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" " W I T H M A L I O E T O W A R D N O N E A N D O H A . R I T V ' E O P t A L L . ' *

VOL V, NO 39. L O W E L L , K E N T C O U N T Y , MICH.: MARCH 17, 1898. W H O L E N O . 247.

A Movement OH Foot T o fit the feet of an entire community with

Winegar'ft Famous Fitting

SHOES l a a feat worthy of considerable commendation. Of course you lire with u s "with both feet,"—then come in and be fitted at o n c e . V . V

GEO. M. WINEGAR. Dealer in Up-To-Date Footwear.

Lowell Planing Mill, W. I ECKER & SON PROPRIETORS. AND DEALERS IN

l t j i m ; I B E I R , , LATH. SHINGLES AND CEDAR FENCE POS S. J

Manufacturers of—-Sasli^ Doors, Blinds, Frames for > Doors, Windows and Screens, Exhibition and

Shipping Coops for Poultry, Dried Apple Boxes, Wooden Eave Troughs^ Etc.

M A T C H U T O , B B ' S A W I K O A N D J O B W O R K .

Ecker & Son, Lowell, Mich.

TO BE EXTENDED.

THE LOWELL & HASTINGS RAIL-WAY TO BE STRETCHED

To Qrccnvi l le on t h e N o r t h H o s t l u g s on t h e S o u t h >

a n d

Make Maple Syrup.

Because we can buy Supplies of R. B. Boylan so Cheap. Look:

Sap Spiles - 60c t Sap Buckets, - 811 to Sap Pans, 4 to Syrup Cans n or O 8 to

Square Syrup Cans cased ready to ship.

COME EARLY AND GET BARGAINS.

R. B. BOYLAN.

From Tr«ffic-Maiiag«r Clark nt ihp

L. & II. Ruilwiiy ivi! learn tha i pios-

p ••IH fur theexUsnBiim 'if tha t mad

(inriiiji ihit present year are jtimh'.

T h e only ihinjr likely l« interfere with

t n- project, ln-iiijj Pinyree's a n i i o

a id liii! S|ianiil) war scare, and ihi^e

only as they may tend to prevent tin

Bei'iirin^ of tlu> necewary funiln.

I t U prup'meil In extend the roi d

s -nth from Freeport In lIiiHtinico ami

liohli throuuh Alioti and Parnell i-

Bf id in^ ami (Greenville.

The Beliiin|> people will give the

PR.IJCCI an enthiiHiaBtic reception HI ii

0 it iriemUnt Parnel l will no we I. to

b ml their energies to the Pi-cnriim -1

A strain line th!U will pare tor th> r

freight and hnild them np a marke

a- HCII US turnmh passenger convei.-

iences.

A VALUABLE LOAD.

Sonic time n^o W. 1), Mall o

G m t t a n , it^isu-rtd iisok-mn vow thai

before the potato seiisoii hail nhiMd

this year he would deliver in Brtlilin

a >in<ile load of potatoes that H I I O I I <1

hrin^hini at least f l ( )0 in cash, sa\>

t ie Helding Star Last F i iday w:«

the day set Hpart for the trial, ani.

Mr. I Ih I I ilelivefed to Wil ton & f .

the proinUcil hmd whlcli absolved

him from his vow. It weighed np H

l(i4 b'isheis and 10 ponmis, for which

Mr Halt received *102 60.

$2.00 per 1 0 0

14.00 it

6.00 ti U

10.00 4( ii

C L A R K S V I L L K A C * D E M Y . i j ^ L O O K !

At Our T H I S PRIVATE SCHOOL OI-FERS THE

FOLLOWING COURSES OF STI.'DV.

Common School Course. . . T h i s vonrsc Kives t h e r e g u l a r work ol ;ill d i e co inmon t i n n i lic.s of t - i iulw

En J l s h C o u r ^ ! ! 0 ' ** ^ 1 0 0 I ) i e c c d e r a t e d dinner se ts tiivesi slioricr or rovicw work of com-; $ 1 2 . 0 0 , $ 1 0 . 0 0 , S 7 . 0 0 . mon ('ranches ami nil ncudeKiio t-tiulies ^ ^ lea-iinn to fir.-l, wcoml ami third grnHc I piCCe t o i l e t s e t s , /D. icfK-lu-r'Koenilicates. Tuition for term U r o o m s 10 I S 25c Of '20 weeks, $10 ' ' ' •

AcodcmSc C o u r s e s .. 17 q u a r t e n a m e l e d d i s h p a n s , r n iiare.-the slmlent for stale oertlfi- /- a cate or university. Tuition for term of 20 weeks. $10.

Normal Course . . . , _ ineluileH kinderpnrten and profeKMonal ^ ' 'C. studies for nil grndes of icH. herV ccr 1 0 q u a r t enameled dish lincates. 1 uituui lor term ol 20 weeks 1 « $io. 40c.

B u s i n e s s Course . . .

14 quart enameled dish pans.

p a n s ,

T h e Noble G r a n d on a Tea r .

Onini l river is the highist m. ih

point it bus been since the flood fi\

years a^o, mid the basements "1 mini

business places have been full ot

w.iter. The flats between the villaie

and the Grand are one big l«ke, ai.n

the boating is p iod on the Islme

p.irk picnic grounds, with the sianne

ami benches under watei .

Some of liOweliV business men fnuio

il necessan to bend the iSabbath a

l ime by4(Mnovin>r to ]ilaces of sulci

the gix.ds stored in their basemem-

Water has broken thmugh the dam

near the Wisner mill and has won

quite a hole and the flood has put

quiet.is on the operations of both milis.

A consi'U-rable portion of the villa.>

f'-atl h-aifing south over the east

t i r m d river bridge is under water

itid ii n-quircs a nijj stretch ol tlx

iinapinatioii to think ih« re ever wa.-

sncli a thing as a highway in from -

.J.ihn .Matihewson's house. Tlii'i

ueiitlemau takes the back track wlnn

he comes to town

An Old S e t t l e r (ione,

Theodore T . \Voodbri(lj;e was born

at Sandusky, Ohio, S e p ., 27, 1827,

Mrs . P e t e r F . Ronan Dead.

After about three years Of suffering,

Kva, wife of Peter F. Rohan, died at

Mercv hospital) Grand Rapids, Moti-

d iy, at the aue of 27 years . Funeral

services were held at St. Alphonstts

c lurch yesterday i

Eva Harmon was a Grat tan girl,

About four years ago She married

Mr. Runan and came to live in Low-

ell, Only about a year latter she sub

mitted to u surgical operation ami in

•Inly 1891) was removed to Mercy

hospital where she suffered for twenty

long months.

Besides the husban f, a mother, two

a sters and two brothers a te left to

uourn her untimely death.

Death of Mrs . C a t h a r i n e White.

Died, February 22ml. 1898, in the

toAnshipof Keeue, Mrs. Cathar ine

White, ajjed 77 years, 4 months ami

1 »days.

Mrs. Whi te was born in Baden,

Q rin;ihy,Oe.tolu'r 12th 1820, ami her

p irents were George ami Mary Ji-s.

ph. She Was about nine yearS old

vvn.-n they emigrated to America and

in ide a .settlement in Semeu county,

J n i o . Her marriage with Ueorue

A'hite was solemnized April 27th,

1841, and the B?ime year she came

with her bt^hand to the township of

veene, locating.on the farm on which

she has since lived, and on which she

lied. Her husband, now well along

in lile, and seven children, namely,

Charles \V., Elizabeth, Artl iur,

Je irge, Emma, Albert and Ida, sur-

vive her. and one child passed to the

and of perpetual day in infancy.

The funeral services were held f r m

i ie family resilience February 24ih,

tev . \V. II Wright preach'tUg the

v rmon , and the remains were buried

to ihe Whi te cemetery.

If Friends or Relatives did not present you with what y i i i

desired itt the

JEWELRY LINE, -CALL AT

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • All the New Uooda and Fads tarried in block.

'Tis a pleasure to show them.

Bench work properly and PromptJ

ly Done. E a s t s i d e , n e x t t o . H c C a r t y ' s .

- -J

• The Only

• Metropolitan

• Republican

• Newspaper in

I Detroit and

; Michigan. • • Advert l sera

GH more

Than

Mere circulation

l n _ The Journal.

Detroit Is a Republican city. Michigan la a rtrong Republican State. The Journal Is not an organ, but a fearless, independent Republican newspaper.

I have noticed a continued improvement in the Detroit Journal.

HON. JAMES McMILliAK, U. tf. Senator ior MlchlgfiB.

. Journal dal ly and consider It Michigan's leading evening news '

HON. J . C. BURROWS.

I read the Detroit onsidi

paper. U. S. Senator fo r Michigan.

can party can well be coi n having so able an expott-

cV

The Republican party can well be con-graiulatod upon liav •nt of its principle..

HON. D. Chainnan Rep. State

But first of all a newspaper broadest and best sense.

An A rent in every Town. Tou can have It by mail. fl.SS for three month!. Send fo r •ample copies.

LOWELL EXTENSION.

and

M y s t e r y of a Poor Old Lady.

Grand Uaoids—The mystery about

Lucinda Fortney. the old lady who two

ii •nthsago accosted a patrolman on

oe street and asked him to marry her

.is been solved, and a sad story it is.

.•'or two monlos she has been in the

ustodv of the authorities. She in-

s -ted that she had a daughter i:i tht

••ty, bni not till this week was the

laughter found. It was learned that j "•"•''•"ii

tin* old woman was a fugitive Imm the j ' "acb upon heiter paying land than

)nio asylum where she had been :}0 j bat which ii.-s along the p r o p - ^ d

• ears. Family troubles led to a di- j 'oute . ••L<«weil, t r e m o n t , l l ope i i a ,

.-orce, and wlien she learned that bel-1 l l ' , r '« l 'u , ' i" . i i i"U,just th ink <1 u!

husband had quarried again her mind • l , u ' stuiator said. "W by tliat i

j g t v e w a y l ler m uiomaniH is m a r -

FRUIT TREESj N. P. Hasted and (."o's. stock for this

spring's sales, is the best we hare ever off-ered It is grown on new land where nursery treees hove never before been rai>ed. warranted henlthv and free from

natre, and she has asked everyone in

the jail, f rom the sherifT down, to be

Her husband.

Weds His S i x t h Wife.

Graml K.iplds—At the age of 80.

Michael Campbell, of Sand Lake i-

ahoii t to become a groiNn again, the

blushing bri.le being Sarah Squir«8,

Road t o be Bui l t t o H a r t Lake S h o r e P o i n t s .

There is a move on foot to extend

the U w e l i & Hastings road to H a n , ^ • p h S ' p 0 rn

u t ? ! I ^ * pests. B u d s are cut by our N P. Husted Lmiington and places along the lake from bearing trees, thereby insuring our shore- Senator .1. K Flood of Hal t v a r i e t i e s t r u e t o name na

i important item, ^ee the leading ^taQUar^ is quite emhnstastic over the p i H p- | sorts in stock; also the approved tested

He savs a railr .«d could n. t n f W varieties of value. No A g e n t s Employed .

^ e find it more satisfactory to deal di-rectly with the growers, relying on the merits of our ^oods. square dealing and saii>tied customers for our trade. ' ad oft n<. look over our stock and be convinced of the truth of this statement. Ifyoucau-uot call, write us for twelve page circajars mailed free li gives valuable info ation in regard to new sorts. Our s ialties. they will please you, if you plant them they will make money for you.

Certificate No. 48. Nate Board of Agriculture,

November 15.1898. This is to certiiv that I havt examined

f N P.

T '

toe

hest strip of c nntry that can he I nnd

in the state and the railroad that

hiiilds througl; it will n ver re-re. it .

I'he nirlii . T Aay h.is already been

secure<l pan way, and e te long the

test id it will he procured.—uGratid

Ivapids Dcmocnu

Uars

X i lant ' -

•Epworhh League.

DeVotl'Uia services eveiy

the nursery stock and premises Lowell, the preset

_ I H usted A* o . Lowell, ich.. and find no ' '".IV'wilications of

' sen Sumiav i lu"K"us disc

Givc^book keeping in all its forms ami ^ ^ ^nd o f f e e pots, 4(1, 35 30. j .Michiyau in 1850. Ii Mhrr hmnrho nei-c^ry for a complete Sec my W and 15 cent C o u n t e r l l i e . ) f l l S r ) 9 , i e m a j r i p i , l n hiismess emication. iuition lor term , f . . . r '

before bu>ing odd pieces of HL I R RIT . , A . Gilbert. No children

j China -and Glassware . Nice were born to them, but they brought

1 line of L a m d s a n d fancy China- up one or two by adoption.

j w a r e . j Wood bridge was a fitctvssful

home and

a^ed ()•). Michael has been married j even ing 'u 0:30. Everyone isinvued. chards.

of -JO weeks, 1 o. A n n o u n c e m e n t s f o r 1897-98 .

bummer School Begins

A P R I L 1 1 , 1 8 9 8 .

W r r i t o C. H. ALEXANiER. For

Particulars. C J a n d G E T r a n s u c , M a n a g e r s .

C l n r k s v i l l c . I on i a Co. M i c h

live limes already and Sarah twice, so

they know by experience that mar-

riage is not quite a fa-ilure. Michael

says be has at least a quarter of a ren-

in ry t'i live yet, lor hb hrother lived

to be 105. He is as happy as a lad

«d 21 leading his girl sweetheart to

the altar.

M.iicn 20. Topic—"Strange Ways

in W Inch ti. d leads Us " Acts, Ti;

45 40. Le.idei, Mr . II. J . Coon'.

.Match 27 Topic—'• Missionary

Lea.lin^s. ' Acts 10; 0 14. Leuiler,

.Mis. (.Has. (^uick.

State Inspector of unrsene.s and or-N . P . HUSXKD, & o .

Lowell. Kent county, v ich.

man had a good home ami man\

friends He was made a Master Ma-

son in Lowell Lodge, F . A . M.,

April 18,1871, ami was an honored

and fai thful member from that day .

^ On Tuesday March 8, M r . Wood-

I Have Moved Acrain. $200,t., $4 00 per U K H | 4 ' G r e a l c l l n n c e ! h r i < ^ ^ M l i l ' , , a t h i s , , " m e i n S o l , l i , , l , , s l p , ' c , e d w h e , , n Mippovedtbat H a u l u limit Api My blacksmith shop i s T r w j,, , h e ^ . ^ n - l a n t s in either lar,e or small quan to,, „nd was buried under Masonic I there would be no opposition 10 the l i c i i Uellavell , t i , r . A .

old Wilson sl.op, opposite McCarty's 1 ' ' l^-Thebl.mw.ms of aU varietie« are b i - | h ^ 8 i > i c r t , o n T h l , r 9 , , , ^ >• ' " "J1 : l U r ^ wuctw ticket. T h e numlier of votis . . . -wareliouse, where I hope to see all my ' Hcxmd or perfect. Those marked {I'jare attemlance, l i e v. L. N. Tattison cast was 289, 6 "''.hicb 79 were liirowu N e w carpe t s , u i a t l ' n u - , and lin-

Strawberry Plants for Sale Cheap.

Not So Dull A f t e r All.

The Village election Monday

proved to be not so tame as was ex-

r T R Y M E F O R

^ R E P A I R S .

^ Watches, Clocks,

C. E U. E x c u r s i o n Ra tes . ^ ( lold Glasses ,

For me t . K C dia te Conveniii n ^ R i n ^ s and Jewel ry re- ;

t Sag-.nart, me C. & W. M. ami D. ^ paired and war ran ted for ; C. K. A . K \ s . wnl sell tickets on

March 23 ami 29 at one way hue h r

A p n l 1st.

^ .one year .

^ S e e my Band and Se t : ^ r i n g ' s .

§ H. A. S H E R M A N . 3 • - i'i 1st door east of Marks Ruben's. ^

desiitulo of stamens ami arc termed pistil- .j. • • | late or imperfect, as slmwn bv the ibllnwitig ' H'lati ig.

old customers and many new ones FRED UARNES, ,. . . . , . ro-A 'mures. Imuerlect vaueties must have a

Biacksmithiag and liorseshoiug. [-•) row of perlctt flowered sorts planted everv third or fourth row at least to pollenize ;

The Lowell District Teacher's ".eir hlossonm. When ll.e im|«rfect hi.jo-• i -ii . . ., liners are properly lertihzed tiny arc the

Reading circle will meet a t the cen- Inii>l p r ( t ! i ^ t h p r e i 9 n o reflM<ll f<ir a n v | t ral school building, Saturday March ; prejudice against iliem. Success depends 19. at 1:80 p. m., Roll call, current in a groat measnro in getting fine, healthy events. Psv-hologv, chapter 7, Miss! l , h i n l 8 i strictly pure and true to name.. F ind lav. R o t a t i o n , Miss Moore. I ^ w c k n 2 j 01 ,U , '"n. ,H {,1 \ \

R e a d t h i s L i s t

M a r r i a c e L icenses .

L m i s Faust, Ada town-liip, Muni a McEwan,8anie 21- l f i .

Ha r ry Covell, E m m a Lewis 26-19.

Real E s t a t e T r a n s f e r s . Charles D. Campbell an 1 wife to ITar-

vcy Ban ham, A acre oe nw i sec 30, Cas-

History, Ancient Greece, Mr. sharplesfc, f p i G ^ n " le, ^ m r r o w , M.i- ^ t o w " s l , i l ' 530°.. ^ ^ .e.p.e^ o, .....m i — u . - , 1 hersoii. tTeoiogy, methods, grades H | i njj , , .v< . | ( .pwi> jn Hiir Hob Rohin-I llary VanDusen et al. to Mary Hape- Dr. Rickert is again admiuisteniig gas 5 and G. Mrs. Slade. 1 . V - u:.. f..> .t .r . — u n . . . i .„ l

out for lack ol s tamp in the circle at o leums goml and cheap at N . 13.

bead of ticket. Of the balance 79 Bla in ' s . i p , 4 I he extra low priced quoted on or-were cast for C. H . Alexander, can- This p a p e r on t r i a l 10 weeks f o r gans lor the past 30 days are making ens nominee for clerk, and I S O for .1. o n e ( j i ] n e - j i good many sales for R. D . Stocking.

H . Rickert why was ninning on slips. o o w extracts teeth by Cue cord ol good, green wood pays The balance of the ticket as pub- . the use ol gas. a years subscription to th is paper ,

lished last week was elected by votes K ( .> u l o u r U l . w , , n t l l i » \ Clew by ^ ^ J' F ; t l l : t s h a ; P"rcha8ed Geo. ranging from 202 to 208. u .. - - B Craw • grocery stock and will con*

Inahnrir visited I^owell friends l a s t 1 K ' i r l u . (PiWarfield, (P)Haverlana, Beder-j iasnurg Vtsitea i ^ w t i i inenus lost , ^ J . A . R O B E R T S O N ,

o®6*4, I "L". O., Sarunac, Mich. lleuidoace, Keeue,

Read our new serial, " A Clew by WiK, or an Interrupted Cur ren t . 1 , . , . • „ . u . j

— - . .... . 1 : ,i ; t tune the hnsmess at the old Ptand. . .. . . 1 he opening chaiiter appears in this . , , ,

At the request of many patients, • fci Mr-. L. R . Craw, who was part , 1 . . . ! 1 . issue ol the LlCDUi'.K. , , • • . r

' ' owner ot the stock, look in exchange two houses and lots owned by Mr.

use of his new apparatus the danger ; best sewing machine lor llie least mon- j Fallas at a consideration of $1,800. en E. Petted to James May, w .Uw 1 j formerly attending the use ol gas is ey . Call and see for yourself before j Fred will coutinue his produce busi-

son, Wolverion, Westoni (P)Bisel, Peaid, njfin, ne 1 se | sec 35, Grattan township for the extraCtlofa of teeth. By the j R. D. Stocking claims to have lb F rank Raymond and wife of Fal- I P-rry, Ki... Dew. Bart.Cumberland, Parker

20, Cascude township

L

$2,500.1 said to have beeli eliminated. purchasing elsewhere. ness on the west side for the present.

ffliSi

HI Chief c r o t l L p o p u l C T ^ I # ^

"Tfc Edlsoj ly." j are c tually

Gov. Pingree Wants Corporat ions to Pay More Taxes.

LEGISLATURE MEETS MARCH 22

Tlic Unllr.iaiN Will ICcceivc I'lirllculur

Alt.-ntlon—Governor Hay* Tiuin uro rnciiuitlljr ItoriH- mill in Koine I'IMOH are DccomitiR I'lilu'iiralil.'.

T h e long-cxiK'cled call for an e x t r a sc.ssion of the s l a t e Icgislnturc has a t l a s t been issued by Gov. I 'higrcc. T h e d a t e for the mee t ing of the extra ses-sion is Tuesday, March The gov-

t.Tiors proclamat ion is as follows: o nil whom i t m a y conccrn, gree t ing: flJy See. 0, of Ar t . of the const i tn-

ro|iii!l. . |H C'niiUI Not Artco.

A conferencc bet ween t he s t a t e coin-mi t tecs of t h e middle-of-the-road and fusion wings of the T'opnlist pa r ty was

held a t Lansing, bu t it did no t resul t in t h e an t ic ipa ted reconci l ia t ion, b u t r a t h e r tended to widen the breach, much ha r sh l anguage be ing indulged in by the two faetimis.

The m i d d l c - o f - t h e - r e a d e r s made a proposit ion to orgunize a new connnit-tee f rom both fac t ions and issue a call for a s t a t e ennvent ion to n o m i n a t e a

rniglit Populist s t a t e t ieket independ-ent of all o t h e r s i lver par t ies . Th is was rejected by t h e fusionis ts , who proposed the appo in tmen t of a jo in t commit tee to meet w i th representa t ives of the Democratic and silver Uepub-lican par t ies in Detroi t on April 5, fo r the purpose of a r r a n g i n g a fusion on a s t a t e t icket s imilar to the one effected two yea r s ago. Th is proposi t ion was also re jected a f t e r a long and b i t t e r

t ' on of the s t a t e of Michigan, it is pro- wrang le , ami then a l l a t t e m p t s to eomc vided t ha t t he governor shal l take ca re , to an agreement were given up. t h a t t he law be f a i t h f u l l y execnled.

Dy Sec. 7 of the same art icle he is

Lei 000.00 the b( rcfus(| It Is • profits: moreti' t racte ' mous hlghei

•Lc mathe1

the 6 " publlsj t ha t s j •ng H k . may b dls tan ' veniei j

aMKQa. ous lef^

vr at. city, I:1

r o n a g e N

last

M

given the power to convene the legisla tu re on ex t r ao rd ina ry occasions.

Dy Sec. 11 of Art. II it is made the du ty of the leg is la ture to provide an uniform rule of t axa t ion .

Dy See. of t he same artiele " a l l assessments h e r e a f t e r authorized shal l bo on proper ty a t its cash value ." These provisions have been a par t of t he fundamen ta l law of the s ta te since 1BS0.

I n violation of the spiri t , if not t he le t ter , of these provisions of the con-s t i tu t ion , l aws have been passed f r o m t ime Ui lime, by which railroad com-panies, express companies, l e l egmph and te lephone companies now owning , according to t he i r own sworn re turns , a t l eas t one-third of the proper ty of th i s s ta te , a r e requi red to pay on ly abou t one- twenty-s ix th of the t a x e s levied fo r s la te , county and municipal purposes, leaving the i r jus t proport ion of suppor t ing our schools, asylums and o t h e r public i n s t i t u t ions and d e f r a y i n g t h e publ ic expenses to fa l l upon the farmers , laborers , manufac tu re r s and o t h e r proper ty-owners of the s tate .

Taxa t ion has. in many par ts of the s ta te , become in t h e n a t u r e of confis-cat ion, the amount levied being g rea te r t h a n the p roper ty taxed can be made to produce.

^ T h e s i tua t ion has become almost un-bearable . and demnnds an immediate remedy, which can on ly be given by the leg is la ture .

I t is t he d u t y of the governor, unde r his oa th of oflice, t o see tha t the e o n - j s t i tu t ion of t h e s t a t e is obeyed and the laws f a i t h f u l l y executed, and to sub-mi t to the leg is la ture , f rom t ime to time, h is views upon exist ing mischiefs, so t h a t u remedy can ».e provided.

I n obedience t o t h i s du ty , I he reby call t h e / l e g i s l a t u r e of the s t a t e to mee t in e x t r a o r d i n a r y session on Tues-dayf 'isd day of March, 18!tS, at noon of

- t h a t day, t o consider t h e ques t ion of t a x i n g ra i l road companies, express companies , t e l e g r a p h and te lephone companies a n d such o t h e r m a t t e r s as

jSbnl l be s u b m i t t e d b y a special message. (Signed) H. s . I'INOKKI:,

SI root Raihvuy Strike nl Snglnaw.

The s t r ee t r a i lway sys tem of Sagi-n a w , w a s complete ly tied up by a s t r ike of 00 motormen and conductors . T h e men have asked fo r r egu la r hours , a n d pay fo r over t ime. They have worked f rom 14 to 10 hours per day. Every conduc to r and moto rman i s a member of t h e union. Doth the Union and Con-so l ida ted l ines a r e in the h a n d s of re-ceivers. and t h e l a t t e r have advert ised fo r new men. Trouble may resul t .

La te r .—The c i rcui t cour t judges took a h a n d to se t t l e the s t r ike , and wi th g r e a t success. An order for the receiv-ers t o t a k e back all men w h o appl ied w i t h i n " t hours , and fixing 10 hou r s as a d a y s work w i t h wagl-s a t 81.55 pe r day , was obeyed. The s t r i ke r s a t once r e t u r n e d to w o r k . The cour t s t a t ed t h a t if t he s t r i k e r s had any grievances t h e y should have been fsubmitted t o t h e cour t for a d j u s t m e n t . T h a t course lies open to them in t h e f u t u r e .

