" W I T H : , M A L I C E T O W A R D i s r o i s r E ^ I S T D O H ^ N I T Y F O R , ^ T L . "

In Beaver, Felt and Wool LiheJ SHOES, and we off(5r great reduction in- broken sizes. Come and see if we have your size in broken lots.

You can save some money.

CEO. WINECAR. For Sale—Five Splendid Farms.

Small payment down, Imlancc on lonii l ime to Hiiit pnrclinHcr, at six per cent interest . Low prices. Improved wholly or in p a r t as you wish, well watered, with t rou t Htreams, buildin^jN, goml roadft, Rohools, rail--roads, and stat ions, good rllarket, e tc . . within one mile, descr ibed as fol-"' lows, to wi t : T h e S \ V l - 4 ol" Sec .1, '1 i.'J N R 7 W , 100 acres. Improved. W 1-2 of N E 1-4 Sec 10, 80 acres , part ial ly improved. N 1-2 (»f SE 1-4 of See 10, 80 acres, small improvement . SI? 1-4 of Sec 13 and a f rac-t ional piece a d j o i n i n g of 28 acres, mak ing 18:1 acres, house, barn a n d improvements . Also a farm of 2H0 60-100 acres, near Wi l l i ams ton on 1). L . & N . R . R . and Grand R i v e r graveled tu rnpike , improved, and will d iv ide into two farms. E n q u i r e of or address,

A. A. DWIGHT, S. B. KNAPP, 7H1 Jefferson Avenue , Det ro i t , Mich. Lowell , Mich.

Join the Crowd At Smith's. See his Fall and Winter Samples, before ordering elsetVhere. He has the best goods at prices that defy competition for GOOD W O R K . Smith won't do any Cheap John Slouch work. Bo;ch wark is dear at any price.

Repairs and Pressing a S P E C I A L T Y and Satisfaction Guaranteed.

SMITH, The Tailor.

If yoti want to take Comfort and enjoy life this winter weather, buy

Galloway Robes, COATS AND MITTEN^ Then gfet into one of out' elegant new cutters behind a spanking1 team and away you go.

NASH, H E ' S G O T 'EM.

THE LOWELL MARBLE WORKS. J O S . H . H A M I L T O N , P R O P .

Successors to Kisor & Ayres, Dealers in and Manufacturers of

GARBLE & GRANITE CEMETER Y W O R K •^All work Guaranteed.

Please Cell before Purchasing.

VOL. Ill NO. 35.

ARGAINS LOWELL, KENT COUNTY, MICH., FEBRUARY 21. 1896. W H O L E NO. 139-

THE JOB LET. L!GHTimi CONTRACT CLOSED AT

$11 ,969 .

P rov ides f o r 75 A r c s 1,600 l u c a n d c s c e t i t s .

a n d

ABDUCTED.

Se r ious C h a r g e s Agairtst J o h n Bozuug .

From the article headed as above

in last issue of the Lowell LKDOKR it

would seem there was, on tlie day

tiained, something going on a t Justice

Hicks' office, as his name is mendomd

four times itl the article. And it

would appear f rom the article that

the prosecuting attorney also wns

there, which was not the fact. The

prosecuting attorney was rejiresented

1LOWELL

T h e contrac t f d r the f u r n i s h i n g

and p u t t i n g in place of the electr ical

a p p a r a t u s comple te fo r the mun i -

cipal l igh t ing plant has been sb-

eured by the Wes t inghouso electr i-

cal company of P i t t s b u r g , which 'by M r Walhridg'e. W e 'presume

was one of six compe t ing c o m p a - ! , h e respondent was not represented n l e• s• | by any attorney, as none is mtmioneo.

T h e work is to be completed .by ( l o n i l t k n ( ) W | l i e a l u h o l .

J u n e first, a n d calls for 75 arc and , t i | a t ^ t i d g but it i A b k ' h t it wa*

15,000 incandescant l ights .

T h e plan adop ted a f t e r ma tu re

del iberat ion was • the best fo r t h e

purpose, in t h e l inanimous opinion

of the cbuncil and the several en-

gineers .

DIPHTHERIA EPIDEMIC.

F H O F S . , A N D D E A l t S R S I N

bLumber, Lath, Shindies and Cedar Fence /* Posts,

M \ N ' U F A C T U R E R S O F S A S H , D O O R S . B L I N D S , D O O R A N D W I N D O W F R A M E S A N D

S C R E E N S . M O U L D I N G , F X H I B I T I O N A N D S H I P P I N G H O O P S . D R I E D

A P P L E B O X E S , E T O . , M A T C H I N G . R E S A W I N G A N D

J O B W O R K , W O O D E N E A V E T R O U G H S .

l i C K E R & S O X , L o w e l l , M i c h .

y b j ^ h t

THE LEDGER

Three Months on trial

25c.

New

Bazaar Store!

One door west of Bakery. Call and examine prices and you will go no further.

Whole P o p u l a t i o n of Gro i t au a n d Caund i i sbu rg Pan ic S t r i c k e n .

Diphtheria is raging in the town-:

ships oi Gra t tan and Cannonsburg to

an alarming extent , the disease hav-

ing becdme thoroughly epidemic. All

the schools in the village of Cannons^

burg have been closed and the Par-

nell school in Grai lan has been aban-

doned. The first victim of the n:Ili-

ad y was a young man named D -yle,

who died. A t least fifty persons were

exposed to the case before the nature

of the disease became known.

Through this case dearly every, fam-

ily in the si>uth west portion of Grat-

tan has be^n exposed and whole fam-

ilies are being stricken fit once. No

efforts ac quarantine hail heen resorted

to up to hist night and local physi-

cians find i t jmposs ib le for that rea-

son to cope with the disease.

The inhabitants of the district are

panic stricken and all the drug stores

in the vicinity have sold out their en-

tire stocks of "prevent ives ."—[Grand

Rapids Evening Press.

Dea th of J o h n Devoe.

John Devoe died Saturday, Feb. 15

and his funeral was held a t the resi-

idence Tuesday, a. m., conducted by

Rev. A. P. Moors.

Mr. Devoe was born in Poughkeep-

sie, N. Y . , in 1814. His lather was a

soldier of the war of 1812 and died in

the barracks in New York city about

the time John was born. l i e was ta-

ken care of by his grandparents on

his father's side until 14 years old,

when he started out for himself. At

the age of 21 he bought a small fa rm

in Butler, Wayne county, N. Y. and

made a home for his grandparents

until their death.

Soon af ter the close of the war of

the Rebellion Mr. Devoe moved IO

Ott iwa, LaS.dle county. Hb, and re-

mained there until 1872, when he

c.ime to Lowell, where he has since

resided. He leaves a wife and seyeral

children, one son of Harvey, III., be-

in^j with him during.his sickness and

death.

M r s . M. B. Romingtou Mr. O"Harrow of this

township, died <^ji(e suddenly a t her

home in Alto, SatimWy, F i b . 15, a t

the age of 31 years. Mrs. U. iuing-

ton was born in Vergenncs township,

and was married in 1884. She leaves c „ u r t ( which was in session, has been

a husband and tiiree little girls. j adjourned indefinitely, and every pre-

The funeral services were held sit j caution has been taken to prevent the

the Baptist church in Alto, at 2 p. m. disease spreading.

Monday, Rev. A. P. Moors ot this I In jai l are eleven hobos, seven male

place officiating, and the remains j n i , ( j two lemale prisoners, besides

were interred in Bowne Center ceme- j Deputy Sheriti Locke and Turnkey

tery. ! Will Montgomery, who were all ex

*** " I posed. The whole town is excited Cord of T h a n k s . ^ j ( ) v e r t j J e 8 c i i r e ,U)(i the effects on busi-

W c desire to express our , h a v e b e e n f e l t . _ G i R

t u d e to the many f r iends w h o as- j ) e i n o c n i t

i s is ted us by word and deed in our —

' la te sad bereavement . Mav von all A marriage license has been issued

Sml f r i emi , as fa i t l l fa l iii tlle .lark I l " Henry VT. A l v m „ n . n d Mary " , bchonaar, both of lyowell. I he bride

and groom have gone to Missouri to

written for a purpos l^^HRboly , ii

poison the public mind, and we do not

^ish to one word to influenc tin

•public fof- or against the respondem.

But we feel that just ice demands that

we should notice some df the allega

tions contained in the article, one «>i which is: ' ' I t is intimated that John Bozung was the cause of the separu tion." referring to the parents. Theh is no such intiniatiun in the papers.

Next we find this: "On the wa} it is alleged she was accosted by Johii Bozung, who tried to induce the gir to go with him, drging it repeatedly. ' There Was no such allegation in tlx papers, not even that he tried once say nothing about repeatedly.

The nex t : "She had gone abou twenty rods when Bozung appeaiv-from behind some bushes and gras | ing the child's a rm, told her she imie go with him. She refused and it • charged that he said she must or h would kill her." In the fiist sentenc of last above the assertion is made i< aTact, that Bozung did appear froi behind some bushes and grasp tli child by the arm, and did tell her sli must go with him. In other words, i is assuming, without any knowled^ of what the fact is, that what a chi aU)ut nine years old says is true, h< flire the testimony is all given. 1 regard to the other sentence: " I t i diarged that he said'she must go, <• Ite would kill her." There is no sue charge made.

T h e last I shall call attention i this: "The supposition is that it w« proposed to take the girl to hi mother." In regard to this supposi tion, we haye only this to say: Oo may suppose one th ing; another ma suppose something else. One thin we do say, there is nothing in th case to base such supposition upoo Besides ns we understand, the respon dent is not to be found guilty of a si rious felony on mere suppositions, a legations and intimations. W e inti mate, allege and suppose that ever\ person is presumed innocent belor the law until proven guilty. W will not offer in this article our inti mations, allegations and supposition-in regard to the innocence of Join Bozung of the great crime of which h stands charged and to which he plead not guilty. W e will, for the sake o justice and humani ty , wait until wt hear the verdict of the jurv-

J . M. M.

SMALLPOX AT IONIA.

A P r i s o n e r B r o u g h t I t f r o m De t ro i t House of C o r r e c t i o n .

Ionia, Mich., Feb. 17.—Bert Pet-

tengill, who h a ^ u s t returned from

serving a n i n e ^ P days' sentence in

the Detroit house of correction, was

picked up yesterday and lodged in

the county ja i l . Later he was found

to be suffering with smallpox and the

health officer pronounces it a bad case

l ie had been sent to the prison pest

house, west of the city, and the jail

has been quarantined. The Circuit

Doesn ' t Like I t .

Lowell LKDUEK: In regard to the afticle in* your last issue. "Old Time Bigotry" signed "Old Subscriber," it is a strained, cruel and unjust article. There was nothing in " t h e beautiful tribute to the memory of Scotland's sweet singer, Robert Burns," to call it forth' Humanity dan but shudder a t the publication, in this country, a t this time, of such a Venemous article in regard to the nationality of our in-telligeiit, patriotic and Christian Scottish citizen.

Contributor of the poem referred to as a tribute to Scotland's great poet, Robert Burns.

I t is hardly necessary to assure

d iscr imina t ing readers tha t the

writer of the above communica t ion :

is totally mistaken in his conception

>t the art icle, " O l d T i m e B i g o t r y , "

'nit fo r the benefit o f said wr i te r we

will s tate that such is the case, and

nay f u r t h e r that no "vedtemous" at-

ack will ever be permi t ted in these

columns. W e presume t h a t Old

Subscriber will make himself under-

stood in our next i ssue .—Edi tor .

Old Time Social Suppe r .

Whereaf our eftimable town fpebp'e,

teuben and Jeiiilie tyiick, will open

heir mansion on Saturday evening,

lAib. 22, in holior of Geofge and Mar-

ha Wafhingtoh, who will be prefent

o perfon; lei it be hereby known

lint all ye men and women, ladf and

iffef are refpectfully entreated to

oine together at ye hourf of early

andle lighting and enjoy their hofpi-

ility. Ye fweet f ingerf will dis-

•ourfe charming mtisick.

Miftreffes Weekef, Collar and Fal-

aff, together with their hand maidenf

vill ferve to all who coma from 5 to

< o'clock good victualf as fullowf:

loafted Pork , Panned Potatoef, Apple Butter, Pork and Beanf,

Fine and Corn Bread. 'umpkio Pief. Mince Pies,

Ginger Bread, Nut Cakef , Choice Conferves,

'offee. Tea . Ye Prices, 15 Centf.

Rev. Moses Grabiel of Kalamazoo vill occupy the Baptist church next nmday morning and evenihg.

OREGON LETTER.

An Old Lowell Boy S e n d s Gree t ing t o His F r i e n d s .

C'oi^o.v, ORE., Feb. 9, '96.

Lowell LEUGBR:

In the Lowell LEEGF.R of J anua ry

24,'9G, Mat thew H u n t e r says; "The

way to care for an old orchard is to

comidence when it is young and tako

care of i t all the lime." Now I know

the care father 's orchard got, as I way

the one that scrubbed the trees with

soapsuds and greased them with pork

rinds.

Litt le did I think at tha t time tha t I

would ever be on this coast, using ap-

ples out of an did orchard tha t was

set in the woods on ground tha t never

has been plowed, the fir t rees h a v i n g

but lately been felled between t h e

rows of apple trees.

T h e trees are covered with moss,

but the apples are as good in every

way and as plentiful as I ever saw in

father Hunter 's orchard. Other kinds

of fruit as well as all kinds of farm

produce do just as well here; but

markets are poor and work f o r wages

very hard to find.

T h e climate is very mild and pleas-

ant . If any of my old friends wish to

c irrespond with "Coley" I should be

very glad to answer their letters.

Respectfully, R. J . HUNTER.

Colton, Clackamas county, Oregon.

Universa l Door Opener Company.

Such is the name of a new Lowell

concern, of which A. L. Peck and L .

H . Taf i are the moving spirits. I f

you want to see wh it it is • all about

just step into Winegar ' s drug store

ami see what an accommodating door

it has, opening a t will of operator '

from any part of the gt-ire. The de-

vice is simple, effective anil cbepp.

The boys have a good thing and L ive

applied for a patent. W e hope1 t hey

will get rich and live long lives r igh t

here in Lowell.

L. D. Johnson of Almont spent several days of last week with the family of his brother, F . M.

You must remember that BARBER & CRAW

ARE SELLING THE

Best Groceries AT THE

Lowest Prices And Guarantee to do as they advertise.

5 lb Fancy Raisins^ 3J " Sears Lunch 4 pkffs Soda (> lb Starch 3 cans Best Cosn -

3 " 44 Tomatoes 5 lb Ginger Snaps 1 gul Table Syrup

25c 11 ft Calumet Bking P w d 25c 25c! 3 44 Cottolene 20c 25c | 50 bars Acme Soap 1 75c 25c 8 lb Rolled Oats 25c 25c i 3 pkg: 44 44 25c 25c j Rocket Yeast 10c 25c 1 lb Dunham Cocoanut , 30c 40c 5 bushel Potatoes 1 OD

hours of l i fe .

MRS. A . B . JOIINSOU, a n d DAUGUTEU

S . F U B P T F T . MR. a n d MRS. CIUNDLEP J o n s s o s .

visit his parents, who live in that state.

We mean business and don t advertise one thing and do another. Our Grocer-ies are the best we can buy.

HIGHEST CASH PRICE PAID FOR

FANCY BUTTER & FRESH EGGS.

Don't forget the place—Music Hall Block.

BARBER CRAW.

11

i ( V i V

g o w c l l | V % r . FL*. M JOHNSON, P n b l u h e r .

W W B L L , - . MICH.

Wonder If Queen Victoria—guud old •onl—has over hoard about thoso Ar-men ian outrages!

An exchange asks: "Why do most au-thors wear their hair long?" Because barbers cut for cash.

I n predicting the end of the world all t ha t Is necessary to ultimate success U t o keep changing the date.

If England's arm Is not long enough to reach Armenia, England should equip i t s ironclads with a longer arm.

W e have heard of no Armenian atro-cit ies for two or three days. Can it be t h a t the sultan is afflicted with "that t i r ed feeling?"

FOREIGN LEGATIONS.

OFFICIAL RESIDENCES OF THE GREAT POWERS.

An Indiana sheriff has Imported lilocdhounds from the soutli to chase t ramps. What 's got the matter with ft® Indiana bulldog?

Lord Salisbury says that England's « m i is not long enough to reach Ar-menia, but she stretches it to Venezuela "Without any apparent dlfliculty.

In brief, Lord Salisbury very tnuch deplores the Armenian outrages and re-gre ts that none of the other powers of Europe are going to put a stop to them.

Every effort consistent with the na-tional honor should bo made to smother the Mrs. Frank Leslie matrimonial rumor that is trying to wriggle into notice.

The Anglo-American crisis cannot properly be said to ho over until Lord Dunraven has decided what action he will take in answer to the New York Yacht club.

One hundred and twenty-flve barrels of beer wag consumed at a wedding nea r Pittsburg last week, and only one m a n was killed. Somebody must have diluted the beer.

(Tnol« Snin U G r n r l a n U r l l e l n g Mudo

t h e E q n a l of t h e M o n » r c h l e * — J n i t

T h i n k of I t — P n i M l n Bliule t h e 11 rut

S t ep .

Washington Letter. HE fact that the Austrian minister has recently bought for his government a legation building

" W S f t T - . " iu this city—to M 8 c r v e p c r l i a p 3 1 q

the near future for purposes of an em-bassy—suggests the possibility before many months of

the elevation of the rank of the repre-sentative of tho United States from minister to ambassador at all the cap-itals of tho so-called first-rate powers of the treaty of Vienna. Although all of the nations of the Western hemi-sphere and those of the far East recog-nize the United States as a first-rate power, because of its trade and re-sources, Great Britain, France, Ger-many, Russia, Austria, Italy, Spain and Portugal, the nations which were represented at the congress of Vienna in 1815, have not until recently in their diplomatic relations considered the United States as their level in dignity and Importance. To this fact has been due the tardiness of tho great Euro-pean powers to purchase buildings in this country, although their represen-tatives in Washington admit that lega-tion and ambassadorial buildings should have been purchased in all cases many years ago.

There seems to be, even among tho members of tho diplomatic corps, a

A ma.i is said to have secured a pa tent nn bloomers. If he will get a few more things on them, such as okirts and the like, he may succeed in mak-ing bloomers both modest and beauti-fu l .

Tramps confined In a Wisconsin Jail have volunteered to furnish cuticle for a skin-graft ing operation. The work of excavation has already begun and at is expected that hide will be sighted i n a few days.

A dispatch from Duluth says that the pret t iest girl .in that city has eloped. I t is safe to say that at least 50 per

It of the Duluth girls are highly in-jant that such a rumor should be

lated about them.

F t t h a b l y If somebody will give him a n o t w * well-ordered dinner Lord Salis-bury % l l i find occasion to arise and m a k e t l j \ astonishing announcement t h a t tho n ^ n who drew the Schpm« burgk line wa^ not infallible.

In common fairness Mrs. Bloomer or hei heirs should have a share of the royalties accruing to tho Brooklyn man who has patented the garments that now bear her name. Let him either divide with Mrs. Bloomer or call them Royces.

A savings bank In Concord, N. H., has given notice to its depositors that , beginning with May next, interest on deposits will be computed a t pe r ; cent per annum. This Is Important as indicating that the Concord bank and others can afford to pay better rates of |

interest than were adopted by them generally more than a year ago, and It Is considered probable that many other banks will follow the good example.

In one of the hospitals In New York recently a man died from blood-poison-ing, acquired, it is alleged, from licking envelopes whose gum was tainted with disease. The taint had been carried through all tho processes of manufac-ture, and appeared in tae gum on the envelope. Though this seems strange, physicians agree that it is possible, and they advise correspondents to moisten envelopes in other ways than by licking them.

A new feature in the flour industry has recently developed in Spokane's trade with Guatemala. T h e flour is packed in 100-pound sacks, which, when thus packed, is admitted free of duty to the ports of that country. The mills of Spokane have worked up quite a trade with Guatemala and Chile, which is increasiuji rapidly. Spokane mills will have a capacity, when tho new mills are completed, of from 2,000 to 3,000 barrels of flour per day, which means a consumption of from 10,000 to 15,000 bushels of wheat dally. In round numtoy j sa fair estimate for a year

b6',5,000,000 bushels.

GREAT BRITAIN'S OFFICIAL HOME, good deal of ignorance as to the time

I and circumstances of the purchase of ' the few legations and embassies owned in Washington by foreign governments. The general impression is that the government of Great Britain took the initiatory step, but the fact is that the government of Prussia, whose prop-erty was subsequently transferred to the German empire, was the first for-eign power to own property in the city of Washington for the use of its repre-sentatives. As early as 1864 Baron Ger-old, for the kingdom of Prussia, pur-chased the property in Fifteenth street adjoining the bank of Corcoran & Rlggs, between Pennsylvania avenue and H street. The house was a large, double square building, built much after the pattern of the fashionable houses of that time, and was then considered to be in the heart of the portion of the city most desirable for such a purpose. I t was a t this house that tho successive representatives of the kingdom and tho empire dispensed the hospitality for which they have earned so Ilboral a name, and, as time went on and the scale of diplomatic entertainments became larger and more elaborate, there was never a ques-tion as to the success ot the dinners and dances of the German legation.

The policy of the government of Great Britain is never to purchase land except In what are known as the first-rate powers of the congress of Vienna. This policy, it appears, was departed from in the case of the United States; for the property now owned by the British embassy was built by Sir Ed-ward Thornton nineteen years ago.

It Is said that Sir Edward Thornton could have bought all of the land in the block, from one corner of N street and Connecticut avenue, where the em-bassy now is, for what it has cost in comparatively recent years to build tho addition, which is used as a ballroom. The embassy building Is now consider-ed too small for many purposes. The representatives of the British govern-ment here, a t least the younger of the secretaries and attaches, would much prefer an entire block of ground, such as is possessed by England in other countries, where they could have their

who was then British minister to this country, from plans and specifications prepared according to his own ideas; the sum allotted for this purpose by tho British government was £50,000. The embassy is a square, massivo build-ing of red brick, with stone trimmings, much af ter the fashion of architecture prevailing about that time.

The government of Corea also owns Its legation here. The property was at one time a portion of the estate of Cap-tain Seth Ledyard Phelps, and the sale was negotiated by Sevellon A. Brown, for along period chief clerk ot tho state department. The building Is In Thirteenth street, at Us northern Junc-ture with Iowa circle; it Is a modest gray building with a port cochere. It is large enough for the unpretentious enter-tainments of the Corean officials. At the time of the purchase of the prop-erty there was a question raised at tho District of Columbia tax office in regard to exemption from taxation. Some cor-respondence ensued between the state department and the tax office, which resulted In the exemption of the Co-rean property. There are no laws in the District of Columbia bearing upon the subject and the exemption from taxation of the Corean building as well as of other foreign legations Is simply an act of comity on the part of this government.

The legation of tho Mexican fltvern-ment In I street was built from designs of Mr. Romero, the minister, In 1837. As early as 1832 Senor Romero had conceived the plan of building a lega-tion for the government, but not until 1836 did he succeed In getting tho money for the purpose. The amount appropriated was 5100,000, but since that time improvements have been made hnd elaborate furnishings bought which have increased the original price 125,000 or 530,(H| The legation Is a large, square b u y i n g of pressed brick, with brown stone trimmings.

Tho government of tho United States leases or rents property for all of its representatives within the territory of foreign governments, except in Corea and in Slam, where the property is owned, acquired in Corea by purchase and in Slam by gift. Time and again has the Importance of the ownership of legations and embassies in foreign countries been urged upon congress by successive presidents.

