• • I N D E P E N D K N T IN A l . l . T H I N G S . N E U T R A L IN N O T H I N G "

VOL .VII, NO. 4 4 . L O W E L L , M I C I I K U N , T l l l H S D A V i A P R I L 2 0 , 1 9 0 0 . WHOLE NO. 3 5 6

I I FIVE REASONS WHY

THE PITY BANK OF HILL. WATTS * CO

l » POPULAR WITH WlbNKY 8AVIW8.

1—It la a safe bank . 2—It is a Bank for all the peuple—ricli and poor, men, women n t d children. 3—It ia invar iably conrteona to deiHraitors 4—It pays liberal intereoton money intrusled to iU tare. R—It seeka new acooanta with all who wish to save money.

£ THE CITY BANK ^ RESPONSIBILITY, $100.000 00.

I

What is a

Sanitary Refrigerator?

I T 18 NOT one iu which mould dev.'lopea, ge rms breed and poisouoas ox ides form. How many refr igerators on the marke t will stand tAtt on thcKe lines? Dr. Qeo. C. Perkins has succeeded in producing an articlo

which fulfilla the requirements . Th i s we present lo the public in full belief that it ia without a single equal in the vast number of re f r igera tors made .

I t is absolutely dry . Th i s being a fact, not a mere claim, mould is i m -possible, germs cannot liTe, nor can oxides form. |'V/OOIl/aV| v t IMQ vusi»«w» •••*»» n\»» v>«au "

T h U is accomplished in a manner which is simplicity itself, based on the physical law of ezpana ionof gases, which in construction of the box creates a draught , taking in air on one side ol the ice chamber and expelling it on the other , af ter having passed hut once through the provision chamber.

In this way foul odors and all dampness are drawn off, making it posMlile to keep the most ausoeptihle of foods, soch as butter and cream, in t he Kame chamber with vegetables and fruits of any kind whatever, without in any way becoming tainted. Meata, raw or cooked, may be preserved indelinitely in the hottest weather; and the ice evaporates instead of rots, lees than two-thirds is used as compared with the best of old style refrigerators.

R. B. BOYLAN. Umm uaumui mikmmmummumu^

Don't

Waste

Your

Time

In runnning to your neighbors or asking your friends the time of day. Be inde-pendent. Have a timepiece i f your own Don't always be depending on someone else when you can get a fully guaran-teed W A T C H from $3.00 up or a CLOCK from $1.00 up. We have a very large and well selected assortment to select from and, you need not hesitate in taking your pick for they are all fully warranted.

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The White Front. The People's Store.

A. D. Oliver, Prop.

I I O H S K S O U T O K A . 1 0 H .

TENDER FEET. How many people are there in in this world

who are not troubled with tender feet? Not many. T o those who are we wish to say to you that we can make you comfortable no matter what kind of a Shoe you want, whether it is the cheapest kind of a Work Shoe or the finest kind of a Fine Shoe. Some Shoes, you know, are made to sell; others are made to fit, «vear and be comfortable. The last named ones are the kind we keep. T o those who have been wearing rubbers all winter and have ten-der feet in consequence of it, we can fit you out with Shoes so easy that you will never miss the rubbers. Why do you suffer all summer when you can be fitted with something so easy and comfortable that you will never know you have got any feet.

A Full Line of Hlioes and Slippers for S u m n e r Wear

The Old Reliablo Shoe House,

A. J. HOWK 1ND SON.

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l .owcl l M a n B u i l d s u H o m e l e s s

C n r r l t m e .

Our popular nnd progresHivc eleo" tr ician, Mr. Carl Engliuli, \va« on1

r id ing last evening with Revera' frionriR in an e legant IIOIHIICSS ca r -riage of I i I h own manufac ture .

About a year ago, Mr . Kngiisli d rew plann fo r this iiiai'liine and al-thongb a very IJUHV man in his capacily of Supnr in lenden t of the l.owcll l igh t and power plant , has in odd momentH since that t ime completed thin work of art and science with Ills own brain and dex-t rous hands.

W e congrdtulnte Mr. English upon the t r iumph o f . Ins skill and the vil lage of Towell upon having so en te rpr i s ing and useful a ci t izen.

D a v i d V. D e t t i c k .

David V . Deniek was b o m A u g . I l lh Ihm:{ in the vicinity of Albany, N'ew Vork, ami passed away in th is village Apri l 'Jnth lOtil), aged 66 years, 8 months and (5 days . Funera l services were held a t the home Sun-day af lernoon conducted by R e v . Davidson.

Mr. Deniek was marr ied lo Melissa Vande rhu le in 1856. T h r e e chi ldren were born lo t hem .hired S. , Wil lard C. ami Nelson deceased.

I l ls wife passed away Aug . '21st 1894 since tha t l ime he has made his home with his son Wi l l .

Dur ing the seventeen years of his resilience here he made many fr iends among the res idents of the village and vicini ty, h a v i n g for the past twelve years been the vi l lage sexton, and was ac t ing in that capac-ily at the Fox and Cathol ic cem-eteries a t the t ime of bis demise . H e always had a word of cheer and comfor t for the so r rowing ones.

l i e was active in the promotion of order and good behavroi*; his position as n igh twa tch and constable br ing ing him p r o m i n e n t l y before the public .

He was a man of good moral prin-ciples with a kind word for eve ry -one and he will be great ly missed by all. A F in END.

S a m u e l M . W a l l a c e

Samuel M. Wa l l ace was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, Feb . 10, IS-_'0, and died in. Lowell Apr i l 18, llKiQ.

Mr. Wal lace was marr ied to El len Bar re t t in December . 1844. T h e y came to Michigan and set t led in th i s township about 30 years ago. I n early l i fe they were identified wi th the P ro t e s t an t Methodis t church . Seven years ago, iu October Mrs . Wal lace died, s ince which t ime M r . Wa l l ace made his homo with his daugh te r ; Mrs. M. Ribb le .

Of th i r teen ch i ldren born, four sons and three d a u g h t e r s survive.

Funera l services were held a t the house on Fr iday conducted by R e v D. B. Davidson.

F . fit A. M. N o t e s .

Lowell Lodge had work in the third degree Tuesday n ight .

Five members of Saranac Lodge were present; A. W . Burnet t ; D r . C. G. J o h n s o n ; C. E . l l uhn ; Geo. Kel ler a n d K. P o t t e r .

J o h n Parke r and J . P . II. K i n -yon of Freepor l , Dr . Merriman of Al to and Fred F o r d i d Alton were also in a t lendance.

Lowell Lodge will have second degree work Fr iday n ight , April J and in the th i rd , Tuesday , May I.

C e u s u s K w u t n e r n t o r s .

Following ure the census enumeia-tors appointed Irom this vicinity:

Aila—Miss Geornie LaBurge. Bowne—Kulph J . McDiarmid. Caledonia—M. U. Shislder. Cannon—John F . Joyce. Cascade—Henry K. Dean. Gra l tan—Morr i i Trumbull . L>wcll—Albert S. Houghlon, C.

Guy Perry. Vergennos—M. B. McPherson.

Jiiiiies A. Land. Boston—Byron McKolvoy.

Ed Huglison. Campbell—Daniel W. L ind .

Tliop, Spark. Keene—C. E . Trust . Olisco—Benj. F . Tower. Work will begin Juno lirst and the

township enumerators will have the entire mouth in which to complete I heir lasks.

Do you need a chamber set th is s p r i n g I have a large slock lo select f rom and prices are low.

C. O. Lawrence ' s Dep t . Store .

R a i l r o a d H u l l d l n K ,

Grand Rapids Press : T h i s year is to be a banner season for railroad bui ld ing in Michigan. T h e Pere Marquette , it is s ta led, will lead oil" by extending t h e Grand Rap ids , Melding A Saginaw road now a part of i ts Grand Rap ids dis t r ic t . I t is planned to build nor th from Beld ing to Stanton, a dis tance of 22 miles . T h i s will make it possible for the road to send ils t ra ins over its own line, all the way f rom Grand Rapids toSaginaw without going by the roundabout way of Howard Ci ty to the nor thwest or Ionia to the s o u t h -east . T h e Pe re Marquet te is also credi t! d with p lann ing an extension of the Grand Rapids , Be ld ing and Saginaw south as far as Bat t le Creek. It is said tha t the track lo be put down this year will be f rom Has t ings south lo Battle Creek, a d i s l a n c e o f 2 8 m i l e s . W . H. Clark, who is the general manager of the G. R . , B. & S., which is leased by the Pe re Marque t te , is given as t h e ' p r o m o t e r uf the extent ion.

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

W e wish lo express our hear t fel t I hanks to our kind f r iends and neigh-bors fo r their aid in our late sad berevement and also to the choir for their beaut i fu l music.

Mrs. Chas. S tough tou . and g r and chi ldren . Mr. A Mrs. M. S tough ton .

R e p u b l i c a n S t a t e C o n v e n t i o n E x * /

c u r s l o n R a t e s .

For above convent ion P e r e Mar-que t te R . R . agents will sell t ickets to Detroi t on May 2nd and 3rd a t one way fare. Re tu rn l imit May 4.

S u n d o y ( i r a n d R a p i d s E x c u r s i o n

M a y 6 t h .

P e r e Marque t te R. R . Excurs ion train will leave Lowell at I0;05 a. n r Leave Grand R a p i d s at 6 :3o p. m. Rate 40 cents. See bil ls or ask agents for rates to other po in t s .

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

T h e unders igned wish to express their deep g ra t i t ude for the kind-ness shown them in the i r la te sad bereavement . T h e f r i ends , neigh-bors and choir and all who assisted by acts or words of s y m p a t h y have our sincere apprecia t ion .

W i l l a r d C . Den iek and fami ly .

Why Don't You Ride

A Bicycle tha t is a Bicycle? The easiest hill climber, the best racing wheel

on the market, UK . only wheel upon which to take a bicycle t r ip is the

RACYCLE Repair Kits—For all style? of tires. Valves—For a l l tires.

Cement—Rubber anil wooil r im. Hamllebara and Orips— Every make. CyclomelerH—7"»c to $2.50. Locks—For the chain uprorket. etc. Ouardi , Oil CUM. etc. OUR P R I C I S T H E L O W E S T

Spraker & Cambell.

Experts

G r a n d T r u n k R a i l w a y S y s t e m .

E x c u r s i o n t o S a g i n a w D e t r o i t a n d

B a y C i t y . S u n d o y A p r i l 2 9 1 9 0 0

Fare for round t r ip to De t ro i t $1 .70 and to Sag inaw and Bay C i ty l i l .50 . Leave Lowell 7:30 a. in. R e t u r n i n g leave Detroi t 6 ;45p. m . , Bay City 6:40 p. m. and Saginaw ^:10 p. in. G iv ing seven hours in Detroi t and 8 hou r s in Saginaw and Bay Ci ty . A . 0 . Heydlauff Agen t .

Fried cakes—Smith's bakery.

Ice cream soda 5o, Hun t ' s drug j store.

Designed and made our SHOES—They arc better than ever, if you don't be-lieve it call in and see them.

J, E. LEE & CO.

Get it at Hunt's 5 What? ^

Wall Paper | The largest Une and the lowest prices ever heard of in Lowell. ^

^ Bell P h 0 B . 8 9 . H U N T » S DRUG STORE. Op.« 9 « « d . , 9 . ^

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KEEP COOL BUY YOUR ICE OF

HATCH & CARR W 0 one

Fancy Worsteds Certainly Take The Lead

This season. T h e pa t te rns are very bright and pre t ty . We would like to show you a fine line of these suits for Men and boys a t S8 t(5 $15.

For those who want Clothes a t lower prices we are completely pre-pared. We take pride in outdoing all other stores in the values a t $5.00, 6.00, 7.50.

We want this to be vour favorite place. You'll be pleased with our goods and our prices.

If Mothers will take a look at our boys' clothing—why, we have little fe l lows 'Ves tee Suits—fancy striped goods with l ight combination vests, double breasted at $2.00, what other sell for 3.00 if they have them, with single breasted vest 1.50.

" R E D ' S A H E A D " for Men's Spring Hose, fast color, 25c. See those Monarch Shirts . 1.00 Princeton Shir ts 58c. Black Cat Stockings for boys 25c, triple heel and toe.

A. L COONS. - a .

'A Whole Regiment of New;? Items From Michigan Towns

CAPTURED FOR BRIEF READING.

A MlrlURaa Nittlonal Uunnl Encnmp-

ment Will bn Held ThU Year If the

lloya Will Donate Thalr Hervlcm—

l./nclilui; Threatened at CtaeamilDR.

Adopt r i endUh Blethnda to Even Matter*. ' Augiibt Hlnnck, a German f a r m e r liv-i u g ou t h e t o w n l ino road, b e t w e e n M t . ClemenH a n d Utiea , w h i l e p l o w i n g I n h i s p a b t u r e rocont ly , not iced several smal l p i le of o a t s d i s t r i b u t e d over t h e Acid. N o t b e i n g ab le to nceount for libom, h i s c u r i o s i t y waa a roused , a n d u p o n inves t iga t ion i t w a s found t h a t each p i le covered a q u a n t i t y of p a n s g r e e n . T h i s a l a r m e d him a n d he ex-t e n d e d h i s sea rch over the e n t i r e prein-iscs , l o c a t i n g 13 of t h e piles. In h i s idooryard a n d bu i ld ings he found m a n y |>Hcs of b read w h i c h proved to conta in po i son . N o t l o n g ago he lost t w o cows, a n d u n t i l t h i s discovery t h e i r d e a t h w a s a m y s t e r y . About a yea r ago I t l anok h a d t roub le over e s t ab l i sh ing a d i t c h , w h i c h w a s carr ied to t h e c o u r t s a n d m u c h bad fee l ing engendered . He HhinkH t h a t some of tlioso w h o opposed h i m har t ! t a k e n t h i s da s t a rd ly method i>t g e t t i n g even wi th him for hav ing d e f e a t e d t h e m a t law.

M. N. fl. Knrampment. ' If t h e m e m b e r s of the Michigan Na-t iona l Guard a re wi l l ing to make a llt-CTo Bacriflce, a b r igade e n c a m p m e n t VvJll be he ld th i s year as usua l . Other -w i s e n o e n c a m p m e n t of any k ind will fco held . Quar t e rmas te r -Genera l At-I d n s o n h a s figured out t h a t h e wi l l h o v e money enough to pay a l l t h e ex-p e n s e s of an encampmen t w i t h t h e s in-g l e excep t ion of t h e pay of the men. T h e l a w a l l o w s the p r iva tes compen-aa t i on a t t h e r a t e of 81.25 p e r day, w i t h a f u r t h e r a l lowance of 75 cen t s pe r day 'for Bubsistonoe, the per d i em of oillcers •being a t r i f le more. Gen. A tk inson h a s add res sed a communica t ion to t h e c o m m a n d i n g officer of each company a s k i n g t h a t t h e men be canvassed w i t h ia v iew t o a sce r t a in ing if they w i l l be w i l l i n g t o waive t h e i r c l a ims t o pay. •The 75 c e n t s per day f o r snbs l s t ance w i l l b e pa id by the s t a te , t h e m e n sim-p l y d o n a t i n g t h e i r time.

is. Jobmon Died In^PrJion;

. t ' h a s JohnsoDT'onc ' of the f a m o u s t h r o e J o h n s o n brothers , coun t e r f e i t e r s , jdiod in t h e pen i t en t i a ry a t Columbus, tf., o n t h e 21st, and w a s bu r i ed f r o m i tke h o m e of h i s s is ter- in- law, Mrs. tBavld J o h n s o n In Det ro i t , on t h e 23d. C h a r l e s J o h n s o n w a s 03 y e a r s of age . H e w a s a r re s t ed a t De t ro i t w i t h h i s t w o b r o t h e r s , E d m u n d and David, Homcth ing over a year a g o and c h a r g e d w i t h coun te r fe i t i ng . T h e s ea r ch for a n d discovery of a comple te coun te r -f e i t i n g a n d eng rav ing ou t f i t In t h e J o h n s o n home is we l l r emembered . T h e t w o b ro the r s w e r e t r ied before J u d g e S w a n and sen tenced t o long t e r m s In the house of cor rec i lon . <Jhar les w a s t aken to Toledo, w h e r e he w a s t r i ed on a s imi la r c h a r g e a n d sen-t e n c c d to five yeor s i n t h e Co lumbus p r i s o n .

A Cbesaninc Kpliode. A Republ ican p r imary e lec t ion to se-

l e c t d e l e g a t e s to the coun ty conven t ion w a s he ld a t Chesan lng on t h e 19th. T h e r e ib a sp i l t In the p a r t y , a n d t w o m e n , W. L. I re land a n d M. D. Kl rby , c a p t u r e d the convent ion f rom 75 voters,

. ff ihey succecdcd In g e t t i n g t h e i r m e n 'elected as delegates, w h o a re ant l -Bl lss a n d P o r d n e y men. W h e n t h e de fea ted o n e s of t h e convent ion discovered w h a t h a d been done, t h r o a t s w e r e m a d e t o l y n c h t h e cha i rman , M. D. Kl rby , who q u i c k l y wont out . T h e convent ion w a s recal led and a n e w set of de lega tes e l c c t cd . I t Is looked upon as a most c lcTcr t r ick.

N o Specia l i ' a n e l t o bo Ca l led .

• I t h a s been gene ra l l y expec ted t h a t a specia l j u r y would be s u m m o n e d for t h e c a s e of Col. Eli R. S u t t o n , which is B c t f o r Apri l 25, b u t J u d g e Wles t made t h e a n n o u n c e m e n t on the 17th t h a t t h e p r e s e n t j u r y would r e t u r n f o r the t r ia l , w i t h 2-1 addi t iona l ju ro rs , and t h a t If t h e pacol is exhaus ted before a sat isfac-t o r y j u r y is secured f rom t h i s number , t a l e s m e n wi l l be s u m m o n e d .

OUeaae In Ulvblcan. R e p o r t s to the s t a t e boa rd of hea l th

s h o w t h a t neura lg ia , r heuma t i sm, In-fluenza, b ronch i t i s and tonsl l l t ls . In t h e o r d e r named, caused t h e most sick-n e s s In Michigan d u r i n g t h e pas t week. Cerebro-splnal m e n i n g i t i s w a s repor ted a t 4 places, smal lpox at G places , diph-t h e r i a a t 17, w h o o p i n g cough a t Itf, ty-pho id fever a t 27, s ca r l e t f ever a t 59, meas le s a t 114, a n d consumpt ion at 161.

Hanged Hluiicir In n Ham.

Chas. O. P le l schmann , aged 40, secre-t o i y of t h e T r u s t Secur i ty Sc. Safe De-p o s i t Co., of Detroi t , commi t t ed suicide o n t h e a f t e rnoon of t h e 22(1 by h u n g i n g h i m s e l f f rom a r a f t e r in the ba rn a t . the home of bin s is ter , whe re he [boarded. Mr. F l e i s chmann w a s a sin-'g le man , had p lenty of f r i e n d s and the c a u s e for h is suicide is a g r ea t m y s t e r y t o Ids friends-

G E N E R A L S T R I K E .

Frolsbt llnndlcru of Detroit All (lo Out by Order of I l ielr Vulon'a rrenldent.

T h e g e n e r a l s t r i k e of t h e f r e i g h t h a n d l e r s of Dolroi t , w h i c h has been t a lked of for some weeks pa s t will have l»ecomc a rea l i ty , and p rac t i ca l ly every f r e i g h t h a n d l e r In t h a t c i ty wi l l bo o u t on a s t r i k e be fo re t h i s pape r reaches ou r readers . T h e Union depot men. wh ich include the Wabash , F l in t & I 'ere M a n | u e t t u and L i m a N o r t h e r n men, have been ou t fo r severa l days, and on the a f t e r n o o n of t h e 20th the G r a n d T r u n k men w e n t out . T h e Lake Shore and Michigan Cen t ra l men have all agreed to go ou t today (April 21) un less a sa t i s fac tory a g r e e m e n t is reached. About 400 men a re affected.

L a t e r — T h e places of t h e s t r i k i n g f r e igh t h a n d l e r s have been filled w i t h outs ide men, and it now looks as t h o u g h It would be a w a i t i n g g a m e wi th t h e s t r ike r s—the i r only hope res t s in the inclllciency of the n e w men to cope w i th the increased traff ic w h i c h is cus-tomary a t th i s season of t h e year . One company is boarding I t s m e n in ears to pro tec t t h e m f r o m f a l l i n g in the h a n d s of t h e s t r ike r s .

Three Men lllown to Eternity.

T h e p a c k i n g house of t h e Thos. A j a x d y n a m i t e works, s ix m i l e s n o r t h of Hay City, n e a r the v i l lage of K a w k a w -lin, b lew u p on the a f t e r n o o n of t h e 20lh comple te ly d e m o l i s h i n g t h e bui ld-ing and s c a t t e r i n g t h e bodies of t h r e e w o r k m e n employed In t h e place a b o u t the vic ini ty . T h e cause of the explo-sion is u n k n o w n , bu t I t is a t t r i b u t e d to the imprope r mix ing of explosives. T h e p a c k i n g house con ta ined nea r ly 1,000 p o u n d s of n i t rog lyce r ine and 1,000 pounds of dynamite .

Advlre to Proci'M Mutter Drnler*.

T h e Apri l bu l le t in of P u r e Pood and Dairy Commissioner Grosvenor says: " N o t u n t i l the Michigan supreme cou r t shall pass upon th i s l aw and declare i t void wi l l the process b u t t e r ques t ion be se t t l ed in th i s s t a t e . 1 w a r n a l l m a n u f a c t u r e r s and dea l e r s In process b u t t e r t h a t I ts r egu l a t i on by s t a t u t e Is a valid one unt i l dec la red o the rwise by a more competent a u t h o r i t y t h a n a po-lice just ice, and t h a t p rosecu t ions wi l l fol low I t s violation in every Ins tance w h e r e de tec ted ."

| Otsego is to-have a c a n n i n g fac tory t h a t wHl employ 125 people. : Ground w a s b r o k e n for Mar ine City's t e w s u g a r f ac to ry on t h e 18th.

T h e A r m s t r o n g M a c h i n e Works Co., o f Chicago, e x p e c t s lo remove Its p l an t jto Three-Rlvors a b o u t Apr i l 20.

! T h e t h e r m o m e t e r reg i s te red 84 In t h e e b a d e a t M a r q u e t t e on t h e 20th, t h e h i g h e s t Apri l t e m p e r a t u r e recorded in e i g h t years . j A n e s t of smal lpox cases w a s found Inor ih of Grand R s p i d s on the IDth. C h a r l e s P r a t t i s dange rous ly ill a n d t h e ' -Vools have W ' " ' ^d.

llitmberRer Able to Sit Up. H e n r y l l amberge r , of Detroi t , w h o

made a desperate a t t e m p t a t suicide s h o r t l y a f t e r s e n t e n c e w a s imposed upon him. Is now a b l e to leave h i s bed. HU'Wg the day he Is f u l t y nresscd and s i t s w i t h l i i s f a t h e r , m o t h e r , s is ter and a d e p u t y sheriff in h i s room a t t h e hos-pi ta l . By t h e first of May it is t h o u g h t he m a y be s t rong e n o u g h to t a k e the j o u r n e y to J a c k s o n w i t h Sheriff S tew-ar t . H e Is s t i l l w e a k a n d the h e a l i n g of h i s t h r o a t will r e q u i r e several m o r e days.

S T A T E G O S S I P .

N i l e s has h e r eye on a bicycle f ac to ry .

Bicycle r iders a t P o r t H u r o n a r e ob-l iged t o pay a tax.

Ann Arbor wi l l s end a car load of flour t o s ta rv ing India .

T h e schools a t Dowag iac have been Indef ini te ly closed on account of d iph -t h e r i a .

T h e r e a re seven n e w cases of smal l -pox a t the home of Rob t . McComb, a t St . Charles.

St . Joe county ' s n e w cour t house Is so nea r complet ion t h a t it may be opened May 10.

I n a ra i l road w r e c k a t Goodel ls be-t w e e n t w o t r a i n s f r o m Chicago, 50 s h e e p w e r e ki l led.

T rave r se City h a s g r a n t e d a f r anch i se t o a n electr ic road w h i c h It Is proposed t o bu i ld to Old Mission.

Traverse City sold he r w a t e r w o r k s b o n d s a t a p r e m i u m of S176. T h e y b e a r 3 ^ per cen t i n t e r e s t .

Gra t i o t coun ty ' s new cou r t house Is n o w assured. I t wi l l be located a t I t h a c a and wi l l cost 834,000.

I t Is expected t h a t W. J . Bryan wi l l be i n a t t e n d a n c e a t t h e Democra t i c s t a t e convent ion a t P o r t Huron , May 1.

T h e Dead River sawmi l l wl l c u t 13,-000,000 fee t t h i s season, o p a r a t l o n s w e r e commenced on t h e 20th. T h e e n t i r e c u t goes to To ledo part ies.

An epidemic of measles have s t r u c k Monroe hard. F u l l y 70 per cen t of the chi ldren of t h e c e n t r a l h igh school a r e absen t on a c c o u n t of this disease.

I n order to induce fac tor ies to locate In the village a n d p romote p rosper i ty w i t h i n her borders , Vicksburg bus iness men a re o r g a n i z i n g an improvemen t as-sociation.

Onb fireman w a s kil led o u t r i g h t a n d o n e seriously I n j u r e d w h i l e a t t e n d i n g a fire which des t royed t h e I m m a n u e l Reformed G e r m a n church , a t Muske-gon, on the 20th.

Citizens of Mt. Clemens a re h igh ly e la ted because t h e sec re t a ry of the t r easu ry has recommended t h e appro-pr ia t ion of 805.000 for a f edera l build-ing a t t h a t place.

Win. Gray, of F i f e Lake, is the second vict im of t h e nose bug t h i s scauon. Wi th in 48 h o u r s his face and head had

j swollen beyond al l recogni t ions a n d he may lose h i s s i g h t .

T h e w e a t h e r of the pa s t week has worked a w o n d e r f u l change In t h e ap-

i pearance of w h e a t In t h e v ic in i ty of Belleville, a n d t h e prospcc ts a r e good for an exce l l en t erop.

J a c o b E d w a r d , a ba t che lo r unc le of George, H a r r y , P. M. E d w a r d s and Mrs. George K i n e a r . of Milan, a n d M. C. E d w a r d s , of Willis, r ecen t ly died a t his home in N e w Jersey, ' a n d l e f t an es ta te valued a t 875.000. to wh ich t hey a re the jo in t he i r s . They a r c poor b u t wor thy people .

