"INDEPENDENT IN MX THINGS. NEUTRAL IN NOTHING"

VOL. VI, NO. 2 7 . LOWELL, MICHIGAN, DECKMBKR, 29, 1 8 9 8 . WHOLE NO. 2 8 7

Greenville

Feed Cooker. We KCII (he Oreenvillc Feed Cooker, (linl we know by experience in the

Ifrest feed cooker laiulo. The keltlrH are iniule imirorni in thickness and are not liable to break nn<l we sell them UH cheap as tiie inferior grailes.

For the Next Twenty Days

We will close ont a fine line of Cooking and Heating Stoves at reduced price.

I wish to Htate that O u r P o c a h o n t a s Coal Will Not stop up your stove pipe with soot like high grade soft coal, nor barn out your urates nearl as quick, no matter what ex-druggists or grocerymen say. A trial will convince you I am right. Yours for square dealing.

I f you waut au Up-to Da le

* - H * | H - H - ! O u r F a l l S o i t i D ^ ^ • p are now in. Hundreds of sain-

W-K plea to select from.

Suit of Clothes, PAIR O P P « P I T S

or

FrtLL O V E K C O n r .

/-H-Kl - H - H !

- W - H

V - H -

loan fit you out in finest goods at prices that are right.

B. C. Smith. "if Bmitli inaucs Vm Uiey fit."

LOWELL PLANIXU MILL, W J . E C K E R a SON. P r o p * . -

MAIUPAOTUMB8 OF:—Baib, Deori. Blisdi, Vnam In Docn, Windowi and ScrMUB, Ex-KlbftioB u d Shipping Ootpi ftr Poultry, Dried Apylekott#.Weod«, Esve Trunghs. etc-

MATRIMONIAL. CHRISTMAS IN LOWELL.

R. B. BOYLAN.

100 Watches to select from. Tea Sets, any number of

pieces Silver Novelties, Rings,

Chains and Bracelets. Childs Sets.

1847 Rogers Bros. Tableware [1847.

holiday

HIGBYS, Tbe progmBive Jeweler .

Sevorol Lowell Y O U U K People Are Made Happy.

SUBLKKK—o'llARKOW.

Married, Wednesday, Dec. 28, at

the residence of the bride'a parents,

Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Smelker, in

Freeport , Ollie A. and J o h n L 0 ' -

Harrow of Lowell.

ROGERS-PAYNE.

At the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. K.

| Rogcrtt in this village, on Saturday,

i Dec. 24, their daughter, Miss Myrtie,

, wui united in marriage to Mr. Verne

j Payne of Baranac, Rev. L . N. PaUi-

son officiating.

Only the immediate relatives were

present; those from abroad being:

Mr. and MM. Win . A. Hazen of

ClHrksville, Mrs. Anna Puyne and

daughter Gladys of Saranac and Ray

Rogers of Alma .

Mr. and Mrs. Payne will make their

home at Saranac.

CHILD8-MCD0NALD.

The marriage of Miss Eva Ghilds

of this village and Mr. A. J . McDon-

ald of Detroit was celebrated a t the

Lome of the bride's parents, Mr. and

Mrs. Wm. A. Childs, on Tuesday |

Dec. 27, Rev. L. N. Pattison officia-

ting. Only the immediate relatives of

the contracting people were present.

Mr. and Mrs. McD maid lef t f o r a

trip to Chatham, Ont. , af ter which

they will make their home at 957

Twelfth street, Detroit.

nUNTER-MOSHER.

At the residence of Mrs. M A .

Hunte r in this village, on Tuesday,

Dec. 27, a t 1.30, p. in., occured the

wedding of Miss Annie Hun te r and

Mr. Julian Mosher of Owosso.

The ceremony was performed by

Just ice Robert Hunter , J r . , grand-

father of the bride, assisted by Rev.

S . G . A n d e r s o n ; a f t e r which dinner

was served to the twenty guesta by

William Murphy of Lowell and Ed-

ward Covey of Greenville.

| The bride was ta-stefully att ired in

T a cloth dress trimmed with heliotrope

silk and beaver fur . The apartments

were prettily decorated with palms,

smilax and roses.

Guests from aoroad were M r . and

Mrs. Charles Rowland of I thaoa, M r .

and Mrs. II . I I . Hunter and daughter

Leah and Mrs. Cass Mosher of Mt .

Pleasant, Miss Katherine Burke of

A Ionia and Edward Covey of Green-

{ ville.

Mr. and Mrs. Mosher left for their

Good Act by t h e School C h i l d r e u E x e r c i s e s a t t h e C h u r c h e s .

The Christmas time of 1898 in Low-

ell was one long to be remembered.

The first thing and the bust of all

was the Christmas giving by the

school children of the village, under

the direction of the teachers, w^h the

help of our business men and people

generally; and through the agency of

Santa Ciaus White.

Wha t stacks of groceries, pro-

visions and baked goods there were,

and what a quantity of picture books,

toys, dolls, etc., for the children; to

say nothing of the sleighload of clothi

ing of all sorts and sizes.

There was m»re more than Whi le

and his white horse could distribute

in one day, so the eatables and gif ts

for the children were handed out first

and the load of clothing will bo sorted

out and placed where i t will do the

most good. I t is beliuved that there

is not a needy family in th is village

that was not substantially remembered.

Our business men enjoyed a good

trade du r ing the week in spite of un-

favorable weather. The mails were

crowded with Christmas gif ts and

some of the packages looked as if

Barnum's big elephant had stepped

on the mail pouch. T h e express of-

fices were full of packages from dis'

tant points; and the people on the

streets had their iirms f u l l .

T h e Christmas exercises at the

Methodist and Baptist churches Sat<

urday evening were well attended.

Good programs were rendered and

g i f t s for the little folks were numer-

ous and varied.

T h e Methodists had a tree and old

Santa Glaus came driving in with his

reindeer and jingling bulls.

T h e Baptists had a Santa Claus

home, a very pretty miniature ever-

green house, from which old Santa,

his wife and children distributed the

gift*-

Some people were unable to get in-

to the Congregational church, Sun-

day evening; but the large audience

inside was treated to a very fine

program enti t led/ 'Cbristmas Crowns."

The music and exercises were appro-

priate to the occasion and passed off

without a hitch. Owing to its being

Suuday evening, the Santa Claus ele-

ment was omitted and the gilts weie

quietly distributed.

The regular services of the several

wedding trip yesterday morning, a D d | churches on Sunday were well at ten-

« N ELEOrtNT L Q T OP^

Carriages, Buggies, Phaetons Surrey's and Family Rigs

J u s t received, as fiue as si lk and we will sell t h e m at

prices t h a t will astonish the oldest inhabi tan t .

H. NASH. On th Bridg,

LOWBLL, MIOHIOflN

Oliver CkiiUd Plows. Btfldtbakar Y/agott*,

Asricnltaral ImpleweaU.

will be at hftine af ter J a n u a r y 15 a t I

728 Park street, Owosso.

A Plew Ordiuauce Passed.

Lowell, Midi., Dec 21,18!t8. An ordinance passed by the Township

Board of Lowell, the 13th day of 1)60.1898. N'o person or persons shall Buffer his or

her or their teauia carrying wagons, carts, sleighs or other properly they may own,} have or have charge of to stand or reaiain in or upon any public highway or other public places. Nor shall any person leave any horse or lean s in or upon any highway or public places in said township uule^ in charge of some person of proper age with-out beim; slilBciently tied or otherwise se-emed. Signed.

Frank X. White, liobert Hunter /Jr , Joseph Kinyon.

C. G. Stone, Township Cleric

Hooker C h a p t e r O l f l c e r s f o r '99.

The following are the officers elec-

ted for Hooker Chapter for 1899:

H P , W S Winegsr ; K, R B Boylan; 8, S P Hicks; T , James McPherson; S, S F Edmonds; C H , C 0 Stone; P S, Chas Wisner; R A C, J A Mat te rn ; ad V; W A Wai ts ; 2d V, R J Flanagun; let V, John Beery; S, S B Knapp .

Notice t o Tax P a y e r s .

The township tuxes are now due and pay-able at my otlice in the store of A. L. Coons . I IARVET J . COONS,

Township Treas.

Try Hose Cream for the teeth.

ded; the day was beautiful: and all<

get her Christmas 1H!K8 in Lowell wil!

be memorable.

LOWELL'S FIRST PAPER.

4-K-HARDWARE

f ANNOUNCEMENT ^ We first wish to announce that we appreciate the

business you have gfiven us in 18()8 - the same showing-an increase ever 1897 of over 50 per cent.

Our Policy Is always Best Quality and Lowest Prices. No matter how closely you are wedded to some other store we guarantee to save you money.

Our Guarantee Or our Warran t means everything that words imply. If goods don't prove satisfactory we make them so. The people have realized the above, hence our immense in-crease in business.

For 1899 We shall endeavor to make another

big increase in trade and in order to secure ourselves of the same we are going to make you prices, that alone, are " t rade winners."

Thanking you for your past patronage and promising you best of pricA and best quality, we are

KLARK & KLARK. 1899 Price Makers on Hardware.

• F A R M S F O R S A L E .

F O R T Y - A C K E S , 3 miles f rom Lowell in Ve rgennes . House of 8 rooms, barn and out-bui ldings , 8 wells, 50 app le t rees , 800 peach t rees f years old budded fu l l fo r next season's crop, a l so 400 y o u n g trees and 8 acres m o r e available f o r p lant ing. A y o u n g t eam, one cow t

and all f a r m tools to b e sold wi th place. P r i c e §1000, or w i t h o u t stock and tools $1:100. W i l l t a k e

\ $000 down a n d g ive t i m e on balance.

S I X T Y A C R E S 21 miles f r o m Lowell . Large house, with good well, two barns . Bu i ld ings insured l o r s - i H t . 1500 peaoh trees, apple oivliard, 1U acres woods, two sp r ing

} brooks, good pas tu rage . P r i c e $1500.

Who Were Doing Bus ines s Here 38 Years Ago.

W . R Blaisdell left a t this oflicc

last week No. 1, Vol. 1, of the Lowell

Star , published Sept. 12, 1860, by G.

S. SpafTord. It is quite badly tattered

but a s tudy of il would be tpiite inter-

esting to old residents.

The motto of the sheet, a seven coil

umn folio, is, ' •Independent. Not Neu-

tral," which in his sa luta tory the cdi

tor construes as meaning that " W e

aie willing to work for any party or

sect that will remunerate our labor."

Over the editorial column are ca i j

ried both Republican and Democratic

tickets, the first being headed by Ab-

raham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin

and the latter by Stephen A . Douglas

and Herschvell V . Johnson . The

Republican candidate for governor

was Austin Blair and the Democratic

J o h n S. Barry. J o h n M Mathew-

son was running for register of deeds

and was opposed by John R . Stewart.

T h e local adver:isers wore; I. N.

W h i t e , boots and shoet', hats", caps,

e tc . ; J . Houseman «fc Co., clothing;

Cyrus Clark, drugs; Noah P . Husted,

nursery; / . D. Carpenter, produce

Wolver ine String Band, J . D. Bal-

com, sec., Franklin House, A. H.

King, prop. . Misses Chadwiok, milli-

nery; P . B. Buckly, shoemaker; John

Taylor, plow factory, Daniels &

Young, variety store; John Kopf ,

cabinet and chair factory; Chapin &

Booth, general store; J . B. Balcom,

dentistry; Jacob Snell,justice; J . A.

Taylor, jeweler; C. A. Blake, insur-

ance; Charles Krauss, harness; IT. B.

Williams, groceries and provisions;

Hooker, H u n t & Co., general store;

Roht, Hunter , J r . , clothing and Yan-

kee notions; A. C. Vanderburgh,

druggist and grocer.

The railroad timr- table was as fob

lows: C A R S L E A V E L O W E L L

S T A T I O N . Going east—Mixed 8.20 A M

Mail 1.0.3 P M Going west Mail 1.35 P M i * , , . .

" Mixed 7.10 1' M I1--*00- down, balance lo suit

A Lowell Voting Men's Democrat ic I ' LMVI' N » 0*10 - AI 1 1 1 11 r 1 * lurtn I H R E E F I N E F A R M S in Al-

clun had been formed August 8, loot), , . e I T ' I mout , L a p e e r c o u n t y ; one of 80

the meeting being addressed by J . M. . l c r e h ^ i m i i r 0 . e.i, one of 92 acres

Mathewson. S.20 "fas raised for club and oue of ISI-J acres . T h e las t one

purposes and the following "Hirers

were elected; President, J . B. Shear;

vice pres , G , W , Parker; sec., Mcrritt

Wilson; treas., M. N. Hine; Capt.,

E. M. Stepln n .

T h e market rop irt is (jnite inlerost

ing. Whi te wheat is quoted a t .95c

1JI2 acres . has some 40 acres of nat ive t imber on it . T h e s e a re a m o n g the bes t f a r m i n g lands in ihu garden spot of Michigan near 16 marke ts , schools and cburohes with first class bui ldings, fences , e t c .

K I G U T V A C H E S of choice t im-bered land in Oscoda county , a fiue

to 81.01. rod wheat 87 to 90 t l .nr per j f ann ing lot, wi th beech, maple,

bhl 5 0(i to 1100; potatoes 15; beans; basswood a n d 30000 f ee t

75; pork 5 00 to 5.50, salt fine 2 06; 1 f w . , , i u ' V™0' enough for . . , 0 - 1 1 , I leucing. l i a s a f ine hay meadow

salt coarse 2.2.,; shingles pine 1 a Cro» a n d a t rout s t r eam

lumber pine 6.00 to 10.00. ^ beads into it . Nea r t h e vi l lage of

I t would be interesting to know Mio and schools. S e t t l e d ne ighbor -

wliat has become of all the different j hood. 1? or l "' improved f a r m s

people mentioned in this paper of! ^ ' i 1 ^ 1 1 O ' l l y 4 or 5 miles f rom 1 a ' . road . P r i c e 600 cash or

nearly 40 years ago; and if any of the

old residents will prepare a statement

we will gladly publish it .

To O r s a a l z e a Dcbat iag Socie ty .

Notice is hereby given that there will be a ineeting at the City Bank on Monday, J an . 2, at 7.••10, p. 111, fast lime, for the purpose ol organ-izing a delui ing Hub. All who are ' interested in moral and intellectual improvement are invited to par t ic i - , pate.

iwll t rade fo r good Lowel l p rope r ty .

For particiilar.s r e g a r d i n g these pli.ct i apply i "

F M . J O H N S O N ,

Ledger Office, Lowell , Mich.

People h a v i n g p rope r ly t h a t they •.ish to dispose of can list t h e same with me. N o oxpouse incurred un-less sale is made.

WANTED, several loads of good dry wood on bubtcripiion at this of-fice.

WAX 11:11—. 1 man 10 do collecting! and act as salft-inan for the .'linger M f j . Co., in Lowell territory. Good , opening for a hustler. Address Tbe ' Sin;er Mlg. Co . d r and Rapids. 2w

Galvanized steel tanks for si watering. Call and see thorn.

N . H A S H .

Silverware novelties ai Higbv's.

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LOWELli . MK IIU) W

Hens seldom Hght, but they often h&ve a set-too.

Cbeap Jewelry beata the more ex-pens l re kind all hollow.

Na tu re ' s mental reservation is ap-pa ren t In tbe cigarette flend.

I L 0 1 L 0 I S C H A R M I N G .

T R I P F R O M MANILA A B O U N D S IN G L O R I O U S S C E N E R Y .

Town It nr. If m Defenieletii—An Old Fort Without Oam, and Hton® HrBiMt»ro»W» Threntciilnc to Taiublo Down, Ar® AD the Ullitary "Work*" It CUD lloait.

Some mrn arc quite regular in their habi ts—but their hublts arc bad.

An OTchangc of s - rvan ts Is one way to t e rmina te feminine friendahlps.

A pblloporher says tbat theorists aro fools. This theory of bin proves It.

When n woman arcusea a mr.n of flattery she wants him to say It some more.

Tho man who Is fearless can go th rough twice as much trouble as n coward.

The man who Is usually wrong never • tops ta lking about It when he happens to be r ight .

"M" s tands for Matrimony. Invert It and we have "W," which s tands for War . Enough said.

In expressing himself to the voters t he candidate should prepay the freight ff he expects to get there.

Tbe nor th pole Is like a woman's pocket—we all know where It should be, but no one can find It.

Do you think tha t nothing Is hap-pening because you do not see your-self grow or hear tho whir of the ma-chinery? All great things grow noiselessly.

It Is urged by some sticklers for reg-ular i ty that there Is no precedent for a congressional vote of thanks to a woman, and that It Is not well to make a beginning In the case of Miss Helen Gould, as proposed by General Wheel-er. The answer . to these objections Is t ha t Miss Gould's patriotic munificence also went beyond precedent. Extraor-dinary s e n i c e Justlflcs extraordinary requital.

The United States are now in a po-sition to make a movement In favor of the protection of private property at sea In t ime of war, and Us flrst action In i ts new position among the nations could not be a better one than to In-vite a conference on the subject, with a view to a mutual agreement on a new law of nations whereby private prop-erty on the high seas shall be made ex-empt from seizure or detention In time of war. Peaceful ships on peaceful missions should not be molested, «nd the general adoption of a resolution to this effect would mitigate a t least one of tbe horrc -s of war.

(Special Letteiv) Hollo, the present scat of Spanish

government in the Philippines, is about ! 300 miles south of Manila. It is pro-| nounced Ecl-o-celo, and sometimes is

spelled Yloiio. Tho trip between tho j two citios Is ouo of the most charming I experiences that a traveler could ever

hope for. Some day, when tho army • of tourlsis Invades the Philippines and i the red guidebook and tho personally

conducted tour become established fea-l t u r n , there will lie pages and pages j In tho steamship prospectuses devoted

to it. The island sea of Japan, tho Thousand islands of the St. Lawrence,

, the castle-capped peaks of tho Rhine | and the beautiful Golden Horn of Tur-i key will have a now rival that will

keep them up niglvts sustaining their rrpulat ions. During the forty hours that It takes one of the Hinall s teamers of the Coivpania Marltlma to make tho run, the sight of land is never lost and the scene in constantly shift ing, and is always new and wonderful. Tho vessel passes by dozens of islands, every one of which is glorious In the richness of its foliage, the splendor of Its mountain sides or the dazzling whiteness of its long stretch of sandy beach. Sometimes you are in a nar-row channel, with great uplifts of bril-liant green rising on either baud; then you arc carried into an open sea. with only the blue hills of distant islands breaking the serene horizon or clus-ters of waving palm trees or some lonely atoll swlmmiug on tho skyline like a mirage on the desert. On one sldo may be the lofty purple heights of an Island mountain range, standing out against the angry, ominous black-ness of the storm clouds which seem to be everlastingly rioting in imposing tumult around the crests: on tbe other side may be gleaming s 'r ips of beach, with tansies of tropical verdure lin-ing them; then long, easy slopes of rich, brill iant mountain sides fading away to a Jagged skyline of distant blue. There are several volcanoes that are active, and may be marked by the hazy smoke that lifts lazily against the cloude.

Jus t now there are very few vessels ventur ing on tho run, for the Com-panla Marltlma, which is a Spanish concern, has only two of Its vessels put under the American flag, and those that carry the Spanish flag are afraid to venture out of Manila or Hollo for fear of tbe Insurgent steamers tha t lie in hiding among the coves of the ar-

R O C K E F E L L E R M O N U M H N T .

A • o n o l i t h almost as largo as thf famous Cleopatra needle has bee* quarried near Barre, Vt., and Is now being dressed. It Is to be used as the shaft for tho monument which John D. Rockefeller is to erect in his burial plot In Lake Vlow cemetery, Cleve-land. The shaft is 52 feet in length and Is 7 feet square at the hose. It Is of tho best quality of Vermont gran-ite. This is the largest monolith over quarried in America. It will rest on a base composed of three huge blocks taken from tho same quarry. Tho base stono Is 14 feet square and 3 feet thick, the next block is 9 feet 2 inches square and 3 feet 10 inches thick, while the dio is 6 feet 8 inches square and 7 feet thick. This will KIVO the monument a total height of C5 feet 10 Inches, mak-ing it one of the tallest monuments erected to mark the resting place of a private individual anywhere in tho country. Tho Rockefeller monument will also lie a very costly one. The monolith and Its hase stones will coat about $60,000 delivered on board tho cars at Unrre. Tho weight of the shaf t alone Is*a trifle more than 100 tons and of the entire monument about 135

C A M P F I E E S K E T C H E S .

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

DIE FOR THE GREAT MONOLITH, tons. By way of comparison it may be mentioned that the Egypllan obel-isk, which Is also of granite, is 70 feet in height and weighs about 20C tons. The shaft is of such great length and weight that It baa been a serious problem how to get It to Its destina-tion without s t ra ining bridges and crushing roadbeds. Cars of extraordi-nary strength have been built to t rans-port this huge stone to Cleveland, and a route has been chosen which will afford the most sMbstantlal roadbeds and the greatest possible freedom from sharp curves. The monolith will be almost devoid of ornament , and tbe only Inscription on it will be the word "Rockefeller" In largo raised letters.

The United States of Brazil came Into existence on November 15, 1889. Tho day Is a holiday, of course. In the southern republic, and this year It was a particularly Joyous one, becauso the American battleships Oregon and Iowa stopped at Rio de Janeiro on their way t o Manila, and helped celebrate. Tha t was a natural , gra eful and polite thing to do. In an emergency Rrail l sold the New Orleans and other geod ships to th i s country, and did not t ry to take advantage; eke was conspicuously fr iendly In various ways, while some other South America* republics were snarl ing at their big neighbor and longing to bite. Moreover, battleships a r e never better employed thaa when they serve as tho medium of courte-sles tha t tend to cement friendship wi th such a brave, wise, progressive people as the Brazilians.

Consul General Holloway transmits f rom St. Petersburg two newspaper accounts of the Russian famine. From the first of these wo quote the follow-ing: "There Is an abundance of grain In Russia. Regraters and grain deal-e rs have sufficient ryo to feed the whole localities for many months. The trouble is that the peasants have no money to buy It. In a whole village It 1« difficult to find change for three or five rubles. Tho number of cattle has been decreasing since the last fam- : Ine. Whole vlilnKcs are living upon potatoes and water. At present, ow-ing to assistance from the government and private channels, the peasants have received enough money to enable t hem to sow their fields. The czar h a s also provided horses known as the "czar 's horses," to help peasant fami-lies till their ground and keep them f rom going to Increase the number of city proletariat. The "czar 's cows" will save with thoir milk hundreds of children from disease and even death. Pe rhaps this money of t he czar will give roofs to many houses."

