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VOL. XI I , NO. 33 omciAi PAPCR LOWELL, MlCHKjAN, THURSDAY, FEHRUARY 2, 1905 AYERAGE CIRCULATION IN 1 9 0 4 1 3 5 9

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Be Wise " V *

Like the squirrel und lay aside for the raluy day and the cold winter. If you have a little money saved up t h a t you can d raw on any time you will en-joy life much better. You wont l)e worrying everytlme you have an off day what the fam-ily would do If you happened tobeslck. Every working-man In town should save a little each week, no mat te r how small his salary. We solicit your savings.

3 Per cent Irtterest Paid H Itft S months

The City Bank, Hill, Watte & Co.

Chu rT

Three No. 15 ROUND HEAT-ERS which bum hard or sof t coal or wood a t S6.25

Good size BASE BURNER Wood Heaters a t 4*/% A beauty for the J k H , 9 0 parlor.

A STEEL RANGE fully guar-anteed for (No $60 or$7 steals about this.)

**$24.90,

All stoves sold on easy payments. Yours;

Sioylan.

Watches Clocks Jewelry Silver-ware Fancy China Kodaks and supplies

JEWELER AKO

OPTICIAN.

IF YOU want good goods, the best that money can buy, goods that are of superior workmanship

and quality, goods that are up-to-the-times, goods that, are sold under a guarantee to be perfect, goods that will* please you in every partic-ular, come to us—we can please you in every way.

Come in any time and see the different lines we carry. You are always welcome, whether you buy or not.

A. D. OLIVER

lN? 1 0•U,• A i 0 , t B01®* •<> "•'I Hlhrr. I've got a good b n 8 n l f ' 8 ^ " " n p ^ n n i o e mt wny ererj d«y. Why

1 ^ O l cd yoor tintype. My flag still waves

What'll You Hiive For Dinner?

Mjje-. Hnn. and Bnrnn. Fre-o .nd Salt water P^h. Ov*t*r8. Alpine l an-^ ^ftablef and Ooro, Sears' Baked gooda, Shelf Groceries.

Weyrlok Has "Em.

CilAPMANSAVSHAIIi

OUR LOS ANGLES PEOPLE ARE TICKLED.

Cold Storase Proposi t ion . Br ings Down t h e House.

Some weeks ago we received a letter from our old fr iend. Will M. Chnpman, which we have been un-able to refer to until now. The following ext rac t serves t o show t h a t the old boy Is In good spirits.

Los Angeles, C a l , Dec. 24,1904. Denr Friend:—

How are you? Judg ing from the ringing editorials yon still continue to turn out , I know you are all r ight politically, religiously and Intellec-tually! And I now pause [ tosharpen my |)encll] In my busy, hustling, hum-drum life to congra tumte and thank you for w h a t you are doing for your community and us.

If I ever saw my wife convulsed with laughter. It w a s wnen she read your editorial on the condition of Train 's h a l h o r opera house. H o w vividly you described it.

Once upon a time, I attended a lec-ture given by "Mark Twain ." J u s t for the nonce,'he had a plecc of cloth about 20 ft . long fastened t o rollers which was operated by an Ir ishman. The entire little device made me think of the day$ when I used t o turn grindstone dnrlng the noon hour for father t o sharpen his scythe Well, this piece of canvas which con-tained daubs or spots of pa in t upon f t , gave " M a r k " an opportunity t o "spread himself" while expat ia t ing upon the beautiful scenery In a "Holy L a n d " tr ip, besides keeping his audience In a merry laugh con-tinually. At the close, he stepped to the f ront" of the platform and in a mild, gentle voice while his whole face showed an injured look, "Mark" re-marked: "Ladles and gentlemen; I cannot keep It f rom you any longer those b rown spots in my panoramic views are-iare—are horses."

He bowed himself off the stage amid boquets, shouts and roars of laughter .

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So, in like manner you, too, con-vulse a p a r t of you r readers at least with t h a t closing editorial which 1 will call, for w a n t of a better name, a parody, I accept It as the true original the center of the grea t "Why Train's Opera House was buil t ." With one sweep of t h e ^ e n you cover and exhaust the whole subject In one word—"COLD-STORAGE."

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Tourists are now pouring into our city by the car-loads. Many are here from old Kent Co., Mich.

Here's compliments of the season for you and yours .

Fraternal ly yours Will M. Chapman.

2710 Michigan Ave.

DEATH OF C. M 1ERRIMAN,

A Former Lowell Cit izen, a t Grand V Repids, Aged 72 Years.

iCharles M. Merrlman, a former res-ident of Lowell, died a t his hotne at 75 F o u r t h street, Grand Rapids, Sun-day , J a n . 29, a f te r a long UlneHH. The remains were brought to Lowell and interred a t Oakwood cemetery.

Mr. Merrlman was 72 years old ami had lived in Grand Rapids since he moved there w i t h his family about ten years ago. Previous t o that t ime he bad made his home In Low-ell for a good many years. He had been in poor health for a number of years, and for several weeks had been very III. He leaves his wife, one daughter , Ethel, and two sons. Bert and Can.

P R I Z E M A C H I N E TO RE (ilVEN AWAY R 1 THE

LOWELL LEDGER

To the l.ody Who Gets t h e Most Votes In This C o n t e s t .

The LKIIOKR'S prize sewing ma-chine—a rhampion. manufactured by the New Home Sewing Machine Co.—is now on exhibition a t this OHlce.

The vote as counted a t noon on the date of this paper is as follows: Mrs. Frank Finch 2461 Mrs. Cora Chase 798 Mrs. .lohn I). Crawford 1183 Miss Annabelle Davidson 347 Mrs. Uianche Dickson 154 Mrs. I". .1. Veiter 104 MIH. Dottli' l lenderschott 6 Mrs. Mina Hammond.. 4 Mrs. Minnie I'.ell 73

Put your votes In the ballot box, not in the item box. Local Items dropped into the ballot box can n o t be priiited.

I he contest will close Wednesday evening, April 5, a t 7.30.

Persons at a distance can send their votes hy mail t o this oflice or direct to tiu> one for whom they wish to vote.

I he condiiions of the contest are stated below; and if interested per-sons will read them they will save themselves the trouble of asking un-necessary <iuestlonR.

CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES

IODIST.

Rev. James Hamilton, Field Sec-retary Conference Claimants Endow-ment Fund, will occupy the pulpit mnrnlnu* ovtri morning and evening.

Arthur Wesbrook will lead the Epwor th League service, subject "The Enlarging Kingdom."

Cot tage pra. er meetings: Friday evening a t Mrs. Noble's; Saturday evening a t Mr. Hoag's .

Mrs. E. Newcomb will entertain the Ladles Aid society a t a coffee at her home Wednesday afternoon, Feh. 8.

CONORBGATIOIIAL.

Next Sunday morning the pastor will speak of "Some praticai lessons from the experience of Nlcodemiis-

Sunday evening thes torv of Paul ' life will l»e continued.y^piaul startf upon his first misaion^fy Jo

The midweek ser^ig* t i Wednesday evening Mr. and Mrs. M. M.

urney. ihls week

the home '»f y.

SOCrBTIBB. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Parker enter-

tertained the Jolly Twenty peilr«> cjub last Saturday evening! Car i-were played until eleven o'clock, tlie prize winners being being: Is t Mr-. F. B. McKay and R. B. LbvelMini; consolation. Chris. Bergln and Mrs C. E. Hicks. After refreshments came music and dancing, L. J . Uoh-inson and Mrs. F. Alger fnrnisliii.s: the music. The guestedeparted at a late hour, voting Mr. and Mrs Par-ker the jolllest of entertainers.—Com

The Spar tan society of the baptist church will be entertained bv Mes-dames Mathew and Wlilard Hunter Friday. Feb. 10. price for the ride a ml supper, 25c. The sleighs will be at Nicholson's store a t one o'clock.

Take Notice. Any one wishing tA> secure good — J hand household goods can me

5 a t Weyrick's market . | Ph second see same

This is a picture ol t he prize sew-inj; machine being contested for. I t is worth working for.

it lias a full set of at tachments, foursidedrawers, large center d raw-er, drop leaf and cover; and the reg-ular price is

The votes will IK; counted every Thursday noon ami announced in the Ledger each week. Those ex pecting to compete for the prize should get in their votes a t once. The "still Imut" has a lways failed. Keep the bail rolling. Tha t ' s the only way.

Liberal commissions paid t o work-ers who secure new subscribers. Flf ty-two votes coupons with every dollar paid on subscription dur-ing the contest. The subscriber

Ives the votes to whom he pleases The solicitor gets them if he can

The same ireneral plan will be fol-lowed as in our previous contests. This time ii is confined t o private individuals. Societies and organiza-tions will not l»e Invited to compete.

Continuing throughout the con-test a coupon good for one vote will appear in each copy of THK LKDGKR; hnd for every dollar paid on sub-scrfptlon m rnxo THIS CONTEST a cou-pon good for .'>2 votes will be given; with every 50c., 26 votes; and with every 25c . 13 votes.

Those who have already paid their subscriptions in advance can secure coupons of value to correspond with the time paid ahead of January 1,'05

The ballot box will be in its former position at the foot of our s ta i rway and votes may be cast a t any time.

L. 0 . T. M. M. instal la t ion and Banquet.

Lowell Hive No. 324, L. O. T. M. M. held their installation of officers last Thursday evening. Since the s ta te convention a't Battle Creek last June they have had new rituals, aud the work Is very pre t ty .

The following officers were In-stalled: Commander, Agnes Wiley; lieutenant commander, Roxle Town-send; Record keeper, Jennie Covert; finance keeper, Lois Eggleston; pas t commander, Gertrude Crawford; cimplain, Mary Lasby; sergeant. Fannie Lawrence: "mistress-at-arras. Catherine Stone; sentinel, Dolly Harkuess; picket, Krma Monroe.

After the ceremony of Installation Mrs. Stone, in behalf of the Lady Maccabees, presented the coraman-iler with a#)eautlful Japanese choc-olate-pot, and the lieutenant com-mander with a chop plate. The company then retired to the banquet room, where refreshments were served.

CARD OF THAKKS.

1 wish t o extend my hear t felt thanks to my friends and neighbors for their kindness In my time of trouble. Also t o the business men of th is village for the sympathy and kindness which they haveshown me.

Mrs. Mary Cook.

To t h e School Children.

I have Introduced a new up-to-date multiplying camera in my studio and for a shor t t ime to get acquain-ted I will make yon 1 dozen stamp photos 2 posi t ions tinlsh from both for 25c.

F. B. Rhodes Successor to Mrs. Mofllt.

Do It Now Procure a box of LOOK 'S COLD and G R I P P E

T A B L E T S and when you feel a cold or the grippe coming: on take a dose and break it up

before it lays you off. This will stop any or-

dinary attack of grippe or cold and to do this is well worth while.

If the cold g-ets started use t t e remedy ac-

cording to directions and cure, the cold tn from

24 to 36 hours. We guarantee i t . Price 25c.

D. G. Look The Drug and Stationery Store.

• O V E R L O A D E D a . In looking over my stock previous t o t ak ing inventorj- I find

t h a t 1 bought too heavily; and must unload and tu rn th is bran new stock into cash as quickly as possible. To do this 1 will use the knife on prices in

Expensive W a tehee, Clocks, Silverware

Sewing Machines and Organs

Thus offering g rea t Inducements t o cash customers. Victor Talking Machines and Talk-O-Phones.

R . D . S T O C K I N G .

No Secret About our Potato Bread.

We nw Coresota floor, Fleishmano A Oo.'s yesBl, lard, sugar, salt and boiled pntntoe'.

We have had twenty-five years experience—from boyhood up—ID mak-ing bread.

We perhaps kndw tome things abont fermpnlatioo, growth of yeaal plant, proper aeeing. condfiloos of tempemture and ita effeota upon dongh that the housewife has not learned. Thai in why we can make more aoiformlT good bread thxn she can. Our PoUto Bread is the Acme of roccees.

WELDON SMITH, The Baktf. m • | . | r i r ^

l| ) inruxrunjUT-i

For sale.—New double surrey. Will take new milch cow in pa r t pay-

nt. Inquire of Geo. M. Parker, hone 181. tf

The Great Majestle Range.

15 6AU0H ALL COPPtR Rtsnvom

A M.-iJefitlc Malicaole Iron and 6teel Range will last a lifetime, properlv haii'Ilerl. aud you will say after using one t h a t the price paid was the best Investment you ever made. The first cont of a Mnjestir Mnlieable Iron and Steel Range Is Jus t a little more than a cast iron or a cast iron and steel range, b u t there are good reasons for ii. Call and let us explain more fully.

Scott & Winegar V I

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gowell Jfrdger,

r . U. JOBIMOX, PabI LAKER.

tOWELL, m e m o AW

Kxchnnpc says that "a woman can make a fool Of any man." As a rule sh« doesn't need to.

The New York papers have kindly frefrnlned from describing Uncle Ros-sell Sage's Christmas.

Doubllesc the proposed permanent alliance of Balkan states would be a good thing while it lasted.

A New York man is I'vlng with a rubber stomach. The rubber neck n a y bo taken for granted. >

The boll weevil's increase of actlv fly leads to a suspicion that the Guate-toalan ants went over to the enemy.

MICHIGAN STATE NEWS

SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF CHILD

Port Arthur's new tenants may M a the location, but the;- will find the premises in a shocking ctate of disre-pair.

x Was there ever a baseball player who. in December, wasn' t going to b e in "better shape than ever" in the com-ing year?

The mikado denies tbe authorship of the poems that were recently atlrib-nted to him. And they were pret ty good poems, too.

The Pulajones are on the war path In Samar. This is the first outbreak that has occurred in the Jones family fo r over forty years.

Matter It Little Un<t»r»t«ed by Thoee Supposed to Be Best Potted.

The lecture delivered by President E. G. Lancaster of Olivet college was the feature of the session of the State Sunday School conference at Grand Rapids. The doctor began by stating that child study was not yet fully un-derstood by the average college or university head, and even by public school principles in many instances.

"Parents," be said, "are also unac-quatnted with this most important of all sciences. No two kinds of animals are brought up with oxactly the same kind of treatment. We do not give the same kind of care to an oak and an orange tree. Yet we send our children to school to learn to road and write in the same manner and by the same means, and we expect them to embrace rellgicn as a matter of course. We do not ask if there is a t ime for these things when reading a i d arithmetic can be learned with-out creating an aversion to them in

i the child's mind, or when religion will be an expression of conviction rather than a mat ter of example or educa-tion. Above all things, do not whip the child. You cannot whip fear of the darkness out of the child any more than you can whip fear of a mouse out of u woman."

That last yenr's calendar may not b e altogether useless, after all. You may need it to figure up how long your note has yet to run.

They are always talking abont lambs in Wall street, bn l our experi-ence is that the lamb there is mighty tough.—Indianapolis Sentinel.

Bob Fitzslmmcns' typewriter was a l i t t le rusty, but by oiling it up he succeeded in s tar t ing a pugilistic bat-t le In the most approved professional style.

I M c t the Jolte abont. the joke abont the joke about the broken resolution, the diary, the expense account, and the rest.—New York Evening Mail.

As above.

i Farmers' Institutes. | The coming month will witness the closing ressions of farmers ' institutes throughout the state for the winter, and Prof. Tafi, superintendent of in-stitutes, has just compiled the list for the month of February, which is as follows: Standish, Feb. 1-2; Vassar. Jan. 31-Feb. 1; Uipecr. Feb. 1-2; Cold-water. Feb. 8-9; Centreville, Feb. 10-11; Cassopolis, Feb. 12-14; Samaria. Feb. 14-15; Benton Harbor, Feb. 14-1B; South Haven, Feb. 15-16; Otsego, Feb. 16-17; Adrian, Feb. IMS; Pou-tlac, Feb. 16-17-18; Ionia, Feb. 15-16; Hastings, Feb. 17-18; Dearborn, Feb. 20-21; Howell, Feb. 21-22; North Ad-ams, Feb. 22-23; Concord, Feb. 28-24; Mason, Feb. 24-25; state round-up, Bat-tle Creek, Feb. 28-March 3.

Why, Certainly, there is a "general «Iectloh" this year. It is up to the peoi.le generally to eleot whether they will keep their new year resolutions o r not. Go <o.

That lecturer who says a woman should "" t marry until she can sup-port a,husband must want to put the men of this country on a level with foreign noblemen.

Drastic Cure. An Adrian farmer has forty hens.

I They recently got into bad habits, by enjoying the fruit cf their own ef forts, i. e., pecking holes in their freshly laid eggs and sipping the con-tents. The farmer scratched about for a remedy and decided that as he

i had seen horses' tails cut off without damage to the horse, he could cut off the naughty hens' bills. The opera-tion was successfully performed, but the hens have grown sulky and refuse

. to lay a t all now.

LET CHILD SELECT ITS BOOKS

New

THE LEGISLATURE.

At 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon the logltlatarc adjourned to meet Tuesday, February 7, this being done to give the committees a chance to visit the state institutions, and now the same old Junket Is on. only it will start quietly, the members going from their homes ts join In It. It is said the free Pullman oars and the etcetras of old times will be provided. The Trovewer's tdvice to not make it as heretofore, but for each committee to visit the particular Insti-

Ann Arbor Woman Advocates Plan to Test Judgment.

"Books for the Young," was the sub- . ject brought up for discussion before tution whose wants it will investigate, the Ladies' Union, and as the organi-1 will be disregarded and the usual num-xatlon is the largest and most repre-1 «ro The regular fOnctlons wui sontative of Ann Arbor, the conclu-1 ^ sions arrived at a re supposed to carry ( w ' " l p ^ , . 0 -. , . 1 r It seems quite likely that tne plan or

. ^ . Senator Wimer. of Davison, to do away "Of books, let the child read any w I t h p a n l o n h o n r d n s nt present

honest one he may desire with these constituted will have plenty of backing. safeguards," said Mrs. Cooley, wife 1 and that Gov. Warner will give his of the professor of sociology in the ' sympathy to at least part of the Rumer university. "Opportunity to choose i plan. The trouble with the present books representing definite aims, board is said to be that instead of moro-elimiration of nothlnR but the book 'V l™kinc into the merits of cases that that is a sham, and trust in the child's own judgment. I would n'ot eliminate the Henty books, Oliver Optic and EI P. Roe. but would call a taste for them analogous to that of 'all-day suckers' and licorice drops."

Towns Are Rivals. The towns of Menominee and Mari-

nette are situated very closo to each other and there is considerable rivalry between them. A rather peculiar co-incidonce was noticed in the recent football season, when a young man from each of these two places headed the football teams as captains of two of the largest universities in the west and rivals for supremacy in this l i ne Norcross, of Menominee and Michi-gan university, and Vanderbloom.' of Marinette and v7isoonsin university, fought, with the former the victor.

Methods of Standard Oil. Not long ago. Rose City people had

an experience with the Standard Oil octopus that pave thom an idea what this trust could do in the way of put-ting competitors out of business. A couple of local business men bought a cr,r!oad of oil at 10 cents per gallon of Potts; but the Standard people Imme-diately got busy and through a local firm, IS-cent oil was sold for 6 cents per gallon and the Potts oil buyers took to cover, when the price of Stand ard Oil again became normal.

Lord Rosslyn's sisters are hard up fo r money. If Edward will vnak" titles descend from women the he title hun-te r s of America will keep English Indies out of the poorhouse.

By changing its name to Cushman, Bernardstoif ean have $10,000. Many women have changed their names for loss.—I-ewiston Journal.

And been sorry for it afterward.

A woman was arrested at Jersey City a few days ago for obtaining $1,600 on bad checks. Considering the brevity of her financial cpreer, she Couldn't have been much tor looks.

Lord Is Poor. Bay City is all stuck up now. They

have had an English lord in the town for many years and^ didn't know about

i It, but that does not matter. He Is j there now and is going to stay l»e-' cause, as he says, there is nothing left of his ancestors' goods and chattels to go back for. He has known of it a long time,but told no one of I t Capt. Alex. Fleming, or Lord Fleming, of Cumberland, whichever you choose.

Marshall vs. Battle Cresk. A Marshall paper is quite huffy

over the report in a Battle Creek pa per that a citizen of the former place lost $100 in the latter 'city re-cently. "In the first place, a Mar-shall man would not be so foolish as to go to Battle Creek with that amount of money in his pocket," says the Marshall paper, "and in the next place, if he did and was so unfortu-nate as to lose it, it would never be returned."

Overcomes Big Woodman. Officer Dan Stout, although a little

follow, is well able to stand up for all that his name implies. A burly woodsman came into Alpena and started to clean up on the inhabi-tants until he bumped into Daniel. The air was full of Mackinaw coats and felts for a few minutes, after which a very tame woodsman was behind the bars.

After falling from the top to the bot-tom of a hundred-foot hole Patrick Joyce of N | r Jersey arid the County

WTcouia whip any mnn who Sligo said said he was dead, a word.

And not a man said

Mill Will Run Again. By acquiring hy recent purchase 1,-

000 acres Of timber land In Milwaukee county, the big sawmill of F. Alberts & Sons a t Muskegan is assured of a run of three years longer. The plant will be overhauled this winter and much new machinery installed. The tract is one of the few remaining In western Michigan, and the lops will be brought to Muskegon by rail and water.

Attorneys Fight It Out. After playfully slapping each oth-

er with a crowbar and a canthook, Alex Campbell and Harry Wright, who live near riart, decided to give their differences t o . their respective attorneys to fight over. The decision was timely, in view of the fact th^t both were considerably disfigured when they finished with each other.

Villagers In Kamtsehatka are hav-ing a deal of trouble with . starving bears, which. In t^eir 'urn, have trouble In digesting the villagers. The avernee Kamtscbatkan Is *ta tough proposition.*'

According to Agrlcultnraa Depart-ment statistics, t h e farm products of th i s country amount to $2,734,863,702 —not counting the precious and costly vegetables that the suburban backyard f a rmer raises. , .

Now that jiu-jitsu Is to be taught at t h e naval academy r-t Annapolis, it ought to be taught at West Point, too, •or the West Point boys wIR be at a disadvantage In the next a m y and navy football game.

Monroe's Company Is Praised. Ma'j. Vernon of the regular army

and Maj; Covell, assistant Inspector general Inspected Co. D, First regi-ment, M. N. G., a t Monroe. They found the company In excellent condi-tion and highly complimented Capt. Wm. Lflft on his well disciplined com-pany.

New Depot Is Completed. | The Pere Marquette Railroad com-pany has just completed, a new $2,000 brick depot at Coral. The old one was struck by lightning last spring and destroyed.

A Lutheran minister in ^Tennessee says life insurance Is ifambllng, and therefore something to be condemned. But mipht not the same be said of fire .insurance which the strictly orthodox consider so essential?

Mrs. Elliott spoke the other day about "th'i tongue of scandal taking liberties with a woman's skir t ," and Irvine's son-in-law says: "Father can-not talk because his hands are tied." The whole case seems to be badly mixed.

"If your stomaoh Is normally healthy," says t t Nebrauka State Jourral . "you can cat n bovl of corn meal mush and mill< for supne.r and sleep like a kit ten lill the roosters crow at -"aylipht." But why mush and milk if the stonyich's u. K.?

A woman was fined f-ir disorderly conduct :ii Bristol, England, the other day because she was found hy a po-liceman "kissing all the men she could lay her hands on." It would, of course, have been very rude on the part of the men if they hr.d pushed her away.

i To Reclaim Land. j It is proposed to dredge out a big ditch near Coldwater for about twelve miles to afford better water facilities and to reclaim a large portion of land.

Aged Man Is Lively, i P. H. Whitford of Galesburg gave a recitation which he learned over sev-enty years ago, at an entertainment the other evening. He is 89 years old.

Brick Depot for Lapeer. Lapeer is soon to have a new rail-

road depot. The Michigan Central will commence the construction Of a

i substantial brick building.

' Anxious for Honors. Three towns in Michigan have

claimed credit for bring the birth-place of the young man who is send-ing dispatches from St. Petersburg. Port Huron, Grand Rapids and Ann Arhbr all claim the honor. Which is it now?

