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L o o k a t t h e s e a n d b r i n g y o u r m a r k e t b a s k e t .

Boys'~Suits and Overcoats a t cut prices. Flen's S u i t s all m a r k e d d o w n . W i n t e r Overcoat s a t cost . W a r m Shoes , U n d e r w e a r , Duck Coats

and Hats al | going a t s o m e price.

J u s t a r r i v e d t h e Spr ing" a n d S u m m e r S a m p l e s of E d - w a r d V. P r i c e & Co., f o r m a d e to m e a s u r e C l o t h i n g .

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F i t g u a r a n t e e d . W o r t h I n v e s t i g a t i n g . l ~ e a d y w h e n y o u a r e .

Crosby & Sor Cass City's Shoe and Clothing Men,

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The Cass C ty (irain Co.

Buys Al l l d n d s of g i ' a i n a t t h e h i g h e s t m a r k e t p r i c e s .

Sells G r a i n , H a y , Coal, L i m e , a n d C e m e n t .

. , , , ~ n e ~ v e r ~ , W i l l d e l i v e r a n y t h i n g you b u y f r o m us in t h e c i ty .

W e s t e r n Corn H a v e j u s t r e c e i v e d a c a r load of • w e s t e r n c o r n w h i c h is, f o r s a l e in

s m a l l o r l a r g e q u a n t i t i e s .

Bean Pickers we ,v ,t ~ f e w mor e t h a t a r e s t e a d y a n d r e l i a b l e . N o o t h e r S n e e d a p p l y

The Cass C ty (irain Co. Long D i s t a n c e ' P h o n e No. 9.

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Cass C{ y Roller Mfils

Are the B e s t Equipped Mil ls in the ~ T h u m b .

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I White lily, Ro o y est. ; Whi te Lily a lways leads, Try it and you will

' buy no other .

:i .2 Mill Feed of all Kinds a lways on hand. ..

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All ~ock Rubbers. former price $~.25, now $~oo

We also have a fine line of Fel t Rubbers and Arctics. Boy's Jersey Shir ts will go at 28c. Men's Jersey Shir ts will go a t 4oc.

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We carry a comple te stock of Dry Goods and would be pleased to supp lyyour wants in t h a t line.

Our grocery d e p a r t m e n t is always filled wl~h a choice selection of fresh groceries. ,:,

B, F, BENKELMAN,

CHRONICLE L I N E R 5 BRING R E S U L T S .

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of H i g h Fler i t .

er0c[[Ds rEcOilED $1145.25

M e m b e r s of High School (iave One of

the Best Amateu r Per formances

Ever Seen Here.

It is a long t ime stnce a Cass, City audience was t rea ted to such a whirl- wind of fun and nonsense as greeted them when the cur ta in wen~ up on the first act of "Sant iago ," given by the high school s tudents in the opera house o n M o n d a y evening, and the fun cont inued th roughout the whole performance. Every par t ic ipant was a member of the high school an0 it was announced at the beginning of the plaY t h a t the i r ages averaged sixteen years, bu t before they finished i t was concluded by not a few t h a t they could assume their roles like "stage people." The manner in which ~['ey conducted themselyes could only be the result of patient , thorough t ra in ing and an earnest effort to "excel.

Guy Landon played the part of a Spanish villain and seemed to be t ransformed from the happy faced boy we see~every day to an ugly wretch, and his fearless band ~f fol- lowers were a desperate looking set, fellows, ready to do t,hcir leader 's bid- ding.

In the second act a pret ty l i t t le tableau of "Red Cross" nurses gave the audience a~ glimpse of army life and the young ladies, Misses Vida Pat terson, LUlian McColl and Mabel Reagh, looked charming in the i r neat hospital uniforms. Of course, no play is comple te wi thout a l i t t le romance woven in and "San t iago" was well supplied, three weddings being the main substance of conversa- t ion in the last act. "Bever ly ," the Cuban, played by Stanley Graham and "C(,rney," the I r i shman, played by Sandy Duncansofi, would have made a whole slmw alone, wi~h their mimicry. The i r " love" for each o the r was shown by t,heir unl imi ted number of quarrels over their nativ- ity, and they were always bobbing up at the most unexpected times. The American officers, soldiers and sailor laddies wd~e a brave looking lot of fellows and we doub t if some of the parents recognized the i r boys in these mustached fellows in Uncle Sam's uniforms. There was plenty of s i m o f ing during the whole play and the audience was kep tguess ing as to w h a t would happen next.

..Ernest, Perkins, .as Capt,. "Oscar H ut- ton was a ggod representat ion of o n e of Uncle Sam's boys ~nd proved him- self an amateur of no mean ability. Ear l Young, as Dr. Harrison, cared for t he wounded in ~ professional manner. °Dan Duncanson played a

double part, YLieut,. lJristobol" and ~'Elmer W a l t o n , " a banker, both of

REPUBLICAN STATE COR¥[NTION. An ofllcial call has been issued for

tlm republican s ta te convent ion which convenes at Grand Rapids on May 18. The purpose of the convent lon is the election of four delegates-at-large and four a l t e rna te delegates-at-large to the Republican Nat ional convent ion to be held at Chicago, June 21, a chai rman of the Republican s ta te central commi t t ee and two members thereof for each congressional dis- tr ier; also for the purpose of placing in nominat ion four teen candidates for electors of president of the United States. Tuscola county is ent i t led to 15 delegates, Sanilac to 13 and Hi~ron to 12.

, , M A D E IN A M E R I C A "

Subject of H, ~. Pattenglll 'a Address Last Evening.

Henry R. Pat tengi l l , ex-Superinten- den t of Public Ins t ruc t ion gave an el~qtient address at the M. E. church last evening for t he benefit of the Epwor th League and the Bapt is t YoungPeoples ' Union. The audience was not very large, but i t l istened to a fine address.

The subiect for the lecture was "Made in ,~mer i ca . " Mr. Pat tengi l l was given the inspiration for the sub- ject, by seeing a consignment ,of ma- chinery ready for s tf ipment to Liver- pop b England, from ~Chicago, and whlch bore the insciption, "Made in Amer ica ." l?Iespoke interes t ingly of the steel and iron industry of this country. He compared English and America locomotives and said the reason why the la t ter were used more extensively was because they were adapted to different condi t ions and were able to su rmount many difficul- t i e s - -bu t cannot cl imb snowbanks. He Said there had been ages {vhich were characterized by different in- dustr ies and tha t the present age w a s characterized by the steel (not steal) industry. America furnishes one- third of the steel and one-llalf or the iron for the world's use, and in o ther industries is forging ahead. This success has been possible because the general intel l igence of the people has been raised by the common school system where the masses are educated. All countries are learning the lesson tha t to compete and win in the com- mercial world all must be educated.

The work of inventors is more ap- preciat~ed by the masses when these cnnditions are prevalent. The farm- er and t radesmen must lmve equal ad- vantages and work together. America is a, way ahead of any otl~er nation in bridge building and the secret5 is t h a t Americans put brain in the i r work, t h a t is, they th ink. T h e hand of tile teacher is a blessing to every laborer in America. Tile imlSressions of childhood cannot/ always be remem- bered but they are not, forgotten. Here the speaker related a "potato- bugging" inc iden to f his boyhooddays.

He next told of a visi~ to a plate- glass factory and gave a description of the process of manufacture . .

IIe used to believe in "America , r ight or wrong;" now i t is, "Amer ica if r ight ; riglit her if wrong." He then spoke of the l i te ra ture of America and said t h a t the boys and girls of today

which were difficult. Herb Ehlers as have the privilege of be t t e r l i te ra ture "Mil ton Merry" also proved himself capable of act ing diflicul~ parts. The Cass City Cornet Band added no~a l i t t le to the evening 's en ter ta inmenl) by furnishing some excel lent music.

The several parts of the play were Ml "top n o t c h " and the boys and girls did the i r leyel best to en ter ta in the i r a u d i e n c e ~ n o t wi thout success. I t was one of tim best amateur per- formances ever seen here. and reflects much credi t on the unt i r in~ efforts of Prof. Sinclair, super intenden~ of schools, who has worked zea]dusly from the b e g i n n i n g . . T h e proceeds of the evening were $I45.25 of which $]05.80 represents the clear gain: A part of this stun will be used as a pay- m e n t on the new piano which the school is enjoying this year, and the remaining sum will be used to pur- chase suitable uniforms for the ~base ball team. To s;~y t h a t the boys and girls and Prof. Sinclair are highly elated over the success of their xen- ture is pu t t ing i t ra ther mild. ~nd should they a t t e m p t another such e n t e r t a i n m e n t they will be given lots ~ or encouragement by the residents of this village because they give credit- able performances.

WOMAN TERriBLY BURNED.

Friday morn ing last, Mrs. H. Flood living east, of Old Brockway, me t with an accident t ha t will probably' h a v e n fatal te rminat ion . A compound of pine tar and o ther inflamablcs were being boiled and the fire got, at the contents, whenMrs . Flood in her ef- forts to prevent a conflagration turned a tub over tim boiler to smother the flames, which gushed up around the sides igni t ing the lady's garlnent. AS is usual under such circumstances, the unfor tuna te lady lost her head, and rushed o,ut in to the wind where the

o work of fire was quickly accomplished before help came. Every art icle of c lo thing was burned from her body excepting shoes and a belt, around "her wa i s t .~Ya le Expositor.

SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETiNfi. All members of the council were

present at a special mee t ing Tuesday evening; Trustees Campbell and Strifller were a p p o i n t e d as a com- mi t t ee to sett,le with the treasurer. F. Klump, S. G. Benkelman and T. H. Fr i tz were appointed members of tile board of election commissioners. W. J. Campbell was appointed clerk of t he regis t ra t ion board and Richard Clarke and J . tI. Strillier members of the same. The village caucus was called for Monday, Feb. 29.

Black, Coll ie dog, with tan points, answering to name of Ben, Suitable reward if r e tu rned to O. C. W0ol), one-half mile west of Cass City.

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in school than was used in the colleges twenty-five years ago. He touched upon tlm subject of civil and religious liberty, in which he said t h a t there was a lar~er major i ty of people in America living up to the teachings of Christ than in any o ther country in the world. He told of the manner in which the Uni ted States set Cuba free a f te r siie had won her as r ightful plunder, and t h a t "Amer ica always helps the under dog in a l ight . " The future of America depends upon the rocord kept up by her schools and churches. I /e then gave a graphic description of some noted bat t les and battleiields, and told of the patr iot- ism of American soldiers. He closed his lecture wi th a touching t r ibute to "Old Glory."

SCHOOL N O T E ~ .

Examina t ions this week.

Edna Matzen acts as pianist this week.

George Crawford entered school on Wednesday.

2~iss Nellie McCallum visited the Grammar room Tuesday.

Miss McKay, teacher in the Mar- le t te h igh school, visited here Tues- day.

In the Grammar Room on Friday, Celia McCallum won in the spelling match.

There were no exercises in the High school room Wednesday moi 'ning on account of examinat ions.

Hazel Seeger, Myrtle Rowley and Amy Lacroix of tim first and second grades liave been absen~ on account of sickness.

The puplls of the lifth and sixth grades observed the b i r thday of the " F a t h e r o f Our Country, " by making beatitiful souvenirs in water colors.

Mrs. Fritz, teacher, of the first and second grades, is ill and not able to a t t end to her duties. Mable Ander- son laas been chosen to super in tend tim work in this room dur ing Mrs. Fri tz 's absence.

G a m e s a r e being arranged for our base ball team. With the passing of ~he snow will be the coming of base. ball practice, and Capt. Dunconson will put the boys through a rigid practice eve ryday af ter school.

Tickets sold rapidly for tile play, "Sant iago ." The t i cke t venders and number sold by each one is as follows: Alex Duncanson, 52; H. Sansborn, 50; t l e rb Ehlers, 46; Kdnneth Yakes, 17} Allen Ross, 13; Stanley Graham, 5..

80 acres one mile west of Cumber. Good house and barn, good well and good bear ing , rchard . For part iculars apply t o PA~JL FItES~N~y,, Prop.

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R e m i n i s c e n s e s o f W e s t e r n F r o n -

t i e r S c h o o l Li fe .

Str ik ing Cont ras t Be tween Schools in Different Par ts of

the Union.

T h e following art icle was wr i t ten for the Chronicle by a resident of this vi!lage and the incidents related are true in every instance. We are not at, l iberty to publish the author 's name,

P R O J E C T IS NOT D E A D

.Several Still Manliest Lively Interest in the Canning Factory.

An adjourned meet ing of tllose in- terested in the ( 'anning factory pro- j e c t w a s held at the council r ,nms yester tay af ternoon. [I. L. McDer- mo t t presided and A. A. P. McDowcll was chosen secretary. While the at- tendance was small yet a very hopeful feeling was manifest . Those present expressed a de te rmina t ion tha t the project must be carried out to a sficcessful issue. J. tI. StriMer, who has worked loyally in securing stock,

bttt we believe t h a t the con ten t s of the article will prove in teres t ing to our readers. Tl ie events took place in' western Nebraska and the contras t between tiffs l i t t le school and the C~iss City schools is qui te s t r ik ing to say tim least.

A few years since we chanced to be visit ing a section o f the great western ranch country k n o w n . l a t h e school- days of our parents as a part of the "Great American Deser t ." Hear ing t h a t one of the visitors had some ex- perience a s s teacher, she was. per- suaded to take the school for the sum- mer. There was no school building nearer than five miles but t ha t dif- ficnlty could easily be overcome. A new ~railroad had jus t been completed and every five or ten miles were rem- nants of t en t ing camps witl~ occasion- ally a newly buil t ~en~. One ranch- man volunteered to buy one of these shacks to be used as a "school house" pro tern. He said he was needing a new hen-house. All o ther buildings were buil t of sod bu~ tl~at composition d idu ' t yield the best results in ~ the poultry line as i t was so easily infect- ed with animals of lesser size.

.Anottmr man volunteered to secure tl~e necessary furn i ture and in a few days all was in readiness and i t was rumored far and wide t h a t school would begin Thursday afternoon, May 29. 1897. I t was t() have begun on the previous Monday but more time was taken in mak ing preparat ions than was expected and the teacher 's t i m e being l imi ted they were compel led to begin at once. They cou ldn ' t have waited unt i l Fr iday "morn ing for cer- tain fatal'lies would surely have me t great disaster had a work of such im- portance been begun on tha t mninous day.

For th they went,, 'each chihl carry- ing liis most Cherished books re~ard- less of the i r being like those or any one's else. But tha t made l i t t le dif- ference as there were ~mly eleven pupils ina l l . One three years,/an-" other four and the oldest only eleven, so teacher allowed them the privilege of having all kinds or numbers of books. Bht when work t ime came they were one and all put into the Fi rs t Reader and from t h a t point were promoted ab,,ve orbelow as their s k i l l m e r i t e d . Baby three year old took a nap each day on the floor which was only an old,rag carpet s t re tched over clean Mother Earth. She would awake and say "Oh I had sut a dood ' leep." Baby four year old to, de his nap too, but, insisted on lmving his head on his elder sister 's lap. A pug dog and a handsome large Slmpherd accompanied one l i t t le group almost' every, day and they would lie outside i and cry and moan unless they were allowed the benefit .qf~the company, if not of the instructions.

The building w a s const ructed of wide cheap rough boards with a slant roof whict~ was over-laid wi th tar paper, having o ther boards l a id :on this to keep t h e p a p e r from blowing away; however these topper regions were often dis turbed by the strong winds, but a supple boy quickly mounted a post which prbpped the building and readjusted the paper. At one t i m e s sudden shower came upon t lmm and one sweet htt, le five year old, knowing they were as un- protected from rain or storm as if out- sida of tl~e bui lding liaoed anxiously, "Won ' t the tho rm thpoil my new pink d re th?"

There was no need of pictures on the walls for between the boards were cracks two or three inches wide. This exposed as beautiful a scene as could be pain ted by a Raphael or Rembrand t of the far away mystic, hazy-blue appearance of the br ight at- mosphere a b e v e t t m rolling prairies with occasionally some lone tall spire of lock point ing to the br ighter skies, or a larger mass of rock giving the ap- pearance of some massive castle; with the base of t,he Rocky Mountains serving as a beaut iful background.

Of ten the peacefulness of t ha t l i t t le school was dis turbed by an inquisi- t ive member of the bovine tribe. The building stood near a public road and only a few rods from the newly bui l t railroad but with no manner of fence or protect ion from the freely ranging cat t le and horses. So when a cow showed her in teres t by f requent ing thin plgce of l ea rn ing and desired to

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DEATI! Oi: HENRY $CIIUST, JR.

H e m y Schu~t, Jr., formerly a Cass City boy, died in Saginaw from pneu- monia Wednesday af ter a shor t ill- ness. He was the son of t l enry Schpst,, who conducted a bakery here on Seeger street, several years ago. The young man was unusually br ight and had a promising c~reer before him. IIe was a graduate from the Michigan Military Academy at Or- chard Lake and later held a position as private secretary to F. J. Schwan- kovsky, the head of a well-known De- t ro i t music house. Of late he has

gave a very encouraging report. T h e executive commi t t ee was increased by the adding of the following names: A. A. P. McDowell, A. A. Jones, F. Klump, C. D. Strifller, W. J. Camp- bell, P. S. McGregory and E. W. Keat lng. The work will be pushed dur ing the coming week and on Sat- urday, March 5th, a t 2 p. m. ano ther public mee t ing will be held at tile town hall to which the ent i re farming communi ty as well as the business men are cordially invited. Le t every- body taik canning factory from. now on. 7 h e projec~ will then sure lybe successfu 1.

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Mrs. El izabeth Murphy, wife of John W. Murpl~y, died a t her home on West S t ree t last Friday morning af ter an illness of a week's, durat ion. Tile funeral services were held at the residence (m M ,nday afternoon wlmre a large number or sympathizing friends and neighbors gathered to pay their last respects. Rev. IL Weaver, who conducted the services, g aee a very appropriate address, using John 13:36 as a text,, t ie 'spoke of heaven desired; l.eaven delayed; and heaven guaranteed. The music was furnished by a qua r t e t composed of W.,A. Fair- weather, Mrs. M: M. Wickwareand Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Bigelow, and Miss Matzen presided at the organ. The remains were laid to rest in Elkland cemetery.

