VOL. X I I , NO. 8 Largest CirotilBtlott. LOWELL. MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 11. 1904 Official Newspaper. TEN PAGE PAPER

From Small Beginnings

Yotir.'lmnk account will In t ime spring In toqul teahlgsuiu .

They gay a " tal l oak from l i t ' tie aconiH grow"—just HO wi th your hank account. You can s t a r t In a small way—$1.00 will open an account, ami then hv making deposlta from time t o time, upon which Interest will accumulate, your Ravings will amoun t to a tidy sum. You should be Interested In watch-ing the figures grow. Don't you think It Is a b o u t time to .start?

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THI CITY BANK, HILL, WATTS A CO.,

will take care of you and accept any deposit ' .vnu care to make, whether It l)e large or small. We allow Interest a t the rale of 3 per cent per annum on SavingH OepoBlts.

I Don't Miss It!

The {foods we offer are first class in every particular. The cost is entirely ignored. Our object beinjr to quickly dispose of the limited quantity named. Please bear in mind that we will be unable to furnish these yoods after the present stock is exhausted or dupli-cate the price on future orders.

No. I Cup Urease 7c lb. in .'ilb. lots. Test Cylinder Oil 40c gal. In 5 gal. lots.

Judd ' s liarnpsH Oil 2Bc gal. in (tin* gal. lots. Steel Barn Door Track 2 1 -2c f t .

Cream Separators.

Ex t r a Barsaltis le Sccond Hand Cook Stoves

PLATE GLASS SMASH

R. B. BOYLAN.

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W atches Clocks Jewelry Silver-ware Fancy China Kodaks and supplies

Jeweler and Optlelan

TF YOU want ĵ ood goods, the best that money can buy, goods that are of superior workmanship

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

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

A. D. OLIVER

HOWK \ SON'S STORE BUR LARIXKI) LAST NIGHT.

Window Broken w i t h Stone and Shoes Stolen.

A..I. l luwk & Son's store was "burglarized" last night and t w o pairs of patent-leather. No. . Sermon. "The Two Wavs." B. Y. V. V. a t 6.30. Topic.

Obeying When Obedience is Hard."

C O S G H E G A T I O J I A L .

Subject for next Sunday morning. "Quenching the Spirit." Evening subject, "Eureka" or "Great Dis-covery." christian Endeavor meet-ing at Heven o'clock. Leader, Allen Godfrey, subject "OU-ving when Obedience is Hard." ' l ids will be Consecration meeting. Every body Invited.

SPIRITUALIST.

Rev. W. o. Knowlesof Grand Rap Ids will speak to the UU'rai and spir-itual people In a room In Lyon block at :! and 7.30, p. m., Aug. 14. Sub-je ts- "Who are the followers of Christ?" -Does the BUde teach Spir-itualism."' Messages after each ad-dress. Will answer all iiuentlons In regard to the spiritual religion.

TAKE A DAY OFF

Come to the Pienio Next Wednesday. There will Is? something going on t o please yon during the entire day and you will go home a t n ight satis-lied tha t It was a day well spent .

Your Drug Wants will be well taken care of a t my store: and perhaps you will want a good CIGAR t o smoke af ter dinner. We have the best case of them In Lowell and can satisfy you fully In both price and quall t j ' .

Store closed from 12 t o 2 o'clock, so we can all have dinner a t beautiful Island Park.

Look's Drug and Book Store.

YOU KNOW WHERE.

Time is Money Teach the boy and girl its value by pre-senting them WATCH i'.S selected from our elegant stock of time keepers. Cases and works guaranteed. Prices posi-tively the lowest. Fine assortment of

CHAINS. FOBS AND CHARMS

to match.

Special Prices on Cut Glass aud high g . rade Silverware.

D. Stocking.

S O C I E T I E S .

There w ill be a meeting of the De Kree of Honor next Tuesday even lug. a t 7.30. All members are re quested to be present.

The Lowell Literary einb will hold a business meelingat tlie State Bank parlors Tuesday. Aug. 16. a t three o'clock.

Mrs. C. Guy Perry will entertain the Sunshine club this afternoun.

House and Lot For Sale. Good house with well, cistern, city

water, cellar, elect rlc lights aud near-ly an acre of best garden ground In town. Fine location. Inquire of \ \ . C. Deulck, telephone 185.

Delicious and pure Is our Soda Water. We use fresh fruit syrups and can assure you t h a t our soda is entirely pure ami wholesome. (>n a hot af ternoon a glass of

Ice Cream Soda Is a t r ea t Indeed. Don ' t pass > us by If you ' re th i rs ty .

WELDON SMITH, The Baker.

To Make Room for Fail Goods We are Offering

j ¥ o t W e a t h e r S o o d s

J i t W h o l e s a l e ^Prices

THESE GOODS ARE

Gasolene Stoves Oil Stoves

Refrigerators Ice Cream Freezers

Lawn Mowers Etc.

can save you money.

Scott & Winegar

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%oivell gedger.

F. M. Joun%on, Publlabor.

LOWELL, MICHTQAN,

Thus far the war has cost llio Japa-vese 576,000,000 yen and 9,000 men.

For neutral powers another correct definition of war is that it is a nut

-«ance.

Inventor Holland should go to some reliable medium and call up the late Darius Green.

The man who shot himself Uecause lie couldn't get a drink could only have been "half shot."

The New York woman who was tickled under the chin wasn't tickled a bit, and she had the fellow arrested.

A granddaughter of Jefferson Davis I s to be married to a relative of Oen-• ra l Grant. Let us have some more »e»ce.

As a boll weevil exterminator the Guatemalan ant is a failure. The boll -weevil is proof against both ants and cussin's.

I t seoms that they really have "soci-ety Journals" in Japan. Those peo-ple have not advanced so much a i we imagined.

Pngilist O'Brien made the mistake of trying to knock Pugilist Fitzslm-mons out by hitting him on his invinc-5ble mouth.

There is a boy in Boston who has mastered nine of the dead languages, bnt he can't look at a statue of Venus -without swooning.

The divorce industry is the only one where an increased number of partner-ship dissolutions marks an increase in t h e volume of business.

The sweet girl graduate can never hope to put anything better into her "commencement paper" than she al-ways put into her curl paper.

A recent writer wants to know "how f a r a w a y are the stars?" The theatri-cal sort are generally to be found in close proximity to the front row.

There's no denying that Col. Young-husband will be able to write a very Interesting book, if he reaches Lhassa and then gets safely odt of Tibet

You can hear a fly walk by the use of tte microphone. In the absence of th is Instrument his presence may be detected by the possession of a bald head.

CJol. Younghusband's column took s a Icy pass in Tibet the other day. It appears that the icy pass was the only thing which could be taken at the time.

M I C H I G A N J V E W S

Chol&o Item* from r»v«r th® a t * ' a p e o l f t l l y •elrwtod for our readara

TRAMPS ANNOY THE CITIZENS | SHEETS FURNISH GOOD LADDER i OVER $5,000,000 FOR TEACHERS

Band of Thirty-five at Victor Forage for Their Subsistence.

The people of Victor township, west of Lalngsburg. have been greatly an-noyed of late by a gang of thieving whites who call themselves the Seven Nation. The party inhabit an old house In the heart of Victor and live b ^ stealing chickens, potatoes and everything that's not under lock and key. One night recently Chas. Thomp-son caught a man stealing his chick-ens. Ho emptied a shotgun at him and the next day a fellow was seen In Bath suffering from numerous shot wounds. H. F. Balsom recently missed a quantity of pork. A few nights ago a stick of dynamite was "let off" near the house in which these people live, and was evidently Intended for them. The extent of the damage done at that time is not known. The gang numbers about thirty-flve.

DEATH OF GARFIELD'S TEACHER

Woman Who Taught the Late Presi-dent Is Dead at East Jordan.

Mrs. Diana Vincent was found dead in her bed at the home of her daugh-ter. Mrs. L. C. Madison, of East Jor-dan. She was 85 years of age. The immediate cause of her death was heart failure. Mrs. Vincent, whose maiden name was Hardy, had the dis-tinction of being the first tcacher of the late President Garfield. She re-membered him distinctly as a child, and she took a prominent part in the campaign in which he was elected president. Among her choicest pos-sessions was an autograph letter from Garfield, in which ho speaks of her as being his first teacher.

Battle Creek Census. Battle Creek people are a little hit

dissatisfied with the results of the recent census, and the local news-papers request all residents who have been skipped by the enumerators to report at the paper offices. Then these names will be added to the of-ficial figures and it is hoped to gain a thousand or two in population there-by.

His Last Drink. Just to show how things are done In

the upper peninsula, a thirsty Finn was found in a wreck on one of the railroads up there with a brandy flask' thrust down his throat. He had been taking a smile and the sudden jolt of the train forced him to swallow most of the bottle.

ir published figures are not at fault, the consumption of beer in Germany has fallen off during the last twenty-two years nearly 40 per cent. Vat der matter Iss?

The annual reports of hailstones as large as hens' eggs are at hand from several sections of the country. As yet. none are reported as small as roasfs of beef.

Sarcasm. A Berrien county farmer. In com-

menting upon the scarcity of fanfc la-bor. says he Is offering $6 per day and board to hay makers. He asks only four hours' work a day, will agree to do all the mending and if the hand stays till fall, he can have the farm.