Moonshine In Court. Justice Doty of Ann Arbor became

humorous when George Moon ap pearod before him on a charge of be-ing drunk. "I see," said his honor, "ihls JS a case of a full Moon. We will let you shine in the county jail for the next few days." As he passed behind the bars', the prisoner remarked that he was certainly eclipsed this time.

Plan Soldiers' Monument. Subscriptions are being solicited to

secure the erection of a monument to commemorate the Greenville soldiers who were in the war of the rebellion. Several hundred dollars have already been subscribed, and it is hoped that the memorial will be in place the com-ing sunhner.

Chicken Lifters. A number of citizens of Southeast

Locke have formed a club to be known as the Chicken Lifters' club. The members have to rob their own chicken coops to make good their claims to membership.

Plsn Joint County Fair. Clare and Isabella county farmers

met at the 'former place to discuss the advisability of holding a joint lair ihls year. Cdmfnlttees were appoint-ed to look into the thing further.

Seeks Humble Job. A Presque Isle man, one of the

faithful, Is said to have written to Lansing with an application for the appointment as "chief cuspidorian."

Old Sea Captain Dies. Endrick Dregmans. for many years

a gea captain and well known to fol-lowers of the sea. died at the home of his son in Holland.

Farmer's Barn Burns. A Inr.- c barn belonging to Larry

Cody, a farmer near Coral, was burned to the ground, together with throe horses, t.hrea cows and about twenty tons of hay. The loss is aljout $3,000, with small insurance.

appear to have some merit, thev hold a second trial of everv man who makes application for nardon or parole. The last legislature changed the law so that the three members of the hoard shall he paid $7 a day ftnd providing that they may serve six months of the year and get pay and expenses frrr that time. The result h^s been that they serve all of the six months allowed them, and they are now hlntinc that they want the t ime extended for which they may collect per diem and expenses.

The proposition to provide for a state veterinarian to prevent the spread or communicable diseases among live stock has aeain been revived in a bill intro-duced hy Representative Morrlce. of Harbor Serines. The biH proposes that the veterinarian cd-operate with the State board of health and local boards in suppressine stich diseases..

On Wednesflav afternoon etime a test in the senate of the'situation on direct voting and a pood majority vote passed the direct votir- bill for the fonrteenth judiclnl circuit with a rush, and this ac-tion may mean tha t the legislature will not stifle all attempts to push along the direct votin- plan. Gov. Warner, when asked if he would sign the bill, said he would do so a s soon as the measure reached him and had been looked over. 1

In 1,877 of the 7<22n school districts in the state, the receipts fiom the pri-mary school fund and the one mill tax exceed the sum wild for teachers' wages. In 23." of these districts the prl-mary school money alone rtore than de-frays the expense of the teachers. In 4^3 districts last year no voted tax was raised. Superintendent of Public In-struction Kelley has prepared these figures in support of the bill which he has introduced to do away with the necessity of assessing the one mill tax. He would not abolish this tax but per-mit the authorities not to raise It In those districts w h e r j the established revenues exceed the expenses for which thev are provided.

The following resolution was intro-duced by Representative Waters, of Washtenaw c unty. and adopted;

"Whereas, it is the sense of the house that the law creating the state commis-sion was founded in the best intentions, hut.

Whereas, the amendment to said law unnecessarily increasing the mem-bershln of said commission and raising the salaries thereof and other expenses has caused the same to become burden-same to the public, and.

Whereas, said commission has mis-conceived the snlrit and Intent of the law of its creation, whereby the same has become obnoxious to the people, therefore, be it

'Resolved. T h a t the speaker of the house appoint a committee of five to de-vise ways and means whereby the said commission may l»e decreased in num-bers and the expense thereof reduced and its powers and duties limited and defined."

The ahollllon of the oG-dav limit, ac-cording to Speaker Master, has abolished a peculiar part of legislation in Michigan the introduction of skel-eton bills. Formerly, when ail bills had to he introduced during the first: 30 days, everybody who had a bill in mind but not prepared, would Introduce a bill by title, as. 'A hill to amend the act pro-viding a charter for the city of Detroit.' Then, if he wanted to put in the real bill later In the session he would take 'hat title, and add the real bill. A very large number of the hills Introduced at the last session were only titles, and lots of the ti t les were never used.

"But this year, the 108 bills Intro-duced In the house arc all real bills. li»t year they had 131 hills af ter three weeks, a large number of them "skel-eton bills." So in the seuate. thev have 56 real bills, and last year they had SI skeletons. But just as soon as we settle the budget, and pass a few necessary general laws, we'll shut down, and the man who delays his pet measure will get left."

Rep. Wallace, of Newaygo, introduced a bill calllne for an approprlnJtion of $20,000 to empower the state to take charge of the tuberculosis sanitarium of Dr. J . C. Branch, at White Cloud, for two years, for experimental purposes.

SJrlokcn Zlnnitoft. Mrs. J . G. Spelcher. wife of Acting

Overseer Spelcher. of Zlon City. Is dead as the result of consumption. Hers Is the second death whidi has followed a, recent Inroad o r sickness amomr John, Alexander Dowje's chiefs and follow ers and against which the prayers oi the "First Apostle" have seemingly been of no avail. Deacon Carl F. Stern, for many years Dowie's chief of police, died while en route to the Bahama Islands, where Dowie Is suffering f r mi chronic stomach trouble and his wife Is dcsperatelv ill. It is said that an in-vestigation of the death or Mrs. Speich-er will he mMlc by the stat* board oi health and the coroner.

PEACE kUMOKS ARE AFLOAT

Qen. Kouropatkin Is Said to Have Opened N e g o -

tiation! With Field Marshal Oyama Looking Toward Ending War.

llsioa between workmen and soldiers. A dispatch to a London newa agency from SL Petersburg says:

"The censorship has allowed the newspapers to print a brief Paris dis-patch reporting that Gen. Kouropatkin has opened negotiations with Field Marshal Oyama."

This dispatch was received by tbe Chicago Tribune. It came from the same agency that furnished the Trib-une with its exclusive story on the surrender of Port Arthur.

It is the most significant of a se-ries of mysterious "peace" rumors and messages that have been in the air for a week. They have been cur-rent In London, Paris, New York and even Chicago.

Thursday night Information was re-ceived in London from two different sources in St. Petersburg saying that Qen. Kouropatkin had sent telegrams of grave Import to the war office which led to a hurried council of the war party.

Another significant Incident was the action In Paris Friday of the French syndicate's withdrawal of the pending Russian loan.

Inner financial circles In Lcadoa re-ceived information Wednesday night tha t the internal crisis in Russia had convinced the grand ducal regime of the necessity of bringing the war to a speedy close.

After the close of the stock market Wednesday several international banking houses received private cables from their correspondents on the con-tinent intimating that steps were un-der way looking to peace between Russia and Japan.

There has been a belief In financial circles since the fall of Port Arthur that Russia will seek peace with Ja :

pan without risking another battle. This belief became stronger early in the present week, af ter the revulsion of feeling following Sunday's tragoSy at St. Petersburg disclosed the wide-spread revolutionary sentiment throughout European Russia.

official reports giving the casualties a s t w o killed and seven wounded. The strike at Uban continues, and there has been no material change In the situation a t Moscow, Saratoff and Lodz. There are grave fears of trou-ble at I van o vo-Vozn esen sk, the fore-most cotton goods manufacturing town In the empire. Predictions are made that the ending of the strike win but result in increased activity on the part of the revoiutionisis.

In St. Petersburg there is no longer any doubt that the str Ke is practical-ly broken. Fourteen establishments. Including the Franco-Russian Abou-koff, Baltic, Russo-Am<frlcan Rubber company, and Ropes' American refin-ery, already have resumed. A re-markable feature is that the men who are returning to work are not asking conditions of the employers. They have seemingly turned the i r backs upon po-litical agitators and accepted the gov-ernment'^ promises in the matter of shorter hours and an equitable ad-justment of their grievances at their face value.

That the government purposes to compel the men to settle upon the •government's terms is plainly evi-denced by Finance Minister Kokov-soff's response to a deputation of mas-ters. to whom be announced the gov-ernment's decision, af ter an impartial investigation of both sides of the con-troversy. to carry out the letter and spirit of the proclamation of Jan. 25. Naturally to the masters this means that they will have to foot the bills.

One of the best posted and most famrfls of Russian liberals said: "WTifte the events of last Sunday h a v e given an enormous impetus through-out Russia to all movements against the existing order cf things, it is truly marvelous with what skill and adroit-ness the government seems to be turn-ing the situation to its own account with the very men who have suffered and who loss than a week ago would

The New York Stm's London Cor- i have hen in open revolt had they been respondent in his cablo on Wednesday night said:

"It may be said that those a t pres-ent controlling the Russian policy are practically convinced of the necessity for bringing the war to a speedy close before the disastrous events of the current week make such a course ab-solutely imperative.

"It is hardly to be expected that peace negotiations will be opened to-morrow or next week. Russia will probably make an effort to restore a remblance of order before praying for peace."

"You probably will think me foolish and you fellows won't believe me," said one well informed Chicago finan-cier on Wednesday evening, " b u t l tell you that the hanks In New York and Chicago have been assured that the war with Japan 4s not to be pursued further. Peace probably will not be made a matter of official ennounee-ment to-morrow or the next day, but it is in sight. How else would you account for a rise in the price of Rus-sian bonds a few hours after the S t Petersburg troubles of Sunday and Monday when a revolution against the czar's government seemed imminent?"

A day or two later in the week ca-blegrams reached some of t h e Chica-go bankers containing news of a re-, assuring character. It went fur ther than the usual advice to investors "to be calm," and carried with it hints that important events looking toward peace between the belligerents im-. pended.

able to procure arms.'

Defy Superstition. Col. E. Wells of Petoskey and Miss

Anna Van, Cleve of Traverse City de-fied suporstlfldn by Doing married on Jan. 13, which was also Friday. Af-ter the ceremony Mrs. Wells was tak-en ill.

Dr. Robert C. Coy. of riricago. with John MncKeuscic. u Chicago mining ex-pert. and two prospectors. M. A. Call and Walter Steublnger. of tbe same city, were killed Friday by Yaqui In-dians near Cobnchl. Ariz.

While Mrs. O. J. Townsend. of An derson. Ind.. was making up a folding bed. the bed closed ohtching her be-tween-tbe rails of tho bed, breaking her neck and killing her Instantly.

Thirty-two Indlotmcnts "have been re-turned againstVN. S. Walpoie. the new-ly appointed postmaster of Pueblo. Col., making a total of 40 indictments against him In connection with election frauds.

CONDITIONS IN RUSSIA. While the strike is spreading until

it has now reached the most, distant provinces of the Russian empire, tho czar's troops have the situation well in hand in the larger cities.

Tho liberals say that there will be no great revolution in Russia a t piys-ent. They say that tho time Is not yet ripe. The present uprising is characterized as a spasm, one among many which must follow before th,e Russian populace is thoroughly awak-ened to the possibilities of a real rc-

""Vdlt and the significarce of a strug-gle for liberty.

I t is believed that the government, fearing that the numerous recent re-verses to the Russian arms at the front would so add to the discontent that the people generally would talte up arms in civil war. ordered Kouro-patkin to gather his forces and deal the Japanese a crushing blow.

This is said to explain the move-ment of a division across the Hun river. Kouropatkin evide ntly was suc-cessful In carrying out the oydcrs of the authorities, for from Manchuria comes tbe news that tbe Japanese have hoen driven hack. After two days of desperate fighting the RUE-sians have been victoribus all along the line.

This report has had an electrical ef-fect in allaying the fears of the people and In re-establlshlug confidence in flic government.

At Warsaw there was a serious col-

TRCOPS FIGKT IN COLD. The battle on the Shakhe and Hun

rivers which the world has been ex-pecting daily since last October may be in progress.

It is a battle fought in the snow and fog of a terrible Manchurian winter. The «)ld is intense, the mercury regis-tering zero and below. Blinding snow storms and dense fogs conceal the movements of the troops. No more gloomy sett ing for a battle tcene can be imagined.

On Thursday the Japanese began moving against tho Russian right, at-tacking viciously Russian positions along the Hun river, where tha t stream bends southward.

Inside the Russian ^'nes tho belief existed that Gen. Nogi's army, ar-rived from Port Arthur, was in re-serve, supporting the movement.

The Russians claim that they not only boat off the attack after severe fighting, but itfht tbey advanced In the evening to the lino "Of Hugoudi and Hounlitadzy.

Gen. Kouropatkin is believed to have at least 300,000 iron at his dis-posal, while Oyama's force is equal if not superior.

HEAR SOUNDS OF BATTLE. From Kr.roki's hoadqua»ters comes

the news tha t sounds of battle were heard a t -intervals along tho entire front Friday morcins. The RuEslan ar-tillery was feeling the whole Japa-nese line.

it is uncortain whether this will bring ou a general engagement or not . The Japanese guns refrained from re-plying to the Russians except on the left.

The clouds and snow made it Impos-sible to see more than a few hundred feet away. The Russian gunnery fire was largely guesswork.

If the Russians' operations were pre- . llminary to a general attack, as ap-pears possible, their plans were frus-trated by the storm and fog. They could not have chosen a worse time.

The hardships of the soldiers, camp-ing on the plains, where there is no shelter or fuel and but little water, are the worst yet encountered in this war.

Retail Grocerc Elect Officers. Cincinnati dispatch: The annual

election of offlcers of the National Re-tall Grocers' association resulted as follows: President, John A. Green, Cleveland: vice president, Lorenz F. Padberg, St. Louis; secretary, Fred Mason. St. Paul, and treasurer, H. W. Schwab, Milwaukee.

McCue Must Hang. Richmond. Va., dispatch: The su-

preme court of appeals has denied the supplementary appeal in tbe case of ex-Mayor McCue of Charlottesville, convicted of wife murder. He was sentenced to bo hanged Jan. 20 and was respited by. Gov. Montague until Feb. 10.

VARDAMAN ARRESTS A SLAYER i MRS. CHADWIOK IS A BANKRUPT

Governor of Missieaippi Subdues Ne-gro Murderer While Aboard Train. Jackson. Miss., special: While Gov-

ernor Vardaman was returning home on a Yazoo and Mississippi Valley train he arrested Jim Hannah, col-ored, charged with killing two men in Holmes county. The governor learned that Hannah was on the train and, borrowing a pistol from the conduct-or, wont to the forward coach and compelled tbe nogrp to surrender. The accused Was Wentfileii #

Creditors Will Elcct a Trustee to Take Charne of Property.

Cleveland, Ohio, dispatch: Mrs. Cas-ic L. Chadwlck has been lormal-iy adjudged a bankrupt in the United States District court by default. The creditors will elect a trustee to take charge of her property until it shall be sold. Mrs. Chad wick, still in jail has been ordered to file a list of all her creditors, together with a sched-ule of her assets and liahilitleSTVith-!n ten days.

f A l A L E t f r a O M N W ' f

Copyright. 18S7, by F. Tennyson Kotiy.

CHAPTER XVI,—Continued. "Bravo!"" cries Jack; "such sublime

-courage must a lwajs command my re-spect, I am at your side, senor. If there are ladles to protect, every man here, I am sure, will do his duty."

Jack undoubtedly means every word, although he dresses his lan-guage in this bombastic manner in or-der to match Roblado, who. Impressed with the fact that his devotion to duty as a Spanish gentleman has borne fruit, eagerly reaches out his long thin hand.

"Sir, I salute you. Such sentiments -of lofty courage must always bind the hearts of brave men In a common brotherhood. There are four of us— nay, s i x - t o stand against the enemy. We will be a match for all they can bring against us."

"The battle, or massacre, whichever it may be, still goes on," remarks Spencer, w^ho thus enters into the con-versation for the first time.

"Then let us be .making ready against a possible attack, for 1 am strongly Inclined to believe some of the rebels will find their way along the back trail, looking for us, as the absence of my carriage from the train Is sure to be noticed."

Hurrying to the side of the compart-ment, they proceed to do whatever Is possible in order to protect the in-MPior. All work with a vim—cushions are utilized, the guard brings various articles from his den, anJ in a very brief space of time quite a respectable showing is made.

"Come," says Jack, with consider-able satisfaction, when Smlthers ap-pears with his arms filled with mere "trnck" with which to fill the cracks and crannies, "we are doing nobly, my dear fellow. But, honestly, do you imagire there is any possibility cf our being attacked here?"—lowering his voice to a whisper.

"Well, it wouldn't surprise me." re-joins the other, slowly and seriously.

"But, if it should come—they are your friends, you know—would you open fire on them?" continues Trav-ers, seeking to cut Gordian knot hy the most direct method.

"Not If they were Gomez and his men. I know them well, and their bat-tle cry of Cuba libra is music to my •ears. But there are others, sir."

"Others! You mean the Spanish soldiers may retreat this way?"

"Not at all. Have you not heard of the guerrilleros—the men who fight under no flag, who war upon every •one they meet, robbing pacifico and belligerent alike?"

"Yes, I have heard of these devils. But why should you fear that they may descend upon us?" inquires Trav-ers. They are standing just outside the carriage, with Ah Sin and the guard near by, ready to enter at any time should It be necessary, and as the i r conversation is carried on in low tones, the chances of its being over-heard are slight Indeed.

"These human birds of prey seem to have Inside Information as to when a batt le is about to take place, and they bang round like dogs waiting to pick up tbe crumbs from tbe master 's table. I only hope some day both Go-mez and the Spaniards will turn round and hunt these miserable go-betweens

Copyrlg-ht. 1R09. by Street and Smith.

ply, and Jack notices that his com-panion appears to be looking earnestly beyond the fire, shading his eyes with his hand in order that he may see the better.

"What has struck you?" he de-mands, quickly.

"I am afraid, sir, your suggestion, though a good one. comes a little too late. Look yonder at the moving fig-aires—two, five, a dozen, twenty. Yes, I am sorry to say we have been dis-covered; the gnerrilleros are here!"

1

"The guerrilleros are here l , , '

to the death. If they are In the neigh-borhood jpd see us, we must expect t o fight for our lives."

"Now I understand what yot^mean. T h e fires will draw them." • *

"That Is a fact, sir, if they come a t all."

"What we meant for our preserva-tion may prove our ruin. WTell. It o f ten happens so. Perhaps it might be wise t o extinguish them, and remain in tbe dark . We coulfl have them ready to l ight if we heard a train coming."

*1 should feel more at ease, sir. If you knew these guerrilleros as well as 1 do, you would be fully as anxious to avoid discovery by them, if it could b e done."

"Perhaps I am even more so, since I have something to think of that does not bother your mind, Smlthers"— turning his thumb over bis shoulder in the direction of the carriage, and the agent knows what he means.

"Suppose we call Senor Roblado out, then, and put him in possession of the facts?" continues Jack. "Whatever he flwWc*. ^t wc will do."

Snuw w e s e t Immediately re-

CHAPTER XVII.

"Guerra a Cuchi l lo!" Although Smlthers' words are star-

tling enough to alarm the bravest. Travers does not show much indica-tion of such a feeling, as, following the extended finger of his agent, he. too, readily discovers the moving fig-ures.

They appear to come out of the woods in couples or little squads. At that distance, and with only the fire-l i g h t ^ guide him. Jack can see that they Are rough-looking men, some of them negroes, carrying guns and ma-chetes; but that is as far as his ob-servation goes.

How his companion is enabled to determine their identity as guerrillas, and not tbe patriots fighting under the banner of Gomez, is a puzzle too deep for Jack.

It is a t ime for prompt action. They ^ ill have to retreat to their rude fort-ress and meet the expected assault bravely.

"Where is the guard?" asked Smlth-ers.

"And Ah Sin?" echoes Jack. Both have, indeed, vanished tempo-

rarily. Nor do they appear to be in-side the fire lines.

"We will have to leave them o u t There is hardly room for all inside, a t any rate. Come, sir, let us enter."

At the door they meet the senor. "What is wrong, gentlemen" he

asks, quick to catch the scent of dan-ger in the air.

"The guerrilleros have come, senor. I am afraid we will have war to the knife," remarks Smlthers; and Ro-blado, thrusting out his head, beholds the rough men already gathering about the fire that is down the Incline.

He utters a favorite ejaculation. "Senors, i t looks as thoagh we arc

in for it. I t rust you will not forget your promise to assist in the defense of the ladies," the old Spaniard says, hoarsely.

Several exclamations in feminine voices from the dark interior announce that both Juanita and her step-sister have heard what manner cf danger menaces them.

•You can depend upon us, senor," is the quiet response Jack makes.

The two men enter the compart-ment. and the door is barricaded. Ah Sin and the guard will have to look out for themselves when t h e storm cloud bursts.

It has hardly needed the words of Smlthers to warn Travers of the des-perate business ahead cf them, and the only fear he experiences is for the safety of Jessie.

There is a peculiar satisfaction In being so close to this woman who has entered in and taken possession of his heart, although he is under bond not to betray his identity. Jack ra ther en-joys the si'-'ation, or at least he would If it were not for the deadly peril which hovers over the one h e lovos. At any rate, he is deeply grateful for the peculiar conditions that allow him the privilege of standing up in her de-fence.

Little is said wthin the car; the t ime for words has gone by, and action must take their place.

So fa r a s they can see. the newcom-ers have not as yet fully grasped the true inwardness of the sifuation. At-tracted by the light of the flres, they have arrived at the railroad, to find a carriage standing there; but what t h a t vehicle of transportation actually con-tains is a s yet but a surmise with them.

Jack does not fancy their looks a t all.

He has been thrown in contact with crowds of rough men during his life on Texan plains and in Colorado mountains, but never in all his experi-ence has he run across such a tough-looking lot as th98e assembling around tbe fire tha t was built for protection and has betrayed its trust.

Fully half of the guerrillas are blacks, and in the firelight they have the. appearance of demons or gnomes. As to the others, the least said about them the better since their appearance does not go far toward reasruring the ladies when they venture to take an observation.

"Do you suppose they will at tack us?" asks Roblado, with considerable anxiety in his voice.

' 1 don't ruestion it in the least," replies Smithers, who develops some of the qualities of a leader in this emergency.

"Then, if that be so, we should first of all endeavor to protect the ladies from flying lead. Col. Spencer, will you kindly vacate that corner? We can arrange it so that they may be safe there."

Spencer, of course, dots so. Jack imaicines the man is a trifle nervous and scared. Perhaps b s h a s been drinking hard,, and is no t lu good con-dition for proving his mettle. All the more reason, theij, w i y those '"bo

have no such excuse should do their duty.

In arranging the cushions so as to protect the two girls. Jack chances to ouch the hand of Jessie Cameron, and

is amazed at the remarkable thrill that reems to run over his r-hole frame, just as might a shock from a galvanic battery.

"Come," he mutters to himself in some dismaV: "1 hau no idea It had ;one as far as that. This is really alarming."

Nevertheless, he continues to carry out his work, and is rewarded by a low "Thank you," that amply repays blm Tor everything.

"What are they doing now?" he asks Smithers, who has been keeping watch.

"Gathered about the flre and talking the matter over, ^ i t h many extrava-gant jestures. They seem a little afraid lest the carriage contain sol-diers, and that they may raise a hor-nets' nest about their ears. But I am afraid the flery orators who nrge an mmediate attack have the best of the largain; for already some of them are advancing, anfl, f rom the way they

¥ Is rewarded by a low 'Thank you."

hold their guns, they mean business." It would be s t range indeed if every-

one within the railway carriage did not In a greater or less- degree feel a sensation as if their nerves are strained to the utmost .

The situation warrants i t Deadly foes gather without —foes against whom ordinary methods of warfare may not avail, and who will prove to be veritable demons once the battle is on.

Quarter need be neither asked nor given, and the resul t of the coming en-gagement a ras l be a survival of the fittest

It Is th is fact that nerves the defend-ers of tbe carriage to do their very b e s t

Smithers is quite correct when he declares the most venturesome of the guerrillas are advancing to the attack.

The light cf the flre discloses this fact, and as t h e men a t bay crouch there beside tbe opening, watching this advance, they seem to live days In the few seconds tha t pass.

"It would be folly to let them get too close," says the senor, grinding his teeth.

"You a re r i g h t Therefore call cut and warn them t h a t they stand on the dead line.".

