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The Best

$2.00 WORK

SHOE On Earth, Milwaukee Oil

Grain, Lace or Congress.

ICKERT'S ICE CREAM ^ ICE CREAM SODA

Are as good as the best. Not "How Cheap?" but How Good ? Now o n Tap.

- = S | 1 L 0 W E L L PLANING MILL,Us— W . J . fecKER It SON, PBOFS. , A I T S d S A L B R S ZIT

Lumber, Lath, Shingles and Cedar Fence Posts,

: M A N U F A C T l ' R K R S O P S A f H , DOORS, BLINDS, DfiOR AND WINDOW FRAMES AND

SCREENS. MOULDING, FXI I1BITI0N AND S H I P P I N G COOPS. D R I E D

ft' A P P L E BOXES, E l U . MATCHSNG. RE SAWING AND J O B WORK. WOODEN EAVE T R O U G H S .

E C K E R & S O I V , L o w e l l , M i c h .

LOWELL HASBLE WORKS. JOS. H. HAMILTON, PROP.

Buocessors to Kisor & Ay res, Dealers in and Manufacturers of

UARELE & GRANITE CEMITERY WORK, All work Guaranteed.

Please Cdl before Purchasing.

SCHOOL MONEY.

THE PRIMARY SCHOOL INTEREST FUND FOR KEN^ COUNTY.

DON'T DO IT! / t o N ' T BUY

Agricultural Implements Without calling upon and examiog the prices M i Wares of the old Stand by dealer^

Who as the

H. NASH, ns and Carriages as good

tnd as cheap as the cheapeeU

Join the Crowd At Smith's. See his Fall and Winter Samples, before ordering elseWhere. He has the best goods at prices that defy competition for GOOD WORK. Smith wort't do any Cheap John Slouch work. BoxjH work is

. dear at any price.

Impairs and Dressing a SPECIALTY and Satisfaction Guaranteed.

SMITH, The Tailor.

Lowell Wiil Get $448.50 As I t s Share This Year .

Superintendent of Public Instrrc-

tion Patlengill's stutenient «t tliu

numlier of mid the amount to which

the townships are entitled by the

ecmi-aniiual npportionment of the

primary echoul interest fund, has been

Hied with the county clerk. The ap-

portionment is 46 cents per capita,

the number of children included in

the apportionment and the apportion-

ment are as follows: "Ada, children,

453, npportionment, 8208. 38; Algo-

m n , 6 0 7 , $ 3 0 6 . 8 2 ; A l p i n e , 5 8 0 , 4 2 0 0 . -

80; Bowne, 350, $161; Byron, 580,

4266 80: Ca ledon ia . 569, $261 74;

Cannon, 411. ^189.06; Cascade, 420,

$ 1 9 5 . 9 1 ; C o n r t l a n d , 3 8 9 , $ 1 7 8 . 9 4 ;

Gaines, 433, $199.18; Grand Rapids,

602, $276.92; Grand Rapids city, 25,-

9 9 0 , $ 1 1 , 9 5 5 , 4 0 1 G r a t t a n , 2 7 9 , « L 2 8 . -

34; Lowell. 975, $448.50; Nelson. 860, $395 6 0 ; O a k field, 278, $127 88; Paris, 623, $286.58; Plaintield. 437, »201. Sohm. 407, $187.22; Sparta. 6 9 8 , 8 3 2 1 . 0 8 ; Spencer . 458, $210 68; Tyrone, 440, $202.40; Ver^ennes, 305, $140 3 0 ; W a l k e r . 606, 8278,76; Wyomin j r , 1,049, $482.54. T h e total numlier of children in the school cen sus for the county was 38,927 and the number included in the appohion-mcnt 38,8O5. The total ap|>ortiou-ment for the county is $17, 877.90.

MATTERS AND THINGS.

Uncle Sara, J r . ' s , Observations and Notes by t h e Way.

It is an oliserved fact that, pi the event of a violent explosion, the win-dow glass, in nine cases out of ten is broken outward instead of % ward» We submit this prohlem to our read-ers: "Whv does the glass fall upon the outside?" After we hear from our readers, their solutions with our own will be given in the L e d ( > e k >

A copy of the famous "Breech Bible" was picked up at a Boston some time ago. The Bible, which was printed in 1594, takes its name from the following rendering of Gen-BMS H i 7: '"And they seweJf fig: leaves together ami made them beeches." It is also known as the "Barker" edi-tion, and is exceedingly raie now.

Mr. Pert had worried the life out if Mr. Slow-oome, with his jokes and

conundrums, and now it was Slow-coine's turn. "Guess what I did last night," said Slow come. Per t luentioiied the doing of a kindness, getting himself into the coop, the making of a speech and sundry im-probable things abd finally gave up the conuudrura in despair. "Well," sAhl Slow-come, " I slepti"

D'ul you ever watfeh a Sedate old ott. purring before the fire while her sprightly kitten goes dashing and c & cling here and there in a fever m excitement to catch its own tailT The sensible, wise old Cat pttrrs on through it all. One of the cares of home life in the human family is the imp<iegibility f<>r parents to keep stilK

are all watch and worry.

Truwtor Agency. Notice to our policy holders and

the public in general. We winh to state that we have transferred the agency of the Westchester Fire Ins. Co., to the oflloe of C. Guy Perry,who is our authorised agent foT Lowell and vicinity. Thanking you for past favors and soliciting a continue atice of voitr business we are

The \Ve8ithester tin Ins. ftu » New York.

By D . C. Tillotson, Special Agu

SAVED FROM DROWNING.

Rudolph Vandyke 's Life Saving Bureau Again a t Work

Considerable excitemont was cnus-

ed Tuesday evening at the bridge

over Flat river on Bridge street by

the inevitable small boy. This t ime

it was Byron, son of J B Goodsell,

who fell into the deep rushing wa-

ter at the shute and was quickly

carried away by the current. A

crowd gathered, among them Ru-

dolph Vandyke,Nrho from long e-v-

perience knew just what to do. He

hustled into the river and hustled

the boy out just at the critical mo-

ment. 'Dolph has done this kind

of thing six times now and had

better apply to the United States

life saving bureau for a job.

Sui ts wor th $6.50, $ 7 . 5 0 , 8 8 00 , and $ 9 . 0 0 , a l l g o a t 8 5 . 0 0 a t C o o n s ' .

Coons sells all wool suits at 85 00 worth double.

Have you seen those birds eye ma-ple lap boards at Yeiter's? They are beauties.

A fine line of dining chairs at Yeiter^s.

POVERTIE PARTIE.

V

THE TOWN TALK; Nearly Every Day I am Receiving

Something New.

Entire new Line of Waists

in ye

now

Patterns Simply Elegant.

Ready Made Dresses > X

Nicely Trimmed, in Choice Patterns.

PAIMSOLS, Parasols, X

In All New Shades and Styles.

ftnr

B f t g f t a r S t o r e t

One door west ol Bakery. Call add examine prices and ytnl will gb farther.

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Those fiuit trees you are talking about can be bad of N. P. Hutted & Co., your home nurserymen. They employ no agents, a full assortment Tor spring trade.

A fall line of sjirmj and cots at J . B. Vtiter

T«n cents bu dust at 6«o. B. Barber A Craw.

naltnaeses

eood tea s o & a o r to

Hotloat Notice is hereby given that the ,

Board of Bevfew for the township of j the* right pri Lowell will meet at the office of the mccessor to Township Cierk. oh Monday^ May 25, 1896, a t nine o'clock a. m , and will be iu season tha t day and the nextt and any peraon deeming themselves aggrieved by the i&essment may then be heard.

• Frank N . White, 8ti per visor.

Dated. May 14, 1896.

Under t h o Auspices of t h e Cong. Ladies Aid Society .

Yew air axeil to a povertie partie

that ns folks of the Ladies Aid air

agoin lew have over tew Train's hall

on Wednesday nite. May 2 7th, 1896.

Such partie tew to be given

spirit of ye hard times which do

prevail,

AdmiUAnce, "Ten pennies it shall

be to all, wether i tbegreateorsmall ,"

Ye man and ye woman who shall

appear at stii-h partie in garments

most suitable, shall be given back ye

ten pennies. At ye ringing of ye bell

all shall be quiet, iKat ye epeakin

and mnesik may be heard. Come

and have some pKUn.

Rules and regulasbuns. Chapter

L Every woman who kuros must

ware a kaliker dress and aprUn or

somethiu ekely aproprate. Chapu t

11. Every gent must ware ther ole

close, no gent with a biled shurt and

dude koler will be alOud to kum on-

less he pays a fine of 5 cts.

Thes rules will be enforced tu th«

letter by ye select kommittee who

who will introduce strangers and also

much befriends ye bashful yong fel-

la rs. A kompetent kommittee of

young menne wift look after bashful

yong ladies.

Fines for ladies. No aprun 1 cent)

hat with flours or fethert 2 cents, ear-

ring* (plate) 1 cent,eafrirfgs (dimond)

2 cents* wool dress (old) 2 cent I ^ ool

dresf (new) 6 Cents, trimed a f V 2

cents, finger ring (gold) 2 cent*, fin-

ger ring (dimond) 6 cents, bokay

(hand) $1.00, bobay (korseage) 5

C e n t s .

Fines fur itten. Oiled hare or

Wacksed mustash 1 centv blacked

butes i cent1, sigars in poCket 1 cent

each sigaK watches (not Waterbery)

1 cent, stove pipe hats i cent, Chttibg

gum in meeting 3 cents, kerrying a

kane 8 cents, stand up kolers 2 cents,

died mustash 4 cents, button whole

bokay 5 Cents, bfoCade tie 2 cents.

Eckstres. Talking pollytiz. and

lorolopshun 5 cents, flurtin 3 cents)

makin luv 10 cents, tellin sekrits J

Cent. Beware of private detectivesi

DortU forget to investigate

Bicycle Hose Of AH Kines, for M^n, Ladies and Children.

UNLAUNMIED SHIRTS % The Best Ever Offered in this City at 40 and 49 cts.

Before ymt do any purchasing, please call and price goods a the New Dry Goods Store, at C. G Stode n&, Son's

Stand. >

A. LEVITT

LADIES, ATTENTION! If you want a new

SP^NG .CAP Call on E. R. COLLAR, who

<> AiTof compeasatlon Is most • n * * .iu'Jfully Illastnitcd.On the follow-

of fine ones. Also see tfragmem:

EENDEESON c i •ifta thai to our brrasuVwe brightened by our los

e t e s t j o y s a h e a r t can

between its cro?sef, ' s p a t h w a y many a :n-i rJi m o r e g l a d and

iust a little^ %med da

that steel range at R. B. BoylaU's.

Teas, coffees ^ n c f ^ i c y groceries Jit a t B. Craw's^

See that elegant display of neckties • t Mark's.

F i f ty cenla buys a fine calf skin driving g l ^ f t a t Marks*)

Bay tiaJedfcay of C. A. Weabrook.

Settled la Fall. We wish to state that we ar t V6ry

much pleased with the adjustment o f j our Ions by the Rockford Insurance Co. of Rockford, 111., for whom R. D . ' Stocking is agent. No induction be-ing asked from fnll amount of intur-ance and we feel it our duty lo rec-ommend the above named company ' in the highest terms. Signed

M r . a n d M r s . I J . A. B a k r k t t .

One good smoke in this world is better than two in another. The Nickel Plate 5c Cigar.

It you Warit an elegant fitting one. You may Ik

our Big Stock of

CARPETS. Samples of fine Moquettes, Axministers and Brussels, at hard

times priccs. Ask to be shown sOnlethingj nice from dill*

complete line of

SUMMER GOODS. Always Something New.

E. R. COLLAR

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REPUBLIC

MICH

k% Detroit

Ont

f I aad thn houom of the {

than usual this year.

of 40,000 leap year yoang wo-men going to 'he great northweat to get husbands. Young man go west

The prlco of rrlre has gone up. no 1

doubt in auticipation of the large amount that will be needed for pulling purposes.

'CHIGAN IN L - r t ^ b N

t~~ to Tot* Flnt

r MoKluley LD. M. Ferry.

K»w Chmlrmmn of the 8Ut«

omialttee.

The MioI?.tgan Ropnblican state con-vention to l-lect delegates to the na-tional conT<Wion nnd to choose a chair-man of the Itate central committee was held at Dttrolt, tho opening session

| being called to order by Dr. A. W. A Columbia college student has been Smith, chairman of the executive com-

experlirontlng on a cheap metal with the X ra ja and, it Is reported, has suc-ceeded in turning it into gold.

mlttee. A treat was given the large a/.semblage—a stirring speech by the •Hon. Chauncey M. Depew. That gen-tleman received a big ovation and his

If men were to follow Rshop Car- 1 "Pec011 aroused great enthusiasm, penter's advice and "look their hearts After prayer Senator O. A. Janes, of l a the face," some of th«m would find Hillsdale, was made temporary chair-themaelvoa exceedlnglr dark com- , • D d T - L o ^ ' D e t , o l t ' 1 •nnw.tnm. m S f tan a ronrn plexloned.

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temporary secretary. Committees were then named and a recess taken.

^ lt_ ^ 4 . . . | Tho Auditorium was completely The report that a Soston lady bl- flllcd a n d nearly every delegate in his

cycler has made thirty-three centuries p l a c e w h e n the convention reassembled, •hould be so explained that her age may Teiegmms of greeting were received not be mistaken. Many Boston ladles f r o m i n ( I i n n a o n ( 1 California Repub-are much younger than thirty-three l i c a n s i n ( i o r e i n g McKinley, and this centuries, even though they do know so paused tho wildest enthusiasm. The n , a c ^* I report of the committee on credentials

I that there were no contests was adopted National bank clrcaiatiou outstand- as was the report of the committee on

log on May 1 ^mounted to 5121,227.805, permanent organization for the reten-whlch represenia an increase of 14.134,- tion of the temporary officers. The 340*ftnrft^.ttfonth and of $13,777,661 real work of the convention was then for ; the year'ending therewltfai The opened. Chas. Flowers, of Wayne, portion of the circulation based on the nominated Gen. R. A. Alger as the first deposit of bonds Amounted to 1199.723,- of the four delepatcs-at-Iarge to the 006. which represents an increase of national convention. This was sec-14.674,051 for the month and of |19.- onded from all parts of the hall 875.623 for the year ending therewith, and Gen. Alger was named by ac-The portion of the circulation based on c

41f™at*on- U p ? ° nf

the deposit of lawful money amounted AWen Smith, of Kent. T. J . O Uncn. of

to 121.504.800. which represents a de- t l T S n r , r a . u l l erooTii »!,„ nnA delcgate-at-large. And then tne fun

o!t V . 1 . month and c o m m e n c e d w h e n j u d g e j a y A. Hub-6 m 0 n t ' . be l l . o f Houghton, named Cap t John

^ | Duncan, of Calumet, as the third. Geo.

The trunk mystery that wot disturb- < ; r a , , d , J r a y e r 8 e ' „ ° a 7 ' I the o, Ch.ca.o a month aEa ^

BBS now been narw* solved. Tne bony , , , , ,A, , j . . 1 , nii„__ ill in) candidate was withdrawn and Capt,

. 0 , 0 ®i w ohintrffin" Duncan was elected without dissent, tomerly et S t e l l ^ b m W « h " n g t t t F ( ) r ( o u r t h B a n M a r k s . He had been one ot l % » r d c n a In the „ o ( P o I l t i ^ Fmnk W. Gilchrist, Inaane aaylum there. N i n d b « n o ( ^ uann .h were mnrdercd. His he y nominated and then i t was seen why tha t place to Salt La , m u r d e r , the letter's name had been withdrawn

•Cus tody ' r o m t ' l e p ro tons contest Two ballots pflout ieath w p r e I , u (lu^ r e^ 1 0 settle the fight, the Four 'hers s e c o n t ' resulting as follows: Brewer,

cago. ii io believed that «rs or murderer will soon I His in not the only mys occurring at the asylum. feave died In 'the l u t tour years. 1 0 8 t 426; Gilchrist, 340; Hannah, 67. The of them from poison, which was ' t c r . wards found in their stomacbf^

Thfl forestry resources of States form the subject • oently Issued by the deps rtoolture. I t appears " J

tar that, In spite of t l

foption o* lumber./ Which wood is usej iWTfg annual a, the forest,

exclusive of acres. This tributed; sev Atlantic one-teDUi tenth o ance b.

nited ilar re-

ef ag-circu-is con-

t extent and the y forest

Butes,

selection of alternates also involved considerable trouble, and resulted in choosing the f i l l jwing: C. S. Kelsey, of Battle Creek; lienry H. Qaigh, of Detroit; Geo. H. Eempf, of Ann Arbor, and Rev. Isaac C. Washington, of Port Huron.

Gen. B. M. Cnteheon, of Grand Rapids, presented the report of the committee on resolutions There was a majority report which was against the free coinage of silver nnder existing condi-tions, and was signed by 10 of the 13 members of the committee. The ma-

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d on the ent, only , another . the bal-

interior The prairie

lei round numbers contain hardly

growth, and the l ^ p o aqnare miles—more than one-

the whole conntry—of arid or & TtA-v-ld character in the interior con-^ ^ \actically no forest growth, eco-M ''SNtlw onon IH nP*

'.000,000 enly dls- jority report was as follows:

**•" The Republicans of Mlchlran, »n woven-

| ' | \ $*\f speaking.

if | J i w electricians in all parts

orld but to Americans of all 1 callings the opening of the jtrial Arts Building in New

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tlon assembled, renew their faith In the principles of the Republican party, which have t rough t unexampled prosperity to the nation In the past, and wtlV restore prosper-ity In the future. We. ihei«Tore, submit the following resolutions:

We believe lo a tariff duty on foreign Im-port nil on s producing suffloletit revenue fo r the u p p o r t of the government and so ad-justed as to give protection t c American In-dustrial Interests and American labor Sow depressed to a n unparalleled degree by threatened and partially accomplished free trndc; and to that end we ask the Immediate repeal of the present unwise and unAmeri-can tariff ac t . and the re-enactment of a tariff bill along the general line of the lost Republloan tariff act, known a s the Mchln-ley bill, with whatever modlflcatlons the present condition of our Industries may re-quire. We believe this la the only way In which the clouds of business deprcssl m can be removed and permanent and sound busi-ness prosperity be restored.

We believe In the principle of reciprocity a s instituted and fostered by America's be-loved statesman, James O. Blaine; and, therefore, demand Its restoration as n wli and nccess&nr supplement to a protective tariff.

The American people, from tradition ami Interest, favor bimetallism, and the Repub-lican party demands the use of both golti and silver e» standard money, with such re-strictions and under such provisions to be determined by leslslatlon, as will secure the maintenance of the parity of values of the two metals, so that the purchasInK und debt paying iniwer of the dollar, whether of sll ver. gold or paper, shall be at all times equal. The Interests of tho producers of Hie country. Us farmers and Its wurklngmen, de-mand that every- dollar, paper or coined. Is-sued by the government, shall be ns guod os any other. We commend the wise nnd patriotic steps already taken by our govern-ment to secure an Intematlrnal confeionce

. . . . , e f f e c t e d . T o to adopt such measures a s will Insure n par-ftiectmg w i l l b e f ity of values between gold and silver for use

o e o i m e u e m e n - throughout the world. We have alwaya given protection to out

shipbuilders. In late yeara we have neglect-ed to protect our shlpowntrs. We believe the time has come to return to the policy of Washington and Ilamlltor xhlch, by dis-criminating duties In favor of A m ' t c a n bot-toms, secured 90 per cent of our carrying trade to American ships, nnd which. If now reatored, would sgaln revive our shipping and cause American freights t o be paid to Americans.

We hereby extend our sympathy to the peo-ple of Cuba in their struggle for liberty.

We are united in favor of the nomination of WT'lam McKinley, by the Republlrans, for the oilice of President of the United Slates, and hereby Instruct the delegates •elected a t the convention to use all honora-ble means to secure hia nomination so •"ag as his name is before the natlonsl convtmloe

I The following supplementary resolu-tions were also made a part of the ma-jority report:

The Repuhllrans of Michigan, in conven-tion assembled, learn with reicret ( t o t the Ifnn. James McMillan declines to nrcept a re-election us tlialrraan of the «inte cen-tral committee. We therefore desire to ex-press our Hppredatlon of the able, fa'lthful and efficient service rendered by him In that pisltlon. nnd the thanks nf the Repuhllcnni of Michigan are hereby extenu-d for the suc-cess they have achieved under his lesder-ship.

The silver delegates made such a strong fight against the financial por-tion of the majority report that the following plank from the Minneapolis

tio' T is an event of memorable In-P^'Nikola Tesla it Is a triumph. fnF ful genius is demonstrated 1 ii'clocttP^.Qf ^.current of elec-

the building ElectlOB^Kordinary

, • w.iiase sys-Nonce 1. hereby ^

lors of the township, m o r e than county "f Kent, an'he greatest

gan, tlist the iiey l a r t r a n t t m l 8-

fcixth day of A thus harnessed Music hall, d'ldlng a model of

while a sys-voum yFoLv- ranged around this enables the listener to hear distinotly the roar of the cataract from the famons Cave of the Winds. The event marks tfee highest point yet reached In the wonderful development of the electric era. Teela's victories are as renowned as Edison's. Both inventors have shown that reality is more amazing than romance and that the key of elec-tricity will unlock the secret store-honse of nature's mysteries. The strength of Niagara goes to New York over a telegraph wire. Tho deep melody of her thousand voices, mingled with t h e tones of the wind god, goes there |»y telephone. It only remains for Trsla to find Boreas and Notus with his elec-tr ic chains and to lead tham out of the cave for the service of the nations.

use of both gold and demands

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Mrs. Anna McDcrmott of Rock Is-1b very moderate Indeed. She

j j p wante 5125.000^ from ^ Widower platform was adopted as a substitute: " " " " We ure unyielding and uncompromising In

our demand for sound and honest money; we are In favor of the use of gold, silver and paper dollars. In our currency, all mnln-talned a t a parity a s to purchasing and debt-paying power. We ore opposed to any proposition that Involves the depreciation or any portion of our currency, and therefore are opposed to the f^ee nnd cnJImlted coin-age of allver by this country alone, unaer present conditions, believing that such coin-age would destroy the parity, depreciate and control the currency.

The minority report of the committee on resolutions, which was refected,

I vras as follows:

fot breach of promise-. Mr. fichnell admits that he has been kind to the widow, but never had any idea of f n a n r i n g her. He says he will spend every cent of hie large fortune to vfirdlc&te himself, and the lawyers aro hsppy*. |

A boft Cupid. Miss Anna Pig-gott of New Jersey was struck by light-

She was to have

t h a t all dollars, Wl SKlL •i*}' ^ of ' wader, pou-steslng ful l and equal purchaslnc and « b t -paVIng power, thereby having a parity ef v i n e , and to tha t end we demand a purely American system of money, based upon to ld and j l l ve r without advantage to either, a t the rrlinti of the government.

We demand that all paper money Issued by the government shall be redetmable In gold or silver a t the option of t he government.

We are opposed to the retiring of the green-backs, the money of the people, the savior of the Union, t he money favored by Lin-coln.

We are opposed to tho Issuance of Interest-bearing bonds In times of peace, and we condenln the policy of Grover Cleveland and John d . Carlisle, in contracting the sale of government bonds, thereby taxing (he people to benent a foreign syndicate •10.000,000— the profits accruing to I t - a t the expense of the people.

J. C. Gruy, of Kalkaska, and F. W. Gilchrist, of Alpena, were named pres-idential electors-at-large without a contest.

The selection of a chairman of the Republican state central committee brought out a rather peculiar contest. I t was pretty generally believed tha t ' Mayor Pingrce, of Detroit, desired the j selection of Gen. Alger, while his oppo-nents in tho gubernatorial race favored Hon. D. M. Ferry, of Detroit, but when the two were named communications were read from each declining the honor. Nevertheless the various dis-tricts continued to support either one of these two without naming another candidate, and finally Gen. Alger's name was withdrawn and Mr. Ferry elected with great enthusiasm.