I t is presumed that the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill of the fifty-fourth congress may differ In this respect from those of Its predecessors.

The French government has made several attempts to purchase property, at first for use as a legaton, and now for use as an embassy. The first at-tempt was made to purchase the prop-erty owned and occupied by Anthony Poliok at Seventeenth and I streets. Falling in this, the ambassador leased the property occupied during his life by Admiral David D. Porter In H street, adjoining the Metropolitan club. Here the embassy was established year be-fore last. The property would have been purchased by the French govern-ment '-f an agreement with the Porter heirs could have been reached. But there was a dispute as to the value ol

TALMAGE'S SEEMON.

THE GLORIOUS HERITAGE OF EVERY CHRISTIAN.

I d the case of James Pierce against A, B. Carpenter, the St. Louis court of appeals has decided that ?2,500 is a Just and reasonable assessment for a kiss. With this decision before them U is hard to see how the husband will be able to dodgfe the spring-bonnet is-BIK that is bearing down upon him.

THE FRENCH LEGATION,

tho property among the helrn them-selves, so that at the present time a sale Is not possible. A compact has been entered Into, however, by which tho lepairs are kept up by both sides, looking to an adjustment and salo at some future time.

International law has invented a fic-tion known as extra-territorlallty, by which the minister, though actually in a foreign country. Is still considered ;o remain within the territory of bis own state. He continues to be subject to the laws of his own country as if he lived there, both with respect to his personal status and his rights of prop-(f-ty. His children, though born in a foreign country, w e considered na-tives of their owr The result of in violablllty is an entire exemption from local Jurisdiction both in civil and crim inal cases, and this independence ex-tends to a minister's house, papers, effects and carriages.

A London paper learns that the young man who is to marry Miss Pull-men is "well educated and of high birth." There must be some mistake about that. Nothing less than a double lower berth goes In the Pullman family.

THE COREAN LEGATION, tennis courts and give garden parties of surpassing splendor. There is no way, however, of remedying this de-feat. without tho purchase of another tract of land. Although the property covers about a third of the block bounded by Connecticut avenue, N and Nineteenth streets, the ground is so covered by the buildings that there is not enough room for fur ther additions within the iron fence. The present building was erected In 1876, a t the suggestion of Sir Edward Thornton,

DiHhoneHt l ine*.

Pointer dogs can always bo trained to steal. Many of them are natural thieves without training, and any ol the species can be taught. There Is a

j dog of this kind in northwest Wash-1 Ington. He will pick up fny th ing he

(.un find around a yard or outside of a store, but his specialty is ladles' pocket-books and handbags. When be sees ono of these he grabs It and runs, al-ways succeeding In getting out of sight before he can bo captured or followed. No owner has ever been seen, hence no complaints have been made at police headquarters, but there Is little doubt. If i t were posoible to follow the animal that it would be found that he has been carefully trained as a purse-snatcher, and that he takes his booty home to his master. He seems to be aware that he Is doing wrong, Jumping fences and dodging around houses when running away.

G o M e n T e x t t " P o t Ye In t h e Sickle, f o r

t h e I l a r v e i t I s l l l p o " — J o e l , 1U, 1 3 —

P r a y e r a n d S o n s t h e B n l n r a r i u o t t h e

C h r U t l a n Rel l f f lon.

HE sword has been poetized and the world has celebrat-ed the sword of Bolivar, the sword of Cortez, and the sword of Lafayette. The pen has been properly eulogized, and the world has celebrated the pen of Addison, the pen

ofSouthey, and the pen of Irving. The painters' pencil has been honored, and the world has celebrated the pencil of Murlllo, the pencil of Rubens, and tho pencil of Blerstadt. The sculptor's chisel has come in for high encomium, and the world has celebrated Chantrey's chisel, and Crawford's chisel, and Greenough's chisel. But there is ono instrument about which I sing the first canto that was ever sung—the slcklo, the sickle of the Bible, the sickle that has reaped the harvest of many cen-turies. Sharp and bent Into a semi-circle, and glittering, this reaping hook, no longer than your arm, has furnished the bread for thousands of years. Its success has produced the wealth of na-tions. I t has bad more to do with the world's progress than sword, and pen, and pencil, and chisel, all put together. Christ puts the sickle Into exquisite sermonlc simile, and you see that in-strument flash all up and down the Apocalypse as S t John swings it, while through Joel in my text God commands the people, as through his servants now he commands them—"Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe."

Last November there was great re-joicing all over the land. With trum-pet and cornet and organ and thousand-voiced psalm wo praised the Lord for the temporal harvests. We praised God for the wheat, the rye, the oats, the cotton, the rice, all the fruits of the orchard and all the grains of the field; and the nation never does a better thing than when in autumn it gathers to feslivity and thanks God for the great-ness of the harvest. But I come to-day to speak to you of richer harvests, even the spiritual. How shall we estimate the value of a man? We say he is worth so many dollars, or has achieved such and such a position; but we know very well there are some men at the top of the ladder who ought to be at the bottom, and some at the bottom who ought to be a t the top, and the only way to estimate a man Is by the soul. We all know that we shall live forever. Death cannot kill us. Other crafts may be drawn into the whirlpool or shiv-ered on the rocks, but this life within us will weather all storms and drop no anchor, and ten million years af ter death will shake out signals on the high seas of eternity. You put the mendi-cant off your doorstep and say he is only a beggar; but he is worth all the gold of the mountains, worth all the pearls of the sea, worth the solid earth, worth sun, moon and stars, worth the entire material universe. Take all the paper that ever came from the paper-mills and put it side by side and sheet by sheet, and let man with fleetest pens make flgures on that paper for 10,000 years, and they will only have begun to express the value of the soul. Sup-pose I owned Colorado and Nevada and Australia, of how much value would they be to me one moment af ter I de-parted this life? How much of Phil-adelphia does Stephen Girard own to-day? How much of Boston property does Abbott Lawrence own to-day? The man who to-day hath a dollar in his pocket hath more worldly estate than the millionaire who died last year. Hpw do you suppose I feel, standing here surrounded by a multitude of souls, each one worth more than the material universe? Oh, was I not right in saying, this spiritual harvest is richer than the temporal harvest? I must tighten the girdle, I must sharpen the sickle, I must be careful how I swing the Instrument for gathering the grain, lest ono stalk be lost. One of the most powerful sickles for reaping this spiritual harvest is the preaching of the Gospel. If the sickle have a rose-wood handle, and it be adorned with precious stones, and yet It cannot bring down the grain. It is not much of a sickle, and preaching amounts to noth-ing unless it harvests souls for God. Shall we preach philosophy? The Ralph Waldo Emersons could beat us at that. Shall we preach science? The Agasslzes could beat us at that. The minister of Jesus Christ with weakest arm going forth In earnest prayer, and wielding this sickle of the Gospel, shall 9nd tho harvest all around him waiting for the angel sheaf-binders, Otv.ohis. harvest of souls! I notice in the fields that the farmer did not stand upright when ho gathered the grain. I noticed he had to stoop to his work, and I no-<%ed that in order to bind the sheaves the better he had to put his knee upon them. And as we go forth in this work for God wo cannot stand upright In our rfcstoric and metaphysics and our eru-dition. Wo have to stoop to our work. Ay, wc have to put our knee to it or wo will never gather sheaves for the Lord's garner. Peter swung that slcklo on tho day of Pentecost, and thrcjp thou-sand sheaves came in. Richard Baxter swung that sickle at Kidd minster, and McCheyne at Dundee, and vast mul-titudes came into the kingdom of our God.

Oh, this is a mighty Gospel! I t cap-tured not only John the lamb, but Paul the Hon. Men may gnash their teeth a t it, and clinch their flsts, but it is the power of God and the wisdom of God unto salvation. But alas, if it is only preached in pulpits and on Sabbath

days! We must go forth Into our stores, our shops, our banking-houses, our fac-tories, and the streets, and everywhere preach Christ. Wo stand in our pulpits for two hours on the Sabbath and com-mend Christ to the people; but there are 168 hours In the week, and what are tho two hours on the Sabbath against the 166? Oh, there comes down tho o/di-nation of God this day upon all tho peo-ple, men who toll with head and hand and foot—tho ordination, comes upon all merchants, upon all mechanics, upon all toilers, and God i / s to you as he says to me: "Go, teach all nations. Ko that belleveth and is baptized shall be Baved,and he that belleveth not shall be damned." Mighty Gospel, let the whole earth hear It! The story of Christ is to regenerate the nations, it is to eradi-cate all wrong, i t is to turn tho oarth into a paradise. An old artist painted the Lord's Supper, and he wanted the chief attention directed to the face of Christ. When he Invited his friends in to criticise the picture, they admired the chalices more than they did the face, and the old artist said: "This picture is a failure," and he dashed out the picture of the cups, and said: "I shall have nothing to detract from tho face of the Lord; Christ Is the all of this picture."

Another powerful sickle for the reap-ing of this harvest is Christian song. I know In many churches tho whole work Is delegated to a few people stand-ing in the organ-loft. But, my friends, as others cannot repent for us and others cannot die for us, wo cannot delegate to others the work of singing for us. While a few drilled artists shall take the chants and execute the more skillful music, when the hymn is given out let there be hundreds and thousands of voices uniting in tho ac-clamation. On the way to grandeurs that never cease and glories that never die, let us sing. At the battlo of Lut-wn, a general came to tho king and said: "Those soldiers are singing as ihey are going into battle. Shall I stop them?" "No," said the king, "men that can sing like that can light." Oh, the power of Christian song! When I argue here you may argue back. The argument you make against religion may be more skillful than the argument I make in behalf of religion. But who can stand before thei pathos of some uplifted song like that which wo some-times sing:

Show pity. Lord, O Lord, forgive! Let a repenting rebel live! Are not thy mercies large and free? May not a sinner trust in thee?

Another mighty sickle for the reap-ing of tho Gospel harvest is prayer. What does God do with our prayers? Does he go on the battlements of heav-en and throw them off? No. What do you do with gifts given you by those who love you very much? You keep them with great sacredness. And do you suppose God will take our prayers, offered in the sincerity and love of our hearts, and scatter them to the winds? Oh, no! He will answer them all in some way. Oh, what a mighty thing prayer is! It is not a long rigamarole of "ohs," and "ahs," and "for ever and ever. Amen." It Is a breathing of the heart Into the heart of God. Oh, what a mighty thing prayer Is! Elijah with it reached up to tho clouds and shook down tho showers. With It John Knox shook Scotland. With It Martin Luther shook the earth. And when Philipp Meianchthon lay sick unto death, us many supposed, Martin Luther came in ahd said: "Philipp, we can't spare you!" "Oh," said he, "Martin, you must let me go; I am tired of persecution and tired of life. I want to go to be with my God." "No," said Martin Luther, "you shall not go; you must take this food and then I will pray for you." "No, Martin," said Meianchthon, "you must let me go." Martin Luther said: "You take this food, or I will ex-communi-cate you." He took the food and Mar-tin Luther knelt down and prayed as only ho could pray, and convalescence came and Martin Luther went back and said to his friends: "God has saved the life of Philipp Meianchthon In direct answer to my prayer." Oh, tho power of prayer! Have you tested It? • • •

I invite any one the most infldel, any ono th» most atheistic, I invite him into the kii.gdom of God with Just as much heartiness as thoso who have for fifty years been under the teaching of the Gospel and believed it all. When I was living In Philadelphia a gentleman told me of a scene in which he was a par-ticipant. In Callowhill street, Phila-delphia, there had beon a powerful meeting going on for some time and mtny were converted, and among oth-er.''. one of the prominent members of tho worst club-house in tha t city. The next night the leader of that club-house, the president of It, resolved that ho would endeavor to get his comrade away. He came to the door, aifd before he entered he heard a Christian song, and under Its power his soul was agi-tated. He went in and asked for pray-er. Before he came out he was a sub-ject of converting mercy. The next night another comrade went to reclaim •tliMvift, u y b q i < r ^ i i ful circle. Ho went, and under the power of the Holy Ghost became a changed man, and tho work went on until they were all saved and the In-famous club-houso disbanded. Oh, it is a mighty Gospel! Though you came here a child of sin you can go away a child of grace: you can go away singing: Amazing grace, how sweet tho sound

That saved i: wretch like nv-; I once was lost, but now nm found—

Was blind, but now I see. Oh, give up your sins! Most of your

life is already gone. Your children are going on ' the same wrong road. Why do you not stop? "This day is sal-vation come to thy house." Why not this moment look up Into tho face of Christ and say: Just as 1 am. without one pica But that thy blood was shed for me. And that thou bld'st me some to <hee,

O Lamb of God, I come, I come. God is going to save you. You are

going to be among the shining ones. After the tolls of life are over, you are going up to the everlasting rest, you aro

going up to Join your loved ones, de-parted parents and departed children. "O, my God," says some man, "how can I come to thee? I am so far off. Who will help me, 1 am so weak? It seems such a great undertaking." Oh, my brother. It Is a great undertaking! I t is so great you cannot accomplish it, bill Christ can do the work. He will correct your heart and he will correct your life. "Oh," you say, " I will s top profanity." That will not save you. "Oh," you say, "I will stop Sabbath-breaking." That will not save you. There Is only ono door Into tho king-dom of God, and that Is faith; only one ship that sails for heaven, and that I s faith. Faith tho first step, the second, step, the hundredth step, the thou-sandth step, the last step. By faith wo enter the kingdom. By faith we koep In. By faith we die. Heaven a reward of faith. The earthquake shook down the Phlllpplan dungeon. Tho Jailor said: "What shall I do?" Some of you would say: "Better get out of the place before the walls crush you." What did the Apostle say? "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved." "Ah," you say, "there's the rub." What is faith? Suppose you wer thirsty and I offered you this g l a ^ water, and you believed I meant to give it to you, and you camo up and took i t You exercise faith. You believe I mean to keep my promise. Christ offers you the water of everlasting life. Yon take I t That is faith. S

Enter into the kingdom of God. En-ter now. The door of life is set wids open. I plead with you by the blood sweat of Gethsemano and the death-groan of Golgotha, by cross and crown, by Pilate's court-room and Joseph's sepulchre, by harps and chains, by kingdoms of light and realms of dark-ness, by the trumpet of tho archangel that shall wake tho dead, and by the throne of tho Lord God Almighty and the Lamb, that you attend now to the things of eternity. Oh, what a sad thing it will be If, having come so near heaven, we miss It! Oh, to have oome within sight of the shining pinnacles of the city and not have entered! Oli, to have been so near we have seen the mighty throng enter, and we not Join-ing them! Angels of God, fly this way! Good news for you, tell the story among the redeemed on high! If thare bo one there especially longing for our salvation, let that one know It now. Wo put down our sorrows. Glory be to God for such a hope, for such a pardon, for such a Joy, tor such a heaven, fo r such a Christ!

Kpeak O u t Your Love .

A French Journal gives one excellent way by v/hlch we may advance G i r l s f a kingdom, as follows:

Let your friends know that you love them. Do not keep alabaster boxes of your love and tenderness sealed up until your friends are dead. Fill your lives with sweetness; speak kind, ap-proving words while their hearts can hear them. The things you mean to say when they are gone say before they go.Tho flowers you mean to send for their coffin send to brighten thelp homes before they leave them.

If my friend? have alabaster boxes full of perfumes of sympathy and affec-tion, which they Intend to break over my dead body, I would rather they would bring them out In my weary days and open them that I may be refreshed and cheered by them while I need them. I would ra the r . have a bare coffin without a flower, and funeral with* out an eulogy, than life with-out the sweetness of love and sympathy. Let us learn to anoint our friends beforehand for burial. Post-mortem kindnesses do not cheer the burdened spiri t Flowers on the coffin cast no fragrance o \ c r the weary, days of our lives.

Chr lx t lnn K n d e a T o r CrnmhA.

Not content with doing remarkable evangelistic work among the heathen of their own town and neighborhood, tho Endeavorcrs of Nellore, India, talk of adding a foreign missionary commit-tee to their working forces. They want to have a share in mission work out-Bide of I n d i a .

Only four persons in Lamar, Col., would fake the pledge when tho Pleaa-ant Valley Young People's Society ot Christian Endeavor was organized, in 1892. Since that time, however, the society has Increased, and has supplied tho only religious service in the place, except the Sunday school. Out of th is society a church has now grown.

The missionary spirit that is abroad in Christian Endeavor was manifested strikingly a t a Joyous service held by a Christian Endeavor society a t S t Thomas, O n t These three questions were asked a t the consecration meet-ing: 1. "How many would be willing. If they knew it to be tho Lord's will, to go to a foreign mission field?" 2. "How many would like to go?" 3. "How many expect to go?" Notice had been given four weeks in advance that these questions would be asked, of the eig'htv active membersr, thirty-five an-swored'athnP.atU'cty, to tho first ques-tion, twenty to tho sceSPd and nine to the third. \

Three prize banners w i l l \ awarded^ at tho Washington convention Christian Endeavor local unlons/^The first banner will go to the union making tho best showing In tho way of definite and practical Christian citizenship work. The second will bo awarded to tho local union having the largest number of individual members who give not less than one-tenth of their income to God. The third, or fellowship banner, will bo secured by tho union organizing tho largest number of new Christian Endeavor societies of any kind. Chicago, Cleveland and •Phila-delphia, respectively, secured these banners at the Boston convention. Lo-cal unions should send detailed reports of their work to Secretary Baer before June 15.

No country In the world can r ival Jap; n In the matter of hot apringa.

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BY CLARA AUGUSTA INTERNATIONAL P R E . 5 S ASSOCIATION.

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C H A P T F R Vl .—(Coj r rnc t J ioK •A hundred pairs of hands were out-

stretched to receive Margie when Arch hronght her to the shore. Her dear de-voted friends crowded around her, and in their Joy at her escape. Arch re-treated for his lodgings. But Miss Lee had been watching him, and seized his arm the moment he was clear of the crowd.

"Oh. Mr. Trevlyn, It's Just like a i|ovel!" she exclaimed, enthusiastically. "'Only you cannot marry tho heroine, f n r she is engaged to Mr. Linmero; and she perfectly dotes on him."

She flitted away, and Trevlyn wont up to his chamber.

That evening there was a "hop" at hotel, but Arch did not go down. He

new If he did the Inevitable Miss Lee would anchor herself on his arm for the orenlng; and his politeness was not dqual to the task of entertaining her.

The strains of music reached him, softened and made sweet by the dis-tance. He stole down on the piazza, and sat under the shadows of a flower-ing vine, looking at the sky, with its myriads of glittering stars. There was a light step at his side, and glancing up, he saw Margie Harrison.

She was In evening dress, her white arms and shoulders bare, and glisten-ing with snowy pearls. Her soft un-bound hair fell over her neck In a flood of light, and a subtle perfume, like the breath of blooming water-lilies, floated around her,

"I want to make you my captive for a little while, Mr. Trevlyn," she said, gayly. "Will you wear the chains?"

"Like a garland of roses," ho re-sponded. "Yes, to the world's end. Miss Harrison!"

Tho unconscious fervor of his voice brought a crimson flush to her face. She dropped her eyes, and toyed with the bracelet on her arm.

"I did not know you dealt in compli-ments, Mr. Trevlyn." she said, a little reproachfully, "I thought you were al-ways sincere."

"And so I am. Miss Harrison." "I take you at your word then," she

said, recovering her playful air. "You will not blame me. If I lead you into difficulty?"

"Certainly not. I give myself Into yonr keeping."

She put her hand within bis arm, and led him up the stairs, to a private par-lor on the second floor. Under the Jet ef Mght sat old Mr. Trevlyn. Archer's heart throbbed fiercely, and his lips grew set and motionless as he stood there be-fore the man he hated, the man against whom he had made a vow of undying vengeance. Margie was looking at her guardian, and did not observe the start-ling change which had come over Arch. She spoke Softly, addressing the old man.

"Dear guardian, this is the man who this morning so gallantly rescued me from a watery grave. I want you to help me thank him."

Mr. Trevlyn arose, came forward,and extended his hand. Arch stood erect, ftta arms folded on his breast. He did not move, nor offer to take the proffered hand. Mr. Trevlyn gave a start of sur-prise, and seizing a lamp from the table, held It up to the face of the young man. Arch did not flinch; he bore the Insult-ing scrutiny with stony calmness.

The old man dashed down the lamp, aai put his hand to his forehead. His face was livid with passion, his voice choked so as to be scarcely audible..

"Margie, Margie Harrison!" ho ex-claimed, "what is this person's name?"

"Archer Treviyn, sir," answered tho ^Irl, amazed at the strange behavior of tho two men.

"Just as I thought! Hubert's son!" "Yes," said Arch, speaking with pain-

ful calmness, "I am Hubert 's son; tho son of the man your wicked cruelty mnrdered."

Mr. Trevlyn seized his cane and rushed upon his grandson; but Margie sprang forward and threw her arm across the breast of Arch.

"Strike him. If you dare!" she said, "but you shall strike a woman!"

Mr. Trevlyn looked at her and the weapon dropped to the fioor.

"Margaret Harrison," he said sternly, "leave this room. This Is no place for you. Obey me!"

"I am subject to no man's authority," she said, boldly; "and I will not leave tho room. You shall not insult a gontle-tnan to whom I owe my life, and who is here as my1 Invited guest!"

"I shall defend myself! There Is murder In that fellow's eye. If I ever saw it In that of any human being!"

"1 am answerable for his conduct," she said with proud dipnity. "Ho will do nothing of which a lady need stand in fear. I brought him here, ignorant of tlje relationship existing between you add him, and unconscious of tho truth t h a t I should be called upon to defend bim from the causeless rage of his own grandfather."

Again the cane was uplifted, but Mar-garet laid her hand resolutely upon it.

"Give it to me. Will you—you who pride yourself upon your high and deli-cate sense of honor—will you bo such an abject coward as to strike a defense-less man ?"

Ho yielded her the weapon, and she threw It from the window.

"You may take away my defense. Margaret," said the old man, resolutely, "but you shall not prevent me from cursing him! A curse be upon him—"

"Hold, sir? Remember that your head is white with the snows of time. I t will not be long before you go to the

God who sees you every moment who will Judge you for every aln you com-mit."

"You may preach that stuff to the dogs! There is no God! I defy him and you! Archer Trevlyn, my curse be upon you and yours, now and forever! Child of a disobedient son! child of a mother who was a harlot ."

Arch sprang upon him with a savage cry. His hand was on his throat—God knows what crime he would have done, fired by the insult offered to the mem-ory of his mother, had not Margie caught his hands, and drawn them away.

"Oh, Archer, Archer Truvlyn* she cried. Imploringly, "grant me this one favor—the very first I ever asked of you! For my sake, qome away. H^ Is an old man. Leave him to God, and his own conscience. You are young and strong: you would not disgrace your manhood by laying violent hands on the weakness of old age!"

"Did you hear what he called my mother, the purest woman the world ever saw? No man shall repeat that foul slander In my presence, and live!"

"He will not repeat I t Forgive hlni. He is fretful, and thinks the world has gone hard with him. He has sinned, and those who sin suffer always. I t has been a long and terrible feud between him and yours. I brought yon h e r e -let me take you away."

Her soft hands were on his—her beau-tiful tear-wet eyes lifted to his face. He could not withstand that look. He would have given up the plans of a lifetime, if she had asked him with those Imploring eyes.