According to a Brussels report, Eng-land will revoke tho lease of Equatorla, now held by tho Congo Free State. Th i s Is the natural outcome of the pol-icy which alms a t tho complete control of t he Nile f rom Uganda to Khartoum !n the Interest of Egypt and Great B r i t a in . And although Marchand !• doing a great deal of posing, getting himself photographed with the Sphinx In t he background, and wha t not, It Is as clear as daylight t ha t all his work i n the Bahr-el-Ohazel will come to naught , unlMa F r a n c e is actually de-s i rous of ^

| chipelago waiting to dash out and seize any floating thing that shows tho red and yellow at Ita peak.

Hollo is a typical tropical Spanish town, situated on a flat, sandy point of land which Juts out into the strai t . Guemaras island lies two miles to the eastward, and beyond It are tho vol-canic muuatalns of Negros Island. There are no hotels In town, but the English residents take Americans In with a kindness and hospitality tha t overwhelms them. The town Is almost defenseless. An old fort, which was ancient 100 years ag», communds the harbor, but It spends til Its t ime com-manding, for there are no guns mount-ed In It. A lino of etoao breastworks extends along the bteaches around the town, but they are ridiculous as pro-tection against any force excepting in-fan t ry forces which might at tack by swimming across. The river is choked with Spanish stoamers afraid to ven-ture out under tho Spanish flag. A few troops are scattered through the town, but they arc so few and badly organized tha t they only serve to em-phasize the fact that tho city Is practi-cally defenseless.

Bnfa* Choate's ftanrot. There was one notable feature of

R u f u s Choate's career as a lawyer that his distinguished nephew omitted to dwell upon In his oration, doubtless for reasons of propriety. This was his inslduous power over a Jury, which was something tha t the Jurors them-selves never quite understood, says the Boeton Herald. This power was well i l lustrated by the remark of a hard-beaded old fa rmer who was one of a Jury that gave five verdicts In suc-cession for Choate's clients, once upon a t ime: "I understand, sir, tha t you are a relative of Lawyer Choate," said this Juror, subsequently to one of Choate's nephews, "and I want to tell you tha t I was not swayed or infiu-enced In the least by hi* flight of fancy, but I consider him a lucky law-yer, for there was not one of thoee eases that came before us whwre be waan't on tbe right side."

SON T O O K W I L D C A T ' S P I C T U R E

To photograph a wildcat Just before shooting the animal Is a feat which few hunters have ever accomplished. It was done recently by Mr. William M. Shaw of Greenville, Me., and the photograph has Just been published. On h is nearby hun t ing t r ips he is us-ually accompanied by his 12-year-old son, Hugh. It was on one of these trips that tbe photograph was taken. On this occasion the younger Shaw carried the camera. They had had a t iresome t ramp through the woods, when Mr. Shaw looking up, saw a large wildcat ready to spring.

Raising his rifle and standing ready to fire should tho beast a t tempt to spring, Mr. Shaw kept his eyes on the cat, while Master Hugh pressed the button. Tho result Is the picture.

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He Phot to Kill—A Ne^ro Trooper'* Quirk Shot Mt it Nhiirp«hooter—Church liulldliiK Bolrtlcr*—I'lider Flro of • SitVHBo Army.

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STREET SCENE AND GOVERNOR'S PALACE IN ILOILO.

A Pu«lcd I'nront.

Rrinp on your maps of lOuropo and your mighty

Your ittLIISCH ami KIOIICS, too; for , you SCO,

Kncli continental power on tho verge of war appenm.

And my wife refers the children all to me.

I've Jimt K"ne tlirough n weary BIORO of geogrnphla mimes,—

For tnoiitiifi 1 hud to locato Samson's llout,-

And when I rrr In tearhlng them my pretty helpmato hlnmps.—

I'd llko to know It Klmrtoum's down In Crete!

Rlr Kltrh-nT. tho Mnhdl, Abdul Ilnmld ami tho r^st.

Who enn tell mo whoro to And out who they ari1?

Whero'a Omdurmnn? Who's Dreyfus? Whero'B tho Devil's Islo? I'm bleat

If from ihn maps such names I would-n't bar!

I'd Just located Cad 11 when Fashoda Fomo one ™id

King Menelek had chosen as the seot For warlike operations, so I humbly

bowed my head,— I'd like to know If Khartoum's down In

Crete!

Dook nirents cultivate me and I'm buying from them all;

I've Stanley's "Travels," Taylor's "Tramps Abroad."

A hundred others: as for maps. I've cov-ered up the wall,

I've all the mighty tomes that critics laud:

But who Is Captain Marchand that the papers tell about?

And Kstcrhazy floors me off my feet! Tho children's ceaslesa questions often

put their Pa to rout.— So I'd like to know If Khartoum's down

In Crete! —Roy Farrell Oreen.

WILDCAT JUST BEFORE BEING SHOT.

Mr. Shaw, tho next Instant, fired and the cat fell to the ground mortally wounded.

Mothlim: Fanny About Them. Giles—I suppose you got paid for

wri t ing those magazine Jokes? Smiles —Sure. You didn ' t Imagine I wrote them for fun, did you? Giles—Oh, no; any one could tell t j iat by reading them.

He Shot to Kill.

In another part of tho armory 1 found some men In the hospital corps, of whom eighteen went to Cuba with the Seventy-first. Among these was Dr. Roheyt Froelich, wno told me a good sharpshooter 's story.

"I t was on the morning of July 2," he said, "and 1 was going down the Savllla road toward Ei Caney, when 1 came up with a detachment of arti l-lery that pretty well blocked the way. One of the men sung out to me to keep my eyes open for sharpshooters, who were picking off soldiers all about. 1 had gone on a hundred yards or so when I heard the peculiar bzt of a low-flying ball, the dangerous kind— quite a different sound to the bee-ee-ee of a ball singing over your head, which can't hurt you.

• " I dropped down quick behind a gun carriage and studied the trees to find out, If I could, where that ball had como from. Just then a big buck nigger came down the road whistling as If he was going to a ball. He carrlcd a car-bine and a lot of water bottles. I was Just thinking that he had better be careful, when a bullet sailed past his head so closely that he must have got the wind of it. And ho hadn' t taken three steps more before another bullet camn by closer yet.

" 'Dat man's gettin' real pesky,' I heard the nigger say, and then he threw himself on the ground like a football player making a hard tackle. And as he crouched he, too. studied tho trees, and 1 could see that he was an old Indian fighter, and knew the tricks of tho business. For two or three minutes he never moved nor made a sound. Then he sprang up as suddenly as he had gone down, and fired his carbine as a man would drop his pistol, like a flash, without taking aim. At least, 1 don't see how he had time to aim, but Instantly af ter the shot I saw a disturbance In a very tall cocoanut palm, and presently, as 1 watched, I saw a rifle drop from the branches, and then a dark body come tumbling to the ground, a clean fail of fifty fee t

' 'Guess dat 's one moah fob me, ' said the nigger, and, without fur ther Inter-est in the matter , he picked up uls water bottles, which had fallen to the ground, and went on down tbe road, whistl ing as before. ' " 'Ef you boys wants dat Spanish gen' lmun, you can have him,' he called out, as he started off, and two or three of us hurried to the spot where tho sharpshooter had fallen. Some of them said be was a Frenchman. I don't know bow thew made that out, I only know that he wore a tightfltt lng skull-cap, and had two large palm leaves pinned over his breast, so as to give bet ter concealment In the tree. Up there In the crotch was a little plat-form which had supported him, and on It was food and water. We found about ^ 0 Mauser shells strapped about the body, and he would doubtless have used every one of them on us If our colored friend hadn' t stopped him. I don't think I ever saw a quicker or prett ier shot tnan that."—Cleveland Moffett, in Leslie's Weekly.

Church-BnUdlnc 8oIdIert<

As a rule soldiers are destructive ra ther than constructive, and although now and again they leave a laud richer in the way of roads and forts. It is not to the soldiers or to war-time that peo-ple look for an Increase of conven-iences or of wealth.

In Africa, however, during one of England's "li t t le wars," the natives learned tha t a soldier can do somo-thing le t te r than bat ter down other men's habitations and leave towns and villages desolate.

A cofnpany of Royal EnRlneors, wait-ing In Bechuanaland for orders, ffllt much sympathy with the native Chris-t ians, srho sadly needed a new church. Th« officer In charge of ihn company

offered to d r a w , t h e plans, while his , men volunteered to begin the building. The natives brought tho material, and before the Joyful eyes of the Christ ians the walls went up swiftly.

What surprised the natives more than anything clso was an arched door-way designed by tho architect. They had never seen such a thing, and wore confident that when the woodwork was knocked away tho arch would collapse. Only with reluctance did they admit that it was possible that the white men knew best.

On the day when the woodwork was to he removed they came by hundreds to see the arch fall. Of course they did not see what thuy came to look at, but they did see the arch s tanding firm in its graceful simplicity, and they had a higher opinion of the capabili-ties of a white soldier from tha t mo-ment.

The engineers were called away be-fore tho church could be used, but the natives did not forget at the opening services to offer prayer for the men who had helped I hem to build their church, and for tho white thief who had acted SIK US architect. To these natives the Eng.ish soldier never af ter-ward appeared in the -light of an es-sentially destructive man.

Undnr Fire of NaTn|;e Army.

The inagnlliceut charge of the Twen-ty-first Lancers at Omdurman affords perhaps the best Illustration of tho British soldier's love of lighting for fighting's gake to be found In the whole annals ol war. It was a conspicuous exhibition of pure bravery on a day which gave the honors, so far as cour-age alone is considered, to the barbar-ians.

The Dervishes lost 15,000 In dead, and for five hours thoy had charged upon death Itself.

Tho orders to Col. Lenox Martin, who commanded tho regiment were to pre-vent the Dervishes from returning to the city.

By some mistake they concentrated their utleutlou upon a small detach-ment of 300 Dervishes, overlooking S,1-000 more hidden In a ravine, and, rid-ing ahead, they rode straight into an ambush.

It was no longer a question of turn-ing the Dervishes back. They must get back themselves—somehow, any-how. And they did—plunging, slash-ing, thrust ing until lances broke; shooting, employing all tr icks of ho.se-manBhlp using every weapon, laying about them with bent sword or stump of lance, until, torn, wounded, broken and ragged, they forced themselves through.

And then, when It was all over, the men wanted to go back and through once again—"Just for the sake of the dlvarshun," as an Irish sergeant, with tears of entreaty In his eyes, explained to the colonel.

And the colonel, convulsed with laughter, was compelled to threaten death and murder and court-martial for every one In the regiment before he could Induce the men to keep still.

Stilt nt tho Front.

In Richard Harding Davis' descrlp- i tion of "The Rough Riders' Fight a t j Guasimas," In Scrlbner's Magazine, | there is a story of a cowboy, good to j read and remember.

One trooper, Rowland of Demlng, was shot through the lower ribs. He was ordered by Lleut.-Col. Roosevelt j to fall bock to the dressing station, but there Surgeon Church told him there was nothing he could do for him then, and directed him to sit down un- j til he could be taken to the hospital at { Slboney.

Rowland sat still for a shor t time, and then remarked, restlessly, " I don't seem to be doing much good here," and picking up his carbine, returned to the front . There Roosevelt found him.

"I thought .1 ordered you to the rea r?" he demanded.

"Yes, sir, you did," Rowland said, "but there didn't seem to be much doing back there."

He was sent to Slboney with the rest of the wounded and two days later he appeared In camp. Ho had marched from Slbouey, a distance of six miles, up-hill all the way, carrying nis car-bine, canteen and cartridge belt.

"I thought you were In hospital," Col. Wood said.

"I was," Rowland answered, sheep-ishly, "but I didn't seem to be doing any good there."

They gave him up as hopeless a f te r that , and h e continued h is duties and went Into the fight of the San J u a n hills with the hole still through his ribs.

A PrUnte lir Auothrr Nmno.

From tho Washington Post: An army ofllccr here "'n town—-captain his rank Is these four years or m o r e -has a bit of a slory to toll which throws a sidelight on tho ways of re-cruiting officers. In his command dur-ing tho Cuban campaign was a private who came every day to ask for letters. Joseph Murphy was bis name on the roll, but tho tang of his tongue did not suggest even remotely tho Emerald Isle. Day a f t e r day and no letter came. Murphy's face grew longer, his query more pathetic every time he appeared.

"No lotter." said the nfflcor ono luu'ulub. " I>o leuer for you. There 's

'only <me addressed to—let mo s e e - t o Giovanni Paladlnl Castellazzla--or something like that. None for you."

Murphy's face beamed with delight. "That a-one for mo." he said, "My name Ilka that . I go to tho recruiting office, i am wanting to go to light. Officer say, 'What your name? ' ] gay, 'Giovanni Paladlnl Caatellaizla,' and he say, 'Oh, helladam, that no name for you You not light with name. You fight with gun. All tha t name tr ip you up. You bo Joseph Murphy.' I bo Joseph Murphy now, and that is my letter."

rrcTonlWij; Hog Chnlern. Hog cholera is very prevalent this

year In most of the great corn raising states. Every reader of this paper snould exercise the greatest care in protecting his hogs f rom tho disease, as preventative measures are much cheaper and more successful than curative ones. Cures for hog cholera are. to say tho least, of doubtful value. The farmer may, however, do much to | prevent his hogs from getting cholera, in tho first plnco he may keep his yards and runs clean. This will not prevent hog cholera in all cases but It Is believed tha t filthy surroundings make the coming of the diseaoe more certain. Tho hogs should bo kept away from i t recms that run through other farms, as it has been found that In tho main hogs tha t drink from streams and rivers have tho cholera to greater extent than others. Tho hog cholera germs live In water for a long time and if a stream be exposed to the advent of tho germ it proves a f ru i t fu l WJUI'CO of cuhtagion.

T/hcrever posblble the herd sln^ild be divided into Kinali groups and kept apiut . This may cost sumething both In time and expense, but it is one of the best preventive measures, especi-ally if the groups can no placed on par ts of tho farm where hogb have not run and that are not near farms that have had cholera. If the disease breaks out. remove tho well hogs and not the • I ' k ones. The ground may have been aiready contaminated. In removing well hogs from an Infected pen do not put them Into pens with other well hogs, as they may cause tho disease to be spread. Ths drinking water should be carefully watched to see that It Is Impossible that the germs be car-ried to tho hogs In tha t way.

Many cures have been recommonde\i, the best of which Is probably that ad-vocated by the department of agricul-ture. whh h however Is not advocated In a very positive manner. It Is only the best remedy that presents Itself In lieu of a specific. It is as follows: 1 part wood charcoal. 1 part sulphur, 2 parts sodium chloride (common salt), 2 prvl' • adium bicarbonate, 2 par ts sodium hypo-sulphlte, 1 part sodium sulphate, 1 part antimony sulphate. These ingredients should be well pul-verized and then throughly mixed. The dose is on'4 tablespoouful to each 200 weight of hog once a day. It Is best fed by mixing with bran, mid-dlings or some other soft food. After having been induced to eat il onoe, hogs will usually return to It with a relish. It must not be understood that this is a specific, though there are on record many cases where It has ap-parently cured the disease.

Tbe government is working with a serum in which tho offlciais have* much conllder.ee, but we do not know tha t It can be obtained for use by our readers.

A Good Work. The doctoring of roupy fowls by the

North Carolina Experiment Station In Its exrer lmcnts with poultry diseases seems to have been very success-ful. This is a line that should TTe followed, and any results obtained will be sure to bo widely published for the good of poultry raisers. We are aware tbat these experiences do not re-ally prove tho oClcacy of tho medi-cines used, as there are perhaps a num-ber of diseases cailcd by the one name of n ip. It is possible that the disease treated at the station mentioned dlN fers from some other eases of roup that might be cited. The fact that In one case a well bird wa.» kept for weeks with a pen of sick fowls without taking the disease would seem to Indicate that In that case the disease was not strong-ly contagious. We have known roup in BU«h a form that everything seemed to fall before It. Whether this was duo to a different germ or to the greater vigor of the same germ we of course cannot determine. Sooner or later the germ or germs will be isolated and we can then know with greater certainty tho results of certain methods of t reatment.

A lirooder Diint Hnth. Have you over wondered, asks an.

exchange, at tho unerring Instinct man-ifested by little chicks almost as soon as they come out of tho shell? How quickly they scratch and dig and roll In the soft earth, and how thoy lark In the sunshine and go through the motions of taking a dust bath—If you but offer them the opportunity. And they will do this Just as readily If their mother Is a silent box, otherwise a brooder, as if they were running with a hen. But what delights a little chick most Is to be constantly oh tho movo, constantly feeding or sleeping. With what ex-ceeding delight they venture out Into the big world, thoir sharp little eyes spying out hundreds of minute Insects and giubs, Uo wo take a hint and supply these conditions as far as pos-sible? Or do wo dump a lot of food before them to gorge on and coop them up lu a little 3x-l pen?

Bacteria In M l l k . - I t II thought by many that the orgunlsms on the hay that Is eaten as food may pass through the body of the animal and bo excreted In tho milk, hut such Is not tho case. The bacteria tha t enter the body In the food or dr ink do not escape f rom the Intestine. If they are not destroyed . by the gastric Juices, they are excreted in tho manure, and can only gain ac-CPRS to the milk by contaminating the same subsequent to milking.—H, L. Russell In Hoard's Dairyman.

Prolific C o w s . - A cow In Kern coun-ty, California, recently dropped a Utter of four calves. Two died nt once; tho other two aro still alive. A similar case was reported last yoar from Penn-Bylvanla, in which a big, s t rong Hol-steln-Shorthorn cow dropped four ^ calves to tho service of a Shorthorn W bull. They all lived, and when a year old weighed 1,860 pounds. They are very like each other, and have boon ex-hibited at New England fairs this full. —Ex. '

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ECES81TY ever has and always will be the mother of Invention. It Is evident that pre-vious to the latter part of the six-teenth century the nations of the old world were differ-ing widely in their opinions as to

whlclTwus the proper dale to recosnize as the beginning of the year. This naturally would cause more or less dll-flculty In arriving at the proper time for settlement of accounts, renewing their obligations and determining the dates for holidays, feasts, etc., which were strictly observed by various kinds of religious and other organizations. In order to more clearly illustrate the

: s ta te of affairs and the possibilities of what could arise from such a condi-tion from which they were obliged to base their calculations a momentary

; glance at history will be necessary. In those u n d e n t days, the friction of thought relating to these conditions

1 well served Its purpose In bringing about a milch needed reform. How-

; ever, like most other innovations on methods which have become stereotyp-ed on the minds of tho people by cus-

; torn and long usage, it required cen-1 turles before the change was unlver-1 sally adopted and used as It is at the

present day. The uncertainty of ac-i curacy In the Julian or old style meth-, od of computation of the year had long

been noticed by ancient astronomeia, i consequently In O-tober, 1582, Pope

Gregory XIII. undertook to reform the Roman calendar. /The ^Iteration made by him created what Is commonly termed the new style, which recognizes January first as the beginning of the year In nearly all civilized countries. After great consideration that pontiff published his calendar, by which he ordered tha t ten days should be de-ducted from the year 1582, by calling what, according to the old calendar,

1 would have been the fifth of October, j the fifteenth of October, 1582. • Previous to th i s Spain had commenc-

! ed the year for a time on March 25th, i then Dec. 25th, but since 1582 on Janu-

ary l e t . I n Por tugal the new style calendar was adopted in 1582, but pre-viously the n e w year came, first on March 25th, then Dec. 25th. Some provinces In Holland commenced the year a t Christmas, but In others It be-gan a t Easter. In 1575 the duke of Requesens, governor of the Low Coun-tries, ordered that It should begin Jan-uary 1st. In Denmark the year began Janua ry 1st, a f te r having sometimes commenced on Christmas, and on Aug. 12th, which was the date of the feast of St. Tlburce. In Switzerland, In the fourteenth century the year began Jan-uary l»t. I t was later changed to March t5th, which continued until the adoption of t he Gregorian calendar. In the greater part of Italy, during tho fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth cen-turies the year began a t Christmas. In 1751 tho Gregorian calendar was adopt-ed. In Germany. Christmas was gen-erally con r ' ' !rrod the beginning of tho year, but ibis was not universal. At some places It began at Easier. The University of Cologne consldewd March 25ih as the first of the year. The new style was adopted by tho Catho-lics in 1584 nnd by the Protestants In 1700. In France, It was the custom, about the ninth century to commence the year with Christmas. From the end of the eleventh century to the year 1563 It began nt Easter, or ra ther on Holy Saturday (Easter eve). The •Gregorian calendar was adopted in 1582. England and Ireland had been commencing the year on March 25th, but In 1751 It was enacted that the first of January, 1752, should be the begin-ning of that year, and all future years. Subjoined Is a calendar from which can j

be determined the day of the week for any date from Jan . Ist, 1700, to Jan . Ist, 2100.

To find the day of the week t&c any date.* Look under t he columns for years, and locate the given year; then, In the same line to the right, in the column under the desired century, you will find tho Index number. Then lo-cate the desired date. If It Is In Jan-uary or February, leap year, or olhoi*-wlse, always be careful to look in the column under the r ight month. After having found your date, look in tho same line to the r ight in the columns for days of the week, nnd in t lu col-umn which is headed with your index number you will find the desired day of the week. Example: What was the day of the week January 1, 1898? Un-der column for years we find 98; then to the right, under 1800, we find index number 2; then to the right of January 1st. <n column- headed with 2. we find Saturday. G. W. CUNNINGHAM.

On child of poverty as child of wealth. | Upon the outcast too, with eyes of j

love.

Little think they within the portals ! g r a n d

Of her who ntands without the state- i ly gate: 1

Little they uream what weary weight i of woo j

One tltho of all thoir riches could ' abate.

Poor wanderer, crouching nt tho rich i man's door.

Watching with longing eyes tho scene of mirth,

Thy worn and pallid face a story tolls, • Sorrow has boon thy dreary lot on

earth.

From early morn till midnight hour rings out

Tho same old talc of poverty and grief.

Fierce hunger gnawing at the aching heart ;

She oft has prayed grim death to send relief.

O, ye within tbe pale of wealth and Iio wer,

Forgot not those who cower at your gate.

Mayhap tho wretch who humbly begs her bread.

In days long since gone by, was, llko thee, great.

Think, stately belle, before whoso sway all bOw,

Mayhap tho wretched woman gazing there

Was onco the worshiped of a lofty j home, I

H E A L T H WITH WKALTH.