A California surgeon operated on a patient while the house in which they were was burning. It's simply impos-iible to stop some surgeons when they Ret their patients down. %

Reunion of the Twenty-second. Secretary William Davey has issued

the call for the thirty-second annual reunion of the Twenty-second Mich-igan volunteer Infantry, which will be held this year at Marine City, Sept. 1. An extensive program has been prepared.

•urglar Escapes From Jail at Monroe While Sheriff Is III.

Monroe was startled to learn that Frank W|lllams, one of the colprits who robbed the homo of M. D. Duval ? few weeks ago, had escaped from the county Jail. He had been confined in the south wing on the second floor, through which a pipe runs to the roof above. The pipe was insecurely Joined in the cell and with little trouble he succeeded in disconnecting it, and, using it as a pry, ripped a hole In the tin ceiling. It was then an easy mat-ter to crawl Into the attic and with the aid of sheets to make his way to ihe ground. Sheriff Dull Is confined to his bed with the measles and It was not until the return of the turnkey, who was away from the Jail at the time, that the escape was discovered. No clue has been discovered as to his whereabouts. •

Postmasters Elect Officers. The organization of the Washtenaw-

County Fourth-class Postmasters' league was effected at Ypsllantl, sev-en of the eleven officers In the county being represented. Officers elected are: C. H. Stannard, Dexter, presi-dent; Oscar Fulkman, York, vice pres-ident; Fred Wheeler, Salem, secre-tary; Wm. Meier, Whlttaker, treasur-er. President Stannard was elected c'clegate to the coming state conven-tion for postmasters of this class. Ad-journod to meet the first Wednesday in February, at Ann Arbor.

Champion Mean Man. Calhoun county now claims to pos-

sess the champion mean man of the state. A storm overtook a funeral procession near this moan man's farm homo and the hearse was driven into his barn for protection. The storm soon cleared away, but when the un-dertaker started to drive off the man of the farm halted him and demanded 50 cents for sheltering the corpse from the storm. The bill was settled.

Kills Street Carnival. Three Rivers saloonists are re-

vengeful fellows. The city authorities recently refused them an extra hour In which to do business and they re-taliate by refusing to contribute a single solitary cent to a fund for a street carnival. As saloonists are the principal contributors on carnival occasions this knocks the celebration scheme in the head.

Bed of Glass Sand. A glass sand bod has been opened

up about four miles west of Steiner. and the sand is reported of extra fine quality and in large quantity. The Pere Marquette Railroad company has commenced work building a new four-mile track from Steiner to the bed for shipping purposes. The track will be completed In about six-ty days.

Those Newport society girls who have taken up the habit of playing leapfrog on the beach will, of course, be seriously shocked when they see their pictures in the papers.

Fall May Prove Fatal. Guy Whalen. a prominent citizen of

Niles, fell fiom an apple tree and was reripllBly Injured. He Is In a half c-onsclbus condition and It Is feared he will die. Ho is 25 years old and \\qB a wife and little child.

Girl Id Sent to Adrian. Stella Rivard. a IC-year-old Roches-

ter girl, has been placed In the hands of County Agent Stuart to be taken to the Industrial school for girls at Adrian until she is 21 years of age. The girl pleaded guilty to a charge of assault and battery, the offense be-ing committed upon the infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Wing of Roches-ter.

Average Pay of Individual Instructors Is Entirely Too Low.

The forthcoming report of the su-perintendent of public instruction will show that the total wages paid to teachers in the schools of Michigan uuring the last school year was |5.-H08.720.29; that the average wages of men teachers in all schools was $54.72 per month, and of women teachers. $38.06. The total cost of the common schools of the state for the year was. $8,777,252, and the value of all school property In the state $23,641,258. Of ihe total cost of the school system v2.285,000 was paid by the slate from the primary school fund. There are 867 districts furnishing free text lK)okB. The school census showed a school population of 423,440. while the total enrollment In all schools w^s only 514,193. Of the latter number 216,692 were enrolled In city schools.

SWINDLERS GET FARMERS' COIN.

Deliver Fake Messages and Gather In Money From Victims.

A number of farmers in the south-erfi part of the state claim to have been recently swindled with the fol-lowing old trick: A man drives hur-riedly to the farm house, holding a telegraph envelope In his hand, claim-ing to be a messenger from some near-by telegraph office* and that the message announces the death of a relative. He collects several dollars for the delivery and then drives away before the swindled farmer r e alines that the dead person named In the'dispatch Is a stranger to him.

Summer Resort Names. What's in a name? A great deal,

according to the thinking of the re-sorters at Marble Lake, near Quincy. Thig resort was formerly known by the vulgar title of Hog's Back, but the promoters of the resort had |t changed to Pleasant Ridge. Then the cottage owners followed suit, and among the suggestive and euphonious nanics they have adopted are: Falr-vle#, Restablt, Recreation, Idylwyid, Stopawhlle, Needarest. Dew Drop Inn, Hammock Place, Eatasleep and Taker easy.

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"Good-by, father." Find him.

RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR NEWS

Plumber Riles Minister. A burglar In tho house of a Grand

Rapids miuister came suddenly upon the owner of the place who was direct ing the operations of a plumber in the bath room. The burglar said "Good even'," adjusted his mask and saunt-ered out swinging his dark lantern. The secret of the matter was. the bur-glar had arrived just in time to hear some of the words the minister was saying to. and. about, the plumber, and the minister didn't dare apprehend the burglar for fear he'd "squeal."

Hetty Green recently moved be-cause her rent was raised $2 a month. It's certainly very unwomanly In the old lady to keep on trying to butt into the Russell Sage class in that way.

Inventor Holland says men will soon be able for $10 apiece to buy a set of wings with which it will be pos-sible to fly 100 miles an hour. Get in your order early and avoid provoking delays.

King Edward says he takes no physical oxerclse. Evidently he Is one of those people who would like to know what would be the use of oc-rupylng a thfene if it were necessary t o work.

Change of Pace. A Lapeer man who is traveling In

the wilds of Oregon wrote home: "I am going hunting. If I get a bear, 1 will telegraph you; If a bear gets me, my wife will do the telegraphing."

Hardcorn Affects Girl. Hazel Carey, 12-year-old daughter of

Wm. Carey ,of Churchill, nearly died from the effects of eating an ear of hard corn. A doctor barely saved her life after several hours' work.

Buys Slippery Elm Bark . Elm trees ought to advance In

value. A Hillsdale firm has contract-ed to purchase fifty tons of slippery elm bark for shipment to an eastern concern.

Still more advice as fo the carp: When you catch one don't throw it htck Into the water. Chloroform It. This will give the respectable fishes a better chance to live. And there will he one less carp.

Now comes another expert who says ihe Panama canal excavation cannot be finished before 1950. The beauty iwf a prophecy of this kind is that it may take at least six or seven years t o prove its falsity.

John L. Sullivan is to become the manager of a New York hotel. Owing to the fact that there will be a bar attachment, people who wish to see Mr. Sullivan will always know where to find him, without wasting valuable time.

• The Hartford Courant urges that •teaching swimming should be a part jof the work of every public school. •The Courant's reform Is a long way off. Too many mothers still have tho jldea that their boys are safer if they idon't know how to swim.

N e w S u m m e r R c c o r t .

Menominee is to have a new sum-mer resort. Chicago parties have de-cided to develop the Muskona Island, several miles up the river from the city.

M u z z l e s f o r Dogs .

There promises to be a canine ex-odus from Oxford. The city fathers have decided to muzzle all dogs In the village.

Honor to Dead Official. All the retail stores in Marquette

closed during the funeral of the late city treasurer, Chas. A. Eggers.

F i s h e r m e n A r c F i n e d .

Two Lapeer county Waltons were irrested the other day on the unusual charge of catching all the ilsh in one of the principal streams of the county. The charge held though and the men wore fined $20 each.

Ruins New Pavements. The destructive Individual who de-

lights In running a traction engine over a freshly laid pavement, has been turned louse at Nlles and tho city of-ficials are talking of organizing a feather party.

May Get New Industries. President Gibson, of the Battle

Creek Business Men's association, has returned from Chicago, where he ne-gotiated with several manufacturing Institutions In an effort to get them to move to the Food City. There are prospects that ono or two new Industries will be added to the town's list.

Takes Advantage of Charity. There Is ono Tuiee Rivers woman

who has soured on charitable pro-jects. She recently entertained one of a bunch of supposedly poor children sent out into the country from Chi-cago during the recent hot weather. Imagine her feelings when the little girl she was entertaining free of charge cdlmly announced that her father earnod $125 per month in the city, and that her hostess really ought to keep a hired girl—her own mother had two nearly all the time.

Teachers Must Not Dance. At Union City the teachers In tho

city schools are required to possess certificates to teach, hut there is an-

'other qualification Insisted upon by the board of education which Is even more essential. Every teacher must refrain from the sin of dancing, and the rule Is rigidly enforced.

Liquor Law Violators. The total number of saloonkeepers

arrested up to date on the complaint of the Manlstlque Lav/ and Order league Is eighteen, and It is said that ten other warrants are being pre-pared. Alleged violations of the liquor law July 4 gave rise to the legal ac-tion.

