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DIED IN MEXICO.

TJnlted States Minister Gray a Vlotlra to Pneumonia.

Retnriilni; to HU Pout of Duty A f t . r » VUlt to UU Homo He IteuohM t b .

City of Mexico Uoromcloua and Soon Rzplroi.

C i t t OF Mzxico , F e b . 15.—United Sta les Minister Tsaac P. Gray died a t 7:05 Thursday evening. Minister Gray returnpd Thursday morning f rom a t r ip to Washington w}th a severe cose of pneumonia. A Pul lman car con-ductor fouiul him unconscious a t 2 o'clock Thursday morning, l ie w a s carried f rom the t rain on a s t r e t che r t o the American hospital . Dr. B m y Informed Mrs. Gray t h a t he could no t live the day out. He remained un-conscioiui unt i l the t ime of his dea th . Consul General Cri t tenden remained •with him d u r i n " the day. CoL Gray h a d been ill all the way f r o m S t Louis t o th is city.

Shortly before Minister Gray's dea th •occurred apoplexy suporvened and the pa t i en t was bled, bu t to n o purpose.

The News Reaohct Inillanapoll^ IroiAXAroMP, Ind. , Feb. 1 .—Pierre

Oray, son of Minister to Mexico Gray, received a telegram at 10 o'clock

ISAAC P . (IRAY.

Thursday n i g h t saying t h a t the minis-t e r had died a t 7 o'clock. A message was received an hour previous saying t h a t one consul tat ion of physicians h a d been held, the pat ient being1 un-conscious, and t h a t ano ther would be held a t 7. b u t death ensued. T h e min-is te r was a t the American hospital. In care of Dr. Bray, an English physician.

Minister Gray had been to th is city, b a v l n g been called home on account of t h e aerious illness of his son. Pierre, w h o has been sick fo r near ly a year Prom here he w e n t t o Washington, where he received some Instructions f r o m the depa r tmen t of s ta te , and l e f t l a s t week for the City of Mexico.

Funpr*! o( Mr. Ur .y .

I N D I A N A P O U S , l u d . , F e b . 1 0 . — T h e

f u n e r a l of Isaac P. Gray, minis ter to Mexico, will be held a t Union City on Fr iday af ternoon. The l>ody will reach here Thursday af ternoon und •will lie In s ta te In the capitol unt i l F r iday morning .

A T R A G I C A F F A I R .

Aa AotreM Killed by • J e . l o o i Lov. r In PbUsdelpbla.

P H I L A D E L P H I A , Feb. 18. — Madge Yorke, aged 22 years , a member of Charles E. Ulaney's "Baggage Check" company, was shot and almost instant-ly killed in a room a t Beiss' hotel Sun-d a y evening by J a m e s B. Gentry, an ac tor . Af te r doing the shooting Gentry escaped and h a s no t ye t been a r res ted . Gentry is said to have been engaged to be married to Miss Yorke, a n d i t i« supposed jealousy was the mo-t ive for t h e crime.

l /nconstl tat looftt Lnw HUndt.

DM Monrxs, la., Feb. 10.—Judge Holmes, of the dis tr ict court , holds that the a c t of the legis la ture provid-i n g for the annexbt ion of suburbs to D e e Moines is unconst i tu t ional , bu t t h a t t h e quest ion no t having been raised soon enough t h e l aw would now stand because of t h e people sleeping o n the i r r igh t s since i ts enactment in 1890.

Halcldo of m Train Robber.

GrriiniP., O. T., Feb. 19.—Jesse Jack-son, a notorious t ra in robber, commit ted suicide in the federal jail here Monday n igh t by t a k i n g morphine, l e av ing a note in which h e s ta ted the re w a s no th ing for h im to live for. and a s k i n g t h a t his body be buried on the farm of a former sweethear t , nea r Cross.

Jnslgm P ryor on Na tu ra l lu i lon .

NEW YOBK, F o b . 18 .—Judge I ' r yo r , in t h e court of common pleas, refused to natnrallce two I t a l ians because they could not speak Engl ish. l i e an-nounced t h a t fore igners who could no t speak the Jangunge of the United States need no t apply to him for citi-zenship papers.

l i r o t b e r land S U t e r 1 rae iu-

PARSONS. W . V. , F e b . l f l . - W o r d h a s reached he re t h a t two school chi ldrsa , brother and sister, aged 10 and 12 years, were frozen to dea th In Clover district, this eounty. They were found locked in each other 's a rms and the brother bad wrapped his sister in his j coat. _ ,

In Oreat J(red. •

CoLUMUCR. O., Feb. 19.—The la test in-formation f rom t h e Hocking and Hun- ! day Creek Valleys, received by Gov. I McKinley. is of a s t a r t l i ng na tu re and indicates tha t t h e people must ac t I promptly for tlft- relief of the famish-ing people.

FlUed wi th Lend.

JTINGBTOH, M o . , ' F e b . 18 . — A m o b

broke in to the jail here and Reeking the -cell of George Tracy (colored), a w i f e murdere r , fired seventeen bul lets Into his body.

TRADE REVIEW.

• I tua t loa In BuitneM Circle* M Viewed by Dan and Mrndnircet.

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—R. G. Dun 4 Co.'s weekly review of t r ade says:

"Tho t w o obstBoles which block the p a t h j u i t now are exceed ing oheapneas of f a r m produots ouU roHtrlcUd operi i i lons In tho In-dustries . Thoro h a s been no gain In pr lcss of farm product* on the whole: corn IH nomina l ly hal f a cent higher, but with an Inslgnlf lrant movement , while wheat also, wi th a m o v e m e n t hardly half of last yuar'a. la a quar ter of a cent lower f o r tho week. CTnton. w i t h cont inu ing isi-go receipts , remains unchanged. F e w words t e l l s t h o old s tory : T h e corn c r o p la undeniably short, though probably a m u c h larger Hupply than official r e p o r U Indicate. W h e a t and cotton suppl ies aro s o far beyond t h e world s d e m a n d s that o z t r o m o low pr ices ore natural , and specu la t ion for advance la great ly handicapped Kcs i r l c t ed purchases by tho west and south natural ly roa«lL

"Tho mone . m a r k e t thows a tendency to stronKthon and s o m e w h a t larger of fer ings o f commercia l p.ipor appear, though not In pro-port ion to t h e reported a c t i v i t y of mi l l s . D o u b t l e s s manv are working only n h o n t ime , but any Iniprovoment la encourag ing . A s o m e -what c loser m a r k e t Is e x p e c t e d as a resul t of the bond transactloB Tho v o l u m e of d o m e s t i c b tu luess represontcd by c l ear ings was 6.3 iier cent, larger than l a s t year , but JM.0 per cent , smal l er than la 1W8.

"Tho fa i lures for tho l lrst w e e k of February s h o w l iab i l i t i e s of only fcJ.WB.WO. of w h i c h i7aj,84» wore of manufactur ing , and tl.9M.8M of trading concerns . T h e tlnal report for J a n -uary s h o w s an aggregate of 115, agulnst J20,8W.018 l a s t year: U M I . n B were of manufac tur ing concoras t h U y e a r against fll. .8i».7i» las t year , whi le III.B.U.LUE were of trading conderna a g a i n s t fl7.S3<.Kf7 las', year. Fa i lures for the week were 1.70 In t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s aga ins t * 3 l a s t year , a n d Bl In Cnntida against 56 last year .

Bradstreet 'a says: "Milder and p leasanter weather , f o l l owing

the severe s t o r m s and e x t r e m e l y low tempt-r-s ture hare , wi th few e x c e p t i o n s , f a i l ed to s t i m u l a t e c r i e r s for seasonable g o o d s or the d i s tr ibut ion m o v e m e n t g e n e r a l -ly. E x c e p t i o n s Include n revival of d e m a n d In a few l ines a t B o s t o n and N e w York , and In dmga , l ea ther and paper at P h l l a d e l -phla and In genera l m e r o h a n d h e at S a v a n n a h and Jacksonvi l le . At the w e s t there are l-n-proved s a l e s b y Chleago j o b b e r s In drv goods c lo th ing , furn i sh ings , s h o e s and rubbers , und K a n s a s City announces a larger v o l u m e of s p r i n g bus ines s . D e m a n d for s t a p l e s h a s Increased at Milwaukee, a s a t S t . Paul , p o l m -Ing t o sma l l s t o c k s he ld by country dealers . L l s e w h o r e gonera! trade r e m a i n s at a l ow e b b Iron and s t e e l Industr ies And t h e w e e k not up t o expectat lona ."

SLATN^IN A ~MTNE.

Terrlblo Effect of an Explosion of (Ms In m I 'ennsyWanU Colliery.

PorraviLnE. Pa., Feb . 19.—By an ex-ylosion of mine gas a t 10 o'clock Mon-day morning the West Bear Ridge col-l iery of the Redding Coal A Iron com-pany, a t Mahanoy Plane , six miners were killed and five were burned, four of them probably fa ta l ly . T h e dead are:

Peter Greenback, of 8 t Clair; Joseph Olihe, of Cresccnt Hill; T h o m a s Dur-kin, of Girardville; Ben jamin Reaber of Mahanoy Plane; Pe te r Kline and Anthdby Myers , of A s h l a n d . T h a first five men were probably in-stmit ly killed, and It was some t ime before their bodies were recovered f rom t h e workings, b u t Myers was t aken out n l i re and died on the way to the hospital. The in jured are Edward Davis, of Girardville; Wil l iam Minch and William (Joff. of Ashland; John Lamey and William Davis, of Mahanoy Plane. I t Is feared t h a t the first four of these in jured men a r e f a t a l ly burned, but Davis was only s l ight ly h u r t

MANY SHIPS OVERDUE.

Twanty-FUe T b o u r h t to Hav« Been Loat with The i r Crews.

NEW YOBK, Feb . 18.-Much anxiety is manifested among the owners of smull coast sa i l ing vessels a s to the safety of a fleet of abou t twenty-five ships which are supposed to have been lost in the blirzard of a week ago. The crews of the missing vessels average about ten men to each, and t h e t o t a l value of the carsres is abou t a quar te r of a million dollara. Most of t h e ves-sels are owned by New Yorkers .

WINTER IN T H E SOUTH.

UnprMwdenUd Wea the r IUpor ted la gey. eral Hlates.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. , Feb. ifl.—Tennes-see, Alabama, Mississippi a n d Arkan-sas are now experiencing the most se-vere and protracted season of cold wea the r ever known In th i s p a r t of t h e country. 8 uf fer ing with man and beast Is widespread. During the last for ty-e ight hours snow haa fa l len al-most continuously.

Perish in • l l l lssard.

ADRDKKX, 8. D., Feb. 19 . -ReporU have been received here of a severe blizzard in the hills east of here. Mrs. Nebr ing and four children, living near Webster , a t tempted to go to a neigh-bor 's d u r i n g t h e s torm, b u t Iwcame be-wildered, and when found they were aga ins t a wire fencw. T h e mother and t w o children were dead a n d t h e o the r two children badly frozen.

Vote the Htrlke off

BROOKLYN, F e b . 18.—At a m e e t i n g of diatrlct assembly 75, K. of L., Sa tur -day, It was voted to call off the s t r ike on the trolley rai l roads in Brooklyn, with t h e exception of t h e At lant ic Avenue company's sys tem of l ines, which arc still out olliclally, a l though mofct of t h e men h a d applied for w o r k on th is l ine wi th in the lus t f ew days.

Froceu to Death. DLUCQUE, l a . , F e b . 10.—The f r o z e n

body of George W. Burton w w discov-ered Monday morning In hla min ing cabin near S tewar t ' s park . Former ly Burton was a broker and commlsaion merchant , b u t lost his fo r tune and f o r some ; ca rs h a d lived a he rmi t l ife.

Will ! orm a Kewing Marhlne Trnst. CLKVKLAXD. O., F e b . 18 .—Sewing m a -

chine men have decided to organize a tru.st a f t e r a secre t conference of t h r e e day* in th is city. I t wil l be capital ized f o r 8 1 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 .

Annezat lon Favored.

SICBAMEXTO, CaL, Feb . 19.—In t h e aasembly on Monday a j o i n t resolut ion favoring the annexat ion of tho Hs-waiian ialanda wss adopted:

NEWS FROM HAWAII.

E x - Q u e e n Li l luokalani o n Trial for Treason .

Nh« Mies a Writ ten 8tntrment—Likely to Be touncl Uullty—Death Sentences

of Conspirators Not Yet t a r r i e d Out.

S A N FRANCISCO, Feb. 10.—The s teamer Mariposa arrived f i o m Sidney and Auckland via Apia and Honolulu Fri-day morning, bringing tbe Jollowing Hawaiian advices:

Es-Uuren Placed on 'Tr ia l .

HONOLULU, Feb. 8. — Lil luokalani Dominls, ex-queen of Hawaii, wns ar-raigned on the 5th Ins tant on a charge of misprision of t reason. The original charge was treason. She Is represented by Paul Neu-luann. The first day was f r i t te red away by the n r f u m e n t of counsel, who objected to the court a t every turn . His object ions were overruled in every Instance. Af te r the charge was read the mat ter wen t over for a day. The case was called again day before yes terday and the deposed monarch refused to plead, no a plea of not gui l ty was entered. T h e work of examining witnesses was gone th rough with and enough evi-dence secured to prove to the Im-par t ia l observer t h a t she was aware a rebellion was to be s tar ted . The most damaging evidence t h a t will be b rough t against her will be her personal diary, which was found in her residence a f t e r her arres t . Whether th is i» introduced and made public a t her t r ia l depends very much upon tho course puraued by her counsel in de-fend ing her case.

'I he E*-yue«n's Sta tement .

W h i l e t h e t r i a l o f t h e e x - q u e e n w a a In

p r o g r e s s y e s t e r d a y s h e w a s p l a c e d o n

t h e s t a n d In h e r o w n b e h a l f . T h e

d i s t r i c t e x a m i n a t i o n w a s c o n f i n e d

t o t h e a l l e g e d c o n v e r s a t i o n b e -

t w e e n h e r a n d C h a r l e s C l a r k ,

w h o testified t h a t h e i n f o r m e d h e r o f

t h e p r o p o s e d r e b e l l i o n . S h e d e n i e d

t h a t a n y s u c h c o n v e r s a t i o n t o o k p l a c e .

A f t e r h e r e x a m i n a t i o n w a s c o n c l u d e d

a s t a t e m e n t w r i t t e n b y h e r w a s filed.

I t c o m m e n c e s w i t h t h e t i m e s h e w a s

d e p o s e d a n d g o e s o n t o s a y : "The movement undertaken bv the Hawai ian*

l a s t m o n t h was c o m m e n c e d wi thout my knowl-edge . aanoUon, c o n s e n t or ass i s tance , directly or Indirectly, and th i s fact is , in truth, we l l known t o t h o s e w h o took part In It. 1 received n o informat ion from any-o n e la regard to the a r m s which were to be produced, nor of any m e n who were Induced to Join in any such uprising. 1 d o not know why th i s Information should be wi thhe ld from me. u n l e s s i t was wi th a v i e w to my pentonal s a f e t y or as a precautionary measure. It wou ld not have rece ived m y sanct ion, and 1 con assure you. g e n t l e m e n of th i s commis-s lon. that had I known of a n y such Intention I wou ld havedl sauaded the promotora from s u c h venture . B u t 1 wi l l udd that .J iad I known, the ir s e c r e t s would h a v e been mine and invio-la te ly preserved.

"Ttist T Intended to change ray cabinet and to appoint certain offlcers of the klnsdom. In the event of my restoration. I will admit, but that 1. or anyone known to me. had In part or In whole established a new government la not true. Before the Mth of January. I 90. the day upon which I formal-ly abdicated and calted upon my people to recognlie the republic of Hawaii at the only lawful government of these Islands and to support that govercment. X claim that I bad the right to select a cabinet la anticipa-tion of poaalblllty. and the history of other governments supports this r ight I was not Intimidated Into abdicating, but followed the oonnsel of able and generous friends and well wishers, who advised me that such an act would restore peace and good will among my people. 1 acted on my own free will, and wish tho world to know I have asked no Immunity or favor for myself nor pleaded my abdication aa petition for mercy.

"1 must deny your xlght to try me In this manner and by a court which you have called together for this purpose."

Will Probably Elhd Her Gollty.

The mil i tary c o m t will probably b r ing In a verdict of gui l ty In t h e case of t h e ex-queen, notwi ths tand-ing her denial . Sentence will b o passed, b u t i t is no t believed she wil l be Imprisoned, b u t will be allowed freedom on her own recognizance.

So fa r the government has not p u t in to execution any of the death sen-tences.

To P ro t e s t Colored Girls.

WASHlNQTOif, Feb. 19.—The" civil service commission is t ry ing to protect t h e colored gi r l s employed in tho bureau of engrav ing and print ing, a n d has laid before t h e pres ident a fo rma l complaint aga ins t Clande M.Johnson , of Kentucky, chief of t h a t bureau, for d iscr iminat ing aga ins t them on the ground of the i r color, which in a violation of latv. T h e invest igst ion shows t h a t since t h e Ist of July, 1803, sevenIv colored women who obtained their positions under competitive ex-aminat ions have been removed f rom the bureau.

China's Complete Kont.

YOKOHAMA, Feb. 18. A dispatch dated F e b r u a r y K f rom Field Marshal Oyama, whu Is in command of the J ap -anese mil i tary forces a t Wei-Hai-Wei, announces the complete surrender of the Chinese on land and sea. He also announces t h a t Admiral Ting and two other officers commit ted suicide a f t e r addressing a le t te r f rom tho Chinese flag*hip accepting the Japanese de-mands.

Get Twenty Tears Each.

SALEM, Mass . , F e b . I f l . - F r a n k C. Huut and Jos iah L. Johnson, recent ly convicted of mans laughte r In the kill-ing of Henry E. Crosby, a t Merrimac, while defending his brother ' s p roper ty f rom robbery , have been sentenced to twen ty years each in s ta te ' i prison.

H i e Mi l l s B u r n e d .

C E D A R F A L L S , l a . , F e b . 1 0 . — A b o u t

2 o'clock Fr iday m o r n ' n g the extensive oatmeal mill of the Forest Mil l ing i company burned. Grea t diffionlty was experienced In saving the ad jo in ing pump fac tory of Harr i s &. Cole Bros., owing to t h e w a t e r hydran t s in t h e vicinity being frozen. Loss, 960,000; insursnof , fULflfifii

C O U N C I L OF W O M E N .

OpenVos of the Second Triennial Conven-tion at Waahlnffton.

WASHISOTON, F e b . 19.—The f o r m a l opening of the second t r iennia l session of the nat ional council of women of tho United Sta tes began a t the Met rop-olis hotel Monday, Mrs. May Wr igh t Sewall, Its president , cal l ing tho meet-ing to order. Mrs. Sewall, In the course of he r address, said tho clubs organized by women in all the leading cities had t h u s fa r been isolated, b u t it was hoped t h a t a convention would be called wi th in a yea r t o form a nat ional federa t ion of women's clubs. A reception was held in the a f t e rnoon s t the Ebb i t t house. Religion was the topic t h a t had been set for . considerat ion a t the evening session. I t was divided into two par ts , tho first controlled by the Nation-al Free Bapt is t Woman Missionary society, and t h e second by the nat ional council i tself . Mary A. Davis, presi-den t of the Bapt is t society named, pre-sided. Addresses were delivered by Mrs. Francis S tewar t Mosher, of Michi-gan ; Emeline Bur l ingame Cheney, of Maine; Mrs. Isabella Charles Davis and Mrs. Mary Dickinson, bo th of New York.

A G E O R G I A TRAGEDY.

Ten Negroes, Overcome with Cold, Drowned In the Hntllin River.

SAVANNAH. Ga. , F e b . 19.—A spec ia l f r o m Waycross, Ga., says: A repor t f rom Sherly says t h a t ten negroes were drowned one day last week in the Sa-t l l la river, a t the bridge on the Flori-da Centra l & Peninsu la rai lroad. T h e negroes were r a f t smen and were on a r a f t of cypress t imber , when they became almost frozen. Thei r faces, hands and fee t were frost-b i t t en and thei r l imbs vujre so benumbed t h a t they were poWmess in s tee r ing the r a f t The f r e she t had reached t h e highest mark and the r a f t became unmanageable . The negroes were weak aud hungry , and could not s t and up. F ina l ly they g rew desperate and rolled off t h e r a f t in to the r iver and tried to reach t h e shore. They were unable to swim, so be-n u m b e d and frozen were t h e i r a r m s and legs. They soon s a n l n a n d their bodies were found floating In the water s few days a f t e rward .

IN P E A B O D Y ' S M E M O R Y .

Anniversary Kzercises Ave Held a t . Pea-body, Mass., and at Other Places.

P E A R O D T , Mass., Feb. 19.—The cele bra t lon of George Peabody's cen tenary occurred here Monday. Church bells w e r e r u n g in the ear ly morn ing a n d l a t e r there were in te res t ing exercises in t i e publ ic schools. In t h e a f te r -noon the re were l i te rary exercises in t h e town hall . Mr. Franc is H. Apple-ton delivered the Introductory address and was followed by Lieut . Gov. Roger Wolcott.

The observance was no t , however, a s t r ict ly local one, for cablegrums from Queen Victoria and the duke of Devon hhire, cha i rman of t h e Peabody dona-tion fund, to which Mr. Peabody con t r ibu ted 82,600.000 for t h e establish-ment of homes for the deserving poor of London, gave i t a touch of in terna-t ional charac ter . Dispatches announce celebrat ions In Baltimore, Md.; Rich-mond, Va.; Nashville, Tenn . ; New Or-leans, La.; London, Eng land , and a t o ther points

T H E " L I V I N G D O L L " DEAD.

Clo«e of the Career of "Princess Panllna," a Famoos Dwarf.

NEW YORK. Feb . I f l .—"Pr inces s P a u -l ina ." t h e smal les t of women, known as the "l iving doll" died Fr iday morning of pneumonia. She weighed bu t e igh t and a half pounds and was only 17 inches tall . She was to have ce lebra ted her 10th b i r thday on the 20th of th is month. She w a s born a t Ossendrecht, Holland, February 26, 1876, the seventh child of a family of twelve. Her paren t s a re robust peo-ple, r a t h e r above the average height , as a r e also h e r six sisters and two brothers , all of whom are living. On t h e day of he r b i r th she measured 13 inches and gained only 6 inches in s t a t u r e the rea f t e r .

T H E M A R K E T S .

NEW YORK, F e b . 19. L1VB STOCK—Cattle U 00 a 5 20

Sheep ^ 4M HOKB 4 40 $ 4 90

F L O U R — M i n n e s o t a Bakers' . 2 00 yj 8 AO City Mill P a t e n t s 4 00 (tf 4 15

WHKAT-No 2 Red MWa No. I Northern flSK© W *

C O R N - X o . 2 « "3 ' h 4 May 4 8 ^

OATS—No.-1 MVA M B Y E 54 & 66 P O R K - M e s s . N e w II 2D ^ 12 00 l . A R D — W e s t e r n 8 82HW 8 W B U T T E B — W e s f r n C r e a m e r y II <4 24

W e s t e r n Dulry 10 15 CHICAOO

CATTLE—Shipp ing S t e e r s . . J8 » a 6 10 b l o c k e r s and F e e d e r s . . . . 2 25 8 80 U u u h e r s ' S t e e r s 8 00 (4 8 W T c x a * S t e e r s 2 » C 4 26

H O O S . . . 8 SO & 4 87H bllKr:P «00 5 410 D D ' I T E R — C r e a m e r y 12 < » . -GH

Dairy 7. 8 ® £> E G O S - F r e a h » ^ S UBOOM CORN (per ton) » 00 4.120 00 P O T A T O E S (per bu.) " ^ ,„ ? L P O R K — M e s s 10 00 « 10 12Jt L A R D — S t e a m 6 46 » fl 50 FLOUR—Surlnif P a t e n t s 3 00 a 8 60

S n r l n f S t r a l g h u o i2 ® il S WiJU - r P a t e n t s 2 80 W 2 to W i n t e r S t r a i g h t s 2 :« a 2 50

GRAIN—Wheat. No 2 M C o m . No. 2 4 l * | « Oats, No. 2... R j e 64 » Hurlev. No. 2 . M ^

L U M B E R — O o m m o a B o a r d s . 18 40 ^ 18 W Feuoliut 12 50 16 60 L o t h . Dry 2 10,£tt 2 » Sh ing le 2 Sa O i fiO

MILWAUKEE G R A I N — W h e a l . N o 2Sp.-int{.} 62KC 6JH

Corn, N*a3 4^*0 48* O a t s . No 2 W h i t e FL Rye. N'a 1 58^® 53̂ 4 Barley . No. 2 , 63^

poiuc-M-s, LAUD—Steam. C50 a 6 •"

ST . L O U I S C A T T L E - T e x a s S t e e r s f? » a 8 90

N a t i v e S t e e r s 3 10 © 4 W HOGS 1 1£ 12? S H E E P 8 80 4 » «

OMAHA. C A T T L E I * ! * O 4 90 HOGS—Llpht and Mixed 8 ® a 8 90

l i « a v y 5 S ^ I S 8 25 ( ( > 0 0

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Many Localities Contribute Interettlnv Hits of Information.