El izabeth tledlt.y was born Decem- ber' 27th, 1824, Ill the town of Wigt(m, Cumberland, England.. I n the year 1856 slm came to Canada and was married in L, mdon, Ontari,~, January 28Lh, 1857, to J(~hn W. MurplD'. To them were born live children, r o a r e r whom a r £ living: t l l r e e s o n s , 'J?l]~nlas,

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tel', Miss Mary A. The children all live in this vicinity sand tl~e daughte r who resides a t home has been very faithful and a tender, loving help to her parents i~{ thei r dec l in ing 'days . Mr. and Mrs. Murphy have resided in Michigan thlrky-five years, and ex- perienced all the hardsi~ips of pioneer life. Mrs. Murphy had a vivid recol- lection of the g~eat Michigan f i r e wlfich she always related most enter- tainingly. Miss Elsie Murpl}y has always resided with her grandparents and keenly feels the loss of her grand- mother . Tile blow has fallen heavily on the family as nearly all tim mem- bers are ill, and Mr. Murphy is very ll and scarcely able to witl~stand the

great sorrow. The family has tile sympathy of a large circle of friends.

Among the re la t ives who a t t ended the funeral services were: Edward Murphy, of Traverse City; Mr. and Mrs. Chris. Murphy, or Sanilae Cer~ter.~

A wave of sadness swep~ over our l i t t le city last Friday wl~en at was an- nounced t h a t Geo. Scupholm had suc- cumbed tc a fatal illness of five days' durat ion. He was well known to the young people of this vicinity and was a regular a t t e n d a n t at the M. E. church a l though he f resided a few miles south of town.

George Freder ick Scupholm, J r, was born at Smi th ' sCreek , St. Clair Coun- ty, on the 25 tbof June, 1884 and de- parted this life, February 19, 1904. A few years ago he moved with his parents from Greenleaf to the i r pres- en t residence south or town, and has always been a grea t help to his f/~ther on the farm. His las~ illness ~hough of shor t durat ion was very severe but i t was borne with true Chrrst ian pat ience and forti tude. He left, a br ight test imony to his dear ones t h a t to die was gain and this cheers the i r aching tmarts more than words can express. His par t ing words were, "All is well ."

Asleep in Jesus, Oehow sweet! To be for such a s lumber meet

With holy confidence to sing T h a t dea th llas lost his venomed sting.

Asleep in Jesus, O, for me! May such a blissful s lumber be

Securely shall my ashes lie And w a l t the summons from on high.

The funeral services were held a t g]m M. E. church Tuesday afternoon, Rev. J. W. Fenn olIlciating. The following fr iends were able to reach here for the services: F. S. Scupholm of Pt. Huron; R. S. Scuphohn and Mrs. Parsons of Smi th Creek; Chas. Scupholm of Bat t le Creek; Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Brown and family of Mar- let te.

GAY[ AN EXHIBITION DRILt.

The following is a descript ion from the Citrograph, a paper published at Redlands, of some drill work given by the scholars of Lowell school a t t h a t place, where Miss Nellie West land is employed:

"Miss Nellie M. Westland, tl~e vice- principal, en tered and invited the wri ter to be[ present at some union exercises, to be held in tlie hall a t 9 a . m . (These are held re .u la r ly , in"

been in tile employ of 'Gr inne l l Bros., the same place, every Friday morn- at Saginaw. The funeral will be held ing.) The three of us descended to in t h a t city Sunday. t lm yard, where a" bevy of o ther

~ L O s T ~ A solid gold watch fob visitors had assembled. Here, taps were sounded- - two for silence, for in the opera house on Monday even-

ing. F inder please re turn to W~. lowed by one for .marching to lines. STOnK, Hotel Gdrdon. Each line had its cap ta in - -and obe-

dience was ins tant . When pupils were ~ o ~ sAL~ in lines, the gracious Miss Westland,

Five shoats and t~wo work hor~os; in a low, clear voice, called for the Enqulro of Win. Mc(2allum. flag.salute. T h e n every lad took off

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o ~ h i s c u s t o m e r s b u t t h a t ' s t h e w a y . w e ' v e : m a d e o u r f r i e n d s a n d i n c r e a s e d o u r b u s i n e s s o v e r . 300 p e r c e n t in t h e l a s t t w o y e a r s .

W h e n a m a n a c t s a t all d u b i o u s w e g i v e h i m t h i s a d v i c e . T h e y "a lways c o m e b a c k

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T h e y d o n ' t f ind an " A - N o . - I " s t o c k l ike o u r a t o t h e r p l a c e s . O u r l u m b e r s t a c k s a r e h i g h b u t o u r p r i c e s a r e n o t s t a c k e d up .

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SPECIAL OFFER J u s t rece ived a n o t h e r s h i p m e n t of Couches

wlflch I place on the marke t today a t a very low price. These couches a r e of the la test styles and up-to-date, r ang ing ' in price from $6.00 t o $12.50. Also a big assor tment of

O A K S I D E B O A R D S ranging in price from $13.00 to $25.00. Special a t t en t ion given to tele- phone and mail Orders, and goods not satisfactory are cheerfully ex- clmnged.

H. T. ELL OTT, ! The Under taker .

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F l o u r e x p o r t s f r o m t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s w e r e g r e a t e r in 1903 t h a n in a n y p r e d e d i n g y e a r , a n d a g g r e g a t e d a b o u t 20,000,000 b a r r e l s , e q u i v a l e n t to 87,995.850 b u s l m l s of w h e a t . T h e v a l u e o f f lour e x p o r t s a lso e x c e e d e d t h a t o f a n y p r e c e d i n g year , w i t h t h e excep~i ( ,ns of 1892 a n d 1893, w h e n t h e v a l u e s l i g h t l y e x c e e d e d t i m ( o f 1903, b u t t h e q u a n t i t y e x p o r t e d was ma- t e r i a l l y less. T h e t o t a l n u m b e r of b a r r e l s o f f lour e x p o r t e d f r o m t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s in t h e fiscal y e a r 1903 w a s 19,716,634, v a l u e d a t $'/3,756,404, w h i l e in 1893 t h e n u m b e r or b a r r e l s w a s 16,620,339,. b u t t im v a l u e was $75,495,347, p r i c e s of t i m ( y e a r b e i n g m a t e r i a l l y h i g h e r t h a n t h o s e of 1903.

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The gospel by M a t t h e w is spec ia l ly the gospel of the k ingdom, t h a t king- dora of w h i c h the Old T e S t a m e n t ha~ so mucl~ to tell us. w h e n a K;ng shall re ign in r i g h t e o u s n e s s and the w o r k of ~ g h t e o u s n e s s shall be peace, a n d the effect of r igh teousness , qu i e tne s s and a s s u r a n c e forever . The n a m e of the King shall be J e h o v a h - l s i d k e n u . the Lord our R i g h t e o u s n e s s ; H e shall re ign and p rosper and shall e x e c u t e judg- m e n t and Jus t ice in the ear th . H i s th rone shall be the t h rone of D a v i d a t J e r u s a l e m , and H e shall be K i n g ove r all the ea r th (Isa. xxxii , 1, 17; ix. 6, 7); Je r . iii, 17; xxiii , 5, 6; Zech. xiv, 9). If any one w o u l d be t ru ly thr i l led and l i f ted a b o v e p r e s e n t th ings and ci rcum- s tances , let h im b e c o m e a c q u a i n t e d w i th the K i n g and the k ingdom, wi th w h o m a n d to wh ich e v e r y r e d e e m e d person is a Joint heir, t he k ingdom w h i c h shall Include all the k i n g d o m s of th is wor ld , w i th a K i n g be fo re w h o m all k ings shal l fall d o w n and w h o m all na t ions shall s e r v e (Rev. xl. 15; Ps. lxxii, 11).

No th ing more th r i l l ing or insp i r ing w a s e v e r wr i t t en , and the God of T r u t h H i m s e l f w r o t e this (II Tim. lit. 16. 17). In Mat t . v-vii the K i n g has g iven us the l a w s of 'the k ingdom, tha t k ingdom which is not m e a t and dr ink , bu t right-

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l y t h e c a s e d o w n to'1890. S i n c e t h a t t i m e , h o w e v e r , f lour e x p o r t s h a v e on m a n y o c c a s i o n s m a t e r i a l l y e x c e e d e d in v a l u e t h o s e of w h e a t , t h o u g h in y e a r s of l a r g e c r o p s t h e u n u s u a l su rp lu~ n a t u r a l l y f o u n d i t s w a y a b r o a d in t i l e t e r m of w h e a t , s i n c e t h e c a p a c i t y of , the m i l l s c o u l d n o ( c o n f o r m t o t h e a n n u a l f l u c t u a t i o n s in p r o d u c t i o n . T h e g r o w t h in f lour e x p u r t a t i o n h a s S h e r e f o r e b e e n s t e a d y , w h i l e t h a t of , w h e a t n o t t m n e d i n t o f lour h a s f l uc tu - a t e d w i t h t h e s u r p l u s croi) a v a i l a b l e ~or e x p o r t a t i o n .

~ h a t we s t e a d i l y i n c r e a s e d o u r f lour e x p o r t s d e s p i t e t h e g r o w i n g c o m - peti l~ion f r o m l a n d s t h a t a r e ex- ~ e n d i n g t h e i r w h e a t p r o d u c t i o n , is a ~ac t fu l l o f p r o m i s e a n d p o t e n t pos- s i b i l i t i e s . W e lmve n o w n e w m a r - k e t s of o u r o w n in t h e P h i l l i p i n e s and e l s e w h e r e a n d c a n p r o b a b l y c o n t i n u e in t h e i n c r e a s e so wel l m a d e a n d , m a i n t a i n e d . A s c o u n t r i e s i n c r e a s e in ~wealth a n d m a t e r i a l p r o s p e r i t y , t h e i r fflour c o n s u m p t i o n i n c r e a s e s also. N o t ~because t h e y b e c o m e h u n g r i e r , b u t b e c a u s e p e o p l e o n c e too poo r fo r a n y - ~ h l n g b u t b a r l e y b r e a d or o a t s t u r n to w h e a t f lour a n d m o r e e x p e n s i v e foods. T h e f lour e x p o r t s a r e a l w a y s good in- d i c a t o r s of g e n e r a l c o m m e r c i a l g row(t% fo r t h e y f l u c t u a t e less t h a n s o m e of ~he m e r e l u x u r i e s .

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I f C o n s t a n t i h e m a d e t h i s day t h e l aw o f t h e R o m a n e m p i r e , i~ was j u s t as c h r i s t i a n c o u n t r i e s do so n o w in re- g a r d to iLs o b s e r v a n c e . H e p r o h i b i t e d t h e i m m o r a l r i t e s of p a g a n i s m , fu r - n i s h i n g p roof i~ was c h r i s t i n a u sage t h a t r e ce ived s t a t e s a n c t i o n w h i c h h i t h e r t o had been wiLheld. J u s t i n M a r t y r , w h m n we f o r m e r l y q u o t e d , w a s a c o m p a n i o n or P o l y c a r p , t h e dis- c ip l e o f ~he a p o s t l e J o l m , and o u g h t t o k n o w w h a t was m e a n t by t h e " L o r d ' s d a y ; " h e wrot.e on ly f o r t y yeasts a f t e r t h e deatl~ of J o h n ; a n t i - d a t i n g C o n s t a n t i n e a l j ( ,u t t w o h u n d - red years , W h a ~ lm w r o t e a c c o r d s p e r f e c t l y w i t h w h a t t l m mass of C h r i s t i a n s b e l i e v e in and p r a c t i c e now. D a t a , ana lys i s , d e d u c t i o n . Seel T h e n a m e S u n d a y d o e s n o t w e a k e n i ts f o r c e o r use.

T h e A c t s of t h e A p o s t l e s s h o w c lear - ly t h a t t h e gospe l in i t s s p i r i t and p r i n c i p l e s and tl~e J e w c o u l d n o t har - mon ize . T h e e p i s t l e s s h o w us t im s a m e a n d te l l us w h y . Mi rac l e s , f o r e t i m e m i g h t e x c i t e o r awe , b u t t h e r a n c o r of h u m a n p a s s i o n s wou ld s h o w i t s teet l~ e re long. T o t h e a p o s t l e s i t was flee fo r y o u r l i fe; to t h e C h r i s t i a n s h i d e if you can ; no shelt~er in t h e s y n a - g o g u e s no]' " r e sW' in t h e S a b b a t h (?) o n l y in d e n s and c a v e s of ~l~e eartl~ at, ~ imes and in t im R e s t - g i v e r , w h i c h ex- p l a i n s H e b . 4-9. I f wha~ we w r i t e is " d i m " to a n y o n e i t is h i s t o r y r e p e a t - i n g i t s e l f ; see a b o u t t h e eye - sa lvG

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eousness a n d peace and Joy in the Holy Ghos t (Rom. xlv, 17). The open ing w o r d s a s s e r t t h a t p o v e r t y of sp i r i t is a c h a r a c t e r i s t i c o f those w h o be long to it. C o m p a r e Isa. lvi l . 15; lxvi, 2. H e also sa id t h a t the r i g h t e o u s n e s s neces- s a r y to e n t e r i t m u s t exceed tha t of the scr ibes and P h a r i s e e s (v, 20) and m u s t be such as m e e t s the require- m e n t s of the t rue ~ sp i r i t of t he l aw: not t ha t of me re words , bu t deeds wh ich a re r i gh t eous be fo re God, who see th in secret . " N o t eve ry one tha t sai th , * * * b u t he t h a t doe th the will ~f My F q t h e r Which is in heaven , " a re the open ing w g r d s of ou r lesson and the b e g i n n i n g of the close of H l s ad- dress .

T h a t we m a y more fni ly apprc~ ia t e the w o r d s w e m u s t r e m e m b e r w h o the s p e a k e r is. Note H i s o f t r epea t ed "I s ay un to you ," c o r r e s p o n d i n g w i t h the " T h u s sa i th the Lo rd" of the Old Tes- t amen t , for H e is the Lord of Hos t s . the God of Israel . t he Crea tor , t he only R e d e e m e r , t he J u d g e of all mank ind . H e Is the one of w h o m the F a t h e r sa id a t H i s bap t i sm . " T h i s Is My Be loved Son. in w h o m I am wel l p leased , " and a t the t r a n s f l g u r a t l o n I l e added , " H e a r ye H i m " . (Matt . iii, 17; xvii. 5). H e H i m s e l f s a ld ,~"The F a t h e r J u d g e t h no man, bu t ha th commie tpd all J u d g m e n t un to the Son" ( John v. 225. I seek to e m p h a s i z e this b e c a u s e t he re a re so m a n y t e a c h e r s and p r e a c h e r s who, pro- f e s s ing to be H i s f r iends , not only dis- honor the w o r d w h i c h H e so honored. bu t d i shonor H i m . not be l i ev ing H i s words , and t h u s d i shonor the Fa the r . too. for all H i s w o r d s w e r e Jus t w h a t the F a t h e r told H i m to say (John xll. 48. 49).

B u t h o w e v e r much people m a y pro- fess to be H i s f r i ends and to do w o r k s in H i s name. here is H i s own testi- mony t h a t H e will h a v e to say to them. "I n e v e r k n e w you ; d e p a r t f rom Me, y e t h a t w o r k in iqu i ty" (verse 23). H e has told us e l s e w h e r e t h a t l i e will have to s ay to some, " D e p a r t f rom Me. y e cursed , into e v e r l a s t i n g fire. prepar- ed for the devi l and his ange l s (Matt . xxv. 41). A f t e r t im so lemn w a r n i n g t ha t H e will have to say to some, "De. p a r t r ' H e s p e a k s aga in in g r ace t ha t all w h o will m a y flee f rom the w r a t h to come. All w h o hea r the gospel e i the r obey or d i sobey ; t h e y e i the r t a k e r e f u g e in Chris t , w h o is t he T r u t h , or. t u rn ing f rom Him, they accep t some of the m a n y p reva i l i ng de lus ions of the devil and m a k e lies the i r re fuge .

The la t t e r p a s s a g e g ives the f u r t h e r ,truth t h a t even those w h o a r e on the su r e £ound0r ion and a re t h e r e f o r e e t e rna l l y s a f e ha.re need! to be ,c~r(~ful o f t hn t wh ich they are btd!dik~g ,day by d a y lest they m a y see tlmIr w0rk~ b u r n e d up and they t h e m s e l v e s s a v e d a s by fire. The w o r k s mus t be "God w o r k i n g ln o us" the w o r k s which He ha th be fo re p r e p a r e d for us ~EP!~. H, 10; Phil . it. 13; Col. i. 29), else all may prove wood, hay and s tubb le .

R e t u r n i n g to t he first pa r t of our lesson and the m a t t e r of "do ing the will of God," w e mus t r e m e m b e r t ha t our Lo rd w a s t a lk ing to d isc ip les (chap ter v, 1, 2). for H e nevc r ta lks to the u n s a v e d of "doing ." W!mn the an. s aved asked H i m one day . " W h a t shall we do t h a t w e m i g h t w o r k the w o r k s of God?" H l s rep ly w a s to the effect t ha t t he only w o r k for them w a s to be l ieve on H i m w h o m God l~ad sent (Jol~n vi, 28, 29). On s a lva t i on by fa i th a p a r t f rom any w o r k s Of ours see Rein. iii, 24; Iv, 5; Eph. II. 8. 9; Tit. iii. 5; then on the w o r k s wh ich m u s t and will fo l low see Eph. ii. 10; Tit . Ill, 8;

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the Spir i t in th i s infalAble book. wheth- er t hey come to us t h rough prophets . . ~.postles or Chr i s t H imse l f , as w o r d s ~f au tho r i t y , even the a u t h o r i t y of 3od. T h e r e a re b e f o r e us a g lor ious morn ing and nn a w f u l night, b u t the re Is no morn ing for those w h o desp i se the w o r d of God (Isa. xxi, 11, 12: rill, 20. r ev l sed version). No one is a child of God and a Joint heir witi~ Chr i s t w h o has not rece ived Chr is t a~ his o w n Saviour . p u t t i n g all hls t r u s t as a s inne r in the p rec ious blood of the a t o n e m e n t ( John i. 12; I John v, 12: Lev. xvii, 11; Hob . ix, 225; but , h a v | n g thus b e e o m e a p a r t of H i m and H i s k lngdom. H i s w o r k s In us m u s t be so m a n i f e s t t h a t men m a y gIor t fy H i m In us ( chap t e r v, 16).

