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VOL. IV NO 29,

W I T H I V I ^ L I C E T O W - A . n D I S T O N E A M D C H A F t l T Y I P O T i - A . L L / '

LOWELL. K E N T COUNTY. MICH., JANUARY 8. 1897.

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Kvory Slice wo 8ell is

GUARANTEED .lust ns lleproscntetl.

o Watch Onr Wimlow for Men's Slipporg.

Girls! Notice Our . JScw

Dancing Slijipers.

SE0.M.WINE3AR

SMOETST.

TAKE COMFORT. All tliis life is worth is the pleasure and comfort

tliere is in it. One way to keep comfortable during cold win-ter woatlicr is to use and wear

GALLOWAY ROBES, COATS AND MITTENS,

Which you can buy at prices to correspond with the times of

NASH, t W l o r in Agricultural Implements, Wagons, Carriages, Sleighs and Cutters, Lowell, Mich.

The following is a Wichita (Kas.) school boy's composition.

"Pants are made for men and not men for pants. Women are made for men and not for pants. When a man pants for a •woman and a woman pants for a man, they are a pair of pants, such mistakes lead to breeches of promise. Pants are like molasses, they are thinner in summer and thicker in winter. Men j*et on a tear in their pants and some say it is all ri<»-ht; nut when the pants £fet on a tear it is all wrong. There has been much discussion as to whether 'pants' is singular or plu-ral. Seems to me that when men wear pants they are plural, and when they don't they are singular." Good pants, work-manship, fit and goods warranted, at $4.00, $5.00, $5.50, $b.OO and up.

b . c . s " m : i t h , FINE MERCHANT TAILORING.

In t h e Lis t of C a u s e s f o r C r i m e in

BLOODY ROW. j INTEMPERANCE LEADS.

B r u t a l Ac t ions of a Saloon Crowd At ft rand Rapids .

Grnml Rnpifls, .Tannnry 1.—The

new year opened with one of the

hloodiest assaults in which the police

have figured for many years. It grew

nut of the crusade which the police

have heen waging against saloonkeep-

ers f>»r keepiii0' open on Sun lays and

holidays. Officers Viergiver and Mar-

riugton visited the saloon ofSommers

Si Trade well and found the back door

open and the place full of men drink-

ing. When the officers entered they

were recognized, and as if at. a con-c ried signal, the crowd attacked ed, 12.1; m,.re or less educalerl, 4f{7;

ihem with clubs, beer hollies, glasses, illiterate, 3o; habilual drunkards , 123;

etc. Viergivt-r was struck on llie j moderate drinkers, 139; temperate,

head with a heavy club and went to | 2o8.

the floor like a log. Harrington man- I ' of (/rime-Tnteraperance, 228;

a j ed 10 pnll his revolver while the | evil associa te . 41; unfavorable en-

crowd was belaboring him, and shot ] • ironments, loO; o ther causes, 101.

Pradewell, one of the proprietors of Ba rn B u r n e d .

the saloon, though the lung inflicting | Charlie Bills of Segwun met with a

a fatal wound. A patrol wag .n rnisfortune, Tuesday evening—the

Dea th of M r . Owen.

J , I I : Owen , fo r many years a

r e s iden t of t ins vil lage, died. at. his

t h i s S t a t e . 1 h p m e . y e s t e r d a y a f t e rnoon , l i e

Ionia, J an . 4.— The R e v . Cyrus has been in poor heal th fo r some

Mendenhail, chaplain of the state | f1Tn( . i,,,] U ot considered scri-

house of correction and reformatory, j o u s i y ji] l i p leaves a wife and

has filed his report to the committee | t } i m . ch iMren , l l e r t of th is vi l lage,

of fifty of the national organization of M . u . v o f ( • r a n ) 1 R a p i d s and M r s . Al-

oharitiea and reforms, showing the '

"relation of liquor to c r ime / '

The report is made on the basis of

">00 prisoners, and sdiows 2(59 born in

Michigan, 143 in other states, 74 for-

eigners, 14 unknown. Crime against

property, 435; against person, 65;

possessed of good homes, 376; neglect-

full of officers arrived at this juncture

and rescued the wounded officers.

Many arrests have been made, and

he severest punishment will probab-

v be meted out to the participants

m the affair Neither of the officers

is mortally wounded.

Sinefe the above was written Saloon-

keeper Tradewell has died.

HAVE (iOT THE SNAKE.

The M o n s t e r Rept i l e C a p t u r e d a t Las t .

Editor Lowell L e u g k r :

At last that great sea serpent,

known as McCarty's snake, has been

captured. Las t Fr iday night Joseph

Fal lant and Herber t Chase, while out

hunting coon, were suddenly and very

unexpectedly, attacked by this great

burning of his barn, together with its

contents. Five buggies, a wagon and

a fanninc mili were included in the

loss. The fire is supposed to have

been started by tramps.

Vergennes . The Vergonnes W. . T. "U. will meet nt

the home of Mrs. Mary Bennett, TIuiih-tluv afternoon, Jan. 14. Prngram, p -rKa-uiontarr drill. condndU'd by Mre. Rnliy

Miss Ednu I'otcvin of Muskegon litis been the guest of Delia James the pant two weeks.

Qnint Hiidsnn, wife and children m-tended a family reunion at the home of his ttisicr, Mrs. John Hawk, nt Lowell, New Years day. A good time was enjoyed by

nil. Wm: Parker, who has been alarmingly

il|, is slowly improving. Mrs. G. W. Crosby was taken so seri-

onslv ill lust Thursday night that a doctor 'monster; but they were equipped with | was anmnioned. She is mneh better now.

a double barrel shot gun and ax, and

after a severe conflict, succeeded in

conquering their antagonist.

This may seem s^ ' i ewba t strange

for the first of J anua ry , but the snake

can be found in Mr. Parson 's woods

in South Boston, and anybody disput

Another annual mile-Stone was set up last Friday with 1807 inscribed thereon. It is much more pleasant to look ahead at the successes we hope to make than to view the failures of ibe past. New Years is a good time to make resolutions, and if you fail to keep them, try again. We hope the new year will prove a success to

bcr t M o u n t of Albion. I t is ex-

pected that t h e fune ra l services will

be held at t he house, Sa tu rday

D. p. nt.

C lubh ing L i s t .

We will fu rn ish the Lowell LF-ruiER

in connection with •any of the follow-

ing papers at prices named;

Detroit Free Press, Twice-a-week, and Ledger , SI 7">.

Detroit Tribune and Ledger , ssl .35. New York Tribune and Ledger,

SI .25. Michigan F a r m e r and Ledger .

SI 60 Grawl R a p i d s Denoorat, and Led-

ger , s i . y5 . G r a n d Rapids Hera ld , and Led-

ger. 81.75. Free Coinage Independent and

Ledger, 81 75.

If you want some other {tapers,

come/in and see us about it . W e can /

save 'you money on any paper or

magazine published.

L'pholstering and repair ing Y f i ler <fc WadswiWthV

Take advantage of our clulthing of-fers and let us save vou some money.

ing it can go and see lor themselves. " I l a " d t h a t n11 w h o f o r m resolutions

- ^ I L O W E L L PLANING M I L L , i = ^ -

W . J . S C K i m lc SON, PROPS. , Ain> DEAZiSKS I N

Lumber, Lath, Shingles and Cedar Fence Posts,

M A N U F A C T U R E R S O F S A K U , 1 ) 0 0 1 1 8 , B U N D S . P O O R A N D W I N D O W F R A M E S A N D

S C R E E N S . M O U L D I N G , F.XniHITlON A N D S H I P P I N G C O O P S . D R I E D

A P P L E B O X E S , E T C . , M A T C H I N G , R E S A W I N G A N D

J O B W O R K , W O O D E N H A V E T R O U G H S .

raCKER. & S O > % I ^ o w e l l *

Free till Jan. 1.

A B A R G A I N . F O R O N L Y $ 1 . 6 0 We will send you

THE MICHIGAN FARMER Until January 1,1898, and

THE LOWELL LEDGER For one year. This will give you the Fa rmer uhMolutely free until Jan-

uary 1, 1M7. The Michigan Farmer contains more prnctical rending matter and

ntvd more complete atid correct murket reports than any other paper. Send direct to the Michigan Farmer , Detroit. 'Mich. for a free sai

Address all oiders for subscriptions to T H E L E D G E R , Lowell, Mich.

The boys had no way of measuring

the snake but thought it about 15

feet in length.

O l d Su b s c k i u e r .

SHE SCREAMED.

will keep them.

Plow a Lowell Young Man i s Under Arrest .

Ionia, Mich, J a u n a r y 4.—Carl

Speaker, a young man naming Lo-

well, and, as his home, strayed into

Ionia today after wandering around for

some lime, found his way to Longe

Bros', market. During the tempor-

ary absence of the proprietor he is

alleged to have tried to " tap the till,"

bin, owing to the combination, made

so much noise that he was detected by

Mrs. Fred Longe, who was in the

office. She shouted robbers, and he

ran mim the store right into the grasp

of Marshal Kedemsky, who was on

his way to dinner. He is now iu jnil.

—[Detroit Free Press.

TOO MUCH WATER.

sample.

Hon.W.J. Bryan's Book All rho hps 1 n l r - r f I n fiirtli.rinR Ihi- *iili'

ol lluii. If. J. Iiri/ai:'$ m: l**ik •lioiilil oorrM|>oD<l Iniiiiiiliutuly wiili Ilia IiiiMinlicn. TheHurk Mill nontnln . . .

« iCCOUKT OF HIS Ci«?AIGl> WDR. "HIS BI0CRAM1Y, VRiniKBYHISWm F!S MOfl WrORTlST SVKKIUtS mRiscnsOrTas CAKPUO:. OK tBVii.

G P ; ' A HIV IK1* OF THF, n w KiunoAtutuAiios.

cACEWTS WANTED • • • Sfr Kriat. hua nn-uiunrM hla In'.nlion of dn-ollnp oni>-lmIf of nil jjiilliwito furlMHni* On- rmiwof blnirlallUm. 'l\«ra ore alrrady IndlcAtion* of an enormo'j^ule. Wdrens W. B. (ONHtr COMPAKY. Fubliihcrt

341-351 Dwrtiom St-CWCAGO

nou'W ^"lli '

An editor works 3051 days in a year to get out fifty-two issues of his pa-per—that 's labor. Once iu a while somebody pnysa-years'subscripition— tha t ' s capital. Aud once in a while some dead beat lakes the paper for a year or two and vanishes—•that's an-archy. But later on jvstice will overtake the last named creature, for there is a plawe wheie he will get his deserts—that's . [Ex.

W O N D E R F U L u.e the cures by WW Hood's Sarsaparllla, and yet they 4irc simple and natural, llood't. Sorsa-parillumukes P U R E B i D O D .

Kecne C e n t e r Mrs. Henry Abbott, who fell nnil broke

bur urni, Ih improving slowly. She Ih stuy-ing with her duughtor, Mrs. James Huw-ley, nt Hnrnnar.

George Golds, wife and (laughters re-turned to their home in Grand Rupidn Tuesday.

Hroehelle of Wisconsin, who has been ussisting his brother nt Keene elinrdh through the meetings, returned to bin home New Years morning.

Robert Sparks and wife, John H.iskins nnd wife, Manion Wilkinson and wife. Milton Wilkinson and Grace Blukeslee all took dinner with Miles Monke and wife "Sew Years.

The Ladies' Aid society will meet nt

Mrs. Lamberton's Jan. IU, u. m. All are eordiiilly invited.

Milton Wilkinson returned to his school nt (Srund Rapids Jan. 4.

Manton Wilkinson and wife will spund this week in Sarnnnc at her parents'.

A gonflly number attended the watch meeting last Thursday nit;bt at Keene chtirch. That being the Inst night of the meetings, a numbor decided to join the church, and as the old year was passing out

S t o p s t h e Kinc Mills and Drov u s ^ ™ne to the altar. Thirteen M c C a r t y ' s Corn i w u r t r e c o ' v e " ( m I""0"111""1 and twelve

m, i. •, i i baptised. We feel that theXord bus been 1 he purling Orrand/ j its back up , , , • ,

, . , 7 ' with us tbrougii these mootini;H and blessed this week—(dear u / .o the water ||K ( l | | May his work continue. wheels of the King n..fling company. - —

Consequently no grind. And Charlie . . , . F a , , a i | b u r C -1 . i "i .. ateketee is sick again. Mcf.arty, who built a crib at the roar d . c . Sayiesand children ofOmnlm.

of the Wisner mill and, trusting in N^b., visited at "m. Rexford's last week.

Providcnce, put two thousand bushels Newal Raymond and wife and Mr. and

of corn into it, will tell you how corn Mrs. Titus spent New Years at Tom Reed's.

and water mix, when the roaring Flat F r"";1 ' ^ " 8 visited over Sunday at i . ,p, T , Mrs Willie Rexford's, at Lowell.

goes down. 1 he L e d u e k cloes not :

f ,. . , . , . , , ! Jake .Masienurook ami wile spent New b e h e v a m mouushme whiskey, hut 1 Y e t t r s n t W l ) l U t . x f o n l . s

simply suggests to McCarty that a ! win Ilailey and wife and Frank Slier-

combinntion of wet corn and snake rurd and wife apont last Tuesday at M.

stories, run through a still, might Penny's. make marketable "snake juice." Ada Rooth spent a lew days with Min-

' nie Rouse this week. A beautiful set of artifiuial teeth for.

85 a t Dr. J . H . Rickert 's . Ask to s e e ' sample. i

Ba iu ia in—house , barn .and three lots for sale fo r 8325. Mits. K n i o i i t

^ Mr. Olosson and family took dinner with M;,. " ' Mrs. Stanton Friday.

••'mo r u i n , t l and wife were

R Only those who stna» '• plnces can fully realize lis power, the'

H " • Laud of Asia Minor and the holy

THANKS Are cine any person who

does another a favor, and you

will always find that we appre-

ciate your trade.

If you are in need of Grocer^

ies and want them good, call in

and sec my line.

My Canned Goods are fine,

and cheap—Just ask the price.

In Bottled Goods you will

also find a select line.

Fancy Queen Olives in hulk.

I have just ^ot in a new line

of brooms. Call in and see

them if you want to save your-

self money--10c, loc, 2oc, 30c

and 35c.

GEO. B. CRAW. M C K I N L E Y &

M C C A R T Y Are elected. The former will run

the covonvmetit. but the lat ter will

cimtihue tn run the Grocery, P r o v i s -

imi and F a r m Prorluce busioeffi.

Every th ing in tlie l i

nnd F A N C Y G R

Crockery and Gi

Prices that caonoti

pins or luarbles.

M d

.Highest priceapaad for fa!

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W H O L E N

Constip and iiroduccs biliousness,

Causes fully half tlie sirkm^s retains the digested food loo li

Resiion. bad taste, coated tonpue, sick headache, in-somnia, etc. Hood's Tills cure constipation and all its results, easily and thorouphly. jr. Prepared by C. I. Hood & Co The only nils to take with Hood'

FOUNDING THE KONGO

Erplofdr Stanley Tell* In Hrl# of the Great Kntcrprn

During my descent of the had revolved over and over m i the qnestion erf tiio destiny of Sealed at the prow of my boa led oar flotilla, and daily watt river developing itself. I was pied with these thoughts evf moment. There was, it set ined nu oilier power but England tha interest itself with this pan nf j and, as I said, there was not white man in possession of any of Uio equatorial belt except mom h of tlie Kongo, where a f t ers had gathered. Bat despite! merous addresses in England n j subject 1 failed to awaken morel geographical interest in eqnau rioa. The terror of th# African! in general was too s t n o g upon body.

Elsewhere, however, the my addresses in tlie Englfsh were taking offoot. Alter months' bnsy h f r in Engla of 1 lie Belgians iirvired me tel and 1 was theii informed of hisi inclination tonndertalce f-orJU 1 bud been so scrennuusl.v .'idnf liskmen to do. He was id ready i] of the African Iirfernational .-issorajrtiK*,1

which was about to set oh fodtrtttal-manitarian onterprine from The' roast, and he led me to nntierprand I if I were free from other cngageioAflK be would like to emjiloy me in Dpannig'' t lm {Kongo basin to European iuflneiMBT' and'Civilization.

I t was my opinion that the best way of setting about the work was tocou-Btrnct, u Jiglfl surface railway which should fikint the cataracts of the lower Kongo-ami .then to launch steamers on the upper waters, which I estimated would furnish -about B.'OOO miles of nav-igation. We argued about this matter from August to December, 1878. The best Belgian •engineers were consnlted^ but after the mont elaborate calcula-tions as to <-081 i t was finally decided that as t h e expeuee would be great we should content onwelww with making wagon roads past the cataraoU'^nd build a series of militnry staticms for the pro-t«ctiou of caravans, and thut the annual expendicuro should not exceed f00,OOB. —Tluiirc M in CautJWt-

HOW CAMPHOR IS MADE.

(••e May Vrmervi' the Ttpwj, Smm They Own Formtma.

'One Of filie principal products •of the t e r r i t o ry vs'faicjh has come under .1 apiw iieae q*dirtluit«trution a s * resul t of the war fwitii Ohina, its camphor.

Small nhamies are scattered wwer t h e t i l l s nvheae the camphor trees grow, and in all flrnvtions the clearing of the voods is go'mg* on at a rapid rate. O* the hillBides nrft built diKtilleries con-sisting of oblong-shaped strncfcureti .principally of anud bricks, and about ten or twelve fee t long, six feet broad and four feet, hig^i. «

On each side arofive to ten fire hole* ahout a foot apar t -and the same dis-tance above the ground. On each fire hole ra placed an earthen pot full o t wafcet and above it a cylindrical tube, ^ b o u r a foot in dinmetw^ind two feet high, pusses up through the s t ructure and aaoears abrrve it.

I^ ienube iskiii[jped by a large invertcfl jar , willi a pueking of damp h e m p b e -t.woen "Che iur and cylinder to [prevent, the 'escape of •ffleam. The cylinder ia filled with chips of wood hbout t h e s i re of tiie Itttle finger, which rest on a per-forated lid covering the j a r of water . ko Ubat when the steam V . se^A passefr-up to the inverted jar, or condenser, abHorhing eertain . t HinouBmatter f r o a i the wood on its way.

While difrfillation is going on an ee-t»cutWl oil is produced and is f o u n d mixed wi th the water on the inaide of the jjar. VThen the jnr is removed t h e beady drops solidify, crystalization^ eomnaences and camphor in a e r r ' ' f o r m , looking like newly-forma' E. W. is d e t t a A r i k t o the hands,,

S i i a i iJsL.

rdove leak out t i swhv the

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Wisher.

MICH.

H W A L L S .

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MENTION OF

M A T T E R S .

MICHIGAN

m p t * Double Mnrde* and

•..n acmr Mlliineton—Bad Fire

' v , u *»»—Th*. 1897 State

Mi<- be Held a t Detroit .

rrabaU' I r an :

of-1- " inr : r

i -able Marder S e a r Ml l l lnc ton

ire h e l d responsib le f o r a , t h a t r e s u l t e d in the d e a t h I rown. a n aged f a r m e r , l iv-mi les w e s t of Mi lUngton.

- • •. m. Mr. B r o w n w a s ca l led t o Jv by t w o men w b o c la imed t h e y ^ to buy a h/>rse. Mr. B r o w n p iad n o horse , w h e r e u p o n o n e

. s t r a n p e r s became very a n g r y .owed Mr. B r o w n ins ide , a i k i n g

/ - ink of w a t e r , b u t sca rce ly w a s . r m e r ' s back t u r n e d , w h e n h e ^ a r evo lve r a n d fired, m a k i n g a n ; wound in t h e l e f t k i d n e y . H e . oound Mr. Brown w i t h a c lo thes-

vud l e f t h i m b leed ing on a lounge , v- B r o w n b e g a n t o sc ream. S h e w a s

ked sense less wi th the b u t t of a r 'Iver. One m a n t h e n w a t c h e d : coup le wh i l e t h e o t h e r r a n s a c k e d ; ; house , b u t f o u n d n o money . Dur-* t h e i r s e a r c h a son of t h e o ld m a n

speared a t t h e b a c k door , b u t a shot , h ich missed i t s m a r k , f r i g h t e n e d h i m

w a y , a n d h e r a n t o a ne ighbor ' s . T h e o b b e r s t h e n d i sappea red . Mrs. B r o w n

is in a c r i t i ca l condi t ion .

For m Xew County. A s t r o n g e f f o r t wi l l be made t o pro-

vide f o r a n e w c o u n t y t h i s w i n t e r by t h e l e g i s l a t u r e f r o m por t ions of On-t o n a g o n a n d Gogebic count ies . T h e t o w n s of E w e n , Matchwood, For i , T r o n t Creek a n d Choate a re des i rous of b e i n g s e t off f r o m Ontonagon coun ty , a n d if possible, s ecu r ing the t o w n s h i p s of Maren isco and W a t e r s m e e t f r o m Gogebic c o u n t y , and of La i rd a n d D n n c a n f r o m H o u g h t o n c o u n t y , t he l a t t e r t o w n s h i p s inc lud ing the impor t -a n t t o w n s of K e n t o n . Ki tchi a n d Sid-n a w . T h e s e commun i t i e s a r e a l l in-t e r e s t e d in t h e s a m e pursu i t s , b u t t h e l u m b e r i n g t o w n s of Dnncan a n d Lai rd a r e t i ed t o H o u g h t o n coun ty , wh ich is i n t e r e s t e d in copper min ing , a n d a re 100 mi les a w a y f r o m t h e c o u n t y s e a t

Btata Fa i r H a y Go t o Detroit . At a meeting of t h e execn t ive com-

mittee of the State F a i r associat ion in L a n s i n g A. EL Zenne r , m e m b e r f r o m D e t r o i t , s u b m i t t e d a proposi t ion t o take the fair t o H igh land P a r k ; and o f f e r e d a $5,000 g u a r a n t e e , s igned by H u d s o n , t h e Russel l bouse a n d th ree o t h e r s . T h e m a t t e r will be decided at the a n n u a l m e e t i n g n e x t mon th . The f u r lost m o n e v a t Grand Rapids th i s j e a r , a n d m e r c h a n t s who g u a r a n t e e d 85.000 w e r e assessed 40 per cen t of the g u a r a n t e e . I t seems probable now that t h e D e t r o i t o f fe r wi l l be accepted.

B « r Bar sed to Deatli.

Mrs. J o h n Seymour , a widow living I n t h e o n U k i r t s of Grand Rapids, l e f t her 4-year-old boy Charley t o care f o r t h e b a b y f o r a f e w minu t e s whi le she w e n t t o a g roce ry , and w h e n she re-t u r n e d C h a r l e y was dead and the house a f i r e . I t i s bel ieved t h a t he played with matches . T h e blaxe w a s rapidly a p p r o a c h i n g t h e b a b y when she t h r e w a b l a n k e t a r o u n d i t a n d ca r r i ed i t out. Mrs . S e y m o u r recent ly 3o>t b a r hus-b a n d b y a n acc identa l dea th .

Dj-ar Cot HU FranchlMi. T h e F o r t Huron common oonnciL.

a f t e r m u c h w r a n g l i n g and n u m e r o u s a m e n d m e n t s , passed the ord inance g r a n t i n g J . B. D j a r a SO-year f ranchise tor h i s proposed e lec t r ic r a i lway f r o m D e t r o i t t o F o r t Hnron . Many f u r t h e r a m e n d m e n t s t o pro tec t t he in te res t s of t h e city w e r e tacked on t i e ordinance a n d a t o n e t ime i t seemed a s t hough Its passage would be en t i r e ly blocked.

A t 10:30 p. m. fire w a s discovered in the b a s e m e n t of D. S. Phe lps ' h a r d w a r e and toy s to re at 174 Woodward avenue. Detroi t , and before it was ext inguishet l did a b o u t $15,000 d a m a g e t o t h e build-ing and s tock .

Pe rcy Vande rvee r , of Coloma, was sho t a n d ki l led by h is f a t h e r while out h u n t i n g . T h e g u n w a s accidental ly d i scha rged by the m a n s t u m b l i n g and the e n t i r e c h a r g e e n t e r e d the boy's back a n d k idneys .

In a n i n t e r v i e w Gen. K. A. Alger, of

M I S C E L L A N E O U S .

The wife of Granville Cecil, a t ro t -t ing horse owner of Danville. Ky.f has sued for divorce, charf j lng cruelty.