Resolutions of thanks to the chair-man and secretary of tho convention were adopted, and then with three great big cheers for William McKinley, of Ohio, the convention adjourned.

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P O L I T I C A L N O T E S . |

Maryland democrats will select na-tional delegates June 10 at Baltimore. |

At Morrison, 111., May 25, the White-side county democrats will hold their convention.

In democratic primaries at Aurora, 111., thirty-seven county delegates In favor of Altgeld and free silver were elected.

Republicans of the forty-fifth Illinois senatorial district will hold their con-vention May 19 at Mount Vernon.

Daniel F. Jones has a majority of llfty-two delegates thus far over Colonel Harrod In the Arkansas democratic gubernatorial race. One-third of the counties have held conventions. Both candidates are free sliver men.

Members of the Allison Club commit-tee have engaged three floors of a large building opposite the Southern Hotel to accommodate nrembcrs who will at-tend the national republican conven-tion at St. Louis. Seven hundred cots will be placed In I t

The unofficial returns show F. B. Doran, republican candidate for Mayor of S t Paul, secured a plurality of 3,525 Tho republicans elected their entire city ticket, all the members of the as-sembly and all but one aldermanlc can-didate.

After ten years of private life. ex-Governor O. M. Roberts, of Texas, has re-entered the political arena. He will ask sound money democrats to support him as the successcr of Governor Cul-berson, the leader of the silver demo-crats.

Silver men carried the Des Moines democratic primaries by a large ma-jorllf. thus placing Polk county In the Boles column.

The free silver democrats have won on the primary Issue In Chicago.

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

As a result of tho Inquest held upon the remains of the late Colonel North, a verdict of death from natural causes was returned. A physician testified that he had previously shown symp-toms of heart dlseaae, which he as-serted was the cause of the colonel's death. |

Miners at Ironwood, Mich., have have made a demand for an eight-hour day. Trouble Is expected.

Notices have been posted In the mills at Blddeford, Me., annoui.clng a reduc-tion of 10 per cent In wages, effective May 10. This will affect 3,500 employes.

Tho attorney general of Wisconsin has taken steps to annul the charter of the Wisconsin Eclectic Medical Co.le^e, of Milwaukee, charging that no teach-ers are employed.

Seventy-five of the 300 striking plumbers and gas fitters of Kansas City have been taken back at the rate demanded. Other master piumbers re-fuse to grant the demand.

Forty-four firemen employed by the Armour Packing Company at Kansas City are on a strike for %2 for eight hours' work. The company says new men will be employed. I

The burial of George W. Laduke, of Green Bay, Wis., was postponed to ad-mit of an Inquest It was shown that be probably died of poison, but the Jury was unable to determine whether It had been administered by some one or taken by mistake.

The scale r.ajimlttee of the Indiana Bituminous Coal Operatives' Associa-tion has decided to adhere to the de-mand for a reduction to 55 cents a ton for mining. The men have demanded €0 cents.

The state treasury at Springfield, 111., stopped payment on warrants presented •o It, and the announcement was made toat the state's employes would have to wait for their pay until funds can bo collected to replenish the empty vaults.

Jacob Fields, the sculpior, died at Minneapolis from an operation for ear trouble. He was born In Norway and came to this country In 1887, working In a terra-cotta factory at Chicago. He has since lived In Minneapolis. He designed the Minnesota statue at Gettysburg and his crowning work was the model for the Ole Bull statue.

Col.'North, the nitrate king, While presiding at a meeting of the Nitrate Co.'s officers in the Woolpaek buildings, a t London, fainted in his chair and ex-

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"Le# tho Name of God Iy4 Written In tho Constitution"/JW' Says—God W1U Bettlo tho Silver Question In All Own Time anc^Vay.

ENATORS In this text stand for law-makers. Joseph was the Lord Treasurer of the Egyptian government, and among other great things which he did, according to my text, was to teach his senators wisdom; and It any

men on earth ought to be endowed with wisdom. It Is senators, whether they stand In congressrr, parliaments, or reichdtags, or assemblies, or legisla-tures. By their decisions nations go up or down. Law-makers are some-times so tempted by prejudices, by sec-tional preferences, by opportunity of personal advancement, and sometimes i what is best to do Is so doubtful that they ought to be prayed for and en-couraged In every possible way, Instead of severely criticised and blamed nnd excoriated, as Is much of the time the case. Our public men are so often the target to be dhot at, merely because they obtain eminence which other men wanted but could not reach, that more injustlces are hurled at our national legislature than the people of the United States can possibly Imagine The wholesale belying of our public men Is simply damnable. By resi-dence In Washington I have come to find out that many of our public met are persistently misrepresented, nnd some of the best of them, the pures) In their lives and most faithful in th( discharge of their duties, are the wors

I defamed. Some day I want to preach a sermon from the text In 11. Peter "They are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. Whereas angels, which are greater In power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord. But these, as natural brutt beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they un-

| derstand not." So constant and malig-nant Is this depreciation and scandallza tion In regard to our public men that all over the land there are those who sup pose that the city of Washington Is tin

. center of all corruption, while, what with Its parks and Its equestrian statu-

j ary, and Its wide streets, and its archl-' ttctural symmetries, and Its lovely

homes. It is not only tho most beautiful city under the sun, but has the highest stylo of citizenship. I have seen but one Intoxicated man In the more that six months of my residence, and I do

I not think any man can give similar | testimony of any other city on the American continent

| The gavels of our two nouses of na-tional legislature will soon fall, and ad-journment of two bodies of men as tal-

. ented, as upright and as patriotic as I ever graced the capltol, will take place. ' The two or three unfortunate out-

breaks which you have noticed only make more conspicuous the dignity, the fraternity, the eloquence, the fidelity which have characterized those two bodies during all the long months of Important and anxious deliberation. We put a halo around great men of the past because they were so rare In their time. Our senate and house of repre-sentatives have five such men where once they had one. But It will not be until after they are dead that they will get appreciated. The world finds It safer to praise the dead than the living, because the departed, having a heavy pile of marble above them, may not rise to become rivals. But. before the gavels of adjournment drop and the doors of Capitol Hill shut, there arc one or two things that ought to be done, and let us pray God that they may be accomplished. More forcibly than ever before, congress has been Im-plored to acknowledge God In our con-stitution. The Methodist church, i church that Is always doing glorious things, has In Its recent Wilmlngtoi conference requested our congress tr amend the Immortal document, whlcl: has been the foundation and wall and dome of our United States government by inserting the words, "Trusting it Almighty God." If that amendment Is made. It wil* not only please all the good people of the country, but will please the heavens. It was only ai oversight or a mental accident that the

I fathers who made the constitution did | not Insert a divinely worshipful sen-

tence. They all, so far as they amounted to anything, believed in "God, the Father Almighty, the Maker of heaven and earth, and In Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son.'The con-stitution would have been a failure had

| it not been for the Divine interference. Tho members of the convention could agree on nothing until, in reoponse tr Benjamin Franklin's request that the meetings be opened by prayer, the Lord God was called on to Interefere and

I help, and then the way was cleared, and the states signed a document; a historical fact that all the rat-terriers of modern infidelity cannot bark out of existence! I know that there was an exception to the fact that the promi-nent men of those good times were good men. Tom Paine, a libertine and a sot did not believe in any thing good .intil he was dying, acd then he shrieked out for God's mercy. And Ethhn AlJrn from one of whose descendants I r f / e received within a few days a confirma-tion of the incident I mentioned in a recent sermon, as saying to his dying daughter that she had better tako her ptother's christian religion than his Own infidelity. The article sent a e says: "The story has been denied by some of the Allen family, but the Bron-son family, some jaf whom were with

) the dying girl, affirm that It Is substan-tially true. In suprh a matter one con-

here this morning or will read those words. Let no political party think It can do Its duty unless it acknowledg-that God who built this continent, an revealed It at the right time to the d coverer. and who has reared here ^ prosparlty which has been given to no-other people. "Oh!" says some on* "there are people in this country wlro do not believe in a God, and It would be an Insult to them." Well, there are-people in t h l ^ b u n t r y wffl Hove In common decency, honesty, or any kind of preferring anarchy. Your form Is an Insult to them. not to regard a man who d lleve In God any more than ; regard a man who refuses to common decency. Your pock not safe a moment in the presen atheist. God is the only sour government. Why not, thf and let the chairman of the on resolutions in your n a t i o n ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ tlons take a pen full J H f ^ and with bold hand document with one s i g n i f i c n n ^ ^ B ^ " as:" acknowledging the g o o d n ^ ^ ^ B ^ In the past, and begging h i ^ ^ ^ M f e j and protection for the f u t u r e ^ H n f f j friends, this country b c I o n | M 0 H H and we ought in every p o s s I H J | | ^ S b acknowledge i t From the on an October morning In l l l l H n p i f l bus looked over the side of UMyHpiKS saw the carved staff which i j H r ^Ml think he was near an i n h a o l B H ^ ^ ^ try, and saw also a thorn alld » o M j W of berries (type of our history since, piercing sorrows and duster oij national Joys), until this hour ottf floaa-try has been bounded on the h ^ f n ! south, east nnd west by the goodlie«i' of God. Tho Huguenots took posaeii slon of the Carolinas, in the name of God. William Penn settled Philadel-phia, in the name of God. The Hol-landers took possession of New York* In the name of God. The Pilgrim Fathers settled New England, In the ; name of God. Preceding the first gun of Bunker Hill, at tho voice of prayer all heads uncovered. In the war of 1812, on officer came to Gen. Andrew Jackson and said: "There Is an un-usual noise In the camp; It ought to be stopped." Genera? Jackson said, "What Is the noise?" The officer said, "It is

i the voice of prayer and praise." Then the General said, "God forbid that prayer nnd praise should be an un-usual noise In the encampment. You had better go and Join Ihem." Prayer at Valley Forge. Prayer at Monmouth. Prayer at Atlanta. Prayer at South Mountain. Prayer at Gettysburg. "Oh!" says some Infidel, "the northern people prayed on one side and the Southern people prayed on the other side, and so It did not amount to anything." And I have heard good Christian people con-founded with tho infidel statement, when It Is as plain to me as my right hand. Yes; the Northern peoole prayed In one way, and the Southern people prayed In another way, and God an-swered In bin own way, giving to the North the re .*tabllshment of the gov-ernment, and giving to the South larger opportunities, larger than she had eve" anticipated, the harnessing o^-. rivers in greatmanufacturingMrtcrestu, until the Mobile and the Thllapoosa and the Chattahoochee are Southern Merrlmacs, and the unrolling of great Southern mines of coal and Iron, of which the world knew nothing, and opening before her opportunities of wealth which will give ninety-nine per cent more of affiuence than she ever possessed; and Instead of the black hands of American slaves, there are the more Industrious black hands of tho coal and iron mines of the South which are achieving for her fabulous and un-Imagined wealth. And there s r e domes of while blossoms where

snread the while tents. And there are ploughs In tho track where the

war wagons went. And there are songs where they lifted up

i tachel 's lament.

I take a step further, and say that before the gavels of our senate and house of reprcrcritztlvee and our politi-cal conventions pound adjourr -nent,

1 there ought toVbe passed a law or

firmatlon is worth more than many de-ufols." So says the article sent me. There Is no doubt that Ethan Allen was > $ 0 vulgsrest sort of an Infidel, for, sit-ting In a Presbyterian church, his ad-mirers say he struck the pew in front of him and swore out loud, so as to disturb' the meeting, and no gentleman would do t h a t I do not wonder that some of his descendants aro ashamed of him; but of course they could not help it, and aro not to blame. But of all the decent men of the revolution believed in God, and our American congrcss, now assembled, will only echo the sen-timents of the fathers when they en-throne the name of God in the consti-cution. We have now more reason for Inserting that acknowledgement of di-vinity than our fathers had. Since then the continent has been peopled and g ^ a t cities from the Atlantic to tho Pacific built, and all In peace, show-Ing that there must have been super-nal supervlsal. Since th^n the war nl 1812, and ours the victory! Since then great financial prostrations, out of which we came to greater prosperity than anything that preceded. Since then sanguinary 1862, 1933, 1864 and 1865, and notwithstanding the fact that all the foreign despotisms were plan-ning for our demolition, we are a united people and tomorrow you will And In both bouses of congress the men who fought for the north and the south, now sitting side by side, armed with no weapon except the pen, with which they write home to their constituents v/ho want to be appointed postmasters. The man who cannot see God In our Amer-1 lean history Is as blind of soul as he would be blind of body if be could not at 12 o'clock of an unclouded noon see the sun in the heavens. As a matter of gratitude to Almighty God, gentle-men of the American congrcss, be pleased to insert the four words sug-gested by tho Methodist conference! Not only because of tho kindness ot God to this nation in tho past should such a reverential insertion bo made, but because of the fact that we are go-ing to' want Divine Interposition still further in our nafional history. This gold and silver question will never be settled until God settles It. This ques-tion of tariff and free trade will never be settled until God settles It. This question between the east and went. which is getting hotter and hotter and looks toward a republic of the Pacific, will not b0 settled until God settles I t We needed God In the one hundred and twenty years of our past national life, and we will need Him still more in the next one hundred and twenty years. Lift up your heads ye everlasting gates of our glorious constitution, and let the King of Glory come in! Make one line of that immortal document radiant with Omnipotence! Spell at least one word with Thrones! At the beginning, or at tho close, or In the center, recog-nize him from whom as a nation we have received all the blessing of the

| past and upon whom we are dependent for the future. Print that word "God," or "Lord," or "Eternal Father," or "Ruler of Nations/'somewhere between tho first word and the last. The Great Expounder of the constitution sleeps at Marshfield, Massachusetts, tho Atlantic ocean still bumming near his pillow of dust its prolonged lullaby but is there not some one now living, who, in the white marble palace of the nation on yonder hill, not ten minutes away, will become the Irradiator of the constitu-tion by causing to be added the roost tremendous word of our English vocab-ulary; the name of that being before whom all nations must bow or go into defeat and annihilation—"God?"

Again before the approaching ad-journment cf our American congrcss. It ought to be decided and forever settled that no appropriations be made to sec-tarian schools, and that courtship be-tween church and state in this country be forever broken up. That question al-ready seems temporarily settled. I wish it might be completely ano for-ever settled. All schools and oil in-stitutions, as well as all denominations. | w ---- . should stand on the same level before adopted a plank {^intelligent helpful-American law. Emperor Alexander of ness for the great fd^olgn populations Russia, at his Peterhoff Palace, asked I me how many denominations of rellg-J Ion there were in America, and I recited their names as well as I could. Then ho asked me tho difference between hem, and there I broke down. But

when I told him that no religious de-nomination in America had any privi-leges above the others, he could hardly understand It. The Greek church first in Russia. The Lutheran church first In Germany. The Episcopal church first In England. The Catholic church first In Rome. Mohammedanism first In Constantinople. The emperor won-dered how it was possible that all the denominations in America could stand on the same platform. But so it Is, and so let It ever be. Let there be no preference, no partiality, no attempt to help one sect an Inch higher than on - ! . . - . . . other. Washlnston and Jefferson and l a n ' 1 , h e ">"• all the early presidents, and .11 P'nMJIon. under the .un Why did Ood sreat .Uteamen ot tho past, have lilted i p ' H l d „ 0 " t , h e ' ,

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Illustration of church and slale united.' . d I h . . .h . Tf' Let us have none o( the hypocrisy nod ; , b c nation on the earth. In-

j termarrying of nationajitles! Not circle j Intermarrying circle, and nation inter-

marrying nation. But it is going to be

which aro coming a m o i m ^ ^ ^ — late now to discuss w h e t n W W better let them come. They are here. They are coming this moment through the Narrows. They are this moment taking the first full Inhalation of tho free air of America. And they will con-tinue to comc as long as this country Is the best place to live In. You might as-well pass a law prohibiting summer bees from alighting on a field of blos-soming buckwheat; you might as well prohibit tho stags of the mountjiln from coming down to the deerlick. as to pro-hibit the hunger-bitten nations of Europe from coming to this land of bread—as to prohibit the people of Eng-land, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, Norway, Sweden and Germany, working them-

i selves to death on small wages on the other side the sea, from coming to this

lemorallzation born of that relation on his side of the Atlantic. Let that de-

nomination como out nhead th i t does the most for the cause of God i.ud hu-manity. Men, instltutio^o, and .'elig-lons getting what they ncaieve by their own right arm of usefuli ^ s . and not by the favoritism of governmont. As you regard the welfare and perpetu-ity of our Institutions, keep politics c t of religion.

But now, that I am speaking of na-tional affairs from a religious stand-point, I bethink myself of the fact that two other gavels will soon lift and fall, the one at St. Louis and the other at Chicago, flu . uri.-ie f jeae national con-ventions adjoi.ro, I ask that they ac-knowledge God K the platforms. The men who cir.-irucl t ion: platforms aro

Italian and Norwelgan, Russian and Celt-Scotch and French, English and American. The American of a hundred years from now Is to be different from the American of today. German brain. Irish wit, French civility, Scotch firm-ness, English loyalty, Italian aesthetics packed into one man, and be an Ameri-can! It is this intermarriage of natloa-alltles that is going to make the Ameri-can the greatest nation of the ages.

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N THE PALACE of Penelope, in Ithaca, sounds of laughter and loud cheer were heard. The queen was seated on the throne and round about her were the j courtiers and no-bles, the great dames and the

beautiful damsels. Before the threne stood one of the

great princes who had congregated about Penelope, seeking her hand in marriage.

"It is now twenty years, most gra-cious and beautiful queen," he said, "since our king and your husband, Ulysses, departed from these shores. We have all heard of tho great and wondrous deeds he has performed, yet with it all can we call hlra noble? Ail these long years he has left you, pearl of the universe, the wisest and best of women! Not one word has he vouch-safed you that he still lives, yet you re-fuse to listen to the offers that I and I the other princes continually lay before 1 you.

"Hear me out, gracious queen," he continued, as Penelope raised her hand to stop his speech. "It Is twenty years

I today since our roaster sailed away. Why longer delay to give your answer?

I You have put us off all these years un-der the pretense of completing the funeral robe for Leertes. But we have heard that while you work at the web in the daytime, the night sees the un-winding of the carefully-wrought fig-ures. Oh, queen, do not rebuke me for thus speaking! I voice but the ben-tlments of all your followers. We Im-plore you to settle our hopes and fears this day; we beg you to fix your choice upon one of us!"

For a moment the queeu sat there as If stuplfled by the Impertinence of the prince, then drawing her regal figure to Ita full height she looked around her; her face overspread with dignity and benign pity.

"You know not what you say," she said, in a low, firm voice; then, turn-

! Ing to her train, she passed from the i presence-chamber to her own apart-ments.

In the meantime a very different scene was being enacted In another and more lowly part of the kingdom. Eumaeus, a swineherd, bad found at his door that morning a poor beggar praying for succor. And the man him-self In need, gave his little to the stranger. While they two were to-gether Eumaeus suddenly started up at sight of Telemacbus, the son of Ulysses, who had Just this moment re-turned from a long and fruitless search for hip father. ; "How now, Eumaeus?" cried the youth; "tell roe how progress things at the palace."

"Alas, roaster," answered Eumaeus, "all is not well. Since the nobles tried to take your life, before you went in search of our beloved king, that they might more readily lay siege to our queen, the land has seen sorry sights. Day after day, the palace rings with laughter; the king's substance Is squan-dered, and tho queen is not free from i the impudence of the nobility. They molest her continually and desire her to marry one of them. But she, noble soul. Is true to her lord, and will have none of them. You know the web she has hew making for Laertes? This very dp;, I heard some say, she would be re l /^ed for never finishing it. And they declared last night that this day should see the settling of the mind of Penelope on one of the princes. -. "Enough, enough!" cried the enraged prince. "Do they dare to insult my mother In her own house, in her own kingdom?"

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"Slowly, slowly, rash youth," he said, laying bis hand on the shoulder of Telemacbus.

"What will you, poor man,?" said Telemachus gently.

"Look!" answered the beggar. And suddenly the old man stood up

and towered In majesty over Tele-macbus. His eye flashed with strength and vigor of manhood, and his noble carriage bespoke him a hero and a king. Eumaeus fell down to worship, feeling sure that Jove himself had th i s re-vealed himself, and Telemachus was mute with astonishment.

"My son. do not not know me? I am Ulysses, your long-absent father!"

'ahen father and son fell Into each other's arms and wept for Joy. When they were calmed once more Ulysses told them all his adventures.

"When the Phaeaclans," he conolnd-ed, "so kindly sent me here In the won-derful ship that needed no guide, no pilot, I slept. And when the vessel touched the strand I still slept. And so they carried me and laid me on the banks, find when I awoke this morn-ing I knew not my own land, which for twenty years I have not seen. But the wise Minerva appeared to me as a Shepherd, told me where I waa and led me here dlsgulset She told ma

Ulynses flnlsIRd by saying that he would appear at ?he banquet that day disguised as the b'%^ar, and he com-manded Telemachus to p'Sr oo more at-tention to blm than he woti'il to any stranger seeking help. Then telema-chus went to the palace, and when ha hal seen the queen, he went to his rooms and remained there. So no one knew he had returned.

Then suddenly a loud shout was heard. It was only the princes, greet-ing what the herald had Just pro-claimed:

"I, Penelope, Queen of Ithaca, to the lords within my domain;

"This day I will give myself In mar-riage, with my crown and lands ns dowry to him who shall prove himself worthy In tho feat of strength that I shall decide on."

That was all. But It filled tho nobles with rejoicing, and when tho time for the banquet drew near all were gathered In the great hall. Their Joy was to re-ceive a chock, however. When Pene-lope entered, radiant In all her Jewels and her robes of finest spun materials, a murmur of admiration ran through the assembly. But tho next moment It was changed to one of chagrin, as they saw Telemachus walking behind his mother. They had hoped that he was dead, since It was so long since he had been heard of In the kingdom.

When all were seated, Ulysses en-tered, his tattered robe barely cover-ing bis worn figure. As he crossed the threshold, his dog. now grown feeble with age, lifted Ita head, and giving a yelp of Joy tried te drag his old form to his be-loved master's feet. And then he fell dead, his worn-out heart hav-ing first been rewarded for his long watching and waiting. No one noticed tho Incident save the beggar, whe, seat-ing himself by the hearth, drew hia hand before his moistened eyes.

In those days the poor wsre treated differently from what they seem to be now. Ulysses was received Into the banquet-room of the queen, and served with a portion from her table.

When the guests had been served, they grew even merrier than before, and It was not long before Ulysses be-came the butt for their coarse Jokes. One even went so far as to raise a stool and strike Ulysses with it, and Telemachus could scarcely control his anger and Indignation at seeing his father so treated within his own hall. But a look from Ulysses' quieted him and things went on as before.

Then, at last, they called for the feat of strength. Penelope smiled, and commanded first that all weapons should be removed from the room, since In the excitement they might be put to a wrong use. When this was done, twelve rings were arranged, pov-eral feet apart. In a long row down the hall. Then a large bow and a quiver of arrows, which Ulysses had won in one of his heroic deeds, were brought out.

"Whosoever can string this bow and shoot an arrow through the twelve rings, may have me for his bride," said Penelope.

Telemachus first took the bow ond tried to bend It to fit tho arrow to the string. But struggle as he would, he could not so much as move It.

"He Is only a stripling," cried a burly noble. "Give It to me!"

And so they tried, one after another. They greased the string with tallow and with oil, but no one could bend the bow. When all had tried. Ulysses stepped forward and begged permis-sion to try. How they Jeered, and buf-feted him for his daring even to ask so high a favor. But Penelope cried out:

"Let him try. Though he Is so old, he says he was once a soldier. Let him try!"

