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W H O L E N O . 3 0 2 . LOWELL. •iCHIGAN, APRIL. 13, 1899. V O L . V I , N O . 4 2 .

Ceylon temr . I Lowell Oxton H i l l , Pron.

W. A. Wat t s , Onnhier C I T Y I N T H E

C O L O M B O

S K i H T S HOW T H E T R A N S P O R T (iRANT

AND A B R I T I S H BOAT

Plating Impoiisihiliiv Life o « Board S h i p la t h e T r o p i c s . E x c h a n g e C o m p l t t n e n t s a t Sea .

A m m u n i t i o n I s s u e d f o r F i c h t .

Works. OnmmiToinl mul

SuviiiKH DepHrlmmito IntiTi-Mt paid on time curtilicntes.

MILL. W A T T S A CO.

LwmII. - Miob.

0 p irttlLTM — I' II Gil-k y. A«R <»l ion Hill.W. A. Willis. E VV. liownitci', K Wil-on.

I um now nn-pnrtid t«i d" nil kinds of Fiu« I'liUiuK in Qolii,

j Silvur, NickK Coppi-r, Royal Sil «• vor Mctnl. ntc. U- Mnke WntdiicH,

On boar*I T r a m p o r t G r n n i .

March 3 d , 1899.

F . M. J o h v u o n , lifWell. M i c h .

Dear h m i l i e r ; - M y Ihhi leiu-r was

wiii 1 believe to Curl a n d mai led a i

Suez . E g y p t , rjince then we have

DrmiK sold mi (irnnri lluiti''*, D-rrnIi mid New Y - k

Maiiiln, Ph i l ipp ine IsIh, March 7, '99.

Mr«. K . P . G a u d n e r , Lowell, Mich,

h e a r Mother hiu! Kumilv:

I am in the ve ry best of health and

sincerely ho[ie ihiri will find yon ail

Jewelry. % 1 s topped twice to cnnl and t a k e on the wnne. I fiippofle yon have re

^ Tiiblewara, Hicynlen. elo, like new. ^ w f t l , . r n m l 8 1 l , ^ | i e « of fregh f n . i u . and c ived the letter that I w n t out at

Few Days Only

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A . M G I B B S

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vegetables, oirce a t the island of P e r i m P e r i m , A r a b i a . W e oimled at P e r i m

and again a t Co lomho on the inland • f i i . tead of Aden. O u r next stop whh

O-eylon, sou th «»f Ind ia , on the 26th ot at Co lombo . Ceylon.

F e b n n . r y . N e a r l y all of us , officers A t Pe r im the coaling was done bv

ami Indies, wen ' ashore d u r i n g t h e ! Arabs . They will piolc up two big

d i r t y opera t ion of coal ing. baskets ol coal each holding over a

Colombo i s a city of 127,000, very j bushel and a ha l f , put it on their

in teres t ing a n d novel t o westerners j shoulders and go on the r u n up the

u :

of We are prepared this year with the best line

Wheels ever shown in Lowell.

COLUMBIA SS'.VKI. C R E S C E N T $35.00. IDEAL S30.00.

We also have the Cclebniited'GENEVA at S25.00.

Fully g-uaraiiteed and strictly up-to-date.

Full line of Sundries in connection.

R. B. BOYLAN.

% $ I

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The

Entering Wedge

Good Service

in our effort to secure and hold your patron-

age is GOOD SERVICE. This means more

in the grocery business than in any

other in the world. It means

first-class stock, ri<>"ht

priccs and courteous treatment.

Your taste in higfh-grade g-oods in

either staples or delicacies can be euited at

all times from our choice supply. Our

premium sagar cured ham and bacon are

toothsome and delicious and our canned goods

are of brands guaranteeing their freshness

and quality. Satisfaction means more than

low prices,

Y O U G E T I T H E R E .

R. VanDyke. "If you get il at VnnDyke's it's good."

C o r d of T h a n k s W e wish to extend our hear*tfell

thankH to r u r niany kind t r iends who came m oni assistance with help and sympai i iy in ou r great b e m i v e m e n i also to the f r i ends who cont r ibuted ti-the beauti iul flowers.

MITA. Cami'bell. MKR. Harrib. Mrs. H a w t h o r n e .

E X C U R S I O N N O T I C E D e t . G d . R a p i d s a W e s t ' n G r a u d Rap ids and G r a n d Ledge,

S u n d a y , Apr i l 2<S(i. Basebal l at G r a n d R a p i d s . G r a n d Rap ids vs. De t ro i t . T r a i n will leave E i m d a i e at 1 0 . 0 5 b. m. Leave Grand i i ap ids a t 6 : 0 0 p . m . R a l e 8 40 . ap20

Baby Wardrobe Patterns. T w e n t y Seven pat terns fo r d i f ferent

art icles in Ion/; clothes with fu l l and complete direct ions for m a k i n g same, showing necessary materials, sent post-paid fo r 25c in s tamps. F i f t e en pa t te rns of shor t olothes 25c, or both for 40c. " In format ion t o M o t h e r s " sent free with each order. A d d r e s s

G E I G E R P A T T E R N C O . ,

Cburubusco, iud.

18«9 S P R I M i S T Y L E S .

Elegiint

exhibi t ion . now

Ollndow Slwdet,

W e w a n t everybody to sen

t hem.

Inside and outside House Paints

a t

like ourse lves . W e took in the s igh s

of the t o w n r id ing a b - u t in J i n rick

shaws, f u n n y l i t t le cHtts, d r a w n by

t ro t t ing nat ives , coolies t hey a r e

called, lean, b lack, swea t ing Ceylon

I s l anders . U n f o r t u n a t e l y , the d a y

b ing S u n d a y , all the E n g l i s h shops

were closed, bu t the na t i ve shops and

tea houses were open. W e s a w a lot

of Rug l i fh t roops m a r c h i n g to c h u r c h ,

j dressed all in whi ' e ; saw na t ive men

^ and women washing by bea t ing on

(jy i the rocks grea t piles cd 'c lo th ing ; d rove

{through the pa rks and saw many won-

derlul tropical trees and p lan t s . H a d

a c u p of tea in a Colombo tea house,

b ugli t a few pictures a n d v i e w s a n d

a oarvffl ebony e l ephan t fo r a souve-

n i r of the place and g a t h e r e d in s one

c u n -lb coins, shoiild l ike t o have

Spent two or t h r e e d a y s on the island

ami visited the ruby a n d s apph i r e

mines and the c r e a t t ea fields; b u t

our stay was very shor t . D i s p a t c h e s

were received at Co lombo d i r e c t i n g

tw to push on with afl speed as s l tua-

lion at Mani la was cr i t ica l . O u r

v i\ age t h r o u g h the Ind ian ocean a n d

the bay of Bengal was a v e r y smooth

one and very hot, though nea r ly a l -

ways a cool spot could be found on

deck on the windward s ide ou t of the

sun. Our s ta te rooms h a v e become

intolerably hot and i t is imposs ib le t o

sleep in t h e m . People s leep ou t on

duck either in h a m m o c k s , s t e a m e r

cha i i s or pull the i r ma t t r e s ses ou t on

deck and sleep on them. H a r r y t a k e s

a hammock, Louise a s t e a m e r cba i r

and Ned and I t r y the mat t resses . I t

is awful ly hot a t best and I can g e t

b u t very l i t t le sleep a n d t h e h e a t

t a k e s all l i f e a n d appe t i t e a w a y . W e

a re uuw pass ing th rough t h e s t ra i te

of Malacca, between the M a l a y p e n i n '

sula and the is land of S u m a t r a . N a v -

igation is d i f f icul t on a c o o u n t of m a n y

coral reefs, so we are m a k i n g r a t h e r

slow progress. A s a ru l e we m a k e an

ave rage of 165 miles in 24 hours a n d

have made as nigh as 308 . w i th f a v -

orable winds. O u r r u n fo r the last

24 hou r s d r o p p e d t o 200 miles. Out-

nex t stop will be a t S i n g a p o r e which

is on an is land just sou th of the ex-

t r eme sou th ron pn in . of t h e M a l a y

peninsula . W e expect t o r each this

po in t some l i m e this e v e n i n g and I

hope to mail you this l e t t e r f r o m t h a t

por t . A t S i n g a p o r e we will b e j u s t

abou t one d e g r e e no r th o f t h e e q u a t o r .

F r o m there o u r course will be no r th

easterly t h r o u g h t h e C h i n a sea to

Mani la , which place we will p r o b a b l y

reach about o n e week l a t e r , say the

12th of M a r c h . W h a t awai t s us

there the L o r d only knows. Some

t h i n k the lad ies and ch i ld ren will not

be permi t ted to land and t h a t we will

be sent over to H o n g K o n g , China ,

un t i l t h ings a b o u t M a n i l a quiet

d o w n ; but n o b o d y k n o w s a n y t h i n g

a b o u t it. I w a n t to s tay in Mani la ,

if poesible, t o be as nea r E d w a r d as I

c a n . W e a r e all d r e a d f u l l y sunburn -

ed f r o m l iv ing on deck in t h e sun and

w ind for weeks. W e a r e all wearing

ouv tb ine i t c l o t h i n g and a s little s f it

as possible. H a r r y wea r s a shi r t

wais t and cot ton t rousers a n d no th ing (Continued on 4th page.)

g a n g plank and come back on the run

and keep it np unt i l the scow is e m p

li'-'d which takes abou t ninety minutes . !

I t is tun to see them work; it looks

j u s t l ike a swiirm of ants, as there are

over a hundred at work on each scow, j

r i i ey keep up a contiiiuul hallooing,

a song 1 suppose . T h e y don ' t work

much like Americans , who always |

t a k e their t ime a t it. Beggars would !

come a swimming out t > the ship j

which was anchored about a mile |

f r o m t h e shore ai.d ve w.iuld throw |

pieces of money into the ha rbor and •

t h e y would d ive down and i;el it b e

fore it sank 10 fee t . They were t l iel

modi exp- r t swimmers and divers I j

eve r s a w . T h e y would s tay in the |

watur an hour and a half. The men

j u s t wore a breech clout and some-

t imes an undersh i r t . Thev wore

while cloth twisted iulo tu rbans on

the i r heads, held togeUier by a cord

m a d e oy bra iding camel ha i r three

s t r a n d wl^ioh was about 10 y a r d s

long. They wound this braid a round

and a r o u n d the turban and tied the

e n d s t oge the r . They are as black as

an A m e r i c a n negro ; but as a rule are

handsome people. Thei r fea ture" are

a re as r egu la r as u Grecian s ta tue

and if they were while they wou d

be b a n d w m e r than the bes t j looking

A m e r i c a n man.

Colombo was the finest place we

s t r u c k . We ar r ived there at night

when we were all asleep and when

we got up in the morning the ship

was sur rounded by boats, drying to

sell f r u i t , cigars, laces, vases and

o t h e r trinkets; bu t we were forbidden

to b u y a n y t h i n g a n d had to be very

ca re fu l if we tried to sneak any th ing

aboard or we would get run into the

j igger. We s t ruck Singapore S a t u r -

day n i g h t . March 4. \V" tied u p a t

t he wharf and coaled. T h e work

was done by Chinese. W e pulled

out of there a t daybreak S u n d a y

morning . It was cooler there only

1 2 f r un the equator than it was at

Colombo, 7 * f rom the equator , the

thermometer registering abou t 97 at

Co lombo and only about 72 s a t

Singapore . T h e most pleasing ex-

perience we had was between Per im

and Colombo. Whi le we were a t

Port Said, Egypt / . the British s teamer,

Clare R-jbinson, a whaleback, pulled

out for Colombo. We overtook this

ship when we were a day out of

Per im. When we pulled up a long

side of 1 e . her captain ordered a

sailor to paint the words "good luck"

ia grea t white let ters on her black

aide. How us boys on the G r a n t

cheered , and hollooed. T h e n the

4th Inf. band played " A m e r i c a ' ' a n d

you know tha t has the. air of " G o d

Save the Qut-on," and then you

ought to have heard those E n g l i s h

"b lue j acke t s" cheer . The Clare

Robinson then dipped her colors

again in honor of that t u n e . Aou

see t ha t shijw at sea always salute

each o ther by dipping their colors,

t h a t is fby haul ing them down and

d rawing them up aga in . W e sailed

a long with her fo r a couple of

hours and then left them. W h i l e (Oontinned on 4th pnge.)

— W e wi l l sel l

2 i inch oven C o o k S t o v e s S . .1 ewe l l ' s T r i u m p h R a n g e r e g d a r $ t' . 0 , n o w $ 2 7 . 5 '

. lewell S tee l R a n g e f 2 5 . f i t.

W o o d C o t t a g e S t o v e s f r o m $ 4 . 5 ' n p .

W e a re g e t t i n g e v e r y t h i n g r e a d y f o r s o m e v e r y p l e a s a n t

s u r p r i s e s for our c u s t o m e r s in n e w i ;oods a n d a t t r a c t i v e p r i c e s .

W e a re now r e a d y a n d ou t a f t e r t r a d e .

I n B icyc ' e s and B i c y c l e S u n d r i e s w e a r e t h e p e o p l e .

RKMKMBKR we have B I C Y C L E S from $22 up. Onr A j a x W h e e l th i s yea r a t $3.1—More of t h e s e w h e e l s b e i n g u s e d

in t h i s sect ion than any o t h e r m a k e . T h e y a l w a y s g i v e s a l i s f a o -t i o n . For H i g h G r a d e we h a v e t h e C l e v e l a n d l i n e — a b s o l n t e l y

t h e l e s t wheel ou e a r t h , R u n s eas ie r , L a s t s l o n g e r a n d g i v e s b e t -

t e r s a t i s f a c t i o n t h a n a n y o t h e r whee l .

B u i l d e r s H a r d w a r e , S tee l G o o d s , " R e f r i g e r a t o r s , G a s o l i n e a n d Oil S t o v e s , in f a c t , e v e r y a r t i c l e f o r S p r i n g T r a d e h a s b e e n

p u r c h a s e d b y us b e f o r e t h e r e c e n t a d v a n c e , c o n s e q u e n t l y w e a r c

in s h a p e t o g i v e you the best t h e r e is in i t .

W e wish y o u t o b e a r in m i n d a l w a y s t h a t y o u a r e h e r e t o b u y , W e a re h e r e t o sel l . Y o u r s f o r IHi'.i b u s i n e s s .

K L A R K & K L A R K

K K K K H A R m V A R E .

A S i l ) D E A T H .

A Y o u n c H u s h a n d . F a t h e r a n d E a -

t e r p r i s i n g B u s i n e s s M a n T a k e n .

Seldom has il been our d u l y i..

record so sad a dea ih as Lhat oi M . j

C laude Campbell which took pla.-e 1

rtl his home in this vi l lage af ier ill-

ness of less than a week. Al though

he had been a resident of L o w 11

but th ree years , his di l igence and

honesty in business, his en terpr i s ing

and courteous habi ts and chee r fu '

disposition had won for him many

warm fr iends and the respect of all

who knew him. His sudden call

from bis ear th ly borne, in th • very

o p e n i n g of I'i* u s e f u l l i f e , a d m o i i -

i s h e s n s all of t h e f r a i l t y of h u m a n

l i f e a n d t h e n n o e r t a i n t y of o u r ten-

a n c y h e r e .

C l a u d e w a s b o r n a t H a s t i t n r s .

M i c h . A u g . 1 3 , 1 8 7 6 , f r o m w h e n c e

he r e m o v e d wi th hie p a r e n t s t o

W a y n e , w h e r e h e r e m a i n e d u n t i l

1 8 9 5 w h e n h e s e c u r e d e i i n l o y i i i e n t

at P o n t i a e w h e r e he r o n i a i n e I n e a r -

iv t w o v e a r s . D n r i n i r t h a t t i m e lie

b e c a m e a m e m b e r of t h e B a p t i s t

e h t i r e h a t t h a t p l ace . I n 1 8 % h e

c a m e t o L o w e l l a n d w a s u n i t e d in

m a r r i a g e t o Mis s M a u d e H a r r i s .

H e e n g a g e d in t h e l a u n d r y lu t s ines-

a n d c o n d u c t e d it tip t o t h e t i m e of

his d e a t h las t F r i d a y w i t h c red i t t o

h imse l f a n d t o t h e s a t w f a e t i m "1 . 'a-.

p a t r o n s . H e loaves] a w i f e a n d b a b e " a

m o t h e r , t h r e e b r o t h e r s a n d o n e sis-

to r t o m o u r n . i j

F u n e r a l s e rv i ces ' w e r e -liold | a t

t h e l a t e r e s i d e n c e of d e c e a s e d , o n

M o n d a y , c i nduc ted b y R e v . S . G .

A n d e r s o n a n d t h e b o d y w a s la id t o

res t in t h e Lowol l c » » n " t " e v .

M r s . B a k o r o u a i y B u r n e d .

Whi le poking up the k i t chen fire,

last S u n d a y morn ing , Mrs. D . B a k e r

was terr ibly burned on her left a r m

and side, her sleeve t ak ing fire. M r .

Bake r was mi lk ing and hea r ing he r

scream as she ran out in to t h e y a r d

had the presence of mind t o r u n and

th row t h e milk upon t h e flames

quenching t h e m immediately. . K i n d

neighbors came to the relief o f t he su f .

fe r ing woman and she is r ecove r ing

as well as could be expec ted .

Galvfinizwl steel t unks f o r stock water ing . Call and see t h e m .

N. HASH.

T h e best 40" ten in Mie.l.i^an a B e r l i n ' s l"i 8"»c T r y a pound a n d if no san-i i • i sjei v o i r mont-y b ack This is ' • - i rai i rbt yi.od«-" 254 t f

m B.-til's c i ty b a k e r y f u r b a k -- <;>• :is and '' •u-bo.

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

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$3.00 In p re sen t ing

"Queen Quality" we have placed be-fore the W o m e n ofAmericaashoe oS e x c e p t i o n a l value for $ 3 . 0 0 .

Highest Quality of material a n d

workmanship.

Made in thirty styles suitable for street, drees, home* oroutine. F o r i *

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Deputies, Negroes and

Miners in a Battle.

White

T b c a i r l c a l a n g e l s r u s h i a w l i e r e wise t n c n I e a r t o t r e a d .

T h e Balden r u l e m o a s u r c s t w e l v e I c c b e s t o t h e foo t .

exactly

W h e n a m a n r e a c h e s t h e e n d of h is co l la tera l h e U p a w n - b r o k e .

T W O D E A T H S A R E T H E R E S U L T

Mmnj O r s o n * l o j a r e d — M a y o r Pen well

Wlrrn Uot . Tnnncr Tlmt l i e

Mu te Troop#—Determinat ion of Nrg ro

Miners t o taave Tan* Caused Troubie

O n l y t h o s e o n t h e l ower p a r t o l t he rhce l a r e in f a v o r of r e v o l u t i o n s .

T h e a v e r a g e b u r l e s q u e a c t r e s s is s l a -p l y w h a t t h e n a m e would i nd i ca t e .

P a n a , III., Apr i l 11.—A r i o t o c c u r r e d

t h i s m o r n i n g on l^ocust s t r e e t b e t w . c n d e p u t i e s , n e g r o e s a n d v b i t e m i n e r s .

Ot .e w h i t e m i n e r a m a n o t h e r m a n w e r e ki l led a n d s e v t r a o t h e r p e r s o n ; I n j u r e d .

T h e t r o u b l e w a s p r e c i p i t a t e d by a

d r u n k e n colored m i n e r , w h o s h o t an -o t h e r m i n e r a n d t h e n r a n wi ld ly

If a frtrl wi l l n o t m a r r y w h e n she t h r o u g h t h e i t r c t t a d l t t b a r g i n g h i s i e -

w a y aho n a y n o t m a ; r y w h e n she v o ' v e r , n •""'1 d l r c c t l o r s . L e a d i n g up to toda;- '* o u t b r e a k w a s

; r.n In tense ly e x c i t i n g r i g h t . O r e h u n -

If a m a n s p e a k s a n d a c t s a s h i s enn-• c i c n c e d i c t a t e s h e Is ca l led a c r a n k .

L o t s of m e n w h o I n a g i n e tl-.ev h a v e d e p u t y eJieriffs w e r e cal led i n t o

l i t e r a r y b e n t t t c a Lad t h e m s e l v e s l h e F l o e h a m fi:d Ponwel l m i r i n g dls- ^ ' - n t , d poss ib i l i ty . H i s hea l th would n o t ad -

DEWEY NOT A CANDIDATE. A d n l r a l Declares T h a t l i e H i s No

r r e c u l r a i l t l Asplratloa*.

N e w York , A p r i l 11 .—Admira l D e w e y h a s g i v e n t o t h e M a n i l a cor re-s p o n d e n t of a N e w Y o r k weekly a n i n t e r v i e w r e g a r d i n g t h e s u g g e s t i o n

t h a t t h e a d m i r a l be m a d e a c a n d i d a t e l o r t he p r e s i d e n c y nex t y e a r . T h e ad -m i r a l sa id a s to h i s p . i i l t l r s :

" I a m a sa i lo r . A sa i lo r h a s no pol-i t ics . T h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n is hla p a r t y ,

a n d . r e p u b l i c a n o r d e m o c r a t , i t m a k e s n o d i f fe rence . T h e n , a g a i n . 1 come f r o m V e r m o n t . a n d you k n o w wha t t h a t m e a n s . T o be a n y t h i n g b u t a republ i -c a n In V e r m o n t Is to be a m a n wi thou t a p a r t y . My flag l i e u t e n a n t coaie^ f r o m Georg ia . H e tel ls m e t h a t to be a n y t h i n g but a d e m o c r a t In t he s o u t h Is to Le a nobody, if 1 l ived la t h e s c u t h I would p r o b a b l y be a demo-c r a t I a m n o t a po l i t i c ian , h a v e neve r held pol i t ica l office, a n d a m to ta l ly Ignoran t of p a r t y in t r i cac ies e n d affll-i a t l c n s . "

A d m i r a l Dewey sa id t h a t n e i t h e r by vocat ion , d l t pos l t l on , educa t ion n o r t r a i n i n g was he capac i t a t ed t o fill t he p res idency . H e sa id t h a t he was t oo

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F A R M A N D G A R D E N .

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

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t l rs l inn of the Soil and Tlelds

Thereof—flor t lcul tara , Vl t lca l ta re and

FlorJrullnre.

b r o k e . t r i c t s t o protee. ' s eve ra l f a m i l i e s of negroea . w h o wer * e n d e a v o r i n g to load t h e househo ld e f f t c t s p r e p a r a t o r y to

l eav ing f o r Iowa a o d were be ing p re -ven ted by n e g r o g u a r d s a r m e d wi th

r i f les f u r n i s h e d by t h e P a n a Coal c o m p a n y .

T h e a r m e d m e n c l a lmcd goods t h e

n e g r o e s were m o v i n g w e r e c o m p a n y p r o p e r t y .

Deput ies g u a r d e d t h e neg roes whi le t h e y loaded t h e i r e f f ec t s Into w a g o n s

conveyed t h e m t o t h e r a i l road c a r s a n d packed t h e m f o r s h i p m e n t . T h e ne-

Ifroes. t h e i r w ives a n d ch i ld ren were t h e n m a r c h e d t o t h e Union Miners* ha l l , w h e r e t hey w e r e fed and cared

I f o r by t h e w h i t e un ion m i n e r s a n d . 0tu

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r . r ~ —

O c c a s i o n a l l y we mee t n m a n whose

m i n d i s so w e a k t h a t i t c a n ' t e v e n wander.