A l$l)j Klomllke Ex|ioi!itlon. P robab ly t h e best equipped pa r ly

f r o m Michigan t h a t will seek fo r tune in A laska th i s y e a r depar ted f rom the "Soo" f o r S e a t t l e f rom t h i s city in a p r iva t e ear. T h e par ty n u m b e r s I'O a n d includes l ead ing business and pro-fessional men. The depa r tu re of t h e p a r t y w a s made the occasion of a b i g demons t r a t ion , allbut 8(10 people re-p a i r i n g t o the depot with a b rass band. T h e Soo-Vukon Mining & Transpor t a -t ion Co., as t h e par ty is named, will sail f r o m Sea t t l e for St. Michaels April 1 on a schooner char te red fo r the t r ip . T h e company wi l l build t w o l igh t d r a f t s t e amer s a t t h e mouth of t h e Yukon , t h e t imbers and mater ia ls being t a k e n f r o m Seat t le . Powerfu l sand pumps and d redg ing a n d diving ont l i ts a re in-cluded in t h e plant , t h e object be ing to prospect t h e s t reams for gold. T h e suppl ies and out f i t s of t h e company

.cost app rox ima te ly 840,000.

M I C H I G A N N E W S I T E M S .

T h e middle-of-the-road fact ion, which the cour ts have recognized as the regu-lar Popul is t commit tee , p rompt ly is-sued a call fo r a s t a t e convent ion to be held at (iraml Kapids. J u n e -'I, a n d the program of the leaders is to head off the Hcpublicans by n o m i n a t i n g Pin-gree for governor .

The o t h e r faction will par t ic ipa te in the Detroit c o n f e r e m e and a r r a n g e a fusion.

A Turiiln,; Ovemt the Solillerit' Home. T h e a n n u a l mee t ing of the Soldiers"

Home board resul ted in a genera l tu rn-ing over of the ofllcial staff of t he home and the cieetion of a new crew. Gov. P ingree a t t ended the mee t ing and urged some of the changes , w i th the resul t t h a t Commandant J a m e s A. Crozer is re t i red . Col. Dishop is no longer t reasurer , and the insurance policies, t h e occasion for the last home scandal , a r e ordered canceled. The ru l e r equ i r ing ve te rans to pay for the i r c lo th ing out of t he i r pension money was rescinded.

Capt. George E. J t tdd. of Grand llap-ids. was elected commandan t ; J o h n Nor thwood w a s elected p res iden t p ro tem. . E. V. Grabi l l clerk, and W. S. Turek t r easure r . T h e minor officers were not chosen, but a gene ra l s h a k i n g up is expected.

Gov. P ingree remarked t h a t he h a d n o t h i n g personal aga ins t Col. Crozer nor aga ins t h is admin i s t ra t ion , bu t t h o u g h t t w o yea r s ' service_was enough u n d e r t h e circustances.

A Rieh Thini; for Insuranee CompanleH. Commissioner Milo 1). Campbell re-

por t s bus iness done by life, casual ty , assessment and f r a t e r n a l insurance companies in Michigan las t yea r , as fol lows: Policies issued, S".'7.850,705; an increase over 18% of 83.9511.569; i n s u r - j gon . has been held t o the cr iminal ance in force Dee. 31. ^130,571.700, a n c o u r t a t Chicago to a n s w e r the charge increase over 8i5.G4ti.51ii: p remiums re- ! of m u r d e r i n g Andrew McGee, an old ceived. 84.572.5lli. an increase of 8220,- j m i l k m a n w h o was found dead and rob-510; losses incur red . 8l.lt03.218, an in- j bed in a h a l l w a y two w e e k s ago.

crease of 8320,031. Dur ing t h e year , 35 T h e c o r o n e r s j u ry declared t h a t companies were author ized t o do | S tephen S p r a g u e enme t o his d e a t h jasiness. nea r South Haven, f rom t h e effects of

j t w o bul le t s tired by some par ty un-known . Jeff Davis is u n d e r a r res t on

Oxford c i t izens raised ?{0 for Cuban sufferers .

Gov. P ing ree has designated Tues-day , April 29, as Arbor day .

A g e n t s of an Ohio company have leased many acres r e a r Owosso and wi l l begin a t once to dri l l fo r coal.

A r r a n g e m e n t s arc be ing made for t h e assembly of t h e s ta te Daptist Young People 's Union a t Orchard Lake in Augus t .

Only th ree members of the House voted aga ins t t he bill au thor i z ing t w o more r e g i m e n t s of a r t i l l e ry , and one of t h e m was Mr. Todd, of Michigan.

The a n n u a l field day mee t of t h e Michigan In tercol legia te Athlet ic asso-c ia t ion will be held a t t h e Michigan Agr icu l tu ra l college. J u n e 3 and 4.

George II. J acks , cx-chief of Muske-

Uncle Sam is Mak ing Preparat ions to F ight Spain.

CUBA MUST BE MADE FREE.

Oen. Alger I'IIHIIIIIR Army I'repnratlons

to Moot Any ICmorKonoy—Two New Wiiri.lil|)* I'lircliaiieil From lirur.ll—

Spuln Ciinnot Kxpucl ICiiropoan Aid.

"Grim-visaged war"' is appa ren t ly t o make a n en t rance in the n e x t act in the t r a g e d y now being enacted by t h e Uni ted Stales, Spain and Cuba. Uncle Sam cont inues to make-extensive prep-, a r a t i o n s for the s t ruggle , and . while i t is impossible to secure any official int im-at ion a t Washington as to w h a t s teps a re to be taken in deal ing wi th Spain, y e t enough is constant ly l eak ing ou t or is m a d e apparen t by official orders and ac t ions to give a f a i r idea of t h e t r end of affairs.

The action of Secretary of War Alger in m a k i n g such extensive changes in the divisions of the army is significant . Orders have been issued c rea t ing t h e d e p a r t m e n t s of the Gulf and of the Lukes and abol ishing the depa r tmen t s of the Missouri and of Texas. The de-p a r t m e n t of the East will embrace t h e s t a t e s on the At lant ic coast t o and in-c lud ing North Carolina; t h e depar t -m e n t of the Lakes will include Wiscon-sin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana , Ohio, Iventucky and Tennessee, w i th head-q u a r t e r s a t Chicago, and t h e depar t -men t of Gulf will comprise the s ta tes of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida. Alabama, Mississippi. Louisiana anil Texas , wi th headquar t e r s a t At lanta .

T h e troops a t all a r m y posts arc now prepared to receive orders to move in any direct ion a t three hours ' notice.

Every th ing is as t i r and bus t l e a t the | Mare Is land navy ya rd a t Valejo, Cal. Hundreds of workmen are be ing added to the usual force to rush the work of i p r epa r ing t h e Charleston. Philadelphia, Har t fo rd , Pensacola and Adams for service. The York town is a w a i t i n g repairs. T h e Oregon has been ordered to Valparaiso, Chili, as t h a t would place he r considerable nea re r Cuba than when a t San Francisco, and if occasion should requi re her services in the

A W O R D O F ADVICE.

To THOHO COIIIIUR: to AIiiRka ov tho Klondike (Jold Field*.

One thing should be Impressed upon every miner, prospector or t rader com-ing to Alaska, to the Klondike, or t he Yukon conntry, and t ha t is the neces-Ity for providing an adequate and proper food supply. Whether procured In the States, in the Dominion, or a t t he supply s tores here or f u r t he r on,

neighborhood of the Phi l l ip ine islands t | , | g m U 3 t be his pr imary concern. Up-she would still be as convenien t to t ha t o n t j , e n , a n n c r i u which the miner has locality.

In addi t ion t o all of th i s unusual act ivi ty immense o rders have been given for rifles, etc., which have caused the Springfield, Winchester and o ther smal l a r m s m a n u f a c t u r e r s to begin the operat ion of the i r works day and night ; contracts have been made for powder and car t r idges which a re keeping the larges t mi l l s in the coun t ry r u n n i n g to their ful l capacity; sai lors and machin-

observed or neglected this precaut ion more than upon any o ther one t h i n g will his success or fa i lure depend,

j These supplies must be hea l thfu l and should he concentrated, but. tho most careful a t tent ion In the selection of foods that will keep unimpaired Indefi-nitely under nil the condition which they will have to encounter Is im-perative. For instance, as bread raised

ists a re be ing enl is ted as rapidly us with baking powder must be relied up-

The Michigan business of f r a t e r n a l

Governor, j follows: (Vrt i l lcates | .. ,

T l i e p roc l ama t ion w a s issued a f t e r a ! u r i amount . 8 0 , | suspicion. T h e evidence is pure ly ci l e n g t h y confe rence be tween Gov. Pin- | c , e r , l , l t " : i l o s 'orce ut the close of t h e • cums tan t i a l .

g r e c a n d h i s l i eu tenan t s , and wi th in i f 0 " r - 5-<M5:».830; Mrs. Robinson, a widow who resides t w o h o u r s a f t e r i t had been s igned cer- , " v m o r -v a s s c s s ' j a t Augusta , h a s been m a d e almost pen-t i f ied copies of i t had been m a d e : i I u i ; , ! i c n l s - j n i less by t r u s t i n g in C. J . Toll iver, a w e r e a t once mai led by regis tered l e t - j * j y o u n g man w h o came t o Augus ta a t e r t o every m e m b e r of t h e leg is la ture . Ano'.Jier Extra Sci-Oon I'roelauiatlon. ' y e a r ago. H e induced h e r to raise 8650

T h e fac t t h a t t h e governor ignored j Gov P ingree has issued a n o t h e r proe- , "to s t a r t a d rugs to re and as soon as he t h e two-cen t r a i l road f a r e quest ion in j l ama t ion on the rai lroad quest ion. | g o t t h e money in his hands he disap-h i s ca l l is a su rp r i s e to many, as ' i l was j i b i s t i m e it is addressed t o the prose- i pcared.

t tiiis j e u t i n g a t to rneys and just ices of the : Gov. P in" q u i t e g e n e r a l l y supposed t h a t [ . c a r d in f ; - o r of a p t w e in t h e s ta te par t icu la r ly , as wel l

special scsson . | as to t h e public in general , and de-S t a t e I n s u r a n c e Commissioner Milo j e l a r o w a r on the givers and users of

D. Campbel l s a y s t h a t a bi l l has a l ready ! ''"ee ra i l road p a - w The g o r c r n o r been p r e p a r e d w h i c h provides fo r i!u; | ^ia 'n.s l is iir.^niion of seeing to it

ree sent ou t b l a n k s fo r sig-n a t u r e s to a pet i t ion a s k i n g the legis-l a t u r e to pass h is corporat ion tax bil l , a n d wi th in 24 hours repl ies began to pour in. He suggested t ha t those to w h o m he sen t the b l anks should secure

c rea t ion of a sUitc boa rd of asse - .rs ; t h a t t h e l a w - o Michigan relat ive t o j o 0 n a , a e . s . Some secured as high a s 80. w h o wi l l a p p r a i s e t h e value of t h e tax- { t h e g r a n t i n g ..f i a t n al favors to ex- j j j is pet i t ion is l ikely t o reach several

'• a b l e p r o p e r t y of a l l r a i l road , t e legraph , j ecut ive. legislative, or judicial officers, i h u n d r e d thousand . t e l e p h o n e a n d expres s corpora t ions in i wi th a cor rupt intent to influence leg-

jkrl'. t h e s t a t e , a n d levy a t a x exae t lv in ' is lat ion or the ir.l. rpre ta t ion of the p ropor t ion t o t h e ave rage taxe , levit 1 n e i t h e r p r o p e r t y . If ra i l road taxes

now too big! t h e y wi l l l.v lowered b y t h i s bi l l . If t h e y a r e too low. they w i l l be ra ised. I n o t h e r wort!*., the b i l l docs n o t fix t h e r a t e the railroads s h a l l pay . I t says no lhsng a b o u t the rq t e , b a t s imply provides for a f a i r val-u a t i o n a n d a n assessment on a n exact p a r w i t h w h a t o t h e r proper ty holders p a y . T h e a v e r a g e r a t i o of t a x e s to

hiws. a re enforced, lie c la ims tha t t he railroad companies g ran t passes on t he i r l ines in th i s way and t h a t they and t h e use r s of these special privi-lege- are not only iruilty of a crime, but t h u s deprive the school ch i ldren of moneys t ha t would otlierwi.se be theirs .

T h e governor w a n t s t h e officers of t h e s t a t e to i;.roce»d wi th prosecut ions in all eases where tliey can o b t a i n evi-dence. and c i u ^ - t h c hnv t o show the i r

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-vahia t ion o n o t h e r p roper ty thcuu^rr- i * f rom '

the records of th s t a t e and of the -counties.

Gov. P ing rce ' s l i eu tenan t s have counted t h e i r men a n d confidence in the passage of such a bill is be ing ex-pressed. T h e r e i s said t o be no doubt of t h e passage of t h e bi l l in the House. I too I n t h e Sena te 15 votes a re courtu-d as solid f o r t h e measure , whi le five are classed a s d o u b t f u l . Among those who a r e believed t o be doub t fu l a r e Sena-tors Lawrence a n d Merr iman. Sena-t o r s . l ibb, Thompson . Westcott . Lati-mer , Mason, a n d Covell head t h e list of a n t i P ing ree members .

a ; . t imr i lv .

An aged woman dropped dead on the corner of Dubois and Clay streets , De-t ro i t . and f o r four days the body was unident i f ied , unt i l J e r emiah Enr igh t , of Warren , w e n t to Detroi t to t race h is mother , w h o bad s tar ted f rom War ren to visit he r chi ldren in Detroit , and then i t was found t h a t t he u n k n o w n w a s Mrs. Cather ine Enr igh t .

Joseph Dennet t , a wel l -known citizen o l Si tghmw, had tin in-growing toe-nail . A month ago he s tubbed t h e toe. and it was found necessary t o t a k e the

and t h e most ample t ranspor ta t ion faci l i t ies for the purpose have been ar -ranged . A general movement of t roops f rom the inter ior posts, both cavalry and in fan t ry , to suppor t t h e new ar-t i l l e ry bat ter ies on the coast is ex-pected to be ordered shor t ly . Orders received at For t Riley. Ivns., directed the sending of three ba t te r ies of ar t i l l -ery t o the south. Quar te rmas ter Gen-eral Lee, of t h e depar tment of Missouri, is m a k i n g a r rangements t o t r anspor t ba t t e r i e s of ar t i l le ry now a t for ts in the wes t to the Atlant ic seaboard and Gulf of Mexico.

T h e fortress a t Sandy Hook, New York harbor , is now on a w a r footing. Dig g u n s and mortars have been placed in position and finally tested. F o u r a r t i l l e ry pompanies. made up of 800 men, arrived there composed of picked men. and among them a re the most ex-per t gunne r s in the world. Light Dat-te ry D, F i f th U. S. a r t i l le ry , s ta t ioned a t F t . Hamilton, New York ha rbor . has been t r ans fe r red t o Charleston, S. C. This is the first s tep in the mob-il ization of the whole a r m y force a l o n g the Atlant ic seaboard . These men , being experienced in coast defense work , are sen t south , w h e r e the re a re g rave apprehensions of an a t t ack f rom the Spanish fleet. The i r places wi l l be filled h y m e n from the new a r t i l l e ry regiments .

T h e war depar tment has received bids fo r one of the larges t orders f o r sho t and shell for heavy cal iber g u n s ever given, inc luding armor-pierc ing project i les and deck-piercing to rpedo shel ls . These project i les are for t h e heavy fortif ication guns now mounted a l o n g the seacoast. The en t i r e a m o u n t is designed to give all t he heavy g u n s now insta l led and those t o be placed d u r i n g the coming year , a fu l l quota of projec t i les and powder.

Meanwhi le the navy depar tment has been fu l ly as active. Contracts have j u s t been signed for t h e purchase of ; na t ional legis la tors v is i t ing Cuba, had

possible; and the Na t iona l Guards of several s t a l e s a re be ing recrui ted up to the ful l quota for t h e first t ime in years, par t i cu la r ly in Florida and o ther coast and gulf states.

Spain, too. is said t o m a k i n g active prepara t ions , bu t t he lack of ready money is n grea t h indrance to her. She has all a l o n g bui lded upon European sympa thy and aid, b u t i t has all bu t officially been declared by Great Drit-ain, Germany and France t h a t if Spain ge t s in to w a r wi th the United States she mus t fight it out alone, a l though i t is rumored t h a t Empero r F ranc i s Joseph of Austr ia , has promised Spain t h a t he wi l l i n t e r fe re and will t ry to induce Germany and o t h e r powers to join in a protest aga ins t f u r t h e r inter-vention by tho United Sta tes in Span-ish affairs .

T H E W A R S I T U A T I O N .

Humors a re af loat t h a t Rear Admira l Sicard may be relieved f rom his com-mand on account of h i s hea l th .

The w a r depa r tmen t is a r r a n g i n g to secure a large supply of the most mod-ern rifles, sufficient in t ime of emerg-ency to a rm a force of 500,000 men.

The government h a s made ar range-ments fo r special t r a i n s and clear t r acks t o car ry 250,000 tons of coal f r o m the Ohio fields to Key West a t once.

The radical wing of the au tonomis t par ty favors a l l owing Gomez to buy the f reedom of Cuba for 8150,000,000 and a favorab le commercial t r ea ty w i t h Spain.

The Yacht Ani ta has reached Ha-vana c a r r y i n g a p a r t y of Americans, inc luding ScnatorsGal i inger and Thurs-ton, and Congressmen Smi th , of Mich-igan, and Cummings , of New York.

The r ec ru i t ing officer a t Chicago re-ceived orders f rom Wash ing ton to en-list al l des i rable app l ican ts fo r a r t i l -lery, heavy and l igh t . Within a few hours a f t e r t he o rde r had been posted over 500 men had applied.

Maj.-Gcn. Lee J . Kadeski , com-mander-in-chief of t h e un i fo rm r ank , Catholic Knighs of America, says t h a t ' of t he 25,000 members of t h e organiza-tion all well dri l led, 10.000 could be pu t in t h e field wi th in 24 hou r s in case of war .

Col. M. M. Pa rke r , who accompanied Senator Proc tor in bis t o u r t h r o u g h Cuba says: '"Every American In Cuba now is watched as t hough he were a cr iminal . The Span ia rds h a t e us and do not hes i ta te t o say so. Everyone in Havana now knows t h a t t h e Maine w a s blown u p f rom the outs ide . Spaniards no longer deny it. T h e y do not seem to he very sad over i t . e i t he r . Are we going t o have w a r ? Well , if w c don' t , I shal l be surpr i sed ."

Congressman Wm. Alden Smi th , of Michigan, who is one of a p a r t y of

on for tho chief part of every meal, Imagine I he helplessness of a mine r with a can of spoiled baking powder. Buy only the very best flour; It Is the cheapest In the end. Exper ience has shown tho Royal Baklug Powder to be tho most reliable and the t rad ing companies now uniformly supply this brand, as o thers will not keep In this climate. Be sure tha t the bacon Is sweet, sound and thoroughly cured. These are tho absolute necessities upon which all must place a chief reliance, and can under no c i rcumstances be neglected. They may, of course, be supplemented by as many comfor t s or delicacies as the prospector may be able to pack or desire to pay for.— From the Alaska Mining Journa l .

A book of receipts for all k inds of cookery, which is specially valuable for use upon the trail or in the camp, Is published by tho Royal Baking Pow-der company, of New York. Tho re-ceipts are thoroughly prac t ig jJ | r.nd the methods a re careful ly explained, so tha t the Inexperienced may. with Us aid, readily prepare everything requi-site for a good, wholesome meal, or even daint ies If he has the necessary materials . The ma t t e r Is In compact though durable form, the whole book weighing but two ounces. Under a special a r rangement , t h i s book will be sent free to miners or others who may desire It. We would rccommend that every one going to the Klondike pro-cure a copy. Address the Royal Bak-ing Powder Co., New York.

M I N S T R E L S ' H U M O R .

t h e Brazil ian warsh ips Amazonas and | an adven tu re Admira l Brett which a re now receiving | Havana. He

wi th Spanish soldiers a t was t a l k i n g wi th some

finishing touches in an English ship- poor reconcent radoes on t h e o u t s k i r t s ya rd . I- nil crews arc be ing organized ] of t he c i ty when t h e Dons came np and

used i n su l t i ng l anguage t owards h i m and finally began t o jos t le h im. T h e congressman s t ruck ou t r i g h t a n d l e f t

to man the two vessels as soon as t hey a rc completed, and the fact tha t I ' ne le Sam will t h u s have t w o line war vessels so n e a r Spain's coast has enabled t h e n a v y depar tment to o rde r th ree o t h e r vessels now at European s ta t ions t o join the North At lan t ic squadron a t Key West as soon as possible.

The re is intense act ivi ty at t he Wash-ing ton navy yard , t h r e e s h i f t s of men w o r k i n g 24 hours cont inuously. T h e completion of t h e bi^r g u n s the re is be-I 1" ^ ^ "'h- r* ' v. I ri

nail off. Blood poisoning set in . and i n g p u s h e d ahead wi th a l l possible has tu

Kxlra s..f..i'in Note". Then- are several changes in t h e

ros te r of the legis la ture . Kep. Henry Lee. of Lapeer county, and Rep. Wm. Rowley, of Macomb, died d u r i n g t h e I last y e a r leaving vacancies. I t is n o w

l a t e t o elect successors a t t h e

t h e toe w a s amputa ted a few days ; la te r . Then there were signs of gan-

g r e n e and t h e leg had to come off j u s t below the knee, but i t availed no th ing and dea th resul ted .

'i 'he member s of the common council of Mttnising and Danker C. W. Case, w h o were a r res ted at t h e ins tance of T imothy Nes tcr . pres ident of the vil-

1 lage, were discharged a s there was no

*• t T h e special message which (!ov. Pin-g r e e is p r e p a r i n g to send t o t h e legisla- ! S t rong , of Cussopolis. hav ing been ap-t a r c wil l , a m o n g o t h e r things, conta in j pointed pos tmas te r . Assis tants Wm. a review of t h e e n t i r e history of corpo- | S tocking, of Ann Arbor, and Moses r a t ion la.valion f r o m the earl iest davs l Pearshelsky . of Detroi t , m a y each be

s p r i n g elect ion. The Pingree men migh t m a k e a fight to unseat t he ant i -Pi ngree sena tors . Covell and P r e s t o n . , w h o hold government jobs, but it is evidence t o hold them. The c h a r g e t h e genera l opin ion t lmt i hev will not i w , l- s h o o d l i n * r , n connection wi th the Ix- molested. No effor t , on t h e o t h e r ' purchase of t h e new w a t e r w o r k s sys-liand. w i P be m a d e to unseat Sena to r j B a n k e r Case h a s caused t h e a r -Hughes . w h o has removed f rom the 1 r t , s l o f X t ' s t e r o u t h e d , a r ^ of s lander .

Miss Emma A day. c rea ted a sensat ion at L a n s i n g by commencing a sui t for

Barry - Ea ton dis t r ic t . Sergeant -a t -Arms Gibson hav ing died and Sergt .

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in Michigan. T h e records, s t a t e docu-ments , l a w s and o t h e r sources of in-fo rma t ion have been delved in to t o the bot tom, and the sub jec t will be t rea ted m o r e exhaus t ive ly than ever before .

Alf red Worden. aged To. of IVwar.to. w a s a r res ted charged by W. S. I r i sh , a ba rber , w i th assault and in ten t to com-m i t t he cr ime of murder . Worden is said to be of a very disagreeable and quar re l some disposit ion. He fired a sho t f r o m a revolver th rough a w indow a t I r i sh .

Daniel Smi th , of Bridgeport , Sagi-n a w county , is 10C yea r s .o ld a n d a vet-e r an of t h e Mexican war . He says he never f e l t b e t t e r , a n d is not on ly good fo r a c a m p a i g n aga ins t Spain, bu t is

85,000 d a m a g e against At torney Geo. K. Heck fo r breach of promise. She now says t h a t it was al! a joke and t h a t she d idn ' t know the pape r s were go ing to be filed. She admi t s t h a t she had been t r y i n g t o f r igh ten Heck and t h a t she had bail t a lks w i t h lawyers , who had called upon her w i t h reques ts t o set t le .

Edga r Webb, who l e f t Bay City l a s t Sep tember o r the Klondike , h a s re-

t wenty d a y s fo r which the legislators j tu rned and b r ine s a n y t h i n g b u t a rosy

advanced a notch. The an t i - l ' i ng rce men t a lk of investi-

g a t i n g t h e execut ive and o t h e r depar t -m e n l s as to t h e cha rges of ex t rava-gance .

The i m p n e x t r a

ion is general tha t t h e session v. ill last t he f u l l

T h e big armored c ru iser Brooklyn h a s arrived a t F o r t Monroe direct f r o m La Guayra, Venezuela. She has made a f a s t run up and it is expected wi l l a w a i t at Hampton Roads the arr ival of t h e cruisers Minneapolis a n d Columbia, wh ich are just f i t t ing out a l Phi ladel-ph ia . T h i s force wi l l form an excel-l e n t nttclens for t h e projected ' • f lying squadron" which the depar tment is contempla t ing . The b ig monitor Pur i -t a n is also ready for service now. T h e moni to r Miantonomah will be r e t a ined a t t h e mouth of the Delaware to g u a r d Phi ladelphia , and the r a m Katal idin, i t i s expected, wi l l be ordered t o New-Y o r k t o re-enforce t h e Te r ro r in pro-tec t ion of t h e port of New York . Emergency orders had been issued t h a t t h e Vesuvius at Jacksonvi l le . F la . . lie placed in fighting t r im a t once. She h a s taken on 10 tons of ammuni t ion .

w i th b i s umbre l l a and put t h e fe l lows to flight. La te r t h e Span ia rds l ea rned t h a t Smi th was a congressman and they very humbly apologized for t he i r conduct .

The New York He ra ld ' s Havana cor-resj ondent says: The nava l cour t of inqui ry is c a r e fu l ly p repa r ing i t s re-port . r ea l i z ing the possibi l i ty t h a t i t may reach an in te rna t iona l board of a rb i t r a t i on . The Pres iden t has notified the cour t t h a t he is r eady t o receive i t s r epor t . I t is asser ted on h i g h author^ i ty in Havana t ha t t he cour t has prac-t ical ly completed i t s work , and this- i s borne o u t b y the f a c t t h a t t h e cour t ' s s t enographer has r e t u r n e d t o Key We t . The New Y o r k J o u r n a l a s se r t s t h a t t h e cour t has notified Pres iden t

W i t t y Answer of tin I r U h m a n W h o "Never Argued w i t h a Lady."

