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V O L V I . N O 15. LOWELL. K E N T COUNTY. MICH.. SEPTEMBER 29,-1898.

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W H O L E NO. 275

Elastic Dollars!

If you will Bring your Dollars to us tve will stretch tbem over more good quality in the way ( f

Fall Footwear

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Ihan >«u U iw nj't to omlli until you've had It domonBtrated to you. Our cnfltomers know what we tnean by this. If you'll come and see what Koou values we can ulve you on good Footwear you'll be a customer yourself and know all about It too.

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Bu) the GOLD COIN H O T B L A S T COAL STOVE that caves One-Third the , fuel by burning the <ra8. Wil l burn both Hard and Soft C« al.

THE ECONOMY

Air Tight ; tha t we had such a run on last year, which made for itself a record that canH be equalled.

R. B. BOYLAN.

HOME NEWS.

Gossip oiid Chat about People and

T h i a s s You Know.

The Lowell & Hastings is running excursions to the s^ate fair all this week.

The war is over and boys are once more in order. One at Sherman A v -ery's, Sept. 23.

Sergt. Major Cbaa. W. Hury of the 32d Mich. Vol. spent Sunday with J . M. Med If r.

Born—to Mr. and Mrs. Oldfield of Cedar Springs, Sept. 28, a 11 puuud girl. Mother doing well.

Dent Sproat, Democratic candidate for county clerk, was in town Monday getting acquainted with the boys.

There was a very pleasant anniver-aary party in honor of Mrs. H . F . Clark at her home last Wednesday.

Rev. 8 . 0 . Anderson returned from Englishville y jsterday where he a t -tended a session of Grand River Bap-tist association.

The marriage of Claude Lane and Miss Katie Carter is announced to take place at the home of Mr. aud Mrs. T . B. Carter to-day.

Clifford Long ot the "Rough Rid-ers" is home on a furlough visiting his mother and brother, Mrs, Thou. Gard-ner and Sergt, Clarence Long of the 83d Mich. Vol. and other friends in Lowell.

L. J . Lee suprised the editor this week with a live years subscription and now his date is July 1,1900—-the first subscription dating into the twentieth century.,

Mrs. Fred L. Hogan and little daughter, lua', who have been visiting her aunt, Mrs. 0 . A . Robinson and other relatives in Lowell have re-' turned to their home at South Board-man.

On Saturday, Sept' 17 Eunice Coats of Vergennes entertained a par-ty of young friends. The occasion Ming the eleventh anniversary of her birthday. An enjoyable time was bad.

# Matt Conneley, who figured in Jus-tice Walker's court last week, wishes the public to understand that nis ot-fense was not intoxication, as tbe item in last week's LEDQEB might lead readers to infer.

Word came from Grand Rapids S , . £ d 8 r ® o r n l n 8 of the death of MM. Will Bailey, nee Hattie Sherrard. She was born and lived in this vicinity unit her marrage. five years ago. She eaves a husband, father, and four bmtnersand many friends to mourn her death,

MITTEN SOUP.

on Will

Will

good

A Ratt l ing Good Joke

Chapman .

We heard a good joke on

Chapman the other day—too

to keep.

During a recent illness of Mrs.

Chapman, Will was doing duty as

cook, and was preparing a beef tea

for the patient. His coffee, his soup

and his fried potatoes'all got ready to

be taken from the stove at the same

time and there wasn't a holder in

sight. So he grabbed up his fur

trimmed mitten, removed his dishes

and served breakfast. When he got

home for dinner Mrs. Chapman was

waiting for him. She took him by

the ear and led him to the beef tea

kettle and pointing to an object with-

in asked in scorn:

" W h a t do you call that?"

The poor fellow's heart stood still.

He thought of rats and other things.

But takiug a fork, fished out—his

mitten, stewed and shrivelled out of

K l e l l O p e n e d .

LOWELL'S NEW WARD

BUILDING. SCHOOI.

Last

But the soup was good just the same and since that Mrs, C. snys that Will

can't do any more cooking for her.

Not if the court knows herself, and

she think she do.

Notice to Dclinquont Subttcribont.

Those whose subscriptions to the LEDGER are in arrears as shown by date on address slip will greatly oblige by paying up at'once.

About forty people have responded to this request during the past two weeks and there are about six hun-dred more that we would like to see follow suit. Come now, "balance all" p.nd everybody "divy up."

Special Offer on Calllug Cards .

Our calling card offer for the past two Saturdays has proven so popular that we will continue it in force every Saturday until further notice.

Your name neatly printed in fine script (writing type) on 25 neat Britstol calling cards for only locents or 50 for 25 cents, with seven differ-ent styles of type to select from.

This is just half price. If you want calling cards, now is the time to order.

Patrons at a distance can order by mail, enclosing price. Cards sent by mail with no extra charge.

Thrown Open to t h e Public

Sa turday Evening,

The new east ward school building was formally opened last Saturday

evening when, the citizens of the vil-

lage to the number of several hun-

dred, were called to that end of the

town by the cheery music of the Mili-tary band.

The new building was lighted

throughout by electricity and was ex-

amined from top to bottom by the

people. The structure is of brick and stoue artistically combined, produdng

a very pleasing rustic effect. I t has

two stories and a basement. In the

last is the furnace and boys' water

closets on the east side and girls'

closet on the west. The closets are

of the modern sort, to be flushed with

city water and emptied by sewer into Grand river.

Both floors have one large room

and a good sized recitation room,

light and cheerful. The hallways arc-

roomy and the stairs easy to climb.

The whole building can be lighted by

electricity at will. The good mater-

ial used in finishing and the quality of

the work was freely commented upon.

S. P. Hicks called the meeting to

order and made a report of the work

done and of the expense. The last

aggregates about HOOO, including

^400 paid for the site and including

also the sewer, heating apparatus and

equipment for lighting. Mr. Hicks

then called upon F. T.^King, another

member of the school board, who

spoke briefly of the interest he felt in

the school work, in the erection of the

new building and congratulated the

people upon the possession of a mod-

ern school building.

The following resolution was then read and adopted:

"Resolved that the people of. Lowell express tlieir appreciation of the work done by our school officers and by the architect aud contractor in completing in so highly satisfactory a manner this new ward school building and extend their thanks for the labor so well done."

A motion was made and carried

that the resolution be spread upon the

records of the district and be printed in the local papers.

Rev. Ira B. Jones was called upon

for remarks and responded in his us-

ual pleasant manner. He was follow-

ed by F . M. Jbhnson, after which the

new school was declared to be for-

mally opened and the meeting ad-

journed.

Family Washings.

Anyone wishing to pay a years sub-scription to this paper by* doing a a weeks washing, apply at this office.

Last Chance Detroi t Sunday Ex-

curs ion October 2nd.

This one will wind them up for 1898. D., G. R. & W . train will leave Elmdale a t7 :35a . m. Return-iut! leave Detroit at 6:00 p . m. Rate 81.75.

1 5 GEO. DKIIAVBN, G . P . A .

Scalp Special ist Coming. Mrs. Ella M. Harris, scalp special-

ist, of Grand Rapids, will be at Mrs. Purple's bazaar Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 5 and 6, with her preparations prepared to treat all kind* of scalp trouble. Prices reas-onable.

Chicago $5.00 Excurs ion Monday

October 10.

On above date tickets will be sold at all D., G R. & W. R . R. stations west of Lansing and Saginaw to Chi-cago and return for 85.00. Good go-ing on regular trains to Grand Rapids and to return until train leaving Chi-cago at 11:45 p. m., October 14. A special train will leave Grand Rapids

fc W. M. Ry.,

A RECEPTION ROYAL.

The Gathering t h a t Honored Our

Return ing Preacher .

The reception tendered to the

Rev. L. N. Pattison at the home of

Mr. and Mrs.Charles McCarty last

Friday evening was a very pleasant

affair. Rev. and Mrs. Pattison were

assisted in receiving guests by Messrs

aud Mesdames Charles McCarty,

Reuben Quick and Daniel Oliver.

After congratulations had been ex-

changed with the returned pastor and

wife. Rev. Henry Marshall of the

Congregational church delivered a

feeling address and was followed by

Rev. S. G. Anderson of the Baptist

church in a brief speech of welcome.

After this came a pleasing program

made upr of vocal solos by Hattie Stone

and Annie Maynard and Mr. Charles

Howe and recitations by Misses Nina

Hiler, Esther 'Ruben and Ola M. Johnson.

The remainder of the evening was

spent in social chat by the elder peo-

ple and in play by the little folks.

The decorating comittee had done

their work well; and the beautiful

home ot the McCarty's looked its pret-tiest.

W o r n i u t { •

Notice is hereby given that after this date all persons driving over Up-per and Lower Grand Rapids river bridges in this township faster than a walk will be prosenuted to the full ex-tent ofthe law.

By order Commissiou.er Lowell, Sept. 29, 1898. 17

Will W i n t e r i n New Y o r k .

Dr. G. G. Tows ley left for New

York-Monday where be will take an

advanced course of study in medicine t

and surgery. He will be joined next

week by Mrs. Towsley and Mrs. N.

L . McCarty; and they expect to re-

main until" next May, when the

doctor will resume his practice here.

Dr. Gesler, of Saranac will attend to the business in the meantime.

M c C a r t y - S t e w n r t .

Married, Sept. 28th, at the home of

the bride's parents, near Saranac,

Mattie E . Stewart to Loyal N. Mo

Carty of Lowell, Rev. H. Marshall officiating.

The young people will spend several

days at the State fair and with friends

at Grand Rapids aud will then be a t

home at the residence of Mrs. N. L .

McCarty in this village,

A Curio Gatherer .

We spent an enjoyable hour last

Sunday at the pleasant home of G.

W . Crosby and wife in Vergennes.

Mrs. Crosby is an enthusiastic col-

lector of curios; aud we would be

much surprised if any one in Kent

county has a better or more exten-

sive collection of natural curiosities.

She has native woods Ir-m distant

parts of the world, shells and fish

from distant seas, including the por-

cupine and flying varieties, also whale

and shark teeth, beautiful corals and

by no means least a whale's rib. There

are scmeanti quarian and Revolution-

ary relics; and so many more articles

of so many different kinds that an

enumeration would take more than

o n e c o l u m n of T h e LBDOKR. A n y

of our readers who would like to see

a good private museum would dtfwell

to call on the Crosbys.

Mr. Crosby has several bushels of

cherries still hanging to the trees,

which speaks well for their staying

qualities and the forbearance of the

birds in that-neighborhood.

See General S h a t t e r a t Blair Monu-

ment Dedication a t Lansing,

October 12.

On account of the dedication of the monument to ex-Govern-or Blair, the D., G. R. & W. R. R. will sell tickets to Lansing

HOT-TIME-STOVES

HOT-TIME-PRICES -REVOLUTION.-

In the old system of taking air into stove. Even if you do not intend to purchase it will pay yon

to call and examine " C O L E ' S H O T B L A S T . " This stove we guarantee and is also guaranteed by the maker to pro-duce as much heat as any other stove on the market and at One-Third less cost, Burns auyihing, old feathers, rubbers, rags, wood, h ird or soft coal. Xo Smell. No Smoke. No Red Stove.

Cooking Stoves and Ranges

Everything that 's Best. In conclusion, let us state. Last Season we took the lead, This year we should sell them all. Look at the Lines we have the Agencies for:

OAKLAND—Michigan Stove Co.

J E W E L L — D e t r o i t Stove Works.

S . S . J E W K I T S ,

E . B E N N E T T & S O N ,

COLE 'S HOT BLAST.

The first Three lines are the Oldest, the Largest and best stove makers in the world

Yours,

K L A R K & K L A R K .

K-K-K-K HARDWARE.

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I Want Your

Old Gold and Silver and will pay Cash for it.

of I want to make you prices on the largest stock watches, clocks and jewelry ever shown in Lowell.

I want to do your repairing-, guaranteeing* satisfac-tion in every respect.

O . M . H I G B Y -

rtNELEOflNTLOTOP -

Carriages, Buggies, Phaetons Surrey's and Fami ly Rigs

Jus t received, as fine as silk aud we will sell them

prices tha t will astonish the oldest inhabitant.

at

H NASH O f l t h e Bridge,

L O W E L L , M I C t i l G f l N .

Oliver Chi l led Plows, S t u d e b a k o r WagotiH,

Agr lcnl t t t ra l Implement: / 7i- V C

at 1:15 p. m., via C. & W. M. Ry , ' for morning trains October 12th at for passengers arriving on noon trains, j one way lare for round trip. Return Those taking evening D , G. R. & limit October 14th. General Shalter W. trains to Grand Rapids will take ( will be there and possibly President regular 11:45 train from there. McKinley.

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flw J o b P r i m i n g 1$ t l p - i o - P a t c .

A N D P R I C E S A R E RIOFTT.

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F. M. JOHNSON, Publisher.

LOWELL. • MICHIGAN

T h e t rue touchstone of UcEen—suc-cess.

A n acre of per formance is w o r t h the whole land of promise.

An Alabama f a rmer put c ro ton oil In h i s melon p a t c h and broke u p a camp meet ing.

Covetousness, l ike a caudle ill-made, amotherB t> oplendor of a happy fo r -t u n e in its j w n grease.

A man t h a t s ludleth revenge keepeth h i s o w n w o u n d s green, which other-wise would heal and do well.

I t is of ten easier to Justify one 's self t o o the r s t h a n to respond to t h e sccret doubts t ha t ar ise in one's own bosom.

Theodore Roosevelt will soon be mustered out of the rough r id ing serv-ice into t h e rough writ ing depar tment . There ' l l be f u n then.

" T h e American people still have L ef ginger in them," observes an en-thuaiaet ic contemporary. Then why &I1 t h i s ta lk about annexing Jamaica .

Those people in Oklahoma who tu rned out and lynched a Judge of the cour t mus t be very fastidious concern-ing the qua l i ty of Justice iu t ha t terri-tory.

We should manage our fo r tune as we do our hea l th , enjoy it when good, be pa t ien t when it ie bad, and never ap-ply violent remedies except in casee of ex t reme necessity.

Lil l ian Russel l is playing to crowded t iouses in Berlin and the prospects are good for a German husband. A Ger-m a n delegate In the next International convention of Lillian's ex-husbands would give variety to the proceedings

TALMAGE'S SERMON.

" E N O U G H B E T T E R T H A N T O O M U C H , " T H E S U B J E C T .

The Text In 1. Cliron., SO 6-7. ns Fol-

lowil "A Mm u of Great Stature, Whoae Finger* and Toes Were Four

aud Tnenly. 81* on Each Iluud," etc.

A react ion against political bossism Is se t t ing in. The system which be-gan in the crowded wards of the big cities has grown and fructified in every ' s t ra tum of American politics. The people a re disgusted with bossism They a re making ready to pull it out by the roots and cauterize the wound. T h e y will begin In the ward precinct and finish in the white house.

I t In reported everj-where tha t Cu-ban flags a re a drug on the market , and dealers who have loaded up with them count them a dead loss. This Is In Itself a mat te r of small moment, fo r the re Is no special reason why Ameri-cans should buy Cuban flags, but it ifi not t ime to forget Cuba yet, aa most people seem In danger of doing. The most serious part of the problem which we so l ight-heartedly took up is yet t o come.

Sir Hugh Nelson, premier of Queens-land ; Sir George H. Reld, premier of New South Wales, and Sir George H. Turne r , premier of Victoria, recently met in conference and discussed plans for a Pacific cable. They decided t o make the definite offer t ha t it Great Br i ta in and Canada collectively would guaran tee flve-ninths of the cost o t laying the new cable they would rec-ommend their respective legislatures t o contr ibute one-ninth each, asking New Zealand to contr ibute the re-ma in ing one-ninth.

W h i l e the really bravo and trufl women of the country have been work-ing and suffer ing for the boys in blue, c h e e r i n g them through every ill t h a t befell and t ry ing to make their life and the i r burdens as easy as possible, o ther ladles, of a more hyster ical and sel-flsb t u r n of mind, have done their best t o m a k e the soldiers aware of every ill t he camp life bore for them, and have even tried to s t i r up mut iny and deser t ion . It Is a very good th ing t ha t •ladles of th i s t emperament a re decid-edly outnumbered by the good gensible women, who not only know how t o meet suffer ing bravely themselves, but can teach and help o the rs to bear It w i th thn same for t i tude.

" I ' m a bolder man t h a n you,sir," said an Engl ish laborer to h is master, not long ago. "I durs t spend my last f a r -den, and you dursen ' t . " The laborer never looked forward a t all. On the con t ra ry , thr l f l lness Is of ten t augh t the classes by the masses. A little Ger-m a n gir l who sells violets in t h e s t r ee t s of a western c i ty was quest ion-ed the other day by her teacher, who learned t ha t she sold about twenty five-cent bunches each school day,with more on Sa turdays a n d holldayB, a n d t ha t sho raised the .violets herself . "You mus t be a grea t help to your f a the r , " was the comment . "Oh," was the quick reply. "I do not need to do I t Fa the r earns enough for us all, bu t I am doing this t o go to college. I h a v e three hundred dollars In the bank a l ready ." The teacher, a Ha rva rd gradua te , realizing t ha t the child could d r a w a larger check than bimself .went a w a y thoughtful .

T h e close intermingling of ways of peace and ways of war Is seen in C h i n a , where two r iva l ^ l ien powers h a v e been disputing, each over the r i g h t of the other to construct rai lroads a n d develop the resources of the coun-i ry . T h e i r opposition Is based on the k n o w l e d g e t h a t such extension of t h e app l i ances of civilization is a means of political control and a source of advan-tage In war . Cul t iva te peace for the sake of preparation for war, and go to war for the sake of the blesslngo of jp^Ace—that is the paradoxical rule of ; modern statesmanship.

Malformat ion photographed, and for w h a t reason? Did not th i s passage slip In by mis take Into the sacred Scriptures, a s somet imes a paragraph u t te r ly obnoxious to the edi tor gets Into his newspaper dur ing b i s absence? I s not th i s Scr ip tura l e r ra t a? No, no; the re Is no th ing haphazard about the Bible. This passage of Scripture was a s certainly Intended to be put Into the Bible as the verse. " In t h e beginning God created the heavens and the ea r th , " or, "God so loved t h e world t h a t he gave His only begotten Son."

And I select it for my text today be-cause it Is charged with practical and t remendous meaning. By the people of God the Phi l is t ines h a d been con-quered, wi th the exception of a few giants . The race of g iants Is mostly extinct , I am glad to say. There Is no use for g iants now except to enlarge the income of museumfl. But there were many of them In olden times. Go-l ia th was, according to the BIblle, 11 feet 4% Inches high. Or, if you doubt this , the f a m o u s Pl iny declares t ha t a t Crete, by a n ear thquake, a monument w a s broken open, discovering the re-mains of a g ian t 46 cubits long, or 69 feet high. So, whether you t ake sacred or profane history, you mus t come t o the conclusion tha t there were in those t imes cases of human al t i tude mon-strous and appalling.

David had smashed the skull of one I of these giants , but there were other giants tha t t he Davldean wars had not ye t subdued, and one of them stands In my text. He was not only of Alpine stature, bu t had a surplua of digits. To the ordinary fingers was annexed an additional finger, and the foot had also a superfluous addendum. He had twenty-four terminat ions to hands and feet, where others have twenty. I t was no t the only Instance of the kind. Tavernler . t h e learned writer , says t ha t t h e emperor of Java had a son endowed wi th the same number of extremities. Volcatlus, t he poet, had six fingers on each hand. Mauper tu ls . ' in his cele-brated letters, speaks of two families nea r Berlin similarly equipped of hand and foot. All of which I can believe, fo r I have seen two cases of the same physical superabundance. But th i s giant of t h e text Is In battle, and as David, t he str ipl ing warrior, has dis-patched one giant, the nephew of David slays this monster of my text, and the re he lies a f te r the bat t le In Oath, a dead giant . His s ta ture did not save him, and h i s superfluous appendices of hand and foot did not save him. The probabil i ty was tha t in the batt le his sixth finger on his hand made him clumny in the use of b is weapon, and his sixth toe crippled his gait. Behold the-pros t ra te and malformed giant of the tex t : "A m a n of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, s ix on each hand and six on each foot; and he also was the son of a giant. Bu t when be defied Israel, Jona than , the son of Sblmea, David's brother, slew him."

Behold how superfluities are a h in -drance r a t h e r than a help! In all the ba t t le a t Gath tha t day there was no t a man wi th ordinary band and ordi-nary foot and ordinary s ta ture tha t was not bet ter off t han th i s physical cu-riosity of my text. A dwarf on the r igh t side Is s t ronger t h a n a g ian t on the wrong side, and all the body and mind and estate and opportunity t h a t you cannot use for God and the bet-terment of the world is a sixth finger and a sixth toe, and a terrible h in-drance. The most of the good done in the world, and the mos t of those who win the bat t les for the r ight , are ordi-na ry people. Count the fingers of the i r r ight hand , and they have Just five—no more and no less. One Doctor Duff among missionaries, but three thou-sand missionaries t ha t would tell you they have only common endowment. One Florence Night ingale to nurse the sick in conspicuous places, bu t ten thousand women who are Just as good nurses, though never heard of. The "Swamp Angel" was a big gun that during the civil war made a big nolso, but muske t s of ord inary caliber and shells of ordinary he f t did the execu-tion. Pres ident Ty le r and his cabinet go down the Potomac one day to expe-r iment wi th the "Peacemaker ." a great iron gun tha t was to af f r ight with Its thunder foreign navies. The gunner touches i t off. and i t explodes, and leaves cabinet minis ters dead on the deck, whi le a t t h a t time, all u p and down our coasts, were cannon of ordi-nary bore, able to be the defense of the nation, and ready a t t he first touch to waken t o duty. The curse of the world is big guns. Af ter the politicians, who have m a d e all t he noise, go home hoarse f rom angry discussion on t h e evening of the first Monday in Novem-ber, t h e next day the people, wi th the i i len t ballots, will set t le everyth ing, and se t t l e i t r ight , a million of the whi te sl ips of paper they drop m a k i n g about aa much noise a s the fall of an apple-Mossom

Clear back in the country today the re a re mo the r s in pla in apron , and shoes fashioned on a rough last by a shoe-maker a t the end of the lane, rocking babies t ha t are t o be the Mart in Luthers and the Fa radays and the Edl-sons and the Blsmarcks and t h e Glad-stones and the Waahlngtons and the Geocse Whltefleldfl of t he fu ture . T h e longer I live the more I like common folks. They do the world's work, bear-ing the world's burdens, weeping the world ' s sympathies, carrying the world ' s consolation. Among lawyers we see rise up a Rufus Choate. or a Wil l iam Wir t , or a Samuel L. South-ard, but society would go to pieces to-

of

morrow If there were not thousands common l awyers to see t h a t men and women get the i r r ights. A Valent ine Mott or a Wl l la rd Parker r ises up emi nen t In the medical profession; bu t w h a t an unl imited sweep would pnou mon la and d iphther ia and scar le t fever have In the world if It were not for t en thousand common doctors ! T h e old physician In his gig. d r iv ing up the lane of the farm-house, or r id ing on horseback, h is medicines in the saddle bags, a r r iv ing on the n in th day of the fever, and coming In to t ake hold of the pulse of the patient, while the family, pale wi th anxiety, and looking on and wai t ing for his decision in re gard to the pat ient , and hear ing bin. say, "Thank God, I have mastered the case: he Is get t ing wel l !" cxcites in me a n admira t ion quite equal t o the men tlon of the names of t h e great metro-politan doctors of the past or the lllus t r lous living men of the present.

Yet what do we see in all depart men t s? People not eatlsfled wi th ordl na ry spheres of work and ordinary du ties. Instead of t ry ing t o see what they enn do with a hand of five fingers, they want six. Instead of usual endowment of twenty manual and pedal addenda they want twenty-four. A certain amoun t of money for livelihood, and for the supply of those whom we leave behind us a f t e r we have departed this life. Is important , for we have the best author i ty for saying. "He t ha t provld e th not for his own. and especially those of his own household. Is worse than an Infidel: "but the largo and fabulous sums for which many strug gle. If obtained, would be a hindrance ra ther than an advantage.

The anxiet ies and annoyances those whose estates have become ple-thoric can only be told by those who possess them. I t will be a good thing when, through your Industry and pros pefl ty. you can own the house in which you live. But suppose you own fifty houses, and you have all those r e n t s to collect, and all those t enan t s to please. Suppose you»havo branched out In business successes unt i l in al-most every direction you have invest-ments. The fire bell r ings at night you rush upsta i rs to look out of the window, to see If It Is any of your mills. Epidemic of cr ime comes, and there are embezzlements and abscond-ing In all directions, and you wonder whether any of your bookkeepers will prove recreant . A panic s t r ikes the financial world, and you a re a h e n un-der a sky full of hawks, and t ry ing with anxious cluck to get your over-grown chickens safely under wing. Af-ter a certain stage of success has been reached, you have to t rus t so many Important things to o thers t ha t you are ap t t o become the prey of others , and you arc swindled and defrauded, and the anxiety you had on your brow when you were earning your first thou-sand dollars Is not equal to the anxiety on your brow now tha t you have won your three hundred thousand.

I am glad for the benevolent Insti-tutions t ha t get a legacy from men who during the i r life were as st ingy as death, but who In the i r last will- and tes tament bestowed money on hospitals and missionary societ ies; but fo r such testators I have no respect. They would have taken every c ; n t of i t with them If they could, and bought up half of heaven and let It out at ruinous rent, or loaned the money to celestial citi-zens at two per cent a month , and got a "corner" on ha rps and t rumpets . They lived In th i s world fifty or sixty years In the presence of appal l ing suffer ing and want , and made no efforts for their relief. The chari t ies of such peo-ple a r e in the "Paulo-pos t f u tu r e " tense; they are going to do them. The probabili ty is t ha t if such a one in b i s last will by a donation to benevolent societies tr ies to a tone for h is lifetime close-fistedness, the belrs-at-law will try to break the will by proving tha t the old m a n was seni le or crazy, and the expense of the l i t igat ion will about leave In the lawyer 's hands w h a t was meant for the Bible Society. 0 ye over-weighted, successful business men. whether this se rmon reach your ear or your eyes, let me say tha t if you are prostrated wi th anxie t ies about keeping or Investing these t remendous fortunes. I can tell how you can do more to get your hea l th back and your spirits raised than by dr inking gallons of bad- tas t ing water a t Saratoga, H o m -burg or Carlsbad: Give t o God. hu-manity. and the Bible ten per cent of all your Income, and It will make a new man of you. aud f rom restless walking of the floor at n igh t you shall have eight hours ' sleep, without the help of bromide of potassium, and f rom no ap-petite you will hardly be able to wait for your regular meals, and your wan cheek will fill up, and when you die the blessings of those who but for you would have perished will bloom all over your grave.

Perhapo some of you will take th i s advice, but the most of you will not . And you will t ry to cure your swollen hand by get t ing on I t more fingers, and your rheumat ic foot by get t ing on It more toes, and t h e r e will be a sigh of relief when you are gone out of the world; and when over your remains the minister recites the words; "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord ," persons who have keen appre-ciation of the ludicrous will hardly be able to keep the i r faces s t ra igh t . Bu t whether In tha t direction my words do good or not, I am anxious t ha t all who have only ord inary equipment be thankfu l for wha t they have and r igh t -ly employ It. I t h i n k you all have, figuratively as well a s l i terally, fingers enough. Do not long for h inder ing su-perfluities. S tand ing In t h e presence of th i s fallen g ian t of my text, and in this post-mortem examinat ion of him, let us learn how much bet ter off we a re with Just t he usual band , the usual foot. You have thanked God fo r a thousand things, bu t I w a r r a n t you never thanked him for those two Im-plements of work and locomotion, t ha t no o n e but t h e Inf in i te and Omnipotent God could have twer planned or made—

the bund and the foot. Only t ha t sol-dier or tha t mechanic who In a battle, or through machinery, has lost them knows any th ing adequately about the i r value, and only the Christian scientist can have any appreciation of wha t di-vine masterpieces they ore.

