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VOL. V. N O 18,

" W I T H l y T A L I G E T O W A R D K r O N E A N D C K C A n i T Y F O R . A D L . "

LOWELL. K E N T COUNTY. MICH.. OCTOBER 2 L 1897^ W H O L E NO. 226^

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-School Shoes B S s CO CD CO At Winegar's, in metlium and heavy grades, in J)

variety of stocks ^nd styles. D9 X 3 C k . QUALITY N&V&R

PRICES NEVER LOWEF?. You can sayp iQoney by buying your school S=l shoes of

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Lowell Planins Mill, « . J. EWER ft SON PROPBIETOBS, AMD DEALERS III

J X j T J : M B E I R , , ! | LATH, SHINCLES AND CEDAR FEHCE POSIS. |

McMAHO^-SAYRE

Marriage of a Popnlar Lowell Young Couple,

Miss Lotta Sajre and Frank Mc-Mahon, both well known young peo-ple of this village, were married at S t Marr s church, at 8 a. ra , Monday, October 17. Rev, Pr. Gallagher cele-brating nnptial high jnaae.

The church na# filled to its utmost capacity with friends who bad gath-ered to witness the ceremony. As Miss Walsh plared the wedding march the bridal pftrty# consisting of the bride and cronm and bridesmaid and beet man, MKS Katie McMahon and John Byrne, respectively, proceeded to the altar, where Fr. Gallagher awaited them. The altar was beauti fully decorated with potted -plants.

The bride was plainly attired in cadet blue broaddnih gown with hat and glnrex to correspond and carrinl white roe buds and the bridesmaid wore a dress of novelty goods and carried pink rose buds.

After the ceremony, which was

!performed in a very impressive man-ner, congratulations were extended

J and then the bridal party attended by about fortv of their friends, retired to

Manufacturers of—Sash, Doors, Blinds, Frames for • Doors, Windows and Screen?. Exhibition and J Shipping Coops for Poultry, Dried Apple Boxes, k j the home of Mr* Eunice Mc Williams, Wooden Enie Tniughs, EtJ. — - i — . - - r -u

MATCBXKO, U t S A W O r e AWD JOB w o a * .

Ecker & Son, Lowell, Mich.

Clothes Don't Make The Man

But lfc«T oert*inlj do make fXtai diflrmtce in iber appear- g : anoe. as io the « « of lh«« two -men. My jputs and orer-on«t« are made goods of ronroim sdsctifw from hun-dwd' of the bert aud oferwd# co the martw. The jpmfa* fit aad *«orf:nMnjhip are psaratfecvi wilh a guartolee lh*l poamnleeii. -

^ ^ S M I T H , a d m a s s ^ ^ Fall ••d«riater«M|ilesi BOW l«. ^

grandmother of the bride, where at 11a . m. a delightful wedding break-fast was served. The house was dec orated with potted plants and the table with cut /lower?, rose*, gerani-ums, smilax. etc. The bride's table being set with her own dishes, which were some of her wedding gifts, and deoitKied wilh her own floweta.. white roies. The gifts were quite numerous many of them valuable and very beautiful. M r ^ i d Mrs McMahon took a short trip to Grand Rapids, re-turning the same evening and will make ibeir future home with her grandmother.

The LEDGER est?nd6 congratula-tions and wishes them prosperity and happiness in the journey through life.

Guests from oat ot town were Miss Sarah Bird. Geo. and Fred McWill-ian»s of Grand Bapids-

TIEO TO A WHEEL

to old man Forbes and told him they could procure him the nominatiun for j county treasurer; that he might just as well have it as neighbor Cofcon, They led the old man to see a sure thing in the nomiuntion and election if he would only permit his name to come before the convention. To bring this about, however wnuld re-quire a little money aud if he could raise a small amount, about ^1,000. thev would handle his campaign and pull him through all right. He had not the money to give them and they suggested a mortgage on the farm, which was given and ther took tin-money, They pretended to do some work in his interests, hut in a short time returned and said they needed more money, that his prospects were! bright and when once in office he could easily pay the borrowed money. They worked the old man in this way j until before the day of ihe convention he had even mortgaged his personal property and given the money over to bis supposed friends. When the oou-vention was held and the nominations made his name was not even pre-sented. His frieud« had played him false and used his money for other purposes.

The foreclosing of the mortgages, which was quickly done, ami the turning him out with nothing fur-nishes another chapter.

He always declared that one of the mortgages was a forgery and fought its foreclosure to a certain extent, but all to no purpose. It was fore-closed just the ».ime, and had it not been for a small pension the veteran received he w^uld have been obliged to accept aid from the poor aath«r ilieR.--{Grand Rapids Democrat

First-Class Implements - -and : Oliver and Syracuse Plows, Planet Jr. Cultiva*-

tors. They are right, and JNash sells them right. If you dou'i find it so; he is here to make it right.

(h i&n Sssds That Stow . . . In bulk and package. Don't nesject the garden spot this year. It will repay you in satisfaction. S!art right l»v buving vour feeds of

H. Nash.

VANDYKE'S

BARGAIN SPACE ^See What One Dollar Will Buy This Week^.

COME TO THE CARNIVAL.

We Will Pay Yonr Expenses. All the people of Lowell and those

living at points between here and Grand Rapids, are invited by us to

| attend the great Carnival of Fun which take* place at Grand Rapids. October 2t». 21,38. and 29. We will

{ pay you.- railroad fare. This is a j boni-fide. legitimate offer from a busi-1 DPS? house which has the reputation of

t 'ahapr> Piight of & Con a t ry man j honest and fair dealing, second to * ho Met Two Robbers. j n o n e in ^ S« ie of Michigan, or in

Ionia, Oct. M—One of tne most j the whole ccuntry, for that matter, cruel and brutal holdups that wasj This isour proposition: Anyone ever perpetrated in ihis county occur-1 from Lowell, or points between here cd Saturday night at about 11 o'dock i and Grand Rapid^ starting from home four or five miles north of the city. • on any of the fi»ur days of the Oar-

Fred Thomas, mho livet near Palo j nival, and. on arriving, visiting our and drives a wagon for a creamery, store and buying merchandise to the came into town Saturday with a load

j of butler <fggs and naaJk. On the mad i home in the evening he mei two men : who ruhbtd him r.id then tied him l» j the tirket,^* that it will east y u ab- •

Klc UJant Vour trade Knowing that we will never gel anything in this world (or

in the next) unless we ask for it, wc take this means of Letting you know that we want your trude.««

( l i t H a v e a m a m m o t h s t o c k Of all kinds of Boots, Shoes and Rubber Goodg. The shelves are loaded, and the cellar is full of goods. A man asked us yesterday what we were going to do with them; we told him as we tell you; we are going to soil tljem before the first ot Janu-arv.

felt ino Beaver Shoes for ladies are being worn more every year, we have sc. cured the agency for the celebrated David Hahn and Son's line of this kind of goods, and are now able to give you a warm lined shoe in anything from a fine Vici Kitj down to a calf or grain shoe.

PRICES, 8 1 . 0 0 8 1 . 2 5 8 1 . 5 0 8 1 . 7 5 8 2 . 0 0 .

Don't fail to look at this line be* fore you buy a warm

lined shoe.

...ladles Hid Shoes.... 1 . 0 0 . 1 . 2 5 1 . 5 0 1 . 7 5 3 . 0 0

All kinds of every day shoes for men, women and ehildren

at prices that cannot be beaten.

The Old Reliable Shoe House,

A . J . H o w k & S o n . PLEASE DON'T!

aminunt often dollars, or more, we will |{ upinn the shewing of a return ticket | repay in ea«h. the porrhase price of 1

Buy hardware until you gel our prices,

Here Are a Few. Galvanized Washtub

The (dace where Thomas was held! We are the Houseman & - r jo l v i l l i i^orl P«iilc up is an isolated spot a mile or iwoi! Qothing Co_ Mtuated IMI the eornerof , --y .

3 firv>m any h,«*e. His cms for help J Monroe and Waterloo s t rms. Grand 1 0 Q u O F t T i l l P a i l ' nere n«»t b^and until ab.xul 2 o'cWk j Rapids. Weareoneof the largest : rav f j • • in the montiog. vhen «evenl fanners j if not the larsest exclusive clothing. V ^ a t X l G X i O S , i \ I U ^ C ( l

| a wheel of the wagen. first unhitcbins ! solateiv ir th in ; tu vt?it the great | ; and fastening I hem to a near-by fence. ; Oarnival of Fun.

11 We are the H«Miseman «fe J«ne<

went to his reliie^ finding I dead than alive.

him 1 - 0 0 0 lb Platform Scales, wrnt'd

50 17 09 07

S11.00 for men. b^ys and chiidren. We han-dle nothing but first class. reliabDe

Eighty Years DM.

j gav j him a surprise and binhdav din-

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Bb SHHT'S Burt (CiriKftjerf

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Oj Bb STfiribsn- 1 Jafoan Tea

^ Pwcnfl NhiiJC! ITore fteppflr

50 01 02 05 07 25 10

Baigain No. 2. 1 Em. Xaoe VTlhaSie fidtmbcief

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Granite Wafe At Your Own Price,

WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY If you will give us a chance.

graaianteed tw give thoroueh satisfac-, , x , - ttorn. Oar rriws are as low as rood

D r r o m h u . * ™ ™ . 1 1 1 , r e b « K l « a n l * t . J d for. « U w l » « o « < l . ! « . Mr. M- l j . h , C m i i Mrf, P-n .n . . • d l ^ d.T ™ • « „ 1 . p j p r r W ^ . b , . m r . a i w . . . , . " .

M " - c - D ! o f M -ioiura or (w™ „ . « >> e are selling lots of stoves on account of tlxwe >n attendance. of vr«r iktet ."

Mr IVrri« • « O r t . V r 1^. n m . e >11 . h , . r . ™ ( . G m ^ i 1917, at Moont P^asaut. Canada Wesfls and oanrr to this coontrv in

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DB) Fiiuury litadtea EittKhts

Eb Jtapain M Ookay; T-na

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iOo $1.00 Ome D o l l a r wiDII k a y Entlher o f t h e s e B a r g a i n s a t

R V a n D y k e ' s .

Tfiak OtffitT Umtill Ofltofeer 27illn finr Oasla Oml v.

Wklh miH (®tf WTu^e Cross Bakaini^ P^w^ler we Iril? give ycu FREE^ £ Xa'ctell Pliatiedl Tea ©r Co»ffiee Pott,

O J l audi see iheaa .

during Carnival week, to1

make wor store their headquaners; it matters D< * whether yon buy goods of , cs or IKJL YOU are «elloom€. Brina yonr sacciteDs, packages and bmndlies" to utf; me will take case of 1

nlbena amid dbtek tlieiB fmre of ciliiarge. | HOrSE -IJLX * JOSES CLOTHIXG CKV

Cox. Momnw ajodl Wataioo Sa#-Gtamd Bapnds, Mici

B a r t l a r s ia Toma.

Tbe resadeaee iftf Hiram 1

was etflitirvvi by S^ir^llars bsn Friday | saight and pllaoilereJ to tHse ei tent *4 a few d llLafl* in dnaage aad a ^ • hS »atc& albat kad I'**® im Mr. amd Mrs l&eff iards |aoiB8ef«oo !("'«• amaimy j-ears. ! Eaaramwe was Btade b y fcaeakimg ioai® I ttfloe (teflllar, Alt lasa aocioannas. aSuete j w a s ma eJne tioi albe p e r p e i m o r s .

Hot T i«e la The Otd Towa Day aad SigSat. Graad Rapkls. Caraival

of Fa a October 26 to 29.

FW alkiiitfti tOiie G. Jk W.-M. ' aaxS D.. G- R Jfc W . wiUO seiO lidkcfis | Gnundl Rapods amd rettiura ifrt am aflQ jtfailidms nnu llif&ngan aa, loaie £u\e rate.

til—£ 1 Sefliiar days Odt. 3-) ««!> 2^Ho. R t llfce ttBUDe Uyflner- , ttw* linnsiir, OtiL Sihk. 3?>ie iiaaeir an-

ISS^, srttlliiiig ujiwa the old farm in i Vergeanes in the foSlowing year.

Raiaed fcy Politica. A petition was fikd in Probate

Coai t yesterday asking tBaat John W ForiMi«>lfCkkdcoiatowBfhi|\an alkie-, e l iiifia®>e be adnmitaed t»> the'| bsykaa ac a oouialy cimge. A tfifw'i lyans ago Fioiofces mas a aeHH-tto-dcn far- il imer, owned! itik Kami, was oml of debt. H Hi ia J st aellD iftoicftaeJ, anid was aaiknupg ,1 fliilfe easv. TUie faiftry ictf hoc dowafalll, loiss df fcts pxtwipetfy aii>d ifinaD lues of | nmiiiii-d waaU SioiBiisfti DBMcidats erorqagb | for a IwwJk, ba t bsitifly taDd are as tf'cJl-Doa-s:

Forbes ftiad always aakem a great imatflneUl inn paBities aiwl was tcomin'M a mwffiiaft'fir m alD R p-QMicumn eoumity <1 (oaamfltuu. laaftead •cf nnsakiaBg tf iteidaesi. bowwrer. In- amnoDwifi iiis am- I dknee wkii fcas siimgnag.. He was urn-, fldllfiifti and Snai orver astftd lias paiutr tfcc-am «fSee ami nw-nw ataaU Una** Bkwingftitt of grtniimg •mt foe laiiinjielllf ka>d at awfl Itwm ifo<r a ©OTffe 'P'f stlbfun-iing BKflglbbtars. who taw am opprotUBiBy 'cJf putaanii bmbc amumeT nma.® own

qualify jfiul price.

R. B. BOYLAN.

I'.llDFie AND lAWRKNCE Are showing amore complete line ihar. ever of Men's BOT's aud ChildrenV

n s r o With Furnishing Goods to Compare

And every inspection of their welI-selected fl«;«L-k convinces fl.e

ey are strictly " i n j i " as to quality

Jus:

Customer jJiai ther

aasortmeiit and prices.

a w-orxl no liie Ladies abiKil their New, Fancv

CHINA W A R E These el tpmi gooJs arc going -l ike h« Call au<l see them, ai the ire ot

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m m T. OoflsME ram albe .setio®! for ooamay ttwasBrer iibese mm wemB," excaraKois.

il aoauaifvnirtfflB offsgMctall raae •cut* day " Geft. DeHaveua. G . P. A. GODFREY & LAWRENCE.

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TWEEN THE LA EES.

MICHIOnN NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD

FOR MICHIGANDERS.

Qrand Chapter of t h e E a i t e r n Star a t

D e t r o i t — I n i u r a n o e CommlnBlonor

T a k e * a Fa l l Out o f F a k e Compa

Bier—C. BL B. A. S u p r e m e Council .

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Grand Chapter O. E. & The grand chapter of the Order of

the Eastern Star of Michigan met in annual convention a t Detroit with over ISO delegates—mostly ladies—present representing nearly all the larger towns and cities of Michigan. Mayor I faybnry made an address of welcome which was responded to by Associate Grand Patron W. F. King of Adrian.

5The reports of officers showed that the [order has 174 chapters in Michigan and 162 were represented. The mcmber-•hip is 14,037, an increase for the year of 2,380. The total receipts for the year were $4,038.75. During the year there were 103 deaths.

The work was exemplified by De-troit chapter, No. 116, and a reception was given by the five local chapters to the grand officers, and the delegates. I t was voted to pay 8300 a year toward the snpport of the • Grand Kapids Ma-sonic home. Mr& Ida Josylin, of North-•ille, was elected worthy grand matron by a good margin. Other officers elected: Worthy grand patron, Wm. F. King, of Adrian; associate grand •natron, Mrs. Helen E. C. Halinor, of M t Pleasant; assistant grand patron, .A. C. Northrup, of Jackson; grand sec-retary, Sister A. A. Mattison, of Mid-dleville; grand treasurer, Mrs. Susan K. Winans, of Lansing; grand conduc-tress, Mrs. D. C. Page, of Petoskey; associate grand conductress, Mrs. 11. <X Derthick, of Ionia. The worthy .grand matron appointed the following -officers: Grand chaplain, Mrs. Florence Babbitt, of Ypsilanti; grand marshal, Mrs. flattie R. Parsons, of Union City; Adah, Elmerc Field, of Waconsta; Ruth, Mrs. Mollie lirown, of Lexing-

•ton; Esther, Mrs. L. J . Ford, of Mason; Martha, Mrs. Mary Ilenkc, of Glad-

• stone; Electa, Mrs. Higlestone, of St. Ignace; warder, Mrs. Heald, of Daw-

; sonville; organist, Minnie E. Eaton, of Harbor Springs. I t was decided to meet a t Grand Rapids next year.

S t e a m Cooker Evplodei i—Two Dead.

A steel cooker in Shattuck's canning ractory a t Adrian exploded, blowing the head end into the room where the

•employes were working, hurling iron .and hot squash in every direction. T h e roost seriously injured were: W'm. P ra t t , leg broken, head cut and badly l inrned, died in two hours; Bert Kim-ball, thigh broken, terribly scalded, died in a few hours; Thomas Grinnell, sku l l fractured, cannot live; Jacob Schneider, back injured, burned; Al-b e r t floltz, bad wounds in chest and arms, severely scalded; Louis Patch, a rm c u t Quite a number of others were struck by hot splashes of cooked squash. None of the women employes were seriously injured. The cooker Is a large steel receptacle in which the products of the farm are prepared for canning, and it is alleged that the ex-plosion was caused by too much steam being turned on.

Tonng; Man S h o o t s a B o y A^ed 6.

A t the Swan school house, five miles eas t of Mason, Henry Potter, aged 15, shot Wade Robinson, aged 6. with a double-barreled gun. Over 30 shot s t ruck young in the Robinson's head, and he will die. Potter had been out hun t ing and stopped a t the school-house where the children were playing. With his gun he climbed on top of the fence and, spy-ing yonng Robinson, exclaimed: ' I will blow the head off Wade Robin-

aon." The little fellow started to run, b u t Potter raised his gun and fired. There has been bad blood between the Robinson and Potter families for some-time, but young Potter says he didn't t h ink the gun was loaded and only in-tended to scare ihe boy.

C. M. B. A. S u p r e m e Counci l .

The supreme council of the Catholic Mutual Benefit association in their eleventh triennial session, a t Grand Rapids, elected the following ofiicers: President, Michael Brennan; vice-pres-idents, John M. Molamphy, of Pitts-burg , and Wm. Mnench, of Syracuse; recorder, C. J . Hickey, of Brooklyn; treasurer, J . M. Welsh, of Ilornells-r i l l t , N. Y.; marshal. Dennis Hughes, of Titusville, Pa.; guard, J . B. Dron-eyn , of Montreal; lepal adviser. J . T. Eeena , of Detroi t The next session wi l l be held in Buffalo. The order h a s a total mt-mbership of 4'J.G46 and disbursed 82,130,418 in beneficiaries in the last three yearti. It has 8336,134 In the reserve fund and spend 822,438 in current expenses.

A f t e r M l l o D. Campbel l ' s Scalp.

Rowland Connor, president, and Charles E. Still, secretary, of the Com-mercial Fire Insnrance Co. and the Wolverine Fire Insurance Co. of Sagi-naw, hare petitioned Gov. Pingree to remove Milo D. Campbell f rom office a s State insnrance commissioner. They charge him with gross misrepresenta-tion of the af fa i rs of the two compan-ies, with malicious injury, and with trying to wreck them. They also charge incompetency and prostitution of his office.

Daoiel Robinson, engineer a t the Bay County Electric Light works, a t Bay City, was caught in a belt, dragged over a pnUey, and instantly killed. H i s r ight l eg was torn off a t the knee, h i s head crushed to a pulp and the lef t a r m broken in several places.

The civic-philanthropic conference a t Bat t le Creek was largely at tended b y leading men and women of the coun t ry interested in movements for the be t t e rmen t of the conditions of human existence. A large n u m b e r of •aluable papers were read and dis-

s s UurellMblo itiHuruiico CompaiiloR. . State Insurance Commissioner Camp-bell is on the warpath against off-color tire insurance companies. He replies to the charges made to Gov. Pingree against him by the otllcers of two Sag-inaw companies whom he called to time, and who asked for his removal. Mr. Campbell calls attention to 22 fire insurance companies which he desig-nates as myths, having no legal exist-ence anywhere. But they are scatter-ing policies and collecting premiums wherever they can. He says that Mich Igan citizens are victims and are with-out legal remedy, and that risks should be placed only with companies au thor ized to do business under the Michigan laws

MICHIGAN NEWS ITEMS.

Snow is reported in Houghton and Marquette counties.

Over 10,000 people attimded the la s day of the street fair a t Paw Paw.

An F. & P. M. passenger train killed and terribly mangled John Hamilton, aged 60, near Saginaw.

The preliminary work has begun on the electric railroad from Battle Creek to Gull lake and Kalamazoo.

Kalamazoo's street fair was a big success, fully 75,000 visitors attending on the day of the grand floral parade.

Gov. Pingree has appointed Charles Kelsey, of Marquette, probate judge of Marquette county to succeed Peter Pascoe, deceased.

St. Clair county farmers' .first exper-iment with sugar beets have proven successful and a refinery will probably be established a t Port Huron.

The barns of Wm. Barker, north of Deckerville, were destroyed by fire, to-gether with the year's crops. Loss about 86,000, partly covered by insur-ance.

William H. Boyns, widely known in furni ture circles, is organizing a new company to manufacture furni ture at Grand Rapids, and will employ 100 to 150 men.

The residents of Schoolcraft are agi-tating the subject of putt ing in wa te r works and electric lighting systems. The question will probably be settled favorably.

Homer Harwood, of Warren, has a strawberry patch from which ripe strawberries have been picked for the last two weeks. The bed was mowed down in July.

Grand Rapids' common council has ordered the issue of 8125,000 bonds for a municipal electric lighting p l a n t The bonds were authorized by popular vote last spring.

Ed Hayes, alias Chas. Brown, who was shot a t Kalamazoo while t rying to escape from Deputy Sheriff Clark, will probably die as the bullet pierced his intestines in 10 places.

Roy Cowles, of Thetford, Genesee county, was riding on a load of sand, but fell off and the wagon wheels ran over his back, injuring his spine so that his recovery is donbtfnL

The Toledo & Northwestern Railway Co. has filed articles of association with the secretary of state. The company is organized to build a line of rail-road from Albion to Charlotte.

Morton E. Case has served as super-visor of Pittsfield township, Washte-naw county, since 1875, and has been presented with a gold-headed cane by the other members of the board.

While working in the Tamarack mine a t Calumet, half a mile below the sur-face, John H. Johnson, a t rammer who was loading cars, was crushed to a bloody mass by a heavy fall of rock.

Martin Solvener, aged 16, ran his bi-cycle into a horse standing a t a curb at Saginaw. As the boy fell the horse reared up and planting one hoof on his head crushed his skull and he will probably die.

A saloon closing campaign has been started a t Marquette, and saloon men threaten to enforce the. Sunday blue laws and thus stop the s t reet cars and close all business places except d rug stores on Sunday.

Guy Boswell and Warren Puterbaugh are under the care of physicians a t Benton Harbor having received the contents of a shotgun fired by Norman Caruthers, a colored man, guarding a t n ight his employer's f ru i t farm.

C. E. Huntley, a Michigan Central railway section foreman a t Tekonsha, suicided with strychnine. He had been despondent since his only son was drowned last spring. He leaves a wife and one daughter .