Soo to Sell Bonds. I h e city council of Sault Ste. Marie

has authorized the sale of $25,000 worth of bonds for the general ex-penses of the city.

Lumberjacks in Demand. The Lake Superior company recent-

ly revived is ndvertlslng for 1,000 men to be employed In its extensive lum-ber operations.

To Filter the Water. After investigating the waters of

Green Bay. experts have decided that the city of Menominee cannot better its present source of water supply, and it Is suggested that a filtration system be installed at a cost of about $56,000.

High Price for Arc Lights. Tho Battle Creek aldermen have

suddenly discovered that the city is paying $77 per year for each arc light burned In the city, and an effort Is to bo made to cut down this expense.

Circumstances Alter Cases. A Lapeer county farmer heard that

his" cow had been killed by a train, and he asserted that she was worth every cent, of a hundred dollars. On his way to the damage lawyer's sanc-tum, he learned that the cow was killed by lightning Instead of a rail-way train, and he then thought $10 would have been a good price for the old brute.

Tramps at Baldwin. The city officials of Baldwin have

been troubled recently with a gang of vagrants who Infest the county. The tramps are In the habit of coming into town and raising disturbances, several of them have been given Jail sentences.

Prefer Legitimate Advertising. The present trading stamp agitation

makes the Saginaw merchants swell up with pride because they awoke to the folly of their ways five years ago and exterminated the evil.

Dotnlnlck Wins PrLe. Joseph L. Domlnlck has been ap-

pointed postmaster a t Tyre, Sanilac county. Vice Eber H. Hltcnens, re-signed.

Raise Quarantine on Jail. The quarantine on the Saglaaw

county Jail has been raised and any of the criminally Inclined may be pro-vided for now.

Plenty to Drink on Sunday. William Hayes, a Battle Creek man

who claims he has accomplished the feat, took his oath the other day that there was not a saloon in that city where he could not obtain liquor on Sunday.

Public Spirited Citizen. C. W. Post is determined to make a

handsome city of Battle Creek. He cach year gives liberal cash prizes to those residents who keep their lawns and premises most beautiful and or-derly.

AUG. 4, 1904. Give Up Hal-Cheng—Hal-Cheng was

abandoned without a blow, and tho Russians have fallen back toward Llao-Yang, their outer positions being less than a score of miles from the city.

Japs on Russian Lessee—The Japa-nese report 1,500 Russian dead after, the battle of Simoucheng and 1,000 Russian losses near Liao-Yang.

Will Avoid Battle—Rumors arc cur-rent In St. Petersburg that Kouropat-kln will avoid a decisive battle, and that his troops already are on their way north as fast as the railroad can carry them. He has ordered useless civilians sent from Harbin to prepare for the quartering of his men.

Both Sides Suffer—Refugees who left Port Arthur Aug. 3 report in Che-foo that the Japanese were repulsed in a recent attack on Wolf Hill, bpt that the battle was bo desperate that eight trains were noeded to care for the Russian wounded. Scarcely a whole pane of glass remains In tho besieged city.

Rout Russians—In battle at Motion pass. July 17, Japanese rfgiment rout-ed Russian forces three times as large.

Russia Insists on Search—Positive reaffirmation of her right to search and seize neutral vessels suspected of carrying contraband of war Is con-traband of -war Is contained In Rus-sia's reply to the United States on the seizure of the steamer Arabia.

Whip Kouropatkin—Official and un-official reports Indicate that the Japa-nese have won great victories over Kouropatkin, who Is retreating.

' AUG. 5, 1904. Reports From Port Arthur—Latest

reports from Port Arthur tell of ter-rific fighting, which Is almost contin-uous. The Russians have been driven from all the outer works. The Japa-nese loss Is estimated at 17,000.

Cut Off Russians—A belief prevails in St. Petersburg that the southern forcec under Stackelberg or Zaroubal-eff have been cut off by Gen. Nodzu. The Russian retreat Is harassed by Japanese.

Confiscates Arabia's Cargo-The prize court at Vladivostok has confis-cated 59,000 pounds of flour and all the railroad equipment on board the Arabia and will release the ship.

Refuses to Aid Czar—Germany re-fused to permit Russia to send her Baltic fleet through the Kaiser Weil-helm canal.

Gloom at St. Petersburg—St. Peters-burg Is shrouded In gloom because of Russian reverses. .

Plan to Storm Citadel-Port Arthur is declared to be In extremities, the Russians having been driven back to the last line of defenses, and the po-sition of the Japanese, now exposed to a direct lire from the forts, presag-i,:g an effort to take the place by storm.

AUG. 6. 1904. japs Renew Attack-Japanese, re-

newed their attack on Llaoyang. and the Russians fell back on their main entrenchments, according to a dis-patch from St. Petersburg.

Kurokl Forces Flght--It Is believed In military circles that Kouropatkin must fight the decisive battle at once, as Kurokl stands In the way of a suc-cessful retreat.

Jap General Gives Losses—Kurokl's reports on the fighting east of Motlen Pass and at Simoucheng gives the losses of the Russians as 4.000, while the Japanese losses were much less.

Defines Contraband—The govern-ment In Washington at a cabinet meeting decided to Issue shortly Its position on contraband of war, and will Insist that" foodstuffs be not

DROPS 800 FEET TO HIS DEATH

One Man la Killed and Throe Are In-jured in Mine Accident.

Calumet. Mich., dispatch: Ono man was killed and three were seriously Injured by tho cage In No. G shaft of the Hecla branch of the Columet and Hecla mine running away. The hydraulic brakes failed to work and the car dropped 800 feet. Louis Fran-cisco, aged 20. was killed. The In-jured were Mat Gaspororlc, Mike Ben-cbencluch, and Thomas TrezoLa.

classed as goods llablo to seizure un-less It can be proved that they are for the Immediate use of the belligerents.

Japs Are Hopeful—A telegram from Toklo to1 a Berlin newspaper states that the Japanese authorities arc plan-ning to secure the fall of Port Arthur and the capitulation of Kouropatkin on the came day.

Hand-to-Hand Fight—The Japanese In a battle at Simoucheng, according to a Russian correspondent, crept through ravines to the rear of tho Russian positions and engaged in a hand-to-hand fight in the trenches. One company was wiped out.

Not to Sink Neutrals—Russia has Isued orders fo Its fiecta not to sink any more neutrals unless It Is im-possible to avoid doing so.

Nearing Port Arthur—Five Japa-nese divisions are said to be now within three and a half miles of Fort Arthur.

To Pass Dardanelles—Russia has notified the porte of the Intending passage of the Dardanelles by a volun-ter fleet of steamers laden With coal.

AUG. 8, 1904. i Reports Big Losses—Lieut. Gen.

Stoessel, commander of the troops In Port Arthur, reports to St. Petersburg' that the Japanese were repulsed with tho loss of 10,000 men In the fighting on July 26 to 28. The Russian losses are given at 1,500 men and forty offi-cers killed or wounded.

Look for Double Assault—Attacks simultaneously on Mukden and Llao-yang are expected momentarily, and ihe Japanese are on the march to the former plsco.

Russians Burn Village—Gen. Kou patkln reports to the czar that Russians In reconnoiterlng came across some Japanese in a village, which they burned after expelling tho people.

Denounce Toletoi—Count Tolstoi is ('enounced by the Russian government. The novelist is charged with having preclptated the war with Japan. In having urged the Japanese on by his rroclamations of civil unrest.

Togo Is Victoriouc—Three Japanese torpedo boat destroyers from Admiral Togo's ficet off Port Arthur, while reconnoiterlng. were attacked by four-teen Russian destroyers, which dashed from the harbor, but In a brilliant bat-tle Ihe Japanese boats beat off the Russians and drove them back to the shelter of their forts. Admiral Togo congiatulates his men, who escaped nnsctthed. The Russian loss is not known.

AUG. 7, 1204. Respect the Japanese—A belief pre-

vails In St. Petersburg that the supe-rior mobility of the Japanese will check the Russian retreat and force a big battle.

Praise. Secretary Hay-The Novoe Vremya, the St. Petersburg newspa-per, Is unsparing In Its praise of the diplomacy of Secretary Hay In regard to contraband.

Discredit Report-The report that I ort Arthur has been captured, orlgl-natlrg In Nagasaki. Is discredited In St. Petersburg and Toklo and Is be-Heved In London to be premature

Expect Final Bat t le-War officials inSL Petersburg hourly expect news of a grand assault on the positions de-fendlng Llaoyang. which will lead to

palgn t l e o f t h e northern cam-

A t t « c k - J«nane8o sol, dlers stood the supreme test of an at, tack during the night in repulsing the Russian onslaught at Motlen Pass ° " e . J a P a n e e t * "eutenant severed the

T m e r L 8 6 ^ ™ 1 ^ W i t h 11,8 B w o r * . American Cargoes In Danger-Car-

S U e H r a t | 1 0 ' 5 0 0 - 0 0 0 consigned Rustln „ ? " '"Chants to Japan and Russia are In dancer of aelzure.