T h e a n n u a l m e e t i n g of t h e Mich igan Pioneer a n d His tor ica l socie ty wi l l b e held In L a n s i n g the first Wednesday in June . Ex-Qov. Luce, t h e p res iden t , u rges upon t h e people of t h e s t a t e t h e des i rab i l i ty of a l a r g e a t tondance , os t h e m e e t i n g w i l l have m u c h t o do w i t h t h e f u t u r e of t h e society 's u s o f u l n e u .

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A f ranch i se w a s granU'd by t h e t o w n sh ip hoard a t Holly on tho 17th to the T a y l o r - S a w y e r - S m i t h e lec t r ic road, wh ich will r un f rom F l in t to Pontine. T h e y now have all tho necessary f r an -chises.

T h e company which w a s refused per-mission to play " S a p h o " a t Kalamazoo n n m m c c s t h a t t hey will t ry again . T h e r e is much specula t ion as to w h e t h e r the pe r fo rmance will be per-mi t ted .

L a b o r Commissioner Cox says Michi-gan is alllicted w i th prosper i ty . Ho o u g h t to know, for ho h a s been a t work for some t ime g e t t i n g f igures f rom var ious Indus t r i e s wh ich b los tc r u p his opinion.

F a r m e r s a lnui t V icksbu rg will exper-imen t In r a i s i n g tobacco t h i s year . An exper ienced g r o w e r of t h e weed h a s located the re and will In s t ruc t the f a r m e r s In t h e care and cu l t i va t ion of tobacco p lan ts .

T h e f a r m e r s in t h e v ic in i ty of Homer a r e not over -anxious to s ign c o n t r a c t s fo r s t igar bee t acreage. A solici tor f rom the Kalamazoo f a c t o r y only se-cured 23 c o n t r a c t s fo r a week 's l abo r t he re recent ly .

T w o men fishing, t w o mi le s sou th of Mason, discovered the r a i l r o a d br idge on fire. Bu t for the t ime ly discovery I t would have p robab ly b u r n e d suffi-c ien t ly to have wrecked a s o u t h b o u n d passenger t r a i n .

W h e a t In Ber r i en c o u n t y Is a lmos t a fa i lure , caused by t h e fly t h a t appea red In t h e fal l , a n d t h e u p h e a v i n g of the soil d u r i n g tho w i n t e r m o n t h s . Tho suga r bee t i ndus t ry b ids f a i r to rival t h a t of l a s t year .

Civil service e x a m i n a t i o n s wi l l be he ld a t J )e t ro i t and o t h e r c i t ies t h o u g h -ou t the c o u n t r y , w h e r e t h e r e a r e b o a r d s of examine r s , Ma}' 17. 18 and 10. of ap-p l i can t s for posi t ion of cade t in t h e revenue c u t t e r service.

T h e r e Is a b i g kick a g a i n s t tho s t a t e t a x commission In H o u g h l o n county . Many of t h e t o w n s h i p s have no t been f u r n i s h e d w i t h tho necessa ry b l a n k s to be filled o u t by t a x p a y e r s w h o a r e un-de r a p e n a l t y of I m p r i s o n m e n t un less t hey d o so.

T h e l aw enac ted b y t h e las t legisla-t u r e compe l l i ng f r u i t sol ic i tors to file a bond of 55.000 to p ro t ec t g r o w e r s and sel lers h a s been dec lared uncons t i tu -t ional by J u d g e Cool ldgeof t h e Berr ien c i rcui t . I t wi l l be ca r r i ed to t h e su-preme cou r t .

T h e b ronze s t a t u e s t o be erected in t h e p a r k a t Muskegon a re on exh ib i t ion a t N e w York. T h e y a r e p ronounced works of a r t . T h e i r cost w i t h t h e pe-des ta ls . Is abou t 850.000, and they a re t h e g i f t of Char les Hackley . T h e y wi l l b e unvei led at Muskegon on Memoria l day.

T h e supervisors of Montmorency county decided t h a t t h e r e w a s n o t e n o u g h w o r k for a r e g i s t e r of deeds In t h a t coun ty to r e q u i r e t h e whole t i m e of one m a n , and h a v e accordingly abol-ished t h e office and ordered t h a t here-a f t e r t h e county c le rk p e r f o r m t h e work .

T h e s t a t e s a n i t a r y live stock commis-sion wi l l r ecommend to Gov. P l n g r e e t h a t a p roc l ammat lon be issued prohib-i t i ng tho impor t a t i on In to Michigan for da i ry or b r eed ing purposes any cat-t le t h a t have no t been sub jec ted to t h e t ube rcu l i n t e s t a n d found to be f r ee f rom tuberculos is .

F o r t h e pas t several y e a r s Berr ien t ownsh ip , Berr ien coun ty , h a s paid o u t bu t 81.11 each y e a r lo he r paupers . No thwl th s l an ' d lng t h i s a t ax of 880 p e r yea r h a s been col lected, b u t a s t h e money is not needed the board a t i t s l a s t m e e t i n g voted to d iscont inued t ax -a t ion f o r t h i s pu rpose un t i l such t i m e as It w a s needed.

P r e p a r a t i o n s a r e In progress f o r a good r o a d s convent ion t o l a k e p lace a t T r a v e r s e City, Apri l 25. P r o m i n e n t men In te res ted In road b u i l d i n g a n d t h e good roads m o v e m e n t wi l l be pres-e n t An e l abo ra t e p r o g r a m h a s been p repa red and r ep re sen t a t i ve s will be t h e r e f r o m severa l count ies , i n c l u d i n g G r a n d Traverse .

A te lephone w a s p u t in t h e r e a r of t h e p u l p i t of the Episcopal church at Ba t t l e Creek and connected w i th Kala-mazoo, whe re a p a r t y of f r i e n d s of t h e pas to r . Rev. Mr. Osborne, l is tened to t h e sermon. A phone w a s also p u t a t t h e bedside of Miss F a n n i e ' R e y n o l d s , one of t h e members , w h o h a s been bed-r idden for 20 years . She hea rd t h e en -t i r e service d i s t inc t ly .

Capac 's council h a s g r a n t e d a f r a n -chise f o r an e lec t r ic road now u n d e r cons t ruc t ion f r o m Det ro i t via Romeo, A lmon t and I m l a y City. F ranch i se s have been secured by t h e p romote r s for t h e g r e a t e r p a r t of t h e proposed r o u t e n o r t h via Yale a n d L e x i n g t o n to Po r t Aus t in . I t Is expec ted t h a t t h e l ine wi l l be In ope ra t i on to Imlay City be-fo re snow flies and to Capac by J u n e 1 n e x t yea r .

T h e P e n i n s u l a r P o r t l a n d Cement Co., w h i c h Is l a rge ly composed of J a c k s o n and De t ro i t Capital is ts , arc h a v i n g a vi l lage p l a t t ed In t h e vicini ty of t h e i r works , sou th of J ackson , which wi l l be k n o w n as Cement City. T h e company ' s p l a n t w h e n comple ted wi l l have cost 8300,000, and wi l l have a c apac i t y of 2,500 ba r re l s of c e m e n t per day. I t is e s t ima ted t h a t t h e r e is suff ic ient mar l on t h e p rope r ty to k e e p t h e p l a n t In ope ra t i on for 100 years .

Count L a u t r e c , of France , Is in ja i l In Chicago, accused of c o m m i t t i n g f o r g e r y In Canada.

E d l n b u r g , In t h e n o r t h e r n p a r t of W a l s h coun ty , N. D., w a s a l m o s t wiped o u t by fire ou t h e 20th. Two l ives were lost a n d m u c h p rope r ty des t royed .

Garfield McDonald , w h o h a s been u n d e r a r r e s t a t Chicago for a w e e k , h a s confessed t o s t e a l i n g nea r ly 100 blcy c les w i th in t w o mon ths , and h a s dls closed to t h e police t h e w h e r e a b o u t s of more t h a n 50.

Gov. W 8. Tay lo r , of K e n t u c k y , w a s ind ic ted by t h e g r a n d j u r y on t h e 19th as a n accessory to t h e m u r d e r of Wm. Goebel. T h o Ind ic tmen t is s im i l a r to those r e t u r n e d a g a i n s t Green Golden a n d J o h n D a v K

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f a m i n e d is t r ic t s in I nd i a say t h a t t h e misery ex i s t ing t h e r e Is Indescr ibable a n d unpara l l e led , and t h a t the p r e s e n t relief is qu i t e i nadequa t e . T h e y add t h a t t h e mor t a l i t y a m o n g t h e ca t t l e Is a lso NO severe t h a t tho a u t h o r i t i e s a r e t r y i n g lo a d a p t f a r m Imp lemen t s so t h a t h u m a n p o w e r can replace t h a t of bul locks . Such a d r a s t i c measu re h a s n e v e r before been necessary , even In t h e g r e a t e s t scarc i ty of animals . I t is al>o announced t h a t t h e na t ives a r e deve lop ing ug ly f ee l ings and a re a t -t a c k i n g Europeans . A g r e a t c rowd murderous ly u t t a e k e d a pa r t y of sol-d i e r s a t Shahpu r , t h e mi l i t a ry cen t e r of t h e n o r t h w e s t provinces. T h o sol-d i e r s were rescued w i t h diff iculty and In an unconscious condit ion. A t a m e e t i n g of l e a d i n g f inanciers and man-u f a c t u r e r s of l icr l ln . Germany , u n d e r t h e pres idency of Dr Koch, p r e s iden t of t h e Imper ia l bank . II w a s decided lo ra i se a fund for the relief of the f amine s u f f e r e r s and those p resen t subsc r ibed £30.000.

U. 8. May be Forced to Draittlo Mennurru.

A special f rom Wash ing ton says: T h e Uni ted S t a t e s cha rge d ' a f fa i r e s a t Cons tan t inople will be d i rec ted lo in-f o r m the su l t an t h a t th i s g o v e r n m e n t m u s t insist on the paymen t w i t h o u t f u r t h e r delay of t h e 8100,000 indemni ty for o u t r a g e s of t he American mission-ar ies and des t ruc t ion of the i r p rope r ty , un less p rompt act ion on the s u l t a n ' s p a r t an t i c ipa te s the u l t i m a t u m and t h e debt Is d i scharged before a r e so r t is made lo d r a s t i c measures . Under t h e e i rcumslanccs It h a s been de te rm-ined t h a t d ip lomat ic resources wi l l be first exhaus t ed , w i t h confidence t h a t t h e su l tan will be b r o u g h t to under -s tand t h a t h is promises c a n n o t be l igh t ly broken. T h e proved c l a ims a g a i n s t T u r k e y include a b o u t 8300.000 for the des t ruc t ion of p r o p e r t y alone. T o these, wh ich a d m i t t e d of pract ic-a l ly no d ispute , t h e r e w a s added the Lentz claim of 840,000 p re sen t ed by Secre ta ry Gluey.

L e a p e d I n t o a Coke Oven .

Leap ing h igh in to the a i r a s an ex-per t d iver would in t a k i n g a f a n c y p l u n g e In to t h e w a t e r , an u n k n o w n m a n commi t t ed suicide a t Connellsvll le, Pa . , on the 23d. by d iv ing i n t o a coke oven. In less t h a n a m inu t e w h a t had been a m a n a p p a r e n t l y in t h e fu l l v igor of l ife had mingled w i t h t h e c u r l i n g smoke of t h e ovens, d i s t i n g u i s h a b l e only by Its b lush b rown color a n d nau-sea t ing odor f rom t h e gas smoke of t h e bu rn ing coal. A more t r a g i c d e a t h never occurred in t h a t region. All t he re w a s to show for t h e m a n w h o b u t a f ew seconds before had been In l i fe was a char red mass of flesh n o t t h ree fee t In l eng th . T h e r e Is n o t h i n g abou t it t h a t would servo a s a m e a n s of ident i f icat ion.

Tronble at a Republican Convention. T h e Republ ican conven t ion w h i c h

met a t Montgomery , A l a . on t h e 19th resul ted In t h e predic ted s p l i t and t w o de lega t ions will be s en t to t h e n a t i o n a l convent ion. T h e r e w e r e s t o r m y scenes a t t h e cap i t a l p r io r to t h e m e e t i n g of t h e convent ion and the r e s u l t w a s t h e serious w o u n d i n g of Gas ton Scot t , a young w h i t e m a n . b y F r a n k Moragne . of Gadsden, w h o had been e lAsen scr-gean t - a t - a rms of t h e convent ion by t h e execut ive commi t t ee Sco t t will re-cover. Moragne Is in jail.

American Cxpltal In Ituinla.

E. F. W a l k e r and J . H McCleary. r ep re sen t ing p r o m i n e n t cap i t a l i s t s of Phi ladelphia , sailed on t h e 18th f rom New York for S o u t h a m p t o a They a r e au thor ized to p ledge bonds for a n y a m o u n t necessary to secure t h e con-t r ac t fo r bu i ld ing a projec ted ra i l road f rom St . P e t e r s b u r g to Odessa, w h i c h will t r averse more t h a n ha l f the Rus-sian empi re f rom no r th to sou th . I t Is unders tood t h a t t h e n e w ra i l road can-not be cons t ruc ted a t a cost less t h a n 890,000.000.

N E W S Y BREVITIES.

2Wood sells a t 840 per cord a t Cape Nome, Alaska .

Cuban t r e a s u r y rece ip ts f o r M a r c h tota led 81,678.009.

Admira l Dewey h a s accepted an In-vi ta t ion to vis i t N e w Or leans . May 24. T h e inv i t a t ion w a s s en t h i m in a phon-ograph .

F o r m e r Capt. D r e y f u s a r r i ved a t Geneva on t h e 20th. He wi l l spend the season a t Cologny w h e r e he h a s r en t ed a co t tage .

One of the locks of t h e Wel land c a n a l w a s b l o w n u p by d y n a m i t e on the 21st. and th roe men who had been shadowed by de tec t ives for a week a r e u n d e r ar-res t , c h a r g e d w i t h t h e offense. T h e r e Is l i t t l e d o u b t b u t w h a t tho m e n ar-res ted a re t h e g u i l t y par t i es .

Sec re t a ry of Agr i cu l tu re Wilson h a s d i r ec t ed t h a t a d v a n t a g e be t a k e n of t h e r u r a l f r e e del ivery , e s t ab l i shed by t h e postoffice d e p a r t m e n t , by h a v i n g ca r r i e r s on such r o u t e s d i s t r i b u t e to t h e f a r m e r s cards c o n t a i n i n g tho l a t e s t w e a t h e r fo recas t s a n d w a r n i n g s .

T h o eng ine a n d five ca r s of an eas t -b o u n d f a s t f r e i g h t t r a i n w e n t t h r o u g h a b r i d g e n e a r Cochran, Ind . , on t h e 19th. T h e eng inee r a n d fireman w e r e klUed a n d a b r a k e m a n f a t a l l y In ju red . One of t h e "wrecked ca r s w a s loaded w i t h w h i s k y , w h i c h c a u g h t fire a n d b n r n e d t h e b r i d g e & wel l a s t h e w r e c k '

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One h u n d r e d escaped Span ish prison-ers f r o m t h e province a t Tayabus , South Luzon, have a r r ived u t .Manila. T h e i n s u r g e n t s have 400 more S p a n i a r d s In t h a t d i s t r ic t . Recent ly t h e F i l ip inos des t royed several rods of t h e r a i lway l ine nea r Panlquo, in an unsuccess fu l a t t e m p t to wreck a t r a in . T h o Insur-g e n t s have been aggress ive In a lmos t every province of Luzon. Gen. Pio del P l l a r ' s band, n u m b e r i n g 300, wh ich w a s ou t of s igh t fo r t h r e e months , t h e l eader be ing repor ted ki l led, has re-appca red in Its old field a b o u t San Miguel. Pi lar Is supposed to bo aga in In command. He gave t h e Amer ican ga r r i son a t San Miguel , cons is t ing of t h ree companies of t h e 35th In f an t ry , w i t h a Gal l ing g u n . a t h r e e hours ' fight, d u r i n g a n igh t a t t a c k . T h e loss of the I n s u r g e n t s In t h i s e n g a g e m e n t Is no t Included In the fo rego ing to ta l , as t hey removed t h e i r dead and wounded, b u t p re sumab ly It w a s considerable .

Twe lve hundred T a g a l o s recen t ly at-t acked Case's b a t t a l i o n h e a d q u a r t e r s of the 40th r eg imen t a t Cagayan , is land of Mindanao. T h e Amer icans had 15 casual t ies , whi l e of t h e a t t a c k i n g force 50 w e r e kil led and 30 wounded or t a k e n pr isoners . T h e enemy, n u m b e r i n g 150 r i f lemen, the r e m a i n d e r be ing bolomen, a r c h e r s and moun ted spearmen, swooped down In a h o w l i n g mass a t d a y l i g h t , su rp r i s ing a n d k i l l i ng t h r e e of tho sentr ies . T h e y swarmed the s t r e e t s in smal l par t ies , some b e a r i n g sca l ing ladders , by m e a n s of which t hey a t t empted to e n t e r t h e houses. T h e Americans tumbled ou to f b a r r a c k s and formed in the plaza and companies began sweep ing t h e town . T h e subse-q u e n t s t ree t f igh t ing lasted 20 minutes . Twe lve of the wounded Amer icans are now on board t h e hosp i ta l sh ip Relief. T h e enemy w i t h d r e w lo t h e m o u n t a i n s In g r e a t confus ion .

L a s t week w a s one of t h o bloodi-e s t of the w a r s ince t h e first day ' s fighting a round Mani la . A u t h e n t i c repor t s , most ly official, show a t o t a l of 378 Fi l ipinos ki l led, 12 officers and 244 men cap tu red and m a n y more wounded . T h o n u m b e r wounded is ha rd ly guess-able . Consider ing t h a t t h e F i l ip inos e n t i r e l y lack hosp i ta l faci l i t ies a g r e a t m a j o r i t y of t h e w o u n d e d wi l l die. P r o b a b l y t h e week ' s w o r k finished 1,000 insu rgen t s . T h e A m e r i c a n s ' t o t a l loss w a s 9 k i l led a n d 10 w o u n d e d ; t w o s e r g e a n t s a n d one p r i v a t e w e r e k i l led In a m b u s h e s w h i l e e sco r t ing provis ion t ra ins .

Col. Smi th , of t h e 17th I n f a n t r y , w h o cap tu red Gen. M o n t e n e g r o a n d took h im lo Mani la , Is In t h e isolated hos-p i ta l s u f f e r i n g f r o m smal lpox, presum-ab le c a u g h t f r o m t h e Fi l ipinos. Col. Smi th ' s command c a p t u r e d 180 officers and men w i t h Montenegro . T h o offi-ce r s w e r e t a k e n to Mani la . Montene-gro , who w a s fo rmer ly one of t h e mos t d a p p e r officers In t h e F i l ip ino a rmy , looks worn and h a g g a r d . Ho says ho had led a t e r r ib l e l i fe f o r mon ths , a n d h e h a s offered to r e t u r n to t h e n o r t h w i t h Col. Smi th to endeavor to p e r s u a d e h i s fo rmer comrades of t h e use lessness of opposing the Americans .

Gen. Montenegro , one of t h e Insur-gen t s ' best fighters, h a s su r r ende red t o Col. Smi th , in t h e m o u n t a i n s n e a r Camaling. In t h e p rov ince of Pangas-Inan . where , w i th Gen. Macabulos , he h a d been t r y i n g t o r eo rgan ize t h o Fi l i -p ino army. Col. Smi th , w i th five com-panies of t h e 17th r e g i m e n t , nea r ly sur -rounded tho force of Mon teneg ro , w h o . d iscouraged by t h e Imposs ib i l i ty of m a k i n g h i s men s t and a g a i n s t t h e Americans , su r r ende red . Macabu los escaped.

T w e n t y F i l ip inos In the province of B a t a n g a s a t t a c k e d L ieu t . Wonde, w h o w i t h 80 men w a s scou t ing nea r San Jose . T h e l i e u t e n a n t and five m e n w e r e I n j u r e d a n d one p r iva t e w a s ki l led. Sergt . Ledolns . of t h e 35th In-f a n t r y . w a s bad ly I n j u r e d In an a m b u s h nea r Bal luag. L ieu t . Balch. of the 37th i n f a n t r y , w i t h 70 men . had a five hours ' fight w i t h 500 i n s u r g e n t s In the Nueva Caceras d i s t r i c t . T w e n t y of the In su rgen t s were ki l led.

T h e mi l i t a ry commission which t r ied three F i l ip inos a t Lea l l amba for guer -r i l la wa r f a r e , h a s found all t h r e e gu i l ty and sentenced t w o of t h e m to l i f e im-p r i sonmen t and one to 30 yea r s ' impris-onment . Maj.-Gen. Otis h a s approved t h e findings, b u t h a s reduced tho sen-tences to 15 years . T w o Ladronos, convicted of murde r , have been sen-tenced lo be h a n g e d a t Odonnol.

F i l ip inos a t t a c k e d t h e Amer ican gar-rison In Batoc, N o r t h Hocos province, Phi l ipp ines , on t h e 15th. T h e y w e r e repulsed w i th a loss of 100 men. No American casual t ies .

T h e Ph i l i pp ine commiss ioners sai led on t h e t r a n s p o r t Hancock on t h e 17th. T h e Hancock wi l l s top a t Honolu lu , Y o k o h a m a and H o n g K o n g en route t o Mani la .

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R u f u s W r i g h t , of t h e firm of Morgan & W r i g h t , bicycle t i r e m a n u f a c t u r e r s , w a s ki l led w h i l e In Mrs. Louise Lot-t r ldge ' s a p a r t m e n t s a t a hote l In Chi-cago on tho 10th. Mrs. I d a Koss and Mrs. L o t t r l d g e have bo th been held to a n s w e r to t h e c h a r g e of a l leged murde r .

Uni ted S l a t e s Minis te r J o h n I rwin , a t L isbon , h a s repor ted t o t h e depar t -m e n t of s t a t e t h a t the P o r t u g u e s e gov-e r n m e n t h a s made al l necessary ar-r a n g e m e n t s f o r t h e p a y m e n t of t h e j u d g m e n t , a m o u n t i n g to a lmos t S5.000,-000, on accoun t of t h e a w a r d of t h e Delagoa bay a r b i t r a t i o n .

V a l u a t o r s r e p r e s e n t i n g a wea l thy synd ica t e of Un i t ed S t a t e s capi ta l i s t s , who propose t o l a k e over a n d combine t h e p r inc ipa l s tove m a n u f a c t o r i e s In Canada a r e a t w o r k a t H a m i l t o n , Out. , go ing over t h e b u i l d i n g s and p l a n t s of the five H a m i l t o n s tove foundcr les . Five of t h e l a r g e s t ou t s ide of Hami l ton wi l l also be Included in tho combine .

S t a n i s l a u s Dzienlclawltz . aged 24, of New York , m a d e a w a g e r t h a t ho could d r i n k a q u a r t of w h i s k y w i t h o u t stop-p i n g excep t to t a k e b r e a t h . H e did i t Half an h o u r l a t e r he g r e w III a n d fell i n convuls ions to t h e floor, soou ^flying. T h e w h i s k y h a d produced a j joplexy.

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back until It b e c a m e a mass of raw flesh. When 1 w a s h e d a n d p o w -dered him I would cry. realizing what pain he was In. His pitiful walling was heart-rending. I had about given up hope of saving him when I was urged to give him Hood's Sarsa-parilla. all other treatment having .'jilled. I washed the sores with Hood's Medicated Soap, applied Hood's Olive Ointment and gave him Hood's Sanaparll la. The child seemed to get better every day, and very soon the ofaango was quite noticeable. The discharge grew less, Inflammation went down, the skin took on a healthy color, and the raw flesh began to scale over and a thin skin formed as the scales dropped off. Less than two bottles of Hood's Sarsapa-rllla, aided by Hood's Medicated Soap and Hood's Olive Ointment, accomplished tbl» wonderful cure. I cannot 'praise the® medicines half enough." Mas. Guerihot, 87 Myrtle St., Rochester, N. Y.

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C H A P T E R IX.—(Continued.) T h e Indian now, with a savage grasp

on Don ' s th roa t , had pinioned him aga in s t Hie gunwale , and Don, unable to u t t e r a sound, was fighting desper-a te ly with his hand for dear life. Then , a s th rough a th ick mist , he saw Lll-lle'a sweet face near him, convulsed wi th anguish , and terrified oillcers r u s h i n g forward. A grea t lurch of the vessel blotted out the rest. Locked in his an tagon i s t ' s ru th less embrace, he f e l t himself whir l ing backwards Into t h e boiling sea and the waters closing ove r him.

Ins t an t ly the cap ta in ' s voice came r i n g i n g out in quick c o m m a n d :

"Sen t ry , let go the l i febuoy! Bosun ' s ma te , call away the l i feboat c r e w ! "

Quick as the order, It was obeyed. T h o great sh ip was swif t ly hove to. B u t wha t agony of hea r t was every second of delay to the para lyzed young br ide!

Officers and men had now gathered on the scene, scann ing the choppy sea wi th telescopes and speak ing In tense, awed tones as they watched the gal-l a n t cu t te r s t r a i n i n g m i g h t and ma in to reach those black specks which rose so of ten to the su r face only to disap-pear . Llllie stood apa r t , speechless, a l m o s t sightless. In t h a t wild endeavor to peer th rough the gloom of n igh t , whi le the remorseless deep was l i t up w i th a spectral te r ror by the lur id l igh t with which t h e l i febuoy w a s charged . Once the sh ip ' s surgeon w e n t t o her side and begged to t ake her be-low. She only shook her head. She w a s past speak ing now.

At last! a t l as t ! A thr i l l of excite-m e n t passed f rom Hp to Hp. T h e look-o u t man on the mlzen-mas t had de-scried the rescue of bo th the d rowning men—alive or dead, who could tel l?

Impat ience to know t h e wors t w a s checked as the boat came alongside, in deference to tho young wife, who s tood in the i r mids t wa i t ing—wai t ing f o r wha t?

She followed bl indly as they bore Don 's p ros t ra t e form to his cabin and laid him on his couch. T h e s e a m a n w a s dead. Had Don, too, passed a w a y across the myst ic ocean, whence t h e voyager no more r e t u r n s ?

In the weird l ampl igh t t h a t s t i l l , u n -conscious face looked Indeed as If It a l r eady bore t h e s t a m p of dea th ; and , wi th a despair te r r ib le In i t s ca lmness , s h e turned f rom doctor to s t eward whi le they unfas t ened coat and ves t a n d laid bare the ghas t ly wound and i t s s t r eaming blod.