Roblado is quick to accept this sug-gestion which Smlthers advances. He raises h is voice and sends out a hoarse bellow. The guerrillas hear, and in-stinctively panse; bnt, as if realizins from the tone In which they are ad-dressed t h a t they cannot have soldiers to deal with, they laugh his ponderous threats to soorn.

'•Down!™ cries Smithers, pulling Jack with Wm.

Several shots have sou^fled, and ihe bullets crash into the woodwork of the car,

(To be continued.)

Contempt f o r the Country Sanctum. The narrow-chested gillie-loo-birds

who act a s s t a t e editors on the metro-politan dailies poke fun a t the coun-try editor all t h e year round, but we gness if they could shove their spindle shanks nnder the corn-fed editor s Ta-ble 'long about now and proceed to do things to the aromatic buckwheat cakes liberally lathered with rea! but-ter and maple syrup, or could just have the opportunity to pick a home-grown spare rib they'd probably know a few of the green spots in th#4 moss-back editor's desert ^then they saw anfl could nnderstajid bet ter why we browse along t h e highways of the sauerkraut and link-sausage districts In the land of Wayback Instead of nib-l l lng along the barren "asphalt pave-ments In the city of frosty mlts. health foods and homeopathic mince pie tab-Jets.—Northport. Mich., Leader.

Preposterous, Col. Ed Bowie, of "de Eastern Sho' "

of Maryland, has a negro tenaiu "ho is rather shiftless and ne 'er well ' • >• After a recent absence tbe co nel was surprised to find on his iv'i'.m, tha t old Ben, the darky In que.-:i u. was driving a flne-looldng hitched to a brand new wagon. Qm-s-tioning him. the colonel was informed by Ben that he had "hot de outfit" al Snow Hill.

"And what did you pay for it?" *1 gib ma note for |100." "And where on earth do you expect

to get $100 to pay the note when it falls due?" asked Col. Bd.

Tbe old darky's f ace assumed an injured expression, and in a grieved tone he replied: ^

' "Fo re de Lawd, Marse Ed. yrm dcan' 'spect me to gib d i note aa* par iW W

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LOWELL, MICHXQAM.

MILTON M. PERRY Attorney and Counselor at Law

Trata'sHillBlock, LeweU,! •piililm—Uon glvsa to Oollacrtogs. Ooa-

Vtysactai aa* sale of Rnal Bmta. Has a b s nalUed and Seen admltuid M waotloe la A s

R. E. SPRINGETT ATTORNEY AT LAIV

Oaacral Law Practice and Cellectiau

OfBca, City Bank Block. LeweU.

DR. B. D. McQUEEN

VBTBUNAST SURGEON-

DtntisUj and Surgiq* « SpteMf

Lhtry, Fui and Salt Barm m Co—rtfra,

Both PbOBM No. 85. LOWELL, MICH.

Snow fell steadily at Nashville, Tcnn.. for twenty-lour hours and tbe ground was covered to a depth of eight inchos.

E. Dillar Dans , for many years a dry goods merchant of Sterling, ill., has failed, poor collections being giv-en as the cause.

in a fit of despondency Frank Wid-raer killed himself by shooting on the Brown street bridge, at Lafayette. Ind. I Ho was about 60 years old and well known as a cattleman.

Tho appointment of a joint British and Nicaraguan commission to settle the turtle fishery dispute of Cucre Cay. in which the Cayman fishermen are concerned, is announced.

A report mace at the biennial busi-ness session of the Associated Alumni of Vassar College a t Washington showed that $175,000 of a $200,000 fund had been raised for the college. The full amount is to be duplicated by .lohn D. Rockefeller.

The McKinley club of Nebraska col-ehratod the anniversary of tho birth cf iho late President McKinley. with a banquet in Omaha. The speakers in-cluded W. E. Andrews of Washington, Dr. A. B. Stoims of Iowa Agricnltural col lege and E. Benjamin Andrews of Nebraska university.

Unltod States revenue agents broke into the home of Edward Anderson in St. Louis and arrested three men, a girl and a boy on a charge of manufac-turing olecmai garine without paying the government tas.

The Mexican second district court has granted extradition against Abel G. Schwartz, on a request originating with a San Francisco bank.

Capt. .1. H. V. Triggs, aged 63, a native of Indianapolis, Ind., died sud-denly at Duluth, Minn., from liver complainL He had been a resident of Duluth for twenty years and a t one time was one of the wealthiest citizens, l ie amassed a great rortune in real estate in thr "SO's, but this was subsequently very largely swept away. He was a prominent and active mem-ber cf the G. A. R.

George Evert son Woo'dward, a civil engineer who took part in the con-struction of the Chicago. Milwaukee i St. Paul railroad, and later i ts chief engineer, is dead a t his home in New York. He was the author of many ar-ticles on architecture and horticulture.

Free traders captured another par-liamentary seat in the by-election held I in North Dorset, England. A. W. Wills, Liberal, defeated Sir Randolf Baker. Conservative, by a majority of 909.

Excavation due to the Initiative of Mayor of Andria have resulted in the discovery of the tombs of two wives of the Emperor Frederick—Tolanda of Jerusalem and Isabella D'Anglare.

Forty persons were cut by flying glass, an Italian, supposed to have been Vlncenzo Pessimato. was blown to atoms, and 2.500 windows were broken by an explosion of dynamite at the Shoenberger plant of the American Wire and Steel company in Pitts-burg.

The Rutland Railway and Steamship line, consisting of about 400 miles of road and seven lake steamships, has been sold to the New York Central, and tbe lake line will be coasolidated v.ith tbe Western Transit company, a branch of the New Yoik Central

The National Hard Wood Wantt-fncturers' association meeting in Nashville. Tenn., elected R. H. Van Coot of Ashland, Ky.'. prcsiflenL

President Gompers has appointed 0. P. Smith of Logansport.-Ind., to be organizer for tbe Federation of La-bor for Indiana.

For Fire Insorance „.CALL OS...

P. D. EDDV A CO.

Salt Rising Bread

a Specialty...

b e h l ' s

where yon win also And kll tbe product* of ft First CUhw Bakery- Pies, Oakes OookIeK, Donncb is. Baas, all kinds oT Bread, etc.

Once a ennomer, always a enstomer.

N o t h i n g h a s ever equalled i t Nothing can ever surpasi i t

Dr. King's New DiscoYery

r o r Q B s r a VoLZM

! • * MBS ftcAtLM

A Perfect For All Throat and Cure: Lung Troubles.

Monn back IT it fails. Trial

Jones' Livery

Will sJv» you flrst-daaa nervlce a t m o d e r a t e price*.

Good horseB and m o d e m carr iagea, b o t h alagl* double.

East S i t e .

Near H o t e l Lowell .

Lowell.

R I ' P ' A X ' S T a o u i e t D o c t o r s f i n d

- -aV ^rootl p r e s c r i p t i o n For m a n k i n d ' * .

The 8-cent psrlcct is f mmtrh for usnul ocras-slon. The family txn ue KiO cents) coBtftlns a supply for a year. All drunrlsts s« II them.

B E B N A R D O - W 1 K G K ,

ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR,..

Postoffice Rld^. I^owell, Mich.

AL L t b e reliable p a t e n t medicines adver t ised In t h i s p a p e r a r e eold b y

D. Q. LOOK, tbe Lowell Drug und Book m a n .

• J . 1 3 . K e l l y & H o n s .

CARTAGE AND TEAMING

Moving In town and to and from outtkJa toiras a speeiaity. R a t e s R e a s o n a D l * .

Satisfaction Guar an toed. P h o n e 222or 11.

OLA M. JOHNSON

Public S t e n o g r a p h e r M d Type W r i t e r

Witk Tim Uwell Ledger. Pfcoac 200

PERE MARQUETTE Dec. 4, 1004.

Trains leaVe Lowell as. follows: For Detroit and East

10 50 am For Toledo ami Booth

10 50 am For Grand Rapids, North and West

10 50 am 8 52 pm For Saginaw and Bay City

7 50 am 5 49 pm For Free port 4 S5 pm B.L. Brattoh, H. F. MOKLI.EB, Agt. Gen. Pain. Keen

GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY STSFEM. I

Arrlral and departure of trains from Lowell WS8TBOUSD.

No IT •Grand Haven Express 9 28 a,m. No IM Mail and Ex to OiiRspids 12 24 (utn. No ISfMail to G<fHaven A: CL'go 4 53 pan* No llfSlail and Ex to GdHaven 9 17 p j a .

BISTBOUSD

No ISfMail snd Express 7 28 a.m. No 22tl>eUtNt Express 10 • 0 a jn . No IfitErering Express S 13 p.ra No 14*Ea8leni Express 7 54 pan.

• Koe. 14 aad 17 Daily. t Daily except Sunday.

A.O. HETDLiTTPT.Afftut,

t PEFFER'S iNERVICOR S T O R E S YOUTH CURB;

rn Tlie worW mUmtm raen are strnng l a

jw i .u l and aor*. tarrr . men at aaihlUtm. snerRjano neinonal rofnran; Ui> true p T » of pert f* nmnnnoS

To attain this the Br* mu.un® tot-*

m m . Prostration, i m i i l m i m i and other troutilmaiM t o ovnr work. lonoianK. drug tinblts and other ruuMS. JUkef rich, healihy blood «od rerpalrs •••uttod Jiarrea.

EquallT pood f (* women. Booklet free. Frloe ti.oc a box. Slxfore..no.ro«ti>ald, «1ta a g w *

antpc to refund, Ifnot em ed or hrnf ted . MRCM ACTUCM. ASSOCIATION, CHICXOO.U.*.X femall size 50c. Sold BY A. D. STCEGW

BUY THE

Bsfare Yon Purchase Any Other'Wrtts TBI IIW 83N1E SEWIM MACHIHE C3MF/JT

ORANGE, MASS. Many Sewin* Wadflnes tre Tnodetost'l rerard-

lessol Quality,but the ~ * H o m e " is mads tamer. Our guaranty nevur runs out.

tfeirake Sewing Wachincs t o suit all conditions afthelrafle. The ITome*' s-andsatlhs bead nfall*ne-h-eT»defa.-ni;y scv.-ir.c machines

I by authorized dc*ler* only, r o * S A U C r.y

d i a s . A . I t b o n .

Wood Phone 127 Office in U. B. WilliaTng' Jewelry s tore.

oull on. . .

Earl Qonter.

COMMERCIAL CREDIT CO., LTD. J , w iddicinnb Bniliiinjr. Grand Hapids . . ' • |g

OFFICES - i'(*tru:t o p e r a Hou«e Block, De t ro i t . {Miller Block, Muskegon.

REPORTS AND CREDIT ADVICES. COLLECTIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS

Our Red Letter, Direct Demand S f S t e m collects s low a c c o t m t i 100 n r cent net. Personal a t t en th n t o buBiness t h roughou t Michigan.

Cleiand, S t e v e n s o n and Minor Attys.

jLESixlate Offlces und Bonded Attorneys Throuphoot ibe Dnlted States and Canada.

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Great January Combined Sales Special Sale on Linens

Special Sale on Dress Goods Special Sale on Cottons

Clearly it's your mistake if you fail to come to this great sale

Yonrt for low prices,

E. R. COLLAR

Deeper Cut in Prices^ All Over the

Store

The power of price as we have figured it down to commaad the attention of the public, cannot fail to make a clean sweep of much desirable merchandise. Wc haven't room to quote many prices bnt here are a

few just to let you know what to expect.

Ladies Tailor n u d e Suits K A A 11.50 at O U U

1 lot of fine Mercerise Petticoats O f i / a • 1.50, 1.76, 2 00 for t J O l y

1 lot Ladies Walking Skirts | Q Q all wool, 2.25 at -*•

1 lot Ladies Walking Skirts all wool 3.50 to 4.00

I .ad i eh Tailor made suils 15.00 at.

2 00 7 00

Ladies Tailor made suits /f 8.50 at ^ W

Ladies Tailor made suits at 5.00

Ladies Vest and Pants Fleece Lined. 85 cent goods at

CONCERNING the vital People vs. Trusts problem, recent events are very encoura^inp; and confidence in the President is seen not to have been misplaced. On Monday the United States Supreme Court gave three decisions concerning" suits started by him. in all of which he is victorious. The most im-portant was adverse to the beef trust, which is declared by Charles Edward Russell in Everybody's for February to be the greatest and worst of all trusts. It is now announced by the Administration that the Amour-Swift gang must comply with the law or be treated like lesser criminals. Mr. Russell, in his article, clearly shows that the lever by which the beef trust and the Standard Oil company have forced their infamous burdens upon the public is the railroad rebate. Here again is Roosevelt's judgment confirmed. His efforts to secure an en-actment to abolish the rebate are thus seen to be directed at the root of the trust evil; and his speech at the Philadelphia Union League club banquet, a club composed largely of weal-thy men, shows t h a | he is in for a fight to the finish. This is the People's battle; and they should support the President to a man. If any of our congressmen oppose him in his rightful plans, let them hear from their constituents in language that can not be misunderstood. He that is not with the People in this fight has no business mis-representing them. Tell your congressman to support Roosevelt in his fight against the rail-road rebate. Write today.

GRAFT dies hard. Some folks have become so imbued with the idea that "Public office is a private snap," and so accustomed to ramming their hands into the public treasury up to the elbows, that they are not disposed to quit until actually choked off. The Board of Auditors in its brief existence did a considerable choking, and the choakee realizing the hopeless-ness of opposing the public demand pretend to acquiesce in the re-establishment of such board; but with assassin-like stealth it conceals under under its cloak a knife to destroy the useful-ness of such board. Th i s knife is Attorney More's bill making the Board of Auditors a mere creature of the Board of Super-visors and practically to be composed of supervisors. We wouldn't give a hurrah in Hades for the political future of ANY MAN who fights the popular will in this matter. We want a Board of Auditors OF the People, selected BY the Peo-ple and accountable TO the People. This old idea that a hand-ful of men—no matter what kind —is greater than the whole people, has been played to the limit; and our public SERVANTS will do well to remember it.

IT IS TO laugh, when we think of the Battle Creek City Council being broken up by an explosion of formalhyde, the odors causing the city fathers to weep. Now, the Lowell Council couldn't be stampeded by a trifle like that. From the minute President Hakes and his co-workers l ight their "frag-rant Havanas," there arises a dense, blue-black barricade, over, through or under which no smell, natural, manufactured or conceivable, could ever climb. T h u s protected, our city dads are safe from moths, microbes, bombs and smells, i Come to Lowell aqd learn, you Battle Creek infants!

THE Cedar Springs Democrat ironically sugges t s that THE LEDGER owes an apology to Attorney Rodgers for using the word "steal" in connection with his bill of S700 for work he asked to be permitted to do lor S100. Work, by the way, the People did not want; and dirty work at that. Brother Link: Those who choose may designate that useful article as " A n implement with a wooden handle and steel blade, to dig in the dirt with;" but a s for us, we doing fairly well by sim-ply calling a spade "A SPADE!"

W E WISH to warn our readers against having any dealings with the Geo. P. Way Ear Drum concern, whose advertise-ment crept into our last issue. When we were in Detroit re-cently we called at their address; and our experience was such

" that we have ordered the advertisement out. In dealing with strangers, a safe rule is to pay no money until you have seen and tried tbe goods. Five dollars to restore one's hearing is a trifle; but five cents for a fraud is robbery.

OUR townsman, Otice C. Post, student at the Agricultu-ral Qollege, dtnies that Henry S . Johnson of Lyons was hazed or unkindl) or disrespectfully treated in any manner; and quotes the College physician as saying that Johnson's death was due to a diseased condition existing when he entered. We are glad to give the denial equal publicity with our criticism, based upon State press reports. W e feel kindly toward the M. A. C.; and thank our > oung friend for sett ing us right.

FOLLOWING the barbers' and blacksmiths' lead. Prairie Creek Grange wants a state board to examine and license farm laborers. Some fine morning, the People will wake up and find that all their rights have l>een made unlawful. We are being legislated and officered to death.

THE Commoner very ^aptly sugges ts to Governor Penny-packer that if he w i l l expatriate himself and move to Russia, he will find a condition of the press that will please him. Spot these men who would restrict freedom of the press, which no HONEST man need fear.

W H E N we recall that the need for a board of auditors grew out of the neglect and inefliciency of the Board of Super-visors, the "nerve" of the latter in demanding control of the former is seen to be "Too bright, too beautiful to last ." j

M'CORDS.

MinH Mattic** PatterHon viHltcd friends a t Grand KapidH and Sand Lake the past week.

Mrs. .1. T. Epley and sou Ernest of Grand Hapids are the quests of her pnrents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Pat terson.

Mrs. LaMarof Denver. Cel., and I^aurn Flanagan of Grand Kapids are visiting a t John EIIU.'

Miss Ellen Bates ban returned to her home in Grand Hapids after H|KMidin^ Heveral weeks with her brother Ernest and family.

Graec lluizenga i* risttint; her coiiHin, Linda (Jeir. in Grand Hapids.

( Mr. and Mrs. J . A. Ellis mourn tbe loss of their son Bertie who passed l>eacefully to rent Jan . 19, in the 19th year. Funeral services were held a t the house conducted by Mrs. Sheets of Grand Ledge J insisted by Eider Haenshaw of Aito. Mrs. Sheets spoke comforting words asHuriuK them tha t "He is not dead bu t sieep-Hng" and portrayed to them the l>eautifnl home beyond where their son had gone to join the loved ones gone liefore. Mrs. Holcomb and Mrs. Blood sang choice selections and the many friends assembled there all helped to sooth their aching hearts. f

Bertie had been an invalid for over a year but was never heard to com-plain and a had smile for every one. He was an exceptionally br ight boy having graduated a t Morse Lake school with the class of 1900, and having mastered telegraphy and short hand und wasan amatuerpho-tographer. They laid him t o rest in the Whitneyville cemetery and the iteautiful snow came softly down and covered his grave with her pure white mantle.

0— F r a u d Exposed.

A few counterfeiters have lately IKHMI making and trying t o sell Im-itation of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, and other medicines, thereby de-frauding the public. This is to warn you to beware of such people, who seek to profit, through stealing the reputation of remedies which have been successfully curing disease for over 35 years. A sure protection to you. is our name on the wrapper. Look for it on all Dr. King's, or Bucklen's remedies, as all other 's are mere imitations. H. E. Bucki.EN & Co.. Chicago, III., and Windsor, Can-ada.

Mrs. N. Ford aud Mr. and Mrs. Hobt. Fonl visited Mrs. W. Pardee a t I-owell Thursday.

Mrs. X. Blough of Grand Hunlds is Is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Glasgow, and other relatives here.

E Sacy has purchased a new or-gan in Grand Hapids.

.Mrs. X. Ford Is III.

LOOA*. Leroy and Francis

tbe sick list. Seese are on

Oravo TroaMe Pores«e«. It needs but little foresight, t o tell,

t ha t when your s tomach and liver a^e badly affected, grave trouble Is ahead, unless you t ake the proper medicine for your disease, m Mrs. John A. Young, of Clay. N. V., did. She says: "I had neuralgia of the liv-er and stomach, my hear t was weak-ened. and I could no t ea t . I was very bail for a IOUK time, b u t In Electric Bitters, I found Just w h a t I needed, for they thickly relieved and cured me." Best medicine for weak women. Sold under guarantae by D. G. L O O K druggist, a t 50c a bottle.

CAHNOnSBURO.

The Ladles Aid society will meet a t the home o f . Mrs. Jas . Spencer Thursday, Feb. 9.

Mrs. Eugene Tutle and Mrs. Ear l Elklns were in Grand Hapids Thurs-day of last week.

Mrs. Geo. 11 a r t well and her sister, Miss l i t t l e Armstrong, are visiting their brother, Wilbur Armstrong and wife of Grand Hapids.

Clayton Inwood is Janitor of the Congregatlbnal church. Not Jesse B. Armstrong as reported last week.

Carl Hartwell was in Grand Rap-ids last Wednesday*.

Rev. Hancock and wife of Bost-wick Lake were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Inwood las t week.

Mr. and Mrs. Herrington Will spend a week with their daughter a t Alton.

George Hall and family spent Sa t -urday and Sunday wi th relatives in Grand Hapids.

James Esveld, who has been visit-ing his son. Rev. Esveld, returned t o his home in Grand Rapids Monday.

Several thorough-bred white leg-horn cockerels for sale. Your choice fo r f l .00. Inquire a t th is office.

Money paid for laundry work a t home is spent here; while 70 percent of the money paid for ou t of t o w n work is los t t o Lowell entirely. WHY NOT give us your work?

Gem Laundry .

PULL A HAIR F R O M ! • Y O U R H E A O H

root l« pink ind • y o u r hair Is b M i t h y j l H Um root i t whit* ind

thrankta th* lair It dltotM*.

REXALL " 9 3 " HAIR TONIC Pull a hair from your head — if it is

plump and rosy it is healthy, but if it is white and shrunken it is certainly dis-eased— and diseased hair is the short road to a bald head. Few people can afford a bald head, for a bald head is a serious handicap. In these days when youth is a moving factor, when a man has to make his mark at thirty-five or be dubbed a " has been "— when business houses pension the men we used to call " middle aged," rather than allow their lagging influence to intrude upon the modern niih — you will certainly believe me in saying a bald head is a serious handicap. Few people can afford a bald %ead. Even those who can. Those who are "fixed" socially, financially and matrimonially have no desire for bald heads. But whether we can afford it or not thousands of us are bald, either partially or wholly. What caused the baldness, whether an inherit-ed tendency, undue mental effort, sick-ness, dandniff or othsr scalp disease, makes no difference. What wc want is to grow new hair.

Millions of dollars have been spent in vain efforts to grow hair on bald heads. | Other millions have been spent in an effort to restore faded hair to its natural shade, and still others to banish dand-ruff. Sdil hair refused to grow; lost tints of brown, blond and auburn failed

to return, and dandruff declined to di^ appear.

All this, howeyer, is of the past. Failures have given place to success. A real hair restorative has at last been found.

Rexall " 93 " Hair Tonic , % positive cure for all hair and scalp .roubles. It is not sticky nor gummy, will not thickea • on the hair, does not become rancid, has no disagreeable odor. It is clean, agree-able and pleasant to upe-

It is a hairdressing of the highest order, and when a purchaser considers that I take all the nsk in making such Mrong statements, is there any risk in giving it a trial ? I want you to try on my personal recommendation one bottle of Rexall "93" Hair Tonic I will sell it to you on the broad and liberal Rexall guarantee of •• Your money back if you are in any way dissatisfied." I do this of a desire to sell my customers just the remedies that give them value for their money. All I ask is the return of the empty bottle. Price, fifty cents a bottle.

Rexall "93" Shampoo A fragrantly perfumed toilet prepara-

tion that will make the than anjr other shampoo^ clean — is put up fn largi twenty-five cents each. Guaranteed too.

scalp cleaner -and keep it

rge capped jars.

Rexall D. C. LOOK Ageney

HAVING PURCHASED T H E MOFFIT PHOTO STUDIO I wish t o announce t h a t I expect t o make this place my p e r m a n e n t home. 1 also expect t o continue in the picture business,

hence It will be my ambit ion and my desire t o build for myself a permanent , substant ia l business; and I fully realise to do so m e a n s good, sat isfactory work a t reasonable prices, courteous t r e a t m e n t a t all t imes and all work delivered when promised. I have had over 10 years experience in the picture business and I think I a m qualifled and equipped t o do all work brought t o me.

e v t r y t M i g m i H P b M o g r i p b D m

n M a f f l M t , B i l t o a t , R a t a i d S i t ed P i n t ,

O l a t d ) a i d C«(kc t P i c t n m , f l a s h E i g h t HJo rk

U i n w , P o r t r a i t ) of a l l M i d i ,

a l t o P o r t r a i t f r a a l i g

I solicit a share of your pa t ronage and I positively gua ran t ee all of my work.

Yours for business and fair dealing,

F. B. RHODES

A merchant in a neighboring town s t a t e s t h a t his advert is ing las t yea r cost him 54 cents for every f 100 wor th of goods sold. He used a half a page for bis business an-nouncement each week and says t h a t a s long a s people read newspapers

will advertise. There's a man he possessed of a good head. J u s t a s soon a s merchants begin t o look up-on advertising as a branch of their business Which requires a s much care a s any p a r t of it, then advertis-ing pays. Honesty, force orginaii ty and persistency in advertising makes a paying investment.—[Ex.