FEAR FOR THE POPE'S HEALTH

His Entourage 1. Ccn.lderably Wois rled Over the Pontiff', Condition

London cabie: The Catholic Her-aid says the health of the popo i8 causing considerable anxiety to h entourage. While nothing speclflcal !> serious Is the matter with the •»on. US. his holiness is extremely senslti-o' and incidents are constantly occurrW which cause him pain and anxietv Tnls state of affairs is causing hia medical advisers considerable worry

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S e t t l e m e n t — R a n c h i n g , Wheat -Growing a n d Mixed F a r m i n g .

Tho old Romans used to cay that Gaul was divided into three parts; so is the Canadian North West. Gaul's divisions were political; those of the WesteVn Canada prairies are created by the unerring hand of nature.

The First Division. Chiefly because of the elevation of

the country, the absence of large lakes and rivers, and the operations of the "Chinook" or Pacific ocean winds, which readily cross the Rocky mountains in Southern Alberta through gaps and passes, the south-western portion of the Canadian prov-inces Is regarded as somewhat arid, and less fertile than other portions of the country.

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While there are no large lakes or rivers In this whole country there are numerous fast running streams fed the year round by melting snows in the mountains, furnishing an abund-ance of the coolest and purest water, the best for beast as well as man.

Englishmen and Americans In the western territories are bringing In their herds as fast as they can and leasing or purchasing land In lots from 1,000 to 20,000 acres from the Dominion government. An Idea of the growth of the Industry will, however, be gathered from the fact that in 1899 there were but 41,471 head of cattle shipped and sold from the ranches. These figures ran'" to 55,129 In 1900, and to 160,000 In 1903, averaging |40 per head for the owners. But it takes a great many ranchers and a large number of cattle to cover an area of 200,000,000 acres, the area available for ranching in the Canadian North-west

It is not at all necessary that large Investments should be made at the outset. Many men commenced with small capital and small herds, and have worked themselves into large herds and great wealth. There is still in the .country plenty of room for those who desire to go and do like-wise.

The Second Part. The second part of the Canadian

prairies embraces the great wheat growing belt of the country, which is easily a half larger than any other in the world. It Includes about 150,-000,000 acres. As It Is comparatively free of broken land, large lakes and rivers, about 125,000,000 acres of It can be brought under the plow. Plac-ing a farmer on every half section (320 acres) it can comfortably locate 800,000 farmers, or 4,000,000 of an agricultural community. The terri-torial government's reports show that in 1903 there were raised 16,629,149 bushels of spring wheat off 837,234 acres, an average of 19.86 bushels per acre; off 440,662 acres of oats tbere were grown 14,179.705 bushels, an av-erage of 32.17 bushels per acre;

the representations of their country-men who preceded them In settle-ment. Large Quantity of Free Homestead

Lands. There Is yet a large quantity of

government land for homesteadlng in this country, and as In everything else, "the early bird catches the worm." Those who come first are Prst served. When It Is preferred to purchase railway or other company lands they can be got at from |5 per acre up. This section cannot be better closed than by showing prac-tically what Is made by wheat grow-ing in this district. The average from the first of operations is twenty bush-els per acre. Breaking the prairie, as first plowing Is called. Is of course, an exceptional expenditure, as when It is once done. It Is done for all time. This costs about $3.50 an acre. After the breaking, plowing and seeding, harvesting, threshing and marketing —all expenses combined amount to about $5.25 per acre, that is if a man likes everything done It win cost him f5.25 per acVe. If he does the work himself he is earning wages while producing at that figure. Now. as thy average yield is twenty bushels, and the average price 60 cents-$12 per acre—the difference betwen the re-sult and cost. $6.75, Is the profit of grain growing year in and year out in tho great wheat belts of the Cana-dian prairie country. If a man haa a -half section of land and puts half of it, 160 acres, under wheat, which Is a very common occurrence, he makes $1,080 on wheat alone and should make, if he is a capable farmer enough, out of other crops, sale of cat-tle, dairy and other products, to keep himself and family the year round be-sides.

The Third Division. Tho third division of this great

country lies to the north of the wheat belt: between It and what Is known as the forest country. As wheat grow ing Implies the raising of all cereals that can profitably be raised In the country, the remaining branches of

Selects Leaders for the Presi-dential Contest About

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LOOKS TO DOUBTFUL STATES

Workers From New York and Indiana Are Expected to Take Care of Votes and See That They Are Deposited

for Party's Choice.

Chicago special: Tho names of the men who will conduct the Republican national compalgn were made public j Tuescday evening. Chairman Georgo B. Cortelyou finally selected them and j made the announcement just before | he left for tho 2ast. They form thoj executive committee of the national I committee and tne officers of the lat-ter body. These officers are also ex officio officers of the executive com-mittee. This list is:

Officers national committee—Chair-•nan,George B. Cortelyou, New York; secretary, Elmer Dover, Ohio; treas-urer, Cornelius N. Bliss, New York; sergoant-at-arms, William F. Stcno Maryland.

Executive committee, Easterr eadquarters. New York—Charles 1".

Broker, Connecticut; N. B. Scou.

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OF Secretary of War Root Springs

New Campaign Issue on Candidate.

DAVIS' YEARS ARE HIS THEME

In Notifying Vice Presidential Candi-date He Tells of Importance ol Office and Questions Ability cf Mar •f t4 to Fill Presidency^

West Virginia: Franklin Murphy, New' match. Jersey: William L. Ward, New York.j Owing to the frequency of hlcycle Western headquarters. Chicago—j thoftF-. by Kaffirs la Pretoria tho gov-Harry S. New, Indiana; Frank O.jernmeat has authorized a municipal Lowden, Illinois; R. B. Schneider, II'--1 hy-law, providing that natives' hi-braska; David W. Mulvane. Kansas. ! cycles shall be painted yellow.

Has Charge of Speakers. Four smugglers were recently found James A. Tawney of Minnesota has lying dead in a mountain hut on the

been put in charge of the speakers'i A,Jstro-ltalian frontier, having been rureau for the Western headquarters, j poisoned by a viper concealed at the He will select the spellbinders for bottom of a gourd of milk from which this territory and direct their oner- they had drunk. gles.

Another person may be added to the Western division of the executive committee. If it Is done It probably will be either Henry C. Payne of Wis-

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Rev. D. Nevln. rector of Sr, Paul's,, tho American church in Rome, return-ed from Wiesbaden, where he under-went an operation, as a result of which his eyesight Is being restored.

Tho first meeting of English and French archers since the wars of the middle ages took place at Le Tou-quet, near Etaples, the French being the victors in the international

consin or the national committeeman from a far Western state, preferably Idaho or Colorado. There is a diffi-culty in naming the Wisconsin mem-ber, however, as to do this would give] ecognltlon to one of the two factions

in that state, Mr. Payne being a Spooner man, and the national com-mittee desires to keep out of the trou-ble.

Honors to Doubtful States. In the main the executive commit-

tee Is made up of men from what are generally regarded as doubtful states. Nev York is trebly represented. Not only is Mr. Ward, its national com-mitteeman, on the executive commit-tee, but Mr. Bliss Is an officer by vlr-

Texas Socialists held their state picnic In Dallas Sunday, and nomina-ted a state ticket headed by Word H. Mills of Dallas for governor.

The killing of a white carpcnter named Baker by Octave Smith, a ne-gro. has started a race war in- Cy-press. a small place in Natchitoches Parish, La. ^he whites have driven the negroes from the town and. It is reported, have wounded several of them.

An international rifle match has been arranged between rifle teams of the Fourth battalion, national guards of New York, and the Canadian Rifle association at Ogdensburg, N. Y., Aug. 12.

An unknown man committed suicide near the Aldlnea station of the Chi caga & Erie railroad by standing on the track and permitting a freight train to strike him. His body was cut

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63,667 acres produced 1,741,209 bush-els of barley—24.65 to the acre, and 32,431 acres produced 292,853 bushels of flax seed, 9.08 to the acre. As but 1,383,434 acres, or a little bet-ter than one per cent of the entire wheat growing area of the territories was under crop, a little figuring shows that 13 per cent of the entire country nader wheat will raise the 200,000,000 that Great Britain annually requires from the outside countries. It is a fairly safe statement to make that in twelve or fifteen years the Canadian prairies will be supplying the entire demands of the mother country.

Throughout this entire belt there is an enormous length of railway mile-age, branches are radiating in every direction from the trunks until they scarcely leave a grain field more than six or aoven miles from a road, and they are all required, for In the fall and early winter the sight of the trains passing to and from the eleva-tors at the railway depots makes the entire country look like one hive of

. Industry. In 1880 there were but few white settlers In the entire country, outside of those connected with the Hudson Bay Company's posts, and scarcely a dollar's worth of anything outside of buffalo hides exported till 1883, twenty years ago, and now the country has a white population of over half a million, the Immigration of 1903 balog 128,264, 40 per cent of the num-ber being Americans brought over by

mixed farming are dairying and the laising of farm stock. It must not be supposed that dividing the prairies in this way Is saying that any one por-tion of the country possesses better soil than another, for such is not the case—all districts are equally fertile, but the topography and climatic Influ-ences. etc., differ, as well as the condi-tions for production. Ranching and grain growing are carried on quite Euccessfully in this northern zone •but it is found more profitable to com-bine all the features of the industry,

An authority on the subject has stated that agriculture in any country never reaches the maximum of de-velopment until the farmers engage at :east proportionately In dairying, though the surroundings must always determine the extent to which any feature of the industry may bo prose-cuted.