Thon they made way, and Ulysses, taking the bow, bent It as easily as If It bad been a willow wand and sent the arrow flying through the twelve rings, where, at the end of Its course It struck Into the wall, and then remained fast.

And then Minerva took the disguise from Ulysses, and he stood revealed.

"Behold me—Ulysses!" he cried In thunderous tones. "Now see how I shall reward you all for daring to af-front your queen; for daring to make my house a place of revelry!"

Then, with unerring aim, he shot an arrow at each intruder till all wero dead. There was no chance for de-fense, for all their weaions had been taken away; there was no chance of escapo, for all the doors hud been so-cured.

And so perished the men who had abused hospitality and failed to defend weakness. And so did Ulysses return to bis kingdom and his queen after the toll, the hardships and privations of war and the accomplishment of heroic deeds.

i n s l s t a l i e N e v e r I n t e n t i o n a l l y K i l l e d

A n y b o d y — A c k n o w l e i l g e s C a n s l n c T w o

Dei t ths by M a l p r a c t i c e — H a n c l n g

(Jiilckly Conc luded .

H. H. Holmes, convicted on clrcum? stantlal evidence of the murder of Ben-jamin F. Pltzel, was hanged at Philadelphia, Penn., last Thursday morning. The execution took place In the Moyamenslng county Jail. The drop fell at 10:12^ o'clock. It was not un-til a half hour later that he was pro-nounced dead. His neck was broken by tho fall. The marvelous nerve of the roan never deserted biro to the ond. Even on the scaffold he was probably tho coolest person In the solemn as-semblage. In a few well-chosen words he proclaimed his Innocence of any murder. Including that for which he was convicted and hanged. He de-clared that tho only wrong doing In the taking of human life for which he could bo held responsible consisted In the death of two women who had died as a result of criminal operations at his bands. Ho did not name theso vic-tims. Holmes spent the greater part of his last night on earth writing let-tors. At midnight ho went to bed and slept soundly until G o'clock. It took two calls to awaken him. Promptly arising ho received a visit from his

V o n t h f u l R e s e n t m e n t .

Aunt Maria—Now, Johnny, don't be naughty. Because Lily wouldn't play horse with you this morning Is no reason why you should not play school with her this afternoon. Remember the golden r u l e -

Johnny (from the west)-What're yer talkln' about? I ain't no goldbug.— Boston Transcript.

C a r l o n a A d v e r t l t l n s .

Qrtfo a profitable business Is done In some large towns by lending turtles to restaurants. They are permitted to remain In the windows for a few days and are then taken to different parts of the town as advertisements for other eating houses.—London Sketch. \

A house divided against Itself makes •Ota of fun for the aelghbora.

H. H. HOLMES. (Picture taken In 1893.)

spiritual advisers. Fathers Daly nnd Macpeak, of the Church of the Annun-ciation. They administered the last sacrament and did not leave him until nearly 9 o'clock. During their absence ho ato a breakfast of eggs, dry toast and coffee. At 10:02 o'clock the sher-iff called together the official Jury, and after each man had answered his name and subscribed to the certlficato the solemn marob to the gallows was be-gun. As tho gathering stood In Intense •Hence before the see (fold a rourror.rlrg sound cfiue from behlnS the,partition erected Immediately back of It, It was .the dolorous chant of the two priests accompanying the doomed man to the scaffold. They were uttering the psalm Mlaere. At 10:08 they mounted the fa- • tal scaffold. ; A moment of prayer elapsed and then Holmes stepped to the front of the scaf-fold, and, resting bis hands on the rail before him, made his statement of In-nocence. i It was receive*' in absolute silence. Two minutes later he iftd finished his •valedictory. Then at a silent signal from tho priests he bent to his knees, his eyes fixed on the crucifix clasped In his thin hands. Until 10:12 the prayer continued. Immediately after-

'ward he arose, shook hands V.'h the ^priests and hia lawyers and l n \ firm voice bade them good-by. ! Without an InsU.nt delay his hands .Were bound behind him and the black .cap adjusted. Sheriff Clement placed the noose about his neck and after an

,Instant of terrible stillness the crack p; the bolt rang out like a pistol shot and the man had fallen to his doom. • Consciousness left him Instantly, said tho doctors, although bis heart continue a feeble beat for fif-teen or twenty minutes. After an examination had been made by several physicians Holmes was pro-nounced dead and the swinging corpse was cut down.

) Holmes became acquainted with Bon-Jamln P. Pletzel In Chicago about lii90. Pletzel was a married man, with six 1

children, poor, and afflicted with the drink habit, and not at all averse to engaging In dishonest work If he were paid for the risk. Ho was Just such an Instrument as Holmes needed, pliant, fairly capable, and sufficiently un-scrupulous to carry out shady transac-tions plotted by the master mind. They worked togethq^Mlustrlously In nrany criminal schemes. In 1892 Holmes was doing quite a business In the for-gery line. Pleteel was at once mixed up In It, and was arrested In Terre Haute, Ind., in January, 1893. for pass-ing some of the forged paper. Holmes was not quite done with Pletzel. so In-stead of letting him languish In Jail he went to Indiana and furnished straw ball for his colleague, who there-upon ran away. On a trip east It was arranged Pletzel should take the name jof B. F. Perry, and a house and store jwas rented at 1316 Callowhlll street. IPhlladelphla, In which tho latter was 'to conduct a patent rights business. This of course was to be another In-surance scheme, the amount Involved being |10,000. There Is now no doubt that Pleizel waa really killed by Holmes In the scheme, and an ex-convlct

I inaroed Hedgepeth was tho means of [lexposlng the murder. The prisoner

said that Holmes, or Howard, as he knew him, declared that Pletzel's wife was privy to the whole conspiracy, and Howe told him after the discovery of the body of B. F. Perry that Howard would not let Mrs. Pleuel go to Phil-adelphia to Identify the supposed body Of her buaband. having the little girl

ead, and (hat Howe *»rot the that Holmes deceived jPletiel;

'letzel In fui owing ontfhls in-'lons In regard to the alleged ex-n was actually killed And that

thebbdyfound was really that o'f Pletzel. Hedgepeth, In his communication to the chief of police, said that he had not received the $500 Holmes or Howard promised him for his Bhare In tho preliminary arrangements. Holmes was closely shadowed until Nov. 17,1894, when operatives of a detective agency arrested him, not for the crime for which he was condemned' to death, but for horse stealing In Texas. Holmes realized that at last he was In a danger-ous situation, but he did not lose his nerve or cunning. One of the Fidelity officials went to Boston to Interrogate him on the Pletzel swindle, and he saw a chance lo avoid go'ng to Texas. He knew^that they have a summary way of dealing with horse thieves In the Lone Star state, and he quickly re-solved that his carcass would bo safer In Philadelphia, even though bo con- j fessed to a cbnrgo of conspiracy to de- | fraud tho Insurance company. He, i therefore, told his captors he was want-ed In Philadelphia, and not III Texas. The suspicion Holmes had killed Plet-zel's children grew Into a belief, and a systematic search was begun to ob-tain proof of their mi.r.lor. This mis-sion was entrusted to Detective Frank Coyer, of Philadelphia, who displayed groat tact and ability In Its prosecu-tion. Ho went over the entire route taken by the prisoner from the date of tho murder of Pletzel In Philadelphia to the disappearance In Toronto. The search was a difficult and puzzling one. It took the patient officer to St. Louis, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Detroit, To-ronto. Chicago, Prescott. Ogdensburg, etc., and occupied several weeks.

Traces of Holmes and the children were found at several ' these places. He was traveling Wlti Is whe. Miss Yoke, who thought his movements were connected with the sale of bis patent copier. At Indianapolis, De-troit and Toronto he and his wife,, the children and Mrs. Pletzel and Dessa and the baby were within a block or two of each other, and neither party, outside of tho arch-flend himself, knew of the proximity of the other. The bodies of Alice and Nellie Pletzel were finally found In Toronto, burled In the cellar of a house Holmes had rented there. Holmea* trial for the murder of Benjamin F. Pletzel, which began Oct. 28, last year, waB one of tho blggeat sensations which Philadelphia ever ex-perienced. Ample time had been al-lowed the prisoner to prepare for trial, but when he entered court that day bis counsel made a hard fight for postpone-ment. They declared that delay was necessary to collect evidence for the de-fense and for shaping the prisoner's financial affairs so that the expense of procuring necessary evidence might be mot. They asked for two monthe' time. It was not granted.

And so the trial went on, the strange criminal examining Jurors with the skill and coolness ot a lawyer. When he was deserted and bis every plea for time was refused there wsb a slight change of feeling in his favor. It showed Itself In trifles, as when he go( his derby hat undpr his clwlr and smashed It, more than one apectator felt sorry that he should lose a hat as well as bis lawyers.

j Among tho other murders said to I have been committed by H. H. Holmes are the following: Benjamin F. Pltzel, Holmes' confederate, and for whose murder Holmes was hanged today. Alice aad Nellie Pltsel, children of Benjamin F. Pltzel. They were killed, the detectives say. In a bouse In Tor-onto and burled In a cellar. Fear that tho children would betray him caused Holmoi to murder them. Howard Plt-zel, brother of tho children named above. The detectives say he was killed cither in Detroit or Indianapolis and the body made away with. George W. Thomas: he was killed for the In-surance money on his life at a point on the Toroblgbee river below Columbus, Miss. Proof waa said to be In posses-sion of the police, but Holmes escaped. Emily C. Clgrand—She was Holmes' typewriter, and was emplo>od in th^ place of his tlsteMh-law, Nannie "Wil-liams, at the "castle." It Is alleged Holmes killed her and cremated the body. Robert E. Phelps—Ho gained Holmee' enmity because he married Miss Clgrand, so tho detectives said, and was butchered like the others. Evidence of the crime was not discov-ered until after Holmes bad been con-victed of the Pltzel murder. Mrs. JJ-lla L. Connor—She worked in the cas-tle as Holmes' bookkeeper. Holmes Insured her life, and then It Is said Wiled her. Pearl Connor—The 8-year old daughter of Mrs. JuKa Connor. She was killed, the detectives say, because Holmes feared she would Inform on him to the police. Emily Van Tassel —Another "castle" employe. Holmes. It is alleged, betrayed her, theh killed her, cremating the body. Nannie Wil-liams—Sister of Holmes' third biga-mous wife, nnd lived In bis fa«my while In Chicago. She was Jealori.- of her sister, Mrs. Holmes, so Holmes said, and made trouble. He was charged with having killed her no ag to get her property In Fort Worth, Te*., worth some 130,000. Minnie Williams —Holmes' third wife and sister ot Nan-nie Williams. She disappeared while living In Chicago, and has never been> seen since, according to tho detectives. They say eho was murdered by Holmee. Since his condemnation Holmes made repeated confessions, and though found to be full of lies, yet the original opin-ion that he waa a cold-blooded villain who practiced murder for gain waa deepened by every statement he ut-tered. Just how many murders Holmes has committed wo one has been able to tell.

WATEJ^ IN LI

The Keynote of

M i d w a y B e t w e e n t h e

T e a r , l in t F a r I t amuTad

Mlgb.

ANY bove |

over Nixon. man's <«niA celts and turns on place ihtnil how many consider whl gain to the such a sunny wrlier We need mora

them, more sermons with the golden rule for a text so cunflingly hldd^ away that one never suspects ar.yihing| sermon-like until one Is impelled to a kinder thought and act, and can trace tho Impulse to the reading of the poems so full of kindly feeling.

Mr. Waterman is not a fighter. He does not buckle on his literary armor and sally forth with a clarion call to arms. His Is not a vitriolic pen, but fho lesson Is taught none the lesa ef-fectually.

There is a gentle strength about the writings of this young western poet, which Indicates ar. undercurrent thought^ that dow not lose Its mearderii^.1 poetical image? goes Btraig\r9i«i«tBo undersu

There Is a merciful lone of Mr. Waten-v-l^^ t in when the lesson Is"« / f a ^

Waterman, while n Oh Is not dipped In

5 n //) vayU, *• gresalve, has a way

want to be better, ing done or thouglK While hia writings Ini qo distinctive flavor o, ^ ;ertalnly have a tendrt saper more Interestlru ^

We quote from tho fi3 which In a recent arti 9

tVaterman that he Is "t. best known and wldel>\ paper poets." • « Df his Bong Is located between a smile and tea ImmeaBurobly distant fr Is never peBsimiBtic, and was never formed by hi

The purity of his ven fled in the following, wn lo the mind all that Is si best of the "grande passlo iny of tho besmirching ihn

n i x o n w a t b u m a n .

luggestlons which sometimes dim the huter of the most beautiful poems.

The Lily's Hps aro pure and without a touch of lire.

The rose's heart Is warm and Bweetened with desire;

tn earth's broad field cf d bloom, tho gladdest those

Whose thoug^itQ are as the lily, and whoselg^e" Is like the r o s e . ^

~^The IkWof compenaatlon Is most beau'Jfully illustnitcd, In the follow-ing fragment:

/ lefWlete

K

Thtf eyes of birds tha t fly by night are generally about doable the slxe at day birds.

"The gifts that to our breasts ^ Are brightened by our losses.

The sweetest Joys a heart can hold Grow up between Its crosses, m

And on life's pathway many a m i l Is made more glad andcheery a

Because for Just a HtUiftihMfta^ • The way s e Q A a f e i 9 " * & B d ^ B

i There Is a peculiar characteristic

Mr. Waterman which for want ot better term we might call sunnl; that would disarm the most ag | . Ive of mortals. As one might Jnf from his writings he is one of tho appreciative ot friends end a ge companion.

Wm. Rosser Cobbe says of the editor: "His is a nature that rolls a ' the clouds and pours in e stream sunshine upon all with whom ho in contracL Life la pleasant and to him, and the Joy o t his wlsdonfr that i t would make everyone olse py."

• Mr. Waterman is still a young and if the coming years fulfil j promise for with such a natun grows broader as it grows oldei may we not expect? - But whatever ^ ) e future the world is richer and he hss already writU that will live in the the people.. "h j His poems have lately In book form. been prl-

, Armenia is not a t i i Man country, aa is gen Out of a population of five-sixths are Moham act number being 2 tM Christians.

ZZT .900.414 to

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4

KKTB. JOHNSOH.

9! t K S E o f :

v e o goln • get husbat

The p r i * doubt in • amount tha purposes.

A Colut CTperltP^'

the X ra ceed

j « t Lowell pos t offlce u socond n i t e r .

C H I P I I O N O N E D O L L A R YEARLY.

ADVBKTISINO RATES.

Bus iness locals & cen t s p e r l ine each Issue

Leiral nds a t legal ra tes .

Cards in directory co lumn | 1 0 0 per line

per year . One iucb 1 5 p e r year .

Rates for l a r g e r adver t i sements made

k n o w n a t t he office.

Cards of thartxs, 5 0 cen ts .

Ri-solntlons of condolcnc. ' , $ 1 0 0 .

couirtry,' fuvot uf

• k n o w

nyihing about t h ^ wishes in the sol-dieri| of this couulry—and) I hnve been as intinmtely connected with Ihem ns any man on this floor—ithey are opposed to that kind of legislation.

Mr. Millies is right, and the dis-

crimination against the widows of the.

common soldiers, who fought the

country's battles, is wrong nnd shoqld

cense. What better is Mrs. General

Luxury than Mrs. Private IJard-

scrabble?

an .

d bad luck with

J o b p r i n t i n g in connect ion a t low- s t l iving rates . "A lways P r o m p t , " Is our mo t to .

If

r*W

, K a n s a s is already setting up her

annual howl of "drouth." w » •

Nationa

A w e e k ' s earnings of the Cana-

dian Pacific railway show an increase

of •45,000 over same week last year.

*** T h e temperature at New Haven,

Conn., Sunday, reached 93 in the

shade, the highest known ^uring a

mouth of May for ttfenjy^three years.

T h e k e is a b s o l u t e l y b u t o n e s a f e

vov

port!) depc 005, 14.674,551 875.622 fori The portiol the deposit to |21,504,f crease of of $6,097,1 ending ther

The trunk tn i n s the people te« now been y a s found to formerly of 8t He had been on Insane asylum murdered. HI that place to , a g o . era or murderer His io not the occurring at t' have died of them wards fo

erer, und that place

l]irminghnm,Alaba-

Geeu hanged for the

his follows, while a

,AV &

\P

Igrel fair fot1^

cber know?"

orgniiizalion is said )wing to numerous

is. I t had better

nt no political war

•uuds. Give every

if belief and con-

lers hnve done a job

—a prominent far-

lly assaulting his

VII to acknowl-

IE our liot-

(n are endt-'av-

the colored

San Fraucisco

lerican seamen rnumber of Drit-

I provoked by the

Brituh consul au

ricans of being the

to one; that's pretty

'11awid Yankees, don-

West Lowell. T h e r e wil l be a l e a p y e a r social he ld a t

t h e h o m e of Mrs , H . Pe te rs , ,We<ineK(iiiv

even ing , M a y 20tli . Ice c ream and c a k e

wil l be Kerved a t o cents a d lnh . E v e r y -

body come and enjoy a pleatmnt e v e n i n g .

T e a c h e r s m e - I i n g a t M r . l i e n r y K ster-

brook's, F r i d a y even ing l o t h .

Mrs . J . Ca ry ' s f a t he r is q u i e s ick .

Mrs . T . S towe cal led on Mrs . S. W .

Gris twood last T h u r s d a y .

A r t h u r G r e e n who has been q u i t e s l c k is

i m p r o v i n g .

3 . W . Gris twood and wife visited nt M. D.

Cour t ' s of Ixiwull last S u n d a y .

Mrs . Ed Eas te rb rook w h o has been very

i l l i s s lowly r ega in ing h e r h o a i t h .

P r e a c h i n g a t R i v e r school house by J . J .

F in ley of Cascade nex t Lord ' s day a t 3 p.

in., also p r e a c h i n g every o t h e r S u n d a y .

S u n d a y school a t 3 P- m. every S u n d a y .

f-yy'x • i .• l MAN at Sturgis lost his leg be-

be was so drunk he could not

step from a train without getting un-

der the

liijfi prt and

(

j

m

k M

And so it goes

_ /of fools moves on.

men •lose their lives; some their

wme their good names; some

lC«e their jobs; but all lose

money—for what? whisky—

nd times worse than noth-

onng man, don't be a fool!

Now that there are prospects lor fnn abundant f ru i t harvest a corner is

being worked on fruit jars and priees

will be forced i>p. The cursed mil-

lionuires cai^iot bear the thoughts of

any bebefi j / inuring to the dear peo-

ple. XVfere is only oue reason an air

niid/^Unnght trust is hot formed—its

libility. The disposition to de-

e the poor of the barest needs of

existence are not lacking. Ita "d—n

a. poor man, anyway." * * ±

)h tWie-notbi'ng," is the title of [)f one of the silliest hymns that ever

was sung. I t also seems to bo the

aim of some newspapers, runuiiig on

a good lord and good devil policy;

and taking supreme satisfaction in re-

cording the tidings that "Tom Jen-

kins' old cat has got kittens. Hill

Beans has whitewashed his back

fdice and Polly Jane Blabmouth of

Blahtown visited her sister, Mrs.

Blowhard of Grumble Alley." A

little of this sort of stuff seems to be

a necessary evil; but when the L e d

o b r fails tu know of more important

matters and tu have an occasional

opinion and the courage to express it,

ie sheet will have no excuse fur ex-

r » *

l E S E N T A T l V E M f L K E S o p p o s e s

payment of extravagant pendious

to widows of'otticers. H e says:

Why should we go on and pay 4i50 a month to liiese widows of officers while there afc thousands and tens of thousands of widows of soldiers just a8 gallant as fcbh) soldier who cannot W U v exceed 18 a month? I do not | •«aeve i t is rigfat^ fiud I do not be-

Right now is the time to gn to Look's drug store and see the elegant line of wall paper, he is selling at low prices.

Call in and see our bed rnnm suits; they will suit you. J . B. Y e i t i M .

Special sale on hardware every day at U. B. Boylan's.

Look the druggist saves you money on wall paper, curtains, paints, <^e.

Try the best 10c" cigar, The Ed Fatule.

Mocha and Java coffee, best in the world, at Bergbrk,

South Boston.

A l i t t le r a in would bo ' accep tab lo a t t h i s

wr i t ing .

Services will be held a t t h e C o n g r e g a -

t ional c h u r c h n e x t Su i fday e v e n i n g . T h e

Hoys Br igade of F reepor t is expec t ed to bp

present as an e n t e r t a i n i n g f e a t u r e .

T h e Misses F r e e m a n spen t S a t u r d a y and

S u n d a y in Ion ia .

R u n a Ci l lev occupied t he p u l p i t , morn -

ing and even ing , nt t he C o n g r e g a t i o u a l

ohurch in C l a r k s v i l l e S u n d a y .

K. H . M u n i of S a r a n a c ca l l ed on f r i e n d s

in th i s v ic in i ty last S u n d a y .

T h e E p w o r t h L e a g u e of t h e M . E .

churoh will ce l eb ra te t h e i r a n n i v e r g a r y

n e x t S u n d a y e v e n i n g . A very i n t e r e s t i n g

p r o g r a m for t he occasion h a s been a r r a n g -

ed . E v e r y l w d y is co rd i a l l y i nv i t ed .

C. E. Pa r son? is p r e p a r i n g to p u t h is

ba rn on a basement .

1). N . E n g l i s h is repor ted ser ious ly i l l ,

A. M. A n d r e w s is a c t i n g ns j u r y m a n at

Ion ia d a r i n g t h e p resen t t e r m of c i rcui t

cour t .

T h i s p l ace is not not noted fo r its a l m n d '

ance of b i r ths , dea ths , mar r i ages , burglt i r iet

or fires, ne i thep a r e its peop le add ic t ed to

t he hab i t of go.«sip,(a fo rm of a r u r a l news-

paper , ) consequent ly co r r e sponden t s a r e in

no g rea t d e m a n d jus t nt p resou t .

If you haven't got a pipe and to bacco we will furnish them free at the New Cigar Store.

We can suit you if you want wall paper. Superior quality and right prices, is our motto. I). G. Lo o k .

The largest assortment of wall p a -per in Lowell at Look's.

Best quality seasoned beech and maple and slab wood at R. B. Boy-lan's.

F o r Sa le—Three 40-acre farms, cheap. Enos & Bradfield.

River Road.

ISurwell Ke l logg is t h e possessor of a

line new ca r r i age which he pu rchased in

Lowel l last T u e s d a y .

M r s . Woodcock spen t Sundsiy vis i t ing

her m o t h e r a n d o t h e r f r i e n d s nea r .Sa ranac .

Mrs . Ciias. l l i l i n a n of S h e r m a n City is

vis i t ing her a u n t , Mrs . J i m . E n g l e s and

o the r re la t ives in t h i s v ic in i ty .

Mrs . Gay of Sou th Bu t l e r , N . Y . visited

Chas . Car te r and wife last F r i d a y .

T h o s e who have set now peach o r c h a r d s

a re , M r s Ke l logg , 1 GOO trees; M r . R o r k ,

1500 trees; A. Pan t , 1500 t iecs ; J . C.

T r a i n , UOU trees, a n d severa l o the r s who

h a v e adtfed to the i r a l r e a d y l a rge o rcha rds ,

Fresh eggs and fancy butter are my specialtie*. Geo. B. Craw.

All kiuds of watch, clock and jew-elry repairing done at reasonable prices. U . B. Williams.

Everybody make it their head-quarters at the New Cigar Store where you can read all the latest papers and smoke good cigars.

Buy all kind of wood of J . W. Ecker & Son.

We take orders for enlarging por-t ra i t^ water colors, pastels, etc.