The s t r ike at the shoe factory of F . B. J enk ins & Co., at Stoneham, Mp.es., has been settled and over 100 opera-t ives returned to work. The s t r ike was ordered bera'ise of a 10 per cent reduc-tion In wages, and a compromise has been effected.

F R O M M A N Y P O I N T S .

BRIEFLY R E L A T E D .

Filihnttcr Conimmlorp (JinK-.

The filibuster s t e a m e r Cowmodore, which cleared f rom .lacksonvllle, Fla. .

N E W I T E M S O F V A R I O U S K I N D S ! f o r C i e n f u P o s - C u , ' a; w i t l 1 : l W g O of j

. . f o u n d e i r d Twenty-pi

C A S U A L T I T S .

A n i t of 25 per cent In wages is an-

Detroi t , w h o has j u s t r e tu rned" f r o m n o u n c e d a t t J l e Morton works in Ash-Europe . said t ha t he w a s opposed to t h e recogni t ion of the indeptMidence by the Un i t ed S ta tes , bu t he favored the a n n e x a t i o n of Hawaii .

J a m e s H. Moore, atred 34. of Detroi t , a p r i sone r in t h e W a y n e county ja i l v i th a c h a r g e of forgery h a n g i n g over h i s h e a d , took a dose of r ough on r a t s and died a t H a r p e r hospital a f ew h o u r s l a t e r . Despondency.

J a o o b Eizzcr , aged 23, a Bohemian

land, ,Ky., affecting about 200 employes in the nail, rolling and heal ing depar t -ments, together with the puddling de-par tment , employing, when In opera-tion, a hundred more. The reduction will no t be accepted.

Rev. George Bryant and wife of Pal-myra . Wis., have entered upon their fifty-third year of married life. Mrs.

! Bryant , aged 79, has just completed quilts for twelve of her grandchildren.

I Gen. G. W. Curt is Lee, president of woodsman, w a s f o u n d a t a Lud ing ton Washington and Lee university at Lex-avenue boading house wi th h . s t h roa t l n g t o n V | L s l n c e t h e d e a t h o f h i s

cuL He is of unsound mind, and says j f a t h e r G e n R o b m E ^ 1 8 7 0 > r c . somebody was chas ing him t h r o u g h 8 i g l i e d o n a C ( X ) U Q t o f c o n t i n U e d ill t h e woods, and concluded t o k . l l j h e a l t h ^ w u a t o n c e e l e c l e d p r e s i .

Spain ConNrntx tn ItavliK; the t'liltrd

Stat cs to Mrdiatr to Settle the

Cohan Trouble Venernela IIoltiinR

Back the Iloundary Sottlrment.

The old say ing t ha t "where the re is smoke t h e r e is sure t o l>e lire ' may be appl ied to a r e c e n t deve lopmen t in the Cuban ma t t e r . It l ias been s t rong ly asser ted t h a t Spain has notified the Uni ted S ta tes of h e r acceptance of t h e proposal of Pres iden t Cleveland to mediate be tween Spain and Cuba fo r a

Oscar Johnson, a prominent mer-chan t of Utlca. Ind., was gored by a bull In front of the Calt house.

Joe Brewer and Jane Xeal were kiil# ed and Oscar Xeai and B. F. Bdznar in-jured In a holier explosion a t Tazewell. Tenn.

At Jacksonville, HI.. Wliliair. De Fre-• • . , Has was s t ruck by an engine and will

" k m . It is suspected t h a t some .Span- [ probably die. as his head - as injured, isli spy was the cause of the disaster , j k addition to the breakage of three When it was seen t h a i the Commodore ! i ;bs . would sink they took to the boats , two | A train on the Pennsylvania road of which were capsized in tlie heavy I r a n over a man at Frankl in , Ind., who

a r m s and ammuni t ion , f o u n d e i l d off j New Smyrna at 3 a. m. Twenty^pight

men were on board of ihe s teamer , and so fa r as known only 17 were saved. One of the survivors says t ha t when the leak was discovered it was found t h a t t he pumps had been tampered j

sea. CapL Murphy and four Ameri-cans. inc luding t w o newspaper men, were the la*-; t . leave and they reached land a f t e r l>all!ing for 24 hours aga ins t the waves. Maj. Ricardo A. Delgado, one of the crew, reached Jacksonville

h imse l f . ; < j e n t e m e r l t u s by the board. R. C. Sweet , a sewing machine a g e n t j Announcement is made t ha t Alexan-

of Xiles, recent ly disappeared, a f t e r der Smith fr Sono' carpet h a v i n g appointed a man to look a f t e r h i s bus iness in te res ts . It now appea r s Swee t h a s inher i t ed S45.000 by the d e a t h of his f a t h e r in Rochester, N. Y., a n d h a s gone t o c la im iL

Wm. H a n s ^ aged 25, a l i eu tenant of t h e Detroi t ' Grays, fell in r u n n i n g to g e t h i s p rope r position behind the l ine, d u r i n g a dri lL His head s t ruck t h e

der Smith & Sons' carpet mills a t Yonkers, N. Y., will resume work early next month . They have been shu t down two months . The mill employs 7.000 persons and has a pay roll of J60,000 a week when working full t ime.

The following s ta tement of bullion operated on a t t he Denver min t dur ing 1896 was furnished by Chief Pucket t : Gold, $4,218,861; sliver. $27,373: total.

t h e r 0 i n , , 0 f t h cJ

s , v o r d ^ n e : $4,2445,234? Last year's total was J4.-

Bay City Blaro.

T h e Nor r ing lon bloisji, -93 Wate r Street, Bay CSty, occupied by the Mc-Donel l H a r d w a r e Co.. and Emil Flues, g u n s m i t h , w a s badly wrecked by a fire. T h e roof of t h e bu i ld ing a n d p a r t of t h e second floor were bu rued away. T h e 1 oases a r e es t imated a s follows: H . H. K o r r i n g t o u cm bui lding, $10,000; McDonel l H a r d w a r * Co.. $25,000; Emil F ine*. $800.

laaat Portion of Eagle VUlar* Bomed T h e e n t i r e business section of Esg le

v i l lage , o n t h e D. L. & X. rai l road, w a s wiped o u t b y fire and one dwel l ing

s i . The fire s ta r ted f rom a li. MoCrumb's h a r d w a r e store.

a i l t h e ! b u r n e d bu i ld ings were hud-yrWI f lo se toge the r , and a s Eagle has a o fire p ro tec t ion i t was impossible t o s a v e t h e m Eag le h a s 300 i n h a b . t a s t s .

P . H . Tay lo r , of Ionia , is t h e oldest s h r i n e r in the s ta te , h i s age be ing 75.

T h e V icksbu rg pos tmas te r ' s c o m m i t d o e s n o t exp i re t i l l Nov. 3, 3897,

- r epub l i cans are a l r eady candi-

b r a k e m a n on t h e Pont iac , he rn ra i l road, fe l l f r o m

n a t i o n and died of h i s

181' • - k e e p e r s wi l l ' t i J a n . 1

«i Mt.

w n . of xat h i s mmK. n n p s j e e d

i pro-acbes

t r a t e d h is neck, m a k i n g a deep cut and h e died f rom t h e in ju ry .

Dur ing a surpr ise pa r ty a t the home of J o h n Garborino. in t h e r e a r of h i s saloon. 516 Rivard s t r ee t , in the I ta l ian q u a r t e r of Detroi t , a q u a r r e l ended in t h e m u r d e r of Ph i lomcna t a n d e c k i a b y F r a n k SL Angelo, w h o sho t h im t h r e e t imes.

The en t i r e business section of Eag le vi l lage, on t h e D. L A N . ra i l road w a s wiped out by fire and one dwe l l i ng w a s burned . The fire s t a r t ed f r o m ch imney in McCrumb's h a r d w a r e s to re . All t h e bu rned bu i ld ings w e r e h u d -dled close toge ther , and as Eagle h a s n o fire protection i t w a s impossible t o save them. Eagle h a s 300 inhab i t an t s .

T h e Xor r ing ton block, on W a t e r s t r ee t . Bay City, occupied b y the Mc-Donel l Ha rdware Co.. and Emil F lues , g u n s m i t h , was badly wrecked b y a fire. T h e roof of t h e bu i ld ing and p a r t of t h e second floor were bu rned away, T h e losses a re e s t ima ted a s fol lows; H. H. N o r r i n g t o n on bui ld ing . $10,000; McDonell H a r d w a r e Co.. $25,000; Emil F lues . $S00.

A Cuban mass mee t ing a t Jackson w a s addressed b v Hon. E. W. Ba rbe r . Hon. Eugene Pr inc le . Hon. T. E Bark-wor th . Hon. J a m e s 0 Donnell , Jaa. A. Pa rk inson a n d C h a a E. Town send. Sen t imen t w a s divided a m o n g t h e speakers on the advisabi l i ty of the rec-ogni t ion of Cuba, b u t t he audience w a s s t rong ly in f a v o r of t h e Cameron reso-lut ion declar ing fo r Cuban independ-ence.

Sidney Pearson , a mar ine fireman of Bay City, w a s sho t b y Policeman Fi tz -s immons a t Muskegon. He had a t -t acked the officer, w h o shot in self-de-fense. The ba l l en te red h i s l e f t b r e a s t a n d caused h i s d e a t h . Pearson w a s a h a r d citizen, hav ing ki l led one m a n in Chicago about a yea r ago. and since t h e n s e n t a n o t h e r t o t h e hospi taL Fi lzs immous sur rendered t o h is ch ie f , b u t was soon released.

The custom of severa l s la te b a n k s t o b o r r o w money f r o m o t h e r b a n k i n g houses, g iv ing cert i f icates of deposit backed u p by col la teraL is be ing se t down upon by Sta te Bank Commis-s ioner Ainger . Borrowed money , the re fo re , appea red in the bank s ta te-m e n t s as cert i f icates of deposit and h a d a t endency t o mislead. Commissioner Ainger will requi re b a n k e r s t o desig-n a t e more defini tely the c h a r a c t e r of t he i r l iabili t ies.

Mrs. J o h n Seymour, a widow l iv ing in the ou t sk i r t s of Gran^ Rapids, l e f t h e r 4-year-old boy Charley t o ca re f o r t h e baby fo r a f ew minu tes whi le t h e •went t o a grocery , and w h e n she r e -t u r n e d Charley was dead and t h e house afire, i t i s believed t h a t he p layed •w i th matches . The blaze w a s r ap id ly approaching the baby when she t h r e w a b lanke t a round i t and car r ied i t ou t . Mrs. Seymour recen t ly lost h e r hus-b a n d by a n acc identa l dea th .

The dry k i ln connected wi th B s t r r ' s l a rge f u r n i t u r e f ac to ry a t Owosso.filled w i t h over 300.000 f e e t of d r y lumber , w i th which t h e company expec ted t o begin work on sp r ing orders , c a u g h t fire and b u r n e d so fiercely t h a t t h e local d e p r r t m e n t w a s unab le t o snc-oessfully cope wi th i t , and Corunna w a s te lephoned fo r he lp . T h e y ar-r ived a t a m o s t oppor tune t ime , a n d a f t e r t h r e e h o u r s ' h a r d fighting t h e flames were subdued. The loss is $30,000.

Robe r t Ingl is . a G r a n d Rapids sports-m a n . w e n t t o Al legan t o spend t h e hol idays and look his g u n alonjr. W h e n "he r e t a r n e d h e had a b a g of qua iL a n d on t h e t r a i n h e met a pleas-ant young man w h o took g rea t i n t e re s t in h u n t i n g and he confidential ly showed h i m h i s bag. L a t e r t h e pleas-a n t young man called a l t he Jnglis house and not only seized t h e b i rds bu t a r res ted I n g l i s f o r shoo t in? qoa i l out of seascn. The p leasan t vonng man was Deputy (iame Warden Brewste r .

280,226. The total furnished by Colo-rado this year Is $3,935,365. an increase of $64,358 over last year.

Charles Dlckerson of Trafa lgar , Ind.. : found a notice posted on his door that

he would be whlte-cappped If he had any trouble fu r the r with Nichols. Cottle or Bill Wells. Dlckerson says the only trouble he has had recently was over the purchase of a team of mules, on which be found there was a mortgage.

se t t l ement of the w a r in Cuba. These ' o n ^ l r a , n t r o mx

N c w > m - v r n a ' reports have also been firmlv denied by I P * 1 " ^ b-v " ° t h e r " '"•rivors. al l of the gove rnmen t s of b o t h ' countr ies , | w h o a were Cubans. y e t the re s •ins t o be good au tho r i t y , fo r the s t a t emen t t h a t Spain hasunofl i - j Cyclone unil Flood*.

Southern Arkansas , nor thern . . . . . . c 1 > T j s o u t n e r n Arkansas , nort l iern c . . l l y , t h r o a | t h ^ n o r D o p a y D e U m e . n o r t h l „ . s t c l . n

t h e s . p . n W . milliliter, p r o m i « d t o ac- i . t t I T i b l e ^ a n d 8 . „ r m

ccpt the Lni ted S ta tes mediation di- i i » > .

Texas were

reclly a f t e r (Jen. Weyler has cleared P ina r del Rio province of rebels, and

caus ing the loss of a number of lives and the destruct ion of properly. The

. . . . . ' . " , I g r e a t e s t dest ruct ion occurred a t Moor-then to g r a n t eve ry th ing s h o r t of i ? . . . . . ac tual independence for Cuba. Th is f ea tu r e of the m a t t e r is borne out by dispatches f rom Spain which say t h a t negot ia t ions toward home rule have proceeded fo r some time, and t h e las t phases of Uiese negot ia t ions indi-cate an e n l a r g e m e n t of the home ru le provisions adopted by the Spanish cortes last yea r , but not put in to exe-cution. These e n l a r g e m e n t s embrace

lived only long enough to give his name as Ira Rowland, and his resi-dence p.5 Columbu;, Ind.

A mill belonging to the Miami Pow-der Company, located a t Goes, five miles nor th of Xenla, Ohio, exploded, ki l l -ing Jacob Kreltzer instantly and fa ta l -ly Injuring Joseph Happing. Kreltzer leaves a family. Loss $7,000.

William Walker, aged 40. a f a rmer of Dauvers. HI., at tempted to board a freight t rain and fell under the wheels. He leaves a widow and four children. He was a cousin of the late David Davis.

During a fire In the heart of the wholesale section of Philadelphia about 1 o'clock Thursday morning, four fire-men were Injured by the breaking of a ladder. One of them. John Dever, win.

ingspor t . La., where almost the en t i re town was blown away and five people were kil led, besides a score being badly

in jured . At Ren ton. A r k . 25 houses I probably die. Tne damage t o T h e b u l l d -were destroyed and many people in- j n g w a ? g m a ; j j u red . Other towns suffered severely W h i I e E r n P 8 t W e r t h a n j t w o c o r a .

and at Cameron Ark. one man was p a n i o n s were rabbl t -hunt lng with shot-k.l led At Lit t le Ruck. Ark. , more ^ n e a r 0 c O D t o W j a a s t r a v s h o t

t han four inches of rain fell within a . . . . „„„ > .t . . . Penetrated W e r u s left eye. sno r t t ime and the s t ree t s were turned , „ , , j-

— • t I . . a/UI i Ui WllVIll. OfcVU AU. the election of the en t i r e Cuban j «»«o nvers , causing heavy loss t o busi- a c c l d e n t a l ! y 8 h o t a n d k l l , e d h i n i s e | f

Cnmegie is t o have s t rong oppofdtion in t±ie manufiu- ture of a rmor p l a t e in an immense n e w plant t o tw e rec ted at Pit-tshnrg by t h e F i r lh -S le r i ing Steel Co.. composed of eas te rn and Engl ish capi ta l is ts .

Mrs. Henry Ward Jiceener. -whw Is n o w 84 y e a r of age. sustained a serious aocident whi le r i s i t i ng a t t h e res idence of he r son-in-law. the Lev. Samuel SeoriJle. a 1 S t amford , C t She w a s at-taelred w^th dizziness, and in f a l l ^ g b.-ose h e r Jip in sncii a m a n n e r t h a t she protiji'pir will never walk a

' "out t h e use of c r u t c h e a

N E W S Y C O N D E N S A T I O N S .

The complete offic a l canvass of the vote a t t h e r ecen t election gives Mc-K m l e y 7,101,401 votes: Bryan 6.470,656.

F i f t y - f o u r fami l ies were dr iven ou t of t h e i r homes d u r i n g zero w e a t h e r and a t n i g h t by the bu rn ing of t w o large a p a r t m e n t houses on Wes t Fif-t een th s t ree t . New York City.

Carnegie is to have s t rong opposition in the m a n u f a c t u r e of a rmor p la te in an immense n e w p lan t to be e rec ted a t P i t t sbu rg by the F i r th -S te r l ing Steel Co.. composed of eas te rn and Engl ish capi tal is ts .

An impene t rab le fog set t led upon New York fo r a whole day p reven t ing the operat ion of the fe r r i es and caus-i n g an a lmos t to t a l suspension of traffic in the ha rbo r , and on the s t r e e t s t h e s i tuat ion was not much be t te r .

Sena to r Wolcott, of Colorado, is tak-ing a t r i p to Europe and i t is asserted t h a t be goes wi th President-elect Mc-Kinley 's approval to confer with lead-ing s ta tesmen a n d d ip lomats upon the sub j ec t of an in te rna t iona l bimetall ic conference.

A Washington dispatch says Li H u n g Chang 's visit to England and the United Sta tes h a s a l ready borne f r u i t in a decision of t h e Chinese government t o es tabl i sh schools fo r the t each ing of the Engl ish l anguage and wes te rn sciences in a l l of t he pr incipal ci t ies of the count ry . I t is said t h a t t he in ten-tion eventua l ly is t o subs t i tu te Engl ish fo r Chinese.

While Mrs. Daniel Myron, of Kala-mazoo. was a w a y f r o m home, some one e n t e r e d h e r house and completely demolished eve ry piece of f u r n i t u r e , bedding , p ic tures , carpe ts , e tc . . do ing d a m a g e to t h e a m o u n t of $700. The i n t r u d e r s c u t in the wal l w i th a k n i f e in l a r g e le t te rs , t h e word "Revenge . " T h e r e i s n o c ine t o t h e hood lums a n d Mrs. Myron h a s n o t a n enemy so f a r a s k n o w n .

T h e prospects of the 3.000 people in b u r n e d - o u t town of Ontonagon arc-ve ry blue. No manufac to ry seems in-d i n e d to locate the re , no twi ths t and-i n g i t i s one of t h e finest, h a r b o r s on L a k e Superior . Many of the bnrned-o u t fami l ies a re st i l l d e p e n d e n t upon t h e relief commit tee . The 32 business houses which have r ebu i l t a r e doing b u t l i t t le business, bu t t h e 13 saloons a p p e a r t o be th r iv ing .

Sec re t a ry of S t a t e Ga rdne r repor t s t h a t t h e r e a re 500,775) famil ies in Mich-igan , a n d the ave rage n u m b e r of per-sons be long ing t o each is 4.42. The re a r e 23,094 more famil ies t han dwel l ings . T h e n u m b e r s of fami l ies increased 118,033 f r o m 3 WW t o 38W. There a re 182,4-09 fami l ies in incorpora ted cities. The ave rage n u m b e r t o a fami ly t h e r e is 4.50; in t h e count ry . 4.358. The re a re a n ave rage of 4.€3 persons in each dwe l l i ng in Michigan.

T h e St. Joseph Valley rai lroad has

gress. instead of a mixed congress ol 15 n t s s , o u s e s -elected members a n d 15 appointed by the queen regen t : and also a complete control by Cuba of h e r tai i ff .

I t is qu i t e c lear t h a t Spain is nego-t ia t ing with the United Slates, bu t the Castillian pride compels the govern-men t to t;o a t it in an underhand way. T h e y cannot he lp t ry ing to ar r ive at a private unde r s t and ing with the United States , fo r the proceeds of the recent loan a r e nea r ly exhaus ted , and Capt.-(leu. Wevler 's appa ren t inaction has

D r f a n l t i n e C h l r a ^ u Banker Sulrldf*.

William A. Hammond, late vice-pres-ident cf ' collapsed National Rank

| of Illinois, commit teed suicide a t Chi-cago. by t h r o w i n g himself in to I>ake Michigan. He l e f t h is home on Green-wood boulevard. Evanston. having

| previously kissed h is 2 - y e a r - o l d boy good-bye. aad he was not seen again alive. His body w a s discovered in the

; iake a l t he fool of Church s t ree t .

He was playing with a revolver and ll refused to explode. Loe looked Into the barrel, unconsciously pulled the tr ig-ger. and the bullet crashed Into his temple.

F O R E I G N .

The Taung rebels in South Africa, whose upr is i sg had begun t o assume serious proportions, have been utterly routed at Pokwanl, and the orders to the volunteers to proceed to the re-en-

checked the buoyancy-which followed E T a , , s t « » ^ ' » w o boys, tvho were p l a y - j forcemeni of the Rrltish troops have Maceo's dea th . ing on the beach.

Fll lbaitrr Three Friend* In Trouble. The sequel to the encounter between

Flllbnttera Allowed to Clear.

For the first l ime since the present | dead.

the filibuster s t eamer Three Fr iends i a Cuba oegan the U. S. gov- j secretary and a Spanish warsh ip off t he coast of e r n m i ' n l h a s given permission to a cus-Cuba. accounts of which were pub- t o m s o f l i c i a l c 1"*" for Cuba a vessel

i been canceled. Prof. Emi! Helnrich du Bols-Rey-

mond, M. P., F. R. S., of Berlin, is He was a member and perpetual

of the Royal Academy of

usned two weeks sgo. is qui te s U r t . ; ^ - o r d i n g t o he r mani fes t wi th ling, and those who were aboard t h c . n iuui t ions of w a r and presumably m -

tended for the in su rgen t a rmy. The Three Fr iends a r e badly f r i gh t ened over t h e g rav i ty of the s i tua t ion in which they find themselves—of be ing considered as p i ra t e s in the eyes of in-b r n a l i o n a l usa^e. In th i s phase of the case Spain may make requisition upon Ihe United S ta tes for the persons who were aboard the T h r e e Fr iends a n d th i s gove rnmen t has no a l te rna-tive but to del iver them up.

In the meant ime the T h r e e F r i ends h a s been seized by t h e U. S. officials a ! Kev West and t aken to Jacksonvi l le

vessel in th i s case is the well and al leged filibuster The Dauntless, which will sail f r o m Jacksonvi l le , Fla. The filibuster Commodore has applied for papers a t the same port unde r sim-i lar circumstances.

Sciences al Rerlin, professor In ordi-nary of physiology In the University of Rerlin, and director of the physio-logical Institute.

Archbishop Charles Edward Fabrc known j died at Montreal Wednesday.

Mrs. Henry Ward Reecher, who is j now g4 yea r of age . sustained a serious accident whi le vis i t ing a t i be residence of he r son-in-law, the Rev. Samuel

I Scoville. a t S tamford . C t She was at-; tacked with dizziness, and in fa l l ing

u n d e r libeL T h e owners of the vessel her h ip in such a manne r t ha t put np a c lever defense, con tending ^ s h e p r a b a b l j will never walk again tha i th,. . K . , 'w i thou t the use of crutches . tha t t he s t a tu t e s which they a re cha rged with violat ing do not apply •# t h e Cuban rebellion, because the United S t a t e s has not recognizcd e i t h e r the independence o r bell igerency of the Cubans, and t ha t the cour t s cannot t ake cogniranoe of war un t i l e i t h e r ihe President or congress recognizes exist-

T H E M A R K E T S .

LIVE STOCK. Xew Tork— Cattle Sheep Lambt Uoft

B e a t p r a d e v t4 L o w e r g r a d e * S

Chicago— ence of w a n t h a t , therefore , it was im- ' Best itrades possible fo r the Three Fr iends t o have : I j 0 W * r K r a < j c s

been engaged in the "service of one political power aga ins t a n o t h e r polit- ; Lower grades ical power wi th which the United Baffalo— Sla t e s w a s a t peace ." Cuban insur- B«st gride* gen t s not eons t i t u t ing a political power j

4 SdioS x»

i (« so

recognized by the United States , a r e t h e r e f o r e n o t a •'province, s ta te , col-ony. distr ict or people." a s des ignated in said s t a tu te of the United States , i If t he Three Fr iends wins the owners hold t h a t t he Pres ident will have t o recognize Cuba or stop prosecut ing , filibusters.