Dairying. In the territories creameries and

cheese factories are to a large extent under government control, and as such are-working well. In Manitoba they are largely a matter of private enterprise, and from the reports from that province they must be giving ab-coluto satisfaction to the patrons and promoters. If a settlor's farm Is not specially adapted to extensive crop-ping, or if seasons or other conditions are against the proper development of largo crops, he has always plenty of pasture and an abundance of native bay for winter feed. A small sura of money buys a couple of cows, and he can soon be in possession of a fine herd of dairy cattle, and the tame may bo said of swine and poultry.

Markets. The mining districts of British

Columbia, which consume an Im-mense lot of dairy products, are close at hand, and always afford a good market for butter, cheese, pork, poul-tr;- and eggs. When In the future that

tue of being treasurer of the ma in ' 1 0 l ) ioces-todv. Chairman Corteljou hlmsel' 0 n o o f , h e a o * x remarkable trips In

- - -1 the connection with the exploitation of tho St. Louis world's fair was com pleted when Rev. S. P. Vomer, the

comes from New York. Connecticut, Murphy of New Jersey and Scott of West Virginia were all selected on account of the contests ex-pected -in their states.

Mr. New of Indiana was put at the head of the western branch of the executive committee because his state is the one in the west In which the most active fights is looked for. Col. Lowden was chosen largely because the headquarters are located In Chi-cago and Illinois by right looked for representation. The appointment of Lowden also is expected to please tho faction of the Illinois Republicans who were defeated in the recent state con-vention.

Fight In the East. It tais taken for granted that the

makeup of the committee Indicated that. In the opinion of Mr. Cortelyou. the main fight will "be In the oast. The fact that the easterners on It all come from states classed as doubtful was understood to indicate this. For the first time in the memory of men now active in politics, not in the history of the Republican party. Pennsylvania is not represented In the executive committee. Ohio, which in older days always had its committeemen, also Is passed by, except that Mr. Dover Is the secretary of the main committee, and as such Is an officer of the body which will do the work.

While Mr. Cortelyou is in the cast— and he expecta to spend most of his time In New York or Washington— Secretary Dover and Mr. New will be In charge of the western headquarters.

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Loans, Collections, Real Estate, and Insurance.

LOWELL. MICHIGAN.

MILTON M. PERRY Attorney and Counselor at Law

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Bargains in Wash Goods. Voiles, Dimities and Challies NO WOMAN WEARS CORSETS For Pun. Certainly not, yet one mijrht suppose so from the way some mer-

chants try to sell corsets. A pood corset means a pood form and proper support and incidently a good ngure on the street. We sell the

Bargains In Silk Waists, Taffetas and Jap Silks

Bargains In Dress Skirts, Henderson Corsets

1 Lot All Wool Skirts $1.98, former price $2.25. 1 Lot Mohair Skirts 52.00, former price $3.00 because we believe them the best. If you examine one you will be struck by its

general excellence and believe with us that it is the best. M a n y O t l i o r i i a . r g r a . i n s X o o N u m e r o u s t o M e n t i o n .

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A MIGHTY wiil is going up from the sandy, wind-swept Summer resorts of Northern Michigan because of a great fall-ing off in the annual crop of resorters; and many explanations, none of them satisfactory, are given. The fact is that at no Summer resort can one make himself so comfortable at so little cost as right at home, if that home is in village or country, with average comforts and conveniences. After all, the best part of going away from home is the final getting back. The traveler is the goose that everybody plucks; and he is mighty

. lucky if he has a few pinfeathers left on his return. If in the heated vacation season, people would throw off their business and household cares and devote themselves to a comfortable rest right at home, there would be less worry about next Win-ter's coal- bin, and no one would complain but those who make their living off the resorters. Given such natural advantages as are furnished by our rivers, lakes, parks, hills, valleys and delightful drives, certainly the people of Lowell have little need to-endure the discomforts and expense of travel and exile to obtain all that Nature can furnish in peace, comfort, retire-ment, recreation, fresh air and rest. We've a Summer resort of our own, thank you.

^ • m TEDDY struck the nail on the head this time. Asked to

interfere in behalf of a Negro condemned to death for assault-ing a little girl, he refused, aud said: "It is to be regretted we do not have special provision for more summary dealing with this type of cases. The more we do what lies in us to se-cure certain and swift justice in dealing with these cases the more effectively do we work against the growth of that lynch-ing spirit which is so full of evil omen." The trouble with the Negroes is that while they denounce lynching they fail to condemn the hideous crimes for which their fellows suffer. Booker Washington furnishes an exception to the rule; but he is indeed an exceptional Negro.

SENATOR LODGE will either come down from his high-protection perch and promise his constituents to work for reci-procity with Canada and Newfoundland, or fifty-thousand Massachusetts Republican business men will give him a lay-off to attend to his private affairs. Partisanship is one thing and paying thirty cents a pound for beefsteak is another. At least, that's what they say down in Boston.

CANDIDATE W A R N E R c o m m e n d s h i s o p p o n e n t a n d t h i n k s

there should be a "good, clean campaign." So, there should. Personally, both candidates for governor are unobjectionable and any villification will recoil upon the villifier. The ques-tion is. Machine rule or popular will? Primary reform or more Atwood & Co. dodge? Ajid, "A question is never settled un-til it's settled right."

THAT legislation has failed to destroy the liquor traffic, is one of Potter's reasons for starting a "church saloon." Leg-islation has also failed to abolish murder, arson, theft and assault. Following the Bishop's line of reasoning, the church should start "Christian" institutions for the "temperate" practicc of these lattei; crimes. To Hades with such "reforms!"

THE Michigan Democrat platform is square-toed in its demands and pledges for primary reform and the election of United States Senators by direct vote of the people. All citi-izens who care more for the honor and welfare of our State than for petty politics, know what to do and they can do it without affecting the result of the national contest in the least.

WITH enormous labor strikes on every hand we will not hear so much about "the full dinner pail" this campaign. But perhaps some of this rumpus is kicked up for the purpose of discrediting the Administration. Keep your eyes and ears open, fellow sinners, and get the truth if you can.

THE nomination of Ferris for governor was certainly a surprise; but a good one, for all that. Prof. Ferris is a good, clean, capable, self-made man; and any one who wishes to help rebuke the Republican State machine will have to search hard for an excuse for failing to do so.

MR, STEARN'S conversion to Democracy was too sudden for many delegates to the State convention; but he will have to stick now or be a man without a party. He will, however, show the sincerity of his demands for primary reform by a loyal support of Ferris.

Now that Bishop Potter has his "church saloon" in run-ning orcler, he might as well make a department store of it; for "Christian" gambling dens and "benevolent" houses of ill fame are thus in order. Just another step downward; that's all.

^ • m WHENEVER the tariff is revised "by its friends—the ben-

eficiaries—it is always revised U P W A R D . ^ ^ — -

THE People know what they want: GIVE it to them — Slogan for Michigan campaign.

Practical Preparrtlqn for Active

Life Proposed for StHdeate.

At a recent meeting o u r Board Educa t ion a d o p t e d the fol lowing courae of s t u d y for the High School:

FIRHT YEAR F i r s t Semester Second Semester

La t in La t in Phys io logy B o t a n y H i s t o r y • His to ry tAlgtbra Commercial Arl th English Algtbra

En [list SECOND YEAR

F i r s t Semester Second Semes te r L a t i n La t in Phys io logy Physiology H i s t o r y His tory Book-Keeping Book-Keeping Plain Geometry "Plain Geometry English English

THIRD YKAR F i r s t Semester Second Semester

L a t i n La t in Uerman German Chemistry Chemistry Commercial Geo^-Commercial L a w

r a p h y U. S. History and U. S. History and Civics

Civics English * English

•FOURTB YEAR Fi r s t Semester Second Semester

The Lowel l Mili tary Band will con-duct a p a r t y a t T ra in ' s ope ra house •»n t h e n igh t of t h e picnic, Wednes-day, AngUBt 17. I t in proposed t o •oiiintain the high s t a n d a r d fo r charac ter of a t t e n d a n c e a« w a s es-tabiiBliPfi los t yea r . Friends ol t n e baud are cordial ly Invited. tf

I find no th ing l e t t e r for liver de-rangement and coimtlpation than Chamber la in ' s S tomach a n d Liver T a b l e t s . — L . F . ANDREWS, Des Moines, l o w a . F o r sale by A, 1).

SturgiB. Box S t a t e m e n t s $1.50 per 1000,

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course In s t e n o g r a p h y and type -wr i t ing will p robably be given t h r o u g h o u t th is year .

Studies in Italics all pupils mus t take . ' Beside these, a pupil m a y generally elect t w o In each semester.

T h i s course Is based upon the re-p o r t of t h e commit tee on High School course of s tudy which w a s presented a t the meeting of the S t a t e Association l a s t December. I t differs f rom the course heretofore fol-lowed here In t h a t It offers commer-cial s tudies t h r o u g h o u t the four vears . Th is Is a long step In ad?ance , fo r I t gives the s tuden t of limited means a n d the s t u d e n t whose natuiw al Interests a re n o t so much lu books a s In pract ical m a t t e r s a chance t o preparo In the High School fo r a definite posi t ion.

