P M p I

,(

4

W I T H I v T - A - L I O E T O W A - R D N O N E A - N E O H ^ n i T Y F O R A L L . '

VOL V. NO 30. LOWELL, K E N T COUNTY, MICH.. JANUARY 13,1898. W H O L E NO. 238.

WT«» C10M6

RCLIABLC UBATOP ft BROOOCfi

GIVEN AWAY

To those in need of iV.

T h i s i s a ve ry use fu l ar t ic le .

G i v e n iiway with e v e r y $10

wor th of goods prtrohas^d of

GEO. M. WINEQAR.

To those who do not use an egg carrier, we will jiive

• • A BEAUTIFUL OIL P A I N T I N G ^ With every $5, §8, $10 , §12 a n d S15 w o r t h of goods .

Size of p i c t u r e in accordance wi th t h e

a l iove s ta ted a m o u n t s i

GEO. M. WINEQAR

TO-NIGHT.

f r a p o r t a t i t C i t i z e n ' s Moetinji . Bo S u r e To At t end .

Turn out to the c i l iwu 's meeting

a t the council nmins «t 7'"i0 ihis even-

ing. MiiUers of importanoe will ho

diacusseil. Turn out and bring your

neijghburs. To niglit. Don' t forget

i t _

BANKER DEAD.

PUT IN ISO BID.

MnskeKon Will Let firand Rap ids Keep S t a t e F a i r .

Grnnd Rapids, J im. 11.—The

nonnced opposition to holding

n e x l utate fair in Grand R.tpida

an-

the did

1 L o w e l l P l a n i n g Mil l ,

W. J. ECKE3 & SON PROPRIETORS. AND DEALERS IN

H . T J DVL B E R i „ LATH. SHINGLES AND CEDAR FENCE PDSIS. J

M a n u f a c t u r e r s of—S»ish, Doors, Blinds, Frames for Doors* Windows and Screens. Exhibition and Shipping Coops for Poultry) Dried Apple Boxes, Wooden Eave Troughs, Etc.

U A ^ C H t N d , R E ' S A W l l T O A M D J O B W O A l t .

Ecker & Son, Lowell, Mich.

Vi v ' l ' r r n

not Materialize today. E x - M a y o r

Smith and VV-. l i . Boraey, of Mus-

kegon were on hand hut made no

proposition. They said their ••hject

was to s»ciire such an arrangement of

data! a- would avoid any conflict with

the Mnske^on county fair and asked

only fo r an airreement along that line.

Several Grand Rapids business men

E o o s P u t n a m Was Also d W h o l e ' i s a l e Oroce r .

Grand Rapids, J a n . 11.—Enos Put- j

nam. president of the hoard of public : e j ) e f > r h e ! i H ) 1 ? u m ' i n g t h l | t t h e t a i r

works, died to day of hear t ftnlnre. | w o n l ^ beliehl here and suggesting a aged Go. Ho was a resident nf Grand , I a t e r d a , e t h n n t l i a t o f , n s t ^ a r .

Rapids since 1858. l i e was one of

All Lines of

H i i j . A . T E S I R . S Somewhat broken now.

Anything you want goes at

ftkl * S u m m e r * P r i m . Don't ask for back numbers; we

don't keep them. Everything up to d&te in quality and style.

R. B. BOYLAN. C t A J I K S V I I i L E

, i w A C A D E M Y . THIS PWVATE SCHOOL OFFEVS THE j

FOLLOWING COURSES OF STUDY, < • 1

Cotnnba School Course... Thin ooarae gives the resnlnr work ol nil ilie conunon hmnches ofstiuly.

y n Tiaiion forfctm of 20 weeks, $8.00. EuKVish Coortse...

Gives Hliortet or review wnrk of com-nion.hruncheh awl nil nmdewic studies leadinglo find, sewmd ami third grade teiiclijer'soerlifidues. Twilion for term

v ofiUP.weekn, $J0. Academic C o u r s e s .-. -

Rrepam the sludeni ft# j«t«te oertifi-•cate or univershy. Tiritiim for term of

, 20 weeks, |10, Normal Coarse. . .

Inolades kinfiergiirten nhfl prnfewdotihl slii(l>es.f(>r all jrrtde* of teaeher1* cw-liticHTcs. Tnilion for term of 20 weeks

* b u s i n e s s Conrse...

Gives book keeping in all hsforms Mid •rtherhranohes neceitsarv for a compie'e biihineaH education. Tuition for teim of 20 weeks, $15.

Asf lonncements for 1897 -98 . Fall and winter school begins Oct. 2-%

5897. Anvone desiring fvpidfir or apw-lal 1»ork in any araflemic WoiV for whatever rorpoMft, Will find tliat we will do them jira-tice for law expense, than any other schoolnf the kind. If voa desiri- special prepa ration ftir tirai, second or third grade oerdficnU's. we offer the best opporttmftr nl Clarksdite Academy. Our attdenis art Hnccestsfiil.

C J MAC B Transuc. Makaccra. Clarkaville. loaia Co. Mick

the main stockholders in the Ball,

Barnhart tfe Pu tnam Wholesale Gro-

cery Co!, and president of the Grand

Rapid? National Bank, being elected

to succeed Edwin F . Uht , when tKe

latter went to ( termanv as ambassa-

dor.

Obituary.

lillen V a n Epps, wife of H. J .

Bosworth, died at hr r home in this

• i l l tge . Mondav, J a n u a r y 3. AN

though Mrs. Bosworth had been in

failing health for a long lime, her

death was quite unexpected and a

shock to "all.

Deceased was born in Lock port,

N. Y . In 1853 she married Mr.

Bosworth and soon af ter they came to

Lowen, which has since been their

home.

Besides her husband and one son',

she leaves to mourn her loss, an aged

father of Hudson, Mich., and two in-

valid sisters.

Funeral services were held f rom

the home. Wednesday morning, Jan-

uary 5. conducted by "Rev. S. G. An-

derson.—[Con.

t i T LOOK! At Our

100.piece decorated dinner sets $12.00, $10.00, S7.00. 10 piece toilet sets, 32.75. Brooms, 10, 15, 25c. 17 quart enameled dish pins, 60c. 14 quart enameled dish pans, 50c. 10 quart enameled dish pans, 40c. Tea and Coffee pots, 40, 35 30. See my 10 and 15 cent counter before bu>ing odd pieces of China and Glassware. Nice line of Lamds and fancy China-ware,

C. B. ALEXANDER.

Death of Mrs. AgaeS Morrison.

Mrs. Agnes Morrison Cheyne died

a t the residence of her daughlor , Mrs-

Ei Lowing of Grand'ville on W e d n e s -

day, J a n u a r y 5th af ter a long and

painful illness o f t en years, aged V3.

Her funeral tfcok place Fr iday the

7lh a t 1 p. in. Rev . Griswold of the

Congregational church o fGrandr i l l e

officiating. Deceased has been a res-

ident of Michigan for over 35 years.

She leaves 10 children, 35 grand-

children and 4 great grandchildren,

2 brothers and 4 sisters survive her.

Mesdames W . Mullen, F . Ecker , t)e-

Wil t H u n t e r and A. W h i t e are

daughters of the deceased and Were

present a t the funeral .

New Railroad Completed.

Grand Rapids, J a n . 10.—The

Grand Rapids, Kalkaska & South-

eastern railroad was completed today

and leased to the Chicago & West

Michigan for ten years. The road

runs f rom Van Buren to Stratford,

thirty-three miles, and will \>e used

chieflv to run out the T h a y e r Lum-

ber company's log*.

A C e n t r a l Locat ion.

Tomorrow the liEncHfc office will

be moved to the second floor of the

post office bnitding, which will he a

convenient point for our patrons.

D r o p in and see us a f te r this week.

A End of a Law Su i t .

The replevin suit between Mrs.

Christie Findlay and Chas. Blakeslee

for Jame* Anderson, which was on

on trial before Just ice Walker , dur

ing the last week of December, and

in Which twenty-two witnesses were

Called, was decided last week in fa-

Vorof the plaintiff, with 6 cents dam-

ages and 110 costs. Attorneys Math-

ewson and Mains represented the

plaintiff and defendant respectively.

Death of Mrs. Willis Purdy.

Jrtrs. Willis Purdy died at her

home in Altoh January 9. after a

long illness, a t the age of 33 years,

leaving a husband and one son. F u n -

eral wrvices were conducted a t the

house on Tuesday, by ReV. I . B .

Jones , and the remains Were interred

in the Mason ceirtetery. G r a ' t a n .

Praying on the s t r e e t s .

Aged Anna Kiel has been detained

in police headquarters simply because

she emulated the early apostles and

prayed on the streets. Thrus t ing a

bible under her a rm,ahe knelt down

at short intervals and invoked the

Almighty's aid in convert ing Grand

Rapids sinners. She was not dis-

turbed until she ventured to pray for

a policeman, who. unused to such

things, and th ink ing her crafty es-

corted her to headquarters. It was

Sunday night and the old lady claims

i f i t i s a c r i m e to pray that night ,

about three scores of mins te r s should

be arrested.

If Friends or Relatives did not ptesfcnt yon "with what yort

desired in the

J E W E L R Y L I N E , CALL AT

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • All the New Goods and Fads Carried in Stocks

Tis a pleasure to show them.

Bench work properly and Prompt' ly Done.

East side, next to McCarty^s.

T R Y M E F O R

^ R E P A I R S . 3

^ W a t c h e s . C l o c k s , ^

^ G o l d G l a s s e s . 3

R i n g s a n d J e w e l r y f e - ^

^ p a i r e d a n d w a r r a n t e d f o r ^

^ o n e j ' e a r .

S z S e e m y B a n d a r i d

r i n g s .

r H . A . S H E R M A N , 3 First door east of Marks Ruben's.

FURNITURE BUYERS.

Many of Them Are In Qrand Rap-Ids J u s t Nov,

Grand Rapids, J a n . 11.—There

were over 70 furn i ture buyers in

Grand Rapids last week and yes ter-

day 80 more arrived. Several foreign

countries are represented. Exhibi i s

are being made bv several outside

concerns and there is much r ivalry.

Sales will exceed those of last J a n u a r y

at least 15 percent.

See our tfaree.picce

BEDROOM SUITES

la Ash. Oerman bevel plate Class, a dandy at

j $12.50 V I

Better oaaa at SIS, (18, aud §20.

McConnell.

Afl Proves Alleged Spur ious Bill t o Be Oeoalne .

Ionia, J a n . 11 .—That S100 cer-

tificate abou t which so great a ftiss

wa .̂ made^ Cashier Webber and Dc-

tecttve Mauley both declaring it to be

spurious, proves to be genuine a f t e r

a l l . Washington authori t ies have

sent on 1100 for its redemption.

The paper had split in two, an un-

usual t h i n s fur t Jac le Saui's raonev.

Death of Clark Frazlef .

Clark Fraricr, a former resident in

this vicinity, died a t bis home in Mns-

kegon, Fr iday, J a n . V,j»t the age of

55 vears, «T conmmp ion. H s re-

mains were brotight to this place and

funeral services were held a t the

residence of his brother, five miles

west of here, attended hy Rev. II .

Marshal l .

Alton Too late for last week

D. Church and wife spent New Years day at Cannonsbnrg.

Jnd Hapeman and wile of East Lowell visited relatives here last week.

F, Sonles and wife of Lowell were guests at her father's Christmas and New

Years. Orla Weekes and wife have got moved

and settled in their new home. A large number from here attended

keetie Grange Elect ion,

At the annual mewtlnj ol Keeae Grange No. 270, the following offleeta •era elect' ed for the ensuing year.

Worthy Master—D. C. Hunter. Overseet— D. C. Reynolds. Lecturer—Mrs. Jennie Hunter. Steward—W. W. Woodman. Assistant Steward—L. J. Hunter. Chaplain—D. W. Woodman. Treasurer—F P. Hunter. Secretary—E. Hanscom. Gate Keeper—Geo. Pinkaey. Pomona—Mrs. Eva Hunter. Flora—Mrs. Ada Beatlor. Ceres—Mrs. Emma ReyAolis, 1 ady Assistant Steward—AIM. L. J.

Hunter. The date 6f installation waa fixed for

January 15, it to be an evening session and Brother E. S. Waterbnry. of Ionia was invited to be installing oficer.

All delinquent members are cordially invited.

The report of the finance committee 'showed a balance in the treasury of $53.

Meetings were announced for tannary 8 and 15.

West Lowell. The Busv Bees will hold their hext meet-

ing at the home of Mis^ 2-1 la Mclatyre the New Year's dance at Lowell. Reported that the grist mill is about to J a n - 2—

A number of the friends of J . J .

rith his

rela-

nt thA

L a w ^

j Reports to the State Board of i Henlth show t'hat rheumatism, bron-

— - — i chilis, neuralgia, inilueneR aud ton

Uartholomew Schlich ol G r a n d i " ' " i s i " order nmned, caused roort Rrpi . ls left ab.mt >50,000. Two of! " i ^ n ^ a in Michigan dnr in j j the past the heirs claim no will WHS found h u t C o n s u m p t i o n was repoitwl at Man- E«ch, adopted dnughter, anvs , 1 ' 5 places: scaiiet fever at 36; diph-the olu man left $5,000 to the Little 1'heria a t S4; typhoid fever a t 33; Sisters of the Poor, $5,000 to St. , '"easlffi at 27; and whooping cough a t

MarvVohurch aud most of the r e - i 1^-

Matrimoaial.

A quiet wedding took nlaoe

home of Mr . and Mrs, James

rence, of Ada, Wednesilny December

29, when their daughter Ida was

united in marriage h> Mr. Thomas

Morris, by J . S . Moxon, I * q , Only

near relatives and most intimate

f r iends w(re presu . ; . After the cere

Throuch the kindness of the A g r i -cultural College we are in receipt of a handsome calendar of ihe college, which we would like to haVe our readert "call and examine. The «u-thorit^es of the ••ollege State tha i it was never before in so prospettrtft H condition. There entered this f i l l 220 new students in the regular oourses. this befnjr by all odds the largert, class in the history of the m stitutton. There are also about 7 ' special course students; making a^ to-tal enrollment this year of nearly 500. The street car line f rom Lansing has been extended into the grounds, so t h a t i t is very easy for students to board in town and at tend the college. We advise young people who are going away to school to send to Pres J . L. Snyder, Agricul tural College, Michigan, for a catalog.

The Vergennes dancing club a f a r three years of unalloyed happiness

rnony, supper was served and all lef t , has hrf n rent in twain and hence-

inainder to herself. A legal fight 3 pen I

Try a fifteen cent lunch a t the bakery.

new

for their homes, wishing llie happy

couple a long and prosperous life,—

[Con.

All kinds of wood prnmpily deliv-1 ered by E . B. Boy lan.

forth there will be redhanded war be-, tween the two factions. The trouble was all over tha Question of which man should play the fiddle.--[Grand Rapids Citiz* n .

F red Fallas wants your poultry.

•chanRe hands. M r. Ourch spent the holidays

daughters here and in Grattan. Chas. Frost and wife of Keene

guests at Orla Weekes' last week. Clare Ford and wife are visiting

tires at Lincoln Ijike. Mrs. Willis Purdy is very pOorly. Chas. Francisco of Lowell was a visitor

at his dahgVter'a. Mrfi. Chas. Jakeway the first of this week.

Ralph Ford drew the cutter and Jack Vetenbock the aocordian.

An independent ordet of Miller* was established here Dec. 25. *nd several mem-bers were initiated. At the banquet oys-ters and roa.*t turkey were served with plenty of good cheer to w s h it down,

Mrs. Grey of Berlin spent Christmas th her parents, Stephen Reunels and

wife. Mrs, Otis White has a cataract on one

of her eres. Mesdames F. and P. Keech are selling

their watches on raffle tickets. Mrs. Wiley Reynolds and chfldren of

Soath Lowell spent Christmas here. J . D.Frost entertained a family gather-

ing Christmas. P. Houlihan's children and families

helped him celebrate Christaas. Deck Jones of Hesperia was here, a

guest of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Moshier. Mrs. Waters and childrtn spent Christ-

mas week at Ernest Godlrey^s.

Finley visited them at iheir home in Cascade last Friday.

Perry Thompson, who Ins been visiting his brother and other relni-res at Fenwu-k, returned home last Thursd-'y.

Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Mclntyre spent last Thursday with Mrs. Elia«.

H. Pe'crs and wife spent Monday* even-ins; with S. Qnstwood and wife.

Mre. C. Green is recovering from her re-cent illness.

a % i

Cascade.

Mrs. ('has. M^ben isspenrftng the win-ter with friends in * hicagi).

Messrs Tt'eple and Gorhnm and wives eelehrated their wcddlns anniversary at the lauer't hame on the SlV

Robert Pattersrn. who h«s been ill at the home of his sister, isslowly recovering.

Mis«es Edith and Bertha TMvis of Grand Rapids spent Sunday with their parents.

Mn. Adam Panuteer is vrry sick.

Ethel Finley is shwly recorering her health after a long illness.

Mrs. K. P. Shntnan. who has rented her fsrm. will take up her residence in Grand Rapids.

Special sale of Linens and Lace Curtains at E. R. Col-lar's. Drop in and see.

W h a t It M e a n s . When we advertiso ihal we «til rcaraotee

Dr. King's New IHscoverv, Electric Bltters|

Bncklen's Arnica Salv^. or Dr. Kite's New life Mils It means th«t we sre aulb< nred by the propiletnrs to sell tftcfe remelles oa a positive guaranU e. Thil If p ir- hi«er is not satisfied with resu'ts. we will nt- nd purchase price. These medicines have been sold on this guarantee for m'cy years and there could be no more conclusive evidence ol their great merit Ask about them an J irve tbi m a trial, feald at L, H. Hunt «)c Cu's drag ston.

p* I 'TWEEN THE LAKES.

M I C H I G A N N E W S B R I E F L Y T O L D '

FOR M I C H I G A N D E R 3 .

T w o B/cr. Killed by the Collmp*« of •

Ice Ilnniie a t W h l t m o r e L a k e '

—A Rig L u m b e r F i r e a t SaglDaw |

—Well-Known Kditor Dead.

Ice Hotue Collapaed—Two Men Dead. A mnnimoih ice house beintr e rec tcd

b y the Toledo Ico Co., a t Whl tmore Lake , Mich., suddenly collapsed while i over 150 men were nt work on it, and t w o were i i i t lant lv killed whi le a dozen o thers were badly in jured, s ix of whom m a y die. T h e work was b e i n p pushed so as t o p e t into shape to t ake advan-t a g e of the ice ready fo r harves t . The bui ld ing wits 250x150 feet and was di-vided in to five rooms. T h e ca rpen t e r s were pu t t ing on the plates, which were 50 fee t f rom the foundat ion , when sud-denly there a loud c rack ing sound and the west outside wall fell wi th a crash. The nex t wal l was s i ruck and w e n t down and the o the rs were mowed down l ike nine pins. In a m o m e n t the e n t i r e bui ld ing lay flat upon the g round wi th t h e imprisoned men u n d e r n e a t h .

The re was no help a t h a n d , as all the men were a t work inside of the build-ing a t t he t ime, b u t g radua l ly the un-in ju red crawled out and began to as-sist thei r imprisoned comrades. I t is considered a miracle t h a t only two were killed. The dead are : Alber t Morey, laborer , of Whl tmore ; Oscar O'Connor, laborer , of Whl tmore . The f a t a l l y in ju red : John McBride, chief ca rpen te r , of Owosso, a r m and l eg broken and j a w crushed; J . Commette, ca rpen te r , of Toledo, i n j u r e d in t e r -nal ly ; Geo. Martin, of Whi tmore , b reas t crushed in and lungs i n j u r e d ; II. Stil-son, of Whltmore, in t e rna l ly i n ju red ; Win. I'oltz, of Whitmore, head and leg crushed; John l i anmgardne r , of Whit-more, crushed and injured in ternal ly .

The Ann Arbor ra i lway Compaq* had charge of the building, which was to cost 825,000 when complete. The dam-age Ls about 810,000.

9120,000 Lumber Fire.

On the docks of the Sag inaw Sal t & Lumber Co., a t Crow island, th ree miles down the river f r o m Saginaw, 8,000,000 feet of lumber were burned , causing a loss of about 8120,000.

The docks held abou t 10,000,000 f e e t and a large quan t i ty of lumber was piled in the mill yard , which the flames did not reach. The mill and sal t block were saved with diflieulty. The docks and one drill house were destroyed. About th ree- four ths of t h e loss will be covered by insurance. A wa tchman discovered the flames a t m i d n i g h t The origin is unknown, but i t is thought ska te r s dropped matches or s tar ted a fire to warm themselves.

One fire engine company from Sagi-n a w and t w o f rom Bav City, besides the Oarrollton company, reached the scene i n about t w o hours , bu t in t h e meant ime pail brigades were organized and worked heroically towards keep-ing the flames f rom cross ing to the mill yard. The wind was not s t rong and blew favorably , sending the b r a n d s over the river, instead of towards the millions of f ee t of ma te r i a l and t h e mills direct ly in the rear . Several firemen had na r row escapes f rom be-ing cuupht in the blazing piles. The company had a 812.000 fire at t he same place last April.

Let Mlcblgaii llfl |» Relieve the Cubans.

Gov. I ' ingree has received a te legram dated Irorn New York, s igned by Stephens M. Barton, cha i rman. I t reads: ••The cen t ra l Cuban relief com-mit tee appointed by Pres iden t McKin-ley. u rges upon your excel lency t h e immediate formation of efficient com-mit tees fo r the collection of funds , food, c lothing and medicines In y o u r s t a t e for Cuba's s ta rv ing people, to be t ransmi t ted f ree by th i s commit tee to Consul-General Lee a t Havana . "

The governor p rompt ly decided t o name Allan Shclden, of Detroit , as cbn innan of tiie Michigan commit tee and o ther pur ls of the s ta le will be represented.

H i e governor urges all who can to contr ibute l o this cause promptly , to t h e best of the i r ability and as God has prospered them.

» w MlrblKan I'cMtiuatler*.

New Michigan postmasters : Gray-ling, Melvina Bates; Ludington , Win. G. Hudson; Albion, F r a n k L. I r w i n ; Man istee, Calvin A. I ' a lmer ; Northvi l le , Wm. II. Hu t ton ; Traverse City, George W. llafT; Alma, Charles F. l irown; Cold-wa te r . Alfred Milnes; S t . Louis, Aaron B. Wheeler ; S tanton . Fred E. Moffat t ; South Grand Itapids. Henry Clark; Dowagiac, Ju l ius O. Be c ra f t ; Arenac, John S t u a r t ; Big Rock, Montmorency county, Jesse I). Rogers ; Godfrey . Montmorency county, Henry C. God-f rey ; Hamblen. Bay c o u n t y . ' F r e d Er-blsch; Willard, Bay county, F rank Linzey; Harbor Spr ings , A. L. Deuel ; Cheboygan, J . C. Wooster; Midland. Alex MeGlll; West Branch . Myron H. French.

Thof. Brad brook, an aged Engl ish-man, w a s found so t e r r ib ly frozen a t Bangor t ha t he died.

A new posUiflice named Malts has been established in Saginaw county . Chas. W. Spencer is t he postmaster .

F i re des t royed t h r e e ou tbui ld ings on the f a rm of Charles Simons nea r ML Morris. T h e house w a s saved by h a r d work.

Stephen Maloney, of Bay City, was once wor th 835,000, b u t d r ink ru ined him. He i s now u n d e r a r r e s t chanrcd with t h e f t

The chemical works a t E lk Eaplds , f h i c h ivore des t royed b y fire l a s t August , have been r ebu i l t and have Resumed operat ions.

L. Ogdcn, of Grand Rapids, h a s been appointed b y Gov. P ingree de lega te to t h e na t iona l fisheries congress a t Tampa . F la . , Jon . 10.

!fo Special Heislon of Lecliilatare.

A lengthy conference of Gov. Pin-gree ' s in t imate polit ical f r i ends f rom al l pa r t s of the s t a t e was held a t the governor ' s home a t Detroi t t o discuss a n u m b e r of m a t t e r s of impor tance to the conferees and the s ta te in general . The ma t t e r of g r e a t e s t moment , how-ever, was the quest ion of the advisa-bil i ty of call ing a special session of the s t a t e legis la ture to consider rai lroad taxa t ion and o t h e r subjects .

All of Gov. P ingree ' s appointees were present , t he most s t r enuous advocate of the special session be-ing Railroad Commissioner Wesselius. But a major i ty was opposed to the special session, and this opposition was led by such men a s Corporation Coun-sel Flowers, of Detroi t , Insurance Com-missioner Milo D. Campbell, and Sher-iff Judson, of Wash tenaw county . The i r a rgumen t was t h a t no th ing would IK; accomplished toward reduc-ing railroad fares, and t h a t the gov-ernor ' s adminls t ra ta lon would then be blamed all over the s ta te fo r saddling upon the communi ty the expense of the ex t r a session, w i thou t br inging abou t any reforms.

The conference lasted un t i l 3 a. m., and ihe opponents of the e x t r a session won out. I t was decided instead to Inst i tute a campaign for a re form leg-islature t ha t will i n a u g u r a t e the mul-t i tude of Pingree r e fo rms n e x t win ter . The campaign will s t a r t a t once and conclude with the election n e x t No-vember.

MICHIGAN N E W S I T E M S .

J a m e s Leroy, aged 13, w a s d rowned while ska t ing a t Decatur.

The fu rn i tu re business a t Grand Rap-Ids is g r ea t e r than ever th i s y e a r

Twenty-seven wildcats have been killed in Arenac county in t w o months.

Joseph Lindley, the p ioneer shoe dealer of Ionia, w a s found dead in bed.

J . T. Malloy, an Alpena grocer , h a s assigned. Liabilities, 80,000; assets, 87,000.

The ca lendar for the Sani lac county circuit cour t Is loaded down with t a x t i t le cases.

The Ontonagon relief commission still has 810,000 of the 825,000 voted by the legislature.

Pet i t ions are be ing c i rcula ted In Berrien county fo r a special election to vote on local option.

Percy Smith, a mar ine engineer , w a s fleeced out of 8200 In a ques t ionable resort a t Po r t Huron .

Joseph Hl lbe rb rand t , a f a r m e r n e a r Saginaw, was t h r o w n u n d e r a wagon and perhaps f a t a l l y c rushed.

The la tes t e lec t r ic road project is f rom Lans ing to Sanga tuck . T h u s f a r , p lans have no t t a k e n def in i te shape.

New Michigan pos tmas te rs : Chapln, Saginaw county , Geo. W. Clark; La-salle, Monroe county , Chas. E. Kirby .

The second t r ia l of Mrs. Rose Selleck a t Adrian, on the cha rge of b u r n i n g he r divorced husband ' s sawmil l a t Clay-ton, ended in an acqui t t a l . %

T w o ruff ians f r i g h t e n e d Mrs. E. H. Griffith, a lone widow l iving on the outsk i r t s of Adrian, so t h a t she gave up 80, all t he money she had.

Chas. Beyer, aged 22, slipped f r o m a chute a t Kaiser 's icehouse a t Adr ian , fell e ight feet and s t ruck on his head , and was dead in a short t ime.

I t Is said t l ia t Grand Army ve te rans a t West l i ranch are Incensed a t Con-gressman Crump for t u r n i n g down their candidate for postmaster .

At the mee t ing of the United S t a t e s Daughters of 1812 a t New York, Mrs . Alfred Russell, of Detroi t was e lected president of the Michigan society.

Hon. Mark S. Brewer , of Pont lac , has been tendered by the Pres iden t the position of member of t h e civil service commission wi th a sa lary of 83,500.

Over 300 res idents of Benton H a r b o r have signed the peti t ion fo r a local op-tion election, which will undoubted ly be held. A hot campaign is ant ic i -pated.

Depar tmen t Commander Bliss r epor t s t h a t G. A. R. post* were organized l as t mon th a t Mason and Morrlce, a n d J o h n C. F r e m o n t post, Detroit , dis-banded.

Rober t Robertson, associate ed i to r of the Hancock ProgresH, and a wel l known newspap* .* man, died a t Han-cock a t Pfe l f fer ' s hote l of acute alco-holism.

Senator Forsy th , b a n k e r of S tand-Ish and au tho r of the un i fo rm tex t -book law. will not s t and for a re-elec-tion, owing lo pressure of p r iva te business.