T h e y o u n g h u s b a n d f o r s a k e s h is c l u b d a r i n g t h e h o n e y m o o n — u n l e s s he ' s a p o l i c e m a n .

I t occas iona l ly h a p p e n s t h a t a n a n •d is locates h i s c o m m o n s e n s e w h e n he lalls In love.

B i g a m i s t B a t e s w a n t s t o m a r r y • g a i n . Some people n e v e r l e a r n a n y -thing by experience.

but a w r a t h f u l a n s w e r d o e s n ' t a l w a y s t u r n a w a y t h e s o f t Ind iv iduaL

m i t i t All h is l i fe ' s w o r k w a s In d i f -f e r e n t l ines of e f for t , a n d t h a t , w h i l e t he k i n d n e s s a n d e n t h u s i a s m of h is f r i e n d s were g r a t e f u l to h i m . and the gene rous t r i b u t e s of t h e A m e r i c a n people were d e a r to h im. h e could n o t a n d would not be a c a n d i d a t e fo r t h e pres idency of t h e Uni ted S t a t e s un -

d e r a n y cond i t i ons .

JUSTICE S. J. FIELD" DIES.

Koted Lera l Anihor l i r SOceambs to In-

flrmllles of Ace. W a s h i n g t o n . Apr i l 1 1 — J u s t i c e S te -

phen J . Fie ld of t he Un i t ed S t a t e s

s u p r e m e c o u r t , r e t i r ed , d ied a t h b home on Capi to l hill, in t h i s c i ty , a t

T h e C u b a n a s s e m b l y ev iden t l y does n o t c a r e h o w m a n y good t h i n g s ge t a w a y f r o m t h e C u b a n eo' .diers.

A s t h e C o m P a u l of t h e S a m o a n dis-t r i c t old Mr. M a t a a f a h a s found l ife e x c i t i n g b u t m o r e or l e s s u n c e r t a i n .

A ino t a l i s t i c f a i l u r e is a m a n w h o g i v e s you a d v i c e a b o u t g e t t i n g on in

t h e wor ld , t h e n winds u p by s t r i k i n g y o u f o r a loan .

I d o l - m a k i n g is cne of t h e mos t com-a r t s of m a n . L i k e the H o t t e n t o t s ,

c a n m a k e a god o u t of a l m o s t a n y -yea . a n d worse t h a n they d3.

w e m a y e v e n w o r s h i p ourse lves .

4 • E d n a M a y in L o n d o n dec la res t h a t s h e c a n n o t g e t a l o n g w i t h b e r hu -band l a S a n FrancLsro . U n d e r t h e c i r cum-

stance*. Just '-'"•t a terrible

! t h e m to l eave P a r a would i u t e r f e r e

, a n d a t t e m p t forc ib ly to p reven t t h e i r ; d e p a r t u r e .

D u r i n g t bo n i g h t , whi le depu t i e s

w e r e g u a r d i n g neg roes in Ponwel l dis-t r i c t , t h e depu t i e s were fired upon by

u n k n o w n persons , supposed to h a v e beeo neg roes a n d p r i v a t e g u a r d s a t

t h e P e n w e l l m ine . Fu l ly 200 .shots were exchanged, b u t

n o casua l t i e s a r e believed to have re-

su l t ed . T h e f i r ing g rea t ly ter ror ized the res-

iden t s of t h a t sect ion of t h e city, w h o appea led t o Chief Deputy Cheeney f o r

p ro tec t ion . Cheeney thereupon sen t a

special detai l of deput ies a r m e d wi th Springfield rifles, who pat ro led a l l t he

s t r ee t s and toon succeeded in r e s to r -

j i ng quiet . Several negroes were a r r e s t e a

charged wi th inc i t ing rioL The i r t r i a l s

a r e on In J u d g e Crosby ' s c o u r t One

time s& ^Ju l i iuTd it thay'happened | : U D ^ d " d c : g r o M c i t y

to be la the same city some time! ' a u n 4 a 5 ' a n d ^ m o r e w e n t , o d a j ' -t 1 A l l r e a l a n d w h o l e s o m e e n j o y m e n t s

p o s s i b l e to m a n h a v e been Je s t as pos-s i b l e t o h i m s ince first he w a s m a d e

« f t h e e a r t h , as t h e y a r e n o w ; a n d they

a r e poss ib le to h i m chief ly in pea r 0 . To

wratch t h e co rn grow, a n d the blos-s o m s e t •£: d r a w h a r d b r e a t h over t he

p l o w s h a r e a n d spade , t o r ead , to th ink ,

t o love, t o p r a y — t h e s e a r e t he th ings t o m a k e m e n h a p p y ; t h e y h a v e a l w a y s

l i a d t h e p o w e r of d o i n g these—they

n e v e r wil l h a v e power t o do more.—

Kcshln.

and death came pa in less ly . X o a r r a n g e m e n t s h a v e ye t been m a d e

fo r t he funera l , n o r Is It now k n o w n w h e r e h e wil l b e bur ied . I t Is p r o b -ab le t ha t h i s r e m a i n s will be t a k e n to S tockbr ldge , Mass. . w h e r e a r e bur ied h is f a t h e r a n d m o t h e r a n d h i s b r o t h e r s Cyrus . Dudley a n d J o n a t h a n , two s is -t e r s and o t h e r m e m b e r s of t h e F ie ld f ami ly . I t Is poss ib le , howeve r , t h a t Mrs. Fie ld m a y decide t o t a k e h i s re -m a i n s to Ca l i fo rn ia , w h e r e a cons ide r -a b l e p a r t of h i s a c t i v e l i f e w a s p a s s e J be fo re P re s iden t L inco ln a p p o i n t e d h i m a m e m b e r of t h e s u p r e m e bench .

J u s t i c e F i e ld ' s r e t i r e m e n t f r o m t h e s u p r e m e bench occur red Dec. 1. 1897, a n d A t t o r n e y - G e n e r a l M c K e n n a of Ca l i fo rn i a s h o r t l y a f t e r w a r d w a s n o m i -

n a t e d to succeed h i m . H e t e n d e r e d h i s r e s igna t ion In A p r i l , 1897, t o t a k e e f -

f ec t Dec. L

tTsnts to Command t h e G. A. R. C inc inna t i , Oh io , Apr i l 11.—CoL W .

C. J o h n s o n , s e n i o r r i c e c o m m a n d e r In

chief of t h e G r a n d A r m y of t h e R e -publ ic . w h o r e s ides In t h i s c i ty , i s a c a n d i d a t e f o r e l ec t i on a s t h e succes so r of t h e l a t e Gen . J . A. S e x t o n of Chi -

ef a rmed men w e r e on the s t ree t s .

The m a y o r a sked fo r s t a t e t roops .

Gov. T a n n e r g a v e the t e l eg ram to A d j t - G e n . Recce a n d s h o r t l y a f t e r -

wnrd Gen. Reece received a t e l e g r a m

f r o m Col. C. S. H i c k m a n , c o m m a n d i n g nava l mi l i t i a a t Qulncy. He Is In

P a n a on p r i v a t e bus iness . H i s mes-

sage conf i rmed t h e first r epor t . H e said t w o m e n h a d been ki l led.

Gen. Reece p laced h imsel f In t e l e -

Queen Vic tor ia ' s will Is described as j phone c o m m u n i c a t i o n wi th Sher i f f

eng ros se : ! o n ve l lum, q u a r t o size, a n d a s a vo lume. W h e n t h e queen ' s

m a k e s t h e d o c u m e n t a prac t ica l

ifisce, will s o a e o n e r ise t o of fer t h e

s t o c k o l l e c t i c n s of " u n s o u n d m i n d "

a n d " u n d u e i n f l u e n c e T h e p r c r ^ s

r o c o r e a ^ t i r d t h a n t h e

p r o c e e d i n g s In c u r p r o b a t e cour t s ,

w h e r e t h e w i s h e s of tes ta tonf a r e so

o f t e n Ignored . Cne a l m o s t in fe rs t h a t

I t h a s b e c o n e an ax iom in p r o l a t e l h a t a m a r . w h o has s h o w n good sense

a n d a sound m i n d in t h e accumula -

t i o n of w e a l t h is qu i t e unequa l to t he

t a s k of d i r e c t i n g w h a t d isposi t ion s h a l l

b e a i a d e of h is money a f t e r h is dea th . T h e wise way f o r m e n t o do Is t o give

t h e i r p r o p e r t y in t r u s t be fo re d e a t h

d e p r i v e s t h e m cf op t ion in t h e dispo-

s i t i o n of i t

Downey, w h o f u r t h e r verif ied t h e r e -

por t s a n d said t h a t h e t h o u g h t h e

would be able t o con t ro l t h e s i t ua t i on ,

a n d was told t h a t If he f o u n d It Im-

possible to s u b j u g a t e t h e r i o t e r s to n o t i f y t h e g o v e r n o r a n d s t a t e t r o o p s

would b e sen t a t onee .

S n o b b i s h n e s s is he ld u p t o r id i cu le b y L o n d o n T r u t h . A r e c e n t occur rence

i n E n g l a n d p rompted i t s der i s ion . T h e

c h i l d r e n of an o r p h a n a s y l u m a t D e r b y w e r e I n v i t t ~ by s y m p a t h e t i c f r i e n d s t o a t t e n d a local conce r t , a n d were , of

coa r se , de l igh ted a t t h e p r o s p e c t B u t t h e c h i l d r e n of t h e p o o r h o u s e w e r e a l s o inv i ted , a n d i n t e n d e d to b e p r e s -

e n t . w h e r e u p o n t h e m a n a g e r of t h e o r -p h a n a g e dec l ined t o p e r m i t t h e ch i l -d r e n of t h a t i n s t i t u t i o n t o s h a r e i n t h e a n t i c i p a t e d e n j o y m e n t H i s p r o -

h i b i t i o n w a s ba sed o n t h e g r o u n d t h a t t h e c h i l d r e n of t h e p o o r h o u s e w e r e p a u p e r s , w i t h w h o m h e d id n o t w i s h t h e i t imHtps o f t h e o r p h a n a g e t o a s so -

A s b o t h o r p h a n a g e a n d poo r -

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

d o d x i g o n e c l a s s of u n f o r t u n a t e s t o 3 s o k d o w n u p o n a n o t h e r a s t h e i r social

I n f e r i o r s s eems , t o T r u t h , l ike " s n o b -

bishness gone mad."

Springfield. 111., Apri l 11.—Gov. T a n -ner was notified by Mayor Penwel l a t

10:30 o'clewk today t h a t a ba t t l e w a s

going on in P a n a a n d t h a t h u n d r e d s ^ go" b e f o r e t h e e x e c u d v e boa rd o f ' a d -

m i n i s t r a t i o n . w h i c h m e e t s In P h i l a -d e l p h i a W e d n e s d a y . Q u i t e a de l ega t ion f r o m t h e d e p a r t m e n t of O h i o a n d f r o m t h e d e p a r t m e n t s of a d j o i n i n g s t a t e s

wi l l be a t P h i l a d e l p h i a t h i s week In t h e i n t e r e s t of Col . J o h n s o n , w h o has an exce l l en t r eco rd a s a v e t e r a n t h a t rose f r o m t h e r a n k s to a c o m m i s s i o n e d officer because of m e r i t o r i o u s se rv ices .

Will Master O a t I n d l M t a n s .

A n d e r s o n . I n d . , A p r i l 11.—Tele-g r a p h i c adv ices rece ived f r o m official sou rces s t a t e t h a t t h e O n e H u n d r e d a n d S i x t i e t h Indianr . , w h i c h ha« been

r e t u r n e d t o S a v a n n a h f r o m C u b a , wil l be m u s t e r e d o u t on t h e 25th a n d wil l a r r i v e h o m e o n t h e 27th . T h i s r eg i -m e n t Is m a d e u p of I n d i a n a g a s be l t

corapanle* a n d 1? u*»der c o m m a n d of

, , . . ! Col. G u a d e r of M a r k n .

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e x - l n U e d S t a t e s S e n a t o r Qua> t n i \ o u l o n 1 a n d ^ ^ son, R i c h a r d R Quay , on c h a r g e s of h o f f i e c n t h e 2 d ^ ^

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begun th i s m o r n i n g b e f o r e J u d g e B i d - ^ g e n e i a n i c ^ m z a M n A . die In t h e c o u r t of q u a r t e r ses s ions . T h e a r r a n g e m e n t s t h a t w e r e i n e f f e c t K a n s . s F a r m e r s combine . on t h e d a t e t h e t r i a l w a s l a s t ca l l ed . . W i c h i t a . K a n . , Apr i l I L — S c a t h e r n Feb . 27, w h e n i t w a s pos tponed a t t h e K a n s a s f a r m e r s a r e p l a n n i n g a t r u s t r e q u e s t ' cf D i s t r i c t A t t o r n e y R o t h e r - wh ich . If It p r o v e s succes s fu l in o r -me l . w e r e a g a i n ca r r i ed o u t As a g a n i z a t l o n . wi l l r a i s e t h e pr ice of consequence b u t f e w . e x c e p t t h o s e d l - w h e a t t o h i g h e r p r i ces t h a n las t y e a r , r ec t ly In te res ted in t h e case . J u r o r s T h e y h a v e c o m m e n c e d t o f o r m a c c m -a n d n e w s p a p e r m e n . w e r e enab l ed t o ' b ine to p r e v e n t t h e r a l e of l!1 t h e n i n a d m i s s i o n t o t h e c o u r t r o o m . May w h t a t r a i s ed in K a n s a ? . E a c h

f a r m e r is t o s ign c n a g r e e m e n t U>

t 'roposcd c o m b l a a r . i i s . hold h i s w h e a t u n t i l a l l a g r e e to sel l .

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Mottles In l ln t t e r .

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quen t ly supporcd to be t!:e c a u s e . A m I p robab ly uneven d i s t r i b u t i o n of s a l t

does c a u s e mot t l es some t imes , b u t I k n o w It docs no t cause m o t t l e s nil t . ie t ime. W e a r e a lso told t h a t m o t t l e s m a k e t h e i r a p p e a r a n c e when t h e b u t -t e r Is n o t sa l ted a t a l l . so we m u s t look f o r o t h e r causes of m o t t l e s . L t -

even d i s t r i b u t i o n cf t h e color , or t h e mud In t h e color p e r h a p s . B u t a l so h e r e we a r e told t h a t m o t t l e s a p p e a r where no color Is used. O t h e r t h e o r i e s h a v e been a d v a n c e d : feed, f rozen mi lk , m a k e of eepa ra to r . r i c h n e s s of c r e a m , t e m p e r a t u r e s of c ream, b u t t e r o r r o o m , a l l of which a r e more o r less r i d i cu -lous. Uneven d l s : r l b u t l o n of m o t t l e s I sha l l no t t r y to a rgue , b u t wlll g u a r -a n t e e t h a t If t he m o t t l e s a r e w o r k e d even ly Into t h e bu t te r , t h e y wil l d i s -appea r . And the t h o u g h t m a y be n e a r e r t he t r u t h t h a n It a p p e a r s t o be a t firs: s ight , a t leas t In t h e a b s e n c e of a k n o w n cause It d o e s wel l , a n d P ro f . S to rch of t he e x p e r i m e n t l a b o r a -t o r y In Copenhagen v e n t u r e d t h e o p i n -ion t h a t mo t t l ec m i g h t be of b a c t e r i o -logical or igin . So m u c h f o r t h e cause . How to p r e v e n t is h a r d to say un t i l t h e cause Is b e t t e r k n o w n , b u t If m o t t l e s do m a k e t h e i r a p p e a r a n c e In y o u r b u t t e r . I know of o n l y o n e w a y t o m a k e t h e m d i s a p p e a r ; d i s t r i b u t e t h e m even ly , w o r k y o u r b u t t e r m o r e -work It un t i l t he m o t t l e s d i s a p p e a r .

Crops T h a t Sara Fer t i l i ty .

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a b u n d a n t l y u se fu l . 1 d o n o t k n o w of a n y o t h e r c rop t h a t c a n be used f o r

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t h a t b e l o n g e d to t he s a m e breed b u t w e r e off f e a t h e r . O t h e r s c i ted s i m i l a r cases . H e a s k e d If It wou ld be a d v i s -a b l e t o u se t h e s e "off b i r d s " f o r b r e e d -i n g . o r w h e t h e r t h e s t a n d a r d f e a t h e r e d

b i r d s o n l y s h o u l d be used . I t a p p e a r s t o u s t h a t i t will depend on the p u r -p o s e f o r w h i c h h e w i s h e s t o use t h e b i ros . If a m a n is p r o d n c l n g eggs f o r t h e m a r k e t a n d h a s n o o t h e r o b j e c t i n v i e w It wou ld pay h i m bes t to b r e e d e n t i r e l y f r o m t h e bes t l aye r s . I n d e p e n d -e n t of w h e t h e r t hey h a d some of f -m a r k i n g s o r n o t I t Is a l i t t l e s i n g u -l a r t h a t t h e bes t m a r k e d b i r d s s h o u l d be p o o r l aye r s . B u t t h i s m a y be d u e t o t h e f a c t t h a t t h e o f f - m a r k e d b i r d s w e r e l i g h t e r In weight , poss ib ly d u e t o t h e f a c t t h e y b a d n o t deve loped t h e flesh-forming h a b i t e n o u g h t o m a k e t h e m c o n f o r m to t h e s t a n d a r d .

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l a t i o n t o t h e S a t s u m a p l u m c o t f r u i t -i n g f r e e l y , h a v e seemed to a p p l y t o y o u n g t r e e s , fo r w e i.re a l l l e a r n i n g t h a t , a s t h e t r e e s of t h i s v a r i e t y g r o w

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I n b r e e d i n g s h e e p t h e r e is a g r e a t in-c e n t i v e n o w to use o n l y t h e b e s t blood.

" I h a d a r u n n i n g , i t c h i n g s o r e on m y [ leg . S u f f e r e d t o r t u r e s . D o a n ' s Oin t -

m e n t took a w a y t h e b u r n i n g a n d i t ch-i n g i n s t a n t l y , a n d q u i c k l y e f fec ted p e r m a n e n t c u r e . " C. W. L c n h a r t , B o w l i n g G r e e n . O.

In b u y i n g for b r e e d i n g y o u m u s t b u y f o r t h e f u t u r e as w e l l as t h e p r e s e n t

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take taxat lvo Ilrorno Quinine Tablets. All drugpisu refund the money if It falls to curc. 'Ac. TLc genuine has t . U U. on each tablet.

Charcoa l f o r t u r k e y s is h i g h l y recom-m e n d e d as a f a t t e n i n g food.

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be ing a suff icient n u m b e r of A m e r i c a n t r o o p s in t he a r c h i p e l a g o t o m a k e con-

q u e s t of t he Island of Luzon a n d hold t h e po r t s cc tup led . a n d I t Is t h o u g h t

t h a t i t would b e c h e a p e r In t h e l o n g r u n a n d have a be t t e r e f fec t u p o n t h e

n a t i v e s t o e s t ab l i sh A m e r i c a n s u p r e m -acy ef fec tua l ly a n d q u i c k l y t h a n t o

t e m p o r i z e wi th a score of r ebe l l i ons . Al l t h e s to r i es told by p r i s o n e r s a n d

f r i e n d l y n a t i v e s a g r e e t h a t a m a j o r i t y

cf t h e I n s u r g e n t s would b e g l ad t o q u i t b u t t h a t t he re a r e e n o u g h p r o f e s s i o n a l

r e v o l u t i o n i s t s l e f t to I n f e s t t h e c o u n -t r y w i th bands of h u n d r e d s of m e n a n d to demora l i ze bus ine s s f o r y e a r s t o

c o m e . S o m e high A m e r i c a n s be l ieve t h a t

t h e g o v e r n m e n t wou ld wi se ly e x p e n d m o n e y In buying off A g u l n a l d o a n d h i s

i c l ique of Inf luent ial F i l i p i n o s .

F o r e i g n e r s In Man i l a t h i n k t h e A m -e r i c a n s a r e t o o o p t i m i s t i c a s t o t h e

e f f ec t s of the p r o c l a m a t i o n . T h e y s a y t h a t t h e weaknes s ol t h e p r o c l a m a t i o n

l i e s in t he fact t h a t t h e n a t i v e s h a v e so l ong dea l t w i th t h e S p a n i a r d s t h a t

t h e y a r e unab l e to r ea l i ze w h a t I t s

.words m e a n , a n d t h a t t h e p u r p o s e of I t s p romise s Is a n y t h i n g b u t a s n a r e .

A m a j o r i t y of t he U n i t e d S t a t e s v o l -

u n t e e r s a r e e age r to r e t u r n h o m e . " W o

d id n o t en l i s t to fight n i g g e r s " is a r e -m a r k t h a t is c o n s t a n t l y h e a r d . W h i l e

b r a v e r w o r k t h a n t h e y a r e d o i n g Is I m -

poss ib le to find, t h e y c o n s i d e r t h a t { , t h e r e Is sma l l g lory In g u e r r i l l a w a r -

f a r e . t h e d a n g e r s a n d h a r d s h i p s of !

T e r r e n c e Anderson , of P l y m o u t h . I^a.. w h o w a s d e m e n t e d , c o m m i t t e d s u i c i d e b y {uroo ing d o w n a n >0 • f oo t s h a f t a t t h e D e l a w a r e »v H u d s o n mine.

A s y n d i c a t e v- .t!i Sio^.ooo.ooo back -i n g . c o m p o s e d of New York . Phi lade l -p h i a a n d C h i c a g o m.-n. a r e n c g o t i a t i u g f o r t h e p u r c h a s e of a l l t h e Chioago

s t r e e t c a r syste::;>.

T h e I t a l i a n g •vernmcnt . a c c o r d i n g t o u s p e c i a l diepaiel i to Uoine. ha s de-c l i n e d t o g i v e i o l o m b i a a n y f u r t h e r t i m e in w h i c h t.. pay t h e Ce r ru t i in-d e m n i t y tin i e r Mr. C leve land ' s a w a r d , a n d h a s o r d e r e d t h e A t l a n t i c s q u a d r o n t o p r o c e e d i m m e d i a t e l y to Cur taeena t o " b r i n g t h e Colombians to t h e i r

s e n s e s . " A s o l d i e r a t Ma tanzas . o n e of a s q u a d

c l e a n i n g t h e eour' . y a r d of t he cast le , f o u n d a S p a n i s h _'o!d piece. T h e mem-b e r s of t h e s q u - ; i m m e d i a t e l y s t aked off c l a i m s i n t h e wes te rn s ty l e a n d d u g u p t h e w h o l e yav i. t iml ing co ins d a t e d a l l t h e w a y t rom 1730 t o IsOS. a n d

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That th i s means good blood ta may not be en t i re ly c l e a r f rom v the doctOT's s t a t e m e n t , b u t a n y J girl vtho has t r i ed t h e pills can tell ^ you t h a t it means red hps. bright P eyes , good a p p e t i t e , a b s e n c e of T h e a d a c h e , a n d t h a t it t r a n s -f o r m s t h e pale a n d sallow g i r l V Into a ma iden who glows wi th Ja the bc&uty which pe r f cc t h e a l t h J i alone can give. ft*

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% Fnnfc n. Tro-it.of te j GrbwoM Are,. Detrji t , Mich., »«:•»: "AI the a j r of fourteen we had to take our daughter from school on a •nunt of ill lir ilih. She wjijho' . only 90 pounds, » u pale and «al!ow ar.J the doctor* t.iiil the hid RTiatnia. Vinally we pn-r*; her Dr. Williams' r i n t Tills for Pale People. When she Ind taken two boxes st e was strong enough to 'rave her bed. and in Irss than six months wasaomethln^ like herself. To-day she is eutircly cured, r.nd is a l>;?. strong, healthy B'rl. we 'Sl i ie j I2fl pounds, and has sever h«d a sick d-y »iBce."—V*treit SvemiKf

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r e c o v e r e d a n d b u r i e d a t Valdcs . A b o u t 103 d e s t i t u t e p rc sp -o to r s at V a l d e s a r e ; b e i n g c a r e d f x by Gove rnmen t A g e n t

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j-limsn will pl'a'r you. The qarrtlnn of bmkfn knlfe-hrsilt ami ptl-rr.in. I> dtinr away with. Ao adluitable thread, for lenirthrnlnR or •hor'nlni; the pitman, keeps the knife always In p»rf»rt r»irl»ler. Ill-line ld»*J Mowers are built to satlify the racii eiltlral duoands.