Ohio capitalists have leased a large amount of land around Grass lake, in Jackson county and will erect a 8150,-000 plant for the manufacture of Port-land cement, tile and brick, the mate-rial for which lies in thick deposits on the bottom of the lake.

Fred Thomas, who lives near Palo, and who drives a huckster 's wagon, was held up and robbed of the proceeds of a sale of produce. The robbers tied Thomas to the wheel of his wagon and when he was found the next morning he was more dead than alive.

A woman was pulled out of the ship canal a t Sault Ste. Marie in a half-dead condition, by Watchman Bernier. Af-ter she had been revived she gave her name as Mrs. Atchison, of Superior, Wis., and said she wanted to commit suicide—and she very nearly succeeded.

Thirty-two years ago George Davis, white, was sent to Jackson prison for criminally assaulting a colored girl in Saginaw. Davis says he is innocent of the crime and as he is now 70 years old he is preparing to ask for a pardon so t h a t he may die outside of the prison walls.

The general store belonging to CoL J, R. Petermann, a t the Allonez mine, three miles from Calumet, was de-stroyed by fire. Loss on the stock will amount to over 820,000 and the insur-ance carried was 810,000. The build-ing, which was owned by the Allouez Mine Co., was not insured.

Three pr.rns beloiu'iug to Sylvctus Lamb in Rollin, Lenawee county, were destroyed by fire, together with the contents, which included three horses.

Charles Peck, a farmer living ne? r Albion, narrowly eseaped death by cremation. A portion of his burning roof had already fallen in before he had awoke, and upon his escape he found the bam, which was located 40 rods from the house, entirely con-sumed. Loss about 83.500.

The opening of the Barnum mine a t Ishpemiug is a substantial evidence of the return of prosperity. I t means the employment of nearly 500 men this fall and winter. The Barnum mine has been the life and mainstay of Ishpem-iug, and since it was closed down, in July, 1804, business in that city has been practically a t a standstill.

The schooner Kate Winslow, carry-ing 1,200 tons of pig iron, foundered in Lake Michigan, near Manistique, a f te r being abandoned in a gale by the steamer Queen of the West, which was towing her. The crew escaped in the boats and reached Whitdale. The Winslow was built in 1872, was valued a t 815,000 and insured for 810,000.

Receiver T. A. E. Weadock, of the First National bank, of East Saginaw, is now paying off the fourth dividend to creditors of the bank, making 70 per cent thus for. The bank has a lot of redwood in California and other re-sources and the hope of the receiver is, when the property is disposed of, to pay 100 per cent and have a surplus.

Miss Carrie Haskell, an eccentric school teacher a t Ludington, quarreled with her brothers and, al though in good health, resolved to stay in bed five years. The time was almost up when she was taken sick with typhoid fever. She then expressed a desire to resume life's activities, but has died without her wish being gratified.

Secretary Wade of the U. of M. re-ports that the university at tendance is 300 more than last year, all depart-ments showing a gain, except the medical. The total is 2,009 against 2,616., If the registration a f t e r this date equals that of 1896 the number of students in the calendar, exclusive of summer school students, will be nearly or quite 3,200.

Because her parents forbade he r to walk on the village streets in the even-ing the 14-year-old daughter of John Worthley committed suicide a t Roch-ester, by taking a dose of strychnine. The girl wrote a note to her parents, saying she would rather die than stay home every night and requested that her best love bo conveyed to a young man in Pontiac.

The financial state of affairs in Bay City and Bay county is becoming badly muddled. Bay City's contingent fund has been overdrawn 835,000 and West Bay City is clamoring for the allow-ance of a big claim. Bay City has a claim against the county for 85,000, which, added to 840,000 the county owes the state, causes the supervisors considerable worry.

Ex-Senator Chas. W Jones, of Flor-ida, who 10 years ago created a na-tional sensation by his persistent and unwelcome attentions to Miss Clotilde Palms, a Detroit heiress, died a t St, Joseph's re t reat , a private asylum near Detroit, where he had been taken when infatuation and repeated rejec-tions broke down his once robust mind. The body was taken to Florida for burial.

H. C. Morrison, of Sault Ste. Marie, Hngh Ross and another man were hunt ing near Munoseong bay, and were' walking single file through the bush. Morrison being in the lead and Ross right behind him, when the gun of the later went off, pouring i ts deadly charge into Morrison's back and he lived but a few moments. I t is sup-posed tha t the hammer of Ross' gun was caught by a twig.

Frank Phiscater, of Baroda, who brought out a fortune from the Alaska gold mines, has gone to New York to dispose of a two-thirds in teres t in his claims in Alaska to an English syndi-cate for 81,333,000. From New York he will go to Washington, having been summoned there by Comptroller Eck-els to give the treasury department some information regarding Alaska. In February Phiscater will return to Alaska to develop his mines.

I t is expected a sugar beet factory will be erected a t Saginaw during the coming year with a capacity of 500 tons of beets a day, which will represent an investment of about 8400,000. Out of the 550 farmers of . Saginaw county who were given seed for experimental growing last spring i t is found t h a t nearly 200 of them have grown beets m Europe, and many of the farmers around Saginaw have worked in beet sugar factories in the old country.

J . L. Berkheimer, who was clerk of the appropriations committee of the senate in the last legislature and who was later a clerk in the auditor-gen-eral's office, has just been acquitted, a t Lansing, of the charge of obtaining money by false pretenses. I t was charged tha t he made unauthorized draf t s upon Senator Merriman's credit for 8200. Berkheimer says he has been persecuted, and he will now give the public some inside information regard-ing the manner in which the railroad companies dictated the terms of Sena-tor Merriman's railroad specific tax bill in the last legislature.

John Carson, a mulatto, aged 17, an inmate of the Industrial school for boys a t Lansing was instantly killed in a very peculiar manner. After wash-ing for breakfast and while waiting for the bell to ring, he threw back bis shoulders inhaled a long breath, and asked a companion to str ike him on the ches t The lad did not strike hard enough and another boy was also too weak to suit, and then Carson asked Frank Mardin, a powerfully bnllt, mu-latto about his own age, to bi t him. Mardin landed a blow on Carson's solar plexus, and the lad toppled over and died before the physician reached him

ITEMS UE INTEREST.

PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS PICKED

PROMISCOUSLY.

Great Bri ta in BefimeH to Talk on Sca l i

In t h e P r e s e n c e o f l luss la a n d Japan

Mnch to Uncle Sam's A s t o n i s h m e n t

— S u p r e m e J u s t i c e Fie ld Ret ires .

Bri t i sh B a c k Oat of t h e Seal Conference .

The officials of the British foreign office have communicated to U. S. Am-bassador Hay the final decision tha t the government of Great Britain must refuse to take par t in any scaling con-ference with representatives of Russia &nd Japan. The British government, however, asserts its willingness to con-fer with the United States alone. Dip-lomats consider tha t tireat Britain's jourse was not courteous to Russia and Japan.

Secretary Sherman has writ ten a re-ply to the note of Lord Salisbury ex-pressing Great Britain's declination to lake par t in the Bering sea seal confer-jnce if Russia and Japan are to par-ticipate. Mr. Sherman states tha t the U. S. government views with astonish-ment this determinatiou of Great Brit-ain, and says tha t up to Sep t 23 the U. 8. authorities had fully expectedv that the conference would proceed with Russia and Japan, as well as Great Britain, present I t is pointed out that aside from the written correspond-ence to which Lord Snlisbury had called attention, there were verbal ne-gotiations between Ambassador Hay and his lordship, in which specific ref-erence was made to the participation of Russia and Japan.

Besides the foregoing reply, and in view of the differences which have arisen, Mr. Sherman suggests a confer-ence between experts of the United States, Great Britain and Canada.

In the meantime preparations for the conference between the United States, Russia and Japan are proceeding and it will be well under way before the close of this month.

If Great Britain persistently refuses to come to any agreement on the seal-ing controversy, i t is highly probable that the retaliatory measures against Canada will be recommended to con-gress, for, unless England pledges her-self to assist the United States in pro-tecting f u r serls, there is no other course which will prevent the Canadian fishermen in the Bering sea from con-tinuing their merciless slaughter. I t is probable also tha t Russia and Japan would join in retaliatory measures.

D. S. S u p r e m e Court J u s t i c e F i e l d R e t i r e s

Justice Stephen J. Field, of Califor-nia, announced to the U. S. supreme court the fac t tha t he had sent his re-signation to President McKinley, to take effect Dec. 1, and i t has been ac-cepted. Justice Field was appointed by President Lincoln and took his seat May 20, 1863,and is the last survivor of the immortal Lincoln's appointees. During Justice Field's incumbency three chief justices and 16 associate uetices have passed away. A touching

reply was made by the other members of the supreme bench and a f t e r the ad-ournment of the court the justices

and the officers of the court called in a body a t Justice Field's house and took official leave of the retiring jus-tice. Although his resignation does not take effect until the first of De-cember i t is the understanding tha t Justice Field will not resume his seat on the bench during the interim.

President McKinley apparently has not decided yet upon the appointments tha t Justice Field's retirement will oc-casion, save tha t Attorney-General Mc-Kenna will be nominated for the su-preme bench unless some cause inter-venes between now and December to prevent i t

H i s t o r i c Canadian T o w n D e s t r o y e d .

historic Windsor, one of the most beautiful towns in Nova Scotia,^was devasted by fire, which, fanned by a violent northwest gale, raged so fiercely tha t the local fire depar tment was absolutely helpless to cope with i t Within six hours the town had been eaten almost completely, the area cov-ered by the flames being nearly a mile square, and of the 400 and more build-ings occupying the section barely half a dozen scorched structures remain, and over 3,000 people were rendered homeless. Fortunately no lives were lost, although the streets were perilous with flying timbers, bricks and slates, which the fierce hurricane drove like thunderbolts from the roofs

The total loss is estimated roughly a t 83,000,000, and the total insnrance is calculated to be not more than 8500,000.

Opera H o u s e Cel l ing Dropped.

During a performance in Robinson's opera house a t Cincinnati, the central truss of the ceiling, 80 feet long and 30 feet wide, fell with a crash and with slight warning. The house was fairly well filled with people and the rush for the doors a t the first cracking sounds choked the isles and the ceiling fell upon scores uf people killing Mrs. Geo. Kleeman, Miss Lacy Cohen and an unknown man. Five other persons were dangerously injured and a t least a dozen more quite seriously h u r t The building was an old one and the trusses of the dome had rotted.

Later—Mrs. Alfred White has died from injuries received.

James and Wm. Jordan encountered two rough looking characters as they approached their home, near Musko-gee, L T., a f te r spending the n igh t with a sick friend. When James asked wha t they were doing there the fel-lows shot him dead; then Wm. pulled his gun and killed both of them. They were identified as Moses Miller and Bill Wilson, noted desperadoes

John Armstrong Chanler, the di-vorced husband of Amelie Rives and a grandson of John Jacob Astor, is re-ported to be insane in the Blooming-dale asylum at New York.

Kil l tor Chas . A. t l i inn Bond .

Churlos A. Dana, editor of the New York Sun, died a t his home in Glen Cove, L. I., a t the age of 78.

Mr. Danu's death had been expected for several hours and his family and physicians were a t his bedside when the end came. The cause of Mr. Dana's death was cirrhosis of the liver. On June 9 he was at the office appar-ently strong and healthy. The next day ho was taken ill and he never af terward visited New York.

By the death of Charles Anderson Dana America loses one of the most brilliant journalists she has ever known. He was born Aug. 8, 1810, and entered the newspaper business in the '40s as a reporter on the Boston Chronotypc. In 1847 ho became city editor of Horace Greeley's New York Tribune aud was later European cor-respondent during the troublous times in France in 1848-9. Soon af te r the civil war begun Mr. Dana severed con-nections with Mr. Greeley owing to differences on questions pertaining to the conduct of the war. Mr. Dana was appointed to several positions in the state department and finally Presi-dent Lincoln made him assistant secre-tary of war. When the war was over he went to Chicago, and for a year acted as editor of the Republican. Then he returned to New York and organized the company which now publishes the New York Sun. The Sun was already an old-established journal, having first appeared in 1833, but Mr. Dana's own work and the picked men he placed about him a t once transformed i t into the leading paper of the day and established a reputation and a circulation which has since been the envy of all the other metropolitan newspapers.

Senator Morgan Favors Annexat ion .

Senator Morgan, of Alabama, who has been making a visit of investiga-tion to Hawaii, states tha t he has been more strongly convinced than ever in his own mind that the annexation of the islands in the r ight thing. He is happy that his visit to Honolulu has given him such a fund of information that he can debate with intelligence on the question when i t comes u p In the senate this fail. While he was considered an authority on Hawaiian matters before by his colleagues, his r ight to that position will be fully rec-ognized by all during the coming session.

NEWSY CONDENSATIONS.

Gen. Carlos Ezeta, ex-president of San Salvador, was arrested a t Oakland, Cal., to satisfy a landlord whom he owes 835.

As the result of a lovers 'quarrel Florence Gleason, aged 19, shot and killed her lover, John Peters and then shot herself, a t Chicago.

Miss Dailey, an invalid maiden lady living with John Conly's family, near Piketon, fell into an open fire and was fatal ly burned before being discovered.

The London Daily Chronicle an-nounces tha t the premier, Lord Salis-bury, is about to retire owing to ill-ness. Lord Salisbury denies the r epo r t

Lotta Crabtree, bet ter known as "Lot ta ," the actress, has sued Henry E. Abbey, theatrical agent, of New York, for 820,000 and two years' inter-est on promissory notes.

Seven four-story wooden warehouses filled with tobacco, and e ight dwellings were destroyed by fire a t Durham, N C. The total loss is 8250,000, with 8200,000 insurance. Over 3,500,000 pounds of tobacco burned.

Associate Justice Stephen Johnson Field of the U. S. supreme court has made formal application to President McKinley to be retired from the bench, under the law allowing members of tha t court to be retired when 70 years of age.

Edward Langtry, the husband of Lily Langtry, the actress, died in the asylum for the insane a t Chester, Eng., to which he was recently committed by a magistrate, having been found wandering in a helpless condition in t h a t vicinity.

Ex-Gov. Boies, who tried for the nomination for the presidency a t the convention which nominated Bryan, in a letter to the Des Moines, la. . Leader says that gold is the basis of national currency and tha t the Chicago platform has had its day.

The downpour of rain which was al-most a deluge flooded the Schuylkill valley in Pennsylvania and the water rose six to eight feet in some of the streets of Reading. The people had to be rescued with boats. Several thou-sand dollars damage was sustained.

Four robbers held up an express train in daylight near Austin, Tex., and fatally shot Conductor Healy and wounded two passengers. The desper-adoes secured 8200 from passengers, but were unable to ge t the express safe open as the express messenger harl fled to the woods as soon as he saw what was up.

Gov. Hastings, of Pennsylvania, has received a letter from Secretary Sher-man stating that the Austrian minister a t Washington claims tha t there was a violation of r ights of Austrian subjects in the recent firing on the mob a t Lat-timer. Pa., when a score of miners were killed. Secretary Sherman re-quests the facts and status of affairs in relation to these cases.

The international convention of the Brotherhood of S t Andrew a t Buffalo, N. Y., received reports tha t showed tha t in the Episcopal church in the United States there are 1,226 chapters with 12,000 members; in Canada, 212 chapters with 1,500 members; in Scot-land, 12 chapters with 100 members; in Australia, 40 chapters with 350 mem-bers. In England, where the move-ment has but recently token organized form, there are 39 chapters with 350 members.

The heaviast October snowstorm ever known there ha* fal len a t Crested Butte, Colo.

A G I G A N T I C o ' T d A L .

Wall S t r e e t t o "Bo" U n d o S a m f o r SSO,-

0 0 0 , 0 0 0 by t h e Union Pac l f lo B e a t

The New York World publishes a very sensational lengthy article on tho workings of the Wall s t reet s t reet pool which is seeking to obtain control of tho Union Pacific railroad. The World in substance says:

A steal involving an immediate loss to the government of 820,000,000 an an ultimate loss of over 850,000,000 w" bo consummated within tho next _ days unless President McKinley Inter-poses his authority and protects the people. Tho Union Pacific Railway Co. owes tho governmont over 853,000,-OOd. A pool of Wall street bankers has engaged in a scheme of reorganization which contemplates tho payment of 62 per cent to tho government, or less than 833,000,000, while securities sub-ordinate to tha t of the governmant will obtain 175 per cent upon their claims. All the legal r ights which tho government might avail pf in the pur-suit of the plunderers who rifled the company treasury are to bo abandoned, and terms of sale have been fixed which absolutely bar every form of competition and give the pool a big prize. The World also publishes scan-dalous rumors tracing a connection be-tween this colossal steal and the snb-scriptions of Wall street to tho Hanna campaign fund of 1896 and tho selec-tion of a t least one prominent cabinet official

Spanish S t e a m e r S a n k — 1 5 0 D r o w n e d .

The coasting steamer Triton from Havana to Bahia Honda, province of Pinar del Rio, Cuba, was wrecked on tho north coast of that province. The steamer went ashore during heavy weather, grounding about eight miles f rom tho coast The purser and one of the passengers reached Mariel and say they havo no knowledge regarding the fate of the captain, 200 passengers, sol-diers and civilians, and the 30 members tho crew of tho Triton. The missing passengers include several well-known merchants. The Spanish gunboat Maria Christina and the tug Louise lef t Havana a t once for the scene of tho wreck. Tho two vessels brought back 42 of the members of tho lost ship's company who relate tha t the first boat tha t was lowered when the boat struck tho rocks capsized immedi-ately and all of i ts occupants were drowned. The next was struck by an enormous wave and turned over, drowning 20, but the c raf t righted again and e ight regained i t Those who were rescued tel l heartrending stories of the scenes Ju s t as the Tri-ton was sinking Capt Ricardo, her commander, committed suicide, by shooting himself. I t is impossible tc give the exact number of those lost, but i t is estimated t h a t they were no fewer than 150. Among whom were two navy and two army officers, a com-missary official and 77 privates. On board the Triton was 831,660 in silver to bo used for the payment of the Spanish military and naval forces, be-sides a large quanti ty of groceries and ammunition for the army.

G e r m a n y W a n t s Beo lproo l ty .

The German government is making preparations to open negotiations with the United States for a reciprocity treaty. The matter is being thoroughly considered by the departments of the interior and finance, as well as in the foreign office. Officials are collecting and compiling statistics for ascertain-ing not only tho effects of the new tariff of the United States upon the different branches of German industry, but with a view of the possibility of extending new branches of goods into the German exports.

The police have discovered in Chi-cago Louise Ripp, a 16-year-old girl, who was abducted • a t Paris, France, last March, by two fanqons crooks

Tbe London Daily News says: "There is now a good prospect of th« speedy conclusion of a general arbitra-tion treaty between Great Britain and the United S ta tea"

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Experts investigating th s sales of sealskins in London, to obtain evidence for the use of the United States in the coming conference, have proof that 80 per cent of tho skins sold by the Can-adian companies are those of female seals, and tha t most of the animals were s h o t

President McKinley's deep interest in re?>prncity and his determination foster American industry and com-merce has led to the appointment of Hon. John A. Kasson, of Iowa, a s special commissioner to carry in to effect tljv reciprocity features of the A Dingley b i l l ^

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It would bo sulilclent punishment to answer hlra as he did. He could not have done a hotter thing. Tho cap-tain had lots of sense, and he never again placed himself in such an embar-rassing position.

"But I shall never forget that awful threat of Toombs and the neat way In which Scott turned It back like a boom-erang. Tho captain met mora than his match that time."

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T o o m W T h r e a t .

From the Chicago Times-Herald: T.'hen General Robert Toombs of Geor-gia was a young man In his twenties he raised a volunleer company and joined General Scott, who was then conduct-ing a campaign asalnst the Indians in Florida.

Even in his early youth Toombs was noted for his self-confldenec and his aggressive bearing.

Ho was without military training, and had never submitted to ruies and discipline, at college, or anywhere else. The youngster had an Imperious will, and regarded no human being as his superior.

Naturally, when he met General Scott it was a case of oil and water—they would not mix.

Private James White, who served In A Georgia company during that war,

NINETTE'S SACRIFICE.

Knit* Under a Itrhel F l a g .

There is an old woman In Charleston who has not been on the Buttery since tho war ami haa not been on King street in fifteen years, says the Char-leston (S. C.) Post. This may seem like a fairy tale to many, but It Is a true statement. She Is not a cripple, either, but Is as well and strong as a woman could expect to be who has readied the ago of 74 years. She lives In the western part of the city within a few Eqtip.res of King street and near tho Rutledge avenue street car line.

Another remarkable thing about this old lady is that she has never seen the electric cars and has no desire to see one, she says. She was asked by a friend of hers the other day to join In a trolley ride, but she declined with thanks, saying she did not care to ride on anything that was propelled by un-seen power. "Law mo," said she, when asked to take a trolley ride, "do you think I'd get on one of those cars that arc run by electricity? I could not be Induced to take one of those electric rides. You are fooling with something you can't see."

As before stated, the old lady has not been on tho P.attcry since the war, and, notwithstanding repeated efforts have been made by friends and rela-tives to get her to visit this beautiful place, all appeals fell on deaf ears. She would reply when asked: "Thank you, 1 do not care to go."

Other than this no excuse was ever offered. Oftentimes she has been asked by her friends why she did not care to go on the Battery or why she had not been there since the war, but never a reason did she give. The old lady Is a genuine rebel and says she has never surrendered and never will. In her house Is a large Confederate flag sus-pended from the wall in her room and It is said she sits under it hours a t n time and knits stockings.

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T o Make S m o o t h Bore Cannon Effec t ive .

A most ingenious method has been devised by Colonel W. H. Bell of San Francisco for the effective restoration of smooth-bore cannon, this Invention as claimed, securing the .iccessary ro-

laughs To this day'over a till between i tary twist In the air without the trou-Captain Toombs and General Scott.

The general knew the character of his red enemies, and he was In no hur-ry to attack them In the position which they had chosen. He waited day after day, determined not to move forward until he was satisfied that he would be successful, and would not uselessly cause the sacrifice of many valuable lives.

The delay did not suit the Georgia captain. He fretted, fumed and swore, and did not attempt to conceal his con-tempt for the slow methods of his com-mander.

One night Toombs felt that he could stand It no longer.

The Indignant captain paid a visit to the general's tent, where he found Scott engaged In a pleasant conversation with a dozen officers of high rank.

The Georgian was a man of suporb physique, the finest looking American of his generatlon,and when he marched Into the tent with flashing eyes and a defiant look everybody gazed expectant-ly In his direction.

General Scott greeted him pleasantly and Invited him to Join the circle of military men who were telling stories of cAmp life.

"General Scott," said Toombs, in a stern tone. "I desire to know, sir, whether the army will march against the enemy within the next few days."

"I am not ready yet to answer that question," replied the general with a smile.

"Then, sir," continued the youthful captain, "I will notify you that unless the army marches tomorrow I propose to go forward with my company into the very heart of the Indian territory."

When this astounding declaration was made tbe ofiicers almost fainted, and they expected tho general to ad-minister a withering rebuke.

To their astonishment Scott never changed his genial expression. His eye twinkled with good humor, and he turned a serene and benignant face upon his audacious visitor.

"Very well, captain," was his quiet answer in a soothing tone. "Very well, captain, use your own pleasure, by all means. Take your company tomor-row and march into the Indian coun-try. We may follow yon a few weeks later. But don't wait for us. Take your company and go ahead. Good night, captain."