The deadlock In the common council a t Metamora , which lasted seven months , has been b roken and the vil-lage will now borrow money uud pay its debts.

While in a lit T h o m a s Gray, p o r t e r of the Holiday house a t Bat t le Creek, jumped f rom a thi rd s tory window. His head is badly c rushed , b u t he Is still alive.

Wm. A. Weeks, ol Wes t Branch, is being boomed f o r s t a t e senator by his Republican f r iends , to succeed George A. Prescott , of t he T w e n t y - e i g h t h sen-ator ia l d i s t r i c t

Carrie Grlswold 's d ress c a u g h t fire f rom the stove, a t High wood. She rushed ou t and rolled In the snow, bu t was te r r ib ly bu rned before the flames were ex t inguished .

Saginaw Is t o have a handsome new armory wi th a sea t ing capac i ty of 4,000. The o rde r k n o w n as the Pru-den t Pa t r ic ians of Pompei i is to e r e c t the building. Companies E and D, Th i rd i n f a n t r y , M. N. G. have ag reed to the p lans and will have an a r m o r y In the bui lding.

The Ann Arbor «t Ypsl lant i motor line and the Detroi t , Yps l lan t i & Ann Arbor electr ic ra i l road companies have been consolidated. T h e l a t t e r road Is now completed f rom Det ro i t lo Dear-born and eve ry th ing is ready t o push i t r i g h t t h r o u g h to Yps l lan t i as soon as spr ing opens up.

The Salvat ion Army a t Hay Citv gave an impressive funera l for GeorgC Harr ison. He was picked u p d y i n g in an old shan ty and cared for by the a rmy. Many a t t ended .

Schoolcraf t t axpayers will have a chance to vote for a w a t e r w o r k s and electr ic l igh t plant . At p resen t the re Is no fire protection and the s t ree t s a re l ighted wi th kerosene lamps.

The Kempf Commercial and Savings bank , of Chelsea, capitalized a t 840,000, and the Wakefield Sta te bank, of Mor-encl. capitalized a t 830,000, have filed art icles wi th the bank commissioner.

In the case of Bnrdick vs. Kalama-zoo be ing tried a t Kalamazoo, Bnrdick sues for possession of land which was donated fo r cemete ry purposes, b u t which has been t ransformed Into a park.

The receivers of the d e f u n c t People 's Savings bank of Mt. P leasant , have filed a r epor t s h o w i n g t h a t t he bank was in a chaotic condition a t the l ime of i t s suspension, Aug. 19, 1S97. De-posits were 805,007.94.

Gen. D. 11. Aincer . receiver of the F i r s t Na t iona l bank , of Benton Har-bor, says he will pay deposi tors an-o the r dividend of 20 per cen t soon. He had a l ready paid 30 p e r c e n t since tak-ing hold of the bank th ree mon ths ago.

Isabel la county supervisors have or-dered the prosecut ing a t t o rney to col-lect 813,449.25 f r o m T r e a s u r e r Bru-baker and his bondsmen. The money was deposi ted in the b a n k s a t Shephe rd aud ML P leasan t which a f t e r w a r d s fai led.

Thcron F. Giddlngs h a s declined the United Sta les mar sha l sh lp fo r the western d i s t r i c t of Michigan, h a v i n g received flattering inducements f rom a p rominen t i n sumnce company t o re-main wi th it as g e n e r a l s u p e r i n t e n d e n t of agencies.

H. A. Chapln A Son, t h e mil l ionaire mine owners of Niles, are planninir the const ruct ion of an e lec t r ic ra i l road be-tween Niles and South Bend. Ind . T h e y own the South Bend electr ic l igh t works and power will be derived f rom th is planL

The P r e s i d e n t h a s made t h e follow-ing Michigan appo in tmen t s : Char les U r i g h t , of Detroi t , col lector of i n t e r n a l revenue for the first d is t r ic t of Michi-gan; J a m e s H. S tone , of Detroi t , to be appra i se r of merchandise in the dis-t r ic t of Detroit .

T w e n t y y e a r s a g o A r t h u r N. H a r t inheri ted a f o r t u n e of a b o u t 8100.000 f rom h i s f a t h e r and he soon s l a r t ed on the "pace t h a t ki l ls ." He h a s jus t been ad judged i n s a n e a t Lans ing a f t e r an a t t e m p t to commit suicide. He is a physical and men ta l wreck.

The fifth victim of the e lec t r ic c a r collision nea r B i rmingham las t month , has been claimed b y d e a t h . Mrs. Chas. Pra t t , of Carle ton, died a t Pontlac, where she had been taken a f t e r the accident. She suffered f rom an ampu-tated leg and in te rna l injuries.

T h e 8100,000 opera house a t Mar-que t te has been reopened a f t e r be ing newly decora ted and fu rn i shed a t an expense of 85,000. If is backed by Mrs. J . M. Longyear . a wea l thy lady, whose desire is to give Marque t t e people first-class en te r ta in inunts .

David Schlmmel . of Eggles ton , has been held in 85.000 bonds oil a charge of cr iminal assaul t on Rosa Garvey. He has been In hiding fo r a nionth This is a second offense and is a partic-u la r ly a g g r a v a t e d case, i t be ing al-leged t h a t Schlmmel used a sho tgun to Int imidate t h e gir l .

A company Is be ing organized with a capi ta l stock of 8200,000 lo ut i l ize the power of Chappee rapids n e a r Menom-inee t o gene ra t e e lec t r ic i ty to supply power fo r s t r e e t ra i lways , paper mills, saw mil ls and o t h e r m a n u f a c t u r i n g concerns a t Menominee a n d Mar ine t te . Work will be begun a t once on a dam to cost 830,000.

S tan ley W. T u r n e r , of Lansing, has been appointed by Secre tary of War Alger as one of the t h r e e special c le rks who a re to accompany the g o v e r n m e n t relief expedi t ion which Is to ca r ry a l a rge a m o u n t of supplies to the Klondike mine r s w h o a re said t o be In d a n g e r of s t a rv ing . These c lerks will be the only clvilans lu the par ty .

Charles Glfford, of Chicago, and Miss E. M. Johnson , of Eaton Rapids, d rove f r o m t h e l a l t e r ' s home to Lansing, 18 miles, to secure a mar r i age license, bu t t he c le rk could n o t be found so they drove to Mason 12 miles f a r t h e r w h e r e they succeeded and were marr ied T h e y drove back home the same n igh t , m a k i n g 00 miles In all on a b i t t e r cold day.

Ano the r company ha t been formed t o p rospec t f o r coal in Bay county. One thousand acres in Monitor, Ban-gor and K a w k a w l l n townsh ips have been secured and dr i l l ing will be s l a r t ed a t once. With the close of w in te r , the re will be fu l ly 20 r igs a t work In d i f f e ren t par t s of" the county. Wi thou t exception, so f a r as known , coal has been s t ruck in every hole pu t down.

Hon. Alber t Grenvllle Boynton. gen-e ra l ly k n o w n as J u d g e Boynton, and fo r 27 yea r s past political edi tor of the Detroi t Free Press, died a t t he Alma s a n i A i u m , aged 00. Mr. IJoynton had n o t W j o y e d the best of hea l th for t h r e e y e a r s past , and had been gradu-ally failing. He was oblltred to aban-don h i s ed i tor ia l work O^t. 1 and re-cent ly w e n t lo the sani ta r ium for t r e a tmen t .

The compla in t t h a t Collector Avery, of P o r t Huron, had technically violated the law by removing a civil service officer one day by abolishing the office and then t h e nex t day crea t ing a new office fo r a n e w man. has been investi-ga ted and It is shown t h a t the aboli-tion of the office had long ago been recommended by the special examin-ers. I t was merely a coincidence t ha t on the day fo l lowing a n a p p o i n t m e n t was made by the civil service commls slon to fill a vacancy t h a t had existed fo r some time. The re was no violation even of the spir i t of t he law.

AFFAIRS IN GENERAL.

BRIEF M E N T I O N OF E V E N T S O F

I N T E R E S T .

China Tleld* to t h e Demand of Germany

a n d Give* Up Kiao-Chon a n d 8nr-

ronnd lng i — Othe r Eas te rn News—

Dnr ran t , t h e Murderer , Hanced .

China H M to Rend t h e Knee.

Dispatches f r o m Berlin ond Pekin s ta te t ha t an unde r s i and ing has been reached between Germany and China regard ing the cession of Klao-Chou bay to the former. I t is Intended by the cession to r ende r possible fo r Oer-many the fu l f i l lment of he r j u s t wish for the possession of a base for t rade and navigat ion In Chinese waters . Germany is a t l iber ty lo e rec t on the ceded te r r i to ry a l l the necessary build-ings and es tabl ishments , and lo take the measures required for the i r pro-tection. The ceded te r r i to ry comprises the whole of the inner basin of Klao-Chou bay, so f a r as the h igh-wate r line, the l a rge r headlands s i tuated south and nor th of the en t rance of the bay. to the poin t where they are nat-ura l ly bounded by mounta in ranges, and also the Islands s i tuated within and in f ron t of the bay. No obstacles are lo be raised by China t o any meas-u res Germany deems necessary for the regulat ion of the wa te r courses.

If for any cause Klao-Chou bay should prove unsui table fo r the objects Germany has in view. China, a f t e r ar-r iv ing a t an unde r s t and ing with Ger-many, will cede ano the r piece of terri-tory on the coast which Germany may regard as more sui table for he r purpose.

Notrs on t h e Eastern Si tuat ion.

The London Daily Graphic calls the seizure of Klao-Chou "a felonious acL"

The Idea of an al l iance wi th Great Rrltaln is repor ted to have cxclted In-tense en thus iasm in J a p a n . The Mar-quis Ito's cabine t , it is added, will en-deavor lo promote an Anglo-Japanese all iance.

Special d ispatehes f rom Shangha i say t ha t J . McLeavy Brown, the British Korean customs a g e n t a t Seoul, main-ta ins a l inn hold of his post, and t ha t M. Alexieff, t he Russian agen t , who has been endeavor ing lo s u p p l a n t him, h a s been unab le to obtain control of t he finances, owing to the fac t t h a t all t he funds are vested in Mr. Brown's name in the Hong Kong bank a t Shangha i , which Inst i tut ion honors Mr. Brown's s igna tu re only.

The re is a genera l fee l ing in Eng-land, and it Is reflected on the London stock exchange, t h a t the s i tuat ion in f a r eas t is improving. I t Is considered sett led t ha t t h e proposed Chinese loan of 830,000.000 will be gua ran teed bv the British government .

RIR .Silver Conference .

Leaders of the various par t ies advo-ca t ing the f r ee coinage of s i lver met in conference a t Washington In the com-mit tee room of Senator Jones , of Ar-kansas, cha i rman of the Democratic nat ional commit tee , and t h e r e were present in addi t ion to Sena to r Jones, Senator But ler , of Nor th Carolina, cha i rman of the nat ional commit tee of the Populist pa r ty ; Hon. A. P. Towne, cha i rman of the na t iona l commit tee of the silver Republican par ty ; Sena tor White , Congressman llalley and Hon. Marcus Daly, Democrats; Sena tors Tel ler . Pe l l l g r ew, Cannon and Mantle and Rep. l l a r t m a u , silver Republicans, and Senator Allen. PopulisL Prelim-inary plans were fo rmed fo r the con-gressional campaign and the re was a tendency toward the organiza t lon of a new silver p a r t y fo r t h e campaign of 1900.

Murderer D u r r a n t H a n g e d a t Last.

William Henry Theodore Durran t , who murdered Marlon Williams and Blanche L a m o n t In the Emanue l Bap-t i s t church a t San Francisco, has ex-piated his c r imes on the gallows. He a t t ended the scaffold calmly, fol lowing Fr . Lagan, who adminis te red to his spir i tual wan t s , he hav ing been bap-tized in to t h e Catholic fa i th ear l ier In the day. He made a brief speech In qu ie t tones asser t ing his innocence and forgiv ing those who had perse-cuted him, ment ion ing especially the press of San Francisco. I l ls las t words were : " I a m InnocenL" His dea th ap-peared to be painless. A f t e r the d rop D u r r a n t did not s t ruggle . In 15 min-utes he was cut down. The neck was broken by the fall.

Two Indians B u r n e d a t t h e Stake.

A mob of 30 white se t t l e r s chained Lincoln McGelsy and Pa lmer Samson, young Semlnoles of good families, to a t ree near Maud postoffice, Seminole nation, 1. T. . and burned t h e m to d e a t h for the murder aud o u t r a g e of Mrs. Frank Leard, whose husband cu l t iva tes land leased f rom the Semlnoles. Mc-Gelsy and his companion confessed to the murder of Mrs. Leard and Impli-cated th ree o t h e r Semlnoles and squads of whites a re hun t ing them.

An Ind ian Uprising T h r e a t e n e d .

Dispatch f rom Muskogee, L T., say t h a t an a l a r m i n g s l a t e of r io t prevai ls in the Seminole na t ion and unless im-mediate s t e p s are t aken by the United Sta tes au thor i t i e s a bloody I n d i a n up-rising may resulL T h i s is on accoun t of the b u r n i n g of t w o I n d i a n s by whi les for the i i innler and o u t r a g e of Mrs. Leard.

W h i t e W o m a n Kil led by an l a d l a o .

Mrs. J u l i a Leard, a whi te w o m a n , was c lubbed t o d e a t h by four Seminole Ind ians In the presence of he r chi ldren, a t h e r h o m e n e a r Maud, L T. While the woman was d y i n g the b r u t e s rav-ished her .

D O I N G S OF C O N G R E S S .

A P a r a g r a p h i e Chronicle of t h e Acta of

t h e Nation 's Lawmaker* . Upon reassembling a f t e r the holiday

recess the Senate took up the bill to provide fo r t ak ing the n e x t census, the principal points of discussion being the desire of some Sena tors to place the census bureau appolntmenLs under the civil service law, and the e f fo r t of Mr. Hale, of Maine, to reduce " t o rea-sonable propor t ions" the topics to be handled by the census. In rep ly to a reques t f rom the Senate for Informa-tion Secre tary of S t a t e S h e r m a n rec-ommended t h a t ce r ta in persons In h is d e p a r t m e n t be e x e m p t f r o m the classi-fied service. Mr. Cockrell . of Missouri, t h o u g h t t ha t as the P res iden t has fu l l power to make such exempt ions the reques t of Secretary S h e r m a n fo r con-gress t o take upon Itself th i s power tvas presumptions, a t leasL The House also go t into a civil service deba te on the legislative, judicial and execut ive appropria t ion bill. I t was a p p a r e n t t h a t the discussion was su re to be l eng thy one as many in te res ted repre-senta t ives gave notice of t he i r Inten-tion to speak on the subjec t . The House Is divided Into t h r e e pa r t s on the civil service ques t ion—those who favor the law as It s tands; those who would repeal It, and those who would mater i -ally modify I t

A bill to consolidate the Indian Ter-r i tory with Oklahoma T e r r i t o r y has been Introduced in the House by Dele-ga te Callahan, of Oklahoma.

Rep. Hepburn , of Iowa, has declined to be considered a cand ida t e fo r the vacancy on the I n t e r s t a t e commerce commission.

A bill has been Introduced In the House for e i g h t new r e v e n u e cu t t e r s for the t reasury d e p a r t m e n t

While o the r na t ions have been com-pla in ing aga ins t the t e rms of the Ding-ley tariff bill Great Br i ta in has been quie t ly negot ia t ing for a reciproci ty t r ea ty under the provisions of the bill.

T h e Senate commit tee on mil i tary a f fa i r s h a s ordered a favorable repor t on the bill Increasing the mil i tary force of the coun t ry to the e x t e n t of two r eg imen t s of a r t i l l e ry .

Congressman Brucker . of Michigan, has announced himself a s one of the s t ronges t opponents of the L xlge Im-migrat ion bill upon the floor of the House.

The sec re ta ry of the t reasury has sen t to congress deficiency es t imates of appropr ia t ions for the cu r r en t fiscal yea r and for pr ior years , fo r the sev-eral depa r tmen t , asrgrejratlnjr 819,007 and for the postal service a g g r e g a t i n g

70,750 payable f rom t h e postal rev-enues.

Sena tors Thurs ton , C a r t e r a n d White, constl tullnir the s u b - commit tee on Alaska of the Sena te commit tee on ter-ri tories, have dccidcd to recommend t h a t t he t e r r i to ry be given t h r e e j u d g e s instead of one and t h a t t he judges be author ized to appoint United S t a t e s commissioners. A de lega te to congress may also be recommended.

Rep. Howe, of New York, has intro-duced a civil service bill desitrned to pro tec t w a r ve te rans In the govern-m e n t service. I t gives preference to honorab ly discharged soldiers and sail-ors in appoin tment , re ten t ion and pro-motion in all d e p a r t m e n t s and branches . Physical Impa i rment , not In f ac t incapacity, will no t d isqual i fy If t hey shal l have business capaci ty for the office, and pensioners employed a t a sa lary of 81,20!) a year or over a rc to su r r ende r pensions whi le employed.

Kstimates on Our ' 9 8 Whea t Crop.

Final r e tu rns make the a r e a of win-te r whea t In the United S ta tes 20.003.-000 as compared with 23,930.000 ac res harvested las t yea r , an Increase of 11.4 per cenL Favorable w e a t h e r d u r i n g December improved the condition of w h e a t The p resen t ave rage Is 87.8 per cen t . Indicat ing an agg rega te win-te r whea t yield In the neighborhood of 390,000,000 bu. According to the J a n -u a r y r e tu rns the re a re 240.000.000 bu. of w h e a t held on fa rms , which Is 41.3 per cent of las t yea r ' s production. The present es t imated supply of w h e a t In all port ions of the count ry is 315,-000,000 bu. Domestic r equ i rement s f o r bread to n e x t J u l y , 150,000,000 bu., and, for spr ing seeding, 20,000,000 bu. —in all 170,000,000 bu., leaving a sur-plus for expor t d u r i n g the ensuing six months , and fo r home reserves a t t he end of J u n e of 145.000,000 bu.

S h e r m a n N a m e s Cuban Relief C o m m i t t e e

Secre tary of S ta te Sherman has is-sued a proclamation conveying t h e h e a r t f e l t t h a n k s of the Cuban su f fe re r s w h o have been re l ieved by the k ind-ness and fireneroslty of American cltl* aens, and has appoin ted a cen t ra l Cu-ban relief commit tee , with headqua r -t e r s in New York Ci^y, composed of S tephen EL Bar ton, c h i i r m a n , second vice-president of t h e American Na-tional Red Cross; Char les A. Schlcrou, t reasurer , a m e m b e r of the New Yor« Chamber of Commerce, and Louis Klopsch, propr ie tor of the Christ ian Herald. I t will be the office of t h e commit tee to receive and fo rward t o the United S ta tes consul-general a t Havana such money and necessary sup-plies as may be con t r ibu ted .

N E W S Y C O N D E N S A T I O N S .

Hon. I g n a t i u s Donnellfr, of S t Paul , t h e wel l -known Popul is t , f a m o u s a lso as a u t h o r of many popula r books, and upholder of the Baconian a u t h o r s h i p of the Shakspere p lays , will ma r ry Miss Mar ian Hansen, h i s s t enographer . Donnel ly is 06; b is bride-to-be, 90.

Seuor Capules, governor of San t i ago de Cuba has resigned.

Wm. J . Bryan and wife arr ived home a f t e r the i r t r i p lo Mexico, aud were enthusias t ica l ly received.

The lowboat Percy Kelsey, of PltLs-burg, blew up while going down t h e Ohio r iver , n e a r Glenfield, Pa., and five of the crew were Instant ly kil led. The boat was l i te ra l ly blown to pieces and the tow of seven barges sca t te red and losL The explosion was heard fo r miles.

Ex-Minister Canalejas, the Madrid editor , who has been invest igat ing the si tuation in Cuba, Is said to be thor-oughly discouraged wi th the out look. Senor Amblard also t akes a hopeless view of the case and has declined the appo in tmen t of sec re ta ry of the Cuban au tonomis t cablneL

A C O N G L O M E R A T E C H R O N I C L E

The case of Mrs. Florence Mnybxick will pe rhaps be reopened shor t ly In a n o t h e r form.

Two men were Ins tant ly killed and a n o t h e r fa ta l ly h u r t by a fall of rock In the P e n n slate q u a r r y a t S la t ington , Penn .

Maryland Republicans, who control the s t a t e leg is la ture , have spli t on the selection of a successor to U. S. Sena tor Gorman and a Democrat may y e t be elected.

Wm. M. Greene, gene ra l manage r of the Balt imore & Ohio rai lroad Is to re-Ire f rom t h a t position lo succeed

P res iden t Calloway, of the Nickel P la te road.

Alexander Carter , a whi te citizen of Greenvi l le . Tenn. , k i l l ' d his wife and 19-year-old d a u g h t e r , with an ax. whi le t hey s lept , and then shot and ki l led himself .

The rush to the Klondike has set in b igge r t han expected a t this date . So many a re nt Vancouver, Sea t t le and Tacoma, t h a t the s t eamer s a re a l l sail-ing away packed.

CapL-Gen. Blanco is said to have given up all hope of the success of peace in Cuba and has called upon Spain fo r 100,000 more men and large quan t i t i e s of supplies.

An explosion of 1.500 q u a r t s of nitro-glycer in . n e a r Booth, 0 . , an oil town, b lew Into a toms an oil well shoo te r named Stephen Wilson, of To-ledo. and wiped ou t of existence a team of horses and wagon.

The Cramps will build five new 5,000-ton IG-knot twin-screw s teamers fo r t h e New York and Cuba Mall S teamship Co. N e x t to the SL Louis and SL Paul t hey will lie t he la rges t merchan t s t eamer s bu i l t in the United States .

P res iden t McKlnley h a s asked Joseph P. Smith, d i rec tor of the bu reau of American republics, to pay a visit of several weeks t o Cuba to observe the way au tonomy works on the Island. Mr. Smi th ' s In t imate relat ions with Ihe P res iden t adds special significance to the appo in tmen t .

The In te rs ta te commerce commission now has unde r consideration a plan t o compel the Canadian ra i l roads t equal ize the i r r a t e s to shippers f rom point to point In Ihe United Sta tes unde r a section of the law which pro-vides tha t o the rwise goods In bond shal l be sub jec t t o du ty .

The Swedes seem Inclined t o t a k e advan t age of Russian pre-occupation in the f a r e a s t to reopen host i l i t ies wi th Norway . When the re la t ions be-tween the t w o count r ies were s t r a ined in 189C It bccame evident t h a t Russia was Inclined aid Norway In e x c h a n g e fo r the cession of Fin mark . Including the por t of I l a m m e r f e s t .

Maj. Moses P. Handy died at Au-Rusta, Ga.. w h e r e he was s t ay ing f o r h is hea l th . The remains were t aken to Berl in , Md., fo r burial . Maj. Handy was s t r icken wi th the illness, which ended wi th h is dea th , while he was p r e p a r i n g t o leave Par is for America a f t e r comple t ing h is work as U. S. commissioner to the world's exposi t ion of 1900.

The r epor t of Special Agent Avery to the hecretary of the t r easury itn the production of tin and terne plates in the United S la tes d u r i n g t h e fiscal y e a r ended J u n e 30, 1897, shows t h a t the to ta l product ion was 446,982,003 pounds. Th is Is an Increase In the production of a l i t t le less than 140,000,-oou pounds, or over 45 p c r c e u t , as com-pared wi th 1890.

T H E M A R K E T S .

LIVK STOCK.

New Y o r k — r a t t l e Sheep Lambs Hoga BCNt Krade*.. .M8iQ5 I) 1173 M 2J l i 15 Lower g r a d e s . 3 U.^ l 7A 3 SO 5 50 300

ChicaRO— Bent grades . . . .6 030f> 4 05 s 8} 3 05 Lon-crKrades .S (k)^t 80 3 00 4 50 350

Det ro i t— Best grailcs. . . .I .V Lower grades .2 5

Bnftalo— Best grades . . . .8 KVftl £i Lower grades . .S W&8 60

Cleveland— Best grades. . . .4 Lower grades..:!

Cincinnat i— Best grades . . . .4 Lower grades . . 2

1 ' i t t sbarg— Best grades . . . .4 -JtfM 9> Lower grades . 3 OXJl M

M 8) li 25

I 80 00

H 7J H tt

4 5 0 & 5 0 3 0 9 3 0 0 4 S I 3 5 0

4 6 3 350

423 300

4 50 300

4 TJ 3 23

5 75 4 50

523 4 00

5 03 4 23

3 7 3 30)

3 0 5 3 M

300 350

0 (TJ 3 0 5

4 50 3 5 0

GRAIN, ETC. Wheal . Corn, Oats.

No 2 red No 2 mix No 2 white New York M -.'W 33 @33J< & W X X , Chicago 92 27 ®J7X 24 ri2i •De t ro i t 0 lHO9l^ 20 QtV » @23 Toledo 01 QOiU 27#®*?* 23 -t23H Cincinnati 02 Q»iH 28 24 QU Cleveland u l QUI 27 QS7% -> ©23 P l t t s b a r g 93 ©93 2J ©29 23 @23 Buffa lo 03 ©03 30 ©30 20 ©20

•De t ro i t -Hay , No. 1 t imothy. 18.50 per ton. P o u t o e s , 00c per bn. Live Poultry, turkeys, 9c per lb; chickens. Oc: ducks, 7c. Kggs, strictly f resh , t)c per doz. Butter, dairv, 15c per lb; c reamery , 22c

R E V I E W OK TRADE.

The year opens with a tone of quiet confi-dence pervading nearly all braucben of bus-iness. with encouraging activity In the Iron trade, a resumption of work by many thou-uands of Industrial employes In the wes tern glass industry, a largely reduced volume of business fa i lures compared with cor re-Nponding periods In preceding years , and a general outlook certainly not Inferior lo any previous year a t this time. Distributive t rade has na tura l ly been r a the r slow pend-stock taking and the re tu rn of t ravel ing salesmen lo the tleld. Industr ial activity is a special f ea tu re uncontlned to any one sec-tion, bu t •peda l lv notable In the wes t Un-seasonable weather In tbe nor thwest checks distribution, b u t collections a r e repor ted

Eood. Sales of southern Iron are large, .uuislana sugar crop re tu rns have been

very sat ls tactorv. and cotton is steady.

Dangerous counter fe i t s of the SlOO si lver cert if icate a rc in c irculat ion.

In an address on Jackson day a t Chi-cago Hon. Wm. J . Bryan g a v e Secre-t a r y of the T r e a s u r y Gage a severe scoring and his proposed c u r r e n c y re-vision scheme w a s denounced in s t r o n g t e rms and w a s declared to bo the w o r k of a h u g e money t r u s t which endan-gered the l ibe r ty of the people. Mr. Gage w a s asked b y a Wash ing ton cor-r e sponden t if h e cared t o rep ly t o Mr. B r y a n , b u t he merely said t h a t h e would t a k e h is i nn ings a t some fu t r . u r e day.

Rheumatism

Is permanently cured

By Hood's Sarsaparilla

Which neutralizes the Lactic acid in the blood

Thousands write

That they have felt

No symptoms of

Rheumatism since talcing

Hood's Sarsaparilla

C A L I F O R N I A E X C U R S I O N S .

• l a t he Chicago, Milwaukee 4k St. Pau l

Railway to Los Angeles a n d O the r

Points In Kouthern Oti lfornia.

These popular every Saturday Cali-fornia excursions fo r both first and sec-ond-class passengers are "personally conducted" by Intelligent, competent and courteous "couriers." who will at-tend to the wants of all passengers en route. This Is an entirely now fea ture of tourist car service and will be grea t -ly appreciated by families or parties of f r iends traveling together, or by ladles t ravel ing alone.

The Midland Route Tourist Cars a re upholstered sleeping ca r s and a re sup-plied with all the accessories necessary to make the journey comfortable and pleasant, and the sleeping berth r a t e Is but J6 (for two persons) f rom Chicago t o California.

Ask the nearest t icket agent f o r a tourist oar "folder ," giving complete Information about the Midland Route, or address "Eas te rn Manager Midland Route," No. 95 Adams street, Chicago, III., or Geo. H. Heafford, General Pas-senger Agent, 410 Old Colony Building. Chicago.