Jnmos R. Robinson, a scaler, w a s cauph t unde r a roll ing log a t Florence and kil lod.

Cornelius Freeland, of Saginaw coun-ty , aged T-' years, toolc out a license to mar ry Miss Rhoda GraVes, of Monitor township . Hay county, aged 70.

T h e Berr ien County Teachers" In-spi ra t ional ins t i tu te held a meet ing in S t Joseph . State Super in tenden t Pa t -t ingi l l addressed the meet ing .

The bill before the legis la ture pro-h i b i t i n g f ishing wi th ne t s on Saginaw r iver fo r a period of flVe years will 1)€ b i t t e r ly f o u g h t by the fishermen in Bay and Saginaw counties.

Near Coldwater Michael K a u f m a n , a p ioneer of Wabash county , Ind iana , •who was spending a week wi th a f r i end , dropped dead wi th h e a r t dis-ease. Mr. Kaufman w a s 75 ye a r s of age .

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R O U S E S LABOR U N I O N S .

kademtlon Kxecutlve C ommittee Urgea Action on |)e«lred Laws.

ORAM) RAIMDS. Feb. 18.—The ex-ecut ive commi t t ee of tho Michigan Federa t ion of Labor, consist ing . qf J o h n D. F lan igan , of th i s city, presi-den t of the federa t ion; I!. C, Bar ter , of Detroi t , and William Crowe, of th i s city, h a s d ra f t ed a n address t o the w o r k i n g men of the s ta te , w hich will be sent out to all labor or-gamz.i t ions in the s ta te and to the labor leaders, a s well as t o the mem-bers of the Ugis la ture and others . The address defines w h a t legislat ion t h e labor organizationw desire and con-cludes:

"In arcordnnce with this Idea the Michigan Federation of Labor bus had the following mensurcH Introduced Into the loglslatnre, cop-ies of which will be mailed to nlfillnted unions:

"A bill to protect motormcn: a bill to provide for the brondlnR or marking of convlct-mnde poods olTored for sale or Imported within the suite of Michigan: o bill abolishing tho con-tract system in state pcnnl an.1 reformatory institutions: a joint rcKolutlcn fbibodying the principles of the Initiative and referendum: a child labor bill: a bill to provide for tho sub-mission to juries in necllRcnt casesof the ques-tion of the contributory neullfrence of the plain-tiff therein: a bill torcpulate the liability of employers for Injuries to ihelr employes and prcscrlblrR certi.ln pennltles for the violation thereof: a bill to establish a Hen upon the prov-erty of employers for In juries receivetl by their employes, for which such employers may be liable In daniaees: a bill for the better protec-tion of union labels; a bill nuking eight hours a legal work day.

• The above are all good measures and or-ganized labor and Its friends should see to their passage. Affiliated unions should ap-point committees to wait on senators and rep-resentntives in their several localities with a view of enlisting their support All must work In unison so there will be no excuse for senators and representatives making the plea that they were Ignorant of the wishes of the Industrial masses.'

A D V E N T I S T S R E A C H I N G O U T .

In Two Year* 5.000 I'crsons Have Become Members und Acceptcd the Faith.

BATTLK CRREK, Feb. 18.—-The gen-eral conference of t h e Seventh Day ad-vent i s t s convened here Fr iday . T h e r e were 125 delogates present , represent-ing fo r ty s t a t e conferences and mission j fields. Dur ing the l a s t yea r t h e de-1 nominat ion has increased over 5,000 members . Seven churches have

bu i l t and twelve schools col leges erected. At t h e

A la te candidate fo r the supreme i present t ime e igh teen persons "bench is J u d g e Herman W. Stevens, of j are unde r appo in tmen t for d i f fe ren t P o r t Huron. | fields a s medical missionaries. A med-

J u d g e J . B. Moore, of Oakland ical mission has been establ ished in county , is the choice of t h e republ icans Mexico and is doing good work. Presi-In t h a t county for supreme cour t jus- d e n t Olson recommended la rger p l ans tice.

T e r r y Parsha l l was foun ' ' gu i l ty a t H a r b o r Springs of an ou t r ageous assau l t upon his 18-year-old daugh te r . Par-shal l has served t h r e e years in prison fo r a similar offense.

Chief Bat t le , who has been in c h a r g e of the Detroi t lire d e p a r t m e n t fo r th i r ty-f ive years, has been re t i red on half pay of SI,500 a year .

Metaominee fishermen have developed a b i g h e r r i n g business. They have al-r e a d y th i s season packed and shipped 1,000 baske t s of t w e n t y pounds each.

The Seventh Day Advent is ts have a

for the work among t h e colored people of the south . Austral ia is considered by P res iden t Olson as a most f avorab le field of labor . The conference will be in session th ree weeks.

The fiftieth annual session of the In-t e rna t iona l Sabbath School association convened h e r e Sunday. The re a re now 47,849 chi ldren in the Sabba th schools of the Seventh-Day Adventists , an in-crease of near ly 2,000 the l a s t year . Dur ing t h e year jus t closed t h e chil-dren have donated 539,249.62 f o r for-eign missions. BATTLE CRKKK, Feb. 19.—At t h e Ad-

vent i s t conference here Monday re-Sunday school a t Ba t t l e Creek wi th a . • , . t * , , __ , . . e n r a rp, , , po r t s were received f rom u i s t n c t super-member sh ip of 904. 1 here are classes ;_4 , A

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in Engl i sh , Danish. German and Span-ish.

Ber r i en county con templa tes t h e e rec t ion , this year , of a 860,000 Court-house a t St. Joseph.

i n t e n d e n t s . (iood progress w a s re-por ted . The sou thern states , which have b u t recent ly been invaded by th i s denominat ion , repor ted r e m a r k a b l e progress, especially in educa t iona l work . The Advent is ts a re m a k i n g

A LEADER G O N E .

T h e senate aud i to r s have a l lowed m a n y conver t s among the colored peo-I n g h a m county ' s claim of 81.501.37 for p l e t h a t gection. t h e t r i a l of ex-Secretary of S t a t e Joch- 1

im and t h r e e - t e n t h s of the expense of t h e g r a n d j u ry inves t iga t ion .

Wes t Michigan F r u i t Growers ' so-cie ty , Grand River Valley Hort icul-t u r a l society and Grand Rapids F r u i t Growers ' union will hold a j o in t eon-r e n t i o n a t Grand Rapids F e b r u a r y 26.

V A L U A B L E L A N D S IN D I S P U T E .

DMth of Capt. Richard Trevelllck, Noted Labor Advocate.

DETROIT, Feb. 16.—Richard P. Trev-el l ick died a t h is res idence here F r iday m o r n i n g of paralysis . Mr. Trevel l ick was b o r n in Eng land in 1830. In 1852 he he lped organize the E igh t -Hour l eague a t Auckland, New Zealand, and in 1857 joined the movement a t Mel bourne . ' Ie come t o the Uni ted S t a t e s a couple of yea r s l a te r , com-

Settlers on Keweenaw Point 8e«k to Efl-tabliih Their Titles in Court.

MAKQITETTR, Feb. 19.—The hea r ing of d isputed c l n i ™ between the ^ o r t ^ | ^

. , f , . , , ' , , t e r s ' . n d Calkcrs* I n t e r n a t i o n a l union, l ands forfe i ted liy t h e Ontonagon Rail- a n ( i ^ | d ( , n t , h ( !

rond company and a f t e r w a r d aeleeted ^ u n i o / t a In 1880 Mr. TreT-

bv t h e canal company .n c l l i c k presided over t h . na t iona l green-a c t of congress g r a n t , n E t h e «0,000 J H c w l l 8 „ „ „ J * ^ ac res to aid in constructing a sh ip cana l , r : :ii_ ac ross Keweenaw point , w a s begun in t h e land ollice he re Monday morning. Decisions favorable to se t t l e r s are qu i t e ce r t a in , as a r r a n g e m e n t s have been made al ready by the cana l company f o r an appeal to t h e commissioner of t h e general land office.

Dry dnndny in Detroit. DETROIT, Feb. 19.—Sunday w a s the

d r y e s t Lo rd ' s d a y this c i t y h a s e v e r known. A week ago J u d g e Chapin an-nounced t h a t h e r e a f t e r he would send I ago~jit^ wrote a h i s to ry 'o f ea r ly inv i -t o jai l , instead of fining, every man, i p a ^ j o n on Muskegon l ake fo r ex-Lieut , convicted of violation of t he l iquor | ( j o v Holt. l a w . A r e c e n t d e c i s i o n o f t h e s u p r e m e J [Capfe Meos was born In Somerse t sh ire , c o u r t s h o w e d t h a t a n y r o o m c o n n e c t e d j England. In 1828. At '2 ho embarked on

w i t h a s a l o o n , e v e n t h o u g h d i s t a n t t h r e e ' c r " t t a n ( 1 f o r Quebec. H e ar-f . , i . . . i , i , „ i r ived In Chicago e ight m o n t h s later and began

o r f o u r d o o r s , m u s t b t c l o s e d u n d e r t h e , h i K C 8 r e e r o n i j n l c e Mich igan His

r e a d i n g o f • h e l a w . A l s o t h a t a n y h o - • g u l l a m action In rescu ing the crew of the Nor -t e l k e e p e r w h o s e n t a m a n i n t o t h e b a r | w a y Is vividly remembered by many old In-

t o g e t l i q u o r f o r h i s g u e s t s w a s g u i l t y o f a v i o l a t i o n o f t h e l a w .

t w e l v e founder s a t Louisville of the Na t iona l Labor Union and Indus t r i a l b ro therhood and w a s w o r t h y f o r e m a n a n d t rave l ing l e c tu r e r of genera l assem-bly K. of L. a t one t ime.

G O N E ON H I S LONG VOYAGE.

Wllllain Mees, One of the Oldest of I.abe Navleators, Is Head.

MUSKEGON, Feb. 15.—William Mees, t h e o ldes t cap ta in on the lakes, died h e r e Thur sday morn ing . T w o weeks

MiihlRan (nsantnee Men Meet. LANSING, Feb. 15.—-Representatives

of Farmers ' Mutua l Insurance com-panies held a mee t ing in t h i s city, twenty-cue companies W m g repre-sented. Repor t s read show t h a t t he average cost of insurance paid by t h e f a r m e r s last year was a b o u t 81.75 on each 81,000 valuat ion. Dur ing the pas t t e n years the r a t e has been 81.65. 0 . F . Miller, of Mason, was elected presi-dent . The nex t mee t ing wi l l be held i n Ann Arbor in Feb rua ry , 1806.

Will Search for the Chlcont. SOUTH HAVEN, Mich., Feb. 19.—Capt.

F . E. Napier, w h o t r ied to buy a half

habitants, and numerous talcs of his adven-tures are told.l

f lealth Commlisloner Exonerated. DETROIT, Feb. 17.—At n special meet-

i n g of the board of h e a l t h S a t u r d a y n i g h t a f t e r cons iderab le discussion resolut ion w a s adopted exone ra t i ng Hea l th Commissioner McLeod so f a r as t h e p resen t evidence goes f rom t h e cha rges of d i rec t ing suppression or pos tponement of t h e r epo r t i ng of cases of smallpox, a s cha rged b y Dr. Riopel, ex -examin ing phys ic ian of t h e board.

To Be an Open Port. BENTON HARBOR, F e b . 19 . '—Deputy

Uni t ed S ta tes Collector of Customs E d g a r Nichols h a s received a t e l eg ram a n n o u n c i n g t h a t Ben ton Harbor will

in te res t in the lost s t eamer Chicora b e a n open p o r t t he yea r round here-f r o m che Graham & Morton Transpor- ! * f t e r . He re to fo re i t h a s been the t a t i on company, has secured the c o n - j b a b i t of t h e cu^stomB^ officer to keep t r a c t for finding the Chicora for W,000. ~ -•>—» * < H e wi l l commence opera t ions as soon a s the ice b r e a k s up. I t is expected t h a t whi le d r a g g i n g for t h e boa t some of the bodies of the vict ims of the dls-M t e r wi l l be recovered.

W h e n so m a n y people are taking and deriving benefit f rom Hood's Sareapa-rilla, why don ' t you t ry i t youreelf? I t is highly recommended.

t h i s po r t closed d u r i n g t h e winder months .

Holding Their Bay. CENTRAL LAKE, F e b . 1 6 . — A l t h o u g h

t h e r e is p l en ty of hay in t h e count ry , i t is being held by f a n n e r s f o r a h igher price, and l u m b e r m e n h e r e have been d e p e n d i n g u p o n baled hay f r o m the •on th . Since t h e ra i l road blockade t h e r e i s no h a y to be had." and scoreh ol t e a m s a re subs is t ing on a d ie t ol s t raw.

A L E X A N D E R ' S S E N S E O F H O N O R .

The Late Cimr Would Not Countenance Bribery In the Capture of Rustehult.

I happen to be cognizan t of a cur ious episode which stron-rly i l lus t ra tes tho honorable and s t r a i g h t f o r w a r d char-ac te r of the la te czar. I t occurred when hc still t he czarevitch, in com-m a n d of the a rmy of the Lom; tho period was nea r tho end of Ju ly , t ho place tho vil lage of Obertonik, where w a s located the headqua r t e r s of tho czarevitch, says Archibald Forbes in tho London News.

Tho a r m y w a s echeloned along tho road t o Rus tchuk , wa i t ing for the word to besiege t h a t for t ress when the siege t ra in should arr ive. Meanwhile i t did not possess on i n t r c n c h m e n t tool or a siege gun . Yet the place of every division had been a l lo t ted in tho p lanned envi ronment , whiMi, I was privily told, was. to preoedo b u t by a day or two tho ga in ing of the place by a coup de main. I- took tho l ibe r ty to r emark t h a t to a t -t emp t a eo.ip do main a g a m s l a fo r t ress so s t rong a s we knew Hustcliuk to be was simply t o cour t a d isas t rous and bloody fa i lure .

"All t he same," signif icantly replied the staff ofllccr w i th whom I was in conversat ion, "you will see t h a t wo shal l have Rus tchuk wi th in a week. I will tell you a secret ." ho cont inued. "Tho pasha command ing in Rus tchuk has been found to have h is price; t ho coup do main will be simply a decen t bl ind t o his t r eache ry ; and a f t e r make-bel 'ovo as sau l t t he place will bo sur -rendered, a n d we shall be in possession of the s t ronges t fo r t ress of the T u r k i s h quadr i l a t e ra l . "

The pro jec t never came off and sub-sequent ly learned t h e reason. E v e r y detai l of t h e a r r a n g e m o n t had been set t led. I t only remained to i n f o r m tho czarevi tch of the scheme which promised re su l t s so valuable. To t h o surprise and dismay of his staff , Alex-ander b roke in to a passion of w r a t h and disgust . Hc denounced the pro-jec t a s t reacherous , coward ly and un-soldierly. " L e t us t a k e R u s t c h u k , " ho exclaimed, "if we can; bu t by t h o sword and t h e siege gun , not , by t h o base method of a golden key! I a m ashamed of you as Russian soldiers ."

T H E NEW C Z A R ' S E D U C A T I O N .

Nlcholan Was Carcfnlly Trained In Lan-(ruaRes and Liked Best tho French.

Czar Nicholas, a Par is cor respondent wr i t es , had successively in y o u t h t w o ' F rench tu to r s . They bo th lived in t h e | palace, y i d confined thomst lves to t h e j F rench branch of the czarowitz ' eduoa- j l ion. T h e y wore professors of t h e F rench univers i ty , and the one w h o served las t , M. Lansori, filled t h e cha i r of , F r e n c h l i t e r a tu re a t Toulouse be-fo re he w e n t to Russia. He is n o w w r i t i n g h is impressions of the c o u r t of Russia. T h e y a rc to come ou t first in a review, a n d then in a small volume. T h e F iga ro has been in te rv iewing h im. M. Lanson speaks of tho la te empero r as s t rong, cold, and y e t headlong, and sub jec t t o violent fits of ange r t h a t f r i g h t e n e d all those a round him. His son en t i re ly t akes a f t e r t he empress dowager . 11c is t h o u g h t f u l , nervrtiB, impressionable, and no t s t rong willed. The German teachers did not res ide in the palace. Nicholas w a s t a u g h t o t h e r l a n g u a g e s wi th as g r e a t care as F r ench , which he knows thoroughly , a n d k n e w well be fore he had a professor . If he prefer red one F rench a u t h o r t o an-other i t w a s Victor Hugo or Lamar-t ine . I t w a s h is teacher ' s bus iness to expla in t o him the peculiar charac te r -istics of t h e g rea t wri ters , w h o m they s tudied a f t e r t hey had read select ions f r o m them, or as t hey read t h r o u g h them. Ho found t h a t h is pupil assimi-la ted rapidly, and he cer ta iu ly w a s at-tent ive. M. Lanson will no t say t h a t t h o y o u n g prince had a marked prefer-ence fo r French l i t e ra tu re , t h o u g h he showed s t r o n " desire t o lea rn a l l he could a b o u t France . Bu t he cer ta in ly had a h igher opinion of French pa in t e r s and sculptors t h a n those of any foreign school.

S W A L L O W E D J U M P I N G BEANS.

Thought They Were Capsnlea and Took the Dose In the Dark.

A good citizen in the n o r t h w e s t e r n section of tho c i ty has been t h r o u g h an exc i t ing experience, s a j s t h e Washing-ton Post. Being a dyspept ic tho gen-t l eman visited his physician. A pre script ion was wr i t t en fo r him which the d rugg i s t filled. The r e s u l t w a s a smal l box of capsules, which he took home and placed upon tho sideboard, w i t h t h e r emembrance of t h e instruc-t ions t o t ake t w o every h o u r in tho even ing a f t e r ea t ing u n t i l bedtime. These were obeyed implici t ly . I t was d a r k in the dining-room and tho gen-t l e m a n w e n t fo r h is medicine the first even ing w i t h o u t the p recau t ion of a l a m p and adminis tered to himself three doses of t w o capsules each before re-t i r ing . Ho w a s awakened some hours a f t e r w a r d by a s t r a n g e sensat ion. For a u g h t t h e m a n could tel l he seemed w i th in to be a mammoth penochle board on which a million l i t t l e objects were dancing. He could dis t inguish kicks and jumpe so vividly t h a t it was in vain fo r h is wife tc t ry and convince

.h im t h a t he w a s dveaming. She sug-ges ted the doctor , 'and the se rvan t w a s d ispatched in ho t haste . Before he ar-r ived the sick man asked f o r more of t h e capsules, which were b r o u g h t to his bedside. When the cover was re-moved the re were Mexican beans in-s t ead of capsules, t he busy kerne l s bounc ing a s merr i ly as sp r ing lambs. T h o hex ol capsules had been mis-placed accidental ly by tho young son und heir and the beans p u t in i ts place. The doctor does no t say w h a t k ind o l medicine he finds use lu l in such cases.

SAYS T H E W O R L D IS FLAT.

An Adlrondaek Philosopher's Idea as to the Cause of the Tides.

U n d o Alvah Dunning, t he he rmi t ol t he ADLN ndacks . ma in ta ins t h a t t he ea r th Is not round like a ball , bu t flat us a pancake, or, a t best , t h a t i t re-sembles a milk pan, wi th e n o u g h ol a n odge to keep the wa t e r f r o m runn ing away , says tho N i w York Herald.

A number of guosts a t Charlie Ben-ne t t ' s " A n t l e r s . " on Racquet lake, were discussing tho theory wi th Uncle Alvah one day d u r i n g the present h u n t i n g season. One of them under took tho al-logo the r hopeless task of convincing tho old man of tho e r ror of his belief. Among o the r th ings ho called his a t -ten t ion to t h e tides.

"Uncle Alvah ," he said, "you 've heard of tides, haven ' t you? How do you ac-count for t h e m , if tho world isn ' t round?"

The old man remained s i lent for eavhile and t h e n d r i l l e d fo r th : "Wal l , ( hov some idee as to 'em."

•' IV'hat IK It. then?" askei" the ques-t ioner , whi le a l l t he sportsmen drew nea r to a w a i t the answer . Uncle Al-vah was no t to 1)6 hur r ied , and, a f t e r ano the r pause , ho r emarked :

"Did ye over ' t u rn over In bed? I t h lnk ' s more t h a n l ikely ."

"Yes, I 've t u rned over In bod." "Do ye s leep ' tween sheets?" "Always," ' repl ied the quest ioner ,

l aughing . " W h a t ' s t h a t go t to do wi th It?"

" I t ' s go t all to do wi th i t . In my opinion. When you w e n t over d idn ' t t he bedclothes k ind o' slip Vound a n ' slosh round, an ' d idn ' t g e t t h e r e same t ime as you did?"

"Yes ." "Wal l , t h a t ' s my idee o l t he t ides.

The old e a r t h sor t o' slips ' round u n d e r the w a t e r l ike a m a n under t h e bed-clothes, o r i t t ee te rs a b i t like w h e n you t ip a mi lk pan. Tho wate r d o n ' t got vhar q u i t e as f a s t as t h e land, an ' t h a t ' s w h a t makes the tide's."

M U S I C A L SAFODS.

Crashed Coral on the Pacific Coast That Makes a Noise.

A microscopical examinat ion o l t h e musical or " s l ag ing" sands a t Kauai , CaL, proves t h a t they possess a pecul-iar s t ruc tu re . The g ra in s a re found t o be chiefly composed of m i n u t e f r ag -men t s of worn corals, be ing more or less pe r fo ra t ed w i t h microscopic holes. In some ins tances these^l-.olos form a t u b e of the sand g ra in , b u t in mos t cases t hey end in bl ind cavities, which are f r e q u e n t l y found t o bo enlarged in the in te r io r of tho g ra in , and commu-nica t ing wi th tho ou te r sur face by many smal le r openings.

Besides these coral f r a g m e n t s o the r e l emen t s e n t e r l a rge ly in to the compo-sition of tho beds, pr incipal ly smal l black flakes and crys ta l s of angi to , nephe l ine and magne t ic oxide or iron, t he l a t t e r sometimes embedded in a glassy ma t r ix . The s t ruc tu re of these g r a in s explains, i t is believed, w h y sound is omit tod w h e n they are se t in mot ion, viz.: T h a t f r ic t ion aga ins t each o t h e r causes v ibra t ions in their sub-s tances , l i n a consequent ly in tho sides of the cavi t ies in t h a t por t ion which is made u p of the dead corals. These vi-b ra t ions be ing communicated "to tho air in t h e min ia tu re cavi t ies under the mos t favorab le condi t ions for produc-i n g sounds, the r e su l t is a loud noiso w h e n e v e r a l a rge mass of the sand is ag i ta ted—the mil l ions upon mi l l ions of r e s o n a n t cavit ies each Contr ibut ing its share .

" A W O R D TO T H E W I S E IS S U F F I -CIENT."

I suffered terribly f rom roaring in m y head dur ing an a t tack of ca ta r rh , and became very deaf, used Ely's Cream Balm, and in three weeks could hear as well as ever.—A. E. Newman, Grayl ing, Mich.

One o l my children had a very bad discharge f rom the nose. Physicians prescribed wi thout benefit . A f t e r using Ely's Cream Balm a short t ime the dis-ease was cured.—O. A. Cary, Corning, N. Y.

Pr ice of Cream Balm is fifty cents.

AN IMPORTANT ITEM.

Do not waste your money on vile wa te ry mix tures compounded by inex-perienced persons when Wm. Clark, sole agent , will gave you a bottle of of Otto's Cure f ree of charge. If you have coughs, colds, as thma, consump-tion or any disease of the th roa t or IUURS, a few doses of this great gua ran -teed cure will surprise you. Hold a bottle of Otto's Cure to ihe l ight and ob-serve its beautiful golden color and thick heavy syrup . Samples free; large bottles 60 cents.

K A R L ' S CLOVER ROOT will pur i fy your Blood clear your Complexion,regu-late your Bowels and make your head clear as a bell aOc.', 50., and $1.00. Sold by Hun te r & Son.

Indianapo

Delaware Terrapin. Epicures sniff a t t he t e r r ap in found

in the Delaware and Chesapeake canal , b u t na t ives of the region e a t him w i t h de l igh t . He is locally k n o w n a s t h e red bel ly. Some persons e a t him a t any size, b u t t he l a rge red be l ly is not so pa la t ab le as one, say, t h e size of an av-e r age male h u m a n h a n d . Proper ly cooked and dressed w i t h a rich sauce o l cream, sal t , pepper a n d wine, t h e red belly is excel lent , a n d h e doubtlesa lo rms p a r t of many a dish of t e r r ap in served a t h i g h r a t e s in more or Iocs faahionable r e s t au ran t s .

FRENCH BDHR MILLS 28 Blioaend rtylce. Ever}- mlli wamaM. For All Kindt ol Grinding.,

A boy eon operate and keep' In order. 'Bookon Ml' " and bamplomooi FREE. ill klnd< Bill macbUrrr. Floor

•UU bnllt, rollM-«rkuhrirrtwu. K̂ du red PriwA fbr 'Oft.