New Wrvtern Canada DUtrlcte Adapted to Itnnehlnft and II Ued Fnt-inlng.

Calgary, Alberta, Nov. 4, 1898. To the Editor of the Dululh Evening

Herald, Dululh, Minn., Dear Sir—As to many replies to the homo-secker of Minnesota, I can checrfully *ay this country Is better for a poor man than Minnesota If h i wants to farm and raise stock. I have spent ono winter and two summers here, which I find more pleasant than auy winter I have seen In Minnesota for eight years. The seasons arc short, but the effect of long days of bright sunshine produces a very rapid growth of vegetation. There la good money In raising coarse grains nnd feeding to hogs and cattle, for pork and beef always bring a good price here. Hogs are worth from 14 to |4.f!0 live weight per cwt., and beef about the same. Thoro Is plenty of railroad land to be had very cheap and on long-time payments. A man does not waut to think he can pick up mon-ey on tbe ground here, but there Is lots of It In the ground, and labor will take It out. There Is a vast scope of coun-try north of Edmonton. Alberta, which can bo settled, and a large scope of country west of Edmonton adapted to rannhlng and mixed farming. This country Is the best place 1 have ever seou for the cure of consumption. I could refer you to different people here who were In the last stages of con-Bumptlon, who are now In perfect health and able to do any kind of hard work and are very prosperous. Hoping this may benefit home-Bcekcrs who are willing to work for an honest living, I remain, yours very truly,

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tiab'u. Price (1. Pb^Iclaue' leiitr.ion'al* free, j B leulUc Reioeity Co.. Doi 3113. D.nton, Matt.

fITAtP THE EXCaiB'CC OF SYRUP OF FIGS is duo not only to the or iginal i ty and simplicity of tho combination, but also to the care nnd skill with which it is manufactured by seicntillc prpccssea k n o n n t o t h o CALIFORNIA FIO Svnup Co. only, ami wo wish to impress upon all the importanoo of purchas ing tho t rue and original remedy. As tho gcuuinc Syrup of Figs is inamifaetnred b y t h e CAT.IKORXIA F I O S Y U U P C o .

only, a knowledge, of t ha t fac t will assist ouo in avoiding t h e worthless imitations manufactured by other par» tics. The high s tanding of the CAM-FORMA F i o STRUP Co. w i t h t h e m e d i -cal profession, and tho catisfaction which the gonuino Syrup of Figs has given to millions of families, makes the name of the Company a guaran ty of t he excellence of its remedy. I t is far in advance of all o ther laxatives, as it ac ts on the kidneys, liver and bowels without i rr i tat ing or weaken-ing them, and it docs no t gripe nor nauseate. In order to ge t i ts bcncflcial effects, please remember t he name of the Company—

CAUFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. S A N F R A N C I S C O , C A U

L O U I S VILLE, K Y . N E W Y O R K , N . FT

The average backyard by any other name would not Inspire a landscape painter.

FITS PenBanenlljrCnrprt. NoBts or nrrTon»neiiari« firxt daj'e ii"» of Dr. Kline'e Groat Nervo Restorer. Bend for PKKK 83.00 trial liodlo anil trvallsa. DA R. IL KLIM. Ltd..931 Arch St.. I'biladolptna. I'a.

Don't expect too much of the man VPSJO IS wearing his first home-made shirt.

Mm. Wlnelfm'a Soothing Symp For rhllaivn n. H e i;\in;«,rf("lure-ln(l«m-matluo, all*} > lain, cm*, wind colic, ti ceutaa boltlu.

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WITHOUT. Are keeping time to music's sweetest

eound.

Darkness without holds his unbending sway.

Save whore the twinkling s tars shine out above.

WITHIN. Perhaps the beggar crouching at thy

door May give to thee the longed-for crust

of bread. The balm of hope Into thy heart may

pour. And ye within your stately dwellings

hero. Forgot not those who stand without

the pale, And you with all the joys of home and

friends. Remember those without the pleas- ,

ant vale.

For one above looks kindly down on all.

On rich and poor alike, where'er Ihey be;

And Ho who bids us give to those who ask

Will make ijiy giving doubly blest t j thoe.

As a matter of course the spread-caslc speak-ers arc all In favor of annexution.

Plso's Cure for Consumption Is theonlr couiJh medicine used In my house.—D. C. Albright. MiOllnburt. I'a., Dec. 11. IKKj.

Don't think the world will ask where you £f t the money to pay your way.

"There are no cross babies or sick babies In families that use Brown's Teething Cordial."

II Curei Colds, Couqlu, Sore Throat, Croup. In< fluenia. Whsoplng Cough, 6ronchitiiandAstt,;iiS. A certain cure lor Ceaiumption in first stagei. and a tun retlellnadnncedstaies. Ussatonce. You will tee the excellent tfleel after takinq the first doso. Sold by dealers evenrwhere. Largs

; bottlM 23 cents and 50 ccnts.

WANTKD-Cane of imd heallli tbat R I-P-A-I»-8 will not brnem. Send S centi lo Rlpaaa Chemical Co.. Kew York, for 10 tamplei and l.OOu totliuoolala.

n i ^ r > D Q V HEW DISCOVERY; »h«e I WaK B C# fl quU-L-rrUtftn.ic'.iirtworM

eatrt. Sui.J for book of tnilmonlal* and IU day^ trcatmcut Free. Ur. IMLURKU'SSONS. AUuia. Ua.

Cet your Pension ROUBLE QUICK

Writs CAPT. O'PARRBLL. Pension A^ent, | 1428 New Vorlc Avenue. WASHINGTON. D.C.

n C O D S V A Q a n r l o r C e n t u r y of p o f I mancut Cures. Immodlat*

Relief. 10 days' , r l : l 1 iroalmanl

PENSIONS:

Courtship and romance are more Intercstinc and book ofies- VMJrkK, timonUUs f*r ban nmrrlaiTc ami hi-tory. j F R E E I

1 | Generally a S P R A I N and B R U I S E corae together.

, | AD the same, I > together or separate,

1 \ will piomptly cure the pain and wipe out the bruised spot

ogether. r

S T . J A C O B S O I L !

Perfectly ITnriiilPH*. Dlx—1 ouce knew a man who smoked

fifty cigarottcs daily without any par-ticular harm resulting therefrom. Hlx —Is It possible? Dlx—Yes, and the only noticeable effect was tho death of tho smoker.

It requires abundant grace to with-stand abundant prosperity.

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Job printing in connection at lowest living >. "Always Prompt," is our motto.

T H E boy who pul l s hie gun o v e r

t h e fence muzzle first , ie in seaBon

aprain. H e ie a twin to the one who

d i d n ' t know i t was loaded "

I F THE churgeB tha t G o v e r n o r P i n -

free m a k e s againnt S e n a t o r B u r r o w s

• re t rue , the l a t t e r Bhonld b e re t i red .

I f t h e ('bargee a re no t t rue , j i r . B u r -

lows should clear himself.

MR. BURROWS' services to the p e o j

| i le of Mich igan have not been so ex-

tensive t h a t a n y one ahould lie a w a k e

B g h t s w o r r y i n g over his p ro spec t i ve

K i i r e m e n t I f t he office is a good

tiling, pass it a r o u n d .

THAT " g o v e r n m e n t s der ive t he i r

j n s t powers f r o m the consent of the

g o v e r n e d " is one of the t u n d a m e n t a l

t r u i s m s of this na t ion . H a v e the peo-

p l e of the P h i l i p p i u e is lands consented

to b e governed b y the U n i t e d Sta tes?

I F THE Negroes who pass resolu-

tions d e n o u n c i n g lynchings , would

a l io denounce the crimes for which

"brulee are l ynched , they would do

• o m e t h i n g sensible; bu t we have y e t

^ see, t h e first N e g r o product ion of

t h a t s o r t

GEN. MILES told the inves t iga t ing

commit tee that t hey had be t te r ask

the secre tary )f war who was r e -

spons ib le fo r supp ly ing the a r m y

with ' ' e m b a l m e d " beef. I t is v e i y

ev iden t tha t the re is no g r e a t d e -

g r e e of love between Miles and A l -

ge r .

IT i s said t h a t when A d m i r a l D e w -

ey was offered 85.000 for a magazine

a r t i c le , he responded s imply, " T o o

b u s y . " L ieu t . H o b s o n , however , has

" r u s h e d into p r i n t " and kissed women

by the h u n d r e d . Dewey is old

enough to be sensible. Hobson wi l l

improve with age .

I F IT is t rue , us c la imed, t h a t Sena-

tor Burrows was largely responsible

fo r the 8200 ta r i f f on lumber , an act

t h a t enr iched a few mill ionaires a t

t he expense of the massesfi, t h a t one

a c t ought to d e f e a t him. Tar i f f fo r

zevenue is one t h ing and one for h igh-

way robbery is ano ther .

SOME of the newspapers w h i c h

howled the loudes t because the ad-

minis t ra t ion couid not organize ,

equ ip and t r anspor t a la rge a r m y

in a f ew days , a r e now howling jus t

as hard over t h e proposition t o i n -

crease the s t a n d i n g a r m y . I t is i m -

possible to please some fo lks .

T H E advan t a ge of the newspaper

adver t i sement o v e r the handbi l l is

t h a t t he newspaper circulates the ad-

vtr i iBement , wh i l e the l iandbill has

to LIE sent out f r o m house lo IIOUM ,

of tent imes by boys who will not do

h m e s t work. T h e first named meth-

od is both cheaper and better.

N o w is the t ime to t ro t out those

£0')d rebolutions you made a y e a r

ego. Shake yourself up and see if

y o u c a n ' t keep your pledges at least

a week longer t han you did in 1898.

M a k e 1899 the beat year in your life

D m ' t despair because you have failed

b e i o r e . Try it a^ain and t ry it

h a r d .

M c C o r d s .

M o r g a n Boyoe, wife a n d d a u g h t e r h a v e r e t u r n e d f r o m an ex tended visit a t Ov id , N Y .

H . B . F u l l e r and wife a r e vis i t ing re la t ives in H o l l y .

Mrs . J . R e n t e r and chi ldren visited re la t ives a t F reepor t last week .

R H a r r i s and wife of Cascade a i e X m a s d inne r with f r iends a t A l t o .

Mrs . F r e n c h of Howell is v i s i t i nc he r sister, Mrs . D . NVood, and o the r relat ives.

T h e r e was a X m a s t ree a t t he h o m e of W a l t e r Cla rk F r i d a y even ing and a fine t i m e is r e p o r t e d .

George B a l d w i n of W e s t Campbel l is spending a few days a t W m . P a t -terson's.

T h e r e was a f ami ly reunion and X m a s t ree a t J . F raz i e r ' s S a t u r d a y a f te rnoon .

W i l l V a n S i o k l e and w i f e are spend-ing a few days with h i s parents , H . V a n S i c k l e a n d wife, of E a g l e .

F i a i r

S m y r n a .

Lee Martin of MnniBtee is visiting with

his aunt, Mrs. G. Hoppough. Mr. Doremus of Ionia spent Monday and

Tuesday with his sister. Mrs. 1. Shaw. M n . £ . W right of Belding spent Sunday

with her mother, Mrs* R.Rkellenger.-^ Walter Beebe and wife of Belding are

visiting with Iriends here.

A happy New Year to all.

Perry Suasex returned from Milwaukee

Friday.

Myrtie EIHh is spending her vacation at home.

Pearl Hubhel of Otiscu spent fiundsy

with her cousin, Lizzie Hamilton F. Davis nnd wife and T. Davis and wife

of Grattan B|»ent Rnnnay at C. W. Joslin's.

Cora Hoppough it. Kpending her vacation at home.

Mr. VanHouten spent Christmas with

his parents at Grass Lake.

INO. - •

H« Foo led the Surjceons. All doctore told Renlck Hamilton, of

West Jefferson. O.. after suffering 18 months from Rectal Pis tula, he would die unless u costly operation was performed; but he curtd himself with five boxt-s of Buckien's Arnica Salve, the surest Pile cure on earth, and Jhe best salve in the world. 25 cents a box. Sold by L. H. Hunt & Oo., Druggists.

S o u t h Boston—Eltndale .

L E Prat t nnd wife of Ashley are visit-

ing her parents, A P Burr nnd wife. Frank Henry nnd wife of Marshall

visited at C W Taylor's Tuesday

The South Boil school is having o week

vacation A Knee and wife spent Diristmas with

her parents nt Woodland

Oeorge Clmtterdon and wife spent

Xmas with his parents at Lowell.

(Delayed letter.)

Mrs. A. P. Burr who has been sick the

past week is bettor.

Mrs. Jude Fletcher is making prepara-

tions to attend her sister's wedding at

Sand Lake this week.

Frank O'Harrow and Murk Sucathen who have been up north the paat week

have returned. Frank O'Harrow is going to build a

house in the spring.

LEAH. —#

The Apiietlte of a Goat. Is envied by all poor dyspeptics whose

Stomach and Liver are out of order. All such should know that Dr. King's New-Life Pills, the wonderful Stomach and Liver Remedy, gives a splendid appetite, sound digestion and a regular bodily habit that insures perfect health and great en-ergy. Only 25c at L. H. Hunt & Co.'s Drug Store.

THECTTTBANK WHITNEY. WATTS & CO.

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

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

OKTON H I L L . President. W. A. WATTS, Cashier.

rm A general liank ng business transacted.

8 percent interest paid on oertilicatos "I de-posit. Deposits of $1.00 and upwprd re-ceived in Savings Department, on which 3 percent interest will be credited semi an-nually, on all deposits left four months.

Money loaned on real estate security, partial payments allowed of any amount at any time

r»;; O O - P A - R T N E R S :

ORTON HILL, Lowell, Mich

DOWN BO THE PRICES!

Nearly every mail bring-s us news of LOWER P R I C E S on some lines of DRY

GOODS but we meet the market.

w . A. WATTS,

D, R WHITNEY,

E. W. BOWMAN, R. B. WILSON,

N. S. WHITNEY,

ARA 8TRATTON,

Lowell, Mich, ii

Richland, Mich. Richland, Mich

f l WIST M R BUSISESS,

Fal lastmrg.

Anna Dickison of Newago is visiting

Mary Copeland for a few days. Nora Burnett of Saranat is slaying with

her aunt. Mrs. BeVee. Mrs. Rexford of Lowell was in the hnrg

Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Waekes have returned

from Entrican. Mre. Pottrnff visited her sister, Mrs.

Fred Pottrufl" of Vergennes recently.

Mre. Elmer Eichmond is veay ill. The members of the Sunday school pre-

sented the former superintendent, Mr.

Scott, with a fine Oxford teacher's bible

for Christmas. We were highly pleased wirh the report

of our soon having weekly services as we understand Mr. Wesbrook intends preach-

ing here soon. C. E. Hull and son, Win, were in th e

burg and called on A. G.Steketee. Messrs Tower and Steketee have bought

a large portion of the wood on Henry !• al-

ias'place from W. 0 . Hughet of Grand

Rapids. K. B. Boylan and wife called on A. G.

Steketee and wife Sunday.

Minnie Steketee called on Maude Court

of Lowell recently. A phonograph and siereoptican view

concert was held at the school house last

week Saturday evening which catibed con-

slderah'e laughter. Mrs. Beckwith spent a few days with

her daughter in Lownii last week.

IMA

C a s t Lowell—West B o s t o n .

J N Bubbel find wife and I F Filkins

and wife spout Xmas with £ K Wright and wife of Greenville.

J G M ange of Lowell was a recent guest of J K Hnhbel aud wife.

Boy Hubbel spout ChristmaB at Grattan

with his cousin

There was a Christmas tree at C Conk-

lin's Saturday night 1 r and * rs Alger of Vergennes visited

with Mrs Mary Bol uesday

George Christie and wife of Grand Rap-

ids speut t hristmas with F M Godfrey

and wife DEWEY

ROYAL

NEURALGIA

uw, novel ar EUKALQI/

CAP.

, a n d all H£AO f R O U B L E S .

DISCARD A L L MEDICINE Wfaiuh for flbovu diHeaaos arc not only injurious but expevsiva and USE A UOYAL NBUVALQU CAP which gives you a HIX month's troatnont an posi-tive on re for only ONE DOLLAR. Used by Men. Women and Children,

Sold by daalen or Mnt by mail on noelpt of price by

T H E ROYAL OO.f 28 Lafayette Ave. Detroit, MlcH. Agent in Lnrall.

CHAS. ALTHEN, CLOTHIER.

r l i ^ V A i l r ^ i x THE SICK MAnE WELL

By the u e of - R O Y A L -

LIFE TABLETS. A Woadorfnl Bemady LIFE ITBEEF

Perpetual Health by thair Bally DM. NO ONE NEED BEBIOK.

Discard the tine ol nil worn out aud use-less remedies, suuh us Tonics, Sarsapar illas. Bitters, etc,, and use Boyul Life Tahlcts, an entirely new aud soientilic discovery by the most noted scientist the world has ever known. It makes no difl'ereni-e what the disease is, they will positively help and cure you.

They cure with unfailing certainty Nervousnesii. Physical Debility, Kidney and Liver troubles, Catarrh, Emauci uution, Stomacli troniiles, etc. As a blood purilier nnd euricher their equal has never even been tli .tight of. Again we guaruniee them.

BO TABLETS 8 0 CENTS, of DinggiiU or lent by mail on reouipt of prioa

ROYAL TABLET CO., 28 Lafayette Ave. Detroit, Mich.

Agent in Lowell 0 . B. LOOK. ORUBBIST.

tiloriuuN New* Comes from l^r. D. B. Carglle. of WnAh-

Ita. 1. T. He writes: "Four bottles of Electric Bitters has cured Mrs. Brewer of scrofula, whl h had caused her great suffering for years. Terrible sores would break out on her head and face, and the best doctors could give no help; but her cure is complete and her health Is excel-lent." This shows what thousands have proved, that Electric Bitters is the best blood purifier known. It 's the supreme remedy for eczema, tetter, salt rheum, ulcers, bolls and running sores. It stim-ulates livor, kidneys and bowels, expels poisons, helpfi digestion, builds up the strength Only 50 cents. Sold by L. H. Hunt & Co., Druggists. Guanintoed. •

w e s t B o w s e .

Joe Bryant and family have moved to

Nobraskn for their future home.

Ed. Headworth is representing the

Deeriug Co. and has moved to Middleville where his bubinesf is located.

Bob Stone who has been quite ill is im-

proving.

Mr. and Mrs. Filkins spent Xmas with

friends in Greenville.

Homer Hubbel is spending part of the

week at West Bowne.

L. Colby has quit school in the Curley

district and is attending at Alto.

Last Sunday evening H. D. Post and family, Rose Post and Mr and Mrs John

Peck of Grand Rapids visited their sister,

Mrs Jennie Filkins. A supper of roaat

turkey nnd other goodies was served.

They all returned to their homes Monday

morning. URA

•m DlNPOv«-rfd by a W o m u n .

Another great dls •overy has been made and that too, by a lady In this country: "Disease fastened its clutches upon her and for seven years she withstood its se-verest tests, but her vital organs were undermined and death seemed imminent. For three months she cougher Incessant-ly, and could not sleep. She finally dis-covered a way to recovery, by purchas-ing of us a bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, and was so much relieved on taking tlrst dose, that she slept all night; and with two bottles, has been absolutely cured. Her name is Mrs. Luther Lutz." Thus writes W. C. Humnick & Co.. of Bhelby, N. C. Trial bottles free at L. H. Hunt & Co.'s Drug Store. Regular size 50c and $1.00. Every botile guaranteed.

Town Line T i d i n g s

Mrs. George Murray is a little better.

Mrs.Thibos fell down cellar Monday and hasn't been very well since.

Ira Wesbrook was presented with a nice

plush robe and a rille by his brother, Fred, Xmas.

Tbe pupils of the Snow district present-

ed their teacher, Miss Jennie Sonthwick with a sot of cups aud saucerB for Xmas.

D. Fiero and wife of Logan spent Xmas with their daughter, Mrs. D. Erb.

Mrs. Linton and family of McCords, G.

Frazier and wife, of Alto, aud Bert Cary

of West Lowell, were anests of George Batey and wife Christmas.

X-RAY.

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•^We Delight-^-

in selling- foods cheap for that means pleased customers and a customer pleased is very

sure to return. We have customers that have traded with us for thirty years and

still they come—which is good evidence that they are satisfied.

#

We have larg-e line of

Ladies Wrappers from 50c Up.

Our C A R P E T Sales are the Largest we ever had and there is no occasion for gfoing-

to Grand Rapids to buy them—We allow no one to undersell us and we will treat

you well.

N. B. B L A I N

v e r e e n n e s .

Mrs. T. B. James was iu Lowell Satur

day. Scott Fox and sister, Lena, s ta . ted Fri-

day for Chicago, to spend the holidays

with Mrs. Miua Jones and father, Wm.

Robertson. J . 0 . Merriman and wife of Chicago are

the guests of their parents, W. L. Merri-

man and wife.

Arthur Morgan nnd wife are the guests

of her parents, Wm Krum aud wife.

W. L. Merriman and wife had Christ-

mas dinner with friends in Grand Bapids

Monday.

J. W. Walker and wife and Clyde Collar

and wife of Lowell ate Christmas dinner

with Dan < oUsr aud wife and attended

Christmas exercises at the Bailey ohnroh

iu the evening.

W. J. Botzeu and wife entertained Eugene Lee and family Sunday.

S. B. Parker and wife of LoweU, T. B.

James and family were guests of 6 . W.

Crosby and wife for dinner Sunday.

There was a gathering of relatives at

Quint Hudson's Saturday for Christmas

dinner.

About thirty friends and relativeB took

Jerome Wardwell and wife at Fox's Cor-

ner's by surprise Saturday evening, i t be-

ing their forty-seventh marriage anni-

versary. A merry time was enjoyed by

all. Tbe company loft a nice hanging

lamp as a souvenir of the occasion. BRIDGET.

3000 c a k e ot white Oast i le enap to

he sold for 2 i c a cuke a t Bla in 'a .

Call a t B e h l ' B ci ty b a k e r y f o r b a k -ed goudB a n d lunches .

About 48 inches long, in LADIES S0ld filled and best rolled

plate,slides solid gold, set GUARD with opals, pearls and col-

ored stones. A tine line to CHAINS choofle from. Quality be-

yond question.

Get it at WILLIAMS'.

E v e r y b o d y knows w h a t Bergin 'u coffees are, and t h e beet in t h e world 1

a t t he p r i ce . 254tf

1 Call a t city b a k e r y f o r y o u r Innoh

S p l e n d i d New L i n e of

d R o o m S u i

At From

$ 1 0 . 5 0 U p

nods delivered free of charge

ny part of the city

H c C O N N E L L

K e e u e .