The minstre ls of Ireland are not all gone f rom the h ighways and byways of Er in , says an exchange. The mourn-ful ha rp and plaintive pipe may have given way to the breezy ban jo and crooning violin, but the songs which these accompany a re the songs of Ire-land still. Down by the rot ten Clad-dagh wharves of old Galway town I came upon a rap t audience, says a well-known traveler , enthral led by the dulcet notes of Tim Brennan, the "wan-dering minstrel of Tipperary"—one of the sweetest s ingers I ever heard and one who would have been g rea t were It not for h is love of " the c inder In i t ," as they aptly term the west of Ireland mounta in dew. I had seen Tim many t imes before In Ireland. Our t ramplngs had brought us in to th" same relat ions of a r t i s t and responsive audi tor so many t imes that as he tip-ped me a comfor t ing wink of recogni-tion I noticed tha t h is violin had been replaced by the temporary , though ample musical makesh i f t of a ban jo wrought f rom the head of an ancient Ir ish churn . In the pause fol lowing his ballad I felt emboldened to toss him back his wink , with the query; "And, Tim, why didn ' t you br ing tho churn with its h e a d ? " "Fa i t h yer hon-or ," he replied. In a flash and with a winsome smile, holding the churn-head banjo a lof t so all could see. " fa i th I never argue wld a lady—an', yer honor, a bottld Ir ish woman stud at the other Ind!"

X. W . A y c r & Son.

N. W. Aycr & Son, the successful newspaper .and magazine adver t i s ing agency of Phi ladelphia , have Issued a n announcement s ta t ing tha t Alber t G. Bradford and J a r v l s A. Wood were ad-mitted to pa r tne r sh ip in the firm J a n -uary 1. The new members a re not be-ginners In the adver t is ing business. They have been connected wi th N. W. Ayer & Son for years and have worked their way to the top by careful a t ten-tion to business and pa ins tak ing work

McKinley t ha t i ts repor t wi l l be sub- ' o r ^ ^ r m a n ( * P a t r o n s . In con-s t an t i a l ly th is : F i r s t—The Maine dis-as te r w a s due to t h e explosion of a s u b -mar ine mine. Second—This mine w a s p lan ted by officials of the Spanish gov-e r n m e n t and exploded by Spanish of -ficials in Havana. Th i rd—The Maine was purpose ly moored in t h e v ic in i t j ' of t h i s mine, a n d t h e explosion w a s evident ly t imed when the Maine should , t h r o u g h t h e inf luence of wind and t ide, lay d i rec t ly over i t . Four th—Traces of a submur inc mine were discovered.

h e r dynamite tubes a r e be ing placed iu i F i f th—Lieut . J enk in s , w h o w a s ki l led

a re ])ermittcd by the cons t i tu t ion t o " ' d r a w pay. Each member will , of course,

b e en t i t l ed to mileage in addit ion to pe r d iem.

T h e sena t e chambc". re:ire>culalive h a l l and t h e commit tee rooms are be-i n g b rushed u p a n d pu t in order , and t h e var ious depar tmen t s arc p repar ing t o meet wha teve r demands the legisla-to r s may make upon tlicm.

anxious f o r a b rush , a n d if Uncle Sam I Members of t h e leg is la ture are td-would not t a k e h im he would go to the i r eady dropping in to Lansing f n j p T u i ^ f r o n t a n v w a y . f e r c n t sect ions of the s tate .

descript ion of w h a t he saw and experi -enced. H e says on ly a f ew m a k e s t r ikes . O the r s r e t u r n penniless, a f t e r l ong m o n t h s of toil . People a r e re-t u r n i n g t o Dyea and Skaguay and sell-ing outf i ts , which cost 8300 or 8400, f o r 825, or e n o u g h to t a k e them back t o Seat t le .

F i re des t royed t h e house of Er ie Tn t t l e , n o r t h of Niles, caus ing a loss of 81,500. Mr . T u t t l e w a s away f r o m home and h e lost eve ry th ing b u t t h e c lo thes he wore .

t h e best of condit ion a n d several six-pounders arc be ing added t o her a rma-m e n t amidships.

T h e secretary of t h e navy h a s di-rected t h a t a r e c r u i t i n g s ta t ion be opened in Washing ton immedia te ly , t h e special purpose be ing to s ecu re o rd ina ry seamen and machinis ts . A special board has been appointed t o ex-a m i n e all merchan t vessels which a re in tended to be t r a n s f o r m e d in to aux i l -l i a ry cruisers, and llicy r epor t t h a t a l m o s t every avai lable vessel in New-York ha rbo r has been tendered fo r t h a t service if needed.

T h e Mar ine Eng ineers ' Benevolent association has offered the servient of

l ey in ease of war .

in t h e d isas ter , had discovered a shore connection wi th t h e mint.,} located in t h e ha rbor .

The w a r cloud in Spain has caused a heavy fa l l iu s tocks a n d 1>onds a n d a l a rge increase of t h e p remium on for-eign exchange. All t h e newspapers call u p o n the gove rnmen t t o s top t h e pan ic b}- a p rompt and c lear s t a t e m e n t as t o t h e real condi t ions exis t ing in Cuba, and also def in ing tho i n t e rna -t iona l re la t ions . T h e newspapers re-eeho t h e p ro found sensa t ion a n d dis-p leasure caused by t h e Uni ted S t a t e s in s end ing the Montgomery to H a v a n a , and b y t h e appropr ia t ion of 850,000,000 fo r t h e na t iona l defense .

i t s 23,000 m e m b e r s l o Pres ident M c K & l j J l e n fo r navy and a r t i l l e ry a n j "being

PjP&Tui l i ted a t Columbus Bar racks , 0 .

nectlon with the new par tnersh ip a n -aouneement , N. W. Ayer & Son review the history of the firm. F r o m a n hum-ble beginning in 1868, when t h e busi-ness of the first yea r amounted tx> bu t $15,000. the concern has jumped siowly but safely unt i l Its annual business amounts to over $1,500,000—a sum tha t represents a daily payment to newspa-pers and magazine publishers of $5,000. —Chicago Times-Herald.

Astonish InR. Mother—And what do y o a th ink of

my daughter ' s French, Count? Count—Eel «es ze most a s tonUhlng

French 1 haf evalre heard.—Tit-I iua.

F R O M E V E R V V / H E R E .

Beauty may be oniy skin deep, but the p lump girl g e U the most tandem.

rides. The pawnbroke r who t akes the mos t

interesl in his business has the least grinciple.

Out of sight is never out of mind with t rue lovers, who t u r n the gas very low.

London has 600,000 houses. P a r i s has 90,000 houses,. New York has 115.-000 houses.

America's Giealesl Medicine Tho fol lowing is a character is t ic Hood's Sarsapari l la tes t imonial . Fac t s l ike these have made Hood's Sarsapar i l la America 's Grea tes t Medicine and en-deared it to thousands of homes scat-tered all over th i s broad land.

" W e like to toll what Hood's Barsnpa-rilla has done for us. Our four cliildrcu hail diphthcrln. From tho very first our littlo boy Ralph, then seven years old, was

very sick and for several days It seotued as It be would never bo any bettor. After a while he began to improve and In a few weeks was able to go out, although weak and miserable. Then, gradually

All S t r e n g t h In His L i m b s

gave out. The physicians told us It was paralysis, which sometimes follows an at-tack of diphtheria. We did everything for him, but he grew worse until ho was in a pitiful condition. He suffered terribly ot night and cotuplaiued continually of his hvad, and iu what littlo sleep he was able to get, moaned unceasingly. Ho lost all control of tho tnusclei of his body and limbs. He had no appetite and complained of feeling sick at hi- s'omach all tho time. After we hail tried many different reme-dies and had about given up ail hope we commenced giving bi n Hood's Sarsa-parilla. In a s'^ort time ho c« n<ed to com-plain, his appetite improved and ot the end of three months ho was able to attend school a par t of the time. Now ho is well and quite a strong and rugged boy. You are at liberty to use this testimonial if you

desire, as wo feel wo cannot say too much in praise of Hood's Sarsaparilla h j a blood pttrifldr and building Up uiodtcino." Mas R. E. AXOBIISOM, C u m b e r l a n d , Maine .

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CHAPTER XIX.—(Continued.) "H'm!" remarked Barbara, with an-

other sniff, "perhaps not. But for all that , Miss Dorothy—Ma'am, 1 should say—David Stevenson was a mean boy, and I never could abide meanness in man. woman nor child."

"He was most generous to me," said Dorothy, with a sigh.

"Yes, to serve his own ends," s a i l do, dwn't tell me."

"A bit of a cry. Wha t ailed you, ma ' am?" Barbara asked.

"Oh! I was so frightened—I had such a horrid dream about the master . I thought "

But Dorothy did not complete the sentence, for Barbara put out her band with a horrified look. "Nay, now. Miss Dorothy, don't tell it. Whatever you

Economy is also a charac te r i s t i c of Hood's Sarsapari l la . Every bot t le con ta ins 100 Doses, and hence the re Is a solid fact concisely s ta ted in the fami l ia r Hue, 100 Doses One Dollar.

9 s Is America's Greatest

Sold by all druggists .

Medicine because it accomplishes wonde r fu l cures when all o t h e r medicines fail . 81, six for 85. P repa red only by C. L Hood & Co., Apothecaries , Lowell, Mass.

It Cures Gilds. Couqhs. Sore Th-oat, Croup, ln« fluenza. Mhooping Cough, Bronchitlssnd Asthma. A certain euro for Consumption in first stages, and a sure relief in advanced stages. Use at once. You will see the excellent eff-'Ct after takim th# first dose- Sold by dealers eveowhere. Large botllet 25 cents and 60 c.nls.

The main reason w h y some people would l ike to go to heaven is because they have heard t h a t t h e r e is much gold there.

B E E T S A S L A R G E A S Y O U R A R M .

T h e e d I-tor of the " B r o w n City. Mich-igan, Ban-n e r , " r e -cently paid a visit to W e s t e rn

Canada, and speaking of a garden that he saw In the Edmonton District, says:

"On August 23rd we had the pleasure of visiting the model seven-acre gar-den at Edmonton, owned and operated by one Donald Ross, a typical Scotch-man, and as whole-souled, good-na-tured old gentlemen as you often meet. He gave -he Yankees each a hear ty handshake as we were Intro-

ASU for Alim's Foot Ease. dttced In succession by the Canadian A powder to shake Into your shoes, j Government Agent, who was our guide

and pilot while at Edmonton, and to

Before a man can tel l a lie he wi l l make some kind of an excuse to him-self for do ing it .

NO KLONDVKE FOR SIC! Thus says E. Waiters, Le Raysvllle.

Pa., who grew (sworn to) 252 bushels Salzer's corn per acre. That means l'.?.-200 bushels on 100 acres at 30c a bush-el, equals $7,560. Tha t Is better than | a prospective gold mine. Salzer pays $400 in gold for best name for his 17-Inch corn and oats prodigy. You can win. Seed potatoes only 51.50 a barrel.

gond This Notice anil 10 Cts. In Stauipa to John A. Salzer Send Co.. La Crosse. Wis., and get free their seed catalogue and 11 new farm seed samples. Includ-ing above corn and oats, surely worth $10. to get a start . w.n f.

The man who has God to p lan for him a l w a y s does a good day's work .

FARM

S E E D S tolwr'i Srtds are WimuUd to FroJatf.

f C. W . U - r . I r f n i T M i l l e . P*-. • • t o n l . h t i l U i e « o i l 4 ^ . b t c r o w l n i t S S O t u i . h t H 8 * l M r . t o r n ; J . l « l l : r . / v f u i i c j u , u ; . . . Su»h, b u t l f T . - d J P . M i . t o l , 1 I K « l » l l » . I<m». p o » ' r . « 11K I

p e r a c r e . If j o u d . u t - l . i r : l l « l l | ' n i . 150,000 uew cutunen. hfoc« oa intl

10 DOLLARS WORTH FOR 10c. i Ilirttinf rmre firm rciMi, 11 Jf Pea. Stnl \ci:h. I -Me. Wlieil.1 S h r c p I U r » . J " 0 " c n . Co.n. "e.. I n - .

cladluj our Iflinm-th Scot ( . tcl!in* I t V w l I h - 1 1 0 0 r o l l p r l t n I t b r t l for oo r j

icw roirtcl'iut « r n t n i l o * ! ! , 1 ru-Hil. -", a l i o u m p l e -1 • v i r . t i l w M t i d yon u p o n

twfipi of but tot. i"'"--'-...nn £10. iu ecl a tur:. IM.'1"1;'

ScoJ I'otaUr* »i H M »''b'-Li i kci. nrlu-n ic*vi«l<.o . ^ K e U . I I . M . _ ^ L - - A ,

PIstto CAtalff •(•nd tliil Blouc. Cc. •dr. tluDff. No. w. f.

NEW DISCOVERY: j wJ BV • ^ 3 I quick n-llil an 4 i raw*, bcml f,ir tiuoK of tcMinionlaN iuiJ 10 days' | treat ill eut Free. Dr. U.U.oiil.^'stiiniS. 1

It cures Corns and Bunions, Chilblains, Swollen, Nervous, Damp. Sweating, Smar t ing and Callous f re t . At all Druggists and Shoe Stores. 25c. Sam-ple F R E E . Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y.

The man who is t r y ing to m a k e a fo r tune has no mercy on himself .

I.HiKt'N F i im l ly medicine.

Moves the bowels each day. In order to be hea l thy Ibis is necessarv. Acts gent ly on th • liver and kidneys. Cures sick headnehe. Price 25 and 50c.

. i ou ceuia iici uuaiiei. » The devil a lways ba tes a m a n who o n l o n s ? 1 o5 . t u r n i I s .

makes h im look a t himself . b a g e 4 c e n t s e r i c h .

whom wc are Indebted for many cour-tesies conferred. Mr. Ross Informed us that he cleared f rom $800 to $1,090 annually from the sale of roots, vege-tables. flowers and plants. We here state that we never before saw such a grow.h of vegetables a t that season of

' the year. He said that he raised 750 bushels of onions to the acre. Beets were growing as large as your arm. turnips the size of one's head, and cabbages as large as a patent pall. Fol-lowing are prices tha t Mr. Ross gave us as receiving for his produce: Beets. 50 cents per bushel; carrots, 40 cents;

$5 per ton; cab-green corn. 25

Barbara sharply. "You may lake such generosity as that for me. Not tha t I was speaking of that ma 'am, for 1 wasn't , but of the t ime when David was a boy—a horrid hoy. who thought nothing of s teal ing the best apples and letting another take the blame' of It.

"Oh. Barbara! Barbara!" cried Do-rothy. "you've got hold of a wrong story. Why. I know tha t once when David stole some of aunt ie ' s apples, and young Tom Merriman got the blame. David came and told auntie himself."

"But why?" cried Dorothy, open-eyed.

"You should never tell a dream be-fore noon. Miss Dorothy," re turned Barbara, portentously.

"Oh!" exclaimed Dorothy. "Isn ' t It lucky?" She knew tha t Barbara was a great believer in luck, and signs and omens.

" I t ' s fa tal ." answered Barbara sol-emnly, whereat Dorothy burst out laughing, and the worst feelings of dread with which she had awakened

j passed away. Yes; and for why?" demanded Bar-1 "i th ink ," she said af ter breakfas t

bara. with uncompromising sternness. | when Barbara was clearing the table— "Because I happened to have caught j " tha t I shall put on my hat and go up the young limb at It and collared him to the High street—I cannot finish before he could get away. ' J o n are this until I get some more lace;" then stealing Mrs. Dimsdale's apples. David j s i i e held It up and showed It off to Stevenson,' I said, laying hold of him : Barbara. "Isn ' t it sweet?" she ex-sttddenllke; 'and you stole them other | claimed with intense satisfaction, apples tha t Tom Merriman has been ; " i t ' s lovely." re turned Barbara, who sacked for. ' 'And what ' s tha t to you. ! w a g overjoyed at the prospect of a you old sneak? ' he asked. 'Sneak or baby. "Then do you wish me to go no sneak. ' said I. 'you'll tu rn out your | w | t h you. ma'am, or will you go a lone?" pockets to me. my fine gent leman: and j -Do you want to go?" Dorothy ask-you'll go s t ra ight up to the house and | ed. you'll tell Miss ulmsdale tha t it was ^ "Well, ma'am, to be honest. I don't, you stole the apples last week, and 1 i want to turn out the room for Miss

Esther . You see. she may come near-ly as fast as her let ter , and I shouldn' t like to put her into a dirty room."

"It can ' t he d i r ty . Barbara ." cried nobody

"Weil, ma 'am." Barbara retorted. "I enn't say tha t I know a dirtier person than Mr. Nobody—on the whole."

Dorothy laughed. "Well, then you evidently have a lot to do. and I would jus t as soon go alone. So 1 will go

then you'll go and ask Tom Merrl-man's pardon for having let him lie under your fault , ' 'That 1 shan ' t . ' says he. 'Then, ' says I. 'I jus t walks you right off to Miss Dlmsdale. and she'll j Dorothy, laughing, "because see you with your pockets full, red- j has ever slept in i t ." handed as you are. No', says 1. ' i t 's no use to struggle. I've got you safe by the arms, and so I mean to keep you. whether you like it or not. And if once Miss Dlmsdale knows the t ru th . •lo you know what she'll do. David Stevenson?' says I. 'No,' says he, sulkily. 'Wha t? ' 'She'll never stop to think tha t you're David Stevenson of Holroyd,' I says, 'but she'll just hand you over to the constable at once, and I don't th ink , my young gentleman. ' I adds, ' tha t Tom Merriman having got the sack to fill your inside with lll-goiten goods. "11 help you with the bench In the very l e a s t . ' "

"Well, so I suppose he gave In," said Dorothy.

"Well , of course, he had to." retttrn-GJ Barbara , with practical plainness; "but all the same, he never forgave me for having been the one to got tho bet-ter of h im. and never forgot it, not to the very last day we were at the hall.

ire. C. C. (.ill to curc.tlnurirlsia refund monoy.

Lionel, llie Latin iiiimo. is n Little Lion.

FOR 3 0 DAYS MORE YOU CAN TRY IT FOR 2 5 CENTS. a a

Gored of i i

To Curn Cnnntlpstlon Forever. i CCntS per A O T M ; . e . , -Take c.nsc.iMis Oandv C.nlnnic. toe or lie. bushel. pr atceS' -.i io oO cents cauli Dorothy, darl ing, if you had

flower. $1.0u per dozen; cucumbers. 15 , ' „ . . r , cents per dozen: strawberries. 25 cents thought proper to mar ry David Steven-

per box: s>|uash, 4 cents per lb., and other produce in proncrtion. He kept a hot-house 12x180 feet, heated by a furnace by means of tines. One man beside himself attended this garden. except at t ime of gathering the crop."

Agents of the Canadian Government are now located at different points in

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Columbias are made of S 'o Nickel Steel Tub ing which costs twice at m u c h and

is 3 0 % stronger than any other tubing known.

C o l u m b i a C h a i n V W h e e l e , H a r t f o r d B i c y c l e s , V e d e t t e B i c y c l e s .

P r i c e

R r l c o tB-4-O a n d

$ 7 5 B O

© 3 5

POPE MFG. CO., Hartford, Conn.

fValogue free from any Columbia dealer, or by msil for one twccent stamp.

Coaghlnf; I.rnd* to Con*amptlon. Kemp's Ualsain will s top the cough

a t once. Go to your d rugg i s t to-day and gut a .sample bott le f ree . Sold in 25 and SO cent bottles. Go a t once; de-lays are dangerous .

I t is not a lways the biggest lion t h a t roars the most.

Bnilds up t h e system; pu i s pure, r ich blood in the veins: makes men and wo-men s t rong and hea l t hy — Burdock Blood Bit ters . At any d r u g store.

Occupation is t h e scythe of t ime.

" I suffered for mon ths f rom sore throat . Eciectr ie Oil cured me in iwenty-four hours ." M. S. Gist, I lawes-ville, Ky.

Paul is La t in , t he Small One.

No m a t t e r bow long you have had he cough: if i t hasn ' t a l ready developed nto consumption Dr. Wood's Norway

Pine Syrup will cure i t .

r f s m

Guy is French , t he Leader .

Years of su f fe r ing relieved in a n igh t . I tching piles yield a t once to the cura-tive proper t ies of Dean 's Ointment . s

N'ever fails. At any d rugs to re , 50 cents, j k l j

Alma is Lat in t h e K i n d l v .

F A R M I N G L A N D S In Central Michigan.

Partlei wliblng to turt * f»nn will do well to write t« We bave 100.00U acres, mo»lly hardwood Unds, at tl 'toK per acre, lying clow to railroad. Schooli.mar-L— «i.n,T «ork. For further Information, ad. keu.wltti plemy wor*.

R. HINTERMEISTBR. Mglaw CE. SJ, filch.

THE RECORDS SHOW CURES OF

Rheumatism BY THE USE OF S T . JACOi

INFLAKSMATOIT CHRONIC CRIPPLES AND OF BEO*RIDDEN

THERE'S NO DENYING, IT C U R E S .

•ismi

son, you would have had to do with-out me. He never would have had me about h im. and 1 wouldn' t have taken service under his roof—no. not to save myself f rom ending my days In the workhouse."

"Barbara , Barbara," cried Dorothy chldingly. "not for me?"

"Well. If you had put It in tha t way. Miss Dorothy, you might have got over me." the old woman answered.

But s tay! i th ink 1 ought to say here tha t although I have called her old In many parts of this story. Bar-bara was not. and could not reason-ably be called an old woman In the common acceptation of the word. She was a year or so over fifty, and a very strong, hale woman at that , and a t this t ime to Dorothy she was a very rock and tower of s trength.

Well , by virtue of the letter from Es-ther Brand and in the Joy and expecta-tion of her coming, Dorothy passed that day with quite a light heart , and even sal down to the little piano and sang one or two of the songs that Dick liked best. And then she went to bed and slept, leaving the door open be-tween her room and Barbara ' s for com-pany. and she dreamed, as she a lways did, about Dick.

Nor was It a p leasant dream. She saw Dick on board of a large steamer, wearing white clothes and a sailor hat. looking very bronzed and happy. He was leaning over the side of the ship, with a cigarette in his mouth, jus t as she had seen him many a time, and by his side there r.tood a beautiful lady —not a girl like bo ro thy herself, but a beaut i ful woman of about thir ty years old. such as Dorothy fancied her old f r iend at home. Lady Jane Stur t . might have been a t tha t age. They teemed to be ta lk ing earnestly togeth-er, and af ter a time—such a long time It seemed In her dream—Dick took one of the lady's hands and raised it to his Hps; then she laughed and said some-th ing . and Dick caught her to him and kissed her on the Hps. Immediately a f t e rward , while Dorothy, with frozen Hps, was gazing at them. Dick turned his head and looked her full In the eyes with the_ glance of an utter s t ranger .

CHAPTER XX. ITH a shriek Do-rothy a w o k e — t h e sun was s t reaming in at the sides of

i, the window-blinds. 3 and Barbara was

j u s t c o m i n g through the door-way with a little t ray bearing Doro-thy 's early cup of tea.

scream. Barba ra?" Dorothy

YOU STARTLED ME. soon, before I get tired or the day gets ho t ; " for al though September was half over, the weather just then was most sul t ry and t ry ing to those not In the bwt of heal th.

She was soon ready, and went into the cosey little ki tchen to ask Barbara if there was a n y t h i n g she wanted, but she did not happen lo want anyth ing at all.

"Do I look all r ight?" Dorothy ask-ed. tu rn ing herself about.

"Yes. you look very sweet this morn-ing. Miss Dorothy." said Barbara . "I wish the mas t e r could see you th i s

minute ." "So do I." echoed Dorothy promptly.

"Well, he will sec me soon enough, soon enough. Good-by. Barbara ."

Barbara followed her to the door and watched her out into the s treet , and truly, as she had said, her young mis-tress was looking very bonny that day. On her fair hair , loosely a r ranged , yet not unt idy-looking, she had a smal l s t raw bonnet t r immed with ribbon and a cluster of gloire de DIJou Over her pret ty blue cotton gown she* wore a long dust-cloak of some thin and light-toned material . She also wore tan-colored shoes and Suede gloves of about the same tone, and she carr ied a large white cotton parasol to shield h w from the sun.

It was a very simple and cheap toi-lette. but it was fresh and dainty-look-ing. and Dorothy looked bright and lovable and a l i t t le lady from the crown of her bonnet to the tips of her shoes; Indeed, more than one person thought so as she passed up the s t ree t ; and the old General, who was out for his usual morn ing trot, stopped in his walk. and. wheeling round, stood to look af ter her till she had turned the

the wide world .vhom Dorothy would n ' h . - r not have seen j u s t then, t h a t p e r w n was David Stevenson. I t h i n k hue lookeil all the dismay which sho felt, and t ha t she felt all and p e r h a p s more than the dismay which she look-ed.

"Oh! is t ha t you?" she gasped. David let his hands, with their g lad

welcome, drop Instantly. "You're not very glad to see me, Do-

rothy," he said. In quiet, but b i t te r re -proach.

"I—that Is, you start led me," she re-plied, in a wild endeavor to put off any questions he might think proper to ask her.

"Evident ly ," he said, dryly, "and yon want to get rid of me, eh?"

"Oh, not at a l l ," bi t ing her Hp and wishing tha t she could sink Into the ground, or dissolve Into thin air, a n y -where nut of the way of his hard and steely-blue eyes, which seemed fo look her through, and to know In a moment all the secrets of her life. }

"No? Ah. tha t Is bet ter , \ r h e n , since you don' t want to get rid oNaj© all in a hurry , perhaps you will let m e walk a little way with you. May 1?"

"Oh. yes. certainly," said Dorothy, giving herself up for lost a t once.

"Do you live near he re?" he asked . At tha t moment there was a s l i gh t

block on the pavement of tho a l w a y s busy street , and just as David s p o k e ^ Dorothy perceived t ha t t he swee t -faced lady who lived on the floor above her was also blocked, and stood fo r a moment or so face to face with h e r . Undoubtedly she had heard David 's question just as Dorothy had done , and undoubtedly Dorothy had neve r seen her eyes so cold or her Hps- so austerely shut before. In her d i s t ress and annoyance at being t h u s a p p a r -ently caught. Dorothy blushed a vivid, guilty crimson—a fact upon which the sweet-faced lady put the usual con-struct ion to which all highly moral per -sons seem to jump a t once In a m o -ment of doubt—that is, the very wors t possible one.

"Can you give me no news f r o m home, t hen?" Dorothy asked, in a des-perate voice, raised fa r above her usu-al tones.

David looked down a t her In su r -prise—an Involuntary action which was not lost upon the lady, who was still unable to pass on.