Wild birds do not sing more than eight o r ten weeks In the year.

Educate Your Rowels With Cascarets . Candy Cathartic, euro constipation forever.

10c. 2jc. R C. C. C. fall, druggists refund money

INTERNATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATION.

C H A P T E R VI.—(Continued.) "The devil take those fellows." Dick

was say ing to himself a t t ha t mo-ment, as he drove along. "They have ei ther got a clue or they 've tu rned suspicious. Snooks the other day and Laurence now. I shall have to make up my mind t o screw th ings up to a

cl imax." But he had not now much fear tha t

tfce climax would be a disagreeable 1 one for h im; and he drove along over i the muddy roads as gayly as ever he i had done between the sweet Sep- j tember hedgerows. Yet when he I drew up In f ron t of the Hall I t 1

s t ruck him tha t there was something s t range about the place. For one thing, the usual neat and well-kept gravel was cut up, and In one place

"Miss Dimsdale, don ' t you k n o i r

me, Dick Har r i s?" F o r a moment the re was a dea th -

like silence, then the dying woman muttered, "Dorothy—girl—alone."

"You are t roubl ing about Dorothy," said Dick, slowly and clearly, " a n d I have something to tell you abou t Dorothy. Can you hea r me? Canno t you make me some sign t h a t you hea r me? Can you move your h a n d ? "

But no, t he hand remained perfect ly still , still and cold, a s If It were dead

already. "Can you n ake me no sign tha t you

hear me?" Dick urged. " I mus t tell you this about Dorothy. I t will make you quite easy In your mind abou t

he r . " Still she did not move or speak, bu t

a f t e r a moment o r so her eyes slowly - i , iho o n e r » muineui ui ou — the low box-hedge which skirted the ^ ^ ^ l o o k e d a t h i m . now emntv flower beds was cut ami mo

Be who increases t he endrarments of love. Increases a t the same time the t e r ro r s o l death.

O O T 5 B 2 V J O Y O B o t h t h e m e t h o d a n d r e s u l t s w h e n S y r a p of F i g s i s t a k e n ; i t i s p l e a s a n t a n d r e f r e s h i n g t o t h e t a s t e , a n d a c t a

g e n t l y y e t p r o m p t l y o n t h e K i d n e y s , L i v e r a n d B o w e l s , c l e a n s e s t h e sys -t e m e f f e c t u a l l y , d i s p e l s c o l d s , h e a d -aches a n d f e v e r s a n d c u r e s h a b i t u a l c o n s t i p a t i o n . S y r u p of F i g s i s t h e o n l y r e m e d y of i t s k i n d e v e r pro-

d u c e d , p l e a s i n g t o t h e t a s t e a n d ac-c e p t a b l e t o t h e s t o m a c h , p r o m p t i n i t s a c t i o n a n d t r u l y b e n e n c i a l in i t s

effects , p r e p a r e d o n l y f r o m t h e m o s t h e a l t h y a n d a g r e e a b l e s u b s t a n c e s , i t s m a n y e x c e l l e n t q u a l i t i e s c o m m e n d i t t o a l l a n d h a v e m a d e i t t h e m o s t

p o p u l a r r e m e d y k n o w n . Syrup of Figs is for sale in 60

cent bottles by all leading drug-gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro-cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try i t Do not accept any substitute.

C i L f f W M A n o STROP CO. M* mUKIMO, OAL

i m t H u z j a . . mew i o u , i t .

It Cures COLIU, CMMIU. Sere Throat. . Croup. In* lluenza, Whooping Cough, BronchiliiMd/Uihmt. A certain cure (or Contumplion in lint stages, •nd a sure reliel la i tfnncM stages. Use at once. You will see the eieellent effect alter taking the first dose. Sold by dealers everywhere, u r g e bottles 25 cents and 60 cents.

iQetyourRemtos

lOOUBLE QUICK Write CAPT. O'PARRELL, Pension Afaot,

1420 New York Avenue. WAMUNQTON, 0 . 6

PENSIONS! CURE Y O U R S E i n

, CM Silt ® (or noutar*) dUcbargM. luaaaiuattoas. Irriutions oc ulc«r»lloo* of uiuooat memuraow.

1tonsil Mautm. PainlMi, tai not Mtria-nr funCuicuCa

' or Mot la pUio wryppjr,

rcalar Mat on reauft.

FARMING IN THE WEST

tmM and Infonnstton about the WetW It wlU

4 /ana Street, Chicago.

II you wantto read up on ttals subject during the wtatar; of the cheap b«Mi and proiperooa eon-ditloDs In Nebraska and elaewhere. sub-icrlbe W T h e C o m

now empty flower beds crushed a s If a careless dr iver had driven over It.

H e was not long lef t In doubt. Old Adam came to take his horse and led ; h im off to the stable, shaking h i s head with ominous sadness, and mut ter ing something indistinctly about a bad Job; and then Barbara opened the , door wi th scared, whi te face, and qulv- . erlng lips which could not command themselves sufllclently to tell him , anyth ing .

"Good God, what Is I t?" exclaimed Dick; his thoughts flying s t ra ightway

to Dorothy. But It was not Dorothy, for In two

minutes she came running Into the room, tried to speak, and theu, scared and t rembl ing and sobbing, sbe found herself somehow or o ther in h i s arms.

Dick was almost beside himself w i t h anxiety, but he soothed her tender ly , and patted her shoulder wlUi a gentle, "There , there, darling, don ' t cry like tha t . W h a t Is It, dea r? Tell me."

But fo r a little t ime Dorothy sim-ply could not tell him. " I ' ve been longing fo r you to come," -She said a t last . Oh, poor Aunt ie! and she Is all I have in the world—In the world."

"Bu t Is she 111?" asked he. MRemem-ber t h a t I know nodii i i&"

"Bu t you got my te legram," she said, ceasing her sobs t o look a t h im.

"Your te legram? No! "What tele-

g r a m ? " " I sent one ear ly t h i s morn ing to

you a t Colchester," she answered— ' " T o R. Harr i s , 40th Dragoons, Col-chester. ' W a s no t t h a t direct ion

enough?" Well , scarcely," sa id Dick, half

smil ing a t his own knowledge. "Bu t a b o u t your aunt—is s h e illl?"

Dorothy 's t ea r s broke ou t a f resh . "She Is dying—dying." s b e sobbed. " T h e doctor says the re Is no hope—no hope whatever ."

"Bu t tell me all about It ," he urged. " W h a t Is the mat te r with her? Sho waa all r igh t yesterday af ternoon when I l e f t I t m u s t havo been very suddden. Was It a fit?"

"Para lys is ," answered Dorothy mournful ly . " W o were Just going to bed, and Auntie ^o t up, a n d all a t once she Raid, ' I feel so s t range, Dor-o thy ; fetch Barbara ; ' and when I came back a m i n u t e a f t e rward she bad slipped down on the floor by t h e sofa the re and oould hard ly speak. W e put a pillow nnder her head, and got Adam up. and Adam drove Into Dovercourt and brought the doctor out a s f a s t a s he could; hut Aunt ie did not know him a t all. And a s soon as he came In, Ba rba ra and I knew It was all over with her, for ho shook h i s head, and said, 'We had better get her to bed. Oh, no. It won' t d i s turb her , she feels nothing. ' But she did feel something." Dorothy added, " for when we were undress ing her she spoke several times, and always the same, 'My poor little g i r l - D o r o t h y -all a lone , ' " and here, poor child, she broke down again, sobbing over her own desolation. " I begged and prayed he r not to worry about me, but It was no good. Dr. Stanley said she couldn' t hea r me, and so she kept on all night , 'My poor l i t t le girl—all a l o n e . ' "

For some minutes Dick said never a word. "Dorothy," he said a t last. " I should like to see her. Where Is she?"

" I n her own bed," said Dorothy won-

derlngly. " T h e n t ake me up there . Pe rhaps

ahe will unders tand ma if I tell her

something." So Dorothy took him up to the large

darkened room where the mis t ress of tbo house lay dying. Barbara , tilled wi th grief and dismay, ra t keeping watch beside her, and she stared with su rpr i se t o see Dorothy come In. fol-lowed by the tall soldier, who en -tered wi th a sof t t read and went up to the bed, where he stood for a mo-men t watching the dying woman, and l is tening to the incoherent , mumbl ing words t ha t fell f rom her lips. "Dor-othy—lit t le gir l—no one—alone— a h ! — " and then a long sigh, enough t o break t h e hea r t s t h a t heard i t

" J u s t pull up t h a t blind for a min ute, Ba rba ra , " said Dick t o t h e weep Ing woman. " I w a n t t o speak to your mis t ress , and I can ' t te l l whe the r s h e will unders tand me unless I can see her face."

Then as Ba rba ra d rew up the blind a n d le t t h e feeble November day l igh t In upon the pallid face lying so stiff l y a m o n g t h e pillows, h e laid h i s h a n d upon the nerveless one lying upon the

bed-oover. "Miss Dimsdale," he said, "do yon

know me?" Bu t the re was no sign and be tr ied again

and are

ON C O N V E R S A T I O N . B A D D I G E S T I O N . BAD HEART. Poor digestion often causes Irregularity

1 of th® heart 's action. This I r reEularW Johnson'* EgotUm Waa Keally Snbllmo , may be mistaken for real, organlo hear t

. disease. The symptoms are much t h s earn*. Not Good t i n mured. T h e r e Is however a vast difference between

The a r t of conversation has suffered the two: organic heart disease ia often in-in England from the example of Its ! curable; apparent heart disease is cnreHe

most famous professor. Dr. Johnson " u ^ o t e d f rom the understood It theoretically, but even Era, of Greenslmrg, Ind. Mrs. Ellen Col-so only to a limited extent . He was som, Newpoint. Ind., a woman forty-three

• u p p e d to form h i . view of It tn ac-cordance with the rule of Bacon, says generated by the indigestion pressed on the the Nineteenth Century. " In all kinds heart, and cansed an Irregnlerity of ite

of speech, . h e t h e r p . e a ^ n t , grave, . e ^ ^ vere or ordinary, It Is convenient to severe choking spells which wero m o « speak lelsuiely and r a the r drawling- severe a t night. Doctors w e r ® J f

I , than haauly , beeafae hasty spee™ confounds t h e memory and oftentimes, i besides the unseemliness, drives a man 1

eKher to s t ammer ing or nonplus, or harping on tha t which should follow; ' whereas a slow speech conformeth the memory, addeth a conceit of wisdom j to the hearers , addeth a seemllness of | speech and countenance." This does I not strike one as a model for him who j would ei ther be bri l l iant or agreeable, j and excluden naturalness , which is one j of the grea tes t charms of conversation, j That Johnaou did not s lavishly follow Bacon's precept Is very certain. So : f a r f rom being "leisurely," he jumped j

you go In without ask ing Miss Doro-

thy—I—" "Do you know," asked David, wi th

exaspera t ing calmness, " t h a t I am Mlaa Dlmsdale's sole executor? No, I thought not. Then you will unders tand now, perhaps, that It Is necessary t h a t I should see her—to Bad out her wishes with regard to the funera l for one thing, and to give her author i ty t o have her black frocks made for an-o ther ;" and then, poor Barbara hav-ing shrunk away scared and t rembl ing from th is new and s t range David Stevenson, whom she did not seem t o know a t all, he went s t ra ight to the drawing-room, going In and shut t ing

the door behind him. Dorothy Jumped up with a cry al-

most of alarm when she saw who had thus entered. "There," said he, cold-ly. motioning her back t o her chair "don' t be afraid; I shall not hu r t you,' and then he got himself a chair and set it a little way from hers .

"1 was obliged to come and sec you at once, Dorothy." he said. In a cold and formal way, "because your poor aunt made me the sole executor under her will. But llrst lot me say how very, very sorry 1 am tha t 1 have to , come like this. I have known Miss down the throa ts of all who disagreed

Dimsdale all my life, and loved her al-

' i v \ N / ^ l A Case of Utart Failure.

She was much f r ightened b u t noticed t h a t In in tervals in which her stomach did n o t

" I see tha t you hoar m e know me," said Dick. "You t roubl ing to know what will happen to Dorothy il you should die In this

Illness. Is that It?" "Yes." She had managed to speak

Intelligibly a t last, and Dick pressed the cold, nerveless hand still covered

by his own. "1 want t& mar ry Dorothy a t once."

he said very clearly and gent ly . " I should have asked you soon In a n y case. But you will be quite satisfied to know tha t she Is safe with me, won ' t

you?" There was ano the r silence; then the

poor tied tongue tried to speak, t r i ed again , and at last mumbled someth ing which the three l isteners knew was,

Bless you." "Aunt ie , aunt ie ," sobbed Dorothy, in

a n agony, " say one word t o me—to

m e and poor Barbara , do." The dying eyes turned toward the

fa i th fu l servant , and a flickering smile passed across the worn, g r a y face.

"Old f r iends ," she said more clear-ly than she had yet spoken. "Very happy ," and the eyes tu rnod toward

Dick. "Auntie!" cried Dorothy. "My Utte gir l ," said t h e dy ing wom-

DO YOU K N O W ME?

an , almost clearly rnow. "My dear, good child. I am quite happy."

There w a s a moment ' s silence, broken only by the gir l ' s wild sobs, and when Dick looked up again, the gray shadows h a d fal len over the worn face, and be know tha t her mind

was a t rest now. And in the qulot watches of that

n i g h t Marlon Dimsdalt; passed quietly away, Just as the t ide ' tu rned backward to the grea t Nor th Soa,

OHAPTER VII. ICK stayed a t iQraveleigh Hall until the end came, a f t e r which he bade Dorothy go to bod; and he put hie horse In and drove back to Col-chester , which ho reached In t ime for the .day's duty, be-ing order ly officer

fo r the day. I must stay in the bar racks all to-

m o r r o w , d a r l i n g ; I a m on d u t y , " h e explained to he r ; " b u t I ' l l .get leave the next day and come out here In the morning. Meanwhile, will you

ways." Dorothy had softened a little at this,

and before he had ended his sentence began to cry piteously. David Steven-son went on:

" I don' t want to speak about the reason why she lef t me In charge of everything," he said—"at least, not just now. Of course, i ne thought tha t everything would be very different with us. And tben , too, she was a good deal mixed up with me In busi-ness matters , and I believe she wished tha t the outside world should know as little of her affa i rs as possible. Now, Dorothy, It shall be as you wish; I will either simply hear your wishes about the funera l and the mourn ing and all that, and tell you how your a f -fa i r s s tand by-and-by, or I will tell you now, whichever you like."

" I would r a the r know the wors t now," said Dorothy, In a very low voice. She knew from his manner t ha t he had no comfort ing news to te l l

her . " T h e n I will t e a you," said he. In a

s t rained tone; "and first I must ask you, did Miss Dimsdale ever tell you t ha t she had great losses dur ing the

past two years?" "Losses!" cried Dorothy, wi th open

eyes. "No; I don ' t know w h a t you

mean." " I feared not. Well, she bad several

t e r r ib le losses of money, and—and, to cut a long story short , Dorothy, I ad-vanced her several la rge sums on—oa the security of th i s proper ty ."

"Then this—go on ," said Dorothy. "At that t i m e Miss Dimsdale a n d I

both thought t ha t every th ing would be different between you and me, and , in fact, tha t I waa but advancing money to yon. We thought t ha t the world—our l i t t le world here, I m e a n -would never know any th ing abou t It, and she was obliged to sell t h e Hal l to somebody. I gave her more for It t h a n anybody else In the world would have done, because—well, because wished t o obl ige her , and t o he lp her ovei; this difficulty. Oa n o account would I have disturbed her here or have taken a f a r th ing of ren t f r o m her . If she had lived to be ninety."

"Then th i s Is your bouse?" Dorothy

asked. " I t Is," he answered , quietly. "But Aunt ie had a -very large an-

nui ty ," he exclaimed. (To be continued.)

with him "you may be good-natured, sir," said Uo.twell, wi th unusual spirit , I n a l Reasoning correctly that her dlgee-"but you a rc not good-humored (which tlon was alone at fanl t sbe procured the

the doctor ha., Joat plume,! hlm.elf o.. being). I believe you would pardon camo back, the Pok ing spella became leaa your opponents If they had t ime to de- frequent and finally ceased. Her weight,

precatd your vengeance: hut pnu.ah ^ L 'd ^ " u o ^ g h T l r J ^ " f « ment follows so quick a f te r sentence | y e a n ) . Her blood soon became pure and t ha t they cannot escape." The idea of her cheeks rosy. „ „ ever helng at a noaplus i , ri.l: j ; culous Indeed, though sometimes o t i i e r B m a y know the means of cure we a t a loss for a repar tee from sheer give the name of the medicine used—Dr.

Williams' Fink Pills for Pale People. Thea« pIUs contain all the elements necessary to •IWA nnw iifo and richnesa to the blood and

Indignation. The r ights of his little passage of a rms with Adam Smith a re giVe new life and richnes.s much disputed. T h a t he remarked: restore shaltured nerves.

"You are a l iar," seems tolerably cer-tain, but whether the other phllo.o- '

— 1 of metals , result ing f r o m the action of h e a t and cold. pher did retort In the quite un-

pr intable and by no means per t inent words t ha t are a t t r ibuted to him is doubtful. At all events, the whole af-fa i r was not a good example of polite conversation. Johnson ' s great mis-take was in confounding It with mon-ologue. "We had good talk this even-ing," h e said on one occasion, when re turn ing from a par ty where scarcely any o n e had been able to get a word In edgeways except himself. If he had said: " I had good ta lk ," the observa-tion would have been faultless, but of conversation such a s he sincerely be-lieved had taken place there had been

none.

T h e World 's TeleRraph 8T«tcin The total length of the world 's tele-

graph system has now reached 4,908,-823 miles, exclusive of 181,440 miles of submar ine cables. Th is mileage is ap portioned as fol lows: Europe, 1,764,-790 miles; Asia, 310,685 miles; Africa, 99,419 miles; Austra l ia , 217,479 miles; America, 2,516,548 miles.

Three Suicides T h r o n c h * Mistake. Har ry Phillips, of Indianapolis , some

time ago killed himself because he mistakenly thought himself j i l ted by Nett le Huffman. She then d rank car-bolic acid and now he r mother has tak-en the poison, too, unable to bear the weight of her grief

L I T T L E W A Y S .

The man who loves any kind o f a s l n h a a the devil 's chai r aroi>nd his i i neck.

and

Barbara say nothing of the engage-ment between us?—I w a n t to have a long talk tp you before a n y one else

knows a single word." And Dorothy, of course, promised,

and Barbara promised too, believing quite t ha t Mr. Har r i s wished to say nothing about mar ry ing and giving In marr iage while the dear mistress of the house lay cold and still within I t

I t wa« a sad and wretched day. The news spread quickly through the neighborhood, and every few « l m i t e s Inquirers came to the door to near t h e details f rom Barbara and n k k indly f o r Dorothy. And abou t n^on, by the t ime Dorothy had dragged herself out of bed and was s i t t ing cnlserably be-side the drawing-room fire, David Stevenson rode a long the avenue anu told Barbara tha t he wanted to see

Miss Dorothy. "Miss Dorothy is very poorly a n d

upset, s i r ," said Barbara , who had a sor t of inst inct tha t Dorothy would r a the r not «M th is par t icular visitor.

"Yes, but I m u t t see h e r all t h e same," said David, cur t ly . "Where la

s h e ? " "In the drawlr.g-room. sir ," said

B a r b a r a 3ut don ' t t h ink I can le t

C O M P L E T I O N O F T H E BIBLE.

GeBcnOir -Believed to Have Been Reached

About A. D. 130.

Scholars differ In opinion as to the date a t which the books now found In the New Tes tament wore completed, says the Review of Reviews, hu t It Is probable t h a t this was accomplished not biter t han 130. Many centuries have passed since the format ion of the old tes tament , but the new was all wri t ten w i th in a s ingle hundred years. The decision as to which books should he received Into the now canon was not so quickly reached, f o r the earliest fa thers of t h e church f r equen t ly quoto f rom other gospels, such as one "ac-cording t o t h e Egypt ians , " or "accord-ing to the Hebrews , " and the Syrian church accepted some books not re-ceived by t h a t of North America, or the western church and vice versa. The re Is a legend t ha t at the first ecum-enical council of Nlcaea, 325, copies of the Chris t ian l i t e ra ture t ben current were laid beneath the a l t a r and the genuine books leaped out of t h e mans and ranged themselves on the altar . I t probably conta ins a germ of t h e t r u th —that at this convocation It was de-cided t ha t the books now received were apostolic or wri t ten under apos-tolic direction, and the o thers were spurious. Be t ha t as It may the Judg-ment of several generat ions of Chris-t i ans cer ta in ly decided upon the value of these books as distinguished from many o the r s wr i t ten a t about t ha t t ime or later , and the council of Carthage (397) is said to have fixed the canon. The word " c a n o n " was first used by Athanaslus , In t h e fou r th century. In the sense of "accepted" or "author-ized," and Je rome and August ine held the present new t e s t amen t a s canoni-

cal. Next to Man In InteUlrenoe.

Sir J o h n Lubbock makes t h e remark-able s ta tement t ha t "when we consid-er the hab i t s of ants, the i r social or-gan l i a t lon , the i r large communities, and elaborate habi ta t ions ; the i r road-ways, the i r possession of domestic animals , and even, in some cases, of slaves, it mus t be admit ted t ha t ^bey have a f a i r claim to rank next t o m a c In the scale of Intelligence."

Every one has a dist inct ive llttlo "way." To obtain conclusive proof of this fac t It Is only necessary to watch the world- at la rge when It rumina tes or converses. For "ways" may be of the rumina t ing or the conversational order, to divide tbcm broadly, though many be the manner i sms t h a t do not admi t of classification.

Tell a woman tha t she always punc-lua tes her sentences with giggles and she will th ink you disagreeable; point out tha t she lisps and she will not believe you; rouse her f rom a Up gnawing reverie and she will think you Impert inent—and men aro quite as ha rd t o convince. The " w a y " of a per son Is so much a part of the person himself that as well might we ask him to stop the unconscious act of breath ing as expect him to voluntarily check his little peculiarity.

In the first division are placed wo-men who frown fixedly, or bite their lips hungrily, when alone or, as they th ink , unobserved; the women who pat their dresses and locks abstracted-ly; the men who whistle softly, the men who suck their cane tops, and so on. ad infinitum. Then among the sccond class are noticed the women who fidget with t r inket or ribbon when discoursing, •i'e women who raise their eyebrows, sh rug their shoulders, gig-gle, lisp and smile perpetual ly; while commonplace man elects to roll up breadcrumbs as he talks, to slick his hands in his pockets, to drag his walk-ing slick along the pavements, to smooth the gloss of his shiny hat, to balance an unllghted cigarette be-tween his finger tips.

It Is remarkable tha t persis tent mannerism has not yet been treated as an Infectious disease worthy of segre-gation, for It is beyond question t ha t a very marked "way" has a highly de-moralizing effect upon those who en -counter It. Listen to a person lisp or s t ammer and the chances a re your own tongue refuses the office; sec a person squint (though th is Is cer ta in ly more of a physical defect t han a personal man-nerism) and your own eyes feel a s k a n t and out of cont ro l ; associa te wi th one who gesticulates when speaking and your own movements become f reer . I t is inevitable, human na tu re being es-sentially imita t ive . A hospi ta l or asy-lum for manner i s t s might meet the case, though the re Is grea t possibility t ha t pe rmanen t cures could not be ef-fected, t he fac t tha t would most s t rong-ly mil i tate against successful t r ea t -men t be ing the en t i re unconsciousness of the pa t i en t s t h a t are so possessed of peculiar "ways."

FOR T H I R T Y D A Y S .

A Libera l Offer to Sufferers of R h M -

matUm and Other Ulseaaes. "5 Drops" Is a remedy fo r rheumar

tlsm, neuralgia, ca tarrh , la grippe and kindred ailments. The manufac tu re r s of "5 Drops" have many let ters f r o m those restored to health by the use of the i r remedy, of which t h e following Is a sample:

Buena Vista, Ore. September 21,1897.

Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co., Chi-cago, 111. Dear Sirs—Your medicine has cured

both myself and wife of ou r rheuma-tism, and we wish to express our grat-i tude for the relief we have obtained through your never-fall ing remedy. I cannot find words loud enough to praise your "5 Drops," and you a re a t l iberty to use my name in connection with your advert isement to those t b s t a re sufferers.

Yours respectfully, WM. WELLS.

Dur ing the next th i r ty days the com-pany will send out 100.000 of their sam-ple bottles for 25 cents a bottle. They do this to allow sufferers to t ry the remedy. From the past they know tha t one of the i r sample bottles will con-vince one of the merits of "5 Drops." L a r e e bottle. 300 doses. $1. and alno for the next 30 day? 3 bottles for <2.50_ Wri te to-day to th»» Swanson R h e u -mat ic Cure Co.. 167 Dearborn s t r e e t Chlraeo, Til. This companv Is rellablfrt i n d promptly fill every order.

I t Is said, tha t were It not f o r o u r a t m o a -

Fherc . t he oceans would become boiUng hot rom the sun'a rays In the course of a yea r ' i

Ume.

AN O P E N LETTER T O M O T H E R S . We are assorting In the courts our right to the exclusive use o( the word "CASTORIA." and "PlTCUER'SCASTORIA/ 'asourTiadeMark. I, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis, Massaohn-setts, was the originator of "PITCHER'S CAS-TORIA," the same that has borne and does now bear the fac-simlie signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on every wrapper. This Is t h r original "PITCHER S CASTORIA" which has-been used in the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty years. Look carefully at the wrapper and see tha t It is " the kind you havo always bought," and has the signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the Wrapper. No one has authority from me to use my name except The Centaur Company ot which Chas. IL Fletcher is President.

March 8,18W. SAMUEL PITCHER, M. a

/

Only one person In n has pcrfcct eyes, the larger iiortlou of defectiveness provalhng among fa i r -ha i red people.

n o w a r e of O i n t m e n t s ( o r C a t a r r h T h a t

Contain Mercnry, as mercurv will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system the mucous

when en te r ing . It throuc surfaces . Such arUcft

should never be used except on prescrip-tions f rom reputable physicians, an the damage they will do is tenfold to the good vou can possibly derive f r o m them. Hall 's Catar rh Cure, manufac tured by P. J. Cheney d Co.. Toledo. O., contains no mercury, and Is taken Internally, acl-

d and buy l i . .

el the genuine

J; sur taces of the system. In buying Hall 's Ing directly upon the blood and mncons

Ca ta r rh Cure be sure you g „ I t Is taken Internally and made In To-ledo, Ohio, bv F J. Cheney & Co. Ter l imoniaN free. Sold by Druggists, p r ^ 75c per bottle.

Hall 's Family Pills are the b e s t

Louisville borseshoers want a law requl r . ing examinat ion as to Utncss of those eiv gaged In the business.

T h e r * I t a Class of Peop l e

W h o are in jured by the use of coffee. Recent ly t h e r e h a s been placcd in all t h e grocery s tores a new p repa ra t ion cal lcd GRAIN-O, made of p u r e grains , t h a t t a k e s the place of coffee. The mos t del icate s tomach receives i t wlth< o u t distress, and b u t f ew can tell i t f r o m coffec. I t docs no t cos t over X as much. Children m a y d r i n k i t wi th g r e a t b e n e f i t 15 cts. and 35 cts. per package . T r y i t Ask f o r GRAIN-O.

I n a year a horse will eat nine limes his own weight, BO will a cow, an ox six times and a sheep six times.

Don'l Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Lite A way To quit tobacco easllr and forever, bo msg-

neUe, full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-Bao, tha wonder-worker, that makes weak men strong. AU druggists. bOe. or II. Cure guaran-teed. Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or Kew York.

The mot', terr ible of lies is not that which Is u t te red but t ha t which Is lived.

PUBLISHED BVBUX TUUHSRUT AT

VOWIU-. KENT COUNTY. MICH.

— B I -

FRANK M. JOHNSON.

Entered at LoweU post ofllco as second lass matter.

SUBSCRIPTION ONE DOLLAR YEARLY

ADVRHTISINO LUTBFL.

Business Irtoals 5 centa per line caeli Issue | Local ads al legal rates.

Card In directory column $100 rcr Hue pOT year One Incli 8."> per year.