J . B. YKITEJU.

Nelson Lewu( h m

m a i l b o x . '' v|$

T h e L-iwell b o y y h a v e to como a p - h e r e to

get good fish.

Mrs . Owen M c G e e c a u g h t 3 baas w h i c h

weighed 17 pounds , wi th a hook and l ine .

J o h n l<|dwards p l o u g h e d S a c r e s of

g r o u n d in 3 days , who can beat t h a t .

Q u i t e a few f a r m e r s t h i n k it won t pay to

Wash t h e i r sheep , wool is so cheap .

Mrs . I r v i n g G r e g o r y nf G r a n d R a p i d s

wi th her l i t t l e Son vis i ted h e r d a u g h t e r /

Miss Grego ry , who is t e a c h i n g t h e i W t o

mhoo l , a few d a y s last week .

Mrs . Z. 11. Covert a n d c h i l d r e n v is i ted

h e r sister. Mrs . J . 0 . Froe t , a v e r S u n d a y .

Mrs. T . M u r p h y has r e t u r n e d f r o m B e r -

l in a f t e r a shor t visit wi th h e r sister ,

J o h n M c G e e of G r a n d R a p i d s ca l led on

cal led on F . F l a n a g a n o n e day last week .

M a t Cur r igan has mt»ved i n t o t he D e n n i s

M c C a r t h y house.

T h e visitors a t C h a r l e s B, F ranc i sco ' s

S u n d a y e iyoyed ea t ing ice c r eam.

Corn p l u m i n g is t h e o r d e r of t h e d a y .

F . A. Gei l l of B e l d i n g is v is i t ing h i s

d a u g h t e r , Mrs. W . P u r d y .

K i t t l e Weukes is h o m e for a vaca t ion

f rom G r a n d Rup ids .

Mrs . P. W . Byrnes is v is i t ing h e r d a u g h -

ter , Mrs . E . VV. Bur l .

W i l l Cooper h a s r en t ed a por t ion nf S.

Kennel Is' f a r m .

I I . Blasser has b i s l i n e fence comple ted

between h i m a n d F . F l a n a g a n .

J o s i e K e n n e y h a s r e t u r n e d to h e r t p m *

in Muskegon a f t e r a few weeks visi t w i th

h e r mo the r , Mrs . I l o g a n .

Geo rge Fros t wno h a s been sick t h e pas t

two weeks is now h a v i n g e i g h t y rod of

f ence p u t u p .

E. R. Collar calls the atien'tioir of our readers to his large and c.oiijplcte assorlment of seasonable goods.

Coons is not riiniiing a fake sale but is doing what he advertises.

Five dollars is the price of an all wool suit nl Coons'.

Don't fail to see the 85:00 suits at A. L Coons'. • • . ,

Special 85.00 suit sale at,Coons'.•

The earlv buyer gets the best choice at Coons' 85.00 suit sale.

Fallassburg. Mrs . Converse visi ted ove r S u n d a y w i t h

Mrs . I l o i d i n .

E l m e r R i c h m o n d ca l l ed on M. C. D e n -

ny ' s people S u n d a y .

Win . T r e d e n i c k a n d wife v is i ted nl

Geo rge T a y l o r ' s S u n d a y .

I I . Scot t and wife vis i ted in G r n t t a u

S a t u r d a y nnd S u n d a y .

Mrs . Lucy Sayles a n d d a u g h t e r , R u b a ,

visi ted Bert R i c h m o n d a n d M r . Fa l l a s b u t

w - e k .

W i l l i e R e x ford and wi fe d r o v e u p to t he

b u r g F r i d a y even ing for a r ide.

T h e sad news rt-acbed h e r e las t week of

t h e d e a t h of M a l i e Benson d a u g l t t e r "of

F r a n k Benson and wife . Ma t i e was born

at F a l l a s h u r g , Augu«t 2 5 , 1 8 7 9 , and d i e d a t

Wi ldwood , M i c h i g a n , M a r c h 25, 1896,

w h e r e s h e has l ived s i n c e M a r c h 27, 1884.

A b q u t t h r e e y e a r s ago s h e fel l t w e n t y feet

upon a h a u l floor whiel t u n d o u b t e d l y was

t h e cause of h e r d e a t h , a s she neve r r e c o v -

ered f rom t h e shock . A b r o t h e r , f a t h e r

and m o t h e r a r e lef t to u iourn h e r loss.

F r a n k S h e r r a r d got excused f rom t h e

j u r y last week a t I o n i a .

M r s . J a m e s T r e d e n l c k ' s f r i ends a r e g l ad

to h e a r s h e is gu t t ing b e t t e r f rom h e r fal l

of a couple of weeks a g o .

L u c y Sayles ' baby was very s ick last

week .

I r a P o t t r n f l ' i s a i d e to be out a g a i n , was

laid u p last week w l ih a l a m e back .

J o h n K e l l o g g and wi fe were a t M i l l a r d

Sayles ' S u n d a y .

T h e r e were n o c h u r c b services last S u n -

d a y .

This week begins Coons' $5.00 suit sale. Great bargains.

Marks guarantees satisfaction in quality and price everything in hia line.

Remarkable how low goods arc marked at Marks' Clothing Market.

Best values iu clothing mid gents furnishings at Marks'.

Parnell. W m . Mylar of 8 t . Louis vis i ted J o h n M u r -

phy end family last week.

Eliza Branngan of Grand Rapids s p e n t Bun-

day with her fa ther here .

J im QehanV y o n n z people gave ft d a n c i n g

par ly last Fr ldsy even ing .

Kit t le WcekeR Is h o m e f rom Grand Rnplds .

Mag Drlicoil Is visl In;; a few days I n t l r u n d Rapids. •

Gra t ian Sunday school cleared | 0 . 5 0 a t

their Ice cream social Friday evening .

D r . McAvoy was called for t he las t t ime

Sunday, he has a nicely fu rn i shed h o m e for the bride.

The road commiss ioner , G. Doyle, laid o u t

t he new road Inst Thursday , a l t h o u g h t h e r e

were i a i free holders aga ins t It and IB for It,

ftn appea l will be t aken . T h e admin i s t r a to r s

of ' h e Holmes es ta te will t a k e It t o t he cou r t s before th'^y will al low It to g o throui rh

tha t line f a rm, It Is said by good Judges thn t

t he old road can be p u t In fine s h a p e for 9 1 5 0

which looks to be the cheapes t for t he tax* payer In t he e ' .d .

No ball games here this season, t o they say.

J a m e s Ladner and wife gave a la rgo par ty

l a s t Friday evening In hono r of t he i r oon,

Clayton 's e ighteenth b i r thday . Music and

danc ing was t he a m u s e m e n t . The refresh-mun t s were fine.

A n u m b e r of couple s p e n t Sunday fishing h e n .

Q ilte a number are In Grand Rapids at. tending the Bresnakan brothers trM tsdajr, Ttlaiday.

, . M> Koene Center.i Elder A m s t r o n g ' w t b t e d to r« j l j f a a t t h e

Keene c h a r c h ^ h e people would inot ' e x c e p t

and p ropose to s l a a d by him u ^ Q | his year l i

up .

Burt Bowen a a d wife vlslfed a t E n a a BoW-r

en ' s Sunday .

Mr. and Mrs . Whaaton , Brace and F lo ra

spent S a t u r d a y i r a o n i a with relatives. & £ *

C h a r l e v J M f f l m a n Is visi t ing a t Chad Leo 's .

Ed, , iWnnedy h is m o v j d on m e L i m p k l n ' a if in .

Mrs. J a m e s Bowen 's heal th Is very p m r a t

present.

William Campbel l has the wall bui l t for

his new k i tchen and w|ll comiaence tho car-panter work this week.

Miss Mlna Bowen Is work ing for Mrs. Will

Hun t this s ea son .

Mrs . Wtlkinson called o n Mrs . J o h n Loucks, found her improved in heal th and

Mrs. Fred Lo u c k s and baby do ing i i icsly. Elder Seytaore and wife f rom foula v l r l ted

her sister, M-s . Wi' l Camph- l l , Wednenday .

Mrs. D. D. Mason f rom Grand Kapids Is

visiting her old fr iend, Mrs. T h o m a s Danie ls ,

this week.

Corft Moon is expected homo this week froip her school t o spend a t ime with her parents .

We were glad t o see Mr. and Mrs. M iller

from Lowell a t t he Keene church 8u iday morning, hope they wijl come again .

Mr. Abby to bui ld ing a nice, neat , iitUe

bouse on his fa rm sou th .of Keene c h u r c h .

The Po t t e r ' s Corners people gave Lute T a j .

I f f and wife on t he Keed.farm a genu ine s u r -prise this week as they are g o i n g to m o v e

from the C o r n e r s .

Will Renriek, one of our Keene boys, w h o

has been k e e p i n g grocery a t Sa r anac the pas t

few years , will m o v e back on h is f a r m In Keene soon.

Mrs. Blongh of North Keene has t w o s i s -

ters visi t ing her , one f rom York s ta te a n d

one f rom Indiana .

Rober t Spa rks Is Improving tho ou t s ide of

his house with a coat of whIU; pa in t .

Mrs Char les Lnropkins g a r e a very idee

tea pa r ly Friday af te rnoon to . a n u m b e r of her Indy f r i e n d s

H. N. Lee raised the f r a m e to hia barn

Thursday af te rnoon and ihi) L w i e s Aid f rom d a r a n i c was iuvited and whs present . T h e r e

Seemed to be a eenural luviiation ex 'emled ,

effiryliody seemed to be present f rom fur and

near, it wa« t h o u g h t tha t two hundred were

there. M. O. 8m!ih was there and took t he

photo of t he c rowd , aud Mr. and Mrs. Lee gave f h e s u p p e r .

Mrs. Wllki ' ison who received a severe fall by s t ep lng Into a hole in her wood sh d baf

been qui te l a m e for the pas t two w e e k i U ini.

proVlng. She had a very nar row e s c a p t

from b r e a k i n g her l imb.

Go to the new "Cigar Store f'>r all kinds tof smokers' articles, TrainV opera house.

R. D. Stocking has the beat wheel for tho inuney. Call and proye it.

Two gallon spail syrup TOcts. at Uergin's.

Celebrated Niagara brand canned goods at Bergipy. ^ - • . • ,

Note ' the purchasing power of f\, dollar at VanDyke's. ,

. Marks will co'iltiiuie hto special sab of doth ing and gents furnishings dur-ing, the month-of May. Road over liipJmt'ot special bargains, und profit thereby. ' , . . , .

All kinds -of wood and coal for sale bv C. H. Wesbrook.

Have Your m a d e t o

b y

W M . P U L L E N 6 1 S O N .

X X X White wove Envelopes, Printed w i t l i Name, Business and Address, onlv

$ 1 . 2 4

Printed Note Heads, Good Quality, 3 W w Other Printing i n Proportion.

L I T U U K U . O F F I C E ,

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J . HAHRISOM R I C K E R T .

dent is t . Over Church ' s bank . Lowell .

8. P. H I C K S ,

Loans, Collections, Real Es t a t e and Insi-r-

ance . Lowell , Mich.

O. C. McDANNEL, M. D ,

I 'hyslcian ana Surgeon . Otllce, 40 Bridge

s t reet , Lowell, Mich.

B U C K L E N ' d ARNICA SALVR,

T h k B u s t 8 a i , v i In t he world for (!ut>

I'r ilses. Sores , U'cers , fliilt Rheum. Fever

6orcs, Te t t e r , Chapped Hands , ChiMbl dus ,

Horns, and all Skin Flniptious, and positively

cures Files, or no pay requi red . I t is tfimran-'••ed to give perfect sat isfact ion or m -w y re-

f u n d e d . Pr ice 2 5 cent* pi r Dox.

KOR SALE BY H U N T E R & HON. 78 ,

IVfORTCACE SALE. , , . , D e f a u l t h a v i n g been m a d e in t he

enndl t imis of n eer tn ln m o r t g a g e m n d e by T h o m a s R . G r a h a m nnd F l o r e n c e J . G r a -h a m , h i s wife, of Lowel l , K e n t ( '• i i iufy. Mich lgnu , da t ed J u l y 19, A . 1). 181'3 nnd recorded in t h e otllce of t h e R e g i n e r of Deeds for t h e Counlv of Ken t , S t a l e of Mich igan on t h e l l l lh day o fSep te i i l t i e r , A. I). 1898 in l iber 20!) of mor lgauea on pages 550-,o6l-5'i2, by reason whereof , t he p 'wer uf sa le con ta ined in sa id m o r t g a g e h is be* come ope ra t i ve , i n s t a l lmen t s of in teres t d u e oh said m o r t g a g e on t he llHh day of .Janu-ary , 1804, t h e 19lh day of J u l y , 1801, t he 19tli d a y of J a n u a r y , 1895, t h e 19th d a y of J u l y , 1895 nnd t h e 19th d a y of J a n n a r y , 18911 not b i iv ing been pa id , each of said s e m i - a n n u a l iiiHtullments of interest on sa id mor tgage h a v i n g r e m a i n e d u n p a i d and in a r r e a r for t he space of t h i r t y d a y s and u p -wards a f t e r t h e s a m e became d u e and pay-able,• fo r w h i c h de fau l t sa id m o r t g a g e e here-by exerc i ses h e r op t ion g r a n t e d by said m o r t g a g e und dec la res t he e n t i r e p r i n c i p a l I sum of said m o r t g a g e and al l a r r e a r a g e s o f , interest t h e r e o n to be now d u e and payab l e , j On wh icb said mor tgage t h e r e is c l a i m e d to | be d u e at t h e d a t e of t h i s not ice t he s u m of j four h u n d r e d and fo r ty - th ree•bdb i r s ( .54 ' I8 . - ; 00) and n o su i t or p roceed ing a t law bft'v- i ing been ins t i tu ted to r ecover tlm m o n e y s secured by sa id mor igage or any p a r t t he re -of; now, t h e r e f o r e , by v i r t u e of t he power of sa le con ta ined in said m o r t g a g e a n d t he s t a tu t e In mich case m a d e and p rov ided , not ice is h e r e b y g iven t h a t on t i i h s k c u n o d a vOK J u n k , A. D., 189(1, a t ten o 'c lock in t he forenoon, 1 sha l l sell at pub l i c ai let lon to t h e liiKbest b idder , a t t h e no r th f r o n t door of t h e K e n t County Cour t H o u s e in t he City of G r a n d R a p i d s f t ' u i t bei l |g t he p lace w h e r e t h e C i rcu i t Coiir t for sa id County is h e l d ) t he p remises descri l ted in said mor tgage , or so lunch thereof a s limy be nece .vary to pay t he a m o u n t d u e on said mor tgngo wi th iiitereia at t h e ra te of seven (7) pe r cen t pe r a n n u m and all le^ul costs and e x p e n s e s of sa le l i l cb id im; an a t t o rney ' s fee of tilU-en dol lars , as p rov ided by law. T h e p remises be ing descr ibed in said m«>rt-gage as t h a t ce r t a in p iece or parcel of l end s i tuate nnd being in t he V i l l age of Lowell , in t h e Coun ty of K e n t , S t a t e of M i c h i ^ n n nnd descr ibed as follows, to wit: Lot i iuni-her fnr tv (40) of Sweet \ S m i t h ' s A d d l i b m to said V i l l a g e of Lowel l a c c o r d i n g to t t a recorded p la t the reof .

Da ted , M a r c h 2nd , A. D. 1890. F i u j c t - i w A. mvjiEff .

M u t l g a g e d . •SWfeET, PEHIO.VS, A JuDKIKS,

At tor tc^-s for Moiftgag^.

M . C . G R E E N , M. D.

physician snd Surgeon , Ofllce a t Resilience

Bridge s t ree t , Lowell , Mleh.

G. G. T O W 8 L E Y , M. D., Physician and Snrgi-on. Oillce hours , 10 a m

to B p m . and 7 to 8 p in .

J . M . G O O D S P E E I ) , M. D.

' i fQceand Residence on Hudson s t ree t . T'lllce

hour s f rom l> to 10 u. m., 2 to 4 p. m . and 7 to 8 p. m , Sunday. 2 t o 5 p ro.

FARMKRS H O T E L . Lowell, Mich., G. F. Lane, Prop . Rates I I .00

per day, $8 .50 per week. Good meals aud

clean beds.

MILTON M. PERRY,

Vttoruey and Counse lor a t Law, Tra in ' s Hal l

Block, Lowell , Mich. Special a t t en t ion

given to Collections, Conveya»<;ing, aud

Sale of Real Estate .

l ias a lso qualified and been admit ted to prac- |

lice lu the Inter ior D e p a r t m e n t and all t he

bureaus t he re to and Is ready to p rosecu te

. Cla ims for those tha t may be ent i t led to

Pension Bounty.

LH AMBELL, INSURANCE, LOANS, Notary Public , Real Es ta te Agent aud Col-

lyeior. Over Boylau's s tore, Lowell ,

MILL N . C H A P M A N . L l f E r M S U R A M E .

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pany in the UniUd States aud la rges t in .

the world . OfQce Town C le rk .

TAINS & MAINS7 Attorneys at Law,

Lowell and Lake Odessa Mich. We Respectfully Solicit Your

Business.

A, E. Cambell Dentist, OVER BOYLAN'S STORE.

All branches of dental work done by the latest improved methods. Sat-isfaction guaranU'ed.

Gas administered.

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C A L L O N

F . D . E D D Y & CO. ,

M c c a r t y "

Is in the market f o r

Everything

Earth Except potatoes, and—well

onions Out of respect to the Ledger man ' s lascerated f ee l -

ings, he will buy no more of t h o H e at present .

Come see our elegant

Shoulders and Hams nt 8 and 10 cents p e r lb.

M o C A R T Y .

Cut this out, It is

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We will sent the L O W s l l L e d g e r t h r e e m o n t h s o n t r i a l f o r 2 d c e n t s .

C u t t h i s a d . o u t a n d We wi l l a l l o w c

c e n t s f o r i t t o a p p l y oi l t h e s u b s c r i p -

t i o n .

S a m p l e C o p i e s F r e e

to a n y a d d r e s f - .

R e d d i t ) heed i t ) you need i t .

Aoknowledgod to be the best on the market, aud the price very materially ri-ducea. If you wish to bo Biiccess-fnl in the poultry business, buy tho best, get the

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. — g f ihMMiUr" I OreLu fi-o

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For SufUinliiK Hard water lnstAnf»nivin.lT. Kor reiuorlag 01 rt and Orel^u Ii-oin blnk ripen,

Dnilm, Kto. A For waablng Qraaijr Dltbos, ftk'it, Kitchen Uten

Mil*. 1^0. . . . . ^ Kur remorlnv Slalna from MarbU, flfc iiIiik Wood-

vurk: Oil Clotni, Kto. FordMofeoUuff Water CloxoU, Waste Plpn. Sink*

and S<-i»er». Kor drirliiif aw*T all Vermin. IRotn and Mire Uli-ucUaaii for alicivu i ik i prlpli-d lilulalylni

isant featured, \vl Derbyshire hi

•he, silent aud mest face oorru^ .s of care. he wife said, turning from d speaking in broad native ih no change of country

d; "I eanna abide to see ilth' month. Heart up,

we.shall get word Jacob, 'an', if the

pt. Wixon may gie work the new gang

hoping against hope, her-in-law is a scoun-broken promises and

lira—and as for Wixon American edition of binding. It's a bad jtist coining on." told thee how it nd

|fl a heap o' money e to this ngbsome spot, but

iy daft head conldna keep it in thy oke. Specilation — alius spccilatin'

'-and alius on the wrong side of the fence to run."

"Yes," replied John bitterly, "hit a man when he's down. That's just like woman,"

M0i didn a mean to do so, mon," quoth the repentant dame, brushing away the tears with the back of hor'hand, "Only there's nowf left, now them Keweenaw ahurcs be worthless, but the sticks o' house-pear, nnd the duds we wear."

"Nothing," was the doleful reply. "No lodgers but the schulemeastor

an' the tWo lads, an' God knaws Oi eanna keep things together wi' their hayings."

Then John, ruminating, changed the subject by asking his wife:

"Where's Elsie?" "In yon, wi' the schnlemeaster," was

the reply, as the dame pointed to a door on the inner side of the room.

"I don't quite know," John said, very slowly, as if he were propounding a dif-ficult theory, "if it is right to let the lass spend so much time alone with that young man. She's getting up in years now, and—"

He stopped, for the surprise and in-dignation depicted on bis wife's coun-tenance were enough to check the most loquacious.

"John Wbltford,1» she demanded, furiously, "has trouble addled thy brain? A chit o' a oh'ld, as has na left off short frocks, an ( ^young mon as has lived under t % roof welly a twelvemonth, ncVnover so much by

>'«s showed he wasna a emanl Who put that silly

crate r thy'soft pate? Frank ilolbrook, I'll teh my Bible oath o n V

"I t wasn't." ' "Who were it thou? For none such

nonsense entered.otf its,own account."

J^HUiat. captain?."

said tho woman, as she burst ^ ^ m l r a supercilious laugh. "Ofthowt

thee was ue'er suoh gowk as to raplnd that misohief-makin' tyke. Here, howd the heft o' this griddle, an' Ol'll •ee for mysen what they be a dole' of."

With this, she crossed the • kitchen, opened a door very quietly, traversed a short passage ond abruptly opened a iooond door nt the end of It . '

COPYMHT MS. her thonks for the treat afforded her.

If tho front of tho house presented a Weak and d e b a t e aspect, the windows of Grey's room looked out on a beauti-ful landscape of yaried scenery.

Qp right and left the rugged hills, orqwned with sturdy firs; in tho dis-tance a long sheeny expanse of l^ko covered with serubj and, In the far background, the sun, setting in all tho luxurious spleqdor qf the last languish? ing days of an Indian summer.

The young man drew his chair to the casement, and sat gazing upon the panorama of beauty that lay before him, thoughtfully watching the sun go down behind the hill and the shadows of the trees lengthen as the orb of day sank slowly out of view.

Suddenly, in the dusk, his attention was attracted to a figure that stood prominent in well-defined outline on the top of one of the hills—the form of a stout man, who for some time stood peering with his face turned in the direction of the Whitford house.

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Presently the fir trees at his back ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ w e r e p a r t e d , o n d a n o t h e r p e r s o n j o i n e d j V o u r " o w n " a f f a i r a a n d y o u

. /I A T' I. «* wwvnnvvnM f VwiCil 4 " - -the first comer. The manner of these two waa- peculior. They were apparently • engaged in earnest conversation, and what struck Grey as most singular was that the stout man again gnd again pointed fttthe window of his Chamber, though, pf course, at that distance it was absurd to suppose they could even be aware of his presence there.

This continued gesticulation aroused In the breast of tho young school-master an anxiety he could not dlapol— a sort of opming-event»caats-itsishadow-beforedt feeling he oould not express.

"Please, Mr. Grey, mother says," called a pleasant voice, as the door of the room gently opened, "are you ready for supper now?"

"Come here, Elsie," eagerly request-ed the young man. "Can your bright eyes make out who are those persons on yonder bill?"

The girl stood by hlra, with his hand resting on her shoulder, peering out into the gloom.

Yes, her eyes were very bright, and her face was like the chiseled sweet-

mark ny worflllf you'go foolln' around much more wifMrcmr night schools au' llberary clubs aMfal-laia, you 11 find Oretown too hot ay^Ace to hold yon."