WV«« YM laT* • CoM. The flrst action when you have a

cold should be to relieve the lungs. This Is beat accomplished by the free use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Thla Remedy liquefies the tough mucus and causes lt« expulsion from the air cells of tbe lungs, produces a free expectoration, and opens the se-cretions. A complete cure soon fol-lows. This remedy will cure a se-vere cold in less t ime t h a n any other t r ea tment and It leaves the system in a na tu ra l and healthy con-dition. I t counteracts any tendency toward pneumonia. Fo r sale by

A. D, Sturgis.

Anctioo Sales. Chiis. Rogers will have an auction

sale on the Oren Sables farm north of Lowell, Wednesday, n t 1 one o'clock p. m.

miles eb. 8,

:

Suooeasor to Mrs . Molflt

0. K. Starch Enamel Makes ironing a pleasant occupa-

tion instead of a drudgery by caus-ing the iron t o pass very smoothly over the surface of the article you a re ironing, thus requiring bu t half the ordinary labor t o do an ironing when O . K. S T A R C H E N A M E L is used. I t gives an excellent lustre t o all linen and muslin goods t h a t cannot be received by any other process.

O. K. Staroh I n a m e l costs b u t 10 osn t s a box. Each box cotaius a doxen cakes, and each cake is suffiic-ient fo r doing any ordinary ironing Hundreds of Ladies have used this enamel and found it t o give the best of satisfaction. Why no t you? Se-cure a box today .

Sold by R. Van Dyke Lowoll, Mich.

-20 acre Farm for Sale.

Situated 3 miles eas t of Lowell, al cleared, house, barn, small orchard stone cellar, good spring by the house. F o r part iculars Inquire of Mrs. Wm. Green, near tne Grand Trunk depot, Lowell. feb 16

We have a new newspaper ruck a t this office In which a re kept ail our weekly and daily exchanges, each week's papers having a separate shelf, and issues of tne latest five weeks being a lways a t hand. Friends of THE LEDORBare welcome to use this for reference purposes.

Take Care Of Your Teeth Nobody else will for you—and neglect makes de-cay—decay makes foul breath, bad gums and often injures the stomach. Besides, how decayed teeth do look!

We carry all the standard tooth preparations and a large line of tooth brushes a t reasonable prices.

A . D . S T U R G I S .

DR. M. CLAYTON QREENE • r a d u a t a

University of Mlc'dgan and Pos t Graduate Jourse a t New York Polyciln Medical School and Hospital, New York City.

• Of f lca - lOW1LL. MICH

A Load of Lumber from our yards goes a great deal fur ther t h a n some we know of. Why? Because we don ' t send you a lot of k n o t holes. Because

Our Ltttuber is a lso carelully selected, sound wood. Because it is thoroughly sea-soned and fit t o use. Because i t is cut true and full length. There are several other "becauaes" which you can learn by letting us supply your ueedsin the lumber line. One of them is our exceedingly moderate prices.

THE LOWfifcL ^.UMBER CO.

tvrnfr V' - a •"* • '55, n •flWii r-

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THE CUMG OUT SALE AT

. RUBEN & CO.'S Lowell, Kent County, Mich.

A Fronounceil Success Actuated by a conscientious and sincere desiie to retire absolutely from the dry goods trade, we advertised the fact

through the columns of the press and the hearty and prompt response made this sale the banner one of Kent County. Never in the history of business records in Lowell has a store room been so packed with eager, anxious customers as filled our room the past three days. We were unable to give our patrons the attention they desired but in this instance we were blameless. We still keep to the front with the same ridiculously low prices on legitimate, up to date merchandise. There are no old shelf-worn, out of date wares on sale here, but honest, desirable goods ready for use and wholesome. We must close this stock out slick and clean; and if PRICES, LESS THAN THE RAW MATERIAL, will bring the desired results, the . fol-lowing are in evidence that this sale has the ring of truth in its statement.

while they last ^ t o 6 ^ v a l u e s

Good Prints all patterns

while they last

3c yd

Fancy Outing Flannels, all patterns, full

width, while it lasts

without reserve. We can LOWELL. KENT CO, MICH.

Ladies Fine (children's long ^ h i t e Muslin

Ussorted colors N o v e l t y Coats m Skirts and Silks and San- Wjbeline,Kerseys g 0 W n s elegantm

silks 1 Meltons, etc. and lined l - , $4 to 6.50 values ^ c0 per spoo1

w h i l e t h e y l a s tour ^ g r a d e j

3 c $2.98 each 98c

Winner Cotton Bats

4c bat

Children's Fleece Lined

Undewear while they last each

Full 36 inch Fancy striped 1 Skirt ing goods Shirtings, new 'correct patterns goods, late 1 while it lasts, effects, while it)

lasts

Silkelenes All colors, all

patterns, while it lasts

16c 83 0 yd 8 c yd

Fine grade White Bed-

spreads, soft and flexible, 1.50|

values, while they last, each

92c

Children's high Turkey Red art winter coats Table Damask

late styles, all fancy checks, up-to-date, 6.50 45 c grade while

to 9.50 values it lasts while they last Q Q n V # 1

$3 98 each y u

Ladies short winter coats. Kerseys and

jBeavers, 5.50 to| 8.00 values,

while they last

S2.98

27in. Tapestry [Carpets, choice1

patterns while they last

55c yd

Ladies' fine Maco Yarn

I Ves ts and Pants| 25, 35 and 50c values. Each

Childs Cotton Union

Suits while they| last each

Fancy Dress Gingham, tasty patterns, while

they last

19c 17c 5c yd

Pure white Satin Damask Table Linen

72 inches wide | l .00 grade while!

it lasts

59c yd

All our Cotton-jades 25c quality

ass't patterns while it lasts

11c yd

Fine large size Huck T o w e l l s while they last

Each

7c

Buttons of all kinds for gar-ments. All size

Iworth up to 50c a doz. Per doz.

White Damask

1c

Novelty Dress Goods, Granites 27 inch F l a n n e l - | H j g h grade pure| Serges, etc. 25c, ettes Correct

35, and 40c values while it lasts, per yard

19c

patterns, while Table Linen, 72 it lasts inches wide 1.75

Q J value 8 0 SI.10yd

Cotton Crash Good Qualities

while it lasts

3c yd

Fine quality India Linon,

nice and shear while it lasts

Novelty Si lks Silk waistings

I lining silks, all shades, while

it lasts

Ladies High Grade Ribbed

Ifleece lined Un-derwear while they last each

35c Ladies' fine

Ribbed pants .nd Ves t s whilej they last each

Fischers, Dela land Royal Floss

and Saxony [Yarn, all colors

Per skein

Warranted All Linen Crg.sh 19

inches wide while it lasts

per yard

Ladies', Misses Dexter and C hldrens Knitting Cottonl

iGolf Gloves 50c All colors while| quality while they last

|they last pair per ball

Child's Black Hose. Our 20c grade, s izes 8 ^ to 9j4, whi le they last, pair

6c 71-2C 29c 3c 13c

Magnolia Bias Velveteen

all colors

».»» 1 - T S i ~ I - f i r 3 " y d 5)50 y d j 3 3 c y d ) • —

Peerless Carpet Warp

all colors, 1 while it lasts. Pound

20c

Ladies Knit #>etticoats 1.00 to 125 values while they last

E ach

Lace Curtains Ful l size i. ful l 3 ^ yards Turkish T o w - c h ^ h r , r -

" t r z r " " i . s t i ' " s r

7 8 c 7 V c Y c

Childs and Misses Natural wool Vests and Pants , all sizes

65c values, while] they last

37c

Standard Apron Check

Ginghams while! they last

5c yd

79

Childs Outing Flannel N i g h t

Robes while they last each

35c

Ladies' fast black Hose, fine quality, all sizes whi le they last

per pair

7c

Ladies' Wool Jersey Ribbed

I Vests and Pants 75c values while

they last

59c

Misses' Com-bination Wool

Union Suits Oneita brand $1.25 values

while they last

7 9 c each

Economy Brand 9-4 unbleached Sheeting while

it lasts

1 0 c yd

NOTE—Now bear in mind the above prices do not mean thfll these are the only features we place on sale, but absoluiely every article in the house goes at the sama low prices

ithnnt reserve. We can't enumerate every article on tliis sheet, but just come in and see the placards on everything we place before you. .Bear in mind the M. R U B E M & CO. S,

[ICH.

J. C. ROSENBERG, Mgr. Northwestern Salvage Co.

1

> £ 1, -y

-1 , -^j. i MM

T H E

Silent hofe OR.

the A\ystery of

SUames'Park By

JNO BLOUNDELLE-BURTON

* T* di« U Undine on • silent ibore. What* blliswa never b«»t» nor

teinpei.u ro*r."

TIP was the es^once of charity and Konorosity." Pcnlvn said, "It shall be. by a charitable a;ul generous disposal of his wealth that we will honor bit memory."

They were scatotl on their usual bench ono even in - Mill making their plans, when they Haw one of Sir Paul's footmen coming towards them and bringing the usual batch of papers and letters. It was the time at which the post generally came in, and they bad made a habit of having their cor-respondence brought to thom there. 8Dd of passing the half hour before dinner in reading iheir letters. Tbe man handed several to Lord Penlyn and one to Ida. and they began to pen use them. Those to Penlyn were ordi-nary ones ana tlhl not take long in tbe reading, and Ii" was about to turn round and a-'> Ida if hers were of any imponar when he was startle*

by a sound from her lips—a sound that be looked at her. ho saw that she had sunk back against the wooden rail of the garden seat, and that she was deathly pale. The letter she had re-ceived, and tho envelope bearing the green stamp of Switzerland, had fall-en at her feet.

'Ida! my dearest! what is it?" he ex-claimed. as be bent towards her and placed his arm round her. ' Ida! have you had bad news, have you—V"

"The dreamV" she moaned, "tbe dream! Ob. God!"

"What dream?" be said, while a sweat of horror, of undeilned, unknown horror broke out upon his forehead. "What dream?"

"The letter! Read tho lPlto^:•, she answered, while in her eyes was a look be had onee seen before—the far-away look that had been there when he lirst spoke to her of his brotber'i murder.

He stooped and picked up the letter —picked it up and read it hurriedly; and then he. too. lot it fall again and leaned back against the seat.

"Philip Smerdon my brother's mur-derer!" he exclaimed, "Philip Smerdon, my friend, an assassin! The self-ac-cused. the self-avowed murderer of Walter Cundall! Ida," he said, turn-ing to her, "is his tigure In your dream?"

"Yes," she wailed. "Xosl I recog-nize it now."

C H A P T E R X X . The Schwarz weiss Pass, leading

from the south east of Switzerland to Italy, Is now well known to moun-taineers, because of the rapid manner In which they can cross from one country to another, and also be-cause of the magnificent views that It presents to the traveler. Moreover, It ofTers to thpm a choice either of making a parage over the snow-clpd mountains that rise above It. and crois tho great Sebwarzwelss glacier, or of keepin- to the path that, while rising to the hr'.cht at some places of 10.000 feet. Is r- opt at tbe summit, perfectly pa -al.io In good weather. It is true that ho who even while on the path, should turn giddy, or walk care-lessly, would risk hi? life, for though above him only an- the vast white "boms" and •'Pi^." below him there are siill the ravin-3 through which run the boiling torrents known re-spectfully is the ' Schwarz" and the "Weiss'' riv.Ts—rivers that carry with them huge bouMer stones and pine-trees wrenched from their roots; dry elopes that fall bu ulreds of feet down Into the valley below; and also the Klein (or little) Scbwarzweiss glacier, a name so given it. not bccause of its emallness—for It is two miles long, and in one place, half a mile across— but to distinguish it from the Gross-Schwa rz weiss glacier that hangs above on the other side of the pass.

It is s lonely and grim road, a road In which no bird Is heard or seen from the time that tho village of St. Chrls-topb Is left behind on the Swiss side until the village of Santa Madre Is reached on the Italian side; a road that winds at first, .-m l at last, through fin woods and pine trees, but that in the middle Is nothing but a path, cut In eomd parts and blasted In others, along tbe granife sides of the rocks, and hanging in many places above tbt valley far below. Patches of snow and plnc.'s of rock that have fallen £rom above, alone relieve the view on th" sid' nt the jiat,h; on the opposite aide of tha ravine Is nothing but a huge wall of ^ra:,itn that holds no snow, so ' i.pery is it; but above which hangs, wl e and cniy, like the face of a corp.- the glacier ft'om which the pas^ dciiv -a nfi name.

A lonely a! -rim road even In the daytime, when a .v rays of sunshine manage to pc.nraie it at midday, when occasioi: I'.y a parly of tourists may be mot w )i, ntvl when sometimes tbe voice of a goatherd (-ailing his Hocks rises from iho valley below; but lonelier and 1: -re grim, and more black and Imv.-netrable at aii^ht and rarely or even then trod by human foot. For he who should altomtit the passage of the Schwtrzwelss Pass at night, unless there wore a brilliant

moon to light" hlra through Its mow dangerous parts, would take his life in tils own hands.

Yet. on an August night of.tho year In which this tale is told, and when there was a moon that, being near Ita full, fconsociuently rose late and shone till nearly daylight, a man was making his way across this pass to Italy.

Midnight was close at band as. with weary steps, he descended a roimh-hewn path in the rock—a path which, for safety, had a rude handrail of Iron attached to the wide from which It was cut—and reached a small plateau, tbe size, perhaps, of an ordinary room, and from which a.-aln the path went on. From this plateau shelved down, for a hundred feet or more, an almost perpendicular moraine, or glacier bed. and at the foot of this lay the Kleln-Schwarzwelss. with Its crevasses glis-tening In the moonlight; for the moon had topped even the groat mountains above by now. and lighted up tbe pass It was evidently oonsldered a danger-ous part of the route, since between the edge of (ue plateau and tbe side of the moraine .1 wooden railing had been erected, consisting of two short upright posts and a long cross one. As the man reached this plateau, holding to the rail with one hand, while with the other he used his alpenstock as a walking stick, he perceived a s tone-It may have been placed there for the purpose—large enough for a seat; and taking off his knapsack wearily, he sat down upon It

"Time presses." he muttered to hlm-•elf. "yet 1 must rest. Otherwise I •hall not be at Santa Madre by eight o'clock tomorrow. I can go no farther without a rest."

There is an indefinite feeling of aw-

fulness in being alone at night amongst the mountains. In knowing and feeling that for miles around there is no other creature in these vast, cold solitudes but ourselves: an 1 this man had that feeling now.

"How still—bow awful this pass Is!" he said to himself, "with no sound but the creaking of that gltu-ior below —with no human lining here but me. Yet, I should be glad 1 am alone."

At this moment a few stones in the moraine slipped and fell into the gla-cier. and the man started at the dis-tinct sound they made In that wild-erness of silence. Then, as he sat there gazing up the moon and the snow above him/ac continued his med-itations.

"It Is best." he thought, "that the poor old mother did not know when I said 'good-bye' to her this afternoon, and she bade me come back soon, that I should never come back, that 1 had a farther destination than Italy before me; boat that my father did not knuw that we should never meet again. Nev-er! never! Ah. God. it is a long word."

"Yet If must bo done," he went on. "If I want to drag this miserable life out, I must do it •elsewhere than in England. That slough-hound will sure-ly find me then*; it is possible that he will even track me to the antipodes. Yet, If I were sure that he Is lying about—having seen my face before, I would go back and brave him. Where did ho ever see It?—where?—where? To my knowledge 1 have never seen him."

He rose and walked to the railing above the moraine, and looked down at the glacier, and listened to the cracking made by the seracs. "I might make an end of it now." he thought "If I threw myself down there. It would be looked upon as an ordinary Alpine accident But. no! that Is tbe coward's resource. I have blasted my life for ever by one foul deed: let me endure it as a reparation for my crime. But what is my future to be? Am I to live a miserable existence for years In some distant country, frightened at every strange face, dreading to read every newspaper that reaches me for fear that 1 shall see myself denounced in It, and never knowing a moments peace or tranquillity? Ah, Gervase! I wonder what you would say if you knew that, fur your sake, I have sacrl-leed every hope of happiness in this world and all my chances of salvation In the next." He went back to the big stone after uttering these thougbfa and sat down wearily upon It. "If I could know that that Spaniard was baffled al last and had lost all track of me, 1 could make my arrangements more calmly for leaving Kurope, might even look forward to returning to England some day. and spending ray life there while expiating my crime. But, while 1 know nothing. 1 must go on and no till at last 1 reach some place where 1 may foci safe."

He looked at his watch as he spoke to himself, and saw that the night was passing. "Another five minutes' rest." he said, "and 1 will start again across the pass."

As he sat there, taking those last five minutes of re<t, It seemed to him that there was some other slight •onnd breaking the stillness of tho night, something else besides the oc-casional cm-king noise made by the glacier below and the subdued roar of the torrents in the valley. A light, regular sound, that nowhere else but In n solitude like this would, perhaps, be heard, but that here was perfectly distinct. It came nearer and nearer, and once, as It approached, some small stones were dislodged and rattled down from above, and fell with a plunge on to the glacier below; and then, as it came closer, he knew that It was made by tbe footsteps of n man. And. look-ing up. he saw a human tigure descend-ing tbe path to the plateau hy which he bad rome. and standing out clearly defined against the moonlight

'I t is some guide going home," be aald to himself, "or starting out upon an early ascent. How firmly he de-acends the path."

Tbe man advanced, and he watched him curiously, noticing the easy way In which he camo down the roiuzh-

hewn steps, scarcely touching the hand-rail or using tbe boavy-polnfed •tick he carried In place of tho usual alpenstock. And be noticed that, be-* aides his knapsack, he carried the heavy coll of rope that guides use In their ascents.

At last tho new comer reached Ihe plateau, and, as he took the last two or three steps that led on to It. he saw that there was another man upon it. and stopped. Stopped to gaze for one moment at tbe previous occupant, and then to advance towards him and to atand towering above blm as he sat upon the boulder-stone.

"You are Philip Smerdon." he said In a voice that sounded deep and hollow In tbe other's cor.

Utterly astonished, and with another feeling that was not all astonishment. Smerdon rose and stood before him and said:

"I do not know of what Importance my name can bo to you."

"Your name Is of no Iraportanco, but you are of the greatest to mo. When I tell you my name you will understand why. It Is Miguel Ouf-fanta."

"Guffanta!" Smerdon exclaimed, •'OufTanta!"

"Yes! the friend of Walter Cundall." "What do you want with me?" the

other asked, but as he asked he knew the answer that would come from the man before blm.

"But one thing now, though ten minutes ago I wanted more. I wanted to see, then. If tbe man whom 1 Bought for In London and at Ocdeve Chase, whom I have followed from place to place till I have found Km here, was the same man I saw stab my friend to death in—"

"Yes. 1 saw i t And you are tbe mai who did it!"

"It is false!" "It is true! Do you dare to tell mt

I lie, you a— Bah! Why should I cross words with a murderer—a thief!"

' i am no thief!" Smerdon said, his anger rising at this opprobrious term, even as be felt his guilt proclaimed.

"You are! You stole his watch and money because you thought to make his murder appear a common one. And so It was! You slew him because you feared he would dispossess your mas-ter of what he unrighteously held, bo-cause you thought that you would lose your place."

"Again I say It Is false! I had no thought of self! I killed him—yes. 1!— because I loved my friend, my master as you term him. because he threateu-ed to come between him and the wo-man he loved. Had I known of Walter Cundall's noble nature, as I knew of It afterwards, no power on earth could have induced me to do such a deed."

"It is infamy for such as you to speak of his nobility—but efiough! Are you armed to-night, as you were on that night?"

"I have no arms about me. Why do you ask?"

"To tell you that no arms can avail you now. You must come with me."

"To where?" "To the village prison at S t Chris-

toph. There I will leave you until you can be taken to England." .

For the first time since he had seen the avenger of Walter Cundall staud-Ing before him, Smerdon smiled bit-terly.

"Senor Guffanta," he said, "you are very big and strong—it may well be atronger than I am. But you overrate your strength strangely If you think that any power you possess can make me go with you. I am a murderer— God help and pardon me! It Is prob-able I shall be a double one before this night is over."

"You threaten me—you! You defy me!" Guffanta exclaimed, while his dark eyes gleamed ominously.

"Yes, I defy you! If my sin is to be punished, it shall not be hy you, at least. Here, in this lonely place where for miles no other human creature is near, I defy you to do your worst. We are man to man; do you think I fear you?"

In a moment Guffanta had sprung at blm, had seized him by the throat, and with the other arm had encircled his body.

"So be it," be hissed in Sraordon's ear, "It suits me better than a pro-longed punishment of your crime would do."

For a moment they struggled locked together, and in that moment Smerdon know that he was doomed; that he was about to expiate his crime. The long, sinewy hand of the Spaniard that was round his throat was chok-ing him: his own blows fell upon the other's body harmlessly. And he was being dragged towards the edge of the moraine, already his back was against the wooden railing that alone stood between Ihe plateau and destruo-tlon. Ue could, even at this moment hear it creaking with his weight; it would break In another instant!

"Will you yield, assassin, villain?" j Guffanta muttered.

"Never! Do your worst." He felt one hand tighten round his

throat more strongly, he fell the other arm of the Spaniard driving him back; In that moment of supreme agony he heard the breaking of the railing and felt It give under him. aud then Guf-' fanta's hands had loosened blm, and, j striking the moraine with bis head, he 1

fell down till he lay a senseless mass upon the white bosom of the glacier. !

And Guffanta standing above, with 1 his head bared to the stars and to the : waning moon, exclaimed, as ho lifted ; his hand to the heavens;

"Walter, .you are avensed."

(To be continued-)

The average man will die for want i of air In five minutes; for want . of water in a week; for want of sleep i in ten days.

• Who would exchange the merry noise of children at play, with the childless home where tho clock tick can bo heard hour aftor hour in tho dull silenco? But there

are a great many who would like 10 people tho silent house with tho children that fato has refused them. Fate Is often in this case only another word for Ipnorance. Many a glad mother dates

horhappiness from iho day she lirst beuan tho use of Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It often happens that with the cure of female

weakness and the eslabllshlnuof the deli-cate womanly organs in sound health, the way Is opened for the Joy of motherhood. "Favorite Proscription'' Is a specific for the chronic ailments peculiar tn women. It euros thom perfectly and permanently.

No other iqodicino can do for women so much as " Favorite Proscription." Do not therefore lot any other medicine be palmed off on you as "just as good."

" Favo r i t e Prescr ip t ion " contains no alcohol, opi-um. cocaine or other nar-cotic. It Is strictly a tomporanco medicine.

"I can truly say your medicine Is • friend of mine." writes Mrs. Arthur Hruit, of Am-hnrstbiinr. Ontnrlo. Canada. "I am molhnr of four i-hlldren nml suffered im-atly nt times of birth of first thnsi. When three months alonir with tho last die I lM-irnn to think of trylnK some medlclno to ease those terrible pains, and asked our doctor whether there was anything ho could vivo me to lessen la-bor palnu. He said there was nothini; that could help mu. I then thouirht 1 would write to Dr. Plorco. He advised mo to laloi his 'Favorite Prescription.' I started to take It •t fourth month. I was very weak, had heart trouble and would faint away two or three times a day. Our doctor could not help mu and life was a drair. I would often say. oh. if I could only die in one of these spells; butl look five bottles of 'Favorite Prescription' and felt Ikitlor every way. Ool alonir well at the tlmeof delivery. I had heard of painless childbirth, and I thoutrht It must he a irood medicine that would help those pains, hut I know now for myself, and can not tell it plain enoutrli. Your Favorite Prescription ' Is tho best medicine as we mothers know. I advise my friends to try it. Baby i> now four months old and Is a stronu healthy boy."

Dr. Plcrce's Pellets Cure Constipation.