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be p l e n t y of room and some s y s t e m of vent i la t ion adop t ed t h a t will insure a good a tmosphe re . I t h ink t h a t th is can be done by h a v i n g ven t i l a t i ng t u b e s or flues e x t e n d i n g f rom nea r the floor nex t to the back side of the s t ab l e and ex- tending up t h rough the roof. F r o m our c w u exper i ence suci~ a s y s t e m a p p e a r s lo w o r k well , and the re is ve ry good air in the s table .

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labor of c l ean ing the s tab les , bu t does a w ' l y wi lh the ob jec t ion of h a v i n g the m a n u r e In them.

As to w h a t to do w i t h the m a n u r e in win ter , the p rac t ice is now v e r y gener- ally. in favor , of d r a w i n g d i rec t ly to the field w h e r e w ' m t e d and s p r e a d i n g a t once. This m e t h o d is be ing fo l lowed more and more as the y e a r s go by. ~kt first the re w a s a good deal of opposi t ion ' to this plan, as the w r i t e r wel l knows , b u t a f t e r the expe r i ence of y e a r s it is coming to be u n d e r s t o o d t h a t t he sup- posed loss f rom such p rac t i ce is indeed small , if any, whi le the a d v a n t a g e s are

spr lng, b u t this w a s a ve ry poor meth- od, and very f e w i n s t a n c e s a re not iced w h e r e th is is now done. W h e r e the m a n u r e Is s p r e a d as d r a w n the work can be wel l done, and then as ear ly in sp r ing as p r a c t i c a b l e w i t h o u t the pre- v ious hau l ing of m a n u r e on the sof t g r o u n d the 0 the r sp r ing w o r k can be a t t e n d e d to. The re m a y be some loca- t ions w h e r e it w o u l d not be a d v i s a b l e to sp read m a n u r e in win te r , b u t fa rm- ers can d e t e r m i n e th i s fo r t h e m s e l v e s . ~ E. R. T o w l e in A m e r i c a n Cul t iva to r .

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I t had been bad enough, said the cowboys, to have Buena V is ta county t~rned into a rendezvous for invalids in various stages of hay fever, bronchit is and consumption. I t was an outrage to have one ' s f a v o r i t e b a r r o o m remod- e led into a s an i t a r i um, b u t i t w a s heap- lug insul t upon i n j u r y to h a v e a twen- ty-f ive h o r s e p o w e r F rench racer , f l ash- Ing ove r r o a d s ~ a n d good roads , too-- long s a c r e d to t h e f e s t i ve c o w pony.

W i t h H a r v e y Tha tche r , o w n e r of sa id racer , the good roads s u r r o u n d i n g F o r t Nor ton , t he c o u n t y s ea t of B u e n a Vis ta county , had been the main at- t rac t ion . W h e n his p h y s i c i a n s had or- d e r e d Colorado air, T h a t c h e r had stip- u l a t ed t h a t sec t ion of e a s t e r n Colora- do w h e r e the roads w o u l d p e r m i t h im to b r e a k the ah ' eady br i l l i an t record of the Comet . And so it h a p p e n e d tha t he a n d his machine , his w d e t and his chauf feur , w e r e t h o r n s in the Ilesh of t h e . c o w b o y e lement , even as the l a t t e r had w o r r i e d the r e spec t ab l e fqc t ion a m o n g the ea r ly ci t izens of F o r t Nor- ton.

The c o w b o y s had ba re ly b e c o m e ac- c u s t o m e d to the p resence of the C o m e t in the i r m ids t and had decided t ha t it m i g h t p rove d a n g e r o u s to shoot up a gaso l ine engine w h e n t h e r e a rose f resh cause for d i s sa t i s fac t ion , Nan Beqrce took to r id ing in the Comet . And Nan w a s the p r e t t i e s t girl in B u e n a Vista coun ty , o r all the ° a d j o i n i n g count ies , for t ha t ma t t e r . She had been the t oa s t of e v e r y c a m p on the range, t he bel le a t e v e r y ball , the queen of every coun ty f a i r " tournament in wh ich the c o w b o y s had f o u g h t fo r honors a f t e r the i r o w n pecu l ia r fashion. H e r fa- vors had been e v e n l y d i s t r ibu ted , and her devo t ion had gone to her wor th - less f a the r , w h o ran the one shoe simp of w h i c h F o r t Nor ton could boast . A d i l ap ida ted , evil smel l ing den he kep t a t the end of the s t r e e t leading, nor th f rom the postoffice, b u t the t h r e e rooms beh ind the shop w e r e as f resh and s w e e t as Nan ' s s t ou t a r m s and sun- sh iny n a t u r e could keep them.

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THE h i e s CAME UPON TIIE COMET TWO ~IILE3 t~RO~I HETfI'B I~£NCtt,

been wi l l ing to over look t he f a the r , mi se rab le , d r u n k e n w r e t c h t h a t he was , for love of t he girl, b u t she s e e m e d too p roud to fo i s t t he old man on a n y of her a n x i o u s su i tors . The on ly f a v o r she had e v e r been k n o w n to a c c e p t w a s a t the h a n d s o f Ben H e t h , a stolid, a l m o s t m o r o s e y o u n g ranch- ~ a n , Who had s t a r t e d Into the s tock r a i s ing b u s l n e s s in a smal l w a y and w h o held h i m s e l f a loo f f rom the rol- l,irking, r o i s t e r i ng e l e m e n t w h i c h had te r ror ized I~ort N o r t o n a t r egu l a r in- t e rva l s . W h e n old B e a r c e had been s m i t t e n w i t h s m a l l p o x H e t h , u n d e r c o v e r of d a r k n e s s , had r e m o v e d h im to hts o w n r anch b e c a u s e of N a n ' s h o r r o r o f the p e s t h o u s e , and the t h r e e had e n d u r e d t he r e l en t l e s s q u a r a n t i n e to- ge ther . T h e n t he i n t i m a c y had appar- en t l y been b r o k e n off. old B e a r c e going b a c k t o his bench, Nan to her p o v e r t y ~t r icken l i fe and H e t h to his lonely ex- ! s tence on t he ca t t l e range .

All th is w a s b e f o r e T h a t c h e r a n d t he C o m e t c a m e to F o r t Nor ton . A f t e r old B e a r e r had sk i l l fu l ly m e n d e d some r en t s in T h a t e h e r ' s l e a the r robes t he f r i endsh ip b e t w e e n t he d q s h i n g y o u n g a u t o m o b i l i s t f rom N e w York and t he h u m b l e and b e a u t i f u l d a u g h t e r of t he vi l lage s h o e m a k e r b e c a m e t o w n gossip . W o m e n d i s c u s s e d it ove r the i r b a c k f ences and a t the s e w i n g ch'cle of t he Union church , Men shook the l r h e a d s n round t he s t o v e a t G i l b e r t ' s gene ra l s tore , and the n e w s s p r e a d ou t on the range, T h a t c h e r w a s m a k i n g a fool of Nan Bearce . and t h e r e w e r e m u t t e r - lugs t h a t b o d e d ill fo r t he o w n e r of t h e Comet . The only m a n w h o dee l lned to d i s cus s t he s i tua t ion w a s Ben H e t h and t h a t even a f t e r N a n and y o u n g T h a t c h e r had r i d d e n ou t to his r a n c h t w i c e in the dev i l ' s w a g o n , as one old w o m a n cal led it. To b e sure , t he c h a u f - f eu r w a s in a t t e n d a n c e , b u t w h a t w a s a c h a u f f e u r p e r c h e d up in t he b a c k s ea t w i th N a n s e n ( i c i n g , a l lu r ing N a n - - h e r sof t . b r o w n ha i r t o s s e d b y t he wind, her eyes d a n c i n g w i t h t h e ex- c i t e m e n t of the run, u r g i n g t h e y o u n g N e w Yorke r on to h i g h e r s p e e d ?

Once t h e y h a d been seen c o m i n g

] b a c k to t o w n a t a s low pace, w i t h Ben t r y i n g to keep hls a s t o n i s h e d pony wi th in t a l k i n g d i s t a n c e of the ma- chine. P a r t i e s w h o had w i t n e s s e d the scene r e p o r t e d it va r ious ly , he ine sa id t h a t Beu a p p e q r e d to e n j o y the pro- ceeding , m o r e fool he, wh i l e o t h e r s m a i n t a i n e d t h a t he w a s b e r a t i n g Nan for u n f a i t h f u l n e s s , even in the pres- ence of his r ival .

B u t B e n ' s love a f fa i r w a s u t t e r l y for- g o t t e n in t h e f a c e of m o r e . n m m e n t o u s e v e n t s w h i c h c a m e w i t h the roundul) . The H. O. Ca t t l e c o m p a n y , wi th wh ich Ben llad w o r k e d b e f o r e b r a n c h i u ~ out for h imse l f , d i s cove red w h a t it chose to d e s i g n a t e ns a s h o r t a g e in H. O. e a l v e s and a c o r r e s p o n d i n g and SUSl)i- c ious i nc rease in ca lves wi th the I Ie th brand, The I:I, O. bran( l w a s a ba r wi th 'm O on t lm end. The H e t h b r a n d w a s a du lnbbe l l . R m n o r ~ a n d r u m o r in B u e n a Vis ta c o u n t y is an ug ly cus tom- er- -d 'ec lared t h a t It w a s e a s y to c h a n g e the b 'w-O to the dmnbbe l l . The air a r o u n d F o r t Nor ton b e c a m e r i fe w i t h th ings o t h e r than m e r e rumors , includ- ing s o m e very b a d w h i s k y . And jus- tice, as d r ink c razed cow p u n c l w r s s o m e t i m e s see it. w o r k s wi th appa l l ing suddennes s .

R m n o r s t r ave l f a s t e r t h a n h a l f d runk- en cow p u n c h e r s w h o s top a t eqch sa- loon to d r o w n the i r t h r e a t s in bud wh i sky , and a t w e n t y - f i v e h o r s e p o w e r n iachine will t r ave l f a s t e r t han e i ther . T h a t w a s w h y t h e mob t h a t hnd s t a r t e d ou t to h a n g Ben H e t h as a sor t of c l imax for the a n n u a l r oundup c ' tme upon the Comet , its owner , his w d e t a n d his c h a u f f e u r t w o miles beyond I I e t h ' s ranch. T h e y w e r e still lmn t ing for H e t h . a f t e r h . tv ing r azed his ranch cabin . The C o m e t w a s pi led high wi th luggage, a couple of d res s su i t cases s h o w i n g a b o v e the boxes , and r u b b e r b lanke t s , wh ich filled in the body of the maehine . T h a t c h e r e x p l a i n e d in a casua l w a y t h a t he w a s t r y i n g some now roads and ui ight be gone a w e e k or more. The c o w b o y s sen t him on his w a y w i t h a vol ley of shots. T h e y w e r e ben t on more se r ious work .

The C o m e t sho t a long the coun t ry road, t h r o u g h the so f t t w i l i g h t and the lhnpid nmonl ight , s t r a i g h t ac ross the • s t a t e line Into Neb ra ska , A t prec ise ly the s a m e t ime t he O v e r l a n d l imi ted w a s c a r r y i n g a w h i t e f aced b u t de ter - m ined girl ove r the s a m e s t a t e line.

T h a t c h e r ins is ted upon g iv lng a w a y the b r ide and rece iv ing the first kiss a f t e r - t h e ce r emony . H e sa id it w a s d u e for excess b a g g a g e on the bes t run tlm C o m e t had eve r made . Tlmn the g r e a t red maehlne , i ts owner , his c h a u f f e u r and his va l e t rol led back to F o r t Nor ton w i t h o u t the i m p r e s s i v e ar- ray of luggage, and H a r v e y Tha t che r , t ender foo t , f rom N e w York, a n n o u n c e d th ' t t w h e n a ce r t a ln b u n c h of umni t i - g a t e d fools had finished t he i r annua l sp ree and had r ecoun t ed the i r hi ' ink- e ly b l ank ca lves the b r ide and groom w o u l d come back to F o r t Nor ton , a t w h i c h t ime the d a m a g e s c la imed by sa id g room for i n j u r y done his proper - ty and his r e Imta t ion w o u l d be pa id or

\ the sher i f f of B u e n a Vis t a c o u n t y and one H a r v e y Tha t che r , Esq. , w o u l d k n o w the reasofi w h y , w h e r e u p o n sa id H a r v e y T h a t c h e r p r o m p t l y rose in the e s t ima t ion of the c o w b o y e lement , and his horse less vehic le w a s fo rg iven him.

W h a t ~Ve F i n d I n O l d S e h o o l b o o k s .

Along w i t h the w r i t i n g in old school- books the re is more or less d r awing . The ve ry ear ly books s o m e t i m e s have fly leaf ske t ches of I n d i a n s and log houses. The l a te r books, s a y s Leslle 's Month ly , h a v e houses of more modern sort, and you find rude d r a w i n g s of s t e a m b o a t s , 'horses, birds , f lowers, faces and the like. O f t e n a p e n n y or o ther coin w a s s l ipped u n d e r t he fly leaf and the s u r f a c e of the p a p e r cover ing the coin w a s r u b b e d w i t h a piece of lead f rmn the schoo lboy ' s pocke t or the b lun t end of a pencil .

The ch i ld ren h a d n u m e r o u s me thods for d e f a c i n g the i r schoolbooks , and t hey also had cer ta in dev ices for keep- in s them in good order. M a n y of the o lder books a re p ro t ec t ed b y aI~ outer cover of sheepsk in n e a t l y fo lded in at t he edges and s e w e d in p lace wi th homespun tow. A f t e r 1825 thts ou tm cover ing w a s a p t to be calico, and s o m e t i m e s the re w e r e t ie s t r ings at- t ached to the sides. The girls w e r e ad- d ic ted to the use of a " t h u m b paper" fo lded and s l ipped in w h e r e the t h u m b res ted w h e n the book w a s in use.

l l e r O p i n i o n . H e w a s very b a d l y gone in love in-

deed, as m a y be j u d g e d by the fact t h a t he sa t up till the w e e sma ' hours and n ibb led two Inches off a pen in c o m p o s i n g the fo l l owing epic:

Beautiful one with eyes so blue. Oh. how my fond hear t sighs for you! Sweet spirit, listen to me now, Hear once again my ardent vow!

T h e r e w a s "(bout t w o fee t six inches of th is soul insp i r ing verse, and he seni It to the ob j ec t of his adora t ion , wi th a r e q u e s t t ha t she Would express an opinion on i ts mer i t s . H e go t if. °

Dear Mr. Theodore Hopkins--You ash me for my opinion of your verses. I dc not like to hurt your feelings, but if you Will read the initial let ters of the first four lines downward I may say that yoiJ express my sentiments exactly. Yours very truly, M A B E L BROWNE.

And w h e n Theodore s t r u n g the first f o u r le t te rs t oge the r he pondered bit- t e r ly . - -London Te legraph .

T h e l l a r n ~ N o i s e D o e s . Noise is an u n d o u b t e d f ac to r in im-

pa i r ing the tone of the ne rve centers . W h e t h e r w e a re conseiofls of i t or not. it hu r t s the b ra in and has a "deafening, dazing, b e w i l d e r i n g ef fec t on the men- tel processes . I t t i res the b ra in and tends to p roduce ce rebra l hype remia . To five in a noisy a t m o s p h e r e is to shor ten one 's day . I r r i t ab i l i t y , neu- ras then ia , insomnia , a r e c o m m o n ef- %cts. The t y m p a n m n , or d r u m mem- brane , of the ea r is in jured , the circu- lat ion of the ce rebro sp ina l flutd is dis- t u rbed and the ne rve cells t h e m s e l v e s suf fe r as t h o u g h s u b j e c t e d to mechan- Ical v i o l e n c e . ~ F a m i l y Doctor .

M E T A T R A G I C E N D ,

A~ed Charlotte Man Burned Al ive In His Home.

Cha r lo t t e , Mich., Feb. 22 .~-Wi l l i am Sea,riles, aged 82 yea r s , w h o had l ive~ a lone for m a n y years , was b u r n e d to dea th l as t n igh t w h e n his h o u s e was d e s t r o y e d by fire. The h o u s e was sit- u a t e d n e a r the. w a t e r w o r k s p u m p i n g sta'ti,on, w h o s e e m p l o y e s f irs t no t i ced th,e blaze, It is no t k n o w n how the ~re s t a r t ed .

T h e old m a n is s u p p o s e d to h a v e been s u f f o c a t e d b y t he s m o k e so tha t he could no t help h imse l f . H i s b o d y was fonnd in the ee,llar u n d e r the hou'se a£ter t he fire. H e l e a v e s one d a u g h t e r in Grand R a p i d s and a n o t h e r in Cleve land .