"Tel l me." she said , "Is he d e a d ? " Oh, wha t a whole his tory of pain and pa thos lay in t h a t brief quest ion!

The doctor looked t h e s y m p a t h y he fe l t . He was a bluff, stole Scotchman, Inured to scenes of sor row and suffer -ing, but t he re was someth ing in t h a t pa the t i c p ic ture of the s t rong y o u n g m a n s t ruck down in his pr ime, and the lovely girl wife In he r uncompla in ing s t r eng th of endurance t h a t touched h im infinitely.

"He Is no t dead ," h e answered . "Be assured I will do eve ry th ing t h a t is possible to save h im," he added cheer-ily, a s his busy fingers sped a t h is work .

She stood aside In b rea th less excite-ment .

" T h i s is a nas ty wound , " he spoke n t las t ; " b u t fo r tuna t e ly the sa l t wa-t e r has s tanched the bleeding. It Is a f t e r effects I a m more a f ra id of. I should like to ge t two t ra ined nu r ses , who happen to be on board, to unde r -t a k e the case. T h e y a r e very clever. I eould thoroughly rely on them.,"

For an Ins tance the re was tense si-

lence. "Could you no t re ly on myself fo r

one?" was the a n s w e r which fa l t e red th rough her parched Hps.

"Are you s t r o n g e n o u g h ? " h e que-ried k indly . "If It Is a m a t t e r of ex-pense, I t h ink you will find I will a r -range "

She In ter rupted h im with a l i t t le ges ture a lmos t of scorn. AH he r Hfe she had k n o w n n o t h i n g of the b i t t e r -ness of poverty , and now it seemed like a mockery to he r to men t ion ex-pense In con junc t ion w i th her l o w and

Don's Hfe. "Spare no th ing—noth ing t h a t mon-

ey can b u y ! " she spoke brea th less ly . > T h e doctor paQsed to t ake her s l im wr i s t between h i s finger a n d t h u m b and calmly coun t he r t h robb ing pulse.

"We ' l l m a k e a compromise , " said he soothingly . "You shal l re l ieve my nurses f r o m du ty now and t h e n ; bu t you m u s t r e m e m b e r h i s l ife depends on cons t an t ca re n i g h t and day . . T h a t se t t led the quest ion definitely,

and Llll ie al lowed herself to bo led away to p a r t a k e of a s t r o n g cup of t e a and some r e f r e s h m e n t t o fit he r fo r t h e long hours of w a t c h i n g which lay be-fore her , for s h e Insisted on t h e n u r s e not being summoned a t leas t t i l l m o r n -ing, a s the doctor himself m e a n t to be In close a t t e n d a n c e on h i s p a t i e n t a t n ight . In his h e a r t he deeply pi t ied t h e f a i r young bride, who ev iden t ly loved so deeply the s t a l w a r t b r ide -groom s t r icken down to the ve ry ga t e s of dea th .

Yea, LUlle loved Don, even as she h a d - n e v e r loved him til l now. I t w a s n o t unt i l he lay before he r t hus . In t h e

i cx t r emi ty of helplessness , t i l l , p r i i a

and p i ty both fo rgo t ten , and no th ing but Infinite tenderness filling her soul, she realized tho depth of t h a t love, " s t rong as dea th . " which could fo r -give, even as Chr i s t forgave , and res t on t h e a tonemen t of t h e Redeemer alone. She watched by his pillow while the long night dragged on, and he still lay unconscious, mot ionless , a lmos t brea th less .

She shed no tears , b u t now and then Siie prayed—prayed as pe rhaps she had never prayetf before. Somet imes she put he r fingers on his pulse to feel If It s t i l l beat ; and so she waited, wai ted , while the doctor came In and out , ex-pec t ing every momen t t h a t change which did no t come, but which m u s t come n t last .

I t came when the wild n igh t w a s w a n i n g towards daybreak , wi th a quickening of the languid pulse and the f a in t e s t t inge of color to tho pall id cheek. She stooped over him, believ-ing, with all a novice's de l igh t fu l hope, t h a t these s igns were s igns of Improve-m e n t ; but the color moun ted to a hec-tic flush, the pulse throbbed f a s t e r and fas te r , and suddenly he s ta r ted up and looked a t her with s t r a n g e wlldness In his eyes.

" I will go! I will g o ! " he c^led. 'Bu t you will believe m e ? "

She sp r ang up and th rew her a r m s abou t his neck, u t t e r ing incoheren t words of love and pass ion ; but he had fa l len back on his pillow, pa infu l ly flushed now, and his b r ea th came In hot gasps.

"She will not k iss me! My da r l ing will no t k iss me! Never a g a i n ! " he moaned. " W h a t was It she sa id? 'All t h a t Is over now. H o w can I ever fo r -get wha t has broken my h e a r t ? ' "

T h e words died away In a sobb ing whisper , and the doctor , coming back a t t h a t momen t , found h im thus, toss-ing res t less ly f rom side to side, uncon-scious stil l , but ac t ive ly unconscious , w i th the f renzy r a c k i n g his bra in .

C H A P T E R X. Days, m a n y days , w e n t by, and st i l l

Don lay In the s ame s t a t e . Somet imes shiver ing , somet imes bu rn ing wi th flery hea t , somet imes s lumber ing in t h e deepest t o rpo r ; o f t en wakefu l ly a l e r t with the ac t iv i ty of a d i s t r a u g h t mind , wander ing back to scenes and t imes of which h i s wa tche r s k n e w nothing—even, back to days of ea r ly boyhood, when he and Roddy had fished toge ther In Gadle 's s i lvery s t r eam, and never dreamed of j ea lousy o r severance In yea r s to come.

By and by, a s the days l eng thened In to weeks, t he re came lucid Intervals , and when he awoke weak and well-n igh speechless, but perfect ly con-scious of his su r roundings . And If a t those t imes Lll l ie chanced to be h i s n u r s e he would He and gaze upon he r wi th a look of dog-l ike devotion In his g rea t brown eyes, o f t en even t r y to u t -te r some feeble words of g r a t i t u d e or cont r i t ion for her be ing there . W h i l s t even aa he s t rove to speak t h a t dead ly oblivion would r e t u r n and blot ou t pa s t and present al ike.

And meanwhi le Ll l l ie wa tched by h im and waited upon h im wi th a Jeal-ous s t eadfas tness t h a t scarce could brook to sha re he r vigi ls wi th h i s o th -e r n u r s e s - t h e y who could min i s t e r to t h e sufferer ' s w a n t s p e r h a p s more effl-clent ly t han Lll l le 's self , bu t could ex-perience none of the young wife 's bit-te r joy which made every l i t t le du ty an ac t of devot ion.

For she saw his s t r e n g t h ebb ing hour by hour as the fever worked out Its course. She saw his w a n d e r i n g s become more f r equen t , those f a t a l to r -pors more prolonged, and those mo-ments of weak consciousness g row few-er and fewer. And g radua l ly , bu t a l l too surely, the a w f u l fear began to dawn upon her t h a t Don and she were to be called upon to p a r t by a decree more re lent less t h a n hers . Yet, oh. It could no t be t h a t he should die—die and leave her thus , w i thou t k n o w i n g she had come to realize he r Hfe w a s bound up In h i s fo r t ime and for e te r -n i ty! T h a t h is sin m u s t be he r s in , and Its a t o n e m e n t he r s also a s well a s his!

1 W h o shail gauge t h e b i t t e rness of those pleadings which bu r s t f r o m he r aching hear t t h r o u g h those long vlglln of wa i t ing? F o r It w a s k n o w n to he r God alone. T h e r e came a n i g h t a t las t , a s t hey neared t h e whi te cliffs of E n g -land, t h a t a f t e r con t inuous h o u r s of fitful s lumber Don opened his eyes a n d fixed them upon he r face. I t w a s ap -proaching t h e h o u r when s h e usua l ly rel inquished h e r pos t to t h e nurse , and she was knee l ing by his side in s i l en t prayer , her cheek r e s t ing upon h i s pi l -low, he r locked h a n d s l ean ing gen t ly on his breas t .

A s t r ange re luc tance to leave h i m had fa l len upon her , a n d more t h a n once she had pass iona te ly pressed he r Hps to t h e sho r t , s i lky b rown cur l s abou t his t emples .

"Ll l l ie ," h e spoke wis t fu l ly . I t was bare ly above a whisper , but

she heard it wi th a g r ea t bound of her bea t ing hear t , fo r she k n e w th i s w a s rea l consciousness a t las t .

"Ll l l ie ," he repea ted fa in t ly , so f a in t l y t h a t she h a d to s toop close to his Hps to ca tch the words , " w h e r o a r e

" W e a re very near ly homo. In a f ew hours we shal l be In the Solent ."

She was as tonished t h a t he m a n i -fested n o surpr ise . I t was as If h i s ac t ive brain had been speeding o n -ward wi th the sh ip ' s t h robb ing en -g ines ; as if he, too, while his f r ag i l e ba rque dr i f ted towards t h e u n k n o w n shore , had been d imly conscious of the g rea t sea of t i m e and space.

"Llllie,•• he spoke aga in , with la -bored dlfllculty, "when we reach Sou thampton will yon wire to Roddy and D1 to come lo m e ? "

H o t t ea rs welled up Into her eyes and fell upon the wasted hand he s t rove to l if t and lay on hers.

" W e will go over to the Is le of W i g h t to them. Wouldn ' t t h a t be bet-ter, Don?"

"If you will not mind tho t roub le , " ho said, with all tho t r u s t fu l depend-enco of a li t t le child. And then sud-denly, with fluttering b rea th , he spoke aga in , so fa in t ly s h e could scarcely hear . " I d reamt jus t now you kissed me. Llllie, would you promise no t to leave till the e n d ? "

She broke down then , and flung her -self upon his breast .

"Oh, Don! Don! Don ' t you unde r -s t a n d ? I will never leave you—never , n e v e r ! " she cried.

His fingers closed upon hers w i th a feeble p ressure and a look a l m o s t of r a p t u r e swept his face. Then , s t lU hold ing her hand , he fell asleep.

(To be cont inued.)

RICH IN MEMORIES.

T h e L o n g - N a g l e o U d U k r r U o n Mans ion

F i n d s a N e w O w n e r .

T h e long-neglected H a r r i s o n m a n -sion a t Nor th Bend, O., has been pur-chased recent ly by Mrs. O. H. Ha l l of Cincinnat i , fo r the s u m of J15,000, and is to be preserved In commemora t ion of the I l lustr ious men who h a v e been shel tered w i th in Its walls. I t was buil t In 1814 by Gen. Wi l l i am Henry Har r i -son, who presen ted It to his bride. T h e r e he dwel t un t i l he wen t to the W h i t e House, and whe re his n ine chil-d r en and his i l lus t r ious g randson , Ben jamin H a r r i s o n , were born . At the t ime the house w a s bui l t H a r r i -son was gove rnor of the N o r t h w e s t r e n Ter r i loy , and as the conqueror of To-cumseh was a na t iona l hero. Those were exci t ing days, t imes of g r e a t per-sonal danger , and n o conveniences , and the H a r r i s o n mans ion , s imple as It was, was regarded then as a r i s to-c ra t i c and s ta te ly . T h e hosp i ta l i ty of Us halls was famous . Not a day pass-ed t h a t It did not a f ford e n t e r t a i n m e n t for many guests . I t Is said t h a t on occasions no less t h a n sixty gues t s sa t down toge ther a t t h e long m a h o g a n y tables in the g rea t sun- l i t d in ing hall . I t Is said t h a t the br ide w a s no t con-t e n t unless her cook served th ree k inds of m e a t on the fest ive board a t t imes when ca t t le were scarce, when se t t l ements were hundreds of miles apa r t . B u t wild duck and t h e fish in the r ivers were p lent i fu l , and n o g roup of s t r ange r s or guests ever pass-ed the ga te In the i r day ' s Journey who were not begged to remain and sha re the prodigal generosi ty of the i r hos t and hostess. In those days the es ta te , now sadly dwindled to seven acres, w a s composed of GOO acres . F r o m Gen. Ha r r i son the es ta te passed to his son, J o h n Scot t Har r i son , a gent le , amiable man, wi th no f inancial abi l -i ty. He lived the re unt i l h i s dea th In 1878, h is p roper ty g radua l ly d imin i sh -i n g unt i l a t h is death he w a s ac tu -ally a d e p e n d e n t B e n j a m i n H a r r i s o n w a s born the re and !'• w a s h i s homo unt i l h i s mar r iage , wbv'n he moved to Indianapol i s . F o r years the old house has been vacant . T h e g a r d e n s have been over run with wi ld . Insolent weeds, the fields deser ted, t h e g r ea t rooms and ha l l s lonely and dead. Not even the ghos t of fo rmer l augh te r a n d hospi ta l i ty "has echoed for yea r s a l o n g i ts spiral s ta i rcases . The spider, pi t i -ful t enan t , has s w u n g h i s t e n t ropes f rom r a f t e r to r a f t e r . T h e lo f ty heads of the old oaks s igh a m o n g the i r lo f ty crests a t the saddened picture .

M A G I C O F F I G U R E S .

Wil l T r lok In 8 l m p l n S n b t r a c t l o n T l i a t

I 'uzzlu E v e r y One .

You can neve r tell w h a t figures will do. Of course they a r e t r u t h f u l . If properly handled , but some of them are capable of the mos t bewi lder ing ant ics . Here is a method by which figures may be made to tell secrets in a way t h a t will a s ton i sh those who are no t in fo rmed abou t how lo do tho " f igur ing ." Ask some person to pu t down u n k n o w n to you a n u m b e r com-posed of th ree figures ( say 762). Tell him to t r anspose the figures ( m a k i n g 267) and to sub t rac t t h e lesser f r o m the grea te r . T h e n ask h im to tell you the first figure of the resu l t , and you can tel l h tm the ent i re number . F o r

ins tance , ydui* dra t n u m b e r I b t h e present axample is 762, which t r a n s -posed makes 267. Sub t rac t 267 f r o m 762 a n d you have 495. T h e only fig-ure t h a t you a re told Is 4, the first of the resul t . AH you have to do Is to s u b t r a c t 4 f r o m 9, wh ich will g ive you 5, the las t figure, and the cen t r a l figure is a lways 9. So your n u m b e r will be 495. T h i s is t r u e in all cases where only th ree figures a re used In m a k i n g u p a number . T h e cen t ra l figure will a lways be 9 w h e n the t r a n s -posed n u m b e r is sub t rac ted f r o m the or iginal number , and the two end figures when added toge the r will m a k e 9. So, k n o w i n g e i ther the first o r las t figure of the resul t , you can give the en t i r e number .

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S t o r y of R a p i d Urovrt l i .

Some t ime ago an l o l a m a n con t rac t -ed to make a p la t of t h e town. Since t hen the re h a v e been fifteen add i t ions to tho city, and the n e w ones a r e com-ing In so rap id ly t h a t h e h a s n ' t been able to figure w h e n he will finish his t a sk . T h e g rowth of a gas t o w n is l ike u n t o t h a t of a sunf lower when Uw

t .Tn is r i s h t .

T R A N S V A A L WAR ITEMS.

Consul Hay. a t P re to r i a , h a s notif ied the s l a t e d e p a r t m e n t of the ac t ion of the members of tho Chicago Ir ish-Amer ican ambulance corps In t a k i n g up a r m s In the Boer a rmy, Instead of c o n t i n u i n g wi th t h e hospi ta l corps w l lh w h i c h t hey l e f t t h e f n l t e d States. T h e officials a t Wash ing ton say tha t n o t h i n g can be done by the government lo p reven t such viola t ions of fa i th . T h e men did not go out w i t h a r m s and so did not fulfill t h e legal descr ip t ion of a filibustering pa r ty , wh ich would have enabled the a u t h o r i t i e s to prevent t h e i r depar tu re .

F r o m a Bri t ish source comes the n e w s t h a t o ther European ambu lance corps, besides the I r ish-American, are t a k i n g up a rms in behal f of the Hoors. T r e n c h e s are b e i n g cons t ruc ted for e igh t miles a round Pretor ia . There a re Oil g u n s In posi t ion at Kroons lnml and seven F rench g u n s a t Pretor ia . Twenty- f ive mines a t . lohannesburg have been charged wi th d y n a m i t e and t h e J o h a n n e s b u r g fo r t has been dis-man t l ed .

A dispatch f rom .Tammersburg da ted Apri l 21 says: T h e Koersare d isplaying r e n e w e d activity. Five g u n s were used f ree ly today f rom four n e w posit ions a g a i n s t the Ilrl t lsh. Uifie fire f rom tho sou th and west w a s heavy and cont inu-ous. Officers and men a re on duty day and n i g h t in tho t r enches a n d the heavy r a i n s of late have made Ihc l r task a p r e a t f ea t of endu rance and pluck.

A le t te r f rom Hloemfonteln says t h a t t h e Free S la te r s a r e co in ing money ou t of t h e Hrllish occupat ion. Bread is t w o shi l l ings a loaf, s u g a r t w o shl l l - ; Ing and sixpence per pound and Swiss 1

milk th ree sh i l l i ngs a t in . Other ar -t ic les a re p ropor t iona te ly h igh .

(Jen. Sir Char les W a r r e n arr ived a t D u r b a n on the 21st en r o u t e for E a s t London, Cape Colony. I t is bel ieved t h a t he is go ing to the Orange F r e e S t a t e to assume an i m p o r t a n t civil post . He is one of the officers recen t ly recal led by Lord Rober ts .

Count Muravieff , Russ ian m i n i s t e r of fo re ign a f fa i r s . Is go ing to join Em-pe ro r Nicholas a t Moscow. T h i s is looked upon In Par i s as b e i n g possibly connected w l lh some Idea of i n t e rven -t ion in South Afr ica .

A Scottish c r o f t e r h a s shown Mafe-k i n g folk how to make good po r r idge o u t of oa t b r an and t h e town t h i n k s itself able lo ho ld out a g a i n s t the Boer bes iegers for t w o m o n t h s more. If nec-essary.

As a resul t of Lord Rober t s ' c e n s u r e of t h e work of Gens. Bu l l e r and War-ren those g e n t l e m e n m a y ask lo be re-lieved of t h e i r commands .

I t Is r epor ted at London t h a t Gen. Dewot has been ki l led.

S t a t e o r Ohio, Crr r o r Tolsdo, i L u c a s Couwrr. | '•"*

F r a n k J. Cheney makes oath t h a t bo I t t he •an lor pa r tne r of t he flrm of F. J . Cheney A Co., doing buHlnets in Urn City of Toledo. County and S ta te aforesaid, and tha t said firm will pay the sum of ONE l i D N D R E D DOLLARS f o r each and every case of Catarrh t h a t cannot be cured by the uso of Hall ' s Ca ta r rh Cure.

F R A N K J . C H E N E Y . Sworn to before mo and subsccibed In m y

prosenco, this Otb day of December, A. D. 1880. r c - . . i A. W. OLEASON, l S c A U J No ta ry Publlo. Hal l ' s Catarrh Cure Is taken internal ly, and

a c t s directly on t he blood and mucous sn r faoe i of the system. Send for tcstlmonialR, free. _

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doing

• t r a n c e I n d e e d . McJlgger—That ' s a f u n n y th ing .

T h l n g u m h o b — W h a t Is? McJlgger— Miss P a u e y was an old maid before she w«s mar r ied , and now t h a t hep husband Is dead she has become a young widow.

i rnni l<nm« .Tnwelry r . lven A w a y f r ^ e . If you wish to obtain 14 k Gold Filled

Rings, Scarf Pins, l?ro iches, A'o., free send a pos'n! card to f i e Walcrman Drug Co.. 1G4 Duau St., New York City, for n free samp o package of tli sir woil known Heail-rr-ho Powders. To introduce I elr remedy here thny give expensive Jewelry free to auyoue who will sell 10 Headache Powders nt IOj oach. Write nt ouco. uo money required, lloys and Girls can do as well as grown people.

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Shake in to your shoes Allen's Foot -East , a p o n d e r for the feet . It makes t ight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and Sweat ing Feel . At all Druggis t s and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent F R E E . Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y.

T h e lazy se rvan t a l w a y s h a s a ha rd master .

T h e m a k e r ' s of C a r t e r ' s I n k Say, ••Wc can t make any bet ter ink th»n we tlo: we don't know how l a We can make poorer ink, but we won't ." Carter 's Ink is tho best.

Heavenly gu idance a lone leads t o l iberty.

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Time h a s dove's w i n g s bu t an eag le ' s l i g h t

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C O N G R E S S I O N A L N O T E S .

The height of some men 's ambition is to he able to say "I told you so."

A Book of C h o i c e Ree lp les Bent free by Walter Baker k Co. Ltd.. Dorches-ter, Mass. MiMiilon this pauer.

No man can exist respectably without a good woman to look af ter him.

Conferees h a v e reached an a g r e e m e n t on t h e H a w a i i a n bill , l eav ing t h e sa-loon quest ion to local op t ion , a d o p t i n g t h e form of g o v e r n m e n t decided on in t h e house, r e t a i n i n g tho de l ega te in congress a n d e l i m i n a t i n g d i sc r imina -t ion aga ins t Japanese .

T h r o u g h t h e e f fo r t s of Congressman E d w a r Weeks, of Michigan, t h e l i fe i savers of t h e g r e a t l akes will rece ive | an Increase of 810 per month In t h e i r . wages t h e coming season.

T h e Pres iden t has s e n t a message to congress r e c o m m e n d i n g t h a t a n o t h e r Pan-Amer ican congress sha l l be he ld .

Rapid City w a s scorched to t h e e x t e n t of 510,000 on t h e 17th.

B A S E B A L L .

Below wc submi t the ofMcial s tanding of the clubs of the Nat ional and American leagues up to and including Monday. April 23(1:

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Woman's

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No woman ever wrote to Mrs, Plnkham for advkto. without getting help. No man sees these lettorsm Her advloo Is free, and. her address Is Lynn,, Mass, She Is a woman, you oan tell her the truth,. No living person Is s& oompetont to advlsm women. None has had suoh experlenoe.

She has restored a mN* Hon sufferers to heatthJ You oan trust her, Othara have,

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Tho highest typo of mil i tary Invention yot de-vised is the war balloon.

I shall recommend Piso 's Cure for Consump-tion far and wide.—Mrs. Mulligan, I ' lumsusad, Kent, England, Nov. 8, 1895.

The skeleton in a woman's closet is usually some other female.

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• Some politicians make bet ter promises t han they do laws.

Brown's Teething Cordial corrects disor-dered bowels when babies arc teething.

Scheming for on engagement ring Is a design in jewelry. d Every man is a hero to some woman.

A L A B A S T i N E

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dered form, In fivo-pouna pac** ages, with full dJractlona.

L L katoomlnes a r e cheap, t e m -porary preparations made f r o m whIUng, chalka. clays, etc., and stuck on walls with de-caying animal glue. ALABABr T I N E Is not a kalsomlne.

E W A R B of the dealer w h f •ays he can tell you the "aama th ing" aa A LABASTINB or "something Just aa good." Om la either not posted o r l» t r y -ing to deceive you.

N D IN OFFERING aomethlngi h e has bought chcap and trleai.. to sell on ALABASTINElTde-mand!, he may not realise t h e damage you will suffer by a kalsomlne on your walls.

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H E INTERIOR WALLS o f every church and school ahouldl bo coated only with pure, d u r -able ALABASTINB. I t s a f e -guards health. Hundreds of tons used yearly for this workJ

N BUYING ALABASTINB;! customers should avoid gel- i tinK chcap knlsomlnes u n d e n difterent names. Insist on) having our goods In packages ' and properly labeled.

UIBANCB of wall p a n e r j s ob - j vlated by ALABASTINB. I t | c an be used on plastered walls,( wood celiinBS, brlok or can - ' vas. A child can brush It on.1 I t does not r u b or scale oft. 1

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• D e t r o i t - Hay. No. 1 Timothy, 112 SO per ton. Potatoes, SSc pur bu. Live Poul t ry , spring chickens, 13c per Ib; fowls, lUc; turkeys, l ie; ducks. 12c. Eggs, strictly fresh, l ie per dozen. Butter, best dairy, 17c per lb; creamery. 19c.

H a i f a mil l ion d o l l a r s ' d a m a g e Is es-t imated to have been sus ta ined b y f r u i t ra isers in t h e v ic in i ty of Canon City, Colo., by the l a t e heavy s t o r m and f ros ts .

T h e governor . S i r Mitchel l Hodgson, wi res f r o m Kumass le , West Afr ica , t h a t the o t h e r t r ibes a r e r i s ing a g a i n , and he a s k s for ass is tance . T h e loyal Bekuls have been a t t a c k e d by t h e As-h a n t l s . and .100 h a v e been k i l l ed . I t is f ea red t h a t t h i s w i l l compel t h e m to join t h e rebe l l ion . E v i d e n t l y t h e mat-te r is e x t r e m e l y ser ious , a n d w a s min-

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SUnSCRIPTION O N I DOLLAR YRARLY.

AI>ViKTIRINO RATES.

Spaoe AdTerlincmenU one innprlion lOoper inoh. Bnmc more thau once 7o |«er inch with 10 per cent dinouunt on yearly oontraot.

Page and half-page ade, |8.()0and | l.0(>.

Raninefin noticee among local iteniR 5o per line per iuue . Those taking run of paper ontaide of local matter 3 renin per line.

Card in directory column | l . 0 0 per line per j e a r . One inoh |fi.O0 per year.

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OTIS is c o m i n g h o m e ! H o w w e Hhall m i s s h i s c h e e r f u l b u l l e t i n s

s t a t i n g t h a t " T h e r e b e l s a r c n o t ex -p c c t e d t o m a k e a n y f u r t h e r s e r i o u s

s t a n d . "

T h e unwill ingness of t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s sena te to pass a law m a k i n g the member s of t ha t body elective by popu la r vote , is oue of the s t r o n g -est a r g u m e n t a in favor of such an e n -

a c t m e n t .

T h e G r s n d R a p i d s l ady w h o paid a t ravel ing f a k i r 1800 of borrowed money to have her pa lm r e a d , was p re t ty well b led , to be s u r e ; b u t if t he publ ic would learn f rom he r e x -per ience to leave snch senseless g a m e s alone, it will be a trood th ing a f t e r al l .