La te r—The T h r e e Fr iends h a s been released b y the I". S. au thor i t i e s a l ; Jacksonvi l le . t hey appa ren t l y seeing no g rounds upon which to hold her . '

Teaeroelan* in so Hurry. Washington; Secretary Olney and

Ambassador Pauncefole had a long secret conference on the Venezuela se t t l ement ajjd the t rea ty of a rb i t r a -tion be tween the United S ta tes and 1 G r e a t Britain. In genera l t e r m s t h e officials say the prospect of an acoept-anoe of the se' . t iement by Venezuela is good, but t h e r e are impor tan t l imita-t ions which appea r to make the case less hopefu l of an immedia te conclu-sion. There appears a lso t o be much qnest ion a s t o t h e n a t u r e of Venezue-la 's acceptance. President Crespo and

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REVIEW OF TRADE

'] General trade has been rather qule*. and ; the holiday week has proven oae of the dnll-1 est of the aall »easwn which haw followed the penod ol rcrired deiaaad earlr In Jfoveia-

: ber. Unseasuaatde weather, the making of ' " r ' ' . * * ' " • " T " ' jnrealor.es and the customarr absence of

t i e government aa tnon taes have ex- : demand in wholesale lines have combiaed to prodac* more than the usual holidzr dnll-neas The rear closes with an epidemic of failures, mainljr at the west and In banks. Juan and t rc t t companies or concerns de-

, - . j 1 prnflent on them. Tlie action ot dear tn* have no t y<-t express -d omciaJ approval iumne* m varions place* indicates no wine of all t he de ta i l s of the se t t lement . On ; S'1 " ' ? l i a , , ? o e ^ have

, I failed will pay in full, bat disdosare of un-the con t ra ry t h e r e seems to be a very s^undne^. jnafew*idel r knowninstitntiaui earoess desire a t Caracas fo r more : l i l e KUteof popular feeling af-

. . . , , , , ter an exa t i a r contest ou the monctarv . . - n mformalaoo on the t e r m s of .he i«M9c has cauwd dit-tmst aad n a l i k i h

h a d m u a i t roub le t r r i n j r t o nil u p sink 1 1 : y , a t T Veneruela and Grea t * here it is frtyjuently undeserred. The h o l e s n e a r Benton Harbor . I l n n d r e d s ! to'-al bntane^s falmres fa the Caited State* of car loads of di r t have quickly disap- I » ^ ^ peared . Dozens of piles have been dr iven, one above the o the r , y e t no bo t tom found. I t is said t h a t several

ieh were marked , were found in Lake Michigan soon a f t e r -av ingev iden t ly passed t h r o u g h

a sub t e r r anean r iver

pressed satisfacti«»n wi th the jreneral resu l t s of t h e se t t lement , a s f a r a s t hey secured a rb i t r a t ion , y e t t h e v

oot tom to

Ki ;

-"W... • ben the total increased » per cent wajpared r i t h isas. when the total wi» tbMU tae larpe^t <n rocord. The total UabiUlit*

; As to the general a rb i t r a t ion t r ea ty increase of M per oent orer I be tween t h e Uni ted S la tes and Grea t 1 ^ tar <•'""" '» • made I h n r final craft-^ of t h e t r e a t j ikki. or i««tcmt more than last vear aad

and it is ;n the hands of Lord Salis- ° ' " | b u r y a w a i t i n g h is a p p r o v a l No d o u b t | ex is t s of its approval and i t is expected

An explosion of dynamite took place on board the Rrltish ship Delta in the harbor at Plymouth, England. The ves-sel sank and two persons were drowned.

Clarke S. Malteaon was arrested a t Fond du Lac, Wis., o n a charge of mur -derous assault, his wife being the com-plalnanu

A Frenchman named Fabian some time ago lodged a claim for 46,000,000 f rancs against Venezuela on account of a denial of Justice by the Venezuelan courts. The mat ter was submitted to the arbitration of the president of Switzerland, who has awarded Fabian *860.000.

A London Chronicle dispatch f rom Berlin reports t h a t Dr. Behrlng. the discoverer of the anti- toxin for diph-theria. has msrried the daughter of Splnola, the director of the charity hos-pitaL

Famine Is prevail ing In the jfrovince of Kneraon, . tassia. It Is estlmaied that 750,000 rubles wlU be required for the relief of t h ; sufferers.

C R I M E .

Joseph Adkins, on tr ial for the mur-der of Judge Combs al Hazard. Per-ry county. Ky., several years ago. was declared guilty and ssntenced t o a l ife term In the penitentiary. I t was h is th i rd tr ial . He was defended by Col. W. C. P. Breckinridge.

Martin J. Ryan, chief of the Norfolk. V a , l ire department, was shot and mor-tally wounded by F i r s t Assisstant Chief F rank Wood, The chief had reported Wood for drunkenness, and Mayor Mayo was just wri t ing out the order of suspension. Wood has been arrested.

Dr. Carrie Johnson, a well-known fe-male physician, formerly of Washing-ton, was found guilty of murder In the second degree at Pueblo, Colo. She was charged with having caused the death of Mrs. Ella A. Kelley last September by cr iminal malpractice. She will prob-ably be sentenced to prison for twenty

The reaent heavy fa i lu res of tlie JiJj-nols Nat ional and the At las Nat ional b a n k s , a t Chicago, h a r e caused several o t h e r disasters . Ot to Wasmansdorf f . a well -known banker , g r e w despondent over h i s losses and mic ided by shooting. T h e Dime Savings bank w a s repor ted l o b e heavi ly in the f a i lu res a n d exper ienced a very severe run . Wm. M. and J . S. Van Noi l wick, of Batavia . LL, h a r e been forced V- ' '-e

| a n a s s ignmen t o w i n ^ t o t1

j t o c c a o e d a

W<-vJe.' May be UeeaUed.

A MaJr i J oor respondea t says: The re is mueh animat ion in polit ical and mii-i t a r v circles v he re the t ide is set aga in s t Cap l - i -en . Weyler who. il is e x p e c t e d will be recalled unless he g a i n s s t r i k i n g s-nccessrs a t once. I t i s i

j h igh ly tha t ; l ampos may be re turned t o Cuba t o j

succeed Wevler .

Oeiuj: e*. tx-aed only by total liabililjcs ia H'C.:1 m.W • The ratio of assets to lia-

l.iiutics aiuun-' Ujonc failing ia WUCwasflO ]»er cent, an evjdenoe ol an unusuallr high rate of coEUjerdal mortalilv. which is exceeded oralv iiT t2e corresjoadihg exhibit for 1HHS.

A family of 10 persons and a number i of ca t t le were swallowed u p b y t h e

' I s ink ing of a bog. d u r i n g a n e a r t h q u a k e , . tang ; D e a r OjjjQe inland, county of Ker ry ,

j I re land. Because t h e i r pa ren t s t hough t t h e m

7 I T Ioo y o u n g t o mar ry . Nellie Uren . 19 ^ ' a r t m t ' z -v-ars of a e e . and Obbie Heath , one

yea r younge r , deoded t o commi t sni-] eide a t Chicago. The g i r l killed her-

Sena tor Wolcott . of Colorado, had a self by d r i n k i n g carbolic acid, b u t t he long confer* ace with Pres ident-e lect ' nerve of t h e you th failed h im a t t he MeKiniey. and saj-s t ha t Mr. McKinley ! last minute , and he stood b y and s su-ynj ly jo favwr of b imetal l i sm by wa tched n r . sw eel h e a r t die in r r e a t n t e m a l i o n a l airreement. agony.

Will Robinson, colored, who killed h is sweetheart in a church in P i k e county. Missouri, was taken t o t h e penitentiary fo r 102 years. He got ninety-nine y e a n fo r the murder and t h r e e years fo r s teal ing a horse.

Oliver Callaghas, foreman of a gang of twenty men employed tn cnt i icg t imber a t RiMville. Colo., was shot a n i klllled by a lumberman named Slenger. with whom h t had quarreled.

Edward W n g h l was hanged at Wi l -mington. Del., fo r t he murder of Ida Crummel, colored. She refused to lis-ten to his conversation and walked away from him.

Louis Balzer, who shot and k i l i e l h is wife November 2. in M a r d s t o . Minn., was convicted of murder in t h e second degree. He narrowly escaped being lynched a f t e r t h e murder .

Adam Dill assaulted James Harre l l . when the latter was dancing with Dill 's sweetheart , at Shelbyville, Ind., a n d slabbed him Wrtcf in the breast . H a r -rell will die. Dill has not been appre-hended.

Mrs. D. M. Con«ul . a teacher in the public schools at Holdredge. Neb., u a s shot by her husband. After shoot ing

wif^ iwi.ie Conrad turned I t volver on his own hea'* He wjli re-cover. but the woman i t dead-

Isaac Suck j r . convicted of arson in t h e first degree, was sentenced W» thi r -ty-six years in prison. The mix'.rx. ;r» penalty is ' o n y years.

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U S i i / D K E N ' S C O R N K B ,

C O OD READING F O B B O V S AND GIRLS.

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on ugh to receive a !l" of papers and letters, new country, and somo-*.he postman, came only a week and there might

Tlir llrlchf I.lltie CJlrl—What (Inr Cnnm-p Did -How to lleeome I'oor liut Houeftt MynliTy In n .Mall llox

— J urli- Sam In Sehool.

ER blue eyes they b e a m nnd they twinkle .

Her Hps have made smil ing more fa i r ;

cheek and on brow there 's no wrinkle.

But thousands of curls In her ha i r .

She's little—you don't wish her tal ler: J u s t half through the teens is her

age; And baby or lady to call her

Were something to puzzle a sage!

Her walk Is far better than dancing; She speaks as another might s lug:

And all by an Innocent chancing Like lambkins and birds In the

spring.

Unskilled in the a i r s of the city. She's perfect In natural grace;

She 's gentle, and t ru thful , and witty. And ne'er spends a thought on her

face.

Her 'ace. with the fine glow tha t ' s In It. As fresh as an apple- tree bloom—

And. oh! when she comes. In a minute. Like sunbeams, she br ightens the

room.

As taking In mind as In feature. How many will sigh for he r sake!

I wonder, the sweet little creature. What sort of a wife she would make?

—Exchange.

W h a t O n e Hoy'* C o n r a s e IHil.

In 1857, when the Sepoy rebellion broke out in India, the courage of one boy saved the English gov-ernment thousands of lives and an Im-mense amount of property. Just before t h e rebellion a system of telegraphs had been established between the pr in-cipal points. In the ofllce In Delhi th^re was an English lad. and when the mut ineers rushed Into the city and began their work of destruction, s laughter ing Europeans, both men. women and children, while musketry rat t led In the streets and the carnival of death was on. general panic seized Hxerybody. Bat this youth , filled with a sense of his duty, s tuck to his post unt i l he had telegraphed to the com-missioner at Lahore. The message said tha t the rebels had entered Delhi and were murdering all t he Europeans, and wound up with the simple words. "1 am off." This boy's courag" and sense of duty saved the Pun jab country to England. When the message reached Lahore the Sepoys were at once dis-a rmed. and when they hoard of the r is ing at Delhi they were powerless to do any harm. The news was at once telegraphed t o Peshawur, and here the Hindu regiments were a t once deprived of their arms. The telegraph lines were cut by the rebels, hut not before the news sent by the young Delhi op-era tor had been flashed acrow: the principal par t s of India. The officer in rha rge of the telegrajih office in Delhi, and all t he other employes, were slaughtered by tho rebels; but while they were engaged In doing th i s the boy was busy te legraphing the news, knd when they came to him the work they bad hoped to prevent was done— t sey had been defeated by a boy!

b^ a j t ,(| deal of mall at one t ime. the let ters won't get wet If It

hap i i iis to ra in before we br ing 'em in." ie said to Mother Bowen.

R'H that very night af ter J immy went i by Ijick Bowen ran down for the mall

and found the let ters lying on the , ground, just as If some one had thrown

them out of the box. The next day Mothei BOWCD put a l

le t ter in .ne box for J immy to t a k e up when he came bark that way, but In the af ternoon Dirk found It lying In the grass some distance from the box.

After t ha t the le t ters were thrown out of the box regularly. J i m m y said he couldn't explain it and Dick was sure that he couldn't.

"P ' r ' aps It's imps." said little Sue. who liked fairy stories.

"I 'll watch and see." said Dick, "I can find out ."

The next time a letter was placed In the box Dick was hidden away behind the big evergreen. Ho watched and watched, but no one came along. Then, suddenly, he saw the letter flutter to the ground, as If thrown by unseen hands. Up he s tar ted and ran toward the box. Two little brown wrens went fluttering a«u> . chccping In a f r igh ten-ed voice. Dick put the Jet ter back and hid a second time. In a few minutes the wrens came back and threHKhe let-ter out again.

"I 've found 'em! I've found 'em!" shouted Dick.

And F a r m e r Bowen, Mother Bowen and all of the others ran down from the house to see what the mat te r wan.

"I 'oor Mrs. Wren." said Mothor Bowen, who had a tender hea r t ; "she thought wo put up the house for her, and she didn' t want let ters In It." Af-ter that a stone was placed on the let-ters to hold them down, and the two wrens couldn' t tumble them out any more.

T A L M A G K S S E R M O N .

' C R O W N S OF T H O R N S AND

c r o w n s o f n o s r * 7 ' . "

l i o n I'nelr Spoke In Sel iool .

When quite a small boy my unci* was asked to speak tn school, It being the custom in those days for some of the scholars to electrify the school and visitors each week with grand decla-mations. usually from Shakspeare. or with compositions from their own Imaginative minds nearly a lways about "Spr ing" or "The Beautiful Snow."

My uncle decided tha t It should be a "big piece." and, fur thermore , that no one should help him ei ther In the selection or rehearsal. So a f t e r many days of study In the privacy of h is own chamber , il was with pride and satis-faction that he stepped to the platform, and. bowing In the direction of his lov-ing relat ives and the assembled school, he waved one hand majest ically. Then he put out his right leg and shouted at the top of his little lungs:

"Half a 'leg.' half a 'leg.' " Here he was Interrupted with shouU

of laughter . Looking around in bewil-derment for a moment, he again put out his foot with:

"Half a 'leg.' half a 'leg.' onward Into the valley of death rode the six hundred ." He was once more silenced by the gale of mirth a round him. And il was amid the laughter of the school and much confusion on his part tha t

From the Test : "Vo Khott i h ' Grace of Our Lord .Ie*u«4 Christ, That TIiourIi

l i e Wat nieh Vet For Vour Sake l ie

Beeatne roo t "—II . Cor. 8 : 0 .

HAT all t he worlds which on a cold w i n t e r ' s niRht make the heavens o n e great gl i t ter are without Inhab-itants Is an absurd-ity. Scientists tell us that many of these worlds are too hot or too cold or too rarlfled of a t -

mosphere for residence. x But , if not fit for human abode, they may be fit for beings different from and superior to ourselves. We a re told t ha t t he world of Jup i t e r Is changing and be-coming fit for creatures like the hu-man race, and tha t Mars would do for the human family with a Utile change In the s t ruc tu re of our respiratory or -gans. But that there Is a great world swung somewhere, vast beyond Imagi-nation. and that It Is the headquar ters of the universe, and the metropolis of Immensity, and has a population In numbers vast beyond all statistics, and appoin tments of splendor beyond the capacity of canvas, or poem, or angel to describe. Is as certain as the Bible Is au thent ic Perhaps some of the as-t ronomers with their big telescopes have already caught a glimpse of It, not knowing what It Is. We spell It with six let ters and pronounce It

' heaven . Tha t Is where Prince Jesus lived

nineteen centuries ago. He was the King 's Son. I t was the old homestead of e terni ty , and all Its castles were a s old as God. Not a f rost had ever chill-ed the air . Not a tear had ever rolled down t h e cheen of one of Its Inhabi-tants . There bad never been a head-ache, o r a sldeache, or a hear tache. There had not been a funera l In the memory of the oldest inhabitant . The re had never In all t he land been woven a black veil, for there had never been any th ing to mourn over. The passage of millions of y?ars had not wrinkled or crippled or bedlmmed any of Its citizens. All the people the re were In a s ta te of eternal adolescence. W h a t floral and pomonlc richness! Gardens of perpetual blrom and orchards In un-ending frui tage. Had some spir i t f rom another world entered and asked. W h a t Is s in? Wha t Is bereavement? What Is sorrow? What Is dea th? the br ight -est of the Intelligences would have fai l -ed to give definition, tbnugh to study the quest ion (here was silence in hea-ven for half an hour.

The Prince of whom I speak had hon-ors, emoluments, acclamations, such as 1

of inllllons of miles In a socond. him-self rich In love, rich In adoration, rich In power, rich In worship, rich In holi-ness. rich In "all the fnlne.s? of tiie Godhead bodily."

But one h y there was a big d l ras ' e r In a depar tment of Cod's universe. A race fallen! \ world in ruins! Our planet the s e m e of catastrophe! A globe swinging out into darkness , with mountains , and reas. and islands, an awful centr l fuga! of sin seeming to overpower the beautiful centripetal of r ighteousness, and from It a groan reached heaven. Such a sound had never been heard there. Plenty of

kind nf heaven. I wish tha t some day y w might go to the Holy Land and take a drink out of Jacob's well, and iakp a sail on Galilee, and read the Sermon on the Mount while s t and ing on Olivet, and see the wilderness whore Christ was tempted, and be some a f t e r -noon on Calvary about three o'clock— the hour at which closed the cruci-fixion—nnd sit under the sycamores and by the side of brooks, and th ink and dream and pray abou t the poverty of him who came our souls to save. But you may be denied that, and so here. In ano the r continent and in another hem-isphere. and In scenes as dlff'-rent as

sweot sounds, but n^ver an outcry of possible, we recount as well we may distress or an echo of agony. At tha t ' one groan the Prince rose from all t he blissful clrcumjacence, and started for the outer pate and descended Into the night of this world. Out of what a bright harbor Into what a rough sea! "Stay with us." cried angel af ter angel. . and potentate a f te r potentate. "No." j said ihe Prince. " I cannot s lay; 1 must | be off for that wreck of a world. 1 must ,

how poor was our Heavenly Prince. But In the other holy land above we may all s tudy the riches t ha t he lef t behind when he s tar ted for ear th ly ex-pedition. Come, let us bargain to meet each other a t the door of the Fa the r ' s mansion, or on the bank of the j'.ter Just where It rolls f rom under "JL throne, or at the outside gate. Jesti got t he cont ras t by exchanging tha t

stop that groan. I mus t hush tha t dls- world for th i s , wo will get It by ex-tress. I must fathom that abyss. I mas t changing this world for that . The re rer com those nations. Farewell , and then you will unders tand more o7 t irones and temples, hosts cherubic, i the wonders of the grace of our Lord seraphic, arch.ingellc! I will come I Jesus Christ, who, " though he was )ai r. .ig tin. c i r ry lng on my shoulder a r | P | j . yet for your sakes became poor." ransoi/K, world, fill this Is done I 1 7es . grace, free grace, sovereign c loose oart i l . F-r ff to heavenly ac- j grace, omnipotent grace! Among the c am.-uon ami a c.utle pen to a king s thousands of words In the language

ace. rigid zone of ear th to a tmos- j the re is no more queenly word. I t

y of Hood'f Pr.raps-Hooo's when yyu

crro tonic bceario p / w s O n e Dol rllli. it Is e«. . n e e d n b l o o d p u r i f i e r

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phero of celestial radiance. I have no time to lose, for hark ye to th" groan that grows mightier while I wait! Fare-well! Farewell! "Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ , that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he be-came p o c r . ' "

Was there ever a contrast so over-powering as that between the noonday of Christ ' s celestial departure and the midnight of his earthly arrival? Sure enough, the angels were out that night In the sky. and an especial meteor act-ed as escort, but all tha t was from oth-er worlds, and not from this world. The ear th made no demonstration of welcome. If oae of the great princes of this world steps out at a depot. , cheers resound, and the bands play, and the flags wave. But for the ar-rival of this missionary Prince of the skies not a torch flared, not a t rumpet blew, not a plume fluttered. All the

l imes U)i It la, ' ,*

j means f ree and unmeri ted kindness. My text has nn monopoly of the word.

' One hundred and twenty-n ine t imes does the Bible eulogize grace. a door swung wide open to let Into the pardon of God all the millions who choose to en ter It.

John Newton sang of It when he

wrote : "Amazing grace, how sweot the sound.

"Tha t saved a wretch like me." Philip Doddridge put It Into all hym-

i nology when he wrote: "Grace, ' l is a charming sound.

Harmonious to the ear; Heaven with the echo shall resound.

And all the ear th shall hear ." When Artaxerxes was hunt ing . Tlre-

hazus. who was at tending him. showed the king a rent in his garments ; the king said: "How shall I mend I t?" "By giving It to me." said Tlrebazus. Then the king gave him the robe, but

S a r s a p a r i l l a Ta the lyst- ln fact the One True Blood Pnrlflcr.

Hood's Pi l ls take, 5isytooperat«-}2'C.

A ucw remedy was recently suggest-ed for cold In the head. Tae t r e a t m e n t consisted of a few s l igh t taps with a rubber hammer on the forehead, Just above the root of the nose The d l » coverer of this r emedy Claims tha t slight shocks upon termliui nervea have t h e effect of caus ing 'he blood

vessels to cont rac t . A Brit ish a r m y su rgeon - l i antborlty

for the s ta tement that thi cause of ' death Is clearly shown In t ^ e exprea-slon of the face of a corpse ottUhe field of bat t le . He s ta tes t h a t ttpe who have been killed by sword t t n t ' s have a look of repose, while thoseMlled by bullets usually have pain of a a l a t e n s e na ture clearly depicted.

A f a l l of coal in the M i l l p f l t mine ki l led P e t e r Reymarlc. of CanfflBclton.

music nod tlw P - J P owrhead . c o m n i a n d e d h i m „ „ „ , M r a 8

Our world opened fd r him nothing bet- n . . . ter t han a barn-door. The Rajah of Cashmere seU to Queen Victoria a bedstead ol carved gold and a canopy tha t cost seven hundred and fifty thou-sand dollars, but the world had for the Prince of Heaven and Earth only a Ilt-

It would be Inappropriate. But seeing the s tar t l ing and comforting fact, while our Prince throws off the robe. He not only allows us to wear It. but commands us jo wear It. and It will become us well, and fo r the poverties of our splr-

11 iuv.c ui »ic-a»cu dun o u n n a m y a n t - . ' . „ . . , . . . | tual s ta te we may put on the .'fplendors , T

nb e " l ' " | D ot heareo ly resa l .meot . For cor . a k e , '

Tower of Ixmdon amount to fifteen m - i . . .u , . , K , 0 .. . . lion cloIIarB. M -hi* member ot . t e r - S " ; , h e , , r 1, ' 7 , n i. • . t. . . . . Not an abstraction, not an arch under na o j a > . " J * e r e . t 0 a-V " J which we walk to behold elaborate ma-

ro k n j w how poor he was. ask head. the camel drivers, ask the shepherds, ask Mary, ask the three wise men of the Eas t , who af terward came to Beth-lehem. To know bow poor he was ex-amine all the Records of real estate in

no o ther pr ince /ce les t ia l or terrestr ia l . , 3 1 1 that Oriental country and see what ever enjoyed. As be passed the street , I vineyard or what field he owned. Not

the Inhabi tants took off f rom their j brows gar lands of white lilies and threw them It. the way. He never en- 1

tered any of the temples without all t he worshipers rising up and bowing in obeisance. In all the processions of the high days he was the one who evoked

To He a N e w n n a p e r Man.