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A Man la Beat K n o w n by Il ia R e p a -tn t ibn .

So nre Dr . Konuot t ' s Mnndrnko PillB. The best evidence of tho value of them is tho fac t t h a t they have been used over th i r ty years. If you have a tired and languid feeling, or slok-hoadache, o r bowel dlfHculty, or indigestion, t ry them. T h e y will euro you. Price, 2uc.

Mrs Emily Thorne, who resides at To-ledo, Wash . , t-ayn she hns never been able to p rocure any medicine for rheu mat ism tha t relieves Ihe pain so quickly and r f fec lua l ly as Chamberlain 's Pain Balm, and that she hue also used it for lame back with groat success. For sale by L. a . HUNT & SON.

S H E WOULD BE A BEAUTY I F her fac«» wasn' t covered with pimples and blotches. How of ten we hear this expression, 'fis a pity this beauty with an " i f " did not go t o ' W . S . Winegur, agent , and get a trial (5l)C )boti le of Fo-ley's Ssrsaparilla, which would soon clear her complexion.

BUCKLEN'S ARNICA STL VE THE BEST SALVE in the w c r H ' o r t Jur*.

Bruises, Sores, Ulaers, Salt Rheum, Fe-ver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands. Chil-blains, Corns, and all ekin Eruptiond, and positively cures piles, or no pay r e -quired. I t is guaranteevl to give perfect sHtiMfaction or mom-y iv funded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by H u n t e r & Son.

English Spavin Liniment removes all Hard , Soft or Calloused Lump) and Blemishes f rom horses; Blood Spavins. Curbs. Splints, Sweeney, Ring Bone. Stifles. Sprains, all Swollen Throats, etc. Save t 5 0 by use of one bottle. War-ranted the most wonderful Blemish Cure ever known. Sold by W. 8. Winegar . druggist , Lowell. '

VOTT ^ t f o l d know tha t H o n e y 1 ^ ^ ftBd T n r is absolutely the

best remedy for all diseases of the Throat, Chest or Lungs. Dealers are author ized to guarantee it to give satis-fact ion in all cases. . 50c, W. S. W i n e -gar, agent .

Tired, Weak, Nervous Could Not Sleep.

'• P r o f . L . D. E d w a r d s , of P r e s t o n , I d a h o , says; " I w a s a i l r u n d o w n , weak, ne rvous and i r r i t a b l e t h r o u g h overwork . 1 suffered f r o m b r a i n fa« t lgue , m e n t a l depress ion, e tc . I be-c a m e so weak a n d n e r v o u s t h a t I could n o t sleep, I would a r i s e t i r e d , d i scouraged and b lue . I b e g a n t a k i n g

; Dr. Miles' Nervine and n o w e v e r y t b i n g i s c h a n g e d . • I s leep soundly , I feel b r i g h t , a c t i v e and a m b i t i o u s . I c an d o m o r e In o n e d a y n o w t h a n . I used t o d o !n a w e e k . F o r t h i s g r e a t good I g ive Dr . Miles* R e s t o r a t i v e N e r v i n e t n o sole c r e d i t .

It Cures." Dr. Miles' Ncrvlpo is sold <

guarantee tha t tbo flrct bottle will bone XlldniEtglsts soli It at 81,0 bottle,* for 15.

positive benefit.

It wlllboBent,prepaid, on receipt o l . by tho Dr. klllos Modlcal Co, Elkhart, Im

SOLD BY D O. LOOK. DUUROIST.

LOWELL PLANING MILL, W. J. ECKER 4 SON, Propn,,

Dealers in Lumber,Lath ̂ Shingles AND MANUFACTURKKS OK

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[wor. Iloftdacho.WnUetnl noSs, Lost Manhood, Nlgblly Kmlnh ncBH.nil dmluBand loss of powprlnGcncratlvoOrKanB of elthe by oToroxo;Hon, yonthfUl e r r o r * , cxcoeaivo uso of tobacco.o tilantM, wnlch I m a to I nflrmlty, Consnmption or Insnnlty. Can vent pocket. • ! p e r t n x . « f o r » R , by mall prepaid. With a 3 1 Rrlve a wri t ten inmranteu to enre or r rfnnd the taoney. _ dnunrlMa. Afkfor l i . take r o other. Write for free Medlcul Book®

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" A H A N D S A W I S A G O O D T H I N G , B U T N O T O S H A V E W I T H . "

S A P O L I O Q p o o p p r * T M T W C F O R H O O f t W - ^ W A N I N G ,

\ Wo manufacturo tho colobrntod A spin wall Potato Plantor, Asplnwall Potato Cnttor,

Acplnwall Paris Green Sprlnklor, etc. Every machine warranted. These machinoi greatly reduce the cost of raising potatoes. S e n d f o r F r e e I l l u s t r a t e d Cata logue*

ASPINWILL MINUFtCTUBING CO.. 126 S*bln St.. JaekrNfa Hoh.

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T h o u s a n d s o f D o l l r r s b y ^ o o d h o n e s t p e o p l e w h o p a t r o n -

i z e u n r e l i a b l e t r e e m e n . B u y o f I . E . I L G E N F B I T Z &

S O N S , t h e M o n r o e S n r n e r y , a n d y o u w i l l g e l t r n e v a l u e s . 4 7 s u c c e s s f u l y e a r s Is a g u a r a n t e e o f r e l i a b i l i t y . 5 o O a c r e s .

N O T I G E L The undenlgaed do hereby agree to fnrnUh their on atom era nothlBK

bat fint-olaaa atook and enarrntee It true to aarne. W e grow and sell erery-thlnc 1" the Una of Kuraery Stock, eapeclally Fruit and Ornamental Treea, Berry Plants, Shrubs, Tines, Bases. Catalogue Free. Now la tha time to order fur Spring: 'OB.

I. E. ILGEN FRITZ & SONS, iMonroe Nursery, AGENNS W A N T E D MONROE, M I C H

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NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES.

Motse Luke.

Morgan Boyce and family have re -t u r n e d from tholr viflit in York Sfnio

Carl Warner , of Keeno, visited ai Earl CurtiBH1 last week.

Chas. aresg, wife and infant eon, of

Whi tney ville, visited a t F . J . Deuiae's, ove r bunday .

Mr and Mrs Win* Graham are visiting (r iende at 8t . Louis. The young people

liad a party a t the family liomestead, lata i i h i i d a y evening.

There i< to be a surprise party on Geo.

L e w i s mid wife, Feb. 19th, that being Mr Lewis's birthday.

There was an iateresting spelling

school at Mwrrlman school Inmse last F r iday evening. Miss Anna FosUr, cap-t u r e d the .ribbon.

Stephen Wallace and family will move

in to the tenant house on the Proctor ( a r m soon.

Miss Zella Curtiss has just come down wi th the measles.

The liext quarterly meeting of Bowne

FROM WASHINGTON* T h e S e c o n d SeBBion of t h e F i f t y -

T h i r d C o n g r e s a

Dally Knnnimry of tho rrncoodln(ta benatn and llouHn-MeaMirea IHH-

CUMOII, nil IF* raaaed and Other* Heporteil.

WABHINGTON, Feb . 13.—A bil l w a s re ; ported to tho senate yes terday f rom the finance commit tee providing for the unrest r ic ted coinage of «ilvpr. A reso-lut ion was offered ex tend ing the t ime l o r collecting the income tax and an-other to inquire in to the legali ty of tho recent bond issues. In discussing the las t message of the pres ident on the currency quest ion Mr. S t ewar t de-clared the admin is t ra t ion had refused to carry ou t the laws. A joint resolu-tion to enlarge the lied Cliff Indian reservat ion in Wisconsin was passed, a s were also twen ty-e igh t private pen-sion bills.

WASUIVQTON, Feb . 14. — A financial hill on the lines of the president 's l a s t message w a s presented to the senate yesterday by Senator Vilas (Wis.) and ano the r providing for bonds a t 3 per

MICHIGAN L E G I S L A T U R E . I M I N O R N E W S I T E M S .

r-iro,.!* ...ill K 11 . ur . TJ I cent. , payable in gold coin, and for the Circui t , W ill be held at West Bowne o f R o l ( 1 c c ? t , 1 5 c a t e s w a s 0 f f e r e ( i

c h u r c h , two weeks f rom last Saturday by Senator Sherman (O.). The housa resolution was parsed ex tend ing the t ime for mak ing r e t u r n s on the incomo

a n d Sunday.

Mra Leander Kline was taken very

euddenly ill last Thursday morning, l;ut is convalescent now.

Milton Streeter is very sick und but

l i t t le hopes is entertained of his recov-e ry .

Peach buds are iu fair ly good condi-t ion, much better t han we considered

tax f rom the first Monday in March to April 15 next .

WASIIINOTOX, Feb. 15.—The senate on yesterday voted to make no changes in the present ra i lway mail system. Tho subjec t has been the chief point of con-tent ion of the post office appropria t ion bill. In response to a reques t Secre-ta ry Carlisle fu rn i shed figures on the

possible considering what quanti t ies of i t r easury gold reserve and expenditures , c l ima te they have endured, recently. j ^ ASHINOTON. Feb. 16.—Bills were re-

T „ . r. i ported favorably in the senate vester-In a Gd. Rapids grocery store, recent- , d t t y t o r o p e a l t h e o n 0 . t e n t h d i f fe rent ia l

ly ,a number of men from different parts on sugar f rom bounty-paying coun-o f the city, wore very muoh engrossed tries, to establish f r ee American por t s iu a game of checkera which two were | where foreign r aw material may be f l a y i n g for the honor of their respective manufac tu red , and for the creation of wards. Presently a "mossback" offered, i H n commission of twen ty -

. . . ! one. winch Is intended to a r b i t r a t e when the game was out , to put m a man ^ d i f f i c | j l t | e s , T h e o f l .

l o r Lowell Township. The offer wa* ; p r 0 p r i a u 0 n b u i was passed. p rompt ly accepted, evidently wi th a | WASHISOTON. Feb. 18.—Senator Hil l 's view to having considerable sport a t his j resolution def ining the financial policy expense ; but lo! the "mossback" "scoop j o f the government caused an exci t ing «d the whole business" in two rounds debate in the sena te on Sa turday . Sen-

« n d marched on t r iumphant . a tors Walcot t (Col.). 1/odge (.Mass.) and Tel ler (Col.) made a most sca th ing de-nunciat ion and a r r a ignmen t of the ad-minis t ra t ion for i ts recent bond con-t rac t wi th the Rothschilds and o t h e r foreign bankers . Mr. Wolcott made a direct and personal criticism of the president .

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—The sundry civil appropr ia t ion bill (841,559,145) re-ported to the sena te yesterday provides t h a t h e r e a f t e r all bonds issued b y the government m u s t first be offered a t public sale. The ag r i cu l tu ra l appro-

| pr ia t lon bill was passed. By a vote of 30 to 27 i t was decided to t ake u p the Jones bi l l f o r t h e unl imited coinage of silver, t he government to re ta in the seigniorage as profits. Senator Gray (Del.) defended t h e action of the presi-den t in the bond issue affd said i t w a s en t i re ly the f a u l t of congress, no t of the president , if t he government had to pay in te res t a t the r a t e of per c : n t . ins tead of 3 per cent.

Haoaa. WASHINGTON. Feb. 13.—Rills were

passed in the house yes terday r e tn rn -ing w a r flags to cer ta in Michigan rcgi

T

Saulshury & Cramer have bought the

thoroughbred Jersey Ball f rom Chas.

M c C a r f ^ a n d will keep him a t their B i v e r s i * Farm. Terms cash, $1.00.

Alton.

Mrs Cummings is very sick. She is

• t her fathers, Stephen Rennels.

A number in this vicinity aro sick.

Mrs Helena Whi te and son, Frank vis-

i t ed a t Nelson Holmes, Friday.

Geo. Armst rong had a brother f rom

Honey Creek, Sunday with him.

J . Richmond and wife, of Lowell, vis-

i ted her sister, Mrs J . D. Frost, Sunday.

Mr and Mrs E. Ring with C R- Parker

a n d wife visited a t Armon Rings, Wed-

nesday.

Mrs E'iza Shcrrard of Ontario 1° visit ing her mother and brother 'as Delai.ey

a n d family.

The l i t tw child of Mrs G. R ng - as ^

qu i i e badly in jured by catching a ho )k n i t n ^ s . d o n a t i n g condemned cannon to in bis eye. l)es Moines, la . ; incorpora t ing the

E Godirey and wife were in Sand ty. Nat ional Association of Florists . The „ . , , . legislat ive appropria t ion bill was Tho swiss brass band played four p a s M ; ( , n f t o r R l r i k i n p out the provision

pieces for Mrs Perry Purdy Wednesday. l o v a n n u a l c l e rks to congress.

Mrs Nelson Holmes returned home WASHINGTON. Feb. 14.—In the house f r o m North Baltimore Friday evening. J ^ t e r d a y . M r . Hud-^n (Kan.) of fered a

1 bjll looking to an increase in the rev-Fred Scofield and wife will re turn 10 , e n n e s 0 f t he government . Considera-

Traverse City, a f ier a couple of monihs tiuri of b a d n e s s concerning the Dis-visited with hor parents, Mr and M^s , t r i c t of Columbia occupied the remain-

^ c r t ' ' l c s e s s ' O D -„ • i II I WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—The reques t Peter Man isseriwu:,} i . ; t h e p res iden t f o r a u t h o r i t y to issue Bert Norton oi West Otieco is a t Ionia ' gold bonds w a s re fused in the house

o n the ju ry . 1 yes terday by a vote of Miti to 120. The

T t m w . . ™ V e r g m n e , h « not t en t . " « » p w - i f f tt. Jotot • 6 . , resolut ion "was led by Mr. Hopkins (rep.,

delegate to the State convention IH that j l l L ) a n ( t M r > K r v a T 1 ( d e m M Neb.), mem-

they withdrew in favor of the Wyom- j be r s of the commit tee on ways and i n g delegate. ! means, and i t developed some s t a r t l i n g

Maunce Trumble and wi fe attended j P ™ * - W r - Hopkins asserted t h a t t he

t h e ciub dance a t Smyrna,

®'gn l* { s a g ^ t o congress, b u t by a desire to nn-There are three or four t ie mills ! load upon t h a t body the responsibi l i ty

• r o u n d here, cut t ing timber. j ' o r & t ransac t ion , negr iated by his ^ , , . . . . . ' f o r m e r l a w - p a r t n e r , t h a t would n e t

8. D. Godfrey is filling his ice house. t h e 6 y n d i c } i t e by him $86,-

About 25 of the S. O. V. of Lowell en- OOO.CtoO.

Fridav 1 P r e 8 ^ e n ^ W t t 8 1 1 0 1 animated by pat r i -i ot ic motives in sending his la tes t mes-

joyed a huge t ime at Jessie Frost ' s old

fcome, Saturday night .

Frank Keech came home f rom school

Monday not feeling very well.

ParueM Polnta.

The remains of Jaa. Delaney were b rough t f rom Lowell to this place, Mon-

d a y , foe burial . The afflicted family have the deepest symparhy of their

tnauy friendo.

Miss Anna Lil ly is recovering f rom

her re en t tllnefs.

Pa t McOorm .cand Miss Elia Abraham will be married Wednesday morning at

t h e Catholic church .

Ed Byrne and wife entertained a com-

p a n y of their young fr iends last Thurs-

day evening.

Charlie Doyle and sister, Mollie, gave

a par ty last Tuesday evening. An p i -

joyable t ime is reported.

Martyn Doyle is no better.

Eight in thf family of Mrs F . Weekes

have the scarlet fever. All arc doing

nicely.

Whi le on his way home from school

Claud, Htttle son of John Downs, said

Many are improving the good sleigh-

ing .

f e w Parnel l friends, Sunday .

WASHINGTON, F e b . 1 6 . - 1 n t h e h o u s e yes te rday the naval appropr ia t ion bill ($31,807,078) was discussed. The bi l l fo r a deep w a t e r w a y to connect t h e ocean and g r e a t lakes was favorab ly repor ted .

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—The genera l d e b a t e on t h e naval appropr ia t ion bill in t h e house ended on Sa turday . The sena te bi l l was passed g r a n t i n g t w o condemned cannon tu the. Iowa Histor-ical society a t Des Moines. Twelve pension bi l ls were also passed.

WASHINGTON, F e b . 19.—A bill w a s passed m the house yes terday m a k i n g t h e pensions of all Mexican v e t e r a n s $12 per month . The nava l appropr ia-t ion bill w a s f u r t h e r discussed.

Krozen In a Snowdrlft. LA SAXI.E, IU., Feb . 16.—The b o d y of

J a m e s Connerton, a well-to-do f a r m e r w h o lived r, miles nor th of Peru and who h a s been missing since Februa ry 6, was found Friday morning in a snow-d r i f t a t Spring Creek, a smal l s ta t ion n e a r hla homo. I t is believed he fell-f r o m a br idge and f ro re to deuth .

Found Dead In a Hnnw Drift. BLACK RIVKU. Wis . . F e b . !» .—Chavley

Jef ferson, a young Winnebago Indian , w a s found dead In a snow d r i f t not f a r f r o m the Inuian nmsiou . He a t o n e t ime was one <>f Buffalo Bill 's chief a t -t ract ions, being a typical Indian , b r igh t , shrewd und cunning.

A Heavy Failure. Dnur rH, Minn., Feb, 18.—William

McKinley. of th i s city, owner of l a rge t r acc t s of mining and t imber lands, fa i led for $000,000.

Senate. tiAMStNo. Mich.. Fob. 14.—In tho Rnnate

Wednesday tho free tdlvor resolution which WBR tabled on Tuesday wait made thu special order for Tuesday, Kebruary 10. Ajolntrrjo-lutlon wan noticed Rubiululiin to tht peo-ple the question of woman suflrano. Tho Reneral bill for the Incorporation of vlUagea was piissed. Hills were Introduced t- subject Lloyd's Insurance toinpanlps to the same reBulatlons as govern other lusurunce companies In MIchlRan; to compel fraternal bencllclary assocliitlons to deposit a guaranty fund with the Btiite treasurer; prohibiting the mnrrlaKP of llrst cousins; for a system of froe text books; and dlsorganlzlnft the county of Manltou (known as Minltou Islatufs) and at-

j tachlng tho territory lo Charle\.olz and l-oo-I lanilw counties.

LANSING, MJch., Feb. 15.—In the senate Thursday bills wore Introduced appropriating

I »10.000 for the erection of a statuu lo the late (lov. Austin Blair upon tho state oapltol grounds: abolishing days of grace on commerelul paper; providing a station house for women In cities of 10,000 inhabitants or upward, to be In charge of a po-lice matron; for a reformatory prison for wom-en; abolishing the offlce of commissioner of mineral statistics; tor tho use of the Abbott voting machine at allelectlon^n the stuto.

LANSINO. Mich.. Feb. Id—In the senate a bill was Introduced to prevent publishers from collecting puy for a publication taken from the post offlce after the time for which the sub-scription was given has expired. Bills were Introduced for the Introduction of vot-ing machines; for the divorce of persons becoming Insane and for their restoration to martial rights on recover-ing soundness of mind, providing the other party remains unmarried. February 20 Is the last day for Introduction of bills, and this or-der will occupy both houses principally until after that date

LANSING, Mich., Feb. 10.—The fifty days la which bills t an be Introduced In the legisla-ture will expire Wednesday at midnight and the reception of bills now takes up thC entire time of each house. The Indications are the total number of bills to be intro-duced will equal, If not exceed, that of two years ago. which was tho largest In the history of the state. One of the bills Introduced In the house Monday Is alined at Mayor Plngree, It making It unlawful for any person to till the offlce of mayor more than three tenn In cities having a population of more than 60 (KM. Alto-gether there were 126 bills Introdueed In the house on Monday, among them the fol-lowing; Prohibiting alien stockholders of cor-porations from participation In the oloctlon of the board of directors; prohibiting aliens from

j practicing medicine; prohibiting the empioy-, ment of aliens by corporations: prohibiting the

Insurance of chlhi: en under 10 Mia.-s of age; ap-i proprlnting f34,000fnr establishing a • t:ite nor-; mal school at Bay City; prohibiting tho grant-

ln„' of teachers' certificates to persons using . toh coo Li any form; for an Interchangeable • system of railroad mlieage; for uso of the

Osborne voting umchine; estaDllshlng a state Weather service and appropriating M.200

; therefor House.

LANSING, Mich.. Feb. 14.—The house on Wednesday agreed to submit a constitutional amendment to the people at the .spring election Increasing the salary of state offlcers as follows: Attorney general, from J800 to f3.500; secretary of st.ite, from fPOO to JK.B00: state treasurer, from (I.DUG lo I-.NX); commissioner of the land of-flce. from fSOO to ja.fiOO; superintendent of pub-lic Insirucilon, from $1,000 to (2.500 An effort WCB made to amend so as to require all stuto offlcers to live In l>nnaing after .lanuory 1.1K97, but It was futile. The honxo passed a bill fix-ing the salary of upper peninsula legislators at live dollars a day. LANSINO, Mich., Feb. 16.—The house on

; Thursday, by a vote of 54 to 33. refused j to submit to the people a conbtitution-I al amendment Increasing the salaries o{ i state offlcers. it requiring a two-thirds : vote of all the members elect. The vote j was reconsidered, however, and the mcasnre

tabled. The most Important bills In-! troduced were for prohibiting the co-I Insurance clauses and all other ••^ldcrs•• i on fire Insurance policies: making the I liquor tax In cities and villages of from ; 5,000 to 10,OX) inhabitants *500. and J1.000

in cities having a population in excess of that mimber: fixing a 5-mile limit about the univer-•ily In which intoxicating liquors may not be kO.a. providing lor lau leuching iu pu^lio Mfcools of modos of spreading dangerous com-manieable diseases and the best methods of rMtiicting and preventing them.

LANSING. Mich.. Feb. 16.—Tho most Impor-tan'. action by tho house Friday was the pas-sage of a bill for registration in the entire state previous to the spring election. Under the law just passed to conform to the constitutional amendment adopted last fall, every foreign-born citizeH must take oath that he is a full oittzea of tho United Sines before he can register. If chal-lenged A bill was Introduced abolishing con-tract labor in prisons and providing ih;it the convicts be worked on state account Tiie committee on municipal corporations made a unanimous report recoramondlng the pussaro of the anu-ringree Iietroll health board bill, which pissed ihe senate.

K n l g h t f t o l L a b o r K e s o l n t l o n s .

MANIRTKR, Feb. 15.—State assembly, Kn igh t s of Labor, adopted resolut ions aga ins t t h e gold bond issue, t he incar-cera t ion of Debs, and has approved t h e aetion of J u d g e Gaynor, of Brooklyn, and pledged moral and financial sup-por t to t h e people's pa r ty . I t elected Henry D. Allen, of Schoolcraft , s t a t e mas te r workman and T. H. Holt , of Baldwin, secre tary and t reasurer .

Chanced with Murder. LANSING. F e b . 16.—A w a r r a n t w a i

Issued fo r t h e a r res t of William Nich-ols, charged there in w i t h the murder of Michael Goit November 27, 1804, in Locke township . Up to the t ime of the murder Nichola lived in Locke town-ship, b u t soon a f t e r w a r d he moved to Fowlervi l le , where he has since re-sided. H e la 45 y e a n old and marr ied.

T h r e e B o y * P e r i s h h y F ire .

BAT CITT, Mich., Feb. 18.—The one-s tory f r a m e house of Mr. and Mrs. El l Seymour, a t Ijewiatoa, 1C0 miles no r th of thia c i ty , was to ta l ly destroyed by Are S a t u r d a y n ight , toge ther wi th oon-t en t a a n d inmates , th ree boys, aged 4, 7 and 9 years . The pa ren t s were away a t t e n d i n g a dance. I t is supposed t ha t t h e r e w a s an aeeldent.

For the Week I'mllng Feb. 10. The thi rd Wyoming legislature fin-

ished Us work and ad journed . The Hank of Lexington at Richmond,

Va., closed Its doors wi th liabili t ies of 871,000.

A capitol removal bill was killed in the South I 'akota senate bf a vote of 211 to 10.

The t en th annua l convention of the National Electr ic Light association be-gan in Cleveland.

John Hrabits and his son J a m e s were killed by tho fa l l of a t ree nea r Montgomery, Minn.

Tho nat ional commit tee of the Re-publican league has been called to meet in Washington March 2.

Charles W. Harding defeated Thomas Sullivan in the race for the single-scnll championship of Eng land and 82,000.

Ben Ward (colored) was sentenced a t Newark, ().. to twen ty years ' imprison-ment for criminal assaul t on a woman.

A motion for separat ion of church and s ta te wns defea ted in the French chamber of deput ies by a vote of 305 to 205.