T H E c h a n c e f o r re l i e f f r o m t h e

s t a m p t a x e s a t t h i s season of C o n -

g r e s s is v e r y s l i g h t . N e i t h e r p a r t y

d a r e s t o fool w i t h t h e ta r i f f in a p r e s i d e n t i a l y e a r . T h e last t i m e i t

w a s d o n e , was b y t h e D e m o c r a t s in

A H O O D I N V E S T M E N T . C l e v e l a n d ' s t i m e , and t h e c o u n t r y

" W h a t Lowell ought to do ," said wi l l r e m e m b e r t h e c r u s h i n g d e f e a t

D r . O. C . McDannel f , Tuesday , " is to t h a t b e f e l l t h a t p a r t y t h e n e x t f a l l .

organize a slock company and p u t in — — a car r iage and cut ter f inishing works I t is a q u e s t i o n h o w l o n g a n d in the Woolen mill s t and . W h e r e v e r h o w v a r i e d l y C o n g r e s s can d e f y t h e such entcrprisefi have been s t a r t ed wi l l of t h e c o u n t r y . T h e p e o p l e they h a v e been successful . P o n t i a c d e m a n d e d f r e e t r a d e f o r P o r t o R i c o

and Owosso etarled wilb small p lants a n d d i d n o t g e t i t ; t h e y d e m a n d e d and capi ta l s and have prospered and a n I s t h m i a n cana l a n d h a v e n o t g o t -

g rown lo large proportions." ' t e n i t , a n d t h e y d e m a n d a r epea l A n o t h e r impor t an t considera t ion is yf t h e s t a m p taxes n o w tha t t h e

the presence here of the Lowell C u t - r e v e n u e f r o m t h e m is a d m i t t e d n o t ter company and ils p rex imi ty to the t 0 be n e c e s s a r y . W i l l t h e y g e t i t ? bu i ld ing refer red lo. T h e sav ing of \ ^ e t r o w n o t

Grandma Cornell who baa bean rery low

ia taproring. Florence Patterson ia on th* gain. A large crowd waa enjoyed at the danoa

at Cascade last Friday night. Grandma who has been alaying with her

daoghtera in Grand Rapid* has not rwturn

ed. Leon LaForgey called at J . (Jilleta la*t

Friday.

GRANDMA. «

Cleanse the liver, purify the blood, in-vigorate the body by ualng DaWitt'a Little Early Riatra. These famous Utile pills alwaya act promptly. L. H. Ta f t k Co.

vergeBaea.

The W. C. T. U. will meet with Mrt. Mary Rennett Tbnrsday, May 8. All are

invited.

L. Z. Ounkhn of Grand Rapids came to

aee G. W. Croaby Bnnday.

SLEEPLESS N1GHN8.

A n A f f l l o t i o n W h i c h S h o u l d Not Bo

P a n o d by U n h o o d o d . Many people are trouMod with Insomnia.

It la one of nature's signals that her lawa have bean disobeyed and that the system Is not In a healthy condition. It may Im caused by nervousneas, stomach or liver disorders. Theae are the result of Impure or lm|>ov erlabed blood and general debility.

Put the system In a natural,strong, hoallhy state and calm, peaceful sleep will follow.

Oplatea to Induce aleep are a me nance to health and should never be resorted to under any circumstances.

Begin at the fonntaln head of dUease.

Purify the blood. The new combination of thoroughly tried

and tested remedies, Knox Stomach Talilets la a aaraaparllla In a Ublet form, much easier lo take, with no liability nf a mistake in the

quantity.. This remedy purlflea the blood, makes the

George Lee left for Jackaon Saturday | llrer and bowels acUve, and gives to the ro-where he has accepted a position as book- • tire system a normal, healthy tone with pow. • • -rc.

one f r e i g h t on cu l l e r and b u g g y b o d -ies, t uus secured, would enable a Lowel l concern to competc successful

S p r e a d s L ike W i l d f i r e .

keeper. G. W. Crosby b slowly recovering from

a severe attack of pleuriay which haa kept

him in bed for a week. He can Just ait

up long enungh to have hia bed made.

James Smith and his good wife of Low-

Center show the true brotherly love and

fraternal affection by coming to aee G.

W. Craaby again laat Bunday. Although

they live eight milce away it ia only a

abort drive after Mr. Smith's fancy driving

team. We can assure them their visits are

appreciated as a'.ao are the calls of all

others who have come to visit the sick

one. We hear that Fred Hodgea and family

have pot tired of city life and have moved

back on their farm.

BRIIXiET.

ly with any concern of the k ind a n y - . W ^ e n th ings a re " t h e bes t ' t hey ^ e r e become " t h e best sel l ing. ' A b r a h a m

Let some of our good business men H a r e , a l ead ine druggis t of Bel lev i l le ,

get t oge the r and talk this ma t t e r up 0 - w n t e s : " E l e c t r i c B i t t e r s a r e the

D o it now. Do i t todav. I oa " v l • o 1 2 0 years . Y o u know w h y ? Most disorders of

TIME TO HUSTLE. In connect ion with the above, we

wish to call t he a t tent ion of ou r read-ers to t h e fact t h a t towns a l l a r o u n d us a r e bus t l ing for n e w enterprises.

I s i t no t a b i u t t i m e for Lowel l to " g e t a move on?" W e mus t do

diseases begin in disorders of t h e s tomach , l iver , k idneys , bowels, blood a n d nerves . E l e c t r i c B i t t e r s tones u p the s tomach, regula tes t h e l iver , k id neys a n d bowels, purifies t h e blood, s t r e n g t h e n s t h e nerves , hence cures mul t i tudes of maladies. I t bui lds u p t h e en t i re system. P u t s new life and

s o m e t h i n g or get lef t in the l u r ch , v i g o r into a n y weak, s ick ly , rundown T h e w o r l d is m o v i n g a n d c o m p e t i n g m a n or w o m a n . Pr ice 6 0 cen ts . Sold

^ l o w U M ^ a t i t m d us a r e reaching out by L . H . H u n t & Co. D r u g g i s t ,

for ins t i tu t ions t h a t e m p l o y l a b o r and build u p home marke t s . S a r a n a c has her eyes open; L a k e Odessa has jus t picked u p an enterpr ise t h a t is said t o employ fifty hands, while our n e i g h -b o r Be ld ing is cons tan t ly on the watch for some employ ing indus t ry .

F e l l o w citizens of L o w e l l , t h i n k of I these things. D o n ' t lay u p y o u r [ jponey a t 2 per cent , a n d let t h e t ax g a t h e r e r eat it up; b u t inves t i t in a n enterpr ise tha t will bless your fellow men , bui ld u p vour h o m e t o w n a n d

fill up y o u r pockets.

ANOTHER SUGGESTION.

S o u t h B o s t o n — E m d a l e . Albert Bedell will work for H . Lampman

this season. Fred Gage and family baa moved into

H Bartlelt's house. Little Francis Miller is on the sick list

Mrs. Wayne Young has been sick the

past week but is now improving. Mrs. Myrea of Ionia visited in this vicin-

ity the past week with her mother and

T a l k i n g along these lines, recent ly , Mrs. J . Olllenbeck returned with her. D r . M . C . Greene said h e bolieved i t Mies Ethel Taylor returned home last

would be a good idea to p u t in an Bnnday. e x t r a wheel a t the munic ipa l l i gh t Mr. and Mrs. Livermoreof Saranac vlrit-

and power plant and offer f r e e power ed Mrs. J . Luak Bunday.

for a per iod of ye a r s to m a n u f a c t u r - LEAH,

ing inst i tut ions tha t m igh t thus be induced to locate h e r e . T h e ex t r a 11. Clark, Chauncey, Ga., says DeWitt 's expense for labor would be small—if W i l c h Hazel Salve cured him of piles that a n y — a n d Lowell cou ld g e t a long ^ • f f l i

i ° * J h i m twenty years. I t is . j . l l j r a ' 8 0 a speeoy cure for skin diseases. Be-loward the head of the procession i n - w t r e o f W t e r f e i u . L. U. Taf t & Co. stead of t rai l ing in the rear .

Sowing machines c h e a p a t S t o c k -

ing 's

er to do ita work aa nature Intended. They cuie dyspepsia by removing the cause. Knox Stomach Tablets are not dealgned to aaalat In the digestion of the food, but to drive the impurltlea from the blond and place the stomach In a condition to do the work nature Intended for It unaided by a atlmulant. A poaltive cure for dyspepsia.

A single fifty cent box, containing fifty doaea, will tell the tale..

Drug/lata sell Knox Stomach Talilets. If unable to aecure thim. send efty cents to the Knox Chemical Co, Battle Creek, Mich., and a box will be sent postpaid.

S o n t h Lowell.

A literary program ia being prepared

for Bunday evening. Frank Rittenger had the mibrortune to

lose his valuable driving horse recently.

Mrs. C. Richmond of Smyrna Is spend-

ing the latter part of the wet k with K. P.

Hale and family. The sick at the present writing arc very

numerous but all are reported gcltini; M -

ter. Mrs. King, son and daughter nf Klm-

dale visited a t Chas. Yeiter's Bunday. Born—Tn Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bchwardert

April 17, a daughter. Mrs. John Bchwarder is onee more able

n be out bat it is feared she will not walk

again, only with crutchea. MADGE

Otto Korb, Grand Chancellor, K. P., Boonville, Intl., says, "DeWitt's Witch Hax-le Salve soothes the mnnt delicate skin and heals the most Htubborn ulcer with certain and good results." Cures piles and skin diseases. Don't bay an imitation. L. II. Taf t A Co.

O.C. MC DANMEL, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. Offlce, 40

street, Lowell, Mich.

Hild^e

M . C. GREENE, M . D .

phyalcian and Surgeon. Offlce over Boylan' si,.re. Bridge street, Lowell, Mich.

W. W. Mayhew, Merton, Wia., saya, " I consider One Minnte Cough Cure a moat wonderful medicine, quick and aafe." It is the only harmless remedy that givea immediate reanlta. It cures cou^ba, colda, Aaaociatioo, stopping un the croup, bronchitis, grippe, whooping cough, , j t i j pneumonia and all throat and lung diaMa- way at Glendale farm and called on Mrs. es. Ita early use preventa consumption. Ficblg, Mrs. Neebitt's daughter

CanttoosburK. A very nice spring shower at this wril*

ing, the first of the season. Rev. H. C. Chamberlain of Byron Cen-

ter la here overi>eeing the repairing of hia

farm house. Bert Hartwell was in Grand Rapida

Saturday. Mrs. Jan. Nesbitt, Mrs. .laa. Hookey and

daughter, Mabel, attended the Teacbera

with

Children always like it and dorae i t .

mothers en-Taf t t Co.

Keeue.

M n . John Meyers who haa been a great

sufferer for nine years died laat Tuesday

and funeral was held at the Oatbolie

church Thuraday. Mrs. Geo. Golds of Lowell and slater,

Mrs. R. N. Sparks, drove to I#kevi«w

Friday to visit a cousin. They returned

Sunday. Will Covert, Jr. , is slok with scarlet fev-

The Democrats held a caucus for the

purpose of sending delegates to the differ-

ent oonvantions. No money naed and no

votea challenged. Frank White of Alto was the gueet of

friends Sunday. Mrs. E. M. Vrooman returned to her

home in Wayland this week. The new putor . Rev. Moore, occupies

the pulpit at the Congregational church.

O r a t t a a - V e r g e n a e a .

Mrs.Otis Bailey is dangeronsly ill

pneumonia. Emma Blasjr returned home from Low-

ell k s t week where she has beeu working

for Guy Perry. Mrs. Lou Mills of Grand Kapids is stay-

ing at Stephen HenneHV We received the sad news Monday of

the death of our friend Jim Howard. He

died of typhoid-pneumonia. He leaves a

mother, one aiater, four brother and a host

of telatives and friends to mourn his loss. He had a kind and loving disposition and

was well liked and will be missed by all who knew him. The bereaved family have

the greatest sympathy of all in their be-

reavement. John McGarrety and family spent Sun-

day in Grand Rapids.

"No familv can afford to be without One Minute Cough Cnre. It will atop a cough and cure a cold quicker than any other medicine," writes C. W. Willlama, Sterling Run, Pa. It curea croup, bronchitis auu all throat and lung troubles and prevents consumption. Pleaaant and harmless.

Taft & Co.

C.C.T0W8LEY, M. D .0 ET A.CHIR. -SrKCIALTV—

EYE,EAK,.NOSE AND THROAT Office Graham Block,

Bell Phone 100. Lowell, Mich.

8 . P . H I C K S , Loans, Collections. Real Estate and Insur-

ance. Lowell, Mich.

E. N . C A M B E L L , I N S U R A N C E . LOANS Notary Public, Real Estate Agent and Col-

lector. Over Bovlan'a store. Lowell.

MILTON M PERRY. Attorney and Counselor at Law, Trains Hull

Block. Lowell, Mich. Special atUnliun given Ut Collections, Convcyanclbg, and Hale of Real Estate.

Has also quallUed uud been admitted to prui tlc« In the InU-rlur Department and all the bureaus thereto and Is ready tu prosecute Claims for those that mar be entitled t( Pension Hountv.

T h a t T k r o b b l n s B e a d a c k e Would quickly leave you. if you used

Dr. Klng'a New Life Pllla. Tbouaanda of aufferera have proved their matcbleaa

Ulah and Myrtie Golds have been spend- 1116111 i o 1 Sick and Nerroua Headaches. . J . . . . .. They make pure blood and s t ron t nerves

ing a few daya with their grandmothrt, ^ b u j U y o u r health. Eaay to take. Mrs. B. Wilkinson. Try them. Only 26 centa. Money back

Remember tbe . id .ociet, . t t b . b o m . " ^ L H - H , " • , * C » -

of Mrs. George Converse Hay 2 and all

come. We extend our deepest sympathy lo

Bridget in her trouble and hope her hus-

band wiU improve rapidly. B F . Wilkinson sold a fine black colt

last week to parties at Lake City. AUNTI

Druggtota.

C a s c a d e - E a s t Par i s .

M. Davis spent Bnnday with

I f t he village is not in shape to in vest t h e $1600 t h a t m i g h t be r e -qu i red , t h e doctor suggests ra is ing i t

by p o p u l a r subscr ipt ion. H e r e a r e ma t t e r s wor thy t h e | p

t h o u g h t f u l consideration of every c i t - d a u K b t e r m ^ h . s ' FraUck. izen of Lowell . 1

H o w would D e w e y and H o b s o n

r u n a s c a n d i d a t e s of t h e W o m e n s '

p a r t y ?

T h e r e is n o d o u b t t h a t t h e c o u n t r y

is p r o s p e r o u s , b u t i t i s a p i t y t h a t

t h e r e s h o u l d b e so m a n y " s t r i k i n g "

e v i d e n c e s of i t .

his

N a t u r a l l y t h e D e m o c r a t s of

V e r m o n t a re a u n i t f o r D e w e y .

B u t t h e y a re n o t m u c h m o r e t h a n

a u n i t i n a n y case .

A B o s t o n g i r l h a s a c c e p t e d a m a n

w h o p roposed t w e n t y - o n e t i m e s . T h e R e p u b l i c a n s s h o u l d c h e e r

up . R o o s e v e l t h a s n ' t d e c l i n e d m o r e

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

T h e s o r r o w in D e m o c r a t i c r a n k s

b e c a u s e t h e R e p u b l i c a n p a r t y h a s d u g i t s g r a v e i n P o r t o R i c o is

e n o u g h to m a k e t h e c o u n t r y w e e p

— w i t h l a u g h t e r . »• •—-•

T h e S u p r e m o C o u r t will h e a r

t h o K e n t u c k y c a s e on A p r i l 30 . I t is t o be h o p e d t h a t t h e cottr l will

. l o s e u o t i m e in c o m i n g t o a

d e c i s i o n a n d e n d t h e s c a n d a l o u s

s i t u a t i o n iu t h a t s t a t e .

T h e r e w e r e 9 0 3 pos t -o fhees in

1 8 0 0 ; t o d a y w e h a v e 7 5 , 0 0 0 t h a t i s ,

in A m e r i c a a l o n e . I t t o o k a l e t t e r s i x t e e n d a y s t o g o f r o m P h i l a d e l -

p h i a t o L e x i n g t o n , K e n t u c k y ; a n d

t w e u t y - t w o d a y s t o N a s h v i l l e , T e n n .

T h e c h e a p e s t l e t t e r p o s t a g e was

e i g h t cen t s , a n d t o s e n d a l e t t e r — x - ^ d r e d m i l e s c o s t a

[•million l e t t e r s a n d

! in B y e a r ; a t t h e

]K>st-ofiice h a n d l e s

— is of mai l in a s i n g l e ^ J o u r n a l .

Elmer Kilmer and family of Grand Rap

ids moved ont on their farm recently. Drain Commissioner, Thomas, called on

F . M. Davis last Saturday. Fred Heintzelman called on F. M. Davis

last Friday night. Mortie and Earle Teeple and LaFurgey

were seen in Ada last Thursday. Byron Patterson and wife have gone to

house keeping.

A ORANDlVi H A D

CONSUMPTION and I am afraid I have i n herited it. 1 do not feel well; 1 have a cough; my lungs are sore; am losing flesh. What shall I do?

Your doctor says take care of yourself aid take plain cod-liver oil, but you can't take it. Only the strong, healthy person can take it, and they can't take it long. It is so rich it upsets the stomach. But you can take

scorrs EMULSION

It is very palatable and easily digested. If you will take plenty of fresh air, rad exercise, and SCOTT'S EMULSION steadily, there is very little doubt about your recovery.

There are bypophosphites in it; tkey give strength and tone up the nervous system while the cod-liver oil feeds and nourishes.

Mlll loaa G I t c h A w a y . I t la certainly gratifying to the public

to known of one concern In the land who are not afraid to be veneroua to the needy and suffering. The proprietors of Dr. King's New Discovery for Conanmp-Uon, Coughs and Colds, have given aw«y over ten million trial bottles of this great

P r a t t Lake.

Mrs. Norm Cleveland is with her sister,

Mrs. E. B. Baboock whom we can report

a ' l l t t le better. Mr. Kowtesky hss purchased Andrew

Trowbridge'a farm. Consideration $1,675.

Rev. Holcomb filled hia pulpit Sunday

for the first time in twelve weeks. Charles Andrews visited bis brother, A.

M., recently. Lizzie and Agnea Hughson visited Mrs

8. Ware recently. About 26 of the yonrig people gave Mr.

and Mrs. Ralph Story a very pleasant sur medicine; and have tbe aatlsfaotlon of w . . knowing It h u absolutely cured thou- priM Uit WedoMdaj eTening. A nice sanda of hopeleas caaea Asthma, Bron- B |ipp« r served and all reported a fine chltis. Hoarseness and all dlseaaes of the Throat, Cheat and Lungs are surely cured by it. Call on L. H. Hun t ft Co., . . . . . . . druggists, and get a f ree trial bottle. " I think DeWltt's Little Farly Risers are Regular size 60o and $L Every bottle 4he best piUs in tbe world," says W. E guaranteed, or price refunded.

Vergef l t tes S t a t i o n - A l t o n A gentleman of Parnell purchased an

acre of ground of Willis Purdy last week

for {150. Mr. Adams of Grand Rapids, Dep. Great

Commander of K. O. T. M., was a gueet at

Fred Ford's Sunday. We are glad to see that Miss Maggie

Byrnes i s reeovering f rom her illness and

is able to ride out. Died, at tbe home of her father, P . Mur-

phy, Mrs. T. Corrigan (nee Maggie Mnr-

phy) Friday, April 20th, of a broken

heart. Bhe leaves a little gir l three years old, 6 sisters, 6 brothers and her parents

besides a host of friends. Funeral was held at Parnell Catholic Monday morning.

John W. Broadbent of Grand Rapids is

buying and shipping potatoes from this

station. Doms Church sold and drew the first

load of potatoes to be shipped from this

station last week. Silas Ward of Grattan purchaaed from

John MeGee tbe Carver farm last week.

Addie Spencer returned Wednesday

f rom Muskegon where she has been all

winter.

Lake, Happy Creek, Va. They move all obstructions of the liver and bowels, act quickly, never gripe. L. H . Taf t A Co.

Lowel l -Cascade Town Line.

Martin Schneider aad wife, Wiley R e j

nolds and wife, Emerson Clark and wife

Mrs. Mary Osburh, Mrs. H . Weabrook and son, Ira, attended quarterly meeting at

Ada Sunday. Orvllle Reynolds and wife attended tbe

church business meeting at Ada Saturday,

Fred and Ira Wesbrook left Monday for

Great Falls, Montans. May success go

with the boys. The Snow cemetery has been ebekj^ed

with a barbed wire fence. Well, we live in "

a progressive age, what next? Lois Reynolds visited Ethel Shilton

Friday. Miss Grace Fairchilds of Vergennes was

a recent gnsst of Mrs. Wesbrook and

family. URA

SCJTI, KBC. and ti.oo, til drugabi & BCWNE, ChemUu7H«

•U. ew York.

R E W A R D .

We, the undersigned druggists, offer reward of 50 cents to any person who pur chaaea of us, two cent bozes of Bax-ter's Mandrake BiUers Tablets, if it fails to cure oonstipatlon, biliousness, sick

. headache, jaundice, loss of appetite, sour The sewing bee for Mrs. Mollie Delaney stomsch, dyspepsia; liver complaint,

—ii | a n y 0 f the niseaaes for which it is recoiu mended. Price 26 rents for either tablets or liquid. We will also refund the money on one package of either if i t fails to give

of pork j satisfaction.

was very well attended. Guy Norton left Monday fur Grand

Rapids. Warren Ford had half a barrel

stolen from him recently. Fred Ford had the chimney lo the black

smith shop rebuilt Inst week.

Don't forget the Sunday school conven

tion Sunday. Seigal Norman of Parnell was calling

on Alton friends Bunday. James Ford ol Linooln Lake visited

relatives here last week. UNO.

W. H. Shipman. Beardsley, Minn., under oath, saya he suffered from dyspepsia for twentv-five years. Doctors and dieting gave but little relief. Finally he used Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and now eats what be likes and as mnch as he wants, and be feels like a new man . I t digests what yon mi . 1 a f t A Co.

L. H. H o a r & Co., D. G. LOOK,

W. S. WINKUB.

EDWARD 0 MAINS,

ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office iu Train 's Opera House Block

LOWELL, MICH.

ANNETA P WATTS. P1ANISTE AND ACCOMPANISTE

TEACHER OF PIANO.

Pur terms and particulars call at Urst bouse north of Methodist church.

A. E CAMBELL, DENTIST. Over Boylan's Store.

Al l b r anches of d e n t a l w o r k done b y

t h e latest i m p r o v e d m e t h o d s . Sat-is fact ion g u a r a n t e e d .

G a s admin i s t e r ed .

McCords .

Irvy Vanderlip who has been spending

the winter at Asbton retnrned home Satnr

day. Fred and Ira Wesbrook of Town Line

were guests of Wm Patterson's family

Thursday. . Miss Dona Wood visited friends in Lowell

recently. Maudie Brewer is not improving as rap-

idly as her friends would like to have her.

Miss Libbie Schneider of Town Line

was the cuest of her sister, Mrs. Jennie

Thompson Thursday. Mrs. Huizinga and daughter Louise were

calling on friends in Clarksville Monday. Mt. Nye of Grand Rapids visited his

daughter Mrs. Jay Smith over Sunday. Mrs. Walter Houghton is Improving.

Wm. Patterson and son Henry were

guests of his brother Geo. Patterson of Cas-

cade Monday. Jack Epley and Will Burdick of Lowell

were seen on our streets Sunday. Faaa.

E. A. H O D G E S DENTIST LY0H BL00K

? IS Standard Tims.

WHEN INORAND RAPIDS STOP AT THE

CLARENDON HOTEL Caual and Bridge.

Rates f l 00 and |1 .26 per day. Meals 25c. Hotel Steam Heated.

FOR FIRE

INSURANCE! F .

C A L L ON

D . E D D Y & C O .

J . I .Carson , Prothosotary, Washington) Pa., aays, " I have found Kwlol Dyspepsia Cure an excellent remedy in case ol stom-ach trouble and have derived great benefit from its nse." It digests whst you eat and can not fail to cnre. Ta f t & Co.

C o m t n e t i c e m e n t P r o g r a m s .

J u s t received the finest line of com-mencemen t p rograms , a n d a d v e r t i s -i n g f a n s a n d p iu lure ca rd ever seen in L o w e l l . If you w a n t someth ing " f o x ? " cal l a t T h e L k d g e r office

and look t h e m over .

p R O B A T E O R D E R . *• State of Michigan, County of Kent, us. At a session of the Probate court for aaid county of Kent, held at the Probate oflice, in the city of Grand Rapids, on the 24lh day of April in the year one thousand nine hundred.

Present, Harry D. Jewell, Judge of P ro -bate.

In the matter of the estate of DOM M. KRUM, deceased, Mary Krum having filed in this court her petition praying for an assignment of the residue of the estate -rfaaid.daoeaeedand for the determination of tbe heirs of said deceased.

It is ordered that Monday tbe 21st day of May, 1900, at leu o'clock in the fore-noon, at said Probate Ollice, be appointed for hearing said petition.

And it is further ordered, that a copy of this order be published three succeasive weeks previous to said dsy of bearing in the Lowell Ledger a newspaper printed and circulating in said County of Kent.

HAaai D. J e w e l l , (A true copy) Judge of Probate. aprlQ A lv in E. Ewrwo, Register.

WE CATER TO THE FINE TRADE.

LADIES DELSARTE SHDES Our special line at $3.50 made in 10 dif-

ferent styles. C.N. Hudson. Q H MAYHEW SHOE CO., T. A. MfOet-. 87 Monroe St.

Grand Rapids, Michigan.

8 T O C K 8 AND GRAIN Sold lor Cask or oa n a r g l a .

GEO. E. E L L I S . All business confidential, 98 Monroe St., Grand Rapid

PLAZA HOTEL,

FronUng Monroe Street sud the Parks

O R A N D R A P I D S , M I C H . F

f

;

Ne» First Clasa Hotel. Fined loca-tion lu tbe city.

Popular Pncea, t 2 00 per day.

DEWEY & IRISH, PROP

1 s

An

E L E G A N T P I C T U R E F R E E

with every purchase matter how amall.

McCONNELL L Furniture and Undertiking.

O F F I C E .

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Our prloss a n tha lowsst con-sin tent with^good work and

Poll Bat Tasth *6-16 22K Gold Grown $5 QoldFdllDgB $1 00 up

Bilvsr PUllnga Wo BB Olaanlng Tasth bOo Falnleia Exttatbg 26o

Rooms 74. 76, 76,77,78. W 0NDERLY BDILD1BG.

Corner Monroe 8t. and Oampsa Bqnaia-GRAND RAPIEB, MICB.

liypBun rroduclK M'fg Co.