Private White says that when Toombs heard this a look of bewilder-ment, disappointment and anger came over his face, but not a word fell f rom h i s Hps. He saluted the commander and bowed himself out.

"Did be march his company against the enemy the next day?" was my nat-ural question.

"No," replied White, "he said noth-ing more about i t He remained a t his post and was an exemplary officer dur-ing the remainder of the war. And he was not chafed about the affair, either. He was not the man to stand such treatment."

I asked White why Scott overlooked the captain's breach of military dUcl-pline.

"Well." t l i e o l d m a n » reflectively, " the general was a good Judge of hu-man nature. He knew that young Toombs was a gallant fellow who cou ld some day be an honor to hie country, and he doubtless thought that

bio of being fired from a rifled gun, and there is no liability to tumbling. In shape the device for apcomplishing this purpose Is that of an ordinary con-ical shot, and In Its bore is a hollow capable of holding a considerable quan-tity of slow-burning powder; a plug screws Into this hollow, holding the powder securely within. Around the edges of this plug are a series of grooves leading into the powder cham-ber, and bored at an angle opposite the direction which the projectile Is ex-pected to twist, and thus bores its way through the air, doing this on the same principle that makes the "pin wheel" revolve when it is lighted. A charge of quick-burning powder Is dropped into the smooth-bore cannon, and the pro-jectile is pushed in upon it; the fuse Is attached and the cannon fired—the qnlck-burnlng powder expelling the projectile and lighting the slew-burn-ing powder through the grooves. This belns to act at once, accele.-atlng the speed and Initiating tho twist oven be-fore leaving the cannon. The speed is said to actually Increase while the pro-jectile Is In the air, and until the pow-der is burned out the rotary mo-tion continues to accelerate the hall.

R B T T T Ninette s k i p p e d daintily along the shore, her bright curls tossing with the breeze, and the gayly colored ker-chief, which should have confined them, swinging In her hand.

She was happy as her very heart for was she not the dear artist 's

studio, where she spent the happiest hours of tho day? Was she not helping to make the beautiful picture which ho said was to bring him fame and happi-ness? And as she thought, her steps grew slower, and tho bright, beautiful past rose up before her like a wonder-ful panorama, each view more entranc-ing than the preceding one; her memo-ry went back to that early summer's day, when he had come upon her as she sat mending her father 's nets on the shore, and had asked her to sit for him each day, while he had put her picture on the canvas with a genius that almost frightened the simple fisher maiden.

Happy days! in which she had learned to love him for his gentle words, his bonny smile and the song and story with which he had beguiled the hours In which she strove with all her soul to embody his meaning, with an earnestness that pleased while it surprised him. Ah! but it was her sig-ner, and he had chosen her f rom all the girls on the shore, and tho picture was hers as well as his, and she gloried in its perfection. Half child, half wom-an, as she was, she did not understand what It was that made the sun so bright, the sea so Joyous, and life so al-together delightful.

To-day she entered the studio with eyes shining like stars, the sof t color coming and going in her cheeks, the dewy lips, arched like Cupid's bow, tremulous with excitement and it was no wonder that his ar t is t soul reveled In her beauty.

When the day's work was over he called her to him and showed her the picture, which was approaching com-pletion.

"We shall soon have It done, my dear, and then we will send i t away to the big city, where there will be none so beautiful as my li t t le flsher girl; only a few more days and our work is over."

He drew her close to him and pressed a kiss on her Innocent lips; which to him was but an expression erf thank-fulness to the child who had helped him to win the fame he felt sure was with-in his grasp; but to her i t was the awakening of a soul, and he, cold-blooded northerner as he was, did not understand how soon womanhood, with all Its Joys and sorrows, comes to maidens under a southern sun.

She silently left the room and thoughtfully pursued her way to her home. Her few simple duties over, she crept to her bed, still with this new se-cret warming h6r heart and opening

and find hor lover in the cnid wave-where they hnd fl»ir.f; him, and he should bo hers In death.

She covered her head In the bed

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"The fat-rumped shoep," says Dr. | Anderson, "resemble one another by | having—particularly the males—a solid

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Brl t t sh Sai lors l a India .

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plague segregation camps In India. Here Is a Barria being disinfected be-fore being allowed to return to his home In Karachi. Two stalwart gun-ners assist him in his toilet, and a doctor is in attendance to see that he lo fit to be discharged. The man's bodfly condition is evidence of the good living he has enjoyed while in segregation. •Probably this is the first bath he has had in many years, as men of his casto are very dirty.

W a r n i n g t h e C o m m n n l t y .

A miserable imposter is working his game on some of the cities of the state, eelling from house to house a salve which he guarantees to •ure warts. All sensible people know that the only way to remove a wart is to rub it with half a potato, which is af-terward to be burled by a cross-eyed negro in the northwest corner of a grave yard at midnight, during the dark of the moon. As the potato de-cays the wart will disappear, and while the present Saturn Is passing through the constellation of saggitarius. The salve iu tin boxes Is a delusion and a snare.—Cannon Falls (Minn.) itea-con.

morning; then with the bright sun came better thoughts, and she remem-bered the grand picture that was to go out Into the world—-he must save him or It would not he finished. She would go along the ellfT road at evening and warn him of his danger. So, alternat ing between love and jealousy, she spent all the day. and when the sun sank to rest behind tho hills she was on hor way over the rocks and up onto tho cliff, where she could hide herself and watch for his approach.

It grew dark, and the moon was hid-den behind black clouds; a storm was coming up; still she did not stir; the thunder rolled, and lightning lit up the heavens with fitful dashes. Perhaps ho would not return to-night, and she prayed he might not, although It was agony to picture to herself the lady at the chateau pleading with him not to go out Into the night. Hark! that was his voice surely singing softly to him-self, and In one of the flashes she saw coming from the chateau road tho form of him she loved; In one swift moment j she exulted that ho had left his lady j in spite of pleading; but the fee.llng was j brief, for from the other direction she heard voices, and realized that the evl! deed planned in darkness ihe nirht be-fore would be exeemo-l u n l ^ s she could prevent it. Nearer and nearar they come until they are almact opposite her hiding place.

Holy Mother! what can ihe do! There Is no time to warn him, as he come? Jauntily on to his doom, and she seer like a flash his mangled form on tho rocks below, to he washed out by the cruel waves in the morning; then the picture rises before her In all Us di-vine beauty; her bra'.n Is bursting with excitement. Unknowingly she rushes out of her concealment, and the ruf-fians, seeing the form in the darkness, think their victim is In their power. In her frenzy she has gone too far; one false step and she falls over the cliff; a lightning flash lit up the sky. and there was one shriek as of a lost soul as she went over the edge. The men turn and flee for dear life, think-ing In their superstitious fear that evil spirits are pursuing them. In an In-stant all was over, and, unable to find the cause of tho disturbance, the artist keeps on his way home.

The next morning the village ran^ with excitement, for the frightened men had confessed all. and the body of the girl was found In the surf.

The maiden had sacrificed her life for her friend, and although he never realized that his thoughtless kiss had cost her her life, he undertook the sim-ple burial, and placed a white cross at her head, and he and his beautiful wife make yearly pilgrimages to the little grave of her who gave her life for his.—Boston Herald.

A SherlocU H o l m e s Dednrt lon .

Biggs—"That man over there Is a physician." Dlggs—"How do you know?" Biggs—"l heard him say that he didn't enjoy good health."

•ided, as It were. Into two hemispheres, which take the form of the hips, with j a llttlo knob of a tall In the middle. | Some of them have horns, but others do not. Its covering Is a mixture of hair and wool. Some of the breeds

1 weigh as much as 200 pounds, and the i mass of fat formed ou the rump va-

ries from a tenth to a fifth part of the entire weight. In the neighborhood of

: Caucasus, the hind quarters are salted as hams and sent In large quantities

1 to the northern part of Turkey. It has ' been supposed by some writers that i this breed may be the same as that

which was bred by tho Patriarchs, In the days of Abraham and Moses. The sacred penman mentions that Moses took the fat and the rump, and all the fat which was upon the Inwards, and burned them upon the altar for a burnt offering. This breed Is found In Its purest state In the deserts of Great Tartary, no other variety being near to contaminate Its blood. It reaches far Into the Interior and northern parts of Russia, and Is much disseminated In China, Persia, Hlndostan, Asia Minor and Eastern Africa as well as Thibet. In Palestine it is more numerous than any other breed; Indeed the largest proportion of the sheep of Northern Asia being of this description. Profes-sor Pallas conjectures that this charac-ter arises in the fat-rumped sheep from their feeding upon the bitter and sa-line plants found upon the borders ot the Caspian and Black seas. And he asserts that when they are removed from the places where these plants grow the fatty excrescence becomes less. But Canfield says, as the fat-rumped and fat-talled sheep are varie-ties which are widely dispersed, it seems more probable that they may have been produced by accident, and may also have been perpetuated by accident, design or fancy. The fat-talled sheep are very extensively dif-fused; It Is found throughout Asia and a great part of Africa, as well as through the northern parts of Europe. They differ, like other sheep, in the nature of their covering. In Madagas-car, and In some other hot climates, they are covered with hair; at the Cape of Good Hope they are covered with coarse wool; In the Levant their wool is extremely fine. The proportion which the weight of the tail in some of these sheep bears to the whole car-cass Is quite remarkable. The usual dressed weight of the sheep is from fifty to sixty pounds, of which the tail is said to make more than one-fourth part. Russel describes two breeds of fat-tailed sheep about Aleppo; in one the deposit of caudal fat Is moderate; in the other sort the tall Is much larg-er. The unctuous fat of the tails of these sheep is accounted a great deli-cacy alike by the Boers and the Hotten-tots of Southern Africa. The Hotten-tots, In their primitive condition, pos-sessed Immense flocks and pursued the pastoral arts with great success.

F a c e and Hoad Covered with Sorety, but Hood ' s Has Cured Them.

" My fnce and bend were a mass of sores, '\ but since taking Hood's Sareaparlllathes® sores havo all disappeared. I believe Hood's Sarsaparllla has no equal (or scrof-u l a . " IDA A . WEAVER, P a l e r m o , 111.

Hood's S p a r m a Is the bust-In fact the Ono True Rlood Pnrlfler.A

i l i . r * : i i „ cttrellvcr ills, easy to take, l i O O d S P i l l S c a s y ^ 0 p e r a t e . 25cent8»i>.

He Had to Work Wylle—Do you use your wheel much

for exercise? Kic ly -No; I use It for work. The bicycle gets the exercise.

SHE FALLS OVER T H E CLIFF, out a new vista ot happiness In her life.

Mother she had none; her father, a rough, uncouth fisherman, was seldom at home except to sleep off some drunk-en orgle; It was strange that so lovely a flower could have sprung from such a parent: but it was said that the moth-er had been ot gentle birth, had mar-ried the handsome, rollicking dare-devil, and broken her heart when she came to realize his utter worthless-ness.

Some time in the night Ninette awakened from a deep sleep by hear-ing voices outside the hut, and soon distinguished her father 's and those of some of his cronies. As she listened she grew cold as with a sudden chill, as she heard them plan to waylay and rob some one, and she held her breath to catch the name. Ah! heaven, could it be that she hoard aright! "The pic-ture fellow." they said, "ho has plenty of money and Jewels worth taking." She must save him, be who had ca-ressed her so fondly, her dear friend, for even to herself she scarcely dared call him by any fonder name yet. She would listen to all their plans, and per-haps she could warn him.

"He will be coming home along the cliff road from the chateau that holds his sweetheart," said her father's voice; "they will think he fell over," he ad-ded, with a fiendish chuckle.

"Hist," said another, "the girl may wake."

She could hear no more, for they moved away; but the Iron had entered her soul, and Jealousy had made a woman of the girl of yesterday. "Over the cliff to see his sweetheart," then she could never be anything to him; she was only a child to amuse him. Then all her passionate nature rose In revolt; no one else should have his love, she thought; they might throw him from the cliff, she would have the remembrance of that kiss ot yesterday, and after he was dead she would go too,

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Strict ly Bus iness Transact ion ,

First Heiress—"Who presented the count to you?" Second Heiress—"No one; I bought him."

LATE NEW INVENTIONS.

A recently patented bicycle frame has springs Inside the tubing for the saddle post, crank hanger, front fork and handle bars, to deaden the force ot a blow on the wheels and make rough roads easy to ride over.

Hammers for hand use in machine shops are operated by pneumatic pres-sure, a sliding spring pressed rod being set In the casing to be driven by push-ing a button by which the air Is ad-mitted to the driving chamber.

To safely support a lady's hat at a theater a bracket Is attached to the under side ot the seat to carry a swing-ing shelf extending nearly to tho floor, the device folding up against the bot-tom of the seat when not in use.

A recently patented water motor has an endless upright chain of buckets mounted on two axlos with a stream of water at the top to fill the buckets as they start down, the isngth of the chain determining the power of the motor.

In a new French railway signaling device a lover on the engine hangs In position near the rail to receive a sig-nal from a flat strip of iron lying par-allel to the vail, an Indicator in the cab showing how many signals wore given by the iron strips.

Wave motors are being manufactur-ed with a float mounted on tho end of a rod to work up and down as the waves move, tho rod moving a piston which operates a water or air com-pressor and fills a tank to furnish pow-er to run machinery.

In a new non-puncturable shield for pneumatic tires the tread Is formed of closely woven wires, with the trans-verse strands extended beyond the longitudinal strands, thus making an armored tread without decreasing the fiexlbllity ot the tire.

A recently patented insect-proof dis-play rack has a base on which rests a cup, which Is filled with water after the socket ot the rack has been Inserted In a hole in the center ot the cup. thus preventing insects and vermin Lom crawling onto the shelves above.

Fire hose can be cleaned and dried by a new mechanism, consisting ot two cylindrical brushes set In a frame which can be attached to the hose cart, the brushes being rapidly revolved as the hose passes between them by a chain geared to the axle of the hose reel.

Kind t h e A d v e r t i s e m e n t s .

You will enjoy this publication much \ better if you will get into the habit of reading the advertifioments; they will ' afford a most interesting study .and ' will put you in the way of g e t ^ n g ) some excellent bargains. Our adt tisers are reliable, they send what t h e j advertise.

The king of Dahomey wos educated iu France and speaks French fluently. He became a barbarian because he was disappointed in a love affair.

For Itching Piles, irritation of the genitals, or itching In any par t of the body. Doan's Ointment is w o r t h . i t s weight in gold. No matter how lone-standing tlie trouble. Doan's Ointment will not fall to give instant relief.

Alaska is large enough to contain Great llritain and Ireland, Germany, France, Greece and Switzerland, with some room to spare.

Consumption is the natural result of a neglected cold. Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup cures coughs, bronchitis, asthma, and all lung troubles down to the very borderland of consumption.

One reason why some people do not get religion is because they do not want to get enough to spoil them f o r the world.

'Burdock Blood Bitters entirely cured me of a terrible breaking out a l l over my body. I t is a wonderful med-icine." Miss Julia Elbridge, Box 35, West Corn well, Conn.

Good manners are a part of good morals, and it is as much your duty as your interest to practice both.

Have you earache, toothache, sore throat, pains or. swellings of any sort? A few applications of Dr. Thomas' Eo-lectric Oil will bring relief almost in-stantly.

If a snail's head be cut off and the body placed in a cool, moist spot a new head will be grown.

N o - T o - B a c f o r F i f t y Cents. G u a r a n t e e d tobacco h a b i t c u r e . m a k e s w e a k

men strong.blooil pu re . 50c, i l . All d rugg i s t s .

" K n o w t h y s e l f " i s a l m o s t a d iv ine i n j u n c -t ion ; b u t ius t in p ropo r t i on t h a t a m a n knows himself h e m u s t h a t e h imse l f a n d suspec t h i s ne ighbor .

A l f a l f a f o r Cows.

Alfalfa silage compares well in chem-ical composition with clover and sim-ilar forms ot silage. I t Is said to usually have a disagreeable odor and taste, al-though It Is freely eaten by cattle. No experiments In the use of alfalfa sil-age have been made at this station. The green fodder has been In such continual demand for feeding that not enough has been available at any time to fill a silo. Alfalfa, like clover, would re-quire a most careful packing and a greater depth ot silo for best results than is necessary tor corn. Alfalfa hay is an excellent fodder. I t is palatable and very nutritious. Experience and good Judgment are required, and much time and care necessary to make good hay. It handled too much when dry all the leaves and small stems are likely to fall off, and It not thoroughly cured it is likely to mould and ipildew. The hay will not shed water well, and stacks when left long should be well covered. Hay caps are often ot great service. The hay suffers much deter-ioration In feeding value by exposurt to rain.—New York Experiment Sta-tion.

W i d e T ire Leg i s la t ion .

The extent to which the value ot wlae tires has come to be recognized Is shown by the fact that during tho last twelve months the legislature of near-ly every «fate has been asked to pass a bill providing for their compulsory adoption. The state of New Jersey has already adopted a law of this kind, and i.t Is reaping the benefit In the country. With wide tires in use, even the pres-ent country roads will improve: for such tires serve as rollers to make the roadbed compact Instead of cutting deep ruts as do heavily loaded wagons on narrow tires.—Ex.

A Connecticut Law.—Tho state ot Connecticut has passed a law making It Illegal to press "tub butter" Into "bricks, pats or balls," unless the same shall be stamped with the words "tub butter" or have the wrappers printed with the same words. There seems to be no end to the foolish things legisla-tors will do, says the New York Prod-uce Review.

Low-Prlced Milk.—It Is stated that at one ot the creameries near Burn-side, N. Y., a notice has been posted to the effect that the tanners who are not willing to take forty cents a ean tor their milk may take It back home. It would appear that the creamery pro-prietors there have things about their own way.—Practical Dairyman.

Well Kept Cattle.—There is more profit in one good cow or steer well kept than in two poor ones 111 kept Keep only the best, and teed well; and unless your experience Is such that you are comparatively sure ot the outcome, reduce the stock, and make the risk the less.—Ex.

Cultivate crops In the orchard only early la tho season.

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Mr. Quintns Hummel, of 118 Michigan

Are., Detroit, tells a War Story

of Us own Experienee, and.

tho Result. (From Detroit Newt.)

Our representative called at 118 Michi-gan Avenue, the residence of Mr. Quintus Hummel. Mr. Hummel is a veteran of the late war, and received, in the campaign, an injuiy which has given him much pain and suffering since. Ho belonged to a-Michigan cavalry regiment and his horse becoming frightened one day reared up. throwing him backward. In falling he struck his spine on a sharp stone, inflict-ing a deep cut over five inches long. The injury affected the kidneys. About two years ago the loft kidney started to bleed, and has been doing so ever since. Mr. Hummel, in a few pointed sentences, gave our representative the following account:

" The accident of my * war days ' left mo in bad shape; pain in my back and spine rendered me almost useless, and I was compelled to give up work entirely. I could not turn over in bed without assist-ance. I have spent hundreds of dollars in various ways trying to*find relief. Physi-cians have told mc my spine was honev-combed for 18 inches. I had given up in despair, never hoping for relief, when a friend told mo about Doan's Kidney Pills, and they have done me a world of good. The pains have disappeared from my back, and tho bleeding of my kidney has almost entirely stopoed. I know I can never be entirely curea, as I would have to bo ' a now man,' but Doan's Kidney Pills have done more to make mo feel like ' a new man' than all the other things I have tried during past years. I havo not had any rccurrenco of the pain or bleeding since taking them."

Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all deal-ers. Price 50 cents, by mail from Fos-ter-Milburn Co.. Buff-.io, N. Y.. sole agents for tho Uniteu States. Remember the name, Doan's, and take no other.

While the militia were in camp a t Luke SebasticooK, in Maine, it is said tha t the perch slopped biting, espec-ially on day when there was much firing.

A Joyfu l sp i r i t sr.d a c h e e r f u l c o u n t e n a n c e shed happ ines s r.ll a r o u n d : whi le s a d n e s s a n d gloom c r e a t e d i sma l m e l a n c h o l y w h e r -e v e r thev a r e .

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T h e r e a r e b u t few who know w h a t g r ie f Is; t h e loss of a mos t va luab l e possession a n d a s h a r p a t t a c k of colic af fec t most peop le J u s t a b o u t a l ike .

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statement that if the material used in Ihe wall bad been made into one 6 feet high and 2 feet thick, it would reaoh twice nround the earth. The purp tse of the great wall was protec-tion against the roving barbarians of the north and west.

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, Mrs. Fred Condon and Mr6, Wm. Hex-ford visited Ailn Cnrr in fceehe last Wed-nesday.

Cornelius Hex ford of Gr/i(lot county spent Sundny and MolulaV wi.h his brother William.

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per year. One Inch | 5 per year. Rates for larger advertisements made

known attheofflce. Cards of thanks, 50 cent#. Resolutions of condolence, 11.00.

Job printing In connection at lowest living *ates. "Always Prompt," Is our motto.

GKO. M. PULLMAN died in his mag-nificent brown stone front mansion in Chicago, Tuesday. Six feet of enrth is all he owns now, and the poorest of hit) employes is better off than he, who leaves 835,000,000 worth uf property for other people to quarrel Over.

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THE story of the ruin of a Cale-donia farmer, as told in another Col-umn, is .ilmost incredible. Has Kent county, hmung her politicians of any party, men who can deliberately plot the ruin of a simple old man, who, by a life of hard work had made himself comfortable for old age? Such ras-cality ought not to go unpunished*

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Miss CISSKROS, the Cuban girl itr. prisoned by Weyle r , is safe in t h e 1 'n i t ed Stales, t h a n k s to an Amer ican newspaper man WIIO effected her es-c a p e . Some newspapers a r e po in t ing the finger of shame a t the New Y o r k J o u r n a l f o r fu rn i sh ing the m a n and means to do tlie w o r k . ; bu t there is no howl of reproach going u p f rom t h e people .

* * A AN ENGLISH newspaper cofrespon-

deut has been robbed aud starved to death by the Spaniards at Havana, so say the dispatches. Now watch John Bull's bristles go up; for say what you will of him, he demands that Jtriiish subjects be treated with rfe-dpect, the world over. Uncle Sam would do well to be as tigilant in such mat te r s as J o h n n y .

%* IMAGINE Grant, Sheridan, Sherman

or Hancock, dragging pritate soldiers by the heelsi It was not by such means, these men secured the deTotion of their followers. Men of Capt. Lovering's stamp quite frequently cot shot in the back during the war. t h e volunteer soldiers would not submit tamely to brutal treatment, and there Is certainly no occasion for such iu (imes of peace.

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MONUMENTS erected by the Kgvp-(ians to their kings some four or five thousand years ago, are today fn a perfect state of preservation. The inonumont reared to the memory of Abraham Lincoln, only twentythree tears ago, is already crumbling to fniu and a large sum of iriouey is needed for repairs. There are many differences between ancient and mod-ern architecture—not ail of fhem be-ing creditable to the latter.

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CHARLES A. DANA, one of the world 's greatest editors died on S u n -day a t t h e age of 78 years . H e was associated with Horace Greeley on the New Y o r k T r i b u n e d u r i n g t h e War; hut there was a d i s ag reemen t be-tween the two otf editorial pol icy , and M r D a n a wi thdrew. Since l^ ( i8 he has edited the New Y o r k Sun a n d gained a wor ld -wide fame as an able wri ter . His la ter years were m a r r e d by cynicism and e r r a t i c politics.