The church fair was a success Wednesday

night at the hall. Proceeds, $32.

George Golds, wife and daughter are

spending the holidays with I i t mother,

Mrs. Wilkinson. • Mrs. Wilkinson gave a Christmas dinner

to a few of her friends, Mrs. C. A. Lee and Mrs. Charles Lamp-

kins and little sou are spending Christmas

in Grand Rapids.

Anyone finding an old gold plush hand

bag containing a pocketbook with 50c in

and a ticket to Grand Rapids will leave it

at postofiice and receive reward. Mrs. George Golds.

Fred Lee who fell from his wagon a few

weeks ago is on tbe gain. Mrs. Wilkinson received a letter from

her aunt, Mrs. Carrie BoVee, who lived at

McGregor, la., saying she bad moved to

1622 Ohio St., Des Moines, la.

Samuel Strong of Potters' Corners re-

ceived a severe fall from bis waguii last

week. Alpheus Bowen, an old resident of this

place, who has been sick for several months

died, Dec. lb, at tbe age of 74 years.

H e was born Dec. 3, 1821, in Orange

Co., N. Y. He came to Michigan in 1841

with bis parents and settled iu Keeue

where be remained on tbe farm for 45

years. In 1854 be was married to Sarah

J . Hopkins who died in 1888. To them

were born three HJIUS, Frank, Dell and Berb

and one daughter, Airs. D. P . .-ayles, who

lives at Kalamazoo. He also leaves a

brother, Oliver Bowen, and two sisters, Mrs.

Carrie BoVee, of DesMoines, la . , aud Mrs. A. C. Lee of Elsie, lo mourn bis loss. Tbe

Inneral was bold from tbe Keeue church

Sunday, Rev. L. N. Pattison officiating and

interment in Pinokney cemetery.

(Delayed Letter.)

F . Hale and wife have a little daughter.

Robert Sparks and mother, Mrs. C. L. Frost, are spending the holidays in Canada.

Mrs. Bigley and children are visiting

her parents at Greenville. Ed. Kennedy is spending a few weeks in

Canada. A. C. Lee and wife of Elsie came to at-

t e n d t h e f u n e r a l of her brother. A. B o w e n ,

m d will remain in Keeue u few days to

visit relatives. Orla Weekes aud wife of Grattan ore

spending a few days with her mother, Mrs

Mark Frost of this place. B. F. Wilkinson and wife gave a reoeps

tion at their home Monday evening in

honor of Bert Bowen and wife and Mrs. Perry Bayles, af Kalamazoo. All enjoyed

a very p'oasant time. Seventeen were

present. We are glad to hear that Mrs. Daniels,

who has been sick with pneumonia, is on

the gain.

B U S I N E S S DIRECTORY.

J . HARRISON R1CKERT, Dentist. Over Church's bank. Lowell.

O. C. McDANNEL, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. Office, 40 Bridge

street. Lowell. Mich.

M. C. UREEK, M. D.

physician and Burgeon, Office at Residence Bridge street, LoweU, Mich.

G. G. TOWSLEY, M. D., Physician and Burgeon. Office hours, 10 am

to 8 pm. aud 7 to 8 pm.

S . P . HICKS, Loans, Collections. Real Estate and Insur-

ance. Lowell, Mich.

L H. CAMBELL, INSURANCE. LOANS Notary Public, Real Estate Agent and Col-

lector. Over Boylau's store. Lowel'

MILTON M, PERRY,

Attorney aud Counselor at Law, Train's Hal Block. Lowell, Mich. Special attentioa given to Collections, Conveyancing, and Bale of Real Estate.

Has also qualiiied and been admitted to prae tlce In the Interior Department and all the bureaus thereto and is ready to prosecnto Claims for those that may be entitled to Pension Bounty.

EDWARD 0. MAINS,

1 T T 0 R N E Y - A T L A W

YOUR PATROMABE SOLICITED.

^ u n e t a P. W a t t s ,

Pianiate amd Accompautstc

—TEACHER OF PIANO —

For t e ra ia and par t l ca la r* ca l l a t Hra t honae nor tb of Metfcodwt efcttrefc.

AUNTY.

CraTon por t ra i t s f ree t o pa t rons Busb ' e b a k e r y .

of

roa

INSURANCE! . O A U . O V

P . D . E D D T & COm

A . E . C A M B E L L , D e n l k . OVEP BOYLAN'S S T O R E .

A l l b ranobes of den ta l work d o n e b y t b e lateet improved methods . S a t -is fact ion g u a r a n t e e d .

G a s admin i s t e red .

FOUNTAIN P E N S .

A good fountain pen is an indis-peneible artiuleto the modern busi-nesH man. You have perhaps used high priced fountain pens that would blot, stain yonr fingers and were penernlly UReless. Ours are not that kind but are a practical |>en for practical purpose^,at a practical price. Qusiity beyond question.

Get it at WILLIAMB.'

r

W e s t Lowell .

Id. D. Court and mother of Lowell spent

Ohnstmas eve at S. Gristwood's. OrviBe Austin left 1 onday for an ex-

tended visit with fr iends in New York.

Dsvid Rristwood of Fenwick is spend-ing the holidays with his brother. S. GriM

wood. J . Holmes and family returned fron

their visit at Coidwater Friday Mra. VVyman nnd daughter are upend-

ing the holidays at Grand Rapids with bet

sister, Mrs Tobias. UU \1 »R.

LADIES COLD WATCHES

Some dainty dewtns, made to please the ladies, in fine gold lillled cases, with Elgin or Waltham movements, at priceh that will prove a pleasant surprise (Quality beyond question.

«ei it at WILLIAMS'.

Alton.

Henry Keeeh visited his son, Frank, at

Johnstown, several days last week.

t hristmas night was the coldest of au v

this winter George W White is at work at the Low-

ell electric light plant in Keene

George Hapeman and wife of Allegan

oonnty visited bis brother, Jehu, several

days last wees

Warren Ford visited relatives in t i rand Rapid* recently

There was a family gathering at Charles Keecb's ('hristmas

G C Norton and wife spent Christmas

with her parents

Warren Ford is visiting his son, Clark,

and family at Muskegon this week

Allen Godfrey and wife and .Ind H a p e

man and wii'o, of East Lowell, spout

Xmas with their parents. H D Weekes and wife

Hatt ie Weekes is visiting her sister Mr*. Allen odfrey.

Dell Ford visited his sister, Mrs John

BennelK, in Grand Hapids last week

MrsSatn Farnee is on the sick list. WillisPurdy and Mrs Sarah Purdy were

married Dec 14

Winb you all a happy New Year ^ UNO

F m l t F a r m F o r S a l e .

A Great B a r g a i n . H e r e is a won derl'ul barga in fo r any one des i r ing J: good F r u i t F a r m and splendid home within 3 miles of Lowell . Larp* roomy house wi th cel lar , cistern, good well, 2 harns . Bu i ld ings l iave been insured for ^1.000. S ix ty acres of land, about 1500 Peach trees, app l e orchard , 10 acres wood laud, t w o spr ing brooks, mak iug splendid |)as

t n r age . P r i c e only 81.500, SSOU down, balance to sui t purchaser . L e d g e r Offioe, - Lowell , Mich

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f T H E C A R I T H E R S 6

® A F F A I R C

^ WILL W Copj-rtcht, KM, by H. fvA/i A. K. Kullosf K NWHPAPAR Oo. EAREEW W

ly. I acknowledge tha t you have un- j m o her uucle 's e.-done me completely. '1 that would-not h a i

He sat up and his handculTs clanked pU i the ashes and hand in th? vase, and as he folded his hands over his knee. managed fo get them in to Caru thc r s '

" Is Gielow al ive?" he quest ioned. a p a r t m e n t s . His first idea v n s tha i it "Thanks , y e s ; " said Hendricks . would be taken for the work of a c rank , •'Well. I am glad of that , anyway . He hence his cranky l e t t e r to me. His

stood between me and my desire, that ' s Inspirat ion -was t o hypnotize Gie-

:aie. As vou know, cantty. Bu t Hendr ieka only awore a t r A ^ l l l O I T ie suited Kola, so be bim, waxed redder in the face and de- I > u k h l l ^

seen ded to the wagon a n d crawled in beside Kola.

T H E E N D .

Se | i . • . 1

l iAPfCSA W E o U n

LUIICLL HiAuiv.f

all I had aga ins t h im/

away a n m p t i y . He went into a l i t t le alcove off the

big reception-room. aud. g l ane in? at Denham and the s leeping Indian, be rang the telephone.

Ue ordered f r o m the neares t police station a patrol wagon, f o r the prisoner, and an ambulance, with all t he com-for t s available, fo r tbe t ranspor ta t ion of an invalid. Then he came and looked down at Kola's face.

" I presume you found Gielow pret ty bad off," r emarked Denham. There was something in his tone which showed vast respect fo r Hendr icks .

Hendr icks nodded, nnd then he stretched his hand over Kola t o tbe young officer.

•"My boy, yon aaved t h r e e lives th i s morning, and showed the sort of stuff you are made of. I shull never fo rge t you. You won't lose b y it . I shall speak to your chief a b o u t you. If he ever goes back on yon, or yon need em-plovmer.t. rorne to me."

Denham flushed t o t h e roots of h i i hair .

" T h a u k yon, Mr. Hendr icks , " he said, feel ingly.

At th i s j u n c t u r e the Ind ian opened his eyes and s tared fixedly at Hendr icks .

" I hate you, Hendr ieka ," were his first words.

"Fl ies seem t o do the same t h i n g in the •u inmer , " answered Hendrieka, drily, "bu t 1 manage t o get a long. I am n o t bald-headed."

"If you will g u a r a n t e e sa fe ty to me," said Kola, a f t e r a m o m e n t ' s delib-era t ion, " I will r e s to re Gielow to you. H e may be alive ye t , b u t if I do not reveal t he secret of h is hiding-place he will never «ee tbe l igh t of day. 1 tell you I am positively the only living possessor of the secret ."

Hendr icks ' face wore a comical ex-pression. He glanced a t D e n h a m and said:

"Hieh, i sn ' t i t ? " D e n h a m nodded, and Kola ' s bead-like

eyes rolled back and f o r l b w-ondcring-ly as h is gaze vibrated be tween them-

" I t is no t an unreasonable reques t , " said he.

"You fo rge t , " replied Hendr icks , snavely, " tha t you have a l ready court eously volunteered all the in fo rmat ion necessary . You are a gem. Count Ban-t innL You actual ly do so m a n y good deeds t h a t yon forge t abou t them. You. of course, r emember t e l l ing us sbon t t h e head of the dragon, the lau tern , t he s tone stairs, the l ong cavern, and the cell a t t he end."

Kola ' s f ace darkened . H e reflected a m o m e n t and then sa id :

" I see yon made me t a l k nnconsdous -

Half an hour later Hendr icks went out on the veranda and looked down the road. Dr. Lampkin was t h e r e walk-ing back and fo r th .

"How's Gielow?" asked the detec-tive.

"Tip-top." answered the doctor . "He'll be at his easel in a week. How's the p r i soner?"

"Resigned and meek as a lamb." an-swered the detective. "He made a com-plete confession to Denham and my-self jus t now."

"And I presume the mys te ry is solved at las t ," r emarked Lampkin , tenta-tively. "I m u s t say, however, t h a t I am still in the da rk on one or two fea-tu res of t be case. For ins tance, i t seems an unnecessary t h i n g f o r Kola t o c remate the body and in fo rm yon anonymously t h a t the r ema ins would be found In t h e hotel ."

" T h a t seems to have been an a f te r -though t , and t h e r e was a reason f o r i t , " explained Hendr icks . "He was spend-ing a p leasan t evening w i t h his victim Jn Caru tbers ' rooms and commit ted the deed sooner t h a n he real ly in tended. Carutbers , i t appears , was j u s t begin-n ing to suspect t ha t Kola was not an I ta l ian , and a dispute arose be tween t hem. Kola s t ruck him a single blow in the temple , and he fell dead wi th-out a sound or blood."

"Ah, I s ee ! " exclaimed Lampkin . " T h e n , " w e n t on Hendr icks , "Kola

feared , as he w a s seen t o en ter Car-u t b e r s ' rooms, t ha t he would be sus-pected, so he quickly resor ted to the ex-

, ce l lent scheme of m a k i n g i t appea r t b a t ' h is vict im had suddenly l e f t t b e city.

"He first -crowded Ca rn the r s ' b o d y in to one of b i s b ig t r u n k s and deliber-a te ly w e n t down to tbe s t ree t and em-ployed a p a s s i n g baggageman to come u p f o r t h e t r u n k , p r e t m d i n g t ha t it waa bis. W i t h o u t a t t r a c t i n g notice, he got the t r u n k delivered a t his own rooms in town , and early the n e x t m o r n -i n g had i t removed out he re by his In-dian servant . He nex t dropped Car-a t h e r s ' valet a note f r o m Phi ladelphia , which was mailed in t ha t city by an eas tern confederate , and la te r he forged a n o t h e r coxcmunlcation to Miss H u n t i n g t o n .

"But . in the meant ime, h e was th ink-i n g of some unique means of to ta l ly des t roying the body. H e ended by cut -t i n g it up and reducing i t t o ashes b y oxy-hydrogen flame, all except t h e hand , which, fo r a t ime, escaped h i s notice. He w a s a b o u t t o t h row t h e ashes away when he r a n across t h e hand . Then t h e though t occurred to him tha t unless i t was proved beyond doub t t h a t Caru tbe r s w a s ac tua l ly dead there would be endless l i t iga t ion before Miss H u n t i n g t o n oould come

601 Kfi H UTP Lowell Iv

low and make him confess and fit e, but for a week the a n i s t pers is tent ly avoid-ed him, and it was not till Ko'a r e c o v -ered thai 1 " a s Liack f r o m lio.-ioi :liat he accidental ly met the artist and ac-complished his purpose ."

"But why did Kola m a k e the first at-tempt on your l i f e ? " asked the doctor.

"Because he bad a l ready decidvd lo m u r d e r Carutbers , m a r r y the heiress and continue his role ol I tal ian count in New York, and was afraid t b a t I would sooner or l a te r recognize him."

"But the second a t t e m p t on your l i fe?" quest ioned L a m p k i n .

"Was because be found out tbat I was at t he rooms of Count Bantinni t b e m o r n i n g a f t e r Gielow's apparent flight, and was a f ra id I w-ould finally discover h is disguise I t h ink f r o m tbe fact that he avoided me d u r i n g tba t t ime tba t LOWELL be was a f ra id of me, b u t a f t e r b e played tbe Bible tr ick on u s I th ink he be-lieved he could f r i g h t e n me out of fol-lowing up the Ban t inn i clew and in to a belief in tbe guil t of Gielow. However, t Z Z f ' L k . b i s f ea r s got the l»eft of him and h a ,

decided t o kill bo th yon and m e b y m e a n s of his dead-fa lL"

J n s t then the re was tbe sound of a g o n g down the road and tbe pat ro l wagon dashed into view.

" T h e ambu lance wi l l follow p re i ty soon," remarked Hendr icks . "Doctor . I a m go ing to leave yon and Miss H u n t -ing ton w i t h tbe pa t ien t while Denham a n d I go in wi th ou r booty ."

• T h a t will be all r igh t . " answered L a m p k i n . " W e l l look a f t e r him."

Denham and Hendr i cks had led Kola on t to tbe wagon and put him in. and Hend r i cks was a b o u t to climb in a f t e r h im when Dr. Lampkin came to tbe door a n d signaled to Hendricks to come back .

"Miss H u n t i n g t o n wants to see you before you go." he said.

A sheepish expression was mingled wi th the flush on Hendricks ' face as he entered the room where Gielow lay awake and smil ing contentedly. Miss Hun t ing ton rose f r o m tbe bedside and held out her hand.

" I couldn't let you go without speak-ing to you," she said, her eyes fiJling. "1 shall never forget your goodness a.-long as I live. You are the best f r iend I ever had. Ar thu r . " she said, t u r n i n g to Gielow, "1 cannot say what I want t o say. I am going to kiss him." And she pu t her a rms around the neck of tbe detective and kissed him on the lips.

Hendricks g rew very red in the face, and saying someth ing about wish ing he bud it al l to do o v e r a g a i n . b e backed f r o m tbe room. As he turned at t he threshold be s tumbled over a r u g and almost fell in to Lampkin ' s arms.

The doctor braced him up wi th a hand on each of h is shoulders, and gr inned and smacked his lips sifimifi-

Wheat 6 f 3 Corn Onts •.'fi 1 r iyf 4;. i Flour per cwt (0 1 ft" |

Brna |»er ton 14

.M lidlmgfi per ton ft 1ft i t '

' oru meal per ton ft 1« («

< '<ini HDCI oats per ion («• (LI

Butter 14 ft ] f

EK-g*- (S" 18

New I'otatoefl 20 ( i

Utian* • •,0 ft 70 Btief fi (IO & 6 W Veal 6 0 0 (4 6 On

Pork s ' .0 @ 4 (XI

Chic-kenB 7 ( f ; 8

Duck* ft 08 t o oy

Turkeyn 0 8 l o Of,

Wool watihed 20 at ST

Wool unwashed i £ a *

A HASTINGS TIMETABLE.

RAlLROAl

lii Efft-ct fui'dnT. June 21, 189.8

No. 1 No. 8 (C a U, 11 50 « m

7 08 7 15

8 54

ar Eimdale Iv Lo trail "recport ar G'd KapidB a Luising I Detroit ar i l l 40 OOIKO NORTH T)et viaD.AL LaoBtoe tirand Rapids Tree port Loean K'mdale ar Flrodal" Iv Hrutt Lake 1 Lowell

12 00 12 30 am 12 15 m 12 25 p m 12 S.i 1-J 5h 3 tO 5 45

No 6 _ 4 30p n 4 HO 4 H5 4 45 4 58 5 05 5 20 7 X8

10 05 No. 2 No. 4

8 00 a in 10 50

OOttn 1 35pni 1 35 1 45 1 55 2 10 2 30 2 30

7 86 7 50 S 00

No.fi 1 10 p n 3 34 5 25 5 35 5 42 5 55 fl 05 6 12 « 2©

Lv. Uiliti£ K M A. M. r. * «• t . r - i . d KajtlOC 7 0 0 I X , • -4 K j u d - l - 7 3 5 ^ 2 0i> s

Cr ~ 1 o w H I W»i Lv Lowe l l . 1150 1 •

«• L»ti«-inff 8 M a au 3' Ar De t ro i t I I 40 6 40 • »

A M r. " (••UNO HI-.HI A. M. r. m

Lv 1VI,n«ii i^OO 1 10 •* L&flKiog 10 5 0 884 - .!*

r m. V Lowell 2 3 0 6 3 0 Lv L o w H l 11 50

* • Rliudale 1 2 1 3 4 43 1 " Ar G r a n d Rap ids 1 2 . 6 8 620 1 V ,

r. M r M • V.

Ptrior <-(irs on all traii.fi betw.-n. Sapids and VI f t. '•eats 25 cents.

GEO. DiH AVEN.Gen. Paea. .\g W.H C w a a , Ag- nt Gra:.

LoM'ell.

GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY SYSTEM-

>tcd

Arrival and Departure of Trains at IxwaM

T i m e T a b l e In E f f o c t NOv. 13. i 3 o e wiiarWAHD.

Gd Kapids.Gd H a v e n I J U T B ABKIVB anu Muakegon 10 pm f S oti p a

Gd KapidB,Gd Haven Muskegon and Chicago. t 4 55 pm f I 0 4 < i s »

Gd Kapids, ate Station | 9 19 pm f 7 1 5 a »

Gd Rapids,Gd Haven and Muakeron *9 3 9 am

Trains arrive and dejiirt from t rout street pans -nrer denof

This Man

BAsrwaaa. Detroit, Canada and LEAVE

East t 7 15 am Detroit and Chicago

-'.a Durand t lO 48 am Detroit, Canada and

East i 3 56 pm Detroit, Canada and

East * 7 6? pm j Except Sunday. • Daily.

5 7 p

a a m v * t 9 19 P s

t 4 55 p n

t I 2 10 pm

• 9 39 a n

SLEEPING AND PARLOR CAR SERVIfif WESTWARD

12 10 pm train has parlor car to tiraoA Hapids Extra charge 25 ceota.

9 19 pm train has parlor a r to Grant Rapids Extra charge 25 centa.

*9 39 a m new fast Western Ex p r e * for Grand Rapids and Grand Haven.

s " b l owing u p " bis wife because she d i d n ' t improve tbe opportuni ty lo save money by buying her

--GROCERIES— nt my store. Next t ime she will know lieu«r.

CHAS. MCCARTY

SAerWARB.! 7 15 am train has parlor car lo Detroit

Extra charge 25 cents. Pullman paiaoa car Detroit to Toronto 'xranectiair with sleeping car for tbe east and Sew H I a — connects at Durand with C At G T fi;vi?io« lor Port Huron and Chicago and with C 8 & M for Saginaw and Bay City;

3 MJ pro train has parlor car to Detroit . Extra charge 25 rents, and Pullman -Irt-p-ine ear to Toronto. Suspension L n d s , Buflalo, Philadelphia and New York , connects at Durand with ' ' A G T divi- ini for Port Huron and Bu.'ile Creek ami with C. S. & M. division for Saginaw ..n : Kfcy City.

7 57 p m new fast Easlern Expn-r* for Durand, Pt. Huron. Buffalo 4 New York .

A. O. HETDLATTF agent, Lowell. Mich, E. H. HCGFER, Aflat Gen P T ageet

Chicago, III. BEN FUCTCHKB, Trav P w a c e r t Dettbc

Mich.

* '•J

V

GOING OUT OF B U S I N E S S BOOTS. CHOES RUBBER GOOBS.

T o do th i s in t h e s h o r t e s t p o s s i b l i t i m e I will sell e v e r y t h i n g at m a n u f a c t u r e r s ' c o s t f o r cash . T h i s is n o f a k e sa le bu t a g e n u i n e Clos ing O u t Sa le . E v e r y o n e c o n c e d e s we have t h e bes t s tock of S h o e s e v e r k e p t i n

Lowel l . T h u s you a re a s su red of g e t t i n g only H i g h G r a d e F o o t w e a r .

S t o c k m u s t be c l o s e d out by J a n u a r y 15th. , 1 8 9 9 .

NOTICE THE FOLLOWING REDUCTION IN PRICES: LADIES' SHOES. LADIES' AND MEN'S RUBBERS.