"Perhaps so) but while I will dq my duty." " Ti1-,

This word daiflr t f fMto inc ; ' ' t a old soldier's besl trsSTncfs, and In nay tra modified manner he oontinued: ' •»

"Yes, duty's duty, ftn' Fngland e ^ pects every man to do hi.* duty, which also I suppose this Uni ed States of America likewise demanis; but, sir, there's an overdoin' of even one's duty. A ship captain asked my captain to send a royal marine to holystone deck. 'No, sir,' says he. 'The sailorq have their duty, an' the royal marine^ have their duty; an' the duty of the mar rines isn't tq do the duty of the sailors.' He was tried by a court-martial and they did their duty an' acquitted him.**

"Very good, but—" "Your duty is to teach the boys an'

gals. There's nothin' iu your commis-sion about drillin' a squbd of adults in letters 'an Aggers, an' pot-hooks an* hangers. So you just stick to your or-ders an' let others dQ likewise."

"I know you mean well, my friend," said Grey, wearily] "but you do not understand tho question. You have old world notions. The prosperity of this great land Is aq Illustration of the good pqlicy of educating thp masses, flight here in this noiithem peninsula qf Michigan, where erode Englinh thought Is dominant, we are behind the times. Where would the United States have been if such men as Wixoq and the other members of our school-board had been at the head of its aft fairs?"

"Well, I'd mind my own business, ii I was you an' let—"

Set me the example, Mr. Whitford. WiU

Inside the gaunt buiKiin.? were gath-ered some hundred miners, chiefly Eng-lish and Swedes, with here and there a native American. They were formed into classes, somo spelling in ponder-ous earnestness easy words, some wrest-ling manfully with the mysteries of arithmetic, some laboriously poring over the page of a primer, and some | compelling their unpiiant fingers to guide a pen over the mazy page of a child's copybook, but all strangely and sternly in earnest.

Eight of ten teachers wero scattered around the room- They were miners, I who had little learning, or who had j themselves been pupils pf the school.

One was exceptional. He was a broad-slipuldered, strong,

athletic fellow, better dressed than the

rest, but rough and uncputh in ills manner. This man. Jack Wildors, was Frank Orey's mainstay, or, as he him-self styled it, "the professor's right bower."

Jack was by profession a "prospect-or," who had traveled In the service of the companies every acre of that wild region in search of ore, and having in-vested his hard-won wages most odvan tageously, now found himself at thirty-five years of age in an independent pu-sition.

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ness of some beautiful statue, as she stood motionless beside liiiri.

"One of them," she said at last, "is Wbcon—Capt. Wixon."

"And the other?" "I do not know. A stranger." The round face of Mrs. Whitford

now appeared In the doorway, and, as she noticed the familiar attitude, there was a ring of unwonted harshness in her voice:

I "Elsie, coom t' supper dlrecly. Dun-na stan' gawpin' Into th' gloamln" I' that feckless fashion."

The girl started like a wounded fawn, a deep blush spreading itself over her

probably the

not get beyond tho depth pf yqyr understanding."

With this dignified rebuke the yqqpg man left the room, and Mrs. Whitford solaced her spouse with the suggestion that those who played with edged tools often cut their fingers.

Tills night school was a sore bono of contention in Oretown.

A little morp thon a year ago the bosses ruled like feudal barons, atld now their sway was threatened by a whippersnapper of a boy who had como among them, nobody knew whence nor j cared, and by this and other such-base means had alienated the allegiance of their vessels, who were actually be? einninir to dare to think for them* selves.

And thus it came about. There was a barn-like building which

had been used as a saloon and dance-house, but had attained such evil repu-tation that the by no means fastidious morals of Oretown were shocked at its gross orgies, and by popular consent it had been closed.

The process of ejectment had been in accordance with the custom of tho locality. A mob of infuriated women and mischievous boys had gathered one evening and "cleaned out" the pro-prietor, smashing his furniture and fixtures and pouring his liquid poinciU into the gutter. .

On thld ruin of Vice and squalor Frank Grey built his great work of so-cial reformation.

With his own hdrids'he tidied up tho place, mended the windows, put. in

' rough tables and chairs, and "boldly an-nounced that he would, without re-muneration, teach adults reading, writing and arithmetic three evenings a week.

The local journal gave the powerful aid of the press to tho enterprise In this bright paragraph; "The young man who slings the ruler at the Ward schoolhouse is opening a night school for adults. Guess he'll hnve his hands full before he's got through."

The minister refused to cooperate with him, the storekeepers laughed at him, the bosses treated him with open ridicule.

But the class grew—from fivo to five-and-twenty; to forty, to o hundred—

, till at last he had to close his doors apainst the crowd of applicants.

I It was a mutual aid association, those 1 who could read and write a little help-i lup those who could not. "No swear-i ing" and "No tobacco" were the only { written rules; while the class kept Its i own order, and absolute order, too, as, ! for instance, when Mike Donovan, the

rough of the place, made a wager that he would break up the school one even-

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Just p.iteiited fo r Home usal UUOWN'S FOOT POWER LATHES. Clr-

eulaf, Seroll and F r e t SriWlng, Turnlnir. Hon Ing, Drilling, Grlndlnir, Pullsnlnirnnd Screw Gutt ing. For ("arnenters. Cabinet Makers, Carrlaire Makers. Hlat k, White, Silver. Cop-per and Goldsmiths; Archlu-cla, Amateurs , Uentlemen, Clerirvm en . Teachers. Jewelers , Uentlsts, FARMhRrt nnd hvf-bybody e l s e . USBRS HAVB WRITTRNI ' 'Had US VL-ar*, would nut liike Sine. OaVetUl.'* " O u t m e Mil. llmve rennrilJIW, l lu i l l l ^y iu r s . " " l l l iwi i r lh Iwlee llte<ii>l." "Icould not do wlilmm P." ' "lUavesoen nmny, l i t is Ie Hie lu-st. Deals llu-m

a l l . " " I am tamlnjr my llvln* W i l l i I t . "

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Other persons than the malicious cap-tain might have seen something indis-creet In the scene that met the view of the worthy Mrs. \Vhltford.

The room was a small chamber with well-stocked bookshelf; nnd, sitting i.> a large armchair, was a singularly

handsome young man. reading aloud to a girl, who reclined on a low chair be-side him, listening In wrapt attention.

8o enthralled was the young listener, as she sat with lips apart eagerly drink-ing In the sonorous acccnts, that she did not notice tbo Interruption.

Not so with tho young man. There Was oo startled flush on his face as he

his frank, brown eyes to the in-, and said pleasantly: "That's

r ig i t ' Mrs. Whitford, come and join Our studies. We arc reading 'Nicholas

leby,' by Charles Dickens, and, as t S scene lies in your loved Yorkshire, y ^ j r f a y bo somewhat Interested."

"Nay, nay, Meastor Grey," said the woman, whose suspicions had been aroused, notwithstanding her defiant tone to her husband, but who now blushed for hor Bkomentary lock of con-fldonce. "Oi bet eoom to tell 'ee that supper's welly ready, an' the lass mum luwmte cloth. Aji' It's much obligated

'<H*|#to thee vpr glvln'her thy book-larnln', Meastt^Groy. It's little Oi ever had mysen, an' them as hasna an edicatlon knows best how tovally one."

Frank Grey smiled as ho closed the book, Whilo the woman and girl slowly left the room, the latter pausing a mo* .ment to pour forth tn a sweety low voice

of shocked womanly modesty. But, If Elsie's cheeks were deeply

djfed In blushes, the Imperturbable Btmoolniaster showed no discomposure ns he followed them Into the dining-room.

It was a most uncomfortable meal. John Whitford was out of sorts and more than half-repentunt of bis confi-dential disclosures to his wife; Elsie was in a state of uncomfortable nervous-ness; Mrs. Whitfield was cross and dis-agreeable, and Grey was wrapt In con-jectures as to what that man Wixon and tho stranger could have meant, by their peculiar conduct, and why they should have made such constant gestural allusion to him-self. What did It mean? He was con-fidedt that he had formed the topic of their conversation.

"Be ye goln' to the schule-honse to-night?" Mrs. Whitford asked, unable to retain her morose demeanor any longer.

window into the st reet below, and for-! ever put a stop to his further pursuite

In the fields of literature. | Then another grievance. Out of the 1 night school grew a club—a harmless ' affair, where tobacco was allowed, and

coffee and numerous newspapers, and out of this club sprouted a brunch

! which bore the deadly poison of rank I socialism—at least, so said Capt. Petti-| grub Wixon. This was the Talking I club, as Grey had christened it, at I whose meetings were discussed simple • questions of social or political interest, i From bad they got to worse, until one 1 Saturday morning—for the Talking j club held its meetings on Saturday i fvenings—It was whispered abroad | that the delicate questions as to wheth-i er It was right for the miners to pay ' the boHscii' store one dollar for a forty-1 cent article, whether the capitalists i could lawfully compel them to take 1 their remuneration In store pay, and

Alton. was a t BartoovlllH Monday en

'business and a gues t of hia b io t l k r . C. J .

Ring. ' J a m e s Be l lmer , wife and clidd nf J a c k f o n

w o i i guests a t Warren Ford ' s Sunday. M*s..Beck Is en te r ta in ing her daugh te r

f rom Lowell th i s week. Mrs. 'A. B . C o v w t and chddren of Lowell

spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. J . D.

Frost and Monday with her brother , 1).

Church . A Sabba th school convention will he held

a t t he Alton chu rch , Sunday, May 2 4 i h . Mr, Moor is leader . All ure mos t cordially inv i t -

ed to a t t end . W e unders tand tha t t he Swiss will build

church nea r Lowell. W u m n Fo id ' s new house is near c mple -

t lon. Mrs J o h n B a p o m a n came very nea r l iav.

ing her eye p u t out , while ly ing u p the cows

oue of t h e m th rew her head atot ind and

s t ruck her lef t eye , one day lust week.

Mis. Or r ln l o r d is qu i t e poorly and u n d e r

Dr. McDamieU's care, we hope lo see U r

butter soon . Tho bee a t the cemetery lasl week Wedm s .

day. May 6, was very largely at tend d Ih. re

being abou t for y present , so we are inf-um

ed. T h e g r o u n d s present a tnu. h be l te r t p

poarance as all i h e o l d brusb and i re^s have

been g ruhbed o u t . Wiley Reynolds cnter la ined ills b r o i l e r

aud wife Sa tu rday and Sunday. Mr. G i l eo f Holding visited his d a u g h t i r ,

Mrs. Will Pu rdy , the fore p.irt of the week .

Frank While hud the mi s fo r tune to lose l-j

death one of his sheep while wash ing them

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" " E a s t w a r d N o M hns Pn l lman sleeper nn I iiijiet c a r a t tncl ied Chicngo lo Uetroi i

No 14 has p a r l o r bulTet cu r a t t a che ' ! . I rund Haven t o Det ro i t extra • • l iarRe ( 2 -•entsl. No . IS has jairlor c u r u t tachei l , ex-nt c h a r g e , (.25 cents). No . 8 2 has s l eeper

lo De t ro i t . . , . . i i Wes twa rd N o . 11 has p a r l o r c a r a t tache i l

i extra c h a r g e 2 5 cents.) N o 15 h a s p a r l o r •CAi... I" l i o H H ^ r ' a U a c h e d Det ro i t to G r a n d H a v e . • e x t r a c h a r g e 2 5 cents ) . N o 17 h a s t h e Hnest of Pu l lman s leepers a n d buffet ca r s a t t a c h e d to C h i c a g o d a i l y . No . 81 has s leeper to G r a n d Kapids .

Ci tv offi.-e f i rs t d o o r east of t h e K i n j . Mi l l i ng Co. w h e r e t ickets a r c on sale for a l l

points t h r o u g h and local. Open 7 a . in, to 8 p. m . Sunday , 4 t o o p.

m ' C H A S . M. H A Y E S . G e n . Mgr., Mon t r ea l P . O.

W E D . W I S . G . P A . M o n t r e a l P . O. A 0 . H E Y D L A U F F , Loca l Agen t . ;

Something new in refrigerators at Boylan's Hardware. <il k

Look at the label on your papei-, nnd if t he date isn't 1806 you are behind and ought to come in and see us or eud a remittance through the mail.

Hard Times

Prices.

The undersigned has opened a blacksmith shop in the "checkered front' ' build-ing and is prepared to do repairing, ' horseehoeing and general blacksmithing at rock bottom prices.

Shoes Re-set 12 J cents. New Shoes, 25 cents.

Your patronage solicited.f

John B Scott. *

WEAK MEN MADE VI80R0US.

C H I C A G O i t G R A N D T R U N K D l V .

Tra ins leave Durand f or Bat t le Creek ,Ch i ago and Wes t at 0 : 3 5 a . m . , 1 :82 p . m . , a n f 11:50, p m . a n d 1 0 : 2 5 p . m . . . . o a . .

For Flint, P o r t Huron Hiid all points eftst 5 : 0 8 a . in , 9 : 8 0 a . in . , 0 : 8 5 p . m . , a n d 1 0 , 2 0 .

^ iTnclnnat l , Saginaw A Mackinaw R. R srains leave ' D u r a n d for S u g i a t w ana Baj • I tv 6 . 0 0 h. in , 9 : 1 0 a . m . , and fi-.50 p m . K H. Huongs, B b x j . FurTCUEii, r . r . A .

A G. P . & T . A., Chic-go ,

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HAY \ GRAIR CARRIERS

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men reoover youthful vigor. Abiolutely CSiior* antecd to Core Nervotiaaeu, X iat Vltnlltr. Impotency. Nightly JPrnlealoniiJ^oat Power, either aex, FaiunR Memory, VVa«tln» Dle-•>naea, and o« rjrefs of self abxut or esccw* ana irtdiscretion. Wards oa Insanity and eonsumptton. Doa'tlut dniRKlat Impose a worthless Bubstltute or you l-<vanHOitylolua a greater protlt. InBlstoanav inn PEJJPEH'S NERVIGOB, or Bond for ». Can be carried In vest pocket. Prepaid plain wr*p. nor. JR1 per box. or O far BS, wltn A roaUlTQ V/rltten «luam»tee (o Car® or Refund, tbo

S o l d b y W . i . W i i i f g a i v -

T H E I D E A L P A S A C F A .

Janie» L. Francis. Alderumi , Chicago, soys: "1 r e t a r d Dr King'.* N tw Discovery us an deal p inaeeu for coughs, colds and l u n g .'t'lu p iu lnu , huviiii; used It In my li.mlly loi-th-iust live yeaw, to th.) MX-'lusion of ph jb ic lau ' s prescr ip t ions o r oilier p repara l louu ."

Rev. John Burg.is, K i^Kuk, I- i#a, wr i tes : "I have been a lupii- ier nl the Meih kIU' Episcopal church for 5 0 y.-urs <.r more, und UiiVe never found anyt l i ing so ben. II-i-1, o-that gave me sueh Speedy r . lief us J»r. Kil.u S.-w Discovery" i ry tliii. ile.il eouxib t in .j.ly now . Trhtl b o t i k s lice a i L. U . Hu ll A Co.'s d rug s tore .

"Yes," said the schoolmaster, decisive-ly; "that night school for the miners must not be neglected. It is tho best work I am doing, though I fear it is not appreciated In somo quarters/!

I t was now John Whltford's tfnw to be disagreeable.

"No, sir," ho interrupted, "an', if you'll excuse mo for saying so, you are on a fool's errand, that Is likely to end with more kicks than ha'pence. What do a passol o* rough miners want wi' read In' an' wrltin't You don't educate a cow or It would be discontented with a clover field. I call It llyln' P th' face of ProvU donee to teach slcbllke to setatdefi* ance their pastors an* masters. Besides, the bosses' won't stand it. There's a

| bitter feelln* agalttst you already, aa' j

whether they wero obliged to give s mouth's credit for their labor, would be discussed.

With these revolutionary projects confronting them, the upper*.endom of Oretown united In one common doter-mluatlon to crush the viper they had nourished In their bosoms, the young anarchist who had brought this evil state to pass.

C H A P T E R U L

TUE ORB AT NIOUT SCHOOL OF ORETOW*. Mr. Commissioner Eaton, In his elab-

orate reports from the Washington bureau of eduoatloa, condescended not to notice the night school of Oretown

A V A L U A B L E P R E S C R I P T I O N .

Editor Morrison of W o n h i n g t >n, Ind ".Hun ," w r i t e s : ' You have a VHlunhle p re scnp t lon in Kleetrle Hitlers, and 1 cull cheer ful ly recommend It for const ipat ion and al.-K headacbe, and us a general system ionic It La-no equal " Mrs. Annie Btehle, ! itt25 C o P a g t Grove avenue , Chicago, wus a l l rnn d o w i . could n o t ea t or d iges t food, had a biu knebr which never lef t her snd felt t ired and weuiy. but s ix bot t les of Kleetrle Bitters restored her hea l th and renewed her strength . Prl ieb 5 0 cent* and $1. Out a bott le at L. H . Hunt and Co.'s drug s tore. O

The (iora of Them All.

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New Calling Cards.

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FEMALE PILLS. NEW OlSOOVEItV.. Nlȣ(l WIS.

A ucw.niUniio and Jul- . ' IDI IOC r.n ,«n. pn(4»oa,eao«Mi*»jicaaiy ot minluitaeft. •tintiou. uaxU by orer ftS.OSt) IUJICA K a a t h l y . _inTl?orat»A FCXTE tunust. noWarooflmltatlun*. Ttorai paper, n per box, or trial Oct iU «-vil •cilcd 1q plain wrapper. Band t e In Mam pa for pMUJBlars. Sold t»y Lweor

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Jarvls FUiU^T.' tigod 84, for years marshal of Monroe, has been ' compelled to retire, much agaiust his wishes, t o make room for a young man.

Tho nat ional convention of the Psi I Upsilon college f ra terni ty was held a t ' Ann Arbor, with representatives f rom I every collego where there is a chapter,

i Rudolph Bartholomew, aged CO, a wealthy farmer , drowned himself in tho Kalamazoo rivei a t Marshall. He was seen to walk deliberately into the

I water. j Tho shores of Barren lake near Niles are covered with dead fish, kiUcd by dynamite and fishing has about been ruined. The game warden is investi-

; gating. Tho twenty-eighth annual session of

| the grand lodge of B'Nal Brith, com-

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f l $

The Town ot I /Amo llurnrd. Firo started a t tho l /Anse Lumber

Gawmill wiMi the wind blowing vbreng from tao southwest and in 10 v^nu tes tho flnt was beyond control. !

Llumped to tho oro dock, then h nod Uio lumlwr docks and about

1/100,000 foot of dry lumber. Smith's | r f , , " , , , . t i i « • (wo and i v a w h o t i . went next. f 0 i . ^ » l n g toe states of Michigan, Illinois,

loercd by (lit/cn'H, C u I I u u m NN.L Mongeb' | ^ I o w a a m l N c b r a 8 k a - w o s

«toro and tenement, Rnppe's u-arehouse i a t ^ a ^ a m a z 0 0 ,

and store, Solfert 's saloon, the old and I Burglare looted two stores in White-new Lloyd liotclH. Westesn Union tele- hall and Montague and got 8200 worth graph offloe, Wa 1 tact 's livery stable ; of plunder. They held up a drcss-*nd rcsldonce, William's hardware maker and robbed her of all of her •toir, Uh" town hall, opera house, Sen-linol printing offlce, and two scorc or •more of hotmrs.

T h o lUyagu hose company responded •promptly, and saved wha t is lef t of the town. The loss will reach $500,000, with about one-quarter insurance. Very liUlo was saved, as the fire ran so fas t that , tho poflpte ijad scarcely

Ltime t o r e a l i z ^ k r I\o lives are reported *l;hy water works supplied ymicr, bu t there wus a scarc-

moctings were held a t Mar-d Houghton and relief was a t

t o tho homeless people a t

C Tfareatenrd by Forest Fires. tive forest fires are reported ral portions of the upper pen-

i n T h e worst ao f a r is reported ^ onagon county, where several 'I camps have been destroyed,

t quant i t ies erf cut ands t and -or damaged. From Munising. •town in Alger county, comes a iat the entire populaoe Is fight-toisave the town. »aieh from Newberry says Mu-

in danger of being entirely sd b y fire. Several houses

I f rom forest fires^ but l a te r i t ii'* raining. The autkorit ies tele-Vcd Marquette and Negaunee fo r

urines.

J

Vtul iop Will iams a t Work . episcopal diocese of Mar-

)ld its first regular convention /e presidency of Bishop G. Mott

i s . The bishop's address was / i n t o n e . The continued agita-

> favor of bible reading in the ytc schools was deprecated, and the

jtfUi admonished to be thankful that teas relieved of the burden of ele-ntary education, and to heart i ly »pori t h e public school system. A olution to petition the legislature

'.fordioecsan and parish suffrage r ights f o r women was unanimously carried. A -reooption was tendere<l Bishop Will-^iarns and h e was overwhelmed with con-jfrafeulations.

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

There a re 200 cases of measles Kal-p

is in Osceola county are now a of the past.

Lin wood schools have been closed =two wedks oh account of measles.

Oorunna is wet again, the council t iavinfr approved three liquor bonds.

F r e d Cruse, a deaf mute, was killed a Lake Shore train, a t Three Rivers.

Lonis Erohn , aged 13, was drowned w h i l e bathing in tho river a t Saginaw.

'Over 1,200 carpenters have gone on a 'Strike a t Detroit for an eightrhour day.

E. M. Hoyt, an aged farmer near 'Maaon, at tempted suicide b y cut t ing Jsis throat .

Henry Lesmer, a Por t Huron sewer ^XKitractor, dropped dead while a t work, f r o m the effects of the heat.

T h o dr i l l house of the lijctz Sal t & l iamberCo. , a t Manis^peflmrneil' to the g round . T h e loss isJo.OOO. fu l ly insured.

James Ward, aforipplod soldier of Klfajt, got 65 days Jn the Detroit house •of oorrection for stealing umbrellas.

Tho German Lut to ran Trini ty eJ: v r';h •al Lansing celebfl ted its t w e r j - U i h

jMBnivcwary aa^oedicate i l u. l i r junrw

While climbing a tree a t one of Oieosebrough's camps near Newberry J o h n Ashland, a cook, fel l and broke

b i s neck. T h e Detroit & Mackinac has 260 men

a * work on its Bay City extension. One •mle of grading h a s been completed -soeth of Omer.

Quail & Son's elevator a t Croswell •-was badly damaged by fire. The grain •and other contents wore soaked with w a t e r . Insured.

Lightning struck Geo. Clements' '-house and barn a t Lawrence and both wore entirely consumed. Loss, 83,000; pa r t i a l l y insured.

Je remiah Kilmartin and wife, of -IVyrtiand, celebrated their fiftieth wed-•dkig anniversary. He Ls 83 und t h e •wife 80 years of age.

"Twenty union tailors, comprising the vrtfiUrc working force of their c ra f t a t Adrian, walked out because of trouble •over the scale of prices.

T h e twenty-third annual meeting of •the s t a te association of city superinten--deflts of schools was held a t Lansing vwith a large attendance.

"Thirteen deaths have occurred in mince since the typhoid fever epi-

begun. Artesian wells will be ik for a purer water supply.

iDr. Le Grande Wheeler, of Muske-n , has been arrested on the charge eommitt ing a criminal operation on

Trumbul l , the Twin Lakes girl charges he r fa ther , I ra , and

.er, Dyke Trumbull , with a terrible

money—seven ccnts.

Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Preston, aged 74 and 72, celebrated the i r golden wed-ding in Armada. The children and grand children and about 60 old friend® and neighbors ^ c r e present.

The fast passenger steamer Unique, f rom Detroit lo Port Huron, became unruly and crashed ; into- s dock a t Marino City, demolishiwg the dock and knocking: a warehouse c<f its foundation

W, E. Van Every, editor of the Holly Independent, died from the effests of a blood clot below the knee of the right leg which made i t neeeKary imr the member t o be amputated^ The- shock killed him,.

Folksrts & Luther's aUihglb- and planing mill! burned a t Alpena*. fChe walls ai t h e building, which- w e s t of stone, arc practically uninjnredv b u t tho interior;, with most of- tho- ma-chinery, is.ruMed. Loss, 38,000;.