Very few pupils a re m a t u r e enough t o ge t much o u t of a commercial col lege before fifteen o r sixteen. If, be-fore t h a t age , a boy t aken In con-nection wi th a high school course, the commercial s tudies given In the out l ine above , he will need t o g o t o a commercial college only one-third as long. Besides this, he will get a much be t te r posi t ion by t a k i n g a high school commercial course a u d and then g o i n g t o a commercial col-lege t h a n he would If he h a d all his p r e p a r a t i o n s In t h e business school. T h i s Is t r ue because he spends t ime enough In a High School t o m a t u r e a n d he ge t s a b road enough educa-t ion t o give him a gdod founda t ion on whlcn to build. I t Is the desire of the Board t h a t the boys a n d g i r l s of th i s vicinity as well a s of the dis-t r i c t t a k e a d v a n t a g e of the pract ical course . Beside giving these commer-cial s tudies , the facul ty will give es-pecial a t t e n t i o n t o helping those pupils w h o wish t o teach t o p repare or t h e c o u n t y examina t ion . The di-

rec to r o r super in tenden t will furnish a n y In fo rmat ion t h a t prospect ive pupi ls m a y need.

Oil meal, a t Feed mill Meyers & McKee.

• The breeding of fowls, both for their great beauty, and for their intrinsic usefulness, forms one of the most at-tractive employments which lend fas-cination to rural life. The fact is, to many persons, the enjoyment derived from the care of fowls and their breeding, increases aa the utility of the employment, from a purely prac-tical point of view, diminishes. To such, and they are generally elderly persons with mnch leisure, young ladies who want something to interest them outside the house and music room, and children who are always fond of pets, and to whom their cars Is a real education, we most heartily commend the ratising of Bantams.

We give, in the accompanying en-graving, two of the most favorite breeds. Those on the right are Sil-ver-laced Sehrights. The lacing is re-ally black, and the body of the feath-ers silvery, so that black-laced Sil-ver Sebrlghts would he a more de-scrlpUve name. TWs brief descrip-tion conveys a perfect idea of the col-Ing of the plumage, except that whes closely examined the white part of the feathers Is really a little creamy. The edging of black, which Is very dis-tinct, gives great brilliancy to the feathering. The pride of carriage.

X yea r , one barre l of flour, fifty pounds of s u g a r , t w e n t y pounds of corn s t a r c h , ten p o u n d s of macaroni , ten q u a r t s of beans , four twelve-pound h a m s , one bushel of sweet po ta toes , twe lve bushel of Irish po ta te s , ten p o u n d s coffee, ten pouuds of raisins, ten p o u n d s of rice, twen ty pounds of crackers , one hundred b a r s of soap , t h ree twelve-pound turkeys, five q u a r t s of cranberries, ten bunches of celery, ten pounds of prunes, four dozen oranges , ten pounds of mixed nu t s , m a k i n g four big barrels heajied up; a n d In the b o t t o m of the las t barre l , a purse wi th a five dol lar gold piece, marked "A Dress for Mothe r ; " and a ten dollur bill, " T o BuyShoes for the Children." Which? —[Jno . H. Keys, In F a r m J o u r n a l

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Wm. Llrmse, a member of the br idge g a n g work ing near L l t t l epor t w a s taken suddenly ill T h u r s d a y n i g h t wi th c r amps and a kind of cholera . His case w a s so severe t h a t he h a d t o have the members of t h e crew w a i t upon him and Mr. Glfford w a s called and consul ted. He told them he had a medicine in the form of Chamber la in ' s Colic, Cholera a n d Dia r rhoea Remedy t h a t he t h o u g h t would help h im o u t and accodingally several doses were ad-ministered wi th the resul t t h a t the fellow w a s able t o be a r o u n d the nex t day . The Incident speaks qu i te highly of Mr. Glfford's medicines. E lkader , I o w a , Argus. Th is remedy never fails. Keep i t In you r home It m a y s ave life. F o r sale by A. D.

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and strut, on the part of both cocks and hens, are noticeable and eictied-Ingly atractlvs. It will be noticed, also, that both sexes are similarly feathered, a peculiarity which, from Its iingularity, adds another attrac-tion.

There Is another breed In which the body color of the feathers is of a cop-pery-yellow color, and which is other-wise almost an exact counterpart of the one depicted. These are called gold-laced Sebrlghts, and both are equally worthy the attention of the amateur breeder. These two beauti-ful breeds were originated by Sir John Sebright, In about the year 1800, and their breeding continued by Sir Thomas. They are entirely composite In their makeup, having been made by a cross of a Bantam with a Polish fowl, and the progeny bred In-and-in, the hen-feathered characteristics of the cock being subsequently added. They breed now very true, If studied and bred with care, but perfect hen-feathered males are apt to prove In-fertile, and though good In the show-pen, must generally be kept out of the coops. In breeding. It Is Important to select not only those that are welP marked, but very small ones.

The pair of fowls on the left of the picture are Cochin Dantams. In col-or, style, shape, and all prominent characters, they resemble the Ruff Cochin fowls very closely. Neverthe-less. so far as can be learned, they are In no way related to them, hav-ing been tent home to England by offlcers, after the "looting" of the Bum-mer palace at Pekln, by the British. They are very attractive and beauti-ful pets, becoming wonderfully fam-iliar and tame, as well as knowing. They are prolific, good mothers, and are now hardy. They were Intro-duced In 1863, and from In-breeding, were for a time very delicate and hard to rear, hut by the judicious in-troduction of strong blood, an entire change has taken place In them. The tendency to Increase In size In breed-ing, must be carefully guarded against.

Home-Mads Skillet Cover. A convenient cover for a skillet or

other cooking ntensil Is shown In the picture. It Is sketched from an ar-ticle In actual use, made from an old pressed 'tin pan. which contained vari-

ous holes In the bottom and was of no fur ther avail for Its original pur-pose. A piece of wood one Inch thick, two Inches wide and five long, was notched at one end to fit the angle of the pan, and the whole properly shaped for a handle, with a hole made near one end to hang it by. This was fastened to the pan by small nails (screws are better) driven Into the wood from the Inside. It Is easily made by any n with a mechanical turn, and a s lu rp knife.

Remember Aug. 17 In Lowell .

BUTTS CUTS THE PRICE

For One Month Saturday July 30th

...TO,.. Saturday Aug. 27th

i t is our custom to have a Special sale twice a year.

We couldn't have a "shop worn sale" because we haven't any shop worn goods.

We couldn't have a "fire and water sale" because we havent had any fire outside of the stove.

"Removal sale" .wouldn't d o ~ w e are going to stay at the old stand.

T H I S IS W H A T W E DID.—Just went right through and cut the price from twenty to thirty per cent off and broken lots we cut deeper yet. NOW I T IS UP TO YOU.

We have marked o u r Men's $8.00 Oxfords 11.98. Women ' s $2 50 Oxfords fI.1W, $2.00 Oxfords fl.-W, 11.50 Oxfords 11,17

$1.25 Oxfords 89c,

This is a very few of the many reductions we have for you. When will we see you? You will have to come quick.

D. F. Butts LOWELL, MICH.

Dlsaolu t lon of P a r t n e r s h i p ,

Notice Is hereby given t h a t the co-pa r tne r sh ip heretofore exls ls l ing be-tween the undersigned Is th is d a y dissolved by mutua l consent , Charles Barnes ret i r ing. Ail accoun t s due the firm a re payable t o Fred Barnes, w h o will se t t le all bills m a d e by the firm. Fred Barues

2wka. Chas. Barnes. Lowell, J uly 30,1904,

Tags... We can beat them al! on the price of printed t a g s .

THE LEDGER

THE HERMIT A S t o r y of t h e W i l d e r n e s s

B y C H A R L E S CLA-IlK M U N N Author of "Pocket Island," " Uncle Terry " and "Rockhaven."

(Copyright, IWI, by L*e and Sbepanl.)

CHAPTER XXV,

IN THE WILDERNESS ONCK MORE.

Never before, durinc nlrl Cy's unfor-tunate and hand-to-mouth existonre l,a(l so much delightful expepfallon entered as lb' ' morning hp left (Iroen-^ l e as Martin's companion, attired in new brown corduroy. The beat of any

pleasure Is in anticipation, and the old man now barbered into more human semblance, looked 20 years younger. Then the busy world they soon en- ; tercd, the rushing trains, the crowded dUes, the hurrying people, the hasty meals, the night on a train, were one and all so great a change from his , simple life In Green vale, that he almost lost his senses. His sleeping-car ex- , perlence, and his first one. was almost ludicrous in Us effect upon him.

"It sorter seemed Just like heln' In a roffln 'n' clankln' right along toward | kingdom come," he said next morning In response to Martin's inquiries as to how he slept, " 'n' every time the train rocked, I thought I'd got thar."