Auction Sales. John Bosnia will sell bis farm stock

consNtingof horstH, COWH, vebicles, liuploinentH, etc.. on the SIIJIH BrnlHted farm, 4 IUIIPH west of Low-ell, on Friday, Feb. ;J. beginning a t 10, a. 111. Free lunch a t noon.

Talk about rending; mat te r liar caluH, wha t IK the mat te r with tiiin-•The New York Tribune Farmer . The Detroit Free Press and Live Stock J o u r n a l a u d THK LOWELL LEDUEK, all weuklic'H, a whole year, 15G num-tierH, for ?1 50, less than one cent a copy, postage prepaid, all three t o different addresses if you wish. The first t w o are splendid farm papers and Tim LEDGRK IS the best paper published In Lowell. Wha t Is the use of borrowing and making your-self a nuisance to your neighbors, when you can own your own papers for such a "song?" tf

FARM FOR SALE. Eighty acres of fine land, till Im-

proved, good house aud barns, wind mill and good water , orchard, situa-ted in the town of Keene. Address, C. E. Trask, Lowell, Mich.. R. F. D. -11). Citz. phone 11!». Feb2

Making Cheap Bricks. Bricks are now being made of clean

sand and ground quicklime that are said to be as substantial as granite, They cost $2.50 per 1,000. Tho mixed ingredients are forced Into a strong cy-linder mold by means of a screw. After tbe air has been sucked from tbe cylinder hot water is admitted, the rock being formed by tho resulting pressure and heat—Country Life in America.

Mortgages , Lund Contracts, Telephone and Bank Stock

Bought.

JOHN B. MARTIN 60 Monroe St. QrandRapida

T H E LOWELL M A R K E T REPORT.

[Corrected Feb. 1, 1005.] OKAIN.

Wheat 1.10 per bushel Oats, new ;Jlc ' " Corn...i 55c " " Rye 70c " "

FKBD Corn and Oats #22 00 per ton Bran 20 00 " " Middlings 22 00 " " Corn Meal 20 00 •• "

PKODUCK Flour 20 per c w t Eggs 22c pur dozen 1 Butter 18 to20c perpound Lard .*. h to 10c " " Wool 10 to 23c " " Beans, new 1 00 to 1 25per bushel Pota toes ;. IS to " " Clover S 00 Alnyke 7 50 to 8 00 I Timothy 2 00 to 2 25

MEATS Beef, live, weight...$2 50to 8 OOpercwt Beef dressed $5 00 to 5 50 " Veal dressed $6 00 t o 7 00 " Sheep live weight...!# OOto 4 (Kl " Lanibsilve weight|fl 50 to 7 00 " Calvw live »5 50 to 0 00 " "ork alive .*4 00 4 40 M

P )rk dresse d $5 00 to 5 50 " POULTRY

Turkeys, fea ther dressed 15c per lb Chickens " " flc " " Fowl " " 8c " " Ducks • " " 11c " " Geese " " 10c " "

Everybody's magazine and THE LOWELL LEDOEH b o t h o n e y e a r , $ 1 . 8 5 This office.

( JTATE OF MICHIGAN Bunking ^ 'Depar tment . Oflice of the com-missioner.

WHEREAS, by satisfactory ev-idence presented to the uudersigned. It has been made to appear t h a t The i armer 's S ta te Bank of Alto, Alto, Michigan, in the Village of Alto in the County of Kent Sta te of Michigan, has compiled with ail the provisions of the General Banking law of the Sta te of Michigan required to becom-plied with before acorpora ton shall be authorized to commence the business of Banking.

N o w T h e r e f o r e 1, GEORGE MOORE. Commissioner of the State Bank-ing department, do hereby certify t h a t the Farmer 's State Bank of Alto, Alto, Michigan In the Village of Alto County of Kent and State of Michigan, Is authorized t o com-ruence the business of Banking ns provided in section seven of the Gen-eral Banking law of the State of Michigan.

In Testimony Whereof, Witness my hand and Seal of Office a t Lan-sing, this twenty-eighth day of De-cember 1004.

GEORGE W . MOORE, C o m m i s s i o n e r of the Banking Department. No. 302.

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Goldfish and Mosquitoes. Prof. W. L Underwood of the Mass-

achusetts Institute of Technology re-ports that mosquito larvae are a favor-ite food for goldfish, and that the in-troduction of goldfish Into many small streams of Now England where mos-quitoes breed would be preferable to the use of kerosene in destroying tbe pest.

Freak Lightning. Lightning at Cape Neddick village,

York, Me., played a peculiar freak recently. A bolt struck the bouse of Silas Norman, passed through the body of a mason named Fernald, who was working in the house, killed a dog at tbe latter's side, and set flre to the building. Fernald was critically burned.

Languages in England. Up to the oommencement of the

reign of Edward I., all letters, even of the most private nature, were writ-ten in Latin. About the time of Ed-ward's accession, French, which had been the spoken language of the court from the time of the Conquest, began to be used In written correspondence.

Peaches and Snow. On tho morning of May IB, 1834, the

people of Bennington, Vt , awoke to find tbe ground covered with snow to a depth of fully six Inches. The ap-ple and peach trees were then In bloom and the scene prosonted was, in the wor d of the chronicler, "gorgeous but far from encouraging."

Destruction of Pompeii. Pompeii was partly demolished by

an earthquake In 03 A. D. It was after-ward rebuilt, but was overwhelmed by an eruption of Vesuvius on tho night of Aug. 24, 79. The ashes buried the whole city to a depth of 90 to 125 f e e t ,

Life in Kore^. Tea is almost unknown In Korea.

Tho diet consists principally of rice, pork, aud dog meai Beds are not used; the natives sleep on the floor, which is covered with oiled paper.

Valuable Silver Gray Fox. Joseph Ganlon, of Colebrook, N. H.,

rocently trapped a silver gray fox in ihe Colebrook district He values the skin of tho animal at |200, and re-Cuuod an offer of $125 for It.

CTATE OF MICHIGAN, The Probate ^ Court for the Connty of Kent. At a Beaton of said court, hold at the probate office iu the citv of Grand Rapids, in sal I county, on the 19th day of January A. D. 11)05.

Present: HON. HARRY D. JEWELL, Jiidg»- of Prolmle.

In the matter of the estate of MARY E. MATHBWSON deoeasen, J. EDWIN LEE having filed in said oonrt his lin-t HnnnaI account as ezecntor of said estate, and his petition praying for tbe allowance 1 hereof-

It is ordered that the 20lh day of Februkry, A. D., 1905, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at said probate office, be and is hereby appointed for examining and allowing said account and hearing taid (jetition.

It is further ordTed, that public notice thereof be gl»en by publication of a copy of thia order, for three snooeasive weeks previous to said day of bearing, in the LOWKLL LsnoEa a newspaper printed and circulated in said c<>onty.

HABBY D. JEWELL, Judge of Probate. Alvin E. Ewing

(A true copy) Register of Probate

Miss. Agneswestley 816 Wells Street Marlnette.Wis

816 Wel l s Street , MARINETTE, WIS. , Sept. 25,1903.

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Neuralgia A n d Other

P a i n . All pain in any disease is

nerve pain, the result of a tur-bulent condition of the nerves.

The stabbing, lacerating, darting, burning, agonizing pain that comes from the prom-inent nerve brandies, or sen-sory nerves, is neuralgia, and is the "big brother" of all the other pains.

Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills rarely ever fail to relieve these f<ains by soothing these larger nerves, and restoring their tranquility.

Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills leave no bad after-effects, and arc a reliable remedy for every kind of pain, such as headache, ! backache, stomachache, sciat-ica, rheumatism and neuralgia.

They also relieve Dizziness, Sleeplessness, Nervousness, * Car-Sickness, and Distress af-ter eating.

"For many years I have been a con-stant sufferer from neuralgia and headache, and have never .boen able to obtain any relief from varioun hendacho powdets and capsules, unUI 1 tried Dr. Miles' Antl-Paln Pills. They always cure my headache In flvo mlnuten time." FRED R. BWINQLEY. Cashier 1st Nat. Bank, Atkinson, Nob.

Dr. Miles' Antl-Paln Pills are sold by your druggist, who will guarantee that the flrst package will oeneflt If It falls he will return your money. 25 doses. 29 cents. Never told In bulk. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind

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Sewing Machine Contest

Write name plainly and corrertly

The average circulation of the LOWELL LEDGEK In 1904 w a s l,850.1f

Eye, Ear, Noee and Throat Specialty.

Q. G. TOWSLEY. M. D. Office over McUarty's store. Lowell,Mlcb

R . R . E A T O N , M . D .

LOWELL, NIIOHIQAN. Office nt Residence.

Accouchement and Diseases of Children A Specialty.

Trv Dr. Eaton's Worm Cordial for C'lilld-Jj ren. ft is efiiclent and pHiaublc.

Ciubbltig List fo r 1906.

The LEOGER will continue its prt. tice of accommodating Its subscrf ers by furnishing other publications n t clubbing or wholesale prices to all who pay for our paper a t the same time ail arrears and one year In advance. This involves much work and expense, is purely a work of accommodation, and is done in appreciation of faithful cash sub-scribers..

All tbe magnzlue clubs handled by the newspaper agencies, Including tbe Success combinations, may be ordered of us, as well as any news-paper pubiisiied a t marked reduc-tions from regular prices.

We will furnish THE LEDGER one year with any of the following named papers a t the price named for both papers. ' THE LEDGER and— Grand Rapids Pos t daily | 2 nfl Detroit Times dally 1 >>5 Detroit Free Free* "..... 3 00 Chicago Inter Ocean 1 50 Poultry Success 1 35 New York World t r l weekly 1 65 Toledo Blade weekly f 25 N. Y., Tribune Farmer weekly... 1 3^ Free Press Farm and Live •'

Stock Journa l 1 2'> Grand Rapids Press dally* 2. 50

" " ' Herald dally* 2 50 Bryan's Commoner 1 60 Michigan Farmer 1 50 Woman's Home Companion 1 0^ Everybody's Magazine 1 85 Detroit Journa l daily* 3 00

" " semi-weekly 1 (/• •Prices on tbe Free Press, PresV

and Herald are good ou rural routes only.

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P E R E MARQUETTE Settler's Fares to the South aad South

Bast. Reduced rate tickets on sale'

and third Tuesdays of each roJ until April, 1905. See agents^ Rates and Routes.

11 ( t h s for

% . "Youugmen and women wanted

to learn telegraphy. Railroads need operators badly. To ta l cost six mouths' course a t our school, In-cluding tuition (telegraphy and type-writing) board and furnished room, $89. This can be reduced. Cata-logue free. Write today . Dodge's Institute, Monroe St . , Valparaiso, Ind." feb2

Toxef a re Dae. r Taxes are due aud may be paid a t

A. L. Coons' store. Harvey J. Coons, Township Treasurer, Lowell.

Our Country Cousins

Avon.

Mr. aud Mrs. Romaiue Finch of Grand Rapids are visiting relatives In this vicinity.

Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Brown were ^•es t s a t the home of Will Reuwick Sunday.

James Reuwick bad the misfortune to fall from a s t raws tack one day last week, injuring his r ight foot quite badly. He will probably be un-able t o walk for some time.

Mrs. Villa Ayers of Saranac is visit-ing Mrs. Henry Lee.

Mrs. Addle Bowen has been visiting relatives In the nor th pa r t of the town the pas t week.

Ethel Wilson is quite III.

PoUons In Pood.

Perhaps you don ' t realize t h a t many pain poisons originate in your food, b u t some day you may feel a twinge of dyspepsia t h a t will con- j vince you. Dr. King's New Life Pills are guaranteed t o cure all sickness due t o poisons of undigested food— or money back. 2oc a t D. G. LOOK'S drug store. Try them.

E A S T L O W E L L .

Bishop Barnaby was a gnest of H. Coles last Sunday.

Little Glenn G. Hubbel was quite ill last week bu t is get t ing better.

A little s t ranger of the male per-suasion entered tbe home of Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Heudersbott last Tues-day evening and engaged board and clothing for 21 years, weight 8 lbs. O. M. wears a broad smile when he tells us, "He has aome one t t^turn A ^ r i n d stone. / \

TOISS Minnie Steketee and Mr.V-'ol-vin made Mrs. J . N . Hubbel a very pbuiaant call Sa tu rday .

A wood-bee was made for Mr. Perry Monday on account of bis being confined t o the house with rheumatism.

Mrs. 0. Maynard and son Hapley of Lowell visited Mr. and Mrs. Wal-ter Maynard of this place Sunday.

Mrs. C. Conklin visited friends in Saginaw Inst week.

Mr. and Mrs. E. Lewis visited friends a t Moseley las t week.

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Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. A new remedy for stomach troubles, biliousness, and constipa-tion and a good one. Price 25 cents. For sale by A. D. STURGIS.

K E E N E C E N T E R .

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cave returned Friday from Chicago, where Roy has been a t work. He was taken ill, and we understand t h a t they will now be perfectly satisfied with farm and

Keene life. There is no place like home

Earl Adams brought a load of eighteen people to the revival meet-ing Sunday night. If everyone would take such an Interest as this we might seethlschurch over-flowing Rev. Bennett is working hard for good here, and we hope the members will do their share.

Lena Walker of South Boston spent Inat week with her sister, Mrs. Fred Raymond.

Little Charlie McCarty of Lowell visited his father 's farm Sunday.

Mrs. George Lind came Sa turday to spend a fow weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Frank Carr.

Mrs. E. Dale Bowen, who lives on the C. Sayies farm, is taking qui tean interest in this place. She has a large class of boys In Sunday school and a very nice music class.

Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Wilkinson made a trip to Ionia one day last week and brought back a piano with them.

Frank Daniels and mother spent Sa turday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Mark Brown of Otisco. •Mrs. B. F. Wilkinson received a

'phone message for Mrs. C. A. Lee Monday, t o the effect t h a t Charlie Merrlman of Grands Rapids died Sunday night, and the family would bring him to Lowell Tuesday for burial.

Rev. Bennett will hold revival meetings every night n t the Keene church, and everybody is specially In-vited to at tend them.

AKoaltiaa Barns. a re instantly relieved, and perfectly healed, by Bucklen's Arnica Salve. C. Rlvenbark. J r . , of Norfolk, Va., writes: " I burnt my knee dread-fully; t h a t It blistered all over. Buck-len's Arnica Salve stopped the pain, and healed it wi thout a scar." Also heals all wounds and sores. 25c a t D. G. LOOK'S d r u g g i s t .

P R A T T L A K E .

The Epworth League will give a Heart Social a t the Grange hail, Feb. 14.

The Woman's Foreign Missionary society met with Mrs. Edgar Hugh-son yesterday.

We are very sorry to learn t h a t our minister's daughter . Miss Ethel Wes-brook, has been ill a t Albion and had t o come home.

J o h n Gould has sold his farm to Will Tapely and contemplates mov-ing t o Saranac.

Levi Fletcher was in Grand Rapids las t Sa turday on legal business.

The South Boston Grange society huve organized a literary society with Ernest Collar, Pres.,-Homer

Bush sec., J o h n Freeman treas. Every one is invited to Join. Meet-ings every second Sa turday night be-ginning with Feb. 11.

Quite a large assembly listened t o "Under Southern Skies" a t the Grange hall last Wednesday evening and pronounced it fine. We under-stand tha t it will be repeated a t Saranac abou t Feb. 17.

Born—to Mr and Mrs. G. Osborn, Saturday, J a n . 2S, a son. — j ?

A goodly number from this ttfeini-ty attended the Cleveland Ladles Orchestra a t the Opera House a t Lowell las t Wednesday night and from all reports the evening was well spent by music lovers.

T. H. and J . T. Parsons drove t o Belmont on business last Friday.

P e r f e c t Conf idence .

When there used t o be a feeling of uneasiness and worry in the house-hold when a chl^l showed symptoms of croup, there Is now perfect confi-dence. This Is owing t o the uniform success of Chamberlain's Cough Rem-edy In the t reatment of tha t disease. Mrs. M. L Basford, of Poolsville, Md., in speaking of her experience in the use of t h a t remedy says: " I have a world of confidence in Chamber Iain's Cough Remedy for I have used it with perfect success. My child Garland Is suject t o severe a t t acks of croup and i t a lways gives him prompt relief. For sale by

A. 1). STURGIS.

W E S T L O W E L L .

W. Mullen is a t work on his new house, assisted by Chas. Ketchem, and expects t o move into it before Spring. )<^

C. Maclntyre spent Sunday wi th relatives north of Ionia.

The Ladies" Aid will meet a t the home of Mrs. Chas. Cary Feb. 23rd.

Miss Emma Cary visited a t the home of J . Cary a t Lowell over Sun-day.

James Gulllford Is established in his blacksmith shop on bis farm, and is prepared for business.

V E R G E NNES.

Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Collar and J a y Watters of Lowell visited a t Don Collar's Sunday.

Garret Downes' baby was very sick last week.

Mr. and Mrs. Ory Chaffee are visiting a t Mr. Procter 's in Grat io t county.

Ai. Kitchen and mother of Ada visited a t Frank Kitchen's last Sun-day.

The Unity Pedro Club of seventeen ladles of Lowell enjoyed a sieighride and were entertained by Mrs. Cora Krum las t Friday.

C h a m b e r l a i n ' a S t o m a c h and Liver Tab-l e t s . Uneqae l l ed f o r C o n s t i p a t i o n .

Mr. A. R. Kane, a prominent drug-gist of Baxter Springs, Kansas, says: "Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets are, iu my Judgment, the most superior preparat ion of any-thing in use today for constipation. They are sure in actiou and with no tendency t o nauseate or gripe. For sale by A. D. STL RGIS.

PALLASBDRO.

Miss Belle Beck with is under the doctor 's care.

Gertie Pottruff Is home from Grand Rapids for a few weeks' visit.

Mrs. Will Ostrom and children of Newaygo have been visiting her par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. Copeland, for a few weeks.

John Fly 1111 and family visited a t Adrian and Ed Voss' Sunday.

Will Scott and family of near Big Rapids visited their parents. Mr. ami Mrs. Henry Scott , from Fr iday until Wednesday.

Edith Coivin left Sa tu rday for Grand Rapids.

Mrs. Jas . Tower and Minnie Stek-etee visited Mrs. F. G. Maynard and Mrs. Worthy Willard of Lowell Sat-urday.

Rev. Bennett will preach a t ' the schoolhonse Sunday afternoon, Feb. 5, a t three o'clock. THE LKDGRR ne-glected to s ta te t h a t there was <1 good house when Rev. Bennet pn-ached a week ago.

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Lots of people look at a cough or cold as if it were inevitable, and refer to it as some ailment, which they naturally expect during the stormy winter months. No person need have the slightest attack of cold or la grippe, nor even pneumonia, if their system is properly fortified. REXALL MUCU-TOKE will f o r t i f y y o u r

system against any such a t t a c k s . Since 1 make this strong statement I will tell you how Mucu-Tone does this: Coughs, colds and pneu-monia are but the result of a ca-t a r r h a l condition, which is in reality an internal scrofula. If the system isfiee of catarrhal germs you need never fear coughs, colds and pneumonia. Mucu-Tone will do it because Mucu-Tone clears the sys-tem of every trace of c a t a r r h a l germs, tones up the system, shakes off hanging on tag-end coughs and colds, revitalizes the entire system, increases the appetite and makes you put on flesh. You take no chances in buying Mucu-Tone. be-cause I back it up by refunding the price if you are in any way d i s -satisfied. I couldn't afford to spend my time selling this remedy if it didn't benefit ninety-eight o u t of ever)' hundred persons who use it. I want you to try, on my personal recommendation, a large trial-size bottle that 1 sell for fifty cents.

Wise Buyers are buying freely at our Clos-ing Out Sale. Clothing. Underwear Overcoats, Work Coals, Mittens and Gloves are rapidly disappearing. Make the most of your time as the sale will soon be over.

Several new bargains have been ad-ded t o the list, such a s Men's Hand-kerchiefs @ 9o—Boys' Work Vests @ 9o, etc. A word t o t h e wise Is suf-ficent. Our word is Hurry.

Chas. Althen LOWELL, MICH.

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ADA.

Mrs. Joseph Wride of Cascade township recently entertained abou t forty children and grandchildren. Of her nine children all were present except one, Mrs. Milton Foster.

The River school will give a pov-erty social a t the home of Fred Wallace, February 10.

Miss Maggie Lacroix of Quebec vinlted Miss Oille Duff recently.

William Farrell, the Ada farmer whose 17-year-old son played t a g with him on a horse trade, recovered the animal on a writ of replevin. The horse was captured Tuesday ' ni^lit by the deputies after an after-noon chase.

The Ada Christian Endeavor so ciety will play the farce-comedy "Sunbonnets" a t the Alto Baptis t church on Feb. 4. Dean's orchestra will furnish music. Neat bills from THE LEDGER office advertise the event.

Another Cose of R h e n m e t i s m By C h a m -b c r l a l n ' s Pa in Balm.

The efficacy of Chamberlain's Pain Balm in the relieve of rheumatism is being demonstrated daily. Par-ker Triplett, of Grigsby, Va., says t h a t Chamberlain's Pain Balm gave him permanent relief from rheuma-tism in the back when everything else failed, and he would not be with; out it. For sale by A. D. Sturgis.

VERGEICNES STATION.

Mss. Terrance Bresenham Is ill. Mrs. Warren Ford Is entertaining

her sister, Mrs. Dykstra of Marshall, who Is eighty years old as smart and lively as the yong.

Perry P u r d y Is no bet ter and is gradual ly falling.

L a a t week and this people have been filling their Ice houses.

The log job a t Mr. Andrews' will be finished this week.

D. Church w a s a t Cannonsburg Sa turday .

Mrs. Abe Blosser Is quite ill. Jus . Phelps spent Sa turday and

Sunday a t the home of Jos. Rich-mond a t Lowell.

The Swiss people are holding meet-ings a t Lowell again this week.

Mike McAndrews was quite ill during l a s t week.

Miss Ha t t i e Weeks has been spend-ing t w o weeks with her sister, Mrs. Alien Godfrey, a t Lowell.

Mrs. Sam Farnee was ill last week. Miss Ethel Weeks IH spending the

week a t the home of Chas. J ake way. Mr. and Mrs. P. Herrington of Cannon-burg are visiting their daughter , Mrs. D. Ch ireh.

Messrs. Elliot Mason, Geo. aud John Purdy of Smyrna were a t Perry Purdy's Sunday.

Wm. Burch has bought the Hine place a t Lowell aud is moving into it.

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Going Out of Business My Entire Stock of Boots and Shoos Must be Closed Out by April 1st

II Not Before. Before we go any further I want to say that this is no sham or fake, I mean just what I say, 1 have fully decided to close out my stock of Boots and Shoes and am going- to do

it now. In order that I may do this I will sell everything at prices that will move them and move tlicm quick. It is a golden opportunity that you cannot well afford to let pass, a chance to shoe your whole family at prices that will save you dollars. M m y articles ar6 marked away beiow cost. Our goods are all marked in plain figures and you can see for yourself just what you are saving. Our stock is clean and free of any old,' out of date goods. T h i s is one thing we have a lways taken great pride in and have been very suc-cessful. We handle only 1st grade rubbers in all different brands. You will get no seconds here no matter how cheap you buy them.

Below are a Few of the Many Bargains That Here Await You.