» * A DEAR YOUNO girl F- Before you put

much t rus t in t h a t y o n n g m a n ' s .pro-tes ta t ions of love, before you t r u s t y o u r l ife in his hands,- TEST b i m . See if he will g i t e tip tobacco and l i quo r s and fast c o m p a n y fo r youf

- ^ a k e If he will n o t d o so noW, he will never-ttO i t a l t e r mrtvriago. I f he t h i n k s inorTof llieffe bad th ings t h a n of v<>ur lov«\ d o you \Vant to be his wife? S h o a l d a wife not h a ^ e first p lace in her h u s b a n d ' s hea r t ? Tell him to c l r o s e between these evils anri y o u r love, and t a k e that he prizes most h igh ly . ^

"THK Chinese Wall," Was One of il« subjects for investigation by the I'liiversity Center; and tinmefous wmks of reference Were consulted in a Vain quest for information< In •I vnson's cyclopedia we learn that the Chinese wall was the. most extensive, Work of masonry lb history. lis building was ordered by tbe ruler, Chi-Hoang-TF;'and several millions <>f men Were occupied in the work for ten jears, during which time half

with her uncle, and until.

Last Sunday was Mrs. Hansom Abby's 88th birthday. She Wife bbrn imd raised in this neighborhdod. Them was a la rye conipahy of relatives present and a bounti-ful dinner wits served.

Frank Sherrard and wife visited at M. C Denny's Sunday.

Mr. Hudson preached here Sunday, Next Sunday a minister from Sarahac

will preach here. Although our niiniHter left us out this year tlie bell rings every Sunday just the sume and we hope to hear il continue to ring the rtUt of the year.

Blood and Norvest arc vdry t:loio« ly related. Keep the blood rich, pure and healthy, with Hood's Sarsaparilla and yon will have no licrvousness.

Hood 's Pills are best aftel'-dinnef pills,aid digestion, preventcoustipution

West Lowell. t)atid Grist wood of Fenwlck was the

guest of his brother, L. Gristwood, ovet Sundav.

H. Peters aftd wife and Alvin Rolf at-tended services at the M. E. church at Lowell Inst Sunday.

Mrs. Dell Kenvoft has been eutertnining an aunt and cousin frum Indiana tho past week.

Mrs. L. Gristtfodd visited her sister Mrs, Court, of Lowell last Thursdny.

Mrs, Kenyon cdlled on Mrs. Q.lilwood last Friday.

Mrs. Hi Fletcher is entertaining her sis-ter from Ottawa.

Mrs. H. Eastrebrooks is visiting her Son, D, Eastcrbrooks of Lowell.

I f E £ P ydttf b lood ptiro, y o u r ttppo-t i tc good, y o u r digcstloli pet tect

by tak ing H o o d ' s Sarsapari l la / Which has p o w e r t o keep y o u W E L L *

Keetie. The infant son of Wilford Fleming and

wife died of cholera btfaiftuin. Funeral October li.

Milton Wilkinson and (^race Hlakeslcd speftl Thursday evCnhtg witl/ Lowie -Trask.

Dart ford Sparks, died of heart disease at the age of 77 years. Funeral at the Keen# church, Friday afterhooh. Rev. Wright of Saranac will ofliciutei Ihtferment ttt Mar-ble cemctery.

MesdatneS Wilkinson and Lambettoh and Miss Grace Dlukt^slec Sperft Wednes-day in Barartac.

Wm. Campbell attd ttife are visiting relatives in Oakland Cunnty.

Wm. Da fen port of Evart ia visiting his Sister, Mrs. Abbott.

Miss Mina Howen is learning the dress making trade at Lowell.

Buoklen's Arnica Salve'

Ttfa BKST SALVE in fife world for Cuts, B/uiseS, Sores. Ulcef?,- Sfilt Rhenm, Foter Sores; Tetter, 'Chapped Hands; Chilblains, Corns and all Skin Eruptions, aud positive-ly cures Piles,- or no pay required. I t is guaranteed to giv* perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 'Jil cents per box. For" Balfe by L. H.' H'tfnt i CO.

town Lttfe TidiAsS. Mfjt. Oeo. Hit ley was' calie«l to Grant

Frn'siei's Wednesday by the Sefioni ill-ness Of her grandson.

At the LarfieS Aid la^t Weilftfesdrfv Mrs. Seely was efected {fresfdenl tor the ensiling year.

Mrs. D.' ' tfl'e of Ada.. Is visiting her daughter Mrs. Wm/SAttth.

John «'arey will s'non show tl.e faimtrf how to husk corn f^ith K Corn hn*ker.

l . J .T idd went toGfand Rapids Suftday aftertioon.

Mrs. Uriel Sno# fisiMf Mrs. J1. Wood-ing TuMdrfy

RCT- Hariftg of Arfa atf'ciided tfte Aid at Mr?. Thibos' last Wedneelay. Bfolhtf Ha ring tfStf a Htitle laie in getting around but will preach every Snndify at the Show M. E- dhirch a^ S o'clock.

M'rs. lX Cole of Ada visited Mrs. U. Snow Thnrsdat.

d r . K i n g ' s N e w D l s c i V e r y F o r C * n -• o r r f p t i d n .

This is the bcrt mecfi^jne in fhe tJorld for All fofiifs dt' oflirbs.obd Colds and for ' onffamiffion". Every lx>^Ue is ganrant'eed. It Wfll ctfre ai¥d not point. I t has no eqrf.il for Wfiboping Cough, Asthma, Hrtj1 Fever,' Pneumonia* fti^chitisi La Grippe, Cold in the Head and' f&f Con-

.sumpficta/' It k imfe for all ages, ]>len»ent to tflke, and^ abo all. a snre cufe. i t is alwflyS Well to take Dr. Ring's Sew Life Pill* In connection: ifith' Dr. King's Now I)iseof£ryf as they regalntc and loBe the stomficn Ana bowels. We guarantee per-fect satiSTSfl'tioD or ^efdrn money; Free trial i/bttles At L. fl. Html & Oo'a drug stofbj Regftlaf .^ie fiO <<ents ?nff ^l60 6

a

mil l ion of tlifc workmen j g«n|ji shou ldn ' t whine afrd _ wor.k The wal l was Completed in lite, year i ^ p u t h t h i ck^ f J N o disbon^.ct 211 B. C , %nd por t ions of i t . ire still * - -

s t and ing . I t WHS t w e n t y to ' twen ty -five feet h igh aud so wide a t t h e lop t ha t s ix borflfes oould w a i t a b r e a s t qp-•>n it . I t Waa t 2 5 0 mi l e s lortg a n d a y i n t e r v a l s of TOO yard? M i r o i j e h o u t . its',

l ength were towers f f o m , " ff»nv-five feel high: S o m e idea yf l l i ^ ^nsa i 'wi r t ' l f ' i a iy g i iu t fd f r l ju i t n e '

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EvervO'ne wirfhetf to ke^p' informed on Yukob, tlie Klondike afid Alaskan gold fields. Send c for large Com-pendium of vast information and big Colof ma)! to . Hafntltofl fub . Co., Indiamip'olis, fnd. 329

Who Started the clit-rate war so bttfefly 6»ntplafnea of? ivot tVe. I^eiiplo who get beaten at, their own

t he a'd-

ver t i s jog dodges lie re. W h a t we promise, we do". O t f r r egu la r S2.00 Uhofos fo r 7.^0 per dosSeti, whe the r oust or f u l l length , with oi.e figure o r w h o l e family, .g roup/ N o t r icks to g u l l t he |nri)1ic. M O F t r r .

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W e M e e t C l o t h i n g N e e d s .

We keep the Clothing arid Ftfrrlishthg-s that are in request by ftieft wlio dftss well, the cdn'ect and leading' styles, the Up-to-date ideaHi Our quickly chang-ing1 stock, oiir facilities for purchasing, enables us to furnish at lowest prices. You can bring your.^clothing and furnishing money to us, ftrid you'll gd dtoiy pleilsed, for every value is right; uu can have your money back, if not as represented, for our' stot'e, under all circnmstances, iliust be THE SATISFACTORY CLOTIIINC ^TORE.

CIkk 1$ D o C a w a g a i n s t P a y i n g B i f l h P f i « s i

But It is'nt aensiblt to pay thetil. REJAD OUR^. Perhaps you have been paying more for friendship's sake. Sohie stores quote ydu bargains oil tfcjper but you look in vain when you call for them. These are an index to some of our lines. We have many more.

O C T O B E R S U I T S M O R E SPECIALS The right swing to the prices, the right

materials in thef cloths, the nfewest styles in their "make-up;'' ^uits that are right in every way. You are letting your money go easy, if you do Hot look us up on prides. It's clothing economy^ it's business, to post youi'self on the styles and prices. Distinctive, elegant suits, eVery point about thein just right, the trim-mings and linings of the best, the materials the newest, every suit of beat known hiakes. Suits in the new tiut browhs in the Correct pifttteriiS and styles, the perfectly fitting klrid, special Values at 8.88, teguldr price, 12<50.

MEiN'S BUSINESS SUITS, fbrfnef pfiCe 5.75, 6.00, 6.50, hO v only 4.65.

Men's Black Cheviot's 7.50, and worth every e'ent, now 5.48i

Men's Black ClaJ' Worsted Snit^ all wfcbl and wdfth 10.50 no\ 8.25«

OCTOBER OVEHCOATS. Metv, ffesti, jrtyllsh. Ov'ercokts that hflVe

that c.iistofc madfe finish, that are the ICHders for shape, that |pe lowest for price:

Mert's heaVy Beaver OVercoatsr/ October valuer, 4.88;

Men's stylisk Overcoats, . tiife hiedium lengths, in Covert or Melton, Imported body lining^, satin sleeVe linings, a very nandsome, dressy coats, valtfe 10.00.

Men's heavy Ulster's cui Ib'ng- in the new-est shapes, October values, 4; 98.

MenV Cfvefdoais BlUe aild Slack Beaver, a winiier, 4.88.

Men's OVerdo.-.ts, Firfe! Kfefsey, all wool, a bargain at 7.43.'

O U R F A L L S P E C I A L S ;

Men's fine all 1vo61 Hose Worth 20c, only 1 jc,' two pairS for a quarter.

Ladies fleece-fined fast black cotton fiose, regular pricfe 50C, nbw 13G.

Ladres fine W(>ol fast black M^fino Hosei regular pfice 25c now 19c.

Boys long Stockings Iron clad fast black, regular price a- quarter now 19c.

26 doz men's fiiule skin Gloves and Mitts, only 19c.

20 dox Jersey Overshirts worth half a dol-lar, no v 33c.

6 doz Jersey Overshirts worth frc, now ^8 . 6 doz Jersey Overshirts worth a dollar and

and a half, now 86c. 20 doz camel's hair Random Shirts and

Drawers at a quarter. Jersey fleetfe-lined Shirts and Drawers

worth half a dollar; now 39G; Men's Flannelette" Night Shifts Jong full

sizes, regular prwe $1.00; now 59o.

C O R R E C T H A T S I

t fi'efresl slra^es, ifeWest c^orin^. Aff ex-ceptionally handsome Irne of meffs and boys Hats and Caps now ready for you. A magnifi-cent shoSving of leading styles foi1 season of '97.

Mert's ctfrrect "thapes and colors tn Fedoras only 98c<

M e n ' # f a s h i o n a b l e d f r b j ' s , O n l ^ l . ^ O i

Mert's soft hats, stecial at 46c; Boys H a t s iii yeading1 sHapeSf 46(! a n d

ttptoi.oa. . . . Men's daps; SrJgHtofi feriVtefj Golt, 8tan»

ley, each 48c. M e n ? Ptttalt,' b f ig l t toHi e l e g a n t g o * K

eacli 79c. HandHbme d p i Ih the pfeValliftg 4fid cOfk-

fortable styles, each 2^c and up to' I;48I

In M e n s and Boys U n d e r w e a r in wel l fash ioned , p e r f e c t goods.

Sp l end id cot ton Mer ino S h i r t y soft,-wel l - f id ished, special a t 39c.

All wool shirts and drawers, perfectly sriiOoth weaVe, sanitary goods, 986.

BOH Shirts and Drawers, values 2oc up to 4Gc.

If you buy y o u r underwear ' of u s , you ifet t h e a s s o r t m e n t , the lowes t pr ices , the be s t qua l i t i es , you g e t u n d e r w e a r s a t i s f ac -t ion.

A U T U M N SUITS:

$7.50 for a s u p e r b A u t u m n Y o u Wouldn ' t suppose , consider ing t h e tar i t f changes , t h a t such an e l e g a n t su i t could be b o u g h t f o r t h i s money. W e " g o t i n " ea r ly be fo re p r i ces began ' t o advance . You g e t in t h i s su i t t h e h ighes t r e s u l t s of good ta i l -o r ing . E x c e e d i n g l y wel l made,, we l l t r i m -med, in t b e co lor ings recognized by t h e be s t d r e s s e f s a s en t i re ly co r rec t fo r the F a l l of '97. I t ' s a BARGAIN pr ice—it i<f done t o etn'phasize ou r stot'e a s T H E c l o t h i n g s to re . A b s o l u t e l y rtght suits—1

buy w i t h confidence/

Other's? in correct Colofingfs at 3 . 7 ^ , and 6 . 0 0 a n d u p t o 1 6 . 0 0 ,

T r o u s e r s f o r F a l l :

Our 3.SO TrOusei's, ^'elf made, tVell t/imtffed elegarft in materials and worman-sWp', faultless in fit, made for the best dressers, and our price brrrfg^ ttojirt within /each of the slender1 ptrrse. '

Our TWO dollar trousers. Materials IR'ortl the best mi l ls , fresh, s t y l f s h * Vou would thirik them cheap at 3.00, for the t f tyles are so nea t , and the pantaloons are so Well tailored. In correct and newest fabrics , perfectly , as t lft? CA^FE with all our Clothing/

A n O p e n I n v i t a t i o n :

B y c o m p a r k o n of p r i c e s a n d q u a i l t igs , you a r e b e t t e r enabled t o m a k e your fa l l p u r c h a s e undC^starrdingly. I t ' s a p l eas -u r e t o s h o w you t h t r t i g h our* A u t u m n s tock , artd our taVrtation is a s w e e p i n g one —OUR LATCH STRINC) 1^ OUf . I t ' s t h e open w a y to f a i l and winter* goods t h a t p o s s e s s WOrth, and y e t accompanied by reasonab le priCes.

M e n ' s G f o o d S u i t s .

It 's because we l)ought them right, it's the Mttgieal effects of cash buying that en-ables us to offer* this line of suits for seven dollars. The newest colorings for Au-tumn, made up honestly antj handsomely^ riewCSt cut of coat, pants and vest, a fttll-up Value at the price.

M & i ' s f i n e r S u i t s .

They 've a fit and finish eq[ual TO cus-

tom made , magnificently fattored, lined

with the most substantbi and elegatvt ma-

terials, In the most E O F R E C T colorings, dres-sy, handsome W R I T * , giving A N * ' Aan a 4vell

dr'essed f a sh tohaWe A I R ' ^ A plump value at the P R I C E we quote F O T F . Youf Choici for

$ 1 2 i 4 3 - « W o r t h $ 1 4 . 5 0 t o

$ 1 6 ^ 0 .

C o m e a n d S e e t h i s c h o i c e S e l e c t i o n o f h o n e s t q u a l -

i t i e s a n d l e a r n W h y S e n s i b l e , e c b n o m i c a l p e o -

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

O U R p r i c e s w i l l ' | i v e y o i i r d o l l a i ' a h e w d i g n i t y . O u r fine

q u a l i t i e s w i l l c l e a r a w a y y o u r J a « t d o u b t . '

HOW TO F i l l ) OUT.

Fill a botlle ot Wmuuon glnsu wirt iiVin^ and let it uUod iwenty four houre, a stdi. ment or settling IffilicnUl a dlscenstd con-dition <ir the kidnej'Sf When urim- Htiiitm linen It if» positive eOJdenee of kMiii-y trouble. Too Sequent deHire to urittnte or pnln in the brick, IH also oonvinelftg proof thai the kid/r6yH aWd bladder are out «H or-der.

M v % l r f t

T ^ l ^ i e b of j r .Kjd 4 0 ^ Tray a y'ear3''8ub9',npiii n tc this;

W M . F A L L E N &

D O U B L E ' S T < W B . '

S M

J i O W E L L , M I C H

fVHAT t O C*.

Tlierr comfort in the knowlcrf^e often expressed, that Dr. Kiliner'H .SWaiups Root, tne grea'l kidney remedy I'IIHIIIH every Wifli fn relieving pain in the buck, kidnet. livti1, bladdtr nnd evefy jmrt of tie nrir.ary passages 1^ corrects inability A lo bold ufffi'e and ffcaldlng puln in pHs>ing A it, or liad eiiecl following use of lupiiir, w \rine or beer; and ofercomes that nnplcav-ant necessity of being compelled lo (jet up ' irfnny tfmerf dnrtOg the nfghtt'o ur inate .* ' The mih) ami Ihe cxtraofdinafy efleel nl Swnmp-Root is soon realized. It Bland? the highest for Its Mronderfnl cureH of the most dlslferfsiriK cases. Ifyou need a medi-cine you should htffe the best. Sold liy driiKgist'd price iflty cents and on'e dollar. For a srt'iiple botlle and pamphlet, Jioth sent fre6 by mail, aieullon Lowell LKDIIKK, and send yonr full post-office address to Dr. Kilmer A Co., HMghnmloii, N.- Y. 'J):e proprietora of this paper guarantee the genuineness of this offer.

HdmOsseket^ Excursioli^ to Southern and Western

Points. (fit Oct. 4-5 18 and 11/, C ; A W.

M. mid D. G. U. A W. ngents will sell tickets one way auii round trip to snulliurn points nnd mrthd trip to western points Ht low raids.

Ask agen ts or wr i t e to <lie urider-signed fo r full i t i formalior i .

Gen; Delia tell/ G. P. Ay, Griiml' Rapids.

ftuahtesg D f r e d t o t y ,

J . HARRISON RICKERT. djnllsl. Oter Church's bank, towull.

8. P. IflCKS, , Loans, CollecUbnS, Real Estate and Insiu*-

ante. Lowell, Mich.

O. C, McDANNEL, M. l / , Physician, ana Safgeon. Office, 46 Bridge

street, Lowell, Mich,

M.C.GREEN, M. D.

physician and Surgeon. ORlce at' Ruffidenco Bridge street, I^well, Mich.

O .« . TOW8LET, M, p., , Physician and Burgeon. Office Lours, 10 am

to S ptn. and 7 to 8 pm.

J . M. GOODS PEED, M.D. Oflleeand Residence ou Hudson street. Office

hours from b So 10 a. m , S lo 4 p. Iu. and t to 8 p. in , Sunday, 2 to 5 p. i».

i if. CAMBELL, INSURANCE. LOAN#, ' Notary Public, Rial Estnte Ag<?nt and Col<

hcior. Over Roylan's store. Lowe'1

— MftTON M. PERRY,

Aitornej and Counselor at Law. Train's Hal Hlock. Low ell. Mkh. Speelal attcnlloir glrun to Collecllons, Conveyancing, aud Side of Real Estate.

lias HISO qual'lled and been admitted to prac lice in Ihit Interior Departinent and all the hureaus thereto and Is ready to prosecute" Claims for those that may be entitled to Pension Bounty.

E d w a r d 0 . Mains , '

Attorney at Law. YOUR PATRONAQE SOLICITED.

A. E, Cambell, Dentist j OVER BOYLAN'8 STORE.

All bnniclics of dental work dpne.hy the latest improved methods. Sal-' isfiiciion guaninteed.

Gas udminisiered.

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POH VfRB

I N S U R A N C E ! C A L L o i r

D i E D D Y & C O . ,

Ne\V Ifand at the Cleaver. tfiying pt/rtshased the, meat mar-

kct of *. L. Cocftis, I s^allcihitinne the biisilic-^. aC tlie old siand, and will emi^Yoi- td keep .on hand at all tinfes seasonable meats of all kinds, which frill he npld at,fait pfides.

A share of the jrtltllc phtfonage is reapectfiiDy ollditM,

X<. 8 . L T 0 N .

\fS'crdtiy aoi'eni.dimt iih6pt eleven J c'clodk Dan forth SpKrks fell dead y while dlgeinfr pntatn .oft the .farm of Gflberf Avi'i* }ft Rwne.. He was nearly eighty ytarf olti< and was liv-ing wfth Mr. Ayeta'Vvho iis his 8on-in law. He caftie to Keetift abffut 1840, and tfas rnilfnately fiiteNrfted in the early Jiistury of lHat. toWdshm.—fSar-fihaC ti ica', Get 14.

. ^Varning 1 lf

I Notice is berebv giyen tha( Use pro*, pose to make it not for auy piMwil using 6ur Coul this wifttgf. 11. B. Boylan. . ,

The Maey ontfrCaininent at Train's opfiia hoiwe iMunday^-veiling WH.* at-v U'lifteil l<y a PJMH'. and fipph^iafivc audience. All were plt-a&d. The young m-n who had entertnui-mentinlianl will JJMWDY IH; . f l - • qouniged to .arrange tbf tf full court r ' of winter lectures.

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Alton. El i le Condon of Snlyrrtd Was in Alton

litsi Friday;

Jay Cummings and family visited nl Jlid Hapefnati's in linsi Loitell.

Orla VVcehs alid wife spfirit Sunday #iih her mother, Mrs. Krorfl, ih Keene.

Mrs. Pi Keecli is suffering wilh a felori on her right hand.

OougltM Scallcy of Grnttan was here laSl Friday.

The sad news of the death of John An-drew's baby reuched Monday, fronl their far Western home, ftherfc lliey went in search of health. They have the huartfell sympathies of the entire community.

Miss Pearl Mosher, of Lowell, is assisting MN. P. Keech.

Ileury Kcech went to lielding last I'H-day.

Norma Cluirch visited relatives in Can* nonsbiirg, Saturdcy and Sunday.

I'. Church and wile went to Oraild Rap-ids lust Satilrday.

Mrs Hannah Culver, ofOelding, is once more here with relatives.

Ooldeii wedding bells will chime for Mrs. and Mr. Chester Church Sn iirday Oct. ;iu.

Spring <fe Company desire to see

on at their big dry goods store . , i , 1 f'hi(rch nnd wife went to Grand Hap

arnival week. Make your head- ids last .Saturday. quartern with lis. All your parcels Will be taken care of and delivered

lo depots free of chafgc,

M a c k i n t o s h e s .

MackintosncH for Ladies and Misses in iJavy black and col-

. ors, SS.ftO/ 82.60 ami .10 We will sell all ottf Men,H 810;

$12, and S1 •r» Valties to close

at ^4 95

U m b r e l l a s .

Prices nnd quail ties that wefe

ncvei4 eqiialSdi

One lafgeline of 20 inch Frencli

Gloria Umbrellas, the best value in (he city fo r ^ 606

One line 20 inch BnOlisb (>lorla

Umbrellrtfl Tod.

100 India Silk.'steel rods; natural aad titf..ed handles," 20 inch frame

for 1 00

Hose S u p p o r t e r s .

• ; / I * , The latest and best "Velvfct Grip"

iiave nibbei". buttons arid do ndt ttior ihe stockings. Elegant style's in

Silk elasticfl silver triiniifed/

R i b b d n Srf le

SevWal hundi'ed pieces Satin Ores Grain Ribbons in various Colors and widths f i W 3c to' ()c per yardi

C a r p e t s a n d

D r a p e r i e s . . . .