Rates for Inr.i'r ochertlRcinrnls made known at the odlce

Cards of thank*, BO cent*. Resolutions of condolence, M OO.

Job prlntlnir In cimnirllon ntlowrst living >atcs. "Always Prompt," Is our motto.

<KS. r ^ - nssessssss

" T i m I oncost pole gets llie persitn-

mons ;" but it wna tlio longest purse

l lmt won the v ic lory lor H u n n n in the

Ohio Souiit<'rial contest .

WH E N seats in the Un i t ed States

l ena te a r e sold to the highest b idder ,

i t is t ime lor the people to abolish t ha t

body ur to re tor in t . ie uiuthods of its

elect ion.

* THK selling o l ' t h e th rone to t lx

highest b idder marked t h e fall of t he

old R o m a n empi re . Now the selling

of the sea t of Ohio ' s Noble Old Ro-

man to the highest b idder , m a r k s the

downfal l of polit ical honor. *

*• 4 GENERAL A L G E R has thousands of

f r iends in M i c h i g a n , men of all par

ties, who will wish for h im a speedy

recovery f r o m his illness. Greai

wealth has not ha rdened M r . Alger ' s

hearty and i t still l>eats in s y m p a t h y

with t h e toi l ing masses. * »

&

OUR publ ic schools a r e suppor ted

by the peoule of all rel igious denom-

inat ions . Chi ldren are s en t to them

for the purpose of ob ta in ing know-

ledge, not to IMJ t a u g h t religion oi any

s o r t e r stripe. Onod mora l principle*

should of c u r s e be inculcated; but

a n y t h i n g bo rde r ing on sbou r iun i sm

m u s t be avo ided . « *

A DETROIT young man , while eu

gaged in a d r u n k e n riot Mondav

n i g h t , w as shot to dea th by an oflicer.

If his fa te should deter others f rom

l iving l ike cr iminals and dy ing l ike

foe ' s , he will have served a bet ter

pu rpose in dea th than in life. W b n t

a waste of God-giveu oppor tun i t i e s is

there when a young m a n is be t te r

dead t h a n al ive. »

* *

IT IS a b o u t t i m e for Mr . P i n g r e e to

learn t ha t eve ry time he makes a vote

by pardoiiin-.; smne cut - throat or rav-

isher out «f jn i l , he loses the suppor t

of more than one respectable cit izen

W h a t is t h e use of spending the peo-

ple 's money for the convicl ion of

or i tn inals and the protect ion of soci-

e ty . if men like P ing ree , by a scra tch

of the pen, can u n d o it a l l ? S top th i s

dange r ous business, H a z e n , and let

rock-ribbeil j u s t i c e t a k e its course. * »

*

"LOWELL has three good minis te rs ,

n o w " is a r e m a r k f r e q u e n t l y heard

these days. T o ibis we heard a gen-

t l e m a n a d d : " O n e can g o to church

twice a day n n w , and ge t some th ing

t o t h i n k abou t every t ime ." O u r

people a re to b e congra tu la ted t ha t

aunh a r e the fac t s ; and the LEDGER

t r u i t i t ha t these gen t l emen will be

Appreciated financially as well ns re-

l ig ious ly . E v e n a p reache r can en-

j o y religion be t te r when the flour bar -

rel is full and the wood pile h igh . * * *

TH E pres ident of a b a n k in Lowel l ,

Massachuse t t s , was in Minneapu l i t ,

Miuncsola , last T h u r s d a y , nnd while

t h e r e presided over a meet ing of the

b a n k di rectors which WIIB in session

n t Lowel l . T h e long d i s tance tele-

p h o n e was used, nnd the pres ident

cal led the mea l ing to o r d e r b y means

of i t , r ead i ly recogniz ing the Voice of

each di rector as he spoke into t h e

i n s t r u m e n t a t Lowell 1.600 miles

a w a y . W h a t would ou r g r a n d p a r -

en t s have sniil ot one who hud pre-

dicted such a lent of science? # ' »

PHOFRSSIONAL re fo rmer s , people

whofle chief concern is to meddle w i t h

the a f fa i r s nt others, a r e hot p o n u l a r ,

no mat te r wha t t h e i r p re tens ions .

A n t h o n y Oomstuck, who is pe rpe t -

ual ly engaged in t r y i n g to pu t pet t i -

coats on puhl ie . - tn 'uary, I iasji isl baen

awarded six cents fo r d a m a g M to l is

c h a r a c t e r ny a man who said of h i m :

"Th in m a n is A n t h o n y ComStock, a

notor ious b l ackmai l e r , who never

ea rned an honest dol lar in his l i fe ."

T h e man who does a good job of

a t t e n d i n g to his own business is gen-

era l ly a busy man . The c h a r a c t e r of

such a man cannot be libelled fo r s ix

ounta.

*

"MAN'S i nhuman i t y to m a n " is dis-

counted by woman ' s i nhuman i t y to

w o m a n , Witness the t r e a t m e n t a c -

corded to Miss Ade l ine K, Gi l l e t t e of

j F i t c h b u r g , Mass., by the women of

j t h a t town. Miss Gi l le t te has fitted

1 heise l tor t he profession of law; but

[ the F i t c h b u r g ladies a t t ack her char-

j acter by inuendo, ami by social inllu-

ence and t h a t of secret societies

b rought to bear upon the local f r a -

te rn i ty , have prevented her admission

to the bar; and blasted the hopes of a

l ifet ime. N o open charges that could

be answered in cour t a re made bu t

s imply such va^ue character^dest roy-

in^' hints at only a woman can hur l a t

the victim of her spi te and j e a l o u s y .

W h y is this thus? » * *

FOR 1800 years people b a y e been

p red ic t ing the end ot the world a t

an ear ly date F o r t imes uncoun ted

has the f a tn l day been se t ; b u t

t h r o u g h it all the old globe has been

t ro t t ing r i gh t a long , with never a

b reak or a sl ip, p a y i n g not t h e slight*

est a temion to the puny m o r t a l s who

were so conf iden t they knew it. al l .

T h e vear 1000 was s u r e to be the

t i m e when the ea r th should bo de

s t royed . said the f ana t i c s , and so s a y -

in . e lpe I t* d r i ve E u r o p e i n t o 500

years ot f e u d a l U m and sent 5,000,000 ot

her bes ci t izens to perish in the sense

less c r u s a l e s ag. i inst the MohamtUH-

dan T u r k s a t J e r u s a l e m . F r o m t h a t

t ime to t h e p resen t , eve ry gene ta t ion

ha< ad its pessimist ic p rophe t s of

evi l ; an I now w e learn t h a t 1900 is

the year when this ea r th shal l be de-

s t royed. I t ' s a pi ty the Lord s h o u l d n ' t

o rde r a hi { boa-f i re fo r the especial

accomiim j i t ion of people who are so

unxioun to see " i h e wicked destroyed .''

THE CITY BANK WHITNEY, WATTS & GO.

R e s p o n s i b i l i t y , $ 1 0 0 OOO, O O .

L O W E L L , - M I C H .

WILLIAM SHAKESI'HAKl' ' , President. W, A. WATTS, Cashier.

A ganeral hioiking basiness trnnsnctcil. 3 peicenl ialerest pniii on cerlitlcates of do-piisil. Deposits of J1 00 anil apwpni re« celveil in Savings Department, on which

percent interest will tu'credited semi-nn-nuully, on all depoxitH left four laontlis.

Money loaned on reul csiatu security, partial payments allowed ofuuy amoant at anv lime

Mrs. D. Clmlterdon and family of Cadi-

lac are ppemlinu (he winter with her

mother. Mrs. John Thibo# Dewitt 1'ero ami wife spent Sunday with

their dnnghter, Mrs. Krh. Uev. Renng of Ada will spend the week

in this neighborhood.

MRS. DR. WALLEN, OUCULI8T.

Also agent for the Indian meilicines,

Lyon Hlouk, - • Lowell, Mich.

U O W T O F I N D O U

C O - P A R T N E R S s OUTON HILL , Lowell, Mich.

W. A. WATTS,

D. R. WHITNEY, Bedtord, Mich.

WILLIAM SI1AKKSPEARK, Kalamazoo. E. W. HOW MAN, N, S. WHITNEY, Richland, Mich

ASA 8TRATTON, " "

ffK WAST YOUR BUSINESS.

T I M E TO RENHW.

Several hund red subscr ipt ions ex-

pit'" with this n u m b e r ; and a p r o m p t

renewal is sol ici ted. T h e hol iday

rush of adver t i s ing is o v e r , and we

shal l aga in have room to resume the

publ icat ion of a splendid list of serials

N o piiins will be spared lo m a k e

the LCDGFR wor thy of pa t ronage and

p leas ing to readers . T o th i s end , we

in v i e p r o m p t renewals , with the a s '

suranoe t ha t t he r e g u l a r p a y i n g sub-

scr iber is t he pub l i she r ' s best f r iend .

B u o k l e n ' s A r n t a a ' S a l v e . THE BBBT SALVB in the world for Cuts,

Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores. Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns and all Skin Gmptious, and positive-ly cures Piles, o t no pay required. I t is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by L. H. Hunt & Co.

V e r g e t m e s .

Addie Collar was a recsnt dnekt of Nora

Hill of South Lowell. Misses Grace Klunding and Edilh brakes

have been visiting Mamie Allen of South

owell.

Clara Hodges h.is 'wen entertaining her

friend, Emma Clark. nfSaranac.

Company al Silas Collar's last Friday was Will Collar and family of Ada, and Ed.

Collar and family also Mrs. Dr. Collar and

daughter Pearl of Yreka.Cal.

John Crakes and family and Mrs. Dr. Collar spent Snnday with Henry Barklv

and family of Freeport.

Clara Hodges spent part of her vacation with Iriends in ^'aranac.

The children of this community are in-vited to meet at the Rtdley church Satur-

day, Jan. 13 at 2 p. m., to help organize a Loyal Temperance Legion.

Last Friday evening, n big load of jolly

young people from Lotvell came np and spent the evening with Delia James and a

grand good lime they had too. The even-ing was spent in music, singing games and —well they didn't quite tear the house

^own. Dainty refreshments were served at

midnight consisting of ice cream and cake, oranges, bananas, grapes, ami candy lo

which all did justice and after a few more

hoars of pleasure they departed, feeling

well pleased with their visit.

We are very sorry we forgot to mention the annaal reanion of the HmUon family

there being about thirty children and

grandchildren. They meet every New

Years and this year they met at Ellsworth

Hadson's at Steels Corners. D. S. lllan-ding, Wife and daughter (trace met with

them. The remains of Clark Frazier, who died

Hthis home in Mnskegon last Friday even-

ing, were brought hero for interment. Funeral services were held Monday after

noon here at his brother Hiram I'Yazier's,

Rev. H. Marshall of Lowell, olliciating.

Mr. Frazier leaves a wife, daughter, two

sons, two brothers and a host of friends.

H e has been in very poor health for sev-eral years. The. wife and Hiildrcil have

the sympathy of all in their sorrow. |

Keet ie .

James Tredenick is rertbWing his *£t

since his 79th bin Inlay by going to the woods aud drawing his end of u cross cut

^ saw.

I The next Aid will be at Mrs. Trask's, I the first Wednesday ia February. A cor-

dial invitation is extended to all.

Someone was hard ap for hickory nuts :

they took the pains to unlock the woodshed

door and look a tin pan full. They might

have left a few ns that was all the old peo-ple had. Perhaps they think no one

notices it, but Tredenick is on their truck.

The late widow of It. F. Woodman of

Saranac was united in marriage lo Rev.

Miller last Thursday evening. Congral-ulations.

Mesdames Lee and Lampkins visited

their aunt in Beldin * Friday,

Mrs. i luirley liignel of Grand Rapids

visited her brothers Frank and George

Converse and sitter Mrs, II, K. Loe lust week,

Mesdames Ed Kennedy and Messrs Jay Morrison and Ftatxk Lampkins ol Grand

Rapids took dinner with Mrs. Wilkinson lust Tuesday.

Geo. Potter and wife were guests of Mrs. T. Daniels last Sunday.

G. Gardner of Waterford, Canadn, is

visiting his ancle, Joe Gurduer, and A. L. Bowea and family.

Al Sage and wife from near Ionia sj ent Wednesday in Keene'

James Gardner and family of Evart,

spent a few days with his father, Joseph

Gardner.

H. N. Lee and wife wore the guests of

Dr. Gesler's family at Saranac Friday,

Theo 1 )̂11 has returned from a trip north.

G. Gardner and Mina Bowen spent Wed»

nesday with Thomus Gardner at Lowell.

E. E. Cooley of Lake Odessa made Jns.

Tredenick and wile a visit Inst Thurbday and stityed all night.

P e o p l e B e l i e v e w h a t they read about Hood ' s Sarsapar i l la . T h e y know it is an honest medicine , and tha t it cures , ( j e t Hood 's and only Hood's.

H o o d ' s P i l l s euro all l iver ills, re-lieve const ipat ion assist digest ion, ,26c.

M c C o r d a .

Mallie Patterson and .lonnie Clark

visited with their teacher, Mrs. SI ado, over Snudav.

H. Vanderlip and family of Alto, and

Herbert While and daughter Kitty were guests at Walter Clark's Sunday.

Sylvester Thomas and wife of New York are visiting relatives in this vicinity.

Joe Lawrence and Bin Rising took din-

ner at Wm. Patterson's on their way lo

Berlin Wednesday. 11. Patterson visited his father, C. An-

derson, «f East Paris, Saturday.

Mrs. Thomas nnd her mother were in the Valley City Friday.

James Taylor who has been Bpending

the holidays at Chas. Campbell'* relumed to Grand Rapids last week.

Mrs. Woller Houghton visited relatives

in Grand Rapids Monday. Walter Clark and H. B. Fuller are t a t

ling wood for Frank Wood,

Mr. Myers ond wife of Detroit were the gi.e-ts of D. A, Wood's family Tuesday.

Mrs. Frank Clark and daughter Esther were in the Valley City Saturday.

D C T T C R than euro is prevent ion . W By udcing Hood ' s Sarsapar i l la you may keep well , w i t h p u r e blood, s t rong nerves a n d a g o o d A P P E T I T E .

F a l l a s t m r g .

Mr. Evans and wife of Rowne visited

al Mr. Flake's the first of this week. | A sister of Mrs. B'Xilh visited her Sun-

day.

Cassle Colvirt has gone lo Belding In Work.

Minnie Lilley has hud Company from

Cdnpersville visiting her the list week. Mrs. Stanton is able lo be oat again.

Rev. King will preach nt the school

honsd a iVeek front Sunday; everybody in-

vited. Wm. Scott and wife visited the last week i

with friends 111 Grattan. !

Mrs. Beedie of Smyrna spent Saturday!

and Sunday with Mesdames Dunny aud

Sherrard. ,

T o w n L ine T i d i n g s .

Mrs. Clinton Snow isenterlaining friends

from Lansing this wee'f. Yes Seeley and bride visited with R. D.

Seeley Sunday and attende I churcht

The Discovery of t h e DAU, Aug, J. Hogel, the leading druggist of I

Sbrevepurt, La, suye: "l)r. King's New Dls j covery Is the only thing that cures my cough, | nnd It Is the bust seller I have." J . F. Camp-bull, merchant of Satford, Ariz., writes: "Dr. King's New Discovery is all that Is claimed [or It; It never fall', and Is a sure cure for Consumpilon, Cought and Colds. I cannot •ay enough for its merits ', Dr. King's New Discovery for eonsuinption, coughs andco'de, Is not an ezperiment. II has been tried for u quarter of a century and lodav stands at the head. It never disappoints. Free trial bot-tles atL. IL Hunt & Go's.

w o o i > w ^ v r v x E i x

T h e L E D G E R i s n o w p r e -

pared lo accept jyood jrreen hard wood on subscription and will allow fl.00 per cord for all delivered during: the month of January. After receiving1

a year's supply no more will be accepted. So take advan-tage of the sleighingf and de-liver at once.

Friends of the L E D G E R will I confer a favor by calling- the ' attention of their neighbors to j this offer. tf

Chas. L a n e , of Ka l amazoo , visited bis parents , M r . and Mrs. H i r a m L a n e a few d a y s this w e e k .

T h e "Gridiron* ' p rope r ty on I o n i a s t ree t . G r a n d Rapids , has been sold fo r 842,000 lo Ri'ndge, K a l m b a c h & C o , who will build a big shoe fac-t o r y .

B i r t h , in A d a townsh ip , J a n . 7, a daugh t e r to O l ive r S impson and wife , •

r.oiumu Ba t m e • r ru i a . She—My dear, you told m o you were

s t a y i n g u p wi th a sick m a n laat n igh t , and now I find you were playing poker, j

Uo—But, my dear , I d id s tay up wi th | a sick man .

She—Who waa i t ? He—I waa I—Harlem Life.

l in t He i lenl l icB I t Now. Mrs. Benham—Many a time word h

spoken in jesc. Mr. Benham — T h a t ' s so; I l l t t lo

dreamed when I sa id : "With all my worldly goods I thee endow," t ha t you would take every cent 1 had.—N. Y, I \ r ibune.

B U F F A L O FARIVL.

WIsrAnaln Men Croas nroedtnar t h^ illdon w i t h Prof l t .

Alber t and Charles Huher , living a few miles sou th ot Durnnd, Wis., have a herd of abou t 25 full-blood bison and Botne 18 crossed bul ls and heifers, bison and native cow, repor t s the Minneapolis J o u r n a l , About six yea r s ago they were buivting In the wes te rn part of North Dakota nnd succeeded in cap tu r ing alive th ree y o u n g bison, a bull and twp cpwp, and these they b r o u g h t to their farn^ here. The an imals g rew and thrived amazingly, and are pastured in an in-closure of about 400 acres r u n n l n g d o w n to the valley of Rose creek where they have ample room and shelter .

Exper iments were ear ly made wi th crossed breeds and i t has now been found t ha t the cross Is very successful , t he half-breeds combin ing the docility of the domest ic an imals with the en» durance and large size of the bison. T h e y nre also very fine f u r producera, nnd grow to m a t u r i t y in less time than domest ic cat t le . The flesh of crossed an imal s is very palatable , and the f u r has all the good qual i t ies of t h a t of t he bison, and Is s o f t e r and more si lky. The crossed bloods can also s tand f a r more exposure in w in t e r than can the native cows. The H u b e r s believe they •have a fo r tune in the i r herd if they can cont inue i ts increase a few years longer.

Fill a bottle or common glass wriih urine and let it stand twenty four hours, a sudi-ment or Hellling indicates a diaceased u>>i\-dilion of the kidneys; When urine staii\s liuen it is positive eviduivo of kiilmw trouble. Too frcpjenl desUe to u.riivite iuf pain in the back, is also convincing proo.1 that the kidnuyH and bladder a m out o, or-der.

WHAT TO CV.

There ia comfort in the knowledge wy often exprcsaed, that Dr. Klliaer'a Swam^-Root, the great kidney remedy fullllla every wish in relieving pain in the back, kidney, liver, bladder and every pan ol' tie nriiiury passages It corrects mahiJUy to hold urine aud scalding pain in p issiiv^ it. or had elfecl following use of lii|ii'ir, wine or beer; and overcomes, that iviptoU" aut necessity of being compelled to cet up many times during the night to urinate. The mild and Iho e.\lraonUna,ry elllvt oj Swamp-Root is soon le^lizcd. It s.taivU the highest for its wonderfuj ctvei of tho most distreHsIng cases. Ifyon i\e»'d a nve li • cine you should have iho best. Sold by druggists price tlMy cents aivl one dollar, For ii sample bottle and pamphlet, both sent free by mail, mention Lowdl LKDUKU, nnd send youn full post-olliceaddress in Vr, Kilmer £ Co., Binghamton, N. 'IVo proprietors of this paper guarautue vho genuineness of this oiler.

Clean v o u r teeth with Rose O e a i n .

B u a i n e s a D i r e c t o r y .

J . HARRISON KICKKKT dentist. Over Church's bunk, Lowell

8. P. RICKS, i-oans. Collections, Heal Estate and Inscr-

ance. Lowell. Mich.

O.O, Mci' vNNEt., M. 11, Physician IUM Surgeon. • Uflce, Hfl Bridge

street, Lowell, Mich.

M. C.NRKKN, M. 1).

physician snd Surgeon. OlHce ut Hesldcnct Bridge street, Lowell, Mich

M B "

t ARE YOU A COWARD?:; A f c t t h l s ™ y t 0 b e

/ x t 111 S i S l g n i a n impudent q u e s - . ^ tion. We are told however, by the famous author, ^

CALL OH

3

Disraeli, that any man is a coward, even in spite o f ' himself, if his garments are ill-fitting or in a shab-by condition. If you wish to enjoy the bravery of elegant attire you should order your S u i t s ' 8 ' , a n d O v e r c o a t s of

M. BORN & CO., THE GREAT CHICA80 MERCHANT TAILORS. , Who for 20 years have led all rivalry in C u s t o m * ^ Tailoring and never failed to please In Material, Style or Workmanship. A " B O R N " suit will cost ^ you less than the kind of tailoring that m a k e s ' ^ men cowardly. E v e r y F e a t u r e G u a r a n t e e d .

3 0 0 P a t t e r n s t o C h o o s e f r o m . ^

I ? U L . L E I S A S O N , L o w e l l .

C o t h e s D o n ' t M a k e E

T h e M a n V |

But they certainly do make a S r great dilference in their appear-a nee, as in the case of these two mer 1 1 s ' - — 1 -

G. G. TOWS LEY, M. D., Physician »r;d 8nrK» on. • •dice Louis, 10 am

toll inn. and 7to 8pm.

J . M.GOODrtPEE ', M.D. 1 )fllce and Kesidonce on Hndi-on street. < •fllce

hours from 9 Ui 10 a. m , S lo 4 p. ni. uud 7 lo 8 p. m , .Sunday, 2 t-. 5 p in.

E. H. CAMBELL, INSURANCE. LOANS, Notary Puhtle, Real E«title Ag-nl and CoL

kc:or. Over Bo\ inn's store, lowwi'

3

3

3 3

3 3

ien. My suits, pants ami over- » -tats are made from goods o f S T

your own selection from hnn- Stl dreds of the best nnd lau-slsivles 5 ^ of goods on the market. The goods, fit and workmanship are » -guaranteed with a guarantee ^ that guarantees.

S M I T H , r k 0 fc

Pall and winter a a n p l c s now in. ^

MILTON M I'FKHY,

Vitorney and Counselor at Law. Traln'c list H'ock, Lowell, Mich. Special attentluii given to Collections, I'onv^ysnclng, *nU Ssle of Re •! Estate.

lias also nnaliHed and been :<dmllted to prcn 'Ice In the Interior Department and all tbu bureaus thereto and Is ready to proaeculu Claims fur those that may bn entitled Ui P«isl<«n Bounty

Edward 0. Mains, A t t o r n e y a t L a w .

YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED,

r o a P X R B

INSURANCE! C A L X . O N

P . D . E D D Y & C O . ,

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

All b r a n c h e s of denta l work d o n e by t h e latest improved me thods . Sn t -iafaction guarnn toed .

Gas adminis te red .

A M I N E O F I N F O R M A T I O N t s

The People's Cyclopedia of Universal Knowledge.

A W o n d e r f u l W o r k w i t h a W o n d e r f u l

S c o p e , a t a W o n d e r f u l l y L o w P r i c e .

T h e E n t i r e S e t

D e l i v e r e d u p o n

p a y m e n t o t $2

Six Large Super-Royal Octavo

Volnmes, size 81 x i t inches, Cloth, Full Library Leather, Half Morocco.

Sixty Thonsand Topics, covering the whole range of human knowledge from Adam to Klon-dike.

Three Thonsand Five Hundred lllnstritioflB, showing all the fine points which words cannot explain.

- V-rxs-'

*»»««•

Three Hnndred Maps a i d Charts, comprising a complete indexed Atlas of the globe.

A BtnrafMcat OictlMary, • Dictioury «! Tsctokal Ttfms, a Qucttetr W lh« tlsiM SUUa, Sutiula of PrtsUMtial EIKUMU, SUte u4 Ttfritorisl ElectlMu, Religious Summaries, Statistics of the ropu. lation of the world, and a veritable Mineof other information on thous-ands of subjects of universal interest and Importance.

E V E R Y V O L U M E M E C H A N I C A L L Y P E R F E C T .

T h e P e o p l e ' s C y c l o p e d i a o f U n i v e r s a l K n o w l e d g e EOITBO av W . H . DC PUY, A .M. , D.D. . LL.D. ,

Assisted by a corps of the most distinguished American Educators and Encyclopedists who were ever brought together in the production of any one publication.

O U R P R O P O S I T I O N : Si11,?!'.1 ^ l l d , ' i i | 7 V h f 0 ,7 , e r b, ," ,1k K1"*' , " a i l it TO together with IJ.OQ and a full set of The ' . , . . ? J . : J feoplfH Cyclopedia in six volumes will be sent to vou at once. ordered >-ou cah send us the balance in seven monthly installments of equal amounts.

If eitittfr lAarnfy or Half Morocco, balance in nine payments of equal amounts. We recommend the Half Morocco, which is not — _ _ _ _ _ We recommend the Half Morocco, which is not

only very handsolne but very durable, and will cost but two ittbrt poynltnts than tRe cloth.

If not as represented Ult books may be returned within leil days and your money will be promptly refunded.

Our confidence that thi books will be cheeriully paid for is shown by our willingness to send the entire set on a payment of |/.oo. We also feel that you will tlioroughlv appreciate this superb new work and speak favorflWy of il to others. In filtinfe out Ihe order we must ask you to give as the name of some well known person of your acquaintance as a reference. As a gtiarAntee of our responsibility Ve refer you to any l>ank, as they Sit ute BiadMrMl'a or Dun's commercial reports.

J. S. BABCUS COMPANY, lOWU RfU An. New Y«t. Herewith $J.oo. rieft»e send me t set of The People's Cyclopedia in six

volumes, bound iti rCloth, total price. I16.00). (Full Leather Libmrv total price |ao.oo). (Half Russi., tot.l pri<J. Uoo) . I a^ re to m y h S u S t i n regular monthly installments of $».fo each. Title to the books herein described does not pass uutil payment has been made in full. 101

P. O. aaancw.

N(A«I«T CiMtka Ornfek.

w h e n y0* *lcct style of Undiiy sirike out th« Other two with pen or oendT

m

G r e a t D i s t r i b u t i o n o f

HOUSEHOLD

L B A n d

MUSLIN

UNDERWEAR.

Spring & Go. T h e g r e a t ; d r y g o o d s m e r f c l i a u U -

o i G r a i u l B a p i d s r e c e i v e

$ 5 0 , 0 0 0 W o r t h

l ) i m t f r o m t h e l o o m s o l

I r e l a n d .

T h e i r 2 3 r d A n n u a l

L i n e n F e s t i v a l

A l i d s a l e o p e n s

M c n d n y , J a n u a r y 1 0 ,

A n d e o n t i i u i e s o n e w e e k .

During- this sale all linens will be sold at \vholesale prices

and less, which, owing to tht

advantage of buying in great

quantities, which enables us tc retail at prices below the low-

est cost to other merchants. All Michigan and many from

other states are benefitted each

year by this celebrated Linen

Sale. Every fabric made from flr.x

will be included. Table linens,

fringed cloths, plain and hem-stitched napkins, doylies and

lunch cloths, dresser scarfs,

tray cloths, splashers and pil-

lowrshams, hemstitched and fringed towels, pillow case lin-

ens, butcher's linens, sheeting

linens, linen pillow cases,

Marseilles and crotchet bed-

spreads, Turkish towels, lin-

en handkerchiefs. Large discount in all styles

in Muslin Underwear. Spec-ial facilities for filling all or-

ders by mall promptly and ac-

curately. Please be partic-ular to mention whether large

or small pattern is desired;

name price and we'll fit the

quality to the price.

M a i l O r d c r s . Non-resident ladies are using

the mails largely at this time lo secure samples of the new fall styles. We claim to be the quickest mail order house in Michigan and the best or-ganized for practical and relia-ble service. Shopping by mail is a delightful experience with patrons. We carry out in-

, structions faithfully and en-deavor to do ev^n better than is a-iked or expected of us. With such service and satisfac-tion, no wonder we are the greatest of mall order houses.