"I yield to you. Miss Harrison—only to you," he replied. "If John Trevlyn lives, he owes his life to you. He Judged rightly—there was murder In my soul, and he saw It In my eyes. Years ago, after they laid my poor heart-broken mother out of my sight, I swore a terrible vow of vengeance on the old man whoso cruelty had hurried her In-to the grave. But for you.I should have kept tho vow this moment. But I jvlll obey you. Take me wherever you will."

She led him down the stairs, acroad the lawn, and out on the lonely beach, where the quiet moon and the passion-leas stars dropped down their crystal rain. The sweet south wind blew up cool from the sea. and afar off the tiu-kle of a sheep-bell stirred the silence of the night. The lamp in the distant lighthouse gleamed liko a spark of'fire, and at their feet broke the tireless bil-lows, white as the snowdrifts of De-cember.

CHAPTER VII.

HERB was some-thing Inexpressgbly soothing In the se-renity of the night Arch felt i ts infiu-ence. The hot color died out of his cheek, his pulse beat slower, he lift-ed his eyes to the purple arch of the summer sky.

"All God's universe is at rest," said Margie, her voice breaking upon his ear like a strain of music. "Oh, Archer Trevlyn. be at peace with all mankind:"

"I am—with all but him." "And with him, also. The heart

which bears malice cannot be a happy heart. There has been a great wrong done—I have heard the sad story—but It Is divine to forgive. The man who can pardon the enemy who has wrought him evil, rises to a height where noth-ing of these earthly temptations can harm him more. Ho stands on a level with the angels of God. If you have been injured, let it pass. If your par-ents v/ere hurried out of the world by his cruelty, think how much sooner they tasted the bliss of heaven! Every wrong will in due time be avenged. Justice will be done, for the Infinite One has promised it. Leave it In His hands. Archer, before I leave you, promise to forgive Mr. Trevlyn."

"I cannot! I cannot!" he cried, hoarsely. "Oh, Ma.gle, Miss Harrison, ask of me anything but that, even to the sacrifice of my life, and I will will-ingly oblige you, but not that ! not that!"

"That Is all I ask. It is for your good and my peace of mind that I de-mand I t You have no right to make me unhappy, as your persistence in this dreadful course will do. Promise me. Archer Trevlyn!"

She put her hand on his shoulder; he turned his head and pressed his Hps upon it. She did not draw It away, but stood, molting his Ijiard heart with her wonderfully sweet^aze. He yielded all at once—she k n e ^ she had conquered. He sank down oiji one knee before her, and bowed his face upon his hands. She stooped over him, her hair swept his shoulder31.th€ brown mingling with the deeper chestnut of his curling looks.

"Yo<_wiII promise me, Mr. Trevlyn?" He looKed up suddenly. "What will you give me If I prom-

ise?" "Ask for it." He lifted a curl of shining hair. "Yes," she said. "Promise me what

I ask, and I will give It to you." He took his pocket-knife and severed

the tress. "I proiitse you. I break my vow; I

seek no revenge. I forgive John Trev-lyn, and may God forgive him also. He Is safe -from me. I submit to have my

parents dleep on unavenged. I l»t#9 him and his sins to the God whom ho denies: and all because you have asked it of me."

Slowly and silently they went up to the fiouse. At the door he said no good-night—he only held her hand a moment, closely, and then turned away.

Paul Llnmere's wedding-day drew near. Between him and Margie there was no semblance of affection. Her coldness never varied, and after a few fruitless attempts to excite In her some manifestation of interest, he took hia cue from her, and was as coldly indif-ferent as herself.

A few days before the tenth of Octo-ber, which was the day appointed for the bridal, Dick Turner, one of Paul's friends, gave a supper at the Bachelors club. A supper In honor of Paul, or to testify the sorrow of the club at the loss of ono of Its members. I t was a very hilarious occasion, and the toasting and wlne-drlnklng extended far Into the small hours.

In a somewhat elevated frame of mind, Mr. Paul Llnmere left the rooms of the club at about three o'clock In the morning, to return home. Hia way lay along the most deserted part of the c i t y - a place where there were few dwellings, and the buildings wero mostly stores and ware-houses.

Suddenly a touch on his arm stopped him. The same cold, deathly touch he had felt once before. He had drank Just enough to feel remarkably brave, and turning, he encountered the strangely gleaming eyes that had frozen his blood that, night In early summer. All his bravado left him. He felt weak and helpless as a child.

"What Is It? what do you want?" he asked brokenly.

"Justice!" said the mysterious pres-ence.

"Justice? For whom?" "Arabel Vere." "Arabel Vere! Curse her!" he cried

savagely. The figure lifted a spectral white

hand. "Paul Llnmere—beware! The ven-

geance of the dead reaches sometimes unto the living: There Is not water enough In the Seine to drown a wom-an's hatred. Death Itself, cannot anni-hilate It! Beware!"

He struck savagely at the uplifted hand, but his arm met no resistance. He beat only against the Impalpable air. His spectral visitor had flown, and left nothing behind her to tell of her presence.

With unsteady steps Mr. Paul Lin-mere hurried hone, entered his room, and double..loohed the door behind hla^

CHAPTER VIII. R. TREVLYN had decided thai the marriage of his ward should take place at Harrison Park, the old coun-try seat of tho Har-risons, on the Hud-son. Here M a r -garle's parents had lived always in Ui? summer; here the>

had died within a week of each other, and here. In tho cypress grove by the river, they were buried. There would be no more fit-ting place for the marriage of their daughter to be solemnized. Margie neither opposed nor approved the plan. She did not oppose anything. She was passive, almost apathetic.

The admiring dressmakers anJ milli-ners came and went, fitting and meas-uring, and trying on their tasteful crea-tions, but without eliciting any signs of interest or pleasure from Margarie Har-rison. She gave no orders, found no fault; expressed no admiration nor its opposite. I t was all the same to her.

The bridal dress came home a few days before the appointed day. It was a superb affair, and Margarie looked like a queen in it. I t was of white satin, with appoint lace overskirt; looped at Intervals with tiny bouquets of orange blossoms.

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3HACKAM AXON CAN EXPLAIN TALE O F WOE.

OollMed w i t h K T e r y t h l n f S i m p l y Be-

ouoso a a Uuluckjr J e w e l Wa« A b o a r d —

S o r r o w s of l i e n W h o W o r e I t — A l l I h e

Ilia of U a a U n d .

An K l ' c t r l e P a l i r e .

The palatial New York home of Charles T. Yerkes, the Chicago million-aire, at 68th street and 5th avenue, has not only the most complete electric lighting, heating and ventilating planf of any of the several electrically equipped mansions In the city, but It has the largest storage battery planl ever Installed In a private residence. A gas engine of thirty-five horse power ir the basement io belted to a dynamo. The storage battery consists of sixty cells, having a capacity of 2,500 ampere hours at a ten-hour discharge rate, the maximum discharge rate being 500 am-peres for four hours. j

The house is wired for about sixteen candle-power lamps and has besides an electric passenger elevator and several electric motors for ventilation, pump-ing and other purposes. |

The arrangement of the lights is very artistic. The vestibule or reception hall is lighted from above throught I cathedral glass in tho base of a dome by 300 lights. Lamps are concealed I within the carving of the principal salon or In rosettes of colored glass and cunningly placed in the ceilings. In the library an apparently framed oil painting, which Is really a wondefTul piece of cathedral glasswork, is made the vehicle of the fiood of light which illuminates the room with the soft radi-ance of day.—Exchange.

CERTAIN s m a l l stone set as a scarf-pin is the avowed hoodoo of the Ellis Island steamboat Shackamaxon, and is said to be re-sponsible for all the disasters recently , reported as having occurred to that s t e a m b o a t on

which Dr. Joseph H. Senner, the Unit- . ed States Commissioner of Immigra-tion, and so many others risked their lives until she was taken off. The hoo-doo stone Is an opal, now In the posses-slon of J. J. Hmnpton, one of the Ellis Island officers, says New York Journal.

Mr. Hampton said that while the stone was his property, he would not keep It In his possession for any con-sideration. He vows that bad luck at- 1

Inches to It and disaster follows It. Con-sequently he keeps it in a phial, care-fully corked and wrapped up in a dark cloth, as it is claimed the light has an effect on the opaline brilliancy of the stone, and the more brilliant It Is the greater the danger following i t The opal was Innocently worn on board the Shackamaxon during all the recent dis-asters to that boat. Engineer Delaney was wearing the scarfpiu containing the hoodoo opal on board the "Shack" when the last smash-up occurred. De-laney had purchased the pin from Hampton at a reasonable price, know-ing of its history of attendant danger, but when he got nearly killed in that accident nothing would induce him, he said, to keep the stone.

Eugene Gilles, of No. 600 West Forty-seventh street, who is the chief electri-cian on Ellis Island, and who says he had formerly no superstition what-ever, next purchased the pin, with the understanding that he should keep It a week on trial, and If nothing of evil be-fell him In that time he was to pay for It. The first day he wore It he fell from an electric light polo on tho Island and was severely injured. He attributed his mishap to the opal, and immediate-ly returned the pin to Hampton saying he would not have It as a gift.

Hampton, wlio was mate of the steamer Mattewau last summer, says he found the scarfpiu on board the Matte-

! wan, and on the very day he found It the steamer, which was plying to and from Glen Island, ran Into a coal dock at pier 7, Hoboken, and was badly dam-aged. Several people were thrown from their feet and some from seats, and a panic followed among the passengers, and two women fainted. "Some days after, on August 6 of last year," said

' Hampton, " the boiler of the Mnttewan blew up becauss of a bolt giving way. and the steamer had to be laid up. t

• was wearing the fatal opal all this time without dreaming of Its Influence. Soon

I after I put It away, and did not wear ( i t again for some months. A few wpeks ago I was wearlrg tho pin. and I saw one

| of the Immigrants In danger, and I saved him from falling overboard. He

r misunderstood my kindly Intentions j and services, and we got Into a fight, j In which he nearly kicked my face off." j Hampton will bear the marks of the immigrant 's kicks as long as he lives. He recited many other Instances of the

. fatal Influences and the 111 luck attend-I ing the opal, and concluded a long list by saying that he was wearing the pin, and while holding the wheel of the Shackamaxon the wheel slipped and threw him across the wheelhouse and nearly killed him. He says that is the

I last time he will wear the unlucky Jewel.

Captain Butler of the Shackamaxon had heard so much about the hoodoo opal that he asked to see it, and handled It freely. He says that on that same evening something went wrong with his daughter's piano while she was playing for him, and the Instrument, which cost $375, has since been practically useless.

WMte of Gold. It is not generally known, even In

Callornla, that hundreds of thousands of pounds In gold are annually taken from tho rude heaps of base looking quartz by the flowing of water over huge piles of broken rocks that contalu the precious metal. The water used by the miners Is charged with a simple chemi-cal which haslkhe potency to dissolve gold and hold It in solution. This Is cyanide of potassium, a poisonous drug, which ferrets out the minutest particles: of the metal. During the last five years the process has been almost universally adopted, and more than $20,000,000 has laus been recovered.

ITor rnh f o r r e n n n r l v a n l ' i .

The farmers of Pennsylvania are to be congratulated. M. M. Luther. East Troy, Pa., grew over 207 bushels Sal-zcr's Silver Mine Oats on one measured Rcre Think of It! Now there are thirty thousand farmers going to fry and beat Mr. Luther and win $200 In gold! and they'll do It. Will you be one of them?

Then there Is Silver King Barley, cropped on poor soil 116 hue. per acre In 1895. Isn't that wonderful—and corn 230 bus. and pot toes and grasses and .'lovers, fodder plants, etc., etc. Freight is cheap on seeds to all points east, west north or south.

I f you wil l c a t t h l i o n t a n d t e n d

It with 10c postage to the John A. Sal-zer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., you will receive their mammoth catalogue and ten packages grains and grassea, In-cluding above oats, free.

w.n.

Every atato in the union furnished w r a o fed-crol trOdfas durlnu ilii' war Lnumlana. 8^:8'; M lupl IV Te as. J 'TS; Flui ida . HUU w e d Alubamu lurnislieil l.iiTU.

A G 0EAT CHANCE TO MAK^ M O N ' Y . Mn. EOITOR:—I rend h w Mr, .lonca moria

mouor. I u.ivu u Letter job tit. iPB • r.l rs f r the iiow Fircptoot Depumt * as" lor n i rinj itco r mnr iraiTH, m e-. pollilcS, rcieip.B. m no .' ui'd valuu lies iro:n Are Kv rv laial v or la raer ' I sell lor World Mfg < o ( Col'ml) s. O .cleared 8:7 ilrs" wcfilt J'Siowmd, Hist month i <7. l~to - made M Im week

Ulnit Na'lonal DUn Washer J-jr sam" Omi | Li hi. easy woik hon t Urin i»n ono i-m ] maki- money by wiiliOK them. J C. BAUUET. j

I At Oettysburtr. the Amenrau Waterloo, 1 0.-1

000 men iought. ot which j .IJ< Idler il-' and :t . ro contedenttes were killed, wounded or > captured.

T h e M o d e r n Wiiy

C o m m e n d s I tself t o t h e w i ' l l - i n f o r m c d , t o d o p l e a s a n t l y o n d e f f c n t u a l l y w h a t w a s f o r m e r l y d o n e i n t h e c r u d e s t m a n -n e r a n d d i s a g r e e a b l e a s wel l . T o c l c a n s e t h e s y s t e m a n d b r e a k u p co lds , h e a d -a c h e s , a n d f e v e r s w i t h o u t u n p l e a s a n t a f t e r e f f e c t s , u s e t h e d e l i g h t f u l l i qu id l a x a t i v e r e m e d y . S y r u p of F i g s . M a n u -f a c t u r e d by C a l i f o r n i a F i g S y r u p C o m -p a n y .

This is a valuable present, a memorable past, and an uncertain future.

Thousands are suffering excruciating misery from that plague of the nltfht, Itching Piles, and say nothing about it through a sense, of delicacy. All such will find an instant relief in tho use of Doan's ointment. I t never fails.

Time Is an island of eternity.

J There are children J without food. They cry 5 for it, and are not an-t swered. The pity of itl ^ But often nature cries out J in other ways that her 5 children need nourish-^ ment. Is your child thin; 5 actually poor in flesh?

Does it get no benefit ^ from its food? Then t give something which ^ produces flesh and mak o s ^ rich blood.

j of Cod-liver Oil, with ^ C H y p o p h o s p h i t e s d o e s I J more than this. it t changes the unhealthy 5 action to one of health,

Sthus removing the cause. It acts on the nervous

t system, which controls ^ all the processes of the t body, toning it up Into i sound and vigorous ac-

tivity. It is food for growing bene and brain. It makes the thin plump; the pale, ruddy; the weak, strong; It feeds and cures.

JUST AS GOOD IS NOT SCOTT'S EMULSION.

W. N. U.. D .—XIV—8. W h e n A n t w e r l n s A d v e r t u e m e n t i I ' l l

M e n t i o n T h i s P a p e r .

N g

m

i

As good as can Be made regardless of price

f o r m c e n l s

o t h e r B r a n d s O n l t i

for I O cents Dont take our word for it. but* buy a piece and see foryounselr

R z c h n n e o H l r t h d n y Gi f t* .

The Prince of Wales and the Due de Chartres have just exchanged birthday presents, according to their custom ol many years past, as their birthdays fall on the same day. The Orleans prince Is the elder by a year, however. The prince sent the duke a fine gun, whil? the duke's souvenir to the prlnoa was a gold cigarette case.

Yucnti in I s Advnnclns : .

Yucatan has always been considered among the most advanced states of Mexico In education. She has been In constant intercourse with the outside world since the days of the conquest. Schools have attained a high order »lnce tho advent of Independence.

HIGHEST SHADE. * BEST QUALITY,

Shaker Liquid Paint I N USE T W E N T Y Y E A R S .

6 O E 8 T A R T H E K AND L A S T S I-OKOITB T R A I T

W H I T E L E A D . SOI.D U N D E R G U A B A M T K J k Wr i t e for Sample Cards and Inforiuntion.

AMOS B. McNAlRY & C O . , 127-183 Scranton Ave., CLEVELAND, O.

A f r i c a n D t v a r f i .

Among Dr. Donaldson Smith's discov-eries In the region of Lake Rudolph la that of the existence of fifteen new tribes of Africans, one of them of dwarfs, none over five feet in height.

W o r t h SOO In Cash .

A woman in Pittsburg, Pa., sold her husband the other day to a former sweetheart for ?90 In cash, a pair of diamond earrings, a diamond ring and a diamond pin.

LOOK AT THE BOX

This is Waiter Baker & Co.'s Cocoa box—be sure that you don*t get an imitation of it.

Sold by Grocers Everywhere,

WALTER BAKER & Co.,Ltd.. Dorchester, Mass.

I P * Will QidQtr. PlIBU«n*n STRRT FRIDAY AT

LOWELL, KENT COUNTY. MICH.,

- T I T -

FRANK M. JOHNPON.

Entered at Lowell J)0«t ofllce MS second CIRHB matter.

MJB8CRIPT10N ONE DOLLAR YEARLY.

ADVRRTISIN'O H*TR8.

Ruilnera locals 6 cents per line eiu-h issuo LeKal ads <«t leual rmc* Cards In directory column 1100 per line

f e r y e t r One. incb | 5 pur year. Rates fnr larevr advertisements ra .de

known at the office

Job prlntlncr In connection at Grnnd Ruplds rates. "Always Promitt," Is our motto.

iiniY is get t ng 8:)nie c o m b '

in-js flo\Vn nt the hmuls of membors of

the HritiMt pnrlinniorif; nnd thfl JCns;-

lish penplV are fust tniiking tip the i r

minds llini Pres ident C leve land ' s de-

mmvl f'1"* mbi t rn t ion nVis r i^ht , nnd

tbnt Sal isbury wns n nuMo for refilsinir

TD do BO. T h e r e will IxKno war ; nnd

V e n r / n e l a will got her r ia l t ls j u s t the

same. ' * *

* *

IN the village election close at h a n d

i t Is to be hoped polities will cn t no

figure. The terms of P res iden t H«r-

gin and Trus tees Look, W i n e g a r nnd

Col la r exp i re nnd the i r places mus t

be filled. F r i e n d s of the municipal

l i gh t inp p lan t shonhl see t ha t the men

who have f o u g h t the good fijrht nro

t r i u m p h a n t l y elected on a U n i o n

t i cke t . » *

*

RUTNIKN WKVI.RU has begun his

bloody work, and F r e e Cuha is being

th ro t t l ed bv the emissaries of a rot ien

m o n a r c h y ; while F r e e Amer ica s t ands

idly by and sees the d a s t a r d l y work

go on. This may be in accordance

with the in te rna t iona l code, but i t

conflicts shamefuCy with the Amer i -

can conscience. * •

i!

I T is rumored tha t t he order of the

Macenbupfi will he classed with t h e

Odd Fel lows, Masons and P y t h i a n s

and placed unde r the ban of the

Ca tho l i c church T h i s would ho a

qua in tance of e i ther Mr. l l ines or Mr. mistal .o with a big M. O u r Ca tho l i c

B o z u n g and could have no possible f r i ends cannot aff.»rd to m a k e it.

interest in the case excep t as a ma t t e r

of news. As to whether tho ar t ic le

was proper ly wr i t ten , we have only to

say t h a t about the s a m e th ing a p

peared in the G r a n d l i n p i d s Demo-

c ra t ; and tha t J . M. M.'s r emarks

would apply equa l ly a s well to t h a t

paper as to the LEDUF.R.

T h i s j o u r n a l makes no c la ims to

infa l l ib i l i ty . W e have been in the

p r i n t i n g business for fifteen years ,

and n e v e r y e t have pub l i shed a PER

FECT sheet, and neve r e x p e c t so t o

do. I n fact , we h a v e ' n e v e r ye t seen

such a paper . T h e r e may be perfect

LAWYERS; bu t again we m a y say, we

never ye t have seen one . However ,

we shall cont inue to publish the news,

"wi th malice toward nonn and char i ty

for a l l , " regardless of w h a t a t to rneys

a re represent ing which clients.

I n conclus ion: These co lumns will

con t inue to be open to criticism a t all

t imes wi thout money o r pr ice ; bu t we

have a r i gh t to expec t a n d . shal l in-

sist tha t they he wri t ten in a courte-

ous m a n n e r . I n k is a bel ter mater ia l

t h a n gal l .

T H A T ABDUCTION A R T I C L E .

Tho discour teous communica t ion

f igned J . M. M., and published else-

w h e r e in this paper , is ha rd ly such as

would be expected from such a source.

T h a t it is allowed to a p p e a r in p r in t

is only a f resh i l lustrat ion of the long

suf fe r ing na tu re of the press. T h e ed-

itor of the LEDUKR was the writer of

t he ar t ic le compla ined o f ; and he de-

nies absolutely t h a t t h e r e was any

purpoau to ' 'poison the pub l ic m i nd , "

or tha t there is any evidence of such

purpose. J . M. M is a t to rney for the

defense iu the case of the People vs.

J o h n 1) iznng, which fact will m a k e

clear to the reader the an imus of the

a t torney ' s art icle in th i s issue.

\V• • have not the honor of the ac-

PCGILISM, relic of b a r b a r i s m , has

received its dea th blow. Pres ident

Cleveland has sinned the bill , mak ing

pr ize-f ight ing a f e lony in all p a r t s of

t h e Uni ted Sta tes . T h e pen is might-

ier than a pugil ist 's a r m . » • *

ITAI» the ca thode rays been discov-

ered in Qt tdk ' id ' s t ime , t h a t states-

man might have been l iving today , in

s tead of hav ing b«en the victim of

" h i g h c lass" su rgeons .

W e doubt if r ivals in a n y o the r

business a re so swif t to lend a he lp ing

hand in t ime of t roub le as those iu

the pub l i sh ing business W h e n the

Det ro i t J o u r n a l i.ffice was wrecked

b y an explosion, the F r e e Press facil-

ities were immedia te ly t endered and

the J o u r n a l was issued on t ime to re-

cord its own mis fo r tune . Monday

m o r n i n g the D e m o c r a t a t G r a n d

R a p i d s was bu rned out . T h e H e r a l d

immedia te ly offered the use of its

e q u i p m e n t and the D e m o c r a t m a d e

its appea rance as usual , only a l i t t le

l a t e ; and is now be ing issued f r o m

the Press office, t h a t be ing an even -

ing paper confl ic t ing less with work

on the m o r n i n g D e m o c r a t . These

a rc evidences t ha t newspaper men a re

not the h a r d hear ted c r e a t u r e s t h e j '

may a t t imes appea r .

» » *

T H E po l i ce of P a r i s h a v e j u c k e d

ii]) on t h e s t r e e t s of t h a t c i t y a p o o -

d le d o g , d r e s s e d iu a n e l e g a n t c o a t ,

in t h e p o c k e t of w h i c h w a s a d a i n t y

lace h a n d k e r c h i e f o r n a m e n t e d w i t h

a m o n o g r a m . O n t h e d e a r l i i t l e

w c a t u r c ' s n e c k w a s a c o l l a r s p a r k -

l i n g w i t h r u b i e s , a t t a c h e d t o w h i c h

was a g o l d l o c k e t g l o a m i n g w i t h

d i a m o n d s . T h e d e v i l h a s a m o r t -

g a g e on t h e p u t t y - f a c e d f o o l s w h o

t h u s was t e g o o d m o n e y ou a m i s e r -

a b l e d o g . w h i l e w i t h i n b e a r i n g d i s -

t ance , s t a r v i n g w o m e n a n d i n n o c e n t

babes are g r o a n i n g o n t t h e i r l i v e s

f o r w a n t of a c r u s t . S t . P e t e r , o ld

b o y , g ive t h e s e d r i v e l i n g i d i o t s

abou t n ine ty d a y s in h a d e s .