The malformat ion of this fallen giant 's foot glorifies the ordinary foot, for which I fear you have never once thanked God. The twenty-six bones of the foot are the admiration of the an-atomist . The arch of the foot fash-ioned with a grace and a poise t ha t T r a j a n ' s arch, or Constant lne 's arch, or any other arch could not equal. Those arches wand where they were planted, but t h i s arclf of t he foot Is an adjus t -able arch, a yielding arch, a flying arch, and ready for movements innu-merable. The human foot so fashioned as to enable a man to stand upr ight as no other creature, and leave the nana, tha t would otherwise have t o help in balancing the body, f r ee for any th ing It chooses. The foot of the camel fash-ioned for the sand, the foot of the bird fashioned fo r the tree-branch, t he foot of the hind fashioned for the slippery rock, the foot of the Hon fashioned to rend i ts prey, t h e foot of the horse fashioned for the solid ear th , but t he foot of man made to cross the desert, or cl imb the tree, or scale the cliff, or walk the ear th , or go anywhere be needs to go.

W i t h tha t divine t r iumph of anatomy In your possession where do you walk? In what path of r ighteousness or wha t path of sin have you set i t down . Where have you lef t the m a r k of your footsteps? Amid t h e petr i fact ions in the rocks have been found the m a r k s of the feet of birds and beasts of thousands of years ago. And God can trace out all the footsteps of your l ifetime, and those you made fifty years ago are as plain as those made In t h e l a s t sof t weather, all of them petrified for the Judgment Day.

T h a t there might be no doubt about the fact t ha t both these pieces of Di-vine mechanism, hand and foot, belong to Christ 's service, both hands of Chris t and both feet of Chr is t were spiked on the cross. Right through the arch of both his feet to the hollow of his Instep went the Iron of toi ture , and f rom the palm of b is band t o the back of it, and the re is not a muscle or nerve or bone among the twenty-^ seven bones of hand and wrist, or among the twenty-six bones of the foot, but i t belongs to h im now and forever.

T h a t is t he most beaut i ful foot t h a t goes about pa ths of greatest usefulness, and tha t the most beatulful hand t h a t does the mos t help to others . I was reading of three women In rivalry about the appearance of the hand. And the one reddened her h a n d wi th ber-ries. and said t h e beaut i ful t inge made hers the mos t beautiful . And another put her hand in the mounta in brook, and eald, a s t h e wate rs dr ipped off, tha t her hand was the mos t beautiful . And another plucked flowers off the bank, and under the bloom contended tha ' her band was the mos t at tractive. Thou a poor old woman appeared, and looking up in her decrepitude asked for aims. And a woman w h o b a d no t taken part in the rivalry gave her alms. And all the women resolved to leave t o t h i s beggar t h e question a s t o which of all the hands present was the most at tract ive, and she said: "The most beaut i ful of t h e m al l i s t h e one t h a t gave relief to my necessities," and as she so said her wrinkles and rags and her decrepitude and her body disap-peared, and In place thereof stood t h e Christ , who long ago said: " Inas-much as ye did it to one of the least of these, ye did I t un to m e ! " and who to purchase the service of our hand and foot here on ear th had h i s own band and foot lacerated.

A Nawiipaper "Beat." Wal te r Russell cont r ibutes an ar t ic le

entit led " Inc idents of the Cuban Block-ade" to the September Century. Mr. Russell says : My t ime while on the blockade, se rv ing as a special ar t is t , was about equally divided between the various warsh ips and a smal l s team-yacht t h e duty of which was to divine Intuitively when and where something was to occur, and be the re to-witness

Our l i t t le crew of fou r const i tuted s t rategy board In itself. We were,

indeed, war prophets. More than once wisdom in our reasoning brought us our reward . More than once we were alone in our glory, t he only dispatch-boot on the spot. A sailor boy had asked me to br ing blm from Key West fifty boxes of cigaret tes for some of the crew; and one morning I threw the bundle upon the deck of his ship. Tear ing off the cover, he scrawl-ed the words, "Thanks ! Hope to meet you twenty- two miles to the eastward a t noon," and scaled the bit of paste-board t o me. A correspondent who by common consent was cha i rman of ou r s t rategy board was on board the ship a t t ha t time, and obtained another slight clue. So we headed eastward from Havana , while the blockading fleet lay basking serenely In the sun. So a lso did many dispatch boats. At noon my sailor fr iend and his ship were there. Shortly a f t e r noon there was an engagement—the first of t h e war—and there was no other dispatch boat near . Next morn ing New York-ers were informed t ha t dispatch boats were a s numerous the re as pickets in a fence. Every newspaper had a dozen. The incident was -witnessed by only one a r t i s t besides t h e wr i te r ; y e t I have since seen a double-page color supplement of tha t bat t le in a weekly periodical, where, unde r the a r t i s t ' s name, was pr inted the claim t h a t it was sketched from our yacht .

GOVERNMENT EXHIBIT. OMAHA

Uncle S a m Is very much In evidence a t the Trans-Mississippi Exposit ion. T h e var ious depar tmontc of govern-m e n t a ro well represented r.nd the ex-h ib i t s In each class a r e a t t rac t ing wide-spread a t tent ion, contr ibut ing largely to the success of the exposition as a whole.

Pe rhaps the most noteworthy feature of tho war depar tment exhibit Is a large collection of relics or t rophies of the campaign In the vicinity of Santi-ago. A Spanish ba t t le flag, the first t rophy captured by the American a rmy in Cuba, is on exhibi t ion here, together wi th Mauser rifles, machetes, flags, cannon, cannon balls, shells, car t r idges and other ar t ic les t aken from the battle fields n e a r Sant iago de Cuba. The large captive balloon which wafl used b y t h e American forces in the advance upon E l Caney and San J u a n hill te a t t r a c t i ng unusual popular interest . Th is g rea t war balloon which is a par t of t h e government exhibit a t the ex-posit ion was manufactured for the war depar tment a t F rankfo r t , N. Y., of pongee silk. I ts capacity Is 21,000 cu-bic feet, sufilcient* to carry four per-sons.

T h i s balloon Is equipped with com-plete telephonic and telegraphic appa-ra tus . Communicat ion Is established by means of insulated wire, paid out a s t h e balloon ascends. A complete photographic outfi t is also part of the equipment . The hydrogen gas is gen-erated by means of an appara tus con-s i s t ing of gas generator , gasometer, gaa compresser , s team engine and several hundred gas tubes. These tubes are e ight Inches In diameter , and fifty Inch-es long. They a re seamless, each tube being tested to a pressure of 4.000 lbs. t o the square inch. By means of the gas compressor t h e tubes a r e filled wi th hydrogen gas. practically in liquefied s t a t e . W h e n the balloon Is t o be In-flated. t he tubes are connectcd by m e a n s of valves a n d fittings to the gas chamber in the balloon and inflation Is made.

The daily drill of the United States l i fe saving crew in the basin In f ront of the government building on the ex posi t ion grounds affords a highly In-te res t ing spectacle, and Is witnessed by thousands of people. The drill por-t rays the methods by which the gov-crnmeii t l i fe sav ing crews on the coast line rescue un fo r tuna t e seamen or voy-agers.

The w a r depar tment In the great government building presents many unique features. Here will be seen a very handsome series of lay figures, both mounted and dismounted, show-ing the var ious un i fo rms of officers and enlisted men of the United States a rmy, f rom the Revolut ionary period up t o t h e present date; pack mules, with peck saddles, showing the old and new styles of t r anspor t ing sup-plies: a series of very Interest ing mod-els. supplied by the engineer corps, among which may be mentioned a mor-ta r bat tery and l i f t gun bat tery, also a complete submar ine mine group, showing how our sea coast ha rbors are protected In t i m e of war ; a large col-lection of ancient and modern guns and revolvers, including those now in use in the United States a rmy.

H A N D f a O M E P J C T U R E S ,

Only n Short Time Romulnn la Wbl«h to Oct Them Free.

The demand for the handsome game plaques which have been given away to purchasers of Elastic Starch th i s season has surpassed all expectations «nd has kept the manufacturers . J . C. Huhlnger Bros. Co.. busier than at any "time In the history of their business. Their offer to give these handsome plaques away to their customers will "remain open only a short t ime longer, and those who have not already availed themselves of this opportunity should do so at once. Not for years has any-thing a s handsome In this line been seen. The subjects represented by thsse plaques are American wild ducks, Amerlran pheasants, American quail and English snipe. They are hand-some paintings and arc especially de-signed for hanging on dining room walls, though their richness and beau-ty enti t les them to a place In the par-lor of any home.

Only, until October 10 do Messrs. J . C. Hublnger Bros. Co. propose to dis-t r ibute these plaques free to their cus-tomers. Every purchaser of three t en -cent packages of Elastic Starch, fiat-Iron brand, manufactured by J . C. Hu-hlnger Bros. Co., Is entit led to receive one of these handsome plaques f ree f rom their grocer. Old and new cus-tomers alike aro entit led to the bene-fits of this offer. These plaques will not be sent through the mall, the only way to obtain them being f rom your grocer. Every grocery store In the count ry has Elastic Starch for sale. It Is t he oldest and best laundry s tarch on the market and is the most perfect cold process starch ever Invented. I t Is t he only starch made by men who thoroughly unders tand the laundry business, and the only starch that will not Injure the finest fabric. It has been the s tandard for a quarter of a century, and as an evidence of how good i t is twenty-two., million pack-ages were sold last year. Ask your dealer to show you the plaques and tell you about Elast ic Starch. Accept n o substi tute. Bear In mind that this offpr holds good a short t ime only and should be taken advantage of without delay

Nothing humil ia tes a woman more than t o have a man see h e r naked f e e t Usually they are out of shape, f rom wearing shoes too smal l for her. Th is is the reason the women scream so when a m a n appears.

In some pa r t s of Norway corn la s t i n used aa a subst i tute for cola . ,

M U S I C AT O M A H A E X P O S I T I O N

Innes ' famous New York City con-cert band has been engaged to play at the Trans-Mlsslsslppl Exposit ion dally to October 81. This band Is one of the most successful musical organizat ions In the country today. Freder ick N. Innes, t he conductor, first made a repu-tat ion as a t rombone player. When he took up the t rombone It was known solely as an Ins t rument of percussion, and he astonished the world by demon-s t ra t ing ita adaptabi l i ty to solo play-ing. capable of finely expressing all phases of passion. In fact ho was the discoverer of t rombone music, the orig-inator of the tr ipple B flat tuba which he uses. When he organized his band he gave up t rombone playing, and now he persistently refuses to play except an occasional number a t one of his own hand concerts or In compliment to some dist inguished gather ing of fr iends. He Just planted his flag on the mountain, like Excelsior, and came down again to begin climbing another ladder to fame.

Prof . Innes a t t r ibu tes much of his success a band leader to the atten-t ion and care he gives to the making of programs. He has been criticized for playing music too classical for the lay mind, and In reply he points to the large crowds tha t a t tend his concerts wherever they are given. He says the deta i ls of his program are his flrst con-cern a f t e r he closes the contract for a concert. He s tudies not only the peo-ple. but the circumstances under which the concert Is to he given, and a ims to make a program to fit with some spe-cial numbers on it which may be par-t icular ly appropriate . HIB "chi ldren 's day" concert® have proved a very suc-cessful fea ture of his engagements. The merr iment of children makes all hear ts glad, and the children'a program pleas-es the grown people as well as t h e l i t t le folks.

RoMla May Ooverm Greta. The idea of a Russian protectorate

over Crete a s t h e u l t imate solution of the Cretan difficulty is being favored.

Waata Remains Brought Home It is the desire of the duke of Vera-

gua t ha t t he remains of Columbus be removed f r o m Havana to Spain.

Tampa. Fla.—Gov. Bloxham of F lor -ida h a s issued a call fo r a nat ional ha r -bor defense convention in th i s city, Feb, 8. 1899. The governors of the va-r ious s ta tes a re requested to name del-egates.

OrooerB cliar^-o l ecnt n pound for salt; drutr-Kisis cnll It chlorldo of ftodiurn ana lax you ftO cents an ouncc, yet wo ore told then is noililuK in a numo.

Whenever the people discover Kome new amusement, the preachers label it hln, in bit-red letters.

There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few yean was supposed to be in-curable. For n great many years doctors pro-nounced it a local disease, and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly faillnit to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitution-al disease, and therefore reijulresconstitutional treatment. Hairs Catarrh Cure, manufactured by P. J. Cheney k Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional euro on the market. It is taken Internally In doses from 10 drops to a teaspoon-ful. I t acts directly on tho blood and mucous Burfnecs of Hie system. They offer one hundred dollars for any onso it falls to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address,

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Hunbands and wives should never lead a cat and dog life. The odds are nine to one in favor of the cat.

T\ir over rtfiy yean Miss. VVinM.ow'n SOOTIIIXO SrRrrfau l>e«o uted by mothert for their children while teelhlnR. Are you difturhed al night and broken of your rest by.tt Mslt chllil mff.-rlnB nnU crying wllli puln of CuMlna Teeth? IfsoKmlut once and got » bottle of "MM- WIIISIDW S Sooililng Syrup" for Chlldrvn Torihlng- lis Milne Is Incal-culable. It will rnilove ihn poor llitle suirertrlin-mediately. Depend upon It, mothers, there Is no mistake about It. It cures ilinrrlnra, ro^ulnes the Stomach and Bowels, cures Wind CotlO, aoftens thB Guma, reduces InflamtnatloD, and gives tone and merer to the whoio tystcm. "Mrs, Wlnslow'a Soothing Syrup" for children teething Is plcunnt to the taste and Is the r. oscrlptlon of one ot tha oldert and best female plivslclans and nurses In the Vnlted States, and Is for asle by all druggists tiir.mghont the world. Price, twentr-nve cents a l>o tla. Ko sure and ask for "MUS. WisuLow'a SooTiiiso Snap."

Within tho Antarctic circle there has never been found a flowering plant.

Chain With Mothers. BOOK FREE FOR ASKING, f t Is a

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CoBscienoe mnkes cowards. If its absence meant the reverse, the world would be full of herooa.

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The largest carpet in the world is in Windsor costlo, being 40 feet In breadth. y

I t ' s fol ly t o su f fe r f rom t h a t hor r ib le p l ague of t h e n igh t , i t ch ing piles. Duuu's Oin tment cures, i juiekly and permanent ly . At a n y d r u g store, 50 cents.

Rnin falls on the eastern coast of Ireland about 208 days in tho year.

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The fond father never wakens the second baby to see it smile.

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Ill humor Is but tho Inward feeling of our own want of merit

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Knowledge Is a treasure at once priceless and unperiahaole.

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F E L L F R O M A S C A F F O L D ,

From (he Herald, IVatertoum, N. Y.

John Young, of LoRoy, N. Y., 1872 years old. and is well known In that and neighbor-ing towns. While putting some weather boards on a bnrn, standing on a sonllloM twenty-two feet f rom the ground, he folt dizsyjost his balance and foil to thoground. The side of bis face, arm and one entire side of bis body, on which ho struck, was badly bruised. Picked up abd carried to tho house, he was under a doctor'scare for sev-eral weeks. The doctor Anally came to tho conclusion tha t his patient had received a

stroke of pnr-a i y s i s a n d w a s beyond medical aid. He could not use one arm, or turn over in bod.

One d a y , while Iving on the bed, he read of a c a s e some-thing like his having been c u r e d with

Paralyzed by fhe Foil. ^ K p u u f o r Pale People. He coaxed his granddaughter to get him a box of the pills. After tha t box had been used he secured another. In three weeks he began to feel a little life In his a rm; a t the end of four he could move hU Angers; at the end of two months he could walk, and in three months he could •have himself with the injured hand.

As he told his story in the Herald ofBco, he looked the perfect picture of health. He carries a box of the pills in his pocket, end whenever he does not feel jn^t right, he takes them. They cured him af ter doctors had given him up, and his death was daily •xpeoted.

All the elements necessary to give new life and riebnoss to the blood and restore shattered nerves are contained in a con-densed form in Dr. Williams' Pink Pills to r Pale People. They are an unfailing spe-ciAc for such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, S t Vitus' dance, sciatica, nonrelgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the a f te r effects of la grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow complexions, all forms of weakne«s either In male or female.

DR. FALCONER'S TEMPTATION, X

A SHORT STORY

T h e m a n who w a n t s to be t 8.1 Sa tu r -d a y n i g h t genera l ly w a n t s t o b o r r o w t h a t a m o u n t Monday morning.

All wish t o possess knowledge b u t few, compara t ive ly speaking, are wil l -i n g t o pay the price.

P R A C T I C A L K I N D N E S S .

On« Uumlred Thousand (iratoful Soldien.

These war t imes uavo tried men'J souls In many unexpected ways, but like a siiaft of suushiue and good cheer out of the cloud of privation and en-durance has been the work tha t Tho American Tobacco Co. has done among t h e U. S. So.diers and Sailors ever since the war began—for when they discov-ered that the camps and hospitals were not supplied with tobacco they decided to provide them, free of cost, wi th enough for every man, and have al-ready given outr ight to our Soldiers and Sailors over one hundred thousand pounds of "Bat t le Ax P lug" and "Duke 's Mixture" Smoking Tobacco, a n d have bought and distributed fifty thousand br iar wood pipes, a t a total cost of between fifty and sixty thou-sand dollars. • Th is work has been done quiet ly and thoroughly,* by establishing headquar-t e r s in each camp, so tha t every camp And every hospllal of the United Sta tes Army has been supplied with enough tobacco for every man and the sai lors o n thir ty United States Ships In Cuban wa te r s have shared with t h e soldiers t h i s most welcome of all " r a t ions . "

Perhaps it will be only fa i r to re-member when we hear the r emark aga in that "corporat ions have no souls ," ' lat there Is one American cor-

foration whose soul has been tr ied and as not been found want ing In "prac-

t ical kindness."

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An easy-going young man never l in-g e r s w i t h h i s bes t g i r l u n t i l a f t e r mid-n i g h t .

(Continued.) "Just send me n few s t rong doses of

(ininlne, doctor, and order me some milk and some coals, and I sail bo able to get along by myself, as I have often done before and will of ten again. A few days will pull m e round all r ight without t roubling any one."

"I 'm afra id it may be a more seri-ous m a t t e r this t ime," t a ld the docior, "bu t have your own way for the pres-ent. I'll see that you have some milk, and If I have a spa re r u g or b lanket I'll send It a swell to throw over you. Now, good-by, and see tha t you keep yourself as warm and comfortable as you can under the difflcult circum-stances you have chosen for yourself ."

" I oughtn ' t to have listened to h im," he went on t o himself a s h e walked home through the dr iv ing snow, which had been fall ing thickly for some t ime; "bu t there 's t h a t old Ulundi r u g of mine he can have tonight . It looks as If he would need It badly."

The ensuing n i g h t proved keen and frosty and Falconer 's thoughts revert-ed more than once to the miserable shel ter In which he had lef t his pat ient and the still more miserable shake-down on which tha fever-slrlcken wretch was lying. At a comparat ively early hour the next morning he was again a t the door, waiting In seme im-patience until i t was again- unchained and unlocked, and revealed the solitary Inmate shivering and moaning in agonies of neuralgia. "So th i s Is the result of leaving you to your own de-vices!" he exclaimed as he s trode In; "bu t come, there Is no t ime to be lost now. Get on your clothes, and any-thing you want to take with you, and I will have a fly a t the door In Ave minutes . Bu t s i t down first and let me give you a hypodermic dose of morphia to quiet your pain. Is there ffey wate r In t h e house?"

"You can get It a t t he tap, and here Is (i cup. But I tell you plainly, I'm not going out of th i s house. Do any th ing you can for me without removing me, and I will t h a n k you and repay you when I can. I do t h a n k you a hundred t imes for t h e r u g you sent m e last n ight . But go to infirmary or hospital I will not ; unders tand t ha t clearly.

"Well , wel l !" said the doctor, wish-ing to humor him for the moment; " l ie down there and get under the rug then . Hold o u t your a r m . There , you'll feel bet ter In a minute . A deal better ," he mut tered to himself as he drove home a ful l dose; "It will be easier to get h im away so. Now lie still and keep yourself warm for half an hour. I have another case to see in the next s t ree t , and I will be back here In tha t t ime." So saying, he wa' '-ed quickly to the door, f rom which he withdrew the key and put i t in h is pocket. It was several minutes" walk to the nearest cab s tand and nearly half a n hour had elapsed before he was again at the door with a four-wheeler. To his chagrin he found It fastened by t h e chain, bu t with a powerful push of his shoulder he burs t It open and en-tered.

His pat ient was lying on the floor of the f ront room on his face, having ap -parently succumbed to the Influence of the morphia as he was re turning f rom putt ing the chain on t h e door. " W h a t u monomaniac!" exclaimed tho doctor as he stooped to lift him. "Hal lo! Wha t have we here? those tumors again?" In a moment he had laid the insensible flgtire on the bed and was hasti ly undoing his clothing. Under the man's shi r t , and next h is skin, was fastened a broad canvas belt, furnished with six large leathern pouches widely distending and bulging prominently. " H a ! this explains the mystery! Va-cutia cantabl t Indeed! Wha t a weight! These a re mal ignant tumors with a vengeance! Come, my fr iend, let go" —this to the patient, who was feebly and half unconsciously clutching at the belt as he withdrew It—"I must m a k e a thorough examination of these tu-mors. since I have discovered them at last."

Placing the belt on the floor—for there was no table In the room—he un-loosed t h e s t r ap of one of the pouches with fingers that trembled with excite-ment. A yellow gleam caught his eye, and fo r a moment h is hands shook so violently and uncontrol lably t ha t a small avalanche of gold coins rolled out upon the bare hoards with a Jingling crash, and spread over the floor. His head swam, flashca of fire seemed to dance before his eyes, a thunderous reverberat ion Ailed his ears, and before he was able to control his own move-ments he was down on his knees wildly clutching a t t he coins wi th both handa, thrus t ing them Into his pockets as fa«t as he could gather them up. Recov-ering himself with n souse of shame and amazement such as he had never felt before, he was conscious of shud-dering so violently tha t h is teeth chat-tered. aud the gold dropped again and ngaln f rom his Augers. "For shame. Richard Falconer!" ho heard himself «"ylng alou^, "is th i s your contempt for Althy lucre, your boasted IndliTer-ence to gold? Get up at once, put back ' ba t money and see to your pat ient a s you ough t ! What Is all this to you?"

With a great effort he pulled himself toga ther and began methodically to gather up the coins and put them back into the pouch. Moat of them were fcogllsh sovereign*, bu t sorno were

grlms, for I have no recollection of coming in. ' the fact Is, I have only re-turned from seeing a ra ther curious case, and the poor fellow appeared to be In desperate misery and want . Ho Is In an empty house by himself, has nei ther chair nor bed, nor apparent ly a scrap of food to eat. And I can ' t In-duce him to go to the InArmary. He is a discharged soldier, and appears to have been a gent leman once, and he seems to bo aa proud as Lucifer ."

(To be Continued.)

Eas te rn coins, at whose value h e could oniy guess. He estimated, however, t ha t t he contenta of the Arst bag mus t be worth a t least two hundred pounds; a second and a third were opened wi th a s imilar result; but the last th ree con-tained not coins, but Jewels, most ly un-set and many uncut ; rubles, emeralds and diamonds, some of them of grea t "Ize aud evidently of enormous value. He was still engaged In counting and examining these last , oblivious of the lapse of time, when he was s tar t led by hear ing the outer door and footsteps cross the Aoor towards the door of tho Inner room. Almost before he was conscious of moving he found himself a t t he door and In the act of t u r n -ing the key In the lock. "Good Heav-e n s ! " he muttered. " I must be under the spell of t he gold-Aend myself . Th is will never d o ! " Nevertheless he opened the door only wide enough to let himself through, and a t once closed and locked It behind him. Then he found himself face to face wi th the dr iver of the cab which he had l e f t a t the door.

"Beg your pardon, s i r ! " said the man. touching his h a t ; " I t h o u g h t you had forgotten me. Is there any th ing you want carried out to the cab?"

" I 'm afra id I did forget you ." said the (lector. " T h e fact Is. I have seen reason to change my mind about re-moving the pat ient . You need no t wai t any longer. Here Is a shi l l ing for the t ime you have lost.

"Not quite a case for the Union In-Armary." he said to himself a f t e r the cab had departed. " I must get a nurse fo r hhn and order some proper food. He will be able to pay for them," he added with a laugh. "And now I th ink of It, I had bet ter take charge of h is money myself ."

So saying, he returned the Jewels to the i r respective pouches, fastened them securely, and again locking the door, took off h is coat and waistcoat and buckled the heavy belt a round his own waist. I ts weight surprised him, bu t when he had adjusted It In Its place and rearranged his clothes over it , he was astonished to And how easily It Atted and how li t t le external evidence there was of Its presence. Then h e kneelod down beside h is pat ient and examined h im minutely. The man lay in a death-l ike stupor, with eyes half open, and the doctor, ra is ing the lids successively with h is thumb, noted with keen professional glance tha t t he pupils were contracted to less than half the i r na tura l size. "Good heavens ! " was his Arst thought ; "can I have given him an overdose?"

The next ten minutes were spent In efforts to awake and arouse the sleep-ing man. He shouted In his ears , dipped the co ine r of h is handkerchief In water and f lapped his face, raised him to his feet only to find his legs collapse helplessly under h im. Then he put his hand to the hip-pocket In which he carricd his hypodermic case. The bulky pouches of the belt delayed him for a moment, but It was enough to change the current of his thoughts . The thought of the weal th now wi th in his grasp rushed over him like an Ir-resistible flood, sweeping everything before It. "Don' t be a Quixotic fool. Richard Falconer! You have done all you can for h im; let him go now. and take the good tha t has fallen Into your hands. Here Is what will pay all your debts, solve all your difficulties, launch you on a new and ful l career, br ighten your wife's lot. and give your boy a proper chance in the world. Think how much more good It will do In your hands than in those of this useless miser. Now you will have some chance of pursuing your scientific studies to advantage and doing some service to humani ty In your day. Ju s t leave the case to nature . Go back to your house, make your evening visit In due course. And him dead, and cer t i fy the real • a u s e - m a l a r i a l fever. And If the re be an inquest, there are the contracted liver and enlarged spleen ready t o your hand as a siifllclent explanat ion, and . wha', is better, a perfectly t rue one."

He s l rode up and down the room In a fever of excitement, his lips mu t t e r -ing, his head whirling. How It ended he could never clearly recollect; he had a confused remembrance of rush ing from the house, of passing through the streets , even of stopping to speak with some acquaintances. He found a f t e r -wards that he had made more than one parish visit, through which habi t and the au tomat ic force of perfect t r a in ing had carried him wi thout any blunder. Af ter a t ime l- • seemed to himself to wake as If from a dream. His wife's voice, sounding at Arst as If coming from a great dis tance, recalled h im to himself. "Richard . Richard, what Is the m a t t e r ? Wha t has happened to you?" He was seated in his own chai r In his consulting-room, his wife kneel-ing on the Aoor holding his hands. "Oh, you a re 111, you a te no th ing a t breakfas t thla morning—I saw you, though you thought 1 didn't notice. Oh, Richard, you m u s n ' t go on like tha t ; If you were to break down what would become of us? Sit still now. till 1 see If there be any wine left in the decanter , and then you mus t have someth ing to rtit."