S p r i n g &

C o m p a n y

Q f A H d R a p i d s , M i c h .

LLLitLU , J - . - J j J . T Y P E W R I T E S S I A M E S E .

An Amcr lnnn Mnelilne Made t o Ilia O r d e r of Sinni'a K i n s .

In the window of u typewr i te r com-pany on Broadway is a typewr i te r the keys of which nre inscribed with tiff urea Which look like s tudies in vnrioua spe-cies of bacilli. They a re Siame^Hi char-acters . mid the machine is one o( a num-ber built to the orde.r of the k ing of Biam, who is now travel ing in Europe , T h e r e a re 70 charac ters on the key-board, a number of which are In tlio i /ature of aecents, »|n<Uifylni,' t he otho,-charue ters , and these a re so related to Ihe let ters , t ha t In all about 1,000 char-acters can be prodiu-cd from the key-board. The accents all have to be upon dead keys—tha t is. keys t h a t when s t ruck do not cause a movement of the carr iage, so t ha t the accent may f i rs t be printed a n d then the let ter , wi thout having to move the ca r r iage back. In some words it is necessary to use a? many as three aecents, says t h e New York S u n .

The re a rc noncapital letters. Besides the alphabet ical cha rac te r s the re arc the usual ten numbers in Siamese script . I he company first began m a k i n g these machines about three years ago. under the Inst ruct ions of a secretary of the Siamese court , who came to th i s coun-try f o r the spcclal purpose. The re nre now several hundred of the machines i,n Siam. and the saving of t ime aud labor i s much g rea te r than would b-the case in any occidental nation, as the Siamese have no scr ip t , nnd all le t te rs nre pr in ted individually. In no respect does t h e mechanism differ f r o m t h a t of the Engl ish wr i t ing machine, save in the un impor tan t ma t t e r of the "dead keys ." There are 70 keys, t h e same n u m b e r as the regu la r machine of this make .

IN AN O L D CANE.

A L e t t e r to t i ie E a r l of E s s e x f r o m Clinrlea I.

A d e a r f r iend of mine, now many years dead, an an t iqua ry and a m a n of eminence in letters, was shown over the ca thedra l of Itchfield by the then dean, says a wr i t e r in the Gent leman 's Mag-azine. As a souvenir of h is visit he w a s presented by the dean wi th a cu riowa a n d handsome cane which some years previously had been d u g out in the course of some a l tera t ions . For years my friend used this, unt i l t he top came oft nnd the revelat ion w a s m a d e t ha t t h e cane was hollow. T h r u s t i n g down a finger, t he owner b r o u g h t out a vellum missive. Th is proved to be a l e t t e r to the earl of Essex, signed by Char les I., a s k i n g him to b r i n g over h is a r m y to the roya l side and promis-ing in recompense fo r so doing his own g r a t i t ude and the r iches t r e w a r d tha t monarch could bes tow upon sub jec t .

A f t e r the dea th of my f r i e n d I was pe rmi t t ed to show t h e t r ea su re , fo r such in fact it was . a t t he Br i t i sh mu-seum. Alas fo r the hopes t h a t had been formed. Mr. Warne r b r o u g h t me ou t a pract ical facs imile and told me t h a t o the rs were in exis tence. Cop-ies had been made, and several had been d ispatched by d i f fe ren t h a n d s in the hope t h a t one m i g h t reach t h e earl. The copy I held had obviously failed to reach, t hough t h e ingenious p lan of concealment prevented i t s de tec t ion un-til t h e days of Queen Victor ia .

ART QAULERY FOR L O N D O N .

Sir. Dav id Se l le r P r e s e n t s t h e C l t r w i t h I tnre Old P a t n t l n s s .

The corporat ion of London is going to have an ar t gal lery, t h e nuc leus of which was presented to the corporat ion on Thursday last by Mr. David Seller, who informed the lord mayor . Sir George Faudei Phillips, t h a t he pro-posed to hand over to the corporat ion 200 old Dutch, I ta l ian and Engl ish pic-tures . Mr. Seller is cha i rman of the London Tramway company, and is wel l known in New York, hav ing fo rmer ly been an extensive Liverpool gra in op-e ra tor .

Evadlnar t h e L a i r . Chinese venders of lo t te ry t icke ts In

San Francisco seek to evade t h e law by having the t ickets painted on the i r hands , a paper subs t i tu te be ing pro-duced when a sale is made.

Heart Trouble Quickly Cured. A Convinc ing T o t l m o n l s L

i Dr. Miles Heart Onra is sold on ft posl I kuusnteo tha t the first bottle will'ben ! Allarngglsts sell It s t » ~ l b o t U o a for IS. i

b r . M i l e s ' H e a r t C o r e

STAND SQUARELY

Demand hones t shoes for your honest dollars.

There are no shoeroaken ' 5^ tricks—No weak spots—No hid-

den bad work about the

J . B. LEWIS GO'S

i l

H O M E N E W S .

VVuiitcd, 1(1,000 people j,ii fi-tiil their Laiitidry to the Luwoll Stctitn Laundry

P l y m o u t h R o c k s b iu ivd , ih-.r '•ugh bred ciickcrelH for Mile, 8 1 . 0 0 •ach. 1). (J MIUII:E. 238

B i l i o y s n e s s Is csuscd by torpid liver, which prevents UIKCS-tloaaml poriniti fond to ferment and pntrify in the stmnaeh. Then follow dizziness, headache,

| R e s i s t e r s "

d s

Every Htltch Is honest. Every shoo Is Btamped "Lewis."

Uxle bjr J . n. LEWIS CO., Boatoa, Hun.

L E W I S " W E A R - R E S I S T E R S I " nre sold by all shoe dealers.

L.

F O O L I N G AN A P E

BlS O t u l o i M r Alwajre Led t o His Be* Inar Canarht.

T h e b ig a p e in t h e zoo needed exer-cise. T h i s he obta ined b y be ing al lowed the r u n of t h e large, monkey house, in-s tead of r e m a i n i n g in a side room, be-fo re the vis i tors came, says t h e London Spec ta to r . As he knew he would be c a u g h t and p u t back in to his own room a t t h i s h o u r t h e ape used t o c l imb u p on t o t h e top of t h e o ther monkeys ' cages a n d refuse t o come down. As he cou ld no t be t e m p t e d by food, Mr. B a r t l e t t appealed to h is mind by w o r k i n g on w h a t he had noted to be his w e a k poin ts , cur iosi ty and cowardice.

Th is is Mr. F r a n k Buckland ' s accoun t of t h e dally proceedings at t h i s h o u r : "Mr . Bar t l e t t w e n t to t h e keeper , and , t ouch ing h im gen t ly on the shoulder , d i rected his a t t en t ion in a mys te r ious m a n n e r to tfie da rk passage unde r -n e a t h the gas pipe which t raverses t h e house, preteoiding t o point ou t t o Su t -ton some horr ib le u n k n o w n c rea tu re , u s i n g an energet ic manne r , bu t s a y i n g n o t h i n g excep t words to th i s e f fec t : 'Look ou t—there he is—there h e i s ! ' A t the same t ime the t w o men would pee r into t h s d a r k place u n d e r t h e gas-pipe ." The monkey used p resen t ly to come down t o see w h a t t h e sub jec t of f e a r and In teres t was, when Mr. B a r t -l e t t and Su t ton used to shou t : " H e ' s coming ou t ! He 's coming o u t ! " a n d i r u sh away in the direction of Joe ' s cage, i T h e monkey would rush fo r t h e same place of sa fe ty , which happened t o b e the door of h is own house, and some? t imes en te r i t be fo re them. Buckland notes i t ns cur ious t h a t t h e m o n k e y never learned the deception, bu t would be taken in by It whenever t h e t i m e came to finish his morn ing ' s a i r ing .

BUYING ONE S H O E

Other Peop le Do It Besldeii ie-Leirired Men.

" W h a t does a man do f o r shoes when he has only o n e leg, or h is feet a r e no t m a t e s ? "

This ques t ion w a s t h r u s t n t a b ig Marke t s t r e e t shoe dealer , b u t i t d i d n ' t seem to b o t h e r h im a bi t , s ays t h e Phi ladelphia Bullet in.

"He comes In he re nnd h a s h is f ee t fitted j u s t a s easily as the o r d i n a r y man ," he said. " I t is a common oc-cur rence in all shoe s tores t o have one-legged men a s customers . We break a pa i r of shoes, sell t he one requi red , a n d cha rge t h e cus tomer a l i t t le more t h a n half t h e cost of t he complete pa i r . No, the odd shoes a r e not allowed t o accumulate . They would s imply be-come Incumberances . They are p rompt -ly sent back to the fac tory and m a t e s made f o r t h e m on the same last . I t i.s no t only f o r one-legged men t h a t wo nre t h u s compelled to break pai rs . T h e r e a r e lots of people in the world whose fee t a re n e t mates . I t is a cur ious fac t t h a t near ly every m a n ' s lef t foot Is a tr if le la rger t han t h e r i gh t one. bu t an a general t h i n g th i s does not i n t e r f e r e wi th cor rec t fitting. In many cases, however, we encounter men one of whose fee t a r e so swollen by eorns. bun-ions. g o u t o r some o the r affliction t ha t he has t o wear shoes of odd sizes. F o r these cus tomers it is necessary to break two pairs, both of which a f t e r w a r d have their miss ing ma tes supplied a t t h e fac tory a n d go back into the gene ra l s tock."

Insomina, nervousness, and. If not relieved, billons fever or lilood poisoning. Hood's Pills stimnlate thu stomach, rouse the liver, euro headache, dizziness, con-stipation, etc. 23 -•••iits. Sold by all dnicglsts. The only Fills lu lake with Hood's Sarsaparilla.

SHOULD A WOMAN SMOKE?

J e r o m e Says She Oneh t , t o I n a a r s Peace In t h e F a m i l y .

"Noth ing could be be t te r fo r h u m a n -ity in genera l , " J e rome K. J e r o m e de-clares in To-day, " thnn t ha t woman should tnke to smoking. I t is sooth ing lo the nerves, nnd women sulTer f r o m nerves more thnn do men. Tobacco br ings broadness, tolerance and kind-ness,

"Many a home would be happie r if a woman, when she ge t s worried and dis-t r a u g h t with t h e pe t ty cares of domes-tic life, would l ight and smoke a cigar-ette before going down into the k i tchen to repr imand the servants , or up in to the s tudy to tell h e r husband w h a t she th inks of him.

"Men who do not know the i r own business pretend to be shocked a t t he idea of the lady smoker. A m a n of sense encourages his wife and s is ters , big cousins and his aunts , to smoke. Only evil sp i r i t and green flies dislike to-bacco.

"When I go to dine with a f r iend , and his wife, a f t e r dinner , l ights a c i g a r e t t e , I know tha t m a n is to be envied. The spr ing c leaning may not be as tho r -ough and las t ing as a t o the r houses. The chi ldren may not be the l i t t le s i lent lumps of suppressed human i ty t ha t ou r g randmothe r s would have them. Bu t I know the a tmosphere of t h a t house Is peaceful . The woman who smokes a c igare t te ra re ly nags.

" I believe t h a t In ano ther gene ra t ion smoking will be a s common a m o n g women as i t has grown to b e a m o n g men. When the woman smokes he r c igare t te while t h e man pul l s a t h is pipe they will be b e t t e r f r iends . Poet -ical s en t imen t m a y suffer a l i t t le, b u t I think the price is wor th i t . "

M0RvT?ACE SALfE* „ , , . LOWELL »> herenH, default hnt been mndo in

the conditioiiH of n certain mortgngo dnted the Fif t l idni 'of May, i . D. Irtlll made nnd executed by Willard Lenry and Tina M. Lenry, his wife, both of the Vil-lage of Loyell, County of Kent niid State of .Michigan, to Fred H. Sweet, of Syra-cuse, New York, and recorded in theolllce of the Register of Deeds for Ihe County of ' Klindulo Kent and Male of Michigan, on tlio 21si I '•"Kan day of July. A. D. IHlll, al o'clock in ] Ihe afternoon of said day. in Liber 178 of , Mortgages on Paues 112 and 111$ and,1

whereas, by such default the power of .-ah \ in such inOrtgnKolmri beci me openilive, ; and on said mortgago there w elaimed to I be due and unpaid at the date of this notice the slim of $-()() dollars, as prin- • cipal and interest, and. no suitor proceed-ing at law or in chancery has been insti- i luted to recover said debt, or nnv part thereof;

Now therefore, notice is hereby given, that by virtue of the power of .tale in said mortgage contained, and of the statute in

& HASTINGS TIMETABLE.

RAILROAD

In Etfeet Sunday, May 8a, 1807.

OOt NO SOUTH Lowell Iv 1'rutt Lajte llmdHle in

Iv

••"rei-porl ai ti'd Kiipide u Lmihing Detroit in nut NO NOKHI Hfl via l).,vL l.iiiiaing (•(itnd Knpids Hreepoit Li •Kan Mludalu m| Klnidah- Iv, I'riitt Lake i LoWf.ll !

No. 1 No. 8 v oc aiu'.ii no *11) 7 08 7 16

8 M 11 -10

No. a

12 00 12 10 a m 12 SO in 12 30 p in 13 40 1 00

1 3 1(5 i 5 40

Nii 4 8 00 a in! 1 10 p m

;10 53 3 38 Q0 a in 1 30 p ui 5 36

! 1 26 I 6 40 i 1 36 l 6 50

1 46 I « 00

No. 5 1 15p m 4 26 4 86 4 40 4 50 5 00 6 20 7 36

10 20 No. 6

7 3(1 7 no 8 00

2 06 2 10 2 20

0 16 6 20 « 30

sneh^pase made and provided, the hajd mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of tlio piortgagcd premises, or so much therepf ns may be necesssnry to satisfy the amount duo on said mortgage ns prin-cipal mui interest, and the cost and ex-I •> penses of sale allowed by law, at public ; auction to the highest bidder, on March ' 12th, 181(8. ut ten o'clock in the forenoon of said day, nt the north front door of the rour t House, so called, in the City of (irand l{:i|>ids, Kent County Michigan | which building is the place for holding the I ircuil Court for the County of Kent j in which County the premises to be sold are situate.

Said promises aro described ns follows to-wit: The west sixty -.six j fifij feet of lots numbered ninety-six liilij nnd ninety-sev-en [117 J of Sweet <fc Smith's Additiort lo s iiu Village of Lowell according to the recorded plat thereof.

FRBD 8. SWEET. Mortgagee,

EDWIN F. SWEET, Attorney for Mortgagee. Dated December 16, '1)7,

Trains arrive and deptrt from r.ontBtreet paso-n/er deriot

l i E T R O I T Nov. 21,1897-. 1 J C8AND RAPIDS & WEoTERN R. R."

A HUUK TO BUY.—Webs te r ' s In-iertintioii.il Dici iut iary. Til ls new hook is llie au then t i c " P n a h r i d g e d " thorouj jhly revised HIHI enlarged tin-ier the supervision of NOAM PQRTEU, D . D . L L D. . of Ya le U n i v e r s i t y . Ivlitorial Work on the revision iuw leen in nc t iye p r p g f s s fop oyer ten

vears a n d more titan a. hnnd red paid l i t e ra ry •.vorkers have been engaged upon it T h e sum expended in its proparat ion before the first copy was iiriuted exceeded 8300,000. Th is work , well used in a fainily will be of more value to t h e nienihi rs thereof than inany timi'.-> its co-t laid up in money .

A TOM T H U M B TRAIN.

To De a t t h e

MI-M ELLA KURT*.

"For 19 years I suffered from heart t rou-ble. During t ha t time 1 was treated by five different physicians. AU of them claimed that I could not be cured. I was greatly troubled with shortness of breath, palpitation and pain In the side. If I be-came excited, or exerted myself in the least, the pain in my side became very severe. At times it seemed as though needles toereihoot-ing through my tide. Sometime in tbe month of November last, I commenced taking

D R . W I L E S ' H E A R T C U R E and since then I have improved steadily. I can now sleep on my left side, something I hod never been able to do before, t can walk without being fatigued, and am in tnudi betUt health than ever be/on, 1 would reoommend all sufferers from hesf t trouble to try Dr. Miles' Invaluable remedy without tiolay." MISS ELLA KURTZ.

618 Wright BL, Milwaukee, Wis.

iCqra tSioMl on ^ ^ i t i r a

for IS. or ' price

Ind.

.ttoaltA

P a t on R x h l h l t l o n Omaha F a i r .

A "Tom T h u m b " t ra in , so called be-cause it is supposed to>be the Kfnnllest. in the world, is to be exhibited nt t he Trans-Mississippi exposition nt Omaha, repor ts the P i t t sbu rgh Dispatch. I t was constructed by a young man , who, wi thout any technical t ra in ing , made all the pa t te rns , did all the cas t ing , and put toge ther the whole t ra in wi th his

| own hands. The engine weighs 450 i pounds . I t s length, wi th tender , is 0 j feet 7 ,/2 inches. The length of the cylin-; der is iy 2 by 2V, inches. The dr iv ing | wheels arc 8 inches in diameter , amd yet l the locomotive hau l s six observat ion ! cars, :in each of which two chi ldren can i beoomfor tably seated. Theseoars are 41 ; inches long and 14 inches wide, and ! cowred a f t e r the fashion of the ordinary I observation cnr. The ent i re trnin, con-

sist ing of engine, tender , four observa-tion cars , one box car and a caboose, is but 29 feet in lenth. -Six gallons of wa t e r In the tender t a n k and five in the boiler will fu rn ish s tesm to propel it fo r two hours. Coal is hauled and shoveled out of the tender in the or tho-dox manne r . I n fact , t he l i t t le engine

; i sconrple te in min ia tu re in every detail. Ins tead of using oil In the headlight a smal l electric ba t t e ry in t h e engine under the cab s e a t fu rn i shes an incan-descent l ight , Which is described as s p a r k i n g f rom the pilot l ike the d iamond in a hote l c le rk ' s sh i r t f r o n t .

E N G I N E E R S AND A C C I D E N T S .

A Superst i t ion Ahont "Three Times and Oat.1'-

A m a n employed in one of the rail-way offices in Washington h a s fo r years been col lect ing newspaper accounts of railw-ay acc idents of all Jdnds, says Lo-comotive Engineer ing . H e now has thousands of these narra t ives , and f r o m an a t ten t ive s tudy of them he has come to t h e conclusion t h a t no locomotive engineer ever came alive ou t of his third disas ter . Th is is all nonsense, of course, b u t there may be a basis to t r u t h in the calculat ions.

I t seems t h a t this belief is widely held by engineers themselves, and the .maker of the scrapbook a s se r t s t h a t i t is so well suppor ted by experience as to be 1 a lmos t as demonst rable as the law of g rav i t a t ion or any o ther n a t u r a l regula-t ion. H e does n o t insis t t h a t engineers are never killed in their first or second accident , b u t he does ma in ta in wi th g r e a t ser iousness tha t the man who has had t w o "close eallB" will if he is wise abandon ra i l road ing and m a k e his liv-ing some o the r way. I t is not difficult to see how such a supers t i t ion should have arisen, fo r the chances t h a t an engineer will th ree t imes survive the per i ls of collisions and dera i lments , g r ea t e r fo r him than f o r any one else on a t ra in , a r e mani fes t ly close t o the vanish ing po in t . T o suppose t h a t his d a n g e r i s g r e a t e r in the thi rd t h a n in the first wreck is. of course, merely an-other fo rm of the delusion t h a t " luck is bound to c h a n g e . "

A T R I U M P H .

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

C a n B e C u r e d .

T. A. Slooum, the Oreat Chemist and Scien tist. Will Send to Sufferers, Three Free

Bottles of His Newly Discovered Remedies to Cure Consumption

and All Lnng Troubles.

Nothing could be fairer, more phibn tliropic or carry more ioy lo llie liffliolcd than the generous offer »f ihe houoreii ami •listinKiiished chemist. T. A. Slooum. M.C. of New York Citv.

He has iMscovered a reliable ami alwn lnle cure for consumption, ami all bmn clusl. throat, lung and chest distmses, ea tarrhnl affections, general decline an-: weakneMS, IONS of flesh and conditions nt wasting awiiy: and to make its ureal merits Unown, will aend three 'Vee bottles of his newly discovered reme>lies to .-my afl!icte<l reader of the U)WKM, LKDOKU.

Already his '"new sciemilic sysl«-in ot medlcin*)" has permanently cured thous- ' unds of apparently hopeless cases.

Hie Ooctor considers it not onl v his pro I j fesMoiial but his reliuioiis duty—a duty | j which he owes to suffering humanity—to j ! donate his infsllihle cure.

He has proved the "dreaded consninp- ! ' tion" lo be a curable disease beyoml a 1

j iloiihl, in any climate, and has on file in his AtfiericHn and Eurojiean laboratories llmiis-aiids of "heartfelt testimonials of sratitnde"

1 from those lienefitted and cured, in all parts ; of the world. ' Catarrhal nnd pnlmonarv troubles lead l to oousiimption, and consumption nninter-

rupled, means speedy and certain death. Don't delav until it is too late. Simply write T. A.'STotiim, M. C.. I'ine street. New York, giving express and postollice

' address, and the free medicim- will be promptly sent. Please tell the Doctor you 8Aw his ofier in the Low F.LLLKDOKH. ^

R e m a r k a b l e Oolncl i leaoe. A remarkab le coincidence occurred

some t ime ago at Osborne. Among those who went down to the Isle of Wight to receive f rom her ma jes ty the honor of knighthood were th ree out of the five mayors des ignated In the jubilee list for tha t dis t inct ion, namely, the mayors of Br ighton, Norwich nnd Snlford. Upon arr ival }it the palacc they were invited to subscr ibe their n a m e s in the queen's b i r thday book, when it was found t h a t October 15 was the b i r t hday of all th ree ,

No H l s h w a r a In C h i n a , Cyclists in China lead an nnt rnmr

melled existence, T h e r e js no sys tem of road regula t ions outs ide the towns whatever , fo r the simple reason t h a t the roads arp undefined, be ing nei ther bounded by fence no r hedge, While the f a r m e r has t h e r i g h t to plow up any road pass ing th rough land, drivers of vehicles have an equal r igh t , and they exercise it, too, of t r ave r s ing any por-tion of the count ry at J a r r e .

R

pe§j * * *

M e

IVill Answer Any Question You may Ask It

Standard American Annual.

GENTS

Ready Jan. /, 1898, On All News Stands.

Larger, Better, More Complete Than Ever.

Lv. Uoini; Kist '• lin-nd Kupida

K mdali-

l.o well Lowell

Laiielnir Detroit

WESL IVtroit

Lan-lpir

Lo w l l I.OWllI

KI md Qrand Kapids

Lv

Ar

Lv

l M 00"

' 35

S 54 11 4p

A M

A M .

HCMf IP 5Q

i* 3 80

11 .10

l a n 12 5*

P. M

f M 1' M. 1 85 5 85 2 OS) 0 18 3 30 6 8 0 '

1150 4.M.4 15 8 20 7 86 5 45 10 20 P. M P. M.

P. M._ P. V._

1 10 6 10 8 84 8 48

6 30 4 16 4 48 10 13 5 a p 1065 P M P it.

Parlor cars on all tral"B between Grand Itiipiilo mid Hetroit, seats 25 cents.

CMICAdO & WEST MICHIGAN RY.,'1

Trains leave Grand Kup'ds for Chlcatro 8.83 a. in., 1 35. p. m , 11:80 p.m.

Lea vi- f r iiiirih 7:80, a nt., 6:80, p ID GEO. UsllAVEN,OJen. Ba«|. Agent,

I . I .AKK , Agent Grain. Kapiou, Lowell. '

W.ll

GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY SYSTEM,

Arrival apd Departure of Trains at Lowel

T i m e Ta«>lP | n E f f e c t p o t . 4 , 1 6 0 7 , WUsTWAUU

' jd Rapidi^Gil ffaven J-EAYS ABRIVK anil Muskegon flJJ 10 pm f 4 06 pm

(id |tapidii,C<d Haven Muskegon ami i hjcago. f 4 35 ptn f l O ^ a m

Ud H|ii)i(ls,Gd Haven and .Milwaukee ale Stations f 9 19 pm f 7 15 am

(•d L'ppids tid Havet) and Muskegon * o 40 am *U 48 pm

Mixpd tid Kapids f 2 15 pmt 12 10 pn»

HASTWARU.

Detroit, Canada apd i.K\ye East f 7 lQ am

Detroit and Chicago via Durand t l 0 47 am

Detroit, Canada and Kabl t 4 06 pm

Detroit, Canada and Kant * 1148 pm t K^cppt Sunday. * Daily,

Mixed Owosso 1$ IQ

A R R I V E

f 9 19 pm

f 4 35 put

t l 2 10 pm

* 5 46 am

3 15.

SERVICf SLEEPING AND PAT-LOR CAR M'ESTWAR®,

12 10 pm train has parlor car to Qrand Uapids. Extra charge 25 cents.

!l 1!) pm train has parlor car to Grand Haven. Kxtra charge 25 cents. Connects wilh kteanier lor Milwaukee.

SAFTWARD, i l o a m train lias parlor car to Detroit,

Kxtra charge 25 cents. Pullman palace car Detroit to Toronto connecting with •deeping car for the <;ast and New York— connecU at Durand with C & G T division for 1W. Huron and Chicago and with C S A M for Saginaw and Bay City.

4 06 pm train has parlor ear to Detroit, Kxtra charge 25 cents, and Pullman sleep-in;; car to Toronto, Suspension Bridge, Buffalo, Philadelphia and New York-connects at Durand wilh C & G T divisioQ for port Huron nnd Buttle Creek and with C. S. & M. division for Saginaw and Bay City

8 Hop tn train has through day parlor and sleeping cars Windsor toSuspensioo Bridge, Buffalo, New Yorl and Boston.

A. O. HKI»L«UFF, agent, Lowell, Mich, K. II. I luuiiut , Asst Gen P & T agent,

Chicago, HI. BKN FLKTCHEU, Trav Puss agent Detroit

Mich.

T H E O D E L L . K

TYPE WRITER. $ 2 0 will buy the OOELL TYPE WRITER with 78 characters; warranted to do a s good work ns any machine made.

It combines SIMPLICITY with DURA-BILITY- speed, and ease of opera t ion . Wears longer without cost of repairs t han any other machine. Has no ink r ibbon to bother the operator. It is neat, snb-stnntial. nickel-plated, perfect, and adap t ed to all kinds of type writing. Like a printing press, it prodnces sharp, clean, legible manuscripts Two or ten copies can be made at on* writing Any intelli-gent person can become an operator in two days.

B S Z i I A B I J B A G E N T S A M D

S A L E S M E N W A N T E D .

For pamphlet giving Indorsements, etc., address

The Odell Typewriter Co. B O Y E A R S '

E X P E R I E N C E

PATENTS IRAOC nlAftns

DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS A C .

i *ketch and deacripilon may : free whether aa

Communtca-„ Qdbookon I'atenta

sent free. Oldest af ency for serurlne patenuu Patents taken' throueh Mnnn ft Co. receire

tptdol notice, without chars*. ID tbe

Anyone sending L , . quickly ascertain onr opinion fret Invention is probably pntenuhlc. tlons strtcUy oonfldentlaL Handbo<

most widtly sold Annual Riftr-

ence Book and Political Manual published.

THE WORLD. Pulitzer Building, New York-

T h e L E D G E R , t h e T r i W e e k *

Sckntifk JMcan. A handsomely lllastrated weekly. I jtreett cir-culation of any nclenUflo inurnal. Terras, $3 a year; four months, IL Sold by all newsdealer*.

Hew Tort 8U Wublnffton, D. C.

D U R S B * of heal

D ib the fouuda t ion 1 Vf T l i a 1 ^ • UI lAlHllUl* 11UUU b Our̂ HUJU lllttUiant.i' ly m oild aud above ^HuanuC i UQ n̂QQr|K],in̂ rand uue year for 11.90 at this office, ^

of heal th . Hood 's Sarsapar i l lamakoa " * i n p a n d

gives and maintains good H E A L T H e

^owcll ledger.

F. M. JUIINHON, Publisher.

LOWELL. • MICH 10 AN

Minor Happenings of the Week.