S o u t h B o s t o n .

Ten degrees below zero this morn-ing. W o n d e r how the poach buds

s tand it?

The Dramat i c c lub played " L i t t l e D o t " to a large audience at S a r a n a c last Sa tu rday tdgh t .

Visitors f rom S o u t h Boston to the round-up ins t i tu t e in G r a n d R a p i d s were: J . J . Hi l l and wife, S. E. B e -vier and wife, E . W. Engl i sh and wife, E. E . C h u r c h and wife. H . 8 . Young , R - W . Y o u n g , Lev i F l e t c h e r and J u d e F le tcher .

T h e Dramat ic c l u b will play " L i t t l e D o t " a t Scovil 's hal l , Olarksvi l le , n e x t Tuesday evening.

F . A . O ' H a r r o w and wife were called to Alto Monday , F e b 17, to a t tend t h e f u n e r a l of his sister , Mrs. M. I>. Reming ton .

Mrs. Rober t V i o k e r y was called to Leonidas b y t h e sickness of h e r d a u g h t e r , Mrs. F a n n i e T u c k e r .

E l d e r Mylne will hold even ing meet ings p a r t o f t he present week in the Congregat ional c h u r c h .

A b o u t twen ty y o u n g people h a v e joined the South Boston g r a n g e t h i s winter .

Repor ted t h a t C. H . F a r n h a m bats sold his f a rm to George P l u m m e r . Cons ide ra t ion , 81,500.

P a r u f l t .

Willie l^nrphv, who wss so sick at Bt. Mary's hwpital, Is home nguln.

RJV. Fr Oum'ey, who has attended 8t. Pntrl k's church for the past twelve yjeara, ha* been removed to Caseade. Rev, Fr. Hyrnti of CasoacJj will tuj} ) bis place ln. (iruttan.

Muirglu Mulllfin of Qr.ind Unplds ls vis Itlnit ber parents, .Jphn Mulligan and wife.

Uttlo Kriuklo Roach was b^rlid Sunday In SI INtrlcV* cemetery Biinduy. lie was H sntr-jrer for saveral weeks with cancer of the stoniiicb

Miss Anna Hurley, who hai bet-n vlsltinR her parents for a eounle ot week®, ha» re turnud to Grand K ipids.

Pat Many-I'd family aro all under the doctor's care.

There wll bo a dunce In Alton Thursdiy night

R. D. S tock ing ' s low pr ice sa le of all k inds s ewing machines is still ou.

G e n u i n e C<Ai|Vbia r iver salmun a t B e r l i n ' s for l O c B ^ p e r pound .

P e a c h Hi l l Grove .

We arc linving a young blizzard this

Wednesday morning.

Eddie (.'oilfield of Orleans viaitcd at J . N.

Hubltcl's this week.

C. Hendendiotl and wife were pleasant ly

snrprised by a uuinhor of their fi iends labt

Wednesday evening.

Our school is going to take part in the

sptliint: contest of Ionia county SCIIOOIH. Several are having very hard colds in

ibis part.

F o u r pNui ds soda, for is.

Buy coal the rise.

M. M. Wood.of Grand RapidH spent Sun-

day in Ada. Mrs. F. H. Mnndell is visiting at Fowlen

Mich. Frank Hradfield will return to Harbor

Siiritiiis the ilrst pait of next wee!.

F o l l n s s b u r g .

Hjoth vlstied Uulce Fletcher last

crackers , b u t t e r or a t Berg in ' s .

eshrook now before

W e s t Lowell.

Mewl aiiies Blair, Da loom, Peters, Mac-

Intyre, Nathan Blair and Gristwood vis* ited the Ladirs' Aid society held at the

home «f Mrs, John Lias.

A. Rolf and Mr, Maclntyre are on the

sick list. We hope to see them out soon

Last Tuesday a number of the friends of Mrs II, Kasterbrook met at her home to

celebrate her birthday. Before dinner was

served M r. and M rs Easterhrook were pre-

sented with two very nice rockers from friends, after which a Imnoiiful dinner was

served and all enpyed a sociable time

The friends returned to their homes feeling sure it was good to be there.

Ada ww k.

Mis. Lcroy bsylea has been sick some t mo.

Mrs Ira Pottrutl'and children b*vo all b«n sick thv past week.

Mrs. M. C. Utuiiy visited Mrs. Jolfn Wrlgl.t last Widntcday.

chct Parrott, wife tod daughter Tisltea at William Ikxforu'o from Saturday uulll Holi-day,

Mrs. Pete Butung spent Monday with Mrs. M. BoEung who li> tick.

(juttu a number of young people vlslud ai the Rev. Mr, Armsirong'a last Krid.-y ulght.

Dr. W sio ol Grand R<nlds preacued at the a 'l\iK)l house Sunday evoulng to a full hous>..

There was a large crowd at .1. Linn's ia.-t Friday ulght to dance.

M. O. Denny ai.d wife spent Saturday ami SunUay ai Frank Sherrarct1'.

Mrs. Kozong's slsu;!- who has been Tlslllng hcrtoi mice weeks, weal biauo to WeBphalm Monday.

Ihe Uott boys and VV|l|lam Rexford arc sawing lumb r for Mr. Falrchilds In J. Lyons' woods.

Mis I) Anderson Is very poorly agnln. Mrs, Richardson went U> Lake Odessa lati

Saturdty to visit her son, Funk. E- K. Miihr, president of the Sunday school

Assoelation, will speak here next Sutid^.v. Fe)i. ${, at 11 a. m . 2 p. m. and 7 p. m. Ai Invl ed.

There will be a Bible reading ai. Wcsb) Failaas' Saturday evening, Feb JIS. All ii, vited,

1 BUCKLEY'S ARNICA SALVE.

TH* BKST SAI.va In thu wor-d for tui> I Hriises, Sores, Ulceis, Salt Rheum, Fevii

Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chl.dblaltih j Corns, and all Skin Eruptioiis, and posltlvel.. j cures Pllt'S, or no pay required. Il is guaran I eed to givn perfect saUstactlon or money rc

funded. Price 25 cents p.r Dox. FOR SALE BY UUNTKR & SON. |7t

T A K E N O T I C L A special session of the Board of Supervis-

ors <>! loula county, Michigan, will be held u the Court Uous- In the City of Ionia ou the Twenty Fourth day of February, I8SK5, i t 1 o'clock, P. M , for the purpose of cotihltlerlnp a petition from the village of Lowe 1, Kem county, Mich., asking permission from san board to construct a dam iu Flat river in

Mrs. C. Mnclntvre has lieen quite sick j Swtion 6, in the towm-hip of Keene, lonl. for a week past but is better nt tins writ-

ing. Floyd Stinlon, son of Kd Stiuton, fell and

broke his arm last Friday. .1. J . Fin Icy of ( asende and S. W. Grist-

wood nnd wife attended a Bible study at

the home ol Lizzie Rolf of Lowell last Fri-

day evening. / Preaching by .T.J, Finley at West Lowell

school house next Lord's day at 3 p. nt.

Sunday school at 2 p. m.

F i u d l a y ' s fe l t s 40ct9. a n d 50cts. pe r pair .

nil s y r u p 70cis. a t

B e

T w o g a l k y i n a i l sy ergin 's .

R i v e r R o a d .

The many friends of Mrs. Charles But-trick will be grieved to hear of her critical

condition, caused by a cancer over her

right eye. She had sinking spells Thurs-day and Saturday from which she does not

rally and regain full consciousness. She is

with her daughter, Mrs. Headley^n Ada.

A, J . White, foreman of the Kushire fruit farm at Ionia, was a guest of his

friend, Frank Waunsch, Friday of last

week. Fred Simpson and wife of Ada visited S.

Waunsch and family lart Wednesduy,

John Slllaway and wife of Ada visited S-

Waunsch and family last Wednesday. Mim l : Murlin enu-rulowd h^r friend Mrs.

Louis Denny nnd sun, Leo, of Grind ItapiQs lait Sunday,

XI r. AlthauB and family attended Swiss services at Alton Sunday evening.

Mrs. F. N. White vlsHed at L. A. Cartel's

THE New Y o r k M e r c u r y h u r r a h s I Moorman and child of Greenville

for W h i t n e y and Mathews fo r candi- are. ouylng this we.k with her tlster, Mrs.

dales on the p res iden t ia l t i c k e i ; a n d F r ' 5 d Cilger. , , , n * . . . , ' . . , w v ' Don Miller and sister, JennD, of Grand

th inks they could be elected. M a y b e ; R a p j d t v l i l U j d a t Chl lUIJ(M.v Townsend'a 4uat

but would it h e l p anybody besides the | Friday.

g e n t l e m e n named and t h e rest of t he [ C. F n w and family moved lost Monday

politician* who hold office unde r them? j1 0 A l c ^ > ; ^ f o rac_r b o n , e -

W o u l d t i e people f a r e a n y b e l t e r ( P i n g r e e ' s "FacUt and Opin ions" f r ee

t h a n now? T h a t ' s t he poin t upon with new y e a r l y subecr ipt ions to t h e

which we a re skept ical . '

F o x C o r n e r s .

John Selover visited his son in Kalama»

zoo recently. Mrs. Eugene Lee entertained her friend,

Blanche Ernst, last week.

M. J . Maatenbrook is on the sick list.

W. Long and wife visited with friends in

Belding the first of the week.

C. S. Lee and son, Fred, of Campbell

were dinner gnests at Eugene Lee's Satur-day.

Ii. J . and Eugene Lee arc pnting up ice this week.

The Misses Ernst of Down the River,

with Anna Gibson spent Sunday with Miss

Daisy Brown,

Mrs. L. J . L-e spent a few days last w c k

with friends in Ada township.

Bert Fox, D. Kri:m and Bert Sweet are

drawing ties near Cook Corners.

Mrs. M. J . King is spending a few weeks

in Campbell the guest of her daughter, Mrs,

Will Barker. W. H. Fox and wife of Lowell spent

Sunday with his parents, P. W. F«ix and

wile. L. J . Robinson and Mrs. H. Eplev spent

Tuesday with William Misner and wife.

Mrs Jane Wesbrook, who has been

spending a few weeks with her parenla, Waller Ililer and wife, returned to her

home at Grattan Center Tuesday.

Fugene I.ee and wife entertained about twenty of their friends last Friday evening.

Progressive pedro and a general good

time is the report of all. Bert Pox had the misfortune to lose one

of his horses recently.

county, Mu-hlgnB, for the purpose of supply-ing power to operate an electric light ami power pi >ut in said Village of Lo'vell. it It pro) osed to constauct said dam of timber, •tone, e^rlh, brush, or gravel or auy or ai of them and of a height not U) exceed tilteei feet Tu be sub-taniially eo atructed. anc w lib or without lock, or shutu, or apron ac said Board of Supervisors of Ionia Co. may detenalne. The petitioners asld Vlllag i o Lowell further repiesenta that all the land-ou either side of Flat river to be eiftctedbi

| the construction of aald dam d r the oveiflov I or darning of the waters of aald Flat river ai

owned by tae petitioners. This notice Is b accordani-a with act N.». 129 of ihe Pub ic Acta of 1873 being section 494 of How. ll b .Annotated Matulcs of tho fitati of Mic igat .

W. BintMKtT, i i . BEKGIN, Village Clerk. Village President.

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b y H A Z E N S . P 1 N G R E E , M A Y O R O F D E T R O I T .

For bale at the L E D G E R Office at 25c.

Business Directory. J. HARRISON RICKEKT.

dentist. Over Church's bank, Lowell.

8. P. HICKS, Loans, Collections, Real Estate and Insur-

ance. Lowell, Mich.

O.C. McDANNEL, M. D , Physician ana Surgeon, office, 46 Bridge

street, Lowell, Mich.

M.C.GREEN, M. D.

physician and Surgeon. Office at Residence Bridge street, Lowell, Mich

G. G. TOWSLEY, M. D., Physician acd Surgeon, Office boars, 10 am

to B pm. and 7 to 8 pm.

P o t a t o e s

C h e a p ?

T h e y a r e , t h a t ' s a f a c t b u t s o

a r e ray

J . M.GOODSPEED, M.D. Office and Residence on Hudson street. Office

hours from b to 10 a. m , 2 to 4 p. m. and 7 to 8 p. m , Sunday, 2 t " » p « .

We Are Still Doing business at

Old Stand!

L O W P R I C E S A N D A N o . 1

FARMERS HMTKL, Lowell, jjllcb., G. F. i^toe. Prop. Rates $1.00

per day, 13.50 per week Good meals and clean beds.

GROCERIES. C a l l a n d s e e w h a t a n

o u t f i t j u s t o n e o f t h o s e

" c h e a p " s i l v e r d o l l a r s

w i l l b u y .

M c ' C A R T Y ,

MILTON M. PERKY,

Attorney and Counselor at Law. Train's Hall Block, Lowell, Mich, special attention given to Collections, Convr-yanclng. and Sale of Real Estate,

Has also qualiffed and been admitted to prac-tice in Ihe Interior Di-partmeni and all the bureaus thereto ai d is re-Jy to prosccnte Claims for th..s«- u, \ cntnl. u tu Feeslon Bounty.

MAINS & MAINS, Attorneys at Law,

Lowell and Lahe Odessa Mich. We Respectfully Solicit Your

Business.

( M a Al l t h e Y e a r R o u n d — W e In-

vi te You to C o m e a n d E x a m i n e

O u r Stock.

< »iir groceries are seasonable, Prices always reiisotiable, Don't be aim id We want your trade, And with all our might

e'll do what is right— To get it

ml to keep it.

You;n lor i itsiness on the square,

c . B E R O I I ; ,

L o w e l l , - • - Mich .

F O R F I R E

INSURANCE OAXJX. O H ;

F. D. E D D Y & CO

Office of T o w n Clerk .

F. F. CRAFr, G E N E R A L

D i t c h i n g , T i l e

D r a i n a g e

T \ ' , S V . .

and

Ada.

Mrs. Paulina Butrick is no let ter at pres-

ent writing. Mrs. E. B. Clements and daughter,

Sophia, are on the sick list. Fred Headley has ^ tu rned to St. Mark's

hospital to undergo another oiieration.

Fred Crampton and wife, who have lived

in Grand Itapids the past three months, have moved back onto their farm in Ada

l " * n , , | , i p ' . , . . . p . , C o n t r a c t o r . O r d e r s , b y m a i l j B ^ ^ M The dunce at the rink last r n d a y niyhl i • x xi. J ' Dositi:.

wao not very well attended. glVCU p r o m p t a t t e n t i o n , a i l d

Little Jimmie Burt has been sick for the s a t i s f a c t o r y WOrk ^ U : i r a n t e e d . |

past week. P u b l i c p a t r o n a g e r e s p e c t f u l l y E B. Clements returned Satnrday from g o l i c i t e d . L O W E L L , M l C U 1

Ann Arbor where he has been attend.ng j

the insurance convention and visiting rela-

tives. Misses Lizzie and Keltic Xuiracon made

a flying trip to (irand Kapids Tuesday.

Vesta Washburn is on the sick list,

Sidney Bradfleld of Grand Rapids made j

a business trip to Ada Tuesday. Mike Corcoran of Ionia visited hit; reh.-

tives in this place one day last week. Lucia /^urt was home over •Sm-d ty and

atteiided the dance.

E ; ) ' • P I A N O S

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A L L E N G R A Y ; — on,—

TiijMys'.cjtftef'sFoM

Belnff a Few Romantic Ohaptera ProLi tho Lifo of a Country

Editor.

t Y JOHN n. Musrcit, Aurnon OF "WAI.TEU DUOWNFIRLD," "IIP.LBN

LAKEMAN," "BANtCEll OP IJEUroiin,"' ^ AKD Oiucit STORIES,

Jpopvr.'ff.v.-j, MM, 6y f/ir A. A, Killojg Xnet-p'ip:r Company.] t^rouchcd in the i.lmilow ot tho well bo

was again thri'led u!. sight of that angelic being who had nocmod to bccomi- a pan of himself. Bcnl i rpened the gate, atul, drawing the silk sliawl about borshouIdei-R,

•paiwcddoivi! the i .1 turupil-.u liiiiumiiig a j plaintive air. Her head wns tuicovcrcd, ami, I her wealth of golden i.uir hungli>o-,ely about I her shoulders, was uiado tho sport of the ' brco^o.

"Whorc is she going?'' lie asi^d himwlf. ' Slowly ho ror.e. followi:i;r her. He ootikl not give any rcuson for bi,scour."e. savo thai he was impelled by EOI;:O inward inpu'- c.

Hud he conquered his heart I Cortainlv not for now that ho was near her ayuin 1 thote same aliiuige wild emotions which had:HO completoiy takon po8r.o!»sion of him bofovowero all revived W:fii tea-fold power,

humming tho plaint ivo French air, Avntideri'd dowu the'old iong-deHevted ;

until liheeamc ty the paiIt which led spring. Following, Al.en roou saw ' ed upon the old •.•usi ic seat. Uohind 1

Qtnre Btone, wliich t:gcn i go hail . tumb.dd down lior.t Cio bluff above, he stood and gazou at tho iovely ereutiii-cwho seemed to bo a dimmest limited drynd, that had stolen away for a low momotits to bur native huiihiK.

This wns isti opportunity not to l;r ncgleet-od, fioinothiug scutud to v.hh p j r in bis car, and he felt i.t the wur.c time a wild, almost iri-esistib.c, desire to rush from hie couccalment. cast himself at her foot, and i vow that he would never ri» e until his love 1

was re'.uraed. He waited long enough to get full control over his fet'Ungs, when ho went boldly forward to her side.

Sue rpso with a little exekmation of sur-prise, and said:

" 3tr. Gray, are you beret 1 had almost lost hope of ever seeing you again."

" Did you wish to soc tao!" he asked. | " I did. I wish to thank you for your

noble ac t - fo t KO kindly obeying my re-. quest."

14 Say nothing about it. Il was a simple service I rendered you, uud one which should be forgoUeu."

M Yet oao I will nover forget. Mr Cray. .

I would bo nnpr.itoful indeed were I to for-get that, at my request and for mo, you risked your llto.''

• 'Have you any objections to mo sitting I h e w at your side;" said Alien.

" None whatever. There is no other peat, ; ond vou must have become weary climbing the hill."

" How is the little boy?'" he asked, sitting j himself at her side.

*' He is wolL" ,4 Does he like to stay thoro?"' ,4 Ho can bo happy nowhere else." For several momenta Alien sat thinking

that ho was fully repaid for all he hud en-dured oa that journey.

" Wus I pursued 1" ho at last asked. "No, sir, you were not." "I—I thoaght I was, aad yet there was no

direct proof of i t " " Every precaution was t-ilcen "o prevent

pursuit, and every precaution taken in ease you were pursued: bn^thanks t o Providence, our prccauiiou.i ia that direction were uc- . necessary." |

" How did ho learn of my return (" " I do not kuow, Mr. Allen but let u.; no*

talk any more of that. Grateful hearts • will ever bold you in sacred remembr.ii.ee j for your noble sclf-sm rilicing actions. I ^ can not. thank you enough. 1 we ll I could l repay the debt of gratitude I owe to you."

" I would rather you would not mention | i t "

" I will not. 1 hen. You want to go away I from Turley s Point?"

"Howdidyoa learn that!"' "1 judge so f r - a your editorials, nnd I |

have seen your p-ess ami matcriul adver- , Used for sale in ot l r r papers."

"You have righ. 'y guessed my motive," ! said Allen, sadly. "Ti rlcy's Point has been a dieoppoinUnciit to u o and the business a sad failure.'•

With a sign she answered: "Turley s Point has been a great disap-

pointtficnt Lo more than youn-olf It hi.s been tho rock ou wliich my bark cf hopes | went down. '

"XVhat do you moan?" Allen asked, gazing j Wondoringly into, the sweet beautiful face. •'You, who have scarce been in the village, how has it wvce'tod your hopes?"

"By Turley s Point 1 iucludo the house on the hill, and there some of the dwhcsl days ef my lifo huvo boon spent, I have formed no acquciataucos here i.-.vo yours, a"d from the first time i met you 1 foil thiJyou were a brother. A real brolher coaid not have been kinder than you have b en. and for yon - noble conduct 1 shall never cease to be tiianlrful."

For a few moments Allen's emotions got the hotter of turn." At hist, roganing in part hi"- solf-eoatrol, he dotermined to dare all and know tho woraL, and in a voice of forced calmner.s sr. id;

" I wish I could Oo more than a brother to you."

"No. no, do not mention t h a t " she said, her faco very pale, yet aho was no: cicitcd. " I did cot. come here expecting to meet you," she went on. " b u t since by chance we have m e t , ! a n glad of it. \ our faith in myself hut convhiced me that vou arc superior to others. Dut, while 1 admiixs you, I can never be mora than a friend, a very dear friend, a sister If you will, but. uothing awro."

"Oh, Bertha-Berthnl in Heaven's name don't drive tae mad?" hrt groaned, in the bit-terest agony. " Don't yoa know that I love you?"

" 1 have f r l rcd i t " she enswored. "Feared i:?" "Yes , leai-ed it froin the very first." "TV'hy need vcu fear boacst love? Oh,

Borthi, iJ 'iMiii, do not drive MO away in utter despuir. 1 have tried to forget you; bat I cu«i not. If yom'-qbol 1. vc - ;e now, give urn some hope, say ' ii-.i you will love uic In the fat-.ifti •!("' imcomo n y wife."

" Oh.Ho'iven.thal can never be 1" she went violent Iv, vvringiujr her bauds.

••11 cam it s.iti.l be," eri -d the frenzied Alloa,, seLlag cno fair plump hand aud rais-ing i t to his Ups.

••You know not what you pay, 1 nm al-rp/v.'v mnr i a l . "

Ho dropped tho hand and stugjered as ii be had received a blow.

••Kow you deHpiso^me. don't you! ' sftlfl tho pill© boautifui womr.n. in - v f M «ail lien it fc 1 HLve. fum-.-.d w. .1 -a U;» ear.

•• K->, no. I can t say tl .t*. 1" Alien l o a n e d , 14 How could 1 hav» boon so dceclvcd f "

"Doyou forglv • n e ? " "Yes . yes. lor l icavea knows it has not

been your fault 1" v l will ever be a sister t > yoa. ."Ir. Gray,

nnd ai» you saved the liK! of my Utile brother At the r i ik of your owu, I shad cvor bold

you m grateful Pememoranctv J.IKU cr.u "lupufled,Allen stood leaning again at a tree, gazing at her and half believing that It was all a dream. At last ho said:

" V.'ho is your haaliaii J l That dark whls-Kered iaa:i;"

M:e nodded her head in uu.iwer. H'.ie wus Weeping softly,' llo.icot! Hi hrr hnnhimW Ho waa more Ihatl twice iu old as she, and there was uotliiug congenial lu their natures,

Hho rose to go, hut, putting out ono hand, he gently touched her arm, and 1II a voice of stony calnincsa said:

"Ko, no, madaifto, do not go yet; It, is time that 1 should have an explanation. 1 have been bulTeltod about by the varying winds of fortune, till I have grown weary, ef it: let me know tho whole truth all of this mystery, and if I have any honor lu my soul. 1 will keep your secre t"

Site was weeping softly. " Do you blame me?" she asked again. "No; you have perhaps never given me

any cau«e to believe you wore single, savo when you called yourself Bcrtlui Collins. I supposed that you were Mjss Collins.