Typo is eighteen jrears of age. and vlry ambitious. He wants to know l a w to be a newspaper man and what ie should know before he begins. Also jrbat are h i s chances f o r get t ing a po-siilon on some paper or magazine. An-)lber point on which be desires infor-josSlon is how reporters are paid, and how much they can earn, e i ther on space worK or sa la ry . Answer: In view of the fact tha t Typo Is a young a an, t he best advice to be given him !s t o a t tach himself t o some news-paper. one In his own town If poss ib le Go in a s clerk, apprent ice, or any th ing that you can gel t o do. For an all-around newspaper man ihere Is noth-ing more convenient than to be able to set type, read proof, run a press, or do any of the thousand and one th ings tha t a pr in t ing office demands. Go a t t he business f rom the foundation. The ifcan who "can do any th ing around the office' s tands a much better chance of ge t t ing a Job than the one who only does a couple of k inds of work. Very tnany of the best and brightest news-paper men in th i s count ry began their careers :n the pressreom or a t the case. •'Vrtainly such knowledge a s yo«s pick up there could be no disadvantage to

he made a painful bow and retreated I the loudest welcome. Sometimes on before the gathering tears had a chance I ^oot. walking In loving talk with to fall. And all the persuasion In the j -he humblest of the land, but at world could never again Induce him to other t imes he took chariot , and speak "The Charge of the Light 1 among the twenty thousand tha t the

Brigade."

one. Of what mortgage was ne the mortgagee? Of what tenement was he the landlord? Of what lease was he the |os«ee? W i o ever paid him rent? Not owning ihe boa*, on which he sailed, or .he beast on which he rode, or tho plllo'-v on which he slept. He had so little es ta te that In order to pay his tax he had to perform a miracle, pu t t lne the amount of the assessment

sonry. not an Ice castle like that which the Empress Elizabeth of Russia, over a hundred years ago. ordered to be constructed. Winter with Its trowel of crystals cementing the huge blocks that had been quarried f rom the frozen rivers of the North, but our Fa the r ' s house with the wide hear th crackling a hear ty welcome. A religion of warmth and Inspiration, and light, and chcer; someth ing we can take into our hear t s , and homes, and buslnoss. re-creat ions. and Joys, and sorrows. Not an unmanageable gift , like the galley ! presented t o Ptolemy, which required j four thousand men to row. and Its I draught of water was so great tha t It could not come near the shore, bu t

>'otlilni; SneeeerU I.Ike Sac^Hl. The success of the Speer N. J. WlflBu'i roduclne an extra quallly of Cr.-ig^Kai

. marvelous. They rely alone on t l ^ R r for body and flavor, and hence UM^Bi tvldc and Krowfm; demand for t h l a ^ B i irbicb rivals the "Id brands o f ^ ^ H Prance. W

Nothing Is liner or richer than S p e a H Climax llrandy and his Old Port. teen years old. F'>r table use their Saulcrnes. Uurtrundies and P. J. She i^B unsurpassed. For the sick rot-in. hofl »nd Sacramental purposes their n mented Grape Juice is recommendajH used bv both pliys'dans and d i v i n e t S by druggUU.

What Did He l)o Then? He—If I should kiss you wnulda

call your mo the r? She (na lve l j W h y , no! she wouldn't care to !

kissed.

Aunt Raehael ' i Bitter*. The undeniable fact that these Bitteri

composed In the main of Speer's ine. Peruvian Bark. Snake Hoot etc. anal ind recommended to invalids and the Me Profession, by the best chemists id L'nited States, cannot fall In Inspiring c flence In the use of these Malarial Bittel

Revival Street Parade. IS® The big revival now going on n

Philadelphia culminated the other d a M In a s treet pa rade of 300 church work-f ers . In a way t h i s suggests t h e r e i j llglous processions of the middle ages j In Europe. T h e houses along the route !

of the parade were decorated wi th flags and Chinese l an te rns ; red fire was burned, and skyrocke ts were se t off. while t h e paraders s a n g v a r l o o s gospel hymns as they marched.

He Ftxallr I*. ThouKh. Nobody ha^ ever been able to ex-

plain why a tough man Is a lways In-teresting to a good woman.

HER HAPPY DAT.

A CHAfMINQ STORY OF MEDICINE

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

Two Op-'n LeMir; From a Chicago Girl - -low Happiness Came to Her.

Among t h e tens of thousands of women who apply t o Mrs. Piniuiam for

AGNES MARIE MATHER.

Psr lmls t spoke of, his was the swif t -est and most flaming; or, as when St. John described him. he took white „ i i „„ : , pal trey . K b . b a t prance ol toot, an,I ^ "y night and t ra .e l lnE In them 1 " ' . , ' i by day. bearing on them the dust of

Ku*«ian JWhooibor G a r d e n e r arch of neck, and roll of mane, a ^ , ^ ^ .h ( > g a , n r 3 { | o n o f

Over in Russia many of the schools gleam of e>e Is onl. d ! m ' > " j S l p a u , ,„ m y t { . x t h i t „ k

have connected with them small g a r c - ' >n the Apocalypse. He was no- .Ike 1

In a fish's mouih and having It hauled " ! ishore Vnd af ter his d ra th the world s o m P t - , i n ^ •o" c a n r u n "P any s tream advice and a r c cured, a r c many w h o

rush0*1 in to t ake an Inventorv 0 f h is 0,f annoyance, however shal ow. E n - 1 ^ w-sh the fac ta in —* — » man* tewexrar I

goods, and the en tiro aee re^a te was the garments he had worn, sleeping in

r lchment now. enrichment forever.

The Hill of Death. The Smithsonian Insti tution scien-

t i s ts say t ha t tho most remarkab le prehistoric monument In the souih-

nave connecteu wiin them small g a r d - 1 in the Apocalypse. He was not like j o l - ...v L a . a prciuoioni; muuuiueui m iii« ooum-ens. orchards or grape arbors . In which other princes, wait ing fo r the Fath- r ' n 5 , 0 ' a i d o ' the mis -: nnr ; Prince, v.. s t e rn s ta tes—maybe in all t he roun- ' the boys and girls are taught to work, to die and then take the throne. When ' " " 0 " r ^ h o '•""••z. p ;or ." try—Is a black barren b f l t e on the i Each day the schoolmaster, who has j years ago an ar t is t in Germany mace t

1 r A " r ' i c o ^ d i ! £ V e t r e u e d him lower Gila river, some fifty mflev east

dTaree'of t h V g ^ e n "Jakos h l s ^ u p i l s a p ic tu re for the Royal Gallery repre- b c U e r ' / ^ ^ c l ,1 , ^ l

h a d a » of Yuma. It Is not wonderful f r o m ]

^ ^ d l c h e s ^ m how ^ p lan f h'oe. senUng the Emperor Willlain on t h e : M r * ^ T H rake and reap. In the south of Rus- throne, aad the Crown Prince as hav- ^ e / n ^ a l a -i- r in ^ r u a m ' l 0 u s , ^ r o g l y p b . r * nor j

l ag one foot on the step of the throne . * ! , e n 1 0 n P / ' i n f cen t ra l , a r r h e d In i r m e n s e pieces of engineer ing •oriv the Emperor William ordered t h s yh - Rrin ';-i ao * greet i with arches v hfch baffle the minds of modern soien-tuxe changed, and s a i d : ' L e t Ihe prince 2 0 1 1 a costly column which celebrated t l P t 8 . I t „ but a plain, bald, r o c k y ,

" - p l v p m m a r t D M n ! e plainer for i ts s h a r p ! •ear blue sky. j

sla. where the country Is almost t ree-less. the children learn how to set out trees and what the best kinds are . and In some provinces

- - - . — — t i ,e twelve million people whom he bad p 0 j n t , uglier aad plalm ^ t h e r e U V c o m p l e t e keep his fool off the throne till leave o r c o r . 1 u ? n a n ( j ^ v a s *•. c o n l r a s t against the c!

, In oach school, and ihe ; It." lowed to wear h is t r iumphal robe ia the B „ t | , u w o n d e r f n l - b . le wOTdertul t i t t le s t lk -1 i U e a J y enthroned , a , the H>a> t nl }

.silkworm colony pupils watch the makers oat the mulberry leaves and spin their cocoons, and help all they can In tho work of caring fo r the colony. At other schools bees are kept, and the boys and girls learn to handle them and guard them while they a re boneymaking.

In th i s way t h e boys and girls of Russia, by the t ime they h a r e finished the i r school work, know a good deal about some pursui ts which will help them to make a living. »

How would you enjoy some of these th ings In connection with your school?

Pr ince side by side with the Fa ther . 11,5 The wot Id had applause f<>f — - - ;• i Imperial butchers, b a t buffe t ing for

W h a t a circle of dominion. Wha t mul- ^ p ; i n c e of Peace. .un/tcc nt admirorR* What iinonAln»

F o r F a n a t a Party .

Fill a t iny tumbler with w^ter aad cover It with a bowl. Then tell t h e company tha t you will drink the water in the tumbler underneath without moving the bowl. Of course no one

ill believe you. and you ask all to up »!«»« w - . - . - - -- •" j t , j n j jhoir backs or close the i r eyes. If ycra. As to shor thand. It Is always use- . j h e v ^ n m i s e n o t , 0 l o o k . J n t i l

f , ! . and time spent in acquiring a ^ o f i h e ^ c o u n t i S ten. Imme-knowledge o. i t is well used- As to the ^ ^ v e tu rned the i r eyes you pfcy and all il at port ion of the business. • a n o t h ? r g lass of water and .fcere is i x rmr.r d e t e M r u K It s w a ! I o , a m o u i h f . . i l s . all depenos upon the reporter » ability , b e a r l h e f 0 a n d ^ n o o n e ^ and other d n u m s t a m e s that are pure- ^ ^ 1 ( .n „ c o u n t e < 1 B j .

ly local and p ' r^ona t ime the glass f i om which you d -ank

— is hidden again and the company .* XyatMT »" » b®*- catches you wiping your moist lips.

One day F a r m - r Bowen took down Undoubtedly oae of the number will n l i t aw and h a m m e r and Fald to Mother be so suspicious tha t he will l i f t the B o T O | . bowl to see. and then is your oppor-

" W e ' r e go: to have a le t ter box o i \ tunl ty . fo r you a t once pick up the glass and dr ink , saying, a s you put it down- "1 didn ' t touch the bowl."

at th#- gate so tha t *hen J i m m y Mit-chsll comes along with the mail he'll L i r e a n lare t o pu t i t ."

2k) Fa rmer Bowen louna an oid e u r c h There "ovor did. and never will, exist b c i and nailed it firmly to a post which any th ing permanent ly noble and excel-stood not f a r f rom the f ron t gate, and oa iy a step f r o m the main read t o H13Mi.!a. In one side ol th» box be

lent In character which was a s t ranger to the exorcise of resolute se l f -denial— WsJter

t l tudes of admlrers l What unending round of glories'. All the towers chimed the prince's praises. Of ail thc-Inhabl tants . from the centre of the city, on over the hills and clear down to the beach against which the ocean of im-

the Prince of Peace. Plenty of golden chalice* for "'Je favored to drink out of, but our Pi luce must put h is lips to the bucket of the well by the road-side af ter he had begged for a dr ink. I 'oor? Born :n another man 's barn.

Deacn a g a u u i wuicu llie ucean oi im- , . . . . . . m e n s i t r ro l l . Ita billow... the prince i , n '1 , ? " " " r m a " " ' V ™ the acknowledged f r o r t t e . No ' I ' ' " " , h * ' ' ' a , f 1

b ' , r ' wonder mr t e n « ) , that "he waa fehm'-"ca'k ^ n ' 1 a , " , ; b ' r

r ich." Set .11 t h . d i amond , of the " ' V ^ T ! ^ Z ' M r t . in one sceptre, hnlld all t he p a l - ! " r o " I 1 * ^ l n " u " ! r a ^ , c e . ot the ear th In one A l h a n h r a I " " 0 ' < b r l " . . '"J' b f ' " ga the r .11 the pea r l , of t he » a In one . • " " " o t r a p h r In

diadem, put all the r a l n e . of ,he e . r t h I a

in o n . coin, t he a s p e j a t e coold not , r 0 d ' " ' n " " , express his affluence. Ves. St. Paul B u t t h , ' C r o w n P r i n r e o f 3 , 1 E v e n l y was r ight . Solomon had In gold six ' l n : n ^ n i o ' , h a * than the raven, less hundred and eighty million pounds, and ! , h a n t h e c h ' i r ^o : s . for he was homeless, in s i lver one billion twenty-n ine mi l - A-ve- : n l } l f ' hlstnry of the universe

lion three hundred and seventy-seven pounds sterl ing. But a g r e s f - r than Solomon Is here Not the mill ionaire. but t h e owner of all th ing* To de-scr ibe his celestial surrouudingh. the Bible uses all colors, ga ther ing them in ra inbow over tho throno and sett ing them as agate ;n the temple window and hoist ing twelve of them into a wall, from striped jaspor at ihe base to t ransparent amethys t In the cap-stone, while between are green of emer-ald, and snow of pearl , and bi-j of sapphire, and yellow of topaz, ere; of chrysoprase. and flame of jac in th . All t he loveliness of landscape in foliage. and river, and rill, and all .. ban -ment aqua-marine, the sea of gla mingled with fire a s when the sun ; inl. -In the Mediterranean. All tho th r : of music_ Inst rumental ^nd vocal. ha rps , t r r t f lpets . doxolcgie-. T h ' - e stood the prince, surrounded by t h c - e who had under their wing- the vclo ; 'y

there is no other instance of such com-ing down. W h o can count the miles from tho top of tho Throne to ' h e bot-

m of the Cross ? Clccp-itra. giving a benquet to Antony, 'ook a p-ar l worth a hundred thousand 'l-ila:. ' and dis--••»'ved it in vinegar and swallowed it.

:: oi;r i ' l ince. i ' .ording to Evangel is t . ;n his las t hourr. took the T'r.egsr. In It had I v t n dissolved ail the pearls of his heavenly royal ty. rNj'rn unt i l there was no o ther har -ras - n o n : to suffer, poor until the re was no other pauperism to tor ture . Billions •jI dollars s p e n t w a r s : c destroy men. • r;o will fu rn i -h -.he s ta t is t ics of the

va.-ro o ^ ' h a - precious blcol raa t was >!;• I :o save us? "V:- kn ' v •he grace of oo: Lord Jesus Chr is t , tha t , ^ i cugh b'- *. .'•'s r -h . yet for your .sakc-s he be came poor."

Only these v ho s tudy th i - tc-x: in two pi- ' t . cau fully realize ft* powor. the

because upon Its aerial heights, whlc'c look down over the green vega= end Tolling potreros, are the white and bleaching bones of a band o* people who fought the last fight for existence. No one knows when this battle was given nor who were the besiegers of the besieged. Thore are evidence* of a mighty con-illct. and the little mesa which tops the mountain bears witness to the fea r -fulness of the struggle by Its carpet o f ' human bones. This point, which is known locally as La Loma de Muerte, or the Hill of Death. Is a p rominen t landmark throughout this whole re -gion. I t is shunned by t h e Indians and supersti t ious Mexicans a s w e l l The main highway from Tucson to Yuma leads by the base of this hi l l , and pious Catholics who have occa-sion to pass along the route Invariably cast a rock upon the pile, which has t h u s accumulated Into a cons iderable mound. Not a very costly shrine, but built with sincere hands.

Ever Near.

Cf what an easy, quick access. My ble.--ed Lord, a r t Thou. How sud-

denly May our requests th ine ear Invade

To show t h a : s la te disl ikes not easi-ness.

If I but lift mine eyes my s u i t Is m a d e

Thou canst no more no't hear than thou canst die!

—George H e r b e r t

PHre Lb t s . Emma—And, Charl ie , dear , v o u l d

you have really shot yourself If I s a d refused you? Indeed I would! 1 had a l ready sent to four houses f o r pr ice

- d ' . h e ho'y lists of r evo lvers . "—ni i . i r z . f c T-!***!*

their cases m a d s public, b u t do n o t

give permission t o p u b l i s h t h e i r names f o r reasons a s obvious a s in

t h e fol lowing, and no n a m e is ever publ ished

wi thou t t h e wr i te r ' s au -thor i ty ; t h i s is a bond

fai th whic Mrs. P inkham

har, never b roken .

Chics Jan. ?ti, ' 9 5 .

My dear Mr*. Pinkham--

A -irndot mine. Mrs.

. wants n e to write

t o o . because «hesays:"yoa

did her so much good." I am desperate. Am nine-teen years ol age. tall, and

weighed 138 pounds a year ago. I am now m mere skeletoa. Prom your littie book 1 think my trouble Is profuse meostruation. My symptoms are • • • • etc.

Our doctor (my uncle) tells father that I am In consumption, and wants to take me to Florida. Please help me! Tell me what to do, and tell me quickly. I am ensured to be mar-ried in September. Shall I lire to see tb* day? • • • • LUCY K.W.

y Chicago, June My dear Mrs. Pinkham:—

This is a happy day. I am well and gainli weight daily, but stall continue the treat: and Vegetable Compound during the summer, as you suggest. Uncle knows nothing about what you have done for me, because it would make things very unpleasant In the family. 1 would like to give you a testimonial to publish, but father would not allow it. • • • • I shall be married in September, and as w* g o t o Boston, will call upon you. How can ! prove my gratitude? • • • •

LUCY E. W.

J u s t such cases a s t h e above leak ou t in women ' s circles, and t h a t is why the confidence of t h e women of America is bes towed upon Mrs. P inkham.

\Vh3- a r e n o t physic ians n;- 're . . • i w i t h w o m e n w h e n suf rc r ing f r : - - h a i l m e n t s ?

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g b e '^ow^m^tdger.

i.uBi.iwir-1' rtom raioAt

l o w s l l . KENT A u n t y , MICH.,

FRANK H. loHNeON.

i ^ r p f ' *1 l : "^Htn« t nmrn «* nncnnd • !fl«(> inHller

^ l i : n , T I ( l N <>NE DOLL All YEARLY.

KltTISIXO RATES.

ftnfl'tc*- : 'v ' lR " ' ent# per line each 1mu» Uz*\ ' '1" : ' ^ ^ a , c ,

( ..rdMH (lir'Cto-7 column 1100 per lin< r vp ir "n ' n c ' 1 P®1" TCnr. Hiit. j '' lHr- 'vr advertisement* mndt

Known H' ' ChuI. f! GO cents

^ of condoJencf. $100.

I,,!, pru nir In connection i t low. nt llvlni; 1 ' Prompt." Ir onr motto.

niK ELECTRIC MUNICIPAL

PLANT.

T, • tnoDikly repor t of the superin-

„ i, : of the munic ipa l l i^ht ami

slw)w» the bb'siaess to be upon

|,,i ing iMwie. F i g u r i n g the expense

, int l iberal ly unci allowing S i00

est on the public debt , the incoinc

v eiled the expenses by $150 for

month ot EXecembor. T h e plain

• not taxed to ha l t ' i t s wpuc i ty ami

c business is g r o w i n g steeidily. 8cv-

-al commercial a r e s were added to

lie l ine last month and several roorc

ire in immediatu proepcet. T h e ser-

vice issnlisfacCory, a m i we believe thai

the present commercial pa t ronage will

'>>e doubled. Utisidenpe l ighting him

only begun. At the rate given for

residence lighting, a lmnsi every house

in t o w p shouhl be iUaminatod. One

pat ron of lhe plant declares tha t elec-

t r ic l ight ing is a lmost us cheap us ker-

osene, and infinitely preferab le .

M a n y hesitate to s t a r t in on vccouul

ot the initial expense of wiring and

f ix tu res , but this objection will pass

n w a y with the adven t of the good

l i m e s so ardent ly hoped for by all.

T h o LEDGER is informed tha t the

o k y p lan t could be sold to-day to «

p r iva te corporat ion for all it has cost.

If such is the case and there is money

in i t for a pr ivate company , there

should be a profi t in it for the vil lage

of Lowell. T h e LEDGER believes the

vi l lage has a good thing. I l believes

in the men who have done tho work,

and believes i a s tanding by them.

There arc three things tha t every

good citizen of Lowell should remem-

ber , no ma t t e r whether they voted fur

the system or not.

W e have the p lant .

W e have i t to pay for.

I f we do not pay for i t with patron-

age , we must pay i t in taxes.

T h e LEDGER submits to the intel-

ligent citizens of Lowell this (juestion:

" H o w will you pay for your light-

ing p lan t?"

V CHICAGO'S city council has unaui-

mousiy passed an ordinance prohibit-

i n g the wearing of hats i^ places of

amusement . One of the city fathers

attended a high priced entertaioment

tlie other evening, but all he could

see was a love of a bonnet just in

f ron t of him. H e craned his neck

/ ' th is way and that all through the eve-

ning but those dancing ribbons and

feathers were always in the way and

the alderman had to look a t his morn-

ing's paper to find out what it was he

had paid out good money to see. A t

the next meeting of the council, he

• 'didn't do a t h i n g " bu t introduce au

ordinance, fining the proprietor of

any place of amusement f rom $10 to

$25 dollars for each and every hat

worn th roughou t the entertainment.

T h i s movement is nil right. The

wearing ot hats indoors is bad from a

a hygienic point of view, without

mentioning the injustice to holders of

hack seats. Good, sensible ladies

.ipng-eince set the example of remov-

ing their headgears a t theatrical per-

formances; and their sisters should

have followed suit without waiting for

a compulsory law. » * ±

ATTENTION' i» invited to the report

»of the chaplain of the state house of

correction on *' Causes of Crime", pub-

lished elsewhere in this paper. It

shows tha t intemperance sends more

people to jail , than all other causes

combined. In other words the in-

dividual who indulges in strong drink

stands twice the chance of becoming

a criminal tha t one who abstains from

its use, other con#iilions being cfjun!.

The LEDGER hopes that every young

reader will find in this s ta tement an

all sntticient reason for ^hunn ing the

cup which at the end- j jp i te th like a

rerpent and stingeth J i k ^ ^ L . adder."

ANENT the tariff hearings now go-

ing on in Washington, the New York

Evening Post has this to pay: These hearings are probably the

greatest scandal connected with the whole tariff system. There iq hardly a rule of evidence or good morals which they do not violate. In the first place, tho witnesses are not ex-amined on oath, so t h a t thev can make

REALLY the Light and Power com-

mittee should bo easy with Bre ' r

Charlie, l i e has leas and less use fur

power every week of his life; and the

Lord alone knows how little he will

need before his yearly contract expires.

• t *

LET US cast no more refleclions

any statement, however false or reck- i " P 0 " J o , , n 1,1,11 f o r permitt ing the lew, without fear of penal coiwi- ' coiiliniiaiice of the alrocitie* in Arme-

quences, nnd nevertheless the objec t ! nia. While Uncle Sum allows the yf these hearings is to furnish a basis | S b u t c , I e r t o c o n l i n u e | , i 8

tor legislation. In the next place, thev 11 • , • / . i i i i . r o interested wilnM.ea; t J i i», l U v i b l""'1-v. , t " r l i ( - , j l m ' " l v o " l d 1>e "

COUNCIL PROCEEOINtiS.

have a s t rong pecuniary interest in | c a 8 e l'1 '1 , l 1" ' (he effect they produce on the mind of the committee. In other words, a well-told lie or oxaggeiMtion may bring them great wen I ill. In ihe W c ' o l Repor t of U t e Doings of third place, they are examined in llie 1 t h e Common Counc i l .

absence of the opposing party. The I Jtegular meeting of the Council of the consumers, whose interest il i." that the n i i u g e o i j^vell . j a n . 4, m 7 , protectionists should not get what M e t . l i l l g G a | | e i | t 0 o r . , e r b v p r e , id t . n l

they want , are not represented at all. B c r g i n . V r M l Lee, l^ok, Collar, W in-

Well, the Post helped to open up ' cpnr, Wcckcs, McUoriy.

tho discussion once more. Qminbl ing , Minmc.s of lust regular and special meet-

at its own handiwork is in poor tnsle. '"Ks rt''ld and approved. * « | Uenimunication of Dwight Goss was read.

• T , , . 1 Trnsiec Weekes moved that the commnni-A LOWELI. boy is reported under 1 . . . 1 1 . 1 ^

t . . ' 1 cation be received and placed on lile. Cur-arrest a t l oma , on charge of "till ' t ap - ' r j e j

ping." I t may Iw regarded a* a l e - j Petition received from W. R. Blai^lell •iitimate result of truancy and conse- i and 100 others. Trustee Collar moved

C l e a r t h e F l o o r s | W c m u s t h a v e m o r e r o o m o n . . 1 . f

. . . JANUARY 1,1897, | F O R D I S P L A Y O F O U R — f

W h o l e s a l e \ S a m p l e s . . . . \

D ' f s . B . , S . a n d C o Tho eelebrstcd npecisliMtn

will bo at

fliotel V / a v e r l y , L o w e l l ; F.rlday, J a u u n r y 29.