Kev. Dr. A. J. Palmer, a noriberu minister, Is lecturing in the south on the "Federal Soldier," and Gen. John B. Gordon, a confederate soldier, is lec-turing In the north on the "Last Days of the Confederacy." Both gentlemen are having crowded houses and making money. One country, one people; no north, no south. No millennium im-pending, but Jolly, good feeling on tap.

EVENTS OF LAST SEVEN DAYS.

P o l l t l c s l , Ba l lKlont . Social a u d C r i m i n a l

D o l n x i of t h e W h o l e W o r l d C a r e f u l l y

C o n d c m e d f o r O a r K e a d e n — T h e Ac-

c iden t Renord .

Girls all know that the most persis-tent suitor for the waltz numbers Is the very fellow they don't want. For our part we prefer a sitting-down waltz, anyhow. One of those waltz-at-ease

London—Sir Robert Henry Meade, permanent under secretary of state for the colonies since 1891, is dead. He was born in 1835.

Tuscola, 111.—Robert Vandventer, a well-known young man of Camargo, was found dead on the Indianapolis, Decatur & Western Railroad track. movements where you both get away i - . . . . .

In some quiet corner, sit down side | Indications lead his friends to believe that he was foully dealt with. by side, you slip your arm around the

girl and sit there and have your waltz out. The girl here has the power of selection.

The punishment of a cartoon pub-lisher and several other German citi-zens for disrespect to the kaiser Is evi-dence that his majesty has a cheap head as well as a thin skin. Men worthy of the cartoon recognize the

Providence, R. I.—The Steer mansion at Nyatt, one of the best-known resi-dences along the shore of Narragansett Bay, was destroyed by lire. I t cost 130,000.

London—A marriage has been ar-ranged between Hon. Rowland Charles Frederick Leigh, youngest son of Bar-on Leigh, and Miss Mabel Gordon, daughter of Colonel W. W. Gordon of

compliment involved in It, however i Savannah. severe it may be; and the right of | Eureka, Kas.—The jury in the New criticism belongs to every man who i case returned a verdict of murder In pays taxes to his government. And the second degree against George the kaiser must inevitably suffer more j Dobbs and Mrs. Emilie New, jointly as a result of his childishness than any i charged with the murder of the lat-of the men he puts in jail.

By refusing to accept the plea of in-toxication advanced by an Illegal voter In extenuation of his offense, a Phlla- ; she had heart disease.

ter's husband, Joseph H. New, on Oct. 21. . Eau Claire, Wis.—Mrs. Christine

Elchert died In her pew In church.

delphla judge has taken a stand which good citizens will generally support, and which has reason, Judgment and common sense back of It. In a vigor-ous manner the Judge charged the jury that If they found the prisoner had vot-ed Illegally, as charged, it was their duty to convict him without regard to his condition a t the time, whether he was drunk or sober. The Jury prompt-ly convicted the man.

The number of cattle in stock in Britain Is given a t 6,500,497, of which 2,532,379 are cows and heifers in milk or in calf, and 1,323,230 are returned as being two years and above. As against the twu preceding returns, cows show respective increases in number of 20,-704 and 46,559; while the cattle of two years old and above present relative decreases of 41,827 and 108,295. Of cattle which have attained the age of one year there is an increase of 54,428 over the return of 1896, and of 170,473 over that of 1895. As compared with the total of 1896, calves or cattle under ! t e ^ J * one year of age show a decrease o f ' 26,390, but present an increase of 37,-£24 as against that of 1895. Pigs have fallen considerably In number, being 536,499 less than In 1896, and 542,129 below the total of 1895.

Jollet, 111—Thomas Treaynor, aged 36 years, was killed by the cars on the Chicago & Alton road.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa—Mrs. John Ripke was Instantly killed in a run-away while going to church.

Providence, R. I—The Steer man-sion a t Hyatt, Narragansett bay, was destroyed by Are. I t cost |30,000.

Butler, Ind.—Wabash surveyors are laying out a line of road from Mont-peller, O., to Toledo, making It a Chi-cago-Toledo air line.

Atchison, Kas—Jennings Judah and his two daughters, aged 18 and 14 years, were run down and killed out-right by a train.

St. Louis, Mo.—Fire destroyed the tobacco warehouse of Christian Pepers. I t is estimated that the loss will amount to over $100,000.

Albion, Neb.—Willard Baker, cash-ier of the AiDion national bank, shot himself fatally. He had been In poor health for some time.

Philadelphia, Pa.—Two more coun-|100 sliver certificates turned

up at the sub-treasury and at the Fourth Street national bank.

Mankato, Minn.—M. G. Willard. brother of the late John A. Willard, made a personal assignment. The liabilities will probably reach |125,000.

Mlddletown, N. Y.—Frank Beck-with, a watchman for the Ontario & Western railroad, was killed by Ed-

In one of William Mountford's books the dialogue runs like this: "I am old • and feeble and useless," said Marham, • cadly. -No, uncle, ' said the young Simpson, a former inmate ot tHe Aubln; "you were never more „ s e I u i . Elmlm relonnatory out oi, paro e than now. You are uaelul Jnat by be-1 A"8"11 . Tex . - lUl l road Commleslon-Ing an old man." When Dr. Robert ™ a™w l ! < i

Gordon had outlived his activity as a minister, his friend. Dr. Candllsh, said of him: "I t Is far more important that he should live for several years moro than that he should do any work." His presence In the world bccame like that of a visible spirit of goodnes'i. Fine old , people are among the most gracious 1 o f marriage. and humanizing Influences, and some- ' Chamberlain, S. D.—John Rush, a times their second childhood Is more c o u n t y commissioner, was found dead, sweet and winsome than the first. We top of his head blown off by

candidate for United States senator against Gov. Culberson and Senator Mills, has withdrawn from the race,

j Denver, Col.—J. H. Gallagher of Shel-don, Iowa, has filed a suit In the dis-trict court here against Mrs. Andrew Sanbo, asking 110,000 for alleged breach

have known more than one gray-halreJ patriarch who was a very welcome "youth's companion."

the discharge of a shotgun. It is be-lieved to be a case of suicide.

Red Oak, Iowa—J. G. Diedrlcks has conveyed his city property, valued at

Major Handy, special commissioner $5,000, to two trustees, to be solil upon to the Paris International Exposition, death of himself and wife, and the In his report to congress, recommends proceeds to be used in establishing a tha t an appropriation of $919,600 be PUWC library. granted, so that a creditable display ! N e w York—The rim of ono of the on behalf of the United States may ? , v e r 8 o f a n e n S i n e o n t h e Baltimore be made. The president. In transmit- &

tb " r B t as the train was rushing

ling the report, B y . : "Be.lde. aeeur- ^ X h T l n l ^ d T L tTaln'wL" Ing a much larger amount of space w e ^ e 8 l i B l l t l y J u r T l i e l r a l n * a 9

than had been reserved Major Handy ° a k I n gM

f u l ' j r flfty m ! , e 8 a n h o u r W h e n

obtained the gratifying assurance t h a t . t h e accident occurred.

t b . United State, will be placed on a I T e ° ' , ; - D r „ ^ J 1 A ' R o ' tooting with the moat tavored nations * h ° « h o t ^ M r ' - M»'>' ^ and that in the Installation of every Important department the United States will have a location com-mensurate with the dignity and Importance of the country adjoining In every case countries of the first rank. In view of the mag-nitude and Importance of the ap-

brlnk, died al St. Joseph's hospital. In a statement written by the woman be-fore the shooting she alleges that Rog-ers had borrowed money from her au

a n " would not marry her. a n ! Minneapolis, Minn.—Miss Julia Glng,

twin sister of Catherine Glng, the vic-tim of Murderer. Harry Hayward, has lost her suit against the Travelers' MAVUMW — — - — i - lObl Uci b u l l a g a i u a i . t uv A t a w i c i o

proachlng exposition and of our stand- ^ccjdent insurance company to recover M O • 11*111 • V» C Tft . . . . t l ... ...11 I ing among the nations that will there be represented and In view also of our increased population and acknowl-edged progress In arts and sciences and manufactures, I earnestly com-mend the report of Major Handy to your consideration, and trust that a liberal appropriation may be made.

the face of an accident policy on her sister's life. Judge McGee held that the murder was not an accident.

Hlcksville, Ohio—William Cleveland, a wealthy farmer, committed suicide. He was Insane.

Grand Rapids, Mich.—James E . Mc-Bride was arrested, accused of embez-

Moreover, the magnificent exhibit of zllng |300 from a client. He Is secre-the French republic at Chicago in 1893, on which $1,000,000 were ex-pended, should he a strong Incentive to reciprocal liberality on the part of the government of the United States."

Acting Postmaster General Heath, in a circular recently issued recommends the establishment of suitable boxes by the roadside in which carriers may de-posit mail as they pass, in districts de-sirous of securing rural f ree delivery. The time which would otherwise be consumed by carriers in reaching resi-dences some distance back from the road will thus be saved, the service will be rendered more effldent, Its cost will be reduced and the probabil-ity of its becoming a permanent fea-ture of postal administration will be | yards

Increased. " , ' , ~

tary of the Michigan Popnllst state central committee.

Carllnvllle, 111—Emll F. Behrens, aged 28, a prominent pharmacist, shot himself through the heart.

Huntington, Ind.—John Mills, aged 70 years, was butchering hogs, when he dropped dead.

Milwaukee, Wis.—The will of R. P. Elmore leaves an estate of $100,000 to his four children. The Widow Is given the homestead and enough cash and securities to amount to $25,000.

Harmon, 111.—Lewis Hulllnger, one of the first settlers of Harmon town-ship, died, aged 77 years.

Winooshi, Vt—Fire destroyed the plant of Mason & Co.'s machine shop and S. H. Newton's sawmill, lumber

and tenements. The loss is more than $100,000.

CASUALTIES.

Philadelphia, Pa.—David O. Swire, of the firm of Swire & Scott, carpet manufacturers, was killed by a Hi 11a-delphla & Reading railway train.

Grass Valley, Cal.—Mrs. Paul Blsh, while lighting a Are during the ab-sence of her husband, accidentally ig-nited her clothing and was burned to death.

Paducah, Ky.—Fire destroyed the Renkopf & Sons' collar factory, entail-ing a loss of 150,000, with only $4,000 of Insurance. Charles Dillon, a fire-man, was caught under falling walls and fatally Injured.

Georgetown, Ind.—Daniel Gordon, proprietor of the flouring mill, was caught In the main belt of the large flywheel, taken around one revolution and dropped to the floor, a distance of twelve feet. Both limbs wero crushed to pulp.

Carllnvllle, 111.—George Moore, aged 20, while at work in the Carllnvllle coal shaft, was struck by falling coal and Instantly killed. •

Kingston, Ont.—A panic was almost precipitated In the penitentiary by a candle on the altar in the Catholic chapel setting flre to the decorations.

Sioux City, Iowa.—The mutilated body of Frank Malloy, a plumber, was discovered beside the Sioux City & Paclflc railway track., He had evident-ly fallen from a train.

Rockford, 111.—Henry Clark, 8 years old, was drowned while skating. He was the son of the Rev. E. Warren Clark, noted traveler and lecturer on oriental topics.

Sing Sing, N.\.—Firo was discovered in the messroom of the state prison. Instead of taking advantage of the in-cident to make an attempt to escape, the prisoners extinguished the flames.

Saginaw, Mich.—A careful estimate of the losses at the fire of the Saginaw Lumber and Salt company at Crow Island shows that there was about 7,000,000 feet of lumber destroyed, valued at $100,000.

Stockton, Cal.—Warehouses No. 5 and No. 16 of the Farmers' Union and Milling company burned. Loss, $500,-000.

Mlnooka, 111.—John Dougherty, an unmarried man about 34 years of age, was Instantly killed by a passenger train on the Rock Island road..

San Jose, Cal.—Rebecca Smith, 5 years old, was fatally shot by her 10-year-old brother while playing with a revolver.

Wausau. Wis.—A Northwestern pas-senger train struck a team and wagon at Fenwood. John Trask, one of the occupants, was killed.

FOREIGN.

Madrid—An official dispatch from Manilla, capital of the Philippine Isl-ands, announces that the Spanish fiag has been hoisted at Camoerent and Blacubato. Il is added that the in-surgents rendered military honors and cheered for Spain.

Paris—Gen. Saussler, the military governor of Paris, has decided to try Maj. Count Esterhazy by court-martial behind closed doors on Jan. 10.

Toronto—A caDlegram from London says Lord Hertford disclaims any knowledge of the reported intention of the Imperial authorities to appoint him Lord Aberdeen's successor.

New Orleans, La.—Three negro mur-derers—Louis Richards, George Wash-ington and Foxli Morris—died on the scaffold at Hahnvllle, a small town In St. Charles parish.

C R I M E .

Sioux City, Iowa—After loading the "barkeep" with his own drinks till he lay helpless on the floor, thugs took possession of John Retter's saloon, served drinks for an hour, pocketed the proceeds, emptied the cash register and decamped.

New York—It is claimed by the Adams Express company that a man giving his name as T. Francis Sanders has obtained a large amount of money in small sums from the wives and rel-atives of persons recently deceased by sending valueless packages cash on delivery.

Greenfield. Mass.—John O'Nell, Jr., was hanged for the murder of Mrs. Hattle McCloud.

Warren, Ohio.—Louis Yura of this city, who was convicted of killing Isaac Hill, was granted a new trial.

Fort Scott, Kan.—Waller Call shot his young wife twice and then sent a bullet. Into his own brain.

Princeton, Ind.—Uri Decker, the boy desperado, now confined In the Gibson county jail charged with forgery and other crimes, has made a confession to Sheriff Murphy, which discloses the existence of an organized gang of forgers and burglars in the county."

Cheyenne Wells, Wyo.—An unknown tramp, who at the point of a revolver robbed W. E. Ayres, station agent on the Kansas Pacific railroad at Weskan, and subsequently set fire to the snow-sheds near Sharon Springs, was killed by Section Foreman Forseborg.

Liberty, Mo.—Walter Foley, aged 23 years, was arrested charged with hold-ing up a gambling hall at Ogden, Utah. Dec. 18, when $200 in silver was carried off.

Wheeling, W. Va.—Clinton Johnson and Peter Jones, wealthy oil men, part-ners In several big ventures, got Into a quarrel over a woman and Johnson shot and killed Jones.

Webster City, Iowa—Wesley Vance and Louis Ress were arrested, accused of Illegally selling liquors.

Muncie, Ind.—Isaac Beck, local agent of the American Express company, despondent over business troubles, committed suicide.

Shelbyvllle, Ind.—Oliver Bassett, farmer, ordered a hunter on his prem-ises to leave. The trespasser shot Bas-sett. The wound is serious.

San Bernardino. Cal.—A. P. Revis, a member of the Salvation Army in Red-lands, who was arrested for wholesale thievery, confessed and asked to bo sentenced.

TALMAGE'S SERMON.

'GOOD AND BAD CLUB H O U S E S " T H E T E X T .

F r o m t h * T e x t : I L S a m u e l , I I . : 14 , a t

Vo l lo i r t l " L e t t h e Y o n n c Men N o w

A r l t e a n d P l a y B e f o r e U » " — R e i g n of

I m p e r i a l U e h a u o h e r y I s H e r e .

Washington, January 9, 1898.—This discourse of Dr. Talmage will be help-ful to those who want to find places with healthful and improving sur-roundings, and to avoid places dele-terious. His text Is 11. Sam. 2:14: Let the young men now arise and play be-fore us.

At this season of the year t i e club-houses of our towns and cities are In full play. I have found out that there is a legitimate and an illegitimate use of the club-house. In the one case it may become a healthful recreation, like the contest of the twenty-four men in the text when they began their play; In the other case It becomes the mas-sacre of bodv, mind and soul, as In the case of these contestants of the text when they had gone too far with their sport. All intelligent ages have had their gatherings for political, social, artistic, literary purposes—gatherings characterized by the blunt old Anglo-Saxon designation of "club."

If you have read history you know that there was a King's Head Club, a Ben Johnson Club, a Brothers' Club, to which Swift and Bollngbroke be-longed; a Literary Club, which Burke and Goldsmith and Johnson and Bos-well made Immortal; a Jacobin Club, a Benjamin Franklin Junto Club. Some of these to Indicate Justice, some to favor the arts, some to promote good manners, some to despoil the habits, some to destroy the soul. If one will write an honest history of the clubs of England, Ireland, Scotland, France and the United States for the last one hundred years, he will write the his-tory of the world. The club was an institution born on English soil, but it has thrived well In American atmos-phere. Who shall tell how many he-long to that kind of club where men put purses together and open house, apportioning the expense of caterer and servants and room, and having a sort of domestic establishment—a style of club-house which in my opinion is far better than the ordinary Hotel or boarding-house. But my object now Is to speak of club-houses of a differ-ent sort, such as the Cosmos, or Chevy Chase, or Lincoln Clubs of this Capital, or the "Union Leagues" of many cities, the United Service Club of London, the Lotos of New York, where Journalists, dramatists, sculptors, painters and ar-tists, from all branches, gather togeth-er to discuss newspapers, theaters and elaborate ar t ; like the Amerlcus, which camps out. In summer time, dimpling the pool with Its hook and arousing the forest with Its stag hunt; like the Century Club, which has its large group of venerable lawyers and poets; like the Army and Navy Club, where those who engaged In war-like service once on the land or the sea now come together to talk over the days of carnage; like the New York Yacht Club, with its floating palaces of beauty upholstered with velvet and paneled with ebony, having all the ad-vantages of electric bell, and of gas-light, and of king's pantry, one pleas-ure boat costing three thousand, an-other fifteen thousand, another thirty thousand, another sixty-five thousand dollars, the fleet of pleasure boats be-longing to the club having cost over two million dollars; like the American Jockey Club ,to which belong men who have a passionate fondness for horses, fine horses, as bad Job when, in the Scriptures, he gives us a sketch of that king of beasts, the arch of Its neck, the nervousness of its foot, the majesty of Its gait, the whirlwind of its power, crying out: "Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? The glory of his nostrils Is terrible; he paweth In the valley and rejolceth in his strength; he salth among the trumpets ha! ha! and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shout-ing;" like the Travelers' Club, the Blossom Club, the Palette Club, the Commercial CluD, the Liberal Club, the Stable Gang Club, the Amateur Boat Club, the gambling clubs, the wine clubs, the clubs of all sizes, the clubs of all morals, clubs as good as can be, and clubs as bad as bad can be, clubs Innumerable. During the day they are jomparatlvely lazy places. Here and there an aged man reading a newspa-per, or an employe dusting a sofa, or _ clerk writing up the accounts; but when the curtain of the night falls on the natural day, when the curtain of the club-house hoists for the entertain-ment. Let us hasten up, now, the mar-ble stairs. What an imperial hallway! See! here are parlors on the side, with the upholfctery of the Kremlin and the Tulllerles; and here are dining halls that challenge you to mention any lux-ury that they cannot afford; and here are galleries with sculpture, and paint-ings, and lithographs, and drawings from the best of artists, Cropsey, aud Blerstadt, and Church, and Hart , and Glfford—pictures for every mood, whether you are impassioned or plac-id; shipwreck, or sunlight over the sea; Sheridan's Ride, or the noonday party of the farmers under the trees; foaming deer pursued by tbe hounds in the Adlrondacks, or the sheep on the lawn. On this side there are read-ing rooms where you find all newspa-pers and magazines. On that side there is a library, where you find all books, from hermeneutlcs to the fairf tale. Coming in and out there are gentle-men, some of whom stay ten minutes, others stay many hours. Some of these are from luxuriant homes, and they have excused themselves for a while from the domestic circle that they may enjoy the larger sodabllity of the club-house. These are from dismembered households, and they

have a plain lodging somewhere, but they come to th is club room to have their chief enjoyment. One black ball amid ten votes will defsat a man's be-coming a member. For rowdyism, for drunkenness, for gambling, for any kind of misdemeanor, a member Is dropped out. Brilliant club-house from top to bottom. The chandeliers, the plate, the furniture, the compan-ionship, the literature, the social pres-tige, a complete enchantment

But the evening Is passing on, and so we hasten through the hall and down the steps and into the street, and from block to block until we come to another style of club-house. Opening the door, we find the fumes of strong drink and tobacco something almost Intolerable. These young men at this table. It is easy to understand what they are at, from the fiushed cheek, the Intent look, the almost angry way of tossing the dice, or of moving the "chips." They are gambling. At an-other table are men who are telling vile stories. They are three-fourths Intoxicated, and between twelve and one o'clock they will go staggering, hooting, swearing, shouting on their way home. That is an only son. On him all kindness, all care, all culture, has been bestowed. He is paying his parents In this way for their kindness. That is a young married man, who, only a few months ago, a t the altar, made promises of kindness and fidel-ity, every one of which he has broken. Walk through and see for yourself. Here are all the Implements of dissi-pation and of quick death. As the hours of the night go away, the con-versation becomes Imbecile and more debasing. Now It Is time to shut up. Those who are able to stand will get out on the pavement and balance themselves against the lamp-post, or against the railings of the fence. The young man who is not able to stand will have a bed Improvised for him in the club-house, or two not quite so overcome with liquor will conduct him to his father 's house, and they will ring the door-bell, and the door will open, and the two imbecile escorts will Introduce into the hallway the ghastliest and most hellish spectacle that ever enters a front door—a drunk-en son. If tue disslpting club-houses of this country would make a contract with the Inferno to provide it ten thousand men a year, and for twenty years, on the condition that nd more should be asked of them, the club-houses could afford to make that con-tract, for they would save homesteads, save fortunes, save bodies, minds and souls. The ten thousand men who would be sacrificed by that contract would be but a small part of the mul-titude sacrificed without the contract But I make a vast difference between clubs. I have belonged to four clubs: A theological club, a ball club and two literary clubs. I got from them phys-ical rejuvenation and moral health. What shall be the principle? If God will help me, I will lay down three principles by which you may juuge whether the club where you are a member, or the club to which you have been Invited, is a legitimate or an ille-gitimate club house.

First of all, I want you to test the club by its Influences on home. If you have a home. I have been told by a prominent gentleman in club life that three-fourths of the members of the great clubs of these cities are married men. Tha t wife soon loses her influ-ence over her husband who nervously and foolishly looks upon all evening absence as an assault on domesticity. How are the great enterprises of ar t and literature and beneficence and public weal to be carried on if every man is to have his world bounded on one side by his front door-step, and on the other side by his back window, knowing nothing higher than his Own attic, or nothing lower than his own cellar? That wife who becomes Jeal-ous of her husband's attention to art , or literature, or religion, or charity, is breaking her own sceptre of conjugal power. I know an Instance where wife thought that her husband was giving too many nights to Christian service, to charitable service, to pray-er meetings, nnd to religious convoca-tion. She systematically decoyed him away until now he attends no church, and Is on a rapid way to destruction, his morals gone, his money gone, and, I fear, his soul gone. Let any Christian wife rejoice when her husband conse-crates evenings to the service of God, or to charity, or to art, or to anything elevated; but let not men sacrifice home life to club life. I can point out to you a great many names of men who are guilty of this sac rllege. They are as genial as angels at the club house, and as ugly as sin a t home. They are gen-erous on all subjects of wine suppers yachts, and fast horses, but they are stingy about the wife's dress and the children's shoes. That man has made that which might be a.healthful recrea-tion an usurper of his affections, and he has married it, and he Is guilty of moral bigamy.' Under this process the wife, whatever her features, becomes uninteresting and homely. He becomes critical of her, does not like the dress does not like the way she arranges her hair. Is amazed that he ever was so un-romantlc as to offer her hand and heart. She is always wanting money money, when she ougbt to be discuss Ing eclipses, and Dexter, and Derby day, and English drags with six horses

I tell you, there are thousands of houses in the d t ies b d n g clubbed to death! There are d u b houses where membership always Involves domestic shipwreck. Tell me tha t a man has Joined a certain dub , tell me nothing more about h im for ten years, and I will write bis history . If he be still alive. The man is a wine guzzler, his wife broken-hearted or prematurely

.old, bis fortune gone o r reduced, and his home a mere name in a directbry Here are six secular n ights in the week "What shall I do with them?" n y s

the father and the husband. "I will give four of those nights to the Im-provement and entertainment of my family, either a t home or in good neighborhood; I will devote one t o charitable institutions; I will devote one to the club." I congratulate yoo. Here is a man who says. "I will make a different division of the six nights. I will take three for the dub and three for other purposes." I tremble. Here Is a man who says, "Out of the six sec-ular nights of the week, I will devote five to the club house and one to the home, which night I will spend In scowling like a Marob squall, wishing I waa out spending It as I had spent the other five." That m a n ' s obituary Is written. Not one out of ten thousand that ever gets so far on the wrong read ever stops. Gradually his health will fall, through late hours and through too much stimulus. He will be first-rate prey for erysipelas and rheumatism of the heart. The doctor coming In will at a glance sec It Is not only present disease he must fight, but years of fast living. The clergyman,for the sake of the feelings of the family, on the funeral day, will only talk In religious generalities. The men who got his yacht In the eternal rapids will not be at the obsequies. They will have pressing engagements that day. They will send flowers to the coffin lid, and send their wives to utter words of sympathy, but they will have engage-ments elsewhere. They never come. Bring me mallet and chisel, and I will cut on the tombstone that man's epi-taph, 'Blessed are the dead who die In the Lord." "No," you say, " that would not be appropriate." "Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his." "No," you say. " that would not be appropriate." Then give mo the mallet and chisel, and I will cut an honest epitaph: "Hero lies the victim of a dissipating club house!" 1 think that damage is often done by the scions of some aristocratic family, who belong to one of these dissipating club houses. People coming up from hum-bler classes feel It an honor to belong to the same club, forgetting the fact that many of the sons and grandsons of the large commercial establishments of the last generation a re now, as to mind. Imbecile; as to body, diseased; as to morals, rotten. They would have got through their property long ago If they had full possession of i t ; but the wily ancestors, who earned the money by hard knocks, foresaw how It was to be, and they tied up everything In the will. Now, there is nothing of that unworthy descendant but his grandfather's name and roast beef rotundity. And yet how many steamers there are which feel honored to lash fast that worm-eaten tug, though it drags them straight into the breakers.

Oh, my heart aches! I see men strug-gling against evil habits, and they want help. I have knelt beside them, and I bave heard them cry for help, and then we have risen, and he has put one hand on my right shoulder, and the other hand on my loft shoulder, and looked Into my face with an Infinity of earnestness which the judgment day will have no power to make me forget, as he cried out with his lips scorched In ruin, "God help me!" For such there Is no help except In the Lord God Al-mighty. I am going to make a very stout rope. You know that sometimes a rope maker will take very small threads and wind them together until a f te r a while they become ship cable. And I am going to take some very small, delicate threads, and wind them together until they make a very stout rope. I will take all the memories of the marriage day, a thread of.Iaughter, a thread of light, a thread of music, a thread of banqueting, a thread of con-gratulation, and I twist them together, and I have one strand. Then I take a thread of the hour of the first advent in your house, a thread of the darkness tha t preceded, and a thread of the light that followed, and a thread of the beau-tiful scarf that little child used to wear when she bounded out at eventide to greet you, and then a thread of the beautiful dress in which you laid her away for the resurrection. And then I twist all these threads together, and I have another strand. Then I take a thread of the scarlet robe of a suffer-ing Christ, and a thread of the white raiment of your loved ones before the throne, and a str ing of the harp cheru-bic, and a string of the harp seraphic, and I twist them all together, and I bave a third strand. "Oh!" you say, "either strand Is strong enough to hold fast a world.'' No. I will take these strands, and I will twist them together, and one end of tha t rope I will fasten, hot to the communion table, for it shall be removed—not to the pillar of the organ, for that will crumble in the ages, but I wind i t 'round and 'round the cross of a sympathizing Christ, and having fastened one end of the rope to the cross, I throw tbe other end to you. Lay hold of It! Pull for your life! Pull for heaven!

T h e L a p l a n d e r * .

The Laplanders inhabit the north-ernmost coasts of the Scandinavian peninsula "They are Ignorant, uncul-tivated, and torpid, rather savage," says a recent English traveler. "In spite of their frequent contact with the Russians and the Swedes, they have no industrial resources, no ar t , no other commerce than that which is afforded by the products of the chase, or their fisheries, or their heads of reindeer. Christianity, to which they were con-verted about two centuries ago, baa not aroused them as yet from their moral and Intellectual lethargy. AU religion being reduced, so fair as they are concerned, to oral tradition, t h t devotion of each is in proportion to his memory. Education among them has attained to this standard that a Laplander who knows his alphabet corresponds to a young man among us who has graduated a t Oxford or Cam-bridge."