"Stop, Mary," said he, as she rose to leave the room. "I am better now. It mus t have been one of my old me-

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The notion of Germany possessing the cradle of human civilization In As-syria. as well as the holy nl lces ot Chris t iani ty, might easily a t t ract a les© enthusias t ic mind than tha t of the em-peror. saye the Spectator. To make matters easier. Germany has become the patron and almost the protector oi the sultan. No Influence Is so power-ful at Constantinople as that of Ger-many. She can obtain concessions which nre^refused to every other power. Her officers drill the Turkish troops, her manufac turers supply the Turks with cannon, rifles and ammuni t ion , and in a number of ways the sultan has come to be dependent upon his brother autocrat. Originally, no doubt, the sul-tan leaned upon Germany because Ger-many seemed the one great power which wanted no th ing f rom Turkey which It would weaken the Independ-ence and Integrity of Turkey to give. We can hardly suppose tha t th i s Is still the view enter ta ined a t the Porte, but Turkey Is now too much beholden to Germany to be able to withdraw. She cannot shake off her formerly disinter-ested and yet helpful f r iend, even though It now seems probable tha t t h i s friend will ul t imately follow the ex-ample of the others, and will want to "concentrate , and so s t rengthen ." the power of Turkey by slicing off a few out lying provinces. But In all prob-abi l i ty t h e emperor ' s d ream does no t really stop at s l icing off provinces. The worlil has been hes i ta t ing long and wearily a s to who Is to have Constan-tinople. and the re seems no possibility of agreement among the rival claim-ants. Under such clrcumstaucea, what could be more na tura l than t ha t It should ul t imately fall to Germany? Tha t , however. Is a piece of German "Ideal ism" which can bo kept In the background for the present.

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" A p p a r c n t l y t r i f l lnp inc idents in women 's da i ly l i f e f r e q u e n t l y pro-duccdisplacemcntsof the womb. A 6 l i p o n t h c s t a i r s , l i f t i n g d u r i n g m c n -s t rua t ion , s t a n d i n g a t a countc r , r u n n i n g a s ewing machine , or a t -tending t o t h e most o rd ina ry t a sks , may r e su l t in d isplacement , and a t r a in of ser ious evils is s t a r t ed .

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W B WISU to n o t i f y t h e r e a d i n g

p u b l i c t h a t T H E LEDGEB n e v e r k n o w -

w r o n g s a n y o n e . I n pol i t ics we

I t o u s e o u r o p p o n e n t s f a i r l y a n d

ily; a n d w h o e v e r feels h imse l f , h i s

fiinds o r h is p a r t y a g g r i e v e d b y a n y

a t t a r e n c e in these c o l u m n s is c o r -

firily inv i t ed to m a k e use nf t h e founc

t a a e t m a t t e r r i g h t . T h e r e will !»• u.i

• e e a s i o n i o r go ing t o a n y o t h e r p a p e r

o r a c c o m o d a t i o n s of t h a t so r t , as tiiey

m m b e o b t a i n e d h e r e w i t h o u t m o n e y

a a d w i t h o u t p r i ce . I f o u r good f r i end

W h i t e will r e m e m b e r th i s , h e will

p l e a s e h is we l l -w i she r , T H E LEDGER.

» » *

FAMILY LIFE.

I h a v e l a t e ly h e a r d a series of c lass

l ec tu res o n Ch i ld T r a i n i n g b y t h e e e l e b r a t e d neuro log i s t , D r . S m i t h B a -

k e r , in t h e course of w h i c h h e said

t h a t p a r e n t s o u g h t t o p l a y wi th t h e i r c h i l d r e n , s tudy wi th t h e i r c h i l d r e n ,

w , r k wi th t he i r c h i l d r e n , in l a c t t h e y ahou ld l ive with t he i r c h i l d r e n r a t h e r

t h a n " f o r " t h e m , in o r d e r t o c r e a t e t h e n o r m a l f ami ly life, a u d t o h a v e

c h i l d r e n d e v e l o p the i r best pas-

s tb i l i l i es . T h i s e x c e l l e n t a d v i c e is mos t of ten

o f f e r e d especial ly t o m o t h e r s , a n d I

c u u l d n o t he lp w o n d e r n g why they blif>uid be expec t ed t o associa te t h e m -

se lves t h u s i n t ima te ly wi th t h e eu i i r e l i f e d e v e l o p m e n t of the i r sons, whi le w o m e n a r e st i l l k e p t ou t s ide o f t he

m o s t i m p o r t u n l p a r t of a y o u n g m a n ' s

DHSt v i t a l in te res t , t h a t is, h i s respou-

a b i l i t y a s l aw m a k e r . W o m a n euiTragisti» a r e sonaet imes

accused of w i sh ing " t o des t roy t he * u u l y , " b u t is i t n o t r a t h e r t h e an t i -

auf l rag ia t w h o s e e k s to p e r p e t u a t e a d iv i s ion of i n t e re s t s n o w e x i s t i n g w i t h -

in t h a t i n s t i t u t ion? W h i l e t h e f a t h . era a n d aona on one h n n d s t a n d p led -

ged to d o a l l in t he i r p o w e r to m a k e -

a n d ad ra in ia t e r ( t h r o u g h the i r e l ec ted r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s ) r i g h t e o u s laws, a n d

whi le t he i r in te res t is, o r o u g h t to be ,

t u r n e d l a r g e l y in th i s d i r e c t i o n , b y

t h e i r s ide s t a n d t h e m o t h e r a u d her^ d a u g h t e r s , voiceless in a l l c iv ic e m e r -

gencies s u c h as o u r l a t e w a r , power less

t o m a k e o r u n m a k e po l i t i ca l ly t h e

men w h o e n a c t t h e l a w s , w h i c h m a k e

o u r m u n i c i p a l i t i e s a n d o u r N a t i o n

sa fe or u n s a f e fo r t h e m s e l v e s or t h e i r

c h i l d r e n .

O n l y when t h e d a y of w o m a n ' s e n -

f r a n c h i s e m e n t d a w n s , w h e n she s h a l l b e e l e v a t e d f r o m h e r p r e sen t l ega l

posi t ion of pol i t ica l e q u a l i t y wi th t h e

p a u p e r a u d t h e i d i o t t o p lace of

e q u a l i t y w i t h h e r h u a o a n d a n d h e r aons, will i t be possible t o h a v e i n t e l l i

g e n t f a m i l y life, such a u n i t y of i n -

t e r e s t a s sha l l e n a b l e b o t h f a t h e r a n d

m o t h e r t o p l a y , s t u d y , w o r k a n d l ive wi th t h e i r c h i l d r e n ,

RACHEL FOSTER AVERY.

R o b b e d t h e G r a v e .

A startling ineident, of which Mr, John Oliver, of PhiladelphU, was the subject, is narrated by him as follows: "I was In a most dreadful condition, My skin was almost yel-low, eyes sunken, tounge coated, pain con-tinually in lu.-k and sides, no appetite—grad-ually growing weaker day by day. I hree physicians had given me up. Fortunately a friend advised trying Electric Bitters and to my great joy and surprise, the linst bottle made a decided improvement. I continued their use for three weeks and am now a well man. I know they saved my life, and robbed the grave of another victim, No one should fall to try them. Only 50c per hot. at L. H Hunt & Co. drug store.

V e r g e n n e s .

T. B. James and wife are riding out in a

nice new carriage.

G. W. Crosby and wife, their brother

N. J . Crosby and wife went to Murray's

lake and Parnell last week Tuesday.

Melville McPliersoo went to Detroit last

week as a delegate to the state convention.

Roscole McPherson was made a happy

boy last week when his father gave him

n nice new bicycle. Mrs. Henry McCall and son, Hollis, of

Barrytown and Mrs. Arthur Morgan of

Newaygo county, have been visiting their

parenU. Wm. Krum and wife.

Joe Batchelor has gone to Plainfield to

woik for John Bergin.

Charley Gott, wife and son, Haro ld , of

Saranac, came to see tlieir daughter, who is

quite sick. Mrs. Gott stayed to help care

for her. G. W. Crosby and wife received a very

pleasant call from Ora VanDusen and

wife of Battle Creek last Monday.

Elliot Frazier of Muskegon was the

guest of Allen Bennett last week.

Alton VanWormer, of the 32d Mich.

Vol., is visiting his brother , Seth, and fam-

ily. Fred Ueiger who has been lu Dakota

working fur a few mouths is home again .

G. W. Crosby and wife enjoyed a call

from F . M. Johnson, wife and baby, Ruthi

last Sunday. Come again Mr. Ed i to r and

stay longer.

We pass thecake to our young sister of

Grattan-Vergennes; but Crosby's Kid says

he will cut corn with anyone and will keep

even every time.

Chris Whittenbach is the happiest man

in town all over the arrival of a l i t t le one

al his houee, Sept. 22. It is the first boy

in the family and the third heir .

T H E W H O L E sys tem fee l s t h e • e f f e c t o f H o o d ' s S a r s a p a r i l l a — s t o m -

ach , l ive r , k i d n e y s , h e a r t , n e r v e s a r e • t r e n g t h e n e d a n d S U S T A I N E D .

M c C o r d s .

J . Renter and family visited relatives in

Freeport Sunday. Harrison Thomas and wife of Waterloo.

N. Y., an- the guests of her brother, Mahlow

Thomas. Mrs. Albert Clark, who has been serious-

ly ill , is convalesing.

Mm. Walter Clark and daughter, Jennie,

visited her mother, Mrs. J . Brown, of Free-

port, S-ui'laV

Harm-m Clark an." Charles Sweet are

attending Prof. Merri innVschool at Alto.

Mrs. Leroy Woo l had a quil t ing bee

V edne-day afternoon and the result was

a "big" rain s orm. Mrs. Walker ami children, of Cleveland.

0., a re the guests uf li r p . renu, J . Frey-

ermuth and wife.

Alice Noble of Grand Rjpids spent "Sun-

day with Louise Huzinga.

L. Wassink our a^eni is s ) b isy of late,

" Ide" should think he wo ild need an as-

sistant.

No Gripe When you take Hood's Pills. The big, old-fasb-loned, sugar-coated pills, which tear you all to pieces, are not In It with Hood's. Easy to take

H o o d ' s Pills

and easy to operate, is true oi Hood's Pills, which are np to date in every respect Safe, certain and sure. All

j druggists. 25c. C. L Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. . The only Pills to take witb Hood's SarsapariQa.

THE CITY BANK WHITNEY, WATTS & GO.

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

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

W I L L I A M S H A K E S P E A R E , President. W. A. WATTS, Cashier.

A general banking business transacted. 3 percent interest paid on certificates of de-jKisit. Deposits of $1.00 and upward re-ceived in Savings Department, on which 3 percent interest will be credited semi-an-nually, on all deposits left four months.

Money loaned on real estate security, partial payments allowed of any amount at any time.

O O - i P - A - P t T N E I l S : ORTOX H I L L , Lowell, Mich

W. A . WATTS, D. R. W H I T N E Y , Lowell, Mich.

W I L L I A M S H A K E S P E A R E , Kalamazoo.

E. W. BOWMAN, " N. S. W H I T N E Y . Richland, Mich

ASA STRATTON, "

WB WANT Y t t l B1MESS.

S m y r n a .

Andrew Skellenger has returned home

for a few days. Mrs. Sam'l Condon is recovering from

recent illness.

Mesdames Porter nnd Stevens of Alton

called at A. J . Dicken's the first of t he

week. Mrs. Bert Norton is visiting relatives at

at Big Rapids.

Geo. Forman and wife were visiting

friends here last week.

Abe Huff ond wife are visiting her sister,

Mrs. A. J . Dickens. Little Guy Ellis who was run over by

a wheel last week is improving.

Sam Skellenger has rented his farm and

expecta to visit with his sons at Battle

Creek in the near future.

(Last week's letter.)

Mrs. H. Baker, a former resident of

Smyrna, who has been in the Asylum at

Traverse City a number of years, died last

week. Interment at Greenville last Mon-

day-Mrs. J o h n Snow, an old lady who lived

with her son near Coral, died last week.

She was one of old settlers of this place.

Will Skellenger of Battle Creek visited a

few days last week with his parente, Sam

Skellenger and wife.

Mary Oakley has the whooping cough.

George Joslin's health is improving.

R e m a r k a b l e R e s c u e

Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plalnfleld. 1U_ makes the following statement, that she caught cold, which settled upon her lungs; she was treated for a month by her family physician, but grew worse. He told her she was a hopeless victim of consumption and that no medicine could cure her. Her drug-gist suggested Dr. King's New Discovery for Coniumption. She bought a bottle and to her delight found herself beneflttc-d from flrst du e . She continued ita use and after taking six bottles, found herself sound and well; aud now does her own housework, and Is as well as she ever was. Free trial bottles of his Great Discovery at L . H Hunt & Co.'s drugstore . Large bottles50c and$1.00.

and

F a l l a s b u r K .

Anna Pottruff visited her Aunt

Unole Sears of Grattan Sunday.

W e visited Mr. Titus Sunday and are

pleased to say that he is slowly but surely

improving.

Joe McGee, while taking a horseback

ride Sunday morning, fell off and broke

his left arm in two places, below and above

the elbow.

Ira Westbrook from Town Line visited a t

Mr . PottrufTs Sunday.

Mr. Weekes is drawing apples for Enos

& Bradfield at Lowell.

H . Scott and wife visited friends in

Grattan Sunday.

Mr. Choat wife, and son, Ear l , spent

Sunday in Orleans.

•

C l e a n v o u r w i t h t ee th R o s e C r e a m

M y pr ices t h e s a m e to a l l . R a e M a l c o l m . P h o t o g r a p h e r .

I c e c r e a m by t h e d iah , q u a r t o r sup-

p l i ed fo r socials a n d pa r t i e s i n g a l l o n Iota. D . T . B u s h .

T h e best 4 0 c t e a in M i c h i g a n a t

B e r g i n ' s T r y a p o u n d a n d if n o t satisfied ge t y o u r m o n e y b a c k .

T h i s is " s t r a i g h t g o o d s l " 254 t f

E a s t Lowel l .

T h e funeral of L. Pillen was held at the

McBride school house last Wednesday.

His remains were brought from Grand

Rapids and interred in the McBride ceme-

tery. He was taken to his daughter 's

home in Grand Rapid- last spring after a

stroke of paralysis.

E. K. Wright of Greenville was in this

place on business last Thursday.

Carrie Conklin is one of Miss Cole's new

music scholars.

J . N. Hubbel and family are at home to

their friends in the Mary Rolfe.house.

Orel Hendershott is working in Kel-

logg's cider mill and dryer .

F R E S H A R R I V A L S .

W e a r e n o w r e c e i v i n g r o u r N E W F A L L S T O C K a n d a r e m a k i n g

p r i c e s t h a t m a k e s t h e m m o v e .

E v e r y t h i n g - p o i n t s t o w a r d a g o o d F a l l T r a d e a n d w e a r e p r e p a r i n g

f o r i t .

W E A R E H E A D Q U A R T E R S

F o r L a d i e s ' W r a p p e r s a n d M u s l i n U n d e r w e a r a n d o u r P r i c e s a r e t h e

L o w e s t m a d e .

O u r S t o c k

O f C a r p e t s , M a t t i n g s , O i l C l o t h s a n d L i n o l e u m s i s n o w b e i n g ' r e p l e n i s h e d

a n d a C A R P E T f o r 1 0 C E N T S m a k e s p e o p l e w o n d e r .

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

p a t r o n a g e .

N . B . B l a i n . G R f V H f l M B L O C K , LOW&LL, MICH.

P a r n e l l .

(Too late for last week)

Will Condon and wife of Lowell visited at

Richard McGee's Sunday.

Anna McCarty has returned home from

Chicago wher» she has been visiting her

sister, Mrs Edgar Byrne. Marie Murphy has returned from a weeks

visit with friends in Grand Rapids and

East Saginaw.

J o h n Doyle and James Hawley were in

Grand Rapids Friday on business.

Richard Heffron and wife of Lowell

called on Parnell friends last week.

Clara McLaughlin and sister, Jennie , of

Grand Rapids are visiting Mrs L . Carl .

Mrs. McLaughlin has returned to her

home in Calasmoo after a two weeks visit

with her parents, E. B. Joice and wife of

Canr.onsburg.

Y o u c a n send y o u r n e w s i t ems , a d -

v e r t i s e m e n t s a n d o r d e r s f o r j o b p r i n t -

i n g b y t e l e p h o n e a t a l l h o u r s of t h e

d a y a n d n i g h t . Of l i ce , N o . 52 , rcs i p e n c e , N o . 5 3 Bell t e l e p h o n e . t f

A fine l o t b u s i n e s s c a r d s

i u s t r e c e i v e d a t t h i s o f f i c e .

B u c k i e n ' a A r n i c a S a l v e . THB BEST SALVE in t h o wor ld f o r Cuts i

Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Totter , Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns nnd all Skin Erupt ions , and positive-ly cures Piles, o r no pay requi red . I t is guaranteed t o give per fec t sat isfact ion or money refunded. Pr ice 25 cents p e r box. F o r salo by L . H. H n u t & Co.

Business Directory.

4. HARRISON RICKEKT. dentist. Over Church's bank, Lowell.

8. P. HICKS, Loans, Collections, Real Estate and Insui.

ance. Lowell, Mich.

P e o p l e B e l i e v e w h a t t h e y r e a d a b o u t H o o d ' s S a r s a p a r i l l a . T h e y k n o w i t i s a n h o n e s t m e d i c i n c , a n d t h a t i t c u r e s . G e t H o o d ' s a u d o n l y H o o d ' s .

H o o d ' s P i l l s c u r e all l iver i l l s , re-l i eve cons t i pa t i on ass is t d iges t ion . 25c.

W e s t Lowe l l .

J . J . Finley and wife were callers a t

Na than Blair's last Tuesday.

T h e busy bees hold their next meeting a t

Ethel Milieu's, Oct. 1, at 2 o'clock. E. Green started last t unday to visit his

old home and other places in England.

Mi*. Horace Cary is very ill at this writ-

ing. T h e ladies aid will meet at t he home of

Mrs. Easterbrook, Oct. 5. at 2 o'clock. A

good attendance ia desired.

G a l v a n i z e d s t ee l t a n k s fo r s tock w a t e r i n g . C a l l a n d see t b e m .

N . H A S H .

A t in t ed p h o t o f r e e wi th each dozen

m w t i pho tos a t M a l c o l m ' s n e w S t u d i o

F i u e s t s tock of o r g a n s e v e r in Low-

el l a t R . D . S t o c k i n g ' s .

T r y R o s e C r e a m lor t h e t e e t h .

I c e c ream a t B e h l ' s c i ty b a k e r y .

S t o c k i n g h a s t h e best s e w i n g m a -

c h i n e s m a n u f a c t u r e d a n d p r i c e s a r e

r i g h t .

W e fit t h e eyes wi th glasses a n d

g i v e y o u a p e r f e c t fit. Spec ia l a t -

t e n t i o n to compl i ca t ed caaes a t O l i -y e r ' s I t t

n e s t B o w n e .

F . M, Aldrich and wife rejoice over the

arrival of a nine-pound son. Lester McDiarmid of the 32d Reg. Mich-

Vol^ recently arr iv d home in very poor

health. M rs . Jennie Fl lk ins has been spending

the last two weeks with her parente and

other friends at Belmont.

J a c k Coo! and family of West Campbell

entertained Charles Smith and wife of this

place one day last week.

Ivy Post of Belmont has returned to her

home in that place after spending two

weeks with her sister, Mrs. J enn ie Filkina.

Mrs. W. Wat ts entertained Mrs. J enn ie

Odell and Miss Libbie Cole of Carlton one

day last week. Mrs. Van Wert of Grand Rapids is help-

ing care for her daughter, Mrs. F. Aldrich.

Corn husking is the order of the day for

farmers in this locality.

Isaac Filkins was in Grand Rapids laat

Saturday and S' inday.

S p l e n d i d New L i n e of

B e d R o o m S u i t s

At From

$ 1 0 . 5 0 U p

Goods delivered free of charge to

any par t of the city.

M c C O N N E L L .

SHIP TOUR FREIGHT AND TRAVEL VIA

T H E

600DBICH L I I V E

THE MOST POPULAR LINE TO

CHICAGO AND A IL POINTS WEST.

Leave Muskegon at 6:00 ) 11 Leave (irand Haven at 9:00 p. iu.

D A I L Y

Arriving in CHICAGO the following morn-

ing in time for the outgoing trains:

THIS IS THE SHORT LINE TO CHICACJ.

Passengers should see tha t ' t h e i r tickets

read via this Popular Line.

O. C. McDANNEL, M. D , Physician and Surgeon. Offlce, 46 Bridge

street, Lowell, Mich.

M. C. GREEN, M. D.

physician and Snrgeon. Offlce a t Residence Bridge street. Lowell. Mich.

G.G. TOWSLEY, M.D., ' Physician a^d Surgeon. Offlce hours, 10 am

to 3 pm. and 7 to 8 pm.

E. H. CAMBELL, INSURANCE, LOANS ~ Notary Public, Real Estate Agent and Cd-

lector. Over Boylan's store. Lowe)'

MILTON M. PEKRY,

Attorney and Counselor a t Law. Train's Hal Block, Lowell, Mich. Special attentloo given to Collections, Conveyancing, and Sale of Real Estate.

Has also qualified and been admitted to prae tlce in the Interior Department and all the bureaus thereto and Is ready to prosecute Claims for those that may be entitled to Pension Bounty.

E d w a r d 0 . M a i n s ,

Attorney at Law. YOUR PATRONAHE BOLICITED.

T H R O U G H T I C K E T S to all poinU via Chicago can be had of ail agenta on D., G. H . A M., C. A W. M. R'y, T. S. & M. Ry.. G. R. & I. Ry., and of W. D. ROPIE, Agent Goodrich Line, Muskegon, or N. BOBBINS, JB., Grand Haven.

R. C . DAVIS , G e n . P a s s Ag t .

OHIOACO.

r o m r x m a

INSURANCE! .CALL ON

F. D . E D D Y fe C O . ,

A . E . C a m b e l l , D e n t i s t ,

OVER BOYLAN'S STORE. A l l b r a n c h e s o f d e n t a l w o r k d o n e b y

t h e l a t e s t i m p r o v e d m e t h o d s . S a t -i s f ac t i on g u a r a n t e e d .

G a s a d m i n i s t e r e d .

TOWELL MARKEF Invariably corrected Thursday morning,.

New Wheat @ 63

Old Whea t Q 68

Corn @ 86

Oats @ 22

Rye @ 40

Barley per cwt ® 60

Flour per cwt (S) 2 00

Bran per ton . ® 12 00

Middlings per ton @ 14 00

Corn meal pet ton @ 16 00

Corn and oats per ton ® 18 00

Butter 12 @ 14

Eggs ^ 12

New Pota toes 80 0 4 ' Beans 70 @ 80 Beef .V) B 00

Veal 6 K « • 00 Pork 4 00 («> 4 50

Chickens 7 ® 9 Wool washed 20 (® 88 Wool unwashed 18 <9 8®

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K e e n e . Wil l iam Haskins died Thursday night

of pnoumouia and pleurisy, a f t e r an ill-

ness of ten days with great suffering-

The funera l was held at the Saranac >. E-

church, Sunday af ternoon. Mr. Bolston has purchsed the store

building recently owned by Charles h rost

at Avon. Mesdames A. E.Shelley aud VanEss of

Ionia were guests of Mrs. Wilkinson last

Tuesday. Mrs. Charles L n m p k i n is spending fair

week a t b rand Rapids . Collie, wife of Fred Converse of loni r t

died Sept . 19lh, of consumption, a t the

ago of 24 years, f u n e r a l services were

held a t the Orleans M, E. church ond the

remains were l a i d t o rest in the Orleans

cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Converge wen

a l ono t ime residents of Keene.

E. A. Wilkinson and wife of Faranac,

Grace Blakeslee nnd Dr* nnd Mrs. Cam-

bell of I-owell spent finndny at B. F.

Wilkinson's. Harvey Bnttson is improving the ap-

pearance of his house with n new coat of

pa in t . A few of the young people of Totters

corners serenaded fauiue l Strong and

wife a few n igh t s ago. They took their

lunches with them and passed a pleasant

evening with thenewly married couple.

Mrs. John H a s k i n g s is very ill but a t

the present writ ing is thought to be im-

proving. Phi l Monks and wife of Loweli

called to see her Sunday.

Geo. Ackert a n d wife of Grattan were

the guest of Ralph Bigley two days last

week.

t Eras tus Hull has moved lo Saranac

His daughter , Mrs. Carrie Scott, and son

will occupy and work the f a rm. Mr. Bol-

ston, the grocer, will live in Mrs. ^cot t ' s

house. .Rev. Mr. Westbrook preached his flrst

sermon here last Sunday n igh t ; and nil

were well pleased with him. We hope he

may do much good here. F unday school

will be held a t 10 a. m., and preaching at

11* All are are invited to a t t tnd next

Lena Bowen lost her black cape Satur-

day.

Wilbur Warner returned last Thursday

to old Michigan from Wahshington s tate

where he has been since March nnd wh^re

he has 640 acres of land. Brna Piuckney

did not return with him. Look out there. East Lowell! Don't

you get so interested a t Fai lasburg tha t

you can't a t t end to your home news.

Mrs . J . J o s e p h has returned f rom a

week's vitit with her children and fr iends

at Grand Rnpids. Reuben Frieze and AUie Knee have enr

listed nnd are now encamped in Pennsyl

vanin. They expect to go to P o r t o Rico.

B. F.Wilkinson entered his fine Pereh-

eron horse nt s tate fair Monday.

THECARITHERS

A F F A I R WILL

Copyright, 1893. by A. N. Kollugg Nowtptper Co, UARBEH

SYNOPSIS. Chapter I.—Mlnnrd Hendricks, preat de-

tective. Just returned from Boston, llnds awaltiiiR him an unsigned typewritten Ut-ter direcling him to apar tments In Palace hotel, where he will find remains of Mr. Weldon Caruthers—currently reported for past two weeks to be out of town. De-tective seems to connect letter with at-tempt made on his own life some time pre-vious. Goes with" friend, Dr. Lampkln, to In1. - stisate.

Chapter II.—Upon search of Caruthers' apartments remains of cremated body and Jeweled hand of victim are found in a vase. Hand bears marks of linger nails mani-cured to sharp points. Lampkln recalls reports of a row between Caruthers and Arthur Glelow, both suitors for hand of

l o w b u r n i n g l i g h t s of t h e c h a n d e l i e r overhead . In nooks and recesses d a r k b r o n z e nnd w h i t e marb le s t a t u e s loomed l ike s u g g e s t i o n s of the good a n d evil j t h e y r e p r e s e n t e d . As t h e y s tood in t h e c e n t e r of the chnn ibe r . undecided w h a t j t o do, they hea rd a s t e p in t he a d j o i n i n g j room, and H e n r i p resen ted a terr i l ied | visage over t h e top of a g r o t e s q u e l y i carved wooden sc reen .

"Who is i t ? " he cried ou t in u voice 1 tha t shook s t r a n g e l y , l ie-had not rec-ognized t h e v i s t o r s .

•"It is 1, Henr i , .Miss I lu i i l i i ig ton . Where is y o u r m a s t e r ? "

Henr i s lowly s ta lked f r o m beh ind t he screen .

"Von—you. Miss D o r o t h y ! " he s t a m -mered , and t h e n he stood a m u t e p i c t u r e of indecision, h i s g lance s h i f t i n g to a n d f r o uneas i ly .

" W h e r e is Mr. Qie low? I m u s t see h i m ! " said t h e he i ress .

Hen r i made n o response . He c lu t ched a b rass s t a n d , on w h i r h lay s o m e cur ios , and t h e y shook nnd r a t t l e d

now y o u r unc le ' s he i r uncond l t i bna l l y , and if you w i s h you can spend all y o u r f o r t u n e in s a v i n g the p o o r fe l low."