' quen t loafing. If a boy is not in

school, learning something useful, or

••mployed under a watchful eye, he is

in danger of learning that which is

evil and degrading. A garden spot

will grow something, whether culti-

vated or not. If neglected, you a^c

sure of a orop of weeds. Just so, with

a youthful mind. Sow good seed,

nnd cultivate well, if you want good

results. There is u lesson here for

other Lowell boys who are not im-

proving the\r opportunities. Let

them heed it. 'ere for them are ut-

tered the fearful words : "Too late,

too late." » *

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THE new year started :n with a

bloody saloon row at Grand Rapids.

,ln which one man was killed and sev-

eral, including two policemen, were

dangerously wounded. I t is all a re-

sult of violation of law. The officers

were there r u d e r orders. Their duty

was there. Raising the question ns

to their r ight to carry revolvers at

such a time, seems ridiculous. As

well send a babe into a lion's den ns

two unarmed men upon the errand of

the wounded officers. There is only

one safe course for all men, whether

liquor dealers or not , nnd that is to

obey tho law. If they cannot follow

the business lawfully, let them nhiin-

don i t . Il is a bad business at. the

best. * • *

HOLMES, slayer of Motorman John-

son, has wealthy friends. He is guil-

ty, beyond doubt ; but he hss been

granted a new trial . The murderer of

Lampman was poor and friendless.

He was jerked to jail without cere-

j mony . There he will s tay. No new

j trial for him. His very name is for-

j gotten. One trial for the rich and

! and influential and another for the

j poor and friendless. And this is "jus-

i lice!" » ¥

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THE J anua ry number of the Cos-

mopolitan is before us, replete with

good things for the progressive mind.

It is splendidly illustrated and the

range of subjects treated is wide.

The subscription price of this maga-

zine is but one dollar a year, or ten

cenls^per ndinbcr. of news dealers. If

you are looking for something good

try the Cosmopolitan. A good story

by A. Conan Doyle starts with the

J a n u a r y number .

thai the petition he received and further consideration postponed until next meeting. Carried.

Trustee Weekes moved that the clerk no-tify the publishers of llie Loweli LKDGKa and Jonrnni that tho council will receive sealed hids for printing Council proceed-ings—bids by llie folio and lumpsum—bids received up to Jan. IGth, 1807. Carried.

Report of the SnperintendeiU of Lovrtdl Municipal l ighting and Power Plant, for lhe month of December, ISOli:

No serious interference with service has ocenred during the aionlji. On the a tree was felled across the transmission line by some parties working on the high-way. This throw all the wires together for a moment, short-circuiting the alternating current dvna mo, and throwing a pressure of live-lhotiMind volts upon lhe arc und tel-ephone wires, disabling four arc lamps and one telephone. No motors were in opera-tion at the time, ami the service was inter-rupted only for a few minutes. On the af-ternoon of ihe 24ih, the box next to the pulley on the arc machine got hot before the lights wore turned on, ami fearing that it could not be cooled down with lhe load on, it was cooled oil" lirst, which is the reason for the lights going on so late that night. It is deemed unnecessary that hot boxes should occur at the plant, if the help are properly watchful. The boxes should be patroled every half hour. No machine should be started without lirst ascertaining that the boxes are properly filled with oil nnd the rings in working order. The wa-ter wheel governor at the plant has not been working well for some time and on the 29th it was much worse. While look-ing for the trouble it was found that one of the transformers that operate the governor had lieen partially shortcircniled by light-ning. The transformer has been repaired and the men at the plant say the governor is doing satisfactory service at the present

tin\e. I would recommend that the three-quar-

ter inch bolts, in the wooden frame that supports the shafting, over the flume, be changed, for H inch bolts with 8-inch cast washers and lock-nuls.

The cost of carbons for the street lamps for the month has been $4.25. The cost for the store lamps has been 17.45.

Respectfully submitted, CARI. 8. Ekolish.

Trustee Lee moved that the report be oc-espted nnd placed on file Curried.

Treasurer's statement Jan. 4, 1S97. GKNKR4L FUND.

Total receipts $1192 59 Disbursements $ 835 70 Balance 350 83

STItEET FUND. Receipts $578 12 Disbursements _ _ $091 88 Overdrawn $118 70

LIGHT AND TOWEB FUND.

TpHERlCFORK, shall offer all the Rockers, Combina-

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Receipts Disbursements Overdrawn Receipts all sources Disbursements Bal on hand to date

$1430 04 $1637 6r.

WE CAN'T imagine why so many

bankers should .be committing suicide.

Haven't they got what they voted

f o r ? If not, whose faul t is i l ? They

sicken of their ' 'confidence" medicine

most awfully sudden . And it has

even been intimated that the- farmers j lowing bills:

depend upon the bankers for their j L and P

prosperity. Great Columbus, what j B r o w e r

rot!

$207 Ol $3201 35

$3105 29 $30 00

J . \V. BEERY, Village Treasurer.

Trustee Collar moved that the report be accepted and placed on file. Carried.

The finance committee reported the iol'

St fund Oen fund .St fund

Uen fund

GROVER CLEVELAND is playing

1 the role of dog-in-the-manger. He

j will neither lift a finger to rescue per-

j ishing Cuban humanity, nor permit

! any one else to do so. H i s intentions

are nil right; but has he never heard

of the place said to he payed with

goo'd intent ions?

J W Beery Will Denick '• W J licker & Son Sl fund A C Morgan A M Carver S K iulmonds W Fox & Son A S Ford i l Sohreiner C S Knglish A W Burnett

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L and P fund

$108 33 3 00 5 00

12 50 2 00

15 01 33 33 5 (10 8 93 4 GO 2 00 1 42

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"COmo with u^," stio said, once more speaking to her brother.

•'What are yon point! to doi" he burs-a l , queriilonsly. ''If you thinkynu'ro gtv. iiik to forcc mo into golnir, I'll bo d — first I"

"Ol coward—coward!'• slio salt!, with u very mirthless smile. And then again, " Coward P

It went through his very marrow. But bo took no step forward.

"Come."' she repeated. "Don't—don't be—afraid!'' Klio smiled again. " I only want you to como to Undo Eden's cabiii, where you willbe-safol" Again lhe smile.

Then he followed her. Gnee inside of ttie cabin she turned sternly upon him.

"Tako off your uniform," she said. ''I am going for Hautboy. Uncle Eden will ^tay wit h you."

'•What—what aro you going to do!" he gasped, staring at her.

"1 am eolni? in your place. Don't sneer; I mean it. Havo off your uniform by tho tlm.! 1 como back." . Ho did not in theleast believe her, but ho

took off his clothes as she bado him, more out of a sullen curiosity than any tiling else. Ho wanted to see how far stie would go.

In ton minutes sho was back. He handed I or tho uniform with u sort, of laugh, and she took it without a word nnd went down into the copse, lead Hautboy, who was sad-dled with a man's saddle. Half way there sho turned ami called the old nejtro. who stood tho picture of misery just outsido tho cabin door.

"Undo Rden," sho said. She took bis horny hand and held It between her soft palms. "I'm really going. Ho doesn't be-lieve it. but I'm Koing. Il—it's lhe only w.ay. My father, Eden. Oh! dad—dad!" Then she went on quietly again. "1 want you to cet him off if I'm hurt, you know-well—killed. Either way there'll be room lor bun to start over. If I'm killed, and they bring me back, don't tell any one Havo me buried for—him. me, ncv That

Slfo put one soft arm about his black neck, drew down his h yal old woolly pate, and kissed him twice. Then she went, and left him sobbing as though his heart would break.

I' was a soundless gallop over tho new-fallen snow, past so many familiar places nnd objeets. Now camo the old mill, now the bain, now the spot where sho and Boughton had climbed llie straw-stacks that other December day. Now the leap oxer the mill-stream. Khonotieed that the marsh mallows seemed abloom again, with their brown cups full of snow.

Suddenly there was a Hash to ouo side. A saber lying on the snow. There was blood on it. Ah! the one Dick had throv. u away, of course. Slio disniountid mid look it into her hand, aud got up a train. Tin blood was si If with the kom air. and did not coii1 ' (iff when slio grasped the hill On

and on. Nearer and even nearer that sharp, mccssnnt sound. She bud ridden as often on n man's saddle m her childish days ns on pny oilier, and slio had a hirht, beautiful scat in her boy's clothes.

Ah. yes! tierc they were. How the smoke, hung in tho si ill air. Some crows actually Hew cawing away, as Mio rodo under tho deiul syeamore tree where they bud their nest. Nearer, nearer, nearer. That was what Hautboy's hoofs, us they suddenly struck the frozen road, seemed to »ay to her.

Then all atoncocame soinoiliing close by ber ear. The sound of n wasp aliirlitintf to stinp. Another and nnother. Then she ro-nlized wjiat il was. Sad was within range of the rilles. A bullet stung Hautboy's ear und he reared a little.

Suddenly ho swerved sharplynside. They bad nearly ridden over something that lay on the Rround. Something huddled, and dark, nnd small-looking in a gray uniform. £ sort of horror got hold on her; sho looked back mi l again and again us she rode on. The i\ camo another and yet another.

Then some lying ta this way and thnt, nnd across one another, and then, somehow, she was m n w'nirl of smoke, and of noise, and of leaping blades, und Philip was beside her. And he, too, had lost his cap, aud there was a great ugly gash all across his cheek, and bo was saying:

'•Dickl' Vpuf Thank God! thank Godl I thought you were killed. Come on—this once will linish 'em," aud then sho was rushing on with Philip, aud on, und on, and pn—

And then it was red as though blood had been poured into her eyes, and sho could »cc it. And then golden as thouph with a great sunset. And then came darkness un-utterable, and tho noiso us of u thousand rivers about, and above, and underneatll her.

When Bouphton rodenp toCarylon with Dick, as ho thought, ou the saddle in front of him. old Eden was the first who met him, und in spite of all his agony (for ha thought the boy was dead) Pitflip couldn't help noticing, with a dull sort of wonder, how the old man bad aged sinoo yesterday.

Ho shook in every limb, ns ho followed them up stairs, and then, when Boughton had laid down his burden on tho bed in Dick's room, turped and shut the door, and went and fell on his knees beside tho bed, and got hold of tho coverlet with both bands, panting rather than sobbing, like one who bus run a long way.

Boughton stood it as Ions as ho could, walked up and down tho room, forgetful of exhaustion in bis tremendous excitement, then he camo and sat down on the edge of tho bed, and put one hand on tho old man's gboulder.

"Don't—don't, Eden.''he said, unsteadily. "Ho died so gullantly—poor little chap—I didn't know it was in him,-' he added, in a hushed voice.

Then cried tho old man, lifting up his shaking hands With a certain uncouth ma-jesty.

"Fo' Gord, sab, you mils' know—you mus' know. I cyarn stan tub hcub yuh call huh dat. Oh! mv little miss oh! my honeyl Mars Phil, suh, sho tole' me not tub teli, but yuh mus' know, suh. Hit's right- hits richt. Oh! Marso Phil, dat ain't Marse Dick, dafs Miss Judif herse'f—berse'f!''

" What?" said Boughton. His blood stood siill in bis veins. There

was one iiTstant of absolute nonentity for him. And before ho could speak again thero ruBhoil ia and past him a wild liirure. and flung itself on the bed, und mdaued and wept mid called tho name of "Jutlitii' inuny times. And tins pale figure had Dick's pate grav eves, and iInj c*ye» of Iho tijrurc on iho bed"were closed. Also there was much blood in the red-brown curls.

And when at last, the poor, repentant cra-ven had swooned for very grief and horror, BoUghUm pushed him usino with his loot, und ealling him "hound," added an ugly word back of bis teoth.

Bui whmi the women came to dress her Ugain as a maiden, he was kneeling there beside her with his face upou her hand— ind they thought that '.e, too, was dead.

•Jo the days wore away, nnd it was Christ* n fts Eve again when tho doctor, comimr fidm Judith's room, said that, for the first mv Im could tell them to "hope." On

dliristmas morning sho turned her sweet ! face with recognition toward tho half-cur-' lainod window, and said:

"Don't 1 hear the bells, dad i" Ho answe ed "yes." It was all he could

any, the dear old Colonel. Ami then sho said: "Wiiv.it must bo Chmimas Day!1' And this timn he eollld only nod. Vo sho asked thbni to draw tho curtain, and lay very peiieefully for a lir.lu qiure, looking

tout at the saffron glare of tho weal her-glmi, ImIiIikI the net work of tlio tulip trees jnst outsido her win low. After awhllo sli« spoke apain. Just one word thin time:

'•Dick!'' Then when ho camo in, his jioor, weak

features working piteously, ahe took him to her soft breast, and crooned over bim, bring too weak for spcpch. And after many words he whispered:

••Ohl Judith, darlinp, you have given mo something 1 never had in my life uniii now."

And sho said: "What, dear boy?" Whereat, bending his face in her pillow,

ho sobbed out: "Courage." Then she readied for him with her thin,

little hand, nnd hero is what she said: " lam so glad", dear boy. It is tho only

Christmas present thai I can give you," und sho.smiled al him and kissed all of his face.that she could reach for the pillow.

And thnt cvoiimg she asked to seo Philip. He came and took her bund without say-

ing any thing, but sho could hear tho clamor of his heart ns he knelt close be-side her.

"Phil," she said, "I—I—thought you might have a Christmas gift for mei Havo you ?"

'• 1 would have gotten you a thousand if I had known," ho began; but sho stopped him.

"Isn ' t there—the the bracelet J" sho Raid, not looking at him "1 would liko it very mueh. 1 don't know whether il would It ay on—"

Ho rose white, even to his lips and went und fetched it. Then, ns he look her hand to put it on, ho snid:

'•Judi|h, you know what this moans?" Ye.-,'' she snid, "nnd 1—1 havo somo-

thing for yon, Phil; not much, but I know."'

me I will appreciate," herald, "if It's only tho rib-bon t hat has tied your shoe. Tell me, what is it?"

Then said my Lady Touriio, making a sweet, outward gesture with her little, slender arm:

" I l l s ills myself." They were married before ho rejoined

his replmeiit, and even the cruel war did not divide them; but Dick was shot nt Gettysburg, and they said that no lad in ail the South bad ever died more bravelv.

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Many actual fads woven in with the fiction of this tale wiH render it of unusual interest to every reader.

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The Corse 'of t h e Coast .

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The early yean of this century wit-nessed some of the most remarkable ad-ventures on the part of this freebooter, whose name became a synonym for reckless daring. They form an inters eating part of this story.

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A T H R I L L I N G S T O R Y

AND ONE YOU WILL BE SURE T O READ

BLACKBEARD The Curse of t h e C o a s t

M J M F . T h e Way England Buys India 's

Wheat Crop.

OrXCE OF SILVER BUYS A BUSHEL.

CHAMP CLARK'S STORY.

When Silrcr It Lmr, Wlient Xi Low, Bc-cuiito Knglnnrt Hiiyn Iniltn'M Whont for Silver—HnlHn the Viilnn uf Sllrer nud fDSlnud I'ayi the Aiuerteau Farmer More for Ills Wheat. England, it Ib snid fixes the market

price of our surplus wheat. How? She is n grent coummer, and pur-

chases most of out products. England owns India and encourages

wheat raising in that province. She fttrnishea the sllvef money with

which India dees its business. India has no silver mines. Neither has England worth mention-

ing. England buys silver bnllion, and

coins it into the India ruble. She pays an ounco of silver, so

coincd, for a bushel of wheat in India. Her wheat costs Just what she pays

for sliver. When sliver could be coined free In

1873, silver bullion cost ?1.29 per ouncc.

That's what England paid for her wheat in India, and our wheat was about the same.

When congress shut silver from the | mint, silver bullion began to be worth less.

England bought her sliver bullion here, at $1 per ounce, and paid the ounce for a bushel of wheat in India.

The Americtin wheat had to go down to ?1, because England could buy for | 1 silver, enpugh for a bushel of wheat in India—tho old price, viz. an ounce.

The farmer in India got the same amount of silver, every time.

Hut it cost England only a dollar. I In 1892, silver was 87 cents an ounco, I

and wheat w as less than 80 cents here. ] In 1894 silver sold to England for i

74 cents an ounce, and wheat was 70 cents a bushel.

In 1890 Ensland cjould buy silver for 64 cents an ounce, and trade her ounce of silver for a bushel of wheat in India, and of course the price of American wheat bad to follow.

America furnishes both silver and wheat.

England hits to buy both. Farmers, why let her buy silver for

65 cents, und trade it for a bushel of wheat, when by opening our own mints and coining it Into money, the eame ounce would cost England 1.29 in gold?

Then if she gave an ounce of silver for wheat in India, where would the price of American wheat stand?

The India farmer gets an ounco of silver for a bushel of whea t

You furnish tho silver to England at 05 cents and let her go to India and compete with you.

Where Is your foresight? What kind of a business arc you

doing? If you get an ounce of silver for a

bushel of wheat, you can have it coined under free coiAtge into $1.29.

A hundred bushels would bring $129. And every dollar would pay a note

or mortgage, taxeu, nalary or debts. Now you get $65 for 100 bushels and

it pays $05 of debt. You lose $04, spot cash.

Are not you Amnrlcan fanners as good a3 the natives of India?

Well just think H over, and we be-lieve you will open the mints to free coinage, drive England to either pay $1.29 for silver, or pay you a fair price for wheat.

Lot us have an American system of •nance that will benefit the American farmers, who are great consumers of products of labor, and who will buy of those products, in proportion to tho money they receive for their labor.— Adrian Press.

•aW It ImpresMil s Yoangitar Wbo Heard It In • Hpfwtfi.

In the Garfield-Hancock campaign tkero was a big l/emocratic meeting at a certain plac* in S t Charles county, id this state. A mimbor ot distingnishcA Democratic spftkers were there, au4 wo had a day of it. The writer was thea a imnll child, but ouo of the speakers made a very profound impression npon his mind. Tho speaker was no other than Champ Clark.

No ono asks now, "Who was Champ Clark?" but then lie was a new star iu the firmament. j

Wo had a number of speeches, nnd tlio children wore v e r j tired. I can't speak for the grown people, because tho good Democrats there would not havo owned to being tired, I know, after such u dig- i play of eloquence from their great party leaders. At any rate I was tired, but my mother whispered:

"Thore is only ono more speech," | and I was mnch relieved. A blond young man was introduced as Champ Clark of Pike county. He came forward with a pler.sant face and manner that at once attracted my attention. Ho began in : tjiis way:

" I am reminded of the boy who kill- i ed a possum and expected to enjoy a possum dinner tho next day. The fam-ily was about to sit down to the dinuei table when a wagon drovo np and a neighbor's family came iu. Tho head of the honfio announced that tho visitors had como to dinner. There was no room at the table ft>r onr young friend, the eportman, and ho waited, with his eyes anxiously fixed on tho dish of possum. Tho guests had good appetites. Finally there was only ono piece of possum left, and one of his own family took that. Then Iho possum lover busted tight out a-cryiug. The disappointment was too much for him.

"My fr iends," conliuuett Mr. Clark, " I am in that same condition. When I heard the first speech, It ln "qht, well— that is pretty bud, but s t i l / ^ have sojfle-thiug loft to say. Thou there (yi«e tho uext speech, nud the next, aud when tha lust speaker finished I just busted right out a-crying, because there was not an-other thing loft, for me to say."

But there was, aud he said it too. He awakened that audience till yon could hoar its applanse a mile away.

I think that that was probably the first time Champ Clark ever spoke in St. Charles county. Ho carried back homo with him the thanks and appreciation of a good many of his hearers that day. —St. Louis Republic.

(icni I titU-r. In (I, t 'tys riesli ii.iih, beef nr ponit rv l i 'h ' i i mi siiliscription t;- ili< L k d o k k ii""l ih" hi-.lie.-i ri'tail priee a I H W C I I

YOUNG E V P S

Dut One Benieilr, Remnnetiratlon nfSllTer, Less than three years ago the editor

of The Grand Traverse Herald in a strong editorial said:

"The fact is tho Republican party, by principle and tradition, is a friend of Oliver. The HQ-called demonetization act of 1873 was passed surreptitiously, and never expressed Iho views of the party at large. Its full meaning and effects were never realized until long aft-er. Today, as then, the Republican party is a silver party. Both metals must be used. This it has demanded and today demands."

Further on in the editorial the edi-tor severely arraigned President Cleve-land for recommending that congress should authorize a $500,000,000 loan papable in fifty years, in gold. He then added the following, which every Republican should read and remember when now urged by The Herald and Republican speakers to vote for a con-tinuation of the presont gold policy endorsed at St. Louis last June;

" T l v demand of the Republican par-ty a t large and Ae country is thnt silver shall be restored to its proper place in the currency of the nation, and the quicker this Is done the bet-ter. It cannot be done too quickly. It is the duty of tho parly through Its representatives In congress, to In-

1 dicate to the country as quickly as j possible. Its position and to act as 1 promptly as clrcumstanceVwill allow. I There is but one rqtt^ ^ 'r exist- ^

ing evil3, and that i s ^ j$ . r use of silver."—Cheboygan Democrat

Our experience has been that wages are uot high because of gold, silver or# greenbacks, but rather, because of strong and complete organization amongst the workers. — The Tympan (Union Organ.)

The son of the late Senator Plumb, ui Kansas, is out campaigning for Pry-iC. He has had enough of the gold-^ l g times. The senator was a sincere ; blmetallist

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MILTON M. PERRY. Attorney for Administrator.

M I L T O N M. P E R R Y ,

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8:80 a.m., 1:25. p. m , 11:00 Leave tor Manlstep, Ludinji

City, and Petoskey, 7:80, a.

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Time Table in Effect Nov i

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Milwaukee and Chicago by steamer dur> navigation only. Chair car, buliet car and sleeping ctr

ervice. Eastward No 12 has Pullman sleeperand

buliet car attached Chicago to Oe|roU laily. . ' '

No. 14 has parlor bufl'et 'cai-' Attached Grand Rapids to Detroit:extra ' (25 cents). No. IS has pallor car atthchttdi «xh • ra charge, (25 cents);*' •' .

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linest of Pullmiin'sltepers and buffet cari tached to Chicago daily. City office first door east of the

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R . D . ' l f S C k l N Q

THE JUMPING M Y C L E

HE was ^ genius— nt any I ra te , h e himself fcften sa id so. w i l l cons ider-

V abie terffor. A One even ing he

came ih t i red a n d liot and very g r i m y but f a i r ly b r i m -ming over wi th Joy.

"Hul lo , J i m ! " he cried. " I t ' s al l

right. I've siicceeiled a t last'.". "What's the mat ter?" I inau l red . ••Oh vou want to k n o w , do you?"

be said "You re very cur ious , fo r a wonder. But there is n o reason n o w why I should not te l l you a b o u t it a n d even show the w o r k i n g of t h e m a -chine. And you can p repa re yourse l l t o be very much a s t o n i s h e d . " «

He was right in s a y i n g t h a t I was very curious about h i s mach ine . I w a s ; and following his in s t ruc t ions , I w a s in the garden the n e x t a f t e rnoon a t 5 o'clock, anxious to see the inven t ion that was to revolutionize t h e wor ld .

When he ame h e b r o u g h t wi th h im

a bicycle. -Hello." te cried, as soon a s he saw

me, ' U'ha: do you t h i n k of t h i s? A beau ty , isc ' t i t ? "

I looked. I t was not an o rd inary bicycle. MU one m o r e heavi ly buil t , with nunerous addi t iona l cogs and cranks and an a i r cy l inder l ike t ha t of an air b.-ake.

"Wiin: on ea r th is t h i s c lumsy th ing for'" I ^ c l a i m e d .