50 pairs of Ladies Dongola Shoes l ight and heavy Boles I

02 pairsof Ladies Warm Lined "I 1 O Shoes with cold proof insoles ^ J . • X O

104 pairs of Ladies Dongola (j* 1 | Q lace, l ight and heavy Boles !... X • J - O

63 pairs of Ladies Pontiao Shoes | K Q l ight and heavy leathers JL t 7

4 7 pairs of Pontiao Shoes, l ight | Q O and heavy soles JL t / O

39 pairs of Ladies Patent L e a t h - 1 Q Q cr Shoes, l ight soles, lace X c / O

87 pairs of Ladies Shoes, l ight "1 Q Q sole fanoy patent, lace stay JL 0 € /

73 pairs of Ladms Fine Shoes, Q Q These shoes are in the finer grades.../W O t /

61 pairs of Baby's 1 T n Sof t Sole Shoes A • V'

44 pairs of Childs Shoes Q O i Lace or Button O t / C

27 pairs of Misses Shoes ftOr* light or heavy weight O v C

30 pairs of Little Gents Shoes 1 l ight or heavy weight A v f t 7

10 pairs of Youths School Shoes Every one a bargain v C

17 pairs of Boys Buckeye Shoes | / | Q heavy and waterproof -I- T r O

13 pairs of grained leather "I "I Q shoes, extra good wearers X O

29 pairs of Boys Oil Grain "I O ^ same as above X O f

17 pairs of Boys Patent B l u e b e r l ^ J Q Shoes. A nice one for Sunday w e a r X O t 7

37 pairs of Mens light 1 | ^ and heavy shoes A X I

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All goods sold for cash only. All persons owing me are requested to

71 Mens Vioi Kid, Box Calf 1 P L Q ' Colt Skin, light and heavy soles X t f f J

69 pairs of Mens S;2.50 Shoes 1 T Q Vici Kid and Box Calf X • O

74 pairs of Mens $-t.O0 Shoes all | Q f t leather, light and heavy soles X v O

27 pairs of Mens Shoes O 1 Q i double sole, Velour Calf upper ^ X

87 pairs of Mens Buckeye Shoes 1 f t ' y heavy sole and bellows tongue X VJ •

147 pairs of Walk-Ovor Patent O Q Q leather, all styles and shapes ^ O t /

04 pairs of Florshiems. These O ^ Q are all ij^.oo goods cut to ^ • O

Lambertville Rubber Boots Q O 1 ^ wool or nel lining. Cat to O f

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Gum Boots Q Q f i all first quality <4 f O

Mens Goodyear Glove Arctic 1 1 ^ heavy or light weight X X #

Ladies Goodyear Glove Rubber storm or croquet t l V / L '

Ladies Storm AlasHws ^ 0 ^ 4

Goodyear Glove Braod I O t /

Youths 1 Bkl Sock Rubber T O felt l ining ' *7

Boyc' 1 Bkl Sock Rubber O O / ) felt lining t / U L f

Lambertville 2 Bkl Sock I fiQ Rubber , the best ever made A

Mens 4 Bkl Arctics 1 Q Q light and heavy w eigh is &

A l l 10c S h o e Po l i sh 4c

A l l $1 .00 L u m b e r m a n ' s Socks 69c

Positively no goods charged. [deasc call and settb at once and oblige

I D . Z F * . B U T T S LOWELL, MICHIGAN.

R e s u l t o f B o y c o t t . MAUNOERING" IN THE NAVY. 1 "ARMER'S LANp \VA3 SOUR

The only place in the United Stf^cs that guarantees freedom from strikes, lockouts and labor warfare is Battle Creole, Mich.

The story? Ttfe work people, mejr^ chants, lawyers, doctors and other clti-rens became aroused and indignant at the efforts of the labor unions through-out the country to d/ostroy the tyjfel-ness of one of our largest industries— the Postum Cereal Co., Lt'd, and a t t h e open threats in the official union -pa-pers that the entire power of the Na-tional and State Federations crflLabor was being brought to bear to "punish" the industries of Battle Creek, and particularly the Postum Co.

This sprung from the refusal of C. W. Post to obey the "orders" of the unions to take the Postum Advertising away from various papers that refused to purchase labor of the labor trust— the unions.

Mr. Post was ordered to join the unions In their conspiracy to "rnln" and "put out of business" these pub-lishers who had worked faithfully for him for years and helped build up his business. They h'ad done no wrong, but had found it Inconvenient and against their best judgment to buy labor of the labor t rus t U seems a rule of the unions to conspire to ruin anyone who does not purchase from them upon their own terms..

An inkmaker or papormaker who failed to sell ink or paper would have the same reason to order Post to help ruin these publishers. So the ped-dler in the street might stone you if you refused to buy his apples; the cabman to run over you if you refused to ride with him; the grocer order the manufacturer to discharge certain people because they did not patronize lilm, and so on to the ridiculous and villainous limit of all this boycott nonsense, in trying to force people to buy what they do not want.

If a man hr.s labor to sell let him sell it at tbe best price he can get just as "ho would sell wheat, but he has no right to even intimate that he will ob-struct the business, or attempt its ruin because the owner will not purchase of him.

The unions have become so tyran-nous and arrogant with their despot-ism that a common citizen who has some time to spare and Innocently thinks he has a right to put a little paint on his own house finds he must have that paint taken off and put on again by "the union" or all sorts of dire things happen to him, his em-ployer is ordered to discharge him, his grocer is boycotted if he furnishes b in supplies, h is family followed and insulted and bis life made more mis-erable than that of - a black slave be-fore the war. If he drives a nail to repair the bouse, or barn the carpen-ters* "union" hmmdfi him. -He takes a pipe wrench to stop a leaking pipe and iifrevent damage to his property and the plombers' "union" does things to him. He cannot-put a little mortar to a-Joose brick on his chimney or the bricklayers', plasterers' or hod carriers* f'union" Is up inarms, and if he carelesslf eats a loaf of bread that has no " u a t e " label on it the bakers' "union" proceeds to make life mloer-able for him.

So the white slave is tied hand and footi unable to lift a hand to better hhnself or do the needful things, with-out first obtaining permission from some harfghty, Ignorant and abusive tsTant of sojne labor union.

It would all seem rather like a comic opera if it did not rob people of their freedom; that kind of work will not be perndtted- long In America.

Some smooth managers have built up the labor trust In the last few years, to bring themselves money and power and by managing workmen, have succeeded In making it possible for them to lay down the law In some citlcs und force workmen and citizens to "obey" Implicitly, stripping them right and left of their liberties. , They have used boycotting, picket-ing, assaults, dynamiting of property and murder to enforce thei rorf lcs and rule the people. They have gone far enough to order the President to re-| move certain citizens from office be-j cause the "unions" weren't pleased..

That means they propose to make the law of tbe unions replace the law of this government and the union lead-ers dominate even the chief Execu-tive.

This Is a government of and for the people and no organization or trust shall displace it. But the unions try it every now and then, led by desper-ate men as shown in their defiance of law and support of lawbreakers.

The "union" record of asBaults, crippling of men and even women and children, destruction of property and murder of American citizens during the past two years is perhaps ten times the volume of crime and abuse porpoUated .by slave owners during any two years previous to the civii war. We are in a horrible period of lethargy, which permits us to stand Idly by while our American citizens are abused, crippled* and murdered in doeens and hundreds.' by an organlza-tlon or truHt. 1,;iyiug fo r^ i^purpose^

thrusting what it has to sell (labor) upon us whether or no.

Suppose an American in a foreign city should be chased by a mob, caught apd beaten unconscious, then bib mctath pried open and carbolic acid poured down his throa t then his ribs kicked In and his face well stamped with iron hailed aboes.: murdered be-cause he tried to earn bread for his children. By Uifc Kterhid, sir. a fleet of American men of war would assem-ble there, clear for action and blow something off the face o{ the earth, if reparation were not made for the blood of one of our citizens.

And what answer do we make to the appeals of the hundreds of widows and orphans of those Americans mur-dered by labor unions? How do we try to protect the thousands of intelli-gent citizens who. with reason, prefer not to join any labor union and be subject to the tyranny of the heavily paid rulers of the labor trusts?

Upon a firm refusal by Mr. Post to join this criminal conspiracy a gen-eral boycott was ordered on Grape-Nuts and Postum all over the coun-try, which set the good red blood of our ancestors in motion, bringing forth the reply that has now passed into history: "We refuse to join any conspiracy of organized labor to ruin publishers, nor will we discharge any of our trusted employes upon the orders of any labor union. If they can make their boycott effective and sink our ship, we will go down with the captain on the bridge and In com-mand."

This set the writers in labor papers crazy and they redoubled their abuse. Finally one of their official organs came out with a large double column in denunciation of Battle Creek, call-ing it "a running sore on the face of Michigan," because It would not be-come "organized" and pay in dues to their labor leaders. The usual coarse, villainous epithets common to labor union writers were indulged in.

The result was to weld public sen-timent in Battle Creek for protection. A citizens' association was started, and mass meetings held. Good citi-zens who happened to be members of local unions, in some cases quit the unions entirely for there is small need of them there.

The working people of Battle Creek are of the highest order of American mechanics. The majority are not union members, for practically all of the manufacturers have for years de-clined to employ union men because of disturbances about eleven years ago. and the union men now in the city are among the best citizens.

No city in the state of Michigan pays as high average wages as Battle Creek, no city of its size is as pros-perous. and no city has to large a pro-portion of the best grade of mechanics who own their own homes.

.So the work people massed together with the other citizens of the organi-zation of the Citizens' Ass'n -with the following preamble and constitution:

Whereas, From 1891 to 1894 the strikes instigated by labor unions In Battle Creek resulted in the destruc-tion of property and loss of large sums of money in wages that would have been expended here; and,

Whereas, These acts caused serious damage to the city and in a market way delayed its progress at that time; and.

Whereas, Since the year 1894 the citizens have been enabled, by public sentiment, TO prevent the recurrence of strikes and labor union disturb-ances which have been prevalent else-where; and.

Whereas, The employers of this city have steadfastly refused to place the management of their business under the control of labor unions, but have maintained the highest standard of wages paid under like conditions any-where In the United States, and here-by unanimously declared their Intent to continue such policy; and the em-ployes of this city, a large percentage of whom own homes and have fami-lies reared and educated under condi-tions of peace and the well-earned prosperity of steady employment, have steadfastly maintained their right as free American citizens to work with-out the dictation and tyranny of labor union leaders, the bitter experience of the past offiering sufficient reason for a determined stand for freedom; and.

Whereas. The attitude of the citi-zens on this subject has been the means of preserving peaceful condi-tions and continuous prosperity, in marked contrast to the conditions ex-isting in other cities suffering from the dictation of trades unionism; it is therefore

Resolved. That the continuance of peace and prosperity In Battle Creek can be maintained, and the destructive work of outside interference avoided under the combined effort and action of all our people, by the formation of a Cltizons' Association.

CONSTITUTION.

Article 1.—Name. Article 2—Objects.

First—To Insure, so far as possible.

a permanent condition of peace, pros-perity and steady employment to the people of Battle Creek.

Second—To energetically assist in maintaining law and order al all times and under all conditions.

Third—To protect its members In their rights to manage their property and to dispose of their labor In a legal, lawful manner without restraint or In-terference.

Fourth—To Insure and permanently maintain fair, just treatment, one with another, in all the relations of fife.

Fifth—To preserve the existing right of any capable person to obtain employment and sell his labor, without being obliged to join any particular church, secret society, labor union or any other organization, and to support all such persons in their efforts to re-sist compulsory methods on the part of any organized body whatsoever.

Sixth—To promote among employ-ers a spirit of fairness, friendship nnd desire for the best Interests of their employes, and to promote among work-men the spirit of Industry, thrift, faith-fulness to their employers and good citizenship.

Seventh—To so amalgamate the public sentiment of all of the best citizens of Battle Creek, that a guar-antee can be given to the world of a continuance of peaceful conditions, and that under such guarantee and protection manufacturers and capital-ists can be induced to locate their busi-ness enterprises in Battle Creek.

Then follows articles relating to membership, officers, duties, etc.. etc., etc.

This constitution has been signed by the great majority of representa-tive citizens, including our workpeo-ple.

A number of manufacturers from other cities, where they have been suffering all sorts of indignities, in-convenience and losses from tbe gen-eral hell of labor union strikes, pick-eting, assaults and other interfer-ence, proposed to move, providing they could be guaranteed protection.

The subject grew in importance un-til it has reached a place where abso-lute protection can be guaranteed by the citizens of Battle Creek on the following broad and evenly balanced terms which guarantees to the work-man and to the manufacturer fair-ness, justice, steady work and regular-ity of output

The newcoming manufacturer agrees to maintain the staudard rate of wage paid elsewhere for like serv-ice. under similar conditions, the rate to be determined from time to time from well authenticated reports from competing cities. The tabulated wage reports issued by the Government Department of Commerce and Labor, can also be used to show the standard rate, and It is expected later on that this government bureau will furnish weekly reports of the labor market from different centers, so that the workman when he is ready to sell his labor and the employer when he Is ready to buy, may each have reliable informttion as to the market or ruling price.

The newcoming manufacturer also agrees to maintain the sanitary and hygienic conditions provided for by the state laws and to refrain from any lockouts to reduce wages below the standard, reserving to himself the right to discharge any employe for cause.

The Citizens' Association on its part agrees to furnish. In such numbers as it Is possible to obtain, first-class workmen who will contract to sell their labor at the standard price for such period as may be fixed upon, agreeing not to strike, picket, assault other workmen, destroy property, or do any of the criminal acts common to labor unionism. Each workman re-serving to himself the right, to quit work for cause, and the Citizens' As-sociation further pledges its mem-bers to use its associated power to enforce the contracts between em-ployer and employe, and to act en masse to uphold the law at all times.

• The new industries locating In Bat-tic Creek will not start under any sort of labor union domination whatso-ever. but will make individual con-tracts with each employe, those con-tracts being fair and equitable and guaranteed on both sides.

Thus from the abuses of labor unions and their Insane efforts to ruin everyone who does not "obey" has evolved this plan which replaces the old conditions of Injustice, lockouts, strikes, violence, loss of money and property, and general industrial war-fare, and inaugurates an era of perfect balance and fairness between em-ployer and employe, a steady continu-ance of Industry and consequent pros-perity. The entire community -pledged by public sentiment and private act to restore to each man his ancient right to "peace, freedom and the pursuit of happiness."

Other cities will be driven to protect j their workpeople, merchants and citi- i zens as well as their industries from the blight of strikes, violence and the losses brought on by labor uuioni-

run amuck, by adopting the "Battle Creek plan," bnt this city offers in-dustrial peace now. with cheap coal and good water, first-class railroad fadlities and the best grade of fair, capable and peaceable mechanics known.

Details given upon Inquiry of the "Secy, of the Citizens' Ass'n."

Identification. The public should remember-that

there are a few labor unions conducted on peaceful lines and In proportion at they are worthy, they have won es-teem, for we, as a people, are strongly in sympathy with any right act that has for its purpose better conditions for wage workers. But we do not for-get tha: we seek the good of all and not those alone who belong to some organization, whereas even the law-abiding unions show undeniable evi-dences of tyranny and oppression when they are strong enough, while many of the unions harbor and encourage criminals in their efforts to force a yoke of slavery upon the American people. As a public speaker lately said: "The arrogance of-the English King that roused the fiery eloquence of Otis, that inspired the immortal declaration of Jefferson, that left War-ren dying on the slopes of Bunker Hill, was not more outrageous than the conditions that a closed shop would force upon the community. These men burst Into rebellion 'when the king did but touch their pockets.' Imagine if you can their indignant pro-test had he sought to prohibit or restrict their occupation or determine the conditions under which they should earn their livelihood." and to assault, beat and murder them, blow up their houses and poison their iood If they did not submit

The public should also remember that good, true American citizens can be found in the unions and that they deprecate the criminal acts of their fellow members, but they are often in bad company.

Salt only hurts sore spots. So. the honest law-abiding union man is not hurt when the criminals are de-nounced. but when you hear a union man "holler" because the facts are made public, he has branded himself as either one of the lawbreakers or a sympathizer, and therefore with the mind of the lawbreaker, and likely to become one when opportunity offers. That is one reason employers decline to Lire iach men.

A short time ago inquiry came from the union forces to know if Mr. Post would "keep still" if they would call off the boycott on Postum and Grape-Nuts.

This is the reply; "The labor trust has seen fit to try to ruin our business because we would not join its criminal conspiracy- We are plain American citizens and differ from the labor union plan in that we do not force people to strike, picket, boycott, as-sault blow up property or commit murder.

We do not pay thugs $20 to break in the ribs of any man who tries to sup-port l i s family nor $30 for an eye knocked ou t

We try to show our plain, honest regard for sturdy and independent workmen by paying the highest wages in the state.

We have a steady, unvarying re-spect for the law-abiding, peaceable union man and a most earnest desire to see him gain power enough to purge the unions of their criminal practices, that have brought down upon them the righteous denunciation of a long-suffering and outraged public, but we will cot fawn, truckle, bend the knee, wear the hated collar of white slavery, the union label, nor prostitute our American citizenship under "or-ders" of any labor t rus t

You offer to remove the restriction on our business and with "union" gold choke the throat and still the voice raised In stern denunciation of the GP.spotlsm which tramples beneath an Iron-shot heel the freedom of our broth-ers.

You would gag us with a silver bar and muffle the appeal to the American people to barken to the cries for bread of the little children whose faithful fathers were beaten to death while striving to earn food for them.

Your boycott may perhaps succeed in throwing our people out of work and driving us from business, but you cannot wrench from us that priceless jewel our fathers fought for and which every true son guards with his life. Therefore, speaking for our work-people and ourselves, the infamous offer Is declined."

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Shammipg Illness Not Comfnon New —Man Who Feigned Insanity.

"Malingering." remarked a naval officer the other day. according to the Washington Star. "Is not nearly so common In the navy as It used to bo, br.t every once In a while we have men feign Illness for the purpose of evading duty or securing a change of station. One of the worst cases I ever heard of was that of an elec-trician stationed at the Mare island navy yard. He had been courtmar^ tialed for various offenses and sen-tenced to be dishonorably discharged. In order, however, to leave the serv-ice under more favorable auspices and so obtain a pension he simulated in-sanity and acted the part to the queen's taste. He said that the peo-ple were trying to poison him and went into violent contortions when approached. As he could not be held by ropes it was necessary to put him in irons. In one of his paroxysms he clamored for a live snake to eut and would be satisfied with nothing else. Suspecting that he was shamtolng. a tame snake was borrowed and offered to him, but as he gave every evidence of eating it the owner of the snake refused to allow the test to go any further and the reptile was carried away. For the next ten days medical dietary treatment was administered with the result that the 'patient' final-ly owned up that he had been sham-ing. with the remark that he couldnt stand the bread and water and salts given him by the doctor any longer."

Simple Test With Lltrrua Paper Showed Acid.

Tho state experiment stations are Joing a great work for the farmers. The following Incident shows how rimple some of tho tests are "when fou know how," says a writer In Country Life In America. A station official was going over a farm with the owner when they came to a crawfishy piece of land Just back of the barn, the very weeds looked yellow and un-healthful

"J am inclined to think." remarked lb* acrlculturlst, "that this land Is too acid for productivity. We can de-termine thlf in a moment."

Taking a Mw piece of paper from his pocket he stooped and dipped the paper In some of the soil water that was standing in a cow track. To the owner's astonishment the Mue paper changed to a red color as aeon as it was immersed.

•There," said the agriculturist, •w® have our proof. This is Just a ple«« of litmus paper. For 5 cents you can bny a similar piece at any drug store. Its change of color shows that the land is sour. Crops cannot thrive on sour land any more than children can thrive on sour milk."

SPREADING THE NEWS BROADCAST.

REPUTATION EASY TO LOSE

Little Fable of Guy de Maupasant Points Good Moral.

To Illustrate the ease with which a reputation may be shattered, the New York Sun summarizes this story by Guy de Maupasant:

A peasant perceives a piece of string lying in the village street and stoops to pick it up. As he puts it In his pocket he notices his enemy look-ing at him from a neighboring door-step. Ashamed at being seen pick-ing up so trivial an object he turns hastily away, in evident confusion.

But a pocketbook has been lost, and the peasant Is arrested, charged with having found i t

In vain he protests that it was only a piece of string he picked up. No-body believes him. But as there is no further evidence against him, he is released.

He goes from friend to friend tell-ing his story, showing the piece of string. But they all turn away. He is an outcast

He tells his story to strangers, to any one who will listen. Practical jokers get him to tell it to amuse them, as soldiers are urged to tell the story of their battles. His mind, struck at the root grows weak; he takes to bis bed; at last he dies, clutching the piece of string, protest-ing his innocence in his delirium.

No one can tell a practical joke's end. *

Oysters With, or Without? "Sitting opposite me in a down-

town oyster house the other day," said CoL Abe Gruber, "was" one of those fastidious men who undertake to transmit instructions to the cook through the waiter. He wanted a twenty-five-cent milk stew. As nearly as I can remember these were his instructions:

44 'Now, waiter, kindly tell the cook I don't want the oysters and milk merely mixed and heated. I want the milk carefully boiled flrst The oys-ters should then be added without the liquor. The liquor should not be put in until the seasoning is added. Be very particular to get good, rich milk, and nothing but the best gilt-edged butter. As for the oysters, I want Cape Cod salts. No ordinary stock oysters for me. Do you understand?'

" 'I think so, sir.' replied the waiter; 'but do you wish the oysters with or without?'

" 'With or without what?' asked the customer.

" 'Pearls, sir.' "—New York Press.

That Dodd's Kidney Pilli cured hie Diabetes. After long suffering Mr. G. Cleghom found a permanerit !»• lief in the Great American Kidney Remedy. Port Huron, Mich.. Jan. 80th.—(Spe-

cial)—Tortured with Diabetes and Bladder Disease from which he could apparently get no relief. Mr. G. Cleg-horn, a bricklayer, living at 119 But-tier St., this city, has found a com-plete and permanent cure In Dodd's kidney Pills and In his gratitude he is spreading the n«ws broadcast

"Dodd's Kidney Pills made a man of me," Mr. Cleghom says. "I was a sufferer from Diabetes and BtaddflT Disease. 1 was so bad I could do ne wof-k and the pain was something terrible. 1 could not get anything to help me till I tried Dodd's Kidney Pills. They helped me right from the first and now I am completely cured. I have recommended Dodd's Kidney Pills to all my friends and they have found them all that Is claimed for them."

Dodd's Kidney Pills cure all Kidney His from Backache to Bright's Dis-ease. They never fall to care Rheu-matism.

There are people so optimistic thai they can enthuse over restaurant pump-kin pie.

There J« more Catarrb In I hi«aocdon of the ootmtty than all other dlwane* pat tugeiher. nottl the laat few yean wMsuppiwed to be Incurable. For a n n l n m y yean doctun pronuunced It a local dlaease and prescribed local remedies, aiid by conttanUy falDag to core with local treatment, pronuonced U Incarable. Science ban proren Catarrh tu be a ounnUtotlonal dt*. eateand therefore require*conadtBtlonal troaimem. Bair« Catarrh Cure, manufactarod by F. J Cheney A Co.. Toledo, Ohio, U the only cunndtmlunal cor* on the market. It In taken Internally In dtwei from 10 6npt to t teaapoonf cL It acu dlroctlr on the blood and mocom aarfacea of the ayttem. They ofler one hundred doUart for any case It fall* to cure. Bead fur circolara and teatimualala.

Address: T. J. CHENEY * CO.. Toledo, Ohio. Sold by DrnwUt*. 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constlpatloa.

It tak*s fil th to teach your children what you don't believe yourself.

Have You Heart Trouble? If you are suffering from Heart

Trouble In any form, see announce-ment of free treatment in another part of this paper by Dr. FrankI Miles, the eminent specialist on heart diseases. Write him to-day.

Important to Mothors. Ertmtnf carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a aafe and mire remedy for InlaaU and children, and aee thai It

Bean tbe SigaaUue of

la Un For Over 30 Yean. The Kind Yob Have Alirays Bonfibt

Note by Publisher. The Postum Company have a yearly

contract for space In this paper which they have a right to use for

ii 'ounfernents of tacts and princi-ples. Such use does not necessarily

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Philippine Tariff Hearing. Washington dUnatcli; The commit-

tee on ways and nuiaus of the house of rcprescniativeh a t e r i e B o f

hoaringH on tbe bill to reduce the rate of duty on Philip,ine BUgai. c o n i . lug into the United Bittcs.

Fire Sweeps Wisconsin Town. Milwaukee, Wis., dispatch: Tho vil-

lage of Brookfleld, twelve miles west of this city, was nearly wiped out by flre. The Brookfleld hotel and pobi-oflice were totally dettroyed.

IVHEG L e e t o W e d .

Norfolk. Va., dispatch: General aad Mrs. Fitzhugh Lee have announced the engagement of their daughter, Mies Anne Fitzhugh Loe, to Lieuten-ant Lewis Brown, Jr., of the Seventh United States Cavalry.