"News?" he repeated. " W h y , of course I can. I have so much news to tell you t ha t I hardly know w h e r ^ IA. begin. Let me see—Lady J a n e is hack, of course."

Dorothy turned he r head in t i m e to see tha t tho lady had passed on and was out of ear shot be fore David hart begun his news.

There, jus t like David ' s s tup id i ty , to be too late. Why, she wondered . Ir-r i tably , could he not h a v e happened to . say some th ing ^ h w o n l d h a v e let

tha t woman u p s t a l n i ^ ^ ^ had known each o t h e r a l I W V l u n d e r e d

But no, David had a l w a y s ^ U whenever a n d whereve r she cerned. and she supposed t ha t h e al-—• ways would. Her in t e re s t In the homo news w a s gone, los t to the depths of her annoyance , b u t she l istened pa-t iently till he had exhaus ted that" topic , till she had heard w h o was m a r r i e d and who was dead, ot a fire to snch a one's r lck-yard , and of a b a r n be long-ing to a n o t h e r wh ich had been s t r u c k by l igh tn ing .

Then he told h e r h o w h e h a d Im-proved the Hal l—her perfec t old h o m e , which In her mind needed Improve-men t of no k ind—how he h a d p u t a smar t , capable g a r d e n e r In t o b r i n g tho place Into rea l good cond i t ion

"And old I saac?" said Dorothy . f le rce-

¥

—T

iy. "Oh. he Is still a b o n t — L . S h o u l d ^ ' 4

tu rn any old s e r v a n t of yours off, yo.. know. T h e r e a re p len ty of odd Jobs for him about the p lace ."

"W7hat sor t of odd Jobs?" d e m a n d e d Dorothy.

(To be Cont inued.)

W O R S H I P O F O D D .

Timely Hor HIM' Hev. UrUtol Gives •Wi-ll Worth ChcrishlnM^

The Rev. C. G. Bris tol of HaYtfonl Conn., says in h is ann ive r sa ry seririfol. "Le t me remind you t ha t a m o n g al» the definit ions and concept ions of wor ship and the house of God, ours is one t h a t has f rom the ear l ies t t ime leaned toward the m o r e s t r ic t and con-servat ive view. W i t h u s t h e churcl -

not a concert ha l l n o r a lectur •" c h " *rnomr- W c believe a s^ f l rmf r sap o t h g u .

In IntellectuaTTrSJntog and in houi^s of amusemen t , but they mus t have (he i r r igh t fu l place, and t h a t is no t t h e church. The church is fo r t h e worsh ip of God, with those b ranches t h a t Just-ly concern the upbui ld ing of t h e spir-i tual l ife and t h e extension of t h ^ k ingdom of God. Wi th in t h e walla of t he church you s t and upon a hal lowed spot, consecrated—made holy—for t h e worship of God. As Jehova s p a k » t o Moses, so he speaks to us here . T a k 6 off thy shoes f r o m thy feet , for t h e place whereup thou s t andes t is ho ly ground. ' • 0 • A sensi t ive n a t u r e .

/

a n a t u r e t rained In the ways of c t i -

corner and was out of sight , when he l u r e > w i " a ' w a y s * , a v e r e s P e ( ' t ' o r a n d he reverent in the house of God d u r t o g the hours set apar t for public worship. ' A na tu re that is not so sensi t ive no r so t ra ined in the a r t s of t rue manhood

w e n t o n w i t h h i s s e l f - i m p o s e d s e n t r y

go . w i s h i n g w i t h a l l h i s h e a r t h e was

forty years younger . M e a n t i m e D o r o t h y w e n t serenely o n

her way. reached the shop for which ! •''>"1 womanhood will not be reverent s h e was bo i ' .ni . and t h e r e made h e r ! h e r e , n o r e l s e w h e r e c o n s i d e r a t e of t h e

piiiv'.i- ;< S. all small enough for her to feelings of others. b r i n g t h e m away in a n e a t l i t t l e p a r c e l

I t i s

i n h e r u n o r c t i p i e d hand . A n d t h e n .

other hours in God's house t h a t I a sk von to mainta in the a t t i tude of r evc r -

just as she stepped off the doorstep of ence. When for any purpose you a r e t h e shop n n to t he pavement , s h e s u d -

d e n l y f o u n d h e r s e l f face t o face w i t h

D a v i d

brough t here, whe the r the first day or the four th ; whe the r for work or wor - -ship, let us not forget it is God's house .

If it had been possible she would 1 and do all th ings as In I l l s presenoe have retreated back Into the shop; but it was too late for that . David Stev-enson had al ready ut tered an exclama-tion of surprise, and was s tanding close in f ron t of her. holding out both his hands to her.

Now. if there was one person In all

and fo r His glory. E n t e r It no t u n t i l you bave left a t t h e door a l l wor ld ly t hough t s and commonplace conversa-t ions ; be content to separa te yourse lves f rom human compauionships fo r t h e moment,- and be glad t o walk God."

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% h t J f w t l l i t d g e r .

^csimwBp ETBRT THUMP" *T

LOWELL, KENT COUNTY. MICH.

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FRANK * JOHNPON.

Etileiftd 1^)' 1888

rfll DO»t olTlce MI scpf"1

Ind

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ftVRSCRIPTION ONE DOLLAR TEAR1/

TPYNRTISLXO R*TE9.

Buslne#* Voc«U 5 '-ents pur lin« OAoh l»st. J.ccal *ds nt legal rate* Card In direclonr P<»1iimn 1100 r r i li'

pit yo*r One Inch | 5 p<T venr. Ratei for lar^rr advertlupra- nle nind-

IjBown at the offlre CardB of tbank*, 50 pfnts. ResoluUcna of condolrncf, i f 00.

Job prl^tlnir in connnctlnn at low at livln jfttea. 'VyWaTa Proinut," U onr wo'to.

A BIG " P I . "

The absence ol" ou r c ib tomurv i , , , u

Htun of etlilorial cotmuenl is d u e ti

one of those accidents wh ich sumetinn ^

occur in well regulated fatwilics. A

g a l l e y of more or less bril l iai

t h o u g h t s dropped f rom the "mak«-

ups" hands to the floor, resul t ing ii

the woret case of pr in ter ' s ' ( p i " om

eyes have feasted upon in some tim«

I f any of our readers a r e h u n g r y

)et them come up and p a r t a k e ,

Oren Ford went to Grand Rapids Inst

week to visit relatives. Myrtle Condon of South Lowell is vitiiti

ing her sunt, Mrs. Clias. K«ech. Mrs. J . Moehier was cnlle<l to Greenville

last week as h«r brother was was worse.

Prayer mectinK nt David Clnwson's next

Friday night. Our band boys meet and practice twice

i week. A fight at Alton Monday nnd one fel-

low got his nose chewed.

THE CITY BANK Heart Trouble Quickly Cured. WHITNEY, WATT8 & GO.

R e s p o n B i b i l l t y , $100 000.00. L O W E L L . - M I C H .

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, President. W. A. WATTS. Cashier.

; • : ous ;

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S m y r t t n .

Miss Jennette Wood of Smyrna, died

last Monday, hged 72 years. She waa W n

}n the slate of New York and was married

Jo J . H. Woodard, in that slate, in 1850.

i immediately aftrr her marriage, she and

her husband removed to North Plaimi, Michigan, and 'n 1876 they removed o

Smyrna. Her father wast Baptist minii-t r

^and she was baptised when 14 years of a. .

^Bhe^wnVe# a husliand, one daughter aid

two sisters lo mourn her loss. Funend

services were held al tho Baptist clmrc ,

In Smyrna, on Wednesday at 1 o'clock p.

• m„ conducted by Rev. W. L. Mungtr.—

: (Belding News, March 11,

p r « a t C u r M proved b y thousand tesUiiiuuial« shuw tha t IJood'fa 8ar

sapaii l lu poss^j^*® pDwer to p u r i f j Yitalicc aud e iuich Uic blood.

H o o d ' s P i l i e ai-c the only pills tc b e t aken w i t h Hood 's Sarsapar i l la .

B e a t s T h e K l o n d i k e . Mr. A C.Thomas,of Marysvlllc, Tex,, has

mnd a more valuable discovtfj than bat yet hi-en made In the Klondike. For yea-s he suffered untold agony from consumption, vcompanied by hcmorha£ea; and WAS abso ulely cured by Dr. KIIIK'S New Discover) irconsumptioD, coughs and colds, lie de-i iri-s ih it rold is of little value in compar son with this marvelous cure; would have il ven if itcost a hundred dollars a bottle ^tbtna. Bronchitis and all throat and lung

allectionsare positively cured by Er . Kinu'a s'cw Discovery for « ons'imptiou. Trial bot-••s free at L. H. Hunt & Co's. drue store

Ke/uiar size 50c and ^1.00. Guaranteed to c .re or price refunded. 9

F a l l a s t m r g .

K. Sleketce came home from Grand

Rapids Saturday. <Charley Colvin was home and made hi-

parents a visit and went to Grand Rapidt.

to work.

l-'red Smith and wife of Grattan spent

Saturday and Sunday a lWm. Rexford's.

Mr. Watson and wife are home again

Fred Hooper has moved in John Fallas'

)if house. Mrs. Elmer Richmond returned from her

father's where she has been sick for the

Ust week. Will Tretlenick and wife spent Sunday-

Manly Aldrich's.

Mrs. Will Bally is a little belter. Wm. Sherrard had a letter from his son

who is in ' alifornia at present.

G r a t t a n .

In the little cemetery in Qratinn town

ahip the body of the late James White, e>

patrolman at Grand Rapids, was laid i

rest last week. The funeral processb

formed on Innes avenue at 8 o'clock an

about 50 members of the police departmei t

in uniform were present to pay the hut

' t r ibute of leaped to their comrade wliom

they all had known and luvad on nccDiioi

of his open heartednew> and geniality

h« pall bearers were six patrolmen. Ti

foneral was in charge of the Ancient Ord« r

libernians and the service of the Cm!

Church was read at Ih« cathedral an

"Father Gallagher.

F r e e F i l l s . mr addrebs t » B. K. Rucklen A Co and get a free samplu bix of D<

Life Pills. A trial will conviix :r merits. These pills are easy 1 are parMculnrly elftctive in tli

stiptftion and Sick Headach' irla and Liver Troubles they ba\

invaluable. Tbey are gu»ra perfectly from every deleteriou

ce and to be purely vegetable. Tin-weaken by their action but by tivi ^

o the stomach and bowels greatly i tbe system. Re^ulir size 25c p

by L. H. Hunt & Co. druggists. 2

Hi A l t o n

rn^and'wlfe Mlucivfri <(ft«rwet

Vooil's Corners.

James Houlihan an I Ralph Ford wer

the only ones from here that attended ti

dance nt Lowell Friday night. Alltn Godfrey and wife who hava bee

. ?n St. Louis all winter have got back an ^v i s i t ed al H. D. Weekes's last wee'". bef(ir»

returning to their home in Lowell.

('has. Keeck and wife were both on tin

sii-k list and this week their Imhy is ill.

t The measles patients are all doing wcl

^ The auction at Chris Blosser's Mnndu

was largely attended and everything wei

T k food price.

Will Bliss was kicked by a horse Mon

y nnd broke both bones below the knee.

ur grist mill has once more clmhgci:

inds and Guy Norton of Grattan is tht

iroprietc r, so we are told.

The funeral of Fmma Misch was large!;

nded. The minister rendered his rer-" J —-n both in English and German.

A meetine will be held at the churcl

iday March 25a l2 o'clock p. m. by tlx

[Alton' cmetery Association to see aboni

Initlding a fence around it and to transac

^"Sfflny other business that may come before il

F * Ernest Godfrey and wife and Mrs. Alic

g o w n ' s two daughters attended the wed

3ing of Maude Pender al Entrican lasi

week Wednesday,

(:Born to Ohas. B. Francisco and wife

Maich 11, a little girl whose life was shorf

A general bank ng business transacted. 3 percent interest paid on certiflcales of de-posit. Deposits of $1 00 and upwprd re-ceived in Savings Department, on which 3 percent interest will he credited semi-an-nually, on all deposits left four months.

Money loaned on real estate security, partial payments allonred of any amount m any time.

MRS. DR. WALLEN, OCCULI8T.

Also agent fur the Indian medicines,

A OOBTIIICIIIK T e s t i m o n i a l . | Lyun Illock, Lowell. Mich/

r C O N O M Y in taking Hood's Sar-* saparilla, because « 100 doses one lollar" is peculiar to and true only of che One True B L O O D Purifier.

Keene .

We understand that a young gentleman

rom this section spent Saturday evening in

Ileldini; with his best i{irl. How is that,

Frank? Report. W. H, McBride of North Star is selling

r ail graders for this town with the assim-

a iceq/B F. Wilkinson.

). B. Harris has taken to himself a wife,

Sav. boys, where are you? A letter has been received from Will

arner and he does not seem lu be pleased

with the country.

(•ieorge Sparks of Coral has rented Sam.

Vatts' farm one and a half miles north (f

Saranac. Mrs. Frank Ponverse is al Olisco lakin(!

care of her mother, Mi-s. John Brown.

Alex Gglvie took a trip up to the Dono-

V4n farm Monday.

On account of bad roads meeting closed

al the Keene church.

We are glad to report that A. Bowen is

improving. His daughter is still caring

f r him. Millon Wilkinson was the guest of Nor

man Oglvie Sunday. We are glad to hear

that he is improving.

The next Aid will be at Mrs. Frank

Sayles's April 6. A picnic dinner.

W e s t Lowell .

The Busy Bees will meet with Ethel

Rolf on Saturday March 19, al 2. p m.

The friends and neighbors of Henry Jay

m idea bee last Tuesday lo assist him in

building his house. There were 15 men

present and the same number of ladies whe

a rved dinner at rs. Jay's home. The

building was erected and shingled on that

I iy. M r. Dawson is about to move on the old

Sinclair place. i'he nexl Aid will be entertained al

th ? home of Mrs. W. Mullen on Wednesday vfarch 23.

Mrs. S. Grist wood and L. 0 . Drew of

H ulsonville look di jaat^rrr t i Al. D. Court

jtyvrTvitft last Thursday.

Mrs. Court is in poor health.

Mrs. Kasterbrooks is on the sick list.

The meetings which have been in pro-

gress the past week, closed last Friday eve.

in.-re were four additions to the church.

Perry Thompson lias gone lo Fenwick to

make il his home and will engage in the KT tcery business.

•J Gulliford who has been confined to

the house by sickness the past three weeks

is -lowly improving.

OO-PARTNERS z ORTON HILL, I/iwell, l l icl

\V. A. WATTS, D. R W H I T N E Y , Lowell, Mid.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Kalamazo.

E. W. BOWMAN, " N. S. WHITNEY, Richland, Midi

ASA STRATTON, rrrr t . . . .yri l . t

fS WAST YOUS BUSISSSS.

Bert Auble, who left Cascade more thai:

two years ago to try his fortune in North

em Michigan, has relurned.

P e a c h Hill G r o v o .

Jay Parsons who has been seriously ill i

improving. t llie Story of South Boston is visiting

her friend, Delia Godfrey this week.

Jgaac Fi'kins and wife visited al Charle>

Hendershott's Saturday.

The friends of A. J . Godfrey will hi

pleased to learn that they are at honu

again after spending the winter in St

Ixmis. Miss Hattie Fletcher closei a very suc-

cessful term of school Friday,

Mrs. Penning has been quite ill.

M u c h i n L i t t l e Is especially true of Hood's Fills, for no medl cine ever contained so great curative power In so small space. They are a whole medicine

Hood's chcst, always ready, al- • • • ways cfnclent, always sat- a l l A isfaclory; prevent a cold I I I S or fever, cure all liver ills, sick headache, jaundice, constipation, etc. 25c. The only Fills to take with Hood's Sarsaparilla

V e r g e n n e s .

Mrs. Misner and son Frank went to

Grand Rapids last Thursday to visit friend-

returning home Friday evening

Addic Collar visitnd her grandparents, J W . N alker and wife of Lowell last week.

Ida Hogan of egwun was the guest of Ddlu .lames last Thursday.

S. Brandeberry of Howard City took

dinner with G. W. Crosby Wednesday.

Harold Gott of Saranac visited his sis-

ters, Mesdamcs Dixon ami Bailey last

week. Mrs. R. P . Waters of Pewee valley, Ky.,

is the guest of her parents, Ed Dickson and

wife. Lena Fox attended the bir hday pirtv of

her friend. Mnrgnrite Southard of Lowell,

last Thursday evening. The reading circle will meet with Scott

Fox Saturday evening, March 26. All are

invited. The Loyal Temperance Legion will meet

with Nora Fox Saturday March 26,

Wm. Collins and family visited Italding

friends from Satnrdav until Mondav.

C a s c a d e .

The missionary society met al Mrs. Sen- '

e a Teeple's last Friday and a ihoroughly

"•d time was enjoyed.

The Ladies \ i d Society met at Elder indley's. There was a large crowd which

Ii Iped swell the treasury fund. The Elder j

•as just closed a very successful series of icetings.

TheC. E. gave an entertainment nt the

Cascade hotel au.l it was so well received

t'lat it will ho repented March I0.

Mrs. John Patterson who has had a se-

v re attack of la grippe, is recovering.

The many Iriends of Geo. Stark will

I-MI II with regret that while homo from the

Agricultural college, he was taken ser-

iously ill; he was improving but is now

suO'ering from a relapse.

Richard Slater who rented his farm for

the past year and went to Grand Rapids has returned.

P a t

i t

in

u n t i l y o u

m a k e s u r e i t

w a s m a d e b y

Lewis*

Look for

"Lewis"

o n e v e r y s h o e

y o u b u y a n d

y o u c a n l o o k

a h e a d t o c o m -

f o r t a n d s a t i s -

f a c t i o n . J . B .

L e w i s G o ' s

" W e a r -

R e s i s t e r s " a r e

r i g h t i n p r i ce ,

r i g h t i n s h a p e ,

r i g h t i n c o n -

s t r u c t i o n , r i g h t

i n e v e r y w a y . All Rtylesund Rites

to suit even-body, J. B. LEWIS CO.,

Boston, Han.

L E W I S " W E A R - R E S I S T E R S " are sold by all shoe dealers.

CEO. M. WINFCAR LOWELL.

See ou r ih rcc -p l ccc

B E D R O O M S U I T E S

In AHII, German bevel plate glass, n dandy at

$ 1 2 . 5 0 v i N

Hotter ones at $15, $18, and $20.

M c C o n n e H .

M i s s ELI.A KURTZ.

"For 19 years 1 Buffered from heart t rou-ble. During that timo I was treated by five different physicians. All of them claimed that I eould not be cured. I was greatly troubled wltb shortness of breath, palpitation and pain In the side. I t I be-came excited, or exerted myself in the least, the pain in my sldo became very severe. At times it seemed as though ruedlet toereshoot-ing through my $idc. Sometime in the month of November lust, I commenced taking

D R . W I L E S ' H E A R T C U R E and since then I have Improved steadily. I can now sleep on my loft side, something I bad never been able to do before. I can walk without being fatigued, and am In much better health than ever before, 1 would recommend all sufferers from heart trouble to try Dr. Miles' invaluable remedy without delay." MISS ELLA EUBTZ,

618 Wright St., Milwaukee, Wis.

Dr. Miles Heart Onre Is sold on a positive guarantee tha t the first bottle will oenefit All druggists Sell i t a t l l , 6 bottles for SS. or it will be sent, prepaid, on receipt of price by the Dr. MUea Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.

D r . M i l e s ' H e a r t C u r e R T t n S t h

W a n t e d — M a u , t e a m a u d toolg• t o w o r k 40-ac rc f a r m . E x t r e m e l y

f a v o r a b l e t e r m s , i n o l n d s u g s o m e

f r u i t . I n q u i r e a t t h i s office a t o n c e .

W a n t e d . 10,000 people to send their La . ind rv to the Lowell S t e a m L a u n d r y .

R e a d B o y l a n ' a n e w adv . I t ' s a weet on«.

W O O O W A I V T E O .

T h e LEDGER is n o w p r e -p a r e d t o a c c e p t j r o o d j r r e e n

h a r d w o o d o n s u b s c r i p t i o n a n d

w i l l a l l o w $ 1 . 0 0 p e r c o r d f o r

a l l d e l i v e r e d d u r i n g - t h e m o n t h

of J a n u a r y . A f t e r r e c e i v i n g :

a y e a r ' s s u p p l y n o m o r e w i l l

b e a c c e p t e d . S o t a k e a d v a n -

t a g e of t h e s l o i s f h i n o - a n d d e -

l i v e r a t o n c e .

F r i e n d s o f t h e L E D G E R w i l l

c o n f e r a f a v o r b y c a l l i n « r th t !

a t t e n t i o n o f t h e i r

t h i s o f f e r .

n e i g h b o r s t o

t f

Boy Wanted.

Metchan t ( to applioaut for positiou) ' - A r e you a good pounian and a good speller?

Appl ican t (who has recently graduat-ed f rom publ ic schools wi th high hon-ors)—No, sir. I oannot spell well, nei-ther can 1 wr i t e legibly, bnt in physiol. 0R7, astronomy, geology a u d zoology I am an e x p e r t

Merchant ( test i ly to clerk In next room)—John, send in some one wi th a practical education.—MinneapoliB Trib-une.

Melting MeUls.

A note concerning the pecnliar phe-nomenon noticed in tho mel t ing of met-a ls when unde r extended pressure has recently been published by H . Biachof of Wiesbaden. When a meta l is bedded in a mor ta r of chemically pure a lum in-

, ium ixide, thoroughly dried and then subjected to tho necessary beat, a oon-sidernble retardat ion in mel t ing is no-ticed For instance, a rod of silver, which should mel t nt 1,830 degrees F . , when thus treated will not change i ts form and mel t together u n t i l 6,780 de grees F Pal ladium, which should mel t a t 3,180 degrees F . , shows no sign of yleldlug a t 2,900 degrees F . I t would seem t h a t these rods of meta l , unable to expaud w h i l e in the powerfu l gr ip of the a lumin ium oxido, which cuutracts on heat ing , simply cannot mel t as they would under normal condi t ioni

HOW TO FIND OUT, Fill a bottle or common glass with urine

and let il stand twenty four hours, a sedi-meot or aellling-indicates a disceased con-dition of the kidneys; When urine stain* linen it is positive evidence of kidney trouble. Too frequent desire to urinate or pain in the hack, is also convincing proof tlmt the kidneys nnd bladder are out of or . der.

WHAT TO DO.

T here is comfort in the knowledge lo often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Hoot, the great kidney remedy fulfills every wish in relieving pain iu the back, kidnev. liver, bladder ami every part of lie nrir.ary passages It corrects inability to hold urine ami scalding pain in passing it, or bad elFuct following use of liquor, wine op heer; and overcomes that unpleas-.int necessity of being compelled to get up many times during the night lo urinate. The mild and llie extraordinary dlect ol Swamp-Rout is soon realized. It standi the highest for its wonderful cures of tho most distressing cases. Ifyou need a medi-cine vou should have the best. Sold by druggists price lilty cents and one dollar. Yon may have a sample bottle and pam phlet both sent I ree by mail, upon receip ol three two-cent itamps to cover cost o

Siostagc on the bottle. Mention Lowell VEDOBB, and send your address to Dr.

Kilmer £ Co., Binghamton, N. Y. 1 be proprietors of this paper guarantee the genuineness of this offer.

E E T I N Q W I T H D E S T I N Y . P I I • N o m a n can tell w h e n i t wi l l I • come a l o u g . Of t en i t a t a r t s

u p b e f o r e u s in u n e x p e c t e d l i m e s a n d places. E v e n a n

a f t e rnoon •troll wi th a f r i end a n d a c h a n c e i n t roduc t i on m a y s h a p e all t h e c o n r a e of one 'a a f t e r l i f e . T o be a lways a t y o u r b t e t a n d no t a s h a m e d of y o u r devtiny y o u m a s t dress l i k e a t r u e g e u t l e m a n . This can be done b y o r d e r i n g y o u r Soils aad Orercaats of

M. BORN & GO., Tbe Great Chicago Merchant Tai lors

W h o a r e u n r i v a l l e d Wlartere of t h e T a i l o r i n g Ar t .

8 0 0 N E W P a t t e r n s . F i n e s t Mater ia l . P e r f e c t F i t . N e w S t o c k . La tes t Styles . Bes t W o r k * m a n s h l p . T h r i f t y P r i c e s .

A Cheery Gua ran t ee W i t h AIL Call on

* 1 M T I , 1

C ;

C l ean y o u r teeth wi th Rose C r e a m ,

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

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

8. F. HICKS, Loans, Collections, Real Estate aud Insur-

ance. Lowell, Mich.

0 . C. McDANNEL, M. D , Fhyslclan and Surgeon. Office, -16 Bridge

street, Lowell, Mich.

M.C.GREEN, M. I).

physician and Surgeon. Office at Residence Bridge street, Lowell, Mich

G . G. T O W S L E Y , M. D. ,

Fhyslclan and Surgeon. Office hours, 10 a.-o to 3 pm. and 7 to 8 pm.

J . M.GOODSPEEH, M.l». Office and Residence on Hud'-on street, office

hours from 9 to 10 a. m , S to 4 p. m- and 7 to 8 p. m , Sundty, 2 t" 5 p MI.

E. H. CAMBElL, INSURAMfie. LOANS. Notary Public, Real Estnte Agf-nt and Col-

lector. Over Boylan's store, l-owui*

MILTON M. FERRY,

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

Has also qualitled and been admitted to prae lice in the Interior Department and all the bureaus thereto and is ready to prosecute Claims for those tlmt may be entitled to Pension Bounty.

> X , I j o w e l l .

i \ Hi ' .

C o t h e s D 9 i i , t H a k e £ [

T h e M a n

But they ivrtainly do make a t : preat diflm-nce in their appear- S^T ance. as in the rase ..f these two men. My siiit>, pania and over coals arc made h ..im jrooils ol 5 3 your own seleetioii from hun-dreds of the lu-.-t and latest stvles of Koods on the market. The goods, fit ami « r k i i i n i i s h i p are 1 guaran teed w i l l t ha t gn i i ran tec* .

' t r L'uarantcp • -

S M I T H , T 1 l e t-e t d i n g T a i l o r .