" My Ilnglishiiamo is Collins, the French In Collieur, or De Collleur. My lifo has been such u sad one that I do not know as it would interest you. However, as you have befriended me, if you Insist on knowing all, you shall."

Allen was seemingly as calm now ns it he had beeu In his othV'e tiausactuig some

p t & S W L I I ft V A

7 f t ) / U / v ' K V

"no Ton lILAilK ME I"

ordinary busmc?s. His face m'Tht have shown s(!me faitil signs cf the agony that was torturin;; his soul, but could not have conveyed any thing like an ailequato reprc-sentatlou of the sufferings he was endur-ing.

He calmly bade her sit down, and re-took his place at her side.

" Mrs. Collms, regard me as your brother,"' he with an clT.irl s aid—"as a brother very far awry—one whom you will perhaps never see again, but one who will never blot your Image from his memory. This has. Indeed, | beeu a sad romance. !«ut it ir. almost over, j The eurtaiu will soon deseen.l bet ween my-self aud hope forever, bat before it falls on tliu final apt I want the key to this sad drama. Tliat mysterious stoae House on the hill has been a puzzlo to Tr.rley's Point for yeara. What ia iu il ? Is it u prison-house for people, a home for the insane, or a place whereia the tends asr.eniblo for Incanta-tions aud unlawful rites; •'

" It is ail," •ihe answered, her faco deathly white.

'• Tell me all about it " " 1 will," said the pretty creature, with u

deep-dr.iwn sigh. "Colonel Colli i he i;i blown among his few English aeouauit-ai.ees. inht .v.ed th:- stoac house oa the bill from his father, who built il a great many years ago. When first crected" it was in-tended to be the heme of the old monsieur, b ;i his wife would not live ia it. My mother :-r.a n French woman and my father an En-' l i shnan. There were but ' r - e children in our fami'y. abro ''TJ.'-V. • ...» older than myself and the little Itoy whom you rnmem-bur talring to Mile. Camllle in Frenclito;vn Three years ago my father was a";ivo, and we were a lunpy. prosperous, family. Colo-nel Collins, who had been living alternately in France aud America, a sort of an ad-venturous life, cametoour house iu Day-ton, O.. whore father was a t the time known as one el the wealthiest meivhants In the city. 1 felt a peculiar distrust of the man from the first moment I saw him but father nnd mother, on the contrary, seemed fasci-nated with him.

" My mother, like myself, felt an insrinft-Ive repugnance toward her country man. He so ingratiated himself into the good graces of tay father that somehow—1 never knew in a few weeks he had complete con-trol over his business affairs. My poor brother, falling into ihe. nareH set for him, was led to the gaming table, which brought about, among other sins, forgeries that in a few months ruined our family. I can not enter into the full details and horror of the few months that followed.

" Te add to t hem. no sooner had Colonel Collins gained complete control over the destinies of every member of our family, than my father and only protector, died. Before Lis death Colonel Collins proposed matrimony to me. and, knowing that we could not live happily together, I refused his offer.

••With mother and mv little afflicted brother 1 left our home in Dayton, and come West to my aunt Mile. Camille. in Frenchtown. We were very proud, and re-solved to keep our degrading misfortunes to ourselves. My older brother remained behind, hoping to save someting for us out of the wreck of ouronce handsome fortune, though mother and 1 had n our own names properly, tho hicomo of which would bo ampieforour wants. We little dreamed that in eomiti g to Frenchtown wo were Hear-ing tho readezvoa of tho man whom wo dreaded above all others. Aunt Luciie was glad to receive us. and offered us a homo with herseif as long as wo would accept i t 1 intended teaching music, or securing a position a-, a governess, and we thought wo could once more bo happy. My little deaf brother never seemed so happy as he was with my aun t who doted on him.

"One night t.lcre tratne a knock at the door, and my brother, wild-eyed and hag-gard, was admi'.ted. He had only time to t.;:plni!i that he was e'mrrred with forging a check on Colonel Collins end was now fly-ing from tho vongeance of the law. when the door opened and Colonel Collins him-sclf catered. Tortured by fears and har-rassed b.v a man who was ccarce less than a demon, my poor brotho'* was seized with couvuLsions. aad for days his lifo was tie .paired ef. Colonel Collins Informed me that unless I became his wife mv brother, regardless of condition. shoulJ be dragged to prison. This would kill both him and my mother, and frighteucd. horrified and nn-» uf-.-ious cf the awful step 1 was taking without consulting any one, I consented. I dared not appeal to an officer to protect me from this man: for, believing my brother t i bo a crhaiiiol. oflle, -s of the law were men most TO bo diva . J.

••1 have but a faiut recollection of my marriage just as if il was u frightful dream. \.'hen I came to realize that 1 was hia—almo. t soul uad body—1 rcwived that 1 would make b i n as g.;,-d a wife as 1 could without loving Lim, ami determined to pro-teet my family, l i e had us secretly c-iivcvcd to t i c stone bouse ou the hill-

Thorc we have lived, ho hoKiing us a eon-stant uiemtcu over mo tho dost ruction of my mother uu.l lu suite brother, who aro Inmates of I hut house. While 1 do iiot love my hus-buad, and was forced luto marriage with him, yet as Ond Is my witness I have made him uo good a wife as ho would let mo, and I shall liyo imd die loyal to my marriago vows. l ie wanted mother imd I to assign over to him thu property we hold in our own naulOs, but this we refused to do, detcr-mitied to oavo It for my ufJietod brolhern. Ho Hew into such a ragi* at our diolKxiience that wo feared he would do my little dumb brother iu>me harm, oraeud him awav where wo shor.M in ver see him again, it was tnen that I, for that child's sake, dared make the visit to you aud enlist your sympathies In him, as yeu ivmember. You may think it unwomanly, imniwlcr.t, but if you could ro-uliro wiiat was ut stake you would overlook the i-uprudoneo of the act. At my aunt's the little boy was lauong loving friends, while ut the old stone house ou the hill he was not only miserablo but In constant danger of being taken away from ua,where we should never neo him ugaiii."

"Mrs. Collins, your coiuluct on th-1 occa-sion is quite praiseworthy, instead of merit-ing censure.'' assure.l Allen, "but why do you live with such u monster? Tho law will give you u divorce."

-1 am a Catholic." she answered, "and neither does my religion ormycouscl nee a-r rovo of divorces. No, uir, my little bn.;her is safe from hia pantecuMons. my insane brother can not live long and mother and I will endure rough usage midimpricon-ment until death shall release us from bon-dage. She will nd. leave me, for she thinks my burden would be djublcd if she wus not l a w to i.lmro it. I i.;i .;cd. alt hough under duress, to live with him until death do us part, and 1 wi;l keep that promise."

Al.en's I cad war. bowed upon his hand. At la .t, with a t roubled mgh, he asked!

"What is hb motive for ihis strange con-duct. Is he au outlaw, as has been charged

-Xo. sir; he is a strange man. law-abitling in the e'.itnraou aceep'a'. n of the term, but solf-wiiled, c. uaitig atal uurcn.pulous in tho mvomplishmcat «.f h.s dc.::;;as. In hia cold, Heiii. ii v.-ay h j I ives mo, but his is a love to blight, rather than ble is. Hia extravagance has frequciiliy iKX'ur.i.irlyembarrassed him, uud it is ut such times tliut ho docs iMt scrupio ut any meaus to try to force from moth-r and I our property."

"What, aro these i,-range sights and sounds seen aud heard ut the stone house on the hill?'

"No doubt tho reports of them have beeu greatly m'agn.iied by persons believing the place haunted. Tho lights are made by a peculiar magio lontor j wi;h which myin-£aae brother some times amuses himself. His shriek t mid Ir.uglner, which bus driven so many horror-sir c'.wn away, are but tho ravings of amatl-man. You know all, Mr, Gray." she said, risaig. "It is not proper that 1 remain longer. Ilegrets that we had not met sooner aro useless—It is useless for us to th.nlc of each other atull. Allow mo t o thank you for daring what you did. Tly hm.bar.d was very aagry at you for thwarting him, ind he would have killed you ut that time if ho could."

"Did be abuse you for it?" "Not more lhau ho has on other occa-

sions." ••Wns ho jealous." ••0. ..o, ho kaew that my motive was

only to thwart him, and rave my unfortunate littio brother Ciaudc. Now, farewell I I go Lack to my mot h r nnd duly! God approves this sacruce. I am sorry that 1 am forced to complain of my husband, and this story told for tho first time shall never be re-peated. I ahull remember you m my pray-ers—but—but -WJ mast nover see each other again- farewell."

She sobbed bitterly. Allen took her and, ivve.cj t ly loach '.1 il to his lips, and, m.LIo to niter a word, wheeled about and fi the scene.

("TO BE CONTTNT' D.l

Rheumatic & t i r &

Is Ihe only posi ve Cure known fo the Medical Profession for Ihe Cure of Acute and Chronic Rheumatism, Gout, Lumbago. Sciatica, Neuralgia, Ovarian Neuralgia. Dismenorrhaa. Psoriasis, Scrofula, Liver and Kidney Diseases. A positive Cure effected in from 6 to 18 days.

K . I I S A L E B V I I U N T R K A SOX.

[ ) E T R O I T Nev. 24, 1805. LANSING & NORTHERN R.R.

CHAPTER L {HE s teady re in

o f t h e f a l l a f t e rnoon had ob l i t e ra ted the moun ta in s and sunk t h e trail , a t bes t narrow a n d dangerous . Into t h e bed of a n e r r a t i c brook. D o w n t h i s C r a i g O l i v e r ' s fine m a r e * slipped h o p e l e s s l y , whi le his shep-b e r d d o g . a mass of discon-

sola te wetness , t ro t t ed sul lenly behind, his nose close to the. horse ' s heels. Oliver's corduroys were soaking , from his k imbrcro a s t ream of w a t e r dripped down his back, and t h e d u m p carcass of a de func t ante lope s w u n g to his sad-dle became painful ly odori ferous . T h a t very ante lope had lured him to the top of Sisty's peak and had t a k e n revenge for the fine shot which hud b rough t i ts demise.

Craig, na tu ra l ly hot- tompered and i m p a t i e n t swore audib ly He won-dered why a man should w a n t to go h u n t i n g in the Rockies; why. if he did. he could not loll when i t w a s going to rain—or did anybody ever know Col-o rado wea ther ; why. if a man knew enough to go t o the top of a peak, he could not find his way down? He hail no idea where he wns. and n i g h t was nea r a t hand ; nnder the aspens, t h a t slapped him merrily wi th w e t branches a s he passed, it was a l ready da rk .

Ho wondered where Dr. J o h n was. T h a t ass would inak» a jes t of t h e ma t t e r ; he was offensively personal in his jokes, l ie would no t th ink of go ing to look for a comrade—not he. t h e laziest m a n in the world. Why. then , shonhl Craig Oliver t a k e meat to Dr. . lohn. an te lope s teak he so favored, b rought f rom the s u m m i t of a cloud-

reaching peak? Vet t h a t invidious doubt of Dr. . lohn's! The re m u s t be evi-dence. or he would tell t he story of an imaginary an te lope and imaginary s h o t

I t grew darker—if possible, wet te r . The sodden an te lope flounced altout. and the dog whined dolefu l ly .

"Confound you, Mae," cried Oliver. "If yon arc bored, w h a t mus t 1 bfe? Do yon th ink I'm doing t h i s for pleasure? IJcsides, you can s h a k e the rain off

I your coat, and it Wiaks in to mine. If I stay outs ide to-night i t m e a n s rheun^a-

1 tism, sure. I 'll be t t h e doe tor is hud-

MIW. DE RKBTAUD AXD IIKR POO.

tiling over the fire now with t h a t infer-nal pipe of his, and Mike is c leaning his boots—the doctor ' s boots. I pay Mike, b u t h e c leans tho doctor ' s boots first, last, and all the time. Some men have a facul ty of imposit ion."

The more uncomfor tab le Oliver be-came, tho more he t h o u g h t of h is gues t snugly ensconced 111 his h u n t i n g cabin miles away on tho Troublesome—an un t ru s twor thy l i t t l e s t ream tha t meandered t h r o u g h the moun ta in park , i r r iga t ing the crops bount i fu l ly in . the spr ing, b u t of ten ann ih i l a t ing them in midsummer.

"He ' s t oas t ing h is thin s h a n k s a t ray hea r th , smoking my tobacco, order ing my se rvan t about , and he would leave me out here to perish. He knew it was going to ra in ; t h a t Is why he said he had the toothache. 1 swea r he hasn ' t one of hi.s own l e f t I believe it is g o u t a i ls him. And Mike hasn ' t sense enough to go out with a l i g h t Hal there ' s one!"

The t rees more widely sca t te red showed him a sudden g l immer of l i gh t across the murk below, like a fal len s t a r He urged the mare for-ward down a s teep hill, aud found f rom her quickened pace he was on a t raveled road. Then she shied and s topped, and he was close t o a shut gate . He d ismounted , opened it. and . mind fu l of ca t t l e , closed it a f t e r him. A f t e r a short walk he saw the dark-out l ines of buildings, a house wi th cor ra ls and barns ; f rom the las t came the savage ba rk ing of dogs and the clank of the i r s t r e t ch ing cha ins as they leaned from the i r kennels . Mac, in duty bound, set up a cha l leng ing up-roar , silenced only by his master ' s whip. From the l ighted windows Craig saw t h e house proper was bui l t of logs and raised considerably from the ground, w i th a wide veranda ap-proached by a long flight of steps. A door in the L t h a t was on a level with the ground suddenly opened and a man came out wi th a l a n t e r n - a n under-sized man, wi th a whi te face, deep-sunken black eyes, and a scrubby beard around his ch in of such a blue-black color t h a t h is face looked deathly pale.

" W h a t a sta»e's-prison mug!" Craig t hough t ; bu t he said, po l i t e l y "1 have lost my way "

"Wel l , t h i s is not i t ." said the man. holding his l an te rn rudely near Oliver s face

•'I do not need yon; assurance of t h a t , my civil f r iend; but if I if.svlted you with a b r ibe could you put up my b o r e and give me shel ter for the n igh t?"

" N o . " "Wes te rn hospi tal i ty is evident ly

ont of your l ine I fancy Now York or the a d j a c e n t islands are more to your t a s t e t 'mr i ranch in the moun-ta ins . I'erlmp-. yon could d i rec t me to Lord Morris ' shoot ing box; it 's on t^e Troublesome, abou t five miles from Parkvi l le I am a strai iTer here, as 1 only bought t h e lodge th i s spr ing "

" I don ' t know where i t is." "Ah! a s t r a n g e r too You own th is

place'.'" •»l don ' t see t h a t t h a t is your affair . ' "I might make it mine, if t he odds

were not a - T i n s t me," Oliver mut te red , t u r n i n g a r d l igh ten ing his saddle g i r ths . A door in the house suddenly opened, nnd in the flood of l ight stream-ing ou t Oliver saw a s l ight gir l ish fig-u re peer ing in to t h e darkness .

" W h a t is i t . Louis? Not M. de Res-t a u d ? Is—is he hur t?"

"Only a t r amp Go back in to t h e house." called the man, rude ly

A fa t l i t t le woman in a cap ran o n t seized t h e g i r l ' s a rm, and t r ied t o d r a g he r in the door; b u t t he young woman defended h e r r igh t s vigorously, and , f r e e i n g hersel f , ran down the steps.

"1 have entered a romance ." t h o u g h t Craig, advanc ing to t h e steps. " A f t e r t rave l ing in extremely beaten pa th s f o r for ty years. 1 have suddenly achieved an adven ture . " "1 have lost my way . " he said, l i f t i n g h is h a t " I am not a t r a m p a t all, bu t a ne ighbor —even a landed propr ie tor I did hope fo r shel ter , bu t 1 will only ask a direc-t ion—"

" l i n t I don ' t know any direclionR, sir . and I wouldn ' t t r u s t Louis'; he 'd l ike to get anyone in to t rouble. 1 am t h a n k f u l l y ignorant of th i s horrid coun-t ry ; I w a n t to be; I h a t e i t Rut yon must come in and g e t dry and have y o n r horse rubbed down. Wha t a lovely dogl"

The f a t woman, who had deseende i the s t eps unobserved, he re in tcrpgscd an objec t ion , c lu tch ing the gir l ' s a r m t igh t ly , and ta lk ing has t i ly in whis-pered French tha t sounded li ':e a pro-longed hiss, so grea*. w a s he r ag i ta t ion .

"Hush up. hag!" said the s ingu la r young woman, again f r ee ing herself . "And now do come in for a l i t t l e whi le ."

She w a s bareheaded, and wore some kind of a sleazy gmvn. As the ra in w a s speedily we t t i ng h r shoulders , Oliver u a s forced to go up under t h e roof of the veranda.

"You needn ' t be shocked." she w e n t on, merr i ly , " a t wha t 1 said to her: she does not know a word of English, and she ' s gone and won' t come any more. Half t he fnn 1 have is eaUingher n a m e s and say ing th ings t o he r she would so like t o know Louis, t a k e the gent le -m a n ' s horse and g ive her good care-None of your I r icks, for mons ieur m i g h t th i s once l ike to be f r iendly: yon never can tel l ; he and Lord Si or r i s were. Monsieur can be ag reeab le , oni te lovelv. to s t ranjrers . if he w a n t s

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WANTKOt—.Several trustworthy gen-tlemeii or Indies to travel in Michi-

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Teeth Extracted With-out Pain!

Uupids uml Uetrolt, se.its £> cents CHICAG ) WEST MICHIGAN RV.,

Trrtlns leav" rirmul Rnp'iU for t nlcago «;:•(» a. m , I r'.-j. p. n i , 11 ilU) p. in.

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No. 14 has parlor linfl'et car attachetl i irand Haven lo Detroit extra charge (2'. cental. No. IS has pallor car attache*!, ex-tra charge, (2o cents). No. 82 has sleeper to Detroit.

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Citv offi.'e lirst diM.r east of the King Milling Co. where tickets are on sale for all point- through and local.

Open 7 a. m, to 8 p. m. Sunday, 4 to o p. m. .INO W L o r i ) . BEN FLETCHER.

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Others mil. Vounrj men regain lost DaDhood; 014 mr.-a recover ycutliful viTor. Abiolctalr O a a r -i-iKerd t o Cure N>rvou»ae««. L n i t V l t a l l t y . Xropotencj-, Alithtty I nliklani. I .o*tPoweri pUher BOX, Follingr Slemorv, W D l « « rn«»«, and a't efect* of self atnui or exttsm an4 iiM-'CTftinn. Wrnta clttnfanlry and ronsumpttoo. Coat let druR's t Impowa wonhlr»aenb»tliui® on

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for established, reliable hou-e. Salary N 80 and exi>ense.s. >teady position. En-elose self add resse<l stamped envelope; Tho Dominion Company, Thiol Floor^ Omalm Uldg, Chicago, 111.

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mercies ," said Oliver, uneasi ly, a s he watched roan and horse f r o m t h e porch. ••Somehow I have no t over-mtudi confidence in your se rvan t . "

••Isn't he evil-looking? Anne t t e , though, t h i n k s he is beau t i fu l . Hut Louis will l>e good t o your ho-se; he ia fond <•{ them, and a thovonghbred , too, like t i .a t one, will d e l i g h t h im.

[TO HE CONTINUED.]

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PENINSULARITES.

N E W S Y NOTES OF PEOPLE AND

THINGS OF MICHIGAN.

A H o n g h t o n Man U n a a n d StrnnRled Hi t

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MiohlBan K n l c h t a of l lnnnr. Bverj* Buhordinate lodge in the s tate

was represented at> the sixth biennial ecsoion of the .Michigan grand lodge of Kn igh t s of Honor a t Lansing. The re-por t s submitted show tha t the order h a s 50 lodges with I,*.00 members in Michigan, but has scarccty held its o w n in the s tate during the pust, two years. Sixty-four death benefits: ng-ffrcgatiug 8100,000, have been paid in Michigan. In his nnniuil address Grand Dictator K. A. Fletcher, of Grand B&pids. recuinmendc'l thut the supreme lodge bo nsked to admit women to membership and it was unanimously indorsed, xsew oliicers elcoted: (irand dictator , B. A. Fletcher, of Grand Rapids, vice dictator. K. 10. Urownson, of Kalamazoo; assistant dii-tutor. F. IL Hosford, of liratid Uapids; chaplain, Go irge Parsons, of Vtatervliet; re-por ter , F. (i. Ward, of Holly; treas-urer , 0. (I. White, of Lapeor; guide, ] i«bert Wiley, of Saginaw, guardian, Harlan Aldrieh, of liiidington; senti-nel. J . (J. Wise, of S t Johns; repre-sentatives to supreme lodge, B. A. Fletcher , of Grand Kapids, and B. A. Herig, of Saginaw.

F e a r Miner* Kll\e I. T h e most distrcs&ing mine accident

in Marquette county since the collapse of ^o . 1 shaf t a t the Uepublic live years ago, occurred a t the same mine as the night gang was exchanging places with the night s h i f t L ight minors anil trammers of the night *hift climbed into the largo car or skip which is used in hoisting ore in No. 1 shaft, aud gave the signal to the engineer to hoist slowly.

Hy tome means unknown a t the present time, the car was derailed a t a point about 1,200 feet below the sur-face and toppled over in such a manner »s to imprison the men beneath i t As it was impossible to reach the signal wliy the engineer was ignorant of the fearful dilemma of the men. and con-tinued hoisting, thus dragging the men over the rough bottom of the bhaft and literally grinding them to fragments. Four men were killed out-right aud the other four probably fa-tally injured.

Wm. Herman, of Detroit, died f rom hydrophobia as the result of a cat bite received last Augus t

The explosion of a gasoline stove In tho homo of Klmer Smith a t Charlotte destroyed the building.

The molders of the Enterprise Foun-dry Co., a t Muskegon Heights, s t ruck for a raise of IU cents s day.

| A 14-year-old daughter of John Mc-Kane, a well-known farmer a t Gaines, has given birth to twin girls.

A bruta l assault case is reported from Algonac. The alleged assailant is Emmet Uitchieand the victim Floyd Harzcn, a little 10-year-old girl.

| 2 0 PROBABLY BURNED.

A w f a l Fir* In a Factory Oeenpled by 3 0 0 | ( i l r ls nnd Womnii. ' A s m a l l boy carclcs.sly t h r o w i n g a m a t c h i n t o a pi le of oi ly w a s t e , a m a s s of d a m e o , 300 g i r l s a n d w o m e n f r e n * r.led w i t h f r i g h t l i g h t i n g f o r l i f e a s t h e h o t d a m e s c h a s c d t h e m w i t h h u n -g r y t o n g u e s , was t h e b e g i n n i n g of a t i re t h a t c o n s u m e d t h o u s a n d s of d o l -l a r s w o r t h of p r o p e r t y a n d c a u s e d t b e d e s t r u c t i o n of m a n y l ives a t T r o y , N. Y.