S2 90 M e n ' s d u c k r u b b e r b o o t s , snag p r o o f , f o r m e r p r i c e *3 .50 , C l o s i n g o u t p r i c e

M e n ' s r u b b e r b o o t s , f o r m e r p r i c e $3 .00 , C l o s i n g ou t p r i c e

M e n ' s E r i e s , h igh c u t d u c k r u b b e r , f o r socks ,

f o r m e r p r i c e $2.50, C l o s i n g ou t p r i c e

M e n ' s O t t a w a , h i g h c u t sock r u b b e r d u c k v a m p ,

f o r m e r p r i c e $2 .25 , M

C l o s i n g ou t p r i c e

M e n ' s I t a s c a low s o c k r u b b e r , s n a g p r o o f , f o r m e r p r i c e $1.75 M'

C l o s i n g o u t p r i c e

M e n ' s H u r o n s , l ow s o c k r u b b e r , f o r m e r p r i c e $1 .50 , M

C l o s i n g ou t p r i c e p M e n ' s s n a g p r o o f p e r f e c t i o n , f o r fe l t boo ts , former p r i c e , f s . o o , M l W A

C l o s i n g ou t p r i c e p X / 0

M e n ' s snow e x c l u d e r a r t i cs , f o r m e r p r i c e $1 .60 ,

C l o s i n g ou t p r i c e

M e n ' s a r t i cs , f o r m e r p r i c e > 1 . 3 5 , ttl 1 C

C l o s i n g o u t p r i c e p i 1 Q All M e n ' s r u b b e r s t h a t f o r m e r l y so ld f o r 7 se t s ,

/ C l o s i n g ou t p r i c e

All l ad ie s ' r u b b e r s t h a t f o r m e r l y so ld f o r 50c , C l o s i n g ou t p r i c e

B o y s ' r u b b e r b o o t s , f o r m e r p r i c e fa.25, c los ing ou t p r i c e $1.60

B o y s ' and Y o u t h s ' , Misses , a n d C h i l d r e n ' s r u b b e r s at cos t to c lose .

L a d i e s ' k id ba l , welt so le , g o * d , s t y l e , P ingree & Smi th m a k e , .

f o r m e r p r i c e $3 .00 , filQ O A

M A J A C los ing ou t p r i c e ^

S A * • • l a d i e s ' f ine win te r t a n ba l s , f a s t c o l o r e d eyelets , we l t sole, la tes t s tyle, • i l f a j K e l l y ' s m a k e , f o r m e r p r i c e $3 .50 , W Q C I 7

Clos ing ou t p r i c e M U V f

L a d i e s ' k id bal a n d b u t t o n , welt sole , la test s tyle , K e l l y ' s maV •.

j f o r m e r p r i c e 13 .50 . C los ing ou t p r i ce

S2 00

78 40 15

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MEN'S SHOES. M e n ' s win te r t an ba ls , calf l ined , fast co lo red h o o k s a n d eye le t s , G o o d *

year welt , two full soles , ex tens ion edge,

la tes t s ty les , f o r m e r p r i ces $4 .00 a n d $4 .50 , M A A A M A A A

Clos ing out p r i c e U v v O

Men ' s fine calf bals , a rgen t ine eyelets and b l i n d h o o k s , G o o d y e a r w e l j

la test s ty le , f o r m e r p r i ce $3.50, Clos ing out pr ice

•odyear we lL

S2 57 »0 R * ? ! M e n ' 5 s a t i n c a l f , > a , s " 3 , 1 l h c l a t e s l s , y l e s ' l i g h t ' m c d i u n i 4 ,113 b e a v y 5 0 , r y \ j l , f o r m e r p r i w j ^ . o u .

All Ladies ' J z . o o , S2 .25 a u d 5:2.50 kid s h o e s M l A C C los ing out p r i ce

C los ing ou t p r i c e Q J /

L a d i e s ' k i d ba l a n d b u t t o n , g o o d style, t h e best o n t h e m a r k e t f o r o u r

f o r m e r p r i c e $1 .50 , M l T O

C l o s i n g ou t p r i c e p j , X Q

L a d i e s ' d o n g o l a ba l a n d b u t t o n , good style, r egu la r $ 1 . 2 5 goods Q A

Clos ing ou t p r i c e Q v

L a d i e s ' h e a v y shoes w e f o r m e r l y sold a t f i . 2 5 . S i . 5 0 , S i . 7 5 and 52 .00 ,

Closing om pr ice . . J 0 0 1 1 8 1 4 0 S I 5 7

B e r t ' u d Y w t k s ' , M i s s e s ' and C l i l l d i e n ' s shoes , of wti ich w e h u e TIT MS! c o m p l e t e s tock in L o w e l l , enery p a i r to he

so ld a t C O S I . O u r h e a v y l u m b e r m a n ' s socks w e h a v e b e e n sell ing at SJ worth 51.25 I 7 Q

C l o s i n g o u t p r i c e

SI 5 b M e n ' s bu l l ba ls , l a te style, all solid f o r m e r p r i c e $ 1 . 2 5 , A A

Clos ing out pr ice t l j f

M e n ' s oil g ra in ba l s and congress , h e a v y sole a n d t a p , e x t e n s i o n e d g e ,

t h e bes t shoe on t h e marke t , f o r m e r p r i c e # 2 . 0 0 , M l 1 5 0

C l o s i n g out p r i c e p X U f i J

M e n ' s oil g ra in , ba l , congress , c r eo l e a n d s e a m l e s s c u t , t he eas i e s t w o r k

shoe o n t h e m a r k e t a n d a good w e a r e r , f o r m e r p r i c e I 1 . 5 0 , M t f ) \

C los ing out p r i ce p X U *

M e n ' s oil g ra in c reo le , one-half d o u b l e sole, s t a n d a r d s c r e w f a s t e n e d , a

good d u r a b l e shoe, f o r m e r p r i c e S i . 5 0 , M l

C los ing out p r i c e p X X i

M e n ' s oil grain c r e o l e and p low shoes , al! sol id , a n d g o o d T i l a e a t ou t

f o r m e r p r i c e S i . 2 5

. .$1 .15

\

All M e n ' s 50 a n d 75c s o c k s t o g o a t 38 50 C l o s i n g out p r i ce

Men ' s l e a t h e r s l i ppe r s , in t a n and b lack , f o r m e r p r i c e I 1 . 5 0 . . . .

M e n ' s l e a t h e r s l i ppe r s , in tan and black, f o r m e r p r i c e I 1 . 2 5 $1.00

O n e l o t of M e n ' s velvet s l ippers , f o r - e r p r i c e $1 t o S i . 75 , n o w . . . . . Sfc

W e h a v e a n y n u m b e r o f o t h e r G r e a t B a r g a i n s t h a t w e h a v e not s p a c e to m e n t i o n , b u t a i l m u s t go a t f i r s t c o s t a n d b e l o w . I t w i l l p a y y o u to p u t in y o u r S p r i n g stock o f B o o t s a n d Shoes n o w .

COME E A R L Y A N D G E T R I R S T C H O I C E . l v £ .

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Doings of the Week Recorded in a Brief Style.

CONCISE AND INTERESTING.

XJTP Mock Ilrrcden In Convrnilnn—Oar

Sail Induttry CroninR — IntorMtlnc

Election Contwl at SaRlnavr—Detroit

Exposition 1'lan* rrucrrsslue.

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Mlrhican I.lrr Stork Rreedmu Various c rgun iza t ions of Michigan

t t o i k breederx m e t n t L a n s i n g sitnul-tat ioously and discosscd papers bea r ing upon t h e mer i t s <»f different k inds of l ive stock. T h e Short Horn Cctl le b r eede r s elceU-d I>. F . Uaehcler, of Bovrell , prcr fdonl . and I. II. l ln t te r -ficld, of Ajrrieultur.i l College, secre tary .

The Merino Sheep breeders elected: Pres iden t , I). P. Dewey, ( ' .rand I t lanc; secre tary . E. N. Hall, H a m b u r g ; t reas-u re r , 1 homas VanGei&en, Cl inton.

T h e Swine Hreeders 'associat ion chose a s president . E A. Hush, Fowle r r iHc ; 8ecrt>larv and t reasurer , Georpc 11. Mclu ty re . lo.soo.

T h e S ta te Association of Hrecdors of Improved Live Stock nnmed II. 11 B i n d s , of S t a n t o n , p res iden t ; R o b e r t Gibbons, of Detroi t , secre tary .

Na t iona l Association of Hreeders of Lincoln Sheep: Pres ident , .T. J . Eng-l a n d , of Caro; secretary a n d t reasurer . H. A. Daniels, of Elva.

T h e StaU; Holstein Hreeders* associa-t ion eleeCed C. D. Seelev, of Pont ine, p res iden t , a n d C . L. Sceley, of Lansing, •ec re la ry .

Uirliiipin'* Salt Indoatn*. T h e to ta l a m o u n t of s a l t manufac -

t u r e d in Michigan d n r i n g 1S99 w a s 4.477,1C1 bar re l s , or 654.357 more bar-re l s t h a n iu IS'JT. The a m o u n t of sa l t

Sick Soldier SnlcMct. Wal te r H. Foster , of F l in t , commit-

ted suicidc a t S t I g n a e e b y taking-s t rychnine . l i e leaves a mother , h is only re la t ive . Fos ter was a b o u t 20 years of age. l i e enl is ted a t I s land L a k e las t Apri l w i t h Co. A. 33d Michi-gan , a n d served w i t h c red i t in Cuba, l i e c a u g h t ye l low fever a t Slboney and came home o n the d e a t h ship Concho. Whi le a t h o m e he recovered h i s h e a l t h , appa ren t ly , b u t l a t t e r became sick again and b e i n g u n a b l e to ob ta in re-mune ra t i ve emp loymen t d r i f t ed f r o m place t o p lace and finally lost hope a n d ended all w i t h poison. I l l s m o t h e r is l e f t in prover ty .

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Slat Michigan to he MnMored Oat. T h e decision of Pres iden t MeKinley 's

cab ine t t o mus te r ou t 50,000 vo lun tee r s will p robab ly resu l t In the d i scharge of all t he member s of the 3l6t Michi-gan . now at Knoxvl l le , Tenn . , t h a t may desire to leave t h e service. Those w h o wish t o remain wi l l IKS pe rmi t t ed join t h e 35*.h Michigan, unless i t is de-cided t o mus te r ou t t h a t r eg iment , also. It is not believed, however , t h a t bo th r eg imen t s will be l e t jro unt i l eonpress au thor i zes the increase in t h e regula i a r m y asked for by Secre ta ry Alger .

Capt. J u l i u s WilKelm, of Traverse Tinimin City, who w a s ass i s tan t su rgeon of t h e 34th Michigan, has been offered t h e position of head surgeon a t the Ion ia house of correct ion by Gov. Pingree.

T h e s t a t e le t r ls la ture w i l l be asked t o pass an u n i f o r m t e x t book bill pre-pared b y Prof . George W. Loomis, of St, Joseph and hav ing t h e indorsement of the s t a t e educa t iona l d e p a r t m e n t ,

Mrs. Mer r l e Abbot t , r e cen t ly elected prosecu tor of Ogemaw coun ty , won he r first case a t Hay Cliy. S h e sought t o es tabl i sh a t i t l e to some va luable lai.d In Ogemaw c o u n ' y and w a s opposed by Henry M. Checver, of D e t r o i t

J o h n A. Severens, s u p e r i n t e n d e n t of O|.po*e » Ijifcb Army. D. M. F e r r y & Co.'s b ig seed establish- T h e minor i ty of the house commit-men t , nt Detroi t , w i t h which he had ° o mi l i tary a f fa i r s have filed t he i r been eonnee tcd fo r 19 v e a r s commit ted r e p o r t in opposit ion t o the Hull b. l l

l i e had a bal- { o r t h c increase of the r egu l a r a r m y t o

News of the Day as Told Over the Slender Wires.

DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN NEWS

The Inrroaolni; of the Standlnic Army It

Oppofed bjr Par t of the llouae Com-

mittee on Military Affalra—Clayton-

Uulwer Troily Wilt be Abrorated.

I'ardons for Kive Convict*. Gov. P ing ree g r a n t e d five Chr is tmas

pard-.ns. as fol lows: Wm. Nuremberg , sen t f rom Oakland countv in May, 1695, for 10 years , for rape. J a m e s Powers, f r o m F l in t in May, 1S9S. o n e y e a r , h ighway robbery. Alex. 11. Carrie, f rom Detroi t iu J a n u a r y , 1S97, five years , mans l augh te r . Louis Smi th , f rom Adrian in Feb. 1893. t w o yea r s and six m o n t h s burg la ry . Wil l iam Macard, i rom Grand Uapids in May, IS95, to Marque t te prison, 15 years , pe r ju ry .

DNaatroos Fire at Manistee. Fire was discovered In t h e Eas t

Shore f u r n i t u r e fac tory a t Manis tee and before the flames could be checked

suicide by shoot ing. luc ina t ion t h u t he w a s g o i n g insane.

I t is now rejKjrted t h a t the $0,000 which Wm. Schaal, of I tnlay City, claimed w a s burned b y himself nnd wife when thev decided iod ic toge ther , is hid in a barre l . Schaa l is s e r t l n g 12 years in pr ison fo r ass i s t ing h is w i f e t o die.

F. K. Stearns,- of Detroi t , h a s pre-sented to t h e 0 . of M.. a valuable col-lection of musical scores, which fo rms an admi rab le supp lemen t to the un ique exhib i t ot musical i n s t rumen t s recent ly presented by h is f a t h e r . Freder ick Stearns .

Uyron Parr i sh , aged 19, pleaded pui l iy a t l ihnca to t h e cruel m u r d e r n e a r Whee le r of D e l b e r t Lloyd, aged 14. fo r the purpose of robb ing him of

BRIEF NEWS P A R A G R A P H S . C O N G R E S S AT WORK AGAIN.

Senator Te l l e r (Rep.. CoL) made a i Scnor Sagasta , t ho Spanish premier , l eng thy speech in advocacy of t h e i s very ser iously I1L theory t h a t t h e r e a re no res t r ic t ions ( j t is said the deal whe reby t h e Chi-npon the r i g h t of the Uni ted Sta tes t o cago A Alton road goes l o t h e Missouri expand Its borders so as to Include f a r pacific has j u s t been concluded. d i s t an t t e r r i t o r y He went qu i t e 8 i x l e i n c I n d i n f f o n e w o m l n

tho rough ly in to t h? l egs ! points bear- w c n . b a 6 n o w s i i d o o u t l | 0

ing upon t h e question and •'"«> inci- j C h U e o o i

den ta l ly discussed a t some l e n p t h t h e , . . . . . >. > fo rm of government for the Filipinos. Tanada and Aus t ra l . a will un i t e in say ing t ha t he would encourage self- cons t ruc t ing a Pacific cable l o connect

government Kinong the is landers and t h e t w o countr ies .

would give them the most l iberal gov- j e rnmen t wh ich they were capable of

inspected d u r i n g 1S98. w a s a s fol lows: j t he bu i ld ing was to ta l ly destroyed, to-Man 1 s ice c o u n t y , <1,555,006; St . Clair | g c t h e r w i t h i t s con ten t s . T h e loss i s

es t imated a t 820,000, and covered hy c o u n t y

coun ty , 596,517; Mason coun ty . 557,83S; Wayne county , 54C.093; Saginaw coun ty . 424,044: Hay county . 402.231; Iosco county . 5S.359: Midland county. 31.799; total', 4.171.916.

The s t a t e sa l t Inspector repor t s : Ral-ance of cash on hand Dec. 1. 1S97, 51,-615.03; du t i e s on 4.171.916 bar re ls a t 3 m i l l s per ba r re l . Sl2.515.72; to ta l S14,-330.78. T h e expendi tures were ?10.-850.72; ba lance on hand Dec. 1, 1693, $3,480.06. T h e number of persons em-ployed In t h e manufac tu re of sa l t in t h e s ta te is 2,164.

Of the 4.171,916 ba r re l s of sa l t in-spected in t h i s s ta te in 1893, at leas t 75 per cent w a s sold in o ther s ta tes , end the demand for Michigan sal t Is • t ead i iy Increasing.

1898 Lo»»r« on the Lake*. Marine losses dur ing t h e season of

1893 w e r e ma te r i a l ly g r e a t e r than dur -i n g any previous season on the lakes. I n a l is t of 569 losses, t he causes as-s igned were as follows: Ashore, 123: ag round , in protected channe ls . 126; fire 40; collisions. 9i); ice. 16; s torm-bea ten , WJ; foundered. 8; miscel laneous causes, 116. Lake Michigan was the scene of the greates t n u m b e r of serious lasses, w i th Lake Super ior a> second. L a k e H uron w a s r emiukab ly f ree f rom disas ters a n d L a k e Er ic did not con-t r i b u t e I ts usua l quota. Luk-- Ontar io produced a la rger number of serious losses t han Lake Erie, no twi ths t and-i n g t h e l imi ted traflic o n t h e former .

* T h e n u m b e r of boats which have passed en t i re ly ont of existence is 58. Thei r aggrega te t onnage was 29.194 tons. T b e money los-i is about 53,-

000.000.

Sacinan- Election Contest. Washburn H o m i n g and J a m e s Green

w e r e respectively the iCepublican and Democratic candidates fo r t r easure r of Saginaw county a l t he recent election. Horn ing w a s declared elected, bu t Green demanded a r e c o u n t In Ches-an ing ; wnship 239 ba l lo t s were cast ou t on the recount bccaus-j t h e in i t i a l s of t he inspector had been placed in the corner opposite to t h a t provided by Etalulc. Of these ba l lo t s 177 were for H o r n i n g a u d 69 fo r (>reen. and a s t h i s would e lcct t he l a t t e r Horning ap-pealed t o t h e circuit cour t to compel t h e canvassers to count the rejected ba l lo t s . T h e court so ordered and Green carr ied the case to supreme cour t , but he was again knocked out, a s the decision of the c i rcui t court was affirmed and Horning declared elected.

Insurance. The p roper ty was origi-na l ly bu i l t at a cas t of 850.0'<0, b u t had been Idle for some t ime on account of the depression In t h e f u r n i t u r e t rade.

CoL Irish ATanU to Sncreo<I BnrroTr*. Edwin M. I r i sh , of Kalamazoo, re-

cent ly a d j u t a n t - g e n e r a i of t h e Michi-gan Na t iona l Guard , and now colonel of t h e 35th Michigan volunteers , and se rv ing wi th h is regiment a t Augusta . Ga,, lias en tered t h e race as an act ive cand ida t e f o r the United Sta tes sena te t o succeed J u l i u s Caesar Hurrows.

S T A T E GOSSIP.

300.000 men. T h e minor i ty c la ims t h a t such

s t and ing a rmy would in t ime of peace be a menace to the l iber ty of ci t izens, nnd in t ime of w a r would not be suffl clcnt to meet successfully t h e a rmies of t h e fin-t c lass power* of t h e wor ld ; t h a t a large s t a n d i n g a r m y is not a necessity; t ha t t he Hull bi l l wi l l cost t h e people nnaua i ly t h e sum of 5150,-OOO.O-K) and as 5l4:..0>-i».t>'0 a re be ing a n n u a l l y pa id t o t h e s.ildifr% of t h e civil war and tho w a r w i t h Spain, a pe rmanent charpcof S.,9.'..(t00.0l'0 would be placed upon the people of t h e Uni ted S ta tes to main ta in the mi l i t a ry esiab-l l shment alone, to say n o t h i n g of t h e navy; t h a t t b e passage of t h i s bi l l means t h e pract ical des t ruc t ion of t h e na t iona l guard and the volunteer

conduct ing, bu t tha t be would not t a k e down the American flag where once planted.

Rep. Wil l iams (Hem., Miss.) made the first speeoh in the house aga ins t t he annexa t ion of t h e Phi l ippines . He contended t b a t il would be host i le t o Spain pay them 820,000,0 >0 as a the spiri t of ou r ins t i tu t ions t o assume * — W n - n ^ l i nrisone

control o v e r 9.000.0-0 u n w i l l i n g sub-jects, t h a t nnnexs t ion would cost us 8140,0^0,000 n year , t h a t t he annexa-t ion of t h e is lands met none of the tes t s which applie I t o our past ac-quis i t ions of t e r r i t o ry and would be a

Tho customs receipts a t Sant iago un-de r t be occupation of tho United S ta tes forces 'up t o Dec. 1 were 8275.218.

Admiral Sampson says t h e wea l th i e s t and most Inf luent ial people of Cuba w a n t the Island annexed t o the Uni ted

States. The Fil ipino Insurgents demand t h a t

ransom

for the 10,000 Spanish pr i soners he ld

by them. Lord Sal isbury has recommended t o

the czar of Russia t h a t t he European d i sa rmament conference Lc held in

London next May. Secretary Alger has ordered tho

bis bicycle and a smal l sum of money. t r 0 0 p S o f ^ t.tatcs; t ha t i t is well un-I l is sen tence w a s 25 y e a r s In Jackson dcrstood t h a t t h e g rea t co rpo ra t e In-s t a t e prison. t e res t s of t be count ry a re demand ing

A b ig b e a r tackled E. Weinberg and th i s la rge s t and ing a rmy fo r most ob-Lu tbe r McKenzie o n t h e road nea r vious reatons , and a Pres ident domln-T u r m r . T h e fo rmer r a n for a f a rm a t e d by such In teres ts would have, house to ge l a gun a n d tbe b e a r a n d such a s t and ing a rmy , t b e m e a n s McKenzie were in a mix-up when Mac a t h i s h a n d t o i n v a d e the l iber t ies of the pulled ou t a big j a c k k n i f e and ripped people, to suppress f reedom of speech Mr. Hear open. and to desecrate the ba l lo t box itself.