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w e l l - k n o w n I ' h y s l c l a a a u d J s a r g e o u o l K e a r n e y , N e b • t o p r i n t e d b e l o w :

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In the crcat Grain and Grazlnc Brits of Wrs t -ernConada and Information as to how to aecum-tbem cun to bml on appilcaliua to the Lh-pan-meni ol the Interior, Ottawa. Canada, or u* M. V. Mclnnes. No. I Merrill lUoelc, Detroit, Mich.: James Grieve. Mt I'lcabaul, Mich., o r D. L. Cavcn. Had Axe. Mich.

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1 0 0 , 0 0 0 ACRES S S ' bold on lone time and m-T paymenta, a each year. Come and twcua or *rlie. TRUMAN MOSS STATE BANK, Center, Mich., or

THE TRUMAN MOSS ESTA. Croswell. Sanilac Co»

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P U B L I S H B U BVBRT TIIUR8IUT AT

LOWELL, KENT COUNTY. MICH.

- B Y -

FRANK V. .TOHN«ON.

Jntered *t Lowell post otMce as second rises matter.

A Lowki . i . p reache r "Hce upon a

t ime 8<lv«'rlipod t'> it'll in a aermnn

•W u t c l leavun I - ." All i h e c x p e c t t

mit n i t i - i cna l i on learned was lha t 1 "Hh i v . ' H in u p . " As lie did not s ta te

wlifi l ier it wiis u|) »l niulu or in the

in n.i . i . o 1 wl i f t luT l h e Clii i ia -

man » " n p " whs ilie same as our-1,

' , t , ' , ' s ' U R r c r s i " " W roHl

8 BBCRIPTION ONE DOLLAR YEARLY, n n w i laiiily iib"Ui lhe direci inn ihey

rchl l r ouel i l t«» l ake . A L a p e e r pas-AUVBRTISINO K*TB8. . . . . . . • . L

. . . . . i . . tnr lu-s tiimlly located H r a v e n in the Spnoe AdvertiRoments one insertio'i J .

lOo per inch. Same more than once 7o planelH Venus', J u p i t e r ami M a r s , per inch with 10 per cent dinconnt on His d» clarHtion has two t hinj.'S lo r ec '

, T ^ , r d r h r i i p . g . . d . , » 7 . s 0 . n d | i ! 7 » Oiinmn.l il, (lefiiiileneM and . . l e t y

on three month oontracts. Single insor- f r o m coii t radii ' l ion. Hoth s t a l emenls

lions 7o per inch. a re supremeU ridiculous as nil mus t Business notices among local items fie • . ; , n,;. . ..i.

per line per isfu?. Those Uking run of be wh. ll men persir t in t a lk ing about

paper outside of local matter 8 cents per things of which ihey know absolutely

®* a . . A I n n nulhiiiir. I t will not enchance a n y Card in directory column $1.00 per

line per year. One inch $5.00 per year.

Cards of thanks 25c.

Resolutions of condolence, |1.00. BTTobit ively, no deviation from these rates.

nu th ing

man ' s reputiition to set his tunune

going anil then run otF and leave it.

O n e m a n V r ight and power to guess

a t t he u n k n o f f n Are as good as a n .

o t h . r ' s and no man has a license to

! " " 1 1 ' " 1 " ' f . . and cheaply. A trial order solicited. on the puUliu as "revealed t ru th .

T h e r e arc t a d s enough ill Cliristeil-

a5a icPt« F a r , n «h'"' tn den.Hiid the though t fu l at ten Big Pr ize . F i v e Y e a r s . tion of men wiihont leading them in

By special arrangement made with the • . » • publishers of the FARM JOURNAL we uhase of a wil l -o- lhe wwp. • r e enabled to offer a .j year subscription t " that paper to every new Mibscriber who ( pays for the LOWKLL LKDOER one | year ahead; and the same 1 flVr is made to every ohl subscriber who will pny nil back ' dues and one year in ulvaucc—both pa-pi rs for tho price of ours only.

In order to get the Farm Journal as n: ( i r o t t n i i - V e r s c u i i e s . premium for /•dvnrce payment it will be • • • i i i i

»«aiy t " wall; right .... u. t h -cap ta ins A ^ • l n , , l ' , d * , n * ofll. e. for we have only a limited number I arrived at Mr. and .Mrs. John A. Mnlone's of.") ymr subscriptions lo dispose of. Thnrsdnv.

E a s t L o w e l l - W e s t B o s t o n

Who says it isn't spring? The peepers

are hul l o ng.

We wish to thank our kind editor f'.r

the Farm Journal and it is heartily np-

predated in our home.

J . N. Hubble has received llie sad news

of the dentil of hi- aunt, Mrs. H. S. Hub- j

ble, of Knckford. Ralph Story had il.e niisfortune to break

ids wagon tongue while hiiiilini; a load of

tuliers to town. Minnie Steketee of Fallasi.urt! called on

friends in this vicinity Sunday. K. Alger and wife of Vor^eiiues visited

their aunt, Mrs. Mary Roll, Wednewiay.

Mrs, Coles is better.

Ira Buck is failimr. W. J . Ki I kins spent Sunday with fr ends

in this vicinitv. DRWEY

CEYLON L E T T E R .

(Continued fro... 1st page.)

else whatever, has had his hair cut

short as possible and is ge t t i ng a reg-

L'ohir cofl<*e color. I hope we shall

find some mail awai t ing us at Mani la .

I inn anxb-ns for let ters f r o m home.

O u r voyaire has been a r e m a r k a b l y

favorable one, no s torms since cross-

ing the At lan t ic , no accidents , one

death only , a few cases of measles

nnd mumps among the men H a v e

seen niany in teres t ing and s t range

citi-s in s t range lands. I have en-

io\ed it a!I; bu t am now v t . v t ired

with the hea t and loss of s leep—sti l l

I drend our a r r iva l a t Mani la . I a m

sure the reg iment will go into the

field right, it way and wc will be l e f t

best we

1 w i l l w r i t e t o s o m e o f y o u

Uwun

C l u h b i n u L i s t .

We will lurniHh T i ik Lowul i . Lku* o k u in eombii.atioi . with the follow-

ing pajM-rs lor 1899. the pi ice ^ iven be ing in etich case for two pt-peis, •mi's and the one natiled.

Miehicnn P a r m e r (week ly ) SI.'r>0 N> w York T r i b n n e (week ! \ ) 1.25 ^ Detroi t Free Press (>. mi iv« ekly) 1 . 7 ^ ^ ^ N - w Y'-rk World ( t r i -Weekly) I

G r a n d Rapids Hera ld . 1 6 0 (M'hti «• ek l^ )

O the r pupei> hikI maL'iizines fur* ni-hed to our patrons at wholesale rates.

Sltnln'n GreRtMl Need. Mr. R. P. Olivia, of Barcelona. Spain, t ( ) o l u f, , r ourselves us

spends his winters at Aiken, S. C. Weak nerves had cnused severe pains In the mav. back of his head. On using Electric g ( ) ( ) | , „ 8 I k n o * w h a t U to become Bit tors. Americas jireatest Blood and n • Nerve Remedy, all pain soon left him. oi ii« and VOU must all wr i te to m e . |

I . m w r i , , ; . th i , U p , It cures liver nnd kidney trouble, purities U | 1 ¥ t ( ? f t ( j v a i l ( | ftW(ullv w a r m . 1 shall the blood, tones up the stomach. ' strengthens the nerves, puts vim, vigor have to close I gU»-SS Willi lots of love

pood (Hilnts—Hireiigth.slyle, beau. I v—but their fame Is luruely duo to their lastliiK ouullllos; tliBl Is why they uro culled

J . B . L E W I S G O ' S

" W e a r R e s i s t e r s " For men, women and children, l.ook for the name "I.kwis' on every shoe. Made only by tho

D. I.KWtS CO., Bojlon, .liosi. ^

L '^WiS " W E A R R E S I S T C R S " jit" S'll'l by nil Hhoe donlers.

L O W E L L M A R K E T L A S T I N G -

Lewis Shoes have a great many

Wheat

Corn Oats Rye Flour per cwt Bran per ton Middlings per ton Corn meal per ton Corn and oats per ton Butter Eggs Potatoes Beans Beef Veal

H E A L E S T A T E E X C H A K G E Pork

to yen,, o n e .11. F run , , o „ r

; lovins ailing you need It. Every bottle guaran-teed. only Till cents. Sold & Co., Druggists.

W e s t V e r g c n n e s .

Mrs--. X. Boynton and son, Jerry,

visiting l.er mother iu Byron. Mrs. Silas Collar is auflering Willi rlieu-

matism.

ARABS C-*ALINti.

Peo i i i e h a v i n g p r o p e r t y t h a t t h e y • ; ish t j) d i s p o s e ot" can l i s t t h e s a m e

w i t h me . N o e x p e n s e i n c u r r e d un-less sa le is m a d e .

Chickens Wool washed Wool unwashed Apples

The I'urin Journal is on solid foundation and perfei lh trust worthy.

I W E S T 10 ATI N(i T H E WEST M I C H -

Ki VN E L E C T R I C PLANT.

O u r r e a d e r s w i l l b e i n t e r e s t -

Jake Tobin and Mary I Io|»nn were called

for the lirst time Sumlay at Parnell.

Mrs. Horaee Jakeway and children of

Lakeview are viEiiing friends and relatives

in this vicinity. Pat-y Roe's horse caused quite au excile-

e d in k n o w i n g t h a t t h i s m o r n - mem on thestreelf.of Parnell Saturday,

i n j f a c o m p a n y of e a s t e r n c a p i - Il rail from .Mrs Gile>' house to Mis. Hoe's

t a l i s t s a r e in t o w n w i t h S u r - [ house. No damage.

v c y o r S k e e l s l o r t h e p u r p o s e o f B , l r t L , , w e l 1 v i s i , i n « , , e r

i n v e s t i j r a t i n « r t h e p l a n a n d ] i r o p - 1 s < " , ' 1

e r t y o f t h e W e s t M i c h i g a n '

(Continue] from Ist page.)

n r e ! wo were at. Colombo that, sh ip pul-

led in nnd her cap ta in came aboard

nnd visited the c a p t a i n s of o u r sh ip .

Bert Fox of (trnnd Kapidsand Mrs. John The f i rs t ma te called o u t t h r o u g h a

Fox called at A. J . Krutn's Sunday. Upeak ing t r u m p e t to the crowd to

Jay Evans is K<'iiiK; to Jatuuea soon. | g i v e i j iree cheers for the capta in of 1 in 6o r o d s of house . P r i c e $ 2 , 8 0 0 .

Will hist had a finger cut o(i'at Krum's j Jijg l ^n -k" a s we called the S m a l l s u m d o w n a n d ba l ance to

mill l».-i week. f l a r e Robinson and it would have iUag^te liovntoti is on the sick list.

' " " ~ those

100 A C R E S , will sel l or t rade

o r wi l l d i v i d e i t f o r L o w e l l v i l l a g e i |

p r o p e r t y . B i g b r i c k h o u s e , g o o d : ' b a r n a n d o m e r b u i l d i n g s , w a t e r

p i p e d f r o m s p r i n g t o k i t chen . i m i l e s east of Lowel l on s o u t h s ide ' i

of G r a n d r i v e r , ( i o o d school w i i b -

J a y K v a n . lather in-law, Mr. Wl.islier, | 3 O U * " " d , 0 h a v e h ( ; ' i r t i

aud daughter are coming to live on his

place while he is gone.

MURK Y.

s u i t p u r c h a s e r .

S5 A C R E S in V e r g e n n e s , JU

A. Burt of Parnell.

We wish to rectify the mistake in last

i ' i i - week's paper. Mm. Finn did not return to E l e c t r i c c o m p a n y , w h i c h l i e s J , , i n i , , 1 , 1 , ^

a b o v e t h e p l a n t o f t h e L o w e l l

W a t e r a n d L i ^ h t c o m p a n y ,

w o r k o n w h i c h w a s b e g u n a n d

c a r r i e d o n t o t h e e x t e n t o f s e v -

e r a l t h o u s a n d s of d o l l a r s b y

t h e C h u r c h - M c D a n n e l l c o m -

Mr. and Mrs John A. Maionc. MIDGET.

h a v e o f t e n d e c l a r e d t h a t t h e r e

w e r e ^ r e a t p o s s i b i l i t i e s i n s t o r e

f o r t h e p r o p e r t y in q u e s t i o n ,

t h a t t h e p o w e r w o u l d b e d e v e l -

o p e d s o m e d a y a n d t h a t s o m e

o n e w o u l d r e a p t h e b e n e f i t of

t h e e n t e r p r i s e a n d f o r e s i g h t of

- i t s f o u n d e r s , m u c h g o o d r e s u l t -

i n g t o L o w e l l i n c i d e n t a l l y .

L e t u s h o p e a n d w a i t t o s e e

w h a t w e s h a l l s e e .

AN EDITOR'S TROUBLES.

E v e r y editor lias received t hem. T h e postmaster is not to b lame F o r instance there was a man b y t h e n a m e of-well say Tim Shor t , who sent us three notices to stop his paper , he d i d n ' t want his paper any longer . W e wondered what was the mat te r . Inves t iga t ing the subscript ion book

we f o u n d that T i m wflf short ? 1 0

H e never hud paid, n cent , and ye t

he had s topped his p a p e r as a m a t t e r of e conomy—to us. H e d i d n ' t want us t o lose any more by him. A few

dgri? a f t e rwards Short was a t c h u r c h

and his melodloiia voice rang ou t loud and c lear in t ha t old soul-st irr ing song , " J e s u s Pa id I I A l l . " W e m a y h a v e been mis taken , b u t bis t a n r s t n e f B impressed us. So the n e x t day we sent him a receipt in ful l , begging his par-don for not knowing that, he had made an asaignment of his liabilities to the L o r d . — [ C l a r e Sent ine l .

T h k new a p p o i n t m e n t f o r mar sha l

r e t i r e s f rom office a f a i t h f u l and

efficient publ ic se rvan t . Sam' l . F .

E d m o n d s has served the people well in

wha teve r capac i ty he has been called

and he retains in his r e t i r emen t the

esteem and confidence of his follow

ci t izens.

A P r l s h t f a l l l l u n d e r . Will often cause a horrible Burn, Scald.

Cut or Bruise. Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the best In the world, wlll kill the pain

j and promptly heal It. Cures Old Sores. • | Fever Sores, Ulcers. Bolls, Felons, Coriu,

W h a t m a y b e t h e r e s u l t c f ail Skin Eruptions. Best PI/ ' cure on xt.--, .* u ' *• u „ , . • , 1 * . I earth. Only 25 cents a box. Cur" guaran t h i s V i s i t c a n n o t b e s a i d , b u t teed. Sold by L. H. Hunt & Co. Druggists. t h o s e b e s t c o m p e t e n t , t o j u d g e

Keeue .

Frank Daniels was called to Missouri

Friday morning by a telegram nnnouncing

the illness of his brother, Charley.

AI lie Knee, Jr. , one of the volunteers,

lias returned from Oeor^ia where lie has

been quartered all winter. On Friday

evening the young people of Reene gave

him a surprise and all enjoyed hearing Allie lell of his trip

Mrs. F. S. Brower is visiting her daugh-

ter near Blanchard.

Born—To Mr. and Mrs. S. Hull, April 7,

a son.

Sugar making and muddy roads are next

on the proKrani. Ora Scott commenced work at the Beld-

ing silk mills April Ist. Avon is progressing finely nnd is work-

ing for a feed mill, postofiioe, telephone

and a delivery wagon which ihey expect t o

have soon.

Fred Kaymond and wife will live in

Morgan Titus' holiM. Elmer Lee of Elsie has heeti spending a

few days with his brother and sister,

C. A. Lee aud Mrs. B. F. Wilkinson. There will be preaching at the Keene

church in the morning until further notice as Brother Wesbrook's health will not per-

mit him to be out evenings.

B. Rickert gave a graphaphone enter-tainment at the Pinknev school house Sat-

urday evening. Sixty were present and

lots of fun. Charles Sayles is reported better.

Well, well, Ima lost her hat while out

sleigh riding and had tn send her lover

back to find it; but O my! and then what—

the hat was found in the sleigh.

Wheeler Hull of Lowell bought a horse

of Frank Abbott last week.

John Haskins received a telegram from

Canada la.H week announcing the death

of his father. His biotber Edward attend -

ed tho funeral. Mrs. Frank Carr has been ill for the

past two weeks. AUNTY.

three cheers. W h e n he left the I m i l e s f r o m L o w e l l . P r i c e ifclHOO. I

(•Jrant he poked his head ou t from I i'' '1"' d o w n , b a l a n c e on t i m e , o r will

unde r l.,« a w n i n g of h i . row h „ , i I t r a ' l , ! f o r v i l l a g e p r o i K r l y .

and hol looed up to us " G i v e 'em | t - 6 J A C R E S in t h e v i l l age of | hell boys when you g e l the re" and j V i e n n a , M o n t m o r e n c i c o u n t y , all , then you o u g h t to have heard us i m p r o v e d b u t 5 a c r e s of beech a n d ,

, veil. " W h e n wc bul led ou t t h a i a f - * m a p l e t i m b e r . G o o d h o u s e and

Consumption! 'Four d o c t o r s ^ a ' r i u e up" | ternoon we exchanged c inplinionts I ba rn and f ine soi l . P r i c e $ 5 0 0 on saying i could live but a short time. I i with lhe crew of t ha t Eng l i sh ship f a v o r a b l e t e r m s o r will t r a d e f o r , gave myself up to my pavlor. determined | H „ a j n ^ Russian t rans i ior t WHS in ; L.Well v i l l a g e p r o p e r t y . if i could not stay with mj- friends on ; 1

b . . . . . . o i f . • earth, I would meet my absent ones ' lhe ha rbo r whi le we were the re . 32 A C R E S o n e m i l e f r o m v i l l a g e ,

of L o w e l l , b e a r i n g a p p l e o r c h a r d , peach o r c h a r d , U a c r e s r a s p b e r r i e s ,

g o o d h o u s e , s t a b l e a n d a p p l e d r y e r .

P r i c e $ 1 5 0 0 . T e r m s half cash , j b a l a n c e on t i m e .

A Nnrnriv Encniie. Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada E.

Hart, ot (Jruton, S, D. "Was taken with a bad cold which settled on my lungs;

my above. My husband was advised to get , Thev gave us a rousing " send-of f , " Dr. King's New Discovery for Consump- I . ' tlon. Coughs and Colds. I gave It a trial, ' . /~i i i took in ail light bottles. It has cured j 1 he bom boats a t Co lombo a re me, and thank God, I am saved and now j queer looking e r a f t . Thev were a well and healthy woman." Trial bottles . 8 wide bv 3 fppt deon free ul L. H. Hunt & Co.'s Drug Store. , r ) " ' I l 0 . " " , , , f " ' " f * I e t l

Regular alze 50c and $1.00. Guaranteed or by 15 teet to 1H ft-et long, With a price refunded. float fixed a t o n e s ide to p reven t "W A C R E F R U I 1 F A R M w i t h -

• I t ipping over. in a milje of t h e c i t y l i m i t s . f l

S o u t h B o s t o n - E l m d n l e . W e d r e w our K h a k i un i fo rms the ' G r a n d R a p i d s . S p l e n d i d l a n d .

Mrs. A. Race entertained her mother | " t h e r day . T h e v a re of thin yellow S u c c e s s f u l f r u i t f a r m , p e a c h e s , be r -

from Woodland over Sunday. j check, with a wh i l e helmet for t h e r i e s , e t c . A m p l e b a r n s . e tc .

• 8

3 40

it »« (i /iO On 2 <K) 0" io no « 16 00 ft 18 00

20 OO 12 kl 14

10 (-ts la (•(• 60 7.i ft 1 00

« ro fi 7 00 5 no (it 6 00 4 (Mi f'O 4 (50

H ' » wi .a 20 i f . •S)

80 ft 1 00

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T H E IRON'S HOT—l^et ns have yi.ur woik riKhl now. We guaran-tee Katinluetion aud that - a good deal, coming from a laundry We Imve made up our mind to make this the be-t one there is and we are doing il by retaining the p tronage oi everv one * h • eumes here.

LJMcLL LAUMuitY

T h i s M a n

E. E. Church Inus rented his farm U>

Harvey Godfrey.

Married at the M. E. parsonage Wednes-

day evening. Kiltie Layer to Emerson

Himdoleider. George Bartlett and son Howard went

to Canada last week with the intenlion of

buying land. Henry Lampman now drives a $240

team. Matried, Tuesday evening Susie Walker

of South Boston to Fred Raymond ..f

Keene. LEAH.

W e s t Lowell .

Mrs. L. Blair visited at S; Gristwood's

one day last week.

The ladies aid will meet at the home of

Mrs. S. Grlstwood, April 19 at 10 a. m.

T h e Illinois legislature has passed

a law which will subject to a fine of

>25 to $50 any woman w e a r i n g a

Stuffed bird on her h a t . O u r fa i r sis .

ters, while be ing credited with hav ing

m o r e gentle nnd refined sen t iments

t h a n their brothers , have th rough

the i r passion for fashion, been respon j A good attendance is desired.

• i b l e for the s laughter of millions of j M r s J - - B r o " n " b e l t t i r -f ea the red songsters. The re never has C' ' " « ' « • "ml family of Langston have

* .. moved into Hits vicinity. been an o u n c e of . e n . in i t . Some A 0 l m p W , . . . j , p c i u ^ , i t h

T. Stowe and family.

Mrs, E. Wilson of Entrican is visiting

friemis in this neighborhood.

Many thanks Mr. Editor for the Farm

ladies should hasten to come out fo r 1 o f

them.

bra in less f emin ine d u d e in P a r k e set

t a e e x a m p l e a n d mil l ions ol innoceni ,

h a p p y , useful l ives have been sacri-

ficed in consequence. Michigan j

t he r ight and not wait for a law to

summon t h e m before a c o u r t of jus-

t ice. H a l s off in pub l ic places a n d

le t t h e dear l i t t le b i r d s s ing ,

RUMi t

Crayon portra i ts f ree to pa t rons of B u s h ' s b a k e r y .