Dont experlnlent when buy-Inff carpetrf Or curtains. It's sometimes very expensive. Better, come hei'e where styles, qualities itnd prices are, al-ways right. We have a repu-tation to rtialntain, not to nlake or ,lose. Our experience and our. advantages in the niarlfets, our ability to show the great-est numbed of (Wijrnes and va-rieties 1ft the state, are all yourrf- All the latest designs {in^ coloring's are hei'e. faood It^fains at 3dc, 25o - 20c.-

Heav .F frigfratns a t 3 c.-Al l Wool filled IRTG-rairis at 3-ply f n ^ r a i r t s a t 75c.

tvidderminster Ingra i r f s at 7 5 C I

New Tapestry Br T I N S E L S , 75c, '50c and 37iC.

Ne\V Axdirtsters in all g't'ades^ - front ?1.5Cf to SI.00. N'ew Body Brussel^, iii hand-- some designs at $1.05. New Wilton Velvets S6.75 ( doWfl to as low ris ?l.5(t.

Q u i c k e s t M a i l O r d e r

H o u s e i n M i c h i g a n .

. NoiWesiderit ladies'.Ire Using the mails largely at this tithe to secure samples of the neW.

We claim io tie.

Mrs. llannali Culver of Ueldiitg is ouce more here #itli relatives.

Miss I'earl Moslier called oil her grund-niolher, Mrs. Kleeta Mosher, lasl week Thursdny.

Warren Davis and Wm. licnnels were at Langston last week Wednesday.

Mrs. Warren Davis visited at Mr. Sar-gent's near Lowell; last \teck Wednesday.

Warren Davis arid Frank White weft* iu lir^eiivillchibt Saturday.

We are sorry to learn that the proprietor of the Alton Hwur mill has ehauged his mind abuul getting a gasoline engine. Ufe they will miss It for there would then be grinding enougli to keep theni ttinning all the time. i>. H. Davis is a lirst clasd mil-ler and has given uriiversal satisfiiution hut for want of sufHcient power Will be unable to remain.

D.u'i8 brothers were In Graltan Sunday. £ HIOK and wife spent Mjuduy ^i ta his

broihcr ArinOU in Kceuu. Lew 4 Adirowl, Mr. Lang and X Covert

were here last week digging potnluus. B rt KiU'itiy of Smy. ua vinted Miss AUl e

dloneal .N, Coous' lust, aunday. Lau Miller wh«-oled to her home in Plain-

field last week and returned Sur.day. Oh.ii. t'li'ichcoi and wife of Lof ell *ere

guesti at Hosiuer Andrews' Sunday. Jay Carter Is nr8 sung Newton Conns. Bdrn, to Led Gtay aud wife; October 11, a

girl. Orla Weekes and Jay Cummins willi thi'lr

wires vlilied al Allen Godfrey's last Surii iy. Newton Ctf.infl and wife visited at G. King's Byrou Krost has a neif wheel, Mancy Benton is working- fof' Mrs, D.

Churfch Jane SanfOrd and sislcf1. Addle, of Falr<

plains wete gmsts at K Davis' last daluiday.

StdndS dt tHe MeddJ Attg. J. 'I logel, the leading druggist of

Sh^eveport, La., says: "Dr. King's New Discovery is the only thing that catcs iny cough, and it is tho best seller I have." J . F. Campbelli merchant of Sefford, Ariz., writes: "Dr. King's New Descovery is all that is claimed for it; it never fail?, arid is a sore dure for Consumption, Coughs aud Colds. I cannot say enough for its merits." Dr. Kirig's New Discovery for Consnmptiou, Coughs rtnd Colds is not an esperimeut. I t has been tried for a quarter of a century, and to-day stands at tho head. I t never disappoints. Free trial bottles a t L. H. Hunt & Co'.s Drug Store. 1

When yon taM IJood's Pills. The big, old-fasfc loncd, sugar-coated pills, which tear you all tal pieces, are ritit Ih' it wltll Hood's, feasy to take

H o o d ' s anil easy to operate. Is true • • • of Hood's Pills, wbloh are " 1 1 ^ rip to date in every respect, • • • C Safe, cfertalfl and Surei All. • • • • w tniggi8t<l..??c> C. I,. H.OodA Cd.. LoweiUMass; t h i only riflJ to Ukti With Hood's Saf&ifferiUa.

H O M E N E W S .

. M m photos ?1 .2o pe r d o / f o r a few

JTuvs «t Alalcofn's s tudio.

Head trouble Quickly Cured, A Conrlnclng Teatiraontai.

! The L A II. Railway will run ex-cursions to (irand Rapids ori account of the Carnival October 25,20, 27, 28, 29, gmid to return October 80. Round trip only 54(;.

Last Friday S. Brower completed an extensive job of mason work on the new U. B, church at Freeporl.

A beantiful set of artificial teeth for 85111 Dr. J. II. llickert's.

A N E W J ^ I U M F H ,

T h O D r e a d e d C o n s u m p t i o n

C a n B e C u r e d .

T. A. Slocum, the Great Chemist and Scien-tist. Will Send to Sufferers, Three Free

Bottles of His N'eWly Discovered Remedies to Cure Consumption

and All Lung Troubles. Nothing could he fairer, more phllan-

tiiropic or carry more joy to the afllicted, Mrs. Momt, Ihe well-known pho- than the generous offer of the honored and

tographer, has srenred Mr. Slinrp-i distinguished chemist, T. A. Slocum, M.C., steen, ofGrapd llapids. as operator, 1 "f New York City. and will »hofv the people of Lowell,1, *>'* '''Covered a reliable and sbso-

, o a . e M . b e L t a 'phoVr-pl. over produced,ip tpe cil\ . All the new, j inrrimj aircr;tions, general decline and ( up-to-date slf leW Ifi plaiinum prims, weakness, loss of flesh and cofiditiorts of new cards, in fact, all the newest cf- I wasting away: arid to make its great merits

LOWELL A HAS TINGS TIME TABI.E

IIAILROAD

In Effect Sunday. May 'J!i, 1897.

aomo SOUTH No. 1 No. 3_ 7 00 a in 111 50 « in

Miss ELLA K u m t .

. "For 10 years 1 suffered froin heart trou-ble. During that time I was treated by five different physicians. All of them felaiincd that I could not be cared. 1 was

leetsin modern photography. Hnr-gain prices until further notice as per locals.

A P e r f e c t C a t h a r t i c .

iirir Is one which does not wrench the system of

greatly"troublod with i ibdr t^e^r f b r o t h ! ! palpitation and pain In the aide. If I be-came excited, or exerted myself In tbo least, trie pain In my side became very Borefe. At times It seemed as though needla were ihoat-tna through mj/ tide. Sometime In the month of November last, I commenced taking

DR. MILES' HEART CURE and since then I have Improved steadily. I can nbw sleep on my lef t side, something I had never beeri able to dd before. I can walk Without being fatigued, and iim In tnuch better health than ever before, I would recommcnd all sufferers from heart trouble to try Dr. Miles' Invaiuabte remedy without delay." M1BS ELLA KUBtZ,

GIB Wright St., Milwaukee, Wis.

Dr. Miles Heart Oil re la sold on A positive

Ciaranteo tha t the flrat bottle will bonetlt 11 drutf gists sell It a t II, 0 bottles forts , or

It will BO sent, prepaid, on receipt of price by tbo Dr. MUes Medical Co., Elkbart, Ind.

Dr. Miles* Heart Cure ^SSSth

A perfect cathartic is found in Hood's Pills. They are praised everywhere, and af ter once be-ing tried they soon permanently take the place of the old fashioned drastic pills, such as "our grandfathers used." Hood's Pills are the only pills lo take with Hood's Sarsaparilla and they greatly aid that medicine in its cleansing and purifying work.

The McLaciiinn business tiniversity.' 9 2 P o s i t l o u B 9 2

secured by our students during the past ten months. We have no term divisions, siud-

nts muv ont<-> 1 mviime. Read

over Ver-

f jnn ine l ioc peri

fall Styles". We. claim . t h e q u i c k e s t t f l a j f M e t h W . . . . . i r t - r t . . » ..r.e nn|.er

Vlii'Uitr-'lri nit A f l lf nt*J i V O. I - IIlCKit fft.d - Wlf O in M I C H I G A N atid the F>est

t a n i z e d tor1 practical ARTD I'ella-: j T»le service. S H O P P I ^ WY A L A I T !

i s a d e l i g i l V f f u j ( f x p e f i o r i c c WI . th |

patrons. We carry out M-j ^tract ions faithfully IND EH' I deavor TO do. even l e t ter ' than is asked , or E X A C T E D O J us. I

W i l h su 'CN fervice and s a r t i s m c - '

t ion, N ^ > T O N 4 E R ^ Y E are the' greatest of mail order H O I ^ E S ; '

Spring & Company

, ftrand W I T H ' .

Ellief Moffit a fid fHW visited Sunday with her parents ffeat lltOl'ftWllP. . yi 1

pliotiCjniifliB \^ r l f i d'2.00, »/, at Mmyt'f gi\ller^.

A.new flume ii being built at Ihe Wisftef tftilf. 4 Seigel Itopf ^as iff town Sunday

affd Monday. rtatiniiin nililtM, Miftfos ^orth

64 CO, l.o(T per dofat/MofntV.

The 1*1 ale feqtfire ihe jdncirigj offish ihntes in al) dams fn lh6 m e w and stfealfis in (his state. The people

j ..f Lvyii* aftd r.trilarid are ntoVing In 1 Ihe ifntter, ihroiit:h peiiiion' U» ihe hoard of BfinefvUofs. ,

Clean f u r teeth with Rose Cream; 1 'flie it"g pofo'fief if gittWfg in his 1

<for.k at JOfila. 'fhe Mnlliketi Kxpress U n'oW mfin''

hpred among the ha»-hpefis» the edit of iNiving giVHit ftp iryirig so. run a !*ec

in. n ofie paper t6wn. have had a.<

m. fullen has his residence lighted by the tillage plant.

t . ils of good fish afe leitlg Caught in the rivers hefe nbH . Joe Quick and Billy Barber got several good s t r ings of bass last w e e k j and M o n d a y Jim Crawford caught one that tipped the scales at 4 lbs and 4 ounces.

A good rain Tuesday evening t). V. De'nick will make Extensive

improvemenls on hia new residence property;

L. C; tfildreth is hdding & new kitchen to his residence.

Will rt.-.Wk expect fl to occupy his new-old residence early hfext monih.

All kinds of Wood promptly deliv-ered by H. B. Boylan.

There was no trieeting of the Uni-veHiiy Centef Tuesday evening on ac count of the storm. Nfonday evening is theneSt date.' Subject, "Greece," first six leflsnnsi Spefcial appoint-ments for this week hold bven A full attefidanbe is requested.

It will be loyotir adviitilagb to see HS before yoti buy \tall paper. L. H. Hunt &

C. O. Lawrence is rfiakirig tip a larire lodal exfehaifge for the Bell tele-phone.

.1. E. Lee thifikfl of fconnecting his jdafe ot business with hii farrfi by telephone.

Wm. Mullen & Son's Atof-n had been wired and is flow lighted by the iriun-icipal plarit.

dnb cord of gOod, gfeefi Wood pays a vears sliliscflption to this paper.

Mrs. Cole was in Grand Rapids la!t week.

S J). Marfhf wife, alid daughter Vera xtefe guests of C. 0 . Hill of S'Uith Lowell i^udday. . ,

litainle Allen of \Vtst Lowell visit-ed with her grand pa f-fciits. Blair and wife last week. - ,

T h a i ^ a / f i f ? t a k f t \ f h l i h f J o u r n a l a b o u t otlr ^ n u i d o L - t f l n A ' i s . iPrice "/oc'tfl. ins tead of v e c l s f , ^MOFFIT.

. teis ie f i l d e h <vas ih G r a n d B a p i d s S a t u r d a y .

the Lowell

li^csts, >t r .a t i i i M r i . W m . liofVd - of l i / i ine. Micli. They Were p lavmates d ' B. P . when hp was a l i t t le chap . j ^

T h i s papei oh (rial fO weeks for 10 .11

6enli<. T r y i t otfcfe; ,

CI' O. Lawrence will have tbe viN Iag« tight h:G ro/uIenC!!.

AVcliie Carfipl>ell, a smar t i^oftng

Serid youV rt-oflt to Steam' L'utndrV.

^ r. . Ella ^i. Tliife and dmlghti.rt, Martie and Georgia, (late., rfetiuhed from.ii three weeks visit with friehds in Detroit.

Peter Ode hW accepted ti pOBitioh in the adylum at KaltiipaZot/.

A1 Tsrei Andie Post and . Myttis Graham tiidted fHends in Lake Odepsa last week.

O n ' v rf i f f o r utta idort of l^iose

' b e a u t i ^ l e n a m e l pliotos a t Malcorn'i

Stiidbf.

Mrs. B. SiiitlfS wrfi the gncitof Mf sfnd Mrs. 8. Hifdso'n of Oak Grore.

\Vofk on the t.ew L. A' H. I' la' river hrMiie w*i|l eomnieiu^ ai aoon iii ifSaterial anlves.

' Mrr. (). llosan wad ih Gffitla6 las 1 Tlulrsiliiy.

' If •.m dcri't lllce mfr wall paper Anic i the price?,' buy elsewhere. . Better ; hVok tlieitt ovef flfoifgh, befote you •decide, lluiu (Vi.

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Lowell Iv Prett Lake ilmdale at

?!lmdflle Iv -ogan

Freeport ar G'd Kapids ar Lansing Detroit ar noiNQ NOBTH Det.via D.AL. Lansing Grand Kapids Kreeport Logan Klmdale ar Rliridale Iv Pratt Lake j Lowell I

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Lv. T,

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TT i>AVS TO

known, will send three free hollies of his newly discovered remedies to any afllicted reader of the LOWKIJ. LKTOKK.

Already his '"new scientific system of tnediciho" lias permanently cured tlioas-nnds of apparently hopeless cases.

The Ooctor considers it not ohlv his pfo-fessional bi.t his rcligtous duty-;-a duty which he oWes to sufTering hiimariity—lo donate his infallible cure.

He has proved the "dreaded cOnsump-lion" to be a curable disease beynnd a doubt, in any Climate, nnd has on life in his | American nnd Kuropean laliOratoriehtlioiw- | amis of "heartfelt testimonials of gniliiude" : Lv from those benefitted and cured, in al! parts ! of the world.

Catarrhal and pulmonary troubles lead : ;Vr

lo ennsuinptlori, and consumption uninter-f-ilpted, meafis speedy a fid eerlain death. Don't delay uriiil it is too late. Simply write T. A. Slocum, M. C., 98 f i n e street, NeW York, giving express and postollicfc address, and the free medicine will be promptly sent. Please tell the Doctor you saw hisoflcr in the LOWKLL LKDOKII.

Trains arrive and depart from passHnirer denot

J u n e !

TRAND RAPIDS & WE^TERHl Going East A M. P. M. f .

Grand Kapids 7 00 Klmdale f 36

nailed free. For hun-Uonie IM..I ogue of

lUbiness or shorthand dept., address D,McLACHLAN fit CO 23 South DivlHion Street,

Orand Rapids Michi

Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Ilulbert a daughter, Saturday.

R; J . Flanagan is once more able lo be about town after a long and se-vere illness.

The jury in the inquest over little Alonr.o ICilsun, who was killed by the cars on the morning of October, o brought in a Vet diet finding the. en-gineer, Augustus Odellj guilty ot negligence in failing to see the child.

This paper on trial 10 weeks fo r dno dime;

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Lansing; Detroit

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llfeb A.M.4 18 78®

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Petroit Lansing

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11 20 11 s i r 12 85 P. M.

6 20 4 20 4 4$ 10 05 6 20 1046 p. >r P. M.

Parlor ears on all IraifR betweep Grant Rapids.nnd Hetroit. seats 25 cents.

C'liCAGO & VV'EdT MICHIGAN BY., Trains leave Grand Hiplds for Chicago

8:135 a. m., 1:25. p. m , 11:30 p. m. Leave for north 7:00, a. in., 6:80, p ID f

GEO. DkIIAVEN, Gen. Pass. A Kent, ... •, VV.U. C I . A K K , Agent Grand Raploft.;

Lowell.

— ; T i l GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY SYSTEM, J

DISCOUNT SALE OF

WALL PAPER.

I We want to sell now, a great big lot of wall paper.

We have the A* P. Hunter stock*

If you think of us-ing paper this fall,

t we can save you mon-

(ey. Seeing is believ-ing. • L. H. HUNT & Co.

EETINQ WITH DESTINY.

Afrival and Departure of Trains at Lowel

T l n f e T a b l e in E f f e c t O c t . 4 , 1 8 9 7 ; WUSTWAKD.

Gd Rapids,Gd Haven LEAVE ABKIVB nnd Muskegon 10 pm f 4 00 pm

Gd Kapids,Gd Haven Muskegon and Chicago. . . . f 4 35 pm flO 47 aw

Gd Rapids,Gd Havefl and Milwaukee ate Stations . }• 9 19 pm f i" ISaro

Gd Rapids,Gd Haven and Muskegon <v 5 40 am *11 48 pm

Mixed Gd Rapids t ^ 1 5 P m t 1 2 1 0 P™

BASTWAHD. Detroit, Canada and I.KAVS

East f 7 15 a ill Detroit and Chicago

via Durand flO 47 am Detroit, Canada and

East t 4 00 pm Detroit, Canada and

East * 1148 pm t Exejpt Sunday. * Daily.

Mixed Owosso 12 10

ABR1VE j t 9 19 pm

t 4 85 pm

112 10 pm

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SERVICE

iia inan cau fill when it Will come along. Often it starts up before lis la unexpected times and places. Even au

•fienidbd sifbll wilh a friend and a chance Introduction may shape all the course of One's after life, t o be always at your best and not ashamed of your d«llOy yon m u s t dreaa l i k e a t r u e {fcii t leman. Thisttm be done by otfleHufC your Salts tatf OferrtsU of

M. BORN & GO., tbe Great Chicago Merchant Tallord

W h o a r e u n r l v l l c d ^gaatern of

t h e TaUorlmi : Ar t . §00 NEW FatteHiS. Pldoit Material. Perfect Fit. New Stdift. LflleSt Styies. flf " Work-manshlp. Thrifty Prices.

A ChMry Glaarautee W i t h AIL Cauah

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SLEEPING AND PARLOR CAR WESTWARD.

12 10 pm train hos parlor car lo Grand Hapids. Extra charge 25 cenls.

9 19 pm train has parlor car to Grand Haven. Extra charge 25 cents. Conueots with steamer for Milwaukee.

BASTWAHD. I ; 15 am train has parlor car lo Detroit.

Extra charge 25 cents. Pullman palace car Detroit to Toronto connecting with sleeping car for the east ahd New York— conncots at Durand with C & G T division for Port Huron and Chicago and with C 8 & M for Saginaw and Ray City.

4 00 pm traih has parlor car to Detroit. Extra charge 25 cents, and Pullman sleep-ing car to Toronto, Suspension Rridge, Ruffalo, Philadelphia and New Yorb. Cohhects at Dnrand with G & G T division for Port Huron and Rattle Greek and with C S & M division for Saginaw and Ray City.

8'35 p m train has through day parlor and sleeping enrs Windsor to Suspension Rridge; Bntl'alo, New Yor!' and Roston.

A.O. HKYMI.AUFK, agent, Lowel I. Mich. E. II. HUOHES, ABSI Gen P & T agent,

Chicago. III. REN FLETCHER, Trav P.-uw agent Detroit,

Mich. TSSS

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/ e e a r of a receptivo reporter.

/ ' T h e experiment of female deputy

Sher i f f s In Colorado works curiously. One deputy went in to a high mountain a f t e r outlaws, and captured their chief; bu t she couldn't b r ine him in and the re fo re finally marr ied him.

A wr i te r in the London Mai] t h inks t h e r e I? going to be war between Eng-land and the United Stales aud t h a t a s a resul t the English had better rec t i fy t h e Canadian f ront ier by annex ing Maine, Vermont, Now Hampshi re , and a par t of New York; and a f t e r tha t Alaska and the Sandwich Islands. The re are some k inds of Impudence t h a t cannot be done just ice to In any language. this wri ter is to catch him and box bis ears.

TALMAtiE'S SEBMON.

" T H E T H R E E T A V E R N S " L A S T S U N D A Y ' S S U B J E C T .

From tho Text; Art*, Chapter XXVIII.,

Verne IS. us Follow*: "They Came to Meet U« as Far aa Appll" Forum and tbe Tliree Tavorn*.

I • 5 a « S S ^

i i V S N T E E N miles aouth of Rome, I t a -ly, there was a vi l -lage of un fo r tuna t e name. A tavern is a place cf en te r ta in-ment. In our t ime part of the enter-ta inment is a provi-sion of intoxicants. One such place you would think would

have been enough for t h a t Italian vil-lage. No, there were three of them, with doors open for enter ta inment and obfuscation. Tbe world has never lacked s t imula t ing drinks. You re-member the condition of Noah on one occasion, and of Abigail 's husband, Na-bal, and the s tory of Belshazzar's feas t , and Benhadad, and the new wine in old bofties, and whole paragraphs on pro-hibition enac tment thousands of years before Neal Dow was born ; and no doubt there were whole shelves of in-

The only th ing to do with ' - - -- u: j ui* : nammatory liquid in those hotels which gave the name to the village where Paul 's fr iends came to meet him, name-

T h e success of the s t r ike against c o l - 1 , y ' t1

h e T h r e o T a v e r n 8 - In vain I search —i . —4_ i U , „ i ancient geography for some sat is fying

ored labor In an At lanta , Ga., mill this week may precipi ta te an unwelcome cont roversy in t be southern field of labor . The whi te girls employed in the mil l refused to work by the side of col-ored girls and s t ruck. The managera of the mill held out for a few days, but a s a general s t r ike was threatened they gave in and the colored women were discharged. The mat te r Is a t t rac t ing wide at tent ion in the south aud may resu l t in o the r labor disturbances.

A t a recent base ball game In Pi t t s -b u r g an onlooker threw a beer bottle a t t he umpire, who hurled It back f r o m t h e g rand s tand, severely In ju r ing a n Innocent spectator. The l is t for the s u m m e r includes many s imilar dis-gracefu l scenes, several of them occur-r i n g on Sunday. The president of the Nat iona l Base Ball League is urging r e fo rm, declaring tha t the national g a m e is in danger of s ink ing t o the lev-el of the prize fight and t h e cockp i t I n th i s work of reform every player a n d spectator can assist .

A slander once ut tered can never be f u l l y atoned for. Yet tbo tongue of a lander is never a t rest. The world i s becoming polluted with the disease t h a t It is spreading. Even our alleged g r e a t newspapers are affected. This i s painfully t rue in our large cities, where papers a re r u n by big corpora-t ions. I t is cer tain ruin for any re-spectable citizen t o oppose any of the schemes of th i s class of journals . W h a t every s t a t e in this union needs i s a law prohibi t ing corporat ions f r o m owning or holding stock in any com-p a n y engaged In the publication of any regular newspaper, magazine or other | periodical circulated among the peo-ple.