It was just, au minutes before clos-ing hours in Stetthe.mers Jt Co.'s sh i r t factory and the 300 girls and women were working rapidly to finish up. In tbe cut t ing room on the f i f th uoor the

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Fire consumed the large ware-house of Lamb & Spencer, grocers, a t Char-lotte, causing a loss of about $1,000. i t

^ Tho queen's address a t the opening IfiO girls were closing up their day 's o f t h e Parliament of Great Uritain was assignments and preparing to leav? listened to by a full assemblage of when the whistle blew. Lillio Kreijrer, b o t h houses. The most important who was working near a machine. P a r t s o t t h e "cssuge were those in

is supposed to have been dono by c a i i e l i l o a 8 m u u bny t o u „ | I t t | , 0 K a 9 which the Venezuelan and the Anhen-tramps. o v e r h e r w o r l ( T l i e ^ 8 t r u u k a ian questions were presented, in re-

Tho new Iron Mountain company match and threw the burning s tub to to the former the queen said: has been mustered into the state serv- tho floor. I t struck a pile of oily rags Taonorepnmeutol the Umiod lUtCi iiaser-

aud in an instant the girl was envel-oped in i ames. With her clothes and hair burning she rusiiod to the window and in an instant the room bouame a struggling, shrieking muss of human-ity, tilling the windows, the lire es; capes and the only stairway. The alarm spread to the other floors and soon every window was tilled with s truggling women fighting with desperation to reach safety. Following them was a mass of smoue wi th i-ashes of flame in lurid streaks. Then the mass of frenzied humanity, t n d i u g the egresses too small for es- . . . cape, began climbing over U e s id .s of i l u " V T t the escapes and jumping to the ground. 1 j B m e s o n » raid into the Transvaal is

l lent IIU I t a a g h t e r to Dentil.

S. C. Clayton, of Houghton, has beeu arrested charged with beat ing his 7-year-old daughter, Daisy, to death. ' The child was found dead by Mrs. Clayton, and marks on the body and throat given unmistakable evi-dence that the little one had been se-verely beaten. When doctors arrived n t Clayton s room he was going a round with a loaded revolver in hand, and talking about committ ing suicide. He was intoxicated and is said to have been drinking heavily.

Mrs. Clayton says Clayton has a di-vorced wifo in Haltimorc, who is tbe mother of Daisy, and tha t Clayton kid-napped tho child to spite his first wife, i o r whom he has an intense hatred.

Farmer s ' l u t l t n t o "Round tip" Tho "round up" of the 60 odd fa rm-

ers ' county inst i tutes was held a t Grand Uapids with such a large a t tend-ance t h a t the hall engaged would not accommodate them. Gov. Rich dis-cussed state affairs and urged t h e im-portance of good roads. The f r u i t growers were given one day to t a lk of their interests, and "peaches" seemed to be the subject uppermost in the i r minds. Sheep nnd dairy interests divided a day with profitable discus-sion and general agricul ture occupied the closing day with much prof i t .

I MICHIGAN NEWS.

! ' Herman Wagner's cigar factory a t Saginaw has burned.

The P. &• P. M. engine house a t Sand Seach was destroyed by fire.

Geo. Service, aged 80, was killed by « Michigan Central passenger t ra in near A ties.

Fred Van Sickle, aged 12, skated into a hole in the ice a t Corunna and was drowned

Charles E. Johnson, a Swede, aged 18, was instantly killed by a fal l ing tree a t Lake Ann.

J. F. Hyard. of Howell, is charged wi th taking improper liberties wi th a girl under 14 years.

Arthur IKiompson, a 14-year-old boy, pot his leg broken a t Holly by being m n over with a bob sleigh.

A special election in Shiawassee county defeated the local option prop-oeitiou by a majori ty of 320.

For the half dozen mail carriershlpa in S t Joseph, 75 applicants have al-ready presented themselves.

8. A. Haldy's home burned a t School-c r a f t and the family barely escaped. Loes $3,000, insured for (1.000.

T h e target house a t the junct ion of t h e Wabash and Lake Shore railroads, a t Adrian, burned. Loss, S7.0U0.

A mass meeting held a t Leslie de-nounced the sultan of Turkey and de-manded tha t the Armenian outrages be stopped.

Over 400 men employed a t Davidson's shipyard a t West Hay City s t ruck be-eause the company refused to discharge a n obnoxious foreman.

Matt Hargar, a miner, employed in bar r ing down di r t in the Cleveland Lake shaf t a t Ishpeming was instant ly killed by a fall of ground.

Burglars completely wrecked the «sfe in J . II. Wbitmer's lumber ofiice a t Stnrgis with dynamite, but secured only a small sum of money.

A r ag ing blizzard was blowing when .lames ;Mavnard and family were tn rned out of their home in their n ight dotfaes a t Manistee, by lire.

Gov. Rich expects tha t the good roads convention called to meet in JJaosing March li will be well a t tended as g r ea t interest is being shown.

While r ipping short strips of hard-wood in MiUer'.s planing mill a t Vassar Wm. Frazer was struck in the stomach fcy a flying piece and cannot recover.

j ice. I t will he known as Co. B, F i f th regiment, and succeeds the Menominee

I company.

I Tho Michigan Carbide Co., a new concern which mnnufacturosacetylene gas, will build a plant a t Sault .sto. Marie. Tho product is a very cheap portable gas.

The f ru i t growers of western Michi-gan aro endeavoring to secure bet ter transportion for their products to eastern markets. They show t h a t they shipped 4,575 cars" of f ru i t lust season.

During a friendly snowballing a t Charlevoix, Editor W. A. Smith hi t tho village marshal, and the lat.-r a t once arose on his otllcial dignity and arrested the pencil shovcr, who was fined SI.

Fireman Fred Hosford was killed and Engineer Thos. Webb and Fire-man Wood, the la t te r of Detroit, were fatal ly injured in the wreck of a f re ight train collision near Fairport . New York.

Marinus Hoogerhyde, aged 75 years, an inmate of the Holland home for the aged, committed suicide a t Grand Rapids by taking rough oo rats. He was despondent because his bear ing began to fail.

The Beauvais Boat & Canoe Co., of Charlevoix, lost a paint shop and ware-house by fire and over 82,000 worth of boats were burned and the building was completely destroyed. There was no insurance.

J o h n Thody, of Lakeport, was sen-tenced to jail for 60 days and to pay a fine of 8150 for sell ing liquor wi thout a s ta te license. John Carroll got caught for 850 for keeping his saloon open on Sunday.

Will Young and wife l e f t their home near WatervTiet f o r a drive, leaving a fire in the kitchen stove. Soon a f t e r the a larm of fire was given and the town turned out j u s t in time to save tho contents. Loss, 8800.

Mr. Hoffmau, of Port Huron, is suing Loud & Son, of Oscoda, for cut t ing logs off land purchased under tax title. Thousands of acres owned by non-resi-dents have been stripped of pine on the s t rength of such titles.

Mrs. Rhoda Reed, an elderly lady of Ousted, who had been visiting rela-tives a t Addison, boarded the wrong train for home a n d on discovering her mistake, grew wildly excited and jumped from the t ra in and was killed

T h e bodies having control of the Michigan Masonic home a t Grand Rap-ids have decided not to ask the grand lodge again to take the property, it having been rejected four times. They will provide for i t s support independ-ently.

Reports were received a t Menominee concerning a big wreck on tbe Chicago, Mitwankee &, S t Paul railroad about six miles from Iron Mountain. Six-teen cars loaded with logs ran off a bridge over a small creek. The loco-motive passed over all r i g h t

The state military board has recom-mended to the commandeHn-chief tha t t h e next encampment of the Michigan National Guard be held a t Island Lake, beginning Aug. 10. No man will be eligible to go to camp who does not enlist prior to May 15.

A Michigan Central engine s t ruck a sleigh load of children while the party was a t tempting to cross the track near Saginaw resulting in George Hrandi-more, and Fred and Louis Martin be-ing injured. Five of the other chil-dren were thrown out bu t escaped un-h u r t

The A gricultural college board has elected Prof. J . L. 5>ny»ler, of Alle-gheny, Pa., os president of the Michi-gan Agricultural college to succeed Prof. Gorton. The new president was principal of tho schools a t Allegheny. He has accepted the new position and will begin his work soon.

The "scrap' ' between the palladium fra terni t ies and the indepjndents a t the U. of M. over the " junior hop"' re-sulted in the palladiums holding the i r ball in Toledo wh.le the independents occupied the Waterman gymnasium at Ann Arbor. Both events were well patron ucd and were big siifwsseB.

The township of Grattan, Kent county, is suffering a scourge of diph-theria . A young man named Doyle died of the disease, and as no precau-tions were taken everybody in tbe neighborhood was exposed. Now about 50 families in tbe township have it. The schools are closed, churches suspended, and the district is under quarani';ne unt i l the danger passes.

T h e Masonic Home association met a t Grand Kapids to discuss the fu tu re of t h a t institution in view of the re-fusal of the grand lodge to take i t under its wing. I t was decided to keep the home open as long as possible wi thout running into d e b t The asso-ciation has between 8500 and £1,000 on hand and has received assurances f rom different lodges and individuals of as-sistance during the coming year.

Harry, the 11-year-old son of William A. Woodruff, was killed by a switch engine a t Port Huron. The young lad had boarded a f re igh t train a t the tun-nel depot, and was riding to Thir ty-second street, where his home was. A switch engine was following the f re igh t train on another track, and when the boy jumped off f rom the t ra in he landed r ight in f ron t of the switch engine, which struck him in the head.

On May 1 Grand Kapids water bonds to the amount of 8100,000 will fal l due, and there's but 860,000 in cash now in s i g h t The city treasurer failed to provide for them in his annual b u d g e t

presHinl u wl«li to co-opcrale 11 tcrminatinir me ill erenceit wblch have oxMed for muny : Lur.i between my (.'Ofcrnment uml tiierepuuno ot anoiueu up ,DU<! i ouudar. of tb .tcouutry and my ro ouy of >rltlHb ulani*. 1 h:tve ex* lues ed an-nytupatb. wab tbe de^iru tocomo to an « iiltabl" urritn!,'uiiii5ui Mad I trust tuat further ntx'uiialioiut will lend to a sutiafuolorjr uttlflmout.

As to the Armenian troubles: Tho sultun of Tun.oy has b inct.onrd tho

pnuulpul re o. rm in ibe KOTcrnuent of tho Artneniitn prov no is of winch lu con urctiou with the empeiorof Hunsla uml the preiiidenl o tha crunch republic. I tool it my . uty to press. 1 deep y mrmt that a fa iutlcal out* broaK upon lue purl o. u section of tae Turkish no mlutiun hus resuiied inaaer.esoi uiussacius In those provinces which hit e caused tho deep-

Within 20 minutes a f t e r the fire s tar ted there were three dead women laid upon tbe floor of au adjoining store, and a t least a dozen burned and maimed girls taken to the hospital or their homes. T h e firemen and police worked like heroes and to thoir energy was due a great saving of life. Yet a t least 20 were burned to death aud the list may be increased.

The flame ate down through three floors so quickly tha t the Western Union Telegaph Co., Jessup & (loop-tier Crockery Co. and Vanzandt Jacobs' collar manufactory had no time to save anything. The total loss by the fire is from 8250,000 to 8300,000. with about 8100,000 insutance. At least 500 people are thrown out of em-ployment

W a l l e r was tiallty, but Franea Frees Him.

Ambassador Eustis has been in-structed to accept the offer of the French government to release ex-United States Consul Waller (who waa stationed a t Tamatave, Madagascar, during the Hovas rebellion and was arrested for giving information to the rebels) f rom fur ther imprisonment and pardon his offense on condition t h a t the affairs be thereby terminated as between France and the United States and tha t the la t ter make no claim in behalf of the prisoner based upon his arrest , conviction or imprisonment Waller may, however, sue in t u e French courts for damages for ill-treat-m e n t Secretary Olney'says there is no doubt of Waller's guilt, tha t " t h e evidence fully sustains the charge," and no court could have hesitated t o condemn him.

CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

Burglars blew open the safe of the

spoken of us a deplorable auair , and tbe moderation and wisdom of Presi dent Kruger is spoken of with a p p m elation. The death of Prince Henry cf l iat tenberg is regarded as the sad feature of the "bloodless victory over the Asbantees." The extension of the navy is urged and various internal matters commented upon.

The speeches which followed the reading of the address are of partic-ular i n t e r e s t In the house of com-mons Sir William Vernon Harcourtde scribed Lord Salisbury's recent speebh on tbe subject of Armenia as "an un-parelled confession of diplomatic in-solvency and national impotence." He said he was rejoiced a t the paragraph in the queen's speech wi th regard to Venezuela, ad it held out the hope tha t the question could be settled a t an early date. Continuing Sir Wm. said:

I am In entire agreement with Lord Sails-bury when he says tbo United States have a

Eerfect right to Interpose in any controversy y which tbeir owu Interests aro allec'ed, and

ihey are entitled to Judge wbotber thoir inter-ests are uffected, and u* wbut measure they shall sustain. That Is a general doctrine upon wh.cb ah states act, and tbo only practical question rema.ninK is whether thedootriue has been invaded in tbe case of Vono uela. It bus been stated that the appointment of the com-mission by tbo United States was an olTense to the government of Ureat Uritiin. Happily, Ihe governmeiu does not take that view. How can tho United Mates co-operate with us unles t I b o . k i v e t h o imormutlon wbi b will enabln tbedl to co-operate ia sett l inr tbo boundary? Wbut the country demands, without ui-tmc-tion ot party, is that the di->p..te shou.d be brought to an honorable solution promptly.

Hon. A. J . Balfour said: • The American co umlssiouors (or the Vene-

zuelan boun .nry have Applied lo ustould tnem with any Informutioa wo uave oa tae . one ue-laa iiueation. uud we huve promised to gi .o them ail tbe information we are ubio to give at tne ear te'.l poss.bie moment. 1 should re olee if out of this should spring some general system of arbhration.

As to Armenia Mr. italfour said: There is nothing la the Ber ia or the Crprns •eatles reiiulnug the powers or England

C i ty b a n k a t L e e s b u r g , O., a n d s e c u r e d . s l b j f j y tog i to wartoooinpeltae r u r , s t o carry 8J,U00.

Wm. W. Woodville, of Maryland, has been appointed assistant secretary of s ta te to succecd Hon. Edwin t\ Lhl.

Henry Brown, of Burt , ,Saginaw connty, has small pox which' he con-tracted a t the Detroit house of cor-rection.

The prize fighting carnival which was to have taken place a t El Paso, Tex., was postponed for one week and the smaller contests were declared off entirely, leaving only the Fitzsimmons-Maher fight to come off.

A dispatch from Irkutsk, Siberia, says tha t information has beemreceived t h a t Dr. Nan.*m, the Norwegian ex-plorer who sailed in the Fram, J u n e , 24, 1893, for the Arctic regions, has sympathy with the Armenians would reached the nor th pole and has found just i fy us in facing calamities com-land there and is now re turn ing to* P*red wi th which the Crimean war

j I would sink into insignificance." Re-ferr ing to Venezuela he concurred in Lord Roseberry's views t h a t America a

treaties roiulnug the powers or Kngi singly to g > to war to compel tae i'ur s toci out tnelr pledges and Individual u t i o n oo tho part of u r e a l .ntaln would be •mposslble. short of b n iglng upon ourselves tbe prospect of a possible European con.lsgngatioa, we could nave done no- more la the direction e. helping these unhappy people than we have done.

In the house of lords Lord Raseberry said the Venezuela difficulty waa no new one, and they had all tried the i r hands a t i t But now the interventioa of the United Sta tes offered a guaran-tee of the permanence of any settle-ment t h a t might be effected. Turn-ing to the subject of Armenia he Said tha t Lord Salisbury's brave words to-ward the sultan had not been followed by brave deed's. The noble marquis had been forced to abandon the cause of the Armenians.

Tbe marquis of Salisbury said: "No

ward civilization. A special cable dispatch says t h a t

the I tal ian campaign in Abyssinia has been an ut ter failure. The army is demoralized, without proper armtt, am-munition, food, clothing, shelter or medicine, without mules to t ranspor t their guns, but having a great super-Unit}' of generals.

One hundred and for ty passengers arrived on the steamer Olivette f rom Cuba. They say tha t tbe prisoners iu Mora castle are being s h o t Gomez has notified Gen. Weyier t h a t should he a t t empt to repeat his atrocities of the former revolution t h a t he would be shot by Cuban assassins.

I t is announced from a good source in London that, following the advice of the United States, Venezuela has practically decided to send a represent-ative to London with power to open direct negotiations with the British government for a set t lement of the boundary dispute between British Guiana and Venezuela.

A f re igh t and passenger train on tho Illinois Central railway collided a t Dongola, 11L Five men were killed. The collision happened on a sharp curve. The damage in railroad prop-

mixture in*the dispute bad conduced to satisfactory results more rapidly than if the United s t a t e s had no4 in-terfered.

Troub le fn r J a p a n In Korea . London: i'he Times bos a dispatch

from Kobe, Japan, which says t h a t news f rom Seoul, Korea, proves t h a t 200 Knsaiau murines, with a field gun, were landed a t Chemulpo and marched to SeouL The king secretly le f t the palace for the Ruhsian legation, whence he proclaimed his miuisters guilty of treason. T w o of the minis-ters were arrested aud executed and the o thers fled. The Tai-Won-Kun, the f a the r of the king, is a prisoner a t tbe legation. An anti-JapaneHe min-istry was then formed. A bit ter feel-ing has been aroused. A cabinet council was held, a t tended by the mil* itary officials.

Easala Eueoefess la Korea.

A dispatch from Tokio. Japan, says: There is great activity among all the naval forces. I h e Japaneze govern-ment is confident tha t Russia is en-

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passengers .» r r m u r ^ a ^ t h e k i n f f g U i i r d e d I t i # b e .

The British consul a t Archangel, lieved t ha t the king of Korea author-capital of the Russian, povernment of ized the outbreak in revenge for the t h a t name, telegraphs confirming the tjturder of the queen. The emperor of

JSpai report tha t Dr. Nansen is safe and re-turn ing from the north pole. Tbe news created intense interest In Lon-don and throughout Europe. I t is re-

in suspended the s i t t ing oi parlia-ment in the midst of the opposition a t tacks on Premier Ito's ministry.

Washington: Secretary Herbert has

Strded as conclusively showing the received a cablegram' from Capt orwegian explorer is homeward McNair, commanding the Asiatic sta-

bound, even if he has no t discovered tion, confirming the newspapers of the the pole. renewed disturbances in Korea.

The house of Robert Laughlin was found in ruin a t Augusta, Ky., and the remains of his wife and 13-year-old niece were found in the ruins and

Silver Commit tee Iwues an Appeal .

J. J. Mott, chairman of tbe national T . . . . , , i i_ • j . committee of the silver party, has Laughlin was considerably bruised and issued an address to the people which scratched. He said t h a t masked rob- he terms: b e r s k i l l ed h i s w i f e a n d n iece , as - . . A n . p p ^ t 0 rank snd file of both part-saulted him and tired the bouse, bu t les to lay aiido party feelings, ignore party the popular belief is t h a t Laughlit . as- obliga'ioM oa the money questio i. disregard sanltod his nieeo and was cancrht hv Parl"'aPP®3'?; f o r«ei t hc exasperations of past samtcu ins niece ana was caugiu oy ^aity contention and spurn the offer of pace his wife when a struggle ensued, re-sul t ing in Laughlin kil l ing his wife and l3-year-old niece uud iheu burn-ing h is house to hide the crime. Later Laughlin confessed. He wiH probably be lynched.

Guyaquil suffered a 84,000,000 fire.

and emolument » • • and ask for tho elec-Uon of a president pledged, unconditionally and unreservedly, to tbe free and unlimited coinage or silver and gold, tbe same as from tbe foundation of tbe government until 1873. And also unconditionally pledged In favor of national currency without the interventioa of banks of Issue and against tbe issue of intcrest-bearlag bonds in tlmo of peace for anv purpose whatever." r ^

SBNATE.—Fiftv-thirrt day.-JIr.-Quoy'S reso-lution to reeommii the Bilver'tarlff bill again went over. Tbo long-pending roaolulioa waloh has brought out much criticism of tbo seuro-tary of agriculture was passed without a divi-sion. Tue measure was ameaded so as to pro-vide that tbe purchase and distribution of seeds saall be coatinued. Mr. lilimohard. be in.. Lu.. then made a speeoh on the Monroe dot-trine. Wuen a nuostion ol allowing the secretary of the treasury lo emp oy expert money counters came up Mr. All. n, P o p , Neb.. Iook o cavMon to roast tbo civil service und interstate c inmerce commissions as tbe two biggest •rauds ol tbo public survke Mr. Wai-cott. Uep.CoU.sa.d thu real menace to tbo country was the power of patronage lodged wltn tbe executive, uud which had nover before been usod to such on extreme as um.er tbo present administration. He said that a free c inuge bill would have passed tbo lust Uouse bud not the power of patronage been brought to bear by the admiaistrutiou, especially the patronage controlled by tbe sec-retary of tbe treasury. Coorado was today Looded w.tu appointments, maay of them uadt ones, tnaile by tue secretary of tbe treasury for congresMiien who bud "ratted ' on tbe sliver

. bill. Mr. i.odgn. .u-p.. Mass.. made issue uiriiinst tne system rather than ogalort any admia-

1 istrution. und smd p.itronage and favoritism i we.o uii-Amerlcan A system which compe led

S e n a t e s and epreMentati e s t o g o "bucKster-i ing for me^sengerK nnd tide waiters" and to hang urouna tue uate-rooms of the President and cabinet o ncers was degrading and wro g.

I i .ou .K Lil.trlcl of ( blumuia a..airs aad thu . boml bill discussion occupied both tbe day and ' orenlng sessions.

SK.oAt'B. — i- ifty-fourtb day. — Mr. Peffor, Pop., lias., prqseute 1 a lengthy resolution pro-posing u aenute invo tlgat.on ol thu clrcum-stam es of nil recent bond issues. Mr. Morrill as>.ed tb.it tho resu.uiiou go to the unaa o committee, but It went over b / tbe ru^es. Among tbu •avorable reports presented was one on Mr. ti tle's bill ma 1 ig Feb. U > Lin oln's birthday u national holiday. Tbe considera-tion of tbe urgent uetieleacy bill was then re-sumed Tne item ut >.1U.INIO for salaries of judges and o llcors of the federal ocurts ia tbo jndlun territory brou.;ht out u protest from Mr. i baudler. ep.. N. H. Ho crltl-ised tbe grow.ng v peudlturea under the department of lustko. T..cso bud trebled la ID years, with .I'tle increase In business. Tao Senator pointed out that tho last Congress. Uemoeratlo in both braacnes, and w.tb a uemocrntte Presi-dent. bad appropr.uted aro.ow for U. S. mar-shals und m dol t necessary to provide ILltKi,-UOiifor deuciencka for U. S. marshals. Mr. Chandler declared that tho fee system was responsible lor the growing extravagance of federal court olUcers. He spoke of conspira. cies In Alabama. South Carolina aad elsewhere to get up fniuduleat prosecutions to swell fees of oincers. Mr. TiUmnn, Dem., S. C.; Mr; ahermaa. l lep.O., and Mr. Vest. Dem., Mo., agreed with Mr. Chandler thut the law should bo changed as the only remedy. HOUSE—Tbe debate oa the free silver substi-tute lor tbu House bond bill wus resumed und occupied the larger part of tbe day. Mr. Can-aoa presented a Senate joint resolutloa. which was adopted, appropriating -T.i.OOO for the pur-pose of making u joint survey together with Ureat Britulu of tbo boundary line between Alaska aod British terrlnory.

