e o w n t h e p r o p e r t y ; t h e n , t o o , t a x e s a n d o t h e r l i v i n g e x -p e n s e s a r e n o t s o m u c h a s in t h e l a r g e c i t i e s . T h e s e r e a s o n s a s w e l l a s a d e s i r e t o e x t e n d t h e a d -v a n t a g e s of a first c l a s s s c h o o l t o e v e r y a m b i t i o u s a n d d e s e r v i n g

m a n a n d y o u n g w o m a n h a v e g o v e r n e d u s in o u r financial p l a n .

For particulars, write C. J. Transue.

Clarksville, Mich., I o n i a C o .

T

PUBLIC NOTICE. Winter School

B E G I N S

Oct. 24,1898. Begin School Any Time

W i t h Good Advantage —for—

Descriptive Gaialooue Giving Full Particulars Sent to

Any upon Application. G. J. TRANSUE, Prin.,

CLARKSVILLE, MICH.

Courses ot Study. Common School Course.

FIRST YEAR. Reading, 20 wks. Practical Aritb., 40 wks. Orammar, 4 0 " Geography, 40 wka.

Literary R., 20 wka. Practical Arlth. 40 wks. Gruiimmr, 40 " Civil Gov., 20 " l r . 8. Hist., 2 0 " Peninanshlp. Drawing.

Tuition: Term of 20 weeks, 18.00.

English Course. 0 FIRST

Grammar, 20 wks. Orthoepy, 10 " Geography, 10 " Physiology, 10 "

SECOND

YEAR. Arithmetic, 20 wks. U. 8. History, 10 " Civil Gov. 10 " Penmanship, 10 "

YEAR. wks. Alirobra, 2 0

Physics, 2 0 Geometry, 4 0

Tullion: Term of 20 weeks. 110.00

Botany, 20 wks. General Hisl., 20 "

Business Course. Our Busim-ss Course gives Bonk-keepins in

all its forms and other subjects necessary lo a modem business education. Tho tuition is only $15.00 for u term of five inonihs. Can tliis be dnpiicated anywhere elscf We guar-antee you an u p to date busini'ss education.

Normal Course. The subjects of the Normal Course include

nil tiie profession al studies necessary foroiny itrsde of certiflcaie, and the Kindergarten, which may bo taken in connection with any the other courses without any extra charge.

Academic Course and Languages. Prepares for University.

Tuit ion m u s t b e pa id on e n t r a n c e .

G L f M S V I L L E flGflDEMY, BUSINESS COLLEGE, ftND TRAINING SCHOOL.

Where Shor thand Is Used. Wherever there is correspondence to be done, from the

White House down to the small business office, with its daily correspondence of perhaps a dozen letters, there will be found a shorthand writer. He is employed by the Governors, Sen-ators, Congressmen; in all departments of the Government, State, County, and City offices: in Newspaper, Law, Insur-ance, Medical, Railway, Express, and Real Estate offices; in Manufacturing1 and Mercantile Houses; as Court and News-paper, Legal and Railroad Reporters. In short, wherever there is writing to be done, the nimble fingers of the short-hand writer are called into requisition. The government pays out annually large sums of money to its stenographers and is yet unable to supply the demand of the Civil Service for shorthand writers.

Value of Shor thand. While shorthand is very lucrative in itself, when the

learners of it become experts, as many who forsake law, med-icine and other professions can testify, there are others who use it as a stepping stone to enter the professional or business field. -Law stenographers often become lawyers; medical stenographers, doctors, etc.; while, in the commer-cial work of all kinds, it is the stenographer, who, from being in touch with the daily correspondence, becomes most intimately acquainted with his employer's affairs. Should he decide to enter the same line of trade himself, which he frequently does, this knowledge serves as a valuable appren-ticeship. With a knowledge of shorthand one's possibilities for success in life are increased; it gives him an opportunity to get into the Business World as he could in no other way, for it is the stenographer in whom are confided all the busi-ness affairs of the employer, thus giving him a knowledge of the business, surpassed only by that of the employer himself. A s a natural consequence he is the first to be pro-moted, then he is right on the road to success. Once on that road it is easy to win, but the difficulty lies in getting started on that road. Here is your chance. Will you take it?

Wi l l I t Pay You? The salaries are usually commensurate with the skill,

general ability, and education of the stenographer. For general work, good stenographers obtain from $10 to $25 a week; for reporting, from $2,000 to $5,000 a year and up. The best paid official in this country, next to the President, was Dennis Murphy, (recently deceased) Reporter of the Senate, who received a salary of $25,000 a year.

Shor thand as an Educator . By its study and use, the mind, ear, and hand are trained

to become exact and expert, not only in it but in a general way as well. Spelling, punctuation and grammar are improved, and the correct pronunciation of words acquired. Promi-nent educators, who understand its value, advocate its gen-eral use in schools, for the reason above stated and also for the fact that it inculcates habits of accurate observation, sti-mulates investigation, makes the pupils active, and last but not least, it furnishes them with a PRACTICAL MEANS OF LIVELIHOOD.

T ime Required to Learn Shor thand. It usually takes five or six months to learn Shorthand and

Typewriting so as to be successful in an office.

The System Taugh t . The system is a modification of the Graham and Pitman

systems," which is used by a large per cent of court reporters and high grade stenographers of America.

Rates of Tu i t ion . Tuit ion P a y a b l e In A d v a n c e .

Winter Term of 20 weeks $25.00.

P A Y A B L E BY THE M O N T H .

1 Month $6.00. 2 Months 11.50. 3 Months 16.50. 4 Months 21.00.

Typewr i t ing . Winter Term of 20 weeks . ; . . . $5.00.

P A Y A B L E BY THE M O N T H .

1 Month 1-50. 2 Months 2.75. 3 Months 3.75. 4 Months ^*25.

The Course of Study. The Course of Study consists of Shorthand, Typewriting,

Business Penmanship, Business Correspondence, Spelling, Manifolding, and Office work. After the student is well along in this course he is taken into the office and allowed to write letters for the Principal thus giving him practical ex-perience in office work before leaving school.

Correspondence. All questions in regard to particulars are cheerfully an-

swered. Address all correspondence to the Principal, C. J Transue,

Clarksville, Mich.