Fred E Hr i t tan , s l a t e cha i rman of The minor i ty offer a subs t i t u t e f o r t be I ' robibl l ion p r t y , c la ims t h a t t h a t t he Hull bill whiqh provides fo r a per-polit ical o rgan iza t ion made a gain of m a n e n t s t and ing army of 30,000 en-71 per cent in Michigan in the las t ]isi«d men—about the n u m b e r In the election over t ha t of 1896. The n e x t a rmy before the war^RTth Spain. I t s ta te convention wi l l be held a t Jack- also provides for 50.000 vo lun tee r s l o son on Feb. 28. be t aken from the s ta tes a n d t e r r i to r i e s

The s t a l e board of canvassers have In proport ion to popula t ion ; these vol-Issued cert i f ieatcs of election to Ell R. un lee rs are lo be mustered ou t wi th in Sut ton a n d J . Byron .Tudkins as re- t w o years f rom da te of t h e passage of g e n t s of t h e U. of M.. b u t as t h e r e Is a t h e act . t he i r o rgan iza t ion l o be t h e difTcrence of opinion a s to the re be ing same as t b a t of t he r e g u l a r a rmy

n n " , « . . . , i U. S. i n f a n t r y to Manila as soon as Sena to r I r ^ t o r m a d e a s : « t emen t , to relieve volunteers .

which expla ins the p a r a g r a p h in t h e urgency deficiency bill appropr i a t ing an emergency fund of Sl.O.W.OUO t o m e t unforeseen cont ingencies , and which is t o be expended a i t he discre-tion of t h e P r e s i d e n t T h e sena to r

T h e house commit tee on mi l i t a ry irf-fn i r s by a pa r ty vote ol 8 to 5 ordered a favorable re,Kir» on the Hull hill-In* c reas ing t h e regu la r a r m y t o 100,000

men. In view of the growth of German

! power in Samoa t h e U. S. consul h a s said t h i s fund was Infended fo r t h e

y y a w o t . I n ' t r a ^ V a c t w i ' t h ^ a t v ig i l an te lo mainta in our influence

LV Iruli a Die Espooilion in 1U01. T h e promoters of the scheme for an

in t e rna t iona l exposition at Detroit in 1901, the 200th anniversary of the foond ing o f - the c i ty , are push ing ahead wi th t h e preliminaries. I l w a s feared for a t ime tha t the fact t h a t Buffa lo w a s prepar ing for a show t h e same yea r might in ter fere and en ; deavors were made to gel the eas tern-ers lo change their dale, but l o no avail . T h e Delroilers feel t h a t t he i r exposit ion is au inst i tut ion which wi l l in te res t t h e whole nor thwes t , and wi l l carry t h e i r plans forward a s rapidly as possible. They have good reasons l o believe tha t congress wi l l m a k e a good-sized appropriation to help a long

Nlles Is lo have Ja new independent t e l e p h o n e company.

Chas. 11 Ross of Pontiac. was killed b y a t r a i n a l Inwood. Ind.

Chas. Jamison is t he new postmaster a t Sl ights . Grand Traverse county.

An u n k n o w n man . aged a b o u t 60, was ki l led by a Big Four t r a in near Nlles.

A r t h u r Smith, a farmer, fell off a load of hay nea r Brighton and was f a t a l l y in ju red .

The eider mill of E L. Negus, a t Chelsea, was destroyed by fire. Loss 52.500; uninsured. ,

Senator McMillan is ta lked of as suc-cessor l o Ambassador Hitchcock a t t he court of the czar of Russia.

Fl int has been g ran ted a 30-vear f ranchise for an e lec t r ic railway in the city, lo be completed J u n e 15,

Joseph Duzel, of South L a k e Linden , whi le r e t u r n i n g f rom work broke t h r o u g h the ice e n d was drowned.

Dallas Boudman, of Kalamazoo, h a s annonnced his .candidacy fo r the va-cancy on t h e s u p r e m e court bench.

The Oneco Copper Mining Co., of Houghton , capi ta l S2,50p.000, has filed a r t i c les of Incorporat ion at Lansiug.

L a k e Odessa h a s s t ruck plenty of w a t e r a t a dep th of 4."> feet aud the vil-lage will now have ample fire pro-tection.

New Michigan postmasters: Cedar Run. Grand 1 reverse county , Adelah Chain; Olds. Brunch coun ty , Riley Benne t t

The immense ba rns of t h e J . &. T. Hur ley T r u c k i n g Co., a l Det ro i t , w e r e destroyed by fire and 22 horses perished in the flames.

Albion college has r ecen t ly received presen ts cons is t ing of a 93.500 pipe or-gan , a n d a va luab l e f a r m a d j a c e n t t o the c i ty of Grand Rapids.

Chas. Call waa caugh t in a s h a f t in a mil l a l P a l o a n d had one l eg and one a rm b roken a n d received o t h e r In jur ies wh ich may cause h is d e a t h

Since t h e ope - . ing of nav iga t ion last sp r ing , mi l l s a t ( . r and Mcrais have m a n u f a c t u r e d 52,000,j00 feet of lumber , 50.000.0u0 sh ing le s and 13,000.500 la th .

Whi le a f r e i g h t t r a in w a s coming down g rade w e s t of Capac, i t b roke in two , and t h e rear crashed in to the f r o n t p a r t , w r e c k i n g 13 cars. No one w a s in ju red .

More " r o u n d robins" a s k i n g for tbe m u s t e r ou t of t h e r eg imen t have been c i rcu la ted in t h e 3f>th Michigan and

Volunteer organiza t ions n o w in service t o be given preference a s t o re-enl is t -m e n t All volunteers n o w i n t h e ser-

, vice of the United Sta tes to be mus-tered ou t wi th in 60 days f r o m the pas-sage of t h i s a c t

i To Abrogate the Clajton-Bnlwer Treaty I t is accepted a s l i t t le sho r t of cer-

t a in in the best in formed official and diplomat ic circles a t Wash ing ton t h a t negot ia t ions will be opened a l an ear ly day t o w a r d so mod i fy ing t h e Clayton-Bulwer t r ea ty as t o m e e t t h e condi-t ions of t h e present day concern ing

' Amer ican const ruct ion and control ^>f t h e Nlca raguan canal .

London: The re seems t o be l i t t l e

vacancies t h e supreme cour t mus t pass upon the ma t t e r .

Michigan school ch i ld ren lead in t h e con t r ibu t ion of f u n d s toward t h e erec-tion in Pa r i s of a m o n u m e n t lo the memory of Gen. L a f a y e t t e . They have con t r ibu ted 82.196. I t i s t he i n t en t ion lo raise 850.000. T h e monumen t wi l l be unveiled J u l y 4. 1000.

The s l a t e ra i l road crossings board h a s disapproved t h e m a p of t h e pro-prosed extension of t h e Wisconsin & Michigan rai l road t h r o u g h the count ies of I ron and Dickinson lo cer ta in i ron mines in t h a t sect ion. The rou te is de-clared t o be a d a n g e r o u s one.

F. E Skeels, of t h e Agr icu l tu ra l col-lege. s t a t e s tha t tw ice as much l i m b e r , . . . . . is stolen f rom s t a l e lands as is de- doubt t h a t Grea t Br i ta in will agree t o

ab roga te t h e Clayton-Lulwer t rea ty . The temper of t h e cabine t and pub l ic

due the Cuban insurgen t a rmy and t h e ] Fi l ipinos.

Tbe commerce commit tee of t h e house decided lo t a k e up the N ica ragua canal ques t ion on t h e second Tuesday in J a n u a r y . The re wi l l be no hear-ings, as t h e commit tee believes i t h a s all needed Informat ion . The m a t t e r will be t a k e n up wi thou t re ference t o any special bill, al l pend ing measures be ing considered. The commilcc fixed Jan . 6 fo r pass ing on the pure food bi l l .

Sena tor But ler , of Nor th Carolina, gave not ice of an amendmen t he wi l l In t roduce t o t h e pension appropr ia-t i o n bill p rovid ing t b a t t h e p r e sen t pension l a w s shal l apply l o Confeder-ates as wel l as Union veterans , w i t h t h e except ion t b a t t h e Confedera tes may not d r a w back pension.

The a g r i c u l t u r a l appropr ia t ion b i l l passed t h e house w i t h o u t ma te r i a l a m e n d m e n t I I carr ied 83.696,322, or 8187,120 more than t h e cur ren t law.

Rep. Corliss (Mich) has in t roduced a bill p rov id ing for t h e construct ion of a cable b y t h e United S ta tes t o Hawai i , j Gaum, t h e Phi l l iplnes and J a p a n .

The bill t o extend the customs and | In terna l revenue l a w s of the Uni ted States over the Hawai ian Islands w a s passed b y the house.

The house refused lo concur in t h e senate a m e n d m e n t s t o the a r m y and navy deficiency bilL

Orders have been issued a s s i g n i n g Brig -Gen. Michael V. Sheridan l o t h e command of t h e depa r tmen t of t h e lakes, which includes Fdr t s W a y n e and B r a d y in Michigan, w i t h head-q u a r t e r s a t Chicago.

s t royed by fire. N o n e of the trespass-e r s have ever been prosecuted sllccess- i fu l ly for the reason t h a t members of opinion, which largely influences t h e •*— ——It—— • - * -• •

COORT. KMIUU Smith Declines.

• Congre&smon William Aiden Smi th h a s s en t a le t te r to Gov. P ing ree a n d o thers decl in ing to be :i candidute for the Uni ted States scnalorship.

j u r i e s a r e a lmost a l w a y s g u i l t y of t h e same offense.

CoL A. T. Bliss, of Saginaw, t h i n k s t h a t t h e gove rnmen t should issue bonds r u n n i n g fo r 50 years sufilcient to pay a l l pensions. They would find ready purchasers a t 3 per cent and th i s would t h r o w some of the b u r d e n of t a k i n g ca re of t h e ve te rans of the civil w a r upon f u t u r e genera t ions .

P r o m i n e n t union p r in t e r s f r o m the pr inc ipa l ci t ies of t h e s t a t e m e t a t Lans ing and organized the S ta te Allied P r i n t i n g Trades c j u n c i l , w i t h A. H. Smi th . Detroit , sis pres ident ; W. C. Loomis. Detroi t , secre ta ry - t r easure r . The ob jec t is l o a id i n t h e es labl lsh-inen t of a s la te p r i n t i n g office.

Wm. M. H a r p e r , aged 42, a s tone mason, h a d cons iderab le domest ic t rou-b le and decided t o d ie . At t h e h o m e of A. Newcombcr , n e a r Alma, he t ied a s t r i n g lo t h e t r i g g e r of a s h o t g u n and section: f a s t ened the o t h e r e n d lo a p o s t Then he pul led the muzz le of the g u n t o w a r d him. A fune ra l w a s the r e s u l t

I n su rance Commissioner Campbell ; w i l l a sk t h e l e g i s l a t u r e f o r a l a w pro- . v ld lng t h a t w h e n fore ign companies resor t l o t h e U. S . court f o r t h e pur-pose of t y i n g u p t h e insurance depar t -m e n t , or to commence act ions in t h i s s la te , t h a t f ac t s h a l l be deemed suffi- j c ien t cause for r e v o k i n g the i r Michigan :

l icenses. Gov. Pingree h a s issued a formal '

s t a t e m e n t s e t t i n g f o r t h t h e reasons ;

government ' s policy, po in t s lo such act ion, t h o u g h n o def in i te unders tand-ing wi th t h e United S ta tes has y e t been reached. Great Br i t a in desires t h a t t h e N ica ragua cana l be con-s t ruc ted and is wi l l ing t h a t t h e Uni ted Sta tes should control i t if t h e United S ta tes g u a r a n t e e s i t s n e u t r a l i t y and sa feguards Br i t i sh in teres ts .

there. E lmer E. Rose, an employe of tho

Duolop Vehicle Co.. nt Ponl isc , w a s Ins tan t ly ki l led b y be ing c rushed in an elevator sha f t . He was 25 years old and had been marr ied b u t six months .

Commissioner Campbell repor ts t h a t t he Nor thwes te rn Fi re Insurance Co., of Chicago, which Is not au thor ized t o do business even in Il l inois, is flooding t h i s s l a t e w i t h c i rcu lars sol ic i t ing

business. Diplomatic re la t ions will no t be

opened wi th Spain unt i l t he t r ea ty of peace is rat if ied by t h e senate and the cortes. According l o well es tab l i shed diplomatic m a g e s Spain mus t t a k e t h e ini l ial ive.

Ar rangements have been completed fo r d i s in te r r ing t h e bodies of the 200 soldiers w h o were bur ied in t h e im-provised cemetery a t Camp Wikoff , L. I . , and t r a n s p o r t i n g them t o t h e i r

former homes.

Capt. Midford, a New York inventor , has offered t o ra ise the Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon a t San t i ago and t h e U. S. ba t t l e sh ip Maiue a t Havana a u d deliver t h e m a t t he Brooklyn navy yard. Unless he succeeds he asks no compensat ion.

Lord Charles Beresford, now in Gi ina . a s se r t s t h a t o w i n g t o t h e ag-gressive diplomacy of Russia, Grea t Br i ta in h a s t a k e n second place In China. Russian t roops control t h e whole of Manchur ia . The prospects f o r t r a d e and open p o r t s looks ve ry da rk . »

A r ea r e n d coll ision occurred on t h o Sampaon Accuse* Spain of rrand. I Pennsy lvan ia r a i l road th ree miles f r o m

Admiral Sampson has reached New i Rahway , N. J . , which resul ted in t h e

York f r o m H a v a n a He says the Cuban * ' " 5 — ! ~ i —

opolles. Dur ing the season just closed t h e r e

were b rough t l o Michigan mil ls f rom the Georgian b a y dis t r ic t of Canada 238,843,024 fee t of logs. I t i scs t imaled

sen t t o Michigan congressmen and ! t h a t t h e r e will be c u t in the Georgian Secre ta ry A lge r . { bay d is t r ic t t h i s w i n t e r f o r Michigan

H e r b e r t W. Savage, of Sag inaw, who

AVOID ALUM BAKING P O W D E R S

Their Us* Is Uancerons to flealth. The condemnat ion of a lum as an un-

wholesome Ingredient in baking pow-ders by t h e Government author i t ies , a s i well as by the Iowa and Minnesota Sta te Boards of Heal th aLd physicians generally, h a s no t deterred manufac -tu re r s of such powders f r o m foist ing them on the public. Following Is a par t ia l l i s t of t he condemned a'urn powders found in the s tores iu this

Calumet I. C. Chapman's. Jaxon. Chicago Y e a s t Ken ton . Crown. Loyal. Climax. Perfec t ion . Davis O. K. Rocket . Dellcatesse. Snow BalL Gran t ' s Bon Bon. Unrivaled, Immense Value. I t is safe lo reject all b rands sold

wi th a prize. All powders sold a t twen-ty-flve cents or less a pound are sure to be made of alum. Dr. Wiley, the Government Chemist, in h is official ex-

why he opposes t h e re-election of U. S. amlna t lon of baking powders a t t he Sena to r Burrows. The pr incipal rea- World ' s Fa i r , threw out all "a lum pow-son given Is t h a t h e opposed Atk inson i (fors," c lassing them a s unfit for human t a x equal iza t ion bi l l , and i t is a l leged . t h a t h i s en t i r e e f f o r t s in congress have B u t t h e World 's F a i r could approve been directed t o w a r d s the promot ion j „ w e l l ^ condemn. After the most of the in te res t s of l r u * s and mon- j e laborate tests, it bestowea the highest

award for purity, leavening power, keeping qualities and general excel-lence on Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder.

evacuat ion commission's work is prac-t ical ly comple te a n d ag reemen t t h e r e t o sa l i s fac to rv wi th one except ion—and t h a t m a y ye t cause serious t r oub l e . The admi ra l dec lares t h a t Spain se-cret ly t r ans fe r r ed t h e l a r g e r por t ion of c rown land and bu i ld ings to p r iva t e ind iv idun l sand corporat ions , especial ly re l ig ious corpora t ions . in order t o c h e a t t he Uni ted Sta tes and Cuba ou t of i t Th is u n d e r h a n d work began some t i m e ago, bu t most of I t has been done since t h e s u r r e n d e r a t Sant iago. T b e

! scheme wil l be f ru s t r a t ed , however, as

Federation of Labor in Uctrolt Next Year '• Det ro i t w a s selected b y the A merican Federa t ion of Labor over l,ouisville, A t l a n t a and Cleveland as the next place of ho ld ing the annua l eonveutlon. S a m u e l Gompcrs w a s re-elected presi-d e n t unanimously .

Killed While Intoxicated. Chas. Reynolds, aged 5'j, was s t ruck

b y a passenger t r a in a t Owossu nnd in-s t a n t l y ki l led , h is body being te r r ib ly mang led . Reynolds was on a spree a t t h e t ime . H e leaves a widow and

e i g h t chUdren.

mil ls aboa l l.vi.O o.i.oi feef of logs. The cons l i tu t ionu l l ty of t h e Canadian e m b a r g o net wi l l be tested and if t he cour ts hold :i g« hi-r.in lumber-men will cease opera t ions in Canada.

T h e a g g r e g a t e e a rn ings of Michigan ' ' r o ^ H e n r y <• Adams, of t h e poli l i-I eal economv d e o a r l m e n t of the

recent ly r e t u r n e d fr. w i t h consul l and loo ln . Sou th Amcrlca.

t h e Kl n like htis jrone on a

•ira*--a and

railways fo r t h e first n ine mon ths oi t h i s yea r w e r e 823.356,154, an Increase of 82.556.333, o r 12.3 pe r cent , over the same period l as t year .

At Adrian Mrs. F r a n k J o h n s o n was f a t a l l y b u r n e d In ex t i ngu i sh ing flames which enveloped her daugh te r , t h e lat-l e r ' s c lo th ing hav ing c a u g h t fire whi le she was filling a l ighted lamp.

J o h n Galvin, a cripple, employed as wa tchman a t a crossing of the Detroi t & Lima Nor the rn ra i l road nt Wyan-dot te , was cremated in the b u r n i n g of j biF Mttle s h a n t y on *!ic crossing,

I'eaee Conjinl«»loiiera Eeacb Home. The American peace commissioners

arr ived a t New York from Par is Dec. 24 and a t om-e took a t r a in fo r Wash-injrton to ntr-'u I r e s iden t Mi-Kin ley a Chrislutits p r c j . u : of t h e t r ea ty of peace.

West Year of Trade Ever Known. Dun's Review of T r a d e says t h a t 1898

has been a year lieyond para l le l and

economy U. of M., and Andrew C. McLaughl in , of t h e depa r tmen t of American hls lbry, will a t tend and l a k e p rominen t pa r t s goes lo i t s close wi th t h e biggest vol-in the meet ings of the American Econ- ume of business ever seeu.

associat ions re- Yoseuilte Ordered to ManlUi. The cruiser Yosemite, which was

manned by t h e Michigan naval reserves dur ing t h e Spanish war , has been or-dered to Manila.

omic and His tor ical specllvely a t N e w Haven. Conn. Prof . F red M. Taylor , of the polit ical econ-omy depa r tmen t , as cha i rman of the commit tee on currency re fo rm ap-pointed a t t h e 1897 mee t ing of the Economic associat ion, will submit the r epor t of t h e commit tee .

Henry Bl lnn , of Lake Odessa, w a s

The ci ty council of Havana (Spanish) has s en t a warm vote of t h a n k s t o

i P re s iden t McKlnly fo r t h e a id given f rozen to dea th In the lumber woods. needy poor by Uncle Sam.

t b e commission has a lmost comple te records of proper ly owned by Spam In Cuba previous t o t h e w a r and Uncle Sam wi l l insist t h a t i t be t u r n e d over according to t b e t e rms of evacuat ion .

Acnlnaldo'a Forces Uesertlnc HIM. A d ispa tch f rom Mani la says t h a t as

t be resu l t of Agulnaldo, t he Phi l ipp ine I n s a r ^ e n t leader, hav ing refused t o recognise the r ank of the lower class of rebel ofiicers, t h e l a t t e r have de-ser ted w i t h l a r g e n u m b e r s of a r m e d soldiers and have a t t acked var ious towns . Several of t h e na t ive local a u t h o r i t i e s w h o were u n p o p u l a r i n t h e provinces have been murdered .

Catlista Beady f o r Revolution In Spain.

London dispatches say advices have been received which indicate a n ea r ly Car l is t ou tb reak in Spain. London w a r cor respondents have been has t ened t o w a r a t h e Basque provinces w h e r e the first t roub le i s expected. AH t h e Carl is t c lubs have been closed and Car l is t newspapers suppressed in t h e Madr id d i s t r i c t

T h e government has de te rmined t o hois t t h e flag over ano the r Island fa r out in t h e Pacific ocean. I t is Wake I s l and , l y ing a b o u t 2 . 0 0 0 mi les f r o m N i h a u , l h e westernmost of the Hawa i i an Islands, and 1,300 miles east f rom Guam. I t is a lmos t in a d i rec t l i ne be-tween these possessions of the Uni ted S ta tes and is udmiral-ly adap ted for use a s a s t a t ion f o r u Pacific c ab l e t o connec t t h e I ' l i iTr-dnes wi th Hawai i and t h e United •'•ti-es. I t is a b o u t t h r e e miles In l e n g t h and incloses a l a r g e body of s a l t water .

T h e L a f a y e t t e m o u u m e n t commls s lon, hav ing in charge the m a t t e r of t h e erect ion of a monu m e n t t o Gen L a f a y e t t e In P a r i s iu 1900, r e p o r t t h a t approx imate ly 850.000 had been raised, p r inc ipa l ly f r o m dime dona t ions by ch i ld ren of t h e publ ic schools, wh ich f u l l y assures t h e success of t h e en ter -pr ise . A cablegram was received f r o m t h e F rench g o v e r n m e n t accep t ing t h e L a f a y e t t e m o n u m e n t w i t h g r a t i t u d e and s t a t i n g t h a t It g r a n t s a s i te in the h e a r t of P a r i s opposi te t h e p r inc ipa l e n t r a n c e to t h e Lcuvre gal lery.

T h e r e are now over 5,000 U. S. t roops in ga r r i son in Havana suburbs .

loss of t w o l ives and ser ious in ju r i e s l o fou r persons. Abou t 20 o the r s were cnt nnd bruised and several were Im-prisoned in t h e wreck u n t i l a wreck-ing t r a in a r r ived .

The naval au thor i t i e s In invest igat-ing t h e accident by which the ba t t l e -sh ip Massachuse t t s was disabled learned t o t he i r d i smay t h a t ou r b i g ba t t l e sh ips l ike the Oregon o r Massa-chuse t t s a re In cons t an t d a n g e r of r u n -n ing ag round In New York h a r b o r dur-ing ex t r a low wate r .

T h e so-called congress of the revolu-t ionary government of t h e Fi l ip inos , which h a s been In session f o r some l ime a l Malolos, has unexpec ted ly ad-journed, owing t o t h e difficulty of f o rmu la t i ng a cons t i tu t ion . The cabi-ne t of P res iden t Agulnaldo, appoin ted a t Bacoor on J u l y 15 las t and named In the Hacoor proclamat ion issued t h a t day , has resigned.

T H E MARKETS.