Michigan Corporations, Lans ing , Mi?h., Feb . 2 2 . ~ T h e fol-

lowing eorl)orat ion 's filed a r t i c l e s of as- soc ia t ion wi,th the s e c r e t a r y of s t a t e dur ing t h e p a s t w e e k : S i b l e y B r i c k Co., ,Sibley, $80.000; S c h r o d e r - O u r t i s s Co., B a t t l e Creel{, $40,000; Lans4ng Fo ld ing Bed and T a b l e Co., Lancing,- S10,000: Mal t Whea~ B i s c u i t Co., Mar- shall , $500,000: B r o w d e r L i fe .Saving Ne t Co., De t ro i t , $50,000; P e e l e Bros., Ho,lland. $(;0,000; J. H. K e m p & Co., Unionvi l le . $(;0,000; Orr in E. Skiff Co., De(re,it, $100,000; Albion H, and le Co., Albion, $8,000; A m e r i c a n C o n d e n s a r y E q u i p m e n t Co., Det ro i t . $10,000; Grand Rap ids N o v e l t y M a n u f a c t u r i n g C0.. Grand Rap ids , $10,000; I n t e r n a t i o n M Mach ine ' Co., Adr ian . $50,000: Appli- ance Mam~fae tu r ing Co., Grand Rap- ids, $10,000: S u p e r i o r P in Co., Det ro i t . $25,000; De,troll A u t o m a t i c S t e N l i z e r Co., Det ro i t , $50,000; Mi t t s & Merri l l , Sag inaw, $50,000; R. L. B a k e r P a p e r H m r s e Co., Pe , toskey, $9,000; R e l i a n c e A u t o m a t i c M a n u f a c t u r i n g Co., Detro.it, $150,000; W a l t e r A m u s e m e n t Cons t rue- t ion ,Co., Detroi t , $50,000: T h o r p e Man- u f a c t u r i n g Co., Det ro i t , $10,000; G ladys Mining Co., I ron River , $50,000; W e b b . wood Gelid M,ining Co., Sau l ( Ste. Mar ie , $100,000.

His F o r t u n e Came Too Late, Detroit, Mich., Feb. 22.~Frank Lan-

gow'ski, w h o w a s b u r i e d l a s t F r i d a y f rom a l i t t le r o o m o v e r a s io re a;t 437 Can, field a v e n u e eas t , wa's t he son or a R u s s i a n count , who was d i s g r a c e d a~ the t i m e of the a s s a s s i n a t i o n of t h e Czar A lexande r . L a n g o w s k i h i m s e l f w a s s e n t e n c e d to t he mines of S i b e r m and wa:s k e p t t lmre in d r e a r y ex i le for years , H e w a s s u b s e q u e n t l y p a r d o n e d and e m i g r a t e d to th is coun t ry , w h e r e he has l ived in p o v e r t y . Th,e R u s s i a n g o v e r n m e n t f inal ly h e a r d his c l a ims for d e m o t e s fo~ los t t i t l e and e~ ta t e s and a w a r d e d h im $17,000 d a m a g e s , t im m o n e y r e a c h i n g W a s h i n g t o n too la te , h o w e v e r , to b e of any use. H i s b o ~ y w a s laid in t h e g r a v e b e f o r e tl~e n e w s r e a c h e d here .

S u m m e r °Assembly a t F r a n k f o r t . St. Louis , Feb . 22 . - -q 'he cong rega -

t ionM s u m m e r a s s e m b l y , w h i c h m e t l as t y e a r a t P o t t a w a t t o m i e Poin t , Mich., and b e c a m e a n.a;tionaI o rgan iza- t ion, has s e l e c t e d for i ts pe rman ,en t l oca t ion a s i te n e a r F r a n k f o r t , Mich., b g r d e r i n g on L a k e Michigan . It;s ses- s ions th i s y e a r wilI b e he ld f rom Aug. 7 to 21 inc lus ive . The aen.tral f e a tu r e , as h e r e t o f o r e , will be a b ib l e school c o n d u c t e d b y P r o f e s s o r G e o r g e B. Ste- vens of YMe s e m i n a r y and P r e s i d e n t H e n r y King of Ober l in college.. °

Bo.dy In a Cake of I c e .

Detro i t , Mich., Feb . 2 2 . ~ E n c a s e d In ice, as in t h e c e n t e r of a rock , t h e re- m a i n s of an u n k n o w n man were found in t he r i ve r a b o u t t h i r t y ree l f rom the m o u t h of the F o u r t e e n t h ' s t ree t s ewer . To chop t he body f rom its c a s i n g took o v e r an hour , and w h e n f inal ly b r o k e n loose it w a s so c o v e r e d w i t h ice as to r e q u i r e s o m e t ime for t h a w i n g a f t e r r e a c h i n g M a n e y ' s morgue . T h e b o d y is un ident i f ied .

C u r r e n t Car r i ed Him Under lee. St. Clair. Mich., Feb . 22 .~Jos , epI~

W e b b , aged 45 years , a p r o m i n e n t m a s o n of Cour t r Igh t , Ontar io , was d r o w n e d h e r e du r ing the even ing . W h i l e r e t u r n i n g to his h o m e he s t epped into the channe l made by P e r e Marque t , t e ca r f e r r y and s a n k be- f o r e his t h r e e c o m p a n i o n s could s ave him. A s t r o n g c u r r e n t c a r r i ed h im un- de r the ice.

Serious Charge Against Balloonist. Marsha l l , M.ich., Feb . 2 2 . ~ P r o f e s s o r

V¢illiam Randa l l . ba l loonis t , is spend- ing W a s h i n g t o n ' s b i r t h d a y in t h e coun- ty bas t i le . H e was a r r e s t e d a t mid- n igh t b y Mar sha l P u r d y and Po,liee- m a n B u r k h a r d t , c h a r g e d w i th a t t e m p t - ing to kill h ls wi fe and f~ther . H i s f a t h e r m a d e the compla in t . Randa l l r e c e n t l y r e t u r n e d to th i s c i ty f rom To- |?do.

P a t i e n t C o m m i t t e d Suic ide . T r a v e r s e City, Mich., Feb . 22.-=Mis~

Knapp , a pe4ient a.t t lm N o r t h e r n M i c h i g a n a sy lum, c o m m i t t e d suicide. in s o m e w a y s h e s u c c e e d e d in g e t t i n g the k e y to the o p e r a t i n g r o o m from an a t t e n d a n t ' s bel t , locked h e r s e l f in and took ca rbo l i c acid. dy ing in a shm' t t ime. She was an old t r a ined nurse .

Gem Black Wi l l Attend. L, ans ing, Mich., Feb . 22.J~GeneraI

J o h n C. Black , c o m m a n d e r of the na- t ional G. A. R.. has nb,tified A d j u t a n t W y c k o f f of the Mich igan d e p a r t m e n t t ha t he will a t t e n d the annua l encamp: m e n t in th ls s t a t e a t B a t t l e Creel{ J u n e 15 and ]6.

A d m i t s He S h a m m e d Insan l ty , Chicago, Feb . 2 2 . ~ A f t e r e s c a p i n g a

dea th s e n t e n c e on t h e g r o u n d of al- leged i n s a n i t y N a t h a n Breen , convic t . ed of t h e m u r d e r of his s w e e t h e a r t I r ene Donner , a d m i t t e d t h a t his appar- en t ly i n s a n e ac t ions d twing t h e tr iaI w e r e all s h a m : B r e e n w a s s e n t e n c e d to f o u r t e e n y e a r s in t h e pent (on( tarT.

PO,ST C H E C K S Y S T E M .

Representative Smith Introduces Bill Into the House.

W a s h i n g t o n , Feb . 2 3 . ~ W i l l i a m Al- den S m i t h h a s i n t r o d u c e d in the h o u s e the pos t c h e c k b,ill p r epa red by the N aNona l A'ssoei~t ion of P o s t m a s t e r s , of wh ich P o s t m a s t e r D i c k e r s o n of De- trois( is p.reside~t. T h e t e r m s o f the

Na t iona l a s s o c i a t i o n bill a r e : " T h e p o s t m a s t e r - g e n e r a l shal l be

e m p o w e r e d to i s sue p o s t a g e s~tamp cer- t i f icates in d e n o m i n a t i o n s of 1. 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 25 and 50; ce r t i f i ca t e s to be 2~/fi by 4 inch,es, s u l t a b l y e n g r a v e d . T h e s e certifica~ces s'hall be p l aced on sa le a t e v e r y postoff ice . T h e y shal l be p a y a b l e o.nly to o n e of t h e t w o pa r t i e s who.s,e n.ame,s a r e i ndo r sed on t he re- v e r s e s,ide; w h e ~ pr~s.en~ted a t t he post- office or s t a t i o~ t h e r e o f t h e y shal l be e x c h a n g e a b l e fo r s t a m p s to t he a m o u n t of t he i r f a ce vMue; o r w h e n in sums of even do l l a r s t, h e y shal l b e r edeem- ab l e in c u r r e n c y a t a d i s c o u n t of 1 pe r c e n t for each hill do l l a r r e p r e s e n t e d by th.e ce r t i f i ca tes .

Secured Divorce In New Mexico. Owosso , M'ich., Feb . 2 3 . ~ M r s . Dora

B r y s o n of th l s °city has j u s t r e ce ived n~tAee t h a t h e r ht rsba~d, f o r m e r l y a w e l l - k n o w n b u s i n e s s m a n and manu- f a c t u r e r of Ovid and B a t t l e Creek, has been g r a ~ t e d a d,lvorce in N e w Mexico. T h e r e c e i p t of t h e o r d e r f r o m t im c o u r t was t h e first notificaVion she had th,at a su i t w a s pending , and sh~ w a s o v e r c o m e by t h e in te l l igence . Bryso.n 's g r o u n d for d i v o r c e w a s a l l eged desist- l ion b e c a u s e Mrs. B r y s o n h~d r e fu sed to l ive wFch h im in N e w Mexico, w h e r e he has l a rge mtn tng ir~terests, unless. he p rov ided a s u i t a b l e h o m e for her, w h i c h she c l a ims he had fa i led to do.

W a r N e w s Drove Him Crazy, Det ro i t , Mich., Feb . 2 3 . ~ A g i t a t e d by

repoTts of t h e w a r now be ing w a g e d be~tween J a p a n ~nd Russ ia , O taD F. Grail, a R u s s i a n carpenVer r e s id ing ~t

34 Tillm'ar~ avenue , b e c a m e i n s a n e and w a s t a k e s to Emerge~ncy hos0 i t a l on t he a d v i c e of Dr. C0dy, t h e f ami ly phy- sici~an. GrM1 h,as a b r o t h e r in t he Rus- s ia~ a rmy . R e a d i n g n e w s p a p e r ac- coun t s of th.e confl ict , he began to i m a g i n e t h a t h is b ro,ther had been e i t he r Mlled o r w o u n d e d , and 'soon lost h is m e n t a l b a l a n c e . .

. Ten Dollars For a Thawout. Grand Rap ids , Mich., Feb . 2 3 . ~ h e

long a~d s e v e r e w i n t e r has p u t hun- d r eds of c i ty w a t e r s e r v i c e conaec- tlo.n~ o u t of commiss ion . It is es,U- mat.ed t h a t b e t w e e n 1,500 and 2,000 s e r v i c e p,ipes h a v e b e e n f rozen and n e a r l y e v e r y s t r e e t has i.ts long row of bonf i res s~ar ted to t h a w t h e m out . T h e ho,mrd of w o r k s c h a r g e s the house- h o l d e r $~10 pea" t h a w and th:i,s is caus- ing a lmos t as m u c h k i ck ing a's t he f rost .

Flouring Mil ls Burned, T h r e e R ive r s , Mich., Feb. 2 3 . ~ T h e

E m e r y f lour ing mills , t he large 'st in the ci ty, w e r e t o t a l l y d e s t r o y e d by fire M o n d a y a f t e r n o o n , en t a i l i ng a loss of fu l ly $50,000. A fln,e e l ec t r i c l ight4ng p l a ~ t was ins ta l l ed in t h e m i l l s ' a shor t t ime ago by t h e Sheff ie ld Co,r Co. T h e h e a t f r om the fire w a s in¢,ense and but for t he g r e a t a m o u n t of snow and ice on t he roofs of t h e s u r r o u n d i n g build- ings the e n t i r e buslnes 's po r t ion of the c i ty wou ld h a v e b e e n d e s t r o y e d .

Snowbound Again. B e n t o n H a r b o r , Mich.. Feb . 2 3 . ~

T h l s ci ty ts s n o w b o u n d awain,, with no tra,ias h a v i n g run upon the B u c h a n a n dtvls io~ of t he P e r e Marque¢cte s~nc,e ,Sunday. T h e Big P o u r has a t ra in tied up a t H a r t m a n , t h e T h r e e I ha s a t rMn a t Derby , and the P e r e M a r q u e t t e has o n e wt MeDcmMd. T r a i n s a re runn ing on the main l ine of the Pe.re M a r q u e t t e f rom t h r e e to t w e l v e hou r s la te .

Banquet to the Ladles. Howel l , M,ich., Feb . 2 3 . - - T h e annu'al

b ~ n q u e t g iven by the m a m n s to the ' Indies was he ld h e r e l~st n i g h t at t he H o t e l Kel logg. N e a r l y e v e r y m e m h e r of the H o w e l l lodge No. 38 w a s nres- en't. T'h4s banque, t is t he s,octal func- t ion of the y e a r a m o n g lee,a,1 ross(ms and ts eagm' ly looked f o r w a r d to each ye,~r. I,t l's o n l y o .eeas ional ly tha t the d,ate h a p p e n s to fall on W a s h l n g t o n ' s b i r t hday .

Wedded S i x t y Years. Jonesv i l l e , M,ich., Feb . 2 3 . ~ J u s t 60

y e a r s ago M o ~ d a y E. O. Grosveno ' r wa,s m a r r i e d to M~iss Sa,rah Ann C ham- pl in and y e s t e r d a y t h e r e was a quie t lie~tle f ami ly r eun ion in honor o f the e v m t . Mr. G,rosvenor i's pre-~ident of t he G=osvenor S a v i n g s b a n k he re ~md i,n Ms lo,ng pub l i c s e r v i c e has held ne~arly e v e r y office wi th in t h e gif t of the s t a t e e x c e p t t h a t of gove rnor .

Hanged H i m s e l f in H ls B a r n .

Lal{o Odessa , Mich., Feb . 2 3 . ~ Char l e s Flem:ing, a r i ch f a r m e r l iving a mi le s o u t h of Car l ton Cente r , harlged h imse l f in h is barn . I~e wen~t out to do the cho~res, and no t r e t u r n i n g his w i f e w e n t to s ee t h e c a u s e a~d found h im h a n g i n g to a b e a m , dead.

Mlehigan Day at the Fair, L, ar~s~ing, Mich., Feb . 2 3 . ~ T h e Mtcht.

Nan comm4ss ion has dec ided t ha t Oct. 12 shal l be Mich igan day a t t h e S¢. Lou~s expos~tiow, and the. expos i t ion m anagem,en¢ h a s a p p r o v e d the c'm,ice. T h e p r o g r a m to be g iven on th i s occa- s io,n will be a r r a n g e d la ter .

Will Inspect Factories. Lan.s,lng, M.teh., Feb . 23.--Th.e w o r k

of c a n v a s s i n g far (oNe 's and bus ine s s p l a c e s In D e t r o i t w h e r e f e m a l e l abo r is e m p l o y e d will be c o m m e n c e d n e x t w e e k b y ~VIiss Bur ton , w o m ~ n ' s d e p u t y factory lnsp~c~ar.

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L y n n S h a r r a r d is r epo r t ed very low wi th i n f l a m m a t i o n of t h e lungs.

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A horse be long ing to Wm. L e a c h dropped dead one day las t week whi le d r a w i n g sand.

On accoun~ of he r b r o t h e r ' s illness, H e l e n K i n g is s p e n d i n g t h e w e e k a t he r h o m e in A r g y l e .

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last T h u r s d a y ca l l ing nn the smal lpox p a t i e n t s w h o m he reporLs as doing nicely.

N a o m i and Ben B r o w n are v i s i t ing old f r i ends in th i s n e i g h b o r h o o d be- fore l eav ing fur IA~eir new home in Saginaw.

School opened again Tuesday in the M c L a r t y school al'~er a two weeks ' vacat ion, owing to t h e i l lness of t he t eacher , Miss Ne l l i e J o n e s .

A r t h u r Mered i th , O t to Nique , Chas. K e y w o r t h , O t t o Aus lande r , J a m e s Davidson and Marv in E h l e r s were a m o n g those w h o a t t e n d e d the play a t Cass City Monday nigl~t.

Mor ley P a l m a t e e r is expec ted h o m e f rom Canada nex~ week , w h e r e he has been s p e n d i n g t h e w in t e r .

T h e r e will be a G leane r box social a t Mills ' hal l on F r i d a y even ing , Feb. 26th. A cordia l i n v i t a t i o n is e x t e n d e d to t he public.

A n o t h e r case of smal lpox a~ Deford . Miss Minnie Spence r is t h e v ic t im. Dr. Howel l is t h e a t t e n d i n g phYSician and repor ts i~ to be of a very mi ld form.

Miss H e l e n A s h b y was su rp r i sed by a n u m b e r of h e r young f r iends on F r i d a y evening, t h e occas ion be ing her b i r thday . A p l e a s a n t t i m e is repor ted .

Mr. and Mrs. Claud Shaw, of Deck- er, a re m a d e happy by t h e a r r iva l of a y o u n g son a t t h e i r home. Mrs. Shaw was fo rmer ly Miss E t h e l Colwell of tl~is place.

T h e smi l i ng c o u n t e n a n c e of the mail c a r r i e r was g r e a t l y missed on R o u t e 3 las t Monday. He was t a k i n g a m u e h needed res t on W a s h i n g t o n ' s b i r t hday .

T h e m e m b e r s of t h e G r a n g e and the i r wives had a p l easan t t i m e a t Noves ta on W e d n e s d a y even ing . T h e occasion Was t h e i n s t a l l a t i on of offi- cers. A good p r o g r a m was rendered . T h e ladies f u r n i s h e d a sp lend id d i n n e r and all d id ample ju s t i ce to t he occa- sion, especia l ly J o h n McCracken .

END O F B I T T E R F I G H T . " T w o phys ic ians had a long and

s tubborn fight w i t h an abeess on my r igh t l u n g " wr i t e s J . F . H u g h e s of D u P o n t , Ca., " and gave me up. E v e r y b o d y t h o u g h t my t ime had come. As a last r esor t I t r i e d D r . K i n g s N e w Discovery for Consumpt ion . T h e be- nefi t I received was s t r i k i n g and was ()n m y fee t in a few days. N o w l ' v e en t i r e ly rega ined my h e a l t h , " I t conquer s M1 Coughs, Cnlds and Tl~roat and L u n g Troubles . G u a r a n t e e d by L. L Wood &Cl l ' s Drug Store . P r i c e 50c and $1,00. T r i a l bo t t l e s free.