A. B. Newson, a member of the Ten-nessee senate, resigned, assigning ex-t ravagance of the legis la ture as a rea-son.

Gyrus Brown, for the murder of his wife in August , 1893, was convicted a t Columbus, Ind., and sent to prison for life. #

Mrs. J a n e Cour t r lght died suddenly at-Port Jervia, N. Y., m a k i n p seven un-expected dea ths in the family In th ree years.

The Hebrew cemetery a t Indianapo-lis w a s invaded by phouls who opened several graves and carried off th ree bodies.

Col. Cody Bourne, aped 93. was mar-ried near Lawitanceburg, Ey . , t o Miss Rose Brown, aged 16, she being his seventh wife.

Pe ter Ostlund, the ska t ing champion of Europe, defeated John S. Johnson In a hotly contested 1,500 mete r race a t Minneapolis.

The ba rken t ine Sadie Thompson, bound for Phi ladelphia wi th a cargo of sugar valued a t $100,000, was wrecked in the Bahamas.

Charles Lafa l le t , a r res ted a t the in-stance of his g r a n d f a t h e r on the charge of the f t , died f rom grief in the ja i l a t Shelbyvllle, Ind.

Congress will be asked to establish a un i fo rm electr ical un i t to agree wi th t h a t adopted by Great Bri tain, Ger-many and France.

A 13-year-old boy created a sensation dur ing revival services in an Indianap-olis church by c la iming t o have seen Heaven in a vision.

A receiver has been appointed for t lw Linden Steel company of P i t t sburgh , whose l iabil i t ies are $485,000 and esti-mated assets $685,000.

All t he c iga rmake t s a t Mar t i City, Fla.. w e n t ou t on s t r ike because a teacher re fused to admi t colored chil-dren t o the f r ee school.

The Bnffalo (N. Y.) music hal l , t he rooms of the Sangerbund society and the German V oung Men's association were damaged $76,000 by fire.

Charles Anderson, aged 12 years , was so worried over fai l ing to pass the ex-amiuauont . in u Cincinnati school t ha t he took paris (rreen and died.

Mrs. ,ama Taut i sh Nelson, weighing someth ing over 400 pounds, who for sixteen yea r s posed as a f a t woman in a museum, died a l Camden. N. J .

D. 11. Chapman was found gui l ty of conspir ing to keep voters f rom the polls, in Chicago und his punishment fixed a* one y e a r and six months in prison.

A lone IT: Ii'.vaymnn, a rmed with a shotgun , held u p a s tage near Oroville. Cal. Tl r t n -drobox .v::- *.-i):en a: . the ph.*.s.; j r n s reiievod the i r \.-l-uaVies.

Fi re consv.ra. 'IK large b r e a k e r of Wil l iam Connvil .. .. a t C o n n J t i o n Pa. The loss is Six imndred men and boys are t h rown ou t of em-ployment .

Bichards Banker , of Por t land , Ore., who swindled the A. O. D. W. of a b o u t 83.000 hy fe igning dea th , pleaded gu i l ty and was sentenced to five.years' imprisonment .

J a c k McGuire, who murdered J a c k Woods in Li t t l e Rock. Ark. , l a s t March, has been found gui l ty a n d pun i shment i x e d a t tw'enty-one years in the peni-tentiary. His swee thear t ' s testimony convicted him.

fooBtf Ocnitr. TAW AS CITT, Feb. 1 8 . - T h e j u ry t ry-

ing t h e case of J u l i u s Fischer , ex-pol iceman of Bay City, b rought j in a verdic t of gu i l t y of man-s l a u g h t e r and recommended tha i pr i soner to the mercy of the cour t . | F ischer shot and k i l l ed a young man by the n a m e of Max Dr i fke a t a coun t ry d a n c e l as t August .

Say* He Was Choked to Death. BATTLE CREKK, Feb. 19.—In the ex- i

amina t ion of Adam Arnold, charged wi th m u r d e r i n g his son and conceal-! ing t h e body in t h e river, It w a s shown i t h a t d rowning w a s no t tho cause of dea th . The physician who made the post m o r t e m believes t ha t Arnold was choked to dea th .

Charged with Conaterfaltlnc. GRAND RAPIDS,Feb. 15.—United S t a t e s

Marsha l P r a t t b r o u g h t Adolph Clan-chee, Asa Ki lborn a n d Hi te Joal in here • f r o m Lakevlew. Montca lm county , on charges of making, hav ing in their po9« session and passing counterfei t , money.

A Famous Indian Dead. NEW YORK, Feb. 19.—Shaking Grass,

t h e I roquois Indian, died a t h i s home on th i s c i ty Monday. He w a s 63 yeara of age . At h is bedside were his f a i th -f u l squaw. Laugh ing L inne t and hla bosom f r i ends Whi te Cloud and Veiled Sun. Many years ago Shak ing Grass w a s known as one of the best canoe pi lots on the Ot tawa r iver . He f o u g h t in t h e no r the rn a r m y d u r i n g t h e war , and w a s a member of the G. A. E.

Fell Into a Sleop and Di«<L BLOOMINGTON, 111., F e b . 1 9 . - P a t r i c k

Kiley, of t h i s city, is dead. A f t e r sup-per he sa t down t o read, fell in to a s leep , and w h e n his family w e n t to w a k e h im they found him dead. He .was 70 years of age and had lived here nea r ly half a century . He loaves a widow and family.

Wont Down with HU Ship. BERLIN, Feb. 19.—The Bremerhaven

pi lot wr i t es to the Weser Ze i tung t h a t Capt. von Goessel of the Nor th German Lloyd s teamer E l^e declined ^Pilot Hardes" offer to get him a l i febelt . He remained alone a t his post and sank w i t h tho ship.

Cauicht In tb« Bllssard. HKLENA, Mont, , Feb. 16.—News has

reached here of tho to ta l ex te rmina-tion of a band of 2,600 sheep be longing to Helena men and the dea th of Eugene Wat t s , one of the herders , in a bl izzard n e a r Oka, a few days ago.

Ai>ed Physlolan Killed. CHICAGO, Feb. 18.—Dr. William G.

Dyas, aged 87, for t h i r t y yea ra a lead-ing prac t i t ioner of Chicago, s tepped in f r o n t of an engine l a s t evening on leaving a suburban t ra in and w a s kil led.

P R O D U C T I O N OF B L U E R O S E S .

Only to lie lle^clied by • Process of f o n -tlimuus Vwrlatlon anil Selection.

A well-known natural is t recent ly wrote: " W e may have a yellow rose, but It is p i t iy wi li ag i ; -d t! a l if wo ever sec n blue one it will be by a proc-ess of eont iuuous variation and selec-t ion." By this, says Youth 's Com-panion, it is meani thai if a blue rose Is ever produced from a red variety, for inatanee. t he change will not bo i f sud-den one. a leap from one color to the other , but tho result of .a gradual pro-gression th rough a series of s teps lead-ing rogularly from red to blue.

In fact, it has been found t h a t both p lants and animals exhibi t a t endency towni-d a definite sueeession of colors, and certain colors have been regarded as represent ing higher s tages of evolu-tion than others . The change toward these "h ighe r " colors are usually con-t inuous. and require o series of varia-tions, while, on the o ther hand, instances of suddon reversion to " lower" colors a r c not common.

Red is regarded as a higher color. In t h i s sense, than yellow. The yellow primrose sometimes varies t o red. bu t t h e change Is never sudden or discontin-uous bccanse it is a change in the di-rection of progression. But from red t o yel low the change sometimes occurs by a jump, so to speak, liecatise it is going backward . The same thing seems t o apply in tho case of birds. Red and green species of birds may vary to yellow, but the u tmos t effor ts of breeders to produce red canar ies f rom yel low'ones have only resu l ted in an orange hue.

Although there is no relat ion appar-ent between the two phenomena , y e t it Is i n t emi t iug , in connection wi th th i s subjec t , to recall t ho fact t h a t among the s ta rs cer tain colors appear to character ize di f forent s tages of change, or evolution. Red s tars , ac-cording to the testimony of the spec-troscope. differ widely in the i r consti-tut ion f rom white or yel low ones, and i t has been though t t ha t va ry ing color may give a clew to progressive changes in the heavenly bodies. Siritis, for in-stance, is said to have changed from red to whi te , and some ha ve suspected t h a t A r c t u m s is fading f rom red toward yellow.

Thus scicncc, as it c lears up one mystery, reveals ano ther awai t ing i ts tu rn t o be solved. But if all knowl-edge could ever be a t t a ined , would It cont inue t o be sought as eager ly as be-fore?

WHY T H E M O N U M E N T IS T H E R E .

The Story of Maj. Dade anil Ills Itravn Companion*.

Many visitors lo West Point have wondered wh$t was represented by a handsome monument of I ta l ian marble , Inscribed "Dade and His Command." The s tory is not told, or only casually re fe r red to. In the popular histories, and t h e shaf t tells no th ing of the gal-l an t deeds of tjiose whom it commcmo-rataa. I t is a fluted column of art is t io design, surmounted by an eagle, f rom whose beak descends a wrea th which g racefu l ly entwines it. The base ia square, t he s labs bea r ing the names and Inscription be ing separated by min ia tu re cannon, over which numer-ous s t a r s a re placed a t appropr ia te in-tervals, The names of the office rs who fell w i th Dade nre 'nsf-ribed • n the slabs. Bu t no h in t Is*given.of w h a t t hey did, or when and where they fell.

T h e thr i l l ing episode is wor th 're-call ing. says the Buffa lo Commercial, especially as it occurred j u s t fifty-nine yea r s ago, or, t o be precise, on the 38th ot December, 1835. Maj , Dade and a de tachment of one h u n d r e d and seven-teen United Sta tes t roops were wi th in a f ew days ' march of F o r t King, Flor-ida. when they were surprised and mas-v , - red bv over o r e thousand Seminole Imiians, The men were rejoicing a t

.ving almost reached t h e end of a long and tedious march , a n d were look-ing forward t o t j l c b r a t i n g the New Year with the i r >. nur.-Acs a t F o r t King, They were suddenly a t t acked

•by the savages ia overwi. lining num-bers and s laughtered wi thou t mercy. Three only survived to tell t he story. An exploration of the bat t lef ield, made in t h e fol lowing F e b r u a r y , by order of Gen, Gaines, showed t h a t t he de tach-m e n t had fought t o t h e las t ex t remi ty , a n d t h a t each m a n had died a t h is post. T h e scene presented t o tho explor ing pa r t w a s an a w f u l one. They bur ied t h e bodies of e ight offlcers and n ine ty-e i g h t men, and a smaU six-pounder can-non be longing to t h e command, which w a s l e f t by t h e Indians , was placed vert ically at tho head of the common grave, where it r emained fo r many years .

T h e long-forgot ten t r agedy is com-mamorated by the g race fu l s h a f t on t h e b a n k s of the Hudson, inscribed simply t o "Dade and His Command," I t waa erected in 1845,

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Why They Sep»rate4. The la te Lord Orford w a s one of t h e

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I N T H I S P A P E R

"Protection to HoielDdQstries" Is the crying need of the times.

The underUjfned d e s i f s to' announce to the people of Lowell and Tldi<ity that h e hag pur-cbaaed t h e

B A N N E R L A U N D R Y ,

and aollcita the patronage o f a l l .

Spend Your Money at Home «I:<1 i t wi l l return to y e a . Spend it abroad and I: cone , probably forever.

Yours for Home Trade,

R d . M . A n d r e w s

Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder World't P«ir HfcHert Award.

W e d n e s d a y , F e b . 2 0 , 1 8 9 5 .

HERE AND THERE.

Dick Heffron and wife are on the sick list.

C. R. Hine was in Carson City laat week.

Geo. F. White vinited at Otisco, latt week.

£ . L. Craw spent Sunday at Grand Rapids.

Babies and children fine photoe at Wilson's.

Split wood $1.60 a cord at E. R. Quick Sc Co s.

8. P. Hicks is in Detroit attending the

convention.

Prompt delivery of Wood & Coal from Joe Quick's.

Miss Myrtis Graham has returned home from Gd. Rapids.

B. E. West, of Gd. Rapids, was In town one day last week.

Misses Kittle Clark and Stella Ranney spent Sunday in Freeport.

Mrs Robert Breckon and son, of Ionia, visited friends here last week.

Born to Mr and Mrs Fred Malcolm, Sunday, Feb. I7th, a daughter.

Beech and maple, oak slabs and pine wood at E. R. Quick & Go's.

Have you tried one of Blume Bros. 10c ciRars. If not try one.

Mies Irma Page, of Ionia, is visiting her friend, Miss Minnie Rouse.

Miss Uattie Wilson was the guest of Grand Rapids friends Sunday.

Cliff Hatch had the misfortune to break his leg, one day last week.

Tintypes copied or enlarged at Wilson's.

Miss Kate Edmonds and brother Brace spent Sunday at Grand Uaplds.

Bert Merriman lefl last week for Ionia, where he has secured a poxition.

John and Mont Baird, of Hopkins, vis-ited D. P. Atwater, over Sunday.

Mr and Mrs C. KnlfBn visited Green-ville friends a few days last week.

Eugene Mathewsqn, of Portland, is visiting John Mathewson and wife.

Mra Wilbelm, of Gd. Rapids, has been visiting Lowell relatives and friends.

Miss Ethel Wood, of Gd. Rapids, spent Sunday with friends in this village.

Miss Esther Cutler, of SaraBtto, spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs WmrEnnis .

A large family of 15 had their, photos taken at Wilson's Sunday,

Wesley Mains and wife, of Lake Odes-sa, have been visiting Mr and Mrs E. O

Mains,

Mies Mae Nusbaum, of Saranac, has been visiting her friend, Miss Nettie

Miller.

Mra Henry Plpp, of Kalkaska, was the guest of Miss Ethel McDannel, over

Sunday.

Some of the finest largo picturefl ever in Lowell are on exhibition at Wilson's gallery.

Mrs Jennie Daniels was called to Gd. Rapids last week by the illness of Mrs F. Joseph.

Harold Force left Monday for Lan-sing, where he will attend the Agricul-tural College.

Mrs Jos. White and daughter, Zella, of Lakeview, visited Uncle Newcombe Godfrey, last week.

Mra C. M. Wattew, of Grand Rapids, was in town oter Sunday, visiting re-latives and friends.

Lew Morse, wife and daughter, of Gd. Rapids, visitel friends and relatives here the first of the week,

Waldo FrnndBCo and wife, of Belding, were in town last week to attend the Krum Francisco wedding.

Misses Hathaway and Lizzie Terwilli-ger, of Ionia, visited with Lowell friends last week a couple of days.

Mrs Hannah Rolf, widow of Ephriam M. Rolf, has been granted a widows pension of | 8 per month from his death.

Dry beech and maple $1.50 a cord a t E. R. Quick & Co's.

The Joseph Wilson Post, G. A. R., will hold a special meeting Friday, Feb 12nd to commemorate the birth of Washing-

ton. Mrs M. M. Perry has gone to J o n e -

ville to visit her mother, who is nearly ninety years old and haa quite poor

health.

A. Aungst has rented a farm near Ionia and will leave the Bunce place, which he has worked the past four years, this week.

Band no. 2 will have a tea a t Mrs Clyde Collar's Thursday, Feb. 2l8t. Tea will be served from five to eight. ,

M a s D . P . A T W A T E R , S e c .

Mra L. H. Wilkinson, of Rockfurd, is In town vwltlog her mother, Mrs Wm. Dennis, who is sick a t her daughter's, Mrs E. L. Craw.

W. B. Brown and wife, of Middleville, visited her parents, Mr and Mrs Geo. F. White and other friends the first of the week. Mrs Brown's health is very much improved.

Last Friday night at 9:30 fire was dis-covered in the Coral chair factory, own-ed by Soulee and Brandeberry, a t Coral. The alarm was Riven but the fire had gained too much headway nnd the fadtory and concents were soon consum-ed. LOBS $8,000, partly insured.

Mr and Mrs J. D Kelly went to Grand Rapids to attend the wedding of her

[ brother, which event occured this (Wed needay) morning.

W. H. Eddy loft for Kalamea w, Tuea day to attend the meeting of the Grand Lodge of the A. O. U. W., which is in

session there this week.

Last Friday sneak thieves visited the High school and when they departed they took with them overcoats belong-ing to John Clark and Will Long.

Last Wednesday nlghf the qlofhes line of John White was relieved of ils bur-den. Mr White's people are short the lirger portion of their week's washing.

The Vergennes Reading Circle will hold a crazy socjal at the home of Mies Delia James, Vergennes, Friday even-ing, March Ist. All are cordially in

vited.

A mercliu.its puts his money in a safe, and it slays there until lie goes after it. He puts i t in an adveetisement and it multiplies and comee back to him.—

Printer's Ink Slab wood $1.15 a cord, delivered, of

W. J . Ecker & Son.

Chas, Althen has fitted his store with gas fixtures and will manufacture his own gas, with machinery iit his cellar and a tank stuck about seven feet under ground, In rear of his buildir.gs acrosu

the alley.

There will be a Festival of the Fruit Growers of Western Michigan at Horti-cultural Hall, Grand Rapids, on Tues-day evening, Feb. 26lh, at which a fine program will be given. Every body cor di..lly invited.

Last (Tuesday) night about twenty from Ada and Lowell gave Mr and Mrs Charles Gihbs a delightful surptise. Dancing and cards were the enjoyment of the eve. An elegant supper was served and all reported a good time, starting for home in the "wee small hours. '

Prin Wesbrook, of Campbell is un-doubtedly the cabbage king of Michigan. Last season he raised eight acres of cabbage, three acres of upland and five of muck, the upland netted him $88.63 per acre and the muck $108.83 or $654.24 for the eight acres of cabbages.

" W h a t is home without a newspaper?" It is a place where hats are stuffed into the window panes, where tho children are like pigs, the wife like a savage, and the husband with a panorama of a dis-mal swamp painted on his shirt boeom with tobacco juice, says the Holland

News.

The Lowell District Horticultural So-ciety will hold a meeting Saturday, Feb. 28d, at the Lowell State Bank parlors, at IKK) o'clock p. m. Subject for dis-cussion: "Graft ing and Pruning." On same day and at same place, at 10:00 a. m., the Executive Board will meet, to make arrangements for a series of meet-ings for the coming year. All interest-ed in Horticulture are invited to be

present at these meetings.

The local lodge O. E. S. entertained a number of guests last Friday evening. Supper was served at 6 o'clock and dur -ing the evening a very good musical and literary program was given. Guests from abroad were Worthy Grand Patron and Mrs Allan 8. Wright, and Mr and Mrs F. T. Mason, of Ionia, Worthy Ma-tron Mrs Nesbitt, Mr and Mrs W. R. Mascn, Mr and Mrs Howard, Mr and Mrs Geo. Smith, Mr and Mrs Lorr Smith, Mr und Mrs Geo. Hartwell, Mr and Mrs Terry, Mr and Mrs Spencer, Mr and Mrs Bellows, and Mr and MrsBeebe. Mr and Mrs Watklns, of Grattan, and Mm Hay-den, of Greenville.

There was a decline in values during the year on all animals except milch cows, which advanced about 1 per cent. The declines range from 1.1 on oxen and other cattle to 24.1 on horses, the pres-ent average value being given as fol-lows: Horses, $80.50; oxen and other cattle, $14 00; sheep, $1. 58; hogs, $4 97.

The decline in the prices of farm horses is general throughout the country. The exceptions are to be found in the Mountain and Pacific states and Massa-chusetts. The range of horses is from $16.18 per head in Utah to $74.18 in Massachusetts. The average value of milch cows has increased from $21.77 in 1893 to $21,97 for last year.

The following is the list of petit j u -rors for March term of the circuit court.

James W. Barber, Tyrone. Orrin D. Beach, Algoma. Loomis K. Bishop, tenth ward. William H. Cheeney, eleventh ward. Elmer Cook, Grattan. Ernest L. Curtis, Lowell. Frank S. Damskey, eighth ward. Elmer DeCow, Nelson. Andrew DeVree, third ward . . John Duyser, ninth ward. Truman J- Elmondorf, Walker. Frank A Emmer. seventh ward. Floyd J . Everhan, sixth ward. Orville D. Foster, fifth ward. Hiram A. Frazier, Vergennes, Iliomas Gage, Courtland. Charles L Grinnel. second ward. Albert Heetderks, twelth ward. Lambert Heetderks. first ward. John Holiday. Solon. Joha H. Jenkins. Alpine. James Keena, Ada. Myron Livingston, Plainfield. Peter D. Long, Byron, John Lovekws. Gaines. William Misbler. Bowne. William Moore, Paris. Melville A. Norton, Cannon. Charles H. Potter, Oakfield. Celeatin G. Pulcher, fourth ward. Henry J . Ross, Gd Rapids. Fred Tillyer, Cascade. Robert Vanderhp. Spencer. Henry Walcott. Sparta. Solomon Wood, Caledonia. Sye D. Tylstra, Wyoming. -

Have you tried O. A . B.? the new five cent cigar manufactured by Blame Bros

T h e UuTiVRl.

The union revival seryicea. which have twrn held at th'- M. E. church the past few weeks, will ekwe with to-nightV meeting. The serins has Ixvn very sucuetidfiil, many having been con vened and the christian conscience thoroughly awakened.

During the past two weeks iho tieet inga have been in charge of Revivalist Mcflardy, who has had the enthusiastic support (U the pastors and church mem hers. Mr Mcllardy has a pleasing pies encc and v-reat iwrsonol magnetism nnd his work here has been all that could bo expected.

T f i n n e O d d F e l l o r m .

Last Thursday night Lowell Lodge No 115, I O. O. P., entertained visitors from sister*lodges at Alto, Caledonia and Freeport. During tho evening three degrees were worked, tho Initiatory, first and second. Those present from abroad were Wm. Yeiter, Wm. Bemer, M, L Duel, F. A Wood, Olof Johnson. L J Stewart, H . R Fairchllds, P. W Hunsicfcer, J . R. Warner, Geo. McKee, W. M. Hunter. J . W. Dennis. F. C. Till-yer, E. L. Curtiss. Albert Broadbent, Wilson Broadbent, I. A. Keeler, J . E. Hunter. Murtin Rodgers and Fred Hin-yon, of Alto.

H. N. Snyder, F. W. Viall, E J . Row-land, Peter Cress. Emanuel Bergy, C. D Dut(:her,W H. Devine, W. H. Lybarker,

. H Kmsoy, E. Lanton, Frank Rath-burn, Geo. Walton, Len Smith, Henry Beet, A. E. Dutcher, J . R. Proctor, and C. E. Carpenter, of the Herald, of Cale-donia.

J . Godfrey, Geo. Perkins, R. Wolcott, Will Pardee, and R. Walton, of Free-port, and O. L . Wilson, of Minneapolis, Minn.

Krura-Franclaco.

Last Wednesday evening at the housb of the bride's parents, Chas A. Krum and Miss Minnie, daughter of Mr and Mrf Francisco were married, by Bev E, H. Shanks.

Mrs N. S. Coons presided at the organ and rendered the wedding march very efrectlvely. Promptly a t seven oclock the bridal party entered the room and took their stations and Pator Shanks, in a few well chosen words, prononu^ed them man and wife.

The bride wore a dress of fawn silk with chiffon trimming, and carried bride's roses. She waa attended by Miso Daisy Odell, who were old rose silk and carried pink roses. Frank McMahon was the beet man.

After the ceremony came congratu-laiions, followed hy a bounteous supper, prevously prepared by the bride's own hands.

The following is a list of the present": Dining tabie and chairs, two upholstered rockiug chairs, chamber eet, parlor rtiit, bed spread, table cloth, fancy towels, fancy hair pin receiver, picture drape, cruet eet, water set, gold lined cream spoon, eilver buttter knife, gold lined sugar shell, set silver nut picks, rattle box, ami last but not least, " a string of little crumbs."

V e r g e n n f * V U l t o r .

Mrs W. L Merriman has been quite seriously ill with the grip, but is slowly improving.

The remains of Jos. Wingler, of Bowne, was buried by the side of his wife in the Bailey cemetery.

Peter Mann had a stroke of paralysis last week, while walking from the house to the barn.

The Vergennes Reading Circle will hold a crazy social at the home of Miss Delia James, Friday eve., March Ist. All are cordially invited. Don't forget the date March Ist come and see what a crazy tea is. ,

IDA M A E .

Wood and kindlings delivered. W . J . E C K E K & S O N .

Durand, Mich,

Both WcnMly Helped Hubband Cured of Rheumat i sm

—Wife of Sal t Rheum i "My huiband was suffering last sum-

mer with a severe lameness in his arm | and it became so painful be oonld not sleep nights. He was losing aU strength in that arm and a doctor told him

it Waa Rheumat i sm Bat did not do him any good. I finally

: persuaded him to try Hood's Barsapar 111a. He has taken three bottles and the pain haa left his arm. His strength 1* fast

j coming back and bis general health is i much Improved. We leel very grateful

H 2 2 5 ' g Sarsa-

paritta %%%%%% f o r t h e benef i t Hood's Ssrsaparilla _ has been to him. % % % % ^

I Last winter I was taken with a terrible itching and burning skin disease of some Und. It spread all over my back and arms. I also had terrible headaches.

f ' u r e s

B a p t i s t N o t e s .