T h a t T h r o b b i i m H e a d a c h e Would quickly leave you. If you used

Dr. King's New Life Pills. ThouEandt of sufferers have proved their matchless merit for Sick and Nervous Headaches. They make pure blood and strong nerves and build up your health. Easy to take. Try them. Only 23 cents. Money back If not cured. Sold by It. H. Hunt & Co., Druggists.

Town L ine T i d i n g s .

Fred Wood and wife of Lowell visited

Mrs. Tiiibns Sunday, Fred Robinson is home from Olivet. Philo Murray had the misfortune to

break a bone in his right leg above his

nnkle Sunday, Geo. Roop was a guest of Geo. Murray

and wife Tuesday. Mrs. Wm. Holland and daughter, Mary

spent Sunday with Mrs. F. M. Thompson.

Gnbe Onan »nd wife spent Sunday with

the latter's parents. Orville Reynolds and

wife. Fred Wood and wife of Lowell visited

Mrs. Thihos. Geo. Murray and wife visited Ed. Keil

wile Friday. Mrs. A. Shiiton and daughter, Etheh

visited Mrs. Martin Schneider Friday.

M. Yeiter and wife spent Sunday with

B. D. Seeley and wife. X KAY.

0

v e r g e n n e s .

Mrs. W. J . Botzen is home from a three

weeks visit with friends at Muskegon.

John White and wife of Lowell spent

Friday with G. W. Crosby and wife. S. B. Parker and wife of Lowell were

Sunday guests of Wm. H. Parker nnd wife Geo. Krum and family, Eugene Lee,

wife and mother, Ada Peglar and Ina Find-

ley of Lowoll were recent gtiesU of W, J .

Bclzen and family. John Morgan of Coral has hired nut lo

G. W. Crosby again this season,

headgea r . March 9. 1899.

W e will be in Mani la tomorrow a t 8 , a . m. W e Were issued two days n i t ions today , coffee, sugar and bacon . (put up in tin cans) and 7 5 r o u n d s of a m m u n i t i o n . W e expec t to go r i gh t i n to lhe f ield. W e had a cal l to a r m s last n igh t , j u s t for p rac t i ce , and while we were s i a n d i n g to a t lent ion the s ix-pounders fired h couple of shots. I t made some of the boya feel r a t h e r nervous by the look t h e y had on the i r faces. In the e v e n i n g the b a n d played " H o t T i m e iu t h e Old T o w n T o i n i g h t " and ' •Yankee Dood le" and the boys all j o ined in the cho rus . F o r fear I wont h a v e any l ime t o wri te any to-mor row aud I want th i s le t ter to ge t off a s I w a s too l a t e a t P o r t S a i d a n d

t h e p u s h of l h e c o m p a n y was s l o w a t C o l o m b o a u d 1 M as s low nt S i n g -

a p o r e so I d id n o t g e t m y mai l off

n t t h o s e p o r t s , I wi l l c lose h e r e nnd w r i t e a t e v e r y c h a n c e h e r e a f t e r .

S o s e n d i n g love t o nil a n d r e g a r d s t o f r i e n d s a u d n e i g h b o r s 1 r e m a i n

a s e v e r , y o u r l o v i n g son,

A l o e .

Al ton . Born—To D. A. Church and wife, April

9lh, a 10 lb. girl, Otis White is visiting his sister, Mrs. A.

Holmes, of Gratlan, this week. Fred Holmes aud wife of Vergennes

attended services here Sunday.

Mrs. Agnes Stevens is assisting Mrs. Rex-

ford ol Lowell.

School began Monday with Miss Bookey,

of Cannonsburg, as teacher. A. Godfrey and wife of Lowell were

guesut of H. 1). Weekes Sunday. Elder Mudge was a guest at Warren

Ford's Sunday and held services at the

church morning and evening. He will be

here again in four weeks, May 7, and will

take for his subject in the morning: "Pure

Heart." In the evening: "True Love."

Dan Stanfer and wife have returned

from Illinois and will occupy A. Vandcr-

brock's tenant house. Byron Frost is visilintr his uncles, Ja-

sper and Chester church at Evart.

Mrs, Guy Norton and daughter spent

last week with relatives in Grand Rapids. Hattle and Leo Weekes have returned

from East Lowoll. Wiley Reynolds and wife of South Low-

ell visited relatives here last week. The party held at David Conaon's Fri-

Mrs. Wm. H. Parker is slowly hnprov- day night was well attended and all had a

merry time, Gottlieb Roth had the misfortune to gel

hurt while felling a tree last week. Mr. Fleming of Belding was here last

week on business. Myrtie Condon of South Lowell is visit-

ing her grandfather, W. Ford. Mrs. Abbie Holmes of Grattan visited

her brother, Otis White, Sunday. UNO

ing. Bertha Lee closed her school at Fox's

corners Friday. Fred Gregger has moved to A Hon and

has taken five children from our school. Beth VauWormer has moved to I'aris

township, taking out three more Beliolars,

leaving on l / fon r children in the district and one of them does not go to school.

BRIDGET.

S p l e n d i d l oca t ion . F r o n t s ou

W a l k e r a v e n u e a n d F o u r t h s t r e i t . B i g m o n e y in i t f o r s u b u r b a n res i -

d e n c e lo t s . P r i c e 4 3 , 5 0 0 . ^ 1 , 6 0 0 ,

b a l a n c e on t i m e . T h i s is a b i g

b a r g a i n a n d bea r s t h e c loses t inves -

t i g a t i o n .

H O U S E A N D L O T in O v i d f o r

sa le o r e x c h a n g e f o r L o w e l l p r o p -

e r l y o r w i l d l a u d . I n g o o d r epa i r .

R e n t s f o r f r o m | in t o $H p e r m o n t h

and h a s n-.t b e e n e m p t y t h r e e nv ai l b s ia f ive y e a r s . Ov id is a fine

t o w n . O w n e r has f a r m n e a r L o w -ell a n d w a n t s a h o m e n e a r b y .

E I G H T Y - A C R E S 3 mi l e s f r o m

C h a r l e v o i x , 2 m i l e s f r o m a g o o d saw mi l l . T i m b e r e n o u g h t o p a y

f o r i t . 36 a c r e s u n d e r c u l t i v a t i o n . A g o o d l o g h o u s e a n d f r i m e ba rn ,

P r i c e §850 . g;:}00 d o w n and b a l a n c e t o s u i t p u r c h a s e r .

E I G H T Y A C R E S of c h o i c e t i m -b e r e d l a n d iu O s c o d a c o u n t y , a fine

f a r m i n g lot , w i t h b e e c h , m a p l e ,

h e m l o c k , bass w o o d and 30000 f e e t of w h i t e p ine , c e d a r e n o u g h fo r

f e n c i n g . H a s a fine h a y m e a d o w of s e v e r a l a c r e s a u d a t r o u t s t r e a m

h e a d s i n t o i t . N e a r t h e v i l l age of M i o a n d schools . S e t t l e d n e i g h b o r -

h o o d . 12 o r 15 i m p r o v e d f a r m s

w i t h i n 3 mi les . O n l y 4 or 5 mi les f r o m r a ' .road. P r i c e COO cash o r

wi l l t r a d e f o r g o o d L o w e l l p r o p e r t y .

F o r p a r t i c u l a r s r e g a r d i n g t h e s e

pi act 5 a p p l y t o

F M. J O H N S O N ,

L e d g e r Office, L o w e l l , M i c h .

NOTICE

TO

HORSEMEN

I wish to thank the farmers of this

vicinity for their past patronage and hope

lo receive n share in the future. SENEGAL the imported Peroheron

Stallion isstt ' l on the turf and has traveled

in the same locality fur 5 years. He is gaining f.iends every year. His patrons last year numbering 17C, spring aud full-

His colts are being sold already at K"'"!

prices. Will be in Lowell, Saturday the l&ih

aud will start on his old route Monday. H. F . WiLKiNSO*, Owner

n jy ! Keene, April 10.

E v e r y b o d y knows w h a t Burgin 's coffees are, a n d the best in t h e world

• t t he pr ice . 254i

WAYNE HOTEL, DETROIT AMeniOAN AMD EUROPEAN FLAN,

is "blowing up" his wile beeau>e she didn't improve the opportunity to save money by biiving her

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nl my store. Next time .she will know better.

c h a s . M c c a r t y .

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Copy r igh t s Ac. Anjwie lending a ikclqh and desorlgtUm mar

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S c i e n t i f i c A m e r i c a n . A handsomely lllnitraled weeklr. Larsest cir-culation of any •clentlUo lournul. Terms. |3 a year; fonr roontiu, |L Sold by all newtdealer*.

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for year moaay tUn any M»d Uonw la Amarloa.

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Amnnies , Just below. I 'edro will sail him ten mi les in to the sen, yet the pehk Mid thn t roek shnll be exnotly in line nil oi tl-e t ime. Do you but •watch Hhn verra - lose . "

F o r half an hour I did watch , and I nm b o u n d t o en}" the two points didn't budge an i r c h l o tbe r igh t o r l e f l of the ver t icnl line. This ee t t led the leesv.iy ques t ion in my mind, and I took such n l iking t o t h e c r a f t t ha t I de te rmined to own. one. I asked the colonel what they were wor th .

" W h a t , one like th i s? But a few-pesos, senor . But I never have heard of one be ing sold. Epach man builds h is own."

"Hmpf . Did you ever build one. co lone l?"

"I—el f robernndor ! P o r Dios, you do but laugh at i r e ! Petlro, how many of the p roas have I nt Agnna?"

"All a r c the g s b e r n a d o r ' s , excel-enc ia . "

"And h r w many l ::s el S e n o r B t e f a r -while he r ema ins at Acrann?"

"AJ1 of the gpbe rnador ' s . excel en-c ia ."

" P o r Dios, it is I ruc . aenor ." "Well , t ha t is exceeding kind. I must

any. But, you see, colonel. ! am very fond of sail ing, and I should like to have one a lways ready—one that I was used to—in case I wanted to go off fishing with you, or in which I could t a k e the ladies f o r a day upon the wa t e r . S o m e t i m e s I have un melan-colia and I like l o g o away by myself, lest 1 prove bad company . So I'd like l o have one of these boats l ha t 1 could use wheneve r I pleased. And 1 don't t h ink i t ' s qui te f a i r to take it without paying some th ing . "

"None but nn Americano would th ink of it. senor . (iive Pedro a bundle of c igars , if you like, and he will find you the best one on the is land."

T h a ; se t t led t h e boat ques t ion . 1 had a pe r fec t l i t t le beanty be fo re n igh t , nnd in a few days 1 w a s able to handle it almost as exper t ly as the na-tives. Being praot ical ly t insinkable, nnd d r a w i n g b u t ten incheis of w a t e r , it- was only necessary to look out f o r the sail in sudden squalls; o the rwise a child could have handled it .

Tha t evening saw a marvelous t r ans -f o r m a t i o n in t h e senorita.. She had reached the b o t t o m of h e r Manila, box at laet . and one- of the p re t t i e s t of t he t h r e e gowns h a d gone on in a twink-ling. The m e m o r y of Senorrtn Pala-clos' a p p e a r a n c e was f resh enough in he r mind to show ins tan t ly t h e dif-f e r ence in s t y l e be-tween the new and the old ones. H e r unaccoun tab le pos-session of the ex t r a finery was some-t h i n g she put off f o r Inter and more deiliberntc cons idera t ion , be ing sat is-fied, f o r the t ime being, t o d i spa tch h a s t y d inner invi ta t ions to the o t h e r iadies and shyly watch the impression produced when she descended a m o n g us. I was hor r ib ly conscious of my previous meddl ing in he r affairs , and f ea red I might be t ray myse l f ; but the gown was so much more becoming to he r t han it had been to t h e or iginal owner t h a t 1 was lost in admi ra t ion . She wasn ' t one of y o u r unsopl i ls t lcat -ed girls, e i t he r . I l e r l i f c in Madrid had t a u g h t he r how to w e a r even an t i -qua ted f rocks like a princess, and it needed no s t r e t ch of the imaginattion to f ancy ourselves within sight of the P l a z a del Or ieote , as we looked a t our hos tess .

CHAPTER TX.

I had de te rmined to lose no t ime in a t t e m p t i n g to see the d o c u m e n t in F r a y Tgnocio's box. and, as it proved, t h e d inne r p a r t y helped me mate r ia l ly . B a r t o l o m e o and the o t h e r pr ies t s dropped in upon us be fore t h e close of t h e meal, and were prevai led upon to spetjd the evening. W h e t h e r my l iking f o r the senor i t a had at t h a t t ime oiwnk-ened a rec iprocal feeiing, I didn' t k n o w ; but she seemed a w a r e of my de-s i re to ge t t he p a d r e s in a happy f r a m e of mind, and aided m e in every w a y she could, o r d e r i n g Pcpe to b r ing bo t t l e s , nnd more bot t les , f o r the de lec ta t ion of the company . Pa lm b r a n d y , or a g u a r d i e n t e , is the only-brand known In the Ladrones , and t ha t seldom ap-p e a r s upon a g e n t l e m a n ' s t ab le . But l ight wines , and, fo r s t r o n g e r heads, r u m a n d w a t e r , a r e f r ee ly indulged in. The resul t is r a r e ly d r u n k e n n e s s ; t he s tuff doesn ' t act t ha t way in w a r m cli-m a t e s . But fo r ea r iy -drooping eyeJids and d reamless sleep tha t works like a n a e s l h c t i c s , give me t w o bo t t l e s of Spanish wine t h a t have made the voy-age to Manila or finajan. The padres were built upon the c is tern prinoipJe, all of t h e m : b u t they were p rac t i ca l ly as leep be fore 11. at which t ime they accepted the colonel 's hosp i ta l i ty and fel l to sno r ing peaceful ly upon the floor or the r a t t a n sofas , wherever t h e y happened t o d rop .

I t w a s such a p e r f e c t n i g h t t h a t t h e semorita strolled down t o t h e beach wi th me before r e t i r i ng , and I have a Lazy recol lect ion of k i ss ing her . S o m e t h i n g of the sor t , anyway , fo r she lef t her cool fingers in mine f o r half a m i n u t e b e f o r e s h e d i sappeared .

T h i s and her personal loveliness In t h e moonlight , came near to in terfer-i n g with my progress; for upon reach-i n g my room I took an easy cha i r out upon the balcony and smoked fo r over un hour , t h ink ing of her . T h e windows of her room were diagonally opposite my own, across the pat ip ; and I fancied once o r twice t h a t I could: detect her

ngure among the .-l., ' ws. After awhile, however, it s l im I. 1: . that if I were really go ing to doa : , thiii!: it was about tinn- to gel at it. S . I (!| ened the sea chest and h.nk out I hr Ht 11 rh s i f . " ty lantern , then s i l r n t h n a d e i m wa_\ a long the cortidot-s nnd down to the room where the padres w n v :• miring.

1 have been told by doctop- lhat fat men usually sleep more s .iindly tliMi the i r skinny bre thren , ami tuy e xperi-ence iiiat night seemed toelincli theas-ser t ion; lor. though I had to leel ovn-several square feet of Manolotiu Vs an-a tomy ini my search for his Inineh .if keys, he never even wiggled. Il would have been posnble. of 1 nurse, it) force the locks; but that was loo risky nn operation when simpler melh ' ds were available.

Stepping aeross the l i t t le f-qunre, the air was so still that I could hear the lapping of the ripples on the beach, a quar te r of a milt away ; and I seemed to be the only living c rea tu re awake. I had no diflirtllly in f inding the key which opened the postern, door at the rear of the church , and easily stole through the cloisters a s f i r e,s the pas-sage leading into the chamb-. r of hor-rore. This was so pitchy dark lhat I tu rned on the cur ren t in my lamp and was s tar t led at the. brilliancy of the lir:ht which shot f rom its lens. When it fell ut'on the ghas t ly fignire with the di3. aced wish-bone, a cold chili s tar ted tha r^orse-flesh all over me; the con-trr . t l between the senori ta 's warm, b rea th ing loveliness, of which 1 had been dreaming , a n d th i s semblance of ro t t ing ccrr ion. was someth ing horri-l le . 1 had to t ake 11 good pull at my flask be fore I could unlock lhe iron I ;an and descend into the vaults. Ther#. al: o. the foul d a n p r . r s s . a n d i!:'.' company of real bodies, i rade my seaip creep unti l it fe l t as though each in-dividual ha i r we re squi rming.

When Bar to lomeo Introduced me to the r emains of F ray Ignacio. tha t morn-ing. I felt more or less of a fr iendly in-terest in the old c h a p ; we hadn ' t been near enough to apprec ia te iheghns t l i -ness of the g r i n n i n g skull, half hidden by its g ray cowl. But now. when 1 placed my l ight between his toes and a t t emp ted gent ly to case h is sloniaeh of that heavy box. the bony lingers c lung to it with gruesome s t r eng th ; t he old bones cracked and wheezed as I tugged at it. How I tnanaged 10 keep from fa in t ing ou t r i gh t . I never knew. My ef for t s to remove i h e c h e s t f r o m the old fel low's lap seemed to th rea ten a (ilisarrangement of his skeleton so seri-ous t h a t 1 gave up the a t t empt and un-locked it w here it lay. To th i s he made no objec t ions ; he even appeared to take a mild interest in the proceedings, wag-g ing and wabb l ing his old skull, with horrid w hi; (-ei ings and creakings , every t ime 1 leatu d ajrainst him.

The papers iu the bcx were covered with a thick layer of dust . and. a f t e r ano ther pull at t he llask—in which the fray, by a sci-rowful wag of the cowl, refused to join me—I gently l ifted the top ones with a pa i r of pocket p lyers so as to show lhe least possible1 dis-turbance. Uealizing that every mo-ment' was precious. I hast i ly scanned the o the r documents until oue bear ing

My nerves were worn to • thin edfe.

t he f r a y ' s sign at tire appeared, which proved to be the shipwrecked ofiicer's s t a t emen t . 1 wanted lo read every word; but it was 111 old Spanish, the p a r c h m e n t was so br i t t le that it ratr t ied like fire crackers, and there was real ly but one sentence that 1 m-eded. So. g lanc ing rapidly f rom line to line, 1 finally came upon one which, trans-lated, read': "Position of ledge, ap-proximate ly . 1 ~ degrees 3U minutes. .11) seconds N.'lat.. 141 degrees. 23 minutes 00 seconds K. ion." This 1 hastily pen-ciled upon the wristband of my sh i r t ; then, considering the advis;;l.ility of de-s t roy ing the documebt, I h.;d decided l h a t i is absence might be discovered a t any t ime , and was about to replace it, when I i h o u g i t of Sebastiano. I couldn ' t afford to leaveaccurate inform-ation fo r him to find. In a set-ond o r t w o an idea occurred 10 me. and. s t r ik ing a ma tch . 1 held it over the parchment in such a way that il e h a m d the figures completely out, yet looked as though a c inder had fal len accidentally upon the page . It was, of course, likely tha t t h e padre would have his suspicious if be ever saw it; but. if I succeeded in g e t t i n g sa fe ly out of the church, I t hough t , he'd have a sweet lime verify-i n g them. .

T o r ep lace all of the documents w a s

a work oi some m o m e n t s , so ea re iu i was I not 10 d i s t u r b t h e c o a t i n g s of dust with which they were covered. Then I locked the box, whi le the f ray sadly wabbled his head a t my temer-ity, anil s t a r t e d to r e t u r n . The floor of the vaul ts was of pounded clay, ai d each s tep I took p roduced a vibra-tion which tilled the a i r wi th echoes of ot her c r eep ing foo t s t eps . My nervcH were worn t o a thii i edge by t h i s time, and had it not been fo r the b r a n d y I p n bably should have lost oonBelons-m -s. Vet, s t a n d i n g t h e r e in t ha t foul. Mibterrnr.ean passage , in an island prael ieal ly u n k n o w n t o the wor ld and Ihotisnnds of miles f r o m civil ization. I eouidir t help g r i n n i n g to myself a cha t t e r i ng , nervous g r in it was . too— at the ineo i ig ru i ty of a p rosa i c com-mercial man who had wor r i ed t h r o u g h rt.l y ea r s of h u m d r u m ex i s t ence , be-ing in such a pos i t ion . W h a t an un-mi t iga ted l iar my a c q u a i n t a n c e s in the c lub at Hong-Kong would th ink me if I merely detni led the b a r e f a c t s !

Ascending to the image c h a m b e r , my hand t r emb led so t h a t 1 couldn ' t hold the l ight s t e a d y ; and th i s er-ra t ic il l i imiiiation gave t h e figures a ghas t ly a p p e a r a n c e of l ife. I was has t i ly c ro s s ing t o w a r d t h e n a r r o w e n t r a n c e which led t o the c lois ters , when the m u r m u r of a voice in the chancel on the o t h e r side of the wall made me shut off t h e c u r r e n t in my lamp and g a s p f o r b r e a t h . In an in-s t an t I was in d a r k n e s s so thick I could feel it, t h o u g h a very f a i n t re-flection f r o m the w a n i n g moon made a sor t of g r a y n e s s u p w h e r e t h e win-dows w e r e ; bu t , l ook ing t o w a r d the chancel wail, I not iced a f a in t lumi-nousness in one p a r t i c u l a r spot , and it was f r o m th is q u a r t e r t h a t t h e voice seemed to come.

It toi.k but a m o m e n t t o figure out tha t lb s spo t m u s t be a p p r o x i m a t e l y in the r e a r of t h e cruci f ix head over the a l t a r . T h e r e w a s a pile of boxes just unde r it. on my side, so I caut ious-ly elimbed to w h e r e I could look th rough . Then my ne rvousnes s l e f t me. For on his kuees b e f o r e the a l t a r was lay b r o t h e r Fel ipe, p a t t e r i n g out p raye r s for the repose of the good dead f a t h e r s below. I t a f t e r w a r d c a m e out t h a t he had been a s l eep in his eelK end, a w a k i n g suddenly , had h e a r d foo t s t eps and echoes In t h e c a t a c o m b which fa i r ly curd led h i s blood; co, by the lipht of t h e only candle he could find, he w a s d o i n g his best to lay the res t less sp-r i ts .

liow recklessness got t he upper hand of me would be ba rd t o say ; but , wi thout giving the d a n g e r a second t h o u g h t . 1 l i f ted my l a n t e r n t o the a p e r t u r e and t u rned on the c u r r e n t . 1 would have given a l a r g e sum to have seen the effect f r o m the chu rch side; it must have been m o r e t h a n s t a r t l i n g . 1 could tell the e x a c t i n s t a n t when t h e lay b r o t h e r raised his eyes to the t o p of the crueitix by the way his mur -mur ing s topped s h o r t . T h e r e was a gasp of a s t o n i s h m e n t t o o g rea t f o r louder a r t i cu la t ion , a shiver of e c s t a t -ic f e a r ; and when 1 squ in ted t h r o u g h the hole, a f t e r s h u t t i n g off the cur-rent . he was grove l ing , f ace down, upon the chance l floor.

Th is was my o p p o r t u n i t y . Calcula t -ing tha t he wouldn ' t d a r e raise his eyes for several momen t s , no m a t t e r what s t r a n g e noises echoed t h r o u g h the church . I slipped a r o u n d t h r o u g h the pos tern and succeeded in r e s t o r -ing t o Padre B a r t o l o m e o ' s s n o r i n g to r so his bunch of k e y s wi thout b e i n g seen. Once back in my room. T locked the door and put a c h a i r aga ins t i t ; fo r 1 was rons ide rab ly shaken up. and looked a s though 1 had spent a week in the inferna l rerrions.