H O L B R O O K .

W h a t lovely w e a t h e r .

Char les Morr ish is on t h e s ick list.

Mr. and Mrs, Win . S m i t h ' s l i t t l e baby is quiLe sick.

R o b t . M a t h e w s was in Deford on business las t MQnday.

A n u m b e r of t h e y o u n g people s p e n t a p l ea san t e v e n i n g a t 5. Brow'n's.

W I S N E R ,

Miss Mary Green is n u m b e r e d w i t h t h e sick.

Mr. and Mrs. J . M c L a r e n m a d e a t r ip to Bay City.

~Mrs. Chas. Jones is r epo r t ed some b e t t e r a t th i s wr i t ing .

Car~ Colburn made a business t r ip to Un ionv i l l e las t week.

Born, to Mr. and Mrs. I r v i n g Col- burn , F r i d a y last , a son.

Dr. J a c k l i n , of Unionv i l l e , was a p leasan t ca l le r in th i s v ic in i ty last week.

Miss Myr t l e W i c k w a r e v is i ted a t her h o m e in Cass Ci ty las t week, re- t u r n i n g Monday.

Miss Maggie S m i t h was u n a b l e to a t t e n d he r school du t i e s a~ Unionvi l l e las~ week on a c c o u n t nf sickness.

Miss E v a Hovey, of th i s place, and a y o u n g g e n t l e m a n f rom nea r Un ion - villa, were qu i e t l y m a r r i e d las t Wed- nesday. C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s .

S C H O O L .3IOTES.

Mable Ha l l is a b s e n t on accoun~ of s ickness th i s week.

J e n n i e M c L a r e n spel led t h e school down F r i d a y ~igh~.

Al l ie S t r eve l has r e t u r n e d to schonl aga in a f t e r an absence of four weeks.

Mrs. A. H u n t i n g t o n and Mrs. Cook were p l e a s a n t v is i tors a t ,school on Monday.

School closed T h u r s d a y for a four days ' vaca t ion , t h e t e a c h e r h a v i n g t u n e he ine .

P U T S A N E N D T O I T A L L . A grev ious wail o f t imes come as a

r e su l t of u n b e a r a b l e pain f rom over taxed organs . Dizziness, Backache , L i v e r c o m p l a i n t and Cons t ipa t ion .

place are g r ea t l y improved and again Bu~ t l l anks to Dr. K i n g ' s N e w L i fe able to be o u t a f t e r a severe illness. Pi l l s t hey p u t an end to i t all. The) '

a re gen t l e bu~ t ho rough . T r y them. Dr. D. D. M c N a u g h t o n was in t own Only 25c. G u a r a n t e e d by L. I. Wood

& C o ' s Drug Store.

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E A S T 5 7 O V E s T A .

J o h n F r a n c i s is repor ted on t h e s ick list.

H. A. Wi l l i ams is suffer ing w i th t h e g r i p p # .

~'~ " - ' ~ - ~ a i ~ ~ g D a v i d ' M c K f m vis i ted old f r iends a t G r a n t las t week .

Mr. an t ~ Mrs. R. Brown were cal lers a t D. Mickle ' s Sunday .

Rev. Kyes p reached an e l o q u e n t s e r m o n ;}~ G r e e n b a n k on Sunday .

J o h n Jones , of Saginaw, is t!le ~ues t of his s is ter , Mrs. .H, A. Wil l iams.

Mr. and Mrs. A lva P a l m a t e e r vis- i ted a t L. H. P a l m a ~ e e r ' s oa F r iday .

Miss E d n a Y o u n g vis i ted lier par- en t s he re on W a s h i n g t o n ' s birtA~day.

J o h n M u d g e is m a d e happy Lfiese days by the presence of a boil on l~is chin .

David M c K i m is n o w a f~ll-fledged book agen t , and repor ts orders rol l ing in fast.

Herb T a b l e t s

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c e l e b r a t e d R i v a l t t e r b

T a b l e t s m a n u f a c t u r e d

b y t h e R i v a l H e r b Co. ,

o f M o n t r e a l T h e m e d i -

c i n e is g u a r a n t e e d . N o

c u r e n o p a y .

Dr. Howel l was a ca l ler he re on Monday r epo r t i ng the smal lpox ease a t Deford.

George H icks and Miss Orpl la Me- s ider v is i ted f r i ends a t Cass City on Wed nesday.

W a l t e r Sa rgen t , of s o u t h 57ovesta, is se l l ing f resh beef to t he f a r m e r s l~ereabouts.

Claud W h e e l e r and A r t h u r Brown ~ - - ~ were visi tors a t M c H u g h school on

W a s h i n g t o n ' s b i r t h d a y .

JOHN WALKER Noscho01 in D i s t r i c t No. 6 th i s • week on a c c o u n t of t h e i l lness of t h e

W e s t M a i n S t r e e t , ( ; a s s C i t y . t eache r , Miss McBurney .

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O W E N D A L E . T o o l a t e f o r l a s t w e e k .

Snow banks a re s t i l l in style.

Miss Mary Garby is c l e rk ing in P a l m e r Bros. ' s tore .

F r e d P a l m e r m a d e a business t r ip to Bay C i ty last week.

1Katerial is be ing p u t on t h e g round for several new dwe l l i ng houses here.

F r e d L i n t o n made a flying t r ip to Bad Axe S a t u r d a y r e t u r n i n g S u n d a y n ight .

Gee. Z i n n e c k e r and W. D. H in ldey were in Cass Ci ty t h e fore pa r t of t h e week.

P r e p a r a t i o n s are be ing made for a new M. E. c h u r c h to be e r ec t ed he re the coming summer.

H. C. V i n c e n t is in P o n t i a c aga in on business. Chas. Burwe l l is ac t ing as g . g . a g e n t d u r i n g his absence.

Chas. Pa lmer , who has been on the sick l is t for several days, is seen on d u t y in t h e s tore again .

I n s t a l l a t i o n of off, cars a t t he K. O. T . M . hall a t Canbo ro Wednesday evening. Severa l f rom he re will at~ tend .

W. C. J o n e s has purchased p r o p e r t y on Main s t r e e t w h e r e he expec ts to e r e c t a large br ick s tore bu i ld ing in ~l~e spring.

Mr. and M~s. S~m' l St(ick a re re, rj0icing oxer t im ~wo and one-ha l f pound b o y tl~at c a m e to t h e m recent - ly. M o t h e r and son doing well.

Gee. Cross will move the s tore build- ing t h a t is now one-ha l f mi le f rom he re i n t o t own and veneer t h e same wi th wh i t e b r ick when the snow clears away. ;

Severa l of the y o u n g people and f r iends cal led on Mr. and Mrs. Slough last T u e s d a y e v e n i n g to r e m i n d the l a t t e r of l~er b i r t h d a y and p r e sen t ed her w i t h a h a n d s o m e nickle lamp. A very p l ea san t t ime was repor ted .

t l i n k l e y & Jones Bros loaded t h r e e car- loads of beans th i s week. T h e y have p u t in hand pickers and will t r7 and pick all s tock t h a t comes in. GiNs wi sh ing to pass a w a y these cold w i n t e r days can g e t e m p l o y m e n t pick- in~ beans for t h e m .

I Fred H u t c h i s o n is aga in w i th us Mrs. Wesley t l a r d e r , nf P igeon , is

a f t e r an e x t e n d e d t r ip t h l o u g h the] west and no r th -wes t . ' F r e d w e n t t o seek b e t t e r l ands bu~ c a m e back say- ing t h a t Mich igan is good e n o u g h for h im. Robt . Moore and fauli ly, who w e n t w i t h h im, have located a t Glas- gun, M o n t a n a .

T~E D E A T H P E N A L T Y , A l i t t l e t h i n g s o m e t i m e s resu l t s In

dea th . T h u s a m e r e sc ra tch , insigni- l i can t cu t s or puny boils have paid the d e a t h pena l ty . I~ is wise to have Buck len ' s A r n i c a Salve ever handy . I t ' s t he bes t Salve on e a r t h and will p r e v e n t f a t a l i t y , when Burns , Sores, Ulcers and Pi les t h r e a t e n . Only 25c a t L. I . Wood & C o ' s D r u g Store .

P I N G R E E .

Miss M. Craig is conva lescen t .

e lms, I. Cooke is n u m b e r e d wi th the sick.

Gr ippe and colds are p r e v a l e n t in th i s loca l i ty a t p resen t .

'Samuel W h e a t o n ' s c o n d i t i o n is re- por ted as b e t t e r .

Mrs. S t e p h e n C h a m b e r s is as ye t q u i t e se r ious ly s ick w i t h r h e u m a t i s m

T h e ne ighbor s c u t and d r e w a quan - t i t y of wood on Monday for S. W h e a - ten .

F e b r u a r y 18th, a fire s t a r t e d in t he roof of t h e house occupied by Otls C h a m b e r s . F o r t u n a t e l y i t was no- t iced by A g a r Bros., w h o were buzz- ing wood across t h e road, and wi th wi l l ing hands e x t i n g u i s h e d t h e blaze.

P I N G R E E . T o o l a t c f o r l a s t w e e k .

Chas. M e d d a u g h cal led in P ing ree recen t ly .

P r a y e r m e e t i n g a t R o b e r t Craigg 's Wednesday .

J o h n Les l ie of Cass City, canvass ing a g e n t for a m o n u m e n ~ company of Bad Axe, ca l led in P i n g r e e M o n d a y .

Messrs Davis and P ray of Cass City, agen t s for t he C o m f o r t P r o d u c e Co. of Bad Axe, c~lled in P i n g r e e T u e s d a y on business.

Miss R a t h e O. Cooke was t aken sick w i t h a n a t t a c k of i n f l a m m a t i o n of t h e lungs on S a t u r d a y last . Dr. Hays of Cass Ci ty is a t t e n d i n g her .

David Gardne r . who r ecen t ly c a m e from O n t a r i o to visi t f r i ends in th i s local i ty , d ied a t t h e holne of his m o t h e r Monday. I n t e r t n e n t took place a t t he E l k l a n d c e m e t e r y .

W E S T G R E E N L E A F.

J o h n Ballagl~ ca l led on F red L e e P l a Sunday .

Mrs. J . W a l d e n calle(t on Mrs. A. B. W r f g h t Sunday.

F r e d Lee P l a made a business t r ip to Ubly F r i d a y .

F r a n k W i l m o t is spend ing t h e win- ter w i t h Ills parents .

Mrs. S h a g e n a is v i s i t ing her daugh- ter, Mrs. Danie l McClory.

E d w a r d and F red W r i g h t have pur- chased a bird dog of J ed Vana l in .

T h e surpr i se p a r t y a t J ed V a n a l i n ' s las t Monday n i g h t w a s rcp( , r ted a good t ime .

S C I I O O L N O T E S .

Wm. W r i g h t is o u t (if school on accoun~ of a cold.

H e r b Green lea f cal led on t im school las t F r iday a f t e rnoon .

N o t very m a n y scho la r s were a t school Monday on accoun~ of colds and cold wea the r .

Miss Scholtz , t h e t eache r , is suffer- lug wi th a severe cold bu t s t i l l a t t e n d s to he r dut ies .

T h e scholars of th is school were very sorry to l ea rn nf t h e d e a t h of George Scupho lm, as he used Lo at- t end school here .

S U I C I D E P R E V E N T E D . T h e s t a r t l i n g a n n o u n c e m e n t t h a t a

p r even t i ve of su ic ide had been discov- e red will i n t e r e s t many . A run down sys tem, o~ despondency invar i ab ly precede and s o m e t h i n g has been fonnd ~hat will p r e v e n t t h a t condiLion wh ich makes su ic ide l ikely. A t ~he first ttlnugl~t of self d e s t r u c t i o n t ake Elec t - ric Bi t te rs . In be ing a grea~ ton ic and ne rv ine wil l s t r e n ~ h t e n tile nerves and bui ld up t im sys tem. I t ' s also a g r e a t S tomach , L i v e r and K i d n e y re- gu la tor . Only 50c. Sa t i s fac t ion guar- a n t e e d by L. I. Wood & Co. Druggis t .

K I N G S T O N ,

Win. P. Fu l fo rd is a vis i tor here.

Old Mr. Bu l lock i s very low w i t h c o n s u m p t i o m

, Mrs. J o h n Col tson is s t ead i ly re- ga in ing h e a l t h .

Wil l i s K i n g has r e t u r n e d to his home in Lisbon;

G. C. V e i t t ook a car of po ta toes to Det ro i~ las t week .

Wil l ie D u s e n b u r y is he lp ing in H a r v e y Randa l l ' s s tore.

Mrs. Will is Sil leet , of Clifford, was a cal ler in t own Tuesday .

Mr. and Mrs. Coole~ e n t e r t a i n e d a company of f r i ends Tuesday even ing .

George W a s h i n g t o n ' s b i r t h d a y was ce l eb ra t ed by a m a s q u e r a d e ball in Burns ' hall .

Cle tus K i n g is g e t t i n g be t t e r , b u t his sister , Mrs. McCormick , is q u i t e ill witi~ a cold,

T h e E p w o r t h L e a g u e lleld a " l u c k y soc ia l" a t the l m m e ()f Mr. and Mrs. J a s . Jeffery T u e s d a y evening .

Mrs. Dan Ross is e n t e r t a i n i n ~ he r brot l ler , Clifford L y m a n , wllom she h a s n ' t s o e n f o r a n u m b e r (if y e a r s .

T o m M a r t i n is s t i l l very ill, bu t the doctors t h i n k he has passed t h e dan- ger point , and will now begin Lo ga in .

T h e funera l services of t he two- year-old ch i ld of Mr. and Mrs. J . W. Cur t i s took place a t tim Bapt i s t c h u r c h las t S u n d a y a f t e rnoon .

T h e " P l a y s " g i v e n by t h e band boys F r i d a y e v e n i n g were very e n t e r t a i n - ing and were l i s t ened to by a large aud ience . O u r boys a re ~eLLing sn t hey play q u i t e well.

B E A u L E Y .

Lots of s ickness resul t i ng from colds.

George J e n n i n g s is on t he sick list.

N o school on W a s h i n g t o n ' s b i r th - day.

T e n s M c l n t y r e is s t a y i n g w i t h Mrs. D. McDona ld th i s week,

P e t e r Wi l l e t is spend ing a few weeks wit i l l~is sons in F l i n t .

Mr. Al len is very low a t present . H e has been s ick all win te r .

Mrs, D u n c a n McDona ld is ga in ing s lowly a f t e r n gevara illna£.~

v i s i t ing liar re la t ives here a t present ,

Mr. and Mrs. J o h n L . Mcl )ona ld are s t i l l v i s i t ing re la t ives in On ta r io .

Mrs. Gi lchr les , of l )e t r (d t , is visit- ing he r d a u g h t e r , Mrs, P. P. Tho lnp - s o n .

E v e r y b o d y wi sh ing for w a r m e r w e a t h e r is t he o rder of tl~e ~inles here .

Mrs. R. Par r , Sr., is i m p r o v i n g very m u c h a f t e r a severe a t t a c k of l ung t roub le

D. McDona ld was cal led t o ' t h e d e a t h b e d of his b r o t h e r in Grand Rapids las t week.

Amos Hof fman has just; moved int() the house on the R e a d e r farm, va- ca t ed by Malcolm Crawford .

Mrs . A. M c L a c h l a n was sudden ly ca l led to thd bedside el' hot" m o t h e r in Alv is ton , Ont . , who is very low.

Some f rom here would have a t t e n d - ed t h e fune ra l of Mrs. M u r p h y on Monday h a d i t no t been for t h e severe s t o r m w h i c h prevai led .

T h e box social a t H e r o n schoo lhouse on F r i d a y e v e n i n g was a success. T h e proceeds a re to be used to buy new w i n d o w shades and ~an a d d i t i o n to t he l ibrary .

A b i r t h d a y pa r ty was given for W i l m o t Moore on Monday even ing , t h e occasion be ing his f i f t een th b i r th- day. ~A good t i m e and l o t s o f t h ings to e a t were en joyed . H e was t h e r e c i p i e n t of a n u m b e r of n ice presen ts .

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pleased to l ea rn t h a t t h e r e is a t l eas t one d r e a d e d desease t h a t sc ience has been able to cure in all i ts s tages, and t h a t is c a t a r r h . Hal l ' s C a t a r r h Cure is t h e only posi t ive cure now k n o w n 1;o t he medica l f r a t e r n i t y . C a t a r r h be ing a c ( m s t i t u t i o n a l disease, requi r - e s a c o n s t i t u t i o n a l t r e a t m e n t . Hal l ' s C a t a r r h Cure is t aken in t e rna l ly , act - Ing d i r ec t ly on t h e blood and mucous sur faces of t h e sys tem, t h e r e b y des- t r o y i n g the f o u n d a t i o n or t h e disease and g iv ing t h e p a t i e n t s t r e n g t h by bu i ld ing up the c o n s t i t u t o n a n d as- s i s t ing n a t u r e i n do ing its work. T i le p ropr ie to r s have so m u c h fai t l l In its c u r a t i v e powers t h a t t hey offer One H u n d r e d Dollars for ;lnv case t h a t i t fails%o cure . Send for a l i s t of testimon~ials.

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HANDLING T H E ICE CROP.

A F e ~ v D e t a i l s A b o u t C o n v e n i e n t I n l - D l e z n e n t s a n d ~ V a y u o f C a t t i n g . A few details given by a wr i t e r in an

excllange on the harves t ing of ice m'ly not come amlss. In commercia l ice s torage a large number of tools and conveniences are used to facil i tate and cheapen the work tha t cannot be eco- nomlcally provided by the f a rmer who has only a small quant i ty to put up. Some conveniences of the homemade kind chiefly will, however, be a help. In the first place, a couple ~)f skids made at home like tha t shown in the first cut will be found adv, intageous both at the pond for t ak ing the blocks of ice out of the w a t e r and loading them on the sled and a t the icehouse for put t ing them Into the house.