There will be the uanal services a t the Baptist church on Sunday morning and evening

Prn^ er meeting on Thursday eve. flacred Literature Symponium on

Monday evening at the church. E R N E S T H. SHANKS, Pastor.

M e t h o d i s t E p l s o o p a l C h u r c h ,

HBT. mA. T. mooui. TABTOH.

Sunday morning services 10:80 o'clock. Sunday school 12 m. Kp^orth League meeting 6:30 p. m. Evening service 7:80 p. m. Prayer meeting Thursday evening 7:30. Every one is invited.

O o n g r e g a t l o n a l C h u r c h .

BIV. JAH. PHOVAH, PASTOR,

Divine Worship at 10:80 a. m. Sabbath School at noon. Christian Endeavor Society, Sabbath,

6.45 p. m. Vesper Service, Sabbath, 7.80 p.m. Prayer meeting Thursday evening

7:30. Teacher's Meeeting,Thur8day.8:80 p.m

' All are cordially invited to attend the wrvices.

V e r g e n n e s a n d K e e n e M. E C i r c u i t .

Bailey Church—Preaching a t 10:80 a. n.; Sunday school immediately after.

KAene Church—Sunday school a t 8 p. ra.; Preaching a t 8:00.

We extend a cordial invitation to all. A. H. RAVN, Pastor.

A t t e n U o n . B a t t a l i o n .

The annual meeting of the Ionia Co. Soldiers and Sailors Association for the election of officera and the transaction of such other business as. may come be-fore it will be held at the Sentinel office, or some other place in Ionia, on Wednes-day, Feb. 27, 1895.

Every member is cordially invited to be present. D. H. ENQLISH, Pres.

C a r d of T h a n h s .

We wish to extend our heartfelt thanks to the many kind friends and aeighbors, also to the choir, who so kindly assisted us m our late bereave-ment.

J O S E P H G A R D N E R AND FAMILY.

H o i n e r - S e e k e r s K x c u r s i u n t o t h e S o u t h .

March 5th. April 2d, April 80th, 1895. For the above the D. G. H. A M. will

sell tickets at one lowest first class fare for round trip.

Excursloin rates to New Orleans, La., $33 40 and to Mobile, Ala., $83.40. Ac-count of Mardi Gras, Feb. 26th, 1895. Date of sale for above Feb. 18th to 24th inclusive.

Return limit March 20th, 1895. A . O . H E Y D L A U F P .

$1.60 a cord for spilt Beach and Maple at E. R. Quick A Co.

N. B. BLAIN'S

G R A N D

CleaFanee Sale

Commonclng Monday, Feb. 18th, w

will offer our entire stock of Dry Gooda

(Carpet department not included) at a

Discount of 25 Per Cent, for Cash,

this offer to hold good for two weeks. . • mrnn t / i -

We do this to enable us to reduce ou r

stbek and make room for New Goods t o

arrive. Our stock is as complete as any

in town and prices as low

WE ARE HERE FOR BUSINESS!

WE WANT BUSINESS!

WE WILL HAVE BUSINESS!

If good goods, low prices and cloee at-

tention to the wants of our oustomera

will bring it.

Our Spring Stock of Carpet), Matting,

Oil Cloths and Lmoleumc are now com-

ing in and we are enabled to sell them

at the lowest pnees ever known in Low-

ell. Remember

"Call at the Comer Store,

And save a Dollar on every four." *

T H E B E S T . V A L U E S ;

F O R T H E M O N E Y

E V E R O F F E R E D I N L O W E L L 1 1

We Sell tods Clieaper Tim lie Cieapest f

G R E A T -B A R G A I N S

-IN-

They Must Go Cheap ! Come and See !

The Largest and Most Complete Line of

HANDKERCHIEFS For the Holidays, Ever Shown in Low^-

After naing several bottles of Hood's 8«r-Hla have not bean bothered slnoa H

HATTIB Hioonra, Durand, Mich.

Hood's Pills SS S S S t f S S E

t k Igw IdGt Iprgafls I" • > • -, JrbZ'Z&A&S

T h e y a r e b e a u t i e s a n d c h e a p .

D O N O T F O R G E T T H E P L A C E .

E . R . C O L L A LYON BLOCK LOWELL, MICH.

L O W E L L •IOURNAL LOw&Lii, MICH,

IN THE VOTE ON CLEVELAND'S Gold

Bo/id scheme every Michigan congress-man, except Gufiln voted ag-inst the measure.

TO-DAY is TIIK last d a y for m t r o d u -

oing bills in the Legislature and the members have been rushing that branch of the work to the exclusion of all else all the week.

THE EXCESS OF NECESSARY e x p e n d i -

tures of the government over receipts for the first fourteen days of this momh was over $47,000,0U0 Al this rule the shortage for the month will be about $9,500,000. How long before another loan will have to be negotiated?

• IN THE DEBATES LA^T WEKK Congress -

man Wilson, father of our present tariff law adrmtied that it wa* tho lack of rev-enue, under this law, which had com-pelled this country to borrow $100,000-000, in the past few months. The ad-ministration's financial policy seems to be to reduce receiptn of revenue and borrow money to make up the shortage.

FROM PRESENT APPEARANCES t h e finan

cial, or rather the silver question ia go-ing to be one of the factors in the politi-cal situation of the next two years and unless it can be settled an a non-pttrtisan measure, will cause considerable fncllon as he parties now stand, i t ia a fact tha t the west, with t h e Alleghenys as the dividing line, is praciieally united in favor of silver while the east M oppos ed to any legislation favoring the whit) metal.

GROVKR'S GOLD BOND s c h e m e fai led to

pass. When the question came lo vote party lines were broken, the east voting 1 j favor and the west against ihe meas-ure. The vote by party «a< democrat for, '96 against. 89, republicans, for 31 against 63, populists, against, 7. The measure was in keeping with Cleve-lands former efforts, in the interest of the capitalistic clashes, to depreciate and disgrace our silver. The reason given was to sustain the credit of our country, but baa It got to be sustained by making our indebtedness payable in gold in times of peace, although we are living in an era of democratic depression. Has two years of democratic rule brought us to such a pass that our bonds are looked upon with askance? Of course not. The very bonds Cleveland sold to the Roths-childs at 1041 are eagerly sought by in-vestors at 112|. Senator Teller said that while he did not want lo charge the Presidentand Secretary of the Treas-ury with dishonesty they had certainly laid themselves open to the charge when by their cecret deal with the Rothschild. Morgan syndicate they had virtually given these great Bankers over live mil-lions of dollarj.

M u s t Sarve F i f t e e n T e a r s .

BENTON HARBOR, Mich. , F e b . 16.— George Swearingen was sentenced in tha circuit coart in tit Joseph Friday after-noon to fifteen years in the state prison for attempting to murder August E. Vltter, a farmer living near Buchanan last November. He pleaded guilty to the charge, tiwearingen is 44 years old.

C. H. H a o k l e y f o r VnlTers i ty R e g e n t

MUSKEGON, Feb. 19.—The republican aounty convention Monday selected a Relegation to the state convention a t Detroit pledged to the nomination of Charles H. Hackley for regent of the University of Michigan. Mr. Hackley is one of Muskegon's millionaire lumber-men and has given over SriOO.OOO in thia city for the cause of education.

M a c k l n a e I s l a n d f o r a P u b l i c 1'ark.

WABHINOTOK, D . C . , F o b . 19. —

The senate committeo on public lands Monday favorably reported a bill to turn over to the state of Michi-gan the military reservation on Mack-inao island, together with the build-ings thereon, for use as a public park.

A C a r d o f T h a n k s .

We wish to thank tho many kind friends and neighbors, who assisted us during the sickness and death of our be-loved father, Joiieph Wingler.

MRS C A R R I E ODRLL. M R S K A T E MCPHERSON. MRS S A R A H CURTISS.

L i s t o f U n c l a i m e d L e t t e r s

Remaining in the Post Office at Lowell Mich., week ending Feb. 16,1895:

LADIES.

Mrs Emma Houter, Mrs Wm. Howe, Mrs Sarah J. Poet. Mrs Mack Post, Mrs W. P. Snyder.

GENTLEMEN

Gfliret Hanson, Frank llosford, L. G. Ludwig, Lncien Lull. Jas. Robinson, (tin smith) Wm. Roletoff, Fraak Weekea, Geo. Wnghtman

Persons claiming the above will please any "Advertised" and give date of this l is t . MARTI* N- HINE, P . M .

R e d u c e d R a t e s t o D e t r o i t a n d L a n s i n g .

For the com entions named. theC. & W. M. and D. L & N. lines will sell

round irip tickets as follows: Detroit—Republican State Convention

—One Fare. Sell Feb. 20 and 21. Re-turn limit Feb. 23d.

Lansing—Proljibition Stale Conven-tion—One and One Third. Sell Feb. 20 and 22. Return limit Feb. 22d.

N E W DATE? FOR LOW RATES.

For Home Seekers' Excursions on March 5th, April 2d and 39th. the C. & W. M. and D. L & N. lines will sell round trip excursion tickets to points in Southern ana Western States, at very

low rates. Apply to agents for particulars.

G E O . D E H A V E N , G . P . A .

L I N C O L N ' S B I R T H D A Y .

H e n r y M'allerKniTs KI(M|aent K u l o g y o f

A m e r i c a ' s G r e a t e s t P a t r i o t .

The birthday of Abraham Lincoln was uuivenally celebrated from Portland, Maine to Portland, '.'rt'gnn, but of all th*) speeches de l ivmd, none, in our opinion,can compare with that of Henry W ailerr<on. the fami>UH editor orator of Louisville, Ky , delivered at the Audi torium, in ('hicago. Tuesday evening, Feb. 12th. We regret that lack of space prevents us from publishing the entire speech.

Mr Watlerson began his fpeech by a reference lo the pictureFqueness, tho poise and dignity of iho stitesninn of knee breeches who rigiifd the Declara-tion of Independence. Iran ed the Con-stitution and marie Ihelr inlluence felt even today. I t was not until slavery got Into politics thai Congress became a bear garden. The foundrrs of this Na-tion were succeeded by » class of states men much more confident and much less decorous; continuing he said:

There were Seward and Sumner and Chase, Cnrwin and Ben Wade. Trum-bull and F'ssenden. Hale ai d Collamer and Gnraec. and Greeley, our latter-day Franklin. There were Toombs and Hammond, and SUdell and Wigfall. and the two litMe giants. Douglas and Step-hens. and Yansev and Mason, and Jef -ferson Davis. With them soft words buttered no parsnips and they cared lit-tle how n^any pitchers might be broken by rude ones. The Issue between them did not require a diaeram to explain it. It was so simple a child could under-stand it. It rrad.human slavery against human freedom, slave labor against free labor, and involved a conflict as in evitabie as it was irrepressible.

LINCOLN ENTHRS T H E FRAY.

Amid the noiso and confusion, the clashing of intellects like sabers bright, and the booming of the big oratorical guns of the North and the South, now definitely arrayed, there came one day ituo the Northern camp one of the odd-est figures imaginable, the figure of a man who, in spite of an appearance somewhat out of line, carried a serioua aspect, if not the suggestion of power, and, pausing a moment lo utter a single sentence that could be heard above the din, passed on and for a moment disap-peared. The sentence was pregnant with meaning. The man bore a com-mission from God on high! He said: "A house divided against itself cannot stand. 1 believe this government cannot endure permanently half free and half slave. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved; I do not expect the house to fall, hut I do expect it will cease to bo divided." Ho was Abraham Lincoln,

How shall I describe him to you? Shall I do so as he appeared to me when I first saw Lim immediately on his arrival in the national capital, the chosen Pres-ident of tho United States, hla appear-ance quito a strange as the story of his life, which waa then but half known and half told, or shall I use the language of another and a more vivid word painter?

In January , 1861, Colonel A. K. Mc-Clure, of Pennsylvania, journeyed to Springfield, 111., personally, to become acquainted and to consult with a man he had contributed so materially to elect. ••I went directly from the depot to Lin-coln's house," saye Colonel McCIure; "and rang the bell, which was answered by Lincoln himself, opening the door. I doubt whether I wholly concealed my di'apointment at meeting him. Tall, gauut, ungainly, ill-clad, with ahomeli ness of manner that was unique in itself I confess that my heart sank within me as 1 remembered that this was the man chosen by a g w i t nation to become its ruler in the gravest period of us history. I remember bis dress as if it were but yesterday -snuff-colored and slouchy pantaloons; open|black vest, held by a few brass buttons; straight or evening dress coat, with tightly fittingsieeves to exaggerate his long bony arms, all sup-plemented by an awkwardness that was uncommon among men of intelligence. Such was the picture I met in the per-son of Abraham Lincoln. We sat down in his plainly furnished parlor and were uninterrupted during the nearly four hour 1 remained with him, and little by little as his earneslnesa. sincerity, and candor were developed in conversation, I forgot all the grotesque qualities which fO confounded me when l first greeted him. Before half an hour had passed I learned not only to respect, but, indeed, to reverence the man."

LINCOLN'S FIRST INAUGURAL.

I am not undertaking to reliver an oral biography of Abraham Lincoln and aball pass over the events which quick-ly led up to his nomination and election to the Presidency in 1800,

I met^lhe newly elected President the afternoon of the day In the early morn-ing of which he had arrived in Washing-ton. I t was a Saturday, I think. He came to the capital under Mr Seward's escort and amoni the rest I was pre-sented to him. His appearance did not impress me as fantastically as It had im-pressed Colonel McClure. I was more familiar with the Westerb type than Colonel McClare, and whibt Mr Lincoln was certainly not an Adonis, oven after prairie ideas.there was about him a rug-ged dignity that commanded respect.

I mot him again the next Monday forenoon in his apartments at Wlllard s Hotel as he was preparing to start to his inauguration, and was struck by. his un-affected kindncs; for I came with a matter requiring his attention. He was entirely self-possessed, no trace of ner-vousness, and very obliging. I accom-panied the cortege that went from the Senate chamber to the east portico of the capital. As Mr Lincoln removed his hat to face the vast multitude in front and lielow, I extended my band to take it, but Judge Douglas, just behind me, reached over my out stretched arm and received it, holding i t throughout the delivery ot the inaugural address I stood just near enough to the speaker's elbow not to obstruct any gestures he might make, though he made.but few, and then 1 began to understand some-thing of the real power of the man.

He delivered that inaugural address as if he had been delivering inaugural addresses all his life. Firm.resonant.ear-nest. it announced the coming of a man; of a leader of men, and in its ringing tones and elevated style the gentlemen whom he had Invited to become mem-bers of his political fsmiiv—each of whom at bottom thought himself his master's equal or superior—might have beard the voice and seen the hand of one born to rule. Whether they did or not they very soon ascertained the. fact.

From the hour Abraham Lincoln cross ed the threshold of the While House to Ihe hour ho went thence lo his tragic death there was not a moment wh«T he did not dominate the political and mili-tary situation and his officral subordi-mile*. The idea that h) w-isnvermalch-ed at anv time by anybody is contradict-ed by all that actually bappened-

L1NCOLN AND T H E SOUTH.

I want to say just here a few words about Mr Lincoln's relation to l he South and toward the people of ihe Souih

He was himself a Suutht rn man. He and all his iribe were Houtherners. Al-though he lefl Kentucky when Ihemer est child he wis an old child; he never WH>-very young; h«/gre.v to manhood in ii Kentucky colony: for what ia Illi-nois, whal is Chicago hut a Kentucky colony, grown somewhat out of propor-tion? He was in no sense u h a t we used to call - a poor white." Awkward, per haps; ungainly, perhaps; niggerlesa, certainly, but aspiring; the spirit of a hero beneath that rugged exterior; the im glnation of a p.iet beneath those heavy brows; the courage of a lion be-neath those patient, kindly aspects; and long before he was of legal age. a lead-er. His first love was a Rutledge; hla wife was a Todd.

L«t the romancist tell Ihe story of his romance. I dare not. No saddtr Idyl can be found in all the annals of the poor.

We know that he was a poet; for have we not that Immortal prose-poem recit-ed at Gettysburg? We know that he waa a statesman; for has not time vindicated his conclusions? But the South does not know; except as a kind of hearsay, that he was a friend; the one friend who had the power and the will to save it from itself. The direst blow that could have been inflicted upon the South was de livered by the afsassln'a bullet that struck him down.

rhroughout the wild contention that preceded the war, amid the lurid pas aions that attended the war itNlf,not one bitter or narrow word escaped the lips of Abraham Lincoln, whilst there was hardly a day that he waa not projecting his big, sturdy personality between some Southern man or woman and dauber.

T H E L A W S O F INSPIRATION.

From Cicsar to Bismarck and Glad-stone the world has had its statesmen and its soldiers—men who rose to emi-nence and power step by atep, through a series of geometric progression as it were each advancement following In regular order one after ihe other,the whole obe dient to well established and well under-stood laws of cause and effect. They were not what we call "men of destiny." They were "men of the time." They were men whose careers had a beginning a middle and an end, rounding of Uvea with histories, full It may be of interest-ing and exciting events, but comprehen-sive and comprehensible; simple, clear, complete.

The inspired men are fewer. Whence their emanation, where and how they got their power, and by what rule they lived, moved, and had their being, we know not. There U no explication to their lives. They rose from shadow and they went in mist. We see them, feel them, but we know them not. They came, God's word upon their lips; they did their office, God's mantle about them: and they passed away, God's holy light between the world and them.leav-ing behind a memory, half mortal and half myth. From first to last they were the creations of some spocial Providence, baffling the wit of man to fathom, de-feating the machinations of the world, the fiesh an the deyil, and their work done,paesing from the scene as mysteri-ously aa they had come upon it.

Tried by this standard where shall we find an Illustration more impreasive than Abraham Lincoln, whose career might be chanted by a Greek chorus as at once the prelude and the epilogue of the most imperial theme of modern times.

Born as lowly as the Son of God, in a hovel; of what ancestry we know not and care not; reared in penury, squalor, with no gleam of light or fair surround ings; without external graces, actual or acquired; without name or fame or official training; it was reserved for this strange being, late in life, to be snatch-ed from obscurity, raised to supreme command at a supreme moment and in-trunted with tho destiny of the Nation.

The great leaders of his party, the most experienced and accomplished public men of the day, were made to stand aaide; were set to the rear, whilst this fantastic figure was led by unseen hands to the front and given the reina of power. I t is immaterial whether we were for him or against him—wholly immaterial. That during four years, carrying with them such a pressure of responsibility aa the world never wil> neised before, he filled the vast space allotted him in the eyas and actions of mankind, is to say that he was inspired of God. for nowhere else could ho have acquired the wisdom and the grace in-dispensable to his mission. •

Where did Shakespeare get Ids genius? Where did Mozart get his music? Whose hand smote the lyre of the Scottish plowman, and stayed the life of the German priest? God,God and God alone; and aa surely as these were raised up by God, inspired by God, waa Abraham Lincoln: and a thousand years hence no story, no tragedy, no epic poem will be filled with greater wonder, or be follow-ed by mankind with deeper feeling.than that which tells of his life and death-

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Ellen Durant was born in England Aug. 10. 1B83. When still a young child she moved with her parenta to Canada, where she lived for suuet imo.

bho was married June 1, 1852, to Joseph Gardner, of Canada. They re-mained there six years, when they mov-ed to Michigan, where she lived until her deatli Feb. 15, 1895.

Nine children were born In their home, three of whom have passed into eter-nity. She was a kind and dutiful wife and a loving mothi r.

She has been a gr^at aufferer for about tw» nty yeara, add confined to the IIOUM; lor ten yeara past, but boro her illness patiently to the last.

When but a young woman she gave her heart to Jesus and was an earnest Christian to tho last, always speaking a kind and good word for every one. She belonged lo the Wesley an Methodist church und was a member of the Widow and Orphan Society.

She leaves bealdea a kind and loving husband, children, sist-rs und brother, a host of Iriends and relatives to mourn her loss.

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WOMEN MAKE HIM UNHAPPY.

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"I would ra ther handle twenty mon than one woman," said the Bfroadway car conductor, eying the retreat ing figure of an Irascible old lady who had jus t got off. "Women have been pam-pered and humored and taken care of so long that they aro rapidly becoming an absolute nuisance as far as street cars are concerned."

Then the conductor produced a list of one day's experience with women, says the New York Herald. I t was:

Number of women who chased the car two blocks when another car was just behind, 820; women who com-plained beoauso the car did not stop within ten feet of the crossing, 7tt; women who gave the conductor the "bad eye" on general principles, 126; women who hung to straps and refused to "step forward," 875; women who re-fused to move along and make room for other women, 80; women who carried pug dogs in defiance of all rules, 23; women who quarreled with each oth-er for aeats, 18; women who tried to make the conductor believe tha t ton-year old children were babea In arms, 13; women who consumed ten minutes looking for their fares. 278; women who felt insulted because worn-out work-ingmon did not get up and make room for them. 301; women who smiled sweet-ly on being jostled and acted courte-ously to aU (Salvation Army), 1; women who said "please" to ihe conductor when asking him to stop tho car (blind), 1.

D l s p e r s i n n of N e w E n g l a n d F a m U l e s .

Tho extraordinary dispersion of New England families is illustrated In a let-ter writ ten by William Chapin Web-Ater, of Uudson, O., to the Hartford Courant. Mr. Webster aaya that his great-grandfather, Thomas Webster, of Hebron, Conn., who lived to oe ninety-nine years and eight months old, had a family of thirteen children, all but one or two of whom married and BOUIO of whom settled near by— among them his grandfather. William 0. Webster is now in his eighty-ninth year. When he was a boy there were four Webster families on four adjoin-ing fanns in that part of Hebron known as Gilead, and ho can count up fifty Websters 1>orn and raised on those farms. Now there is not a Webster on those farms, and the name has run out in that neighborhood.

E x p e r t P h o t o g r a p h y .

A recent lawsuit In Ohio, involving the o w n e r ' d p of fifteen hundred acres of val-: real esiate, was settled lately by uie aid of photography. Tho t u r r i i g point of the suit was as to •vh.lher an old deed executed seventy-Lve years ago had five signatures or only four. There were Bpaces for five, bu t only traces of tour visible. The clerk of the court was ordered to have the deed photographed by an expert. He look it to Washington for this pur-pose. Tho negative developed some evidence of the missiqg signature, but on enlarging it ten times the whole name came forth distinctly.

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"All over the Tyrol, Switzerland, and the Alpine country generally, you find to-day a curious conjunction of the modem nnd the medieval in the village streets, the stores and the inns." said a traveler to a New York Sun man re-cently. "In the smallest, the most re-mote and the most anclcnt villages in

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I mountains uear Innsbruck, which ia , one of the most characteristically | medieval commuuities one could well

find. The people live In the houses of thfeir grandslres. and follow th< lr cus-toms and ways.

"This year I arrived there In the evening, und was amazed to find the streets as brilliantly lighted as Broad-way, where formerly tho only light

j was from a swinging horn lontern hero and thero. There were -dusters of In-candescent lights s t rung across the streets ever}- few yards. The little Inn had a complete Installation, nnd so hud the few little shop*.. I was prepared to learn that the formerly quiet village had become a fashionable watering place. But it hadn't. It was as quiet and as slow, antiquated anil out of date as ever. Later, as I wandered about the Tyrol and Switzerland, I found t h e same change everywhere.

" i t Is very natural tha t it should be BO. too, for in all tha t region there Is power In superabundance- running waste on every hand. From every rock leaps a cascade, and over every cliff roars a waterfal l ; there are streams that flow evenly with a steady, small power and torrents that thunder down with tons of force. The village of Murren, perched on the edge of a cliff opposite the Jungf rau . a t a height of five thousand feet above sea level, has a very complete electric lighting system, and power enough within a few hundred yards' radius to light hall New York, The villages get their light almost free.

"This is, so far as I could learn, tho very first UMJ to which the vast water power in the Alps has been put. Hith-er to It has all run idle. Muterlallstio travelers often wonder why Sw-ltzer-land is not a big manufacturing coun-try. Alas! It soon may be. now the patient plodders there are finding what a wonderful cupabUlty for work is in the waterfalls."

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i tor not to get some fun out of the blissful I self Khthjfaction und unconsclouiiuefiswhich characterize the most negligent of 'carc-t.iki'rs "

Mrs. Heffold was not t he oidy slnnor in this rcspect. It would have b;>en itit; rest-

• ing to g.'t together a tea ivr ty of invalids ; id .me and set the ball mlling about tho respective behaviors of their iv.^x-ftivo friends. Not a plen-sing chronicle. Novery choice pages to add to the liookof real 11 To. Siill valuiihle IUMUS in theirwn,v, ropre-sentallvoof the iicm. 1 as oppo-cd to tho ideal. In most in.-tancj* r^r i" would have l)een ample testimony to that cruel nion-

I ster known "s negloot. Bermmllho spoke OIICO t<i tho Disagree- |

able Man on thlsipnbjcct. She Kpoke with i Indignation, and he r.nswcred with Indlf-

ferenco, shrugging his shuhlders. '•Those things occur," he said. " I t is '

not tha t they are worse here than every- • where else. I t is simply that they aro to-gotiior It) an accumulated mass and as such strike us with tremendous forco. I | myself am aecustomul to these exhibiMons |

I of solflshness and neglect. I should Iw as- * : tonlshed if they did not takeplace. Don ' t j

mix younwlf up with anything. If people 1

; are neglected, they aro noglected, and thero • is the end of it. To imagine that you or I i are going to do any good by lilling up tho ! broach is simply an Insanity leading to un-necessarily disagreeable conseqnenoea. I | know you go to see Mr. Keffold. Tako , my advicc and keep away." • |

••You speak like a Calvinist," sho an- i gwerod, rather rtiUled, 'wi th tho qnlntes- | Bcnce of self pmtectlvencss, and I don't believeyMi mean a word you say."