But when the border of the wilder- | ness was reached, old Cy felt more at home, for forest lakes and streams had been his lifelong companions. Ho was somewhat surprised al Ihe extensive purchases Martin made at the little village store, and especially at a com-plete suit of men's clothing with double sets of flannel underwear, but asked ^ no quesUons. Neither did he have any | idea of the real ami ultimate object of the trip, and was not told until our old friends Levi and Jean had pushed , the well-loaded canoes 20 miles up a broad stream, and the first camp wa.i . made. All that day old Cy had been , like a boy In his enjoyment of this I new wonder world of dark bordering forest disturbed only by the rippling stream, the cry ot -in eacle sailing over a mountain top, or the clatter of a flock of ducks rising out of a lagoon; and then, when the tent was pitched, sup-per eaten, and Martin was reclining < upon his blanket and slowly pulling his pipe, be told the story of the her-mit. and who he was suspected to be.

"The doctor and 1 had a trip full of unusual and mysterious experiences last spring," he said, "and It's only a j surmise on my part, even now, who the hermit was. First we were visited by the wild man about whom I told you, then we came upon a secluded log cabin that might have been his lair and might not. A week later we dis-covered a human prowler at nlcht, equally mysterious, and finally 'his hermit—a morose, harmless, old man, who had made friends of the squirrels and evidently was averse to our com-pany. 1 have a suspicion he is the long-vanished Amzi. and if so, you are I the only one who can tell, a n d J11^0

the only one whom he would be likely to remember. If it Is Amzi. he is. without doubt, partially demented. But whether or no. If he recognizes you, his old-time companion, we have established a fact which i can use to bring David to terms. If It is not Amzi, no harm is done."

"An' 'twas fer him ye bought th extra .clothes?" queried old Cy. with keen interest: then adding, a f t " " a

pause, with visible emotion. "Mr. I-rls-ble, how fer is it to whar he was llvin'. •n' kin we fetch It in another day? if It turns out to be Amzi. I'll wi1"1' down an' blubber like a baby. I'm sure

on *1." Martin smiled. „ "I'm glad I brought you. old friend,

he answered, watching bis face and eyes that glistened in the firelight. "If it proves to be Amzi. you alone can reach his memory and maybe Induce him to return to Greenvale." Then, as the astonishing effect such a return would have on that village flashed Info his mind, he added. "I'd give a cool thousand for the chance to walk up to old Dave and say, 'Here's your brother Amzi; 1 found him in the wilderness. '"

" 'Twould gin him a worse scare than Nezer did, 'n ' I'd be willing to lay down 'n' die Jlst to seo Angle git her rights. She's been robbed long enough."

"She will bo before I'm done with the matter," responded Martin, In his earnest way, "and it's for that purpose we are hero to-night. But I must ask you to keep this to yourself when we return," he added after a pause. "To no one in Greenvale, not even Dr. Sol. have I even hinted what I've told you to-night."

"Ye kin trust me. I'd sorter 'specled all along how ye'd felt toward Angle, V If ever thar was a girl worthy o' a good man. It's her."

A shade crossed Martin's face, for Angle's cool parting was with him

"How many days'il It take us to git thar." continued old Cy; "will It take

long?" "About ten days." answered Martin,

after a pause; "it 's 100 miles, with some hard carries." Then he filled and III his pipe anew, pushed the embers together, and waU-hed the fire In si-lence. his thoughts back to Greenvale

and Angle,

CHAPTER XXVI.

UNEXPECTED THOUBI.B.

But of that journey into the wilder-ness little need be said, it was like nil such—a romantic, though at times somewhat tedious, following of streams, crossing lakes and carries, and camping when night overtook them. On the second day out old Cv

obtained "his first siRhl and shot at a I deer. and. as might be expected, no harm befell the deer.

"I sartinly aimed fair enough." he Asserted in response to Martin's laugh, "hut the r;"in micht 'a' wobbled a leelle. It 's bigger game "n I'm used to."

Me marie amends later, for alone to-ward niuht and just as they rounded a bend in the stream, there on the bank, with antlers held high, stood a noble buck lool.int: directly at them. • With a quick backward stroke Jean • halted the canoe. Cy raised his rifle. fired, and ihe deer leaped straight up-ward ami vanished in the undercrowth.

"Never tdiicbed him!" exclaimed ; Martin. But with a "Not so. he one | dead deer." from ihe more experienced !

Jean, he urged his canoe forward, and, I sure enough, there on the bank a trail ; of blo'ul led ih< m 100 rods into the forest and to the prize awaiting them. ;

"No deer jump that way 'cept he ver bad hit." asserted Jean, in triumph. and a-s for old Cy, it was the proudest moment of his life. •

The next day they came upon a jolly party of four fellow-sportsmen, housed in a desert" 'I lumber camp on the shore of a small lake, and halted for the , usual exchange of compliments, and finally Ihey made camp and remained ; ni-ar them that night. They were a 1 typical pariy, jolly and full of fu i \ and addressed each other by most unique . nicknames. The leader, a stout, florid, genial man was called Lobster Face, j the next, a thin fellow, was Herring ) Bone, a short dapper little fellow re-s p o n d e d to Brownie, and the dude of the party answered lo Dead Easy.

But Martin was too anxious to solve the mystery that led him into the woods to tarry long with this pleasant | party, and early the next morning ; pushed on. 11 was four days after , when they saw another human being. • and one day's journey to the lake where he and Dr. Sol had found the hermit, when just as Levi and Jean had pitched the tent and started a fire, two men paddled up in a canoe and landed close by. .

Both were dressed as ordinary sports-men. yet neither could be classed as a

guide. -We were about to make camp above

here," explained ihe older, a man with short-cropped gray beaid and keen eyes, "anri. seeing your fire, we came down for company's sake. Hope we don't intrude "

"Not at ail," answered Martin, pleas-antly. and according to the code of all sportsmen, "my old friend and I also like company, and you are welcome to camp with us," Then, still following the code, he drew a flask out from the stores and passed it to them.

After this peace-offering they with-drew a few rods and began clearing a camp site. I^ter . when Martin and old Cy had disposed of the broiled ven-ison coffee and boiled potatoes Levi had provided, and lit their pipes, tho newcomers joined them. And now en-sued a polite word duel between Martin and the elder stranger, with each try-ing to obtain information without giv-Ing It. It was fruitless, as might be expected, for Martin was suspicious that these men were not the sportsmen they claimed to be; hence he gave no Information and they were as reticent.

It is a curious and yet well-known fact that two men meeting thus, will. In a short space, form a usually cor-rect opinion of each other's character and present platis and intentions. One may strive to evade, to assert what is false, and as the saying is, "pull wool over the other s eyes." yet it is usually futile. In this casft Martin soon felt satisfied beyond doubt that these men were not here for sport, but on some secret mission they meant to conceal.

1 They spoke of the abundance of game and where they had seen it, of the weather. lumbering interests, parties they had met. and kindred BUhlects j all the time striving to Induce M a ^ j to do more talking. At last he decided to try an experiment on those who he felt wished to learn his mission.

"I presume, gentlemen. he said. "that you've been up the M o o s , , h " r ? i -

The speaker of the two admitted that

he"Well " continued Martin, in a confi-dential manner, "i was up that way last spring with a friend of m i n e ^ had never been in the woods, and one night we received a visit from a • hideous wild man. My friend saw him S m a n d nearly died of fright and later on 1 saw him glaring a t t i s ' r o m behind a bush, if >0" BO that way again, you may meet him.

• The next day." continued Marim. , smiling at their sudden interest, we Z S tor uA »:da found he was endowed with the cla

; e . >n an insun l

Martin saw he wasn t h { , l l c N CJ . . -Did you notice horns on him also

the evening before?" c a m e the query, in response to this astonishing state-

' " •No." answered Martin, laughing, "nor tall either; but what I tell you is true, though 1 see you don't ' ) c l i , ' v e .

For answer the two men looked nrst , at onr another, then at Levi and Jean

reclining close by. and. rifdn^.tho speaker said to Martin, "Come over to our tent, won't you? I've something choice ihere 1 want you to sample.

It was only an excuse to obtain privacy, and evident enough to Martin, but he little realized the shock that was coming.

"I am satisfied." said the speaker or

the two men in a low voice, when the three had entered his tent, addressing Martin, "that you and your friends are gentlemen who are here on S P 0 ^ ' men s mission and for sport. We are nn another and far different errand 0(.t .1 won't do for your guides to know It for sufficient reasons. I see you mistrust us. and thai is w asked you In here." He paused, looked

[ h t his comranion who nodded, and then 1 continued. "1 did hope to obtain some

Information from you. but ^ ' n impossible until I make myself We are officers and are f " murderer who has been h l d i n g ' n wilderness many years. W® „ heard recently that he has a cabin on one of the Musquacook lakes, and w are bound that way. Every ^ ^ comes into this region Is in leagm. a~alnst us to protect this murderer. and for that reason I could not speal

freely before yoars." Then Martin, listening almost

rasped for breath at, this admission. This peaceful old hermit who taught squirrels to love him. and whom be believed to be Amzi C u r t i s - a mur-derer! Impossible!

"You are wrong, gentlemen, he said ,n a positive tone, "wholly wrong, and I know U 1 found that hermit you are after last spring, and he never did or never would harm a fly out of malice.

Then he told, as if pleading for him-self, what manner of man this hermit

was. and beyond that, whom he sur-mised him to be.

"No, no, gentlemen.' he said In on-clusion, "this old fellow Is * P*™ h a l f -demented man whom my friend and myself are going to call on. ami know he is not the one you want

But somehow his pleading and pro-fuse explanation failed to convince.