Near Wktom Kve the oldesfcoouplirin Miehigaiu. Jacob Hillier is 100. years of age, hiving; celebrated his4hst b i r th-day on Act. 2ft, 1805. Mrs». Hillier reached h a r 104th yea r March .16, •189ft. They have beea married 86 years.

Forest fihss- are burning a t several points in Houghton, Ontonagon ami adjoining counties. So fa r no greait damage ha». been done, b u t wi th con-tinued dny wfakther, the flies wiU speedily become: serious. Rain 5* greatly neadedi.

Miss Maude-Yan Dyke, a 1 jvyear-olfl girl , was. arixnhudly assaulted by a tramp, o n the honk of the rivet- nor th of Kalamaaoow In order to aee^mplish h is purpose, the fiend pulled out a razor a n d threatened to kill the girl & she m a d e a n oatery.

The Holland fire depar tment waa called xjfoa t o assist the village of Zea-land ah a fiie which threatened tha t town. The flames were, however, con-fined t o t h e carriage factory;- of Deprae & Ellenbaas, which is a to ta l loss.af $35,00ft, wi th no insurance.

Prof. John Kost, of Laasing, wants $20,000 damages f rom the Lake Shore railway. He says many geological spetfimens were badly damaged while being shipped f rom Tiffia, 0 . , to Lan-sing. The damage on a skeleton of a mastodon he places a t $10,000.

John Hipner, a weal thy farmer-, was arrested by Frank Chase, the Clio vil-lage marshal , on the charge of being drunk, bu t was discharged a t once. In justice court Hipner obtained a $2,500 verdict fo r false imprisonment. Chase appealed and Hipner got a $100 verdict.

The twenty-third semi-annual ap-portionment of primary school interest money has been completed by Super-intendent of Public Instruction Pat-tengill. I t apportions a total of 8321,-'186.26 among the counties of the state, the total number of children of school age being 608,231, and the rate per capita 46 ccnts.

Hpse cart No. 1 a t Muskegon wus called to the Thayer mill to a fire. A tramway, over which i t was going from one mill to the other, gave way and let the car t into eight fee t of water below. The driver, James Cowan, saved him-self by jumping. He swam to the horses' heads, cut the harness and guided the horses to shore. As the water was ful l of logs i t was a narrow nscapc for all.

St. Stanislaus' Polish parish a t Bay City was the scene of a disgraceful riot. I t was announced t h a t Bishop Richter and Pi*. Matkowski, the deposed priest, would be on hand to celebrate mass a t the church and when they stepped from a carriage and made their way toward the door of the big edifiec they were set upon by a mob of Fr . Truski 's sympathizers, and for a few moments there was a lively scene. The reverend gentlemen's clothing was somewhat torn, bu t they escaped without serious injury.

Only the sudden turning of the wind ^ v e d the mills and lumber yard of the Diamond Match Co., a t Ontonagon. The boarding house was burned, to-gether with considerable lumber, John Mercer's warehouse and the Paul house were slightly damaged. Six boarders a t the first named lost everything, and four firemen were, carried away uncon-scious. They will all recover. The losses arc: Diamond Match Co., board-ing house barn und lumber, 827.000: A. J . Johnson, 31.500; II. B. Dickinson, 81,000: Robert Carroll, 81,300.

J . Blair Simpson, justice of the peace, of Detroit, was sentenced to six years in Jackson prison, fo r criminally assaulting Miss Anna Hewlett in a restaurant . A motion for a new tr ial was argued and denied. Simpson had previously escaped conviction under two similar charges.

Regent Levi L. Harbour, of Detroit, offers to add $1,000 to the 835.000 he has already contributed for the women's gymnasium at the U. of M. on condi-tion t h a t the rest of the $15,000 neces-sary to complete the building be raised by the close of the present college year. The ladies already have $6,000.

RcvelationB ot tho Dls|Me«Or« Capta*«d by Transvaal Boers.

London: I t is said t h a t President Kruger , of the South African republic, has in his possession al together 54 in-criminating letters, of which ho has so f a r only published a dozen. Many of those still unpublished will provide very striking revelations. I

The critical character of the situa^ tion as between Great Britain and the Transvaal before President Kruger 's masterly use of the captured cipher dispatches may be gauged from ad-vices recently given by Sir Hercules Robinson to the imperial government, which had invited an opinion f rom him on the policy to be adopted. He re-plied that there were two courses open to the Imperial government, ei ther to si t sti l l and wai t Kruger 's action to-ward the Uitlanders or to take Imme-diate warlike measures. l ie favored the former policy, because i t would take 50,000 men to conquer the Trans-vaal. to say nothing ai the consequen-tial, troubles and complications It would entail.

A dispatch from Cape Town shows tha t the plot lo over throw the Transvaal had a very wide ramificntion. All of ! the telegram* from tlx* Chartered South Africa Co. in Cain- Town bore j the stamp "On llic company's servfce."

j From eopies of the letters- which 4/he ' Transvaal obtaicwd from 1>. .lameeon Capon his capture) lit seems that ordtus had bcea given f»v prepare <werythiag In Matafcelelond tor an invasion. A> diapatch from Pretoria says President Kmagcr realizes therdflemma & whicli Brftish Cohmlal Seonetary Chamberlaiiv is placed and is exoeedingly imrry foir h inu believing tha t He knew aothlng' of the consithacy.

Loadon: The Soutfr African •, tw/blcs-are the talk - of the Hour, and every otherrsubjectticems Uahave almost dls--appeased. Mr. Chamberlain, it is.well-knowi* yielded to the gnessure bnmgh t to bear upon • him b y friends oft the Chartered company, wlie>are Influential socially and p o l i t i c a l l y a n d i t seems--evident tha t the government has do-dded toifhield-Cecil Rhodes. Influen-tial weehly paper* protest against the government's leaning toward the Chart-ered company a f t e r theo hitter 's cob* pliclty inn the Jfaneson • road has been -establishod beyond t h e shadow of a> doubt. Tlhc Satuiday Rbriew, fo r lan stance, pnblishea-aix• pagoa devoted to-exposing the plot against the Transvaal < and as funther evidence o l the guil t of ' Cecil Rhodes, declares^ tha i President Kruger h i » proofs* tha t Dr. Jameson, under Rhodes' orders.- intended to.> march upoa-Pretoila af ter t lhe capture of Johanmaburg should I have over^ turned th(r-governreent.

Mkhlgan I^yaKUeffiba. Over 250»of the members o< Michigan;

commandeay of the Loyal 1 Legion gath-ered in thtt-Russell Mouse a t Detroit and partook ofT their twelfth, annual ban- i quet. At the conclhsion. of the feast. Geo. W. Chandler, the ret i r ing com-mander, bciefly sketehed the-year and. reported 21; new members added audi tha t seven, had answered tha i r last.roll, call, among the lat ter being Com-1 mander 0<. Heyernmn, Gent. Oj M. Poe l and Chas Hoc. After-other officers-had reported and seveaafc apt toasts had. been responded to the following officers-were elected: Comatander, H-. S. Dean,, of Ann Aabor; senior- vice, James "Ver-nor, of Detroit; juaibr vice-,. George-C. Hopper; recorder, James T.. Ster l ing; registrar, C. Larmd- Williams; treaa»-urer, Sv B. Coleman; chancellor, James. Rhincs; chaplain. Rev. L. A. Arthur;, j

Rasy Crop Reffert for BBchipuK | The May crop report says: Not more

than 3 or 3 per cent of the whea t sowed will be plowed u p because win te r killed. With few exceptions, reports show no damage by insects. Average condition of wheat in the southern and central counties and the s tate is the highest reported in five years. Figures are: Southern countries, 91; central and northern, 04, and state, 93. In the southern counties 30 per cent , and in the s tate an average of 26 pe r cent, of tho meadows will be plowed up. | Owing to the drouth, the seeding of last year was very generally l o s t Tim-othy meadows are making flue growth. The average condition of meadows, is 85 for the state. The prospect is good for a heavy crop of apples and peaches. Average percentage for the state Is 90 for apples and 85 for peaches.

N E W S I T E M S IN B R I E F .

The steamer Lanrada has sailed from New York with 300 men and several tons of arms and ammunition for the Cuban insurgents.

The special train of Wm. K. Vander-bilt came near being wrecked between Cleveland und Buffalo, while traveling a t a high rate of speed.

Illram Curtis und Ma t t Bentley met j a t a dance near Henrietta, Tex. To sett le am old feud both began firing and both were shot dead. I

On the eve of the launching of the new steel schooner Bessemer, the steel workers and helpers a t the Globe ship yards at Cleveland, struck for higher wages.

Rear Admiral Wm. A. Kirkland, of the U. S. N., received notification from Secretary Herbert of his appointment as commander of the Mare Island navy yard, of Sun Francisco, to take effect June 1.

A le t ter received by a Cuban sympa-; thlaer a t Key West, Fla., f rom an American who went to Cuba with Gen. Uarcla says tha t Garcia, with 3,000 men, fought Gen. Munoz, Spaniard with 2,500 men, near MunzaniUo, kill-ing 400 Spaniards with a loss of less than 100.

While a large force of men were placing a 00-ton steel girder across the Saline river a t Milan, for the Ann Arbor railroad, the girder slipped and was precipitated Into the river. About 75 men jumped in all directions, most of them into the river below. One man

' was so severely injured t h a t he may die.

PICKED AUD lOETED. r

N E W S FROM A ^ L QUARTERS

BRiEFLY^ RELATED.

TnuMtfaal Parliament Opens and Presi-

dent Krneor Does Somo Stroeg Talking

—Cubans Belas Supplied With Plenty

• f Arms and AmmnalUon.

President Kramer Is Firm. At the opening of trie volksraad (the

parl iament of the Transvaal) a t Preto-ria g rea t and u m n u a l interest was taken in the proceedings in view of t h e recent discloeares made by the publication of t h e cipher telegran* exchanged between Cceii Rhodes, then premier of Cape Colony, and others who took par t in the Jameson raid in the ter-ritory of the Boer repuMic. The town was crowded with Boers,.many of whom had ridden hundreds of mllesy as the present s c k s I o h i is looked- aponi aabe ing one of the most impor tan t in> the his-tory of the llttlb- South AfWcaa repub-lic. Warm, indeed, were d i e commen-dations passed upon the diplomacy of 4kOom Paul"—a» President Krugs r i s affectionately termed by hlk' people— who has so clevarly out-fenced the

J British secretary o€ state fo r ' tho eeio-nies, Joseph Chamberlain.

The president's mUress was> fuill ef pa t r io t ' i r . . and whihe he expressedi a dea ro I'm peace wit ls all the-world, yat. he ah owed tha t It waa his intention) n o t to- b e imposed upon- by any- natlbuw T h e republic mainta ins f r iendly rola>-tioniv wi th foreign powers, said he;.and them turning to the relations- with

1 the-Otange Free S ta te Ite said: -"lihopo-i t h a t a meeting between representatives of the Orange Free State and represent ' atives-of the South Afiicani) repnblid-will! short ly be held and tha t planssfor aiolosetrunoian between the- t w o conn-tries- wBl he discussed." T h i s s u t t e r -anoe wa-vlbelsed upon as confirmingthe mpor t t h a t negotiations have fonsame time-pasfebeen on foot fo r aa ailiaiwo,. offimslwe- a n d defensive, between < the-Sovth.Afnlbao republic and the.Orange Fi*« State, looking to resisting aay a l -temptupaa^the p a r t of Great Britain, to intcrfom- in- the interna) affairs-odi oitheroountry..

O U B L A W M A K E R S A T WORK. UNCLE SAM IS H

FrotMU A»R a 4 the Pn of tha t o iap« l t o r

Harana dispatches

GVLBAW9 G R E A T L Y P L E A S E D ) .

Dots-of Atvnt-antC Ammnnltton BoVik SftnM to-Thmn la Spite of Spanish..

IUIbn known, t h a t the greatest need I of tha-Cubaiamvolntionlsts Is a m s a a d 1 ammunition'and) these the patriotSsnn the Shltedt SHaitea are determined .to' supply without s t i n t Large orders have been-placed and so large a:quaa-i tity. ifenow. rnody t h a t It has been do..-termlned.to-send o a t an cxpeditioniDf'i three vcsselik. One has jus t - becn.< boughfc for the purpose. I t is sa id ' tha t . she Is.tho fas t s teamer Magnetic, which > will.bet00nv.05wd by two e ther steaab. ere, both of which will be well armed and prepared t o fight I t is thought , t h a t the two vessels chosen are - the.. Bermndai and h e r sister shipp. the. MuiuelL

A dSspatch- f rom Havana, v i a 'Hey Wt st-saysr These Ls tremendous excite-m e n t throughout Cuba over the rnmoo. t h a t t i e Bermuda landed another idvget-oargoof men aad arms, including nun ohino guns, 00 the northern coast, , somewhere east of Cardenas. I t Is-said 1 t h a t she waa pursued by a Sppaiah. man-ci-war. bu t was too fas t ton bo. • c a u g h t Tbe Spanish commanders-seem to-realize the danger of havings t o . face Machine guns^handled by trained. American artillerymen. Gen. Weyleiv insists t h a t tbe rebel works a t Casearai-j icara must be taken a t any cos t and ! f resh troops have been sen1, to HOada. bay. The captain-general is beginning to appreciate the fac t that his vaunted, trocha (military line) is bringing^ his. mil i tary reputation into ridicule.. Gen.. Maceo ignores i t , and refuses to attack; i t fo r the simple reason tha t he dosiras t e remain a t P inar del Rio and eontDoll tho province.

Indiana for McKinley.. The Indiana Republican convendom

insUuuicd Its delegates for Maji. Mc-Kinley with scarcely a show of opposi-tion. The platform embodying the Inr structlons was adopted by a. vitoai voce vote and without division. I t Indorses Harrison's administration, dOoUires. f o r "sound money," favors the use-of bo th gold and silver a t a parity, urges, heme-talllsm on an international basis and condemns the f r ee and unllmitsd coin-age of sliver a t a ratio of' UK t o 1, and concludes with strong- MuKinley

, resolutions.

Kl r t Rodgers. a colored' desperado, was shot and fa ta l ly injured'ait Sybene, O., while burglarizing the postpfilce in J . C. Crawford's store. F red Crawford, aged 16, did the shooting;

The large Mississippi towbeat H a m -Brown, up-bound, exploded he r boilers 25 miles below Vicksbnrg, Miss., and in less than a moment sank uut of sight. Eleven lives, al l whi te , wero lost.

Last November a New York Central train was wrecked near Rome, N. Y.; the engineer was killed and several o ther persons seriously injured. Four boys, aged about 18, were arrested and convicted. One died before sentence was passed, b u t Hildreth got life, and Pla to and l l lbbard 40 years each. They wreckod the t ra in to rob the passengers.

A London dispatch says information has been received from Shanghai t h a t tho Russian consul threatens to forcibly seize a stretch of the fore shore nt Che-foo, to which Great Britain has a long s tanding claim. The British minister protested against the threatened seiz-ure, and i t is understood tha t China also objects. Four Russian warships are off Chefoo landing men, apparent ly to support the consul.

Ferdinand Schumacher, the well-known millionaire oatmeal manufac-turer , a t Akron, 0., filed a deed of per-sonal assignment His liabilities are over $1,500,000, nnd assets $3,500,000.

Sf .na tO-120th day.—Mr. HfU aJiled another installment to h is flpecc 1 against the bond investigation resolu- ^ ^ the crew lion, in which he severely critised Sen- 8 ( j h o o n e r Ootapeliwr, a te r t Pettigrew and Wolcott Several t u I ^ ^ ^ filibuster test votes were made durfag the day , b o a R l to help ; on the resolutions which showed tnafl , w n senl they wiU pass. The Cuba* question again came to the front when a resolu-tion was presented requesting the President to protest against t h * execu-tion of American citizens talwn on board tH* schooner Competitor by a Spanish gaoboa t Mr. Morgan, o« Ala-bama, movfcd that a resolution iwtro-daced by Mini some tlmo since, f-w a recognition of the belligerency of Ihe | Caben insurgeoU. be referred to twe committee ow foreign relations in order to lake the wnsc of tha t committetc He said t h a t dovelopmente had occur*

' red which madh i t aheer justice to o u r •WW people, wlthoat reference to its-irffcctoon the Cubans, t h a t we should declave tha t a sthte of war exists there. Hsi'BR—The hemse served notice on thrt- senate and H e eoantry tha t i t had transacted ite bufhwsa and was ready for tho ftnal adj««mTOmt by passing, wlthontf division. »>TOsohjtlon for final adjournment Motdhy, May I». The house- proceeded under the special order ttv consider tliivaite pension bills

; and actedl upon tafcnn a* the rate of one cve»y. five mlni^osi % the terms of the ordbr debate rm cauh was limited to 10 mihates. In ' f ivo and one-half hours 72 bfltawere fa «)ral»0«racted apon.

Senate.—121st daj*-Tll«- bond reso-1 hitions passed, and thusv IV t h e deci-Mve vote oflM to 0, tlvft senaSe inangur-

jatod an invwtigatlon, tO' be- conducted by the sennae comm'Ateo- <»• finemce, into tho facta and ciworast-Bices-«KI-

laected with the sale o* U. Sh.bondaby the secretary of the t teasury dkvring i fhe last three-jears . 'Jfio flhai. day of jdbbate was vury h o t iavoMag. au m-' temsting set-te between Senatflva Pldmer. of Illinois; Vert, of Missouri. and Cockrell, of MissouiTi. Mkv Palmer mooted the Repabllcan candidates.fca* Ijtibr presidential nomlnirtlom and. waa jbilter against " m a p " conventions' t o commit the Democracy • tta ellirea:. Mr. .Vest took a tu rn a t PrtaidentkClhve-ilandTs administration fopailfcgediuseof fodbval officials to» c o n t r o l Dkmncnatie joonwntlons. notaHy In Michigan 1- Mar. •Hill! also had a hand Ibj the- dhoing iseenm. opposing tbe rcKoHhtioni. 'Dh*-•coafesencc agreements ' repor ted on .khe-legislative, executive, and. judicial appmprialion bill, ineludingr the i tem •of salaries for U. A distolut' attoimeya ami.marshals, was agreedftoj Semnal 'other- minor matters • weae disposed od alsoi Housk.—The neti result of a throe-and a half hoiu-h' ftossion 1 was.Uic ypssHffK of a bill flo < amend, the not creating1 the court of appeala- so- aa. U» allow uppeals from tho supreme ooucta ol4he-territories to tbo cour t i*f appeals,

Shnatk.—123d day.—Witlb the bond resolution out of tho wa.y> the sonnte gave Ita attention to •an.aconmulalion od minor measures before going on with'tlae river and harbor, bill. Ib® bUbfoir the crectlon oliwi bridge aewwa the Detroit river, a t Dtttroit^was poot-paaed'Wntil next sesslony on 4ha request ai Mr; Sherman and thS-, assent ot the Mlbhigan senators, Mr.rShernianistaled -tbat.there would be Rteong.oQposltion. Hohbk-—The membenrk of the lumae voted; themselves SlOO-ppr month, l o r c^esk's hire during the.recesses of con-gxass. A number of minor, bills, were disposed of. An evening: session was demted to private pension.biUh,

Srnatk.—123d day.—Hie seante gave 'moat of the day to passing theaoenmu-latioui of bills on the caiendiurand sne-oeuded in disposing ot; a.large number of. them. Considerable pcogsess was also-made on the river.and-hajrbor bilL House.—No session..

I Senate.—124th duy.T-ln. reporting 1 the bankruptcy hill f rom t h e judiciary oomnit tee Mr. Teller.- stated t h a t ii fawctnl the subst i tut ion of t b e senate bankruptcy bill for t h a t paceed by the house. Mr' Mitchell added t h a t the jjmnority of the eouunlttee favored the I m u s c bill. The r iver and harbor bill was then takem up, the <iucs-tion being of tlie only remaining amendment for a deep, water harbor a t Santa Monica, CaL. Mar. Berry, Dem.. Ark., a member of. thu- eontmeree com-mittee, spoke ini opposition to the amendment, declaring tha t th is pro-posed expenditure- of $3,000,000 was against the public interest and in the private Interest ol tf . P. Huntington, of the Southern PaciflU; Senators Vest aud Caffery took the gronnd tha t no appro-priation should be made a t present Mr. Frye, chairman of the commerce committee, replied io the strictures upon the proposition. House.—-The session of the house was almost entirely devoted to tho odnaideration of District of Columbia bnainess. Bills were passed to a u t h o r i * the secretary of the t r easwy to. detail revenue cutters to enforce regulations a t regattas; und other matters, of only local in te res t

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B S .

I gentet have been sent® withott civil trial. 1 reached Washington, w dtion t i n t some of the 1 can citizens the state owe protested against H maty action aad demandH sentence bt'withbeld and V be given the Americans < • treaty provisions This b(m matters up ntr Havana aad I A dispatch from' fbe- latter ' there i*e evlde' .-easf growir excitement In Spain ower th of the U. S. gvvennnentt to'

jexecutica of t h e flllhostefen •on boardHhe CompetTtec; T| jtbe captvte of these ment j 'with g r ea t satlsfactioai j i f l Ac was fclttto' be the tRnt had been - ofiiredl torn ample of those enflagedl ini in*urrectlonV. - TJie popUlbr Ihour execut.ten is ganeral^-ani Is likely • to - become •'ociferonK. ILlbble account • Is tahen of llhe re^hedi. qnealions ot I treaty interpretation' i n v a l i d fat the • protoat of the Unitod> States' govern- I meni^ogainst th^-execntlomof tte sen- i tenccA. The action of tho- United ^ Statcs,< is regarded mthe r as. mm ex- y pressioa of sympathy w i t h the insur- j rectlon,.aud there'will il»e a titong: pop- • alar chmior to disregardilt Hhe-Bpan-ish government "'s willing tlMooaider the demand, and hilS'cabl6d tbi Gbpt-Gen. Weyler to (telayy the omcutiona pending the result, od* negatlaticna which a re actively -prooeoding.'listmeea

' Washington and MAdrid^ Havana: Gen. W£yler>'dfcoliaiM' tha t

If the sentences of the- Competitor-fill-busters are not exeoated b y Spaihi tha t he will resign. " I r imi i t i fcd^"l i rMf^ "of the continuous rttmaoa: audi inter-ference of -the United'. StalSe-iniSuhon affairs. I dune to suppress aireUelUpn of bandits. Death isiithe only, penalty, which can be infllcted-tupfanbandlta.' If I am no t allowed t a>prooeed. imthe only way 1 think willdkave^ tUeSpanlah cause, I prefer to rotive- and > learn to others t h e responsibility.. ofitHo loes^ef Cuba by Spain."

Havana; I t has beeome kmnraif l ta t the British consul ham-aiso intervened in the name of his govornment on* be-half of the Competitorisscaptiree-sen-tenced to death. . H e hsaekes demenay for the prisoners.- - T h h -action, of t h e dritish government i m t h e - e a ^ . - b a a caused a sensation here: .

While chasing a robbbr f fosn hia ( store Thomas G. MarshaU^ ppaprietdr:-, -of the Golden Rule d ry , ffoods^stoea, .! 278-82 West Madison, Chicago,.waa-shat . twice and died on the sidewalk inifronb ^ of b is place. The.robber escapediaftar firing sevei-al shots t a iniimidate the '' people in the street-.. OS wounded

1 Alexander Beggs, shotdnithe l e f t leg; ' and Kat ie Hynea, ahot^thxongBu b o &

knees. '• '""nin d Ashland, Wis., expevienaedl a r ^ i U a v

flm Half a mi l l i on . •do l lhm«woa l | ^^ milling property and Idmberr w e a f c i ^ d In fiames. The Shores LnaoheirCotV-mill, t he largest on. ChcqgnnaegdnlmLJ Is a smouldering ruin, tagethen-. vmmi. several-thousand fee t of. lamboird^p^ upon which was piled J0,000,000<ffcattit lumber. About 400. .man. aen- tllMHHl'! out of employment, b y the.-flre. Gngeman's clothes caught i fire a n d h e leaped into the b a y .and. .waa>dmnmed.