'•My dear young woman," he said, " w e are not living in apoetry book bound wi th ' gi l t edges. We are living In a paper j booked volumoof prose. BeKflnslblo. Dpn' t ; ruffle yourself on account of other people, j Don' t even trouble to criticise them. I t Is only a nuisance to yourself. All this simply points twek to my llrst suggestion. Fi l l up your time with some hobby, ( hecso ; mites or tho inflnen/.a bacillus, and* then you will l)e quite content to let people IKS neglected, lonely and todie. You will look upon it as an ordinary and natural proc- ; ess ."

She ^ jved her hand JIS though to stop him.

'•Then1 aro days," she said, "when I can ' t bear to talk with you, and li.ii hi | one of them."

" I am sorry," hc answered, (|uito gently for him, and he moved away from her and started for his usual lonely walk.

Bernardino turned home, intending "o go to see Mr. Heffold. Ho had becomo quite attached to her and looked forward eagerly to hor visits. He said her voice was gentle and her manner quiet; there was no bustling vitality about her to irrt-

1 ti.to Ills worn u rv.-s. He w.is probably an 1 empty headed, stupid fellow, bu t It was I none the less snd to see him passing nwny.

He called her Little Brick. He wild tiiiit no other epltlui snlt< d her so exact iy. Ho was quite satislled now that sho was not paid for coming to see him. As for the reading, no one could read The Sporting I and Drnumtlo News and The Era so well as Little Brick. Sometimes he spoko with her about his wife, but only in general terms of bitterness and not always com- j plalningly. Sho listened nnd said nothing. |

" I ' m a chap t ha t wants very l i t t le ," ho said once. ••Those who want little get nothing."

That waa all hc --'•l, but Bernardino knew to whom he referred.

Today as Bernardino was on her way back to the Kurhaus she was thinking constantly of Mrs. Keffold nnd wondering whether she ought to Iw made to realize ; that her husband was becoming rapidly :

worse. While cngitjsscd with this thought j a long train of sledges and toboggans pass- | cd hor. Tho sound of the bells and tho noisy merriment made her look up, and she saw beautiful Mrs. Rcffold among tho | pleasure seekers.

" I f only I dared toll her now," said Ber- | nurdlno to herself, "loudly and before ; them a l l . "

Then a more sensible mood came over her.

"Af te r all, it is not my affair ," she said.

And tho slodges passed away out of (

hearing. When Bernardino sat with Mr. Rcffold

that afternoon, she did not mention that i sho had neon his wife. He coughed u g i c u deal and seemed to be worse than usual and complained of fever. But he iil; d to have her and would not hear of hergolng.

"S t ay , " hc said. • It Is not much of a j pleasure to you, bd t i t is a great pleasure to me."

There was an anxious look on his face. . such a look as people wear when they wish to ask some question of great moment, i but dare not begin.

At last he soemed to summon up cour- I ago. '

"Li t t le Briok," ho said, in a weak, low [ voice, " I have bomethlng oi my mind. You won' t laugh, I know. You're not tho sort. I know you're clever and thought-ful and all that . You could tell mc more than all the pmsons put together. I know you're clever, my wife says so. Sho says only a very clever woman would wear such boots and ha ts ."

Bernardino smiled. "Wel l , " sho said kindly, " t c ' l me." "You must have thought a good deal, I

suppose," he oontinued, "about life nnd death and that isort of thing. I ' vunc .o r thought a t all. Does I t matter, Lit Me Brlckl1 I t ' s too lato noV; 1 uu i ' t begin lo

now I know I am so near that gloomy Ut-ile churchyard—well, it makes me won-der. As for the Bible, 1 never eared to read It. 1 waa never much of a ivade-. though I 've got through two or three fin-Work novels and spurting stories Does ii matter, Llt t 'o Brick!1"

"How do 1 know?" she said gently "How does any one know? People sa; they know, but It Is all a great mystery— nothing but n niynioiy. Everything that wo say can Ix- but a guess. People have ffooe mad over their guessing, or they have brohen their hearts. But still the mystery remains, and wo cannot solve I t ."

••If you don't know anything. Little Brick," he said, • at least tell mc what you think. And don'" be too learned. Ro memlK-r. I 'm only a brainless fellow."

He seemed to Iw wai t ing eagerly fo r her unsn er.

" I f I wero y u , " she said, " I should not worry. Ju s t make up your mind to do better when you get another chance. One can' t do more than that . That is what I shall th ink of. that (iod will give each of us another ehnnee, and that each ono of us will take It and do Witter—1 and you bor." and every one. So there Is no reed to fret oviv failure wheu one hopes one may bo alii wed to redeem Ihnt failure Inter on. i; sld. s which T o Is w r y luml. Why, wo our.-elves rec(Vfrdr.o that . If there Ix? a Hod, some Intelligence greater than hu-man Intelligence, he will understand bet-ter than ourselves t ha t life Is very hard and dilVleult. and he will bo astonished not Isvatise wo are not lx>tter, but because wo are not worse. At least that would l » my notion of a God. I should not worry if 1 were you. Jus t make tip your mind to do better If you get thechance and IK-content with t h a t . "

" I f that Is what you think. Lltllo Brick," ho answered, ' it Is quite good enough for me. And it does not matter about prayers, and the Bible, and all that sort of thing?"

• I don ' t think It mat ters ," sho said. " I novet have thought sueh things mattered. What does matter is to judge gently and

' ' I s he hero today?" Robert Allltecn ask ed. .

Lira nodded. "Then I shall take your photographs,"

he said. While they had been speakingCatharina

rose from her seat and juissed into tho house. Her mother followed hor and watched hor go Into tho kitchen.

" I should like foeook the forellon," sho said very quietly.

It was months since she had done any-thing In the house. The old mother's heart beat with pleasure.

"Catharina, my bout loved child!" sho whispen-d, and she gathered the poor, suf-fering soul near to her.

In about half an hour the Disagreeable Mau and Bernardino sat down to their meal. Robert Allltson had ordered a Iwt-tlo of sassella, nnd he was just pouring i t out when Catharina brought in tho forel-len.

"Why, Cathar ina," he said, "you don't

mean you'vo cooked them? Tnon they Will be good!1'

She smiled and seemed pleated and then went out of the room.

Then he told Bern anil no her history and spoko with such kindness nnd sympathy that Bernardlnc wasngr.lnamazed at him, but she made no remark.

"Cathar ina wns always sorry- that I was u , III," he said. "When I staid here, as I 'Ti on ore not surly with tho poor jx'o- have done for weeks together, sho used to

pie, then?" wild Bernardino. ' Though ' ' " ^o every care of me. Aiid It was a kind-mtisi say I cannot imagine you being gen- ly symimthy which I could not resent. In

those days I was suffering mon! than 1 have done for a long time now, nnd sho was very pitiful. She could not bear to hear me cough. I used to tell her that sho

your eyes imd If you are not careful That would l)e a pity, for you seem to -ne ntther better lately."

" W h a t a eonfooslon for you to make of any one!" said she.

"Oh, I don't mean to soy t ha t yon will ever get Well;" he added grimly. "You seem to have pulled yourself in too many directions tor that. Vou have tried to lie too alive, and now you an* obliged to join the genus enhbage."

" I am certainly loss III than 1 was when 1 first came," sho said. • And I feel in a bet-ter frame of mind altngwlher. I am learn-ing a good deal In snd Peienduif."

" T h a t Is more than I have done," he answered.

"Well, peihaps you teach Instead," she

said. "Vou have taught me several things. Now, go on telling me about the country jKHiple. Vou like them?"

" 1 love t h e m , " he said simply. " I know- them well, and they know me. You see, I have Ix*!! in this district so long now and have walked about so much t ha t the very woodcutters know me, and tho drivers give me lifts on their piles of tim-

lol. Were you ever genial, I wonder?" " I don' t think that has ever licen laid

to my charge," he answered. The lime passed awhy pleasantly. The - J | —

Disagreeable Man was sc arcely himself to- must learn not to feci, but yon see sho did day. Or was It Hint he was more like him- not learn her lesson, for when this trouble self? He seemed In, a boyish mood; ho came on her she felt too much. And you made fun mitof nothlngand laughed with see what she Is ." such young, fresh laughter t ha t even An- They had a cheery meal together, and gust, the gmvo bluo spectacled driver, was then Bernardino talked with tho old moth-moved to mirtTi. As for Bemnnllnn, sho er while the Disagreeable Man busied hlm-had to look at Kol»ert Allitsen several limes self with his camcrn. Liza was for pu t t ing to bo sure that he was tho same Robert on her best dress and doing her hair in some Allltson sho had known two hours ago In wondorful way. But hc would not hear of Petcrshof. But she made no remark nnd snch a thing, but seeing that she looked showed no aurnrlse. but met his mcrrlnoss half way Xo ono could Iw a cheerier com-panion than herself when sho chose.

A t last they arrived at LoBohwltr,. Tho

disappointed he gave In and said she should Iw photographed just as she wished, and off sho ran to chango her attire. She went up to her room aplotntesquo, homely

not to come down like a sledae hammer w ' n ' " d , t s W;>.V through tho sloshy working girl, and sho came down a tidy, nle's fal l lnm Who nn. we f t m ' t s fho qmvr little village and final awkward looking young woman, with a l

on other people's,failings. Who are we, ly drew up in f ront of the GasthaUR. I t any of us, that we should be hard op w n i . n black sunburn t chalet, with gn^en others?" ^

hor finery on nnd all her charm off. The Disagreeable Man grunted, but said

shutters nnd stops loading up to n gnwn nothing. - * And notoomedown llkeasledgonam- balcony. A fr inge of sausages hong from Then Hans arrived, and then came the

he repeat - the roof; rod bedding was scorching In tho posing, which caused much amusement. mcron oQier people's fallings, ed slowly. ' I wonder If I havoover judged gently?"

" 1 believe you have ," sho answered. Ho shook his head. " N o , " he ^ald, " I have Iwen a paltry

fellow. I have been lying here and else-whore, too, eating my heart away with bit-terness until you came. Since then I have

sunshine; three cats were sunning them- They both stood perfectly straight, just as selves on the steps; a young woman sat in a soldier stands before presenting arms,

j the greon balcony knitting. There were Both faces were perfectly expressionless. Rome curious Inscriptions on tho walls of Tho Disagreeable Man was in despair, tho chalet and the date was distinctly , "Look happy!" he on treated. marked, "1070." I Thoy tried to smile, but tho anxiety to

An old woman over tho way sat In hor do so produced au expression of melan-nr, umii J.Ml worn-, ouiw) u i f n x iiuvo doorway spinning. She looked up as tho oholy which was too much for the gravity

sometimes forgotten to feel bitter. A little tfopped before tho Gasthuus, b u t of the photographer. He laughed heartily. kindness does away with a great deal of t h o y 0 U n g woman in the green balcony "Look as though you weren't going to bitlerneatf " 1 ~ blttornoss.

Ho turned wearily on his side. ' ' I t h i n k I could sleep, Lltllo Brick," ho

said almost In a whisper. " I want to dream about your sennon. And I 'm not to worry, am I?"

" N o , ' ' she answered as she stepped noise-lessly across tho room, "you aro not to worry."

C H A P T E R X. TOE msAOREKAULE MAN IS BEKN IK A HXW

LIGHT. One specially fine morning a knock oame

nt Demurdlno's door. Sho opened It and found Robert AlUtscn standing there try-ing to recover his breath.

though you weren't going went on kni t t ing nnd saw nothing. be photographed," ho suggested. "Llaa,

A buxom oldoily hausfmu came out to for goodness' sake look aa though you wore greet tho guosts. Sho wore a naturally baking tho bread. And, Hans, try to be-hind expression on her old fnco, but when Hove that you ore doing some of yourbcau-sho saw who the gentleman was the kind- t i ful carving." ness positive increased to kindness super- ; Tho patience of the photographer was latlve. . something wonderful. At last ho succeod-

Sho first retired and called out: ed in maklnc t Jem appear a t their ease. "Liza, Fritz, Liza, Trudchen, come And then ho told Liza that sho must go

quickly!" and chango her dress and Iw photographed Then sho came back and cried: ' now in t l * way ho wished. Sho came "Hcrr Allltson. what a surprise!" 'down again, looking 50 times prettier In Sho shook his hand t imes without num- her working clothos. Now ho was In his

ber, greeted Bernardine wi th motherly element. Ho arranged Liza and Hans on tenderness and Interspersed all her ro- tho sledge of tlrnlwr, which hn<l then drlv-marks with f rant ic cries of "Liza, Fritz, on up, and made a plctnresquo group of

••1 nm m.in.r tji n eiiin.rr.! Tntdchen, make haste!" : them all, Hans and Liza sitting side by about 1° miles off " ho said ' A n d l h ivo' 8 , 1 0 heeamo very hot and excited and side on tho timber, the horses standing ordered a alcdw' Do voti c a n to t o m e P»tlculite<l Violently. there so patiently af ter their long journey t i Ail this ' t ime tim young woman sat kni t - through tho forests, tho driver leaning

" I f I may pay my share," she said. "Of course," he answered. '•] did not

supijoso you would like to Iw paid for any better than I should like to pay for you." ,

Bernardine laughed. "When do wo star t?" sho asked. " N o w , " he answered. " B r i n g a rug, i

and also that Shawl of yours whluh Is al-ways failing down and come a t onccwith-out any fuss. Wo shall be out for tho whole day. What alwut Mrs. Grundy? Wo could manage to take her If you wish-ed, but she would not Iw copitortablo sit-ti? anion jr the photograph ie apparatus, ; and 1 certainly should not givehj) my seat j to ill'!."

Ime." said Bernar-

WEARING Q U E U E S IN C H I N A .

It !• Merely the rrerallinir Style, and l a Not Demanded by Law.

" I t is to the T a r t a r s who conquered China several centur ies ago t h a t wo arq indebted for this much-d i scus sed queue," said Wing Lock, a p romiheni Chinaman, t o n wr i te r fo r the P i t t sbu rgh Dispatch. "You hea r a g rea t deal abou t the lows of China re la t ing to t h e wear ing of queues; how a Chinaman cannot r e tu rn t o his coun t ry wi thout h is queue, nnd all t h a t . Well , i t Is a l l bosh. The wear ing of n queue is no more required by law t h a n y o u r gentle-men wear ing whiskers. I t is n custom and n style, nnd a Chinaman realiBca some t ru th in the s t y i n g t ha t you m i g h t ns well be ou t of t h e e a r t h ns ou t of style. A Chinaman r e t a in s his queno simply because if he should ever r e t u r n to his nat ive land ho would not caro t o

i go about among his f r i ends and make j himself conspicuous by such a radical

depnr tu re f rom tho s ty le of so m a n y millions of people. S t range , too, t h a t the Chinaman should hold to his queue with such tenaci ty when i t waa originally imposed upon him as a mark of subjection. When t h e T a r t a r s came over nnd se t n ru le r on ou r t h r o n e t h e y decreed thn t every Chinaman should w e a r a queue sueh as t hey did. Of course, th i s was a t f irst ga l l ing to thom, for thoy could not see or touch the i r plaited ha i r w i thou t b e i n g reminded of the i r conquest . B u t t ime heals a l l wounds, nnd it wns no t long before t h e Chinamen began to chcrish t h e m a r k s of subject ion ns a good fashion or style. This was also time abou t t h e s tyle of dress the Chinamen now wear . I t is in the queue t h a t a Chinaman wears his badge of mourning . When a Chinaman's fn thor or m o t h e r dies the re nre sent to him, ns to all t he members of tho family, colored gar te r s . These a r e not ga r t e r s as we unders tand , bu t sor t of ribbons, white, green or blue, which nre plaited with the hai r . White, g r e e n nnd blue are the colors of mourn ing , while the ribbon t h a t is ordinnri ly plaited in the queue is black. These blue and green ga r t e r s nre worn in t h e hair for one year a f t e r t he dea th of a parent ." -

CanTRRbBck n I rand. Geese and ducks nre more favored b y

the Germans thnn the Americans, no t one in a h u n d r e d has over e a t e n canvasback duck, i t is a cherished American t radi t ion t h a t i t is t he grea t -est of till table delicacies. Well, i t 's a -f r aud . To g e t t h e boasted flavor of the "wild celery" on which i t feeds i t m u s t b e cooked ha l f - raw and is gener -ally a s tough as a boiled owl. With t h e exception of the l i t t le "blue-winged teal ," no duck t h a t swims can surpass a well-fed, wcll-cooked puddle, such aa you can bay in our m a r k e t for t e n cents a pound; Canvasback i s now fifty cents a pound.

Ruled Entirely by Women. A pleasing account of n gove rnmen t

ent i re ly under feminine ru le comes f r o m t h e l i t t l e Indian occan island of Minicoy, s i tuated midway be tween the Mal dive and Laccadive groups. The woman is tho head both of the gov-e rnmon t and of the home, nnd when she marr ies he r husband takes her n a m e nnd h a n d s over ull h is ea rn inga tAroughout his marr ied l ife. Silk

4 ting, hut not looking up. Sno had been agiunst Uis bledgo smoking Lis long china gowns nre the universal wear , t he u p p e r

| beautiful, but her face wns worn now, and pipe. I classes donning red silk and ea r r ings . her eyes had t ha t vacant stare which be- 1 " T h a t will be something like Bplet tue," tokened the vacantmlnd. 1 ho said to Bernardino when the perfonn-

Tho mother whispered to Robert Alll t-I anco was over. "Now I am going for pop; j about a mile's walk. Will you coiuc with

"Sho notices no one now. She sits there ^ a n ( 1 see w h a t I am going to photo-alwnys wai t ing ." , graph, or will you rest here till I eomo

Tears tome into the kind old eyes. i back?" Rolwrt Allltson went nnd bent down to !

the young woman nnd held out his hand. | ' Cathnrlna," he said gently.

ITO HE OONTINT'CD.J

dii. It.

i.t; ;; ; u r o f an hour they i i i.nslno loaned luxu-cnjj.v to tho ful l her llrst

had . r iouslj ;. | sledge ride.

I t was all new to her—tho swift pass-ing through iho crisp air without any sen-sation of motion; the sleepy tinkling of the bells un the horses' heads; the noise-less cutting through of tho snow path.

All these weeks she had known nothing of the country, and now sho found herself in the snowy fairy land of which the Dis-agreeable Man had often spoken to her— around vast plains of untouched snow, whiter than any dream of whiteness, jew-eled by tho sunshine with priceless dia-monds, numlx*rleitfi as the sands of the sea; the great pines I waring their burden of snow patiently; others, loss patient, having shaken themselves free from what tho heavens had sent them to bear, and now the streams, flowing on reluctantly over Ice coated rocks and tho loo cathedrals formed hy tho Icicles between the rooks.

And always the same silcnoe, save for the tinkling of the horses' bells.

On tho heights the quaint chalets, some merely huts lor storing wood; on others farms or the homes of peasants; some dark brown, almost black, Itelraylng their ago; others of a paler hue, showing that tho sun luul not yet mellowed them Into a deep rich color. And on all alike the fringe of icicles. A wonderful white world.

I t was a long time before Bernardine even wished to speak. This beautiful whlteness'may become monotonous af ter a tii.i., but thotu is somothliig vcr; awe In-spiring about it, something which catches lie soul and holds it.

She looked up then and saw him nnd recognized him.

Then the sad fac: smiled a welcome. He sat near her and took her kn i t t ing in

his hand, pretending to examine what sho bill done, ehaliIn;, to i l e r quietly nil the time. He asked 1.or what she hack boon do-ingwi 'h he r . lf .since ho had last seen hor, and she said:

'Wai t ing . I nm always wai t ing." He know tha t i !io referred to her lover,

who had Iwen losi in nn avnlnncho the eve before their wedding morning. That was four years ago, but Catharina was still waiting. AlUtscn remomberod her ns a bright young girl, singing In tho Gnst-haus, wait ing cheerfully on the guests, a bright, gracious presence. No ono could cook t rout as sho could. Many a dish of trout had sho served up for him. And now she sat in tho sunshine kni t t ing and wait-ing, scarcely over looking up. That was her life.

"Ca tha r ina , " ho said as ho gave her baek hor knitt ing, "do you remember how you used to cook mo the trout?"

Another smile passed over her face. Yes, sho remembered,

"Will you cook m e some today?" She shook hor head and returned to her

knitting. Bernard I no watched tho Dlsogreeablo

Man with amazement. Sho could not have believed t ha t his manner could be so ten-der and kindly. Tho old mother standing near hor whispered:

"Ho was always so good to us all. We love him, every one of ,UR. When poor CrMi.arina w a s betruthed flvo y e a * ago, i t

i -.- : en wo first told the good news. He has a wonderful way abont him —just look a t h im.with Catharina now. She has not noticed any ono for months, but sho known him, you soe."

Ai that morii -Jt the other members of the household came—Liza, Fr i tz and

i Truilob. i—Liza, a maiden of 19, of tho

THEY WERE T W I C E MARRIED.

The Disagreeable Man sat quietly by her j homely Swiss type; Fr i tz , a handsome lad side. Oneo or twice he bent forward to j of 14, and Truddhen, jus t free from school, protect tho camera when t he sledge gave a with iter school satchel swung on her Imok. | g g A a | j T' shyness in their greoling. lurch.

After some ti"io they mot e. procession pf sledges laden with t imber and August, the diiver, and Robert Allltson exchanged some run and merriment with tho drivers

The Disagreeable Mon was evidently on old and much loved iriond and Inspired confldeneo, not awe. Trudchen fumbled In his coat pocket and found what sho ex-

in their quain t blu" smocks. The noiso of pec ted to find thoro—some sjvoots—which tho eonvenat Ion and the excltemont of get-ting past the dodges brought B.'rnanliuc' hack to speech again.

" I have never before enjoyed any tiling so muoh, sho said.

' 'So you have found your tongue," he said. "Do you mind talking a l i t t le now?' I feel rather lonely."

This was said in such a pathetic, ag-grieved tone that Bemnnllne laughed and looted at hi r coinpaaiun His face wore an nnusnally bright expression. He was evidently out to enjoy himself.

"You t a l k , " sho said, "and tell me all about the oonntry."

And he told her w h a t ho know and, among other things, about tho avalanches.

Ho was ablo to point out whore some had

she Immediately beg.-.n to 'eat, perfectly contented and self satisfied. Sho smilod nnd nodded at Rolwrt Allltson aa though to reassure him that the sweets wore not bad and that she was enjoying them.

"Liza will soe to lunch," said the old mother. '•You shall Jmvo some mutton outlets and some forellon. But before sho goes she has something to tell yon . "

" I a m , botrotbod to Huns," Liza said, blushing.

" 1 always knew you wero fond of Hahs ," said the Dinagreeablo Man. " H o Is a good fellow, Liza, and I 'm glad you love him. Bu t haven ' t you just teased h im!"

^'That was good for h i m , " Liza said brightly.

Ouco l o Plonite Tlipmnelvci und L<«tor to Pleaxe the Fmnlly.

" Very f u n n y a re some of the ex-periences of a min is te r . " said a Califor-nia elorgymtin recent ly . W hen asked w h a t pnrt icult i r experience had cailcd fo r th ihe reumrk , he said:

"A ILtle wh i l e ago r. worthy young mini, well k n o w n in th i s town, aecon:-punied by a very sedate young lady, called a l my house wi th n mar r i age license, and asked mc to per form th« ceremony. 1 k n e w them both, and was n a t u r a l l y very much surprised a t the i r hu r ry . I w a s a l so cur ious t o know h o w they would exp la in their has te to the^-f r iends .and relat ives. Bu t t h a t w a s no business of mine. Every th ing w a s in order and I commi t t ed t h e deed.

" I was en jo ined to secrecy and so was my wife, and I have never y e t b rea thed a word of t h a t ceremony. Hut now comes the s tory .