A pair of ice tongs is also very nec- essary. They will also he useful dur-

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lng the s u m m e r for taking the blocks out of storage, and If in filling the ice- house a hoist is used instead of skids a short piece of chain a t t ached to the eyes of the handles will t r ' lnsforln them into hoisting tongs which will close t ight ly on the ice when tile lift- ing power Is applied to the center of the chain.

Another useful homemade tool for use when the ice field is cnvered with snow is, the scraper shown in the sec- ond cut. The scraping board is about ten feet long. A horse is hitche(1 to the chain, and the dr iver s tands on the board in the t~ar to give we igh t to the scraper and hold it down close lo the Ice. An iron facing for tlm scraping edge~will make the tool more durable .

A pond or a s t ream may bc the source of the fa rmer ' s ice mlpply, and lie mus t th ink out the details mostly for him- self as to how he can best get file crop cut and the blocks out of tile water . Often they can be f loa t ed a considera- ble distance, and wa te r t ransporta t ion is a lways cheapest. He mus t try to choose his t ime so as to get his supply out its thick as possible and in good cmxditiou, f low thick will depend on wlmt normal w in te r wea the r will make for him, In some lat i tudes six inches ls about all t ha t can be hoped for. The Ice should go into storage in dry, frosty weather , as it then keeps much better.

Thir ty-six square feet of surface will make a ton when the ice is a foot thick, a l though, of course, some al lowance mus t be nlade for wastage. The cut- t ing of the blocks when only a small quant i ty Is to be cut i s usual ly done wi th a large saw, like an exaggera ted handsaw In form. I t is sl0w work as compared wi th the ice plow used by commercial icemen, and. as the plow costs but a few dollars. It would be well to think of get t ing one, especially

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AN ICE SCRAPER.

if several f a rmers who are going to put up ice can club together. Where this is done, too, they can get other tools t ha t will faci l i ta te the work and can swap work, as in thrashing, and thus make the more wholesale operation go faster.

When a plow is used, the ice is plow- ed about half w a y through and is then split off wi th wedges or crowbars.

The recent art icles on celery gro{ving in tha t Pennsy lvan ia swamp hay6 call- ed for th quite a number of fa rmers who are t r ans fe r r ing the Wealth in such "pockets" to thei r own pol:kets.-- Rura l New Yorker.

I have an assortment of

N Wlllch I a = Winiur , bers ,,,, s0,, 8ele ,# Cost

Men'sandBoys ' 25cCaps 10 a t . . 8 l

Men's and Boys' 5 o c C a p s a t . . 2 0 t0 2 5 8

O//o @,ting g a iets

{ e Uuaerwcar aaa Men's sea Boys' Suits

I h a v e a n u m b e r o f o t h e r h n e s t h a t I w i l l c l o s e o u t b e -

l o w c o s t i n o r d e r t o m a k e r o o m f o r s p r i n g a n d s u m m e r g

P h o s D h o r l e A c i d Manures,

Phosphoric acid manures are gener- ally phosphate rocks t rea ted wi th ' su l - phuric acid. Somet imes pure bones or bone bhlcl¢ or bone ash are t rea ted witl~ the same acid and resul t ing mix- tures styled dissolved bones or super- phosph.ttes. When made from phos- phatic rock. bone black or bone 'lsh they contain only phosphoric acid. When pure bones are used 3 to 5 per cent of ammonia is also found. These phosphatic manures usual ly contain their phosphoric acid in different forms. Some of it is readily soluble in wa te r and is highly avai lable as plant food. Some of it Is only soluble in acids qnd is therefore only slowly, if at all, avai lable to plants, whi le an- other portion is in te rmedia te in solu- bility between the wa te r soluble and the acid soluble. The chemis t uses citrate of ammonia to dissolve this form, and hence it is denomina ted as ci t rate soluble phosphoric acid. I t is believed by many tha t this form of phosphoric acid has resul ted from a chemical action of the w a t e r solublej upon the acid coluble, and hence i t is I often called " rever ted ," "reduced," etc. I The wa te r soluble is readily avai lable I on all soils and by all plants. T h e ] ci trate soluble in soils containing vSge- I table mat te r is believed to be a v a i l a - ble to many plants, whi le the acid solu- ble is not immedia te ly useful to most soils. Tile wa te r soluble and ci t rate soluble are usual ly taken together and called avai lable phosphoric acid. In buying phosphat ic manures pt~eference should be given, first to the w a t e r soluble, then to the ci t rate soluble. These three forms of phosphoric acid are usually called "soluble," " reduced" and "insoluble."

(~@°Heaps (if swee~s for hol iday t rade a t tt}e K a n d y K i t c h e n . l l -20- t f

# N & g , H T S T O C N and P O U L T R Y NED C NE

Stock and p o u l t r y have few troubles which are not bowel and l i v e r irregularities. B l a c k - Draught Stock and Poultry Medi- cine ~s a bowel and liver remedy for stock. It puts the organs of digestion in a perfect condition. Prominent American breeders and farmers keep their herds and flocks healthy by g iv ing them an occa- sional dose of Black-Drau#ht Stock and Poultry Medicine i n their food. Any stock raiser m a y b u y a 25-cenL half-pound air-tight can o[ this medicine from his dealer and keep his stock in vigorous health for weeks. Dealers gener- ally keep Black-Draught Stock and Poultry Medicine. If yours does noL, send 25 cents for a sample can to Lhe manufacturers, The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chat- tanooga, Tenn.

R o o u s ~ t L Oh. , J a n . 30,1902. B l a c k - D r a u g h t S t o c k a n d P o u l t r y

Medicine is the best I ever tried. Our stock was looking bad when you sent m e t h e m e d i c i n e a n d n o w t h e y a r e g e t t i n g so f ine . T h e y a r e l o o k i n g 20 p e r cent. better,

S, P. B R O O K I N G T O N .

Nerve t ag. If Y o u W a s t e Y o u r N e r v e E n e r g y , A f t e r

A w h i l e Y o u Wi l l S u f f e r Fox, It,

Y o u c a n w a s t e n e r v e f o r c e b y e x c e s s , o v e r - w o r k , w o r r y , a n x i e t y , e t c .

You ,can weaken yourself by not eating" proper food or securing sufficient rest to renew the nerve energy you use up.

The proper treatment, in addition to good phosplmtic food, such as whole meal bread, prepared cereals, etc., is Dr. ~Illes' Restorative Nervinc.

This is as truly a brain and nerve food as any food you could eat, and be- sides, furnishes strength and tone of Its own. which goes to the weakened nerve system, and sets it to rights.

Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervlne is a re- freshing, revitalizing tonic food-medicine for the brain and nerves. It reconstructs worn-out nerve tissue, and fills your l a n g u i d b r a i n w i t h nov,- l i f e a n d v i g o r .

D r . M i l e s ' N e r v i n e h a s m a d e s o m a n y m a r v e l o u s c u r e s , o f p e o p l e s o s i c k t h e d o c t o r s t h o u g h t t h e y w e r e i n c u r a b l e , t h a t iL i s t o d a y t h e s t a n d a r d m e d i c i n e i n m a n y t h o u s a n ( . s o f A m e r i c a n h o m e s .

T h e f i r s t b o t t l e i s g u a r a n t e e d t o h e l p y o u , o r d r u g g i s t r e t u r n s y o u r m o n e y .

" T h e e x t r e m e h e a t , c l o s e c o n f i n e m e n t a n d i n t e n s e m e n t a l s t r a i n i n c i d e n t t o t h e b a n k i n g b u s i n e s s , h a s c a u s e d m e t o s u f f e r w i t h n e r v o u s n e s s a n d i n s o m - n i a . I t g i v e s m e p l e a s u r e t o s a y t h a t I h a v e u s e d D r . M i l e s ' N e r v t n e w i t h v e r y s a t i s f a c t o r y r e s u l t s i n the t r e a t - m e n t o f t l i e s e a f f e c t i o n s . I a m n o w o n m y t i l t h b o t t l e , a n d e a t a n d s l e e p w e l l , I n f a c t h a v e a l m o s t f o r g o t t e n t h a t I p o s s e s s n e r v e s . " ~ t L L . D A L B Y , A s s t . C a s h i e r , S t a t e B a n k , T e x a r c a n a , A r k .

FREE W r i t e t o u s f o r F r e e T r i a l P a c k a g e o f Dr, Mi les ' A n t i -

P a i n P i l l s , t h e N e w S c i e n t i f i c R e m e d y f o r P a i n . A l s o S y m p t o m B l a n k . O u r S p e c i a l i s t w i l l d i a g n o s e y o u r c a s e , t e l l y o u w h a t i s w r o n g ' , a n d h o w t o r i g h t i t , F r e e . D R . M I L E S I ~ I E D I c A L CO:, LABORATORIES, ELKI~RT, IND.

The Exchange

Bank F o u r P e r C e n t I n t e r e s t P a i d

on t i m e

C e r t i f i c a t e s Of D e p o s i t

L o c k B o x e s F o r R e n t

a t f r o m

O n e to T w o D o l l a r s P e r Year .

E. H. P |NNEY, ] Banker. A

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19' 1.3 ~ ~" ~.:;.~i.,b,i,~ ' ' " -

MACIIINEw ~ Y:ars. TWENTY KINDS to Belect from. Prices, $15.00 ¢o $50.00 fca

fancy case. PATENTS have expired. Dig out |n prices I]avo you seen the No. 18 Now Itome~ Nntlung like It. Itv '.be greatest wonder of the ago. Call or send for bargain li~t, Others prices dlscounted. N e w H o m e S e w i n g / ~ a c h l n c C o . . C h l ~ g o

1l i H ghost Grade ~ewmg Machine $5,00 on eas~ arms and conditions, retails for $40.00 cveryv, hcre ~'reo Trial I No money in advance. We pay the frmght.'

The above &re extracts from adver t i sementssem bvery day. Wedo not advert ise tha t way but stal~c ,ready to discount any of these Big" offers. We however ladmit t ha t we cannot sell you a 8t0 00 Machine for 8mOf nobody can) hut we will sell you ~ $5.00 machine £ov I£00, and the $65,00 m~chino they ask 823 00 for we wi] loll you fo r 819.00. others in proportion, We manure,{ , a r e 5 2 5 , r i s e ] l i n e s a ( |JLy a I l d f f u a r s l l t 6 o e v e r y on@, O'Jo"

$0 different styl,,s and re'icon to solder from. Wylie u a[or complete lls~ or cMI o~x ~)n r dvrderin YoUr towl~ ~m E ~ v e | n o l l P y . ~ "~ee p u p S o . ] It D~ G~: ] ( ~ ' a ( t , i t t~ Dcrt'e,,tio,~

C. D. STRIFFLER, Agent Cass City, Milch.

Nhcre is Little Real gr0ub c

I n t h i s w o r l d , m o s t o f i t

is i m a g i n a r y . W e a l l o w

o u r s e l v e s t o b e c o m e

n e r v o u s a n d f r e t f u l .

W e e d s o f c a r e o v e r r u n

t h e g a r d e n of t h e h e a r t

w h e n t h e y s h o u l d n e v e r

b e a l l o w e d to t a k e r o o t .

A fireat Deal 0f the Present lye lr0,hle

I s c a u s e d b y p e o p l e s e -

l e c t i n g G l a s s e s u n s u i t e d

f o r t h e c o n d i t i o n o f t h e i r

E y e s .

We supply the Best A n d g i ; ¢ e a t h o r o u g h e x -

a m i n a t i o n f r e e o f c h a r g e .

J. F. Hendrick Jeweler and O p t i c i a n

~ i ~ 50 YKARS" ~ ~ ) ~ E X P E R I E N C E

i

- r ~ i ~ V ~ TM C O P Y R I G H T S ~¢C. A n y o n e send ing a ske t ch and f l e se r i p t l on ma~

qnlckly ascer ta in our op in ion ~ree w h e t h e r an i nven t i on is p robab ly pa ten tab le . Communion. l ions s t r ic t lyeonf ldent ta l . It~i~B00K on P a t e n t s s e n t f ree , Oldest n~eney fo r secur ing pa t en t s .

P a t e n t s t aken t h r o u g h M u n n & Co. rccelw, e special notice, w i t h o u t charge, in t h e

$¢i¢,flIi¢ ¢rita,. A h a n d s o m e l y lllust, r a t e d weekly, L a r g e s t cir. cu la t ion of any sclenti i le Journm. Te rms , $3 a year : f o u r m o n t h s , $1. '. Sold byal l newsdea le r s .

MUNN g Co,=,,,,o.,-.,. Hew York Branch Office, 625 F St., W a s h i n g t o n , D. C.

'.~." n, ~..L~ Y#@St°p at the ,

8 floors. I~ine newrooms. Meals a-la-Carto at all hours.

Turk ish , Russ ian. Showdr , P h m g e , e tc . T h e f inest s w i m m i n g pool in t h e w o r l d . T u r k i s h B a t h a n d Lodging, $l.00. Most i n e x p e n s i v e first c l a ss l intel itx Chieag.o. R i g h t in the h e a r t of t he e:.ty. Book le t on app l i ca t ion .

14 Quincy S t . - - C $ $ ~ , ~ - - N o n r .qtnta

~. t~e,~t,,X~,~'X~ ~ " ~ O '~xt '~x~ *'%~'x~ ~ t ~ x ~ - ' ~ ' ~ ' ~ * ~ ' * ' ~ ' ~ t ~ x ~ ~ * x ~ ~

,~-4 4 -+++++++ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + ~

%

W h i c h wi l l c o n t i n u e u n t i l S a t u r d a y , F e b r u a r y 20, h a s m e l t e d a w a y p r i e s of w i n t e r g o o d s , b u t w e have a f e w a r t i c l e s l e f t ~ ~: w h i c h w e n o w " c u t " s ( i l l m o r e f o r f ina l c l e a n up. Y o u r l a s t c h a n c e to s e c u r e t h e m a n y b a r g a i n s .

i One lot Boy's Overcoats " ,, l i e n ' s Uls ters , all wool

,, Men's Uls ters , A s t r a c h a n c lo th , Wind proo f

_ ,, L u m b e r m e n ' s : Rubbers i ,, Men's and Boy's Felts and

tm

$~.oo each = 0.00 "

I 0 . 0 0 ~

98c pair

Rubbers = $~.43 " ,, l i e n ' s and Boy's Caps ~3c each !~ ,, 51en's and Boy's Sweaters

33 ~'3 per cent. discount l l en ' s , Boy's , W o m e n ' s and ChiLdren's ~Shoes ~!

a t 25 per Cent. d i scount . All (i irls' and Ladies' " T a m s " and Golf ( i loves . at 33 1-3 per cent . d i scount .

W e inv i te your i n s p e c t i o n . -

i THE / ODEL, THE HOME OF (iOOD VALUE~ ~i ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++-~+++:I"

4"~'++'~'+++++4++++++++'~+++I!i %ocatlitem . ?i {:

Mrs. Mary Waiters is on the sl~k

list. J . S. R l k e r h a s been ill wi th la-

grippe. Fred Jaus was in Saginaw a few days

this .week. ' Gee. Burr of Wickware was in town

last Saturday. ~lohn Sandham of Argyle was in

town on Tuesday. Rev. D. H. IJyes of Deford'wtls in

~own on Wednesday. Henry Agar, souti~ of town, who

h a s been ill, is improving. Alex" and Joe McCarty I of Argyle

were in town on Tuesday. Ber t Eas tman from~ near Care was

in town the first of the week. Gee. Crawford visited his cousin,

Howard Dcming over Sunday. Mrs. A. Gillies has been spending

some t ime wttt~ relatives in Ubly. A . H . Ale was in Det ro i t on busi-

ness tlae la t te r part of last week., Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Weldon are vis-

i t ing relatives a t Kingston Ntis week.

Fred Crocker re turned to Saginaw this week, where l~e lms employment .

Dr. 7~urm of E lk ton ~as the guest 'of fr iends ln town the i i r s to f tl~e week.

Mr. and Mrs. O. Skinner, south-east of town, have been qui te ill, but are bet ter . '

f ohn Carruthers of Argyle was the guest of his niece, Mrs. Usher on Wednesday.

Miss McKay of Mar le t te has been tl~e guest of Miss May Beardsley part of the week.

"Miss Li l l iaa Goff went to De~roit on Wednesday to learn ~he la tes t styles of millinery,

Mrs. J a n e N . Derby Ires been ap- pointed pos tmaster a t East Fremont , Sanilac count~.

Mrs. F. (2. Ballard of Nor th Branch is t he guest ( f iber parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Cmsby.

Angus McPhail has been ill for some t ime past and last ~eek he went tO his home, at Argyle.

Dal ton Mosure, who has been at- tending school a t Big Rapids, was in t~wn the lirsb of the week.

Mrs. Edward Crawford'is spending tl~e week wi th relatives and friends in Clifford and Nortl~ Branch.

Miss Margueri te LaFave of Gage- town was the guest Of her sister, Edythe , ti~e first of the week.

Dr. M:. M. Wickware was called to Gagetown one day last week to a t tend Mrs. Gee. Medea, who is qui te ill.

The Ladies' Aid clothe Evangelical church will mee t at the home of Mrs. Gee. Zinnecker next Thursday, Marcl~

3. Miss E the l Karr returned last week

from Kalamazoo where she has been employed. Sire will remain indetinite-

ly. A company of young people were

en te r t a ined at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Striffler last Friday eVefiing.

The Wallace school, east of town, has been discont inued f~r a couple or weeks on account of the severe cold weather.

Chauncey W. Campbell, of D e f t , it, was in town over Sunday, the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. ~ "J. Campbell.

Miss Lizzie Monroe of Elkton has beefl the guest of Mr. and Mrs. P .S . M:cGregory and other fr iends here this week.

Miss 3I" Y, - + ma Bradle who has been in town for some time, was called to her i home a t Hay Creek on Sunday by the illness ef her mother .

Fa i rwea the r Bros. have decided to discont inue their bargain store in the D e W i t t block. Sa tu rday will be the last 'day t h a t i t will be open.

Mrs. g . G. Noble and Mrs. Bruce of Deford were in town Wednesday. On account of the s torms delaying the t rains they were obliged to drive home

Thursday. Miss Ka te Miller came home from

Defnrd Saturday, where she has been quaran t ined on account Of the small- pox scare. Her school has been dosed fo r some t ime.