Dorothy rose stillly. and ns placidly us one in a d r e a m fol lowed h e r a a n t f r o m the room and down to the car-r iage .

Henri a ccompan ied t h e m to the door, and tiien c r ep t sobb ing a n d snii l l ing buck lo bis OWJI a p u r t m e n t .

He had scarce ly t u rned his back when a man erawi'. 'd nut f rom beiiind a lieavy c u r t a i n of a l i t t le alcove. He went so f t ly t o - t h e door , nn la t ehed it, and glided out i n t o the d imly- l igh ted cor-r idor . He t u r n e d a co rne r , and, go ing down one of t he da rkes t a n d na r rowes t

! ha l lways on t he same lloor, he ap-' p roaehed a man s i t t i n g on a window 1 sill. | " I know y o u a r e cold and t i l ed , " he i said. " B u t 1 could not ge t away soon-| e r . " It was t h e voice of Minard Hen-j dr icks , and he was s p e a k i n g to Dr . I L a m p k i n . " I found the door of the

s tud io open, a n d got in sa fe ly enough .

"Oh , yea, a n d i h e p lace s u i t s b l m t o • T . H e f o u n d an old colonia l m a n s i o n b u i l t half of b r i ck , half of s tone , i n a wooded por t ion of Cl i f fs ide P a r k , t h e most inaccefisible p a r t of t h e Pa l i sades . H e found out by acc ident t h a t i t was u n d e r c o n l r a e t to be to rn down b e f o r e long, and got a couple of y e a r s ' lease on i t , and recci i l ly he received a ca r load of or ien ta l r ubb i sh f rom s o m e w h e r e a n d has t u rned the in l e r io r i n t o the q u e e r -es t looking r e t r ea t you ever saw. I got on to his idea not long ago , and , whi le it is not exac t ly above board , I have u o t h i n g to say, f o r New Yorkers— the wea l thy ones—love to be h u m -bugged, and Kola ha s discovered t h a t t hey a r e wi l l ing to pay for i t to boot . T h e vast m y s t e r y wi th which the r a sca l inves ts h is persona l i ty does the w o r k . H e couldn ' t have chosen a b e t t e r p lace . T h e old mans ion is r epu t ed to have been t h e h e a d q u a r t e r s of a g a n g of thieves of l ong s t and ing , and when they w e r e dis-banded ten y e a r s ago I hea rd imich about the place. One of t he th ieves

h a r s h l y . A smal l piece of ch ina fe l l | I w n s , n ( , , 0 s , ' c Cie low. and j u s t a s w i j 0 j n | ) r i s o n s n j ( i ; ! p a n g of coun-

to t h e l loor w i t h a c rash , b u t he did n o t no t ice i t . Miss H u n t i n g t o n s tepped de-

I was abou t t o come o u t Miss H u n t i o g -ton and h e r mint c a m e in and t u r n e d

Dorothy Himtlngton, who Is heiress to l i be r a t e ly t o t h e c h a n d e l i e r a n d ra i sed" j ' ' l1 ' l 1 0 P'"18, 1 had to lie low. but 1 over-

Good w o r k twice a week a n d f a i r

t r e a t m e n t a t t h e L o w e l l L a u n d r y .

D a n B u s h is s e r v i n g t he finest k i n d

of ice c r e a m a t his r e s t a u r a n t .

Cal l a n d see m y w o r k . R a e Mal-

c o l m . P h o t o g a p h e r . L e e b i d g .

B e s u r e a n d see R . D . S t o c k i n g ' s l i n e of wheels b e f o r e p u r c h a s i n g else-

w h e r e .

WANTED, severa l loads of good

d r y wood o n s u b t c r i p i i o n a t th i s o f -

f ice .

Cal l a t c i ty b a k e r y f o r y o u r l u n c h

several millions should she marry Car-uthers. unconditionally In case of Car-uthers' death.

Chapter HI.—Late that night Hendricks and Lampkln call at home of Miss Hunt-Ington.

Chapter IV.—Dorothy shows detective typewritten letter, which was an Invitation for herself and aunt to occupy with Count Bantlnnl, Italian nobleman, his box at horse show, as he was called out of town by pressing business.

Chapter V.—She recalls Glelow had ex-pressed before murder Intense hatred for Caruthers and believes him guilty, yet de-cides to help him, and with her aunt goea to his studio.

Chapter VI.—Glelow has fled. His serv-ant, Henri, tells of overhearing confession to Bantlnnl. Henri thought his master In-sane. Hendricks, concealed In room, hears oil t i l s .

" T o t he s tud io , " was t he answer . "Even if he ha s le f t Henr i will lel l me s o m e t h i n g a b o u t him, fo r Henr i would d o a n y t h i n g f o r me."

" B u t — b u t i t ' s a lmos t d a y b r e a k , " op-posed Mrs. W i n f r e t . " I t ' s bad enough a s it is, bu t f o r you t o go looking up n m u r d e r e r a t such a n unseemly hour—"

Doro thy laid h e r h a n d o n the bell but-ton and r a n g .

T h e n she w a l k e d to t h e door open ing i n t o t he c o r r i d o r a n d Mrs . W i n f r e t hea rd her cal l t o t he s e r v a n t below and o r d e r t he c a r r i a g e .

"All r i gh t , m i s s ! " came u p f r o m t h e hal l benea th in s leepy accents .

Mrs. W i n f r e t rose a n d came to h e r niece, her t w o h a n d s o u t s t r e t c h e d .

"Wa i t un t i l m o r n i n g , da r l ing , " she b e g g e d . "You wil l accomplish just as much nnd r u n no r i sk of being ta lked a b o u t . "

"If you don ' t go w i t h me I go a lone," burs t f r o m the de t e rmined gir l . "Ge t r e a d y ; I will d ress myself in a m o m e n t . "

" I won ' t be long," sa id Mrs. W i u f r e t , r es ignedly . " I know n o t h i n g else wil l s a t i s f y you . You a r e s imply in love, a n d love k n o w s no r e a s o n . "

one of t he l i gh t s . T h e n h e r eyes f e l l j j n H e n r i . H i s col lar w a s u n f a s t e n e d ,

h i s neck t i e a w r y , and h is l ong b l a c k h a i r j u m b l e d ; h is eyes looked a s i f from, weep ing t h e y had swollen too b ig f o r t h e i r socke t s .

" W h a t ' s t he m a t t e r , H e n r i ? " asked Miss H u n t i n g t o n , a lmos t fiercely, h i s b e a r i n g a n d a s p e c t h u r l i n g a f r e s h s h a f t of convic t ion i n t o h e r h e a r t . "Speak , I s a y ; d o n ' t y o u k n o w I am a s t r u e a f r i e n d l o h im a s you a r e ? "

"He—he ' s gone . Miss D o r o t h y / * w a s t h e rep ly .

" G o n e ? W h e r e ? " T h e m a n s a n k on a d ivan , f o r g e t f u l of

h i i s t a t ion . He c lasped h is s h a g g y head be tween h is h a n d s and g r o a n e d . His w e a k n e s s seemed to a p p e a l to t h e same q u a l i t y in the he i ress . H e r m o u t h lost i ts firmness, h e r f a c e appea red t o wi the r . S h e t o t t e r e d t o t h e g r a n d piano which , open a n d l i t t e r ed w i t h shee t s of mus i c and t h e a s h e s a n d re^ mains of c iga rs , s tood n e a r , and l eaned heavily upon i t .

Mrs. W i n f r e t s t epped u p t o t he m a n and laid a c o m m a n d i n g h a n d o n h i s shoulder .

"Where h a s he gone t o ? " she d e m a n d -ed. "Speak , I s a y ! "

Henr i looked i n q u i r i n g l y a t Doro thy , and perce iv ing t h a t she was h a n g i n g

• on his rep ly , sa id : " I don ' t k n o w — I c a n ' t s ay . b u t he ha s

l e f t fo rever—forever , Miss D o r o t h y ! " The gir l f e l t her k n e e s g r o w i n g weak ,

and she s a n k in to a r u s t i c cha i r wh ich h e r lover h a d b r o u g h t f r o m the hi l ls of Pa l e s t i ne . P r e s e n t l y she leaned fo r -w a r d .

" H e n r i , you m u s t tell me all you k n o w , " she said, firmly. " I am h i s f r i e n d . You k n o w 1 can be t r u s t e d . "

" I k n o w t h a t well . Miss D o r o t h y , "

hea rd w h a t I 'll bet t he police will never g e t out of I he a r t i s t ' s s e r v a n t . I heard h im tell Miss H u n t i n g t o n tha t Gielow h a d confessed to t h e m u r d e r . "

As they w a l k e d a w a y t h r o u g h t he lonely s t r e e t s HeiWlricks recounted minu t e ly w h a t had t a k e n place In t he e tudio .

"He ' l l n e v e r h a n g fo r it if he is c a u g h t . " w a s the doc to r ' s c o m m e n t when his f r i e n d had conc luded . " I t is plain t h a t he is as mad as a march ha re . "

T h e de tec t ive reserved h is opinion on t h a t point , a n d L a m p k i n s tudied his face In no l i t t l e s u r p r i s e . Hendr icka paused, s t r u c k a m a t c h on a wall a n d l igh ted a c iga r . He held two in h is hand, b u t h e w a s too m u c h absorbed t o of te r the r e m a i n i n g un l i gh t ed one to h is

f r i end . "You c e r t a i n l y t h i n k Gielow did t h e

kil l ing, d o n ' t y o u ? " ques t ione t i Lamp-kin, t a k i n g t h e c iga r a s it was t r ave l i ng b a c k to H e n d r i c k s ' ves t pocke t .

"Oh, beg p a r d o n ! " exc la imed the de-tect ive. " I w a s n o t t h i n k i n g of w h a t I was do ing . As t o y o u r ques t ion , i t i s b y f a r too e a r l y to p r o n o u n c e t he a r t i s t gu i l ty , s ane or i n sane . If I did t h a t , t he re would be n o t h i n g l e f t t o un rave l , nnd I d o n ' t o p e r a t e t h a t w a y . " H e heaved a b : g s igh. "Doc to r , m a r k m y words , w h e n th i s t h i n g is s i f t ed t o t h e bo t tom, i t wil l be f o u n d t h e m o s t g i g a n -tic piece of shrewd c r i m i n a l i t y ever heard of. R e m e m b e r . I sa id—ever h e a r d .of. Good-by; th is s ide s t r e e t will t a k e me home quickly , and I w a n t to t h i n k over some p e r p l e x i n g de ta i l s . "

t e r f e i t e r s had opera ted t h e r e fo r fif-teen yea r s and had the m o s t p e r f e c t ou t -li t in the cel lars benea th Hie house tha t was ever owned in Amer ica . As I said, t he m y s t e r y docs the w o r k fo r Kola . He receives app l i can t s for psychic mes-sages in t he d a r k or when he is cowled, gowned and masked . I h e a r d of one mul t i -mi l l ionai re who w a n t e d his ad-vice and went out t h e r e one a f t e r n o o n

; lu a coach wi th six a r m e d a t t e n d a n t s , to drive off possible h i g h w a y m e n . 1 Kola 's ambi t ion is to ge t r ich rap id-

1*0 8 1 UONT1NUBU.]

C H A P T E R V I .

T e n m i n u t e s l a t e r t he two ladies s tood sh ive r ing in t he d a r k a s p h a l t - j paved po r t ecoche re w a i t i n g f o r the ca r -r i age . W h e n the w o n d e r i u g c o a c h m a n ; drove r o u n d they got i n t o the vehicle j ond d r e w the i r w r a p s a r o u n d t h e m . !

" R e m b r a n d t S tud io bu i ld ing . J a m e s , " Baid Mrs. W i n f r e t , h e r t e e th c h a t t e r i n g , j

Not a word passed be tween t he oc- '

nupnnts of t h e ca r r i ago on t h e ™ y up ^ ^ V ^ V r V w a s l o m e to .™, Mrs. W i n f r e t p u t h e r a r m a r o u n d .. c 0 | l l i m l c J I I e m . ^ h e r s t a t e ly n iece and m a d e a g e n t l e ef-f o r t to d r a w the g i r l ' s head t o her shoul -der , bu t Miss H u n t i n g t o n sat st iffly erect . T h e t r a g e d y had , as it we re , t u rned h e r t o s tone . She d rew a long , t r e m b l i n g b rea th a s h e r a u n t removed h e r a r m a n d t h a t w a s al l .

When the c a r r i a g e s topped at t he s tud io bu i ld ing , D o r o t h y opened t h e

C H A P T E R V I I .

L a m p k i n did n o t see the de tec t ive aga in till la te in t h e a f t e r n o o n of t he day t h u s b e g u n . He m e t H e n d r i c k s as

. . , . . . • . .1 , • . he s p r a n g f r o m a cab in f r o n t of Grace his a c c e n t b e t r a y i n g j u s t t he f a m t e t I ^ ^ touch of h i s F r e n c h b i r t h , b u t he m a d e ^ ^ b i i t a m i n u

T r y T H E LEDGEB 10 w e e k s to r 10c i d o o r ) a n ( i s tepped qu i ck ly down to t h e i f y o u r post oflice is in th i s c o u n t y .

W E S T E R N W O M A N ' S W I L E

H a w She S a e e e e d a l a Oett iagr Moat f o r H e r H o a c ? W t a e a

S h e Goea t o M a r k e t .

t h a

I t i s n o t s t r a n g e t h a t d r e s s h a s a ,wonder fu l in f luence on t h e a v e r a g e m a s c u l i n e h e a r t . A p r e t t y w o m a n liv-i n g i n t h e wes t a l w a y s d e p e n d s u p o n g e t t i n g t h e m o s t f o r h e r money a t t he c o r n e r g roce ry , a c c o r d i n g a s s h e is gowned , s a y s t h e R o c h e s t e r P o s t Ex-p re s s . I n t h e m o r n i n g , p e r h a p s , she s l ides i n t o t h e p lace sacred t o t h e break-l a s t bacon , a n d t he g r e e n s tuf f a n d o th -e r edibles , r i g g e d o u t in a s h i r t wa i s t a n d p l a in s k i r t . T h e g r o c e r a d v a n c e s t o w a i t p p o n h e r a n d i s ca lm b u t c o u r t e -ons . T h e r e is n o g l e a m of j o y in b i s eye , n o t e n d e n c y t o give a n ounce as a c o m p l i m e n t a r y t o t h e r o a s t o r s t eak . B e Is firm in h is s t a n d over t h e pr ice of h is w a r e s and m a k e s no concess ions .

P e r h a p s she finds she n e e d s some-t h i n g l a t e r o n in t h e d a y and goes over on h e r w a y down s t r e e t s h o p p i n g . She (Wears a h a t t r i m m e d wi th roses , an or-

' c a n d l e g o w n w i t h roses all over i t , a n d a b e w i t c h i n g paraso l which f o r m s a b a c k g r o u n d f o r h e r face . H e me l t a , s lowly a s a n iceberg, but al l t h e s a m e jbe mel t s . As he p u t s t h e f r u i t she b u y s

s idewalk. H e r a u n t fol lowed h e r i n t o t he d imly- l igh ted hall . A colored b o y s a t as leep on a bench a t t he open eleva-t o r and the j a r r i n g of the car a s thoy en te red i t a w a k e d h im.

"Mr. Gielow's s t ud io , " said D o r o t h y , hoarse ly .

The boy r u b b e d h is eyes w i t h o n e b a n d a n d w i t h the o t h e r g ra sped t h ^ lever, and t h e y b e g a n to ascend.

"1« he i n ? " asked Mrs. Win f r e t . " I c a n ' t say, m a d a m . I came o n a t

t h r e e o 'c lock." "If h e is n o t in , " said Doro thy , "b i s

s e rvan t wil l give ine t he i n f o r m a t i o n 1

wish . " " T e n t h floor,"said t he boy ,6 l id ing the

dioor open. "Second door c n the l e f t . " The two ladies passed down one of t h e

long co r r i do r s t i l l t hey came to a d o o r t he t r a n s o m of which t r a n s m i t t e d a s o f t g r e e n i s h r e f u l g e n c e f r o m s u b d u e d l igh t s w i th in . D o r o t h y had j u s t r u n g t h e bell when she not iced t h a t t he d o o r was n o t l a tched . She pushed a g a i n s t i t , it opened , and she preceded h e r a u n t inside. T h e y f o u n d themse lves in a pr iva te ha l lway , a n d f u r t h e r on, t h r o u g h pa r t ed o r i en t a l cu r t a in s , t h e y s a w the l i g h t s of t h e l a rge r ecep t ion -room. E n t e r i n g it t h e y f o u n d i t s t i l l and vacan t . T h e roof h a d a g r e a t s k y -l igh t a n d t h e several w indows l o o k i n g ea s tward were of pol ished p la t e g lass .

m'e p r o m i s e no t to b e t r a y him to any-one, a l t h o u g h a lmos t t h e last word he spoke w a s to s a y h e d i d it fo r y o u r s a k e . "

"Did i t f o r my s a k e ! " m u t t e r e d t he gir l , a n d the re she paused . I t looked a s if she were a f r a i d t h a t Henr i ' s n e x t w o r d s would f u r n i s h posi t ive con l i rma-t ion of h e r wors t f ea r s .

"If i t w a s not for, t he row he had wi th Mr. C a r u t h e r s a t t he c l u b I'd rea l ly be-

m i s t a k e a b o u t a d i sma l half

whine , half sobb ing tone . " B u t a s it is he has ru ined himself f o r all t i m e . "

T h e m a n bur ied h i s f a c e in bis t ense h a n d s a n d rocked b a c k a n d f o r t h in a s t o r m of emot ion .

" H e n r i , " said Miss H u n t i n g t o n a t t he l owes t e b b of hope, " d o y o u believe y o u r m a s t e r k i l led Mr . C a r u t h e r s ? "

" I have been w a n t i n g to g o t o t h e P a l a c e ho te l to find o u t if a n y t h i n g ha s g o n e w r o n g t h e r e , " w a s t he a n s w e r ; " b u t my m a s t e r to ld m e to s t ay r i g h t he r e and deny to a n y ca l l e r t h a t he h a d l e f t the c i t y . He sa id he had m u r d e r e d Mr. C a r u t h e r s , b u t I hope—I a l m o s t hope t h a t m a s t e r w a s o u t of h is h e a d . "

" G r e a t G o d ! " exc la imed D o r o t h y , un-d e r h e r b r e a t h , and t h e n she ra ised h e r voice: " H e confessed i t l o y o u ? "

H e n r i nodded . " H e sa id so, Miss D o r o t h y , b u t — " " H e n r i , Mr. C a r u t h e r s \vas m u r d e r e d

t e n d a y s a g o in h is r o o m s a t t h e Pa lace ho te l . "

" A r e y o u sure . Miss D o r o t h y ? " "Yes, Mr. H e n d r i c k s , t h e most, cele-

b r a t e d c r imina l de tec t ive in t h e Uni ted S t a t e s i n f o r m e d m e of it a b o u t a n hour ago ."

" T h e n i t is t r u e ! " gasped t h e serv-a n t . " M y ma te no t o n l y told me abou t i t , b u t I o v e r h e a r d h i m c o n f e s s i n g 5t t o C o u n t Ban t i nn i . T h e c o u n t was a s k i n g h i m all t h e p a r t i c u l a r s , a n d then I hea rd t he c o u n t s a y : 'Now y o u m u s t t e l l H e n r i . Te l l h i m y o u d id i t , and then r e m e m b e r y o u m u s t m a k e you l escape. '

" T h e n some one r a n g f o r me, a n d I came in. Mas te r w a s w a l k i n g u p and down t h e room t e a r i n g h is h a i r and c n - i n g and s w e a r i n g t e r r i b l y . He was l ike a m a d m a n . H e would t a k e hold of a s t a t u e and choke it a n d yell o u t : 'Oh.

y o u b lack-hea r t ed

u te t o s p a r e , " t h e • detect ive said . " T h e r e is much to look

into. 1 a m send ing ou t t r u s t y y o u n g ; fe l lows in m a n y d i rec t ions . As f o r me ,

I am jus t n o w s t u d y i n g c r e m a t i o n . " 1 "You w a n t t o see i f — "

"If a one-handed m a n has been t a k e n ' to a r e g u l a r c r e m a t o r y . " ' "Ah, a good idea, of course . H a v e j you read t h e p a p e r s ? " ! " "Only t he headl ines . T h e y a r e

e n o u g h f o r me. D e n h a m ' s s t a r is in t he a s c e n d a n t , b u t it will s ink even tua l ly in to a m u d - p u d d l e . "

"He. s e e m s not to have got a word o u t of Gie low's s e rvan t . " replied the doc to r .

" H e d i d n ' t know how to do i t , " g r inned t h e man of exper ience in such th ings . " T h e r e a r e many theor i e s ad-

vanced, I p r e s u m e ? " I T h e d o c t o r nodded .

"All of t h e m point to Gielow's love a f fa i r a n d his recent f l ight . T h e y m a k e Miss H u n t i n g t o n d i sagreeab ly con-s p i c u o u s . "

" A n d a blasted shame, too! te red H e n d r i c k s . "She belongs t o t he swell g a n g and all t h a t , and was b o r n wi th t h e proverbia l spoon in her p r e t t y m o u t h , b u t all t he s a m e she is a c r ed i t t o w o m a n h o o d — t h e stuff m o t h e r s of

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of Ann Byrne, deceased. Notice is here-by .liveii that I shall sell nt Publ ic Auo-110 i. to Ihe highest bidder, on Ni turday ihe Fif teenth day of October A. I). ISU8 a t Three o'clock, m the a f te rnoon on t he 'remises of said es ta te iu the village of

l i rnt tau in tho County of Kent in t he Slate of Mielii/an pur.-uont to license ind aiitliority granted to me ou the f w e n t y - s h day of Ju ly A. 1>. is;»s by the I ' lobale Court of Kent County, Michigan, 111 of the estate, r ight , title and interes t

of tin! said deceased of, in and lo the real . s ta te situated and being in tjie • onnty of Kent in Sta te of .Michigan, known a n d described as follows, to-wit. The eas t half of Lot No I.

Dated, August 2!lth A. I). 18!>8. JOHN P. BYRNE,

Administrator de bonis non-

C L A R K S V I L L E

n — — A C A D E M Y . THIS PRIVATE SCHOOL OFFERS THB

FOLLOWING COURSES OF STUDY.

C o m t n o n S c h o o l C o u r s e . . . This course gives the regular work of nil the commonbr.mdies ofstudy. Tuition for term of 20 weeks, $3.00.

H n o l i s h C o u r s e . . . (lives slinrter or review work of com-mon branches and nil academic studies leading to lirst, second and third grade teacher's certificates. Tuition for term of 'JO weeks. $10.

A c a d e m i c C o u r s e s . . . Prepares the siudent for state eertifi-eate or university. Tuition for term of 20 weeks, $10.

N o r m a l C o u r s e . . . Includes kindergarten and professional studies for all grades of teacher's cer-tilieatc-s. Tuition for term of 20 weeks $10.

B u s i n e s s C o u r s e . . . Give, book keeping in all its forms and oilier branches necessary for a complete business education. Tuition for term of 20 weeks, $15.

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r e m a i n f o r o n e dav o n l y t o g i v e the s i ck a n o p p o r t u n i t y t o c o n s u l t liiiu t h a t c a n n o t s ee b i ra a t h i s S a n i t a r i u m . T h e doc to r h a s so m u c h f a i t h i n t h e e x p e r i e n c e he h a s h a d i n t r e a t i n g

' I " 6 " " T " I I " ' ' " L . shp will feel 1 d i s e a s e s t h a t he wi l l g i v e one "If s h e reads t he p a p e r s she will feel I m o n t h . s t r c a t i n e n t a n d rcedicine f r e e .

sore ly h u r t , fo r not one of them ered- ; ^ L S 0 FRER SURGICAI. oi 'KRATioxs TO i t s t he poor fel low w i t h even t e m p o r a r y ! T H 0 S B THAT ARE TOO POOR TO PAY. i n s a n i t y . T h e y have made h im o u t a j A l l t h a t he a s k s i n r e t u r n i s t h a t co ld-hear ted , cool-headed villain, who , e v e r y p a t i e n t wil l s t a t e t o t h e i r v r i ends not sa t i s f ied w i t h k i l l ing h is man , ere- j t h e r e s u l t s o b t a i n e d b y h i s t r e a t m e n t .

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GEO. DslIAVEN.Gen. Pues. Agent, W.H CLARK, Ajjent Grand Raploi

Lowell.

GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY SYSTEM.

Arrival and Departure of Trains at]Lowell

m a t e s h is body s imply to show the ma-l ign i ty of his h a t r e d . "

H e n d r i c k s was mov ing away , h i s h a n d o u t s t r e t c h e d , when a s u d d e n t h o u g h t l ighted u p h i s . f a c e a n d h e sa id :

A l l f o r m s of c h r o n i c d i s e a s e s a n d de-f o r m i t i e s t r e a t e d . N o m a n i n t h i s S t a t e h a s h a d such e x t e n d e d expe-r i e n c e i n t h e t r e a t m e n t of C A T A R R H , E Y E . E A R , T H R O A T A N D LDNQ D I S E A S E S a s t h e d o c t o r . H e g r a d u a t e d 37 y e a r s a g o f r o m C l e v e l a n d ,

" A n y t h i n g In t h e p a p e r s a b o u t h is 1 O h i o ; w a s 15 y e a r s i n g e n e r a l p r a c hav ing been last seen in t h e c o m p a n y , t i c e ; a f t e r t h a t l e c t u r e d a s P r o f e s s o r of Count B a n t i n n i ? " | of A n a t o m y a n d P h y s i o l o g y in D e t r o i t

"Not a w o r d . " ' H o m e o p a t h i c M e d i c a l C o l l e g e f o r 2 " T h e n D e n h a m is m i n u s t h e chief y e a r s ; w a s 3 y e a r s S u p e r i n t e n d e n t of

c l ew t o t he who le bus iness . P o o r Gle- ^ } ' j i a a n ( ? Y p s i l a n t i S a n i t a r i u m s ,

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t h e c o u n t r y , a n d e x a m i n i n g a n d t r e a t -, m g t h o u s a n d s of c h r o n i c c a s e s , h a s • p r e p a r e d h i m t o c u r e w h e n t h e g e n e r a l ' p r a c t i t i o n e r f a i l s . H a v e y o u b e e n s i ck

T i m e T a b l e in Effect M a y 15,180B WUSTWAHD.

Gd Rapids,Gd Haven LEAVE ARRIVE ami Muskegon \Vl 10 pm f 3 06 pm

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Dr . .Tekyll nnd a Mr. Hyde , a m a n w h o p a i n t s M a d o n n a s a n d nngels . and a t t h e

T h r o u g h them, w h e n t h e c u r t a i n s w e r e

JInto a b a s k e t he t h r o w s in severa l ex- P a r t e l ' ' ' i 1 0 r a y s of t h e moon fe l l we i rd - I g o t j o u now jtra o n e s - - h e ignores her a s she goes ^ a n d b l e u l l e t I i n c o n g r u o u s l y w i t h t he roue If I can t have h e r " h e sha l l be

. . . . , . b . , , f r e e f r o m vour d i r t y c lu t ches ! T h e n a r o u n d n i b b l i n g f r o m one c r a c k e r box o r ba r re l a n d then l o t he f r u i t s t a n d s —

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l i e waxes p l ay fu l , and finals- h a n d s h e r a package of t u lu .