I t would be hard to formula te a more baleful aphor ism than t h a t imputed— incorrectly,it is to be hoped—to a Unit-ed States senator . "No m a n in public office," he is reported to have said, "owes the public any th ing . " On tbe contrary, every man in public office owes the public everything. No mat -te r how great his wealth or his Import-

account of tha t village. Two roads came from the sea coast to that place; the one from Actium, and the o ther f rom Puteoli, the last road being the one which Paul t raveled. There were, no doubt, in tha t village houses of mer-chandise and roecbanics* shops, and professional offices, but nothing is known of them. All t ha t we know oi tha t village Is t ha t it had a profusion of Inns—the Three Taverns. Paul did not choose any one of these taverns as the place to meet his f r iends. He certain-ly was very abstemious, but they made the selection. H e had enlarged abou t keeping the body under , though once he prescribed for a young theological s tudent a s t imula t ing cordial for a stomachic disorder; bu t he told him to take only a small dose—"a little wine fo r thy s tomach 's sake ."

One of the worst th ings about these Three Taverns was t h a t they had es-pecial tempta t ion for those who had jus t come ashore . People who had jus t

| landed a t Actium or Puteoli were soon [ t empted by these th ree hotels which | were only a little way up f rom the

beach. Those who a re disordered of the sea ( for it is a physical dlsorganiz-er) , instead of wait ing for the gradual re turn of physical equipose, are ap t to take artificial means to brace up. Of t h e one million sailors now on the sea, how few of them coming ashore will escape the Three Taverns ! Af te r sur-viving hurricanes, cyclones. Icebergs, collisions, many of them are wrecked in harbor. I w a r r a n t that if a calcu-lation were made of the comparat ive number of sailors lost a t soa. and lost ashore, those drowned by the crimson wave of dissipation would far outnum-ber those drowned by the salt water .

Alas! t h a t the large major i ty of those who go down to the sea in ships should have twice to pass the Three Taverns, namely, before they go out, and a f t e r they come in. Tha t fact was what aroused F a t h e r Taylor, the great sailor's preacher, a t the Sailors' Bethel, Boston, and at a public meet ing a t Charlestown, he said. "All t he machin-ery of the d runka rd making, soul de-stroying business is in perfect r unn ing order, f rom the low grog holes on the docks kept open t o ru in my poor sailor boys, to the great es tabl ishments In &nce before tak ing office, he Is under

imperat ive obligation to the publl?, | s t i n ' H o u s e square, and when7 we"ask first, to get rid of his par t i sanship if he m e n w h a t l 8 t 0 b e d o n e a b o u t l t t h e y

have any; secondly,to divest himself of 8 a y i . y o u w n ' t help it,' and yet there considerat ions of self- interest and keep j8 Bunker Hill and you say you can ' t In view only the Interests of the public; ! 8 top it, and up the re are Lexington and finally, to give to the public fa i th-fu l and laborious service, or. in case of Inability, to yield h is place InstaDtly t o some one else, who can and will fu l -fil al l of these requirements .

Mr. Dun, ex-minis ter of the Uni ted S ta tes to J apan , was Interviewed lately In regard t o the relat ions between the t w o count r ies apropos of the proposed annexa t ion of Hawaii . H e said t ha t he had never regarded a ser ious difficulty between the two count r ies as likely, f o r the reason tha t t he commercial In-te res t s of the two countr ies In the Pa -cific a re Identical. I t Is of interest to not ice In t h i s connection t ha t there h a s

and Concord." We might answer Fa ther Taylor ' s r e m a r k by saying, " the t rouble Is not t h a t we can ' t s top It, but t ha t we won ' t s top I t " W e m u s t have more generat ions slain before the world will ful ly wake up to the evil. T h a t which tempted t h e t ravelers of old who came up from the seaports of Actium and Puteoli, Is now the ru in of sea-far ing men as they come up from the coasts of all the continents, namely, the Three Taverns. In the au tumn , about this t ime. In the year 1837, the steam-ship Home went out from New York for Charleston. The re were abou t one hun-dred passengers, some of them widely known. Some of them had been sum-mering a t tbe nor thern water ing places been a g rea t increase in the e x p o r t s . ,

of Ihe United Slates to J a p a n In r ecen t ! • a n t ' ° " "° - v " l l

B U U l t l a recent ly given out by • o f l l w m ) ' s r e < ! t l n e b r t l " ! l r years . t h e t r ea su ry depa r tmen t and re fe r red t o in detail e lsewhere show tha t t he expor ts to the Mikado's empire increas-ed f rom $3,288,282 in 18S2 to $13,233,970 fo r the last fiscal year . The lat ter fig-u r e s r ep resen t a gain of abou t $5,509,000 o v e r those fo r the fiscal year J896. I t should not escape a t ten t ion tha t t he impor t s f rom Japan to t be United S ta tes exceed our expor ts to t ha t coun-t r y . J apanese impor t s las t yea r were va lued a t $24,009,756. This was a de-c rease a s compared with the fiscal year preceding , but a very considerable In-c rease a s compared with a decade ago. T b e t r a d e between t h e t w o count r ies i s c lear ly g r o w i n g on both sides.

Among t h e minera l productions of t b e e a r t h which a r e chiefly valuable because of the pa r t t hey play in the m a n u f a c t u r e of me ta l s for use in the a r t s Is manganese , which Is employed i n mak ing a steel a l loy. T h e r e a re mines of manganese a round t h e Black Sea, and some In South America , but according to recent consu la r repor ts , a good supply of th i s Indispensable m a -te r ia l lies nearer ou r doors, In the •ou the r n pa r t of Cuba. The insur rec-t ion In t h a t Island has, for the present , prevented the development of t b e •nines.

f r iends on the wharves of Charleston. JBut a little more tban two days out tbe ship s t ruck the rorks. A life boat was •launched, but s a n k with all its passen-gers . A mothe r was seen s tanding on ;the deck of the steamer with her child in her arms. A wave wrenched ihe •child f rom the mother 's a rms and •rolled it into the sea, and the mother •leaped a f te r it. The sailors rushed to ;the bar of the boat and drank them-fselves drunk. Ninety-five human be-Ilngs went down never to rise, or to be ;floated upon the beach amid the f rag-Iments of the wreck. W h a t was the •cause of the d isas ter? A drunken sea jcaptain. But not until t he judgment :day, when the sea shall give up its dead •and the story of earthly disasters shall ;be ful ly told, will It be known how many yachts, s teamers, br lgat ines ,men-of-war and ocean greyhounds have been lost th rough captain and crew imade Incompetent by alcoholic de-thronement . Admiral F a r r a g u t had proper appreciat ion of wha t the fiery Btlmulus was to a man In the navy. An officer of the warship said to him, "Admiral , won ' t you consent to give J a c k a glass of grog in the morning? Not enough to make him drunk, but ienough to make him fight cheerful ly." {The admiral answered, "I have been t o sea considerably, and have seen a b a t t l e or two. but 1 n**"- faund that I

needed rum to enable me to do my duty. I will order two cups of coffce to each man a t two o'clock In the m o r n Ing, and a t eight o'clock I will pipe all b a n d s to breakfas t In Mobile Bay. The Three Taverns of my text were too nea r the Mediterranean shipping.

But notice tho multiplicity. W h a t could tha t Italian village, so small t ha t his tory makes bu t one ment ion of it, want with more than one t avern? There were not enough t ravelers coming through tha t Insignificant town to sup-port more than ono house of lodg-ment . Tha t would have furnished enough pillows and enough breakfasts . No, the world's appet i te Is diseased, and the subsequent d raughts mus t be taken to slack the th i rs t created by the preceding draughts . Strong drink kin-dles the fires of th i rs t fas ter t han It puts them out. There were th ree tav-erns. Tha t which cursed t ha t I ta l ian village curses all Chris tendom today too many taverns. There are s treets In some of our cities where there a re three or four t ave rns In every block; aye, where every o ther house Ib a tav-ern. V o u can take the Arabic numera l of my text, the three, and put on the r ight hand side of It one cipher, and two ciphers, and four ciphers, and t h a t re-enforcement of numera ls will not express the s ta t is t ics of American r um-merles. Even If It were a good, hea l thy business, supplying necessity, an ar t i -cle superbly nutr i t ious, i t la a business mightily overdone, and there are Three Taverns where there ought to be only one.

The fact Is. there a re In another sense Three Tave rns now; the gorgeous Tavern for the affluent, the medium Ta-vern for the working classes, and t h e Tavern of the slums, and they s tand In line, and many people beginning wi th the first come down th rough the second and come out at the third. At the first of the Three Taverns , t h e wines are of celebrated vintage, and the whiskies are said to bo pure, and they a re quaffed f rom cut glass, a t marble side tables, under pictures approaching masterpieces. The pa t rons pull off their kind gloves, and hand their silk ha ts to the waiter , and push back the i r hair with a hand on one finger of which la a cameo. But those pat rons are a p t t o s top vis i t ing t h a t place. I t la not the money t ha t a man pays for drinks, fo r w h a t a re a few hundred o r a few thouaand dollara to a m a n of large Income—but their brain geta touched, and t ha t unbalancea their judgment, and they can aee for tunea In enterpr ises surcharged wi th disas-ter. In longer or shor ter t ime they change Taverns, and they come down to Tavern the second, where the pic-tures are not quite ao scrupulous of sug-gestion, and the small table la rougher , and the castor s tanding on it Is of Gec-man silver, and the air has been kept over fn-.m the n ight before, and tha t which they alp f rom the pewter mug has a larger percentage of benzine, a m -bergris, creosote, henbane, s t rychnine, prusslc acid, coculus Indlcus, p las ter of parls, copperas, and nightshade. The patron may be seen almost every day, and perhaps many timea the same day at this Tavern the second, but he la preparing to graduate. Brain, liver, heart , nerves, are rapidly giving way. Tha t Tavern the second haa Ita dismal echo in his business destroyed and fam-ily scattered, and woes tha t choke one's vocabulary. T ime passes on, and he enters Tavern the th i rd ; a red l ight outside; a hiccoughing and beaotted group Inside. He will be dragged out of doora about two o'clock In the morn-ing and le f t on t h e aidewalk, because the bar tender wants to abut up. The poor victim haa t a k e n t h e regular courae In the college of degradation. He haa bla diploma wri t ten on bla swollen, bruised and blotched physiognomy. H e la a regular g radua te of the Three Taverna. Aa t h e police t ake b i m In and put him In the ambulance, t he 7,'heela seem to rumble with two rolla of thunder , one of which qfiya, "Look not upon the wine when It la red, when It moveth Itself a r igh t In the cup. for a t last It blteth like a serpent , and s t lngeth like an adder ." The o ther t hunde r roll says, "All d runkards shall have the i r place In the lake t h a t burn-e th wi th fire and brlmatone. • • •

Wi th these thoughts I cheer Chris t ian reformers In their work, and what re-joicing on ea r th and heaven the re will b j over the consummation. Wi th in a few daya one of the greateat of t he leaders In thia cause went up to en-thronement . The world never had but one Neal Dow, and may never have another . He has been an Il lumination to the ceatury. The stand be took has directly and indirectly saved hundreds of thousands f rom drunkards ' graves. Seeing the wharves of Por t land, Maine, covered with casks of West Indian rum (near ly an acre of i t a t one time), and the city smoking with seven dis-tilleries, he began the war fa re against d runkenness more than half a century ago. The good he has done, t he homos he has kept inviolate, t he h igh moral sense with which he haa infuaed ten generations. Is a story t ha t nei ther ear th nor heaven can afford to let die. Derided, belittled, caricatured, malign-ed, for a quar ter of a century aa few men have been he haa lived on until at h is decease universal newspaperdom speaks h is praise and the eulogluma of his career on this side of the aea havo been caught up by the ca thedra l organ sounding his requiem on tho other. HU whole l ife having been for God and the world ' s be t te rment , when a t half-paat three o'clock In tbe a f te rnoon of Oc-tober second he lef t his home on ear th surrounded by loving ministers , and entered the gates of h is e ternal real-dence, I t h ink the re was a moat unu-aual welcome and saluta t ion given him. Multitudes en te r heaven only be-cauae of wha t Christ has done for them, the welcome not at all Inten-sified because of a n y t h i n g they had dene for him. But all heaven knew the s tory of t h a t good m a n ' s life, and the beauty of his death-bed, where he said, " I long to be free." I th ink all t h e r e fo rmers of heaven came out t o hal l h im in. the departed legislators

who made laws to res t ra in Intemper-ance, t he consecreated pla t form ora-tors who thril led the generat ions t h a t a re gone, wi th "righteousness, t emper-ance, and Judgment to come"—Albert Barnes and John B. Gough were there to greet him, and golden-tongued pa-t r ia rch Stephen H. T y n g was there , and John W. Hawkins , the founder of the much derided and gloriously use-fu l "Washlng ton lan Movement" was there, and John Sterns and Commo-dore Foote, and Dr. Marsh and Gov-ernor Brlggs and El lphale t Nott . and my lovely f r iend Alfred Colquitt , t he Chris t ian Senator, and hundreds of those who labored for tho overthrow of the drunkenness t h a t yet curses the ear th , were the re t o meet h im and es-cort him to his throne and about at bla coronation.

God let him live on for near a cen-tury , to show w h a t good habi t s and cheerfulness and fa i th In the final tr i-umph of all t ha t Is good, can do for a man In t h i s world, nnd to add t o t h e number of those who would be on the other aide to a t tend hJa entrance.^ But he will come back aga in! "Yes ," aay some of you, wi th Mar tha , abou t Laza-rus to Jesus, "I know he will rise at t he Resurrect ion of the last day." Ah! I do no t mean tha t . Minlaterlng aplr-Its a re all t he t i m e coming and going between ear th and heaven—the Bible tcaches It—and do you suppose the old hero jus t ascended will not come down and help us In the batt le t ha t atlll goes on? He will. Into the hear ts of discouraged re formers he will come to speak good cheer. W h e n legislators are deciding how they can best atop the rum traffic of America by legal enactment , h e will help them vote for the r i gh t and r i se up undismayed from temporary d e f e a t In thla batt le will Neal Dow be unt i l t he laat victory la gained and the smoke of the l a s t dis-ti l lery haa curled on the air, and the laai t ea r of despoiled homesteads shall be wiped away. O departed nonage-na r i an ! Af te r you have t a k e n a good rest f rom your s t ruggle of seventy act-ive years, come down again Into the fight, and br ing wi th you a boat of the old Chris t ian war r io rs who once mingled In the f ray .

In th i s bat t le the vlalble troopa are not so mighty a s the Invisible. The gospel campaign began with the su-pernatura l—the midnight chan t that woke the ahepherda, the huahed sea, the eyesight given where t h e patient had been without the optic nerve, the sun obli terated f rom the noonday heavens, the law of gravi ta t ion loosing Its gr ip a s Chr is t aacended; and as the gospel campaign began wi th the supernatura l , It will close wi th the su-perna tura l ; and the winds and the waves and the l ightnings and the ear thquakes will come In on the right side and aga ins t the wrong side; and our ascended champions will re turn, whether the world sees them or does not aee them. I do not th ink tha t those great souls departed a re going t e do no th ing he rea f t e r bu t s ing psa lms and play harps , and breathe frankincense, and walk seas of glass mingled with fire. Tbe mission they fulfilled while In t h e body will be ecllpaed by their poat-mortem mlaalon, wi th faculties quickened and velocities mult ipl ied; a n d It may have been t o t h a t our dy-ing reformer referred when he said, "I long to be f ree!" There may bo bigger words t h a n th i s t o be redeemed, and more gigant ic abominat ions to be over-th rown than thla world ever saw; and the discipline gotten here may only be pre l iminary dr i l l for a campaign In some other world, and perhaps some other constellation. But the crowned heroes and heroines, because of t he i r g rande r achievements In greater spheres, will not forget thla old worid where they prayed and suffered and t r iumphed. Church mi l i t an t and Church t r i umphan t bu t two divisions of the aame army—right wing and l e f t wing.

FARM 'AND GARDEN.

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

Some Cp-to-Date Hlnta Abont Coltlra"

tlon of the Boll and TlelcU Thereof— llortlcntiare. Viticulture u d Flori-culture.

P E O P L E O P T H E C O U N T R Y .

Few of Them Seemed to Have Learned Anythlor Noble f rom Nature.

"Fo r the stabil i ty and r ighteousness of our government we a re accustomed to th ink we mus t pin our fa i th on the country people who live 'near to Na-ture 's h e a r t , ' " writes Mrs. Lyman Ab-bott In the October Ladies ' Home Jour-nal. the first of a series of "Peaceful Valley" papers which picture life In an Ideal rura l community . "But how many of them," she says, "seem t% have learned any th ing noble f rom her? Her beauty docs not refine them, her honesty does not Incite them to thor -ougbnens, her f ree-handedness does not Inspire them to generosity—they be-come' narrow and sordid In the midst of g randeur and l iberali ty. They Im-agine there can be noth ing In life but work or play, toll or rest , und they feel a contempt for those y h o play and rest. They have never learned to mingle work and play, toll and rest In due proport ion, and they cease to And any pleasure In life unlesri they abandon work al together . Like the tired wom-an who wrote her own epleaph, they fancy heaven a place where they can 'do nothing forever and ever.' Thla view of life makes loafers In the vil-lage as It mskes them In the cities. Whan a different spir i t haa found room to grow, a new order of living prevaila. Life becomes someth ing more than a alow gr inding of the mill, more than a burden, to be endured only because a luxury aa well aa a necessity. Indi-viduals combine, not for their own ad-vantage, but to mul t iply benefactions, and as s t rength Increaaes, by Its r ight use, t he a t t a inment of one worthy and ambit ious advantage la only tbe sug-geatlon and achievement of another . ' '

Rasilnn Hops. E recall t ha t . In 1882, when hops were very scarce, and when we were paying for them ten f rancs per kiIo.,and even more, our brewers searched In every direction for cheaper hops. Or-ders were then spe-cially sent to Po-

land, f rom which country we received some hops of very ordinary quality, a t prices not more than half those which wero being charged for the infer ior qualit ies produced In o ther countries. The si tuat ion Is now ent i re ly changed, as It Is not uncommon, to-day, to find Pollah hops quoted a t very high rates. It is t rue tha t considerable plantat lona have existed in Russia f o r a long pe-riod, but their product has been l i t t le known, and has been in small demand because the d ry ing and cur ing were fa r f rom what was desirable. During the past twelve years or so many im-provements have been effected. The Russian government , seeing the prof-its which would accrue to the country by the adoption of a more rat ional and more careful system, has aupyorted the ^fforta made by the planters, with the object of obtaining a product resem-bling the fine qualities of Germany and Austria. The first Warsaw hop com-pany, whose collection of samples is •ihown In the brewery section of our Internat ional Exhibi t ion, were among ''.he earliest to take advantage of this encouragement given by the support of -be government , and have rendered Im-no r t an t service to the hop cul ture by •mgaglng experts f rom abroad, and by introducing on a large scale the cultl-rat ion of p lants obtained f rom Bo-l e m i a and Bavaria. Af ter careful ex-•imluatlon of the samples resul t ing "•rom these rcplantlngs, we a re ablo to •Uate tha t they now correspond very nearly with the actual Bohemian or Bavarian growths. The total produc-tion of hops in the world in 189G •imourfted to 1,630,000 quintals . Rus-sia 's contribution to thla figure was >13,000 quin ta ls and her export of hops •n 189G to the di f ferent European s ta tes •-oached 21,000 quintals , being an in-orease of 2,500 quintala upon the pre-vious year. I t can, therefore, be un-derstood t h a t Russian hops will prob-ably a t ta in an honorable and import-ant position In the world's ma rke t— Le Peti t Journa l du Brasseur , Brus-

liela.

Ebhen's P h l l o i o p h y .

"Nine t imes outer ten," said Uncle Eben, " a gemman advises young !hen te r choone some yu thuh business dan whut he got Into. H e takes It fob granted da t It took a heap mo' dan common amahtness t e r succeed l ike ha did."-—Washington a u r .

The Cherry Orchard.

Bulletin 35. of the Delaware experi-ment s tat ion t rea t s of the cherry. In pa r t It says :

S o i l . - T h e cherry will thr ive In a va-riety of soils, but It reaches Its high-est development In one na tura l ly light, dry and loamy; in a soli re tent ive of moisture, but which never "soura." The sweet cher ry will fiourlah on soils too dry for o the r frui ts , but tho sour va-rietlea require more mois ture to devel-op their boat cherries. The orchardlat must have recourse to underdra ln lng if the soil Is not na tura l ly dry, but on l ight dry knolls, o therwise favorable to cherry culture, t he mois ture contont and the molature-holding capacity of the soil c an be Increased by the ad-dition of vegetable mat ter , and by ju-dicious sur face cult ivation. Tbe wri t -er has In mind a knoll In eastern New York, Ideal for the sweet cherry, hut which w a s too dry and thin for the growth of the treea. The mechanical condition of the soli haa been changed by tu rn ing under crimson clover, and by f requent cultivation to a deep re-tentive loam, adapted to the highest development of the f r u i t In the dryest seasons.

Location.—It Is probable tha t In nor thern Delaware the best resul ts with the cherry will follow a location that re tarda the period of blooming, a slope to the west or northwest , as an exposure to the south would hasten the development of the buds In spring, and endanger the crop f rom the late whi te frosts. The selection of a depression or tho base of a hill Is l ikely to be fol-lowed by late f ros t s In these locations. In the central and southern par t of the state, where the country Is nearly lev-el or gent ly undulat ing, a s l ight eleva-tion Is preferable since It Insures good dra inage of the land, and a circulation of air . I t should be said, however, that t he more hardy sour cherry will thrive on lower levels t han tho sweet varieties.

Distance of Trees.—In th i r ty years the vlgoroua varieties of aweet cher-rlea may a t t a in a height of f rom 40 to 60 feet, with arma spreading on ei ther side f rom 15 to 20 feet. The variet ies of sweet cherr ies should otand not less t han 30 feet apa r t each way. Closer distances result In Interlacing bmnchea, difficult picking and spraying and a larger amount of decayed f r u i t In western New York, t he sour va-r ie t ies are set a t var ious distances, r a n g i n g f r o m 12x12 t o 18x18 f e e t La te r plant ings place the t rees 18x18 feet for tbe spreading Montmorency and Ear ly Richmond, and 16x16 feet for the more bushy Morellos.

Propaga t ing the Varieties.—Cherry t rees are usually set two years a f t e r budding. The trees a re budded in the nurse ry as yearlings, t he sour cherr ies main ly on the Mahaleb, and less on the Mazzard, and the sweet variet ies a lmos t ent i re ly on the Mazzard. If t he grower contemplates the cher ry business on a large scale, t he wr i te r believes It of great Importance t h a t he select buds f rom trees with uni formly heavy bear ing tendencies, and send t h e m t o a nurse ryman to be budded fo r Um fOture orchard. Every f r u i t grow*

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er appreciates the fact t ha t some trees of bis orchard a lways bear, others oc-caalonally bear, while atlll othera nev-er bear. I t la unlveraally known tha t the tendenclea In a bud are t ranamlt ted to the plant reault lng f rom Its propaga-tion. The preaent aystem of propagat-ing f ru i t s f r o m bear ing trees, non-bear ing trees, and nursery rows mi 'a t tend to deteriorate varieties, which j be maintained and Improved onl.^' selecting buds f r o m trees whose Is superior to tha t of the entire or -chard. The aubject of the main tenance and Improvement of varietica t h rough bud selection will be treated In a sub-sequent bulletin.