SKNATB—Fifty-fifth day- The frleaJs ot the tariff bill met aa unexpected repulse when, by a vote of 21 yeas to Ul nays, the bonato defeated tho motion of Mr. Morrill, chairman of tho Ununco committee, to take up the tariff bill. Tho negative vote which defeated the motion was given by Democrats. Populists and four Republicans Senators. Tbe afllrmatlve vote was entirely Republican, but its total of 21 Is less tbaa half of the aggregate Hepubllcaa strengtb. The result of the vote left tho Cuban resolutions as unfinished business, but these yielded temporarily to the military academy and other appropriation bills. The urgent dp Helen.-y bill wus passed. I t carries about U.UM.WW. a conslderublo Increase over the bill

passed iu tbe House. A resolution was adopted directing the Pacltlo railroad comm.ttee to make full in iulry Into tho status of the Pacltlo railroads. On motion of Mr. wuay a resolution was adopted illrcctlng the tlaunco committee to Investigate tbu alleged Invasion of our mar-

ets by tbo products of oriental labor and to report oa the causcs and remedies. H'ju.sg.—After a ton days' debate tho House by a vr.lf of m) to lUi In committee of the wboie ro ectr 1 the Senate free coinage substitute for tbe bead bl.l au i reported tbu bill to the House with a recommendut.on to noa-coucur and iu-s.st ou the llo.ise bl.l.

Flfty-slxtb day . -No sessloa of the Sooate. Hou .a - I h e formal vote of the House on tho Seaute free sliver substitute resulted In Its re-ection by a vo'e of UI5 to 00. The evening

session was devoted to private peaslous. Flfty-seveatb d a y - N o sessloa of tbo Seaate.

HOC.SK—Tho attack oa Secretary of Agrieul-lure Morton for his refusal to expead the ap-propriation fur seed was traasferred from tbo -seaute to tbe house aad Mortoa was sovereiy scored, beveral bills of mlaor Importaaoe were passed and a resolutloa wa« adopted di-recting tbe judleiary committee to laiiulre Into the right of aa executive officer to refuse to ex-ecute a law on tbe ground of Its uacoastltutloa-ulity. and to report by bill or otherwise. This lavestigation grows out of Comptroller Bow-ler's deoistoa In tbo sugar bounty cases.

SMNATB—Fifty-eighth day-The speech of Mr. Uavfat. ot Minnesota, supporting tbo reso-lutloa ef whieh be is author, eeunulatitig the policy e( the Untied States oa the Moaroe doc-trine. wus the event of tho day. The public •nterest la tbe subec t was evidenced by crowded galleries, Mr. Davis spoke for two hours and was accorded close atteatloa througbout. Tbe laaguage was temperate uad couMr«atlve aad was not tho radical utterance some anticipated. Mr. Davis spoke with grat-itlcatloo of the reports comlog from across tbe Atlantio that a settlement of the Venezuela trouble wus likely to be effected, yet the sena-tor declare! with emphasis that the American people would never Indorse a sotliement based on concession of any feature of the Monroe Joctnne. While minimizing the possibilities of war. he said that a urm und explicit un-uwuncement of our policy to resist European eucroa.-hineats would give the surest guaraatoe ot peace. Mr. Mltcholl. of uregou. chairmaa of the comm.ttee on privileges and elections, presented tne views of the ma ority of that co umittee. fu>'oring tho seating of Mr. i.uponl as .•soaaior from Delaware The rest of the d.iy was devoted to the military academy ap-propriation bill. Tne propoutlon of Mr. Vilas to lucrease the radet appoiatiuents by two from each state, an aggregate ot - U. broagbt out mucn debate, the prevailing senti-ment being favorable to tho Increase. House. - Tao agricultural appropriation bl I occupied the »Uuatioa of the House. A gre it deal of criticism of Secretary Mortoa w.is la-dulged la on both sides of the political aisle, but no one oro io to his defease. An umend-meot appropriating for a new oJltlon of tbe -Horse Itook" was adoptol Before the b 11 was taken .up the enuto amendments to tho urgent deilciency bill were non.coucurred la. Mr. alzel . from the committee on ways and means, reportc.1 a resolution of hnuiry. calling on the sfferetarr of the treasury for uo exhaustive report relative to the sale of bonds under the resumption act bctweea the two periods betweea ls;9 and March 1.18X1. aad be-tween tne latter date aad Jan. 1. IKK A bill WAS reported for the appolatmfat of a non partisan commiss on toco lateiarormatloa ond re omraend legislation to meet tbe problems presented by labor, ogrlcu.ture and capital

Fred Shoemaker, near Blissfieldt was recently discharged from IIik De-troit house of correction and now has small pox.

John Rohlfing, aired 31, was shot and killed a t S t Louis by his sweet-hear t Barbara Kossel, aged 19, a f t e r a lover's quarrel.

Fire a t Sunfield destroyed the hotel and five of the finest two-story brick buildings in the town. The loss is 810,000 and includes the Sun office.

Joe Merrifield, aged 13, shot acd killed his l i t t le brother Frank, aged 7, and then shot himself, a t Henderson, la., because their father deserted them. Tbeir mother is dead.

Bartholomew Shea died in t h e elec-trical chair ut Damiemora, N. ¥ . , pay-ing the penalty for the murder of Robert Ross during an election r iot a t a t Troy in March, 1894.

The coroner's jury a t Newport, Ky.. found t h a t Scott Jackson and Alonzo Wil l ing murdered Pearl Bryan, t h a t they first used cocaine and then be-headed the girL The grand jury promptly indicted them for wil l ful murder.

A concerted effort will be made by the people of Minnesota and the north-west to prevent the passage through congress of the the bill author is ing certain railway companies to constrnet a br idge across the Detroit river, a t Detroi t Considerable opposition is being aroused a t Detroit also, this tak-ing the form of a project to coo&truci a tunne l instead of the bridge.

T H E C A T H O D E BAYS.

Snrprfoln? I tesults of Ezp»rl i»enta "With t h # Nnw Metliod of P h a t e g r u p h | .

The new cathode or X rays of discovered by Prof. Roentgen, of iior-lin, and produced by e'ectricity and the Crooke s vacuum tube, by tvkiiih photographs may bo made of objeupi th rough wood, metals or other sg^)' stances, is creating great intevegt among scientifie men everywhune. Tbe electric wizard, Thomas A. E d i a a , is making several experiments wtQi tho X rays, having already mads sav-eral improvements over the Koeatgdn process and huving invented a uvW vacunm tube which he calls the fln(lt,• escent tube. As soon as he produass rays of tho proper character ho will make in ac t

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s of the human breUi proposes to t ry if tfap

placing tbt in f ron t of

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rays can be sent over a telephone w i n , j diaphragm of ono reMivn-a tube and a receiver at tl |e

other end of the wire in an ad /da iqg room, in f r i n t of a sensitized plato. If the experiment is Successful. U p wizard says the possibilities of the plication of the rays will be imme and may include a practical devise sending pieturus by telegraph fidiittfn bus discovered that the X rays are a^ t ail'ected by any of the primary eolon^.

Mensrs. Mci lellan and Wright) onstrutors ef the Tbronto, on t . versity, have discovered a me t focusing the rays whieh which result in making instuutaneous pi grauhs with them.

The Carnegie steel works which sap-plies large quantities of the armor plate used on- American warships wili use the X rays in determining istence of sucrot flaws in metals.

Dr. James-R Burrey and Electriekps Charles E. Soribner, have been oon-ducting a-series of experiments at the laboratory of tho Western Electriapl Co., a tChirugo, and utilized i t to lo-cate a small bullet in tbe bund of G*fc-par Schmidt The bullet had. been* in tho hand for ' some weeks, but eemld nut bo located. I t eaused Schmidt much pain. The injured hand was ex-posed to the cathode rays for about an-hour. Thou when the sensitized' plate was developed it disclosed an excellent likeness of tbu anatomy of the hand.. Uetweeu the metacarpal bones of the-third and fourth fingers could be aaen the likeness of what appeared to' he-a buckshot The lead rested about an inch and a half below tbe knuckle and was perfectly plain. Dr. Burrey made a silver pr int from the negativei and. usiug this a?, guide, removed the' ba l -let quickly and neatly and SchagMt-suffered but l i t t le pain.

A Serious Crisis In Franca. Franco is facing one of tho mosfc

serious political crises seen in 8J years. The senate adopted a resolution depaD* eating the irregularities disclosed fat the Southern railway scandals and de-manding a searching inquiry. The chamber of deputies voted confideaco in tbe governmeni, ye t i t is appareni tha t the ministry will resign. Ifow-ever they can no more yield to the seh-ate than they can disregard the chasA-ber. The papers in commenting

The real or-'ln of Ihe crisis is the detcrmial-lien of the senato to overthrow thu rautefe ministry. Not for many years has t-ntues oeen ou the brink of so extensive an uphaavJ, President i-'aure a posltlon^s suaken aud Iw | i severely blamed by all moderatepolllle aas fdr suffering tbe experiment of a radical mlala r*. falling to see tuu couuless difficulties that v a m bound to follow.

If the senate stands firm, there a r t only twp alternatives: the res.gnatlon of tbe nualssats or tbe expulsion of the seoate bv a mob. latter would meaa tbe superseding of tbe stitutioa by u revolutionary con.entloa. chamber of deputies may, however, reooll from a second vote, wblch might prove ultiashreus. Tho situation Is tbe most delicate ws seen In A years.

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Bridge Co l l apaad -Klgh l Men W a a l ! Three temporary spans of a new

bridge, being erected across Tinkar%. creek for the Akron, Bedford A Clew-land Electric railway, 10 miles sontk of Cleveland, fell, precipitating, e ight workmen into the creek, 65 feet below. The collapse of the bridge came wilk* out warning aud not one of. the maa had a chance to escape. I t is miraen-lous t h a t all were not instantly k i i l e ^ As i t was five were seriously hurt , «me being fataL

Senator >1- t t iew S. Quay baa givML out an inter«.ew in which lie a*-nounces tha t he is in the race for fehe Republican presidential nominatian.

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Best grades..'. 4 10 4 60 *4 26 Lower grades..3 3} 4 00

Chlrago— Best grades 4 1# 4 65 Lower grades..:! U6 4 0J

I t r t r u l t — Best grades.. . . .4 00 4 C5 Lower grades...3 IU j.J 7i

C l n c l n n x t l — Best grades. ...4 0) 4 SS Lower grades...U U) 3 80

C l e v e l a n d -Best grades.. . .4 00 / 4 25 Lowtr grades...3 U0 3 7&

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Tho general boslaea tho couotry does not meet aatlcipatioas. i except at a few oitles remains dull for the Ma-son. in most io^taa ea di-^ppoiuUnglyse Im-provement in demand aad prices Is ooafiaed se bides, leather, boots and shoes, i eaturas ef tbe sltnation are those resulting from uofavor-oble weather east aad central west: tcaot eaeT prices iu iron aad steel, further oomplalets ky woo.en manufaetarers, an outlook for mate Idle woolen maeblaery, a smaller total oC a*2K clearings, coatlaned silffaoss. mam^neaoa th high rates for loans aad restricted prO-duciion of pig Iron. Exports of wheat eeA-tinue small Tho total number or huslSass failures thronghout the United s ta tes Is S -l.aa exceptionally large number, the gam oompared with tho previous wee< being 43. and at mare tbaa for the same we«k last year.

An investigation of the corenev'a office a t New York City revealed tao shocking fac t tha t last year over !#•

dead in "" the pot!

unidentified, and in few of the

person3*were found dead in t h a t ci te, and were buried in the putter's field

if in any, was any a t tempt made to clear up the mystery of fueir death. Even in cases where clues pointed t o murder, i t is charged they were neg-lected and disposed of with practically no evidence but a doctor's certificate and a perfunctory statement by m policeman. Thoso oases are allowed to accumulate, and sometimes are not oalled unt i l months a f te r the body in question whs buried.

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hctfL Sulzer's WlBccnsln grown soods aw bred to earllnose and produce the etarliost vegetables In the world. Right rfongslde of other sepdsmens' earliest, Ms arc 20 dnys ahead! Just try his earliest poas, radishes, lettuce, cabbage, QM He la tho largest grower of farm ana vegetable seeds, potatoes, grasses, olbvers, ctc!

If you will cut litis ont nnd send it" to the John A. Snlzer Seed Co., La ©rajso, Wis., with 10c postage, you will gut sample package of Early Bird Rnd-|gh (ready In IG days) and their great catalogue. Catalogue alone Gc postage, eluding above oats, free. w.n.

A bad man can never own anything that lo flrrfiroof.

•Rw D. V. Sholos Investment & Mining Co.. of Ctlpplo Creek. Col., con furnish strictly re-lltfble Information concornlng mining proper-Uqb In tho Cripple Creek district. Wo always have options on some choice properties that nro bargains and handle no others. Local and eastern bunk references glvou ou application. Cerrmpondence solicited

no who has nothing to sell bus n stock of Ivlcu lo givo away.

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Kyoii a drunkon man loves to see his home elrAe.

Scrofula Manifests Itself In many dllTerent ways, llko goitre, Bwelllngs, running sores, bolls, salt rheum ami pimples and otl-er oruplions. Rttveuly a man Is wholly free from It, lu some feign. It clliigs tenaciously until llm last vestlgo nfcomfulons poison Is cradlcutod from the blood hy Hood's Sarsaparllla. Thousands of voluntary toMmoiilals tell of suITcrinK from scrofula, often iilbuitod and most teimcious, positively, per-f iMy nnd permanently cured by

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In these times when backs afe lame, when almost every other one we meet has now ami then, or all the time, a back that aches or pains—"a weak back •' " i t bad back," a back tliat mnkes theb life a mis-:-ry to bear — uiul still they /•,>) on tiny by .lay iu pain and siilTering. I'inv 'lis the easiest thing in the worKl fc givo this nlaycui out back " u blow " that will settle it, and put in its place a new one equal to any. It's just like this: hit at the cause; mast backaches come from kidney disor-Jcrs. Reach tho kidneys, start I heir rlogged-up fibres in operation; when this U done you can say good-bye to backache.

Here is a case from Battle Creek: Mr. Josvih 31. Shonp lives at 51 Broad Street, he was a member of the Battlo Creek po-lice force for many years. As a member of the force he served the city well, but the rough weather he was often subjected to laid the fomidation of kidney disorder, which has troubled him very much. Hero Is what lie says about it:

"About tiiree years ago, while on the police force, I contracted'from exposure a Liducy trouble, which has since given^ mo ao end of trouble. The pain was right, through my kidneys and across the small jf my back; if silting down and I wanted '.o stand up, I had to arise very slowly and gently to avoid increasing the pain; I had dich "tired-out feelings all the time, and I ivas steadily getting worse. About two nonths ago, hearing of Doan's Kidney /'ills, I got a box. Their action and effect ,vas most complete, they removed the old aching pains for good. I can uow get arouud as quickly as anybody. Doan's Kidney Pills arc certainly as represented."

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VALLEY ifORUE.

ALLEY Forge Ifl a rough p i e c e o f ground o n t h e b a n k s o f t h e Schuylkill, twenty-one mile from Phil-adelphia and six from the nearest large town. As mere land. It Is ^ot worth much. But if the Pass of Ther-

mopylae is classic ground, Valluy Forge Is classic. If there is one spot on this continent more fit than any other for » final and Bufflcient monument to the man and to the men of the American Revolution, It Is Valley Forge. I do not refer merely to the hunger, thirst and cold endured there by eleven thou-sand soldiers, after au exhausting cam-paign in the field. The worst of all that misery was over in six weeks. The suffering waa acute while it lasted, but it was followed soon by comparative abundance; then by tho cheering news

the French alliance; then by the flight of the enemy from Philadelphia, and the swift pursuit of them by Gen. Washington. What the troops endured there would alone make the place for-ever interesting to posterity. But Val-ley Forge means more than t h a t It witnessed some of the most important and striking scenes in the war. It was there, too, through the constancy and tireless energy of the commander-in-chief, that the cause was saved and final victory made possible. The selection of the ground was Itself a piece of no-table generalship, as daring as it was wise. The occupation of Philadelphia by the British had filled every other town of Pennsylvania with refugees. The middle of December had passed before the army had repulsed the last demonstration of the British, and af-forded the American commander breathing time to consider the ques-tion of his winter quarters. Then he said, in substance, to the troops: Since there is no town for us to retire to,

VALLEY FORGE TO-DAY. let ua create a town for ourselves, here, close to the enemy, limltlug his range, curtailing his supplies, protecting Pennsylvania and holding ourselves ready to resume the aggressive as soon as he abandons the city, in which ho will be by us practically besieged. He chose Valley Forge, a deep cleft in a lofty hul, with a stream at the bottom of it emptying into the Schuylkill. There was nothing in this valley for human use except the primeval forest that densely covered it and the streams of water that flowed by and through i t But Washington, himself well skilled in woodcraft, commanded sol-diers most of whom had built or inhab-ited log-cabin«i. When he told them that log haU could be quickly made warm and dry, be said what they ail knew to be true. He also knew pre-cisely what was neccssary for the con-struction of the huts, what tools were needed and what materials. His or-der of December 18, 1777, transformed tbe whole army into a cabin-building h o s t . Every man had his place and

duty, from me major-generals to the drummers. All the tools were fairly divided; each regiment had Its ground cssigned it; the streets nnd Intervals were marked out, and when the work was begun the valley was alive with L.sy builders.

Each colonel divided his regiment Into parties of twelve, gave them their share of axes and shovels, and let them know that they were building a home for themselves. A cabin was to be oc-cupied by twe lv men. Gen. Washing-ton added the stimulant of a reward to the party that should build the best hut. An order of the day had this in-teresting passage:

"As an encouragement to industry and art, the general promises to reward the party in each regiment which fin-ishes Its hut in the quickest and most workmanlike manner with twelve dol-lars. AntJ as there is reason to believe that boards for covering tho huts may be found scarce and dlflcuit to be got, he offers one hundred dollars to any officer or soldier who, in the opinion of three gentlemen that he shall ap-point as judges, shall substitute some other covering that may be cheaper and more quickly made, and will in every respect answer the end."

The huts were fourteen feet by six-teen, and six and a half feet high. The officers' huts were ranged In a line be-hind those of the soldiers, and only generals were accorded the conven-ience of having a whole house to them-selves. Gen. Washington Inhabited caDin of one room until later In the season, when a second waa added for the accommodation of Mrs. Wauhing-ton. He said. In another order of the day, that "tho general himself will share in the hardships and partake of every Inconvenience."

I t does not appear that any one in-vented a better roofing than slabs, nor has any one recorded what company of soldiers won the twelve-dollar prize. We only know that the cabin-building was begun early In tho morning of De-cember 19, and that most of the army would have eaten their Christmas din-ner ir their cabins if there had been any Christmas dinner to eat. I t was just then that the worst of the starv-ing time began. While the men were building their cabin city they lived chiefly upon cakes made of flour and water, and there was a lamentable scarcity of all the most necessary sup-plies—shoes, clothes, blankets and straw. Nothing saved the army from (..ssolutlon but the flery remonstrances and energetic action of tU', •'nmmandei-In-chief. There is preserved at Phila delpbla a hand-bill Issued by him while the army was building its huts. In this he notified the farmers to thrash out their grain with all convenient speed, on pain of having the sheaves seized by the commissaries and paid for a t the price of straw. The conduct of the commander during these agoniz ing weeks can only be estimated aright by persons familiarly acquainted with the circumstances. No man ever gave a higher example either of fortitude or wisdom; and it was directly through the exercise of thoso virtues by him that the army was saved. While the men were busy building, qews was brought to the camp that a force of tho enemy was approaching. Tho troops were lu such dire need of fcod and shoes that they wcro unable to stir. There was not a pound of meat in the camp, and not a ration of flour per man. It was while he was con tending with such dffiicultiea as these that the intrigue to supplant the gen oral was most active and the clamor loudest for a winter campaign.

" I can assure those gentleman,' wrote the general, " that it is a much easier and less distressing thing to draw remonstrances in a comfortable rooui, by a good fireside, than to oc cupy a cold, bleak hill, and sleep un der frost and snow without clothes or blankets."

This dispatch to the president of con gress abounds in force and pathos, and shows how much better a writer its author was lhau any man who ever

The Tolescone's My lory" wus the subject of a lecture delivered tuo oilier nit'ht In Chi-t-ago. Anybody could ecu through IU

wrote for him. If I were asked to men-tion the finest exhibition that a com-mander has ever given of great quali-ties, both of heart and mind, I should answer: Washington at Valley Forge. One unexpected consolation that he en-joyed at this period was the affection-ate enthusiasm of Lafayette, then just recovering from his wound received at Brandywine. The young and ardent Frenchman, in his letters to his wife and family, gives the warmest expres-sion to his love aud admiration. He speaks of Washington as a man ex-pressly "made for" the work he was doing, he alone having the patience and tact to conciliate the discordant elements.

"Every day," wrote the marquis, "I admire more the beauty of his charac-ter and of his soul. Jealous Intriguers wish to tarnish his reputation, but his name will bo revered In all ages by every one who loves liberty and hu-manity."

Many such passages, written in one of the log-cabins of Valley Forge, I notice in the family letters of the youthful enthusiast In such circum-stances, the American army was recon-structed. reinforced, becomingly clad, well drilled, and at last abundantly supplied, while the English were cir-cumscribed so closely that It required two regiments to escort t foraging par-ty, if it went more than two miles into the country. Valley Forge It waa that rendered the possession of Philadelphia a trap Instead of a capture. June 18, 1778, Gen. Washington received infor-mation that the British had secretly and suddenly evacuated Philadelphia. He was in such perfect readiness for the news, that, within an hour, six brigades were on the march for the Delaware river. Tne next day, he him-self joined tho advance. Ten days after the first troups left their cabins In Pennsylvania, he fought the battle of Monmouth, which turned their re-treat Into a flight and shut them up In New York. If neither congress nor Pennsylvania shows an Inclination to possess the scene of so many memorable events, then let some patriotic capital-ist convert it into a summer resort,

Tried and Sure Things. Rough on Headache, quick cure, 15c. Rough on Toothache, instant relict, ice. Rough on Coughs, good, none tet ter , 150. Rough on Colds, UUlrippe a-.tu Influenza, soc. Rough on Catarrh, sure to please you. 5^0. Rougn on Uilc Pills, best for ccnstipation. ajc. Rough on Malaria, for chills, lever, ague. t-x". Rough on Dyspepsia, unequalled curt. v.c. Rough on Rheumatism and Gout, a cure, *1. Rougn on Bunions and Chilblains. 25c. Rough on Corns, hard or sioft corns, :5c. Rougn on Rats, sold all around the world, i;c At druggists or sent on receipt of price. E. S. W ells, Chemist. Jersey City, N J.

Good and True Things. Rough on Pain, nungent, penetrating, a-c. Rough on Pain, Plasters, poroused. best, j.^rc. Rough on Pain, (mustard plasters,> 8 tor :;c. Roughon Worms, easy taken, effective.-.je. Rough on Cholera, for diarrhcea. colic, etc., :rc. Roughon Hysteria, quiets, rests;sleep,35c. Rough on Itch, for all skin humors, jcc. Rough on Asthma, new quick relief, see. Rough on Piles, externa and internal, tec. Rough oa Sores, cleansing, quick healing, sjc. Lcaurelle Oil Balm, for the complexion, -oc. If Gray, use Wells' Hair Balsam. ;,cc. At druggists or sent on receipt of price 15. S. Wells, Chemist, Jersey City, N. J.

Trustworthy Things. Wells' Velvet Cream Face Powder, ssc. lcaurelle Oil Balm, skin beautifier, 3OC. Wells' Hair Balsam, preserves the hair, jcc. Wills' Brain Invigorant and Nerve Tonic.

keeps vou bright, vigorous and strong, 75c. Wells' Stomach Elixir, comforting relief, ««• Wells' Kidney. Bladder and Urinary Cure, l i . Wells' Lithia-Rve Whiskey, a pure, harmless.

healthful stimv'nnt. $1. At druggists or se .t on receipt of price. E. S. Wells, Chemist, Jersey Citv, N. J .