B u t i t is a t n i g h t she s w e e p s o u t t h e s t o r e . She comes a r o u n d to leave a n o r d e r f o r t he fo l l owing m o r n i n g , a n d t h i s t i m e she is mel ted a n d poured l a t o a w h i t e gown t r i m m e d w i t h lace I n s e r t i n g . T h e g r o c e r comes t o t h e d o o r a n d leans a g a i n s t It in a b e a u t i f u l •way a s she tel ls w h a t she wishes . H e p icks u p a s t i ck of candy ins tead of a peuci l t o w r i t e t h e I t ems d o w n , whi le a g lor ious , sweet s m i l e floods h is f a c e a n d t r i c k l e s over h i s ch in . A t t h a t mo-m e n t m o n e y Is n o o b j e c t — w h a t is h e r u n n i n g t h a t s t o r e f o r save t o ob l ige t h a t lovely w o m a n ? He gazes w i s t f u l l y a f t e r h e r a s she t r i p s oft , a n d t he n e x t •day—be s t a r e s a t t he f igure a t which h e sold t h o s e goods l a s t n i g h t a n d cal ls h imse l f a bus ines s donkey w i t h flap cars . " H I HAS DONE IT ALL FOR ME.

h e t u r n e d a s I e n t e r e d a n d s t a r t e d to fly a t m e w i t h t h e f u r y of a t i ge r , bu t t h e c o u n t c a u g h t h i m and d r e w him back . *

" 'Te l l h im now. ' said t he c o u n t ; ' tell h i m a b o u t t he m u r d e r . '

" A n d t h e n m a s t e r g r e w c a l m e r and to ld m e a f r i g h t f u l s t o r y , such an un-n a t u r a l one t h a t I w a s s u r e he was mad. B u t t h e c o u n t to ld m e i t w a s t r u e and o rde red me to p a c k my m a s t e r ' s bag w i t h a f ew th ings . More dead t h a n alive I obeyed , and t h e n t h e y w e n t away topet h e r . "

" W h e r e did t h e y g o ? " a s k e d the he i r e s s .

" I d o n ' t k n o w . " " T h e poor f e l l o w was i n s a n e , " said

Mrs. W i n f r e t . c o m f o r t i n g l y , a s she pu t h e r a r m round t h e s h o u l d e r s of h e r n iece . "Even if he is c a u g h t and

b r o u g h t back his u n s o u n d n e s s of mind c a n eas i ly be e s t ab l i shed . Come, dar-l i n g ; l e t ' s go h o m e . R e m e m b e r you a r e

s a m e t i m e is t h e devi l ' s vilest a g e n t . " " I hope y o u wi l l r u n ac ross some-

t h i n g in Gielow's f avo r , " said L a m p -k i n .

"May God he lp h i m if 1 c a n ' t , " sa id t h e de tec t ive , w i t h fee l ing . " T h i s fo re -noon I went all t he way out t o Kola ' s p lace on the Pa l i sades , hop ing he m i g h t aid m e in some w a y . 1 f o u n d h i m ab-sorbed in c rys t a l -gaz ing , and I k n e w it would I r r i t a t e h i m to be i n t e r r u p t e d

f o r y e a r s ? A r e y o u d i s c o u r a g e d ? Cal l a n d see u s , w e wi l l te l l you w h e t h e r w e c a n c u r e y o u o r n o t . I f we c a n n o t c u r e you , w e wil l t e l l y o u w h a t re l ie f w e c a n g ive y o u .

^ r - R e m e m b e r , o n e m o n t h wil l be a b s o l u t e l y f r e e — m e d i c i n e s , s u r g i c a l o p e r a t i o n s , a n d t h e bene f i t of a l l o u r s k i l l t o a l l w h o a r e too poor t o p a y . O u r m e t h o d s of t r e a t m e n t is al l tha t is

BA8TWAKI).

Detroit, Canada and LEAVE East f 7 15 am

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t i l l i t p leased h is f ancy . His e a s t e r n k n o w n by a l l t h e schools , w i th t he aid s e r v a n t h a d led m e in to t he g r e a t d a r k of e l ec t r i c i ty , t h a t mos t w o n d e r f u l o ' r o o m w h e r e Kola sat nnd wh i spe red a l l a g e n t s iu P a r a l y s i s . L o s s of P o w e f , t h a t I must wai t till t he pr ince of occu l t R h e u m a t i s m , a n d a l l d . s e a s e s o f Hie

. n e r v o u s s y s t e m . t»o e a r l y , a s m j b a l d e r d a s h had received some psychic o ! T k c i s a h V a v s crowded. Impress ion or o t h e r . F r o m w h e r e 1 was placed I could see Kola beh ind a screen . H i s profi le was t o w a r d s me. His l ips w e r e moving cons t an ly , and h is eye-ba l l s s t a n d i n g ou t f rom his cheeks on stiff musc les . H e is a fit subjec t fo r a m u s e u m . He h a s had some accident v i l l i an explosive wi th which he was ex-p e r i m e n t i n g and his ha i r was s inged off close. He a c t u a l l y looks u n c a n n y . I

.V. IJ.—Cancers, Tumors. Dlood and SWlu Diseases curcdby a new system. Pitts cureil in from 5 to 30 ilays wiltiout the knife. Female and private ot ail forms treated RUC-^ .sfullr. Many p.uicais tbat cannot be treated it liurae can bo cured at our Sanitarlani, which k in charirc o( the best of meiticat skill, under fin; doctor's direction. Terms for board and ir-- it ment the lowest of any eanitarlutn or hos-pital in the United States.

R e m e m b e r , w e g i v e a w r i t t e n gua r -antee to cu r e e v e r y ca se of P I L E S a n d R U P T U R E . Also , we h i v e a l y ing - in

sa t w i t h o u t a word or a sign of recognl- hosp i t a l d e p a r t m e n t ii o u r S a n i t a r t ion f r o m h i m till I got tired and stole ium. S e n d f o r J o u r n a .

a w a y . " DR. SPINNEY *111 be ot Hotel Wavcrly AI."1 d.!dnli ^ m on Friday Afternoon and evening Sept 30 there." said t h e doctor .

S L E E P I N G A N D F A R L O R CAR S E R V I C f W E S T W A R D .

12 10 pm train has parlor ear to Grant I la veil. Extra charge 25 cents.

') 19 pm train has parlor car to Grant Haven. Extra charge 25 cents.

EASTWARD. 1 15 am ii.iin has parlor c.ir to Detroit

Extra I'II a rye 25 cents. I'nllman palace r.-ir 1 Mr..it to Toronto connecting with sleepiii>; rar for the .fast and New York— r ninect^ al Diinind with C & Q T division for I'or'. Huron and Chic-Hgo and with C 8 <v M for Saginaw and Bay City.

3 56 pm train has parlor car to Detroit. Extra charge 25 cents, and Pullman sleep-ing car to Toronto, Suspension Ilridge, Bnflalo, Philadelphia and New York connects at Durand with C A <i T division for Port Huron ami Battle Creek and with C. S. & M. division for Saginaw and Bay City.

A. O . H E T D L A U F F agenl, Lowell, Mich, E. 11. HUGHES, Asst Gen I ' & T agent

Chicago, IU. HEM FLETCHER, Trav Pass agent Detroi t

Mich.

i sin. D o i n g s of t h e W e e k R e c o r d e d in a

B r i e f S t y l e .

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

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AH t h e M a r q u u t t c s l a t e p r i son g u a r d s "wcro w a t c h i n g t h e p r i sone r s n t b r e a k -f a s t , Convic t Dick H u n t l e y a r o s e f r o m h i s sca t , run t h e l e n g t h of t he h a l l a n d l u n g e d a t (Juard K. D. Mosher w i t h a k n i f e . Mosher c l inched w i t h H u n t l e y , b u t t h e l a t t e r succeeded in s t a b b i n g Hie d e p u t y in t ho a b d o m e n , back a n d p r m . T h e a l a r m w a s i m m e d i a t e l y bounded , a n d t h e e n t i r e p r i son fo rce ^ a s s o o n in t h e mess room. T h e w a r -d e n g a v e a c o m m a n d t o t h e p r i sone r s ito m a r c h t o t l i e i r cell cor r idors . T h e y i b c y e d su l l en ly , nnd w h e n t h e o r d e r waa g iven t o g e t ins ide t h e cells, s ix o r ^ I g h l r e f u s e d t o move. W a r d e n Free-m a n o rde red tlu- n e a r e s t g u a r d t o shoo t . H u n t l e y j u m p e d fo r h is cel l a o o r , b r . t t h e b u l l e t took ulT h is t h u m b . T h e r w j t w e r e c o w e d .

U u a t l e y is i n c o r r i g i b l e a n d w a s t r a n s f e r r e d f r o m J a c k s o n pr ison, l i e Is s e r v i n g 30 y e a r s , 10 of w h i c h is fo r t h e a t t e m p t e d m u r d e r of D e p u t y N o r t h r o p , of J a c k s o n pr i son . Mosher , w h o w a s t h e n g u a r d a t J a c k s o n , s h o t l i l m . I t i s bel ieved t h i s l a t e s t o u t b r e a k w a a p a r t of a p l o t w h i c h i nc luded t h e m u r d e r of W a r d e n F r e e m a n .

Dcnlli Still Tiiklnic nilrlilpm'A Hoys.

T h e g r i m spcc t e r is s t i l l r e a p i n g h i s h a r v e s t a m o n g M i c h i g a n ' s b r a v o sol-d i e r boys:

H i r a m A. D ickenson , of T r a v e r s e City, Co. M, 34th M i c h i g a n , s u c c u m b e d t o f eve r a t h i s home.

F r a n c i s J . Mar ion , Co. IJ, 33d Michi-g a n , died a t S t . M a r y ' s h o s p i t a l , De-t r o i t . H i s h o m e w a s a t To ledo .

S e b a H o t s w o r t h , Co. F , 32d M i c h i g a n , passed a w a y a t St . M a r y ' s h o s p i t a l , De-t r o i t . His p a r e n t s t o o k h i s r e m a i n s t o W i l l i a m s t o n for b u r i a l .

T h e r o n P r a t t , Co. K , 34th M i c h i g a n , d ied a t h i s h o m e a t Otsego.

A l b e r t Severance , Co. I, Second U. S. i n f a n t r y , d ied a t G u n u i s o n v i l l e , Mich.

J a m e s T u b b s , a g e d 29, d i e d a t h i s h o m e a t H o l l y f r o m t y p h o i d f eve r con-t r a c t e d a t M o n t a u k P o i n t . H e w a s a m e m b e r of Co. A, 33d Mich igan .

F r a n k K o n j o r s k i , Co. B, 33d Michi-g a n , d ied a t Alpena .

Qeorge Wi lk inson , 34th M i c h i g a n , w h o s e h o m e w a s a t H a w k ' s H e a d , Mich . , d i e d a t S t . P e t e r ' s h o s p i t a l , U r o o k l y n , N. Y.

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Detroi t Soldier Itoyn Welcomed Home.

A r i g h t roya l we lcome did Det ro i t jf ive . so ld i e r s of t h e flrst b a t t a l i o n of t h e 32d M i c h i g a n V o l u n t e e r i n f a n t r y , w h o r e t u r n e d t o $he i r h o m e a f t e r live m o n t h s in t h e service of t h e i r c o u n t r y . I f t h e so ld ie r s boys h a d a n y idea t h a t , w h i l e t h o y w e r e e n c a m p e d in t h e f eve r h o l e s of t h e s o u t h , t h e i r f r i e n d s h a d f o r g o t t e n t h e m , t h a t idea m u s t h a v e b e e n d ispe l led , f o r t h e s t r e e t s w e r e filled w i t h c h e e r i n g t h o u s a n d s . A f t e r a p a r a d e t h r o u g h t ho p r inc ipa l s t r e e t s a f o r m a l we lcome w a s g iven in t h e a u d i t o r i u m w h e r e Brig . -Oen. H e n r y M. Dufiield, w h o commanded t h e 33d a n d 34th Mich igan r e g i m e n t s at San-t i a g o , arid M a y o r May b u r y made rous-i n g addresses . T h e var ious companies

' t h e n m a r c h e d to t h e i r own a r m o r i e s w h e r e t h e i r r e l a t i v e s and f r i e n d s had t a b l e s l oaded w i t h good t h i n g s w a i t i n g f o r t h e m .

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( Samue l R o t h f u s s , aged 18, elcrlt in t h e Bl issdeld S t a t e b a n k , w a s s h o t dotvn in t h e s t r e e t in f r o n t of t h e post-oflicc a t Blissflcld b y one of a g a n g , of s ix e n g a g e d in a n a t t e m p t t o c rack t h e postoflice safe , a n d h is condi t ion is c r i t i c a l . R o t h f u s s w a s r e t u r n i n g h o m e f r o m a cal l o n h i s bes t g i r l w h e n h e c a u g h t t ho b u r g l a r s a t t h e i r w o r k . A l t h o u g h I t o t h f u s s w a s a rmed , oue of t h e f e l lows , w h o appeared t o be on g u a r d , s h o t h i m in t h e a b d o m e n b e f o r e h e could d e f e n d h imsel f . T h e r o b b e r fired t h r e e s h o t s a n d R o t h f u s s f i r ed t w o , b u t w i t h o u t effect . T h e f u s i l a d e a roused t h e ne ighborhood , b u t t h e vil-l a i n s escaped w i t h a horse a n d s u r r e y s to lon f r o m the b a r n of C.us Bnrnho l t z . w e s t of t o w n . R o t h f u s s wi l l p r o b a b l y

die.

December Tn*cn $3,1,18,770.

T h e a p p o r t i o n m e n t of t he s t a t e t a x f o r t h e c u r r e n t y e a r , wh ich h a s j u s t b e e n c o m p l e t e d by t h e a u d i t o r - g e n e r a l s h o w s t h o t o t a l equa l ized va lue of t he rea l a u d p e r s o n a l p r o p e r t y of M i c h i g a n , a s fixed b y t h e s t a t e b o a r d of equal iza-t i o n , is 31,105,100,000. T h e a g g r e g a t e of s t a t e t a x t o be col lected in Decern h e r i s 12,158,770.07. o r 8221,130.5(5 less t h a n l a s t yea r . T h e r a t e is n ine a u d five-tenths m i l l s per do l l a r of t h e val

n a t i o n .

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* T h e f a i l u r e of t he Pa r sons b a n k a t B u r r O a k h a s comple t e ly p a r a l y z e d the b u s i n e s s Oi t h e place. T h e r e is due d e p o s i t o r s 881,000. T h e l a s t week tho b a n k d id bus ines s a b o u t 515.000 was depos i t ed . P r e s i d e n t P a r s o n s h a s eon d u c t e d a b a n k a t B u r r Oak f o r 35 y e a r s n n d w a s sa id t o be one of t h e w e a l t h t e s t m e n i n s o u t h w e s t M i c h i g a n . H i s d o w n f a l l is d u e t o poor i n v e s t m e n t s in p r o p e r t y a n d specu l a t i on .

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w a t o m i e I n d i a n s of Wes te rn Mich igan h a s b e e n i n f o r m e d t h a t t h e s ec re t a ry of t h e i n t e r i o r h a s decided t h a t t h e In-d i a n s h a v e a t i t l e t o 130 ac res of Chi-c a g o l a n d , t h e o n l y p o i n t a g a i n s t t h e r e d s b e i n g t h a t t h e y have n o t h a d pos-sess ion f o r m a n y years . P o k a g o n is in h o p e s of e f i e c t i n g a c o m p r o m i s e w i t h p r e s e n t o c c u p a n t s of t h e p r o p e r t y .

Vive Drowned While Thejr Slept.

F :.ve l o n g s h o r e m e n m e t a s u d d e n d e a t h a t Wa i ska i b a y n e a r t ho Soo, b y t h e s i n k i n g of t h e l i g h t e r Mon i to r . T h e d e a d a rc : J o s e p h P r i o r . W i l l i a m Corb ie re . J o h n Robea re a n d E m m a n u e l Robca re , of S a u l t Ste. Mar ie , a n d J o h n F o l e y , of Wes t B a y City. T h e l i g h t e r w a s i n c o m m a n d of Capt. W. R. Smi th , of M a r i n e City, a n d he a n d five o t h e r s of t h e c r e w w e r e rescued f r o m t h e r ig-g i n g in which t h e y hod s o u g h t r e f u g e . T h e d r o w n e d men were as leep in t h e i r b u n k s w h e n t he vessel s u d d e n l y w e n t d o w n . T h e M o n i t o r h a d on b o a r d a l a r g e load of i ron o re t a k e n f r o m g r o u n d e d schooner C a r r i n g t o n a g r o u n d a t P o i n t I roquois . It i s supposed , u s h i f t i n g of the c a r g o opened a ho le i n t ho h u l l of t he Moni to r .

Ten Mlclilgnn Mii<onii Honored.

Ten p r o m i n e n t Mich igan men w e r e h o n o r e d by h a v i n g t he 33d degree of M a s o n r y c o n f e r r e d u p o n t h e m b y t h e s u p r e m e council of Sco t t i sh Kite Ma-sons, n o r t h e r n j u r i sd i c t i on , n t i ts 80th a n n u a l session nt Cincinnat i . T h e y w e r e a s fo l lows: Lou B. Winsor , Reed City; Thos . Munroc , M u s k e g o n ; Chas. M. l l e a l d . G r a n d l lnpids: Lucius D. H a r r i s . G r a n d Rnpids ; J . W. Osborn , Knlnmnzoo; R. W. Montrose , Gnl ien; Michnel B. McGee, Crysta l Fal ls ; Thos . 11. Wi l l i ams . J a c k s o n : A lbe r t St i les , J n c k s o n ; Wm. E. J e w e t t , Adr ian .

IIIk Cheboyffiin Mill lliiriied.

T h e Duncan mi l l a t Cheboygan e n t i r e l y des t royed by fire. T h e w a s t h e l a rges t in t he c i ty , a n d o r i g i n a l l y 8200,000. p a n i c s for 800,000.

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jea lous .

Balio Drowned In n Well.

T h e 2-year-old s tep-son of J o s e p h B a r b e r a t P o r t H u r o n lo s t a b a l l u n d e r t h e house a n d c r a w l e d a f t e r i t . H o fell t h r o u g h tho c a n v a s cover of a n o ld well a n d w a s d r o w n e d in t w o f e e t of

w a t e r .

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du t i e s .

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t i ne .

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is decreas ing .

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E. G. Chor rymnn h n s been appo in t ed p o s t m a s t e r a t N o r t h M a n i t o u i s lnnd ,

Lee lunnw c o u n t y .

H e n r y 1). Root, Co. K, 35th Michi-g a n . died a t Middlevi l lo f r o m t y p h o i d fever and h e a r t d isease .

Mgr. Mar t ine lH, t h e papa l d e l e g a t e t o t h e U. S.. d ed i ca t ed t h e n e w Naza-r e t h academy a t Ka lamazoo .

T h e 3-year-old c h i l d of A. B r a n c h , w h o l ives a b o u t t h r e e mi les n o r t h of Wi l l i ams ton , died f r o m d r i n k i n g car bo l i c acid.

T h e c o n t r a c t f o r p u t t i n g in a 890,000 e lec t r ic l i g h t i n g p l a n t a t G r a n d Kapids h a s been a w a r d e d t h e Chase Const ruc-t i o n Co., of De t ro i t .

T h e g o v e r n o r is b e i n g flooded w i t h p e t i t i o n s f r o m t h e p a r e n t s of soldiers in t h o 31st Mich igan r e g i m e n t t o have t h e boys m u s t e r e d ou t .

T y p h o i d f eve r hns b r o k e n ou t B a t t l e Creek. I t is c l a i m e d b y t ho phys ic i ans t h a t a l l cases a r e confined t o those w h o d r i n k wel l w a t e r .

Chas. R a m s e y , a g e d 60, e m p l o y e d b y t h e Del ta L u m b e r company , of Manis-t ique , fe l l d o w n s t a i r s a t t h e company ' s b o a r d i n g house n n d b roke h i s neck .

Lieut . J n m e s 11. Noel, Co. B, 32 Michignn nr r ived u t I s lnnd l^ake w i t h 20 men w h o bnd been l e f t in t h e hos-p i t a l s a n d a s c a m p g u a r d w h e n t he 3 enmo h o m e .

P res iden t J n m e s B. Ange l l , of t h e U. of M., nnd Mrs . A n g e l l , a r r ived home nt Ann A r b o r , n f t e r a yea r ' s nb sonce n t t h e c o u r t of t h e su l t nn . They w e r e w n r m l y g r e e t e d .

A f r u i t t r a i n r a n in to a local f r e i g h t a t Ben ton H a r b o r , d e m o l i s h i n g t he en g lue , n n d seve ra l c a r s i n c l u d i n g n A r m o u r r e f r i g e r a t o r ca r s t a n d i n g on swi tch . T h e loss is 830,000.

T h e Michigar i Me thod i s t Episcopal con fe r ence w a s he ld a t L a n s i n g Bishop Mer r i l l , p res id ing . I t w a s one of t h e l u r ' f s t ever he ld . T h e n e x t confereiK-t oc he ld a t lon iu .

I t w a s a h a p p y reun ion t h a t occur red w h e n Maur ice L a n g , of Reading , Co. L, 33d Mich igan , \vas f o u n d by h is m o t h e r in a N e w York hosp i t a l , a f t e r i t h a d b e e n oti lcial ly r e p o r t e d t h a t he h a d d ied on a t r a n s p o r t nnd was b u r i e d a t sea w h i l e b e i n g b r o u g h t n o r t h f r o m

S a n t i a g o . Of t h e 2S s i ck so ld ie r s in t h e 32d

r e g i m e n t t h a t a r r ived in Det ro i t in t he hosp i t a l c a r s on ly (ive h a d to be s e n t t o t h e hosp i t a l s . T h e y were Char l e s Masse rang , Co. 1; T h o m a s Nolan , Co. K, a n d J n m e s Casey, Co. M, all of De-t ro i t ; 1{. Y c a g e r , Co. F , G r a n d Haven , and Sela Hot t s fo rd , Co. F , Wi l l i ams ton .

F i r e in t h e fou r - s to ry b u i l d i n g occu-pied by t h e M i c h i g n n E l e c t r i c a l Co., o n W o o d w a r d a v e n u e , De t ro i t , caused a loss on b u i l d i n g a n d c o n t e n t s of a b o u t 850,000. .

An u n k n o w n w o m a n , age^l a b o u t 50, w a s r u n over a n d k i l l ed by t h e w e s t - ! b o u n d p a s s e n g e r t r a i n o n t h e D e t r o i t i & River S t . Clair r a i l r o a d , b e t w e e n ' Ches te r f i e ld a n d N e w B a l t i m o r e .

Gen. A r t h u r F. M a r s h , of A l l e g a n , t h e n o w c h a i r m a n of t h e R e p u b l i c a n s t n t c c e n t r a l c o m m i t t e e , h n s de s ignn t ed H a r v e y A. S h e r w o o d , of G r a n d Rnpids , a s c o m m i t t e e s e c r e t a r y t o succeed I). E. A l w a r d .

Some f e w w e e k s ngo L e o n a r d J o n e s , l i v i n g f o u r m i l e s w e s t of H i g h l n n d S ta t ion wns b l o w n f r o m his whee l a n d h i s s k u l l f r a c t u r e d . T h e y o u n g m a n is now insnne , duo, i t is bel ieved, t o t h e nceidenti.

J u s t b e f o r e t h e 12 compan ies of t h o 32d M i c h i g a n l e f t I s lnnd L a k e fo r t h e i r v a r i o u s homes Chnpln in Ke l l ey p resen ted Col. McGurr in wi th a d ia-mond r i n g In behalf of t h e otllcers of

t ho r e g i m e n t .

L ieu t . Snrgunt , w h o a s execut ive ofll-cer of t h e U. S. a u x i l i a r y c ru i se r Yo-Semite w a s b i t t e r ly compla ined a g a i n s t by t h e Mich igan Naval Reserves, h a s been rel ieved f r o m d u t y a n d placed o n

w a i t i n g orders .

Mrs. M a r y E. Ba t t i n , of S toubenvi l le , 0 . , c l a i m i n g to be t h e widow of a p r o m i n e n t Buckeye j u d g e , is u n d e r ar-rest fo r t h e f t ut Ann Arbor . She says she wns u n d e r t he in f luence of l i q u o r w h e n she commi t t ed t h e crime.

T h e e s t a t e of Dr. E l i zabe th Bates , of P o r t Ches ter , N. Y., w h o l e f t h e r p rop-e r ty t o es tab l i sh a c h a i r of d i s -eases of women a n d ch i ld ren a t t h e U. of M., i nven to r i e s 8100,000, a g a i n s t which t h e r e are c l a ims a g g r e g a t i n g

810,000. Tho s t e a m e r Queen of t he L a k e s

b u r n e d t o t h e w a t e r ' s edge w h i l e i n h a r b o r n t South Mnni tou is land, w h o r e she h a d r a n in f o r s h e l t e r f r o m t h e s torm on Lake Michigan . No l ives were los t , b u t t he c rew lost al l of t h e i r

be long ings .

B r i g g s & S m a l l e y ' s s a w . feed a n d p l a n i n g mi l l s nnd c o n t e n t s w e r e b u r n e d nt V ieksburg , i nvo lv ing n loss of 83.000 or over w i t h no i n s u r a n c e . When discovered t h e b u i l d i n g s w e r e hnlf b u r n e d , a n d t h e fire d e p a r t m e n t saved a d j o i n i n g p r o p e r t y .

Ed. Hughes , a Clio Ind of 18, l e f t h i s w idowed m o t h e r nnd home a m o n t h ngo. N o t h i n g hns been h e a r d of h i m since u n t i l his m o t h e r received a te le -g rnm, s t n t i n g t h n t h e wns k i l l e d w h i l e r i d i n g on n f r e i g h t t r a i n a t L o n d o n , Out . H i s m o t h e r is n e a r l y d i s t r aq^ed .

T h e b o d y of A n n a V a n d a m , t h e y o u n g l a d y w h o w a s mi s s ing f r o m h e r h o m e in Muskegon w a s f o u n d in t h e l a k e n e a r t h o Goodr i ch T r a n s p o r t a t i o n Co.'s w h a r f . T h e r e w e r e no m a r k s of v io lence o n t h e b o d y w i t h t h e excep-t ion of a s l i gh t c u t over t h e l e f t eye . I t i s e v i d e n t l y a case of su ic ide .

N icho la s T h o m p s o n is in j a i l a t H o u g h t o n u n d e r susp ic ion of h a v i n g m u r d e r e d h i s w i f e a t P o r t a g e E n t r y . H e b e a r s a h a r d r e p u t a t i o n , a n d a s h o h a d ha l f -k i l l ed t h e w o m a n in p rev ious o u t b r e a k s h e r d i s a p p e a r a n c e u n d e r pecu l i a r c i r c u m s t a n c e s leads t o t h e be-lief t h a t h e h a s m a d e a w a y w i t h h e r in

some w a y .

A h e a v y c l o u d b u r s t d i d g r e a t d a m a g e to w h e a t Holds a b o u t S t u r g i s . T h o w a t e r came in s u c h t o r r e n t s t h a t g r e a t f u r r o w s were c u t in fields n e v e r k n o w n to w a s h before a n d in m a n y i n s t a n c e s t ho comple te s u r f a c e of t h e g r o u n d w n s washed n w a y , c a r r y i n g t h e seed a n d y o u n g w h e a t w i t h it . T h o u s a n d s of a c r e s nre r u i n e d .

W i r t M. A u s t i n , of L a p e e r , commi t -ted suicide b y d r o w n i n g n t Vassa r . He w a s a y o u n g mon a b o u t 32 y e a r s o ld . of exce l l en t h n b i t s a n d w a s finely educa ted . H e w a s a t e a c h e r of l an -g u a g e s in t he L a p e e r h igh schoo l fo r a n u m b e r of y e a r s a n d las t y e a r w a s em-ployed in t he s a m e c a p a c i t y in t h e Al-p e n a p u b l i c schools .