"THAT TERROR of MOTHERS." I TN TIGER'S CLUTCHES.

a How it was overcome by Nova Scotian mother

W h o i s w e l l k n o w n a s a n a u t h o r .

Of oM t h e ev i l s t h a t a t t n e k c h i l d r e n • c n r c c l y ktiy o t h e r in m o r e d r e a d e d t h a n c r o u p I t *o o f t e n c o n i e s in t h e n i i th t . T h e d a n g e r U so g f e a t . T h e c l i m a x is so Midden. I t is no w o n d e r t h a t Mrs . W. J . U t c k s o n ( b e t t e r k n o w n u n d e r h e r p e n n a m e of " S t a n f o r d H v e l e t h , " ) c a l l s i t " t h e t e r r o r of m o t h e r s . " N o r i s i t a n y w o n d e r t h a t s h e w r i t e s in t e r m s of p r a i s e a n d

Si rn t l t i ide for t h e re l i e f w h i c h she h a s onnd both f r o m h e r o w n a n x i e t i e s , a n d

(or h e r c h i l d r e n ' s a i l m e n t s , i n Ur . J . C. A y c r ' s C h e r r y P e c t o r a l .

" M e m o r y docs no t r e c a l l t h e t i m e w h e n D r A y c r ' s C h e r r y P e c t o r a l w a s no t used in o u r f u m i l y . for t h r o a t a n d l u n g t r o u b l e s . T h a t t e r r o r of m o t h e r s — t h e s t a r t l i n g , c r p u p v c o u g h — n e v e r n l a r m e d m e , so IOIIK ns I h a d a b o t t l e of A y c r ' s C h e r r y P e c t o r a l in t h e h o u s e to s u p p l e m e n t t h e h o t - w a t e r b a t h . W h e n s u f f e r i n g w i t h w h o o p i n g c o u g h , In i t s w o r s t f o r m , n n d a r t i c u l a t i o n w a s i m p o s s i b l e on a c c o u n t of t h e c h o k i n g , m y c h i l d r e n w o u l d p o i n t a n d g e s t i c u l a t e t o w a r d t h e b o t t l e ; lor e x p e r i e n c e hud tnugh ' t t h e m t h a t r e l i e f w a s in i t s con-t e n t s . " — M r s . W . J DICKSON ( " S t a n f o r d E v e l e t h " ) , a u t h o r of " R o m a n c e o l t h e P r o v i n c e s , " T r u r o , N . 8 .

C. J . Wooldrldge. Wor tham, T e z , , w r l t e i : " O n e of m y c h i l d r e n h a d c r o u p . On«

n i g h t 1 w o s s t a r t l e d by t h e c h i l d ' s h a r d b r e a t h i n g , a n d on g o i n g t o i t f o u n d il s t r u n g l i n g . It had n e a r l y s e n s e d t o b r e a t h e . H a v i n g a p a r t of n b o t t l e of Dr . A y e r ' s C h e r r y P e c t o r a l i n t h e h o u s e , I gave t h e c h i l d t h r e e doses , a t s h o r t i n t e r v a l s , a n d a n r i o u s l y wa i l ed r e s u l t s . I ' r o m the mo-m e n t t h e P e c t o r a l was g i v e n t h e c h l l d ' a b r e a t h i n g g r e w r a s t e r , a n d in n s h o r t t i m e It w a s s l e e p i n g q u i c l l y n n d b r e a t h i n g nat-u r n l l y . T h e c n l l d Is n l l ve a n d wel4 to d i y , a n d I d o not h e s i t a t e to s a y t h a t A y e r ' s C h e r r y P e c t o r a l s a v e d i t s l i f e . " — C . J . WOOLUHIUUL, W o r t h a m . T e x .

T h e s e B t a t e m e n t s m a k e a r g u m e n t In f avor of t h i s r e m e d y u n n e c e s s a r y . I t Is a f a m i l y m e d i c i n e t h a t n o h o m e s h o u l d b e w i t h o u t . I t is jus t n s e f f icac ious in b r o n -c h i t i s , a s t h m a , w h o o p i n g c o u ^ h . a n d a l l o t h e r v a r i e t i e s of c o u g h s , ns It is In c r o u p . T o p u t It w i t h i n e v e r y o n e ' s r e a c h , Dr. A y e r ' s C h e r r y P e c t o t a l Is n o w p u t u p In ha l f s i r e bo t t l e s , nt ha l f price—50 c e n t s . S e n d fo r A y e r ' s C u r e b o o k ( f r e e ) a n d r e n d of o t h e r c u r e s e f f e c t e d b y C h e r r y P e c t o r a l . A d d r e s s t h e Co., L o w e l l , Mass .

Dr . A y e r ' a J . C. A y e r

In th* South. Chen p. K«»y Terms. Krw Cat. W.H.t'nnvford & Co.. liiiiillicra UsIoDlitrB, Xukilllc, 1 ran.

A I I T H ( M ~ K W ( i w.a,". tt.

yo,)r R,orlpR, poomRund MU I nUnO book MSS.; best prlccs: ii,close stump. Authors nnd Writers Unfon.Chlcugo.III.

Was earned In 6 yesrs by on* j siren* with our frro outllt You ran. P. O, nil, Sew York. $22,000

SCALES WEEKS

Self-iridlnir, P«t. comlilnnllon lionm. No loose welsUta. V. S. ManilaM. Dctl nml rhcnpi «l Srml fur prion

SCALE WORKS, BUFFALO, N. Y.

Wluit an iibsurd thing It is to pass over till the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention of his infirmities.

Avarice is a robler that keeps many people from becoming rich.

FARMER'S HANDY FEED COOKER. Wo desire to call our readers' atten-

tion to the Farmer's Handy Feed Cooker, which is sold a t the low price of $12.60 for 50 gallon capacity

A B I I I H I MORPHINE and WHISKY HABITS l l r l U M H O M E C U K E , HOOK FP.KK. U.I . i. R. WB • w i i s uurrflAS.iisbrii>D;dc..ciiiai.uliu.

r t O f f c D C V NEW DISCOVERY; »I.M ^ I qhlckrelli-lanlCIIK-Iworst

eMW. Send for book of UntlnnmlaU nnd l IHlnys ' treatniout Fnie. i)r. H.ll.mim.VBSOXS. jtiir.ni>. Hz.

C U T L E R ' S

MEDiGATED " • ' . n n / n u n l for iho cure of CATAKKH and LU.NO |

I ' rops . . mifTnlo, N. Y. I DISEA'SKS. I<y nmll. M.ou. W . H . H M l T i l ft C O

lALL^ Vegetable Sicilian

IAIR RENEWER I t h a s m a d e miles a n d miles

of h a i r grow on mill ions heads ,

f r a y h a i r .

a n d mil l ions of N o t a s ingle i

N o d a n d r u f f .

NEURtieiA | « 3 H

Sick and Nervous Head-aches r n s m m y cu red

In 3 0 Minutes, by

By feeding poultry and stock with cooked food during the winter months, at least one-third of the food Is saved; also having stock In a healthy condi-tion, preventing hog cholera among your hogs, and Insuring the hens lay-ing freely during the winter months when eggs are always wanted at high prices. This Cooker will pay for Itself In one week's time and Is without doubt the best and cheapest on the market—just what Its name Implies, a Farmer's Handy Feed Cooker. Upon application to the Empire Manufactur-ing Co., 615 H street, Qulncy, III., a cat-alogue, giving a full description, may be obtained. They nre made In all sizes.

Life Is a short day; but it is a work-in? day. Aotlvitv may lead to evil, but inactivity cannot be too pfood.

Al all drugqitli or tenl poil-paid upon receipt ol $1.

F R E N C H C H E M I C A L C O . 3 5 6 Dearborn St..

Chicago, 111.

• e w i w w w e e e e e e e e e e e s & i e e e e i

FOR 14 CENTS] WewlsbtosalnUiO l̂Oanowens- j

d hiiu'cnilor t tun cm, «n ... 1 PkR. 13 Day lUdinh,

1 Pkg. Ksrlr Sprina Turnip, 1 " Karllost lied Beet, 1 " llUmarrk Cucmnber,

100 * 103$ loo lOe

I M Oucen Victoria Lcttace, Uo Klondyka Melon. Ilia Jambo UUnt Onion, lia UrillUnt Flower Soodt, Uo

Worth #1,00, for 141 cents. Above 10 pkgs. worth 91.00, we will mall yon free, toBethar with oar •reat PUnt and Seed Cstslovne upon receipt of this notice snd Me. post*(s. We Invite your tr»deand know when 70a once try Baiter's •eedsyoa wlllneTBrfMalongwith-oot thsm. Potm toes a t * 1.00 a BbI. CtUloisloae6c. No.\v.a.

a i t u m IUD co.. u o t o a n . wis. j

Mr. Qnlntns llnmniol, of 118 Hiohlgan

Ave., Detroit, te l l s a War Story

of his own i-'xpcrience, and

the Resu l t (FYom Detroit Newt.)

Our representative called at 118 Michi-

fan Avenue, the resilience of Mr. Quintus luminel. Mr. Hiimtnel is a veteran of

the late war. ami received,in tiie campaign. i an injury which has given him much pain

life "

becoming frightened one day reared up,

and suffering since. He belonged to a Michigan cavalry regiment and his horse

in falling he struck his spine on a sharp stone. Inflict-ing a deep cut over five Indies long. Tho Injury affected the kidneys. About two years ago the left kidney started to bleed, nnd has been doing so over since. Mr. Hummel, in a few pointed sentences, gave our representative the following account:

"The Accident of my 'wardays ' left me In bai shape; pain In my back nnd

Is the title of an Ulnatrated pamphlet fa- i spine rendered me almost useless, and I sued by the general passenger department was compelled to give up work entirely, of the Chicago, Milwaukee « St. Paul Rail- " wajr on mining in Colorado, California,

A GOLDEN ERA

and other Western States.

KLONDYKE is an illuatrated folder about Alaska and

11 could not turn over in bed without assist-i ance. I have spent hundreds of dollars in ! various ways trying to find relief. Physl-i clans have told me my spine was honey-! combed for 13 inches. I had given up lu I despair, never hoping for relief, when a

friend told me about Doan's Kidney Pills, its gold mines, with rates of fare and "in" I and they have dime me a world of good, formation as to bow to get there and what The pains have disappeared from my back, to expect after arrival. Both publloatlona and the bleeding of my kidney has almost

^ ®*P«n8e by sending | entirely stopped. I know I can never be ^ c i i i T ^ WOUM tav. to b« •«

Chicago, 111. new man, but Doan s Kidney Fills havo done moro to make me feel like ' a new man' than all the ether things I have tried during past years. I have not had any recurrence of the pain or bleeding since taking them."

Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all deal-ers. Price 60 cents, by mail, from Fos-ter-Mllburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y., sole agenta for the United States. Remember the name. Doan's. and t.ike no other.

T Is one thing to hunt tho tiger and quite another thing to havo tho tiger hunt you. When 'Stripes,' hunting on his own account, pounces upon a man the victim has a poor chance for his life. That there are few men who

can tell of such an experience ks need-less to say," said Capt. E. A. Arhuthnot. After the cigars had been lighted a guest who had known bliri twenty years before In India had pressed him to tell the story of his tiger adventure there and the captain had consented.

"The thing occurred In the Dabrah Doolah district In Assam, where I had gone with the Idea of becoming a tea planter." continued the captain. "The beginning of the adventure, to tell the story completely, was my meeting a shikari named Dassa Balbua on the morning of the day when I fell In with the tiger. The word shikari, yon will understand, means native hunter, a tiger hunter In particular. I waa on my way that day to look over a tract of Jungly land which I thought of buying and clearing for cultivation, when on passing Dassa Bulhua's house I saw him sitting In the doorway and he was" In a peck of trouble.

"His old East Indian company's army musket, tho gun with which he hunted, was lying across his lap, and he was fumbling at the lock. He wanted to go out Into the jungle that day, nnd here was his gun hammer out of gear, so that when ho pulled It back It would not cotch and stay at foil cock. I saw at once what was wrong with the lock, nnd chancing to have .with me a watch-maker's file, I set the thing right In five minutes. Balbua was very grate-ful, and I rode on, leaving him careful-ly loading the gun. I don't wish to get ahead of my story, but will say here that my stopping to help Balbua out of his trouble was the means of saving my own life that day.

"This meeting with the shikari oc-curred about an hour after daybreak I went on my way. and by the middle of the afternoon I had seen ail I cared to of the tract of land I came to view and was ready to return to my bunga-low. Of the two servants who accom-panied me, I had left one with my horse a mile hack where there was some shade and grass. The other, who was with me. I sent to the man in tho rear directing that they bring the horse round by the road to a point where I would meet them. Tbe man started off on a run. and after watching him out of sight. I took my way along a jungle path toward the point on the road where I had appointed to meet them.

"Tho jungle growth through which the path led was made up largely of

CHEAP FARMS Do You Want

a Home? 100,000 ACRES Improved and unlm-...... V..U BUU U-.U.. 1 n

A ,UUni *Vl11 f 0 l , 0 W a ™ r d , ™ i t h a

i proved fa rming lands i D " > w , w h i l e a w o m a n w i l l f o l l o w a

.o ld on long Ume and e a s ^ m e J u ? ? Utile 1 b l 0 W W i t h tt ^ r c a t ' n a n > ' w o r i , S -«ach jyear C o m e a n d j t e e us or wri te , T H E TRUMAN MOSS STATIC BANK',"Sanilac Center, Mich., or

THE TRUMAN MOSS ESTATE. Croswell. Sanilac Co., Mkb.

' For maps, pamphlets, rai lway rates, etc., and fn l l information concerning this country, enjoying exceptionally pleasant cl imate and continuous good crops, apply t o

M. V. MclNNES, No. 1 HerriN B i t , Detroit JAMES GRIERE, Reed CRr. Hich.. or 0. L CAVEN, Bad Axe. Hich.

Uo You Oance To-yiaht? Shake into your Shoes Allen's Foot-

Ease, a powder for the feel. It makes tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bunions, Chilblains and Sweat-ing F e e t At nil Druggists nnd Shoe Stores. 35c. Sample sent FREE. Ad dress, Allen S. Olmsted. LeRoy, N. Y

Women's moral support Is as valu-able to a man as his material support is necessary to her.

L a n e ' s F a m i l y M e d i c i n e .

Moves the bowels each day. In order to be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache. Price 25 and 50c.

T h a t b a c t e r i a m a y live a n d grovr l a m e l t -i n g Ice, h a s been s h o w n by Pos t e r . v

No-To-Uac for Fifty Cents. Guarantwsl tobacco habit euro, makes weak

non s t ronr , blood pure. SOc. II. All druggists.

One m a y s m i l e a n d smi le a n d be a v i l la in still.

THE TIGER HAD ME.

bamboo grass taller than my head. In-terspersed with the grass were clumps of bushes, low-topped korlnda trees, and here and there a taller tree. Now that I was alone the thought came to me that I should feel more comfortable If I had kept my rifle by me, for it being rather heavy to carry, I had left It with the servant, who had charge of the horse. But I was not much dis-turbed by anticipations of danger as 1 Btrolled along the path, taking my time, for I expected to have to wait for my men at the roadside.

"The thing came suddenly, without warning. There was a strange moving of the grass and bushes a few feet away to one side of the path, the tall grass parted to left and right in the furrow that came straight toward me there was aloud, deep-throated roar—and the tiger had me. I was standing stock still staring at the moving grass, for there was no use In running away, for he came out on me. There WHS one glimpse of paws, jaws, nnd white breast all plunging for me. nnd then I was flat on my back in the path, with the tiger crouching upon nu. his claws set In my left shoulder and right ride. The long feelers at his nose brushed my face as he set his teeth Into my shoulder In one sharp, crushing bite, apparently to make sure that 1 would He still.

"If the tiger had been alarmed or wounded, If he had overtaken me run-ning away, or had I struggled—I should have been killed outright. 1 certainly expected nothing else, but the tiger, not repeating the bite, lifted bis head as if listening. Some sound In the road may have made him fearful of losing his prey, for, seizing me hy the should-er. he swung me clear of the ground and started away through the jungle In long, swift leaps. I weighed at that time 135 pounds, and the tiger carried me along as easily as a cat would carry a squirrel.

"It will probably sound strange to you, although a similar experience has been related by others, when I say that from the moment the tiger leaped on

me I felt no pain from teeth or claws. Neither did I, after once the brute had seized me, feel any keen sense of fear, although perfectly conscious of all that was going on and of what seemed tho certainty that I should bo immediate-ly killed. Perhaps tho best expression of my condition while I was In the tiger's power would bo to say that I was in a hypnotic state, for I can com-pare my sensnllon with nothing else.

"The tiger ran perhaps fifty yards, then stopped, laid me down and crouched, watching me. Presently ho picked mo up again nnd started on through the jungle, this time walking, bearing me along with my legs drag-ging upon the ground. Coming to an open space he laid me down, and, back-ing away for a distance of two or three yards, lay crouched, watching me In-tently, nfter the manner of a cat that plays with a mouse.

"From the position In which I lay I could look straight Into his yellow eyes and could see the curling In and out of the tip of the supple tall. Then as with every second I expected tho tiger to leap upon me and tear me, there crash-ed in the jungle's stillness the loud re-port of a gun, close at hand. I saw the tiger leap to his feet, whirl toward the sound, and he roared once ns he rear-ed himself almost upright on his hind legs; then fell over on his side strug-gling.

"It was from the old firelock that I had set In order that morning—the East Indian company musket of Dassa Balhua that the shot had come which saved my life. Tho shikari had found the path the tiger was accustomed to take In going from his den to the near-est water course to drink. In a thick-leaved tree overlooking this path he had built a platform, and from this he had watched dally for a chance to shoot nt the brute. Waiting here this day he saw the tiger come Into view from an unexpected quarter dragging mo along by tho shoulder. When ho saw the tiger drop me In the open space and lay himself down a t a llttlo distance away, the shikari fired at him, aiming at the head, for he knew that If not killed the first act of the brute would ho to kill me. The tiger, struck in the ear by the heavy bullet, died almost In his tracks.

"After the shot was fired I lay still, not feeling sure that the tiger was real-ly done for, until I saw Dassa Balhua come toward me from the tree. When I lifted my head the shikari was startled for ho had thought that I was dead. But he came to mo and lifted me by the shoulders so that by turn-ing my head I could see the tiger lying stretched on his side.

" 'He can trouble you no more, sah-ib,' said the shikari. 'The tiger is dead.'

"The shikari opened my jacket and examined my wounds, And then went down to the road to intercept my ser-vants. By the time he came back with them my wounds were getting painful. While one of the servants rode to the nearest bungalow for men and a Utter, I lay watching tho shikari skin the tiger. It was a young animal, full grown, with a glossy, beautifully marked skin, and terrible teeth and claws With the skin and the govern-ment bounty and the hundred rupees that 1 gave him, Dassa Balhua had no reason to complain of his day s fortune. I was taken out of the jungle that night and to my home the next day. I had a bad shoulder, with fever, that kept me laid up for three or four weeks and I did not regain the full use of my right arm for years. But I think I got off well."

ACCURACY.

I t Is a Uood T l i l u c but S o n i c t l m e s I t

I l e rou i e s I ' a l n f u l .

Accuracy Is the most desirable thing on ordinary occasions, but there are times when It palls, says tbe Wash-ington Star. It is soothing to bear the English language spoken with confidence and unerring grammar, which betoken Intelligence and good breeding, and especially so when it is uttered in public places by uniformed persons from whom you ordinarily hear such remarks as "HI!" "Get a move on yer" and "Can't you look where ye're goln'?"

A middle-aged man who had made his way through the mob of depot em-ployes who use this style of vocabu-lary was happy to find the conductor on the sleeping car a young man with a gentle voice and a delibenvte and re-fined manner. He was more than gratified when he saw him, later on the journey, take a copy of one of the Latin classics from his pocket and be-gin to read. His pleasure at the spec-tacle made him almost forget that In his haste to catch the train he had neg-lected to eat any luncheon. Approach-ing the conductor, he endeavored to mingle knowledge with agreeable lu-tercourse. "Have you been on this road long?" he Inquired. "No," tho conductor answered, without looking up. "This Is my first week." "'Do you like the work?'' "All labor Is distasteful. But I endeavor not to allow my mind to dwell on the Irk-some phases of my duty "

The conductor had not taken his eyes from the book and his questioner abandoned all Idea of sociability and proceeded wltW the matter nearest to his heart. "Will you tell me," he asked, "when and for how long this train stops for dinner?" "Not at all." "Are you sure of that?" came the in-quiry in tones of protesting anguish. "Yes." the gentle voiced conductor re-plied, as he leisurely turned a leaf, "I am quite sure. The train does not eat."

A K o n g h D e a l .

William Walker, of Genoa, Ohio, was fined |25 and costs, amounting In all to |130, for shooting a squirrel out of sea-son.

A STITCH IN TIME SATES NINE. He»tv, 'sense of tenderness and swelling of a par t ,

• r e al l Indications tha t there is need of instant repair —the st i tch in time. Where those symptoms exist on the l e f t or the right side of tho womb, disease of the ovary is set t ing In, and soon there will be, if there is no t already established, a discharge, trifling a t first, b u t la ter copious and irritating. Soon, also, there will be fe l t dull, dragging pains radiating from the ovary.

Do not , my sister, let your malady go so far, but those of you who are already suffering in this way should begin a t once a course of treatment with Lydla E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I t will restore the organs to their normal con-dition.

I n th is connection Mas. E. L. MTKBS, Quak-ske, Pa., says: " M y ovaries were badly dis-esi -vi , and for almost a year I suffered with se-vere burning pains which were almost unendurable, and a dull, heavy pain iq the l o w e r portion of my back. If standing I was most relieved with my fool res t ing on a stool or chair. The doctor told rao I would have to take my bed and- keep quiet. I had not used half a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-table Compound before i t worked wonders with me. I now owe my heal th t o the Compound. To those who are suffering from diseases peculiar to wo-men, I would say tha t Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound iti just what they need."

Mrs. P inkham wishes to befriend you, aud if you will write her a t Lynn, Mass., telling he r jus t how you feel, sho will give vou the v«rv hoof, n/ioi— give you the very best advice f ree of charge. Think what a privilege it is to be able to write to a woman who is learned in all these matters, and willing to advise you without charge.

A woman may know a man is lying when he tells her she is pretty, but she would not have him punished for tho fault.

S T I L L T H E R E 18 MONEY IN I T .

Carl Vollen sold $360 of Salzer's Cab-bage. Labor, seed, rent and all did not cost him |50, profit $300. You can beat that and make lots of money on Early Radishes, Peas, Lettuce, Mushrooms, Onions, Sweet Com, Tomatoes, Pota-toes, etc. Salzer warrants his seeds the earliest In the world. Potatoes only 11.50 per barrel. Millions of Raspber-ries, Cherries, Apples and small fruits. Catalogue tells all about them.

Send this Notice nrltli He. Stamps to John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,

Wis., and get free their big Plant and Seed Catalogue and 10 packages vege-table and flower seeds, novelties worth table and flower novelties worth $1.00.

w.n.f.

When a man loves money, a woman may expect very little of his love and less of his money.

Try Graln-O. Ask your grocer to-day to show you

a package of G I I A I N - O , the new food drink tha t takea the place of coffee.

Tho children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who t ry it like i t GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure grains, and the most delicate stomach receives it without distress. H the price of coffee.

15 cents and 25 cents per package. Sold by all trrocers. Tastes like coffee. Looks like coffee.

Something more than finite power is needed to prepare mankind for an in-finite condition.

It Keeps the Foot Dry and Warm. And is the only cure for Chilblains, Frostbites, Damp, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25e. Sample sent FREE. Ad-dress, Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y.

Some people who are too honest to steal, will borrow aud never pay back.

Coughing Leads to Consumption. Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough

a t once. Go to your druggist to-day and get a sample bottle free. Sold in 25 and 50 cent bottles. Go a t once; de-lays are dangerous.

FREE FARM OF 160 ACRES.

ITonld Ton L l k * t o I t* A b i o l n t e O w n e r of Your Own K n r t n ?

WOULD you like a farm that pro-duces upon an average of 30 bushels of wheat per acre?

WOULD you like a farm that growe from 60 to 90 bushels of oats per acre?

WOULD you like a farm that grows from 40 to 60 bushels of barley per acre?

WOULD you like a farm that grows more bushels of potatoes per acre than any farm In Michigan?

WOULD you like a farm that pro-duces all kinds of roots aud vegetables In abundance?

WOULD you like a farm that pro-duces the heaviest and fattest b"of cat-tle that goes to tho English market?

WOULD you like a farm that pro-duces butter and cheese equal to (he finest Danish?

WOULD you like to own a farm In a country where cattle are never stabled winter or summer?

WOULD you like to live in a country where taxes are very low, the principal taxation being for schools, and tho government pays 75 per cent of that?

WOULD you like to live in a country where every person is happy and con-tented, excepting the doctors and un-dertakers?

WOULD you like to be where each of your sons can get 160 acres free, when they reach 18 years of age?

If so, consult the advertisement ot tho Canadian, government free lands, appearing elsewhere.

The lazv man believes that there is no bill which Is not steep.

Iteanty is Blood Deep. Clcau blood means a clean skin. No

beauty without I t Cascarets, Candv Cathar-tic cleans your blood and keeps it clcan. by stirring up tho lazy liver and driving all 1m-purlUes from the body. Begin today to banish pimples, bolls, blotches, blackheads, and that sickly bilious complexion by taking Cascarcts—beauty for ten cents. All druj?-glsts. satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, iic, 60c.

No king can rule others well who is not master of nlmsclf.

A S T i l I I A can to qnlcUly cured hy Or. r u f f a A t l imulenc. All suir>n'rs from ilil-i dlslrvvlntf comphiint bhotilil wrlio lo Dr. Tuft I!io«.. t Kim S{., Rochester.K. V.. for n smnplo liottlo.M'nt nbau ln t r l j r I r c c on receipt ot name and ndilrc-s. Thuj- aro reliable.

Days which begin in darkness and storm often end in u glorious sunset

" I burned my fingers very badly. The pain was intense. Dr. Thomas' Ecleetric Oil brought relief in three minutes. I t was almost magical. I never saw anything like I t " Amelia Swords, Saundersville, O.

There is no more dangerous disease than wanting to ge t rich in a hurry.

Consumption is the natural resul t of a neglected cold. Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup cures coughs, bronchitis, asthma, aud lung troubles of all sorts down to the very borderland of con-sumption.

God has promised t h a t the man who will give mercy shall receive i t

"Burdock Blood Bitters entirely cured me of a terrible breaking out ail over my body. I t is a wonderful med-icine." Miss Julia Elbridge, Box 35, West Cornwell, Conn.

Hundreds would never have known want If they bad not llrst known waste.

The bearer of f;ood news always has a pleasant voice.

m?ermanontijCnred. Koflts ornerroasneisafUf y s una of Dr. Kline's Great Mervo Kustonr.

Send for FRER 03.00 trial bottle and treatlsa. Da. B. IL KLINK. Ltd..931 Arch St.. Fhlladolpbla. Pa.

A bad man can never own anything that is tlreproof.

T O C U R E A C O L D I N O N E D A T . T a k e Laxa t ive Bromo Quinine Tablets. AH

Druggiatsrefund tho money it i t fal ls to cure. 25o

The devil can watch a grumbler with a bare hook.

Mrs. ITlPHlovr'ssootmnirisyrap For rhll.l ton teethlnK.noftens the (rums.redam Inllan*. maUonjdlayi ixUn.carc* wind colic. 25 cents a botUa.

T o a mule ' s e a r s a m u l e ' s voice is a l w a y s m u s i c

. . . . Coe's Congh B a l s a m Is the oldest aod best. It »11I break cp a eold atUekai than anything elie. It Is alwajs reliable. Try It.

Ungratefulness Is the very poison of man-hood.

I tching Piles, night 's horrid plague, is instantly relieved and permanently cured b j Doan's Ointment Your dealer ought to keep i t

Finland has women bricklayera

Smoke Sledge Cigarettes, 20 for 5 cts.