Break fas t was f o r t u n a t e l y la te , bo I had t ime t o b a t h e and make myself a l i t t le more p re sen tab le , but I m u s t have looked seedy even then . This , however , was n a t u r a l l y laid t o t h e d inne r p a r t y of t h e previous evening, none of the g e n t l e m e n feel ing very posit ive as to when o r Just how he had p a r t e d f r o m the o t h e r s . I t h o u g h t t h a t when t h e p a d r e s got t h o r o u g h l y waked up and had t i m e to g e t t h e lay b r o t h e r ' s expe r i ence t h r o u g h t h e i r heads t h e r e w a s l ikely t o be m o r e of a sensat ion t h a n t h e l i t t le t o w n h a d known in many m o o n s ; so. compla in -ing of a severe h e a d a c h e . 1 invited t h e colonel and his d a u g h t e r to sail w i th m e in the new p roa . Having t o h e a r a f ew cases a t t he t r i b u n a l t h a t m o r n -ing, he poli tely decl ined, bu t a s s u r e d me t h a t Doro tea would be p leased t o go.

This was b e t t e r t h a n I had b a r g a i n e d fo r . Knowing t h e s t r i c t ideas in re -

g a r d t o c h a p e r o n n g e which r e g u l a t e Spanish soc ie ty , i t never o c c u r r e d to me t ha t such a t e t e - a - t e t e would be p e r m i t t e d : but I found t h a t G u a j a n , like a s t e a m e r a t sea , w a s m o r e o r less outs ide of social r e s t r i c t ions , a l aw u n t o i tsel f .

The s e n o r i t a s eemed to have p e r f e c t confidence in m y seamansh ip and w a s evident ly glad of such an o p p o r t u n i t y t o ask ques t ions . As we sk immed a long the blue w a t e r I sat isf ied he r cur ios i ty r e g a r d i n g American w o m e n and gave radica l opinions on men of var ious n a t i o n a l i t i e s — chief a m o n g which was a c a u t i o n against believing what any m a n said to he r un less she knew him ve ry well, because they were not all t r u t h f u l and 'honorab le l ike my-self. I w o n d e r h o w many men have solemnly worked th i s g r a y - b e a r d e d old w a r n i n g on g i r l s whose soc ie ty they selfishly wished t o monopol ize . And I a lso w o n d e r wha t c u r i o u s t r a in of t h o u g h t m u s t r u n t h r o u g h a wom-an's mind when she bea r s it f r o m the h u n d r e d t h m a n .

11 i-- unneces sa ry to de ta i l t he pro-gressive s t e p s by which ou r t a lk be-came m o r e conf ident ia l , or t o descr ibe flu- per iods of s a t i s f a c t o r y si lence when we floa ted a l o n g in del icious idle-ness unde r s h o r t e n e d sail, t he n o r t h -east t r a d e wind gent ly f a n n i n g ou r cheeks and t h e co t tony c louds ref lect -ed in the b road Pacif ic . We two were alone be tween sky and w a t e r , and the island was a m e r e bank upon the hori-zon. I ' n d e r such c i r cums tances it is exceedingly dif l icult lo keep one's thon i rh t s f r o m showing in the face , and I began t o fee l tha t I could t r u s t

this ;i-| .•!< j had never I rusted a wom-an In fore.

Sin km w 'ha t I Imd some u l t e r io r objeet in r in 1 Iim' .11 \gan:i . and he r mann r led me tu believe that she won f u r t h e r it as f a r as lay in her power, a- lea-t whi!" I - h n ^ . d a p re f -••rc in-i fop h.-r -oeiety OUT that of o the r women. Tl r - wasn't expressed in so many words, lint sh. eonfesseil t o the knowledge tha t I had left the house mi some adven t .m dur ine the n igh ' , and to an i m p r e v i o n that I wanted the padre out of the way. thoii'. '• her siiruiising went no fur-t h e r than l h a t .

We had taken a lunch with us. so it was well toward e-vening when we re-lurnei!. to lind tin town in a eommo-tion nver the s t r ange and te r r ib le mi ra . >- which had been witnessed bv lay-bro ther Felipe. I've of ten thought t ha t I wa* an innocent means of giv-ing the Holy l!oman ehtireh a deeper root in the Ladrones than it ever had before . Kvr-n Padre Bartolomi o. who was too wily a bird, and too well edu-ca ted . wi be fooled by an o rd ina ry every-day miracle, was a good deal shaken up by the lay b ro the r ' s y a r n . His super io r learning had fos tered a l ax i ty in his principles, an impression t ha t he could dr ink and gamble with impun i ty : but a f t e r a thorough exam-ina t ion of the chancel , t o g e t h e r with uno'vailing cross ques t ioning of his en t r anced associate , he began to won-d e r , if the re were not more th ings in Heaven and ea r th than w-ere d r e a m t of in his philosophy. However, as the o f fe r ings which began to pour in ex-ceeded a n y t h i n g in his recol lect ion, he kept his head, and cont inued to look upon himself as a blessed, though hum-ble, medium.

I took out the log. slipped the r eg i s t e r in to its slot , and coiled up flic line so tlraf it could be ins tan t ly eased away , then s teered within a hundred y a r d s of the rocks so as t o g c i an exact bear-ing. When nea r enough I let the bow fall o(T a l i t t le until the [in.a was head-ing exact ly 15 degrees and 27 minu les to the wes tward of sou th—the odd th ree minutes be ing an a l lowance f thought best lo make fo r leeway. My eompass being but s i \ inches in diam-e ter , if was prae l iea l ly impossible to keep it exac t ly (iu a hair-line between

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CHAPTER X.

By T h u r s d a y m o r n i n g I w a s ready t o s t a r t for the reef , but thought it beat to wait a couple of days longer , in or-de r to avoid rousing suspicion by an all-day absence alone.

Nea r ly all of my new acqua in tances had sailed wi th me, a t odd times, and my r e p u t a t i o n as an en thus ias t i c y a c h t s m a n was p re t ty well es tab-l ished. So. ear ly S a t u r d a y morning. I had Pepe wheel my chest down to the beach , te l l ing him that I was t ak ing my t a r p a u l i n s and lunch, wi th the in-t e n t i o n of sai l ing off and on a round the is land. 1 a l io said that I would ca.mp somewhere if I found it impos-

1 sible to gel back that evening. Pepe was a p re t ty decent old chap,

a s order l ies ^0, and seemed to have t aken a fancy io me for reasons of his own—possibly my habi t of giving him c iga r s now and then. He had been in t h e is lanas long enough to be some-t h i n g of a w e a t h e r prophet , anu in-s is ted upon br inging down an ex t r a supply of provisions in ease the wind should fail when 1 was too fa r out . He also cau t ioned r.ie against losing sight of the moun ta in , a.s o therwise I might s t e e r c l ea r of it and never be able to find ray way back. I assured him t h a t I would be ca re fu l , and felt easier at

| t h i s ind ica t ion that my knowledge o ' naviga t ion was unsuspeeted. Thi* s tudy had a lways been a fasc ina t ing one, and in in\ voyages beiweea Frisco

1 and Y o k o h a m a 1 had improved the op-p o r t u n i t i e s to know all 1 could of it Wi thout the aid of a naut ica l a imanac it might have been diflicult for me to

, fix a ship 's position accura te ly at sea. but Haltstead had coached me on the

I voyage f r o m Manila unt i l 1 felt rea-sonab ly confident .

It w a s an ideal i n o r n i n g f o r ' h e e x p e r -imen t . The breeze was jus t f resh enough 10 send the j.roa scudding be-f o r e it, and the sky was eh ar blue f rom hor izon to horizon. Mcl 'herson had made f o r me a slot, f rom two pieces of copper , r iveted to a ft r ip of flat i ron , t o hold the log regis ter ; and this I secured, by lashing, lo the a f t e rmos t o u t r i g g e r while I was runn ing f r o m A g a n a to Point Orote. s t ee r ing wi th a long, flat-bladed paddle which I held be tween my knees. When a sufficient d i s t ance f rom the shore, 1 took out the compass and placed it between my f e e t . Fo r tuna te ly , the gobernador had got it into his head t h a t my lug-gage c o m a i n e d delicate scientific in-s t n u u e u t s , so he had given s t r ic t or-d e r s t h a t it should lie handled care-fu l ly in t rans i t from the s t e a m e r .

As t h e ca tamaran approached Orote

Lam Mo ..e ".f 1 Jran I I!. Willard Hunter's

C . .- . IV.iiMie and a II.'- proud p •-i'>

•lol.n r iiiin III or •

a his h lino in that |

t an Hi ir and «ite went Kalurduy to

tend lhe I meia returning Muiid.'iv.

Ivlitor •I'iIiiimiii. wile and baby Itnth, of

L well, called nt Mail hew Hiiuler's a id Ueo. IJlaWculee's Sunday. We are always i;Iiid tn see tliem.

Ha/.-I \ eite. has he-ii very ill h it is i.u-proviii,-.

UK IKY.

U R O B A T B ORDER *• State of Miehuan. County of Kent, m At a session of the Probate l.'ourl for

I said Co.inly of Kent held at the Probate j Ofllce, in the city of Orand Iiapids, on the l l t h day of April, in the year one

I thonsaud eiub; htindreil and nineiy-nine Present. Harry 1) Jewell, Judge of Pro-

bale. In the matter of the estate of Ann

Hyr-'o. deceased. John I' Byrne, adiuinis-' trator de bonis non of -aid estate, having

vadf-n-d to IhU mrl lis Haul account as su. h administrator, ete . and ids petition

j praying for th • d.-i. nninnlion of the heirs of sa!.; lee . . 1 ...J for the di:.tri-

j biUinn of slid estate. I It is ordeied. that Mo day the 16th day j of May. IMW. at ten ..Vloek' in the fore ; no n, at said Probate Ofliee, be appointed I for the (Xaminntion and all wance of

suid luronnt and hearing said petition, i And it is lurther oider.'d that a copy of

this order be published thre. successive weeks previous to said day of hearing in th" Lowell Ledger, a newspaper printed and circulating in said Countv of K-nt.

j 'ipI27 11AIIRY D.JEWELL, | 1.1 (rue copy.) Judge oi Probate. I ALVIN E. EWINO, Kegisler.

1 V f O R T ( i A ( i E SALE. ' Defaul*. has been made in the con-

diti'-ns of a certain mortgace dated Jan-| anry 11(1, I8lt3, made and executed by

lames Norton and Mary Norton, his wife, j l.oth of Movvne. Kent cunnty. Michigan, lo j Mary K. Houghton, of Hps, Rensselaer 1 county. New York. Said mortgage was ' recorded February 7th. IMfl.'tin liber "JOl of i morigages. pane 27(1. at S;ii(I o'clock, a. m. Said mortgage came into the possession of Clarendon C. Winegar as the executor of the last will and testament of Mary E. Roughton. deceased, late of Alps, Hen-sselaer county. New York. The amoDiit elaiim d to be due on said mortgage at date of this notice is the sum of eleven hundred ninety and H'i-IOO dollars ($11'JO.tiot as principal and interest, also the further sum of tifteen dollars ($15.00) as an attorney fee is stipulated for iu said mortgage. No suit or proceeding at law or in equity has been instituted to recover said debt or any part thereof. Now. therefore, notice is hereby given that by virtue of the power of sale con- 1 tained in said mortgage and in pursuance ' of the statute in such case made and pro- ] vide I. said mortgage will he foreclosed by a sale of the premises iheirin described at public auction to the highest bidder on Friday the ninth day of Juno A. | i . iKgi), at II o'clock in the forenoon of that day at the north front door of the court house 111 the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Said court house being the place whore the circuit court for the county of Kent is held

Said premises are described in said mortgage as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land situate and being in the township of Howne in the county of Kent nnd state of Michigan and de-scribed as follows, to-wit; East 70 1 7fl) acres of northwest quarter of section 3r»(35. i town .j) north range nine (D) west. Dated March !). 1899.

Clarendon ('. Winegar, executor of the last will and testament of Mary E. Roughton, deceased, late of Rensselaer county, N. Y.

S. P. Hicks, his attorney.

BUSINtSi OlHtCTO.Y

O. C. McDANNF.L, M. D. Phyaieian him Hurveon. OfHce, !lrldff«o

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E. H. CAMBELL, INSURANCE, I W Notary Public, Rial 1-slate Anenl and Col-

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Attorney and Couiir< lor at Law. Tmin's Hal Rlock. I, well. Mle-h. Special nU^nUvt* given to Collei lions, L'oi. . t j auni.i., t a d Sale of Real Rslate.

Han also qualllied and been admitted '0 prac tlce 11. the Interior Departiiient ami all Iko bureaus thereto acd Is ready to pri».'-cuf« Claims for those that mar b« enliUod U Pension Mount)-.

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Latest methods used for all kinds of work-

All work guaranteed.

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the latest i m p r o v e d methods . JSal-isf'action g u n r a u t e e d .

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Wheat w.i* Dmnagrd Much H«T« la tlio

Houthcrn Cuuntlni Than la th* North-

ern During the Cold tV«»tli«r of

Veliru'.trjr ami March — OtMr Ilouu.

Crop Rppnrt for April.

T h e Mluhi^nu crop report for April, Bays t h a t the extremely cold weather In Februa ry was fol lowed by peculiar and exceedingly disagreeable wcath«r in March. While the teroperatnn; for the month has not been lower than usual, ye t the conditlont) have not been at all favorable to crops. There has been more or lens precipitation all through tho mun th , V i t this has n o t bcuei i t lcd whisat much, as the Know was e i ther b lown away or racltod nea r ly as soon r.s it fell. There has been much f reez ing and thawing, es-pecially d u r i n g t h e first half of the tuonUl. This has caused many fields to b - covered wi th wate r , or partly so a t least, which w a s unab le l o Kettle a w a y , as the g round was froz«« t o n g r e a t depth. In answer to the ques-t ion " l i a s wheat d u r i n g March suffered In ju ry from any causcV"' 305 correspou-d e n U in the sou thern counties answer " y e s " and 100 "no ; " in the ccntral count ies 73 answer "yes" and 93 "no ; " in t he no r the rn count ies 17 answer "yen" nnd 43 '•no;" in the upper penin-su l a all cor respondents agree t h a t w h e a t has not been damaged d u r i n g t h e month.

A IMn In n Man 19 Vaan. Nineteen years ago A m L. V. D.

iCoolc, whose home is in Howell , swal-lowed a pin. As Mr. Cook w a s o n l y 0 y e a r s of age nt t h a t t ime and his di-ges t ive appa ra tu s refused t o respond read i ly to th i s foreign subs tauee , t he p in remained in tac t wi th in Mr. Cook. As t h e years rolled by ho could occa-s ional ly feci a t i ck l ing sensation and finally a lump the size of an e g g fo rmed on h is body. 0 / late years he suf fe red a c u t e pain and decided that an ope ra t ion would relieve him. The operation for appendic i t i s was per formed a t Harper hospi ta l , Detroi t , recently and the pin t h a t had been in his body for nearly a score of yea rs wns removed. Cook is rap id ly improving.

• Upper Peninsula Oat In tb* Cold. Ofllcers of the 34th Michigan volun-

teers, who reside in the upper penin-su la , arc a s k i n g where they come In on t he proposed reorganization of the Michigan Nat iona l Unard as outl ined in t he plan of the s t a t e military board. Calumet has a lways been one of the bes t towns in t h e state aa far as t h e Na t iona l tJuard is concerned. Ilcjn-mental headquar t e r s have been t h e r e s ince the t ime when the Fi f th re^i raeut of the s ta te t roops was first organized.

Kotr Paper Mill.

About t h e middle of this m o n t h w o r k w i l l begin ou tho cons t ruc t ion of an -o t h e r la rge paper mil l a t Qoinnesec, Dickinson county , and w h e n t h a t is completed the paper m a n u f a c t u r i n g p l a n t a t t h a i place will be o n e of t h e l a rges t in the count ry . T h e new mil l , t oge the r wi th improvements t o be made on those a l ready t h e r e , m e a n s t h e out lay of several h u n d r e d t h o u -sand dol la rs aud the e m p l o y m e n t of many men.

Kunnlni; Short of Poddwr. This late spr ing is coming har t ! 4in

fa rmers who did not have an u n u s u a l l y large amoun t of fodder laid a w a y las t foil. A g rea t -r.zny w h o s u p p o w d they would have more than enough l o c a r r y t h e m th rough have a l ready r u n s h o r t on account of the lateness of l u e sea-son. nnd it will be some w e e k s 3-et be fore the pasturos will be in c u a d i t i c n lo tu rn sloek in to them.

MICHIGAN N E W S ITEMS.

T h e r e is t a lk of a new 850,000 hote l a t Hancock.

The coal prospectors ot Will iomston h a r e discovered u three- foot vein cv excel lent coal nt a dep th of 8J feet , and •.he work of p u t t i n g down a s h a f t and s t a r t i n g ac tua l min ing opera t ions T h e Kalnmnzoo and the Wolver ine

pa pe r companies of Kalamazoo wil l be I W1U begin Un mediate ly . eoinliliinil I , ,

(Me 51. Olson, a p rominen t business

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

, Kep. Chamberla in will s u b s t i t u t e a n e w hill for the soldierV relief rueas-u ro which caused so much discussion when it passed the house and w a s so amended hy the senate t h a t t h e a t to r -ney-general lias decided t h a t i t is not retroact ive. It provided fo r a t a x of den t one. f o u r one-hundredths of a mill a:!* w a s made operat ive unt i l August 1. In the new bill the tax will be ha l f a mil l and t h e t ime will be extended u n t i l Nov. 1. I n order lo take care of all needy or sick soldiers the bill will provide t h a t t h e fund may be used to pay t h e ex-pensepof any Michigan .soldier f rom t h e time he reached the borders of t h e s ta te , whe the r he was mustered o u t or not . • The house ways and means commit-tee has recommended an appropr ia t ion of €50,001) for a Michigan e x h i b i t a t t h e I 'an-American exposi t ion t o be held a t l luffa lo in 1901. . The sena t e has conf i rmed t h e ap-po in tmen t of Chas. II. Osborn, aud alixi t h a t o ' Dr. II. S. Chapman aud H a r r y Coleman, to be t rus tees of t h e I 'out iac asylum.

The open f ishing season has been de-feated in the sena te by a vote of 17 to 15

combined .

A s ta rch mill and a brick and a tllo f ac to ry wi l l locate ot Harbor lleach, Huron coun ty , th i s year.

T h e r e nre 82 widows living on one s t r ee t in Quincy. How is t h a t fo r a t o w n of 1,400 population ?

Mecosta county farmers are con-r a c t i n g to raise sugar beets for t h r

s u g a r fac tory at Kalamoz m.

George Cotton, of Sandstone, has A Po land China sow which is t he mothe r of 21 pigs, oil olive and squeal ing.

A fine new flouring it J/1 Is to be bu i l t a t Charlot te this Mimmer. which will fill n long-fel t want in t ha t city.

Po r t l and ' s idle creamery wi l l be pu t iu operat ion th i s year if half t he 81,500 necessary fo r r e f l t t i n r it can be raised by pr iva te subscript ion.

Renz (Irover. w h o lives near Leon-ard , arose the o the r n ight and swal-lowed some corrosive subl imate , which he c i s t o o k for ano the r medicine. He died.

The f a rmers of Mil lhurg nnd vicin-i ty. in Ilerricn county, have organized a stock company wi th 35.000 capital to build and opera te a creamery a t Mill-burg .

Chas. A(V Arisen, of Norway, fol lowed his r u n a w a y wife to I ronwood, and finding her there, shot he r and then himself . He is dead, bu t she wi l l re-cover.

The business portion of Cadillac h a s been visited by a 810.000 fire, nnd four bu i ld ings was reduced lo ashes. Most of t h e slock in the d i f fe rent s tores w a s saved

The 31st Michigan vo lun teer regi-menl , now in Cuba, have received or-ders to mus te r out . The officers be-lieve the r eg imen t will be iu the U. S. by April 15th.

A bui ld ing boom of l a r g e propor-t ions is in s igh t a t Houghton. Several new and handsome stone and brick business blocks will be constructed, t h i s summer .

On a f a r m nea r Millbrook, Mecosta county , Is a hog wi th a shell on i ts bock l ike t h a t of a tur t le . The shell beg ins over t h e f ront shoulders and ends a t l he hips.

J ackson Keller , nn old man of 70 years hoi l ing f rom Alma, was s t ruck by a t r a i n wh i l e walk ing on the t rack near Owosso and had both his legs cut off. He died soon af te rward .

F a r m e r s in nor thern Oakland county repor t t he condition of whea t the most unfavorab le for years, but hope t h a t t he roots may be in bet ter condi-tion t h a n the lops would indicate.

T h e r e is no need of a fish chu te in the dam tha t crosses the River Raisin a t Dundee, as the high water a shor t t ime ago tore a hole in the dam large enough for a warship lo pass th rough .

Dur ing March the revenue s tamps affixed to documents filed wi th the reg-is ter of deeds M Houghton were valued a t 8'J.000. Houghton claims lo be the b a n n e r county for March in this re-spect.

Lyman Gillmorc, of Ridgeway, who is past 80 years of age and has been to ta l ly bl ind for the pas t 10 years, has lately recovered his s ight , and can now dis t inguish objects seme distance a A-ay.

The contract for bui ld ing the Cop-per Range railroad through the Onton-agon distr ict , has been let lo C. E. Loss, of Chicago, and as soon as the snow is off work will be commenced in earnest .

A t Stevcnsville the re exists several eases of scarlet fever, several bad eases or d iph ther ia and the measles prevails in half of the homes of the village. Schools and churches a re closed fo r the present .

Mrs. Joseph Kay, who had he r hus-band arrested a t Jackson on a charge of adu l t e ry has wi thdrew the com-plaint . The couple have kissed and made up, and are again l iving together a t Lansing.

The village of White Pigeon, Con-s t a n t i n e and Centreville are soon to bo connected by a new te lephone line wi th an exchange in each of the th ree places. The line will be an indepen-

Middlevil le boas ts of h a v i n g t h e bes t band in Har ry county .

A new ra i lway wi l l be b u i l t f r o m Stephenson to W h i t e Rapids, w h e r e an immense new paper and p u l p mi l l wi l l buon bo crected.

Th ings mus t bo l ook ing o p f o r f a rm-ers in Ea ton county . Last week one fa rmer of the coun ty sold t w o horses for 82,000 ap iece . ' .

Oceana county people decided at t h e rccent e l ection t h a t they did not w a n t to blow in 812,000 for a n e w county jail jus t a t present.

Bad Axe is to have a n e w grain elevator, work on the construction of which wi l l begin as soon aa the weather will permit .

Rogers City ic the larges t place in the s la te lo dis«.o*-r " t h e finest marl beds in the country" r i gh t wi th in half a mile of tho county cour t house, and w a n t s some one to locale a cement fac tory there .

T h e common council at Pon t i ao has g r a n t e d a 30-ycar f r anch i se lo t h e men who propose to bui ld un e lec t r ic rail-road f rom Orion to t h a t city, and has given them 10 days in which to accept the f ranchise .

The dam nt the Ciare rol ler mills on the Tobacco river w a s recent ly carried a w a y by the wa t e r fo rming an eddy below while being d r a w n th rough the was teway . The d a m w a s bu i l t last season a t a cost of 83,0U0.