F a l l a n d w i n t e r s n m p l c - now i n . •

" t"* • •- | f [T I' I si nwia——• i •

Edward 0. Mains, A t t o r n e y a t L a w ,

YOUR PATRONAQE S O L I C I T E D .

F 3 H 1 F Z R B

INSURANCE! C A L L O N

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

A . E. Cambell, D e n t i s t ,

OVFR BOYLAN'S STORE. All hnincl ics of den ta l work d o n e by

t he liitest improved me thods , S a l . isfiiiciioii ouii ran teed .

G a s iidnii ' is tcrcd.

A N O L D G O V E R N M E N T D I E .

Baed by a Lawyer na a Paporwelcht For Tear*.

I n the conrse of a lecture a t t be Ap-prentices ' l ibrary A, E. Guterbridge, J r . , related an interesting incident tha t •erves to show how much more careful Unc le Sam is in tho destruction of old dies for coins than he used to be. " S o m e vime a g o , " said Mr. Onterbridge, " I w a s vis i t ing the office of a f r iend who is a lawyer, when I noticed upon h i s desk a l i t t le metal object, covored wi th three or four coats of rod paint , wh ich was apparently in use as a paperweight . I t was a government die fo r a silver dollar of 1800, aud for my f r iend to have i t in h i s possession was a penal offense. De did not know w h a t i t was nnt i l I told h im , and ho informed me t ha t i t had been around the office a s a paperweight as long as he could remember—40 years a t least. 1 gave him a nilvf.r weight in i t s place and informed the an thor i t i s s a t Washington of the circumstance, also forwarding my f r i end ' s affidavit as to w h a t ho knew about i t .

" A t that time, thongh all dies were supposed to be destroyed when discard-ed, tho system was r a the r lax, and tbey sometimes found their way into the pos-session of junk dealers. I agreed to turn over the dio upon condition t h a t it should not bo destroyed, but kept in tho mimitiujulic coliecliou a t the Phi ladel-ph ia iniut, nnd t ha t I might borrow i t a t a f a t n r e t ime to i l lustrate a lecture. The conditions were agreed to, aud I bave brought the die wi th me tonight to show to you. I hud to wri te a very formal letter to get it , s ta t ing tho pur-pose for which i t w a s to be used, and i t m u s t be re turned tomorrow m o r n i n g . " —Phi lade lph ia Eecord.

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BY ROV.'ARD M. YOST orynchl iSqt. In J U Lippmcott Co

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Or. An I

i->rr. nmi i pnin. atourt. nna wirn a laugli: "I 've st irred up tho rata, at any rato. I M ' o . wha t ' s t h a t ? " I exclaimed, ns a dcen. rrni^cd pound, accompanied by a sli-'ht jar , immediately followed. It was IIB thongh a heavy door In some distant part of the house had Rlammed.

For quite a t ime I sat up In bed and listened, but no more unufinal Rounds followed.

Mrs. S'.ivder's words concerning mys-ferions bannenlngs in my bouse and Barah's nnrensornble fears fo r mvsnfe-

SVNtii uio j C H A P T E R 1 — N t i s u n v . o n w a y , s u s p e c t e d i of a t ' t n i u u f i p l i . u uui tn i v -ooc ry . r e a c h e s

b l d l n g t o n on IUS w a y io l l i e o ld N e l s o n . , „ honmouad, seus Jai.c iiui.oicker io unve ' > ' • ' n " ' i v r d bv the two events just men-

1 " i " • » ^ «*>» I before io hl.i i1ru1.uiu.nci ;>«.•...on. though the first event was d u e wholly • CHAI'TLU 11—a year previuua ConwTiy.

paying teller iu a i n.iuutli.nm suvlnta l bank, was Inviied io luc n^.m oi Florence

Morley io a party Kaowuig mis would not allow him io reiuni io UUHK as cany next morning as uauui iu- urranges wun

to nn ordinary cause, and t h e second, t h e n n n a r e n t sound of n s lamming door. m W H be. nnd probably was, just what It Peemed. A gen t le night breeze had

| Horace JucKson-a fei.ow . miaoye—io be arisen, and some of the windows in the on hand when the clocivWorK bnould release i „ • i . t combination ot vault Keturn-ng lo bi-iik ' 0 ' ' house might have nexl morning Conway Ulscovers the cash i been leff o^en. fherebv produclnfr

d o< ! • I " * * * ' » 'Dtm-pnlnfr theft, but Mr Mcrky, a irusice. proves an I do^r tn s w t n f shu t . True, the sound alibi for him. wlilioui however removing 1

the general suspicion

T H O S E

S E L F I S H M E N .

CIlAPTlil l iV—I'erry i-Xiiresscs ms con-fldence in Conway, but bu...s e...c.aUy he must hold him la douu.. wi.Lreupoa Con-way resigns his posUion .\.i Aiuile-y uiao beiieves in Conway s inr.o--..it. but be-cause* of public dii-irii-' • • a | rom.so thai friendly relalior.s > t n i enway and Florence MorUy i < . . riird unul Conwav nr .»v-L.s ; -.-jice when ne spoke again, it si-i'iueil somewna t s t r a n g e to mo at t he t ime , l i e had obtained the promise he wished, but if did not seem to give him the pleas-ure I n a t u m l l y expected it would.

l i e extended his hand. "Mr. Conway, you a re a m a n of honor ," he said. "1 deem i t a favor to shake h a n d s wi th you. I sincerely hope y o u r innocence m a y b e establ ished. Bnt , " he hesl-

X T MI XI ta ted here, "do no t be over-sanguine. W o l l i o r e W i l l t h e y h o l d t h e Kobberies have occurred before which

B C e p t e r o f s u p e r i o r i t y o v e r t h e have ever remained myster ies . I m u s t w o m e n i n m a t t e r s " o f d i e s s . confess, a l though I am one of the

T h a t l o n g a n d p a i n f u l w a i t i n g " - n r t e c . ami am . L o M o r e an i n t e r r e d , , •• i r par ty , I am not so sure t h e p e r p e t r a t o r s

. f o r t h e S U l t tO^ c o n i e t r o m t h e of th i s last robbery will ever be dis-d r e S S m a k e r s i s a t h i n g " of t h e covered. The re seems to be no t t h e p a s t , M y l a d y c a n n o w v i s i t s l igh tes t clew to work on. I do n o t

S o f i a g & C o m p a n y ' s s u i t d c - t h i B , 0 c a u 8 f y o u P ^ n . b u t s imply " / . . to warn you against en te r ta in ing hopes

p a r t m e n t a n d lit" five m i n u t e s which may never be realized." t i m e o w n a c o s t u m e , p e r f e c t i n

fit, s t y l e a n d m a k e , r e a d y f o r

i n s t a n t w e a r . W h y s h o u l d

w o m e n b e a n n o y e d w i t h t v

m a k i n g o f t h e i r o w n c l o t h i n g -

m o r e t h a n t h e m e n ? P e r f e c -

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

o f a l l g a r m e n t s s h o w n h e r e .

L a d i e s s p r i n g s u i t s i n p l a i n

e f f e c t s a n d m i x t u r e s —

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d i e s ' f a n c y l i s l e o p e r a h o s e ,

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t o 5 0 c .

L a d i e s ' f a s t b l a c k c o t t o n h o - e

w i t h M a c o f e e t , r e d u c e d f r o m

5 0 c t o 2 0 c .

L a d i e s ' f a s t b l a c k c o t t o n

h o s e r e d u c e d f r o m 2 5 c t o 1 7 c .

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c o t t o n h o s e a t p e r p a i J , l ( 1 c .

I n d i e s ' f a n c y h o s e i n b l a c 1

d r o p s t i t c h , o r r i b b e d c o t t o n

o r l i s l e t h r e a d a t 2 5 c , 3 7 ^ 5 0 c

7 5 5 1 . 0 0 .

F a n c y c o l o r e d t o p s w i t h b l a c k

b o o t s ' , 8 1 . 0 0 , 7 5 , 5 0 , a n d 2 5 .

f F a n c y p l a i d $ 1 . 0 », 7 5 , 7 0 37. i

' f i n d 2 5 .

W e a r e s h o w i n g " e v e r y t h i n g

i n h o s i e r y .

T h e L a c e M a n G o n e M a d .

CHAPTER v . On the first evening of my occupancy

of the old homestead I recalled Mr. Morley's words and thought with sor-row how much superior his j udgmen t had been to mine.

A y e a r had gone by, a year of hear t -kche, d isappointment and unfulll l led

y

• Speak out, I eny. or I ' l l fire I '

longing, and the cloud had not been lifted f r o m my life. And, oh, 1 was so homesick for jus t a glimpse of my dear love's face.

A few days a f t e r my interview wi th Mr. Morley I had received a note f rom Florence:

"Dear Mr. Conway: Father has InformeJ mo of your resolve not to call on me or at-tempt to keep up the friendship which made me so happy, umll you are freed from all suspicion. 1 appreciate the maiillness which prompts you lo such a resolve, and 1 wish lo assure you from the bottom of my heart that 1 respect and trust you. 1 know you are innocent, nnd shall always believe so. Keep up a brave spirit. The mystery will be explained and you exonerated. He-member. 1 believe in you wholly, and shall always remain, Your true friend,

" F L O . u f c . N C t - M O U L K Y . "

i took the worn note f r o m the locket which 1 wore a round my neck aud pressed it to my lips, as 1 had done many l imes since i ts receipt , and 1 won-flercd if her heart was still t rue to the Bcnliment expressed in il.

The harvest moon was resplendent nnd ihe whi le beams came in to the win-dow where 1 sat in my night robe, flood-ing my whi te drapery wi th l ight. The re

l ife; the were no bouuds of h u m a n

V / M i ' l l e n v w h p n YOU SCC ' w o r l c l B e e n i P c l , e f t " h o l l y to the crick-Y o U ^ " V . f t s and katydids. With a sigh f rom

1 C i the dep ths of my lonely hea r t 1 re-placed the note in its receptacle and

P o i n t arose. i n c h e s T u r n i n g f r o m the window, I saw

c o u n t e r s t h i s w e e k .

A g r e a t a s s o r t m e n t

V e u i f t P l a c e , t o ^ r i gh t opposite me. on the o ther side w i d e , e v e r y y a r d w o r t h l i o m t l i e I . o o m i u l a l l ^ i t c f i g u r e . What

9 0 c e n t s t o * 1 . 5 0 p e r y a r d ; w a s i t o There it stood, while 1 gazed

v o n r c h o i c e of a l l t h i s w e e k f o r spellbound, motionless, myster ious. In . ' a l igh tn ing flash of thought Sarah 's

^ x forebodings came to me. Then 1 grasped my pistol, which was

* r • ! J lying on the table beside me. M a i l V / l ( I f r S . "Now, then, if this is a practical joke.

Intended simply to f r i g h t e n me. let W e - r W h t f u l l v c l a i m t o b e it s top," I said. It was with somed i f - L.ri but more d is t inc t .

i-t, - n r d f r h o u s e Acuity. I confcss, t ha t my voice was Here wusn mys te ry indeed, one which t h e q u i c k e s t m a i l o r a c r n o u . <. ^ o n | v t h e 8 l i n i l r s o f n 5 g h t

,111 M i c h i g a n a n d t h e n e s t ( r "Whoever you are, speak nnd ex- for its mani fes ta t ions , but enme in t h e

I g a n i z e d f o r p r a c t i c a l a n d r e h a - plain, or r n see if you imv

i b l e s e r v i c e . S h o p p i n g b y m a i l enough to stop a bul le t!" ic a" f i l l f v n e r i e n c e w i t h I P " > ' ^ rPl>l.v. but n

s-emed t o r o m e f r o m beneath me. Put

men i... < . , in.ii^iiiution. In i rn- s.u . . .i a suuuen noise is ratiiei- iiii.n-ult io locale. How often the mosi ioiuiiiou events, under nn-f a m u . a r nn- i . i • u.-nces, become inex-pbcaoie m y s t e m . - .

1 am not ot a supers t i t ious make-up. and therefore Suruh ' s vague fears did nol produce in me n feel ing of f r i gh t ; but there was a wutchfu lness about my senses us though there were " funny th ings ." to use .Sarah's term, about the house, which would become apparen t in due time.

Nestl ing i y head down on the pil low. redolent with the g r a t e f u l health-giving aroma of spruce. I closed m}-

eyes. Hleep did not come as quickly ns I had

boasted to my old nurse it would, and it was some time before my conseio is-ness began to wander into f b c dorr.ain of vague fancies and indis t inct ideas which character ize the period between waking and sleeping.

Then, almost before my eyes could open. I suddenly sat. up in bed and listened with hear ing sharpened by Ihe sense of expectancy which had come over me.

Out th rough t h e silence of my room there came s tea l ing the sound of a voice — but such a voice! Not possessed by nny liuinan being, sure ly! Pitched on a high, quaver ing tone, nnd yet so soft nnd smal l : so fa in t , as t h o u g h borne f rom a grea t d is tance : so plain, as though r ight a t my bedside; bea r ing no semblance to human tones, but never-theless undoubtedly a voice; f o r a f t e r a t ime 1 could dis t inguish a word now and then.

If there were in t h e world wei rd .mis-shapen little fo lks like fu i r ics and gnomes, and we could hear t he i r con-versation, I imagine their voices would .ioniid like this one to which now 1 was listening.

There was no wonder Mrs. "Snyder had been impressed by it, if t h i s were the voice she had heard.

S t range indeed, and unna tu ra l , a s though not of t h i s world, i t seemed to me. A creeping sensation came over me. not exactly 1'ke t ha t produced by fear ; there was more of awe, of sol-emnity. about it.

The sound of t h e voice w a s in termit -tent . There would be a f ew words, then a pause, and so on. I could make no sense of the few dis jointed sentences. I t lasted but a f ew minutes . Indeed, so brief was tho conversat ion, if that is what it was. there w a s no t i m e to make an investigation.

Af te r a long period of anx ious listen-ing I sett led down again for sleep. And when a t last s lumber came, it was t roubled. Vague, shadowy dreams flit-ted across my consciousness, and th rough t h e m all w a s a sor t of premo-nit ion of f u t u r e events, which seemed t o have a bear ing upon the robbery.

The next m o r n i n g I was awakened by the sun sh in ing in my face . Hardly had I got my eyes open ond my senses aroused to my new sur roundings , when a loud and long-continued t h u m p i n g on the f r o n t door caused m e to spr ing out of bed. Hast i ly donn ing a few gar-ments , I went to the door and opened i t

Mrs. Snyder w a s s t and ing there , and an unmis takable look of relief came over her face when she saw me.

"Ach my! you schleep so sount I 7as a f r a i t sorncsing de m a t t e r ! " she said. "Breakfas ' vas r c t t y long d ime a l rc t ty . "

"All r ight . I 'll be r i gh t over and ea t i t ," 1 replied.

While 1 was dress ing the recollection of the s t range voice of t h e last n ight came to me. Now, in the broad glaru of the forenoon, when all m y s t e r y takes flight and the ha l luc ina t ions of the darkness become trivial, 1 wondered if my imaginat ion had played m e a tr ick, i t seemed as t hough I had heard the voice in a d ream, so unreal did the cir-cumstance appear now.

1 was s t and ing by the huge chimney, when again, b reak ing in upon my thoughts , came t h e sound of tha t mys-ter ious small voice.

As on the n igh t before, t h e r e were no completed sentences ; only a word be-tween pauses of various dura t ion . T h e sounds were plainer , however ; not loud-

i-e substance

i s a d e l i g h t f u l e x p e r i e n c e w i t h I P " « " ^ ' o r a re,,ly. uut none came-iS d. a t i i ^ u u u i WM "Speak out. I say. or . as su re as there p a t r o n s . ^ e c a r r y o u t i n - | 8 „ ( ] 0 l l jn Ura ren . I 'll Are!" I called

s t r u c t i o n s f a i t h f u l l y a n d e n - ftgain< nnd again received no reply, d e a v o r t o d o e v e n b e t t e r t h a n The white th ing remained there . In

j s a s k e d o r e x p e c t e d of u s .

W i t h s u c h s e r v i c e a n d s a t i s f a c - c h n H e ( ] u p n n ( 1 d m v i l rav gpine, i raised

i o n , n o w o n d e r w e a r e t h e

a t e s t of m a i l o r d e r h o u s e s . t i o n .

p r i n g &

C o m p a n y

G r a n d R a p i d s , M i c h .

my arm. took deliberate a im and fired. A ra t t le of breaking glass followed

the repor t of t he pistol, and a dark ,spot appeared in the center of the whi te figure. The flash of the pistol had been reflected back, and in an in-s t an t I realized the t r u t h .

With a scornful laugh and a con-demnatory exclamation a t my foolish-ness, I placed the pistol on the table

and got in to bed. j Then a s l ight scuffling noise, seem-

ing to come f r o m benea th , reached tny '

M

place wi th nn though t f u r flier f r o m my mind than tha t I should find Miss Mor-ley here .

Was lliero a design of fa te In th i s? And—was she still my t rpe love? Per-haps I should i-ve her ; but I remem-bered my de te rmina t ion nnd nfy prom-ise to he r f a the r , nnd how fa r I still was f rom removing the condit ion im-posed on the renewal of our f r iendship , and. I hoped, ou r love.

Th is a f t e r t h o u g h t filled me wi th an i'lXo'it Impaticnee lo commence some kind of

L O W h i . I. & HASTINGS TIMETABLE.

RAILROAD

n KUecl Sumiav , May 8JJ, 1807.

OOINO SOUTH M.WI-LL IV c'ratt Luku .imdalu a'

Klmdalc h l ^ i i run '•"recport ai S'd Uapids a-l.rillKlllg

nbopil It." t he good HOUI replied, wi th IUT honest old face up turned to mp.

"That was very foolish. Nothing Is going to happen to me," I said, l ight ly, ult hough 1 was no t so su re of il now.

When I went outside the two women were still t a lk ing , and the re was an awe-str icken expression on each face.

"What are you two supers t i t ious old gir ls doing n o w ? " I asked. " H a t c h i n g up more myster ious ta les?"

Mrs. Snyder gravely shook her head, as though seriounly condemning levity on superna tu ra l s-ibjects. Barah res t -ed her hand on my a rm. and gazed up i n v p S , ' g a t i o n on my own hook. i v | u | ) in to my face. There was deep concern 1 , ! a t l l m 6 n s h o r t i n ^ ' l e w with Mr. , Unsbig in every line of her countenance. Per ry , the pres ident of the bank , jus t Grand K-pid-

"Nel. you comc wiz me." she said. , , e f o r e In>' depa r tu re lor Europe. I t leading the way. I followed a round , , n ' 1 b , , < ' n n i O R t unsa t i s fac tory to me. the corner of the house, and she stopped f o r M r - I > P r r>' w n R nble to hold out n^i Klunlal- Iv before a window, the shu t t e r s of which , , 0 P 0 o f ' ' nmedia te relief. He was j u s t pa t t Lake were closed, n" earnest , however, in advising me to

"Look!" she exclaimed, pointing to- l i e c P o n my course of apparent in- Trulns Arrive and dupirt from r.onl6lree{j| ward the shu t t e r s . "Mrs. Snyder says difference and do no th ing in the way of pH*«,-niM-r denot

- - a search myself . Since that interview six months had

fiOlMl NllUI it

No. 1 No. 3 7 0(! a n.Vl 1 50 7 1)8 7 15

8 64 11 40

No. Si

dayt ime, as thongb possessed of such subtle and uuaei-ountable qual i t ies t h a t il might defy research.

Af ter the voice hail ceased, and 1 con-l inued my toilet, t he sound of talking, coming from ili3 walk outside, reached

me. 1 glanced out of the window, and saw-

Sarah am! Mrs. Snyder aga in in must earnest conversation.

Somewliu I surpr ised to see my old nurse so curly in the day. 1 called to her :

"Hello. Sarah! What 's t he t roub le? What broughl you here nt th i s i ime?"

"Ach. Nel.Jfuii 1 am glad t o see you' ." she ixc l a imt* . "1 couldn' t uchleepull

n i g h t / "Now, thuMp-aa too bad ," I said.

••What l ^ l B j o i i a w a k e ? " "1 vatflNFiikin* of you nil alone in dis

olt h o u A and BO much blrumrenesa

7 00 a m

7 30 7 iiO 8 00

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8 00 a in 10 58 !

1 30 p m 1

No. 6

1 I 35 1 45 2 05 S 1 o y.

i io pm 3 38 u 35 5 40 6 50 0 00 15 15 0 2P 0 Jty

d a t vas not dere yesterday. '

Like those of most Pennsylvania fa rmhouses , t he downstairs windows were provided with solid board KIUII-t e r s .

O I T Nov. 21.15)97. GRAND RAPIDS & WEoTERN R. H.

elapsed, nnd I had l i e a n l " o l h i n g f rom l.v h im. I now resolve'^ t 0 l a k e the affair '• In my own hands. F o r , 0 K0 o n living.

In the center of th i s par t icu la r pair F l o r c " c c . i ndu lph ip 1 ^ W r a . a .mal l r m m d hole, trom 0 * O.UJO, I i n a < " \ Z " 2 " L

" sweet society, w o i , i a B , n l P 'y he tor-tu re .

"Come, Nel," S a r n h flnnlly s ^ d , b reak ing In upon my' thoughts . " \ \ e haf no t seen all ycd."

Grur.d Kiiijh'a K ludaln

of which a few chips r u n n i n g with thp g ra in of the wood were broken.

"Well, w h a t of I t ?" 1 asked, hoping t h a t I eould avoid giving an explana-t ion , fo r I was a tr if ie ashamed of my self for Aring a t my own reflection.

"Somepody shot t h r o u g h de shu t le i nnd t ry lo kill you . maybe. I t ' s a bullet hole, aint i t ? Oh. Nel. d idn ' t you hear i t ? Mrs. Snyder heard it f r o m her house, ond she look out he r vindow ond saw a man r u n n i n ' avay down de road, have we n o t ? You can't s td&Sere . Nel. Vou go home see?" I asked, wiz me."

I could no t f o r b e a r a smile a t Sa-r a h ' s fears, bu t . r emember ing they were the consequence of the deep of-fec t ion she f e l t fo r me. I checked the frivc.lons reply which my t o n g u e was about to u t t e r .

"Why, bless your dear old loving hea r t , Sarah ," 1 said, t ak ing hold of h e r a rm, "come, I'll explain tha t , nnd when you know about it you'l l laugh at me."

T h e women w e n t a long into my room. "Vou see t ha t window? You remem-

ber the s h u t t e n were a lways kep t

Ar

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C n A P T E R V L

When we were ng"0 '" B t o n d l n g in the main hall on the Art11 Aoor, Sarah s last

r e m a r k came to me. "Wc have been o v c r t h e "•h0 1 ' '

^Vhiat more is there to

1 o well 2 30 0 30" Lovv.-i! 1150 A.M 4 15

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l i e t r o l l H 00 1 1 0 " " 0 10 l ^ i ns lng 10 50 3 31 8 48

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bt-lwci-n (irnn4 ••nts.

Parlor ears on all tral* s Rapids and lU-troit. seata 25 c

GEO. DEllAVEN^jen. Pa-a. Agent, Ach", Nel! haf .v'ou f o r P o t d e p l a c ^ xV " '-•LARK, Ag- nt (irand Kaplou;

you alvays vanted t 0 P 0 t o n n < ' v e j Low-ll

vouldn' t led you. b e c a " s c [ i v n s d n m P and d a r k ? "

"Tha t ' s so. You n i e a n t h e c e l , n ^ • , ' "Yes. yes. to be »su.re- V o u v a R l o K t

vonst, and ve could1 1 ^ ^11^ y o u ' o r a

[TO UK Ci N 'N ' KD |

B u c k i e n ' s A r n i c a S a l v e . THE BBST SALVK in the world for Ca ts .

Bruises. Sores. Ulcers. Sail Rheam. Fever Sores. Totter, Chapped Hands, rhilblains. (.'orns nnd all Skin Eruptions, nnd positive-ly cures Piles, or no pay required. It is

| mmranteed to give perfect satisfaction or i money rofanded. Price 25 cents per box.

For sale by L. H. Hunt 4 < o

"Yos. and ahe «o flne and prout.

p H A N C E R Y SALE. * ^tate of Michigan, the Circuit I 'oarl for the County of Kent in ' lianccry ("ornelius Krum nnd Sophronia Krum.

< omplainants. vs. Willinm Uelaney. Mary L I'elaney nnd

The King Milling Company. Defendants

In [inrsuance and by virtue of a decree of the Circuit1 ourl for the County of Kent, in Chancery, made and entered on the ;>lst day of Jnuaary. A, I ) . 1*118 in the above entitled cause, notice is hereby giv-en that on Saturday tin- 0th day of April A. I>. 1898. at 10 o'clock in tho fore-noon of said day. 1. the subscriber, one of the Circnit Coiirt ('ommissiom-rs in and for snid County of Kent, in the - t a t e of Mich-igan. slinll sell at public auction to tlie

;losed. Well. 1 had forgot ten all a b o u t ; '"^hesl bidder, at the north front door of It last n ight , and a f t e r 1 was undressed I saw my figure, clad in my wh i t e n igh t robe, reflected f rom the glass. You women mus t have made me somewha t nervous by y o u r talk while m a k i n g up my bed. Anyhow, I was a tr if le f r i g h t -

the i ourt House of said county, in the city of Grand Uapids, in snid coumy. • that certain piere or parcel of l and - ; nto nnd being in the township of V genius in Ihe county of Kent andstaie • Michigan, di scribed as follows, to-wit:

The west half of the southwest qnartt r rued at n y own shadow, nnd fired a bul- of section three (8 in township numbt r let at it. So. you see. no one t r ied to kill me at al l . It was only my own fool-ishness. of which I am hear t i ly nshamed. Now let me get some break-fast , and then we'll goa l l over t h e house lo satisfy you the re can be n o t h i n g in it which could do mc h a r m . "

1 said no th ing about the voices I had heard, nor of the noise like the slam-ming of a door. The re was no use in adding to t h e inexplicable fee l ing of a larm which my old nurse fe l t .

As for the m a n Mrs. Snyder had seen a f t e r the shot fleeing down the road, t ha t was easily explained.

If my house had the reputa t ion of be-ing htiunled. it was most likely a passeiv by would have wings to his heels on hear ing the report of a pistol about the place.