T h e Michigan F e d e r a t i o n of L a b o r in session a t K a l a m a z o o a d o p t e d reso-lu t i ons d e c l a r i n g a u n i t e d boyco t t o n Wes t V i r g i n i a conl . a s «t i s o n t h e u n -f a i r l is t ; a g a i n s t l e t t i n g t h e s t a t e p r in t -i n g b y c o n t r a c t , a n d n s k i n g f o r n con-s t i t u t i o n a l a m e n d m e n t t o a l l ow t h o e s t a b l i s h i n g of a s t a t e p r i n t i n g offlce a l so a reso lu t ion t o c h a n g e L a b o r d a y t o t h e first T u e s d a y in S e p t e m b e r .

Gov. P i n g r e e is on t op a g a i n . Sur -geon-Gene ra l S t e r n b e r g h a s been forced to a d m i t t h a t t h e pol icy of a b o l i s h i n g r e g i m e n t a l h o s p i t a l s in f avo r of d iv is ion h o s p i t a l s h a s proved unsa t i s -f a c t o r y . T h i s hns been n h o b b y of t h e gove rno r ' s f r o m t h e ou t se t , nnd t h e op in ion is g a i n i n g t h n t t h e gove rno r is r i g h t nnd Gen . S t e r n b e r g w r o n g in t h i s inn I ter , nnd Scc re tn ry Alger h n s nbou t m a d e u p h i s m i n d t o t h o s a m e e fleet.

Mrs. So lomon S h o e m a k e r w a s as-s au l t ed on t h e pub l i c s t r e e t s a t Ben ton H a r b o r a n d because s h e f o u g h t fo r h e r h o n o r h e r n l leged a s s a i l a n t , n colored m a n n a m e d J o h n Wi l l i ams , fired t h r e e 38 ca l ibe r e n r t r i d g e s in h e r fnee n n d o n e a t h e r s ide , b u t t h e Ins t bnl l s t r u c k n corse t s t ee l nnd g lnneed to t h e

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he r e t o t h e e f fec t t h a t t h e e m p e r o r of Ch ina is dead . N o detni lx o b t n i h a b l e .

P e k i n : An i m p e r i a l ed ic t j u s t issued def ln i t e ly a n u o u n c e s t h a t t h e e m p e r o r of C h i n a h a s r e s igned h i s power t o t h e e m p r e s s ( d o w a g e r empress) , w h o h a s o rde red t h e min i s t e r s t o de l iver t o h e r in f u t u r e t h e i r offleial r epor t s .

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S p o n t a n e o u s combus t ion of d u s t caused a fire in t h e b i g g r a i n e l eva to r owned b y Paddock , H u g h e s & Co., a t Toledo , w h i c h comple t e ly des t royed t h e s t r u c t u r e , wh ich w a s seven s to r i e s h i g h , a n d of t ho 20 pe r sons employed in t h e b u i l d i n g e i g h t w e r e c ro ina ted , e i g h t w e r e f a t o l l y b u r n e d a n d t ho

• o t h e r s w e r e all se r ious ly i n j u r e d . Be-s ides t h e men a t w o r k t h e t h r e e cht l -

War InveRtlgiitlon Commlmdon a t Work .

T h e commission a p p o i n t e d b y Pres i -d e n t McKin ley to i n v e s t i g a t e t h e ad-m i n i s t r a t i o n of t he w a r d e p a r t m e n t i n r e l a t i on to i ts c o n d u c t of t h e r e c e n t w a r effected an o r g a n i z a t i o n by e lec t -i n g Gen . Granvi l le M. Dodge, p res i -den t ; R icha rd W o i g h t m a n , s e c r e t a r y , nnd M n j Stephen C. Mills, of t h e reg-u l a r a r m y , recorder . T h e o t h e r m e m -bers of t h e cuminission aro: Col. J . A. Sexton, of I l l inois , commander - in -ch ie f of t h e G. A. K.; Cnpt. E. P . H o w e l l , of Georgia ; Maj.-Gen. J . M. Wilson, chief of e n g i n e e r s U. S. A.; Hon. C h a r l e s Denby , of I n d i a n a , Into m i n i s t e r t o Chinn; ex-Gov. U r b a n A. W o o d b u r y , of V e r m o n t ; ex-Gov. J a m e s A. Benvor, of P e n n s y l v a n i a , Maj . -Gen . H. McD. Mc-Cook, (ret i red) , nnd Dr. P h i n e n s S. Con-

nor, of Cincinnat i . T h e P r e s i d e n t addressed t h e com-

miss ion which held i ts first m e e t i n g a t t h e W h i t e House. In o u t l i n i n g t h e i r Inbor s h e snid t h a t i t s w a s h i s d e s i r e t h a t t h e e n t i r e m i l i t a r y o r g a n i z a t i o n shou ld , if i t a p p e a r e d neeeasnry , bo m o d e t h e s u b j e c t of i n q u i r y , s a y i n g t h a t he wished t he c o m m i t t e e t o go t o t h e b o t t o m of t he s u b j e c t in nil cases a n d proceed w i t h i t s w o r k w i t h o u t f e a r o r

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T h e de lega tes of t ho sovere ign g r a n d lodge I . O. O. F. a n d t h e D a u g h t e r s of R e b o k a h w e r e w a r m l y w e l c o m e d b y Mayor Quincy n n d o t h e r p r o m i n e n t Bos ton inns . A t t h e first sess ion of t l ie g r a n d lodge t j i e r e p o r t s s h o w e d : G r a n d lodges. 55; s u b o r d i n a t e lodges, 11,220; R e b e k a lodges, 4.P4'5; g r a n d e n c a m p -m e n t s , 51; s u b o r d i n a t e e n c a m p m e n t s . 2,633; s u b o r d i n a t e lodge m e m b e r s , 814,-339; e n c a m p m e n t m e m b e r s , 127.091; R e b e k a h m e m b e r s , 297.691; t o t a l r e l i e f , 83.364,029; to t a l r e v e n u e , 89,940,250; t o t a l inves ted f u n d s , 826.388,(595.

T h e elect ion of oUlcers r e s u l t e d : G r a n d sire, A l f r e d S. P i n k e r t o n , of M a s s a c h u s e t t s ; d e p u t y g r a n d s ire , A. C. Cable , of Ohio ; g r a n d s e c r e t a r y , J . F r a n k Gran t , of B a l t i m o r e ; g r a n d t r e a s u r e r , R i c h a r d Muckle , of P h i l a d e l -p h i a . T h e s o v e r e i g n g r a n d l o d g e voted u n a n i m o u s l y t o m e e t in D e t r o i t in 1899.

To Mutter Oat A 0 , 0 0 0 More Volanteer*.

A n o t h e r r e d u c t i o n of t h e v o l u n t e e r a r m y is u n d e r c o n s i d e r a t i o n a n d i t i s bel ieved t h a t b y Oct. 15 a b o u t 50,000 m o r e of t h e v o l u n t e e r s wi l l be o rdered m u s t e r e d ou t . T h e a r m y n o w c o n s i s t s of a b o u t 150,000 m e n , i n c l u d i n g r e g u -l a r s a n d vo lun t ee r s , a u d n f t e r t h e n r m i e s of oceupn t ion l enve f o r Cuba , P o r t o Rico nnd t h e P h i l i p p i n e s 65,000 w i l l bo l e f t t o g a r r i s o n t h e f o r t s of t h e U n i t e d S ta te s . T h i s is f a r i n excess of t h e n u m b e r r e q u i r e d .

Agnlnaldo Want* t o he B o u g h t Off,

A g u i n a l d o is r e p o r t e d t o h a v e t o l d Gen. M e r r i t t t h n t if t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s w o u l d ho ld t h o P h i l i p p i n e s p c r m a n e n t l y or d e c l a r e a p r o t e c t o r a t e over t h e m , h i s f o l l o w e r s w o u l d l ay d o w n a r m s , b u t o t h e r w i s e i t w o u l d n o t b e s a f e fo r t h e m to do so. T h e op in ion is g e n e r a l a m o n g E n g l i s h - s p e a k i n g poo-p l e a t M a n i l a t h a t t h e r ebe l s , e spec ia l ly Agu ina ldo , a r e o n l y h o l d i n g o u t in or-

d e r t o be b o u g h t .

Train Rohhern Who Meant Itimlne'* Seven m a s k e d men h e l d n p a Mis-

s o u r i Pac i f ic p a s s e n g e r t r a i n a b o u t seven mi les f r o m K a n s a s City. T h e W f f n g e c a r ^ o s a b s o l u t e l y b l o w n t o p ieces w i t h d y n a m i t e a n d t h e m o n e y boxes comple t e ly demol i shed .

Fanny Davenport Dead.

F a n n y D a v e n p o r t (Mrs. M e l b o u r n e McDowell) d ied a t h e r s u m m e r h o m e M e l b o u r n e hn l l , D u x b u r y , Mass. , of e n l a r g e m e n t of t h e h e a r t . She h u d b e e n i l l f o r s o m e t ime .

a t t h e t ime . Ono of these m o y recover f r o m h i s b u r n s , b u t Grace , a 17-year-o ld g i r l , w a s b u r n e d a l m o s t beyond r ecogn i t i on , a u d Hnro ld , t h e t h i r d ch i ld , w n s e i t h e r b l o w n to n toms o r c r e m a t e d .

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ed ic t s of t h e e m p e r o r p ro lmbly caused | d ren of Supt . P a r k s w e r e v i s i t ing h im tho c h a n g e . Whi l e t h e e m p e r o r w a s s u b s e r v i e n t nnd n more figurehead, t h e d o w a g e r e m p r e s s p e r m i t t e d h i m to re-m a i n in peace, b u t a s soon a s h e a t -f e m p t e d t o ac t on h i s o w n i n i t i a t i v e h i s p r ac t i c a l depos i t i on fo l lowed . T h e e f f ec t of t h e c h a n g e wi l l be g r e a t . Li H u n g C h a n g w i l l bo r e i n s t a t e d in p o w e r a n d Russ ian in f luence w i l l in-crease . T h e n e w o r d e r of t h i n g s w i l l u n d o u b t e d l y p r e j u d i c e B ^ t i a h i n t e r -e s t s t h r o u g h o u t Ch ina and w i l l p r e v e n t t h e proposed a l l i a n c e b e t w e e n China a n d J a p a n .

Wei -Hai -Wci : T h e Br i t i sh b a t t l e s h i p C e n t u r i o n , flagship of Vice-Admira l S i r E d w a r d U . ^ Seymour , t h e com-m a n d e r of t h e Br i t i sh fleet in Chinese w a t e r s , sa i led s u d d e n l y u n d e r sealed r c d e r s , a ccompan ied , f r o m Che Foo, by t h e b a t t l e s h i p Vic tor ious , t h e c ru i s e r s N a r c i s s u s a n d He rmiouc , t h e t o r p e d o d e s t r o y e r s F a m e n n d H a r t , a n d t h e dis-p a t c h bou t Alacr i ty . I t i s supposed t h a t t h e dos inn t ion is T n - K u , n t t h e e n t r a n c e of t ho r i ve r l e a d i n g t o T ien-T s i n , t h e p o r t of P e k i n , f o r t h e pur -pose of m a k i n g a nnvnl d e m o n s t r a t i o n t h e r e .

Yellow Mill Pond Tragedy Clearing Up.

T h o pol ice of B r i d g e p o r t , Conn. , a n -n o u n c e t ho c o m p l e t e u n r a v e l i n g of t h e Y e l l o w mi l l pond m u r d e r m y s t e r y , • fhoy c l a i m t h a t Dr. N a n c y G u i l f o r d enusod t ho den th of E m m a Gil l b y a c r i m i n a l o p e r a t i o n ; t h a t t h e b o d y w n s d i s m e m b e r e d in t h e G u i l f o r d house ; n a m e H a r r y Oxley a s n n accompl i ce t o t h e e x t e n t of b e i n g r e spons ib l e fo r t h o c o n d i t i o n of t ho g i r l a n d c o n s e n t i n g t o n e r i m i n n l ope ra t i on , n n d nlso impl l -cnto Dr. G u i l f o r d ' s son nnd d a u g h t e r a s accompl ices in h e l p i n g t o d ispose of t h e body .

Spanlnh Mimt Hogln to l.enve Cuba Oet. 15

In r ep ly t o r e p r e s e n t a t i o n s of t h o S p a n i s h a u t h o r i t i e s in H a v a n a t h a t t h e e v a c u a t i o n of C u b a cou ld n o t be-g in u n t i l November , n u d t h n t i t cou ld n o t b e comple t ed b e f o r e t h o 28th of F e b r u a r y n e x t , t h e P r e s i d e n t h a s in-s t r u c t e d t h e A m e r i c a n - c o m m i s s i o n e r s t o d e m a n d t h a t t ho e v a c u a t i o n by t h e S p a n i a r d s begin n o t l a t e r t h a n O c t o b e r 15 a n d t h a t i t be comple ted b y Decem-

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flesh w o u n d . T h e p a r t i n g of t h e 31st Mich igan n n d

t h e F i r s t Georg ia boys a t Knoxvi l le , t h e l a t t e r h a v i n g been o r d e r e d h o m e to b e m u s t e r e d ou t , w a s v e r y t o u c h i n g . These t w o r e g i m e n t s w e r e b r igaded t o g e t h e r f r o m tho t i m e t ho F i r s t Geor-g ia a r r i ved a t C h i c k a m n u g n . T h e 31st M i c h i g a n gave t h e s o u t h e r n e r s t h e i r flrst mea l s a n d a p lace to s leep w h e n t h e y a r r i ved in c a m p l a t e n t n i g h t , nnd a f r i e n d s h i p s p r u n g u p w h i c h con t i n n e d t o g r o w ns l o n g ns the} ' w e r e to-ge the r . T h e 31st gnve t h e Georgia boys a f a r e w e l l d i n n e r .

T h e D e t i o i t d i s t r i c t M. E. confer* ence wi l l bo held n t D e t r o i t n e x t year.

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120 FlRhermen Drowned. D u r i n g h e a v y s t o r m s on t ho Bnl t ic

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t o w n s of Russ in .

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S a n t i a g o s ince t h e s u r r e n d e r of t h e c i t y w a s t h e first visi t of Gen. Ca l ix to Garc i a s ince he l e f t t h e r e in a bad tem-per o n J u l y 17. T h e i n s u r g e n t l ender wns accompan ied by h i s s taf f a n d 200 C u b a n c a v a l r y m e n , bes ides a n u m b e r of C u b a n oflicers. T h e y w e r e m e t j u s t ou t s ide t h e c i ty b y Gon. Wood a n d o t h e r Amer i can officers. A t t ho p l a z a Gen. L a w ton , A m e r i c a n m i l i t a r y com-m a n d e r a t S a n t i a g o , g r e e t e d Gen. Garc ia , w h o s e e n t r a n c e t o t h e c i ty h a d been t h r o u g h s t r e e t s t h r o n g e d w i t h c h e e r i n g t h o u s a n d s . t e n d e r e d Gen. Garo ia t h e 'pa lace .

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70 Mlneni Entombed by nn Explonlon.

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b u r n e d . N i n e t e e n m i n e r s a ro s t i l l un-accoun ted fo r . I t i s f e a r ed t h a t n o n e of t h e m wi l l b e t a k e n o u t a l ive. T h e r e w e r e 140 men in t ho m i n e a t t he t i m e of t h o explos ion. L a t e r . — T h e 19 men w h o w e r e mi s s ing h a v e been* rescued .

Por to Itleo No Place for For tnne Huntein.

E v e r y t h i n g r e g a r d i n g t h e e v a c u a t i o n of P o r t o Rico is p r o c e e d i n g s a t i s f ac -to r i ly . T h e S p a n i a r d s a r e a c t i n g i n p e r f e c t good f a i t h . P r e p a r a t i o n s a r e b e i n g m a d e f o r a n e l a b o r a t e e e r e m o n y w h e n t h e A m e r i c a n f l ag is r a i sed over S o n J u a n . U. S. Consu l H n n n a is flooded w i t h l e t t e r s f r o m f o r t u n e h u n t -

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Oklahoma Strong for Statehood.

T h e r e p o r t of Hon. Chas. Bnrnes , g o v e r n o r of O k l a h o m a t e r r i t o r y , s h o w s t h a t t h e f e e l i n g of n des i re f o r ndmis-s ion i n t o t h e U n i o n i s g r o w i n g s t r o n g e r . "Al l pol i t ica l pn r t i e s h a v e t h i s y e a r dec la red in f a v o r of s tn te -hood upon such t e r m s n u d w i t h s u c h b o u n d n r i e s as may seem b e s t t o con-

g re s s . "

Efttcrhnxy Confennen III* Oullt.

Count de E-Uerhazy h a s confessed t h a t h e fo rged t h e c e l e b r a t e d bor-d e r e a u , u p o n which D r e y f u s w a s con-vic ted. He snys h e c o m m i t t e d t h e c r i m e u p o n t h e o rde r of Col. S n u d h c r r , w h o is now dead .

m a i n a t h o m e u n t i l t h e in comple te con t ro l .

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SpanUh Blunt Leave Cuba Quickly.

T h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n h a s s e n t a per-e m p t o r y message of i n s t r u c t i o n t o t h e C u b a n m i l i t a r y commiss ion t o t h e ef-f ec t t h a t t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s wi l l n o t be sa t i s f ied w i t h a n y f u r t h e r d e l a y i n t h e e v a c u a t i o n of Cuba a n d t h a t S p a n i s h s o v e r e i g n t y m u s t bo r e l i nqu i shed . T h e Amer i can commiss ione r s have i n f o r m e d t h e Span i sh commiss ione r s t h a t t h e evacua t ion of Cuba c a n n o t be de layed .

B r i t i s h p ro t e s t s h a v e caused t h e Chinese g o v e r n m e n t t o finally c o n c l u d e t h e New C h w o n g r a i l w a y loan w i t h Br i t i sh synd ica t e . »

T h o o n l y o rgan i zed r e m n a n t of t h e K h a l i f a ' s a r m y was d e f e a t e d a n d i t s las t s t r o n g h o l d . Gcdar i f , c ap tu r ed a f t e r t h r e e h o u r s ' h a r d fighting, b y a n A n g l o - E g y p t i a n force n u m b e r i n g 1.300 u n d e r c o m m a n d of Col. Parsons , T h e y rou ted 3,000 Dervishes , of w h o m 500 were k i l l ed .

The Ro3'al Order of Sco t l and he ld i t s 21st a n n u a l m e e t i n g a t t h e S c o t t i s h Ri te c a t h e d r a l , C inc inna t i . Over 100 m e m b e r s w e r e p r e s e n t . T h i s lodge is t h e o n l y o n e i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , a n d is u n d e r t h e ju r i sd i c t ion of t h e p rov in -cial g r a n d lodge n t E d i n b u r g h , Scot-Innd, n n d o n e of t h e o ldes t o r d e r s in ex i s t ence . T h e p rov inc ia l l odge of America h a s j u r i s d i c t i o n over H a w a i i a n d J a p a n . Tho h e a d of t h e o r d e r is J u d g e J o s i a h H a y d e n D r u m m o n d , R. L. F . , p rov inc ia l g r a n d m a s t e r of H. R. M., P o r t l a n d , Mo.

A d m i r a l Cer vera h a s a r r i v e d a t San-t a n d c r , Spa in , a u d w n s we l l rece ived .

T E L E G R A P H I C B I T S . -

Gen. L a w t o n r e p o r t s s i ckness de-c r e a s i n g in t h e r a n k s of t h e Amer i can t r o o p s a t San t i ngo .

T h o q u e e n r e g e n t of Spa in w i l l hnve h a v e a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e a t t h o czar ' s pro-posed d i s a r m a m e n t confe rence .

Gen. Z u r l i n d e n , w h o r e s igned f r o m t h o F rench c a b i n e t bocnuso of t h e D r e y f u s a g i t a t i o n , h a s boon nppo in t ed m i l i t a r y g o v e r n o r of P a r i s .

As t h e K a n s a s s t a t e e lec t ion wi l l oc c u r w h i l e t h e 20th K a n s a s v o l u n t e e r s , n r e on thn w a y to Mnniln i t hns been a r r a n g e d t h a t t h e y s h a l l vo te on b o a r d t h e t r a n s p o r t . T h i s i s n n unprece-

den ted not ion. S e n a t o r C-. J . F n u l k n e r , of Wes t Vir-

g in i a , bus b e e n nppo in t ed to t h e posi-t ion on t h e Cnmidinn commiss ion m a d e vacan t b y t h e r e t i r e m e n t of S e n a t o r G r a y when he w a s t r a n s f e r r e d t o t h e P u r l s peace commiss ion .

G r o a t B r i t a i n , F ranco , Russ i a n n d I t n ly hnve n g r e e d upon t h e pneif ient ion of t h e I s lnnd of Cre te , n n d t h o coerc ion of t h e s u l t a n of T u r k e y i n t o submiss ion b y force , if necessa ry . G e r m a n y re-f u s e d t o e n t e r i n t o t h e p l an .

F i l l i pe Agonci l lo a n d J o s e Lopez, emissa r i e s of A g u i n a l d o have a r r i ved a t W a s h i n g t o n t o p lead w i t h P r e s i d e n t McKin ley f o r t h e i ndependence of t h e P h i l i p p i n e is lands , a f t e r w h i c h t h e y wil l p r o b a b l y go t o P a r i s t o a p p e a r be-fo re t h e peace commiss ion . T h e Presi-d e n t received t hem, b u t r e f u s e d t o rec-ogn ize t h e m f o r m a l l y .

A f t e r i n v e s t i g a t i n g severa l s o u t h e r n c a m p s S e c r e t a r y of W a r Alge r s a y s t h a t many u n t r u e a n d u n w a r r a n t e d c h a r g e s have been m a d e a g a i n s t t h e w a r d e p a r t m e n t , b u t t h a t h e w a n t s t he f a c t s t o come ou t . He dec l a r e s t h n t if t h e r e h a s been l ack of m e d i c i n e s n n d necessar ies of l i fe , t h e f a u l t l ies w i t h t he c o m m a n d i n g oflicers of t h e

camps. Upon s t r o n g r e p r e s e n t a t i o n s b e i n g

m a d e b y t h e A m e r i c a n c o m m i s s i o n e r s a t H a v a n a t h o S p a n i s h a u t h o r i t i e s hnve nHowed t h e U. S. s t e n m e r Comal t o l a n d a l a r g e e n r g o of s u p p l i e s a t M a t n n z a s fo r t h e re l ief of s t a r v i n g Cu-b a n s . T h e S p a n i s h a u t h o r i t i e s de-m a n d e d 800,000 d u t y o n t h e enrgo nnd t h e c o n t r o v e r s y w a s a s s u m i n g a s e r i o u s p h a s e w h e n t h e Dons gave i n .

T h e w r e c k i n g c r e w e n g a g e d u n d e r L i e u t . Hobson nt S a n t i n g o has ra i sed t h e c r u i s e r I n f n n t a Mnr ia T e r e s a nnd floated h e r t o G u a n t a n a m o bay , w h e r e t h o r e p a i r s h i p V u l c a n w i l l fit h e r f o r

a t r i p t o a n o r t h e r n s h i p y a r d .

Another Dreyfus Cane Tragedy.

As a r e su l t of a n a t t a c k by t ho P a r i s n e w s p a p e r L a L a n t e r n e upon D e p u t y Char les E r n e s t P a u l m i e r a n d h i s w i f e in r e l a t i on t o c e r t a i n phases of t h e D r e y f u s case M a d a m e P a u l m i e r t w i c e s h o t a n d m o r t a l l y w o u n d e d M. Oliver, oue of t h e e d i t o r s of L a L a n t e r n e .

Dreyfus Get* a New Trial.

At a m e e t i n g of t h e F r e n c h c a b i n e t a l l t h e m i n i s t e r s b e i n g p resen t , a decis ion w a s t a k e n in f a v o r of a revis ion of t h e t r i n l of f o r m e r Capt . Drey fus .

England a n d Germany Swap Terr i tory.

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Gen. Gomez e m p h a t i c a l l y den ies t h e r e p o r t s t h a t h e h a s r e s i g n e d t h o com-m a n d of t h o C u b a n a r m y .

A g u i n n l d o n n d h i s ch i e f s hnve m n d e n p lea t o t h e p o w e r s of E u r o p e f o r rec-o g n i t i o n of b e l l i g e r e n c y a n d indopond-

ence. Gon. Garc ia , f o r m e r l y second in com-

m a n d in t h e C u b a n i n s u r g e n t a r m y , i s t o v is i t t h o Un i t ed S t a t e s ea r ly i n

October . T h e C u b a n i n s u r g e n t a r m y is t o bo

d i s b a n d e d o n indef in i t e f u r l o u g h s , b u t w i l l b e s u b j e c t t o t h o c a l l of t h e C u b a n p rov i s iona l g o v e r n m e n t .

BUEAKING THE NEWS.

" D o you t h i n k he ' l l t a k e It very bad-ly, N o r a ? "

N o r a He lms ley shrugged h e r should-em.

"My dear Be t ty , you o u g h t to know m o r e a b o u t Mr. M a r k h a m ' s powers of e n d u r a n c e t h a n 1."

" B u t w h a t do you t h i n k - h e ' l l do? W h a t do you suppose "

" W h y -yaste o u r t ime In suppos i t ion? He ' l l be here m o s t l ikely th i s a f t e r -noon, and you wil l be ab le to Judge for yourse l f . "

Be t ty O n k h u r s t s p r a n g to her feet. "Ted Is c o m i n g here t h i s a f t e r n o o n ?

W h y on ea r th d idn ' t you tell me be-f o r e ? " And she fidgeted nervously wi th h e r hat before the g la s s as she spoke.

" B u t you. knew. Bet ty , where a r e you go ing?"

" A n y w h e r e ou t of t h i s , " cried t he girl , l aughing nervous ly , a s she s toop-ed lo kiss her f r iend .

Nora , however , in i igh t her nrm. "Nonsense , B e t t y ! You'd much bet-t e r tell h im s t r a i g h t ou t now and get It over . It will be ever so much more a w k w a r d fo r you If t he news r ead i e s h i m f r o m outs ide ."

"1 don ' t see thn t a t a l l , " re turned Bet ty , quiet ly, os she d r e w away f rom her compan ion . "1 am s u r e tha t If—If you "

She paused tenta t ive ly . "You don ' t mean to soy tha t you ex-

pect n o t to tell Ted M a r k h a m t h a t you have j i l ted h i m ? "

"1 ce r t a in ly don ' t expect you to put It in t h a t wuy , " replied Miss Oakhur s t wi th a l i t t le laugh, " b u t I am quite ce r t a in t h a t you would expla in it to t he poor feilow much bet ter t h a n a n y one e lse ."

" E x p l a i n ! " cxclalmcd Nora, impa-t ien t ly . " I don ' t know tha t the re ' s a n y t h i n g to explain , except t ha t you've pu t yourself and me in a most r id icu-lous pos i t ion . "

"Nora!" N o r a flashed an Ind ignan t look a t

her . "1 t h i n k you migh t be ser ious now

nnd a t leas t pretend t h a t you ' re as'.iam-ed o>yourse l f . You begged me to help you to get my aun t to nsk him here t o act as screen, in fact , so tha t your people migh t imag ine it was all over, nnd t h a t you had both changed your minds , and now—now "

T h e sound of a bell broke In upon Miss Helmsley ' s eloquence, and Bet-ty caugh t up her gloves.

" I 'm awfu l ly sorry, Nora. Abuse me a s much a s you l ike. Good-by!"

And before Nora could stop h e r she had dar ted th rough t he door a n d waa on her way downs ta i r s . She let h e r go. Af te r all . It neve r was of a n y use to a r g u e with Be t t y ; she was one

E v e r y t h i n g in t h e R e p u b l i c a n C o n -v e n t i o n W e n t H i s W a y .