T o Cure Const ipat ion Forever, Take Cascare ts Candy Cathart ic . 10c o r 2So.

U C. C. C. fal l lo cure . druggiBtH refund money.

Siberia employs•lO.OJO gold miners.

I believe Plso's Cure is the only medicine that will cure consumption. Anna M. Ross, Willlamsport, Pa., Nov. w, 1S9»

Texas boasts a S.MJ.OOO acre ranch.

S t a r Tobacco Is tho leading brand of the world, because it Is the best.

Japan has 8 O.OW cotton spindles.

W . N . U . — D E T R O I T — N O . 3 — 1 8 9 8

The South has -iss cotton mills. When Answerint j Adver t i sements

Mention T h i s I 'apcr .

Kindly

* JUST AS CERTAIN TO CURE I

i J a Soreness'" Stiffness! L

WIth S T . JACOBS O I L as day comes af tor night. r

CANDY

CATHARTIC V ^ v-A i n A K T I C Jk

CURE CONSTIPATION

fOe

25c 50c ^ A T E . T H E L \ V ^ ALL

DRUGGISTS m

1 LOWELL STATE|BANK

$ 2 5 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 .

MIClt .

tJapital , — LOWELL,

•M-f • • FRANCIS KIN(J, President,I

CHAS. McCARl Y, Vice Prenldenl.

M . C . GRISWOLD. CAshier. DIKECTOILFI:

Francis KinR, Chas. McCarlJr, Geo. W. Parker, F. T. King, G. H. Force, K. L. Bemic^, M. C. Griswold C. Bergln.

A General Banking UiiiilneHS Traniiaclcd Money Loaned on Real I'HIIUC Secnritr

LOWELL MARKET

Invariably corrected Thursday raornins

Wheat ft Ha

Batter ,10 ft l i

C}nion a ft 3(1

brix & 2(!

b a t s ft 21

tye ft 42

parley per cttt 60

?lour per cwt 2 GO

^ran per ton § 11 00

! liddlinga per ton ft 12 00

Corn meal per ton (a. 18 00 1 t o r n and oats per ton 0 14 00

E g ^ T!

Potatoes fir

Beans ft 7(

.Beef t, r.o @ G 00

Pork @ 4 0(.

bhickens 7 @ 8

Wool washed 7 an 14

Wool unwashed r, & 10

Apples 30 @ r.o

%

MUSTCiKTl'P

Yes. of course, if you hare one of our new nickel clockn. We bought a lot of thorn; bought them cheap, will sell them cheap. Only Slilc, worth $1.50 nnywhore else. Fully guaranteed for one year with a

written guarantee. A handy thing to Imve ns they

will run in any position nnd can be carried from room to room.

Guaranteed to rouse the sleepiest

boy. U. B. WILLIAMS.

Tho Jeweler.

Examine our line of holidnj i goo\ls.

, Mrs. l i e la Needlmra if» visiting at Stan wood.

Bread', cookies, pies and cakes n1

city bakery.

W . L a n g s and wife were in South Lowell Sunday .

Mr. Just ice of Clarksvi l le was in town last Sa turday .

Be sure and call on Fal las beforf selling your poul t ry .

W a r r e n Ellison of Easton visited 'at Charles Buckley's S a t u r d a y .

Misrt Lizzie Kilgiie of Bowne vis-ited f r iends in Lowell Sa tu rday .

Genuine bonie-raade bread " l ike mother makes" a t Bush's bakery..

F red Briiner and wife were at Chas. B a n c r o f t ' s in Alto, Monday evening.

1. B. Jones and wife visited iola-l ives in South Bend, I n d . , last week.

A new son arrived a t the home nf F r a n k Sterzik, about two weeks a g e .

W m . Fox anrj daugh te r visited at W i l l Cogswell's in South Boston Sun-d a y .

Mr. and Mrs. Marsh were guests of 8 . a . Hudson of Ouk Grove Sun-day. k

, R. D. Bancrof t .a^id wife enter-tained Mra. Mundell an^ daughte r of A d a laat Week.

H . H . Hunte r , wife nnd li t t le daugh te r have returned to their home at Mt. Pleasant .

, T im Foster of Has t ings was in town last w.eek assisting F r a n k Ecker in closing up his '97 accounts.

A company of fr iends w^re pleas-a n t l y entertained at t he home of A . ^McDonald and wife Sa tu rday even-ing .

, Wesley Fox of F reepor t wos in ,town Monday, doing business with .the Michigan Buggy & Cut te r comp-a n y .

Mrs G . f . C. WiUon of (Greenville and Miss Del ia Bosworth of Grand L e d g e at tended the f u n e r a r of Mrs. B o s w o r ^ t e r e last week.

, H . M. Ful ler of Greenyillo, was the guest.pf M. J . Pa in ter T u e s d a y . fie was captain of Company K , Goth I l l inois infantry in which Mr. P a i n t -e r served.

, A company of f r i ends gathered at (the home of Mrs. M. J . Kopf F r i d a y •to celebrate her sixty-fifth b i r thday. £5he was the recipient of many beau-t i ful gifta.

H . W . and F r a n k H a k e s at tended .a banquet given a t t h e Fel lowcraf t •club last week T h u r s d a y by the Seely Mant^foctacing Company, of t t e t r o i t , by which-they are employed.

, The original .Vergpnnes Danc ing •Club will give tljeif next dance a t . T r a i n ' s O p e w Houee, .on Thursday .evening^ J a n u a r y 20, ins.teajd of F r i -d a y evening as Was given out a t the lasi dance .

. Rev . t i . N . jp^ttipoh will ^ake fo r h is subject S u n d p y morning, " A W e e k of Prac t ice as well as a Week o f P r a y e r , " S u n d a y evening, at 7 : 3 0 h e will speak of t he "Feas t oi B e ' s h a z t a r and W h a t I t Means for U s Today "

M. A . C a r p e n t e r , a . reformed s a -looon keepe r , , f r om G r a n d Rapids, will speak in (he M . E , church on

•Fr iday evening , J a n . 14. Subjec t : "Temperaoce , v s Sa loon" in which he will g ive incidents of his own life. E v e r y o n e i n v i t ed .

. P e o p l e from^ a b r o a d - w h o attended t h e fune ra l o f ^ r v i n e P . H u n t e r were: •Mesdames P h r a b e Bignel l , C . Craw-f o r d , P . WendoVer a n d L y d i a Peck ,of G r a n d Rapids ; Mrs. Jos ie Phi l l ios « f Iv^l ima^oo; a n d Mrs.. Qla rk^ ^yill-l a m s a n d Nor ton P e c k of Reed Ci ty .

Robert Johnson of Bowne will build a new barn .

Wnbasis t en t of Maccabees nt Ionia has 4 0 0 members.

0 . V. McConni'll called on Cedar Spr ings friends recen t ly .

Judge Morse will address the sol-diers nt Saranac , S a t u r d a y .

Attorney E . 0 . Mains h i s been doinu legal business a t Minneapolis.

Miss Myrtle McDantiell of Trav-erse Citv is hero visit ing her pa ren t s .

C. H . Alexander ' s {ilnce rtf bus i -U 'ss is now lighted by the municipal p ' an t .

A new daughter came to the home of W . E Bunke r and wife of Bowne December 31.

John A . Robertson of Keene lost n valuable horse from inflamation of t h " bowels last week.

Clare and Georgie Winegar of S a r -anac visited their young Lowell fr iends Sa tu rday .

A Webster ' s Internat ional diction-ary has been added to THE LBDGBU'S editorial facilities.

Li t t le Misses Pa t te rson and Clark <»f McCords were the guests of Mrs'. S lade over Sunday.

, John Po r r i t and wife of Bowne £rf\t a New Years present of twins, a bi i\pd girl, weight 14* pounds.

N^uar t e r ly meeting at the River SCIINOI house Sa turday at 2 p. m . T h e U . B. p res id ing elder will be present .

T h e postoffioe at Avon, tonia 0.>. has been ordered discontinued J a n . n a r y 15. Mail will hereafter go to Saranac .

The Cannon and Gra t tan Sunday school convention at Mo<Ht school house last Sunday was an interest ing occasion.

Scott L o w e of Bowne went clear ,to England a f t e r a wife, Grea t Scott, Lowe, isn't tha t a violation of the alien contract labor law?

"the Saranac G . A- R - Post will have a campfire and ibstallation on Saturday and qui te a number ot t he Lowell "boys" will a t t end .

An exchange very tritely says: " W h e n you s i n g ' J e s u s Pa id it Al l ' don*t gat t he idea tha t i t includes you r

I subscription to the newspaper,"

For the Feb rua ry term of the Ionia J circuit court , J o h n C. Gasper , of j Iveene, A. J . Moon of Otisuo, nnd j Jo.hn \V. Wal te r of Boston, are i arn^ng the ju rors named.

Monday, F r a n k F lanagan sold to •). S. Bergin, 75 Lester lambs of his

| own raising, averag ing 9 0 pounds each. This was as fine a lot of lambs as has been seen in this vi l lage foi a long t ime.

The Lowel l Teacher ' s Read ing Cir-cle will meet in the Centra l school building Sa tu rday / J a n u a r y Id , a t 1:30 s h a r p . Psychology lesson, chapters I I am} I H . History lesson, Assyria, Phoenicia^ and Babylonia .

Because of- the m>\nv requests qfade for t he use of mlr pulpits on Sunday by Various person^ a n d orgamcatlonc, we, the pastors of t he Baptis^, Congre-gational a n d Methodist .churches do hereby consent t ha t we mainta in tbe established order of services on . the l o r d ' s day in o u r respective churches.

L. N . PATTIBON, I I . MARSHAIX, X S, 6 . AMDERSO^.

The Anti-Saloon League of Lowell held a meeting on Monday even ing of lust week, Rev^ L . N . iVttisnrvof the M. E . church , presiding. H e a d :

dressed the League with words of cheer and encouragement and assured it (>f his hearty assistance in every en-deavor to force a s tr ict Obedience on the part of Saloonists to exis t ing laws. An investigation of the bondsmen of the local saloon men with the result that fou r of the number have been found to be illegal bondsmen. I t is the in tent and purpose of the League to take action in t he ma t t e r a t an early da te . T h e nex t meet ing is ex-pected to.be a r e r y interesting one .— [Qrand Rap ids d i t i l e n .

T r y Rose Cream for the teeth. 1

Fancy cakes nt the city bakery >

Lowell hotels have new registers,

Try D«n Bush for an oyster stew.

Call a t city bakery for you r lunch. I

Sec Fal las before Belling you r potil-1

t ry .

This paper on trial iO weeks for one dime. i

Dr . Ricker t now extracts teeth by the use of gas.

Crayon portrai ts f ree to pat rons [ I of Bush's bakery . '

Grand Clearance sale at E. j j R. Collar*!*.

Send ynur work to the Lowell Steam L a u n d r y .

You can buy dry goods cheap at B. R. Collar'si

Special sale of Dress Goods at E. R. Collar's.

Mrs J . Robertson is spending a few weeks with f r iends in Ionia.

Good work twice a week and fair t rea tment a t the Lowell L a u n d r y i

The V e r g e n r e s Danc ing club wih give a grand Carnival bal l a t Music Mal l ,Feb . 22 . Com.

Hetore buy ing an organ (.r a sewing machine he sure nnd visit 11. D Stocking; his prices are winners.

The next meet ing of t h e Univer -sity center will be held with Mrs. B . E . Quick , nex t Monday evening.

Lowell Maccabees should f emem her the installation of officers which takes place Monday evening , J a n . 24.

The extra low prices quoted on or-gans for the past 30 days are making n good many sales for R . D ; Slocking

Phil Reutalster and fami ly l ave moved into the Ransford house until theirs is made ready f'of occupancy again .

G. V . McConnell went to Grand Rapids yesterday, to a t t ehn the hi'1

fu rn i t u r e sale and load Up for the '98 irade.

Rev. II . Marshal l and wile at tended the meet ing of the Congregat ional •hnrcbes Hnd ministers a t Ada, Tues-

day a n d Wednesday.

R. D . Stocking claims to have the best sewing machine for t he ItnSt mon-ey . ( 'nil and see for yourse l f before purchasing elsewhere.

The township taxes a r e now due and payable a t the s tore of A. L. C o o n s . H A R V E Y J . COONS,

233tf T w p . Treas .

Congressman Wil l iam Alden -miilh has been elected president of •he Grand Rap ids Hera ld (jo., in Vace of the late P ro f , C. G. Swens-berg .

At t he request of the Y . M. C. A.j R v. H . Marshall will preach espec-ially for voting men nex t Shndny night a t t he Congregational church . Subiect , " A Young Man ' s Prob lem "

Dr . J . H . Rickert nnd f ami ly have moved in to the Wilson house on Main street. No excuse for not get-ting out to church once in a while now, "Had.* '

T h e LEDGER has a nevv borrespond-ent a t Cascade. Others are desired in every unrepresented locality. Sub* bcrihere will confer a favor by send-ing br igh t y o u n g people to lis for tha t purpose.

A t the request of m a n y patients, Dr . R icke r t is again adminis ter ing gas for t he extract ion of t ee th . By the use of his new appa ta tus , the danger fo rmer ly a t tending the use .of gas is said to have been el iminated.

W e have t ransfer red our ftgency for t he Alonzo 0 . Bliss Co'S. " O n r Na t ive H e r b s " from H . H{ Sllsby to the d r u g firm of L. H H u n t & Co., where the only original can he found. Beware of imitat ions. 245.

The Adjusting agent of the P e c n i x Insurance company was in town Mon-day and recommended the payment to Ph i l Reutels ter of 8470 foi; loss on his house and contents . Phil has a force of sevten men at work re-build-ing h is house.

A large congregation heard E l d e r Pa t t i son ' s address to young men at the M. fi. church last Sunday even-ing ; and the people were well repaid for their a t tendance . Mr. Pnt t ison has a big, warm h e a r t and is fast mak ing himself "solid4 ' With the peo-ple of Lowell.

T h e W i d e Awake pedro c lub was entertained a t the Home of Milo Bar-ney last Wednesday night . H o n o r s were won bv Mrs. Christie F i n d l a y and J o h n McGinn i swhi l e Mrs. A . G. Sinclait ' and Will Let t ick were con-soled with the "boobies.4 ' L igh t re-freshmeriU were served and all voted a good t ime. T h e c l u b meets with Mr . and Mrs. Eugene Lee)* Wednes-day evening, J a n . I f U h . - ^ C o m ,

A cont r ibu tor to ou r item box fur-nishes the followiogt "On New Years eve., the boys near Honey Creek cor-ners assembled at J a m e s Lawrence 's to serenade the newly married couple, M r . and Mrs, T o m Morris. T h e music was very sweet and a beautiful solo was p layed on a cow bell belong-ing to t h e groom. A f t e r t he music bail played a few minutes the happy pair was invited out; but instead nf t he bride appea r ing , her fa ther took her place. The fa ther and groom were armed with a stick of wood nnd a g u n . Al l enjoyed a good t ime . "

. One cord of good, g reen wood pays a years subscr ipt ion to tb'is p a p e r .

k W O N D E R F U L A Q H I E V d i V l w H I .

Th® M e t h o d b r W h i c h a D e a f n n d n i l u a boy Wan Taui tht .

William T. Kills wri tes a paper foi the St. Nichblaa pn "Helen Keller and Tommy Str inger ," tell ing how Ihe well-known blind girl secured m&ins fo r the education of n l i t t le boy 'similarly af-lllcted. By personal appeals to the pub-lic Helen raised a BuilUdent sum to send li t t le Tommy Str inger to the kinder-gar ten fo r the blind a t Jamaica Plain, Mass. Mr. Kllis says of his education ia thiif ins t i tu t ion!

"Thi ther , on April 10, 1891, came "Baby Tom," as Helen called th i s flve-year-old child. I t was a pit iful apeo-taele t ha t greeted his Boston f r i ends when the boy waa b r o u g h t to the kin-dergar ten . His l ife hnd been spen t ntobtly in bed (it was the easiest place to care f o r him), and he could no t walk nt all, no r even stand wi th con-fidence. Of signs f o r Indicat ing his wants he had none. He was as a l i t t le henst, t e a r i n g and des t roying hia own clothes, and all else des t ruct ib le t h a t was wi th in his reach. His t emper and s tubbornness were ffearful.

To the appall ing t a sk of giving the first r a y s of l ight to th i s child, Helen nnd he r t eacher set themselves, un t i l a pe rmanent ins t ruc tor could be secured. With a lmost inconceivable pat ience and love, k ind f r iends began the educat ion of this un tu to red mind. The lessons of discipline, regular habi ts , and obe-dience hod to precede and accompany the t each ing of manUal speech.

How could th i s child, who h a d not the remotes t conceptibfa of any so r t of language, be t a u g h t to t a lk?

The method, simply stated, w a s thia: Every t ime tha t bread Was given h im tbo le t te rs "b-r-e-ard" Were fo rmed In the manua l a lphabet On* the boys own fingers, and also In his hand, b y the fingers of his teacher . Again and again this was repeated, thotiS&nds of t imes. I t was slow work. The thind had Iain too long wi thout knowledge to receive easily t h e Idea of speech. Even a f t e r the teachers were s u r e t h a t Tom under -stood t h e definite connection be tween the word ' /bread" and those finger mo-tions, h e refused to use his knowledge, because of ids s t r a n g e perversi ty. A t Inst, a f t e r n ine m o n t h s of t each ing and wait ing, t he l i t t le fingers voluntar i ly spelled "b-r-e-a-d,H and the b e g i n n i n g had been made.

Other words soOn followed, a n d ere long t h e mys te ry of speech w a s com-prehended. Tom took his place In the k indergar ten classes and learned nil t h a t was t a u g h t l i e o the r boya. Reading, wr i t ing , ar i thmet ic , gym-no sties and o the r siudies w e r e un-der taken; and to-day, In a l m o s t a l l respects, save such a s hre ent i rely de^ pendent upon eye and eat*, he la as well educated as the average boy of hia years .

BURNING WOMEN,

Satlsfyit iK tl ie baravIA H u a a m l a -• t l n c t tot Crae l ty .

The horrible pun i shmen t of b u r n i n g Womeb alive Seems tb have exis ted ip Saxon, England, b u t pe rhaps o n l y Iq the case of slavesi says the Athenaeum. Under ihe Norman rnlerin any woman , bond o r free^ Who killed h^ir husband , was burned alive; and the same punish-irient fo r this cr ime, and also fo r h igh treason, and even fo r Coining and o t h e r minor offenses, continued or a rose f r o m t ime to t ime th rough the second a n d th i rd periods unt i l It was abolished b y act of par l iament In 1700* the l as t a c tua l Execution of th i s kind having, however, taken place six years ea f i l t t . T h e whip-p ing of women fo r varibus offenses con-t inued even la ter ; public w h i p p i n g was not abandoned unti l 1817, and cases of pr ivate whipp ing oeburred as late a s 1820.

There dan be n o dbubt, we th ink , t h a t the savage h u m a n Instinct of cruel ty had something to do with the ba rba rous pun i shment s above mentioned. As t h e old Homan public longed fo r t h e ca rnage of the circub, as t h e Spanish populace crowded to the auto-da-fe In t he flourishing days of t h e inquisi t ion, so t h e lower (perhaps nbt only the low-er) s t r a t a of English nat ional i ty took de l igh t in •Witnessing t o r t u r e s which, in all probabil i ty, were devised and kep t u p part ly f o r their en te r ta inment . Mr. Cleveland tells us t ha t J u d g e Jef f reys , in sentencing a woman to be whipped, is reported to have said: . "Hangman , I charge ybU to pay par-t i cu la r dt tent ion to this lady. Scourge h e r t i l l her bloOd n i p s down. I t la Chris tmas t ime, a cold t ime f o r madam to s t r ip ; see t h a t yoii b u r n her shoul-ders thoroughly ."

t

PAY WHEN CURED Q. A. MUNCH, M. D., the Lminent Specialist, who l-as live 1)1-

p.onutH and two honorary Diplomas, and

who can name and locate a disease with-

out asking a question, will be nt

LOWELL, HOTEL BRA6E, Tuesday, January 18i

N o m a t t e r W H A T vour d i sease , or Who has fa i led to euro you C o n s u l t h i m . I T C O S T S N O T I I I N O and is s t r i c t l y con f iden t i a l .

We cure Chronic, Niivous mid IMVuie DisfitWs and Dinen-'CH of women Cn-

tarrh,'Attlhinn. Rheiunnlifmi, Fitf, I'liNlysi*, Ciuieers, TUInors, Uludder, Kidney,

Henri and Bh.ood Dlwwses, etc., by oiir npecial 8y«tem df treatment.

r y „ 0 1 , 0 AND YOUN'Q MIStf snflering Oom nb.y defects I'lHrdSOiS Ol Jurli of u privute nature cettHult us* It costs Vou ttoihiiig

if not cul'ed.

If you have been deceived by ODf, llOMllliasj quACits and fo called

"SPECIALISTS" call and investigate. We can furnish plenty of refereucefu

Onr best referencei "No Cure No Pay." Hear in mliid W h ASK NO P A \

UNTIL CURED. Kor further information or circulars see Dr. Munch, or

uddVcV-s Willi Slainp,

Detroit Medical & Surgical liislilutc, 145 Pino Detroit Mich LAKE ODESSA, Miner Hotel, Wed.. Jan. 1!>. SARANAC, Mondav, Jan. 17.

S

Salloway Comforts for Cold Weathsr. as usual, we are on hand with a full line of Gallo-way Coats, Robes and Mittens, antidotes for shiv-er, tingle and freeze. Prices low,

First-Class Implements. - -* Oliver and Syracuse Plows, Planet Jr. Cultiva-tors. They are right, and Nash sells them right. If you don't find it so; he is here to make it right.

H. N a s h . STUDEBAKER WAGONS, CARRIACES. MCCORMICK BjNBERS AND MOWERS.

" * 1 = 3

C s yon Portraits Free with th Ledger.

B l a c k AM lit Ba t l a f f , Al though the culinary has in the las t

80 yea r s made rap id strides, there is a cer tain sameness about dinner-part ies which, to the habi tual diner-out, cornea b u t l i t t l e short of dull monotony. A lady In Kensington originated the idea of giving ever^ year a memorial d inner On the anniversary of her husband ' s death . The dinipg-room was draped for t h e occasion, In nuuive and black. T h e tablecloth was of mauve silk, and the only decorations used were violets. T h e ladles were gowhed e i the r in black o r mauve, and, tnfc footmen were dressed in b |ack breeches and coats and mauve *|lk stockings. On either aide of t he hostess Sat two black poodles, excellently clipped a f t e r tbe approved French fqShiom with mauve colored bowfe bh their necks. The m e n u was reinarKahle for the absence Ijf any color in the viands^ saVt tnaUve, t h e rest being ei ther black o r White.

GREATEST » F F l M I.VER M A b

Crayon P o r t r a i t s Absolutely F r e e No T i c k e t s to P u n c h , And

No» o u p o n s t o Snve. I n o r d e r lo moro r a p i d l y increase

m r s u b s c r i p t i o n l i s t , a n d as an in -i u c e m e n t f o r those of o u r r e a d e r s ho a ro in a r r e w a r s t o s e t t l e u p , vve h a v e closed a con t r ac t f o r 500 l i fe-sixe po r t r a i t s , w i th A . G . V a n Al l s -b u r g , a G r a n d R a p i d s a r t i s t , t o be

a b s o l u t e l y g iven a w a y ft pen t h e fol -

l o w i n g c o n d i t i o n s : E v e r y pe r son w h o wil l g ive us,

ISL.OO wi l l r ece ive t h e LBPOKR one v e a r aud r e c e i v e in a d d i t i o n a l i fe-size p o r t r a i t , n e n l a r g e d f r o m an p h o t o g r a p h t h e y w i s K 1 n is is n o f r a m i n g s c h e m e . W e a g r e e t o g ive y o u a f ine po r t r a i t 10x20 inches in s i ze , a n d y o u Can bf ty t h e f r a m e

w h e r e yof t p lease . Remember- , t h a t t h e r e a r e no t ick-

e t s to p u n c h , no c o u p o n s to s ave , n o l a rge s u m s of m o n e y t o s p e n d , a n d no t e d i o u s w a i t i n g b e f o r e y<. g e t t h e p o r t r a i t , T h e sWiaii s u m oi ,U.OO secures you t h o LBDGKR on<

y c a r a u d tfi.00 p o r t r a i t . S u b s c r i b e r s in a r r ea r s , w h o s e t t b

u p and pay a yea r in advance , a n

en i . i t led t o ifee same pr iv i lege . S a m p l e of work can be seen ib

o u r ofticex B r i n g o r s end t h e casl a n d t h e phV)tograpfc anti we will d«

h o / e s t . THfe LEDGER, Lowell, Mich.

I m p o r t a n t Real E s t a t e Sale.

D. lt» W h i t n e y of Bedford, u stock-

holder in the Ci ty Bank , has pur -

chased the pleasant residence of J . I f .

R icker t . nml vti mov6 here d u r i n g

tne pre-ii'iit mo . n Mr. Kickert will

move i n t o the Wilson house on Main

s t reet .

Hand Lumber

W A G O N S FULLY WARRANTED,

r Ssie Oheap, at John Ntill's Shop.

New Hand al the (leavdr. H a v i n g pu rchased t h e m e a t mar -

k e t of iNr. L. Coonsi, I sha l l c o n t i n u e t h e bns ines s a t t h e o ld s t a n d , and will e n d e a v o r to keep 6n nand at al l t i m e s seasonab le m e a t s of all kinds?, w h i c h wil l be sold a t laii p r ices .

A s h a r o of t h e pub l i c p a i r m a g e is r e s p e c t f u l l y so l ic i ted .

' W ' .

' r, *. : T rtM>o6ooooooo4

Handb i l l s a t H e r c n l a a e a t a , I t Is probably ,the general impression

t h a t posters and handbills are modern Inventions, b u t i t haft jub t been discov-ered t h a t t he ancient Romans practiced ^his method of advert ising. In digging i t Hercnlaneunl there w a s brought to )Ight a pillar covered wi th bills, one on flop of another. . The paste used to stick t h e m was made of gum arable. The fcills, when separated and ekamined, iWero found to be p rog rammes and an-ponntementa of trablio meeting*, tad t m MwtUm troclamatlonfc.

D i e h l & Henzte SUCCESSORS TO 8NAPPSTEEN.

piwtojrapkrs" 23 MONROE S T . ,

ffondefly Building, g r a k d r a p i d s .

Our Mr. Dehl is one of the

nost experienced and finest ar-

titfts in the city

1 People of Lowell and vicini-

ity sovited to call when in city

and •examine our work, 'i l J

jMimmm

\ if •

"Webster's International!

Dictionary Successor qf the " Unabridged."

S t a n d a r d oflhe U.S. Gov't Printtne Offlc«. tha U. 8. Supreme Court, all tbe SuG 8u-

warmly Commended

sf i t t f fvs tosss DENTMWLOJHMMNCMOTI almtxt wntaont namber.

I n v a l u a b l e

THE BEST FOR PRACTICAL USE. I t toMtytoflad tb« word wmtatMl. jtto«M7touGcrtalfltlM proaaadattsa. K to sasy to traca tb* Krowtk of • word. htoooiytoloora wfaotawofdnoas.

Tho CbloMgo TimoM-Herald Mya;— Webttert I nternatlonal nioOonarr in Iti pnacnt j

form laabsolnta unUiortty oa eTemhlnf pertain-ouf Uhfnige in tha WIT OF orthofriphy,1

tbera i« no hi pertect u 1 * •nd acholmfipcan toakali

QBT THE BEST. tarsp^imm pages sent on application In ^ O. * 0. MKRRIAM CO., Pablimhcn, < i

SpriagBeld, MMMM., U. 8. A.

C A U T I O N * * 2 " * la bayiaf aauil so- 1

, called " Wabatar'a Dictlonartaa." All ; authentic abrl dnnenta or the International1

in tho various Buosbear onr trade-mark on the front cover at ihown In the Cuta.

" j) your l •->.! pu .o , vo..r i / pcti te ( M>d and you r digestion pe i fec t b y t ak ing Hood's Sarsapari l la .

H o o d ' S P i l l s act harmoniously w i t h Hood 's Sarsaparilla, gentle, efficient.