Af ter b r e a k f a s t we went t h r o u g h t h e house.

seven < north of range number nine i ;

west, G'BBITIT H ALHHUs. » ircuit ( ourt < 'ommistiiouer, Kent Coun-

ty. Michigan. MfiTON M I'mtitv. Solicitor for ' omplninnnt. Dated. Grand I'.ipids, Michigan. Febru

arv 2ord, A D.. IS'JS.

GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY SYSTEM.

Arrival and Departure of Trains ai Lowe)

T l m o T a b l e Jn E f f e c t J a n ' y . , 1898 , WUSTWAKI)

YD liapids.'Gd Haven I.KAVE ABIUVK and Muskegon f l a 10 pm f 4 (JO pnj

(id Kapicjs.tid Haven Muskegon and Chicago. f 4 35 pm flO-l? an/

(«d Uapids,Gd Haven nnd Milwaukee ate .Stations 'f 9 19 pm f 7 lo am

• id l\apiil»,(id Haven ami Miibkegon * n 4ii am * l l48pO)

viixed .Gd Uapids f 2 15 pmf 12 ICpnj

EUJTWAKU.

Dclrojl, Canada and I.KAVK ICpsl f 7 If. am

Del mil and Chicago via Durand 110 47 am

I K-troit, Canada and liasl t -J 00 pm

Detruli, Canada and Kiisl * J148 pna t Kxcept Sunday. * Daily.

Mixed Owosso Tl2 10

AURIVFS

t 'J 19 pn)

112 Jo pm

6 i f n i T u

V f ORTfiAOK SAI h . Delault has hccii made ii in the enn

Mitiiins ol the payment of a certain mort-{ ga^e dated Novemher .ith 1 '•'.lo nude and i executed by Glaspii- Alexander, a sinyle I man. and llamiah .1. II. \U-xander Imih of I Ver{:ennc>, Kent County Michigan, to i Mary K. Boii^hton, <1 \lps Itensaiaer ' County New Vin-k. Said M-uluaire was re { iMiiilcl Nov-emher (ith. IS'.i'i, at the ullice ••!' j the Register oi .iccis Keni 1 onnty Mi' h | at S.l o'clock a. m. in lihcr 1 ol' iimrti-ages i on panes 4")4 and

Said morigajfe contain- a clause wherein it is ex|ire>-ly auree-'. by and between llie

SLEEPING AND lA LOR CAR SERYICI WKSTWAKD.

12 10 pm train has parlor car to Grand Uapids. Kxtrn charge 2o centi.

i) HI pm train has parlor car to Grand Uapids. lixlra charge 25 cents.

EASTWARD. * /!•'> am train has parlor car to Detroit,

.'.xiia charge 25 cents. I'ullnian palnee ir I>i-troil lo Toronto connecting with

siceping car for the east ami New Vork — •nnects at Dnram! with C it (J l" division

I..r I'M". Huron and Chiea^O and with C S iV M fur Saginaw and |!ay City,

•1 (Hi pm train has parlor car to Dejrojl. i-Atra charge Jo cents, and Pullman slcnp-nj; car to Toronto. Suspensioji Bridge, .i:(!iil.>, I'hiladelphili and New York •mi'-cts al Durand with c & (J T divishm

I'. n Huron and Battle Creek and with • . S. iJe M. division for Saginaw and Bay

ny \ () 11 KVDI.«UFF, ajieni, Lowell, Mich. !•: l | l lnitiES, A ^ i Gpn P & T a[.ent,

llieilgo, III, 1'.I:N KI.ETFJIEIT,Trav Pa -Sagen t D i l i o i t

I noticed tha t all t he windows were | parties there'o that should any deiauli he closed. T h e r e l o r e i i w a s no sudden gus t ! made in payment oi tiu-pi ini-iiial or inter-of air that causeil the s l amming of a I est or ol any part thereo! mi any day vvi.ere-door. But no th ing war discovered « hich would give one reason to supposf t h e r e was a n y t h i n g unusual about the place.

We finally came t o the a t t ic , nnd 1 looked out of one uf the small win-dows. first b rush ing away i h e cu r t a in of cobwebs.

Fr.im th is height I could see ove-, t he or<,hr..-ds. On the brow of Sunset ITili. about half r. mile d i s tan t , was a large hoi.se, evidently quite new.

It was a splendid s t r u c t u r e fo r the count ry , and 1 fancied a wea l thy resi-dent of the c i ty had discovered the beaut ies of Nelsonville and buil t h im a summer residence here.

"Whose place is t ha t over on Sunset Hil l?" 1 asked.

"Some rich man ' s f rom de c i ty ." Sa-rah answered.

"Do you k n o w his n a m e ? " T eontin-ticd. moved by curiosi ty.

'•Veil. I did know. Ach, vhat is it. now ? 1 forget e fe rys ing soon," Sarah replied.

Here Mrs. Snyder chimed in: "His name is Morley."

" W h a t ? " I exclaimed, in amazement . "Morley? Sylvester Morley?"

"1 tou' t know his first name." the old widow answered.

"Has he n d a v H i t e r ? Is she h e r e ? " "Yos. and she so fine and prout . A.-h.

and so p r e t t y ! Yes. she is here . Dr.-live here now in de summer . " conlimted the old lady, glad fo r the oppor tun i ty of impar t ing news. "I see d e n almost cfery day. Dey dr l fc by. An.l l i i in.de man , ach. vha t a fine shentlema:!! So tall and s t r a igh t , such a line peard. and he looks so prout . too! '1

The ga r ru lous old widow's descrip-tion fchlisfied mc. i t y hea r t boat rap-idly. 1 bad come in to this secluded

•N the KIIIIC is nride payaide. and shouU1

the same reimnn unpaid and in arrears for (ho space ot 30 day-., ihen the aforesaid principal sum with all anvarasre* inter-e>l. shall at the "pli tbe ml party lhereto her leyal repiesi niaiivi s or avians i e.-nine due, ail i payalile iiiimediately thereafter

Ami, whereas, more than IM days havi-elapsed since the intercht and a pint nl the I principal secured by said inuv'^j'.'e' heca-'ie | due and payable thesaid Mary lv Bon-^h | ton hereby declare- the entire s nn si-cii:ed | by said uiorljiaue due an I payable.

The nni'iiiiit claimed l > be due and pay- j aide • n -ai i mortjiane al dale m lhi> noti'-c | is the sum ol elevi II lumdn-d. three and M ; -100 dollars, prim ipal and intere.-t. also j the* farther sum ol lirieeii ih llar-a« an al I Inrney lee is s'ipulalwl for in -aid m i'-gage.

Ami whereas, im suit or pMceedhi;s al 1 hiw or in eipiiiy ha-hivn insiitu'ed !•> re- • covei said debi oi iiMy.p;>rt I hereof

Now iherefore uniiee is hcrehy- uiventha! • I v virtue of the p overof-.ile i-.iitaiuel in -:iid mortv'aue an I in p ir-nm-e ot llie stiltiite in sin-h case, made and piMvided -ni 1 nioiii;ai;e will be forci-losed hy a sah-o; ilic nreinisi - ihcrein ile-cribed at public ^in-ti'ii' to the hi^he.-t bid ieroii Sitnrdiiy. ihe :> ah day of \pril 1 >1'- at ten o'clock in ihe forenoon of that day. at the North front dooi of ihe ( ourt H'Use, in the City of Grand Kapid- Kent ' onnty Michigan, said Coi.ri house lieinir ihe placc where the Circuit Court for the Coiuity of Kent is held

Said- premises ate described iu said ni.Ttjiage as follows: ' All that certain piece or parcel of iaud situate ami heing in ihe Township of Veri;onncs. ' 'onnty of Kent aud Suite of Michigan iiml lie-orihed

follows, to wit:

A B o y ' s F a n d t t i ,

S a m m y S u b u r b — W h o o p ! P o p k M b o a f f h t a n e w house o n t h e b ln f l t

Neighbor ' s Boy—Nice p lace? Sammy—Jus t jolly. T h e lawn is BO

f t e e p t h a t all I 'll have lo d o will b e to s t a r t tlr.' l-uvn iii'iw.T a i the ton »«ic ru le dow

A \>'\V TR11 MI'H.

( r

J

T h e D r e a d e d C a n Be C u r e d .

1'. \ . Slocuni, tlie (ireat i hemist and Scien-ti^t. Will Semi to SnUerers. Three Free

Bmlcs . f His Newlv Discovered Kemedics to Cure ('onKiimption

nn I'Ail Lnnj; Trouble's.

Nothing ronld l e fairer, more philan-ihiopi,-or carry more joy in the afliicted. ilian ihe izeneioii-ofll'i-of ihe honored ami lisiiii^nished chemi-t, T. A Slocum, M.C., • I New York • itv.

, le h i- ' i -ovcieil a reliable and ubso-:ite cure for consuinpiioii, and all bron-IHUI. iliroat, lunu and t hc-i diseases, ca-• ill a I afleetiims. general decline and i akiie--. in-s of lic-h and conditions "f

' io-iinu a » j y : and 1" make its xrcat merits .n .wn will siii I three i boiiles of his , '\1\ •ii-i overed rciiciii s to :my afflicted .-...lei •• ihe I.' vvi i. Li trtiKli.

\!ie.uiy Lis ••new si ien• ilic system of nedi ' in-" has pcrmanenily cured thoUB-hd- oi' appaicMtly hope-:i s- cases.

{'be I»..,t i consideis it m-t ohlv his pro-.—loicii In.i iii- religions duty—a duty

i h he owe- to silfleriii^ hnniani'.y—lo i-'ii ite bis in'ailiblc cure.

He has pi' Vi'd the "dreaded cohsump-i n" lc be a c irahlf disease beyon I a h.ubt. in any climate,and has on lile in I is \nieri. in and Kiiropeau lulioniloriestho'if-in.1- of ••h'-artfell tesiinmtiialsof giiitiinfie"' r.'iu those hem-tilted and cured, iu all purls

ol ihe world. (•a:arrhal and puliniinary troubles lead

io coiidiiuiplion. and consumpil m nninU'i -ruplp'd, meiins siu-edv and certiliii dc h. Dmi'l delay until it is too lale. Simply i t

West half ['.] of South West quarter f ] ] >vrl'e T. A. Slocum, M. C., 98 Pin- sticet. of Section Thirly one [31] Tovvn-7-U- New York, giving fxpress sin 1 p -tol'i -e Vergemes Kent Coiiuty Michfgati. address, and llie free me.iit iue will he

Dated Febrimry 3rd 1898. j proninllyseiit. Please tell the D.i -torv u " W ABY K. H o b o i l T o K . ! «uw b i g of fer i n t h e L O W K L L LI:IKIKUI

8 . P . HICKS , h e r a t t o rney . 1

'£owcll X c d i \ c v .

P. M. .1 onNRON, Publ isher .

l iOWRLL, • MICH I d AN

WorthleBB men get a long loo weU in t h i s coun t ry ; they encourage others.

Heing between seasons, it looks as If t he campaign liar had got a placc •on the yellow Journals.

Boston has lost her r ight to be called t h e l i terary center , but she can claim t o be the hub of the blizzard.

The humorous patr iots confined in t h e Jail a t Hiiisboro, ill., are still anx ious to get out so they can go to w a r .

The Delaware doctor who states t h a t kissing Is a valuable aid to diges-t ion evidently knows a good remedy when he sees it.

W h a t De Lome most needs is a guar-d ian and eternal relief f rom rcsponsl-ht l i ty . He suffers f rom prostra t ion of h i s common sense.

T h e relat ives of the murdered sea-m e n of the Maine are probably not so " k a m " as some of our s ta tesmen who Insis t t ha t we mus t not go to war.

Boston Is call ing earnest ly for a war-sh ip . Let Boston be considered at once. W h a t would become of the country If t h e Spaniards were to blow out its b r a in s?

W . D. Howells Is about to wield the Authors ' club In behalf of Zola. It won' t « c t the French novelist out of Jail, h u t It will comfort h im to know tha t Mr . Howells Is giving the French a rmy a good lar ruping.

One of those minor consequences t h a t generally follow the format ion of a t rus t , ouly Incidentally, of course, h a s a l ready material ized f rom the new c racke r t rus t—tha t is to say, the price of c racke r s has been advanced.

TALMAuJi'6 SKI!MON. " S T O N I N G O F S T E P H E N , " S U N -

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

F r o m ( l ie T e s t , Act* V I I , V e r s m BO t o

GO IM Fo l low*: " I l c l i o l d 1 Koe t l i e

lIcuvrnK HO|ieneU," l i t e . — A S e r m o n

In F l c t u r c s .

T h e Mr. Pa t te rson of Minneapolis w h o wants to co'onize 100,000 Ameri-c a n s In Cuba, whose chief business It sha l l be to redeem lands and make sugar , would have a good scheme If t w o governments and a great many c i rcumetances were not opposed to U. W h e n the war Is over he may succeed in it , but , a l as ! by t ha t t ime we feel s u r e he will have forgot ten all about It.

Several herdsmen were abou to kill eMd f o T t h e i r d inner . " W i t h what •i^e," they asVed him courteously,

^Hmuld you prefer t o be cervcd?" " I should prefer , " replied the kid, "no t t o be served a t a l l ." "Illogical crea-t u r e ! " t h e herdsman exclaimed. "You are wande r ing f r o m the subject ." W h e r e o n they proceeded with the i r p r e p a r a t i o n s for d inner withont fur -ther concessions t o an over-refined

code of manners .

Cooking lessons fo r men only a re adve r t i sed in Boston. I t i s another s ign of t h e advancement of woman. I t m e a n s less dyspepsia, but unavoid-ah ly less marr iage . The woman goes Into t h e count ing-room, the store and t h e bus iness office. She thereby de-p r i v e s the o ther sex of work and drives t h e m t o the drawing-room and the k i t c h e n . Wil l the re present ly bo les-

-"•eos f o r them in sewing and embroid-« i y ? Wil l the new man pound the p i a n o and give pink teas? And will a l l t h a t end some day In revolut ion?

S o m e persons associate par t lcula . co lors wi th par t icu la r sounds. Dr. W. 8, Co lman , discussing this phenomenon

l i n t h e Lancet , says the re a re two forms \ ' 5 i t In one case the person has a

s ensa t ion as if a t r anspa ren t colored f l m , l ike a ra inbow, appeared before • h eyes when cer ta in vowel, or music-a l , s o u n d s s t r ike h is ears. In the o t h e r case le t ters o r wri t ten words, r ep re sen t ing t h e sounds heard, appear in colored t in ts . The t in t s are very def in i te and character is t ic , and do not T a r y wi th lapse of t ime : but two per-s o n s seldom associate the same coloiu

- wi th t h e same sounds.

I t i s considered a o i n c i d e n c e tha t Duer , In wedding Mr. Mackay, Is

•MiTTylng a m a n much shor ter t han fcerself, as was t h e case in ihe mar -r i a g e of Miss Vanderbl l t to ihe Duke •C Mar lborough, Mr. Mackay may be

In s ta ture , bu t he is long In The duke w a s shor t both In

and s ta ture , bu t he was long In t i t l e . H i s l ine was the proper mathe-m a t i c a l line, length , wi thout breadth « r th ickness . I t Is not absolutely necessa ry t h a t a m a n shall be taller t h a n h i s wife unless they are playing l o r e r s ' pa r t s on the stage. And in

case Mr. Goodwin's custom of w e a r i n g F rench heels and long trous-e r s is most efficacious. To the best of o a r knowledge -the s t a tu re of the duke w a s no t taken Into account for a mo-m e n t by Miss Vanderbll t , and Miss D n e r was never moved by the reflec-t i o n tha t Mr. Mackay stopped growing

- a l i t t le too soon. True love rises above eoch pe t ty considerat ions.

O m a h a papers are complaining that t h e exposition has no leader and is. t he re fo re , no t progressing as rapidly a s i t should. If il Is the desire to make t h e exposit ion hum we would suggest t h e Immediate election or appoint-m e n t of a board of lady managprs.

T h e order h a s gone out in Brooklyn t h a t no m a n w h o beats bis wife shall r e m a i n on t h e police force. I^et it be declared of t h i s borough that the in-n o c e n t wives of o thers shall be equally f r e e f r o m bea t ing and the dishonor of

a r r e s t .

Stephen had been preaching a rous-ing sermon, and the people could not stand it. They resolved to do as men sometimes would like to do In th i s day, If they dared, with some plain preacher of r ighteousness—kill him. The only way to silence this m a n was to knock the breath out of h im. So they rushed Stephen out of the gates of the city, and wllh curse, and whoop, and bellow they brought him to the cliff, as was the custom when they wanted to take away life by stoning. Having brought him to the edge of the cliff, they pushed him off. Af te r he had fallen they came and looked down, nnd seeing tha t he was not yet dead, they began to drop stones upon him, stobe a f t e r stone. Amid this horr ible rain of missiles, Stephen clambers up on his knees and folds h is hands, while the blood drips f rom his temples to his cheeks, f rom his cheeks to his gar-ments, f rom his garments to the ground; and then, looking up, he makes two prayers—one for himself and one for h is murderers . "Lord Je-sus, receive my sp i r i t ; " tha t was for himself. "Lord , lay not th i s sin to their cha rge ; " t h a t was for h is assail-ants . Then, f rom pain and loss of blood, he swooned away and fell asleep.

I want to show you today five pic-tures. Stephen gazing Into heaven. Stephen looking at Christ . Stephen stoned. Stephen In h is dying prayer. Stephen asleep.

First , look at Stephen gazing Into heaven. Before you t ake the leap you want to know where you are going to land. Before you climb a ladder you want lo know to what point the ladder reaches. And It was r ight t h a t Stephen, within a few moments of heaven, should be gazing Into It. We would all do well to be found In the same posture. There Is enough In heaven to keep us gazing. A man of large wealth may have s ta tuary In the hall, and paint ings In the s i t t ing-room, and works of ar t In all par t s of the house, bul he has the chief pictures In the a r t gallery, and there hour a f t e r hour you walk wllh catalogue and glass and ever-Increasing admirat ion. Well , heaven Is the gallery where God has gathered the chief t reasures of his realm. The whole universe Is his pal-ace. In this lower room where we stop there are many adornments ; tes-sellated floor of amethyst , and on the winding cloud-pialrs are stretched out canvases on wnlch commingle azure, and purple, and saffron, and gold. Bnt heaven Is the gallery In which the chief glories are gathered. There are tho br ightest robes. There a re the r ich-est crowns. There are the highest ex-hi lara t ions . John says of i t : "The kings of the ear th shall br ing their honor and glory into it." And I see the procession forming, and in the line come all empires, and the s ta rs spring up Into an arch for the hosts to march under . The hosts keep step to t h " sound of earthr .uake and the pitch of avalanche f rom the mountains, and the flag they hear is the flame of a consuming world, and all heaven tu rns out with ha rps and f u m p e t s and myr-iad-voiced acclamation of angelic do-minion to welcome them in, and so the kings of the ear th bring their honor and glory into it. Do you won-der t ha t good people of ten stand, l ike Stephen, looking into heaven? Wc have many f r iends there.

There is not a man In this house today so isolated in life but there is some one in heaven with whom he once shook hands. As a man gels old-ed, the number of his celestial ac-qua in tances very rapidly multiplies. We have not iiad one glimpse of them since the nlj jht we kissed them good-by, and they wec t away; but still w s tand gazing a t heaven. As when s o n v of o n r " i cn i - s go across the sea. we stand on the dock, or on the s team-tug, and watch them, and a f te r awhile the hulk of the vessel disappears, and then the re is only a patch of sail on the sky, and soon t ha t Is gone, and they are all out of sight , and yet -we s t and looking in the same direction; so when our f r iends go away from us into the fu tu r e world we keep looking down through the Narrows, and gazing and gazing, as though we expected t ha t they would come out and stand on some cloud, and give us one glimpse of the i r blissful and transfigured faces.

Whi le you long to Join their com-panionship, and the years and the days go with such tedium tha t they break your hear t , and the viper of pain and sorrow and bereavement keeps gnaw-ing at your vitals, you stand still, l ike Stephen, gazing into heaven. You wonder If they have changed since you saw them last. You wonder if they would recognize your face now, co chiinged has It been wi th t rouble. You wonder if, amid the myriad del ights they have, they care a s much for j 'ou as they used to when the gave j-ou >. helping hand aud put their shoulder under your burdens. You wonder if they look any older; and sometimes in the eveningtide, when the house is al! quiet, you wonder if you should call them -by their first name if they would noi. answer; and perhaps sometimes you uo make the experiment .and when no one but God and yourself a re the re you distinctly call thei r names and lis-ten, and sit gazing into heaven.

Pass on now, and see Stephen look-i n g upon Christ. My text says he saw the Son of Man at t he r lg^LJ iand of God. Ju s t how Christ looked In th i s

world, Jusl how he looks lu heaven, we cannot say. A wri ter In tho time I of Chris t says, describing tho Saviour 's | personal appearance, tha t he had blue eyes and light complexion, and a very graceful s t ruc ture ; but I suppose It was all guess work. The painters of (he different ages have tried to Imagine tho features of Chris t and put them upon canvas ;but we will have to wait unt i l with our own eyes wo see him and with our own ears we can hoar h im. And yet there Is a way of seeing and hear ing him now. 1 have to tell you tha t unless you see and hear Chris t on ear th , you will never see and hear him In heaven. Look! There he Is. Behold the Lamb of God. Can you not see h im? Then pray to God to take : t he scales off your eyes. Look tha t ; way—try to look t ha t way. His voice comes down to you th i s day—comes down to the blindest, to the deafest soul, saying: "Look unto me, all yo ends of the ea r th , and be ye saved, for I am God, and there Is none else." Proclamat ion of universal emancipa-t ion for all slaves. Proclamation of universal amnes ty for aP rebels. Bel-shazzar gathered the Pabylonlsh no-bles to his table; Geo r ^e I. entertained the lords ot England a t a banquet; Na-poleon III. welcomed the Czar of Rus-sia and the Sultan of Turkey to h is feas t ; the Empero r of Germany was glad to have our minister , George Ban-crof t , sit down with him at his table; but tell me, ye who know most of the world ' s his tory, what o ther king ever asked the abandoned and the for lorn and tbe wretched aud the outcast to come and sit beside h im?

On the day of his death. Stephen spoke before a few people In the San-hedr im; now he addresses all Chrlsto.-i-dom. Paul the Apostle stood on Mars Hi l l addressing a handful of t)hilu80-phers who knew not so much about sci-ence as a modern school girl. To-day he ta lks to all t h e millions of Christen-dom about the wonders of Juatificatlon and the glories of resurrection. John | Wesley was howled down by tho mob to whom he preached, and they threw bricks a t him, and they deuounced him, and they Jostled him, and they spat upon him, and yet to-day. In all lands, he Is admit ted to be tho great fa ther of Methodism. Booth's bullet vacated the Presidential chair ; but f rom tha t spot .of coagulated blood on the floor In the box of Ford 's Theater the re sprang up the new life ot a na-t ion. Stephen stoned, but Stephen alive.

Pass on now and see Stephen iu his dying prayer . His first thought was not how the stones hur t his head, nor wha t would become of his body. His first thought was about his spirit . "Lord Jesus, receive my spiri t ." . The murderer s tanding on the trait door, the black cap being drawn over hla head before the execution, may grim-ace about the future , but you and 1 have no shame In confessing lo some anxiety about where we are going to come o u t You are not all body. There Is within you a soul. I see it gieam from your eyes, and 1 see It i r radia i .ng your countenance. Sometimes I am abasned before an audience, not be-cause I come under their physical eye-sight. but because I realize the t ru th tha t I stand before so many immortal spirits. The probabili ty Is t h a t your body will a t last find a sepulchre in some of the cemeteries tha t surround your t o v n or city. There is no doubt but tha t your obsequks will be decent and respectful , and you will be able to pillow your head under the maple, or the Norway spruce, or the cypress, or the blossoming fir; bul this spiri t ai out which Stephen prayed, Ahat di-rection will t ha i take? Wh.it guide will escort It? What gate will open to receive It? Wha t cloud will be cleft for Its pa thway? After It has f;ot be-yond the light of our sun, will there be torches l ighted for it the rest of the.

1 way? Will the soul h i v e to travel ! through long deserts befcro it reaches

the good land? If we should lose our pathway, will there be a castle at whose gate we may ask the way to the city? Oh. tJ^-3 mysterious spiri t with-in us! ' , t"has two wings, but It is in a cage now. It is locked fas t to keep It; but let the door of this cage open the least, ai d tha t soul Is off. Eagle's wing could not catch it. The l ight-nings are not swif t enough to take up wllh It. When the soul leaves the body It takes fifty worlds at a bound. And have I no anxiety about It? Have you no anxiety about i t?

1 do not care what you do with my body when my soul is gone, or whether you believe in cremation or inhuma-tion. 1 shall sleep Just as well In a wrapping of sackcloth as in satin lined with eagle's down. But my soul—be-fore th i s day passes, I will find out where it will land. T h a n k God for the int imation of my text , tha t when we die Jesus t akes us. Tha t answers all questions for me. W h a t though there were massive bars between here and tbe city of l ight, Jesus could re-move them. Wha t though there were great Saharas of darkness, Jesus could Illume them. What though I get weary on the way, Christ could lift me on his omnipotent shoulder. W h a t though there were chasms to cross, his

j hand could t ranspor t m:-. Then let , Stephen 's prayer be my dying l i tany: I "Lord Jesus, receive my spiri t ." I t ! may be in that hour we will he too fee-

ble to say a long prayer. It may be 1 In t ha t hour we will not be able to say I t he "Lord ' s Prayer , " for it has seven

n- t i t ions. Perhaps we may be too | rcAble even to say the infant prayer our

mo tno r 0 taught us. which John Quln-cy Adams, seventy years of age. said every n ight when he put h i s head upon

his pillow:

Now I lay me down to sleep. I p ray the Lord my soul to keep.

We may be too feeble to . employ e i ther of these famil iar forms; but this p rayer of Stephen is so short . Is so conc i se / i s so earnest . Is so comprehen-sive. we surely will be able to say t h a t : "Lord J e s s s . receive my spir i t ." Oh, if t h a t prayer Is answered, how sweet

It will be to die! This world Is clever enough to us. Perhaps It has treated us a groat deal better than we deserve to be t reated; but If on the dying pillow there should break the light of tha t bet ter world, we shall have no more re-gret about leaving a small , dark, damp house for one large, beautiful and ca-pacious. T h a t dying minister In Phil-adelphia, some years ago, beautifully depicted It. when In tho last moment, he threw up his hands and cried out: "I move Into the l igh t !"