N O M I N A T E D BY A C C L A M A T I O N .

New State Centrnl Committee and Cliulr-

man nre With thn Governor—Upper

Peninsula Gets Two Places on the Ticket.

Th© R e p n b l l e n n T i c k e t . Governor—Hazen S. Pingree, Wayne

county. • Licutcnant-Gcvctr.or—O. W. Robinson, Houghton.

Secretary of state—Justus S. Stearns, Mt-son. • Audltor-gcncrul—Rcscoo D. Dlx, Ber-.rlen. . Attorney-general—Horace M. Oren. "Chippewa.

Stati! trccusrer—George E. Steel, Wayne.

Commlfsloner of the lendofneo—Wm. A. French, Pre tque Ifle.

' Svperlntendent of public InstrucUon— Jasqn E. Hammond, Hillsdale.

Regents of tho s ta te university to fill vacancy—Short term—Ell R. Sutton, •Wayne. • Lcnp term—J. Byron Judkln3, .Kent . • Mcirbors of the s tate board of educa-tion—Short term—E. F. Johnson, Washte-naw.

Long term—K. A. Plntt , Genesee.

" G O O D - B Y ! "

of t h o s e de l igh t fu l ly i r respons ib le c rea -tu res w h o a lways m a n a g e to sh i f t the b l ame of the i* sho r t comings on t o o th -er people 's shoulders , and w h o m no one—no m a n , a t a n y ra te—ever d r e a m s of Judg ing by o r d i n a r y s t anda rds . No-r a wondered , as she stood the re idly looking i n t o the s t r ee t , how she could e v e r h a v e been foo l i sh enough to t a k e Be t ty ' s love t roubles ser iously.

Mean t ime , t ha t s a m e folly of h e r s was go ing to bear some very u n p a l a -t ab le f r u i t . In less t h a n t e n m i n u t e s y o u n g M a r k h a m would be the re . He had a r r a n g e d to cal l for Miss He lm-sley and h e r aun t . L a d y Hewi t t , to es-co r t t h e m t o a n a f t e r n o o n concert . Tho e lder lady had declared a t luncheon t h a t t he wea the r was f a r too depress-ing fo r It no t to be m a d n e s s t o r i sk t he p robab l l l t ; ' d a f u r t h e r f a l l in one 's m v a l barol-icter by a couple of h o u r s of o rches t ra l music , and t h a t Nora m u s t g ive him s o m e tea a n d her ex-cuses.

Nora was conscious t h a t t h i s was a noat p re tex t fo r g iv ing tho young m a n the chance fo r a te te -a- te te wi th herse l f . I^ady H e w i t t was too Indo-lent , na tu ra l ly , n o t t o be h e a r t i l y weary of her dut ies a s chaperon to h e r niece. An a t t r ac t ive he i ress was a respons ib i l i ty l i t t l e t o h e r tas te , a n d t h e gir l fe l t t ha t , Ineligible as m o s t m o t h e r s a n d respons ib le people would have t e r m e d Ted M a r k h a m . wi th h i s pos t In t h e fore ign oflice a n d h is mea -ger persona l f o r t une , Lady H e w i t t would open her a r m s gladly t o h i m if h e would b u t r e l i eve h e r of h e r o n e r -ous du t i e s of w a t c h dog, a n d would de-c lare t h a t N o r a h a d money e n o u g h f o r t h e m bo th .

N o r a s ighed a s s h e s tood a t t h e w i n -dow. I t was a topsy- tu rvy wor ld , a n d t h e w r o n g people were a l w a y s be ing t h r o w n toge ther . If only

" A m I d i s t u r b i n g y o u ? I w a s to ld t o come In he re . "

N o r a s ta r ted , a n d t he co lor ru shed t o h e r face .

"Oh, I h a d n ' t h e a r d you come i n ! D o • I t d o w n . A u n t I sn ' t well . I am so so r ry y o u should have had t h e t r o u b l e of ca l l i ng fo r n o t h i n g , bu t she hoped to be a b l e t o go u n t i l t h e l a s t m o m e n t . W o n ' t you let m e give you some t e a ? "

She spoke w i t h ne rvous h u r r y , s ca rce ly paus ing f o r an answer .

Ted M a r k h a m took the cha i r she o t -

" l a a n y t h i n g t he m a t t e r ? " she ask-ed.* In a s l ight ly a l a rmed voloe. U was sure ly not possible t h a t he could a l r eady have learned Be t ty ' s t reach-ery .

"Yes . W e can ' t go ou l ike this , j Miss He lms ley!"

" N o ! " Nora fel t t he color go out of hor face.

" I t Isn ' t f a i r t o you, a n d besides I— t h i n g s have changed "

"You mean t h a t Bet ty " "Miss O a k h u r s t Is go ing t o bo m a r -

r ied ." Nora gashed, bu t did not speak . "She is engaged to Lord Bar-thorpe . I m e t L a d y O a k h u r s t Jus t now. and she was overf lowing wi th loving k indness to t he wor ld in gen-e ra l . "

"Dotty has behaved a b o m i n a b l y ! " pu t in Norn, ind ignan t ly .

Ted Markham smiled. "1 th ink , on the con t r a ry , t h a t she

ha s shown remarkab ly good sense. 1 a m going to leave L o n d o n ; 1 rea l ly came this a f t e rnoon to say good-by."

N o r a bit her lips. " 1 am very so r ry , " she began, hesi-

t a t ing ly . " I am a f r a i d 1 w a s rf i ther to blame, bu t I t h o u g h t Bet ty really cared, and——"

She left t he sentence unf inished. Ted M a r k h a m ' s demeanor puzzled he r ; he was quite white , and t h e r e was a look In h is eyes which t roubled her . W n a t

was the re In h e r fluffy-haired, blue- j c h n l r n a n of tho str.te ecntrn! .-ommit-eyed l i t t le f r i end to move a m a n so? j t ee-Gen. Arthur F. Marsh, of Allcgiin. T h a t her companion h a d t a k e n some grea t resolut ion, and t h a t a s ingular ly difflcult one. It was easy enough to per-ceive.

"Are you go ing t o be a w a y long?" she asked, a w k w a r d l y . " I mean , a re you going f a r ? "

" I t h i n k of go ing t o h a v e a look a t t he ant ipodes . My f a t h e r ha s some Interest , and I hope t o got s e n t off to Melbourne ."

" B u t haven ' t you m a d e up your mind r a t h e r h u r r i e d l y ? " she objected, t im-idly .

" H u r r i e d l y ? Why, I put th ings In t r a i n weeks ago."

"Weeks a g o ! " she excla imed. " B u t Be t ty ' s engagemen t is qui te f resh . Did you suspect "

" I suspected no th ing . I knew " "You k n o w ! " she excla lmtd. Indig-

nan t l y . " T h e n why d idn ' t you speak? W h y d idn ' t you tell m e ? "

"Tol l y o u ! " She s ta red a t him, h is tone was so vehement . ' " O h , about Betty, you m e a n ! "

"Of course. W h a t else could I m e a n ? "

"Noth ing , of course " "Real ly , I don ' t u n d e r s t a n d you." H e laughed d rea r i l y a s he rose.

"No , I m u s t n o t expla in . Good-by!" She looked up a t h im wi th s tar t led

eyes. "You a r e too h a r d on Bet ty . She—" "Oh, Be t ty? Don ' t you know t h a t I

h a v e n ' t t h o u g h t of h e r for weeks—tha t I found ou t long ago t h a t we h a d m a d e a m i s t a k e ? "

" T h e n why are you go ing?" She managed to keep h e r eyes upon

h is face, though her cheeks burned and she felt a lmos t choked .

"Don ' t you know t h a t I am a lmos t a p a u p e r ? " she a sked , In a t r embl ing voice, "because you w a n t t o m a k e y o u r for tune , o r because—because I a m too r i ch?"

" N o r a ! " She covered her face wi th h e r hands . "Oh. If you were no t in love wi th

Bet ty , d idn ' t you see—didn ' t you g u e s s weeks ago "—London Wor ld .

i fi. \V' d '. •• honor and dovo-' ' tlon the men of .Michigan who olTerod

| their services In th" eause of freedom;

A Sample mt Good Moro.

Prof . Dean C. W o r c e s t e r con t r ibu te s to the September Cen tu ry a n ar t ic le on " T h e Malay P i r a t e s of t he Ph i l ipp ines . " Speak ing of h i s guide, P ro f . W o r c e s t e r says : Toolnwee was considered a good Moro, and we were t h e r e f o r e Interested in cer ta in inc idents which gave us a n ins ight in to his real cha rac te r . A f t e r sa t i s fy ing himself by observat ion t h a t we could use our rifles wi th some ef-fect, he mode us a r a t h e r s t a r t l i n g business proposi t ion in t he fo l lowing words : "You gen t l emen shoot q u i t e well wi th the rif le." "Yes; we h a v e had some exper ience ." "You desi re t o get samples of t h e c lo th ing and a r m s of my coun t rymen fo r y o u r col lec t ion?"

Yes." " P a p a (Genera l Arolas) to ld you, If you met a rmed Moros outs ide the town, t o order t h e m to lay down their a r m s and r e t i r e ? " "Yes ." " P a p a does not unde r s t and my people as I do. They ore all bad. W h e n wo m e e t them, do n o t a s k t h e m to lay down their a rms , for they wil l c o u e back again, and get t hem, a n d probably a t -tack us. J u s t shoo t as m a n y of t h e m as possible. You can t h e n t a k e t he i r a rms and c lo th ing, and I will cu t off their heads , shave t h e i r eyebrows, show t h e m to papa , a n d claim t h e re-ward fo r k i l l ing Ju ramen tados . " He never really fo rgave us fo r r e f u s i n g t o ei?ter in to p a r t n e r s h i p wi th h im on t h i s very l ibera l basis .

Favorite Subject for Photography.

P e r h a p s no celest ial body has been photographed so many t imes a s t he moon. At Lick Observa to ry t h e " m a n In t he m o o n " s i t s fo r h i s p ic ture m a n y t imes du r ing t h e yea r . J u p i t e r and Sa turn a r e also f r e q u e n t subjec ts , a n d no day passes In which some s u n - s p o t does no t leave I t s celest ial a u t o g r a p h on t he sens i t ive plate . Many as f ro-nomlca l discover ies have been m a d e t h r o u g h pho tog raphy , t h e g rea t e s t of t h e m be ing t he discovery, by P r o f e s s o r Draper , of oxygen in t he sun. The app l ica t ions of pho tog raphy a r e so many a n d so var ied t h a t a who le vol-ume of t h e St. Nicho las would be re-quired t o descr ibe t h e m ; for t h e r e Is no d e p a r t m e n t of knowledge In which It h a s been so extens ive ly used, and none t o which It ha s been so u n l v e w a l -ly he lpfu l .

A Delicate Ear .

Mrs. Cha l l enge—Why did you not s t a r t up t he p h o n o g r a p h while m o t h e r w a s h e r e ? Mr. Cha l l enge—There Is no

fe red h im, and l i s tened In s i l ence whi le h a r m o n y In t w o t a l k i n g mach ines r u n -she r a t t l e d on. Suddenly she s topped , i n l n g s imul t aneous ly .—New York E v e n -consc lous of h i s fixed g lan te. J l ag Jou rna l .

It wns Plngree's convention from begin-ning to end which frnthered In the new Light Guard Armory at Detroit, under the call for a Republican s ta te conven-tion. The district caucuseH resulted In Gov. Pingree securing a major i ty of two In tho s ta te centrnl committee. There were no contesting del . ra t ions save In Marquetto county, where Congressman Sheluen and S. M. Stephenson headed ri-val factions., and even this wns settled In committee without going before the con-vention. Sheldon's men winning out.

The convention was culled to order by State Committee Chairman D. M. Ferry, who nsked Rev. Nehemlah Boynton to offer prayer. After Committee .Secretary Alward had rrnd the formal call for the convention Chairman Ferry read n speech. In which he outlined the duties ot tho convention. His reference to the war

; governor was greeted with nn enthuslns-1 tic outburst of cheering. This was re-

peated when he srored papers nnd per-j sons who are criticising the war depart-I ment. in concluding his address Mr.

Ferry sprung a surprise by declaring that ; ho was In no sense p. cnndldnte for re-. election to the chairmanship of the s ta te ; central committee and that circumstances • made it Impossible for him to continue to ! serve In that capacity. He did not say ; whether or not the fact that the Pingree-; Iteg had secured control of th-» committee 1 were a part of the "c imimstances ," ! Grant Fellows, of Hudson, the tempo-1 rary chairman of the convention, was

cordially received when Introdured by Mr. Ferrv. Mr. Fellows made a speech which wns liberally applauded, particularly when ho touched up the critics of the war de-partment by saying: "We of Michigan who know the secretary of war have con-fidence In the honesty nnd the ability and the Integrity of Russell A. Alger. We are glad tha t he courts Investigation nnd we

; know tha t ho will come out clenn nnd 1 spotless, nnd thnt Michigan will be proud-; er of him than she has ever been before."

Mr. Fellows declared he was an expan-sionist of the most extreme type nnd fa-vored Uncle Sam keeping all the Span-ish possessions which had come into his

I grasp through the war. The administra-tion of President McKinley was highly

; lauded and the temporary chairman con eluded by predicting tha t Michigan will on the 8th of November roll un her cus-tomary Republican majority, thereby In-

, dorslng "the president, the secretary of war nnd her war governor."

• When Mr. Fellows had concluded hi remarks, the name of Frank T. Ix)dge. of Wayne, was proposed as secretary of the convention, and he was chosen without opposition. The chairman then Intro-duced the president of the Michigan club. "Gen. Dulneld, of Santiago." and, amid wild cheering, the general stepped for-ward. He did not make a spee h. but thanked the convention for the cordial re-ception accorded him nnd Invited the del-egates to visit tho Michigan club rooms during their s tay In tho city.

Af ter a recess for dinner the commit-tees were not ready to report, so speeches were in order to nil the time. Webster Davis, nssistant secretary of tho Interior, was first called upon nnd made an elo-quent presentation of the blessings of Re-publican rule.

Fred J. Blakely reported for the com-mittee on permanent organization, recom-mending that E. O. Grosvenor. of Mon-roe. be permanant chairman, nnd Frank T. Lodge, of Detroit, permanent secre-tary. Tho report was adopted without a dissenting voice, and Mr. Grosvenor wns presented ns permanent chairman ami expressed the hope that his rulings would be as kindly received as they would be sincerely made.

Then there wore calls for O'Donnoll. nnd the ex-congressman, of Jackson, waa escorted to the platform. Ho said tha t if he were a member of the committee on resolutions he would Insist on the inser-tion of a plank demanding that wherever the United States Hag has been raised thnt It should never be taken down. The war with Spain has cost too much in t reasure and blood to be lost. It was won by the prowess of our army and navy.

W. W. Wedemeyer, of Washtenaw, den-uty railroad commissioner, told how bad-ly the people throughout the state wanted nn e(ji!al tax law, and hla every i.^i, r-once to equal taxation was heurtlly cheered. He urged the delegates lo stand by Gen. Alger and to go forth prepared lo work loyally for the war governor. Hazen S. Pingree. (Wild cheering.)

Charles E. Townsend. of Jacksom wa* Introduced, and talked for a few minutes, dwelling on the record of the administra-tion In the war with Spain, and express-ing the belief tha t It hud made Republi-cans.

There had been calls for Marcus Polla-fky, and tha t erratic orator was Intro-luced. but he made such a tirade- against Pingree that the delegates would not hear him out.

T h e IMnt fo rm. The report of tho etfecutive commlttoe

was then auuounced. and a f t e r being read by Henry M. Oheever. chairman ..f tho committee, was voted upon and de-clared unanimously adopted without de-bate. The platform lb as follows:

The Republicans of the s late of Michi-gan. In convention assembled, make the following declaration of political princi-ples:

1. We Indorse the present national Re-publican administration and give expres-sion to our confidence In the honesty. In-tagrlty and patriotism of our president. William McKinley. During the trying times thnt culminated In a war with Spain he displayed rare ability nnd dis-cretion until the final cessation of hostili-ties. which we hope will speedily result In permanent peace.

2 We Indorse our honored secretary of war. Russell A. Alger, and commend hi? conscientious, patriotic and unselfish de-votion to the honor of the nation and the welfare of the armv. We denounce the unjust a t tacks made on him and offer hlin our undivided support and confidence.

8. We reaffirm the principles of the St. Louis platform and pledge them our sup-port as a sure guarantee of national pros-perity and honor. We stand upon the ex-isting goiu standard and condemh thf proposition to ndmlt sliver frer and un-limited coinage at the rutlo of 16 to 1 by this country alone, believing thnt such a

firoposltlon would Irreparably disturb bus-ness already recovering from the shock

of Democratic rule. 4. We congratulate the country upon

the gradual return of business prosporitv since the return of the Republican party to power, and point with satisfaction to tho successful operation of the Dlngley bill, that Is now producing ample revenue for all the ordinary expenditures of the government. We congratulate the coun-try upon the restoration of protection ami tho return of prosperity as evidenced by the reopening of mills, factories and shops and tho re-employment of Idle men nnd

and V,v hold in loving memory all who hnve given up their lives on the battlc-fleid or l:i camp and extend our sym-pnthles to th- fami.les of the dead.

t.. Wo congratulate the nation upon the vlclorltH recently Won on land and sea, ami offer our tr ibute of praise to the herom <{ Manila and Santiago, whose deeds have broadened our national hori-zon and won the respect nnd admiration of the elvlllzed nations of the world.

7. While bollevlng that Providence has mad.- this nation tho instrument for the uplif t ing of an oppressed people and be-lieving also thn 1 our Hag once raisea should never lie lowered; nevertheless we leave our futun- destiny In th is regard In the handa of the properly delegatea authorities, beliivlng that they will act for the glory and honor of the nation ana the elevation of mankind.

S. We Indorse tlie administration of Gov. Hazen S. Pingree. and commend his patriotism and ene'rgy displayed In his ..rToils to equip and semi lo the front Michigan's volunteers; and especially do we commend his unKOlflsh and fatherly devotion to tlie Intereots of the sick and dying soldiers of Michigan and the be-reaved families of the dead.

9. We commend the present state ad-ministration for Its earnest efforts In favor of tho equal and Just taxation of the property of railroads, telegrnph, tele-phone and express companleo. We favor the Immediate repeal of the tax upon the gross earnings of railroad companies nnd favor a lax to be levied upon the true value of railroad, telegraph, telephone and express companies' property; this value to bo de'ermine l by a s tate board. The taxes collectcd therefrom shall be paid into the primary school fund. We Indorse the principles of Ihe Atkinson bill and pledge the support of the Ue-publlcnn par ty thereto.

10. We favor the readjustment of the assessment laws of this stale, so that all taxable property shall be placed upon the assessment rolls al a just value, and bo taxed equally with all other taxable property In tho stale.

11. We favor also the development of all portions of the s tate and recommend the establishment of a s t a t e immigra-tion bureau for the purpose of promoting the settlement nnd development of un-occupied lands of the state.

I t was now near supper l ime and man% of the delegates thought enough work had not been done to war ran t the convention tak ing a recess, but the major i ty yelled down all motions to adjourn, so Charles Flowers, of Detroit, took the platform to place H. S. P.ngree In nomination for gov-ernor. The del. pates did not s-em to ap-preciate Flowers ' address. They wanted to yell for Ping and go to Supper, an< be-gan to Interrupt the speech with their cries of "Name the man." When Flowers did finally name his candidate, there was a whoop of approval, and Pingree was unanimously nominated for a sccond term for governor. . .

In concluding his nominating speech Mr. Flowirs said: "And a s we have no new principles, nor new doctrines, nor new platform, so v/e have no new leader. Tho old one Is goo 1 enough for us \V e are proud to be enrolled under the banner of one whose bravery, courage and hones-ty have never been doubted, nnd whose love of justice and truth compel him. In a rugged nnd homely nnd honest way, to be in favor of that which Is eternally right, and oppo/ed to that which Is over-iasllnglv wrong. More can be said of no man. We therefore ask you to name as with ono voice. Ha7. n S Pingree as the next irovernor of M'ehlgin ." Anil he didn't have to make the re |uest a second time for srarreiy had the magic name passed his lips than the deed was done.

A committee was named to bring the governor before the convention. \N hl.e ihe eonvontlon waited for his excellency it was proposed that nominations for lieutenant-irovernor t-e deferrc i until Gov. Pingree had spoken. The delegates, however, v anted 10 rush things, and nom-inn'ions were called for a? once, speeches to be limited to live minutes. George A. Far r . of Grand Haven, placed Gerrlt .1. Dl-kema, of Holland, In nomination. He declared that Uiekemn wn»' a master of parliamentary law, which would be val-uable to him ns president of the s ta te senate. O. W. Robinson, of Houghton • ountv. wns nominated by George ilent-Isy. .'f Houghton. Seconds for Dlckema came from various districts, but the P in -gree sympathy with Hobinson wns shown when l^ahor Comtnlsvlorer Cor. gave Cal-houn county's support to Robinson. When ihe calling of thn roll begun and Robin-son showed strength, h i s sympathizers began to yell, but the vote most of t.ie time tfas so clos- that the delegates re-mained quiet. When Chairman McLcod niinounoed Waym-'n 132 vot^s for Ronin" son there wns a treinendons whoop. Ihe I roll-call showed Robinson's nomination by a vote of MC to *7. This shows tha t I if Wayne's 1"2 votes had been divided , evenly, i ' lekema would have won.

P i n g r e e MnUm n P l i tKrec .speech. As soon as the counties had announced

their vote? for lleutennnt-governor. Gov. Pingree wns seen at the rear of the had. He was vociferously cheered as ho walked down the left aisle to the platform, es-corted by Charles l- lcw-rs and o ther members of tlie committee that had been appointed to wait upon him. Hats were thrown in the air and ncarlv every delo-gato rose in his seat and cheered. Go\ .

' ' " l ^ h a r d h ' 1 know what to Fay: but I ' l l say this, that I'm just the same old bald-headeu Pingree. I am jus t the same kind of ReDnbllcan I w is four year? ago. ir a man Is nominated who will misrepresent ihe people, he Is not a good Republican that will not . how him up. 1 am a Re-publican because the Republican, party was organizeil not only by but for ihe common people. 1 have no speech to

^ s l b l v you may not think I appre-ciate what you've doing for me. I have to do some things some people don t like, but I do them for the I n v e s t s of ihe whole people. As 1 ve said befoie, I haven't any new Ideas. Sorry. (Laugh-er.) Somebody has to stand and see hat

the people have fair pl'iy. That Is all we want In Michigan-fa i r play. U e have a good many s ta te Instltutions and of some --most of them--the s ta te can well feel proud. Our great institutions must be supported. Compftltlon never was so keen. Taxes have been a burden In many counties In MiehlKan to even support Jhelr schools. 1 am sure only about one-half the properly in the si ate Is on tho tax rolls, and 1 am In favor of put t ing It ;,ll on. Our Institution:', need more mon-ey Taxes have been a burden, and I s i> our only way Is t " K-t all the property on

tax rolls. 1 am going to fl..ht r igh t along on that line. If there should be my bad man in our s tate senate or house ••f representatives. I a m going t o Keep

^Now!1 regard 1 ng the Michigan soldiers, I haven' t done a thing for the soldiers thnt most of you haven t done. 1 guess, perhaps I've put In a few mote hours. Michigan was the only s tate t ha t had

in cne regiment down In hell-hole—Hint's what I call it. When some old widow, whose only son ha s gone to war and lies down south sick In .v i hnnnitul wants to jt0 to soo niiTi an 4 nurse him I have snld Michigan should "ay her e x p e n s e s . ! had a little sc rap the other day with a man who snid it was not according to Hoylo to do so. | This woman had been taking in wash-ing to support herself while her boy was ; nway lighting, and 1 wrote on her t rans-portatlon thnt. In m y oplnlon. she had contributed more to the wnr thnn any millionaire In the s ta te of Michigan. Out expenses on account of the war mus t he , heavy because wo have had l w o / ' / r 1 j ments down in Cuba, and many of th' men have come home sick nnd worn. anci

close b y ^ h a n k l n g 1 you S i , y0Asr Z T i ' T s ' l h e governor stepped from the' platform J h e delegates^made a rush

Roscoo D. Dlx. of Uerrlen Springs for a second term, and a motion to make the nomination unanimous was carried with a hurrah.

F r a n k H. Watson, of Shiawassee, Chas. L. Rarden. of Montcalm, nnd Horace M. Oren. of Sault Ste. Marie, were named for tho position of attorney-general. Af-ter tho delegates had announced their votes, It was apparent that there would bo no cholco on the lirst ballot, when sud-denly a landslide sot in In favor of t j ren . Some smaller delegations started tho ball rolling, but when Kent announced that her sixty-three votes must to go to Oren ond Wayne threw her 1112 tho same way. Instead*!* dividing them equally among the three candidates, it was evident that Oren was the chosen man. A delegate moved thnt tho vote lie made unanimous and the secre tary Instructed to cast the ballot for him. The motion was carried quickly. This change in the situation is credited by most delegates to the activity. Influence and st irr ing speech of Chase a. Osborn.

The upper pel Insula now had two places on the ticket, and when nominations were called for for s t a t e t reasurer nnd only Geo. A. Stool, of St. Johns, the present treasurer, and E. D. Nelson, of Ironwood. were brought forward It was a t once soon that the la t ter stood no chance. Tlicre-fore, before the roll-call was finished Nel-son withdrew and Steel had no opposi-tion.

Charles E. Townserd. of Jackson, placed William A. French, of Presque Isle, in nomination for commissioner of Hie state land office, to succeed ihlmself. Fremont E. Skeels, of Kent. Towsend A Ely. of Gratiot, and W. S. Spencer, of Emmet county, wero nlso named. Tha vote showed tha t Mr, French had been ronomlnated by the following vote: French. Till; Skeels, 103; Ely 170; Spencer. 10.

Secretary Frank Lodge, acting In ac-cordnnco with thn instructions of tho con-vention. cast tho total ballot of tho con-vention for Jason E. Hnmmond for super-intendent of public Instruction. In tho same manner. Ell R. Sutton was nominat-ed regent of the University of Michigan for tho short tc-im. J. Rryan Judklns. of Kent and Gecrgo A. Farr . of Ottawa, were p m c n t o d for tho oflice of regent of Hie University, leng term, nnd Judklns was uranlmoi sly nominated a f t e r receiv-ing 616 votes to 415 cast for his opponent.

For men.bfrs of state board of educa-tion E. F. Johnson, of Washtenaw, was named for the- long term nnd F. A. Piatt , of Gcnrssee. for the short term.

Accomilng to tho report of the order of business the nomination of the chairman of the s ta te central committee was tho last on tho list. It was nearly 12 o'clock when Chase S. Osborn, of Sault Ste. Marie, came i-pon the platform nnd placcd Gen. Arthur F. Marsh, of Allegan, in nomination for ohairman of the statu central crmmittee "Gen. March is In touch with the leaders nnd he'll succces-fully lead the Republican ho^ts un the San Juan hill of Democracy," said Mr, Osborn. The rcminatlon was quickly seconded and, without another name be-InK tmntloneo, was made unanimous bv declamation.

Tho Fall , W i t h its sudden changes, I ts h o t d s y i s n d chil ly n ights , dampness a n d decay ing vegetation, Is peculiarly t r y i n g to t h e health. A good Fall Medicine Is as Im-portant and beneficial as Spring Medicine. Hood's Barsaparilia keeps t h e blood pnre^. wards off malaria, creates a good appet i te) gives refreshing sleep, and maintsinB t h e health tone th rough this t r y i n g season.