Ph incas T. Rinns, a citizen of R uch ar.un for the past 50 years , under took lo wash the sky l igh t in h i s l iving rooms over a store bui ld ing , when the s t a g i n g gave way and he fe l l to the floor, a distance of 10 feel. His neck w a s broken and liis sku l l crushed. He lived about an hour.

Insurance Commissioner Campbell was a t Suji inaw recent ly inves t iga t ing the a f fa i r s of the Home Securi ty Life association. He found t h e m in bod shape. The company now has 300 policy holders and owes t h e m 839,000, wi th available assets not t o exceed 810,000.

Allen and John McOmcrf t w o hustl-ing young business men of Hastings, have been convicted of burglary. Allen ge t s t w o years a t Jackson and a fine of <500, and John was le t off with six months and 8500 fine. The boys had been carrying on their burglary oper-a l i e n s lor more than a year.

man of P i g Rapids, mistook a carbol ie acid bo t t l e for a wa te r bo t t l e a t a d r u g store i r d d r ank qui te f reely of tho deadly poison before he discovered his mistake. He died a few minutes la ter .

Tim fol lowing day a l t e r the Pollock. Pot t lbone i t Chapman fire in Detroit , McNaughton .t Walker , general com-mission merchan t s . sufTered a fire loss nf 810,000. F o r t u n i t e l y no lives were lost, but one or SHTOW escapes are reported.

St. J o h n s people ore again ag i t a t i ng the quest ion of a new opera house, someth ing the village has needed badly since the loss cf the old one by fire several yea rs ago The present scheme Is to raise the n. "noy accessary by pop-ular subscript ions.

The iron companies nt l i hppming will fight t he s t r ikers and have h j t l f l ed them t h a t they would h i re en t i re ly new crews About 2,000 men are af-fected and t rouble is feared if new men nre imported. Non-union men are jo in ing the union.

Ontonagon people see the rhonce nf their lives to place that long-slumber-ing village again on its feet, and wi l l make a united effor t to secure the lo-cation there of the s tamp mills of tho numerous new mines which arc being opened u; in the county.

R. Oebhard t . a hotelkceper and bake r of Saline, went lo Detroit recently on business, expect ing to re turn home t h e same day. Noth ing has been heard of him since by h L relatives. As he hail considerable money on his person it is believed he was a victim of foul play.

John Stover, who has been l iv ing with Mrs. King, of Texas township, Kalamazoo county, for three or four years, quarreled with her and it is al-leged burned her house in revenge. He had taken two teaspoonfuls of paris green before his ar res t and died a t t he jail.

When the navigation season opens Marquet te will have the distinction of having the only l ighthouse on the lakes lighted by electricity. If t he in-novation proves successful there, o the r l ighthouses around the lakes will be l ighted in the same manner wherever possible.

The logging season in the upper pen-insula is practically at an end and nearly all of the camps have been broken up. The logging is stiil good, but t he companies have got ten o u t all tho logs they wish. The a m o u n t banked this win te r on the Menominee and i ts t r ibu ta r ies is over 300,000,000 feet.

Mell MacWinter , of Rochester, slop-ped his wife's face, b roke her nose and blockencd her eyes, because she would not cook sausage for supper , ins tead of saving it for Sunday dinner . 3 e was given 825 fine and 00 days in jail . Later he broke jail w i th the In ten t ion of k i l l ing his wife bu t t he ofllcers headed him off.

Miss Augus ta Rrunduge, one of the operators of tho Michigan Te lephone Co.'s exchange a t Lansing, awoke the o ther morn ing and found t h a t she w a s absolutely unab le to speak. She has not been ill, and her th roa t is not sore, but repeated effor ts to speak have been unavai l ing. She in not ab le to make, the s l ightes t sound.

A classification of the p a t i e n t s t rea ted in the homoepathic hospi ta l of the U. of M.. gives the fo l lowing per-centages: Fa rmer s 'w ives . 25 p e r c e n t ; farmers. 11; f a rmer s ' ch i ld r en . 22; f a rm domestics, 2; fa rm hands , 4; to ta l f a r m class. 07. The remain ing 3J pe r cent is composed of s tu lents, 10 pe r cen t ; mechanics, C; paupers, 2; o thers , 15.

Old Mr. Tracy, a f a r m e r ' l iv ing in Arbela, was missing f rom t h e house for an unusual length of t ime fo r h im so the family began searching, and were horrified to find h is body in the hog pen, near ly eaten up by t h e hogs, i t is supposed he went into the pen for someth ing and was a t tacked by tho hogs, aud, being abou t 70 yea r s old, was unab le to escape.

Charles Taylor , t reasurer of Home township , Montcalm Co., will n o t have to make good the townsh ip f u n d s which were lost in the f a i lu re of tho Chapin bank a t S tanton, no r George Douglass, t he county t r easu re r , t h e county f u n d s lost in the same m a n n e r . T h e people of the townsh ip and county respectively voted on Monday to raise t h e a m o u n t s by taxa t ion .

Tho largo wholesale mi l l inery estab* l ishn^cntof I'. 'llock, T'cttibone & Ch?p-nian in Detroi t has been destroyed by fire. T h e stock was valued a t 835,000 and was Insured for 825,000. T u t t l e & Clark, dea lers in turf goods, who oc-cupy the ad jo in ing store, had the i r stock damaged 88,003, and the damages to the two bui ld ings wi l l b r i n g the to ta l amount of damage up to a b o u t 850,000.

Never before In the his tory of Kal-kaska has there been such a wood fa-mine as dur ing tho past t w o months. For several years prices have ranged so low tha t farmers did no t find i t wor th while marke t ing the i r fuel , and near ly everyone ran shor t of seasoned wood d u r i n g the cold snap in Feb rua ry . N o t h i n g but green fuel could be ob-ta ined, and t ha t at protty stiff prices for u heavily t imbered region.

Ins tead of each holding separa te fa i rs , several of t he count ies of north-wes te rn Michigan have combined for a un ion fair . The Western Michigan Agr icu l tu ra l Society is t he namo of the new organizat ion, which has a paid-up capi ta l stock of 812,000. Manistee, Mason, Grand Traverse , Oceana, Lake, Leolenau, Wexford and Benzie a rc included i a t h e organiza-tion, t h e first f a i r of w h i c h wi l l be held a t Manistee in September .

A couple of Metamora kids have a unique team. It consists of a pair of young calves, which the boys yoke to-gether and bitch to their cart.

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By Telegraph Giving a Brief Re-sume of the Week's Events.

RELIABLE AND INTERESTING.

Uen. OomM Will .Ipiln ARIUI* Cuban

Imli'pi'iiilrncr — The ilupanea# anil

CliluenK In Hawaii had n Scrap —

Annlhrr New Vork l i re .

dome* nml III* fuhan Independence. The Cuban mil i tary assembly being

dead. Gen. Maximo Come/, will take up his program of sol idifying the Cuban people into a party tha t shall, w i thou t ccasinir. urge the I 'ni ted Slates to w i thd raw from the island, His purpose i>. lo make the people seem to have bnl one emotion, one desire— the thought of independence and of nbsolnlesepara t ion fioin ihe 1' S Uen. ( i i imer if iemsl: i lpd. would be of great service to Ihe Cii'iod Slates in the His-burseine.it 'if Ihe Si'im.ooo. but his political p m g r i i n im ins Ihe keeping up of ngital ion mt l .iistiirbance in the minds of i lie people and the weaken-imrof American nulhori ly by produc-ing the impression lhat evervthimr done by the Ameiiean- is temporary and may sooner or later be overturned, hence Amerienn observers . or.iider any hueh ugi tnt ion as exl icmelv harmful to the induvtrinl revival and the res-torat ion of Cuban credit

To tin1 DUiiriiiHiiii'iit CoiiRrc**. The secretary of slate has announced

the const i tu t ion of the United Slates delegation to the d isarmament con-gress which './111 meet a t The Hague in the la t ter part of May. Tho dele-gation consists of Andrew White. U. S. ambassador a t Berlin; Mr. Newell, U. S. minis ter lo the Nether lands; President Seth Low. of the Columbia university, New York; Copt Crozier. ordinance depar tment . U S army, and Capt. A. T. Malum. U. S. navy, retired. Frederick Holls, of New York, will be secre tary of the delegation.

Forelgnen nre Coming:. The emig ran t season to tho U. S.

opened las t week wi th the usual rush The s teamers have steerage passengers booked several weeks ahead and i t is calculated t h a t t he Irish exodus will approach t h a i of lecenl sunnners. The Teutonic. Canada. Ullonia and Cam-pana, sa i l ing wi th in four days, took together 2,000 Ir ish emigran ts . The Teutonic 's cont ingent is S00, and even then she w a s obliged lo leave 00 be-hind. as the re were no ber ths avai lable for them.

Killed b / Oyuaiulte.

The wife and d a u g h t e r of J o h n Cor-r ing ton , f a r m e r living a b o u t e i g h t miles east of Veodersburg. Ind. , were killed by a d y n a m i t e explosion, which wrecked the i r house. Cnrrington hod placed abou t 75 pounds of dynami te Under the stove to i h a w it. l i e w e n t ou t to p repa re to use the explosive, when i t exploded and blew the house to ruins. T h e l i t t le girl was ins t an t ly ki l led and Mrs Carr ington lived bu t a shor t t ime.

Another Dliufttrous Nenr York Fire.

As a resu l t of a big fire in the weal th-iest res ident port ion of New York City, 13 people were cremated and m a n y thousands of dol la rs wor th of proper ly went up in smoke. The fires were in the homes of Wallace C. Andrews and Alber t J . Adams. The fo rmer nnd his wi fe were vict ims of the disaster , hav-ing perished in each o ther ' s arms. I t is supposed t h a t t he cause of the fire w a s an explosion of gas.

Itarlat War In Hatvall. News h a s been received of a rac ia l

b a t t l e be tween the J apanese and Chinese l abore rs on the K a h u k u plan-ta t ion , in Hawai i . The Chinese were t a k e n e n t i r e l y unawares . The J a p -anese wielded spiked clubs, knives and axes, nnd before t h e Chinese could make any resis tance th ree of the i r men were ki l led and a dozen or more ser-iously wounded , some fa ta l ly , and abou t 40 s l igh t ly .

Stephen J. l-'lcld Dead.

Ex-Jus t i ce of the Supremo Court Stephen J . Field died a t his homo on Capitol h i l l , Wash ing ton , on the 9th inst. , of k idney complicat ions. De-feased w a s born in Haddam, CL, Nov. 4. 1810. Abou t 10 m o n t h s ago he re-tired frocr. t h e supreme cour t bench , and s ince t i . a t t ime has enjoyed com-para t ive good hea l th u p to a s h o r t time previous to his dea th .

CoinnilMlcn hal n .achod an Asrccment. The t r i p a r t i t e commission, t he t h r e e

powers, t h e United States , Great Bri-ta in and Germany, has reached on ag reemen t on t w o propositions, namely : The a p p o i n t m e n t by each power of a h igh oflicial to inves t iga te and regu-late t h e condi t ions prevai l ing a t Sa-moa. nnd the mak ing of u n a n i m i t y necessary in al! decisions of these h igh ofiicials.

Floods a re causing much damage in Montana .

I t a l i an worships have lur Osd t roops a t San Mun bay, province of Chi Kiar.g, China, where the I ta l ian gov-e rnmen t has been seeking a 99-year lease of a naval base ond coa l ing stat ion.

T w o Negro ' s , Fores t Jamison and Mo.su Anderson, were lynched by a mob for tho murder of T. H. Cleland, a stock f a r m e r who resided 12 miles east of Brooksvillo, Miss.

Tho s teamer City of Columbia, wh ich recent ly w e n t on the reef a t Honolulu , and was subsequent ly sold for 81,500, is to b e repaired and placed on tho route be tween Hawai i and China.

According to the latest advices from the seat of hostilities in Bolivia, the federalists or insurgents, now hold Cochabampa, Potosl and Santa Cruz, but President Aionzo has reduced their positions near Oruro.

W A R N O T E 3 ,

A special f rom Manila announces the dea th of Gen. Montenegro, who was the most aggressive, and. n e x t to Airuinaldo, the most inf luential , of tho i n s u r g e n t leaders. T h e announcement w a s made by tho pacificos who rceontly arr ived in Manila t ha t Gen. Monte-negro died in ba t t le . Gen. Antonio Montenegro , the Fil ipino leader and ass i s tan t to Aguinaldo, was genera l ly feared by his troops owing to the se-ver i ty of his discipline. Many of his s u b o r d i n a t e ofllcers have been executed a t his command ou tho cha rge of un-t r u s t worthiness .

Gen*. Lawton nnd King r ecc r ' Jy l aunched an expedit ion of th ree pun-boats , w i th 1.500 picked men in canoes, in tow of tho gunboats . The ob' . 'ot of t h e expedi t ion is to cross the lake, cap-t u r e S a n t a Cruz and sweep the count ry to the south. The expedit ion, which e m b a r k e d nt San Pedro Macatl , con-sisted of e igh t companies of the 14th i n f a n t r y , t h r e e companies of tho 4lh cnvolrv. four of the Nor th Dakota vol-unteers . four of the Idaho volunteers , t w o m o u n t a i n g u n s and 200 sharp-sl.oc.Urs of the N t h in fan t ry .

A d ispa tch from Havana soys t h a t t h e local newspapers revive the rumor t h a t Gen. Ludlow is to be t r ans fe r red f r o m Havana to th<? Phi l ippines , and t h a t Gen. Lee is to be made the head of the now Occidental depar tment . Gen. Lee's appo in tmen t would be an excel-len t one from a poli t ical point of view, for he has tho cordial f r i e n d s h i p of nea r ly nil the e lements in the popula-tion there , nnd has had a chance to ga in a valuable ins igh t into the work-ings of the Cuban charac te r .

The band i t t i -/"ostion in the prov-ince of San t i ago oe Caba is a s suming much more ser ious proport ions. In sp i te of the fact t h a t t h e r e have been many a r res t s in Ihe ne ighborhood of Sanct i Splr i tus . inc luding the pr inc ipa l lenders, t he n u m b e r of o u t l a w s is in-c reas ing instead of d imin ish ing . The g e n d a r m e s are prac t ica l ly wor th less unless they a re wi th American t roops

Gen. Lawton succeeded in ra is ing the American Hag ovei San ta C r u z a f t e r a sp i r i t ed conflict in which s ix Ameri-r a n s w e r e wounded. The na t ive forces, commanded by a Chinese, was driven in to mounta ins , o f t e r hav ing C3 s la in , a la rge number wounded and captured. An American genera l has expressed the opinion t h a t 100,000 men would now be neccssary t o c rush the rebel l ion.

L. P. Mitchell, a s s i s t an t comptrol ler of the t reasury , in a decision rendered holds t h a t whi le t h e mar ine corps can-no t be understood to be a pa r t of tho n a v y fo r all purposes, t h e officers and enl is ted men of t h e corps w h o were appoin ted or enlisted the re in fo r the w a r only , and were honorab ly dis-cha rged . ore ent i t led to the e x t r a pay g r a n t e d by the act of March 3, 1899.

T h e s t r ike on the Uniled ra i l roads in H a v a n a is assuming a ser ious charac-ter . T h e number of s t r ike r s has been increased to 1,000. The company has adver t ised for men to t a k e the s t r ike r s ' places. Commercial and personal in-t e re s t s a re su f f e r ing and il is declared l h a t t h e s t r ikers will prevent new men f rom working . If d isorders occur the mi l i t a ry au thor i t i e s wi l l in ter fere .

T h e Uniled Sla tes cruiser Charles-ton, which has been cruis ing along lhe wes t coast of Luzon to the nor th , sen t a boat in shore n e a r Dagupan t h e o t h e r day to make soundings . The rebels opened fire, wounded a United Sta tes ofllcer. The cruiser thereupon bom-barded the town, the insu rgen t s evacu-a t i n g it .

The re are pers is tent r u m o r s afloat in Mani la t h a i Aguinaldo. t he in su rgen t leader , has been supp lan ted in the con-t ro l of Fi l ipino affa i rs , by Gen. An-tonio Luna, commander-in-chief of the Fi l ip ino forces. Luna is described as beinp a typical be l igc ren t and a sec-ond Weylcr.

Act ing Secre tary Allen, of Washing-ton, has received a lettCT f rom the m a n a g e r of the Nep tune Co., t he g r e a t Swccdish wreck ing corporat ion, an-nounc ing l ha t it is not possible to raise aud repair the vessels of Cevera's fleet s u n k nea r Sant iago.

Aguina ldo h a s issued a decree direct-ing t ha t Spanish shal l be the oflicial l a n g u a g e t h r o u g h o u t the archipelago, and p ro tes t ing aga ins t t he American pre tens ion to force t h e use of Engl ish on t h e nat ives, who do not know it.

Gen Otis has cabled t h e war depar t -m e n t t ha t t he t r anspor t Sherman ha.s l e f t Mani la wi th 100 wounded soldiers, which included nil t hn t were able to be sen t home a t t h a t t ime.

T h e casual t ies in the Phi l ippines f r o m Feb, 4 to April 4, 1399, inclusive, as reported to the a d j u t a a l - g e n e r a l , are: Killed, 184; wounded, 970; to ta l , 1,100.

Tho Pres ident has appointed Col. Adclber t I. Bufl ington to be brigadier-genera l and chief of the bureau of or-d inance to succeed the la te Uen. Flagcr.

N E W S Y B R E V I T I E S .

Dr, Geo. Rawsons. who figured In a sensa t ional divorce case in Seat t le , Wash. , a few years ago, commit ted suicide a t t h e insane hospital in In-d ianapol is by hanging .

News f r o m Rowoll. Texas, gives meagre de ta i l s of the poisoning of t w o chi ldren Mrs. Annie Bloshek, t he i r mother , w h o adminis tered s t rychn ine to them and then commit ted suicide. No cause fo r tho t r agedy is given.

The receipts in the Phi l ippine Isl-a n d s since the Americans have been in charge , Aug. 13, 1898 to J an . 1, were 81.819,813. The receipts for J a n u a r y , F e b r u a r y and March, so for os re-ported, were 81.108,500, of which amoun t 840,000 is f r o m Hollo and S40,f 000 f rom Cebu.

A few days ago tho secretary of lhe U. S. treasury received, in nn envelope postmarked New York, three 81,000 bills which came as an enclosure in the fo l lowing letter: "The incl sed belongs to the U. S. treasury. Con-science demands its return. God knows the name and the sin,"

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S c r o f u l a - " When three months old our buby Roy was covered with Itchlnm and burning scrofula sores. Tho best physicians failed to reliove. Hood's Karsaparilia snved his life ns it made A pormnnent curc." MBI, LILUK M. Pisu, Host Sprfngport, Mfch.

E rys lpo l a# - A scrofulous condition of my blood caused me to sufler from ery-sipelas for 15 years, riiysfclans did not even help, but Hood's Sarsaparilla per-manently cured this dfsease." A. E. Smiib, 208 Court Ave., JeOorsonvllle, Ind.

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

All Ahont the Cuban Mnchelo — The

MukliiK of u Soldier—All Succeaofnl Unei Arc Ilorn—Our New War-

shl|w>

A llnllnd of Todiiy. "A long, ionff pull und a slronc, strong

pull."—bea Song. There Were two Yankee {'(immodorea

As different ns could be. For, one, he wore a itariuil beard,

The other a goatee. And one, his nam-; was William;

The other, his was Scott: And Wlille. ho had friends al court,

\VhiIu bcotty—ho had not.

New Scolty was of higher rank And nud botli pUHh und brain.

6o when the latest war l-roko out The JaiklfS pitied Sjialn.

Tbey never dienmed dl William— Their hero's name wan Scott:

Uui Willie he had frienda at court. And Scully—he hud not.

Then W'llllnm'H friends together put Their Iliads into a heap,

And raided tiielr Utile Willie At one tremendoua leap.

Eo Wilile acted Admiral. A minor part played tieott—

For Willie he had friends ai court. And Bcoity- he hud not.

And when at last the bottle raged Amid the "I ot and shell

'TWIIH Hcotty led the gallant Heel Into thdt blhzlng hell! ,

Cut William look the honors. And not tho modest Reott—

For Willie he had friends at court. And Bcotty—ho had not.

But in the people's mighty heart— The nailon's truest test.

One name of all made- great that day Staiuls high above the rest—

The name of him who fought the light. The uiiassumlng Scott—

For Scotty here has friends at court And Willie—he has not.

—I'lilladeiphla Timet.

Mnklni; a NiiMli-r. t ' h e enlisted man has learned some

pa r t of his lessons in Boldlerlng. while ihe staff knows more than li did e ight and ten months ago. when indiscrim-ina te ana themas . Just and unjust , war-ranted and unwarranted, were called down upon tho unlucky heads of thoso who composed It. But there Is an-o the r class, and a larger one. In the same school, which has also learned i ts lessons. It Is composed of what i s known as "llie general public." I t bad to learn tha t an a rmy of a mil-lion men. or the half of that , or the quar te r , or the tenth, couid no t be made Into soldiers by the wave of a magician 's wand, assuming the head of the war depa r tmen t to be a ma-gician.

The public had t o learn t h a t t he donning of a un i fo rm did not m a k e a soldier. I t had to learn tha t i t even took time to get the un i fo rm l or the soldier to don. I t had t o learn t ha t politics had no place in armies nnd a r m y movements. I t had to learn vhat a n a rmy mus t have proper food and medicines or Its members would sicken and many would die. In fact, t he public had very much moro lo learn than had the a r m y or t h e staff . Its Icssona were simple enough, nnd they have been I l lustrated la pictures and demonstra ted in figures. They have been put Into the fo rms of syl-logisms nnd analyzed by experts. What pa r t of those les^ous has It learned? Quion sahe? Has It ye t learned to ap-preciate its regular a rmy as do those who have seen i t in camp, on cam-paign, and on the batt lefield? Probably not. Will the reorganizat ion bill not only reorganise and increase t h e army, cut a s well make the rapid and ef-fective equipment of a large reserve army of well-trained m e n a n y t h i n g of a possibility? I t will probably r e -quire a congress or two to answer that quest ion.—Havana Corrcspoudont New York Even ing P o s t

The Cotia* Machrte. t i e Spanish word machete , which :iB

pronounced by the Cubans "mah-chet -ay . " with the cli as in the Engl ish word "chin." and the accent o n the second of the three syllables. Is do-r ived from the verb machar . to pound up or break Into small pieces. I l is related to the word "mast ica te ," and i t is of Interest to know tha t in the hands of the Cuban nat ives the ins l ru-men t is used r a the r as a chewer-up of things than as a sword.

I t is about two feet long, a l though somet imes It is shor te r t han tha t . It has a handle of horn, and no g u a r l . The blade broadens toward the point, bu t toward tho tip bends back, slig'it-ly like a Turk i sh scimitar , and c o n e s t o a sharp point . I t is generally thick and heavy, and a hard blow may be etruck with It.

Most of the machetes In the hands of Cuban insurgenta ore made In the United States, where they can be bought for three dol lars and a half, a l though the ordinary price for a now one in Cuba is five dollars.

Machetes seldom seem to be made of a high grade of steel, and they wear rapidly under the use which the In-•urgenta give them. It is very com-mon to ace them worn to a thin and narrow blade, and notched up sadly. Lieutenant Macoo, a ha l f -naked and coal-black negro, who said he was a cousin of Antonio Maceo, offered to sell me at BolQuirl. fo r five dollars t&e machete which he had carried f rom Pinnr del Rio, a t ono end of Cuba, to Santiago, nt the o ther end. and had borne In many engagements .