Texas Aftj-Scalping Law. Houston, Texat, dispatch: The su-

preme court of Texa" has decided that the anti-scalplng law j invalid and that railroads are not compelled to redeem unused portions of ticlcts.

Congressman Is Stricken. Washington dispatch: Representa-

tive Pearre of Maryland was stricken with a nervous convulsion on the floor of the House and was removed to a cloakroom, where he was revived suf-ficiently to be taken to his home.

To Be Buried in America. Washington dispatch: The secre-

tary of state has instructed Consul General Mason at Berlin to forward to the United States the remains of Jerome Crowley of Hastings, Neb., who died suddenly in Berlin.

Weaver Birds Pest In Hawaii. Washington dispatch: The agricul-

tural department Is advised tha t Ha-waii Is suffering from a pest of nut-meg weaver birds. The birds can weave a fabric as fine In design and texture as an exp .-rt mechanic.

Shoots Her Father. • Trenton, Mo., dispatch: Mrs.

George Walte shot and probably fa-tally wounded her father, William Bel-she, a wealthy farmer. The case will be taken up by the grand jury. Mrs. Walte has not been arrested. '

Rellctua. ''One shall be taken, and tho other left." Into Life's gloaming he has passed to-

night. The vividness of day for him is o'er. Its gladdening luster will be his no

more. Only the solemn vespertinal light

She •was his all. as he was all to her— O happy smile that hoverest like a

wraith G'er the wan lips, dost thou proclaim a

raith In Love no mist of years can ever blur?

Dreaming he gazes, wafted to a dime Ui Hyacinth glades and meadows cow-

slip crown'd. Where boy and maiden, brave In Love

new found, Laughing defiance fling to Death and

Time!

Into tbe gloaming he baa passed, but soon

Shall glisten through Ita grayness Memorj-s star.

And with white radiance naught of Earth cvan mar

Console for crimson dawn and golden noon!

—Westminster Gazette.

Longest Strike on Record. What is the strongest strike on rec-

ord? There is one, still running In Germany, which has endured for thlr-ty-flve years. It hao other remarkable features as well, as the strikers are members cf parliament, though, it must be admitted., of a small one. They are the deputies to the diet of the principality of Ratzeburg, and they are striking against the reaction-ary constitution imposed by the grand duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz in 1SC9. Since that year the members of tho diet have steadfastly refused to meet, although frequently called upon to do so. Now. however, the new duke has held out the hand of reconciliation and promised to consider thtir demands for a revision of the constitution, so that the strike will probably soon corns to an end. i

WANTED—One person in every com-munity to represent old well-known house. Good income. Send address, Donohue Co., 425 Dearborn S t , Chicago.

Few men who take a better half pre-pare for the worst.

Among those who have received the hlebe* award—the Grand Prtte—at St, Louis World s Fair A-J- Tower Co.. the maker# of the FISH BRAND BLICKEK8. Many of our readers who we»» to the Fair, win i»call their fine exhibit m wblck waterproof cartnents were shown adapted to so many uses that almost every department of the warM% work was suiorested. The Grand FrUe was a de-•en-Ad tribute to one of the oldest mannlaOailnB our^ms tn tho coon try.

Science says kissing causes dlseise. It his been known to cause palpitation of the heart

TO C U R B A C O L D TN OWE D A T Take LazaUve Bromo Quinine Tablets. AU dnw> rUu refund the money If It falls to core. E. W. Grove's signature Is on each buz. 36c.

Worry wont cure a cough. When you find a cough holding on— when everything else has failed—

Shiloh's Consumption C u r e TSfc"*

It is guaranteed to cure. If it doesn't, we'll refund your money,

frices: S. C. WELLS & Co. 4 25c. £0c. $L LcRoy.N.Y..Toroato.Can.

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When yon ore blliona and have headache, tacfc-ache and bad taste in tbe month, aend to yonr drag. gitt for tbe beat cure for bllionane«B—Celery Ktag, the tonio-lazatire. It only

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BmlthTtrnLomtUBrntor^tr^rOla B. puikbam'e VegetaWe Compound-

How many women do yon know who are perfectly well and strong? « hearetery day the same atoryover Md over aeain. " I do not feel well , 1 am •o tired all the t imel-

Jiiiss Kate McDonald

QUEER TRAITS OF ANIMALS.

More than likely you speak the same words yourself, and no doubt you feel far from well. The cause may be easily traced to some derangement of tho fe-male organs which manifests itself in depression of spirits, reluctance to go anywhere or do anything, backache, bearing-down pains, flatulency, nerv-

ousness. sleeplessness, leucorrhoea. These symptoms are but warnings

tha t there is danger ahead, and unless heeded a life of suffering or a serious operation is the inevitable result.

Tbe ncver-failingremedyforall these eymptoms is Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg-etable Compound.

Miss Rate McDonald, of Wood bridge, N J.. writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham: , 411 think that a women naturally dWites to make bw troubles known to the public, but restored health has meant so much to tne that I cannot belr from telling mine for the sake of other.6#uerinp women. ..iHTora \ n i ; time I sufered untold agony

"with a uterine trouble and irremilarities.

All Have Strong Fear of Some Brothei Quadruped.

Smoking a clay pipe, the circus act- i or sat in the winter training quar-ters. Under his supervision a thin boy was learning to ride erect on a quiet horse with a broad, flat back.

"In some towns they won't let us show." said the man. "unless we have no camels with us. Camels are a seri-ous drawback to shows. Horses arc so much afraid of them that lots o.v

towns won't let a camel enter their gates.

"A horse won't go near a piece of ground a camel has stood on. The very smell cf a camel In the air will make a horse tremble and sweat. And this fear Isn't only found occasionally In a horse here and there. It Is found In every horse all over the world. Queer. Isn't It? 1 often won-der why It is. Cattle hate dogs In the same way and cats hate dogs so, too. Here, though we can account for the hatred. Dogs, in primitive times, fed on calves, no doubt and even today, here and there, they kill and feed on kittens.

"Horses love dorjs. I'm sure 1 don't know why. Dogs fear no animals but pumas and leopards. You can take a dog up to a lion's or a tiger's cage and he will show no fear, but take him up

-TOLD IN-

The Lewis and Clark exposition will be open to the public on Sundays, ac-cording to an announcement made at Portland. Oregon, by the fair directors. The "Trail" amusements will be closed on that day.

Mary Milleuhaupt was probably fa-tally hurt and three ether women se-riously Injured in a runaway accident at La Crosse. Wis. They were driving In a sleigh, when their horec became frightened at a locomotive.

A man named Braun was torn to pieces and six other men Injured, one of them. James McLaughlin of Scran-ton. Pa., probably fatally, by an ex-plosion of dynamite on the Western Maryland rallrcad extension near Han-cock. Md.

The Wisconsin state board of con-trol will ask the legislature for an ap-propriation of $1,000,000 for the chari-table and penal Institutions for the two years from Jan. 1. 1905.

The Illinois Central fast freight was wrecked near Moweaqua. 111., causing

STAMPS PUT TO NOVEL USE.

Brilliant Wall Decoration Evolved by Patient Monka.

Tha monks at the Hospital of S t Jean de Dleu. at Ghent, have in their leisure moments decorated the walls with gorgeous landscapes, glowing with color and full of life, formed en-tirely by means of the postage stamps of all the nations of the world. Pal-aces. forests, streams and mountains are represented, butterflies flit about In tho air, birds of beautiful plumage perch on branches, snakes and lizards glide about, and Innumerable animals find places here and there. The pic-tures are most artistic, in the style of Chinese landscape gardening, and al-ready between nine and ten millions of stamps have been used

COL BECKWITH SAYS: " I Take Pleasure in Commending Pe-ru-na For

Coughs and Colds."

to the cage of a puma or a leopard t h e 'P88 o f n c a r l y ^1 5-0 0 0 w o r t h o f A r-and he will tremble and moan and slink away out of sight

"All very puzzling, Isn't it?"

Japanese Love of Country. There are many instances In Japan

of soldiers who have loved their coun-•try more passionately even than their families. Americans may think it hor-; rible and incredible, but Japanese; women understand the Intense feeling j pf loyalty which predominates above, everything in soldiers' hearts. In the interior of Japan a young farmer on Rhe outbreak of war was suddenly

mour 'refrigerator cars and Standard Oil tank cars.

H. T. Hayes, former cashier of the Riverside Orange Growers' National bank of Los Angeles. Cal.. for whom warrants were Issued on six grand jury Indictments, furnished bond In the snm of $17,500.

The crew of seven men of the schooner John G. Schmidt was taken to New York on the Dutch West In-dia mail steamer Prinz Mauritz. The Schmidt was bound from Georgetown. S. C., for Boston, with a cargo of lum-ber.

Commander Nlles of the United

Wealth and Longevity. The late Prof. Owen threshed out

the question of wealth and longevity thoroughly. It was his conclusion that If It be true that the dietary of tho rich is opposed to health, the absence of worry, of anxiety over the living of themselves and their families, the ab-sence of severe toll, and the like, more than compensate for any diges-tive troubles they may Incur. Prob-ably most rich people eat too much and their dietary Is too stimulating, but this is less dangerous to life than Is frequent hunger with overwork, anxiety and exposure. A happy me-dium. of course, is the suggestion cf common sense and experience.

, . called to the colors. Two days' prep-^hi.Ama<ie m« a phyrical vvrwk and no one a r a t i o n - ^ j v e n h j m t 0 h l s a r . States cruiser Bostcn at Panama says thought I would recover. but Lvd-n. E. Pint- Toi-vn HU wifp 1111 , h e Patients who have been suffer-ham's vegetable Compound has entirely : fairs and to start for Tokyo. His wire cured me. and made me well and Ktrcne, and ] had a very youne; infant The young I feel it my duty to tell other suffering women w a s g0 overcome with grief

hat a splendid medicine it is.' at this unexpected news that she faint-b c S ^ f T y d i F ^ i n k h a ^ V e S ^ ' *d away and within an hour died. leav-We Compound at onoe. and write to Ing her husband alone with the new-Mrs Pinkham,Lynn. Mass.. for special born babe. What cculd he do with It? advice-it is free and always helpfuL Who could care for such a mite?

Feeling that his own life was forfeited to his country the poor man In a

Ing from yellow fever on beard the Boston arc improving and all danger of a spread of the fever Is past.

Resolutions calllnr; for a legislative Investigation of the charges acainst State Supreme Court Justice Warren B. Hooker of New York in connection with the postal Investigation were adopted by the Brooklyn Bar associa-t'.cn.

Judge Belden filed aa opinion In the

A Tarpon Tows a Hogshead. Times and places there are where

the tarpon ha\ c been so numerous and so free in their antics as to be a pest to the small fishermen, who In a cer-tain bay once harpooned a lordly fish, lashed him to a keg and pointed him to the open sea. Drawing the fioai-ing barrel he went splashing terror to his kindred—an aquatic scarecrow. And as the militant hogshead, ferried by a leaping twelve-stone fish, went marching down the bay. all tarpon, great and small, took warning that they must keep their performances within tbe bounds of decency—Coun-try Life In America

Physicians Couldn't Wetf. . . . . . . . . . There once was a time when doctor, ^ " " f . .

. . . J own child. Of course the law had to . ,, . . were doomed to celibacy. It was at s j n a n d h e h a d t o ^ t r i e d f o r n i u r . disbarment proceedings against Attor-the conclusion of the medieval period d e r A m e r c i f u l j u r v acquitted him n9-v J- J - Cunningham of Janesviile. when medicine was In the hands of ] o n ^ ground of emotional Insanity the monks. In France, the British Medl- j cal Journal recalls, the habit of cell-1 The Golden Legacy.

Confetti in Paris. It Is estimated that the Parisians

alone spend $120,000 on confetti every year. The total weight of con-fetti sold in Paris in a year has been estimated at more than a thousand tons.

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COL. PAUL E. BECKWITH.

Colonel Paul E. Beckwith, L t CoL, retired. 1st Reg- Minute Men, in a letter from l.r>03 Vermont avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C., writes:

"From tbe unqualified endorsement of many of my friends, I take pleasure In commending your remedies for coughs and colds."—Paul £. Beckwitb.

Only True Reform.

IN FIELD OR BARRACKS PE-RU-NA IS EFFICACIOUS.

The constant exposure to the ele-ments experienced in an out-door life is not so apt to causc coughs and colds as sedentary habits.

Those who are brought face to face with the weather every day in active life are much less liable to catarrhal diseases than those who are housed up

in illy ventilated rooms. And yet both of these classes arc more or less subject to c a t a r r h a n d catarrhal diseases.

ALL CLASSES ARE SUB1ECT TO

CATARRH.

liacy'persisted long after the practice of ^08

r n r f d

n i I r0 Merchandise

(My brother has her silken hair. Mv sister has her azure eyes!)

medicine had passed into lay hands. For two or three centuries the doc-tors protested, but In vain. The mat-ter was finally laid beforp the pope, and towards the end of the fifteenth century the vow*was abolished.

GIVES HIS OPHION OF THE BEST TEEATMEHT FOB PARALYSIS.

Declsrea That Dr. TVIIIIamn' Pink Pilli Bestored tbe Uae of HU Limbs WUoo

All Other Bcmedic* Failed. - The premonitory symptoms of paraly-sis are: trembliug of the bauds; suddeu loss of power iu arms or legs, frequently iffecting one whole side of the body; stag-geriugj partial or eutiro inability to use the fiupf.o; distortion of the features, sometimes an nucoutrollable quivering

To me she left no comeliness That to the form or face belong.

But oh. ono gift I do possess. The blessed heritage of song!

Long, long ago in cradle days Her sweet voice would my heart be-

guile. When I could nolh'ng do but gaze

Into the heaven of her smile! 1 learned the songs In later years

And with her sang them o'er and o'er—

Oh. memory, thy lute and tears Must meet and mingle evermore!

'Twas "Hush, my babe"—as fades the light

I hear her softly, sweet!v croon-Then "Afton Water." "Stilly Night."

"Sanctlsslma." and "Silver Moon' : She sang them with such tender art.

The art that only mothers know. And tied the tunes around my heart.

Else tt had broken long ago! —Clarence Urmy in Llppincott's.

Wis., exonerating him from the charges made.

Prof. J. Byron Oliver, aged 40. a dl-

To reform a world, to reform a n a - T h e soldier as well as the civilian finds tlon, no wise man will undertake: and it frequently necessary to use Peruna al) but foolish men know, that the on account of coughs and colds. only solid, though a far slower, ret-

Money, but No Friends. J. Arthur Josephs, one of the wits of

the financial center, was approached the other day by a well-known char-

of the chin; severe pains; difficulty iu ; acter about "the street." who plain-spewh. Frequently the first warning is i lively put to him this question: a vague feeliugof headache, vertigo aud "Josephs, would you lend five dollars muscular weakness.

Iu a recent interview Mr. W. J . L. Haydeu said: " I truly think that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are a great medi-cine for they cured me whea physicians and other remedies had failed to give sue the slightest relief. Too close at-tention to busiuess brought on an attack of uervou.niess which finally developed into paralysis. There were times when i t was impossible for me to move my hands or to get up from a chr.ir. At other times I had partial control of my liml m, but I was afraid to go far from the house for fear I might suddenly be-CO—5 helpless and have to bo carried hc-me.

"While I was in this miserable con-dition, I was stricken with malarial fever aud ooufiued to bed for four mouths. 1 had the best physicians, but while I hey relieved my fever, their trcatmeut did nc* entirely drive f i e malaria from my system, aud they did not help my par-alysis in the least.

" I was well nigh despairing when a friend pers' laded me to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Wheu I had finished oue box

" I conld see results that encouraged me Myconditiou kept steadily improving,

'and wheu I had taken seven boxes I was cured of paralysis aud the malaria was completely driven out of my system. For two years now I have eujoj-ed the •best of health aud have lit tended to bus--iuess without any iuterruption."

Mr. Haydeu's home is at No. 252 West '89th street, New York. Dr. Willuims* •Piuk Pills have cured many similar cases of paralysis, also locomotor ataxia. They arc sold t y all druggists. A treatmem so sinmle". inexpensive and successful shonld be tried by every sufferer from partial paralysis in any ui its stages.

, SEEDS ire imvU that yuu can do-ptid OB. Oct C; Ulofiir - - ti bO.\. I.

to a friend in distress?" "I would In a minute/' responded

Josephs, "but I haven't got " "Don't tell me that you haven't got

I t " Interrupted the other. "I saw you change a ten dollar biil just now In Eberlln's."

"You did not permit me to finish my sentence." said Josephs Icily. "What I started to ray was that 1 haven't got a friend In the world."—New York Times.

Mrs. John LaRue, of 115 Paterson avenue, Paterson, N. J.. says: "I was troubled for about nine years, and

what I suf-fered no one w i l l ever know. I used about every known reme-dy that Is said to be good for kidney com-p l a i n t , but without d e-rivlng perma-nent relief. Often when

alone In Ihe house the backache has been so bad that It brought tears to my eyes. The pain at times was so In-tense that I was compelled •to give up my household duties and lie down. There were headaches, dizziness and

Samoa, according to the .Co- { blood rushing to my head to cause bleeding at the nose. The first box of Doan's Kidney Pills benefited me so

His Awful Threat. Representative Richardson of Ten-

nessee tells of the financial straits of a man In that state who, saddled with a large and unproductive farm, was compelled to add to his slender re-sources by taking up the practice of law in Memphis.

During a tour of inspection the farmqr-lawyer was one day making of his white elephant he was maddened to the point of frenzy by chancing to run across several of his field hands calmly resting under a tree singing away for dear life.

"Here, you black rascals!" he shouted, shaking his fist at the cul-prits, "get back to work this Instant? The first thing you darkeys know I'll quit the law and let you all starve!"

and other symptoms disappeared." Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all

dealers. CO cents per box. Fostcr-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.

Swiss Snov.i'.hce Clubs. Switzerland has twenty-five

shot clubs, with 800 members.

umemr *$o*rr a*" L<VCN CTINC

SIEKE brrup

EEEZZI

Taught Oy^ma to Shoot. Twenty-five years ago Horace

Fletcher taught Marquis Oyama how to shoot Fletcher had published a pamphlet on hOTi- to shoot with a rifle and copies of i'- reached Japan. The author was In that country shortly afterward and was /ent for bv Mar-o.u!a Oyama. then minister of war. Fletcher gave him lessons. He says that when Oyama first hit,'a moving object—a teacup thrown Into the air— he "capcred about and screamed In his delight like an excited schcolboy."'

Island Disintegrates. German experts are becoming

alarmed at the rapidity with which the cherished island of Heligoland is dis-integrating. The sea does some harm, bnt not nearly so much as rain. heat, frost and molting snow. An attempt is to he made to check the damage by means of pipes for catching the water.

rector cf the conservatory of music.} o r m a t l o n i8 w h a t e a c h begins on and University of Woostcr. died very sud- p e r f e c t s hlmself.-Carlyle. denly after only three days 'illness at Wccster. Ohio. A WOMAN'S MISERY.

Thomas J. Cooper, a pioneer of Colo-rado and former resident of Chicago. was buried at Forest Home, Chicago. He died at the home of his daughter. Mrs. W. A. Merrill. Fruita, Colo., Jan. 21, aged 75. He had mining interests in Colorado and Idaho, and had made two trips to the mining region of Alas-ka when over 70 years of age.

Gen. Christian T. Chrlstensen of Brooklyn is dead at Copenhagen, Den-mark. Gen. Chrlstensen served throughout the civil war anJ was In its first and last battles. He was pres-ident of the Brooklyn Trust company' ten "ears. He was 73 years old.

Horace H. Cady of the firm cf Cady. Ivcrson & Co.. Cleveland, Ohio, and former president of the Commercial Travelers' association of the United States, died at the home of a sister in Webster, Mass. He was C9 years of age and had been ill for five years.

Germany is Introducing Chinese la-bor in lognc Gazette, which says GOO ccolles have been collected at Swatow, Chi-na. awaiting transshipment to Samoa. The German government pays half the cost of transportation.

Nesrin Hanoon. mother of Chekib Bey. minister of Turkey In this coun-try. is dead at the Turkish legation in Washington. She was about 65 years of age and belonged to a noble Circassian family. Minister Chekib Bey wishes to have her body conveyed to CODSt^r.tiDople to he buried in the Tamlly tomb.

Miss Eugenie Uhlrlch. a well-known Catholic writer and editor, whose par-ents live In Sioux City. Iowa. Is dead in Limoges. France. A short time ago Miss Uhlrlch was placed under arrest at Limoges on the charge of being a Russian spy. but was released after ex-planations by the American consul.

A man supposed to have been George W. Tryon of Keokuk. Iowa. walked Into the basement of the Union station at St. Louis. Mo., and. looking at his reflection In a large mirror. shot himself through the right temple.

Premier Balfour, speaking at Man-chester said his attitude on the fiscal question had not changed, and that so long as the party of which he Is temporarily leader showed confidence In him he must carry on the work.

Rev. Father J. J. Curran of Wllkes-barre. Pa., called on President Roose-velt r~t the White House In company with r delegation of anthracite miners. and obtained the president's promise to address the National Catholic Total Absttncnce Union at Washington In August.

Abraham Freeman, aged 89. died at his home In Springfield, 111. He was one of tho pioneers of central Illinois-and had been for years prominently identified with the progress of Sprim: field. He was well to do and retired from business several years ago.

The 2-year-old son of Tona Fluhrer cf Eoonvllle. Ind.. was fatally burned by falling Into an open grate.

Ambassador and Mrs. Cnoate, Japa-nese Minister Hayashi and Lord and Lady Mlnto were among the guests at King Edward's dinner party at Wind-ior castle.

No one is exempt The strong and healthy are less liable than the weak and ill, but none entirely escape.

Peruna has always been a grerA favorite with the military men, both in the army and navy.

The strongest kind of testimonials are received from officers of high r ank , concerning the virtues of Pernna for a l l catarrhal ailments.

Only a small per cent of these can ba used for publication fur want of spacak

Mr. Harrison L. Deam. Burnside PoSl No. 8, Department of t&s Potomac, Colonel encampment No. 69, Union Veterans Legion, Colonel Green Clay Smith Regiment No. 17, D. V. U., De-partment of the Potomac, Military Order Loyal Legion, Department of Columbia. Major 34th Indiana Veteran Volunteer Infantry, writ»o

"There la no longer may queadaa at to the curative qualities of Pemoa to

I all catarrhal troubles. Its auccesatol { use by many of my friends entities-It I to confidence and endorsement"

8 0 B a . M a c a r o n i W h e a t P e r A c r e -

introduced by the U. S. Dept. of Agr. It is a tremendous cropper, yielding in

»od land in Wis., III., la., Mich., Ind., ., Pa.. N. Y., SO bu. per acre, and on dry,

and lands, such as are found in Mont., Idaho, the Dakotas, Colo., ctc^ it will yield from 40 to 60 bu. .Thia Wheat and Speltz and llanna Barley and Bromus Inermis and Billion Dollar (irass, makes it possible to grow and fatten hogs, sheep and cattle wherever soil is found.

j u s r SEND 10c AND THIS NOTICE

to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., and they will send you free a sample v A of this Wheat and other farm f-eds, to- Ormrt*. Sore Throjt. Croim

! 2 t e . s ! ! u l h e i r " S i : woflL $100.00 to any wide-awake farmer, stages, aad a sur - relic.'In auvancod Blades. Uae [W. N. U.] at once. Vou will see tte excellent effect after

taklnfj the first dose. Sold by dealers evety-where. Large bottles ii cents and 50 cents. The fool thinks he's awfullv wise,

and the wise fears he's an awful fool.

Plso's OJTC cannot be too highly spoken of as a coa?h cure.—J. W. O'BBns, SS Third Arc. If..1iinneap3lis. Minn.. Jan. C, lUXL

An heiress is always suspicious of a mnn who declares he can't live without her.

much that 1 continued the treatment, j T>e stinging pain In the small of ^ baci, the rushes of blood to the head 1 _____

GRATEFUL TO CUTICL'RA

For Instant Relief and Speedy Cure of Raw and Scaly Humour, Itching

Day and Night—Suffered Months.