Pruning.—The pruning of the che r ry orchard should be done during the first two or three years of its existence, a f t e r which only the dead and interlac-ing branches will need to bo removed. In general, the sweet cherry should bo so formed aa to give it a sp read ing habit . When tho aweet cherry la allow-ed to giow without paying at tent ion t o ita form, it assumes a spire-like shape, but if the head is started 3 to 3% feet f rom the ground, and the three o r f o u r main arma are pruned in for two o r three years, the tree assumes more of the spreading apple tree form. T h e spreading form of tree has many essen-tial advantages; It facili tates the opera-tion of spraying, material ly reduces the cost of ga ther ing the f ru i t , and o t greater Importance, It shades the t r u n k aud lessens tho danger to it f rom sun scald and from the burst lug of the bark.

TIip SorghaoM In Knnans.

In 1893, when the first re turns of the non-saccharine sorghums In Kansas were made to the Slate Board of Agri-culture the area planted to mllo maize was 14,001 acres, Kafir corn 46,911 acres, and Jerusa lem corn 17,027 acres. In the four years since, according to a press bulletin Issued by Secretary F . D. Coburn. milo maize has fallen 25.5 per cent In acreage, and Jerusa lem corn 50 per cent, while the Inereaae in Knflr corn has been 692 per c e n t 324,838 acre^. The counties In 1893 having 1,000 acres or more of Kafir corn were Neoaho, leading wi th 2,832 acrea; Clark, 2,480; Comanche, 2,405; Haskell, 2,005; Neaa, 1,716; Greenwood, 1,627; Dickinson, 1,549; Stanton, 1,3211 Gray, 1,263; Morris, 1,218; Meade, 1,210; Ford 1,171; Grant , 1,150; Lincoln, 1,099, and Ellia, 1,044, or fifteen countiea all told. Thia year there are 71 count ies with 1,000 acrea and upwards, ranging from 1,128 acres In Graham to 22,256 In Greenwood. Thla year 's a rea Is 371,838 acres. The leading countiea a r e Greenwood, with 22,256 acres; Barber, 21,548; Dickinson, 11,731; Butler, 11,714, and Heno, 11,124. So popular haa th i s plant become tha t It is grown In every county, and. except in a very few. I ts acreage la of considerable importance. If the total Increase In acreage dur ing ihe past four years was equally appor-tioned there would bo 3,093 acres In-crease for each county In the atate. During the four years f rom 1894 to 1897 Inclualve, the saccharine sorghum area Increased 220,323 acrcs, or 166 per cent. The total this year la 352,528 acres. Tho county having the largest p lant ing Is Barber, with 13,183 acrcs, followed by Finney. 11.873; Ottawa, 9,930; Reno, 9,082; Russell, 8,883, and Dickinson, 8,269. Sorghum Is grown In every county ; the great bulk of the sac-charine sorghum now raised In the s ta te la for forage and gra in; not a t all for sugar -making , and only in a smal l way for syrup. While atock growers are pre t ty evenly divided as to which sorts a re of greatest value for the i r purposes both the sweet and the non-sweet a re rapidly gaining In popular-ity and becoming Impor tant factors In their hualness.—F. D. Coburn.

SunthlDe sod Plant*. Some Intereatlng experiments on the

effects of wea ther on plants are given In a l i t t le work by John Clayton, an English natural la t . Twelve bean p lants were placed In the ground so tha t one-half of them would receive all the sun-shine of the day, while the others re-mained continuouslv in the shade, and the crop of beans grown lif the sun-shine weighed three timee tha t pro-duced In the shade. The exper iment was continued In aucceeding ycara. All seeds were planted under the condi-tions of the preceding year , the differ-ences between the two classes of p lants progressively Increasing unti l In the four th year the plants of exclusively shade-grown ancestors Dowered but failed to ma tu re f r u i t Measurements of the contraction of trees in winter wero also made. Tl.u -J g i r ths of sycamore t runks were f r o m two to three-sixteenths of an inch, a n d of oaks f rom five to s ix-sixteenths of an Inch, less In February a t a tempera-tu re of 3 degreea Fahr . than In Octo-ber, a f t e r growth had ceased, and t h e t r unks expanded to their original size on March 2, at a temperature of 39 de-grees. The f requent spl i t t ing of forest trees Is due to this contraction by cold.

Color of Flowers.—Mlaa Eather^x Thompson, In the "Asa Gray Bulletin," disputes the dogma tha t color In flow-ers Is solely the product of l ight; and also the dogma tha t color Is given to flowers for the purpose of a t t rac t ing In-sects, and thus aiding In cross-fert l l l-zatlon. In defense of her view, she points out tha t there Is as much var ia -tion In color In roots In the darkness of underground life, as In the flowers exposed to the ful l l ight above. She re fe rs to whi te and yellow carrots, pur-ple beets, red onions, the golden fibres o t t he Coptls, commonly called gold-th read ; and she gives numerous o the r Instances. In the black, upturned mud of a swamp, she collected among the ne twork of roots. Ivory white, brown, black and yellow-tinted fibres, belong-ing to various species of plants .

Yeas t—"That m a n Doughton is very skeptical . Unless h e sees a t h ing h ^ won ' t believe It exists ." Crlmsonbeak — " H e never r a n Into a rocking cha i r In t b e dark , then."—Yonkers Sta tes-m a n .

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% G e o r g e C a u l f i e l d ' s J o u r n e y

By n i l ! n. B. Rraddon.

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CHAPTER V.—(CONTINUED.) "T shall have to ask you about your

j A ' a n d when and how you became ^ B a p w e r . W h a t h a v e you done wi th J H P ^ u n g woman , J a n e Dawson, whom %-ou marr ied three years ago a t tho

reglatry office In St. Swithin a t reet? Was she a n imbecile too? W ^ y o u compelled to conceal her existence?"

"There Is some mis take ," said Foy, recovering h i s resolute tone, but not h is na tura l color. " I was never mar-

ried in m y life." "I have been shown a copy of the

registry of your marr iage , or the mar- , riage of a man call ing himself (iaston Foy, clerk, of Grandchester. Tho name Is not a common one. Come, Mr. Foy, we needn ' t prolong this argument . I never l iked the notion of your marry -ing my daughter , though I submitted to it, to please my womankind; but last n i g h t I made up my mind you should not marry her ; and, now, my young f r iend , there 's the door. 1 wish

.you a very good morning!" "Th i s la a t range t reatment , Mr. Um-

ploby." "Not BO Btrange as your conduct." Gaston Foy took up his hat f rom the

table and lef t t he rodm without a word. He was meditat ing what he Bhould do with himself In the next hour. H e WBB speculating whether he should havo one hour free in which to oxt i icato himself from a desperate predicament—whether he was not so

'hemmed round and beset with danger as to make all movement on his part

•full of peril. Ho walked slowly out of the house,

down t h e broad flight of s teps; and Just outside tho Iron gate of the gar-den a hand was laid upon his shoul-

•der. " I a r res t you on suspicion of mur-

•der," said a voice; and Gaston Foy knew tha t his course was run.

CHAPTER VI. HE day had seem-ed long to the pris-oner In Mllldale jail , a l though he was cheered by tho society of bla moth-er, who apent all the t ime the au-thorlt lea allowed In her son'a gloomy a p a r t m e n t I t was a sight to see the

brave-hearted old lady s i t t ing oppoalte he r aon kni t t ing a couvre-pled of ao f t Shetland wool, and pre tending to be a s comfortable and aa much a t he r eaae as If ahe were In he r pre t ty draw-ing room a t South Kensington. N o t by so much as a quiver of h e r Up would she allow herself to betray h e r anxie ty . H e r hea r t w a s as heavy as lead, yet she contrived to smile, and kep t up a cheerful flow of small t a lk abou t the past and the fu ture—church affairs . The schools, t he choir .

But even wi th t h i s consoling com-pany the dark winter day had seemed long to George Caulfleld. He was fev-erishly expectant of news f rom Grand-chester, and when none came he fan-cied t h a t h is f r iend, h i s lawyer, and the police had alike failed In the i r efforts to let In l ight u p o n - t h e mys-tery of t ha t nameless gir l ' s dea th .

And if the day seemed long, w h a t of the d rea ry winter n ight , when Im-aginat ion, excited by s t range c l rcum-

j t a n c e s and atrange surroundings , con-jured up the horrors of a cr iminal t r ia l —the crowded court, every c rea ture In i t believing h im, George Caulfleld, t he murderer of a helpleaa girl. H e aaw the chain of c i rcumstant ia l evidence lengthening out l ink by link," and he could have no power to sunder theae llnka. Hia l ips would be sealed.

And then Involuntari ly there l«roke f rom h i s lips a cry of angu i sh :

"He is brought as a lamb to slaugh-ter, and as a sheep before her shear-ers is dumb, so he openeth no t his

mouth ." He had spent a foverish n igh t , giv-

en half to wakefulness , half to appal-l ing dreams. He had risen and dress-ed himself as soon a s It was l ight , and now he sat wai t ing weari ly f o r some sign f r o m t h e ou te r world, some cheer-ing message, some word of hope. I t was only two days since tfie vicar of Freahmead had l e f t him, ye t It seem-

ed ages. H a r k ! _ Was no t t h a t t h e cheery

voice h e ' k n e w so well, t he fu l l vibra-tion of tones t h a t came f r o m powerful lunga, the clear utteVance of a man ac-customed to addreaa mul t i tudes? Yes, it was Lewor thy ' s voice, asauredly, aud t h a t cheerful tone ahould belong to the b r lnger of good t idings.

He sa t with h i s hands clutching the edge of bla pallet, profoundly agltat ed, while the gra t ing key turned In the lock, and the heavy coll door mov-ed slowly back. Then the vicar ruab ed Into the cell, and graaped bla handa and laid bla h a n d upon b i s forehead In loving benediction.

"God bless you. my dear b . y ! You will not have long t o s tay In t h i s wretched hole! The man who brought t h a t poor crea ture to t be station Is a r res ted ; ho came here by the t ra in I traveled In. H e la now In th i s JalL T h e r e will be a poat-mortem to-day, t he Inqueat will be re-opened on Mon-day inatead of on Wednesday next , and the evidence then produced will prove h is guil t and your Innoceuce."

" T h a n k God!" e jacula ted Geo. Caul-fleld; and then ho fell on his knees beside the prison bed, and poured ou t the rapture of h is soul In prayer and

, thanksgiv ing . / J W h e n h e had finished t h a t voiceless

p rayer , he sa t down quietly beside h is

friend to hear how the vicar had done his work, and how completely he had Hiicceeilnd.

"Up to last night the evidence agnlnat my gentleman was only spec-ulative," ho said, when ii« hnd de-Hcribed all that had happened In Briar-gate and at Parmlnter ; "but laat night (he police contrived to bring matters to a focim. Once having got a clew, they worked tnarvelously well. They got hold of half a dozen photographa of this Mr. Foy, who had been vain enough to get himself photographed at dlireront times, by all t he leading photographers of Grandchester. Pro-vided with these, they went the round of the chemists' shops, and found where my gentleman had bought pol Hon. They traccd him f r o m lodging to lodging, till they found him, two

cars ago, living in the outsk i r t s of Grandchester with a weakly, nervous

ife, whose description corresponded exactly with that of the weakly, ner-vous sister a t Parminter . They ob talned a photograph of thla young wo man, which had been given by he r as

parting souvenir to the landlady; and this port ra i t Mrs. Moff, the P a r -mlnter char-woman, Identified as a likeness of the so-called sister. Th is was bringing thinga to a focus, waan ' t i t?" Inquired the vicar, giving h i s young friend a ferocious dig In t h e

ribs. Decidedly." They were brought s t i l l closer t h i s

morning, t hanks to my adver t i sement for a missing young woman In a Rob Roy shawl. Th is m o r n i n g an e lder ly female appears at Messrs. Brockbank 's Boiicltors—your solicitors, you know— and tells fhem tha t she keeps a smal l public house in Wate r Lane , a n a r r o w street leading the r iver, and wi th -in five hundred yards of the ra i lway station, and to her house came a young man with nn ail ing young woman In a plaid shawl—Rob Roy pat tern. They staid there two days and two n igh t s and while they were the re the young woman got worse, and was so III t h a t she had t o bo carried to the s ta t ion when the young man, who owned be her husband, took h e r away. He was tak ing her to the seaside, he told h is landlady—the doctor hav ing said sea air would br ing he r round. The landlady 's son, who w a s In t h e i ron trade, helped to car ry the poor young woman t o the s ta t ion . I t waa quite dark, and no one took much notice of them. This la w h y the police could get no Informat ion f rom cab men or cab mastera, you see. Now, th la good woman, the landlady, has been brought to Mllldale thla morning. She will see the corpse, and she will see Mr. Foy, and I hope she may be able to Identi-f y both. She haa seen Foy'a photo-graph, and recognized It, a lready. So the long and the short of It la, my dear fellow, tha t I th ink you ' re pret-ty comfor tably out of thla meas, and

hope you'll never do such a thing

again ." The vicar affected facetlouaness,

perhaps to hide t h e depth of h i s feel-ing. He loved b i s fr iend almost a s well a s he loved b i s own sons, and tha t Is much, f o r the man ' s hear t overflowed with love.

The Inquest w a s re-opened on Mon-day, and the evidence aga ins t Gaston Foy was ao complete In all Ita details t ha t t h e Jury had not a moment ' s hesi-ta t ion In order ing the Immediate re-lease of George Caulfleld, who le f t Mllldale by an af ternoon t ra in , and of -ficiated a t an evening service a t S t Phi lemon 's t ha t night. How happy he and his mothe r were as they sa t aide by aide In t h e rai lway carriage on tho journey back to London.

I th ink It will be a long time be-fore I shall care to travel a t night and alone." said the curate. " T h e memory of t h a t awful h o u r between Grandches-t e r and Mllldale would He too vivid."

The complete history of Gaston Foy —how he marr ied a poor girl of h u m -ble stat ion, nnd grew tired of her soon a f t e r t be b i r th of a child, whose dea th lef t the mothe r weakened In body and mind; how, when he found himself ge t t ing on In t h e world, received and made much of In the Umpleby house-hold. he determined to get rid of h is wife and m a r r y Mlaa Umpleby—la a l l t o be read In the cr iminal records of Grandcheater . In which city the young m a n was tr ied for wil lful murder found guil ty and hanged within t h e prison walls a fo r tn igh t af terward.

(THE END.)

NEW r.OL'TH TO Hi:ALTII. Little, fragrant, pnlatable tablets, in a

dainty onauielcd metal box, Just right for i tho vest pocket or tho tady'H purse. On the

M A D E | tablets are stamped tho lettem, "C. C. C." Cascarets, Candy Cathartic. Hat one like candy aud tho littlo tablet ut once purifleB and regulatcH tho whole digestive canal. I t

NlaniU by iho Freedom of the Pre»a— destroys disease germs iu tho'inoiith and „ . . . . . . throat, stops souriug of undigestoJ food in l a per* Have u I erfect Itlffht to Crlti- the stomach, stirs up the liver, aud tones

— nnd strengthens the bowels, making them . I l„ I 'hnv n r A

U 8 T I C E J . B . WINSLOW

A LATE D E C I S I O N H A S HIM F A M O U S .

rUe iluillclal

111* Carrer.

C'audldateii f o r Offlce.- act healthily and naturally. They ore well and widely advertised in tho press, but the best ndvortisemeut for Cascareta

USTICE JOHN B. is the wonderfully mild yet positive action, Winalow of the Su- w l l i c h niake< a Cascaret convert of every-

one that tries them. We recommend them to ail our readers. preme cour t of Wla-

conaln, whose fa r -r e a c h lng declalon In the freedom of the press Is a t t r ac t -ing a t tent ion all over t b e country, ia the youngeat man in Wlsconaln'a high t r ibunal and la a

Judge of fearlesa end lofty resolve. Justice Winalow took Judge Ballfiy sharply to t a sk for a t tempt ing to t h r o t -tle the press In criticizing hia record when he waa a candidate fo r re-election last spring. Bailey ins t i tu ted tempt proceedings aga ins t and would have landed them

The way of the transgressor may be hard, but then no one would ex^ct^anj-thlng els of a road that is traveled so muc

Wno a re iuju>cu Recently the re h a s been placed in a l l t he grocery s tores a new p repa ra t i on called GRAIN-O, mado of pure g r a i n s , t h a t t akes the place of coffee. T h e m o s t delicate s tomach receives i t w i t h o u t distress, and b u t f e w can te l l i t f r o m coffee. I t does n o t cost over a s much. Children may d r i n k i t w i th g r e a t b e n e f i t 15 cen t s and 25 cen t s per package. T ry it . Ask f o r GRAIN-O.

When you go to church t o p r a y f o r the conversion of the h e a t h e n , d o n ' t expect t he miss ionary t o g o a t h is o w n

Beware of Ointment* for Catarrh That Contain Morcury

aa mercury will surely desiroy the aenso —. derange tho

ni; It through tne iiiucuxo Such articles should netcr be used except on presenp-tlons from reputable physicians, as ihe damu^e they will do Is tenfold to tho good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J . Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and Is taken Internally, act-InK directly upon the blnod and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's - — r r o n i l l n n et the genuine

• " To-Tes-

"**>• >< umu tlmdnlals free. Soia oy urugKioio, price

had it not been for ^ el ^ e

e 3 i ° . f | ' I S pimliy Pills are the best

Catarrh Cure be sure you get tne gen his cri t ics i t Is taken Internally and made In »ni In InII ledo. Ohio, by F . J . Cheney & Co. '

- - timonlals free. Sold by Druggists, i

the Supreme court. volved In the case were H. C. Ashbaugh and L. A. Doollttle of E a u Claire

Just ice Winalow, who wrote t h e

Praying Is sometimes done, when wants us lo Urst do something else.

God

expense.

Beauty I* Blood Deep. Clean blood means a clean skin. No

beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Ca-thartic clean yonr blood und keep i t clean, bv stirring up the lazy liver nnd driving all impurities from the body. Begin to-day to banish pimples, boils, blotchefl, black-heads. nnd that sickly bilious complexion by taking Caxcarets,—beauty for ten cents. Ail druggists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c. BOc.

Do not all that you can do: spend not all that you have: believe not all that you hear, and tell not all that you know.

Ilnll Denth with Joy.—"I wa* a tcrent »u(Terer from llPKrt Dli>eai<e. The cll-treu wm so L-rcat I wis confined to bnl for ilnys. I ufton thouuht I coulil hail death with Jo*. No phyrirlan could clve ui* relief. I rrocarrda fiotlloof Or. AsnewV Curo for tho Heart, Ihe lint doxs irare mo alnioti Initant rvi:«f. I hayu taken fourbjtdea. 1 nerer folt hotter In my life."— Urn. Margaret Smith, OniMell, Out.

Mind Is the great lever of all things; hu-man thought Is the proccss bv which human ends arc ultimately answered.

Just ice wins iuw, nu*, scathing opinion, and who denounced In^fharfonnor'how"oiucll'andlnif^'oitarTh road'y

tlie a t tempt on tho par t of the lower ' ^ u ^ a i ^ w V e r ^ f J i . ^ ^ expression of and written nftnie and honest tMtlmony the a t tempt Judge to gag the free opinion, was elected to tbe Supreme bench two years ago. At t ha t t i m e he was a jus t ice of the Supreme court He had been appointed to fill a va-rancy caused by death and it was a foregone conclusion t ha t the people

would r e tu rn him. The Justice settled in Wiaconain In

1855 f rom New York. He was then a boy, and a f t e r g radua t ing f rom Ra-cine college he studied law and began ihe practice of his profession. He was unusually successful, and In the spring of 1883. when only 32 years old, he was elected to the circuit bench. His rec-ord as a t r ia l Judge was admirable. Of

I t Is a long step toward heaven to be born in a home where the Bible is loved.

Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Tour Life Away If vou want to quit tobacco using easily

and forever, bemaoo well, s t tvp "*

Bug* Made From Yonr Old Carpet*. Latest Improvement, new method of mak-

ing reversible runs from your old Brussels or Ingrain carpets, ni th border all around. Send for circular and prlccs lo S. Kross, 6211 Wentworlh Ave., Chicago, 111.

Too much brains is a great curse to a man; i t is something like loo many fleas on a dog —more than he can attend to.

M m . Wina low'*Sooth ing s y r n p For chlldmutcothlnK.Kofton* the i{um».rr<l ure* InUam-nuUoD ilhur* pain, cure* wind colic. U otnU a IKJUIo.

Instances have been found of perfectly pure native Iron In meteorites.

I know that my life was saved by Plso's Cure for Consumpllon.—John A. Miller, Au Sable, Michigan, April 21, ISM.

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She says:— Vegetable Com. does a l l t h a t i t ». I have been a s u f t yea r s w i t h w o m b t r o u b l e , w e a k back a n d excre-t ions. I w a s ha rd-ly able t o d o my household dut ies , and whUe a b o u t m y w o r k waa so nervous t h a t I w a s miser- r" able. I h a d also g iven up in des-pair , w h e n I w a s p e r s u a d e d t o t r y Lydia E. Pink» -h a m ' s V e g e t a b l e Compound, and to-day J I a m f e e l i n g l i k e a n e w w o m a n . - J l j MRS. ELLA MCGABVY, Neebe l i o J P

S t a t i o n , Cincinnat i , O.

Wh»n the devil goes about as a roaring Hon he i s careful not to show his teeth.

Everybody Says So. Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the moat won-

derful medical discovery of the age, pleas-ant and refreshing to the taste, act gently and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels, cleansing the entire system, dispel colds, curo headache, fever, habitual consUpation and biliousness. Please buy and t r y a box of C. C. C. to-day; 10,25.50 cents, t&ldand guaranteed to cure b / all druggists.

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Blushing Is a disease. In the opinion ot an English medical scientist.

Some men whom God calls to preach mis-understand him and write essays.

PermanintljCnred.NofiWorne^onanMaafU*

R | S \ m i l C T A I f C Thousands have been I • I f i l w I cured promptly of

NEURALGIA

False Money Market. In Pa r i s t h e r e is a fa l se money m a r

ke t where wai ters procure their store of bad coins . I t ia, of courae. held se-cretly. The re la a regular traffic, and the aharpera know exacUy what they will receive for the real money they a re prepared to Inveat. Thua a spur-loua flve-franc piece fetches f rom two franca to two f rancs fifty centimes, ac-cording t o t h e excellence of Us imi ta -t ion; two- f ranc pieces cost f r o m fifty to s t r en ty - f lve cent imes, and one- f ranc pieces twenty-five centimes. Bad gold coins a r e rare ly aeen there. T h e ex-planaUon of th i s la tha t , apa r t f r o m the fact t h a t the manufac ture of them ia very coaUy, i t requirea considerable scientific knowledge, and th i s the or -dinary counterfe i ter rarely poas^ses .

Window Polishing Pat te . Casti le soap, two ounces; bci l .ng

water , t h r e e ouncea. Dlssolvo and acd the fol lowing In fine powder; Precip i ta tcd chalk , f ou r ounces; F r e n c h chalk, three ouncea; f l p o l i , t w o ounces. Mix and reduce wa t e r t o the congiatenny desired.

J U S T I C E W I N S L O W .

his BOO caaea only flfty-alx appeals were made, and of these the Supreme court

reversed but eleven. Jus t i ce Winslow Is above six feet

high. H e has a handsome, kindly face and Is gentle In charac ter and disposi-tion. He was called out t o run fo r b is present place by popular peti t ion.