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PIERRE DELOIRE LEARNS AN ODD

CUSTOM OF OUR HORSEMEN.

Th« Habit Among Amerlrann of KMlag

ItarclicMled la Not O n r m l l y Known

AnanK Karnpran*. kiiiI In Home Cm**

HaaCwiuml Ainmliis MUuiiilmtandinga*

The growing custom among Ameri-can horsemen of riding bareheaded Is not generally known among Euro-peans, and in aome r aws haa caused r a t h e r amusing mlsunderHtandinga. A recent arr ival from Paris relates the fol lowing experirnco of a French mounted policeman.

One evening Pierro Delolre. mounted gendarme, waa riding slowly in the Bols do Boulogne, bemoaning the un-kind fate which gave him no opportun-i ty for showing his skill and bravery.

"Why couldn't I have been among those sent to disperse the rioters tn t h e Rue Chabrol?" he thought . "And the week before, why couldn't t ha t horse have waited until I waa on duty before runn ing away with the rich American lady? Why"—

But here his thoiiKhta were suddenly Interrupted by a quick clat tering of hoofs behind him. He drew rein, and a s he turned his head, a horse with hatlesa r ider dashed by him like a flash.

"A chance at l aa t ! " thought Pierre aa he drove his spurs savagely Into the l i t t le mare ' s slden and started In mad pursui t up the Bols.

"Runaway! runaway runaway!" Bounded the fugit ive 's hoofs upon the road.

"Af te r you! a f t e r you! a f t e r you!" pat tered the little French mare as she gradual ly lessened the distance be-tween them.

On they tore. Once, under an arc l ight , tho man ahead turned halfway in h is saddle and looked back over his shoulder for an instant . Tbe vision of t h a t set face made Pierre renew his ef-forts , and the little French mare re-sponded nobly. "Af te r you. a f te r you. a f t e r you ! " she pattered, and soon only a length separated the two. Three hundred yards moro and they would be on even terms. Now on the r ight , some two hundred paces up the road, t h e l ights of the Cafe Madrid came Into view.

"Saprlst l , the ca fe ! " shouted Pierre, hoping t ha t the batless rider might atlll have enough control to guide his horse f rom the tables and windows t h a t meant his cer tain destruction.

"Yes, t be cafe !" answered back tbe o the r In a voice t ha t evidently showed he realised bis danger.

But the mad horse seemed at t racted by the l ights and did not change his course. Pierre was desperate. Now the little mare was even with the oth-er 's saddle girths, but there were those tables only fifty yards away. Now they were neck and neck. Both horses wi th nostr i ls dilated and blood-shot eyes, were s t ra ining every muscle. As they v e n t tearing through the gate-way. the l i t t le mare forged her nose sl ightly to the fore, and Pierre was j u s t reaching over to grasp tbe rein, w h e n as if by magic, the runaway stopped.

"You have won, M'sieur." drawled I ts rider with a slight American accent. " W h a t will you have to d r ink?"

But Pierre Delolre had already turned his horse toward the Bols. and was once more cursing at unkind fate In general with a special clause added pre ta ln ing to Americans.

P L A Y M A T E S ,

I t aeetned aa of old, when we four met

In the realm of our former joys. And t h e long years between were but

as a dream. We four were again girls and boys.

For there were the grass plots, the pa ths where we played.

Yes, there was the same old t ree Where side by side our names we en-

graved— It seemed as of old to me.

We spoke of dear comrades and t imes ' gone by. And hard to believe seemed it then

T h a t the bright eyed boys and the laughing girls

Had grown to be women and men. For the eyes were as br ight and the

hearts were as l ight And the voices still r inging wi th

glee; Except for tbe baby I held In my arms.

I t seemed as of old to me.

And this baby, my sunshine, my dear little boy,

Where we four have played Lo shal l play;

Beneath these same trees where we romped long ago.

He shall romp as contented and gay, And when he comes home wllh hia

cheeks all flushed. Entangled his curls of gold.

And exclaims. "Oh. mamma, we had such a good t i m e ! "

Then again It will seem as cf old. —Hebe, in "Trained Motherhood.—

|Aifii?8'SECRET71

Uncle Kll'a i able*.

As two jackals and a fox were trav-el ing in company they came upon a dead chicken lying on the ground, and a t once there waa a quarrel between the jackals as to which should have t h e prize. They finally settled it by dividing the chicken between them, leaving the fox entirely out of the af-fair . An owl who had observed the proceedings asked the fox:

"But where do you come into this th ing. Mr. Reynard?"

"Oh, I t ake my share in na tura l phll-' j sophy," replied the fox. "Fi rs t ly , t h a t chicken was killed and placed here for a n object. Secondly, t he body was poisoned, and thirdly, the re go those jackals tumbl ing about and mak-ing their laat kicks.

MORAL: "And I may say fu r the r , " observed

Reynard , as he scratched his ear with bis paw. " tha t when you are offered someth ing for noth ing i t 's a good idea to let somebody else sample It first."

A woodman who was passing th rough the foreat came upon a bear who was rolling over and over on the ground a n d u t te r ing the mos t dismal complaints . Bruin had one eye closed and waa covered froto head to heels wi th lumps and knobs and knota.

" W h a t cheer?" gayly cried the wood-man . as he drew nearer .

"Bees !" moaned the bear. "But na ture gave you a coat of f u r

t o protect you f rom the s t ings of bees." "So she did," answered the bear,"

b u t she also made me fool enough to w a n t honey just t h e same when 1 was shedding my coat, and every st ing would l i f t me a foot h igher ."

MORAL; None of us is ever satisfied with a

good thing.

Huw Lcmou* Are Arllflclnlly Made H»iir.

Until recently the California people did not know how to cure lemons. The f r u i t was never acid enough. There would be plenty of juice, but it contained a high percentage of sugar and a small percentage of acid, which made It unmarketable .

A few years ago the lemon-growers clubbed together and sent exper ts over t o Italy and Spain to learn the busi-ness . and now they a re producing much bet ter results.

They pick the f ru i t before It be-g ins t o t u r n yellow, and p u t I t In a cur ing house, where It Is kept a t an •8ven tempera ture of about fifty de-grees fo r about twenty days, which dlspensen with all t he sugar .

I t Is then removed to ano ther tem-p e r a t u r e fo r sixty days m o r e before i t Is ready for the m a r k e t Thus the highest degree of acid and the largest degree of juice can be obtained. One of the curious feSects of th i s "sweat-

. ^ I n g " process is to reduce the thickness Mf-i t t he skin. I t or iginal ly growa th ick

and tough, hut t be acid evidently eata h up. ; . . . . . .

M. Delvalley rose, fur ious , h i s eye-brows contracted, his mouth drawn.

"I tell you thfs mar r i age shal l no t t ake place." he said.

"And I swear It s h a l l ! " cried Andre, wi th only a shade less of de termina-tion In his face and voice.

Bu t the old man paid no a t t en t ion to his son's words, and continued.

" I t is the most outrageous th ing I ever heard of. A boy whose education has been what yours has, upon whom no expense has been spared, who for twenty years has been my cons tant t hough t t o be so ut ter ly lacking In ev-ery feeling of grat i tude, ' u s t a t the very moment when 1 have made plans for your future , you announce to me t h a t you Intend t o mar ry the girl of your choice! And w h a t a choice! girl without a p e n n y ! "

"Bu t you do not believe money to be the only considerat ion In marr iage do you?" said Andre, s t r iv ing t o be calm. " I t seems to be t ha t happiness enters In somewhere, and If 1 can be happy with no one but Noemi

M. Delvalley burs t In to a loud, ex-asperat ing laugh.

" T h a t is too good! He can be hap-py with no one but h is Noemie; a per-son of whose existence he was Ignor-a n t mon th before l a s t ! "

"But , f a t h e r — " " E n o u g h ! " The tone in which th i s word was

pronounced convinced Arfdre t h a t h is f a the r ' s decision was inflexible. He was accustomed to bow to the will of a despotic fa ther , jus t as be had seen "his mother yield until her death. In his childhood he and bis mother had been companions, and of ten to-ge ther they had ben t the i r heads In the fu ry of a s torm aroused by some s l ight or Irregular domestic occur-rence. Not tha t M. Delvalley was a bad man. He was quick tempered, but usually repented his outburs ts and t r ied to make amends when he saw the effect of his hard words. Before he waa very old Andre had seen t h a t t he family l ife of hfs mothe r and f a the r waa- not a happy one. though he did n o t know t o w h a t t o a t t r i bu t e the s ta te of affairs. Since h is mother ' s dea th he had simply given in t o h is f a the r when any question of disagree-m e n t had come between them, a n d un-til now they had lived comfortably.

The next day Andre returned to tho charge.

" I believe If you knew what an un-happy n igh t I passed, f a t h e r "

"Enough , I s ay !" cried the old man, n o t a l lowing himself t o complete h is sentence. "I tell you I will never give my consent to the marriage. A girl wi thout a p e n n y ! "

"I would not ask for your consent a t all If she had not refused to marry me wi thout I t ! " exclaimed Andre, hotly.

"Oh. you would n o t ! " M. Delvalley laughed. "And pray, where would you l ive and w h a t would you do t o sup-por t your wife?"

" I could find something." replied the young man, in a tone which made his f a t h e r say, more gently t han he had ye t spoken:

"1 am convinced t ha t th i s girl and he r re la t ions a re a f t e r your for tune . You met them at a summer hotel. They found out who you were, and though t you would be a good 'catch, ' and have proceeded t o catch you."

"If you would only l isten, f a the r . I could convince you of Noemle 's s in-cer i ty ."

Wi thou t replying to his son. M. Del-valley went on ; "As you can ' t t ake care of yourself, I mus t take care of you. Where do these Durands l ive?"

No. 27 Rue Nollet ." " R u e Nollet! And you say they are

not a f t e r your money!" M. Devalley said, a - be left bib son. He re turned In a few moments , a paper In b is hand , f rom which be read In a loud voice:

"Mme. Durand, 27 Rue Nollet : I formal ly refuse my consent t o th6 marr iage of my son, Andre, and your daughter , and Inform you t h a t If the event takes place. I shall absolutely disinheri t my son. DELVALLEY.

H e r ang the bell and a servant ap-peared.

"Send th is te legram a t once." he said.

Andre made a move t o follow the acrvant f rom the room, but « f t e r a glance a t his fa ther res t ra ined him-self. The old man waited until the se rvan t had had t ime to leave the house and then retired to b is study, leaving Andre alone

T h e unhappy young rifftn s a t th ink-ing of his misery for sonfett lfne. The words of Noemie spoken t & night be-fore came back t o h im; s h p had been so fu l l of confidence, Wnlle he was

each o t h e r he will consent ," sh« had said.

"But If he re fuses?" Andre had asked.

"Then It must be good-by fo r us, be-cause I can never let you ruin yourself for me." And In spile of pleadings and a rgument s she had remained flrm.

"Poor Noemie," he thought . "How will she feel when she reads the tele-g ram? And her Aunt Rose, who con-sidered t h e marr iage already made. She used to tell us when we feared to tell f a the r tha t we had no cause to worry ; t h a t everything would come out a s we wanted It ; t ha t she had a magic charm which she could apply. If necessary, a t the last roluute. and t h a t charm a secret. Wha t will she say now? W h y not go and find out and give her a chance to t ry It? Andre sp rang up, selred h is ha t and r a n f rom t h e house.

"Wel l , " said Noemie, " W h a t news?" She h a d not yet received the tele-

gram. • 'The very worst ," said Andre. "He refuses and threa tens to dis inheri t me. But, dearest , you will mar ry me any-way. I can find something t o do, and we will a t least have each o ther ."

Noemie was very much In love, and he r good resolut ions began t o waver before the s t rength of her lover 's de-sire. They were ta lking despondently when the door opened and a pret ty, elderly woman entered the room.

"Dear me. how unhappy you look!" she said. "What Is t he m a t t e r ? "

"M. Delvalley has refused his con-aent ." said Noemie.

" Indeed! Well, It would be funny if It were not so sad."

" A u n t Rose, bow can you?" mur -mured Noemie.

" I t Is ra ther serious madame." said Andre. " H e has sent a telegram, bu t I t h a s no t come y e t "

But atlll Aunt Rose smiled. "S tay here until 1 come back, An-

dre! 1 am going t o t ry my l i t t le fa i ry charm as a last resort ."

AH af ternoon the two young people aat dlaconsolately together, wa i t ing for t h e te legram and f o r Aunt Rose. W h a t had become of b is fa ther ' s d ispatch? Andre could not imagine. At last, long a f t e r t h e t i m e It should have come, t h e maid entered with the for-midable envelope. Noemie took It and was about to open i t when Andre sa id ;

"Tea r It up without reading it. Wo know what It says."

" I w a n t t o see how It looks," re-plied Noemie.

As she read a wave of color swept across her face.

" A n d r e ! " she cried, " the re i s some mis take . Listen to t h i s :

" 'I have the honor to ask the hand of Mdlle. Noemie Durand f o r my son Andre. I will call a t your convenience. Respectful ly. Delval ley . ' "

"Is It possible t ha t Aunt Rose waa succeaaful?" cried Andre, bea id- h im-self wi th joy.

"It mus t be that . But wha t means did she employ? Wha t Is her aecret?"

I t w a s a long t ime before t hey found out . and then Andre overheard a conversat ion not meant fo r hia ears.

" I w a s r ight , was I not , t o keep my fa i th In your good hear t , and t o Inter-cept t h a t first dispatch before I went t o see you?" asked Aunt Rose, in a voice t h a t Andre had never beard he r m a k e s o tender a n d so f t in tone.

"Ah, Rose!" responded M. Delvalley, in a voice s t ranger atlll to the l isten-er, " h o w could I know t h a t t h e gir l of Andre ' s choice was your niece? To t h i n k t ha t I waa about to separate them, aa your f a the r separated us. bo-cause I was then poor—that they would have suffered all tha t I suffered In giving you up, and In th ink ing of you a l l theae years ! And now we a r e uni ted a t laat. you will no t re-fuse " But suddenly Andre realli-ed t h a t he waa l istening and crept sof t -ly away.—From t h e French.

Maaasa'a l l l rTree .

In Nasaau, the capital c i ty of the B a h a m a Islands, they say " t he tree In the public square"—not the trees. Now. tbe public aquare of Naasau 1« quite as large as t ha t of moat cltlea of t h e alze, bu t the re la only one t ree In It, and t h a t t ree l i terally f lla t he

'aquare and apreads Ita shade over all the public buildings In the neighbor-hood. For It Is t he largest tre-3 in the world a t ita base, a l though it is ha rd -ly ta l le r t han a three-story house. It is var iously known a s a ceiba, or a silk cotton tree, but t he people of the low islands of the West Indies call It t he hur r icane tree.

In the last hurr icane all tbe pa lms and many of the other trees of Nassau were over turned, but t he g rea t hu r r i -cane tree, a l though It loat all Its leavea, did no t lose so much as a branch. Ita t r u n k throws out great curving, wind-like braces, some of them twenty fee l wide and nearly as high. These ex-tend Into tho ground on all sides and brace the t ree aga ins t all a t tack , while t h e g rea t b ranches spread a thick abade overhead. In the Iropic sun-shine of midsummer, hundreds, even thousands , of people may ga the r in the cool of Its shadow. No one ^nows bow old t b e great t ree Is. but i t must have been growing hundreds. If not thou-sands. of years. A very old picture In t h e l ibrary a t Nassau shows the t r ee as big a s it is a t present , and oven tbe oldeat negro in tbe laland cannot re-member when It was a bi t fmal le r .— Washington Post.

OLD AGE PENSIONS.

Something About t h e Preaewt M o m e n t In Kngland.

(How best to help the aged and de-bervlng poor Is a question t h a t U w « I wor thy the a t tont lon of every civilized community . I t Is a question t ha t haa recent ly been brought before the Brlt-It-h Pa r l i amen t t h r ugh t h e report of a committee specially selected for the purpose. The w m m U t e e was appo.nl -ftd t o consider and report "P0® P * best means of Improving t h e condit ion of the aged and deserving poor, and o t providing for those of them who a re nelplese ai:d Infirm.

fin a country we have been extremely l iberal to our soldlere and the i r famU-les. but no S ta te assis tance hss ever been given to old soldiers who have f o u g h t only In life's batt le, and fought bravely and honestly, unt i l old age haa incapacitated them irom fighting any | longer.

Of oourfee we have poorhouaen and p r iva te charit ies, but so have other Lountnes which give public aid to the Hged and d e s e r v n e poor. I>et us see, t b e n , what ou r English cousins propose lo do .

In :he opinion of the commit tee t h e general hoes upon wnlcti a scheme foi r i d age ptns' .ons might nest be passed •bonld Include the following condi-t ions —

"Anv person who Batlsfles the pen-aioo author i ty tha t he, first. Is a BrtU Ish suojec t ; second. Is s xty-five years Of age, t h u d , has not wi th in the l a s t twen ty years been convicted of an of-fence and sentenced to penal servltuue o r lmp; lsonment wltliout t he option of a fine, fourth, has not received p~or relief other than nudlcal relief, unless under circumstances of a wholly ex-ceptional character , dur ing twenty years prior to the application for a ..enslon, fifth. Is resident within the dis t r ic t of the pension au tnor l ty ; sixth, has not an income from any source of •uore than ten shill ings a week ; and seventh, has endeavored to the best of h i s sol l l ty. by h is Industry or by the exercise of reasonable providence, to n iake piovl«lrn for himself and those Immediately dependent on h im; shall receive a certificate to t ha t effect and be enti t led to a pension."

On the Cont inent most proposals for old age pensfcos are connected with compuhory Insurance divided hefvee-n the workman and his e m p oyer . In the iccent inquiry on the subject Which h a s taken place in Holand the desira-bility of such Insurance was near ly bhe only conclusion reached, and In Ger-many It Is rigidly enforced. I t appears , however, to be generally admi t ted t ha t in England the ext reme unpopular i ty of su.'h compulsion places It outside the range of pract ical politics.

Of a.I Continental countr ies Den-m a r k has the most successful old age pens 'on system, and th i s has served a s a model for t h e one proposed t o t h e Kngl i ih Par l iament . This w a s cna ted by a law passed In 1891.

The three main qualifications for a pension a re t ha t t he appl icant mus t be na t i ve born, more than s ix ty years old a n d practically desti tute.

T h e r e a re a lso th ree disqualifica-t ions . The penaioner must not have undergone sentence for any t ransac t loa acocuQted dishonorable, and In respect of which he had not received rch ib,Il-l a t i on ; his poverty must not be tbe uonsequenco of any ac t ions by which, lor t he benefit of his children or o the-s . he h a i deprived himself of t he meanj» of subhlslence. or caused by a d'.sord .r-ly and ex t ravagant mode of life, or In a n y o the r way be brought a b o u t by b is own default , and he must no t have re-ceived Poor l aw relief a t any t i m e wi th in ten years previous t o the appli-cat ion.

Although tbe communal author i ty ranno*. refuse a pension t o any person w b o fulfils all the condit ions, tbe na -t u r e and tbe amount, of t he relief to be g i v e n Is l e f t t o their discretion. T h e aot says, " T h e relief must be sufflclenl f o r the suppor t of t h e person relieved a n d of his family, and for their t r ea t -men t in sickness, but It m a y be given In money, or In kind ae c i rcumstances requ i re and consist In f r ee admission t o a sui table asylum or o t h e r eatabllsh-menit Intended for th i s purpose."

As to the sources of t h i s pension fund . It seems tha t half is derived f rom local funds and half is paid by tbe S ta te , hut t be total S ta te contribution ib limited t o a certain annua l maxi -mum.

T h e old age pension scheme h a s worked sucnessfully in Denmark and h a s been adopted in many civilized countries, and suggests the question why it should not be done in the Unit-ed SLiles. There has a lways been a dread of Tfaternallsm In t h i s country, and perha^ffi this If the reason why Oncle Sam is calird unc le and no t f a t h e r . At all events, t h e subject la wo- tb tome thought.

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Keep the Kidneys and Liver Healthy, Active and Vigor-

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Nature makes an extra effort in the spring to rid the blood of its impurit ies,

and the filters of the blood—the kidneya and liver—are called upon to perform an enormous amount of labor.

As a result, they Income tired and ex-hausted, and there are backaches, side-aches, headaches,' and pains in the shoulders and limbs. Digestion is de-ranged, and tbe languid, exhausted feel-ings of spring cause misery to the liody.

There is only one means of making the blood pure, and that is through the kidneys and liver—the filters of the blood. By acting directly on these delicate organs, Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills purify tbe blood as no other preparation was ever known to do.

Mr. Wm. L. Maurey, Scottsville, N. V., writes: " L i v e r complaint and im-pure blood were tbe bane of my life for years. My face was covered with pimples and blotches, and I could gel nothing to help me unti l 1 tried Dr. A. W. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills. My skin is now clear, and I consider these pilU invaluable as a remedy for consti-pation, liver complaint and impure blood. As a kidney medicine they are par excellence, and I shall recommend them lo my friends. "

Dr. Chase'a Kidney-Liver Pills, one pill a dose. 3$ cents a box, at all dealers, or by mail on receipt of price, by Dr. A. W. Chase Medicine Co., Buffalo, N.Y.

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Read "Coin on Money, T r u s t s and I m p e r i a l i s m , " f o r sa l e a t T h e L e d u k u office, only 25c.

T b e Mich igan F a r m e r a n d th i s p a -per unt i l J a n . 1, 1901, only 41.00, cash. I t you a r e not t a k i n g this p a -per , subscr ibe fo r this combina t ion . 11 you a re t a k i n g i t a n d a re in arrea^g

pay u p and t a k e a d v s n t u g e of i b i s generous of fer . if

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T o m Barc lay and El izabeth Mur ray neve r unders tood each o the r very well, a n d yet t h e y h a d been engaged for a year . T h e y had k n o w n oach o ther long before t h e e n g a g e m e n t , too. bu t a l -t h o u g h a m a n seldom qui te under -s t a n d ^ a w o m a n . T o m waa even more dense in t h i s respect t h a n most men , a n d BMtabe th . more difficult t han m o s t women f o r a n y m a n to comprehend , unconsc ious of t h e fac t , wondered a t T o m ' s m a n y fa i lu res in t h i s d i rec t ion.

They w e r e very good fr iends , how-ever . and though t they loved each o t h . e r—had even said so In s t r i c t confi-dence ; a n d . a s I sa id , were engaged t o be mar r i ed . In fac t . Miss Murrap waa a l r eady a t th» mercy of drei-s-m a k e r s a n d mi l l iners , for It was De-cember—la te December—and the wed-d i n g was set f o r t h e 10th of J a n u a r y .

One n igh t , t h e d res smaker s r.nd mi l l ine r s hav ing k ind ly waived thei r c la ims f o r a few hours . Mr. Ba ic ' ay called t o see h i s pro prc t lve bride. He w a s not in tbe best possible humor ; an ugly e a s t w.nd drove the sle?t I n t ) his face as he walked the few blocks f rom t h e cable ca r s to Mirs Mur ay's home, for Tom though t too much ot hi'- hors-es to t a k e them out on such a n igh t ; a man had fai led him In an i m p : r t -a n t bus iness appo in tment , and it IB quite possible t h a t he was a trifle bil-ious; a t a l l events , ho was about a s cross a s he ever a l L w e d himself lo b i -come.

Now i t happened that E l lza lvfn was near ly worn ou t with the t u r m a l In-c ident to t h e p repa ra t ions for a fash-ionable wedding. She was nervous and I r r i table ; probably the east wind a f -fected her also. She neede 1 someone to smooth her hair , t a lk tender, com-fo r t i ng words—In short , ret her until siie w a s res ted ; fo r the woman never ye t l ived who did not like occus'oiml pet t ing .

Now T h o m a s Baic!ay was not a de-mons t r a t ive man . and pet t ing was somewhat out of h is 1 ne. How was he to know, especially in his unamiabic mood, t h a t t h e young gir l soon to be-come h i s wife was In no condit ion io meet Impatience pa t i en t ly?

" T h a n k fo r tune . " he said ungracious-ly. k i ss ing her as a ma t t e r of course, and d ropp ing in to a chai r , " th i s dress-m a k i n g row will soon be over. I 've scarcely seen you for a mouth . 1 won ' t have a d r e s s m a k e r on the place a f t e r we a r e mar r i ed . "

Mr. Barc lay d d r.ol t n e m any th ing . V / ' ^ f t C s p e e c h ; It was s lmpK a i ebul-l i t ion of temper, and Elizabeth sbauld h a v e met It as such . I t suited her mood, however , to r e to r t wi th : —

" Indeed! I mean to have a d r e s s n n k -e r in the house all the t ime."

"I wouldn ' t If I were you," disagree-ab ly . "especial ly aga ins t my wl hes."

"And If I should ?" she re turned de-f ian t ly .

• " W e i l - " then common sense assert-ed Itself, and he laughed. "Do you know. Beth, we a re jus t ready to qua r -rel abou t n o t h i n g ? My wife will prob-ably do as she pleases ."

Miss Murray did not emlle. She w a s morbidly sensit ive, and an ugly t hougb t lodged In her bra in . She said q u e t l y : —

"Tern . I d o n l like t h a t r f m a r k of yours a t all. I wonder if it is possible t h a t a f t e r our mar r i age you would a t -t empt to coerce me in the least ?"

T o m was obst inate . I t would h a v e been be t te r not to have asked t h e ^ ies-t i cn . H e s a i d : —

" A woman promises to obey when she mar r i e s . "

" N o t a lways ; tbe word is f r e q u e n t ' y l e f t ou t of t h e marr iage service. I t would be be t te r l e f t out of ou r s . "

" D o y o u ' m e a n t h a t you will no t o b e y ? " asked he, looking a t ber cur -iously. ,

" J u s t t h a t " "A man is the head of the f a m i l y ;

It Is a wife 's du ty to obey." "So I have heard . 1 never t hough t

of mar r i age in t h i s light before—a bon-dage . I t seems to me t h a t a woman ' s f reedom Is someth ing not to be given u p l ightly. I have never been d ic ta t -ed to by anyone since I lef t school, and do not believe I should take It k indly. T o m . I don ' t believe 1 wan t to m a r r y you or anybody; why." with a sudden flash of passion. "If yen laid a com-m a n d upon me a f i e ' our mar r i age , I rea l ly believe I should hate y o u ! "

I t crossed Tom's mind t h a t It miglit be as well for a m^n to cu rb h i s t e m p e r till a f t e r the wedding day . H e rose, walked across the room, pusned a s ide the heavy cur ta in , and looked out . T h e prospects was net p h a s i n g ;

. t h e sky was biack. and the dr iv ing s l r e t pelted against ti e plate glass. H e came back to wl ere Miss Mur ray Eat looking Into the fire and appa i en t -ly lost in thougli t .