Capt. and Mrs. McLaugiflin of De- t ro i t were summoned here th is week to a t i end the funelal of Mrs. J. W.

not ,et here unt i l Murphy, but could g "

the joh is wortl~ at least $1000 a year this cold weather.

Mr. and Mrs. D. B. McNaugl~ton of Hay Creek, accompanied by George Bond, were the guests of friends in ~(,wn Monday and a t t ended the play here Monday evening.

Mrs: Wm. Churchill of N,ves ta , who has been so ill witch pneumoma, is better . Miss Mary Zinnecker, wl~o has been caring for her, will return to he~ home here this week.

Mr. and Mrs. Gee. l Ia l lock of De- t ro i t were tl~e guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Du lmageand Mr. and Mrs. R(,y Halloce'over Sunday. They are visit- relatives in GranV~l~is week.

A company of Pigeon boys have or- ganized a "Boys" Club and will hold weekly meetings. The object of tl~e organization is for self- improvement, business drills, gymnastics, etc.

Miss Pearl Gooden, who has been employed as book-keeper at tl~e eleva- tor of Fru tchey & McGeorge, has re- turned to her home in Detroi t t h i s week wi~ere she will r .ma in indefinite =

ly. Mrs. D. A. Freeman of this place

will celebrate her t h i r t e e n t h bir thday next Monday, February 29. She will h~ive lived fifty-six years on t lmt date but hasn ' t had a birLl~day for e ight years. I ' l ~ e Ankete l l Lumber Company have reeeutly opened branch offices in rooms 1033, 1034 and 1035 Majestic Building, Detroit . The general of- lice of tl~e company however will re- main in Chicago.

E. McKim has purchased tim resi- dence property of T. H. H u n t at tl~e corner of _Pine and Grant streets. Th,e consideration was $1800. Mr, McKim expects to h a v e a n auction sale this spring and will then move to town.

The remains of Melvin Deneen, whose parents live near Gagetown, were brought here from Washington Wednesday, where the young man died suddenly. The in t e rmen t will take place today at the Will iamston cemetery.

Dr. and Mrs. R. 'F. Foster of Bear Lake arc tim parents of a baby girl t l]at came to thei r heine last Sat. urday. Mrs. Fos te r was formerly Miss Laura Wickwarv of this place and the Chronicle joins with her host of friends in extending congratula- tions.

Mrs. Edward Collins 0f Detro i t was called here last week on account of tile illness of l~er lmsband, Rev. C~dlins. Sl~e was obliged ~o re turn home nn Saturday to care for lwr daugl~ter, who is also ill. Rev. Coliins is much improved t, his week and will be able to return home very soon.

Stanley ti . Schenckof this place, who is a t t end ing college a t Alma, has been elected foot-ball caplain for next yea r . l ie is ackn~wledged to be the best atl~lete in the college and we h ,pe tl~e t ime is not far distan~ wl~en tt~e sentence will read '/world where it now says "col lege." Three clmers fur Stanle~ !

Mr. and Mrs. J . D . Brool{cr enter- rained a c o m p a n y of tlmir friends at tt~eir home last Friday evening. Those present were; Dr. and Mrs. D. P .Deming , Mr. and Mrs. H.'S. Wick- ware, Mr. and Mrs. J .C . Laing and Mr, and Mrs. Kaufman of Dakota. The evenlng was pleasantly spent and a dainty luncheon served.

Herber t Fliegel vouches for the s t o ~ tha t Mike Sheridan of Cass City served fresh s t rawberr ies to guests of Iris hotel las~; week. W e believe Mr, Fliegel, and we know n o t h i n g i s too good for the New Sheridan, but. we bet th i r ty cents t h a t theY haven ' t spen a 1904 re'bin yet at Cass City, and tha t there °wilt be snow ttmre In July. ~Sebewa ing Review.

Li t t le Alice Klump celebrated her fifth bir thday on Wednesday by on- t e r t a i n i n g a c o m p a n y of her fr iends from four to six o'clock. Tl]e follow- ing l i t t le folks were present: Laura Mater, Laura Strifller, Mablc Ahr, G ladys :F i t ch , Louise and Leonard Zinnecker, N ine Ca tboa t , and Mariel Bonnie an~ Harold Benkelman. She received a number :)f nice l i t t le gifts.

The rural free delivery carriers en- joyed a day's rest hlSt Monday, the 22nd, witl~ the, approval of Uncle Sam.

tr/i~crs i n t h i s vicini ty bare T l e mai l c~ been confronted wi th a most serious problem winter ~in whicl~ this pas~ now storms, snow-banks and a splen-

did variety of weal~her have played a prominent part. They have missed comparatively few trips and last Mon- day's rest was highly appreciated.

Now is the t ime to be~in sizing up the men you want fur officers tb con-

]Yionday evening, duct the affairs of the village for the The M. E. Ladies Aid Society will ensuing year. March 14 is the date of

mee t a t the home of Mrs. Gee. Seed, the village election and Monday, Feb. on Wednesday, March 2. Tea served 29, has been selected by the council a t tl~e usual hour to which all are for ~t~e village caucus. The officers co~dially invi ted, to be elected are a president, clerk,

D. M. Hough ton is ill anal is unable treasurer, assessor and three trustees. to a t t end to his duties as rural carrier. The ~erms of Trustees Clarke, Camp-

/A t

. . . . . 0 0 5prir g Qood5 Arr v r g aily

COTTON OOODS a r e a d v a n c i n g , W e a r e in a position to s e l l y o u y o u r s u p p l y of s p r i n g g o o d s a t o ld p r i c e s a s l o n g a s p r e s e n t s t o c k l a s t s . O u r e n t i r e l i ne o f s p r i n g a n d s u m m e r g o o d s is s t r i c t l y n e w . Y o u a r e i n v i t e d to ca l l a n d look t h e m ove r .

wo,,=~o 5o Ladies' and Children's Coats about

to c lose ou t . I f y o u a r e in n e e d of a coa t i t w i l l p a y y o u to s ee

w h a t w e h a v e to o f fe r .

I 5o Ladies' W a l k i n g Skir ts ,to be so ld at a great sacrif ice

W e a r e d e t e r m i n e d to c l o s e t h e m o u t r e g a r d l e s s of cos t .

I t w i i l p a y you to t a k e a d v a n t a g e of t h e l o w p r i c e s w e a r e m a k -

i n g on S ld ' r t s .

~ - , . , , . '~;:,~- ~ .:s. > , . ] I ~ ~ ~ ~ ; L':

Mrs. G. A. Strifller ' re turned yester= MERE MENT ION. day from an extended visit a t her parental home.a t Manitowoc, Wis.

E l i a s McKim Ires sold t, he farm he pu rchased recently of John Eno to John Krapf of Massachusetts. Mr. Krapf was formerly a res ident here. The consideration was $3,400.

Dr. N . L. McLachlan, formerly of this place but now of Findlay, Ohio, gave a t a l k to the employes nf the V a n Buren, I leck & Marvin Co., of t h a t city, a t the i r works recently, in memorial of the late Senator t Ianna.

Miss Katl~eryn Zinnecker re turned from a Vi s i t wi th friends a t Lake Odessa and other points on Friday 'evening. Saturday fioon while on her way down town she had the misfor- tune to lose her watcl~ and chain, but for tunate ly Mr. Pra t t , of Shabbona, l~appened to find i~.lying in the~ road and took it to J. F. Hendr ick ' s store for identification. I t was found tha t the watch had been purchased by Miss Zinnecker and was returned to

her. A. H. Ale has purchased the large

general store of H. Halleck of Imlay City. Tl~rough the transaction, Mr. Halleck comes in possession of the Ale Block and the A. II. Ale Block on Main street. Mr. Ale left for [relay City Saturday and has already taken possession. I t is possible t h a t Mr. Ale will put a competen t manager tn charge and will cont inue to make this place.his home. At any rate Cass Cityi tes wisll h im to take this course for they would nn~ care to par t With so progressive a citizen. Shou ld -he decide to do otherwise, the best wishes of the city go wi th him.

Rev. g . Weaver, who has been pas- tor of the Bapt is t church in th is place for a couple of years, has dec ided to leave our midst. IIe has accepted a call at Williams~on near Lansing and will preach his farewell sermon next Sunday evening. The residents of Cans City, who liave had t h e pleasure of Mr. Weaver'ff acquaintance, will be sorry to learn t h a t he is going away. He is an earnest, zealous worker in the churcl~ and the cause for which it stands, and has proved himself "a friend indeed" to many in this vidini- ty. "He'arty wishes for a prosperous future go wi th him and hisfamily to thei r new home.

Trains h a v e b e e n more or less late here every day this week unt i l Wed- nesday wl~en but two trains passed through. The af ternoon and evening[ t r a i n s 0 f tha t day,did no't, arrive unt i l I l a i r the following day. The recent I snowstorm has placed Harbor Beacb 1 in the same position it occupied a ' m(mth ago with reference to the out- side wor ld ; No , train has arrived or departed since Saturday and mail is being carl:ted from Palms by. sleigh.

A NOVEL'EXPERIENCE

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know more of'tl~eir mettmds by put- t ing a lmrn between ~he boards and r~,cking tim bui lding vigorously; tl~ey only slmwed greater in teres t in the i r work, thfis s t r eng then ing their powers to combat against thet~bstactes of life.

In the course of events the "!ast day" drew near all too soon. I~ mus t be celebrated as lhe grea tes t event) (d ~he season, Tl~e decided to have a picnic in the nearest woods, the i r only diversion for the summer being a re- t reat to tl~e s t reams fur a wade, One day they ventured t(~ the Great Pla t te river, which no twi ths t and ing its mighty appearance, can often• be waded for long distances. Tl~ey were fairly i n t h e river running and splash- ing and enjoying it l~eartily when a sudden shower came upon ttmrm :No tmuse was near and it was useless to seek protection, so they t hough t they migh t as well have a complete ba~h as a fooL-bath, anyway. But for the fr ight of the l i t t le ones it was a most unique experience. They could scarcely tell whe the r the river were above or below.

But to tl~e school again. An elab- orate program was prepared wi th those eleven pupi l s / During school hours much t ime w a s s p e n t singing, ' reading and recit ing, for t h e parents were anxkms t h a t the i r chi ldren migh t ac- quire some abili ty in this line while they had tl~e opportunity,~ for they could learn to read and spell at llome and they seldom had a chance to liear s inging or, reciting. And indeed pupils of greater oppor tuni t ies migh t well profit by the i r excellence in this line lor they sang or recited as natur- ally as riley talked, wi thout f r ight or imi ta t ion .They gave 8horuses, quar- tets, trios, duets and solos, inter- Spersed wi th dialogues and recitations, After ~l~e picnic ~ in the woods, which consisted of thr~e or -four small trees near a stre,~m which rippled happily around the base of a massive s t ruc ture known as Court I louse Rock, t h e y ga thered their" l i t t le ones~ together and droveAn a circling road as high up this rock as possible. Here some of the smaller and less adventurous ones rested and played games while the otl]e~s cl imbed to the very top and there on t h a t elcvated rostrum six hundred feet abnve thei r ippling s t ream they concluded the i r program.

~ F a r m e r s Who desire any work in the line of b l a c k s m i t h i n g a n d repair worl~ will find it to the i r advantage to have it done now before the spring rush, when the b lacksmi th is often so busy tl~at t he farmers suffer by the d~l"nv. J O t l N ," " " R ~ N s ~ L ~ 2 19 2

WI[AI $ ,t0 CASS III-Y

CASS CITY MARKET&.

Gass Ci ty , Mich., Feb. 25, 1904. Whea~, No. 1 w h i t e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 00 (Vheat, No. 2 red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 00 Rye, No. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Wlflte oa t s No.~3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Choice H a n d p i c k e d ~ e a n s . . . . . . . . . 170

~ ~- 50 Cloverseeq . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 50 Eggs pe r doz [. ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 l~ut te r . . . . . . . . . ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 L ive hogs, per cwt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 50 Beef, l ive we igh t . ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 00 ~ 00 Sheep l ive weight , pe r ~b . . . . . ~.., . . . . . . 3 4 ~ambs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 00 Live Veal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 50 Dressed tIogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 25 Dressed Beef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 O0 6 O0

ch i cken .................................. ' 8 9 6 7

Ducks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • 6 oteese ....................................

10 T u r k e y ..................................... 5 LI ides. g r e e n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

IIOLLEI?, MILLS. Whl~e Li ly , p e r b b l . . [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 30 L a u r e l ................................... 5 80 Economy per bb l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 00 G r a l i a m flour per bb~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ 5o G r a n u l a t e d mea l , per ~wt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 00 [0eed per cw t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 25

1 '25 Meal pe r cw t ............................... 1 00 B r a n per cw t . . . . > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Mldd l lngs per e w t : . . . . . . • . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . 1 lO . . . . . . . . . 325 B u c k w h e a t . . . . . . . . ; . . . . . . . . . . . . .

DETROIT,

Detroit , Feb. 25, 1904. The feature of the produce marke t

yesterday was a furti~er decline of about2c in egg prices. Receipts of Michigan ~ eggs were not so large as had been expected, but ttlere were a good many southern eggs in and there was a decline at Cificago of 4@5c pe.r dozen. Dressec1 calves were quoted a shade easier (m liberal receipts, and provisions were higher all along the li no.

Apples--Fancy, $1 50 to $2 25 per bbl; o ther varieties, $~ 25 to $1 50, accord-

i n~t(~qlal~tYeameries, extras, 24 at ~25; firsts, 22@23¼c; selected dairy, 1,)@. 16c; good }o cl~oice, 11@12;~c; bakers ~ grades, 10@11c; process butter , 18~@ 19c per lb ~cconds, 20 at 21c.

Cheese--New full cream, 12}@12½. Cranberr ies--Fancy, $2.75@3 per bu;

$8,00@8 50 per bbl. F resh Yegetab les - -Fancy toma-

toes, per 4-basket crate, $3.75; l~of h~mse cucumbers, $1.25@1.50 per doz; wax beans', $4..50 per bu; cauli-llower, $1.75@2 per doz; sp)nach, $1.50 bu; lettuce, 14c per lb; celery, 30@35c per doz; pieplant, 60c; radishes, b=5c. ,'

Dressed calves--Fancy, 8~c per lb; fair, 7½(b)8o per lb.

Dres.~ed lmgs~Choice ligl~t, $6.25 at 6.50; l~eavy, $5.50 at 5.75 per cwt.

Dried A pples~3 to 3tc; evaporated, 5 to 6c per lb.

Eggs~Fre sh receipts are selling at 26@27c per dozen.

L l a y ~ D e t r o i t shippers are paying t h e following pricds for new baled hay: No. 1 t imolhy, $11; No. 2, $9.50; clover, mixed, $9.50; rye straw, $7 50 @8.00; wheat and o a t s straw, $6.,>0 per ton in car 1,is; f. o. b, Detroit ; loose hay, No. I t imothy, $13@14; No. 2, $12@13 per t,m. _. ,~

B o n e y - - N . . 1 white, 12@14e; llgn~ amber , 10@11c: dark amber, 9@10.tc; extracted, ~/@lOc per lb.

Onions--J1.00@1.10 per bu; Spanish, ] 5n oer crale.

Po ta toes~Shlppers are paying80c, 84cper bu in sacks, f . o . b . Detroit . New Bermudas, $2.'/5 per bu. o

P o u l t r y ~ L i v e springs, 12e; hens, 11c; turkeys, 15@16ci ducks lzc. ueese, lOc Dressed~Clfickens, 12@13c; fowls, 11~1%; ~turkeys, 17(&I8c; ducks, 13@ 14~ ~eese, 11(&12c 15. ..

I ,o~corn--Ol~ in ears .1~@2c per lO. Ra}~bits~$1 20 at $1.25 per doz. Ta l l ow~No . 1, 5c; No, 2, 4c per lb.

° BUFFALO.

Eas~ Buffalo, N. Y., February 24.-- (Specla l )~Dunning & S tevens , live

o e llers Buff,fin+re Stock commissi n d ; .', " " p o r t as follows: Cattle: Eeceipts. 5 cars; marke t steady. Hogs: Receipts, 30 cars; light," grades,, slow; (~thers strong; yorkers $5.'/5@$5.85; n o de- mand for pigs, 2 cars on sale, none sold; mixed Inediums $5.90@6.00; lieavy $6.00@6.10; marke t closed ;str?ng ex- cept on pigs. Sheep ann lamos--~e- ceipts, 30 carsi lambs dull and i0@15c lower; sheep s t e a d y ; best western lambs, $6.25 a t $640; ~best natives, $6 70a t $6 75; fair to good, $6 50 at 6.65; ~culls and common. $5.00 a~ 6.00; m i x e d sheep, $4.65 at $4.85; fair to good, $4.25 at 4.50; culls and bucks, $3:00 at 3.50; ewes, $4.50 at 4.60: wethers $4.75 at 5.00; yearlings, $5.50 a t $6.00; the marke t closed ~ery dull; 25 ears arrived too late f(~r market .

Calves strong; best,, $8.50 at 9.00: fair to good, $6.50 to 8.25.

The Nor th Branch Gazet te says t ha t one of the section men on the P. O. & N. says his nose Ires been frozen ever since the first el: November .

Orrin Hoover 's house at Tuscola was destroyed by fire last Saturday. The family had recovered from a siege Of smallpox and I l ea l th officer Clemmons had just fihished fumigat- ing the house with formaldehyde. Loss, $1,500; partly insured.

A cold weather story comes from over Clifford way of a young man named Chugwa~er wl~o was out walk- ing witl~ his girl las t Sunday when he was nearly killed bY someth ing tall- o n h i m . On inves t iga t ing it proved to be a large piece of smoke t h a t had frozen and in fall ing had happened to come his way.

For the benefit of those who ablmr printers ' ink as a prime factor to tim advancement of the i r il~terests we would s ta te t h a t S a m s o n ~ t h e strong p a r t y ~ w a s the first man to advertise. He took two solid columns tO demon- s t ra te his s t rength , and several thous- and people " t u m b l e d " to the scheme. He brought down the house .~Ex.