Henry Clay'a Bemarkahle Memory. I t la aaid t h a t no m a n ever had a

more marveloua memory fo r faces t h a n Henry Clay. The ins tances given to prove th i s a re numberless .

On one occasion he waa on hia way t o Jackaon, Mlaa.. and t h e ca r s stopped fo r a sho r t t ime a t Clinton. Among t h e crowd who pressed fo rward was one vigorous old man who insisted tha t Mr. Clay would recognize him. H e

had loat one eye. " W h e r e d id I know you?" aaked Mr.

Clay, fixing a keen glance on thia

man. " I n Kentucky ," waa t h e reply. " H a d you lost your eye before then,

or have you lost It alnce?" was the

next quest ion. "Since," anawered the old man. " T u r n t h e aound aide of your face

toward m e so I can see your profile," said Mr. Clay, peremptori ly, and the man obeyed. " I have I t ! " said Mr. Clay, a f t e r a moment ' s scrut iny of the profile. "Didn ' t you give me a verdict as Juror a t F r a n k f o r t , Ky., in ihe fa-mous case of the United States versus Inula, twenty-one years ago?"

"Yes, s i r , " cried the old man, t rem-

bling wi th delight . "And Isn ' t your n a m e Hardwicke?"

queried Mr. Clay, a f t e r ano the r minute. " I told you he 'd remember m e ! " cried

the old m a n , tu rn ing t o the crowd. "He never fo rge t s a face, never forgets -

f ace ! "

Striking Word-Portrait of M. Fanre. M. Gustave Gulches has given a

s t r ik ing word por t ra i t of Pres ident Fe-lix F a u r e which haa paased over F rance l ike wild-fire, and will doubtless become historic. The present chief of the a ta te has the nose of Fraucla 1, t be llpa of the Hapsburgs, a Bourbon chin, t he flgure of a grand duke, iho sl ightly bent f o r m which comes f rom manual labor, t he eye glass of de Sagan, ar.d the s p a t s of Napoleon III. The wr i te r considers t ha t this "mosaic of dynast ies and cas tes" is t he conciliatory and dec-orative flgure which Franco wants j u s t

auu auawvw*. — . fuU of new life and vigor, tako^No-lo-Bac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men strong. Many gain ten pounds in ten days. Over 400,000 cured. Buy No-To-Bac of your druggist, under guarantee to cure, 50o or ft .00. Booklet and sample mailed free. Ad, Sterling liomody Co., Chicaco or New York,

The devil has to work hard for all he gets In the house of a praying mother.

Never Worry—Take them and (jo about y bunlneo-ther do thi'lr work whlUt you are doing your*. Dr. AkiicWh I.Ivor Pill* are KYHtem renovatois. Iilco I pimllrr.. and liullden: ovuiy aUnd and tlnu* In the wholo nnatomy U benelltcd and •timulatedlo th* uncofthvm. MdosexInarlal.lOccnt*.

Sorue species of snakes arc born cannibals.

To Cure Constipation Forever, Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c. I

If C.C.C. fall to cure.drugglsls refund money.

The dog Is the most Intelligent of anlmaU

A N O P E N L E T T E R T o M O T H E R S .

WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE EXCLUSIVE USE OP THE WORD " C A S T O R I A , " AND " P I T C H E R ' S C A S T O R I A , " AS OUR TRADE MARK.

I, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts, was the originator of "PITCHER'S CASTORIA/' the same that has borne and does now / / f / > . s? " ori every hear the facsimile signature of wrapper. This is the original "PITCHER'S CASTORIA/' which has been used in the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is the kind you, have always bought Sip //iT/j . s? m on the and has the signature of^^^fc/y, J-&CC+U/M wrap-

No one has authority from me to use my name except Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher

President. March 8, 1897*

The horse Is more stubborn than the mule.

TO CUKE A COF.D IN ONE DAT. Take Laxative lirntuu Quinine Tablets. All

Druggists refund tbo money If it falls to euro. -.'Jo

The wolf is more cunning than the fox.

Coe's Conch I!al*ain I* the oldeiit and te>t. It will break up acold qulc'xr* than aoythlnc else. It U alnayf reliable. Tt7 It.

No constricting snake Is poisonous.

BY

)N! woman and 11 and win-eeds nf the Id want in itle. The e w o f o u r s i

$ 2 0 0

3 00 3 00 2 50 2 50 3 00 2 0 0

i o r

e 1.00,

U A I 1 1 ^ V e g e t a b l e

I l A L L J S i c i l i a n

HA1RRENEWE Drives off old ape; restores lost color

to the hair; gives it the richness ano gloss of

youth; prevents bald-ness. No dandruff.

J: r, the . year

2

per. The

Do Not Be Deceived* Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting a cheap substitate which some druggist may offer you (because he makes a few more pennies on it), the ingredients of which even he does not know.

"The Kind You Have Always Bought" BEARS THE FAG-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF

SUITS OVERCOATS Made,, _ _

. 7 5 to

Order i

ire

d s

Order 8tried; All W-'. w.rk-.MW?

E I G K - A M CCST0I T l i U U K .

Write for Sample*, A bl7.Mortm.nt rr^. ILLINOIS TAILORING * SUPPLY CO..

INC-'llFO" A1*®*, III 90-92-94-96 Market S t . Chicago. HL

insist on Having The Kind That Never Failed You.

HIGH BRftDE

ALL METAL WHEELS for farm waRoni. Any »»*• * width tire to fit any skeia.

NO TIRE SETTING. Saves the cost of the wheel

. in one seaton. PRICES BED ROCK

, Write for circolart & p r i cn

H a v a n a Ble ta l W h e e l Co. , HaTuna , 111.

CANDY CATHARTIC

somettains entirely new

K bet te r Scale .'orli'iw money limn nan cvor been ofterea. joiicH<.fIHnRhanitoo«

l i lucl iamtou. » -tc

CURE CONSTIPATION

DRUGGISTS me only jobber ia this territory dimb

ftBl0L^LYOE««nHlNWTHE QlSsS LIKE. Ssnd your orders or write tor eaiimatoa.

'.TM. REID. 124 W. Lamed St. C rTTROlT, MICH.

0 HUOK,

K m p i n g o o d f o r a i ^ Hnrinr/ the winter. Riding will d 0

now.

The Tiling He Korcot. The absent-mlndetl German professor

continues to contr ibute to the gaie ty of the nations. Lately he had, late a t n ight In his chamber, disrobed himself , when he sat down with his head In his hands . "Donnerwet ter!" he said. "The re was something I was to do. W h a t was It, now?" H e sa t and pon-dered intensely fo r half an hour, g row-

and colder. Finally he "Ah. I have it!" he ex-

claimed. " I Intended to go to bed!"

r a y l n i ; f o r HI* Own. Mr. Drigoods—Here is a present

f r o m your wife, sir. J lnkly—Very well; F l i send you a check in the morning.

Ing colder

& & & & & 0 & & & 0 0 0 0

0 0 0

&

O 0

11

during the winter. Riding will d 0

it, and a Columbia bicycle will do it best

of all. You can depend on a

Columbia Bicycle to give you plenty of winter exercise and just as good service

as it will in summer.

STANDARD O F T H E WORLD are the patterns for all others.

A G E N T S w A M T E O GENKBIL IIOKUK l'OaTr.U'% .Nr.lt B

C A M P A I G N I N G * • W I T H G R A N T ,

A KDPPLKIE^T Iu (iEX.lift 1VT'^ M CfililKS; Snlenrtldly llliiftr.ilisl. \ CirK-clx-i book. EAST TO EL.U KX.-lu INM. rniorv. I.I;«TII'IIUMIIIIIIII. .{• .In-M " " "y i\). SJ Emu i;;u titrwt. K*w York. THK'OKISTIJKT

m e a n s that Columbias

$ 7 5 all alike.

H a r t f o r d B i c y c l e s , Columbias, $50, $45, $40.

P O P E MFG. CO. , Har t ford C o n n

If Columbias are not properly represented in your vicinity, let us know.

0 & 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 & 0 0

, DOUBLE QUICK

Write CAPT. O'PARRELL. Pension Arent, 1425 New York Avenue, WASHINOTO.N. O.G.

MEN AND WOMEN In everv county

er'day—for 8 Hours work. R. L. W A N T E D

D R O P S Y bEW DISCOVERY; i

case*, hcnil treatment J-'re®.

• uuloliullvl AUICUII.SWUtn fur book of ti «llm"i'iat« md 10 days t ree . Or. H.lLUKKti'SbOkS.

A P D I I I U MORPHINE and WHISKY HABITS. fHbflBBlwS IT.-M "TUK. BookKUEB. DU.A. C. U I I V L L L UQtHAN. ClllUUO, IU.

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LOWELL, .IBNT

-noli ' FRANK ' ' resident.

Rntored at LsSF 0I118B matter, /a IV

..'vJoCarty, ^King,

Bennett,

fswold.

lainess Transacted m Real Estate Security

MARKET 7 corrected Thursday morning

^irley per yfc

fbur per owt

l-an per ton

Middlings per top B ' •,'»rn meal pur ton

Ru { )rn and o^(,8 per ton of ; , „ a

wh, a I ret t m rai T t <5*

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j Mre. J. Lufk of South Boflton has Ipoved to Saranac.

I Will M. Chaprann and wife of Grand Rapids, spent Sunday with

irXtowell fripnd?. ; Monte Savles was in town last

ireek receiving bongratulatfons of rieods upon the vindication awarded Iim in jjis suit wjtl) the Loves.

Among the November term jurors drawn for the Ionia circuit court, are: DelosC. Reynolda and Gilbert P. Hawley of Keene; Frank Conner and A. H. Ijorton of Oliaoo, and Wesley pilley of Boston,

Frank Miller and wife of Ionia, prn. A. E., and C. A. Gesler of Sar-pnac, Will Hullberpor, wife and little daughter Ila, of Berlin, Jas. Con-yeree and wife of Mackinaw Cit}', H. N. Lee and vyjfe of Keone and Jas. Wright aqd wife of Vergennes were the guests of H. VanDeusen and fain :

jly Sunday.

f Did i t Ever Occur t o Y o u

llmt 11 Watch that does NOT RUN is better than a poor one that 1)0KS UUN?

A Watch which does not run is right twice n day while a poor ope is never right.

Docs yonr watch run accurately? Can yon depend on il? Or are you keeping it for the good it has dope?

Let us fit yon out with nn accurate timepiece at' a very njodest sum, then you will have the time all the tjme (apd correct.

M . , New styles in cases, just in.

Yours for all time. U. B. WILLIAMS,

First door cast of P . 0- j Charlie Marsh visited his parents,

8. D. Marsh and wife. Don't buy a garment until you

have visited the Manufacturers' sale. Big lino to sclect from. Children's Jackets with capes to match, our specialty. First door west of Althen's

Tho barn of A. Bergy of Alt'> caught fire from a lantern, Monday evening, and was burned to the ground. By desperate work the house was saved from like fate,

Marks Ruben for twenty years a Lowell clotheir, making a record for business of which he is of right proud, square dealing and building up a has a list of bargains in this issue, to which the attention of LUDQBU

renders is requested. The Carnival committees at Grand

Rapids are having lots of fun with their country oousins. They sent out about a thousand appointinents as vice presidents accompanying tlie same with badges and nn urgent re-quest lo bo present! and are now re-ceiving acceptances from those indi-viduals so honored.

An illustruted entertainment will bo given nt Music hall under the auspi-ces of the M. M. M. society, on the evenings of November 1 and 2. Sub-ject, "Evolution of the New World,'' and' 'Battle of Shiioh. A matinee will be given Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock for the benefit of school child-ren. A first class entertainment is promised.

Mrs. James Scott is in Chicago. Try Ffose Cream for the teeth. Grace' $ewtou of Grapd tyapids is

visiting her mother, 4S2.00 enamel photos 5Qc uptil fur-

ther notice fit Malcolm's.

Mr. Gngneir of I^Alamazoo occu-pied the Haptist pulpit Sunday.

Miss Jpssie Pletoher of South Bos-ton, is working for Mr|. Frank Ecker.

Clarlj Andrews, one of Saranac's old residents, died very suddenly Ij st week.

Editor Potts of tl)e Saranac Local made'this office a friendly call lagt Saturday.

Misses Minnie and Lettie Carter entertained company from Ionia Insl Wednesday.

Mrs. Sneathen of South Lowell was the guest of her sister, Mrs. JiJ. Train, last week,

Misa Gertrude Quant of Clarks ville is the guejt of her sister, Miss Ella Quant,

Fremont Cotton of Saranac attend-ed services at the M, E. church Sun-day evening,

Ralph Loveland has purchased the McYean farm *5 Bowne and will oc-cupy the same.

Anna Gibson aqd Grace Gable at-tended the danoc at Murray's lake Tuesday evening,

Alex Hanna and Willie Quayl of Ionia, were the gueats of the Misses Earnest on Sunday.

Mrs. Henry Thomson of flowne had the misfortune to fall and break one of her hips recently.

Mr. Densmore of Cascade is build* ing a new house on his farm which is a portion of the Holt estate,

Lavanchia White of Bowne has been adjudged insane and w ill be con-fined in the asylum at Kalamazoo,

R. L. Taylor of Ionia came down on his bike Sunday afternoon, return-ing in the evening via the D. G. H . & M.

F. M. Johnson and family spent Sunday at the pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs, Matthew Hunter in South Lowell,

The Epworth league of Bowne will give a supper ami program at their grange hall Friday evening, Oct. 22.

Mrs. Willard Hunter went to Lan-sing Monday as delegate from Alto lodge of Rebeccas, to the Grand lodge, wlfich ponveijed this weqk.

S. S. Lee has just reqeived the hon-or of getting an appointment on Dr. Worthin's stuff. Ife is now one of the assistants in pathology and has charge of the microscopical work of two of tl)e principal clinics.

•»-

m m w m m m m

Originators of low prices pn wall paper.

All fresh stock aud must be sold before November 1st,

Let us ejhow you some njoe patterns at five c^nts per double roll.

D. 6. EmH. Union Block. ^

t m m m u m u m m x

See the new Russian Blouse, at F -

T. Mason's.

Miss Bessie Musted of Qrand Rap ids is visiting friends here.

R. B, Bovlnn makes 8on)e great bargain prices on hardware, in this Issue,

Rev, Mr. Marshall of Fremont will fill the CongPego||pnal pulpit next Sunday, morning and evening.

Wm. Earhart died at i\da Ootpber 17, at the nge of 64 years, leaving a widow, one son and two daughters.

The verdict at lastt That you can bu}' a cloak one third cheaper at the manufacturers* sale than ut retail in Grand Rapida,

We understand that there has been a great dei^innd for Walt Whitman's books at the public libraries during the past two weeks.

Malt photos •l.Oj are prepured to d and 10 photograph ings by daylight or

A largo shipment of the latest D(c ember styles in Ladies and Misses Jackets, Russian Blouee and Capes. All at Manufacturers' cost. F m t door west or Al hen's,

Laboring men and women of Low-ell, open your eyes! Why pay three prices for your oloaks, auita and skirts when the manufacturer's sale will sup-ply you a beantiful garment at first cost; a dollar saved, is a dollar earned. First door west of Althen's.

The stocks and bonds of the Low-ell Water & Light Company, Penin-sula Light & Power Company and the West Michigan Electric Company advertised to be sold Monday at pub-lic auction, were offered in Lowell by Ralph Stone of the Michigan Trust CJompanyy bijt there were no bidders. The sale was postponed until Friday, Oct. 29. The property has been in the handa of the Michigan Trust com-pany since last November, ^nd dijr-irtg this time has been operated by the company and put on a paying basis.

PAY W H E N CURED.

Q . A , M U N C H , M . D . , t h e

Eminent Specialist, who has five Di-plomas and two honorary Diplomas, and who can name and locate q disease with-out asking a question, will be at

LOWELL, HOTEL B M G E , (Bf lTURDflY I P. M., TO SUNDAY 6 P. M.,

OCTOBER 30 A N D 31. No matter WHAT your disease, or who has failed to cijro you

Consult him.

CoMSt t l t a t l oos P r o s a n d S t r l g t l y C o n f i d e t i t l q l .

Chronic, Nervous nnd Private Diseases and Djseniei of vomen cured by our

special fcystpm of treatment.

I fyon suspect having any Kidney, IJIadder or fllpod Disease, «r a Failing

Memory, Nervous Trouble, Lung Allliution or any Irregularity of the Heart,

etc., bring some urine nnd have it analyzed hy a large and powerful microscope

and thus nssisl to quickly make an ACCYAATF: DIAONOSIS. Such examinations

usually cost | d to $10 but will be F R E E this rpmitli.

W E CL'RE—Catarrh, Asthma, Bronchitis, Rheumatism, Epilepsey, Fits,

Paralysis, Piles, Scrofula, ylcers. Cancers, Tumori, Pimples, Eczema, Ruptures;

Strictures, Bladder, Kidney apil Sejpial troiibles, Impotency, Vericocele, Ner-

vous Prostrntioni Heart Troubles.

Diseases pf Women Leucorrlioea, [rregulnrities, Uarrenness. Displace-

ment of Womb, Indamations etp.. succebsfully

Treated without an operation.

DIsPflKPSJ nf M e n C , L D A N ' n YOPNO MEN sufTering from any defect,, i / lnt i lDup Ul -I'llit of a private nnture copsult us. f t cpuls you nothing

if pot cured.

If you have been deceived by pa A DPS, HUMiipqs, and po-cnlled "SPECIALISTS"

pall and investigate.

Our best reference; "No Cure No Pay," Boar in mind WE ASK NO PAY

UNTIL CURED if yon will deposit money in bank or give security. For fur-

ther information or circulars sec Dr. Munch, or address with stamp,

D e t r o i t A e d i c a l a i y j S u r g i c a l Ins t i tu te , 146 PjQQ St. ,

De t ro i t , A ic t ) .

jBSf lONIA, Dexter Hotel, Thursday, October 28th.

SARANAC, King's Hotel, October 29lh.

L A K E ODESSA, Miner Hotel, Monday, November Ist.

*

Matt photos/liloo per dozen nt Chas. Blakeelee was in Free port M-'fijt's. f f \ J wt Wednesday,

Charlie ICopf was i,n Grand Rapids j Mr. Court and wife viffite4 friends last Tuesday. ' in Hastings Inst Tuesday.

Leave your plows, you Farmers, Throw down your pens pud books, you Professional Men, Drop your tools you Mechanics and Laborers, and come to the great, immense

S P E C I A L C L O T H I N G S A L E •For the next 30 days by-—

MARES RUBEN ^Vho puts tho wool on your back instead of pulling the wool over your eyes, the Lowell Merchant who calls cotton, cotton, and wool, wool. Where 20 years of upright, honor-bright dealing

has brought the biggest and grandest clothing patronage in the country. Come to the store where a square deal for the round dollar always awaits yon. The man who continually experiments when buying the necessaries of life is pouring his money down a rat hole. Buy where you know you will get honest value for an honest dollar, of the conn

cem that cannot afford to trample on the well-earned confidence of the people. It is not the size of our store, but the size of our values that has made us popular, T H E S E A . U E S A M P L E S O K U A R O A 1 I V H W E O i ^ F E K .

Bargains in Men's Suits. Railroad Suits, warrantod all cotton,

formerly S3.7# Prown cheviot wool Suit formerly

5.7B Plue Black cheviot wool suit former-

ly 0.50

Double breasted blu« black cheviot formerly 7.50

^11 wool i n y h ^ k plaids, formerly

7.60 * AU wool' invisible plaids, farmers

8atin,liued, formerly 8.00 All wool invisible plaid, trimmed

with Italian lining, formerly 9.76 AH wool sawyers, made in frocks well

lined, formerly 13.60

All wool Harris', made in sack, form,

ly 12.60 AH wool fyppy Clay worsted, Kiicks

and frocks formerly 12.60 All wool imported d a y worsted, in

frocks and sacks, formerly 13.76 English Clay worsted, fine sacks and

frocks, formerly 16.80

$1 7'J

3 87

4 37

•1 87

4.87

5.73

7 87

!) 48

8 0!)

8 73

!» 87

13 87

Bargains in Men's Overcoats. Men's heavy ulsters, full-linetj, form-

ly 6.50 4 27 Heavy chinchilla ulsters, lined, form-

erly 7,60 5 87 Steel grey Irish frieze full lined,

formerly 9 60 0 98 Black Jrish frieze full lined, former-

ly 9.50 e 92 Genuine Irish frieze, black, all wool

formerly 10 76 7 87 Beaver dress coat, velvet collar, Ital-

ian lining, formerly 7.75 5 48 Genuine all wool black beaver, form-

erly 9.50 7 69 Brown all wool beaver, genuine,

formerly 9.50 7 69

Genuine beaver iu light brown, form. erly 10.50 8 87

Cenuine blue black, splendid gar-f ment, 12.76 /

Fine all wool Kersey lap seams, for-merly 11.76

Jet black fine all wool Kersey, half satin back, satin sleeve lining double seamed, silk velvet collar formerly 12.60

9 21

fi 98

9 87

Bargains in Boysy id Child* rens Suits and (Wercoats.

Knee pant suits, from 4 to 10 years

formerly 1,76 1 II Knee pant suits, from 4 to 10 years,

• formerly 2.00 1 17 Knee pant suits, from 4 to 10 years,

formerly 2.50 1 79 All wool grey knee pant tuits 4 to 10

years, formerly 1.76 8 #9 Knee punt suits with vest, 4 to 9

years, formerly i ,50 2 44

Reefer, blue black chinchilla, 4 to 13 years, formerly 2, 50 l 79

Reefer, blue black chinchilla, braid

bound, 4 to 8 years, formerly 3.25 2 87 Blue black chinchilla reefers, I I to 15

years, formerly 9.76 s 68 Overcoats full lined, 9 to 18 years

formerly 1,75 92 Ulster overcoat, full lined, 0 to 16

years, formerly 2.00 1 19

Cape overroat, full lined, 6 to 13, form-erly *2.75, 1 69

Blue black chinchilla ulster, full lined, 9 to 15 years, formerly $3.50 2 69

Bargains in Furnishing Goods.

Undershirts, heavy grey, formerly 25 cents

Heavy prey shirts and drawers, former-ly 40 cents

Merino "K" shirts nnd drawers, former-ly 50 cents

Camel's hair shirts and drawers, former-ly 65 cents,

Wool fleeceed lined shirts and drawers, formerly 75 cents,

Genuine Jersey overshirts, laced front, formerly 50 cents,

Jersey overshirf, laced front, formerly 65 cents,

"K" sweaters, red, black and blue, form-erly 50 cents.

All wool socks formerly 20 cents

All wool fine socks, formerly 25 cents

All wool bicycle socks formerly 40 cents

Awful heavy wool socks, formerly 35 cents

t 17

25

37

46

5a

35

4&

37

13

18

25

23

ft* rt

Wc have a complete line of Door Skin Overcoats with quilted liningfs and Beaver Collars and Cuffs. They'll just suit you. It is not our smiles on the surface, but our g-ood intentions at heart that have made us prosperous. You can no more jud^e the magnitude of Bargains by the size of the store, than can the length of a procession bv the noise of the band. The mer-

chant must be honest to have the nerve to cut prices and profits. The merchant must not be ignorant if he wants to under-buy. We have underbought in every instance.

M A - R K I S RTTBElT-SSSa;

I

We are underselling every day and every hour/ ^ ^ ^ O u t - T a l k e d Often.

a

Out-Sold Never.