"A shor t t ime a f t e r t h e mar r i age in my l i t t le par lor 1 m e t the young hus-band, and g r e a t l y to my surprise he told me t h a t h i s wedding w a s fixed fo r a cer ta in da le , a b o u t t w o weeks ahead, and t h a t he expected me to per form the ceremony. I t h o u g h t he w a s won-de r ing in h is mind, and reminded him t h a t he was a l ready l ied up as t i g h t as the ord inances of God ond the laws of California could t ie him. He only laughed and said t h a t t h e o the r l i t t le a f f a i r w a s a l l r i g h t as f a r as i t went , bu t i t did no t go fa r enough. All t ho young lady's re la t ives had been looking to the event and i t would never do t o disappoint them, a s t h e firtt wedd ing had been k e p t a profound secret , a n d only tho fou r of us knew a n y t h i n g abou t it. So on the appoin ted day I w e n t t o t h e bouse of t h e br ide, and , in tho presence of the guests , mar r i ed the husband und wife a second t ime. Every th ing w e n t smoothly , t h e groom looked usua l ly dis t ressed and t h e br ide assumed t h e regu la t ion b lush, no twi th-s t and ing t h e f a c t t h a t several weeks had elapsed since they w e r e made one."

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let us go Into tha t brown cholet yonder j Tho little girl did not look up. Mho wns and ask for some milk. I am simply parch-j in n Schumann mood tha t evening, and ea with thirst. Thank you, but I prefer, only the players of Schumann know what to carry my own flowers,"

"What nn Independent little lady you are," he said.

" I t 1.4 quite noccnaty In our profession, I can assure you," she said, with a tono of mischief In her voice. 'That reminds mo thnt my profession Is evidently not looked upon with any favor by the visitors of tho hotel, 1 am heartbroken to think that I havo not won the esteem of that lady In the blllytoek hat, Wl t will she say to you for c.imlng out with me? And what will she say of me for allowing you to Come? I wonder whether Bhe will say, 'How unfemirdve" I wbh 1 could hear her!"

" I don't Buppose you can-," he said. "Yon seem to lie a wild little bird.'

" 1 don't care what a person of that de-scription says. ' replied his companion.

"What on earth made you contradict the major a t dinner last night?" he asked. " I was not a l the table, hut some ono told me of the Incident, and 1 felt very sorry

enthralling possession he takes of thHr very spirit. All the passion and pall- s and wlldnesH and longing had found nn Inspired interpreter, and thote who li tened to her were held by tho magic which was her own secret, and which had won for her such honor as comes only to the fe"*. Sho unilorstood Schumann's music and was at her liest with him.

At lost sho arrival a t the ' 'Corneval," ami those who heard her declartil afterward that they had never lis toned to a more magnifleent rendering. Tho tenderness was so r; .••l.mincd; the vigor was so relln-ed. When t ho last notes of thnt spirited "Man-he ties Davidsbtindler Contra les Phll ls t lns" had died away, sho glanced t Oswald Everard, who wns standing near her, almost dazed.

" A n d now my favorite piece of a l l , " she said, and she at once began the "Second Novollette," the finest of the eight, but seldom played in public.

What can one say of the wild rush of tho

K E E P I N G O L D AGE AT BAY.

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abont it. What couftl you know of Miss leading theme nnd the pathetlo longing of Thyra Flowefdew?"

"•Well, considering tha t she is In my profession, of course I knew something about hor," said the little girl.

"Confound it all!" he said rather rude-ly. "Surely there is some dilTerenec be-tween the bellows blower and tho organ-ist^ '

"Absolutely none;" she answered— "merely a variation of the original theme."

As sho spoke she knocked at the door of the ehalet and nsked tho old dome to give them some milk. They sat in the stube, and the little girl looked about and ad-mired the spinning wheel, and the (|iiairit chairs, and tho queer old jugs, and the pictures on the wall.

--Ah, but you shall see the other room," tho old peasant woman said, and she led them Into a small apartment which was evidently Intended for a study. It Iwro evidences of unusual tas^e and care, and ono could see that some loving hand had been trying to mnko It a real sanctum of refinement. Thero wns even a smnll piano. A carved bookrack was fastened to tho wall.

Tho old dome did not speak at first. Sho gave her guests time to recover from tho astonishment which she felt they must bo I experiencing. Then she pointed proudly to tho piano.

" I bought that for^ny daughleni," sho said, with a strange mixture of sadness nnd tr iumph. "1 wanted to keep them a t home with me, and 1 saved and saved and got enough money to buy the plnnO. They had always wanted to have one, and I thought thoy would then stay with mo. They liked music and boohs, and I knew they would bo glad to hove a room of their own, where they might read and play nnd study, and so I gave them this corner."

"Well, mother ," asked the littio gill, "and where aro thoy this afternoon?"

'•Ah/'shoansweredBWjly, " thoydid not enre to stay. But It wife naiurul enough, and I was foolish to grieve. , Besides they come to see mo"

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n e w c u r f e w ord inance requ i res l>oj* BccaiB to be good ground for believing a n g g i r l s unde r 16 years of ago to b« t h a t germs, if not a specific germ, are a t by 0 o'clock every evening, at leas t one of t h e most Impor tant in- T h e ob j ec t is no t only t o prevent all, flucnees which br ing on old nge. I t l i t t l e misdemeanors and depreda t ions h a s long been known t h a t the ntomains by t h e boys, b u t also for the i r protec-or toxic Kubstnnccs produced by mi- t ion t o b r e a k u p any evil associat ion* c robes are capable of se t t ing n p various t h a t may lead to more serious t-e.- ! . _ degenera t ive processes. Degenerative 1

the intennezzo? Tiie ronrmnringdylngtobtcs T h a i t a i l a s s o f t a s s n o w o n t h e e t a ;

And— T h e p a e s i o n a t e s t r a i n t h a t , d e e p l y go ing , Kef lnea t h e bosom it t r e m b l e s t h r o u g h .

Tho little girl ceased ploying. Thero was noc a sound to be heard. Tho magic was still holding her listenen. When at last they had freed themselves with a sigh, they pressed forward to greet hor.

"There is only one person who can play like t h a t , " cried the major, with sudden Inspiration—'she is Miss Thyra Flower-dew. ' '

The littio girl smiled. ' Tha t Is my name," she said simply,

and she slipped out of the room. The next morning nt tin early hour the

bird of passage took her flight onward, but sho was not destined to go off unob-served. Oswald Everard saw tho little fig-ure swinging along the road, and he over-took her.

'•You little wild bird!" he said, "ond so this was your great idea, to have your fun out of ns all and then ploy to us and make ns feel 1 don't know how—nnd then l o g o . "

" I hope I have proved to you tl|at th-bellows blower and the organist ore some-times Identical," sho answered.

Hut he shook his head. "Li t t io wild bird," ho sold, ' 'you have

given mc a great Idea, and 1 will tell y« i what It is—to tame you. .So goodby fur the present ."

"Goodby," she said. ' 'Bu t wild birds nre not so easily tamed."

Then she waved her hand over her head and went ou her way singing.—Black wood's.

changes in the joints, the liver, t he kidneys and o ther organs, have been direct ly t raced to th i s cause. The wri ter has for some time held the opin-ion t ha t t he degenerat ive changes inci-d e n t to advancing age are due to the same cause; namely, the toxins ab-sorbed from the a l imentary canal . These toxins nre constantly present in g rea te r or less quant i ty , according lo the e x t e n t to which fermenta t ive ond put refac t ive processes prevail In the s tomach and Intestines. These proc-esses depend first. ur*»n t h e in tegr i ty of the digestive process, in the indi-vidual, and , secondly, upon the chor-

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adopted the gold dol lar of the Uni ted S ta tes a s i ts s t andard coin. For t h o purpose of e f fec t ing the change lo t h o n e w s t anda rd the old c u r r e n c y is r e -deemed by g 'v ing fifty cents fo r ono dol lar . When governments go in to Mio oheap-money business, says the Pltila-de lphia Record. tb#y usua l ly m a n a g e t o g e t a do l la r ' s wor th f o r half a dol -lar : and when they go ou t i>f the busi-ness a f t e r t he l londuran fashion Uiey g e t two dol lars for one. The swind le of demonet izat ion nnd r e m o n e t i r a t i o n bears with equal hardship upon the un-

T he little girl looked up from her plate. Robert Hrownlng's words rose to her lips. hut she did not give them utterance:

God has a few of us whom he whispers in the ear.

riio reM may reason, and welcome: 'tis we musicians know.

"1 have lived through a long life," said another elderly man, ' and have therefore had my shore of trouble, but the grief of being obliged to give up music was the grief which held nie the longest, or which perhaps has never left me. 1 still crave for the gracious pleasure cf touching once more the strings of a violoncello and hear-ing the dear, tender voice singing ond throbbing and answering even to such poor skill as mine. I utili yearn to take my part In concerted music and lie one of those privileged to play Beethoven's string quar-tets. But that will have to he in another Incarnation, I think."

He glanced at his shrtiiiken arm, nnd then, a.s though ashaimd of this allnslon to his own personal infirmity, he added hastily:

" But when the first pang of such 0 pain Is over there remains the comfort of being n listener. At first one docs not think it a comfort, but as time goes on there Is no resisting its m(i; • Influence. And Lowell said rightly that -out of God's greatest charities U music.' "

••I did not know you were musical, Mr. Keith." sold nn Knglish lady. "You have never lieiore siioken of music ."

•'Perhaps not. madam," hc answered. 'One docs not often speak of what one

enres for most of all. But when I am in London I rarely miss hearing our best players."

At this point others joined In, and the various merits of eminent pianists wero warmly discussed.

What a wonderful name that little English lady has made for herself!" said tho major, who was considered nn author-ity on nil subjects. " I would go anywhere to hear Miss Thyra Flowerdew. We all ought to be very proud of her. She has taken even tho German musical world hy storm, and they say her recitals at Paris hove Ix-en brilliantly successful. I myself have heard her at New York, Lclpsio, Lon-don. Herlin and even Chicago,"

The littio girl stirred uneasily in her choir.

I don't think Miss Flowerdew has ever been to Chicago," she said.

Then' was a (lend silence. The ndmlror of Miss Thyra Flowerdew looked much an-noyed and twiddled his watch chain. Ho had meant to say Philadelphia, but he did

not think it necessary to own to his mis-take,

"WhoC Impertlnoucol" said one of tho ladles to Miss Blake. " What enn she know tbout It? Is sho not the young person who tuned the piano?"

"Perhaps sho tunes Miss Thyra Flower dew's piano!" suggested Miss Blake in a

^"'YOU aro right, madam," said tho littio j me oia uamc saia.^ i u o u i . a i i o « . t h a n its corresponding organ. Despite m a t l s m in its protean fo rms is one ol Lowell.

girl quietly. " I have often tuned Mis. j * w l t d o w n to the piano and t h e fact t h a t t h e shape, size a n d color t h t . most cons-.nnt and dis t ressing dis-1 C a n f ftill s w e o n e y , U . S . A . . San Flowerdew's plono. utrnck a few chords. i 0 ' t he ea r dif fers more widely in indi- o rders oi old nge. I h e rt-lnlion 1)1" u , , , y 0 cni_ ^v , , ; ••Shiloli'sCatBrrl. ^ e m -

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"1 ^it . " b u t I cannot neglect my duty. Don'l o n t h e same head than a n y o t h e r of t h o i v poin ted ou t by t h a t d is t inguished | T H F .""OMPXSS PLANT Bhesa'd. Noh lng W f t , t f o r m p . M , tw in organs. If one ea r is del icate in physician and essayist, J . M l iner 1 T H E l O M PASS PLANT ^ Isfles me so en t i ru j . . o " I w i l l w n l t for you," he snld sullenly, h a ( i 0 t he o ther will be the same; if Folhcrgi l l . T h e above considera t ions , ! On the western prairie is found the dorncss of an anget s coucn, I n,,,! cnnL-nd • o

acter of t h e subs tances introduced into happy people v. ho are t h e ' v i c t i m s of t h e a l imen ta ry canal us fi id.

These considerat ions sugges t a t once t h e t h o u g h t while all human beings must necessnrily be cons lnmly sub iec t t o the influence of toxic substances genera ted in their own a l imentary canal , and consequent ly m u s t g row old and succumb sooner or la ter to the de-generat ive process of old ago. these processes may be grea t ly accelerated by subsis t ing upon a diet which favors the production of toxic subs tances iu t h e a l imenta ry canal .

If this theory is correct we should ex-pect to find the grea tes t longevity among those nnimals nnd those men w-ho subsist on the simplest and pures t diet , o the r conditions being equal . I t would be impossible l o find n sha rpe r contras t t han Hint which exists in th i s respect between carnivorous and vege-ta r ian animals. Contrast , fo r example, t he dog which grows old, becomes rheu-

th is form of legalized robljery.

A DesMoines woman who has !ie» fi troubled with frequet colds, concluded to try nn old remedy In a new way, nn-l accordingly took a tablespeonfni ( four Mines the usual dose) of Oh»mb' ' r Is in 's Cough Remedy ju.-t before going to bed. The next morning she found that her cold had almost entirely disappeared. D.iring the day she took a few doses of t b e r e m dy (one teafipoor.ful at n t ime) and nt n ight again took a tea tpoonfu l before going to bed, and on the fo l low-ing morning awoke free f rom all s\ mp-tons of tliH cold. Since then she has, o u several ' ccasions. used this remedy in like manner , with the same good resul ts and i" much eln ed over her dneove ry of BO quick a way of cur ing u cold. For sale by L. H . HINT & SON.

Immigran ts and returning voyagers find in Ayer's SarsaparilJa a cure f o r eruptions, bulls, pimples, eczema, e tc . , whether resu ' tmg Irom sea-diet nnd l i fe

malic nnd inlirm in eight or ten .years , 1 i un i>i n u u i OUT wvnvi vNith t h e donkey, who lives a useful : ^ value as a tonic and al ternat ive med-to fo r ty or fifty years , ami the e lephant , which is still active and useful at ono hundred years. The same is t r u e among men. T h e greates t number of persons

icine cannot be overestimated.

B E L I E F I N S I X H O U R S .

, , , , . Distressing Kidney und Bladder dis-( who now live above one h u n d r e d yea r s . oases relieved in six hour- by the NEW i of nge nre to be found among Russian ' GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN KIDNEY CLRB. ' peasants , who rare ly tas te m e a t . These This new remedy is a grea t surprise o n

people have been prnctieal vegetar ians i aecount of of its exceedi ng promptness . . , , . , . , for so many centur ies—perhaps*from ' n r , ' ' I e v ' r , K P * ' n ' n ' h e bladder, k idnevs

Man a t best is an ungainly animal , j t h e e a r i i e s t ages—that ana tomis t s havo , b a c k n n d e v " r . v i l 9 r t o t the urinary p i s -1 saces in male or female. I t relieves r e -

18 MAN L O P S I D E D ?

The 8nbJ«H-t UUcuHsed from a Variety of Iiiti*r«Ntlfiff StancipolntH.

U|NU auviai „ as she knew tho old woman would lovo open than its f r iend over the br idge , and understand, and she turned away whi le in many cases people, while ap-when she saw that the lisujuor's eyes wero , pa ren t ly looking with bo th eyes, only moist.

'•Play once again ," tho old woman whis-pered. '"I am dreaming of beautiful th ings ."

So tho little tuner touohed the ' -eyi again with all tho tenderness of an an^el.

use one, and makers of f irearms, in i « " . . — - i - • , . rr-to order , careful ly al low Bavenswood electric car a quar te r and : I^'KB, Bacon s Ce'ery King tor tiie

- - - ^ . ; — j : — i | nerves w ill cure \ on and r« store you to blooming heal th. Trial Pa'-hage tree. Large size 50 cents at Wm. Clark's, sole aeent .

dyspepsia liver complaint How a Neat Trick Wan Turned on a Staret digestion, if you are sleepless at f ' g h t

f a r Conductor. land awakn in the morning feeling l a n -A woman gave a conductor on a i Ku,<l. with coated tongneand sallow Mig-

sclous Itself. And that nowadays that wo are allowed to forgot tho personal y of the player. And yet her personality is an unusual one. Having once seen her It wot.Id not bo easy to for-: get hor. I should recognlzo hor anywhere." j

As he spoko he glanced abtho little tun-er and could not help admiring her digni-fied composure under circumstances which 1

might have been distressing to any one, ] and when she rose with the others ho fol-1 lowed her and said stlllly:

" I regret that I was the Indirect causo i

of putt ing you in an awkward position." " I t Is really of no consequence," EIH

eald brightly. If you think I was imper tlnent, I ask your forgiveness. I did not | unconsciously she took the childish face mean to bo ofllclous. The words wero i and kissed It. Bp<ikon before I was aware of thom." I Oswald Everard was wait ing for his

Sho passed Into the salon, where sho i companion In tho hayfield, and when sho found a quiet comer for herself nnd read I apologized to him for this little profession-some of the newspapers. No one took iho i al Intermezzo, as sho called It, ho recovor-Bllghtest notice of her, not a word was; ed from his sulklnt-ss nnd readjusted his spoken to her, but when sho relieved tho | nerves, which the nolao of the tuning hud company of her presence her impertinence j somewhat disturbed. was commented on. | " I t was very good of you to tune tho | Wgger, wnue, cunous iy cuuugu , tuu — i

I am sorry that sho heard what I sold," old dame's piano," he said, looking ot her | l e f t foot covers t h e g r en t e r a m o u n t of woolen fascinator, pulled off her im- I t la sold " ' »«——-• I frwmn/l > mense clouk, turned i t inside out , made gists. I t i

a certuin unreasoning a muff of it, and changed her seat t o

rose to say goodby, " thnt tho plnno is now in good tune. Then they will piny to you tho next time they come."

ranking guns s f o r t h e right or l e f t s ightcdness of the received in change t w o silver dimes, spor t sman for whom they cater . Broad- i "He re , here!" said t h e passenger , ly speaking, worpen nre more of ten " t h i s coin has been filled and I'd l ike

4 'Tell your daughters," she srkl .;S sho ! R i g h t e d t h a n men, a n d , when they t o have a good one." — -timk Mw. iii11HIi u now i <1° happen to be r i gh t s ighted they a re ; r h a t s good money," re tor ted t h e

so in less degree than the s t e rne r sex. nickel snntcher, wi th a look t h a t • " I the next time tney come. - I The reason w a y the l e f t shoulder is showed he had expected j u s t such a n sho j " I shall always remember you, made-| f requen t ly f u r t h e r f rom mother ea r th outcome. " I took it for good stuff , and )er- molsello," tho old woman sold, nnd almost t h a n the r i g h t Ifes in t h e fac t t h a t you' l l have to do the same."

whi le wr i t ing most men res t the l e f t | The woman dropped the defect ive • e lbow on the table , while in the case of piece of money into he r purse, says t h e | por te r s loads a re carried on t h e right Chicago Tr ibune , m u t t e r i n g someth ing ; shoulder . With nn able-bodied man inaudible , bu t al lowing a look to spread ; t h e r e Is very l i t t le d i f ference In t h e over her countenance t ha t indicated | l eng th of the limbs, bu t t he hands and t roub le ahead for t ha t conductor. And . fee t a re usually widely d i f fe rent in the t h e r e was. When he got off and r a n m a t t e r of size. The right h a n d is t he ahead to see t h a t t he Milwaukee t r a c k | b igger , while, curiously enough, the was cleor, h is victim removed her big

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Oda . , POcta. and 81.00 Bottle. Onocentadoso.

remarked Miss Blaku. " B u t sho did not seem to mind. These young women who go out Into the world lose the edge of their sensitiveness and fomlnlirity. 1 havo al-ways observed tha t . "

"How much thoy are spared then!" an-swered some one

Meanwhile the little glrl slcpt soundly. I She had merry dreams and finally woke tip I laughing. Sho hurried over her breakfast

with renewed Interest. ' 'Some one had to do It, of course," sho

answered brightly, "and I am glad the chance foil to mo. What a comfort It is to think that tho next t ime those dough tors come to see her they will play to her and make her very happy—poor old dour."

" Y o u puzzle mo greatly," ho said. " I cannot for tho life of mo tlilnk what made

muKi">>6. you choose your'calllng. You must havo and then stood ready to go for a butterfly many gifts—any one who talks with you hunt. Sho looked thoroughly happy and , must see that a t once, and you play quito evidently hud found and was holding» nicely too." tightly tho key to life's enjoyment. I " I am sorry that my profession sticks in

Oswald Kverard was waiting on tho bal- your throat ," sho answered. "Do bo cony, and hc reminded be r that he Intend- ••thankful that I am nothing worse than a ed to go with her, | tuner, for I might lio something worse—

"Come along then," she answered, a snob, for in .ttuico." " W o must not lose a moment."

They caught butterflies, they picked j flowers, they ran, they lingered by tho wayside, they sang, thoy climbed, and ho marveled at her easy sjieed. Nothing seemed to tire her, and evervthlng Boomed to delight her—tho flowers, flic birds, tho clouds, the grasses und the fragrance the pine woods. the same point of view, but we have h a d a ' fh rowtT mnrn fn t h e l»ff tiiMn rl»l,f

"IB It not good to live?" sho»orled. I* splendid morning together, und I hu •o It not splendid to take in this scented air? , enjoyed every minute of It. Aud tomor-Draw in us muny long breuths as you can. ; row I go on my way."

g round . Ladies have

segse of sa t isfact ion w h e n t h e y say t h a t t h e o the r end of t h e car . they wear fives in gloves, because, if : "Fa re , " said the conductor, opening this is .. ruct, t hen tho h u m a n hand the door with a bang. He had failed to h a s ^ r o w n smal ler wi th in t h e l a s t Iwen- : see th rough the t ransformat ion u n d ty or th i r ty years , which s ta te of affairs, took the passenger wi th her cloak on I "iwever, m a y be quest ioned when tho he r lop as u sure enough newcomer. By glovemokers te l l t he i r s tory . Gloves th i s t ime t h e passengers hud all t a k e n nre nil marked half a size smaller t han in tho si tuation. Every eye was on t h e they really ought to bo, which is tho l i t t le woman as she fished ou t t h e f a t a l resul t of t h e h a b i t in which tho identical silver dime which she had Indies indulge of a lmost invariably ask- been forced to take. Ing for gloves a size smaller t han t h e y i "Can' t t a k e tha t , mndum. Company can comfor tab ly w e a r . T h e l e f l leg Is requires me to t u rn in good money."

l e ea r - j "O. but you told me only a moment in

rier,on nccount of the fac t t h a t we

on a euarantoo b y all di -ig-cures Inolpiont Connuiap! o a

• n d is the beat Cough'nnd Croup Cure. SOLD BV HITNTER A SON.Bj

Cilrh^UT*- KnclUh IMunonil Hrcr'd. flftt Cblfhealrr'a linglUh IMunonil nronil.

P e n n y r o y a l f i l l s I Orlclmil nu'l Only Omutnr. A

•»«, ilinrt rrllabl*, IIDICO » t DtMtM *••• Ckkhrnllr • FnpHth jV\ ,mam1 H' hJ Iu Red Md <."W metolli , \ J / hn,.. ., tleJ •lili bin • rlMwi T»Lo \ » / no olhrr. Hr'itfd-mtrrrMM tu'-lilw v liimjiii,'! ImllalUmt. M Drm;!.:', on.-vM-. In tumia t.u j>wil<niliri, I 'limnolui ii'I "Keller for l.ndlrm" l*»««". br rrlurn MnlL 10,000 TMIIrMOtali, .V.inr I .

. rhlrknt«rOlMBdaalC»,MadlM>a >X1UD; •, Sold M »a Loc»l Umuliu. A'kUbtfn.. i'J.

T U R K O R I W E . I* Ihe only posliiveciirefdrtlonorrhi 'I ThfB

{real n'ine<i»'f«r years a secret lu Ihe world uL Lot tor ilnvnlnn^d thnn the o ther male ear- "O. but you told me only a moment large used exolwivelj by the Turks the rr»-

s tand ago t ha t i t was good money and now 1 " X ' ^ m ' t h e D ^ m i U8 n t " " e X ' peuae from the Doctont to the miltan, will posl-

dimo. 1 he woma got

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Draw. . . Isn't It giKKl? Don't you feel now as though you wero n-udy to move moun-tains!' I do. What a dear old nurso Na-ture Isl How she pets us and gives us tho best of her treasures!"

Her happiness Invaded Oswald Everard's soul, and ho felt like a schoolboy once more, rejoicing In a flno day and his liber-ty, with nothing to spoil the freshness of tho nlr and uothlng to thrcaton tho free-dom of tho moment.

" I s It not good to live?" hocrifed. '•Yes, indeed It Is, If we know how to enjoy."

Thoy had come upon some haymnkcrs, and tho little girl hastened up to help them. There Bhe was In tho midst of them, laughing and talking to tho women and helping them to pile up tho hay on tho shoulders of a broad booked man, whu then conveyed his burden to a pear shaped stock, Oswald Everard watched his com-panion for o moment, and then, quito for-getting his dignity as un amateur tenor singer, he, too, lent his aid and did not leave off until his oomponion sank ex-hausted on tho ground.

" O h , " she laughed, "wha t delightful work for o very short t ime! Come along;

And tomorrow you go ," he repeated. "Con It not bo tho day a f te r tomorrow?"

'•I am o bird of passage," sho said, shaking her head. "You must not sook to detain mo. I hove token my rest, and off I go to other clinics."