T H E M A R K E T S . .

LIVE STOCK. Kow York— Cattle Sheop»Uanih» Bogs

Best c rudes . . . . f t 4 65 f4UU t6 4a *4 JO L<oKer gnHlOH..3 0D..4 «U • 3.35. 960

Chicafb -Best Krudefiw..4 00/.4 Ift • • » Lower RnuiA X 36..3 75 . 2 3 £> .

Detroit— , , Best Krade3....3 !<5..4 00.. 3 SO 4.40 Lower KradeH..2 0u..3fi0 < 855. It xa

Cinciuni t t i - x , Best RradeH...,4.on..4 m-' 3 ® . 4 » Lower vrades..'^ uo..i:j.7a .v .3.t0> 8 60

Cleveland— ""-v Best grades . . .3 75 .4 00• 3:.'7D>'**rfSL Lower |(nideH.,2UU.<a0U< -AO- S 60

Pittsburg— Best gr ides . . . .4 10,.4 30. &«D i n i.ower grades,.3 W . . . 4 3 76. a « ) I K

Otto and Henry Stever, were terribly injured while riding a tandem bicycle near Lalngsbnrg. They were descend-ing a steep MB nt a high* rate of speed when the f r o n t forks broke, thromving them into tbe fence with terrible Iora?. j Otto's injuries consist of a broken nose and a r m . uiid severe cuts abont the head and face. Henry, remained nn-counsclous for a long time. Bis injur-ies a r e internal, and i t Is feared he may no t recover.

A great sensation was, created all Cleveland by the announeement tha t Fr . Kolaszewski and his. 3,000 Polish parishioners of the churoh of tho Im-maoulate Hear t of t h e Blessed Virgin Mary (independent Catholic,) desire to ally themselves wi th tho Methodist Episcopal church. Although Fr„ Kol-aszewski refused to say anyth ing w h a t ' ever concerning the action, t h e s ta te ' m e n t is verified by Chaplain C. C. Mc^ Cabe, o f j h e Methodist general confer-

£ I t t I S

380 I S )

3 80

Wheat. No- S red.

New York 7(»i4 , Cb t rago •Det ro i t (KI....MW. Toledo Cincinnat i 7U Cievrland P i t t s b u r g WA.-Oi

O R A I N . B T C . Oorn Gets.

N o , a m i s 5 ( a s w h i t e 35 34.i

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ai. ..at* am... a m . . »

***. ei . . iuh 12^.23 a> ..to* 33 .JES* ~ ..&IH m..a

• D e t r o i t - H a s , No., 1-Umotint. *IM0 per ton. Potatoes, now.BOuihema. 1.36 aer bn: old, wo. Live l»oultry,ohickons. lOe per lb; turkeys, l!to; duo s. be. KtHts- (resU, iOo par dax. Bettor, fresh dairy J to,por ibu onoamaty. lUc.

KKVIKW. UC- TJULADK.

That expaiM ot 5AW. oo.ftold have produced Bar dlstuxbeaoe 1»mii no rooneanSTdlsturbaooe i sa iooce proof ot tee

noundnesaot anttUMaLooni I Uions ond one o. rue

Sreval.tDR conude.iue.in. ketutr thiogs to coma [uoh o tbe hesltaUoa at preseni is duo to

temporarily rejuoeddcuiaaAiBaome .nduatraa In iron und sioal. Ujw geueral Irregularity ot prices usd 8lac*vaoss ot demand (or tlnished products.do .ooti prevent the marhlug ep ol prices bor.oomblnauons, ba t are largely due te - 1

doubt noetherHu>-b.pnc«a as ure axed can be maintained. Pig Iron fc*. weufaer and most fin-ished products ar? wealier with u remaruably low demand. Minor motals uro inactive, f o r textile manufactures tbe situation Is t ry loir. Cottou. mills, hsve a fairly- active damand, tho gh not equal to,thoir normal outpat. TnuT-ers in .wheat ha ve lifted prices u little, and j r* nouody «iueaUuns tne oorreotness at Wosterr. reports indicating more than ordinary yield ct winter wheat, and unusual proguns lo tbe. planting of, spring. With the najtrow stock, usual a t tblaseason. a apeculutlontor advaaeo-always has. many opportunities, but western] mi-eipts are still 40 per cent langer thsn Isa^ year, while. Atlontie exports, Boar Inol are for the weeK OM.tw; bu. agalast l,oi5.o a year ago. Com Is a shade iowor.bui wl dehnite reason. Woolen inaaaiocturei prices of wou sagging both h i r e and uh

Nocthville has dlscgmHred t h ^ t j vil lage ordinance book is lost, i o r stolen, / f lawyon- vras consult who. finds the village, ito a bad hox,as i h h a s n o law to f aU back on. I t w t a agreed that a competent attorney be* employed to compjte an entire new s e t

I h e senate cowai t tep on foreign re-, lations has agr««d to a Voq^roi fo r a cable toVawali (V Jar bill au tho r i ze the po^tmu

l o n P t , r b c l - t evc in the | to enter into a contract wlf in a ibility of the pope. , company which m a ^ lay the oable, to

pay a subsidy uq* cxcecdiug #l«0,00(Ji per year.

The Chinese of America have flrlcil ojBlork and outUcllBh sent from Chin*,

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CAMI

*ws»lnal the c i —Dplnl War.

f / i P W l T P l warship which at General Slcklos* re- i v V J * * quest carried the body of the Venezu*'

! elan warrior back to Venezuela, These signal acts were appreciated b y the congress of Venezuela,—Exchangt.1

p K E T C H E S F O R O U R

UER R E A D E R S /

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War More I n j a r l

»l Sold t e n than B

f Great Cenerals

1,"

EAR tired Moth Earth has gone to sleep;

Walk t i p t o e through h e r chamber, lest she waken!

Her children faith-ful watch above her keep,

" While she with Ats lumber sweet

j f l R l s overtaken.

• K d tender ferns tHElr wealth of dew-

^ M M s ^ a r m heart, i m s - v ^Indies springtime's syl-

hbilblessed Mother longed for

t ang ly the little slender

Jfclr soft gi-een arms across

r 'blast shall touch her as It VM - i i h I'Hg

ched her with a beam-

rond October covered them glOIX

y doffed their golden robes, white em they made her bed—the iweftt storyl

erdlftr all day the longing sky ) tnmly and wistfully above

I fti 'white kisses—oh, so ten-

lowh and covered her—who uld but love her!

1 Xmaglnadon In War.

k"'In my opinion," remarked the col-k e professor, who rose from the ranks krlng the last war to tho position of wae l , "the imagination of men does w e injury to the cause of courage ^La lk the appliances of war yet dls-

t r p l w * ook t in c sa id . p l ace | a r s h |

A e r words," caromed a Wash-B i r reporter, "If a man didn't ^ M i u l d n ' t be afraid of any-

flkbout It," admitted the pro-* 1 had a remarkable case hap-me during the battles around nd. That is to say, i t happened

3ther man, but I was par t of i t tefcagklrmish line and I was lying • u b o r i t h two otner men—I was B H ^ H i h e n — o n e ot whom was ^ H H H f e r . e n d the other

kind ot soldiers. M h V ^ ^ H i i l w g j n a t i v e that he

wits, and began fly-

H H L J ^ ^ ^ ^ H l t t i n g off sap-^ ^ K ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ K p r o u n d us and

behind which vrould burst

do some W r ^ M a soldier. i- sS IM jman's ter-

[ V / . ^ S d r s g g e d In [• ' , S J o v e us by a i . proceeded

K iniSnS a M l [ n w i l , i **tl,e K T j f f l « S j W j t from Tom, I I : j f l j u M n the other g . - . was ner-S t 5 Tom's man • v ' - " i S P P }.£ . However

movomen M ? ' him sliding

I , Kbe un-

W^ i n B got 11 at

r^KBEr} waited ,or 8 I g S ^ ^ H ^ ^ ^ ^ n i l l e t s , and just as V fi r S H ^ P R u d e d the soldier in tbe

b a c ^ r i m t h e pin. Well, it wat really funny to see the chap jump and yell and roll-fiver, and we both fairly howled. But I t wasn't so funny when the man

r didn't move after his first startled ac-f tion « n d Tom looked around at me iu

a scared kind of way. His surprise found expresslonr in an oath and he

f called to the man. There was no an-1 swer, and he called again, with th,e

same result. Then he crept over to blm and gave him a shake. That brought no response, either, and Tom dragged him around so he could see his face. I t wfc | *n ashy blue, with the t y t a staring wide open, and the man was as dead as Julius Caesar, with

j j eve r a mark on him, save, perhaps tbe pflTV^dchea In his back."

"I 8boililf |hInk your joking friend could never n k e focrfTten himself for that bruel Joke/'^eufeested the writer. ^ "I 'm sure he never would have," con-cluded the professor, "because Tom was a good fellow and a bravo soldier, but h e never had much chance to, for when . tbe ijpxt volley came ho was on his I H l ^ i beside his dead comrade trying

Firs t Pr isoner o t War of I S l t .

Mrs, William Gossip, whose maiden name was Anna Catharine Coade. and who was among the first batch of pris-oners taken by the Americans In the war of 1812-14, Is living in this city, sayi the Halifax (N. S.) Herald. Mrs. Gos-sip was born In Halifax In 1809. Her father , Capt. Coado, was a native of Ire-land and for many years commanded the Admiral Nelson, an oceun-golng ship. Her mother was a daughter of George Moren, a united empire loyalist, and In his day one of the moat promi-nent citizens of Halifax. Mr. Moren, before his residence In Halifax, had

! been oxtenslvely engaged In shipbuild-ing In New York city, and, owing to his attachment to tho British crown, had suffered the loss of nearly all his prop-erty.

Jus t previoup to the breaking out of the war Mrs. Coade taking with her her daughter, at that time about 4 years of age, went to St. Johns. N. F., to meet her husband on his return from a Eu-ropean voyage. But the two were fated never to meet in this world again. Dur-ing a terrible hurricane, long remem-bered In New Foundland, the Admiral Nelson, with all on board, were lost.

After waiting in St. John's until ali hope was abandoned, Mrs. Coade, now a widow, embarked for Halifax with her child In one of tho sailing packets that piled between tho two cities. Until within a fewl iours ' sail of Halifax they had an excellent passage, but when al-most within sight of their destination they became becalmed. With the re-turning wind came an Americau priva-teer on the prowl for prizes, which snapped them up. Their ship, tho first prize In the war, with all on board, was taken to Salem. Mass. The prisoners, who were very well treated, were al-lowed to retain their private beloi.g-Ings, and after a few months' detention were permitted to return home.

Mrs. Gossip retains a faint recol-lection of her imprisonment. Her hus-band, the late William Gossip, was. oi course, kn&wn to almost every Hall-gonlan and esteemed and respected by every one who knew him. Ten yearg ago Alexander Lawson and Mr. Goslp met In this city. Fifty-five years pre-viously both had worked In the newspa-

: per business In Plctou—Lawson on the Colonial Patriot, on which he began to work In 1828, and Goslp publishing the Observer In 1831. The Patriot was the first liberal paper published In the prov-ince, The Observer was the Plctou conservative organ. The real question of difference between the two was kirk and antl-burgher.

Gossip came to Halifax in 1836 and founded and edited and published for thirteen years the Halifax Times. After that he published the Halifax Church Times. In 1857 he dropped out of the profession and thence for a third of a century carried on an extensive book-selling nnd stationery business in Halifax. He died a few years ago, aged 82 years, leaving, besides his wife, three sons—James In California; Wil-liam, formerly city engineer of Halifax and Dr. Charles Gossip of Windsor— and two daughters—Mrs, W.H. Wlswell and one who resides a t home and takes care of her aged and invalid mother.

F R A N C E B E S T , S H E LI

l«dy Ilnndolph VforebBt to Quit lt*j, l a n a Forever.

Lady .RandolpoU^h11^!!' , whose en-gagemuot to Wl l lnm Waldorf Astoi has jus t been announced, although th< mother of two g r o / n 'sons, looks al*

- most as young and'hamttyme as when she was one of the famott? group ol young American beauties whim Na-poleon IH. Invited to Cocnplegno atHhe time of the celebration of the princ;' Imperial's tenth birthday. It wa:t during her visit at Complegne that Mis, Jennie Jerome gained the friendshiji of the prince nnd princess of Wa ns, who were among her fellow guests— a friendship that greatly aided her so-cial career in England, and in turn in-creased her ability to promote her late husband's political success. j

From Complegne she went with he;-1 mother and her two sisters to Cowes. where she was Introduced to Lord Ran-dolph on board of the royal yacht. It was a case—on bis side, at least—of love a t first sight. Three days later ho proposed to her. Mrs. Jerome saw In him only a younger son. with no pros-pects, and she took her daughter back

C U R I O U S C R O W N .

Ponna Many Years Aeo to! t h a Wilds of Vallfornis.

• A short time ago P r o ^ V a n der Nail-len of San Francisco received from Henry Buehler. of Jacksonville, Ore., a most strange and Interesting curiosity, says an exchange. A letter came wltb It. stating that Mr. Buehler believed the object to be some sort of a crown, but would like somo positive Information an the subject. The letter went on to

say that the supposed crown was found j ^vhy continue to pass your nights in by the writer about thirty-five years Rcrntchlng nnd your days in misery? ago on his ranch in Tuolumtio n , — * • »

When Nature

Needs assistance It may ^e best ^ r e n -der it promptly, but onp should remem-ber to use even the most pelrfect reme-dies only when needed. The best and most simple and gentle remedy- Is the Syrup of Figs, manufactured by^the California Fig Syrup Company.

I If we keep well and ehecrful and the mind :onfiionily active we never grow old. Byund by wo get to t l iffend of the Journey, but we never urow old.—E. N. Kirk

an^

J ,

So something '.'or him, and his head I Just high enough above the log for a ii to clip the whole top of i t off."

• j S n Oen. Sielcles' Medal.

I g t T l . E. Sickles wears a medal C wafl presented tfi blm by the gov-Eent of Venezuela to:- his service general Paes, who wi.s Bolivar's tenant-general. General Paes was ie elected, president of Venezuela, id' h l O ^ ^ l e c t l o n General Paes fctfttig In New York and President Sanan, through General Sickles' in-oBion, had General Paes taken to ezneia on a warship of the United ee navy for his inauguratton. bn Goneral Paes died not many rs ago he was living In New York, sral Sickles was marshal of the pro-Ion that carried the remains to the

LADY CHURCHILL. '.o Paris. They were married, however, in 1874.

| Lady Randolph Churchill has few interests in America, except as a small property owner. She is passionately attached to France and the French, and prefers Paris to London. This is In-Jeed the only point on which she and Mr. Astor differ. He adores Germany, and dislikes France, and the French. Lady Randolph Churchill Is the daugh-ter of Leonard Jerome, of New ork.

Oplnlnnt of Great Generals on War.

Arbitration between nations signines the same thing as the existence of the ordinary judicial courts. It means the substition of reason as a means of decis-ion. That Its posibillties are great has already been demonstrated; that they will grow with the development of a disposition to peace Is unquestionable. An Indication of this tendency may be found In the abhorrence of war by great commanders. The sentiment of W-.l-llngton, "Nothing except a battle i5st -an be half so melancholy as a battle won," was expressed more bluntly by General Sherman: "Do you know whal war Is? War Is hell!" while General Grant, speaking with direct pertlnonce to the subject of arbitration, said:

"Though 1 have been trained « a sol-' dler, and have participated in many battles, there never was a time when. In my opinion, some way cou d not have been found of preventing the drawing of the sword. 1 look fer^nrd to an epock when a court, recognized by all nations, will settle International differences, Instead of keeping large standing armies as they do In Europe." —"The possibilities of Permanent Arbi-tration," In the Century. •

| Tlie Th r i f t y People o t Maine. Labor Commissioner Mathews, in his

studies of household economics m Maine, computes the daily cost of liv-ing per individual, in families, to be 31 cents, rent, food, fuel and lights cost-ing 21 cents, while tbe cost per Individ-ual for single men for board, which re-presents the above named Items, is 46 :ents. According to the figures obtaln-2d In 1891 these same items, cost re-spectively. 33 cents. 23 cents and 49 sonts. a lessening in the total daily lost of living to the Individual in the family of 2 cents, of the cost of the in-jivldual for rent, fuel, und lights of 2 cents and of the cost for board to the single man of 3 cents. The average dally cost per Individual in families for the Item of food is 13 cents, as jgalnst a cost of 14 cents in 1891. Men with families saved 15 per cent, of their incomes, as compared with 12 per cent, in 1891. These figures are at best but ipproxlmatlons.—Lewiston (Me.) Jour-nal,

Democrat ic 8ergaant-a t -Arm<.

Colonel John I. Martin, who will fill the Important function of sergeant-at-arms of the democratic national con-vention, is a St. Louis lawyer who is widely known in Missouri. He was born in St. Louis In 1848, and early in life was of material assistance to his parents, who were in straitened circum-

| stances. He was a driver of a levee dray when he went Into politics, and

, was elccted to the Missouri legisla-ture. At that time ho was the young-est :nan ever elected to fhe Missouri assembly. Colonel Martin then read law in the office of Colonel Robert S.

j McDonald, one of the leading lawyers 1 in St. Louis, and for many years has been well known for his ability In criminal cases. He has great power with a jury. It was he who defended Maxwell In the famous murder case, and, while the jury condemned the de-fendant. they afterward admitted that if they had a second vote they would

ago on his ranch In Tuolumne county In California. At the tlmo he had been living on the ranch about three years and It was wild land when he got It. There Is no record of any one except Indians ever living In the vicinity and there is not tho vaguest possibility that tho work was done by them. The place where the crown was found was a most curious one, and the circumstances connected with It are strange and In-teresting. Mr. Buehler states In his letter that he was digging out a large sage brush that was in tho way ef his plow. At the depth of about four feet from the surface, bis shovel struck what appeared to be a boulder about the size of a roan's head. As the ground about the roots was soft, he picked up the lump and was astonished at Its lightness. A close examination showed a piece of shining metal sticking out at one side. Taking his knife, Mr. Buehler scraped away a portion and could hardly believe his eyes when a perfectly formed grape leaf, made of bright yellow metal, came to view. The work of removing that object from Its encasement was a task that occupied several days. The substance surround-1 Ing It proved to ho a composition of clay and gypsum, and Incessant boil-ing and scraping with bits of soft wood was necessary to get It off. Great care was necessary, as the intricate mass was found to be very delicate. When Mr. Buehler a t last had the object In his hand he had not the least Idea of what It was, but his few neighbors agreed that It was a crown of some kind, although nobodV would attempt to explain how i t came to be buried among the roots of a sage brush. Since then hundreds of people have examined i t but so far no satisfactory explana-tion of Its origin has been given.

, Taken altogether. It Is a most un-usual object I t Is hemispherical In shape, about five Inches In diameter across the bsse, and made to appear of Interwoven leaves of grapevine. The leaves are most delicately and accurate-ly modeled, all the veins showing plain-ly on both sides. Little bunches of grapes are scattered over the surface. These are, in fact, the most curious part of It. They are purple in color and made of a substance that looks like Bohemian glass. Each grape Is fastened In the proper place by a tiny wire and all are bound together in a perfect bunch. An analysis of the metal forming the leaves shows It to be composed of gold, silver and copper, gold being nearly one-half of tbe com-position. There must be nearly J100 worth of the precious metal in it.

Doan's Ointment brings instant relief, nnd permanently cures even the worst cases of Itching Piles. I t never falls.

The poultry keeper who does not furnish a Oust bum deprives his chickens of a necessity

J 'TS-AII nt. «topi*d frrr by Dr . Kl ine ' s G r e a t .Nerve R e t i o r r r . No KIU sRvrthr Ami ilsv'inn Harreluui cure.. Tri.Btl« •nd f l trlnl hoide free to I-11 emtet. Send to Ur. kllne. Wl Arch St.. I'hlls., I'a.

It Is a pretty well established fact that a protltable butter cow is a prohtable cneese cow.

U R T OF

CURES THE RECORD OF

Ayer's Sarsaparil la. Wrffe for what you wmJL to THK MCCIIKM UI-v e s t u k n t C O . n e Jackson St.. Chlcaro, IB.

R s B>JTS«

N S I O N ^ K ' ^ g S Sjrsinlastwar,

Wnahlneton, » . < s

swaaoWat UcaUugelaiiua, attjrsloon

CANCER Hall ' s C-UArrh Cam

Is taken internally. Price, 75c.

Care and feed are just as important factors i s pedigree In ralslnc slock al a profit

I believe my prompt use of Piso'n Cure pro-vented quick consumption.-Mrs. Lucy Wal-lace, Marquette, Kans.. Dec. 12, ''J.V

Nothlnt; Is lost by hem? ajrrecable.

Coe 's Con A I tnlaam N thooMrrtanii Ix-jt. It wHtbreak up a CoM qnlcVet Uii«i anythliiK elM!, Ul i alwiu s reliable. Try ft.

T U M O R S , and Mnl l rnan t Blo*dl Alllee ronqnoml; scia».

I title Tractable treatment nt borne, no knlfo cr planter, i Full pnrtlcuJani. much valual.ln matter in a WO page | book. five. U o z E, .1S7 fith Ave . . New Y o r h

' The many imitations of H I R E S Rootbeer simply

| point to its excellence—the I genuine article proves it.

A New Antlsnptlc.

A new antiseptic has been discovered In Germany. In general use It Is called antlnounln. One part of the substance In from 1,500 to 2,000 parts of soapsuds Is destructive to all the common para-sites injurious to plants. I t destroys all bacteria. Yeast used In brewing re-mains fresh for a long time when treat-ed with i t and can endure a solution as strong as 5 per cent of the substance. I t tft^odorless and very cheap.—Ex-change.

Kll jah o n d Ellah*.

An examiner asked the bible lesson class to tell him what the chief differ-ence between Ellsha aiid Elijah, and after a pause one little lad held np his hand and said: "Please, sir, Elisha walked with God, but the carriage waa sent for Elijah!"

1 The first audience by the emperor of Germany to Edwin F. Uhl. thu new U. S. ambassador, was given In a driving rain storm, b u t the ceremony was otherwise nn nncmallfied success.

A

lilsohedlenca. One night the army of Frederick the

Great, king of Prussia, was near thf tents ot tho enemy, and ho gave order; that not a single candle, or light ol any kind, n.usi be burned In the camp.

After all was quiet, he thought he would go through the camp to see how his orders were obeyed.

There was In his army a younc soldier who had left a wife at home He knew she would be anxious to knou bow he was; so when the others were all asleep, he took from his box a uma!' candle, and sat down to v/rlte.

Soon a slight noise made him tun-bis head. He gave a groan when lu found the king standing there, nnc started to blow out the light.

"Stop!" said the king. "Sit dowr again." The soldier obeyed. "Take u j th»/ pen." The soldier now hoped hi would let him finish his letter. "Take up thy pen and add the-words, 'I dit tomorrow.' " "My s l raB^Md the pooi soldier; but the k i n f ^ ^ K f e o n e . HU disobedience brought death.

K the conceit was taken out of some wheelmen, there wouldn't be enotigL' left of them to hang clothes on.

Follow af ter charity, and desire eplr-ttual gifts.