"Clinsy be h a n g e d ! " he repl ied, Ir-ritablj "My dea r fe l low. If you will stir! r i t ic ls ing a n y t h i n g before you unde'tand it, how can you ever ex-pp,t o ge t on in l i fe? Now, follow me ami will exp la in i t all. You remem-ber^y r e m a r k i n g some weeks ago hot e x t r a o r d i n a r y I t w a s t h a t a s yet no-ine had hod t h e inte l l igence to in-vo:! a t r a v e l i n g m a c h i n e which could si inount obs tac les In i t s pa th , l ike a f s e , by j u m p i n g over them. Very H I ; h e r e you have t h e first mechan-u l inven t ion to do so. T h i s bicycle is no t a n o r d i n a r y wheel , which loses talf i t s u se fu lnes s and cha rm by being

. 'ompelled to keep t o t h e roads. T h i s Is t h o f a m o u s Jump ing bicycle I have had In m y head so long. Observe, t h i s cy l inde r Is fu l l of a i r a t a h igh pres-sure. As you see by t h i s l i t t le gauge, It now s t a n d s a t 150 pounds t o t h e square Inch. T h e cyl inder Is con-s t ruc t ed t o bea r a p r e s su re of 400. These four bars with Joints in them are connec ted wi th t h e cyl inder by means ot the c r a n k s and cogs which you see; they play t he p a r t of a horse ' s legs; the Jo in ts a re , of course, the knees, t f o w , h o w s imple t h e whole t h ing Is. At m y r i g h t h a n d I have a tiny lever, with t h e power s marked 'easy, ' 'strong* a n d ' fu l l . ' Oh, by t h e way, I fo rgo t t o r e m a r k t h a t , a s even you can poss ib ly unde r s t and , the re is an i m m e n s e was t e of power in the or-•dinary bicycle. Going down a steep bi l l , f o r ins tance , enough power Is genera ted to r u n the bicycle on a level road f o r f ou r to five miles. All this h i t h e r t o was ted energy I have uti-l i sed in compress ing the a i r In the cyl-i n d e r . W h e n I come to an obstacle— -say 1 w a n t to get across a ditch—I p r e s s t h e lever t o 'easy, ' and the ma-ch ine t a k e s a leap in the air of about o igb teen Inches, whi le the forward i m p e t u s car r ies us easily to ihe other t i de . If I put t h e lever on 'strong, ' I can t a k e a Jump o t six or seven feet ;

M / - -

T H E GENIUS WAS OVERTURNED.

whi le the ' ful l ' power means a leap of a n y t h i n g f rom twelve to twenty-five in h e i g h t In point of fact. It would only r e q u i r e a ha rd run of about a couple of mi les t o genera te sufficient power to c a r r y m e over a te lepraph wire or a s m a l l house ."

A t t h i s point the re was a loud clang ao i ! of escaping a i r and the bicy cle m a d e a v igorous dash for freedom. T h e gen ius was pulled violently up the garden and over turned , while the bi-cycle m a d e severa l fu t i le a t tempts to leap the fence a t t he end. I t failed, however , and t he genius, a f t e r several

-teptupl t r i a l s , succeeded in put t ing "fever back to "s top." In a fit of

a toen tmlndednes s he had sh i f ted It to "easy."

H e led t he machine back again and began expla ining breathlessly.

"Confound t h e thing," he growled; 4 1 Jnst touched the lever to see If It wab in p roper order and It went off. Oh, fo r goodness sake, don ' t s tand

^ B u g h l n g l ike an idiot! I believe you a r e the mee t I r r i ta t ing man In the wor ld . Here, bold this, while I brush

myse l f . " . W h e n he had finished he said he would no t t r y the bicycle unt i l 8

o'clock. I assented t o the wisdom of this

k and said that t hen nobody would be iyfthout 11 the thing ran away with him B Sgliiii.

He turned on me fiercely. "I toil y o u I have the machine under

t h e m o s t absolute, perfect control ." t h a t this was obvious,

h e completely lost his • m a k l n a . several un-

qs as condi-t ion of m y ^ W n d , s t a l k e d ^ ^ t o the '•oiisa. EowevSr, at tea he g^i-ously

'Jt

me and became en thus ias Ic j o n c c S n o r o and said he would write ou t a l agreement giving me a thi rd | Share b i b is invention before he went t o bed*-whlch share represented, ac- j cord ing to s o m e close and Intr icate cal-cula t ions of his, a capital sum of £240,000. T h a i he borrowed half a sovereign f r o m m e for a couple of d a y s In the kindest possible manner and said he d idn ' t mind me a t all, be-cause he unders tood me and knew tha t t h e r e was no t a bi t of h a r m In me.

The next morn ing I me t him as agreed. The first t r ia l of the machine w a s to t ake place down the Chalk hill, a s It Is called. Th is is a steep, grassy Incline, w i th a brick wall about six feet h igh r u n n i n g along the bottom. H e w a s going to leap the wall; though. If I had been he, I th ink I should have chosen someth ing sof ter than brick to exper iment on. I did the best I could, though, by prepar ing the ground on the o the r side of the wall with the garden tools unt i l the soil was beautifully sof t and loose—quite an Ideal place to fall on. I d idn ' t tell the genius about my foresight in this ma t t e r ; he had such a wretched way of s i t t ing on a fellow.

He said he would t ry it on the road, though we begged him to desist. He said the hill was not long enough: he found t ha t what he wanted was not so much a hi l l as a good, long, level run. He also proposed tha t I should get on an ordinary b-cycle and accompany h im; so I left Polly and mounted my machine.

At this t ime the machine was act-ing in a very peculiar manner and seemed to have taken the bit in its teeth, so t o speak. I t began to tear a long the road with the speed of a runaway horse, shying a t every post and mak ing spasmodic jumps a t the sl ightest obstacles. By the most fu-rious r id ing I was able to get along-side and excitedly advised the genius to hur l himself from the demoniacal machine and risk the coraequences.

He d idn ' t hear me. or if he did he paid no at tent ion. He had an , in-tense, fa r -away look in his eyes and seemed to have no Interest in mere earthly mat ters . The machine, re-joicing In Its newly found power, pu t on an ex t ra spur t and drew well ahead of me. mak ing the most ex t raord inary leaps f rom t ime to t ime.

W e were now cloae to the village, and the few people still l inger ing about commenced to t ake a lively In-terest In the proceedings, especially the constable, who Is a very s tubborn and officious person and seems to th ink t ha t If It were not for bim the nat ion and the law would fall to piecen, bo I cannot say I feel very sorry for him —he should at tend more to h is own business. When he saw the bicycle coming be shouted to the rider to stop. To th i s the genius gave no heed, and the constable prepared fo r action. He ran out Into the middle of the road and clutched at the genius as ho flew by. Unluckily for him, he missed com-pletely and the f ront wReel of the machine smote him heavily in the loose ribs, leaving bim a dusty and disheveled wreck on the side of the road. When I passed him he was slowly recovering and I judged from his expression tha t his emotions were violent and mingled. We fled along the main street amid a horrible clat-ter. At the end of the village the road makes n sharp turn to the left and I knew that thin would be the decisive point in the grn lus ' fur ious career. It he could but turn the corner he would have a nearly s t ra ight road in f ront of him for three miles. If he could not , there was the ten-foot wall of the ladies ceminary to be sur-mounted. I confess 1 had no hopes whatever, either of his turning the corner or of his forcing the bicycle to take the jump. The machine now seemed to be pull ing itself together for a final struggle, which fact the genius seemed to grasp, and he groaned audibly as he tried to pull the handles round in order to take the turn. But the bicycle was too much lor him.

It was a splendid effort ; indeed, 1 never saw such a t remendous jump so gallantly at tempted. But. as it hap-pened, the plucky bicycle just landed on the top of the wall and with a hor-rid crash both machine nnd rider foil a t the feet of a procession of fourteen young ladles who were about to t ake their daily air ing. Tho bicycle used the Inst of the compressed air In the cylinder to deliver several violent kicks a t the genius as he lay on the ground. a

He will be carried down from his bedroom Into the garden some t ime to-morrow af ternoon, and the doctor bays t b a t If his colIar-b*ne sets well he will be fa i r ly sound In about another week.

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Like the rays of the na tu ra l sun, glad childhood sheds Its br ightness upon the world; to which the inno-cence. the merr iment , the credulity, t he inquisitiveness. the naturalness , t he mischlevousness of tha t happy period before the shadows begin to fall, are a perpetual source of re f reshment and delight. When all these childish qual i -ties are combined and a little touch of perversi ty is added, many a moment of perplexity as well as of amusement is caused.

To justly judge the child's act we must take its point of view. Only by means of an accurate m e n ^ r y of ou r own experiences and by a fine sym-pathy with those of others are we able to appreciate the mental a t t i tude of tho budding life and to realize how mo-mentous are some of its occasions.

Countless arc the br ight pictures childhood throws upon our memories, for our lifelong enjoyment thereaf ter . Some of the most vivid f rom the many are here set for th.

An ever delightful child type is t b a t in which the mental i ty Is keen and early matured. These are they who read much and th ink much and to their dally vocabulary add the words encountered in books. In play and in popular i ty they are foremost, unfa i l ing In power and a t t ract ion are such genial, b r igh t natures .

An Interest ing boy of twelve years was shown the photograph of a lady who was to be marr ied to the young m a n exhibit ing tho picture. He l is ten-ed with Interest to his f r iend 's account of his lady love whom the boy had never seen. Not long a f t e r the l i t t le man saw the young woman in question for the f irst time. When he next en-countered his fr iend, the lover. It was

without the blossoms and without these cherub-like children.

Diversity of talents is never more plainly seen than in the development of the little ones. I t is marvelous how the *)n of the mechanic loves machinery so early. Even more won-derful is It when another son, lnheri t ing his gif ts perhaps f rom his g randfa ther , fa ther , interested only in fa rm mat ters . In live stock and in sowing and ga ther -ing of crops. How unlike are the vari-ous personalit ies of children. How

tie ones do not pass iVlto the eternal silence, they merge ns surely Into man-hood and womanhood. I t lo ac if in the life of one Individual there were countless lives ending one by one as o thers begin; ao wholly apar t f rom the a f t e r life are the days of Infancy.

One beautiful boy made light and gladness in a home. Year by year a picture of the child was made. Each twelvemonth seemed to perfect the life and face, until it took on a f a r away beauty not of this world. So the last

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self-will shows Itself in earl iest days In some. How mischief reaches a n ab-normal growth In others . W h a t In-dividuali ty and or iginal i ty are f re -quently displayed by the l i t t le folks.

Many a re the homes they cheer;

SPRINGTIME." F L O W E R S " S W E E T T H E

Aaparasoi for the C u r .

The asparagus served a t t he Blysee banquet cost t he respectable sum of 3 f rancs per piece, or 90 f raucs the bundle, and any one fond of reckon-ing may form a guess as to the prob-able total cost of this course alone and the amount consumed au^-ng 200 guests. Still, t he price was not un reasonable, al! th ings considorea, as asparagus dur ing the month of October has hi ther to been an unrealized dream of cult ivators, who so far have only managed with the greatest difficulty to iv.ise a pocr apology for the real vege-table in December by means of hot-houses and unceasing care and pains. Eve ry one knows the difference be-tween the la t te r and fresh spr ing asparagus : but t ha t placed before the czar was freshly cut and in no whi t Infer ior to the very best grown in April or May. The expensive da in ty w m e from the far - famed garden of Carpen-tras, whence all the finest produce of the kind in Par is comes, and the grow-ers of t ha t distr ict are just ly proud of their la test success, which has excited much Interest In hor t icul tural circles, and will no doubt do las t ing good to the growers . - -Gent lewoman.

to announce to him with unconscious-ness and enthusiasm " t b a t he had seen the substance of tha t shadow shown him a few days ago!" so accustomed was he to talk In the language t ha t he read.

An a t t rac t ive child he was In count-less ways, with his beaming. Intelli-gent face, h is quick action and his leadership among his companions. Strangely averse to going to bed, he was never really ready to go a t any hour, h is earnes t wish being t ha t life were all day, so deeply was he in ter-ested in the a f fa i r s of the world. Children of th i s class, whether boys or girls, are by n a t u r e endowed wi th a mental i ty abovo the ordinary. For-tunate ly they a re of ten the possessors of h igh animal spirits, the resul t of good physical condition, expressed in a happy disposition or fine vivacity. Such minds are of splendid fibre, seize readily upon knowledge and facts which they easily retain and assimilate.

Among all the t ra i t s which chi ldren i display none are so sa t is fnr tnry to en-

counter as s tabi l i ty and fa i th fu lness ; for with even moderate ta len ts these qualifications will ensure success in some line in the years of l a te r life.

B u t how varied a re the chi ld-natures and faces; like the leaves of the forest" no two are j u s t alike. A type that^ everybody loves has the b r igh t open countenance -, t he f r ank , t-ine eyes. These are the l i t t le sunbeams In the world, dancing along beside the weary and oppressed, th rowing the i r happy smiles upon the sorrowing, and upon sa in t and s inner alike. Sweet ao the flowers of springt ime, they gladden all about them. Bnre indeed w J d life be

deeply in their value realized when the sweet baby voice is no longer heard, when the laughing l i t t le face is no longer seen. A few years glide by and then every baby face disappears, all childish speech ceases, fo r if these llt-

por t ra i t showed h i m ; t h e n ' a shadow fell upon the house t ha t for a few brief years had been Illumined by a lovely presence.

The flowers bloom and fade. The birds ' songs fill the world and then a re silent. But the sweetness of the blossoms and of the warbl ing l ingers when nei ther may longer bo enjoyed.

A dear little California gir l by her doings and sayings has made herself a joy to many. A chubby l i t t le figure, a sunny face, great blue eyes, a halo of fa i r curls—a sweeter cheru never lived.

She is not yet three years old; and when she is gathered up fo r the n ight In her long white n ight gown, and lifted to papa's shoulder to say, in-stead of the conventional "Good night ," her "God bess you," to each one about her, God seems not f a r away and the blessing appears to descend. If . ever there is vir tue in a blessing i t is when spoken by such lips as hers.

Looking but of the back window one day, her mother heard shri l l screams and saw her baby girl carrying he r cloak which a great rooster had caught in his beak and would not let go. Tbo mother understood the l i t t le one's pro-longed cries of f r igh t and vexation, and going outside freed the tiny girl f rom her torraentoh Short ly a f te r , when the child was again In the house, she passed her mother in the music room. Her little legs bore her In longer s t r ides than usual; thero was de terminat ion In her face and vengetnee In her baby hear t . In one hand she carried a s i lver table knife, close to her side, thn t It might not be seen and taken from her . She spoke vehement ly as she hastened on: "I ' l l kill 'at wooster! I 'll cut i t on the feathers!"

Upon another day this little to t ' s f a ther decided to rear range a favori te vine upon the f ron t porch of their pic-turesque cottage home. To do so it was necessary to be upon the f ron t porch roof, and to reach tha t point without Injury to the vines a ladder was placed aga ins t the rear of the house. By the ladder he mounted to the shed roof of the ki tchen and easily gaining in this way the four sided roof of the cottage he descended thence to

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the roof of the porch. Af ter a little t ime he heard a grea t puffing and blowing: wondering whence the sounds came he decided to reconnoitre, and saw it was his baby gir l who had al-ready reached the third roof! His hear t stood still. What to do was the question. If he scolded her she would turn and fall. So he smiled to her

'br ightly an<> opened h i s . a rms and told her to "come on." Wi th her na tura l fearlessaoss. she had climbed the lad-u t r , a seemingly impossible feat, for the rounds were far apar t . When question-ed, this s turdy three year old showed the awestricken parents how she bad mounted the ledder, climlnb the side piece, between the rounds, monkey fashion, because they were too fa r apa r t for ber reach.

Affectionate, warm-hearted, quick of mind, she is a most lovable child. The years will come and go, and the hap-piness and charm of the baby life will reflect cheer upon many a shadowy hour fo r those who In a f t e r years re-call the Interesting and pre t ty ways of her childhood—Nlckell Magazine.

A CAT'S H O U S E H O L D DUTIES.

l i e Churns and UHthera Nnts fo r BU Miftrefli.

Miss Angle Eddes. a lady living near Stockton, Cal., owns a cat bear ing the euphonious name of Bildad tha t is a marvel of feline Intelligence and in-dustry, says the San Franci/ 'co Call. Miss Angle lives on a l i t t le place of her own, where she has her busy hands p re t ty - fu l l in looking a f te r the r anch Work and at tending to her fa ther , who is a cripple, and tho cat, Bildad, has come t o be very helpful to her in many ways. Among other sources of revenue, Miss Angle has a dozen fine bear ing almond trees tha t br ing in no inconsiderable amount , and Bildad Is Invaluable to her in t ak ing care of the nuts. Every morning In fal l ing t i m e Miss Angle sets a large basket out In the orchard and Bildad begins work, f r i sk ing back and fo r th under the trees, picking up the plump brown nuts , never ceasing till t he basket Is ful l , when he goes In, le t t ing his mis t ress know, by pulling a t her apron, t h a t he needs her help. Aside f r o m t h u s relieving Miss Angle of a l l the t rouble of ga ther ing the nuts , Blldad's services are called into requisi t ion t o protect them f rom rats, which otherwise would soon begin to ravage the t rees as soon as the young a lmonds show evidences of matur i ty . Another one of Bl ldad 's accomplishments Is t ha t of churning, a t which he is quite a n a d e p t Old Mr. Eddes, who has quite an inventive facul ty, has manufac tured a l i t t le churn , with a unique, l ight - running t readle upon which Bildad mounts and t reds away with the most pra iseworthy Industry Ull the work is done. So ex-pert has the ca t become t h a t he can tell by the sound of t h e milk when the but te r has come, and s t r ikes wi th h is paw on the l i t t le bell which is a t tached to the churn to let h is mist ress know. In the midst of all th i s industry, Bil-dad finds t ime fo r as much fun and frolic as the average cat, and Is a source of great amusement and pleas-ure to the old man, Eddes, rel ieving him of many tedious hours.

T H E GIRL'S H A L F - H O L I D A Y .

Most Wonderful Law Presented be fo re the New Zealand House.

The New Zealand house of represen-ta t ives has been doing some wonderful th ings and Ita la test achievement Is a bill for a s ta tu tory half-holiday for do-mestic servants , which has already re-ceived Its second reading, says tho Westmins ter Gazet t f . According to the proposal every mis t ress Is bound to t u r n her se rvan ts out of her house f r o m 3 p. m. unt i l 10 p. m. one day In every week. If t he servant Is found employed a t her ord inary work dur ing the s ta tutory half -hol iday the mis t ress will be liable to a penal ty of $26. If t he servants r e tu rn to their homes for food dur ing the t ime mentioned the mistress mus t wait on them or be mulcted to tho same tune but we take It fo r granted tha t t he mistress h a s a legal r ight to refuse admit tance. The resul t will be t ha t a large number of the servants in the town, being coun-try girls without fr iends, will be driven to parade tho s t ree ts for these six hours of compulsory holiday.. The humorous completeness of th i s proposal will, we a re afra id , be fa ta l to i ts chances of becoming law. A prominent lady poli-t ic ian has already avowed her prefer-ence for a s ta tu tory half-hol iday for overworked mothers of large famil ies who have no servants . The husband will then be compelled to remian a t home and mind his house in t h e ab-sence of h is wife.

A Strange Coincidence. A certain peasant and h i s wife, in

Germany, were marr ied on the same day as the emperor and the empress, the peasant 's Chr is t ian n a m e being Will iam. The i r first child, a boy, was b o m on the same day as the Crown Priuce, a f t e r which they had five other sons, each of whom was born a t the same time as tho five younger boys of the emperor. The royal couple were informed of this , and were exceedingly Interested In the very s t range coinci-dence, but th i s interest was Intensified when, on the last occasion of a royal bir th, namely, the little daughter of th« kaiser. It was learned - t h a t the peasant ' s wife In question had also given bi r th to a daughter on the same day. So astonished were tffe emperor and empress t ha t they stood a s god-fa ther and godmother to th i s little girl, and have well provided for her future.

The World's Wealthiest PhllateUst. The Due de Galllera Is probably the

most .notable as well oa tho v oalthiest philatelist in tho world. He began to collect s tamps In 1870, and every year spent some £8,000 in adding s t amps t o his collection. In 1880 his collection wap valued a t £80,000, and today i t is said to be worth close to £250,000.

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^ $ 5 ^ one day with t rembling lip:

"Jules the last water cask la emp-ty. I supposed It was full. It must have leaked out long ago."

"How much Is there lef t?" asked Jules.

Her voice shook, the ewer be filled. "Not twice can

Oh, Jules!" "Nay , dear one, I can fill It up to-

night . Do you know the exact local-ity of the spr ing?"

" I remember visit ing it once or twice. I must pause a moment before I can tell you its direction from this spot. But it f r ightens me to think of your a t tempt ing such a dangerous fea t . "

" I t lst vitally necessary, If we re -main here, which seems the best th ing left us. until our provisions fail us, or we are convinced there Is no hope of Emi le ' s appearance."

"If It must be I consent; but upon one c o n d i t i o n - 1 shall accompany you, Ju les ."

"My precious Chlotllde, not for the world."

" I insist upon It. Whatever happens to you I must share it with you; be-nldes, I can recognize the spring a t once, and you might search a long t ime for I t "

"My beloved one, let me brave th i s l i t t le danger alone. Wha t would Emile say to me If he knew I allowed you to venture out so f a r ? "

" I t does not mat te r ; you ehall allow it ; you yield to i t because there is no help for It. I should follow a t all events."

"Bu t it is not Immediately necessary. We will be as p ruden t as possible, and Eml le may yet arr ive," replied Jules , resolved to sal ly forth secretly.

Lady Fe l lde pu t the vessel of wa te r carefully aside, saying wistful ly:

" I t must not be before us to t empt us. How perverse in me! I was never so thirs ty in my life!"

Ju les deliberately poured out a glass and held It toward he r r

"You shall not deny yourself while the re Is so much left to us ."

She sipped It slowly. "If we were to have no more, how

much more precious than our pear ls and diamonds would be the t inies t drop," said she, and handed i t back only half empty.

"Now I mus t re turn to my post , and learn how near the sentinels approach us. Can It be possible for them to hear ou r voices when above us!"

"I think not, or Emlle would have warned us."

"Oh, Invaluable, allwlse Emile! wha t detains him!" groaned Jules, as he clambered up the s tairway.

No sign came of any human presence throughout the day, and much em-boldened by the circumstance, Ju les took a pitcher and small paii and star ted forth a s soon as evening came.

Lady Fellcle followed silently be-hind him, notwi ths tanding his en t rea ty t o the contrary.

They passed along soft ly, with the u tmos t caution, pausing every few steps to listen for any sound of a larm.

All was profound stillness, save tha t now and then a dry leaf dropped from a bough, or a bird with heavy wing thur red th rough the branches.

The spr ing was Just a l i t t le way f rom the trodden pathway. I t lay In i t s mossy bed l ike an inky mirror , with Just one ripple of silver where a s ta r beam f rom above slid through t h e can-opy of leaves and gave it a tender kiss.

The t rembl ing pair gave a sigh of re-lief. Ju les hast i ly knel t down and dipped the pi tcher Into i t H s t u r n -ed and held I t up to Chlotllde's Hps. Draught of nec tar f rom the very cup of Tl tan la was outrivaled by the re f resh-ing coolness of the water.

Nei ther ventured to speak, but their hea r t s beat wi th Joyful relief. Ju les filled the pall to the brim and Chlotllde took the pi tcher . She tripped l ightly before h im to open the door.

He spoke suddenly and sharply. "Hur ry , Chlotllde! go a t once!" She obeyed wi th a quick rush of ter-

ror , for she also caught the sound of hur ry ing steps, and gaining the tree, stood wai t ing his approach.

There came to her f rom the gloom of the shadowed pa thway a fierce oath, a scuffle, and shout for help.

Set t ing down the pitcher hast i ly , t he girl bent out of the tree with whi te Hps and horror-s t r icken eyes.

A quick rush of f ran t ic steps—but whose? the companion of her hidden home of refuge, or the cruel spy? She could not s t i r , but stood paralyzed.

I t was Jules. He dashed up to ber, t h rus t her Into the little room with impetuous haste, and closed the door.

The movement upset the pitcher, t i o precious wate r was tost, not a drop remained; fo r In his struggle with the man who had pouncpA upon him, Jules had dropped the bucket.

Then shiver ing and repressing the very sound of breathing, the pair lis-tened to the eager talk going on out-side, a s a group of the sentinels ga th-ered togebher In bewildered astonish-

ment . "Th i s Is certainly witchcraf t !" ejac-

ulated one. " H e was here a moment ago, and

now he has gone. Peste! has he wings l ike a bird, or legs like a squirrel? I t is a lways here. In this spot, tha t t he vljl&in disappears. Captain Pierre mus t hear of this. What a wise man

he is: in spite of all our doubts he de-clared they were in this forest, and so I venture to declare wo shall find It."

I "He-it up the bushes over there!" V ' r i e d out another : "let 's drag him out ln-n!ght. and earn the reward."

They went t ramping ail about the spot, and one struck his heavy pike against the tree t runk , making the girl spr ing back wildly.

Jules took her hand in both his. and held it firmly; the darkness concealed his quivering lip and flashing eye.

But presently the men were t ired hunt ing over the vacant ground, and they dispersed to their separate s ta -tions.