"I don't doubt you believe what you and are honest," was the response,

•but 1 still think this hermit, as you call him, is the chap we want."

And Martin, returning to his own camp-fire, felt his heart sink with a new dread sense of danger.

"Levi," he said, "do you know who

those men are?" "Game wardens. I 'spect. "Worse than that ; they are officers

on their way to arrest our old heimit

for murder." Then Martin looked at old Cy. then

a t Jean, and back to Levi in silence, and with firm, set lips.

"Boys," he said at last, " I t s a goo*. 20-hours' paddle to the Musquacook. We have starlight and no carrlcs what do you say?"

For answer Levi began to draw the embers of the fire apart.

"The sooner they think we have turned In the sooner they will." he paid; ""n" then we can start."

But this impending danger to the , poor old hermit wske Martin's curi-

osity. * • Levi," he said, while they waited.

"these offlcers are on a wrong scent. 1 am sure, but are after some criminal no doubt. Do you know of any who have been or are now In hiding here In this wilderness?" i j

"I do," answered Levi, "but tbore s j reasons why I don't care to speak out. i I ain't shieldln' no murderers by keep-in' mum. I'm just mindln' my own business, 'n' not tellin' things that I micht end in my bein' a mark for a bullet some day; that is all."

"Well," responded Martin, some-what surprised. "I think 1 understand your position, and It's all right. I don't want to get you into trouble, you j may be sure, or to give any one away; but at least you can tell me whether j you ever heard that an escaped crlmi- j nal was hiding In this wilderness. It won't go any farther, I'll give you my ,

1 word." j I And then Levi, much pressed, toh. j 1 this story;

"I've beerd thar was one, a chap by the name of McGulre. an' he had the name o* beln' a bad man. 1 ain't savin th i l as a fact, only Just what I beerd. He used to do smugglln* years ago down country, fetchln' rum In from the provinces, 'n* then Chinks hid In cof-fins, 'n' all that business. Arter that, he kept a place up to Grin'stun where lumbermen could spend thar money mlddlin' quick on rum. cards, 'n' slch. They used ter say he got most on 't. but some on "em made a fuss V took the law on him. 'n' thee be dropped back. The next I beerd he was up to S t Francis—that's on the upper St. John—'n' runnln" the same sort o' a dive; . 'n ' then he shot a warden fer tryln* ter arrest him fer dynamltln' salmon on spawnln' beds, 'n' then he took to the woods. All this happened some years ago. 'n ' thar ' s been a standln' offer of $1,000 fer him ever since. I ain ' t beerd he's been ketched. though."

"But have you an Idea that the chap we found with a bell signal last spring was this McGulre?" put in Martin,

1 eagerly; "did you think so then?" "Why, I sorter guessed It might be."

put In Levi, cautiously, "but I'd rather you wouldn't tell them wardens. If you

i meet 'em agin. It might make me trouble. 1 ain't over fond o' game war-dens either, fer that matter."

Then a new light dawned on Mar-tin,

"I won't give you away. Old Faith- j ful." he said, "and not a hint to those wardens, you may be sure. They doubled my word just now when I was telling the truth, and I am 'agin 'cm' as much as you are. We will bent them to the old hermit 's home to-night, if our paddles don't break, and when you and I part company, you will be well remembered."

were snoring. After hearlnc (his. It did not lake long for the four to pack and quietly fold ihHr lent like the Arab and silently steal away.

The bordering forest along the stream was a wall of almost Inky dark-ness: its course was but a narrow, winding rif t between these wall: and barely oiUlined by the stars. Now and then a patch of foam, caught in some eddy, lay like a prostrate Rhost in waiting, tall firs leaning over it. and, side by side, the two canoes. liKe two huge crocodiles slowly swimmine, now crept up the stream. Not a word, not a whisper even, from the four deter-mined men, bound on a mission of pro-tection over an unknown old hermit who might, not, after all. deserve It. It was a dim theory ami faith in a long-range guess only on Martin's part that led him forward on thai all-night jour-ney, and yet that, was Martin's way. Once he formed a conclusion he never halted or turned back, but pushed on until he proved himself ripht or wrong.

And what, a wild night journey that was under the stars and ever on and on Into the black forest!

No use to turn back—no waiting, welcoming light ahead, but ever the same dark, forbidding wilderness, ghostly and spectral. The black cur-tent. they faced, veered and twisted from side to side, ever disputing their progress; owls hooted out of swamps. loons saluted them with half-human despalriqg cries, when a broad lakelet

In the stream was reached, while ever and anon from out the darkness, came the scream of a wildcat or panther.

Sometimes the way grew uncertain where the stream broadened in a swamp, and here they poked into beds of reeds, or nosed Into clumps of al-ders. at la.st to find the current again and enter the forest once more. Now and then they halted to rest, fill their pipes, and exchange ereetinRS in whispers, for the wilderness at night ever awes and loud speech seems dan-gerous. And so on and on. hour after hour, each man patiently wielding his paddle, while backs ached, arms grew tired and eyes dim with watching, un-til at last a broadening lake was reached just as the gray light of com-ing morn drove away the darkness. With renewed courage it was soon crossed ami there, in the same cove, and on the same sandy shore where Martin and the doctor had camped, the canoes were drawn out and the weird ninht journey ended.

"We have got to sleep a little, boys." asserted Martin, looking into the tired faces of the rest, and especially old Cy. whose hollow eyes looked ghastly, •"i confess I'm well tired out."

"It wa'n't the paddlin' that tuckered me so much as the feelin" skeery all the time." responded old Cy. "It sor-ter seemed's tho' sum wild critter was like to jump out o' the woods any

mlnn i t " But conversation was at a discount,

and. without waiting for tent raising, or even cutting bough bods, each man rolled himself In his blanket and the sleep of utter exhaustion.

And what a picture greeted them two hours later when the September sun. now well up. smiled down Into that rippled lake, blue and sparkling! Overhead a flsh-hawk was circling; across on a tall dead tree-top sat a gray forest eagle; a flock of ducks pad-dled to and fro along the margin of a bed of wild rice, while just above and nearer shore, stood an antlered deer knee deep in the water.

Best of all. no sight or sound of aught human was visible.

The picture was so woodlike, so ro-mantic, so perfect with the two canoes side by side on the sandy shore, kissed by the ripples. It, almost brought tears to old Cy, unused to such.

"If I'd got to shut my eyes fer good." he said, after a long look with face up-raised to where the eagle sat. "I'd like lo do it right now n' carry this picter with me Into kingdom come. 1 thought I knew what bein' in the woods meant, but I never did afore. Mebbe God's concluded to be good to me now I'm glttln' old. They call me an infiddle In

i Greenvale," hs added a little sadlv.

Blame No One But Yourself if You Don't Get

Well When SicR.

CHAPTER XXVII. A N I O H T J O U R N E Y I N T H E W I L D E R -

N E S S .

For an hour Martin and his three faithful allies watched the other camp-tire from In hiding. At last It died down, the two strange men entered their tent, and, alter another tedious wait, Levi crept over to It, returned, and In a whisper announced that they

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COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

Regular meeting of the Common Council of tho Village of Lowell hold In the Council rooms on Monday eve-ning, Aug. 1,1904.

Meeting called t o order hy Presi-dent Hakes. Present, Trustees Col-lar. Hicks, l.iee, Nicholson, Smith and Winegar. Full board.

Minutes of meeting of July 25 read and approved.

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CHAPTER XMI—Continued. RadalofT had no idea of the eon-

tea t s of the letter. But when Ilda bad finished reading it be g a r e the "waltlnx" Bignai, and In response t o t h e sinRle stroke of the bell enter-ed t b e office to meet the Countess Ksn tche f f , with the result already ieeerlbed. In vain he attempted to explaia to the countess that he f o n d Dd* a prisoner, she ba t ing beea captured in the Nihilist ren-dewroas. but the haughty and insult-I n* manner in which be had been in-terra idod each time he began his ex-pfamatlon. had prevented him from f i r i n g that important information. U r n s It was when Ilda entered her presence the countess knew nothing s t h e r arrest .

H i e two women stood face to face —•lone. Each measured -the other fr i tf t a glance, and as their eyes met t h e r e was exchanged a look which m e a n t that henceforth and forever tbeae two were enemies to the death.

* o r the moment, however, the feel-l a g that controlled Ilda Barosky was ®no of deepest love for the exiled fa t t ie r whom she was to clasp to her h e a r t a f te r the long and bitter years nC aeparation. She cast an anxious f i a n c e a t the countess, who stood re-gard ing her with a feeling of bitter-eat bate. Katherlne saw before her h ^ r deadliest foe. It was to this girl t h e owcii all the humiliation she had fe l t , all (he deep disappointment in • t o r e for her. if Alexis' marriage to Olga ahould not take place.

" M j father—he is here?" said Ilda. * a a d I shall see him? I shall see him an ce again

"That depends upon yourself." \ Katherlne spoke these words, look-ing a t Ilda. There was something in t h e tone and in the look that placed I lda instantly on her guard. She felt. ihe knew not why. that nhe was to be m a d e the victim of a cruel "lie. With a a effort she suppres