Thoy had arrived at tho hotel, and Os-wald Everard sow no more of his compan-ion until tho evening, when she came dowTi rather ate for table d'hote. Sho hur-ried over hor dinner and went Into the salon. She closed tho door and sat down t o tho piano ond lingered there without touching the keys. Once or twice she raised her hands, ond then sho lot them reBt on the notes, ond half unconsolouFly thoy begon to move nnd moke sweet music, nnd thou they drifted Into Sohumonn's "Abendlied," ond then the little girl play-ed some of his "Klndorscenen," and some of his "Fantosio Stuoko," ond some of his songs.

Hor touch ond feeling wero exquisite, and her phrasing betrayed tho true musi-cian. The strains of music reached tho dining room, and ono by ono the guei ts came creeping in, moved by the music and anxious to see the musician.

Thh . leads to the r emark t ha t noth ing is more InjuriouB, for tho young es-pecially, t h a n to sit for any length of tune In ono position".

KNIGHTS O F T H E MACCABEES.

The Sta te Commander writes us f rom Lincoln, Neb. , a s fol lows: " A f t e r t r y -ing other medicines for wha t seemed to be a very obsinate cough in our two children we tried Dr. King ' s New Dls -covery and a t the end of two days the cough entirely left them. W e will not be wi thout it hereaf ter , as our exper-ience proves i t cures where all other remedies fail."—Signed E. W. Stevens, Slate Com.—Why not give this great medicine a trial 'S it is guaranted and trial bottles nre f ree a t Hunter & Sons Drug Store ' Regular size 5oc. and $1.

Statistic show tha t thousands of in-fants and children year ly die of m e m -branous croup. We do no t exaggerate when we state t h a t every one of ikes* innocents could have been saved ha4 Foley's Honey and Tar been given t h e i i in time. Can you afford to be without it in your household? W , S. Winegar , agent.

A M i x e d P r i n c e l e t .

Among the ha rdes t th ings which tho j i n f an t Prince Edward of the royal : house of England , t h e l i t t le son of tho | duke of York und heir expec tan t to the : th rone , will have t o s t r a igh ten out vhen he is older is b is relat ionsli ip to

h is own f a t h e r a n d mother . I t consti-tu tes a problem such as is seldom found outside of princely houses. I t is cer-ta in , however, t h a t he is t h e th i rd cousin of bis f a t h e r and also tho second cousin of his mother . This makes his relat ionship to himself somewhere be-tween t h a t of a th i rd and fou r th oousin. He Is, as it were, his own double- third cousin—a relat ionship which will doubt-less t ake some t ime for him t o compre-hend. Both his f a t h e r aud m o t h e r nre descended from George I I I . of Eng land . George IU. 'S son Adolphus, d u k e of Cambridge, bad a daugh t e r Mary, who married the duke of Teck, and became the mother of Princess May, w h o mar-r ied tho duke of York; and t h e duke of York 's fa ther , pr ince of Wales , is t h e great-grandson o l t he seme King Gaotaa I I L

H U M P H R E Y S ' Dr. lluniphrrVN' Kpeelfic* are sdentlflcally ai]4

carefully prejiamt Kemedle*, u*ed for years la private practtoo and for over thirty yearn by Ilia people with entire succeai. Every alngle SpodftB a apeclal cure for the dlxease named. KO, citsn. mm. 1 - F e v o r a , Congcstlung, Inttammatlom... . 2 5 a - W o r m i i . Worm Fever, Worm Colic 2 5 3 - T e e i b i U K l Colic, Crying, Wakefulne«s . 8 5 4 - D l n r r b e n , of Children or Adults 2 5 V - C o n g h n , Colds, BronehlUs 2 5 5 - N e n r a l g l a , Toothache. Facearhe. 2 5 0 — H e a d a o b e a , Sick Readache. Vertigo,. . 2 5

1 0 - D y a p e p n l a , Bllloasnnw, ConsUpntlon, . 2 5 1 1 - B a p p r e a a e d or P a i n f u l P e r l o d a . . . . 2 5 1 2 - W h i t e s , Too Profuse Periods . 2 5 I S - O r o n p , l i B r y n e l t l s . Rop.aenew 2 5 14—tte l t U b c u m . Rryslpehu. Eruptions.. . 2 5 1 5 — K h e n m a t l a m , Uheutnutlu Pains 2 5 1 6 — M B l a r l a , Chills, Fever and Ague . 2 5 1 9 — C a t a r r h . Inflaenia, Cold In the Bead. . 2 5 a O - W b o o p i n g Couirb . 2 5 8 7 — K i d n e y D l a e a a e s . 2 5 a S - N e r v o n s Debility l . O O 8 0 - U r i n a r y W e a k n e s s 2 5 3 4 — P o r e T b r o n I , Qulncy, Uloeratod Throat . 2 5 H-17 IT OR. HUMPHREYS' CDID OCC

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your vest pocket. Bold aiSMMi, or Mnt prtp.U on molpt of prin.

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THE SEASON FOR SUCH IS PAST But the Shawls and Cloaks We Have Left Will Go Regardless of Cost.

W e have many other W in te r Goods that we don ' t want to car ry over the s u m m e r and i t is your oppor tun i ty now I

A F U L L L I N E OF FLEECE L I N E D

HOSIERY, M I T T E N S A N D U N D E R W E A R

AT L O W E S T PR ICES!

We Set the Prices, Others

Attempt to Follow

But Do Not Get There!

Don' t th ink because our Great Dress CDods Sale is over tha t we are not ready for you, because we are, and can f i t you out in any-

t h i n g in the Dry Goods Line, at Hard T imes Prices.

xJones Block. A. W. WEEKES. I A O W g I I , Mich

Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U . S. Gov't Report

ABSOLUTELY PURE

TO JOURNAL ICORRtSPONDENT-

All nf our oonvtspindcntB are request-e d to TTuil or send their i tems no they wil l reacb ns not later t h a n Tuemiay s o o n . ThiK is n matter of imporlance to us. BO pleas" he prompt..

NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES.

Gralian Gattaerlnc*-

Frank Chas? and daughter , of S m y r -na . lately cal le i on Mr and Mrs W. S.

Fuller.

One of the "blocts" broke on the car-r iage at J . I. Weekes saw mill Saiur-

so the men had a half day off be-

f o r e Sunday.

After the Bwellmg ahate^ in Will Rns-•ell's foot—menUoned last week—Dr Spenoer found one bone f rac tured near the ankle. Doing well.

Ur and Mra Wm. Letudter entertained S6 membera of the Washington Club. Feb . 18. The bill of fare waa too lengthy for menuon—jus t splendid.

Little Bernice. only child of Mr ami Mrs J . A. Lessiter, has been very sick the past week with lung and other t rouble . Her fever rose to 104 decrees and i t c ame very near being pneumonia. She is now improving.

Mrs R. A. Weekes has eight children • e r y mck with scarlet fever, some of them dangerous. It wao thought one l i t t le boy was dying Feb. 16. but be re-vived. Mrs W. has t h e sympathy of a large c i r c l j of friends in this affliction.

To Mr and Mrs Ar thu r Byrne, a son, Feb. 12.

Simon Matioe, while working at • aw mill in Cannon. Kustained a very eerious as well as painful in ju ry to one eye. He was holding a file for hammer-ing , when it boun ied back, striking him •cross his nose and one eye. Better.

Venus Chapter O. E. S., Grat tan, were invited to attend a meeting|of Lowell 0 . EL S.p Fr iday night. All t ha t could go were r ight royally entertained. Those detained at home f rom sickness lo».t a great treat .

The young people made Mrs L E. Brooks a long talked 'of visit Feb. 15 and were feasted on roast turkey, oys-ters, ice cream, cake, etc.. having a fine t ime .

Grat lnn F. and A. M. Txrigp is invited t o Beldini; to nifcht, Feb. 10. to attend a mee t ing of the "Blue Lodc»" there, bu t why so called or any of the mysteries of fta v.ork bdieH are notexpected toknow.

Frank C h u e and daughter , of Smyr -na. are among tho-w w h o have lat-iy called on Mr and Mrs W. S. Fuller. Mrs F reached 7C yem-s Feb. 18, and Mr F . 7J), Feb. 19. The children remembered the day.

" A u n t " Sallie Seaklns di<'d. nt Ionia last week at t he honi" of her son. J , A. Sage, ag D 117 vea~H. She form -rly liv-ed here an 1 was one cf those motherly old ladies all love to meet . Ber fr iends w e r e many and it w as remarkable how she kept her inentul faculties at thut ud-Tanced age.

Miss Nellie Hun l u l l , teaching in the Lessi ter district was taken with Grippe S a t u r d a y , so t h e r e wil l he a weeks vaca-

t ion . school commencing again Feb. 25. M A U D .

W . H. Moon has been filling his ice hou»e.

Oren Hatch, of Lake Liew. is visiting his parents, Mr and Mrs H. Ha tch .

B. W. Wilkinson has a court ing on hand a t Saranac this week.

One ni£ht last week the young peo-ple surprieed Mynie Ogilvie. A good t ime is reported.

James Stanton is filling his ioe houpe.

Dell Bowen. wife and children, and Mrs Bert Bowen visited Mr and Mr® James Tredenick, Tunsday.

Mrs J . Stanton, Mrs C. Sayles and Mrs J . Tredenick spent Tuesday with Mrs F. Sayles.

B -n Sage and wife are entertaining the grip.

The Ladies Aid Society will ru et a t the Keene church the third Wednesday in March.

Mrs Theodore H u n t has been suffering for some time with cancer of the stom-ach. She lately went t o New York and while the re was taken very ill. Tney telegraphed for Mr H., bu t she lived only a phort t ime af ter his arrival. She was buried there. This will be sad news to Mrs Hunt ' s many friends.

Mr Raymond finished haul ing ties to Lowell Tuesday.

Mr and Mrs J . Tredenick spent Friday with Mr and Mrs Elgin Condon, near

Smyrna .

Mr Stanble, of Lake Odessa, has ren t -ed the Marble place and has moved his

family there.

J . Pmckney and wife, of Lowell, a re

visiting his parents.

W . H . Moon was in Grant! Rapids one

day last ws,-k.

Mrs Joseph Gardner died a t her home. Friday, Feb. 15. She leaves a large c i r -cle of friends and relatives.

Miss Eunice Sherman and Miss Clara Kennedy enjoyed a visit Friday with Mr and Mrs Elgin Condon.

Mr and Mrs Oren Beach, of Grattan, visited their parents. Mr and Mrs J . Tre-denick. Saturday.

Guy Gardner and cousin, of Vergen-nes. visited J . Tredenick one day last

week.

Lumber, Lath. Shtn^lee and wooden eavetroughs at W. J . Bdker & Son's.

Ckaead*.

Frank Crakes, of Coats Grove, visited at J a m t * Harris ' last week.

Miss Blanche Scone, of Caledonia, sjH-nt Sunday with her friends. Misnes May and Winnie Wwner. Miss Stone is teaching school in the Thomas dist. and will be compelled to oiose her school JII aooount of throat trouble. It wrll lose Thursday of this week.

Mr and Mrs I i . G. Holt gave a l i t t le party Friday evealng. .n honor of the i r daughter, Bessie's IBch bir thday. I i u us a complete fi i rpnse to Miss Bessie and her sinters. The evening was pleas iintly passed with c i m e s and music, let! cream and cake was served.

The n e s t mee t in t of r.he L A. 8. will be held at the residence of Mrs J o h n Prttterson, in East Paris . Wednesday,

Feb. 27.

J . Lara way and T. Nippers nre on t h e sick list.

village Sunday.

Miss L. VanderVeen Bpent Saturday night with Miss Ethel Fmley. ,

T Dr Danfortb, though still suffering much pain, on the whole seems fcTbe gan ing .

Miss Delia Murdock visited at her home at Lake Odessa part of last week,

Theie will be an entertainment given by the L A. S. at the home of George Brown, t n d a y Eve., March Isu Help is expected from Grand Rapids. A a -mission 15c; children 10c.

Rev. Fmley left again Monday for North Plains, l o continue the revivals.

A Urge company of friends took Mr and Mrs Thomas Brown by surprh-e Fri-day evening, by gathering at their home. Mr and Mrs B. expect to leave soon and take up their residence in the Valley City.

We make • specialty of crayon por-traits, they receive my special attention and I guarantee a perfect likeness. I No cheap air brush pictures. We do I the work by hand and give eatisfao-Uon or no pay, M. C. DKV.

98 Monroe su, over Peoples Savings Bink, Grand Rapids.

Bowne.

Miss Gertie Stebbins, of Hastings, vis-ited at R. F. Banton's Saturday ana Sunday.

C. L. Morgan made • business trip to the Valley City, Tuesday.

Tbe oyster supper at this place Fnday eve. was largely attended. Tbe proceeds amounted to over $23.00.

Ben Cole, of Hastings, visited at W. Watt's, Sunday,

Aggie McGinnis entertained company from Campbellwown, Saturday and Sun-day.

James Aldnch and family will move to Grand Rapids, April tirot.

There are more logs in L. KeHey's mill yard U>»n there has been for five years.

Wilder McDiarmid is making prepar-tions to build a new bouse and barn, in the spnng.

Misses Kate Johnson and Alice Hunt-ington Sunday ed with W. H. Pardee's family, of Freeport.

Fannie Weaker is a member of R. F. Benton's family.

Tbe political pot begins to boil a l an early oate; there are more canaidates than offioes*.

Robt. Nash visited friends in Ionia last week.

Joseph Flynn is able to be about, but walks with a cane.

Mrs Genie Peacock, of Gd. Rapids, is visiting her parents, H. Cortright and

^Oeo. Krum and wife ware guests of her parents, Mr and' Mrs H. Epley SundiiyT

Mrs Mary A. Rolf spent a few days of last week visiting friends in this vicin-ity.

Frank Braisted spent Sunday with his brother. Alba and family in Od. Rapids.

Miss Ella Pant visited at Wm Parker's in Vergennes last Thursday and attend-ed the party at Hiram Frarier's Thurs day evening.'

Minnie Martin visited her fnend, Mrs E. L. Curtiss in So. Lowell last week.

Mr and Mrs Grant Fraxier, of Ada, were guests of her parents, Geo. Batey and wife over Sunday. We take this opportunity to extend our congrstuls-tions to Mr and Mrs Frarier.

F. N White and wife visited at L A. Carter's recently.

Last W e d n e ^ a y Carl Roht had quite a serious accident while loading logs. A log rolled on his foot crushing U ter-ribly, medical aid necessary. He was taken lo Christ Althau's *-bere he re-mained until Sunday.

Ira, little daughters of Mr and Mrs E. Barr, is very sick.

Mrs C. B. Carter has been hav.ng a serious time with the grip, but is better at this writing.

A BAD PKUST.

the concert at Music Hall, Monday eve.

~ Mr an^Mrs Spencer, who have .Jxen spending thVwinter with their daugh-ter, in Lowell, visited "friends in this place.

Jay Ware, wife and biby Sundayrd with their parents, Mr and Mrs 8 . A.

Ware.

Isaac Filkins and Mi.-w Post, of Can-nonsburg, weit the guests of his sister. Airs J. N. Hubbel. last week.

A nlckle is enough to pay lor any ci-gar thebe times and O. A. B. will fill the

bill at the price.

Our enamel finished water-proof

T o « a t-lne TltUiiga.

Fred Reynolds, of Ionia, visited his parents, Mr and Mrs Orville Reynolds, over Sondsy.

Mr and Mrs J. Thibos attended Morse

church, Sunday.

Mr and Mrs C. D. Hooper, of Logan, visited Mrs U. Snow Sunday.

Mr and Mrs W. 8. Ht»cbe Sundayed

with Mrs S. Onan,

Dewitt Stapleton and wife Sundayod

with his minher.

We are sorry lo know Mrs Uriel Snow does not imp<o ve any.

Mrs F. M. Tnompson called on Mrs

Snow Saturdav.

Clinton Snow, of Lowell, visited his mother Monday and Tuesday.

Meetings continue in tbe Snow school house with good interest and a ful-house.

W t w l l - o w t ' H L i n k * .

There wai a prayer meeting at Mrs Thomas Stowe's, Friday afternoon. Fourtee n stayed to lea.

A load of twelve people went to Cas-cade to the Disciple church. Rev. Fm-ley was aw ay but we had a good sermon.

Mrs Court and Mrs Grist wood visited Fnday with Mr and Mrs "Mange, of Lowsll.

Charley Green started Friday for Al-bion and other points.

There is a senea of meetings being held here.

Oak grove has been well represented at our meetings, recently.

Mrs Stowe visited her brother, M. J, Sterling. Saturday.

We wish some of oar young people would havo a wedding so we could re-port it

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Rev. Finley wont to Ionia Friday, lo D r . P r i c e ' s C r e a m B a k i n g P o w d e r j lister, to Evangelist G. F. Updike, a t tbe AWATKD Gold Medal Midwin te r Fair. San FrancUco. , £)iBCiple church.

Walter Quiggle was in Grand Rapids Friday with a load of baled hay, for wblcli he received $10 per ton.

Miss Belle Brown, of Canada, is v l a t -ing her uncle, Hugh Brown, Sr., a n d other relatives.

Messrs Grifltwood, Court, M c l n t y r t , Peters a n d Stowe. wi th their wives a n d Miss Maud Court, of the river Bchool neighborhood, attended church in the

K«f*De N«•«•».

Frank Daniels and oousin. Miss Lewln and Bert B-jwen and wife spent Tuesday evening a t J a c k Ayer's, at Sar -anac .

The Lam ber ton boys, F rank Daniels, Be r t Bowen and Mr Trask are haul ing logs to Saranuc.

Will Warner and wife are visiting her

parenta, Mr and Mra Middaugh.

Mrs George Solubury is slowly fai l ing.

We would suggest tha t Bowne Center organize a j.oiioe loroo.

Miss Anna Lewis is quite sick a t th is writing. She is under the care of Dr. Northup, of Freeport .

Tho Eabt Bowne school will give an exhibition Friday eve., Feb. 22. Every one cordially invited.

John Wat t s aud Geo. Hunt ington went to Grand Rapids, Wednesday, with a load of pork and poultry.

The roads are full of snow and t ip-overs are common.

The ice harvest is a bountiful one this year and an uousual amount is being stored, in anticipaition of the sultry summer days that axe i n the near fu tu re .

There is much molcness in* town at present.

Wm. Mis bier has been drawn as j u ro r ! on the March term a t Gd. Rupids.

Miss Libbie Cole, who has been caring for her a u n t , Mrs Dr. Haskius, of Alas-Ira, the past four weeks, is agvun a t the home of W. H. Wat ts .

B « Kinyoa

isfaction guaranteed. Cfatlaren a specialty.

M.C. DBT, 98 Monroe St., Od. Rapios

Over Peoples Savings Bank.

visited

Lake Odessa, Thuisday, to visit Orlando Kinyon,

CLAY.

Elder

Ax grinding aud saw ^gumming G. W. Rouses mucluue shop.

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D o w n t h o ICivor.

Mr Blakeuey, of BastmgB, former ly of Seneca Falls, N. Y., was a guest of

his old t ime fr iend, L. A. Carter, last Wednesday.

Last Thursday eve. about twen ty neighbors gave Mrs W. J . Dollaway a very pleasant surprise. Card playing aud refreshments .

Geo. Batey has sold his f a r m of 80 acres, on section 4, to J . E. Lee.

Mr and Mrs L. A. Carter visited frienCa at MoCords recently.

Alto

Rev. Renshaw, of Rosina. friends in Alto, Wednesday.

Silas Keeler and wife visited Renshaw's family, Sunday.

Miss Gertie Renshaw is visiting friendp

in Alto.

The Janitor of the Baptist church re-ports having seen a crazy man in the vicinity of the church Sunday evening.

Samuel Harris and wife, of Mnake-gon. are the guests of Wm. Harris.

Five sleigh loads of Alto "people at-tended the show and dance at Whitney-ville Friday night. A good time was had although we noticed a few who were suffering from that "tired feelin g' the next morning.

Tbe Degree staffs of Alto and Cale-donia Lodges, L O. O. F.. visited Lowell Lodge Thursday night and conferred the initiatory and first and second de-grees. After the work the brethern did ample justice to a fine Innch then dispersed feeling they had passed a very pleasant evening.

Karl Curtiss and Carl and Wm. War-ner visited Pratt Lake Saturday and brought back some nice fish.

Uncle Lewis Warner made your cor-respondent a present of quite a enriosity the other day, tt being a piece of "hard tack" issued Mr Warner a l Louisville, Ky., in 1865 as part of his rations. He has preserved it all this time and would like to hear from any Comrade who has done as well.

Milton Streeter is dangerously ill with typhoid fever.

Tbe Banner Laundry is doing good work, give them a t r ial order. Home industries are what build up a town, hut they must have home support.

KkBt Lowell.

Myron Kisor and Mrs Mary A. Ware spent Thursday with friends in Ber in.

E, B. Lovette spent Sunday in ibis

vicinity.

Joel Aldnch, of Grand Rapids, called on friends in this place lest week.

Mrs I . Buck and Mrs H. Vanderwall epent Thursday with friends in Lowell.

S. Canfield and wife visited friends m Saranac, lust week.

H. Nash .und wife, Mr Wilaon and wi fe were giieate of Mrs Ware. Sunday.

Mrs Winner is entertaining her sister, Clara.

W e are pleased to report Mrs C. Story better.

East Lowall w a i wall represented a t

Farm of 40 acres to work. Apply at thu office.

PAUMbars Facts.

Mr and Mrs Edmunds Wicks, of Beld ing, visited her sister, Mrs Ben Sage, a couple of days last week.

The tie mill has moved to Carey's woods.

Cora Godfrey, of Lowell, and Litzie Gage, of GJ. Rapids, visited friends in thia vicinity, last week.

Visitors at Elmer Richmond's, Sun-day, were Mr and Mrs Whitney, Mr and Mrs Burraa, of Down tbe River, and Mr and Mrs Frank Sheirard and Max Den-ny and wife. '

Mrs Elmer Richmond and littU son are visiting her parents of Down the River.this week.

Mrs Austin Wnght and Fred Smith and wife, of Grattan, visited at Wm. Rexford's Sunday.

ttnby Sayles does not improve very fast. ^

Art Barnes, of Lowell, was in the Burgh a couple of days i au week.

Farm for s^Je: 160 acres, 120 acres cleared, good house, fine young peach ore .ard, just beginning to bear and oth-er fruit. W.-.1I fenced, known as »he Henry L Smith farm, located in Barry County between Hastings and Freeport. Will sell cheap or trade for caty or vi l -lage property. A'jdr-ss,T, C. 41 Penn Bldg.. Ciocmnati, O.

Chaprl.

The cold weather has moderated down so as to be a little more comfort-table.

Rev. Wm. Wetler is holding a series of meetings at the Congregational church.

Mrs Eben Swan is under the Dr'a. care with lagnppe.

Miss MatUe Onans is in the hospital a t Gd. Rapids, being treated by Dr. Ba tch -elor, for a cancer in the stomach.

Teacher and scholars are preparing to have exercises at the school on the 22d of February.

Sam Fk-tcheris very sick with phoid fever.

1

I ElmdjUe.

Rev. Arnold and family, of Clarks-ville, visited at A P. Burr's Friday,

Chas. Klahn's youngest child is on t h e sick list.

W. Kinsey and sister, of Caledonia, visited John Christie and wife last week.

Rev. E W. Davis filled Rev. A. P . Moors appointment at Lowell Sunday.

A. Keller is oo the sick list.

Prat t Lake Pebblo*.

Mrs Walker and daughter. Lizzie, spent Sunday at A. M. Andrew'a.

Mr and Mr* C, Maynard. of Lowell, ^ Sundayed a l bor faiht-r s, l r Williama. '

Grandma F>etcber is in poor health a t present.

The entertainment at tiie Grange Hal l , Saturday eve.. Feb. 16th, was a grand success. There was a good crowd, and they all say they got a quarter's worth of fan lusteaa of a dime.

Try one of Blume Bros, extras .

, E a M A d a .

A. Rod made a business trip to Grand Rapids, Friday.

John Simpson was in pGd. Rapids, Thursday.

Charles Bolir ick and wife] called on bis mother, Sunday,

Oliver Simpson and wife^wiil resifle with his jiarents, the coming year.

Grant Frazier and Clara Batey were united in the holy bonds of matr imony a t G d . Rapids,by the Rev. J . y . Bus ted . W e wash the young couple a happy and prosperous life.

Mr and Mrs John Simpson visited their son. Martin, in loniu, a couple of days last week.

Died, a t be r home in Eas t A d a Mrs Thomas Barr , a f ter a long and pa infu l illness, which she bore wi th t rue chris-tian for t i tude. She leaves a husband t w o daughters and an adopted son. be-sides a number of brothers and sisters and a host of fr iends to mourn her lose.

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Buy home grown raapberry and straw berry p l a n a of Clinton Snow Lowell.

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F. i . CHEKKV. Sworn to before m- and sobeorihed in

m y presence, this tub daj of December, A. D, 1886.

MM SEAL A. W. GUUTOK,

Notary PuMio.

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