Jules led his silent companion down to the lower room. She turned and threw herself Into his a rms with sob of anguish.

"Jules . Jules, we shal l perish togeth-er! there Is a little comfort in t ha t thought ."

His breast was heaving. Too well he knew how little hope there was, even of such a melancholy end. He had learned enough from Emlle, to feel convinced tha t she would be torn away from him a t once.

"Yes, they will certainly mark the spot well. They will dig for t races of a secret passage; you heard them sounding the tree. Oh, that we had remained quiet. We have not even a glass of water to atone for the mis hap."

They said no th ing more concerning their apprehensions, but made no a t -tempt a t cheerfulness, and sat hand clasped In hand In ut ter silence.

Slowly and sadly wore away the night , and the next day. Nei ther could touch food, but the i r feverish th i r s t seemed to Increase, as the precious water disappeared. By another n ight -fall there remained but a single wine-glass ful l .

"Dr ink It, Chlotllde!" exclaimed Jules, bit terly, a s he saw her eyes dwel l upon It wis t ful ly ; "by another day it will be of no consequence. T h a t P ier re has been examining the place himself : he has ordered them to com-mence felling the trees by the morning l ight ."

Lady Fellcle clasped her hands, and her whi te Hps moved prayer fu l ly—thin she said tremulously:

"M. Pierre! oh, Jules! shoot me with your pistol before you allow m e to fall Into h is hands."

"Chlotllde, let u s t ry to escape f rom the forest to-night, ra ther than be dragged for th by their t r iumphan t hands ."

"But whi ther shall we go?" asked she, sorrowfully.

H e groaned In anguish. "Whi ther , Indeed! oh, Emlle, Mon-

sieur Emlle, what has become of you?" The words had hardly passed his l ips

ere a step was heard on the rude s ta i r s leading to the secret door above.

They sprang up with cheeks grow-ing still more ashy white, and turned wild glances to the aperture. Had their persevering enemy a t last discovered the secrfe passage to them?

Hasti ly came the Intruder downward —the lo f ty head stooped to clear the beam and then—oh, Joy! oh, t ranspor t ! they beheld the pale, excited, but t r i -u m p h a n t face of Emile!

Wi th a glad cry, Fellcle fell down at his feet. His tears mingled with hers, a s he raised her in his arms.

"My child, my beloved one! you a re safe; I feared to And you completely prostrated If yet alive."

Ju les seized h is hand In a t ranspor t of de l i gh t

He gave them a few moments to re-lieve their excitement, then produced f rom t h e bundle he had brought, two disguises, both for peasants of the humbles t class.

"Do not delay a second beyond what is absolutely necessary, but put them on a t once, and t ake every valuable t ha t you can conceal. The diamonds I will secrete on my own person."

Nei ther asked him-a single question; but t rus t ing him Implicitly, gave thought only to thorough obedience.

In a few moments they were ready. Eml le quietly took a powder f rom

his pocket and rubbed It over the pale f a c t s and hands : he gave to Ju les a different shade of ha i r by a powerfu l liquid, and concealed the si lky tresses of Fellcle by a most unbecoming man-tle twisted In tu rban fashion.

"Come now," said he, t ak ing ihetu each by the hand.

Still though their hear ts beat anx-iously, nei ther asked a single question. Th is implicit t rus t moved Emlle, deeply: but he closed the door of the fa i thful t ree which had protected them so long, and led them on in silence.

Jules looked around him wi th a wistful glance. Where were the senti-nels? At least no sign of them was visible.

Unmolested they gained the out-skir ts . Emlle pausing a moment , gazed all around him.

" I t Is well," murmured he ; " J ean has not failed me. Now let us move swiftly, nor lose the propitious mo-ment . "

"The sent inels are removed!" ex-claimed Jules, in ut ter as tonishment .

"They are lying senseless on the ground," replied Emlle, "a fa i th fu l fel-low has carried them wine well drug-ged, and has taken It himself, to re-move suspicion of his Ins t rumental i ty In the affair . M. Pierre Is Welcome to dig to-morrow: we, I t rus t , shal l be well on our way to Paris . I have the papers for the passage of the Gray Falcon and his cousins Jules and Chlotllde; I hope we will meet wi th no molestation. I started with the twain

and left them just below the forest ; they are to make their way to the next town on foot. The spies on the road will not know but I have still the identical pair—the dr iver of the car t wai t ing fo r us is fa i thful to me. Give yourselves no uneasiness, dear chil-dren. All will be well."

"We do not fear, so long as It la you who plans," answered Chlotllde.

"May your generous t rus t be re-warded," responded be, fervently.

They were s:opp°d many and many a t ime before they reached the desired haven; but the Gray Falcon's name was enough to give them safe passport, nor were they overtaken by messengers of M. Pierre, the event moat dreaded by all.

The horrors had deepened In Paris . The unfor tuna te Louis had been led to the Mock, and the trial of the queen was already under consideration. The utmost lawlessness and biood-tbirsti-ness prevailed everywhere.

The Gray Falcon was welcomed back with enthusiasm. He lodged his pre-tended relat ives with an acquaintance, and went a t once to h is old club. Not-wi ths tanding the abhorrence he felt f v the sent iments which now reigned tr i-umphan t there, he fel t that it was vi-tally necessary for him to seem tc par-t icipate in them, and accordingly he delivered to them one of his old ha-rangues — somewhat disappointing them, to be sure, with the moderation of his views.

Hav ing thus established himself safe f rom suspicion, he proceeded to look up a l i t t le plot of ground and small cot-tage, a t a safe distance f rom the city, and th i ther he conveyed bis fr iends.

A li t t le garden gave ostensible em-ployment to Jules, and his fair com-panion made up bouquets, and sent them to the city regularly by a peas-a n t boy, who was the unconscious bear-er of dispatches between Emlle and his disguised wards ; fo r a bouquet, es-pecially marked, was sent twice a week to Emlle, and i t s f r agran t blossoms concealed a guarded s ta tement of pres-ent security.

And thus amidst t he f r igh t fu l car-nage going on a lmost within sound of their voices, the pair dwelt in peace-ful security. They had almost ceased to fear molestation, and Lady Fellcle, growing quite accustomed to the light tasks which devolved upon her, had almost put away the old Identity, and believed herself t he humble Chlotllde of the cottage, when suddenly and harsh ly came to her the reminder of her former existence.

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FRENCH F A S H I O N S .

They Are Feminine Always and Never Ezasgerated as Onrs Are.

The " ta i lo r -made" gown, severe In shape and scant in ornamenta t ion , though occasionally worn In France , was never universal ly seen on well-bred folk, as i t was for some years on Engl ish and American dames and maids, says the Chautauquan. I t was Engl ish in tas te and too plain to su i t F rench fancy. Nor have the vary ing a t t emp t s a t "common-sense dress," be i t In the shape of bloomers, divided ski r t or " ra iny-day s k i r t " ever found adheren ts and wearers in F rance ; noth ing could be more remote f r o m French taste, which is for woman 's dress above everything else, thorough-ly feminine. And even when mascu-line ga rments have been copied fo r women's wear they have received f r o m French modemakers a touch or shape which has t aken away the i r severi ty of outline. I t Is in teres t ing t o no te that , , though near ly all our fash ions In America a re F rench in origin and all receive t he i r e lement of popular i ty aad l ife f r o m France, yet they are most f requent ly seen in ex t reme shapes in America. No t ru ly s l egan t or modish Par i s ian dressmaker over sent f rom her shop the enormous leg-of-mutton sleeves sebn within the past two years in ou r grea t American cities. Nor would she offer the spreading sk i r t s wi th heavy inter l ining throughout of stiff mate -rial . The F rench skir ts were Infinitely wide and fiarlng, but t hey were grace-ful and comparatively l ight. In Amer-ica we accent the fashions and do n o t a lways Improve them.

A BELLE AT EIGHTY. *

Bad a Lovely Neck and Arms and Wore Decollete Gowns.

Some years ago there was a n old lady in one of the southern capi ta ls who not only wore decollete bal l dresses a t 80, bu t actually possessed the lovely neck and a rms which they re-quire, says the New York Ledger. She was most Innocently vain; and no won-der, for she was Immensely f lat tered and her townspeople valued he r cha rms f a r above those of her young and more beaut i fu l rivals. She had a cur ious way of prepar ing for a ball, which our modern fashionable women, with the i r mul t i tud inous engagements would find difficult to emulate. The morning be-fore 8h« proposed appear ing In fu l l re-galia she would take a brisk walk and r e tu rn in t ime for a midday dinner , a f t e r which she remained quiet with her work unt i l about 3 or 4 o'clock, when she would retire to her bed, t ake a very hot pt isan to Induce perspira-tion, and remain in bed (par tak ing of some light r e f reshment a t the tea hour) unt i l It was t ime to dress fo r her ball. T h n she would get up, take a ba th and m a k e the most elaborate toilet. All tho household regarded these p repa ra -t ions In the l ight of solemn rites, and would never have dreamed of l augh ing a t them or in ter fer ing with them in any way. H e r appearance was a t r i -umph, never fnll lng to excite tho grea t -est admira t ion and adulat ion.

F A C I A L S Y M P T O M S .

Indications That Tell a Doctor What Yon May ISn SulTrrlnj: From.

When a doctor looks a t you In tha s t ree t he may know your ailments, says the New York Journal . Facial expres-sion can and does to a considerable ex-tent Indicate the character of disease f r o m a diagnostic and prognostic ptfint of view.

Pain is invariably clearly wri t ten on the face. Contraction of the brow In-dicates pain in the forehead. Sharp-ness and contrao:ion about the nostrils indicate pain in tho cheat. A drawing of the upper lip indicates pain in thf. abdomen. The upper thi rd of the face is modified in expression in affections of the brain, the middle third in dis-eases of the chest and the lower third in those of the abdominal organs. H e a r t disease is indicated by blue lips, high-colored, mottled cheeks, paleness about the nose and mouth and puffi-ness of the face generally. Kidney dis-eases are shown by pudiness of the lower eyelids and pale face. There is a drawing of the muscles of the mouth as if the pat ient were laughing in a sardonic way in te tanus or lockjaw, an Intense expression of mingled fear and anxiety In hydrophobia and of deep anxiety in asphyxia. Then there are the flushed face and bright eye of typhus and pneumonia, the bright cheek and pale face of consumption and the dull, heavy, stupid expression in the faces of children suffering f rom swollen tonsils or growth a t the back of the nose.

BrooUlyn IlrldRn Komanres. The romances of the business world,

under the new order of woman's wide invasion of It, have not yet been writ-ten to any great extent. The novelis' who a t tempts it will not find a better chance to s tudy his types than the Ne\ York end of the bridge almost any da;-toward 6 o'clock. There nightly Ruth Pinch meets John Westlock. Some-times Ruth is first at the t rys t ing place but she wai ts in all patience for John 's coming. She Is often stylish, If In a cheap way; there Is a lways a knot of ribbon or a coquettish feather to brighten the gown "that has grown shabby In service, and when John comes there Is a blush t ha t is i l luminat-ing. Both have toiled all day In busy offices or skyl ight lofts , but fat igue and care a re forgot ten now, as they should be when love Is by. Their greeting Is In the presence of hundreds but there Is safe ty In a crowd and John sees w h a t no one else does—the sud-den l ight ing In the eyes tha t meet his and Ruth feels as they a re -swept in the t r a m p i n g homeward-bound proces-sion t h a t only one Is with her—tho man a t he r side.—New York Times.

How to Find Oat. Fill a bo t t l e with urinu and le t it

s tand 24 h o u r s ; a sed iment or settling-indicates a diseased condition of tho kidneys. W h e n y o m urine s t a ins your l inen i t is ev iden t you have k idney t rouble. Too f r e q u e n t desire to u r ina t e is convincing proof t b a t y o u r k idneys and b ladder aro out of order.

What to Do. There is comfor t in the knowledge so

of ten expressed, t b a t Dr. Kilmer 's Swamp-Root , t he g r e a t k idney remedy fulfi l ls eve ry wish in rel ieving pain in the back, k idneys , l iver, b ladder and every p a r t of t he u r i na ry passages. I t corrects inabi l i ty to" hold urine and scalding pa in in passing ii . nnd over-comes t h a t unp leasan t necessity of be ing compelled to g e t up d u r i n g tho n i g h t t o u r ina te . Tlie mild and e x t r a -o rd inary e f fec t of Swamp-Hoot is soon reaHzed. I t s t ands the h ighes t fo r i ts w o n d e r f u l cures of the most distress-ing cases. Sold by druggis t s a t fifty cents a n d one dollar. For a sample bot t le a n d book f ree ment ion this paper and send t o Dr. Ki lmer & Co., Ring-hampton , N. Y., six cents in s t amps to cover cos t of postage. The propr ie tors of th i s pape r g u a r a n t e e the youulne-ness of t h i s offer .

We must ourselves ascend if we would lift others, and In this very upward climbing we are taUng the Urnt und most essential step In social improvement.

It Is usually considered that an adult should drink three pints of liquid a day.

Ecccntrlcitles are the queer things other people do.

C a l i f o r n i a . If you will send your name nnd ad-

dress we will send a represiMilative In your home to explain a'.l about the ad-van tages of Phillips-Rode Island per-sonally conducted Tour is t Car Excur-sions t o California. Address A. Phil l ips & Co., 91 Ad iins s t ree t . Chicago. J o h n Sebast ian, O. P. A., Cbieajro, 111.

A nail making machine produces us many nails in a given time us were formerly mu... by 1,000 men.

Eczema of the scalp or Scald l lemi. even in i t s most severe form, is never-fall intfly cured by Doan's Ointment , the su res t specific for all i tchiness of the sk in .

In P h i l a d e l p h i a - H e r f r iend: "And when are you to be mar r i ed?" She: " In three years . Charles, you know, la so impatient!"—Puck.

Be just to your enemies, generous to your friends, and Independent of both.

Serious t roubles come from the ne-glect of a cough. Dr. Wood's Norway Pine S y r u p is a perfec t cuiv for cough • and colds of nil sorts.

A bottle that cannot be relllW has beer Invented by a Connecticut man.

r- — Even in the most severe eases o(

sprain or bruise, cut or burn, Thomas -

Electric Oil gives a lmost ins tan t rel ief . I t is tho ideal family l iniment.

Something that should never be lost yet seldom kept—a bad temper.

Mr*. M'lindow's 3oot;>iiig Syrup Kori'liiiUri'ii leoiliuiif, NoftetiMiiu.. mim. rciluiTBinfliun. maiion, nllayi twin, euro* wind colli*, con is a luetic

People one hates are always sure to post •where the light Is hrl(jhlest.

U T S stopped tret and pormani'nlly cured. No fltt after flrat day * use of I>r. Klln« ,s Great Nerve Kestorer. 1'reo $2 trial botUe and iroaiin.-.

Bend to 1)k. KU)nc.93i Arch St.. Pbiitdelphia, Va.

It Is temper which makes the bliss of home or destroys comfort.

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Why Your Back i s Lnmc—Why i t Aches and Fains, and How to Cnre it.

Do you know what It is to have a back that is never free from aches and constant pain, a lame back, a sore buck, an aching back, in fact, a back that makes your life a burden? Wliat have you done for it?

, And does it still keep you from the bappi-i nesa tbat perfect liealth brings to all? We

know fal l well if such is your condition a cure for it will be a blessing you no doubt desire. Piasters won't do it, but may assist in bringini 'strength. Liniment won't do i t ; for, whflU^it may give tem-porary relief, i t d o t i p ftt reach the cause. The cause^there's the point; there's where to make the attack. Most backaches come from disordered kidneys, therefore you must correct their action if you would be cured. Read tho following from D. D. Cook, whose address is No. 18 Michigan Street, Grand Rapid" He says: —

" I havo used Doan's Kidney Pills and wish to say it is a truly great medicinc. Thir ty years ago I had nervous prostra-tion while in the army, where I served for over four years. I think it was during this service that the seeds were sown which have caused all my trouble. Severe bili-ous attacks bothered me, and a t such times my kidneys were worse. It is almost im-possible to describe the pain which so often lamed me. I have been so lame that to stand u p after I had been sitting down required a great exertion. Walking was a t times an impossibility, even at mght 1 did not rest, being forced to get up during the night. I heard of Doan's Kidney Pills and wondered if thev could make an al-most lame man well. I got some, and soon after taking them began to feel their good effects. I used them for some time, my lameness all left me and I have not felt i t since. Doan's Kidney Pills have done me an inestimable amount of good."

For sale by ail dealers, price 50 cents. Mailed by Poster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N . Y., sole- agents for theU. 8. Remem-berthename, x)oan'«, and take no other.

"Wnlter Ba* linr', (flvi.n y«i cocoannil cbo' nynlems pocnl whereby the pi ohnraclutiKtk-H' known llicwufl InilorMMnentH fr nnd tin. InUlllRe hardly any food-l)rodnct wh nio'd in lliu hoiiMihold In romtil

• Co.. of norchi.«t«r. Sfn«"i..n. S. A.. 1 Mntytothn Rkllfid jiropnraUon of I'.andharo devlvM mnrhintryand

w o iholr mctlioil • ol treatment, [jpalatnhltlty. and hlKhent nutr ient

tained. Their pmpnratlon* are nnd have rocolveil thu hlRhwt

einrdieal practitioner, the mine, hou-ckr- imt and ea'iTor. Thero I*

may l>" no eitonilfely itlon with other foods

an cocoa nnd chocidatoi Imt In n. a«aln Ke nrRe thelm-portance of purlt} nnd nntrh nl vnlne. and IhrM Uta-portailt points, wo fcnl »nre. may !»• relied upon In llakor'n Cocoa and (Jhocolate."-DlcUitlc and llyirlenlo (Inralte,

How much trouble he avoids who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks; but only to what he does hlmsel' that It may be Jiist and pure.

I.n no's Family Med le Ine Moves the bowelsCaoH day. In o rde r

to bo hea l t hy th i s is necessary. Acts gen t ly on t h e l iver and k idneys . Cures sick headache. I 'r ice 25c und 60c.

I shall recommend Piso's Cure for Con-sumption far and wide.— Mrs. Mulligan, Plumstead. Kent. England, Nov. 8, JWX>.

Gas engines propel Dresden cars.

' r - " — Everyday s y m p t o m s of d iges t ive dis-

orders—acid s tomach , j i l s t r e s s a f t e r eat ing, b u r n i n g a t p i t o f s t o m a c h . du l l heavy fee l ing—Burdock fWood B i t t e r s never fai ls to co r rec t t ronb les of th i? sort. /

The electric s t r ee t c a r men of Bos ton s t ruck and a lmos t e v e r y oar w a » tied tip for two days , w h e n the s t r i k o collapsed, owing to d i f fe rences a m o n g the men.

A South Hay City man hafi w r i t t e n the Is'e.w York j u n t i o f f e r i n g toi r a i s e an a r m y of •J.OUO in tlie Sag in i^ f . f a l l ey for the Cuban rebell ion.

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Theiman who can make people forget his 1 clothql) is on the highway to greatness.

Thert: is a chimney in Germany 440ft high.

STATE OF OHIO. CITY OF TOLEDO. LLCAS COUNTY, ss.

Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City •of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said Arm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and evety ease of catarrh thnt cannot be ourtd by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure.

FRANK J. CHENIOY. Sworn to before me and subscribed In

ny^rescmce, this 8tb day of December,

(Seal.)' A. W. GLEASON. Notary Public.

Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous •urfaces of the system. Send for testi-nonlali, free.

F. J . CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O. Bold by druggists, TCc. Hall's Family Pills are the best.

The Bane

o f

Bea

Maine railroads are giving more of the crossing-tending jobs to women.

Coaghlag Leads to ConsomptloD. Kemp's Balsam will s top the cough

a t once. Go to your d rugg i s t today and g e t a sample bot t le f ree . La rge bott les, 25 cents and 50 cents. Go a t once; delays a re dangerous .

Beauty's bane is' the fading or fal l ing > the ha i r . Luxur iant tresses are far more t o t h e

matron than to the maid whose of charms is yet unrified b y

Beautiful women will be glad reminded that fal l ing or fading is u n k n o w n to those who use

Ayer's Hair Vigor.

Fruits, Grains and Grasses

APPUU. rat cm i. MASS, c

Mexico is discussing a proposition to make mlUtary duty compulsory.

Beceaum ,s Camphor l ee with Olyerrlne. Cure# Chapped Hindi and Face. Tender or Sore Feet,

Chilblains. Piles. Ac. C. U. Clark Co.. .New Haren. Ct.

IM. /

:r/N 'n* S J% Ma. S

People who do as they agree seldom volun- I teer agreements. 3 ^

THERE ARE NO EXCUSES NOT TO U S E

ST. JACOBS OIL ^

A PROHPT AND CERTAIN CURE NO ONE REFUSES.

BRUISES What Caused Her Woe.

" I am inexpressibly sorry, Mr. Sml thers , " she said, " to learn tba t when you called the e ther day Tiger bit you."

"Oh, tha t ' s all r igh t , " he said, with a forced effort t o be cheerful .

"No, It a in ' t , " she sobbed, " the dear l l t t ls fellow has b<!en HI ever since."

if mnieted with { n u p i M ' t l l t l * •uru vjvb, use

opium

VaLODce. Deaae ft Weare r , Mcdlll Bids.,WaabJliS

TO CUBE A COLD IN ONE DATS Take Laxative Bromo (juinlno Tablets. All

DrugglatB refund the money If it fails to cure. U6c

The island of J u a n F e r n a n d e z , known a s the home of Robinson Cru-soe, h a s been u t t e r ly destroyed by vol-canoes.

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W . N . J U . — D E T R O I T — N O . 2 — 1 8 0 7

When Answering Advertisements Pleas* Mention This Paper.

11 i ' V fcJOWPS. HO W d i d h e get t h e r e ? O n c e s T i g o f o u v

p r o s p e r o u s bus ine s s m a n * H o w d i d b e

A k g e t t h e r e ? B y g e t t i n g i n t h e d u m p a V w h e n h i s Ihrer W M l a z y , l o s i n g h i s t e t t f c r ^ l C ' l o s i n e h i s good sense , l o s i n g h i s b u t b e a t

f r i e n d s . N

When Yon Feel l e u and IrrtoMe tend atoocc for a bos of Caacircti Candy kind you nud in your business, 10c., 25c* 50c« al itorctormalkd for price. Write for booklet anafrwi

/€> . CANDY W b M M W y , CATHARTIC 1

Cure GONSTIPf t l— 1

ADORSSS GTERLINO REMEDY OO.. eme>eOl WOfTWtU, rjjL|

R E A S O N S F O R U S I N G

Walter Baker & Co.'s Breakfast Cocoa. 1. Because it is absolutely pure.

2. Beause it is not made by the so-called Dutch Process in which chemicals are used.

3. Because beans of the finest quality are used. 4. Because it ii uude by a .

the exquisite natural

is the most eco

Z B*t the j 9AKER A CO. Ltd., Dorchester,

p r e s e r m m t e k l r e d lor of the beans.

[ costing less than one cmr

by WALTER * 1780. '

In* artkle

• msm

imUTAt Capital, -

LOWELL, H i t

FRANCIS KING, Prealdent. CHAS. McCAR , Y, Vj

i l .C .Gf t I8WdLD;CMhlcr . ^ m i d e n t '

• Dtakctota: Pfancii K k g , ciias. BtcCaViy, -Sobert H t r f y , F. T. King, S. ttFdtec, , L. J; Foil.

f* M.C.Qri.swold.

A Qenisral Btnkin!,' Uiislnaw Tnuw^cted ied on

v.: Harry Sherman is still confined to ' ttla bed. Ho has his " u p and '^towns " hut on Thursday morning w somewiiat ituprbved.

Hurt L. Prav-Licensed. (<> ina> ton, Bowrte:

i « | ixmvIP MaeYaryer, Carleton.

„rt C. .'olniaon. Loweir; Ronnie J "psbury, loniiu. . "

he ^vv Year's Ajts^uerade given (9 Dan "by ihe \ ergenneS

.Music 'iili was a greit.sU liallWnsc.ro specfci"'" until morti ©ii hv tlio d u b eveninff. J i n . 1

at • , The

rticipantsand anoe continued

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rered by B

is a ne issue.

Wife a n i daughter,

Wra m

with rheuma.-

Greenvi l le vlaj^ with

Mtfft l in

,have uette

has his

r a :

ff-buttons in plate at t T

i , M daughter,

n w parents, L.'