Among the expert uses to which the Cuban puts his machete there Is none more picturesque than the opening or f ee l ing of a cocoanut. Ho takes the green cocoanut in his left hand end begins to s t r ike blows a t It with the machete, h s l d i n the o the r hand. Thf3o blows are not made t'» split t'.io •.)»; " u c . b u ; ta : r.j

near one tnrt of It lhat flip pn'.n" r.f the blade will presently open a nice round hole, cu t of which the water of tho cocoanut can bo drunk. Vvhen this Is gone, a blow or two breaks the mil Into pieces, and with the point tho nutr i t ious pulp of the nut in dug out.

The most interesting use of the ma-chete lha t I saw was the cutting of windows In the foliage of the jungbj to see tho Spaniards through, when wi? were on a very dangerous reconnol -sanco two miles in advance of our own lines. With Spanish scnlin-Is pass-ing up and down their intrenchnu'iit =, Mausers in their hands, less than a thi rd of a mile away, and looking s t raight nt the spot where wo wer", it was a decidedly tlolsli h thing f ir our two Cuban.- to sla,-h with hard blows ih? branches. makiiiK peep holes through thc . i . Thi y ; •••m 1 to be confident of not being - en or heard, and usid their i ; :ch • s wlt.i both hands.

With my g'.ass I waVicd a Spanish soldier halt, lo 1: teai i iy and eurlous-ly at tho spa", wh t re >"e wen . nud ral. e his gun ns l! to Ire. 1 can aver solemnly that I dl ! not move a mus-cle while hi flood thus. althouRh it set'ined to mo that he might hear my heart beating clear over there. We should hardly-have escaped if we had been discovered.

The Cubans, who had no glasses, kept on flashing. But the Spaniard, f..s if making up ills mind tha t il was only the wind, laid his gun across his arm and resumed his pacing.

One of tho most curious effects of the machete can be observed in the ears of the Cuban ponies. I once asked why so many of these animals were croji-eured. nnd was told tha t tho Cuban cavalryman occasionally be-comes excited with excess of patr iot-ism. and takes to whirl ing his ma-chete round and round his head while seated on his horse, in Us gyrat ions the blade is very apt to lake off the tips of the pony's ears.—J. E. Chaui-berlln.

JIM BAKER'S RESOLVE. NEVER T O F I C H T C R I Z Z L I C S

H A N D - T O - H A N D .

An Kxjierlenrr wllh Nome Cub* That TniiKhl llltn n l.emon Thnt lie l ln l Xo DlRleulty III Iiidollblr ruing In

Hit Mind.

(Spcciol Letter.) Ne::t f,T Kit Carson. J im Baker was

fleneral F remont ' s most valued scout. He was a f a m o m bear hunter , nnd on r.ne occasion hp and a comrade had a

' hand-to-hand fight with two young grizzly bears ns l i r g e as full grown

' -iogs. Cclonel In man describes thu I lively contest In his book. "Tho Old ; Himta Fe Trai l ." While Baker and ills (omrado wore set t ing t raps on th" h ad wntcru of the Arkansas , they suddenly

I met the bears, and Baker remarked: "If wc light in nnd kil! the varmits wllh our knives. It will bo a big thin.,' ui tell o.'." They laid aside thel:' rifles !.;ul " l i t In." Baker a t t ack ing one l ^ a r

1 and hlB comrade the other. The bears ; raised themselves on the i r haunches and were ready for tho encounter. Baker ran arctind hla bear , t ry ing to

j get iu a blow from behind with his I long knife : but the brute was too quick j for him and always confronted him i face to face. Baker knew tha t if he I came witliif. reach of the bear 's claws

he should receive a severe wound. Moreover, he was In fear tha i Hie howls cf the cubs would bring their la-

Kotr WurahlpH.

The plans for the three big batt le-Ehips authorized by the naval appro-priation bill jus t passed are being worked out. The bat t leships will be a thousand tons larger than the Maine and Missouri class, of a total displace-ment of 13.500 tons, making them by :far the largest ships in the American navy and about equal in dimensions to the best type of bat t leships now be-ing constructed abroad under the new practice. Though larger than the Maine, the ships wlll be laid on al-most the same lines, being only a lit-tle greater In every dimension. They will carry each four 12-lnch guns In turrets . This caliber Is an inch less than the guns carried by the Oregon, but by Improved design they wlll be almost equal in penetrat ive power.

Instead of 8-inch guns the new ships will have sixteen rapid-fire guns of 6-inch caliber and twenty six-pounders. This bat tery represents the ideal pro-portion between guns, as taught by the experience of our own fleets dur-ing the Spanish war and ot the Chi-nese nnd Japanese vessels dar ing their late war. The speed of the ships will be 18 knots, an advance of two knots over the Oregon class, but jus t equal to thnt of the new Malno. For pro-tection the bat t leships wlll have ono bell of a rmor seven and one half feet broad and 12 inches thick runn ing clear around the water line, three and one-halt feet above and four teet be-low. I t will be Impossible to begin work on the ships this summer, as a rmor cannot be procured for $300 a ton. the price fixed by congress.

Tho six cruisers ot the unarmored type provided tor can, however, be built, and It Is the purpose ot the navy department to place contracts for these ships at the earl iest possible mo-m e n t They represent a typo ot cruis-er which would be of tho greatest value Just now tor foreign service. Tho plans call tor vessels of about 2.000 tons, and the ships will be Im-proved Mnrbleheads. so to speak, be-ing 600 tons larger than ships ot tha t class, and with better batteries and more coal capacity. They will be sheathed with wood over the steel hull and •fully coppered, enabling them to keep tiie sens, even in tropical waters, for many months without being un-der tho necessity ot seeking a dry dock. The battery will be made up ot six 5-lndh guns tor each ship.

m

•HtiitlHllr* of tho Cobun War.

Prof . Ar thur Codezo Vlnageras of the Havana Academy of Sciences has compiled the vital staMstlcs of the late war of Cuba with Spain. He does not c lwm it is absoltitely accurate, but that it is approximately so. Ho esti-mates the mean population ot the Islands In the years 1895-1803 as 1,546.-000. of which 532.000 were colored. Ot this number 40 per cent ot whites and 72 per cent ot negroes wero illiterate. The perceutagf of male to female was 54 to 46. He er t imales the number ot tho Spanish a rmy sent to Cuba during this period as 2S4.000. end tho num-ber of Cubans fitted to take a rms as 302,000. Ot this mimber he finds that 71,000 actual ly rose in arms,while 2C2.-000 rcmainod Irresolute. The remain-der, a lmost 30,000, went Into exile. Tho number ot armed Cubans killed dur ing tho war was 10,300 whites and 0.600 negroes; of unarmed fighting men, 11,400 whiles nnd 12,000 negroes. Weyler 's order of reconcentrallon was roBponslble, he estimates, for tho death by s t a rva t ion and disease of 387,000 persons—men. women and children. Of this number 202,000 were whites. The total loss of Cuban life by the revolu-tion woo 418.300. Tho Cubans In a r m ' at Iho end of t he revolution ho esti-mates nt 28.6C0. The total loss of the Spaniards? wn« in bct t l s and 1 . - . - O l y i l r - e o

GIVING TI IE REAR T H E DEATH-WOUND.

furiatcd mother lo the scene, when the hunters would have a slim chance of gett ing nway. Anxious to end the f ight Baker made several lunges a t the bear, but the cub warded them off with his s t rong fore-paws. The ani-mal, however, received severe cuts on his shoulders, which so maddened him that, with open mouth , he bounded a t iiaker. The cool hun te r caught the cub. wrestled with h im, and gave him a death-wound under the ribs.

Raker's comrade, who had become exhausted by his s t ruggle with the other bear, called for aid. Baker ran to his assistance, whereupon the f r iend ran off. leaving Baker to fight the soc-ond bear alone. He, however, soon hr.d the salit taction ot seeing t ha t cub stretched or. the ground not tar f r o m the other cne.

"I then and tha r made up my mind , " said Baker, "I 'd never fight na ry 'nother grizzly without a good shoot-in'-iron in my p a w s ! "

E M U L A T E W I L L I A M M O R R I S .

Dftlsucri I 'ait f rom Valentlnra to Wall-paper*.

A leading manufacturer of wall pa-per has tills to say regarding the pret-ty, fanciful designs that decorate household waUs:

"Many ot our best designers were once comic valentine artists. The pay tor the latter work is meager, but t he ar t i s t s do not entirely depend on sketching for a living.

"The major i ty are unfitted for h igh-class work, but one here and t he re dr i f ts into black and white. Wall-pa-per designers earn good wages. Five years ago a valent ine ar t i s t threw up the ugly car icatures in disgust ; he earns f rom $25 to $50 weekly now, his floral pa t te rns being at once s t r ik ing and original.

"Any girl des igners? A few here and there; we were told of a young lady, who, formerly a Chr i s tmas card ar t is t , turned her a t tent ion lo wall pat terns . Though less ar t is t ic than bird and landscape paint ing, It pays her better. Light designing is very sui table for ladles with an eye for pleasing pa t te rns ."

Shrewd Reeraltlng Serseant. From the Bi rmingham (England)

Mail: A recrui t ing sergeant in Bir-mingham has lately been enl is t ing :• number of rnen, under remarkable cir-cumstanees. The - s t anda rd chest meas-urement requited of candidates for the city police torce is so high t ha t It no: Infrequently happens t ha t at each ex-amination a number of t he men are rejected as not fulf i l l ing the require m e n u In this respect . The men ar^ natural ly keenly disappointed at their rejection, nnd as they leave the Vic-toria Courts In thei r despondency they are pounced upon by the recrui t ing sergeant, who, a f t e r a few remarks ex-pressive of his sympathy and astoulsh-meiit a t such s m a r t young fellows be-iiiK rejectee' for the police force, offers to on.1st them. In their chagrin th-men accept the shilling, and th i s how the a r m y Is being made up o." the BirniinghRm police force rejects.

Her Proroeatlvc. Singletonr—Have you ever experi-

enced tha t supreme joy tha t come.-from finding In your pocket a dollar you didn' t know you had? B e n e d i c t -No. but my wife lira t ipo- sr . 'ercl ,ic-o - ' o c t . - C l j l K E c Ntwa!

D C I E N C E O F E ATI NO.

loma Advloo fur I'eoplo Who Waat to

Uot Fat. Here is good advice to thin people

who want to grow fat, nays Pearsoo 's Weekly. I t seems contrary to all our early t raining, bill It is full ot good common sense, and comes f rom a prominent physician. His suggesllons are as follow.-: "if you are thin and want to put flesh on your bones, eat before going to bed tor the night. Physiology leaches us lhat there Is a wasting away ot tlsbuos while n per-son sleeps as well as when he Is awake and. this being eo. there should be continuous nouriKhCssnt. Food taken at dinner or In tho early evening is a I way? digested r.l tho tir.ie ot rellr-ing, and the activity of the process ot assimilation contlnuei until lans after wo oro ayleep. if tlio tissues are not nourished they nre pulled down by tho wastlr.): prccesa, and aa a result slocplcscncss ensue v. On a full stoai-nch, however, or with some food to sustain the system, there is a build-ing up of the tissue. Man Is the only creature I know ot who does not deem it proper lo sleep on a good meal. The in tent . In ihls respect, Jnsiincl-ively cries to be fed at night, showing tha t food Is nccessary dur ing that t ime ns well as through tha day and that , left loo long without It causes a discomfort, which it makes known by crying. There is no need t<»-refll In the digestive organs provided the quanti ty ot food eaten Is not abov» the normal during the 24 hours. Too long Intervals between meals are bad tor the stomach .from the fact that the cessation and resumption ot work of the digestive organs lend to enfeeble them. A moderate working ot the or-gans through the 24 hours Is much more beneficial. I would advise those suffering f rom insomnia lo take some-thing to cat before going to sleep al-ways. A glass ot milk and breead or any digestible food will do."

T H E W H O L E S Y S T E M

Ifnr nocomo Inraded by Catarrh—Oaa-eral Lewi*' Caae.

Pe-ru-na Drug Mfg. Co., Columbus, O.; "Gentlemen—I have used Pe-ru-na

for a shor t t ime and can cheerfully rec-ommend It as being ail you represent and wish every man who Is suffer ing with ca ta r rh could know of Its g rea t value. Should I at any fu ture timo have occasion to rcjomcnend a t rea t -

m

An Excellent Combmution. T h e p l e a s a n t me thod nnd beneficial

c f fcc ta of t h e wel l known remedy , SVIIUP o r F ine , manufac tu red by t he C A u r o r a n A F i o Kvuui- Co., i l lus t ra to the va lue of o b t a i n i n g tho liquid laxa-t ive p r inc ip les of p lan t s known t o bo mcdicinnl ly l axa t ive nnd T.r.-rnllmf them in tho f o r m moat n ' r i.ini: to tho tas to a n d ncccp tab le lo i h - ryslem. I t is t h e o u e p c r f c c t s t reng then in jr loxa-tive, eleaosinjf t ho synU ni ( n ." tual ly , d ispe l l ing colds, headache.- and feve r s g e n t l y j e t p r o m p t l y and enabl ing ono t o o r c r c o m e h a b i t u a l conclipation per-m a n e n t l y . I t s p e r f c c t f reedom f r o m

A S E N S I B L E L E T T E R ,

A Western Canadian Settler Wrltsi to an IlllnoU Frleud.

In wri t ing to Mr. T. Hawkyard, of Roekford, 111., Mr. G. Slmpklns, ot Leduc, Alberta. Western Canada (and to which points especially low rates are being quoted over all lines of rail-way), says:

Dear Sir:—Rec'd your letter the 14th Inst. We have had no snow till a f te r Chr is tmas and the cat t le have been able lo live out, and are all In good condition. It Is snowing now. Tha t Is wha t we want; have about 6 Inches now. The old settlers say -when we have lots of snow it means a good crop the coming season. I t never dr i f ts here. The weather is calm and b r i g h t Wc do not have to dress any heavier than in Illinois, and the horses never shiver with the cold when we tako them f rom the warm stables, as they do in Illinois. I t has not frozen in the s tab le th i s winter. The most ot the stock runs out, but there Is no need of It, fo r t imber Is plentiful and there Is no expense to build good stables and houses. We have good log houses and they are very warm. Two men can put up a house 16x24 iu two days. The re are good rails tor fences. Wo live ten miles from the coal district, the price being from 50 cents up lo 12.00. The land is a very rich, loamy soil. f rom 6 Inches to several feel in depth ; the hills have the deepest It is a rolling country, and excellent tor stock of all kinds. Sheep do well, and there a re plenty of small lakes where the cattle can get good water. The cattle got out of grass last year, about the middle of April, and run at large; unless In charge ot a herdsman, we have to fence against them. W h e a t goes from 35 to 60 bushels per acre, oa ts 80 to 90, very often over a hun-dred. As lo potatoes, a neighbor planted 7 bushels nnd dug 226 bushels and no bugs. Roots ot all kinds do well. There are lots ot s trawberries and lots of red raspberries, black and red currants, and gooseberries, where t h e fire has not burnt them. Cat t le are scarce. I have been trying to buy some for 8 months and have got only three two-year-old, and paid $30 each. Hogs are scarce, but can be g o t They sell for 6 cents dressed, and cost more for Blockers. Wheat 50 cents per bu., oa ts 25 cents, eggs 30 cents a dozen.

! bu t le r 15 and 20 cents, poultry was 10 | and 11 cents ('.ressed. Sheep are

scarce. I t you come, bring your fa rm tools, but bring ao seeders; we uso drills. Bring cows, but do not bring horses unless you aro nn experienced hand In shipping them, tor so many of them are hurt in shipping. There will be plenty ot work tor a binder. Two good horses will break, but three l ight-er are better. The horses you get hero can work without grain, but are better with it. It wlll be hard to tell what prices horses will be. tor the Immigra-tion will bo very large the coming spring. They could be bad last spring a t one time. They claim the best time l o break is June, but my experience Is to break in the spring and work i t You can break till the middle ot July.

lion. JanifO Lurla. Surrfjor Grotral of Leola-UDi.

ment ot your kind, rest assured that yours will be the one.

"Gratefully yours, "JAMES LEWIS."

Wherever the catarrh Is, there Is sure to be a waste cf mucus. The mucus Is 1

as precious as blood. I t Is blood, In j fact. I t is blood plasma—blood with the corpuscles removed. To stop th i s 1

| waste, you mr.-t stop this ca tar rh . A course of treatment with Pe-ru-na i never tails to do this.

Send for free catarrh hook. Address 1 The Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing

Co., Columbus, Ohio.

I Failure—An nutomatio t a rcad-cu t te r on t he human scwinif machine.

1 Concnit—Somcthim.' thai makes a itaa ad-mire his own mistakes.

or i r r i t a t i n g tliem, maku i t tho idct l axa t ive . . . ,

In t ho proccss of m a n u f a c t u n n n : fiffS arc used, as they arc pica; a n t to tho taste , but the medicinal qual i t ies of tho remedy arc obtained from s enna and other aromatic plants, by a method known to tho CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Go. only. In order to get its bcncficlal efTccto and t o avoid imitations, plcaso remember the ful l name of t he Company printed o n tho front of every package.

C A L I F O R N I A F I G S Y R U P C O . UAX FSAKCIBCO. CAL.

LOUISVTLLB. HTT. KEW TORIt. N, Y. For sale by all Druggists.—Price 50c. per bottle

Be fo re y o u go in to ear ly l amb busi-n e s s eons ider y o u r marke t .

STATE OF On to . C r r v OF TOI.KDO, • LUCAS Cor.vrv. >

FKANK J. CUENEV make< oath that he L» the senior partner of the Urm of K. J. <'IIKSKV&ro.. doln« tusine-iH in the City of Toletlo, County and State afore-aid. and thnt said .Inn will poy the sum of OXK H U X D R M ) HOLLARS for each and everv ease of CATAKUU that cannot be curcd bv the u>o of HAI.I.'S CATAIIKU CCKE.

F K A N K J. C H E N E Y . Pworti to t-cforo mo nnd subscribed in mv

presence, this iJth day of December. A. D. IWC. " '» A. W. GLEASON.

—, — ' NOTAU v PTBUC. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, and

octs directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the svstem. Send for tesUmonlals free.

F. J. CHENEY &. CO.. Toledo, a Sold by Dnnnrlsts. 75c. Hall's Family Pills nre the best

| SEAL

1 Promise—A small outlay from which large returns are expected.

Ia » Class of People W h o a r e i n j u r e d by the use of coffee. Recen t ly t h e r e has been placed in a l l IhiT grr icery K t o n s a new p repa ra t ion ca l led GRAIN-O, made of pure g ra ins , t h a t t a k e s t h e place of coffee. The most de l i ca te b tomaeh receives il w i t h o u t d i s t ress , a n d b u t f ew can lell it f rom ccrffec. I t does no t cost over one - fou r th ns m n c h . Chi ld ren may d r ink it w l l h g r e a t benef i t . 15 cen t s ond S.'i cen t s pe r package . T r y i t Ask for GRAIN-O,

God h a s p romised never to fa i l u» w h i l e w e t r u s t Him.

Are Dalne Allen's Foot-Ease? I t i s the o n l y cure for Swoll i v

Smarting^. Burning, Sweat ing Fee t , Corm and Bunions. Ask fo r Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken in to the shoea. A t all Druggis t s and Shoo Stores, SOc. Samples sen t F R E E , Ad-dress, A l l en S. Olmsted, LeRoy. N. Y,

, Dropsy treated free by Dr. H. H. Green's Sons, of Atlanta. Ga. The preatest dropsy

j specialists in tho world. Read their udver-: tlsement in another column of this paper.

Epotlst—A man who imagines tho world can't pet along vrithuut him.

T h e m a s i d a n w h o p lays by no te has t o face the music.

Cnrter'a Eat. Hmnrt Weed Wlll cure a cold In ono nlirht: will euro sore throat In ,1 few hours. Acts quick. Suro core for Catarrh In every Ho boulu.

lanefa Family Medicine. Mores the bowels each day. In order

t o b e hea l thy th i s i s necessary. Acta gent iy on t h e l iver and kidneys. Cures, sick headache. Price 25 and fiUc.

Pessimism-The philosophy with which we regard our neighbors.

liealtli and lienuty. No Iwanty with pimple »kln. dull tyrt. Imd l)r»(ilh.

C can your •j>l«'iii ami keep It i-lonn wltli [rnicruit CarcurvtaCanCy Catbarilc: All druKlCtU, 10c. tie, mc.

Charles II spent much time ia his chemical laboratory.

Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrnp For children teftnliig.xiftcnr tha tmiu>,rr<luca» Inflam-maUou. alia)« pain, cuir> wiudoullc. U ceotaa bottle.

Ererr man is resist ing God Avho o p -poses Bible truth.

"Cnre the cough and save the life." Dr. Wood's Norway Fine S y r u p cures conffhs and colds, down l o the very verge o l consumption.

T h e bearer of good news a l w a y s h a s a pleasant voice.

Fox. the orator, found his greatest pleasure In gambling.

Piso's Cure for Consumption is the only cough medioino used in my house. D. C. Al-bright. Miffilnburg. Pa.. Dec. II. Uo.

In-Dr.

druf

Queen Victoria, during her youth, was fond of archery.

••SuInm• C•<llnpI.•»lnt•, wa.n tenor In chlMrrn until Drown'k Tvclliluir Cunllal kbi found lo cuie IL

Diphtheria, sor® throa t croup. s tanl rel ief , permanent cure. Thomaa' Eclectrie Oil. A l any store.

Generally good grades make the best mutton sheep.

" N o w good digestion waits on appo-lite, and heal th on both." It it doesn't, try Burdock Blood Bitters.

Socrates was said to be the ugliest maa of his time.

T h e devil c a n catch a g r u m b l e r w i t h a b a r e hook .

THE MARKS OF SUFFERING

ArtldcUl Pearls. The Chinese method ot producing

artificial pearls by Introducing some foreign substance Into the pearl oyster Is open to a dlfBculty; the oyster some-times expels the object from lis shell. A French experlnentor has devised an Improvement. He makes a hole In the shell and Introduces a little bi t of mother-ot-pearl. The oyster cannot get rid ot this, and deposits the na -creous layer on It until It beconcs a pearl. About two years sufllce. A small true paarl may be used. The subject was fully discussed bctors the French Academy ot Scionces. - -

Pl.tatlo T0.1L A new decorating tool has been In-

troduced tor making raised letlgUJ and lettering on walls, vases, etc. I t has a resenoi r tor clay at tho oxtrem-tty, with a piston which forces tho mater ial through a flexible tube to the nozzle; tho lat ter Is hold by the oper-ator , and guided In accordance wl ih tho design required, nnd tho plastic clay is formed on lo the substance io

bu diccratcd.

HE A L T H a n d b e a u t y a r e i n e g l o r i e s of p e r f c c t w o m a n -

hood. W o m e n w h o su f f e r c o n s t a n t l y wi t l i w e a k n e s s p e c u l i a r

t o the i r sex c a n n o t r e t a i n t h e i r b e a u t y . P r e s e r v a t i o n of

p r e t t y f e a t u r e s a n d r o u n d e d f o r m i s a d u t y w o m e n o w e t o t h e m s e l v e s . T h e m a r k of e x c c s a ^ e m o n t h l y s u f -e r i n g is a f ami l i a r one in t h e f a c e s of

y o u n g A m e r i c a n w o m e n . Don ' t wai t , y o u n g w o m e n , u n t i l

y o u r good looks a r e g o n e p a s t r e c a l l . Consul t Mrs. P i n k h a m a t t h e o u t -s t a r t Wr i t e t o h e r a t L y n n , M a s s .