Pnss on now and I will show you one more picture, and tha t is Stephen asleep. With a pathos and simplicity peculiar to the Scriptures, the text says of Stephen: " H e fell asleep." "Oh," you say, "what a place tha t was to sleep! A hard rock under him, stones fall ing down upon him. tho blood streaming, tho mob howling. What a place It was to s leep!" And yet my text takes tha t symbol of slum-ber to describe his departure, so sweet was It, so contented was It, so peace-ful was It. Stephen had lived a very laborious life. His chief work had been to care for the poor. How many loaves of bread he distributed, how many bare feet he had sandaled, how many cots of sickness and distress he blessed with ministries of kindness and love, I do not know; but from the way he lived, and the way he preached, aud the way he died. I know he was a laborious Christ ian. But tha t Is all over now. He has pressed the cup to the Inst fa int ing lip. He has taken the last In-sult f rom his enemies. The last stone to whose crushing weight he Is suscep-tible has been hurled. Stephen ts dead! The disciples come. They take him up. They wash away the blood from the wounds. They s t ra ighten out the bruised limbs. They brush back the tangled ha i r f rom the brow, and then they pass around to look upon the calm countenance of him who had lived for the poor and died for the t ru th . Steph-en asleep!

I have not the faculty to tell the weather. I can never tell by the set-t ing sun whether there will be a drought or not. I cannot tell by the blowing of the wind whether It will t e fa i r weather or foul on the morrow. But I can prophesy, and 1 will prophe-sy what weather It will be when you, the Christian, come to die. You may have It very rough now. It may be this week one annoyance, the next another annoyance. It may be this year one bereavement, the next another bereavement. P e f r r e this year has passed you may have to beg for bread, or ask for a scuttle of coal or a pair of shoes; but at the last Christ will come In and darkness will go out. And though there may be no hand to close your eyes, and no breast on which to rest your dying head, nnd no candle to lift the night, the odors of God's hang-ing garden will regale your soul, and at your bedside will halt the chariots of the King. No more rents to pay, no more agony because flour has gone up. no more struggle with " the world, the flesh, and the devil"; but peace—long, deep, everlast ing peace. Stephen asleep!

Asleep In Jesus, blessed sleep. From which none ever wake to weep; A calm and undisturbed repose. Uninjured by the last of foes.

Asleep in J i s u s , far from thee Thy kindred and their graves may bo; But there is still a blessed sleep. From which none ever wake to weep.

You nave seen enough for one morn-ing. No one can a i cessfuliy exam ne more than five pictures In a day. There-fore we slop, having seen this cluster of Divine Rarhaels—Stephen gazlug • into heaven; Stephen "looking a t Chris t ; Stephen stoned; Stephen In his dying p rayef t Stephen asleep.

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

Brl t lRh l l c n l t h Offlcera K i l l e d b y Mobs

of l l l n d o n * In UombBy.

Dispatches f rom Bombay say t h a t a r io t has b roken out among t b e low-casto Hindoos nnd Mohammedans ngalns t t he Europeans . I t had i ts ori-gin in an a t t ack upon a p lague search pa r ty . T\v« soldiers bad a l ready been ki l led , and the police had fired on the mob, k i l l ing six persons and w o u n d i n g m a n y others . Other d ispatches say t h a t a plague Inspector and t h r e e men in the Shropshire reg iment were stoned t o dea th .

A la ter d ispatch f rom Bombay soys t b e mob a t t acked the hospi tal , burned t b e offlecs aud stores, and savagely as-saul ted the doctors, k i l l i ng one of them.

The r iot is described as causing a t r emendous sensat ion. All t h e avail-ab le t roops and ar t i l l e ry have been called out and business Is suspended.

l l c n l ' s A w f u l W o r k In A u s t r a l i a .

Disaster and desolat ion beyond de-script ion have over taken t w o colonies of Aus t ra l ia f r o m the intense bea t of the i r midsummer sun. Water In t h e wells sunk in to t h e parched e a r t h , s t reams dried up, a u d r ivers visibly sank as In a fa l l ing t ide . Fores ts were destroyed by lire and the smoke s h u t ou t tho scorching sun . Miles of f a r m s are burned , a n d in New Zealand, a s well as Victoria, bush fires have b lo t t ed ou t whole townships . Set t lers flock to t h e t o w n s In h u n d r e d s and thousands , half naked , t e r r ib ly bl is tered a n d terror-s t r icken. Hundreds raced m a n y miles to escape t h e flames of b u r n i n g forests and fields, and thousands of people were rescued In b u r n i n g bu i ld ings by a band of 500 heroes who organized and w e n t ou t wi th horses to save lives.

D E C A Y O F S U N D A Y - S C H O O L .

T h o A v c m j i o S n n d n y - S c b o o l of T o - D a y

Id n I l e b a k c t o i n t r l l l c r n r r .

In the l^adies' Home Journal Ed-ward Bok wri tes on "The Decay of the Sunday-School," and points out the reason therefor, " i have in mind," he rays, "not less than twelve different men who are act ing as super intendents of our Sunday-schools. Not one of these men has even a suggestion of force; not a spark of personal magnet-ism. not a personal possession which goes to draw children to him or to the school over which he presides. In

, five of these rases the men have been fai lures In buslnesst by men In the outer world they are passed over, and yet t he church pieces them In posit ions which call pre-eminent ly fo r every c!e ment which they so dist inctly lack. To

I be a successful head cf a Sunday-school ! calls for a man with the Inst incts of 1 leadership; a man who will infuse life j in to the school; hope and courage into : his teachers ; who Is fert i le of mind ' and Infinite in capacity; who can draw

children to him and retain their in-! teres t . Not only mus t he elevate his

children In a spir i tual sense, but les-sons of the highest moral i ty mus t be taught : an Influence refining to mind and na ture must be exhaled, and all the t ime the interest of the children must be arrested and held. Infinite variety of method mus t be sought. The

: young quickly t i re of any th ing which i long remains the same, and t ha t is

why they a re t i r ing of the Sunday-! school. I t h a s too long remained the

same. I t h a s fallen in to a rut , and the faul t lies between the presiding spiri ts

I of the school who have no abil i ty for j thei r posit ions, and the churches who j have placed them the re or allowed | them to remain . " Mr. Bok concludes

b is dlscnssiuu with the assertion tha t " the average Sunday-school of today is a rebuke to intel l igence and a discredit to the church."

T H E N E W S C O N D E N S E D .

Marquis of Sal isbury, t h e Br i t i sh premier, is suf fer ing f r o m Brlgbt ' s disease.

Senor Luis Polo dc Bcrnabe , t he new Spanish minis te r , has a r r ived a t Wash-ington and been formal ly presented to Pres ident McKinley.

The s team Yacht Ani ta , which car-ried a p a r t y of sena tors and congress-men to Havana was fined 8500 because he r papers were ou t of order .

Chief Signal OUlcer A. W. Greeley Is u rg ing upon congress the g rea t neces-s i ty of cons t ruc t ing cables t o connect by t e legraph t h e various f o r t s and for-t if ications abou t such g r e a t cities a s New York . Boston, Ph i lade lph ia and San Francisco.

Mrs. Sybil Caroline Alger P ia t t , sis-t e r of Gen. Kussell A. Alger, secretary of war , died a t New London. Conn., where she had resided f o r a year past . She w a s bur ied a t Detroi t , bu t Gen. Alger's dut ies prevented h im leaving Washington to a t t e n d the funera l .

W. E. Spencer, journa l c lerk of t h e Senate, died a t Washington . Mr. Spencer w a s a bachelor and was a lone when h e expired. He w a s one of t h e oldest employes of the Senate, hav ing first en te red t h e service in 1803. He was regarded as one of t h e ables t par -l i amentur iaus in the Uni ted States.

The s t a t e board of aud i to rs has or-dered some twelve dozen was te baskets , erasers , i nks t ands and o t h e r suppl ies for t h e members, and t he se will all dis-appear a t t h e elose of t h e session, in accordance wi th the t ime-honored cus-tom. The members w i l l t h u s g e t a double rake-off d u r i n g t h e i r t e rms of oflice, and some of them wil l be equip-ped wi th s ta t ionery e n o u g h lo l a s t a l ife t ime.

OVERWOniCLD DRAIN. rrom Ihe Record, I'lcreelon, Ind.

Determined to rise In bis chosen profes-nlon as na educator, Ernest Kemper, of Pierceton,lDd.,oTertaxo(Iblm«olf mentally and pbyslca.ly. Ho was ambitious, his mind was always onblswork. Prom ear y morn until late nt night be continually poured over his books.

"Burned the candle nt both ends." Few p e r s o n s . o v e u wltb the strongeHtcon-

stltutlon, can keep up under such a strain. In addition to bis Htadios, Mr. Kemper

was teaching a school -ouio tureouille-i f rom his home. Finally, bis excessive btudy and tbe erpostire of going to and from 6oa»,o. m all kinds of weather undermined his benlth.

He wns taken to hi« bod with [•neumouia and bis overworked brain almost collnpscd. For several weeks he wt.., ^riou^ly ill.

Catarrh bad token root iu hlssvstem and his mind wad in n dellcnU condition. Ho

was sent to Colorado where be spent three mouths without respiring any bua-

(•fit. T h o u a n o t e d s p e c i a l i s t from Clevo-

r ., land treated hhn i-^/ w i t h o u t a v a i l ,

and then n hospi-tal in Chicago was tried, but all ab-Kolutely without bpneflt FiiiaKy his physician re* commended Dr. W1111 a iu i.' Pink Pills for Pal® Peo-ple, and from tho Oventudv.

first box he l>egan to improve. Whon be bad taken niue Iwxes l.e wns compleleiu cured. This famous blood ond nerve med-icine hsd accomplished wbnt all his for-mer expensive treatment failed to eccoiu-plisb. Mr. Kemper says his catarrh has entirely lef t him; he is strong again and weighs nine pounds more tnan be ever aid. He gives the pills tbe entire credit. He is starting teaching again and feels nbundant-Iy able to contin e the work. To prove that the above is true in every respect, Mr. Kemper made nn affidavit as follows:

Subscribed and sworn to before me this tho 10th day of September, 1897.

R . P. WATT, Nutaru Public. We donbt if these nllls have an equal In

all lb* range of medicine, for bnlldmg i\> a run down and debiiitnted system.

Itroke t h e Rale .

"This coffce, my dear ," said Klc*;!ej, " reminds me of what mother used make." "Does It, r ea l ly?" .exc la i his wife, a pleased look" coming on to her face. "Yea; r id she used to mn';e about the worst coffee I ever d r a n k . " —Boston Traveler.

T H E M A R K E T S .

L I V E S T O C K . N e w Y o r k — C a t t l e S h e e p L a m b s H o g s

Ilcst Rraile^. f • y>i5i i i 8i j J l i i > L o w e r g r a d e s . .3 a j >4 3 50 {> 0J 3'JJ

ChlruRo— l les t R r a i l e s . . . . ! 7 ' i i» 05 4 6) 5 5) 39> L o w c r B r a d c s . . 3 oJ i 4 aJ 3 Si 4 2» 3 75

D e t r o i t — Bes t g r a d e s . . . . ! 0) c4 2» 4 6» 5 4) 3fl> L o w e r g r a d e s . .3 0» >3 8i 3 01 4 5) 3 70

H n d H l o — Hcsl R r a d e s . . . . 3 7 -®! 0) 4 «) 6 50 4 13 L o w e r R r a d e s . .2 7»ifcl 8) 3 Si 4 75 3 9)

Uevrl;intl— Bes t g r a d e s . . . . 3 7'><M 0 5 4 25 5 0) 40 ) L o w e r g r a d e s 2 5 ) ^ 3 Oi 3 00 4 0) 3 8)

C t n c n n i i t l — Best g r a d e s . . . . 4 25 £4 75 1 25 5 fl'i 391 L o w e r g r a d e s . . 3 0) • 4 0) 3 2'' 4 25 3 75

r i t u l m r g — B e s t g r a d e s . . . . 4 8.1®3 10 5 00 5 8) 4 1) L o w e r g r a d e s 3 U " ® ' 7 3 ' i ! > J 4 5) 3&)

G K A I N . E T C . W h e a l , C o m , Oa t s , No 2 red N o 2 mix No 2 w h i l e

N e w Y o r k f t 0 . >1 avii 87 S7'i 31 S l ^ C h i c a g o 1 02ft! 0i% S9 |.29!* 8003) * U r t r o l t 98 4 95 32 Si 29a29J£ T o l e d o 97 ' . 97 31 t H U S8 «28 C l n c l n n n t l 97't 9. '^ 31 31^ 2 9 ® ^ C l e v e U u d 98 . 9) 31 81 P l t U b o r c 98 I 98 Si i32 29^29 B u f f a l o Bit ( 93 32 32*4 8023)

•De t ro i t—Hay, N o l t i m o t h y . 18.00 p e r t o a P o t a l o e s . 7 c p e r bu. L ive P o u l t r y , t u r k e y s , ior t ^ r lb ; cn i ckens . 8c: ducks . 8c. E e g s , s t r i c t l y f r e s h . U H c p e r d o t B u t l e r , d a i r y , 15c p e r l b ; c r e a m e r y , 20c.

R E V I E W o r T R A D E .

Tho Trials and Tribulations of a Hat-

tie Creek Citizen—Hon lie

Comes to Tell This Story. (From ihe Battle Creek JUoon.t

Among tho moulders a t the works of the Michigan foundry company ran be found Mr. Amos Mayuard; he has lived in Battle Creek for over ten years, is honored and respected by all who know him; such is tlie man who makes this statement, he says: " I have had kidney trouble for years, and It has made my lite miserable. The heavy lifting, neces-sary in my business, made me worse. I have been compelled lo lie in bed in a belp-less condition for as long as nine days at a time; the greatest pain was from my bach, which sometimes fell as tho iirli a bayonet was being run through me in the region of my kidneys; many citizens of Battle Creek knew how bad 1 was. I could not move without the greatest caution, for as soon as I attempted to stoop over, bend to one side, or even turn lu bed, the pain was simply unbearable. I wore porous plasters constantly for the little tem-porary relief they brought me. When-ever I caught the slightest cold it went straight to my kidneys nnd made mo worse. I was advised to try Doans KM-ney Pills, nnd got some. I have taken ia

[ all four boxes of lucm, and I now feel :is active asever. A few montltsago I wnu' l have ridiculed the Idea of being cured so quickly, aud being able to work us I can now. All the long-standing pains arc gone, aud the former traces of kidney dis-orders found In my urine have disip-pcared. I have recommcudod Dorm's Ki 1-ney Pills to many friends who were trou-bled as I was, and iu every case I h-ivo learned they proved as beneficial as with me. Doan s Kidney Pills would be cheap to me at almost anv price."

For sale by all dealers, price 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y , sole agents for the U. S. Remember the name, Dmn's, and take no other.

Wha t a difference there is between what we are and w h a t we want others

to be.

Learn to be contented, and you will know how to be r ich. y

C o n t i n u e d ac t iv i ty in n e a r l y a l l l i n e s of d i s l r l b n t i v e t r a d e , b u t m o r e i i a r t i c u l a r l y a t t h e l a r g e r c i l ies of t h e wes t , sou th a n d t h e l a r n o r t h w e s t , c o n t i n u e s to be t h e m o s t f a -v o r a b l e t e a t u r e c o m i n g u n d e r not ice . O t h e r f a v o r a b l e f e a t u r e s i n c l a d e t h e h e a v i e r f o r -e ign d e m a n d l o r w h e a t a n d flour, a s ind i -c a t e d bv i n c r e a s e d e x p o r t s over l a s t week a n d las t y e a r , a n d b a n k c l e a r i n g s h e a v l l v ex ree i i i ng c o r r e s p o n d i n g pe r iods of p r e v i o u s y e a r s , t h o u u h s m a l l e r t h a n in r e c e n t weeks . L'-ss f a v o r a b l e f e a t u r e s a r e few, n u m b e r i n g chiefly a w e a k e r t one in p r i ces ol a f e w s t a p l e s h i t h e r t o m a r k e d bv ex-e x t r e m e l l r m n e s s . b u l chiefly p e r c e p t i b l e in q u o t a t i o n s f o r some m a k e s of c o a r s e c o t t o n goods, p r i n t c lo ths , r a w wool, t h e d e m a n d f o r which is r e p o r t e d s l o w e r t h a n a n y p r e v i -ous t i m e th i s yea r , w h e a t , coffee a n d s u g a r .

E l e v e n M e n D a r n e d l o D o a t h .

Eleven men lost t h e i r lives i n t h e fire which swept t h r o u g h the Bowery Mis-sion house nl 105 Bowery, N e w York City, and l e f t i t a b lackened shell. The i r bodies, now at. t h e morgue , a re so char red t h a t mos t of t h e m may never be recognized. The mission w a s filled w i t h lodgers w h o were all asleep when t h e a l a r m w a s given, a n d several of t hose w h o cseaped were c lad only i n t h e g a r b of na tu r e .

Tbe House commit tee on r i v e r s and h a r b o r s voted no t t o repor t a r iver and h a r b o r appropr ia t ion bi l l t h i s session-

There a rc too many pe pie who never net n . -Ilei" us enough to m a k e them look p t o b a i i l in Church.

/ I N O P E N L E T T E R T O M O T H ^ S , W e a r r asser t ing iu the courts our r i ch t to tho e x c l u s h c usoof t h e word "CASTORIA," and " P l T c L E K ' S CASTOHIA," a s ou r Trade Mark.

I , Dr . Samuel P i t cher , of Hynnnis . Mas-aehu-se t l s , was the or ig ina tor of • 'PITCHKU'S CAS-T O R I A , " the same thai has borne and does now b e a r the fae-simile s ignature of CUAS. rL F L E T C H E R on every wniiipcr. Th i s is i b e or iginal " P I T C H E R S CASTORIA" whi fb h a s been ns td in the homes of the mct&cra of Amer i ca for over t h i i t y years. Look careful ly a t the wrapper and see t h a t i t Is " t h e kind vou h a v e a lways Vou; h t . " and has i h e s ignature of CUAS. H. F L E T C H E R on the Wrappe r N o one h t i au thor i ty I rem me to use my naina excep t The Cen tau r Company of which Chas. H. F l e t che r Ir President .

March 8, i a 7 . S A M U E L P I T C H E R . M. D.

Some men seem to have been made out of dust that bad gravel in i t

l l o w ' a T h l a ! W e o f fe r One H u n d r e d Do l l a r s rc; \ . i rJ

f o r a n y ca se of C l t a r r h t h a t c a n n o t l»e c u r e d bv H a l l ' s C a t a r r h Cure .

" F . J . C H E N E Y & CO.. Toledo . O. We , t h e u n d e r s i g n e d , h a v e k n o w n P.

J . Chenev f o r t h e l a s t r> v e a r s , a n d b l icve h i m p e r f e c t l y honora l j l c i n all buslnt-;,* t r a u s a c t l o n s a n d U n a n d a l l y a b l e to • a r r y o u t a n y o b l i g a t i o n s m a d e by t h e i r l i rm.

W e s t & T r u a x . W h o l e s a l e D r c g g i s i s . To ledo , O.; Wa ld ing . K m n a n & M a r v i n . W h o l e s a l e D r u g g i s t s , Toledo . O.

Ha l l s C a t a r r h C u r e is t a k e n i n t e r n a l l y , a c t i n g d i r e c t l y ujion t h e blood a n u m u -cous s u r f a c e s of t h e s y s t e m . T e s t i m o -n i a l s s e n t f r e e . P r i c e 74c p e r bo t t l e . Sold bv a l l d rugg i s t s .

Ha l l s Kami lv P i l l s a r e the best .

There isn' t gold enough in t h e world to maU« a discontented man rich.

Don't Tobscco Spit and Smoke Yeur Lile Awa) To quit tobacco easily and forever, b.- mac-

mrlic. fa l l of life, s m - e and vlcor. lake No-To-Bac, the wonder-worker , that makes weak men strong. All dniffplstB, fiOc. or $1. Cure rv.nran-teed. Booklet and earn pie free. A d J r e m Sterllnr Remedy Co . Chicago or New York.

T h e m/.n who can smile aud won' t do It chea ts o thers and robs himself .

Ed orate Tear Bowel* With Catcaretn. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever .

10c. 2jc. If C. C. C. f a l l d n i f f p i s u reftmd tnoner

Japan's export trade has doubled ia the last five years.

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W O R L D ' S F A I R F R O M T H E

And kept it two years.

, J , h e f r«Bt World ' s p a i r , nl Chicago, In while it gave p leasu re to many, f i v e

pain to not o I t w ns an indirect i c s u t t o l thei r visit to the White City. 1'eoplc were lured along the mi les of wondcrlul exhib-its by the new marve l s that met the gaze a t every ste,>, and did not real ize t l ic ir exhaustion unt i l tliey dropped in to a chai r in home breezy corner by the l ake , mul 'cooled off." T h a t ' s what began the trouble, in many cases, o l one such case . MM . L. W. Stevens, 1'otl I ' a i r f ie ld , Me., wr i t e s :

" M y husband look a severe cold and cougn two years ago last O c t o b e r - t i m e of the World's Pair, which wc at tended. T h i s couch lasted over two years , was nccom-paiiied by spi t t ing of blood, nnd no th ing could be found to he lp him. nl though v a n -ous remedies were t r ied . Several doctors v.-tte consul ted ' bul their p r e sc r ip t i ons afforded no rel i r f . l-'iaally, 1 saw an ad-y e r t n e m c n t of I»r. Ayer 's c h e r r y Pec tora l in niy pape r and prevai led upon my hus-band to get a bot t le and t ry it. T h e very first dose helped h i m and he was com-ple te ly cured iu a shor t time. We Icel

very g ra t e fu l fn r wha t Dr. Ayer ' s C h e r r r Pectoral has clone lor us, and sha l l k e e p ft cons tant ly on hand it; '.he house."—Mm. L. W. STEVI-SS, Por t l-uirlield, Me.

T w o y e a r s of doc to r ing for a cough, two years of " r emed ie s " that gave no help, o l p r e sc r ip t i ons tha t profited only t h e meu who wrote t h e m , aud then a t r i a l of Dr. Ayer ' s Cher ry Pectora l , which h e l p e d f rom the very f u s t dose aud effected a comple te curc in a shor t t ime . The d i f fe rence be-twecu I»r. Ayer ' s Cher ry Pectoral and a l l o ther cough nicdic ines could not tie bet ter s ta ted than in th i s compar i son of resul ts . It has cured the most s tubborn and obsti-n a t c cases ol ch ron i c bronchi t i s and as th-ma. It is a specif ic for c roupnnd whooping cough. It cu rcs a l l coughs and colds aud all uf lect ions of the throat nnd lungs p r o m p t l y and effect ively . In r e sponse lo n u m e r o u s d e m a n d s Dr. Ayer 's Cher ry Pec-tora l is p u t u p in half s ize bottles—sold a t half p r i ce—50cen t s . More abou t c u r c s ef lectcd by Pec tora l in Dr- A y e r ' s Cure-book. Sent f ree , 0:1 request , Uy the J . C. Aycr Co., Lowell , Mass.

If man could get to Heaven by hard work every smuur would be busy.

S E A T T L E , unquestionably best and cheap-est s tar t ing point and outtittlng stat ion for Alaska and Kiondiltc, docs nol ask or advise you to go but you will find Seatt le 's facilities, slocks iiml experience unsurpassed and prices t h e very lowest. Washington s ta te has l i lon-dikes of i ts own. Sea t t l e is the chief city. Strangers arc protected by Public Comfort Bureau. Address Chamber of Commerce, Seat -tle, Wash.

Are you putting any treasure where It can not bo stolen or burned up?

I l c n u t y Is l l lood Deep.

Clean blood m e a n s a clean Fkln. No b e a u t y wi thout It. Casca r e l s .Candy C a t h a r -t ic c l eans y o u r tilood a n d keeps It c lean , by s t i r r i n g u p the lazy l iver and d r i v i n g all im-pu r i t i e s f r o m the body, l lcgin t oday lo banish pimples , hoi)••„ blotches, b l a c k h e a d s .

• f c K f T i r W e k l y bi l ious complexion l>v t a k i n g Cascare l s—beauty f o r ten cents. All d r u g -g l s t s . s a t i s t ac t l on g u a r a n t e e d . 10c, 8»c, Mc.

Leonard. theCern ian name, is Lionlike.

N o - T o - l i n o f o r F i f t y Cctifs . Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, maUi-s weak

men strong, blood pure. iOc. It. All druryUin.

S iam is to have a cotton mill.

T O C U R E A C O L O I N O N E D A T . T a k e Laxat ive Bromo Ouinlne Tablets. All

Druggia id refund tho money if It falls tocure . ' >0

No man knows just what he can do till he tries.

Mrs . Wlns lo i r ' * S o o t h i n g S y r u p For rhlMri'nlcrthliig.K<>ficiiKttiouuiii.->.rr<tU('C.-lnltim.

r nation, >IU} n iwln, cure* wind colic. Si ecntsa bolttc.

No burden is heavy tha t love gives us to carry.

S t a r T o b a c c o Is tho leading brand of the world, because it is the best.

The greatest remedy for nngcr Is delay.

Coe*s C o n g h K a U n m It ttir oMe^ ami tcM. It will bp ok up a cold qnleku

• thin anv-.hlng clue. Il is atxajv reliable. Tr i l l .

A cynic is aly dupe of his own follies.

PIso's Cure for Consumption has been a Cod-rend me. Wm. B. McClellan. Chester. Flor-Ida. Sept. 17 it*:..

Criticism is of tor the resort of Ignorant c.

D E V I O U S D E F I N I T I O N S .

Tears—The war cry of an angry wo-man.

Bigot—A person who never agrees wllh you.

Hope—A sort of nerve tonic for the ambitious.

Reputation—A bubble tha t is very easily punctured.

Divorce—A legal pass key used in opening wedlocks.

Demise—The death of a person who leaves a large estate.

Air—The principal Ingredient used In the manufacttiro of w'nd.

S A L Z E R ' S O B A S S E S A N D C L O V E R S .

Are warranted. They produce! We arc the largest growers In America. Low-est prices. Seed Potatoes only. ?l.fO per barrel. Big fa rm seed catalogue with clovcr and grain samples (worth $10.00 to get a start) sent yon by the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse Wis., upon receipt of 10c and this notice, w.n.f.