"I wish you wculd publish this let-ter so thxi others suffering as I have may be helped. For months awful sores covered my faco and neck, scabs forming. Itching terribly day and night, breaking open, and running blood and matter. 1 had tried many remedies, but was growing worse, when I started with Cuticura. The first application gave me iustant re lief, and when 1 had used two cakes

A C.CARANTKED CUKE FOR TILES. lii-liln--. llllud, Hlecillus -ir I'miniJlUK I'llo*. Vonr druKBltt wlil refuuil ni'-ney If PAZO OUCTUEXT falb W cure you Iu 6 lo 14 days. Sue.

There's no such thing as living Ood's way until you love God's way.

Mrs. Wlnalow's Foothlne Symp. Vnr chlldrea lee thine. aoficu ihepuro*. rednoea tn-ilkmmuUuu.aUajri piUn.cure« wind colic, ttcahottiei

$2.50 SENT FREE. The Well-Known Specialist, Franklin

Miles, M. 0., L L B., Will Send His Book and a $2.50 Personal Treat-

ment Free.

KMpiftake A part, palatable and easily

digested cereaMbod.

Ask your grocer.

CURED AFTER SPENDING $2,000.

There never was a better opportunity for per-1 son> suflerinirlronidiseasesof the heart, nerves.; liter, stomsca aad kidneys to test, free, a re-markably suocessful Treatment for these dis-orders. Dr. Wiles is known to be an eminent1

• ^ • 1 Ispedallst iu these diseases and his liberaloffer of futicura Soap and three boxes of isc-ruinly worthy of serious consideration by

vuLiuuia mtl|p,niv I'vory afflicted reader. Tbls opportunity may Cuticura Ointment 1 was complet-l. ut.v.roccuragain^ cured, (signed) Miss Nellie Vanuer iWIele, Lakeside N. V."

Defies Time. One of the most beautiful wrnn^n lr.

America defies the ravages of lime by simply keeping her blood puriPcd wiiii Dr. Caldwell's (laxative) Syrup 1'ep-sln. It will do the same f- r y. ,i I. taken at the least sifm of bowoi. liver or stomach trouble, it will provcut ai! kinds of sickness, keep .••cur : ^ tion clear, and your skin a:;<i (vm-plexlon an fresh and pure r.= in child-hood. Sold by all dm -i- - ^ 50c and fl.00. Money back If ii fa- S-

Hi> system of Personal Treatment is thor-, ourhly scientific and immensely superior to other methods. It relieves tne worst cases In a dav or two and soon cures. It Is th. final result | er i'> years of very extensive research and great j bUc 'SN in treating these diseases.

Each treatment consists of a curative elixir, tonic tablets, eliminating pills und usually a i pli-ter. Extensive Rtatistics clearly demon-1

strate that Dr. Miles' Personal Treatment is at ; lea»i I'iree iiine< as successful ns the usual | treatment of physicians or i.'«neral remedies i soM at the stores. Send for 1.000 testimonials.

As all afflicted readers may hare his Book, opii i MI and ®iB0 worth of Treatment especially auu-.ited t<»their case J if. we would advise them to - :;.l for it before It is too late. Address, DK. 1 'UANKI.IN Mn.rs. Dept. G, 73 to B3 Main Street, Kikbart, Indiana.

W. N. U.—DETRGJT-No 5 — 1 9 0 5

O O P I n f t f i r l S e . nrdeni Md (arms arc jJaaWd to __ {aim's 8m<1S tliaa any other in

-^Aiaerte*. There Is r««»on for thla. W» own orer 5,0X1 acres for the pro-

I d jitlOQ of our warranted aecaa. \ l a onlerto li>dace TOO to try them, we

ke roa tne foUowlns nnpr*. -.oted ofler:

rof 18 Onnta PoslpakB J Esrif. MedUn «"J UU UkfeSfM, i n«« J.lfJ-'.r.lp*. I niaeklMt rrferj.

I lono Wet i.u/UUmcr, 1909 9plrm4l4 Ualus,

• IOOO Dm LattUmt RaJbht*, 101. BriiiUni Fhwen. Abo re seren pxekairr* con tain snA-

Icier.: seed to grow 13,00 plants, fur. |ni-!iln(r bu«hrU o f brl inaoC f flu were and lota and lotaot choice j vesrlabl c-. to*tUW r Willi Our p-eae | catalog.t« .Useall about Flowsr»,

Borei. 6:.".aU rrults etc., alt for Uc n -tnmps aiid title m U c v .

Bl? UO-iago catalc«*loM,ie. JOHN A. SALZER tRO M , wjf.c. La CroBMS, Wia.

TWEITY BUSHELS OF V I E I T TO T K ACIE Is tha record on the Free Home-' stead Lende of Weetem Canada lor 1004.

The iv»/yn farraen from tbe United State*, who duriac the pa-t seven years bsTO gone to Canada i'jrtlcipate t-. this prosperity.

The Dnltc d Stat ee will soon become an Importer of wheat. Or', a free humettaiiev purchase a farm In We^tera Canada, and UeooMono of those who wiU help produce iu

Apply for Information to Sopcilntendent of Iminl-rraUon. Ottawa. Canada,or tu authorised Canadian GoTerninent A pent—M. V. Molnnes, 6 Avenue Theatr- BlockTl»etroh,;Mlct!can; C. A. Laurler, Saalt Ste. Marie, Michigan.

Please aa; where yoMaw ttls advertisement.

V Un Oetormlties and Paralysis will bo Rent free postpaid nnnn Tst. k~.i. • w i ? .

o( tbewo parts or other severe ireaunent Send for thl» book, and If directly Interested, mention subject wm be s e w - T i t t l e bioiT THE L. C. McLAIN ORTHOPEDIC

• J g g E H i f s f i i a R : t t w : em of J rooke i f e e t , Hptna. S c f o r f f i - . l u f ^ U l e

Hip

surKlral operations, plaster

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Hip Disease, Deformod IJm& andJolnU tnoroagly equipped hanltirtum In this countrr dovotodr

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We Commence our

We have had many of these Special Sales in the past but never before have we shown so complete a line of all kinds of Linens as we shall offer during- this sale.

All 5c Crashes for 3 # c All 8c Crashes for 6c All 10c. and <12He Crashes for 8c

A handsome line of Towels for 3 ^ c to 79c

m • p i Saturday. Feb. 4th and

Finish Saturday. Fab. !1th

A 56 in. Half Linen Damask . .21c 62 in. All Linen German Damask 38c reg. price SOc 72 in. All Linen Bleached Damask 48c rtg. price 75c 72 in All Linen Satin Damask 75c Teg. price 1.00 72 in. Ali Linen Satin Damask $1.12^ rep. price 1.50 72 in. All Linen Satin Damask $1.25 rep. price 1.75

In all the better grades of Linens we have Napkins to match, with a large pa r t of the price taken off.

Come and WH* the handsomest lay-out of Linens over shown In Lowrll. Come. .A.. " W .

The Record of this bank assures to the depositors the safe and conservative handling of their money. | W e have just passed the 14th anniversary of the organization of this bank anil we would be pleased t o add your name t o our lipt of depositors dnr lng the present year. '

The Lowell State Bank LOWELL, MICHKMN

Heard About Town

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I.incns—Weekes. Dr. Hodges,dentist . Linen sale a t A. W. Weeks'.

Allen Morse Ib on the siek l i s t

Cedar fence posts—Lowell Lumber company.

Ionia fair dates August 29 t o Sep-tember 1.

Born, t o Mr. and Mrs. Julius Fischer a son.

Miss lone Swan Is visiting a tChar-o t t e th is week. S. T. Hicks was In Grand Rapids

on business Tuesday. Mr. and ilro. N. A. Grinneii have

moved t o Grand Rapids. Mrs. Mary Cook is recovering nicely

from the Illness caused by hecfall. Elmer Slppeps has purchased the

old Rufus Robinson fa rm in Cascade. Miss Ethel Soules and Frank

u o o d w o r t h visited in Lake View las t week.

Miss Emma Clark of Grand Rapids spen t Sunday wi th Mrs. Frank Coons.

Mrs. C. L. Smith of Grand Rapids visited her sister, Mrs. B. C. Noble, last week.

J. B. Armstrong of Cannon town-ship has taken the oa th of office as deputy sheriff.

Mrs. Cassle Moffit has sold her photograph business t o F. B. Rhodes.

Another car of Tor t land cement just received by the Lowell Lumber company.

Weekes" linen sale commences Sa t -urday, February 4, and ends Satur-day, Feb. 11.

Miss Ellen Daniels of Grand Rapids Is spending a few weeks wi th Mrs. Nathan Blair.

Scarlet fewr In the family of R. Braden of Gra t tan Center. T w o children have the uisea.se.

For sale—The «iem laundry build-ing and tin* one east of it. " Inquire of Mrs. A. 1'. Hunter. tf.

Mr. and Mrs. R. Johnson of Grand Rapids visited Mr. and .Mrs. Warren Lilile Saturday evening.

Miss Ethel Wesbrook returned Sat urday from Albion, t o recuperate be-fore going back for the Spring tsADi.

Mrs. Will Price and daughter Helen returned Monday to their home In Vassar. after an extended visit with Mrs. M. A. Carr.

Miss Louise Llllle has gone t o . Ludlngton, where she has accepted ' a position In the school for the rest of the year.

Miss Ada Hoebeck spent the latter part of last week in Grand Rapids and Mtoses Edith Cobles and Lue Boello at their homes In Greenville.

The Gem Laundry Is open and do-ing business; and 1 will IK? pleased t o see my old pat rons and m a m new ones; and will t ry t o please all.

Will Chirk. Beautiful eyes and handsome

face are eloquent commendations. Bright eyes a re windows to a wol man ' s heart. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea makes bright eyes. :I5 cents. Tea or Tablets .

D . G . LOOK.

Thos. McCollough, aged 87. a re-spected resident of Bowne township for many years, died last, week Wed-nesday. Tne funeral took place Fri-day from St. Fat rick's church being conducted by Fr, Crumley. A large number of people were present and sadly followed him to his last resting place.—[Caledonia News.

Burglaries were attempted Satur-day n ight a t the homes of Sidney Hoag and Cha«. Foreman by the same m a t . H e tried a window a t the lat ter house and was frightend a w a y immediately upon beingspoken to . At the H o a g house, which he evidently tried soon after, he awakened the Inmates and was dis-covered t ry ing t o raise the parlor window. At t h e sound of Mr. Hoag's voice he disappeared. He was seen plainly in the l ight of the electric lamp.

Call Citz. phone 185 when in need of laundry.

( los ing out guns very cheap for cash. R. D. Stm-klng.

Dr. H. P. Snyder, dentist , over Winegar's drug store. tf

M. H. Lovely made a business trip to New York City this week.

W. E. Marsh was doing business in Grand Rapids one day las t week

Guaranteed pure old process Hn seed meal. $1 .<50 per cwt .

•it King Milling Co.

Born—in South Lowell, J a n . 2fi, t o Mr. a n d Orrel Hendershott . son.

Winnie Ball of Eas t Cascade has been very 111 with typhoid pneu monia.

Miss Kittle Lamphlin of Gra t tan Center school has been very III with pnemonia.

Miss Mae Storer and sister are visiting Mrs. Bert Fenning and other friends.

Alb. Gosch w a s called to Freeport recently by the serious Illness of his father," August Gosch.

Miss Grace Muckle of Grand Rapids was the guest of her friend Miss l/ena Murphy, over Sunday. < Miss Bertha Lee of Ed more has l>oen spending a few days a t the home of her uncle, B. C. Noble.

J acob Gelger of Elmdale has pur-chased the Gelger farm west of Free-por t and will take possession soon.

We furnish the sash, doors and plate glass for the Smith job and would like t o furnish same t o you.

Lowell Lumber Co. William Alden Smith is t o be cred-

Ited with having secured an appro-priation of $100,000 for Grand River improvement.

L James Stone of London. England, (\vho has been visiting relatives In Grand Rapids, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J a s . Scott and family.

Born—.Ian, 17, a t Glendo, Wyo., t o Dr. and Mrs. P. L. Cam bell, a daughter . This makes a great grandmother of Mrs. Ablgal W. Norton.

The humane officer from Grand Rapids recently visited a South Gra t t an farmer, whose live stock was said t o be in a s t a rv ing condi-tion while the farmer w a s selling hie hay.

Why trust a valued picture of a de-ceased friend t o agents, when F. B. Rhodes makes all kinds of por t ra i t s and guarantees every one with the safe return of photo?

The Lowell school teachers en-joyed a sleigh ride Monday evening to Warren LUIle's new house a t Fallasburg, which is yet unoccupied. They spread a supper and had an old fashioned candy-pull.

I t makes no difference h o w many medicines have failed t o cure you, if you are troubled with headache, constipation, kidney or liver trou-bles. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea will cure you. i >. G. LOOK.

, The Freeport Herald is 23 years • •Id and in the prime of life. Edi tor Godfrey gets out alive, clean, well pruned and well edited paper, a credit to his home town, to the un-divided support of whose business men hi- is justly entitled.

The l aity club formed asleighlood of seventeen ladles Friday afternoon, and drove to the home of Mrs. John Krum in Wnjennes where they were entertained with progressive pedro.

Mrs. Frank Taylor entertained fifteen little children Saturday after-noon in honor of li t t leHazersfonrth birthday anniversary. They plaved tfames during the afternoon", and' a t five o'clock Mrs. Taylor served a dainty supper.

Jesse Thompsett has received a letter from John F. O'Connor. Chief of Police of Columbus, O., informing him t h a t David Kellogg, whose at-tempted suicide was noted In last week's LEDOEK. IS being cared for a t Francis' Hospital in • olnml.us and is recovering.

Miss Govs Howe spent Sunday n t Beldlng. ,

Miss Marion Klsor has »wn 111 for the p a s t lew days.

The oest bagalns in overcoats can be found a t Godfrey's.

Mrs. C. A. Barnes of Lansing is the i guest of her son, Dr. H, O. Barnes, j

Mrs. J . B. Yelter and daughter Florence have been quite 111 th is week, i

Wise buyers a re buying freely a t I Althen's closing ou t sale. See page .»•

Guaranteed pure prime cotton-seed meal. $1.50 per cwt .

4t King Milling Co. Miss Georgia Coles o t_

visited her sister, Miss Edith, Tues day .

Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Snooks of Sar-anac spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. 8. Aidrlch.

Mr. and Mrs. Warren Reed of Clarksvllle spent Sunday ^ i t n Mr. and Mrs. Howlet t .

Brother Davidson of t h e Journal is having a painful experience wi th an abcess in one of eyes.

Miss Murphy of Grand Rapids w'll conduct a dancing school a t 1 rain s opera house, Feb. 9th.

Mrs. Margaret Roberts Is quite 111 a t the home of her daughter , Mrs. A. A. Dlckerson, a t Maple Hill.

Will Worden and Miss Ada ton of Ionia visited her uncle, 1 rank Randall , Sa tu rday and S u n d a j .

Dr. Hess stock food—^bs ^ . . 1 -Ibs 75c„ 25 lbs $1.45. " D. G. Look, the Lowell druggist.

J o h n Hessler of Gra t t an Is one of the traverse jurors drawn for the March tenn of the In i t ed States Court.

I n s t received the largest aad nest selected line of over shown In Lowell. F. B. Rnoaes, successor t o Mrs. Moffit.

J . W. Zahm has moved from U m . 1 neas' farm In Keene t o the I ru in Clark farm on Boston-Keene line, and now gets his mall on the rural route from Saranac.

Mrs. Moffit will IK? IN partnersWp with Mrs. Eggleston In the millinery b u d n S s f r o S this time on « t the old s tand, and they solicit your patronage.

T w o Mormon ministers from Chi-caco are going a b o u t the village visiting the homes and tMchlng Mormonlsm. I-owell has no use lor It, Show 'em out. ^ „ .

Misses Helen Motley and K a t e Hor ton of ( i r a n d Raplds s ^ n t las t Thursdav with Miss L o t t o Kuoen, who was home from there the la t ter pa r t of the week.

Among the jurors d r a w n for the Februarv term of the Ionia circuit Court are: Fred Eddy, Berlin ; F rank n ' H a r r o w Boston; Harmon W. Blough, Campbell; Frank P -Himte r , Keene; Morton Douglass, Otisco.

R W. Swayie ' s All S t a r s are pUy-ing MueUer's Colts a series oi g ^ e s . the flrst of which w a s P ^ v e d last Wednesday evening wa3 won bv the Colts. The nex t game will oe played tomor row evening.

H. W. Hakes says t h a t It t_0

advertise in a flrst clM® P a ^

^ t w n g t w o cows for sale, and on Sa tu rday as a direct result of the notice, he soui bo th of them.

The Chicago Dally Review is the

Chicago, III.

Cost Sight O R -

'the tarn Oaf Tailed" Kiplin's pathetic tale of the a r t i s t who lost his sight, teaches a moral—Tht tyn an tbt brtad vimur.

Take care of them. Have them examined. Know they are right. We a re eye experts. La tes t method In fitting

Our Big White Goods Sale IS STILL ON.

In addition to the many bargains we have been giving our trade we shall add some great bargains in

Dress Goods and Waistings Amo^keag Apron

Ginghnm?

Standard Apron Checks Ginghams

1 lot of Bed Blankets, per pair

1 lot of Bed BUnkets , per pair

Good Wrapper full sweep

A Better One at

5c 4 ^ c

39c 55e 65c 88c

The Best Made at 98c

5 dozen Black Mer- ^ cerized Petticoats '

1 lot of Lace Curtains, per pair

J u l e Rng« Size 30

Good Whi te Bed Spread

1 lot of Ladies fleeced Hose or 3 pr. for 20c • ^

39c 85c 63c

All the Brown Sheet-ing you want, per yd.

1 lot of Ladies O A Q short kersey coats

I lot of Cbildrcns Q r t T t Coats each

I lot of Ladies 1 ^ Wool Hose •

W e have 7 long coats left

sizes 82-34 and 38. Wil l sell them at 1-2 their usual price f o r cash.

These are just a few of the many bargains we are treating our trade to at this time of the year; but if you will come to our store for your Dry Goods we are in a position to please as well as save you money on your bill of goods.

Lowell's Leading Dry Goods House

Dress Goods Sale Begins Saturday, Feb., 4, '05.

J. B. NICHOLSON, Loweli^Mich.

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There's a pre t ty girl In an Alpine ha t , A sweeter girl wi th a sailor brim.

But the handsomest girl you'll ever see,

Is the sensible girl who uses Rocky M o u n t a i n T e a . D. G. LOOK.

"The Twent ie th Century Home" has made a decided hit with its prac-tical articles on cooking. Now t h a t "F lor inda ' s Dinners" is finished, n new series entitled "Oriental Cook-ing" is begun. The first article tells how t o make curries and how they may be used.

One of the most interesting t o w n s over which floats the s tars and stripes is Nome, Alaska, I t s devel-opment has been wonderful, and the tale of i t ' s progress is told by Alfred H. Dunham, Chief Game Warden of Alaska, in the February "Cosmopol-i tan ." Some interesting pictures of the mushroom city tell the story al-most a s well a s does the text.

FREE! F o r the next 30 days I will make

one of my best cabinet, mat finish, photos free for any person 70 years or pa s t who will come to my studi i and si t for the negative. This means just w h a t It says. I w a n t to get ac-quainted with the old folks. Come right along.

F. B. RnooEs, Successor t o Mrs. Moffit.

Farm for Sale.

One hundred acres In Vergennes, within 2^ miles of Lowell Main street . 85 acres plow land, 15 acres good site second growth hard wood tim-ber. All good land, buildings, plenty of water , orchards, etc. Apply a t this office. tf

P A R K B L L .

Miss Annie Doyle of Grand Rapids visited her mother Mrs. Thos. Doyle who Is quite ill.

Jas . Tobln of Newberry is visiting his mother, Mrs. James Finne.

Mrs. Edgar Byrne is under the doctor 's cure a t the home of her father, John McCarthy.

Mrs. Asa J akeway spent last week wi th her daughter In Grand Rapids.

Mrs. William Byrne is careing for Mrs. Edgar Byrne.

Partn aad Horses For Sale. My home of 87V acres all Improved

find seeded to clover and t imothy, lays nice, one mile from village of Lowell, large vlnyard and other frui t .

One lirst class stallion Abu sired by Montgomery, Dan by Hambelton, 16 hands, weight 1250lbs, grea t style, sound and speedy, gets flue stock. Could do large business this coming season. Also have some flue drivers and young horses. Shall close o u t all my stock.

Jas . R. Buchanan. 1 Lowell,

feb 23 Mich.

Oh! Oh! Oh! Don' t s i t in t h a t cramped position

any more on account of narrow sleigh boxes. Why no t enjoy the evening or afternoon as much as possible?

Engage J. D.Kally A Son's Green rig and be comfortable.

W G M A F S

W O R L D .

BEAUTIFUL CUT GLASS.

American Product is Gaining in Favor and Prices Drop.'

American out glass has become the. best article in the market," said W. L. Rice of Corning, N. Y.

"The day is coming, and is almost here now. when we can all have cut

| glass on our tables, and It will no i longer be confined to the wealthy classes as a luxury. Tae price is de-creasing ail tbe time, and It is only

' the handsomest and most Intricate ! designs of cutting that demand fancy prices in these days. Imported glass

i used to be the thing, but the Ameri-!can industry has made rapid strides 'in the last few years, and now Ihe coloring and Uie style of domestic pro-duction surpasses that which is brought in from foreign countries."

SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST

"Eugenics," Science of Race Improve^ ment

"Eugenics" is a word composed from Greek words by Francis Gaton, aa English scientist, and defined by him as the scienoe that deals with everything relating to the Wnprove-ment of a race. Its aim is to repre-sent each class or sect by Its best specimens, and then to allow these ^o work out their common clvlllzatiop. in their own way.

If "eugenics" was practiced the aver-age quality of a nation would be raised to that of Its better part now. and men of an order of ability now rare would become more frequent, be-cause the level out of which they rose would Itself have been raised.

Among the ways In which the best specimens of the race may be pre-served, marriage Is one of the most Important. If marriages unsuitable from the eugenic point of view were viewed with disfavor, few would be made.

Mr. Galton's now word is really sim-ply another name for what Darwin called "natural selection" and Herbert Spencer denominated "the survival of

j the fittest." He, however, thinks that the Improvement of mankind is a mat-ter that the race shoald take up Intel llgently and scientifically and leave to nature's operation alone.

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Thread Mother's Need lees. If your mother's sight has failed so

that threading a needle is a task al-most beyond her, and you see her dif-ficulty, help her over this little ob-stacle by threading her needles for her. Simply take the spool of thread aad paper of needles *>=d without breaking the thread thread the whole paper of needles as one would string beads. When a needleful of thread is desired all that is neoeseary ic to take the first needle, draw off as long a thread as desired, fasten the out-side needle to the spool and leave H ready to next time.

Hearty Farewell. i The old friends had enjoyed their

three days together. In spite of the fftct that tact was not a conspicuous quality of either of them.

"You have quite a pretty place here, John," said the guest, as he took a final look about him on tho morning of his departure. "Quite a pretty place, though it looks a bit bare as y e t "

"0. that's because the trees are so jroung," said the host, eomfortably. "I hope they'll have grown to a good slse see how much Improved the place will be." and they shook hands with mntu-il affection and good-will.—Yoath's Companion.

Neatness is Always Attractive. •Hie plainest, woman is a delight to

look upon If her toilet Is one of ex-quisite neatness In every respect Her hair must be done up securely and not look as if it were ready to tumble around her shoulders at any momenu Her gloves must be always mended, her boots in perfect condition and never any tag ends at the bottoms of her skirts. Most men know nothing about fashion, but wiU notice whether a woman is-aagt or not, and is the

iquality they most admire.

riussian Housework. In Russia every housewife has p a r

ticular pride In her kitchen furnish-ings. Every mother provides her daughter with these things at the time of her marriage Where i t can be afforded the wine pots and goblets for the far-famed wines of Bessarabia, in which the Russians delight, as well aa other pieces of dlnlng-rbom serv-

jfee, are of sHver instead of cooper : while copper is restricted to klftchen use, though among the poorer

| It is all copper and brass.

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