Hood's Sarsaparilla Is America's Greatest Medicine.

H o o d ' s Pi l ls euro nil liver Ills. 25 cent# • i x o e

A g i r l ' s t o n g u e is t he a r r o w ; I h e a qu iver in her voice, a n d s h e s "31 f inds a beau .

Don'l Tobacco Spil and Smoko Your Life I ^ To nail tobacco easily and forever, bo niag»

nolle, full of Ufo, nervo nnd vliror, take No-To-Boc, the wonder-worker, that iiiakes woak mon Btronp. All drugelHtn. Ulc. or II. Care ruaran-teed. Booklet and samplo free. Addreea Sterlinit Koniedy '.'o., Chlcatfo or New VorK.

T h e r e is p l en ty room nt t h e t o p ; w h a t vvc n e e d is a l i t t l e m o r e n t t h e b o t t o m .

One of n a t u r e ' s r emedies ; c a n n o t h a r m t h e w e a k e s t c o n s t i t u t i o n ; neve r f a i l s t o c u r e s u m m e r c o m p l a i n t s of y o u n g a n d old . Dr. F o w l e r ' s E x t r a c t of Wi ld S t r a w b e r r y .

M I S C E L L A N E O U S .

Cl inton, Mo.—Mrs. Nellie Lahne and her 13-year-old daughter were drowned In Brush creek. They were driving to t he i r h o m e In Camden county.

N e w b u r y p o r t , Mass.—The sloop yacht E m i l y was sunk by a squall . Adol-phus Cole a n d Qus tavc Morrean, both of Amesbury , were drowned.

San F r a n c i s c o — T h e U. S. S. Ben-n ing ton sailed fo r Honolulu, and the t r a n s p o r t Condor , wi th supplies for tho Uni ted S t a t e s forces , sailed for Ma-ni la .

Toledo, O.—A. M. Coghlin has filed a pe t i t ion in t he Uni ted Sta tes court under t he bankrup tcy law. He has l iabi l i t ies of $40,000, ful ly covered by stock In leading local concerns .

San F r a n c i s c o . - T h e Cal i forn ia b ranch of t he Eas t e rn ra i l road ha s placed an Issue of 1684.000 5 per cent bonds in London for the purpose of ex t end ing i ts lino 47 miles to Cal lvada. Nev.

Ll t i tz . Pa.—Rev. Char les L. Moench of Ll t i tz , Pa., and Rev. Edmund A. Oer ter of Bethlehem, Pa., who were last week elected bishops of t h e Moravian church by the provincial synod in ses-sion here, were consecrated to the epis-copate.

Omaha , Neb.—The s ingle tax con-gress, held under t he auspices of tho Trans-Miss iss ippi Exposi t ion, opened wi th addresses by F r a n k l i n H. Won t -wor th and John Z. W h i t e of Chicago and F r a n k Stevens of Phi lade lphia .

Phi lade lphia , Pa.—One hundred and twenty-f ive weavers and p r in te r s em-ployed by St inson Bros., ca rpe t man-ufac tu re r s . s t ruck on account of a th rea tened reduct ion of wages.

Victor ia . B. O — W o r d was received f rom O t t a w a t h a t checks had been Is-sued t o indiv idual beneficiaries u n d e r t he sea l ing award . The to ta l a m o u n t is $300,188 damages and $172,968 i n t e r -est .

Ll t i tz , Pa.—Rev. Pau l De Schweini tz of Naza re th , Pa. , ha s been elected a s the t h i rd member of t he provinc ia l e lders ' confe rence by t h e Morav ian synod.

New Y o r k — T h e T r a v e l i n g Pas senge r Agents ' Associat ion ond t he T icke t Agents ' Associat ion have decided t o a m a l g a m a t e . Commi t t ees will soon mee t t o a r r a n g e t he detai ls .

Minonk . 111.—Frank Kl tchel l of Chi-cago has t aken cha rge of t he Chicago a n d Minonk Coal and Ti le W o r k s as

i receiver . T h e business will be con-t inued u n d e r h is supervis ion.

I Sea t t l e . Wash.—Gold dust aggrega t -| In value between $150 .00 0 and $200,-

moVe'^than cne regiment down in t h a i i 000 w a s b rought by t he s teamer City of " l""' ' " " " S e a t t l e , which also had on board 150

K l o n d i k e r s who left Dawson City Sept . 2.

F r a n k f o r t , Ky.—The grand j u r y in-dicted every coal merchant , charg ing conspiracy. The coal men combined nnd have been supplying the t r ade a t prices agreed on by the combinat ion.

Li t t le Rock, Ark.—Complete official r e t u r n s f rom the recent s t a t e elect ion give the following vote for gove rno r : Jones , dem.. 75.541; Auten. rep.. 27,524; Morgan, pop., 8,310; McKnight , pro., 631.

Denver Colo—A cour t -mar t i a l t r ia l of Chaplain Mclntyre of t he Oregon.

l l l c accused of denouncing h is b r o t h e r offl-

K t i n g , b n r c k . T - l i w a a S p f m / b e f o r ^ h e | who were engaged In t h e ba t t l e of convention resumed business. Nomlm ' - ' Ju ly 3, has been ordered t o be held her®

W e c a n n o t a l w a y s ob l ige , b u t w e can a l w a y s s p e a k o b l i g i n g l y .

W h e n d o c t o r s f a i l , t r y Burdock Blood B i t t e r s . Cures dyspeps ia , c o n s t i p a t i o n ! i n v i g o r a t e s t h e w h o l e sys t em.

N o g i r l w a n t s a vote if she can p a i r w i t h t h e r i g h t voter .

T a k e s t h e b u r n o u t : h e a l s t h e w o u n d ; c u r e s t h e p a i n . Dr. T h o m a s ' Ec lec t r i c Oil, t h e h o u s e h o l d r emedy .

S l i gh t sma l l i n j u r i e s a n d t h e y w i l l become n o n e a t a l l .

To Cnr« Constipation Forever. Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or JJo,

ItC. C. C. fall to cure. drunrlsUi refund money.

W h e n a m a n h a s an o p p o r t u n i t y t o become a he ro , he 's u s u a l l y b u s y S t s o m e t h i n g else.

KN0WING_H0W PAYS.

Tho Moral of This Old, Old Anccdote Will Save II Heap ^f Tronblo

and a Pi le of Money.

S o m e t h i n g h a d g o n e w r o n g w i t h some s i m p l e p a r t of a s t a t i o n a r y e n g i n e and t he s t o k e r could n o t fix i t . A f t e r spend ing a day or t w o on i t h e wa« forced t o osk t l i e n ld of a m o r e compf, . t e n t w o r k m a n , l i e f a i l ed also, nnd someone sugges t ed t h e e m p l o y m e n t of a local ce lebr i ty , a so r t of t i n k e r n t a n y mechan ica l job . T h e r e is g e n e r a l l y one in eve ry local i ty . H e gave t w o or t h r e e r a p s w i t h h i s h a m m e r nnd touched u p a rod o r two , w h e n t he pound ing , or w h a t e v e r a i led t h e ma-chine . ceased. When asked t o m a k e o u t h is b i l l , i t r e a d a s fo l lows :

To Fixing Engine 8 .SO To Knowing How 10.00

iioso T h i s a n e c d o t e c l e a r l y d e m o n s t r a t e s

t h a t i t p ays t o k n o w how. E n g i n e e r J . J . J e f f r i e s , of t he Royal Cycle w o r k s n t Marsha l l , Mich., r e s id ing in t h a t c i t y a t No. 141 S. M a r s h a l l St . , t e l l s in t h e f o l l o w i n g of h i s exper i ence w i t h t he l i t t l e conque ro r ; i t w i l l pay y o u t o k n o w how he po t r id of a t r o u b l e s o m e companion . H e says :

My kidneys troubled me more or loss for years nnd finally became so bad thai 1 was compelled to give up locomotive engineering on account of tho jarring of thr tram, and seek einpiovment as a statloairy e.gineer. When tho attacks of kidney coDiplalnl occurred I could not rest or lie comfortably ia isny position aud often In t i c morning after a restless night I was meeo tired and worn out than when I -went to bed. When tho attacks were at their height I WM unable to stoop or lift anything nnd despite Iha use of every remedy that came lo my notloQb preparations recommended lo me by my ac-quaintances, numerous plasters of all kloOs worn day and night. I was unsuccessful In p«>-curing anything to help mo until I tried Doan'a Kidney Pills. Tho first box helped me. I stead-ily improved while taking the sccond and I Btopned tho treatment when I had finished the third as I considered there wns no moro nccea-sltv for continuing the remedy.

Doan ' s K i d n e y P i l l s fo r s a l e b y a l l dea le rs . P r i c e 50 cen t s . Mai l ed b y F o s t e r - M i l b u r n Co., Bu f f a lo , N. Y. , so le a g e n t s f o r t h e U . S. R e m e m b e r t h e n a m e Doan ' s a n d t a k e n o s u b s t i t u t e .

IndifTerence—A man's rcpard for tomorrow'# breakfast just after eating today's dinner.

Kdnrate Tour IIOWPU With Cascareta Candy Cathartic, euro consUpatlon forever.

lOc.Jio. If C. C. C. fail. drucKisls refund money.

convention lions for secretary of state were called for, nnd Congressman Sam W, Smith then presented the name of Fred M. Warner, o« Oakland county. L. S. Palmer, of Me-cosro, 'u>mlnated Jus tus S. Stearns, of l.udington. When the speaker related

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held he r e Sept. 26.

Wash ing ton—Judge A. C. T h o m p s o n , m e m b e r of congress f r o m Ohio, h a s been appointed Uni ted S ta t e s d i s t r i c t

how' Stearns iuuV '^'d his thousands of j U ( ig e fo r the sou the rn d i s t r i c t c f Ohio,

S ' K i n nnd^'told ' i i 'wmi eloquence to succeed Judge Sage, r e t i r ed . there wns a wild yell of ..ml u : L a k e . N. D . - F a r m e r s In the

Vie\).umese™omlVnK /pee.-hrs then came , v ic in i ty of Cra ry . B a r t l e t t counly . a re on both sides, nnd the opposing fact ions l a j a r m e ( i over t he p reva lence of hydro-

how^er^l ju lckb^slmv/cV^W^ner^ls & I phobia among s tock . The vote stood:" Stearns, 671: Warner, ii-. | New York—Jos iah S. L indsay , p lum-

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L O W K L L , M I C H .

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CHAS. MoCARTY, Vice President

M. C. O R I S W O L D . Cashier.

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Francis King, Chas. McCarty ,

Geo. W. Parker , F . T . K ing ,

G. H. Force E . L. Bennett ,

M.C.Gr iswold C. Bergin.

• • • • • A General Banking Business I r ansac t en

Money Loaned on Real Estate Securi ty

Rae. Malcolm is attending the State fair nt Grand Rapids.

Lowell's four school buildings are now supplied with new flags

Geo. M. Winegar tells you how to stretch your dollars in this issue.

J . M. Hrowne of Grand Rapids is spending the week with C. Barney.

Klark & Klark are still selling Kerosene oil at no and 8c per gallon.

W. J. Eoker son have purchased the local lumber business of W. Fox.

Mrs. G. A. Clarkson of Detroit is visiting her sister Mr?. Jas. McPher-son.

P . Brow er wife, and daughter of Milwaukee visited at S. Brower's last week.

The pension of Augustus M. Barnes of Lowell has been increased from $0 lo ^12 per month.

A. W. Kinball of Ionia was in town Tuesday in th'e interests of the Geo. Behler estate.

Peter Fox of Grand Rapids and Geo. Lilley of Byron Center spent last week with C. Barney.

Frank and Bertha Robinson of Grand Rapids spent Sunday with their parents in Lowell.

Claude Coppens of Bowne, private o f the 32d Mich. Vol. called on friends in this place. Tuesday..

G. H . Alexander's growing business has necessitated a large addition to his shelf ami store room.

Miss Harriet Pegler of Grand Rap-ids is the truest of LaVanche Moore and other Lowell friends.

The Vergennes W. C. T. U. will meet at the home of Mrs. Hatlie Hoag Thursday afternoon, Oct.- 6. All in-vited .

Bert Bordick of the 32d Mich. Vol. Grand Rapids, has been spending the week with friends in Lowell and vi-cinity.

Lorenzo Kopf relumed to Jackson-ville, Fla., Tuesday to rejoin his regi-ment. He expccts to go to Cuba very soon.

Miss Bertha Browne of Grand Kapids returned home last Monday after spending the past two weeks with her sister, Daisy.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Miner and Muses Marguerite Clemens and Edith Kennedy, of Portland, spent Snnday at Rev. S, G. Anderson's.

Mrs. J . D. Kelley is spending a few days in Muskegon and expccts to bring to bring her daughter, Margur-€te, back when she returns.

Subjects at the Baptist church Sun-day, Oct. 2. Morning—Forewarned, Forearmed or Christ's Premonitions; evening—Fire! Fire!! Fire!!!

Miss Lillie Medler has opened a dressmaking establishment in the pleasant front room ou the second floor o f the post office buiding.

R . B. Loveland, who is jobbing frui ts , produce and potatoes at Alto, •was in town Tuesday and left an or •der with the LEDGKR for business sta-tionary.

Will Kopf , onr rising young cornet player, has an elegant Conn solo cor-net and as he is quite proud of it, you r f f d to be carefuJ how you address h i m .

Mr.rtha vVright died at Greenville Monday at the age of 69 years. The funeral was held yesterday and the roinains were brought to Lowell for Interment.

Adv. letters—Mrs. J . B. Hamilton, Miss Lottie Vengason. .lacob Ander-son, Allan Brown, L . I). Book aw, N. W . Boynton, A. S. Judd, Wm. Mc-Pherson, Harry Morrison, Phil Monks.

A Lowell business man made the discovery recently that the lumber dealers—in this pan of the state, at least—have combined in such a way that a person who is not in the busi-ness can not buy a car load of lumber, except through retail dealers.

Marks Ruben went to Middleville last week to bid good bye to his nephew, Jimrnie Ackereon, who was leaving for the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md„ his furlough having expired. He is a bright young man aud his friends are justly proud of tiim.

Miss L. Annie Maynard gave a re-cital at her home Monday evening accompanied by Miss LaVanche Cogs-well and assisted by Albert D. Bur-dick of the 32d Mich. Vol. The dec-orations were potted plants and cut flowers. After the programme games were in order and a social time was enjoyed by all.

" 1 S e e "

Said Sagasta. ' T h a t it is gel-

t i ng t ime to quit.

If the ' Spanish premier

had been provided with a pair

of our ordinary spectacles he

could have seen that "qu i t t i ng

t ime was some time ago.

With a pj ir of our best

glasses he could have seen

tha t qui t t ing time w is a min-

ute before beginiug t ime.

i l l i ams prices make it expens ive you to buy elsewhere.

F. M. Aldrich—Bowne—Sept. 16— a ton.

Frank Gosch—Campbell—a son— Sept. 20.

The joke you play on another fel-low is a mean trick when he plays it on you.

When you feel inclined to pet a strange dog, it is well to "wait for the waggin'."—[Golden Days.

James Murphy, a Freeport old sol-dier, was found dead in the woods east of that village. Heart disease.

Captain of Steamship—"The ice-berg would move right along, madam, just as if nothing had happened."

Nervous Passenger—"Captain, what would be the result if the steamer would strike an iceberg while we are plunging through this fog."

The boys of Campbell furnished plenty of noise Monday night with tin pans, cow bell and other neces-sary paraphernalia for such occa-sions, in the vicinity of the newly married couple, Mr. and Mrs James Noacutt.—[Clarksviile Record.

Frank J . Luick, editor of the Bel-ding News, has been nominated for state senator. Brother Luick has onr best wishes for success. We hope he will be elected and save money enough to run a paper worth SI.00 a vear. Fifty cent papers are journalistic pi-rates and are usually worth about half the price asked.

The Gay lord Herald tells of little girl ot that city who. on her return from her first day at kindergarten was asked how she liked it. "I don'l like it a bit," she declared "The teacher put me on a chair and told me to sit there for the present, and 1 sat and sal, but she never gave me the present."

Frank. M. Johnson, editor aud pub-l i sher o f T H E LOWELL LEDGER i r e a t -

ed the paper's correspondents to a basket picnic at his home, on Sept. 13 after which he took the entire partv to Lansing, where they visited the Agricultural College, the Capitol and the school for the blind A very pleasant day was spent and ii the cor-respondents do not chase the nimble news items in their respective local-ities with renewed vigor fr -m now on they must certainly be lacking in appreciation.—[Michignn Bulleiin.

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Chas. Hooker of Bowne met with an accident Friday, which will lay him up for months. He hauled a load of straw to John Karcher's aud was near the barn when Ihe load upset and Charley was thrown so as to strike his Knee on ihe edge of the wagon lire, fraoturing the kneecap. He will have to keep quiet long enough for Ihe IVnciure to grow together, which means many months of sufTering.— Freeport Herald.

Lewis and William Yeiter nre ad-dint; to their equipment, new steam evaporator and facilities for cider, jelly and apple butter making. They are bound to do business.

Just as Good

as Scott's and we sell ft much cheaper," is a statement sometimes made by the druggist when Scott's Emulsion is called for. This shows, that the druggists themselves regard

Scoff's Emulsion

of Cod-Liver Oil with Hypophos-phites of Lime and Soda as the standard, and the purchaser who desires to procure the " s tandard" because he knows it has been of untold benefit, should not for one instant think of taking the risk of

using some untried prepa-ration. The substitution of something said to be "just as good" for a stand-ard preparation twenty-five years on the market, should not be permitted by the intelligent purchaser..

Be sure you RCI SCOTT'S Emulsion. See that the man and fish nre on the wrapper.

50c. and Si.00, nil druKgists. SCOTT & BOWNE, ChemiBts. New York.

Strings for violin, banjo, mandolin and Guitar al Oliver's. 1 tf

Crayon portraits free to patrons of Bush's bakery.

All kinds ot wood promptly deliver-ed by R. B. Boylan.

Go to Malcolm's new Studio for first-class work.

Bicycles cheaper than ever at Stock-' • " g * . " _ _ _ _ _ _

Alton. Doras Church was called to Lowell by

t h e fatal illness of his brother.

T). Clawson ami wife visited Wesley

J o n e s near Stanton last week.

Elder Grey occupied the pulpit at t he

ch inch Sundoy.

Mesdames Agnes Stevens and 8 . C. Por-

t e r were guests at J a m e s Slaybaugh's in

Smyrna Sunday.

L igh tn ing struck the barns of J o h n An-

drews and burned them to t he ground in a

a very short t ime last Sa turday with all

t h e i r contents. The insurance on bniKHng

a n d contents amounted lo $1,200 Hi s ten'

an t , Newton Coons, who is working the

farm,loses two buggies,c70 bushels of wheat

h is oats, hay and tools, with no Insurance

H i s beans are out yet and now without

shel ter Th is is a great loss lo him, vir-

tua l ly the lofs of two years' labor H e had

sol d his share of t he wheat, except the

above 70 bushels for bread and seed All

else is gone, except, of course, the stock.

Mrs D Cjhurch received the sad intelli-

gence that her uncle. Walter Schoonmaker,

of Oannonsburg dropped dead last Fr iday

M r Church attended the funeral , his wife

being sick and unable to go

Ben Mosher of Blendon is visiting rela«

lives here

There was a dance a t Orla Weekes' last

Wednesday n igh t

Mrs J Mosher went to Greenvil le la^t

week Thursday to see her brother , L K

Alger, who is sick

E Cambell and wife of Lowell cal 'ed on

old neighbors and friends in this place one

day last week

Fred Basom moved on to t he old Lalley

farm last week

John Kropf moved into Wi l l Purdy ' s

house last week

E Guy, wife and daughter are vjsiiing

her parents, Stephen Rennels and wife

George W Whi le returned last week,

having made one t r ip on the lakes H e was

taken sick

Mrs Sarah Purdy visited in Greenvil le

one day last week

Wm Herr ington nnd'uncle fmni Cannons-

burg visited hissisfer, Mrs Church, Sunday

Willis Purdy eiecied a monnnient up tn

his wife's grave Monday

The railroad surveyors are out this week

getting the right-of-way

Patrick Morton and wife buried their

infant sen -Vlondav.

1 have a few good horses for sale I I . NASH.

Genuine home-made bread "like mother makes" at Bush's bakery.

Special cloak sale Oct. 10th and 11th, Don't forget the date. N. B. Blain.

We give the very lowest prices ou watches aud our watches are the best in the market al A. D. Oliver's. Itf

Everybody knows what Bergin's codecs are, and the best in the world at the price. 254tf.

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The Detroit Journal.

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The Detroit Journal Prtntf four regular wHttona e w j r week day anA thereby la able to Elv® Its patrons everywhere the latest and best newa at the earliest possible moment

THB DETROIT JOURNAL h u the beat State newa page In Mlofelgan.

THB DETROIT JOURNAb prints (be markets of the world from 19 to IS hours ahead of the mornlnr papers.

THE DETROIT JOURNAL li concise, la rellabK la clean.

THB DETROIT JOURNAL has a bright, hustling agent In every town In Ulchtgan. He will serve you for 10 centt per weak. By mall |1.26 for 8 months.

(i rattan-Veritennes. Charles Jnkeway ami wife spent Sunday

in Cannonsburg.

Mrs. Margaret McMahon of Lowell at

tended church at Parnell Sunday.

J . Mason and wife attended the funeral of

Mr. Schoonmaker of Cannonsburg, Sunduy.

Isaac Hanson of Grand Rapids is work-

ing in Grat tan.

Misses E m m a and Lea Mloser are taking

music lessons of Mrs. F. Alger.

Get your watch nnd jewelry repair-ed at Oliver's nnd you will be satis-fied. Itf

Wauled, 10,000 people to send their Laundry to the Lowell Steam Laundry.

Town Line Tidings Mrs. 1). Coleof Ada took d inner with

Mrs. A.Sli l l ton Wednesday.

Ira Wesbrook visited Wil l ie Pollrufl

Sunday and attended the Keene church .

Rev. Fox, our new minister, preaches

Sunday.

Stella Batey has returned home a f t e r

spending a week at Alto with her sister

Mrs. Clara Frazier .

H a r r y and Clyde Kinyon entertained

about fifteen fr iends and schoolmates last

Saturday af te rnoon. I t was a b i r thday

par ly .

r „ t , | ~ ; c ! Our Fall Suitings It you want an Up-to Date - £ £ £ are now in. Hundreds of

\ ^ Z Z \ pies to select from.

n sam- W

Suit of Clothes, PAIR O F PANTS

or

FALL OVERCOAT.

N - W " ' l e a n fit you out in finest goods at pr ices t ha t are r igh t .

- W - i -— — - W - K pmmimJm/

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B. C. Smith. { 'If Smith makes 'em they fit." A

Lowell Planing Mill, W J . ECKER & SON, P r o p s ,

a n d Dea le r s in

Lumber, Loth, Shingles, Cedar Fence Postsi

Ourguaranlee with every purchase: "Goods the best, prices the lowest' Bergin, the reliable grocer. 254tf.

Your name neatly printed on 25 nice calling cards for 15c, or 50 for 25c. at LEDGER office on Saturdays.

This paper on trial to new ! subscribers 10 weeks 10 cents.

^ n n e t a P. Watts

P i a n f o t c a n d Accoiepanis tc

- T E A C H E R O F P I A N O —

For t e r m s nnd p a r t i c n l n r s ca l l a t f i r s t house tiortli oi Methodis t c h u r c h .

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Manufacturers of rmV7 »-

Sash, Doors, Blinds.

Frames for Doors, Windows

and Screens, Exhibition and Shipping Coops for Poultry,

• Eave Troughing —and—

Send your work to the Lowell Steam Laundry.

Call al Behl's city bakery for bak-ed goods and lunches.

A man might as well try to put a quart of water into a pint measure as to make a better harness than our famous Oak Tanned hand made har-ness. Before purchasing it is ior your interest to call and look at our goods. Brown & Sehler.

Lowell Center—Alto. Geo. McKee's mother and aunt

from Pennsylvania are visiting him.

Fred Hinyon went as a delegate to the state republican convention in De-troit .

Claude Coppene of Bowne and Lloyd Coppens ol Grand Rapids are home from camp on a furlough/ The boy's nre glad to see their friends again.

Lena Blakeslee sang "Break the news to Mother," very effectively at thelitetary in the M. E. church, South 1 Lowell, Sunday. These meetings are hsld the last Sunday in every month

Will and Lewis Yeiter take in the stale fair at Grand Rapids this week.

Mac Remmington nnd Miss Mary McVean, both of Alto, were united in marriage, Thursday, Sept. 22, at the home of the bride's mother. Their future home will be in Alto and their friends wish them joy and happiness.

Fred and Claude Reed, of Grand Rapids, are visiting Mr. McKee's fam-ily-

Mrs. Fred Hinyon visited relatives in Carleton recently.

Mrs. Marion McKee visited at La-barge last week.

Prof. C. J . Transne and wife of Clarksviile visited the latter's parent's Sunday and hoard the new minister, Mr. Freeman at the Morse Lake church.

Chas. Winks made a business trip to Grand Rapids Thursday.

Little Hazel and Mildred Yoiter of Alto, visited their grandmother, Mrs. Geo. Blakeslee for a few days.

Some belated pedestrian who was seeking rest stopped over night in the Mapes schoolbouse and next day the bell and seyenil other neces-sary articles were missing.

Tin Jobbing,

By a may who has spent a lifetime in the business. Work that stands the lost of time. Samples of my cave-troughs can be seen all over this section tbat have been hanging for twenty years.

If you want tha t kind of a job call oil

S. 0. LITTLEFIELL, Six blocks north of Blain's store.

Orders sent to Bell telephone 53 will reach me promptly.

If he doesn't deal with Oartv and

'Save Hte Money. Buving as McCarty does in

carload loU and paying spot to sell cash enables him

very low prices. Evoryttaittg In Groce r i e s

The Grocer McCarty,

asd Belli Farm Frodooe all Kinds

E C K E R & S O N , P R O P S .

Ex-County Clerk

Cornelius L. Harvey Has sold his interest in Harvey & Heystek Co., and is no longer connected therewith in any way. He is no occupying the store at 69 Mon-roe street, with a

New and Complete Stock of

Wall Paper and Paints. and will be pleased to have his friends call on him when in Grand Rapids.

CORNELIUS L. HARVEY, Grand Rapids, Mich B9 Monroe,

PAY WHEN CURED. G. A. MTXCH, M. D. , the Eminent

Specialist, who has five Diplomas aud two hon-orary Diplomas, and who can name and lo ia tc a disease without asking a question, will be at

LOWELL, HOTEL BRAKE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20.

N o m a t t e r W H A T yonr disease, o r who has fai led to cure you Oonsnlt h im.

_ _ _ _ _ C h r o n i c , Nervous and Pr iva te Diseases of Men i ~ | l W I T and Women, Cat tarrh , Asthma. Rheumat ism,

• • - L i \J X l i J - i paralysis; Cancers, Tumors, Bladder, Kid-ney. H e a r t and Blood Diseases, etc.. by onr 'special system of treatment.

O L D A N D Y O U N G MEN sufler-

Diseases of Men nolhhijt if not cured.

If vou have been deceived by FKATTDS, HCMirnas, QUACKS and so-called "SPECIAHSTS" call and investigate. We can furnish plenty of references.

Our best reference; " N o Cure N o P a y , " and No Pay until Cured if you deposit Money in Bank . F o r fur ther information or circulars see Dr . Munch, or ad-dress with s tamp,

Detroit Medical & Snrgieal Institute, 145 Pine, Detroit, Mich. Lake Odessa, M i n e r Hotel , Wed., Oct. 26. Saranac, Monday, Oct. 24.