W o m e n o f F o c lgn Lnncla.

In China a wife is never seen by he r fu ture master . Some relative bargains for the girl, the stipulated price Is paid nnd she Is a f terward a submissive slave. Tho women of ancient Rome were treated with the greatest respect. Still they were not allowed to Inheri* property and could he div.orced by their husbands for counterfei t ing their keys and for dr inking wine. In Turkey a woman is held In the most rigid seclu-sion. She must always appear veiled. With pigs and dogs, she Is forbidden to enter a mosque, and the koran de-clares a woman who Is unmarried to be In a slate of reprobation. Siberian women are raised as abject slaves, un-tidy In dress, and are bought with money or cattle. The most capricious whim of her husband is law to the Si-berian woman, and should he desire a divorce he has only to tear the cap f rom her head.—Exchange.

WORKING WOMEN WHO SUFFER.

Should Got Mra Pinkham'a Advice—Tho Whole Truth can be Told to her Because she is a Woman.

The sn f fe r lnp and pain endured by some work ing women is a lmos t pas t belief. Here is a l e t t e r f rom oneof the m u l t i t u d e of women who have been res tored

to hea l th and usefulness b y Mrs . P inkham ' s advice and medicine: It;AH MRS. PIXKHA I :— I fee l ns t h o u g h y o u r advice had l i f t ed me f r o m the

grave. I m u s t have been very nea r i t . I suf-fered t e r r ib ly a t t ime of mens t rua t ion , w a s cons tan t ly t roubled wi th colli h a n d s a n d feet , w a s ex t remely nervous , could no t s leep we l l , w a s t rou-b l e d w i t h f r igh tened dreams, had h e a r t t rouble and a fee l ing ns though my b r e a t h w a s going to slop, also h a d leueor-rhoea. I t r i ed t o ge t help bu t a l l remedies failed, unt i l I wro te to you. 1 c a n n o t t hank you enough f o r your kind advice, a u d I wish lo tell every one the g rea t good y o u r remedies have done me.—TAMMA C. HOOVER, Wolfsville, Md.

Lydia E. P inkham's Vegetable Compound fo r a q u a r t e r of a cen tu ry h a s been he lp ing women t o be s t r o n g a n d •

The fo l lowing s t a t emen t f r o m Miss 11. PATTKBSON, of 2331 Lawrence SL, Phi ladelphia , Pa., should in te res t a l l work ing women w h o a re t roubled w i t h female complaints :

"DEAR MRS. PLNKRAM:—I mus t wr i t e a n d tel l w h a t your medicine h a s done f o r me. I a m a working g i r l and have to s t ay u t m y work a l l day . I suffered g r e a t l y w i t h bearing-down pa ins aud backache. I w a s advised by a f r iend to t r y your Vege tab le Compound. I did so and can say positively I am cured. I have recommended your medicine t o all my lady f r iends , and would advise any of my s e s su f fe r ing f rom female weakness t o give Lydia E. P inkham's Com-pound a t r i a l , f o r i know i t wi l l cure . "

Mrs. P i n k h a m invites a l l women t roubled abou t t he i r h e a l t h to wr i t e t o her a t Lynn, Mass., and secure h e r advice f r ee of a l l charge . All such l e t t e r s are

seen and answered by women only.

Ask Mrs. Pinkham's Advicc-A Woman Best Understands a Woman's Ills

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S A P O L I O

Concentration of Forces on Atlantic Coast.

UNITED STATES ARMY. MOVING. I F ™ 1 ! : Try (jrain=0! t J Ask yon Grocer to day lo (how yon T • apaekageofGKAIN-O, t henewfood •

drink that takes the place of coffee. ^ j Tlie children may drink i t withont • • Injury as well as the adult. All who * • try it , like it. GRAIN-0 Las that • rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, ^ but it is m wlo from pure grains, and J the most delicate stomach receives i t • without distress. J the price of colee . + 15 cents and 1'j ccnts per package.

J Sold by all grocers J

{ T a s t e s l ike Coffce {

• Looks l ike Coffce • Insi?ttliatj-mir^nicertlvcsyoaQKAIN-O 4

• Acccpt no imitation. •

As Ion.- iis ,1 sin can lilile I ts head It feels sa fe .

Secretary Alger Creates the

Department of the Gu l f—

General Order Issued—The

West Wi l l Soon Be Without

Troops Except Where In-

dian Uprising is L i k e l y -

Great Activity in the War

Deparlment—Alortar Works

Working Night and Day.

T h o w a r d e p a r t n i e n t , w h i c h u p t o t h e p r e s e n t t i m e lias been onKaged l a r s e l y in c a r r y i n g o u t t h e pol ic ies of def t u s e a r -r a n g e d b e f o r e the p rospec t of w a r w a s s e r i ous ly cons idered , on S a t u r d a y took no-t ion a n d m a d e p r e p a r a t i o n s tho siBiiiti-c a n c e of w h i r h c a n n o t lie m i s u n d e r s t o o d . H e r e t o f o r e tho p r e p a r a t i o n s of l l ie mil i -t a r y b r a n c h of t h e e x e c u t i v e g o v e r n m e n t h a v e p r o c e e d e d on a b a s i s t h a t i t w a s well t o h a v e e v e r y f e a t u r e u n d e r I ts c o n t r o l in p e r f e c t o r d e r fo r w h a t e v e r m i g h t o c c u r . N o w , h o w e v e r , k n o w l e d g e of w h a t t h e w a r d e p a r t m e n t Is d o i n g n n d In t ends to do, cons ide red In connec t ion wi th t h e a c t i v -i t y In eveny b r a n c h of t h e n a v a l se rv ice , s h o w s tho w a r now a c t u a l l y e x i s t s .

More i m p o r t a n t t h a n a n y t h i n g t h a t h a s been ye t a r r a n g e d u n d e r t h e d i r ec t i on of S e c r e t a r y A lge r a r e o r d e r s p r o v i d i n g f o r a g e n e r a l m o v e m e n t of t h e r e g u l a r c a v -

of t h e c a v a l r y n n l I n f a n t r y will bo r o n -g r e g a t e d , so thn t a t l eas t K.ooo r e g u l a r s will be g a r r i s o n e d in thf- e a s t e r n a n d s o u t h e r n coast s t a t e s in p r e p a r a t i o n f o r a n y e m e r g e n c y which m a y a r i se . T h e e s t of t r a n s p o r t i n g t h i s p r e a t body of m e n , s o m e of them c o m i n g m o r e t h a n 3,000 mi les , wiil be ton u r ea l to he b o r n e by t h e s c a n t y a n n u a l a p p r o p r i a t i o n fo r h e r e t o -f o r e u n i m p o r t a n t m o v e m e n t s of t h e a r m y o rgan i / . a t ions , a n d it will he n e c e s s a r y to r e s o r t to Hie e m e r g e n c y f u n d of J-VMiOO,-000 to mee t the i -xpenses of t h e s e c h a n g e s In s t a t i o n s . Ki};ht In l ine w i t h tho g e n -e r a l i i iovoment w a s t h e I m p o r t a n t c i d e r Issued by S e c r e t a r y Alger by d i rec t ion of t h e p res iden t a n d t e l eg raphed to all mi l i -t a r y pusis a n d divis 'Onal h e n d r i u a r t r r s c o n c e i n c d by th<- 1 o i t .mand ing g e n e r a l of t h e a r m y .

Cl iange* In A r m y D e p a r t m e n t s .

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"1. The d e p a r t m e n t of t h e e a s t will e m b r a c e tho N e w E n g l a n d s t a t e s . N e w Y o r k . N< w J e r s e y . P e n n s y l v a n i a . I '( la-w a r e . M a r y l a n d , the D i s t r i c t of Co lumbia , W e s t Vlrpinla . Virg in ia a n d N o r t h C a r o -l i na . wi th hpyd( | i iur te rs a t G o v e r n o r ' s I s l a n d . New York.

"2. A d e p a r t m e n t Is h e r e b y e s t a b l i s h e d t o be k n o w n a s the d e p a r t m e n t of tho l a k e s , to cons is t of the s t a t e s of W i s c o n -s in . Michigan . Illinois. I n d i a n a . Ohio . K e n -t u c k y . and Tennes see , wi th h e a d q u a r t e r s a t Chicago.

"3. The d e p a r t m e n t of D a k o t a will e m -b r a c e the s t a t e s of Minneso t a , N o r t h D a -k o t a . South D a k o t a M o n t a n a , a n d so

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" T h e d e p a r t m e n t s of Missour i a n d T e x -a s a r e h e r e b y abol i shed .

" T h e r e c o r d s of the d e p a r t m e n t of Mis -sour i will h e t r a n s f e r r e d t o t h e d e p a r t -m e n t of t h e lakes , nnd t h o s e of the de -p a r t m e n t of T e x a s to t h e d e p a r t m e n t of t h e gu l f .

" M a j o r Gene ra l J o h n R. R r o o k e Is a s -s igned to the c o m m a n d of tlie d e p a r t m e n t of the h ikes , a n d Lir igadier G e n e r a l Wi l -l iam M G r a h a m to t h e c o m m a n d of the d e p a r t m e n t of the gu l f . T h e off icers ( t t h e s e v e r a l s ta f f d e p a r t m e n t s n o w on d u t y in t h e d e p a r t m e n t s of t h e Missour i and T e x a s a r e ass igned to l ike d u t i e s in the d e p a r t m e n t s of the l a k e s a n d of t h e gul f , r e spec t ive ly .

"T l i e t r a v e l requi red u n d e r t h e s e o r d e r s Is n e c e s s a r y for t h e pub l i c se rv ice .

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Senor F'oio y R e r n a b e . the new S p a n i s h m i n i s t e r , t a l k i n g wi th 11 r e p o r t e r a t W a s h i n g t o n , e x p r e s s e d h imse l f a s s a t i s -fied t h a t n e i t h e r the Uni ted S t a t e s n o r Spa in w a n t s w a r . T h e m i n i s t e r r e f e r r e d to tho f a c t t h a t t h e C u b a n c a b i n e t h a d a p p o i n t e d n commis s ion to n e g o t i a t e a civ-11 t r e a t y wi th th i s c o u n t r y a s a n o t h e r evi-d e n c e of t h e c o m p l e t e a u t o n o m y s c h e m e in C u b a . S p e a k i n g of t h e p r e s e n t policy of Spa in in C u b a , t h e m i n i s t e r s a i d :

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m u c h of W y o m i n g a s Is e m b r a c e d in t h e Ye l lows tone P a r k , w i t h b e a d i i u a r t e r s a t St . P a u l .

"4. T h e ' l e p a r t m e n t of C o l u m b i a will e m b r a c e the s t a t e s of W a s h i n g t o n . Ore-gon . I d n b o (except so m u c h of t h e l a t t e r a s is e m b r a c e d in Ye l lows tone P a r k ) , a n d the t e r r i t o r y of A l a s k a , w i t h h e a d q u a r t e r s at V a n c o u v e r b a r r a c k s . W a s i i i n g t o n .

Tin- d e p a r t m e n t of C a l i f o r n i a will e m b r a c e t h e u t a t ea of C a l i f o r n i a a n d Ne-v a d a . wi th h e a d q u a r t e r s at S a n F r a n -cisco.

"0. Tl ie d e p a r t m e n t of C o l o r a d o will e m b r a c e t h e m a t e s of W y o m i n g (except so much n s is e m b r a c e d in Ye l lows tone T a l k ) . Colorado, a n d I ' t a h . a n d t h e t e r r i -tor ies of Ar i zona a n d N. w Mexico, wi th h e a d q u a r t e r s a t D e n v e r .

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»Perhaps your lens do not fit .your eyefl as they should and re-quire new lenses. * )ur stock ot lenres is complete

' io lit ulleyesi A few cases re-juire speciol ground lenses; if s >. wc can get them and guaran-

Jeo sntisfaction>

E y e s t e s t e d f r e e . W

W l ' j L I A f t l S , the Jeweler.

Call a t city bakery for yotir lunchi

E wn Bunker <d' B iwne is in pm i heulth.

Try a fifteen cent lunch at the new hak •}.

\ m. Dariiv • f Smith Reetie lia.s a ne v SML.

S - n d . v - U r work to thfei Lowell Steam L o ndry.

J i in-s K> ll'uedv, mi old resilient of C i'«|iini» i.< d :>d

A kioiU fr-toye wood dei'V d by ^ . -1. Ki lei & Son

A good F l a n n e l e t t e w r a p p e r f o r 60 . - cu t sa t N . B . B l a i n ' s .

M. . Ilopn nig i .it Sni '-rna hii> tw n I ni I t -rn lu) u March 7.

\ n n W iy i ird is f i rming .. cla in V'-ic C1 nre at Saranac.

VI — I. zz • Marlv is very sick a' the h -m of ifi brntheri i i Keene.

Go •' w r - i wi ••• a wi ck and fail t re i t ii n t tin \ j well L a u n d r y .

W ' ur P'isl was Imiui' frnlll K>' i -mazo o spend Sun lav with Ins p a r -ent".

Geo. W ' n -L'iir was d - w n fr<m Sar in o Saturday, and he is y e t t n g his t tn an 'in.

The Epworth League of Bi wne will U'ive sugar sncia at Johnson's h • 1. Friday veiling. March 18

Miss Mary Wilson has r e t u r n e d from i several days visit with tlie family nl I I . Zeigier at Ionia

J u d g e Adsii irave Chas Warner , who pleaded guilty of buying liquor fur Geo. W ghiman, 80 days in jail.

The ladie- of tlm Baptist church will serve a New Eu^hind supper and give an ol 1 tun-* literary mid musieal entertainmen on or about March 30.

Lem I) vis ot Smyrna fished a pail o f h u t i e f iom his well and af terwards learned th it it had been th>*re l-o-fifteen years, h iving been h ^ t a t tiiat time by Mrs. Wm. Daniels

Next "Miudny inornini; at the Bap-tist church. Ri-v. S (x Anderson will take for his morniiijr subject : "llavt-You Paid Your Taxes?" Evening .subject: 'Chrisiian Bapt i sm."

Rev. T. B. VlcClary with his •'Mission i i f M r h " filled the third event iu t n- Epworth League lecture eoiirse to the immense satistaction of ;• laiL'c an lience at Train 's Opera house last Friday evenimr.

Lowell editors had quite a tussle in siielliii'j the name of our townsman "Risin ; " last week. One of them ir"! i t ' " R i - u ' a m i the other, "Riz ing."

-John Kar ra r aud 'ittle s.in were in we'I Sa tur lay. Dr . Tnwsley and

jowe I visited at the home of

( h n s Mondav —[Clarksvi l le

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Mj- t ie worth ia tjuite ill

Ja inesScol t mid taun J spent Son-day in Orand Uapids.

Mrsi II NVhedon U visa 114 rela lives in Grand Rapids.

M n Cole wns in ( i r and Rapids a couple of days last week.

Mr . Slau^htnn and wile have moved into town trom West Lowell.

Mrs Joseph Peet of Alaska t i l la fc died on March G, a t the age ot 22 years.

Wesley Coats who has been visitinu friend* here has returned to his home in I W k t o r d .

Regular meeting of W. It. C , Mareli 23rd AH members a f e re-quested in be present.

Mrs. Perrjr Gardner was called to White Cloud -ast Tuesday by the dea th of her little neiee.

( 'barles R. Mine and John (" Scott of Grand Rapids were doimr • iisiness in town Tuesdav,

Mrs. I^hil Reuletster who has been qui 'e sick With the grippe for the past three weeks i-* slowly recovering

T h e HEX' m e e t i o / i f t h " V-^R JHUIIHS

Heiidinircirele will b* hel l at. the h iine of Scott F ix, Saiur-lav, March 2fi.

('oiiiindrtlni supper at Mrs. and Mr Wm. Pul len 's next week Wedne dm Miirch 23. Snppe r served from five to e i L ' h t i

The members of the Science club wen*entertained at the home of Mr and Mrs. R . B BHVIHII last FVidnv evrninif.

A Clarksvil 'e u'trl has married a e low by the name of Heaven; aud if •he ever trets anv m a rer to Heaven than ihat she'll be lucky.

G. A. Ayers of Ki c u e lost a va lu-nbh* iow last week. Jer tv ' Cminetof Keene is preparini; to build a new lioiise.—[Snrauac Advertiser.

There will be a box social a ' ^al lasbur. ' sehool house on Tuesdav Veiling. Mareh 22 for the benefit ol" ev. Vlr. Kiugi Al ' invited.

Doii'l fo ree t the couundrum suoper Veil.. M rch 23. at the home of

Mr. nnd Mrs. 111, Pollen,everyhndv relcome. Supper served from five to •ig'n.

Estella Rogers of Hastings and Ivria Rogi rs ol Lowell have opened • essmiikiiiii rooms one do.ir east of

I lote' Brace. Your patronage sol-icited.

Georne Hi Wynians . general skir-•lishing fli;Vnl of the Harlow Bros irens, was in town Tuesdny mokiny

f i n eoienis for the show In May 2d.

Wm. Rnbertsou aud wife of ! fa ve -na. f irmerlv of Lowell, mourn thi-los« of their 8 mouths old sni . wh • die I March 9 Mrs. Jennie Robert ersou is with them.

Oiii- good term deserves another "Unc le S a m " Edmonds h is uiv n Lowell nil efticietit. economical and non-pTrtisan ndniinistratinu of the town e'erk's oflice T h a t he will be renominated {»oes without saying.

There is goruethiiig amusing in tin life of newspaper man. if down be -neath the surface of life's tratric event-he can see the humorous side of hi" fret fid existence. There is hardly h man without a irrievance which In-wants aired in the paper. l i e would not sign his name to it for ten dollars a line, ye he exnecta the editor h-cotnoose th -a r t i c le , set it nn. print h and stand all the responsibility f n nothing.

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your friends n' a conundrum supper ® ami g lei'/i a 1 the home of Mr . and j ^ W i l l S C O T T S E M U L S I O N u

Mr*. Wm, Piillcn. Wednesdav March [ 6 c u r e c o n s u m p t i o n ? Y e s a n d &

f S " | , | " , r "• i" b " "• r r•• , 1 f ^ • " " 5 1 g n o . WiU it cu re e v e r y case ? |

, ' M, B. I t - m i , , ^ . , , of Alio, who i . ! | " 0 - * ! ! * U C " K S ;•»> mt to move to ( traml Rapids, wil ^ t h e n ? l h o s e i n t h c i r c a r h c r g ?e a lari'e a.nonnt of farm stock, j | | s t ages , especially i n y o u n g g

10 a n people. W e m a k e n o e x a g - u

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| pos i t ive evidence t h a t t h e g

g e a r l y u s e of

jnio'pments, etc., at auction at hi-, Tuesday, the 22d N. F. <

!lii» popular auctioneer, will conduct In* sale Sw» nills printed at this

office for fur ther particulars,

The pupils of the first eitrht gPades, « • r* a •

Lowell schools will L'ive a Ii. 6 5 C 0 t t S L f l K l l S l O n <nu«ic.il entertainment at

sic Hail , Fridav evening, March £•'). Admission 10c. The proceeds ^vid be devoted to the purchase of Supplementary material for use in the g rades glviij|» the enter fa inment .

. S u n d a y niolning Rev. L. N. Pat t i «)n will preach a child 's sermon illus-; ^ InSting with magngfT

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Total number of pages 456. weight 8 lbs, size of book when closed, 12x15 inches. The printed matter alone would make 5 voltmies of 300 pages en 01 u. .. sized books.

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R. ]>. Boylan, h a ' d w a r e , [except [ wire and nails . |

Yo l t e r A' W a d s w o r t h , f u r n i l n r c a n d i undcr t ' g . fcx. bedr 'm s u i t s . ] '

L. B . Lyon, meat marke t . D. G. Look , d rugs and Avail paper ' ex . pa in ts and oils.J l i t f u g e r <& T i n k l e r barbers .

C. Berg in , grocer , [ex. sugar . ] C. i l . Migby, jeweler . C. If. Alexander , bazaar .

N. 1). Bla in , d r y goods. Chas. A l then , c lo th ing . Mrs. M. J l i l e r , n u l l i n e r y . Geo. B. Craw, grocer , [ex. sugar ; ]

j S . J . Hus t ed . b lacksmi th .

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Pirbops the most f retalcnt n;. r.in of men gifted with tuului: d 1. . uity bkos tbe sbape oi acconipi^ht i r at-tempting to accomplitdi in miuiature tbe mightiest feats of engtaeering thai human bands bave ever set ap. The en-thusiast in minintaro regards ibe Forth bridge, for example, not as a utilitarian masterpiece, bnt ai a modal to be fol-lowed and copied ih all tbe materials supplied, by a threepenny bit. and tha 985 feet sf EifTdl tower neither fills bis breast with awe nor horror, bnt is re-garded aa a choice sabject to be oon-Btructed in miniatare oat of bent pea and the sbsll of a walnat.

Of tbe medieval meebaaicians Joka Mnller, better known in the trade as Regiomontanni, which one nnst admit sounds well for one of h i i craft, who lived in the fifteenth century, Was with-out doubt the Mashelyne aad Cook of tbu period, or at all events ha had aa a biographer a writer of gteatet imagina-tion than the other less fortaaate f sa i l of that era. Peter Ramus, tha writer ia question, not only credits Joha Mallet with fashioning a wooden eagle, which on the oocasion of the Emperor Max* imilian visiting Nuremberg flew eat to meet him, saluted him in dae f o r m -however that may have been—and thin turned round and accompanied the pre-cession to tbe city gates, bnt further as-serts t^at the same indiyidaal turned out an iron fly Which, hovlnc flown a perfaet roandibout. With wcwiy wln^s returned unto her muter.

We aro inclined to tbinbi all things considered, that Peter Ramus had th i makings of a very fine creator of excit-ing fiction in him aud that i t waa a sad pity he allowed his gif t to be wasted in compiling a biograpby of a 100 years' deceased automata artificer in place ot forestalling tbe friend of oar youth, IL Jules Verne.

Tbe cherry atone baa been a favorite subject for tho worker in miniature since Hadrianua Junius saw a t Mechlin " a cherry stone out into the form of a basket, in which were 14 pairs of dice distinct, the spots and numbers of which wrro easily to be discerned with a good eye." A museum in Massachusetts baa nmcng its other possessions a cherry stone containing a dozen silver spoons. As the stone is of tbe ordinary size the spoons are so small that tbeir shape can only bo admired by tbe aid of a micro-scope. Otber remarkable cherry stones are tbe ones carved all over with 124 heads, mostly of popes and potentates, nnd tho ono fashioned by a topmaker a t Nuremberg, which contains a plan of Sevastopol, a railway station and tho "Messiah" of Klopstock, is indeed mul-tam iu parvo.

A tiny vessel has been made of late years by an Italian jeweler who camo into posEession of a pearl that nature had caused to take upon itself tbe shape and contour of a boat. A sail of beaten gold studded with diamonds, a binnacle light of ruby and emerald, and a rud-der of ivory complete tho structure, which weighs less than nn ounce all told. Wo recently saw it stated that tho smallest steam engine in tbe world ia cno of nn upright pattern, made of sil-ver and gold and resting ou a 25 cent goldpicce. Tho diameter of tho cylinder is ono forty-eightn part of an inch; stroke, ono thirty •second of an inch; weight, cno eighth of a grain; bore of cylinder, .8125 of a Kquare inch. Tho cngiuo can bo worked either by steam or com pressed air, and—ch, shado cf Peter Knu.us—tho balance whtel of ono-third ol nn inch diameter is suid to mako l,7G0 revolutions per minute.

In 1810 a knife was made at MCE'-TS. Travis & ben's, Manchester, contuiuing three blades, buttonhook, saw, pum-h, screwdriver, box, corkscrew, hook and gimlet, two phlemens, a s j u h ; cf Ln-cet, picker and two more luuu.-i with a ring at tho .i< ad. Tho knife, v.c k - a i , was only eloven-sixituitbs ot un imh long nnd weighed 1 p iunywu; ht 14 grains. At this end of the o . a i r y bhefiiold can boust cf a dc.zc n 1: of sbcats. each su mitnite that u i.lio-gether wtif b I C E S Uun bait' u . 0 , if report spta. s true.

Uf examples of microscopo v . ^ . r g theio is no <ud, bi t u n (.1 tbu 1 mous is montiontu by l-liny, j tb.it Cicero butt r;: x- bu -i t s " I l i a d " in a nut^bell. In . .i o the t ruth of tins n 1 u 1,1. i h u e t expprimuued in 1 . t tho dacph . j , whose tut- 1 1(570. l .o li i x showed 1. .r t sheepskin l O i y b iniht.-. I up to fit the theil of n > 1 procectied t 110ve1l1.ii . ) stanzas of UO vtibcs to a 1 sido of tho paper, or 'i.i 1 each side. Cl" tho pain tore Curd van lUuui.u 1 century painter and hi i tho landsciipe^ painteo 1 i Heere's wile. Tuts w n. sented a mill w ith s. ii.-ler appearing ua if u i.i 1 loaded with a sack, a 1 ' • Were Keen upon the ten. tbu mill was fixed, anu 1.. eral peasants were d i m iii was perfectly disnuet m finished, and yet so iiiiuu.i i be covered with one ^ Surely that most microsi Jan van liecrs. must be (it;- .1 f j d fair painter of that > y work of art.—London

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"This Inilding. ' nl t. • girl, who was taking L • : cousin around igid bin Bights, " i s called the nail or.. Ium. They inu nded to 111;;: . asylum out of it. but tluy t d idn ' t have money enough, 1 o.:!. CHicagc Tribune

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.S ni ' iUi. \ r 1 1 \ T vonr disoaso, or who has fa i led to cure you • oosuit" ium. I T C O S T S N O T H I N G aud is s t r i c t ly conf ident ia l .

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Detroit Mcdical !c Surgical Instilute, 145 Pine Detroit Micb

LAKE ODESSA, Miner Hotel,.Wed. Mar. 16. SARANAC, Monday, Mar .14.

Galloway Comforts for Cold Weather. as usual, we arc on and with a full line o f Gallo-way Coats, Robe- . d Mittens, antidotes f o r shiv-er, tingle and free • Prices low.

First-Class nmments - -Oliver and Syracuse Plows, Planet J r . Cultiva-te They are right, and Mash sells them right. I f y o u don't find it so: he is hereto make it right.

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