"E l izabe th . I thought you lov3d n e . " "Did you? I thuiiglit so too. t h o u g i

I have been told of .en enough t h a t I d i d n ' t . "

• Wbo told you so?" " M a m m a for one. Aunt Clare for

a n o t h e r . You see. m a m m a marr ied p a p a for love when he was a poor man, a n d Aunt Cla re ' s husband died befo ie t h e bone} moon "Aas over. She m c u r n s film yet . T h e y a lways said t h a t I d idn ' t know t h e flrst principles of love; p e r h a p s they were t ight . '

Mr. Barc lay was never so thorough ly afi :onlshed In his twenty-e igh t years of l i fe; he a sked r a the r s t i f f l y : -

"Wi l l you k ind ly s t a t e why you en-gaged yourself to m e ? "

"Well . T c m . I a l w a y s liked you. W e ' v e k n o w n each o the r f o r years . Our f ami l i e s a r - i n t ima te . W h a t more na t -u r a l t t a n t h a t you. the only ton . and I t h e only d a v g h l e r . should m a r r y ? Be-Bides." with a l i t t le break <n t h e clear vol :e. "unt' .I t o - n i g h t I t h o u g b t you loved me . "

T o m pulled hie cha i r e lose to El iza b e t h ' s and d r e w her head d o w n to hlB •bou lde r . H e o u g h t to h a v e d o n e t h a t e a r l i e r in t h e evening. T h e n h e said —

"My dea r , w h a t posseaMs y o u ? You k n o w I love you ."

F o r an i n a t a n t t h e yel low head res t -ed whe re h e hpd placed i t ; then Mli»i» M u r r a y d rew h t w e l f a w a y a n d rose to h e r feel .

No, T o m , It Ifi too l a t e t o m a k e me bel ieve t h a t W e a r e / n o t fitted to

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" A n d all on account of t h a t con-founded speech of mine about a dress-m a k e r ! " he exclaimed, savag ly.

• N o t ent i re ly tha t . I feel t h a t yon d o no t love me, and something tel'B me t h a t I ough t not lo be your wife ."

Mr. Barc lay , man- l ike , loved t h e wo-m a n who w a s sl ipping away f rom W m a t t h i s m o m e n t be t te r than ever be-fore . and he had loved her a lways in h i s way,; he had made a mlatake In no t showing h i s a f fec ' ion more plainly.

" B e t h , " he said, "forgive me. I d idn ' t moan i t 1 was a brute. As my wife you will be free as a i r ; you mus t k n o w t h a v t T h i n k a moment ; It Is not an u n p a r ^ h a b l o offonce. Is I t?"

"I tell you It Is not bccauso of w h a t you sa id ," s h e r d t e r a ' e d . " I t Is be-cause I know you do not love ma. nnd t h a t I am not a t all sure t h a t I love you."

Mr. Barc lay ' s t emper began to rise again . H e r e m a r k e l : —

"This is a nice s t a t rmont for a m a n to hear t h ree weeks before his mar -r i age ! "

"Much nicer t han It would be th ree weeks a f t e r , " she retorted. " T h e In-vi ta t ions a re no t o u t ; no one outs ide of our famil ies knows that the day was s e t I will t a k e my flnery." she added, with a smile, "and go to I taly. Take your r ing. Tom. and say good-bye," d r awing off the d iamond.

Mechanical ly Tom dropped the cir-c le t into his pocket . Suddenly he took a step toward her . caught her In his a r m s , kissed her once—twice—three trtmes, with all t h e passion of a m a n who loves, then , releasing her . tu rned and left the room, while Ml&s Murray, while and t rembl ing, sank In to her chair , hid her face and cried bi t ter ly .

Much t o El izabeth ' s surpr ise . Mr. Barclay made no a t tempt to wee o r speak to her again . She exclaimed, where it was necessary:—

"Mr. Barclay and 1 have changed our minds ."

T h e fol lowing spr ing a panic swept over t h e United Sta tes and T h o m a s Barclay was one of a dozen large firms t h a t fai led. Af t e r set t l ing i:p hw af -fa i rs he wen t Wes t and Miss Murray heard no more of him.

One s u m m e r two years la ter . Eliza-beth and her mother jolntd a pa r t y who were going to make a tour of the nor thwest , pene t ra t ing even the wilds of Alaska before the i r re turn .

I t was In Por t l and tha t Miss Murray met with an accident, and a t reacher -ous b a n a n a peeling was to b lame for it . She had gone cut alone to make some small purchases, and s tepping on the deceitful peel, fell to t b e ground.

A crowd was gathering. A gentle-man offered his assistance, and El iza , beth w a s taken to the neares t s tore, while tbe gent leman called a car r iage and then accompanied her home. I t was Tom Barclay.

In spi te of tne pain Miss Murray could not help looking at t h e m a n who was to have been her husband . T h a t individual met ber eyes and sa id :

"Wel l?" M ss Murray b lusbe l pa infu l ly , con-

scious t h a t she had been s t a r ing . " I t is so long s 'n^e I h a v e eeen you,

and we used to be such good f r iends ," she replied gently.

"Whose faul t it is that you have not seen me for so long?" he demanded ; and then , not ing her fad .ng color and pale lips, he said. " W h a t a b ru t e I a m io question you so when you a re suf-fering pain! I was never gent le en-ough to win your love. Beth ."

"Did you ever t ry, T o m ? " "I thought I did." "Did you t ake everything for g r an t -

ed—that you loved me and t h a t I cared for you. and t h a t in t h e course of h u m a n events It was na tura l and prop-er t h a t we should get m a r r i e d ? "

" P e r h a p s so." he answered quiet ly; and t hen the carr iage stopped, t h e dr iver was a t the door, and El izabeth was carr ied up to ber room.

I t was an ugly, obs t inate spra in , and held Its vict im a prisoner for six long weeks. T h e par ty went on to Alaska, leaving Mrs. Murray and ber daughte r a t t h e hotel, and quite a s a mat te r ot course Tom Barclay called of ten . As for El izabeth, she was u t ter ly con ten t and happy dur ing the period of inval-idism t h a t confined her to the bouse.

El izabeth had been able to walk for a week. Her f r iends were due in two days on thei r r e tu rn tr ip, and she and her mothe r were to join them for home.

Mr. Barclay asked the convalescent to t a k e a r ide with h im. He was th i r ty -one , El izabeth twenty-five. Mrs. Murray did no t th ink a chaperon nec-essary ; ne i the r did Tom. They went a lone .

T h e y t a lked of the scenery, of her accident , and then of the coming par t -ing. Suddenly Tom excla imed:—

"Oh, Beth, my dar l ing, give me a word of hope before you go! You were mi s t aken in t h e old days. I a lways loved you, and now t h a t we have met aga in , I c anno t let you go ou t of my life for e v e r ! "

" I f you a lways loved me, why have you been sileiit all t h e s e j ' e a r s ? " in-quired E l i t abe tb .

"Because I was s tunned t h a t n igh t when I lef t you, realizing t h a t by my own stupid b lunder ing I had lost you.

T h e r e was a shor t si lence while Mr. Barclay, hav ing made h i s plea waited f o r the verdict. At length Elizabeth said sof t ly—

P e r h a p s I loved you then, Tom. I could never care for anyone else. 1 a l w a y s compared o ther men wi th you, to the i r d isadvantage. If you care to come a f t e r me, some t ime, 1 will be your wife ."

Out of an inner pocket Tom took • t iny morocco case, and opening It. Miss Mur ray saw the sol i ta i re t h a t had been b e r engagement ring.

" I have a lways carr ied It with me," b e said simply, "because you had worn i t "

Somehow the tea rs sp r ang to Eliza-be th ' s eyes when he slipped It on her finger.

Mrs. Murray was not a t all surpr ised when ber daugh te r announced with severa l b lushes t h a t s h e was going t o mar ry Thomas Rarclay.

T h o next winter T o m went east a f -t e r h is bride. They a r e happ ie r t han they would have been wi thou t t h a t quarre l , a blending of comedy and high t ragedy, but it does not follow t h a t any one should go a n d do l ike-wise. ^

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T h e Engl i sh h a v e governed in South Afr ica for 100 yea r s , dr iv ing In to tho deser t the Dutch wbo wish to be Inde-p e n d e n t Bu t t b e s t r a n g e Boer race— which Is not exactly Dntch. but a mix-tu re of severa l races . Including a lmost a s s t rong an admix tu re of French Hu-guenot blood as t h e blood of Holland, and Including also a dash of German Engl ish and Scot t ish—always comes uppermost In tho a f fa i r s of t h e colon-ies.

At th i s day the "Af r ikande r s . " or Dutch-speak ing colonials, hoar sway by v i r tue of t h e i r major i ty in Capo Colony Itself. An Austr ian t raveler , Her r von Hubncr , te l l s why th i s Is so.

T h e Boers love South Africa, and have rib des i re to live anywhere else. They have t a k e n deep root in the soil. They h a v e completely adapted them-solvos to the c l ima te and condi t ions of life. They live to a great age. and g rea t famil ies of chi ldren a re born to them.

Herr von H u b n e r visited a family of French I luguonot orljHn, Hugo by name, which was In mourn ing for the head of the family . The family had mostly assembled on account of t h e old man ' s dea th , and there was a groat crowd.

" H o w m a n y descendants did Her r Hugo lenve?" the visitor asked.

"He had 292 in a l l . " was t b e answer , " b u t t he re a re only 211 living now."

"All chi ldren and grandchi ldren?" "And grea t -grandchi ldren and grea t -

g rea t -g randch i ld ren . " " H o w did he happen to die?" " T h a t is what no one can toll." they

answered, s h a k i n g thei r heads. " H e never had a sick day In his life, he nev-e r look to his bed. and ho seemed lo drop off all a t once. It Is a profound mys te ry . "

"But how old was he?" "Onlv 93." No such Engl i sh-speaking par t r i -

a rchs a s th i s a re found. T h e Engl ish abandon the coun t ry as soon as they can ; if they m u s t remain to complete the m a k i n g of a for tune, o r to earn a livelihood, they send thei r chi ldren " h o m e " to England to be educated .

T h e Boers of French . or igin a re proud of i t . and even call themse lves French somet imes , bu t they do n o t speak a word of the French language. They a re as completely ass imi la ted t o the Boer na t iona l i ty as any European e m i g r a n t in t b e second genera t ion In America Is to our .

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" T h e pla ines t of the large wad ing birds to be seen In many of ou r zoolog-ical g a r d e n s Is the a d j u t a n t , a na t ive of Ind ia and Afr ica . " r emarked a n a t -ura l i s t . " N a t u r e seems t o have de-signed h im in an exper imenta l mood, and . disgusted wi th her hand iwork , to have tu rned h im out unfinished. T h o young a d j u t a n t , with his bald bead and beak l ike a pickaxe, is repulsively ugly, and t h e melancholy gravi ty of his demeanor suggests t h a t he h a s seen himself mir rored in some st i l l pond, and tbe revelat ion is weighing upon b i s mind.

" A s be g rows older, however , and begins to t a k e a lively Interest In dead ra t s , the effect of the shock to his van-ity passes away . He becomes j a u n t y —nay. f r ivolous—and In sheer l ight-ness of hea r t a t t ends danc ing pa r t i e s on t h e mud slopes of h i s enclosure , whe re he d u c k s and bows a n d ' k icks and sc rapes with balf -dls tended wings, to t b e a d m i r a t i o n of bis f ea the red companions . All the c ranes and s t o r k s a re g rea t danceh t . and in t h e ea r ly pa i r ing season you may see real ly g racefu l te rp lschorean pe r fo rmances In t b e paddock of any zoo where they a r e on exhib i t ion . An elderly a d j u t a n t p rac t i s ing his s teps all by himself Is a spectacle tbe sympathe t ic observer can ha rd ly regard wi thou t mingled l augh te r and tears . He is so a w k w a r d , so ungain ly , ye t so cheerful ly ea rnes t abou t it, you a re sorry for t b e delud-ed bird , and ye t cannot r e f ra in f r o m hop ing t h a t t b e hear t of the hen ad -j u t a n t will be moved by t b e pa the t i c display of Inapt i tude ."

T h e m a n who t h i n k s t h e world owes him a living will be in a bad r o w of s t u m p s In col lect ing I t T h e worl tLow^s every m a n a l iv ing if h e

O H k I i i of the Wrchlinc Kinc,

According to legend Jup i t e r s en t to P r o m e t h e u s in honor of h is del iver-ance by Hercules a r ing in which was s e t a piece of the s tone to which P r o m e t h e u s had formerly, been bound in cha ins .

In N o r t h e r n mythology the r i n g symbolizes t b e bridge f r o m th is world to the next , or, according t o a n o t h e r idea, t h e ra inbow symbol of e te rn i ty . Hence It Is plain t h a t f rom most a n -c ient t imes t h e r ing was tbe symbol of r e m e m b r a n c e and e ternal recollect ion. Since t b e ear l ies t days of Chr i s t i an i ty t h e r ing has been a precious pledge of f a i th fu lness , the t a l i sman of two souls f o r m i n g a sacred life union.

T h e cus tom of wear ing the wedd ing r ing on t h e four th finger of t b e l e f t band goes back for i ts or ig in to t h e Egyp t i ans , f r o m whom the Greeks bo r -rowed tbe custom and handed i t on t o t h e Romans . T h e fou r th finger w a s dedicated to Apollo, t h e sun god. a n d gold was a n addi t ional symbol of t b e sun . Besides. It was believed t h a t Apollo's finger was connected by a ne rve direct ly with the hear t , and It was mos t appropr ia t e t h a t the algn of loving union should res t on th i s finger.

Ano the r theory Is tha t the r ing was t h e s ign of s lavery, and was, the re fore , worn on t b e left, t h e weaker, hand . In Ge rmany tbe engagement r ing o f t en serves for the wedding r ing also, be-ing worn on the r ight hand unt i l t be mar r iage , when It is t r ans fe r red to the lef t . In Spain tho engagement r ing Is most o r n a t e and Is invariably worn on the fou r th finger of the r ight hand .

Killnl With Whole skin.

Ton way have your lionet, broken, your hea r t smashed to a pulp and s t rong tendons torn, while t b e skin r e m a i n s qui te Ininjured. says Answers .

T h i s is done by large missiles. In tho days of the round cannon ball It was very common, and even now a large, smooth f r agmen t of shel l may knock a man over, break his leg and pass on wi thout leavlug the smal les t m a r k on the skin.

When a shell glides a long oyer the hear t . liver, s tomach o r any othCT in-te rna l o rgan it bruises and t ea r s it, causing ins t an t dea th , but the most powerfu l microscope would no t reveal a t r ace of damage to t h e akin .

SUCH IS SOUTH AFRICA

Vivid r ic lnro In Mhilntnre of tho Lower I 'arl of the Hark ronthieiit .

You land in South Afr ica a t tho foot of a m o u n t a i n 3.600 feet high. They call It Tab le Mountain, and the veil of mis t t ha t , excepting on very clear days, ove rhangs it. South Afr icans a r e pleased to t e rm the "Tablec lo th ." Pre-benrtng a f ron t of solid rock, 1,090 f c t in he igh t , perpendl ru la r a s a wall, and f o r half a mile on tr.p level, t h i s moun-t a i n of fe rs t h e best na tu ra l slgnboar.1 on ea r th . T ime and again have Bri t -i sh firms a t t empted with fabuloub sums t o secure it fo r adver t i s r lng pur .waej . but , a s yet. t he re has been no such de facement .

T a b l e Mounta in marks the t p end of the Dark Cotitinenl, Helow i t nes-t l es t h e city of Cape Town, a beam If ul bay s t r e t ch .ng out in the foreground. On t h e west the mounta in breaks off ab iup t l y . and Iho rai lroad sk l r t e abou t It to tho Inte i lor . On the ea s t it slopas off <nto a hilly picturesque formati< n k n o w n as the "Lion ' s Bj-ck." and then g r a d u a l l y r i ses into the Draken burg Mountains . T h i s is the only g r e a t moun ta in r a n g e s uth of the Zambesi , aiid by not ing its U cat ion one may un-de r s t and In a t r l re just what South Afr ica Is gergrapl i l olly. Blej-m n i a long t h e east c j a s . f rom Cape Colony nor thward , you have tho Drak^ns ' i i i rg in view near ly all the way to Belra, a d is tance of 2,00I) miles. In Ca.;^ C J I -ony and N a t a l the n i o n t a l n s in m a n y places dip the water 's c( 'g? and wltl: a field glass one may ses on t h e i r c r ags and peaks smoke cur l ing up f rom the n a t i v e vi l lagrs . In Por tuguese t e r r i -to ry the moun ta ins recede s l ight ly f rom tbe c r a s t , and at Delagoa Bay t h e r e is an in tervening s t re lch of low-land twenty miles wide. At Bei a t h i s h a s Increaeed to sixty miles. At the Zamte .d the Dral.ensbu: ,» ends.

T o get l c ; o the Inie lor of South Afr ica f rom m y of the five east coas t l and ing places—Port E l izabe th . E a s t London. Durban . Delagoa B ty a n d Beira—o»i« w p t l cross a s h o r : extern of low la' id nnd t hen a c e i d ( t e^p moun ta ins . Having arr ived there, t be t r ave le r is conscious of l i t t le or n o descent, five s ix ths of the waole Inter lor being a vas t p la 'enu t h j t ex tends to the Zambesi on ti e nor ih , the At-l an t i c Ocean on the west , and var es in a l t i t i d e f rom 3,000 t o 6 ,00 ) f ee t above the eea .

A f r inge of t rop ' r a l count y, w e re bloom the magnolia and the ioso where fiLurish the orange, p lneap; le lemon, guavo, grape, b a n a n a , tl e cot-ton and ihe tea p lan t ; a U.ng s l re toh of m o m i a l s running paral lel wi th the Indian Ocean, the i r g iest p ; a k » o : which a i e capped with snow, and In whose val leys wave t r acks of wheat, and corn. A vast prair ie , dot ted h e ; e and the re with patches of sc rub wood lan I. m e , I n s b t l ns. and Imm n - e f a r m s with mill ons of s h e a ) and ca t t ie grazing thereon; a few thousand hamle t s ccaHered l ike oases o-.er a great land-cape, made black by the na t ive A f r cans who live In t ha t c l ed buts , and wear l u t a breech c lout ; a do^en la rge towns where id heard the clang of the American t rol ley ca r and t h e c la t te r of the police patrol , and about which men d u s t e r e s flies gatl e r to a j a r of sweets; the r e m n a n t s of a once mighty zookg cal g r ' e n . Includ-ing m a n y le ipards . beau t i fu l and lUhe, baboons, antelope, j a c k a l s and c-nco-diles. a less number of h ippopo tami end a few herds of buffa lo . elephan>ta and g i r a f f e s ; some Iron ore , some ccal , some copper, and a l i t t le s i lver ; f o t t y mi l e s of gold and 100 acres of d ia -monds. That is South Afr ica .—Ain?-lee 's Magazine.

RnMlknw Testing Antidote tor Hnncer.

About t h e beginning of th i s cen-t u r y a dlatlngu shed French ph l lan-tihroplst, A. Joux. advised poor people to sleep as much as possible dur ing t h e win te r months , a s only thus would they be ab le to live with any degree of comfor t . This s t r ange theory is now being tes ted by m a n y peieons in Rus -sia , and, according to a repor t which h a s been Issued, tbe' .r a lmos t com-plete abs t inence f o m f o o l has p r d ' :c ed no h a r m f u l reeult , and h a s even f r o m t h e i r s t andpoin t provsil highly beneficial. There people live a t TVkow, oi d is t r ic t south of St. Pe te rsburg , ami t h e reason why they h a v e adopted t h e pract ice of sleeping t 'urlng tho wla e r is because for the l a s t few years t h e i r crops h a v e been Insufficient lo p r . v de them wi th tbe necessary means of sus-tenance .

W h e n the elders of the dl tricL t a w t h a t s t a rva t ion s t a red the people u the face, t h e y advised them to m a k e t h e i r r e m a i n i n g stock of food las t a s long a s possible and to go to sleep durlnt , t he winter . This suggestion was a.iopted. T h e members of each fami ly s t r e t ch themse lves on cots a round Mr.- l a ' g e s tove a n d slumber day and n ight . Once in the twen ty - four hours th*y get up and re f resh themselves w i th a m o r a l of h a r d bread baked las t a u t u m n and a d r ink of water , a f t e r which t hey He down aga in and snore calmly.

Apparent ly some of t h e poorest In -h a b i t a n t s of Pskow h a v e been in t h e hab i t of b ibe rna t iog for some years, but the pract ice did not become gener-al un t i l recently, and k h a s only now a t t r a c t e d the a t t en t ion of p h i l a n t h r o -p i s t s and of physicians . Medical men in St. Pe tersburg have decided t o i n -ves t iga te the m a t t e r closely, a s they a r c especially anx ious to ob ta in ans -wers t o two questlcnr?:—first, does the t e m p e r a t u r e of per t o n s who r e m a i n torpid and who aleep f o r whole m o n t u s i n t h i s fashion undergo any change ; and second. In wha t o the r manne r , if any . does this mode of l iving affect pe r sons physically and menta l ly?

Oeeae I.ove • Joke.

N o one th inks of a goose ae a c .ea-t u r e capable of enjoying a joke. In faot. when a boy Is cal led—good-na-turedly , of n u r s e — a l i t t le goose It is in tended to hint t h a t he Is a o m ' t h i i g of a s t - p i d . But It Is said by M h e F r j -n : -ce Power Cobbe thart, s av ing Its a rch-enemy. tbe fox. no an ima l has a k-.en-e r sense of humor t h a n the goose. Of t h i s she gives an ins tance in the pra.%

•tical Joke ployel by a flock of geese ' ip . on a number of pigs. Haviug fo rmed themselves into a l ine, they forced the p igs to run the gaun t l e t , b i t ing a t t h e m with their bills the while in or-der t h a t they migh t enjoy the t i r r o r and tho squeals of t h e pe ip laxeJ poik-o u r en -

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concluded to make a visit of one day in each month and give the sick and afflicted or those who are suflerlng wilb Chronic Diseases a chance to consult with them. These Doctors ere widely ana roost favorably known specialists in the United States. Their log experience and remarkable shlll and the universal success they have had In the largest hospitals in the world, enables them to treot ell C h r o a l C ! N e r v o u s , S k l a a n d B l o o d D i s e a s e s on the latest scientific principles and entitles thero to the full confidence of the afflicted everywhere. Conje and see us and be your own Judge. Do not let people cry quack or humbug lo you. You are the sufferer and theone tha t is most interested in getlinw well. Our aim is to give you honest and thorough word, give good wholesome advice and make our charges reasonable. T h e D o c t r s have no equal in treating Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat and Lungs. Dyspepcia, Bright's Disease, Kidney. Liver, Bladder, Chronic Female and Hexual Diseases, Epileptic or Falling Fits, Certain and positive cure for the awful effects of Early Vice and the awful effects tha t follow in 4ts trial. Pr iva te dlseses of all nature. Catarrh, Skin Diseases, Sore, Pimnl"®. Scrofula, Blood Taints, Eczema Csn-eers snd Piles and the best treatment on eartn fot Women's Diseases, Nervous Debility, Consumption, Varicode, Paralysis. Rheumatism, Nenralgia and in fact all a,Chronic DiNeusas speedily, completely and derroanently cured if taken in t ime. A friendly call may save yov future suffering and add golden years to your life.

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Lea?e Lowell 4:03 p. in, Monday, Wednesday and Friday v i a D. Q. N . fc M . R 'y , t a k e t h e b o a t a t 8 R A N D H A V E N 9 p . m . a n d a r r i v e a t C H I O A Q O 6 : 0 0 a . m . f o l l o w i n g m o r n i n g .

ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE.

IN T H E MATTER OF T H E ESTATE of MIOHAEL CAREY, of tbe township

of Vergennes, Kent County, Michigan, deceased.

Notice is hereby given that I Hhall sell a t PUBLIC AUCTION, to tbe highest bidder on Friday the 4th day of May, A. D. 1900 at 2 o'clock, in the afternoon, at the premises of the said Michael Carey, de-ceased, in the County of K e n t in the State of Michigan, pnrauant to license and au -thority granted to me on the 19th day of March A. D. 1900 by the Probate Court of Kent County, Michigan, all of the estate, r ight, title and interest of the said de-ceased of in and to tbe real estate situated and being in the County of Kent , town-ship of Vergennes, in the State of Mich-igan, known and described as follows, t -wit: Section 5, Farm 7, North range 9 West NWig in township of Vergen-nes, Kent County, Michigan, subject to mortgage.

Dated, 23d of March A. D., 1900. James J . Bvbne,

apr25 Administrator.

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fully guaranteed, up-to-date, easy run-ning, double tube tired bicycle or 25 per cent lees than the small dealers can sell j ou . 1000 now in stock to select f rom.

Bicycle frames enameled, $1.50, half price. All other difilonlt repair work done iu proportion. Work warranted.

G. B. METZGER, 2 West Bridge 8 t Grand Kapids. 6 7

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Bring In your family receipts. 100 2 grain Quinine Pill 25 cents.

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I L T O R T G A G E S A L E . i-'-i. Default has been made in the con-ditions of a certain mortgage, executed by Eunice Williams of Fruitport , Ottawa County, Michigan, of the flrst pa r t and An-na L. Winegar of Clyde, Wayne County, State of New York of the second pa r t . Said mortgage bears date April 1st, A. D. 1893, was recorded April 18th A. D. 1893 at 2, jjda o'clock p. m. at the oflice of the Register of Deeds, Ken t county, Michigan, in Lilwr 205 of mortgagee on pages 188 and 139.

There is claimed to be due on this mortgage at date hereof tbe snm of Five Hundred and fifty-nine dollars and fily-flve cents ($559.55) as principal and inter-est. There is also an attorney fee of fif-teen dollars stipulated for in said mort-gage should any proceedings be taken in law o r equity lo foreclose the same. N o suit in law or equity has been instituted heretofore to recover said snm of money Now, therefore by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in snch case made and provided, no tice is hereby given that on Friday the fourth (4) day of May, A. D. 1900, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of said mortgaged premises to , satisfy the amount due on said mortgage and the costs of foreclosure including the attorney fee herein provided lor and accrued in-terest a t public auction to the hie best bid-der a t ten o'clock in the forenoon at the north front door of the court house in t h e city of Grand Rapids, that being tbe place of holding the circuit court for the County of Kent. Said mortgaged premises are de-scribed in said mortgage aa follows: All those certain pieces or parcels of land sit-uate and being in the township of Vergen-nes in the Connty of Kent and State of Michigan and described as follows, towit:

East half (}) of south east qnarter ( i ) of section twenty-two (22). Dated, Lowell Mi. higau, Peb. 8th, 1900. „ ^ , Signed, A a h a L . W n o o u u 8. P . Hicks, her attorney. Smy

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Over-Work Weakens Your Kidneys.

Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.

All the blood in your body passes through your kidneys once every three minutes.

The kidneys are your blood purifiers, they fil-ter out the waste or impurities In the blood.

K they are sick or out of order, they fail to do their work.

Pains, aches and rheu-matism come from ex-cess of uric acid in the blood, due to neglected

kidney trouble. Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady

heart beats, and makes one feel as though they had heart trouble, because the heart is over-working tn pumping thick, kidney-poisoned blood through veins and arteries.

It used to be considered that only urinary troubles were to be traced to the kidneys, but now modern science proves that nearly all constitutional diseases have their begin-ning In kidney trouble. •

If you are sick you can make no mistake by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer's S w a m p - R o o t , the great kidney remedy is soon realised. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases and Is sold on its merits - f v W by all druggists in fifty-cent and one-dollar siz-es. You may have a sample bottle by mail nomfl of s^mp-R..., free, also pamphlet telling you bow to find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. Mention this paper when writing Dr. Kilmer & Co.. Binghamton. N. Y.

A cer ta in gent leman in a neigh-bor ing town was good e n o u g h to go lo mee t ing b u t could not r e t y e m b e r t b e t ex t and bis w i fe would m a k e tun •if bi in. So one S u n d a y t b e t e x t WHS: " A n angel c a m e down Iruni b e a v e n , took a live d ia l and placed it on tbe a l t a r . " He k e p t this in bin mind a n d wen t home. His wife sa id , " W e l l , for-go t ieu tbe t e x t , I r e c k o n ? " He s i i d .

" O h , uo. I ' m too fast lor y o u ibis l ime . " S b e asked b im to repea t it . H e sa id : " A n Ind ian came down f r o m G r i n d H a v e n , look a live cull by the tail and

j e r k e d him ou t of b i s h a l t e r . " — [Coopervi l le Observer .

T h e e n t e r t a i n m e n t g iven l as t e v e n -ing at the C i ty Opera H o u s e by t h e Ellison E n t e r t a i m u e u t Co. , was t h e l inest of its k ind ever seen in this city. T h e p r o g r a m consisted of m o v i n g p ic tures , se lect ions by t h e E d i s o n G r a n d Concer t P o l y p b o n e u u d i l lus t ra ted songs of h igh order of mer i t . T h e audience was at lirst in d o u b t as to wha t lo e x p e c t , b u t as soon as tbe first n u m b e r waa given they became e n t h u -siastic and remained so lo tbe close. T h e inst r u m e n Is used a r e ve ry line and the e n t e r l a i n m e u t fu rn i shed is nioel exce l len t .

A n o t h e r e n U r l a i n m e n l will be givau by the s a m e company ib i s e v e n i n g . School ch i ld ren will be g iven t icke ts which w i th five cents will en t e r lo admis s ion .—[Trave r se C i t y M o i u i n g Record A p r i l 10.

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x „ Do you Enjoy Fishing?

Seems almost like a joke to ask, does it not.'' Relaxation from the cares of life comes easy to a man at the big* end of a fishing-rod. Little does he care for the worries that perplexed him a couple of hours previous. Of course a flfood tackle is necessary to gfet Isaac Walton satisfaction out of the sport. We carry an unusually large stock of Lines, Poles, Keels, Bait -jPails, Baskets and all the bijr and little paraphernalia that go to make fishermen happy.

Reels from 15c up. as much as $2.85; Poles 10c to $5.50.

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A n t o n K a l l i n g e r a n d w i f e t o o k t h e e x e n r s i o n t r a i n l o S a g i n a w S u n -

d a y .

M r s . M . .1. K o p f a m l g r a n d d a u g b -

t e r M a r y H a n g s a r e v i s i t i n g r e l a t i v e s

in ( i r a n d R a p i d s .

Ge t y o u r old wheel l ined u p r e a d y

for luiBiness. S l o c k i n g will d o it c h e a p und to y o u r sa l i s lac t ion .

M r . a n d Mrs . F . W . H i n e o f G r a n d K a p i d s s p e n t l a s t F r i d a y and S a t u r -

d a y w i l b f a t h e r a n d u i o l b e r l l i n e in

L o w e l l .

F . W . | ) a \ e y w e n t t o K a l m a / . o o

to vis i t b i s f a m i l y S a t u r d a y . H e

wi l l m o v e b a c k l o L o w e l l a s s o o n

a s b e g e t s a h o u s e .

L y m a n I ' i c i v e h a s t a k e n a pos i t ion

in a h a r d w a r e s t o r e at L o w e l l a n d h a s r e m o v e d w i t h h i s f a m i l y t o t h a t

p l a c e . — [ B e l d i n g B a n n e r .

W . S , H a i u m o n t r e e , of K e e n e

t o w n s h i p , h a s r e c e n t l y p u r c h a s e d

p r o p e r l y on B r o a s s t r e e t , a n d is now c e t t l e d a s a r e s i d e n t of B e l d -

i n g . — [ B e l d i n g B a n n e r .

Q u o V a d i s a l t h e A r m o r y O p e r a H o u s e l a s t n i y h t w a s t b e g r a n d e s t

s p e c t a c l e e v e r s e e n in M a a s i l l o n . — | M a s s i l l o n ( O . ) N e w s . T r a i n ' s

o p e r a b o u s e , J u n e 14.

M r s . AV h e e l e r H u l l was c a l l e d l o

G r a n d R a p i d s l a s t T h u r s d a y b y t b e

i l l ne s s of be r m o t h e r , M r s B u c h a n a n , f o r w h o s e r e c o v e r y n o h o p e s a r c en -

. • a w i i ura ' t 'a were IUUUU u n t e u imu tuc tei t a i n e u . m h e e l e r Bpent o i i n lay t r u n k s of the trees, and corn w a s fcund

I R E L A N D ' S B I G W I N D .

l l l o w l l i f I 'wlnl o i r ItnllillMRK n m l D r o v e MrnuH I I i i - o i i r I i OhI< I ' l a i i k R .

• J an . ti. was the s lx ty-f l rs t ann ive r -sary of t h e "hig wind in I r e l and . " T h e r e h a v e been o ther big winds, bu t there never was one t h a t equal led t h e first one. Bir ths. marrinRes and d o a t j s a re fixed nefore and nft< r t h h big wind, and the re never was a t rne -born l i l s h rnan Aim has not heard of the "nlghtl of the big wind."

Many tales have been told about t h i s hur r icane . According to the r e l a to r s it c a m e up about 'J o 'clock at n i g h t H came like a summer breeze, but In a very sho r t l ime It became ftirioiiH. Some of Hie n m p l e peopl« of I r e l and said It was the work of the fa i r ies , who had become displeased at the people So they < rawled tinder the bod and low-<led t i un i - e lv r s in wells to e sc ipe the fury of the e l rments . T h e next morn-ing they came out to n r * what the " l a l r i e s " had done. They said they lotind tha i every haycock in I re land had blown down. They found t h a t •traw had been dr iv-n th rough oak

noards as d e a n as a c a rpen t e r would drive a nail, and there a re so.ne who db r l a r e tha t a sAone as big a s a frt'ighl car had IK en blown seven miles f rom Us resting place. T h r y found t h a t the waters had been lashed .nto juch terr ible s ta le tha t huge whaler were lying upon the sho res of the lakes, and that s h a r k s and smal l | Qfih were found in the forest-i miles Horn theiT home In tho ocean. Th» t a l e is told of the sa i lors who became i .hipwrecke I. and landed on t'he back of a wha le supposed to be an island, and the wind carr ied wha le and sa 1-ois to a placo of safe ty . Eve ry clock on the public s t teples was slopped, and the wind blew t h e whis t les on the boats a n . n o i e d at the wharves wl lh . ut an ounce of s leam s-howing on the gauge. The people who remerilber this te r r .b le wind tell how It carr ied t h e ' w o i d i of the Knights and Lords f rom •he seaboards and left the powdered ha i r of the Queen as n a t u r a l a s the day she was Itorn, an i they say t h a t the paint was removed f i o m the biirna. l eav ing il.e boards as I are as the day •hey came from the forest , and reeks, were carr ted f rom Mount Cheval ier to the town, seven ml es away. Others say the bells in the churches and ».fhooihou ces clat tered a s they never c la t tered before, and ch ickens were •cund Ihe next morn ing wl thcu t a f e a t h e r in the'.r t i l l ? .

Lea 'O i were found dr iven Into t h e

w i t h t h e m .

W i l l i a m S k e l l e n g e r , a g e d 91 y e a r s

t h o o ldes t m a n i n I o n i a c o u n t y , w a s

w a s b u r i e d at S m y r n a M o n d a y . H e w a s b o r n in T o m p k i n s c o u n t y , N e w

Y o r k , on t h e s a m e d a t e as A b r a h a m

L i n c o l n F e b . 12, 1 8 0 9 ; a n d , s i n g u l a r

to r e l a t e , d i e d ou t h a t s a m e d a t e ,

A p r i l 14.

A t r a m p s t o l e a p a i r of p a n t s a n d

a b a s k e t c o n t a i n i n g n i n e d o z e n s of

e g g s o u t of H o t e l B r a c e k i t c h e n l as t

S a t u r d a y . T b e b a s k e t c o n t a i n i n g f o u r d o z e n s of t b e e g g s was a f t e r -

w a r d f o u n d a t W . B . K i c k e r t s ' w b o

h a d p u r c h a s e d t h a t m a n y of t h e e g g s ;

b u t t h e o t h e r l ive d o z e n s , t h e p a n t s a u d t b e t r a m p a r e a m o n g t b e m i s s i n g .

T b e L o w e l l W . C . T . U . h e l d i t s

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

A p r i l 'Jo a t 2 :30 . M e e t i n g was c a l l e d Iu o r d e r b y t h e p r e s i d e n t a n d

a f t e r t h e r e g u l a r o r d e r of b u s i n e s s ,

M a r y L . L a t h r o p ' s b i r t h d a y w a s o b -

s e r v e d , P a p e r r e a d b y M r s . S .

P a r k e r w a s f o l l o w e d b y d i s c u s s i o n .

T h e L o w e l l d u p l i c a t e s s e v e n d e p a r t -m e n t s t h i s y e a r a n d t h e n e w y e a r

o p e n s u p w i t h b r i g h t e r p r o s p e c t s

f o r g o o d r e s u l t s . T h e n e x t m e e t i n g

w i l l be h e l d M a y 4 l b . S u p t . of F l o w e r m i s s i o n wi l l t a k e c h a r g e .

A g e n e r a l i n v i t a t i o n is e x t e n d e d .

T h e L a b a d i e F a u s t c o m p a n y e n t e r -

t a i n m e n t a l a r g e a u d i e n c e a t t b e

G r a n d l as t n i g h t a n d d e l i g h t e d t h e m

w i t h a s t r o n g p r e s e n t a t i o n of t b e

c e l e b r a t e d p l a y . ' M r . L a b a d i e ' s c o n -c e p t i o n o f t b e p a r t of M e p b i s t o w a s

an i n t e r e s t i n g i n o v a t i o n o n t b e u s u a l

i n t e r p r e t a t i o n of t h e p a r t . M u c h

of t b e m o n o t o n y of t b e s c e n e was

r e l i e v e d b y t h e i n t r o d u c t i o n of s o m e

c l e v e r c o m e d y w o r k w i t h D a m e

M a r t h a . A b l e s u p p o r t w a s g i v e n

M r . L a b a d i e by M a r y V o n T r o m p L a b a d i e as M a r g u e r i t e . H e r vo ice

is v e r y g o o d a n d h e r m a n n e r a r t i s t i c .

T h e s c e n e r y w a s e x c e e d i n g l y l ine.

— [ T b e P e o r i a ( I I I . ) H e r a l d M o n d a y ,

A p r i l 24, 1900. T h i s c o m p a n y is

b o o k e d f o r T r a i n ' s op ' r a b o u s e .

M a y 21 s t .

P a r t i e s wish ing lo en te r tbe p r i n t -ing ollice a t this season should be gove rned by t b e f o l b w i n g ru les : Ad-vance to the i n n e r door a n d g i v e ' l h r e e d i s t i nc t r aps or kick the door down. T h e " d e v i l " will a t t end t b e a l a r m . Y o u g ive h im vour n a m e , pDstoftice address and the n u m b e r of y e a r s you a r e o w i n g f ' / r t he p a p e r . H e will ad-vance to the cen te r of the room and a d d r t b s the ed i t o r with the fol lowing c o u n t e r s i g n : E x t e n d the r ight baud a b o u t two fee t f rom tho body , w i th the t h u m b and index f inger e x t e n d e d , tho t h u m b and index l i nge r c lasping a 810 bill which d r o p s in lo the ex -tended h a n d of the e d i t o r , a t the s ame t i m e s a y i n g : " W e r e you looking for meV"- T h e ed i to r will g r a s p y o u r b a n d und the bill and press ing il will s a y : " Y o u be t . " A f t e r g i v i n g him the news conce rn ing y o u r local i ty s o u will be pe rmi t t ed to re t i r e with a re* ce ip l f o r an obl iga t ion p rope r ly d i s -c h a r g e d . — [ E x .

cleaned f r c m the c . b on the s ta lk . O the r ter r ib le t h ings happened slxty-one years ago on the " n ' g h t of t h e big wind."—Cincinnat i Enqu i r e r .

D e t r o i t S u n d a y E x c u r s i o n .

P o r e M a r q i i e l l e t r a m will leave L o w e l l a t 7 :15 a . n r . a r r i v e De t ro i t I l - 5( ) a . m. L e a v e 7 : 0 0 p. m . R o u n d t r i p r a l e lo De t ro i t 8 1 . 7 0 , I s l and

L a k e 81.00, L a n s i n g . 7 0 . free.

M n c l r i H t u ( i p n r r n l l y P o o r I ' o k e r I ' I b v i t * .

A group of old- t ime spor t s were tell-ing poker stories a few n igh ts ago and somebody remarked t h a t the elder Her-r m a n n , the magic ian , migh t easi ly have 'made a fo r tune had he turned b i s a t t en t ion lo gambl ng.

" I 'vo heard t l ' a l before ." said one of the par ly , chuckl ing, " a n d It a l w a y s a m u s e s me. W h y . my dea r sir . Alex-a n d e r H e r r m a n n w a s one of the poor-est poker p layers that ever d rew to a nobtail . He liked a social g a m e a n d piugged away at it all h ;6 life, but h e w a s never any th ing but a r aw a m -a teur . Good poker players a re born , and it simply wasn ' t in him. As far ai> bt ' lng able to man ipu la t e t h e ca rds w a s concerned, he c u ldn ' t do it. even had ho been so d isposed , which of course iie w a s n ' t H P could pe r fo rm wonder-lul t i i i k^ . but that c ' a s s of work Is . -ometaing entirely different f rom w h a t is called advan tage playing. 1 h a v e k n o w n four or five fine sieight-of-<hand per formers , and not one of them could do a Uhing wi th t i e d t e k in an o rd in-al y game. T o do successful crooked work 'n short cards requires no t on ly g rea t dexter i ty cf a kind entirely dis-t i n c t f rom s tage t r icks , but a l so a pe-cul iar t emperament . All the men w h o become famous for t h a t sor t of th ing in the old days were of the s ame gen-e ra l type, and when 1 come t o t h ink about it. tho-e 1 knew looked more or less alike. They could per form ex-t r ao rd ina ry feats, but it leqitired y e i r s of pract ice and r e ' t i n g every th ing else as ide: no profess ional juggler coUTQ spa re the t ime to learn.

"Tho best proof t h a t H e r r m a n n w a i nnfnmi l i a r with the t r icks of the card t ab l e Is tha t he was cont inual ly being made tho vict im. He made no secret of the f ac t t h a t he had been fleece.! l ime rnd again, and I happen lo know I ersonally tha t he was once swindled i-ut of a considerable a m o u n t by one of th? oldest and s ta leel devices k n o w n to the f ra te rn i ty . When the t h i r g w a s explained to him . - f ie rward he w a s deeply disgusted, but he had never BUS. nccte'l it a t the t ime."—New Orleans Time-?-Democrat.

A V M r m c o i n . '

l i h not genera l ly known t h a t the 3 cent nickel c in of the United S t a t e s currency was designed with sp to la l tefe ence to 11= use as a un t of weight or measurement by the decimal sys tem, but it is t rue.

F r c m some io sen the metr ic eystem though its use h a s been legal 'zed In this ccunt ry . is no ' p pu l a r with the Americans, and it h is not come in to general use and pe rhaps never will. If II does, f h e u -e fu ln^ss of t h i s coin will at onto b e o m e a] pa r en t . It is exact ly five g r a m m e s in weight and two cent l-met e in diam t- r.

Th i s Is, of course, not nn accident , and if there sh ill bo any change in ou r system of coinage, o ther conven ien t ineapuieu en t s and weights m a y be adopt rd , ace rding to th - s ame sy t«-ra

T l i r S h o r t I IO- " f h l l l e f i t i u .

T.:e b nge r the gun tho s-hoiter i ts life, Thos? monsters , the 110-ton guns , (aiindi i e -eckoned upon to fire more 'htin Si iiill e ' l a r g ' rounds wi thout be-coaiing quite useless. The ii7-ion gun .'an Are 1'.r> rounds , while the 6-lnch breech loader is good for 40 or 450 fu l l -charge r o u n d s

The re:i on of this is that the terrif ic heal and corroding effect of the powd-er wear a w a y tli^ bore a t the chamber end. and then ti.'i shell does no t ca tch tne r ll;i g.

Thero is no th ing for it then but to jend the gun to the fac tory and have

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R e a d "Coin on Money , T r u s l s and I m p e r i a l i s m , " for sale a t THE LEDGER

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N e w s u b s c r i b e r s to T H E LOWELL LEDODK who will pay a yea r in ad -vance. will be given as a p r e m i u m T h e P i l g r i m , oue of the best d o l l a r home magaz ines f r ee for a year .

F a r m J o u r n a l f ree 5 yea i s with one y e a r s subsc i ip l ion to THE LEDGEB. T h i s is the biggest va lue iu r e a d i n g m a t t e r eve r ottered a n y w h e r e aud is " e x c l u s i v e . " Look where you will, you c a n n c t bea t ibis otter. N e w s u b -scr ibers who pay 81 .00 for THE LED-GER one y e a r get t h e F a r m J o u r n a l 5 yea r s Iree and old subscr ibers who pay a r r e a r s a n d one y e a r in a d v a n c e a r e t r e a t e d t h e s a m e w a y . N o f a v -ori t ism a b o u t this . G r e e n wood ac-cep ted a t $1 .00 for so f t , $1 .25 f o r oak a n d $1 .50 f o r beech a n d maple . D r a w

it n o w b e f o r e t b e roads b reak u p . i f

T h e Mich igan F a r m e r a n d th i s p a -per unt i l J a n . 1, 1901, on ly ^1 .00 , cash. If you a r e no t t a k i n g th i s p a -pe r , subsc r ibe f o r th i s c o m b i n a t i o n . If you a re l a k i u g it a u d a r e in a r r e a r s pay u p a n d t a k e a d v a n t a g e of th i s gene rous o t te r . tf

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Overworked Nerves and was t i ng v i t a l i t y m a k e t h e i r preg< cnce k n o w n t h r o u f h headaches , dizziness, i n a b i l i t y t o oleei), l ess of a p p e t i t e a n d a g e n e r a l r u n - d o w n con-d i t i o n of t h e s y s t e m . T h e s e s igns a r e s o m e t i m e s a c c o m p a n i t d by neu-ra lg ia , hys t e r i a , r h e u m a t i s m o r o e r r -o u s p r o s t r a t i o n i n some o t h e r f o r m . T o r e m o v e t h e s e t roub le s , c u r e t h e ne rves . T h e y need feed ing , s t r e n g t h -e n i n g a n d b u i l d i n g up, a!:d n o t h i n g will d o t h i s so o u i c k l y a n d s o s u r e l y as D r . Miles ' N e r v i n e . T h i s t r u l y r e m a r k a b l e med ic ine Is g a i n i n g h u n -d r e d s of n e w f r i e n d s e v e r y d a y . H e r e i s a s u r v e y o r f r o m D e c a t u r , I n d . , Mr. G . E . M c K e a n , w h o w r i t e s :

" A c h r o n i c s t o m a c h t r o u b l e , w h i c h m y p h y s i c i a n waa u n a b l e t o ove r -come , so wore o n m y n e r v o u s s y s t e m l h a t I b r o k e d o w n w i t h n e r v o u s proe-t r a t i o n . 1 cou ld n o t a leep d a y o r n i g h t e x c e p t i n tttful n a p s ; could , s ca rce ly e a t a n y k i n d of food a n S w a s t e d a w a y t o a m e r e s h a d o w . A f t e r s p e e d i n g o v e r $500.00 i n a v a i n • e a r c h f o r re l ie f . I waa p r e v a i l e d u p o n t o t r y Dr . Mi le s ' N e r v i n e . R e -lief c a m e i m m e d i a t e l y . I t o o k s i x b o t t l e s a n d t o d a y a m a wel l m a a . "

Dr . Miles ' N e r v i n e is sold a t a l l d r u g g i s t s on a poe i t ive g u a r a n t e e . Jfriit f o r f r e e a d v i c e a n d b o o k l e t t o D r . Mi les Med ica l Co., E l k h a r t , I n d .

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f a v o r i t e c o n u n d r u m Jus t n o w ucroas t h e w a t e r , b u t w e h a v e seen on ly ono m t t e m p t t o s o l v e i t in p r i n t . I t is by a Dub l in , I r e l a n d , odl tor , nnd n a m e s L i n c o l n , s t a t e s m a n ; Napo leon , sol-

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a n d se rv ice of t h e L o r d . " T h e r e Is a deep a n d v i ta l t r u t h of p rac t i ca l l iv-i n g sugges t ed by t h i s f r a g m e n t of a s e n t e n c e — a t r u t h wh ich , rece ived a n d ac ted upon , goes f a r to m a k e t be m i n d ca lm, t h e h e a r t peacefu l , a n d the h a n d s effect ive . T h e r e a r e a g r e a t

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ou t . T h e m a n o r w o m a n w h o w a n t s to s e t t l e t h e m in a d v a n c e wil l f a i l a l i k e of t he s e t t l e m e n t of t h e ques t ion a n d t h e d o i n g of t b e t a s k . I t is t h r o u g h t h e a c t i v e p u t t i n g f o r t h of o n e ' s p o w e r t h a t l igh t c o n t i n u a l l y s t r e a m s In on t h e q u e s t i o n s wh ich conce rn w h a t o n e o u g h t lo do. In a n y e d u c a t i o n tho u n d e r s t a n d i n g of t h e u l t i m a t e u s e s of t h i n g s m u s t be p o s t p o n e d ; t hose u s e s a r e revealed o n l y when t h e e d u c a t i o n a l p rocess n c a r s i t s close. T h i s is p r e - e m i n e n t l y so of t he s u p r e m e e d u c a t i o n a l p rocess w h i c h we cal l l i fe . T h e r e a r e t h o u -s a n d s of q u e s t i o n s w e i g h i n g upon every s ince re a n d c o n s c i e n t i o u s m i n d wh ich c a n n o t be se t t l ed by a n y a m o u n t of t h i n k i n g , b u t wh ich , in a way , se t -t le t h e m s e l v e s a s one s lowly b u t f a i t h -f u l l y does t h e d u t y wh ich l ies nexL T h i s c o m e s v e r y n e a r be ing t h e w h o l e p h i l o s o p h y of l i fe, which i s in n o sensa a s e t t l e m e n t of u l t i m a t e ques t ions , bu t w h i c h is a l w a y s p r i m a r i l y t he do ing of t h e t h i n g t h a t p resses lo be done. H e w b o is a b l e to do f a i t h f u l l y a n d h e a r t i l y l h a t wh ich lies i n h is h a n d is on t h e road lo t he s e t t l e m e n t of ail t h e final q u e s t i o n s . H e is w o r k i n g h i s w a y t h r o u g h t h e expe r i ence which Is to be, f r o m t b e s p i r i t u a l s ide, one cf t he g r e a t s o u r c e s of p e r s o n a l i l l umina -t ion. To l e a r n t o leave t h i n g s w i t h God, a n d t o d o o n e ' s w o r k a s if God could be t r u s t e d , is to g a i n t he repose a n d f u l l - h e a r t e d n e s s which p e r m i t one to p o u r o u t h i s w h o l e s t r e n g t h w i th -out a n x i e t y , w o r r y o r d i s t r ac t ion .— Out look .

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s h i n e s so f a r i n a d v a n c e of t h e person t h a t it d o e s n o t bene f i t h i m . Our Lord said to h i s a p o s t l e s , " I h a v e m a n y t h i n g s t o s a y u n t o you . b u t you can-n o t b e a r t h e m n o w , " — M a d a m e Guyon.

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b e a r i n g a l a r g e k n i f e in i t s h a n u s

s p r a n g o u t of t he d a r k n e s s a n d came

toward the c rowd. T h e m a s k e d mem-

bers of t h e b a n d , at s i g h t of t h e ghas t -

ly spec te r , b r o k e a n d r a n , and the

y o u n g m a n became so f r i g h t e n e d tha t

he swooned a n d fell to t h e ground

T h e ghos t , w h o was one of t h e whi te -

caps, d i s robed , a n d c a l l i n g to the

crowd, to ld t h e m the y o u n g m a n had

fa in ted , i h e l imp f o r m of t he boy

w a s ca r r i ed back to t he c i t y and laid

ou t upon t h e s idewa lk , w h e r e he re-

m a i n e d u n t i l passe r s -by chanced to

lind h im, st i l l In an u n c o n s c i o u s con-

u u i o n , s o m e hour s a f t e r w a r d . So far

t he i d e n t i t y of t he m e m b e r s has been

kep t a sec re t , and , t h o u g h an e f fo r t has

been p u t f o r t h to loca te t h e leaders ,

it h a s j e e n to no ava i l . T h o las t oc-

c u r r e n c e h a s c rea ted cons ide rab l e ex-

c i t emen t .—Areo l a (111.) Cor respond

ence C h i c a g o Record .

j

A V I S I B L E T Y P E W R I T E R . . , F O R $ 2 5 . 0 0 .