COL. J O H N I. M A R T I N .

hav<. acquitted him. Colonel Marllu has "seen prominent in fraternal and benevolant orders, such as tho Odd Followo, A. 0. U. W., Knights of Hon-or and other great organizations. Ai colonel of the Sixth regiment, S. K. A.' O. U. W.. he did much to Improve the proficiency of that regiment. He was captain of the Shaw Guards. M. N. G-and won for his company much of Its reputation. He Is a whole-souled, gen-erous, genial man. very popular In St Louis and throughout his state.

God made nome laws to show ho» much he hates Idleness.

The Weapon Small — bnt None More Certain or Effective.

In these times when backs are lame, when almost every other one we meet has now and then, or all the time, a back that iches or pains—"a weak back," " a bad back," a back that makes their life a mis-»ry to bear—and still they go on day by day in pain and suffering. Now 'tis tbe easiest thing in the world to give this played out rack " a blow " that will settle I t and put in its placo a new one equal to

.any. I t ' s just like this; bit a t the cause; most backaches como from kidney disor-ders. Reach the kidneys, start their clogged-up fibres In operation; when tills is aone you can say good-bye to backache.

Here is a case from Battle Creek: Mr. Joslah M. Shoup lives a t r>I Broad Street, lie was a member of tbe Battle Creek po-lice force for many years. As a member of tbe f«rce he served the city well, but the rough weather lie was often subjected to laid the foundation of kidney disorder, which has troubled blm very much. Here is what he says about It;

"About three years ago, while on the police force, I contracted from exposure a kidney trouble, which has since given me ho end of trouble. The pain was right through my kidneys and across the small of my back; if sitting down and I wanted !o stand up, I bad to arise very slowly and gently to avoid Increasing tbe pain; I bad such tired-out feelings all the time, and I was steadily getting worse. About two months ago, hearing of Doan's Kid: Pills, I got a box. Their action and effect was most complete, they removed the old aching pains for good. I can now get around as quickly as anybody. Doan's

| Kidney Pillsnrecertainly as represented." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents.

Mailed by Fbster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, | N. Y., sole agents for the U. 8. Remember I the name, Doan's, and lake no other.

Vvlf only bt The Chirlrt^Jllm Co., PhlM-Irhl». SolJ eterj where A ijc. picket tuakn

W . N. U . , D . — X I V — 2 0 .

\iiKwerlns . tdver t l semonts Mention This I'iipor.

When Tis heaven alone that is given away.

S I JACOBS 0ILS?ESGSS<<FOOL,ROUNI)m' STRAIGHT

WORK OW PAIN AND DRIVES IT OUT AND "TCp IT OFF" FROM RETURNING. THAT'S BUSINESS.===

PRAIRIE and F O R E FREE LAND

For Wheat , Flax, Barley, R i o t s , Cat t le and Dairy Pro- 'ucts , Mining and limhor'no-

G r O O d S o i l , O r o o c l 0 1 1 X 3 3 . 0 * 0 , G r O O C l

C . b H E E L E Y , t S Q . , L . O . A - K O N t

Dis t Pass, ^gent C. P. R. R., Can. Pac. R. R. Colonltnt'on A 11 Fort St. West DETR -IT, MICH. MON'lREAL, CANA

IDDDPDISDN P r i m a r y * » e c o u d « r y or T e r t i a r y B I F o l a o n p e n n a n c u t l j r e n r e d I n 15 tf« d a y s . You can be treated at home lor tho price under same tfuttranty. It yoa prefer

come here we will contract to pay railroad (are and hotel i nHi i f . a n d n o Charge, If TTO fall tocure. If you have uken

^ and IT IS QUICKLY stUl have aches and

A SPECIALTY IfTnron* P a t r h e a In mouth. S o r e P i m p l e * , C o p p e r C o l o r e d Spoca, i ' l c e r n on any pait of the body. H a i r or E y e b r o w s f a f l l n e o o f . It is this BLOOD POISON that wo c n a r a n t e e to

cure. We solicit the most o b a t l n a t e C U R E D B Y T H E V * W s d h £ S t h e w o r l d f o r a c a n e w e c a n n o t W U H E * # O • S c o r e . TOs diswwa ban always ba f f l ed t h e s k i l l of t h e m o a t e m i n e n t p h y a l e l a n a . 8500,000 capital behind our unconditional guaranty. A b a o l n t e p r o o f a sent sealed on application.

COOK REMEDY CO. Address COOK R E ^ T E D Y CO., 807 JHaaonlo T e m p l e * C H l C A G O t I L L .

Try Walter Baker & Co. s Cocoa and Chocolate and you will understand why their business established in 1780 has flour-ished ever since. Look out for imitations.

Walter Baker & Co., Ltd., Dorchester, Mass.

lege

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"Knocks Out All Others."

High Grade of ^Battle Ax^ has injured y the sale of other brands cf higher y prices and smafler pieces. Don^t 0 allow the dealer to impose on you p by saying they are "just as good" Jf as "Battle A x / ' for he is anxious y

^ to work off his unsalable stocL ^

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n i u k i B bo . U l C H .

tRAKCIS KING, P r t M ^ r t , CtfAS. McCXEtV, Vi<* FL^Wwii.

•M. c . GRISWOLD, CtdAiler.

b l R t ^ K n : t r a n c i e K i n g , C^ito. McCHrt^,

feobefl Hkrdy, %\ t . feihg, a . H . t o w b , • t . i m (

tt. C. GrisWold.

m u . k Geti^rtl Batik iiig Bitflirlfefi TrtnWote<1 Money Loaded oH Reil Estate Sfecdrity

M Ken t . • wmmttit <>( t b e b e i n g d a l y

^ r h ) ^ e p A thn t the tc-to»\ « i m i l l i o n of w i d newnjiUper, beftring May 6 , 1 8 9 6 , o tk j

tKont^nd attd fifty-wx (lOSfft fcopie®. T iFrank M. Joh nson.

Sworn and subscribed before me this 14th day of May, k . D , 1896.

Sy lver t i r P . Hiclcs,

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i / V e r g e m i o S S u n d a y S c h o o l A s s o c -

i a t i o n

W i l l fcomraende a t Alton church,Sun-

day May 24, 1896, condtibted by

.tkJUnly Field Seretaiy, E . K , M o h r .

PollbU'ing ih the program:

MORNTOtj.

10:30—S" ton, L u k e i

lUi com

I Service lee-

i Oi bounty Sunday 'by delegates:

Sfdo#;

service, let fench ise.

5 ^ 1 bf Luke. fai thfulness,

[ b i n . ) Fallas-

min.) Alton

(Jk Ttiin.) Bailey

fei-ailce oli house to dri.

Mstions answered.

E t E N I X G .

service; mission ary spirit In the \.

>8 and note books. All

Ari ot ter ing for the

aken.

jus calls the attention to a few prices given d gents ' furnishings for il sale now on.

Yeiter 's couches and

at Bergin's,

eStite. Low State Bank .

Colnrubk river salmon at lOcts. j n i r pound.

H e t ^ K a n \ < k l e e .

ReBekahs held their first an-

eeting Wednesday evening of

Week In dddtel lows' hall with V -

rs all present! T h e lodge was iu-

ay 4, with twenty charter

itienibers. Following are thfe officers:

•N. G., Mrs. C- L . Miller; V. G.,

Mrs . R . W . Swayze; S., Mrs. A . W .

fiarne'tt; F . S., Mrs. J . D. Crawford;

T ^ M r e . . W ; A . Cover t

A n elegnnt Hue of straw hats going ial low prices at Marks'.

Kotary Publ ic , Ken t County, Mich.

e

j r a y pumps and bamboo spraying rods a t R. B ; Boylan's.

, Best raisin seeder ere»- sold at E . B . Boylan 's .

„ Couches, sofas, divans, etc. at J . B . ye i t e r ' s .

. P i c t u r e frames, easels, etc. at J . B . Yei ter ' s .

R e a l i f c t t f t e T r a i i ^ f e r t .

Cornelius Hendr icks to Miles B .

•bauipbell , lots 0 , 1 0 , 11, ISj blk 2

a n d lot 6, b lk 14}

'Village of Segwun.

Miles B . Cambell to

lots 9 , 1 0 , 1 1 , 1 2 , blk

blk 14, Cheesebro's i

Begwun» $2001

J , E d win Lee to

lot d and par t lot 4

vi l lage of Lowell.

Leandfer J . , P

III l)>o w e b a v e h Tbae.-Gt io r ludi 'sboesJfeTr foul-

^ro's plat,

.'tm . full. F r i a r ,

plwl f ^ o t 6 , ic Detro. np umbre

n Trinity it* twcrdr i tb

icated u y p | B t i

'•e of

u tre-mps ^ w s o n D

con section 14,

i t l Its Bt Hal f .

•^r our stock wo six

find , thir ty Six pairs of

antV J o e congress shoes ' T i have alwftYS sold these

doll oik ib a few dayS we

them for two dollars a |>air, 2 0 pairs of Lambkin & Foster 's congress ^ , 0 0 shoe which we sell a t Si.oO. Ladies you wil l these shoes the most conlfortable handiest for every day wear

oilars but in order to will also fine will find and tha t

ou oAn get; W e ^ i r e giving people rices on everything iri footwear

th i s summer that lieep lis on the move and ,we are. ,going to bohtinue to do so* W e dob' t wAnt lo sit

u an hour this summed And will if good goods, fend hty pHces

ip 'fls on out feet. Tlte old slioe Store; . ,

A . J . H o w k & SttS'.

I

A team of Lowell ball towers went to ClarksVille vesteaday, and defeated the team at that place by a score of 9 to O. the Olarksville'S forfeiting the irame by leavirig thfe field when they were ahead in the ninth i n n -ing, on account of decisiorl of the umpire unsfttisfaOtQry to them:

D . ( t . Look ainT'X'r. -S. W i n e g a r wore in Grat id R a p i d s yes terday .

Mrs. M. Bisby has re turned f rdm Grand Rapiils for the summer.

J i K . Fishefr i l tnainng needed im-provements on the Grandma Winan 's property recently nilrohased Ky him. and expects to o c A i y the hndse next week and live unuor his own viiie a(id fig tree.

A special meeting of the Vergennes W . C . T. tJ ; will be held at tile home of Mrs. Frilrik Fox, Thursday p. m. . May 2l8t.

John Matterri Sr., of Grand Rap-ids is visitlrig Felaiives and friends in nnd around Lowell.

Regular services well be held at the Catholic church next Sunday.

Miss Daisy Brown attended tho wedding of hor sister, Miss Mae In Samuel Seeley of Belding, last Wed-nesday at the bride's home in Granfl Rapids.

A lettel- frorii E.-H. Cambell dated Duluth, May 11th, says the weather there is cold and snow flying, and tin-writer wished he had his ovsrcoai along. Rather a change from 90 in thff'shade.

Olarenne Adams was over from Lake Odessa Sunday on his wheel the guest of Dr . Cambell.

We hear that there is a vacancy in the Congregational pulpit at P o r t -land. We haven't any grudge against i the people of that place, but can-not refrain from suggesting the open ing to a party who may be looking for a job.

Mrs Will Ronsoner and children returned to her home in Qlivet Satur-flay. after a visit with Fulher and Mother Speaker.

Mrs. Oilman Walker, Miss Dibble and Mr®. Will Hughson spent S a t u r -day and Sunday in Grand Rapids visiting friends.

The supervisor and assessor have finished making their assessment.

D. M. Goodsell who has been spending the past week a t home left for Milwaukee, Monday."

Mrs. Moore's ten was pleasantly en-tertained a t the home of Charley Barnes last Tuesday.

Mrs. Hudson Shepherd ' s father and sister, Mr. and Miss Segar of Carl ton, visited her Monday and Tuesday.

J . Leonard and wife of Clarksville visited Will Ri t tenger , S a t u r d a y .

Henry Clark will buy wool a t S a r -anac this year.

T h e Lowell cily ijand will give an open air rehearsal next Monday evetilng'.

The Whi te Ribbon ladles will meet at tbe Iv.une of M f k Brower, F i i d a y , May 22nr|. A cordial Invitatior is extended to all.

H - A . Ba f r e t t is building a house for Mr . Abbey of Keene.

F . 6 . Hoffman made his family a visit Molidav, previous to goiifg to Bay View, where he is employed.

Molly Clark rode up on her wheel from Grand Rapids last Thursday and spent the day with Mrs. David ITazelton.

Ar thu r Terry who recently p u r -chased the tailor shop of Martin Brosi has moved his family into Mrs. Geo. Cook's house.

The Vergennes L. A . S. will meet with Mrs. Lu ther Bailey, May 20. Everynfie ?8 invited to be presenti

T h e ofHce of W m . I L Eddy has been freshly painted nnd papered and looks like a new place.

Henry Clark lids made extensive repairs and addition to his house r e -cently purchased by him of C. M. Devendorf and now has one of thfe pleasantest residences in towil.

Clare Althen, Ed Kinhey and Geo. Headworth ^e re

s o n , t h . M . d . Qt -eene .

T h e M i o h t f a a W o o d ftirt C o m -

"the oitfcer fcrtitdty tjtesed last Saturday for a s M ' t tiiil^ oWtbj* to a IjjII in business.

A force of rtieh al-e peeliHg polbs for the city lighting Wii-eS.

Rev. C . E. Deal o f C l i m a t occupied the Methodiftl pulpit last fciitids^j. evening. , ' • * (

W m . Fox bf F j tepor t frAs ki' tofcn Tuesday.

Edi th Starks of .Sarar i tH U s in town Subddy.

Delos WatferS bf Mt. Pleasant is visiting telatiVes and friends here.

J . C. English has broken ground for his new residence just north of the village.

M. M. Perry made a business trio to .(•Jr.ind Rapids Wednesday.

The L. O. T. M. ladies will serve ice cream and cake iri M. D. Wilson s Music Store, Satdrday, May 2od. Everybody como;

Is a paper withollt opinions any better than soUp witHodt salt?

A marriape license has been taken out bv Thomas S Sherman and Mrs Ordella Sherman bbrh of Bowne, aged ofi and 60 years, respectively.

Mrs. J . C. Moore has had her h o m e pa in t ed , papered a n d p u t in

trim rfhape inside arid out. Mrs. .Tas. Graham of Sotilh footoell

has been ill. ; ] Mrs. John Christie has been at

Cascade oaring .for her sick daughter, Mrs. Herman Getty.

Oha«. Stbnghfon has moved into Lowell. Bert Clark and wife will move onto his farm.

Dr . Hunter of Alto has sdld his resilience and practice at Al.to and will move souch. • • .

The prospects for a good w h e a t crop are said to ^be better in Ionia county this year than ever before.

Born, May i i , a daughter to B . E . Quick and wife.

County Clerk Eddy passed cigars to his friends yesterday as a mild way tn celebrating his thirty e ichth birthday . Mr. Eddy considers him-self hoodoo proof as he was born on Friday the thirteenth day of the. month and his wife and two children were also born on F r i d a y . — [ G r a n d Rapids Democrat .

Charley Marsh is home from Ionia for a short visit.

F r a n k Faulkhffr 'bf Grand Rapida visited a t H . E . Fau lkner ' s last week.

Grace Pa t ten was the giiest of Mr . and Mrs. Buckley, Tuesday.

M r s . Loyd Jones was called t;; Saranac on account of the i l l n e y ' of her sister, Mrs. J . W a t e r m a n , Wed-nesday.

CO

it Always at th< . • a n d w i l l -

His SPECIAL Si b y a d d i n g s o m e n e w b a r g a i n s t o t W

H e #111

B O Y S ' K N E E - P A js, j ^ t r i T s

200

a t 6 2 2 C e n t s o n t h e D bf fbrmfer pHbc. Also

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Alsd 100 PaifS Men's Odd Pants to gd at 60 on the Dollar.

. ..• H6 will cotltihiie'to sell his entire stock of Furnishing Goods at the former low prices:

40 D'ofc. Mbns t T o r k Shj l ' t s J}6jn^ worth SOc, 4 0 Diw,. \V o ik Sh i r t s , Ulfe A W h i t e " 50c, 25 D o / . A m o s k e a g S h i r t s , 86 i n . , wor th 60c

• D o / . Hvy.. B lk . S t r ipes , u ^or t ih 75c,

50 Ddfc. Bliie TD^niitis Ovel-alls w o r t h 4oc^ n o w 25c 25 Dofc; B l u e Dcni ihs Overa l l s w o r t h 50c, n o w 856 25 Doz . B l u e D e r n n u s bx t r a h e a v y w o r t h 75c, n o w fiOc 25 Do/.. B l k . S tHpe D u c k Overa ls , w o r t h Tsc; n o w 50c • 10 D o / . C o l t o n a d e P a n t s , wor th 75c, n o w 5^c j 10 D o / . M e n s B m . and Bl . Sweaters " 60c

10 D e ^ T H ^ i x T C t ^ c m a d e P a n t s , w o r t h 1 1 . 0 0 , n o V T ^ c l"6 D o / . F i n e l l e w j O d e ; P a n t s , w o r t h S I . 2 5 , n o w 8?c 20 D o / . B o y s ftnee P a n t s 4-14 yvs , w o r t h 25c, n o w 17c

12 D o / . B o y s ,Knee P a n t s 4-14 y r s , wor th 86c, notv 28c

10 Dioty B o y s K n e e p a n t s 4-14 y r s , Worth 40c; b o w 29c

10 D82: i j b y s Sweatel ' s ; ftHrth 250.^ " h o w 17c

10 D o k . B o y s b l o u s e W a i s t s , w o r t h 26c; n o w 17c

10 D o / . B r o w n i e Overal ls , w o r t h 40c, n o w 25c

10 D o / . B r o w n i e db l . Icnoc and s e a t , w o r t h 65c,now 48c

row' now' now M now 33

20 D o / . Mens Sa t ine S h i r t s , worth 50c no\v 8!i 6 D o / . N e g l i g e e Sh i r t s w i t h Col lars a t t ached now i 5 D o / - u " wor th ^ O b ^ o w 67

5 D o / . " " wor th Irftfy

40 D o / . Mfens S u s p e n d e r s worth 20c

.20 D o / . SuKpendei-s- ex t ra h v y . , w o r t h i ob ,

150 b o / . Meiis ^ b e k s , wbrt^i 6t^

50 D o / , m e n s " dbl . heel A toe , w o r t h 3.0c,

20 D o / . M tile Skin Gloves •& M i t s ^ w o i t h 40c,

Goods sold as advertised and represented or money refunded. It t n l l l

you to examine Mark's stock before buying. It is no trouble to show goods. Remember the place, the

the

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Mark's Old Stand, Graham Block, East Side, Lowell.

mm

i f d o f T h t i k k i .

to, .e j tp^te oi)r

t W i n ? a {y ipii

Mfelt kind ifriends

w,!! t h r f t thoughtfulnes? a^subs ta t t t l a l taantier •s&isted us in dif feraol

tu. tt. A. ^ARte&rT.

up from Grand Rapida Sunday,

Wil l Morse SJteHt Sttbday with bis ptepnle l^ere.

Mla^ Ver t le Andrews of SaVAhAc spent Sunday with Bailee 's people.

iHie 11. A H ; hAS built A new plat-form fdr unloading heavy machinery.

Much cleaning and tr imming up has been dobe a t the village cemetery.

jesse Holllngshead of Poplal1, Hamil ton county, Ohi© spent severAl days last week with his niece, Mr l , A> W . Knee.

D. W . Calkins dt McCordi was in town Monday.

I r a Jones has been visiting tas sons in Ind iana . :

Mrs. Brunei - of Freeport has been visiting hor son, F red , for the the past few days.

J . K n n k l e of S'uit.h Boston visited a t E . Fau lkner ' s Sunday.

The line men are a t work on the pole route.

W o r k on M. C. Griswold's resi-dence is progressing and he hopes to occupy it by the first of J u n e .

W e wish to correct the impression given last week that Dentist DeKam-men bought five cents worth of wire in Grand Rapids. H e didn ' t buy a n y ; he borrowed a piece.

W m . Brownell of Vergenbes^was arraigned before Just ice Hicks, Wed-nesday, on a charge of cruelty to ani-mals, preferred by Humane Omeer Piokard, plead gui l ty and was fined $10 and costs. Brownell left His horse hitohed to a post in this Village for nearly 12 hours on Monday, With-out food or water.

Martin Bough, who has been Work-ing with Geo. Johnson at upholster-ing and furni ture repairing, jumped the job and town the other day, tak-ing several watches, some upholstery goods and some money, and is now probably "doing" some other town.

The genuine Wiard plow points and. repairs are sold by H . N a s t , iSB

. Miss Lena Bridgeman | of fyanA Rapids, elocutionist, has Been secured by the ladiea of the Congregational church, to take par t in, the ^poverty social a t Train's nail', May 2^,

Ebe r Moffit is ri^hiUg up a build-ing on the spile lot in Flat river, re« cently purchased (it".*. C. T ra in / When completed he will occupy i t for reflideoce ana photo^rapt\ gallery;

OAr basket factory men afre ta lk-ing business again and we would sug-gest the propViKty ff calling a p u b l i c meeting Attd ACtibg upon tbe latest proposition reCeived.

Ona VVirtgate Was before ju i t iCe Hicks the dthef d a y for Ugliness in schdol abd general deviltry. Sen-tence was deferred, Alexander Camp-hell Jbecdmlng responlible fttt tne boy's good behavior,

Will n t Chapman is Writing life InsnranCe and meeting with good Success.

A. Levitt , Who Is doing bAsiAeSs At the old niakeb of the m a k i n g a spec ia l d r i v ^ oft j | u l i

s h f r t s a t 40 and 49 cents. w h i t h e h a s t o s a y .

Good values in mens working pabts nnd overalls at Godfrey & Lawrence.

Amboy cheese, ndhe better; I4cts'. a t Bergin's.

Dr . Cambell says It is not neces-sary to undergo pain in having teeth filled.

Godfrey & Lawrence's is tlie place tn buy plant crocks,

N. P. Husted & Co. employ no agents but deal direct with their cus-tomers. They hnve a fine stock of trees—peach; pear. 'plum, cherry and etc.

Don ' l forget t'b remember tha t we are doing nothing but first class Work a t the Banner LMimdr^'.

G . W . S e v e r y , P r o p .

R . V a n D y k e has inaugbrated a special dollar sale which will cont in-ue Uiilll d u n e i s t . Read over the lists published this week and see what a dollar will do.

Gebflj l ight weight underwear, sizes f rom 38 to 60, prices from 25c to dOC a t Godfrey & LawrebceV

teyerything In Aln ware can be foilhti a t Uodfrey At Lawrence's.

F^or the next few weeks the lady of the boUse will he cleaning house and of course will need something in the line of fbrn i lure and Yeiter 's is the place to buy .

Charges will be made for cards ei lhabks and resolutions ef condolence In this tiaper hereafter, as per adver-tlfiing card a t head of editorial column.

W e are headquarters for crockery and lamps. .

GODPBET A LAWRENCE.

Try t o u r home dentist Dr.Cumbell , all work gUaranted.

P o u r pounds toraokers, bu t te r or soda, fri- 25ot8. at^Bergin's.

Call on GodfFey & Lawrence for a Croquet Set or a hammock. Prices right.

A l l k i n d s Of Spec tac l e r e p a i r i n g . t J . B. Wil l iams.

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I t is a pleasure to wear those metal plates ihade by t ) r . Cambell .

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List of unclaimed letture remaining in the prwt otfidft i t LdWell, Mich., week end-\ng May fi, V8d6.

LAttirt—Jifrii. LudAik flit ley. Gkirrs—F. W. Bowers, C. W. Burnett,

Jno. DttK*, Jylveeter Ttafcy. PerwVis ckimiag the aboVe will please

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B A R G A 1 pound X X X X o r broken Juvft Coffee 3 " G r u n i i l u t c d S n g a r . .

1 *' Good Raisins a . . . . . . . . . . 1 " " R i c e

? quarts hand picked BeanR } pound Corn Starch ! 44 P u r e P e p p e r u . a . a i u m . . . . . . .

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