LITE STOCK. New York— Cattle Sheep Lambs

Best grades . HMtfpr-O II & Lower grades SO r 00

Chicago— Best grades....5(na^6> 4 23 Lower grades .8 00^185 2 50

Detroit— Best sradea ...4 0)14 75 4 00 Lower grades .3 0094 09 3 00

BnlTalo— Best grades. ..400^4 4i 4 2S Lower grades .8uO lOJ 3 UO

Cleveland— Best grades...^ 0024 41 4 00 Lower grades..300£4 00 2 50

Cincinnati— Best grades....40091S) 4 10 Lower grades..8 00 400 2 7J

Plttabarc— Best grades....4 2<a>0) 4 2i Lower grades .3 M®! 25 8 01

*90 b 01

5 5i 400

B 00 4 01

6 n 4 25

475 873

5 25 423

5 SO 423

I T , 8 4 0

8 55 8 U

8 85 8 l i

8 45 S B

840 8 90

843 883

SS0 880

Wheat. No i red

New Tork 7«a78* Chlragn 'Detroit Toledo Cincinnati Cleveland Flttubiirc IlnfT.lo

UBAIN, ETC. Corn,

No. 2 mix 43911*

MlKW 70«70 7 'it 7014 7097" 63

30331* ?8938 36i36 38 188* 3> i36 r8938* as j n

Oats. No. 2 xtiltc

34381* twuu SOJSl* » » * 20 t29V4

8U91H4 2>as

•Detroit—Ilav. No. I timothy. W.M per ton. ' T\,-,nirt..r t-,c per bo. Live Poultry, spring ' culiKen-., 6V4c per lb: fowls, 5c: ta rkera .1 c;

ducks. Sc. Eggs, strictly fresh. Oc per dot Butter, best dairy. I'C per lb; creamery. 21c.

I t has been discovered t h a t Spanish

ofiicers of ci t ies and towns in Cuba a n d Por to Rico a re m a k i n g extensive sales of f ranch ises and concessions a t figAes fa r below t h e i r value t o capi ta l is ts and promoters. The Pres iden t h a s ordered the U. S. mi l i t a ry governors in t h e var ious provinces t o p rompt ly ve to such sales as a re deemed aga ins t t h e in te res t s of t h e people. i

Secretary Alger h a s cabled Gen. Otis a t Mani la t o t a k e possession of Hollo, t h e second c i ty in t h e Phil ip* pines, immedia te ly .

1 T

y

Rheumatism la caused by add In tbe blood, nood*! | SamparllU neutrelliei this acid and carta the aclK's and pains. Do not sutler any longer when a remedy It at hand. Taka the gn at medicine which has cured so many others, and you may confldently expect It will give you the relief you so much deslra.

S a r j s a -parilla

It Areenea't Greatest Medlclna. Trice | i . rreri'ed ly C. I. Hood 6 Co.. I^welt Mast.

H o o d ' s pil ls CU1« lick L.-SJSC'JO. tSceuta.

A ic-s imist t.ay» the only way U) av...d t ouble. eneiip«> hardships, dixigs calaiti ti. s nnd all that sort of thing it to die young.

Hood's

Ills Crof i In s .n ' Ia r Oonnty, BflchlcaB. Fair :ao CoJnly. Viobiga!), kas b^en lar-

or- d iLi- y<««r with ^aoraiaas crops of all kinds I'ven llm apple crcp wav itumeust and hund ods ef tkeataads of doling wore paid i n t o r o u c t y for fruit s'o::e. Th# conn y 1« renter tk* niiffalo, lloMon and New f. -INIKI •< arketa than ei'Sirr Holndt er r<>le>lu, aud rattle lalsiag and feedlug has twoim- quit# an Inaiutry. The Tru-man M- •• K.tate aad tbe Cromwell ( cm-

Cny having ofTce- in Crn<wall, one of the iflnj; lo»nt of the county, bav« sold

U-ouMtmU of dollart worth of land tldt fall. Tbeir mtlhod of salliBg lauds for a tmall pnrrrent down and'giving th" pur-chaaer all the time he iiaeds on the balance baa proved a boon to a great Many men of tooderata mt ana. Write them for partic-ulars.

Every l ime tbe wind raises a d i s turb-ance i l is su re l o blow a b o u t I t

" L i t t l e Colds" neglected—thousands ; of l ives sacrificed every year . Dr. Wood's Norway P ine Syrup cures l i t t le colds—cures big colds too, d o w n t o the ; very verge of consumption.

Ter r ib le p l a c e s , those I tch ing pea-t e r l n g diseases of the skin. P u t an end lo misery. Doan's Oin tment cures. A t any d r u g store.

A HAPPY I N W TEAR fnnTTTm

OUR BUDGET OF FUN.

SOME GOOD JOKES. ORIGINAL

A N D SELECTED.

A Variety of Jokes—Gibes and Ironlea Original ami Si-lerted—Flotsam and Jotaam from Ilie Tide of llumpr— Witty Sayings.

Il.ia If. May . ' T l s t he l a s t g i r l of s u m m e r ,

At t h e h e a t l d e a l o n e . All h-r Riily « nv anions

Hav- f ..li ,| nnd gone.

TRIALS OF AN E L E P H A N T .

Why ling. All to '..i

She has to Her fath

•s she tll.re, Hy? Ah. well, help nn.nagu r a hotel.

IIr lie Could C«i» If. Dosfill (to P c k. the groccr) I got s

dollar 's worth of su.-ar of yen yester-day.

Peck—Yes, s ir ; I rem-- er. Waa thoro any th ing tho m a ' t i with I t?

DORSII—0. no. 1 merc y called now to order a barrel of limo. Tha t and sand will make excellent mor t . r . So I th ink I can usr- the sugar, a.s I am about to build.—New York World.

To Klglit on Oilier FleblK.

GLASS DARKLY." T w o mil l ion Americans su f fe r the

t o r t u r i n g pangs of dyspepsia. No need to. Burdock Blood Bil tcni cures. At a n y d r u g store.

T b e woman who a lways wears a smile is faul t less ly dressed.

TO CURE A COLD IN ONF. DAT Take Laxative Brouio Quiulne Tablets. AU drng^ists refund the miney If It falls lo core. 25a. The gei nine has U U Q. on cach tableV

T h e man w h o owes a p a r t i n g sho t is i^cver pressed f o r p a y m e n t

Carter'a Eat. Saart Weed WUI en re a cold In aoe n'.rhl; will cure aore throat In a few honra. Acts quick. Sura cure for Catarrh In every lie bottle.

(Romance f rom a New Year's Sermon.) LIVE THOMPSON fiat In her low un-

, cushioned seat In [? she llitle country

church, p a y i n g strict at tention to the New Year's ser-mon. I t was he r habi t to pay s t r ic t a t teut lcn to l b s regular Sun d a y porroon, but th i s

Sunday being New Year day she was • e r y devoted In her at tent ion. Her eyes never wandered f rom tbe face of t h e preacher, tho face tha t had been

Cheap j ewel ry beata the more expen- l , e r Sunday e tudy for thir ty years. She slve k ind a l l hol low.

Tfce Med'ent^d Croap Neeklaee la the On Iferu »rd known or aold. Price by ma_ Healed Croup NeckUee Co..Oskmonl, Pa

€>rmmp »c. Medi a

When a m a n plays the races work him.

races t h e

ANN ARBOR SPEAKS, i Contractor Wooley, of Ann Arbor, Makaa

a I'ahlle Statement. Mr. Edwurd Wooley, con t r ac to r and

ca rpen te r of Ann Arbor, adds h is voice t o t h a t of t he a r m y of Michigan people w h o endorse t h e l i t t l e conqueror . Our '• represen ta t ive found him a t h is place j of residence. No. 618 Foun ta in S t Mr. j jWooley apprec ia tes " a good t h i n g " as 1

do most of out' readers, and he does not I he s i t a t e t o tell h i s experience f o r t h e { benef i t of o thers . Endorsement of th i s , k ind has made Doan's Kidney P i l l s a j household word t h r o u g h o u t t h e state. { T h e good they have done has w o n them m a n y a t i t l e a n d such w o r t h y names a m o n g people as the " l i t t l e conqueror of k idney i l ls ,n " l i t t l e enemies t o back-ache , " " m o d e m wonder -worke r s , " etc. Mr. Wooley says:

" I w a s sub jec t fo r years t o a t t a c k s of b a c k a c h e o r pa in s t h r o u g h t h e lo ins and k idneys , genera l ly of a dul l , heavy , a c h i n g n a t u r e , b u t o f t e n when t b e w e a t h e r ohanged o r w h e n I moved a w k a r d l y t h e y became s h a r p tw inges of pain. As I w a s doing w o r k which requi red s tooping i t was veryv p a i n f u l , exceedingly so if I c augh t cold, which a s a ru le , se t t l ed in my loins. 1 tr ied var ious remedies b u t was never sucoess-f u l in o b t a i n i n g a n y p e r m a n e n t benef i t u n t i l I used Doan's Kidney Pilla. A t t b e t i m e m y back waa t r o u b l i n g m e a g r e a t deal b u t s h o r t l y a f t e r I began t h e t r e a t m e n t t h e ach ing aba t ed and w h e n I had finished i t I w a s cured. T h i s i s m o n t h s ago a n d u p t o d a t e , t h e r e baa been no recurrence of t h e ' t roub le . "

w a s five years old when she began the s tudy . The face had never grown any older to her. There were the same l i t t le seml-clrcnlar wrinkles under the lobe of the car nearest her. which she had always seen, and the devious creases above the eyes continued al-ways of the same elevation, except t h a t they had grown Inwards, t ending to the horizontal ripple above the nose, and deepening a t tLat point.

The sermon, lo the mind o f Olive Thompson, was "more beaut i ful" on th i s par t icular day than had ever been before.

"Now we see through a glass d a r k -ly, but then face to face," he said.

— T A K E I T ; IT IS QOOU. " T h e mis ts of our present condit ion cloud ou r view; s tormy days have sent d u s t and sleet againet our windows s n t l l , f o r t h e d imness o t our glass, w e cannot see the sky-"

Olive Thompson 's eyes filled wi th t ea rs . She remembered the "dus t and s lee t" of weary years. How the s to rm h a d brea thed upon the windows of he r

* i v ii 1 s o u l ' tu rn ing into f rosted tablets wha t Doan's K i d n e y P i l l s f o r sa l e b y a l l 1

0 i j j e r w j g e m igh t have been avenues for dealers. Pr ice 50 centa. Mailed by , u n l l K h t . Foster-Mil b u r n Co., Buffa lo , N. Y., sole agen t s for t b e U S. Remember the n a m e Doan's and t a k e no subs t i tu te .

"Take h e a r t " the preacher went on, " sp r ing days are coming when the windows will be open to the sky, aud

Thej-eJs n o t h i n g more unsa t ia fac tory ™ . f a c e l o . l a c e w h a t b a - , d -t h a n compulsory love.

In m e morning sbe took her pan of suds and tbe polishing cloth and stood in a chair to wash the windows. She would becin In tbe ki tchen, she thought , and go clear around to the parlor. She tried to pull out tbe old fashioned spring of the upper sash, but it would not yield.

"Olive," said her mother, "Joseph had bet ter help to waeh tbe windows. He can stand on the ladder on the outside," "Joseph." she called at the door, "come In and pull the spring for Olive." And, "Joseph, polish the glass on tbe outside, It Is too bard for Olive."

Joseph was obedient. He had been " the t i r ed man" for five years. No one would have known he was the hired man except the two women. He might have been the old lady's son and Olive's brother, so kind and t rue had he always been to these two.

Olive stood on a chair on the In-side and Joseph on the ladder outside. The features of each were dim through the glass, and the two scrubbed away with soap and polish. W h a t was left of smoke and f ro s t yielded lo double persuasion, and Joseph called from the outside: "Is ll clear. Olive?"

"Olive, scrutinizing closely, called back, point ing to tbe upper corner. " Jus t a little more rubbing right there ."

She did not notice that Joseph was looking into her eyes, and th inking to himself "how clear" they were.

He rubbed cway a l the filmy place, and then called aga in : " I l i sn ' t quite clear dowh in tha t corner."

Olive polished away on her side catching Joseph's eye ful l of a light that shot r ight through the obscurity and made her remember the t e s t of the New Year sermon—"Now we see through a glass darkly ."

Around the house went the two, Olive on the Inside and Joseph on the outside, and only the last perlor win-dow was left . The morning had sped away like a glint ol sunshine f rom the pan of water In the chair . Olive had watched this broken bit of rad-iance, as it played on the celling above the table with the album a n 3 pictorial Bible on i t It was like a halo above the precious s p o t She moved her chair up to the window with a little sigh. Joseph moved his ladder up to the same window on the opposite side.

"Le t It down from the top, Olive," he said.

" I can ' t , " Olive called back, " I t s t icks ."

Joseph was on her side In a moment. His fingers Just touched hers as they pulled on the spr ing together, and something which was not unl ike a glint of sunshine passed through the two. The spr ing slipped back aad Joseph was on the outside again, Joseph low-ered the window to bring it within easy rcach of Hie woman on the other side. St range he hadn ' t thought of tha t before. S tanding s t r a igh t up. Olive on her chair and Jotepii on bis ladder, the two looked luto each other 's

F r o m the kitchen she called: "Art t he windows all clean, daugh te r?"

"All clean, mother ," came the an-swer. and Olive Thompson recalled th< words of the sermon. "Take hear t ; spr ing days are coming when the win-dows will be open to the sky ; and w« shal l see face to face what has a lwayi been."

First College Man to Second College Man (who had enlisted In the a rmy)— I suppose you are mighty glad the war ended as soon a s it did.

Second College Man—Oh, we had to be home for the football season, you know.

Ills Fazer Inqu'ry. (Husband re tu rns heme very late in-

toxicated.) She—This Is too much! I won't

bear II any longer! Tomorrow I shall re turn to my mother !

He—My dear. Is t ha t a threat—or a promise?—Harlem Life.

Cruelly Afflicted. Mrs. De Plat te—How a re you all at

home, Mrs. Brownston?

W h e n Autumn >t l a n upon h . i „ M r 3 ' « >"• t h r o n e My daughter has la grippe, my country

„r „ r o „ 0 i ; cousin has the Influenza and my sen ' -

t r u m ^ i " u i d k a " ' . . " S , 1 ? ! * * * ' » t h e i «» « • » • " »

Court-Martlaled and Whipped for Kill* Ing Ills Sleoper.

The cour t -mar t la l lng of an e l ephan t Isn't such an everyday occurrence a s t o pass unnoticed, even In cent ra l Ind l s , where the doings of the jtinglo fo lk a re umiHiially dark and vain, says the New York Herald. ConseQuently t h s celebrated tr ial and pun i shmen t of a n e lephant residing In the vicini ty of ?dhow forfn a theme upon whlcft t h e nat ive loves to dwell. The e lephan t h d killed his keeper. T h a t fact waa

j clcarly established. A number of wi t -nesses bore test imony to tho m a n n e r of the man's death. He had been a na -

j tlve soldier. Ho and his chargo didn ' t seem to hi t It off very well. T h e r e wore f requent Jars engendered by t h s

j e lephant 's Indisposition to yield readi ly to the demands and commands of the native. These occasional demons t ra -llons of Insubordinat ion were Invaria-bly followed by the Introduction of a sharp spike Into the tenderest par t of the elephant 's ana tomy. After t ha t t he si tuation was somewhat s t ra ined and when this par t icular e lephant met other elephants nnd stopped lo pa?8 the l ime of day he complained In t rumpe t tones of the unreasonahleneFS of mon and of his keeper specifically. Matters appear to have reached a climax when the keeper one day appropriated a por-tion of the food supply al lot ted to the elephant. This was more than ele-phan t flesh and blood could s tand. The big fellow remarked to himself t ha t while he might occasionally bo In-duced to work overt ime at the a rdcu i labor of drawing heavy trucks—thus laying himself liable to expulsion f rom the Elephants ' l^tbor Union—at least It could never bo said tha t he so far forgot his position as to suffer the loss of a square meal at the bauds of a mere man. >nd so It came about tba t Mr. Keeper suddenly felt the weight of a great foot. What followed Is not sup-plied by the keepT, for he v.v,8 by this l ime a subject for the obituary wrltert . Eye witnesses, however, averred that the elephant raised him by tho t runk line and thoroughly beat a tat too with him on the stoniest ground In t ha t vicinity. Tbe elephant was properly, tried In tbe presence of all the ele-

: phan t s belonging to the station. Thete had been marshaled In two parallel lines. In the center stood the prisoner, his giant feet chained into four holes. A chain held his neck secure and each' end of the chain was firmly at tached to big elephants, which stood on ei ther side of him. The brigade majo r was' the judge. He a n d his staff were mounted on horses. The facts In t h s case were related a f te r tbe ma jo r bad announced to the elephant that ho was on tr ial . No counsel was assigned to the prisoner. The proeecutlop had things all l i t own way end tbe sen-tence of forty-eight lashes wltx a chain was carried out immediately it had been passed. Tbe corpora! *!epbaat was selected to put the judgi/.ont l a execution. He was provided v;ilh a heavy chain, and grasping it l ight ly In bis t runk, he applied the four dwsen s t rokes so vigorously as to b r ing fo r th crost agonizing groans from the pr ison-

fate, , Y o r k W c e k l y ' And Winter knows the rea lm thence-}

forth his own; Calling bio minions in the Arctic zone

Aud making them through bla own greatness great,

He journeys forth to h is possessions s t ra ight .

The winds ' wild music aye before h im blown.

A lock of f ros t be fas tens on the land, | And makes tbe air with keenest cold

to s t ing; The waters lie 'neath fe t te rs f r o m his

hand; And while h is whi te snows loss and !

whirl and filng, Robed royally and crowned for all i

command H e proudly cries, "Beliold me: I am i

K i n g ! " —William Francis Barnard, i

A Likely One.

i murderer was sentenced to draw a log 1 chain attached to h i s leg fo r t h r e e I months.

Imposs ib le t o foresee a n a c c i d e n t N o t imjMissible t o be prepared for I t Dr. Thomas 1 Eclect r io OiL Monarch over pa in .

Dis tance is o f t e n responsible f o r last-i n g f r iendships .

Go to your grocer to-day and get a 15c. package of

0 It takes the place of cof-fee at i the cost. Made from pure grains it is nourishing and health-fu l

ways been, but which we could not eee for looking through a glass da rk-iy."

A few months later Olive Thompson stood making apple pies lu the pan-t r y . The pant ry window was up and t h e song of b i rds came In. Also t h e r e c a m s In the voice of Joseph, the hired m a n , who w a s coaxing the new calf t o d r i n k . "Take It," be was saying lo t b e inexperienced animal ; " i t is good."

"Take It; It Is good," Olive repeated t o herself in the pantry.

" W h a t Is good?" asked the old wr ink led mothe r kul t t lng In the warm ki tehen .

"Why , everything, I suppose," Olive answered, s t i l l l is tening with one ea r t o w h a t Joseph was saying.

" I t doesn' t seem good now, bossy; b u t i t Is good, take I t "

"Olive," said her mother, "It Is t ime t o wash t h e windows. The f rost is a l l off and they look dingy."

" I ' k n o w I t , " Olive said, " I will do i t tomorrow."

"Olive Thompson obeyed her mother f r o m a life-long habit , and from re-l igious principle. Was sbe not he r mother ' s child, and ought not children t o obey the i r parsnt*; rW, wrinkled, feetls p a r e t l f V

"13 IT CLEAR, OLIVE?"

eyes. There was nothing on Joseph's side and nothing on Olive's side to dim their vision. It was all clear.

"Bu t now face to face," t hough t Olive.

The old mother passing by tbe pa r -lor, smiled, and spoke not a woj^.

Chrbtmas ETC. By Mary N. P r e s c o t t

Chris tmas eve the wide world over. And Chris tmas chimes a re sounding;

Chr is tmas trees tbeir buds discover. Wi th Chris tmas gifts abounding.

The moonbeams on the snow-dr i f t s shed

Str ike out a sudden splendor ; And all the heavenly fields are spread

Wi th starl ight br ight , ye t tender.

The window-panes are white wi th frost .

In tracery of flowers. Bringing again the summers lost

To bloom through Chris tmas hours. 0 , happy night , whose blessed days

Across the ages shine. Lighting the darkness of our days

With piomlses divine!

"Duncemore was enlisted as an Im-mune."

"He ought to have made a good one —why, he can ' t even take a joke."

were UUcuited.

"Wha t makes you think you defeated by f r a u d ? "

"I paid for 163 votes In the second precincts, and the books show tha t I got a lota! of only 155 there. Our eleo-tlon system Is simply rotten."—Cleve-land Leader.

Montreal—Gr-neral Manager Haya of t be Grand Trunk rai lway h a s recog-nized the Railway Telegraphers ' a s so -ciation by deput ing General Super in-tendent McQulggan to discuss t h s grievances of the employes of the road

Marlboro, Mass.—S. IL Howe, pres i -dent of the S, H, Howe Shoe company, has declined to a r b i t r a t e labor diflttcul-lles with representat ives of the A m e r -lean Federation of Labor.

Newport, R. L—The bodies of P r i -vates Henry I. Har r i s . Bat te ry H , Bev-en th artillery, who enlisted In Chicago July 15; W. F. Butler , F rede r i ck W . Kull and an unknown soldier have been taken from the ru ins o t t he h u r n e a stable of Light Ba t t e ry H. F o u r t h a r -tillery, in Fort Adams. T h e In jured men are doing well.

B E L I E F F E 0 M PAIN.

Women Everywhere Express their Gratitude to Mrs. Pinkbaxn.

The Differcnco. "I wouldn't mind having my poems

paid for on publicat ion," remarked the - - . v

Etruggllng young genius, wi th a sad, | s ide. Before finishing t h e flrst b o t t l e

Hrs, T. A. WALDEN, Glbaoa, da., writes: " D E A R MRS. P I N K I I A M : — B e f o r e t o k -

i n g your medicine, l i f e w a s a b u r d e n >

t o me . I never s a w a . w e l l d a y . A t m y m o n t h l y pe r iod I s u f f e r e d u n t o l d misery , n n d a g r e a t d e a l of t h e t i m e I •was t roub led w i t h a s e v e r e pa 'm i n m y

IS-# F » A%

wan smile, "if it were not for the fact | t b a t my meals m u s t be paid f o r o n ac cc piance,"—Plck-Me-Up.