Mrs. JohnMcGi l l , wife of one of l~ar le t te ' s oldest citizens, died Mon- day afternoon, aged 74 years. Mrs. McGill's deatl~ was caused by a s troke of paralysis which overcame her last Thursday night. She was one of tbc pioneers of western Sanilac county, coming to Marlet te with her husband from Romeo some forty years ag~.

Judge Frank H. Thoinas, who for- me~:ly presided over ~he probate court of Tuseola c6unty, is now one of t he most p rominen t insurance men of Waslflngton. nnd an active fra ternal leader in tt)e national capital. He is the present grand junior warden of the grand e n c a m p m e n t of Kn igh t s Templar of the United States. He was recently the guest (ff honor a~ a special conclave of C o l u m b i a com- mandery, No. 2, of Columbia, S, C. Mr. Thomas holds membersh ip in Co!umbia commandery, No. 2,~ ~,f the Distr ic t (if Columbia. In recogni t ion of his visit he was elected an honor- ary member by the South Carolina commandery upnn the occasion.

PIA~O CONT[$T, The following are the condi t ions of

t h e c o n t c s t for the new $350 Brewer- Pryor piano:

Any young lady residing in Cass City or wi th in five mi lesof the village is eligible to en te r the contes t . The popularity of the young ladies is tn be decided by v6ting, the one receiv- ing the h ighes t number of votes win- ning the contes t and the piano.

The price of each vote is ten cents. Tl~e value of t he Piano being $350,

the winner of the contes t mus~ have at least 2,q00 votes.

No v e t 6 once registered for one 6ontestant , may be changed or trans- ferred to another .

The contes t will close Monday even- ing, April 18th, a t 9:00 p. m., local t ime.

The s tanding will k e made up each week on Monday. Tim young lady leading on a ma jo r i t y " of Monday evenings at 6 p. m;, will receive e i ther a gu]d watch or a diamond ring.

E.~ch wcek the s tanding of the dif- ferent con tes tan ts will be published in the Chronicle and Enterprise.

Votes will be received a~ e i ther office.

RIgV. l ~ [ . ' J , CRO~,VLEY.

JTOI[ AT CLIO D[STROY[D BY HIlL

C. H. Mann's large hardware and buggy store a t 'Clio burned last Tues- day nigl~t. The building was occupied by tile Gee. W. Hubbard Co. carrying a large l~ardware and buggy stock of which nothing was saved. The peo- ple l iving over the building narrowly escaped in theist ~ n igh t clothds. In N~e basement were a dozen barrels of gaso!in~ whicl~ exploded and ran down

G a v d o ~ T h a n k s ,

We wish to extend our sincerest tha~nks to all the kind friends who minis tered to our dear one so xery kindly dur ing his illness and also to our own needs in all our sorrows. While the Christian sympathy of such kind neighbors and friends cannot give back ou~'loved one, yet it does Soothe our troubled hearts. And es- pecially would we extend thanks to Dr. Shafer, who was so unt i r ing in his efforts to do all t h a t any earthly power could do to save a life t h a t was placed in his lmnds. We wish to thank the cho~ir for the i r sweet music; also the members of the Epwor th League for the flowers so lovingly given; and the young people of the neighborhood wl~o were so faithful. and thought fu l in ~cyery detail and were so generous in the i r floral gifts will always occupy a very large place in our l~earts. In short lwe say in re- turn for all we have received, ~"God bless you one and-all.! '

MI~. AN])MRs. G. F. Scurnot~)~ AND F A M I L Y . .° 7

Not lco og .Tone.hers' E X a m i n a t i o n s Notice is hereby given of a teachers

examinat ion for all grades of ceri) ificates to be held in the Court House at Care on Thursday and Friday, Mar. 10th. and l l t h . H . P . Bush, com- missioner of Schools. 2-22

~iF'"Blue Poin ts , " bes t and biggest oyster alive. 12-18-if

I " I S L A C t 4 L E A F " l

l l is e c o n o m i c a l a n d h a r m l e s s to S h e e p a n d wool , y e t e f f e c t i v e

in d e s t r o y i n g T i c k s , L i c e , M a n g e a n d o t h e r i n s e c t p e s t s on

S h e e p , H o g s , Ca t t l e , t t o r ; e s , D o g s , C h i c k e n s , F l o w e r s a n d

F r u i t T r e e s . t

! L, I, W OOD CO, i

% Preparing to build a new or remodel the old store,

T I E @KANGE Conduc ied by

J. W. DARROW, Chaihara , N. Y.~

Pre~s Corrasoondent N e w , Y o r k S ta te Granff~

RURAL CARRIERS' PAY.

A n I n c r c n ~ e F r o n z SGOO t o 8 7 5 0 P e r A n l i l l l~ R e e o n ~ m e n d c d .

T h e r u r a l f r e e m a i l d e l i v e r y s y s t e m

b e i n g , a s i t i s , t h e c h i l d of t h e g r a n g e , m e m b e r s / o R t h e O r d e r t i re i n t e r e s t e d in

I t s p r o g r e s s . A t t h e l a s t m e e t i n g o f t h e n a t i o n a l g r a n g e a r e s o l u t i o n w a s a d o p t - e d to t h e e f f e c t t h a t r m ' a l c a r r i e r s s h o u l d r e c e i v e a s m u c h c o m p e n s a t i o n a s c i t y ' ; c a r r i e r s . T h e l a t e r e p o r t o f

F o u r t h A s s i s t a n t P o s t m a s t e r G e n e r a l B r i s t o w r e c o m m e n d s a n i n c r e a s e f r o m $600 to $ 7 5 0 p e r y e a r f o r r o u t e s t w e n -

t y : f i v e m i l e s o r m o r e i n l e n g t h . T h e j u s t i c e o f t h i s i n c r e a s e ls a p p a r e n t , a n d , i n f a c t , w e t h i n k i t s h o u l d h a v e b e e n i n c r e a s e d to $850 r a t h e r . T h i s w a s . the s u m a s k e d f o r b y t h e N a t i o n a l

A s s o e i a t i o n o f R u r a l M a i l C a r r i e r s , w h i c h r e c e n t l y p r e s e n t e d a m e m o r i a l to

c o n g r e s s o n t h e s u b j e c t . I t w a s s h o w ~ t h e r e i n t h a t o n a c c o u n t o f t h e l bw sa l . a r y o v e r 1,500 c a r r i e r s r e s i g n e d ' d u r i n g the fiscal yea r ended June 30. 1902. not being able to support their families therefrom. The memorial asl~d an In. Crease from $600 1o $720 for the second 5,ear and $850 the third 3,ear and there- after. It also asked for a leave of ab sence for fifteen days with full pay.

We believe the action of the national grange in instituting a comparison be- tween rural and city carriers adopted the right basls. There is no reason why the city carriers should receive more pay than the country carriers, all things considered. The rural carrier has to supply his outfit of horses, wag- ;ons and entire equipment, to Which must be added the cost of keeping the horse or horses for a year,, as many carriers are required to keep from two to f0ur horses on long routes. It has been figured that the first year's ex- pense will average $525, leaving thus a small margin for the service. While it may cost more for the carrier to live in the city, he has no expense after his eight hour day's work is done. and he is paid for overtime. Rural carriers get no overtime, and yet much work in

connection with the care of horses, 'wagon and outfit must be done after returning from the day's trip. More than that, the .government furnishes horses and wagons in cities where de- livery is not made on foot.

Particularly ~ in the winter season, when travel is hard at the best. do the carriers earn more than theh- present daily wage, and It would seem to be a good plan for file sul "'dinate granges throughout the country to memorialize congress on the question of its approval of the increase in pay above referred to:

The rural delivery system is expand- Ing wonderfully, as the following re- port shows:

There are now in operation 19,398 rural free delivery routes. It is esti- mated that 3,260 additional routes can be established out of the appropriatio~ now available, making 22,678, which will be in operation or ordered estab- lished by March 1, 1904. To maintain the service on these routes during the fiscal year from July 1, 1904. 1o Juno 30. 1905, will require $13,560,000. If congress provides for an increased number of agents+ as recommended, it will require about $19.000.000 to main- tain and install the service dur ing the next fiscal year. If the maximum sal- ary of the carriers is increase4 from $600 to $750 per annum, as recommend- ed, it will necessitate an increase in the above estimates of about 25 per cent. --

Excurs ion D a y . T h e a u t u m n e x c u r s i o n d a y o f t h e

Iowa State college this year is report- ed to have been a hi'eat success. Over 15,000 farmers, business men and oth, er interested persons throughout the state took advantage of the opportuni- ty to visit the college.

F o ~ S a l c .

House and lot in Cass City. Farm of 100 acres one-h,~lf mile

north of Cass City. 60 acres one and one-half miles from

Cass City. tl~e drain from the cellar. About Two new lmuses in the city of Grand twenty rods d i s tan t John Green's Rapids valued at $1800 each. Will ex-

change for property in or near Cans City. 2-5-if O .K . JAMES.

~ ' I am now ready Lo take contracts for beans for1904 delivery. D~¥ID LAW. ,1;22-13t.

~ ° D e t r o i t Bread~Shaker , Rye, Gra- ham or Cream.

ll-20-tf o Kandy Ki tchen.

$ I I O E P~I~PA | l t ~ l N 6 .

H. L. Sage repairs footwear at reasonable rates. Shop in l i t t le red f ront next tx~Tyo's barber shop. 12-5-tf

W A N T E D ~ F a i t l f f u l person to call on retail trade and agents for manu- factur ing house hav ing well establish- ed business; local terr i tory; s t ra igh t salary, $20 paid weekly and exl.)ense money advanced; previous experience unnecessary; position p e r m a n e n t ; bus- iness successful. ~Ench~se self-address- ed envelope. Super in tenden t Trav- elers, 605 Monon Bldg., Clficago. 12-18

~ f l o m e made Candies fresh and sweet. Candy Kitcl~en. 2-17-tf.

(]rand Trank-Lehlgl~ Valley Route To New York and Phi ladelphia .

Convenient terminals iu Chicaoo and New York; stop(,ver a~ Niagara Falls; magnif icent scenery. I)escrlp- t i r e literature!~ t imetables , etc., will be mailed free on applicat ion to Ad- vert is ing Depar tment , Grand Trunk Railway System, 135 Adams St,., Chic- a~zo, Oeo. W. Yaux, A . G . P . & T . A . 12-18-'03

large brick residence, the cellar of which drains into the same outlet , was blown nearly down, tim walls be- ing blown out in places and all tl~e doors and windows blowfi out. tIow- ever n o n e of the occupants were seriously injured. All tile buildings were insured.

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ALETION SALES.

Lem McOonnell will have an auction sale of farm stock and implements on March 10, at his farm, one mile nor th of Holbrook. Tim sale c o m m e n c e s a t 12 o'clock and the amoun t to be real- ized from it has been es t imated at $1,500. Striffler & McKenzie are the auctioneers. Mr. Mcconnel l has ren t - ed his farm and intends, moving to Cass City in the near future.

W. H. Sayler will have an auct ion sale of househoJd goods at~ Novesta Corners, March 3. J . D . Mccaughna Wields tlm hammer.

J . W . Murphy and family wish to re turn tl~eir sincere and grateful thanks to the kind friends and neigh- bors for the i r act ive assistance and needful aid in the i r t ime of t rouble and sad bereavement in the loss of a dear molfl~er; and al~o to the com- muni ty a t large for tile generous sympatl~y so feelingly extended to them in their sad h)ss.

J 4 W . M u R P I I Y A N D FA?,IILY.

~ ' M r s . Ed Crawford des i res :p la in sewing to do at home. 1-25:8 ~

~i~YOandy made to order, Try them. ll-20-tf Kandy Ki tchen.

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In t h e f a c e of t h e 25 p e r c e n t . r a i s e in c o t t o n g o o d s w i t h t h e w h o l e s a l e t r a d e , w e c o m m e n c e o n M o n d a y , F e b . 22, 1904 to c lo se o u t o u r e n t i r e s t o c k of d r y g o o d s a t o ld p r i c e s a n d

m a n y t h i n g s a t

G r e a t l y R e d u c e d P r i c e s

o T h i s i s d o n e to g e t g o o d s o u t of t h e way t o r a b o v e re-

.pa i rs . E n t i r e S h o e S t o c k wi l l go on s a l e a t s a m e t i m e a t

80 T h i s m e a n s j u s t w h a t it s a y s .

p r i c e s .

G r o c e r i e s a t s a m e old

[1 L A I N G & J A N E $

' OUR STOCK OF "

Nests, Fish, fiysi rs and TaBle Balieaciaa

i c o m p l e t e a n d w e a r e p r e p a r e d to g i v e o u r c u s t o m e r s

I s t h e b e s t t h e r e is on t h e m a r k e t .

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luaiiiy, luafltity, and+ Pric A r e t h r e e t h i n g s W h i c h t h e p u r c h a s e r m u s t c o n s i d e r .

W e can s a t i s f y y o u in e v e r y p a r t i c u l a r .

R E / W l E ~ ~ E F ~ W e w a n t y o u r e g g s b u t t e r a n d poul t ry- f o r w h i c h w e

pay t h e h i g h e s t m a r k e t p r i c e .

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E a r l y H o t b e d s a n d P l a u t P r o t e c t o r s . Excavating for hotbeds will be pret-

ty hard work for the diggers, as Jack Frost has not been idle in these re: glens, says a Michigan writer in Rural New Yorker.

The first early beds are far better made thus on account of the extra amount of manure required for a long pull. With the preparation of the beds comes also the repairing of sash or glazing and painting new o~es.

Plant protectors are another indis- pensable convenience. Made of heavy tarred paper, they cost but little either in time. or money, and their worth iu h a r d i o e s t l m a t e . Other kinds of pro- tectors, a s plain boxes, boxes with glass tops, etc., are all practical a n d useful and for those who can afford them are a good investment. To oth- exs, lmwever, t h e cost is prohibitive, but the tar paper is in reach of all.

A g r i c u l t u r a l B r e ~ - l t i c m .

The early freeze-up spoiled the plans of many who wanted to grow rhubarb in the dark. They could not dlg o u t the roots.

Let a farmer limit his s tudy to the experiment station bulletins, and would he have all the "agricultural informa- t b n " he needu?

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WILMOT.

Mrs. W. B. Wcsterby is (m the sick list .

Born, Monday, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Eve, a ten pound boy.

Mr. and Mrs. Watts , from Lure, visited a t the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wood.

Archie Summers came home frcm the norti~ woods on the 17ttL

Charles Soles is home f r o m ' t h e n(wth woods.

Ed Har t t is in Cass City laking orders for encumbers.

Mrs. James Tires, of Detroit , is visi t ing her mother , Mrs. Sh(,emake:.

E A S T D A Y T O N .

Sandy Kelley is still very low with brain fever.

Henry Clark has the !a grippe. Dr. Ryan is a t t end ing him.

There will be a foot social a t the 3L P. parsonage on Feb. 26th.

Mrs. Ella Thompson, of 5[ayville, spent last - week witll her mother , Mrs. Anderson:

Mrs. 1. Anderson and son Cecil, of Maple Rapids, spent the past week wi th relatives here.

Leonard Kelley, who has been sick the past three weeks witll erysipelas, is still q u i t e poorly.

Miss Cora Wilsey, principal of the Vassar schools, visited her parents here from Saturday unt i l Tuesday.

TIle revival services have ch)sed at the Stone ctmrch and a number are t rying to live bet ter lives as a result.

Mrs. Andrew Thompson had the misfor tune to lose her horse. The animal fell on tl~e ice. The neighbors are circulat ing a subscript ion paper to purclmse ano the r horse for her. Slm could illy afford such a severe loss.

~.~Mortou's Shaker Bread, Rye Graham and Cream Bread. Candy Ki tchen. 4-17-Lf.

CROSS ROA DS.

James McAr thu r l~as lost, all his bees under tl~e snow.

A great many are losing their pota- toes by Treezing in the cellars.

Our p()sUnan was a woman (m tim 231'd, the regular postman being sick.

Mr. Sch ram ' sb ro t l l e r and his wife from Grindstone .City were visit ing here last week.

Mr. M ickle, tl% healtt l officer, was called to Defm'd t,o quaran t ine a smallp~x case on Tuesday.

r Miss Kate Ferguson is expected home this week from Pont iac where she has 'been @nrkincz in t,he asylum.

John M~Larty (lrew a l(~a(t of hay for the pastor on the 23rd from Colon Ferguson 's and they di(l not tip over but once.

M r . ' a n d Mrs. Neit McLarty bare re turned from the north, where they were called Io tl~e bedside of Mrs. McLarty 's mentor .

T i t E C I R C U I T C O U R T for t he C o u n t y of r l ' u sco la , in C h a n c e r y . ) CATIIEItlNE i. AUI~, Corn 1] h t i n : t n t < VS,

I]AItRY PAUL, D e f e n d a n t . . In, t i ffs cause , i t a p p e a r i n g t h a t t h e de fen -

d a n t , I l a r r y l ' au l , is a r e s i d e n t of th i s s t~ te , b u t h | s w h e r e a b o u t s a r e unKnl)wl l , Ll leEeioro on m o t i o n of J . 1). Ih 'ooker . so l i c i to r m r co m- p l a l n a n t , i t is o rde r ed t h a t t he d e f e n d a n t e n t e r his a l )pear l t l lee in sa id cause on or be- fore t h r e e m o n t h s f rom the d a t e of th i s o rde r a n d t h a t w i t h i n t w e n t y d a y s the c o m p l a i n a n t c a u s e tiffs o r d e r to be pub l l s l ]ed in '±'ira T r i - C o u n t y Chron ic l e , s a i d p u b l i c a t i o n to be c o n t i n u e d once in each week for six weeks in s u c c e s s i o n .

1 ) a t e d F e b r u a r y 11, 1904. WATSON BEACII. C i r m q t J u d g e ,

J . D. BI~0OKER Sol ic i to r for C o m p l a i n a n t , Lenzner's Furnlure Store, l l u s l n o ~ address , Case Ci ty . MIGh, ~ - l i ~ T