Intertwining her nf North Jack-

a.ud daughter, visiting at Sand

Another " of N leraber S l j at^

e i .ou • & Wads worth.

uarter of a cen iflnrai

est tori* Mssistant geoer & n i ^ t t i e , uwcagf i A We

v e t r o U , Urj in^ jBtopi bWestern railroad system, at.Grand

has retirodj the office of assis" general freight agent being abol-l. ' fTe w i l l ^ o to California for

trr a^d will accept another J n the aystera in the spring

Wlie'adon of K ene shot a bad-p. I ^ t we^k Friday in the wofld of

has. l ^ n sick with j grippe for the la^t tWP w^eks.

S.H^den of, the i Standard ^aiy-Wlho have, located here,

laiMturued fron a trip south,. , ,

H . S b l m e 4 who fras convicted' murder of Motpripau Johnson

Orand Rapids .and was later a new. t m H ^as been released

200 bail pending the new trial.

B. Smith, -a well-known laqager Of Grand Rapids,

ky, at the age of 64 years. - rold k ' Smithy of Grand

ill be assistant qnartermas -tb Wt. L. White ; Capt.

t ' lavibg d « l i n e d .the place, line hai a lrwdy been ajiproved

niv. Pihgree, > .

Ledge poultry .financiers iiaod a club fdr mutual Im-

atid enjoyment.

ibrd Cabinet Co., have re* ttOples and are now ready

if kitchen cabinets in every

SW$.; r , jt'Wl lid •ftney butter jare

Geo. B. Craw's

potter o f Grand % lys with friends

r of. Chaw,

J d parents

^ D o t u liuckl^y gave B «yo io abiiUi. L

nds. no al h late hour

wishing her a

.n® Jwodred veterans of tho Sixth Mioiufrjkti Cavalry, held a re-jiiniori at Ionia on New Years day i n d talked over old times. Tjie old offlcere of the association were re-elected.

"Frank A . Poller, wife and daugh-fers, K a t i e and Winnie of Greenville, spent the holidays litre.

M^s. D r . Peck has returned from her California visit and her favorite Song is reported t o - b e " M i c h i g a n , my Michigan." W

W e a tudy t h e s w i M s of the l i t t le ones iu f o o t w e @ > < L _ _ - - '

B . E . Quick & Co.

Miss Floy Morgan spent the holi-days with friends in Grhnd Rapids.

Mrs. Will Rittenger visited her pa-rents a t Clarksville last week.

D . M. Goodsell left Tuesday morn-ing, on a business t r ip to Greenville, Belding nnd tnbia.

4nioa Smith speht the holidays with his mother, a t Card.

La^t Saturday about twenty of her neigliliors called on Mrs. G. D. Speaker, rather Unexpectedly to her, the occasion being her 64th bir thday. A jol lv t ime was p a d and nt the sup-per table she was presented witji two f ru i t dishes and a creamer as slight tokens of remembrance.

Three piece . bed, room suits only 111.00 a t Yeiter & Wadsworth's .

The county clerk's finabcial state-ment for the month of Decehiber waA completed yesterday and makes the following showing; Total receipts, •24,273.98; total disbursements', $18,-147.48; excess <if receipt*, I6.l '26,50; cash on harid Dec. 31,138,114.53.

Mrs. Denison Koat of Boston town-ship, was found dead in her bed Tues-day morning. I t is supposed that old age was the cause 6f death. She lived with her son.

•ff 3i. Gasper of Rudolph, Ohio, has been visiting Ins sister, Mrs. D. M. Goodsell. ,

Teas, coffees and fancy groceries at the right price a t Geo. B; Craw'a, successor to Barber & Craw.

Mrs. S . E . Morgan'and son. J ay . spent New Years with relatives near Bowne Center. They could not re-turn until Tuesday'on account of the big raid storm.

, Tho employes of the Walsh-De Roon cpopfr sho^ ,at Hol land struck Tuesday on account of a cut in wages form eight to seven cents. The shop was closed down

Alfred Brooks, for whom a warrant was issued recently charg ing him with having attempted a criminal assault on Miss Sarah Otis, died a t S o!olock Monday n ight . Brooks attempted; cuicide the next day af te r bifcaking into Miss Otis ' room and did noli re-eovei- from the poison he took on that occasion. H e was a married m a q , a school teacher and carried iniu ranee in the Maccabees.

Springs, mattreses and cots at Yei-ter $ Wadsworth's .

T rans f e r : JEImcr D. Perr in and wife to Benjamin E., Palmer , nw J sw.J, section 4, JBowne JM.,200.

The only pa in lees tracting teeth, vitalizi Dr. CatribeH's.

, IrregtjIaritieB, ed jby Dr . Qi

. H a v e those, d made beautiful all Cambell.

Revival meetingTare ih pjogresi atj the M. E . church, interesting .and well at tended. Tlev. A . P Moofs is assisted by Rev. H. P . Peterson of Oshkosh, W i s , and meetings are held at 3 o'clock, p . m., and a t 7.30 every evening. I t is hoped to accomplibh a good work, and the effort shoald meet the ,approval and receive the cordial support of a i r good citizens.

„ T h e ladies of the W . C. T. U . will meet with Mrs. Brower on Fr iday , Ja^i. 16.

. A free show is holding forth a t Mu-

5ic hall th is week to crowded houses. Anything that is free "gow."

j^hod of ex-air or gas at

teeth correct-

th filled a'nd able by D r .

Scott SOi

is made tip of the most essential elements that go to oowmh the body. Vhere the fcppettte is Varying or lacking, ft in-creases it, and where digestion is weak, it aids ft to perform its function in ft more vig-ormis way* It enriches the blood, nukes healthy flesh and cures chronic coughs and Colds by making it possible for the body ^ resist dis'tie. Our friends tell •«s " I T WORKS WONDERS" i|iut we never like to over-state the merits of our Remedy even when it h'u been tested and tried for over twenty-five years. If you wi i ask for it, wt will send you * book telling you

.iadff about the subject than we can put In a few words.

C o to your druggut for Scotfs Eao l -doa. T w o dm, SB cb. and f t M .

I . S(»lT&B0WWi. Nnr Y4du , •

' •J'|i'i!li HJI M v l

Will wedt Melvin L. Hooper of Campbell to Susan CUster of Bowne Hooper up, Melvin.

John C. BlaHohard was married Dec. 28, to Mrs. Nora .lohnson a t Towandav Kas . The bride is 38 years of ngd) artd was foiirnerly of S t . Johns ,

D. D. Holcomb nud wife of Bowne have a new son.

Bdson Train , L'twell, is down in a list of veterans granted increase of peii»ioh.

The ti^eane^t man has turned up again. He ma le his b »y a ChristmiW present of a snow shovel. /

T h e finest a s so rnneu t o f / ' I n f an t s ' and ohi ldreu 's fineshoBso^croffered in Lowell can be sben/lft our store. Al l s tyles , lowoptv^friotfs.

B . E . Quick & Co.

V . S. Ward went to Bradner, Onio, on a prospecting t r ip last week.

The county clerk has on hand gov-ernment headstones for the graves of the following veterans of the late war who have died in this ci ty: MonroeCofBn, John Schumaker, A. C Frost, t). Gump , S. D. Abbott , John Flowers, C. J . Andrews, Engine Sandcl and Peter Kind. Tho irov«rnraent fi irn-whes headstones for all veterans whose burial is made a t the expense of the soldiers' relief fund .

Charles Donnes of Ada has yielded to tha t drea«l foe, consumption.

Born to Mr. and Mrs D. A. Hous-er, J an . 4th a 12 lb. boy.

Special song service at Baptist church this (F r iday ) evening. New books.

Mr. and Mrs. B. L Wads worth and children atKChristiua't dinner with Lo-well friends. Miss Frances Hubbell spent several days in Lowell last week. Wm. R Parks , of Keene, remhins in about the same condition as report-ed last week. Miss Cora White, of Lowell, is visiting her cousin, Miss Sadie Foreman. - [Sara imc Adver tweP

Money to Loan in sums of 8250, 8500, 81,000 at < per cent interest, real estate security. Address VV. H., care L e d g e k . • . . — •

Mrs. H. B. Peck is visiting friends in Grand Rap ids -

Bessie f f t cCar ty returns to Wind-sor this afternoon, to attend St. Mary's academy

Ed Covey .of Gr«enviJIe is visiting his mother and sister.

Alf Warne r and wife of B.mne, have lost two children by diphther ia .

Claude Copperts of Bowne has en-tered the e m p l o y n f R.'.B. Boylan.

Look to us / o n o j^fdren ' s shoes. W c can surely ^pfcase you.

B y E ^ Q q i o k & Co.

Sa'ranac Advert iser; Newell Tuckei*, the young man who met with so striou^ an accident last week, is 'gradually returning to consciaus-ness, and hopes of his recovery ar^ entertained. Rev. jE. W . Davis, pas ter of the South Boston M ^ E . church, was married to Alice O'Neil, Roxand, Eaton county, ' l as t week. Mif-s Ber-tha McCar ty , of Lowell, was the guest of Miss Bessie Chapman this week.

M r . Langs nf Sturgis is the gnest of his sister, MrS. M. J , Kepf .

Will Jones has been very ill, bnt is slowly recovering.

Will Gibson of Grand Rapids visit-ed a t E . Faulkner ' s Monday.

Miss Grace Fairchihls visited ber aunt Mrs. J . A^ide^on., M

Chns. Bancrof t ' and family visited a t R . D . Bancroft 's Fr iday. , . i.i . ,t

Ethel S(>ute8 spent her vacation with Lulu Hil l of South Lowell.

Mrs. Ben Soules visited a t S. 8. Hudson 's last week. r +

§. Hudson and wife spent New Year's day with J o h n Hawk aud wife.

Vincent G r a h a m lef t Wednesday for Lansing to attend the Agricul tur-al college. .

School ch i l d r e^ / ap f l t r uan t s g e t the best wearing shoes a t B . E . Quick & CoV.

Katie Boothe who has^eeu visiting I d a Hogan returned home Monday.

Ida Hogan, K a t i e Boothe qnd Leon Burnette were in Sar^anac last week.

Drug Store

P R I C E S K N I F E D I

our Doctor Bill

Paid by USS

Munyon'b risiiiedies, nil 2oc si7.es $ IH unnyon'ii remedies, 50u sizes 8<) Munyon's remedies, all $1 sizes IJ7 Stewart's dyspepsia tabids 35 Lincoln tea 17 Paragon tea ' 15 Lane's family medrcine 17 Celery tea ' 17 King's new discovery, 50c size 32 King's new discovery, $1 size 05 Piso's consumption cure 17 Ur Bull's cough syrup, small 17 I)r Bull's cough svnip, large 35 Hansom's hive syrup 23 Jayne's expectorant 07 Trask's magnetic ointment, large 28 Trask's magnetic ointment, small 17 Poztoni's face powder 33 Malvina cream 83 Malvina lotion 33 Duffy's malt whiskey 80 Flemming's malt whiskey 80 A good KeiUncky whiskey, quart 50 A good Kentucky whiskey, gallon 2 00 Golden Gate pure rye whiskey,

per qunrt ' 05 Golden (late pure rye whiskey,

per cal Ion 2 50 Old private stock whiskey, quart 75 Old private stock whiskey, gallon 2 75 Ayer's pills . - 15 Cflst6ria 22 Doane's kidney pills 31 Willian^ pink pills 31 Garfield tea 17 Pinkhnm's pills 15 Scott's emulsion cod liver oil, large 05 icon's emulsion cod liver oil,

small 35 Peruna 05

Kt um-dy's mediral discovery

When you are searching f o r J ^ S J i " " ' lowest prices ou best drugs,! LMcuni m«p 1 " /I Warner l sale cure

Carter's pills, 2 for Ueacham's pills Paine's c elery compound

come to us. j

When you or your f a m i ^

are sick.

at his oflice

His services

patrons.

Consult Dr. Tyroler over our store,

are free to our

P a u l V. F i n c h & Co.,

The Cm-Rate Dmsglsts, 75 Canal) Grand Rapids

Mail orders promptly at-

tended to. (

Allcock.s porous plasters, 2 for Horlick's malted milk, large Hnrlick'ft malted milk, small. HorllcW malt'd milk, huspilal

ai/.e 3 St. Jacob's oil S. S. S., Idrge $1 75 size 1 S. 8. S., small $1 t-izu Ely's cream Italm Hall's catarrh remedy Sage's catarrh remedy Syrnp llgs. large Syrup figs, small , Grpcne's nervnra Miles' Nervine Parker's hair halsam Capillaris Sozodout Rnbifnam Chapman's liquid pearl Oriental cream Fellow's hypophovpniles 1, Arnica tooth soap Dr. Lyon's tooth powder Sheliield's tooth dtntifrice Kon weiis Klectric hitters, luVge „ Electric bitteii. small Hostetter's slum noli hitters •Joliann Hofi's malt extr.icl HofTs malt extract (Tcrmnt's) Birney's catarrh snuff

California Wines From 15c Per Quart Up. L ' L J - J L

Mrs C. W . Barber is sink. \ Mrs U. w . isnrner is sick. R'«well Hicks, of R u n e Center,

'Cl.re Altln'ii o fHraml Rnpid. . p m ^ i h e r of S. P . Hick . , « rep.mocl tn / portion of l.j, l,p.Hd«, l i t h : •" » p r e c n o n . . t . t e ol llealtl., heart

his many iViwell friends.

Areliie I t n a p p .^as arrived home from Detroit and i f l i e c a o l i n d em ploymi'iit will remain Arohie i? a eood alto horn plaver and some busi ,• , e , , .

i i i i '.i \f i-, • , set aside for the spurt, which is res-ness man cauld do the Mintarv band la j w i • ^ 1 • .i

. u • . u;. J : it, j tncred everywhere else in the city, a great tavor by giving him a job. | L, . / , . ^ .

Il The anti-saloon leagues in Ionia

disease.

8inee the snow came the coasting by children, as well as by older people, m the streets of lonlA hasheeome such a nfiisanCe that three streets have heen

lie Tweiity.five,(ji)llurB for a 6f teen.(#nt will c i r c . l . l o petitio... . . k i n g

ly of South Lo-Hudson's last

Company first t ime

C. O. Hill and famil well visited a t S. S week.,

. The Michigan Ciitt^r blew their whistle for the last Tuesday. ,

Mrs. Fred G. Stone has so far re-covered from her rceut serious illness as to.be ^bqut the house.

Miss Maude Coakley.of Chicago is visiting.hef cousin, Mrs . ,R. P Morse.

A subscription paper i s b i ing cir-culated a t Grand ^ Haveq to raise a bonus sufficient ito securer the location in the city of a basket f ^ ^ r y .

The Y. M. C . A . of Grand Rap ids has lost 100 members dur ing tho past year . Hard times is 'said to be the cause.

M r . and Mrs. B. L . v Wadsworth and children ate Chr i s tmas turkey with Mr and Mrs. E . O. Wadsworth of Lowell .—[Saranac Local.

NBerl Williams and Fred McDaniels of Mnllilren, who were tinder arrest for burglarising Several stores in ihe aouth part of the county, have pleaded guilty and have received a s c n t w o o o f two years each fn the state bouse of correction. .

buggy sha f t spring is the price some farmers in Monpie county are paying. They are put qn ,io a rattl ing good thing in the way iifTm-ngencv for the article and,give a 825 ftotp as a gunr-ani.ee that .they.' will, turn over the" company's share o f t h e ffunds collect-ed f rom the sales. T h e supply of goods never arrives but the note does, nnd in the hands of an inud'eent purchaser must be paid .

The Grand Rapids Democrat in its list of "Bur ia l Permits" published Tuesday, has the following: Fore-man—Oneta, 663 South Lafayette street, Jaii . 3, aged 1 month, pyraemic convulsions. Lowell Mich.

F . M. Johnson and family spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives a t De t ro i t , .

DON'T STOP TOBACCO.

How t o C u r e Yourse l f Whi le Us -l a g I t .

The tobacco habat grows on a man unti l life nervous system is se r iouJy affected, impairing health, comfort a n d happiness. To quit suddenly is too fevero a shock to the system, as tobacco to an inveterate user becomes a s t imulant that bis system continual-ly craves. • 'Baco-Curo" is a seientific cure for the tobacOo habit, in all its torms, carefully compounded af ter the formula Of ah eminent Berlin physic* inn who h a s used i t in his p r i v a ^ practice since 1872, without a failure. I t is pu re ly vegetable and guaranteed perfectly harmless. You can use all the tobacco you want while taking "Baco-Curo." . I t will notify you when to stop. We give a written guarantee to cure permantly any case,with three boxes, or re fund the money with 10 per cent interest. "Baco-Curo" is not a substitute, but a scientific cure, that cures without the ,aid of will power and with no incon-venience. I t leaves tlie system as pure and free f rom nicotine as the day you took your first chew or smoke.

Cured By Bico-Ciiro and Oaiaed h l r ty Panada.

From hundreds of testimonials, the originals of which are on file and oiien lo inspection, the following is presented:

Cluyton, Nevada Co., Ark., Jan. 28. Eureka Chemical Mfg., Co., La Crosse,

Wis.—Gentlemen: For forty years I used tobacco ia all ito farms. For twenty-live years of that time I was a great sufferer from general debility and lieoft disease. For lifleen years 1 tried to quit, but couldn't. I took various remedies, among others "No-To-Bac," "The rndinn Tobacco Antidote," "Dqiible Chloride of Gold," etc , els., but none of tlietn did me the least bit of good. Finally, however, I purchased a box of your "Hace-Curo" and it has entire-ly cured mo of the habit in all its forms, and I have increaaed thirty pounds in weight and am relieved, from all tho num-eroiis aches and pains of body and mind. I could write a quire of paper upon my changed feelings and condition.

Yours respectfully, P. H. MAiMbav. Pastor C. P. vhiirdi, Claytnn. Ark.

•Id by all druggistwat $1.00 per bo*;

Snn It! supervisors to submit to the peo-

.plv-.the question of prohibition in the county. .

A. W. Burne t t has heen doing busi-ness at Beldingseveral days this .week.

Jason E . I tammoud, superintend-ent o f / public ii)Btruction, has our thanks for a copy of his beautiful souvenir of Michicran.

The Lowell Wntor A Light com-pany filed amended articles of incor-poration in the county clerk's office Monday .

Lorenzo Kopf left for Houstan, Texas, last Tuesday, where he will en-ter employ of his brother J o h n .

Those who have already paid their subscriptions to the L k o u x r can t ake advan tage of onr olubbing offers by paying the difference between the price ol the L e d q k r nnd the amount asked for papers. We d e s i # l o be of service to our patrons.

Wesley Fox and wife of Freepor t were in town last Saturdav.

Not Tho Man .

The public is distinctly given tmm*

derstnnd ihfct the publisher of the

L k d g h r is not the individual relet n d

to by the Cedar Spr ings Clipper in

the fnllowing article;

One sa wed off two-for-fi ve, J i m Johnsoli, haiiifi j froth Lowell claim-ing to be a Good fompl ir jiiid'au Ept worth Leaguer, s t ruck O^laf .SpVoigf* some time ago and Ojjeiied up photo gallery. G'tl dn luk previ uslv and in debt. «normouhly, and went to Grand l lapids Dec. 30ili io mar-ried, got drun%H-, pulled, fined aud failing to retu«Pher«-.parties caifw np from the city mid took his 'Miapsj" and Cedar Spr ings is to be congratu-lated on his "VirCrtiinij" it .

Mr. and Mts B.a i ro i Ionia KpeiVt News Years with liowell friends ' :

Mr-i. J o h n Ui.berUfOn is spending few weeks Willi \V. W KolWison and Mrs. G. K. Xnderson. nt UHven-na.

Bny yoor horse blankets of I t . 8ch1;einui>«nd Jjot, your iiiitiula cut on the •strap free id" (jhlirgc4 and also get a pair of Eclipse blautcetpins free with each square blanket co8ling81.00 and upwards. Call and seemy 76c Iiorho blankets. 18'2

Sample copies af the Now York Tribune a t this office.

Great Bargain 1 The N. Y. Tribune and the Lkdcer one whole year for drily $1.25

l O B M . W M M i M W • m n e u a a r M • a c a a x i i o n e c o

GUILTY Oil NOT GUILTYI DISEASED HEN CURED

111 ftC of yrm'tii! mon. mlddlo a#*! mon and old men can look back at - w i l l *0 thBlr'bpihwitl days or early nianliund with a sish of remotwt.

TIjb lynoranoe of e«rtyjr<Ml)i, or ftte on * nii^tK-nt lite ns "one of ibe bujs" boa sawn fnrfotnrBpuffenwt. SELF ABUSE i-u iiM-il)!-. hin nntnte nn.t

will bnnx a rid. liarvM*. W«nu and Private III ewes wnji the very liEfl imd tllnlily jif :lio victim. Onr KEW MLf HOD TRBA'IMENT wlU i>ooitivoly cnre all tha follow-ing diaouaas:

V A R I C O C E L E , E M I S S I O N S , N E R V O U S DEBILITY,

S Y P f . l L I S . S T R I C T U R E , G E E T , S E M I N A L W E A K -

N E S S , P I M P L E S , L O > T M A N H O O D , U N N A T U R A L

D I S C M A R G E S , K I D N E Y A N D B L A D D E R D I S E A S E S

ADC Ynu'ft NEIIVOUSand(Iea{)onWt; wrnkord^bJHtatod; tirwlniominss; nb ' l / J t IUU I ambitloa-difeinaaijaeuiory'poor; oaHllyfiiflBned; exditabb-ahdlrHi talilos oyet ttunlien. mi and blorreil; pimple* on face; dMiuib aad uMit ' l-aa; liatonird lookina; w^nWinek. bonn imlne: tinir J.x^e: mdentj nore tlii colo; depodtin orinoand-.draipH ut fliwl: diHtriwifu!: want of confide t ner^ad^trtndth-WE'O/l/V CURE YOU OR ASK NO RA

C U R t S G U A R A N T E E D O R N O P A Y - C O N F I D E N T I A L

SNATCHtB FROM THE GRAVE. ftMi, doctoiH and-nanrp'tunuu by Uio More witliont iienulilVeuilmio . fHEOWva V MR t——j 1 IXM'Hiiie a norroiiB wreck, ^'friend who bud l « u ri'/nd'l of a BiroUord'seaae, adviswl At* to try ihi»m. I kK'llw hnd ly oared. Thlx wax aielit years ugb.

f u b i U ^ h & l l 1 WM Rolak >

Jrofn the Ut/hb. l^lmd lmWt- Tried

w a a j thi»iTi. HKil eohod Ci tWral^h^t .

• . ,-s--, 1 amaowinaniodaad have two healthy ren."—C.W. LBWIB, HoKiauw, y

ilifoAijwrnble. V . . . . . . .— > w • nonroun, am Himken. lxUlifot in flftr.Ii no ambition. J'he 'Golden Monitor' opened my ejea. The New Method lire. Kcamcdy aad Kergftn oared me in a few L L7PCTEH80N, Ibuta, '

EIIKClnllC PIIDPn J.P-KMKltSON relateshhfxperleQee. " MIoOlURO u y n C l l i . afcina. Atecliooll louwd un

weakened me physieall)'. eeznaur nnd ibcnlnlty. ramilv itix-tors wtfd 1 was into 'decline' (consnmptlon.) finally Tlie Oojdan Monitor.' wtlfed by Dra. Kenn ft Kercan, fell into my lianao. 1 learacd tlie TKDT1I ami tlie CAUSE. HelMtbdw Imd wppw. my vltafiiy. 1 took tt e .Sew Mettiod Trealmi'ut and was cared. My friendatninkl waaoarodofconnnminton. l liavo eent them many patlentt, all of whom ware oared. Their New Method Treatment supplies rigor, vitality and manhouil." CVPU1IK Pimm "This terribla blooddliiefw) wai In my ttyi-fmu for nlgllt' d i r n i L P UUHCU. yenre, Had toktn mercury for two yenr*. bat fhodlwaSo returned. Exes reu, pimples nnd'blotchee ou tho skia. nlrera in the niontli and on tonaoe, bono pains, falling out ot hair. wnaknin-M, etc. My brotlior, who had btwn cured of tlieet and 'Btrirtnre by Drs. Kennedy and Kergnn. reoommcnde<l Uieni. • They onred me in a few woei:*, and 1 thank tiou 1 cuasultea theawhLajeUiru of Uie disease in eix yenra."—W. P. M., Jackson.

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