Pholcg tapbed f rom ih s machine .

WRITING

VISIBLE.

Fxactly as represented in oat

AUTOMATIC 0NVENIENCES

TOUCH

ELASTIC-

STRENGTH

MAINTAINED

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KEY BOARD •UNIVERSAL

ALIGNMENT

PERMANENT

It has all the modern inp roTemen t s an'l is BOM nt the r ight price. ThU machine is bui l t for the millions of practici l people w h j want a really good

machine for homo or bimiaejs and milil a t a LO >V I ' i l lCE . Agents wanted in unoocopied terr i tory.

H A W L E Y M A N U F A C T U R I N (1 C O . ,

1 3 9 E L M S T R E E T , N S W Y O R K

O f a l l k i n d s e x e c u t e d

n e a t l y , a n J p r o m p t l y ru

u p - t o - d a t e s t y l e s . O u r

e q u i p m e n t f o r first-olass

w o r k ia c o m p l e t e , i n c l u d i n g n e w m a c h i n e r y , e l e c t r i c p o w e r , n e w

l o b P r i i i i l n g . . .

E i s e r f o r Uo ld .

N i c a r a g u a boas t s a v o l c a n o called Mlsaya , a b o u t which a cu r ious but

h a r d l y c red ib le s to ry ia to ld . W h e n , in 1522, t h e S p a n i a r d s o v e r r u n the s t a t e ,

t b e v o l c a n o w a s ve ry l ively . Many of t h e v i c to r i ous S p a n i a r d s t h o u g h t t h a t

t h e r a g i n g fire a t t h e foo t of t he c r a t e r was n e i t h e r more n o r less t h a n pu res t gold in mol t en s t a t e . T h e puzzle w a s

how t o ge t i t . But a t l a s t a few men , m o r e foo l i sh and m o r e v e n t u r e s o m e

t h a n t h e i r m a t e s , h a d t h e m s e l v e s low-

ered d o w n unt i l , by m e a n s of an i ron c h a i n w i t h a bucke t a t t h e end of i t ,

t hey cou ld reach t h e flery mass . Of cour se , a s soon a s t he b u c k c t nea red

t h e s u r f a c e it was m e l t e d in a m o m e n t , a n d t h e s i l ly fe l lows, w h e n d r a w n up,

w e r e ha l f dead f r o m t h e hea t a n d t h e

p o i s o n o u s s m o k e .

T r y G r u l n - o ! T r y Gra ln -o I

Ask y o u r g r o c e r t o d a y t o s h o w y o u a p a c k a g c of G U A I N - O , t h e n o w food d r i n k t h a t t a k e s t h e p laco of coffee. T h e c h i l d r e n m a y d r i n k i t w i t h o u t in-j u r y a s wel l as t h e a d u l t . All w h o t r y i t , l i k e it. G U A I N - 0 h a s t h a t r i ch seal b r o w n of Mocha o r J a v a , b u t i t is m a d e f r o m p u r e g r a i n s , a n d t h e m o s t d e l i c a t e s t o m a c h rece ives i t w i t h o u t d i s t r e s s . O n e - f o u r t h t h e p r i c e of coffee. 15e. a n d 25c. p e r p a c k a g e . Sold by a l l g r o c e r s .

B u b o n i c p l a g u e is r e p o r t e d t o h a v e m a d e i t s a p p e a r a n c e a t severa l p o r t s on

t ! .e Red sea .

T H E G A R F I E L D T E A COMPANY ure very actlvo In their ad vorllsinK department; they a r c now ealllnir the attention of tho public to a new arUcIo, called tho GARFIELD UKL1KK PLASTER, which they have recently added 10 their list of preparalloas. A GARFIELD RK-LIEP PLASTER. It Is claimed, will be found of j wonderful bene tit In caaea of rheumatlHin, kltl- , ney and liver troublc.i. aud In all palna ariHinv ; from weak or epralned muMlea: It Is alHO moat benoflclal for palna lu the chest wheth T from colda or IndlgeHtluii.

T h e paKtime of t o - d a y is t h e l o s t of t o - m o r r o w .

F R E E G I F T S T O A G E N T S .

Wo wan t 100,000 Agents, men aud wo-men, boys aud girls ull over the United (States to sell our wonderful Lekko Scout-ing Soap, Lekkoeue and other Toilet Soaps. Big profit, easy work. Prir.e with every coke. Wri te to-day. C. H. Marslmll i t Co.. Dep't 10, Chicago, III. Factory 118-l'.'0 No. May St. Kef., any bank in Chicago.

t y p o a n d m a t e r i a l a' .l t h r o u g h .

W e s a t i s f y y o u o r y o u r

m o n e y b a c k .

G i v e u s a t r i a l .

B* | l P h o n e 82. LOWELL, MICHIQAN.

t h e C c d g e r . . .

T h e b e s t r ev iva l i s s e n t d o w n , n o t g o t t e n up .

A r e Ton Using Al len ' s F o o t - E a s e ?

I t is t he on ly c u r e fo r Swol len , S m a r t i n g , B u r n i n g , S w e a t i n g Fee t , C o r n s a u d B u n i o n s . Ask fo r A l l en ' s F o o t - E a s e , a p o w d e r to be s h a k e n i n t o t h e shoes . A t a l l D r u g g i s t s a n d S h o e S t o r e s , 25c. S a m p l e s e n t F R E E . Ad-d r e s s Al len S. Olms ted . LeRoy , N. Y.

W a t c h i n g t h e c lock is n o t g u a r d i n g t h e t i m e . ' V. - • •'

I

What a story of suffering that one word tells. It says : " I am all

tired out. It seems to me I can hardly take another step.

I haven't a particle of ambition. I can't do half

the work I feel I must do. I am weak, nervous; depressed,

discouraged."

T h a t ' s

I m p u r e B l o o d

Now you know what the trouble is. you certainly know the cure,—a perfect Sarsaparilla. " Sarsaparilla "

is simply the name of the medicine, for in a perfect Sarsaparilla there are a great many remedies. Some act by

taking out the bad; others, by putting in the good. You want a Sarsaparilla that will make your blood pure

this spring, a Sarsaparilla that will make it rich and strong, a Sarsaparilla that is a powerful nerve tonic. You want the strongest and best Sarsaparilla that can be made.

That's AVER'S "The only Sarsaparilla made under the personal supervision of three graduatest a

graduate in pharmacy, a graduate in chemistry, and a graduate in medicine." " Last July my oldest daughter was taken sick, and I was on my feet, it seemed to me, night a n d day for

weeks taking care of her. I bad no other help than that which my husband gave me, and by the t ime daughter began to mend I was down sick myself. I was discouraged, and did not care much whether I l ived o r died. My husband got me a bott le of Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and i ts effects were magical. Two bottles of this medicine put me on my feet and made a well woman of me."—JAN* M. BROWN, Bentonsport, Iowa, Jan. 19,1900.

•

Spring Body Cleaning Every spring you dean the house you

live in, to get rid of the dust and dirt which collected in the winter. Your body, the house your soul lives in, also becomes filled up during the winter with all manner of filth, which should have been removed from day to day, but was not. Your body needs cleaning inside. If your bowels, your liver, your kidneys are full of putrid filth, and you don't clean them out in the spring, you'll be in bad odor with yourself and everybody else all summer.

DON'T USE A HOSE to clean your body inside, but sweet, fragrant, mild but positive and forceful CAS CARETS, that work while you sleep, prepare all the filth collected in your body for removal, and drive it off softly, gently, but none the less

surely, leaving your blood pure and nourishing, your stomach and bowels clean and lively, and your liver and kidneys healthy and active. T r y a JO-cent box today, and if not satisfied get your money back—but you'll see how the cleaning of your body is

m D E E A S Y B Y

10c. ALL 25c. II DRUGGISTS

T o any needy mortal suffering from bowel troubles and too poor to buy CASCARETS w« wil l tend a box fret. Address Sterling Remedy Company, Chicago or N e w York, mentioning advertisement and piper. 423

w. L. DOUGLAS INVENTORS S3 & 3.50 SHOES

Worth 4 4 t o $ 6 compared \ with o ther makes , i

lonwd by over 1,000,000 w e a r a r t .

Thr genuine have W. L. OougU*' nam* and price •tamped on bottom. Take no labetltuta claimed to be

Yonr dealer at nod. should keep them —K. not, we will send a pair*

on receipt ol price aitfiv ettn'for caman. Swu W, • sbe, and width, {lain or cap toe. Cat. tree.

Bend to-day forourbandNmelr engraved •VllHE

WuahiiistoD, U>.C.

Utb annlveraarr work un patenu VKKK MASON. FKNW1CK AJLAWRENC

P a t e n t Lawyers ,

CHEAP FARMS UO YOU WFTNT ft HOME?

100,000 ACRES S t and sold on long time and M a y m each rear. Come aad see ne or wrtf „ MOM STATE BAHK. Banllac Center, Mich., or

and unlmp/oTed lands to bedlTtded

time aad M a r p a y m e n t a . a little aad soe M or wftw. THB T BUM AN

Tbe TniMn MOM i«taU.Crm»U. ICRDm C Mlek.

IN 3 OR 4 YEARS AN INDEPENDENCE TSSUREB

1 K you take up y o u r I homes In Western Oan-I nda, the land ot p lenty . | I l lus t ra ted pampb lc tk I Klvlng exnerlenoca o f | farmera who h a r e b e -

come wealthy In grow-Ing wheat , reporta o f delecotea, e t a , and to l l

luformntion att to reouoed rai lway ratea can b * had on application to tho Super la tendeot o f ' Immigrat ion. Department of Inter ior , Ottawa^ Canada, or to J . N. Grieve, Saginaw, Mich,.or M. ' V. Molnnea. Ne. 8 Merrill Block. Detroit, Miafc.

W.N.U,—DETROIT—N0 17-.1POO, Whon Miwtrlug kix, khdly W»U rWMl

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r f . Lowell State

Bank Organizetl under the ^cnpral Hnnk- (

;- ing Laws of thin Ktate. \ CAPITAL • »2R,ooo 00, )

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I FKANOIB K I N O , P r e s i l i e n t ,

T CHAB. MUOABTT, V i c e - P r e s i d e n t . :

M . C . Q BIB WOLD, C a s h i e r .

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£ Francis King M. 0 . Griawold i E. L. Bennett Charles McCarty i

Frank T. King Geo. W. Parker ; ; Qoo. H. Force 0 . Borgin

A G e n e r a l Baak la f l ; B u s i n e s s j ) T r a n s a c t e d .

« H O M E N E W S «

i t •

Mrs. F r a n k Sher ra rd is ou t h e sick list.

~ Village Marehal Mason has a good job of street cleaning done.

Born—To Mr. and Mrs. W m . Scot t , Wednesday , Apr i l 25, a son.

County Clerk Thomas has called a special meeting of the board of s n p e r -visors for May 5lli.

Mrs . M. A . Parmlee of Wa lke r CenterJ is the guest of the family of her nephew, F . M, Johnson.

Miss Dora Weise r of Ionia and M r . Dix of De t ro i t were guests of

' M r . and Mrs. Ber t Weiser , Sunday .

L . S. and W e l l s D e L a V e r g e of )vid were guests of the^ fo rmer ' s aughtcr , Mrs. Ber t Weiser , $ h n -

day.

T a k e a look th rough C. O. ' X a w r e n c e ' s D e p t . S tore . You can no t help bu t find someth ing tha t you need,

Mrs . E . Mil ler and two chi ldren of Grand R a p i d s were guests of her sister, Mrs . Es t e l l a Rogers , th i s week.

Mrs . S. _J._ H a k e s has gone to ^ r W-^Pork where she will spend a

aple of mon ths v is i t ing f r i ends and relat ives.

P e r t e r Ronan goes to Grand Rap-ids to-morrow to ac t as pal l -bearer a t the funera l of Mr. W i n n , who died W e d n e s d a y .

A t 1:30 p . m . , t o jay a d runken fel low fell t h rough one of Brown & Sehler ' s b ig f r o n t window panes. I t d i d n ' t hur t the d runk h u t it gave the pane a pain.

C.O. Lawrence is sel l ing all sizes in wagons made by the Gendron wheel Co. , To ledo , Ohio . , a t last year 's prices regardless of the ad-vance in price.

D e p u t y Commander Gi l l e t t of Cadil lac is in town this week work-ing in the interest of Lowell M a c -cabee T e n t . I t is expected t h a t a large number will uni te wi th the order as a resul t of his labor here.

C. K r u m was over f rom Grand Rap ids yes terday. He ren ted his house (now occupied by L. K. Clark, who expects to move to Grand R a p . ids next week) to Engineer A v e r y of the P e r e Marquet te .

Mrs. R . W . Graham has rented her ground floor to J o h n Taylor , who had re turned to Lowell aud is now employed in the cut ter fac tory . Mrs . Graham will now occupy the second lioor.

N o houses to be had in Lowell and rents are advanc ing rap id ly . W h y don ' t W i l l Howk, W m . Chee tham and Jesse Tompse t bui ld on the i r fine vacant lots? There are a lot of other owners of good lots we migh tmen t ion , who might do a good j o b of house bui lding. Good paying tenants can be secured in advance.

Ruben Quick went to Middlevi l le T u e s d a y and bought the cemetery lot a d j o i n i n g tha t of the G. A. R . in the Lowell village cemett ry where Jo seph Hami l ton is laying the foun-dat ion fo r the now soldier 's monu-ment . Ar rangemen t s are a l ready being made for the proper obser-vance of Memorial day. Gen . W m . Shakespear has been solicited to act as ora tor , bu t t h a t gent leman is sick and a subs l i tu te has not ye t been seoiired.

Boiled ham—Smith 's bakery.

Ginger ale, 5o, Hun t ' s drug store.

W m . St me of Bowne is on the siok list.

T r y our chocolate, 5o, Hunt ' s d r u g store.

Mrs. John Herbor of Klmdale is quite ill.

Band convention a t P o r t l a n d J u n e Oth.

Maple caramel cake—Smith's bak-ery . Try a dozen.

Mrs. S. F . Edmonds and grandson, Howard, are on tho sick list.

Editor Godfrey of the Freeport Herald was in town Monday.

Ionia will raise the d e b t on its fail* g rounds by popular Hubsorlption.

Geo. W . Davis and Floid M. Mar-tin both of Caledonia are newly wed.

W . S . Washer of Detroi t made the LEDUBB people a pleasant call yeeler-day.

A Lowell Center girl will embark on the sea of mat r imony in the near fu tu re .

Wi l l T r u m b l e and R u t h H i g g i n s called on t h e two Mrs. R e x f o r d s Sunday .

Trees have been set out on the grounds of the Central and East ward schools.

W i l l i e Rex fo id came u p f r o m Grand R a p i d s and spen t SundAy wi th hia wife.

S . P . Hicks was do ing bus iness in Lans ing Tuesday and in G r a n d R a p i d s Wednesday .

Misses Lena LeClear and Lolah Sayles spent Sunday with the former's sister, Mrs. F rank Braisted.

Mr. and Mrs. J . Edger of Habtings spent the first of the week with their daughter , Mrs. Estella Rogers.

Homer Hubbell has accepted a position in the Insane Asylum at Ionia and went to bis work Yesterday.

The District Convention Woman's Home Missionary society will be held in Lowell Wednesday and Thursday, May 2 and 3.

Married, a t the home of the bride's parents, Mr . and Mrs. F r a n k Savles, Miss Ethel to Bert Dalton. Tbe nap py couple are visiting relatives in New York.

Call at C. O. Lawrence ' s D e p t . utore and look over his E n g l i s h porcelain l ' j piece chamber sets fo r the next two weeks, they will be sold a t a reduct ion.

Miss A. E . Dickerson, for thirty years a teacher in the Almonl schools, was the guest of her sister, Mrs. F . M. Johnson, several days, returning home Tuesday.

A . D . Oliver attended a meeting of the Stale Optical society at the Morton house, Grand Rapids last Thursday. A. J . Cross of N e « York City lectured.

Carr & Hatch have a handsome new ice wagon and have begun d e -livering the congealed fluid. They have their office with T . A. Murphy , phone 57.

Mrs. A. C Stone is now taking ord-ers for all plants lor bedding and win-dow boxes. Monday before Decoration Day she will conduct a plant and flower sale somewhere on Main street. Flowers and designs fo r funerals a specialty. Give her a call .

On seeing Carl English's horseless carriage glide through the streets one Lowell man said: " I t reminds me of the Chinaman's impression of the electric car—"No pullee: no shovee, allee samee g i l i k e hellee!' "

Miss Walsh 's musicale, last even -ing, was a star event and well pat-ronized. Lowell has reason to be proud of its young and progressive musical students and enterprising i n -structors.

A t 11 o'clock this morning, the fire alarm was sounded on account of a blaze in tho roof of the laundry build-ing. Neighbors extinguished the flames before tbe arr ival ot the fire-men. Damage very sl ight.

Unclaimed letters a t Lowell post office for: J o h n Clorke, Chester M. Wayes, E . B . Gillett , Master E m r y Gibson, W . H . Gilkey, Dave Yet ter , Albert Carr , Miss Susie Cornell, Miss Mattie Westbrook, Miss Maggie Free-man, Mary E . Milter.

Among the jurors drawn for tbe May terra of the Ionia Circuit court are: Boston, Will iam Chatterson, C. H. Farnhatn; Berlin, Elias Whi tmore; Campbell, Hiram Livingston, E . H. Whitney; Keene, Henry Compton; Olisco, Chas: Brink.

••• I P is made to our order by Hathaway. Soule & Harrington* of Boston* They are the handsomest and most comfortable shoes for men in this city. Every pair bears this Trade Mark. No other dealer has them.

Come in and see how well they fit you. Come in ond see how strong they are.

Come in and see how little they cost. U U X X S & O W J P ^ ^

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D « m o r a

Catt Breakfasts.

Tiie cook CAN'T sleep after this ALARM CLOCK gete down to business. When setting up time haa arrived it signals to the cook, and stopa to see if she turns over for another snooze. If she does, it calls to her again; snd soon again and the cook MUST GET U P to "turn oB" the terrible tyrant or go craty.

Never since early breakfasts were invented haa civilization been blessed with a greater boon than is furnished by the INTER-MIFTENT ALARM CLOCK. It ' ' m a i d e n aleep"—and poat-pones the wrath of the man who must bare breakfkst on time.

Ten pages of the LEDGER this week.

Spraker and Cambell have pn t out a new sign.

Order your green groceries of McMahon Bros.

Weldon Smith started his soda fonntain this week.

Mra. B . L , Brayton is recovering f rom her recent illness.

Democra t coun ty convent ion a t Grand R a p i d s yes terday .

Miss Kit t ie Byrne of Grat tan is tbe guest of Mr. and Mrs . James Murphy.

Miss Celia Noble spent Sunday and Monday with friends in Grand Rapids.

Those cup cakes, l ight and da rk , are delicious, and only 12c dozen, •raith's bakery.

Francis King's condition does not improve and but s l ight hopes of his recovery are entertained.

For Sale.—High grade ladies whee' , low frame, little used, in good con-dition. Florence McDannell .

Bridge street .

The Third Michigan Cavalry will hold a reunion at Eagle hotel. Grand Rapids, J u n e 7, the first day of s tate encampment of the G. A. R .

Ed i to r Rowley of the H o w a r d City Record was in town Tuesday in the in teres ts of. guberna tor ia l aspirat ions of Mr . S tearns .

Mrs . R a y Edmonds and three children are guests of S. F . Edmonds and wife. Ray has thrown up bis job in Chicago and bas purchased a farm in Oceana county. His father ioins him a t tbe latter place this week io help do some necessary building pr(-vious to occupancy.

At tbe Democratic county conven-tion, yesterday, delegates to the State convention were elected, among whom are: Ada, James White; Caledonia, Samuel Peterson; Lowell, W . A . Watts; Cascade, J . J . McKnight ; Vergennes, 0 . J . Howard ,

Among the delegates to tbe S ta t e Congressional convention elected by tbe Republican county convention yesterday are: Ada, Charles Wheeler; Bowne, Hiram Leece; Caledonia, J . W . Shishler; Cannon, E . T . A r m -strong; Cascade, M. H . Foster; Grat* tan, George B. Frost; Lowell, 8 . P . Hicks; Vergennes, Luther Bailey. The same convention elected dele-gates to the Republican State conven-tion, among whom are : Ada , J o h n Moxen; Bowne, A r t h u r J . Porri t t ; Caledonia, E . Bergy; Cannon. J o h n F. Bookey; Cascade, Charles Bu t t e r -ick; Gra t t an , E lmer E . Jenks; L o w -ell, C . Quick; Vergennes, E . W . Mc Phersou. _

A Horrible Outbreak "Of large sores on >ny little

daughter's bead developed into a case of scaldbead" writes: C. D. Isbill of Morganton, Tenn. , but Bucklen's Arnica Salve completely cured her, It's a guaranteed cure for Ecsema, Tetter, Salt Rheum, Pimples, Sores. Ulcers and piles. At 26 cents at

L. H. H u n t & Co.

FANCY WORK D O N T ' S

Don't ru t tho edges of any piece of work until It is dampened and pressed

Don't ro : gainst na ture In your Mbad-Ings or designs. Klosttorns und leaves should a lways be worked In t in t s like tho natural ones

Don't forget tha t pure white and green are. a f te r all. the dalntie«t anil prett iest for table prteres. no mat te r bow brilliant the coloring.

Don't use an Ironing board for press-ing embroideries unless it I h well and aoftly padded with thick flannel. Tbla Is necest3dry to raltie the work aud bring out the design.

Don't have large flowers or designs on small pieces. Effective resul ts ure obtained only by consistent t r ea tmen t according to size, kind and tbe purpose for which tbe linen Is intended.

Don't neglect your edges wben work-ing tbe scallops—tbe universal edge finish now. Unless they are close and flrm tbey wTH look frayed and ragged and repeated wasbinga will BOOD flnisb tbem al together .

I t 's a man's Duty Co Dress Ulell

Every considera-tion, social, busi-ness, home, family and friends sug

gest that a man dress well as his means will allow.

"Costly thy habit as your purse i l l b u y , " was Shakespeare's advice.

And it was Good Advice. The well dressed man has confidence in himself and so inspires confidence. The well dressed man looks successful and that often assures his success.

Then Why Not Dress Well? Give us Your Hand

And we'll fit it with a fine Kid or Mocha Glove in any shade at 75c, 11.00, $1.25 or |1.50.

W. S. GODFREY, Corner Trainvs Opera House Block.

The Clothier, Lowell, Mich.

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THE LEDGER office does all kinds of job printing. Let us show vou sam> pies and quote you p r i e s for s ta t ion-e r y - ^ _

Early Seed Potatoes* Those wan t ing Burpees ext ra

early seed potatoes call ou E . P . Sweot, Sou th Lowel l . mlO

NOTICE. As I have sold out my slock I woulrl

be pleased to have all persons tha t are indebted to me to call and settle. Those having empty bottles and kegs please return t b e same.

Peter Ronan

T H E A L T O N E W S .

Items of Ittterest Gathered by Onr Reporters.

0 . P . Hinyon is visiting his daugh-ter a l Carleton.

T b e Merriman school is closed on account of the measles.

There will be a warm sugar social a t McKee's ball, Thursday evening, for the benefit of Rev. Kilgore.

Mr. Oberly has moved f rom his farm to Alio.

Mr . Hughson will move to Grand Rapids soon.

Mr. and Mrs. John Cline of Bowne Centre visited a t Jacob Yei ter ' s one day last week.

Floyd Par ro t l ' s little daughter Lucy is seriously ill with the measles.

No Mtssltifl; L i n k .

R o c k f o r d , Mich .—Mr. A . H. Clark, a wel l known merchan t , of th is place, fu rn i shes the evidence lacking in most remedies , t o p rove tha t Dr . A . W . Chase 's O in tmen t cures piles. H e says: 1 ' A f t e r suffer-i n g f o r over 20 years wi th i t ch ing pi les and finding l i t t le relief iu any known remedy, I f o n n d a pe r fec t cure in ono l i t t le box of D r . A . W . Chase 's Oin tment . I w o u l d not t ake $10 a box f o r i t if I oonld not ob ta in m o r e . "

T h o u s a n d s of people who have suffered f r o m piles , eczema o r the many, i tch ing, t o r t u r i n g skin diseases now so common, have f o u n d a per-f ec t cure in Dr . Chase s O i n t m e n t . A n y poor u n f o r t u n a t e who i s afflict-ed with any of these t roub le s can have a f r e e sample box of Dr. Chase 's O in tmen t b v sending a s t a m p to pay postage. Pos i t ive ly guar-anteed to cure. 5oo. a box, al l d r u g g i s t s , or A. W . Chase Med . Co., Buffalo, N - Y.

TNE LOWELL M A R K E T REPORT Corrected Apr. 26 1800.

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Potatoes Beans Pork Corn Date Rye Flour per owl Bran per ton Middlings per ton Corn meal per ton Corn and oats per ton Batter

89? Beef Veal Wool washed Woolanwaahed Onions Clover Beed

Our

WALL PAPERS... are all we claim for them. Pretty in design. The latest in colorings. Lowest in price.

Some Patterns in good coloringfst4 and be per roll

Some gilts in the green effects, 6 and 8c per roll

Our newest dark Greens, Reds and Blues are es-pecially beautiful. Call and let us figure with you.

LOOK'S STORE UNION BLOCK.

New Store. New Stock.

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New Prices.

We are now ready to attend to any wants you i toay have in the DRY GOODS and C A R P E T lines. We are very grateful to the public for their liberal patronage of the past and will endeavor to merit it in future.

Call and swe ns in our new quarters at the busy I corner.

N. B. BLAIN.

We are sole, sgea ta for

John W.MPAUVJ A Sons'

Railroad Paint The paiuH I hot Iikh been sold in Oiia sU-re for the past 36 years. *If you in-tend painting get our price We wiir. save you money.

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L-Hinkle's Stand—Tip

Carpet Stretoher

yearly Ons MUUon (l.OOO.OOO) Now in Use, and nothing but Praise from every part of the eivUixed world <• where introduced. Warranted ten years if not loaned. It Saves your lingers, Jt Saves the Knees, Jt Saves your Bade, It Saves your Bones, And you don't fed like swearing whOe using it.

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N. P . Husled & Co. are ou hand again this spring with a fu l l line of

frui t aad ornamental trees, shrubs, etc.

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