Twelra Ilandrad MIIBH of ^Coral Beef* The great barrier reef which f r l n ^ i i

t he coast of Australia no r th of Bris-bane, In the direction of Tor re s s t ra i ts , mus t always rank among the wonders of the world. For 1,200 miles the coral animalcules have raised a solid protec-t ion against the rage of thd ocean! swell at a distance vary ing f r o m 20 t o 150 miles from the shore, leaving a comparat ively safe and calm Inner passage, suitable for naviga t ion hy the largest s teamers on the i r voyage nor th and east. Sundry channels pene t ra te t h e reef at Intervals, and whole fleets of t r ad ing schooners a r e regular ly en-gaged amid the Intr icate l aby r in th ot coral Inlets.—London S tandard .

I ' reaeut C o m p a n y E x c e p t e d .

of y o u r V e g e t a b l e C o m p o u n d I cou ld t e l l i t w a s d o i n g m e good . I c o n t i n u e d i t s use , a l so u s e d t h e L i v e r Dills a n d Sana t ive Wash , a n d h a v e b e e n g r e a t l y he lped . I w o u l d l i k e t o h a v e y o n u s e m y l e t t e r f o r t h e b e n e f i t of o t h e r s . "

Hra. FLORENCE A. WOLFE, gig nulberry S t , Lancaster, Ohio, writeti

" DEAB MUS. PIKKUAM:—For t w o y e a r s I w a s t r o u b l e d w i t h w h a t t h e local physic ians t o ld m e w a s in f l amma-t i on of t h e w o m b . E v e r y m o n t h I suf -f e r e d t e r r i b l y . I h a d t a k e n e n o u g h medic ine f r o m t h e doc to r s t o cure a n y -one , b u t o b t a i n e d rel ief f o r a s h o r t t i m e only . A t l a s t I conc luded t o wr i t e t o you in r e g a r d t o m y case , a n d can s ay t h a t by fo l lowing y o u r advice I a m n o w pcfec t ly welL't

Idiot. " T h e average American w o m a n , ' 1

sa id the t i resome boarder , " a s a n y ar - j l i s t or any physician will te l l you , la misshapen,"

S e m e of them," said t h e Cheerfu l

He—All t h e w o r l d ' s a s tage. She and wi thou t mean ing t o b e pe r -

sonal, there a r e a lso a n a w f u l lo t of b u m actors o n It .

H e r P a ' a Doc-Gerald—If you don ' t m a r r y me

shal l go t o t h e dogs.

Geraldlne—You won ' t h a v e t o go j p ra i se Lydia

fire. W. R. BATES, riansficld, La., writes t " Before w a i t i n g t o y o u I suffered

d r e a d f u l l y f r o m p a i n f u l menst rua-t ion , leucorrhoea a n d sore feel ing in

I t h e lower p a r t of t h e bowels. Now my j f r i e n d s w a n t t o know w h a t makes mo : look so wel l . I do not hes i ta te one min-

I u t e in t e l l ing them w h a t h a s brought a b o u t t h i s g r e a t change . I cannot nraise Lvdia E. P inkham's Vegetable W U"CU1* o a ' u " i e u n e e n u i „

•^ .ot , n a v e matronly figures."—Ex ' a r * There ' s one waitlnir for *11 J " " ' * 0 — - i , ! t h e gate.—New York Journal I C o m P o u n ^ enough. J t i s t h e greatest ' r e m e d y of the age . "

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- G ' m i STATE BANK a p i t a l , - $ 2 5 , 0 0 0 0 0 .

LOWELL, MICH.

i UANCI6 KINO, Picsident, UMAH. MoCARFY. Vice Pre-i.lent

U < U OIUBWOLD. Cuhier. ;DIBECT0E8:

FntiiciH Kiog, Chas. McCartj, Geo. W. Parker, F. T. King, U. H. Force E. L. Bennett, I I . 0 . Orlswold. 0. Bergin.

HOME NEWS.

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\ (ieaeral Banking BuHiness TranHHcteit Moner Loaned on Real Ealate Security

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Gosdip and Chat about People and Th ings You Know.

No school nex t Monday—legal Imliday.

Ht'preaentative Kelly was in lnwn last Friday.

Bir th , in Lowell, Dec. 23, a eon tu Frei l Oliver and wife.

Birth, in Lowell, Deo. 18, a eon lo Carl English and wife.

Leah and Ray Rogers visited rela-tives a l Saranac yesterday.

Birth, in Smith LnwHj, D m 19, a t—*-'"1 Fowl Ti-yir ^ 0

BOY WANTED a t t h e L E D G E R o f f i c e

t o learn the printer's t rade.

I. A . Anderson was in Grand Rap-ids on business last Thursday,

Our good triend Harmon Nash is "under the weather" this week.

J . C, Wilson has a brother and daugiiter f rom Miltord making him a visit.

The Michigan F a r m e r and Lowell Ledger one year for $1.60, Apply a t th i s office.

Bir th , in Lowell, a son to L . A. D y g a r t and wife, Dec. 24. A timely Chris tmas gift.

Josie and J immie Needham are spending the holidays with friends in Mecosta county.

Mrs . Otis Bailey of Smyrna is pick a t the home of her daughter, Mrs. Gould, in this village.

Mr*. W m . Hal l of Grand L j d g e was the guest of her sister, Mrs. Or ton H i l l several days this week.

Cbas. E . Walts, wife and children, ot Gtflesburg, spent a portion of the holidays with Lowell relatives.

H a r r y Kinsley attended the wed-d i n g of Miss May Perrine and Geo. Hun te r , a t Three Rivers, Monday.

Alderman F rank Hodges and At-torney L. K- Saltbury of Grand Rap-ids were in town on business yesterday.

Mi*. C . F . Sifton of Chatham, Can-a d a , and Hammond S. Marshall of F l in t , are visiting H . Marshall a n d f ami ly .

P . E . G r a b e r a n d wife of Ann A r -bor are spending thu holidays with tbe latter's parents, U, C. Winegar a n d wife.

W . P . Harvey and wife of Benton H a r b o r and Miss Cora Moon of Chi-cago visited Miss Myrt ie Taylor

—r Tuesday.

Mrs. H u g h S . Johnson returned lo be r home a t Almont to day alter a visit oi several days with tbe family o f F , M. Johnson.

Mies Kate Edmomls came home f rom Detroit, where she is employed, t o spend ChristmaR with her parents, S . F . Edmonds and wife.

W . S. Schoaf of Bay City is spend-ing a tew days with his wife, (nee Mattie W a l k e r ) who is slopping with h e r parents in this place'.

There are a few Christmas num-bers of the LEDGER still unsold. Send one lo your friend. Only 5 cents, wrapped ready for mailing.

'Subjects a t the Congregational church next Sunday, iu the morning, " L o o k i n g forward" also connnuninn service. In the evening, "Jesus, the i ight 61" the world."

The dancing par ty wliioh was to Lave been given iu Music ball Tiie«-day evening wns postponed until

— Thursday evening, J an . 5. Children's class Tuesday a t 4 p. m.

Drs. Galleher & Wolford visit Ijowell again Tuesday, J a n . 10, as per auMouncenu-iit i i i tbU issno. D r . Wolford who fTi'h tli" Lowell ap-pointment is a very pleasant gentle-man to nice', and he is building an ex-tensive ljusiuesc in Ins line. •

Persons who h m e been in Grand Rapids the pa-t week: Mr. and Mrs. F . T. King, Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Grie-•wold, Mrs. CIIUB. (Juick, Miss Eauna Craw, Reuben tyiick and wife, Mrs. J o e Quick, Miss Nellie McCarty, Geo . Craw and A. l i . Peekhaiu and

wife.

Lowell lodge No. 90, P . & A . M., installed the following offioers Tuesday evening: W . M. , M. C. Greene; 8 . W., D . G. Look; J . W . , U . B Wil-l iams; S. D., W. A. Watta; J . A., J . B . Yeiter: Sec., H . A . Sherman, Treas. , Chas. Al then ;T . , 8 . B. Knapp; Stewards, J . W. Borry, D. T. Bush.

The electrical apparatus of tho Lowell W a t e r and Light company which has run many months without a skip has been cauaing its operators a n d patrons oonsiderahle trouble dur-i n g the past week or two. Human ingenuity is not yet proof against ac-cidents. In Mr. Kallinger the com-pany have a fai thful and exper t 1 eteoUician. (

Novelties

Watch safes, s tamp cases, curling- tmgs , paper knives, seals, bio' ters, stationery sets, manicure seta, scssors, key tag^s tie retaiuern, pocket combs, bag1 checks, envelope openers, sterling mounted ebony brush-es, and packet books. A fine assortment to choose from.

Our line is 925-1000 fine and extra heavy.

"Quality beyond question."

G e t t h e m at .

W . H . Clark was in Grand Rapids Tuesday.

Jack Adams ate Christmas dinner with Port land friends.

W . E . Poet of Augusta is enjoying a few days with his parents.

R . Curley, of Grand Rapids, a col* lege friend of W i l b u r Pos t is visiting him.

Geo. W . Rouse and wife are guests of relatives aud fr iends a t Branlford, Out .

W e c lub the LEDGER with almost any oewspaper or magaeine a t re-duced rates.

Mrs. Phil Reulelster and Mrs, A . M. Ken t spent X m a s with F . Hodges and family of Grand Rapids.

Doctor, Mrs. and Miss Florence MoDanDell spent Christmas with Mrs. Geo. A. Browne at F l in t .

Misa Kate Enos who has returned fmm an extended tour of Europe was the guest of Lowell friends Monday.

The Pljila Clark W . C . T . U. will hold their quarterly meeting with Mrs. Milo Har t , Tuesday, J a n . 3, *99,

H . H . Hunter , wife, daughter and Mrs. Chas. Mosher, of Mt. Pleasant, came Monday lo slay several days with Lowell fr iends.

Advertised Letters—Miss Kiltie Calvin, Miss Delia Saxlon, Eher Compton, M. A . Halsted, Chas, G . Mitchell, Wal lace Barton.

A reception was tendered to Mr. and Mrs. George Hunter , last evening a t the home of the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs, E. B , Hunter , in this village.

Or ra C. Hoyden and wife of Pe-toskey have been visiting a l his aunt 's , Mrs. E. L. Kinsley, the past four weeks and calling on other iriends.

The Lowell HorticulturnI society will hold its annual meeting in the parlors of the Lowell State hank on Thursday, Jan . 5, at 1 p. m. Officers to be elected. Full attendance is re-'! quested.

Ten members of Lowell Ledge, I . 0 . 0 . F , attended a meeting of the Phoenix Lodue at Grand Rapids last week Wednesday evening. I t was by special invitation and the boys had a good time.

Mr. and Mrs. F . T. King gave a family dinner on Monday to about 22 guests. Friends from out of town were: Mr. Enos and dauuhter , Kate, and son, Frank, aud P . M. Leo and family of Grand Rapids and Mrs. Holly, ol'Loc.kport, K. Y .

On g u a r a n t e e with every purchase: Goods rbo best, prices the lowest ' . Bergin, I h e reliable grooor. 2<!)4tf

in Children can be overcome in almost all caser. by the use of Scott's .Emulsion o; Cod-Lrver Oil and the Hypophos-phitcs of Lime and Soda* While it is a scientific fact that cod-liver oil is the most digestible oil in ex-istence, in

SCOTT'S EMULSION

t only pj already digested and made ready t l It not only palatable, but it is

idy dig for immediate absorption by the l y t t e m .

Special New Year's service a t the M E . church Sunday. Suhjeul for the morning hour, "The closing of ihe old account." In the evening, " T h e opening of the neW account ." All who do not attend services else-where are cordially invited.

Pat rons of the LEDGER'S job depart-ment will appreciate the faut tha t we are constantly adding to our equip-ment the latest and finest faces of type. So that all are assured of get* ting up-to-date work here.

The Ltwell & Hastings press tick-et for 1899 is a work of a r t , fu l ly in line with the spirit of progress that animates this accomodating line. May the year he full of ousiness, profit and enlargement for the Lowell & Hastings and its genial officials.

A man might us well t ry lo put a quart of water into a pint measure as to make a better harness than our famous Oak Tanned hand made har-ness, Before purchasing i t is for your interest to call and look a t "our goods. Brown & Sehler .

Would M a k e a Hot Fir®.

Everybody around here knows jolly J im Hurley of Paruel l and Charles Quick, . the 200-pounds editor of the Lowell Jou rna l ; and will appreciate the following:

On a recent visit to |own, J i m went into the Journa l office, paid up his subseription, talked about the weather, crops, etc., and fiqally said:

"Charlie, your a bully good feller, an' if you wuz only a Dimikrat you'd be all r ight ."

" M y graciousi Charlie, how fat ye are! By j imminy, I want to die be-fore ve do . "

" W h y so?" ' 'Oh, becuz you'll make sioh a hot

fiur."

The above was written and "set u p " just before Br ilher Quick's ac -cident and the publication has been delayed until now, because we had

desire to have fun at the no e x -pense of a sick man.

Clean your with teeth Rose Cream*

CENTS Make an inexpennive LINK present, sometlilnK al-CUFF ways nppreeiated »bv the BUTTOKS men. Our Htock embraces

the latest desigmi. Quality beyond que-tion.

Gel it at WILLIAM^.

Genuine home-made bread " l ike mother makes" at Bushes bakery.

J^he best 40c tea in Michigan a t Bergiu's Try a pound and if not satisfied get your money back. This is "straiKht goods!" 254lf

Look for the soap bridge in Blain's window.

Have you seen Blain's Brooklyn bridge? "

A elegant present for your GENTS •> nslmnd, it may prove au

opening wedge for thai ring VEST or one of our gold watches

that yuur heart is set upon. CHAINS Quality beyond question.

Get it at WILLIAMS'.

2 cakes of Castile Soap at Blain's for a nickle.

I b e '98-99 Dancing Club will give a party at Music hall on Thursday , Dec 29. Music bv Lowell orchestra.

>New Year ,S(

Presents Are all readv foi yonr

uhoosing.

Dolls of all kinds. Iron toys, Railroild Trains, Street oars and Fire Engines.

Wooden toys. Aninmls, Game Mlocks. Sleiglis, Guns OrnniK, Rod ing horses, I hiidren's Desks and J-'ur-nilnre, and every kind uf i.ew and ingenous toy that will delight the chlidren and make older folks child-ren uuidn all at reasonably low prices. Also a nice as sort ment of Vase and Hang-ing lamps. Decorated Din-ner sets and decorated En-1

glish ware to sell in open stock, fancy china and glass ware, albums, necktie, glove collar and cufi and fancy boxes and numerous other useful articles.

H . A L E X A N D E R ^

Ou the Bridge.

R. D. S t o c k i n g ' s F u n n y ? E x p e r i e n c e

a t .Pa rnoU.

Did you ever hear about the fun(?)

that " D e e " Stocking had the last time

he went to Parnell to play for a dance?

The dancs was in the woods and

when the orchestra reached the place,

the crowd was there and impatient

for the inn to begin. Someone volun-

teered to take care of the horses and

the boys went to work.

About midnight the torch HghU be-

gan lo go out and as there was no

gasoline to replenisb them the dan ie

had lo stop and everybody began

hustling to get their teams hitclu d

u p and ou i of the woods before the

last torch light gave ou t .

So " D e e " said to the others: "You

get the music and instrumenis packed

up and Pl l go after the team."

Here was where the fun hejran, he

oould not find the fellow who took

the team and had no idea where the

horses were. H o took the chances on

a barn half a mi e we; t; hut arrived

there only to b- iniormed that t luy

were a mile ast. I lu was warm un-

der the collar hy this time and as- he

walked a mile east he made some re-

marks that wouldn't look well in

print.

The next burn was the right place

and "Doe" began feel ing around in

the midnight darkness without .a

lantern in a strango barn for his

horses. All at once, he fell down

stairs aud fetched u p on his hands

and feet in a cow stable. I t seems

that the floor had not been cleaned

for some mouths and—well , he scraped

his hands on the barn timbers and

got rid of some of i t . He found the

horses there checked up, just an they

had been taken from (he carriage

and left there all day and half the

night without food or water .

When " D e e " got back to the grove,

he was too full for utterance and the

observations he made were very cm.

pointed and emphatic .

At the Paruell store, one of the

boys got some crackers aud cheese.

When well slarted for home, lie of-

fered a portion to "Dee ," who enly

said:

"Darn it, I can't eal any, my hands

are all d u t y . "

NO CORE. NO PAY. If we can name

£• and locate yonr dis-e a * or weakness

VX without asking you M any questions, you

should be convinced that we are special-ists and can cure you. Yet, to fur-

/ J H R F ther prove it we will '"B i BEBmir guaractec a cure or no pay, and No Pay Askol Until Cured if

deposit money in bank as security. Catarrh, Aithms, Bronchitis,

Rhsumslltn, Pimples, Es-

No matter what your disease, or who has failed to cure you, consult us.

Consultation free to those who want treatment. We can show hundreds of cures, many in your own county, who you know. G. A. MUNCH, M. 0., the upinent Specialist can be consulted at the following hotel parlors.

If impossible lo see him. write, en-closing twft stamps, for information, etc., lo

Ditrolt Midioal and Surclaal Inst i tutf ,

U5 Pine St., Detroit, Mich.

Lowcil, lit/tcl Brace, T u e s d a y J a n . 17 Baranac, C'umniercial Hotel, Mon. Jan. 11

I.ake Odvsha. Miner Hotel, V ed. Jan. 18.

All kinds or wood promptly d e l i v r -ed by ll. B. Boylan.

r You

It is also combined with the hypophosohites, which supply a food not only for the tissues of the body, but for the bones and nerves, and will build up the child when its ordinary food does not supply proper nourishment.

Be SUIT you get SCOTT'S KmuUlon. See LH*t the nun ind fish are un (tie wrjpprr.

All dniggiiK; vx. and fi.oo. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemliw, Ntw York.

A FINE CuLOfilNC

Makes a capital present for mother, father, ulster, brolher or sweetheart. When you give or receive one of our rings there is a satisfaction of knowing tbat the "quality is beyond question" and that the style and workmanship U ths acme of the jeweler's art.

Get it at WILLIAMS.'

Want to learn

S H O R T H A N D P

Do you want to learn the beat sys tem of SIIOBTIUND?

Do you want to'.earn Typewriting Do you want to get a good,

thorough Business Education f Do you want to attend a

Btulttm College which gives a thorough course in Shorthand and allied branches aud tits its students for competent amanuensis work.

Do yon want to attend a school where the students are thoroughly drilled in all the duties required in a Business- Office and do actaai offioe work before leaving school T

Do you want to imptOTe your penmanrhip, and learn how to write a business letter?

Do you want get a Business Ed-ucation at a very moderate cost where both board and tuition are down to the very loweel notch f

AILihese wants may be satisfied by attending ths Busioesa dspart-ment of the

Clarksville Academy Write for particulars, Address

the Priuoipal,

C. J . TRAMSUE. ClarlMvllle, - nick.

The Only Dally Woman's Page.

Advertisers Aim to reach the homes hence they use The Journal.

Hot only AT-T- the NEWS, concisely and decently told, but there Is more In

The Detroit Journal. There is a dally WOMAN'S PAOB,

BOCIKTY NOTES, FASHIONS Illus-trated and many other matters intend* ed to entertain, uplift and cheer our dally lives. The JOKES from The JOURNAL'S "Dexter and Sinister" Column are copied tbe world over.

AN AOENT IN EVERT TOWN-Tou may have The Journal served to you for only 10 cents per week. By Mall UJt for t months.

(Uatcb tbe Old Vear ou t

and the HewVear lit, If you feel like it, But be sure and keep] watch of

A . D . Oliver's J e w e l r y Store

All through the year, visit it often as it I will mean a Saving- ot your money when[ in need of anything in his line.

We take this opportunity of thanking the people of Lowell and surrounding-country for their pleasant and most liberal pat - |

ronage.

We expect as in the past to continually! increase our business relations with you as fair dealing and the best goods a t lowest prices is what I shall always offer, i

Wishing you all a happy and prosperous New Year, I remain yours for business,

A . D. Ol iver . JEWELER AND OPTICIAN.

Drs. Galleher & Wolford Grand Rapids Curative InsHtute

J . CORE GALLEHER, M. D., President and AUnagtr.

C.T. WOLFORD, M. D.( Secretary and Treeanrer.

Will be in LOWELL, Waverly Hotel, TUESDAY, JAN. i o By special invitation of a number of their friends Dra. Galleher & Wolford ludod to make a visit of ono day in each month and give the sick and afflicted or

those who are suffering with Chronic Diseases a chance to consult with them. These Doctors are widely and most favorably known H|>eciali8ts in the United States. Their log experience and remarkable shill and the uuiversal succea^ they have had in tho largest hospitals in the world, enables them to treot ell Chronic , Nervous, Skin and Blood D i a e e a o a o n the latesl sdentlflo principles and entitles them to the full confidence of the afflicted everywhere from the fact that they do not lay out any lalse inducements to get the public to call and see them by advertising free treatment for th«» know auite wel1 that when they advertise free treatment tha'. 80un£ thinkinK peo-ole know that a physician that qualifies himself cannol afford to give away his talent and treatment. We waut to be honest with you Come and ses us and be your own tndM Eo not let people cry quack or humbug to you. You are the sufferer and tbe one that is most interested in getting well. You have tried the general practitioner and failed. Do not despair, but give us a chance and we will show you what we can do Everv disease is curable when the tissues are not destroyed. Our aim is to give honest nn/i thnmnffh work. RIVO good wholesome advice and make our charges ressonahle. T h e D o c t r a have uo equal in treating Diseases of the Sve. Ear, Nose, Throat and I UIIRS Dyspcpcla, Bright's Disease, Kidney, Liver, Bladder, Chronic Female and H » r i i » l D l s e a s w EpilepWC or Falling Fits. Certain and positive cure for the awfnl e f f e c t s of Early Vice and the awful effects that follow in its trial. Private diseases of

Diseusss speedily, coMiplele'y dermanently cured if taken in time. A friendly call may save yov future suffering and add golden years to your life. Drs . Ga l l ehe r & Wolford devote their time and attention to the study and treatment of ell Chronic Diseases. Thsy are the originators of Specific Herb Medication and Dietary Treat-ment of what to eat and drink. Also the celebrated Ezanthemettc cure, by which many diseases are cut ad without using medicines, and compressed and medicnted gases for all diseases of the throat, nose and lungs. Having these original aud renowned methods of curing diseares, they are successful when the old time system of doctoring is a failure. They invite all those who cannot find help elsewhere to call and examine t h e i r methodsand receive the benefits offered, EKamiuation of Urine, chemical and misceopical FREE Consultalion and examination FBEE and Striotljr confidential. Address all communications to

Drs. Galleher & Wolford, HoHsematt Block. Rooms 7, • , 9 A I t GRAND RAPIDS. HICH