Miss EDNA ELLIS, Higginsport, Ohio, wri tes ; "DEAR MRS, PINKHAM—I a m a school t e a c h e r a n d h a d s u f f e t e d u n t o l d a g o n y d u r i n g m y m e n s t r u a l p e r i o d s f o r t e n y e a r s . My n e r v o u s sys -t e m w a s a l m o s t a w r e c k . I s u f f e r e d w i t h p a i n in m y s ide a n d

h a d a l m o s t e r c r y ill h u m a n flesh i s

h e i r to . I b a d t a k e n t r e a t m e n t f r -n a n u m b e r of p h y s i c i a n s w h o gav ;no

n o re l i e f . In f a c t ono e m i n e n t spec ia l i s t s a id n o med ic ine cou ld h e l p

m e , I m u s t s u b m i t t o an operation. At my mother ' s request. I w r o t e t o Mrs . P i n k -

h a m s t a t i n g m y case in every par-ticular and re-ceived a p rompt reply. Hol lowed t h e advice given m e and now I suffer no moro

i during m e n s e s . If anyone ca t o k n o w m o r e about m y case, I

wil l c h e e r f u l l y a n s w e r a l l

l e t t e r s . " M iss KATE COCK, 16 Ad-

• d i son St. , M t . J a c k s o n , I n d , , w r i t e s : " D E A R MRS. PINKHAM— I a m b y o c c u p a t i o n a schoo l t e a c h e r , a n d f o r a l o n g w h i l e s u f -f e r e d wi th p a i n f u l m e n s t r u a t i o n a n d n e n r o u s n e s s . I h a v e r e -ce ived m o r e benef i t f r o m L y d i a E . - P i n k h a m ' s V e g e t a b l e C o m -

p o u n d t h a n f r o m al l r c m s d i e a t h a t I h a v e *.yzz t r i e d . "

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1 Lowell State Bank I J C A P I T A L , $ 2 5 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 I

L O W E L L . NIICH.

xn in me liis 48

Mills are

FrunciH King, President, ChHB. MoOartj, Vice Presidenl,

M. C. Qrixwold, Oaaliipr.

DIUKOTOBS:—Francis King, Ohns. McOnrly, K. L. Rennotl O. Herein, M. C. (JriBwi.ld, F. T. King. G. H. F rce, O'o W.Parker.

A General Hankini; Busiiuns -f 3 TrnnsBcted. |

Money loaned on real> estate se- 5 onrlty. |

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HOME NEWS.

G o s s i p and C h a t a b o u t Peop le and T h i n g n You'Know.

2 yole sundries HI

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T h o best l ine oi J S o y l n n ' s .

Wi l l tiuidick is c le rk ing for V a n -I D y k e .

E r n e s t Coukl in was iu Clarksvi l le alApril 2 .

Get your f rui ts and green stuff a l " W a n D y k e ' s .

G e o r g e Mesker is work ing in Free-

S w r t . j . '

T h o Colum\)/aj»<id Crescent t h a i n -Dees a t Boylan s . 4,']

B e s i o C a r r is su f f e r ing an at tack o! p leur isy .

J o h n Cla rk went to T h r e e Rivir . -/ i a s t F r i d a y .

o 1 8 J ' ' O . J u r y aud wife. A j

K . J i . Hoyian is ahiAva^on liand i(

J in i J u r y is visit ing h i s p a r e n l s , W J u r y aud

H. li. Ho) « h o w wheels. 4;{

L e w C r f a r of S tan ton is v is i t ing re lal ives in Lowel l .

F . Moon of Ionia called on R I l j -<ler one day last week.

^ Clif ton P e r r y has accepted a posi <.ion in the Ionia Asy lum.

E . B. Mi l l a r & C o s coffe'es. Bett o u ear th a t V a n Dyke's .

Miss Iva Hess ol ( ' l a rksv i l l e visited X o w e l l li iends recent ly .

F r e d '1 mn inson of S tan ton was ihe g u e s t of Joseph Jones last week.

Mis . Cuddeback and daugh te r . -Adi i i i , went In H a s i i n g s , S a t u r d a y .

M r . and Mrs. Lloyd Junes were in < i r a n d Kap ids a p a n of last week.

Mi-s Miouie Uouse is the giifeit o(

J2d . Condon and fami ly near Smyrna .

M a r t h a A . A d a m s of Lowell has l»een g ran ted u pension of 88 pei iinoDtli.

F r a n k A . G r a h a m left *ve8teniav f o r Crystal Ful ls where he has accept* d « position.

Mrs . H i r a m Lane was the guest of M r e . F . W. Compton of Clarksvilh-las t week.

Saturday, April 15, only, Fallas sells 10 bars Jaxon soap for 25c.

Eugene L Scovill and wife of Cali-lornia, a r e visiting his parents , L. A . »Sc >vill and wife, of Clarksvil le .

Mrs. E l l a Pr ice went to Chicag. . Tuesday tn buy mil l i iu ' ry gn.ids f«ir t h e spr ing and s u m m e r opening.

T h e L. «& H . trahi nnv leaves in 12 :00 m. and 4:1") p . m. The c h a n g e tak ing effect Sunday Apri l li

C. W. Francis has purchased a p a p e r at Ypsi lant i , and if he runs it as he did the Lake Odessa Wave, it will b e a poor t h i n g .

Po r t l and ' s idle oreamry will be put in operation this yea r if half th»-S l .ono nccfssarv for •u fitiiiu' ii cai

raised by pr ivate subsetij-ii MI.

J o h n Plit-lps, who resides in this vi.'* lage, hassold his fa rm near Fal lasbui j; nnd h:ts purchased the Will H u n t e r f a r m in Boston lownsl i ip .—[Ch r k -ville Keconl .

A n iinbor (if f r iends met at th* hof ' ie ' . f M s< Car r ie Hiibcock, Apr i '

8 , iu honor of her 14Lh bir thday. ,i,li«;y hail ii " i rv ifiijoMilt.t! t imeaf t e r whieh re l reshinents were served.

Archie K n a p p who has benn work-i n g ai the inuiiiuiple lighting plant has ex .•hanged jobs with Leslie M a r -shal l wlm Inn been assisting S i i p e r m -teodeni ICugliih in the village.

Geo. U. Speaker will give a grajilm-•phone luitertiiinnient at Alaccabee ball ruL-sthiv evening. April IS, under ui-

fp ioes I K hly Tent . Admi-sion 10c. E v e r y b o d y invited.

I'lie W nine.H s H-nne Missionaiy Society "ul" the M. F, chundi , will meet with Mrs. S l i . K u a p p Tuesday af iern-ion, Apr i l 18, ai '2::{i) n'clm-k.

S u b j e c , " W o r k A m o n g Foreignerg."

Allie K n e e arr ived home with the 30 reg . April .'5. F r iday evmin^ a b o u t t i x t v of his f r i ends gave him a sunrise at the home of his parents , A . W . K i u e and wife in Keene .

E , E . C h u r c h of South Boston is p l a n n i n g to r en t h is f a r m and move to C la rksv i l l e . H e will occupy the J . S . MoEl roy res idence .—[Record . Mr. C h u r c h advert ises au extensive sale of f a r m s tock, tools, etc. on Apri l 18.

P o r t l aud residents have not tumbled over eaoh other in the i r bas te to raise the $17,500 bonus asked of t b e m b y the company v b i c h proposes to bui ld the Columbus Marshal l a n d N o r t h w e s t e r n R a i l r o a d snd promotora n o w th rea ten to j f ea sge t h e pro jec ted l ioe of the (toad «o as to leave P o r t l a n d off it in

the amoun t is n e t f o r t h c o m i u g .

Cal l a t Boyla line of wheels.

W a l t e r Uibsim and J o h n

a t C n st a I Fulls.

J o h n D i f fy , ot P a r n e l l wa- n c.il er a l th i s *ttti e >esterd - y .

Jaxon soap, 10 bars 25c, one day only, Saturday, April 15.

^ Fallas. R e r o e m h e c j j h i A m e r i c a n steel win

fence a t t l i ^ t i j ^ r i c e while it lasts at Boy lan ' s 45!

GII :L WANTKD f o r g e n e r a l houso w o r k . E n q u i r e of L . I I . H u n t & ('• t

E . l i . Mill, r & C i . ' s " P e n a n g ' Spmeb aliso u l c h p u r e at V a i i D ) ke'a.

E d . W a i k e r and family have K-

tu rued to Hieir home iu •• Tucker town."

E d i t o r P o t t s ol t he S a r a u a c Local m a d e the L E D G E R a f r a t e rna l call Monday .

Mrs . G e o . H . C h e e l h a m of Sunf ic ld

s p e n t S u n d a y wi th he r p a r e n t s , M r .

a n d Mrs . M. J . P a i n t e r .

H a r r y S m i t h , w h o was w i t h t h e

G r a n d K a p i d s b o y s in C u b a , is v i s i t i n g f r i e n d s in L o w e l l .

A m a r r i a g e license wns issued Ap-ril 1 to Fred N K i y n i o n d ot Keene and Susie W a l k e r nl Snuth BnHtou.

Ten bars Jaxson soap, 25c, i Saturday A; ril 15 only, at Fallas'.

W o r t h y W i l l a r d , w h o is in the

e m p l o y ol" C h a s M o n t a g u e a l (Hive t , s p e n t s e u - r a , i l i y s wi th L O H C I I

f r i e n d s i b i s week .

Del l and F r a n k H a r r i s of P o n t i a e , M r . a n d Mrs . J a m e s H a w t h o r n e ot"

W a y n e and Mrs . <Jeo. P u r p l e of

K d m o r e a t t e i a l e d t h e ttilieral nf C l a u d e C a m p b e l l .

(J. W . Piirkb has ii-iurned frnm a , l>ns:ne>s tmir l l . inii-l i ( . 'anada. l i t SMJS thai lie linds niir nor the in In i lh ren good men to dn bu.-iness wiili.

Advert ised Letters—.Mrs. Sarah .1 F le tcher , Mrs. Klla L iwi nce ^li1'.-Ktslla Wal t e r s . Mina l i r y a n i , Lnti Kel ly , T . II Keiieilv, G^n. King an t i eo . E . Pe i i i end .

Mr and Mrs Will (>e»8we!l drnvi f rum Sylves te r ree- ni lv ami >p-iii th. n ight wi Ii Mis . ' "a r r nnd < anghte Iiessie. They left hnme at nt-vei. o 'clock in the mnini i i^ , slnpjied in S m y r n a for d inner , svaching IH-II a b o u t snnduwii, a di.«taneenl lil y twn miles.

O u r old t ownsman . D m ' ! K Mur r ay , has been re eleel- d siipervis ir ol I r v i n g township by a majnr i iy of Ul, aud he was the only Democrai elected, the Remiblican candidate lor

clerk receiving 71 ma jn - i ty . W e al-ways thought Dan was a uood fellow aud now we are dead sure of it.

F. A. Gilkey, s n p e r i n i e n d e n t o f t h e Lit t le Traveler Fence Machine c o n r eany is in tnwn with u g a n g nl live men uiiroducin<; the fence m M-liine of the nbove name. They pr -p se im king an ex tended stop in this vicinity. I hoy d m e heie f r - in I thaca i.iid as will be seen by the e x n a e t f rom the Herald a t lha t place, thev come we.I recom men (led. O u r reader- will he i f u r t h e r from tl iem m l i t e r issues.

A B L S L L F . L

O F A L A R M C L O C K S .

No, of course, you don't need H buMhel; bnt you should

hnve one RH they are so inex-

penflive und aseful nnd at our

price you can't nfford to do

without one. Our clucks are not the

department store lend elocks

uiftde to sell; but are an honestly made-lorbusiuess

Alarm, something bnilt to Inst | Our guarantee goes with

every dock—yon tuke no

chances.

COMPOSITK, the best shoe in this neck •if the woods, 33 00. ,1.10. L ie

i t C o .

T h e S. P . C. surprised Miss Addie Phil l ips T u e s d a y evening. Theevei i -112 was spent with games aud refresh-

ments

A cow and a s t ee r on t h e f a r m of A n d r e w Lewis in S o u t h B o s t o n

w.-re s t ruck by l i g h t n i n g and ki l led

d i r ing the s t o r m T u e s d a y .

Nov.- a d vs. t h i s w e e k : R . V a n -

D y k e , L. 11. 11 tint iV C o . , R . B .

Bi tvlan a n d U . l i . W i l l i a m s . R o a d

t l i em all .

F a l l a s w i l l s e l l 10 b a r s J a x - H & u ' - liy- f '" - wrcn la ia ami rem

son soap for 25c, Saturday, , l , a l ''"ff a1

re ' 0

\ -t i r j lake lo r Macatawa Pnrk ; V , , • ... . » I np20 Gen . De!!«V0U G . P . A

liev. L . I s . PHttis'in will t a k e for j his subject S u n d a y morning, "Malcc Op.-nlHB of the Popnlar Grand Havcu

lhe Men Sit D o w n , " in the evening he I Route to Milwaukee and tho North.

SQL'ARK BUSINKSS

T h o L i t t l e T r a v e l e r F c n c s C o m p a n y

D o e s I t

Mi F. A. Gi lke the f i n l l e m n n b

1 agent fur the Li t t l " T m v . l-r Ft nce : Company Im4 b u n in I thaca with n ! fo idetd iive men Inr the lll^l ten tveekf j He came nere with exeei:»nt ret-om

mendatmiis and has fnliy >nstKine«" everything his friei d.- sidd a b o u t him H e does hiMliebs on ihe Mpnire. Hi.-tnachine hns genuine merit and it U on ibis merit s.ilelv iha l he relies Inr ii.V s i l e Al t e r ni iuent i nqu i iy , t he H. ; rid has yet t.i hear of a pers .n win. Hh in eitl ier Mr (-Jilke nr bin u>!eui have done busim ss who is not. hmd in his praise- nl their m a c h i n e

aud their business met le 'ds . W i t h I thaca ao a basis of work, M r .

Gi lke and his force d 'n ieu have s dd over 000 of the ' Li t t le Trave le r s " and every purchaser is loud ia his praises

of the machine. H e left today for Lowell w h e r e he

will undoubtedly meet with the con-tinued succets which the machine and his business methods so richly deserve .

—-[Graiio; Coun ty H e r a l d .

Art School nt Macatawa.

An a r t school is to he established at Macatawa P a r k in J u l y , which if sue cessful, will probably be m a d e a per manent f i s iure and will be conducted on a scale similar to the college work of the nor thern res rta F r a n k For-est Freder ick , prolessor of a r t and de-sign in tho Univers i ty of I l l inois , will he in c harge of the classes which will be held in a studio in tho M a c a t a w a Park a u d i t o r i u m . W o r k will begin Mmidav, J u l y 3, and coui inue d u r i n g the stiiumor innii th-. T h e r e will be three classes, the e lementa ry class for the s tudy of f r eehand d rawing nnd perspective, the i inermedia te class for the s tndv oi compnsiti m and methods nf sketching, and the advanced class fo r the s tudy ol" landscape pa in t ing .

Full i i iforma»ion may be had b y addressinir P m f . Freder ick a t Chain-pai^n. Ill Ask Hgems of the D , G . j

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I H a V C Y O U H e a r d Of i t ?

You may have heard about SCOTTS EMULSION and have a vague notion that it is cod-liver oil with its bad taste and smell and | all its other repulsive fea-1 tures. It is cod-liver oil, the < purest and the best in the |

^ world, but made so palata-1 j ble that almost everybody' » can take it. Nearly all | 5 children like it and ask for i f more. \

SCOTT'S EMULSION

\ 5 . looks like cream; it nour ^ ishes the wasted body of | •s the baby, child or adult

M t u ihan cream or any1

I olher food in existence. It | V bears about the same rela-^ t on to o:her emulsions that I cream does to milk. If you |

have had any experience i with other so-called "just as good" preparations, you will find that this is a fact.

The hypophosphltes that are combined with the coddiver oil give additional value to it became they tone up the nervous system and Impart strength to the whole body.

" JV OO. all dru^gisit, .011 ft HOWNi;, Chemist*, Ntw York.

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ivill speak of " F e e d i n g on Ashes "

The Democrats id' Campbe l l tnwn-idp, Lmi.i county , did n> t nomimiic

i ticket this spr ing . Isaian L - m g w a s e elected supervisor .

C E . HuhU. Kepubl ican, was elec-ed Mipervisnr nf Boston township, Indsim Lee, Democra t , supervisor of iveene and Geo Hoppough , Rupubl i -•an, supervisor of Olisco.

The VV. C . T . U . ladies who at ten-ded the district convention a t Beld-ing were permi t ted to inspect one of ilie silk mills at t ha t place. T h e y ^vre much pleased wi th the visit .

J ' hn D e n n i s of Vergennes made 'i- a pleasant call yes te rday . Mr. Dennis has been r a t h e r poorly d u r i n g the past winter hut is on the mend 'tnw.

T h e ladies relief corps will give a o g a r social at (4. A. K. hall next

•Vednesday evening for the hem fit •1" the soldiers monument f i n d . I ' r ice lOe Eve ry bodv invitt-il.

Among t i e j u r o r s d rawn l - r the May term of ihe Ionia ciicnit cou<i a r e : G. O. Uignell and L L Beebe. O i i s c ; Beuj . Healtie, Iveem; E. 11. Hun t , Boston, W . E Cassel, Camp-bell and L . M. C a h o m , Keene .

A l the council meet ing . Mondav evening. the following appo in tments were made by P ies id -n t Weekes and .-I tiliimed bv lilt' r..Uiieil: M'irshal.

l i -n iLeF. W h i t t ; n i j i h t wa tch . I l i ram F. l.aue; special police, N. P e r r v Gard

n - r , Noel H a n d , F reeman Win te r s , "rank P i c k a r d , Theo . Mueller .

Between t h r e e a n d fou r y e a r s a g o ,

<«e i. Fa i r f ie ld l e f t a box of g o o d s in

W m . C h e e l b a n t e n a n t house , l l e -

t u r n i n g r e c e n t l y he mis sed I h e

goods . A r m e d wi th a s e a r c h - w a r -

r an t D e p u t y She r i f f M o r s e f o u n d

a por t ion of Ihe a r t i c l e s in posses-sion of Lewis F a u s t . T a k e n b e f o r e

J u s t i c e P a y n e of S a r a u a c , Faus t

se t t l ed the m a t t e r b y p a y i n g JjvlH

fo r goods and cos t s .

H o r t i c u l t u r a l M e e i l n g .

The meet ing of the Lowel l Districi

Hor t i cu l tu ra l socie ty will be held a"

the residence of E . L. B e n n e t t , Vi •

gennes a t 10 :3Ua . m . , Apr i l 10.

E . H . H u n t will read a p a p e r on

app l e g r o w i n g to be fol lowed by dis

ctission led by D . S. B h m d i n g an I

L . J . Pom

Condit ion of peach o r c h a r d s wil

be discussed by S . E . T u c k e r , Jas .

I l a r k e r a n d others .

Books of the 1897 reports on

hand for d i s t r ibu t ion a n d the usual

l i te rary e n t e r t a i n m e n t will be lur

n i shed .

The H a r r i s ha i r restorat ives remove d a n d r u f f and grows ha i r on bald heads. Sold by Mrs . H . P u r p l e , a g t .

O u r g u a r a n t e e wi th eve ry p u r c h a s e : G o a l s the best, pr ices the lowest'. Be rg iu , t he re l iab le grocer . 254lf

A m a n might as well t r y to put a q u a r t of wa t e r in to a p in t measure us to m a k e a be t te r harness t han our famous O a k T a n n e d h a n d m a d e har-uesa. Before pu rehas inn it is for y o u r in te res t to call and look at our goods. B r o w n & Sebler .

wes t via S t cnmno it E x p r e s s .

Couimencing Mon<lay, April 10, theHiin-i mer service iicross Lake Michigan will l.«-

resumed for the xeas n of leSW. conneetim.' J " wiih 8teuui n ut lixpress Irain No. 17 ol (he Detroit Hi>d Milwaukee Divi»iun of the Grand Trunk Hallway System, leaving De-troit at 4.05 p ni , (excvpiinp Sundays) ar-riving at Grand ilavun 11:00 p. in., enn necting there with the fiist-class passenger «iearners o' the Croshv fransportatinii Co. (carrying lhe (Tuned .St ties mail), arriving al Mdlwaukee 11:30 a. in , making all eon-nectiiitiN for lhe northKUKi. Untes always lower lhan by all rail muteH. Tickets can he had of all ajteius ot" Grand TriinK Ru 1-way and connecting lines. Fast Stiam-biiat Express irain lias Buffet car attached in which lnilche» imd rerie-hmenl- sue berved at rea^-nalile i.ne-, heiween Deiroil anil Grand llavuu.

F R U I T T R E E S .

Can we "vt T R E K S this Spring N O T IN-J I ' R h i D b y the freeze? Y10S, yon enn find them in the Packing Cellars of X. P. HUSTIOD & CO.

A full line of Peach, Apple, Pear, Plum, Cherry Trees, c t j . All Inspwetetl innl G I AR-ANT101'yD in perfeet condition.

Call and see its or write tor Caiaioo ue.

N. P. HUSTED 6t CO., I.OWE! I., KENT CO., .liC.'t

Whitney's

Celebrated

Dot only

C a s e s

&

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Bui in complete Watches, Clocks, Silverware and Nowlties we take special pride in supply-ing g-ootls of Standard Quality and actual known merit.

Call and ^et a watch opener Free.

A. D. Oliver, J E W E L E R - O P T I C I A N .

LOWELL PLVXING MILL,

RANK R. ECKER, P r o p .

MAUDFACTDREeS 0F:-8a8h, Doors. Bllnda,. frames -or Diors, Windows and Scrouns, Ex* h.biti .n an.: Shippinic OoopH for Pjnlt 'j. Dried Apple boxt-s, WnoJfD E.ivo Troughs, etc- ^ ^

Sllwwarc,

JciDdrii,

i

Clocks and

Repairs.

100 Watches

to select from. Tea Sets, any number of

pieces. Silver Novelties, Rings,

Chains and Bracelets. ChildB Sets. 1 ^47 og-ers Bros. Tableware

[1847.

HIGBYS, T h e p r o g m s i v e Jewe le r .

m-m

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L o w e l l ' s

O l d

R e l i a b l e

T a i l o r .

kv-\

Dew Drop in a n d e x a m i n e my s p l e n d i d lot oi' s a m p l e s of

Spring Suitings and Printings.

P l a c e y o u r o r d e r s n o w aud avo id

t h e ru sh l a t e r ou .

B. C. Smith.

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ON E L E G A N T L O T O F

Carriages, Buggies, Phaetons Surrey's and Family Rigs

J u s t r ece ived , as f ine a s s i lk a n d we wi l l s e l l t h e m

Oprices t h a t wi l l a s ton i sh t h e o l d e s t i n h a b i t a n t .

at

H. NASH. OB tho Bridge,

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

Oliver CailledPlowii, S tudebaker Wasotts,

Aurlcntturai Impleweata. I All Stylet* and Prices*.

McCONNELL. ^ubscribe Ledger $1.00