Don't Die In the House. Rough on Rats, Clears out Plies, Bed Bugs,

Roaches, Ants, Rats, Mice, 15c.

Oklahoma ami t ho Ind ian Ter r i to ry . A well-known New York flnancler,

rvho recently made a businesa audi pieasuro trip through Oklahoma audr the Indian Territory, in a Tetter to .i friend gives nomo very interesting data and information relative to "The Land of tho Fair God," Ho says, in part; "When I recall my experiences, whllo In Oklahoma and tho Indian Territory, It seems to mo to be more llko a dream than a reality. I never waa more fa-vorably impressed with a people, and the resources of the country are trufy wonderful.

"Before making thlB trip I was im-bued with the Idea, so prevalent among tho people of the east, that this terri-tory have Uttlo In common with the In-terests of our people, and was a plnco fitted more by nature for an abode for the red man nnd a rendezvous for out-laws than a home for a civilized ami Christian people. A personal Investi-gation and Inspection of the country early dispelled this Idea, and 1 found that nine-tenths of tho sensational arti-cles of outlawry and other tragedies credited to that country eminated aloue from the fertile brain of some over-en-thusiastic newspaper correspondent.

"The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, tho Choctaw, Oklahonyt & Gull and the Missouri, Kansas & Texas eyBtema of railroads each lead into and across this country, and the great amount of eatth?, hogs, wheat, cotton and other produce shipped out from there evidences tho tact of the fertility of the soil and tho productiveness of tho country,

"The Indian Territory la r ich ia tta mineral lands nnd coal fields, and theeo industries are only in their Infaney, while the cheapness of the land and rich soil over the greater par t ot Okla-homa offers inducements to capitallsta as well as the farming nnd laboring class of our people.

"There Is still some fair hunt ing In the Kechi hiila, southwest of Anni-darko and in the Gloss mountains, and the streams are well supplied with fteh.

"Crop prospects are exceptlonaRy good, and undoubtedly the coming aea-aon will see a large emigration from ths east to that country."

Flo r ida Facf». February and March aro two of

the best months of the yea r to visit Florida. T h e climate _ ia fine aud the social f ea tu res a t thoi r he igh t of interest. When you have mado u p your mind to go, you na tu ra l ly w a n t to go there as soon as po.ssiblo an i l in the most comfortable manner . No matter whether you live in S t Louie, Chicago. Peoria, Indianapolis, Colum-bus, Cleveland, BulValo. New York ar Boston, you can take one of the mag-nificent t rains of the "Big Four Route" from any one of these citiea to Cincin-nati, and with only one change of ca r s continue your journey to Jacksonvil le . Direct connections made in Centra l Union station, Cincinnati, wi th t h rough trains of all lines to Florida. Call on or address any agent of the "Big P o u r Route," or address E. O. McCormiek, Passenger Traffic Manager, or D. B. Martin, General Passenger and T icke t Agent, Cinelnnati, O.

Court—What do you mean by saying you were once in the higher walks ot lite.' Tramp - 1 wuz in de mountains wld Coxey.

WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS AT VALLEY FORGE,

carefully restoring the old camp roads, marking all the sites and making the place an object-lesson In history. James Parton In New York Ledger.

WftfthlnRton'* Farmlnif Operations. Washington Inherited Mount Vernon

in 1759 from bis half-brother, Lawrence Washington, who died in 1757. This brother had a daughter Sarah, who was heiress to the estate, but she died two years later and the property then re-verted to George, who was then just 27 years old. The estate then comprised iess than 3,000 acres, but soon after he came into possession he added 5,500 acres by purchase, which gave him ten miles of river front. Then began the system of improvements and cultiva-tion which pubsequently made Mount Vernon the most valuable landed prop-erty in Virginia. He drained the land wherever needed, he rotated crops, got the best farm implements then in exist-ence, built aud repaired fences, had his grist mill, his own distillery, had his own smithy for repairing tools, his own carpenter shop, looms, and he built scores of houses and cabins for his slaves. His five farms ranged from 1,000 to 2,000 acres each, and each farm had its overseer aud its allotment 0 negroes and stock.

How's This!

W e of fer One H u n d r e d Dol la r s r e w a r d f o r a n y case of C a t a r r h t h a t canno t be cured by H a l l ' s C a t a r r h Cure.

F. J . C H E N E Y & CO.. Toledo, O. We . t he unders igned , h a v e known P .

J . Cheney fo r t he l a s t 15 yea r s , a n d be-lieve liim pe r fec t ly honorab le In all bus iness t r a n s a c t i o n s , a n d f inancial ly a b l e to c a r r y o u t a n y obl iga t ions m a d e by the i r firm.

WAT.DING, K I N NAN & MARVIN. Wholesa le Drugprists. Toledo. Ohio.

H a l l ' s C a t a r r h C u r e is t a k e n In ternal -ly , nctinK dlroc?tly upon tin- blood a n d m u c o u s s u r f a c e s of the- sy s t em. Test i -m o n i a l s sent f ree . P r ice ; 75c per bot t le . Sold by all d r u g g i s t s .

H a l l ' s F u m l l y Pi l ls , If-c.

The Hector -You don t mean to say you ««-!it to a dog show on Sunduv? Penelope—Ye*: hut 1 looked at thu St. Hurnards only.

A New Fostontce. The United States government has

established a branch office in the g r e a t seed establishment of the J o h n A. Salzer Seed Co., La Cross, Wis. fio large and extended is the t rade of t h e Salzer Seed Co., t h a t the government for their own conviencnce to promptly expedite mail matter , located an otRee iu their mammoth buildings. T h e edi-tor is told tha t Salzer's g rea t plan®, seed und grain catalogue is mailed t o anyone upon receipt of 5 cente postage by addressing them at La Crosse. Wis.

The slateineni Issued by the treasury dn-partment on Jan. 1, IMt. gavo Dgurca showlnc that the total cost of the war of lHtI-i5 waa ex-actly t8,IS0.iU9,t00l

TO CALIFORNIA

Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup is pleasant to take, positively harmless to the most delicate constitution, and absolutely sure to cure the most obsti-nate cough or cold. A household boon.

Whenever Cod puts gold In the lira it is that the dross may bo purged out

Constipation is the cause of all sor ts of serious disorders of the blood. Strong cathart ics are worse than use-less. Burdock Blood Bitters is nature 's own remedy for troubles of this sort.

When you borrow trouble you will confer a favor by not returning it.

No need to suffer with rheumatism, lumbago, neuralgia, cramps or colic. Dr Thomas' Eclectrie Oil cures all such troubles, and docs it quickly.

Moles can swim wiih great dexterity, their broad fore paws acting an paddies.

Malhe-s who havi use! Parker's Ginger Tonic for years insist that it bouetlts more than other medicines: every lorm ot dUlress and weak-ness yie.d to it.

We had better rer-erre our judgment when curious people want ua 10 donate it.

A < on~Ii Sli 'illil Not Itn N<>sU>rteil. "UIIOWN S linoNcuiAi. TKOCHES" aro a sim-ple remedy and give immediate relief. Avoid -.miiaiious.

A man's eharacter is 1 orne with him: he get-j the reputation from other people.

Piso's Cure for Consumption has been a Hod-si-nd 10 me. Wm. H. McCtellau, Cheater. Flor-ida. Sept. K. iv.ij.

There is no fairer sight in this world tha i sincere piety In a humble home.

, FITS—AllF.!Sstopped free hy P r . Kline's Orrnt Nerve Keslorrr. NoFiLsaticrinelinaaav-suse.

f arvi-louji-uii-t. Trcatfeoaiul S-'riallx)'.M«-rr«M-ti l l taits . in iidtoLr. Kliu-Jol.vri-kbt,.riDla.|I'a.

Tlie sword ilsh does .iot use its terrible weapon as a dagger. but .v. a flail.

It tbe lir.liy is Cuttlug Teeth. A e s u r s c n l .<:-e t h a t o l - l a n d k 'U- t r i ed remedy, U . t z .

V/ues tow ' s s . - o rn ixo S v n c T I > : C l i i id rcn T c c t l d n g .

In Fnl lman Tour is t Sleeping Car*. The Burlington Route (C. B. & Q. R.

R.) run personally conducted excuralona to California, leaving Chicago every. Wednesday. Through cars to Califor-nia destination, fitted with carpets, up-holstered seats, bedding, toilet rooms, etc.; every convenience. Special agent in charge. Route via Denver and Salt Lake. Sunshine all the way. Wri te for descriptive pamphlet to T. A.Grady, Excursion Manager, 211 Clark S t , Cln-cago.

President Lincoln mode 14 dil lerontcairsJor troops, asking for nn aggregate of S.SK.'TB men Of tho above number ho succeeded ia ob-taining >.090,401 men.

Knowing Ones

Unite in saying t h a t for fine equipment , solidity, safety, convenience, ca re fn i cater ing to patrons and polilenesa of employes, the best l ine between Chi-cago and S t Paul, Minneapolis, Ash-laud, Duluth aud Intermediuto point* is the Wisconsin Central. Throngik sleepers to Minneapolis and Dnln th daily. Meals in dining ears a la carte. For folders, rates, etc., apply to your nearest t icket a g e n t or

JAMKS C. POND , General Fussc tiger Agent,

Milwaukee, Wis.

Good fortune sometimes comes to see ua ia a very shabby-looking carriage.

When you say you will do a good thing don't back out, but stick like wax.

Co*'* C o n g h I t a l c a m I« t h o o l d e r t i i n d b e a t . I t wi l l b r e a k u p a C o h i f p i h l m ( b a n a o y t b l n g c b e . I t l s a l w a i s r c l l a l i l c . T r i I t .

Gamblers do not always dine on game pin.

The romance ends at outrimony.

T.ong prayers shorten devotion.

THE

The skin Is the only partt.f the human tody thut is io t hardened by :iu*.

KsMG CURE O. 'ER ALL FOR

RhemTsatism,

S c i a t i c a . IS

ST. JACOBS

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LOWELL STATE BA E Capital, - $25,000.00.

IX)\VELL, MICH.

FRANCIS KINO, President. CHAS McCARI Y, Vlee P^Ii lenl .

M. O.ORI8WOLD,CMliier.

blRECTOKS: FrnucU King, Chns, McCnrty, Hubert Hardy, K. T. King, G. H. Force, h . J. Post,

M. C. GrUwold.

A General Dildkin^ lludiiiess Transnclcd Money Loaded oil RWI Estate Security

Jim

RESOLUTIONS OF CdHDOLENCE

Add^tcd by Eddy Toa t , Nd: 398, j K. 0 . T; A .

Wliereus; i t has pleased the Slip-hmie 'Jomniauder of the universe to bipuVe trmn our middt our esteemed tomraile, Sir KnigliX, A. B. Johnson, Uierefore be it

Resolved, tha t we express our deep Borrow at the loss of a comrade, a kind, indulgent husband and father;

Resolved, that wo deplore the loss bf a comrade not only from our ranks but f rom the community in which he lived; on account of his sterling busi-ttedd ({utilities and public $piritml citi-zenship;

Resolved, that wo extend to the families of our deceased comrade our i inocfe sympathy iu their great be-teavement;

Resolved, that our charter be draped !n mourning for thirty days; that, a bopy of these resolution^ be presented to the family di duj- late comrade; tha t they be ptlUIWhed in tbe LOWEM. fiEDOER and 8{lredd upon the records bf the Tent .

R . B . B o v i . a x .

W . H . C l a r k .

\ V . F . H o w e .

Februa ry 17, 1896.

Witt Be R u u a i n g in a F^w Days .

The p )les are iu ^lAce aud the at-

tending current wired s t rung from the

t ransformer a t the i W ' i i t ft Milwau-

iteb Grand avehUe crossing to the

Lowell waterpuwet* plant of the West-

fern Michigan Light nnd Power Com-

pany , with exception of a short space

the other sido of Ada, and the e m -

ployes were yesterday prepar ing the

Orand avenue poles to receive the

heavy insulated cables which will

bring the direct current into the bUsi-

hess portion of the city. T h e com-

jiatiy, it is said, will be in shape to

itinlisli light and power inside of ten

Uayd.—[Monday's Grand Rapids

Deniofcl'ilt.

The LiviUfrston hotel, wliich has

Successfully Ujiel-ated its own lighting

p lan t for tHe Jittlt year a l a Idrge sav-

ing it) cost; will Uc mpped ou the

Tio\Vell wire as soon as the line reaches

H, aiid a still fur ther savitlg iu cdst of

liurreut is anticipated.—[l^reAi.

F i r e a t tirattd R a p i d s .

One of the most disastrous fires that

has visited Grand R-ipids in years de-

Htroyed the Old Houseman block

Molidriy morning a l 3 o'clock. Marty

fathilies o'ccUpied the upperl&dHesand

tliu meinbei-^ fefcaped in tlleU- h igh t

clothes in the bi t ter cold, but ^brfe

Quickly sheltered by good people.

Only one person, a lady, was serldUs-

ly injured, a remarkable fact cdrtsid-

er ing the many narrow escapes.

T h e Grand Rapids Democrat was

one of the heaviest losers.

George Morse is on the sick lisL

Bessie Chapman of Saranac yisited \vith Ethel M(H)re this week.

Sidgcl K tpf of Grand Rapids, for-merly a Lowell boy. has been in town a few days, present nt the opening of bids for ihe conili-ucliou of the muuic ty.il electric plartf.

"the Good Teriijilars will give a Conversation sociiil a l Maccabee hall, Wt'dtlesduv eveniilg, Feb. 26.

Chris Qison Ims ventfcd the farm kuiiwn its the John Mathews place, un ihe ct'uiiiy line and wili sootl move liis fatnilv there.

All kinds of wood arid coal for feale by C . H. Wesbrook.

Mrs. K .liert Johnson and son vis-ited her sister, Mrs. S. E Morgan, Sunday.

, Willie Rexford and wife visited, a few days last week, with her mt iher , M r s D. M. Goodsell.

L iren Lewis is moving into his I house on the Ada road.

Mrs. J . I. Ayets df Saranac is visit-ing Mrs. F r a n k ' f i c k e r this week.

O l e b r a t e d Ni t^a ra brand fcauned ^oods a I Btrt^m's. \

T h e Lei>(jBk was in hopes to Have putiUshed this week good news in re -g a r d tw a basket fact<)ry being estab-lished Here. But good things are apt to cotue.burd and things are not O .K. yet. B d t jus t the same we are going to have a basket factory, and don' t ^oit forget i t

Josoph B. Yelter has beetl iijv pointed guardian of.ll|b property of his sister, Mai V J . Yfelter, cotielsting of about $1)00. jlersollal propeHy and 82,700 real estate;

Mrs. Fa rnham of Grand Itiluids is visiting tier sister; Mrs Lewis Boiler.

A call has been issued fo r a meet-ing a t Grand Kapids on March 5 of all Masons of the state interested in the Masonic honie iu the Second City to consider plans (or the future lhain-tenance of the institution.

FOR SALE—Three 40-acre iarras, cheap. Enns & Bradfield.

Phil Althen this woek preseiUfi his sister, Mi-s. M. E. Simpson, Idnia, Mich., with a year's subscription to the LBDUKK; and F. E. Lainnkins re-members his sister. Mis. If F. Evans, Sandusky, Ohio, in the same manner. Next !

Hotel Wavcrly has, for a number of days this, week, had nearly a dozen electricians as trilpsls, who wt'iV its brishl , witty and intelligeill a lot of gentlemen as one seldom meets in a town of this size.

Eight cases of black diphtheria are reported at B istwick lake, in CanHon township.

Buy all kind of wood of J . W. Ecker & Son.

The Scientific American gives the fo ' lowing recipe for the whole world io know, and which every family nu-.'ht lo preserve, and is especially valuable because of the outbreak at Cannonsbursr and vicini ty: At the first indication of diphtheria in the throat out of a ehild, make the room close; then taW» a tin cup and jlolir into it an equal qiianlily of tar and ttirp 'ntine; then hold the cup over the fire so as to fill the room with the fumes. The patient, in inhaling the fumes, will cough and spit up the membraneous mutter mid the diph theria will pass off. Tlve fumes of the tar and turpentine lessen the trouble in the throat and thus afford the re-lief that has baffled the skill of physi-cians.

Find Fiudlay 's Famous Felts.

We \Vi|l pay five ceniA each for eighteen LEDGER'S of February 14, a t this office.

R e v . J . J . Fin lay of Cascade called on his manv Lowell friendS and attended ihe bible class held a t Mrs. Ro l f s Fr iday night.

Mrs Matthew Hunter has been very sick ihe paftt t\Vo weeks with an attack of la gripfte followed by con-gestion of the liver and stomach but her many friends will beglad to know she is belter aud gaining slowly.

Boys, bdfoi^yoii go- Hy the n e i t dance, coiiia in imd s e e t h e new danc-ing pumps fdr 'tyoi

A - J . Howk & Son.

Mr. and Mrs. L J . Post of Lowell are visiting M r . and Mrs. A. A. Crip-pen of South Division s t reet .—[Wed-nesday's Democrat

Warm shoes a t greatly reduced prices a t C. M. Fiudlay 's .

T h e ice c r ip—an excellent qual-ity—is being harvested.

Brother Quick, of the Journa l is with the Michigan Press association on its t r ip to Mexico.

r h j l Althen has returned from a visit with his sister, Mrs . M. E . Simp-sou. / -—

Finger rirtgs, ear rings, llreast pins, etc. repaired by U. B. W i l y ^ i s .

Mrs; Rober t Hardy , who has been takiilg medical t reatment a t Grand Rapids since the first of J a n u a r y , re-turns liome tomorrow, much improved in health.

Wil l F. Howk Has heen summoned to fierce on the Urtited States jury , wliich convenes at Grand Rapids March 10.

See Eckel- cV Son for wood arid kin-dlings.

Mrs. MUrii Oheron has purchased of Clinton Snow the house and lot op posite the Oorigl*egationni cliilrch, ior Jed Tinkler, wife und family , towholn she has sold it tipou coutraui.

Alex. W . Terr i l l , U . S : Minuter to Turkey, has cabled the state depart-ment a t Washington that tlie SUolinie Porte of Turkey lias grajited Miss Clara Barton permission to carry on her work of chaii ty and has given as-surance of protection nnd aid to her agents in their work.

Amboy cheescv t W e better, 14cls. a t B e r g i n ' s y ' ' >

M. Walker of Fenton has secured the contract of pull ing in the water works plant a t Rockford, over twenty-one other competitors.

The late vote of Shiawasse county on local option was lost by 296 votes.

Carl S. English of Ovid was in town this week, as well as many other electricians.

John Nicklin has severed his con-nection with the Journa l office.

Charles W. Eaton of the Grand Rapids book firm of Ea ton , Lyon & Co., has wild his interest to the com-pany, a f te r 26 years of service in the business.

Buy baled hay of C. H . Wesbrook.

Barber & C r a ^ quote some sample prices on groceries in this issue.

Ladies clean yqur kid gloves with Josephine Glove g leaner , for sale only by E . R. Collar ' headquarters for dressed and undressed kid gloves in all the most desirable shade for street or evening wear . tf

in j M i • " ^ j

Owing to the continued illness of Russel if. Enos, of the firm of EnoB& Bradshaw, his son, F rank , has charge of his father's business interests herd. Mr. Enos and his daughter, Kate ef t ' peel to try the Southern climate iu aud around New Orleans for the re-mainder of Ihe winter, ill hopes lo rv-••uperate his health.

Mol'lia a n d ^ \ ^ a Qrtffi'fe, best in the world, at Bergin'sy

The electrioiiuis, who have heen in toWn this week/gave a HanqUet to the Cdhnnnn Council Wediltesday evening at Hotel WaVerly. One of their num-ber, who is a good impel'Soliaior, k^'pl I life Co|ll|ially iu go-nj npirifs b\ His readiness in quoting Shnkesiieare all'd his aptness in imnersonaling the Dutch, Irish ami Yankee characters.

Money to loan on re-i! est to. Lo\V. rates, no b mus Liwel l Stale B m k

There was a very pleasant progres-sive oedro partv a t the residence «f F . T . Kin . 'arid wife, WerlnesdaV eVen-iug. Pr izewinners ; S i r s ' ( 1 Hill, W. S Winegar, first; Mrs A. L Peck and R D. Stocking carried « ff the boobies.

Buv your gloves and mittens a l The Fair.

Fre-innn Winters has been home from Fisher P O., where he nas been Kpending the winter.

All kinds of watch, clock and jew-elrv repairing done al reasonable prices U . B Williams.

The old settlers will hold their an-nual reunion aud par ty on W^lues-dav evening, March 4. Commitiees were appo ;nted yesterday Imd fur ther annonncements will bo made next week

Having, purchased the Banner lanndrv of C. L. Severy, I will say that I shall be pleased to See any that mav call. All work irual-auteed first-class G. W. SKVERY, jiroprieior.

H. Nash, C. Wisner, C McOarly M. C. Griswold and R. b Boylan go to Grand Rapids toniirht to attend a Shriner 's meeting, and witness the suf-fering of some forty candidates who will cross the burning sands.

Mrs W. S. Godfrey is visiting friends in Grand Rapids.

The classes of '94 and '95 met nt ihe home of Agnes Perry Fr iday evening and organized an alumni as-sociation, electing the following officers: President, E lHj Faulkner; vice president, Bert Newtdij; sec., Jessie Tilden; treas., Allefi Bennett .

All kinds of spectacl« fppair ing. U . B. Will iams.

. Mr. and Nirs. Brunnera i ld Mrs. M. j . Kopf visited Miss Maggife Proctor, Sunday.

Frank Faulkner of Clarkaville vis-ited friends in Lowell last wbek.

Miss Anna Gulltford is very ill

C'arence Kunkle of Bostoh visited with Charley Kopf Sunday.

Henry Tidd and wife, ftlrs. Ford and Wm. and Gibson Jones attended the funeral of Smith Godfrey a t Al-ton Sunday.

Lloyd Jones and .wife visited her sister, Mrs Waterman, a t Saranac, Sunday.

FOR SALE—First class house and lot ou easy terms. Inquire of C. 0 . Lawrence , a t the bakery.

On hand now tfce largest and best st ck of pianos and organs ever in Lowell a t rock bottom prices. R . D. Stocking.

Mrs. E lison Train visited he r mother, Mrs. Colter, of Saranac last week.

Mr. and Mrs. Cooper visited her sister, Mrs . Hapeman, of Alton last week.

Joseph Jones is very ill.

Brnce Walker of Grand Rapids visited his inother, Mrs. C. Walke r , Sa tu rday .

Patrick 0 'Br i an visited his brother iu Grand Rapids Sunday .

Grace Walker Ji as

Good Rio bulk 25cts.

• I da Cooper ond Mr. McKabe vis-ited her parents, Mr. and |Mre. Cooper, last week.

Philip Smith and brother of Wesl Liwell visited their cousin, Fred Bruuer, Monday.

Ed Canfield of Orleans visited friends iii Liwell this week.

A number of young people gathered a t the liome of Mr. and Mrs. Teeple Fr iday evening iii honor of their guest, Mr. Churchill, <if Lake Odessa.

The ,p. E. society serit, during the week, | 9 to Miss Meda Hess, a t Ma-rash, Turkey, lo be used by her in the care and comfurt of the distressed Ar-ueniauH.

Mrs. Henry Mitchell of Grand Rapids was in town Monday on busi-ness and took the opportunity to call ou many of her old frieiids

Mrs. A. C . Sherman has been much improved in health through her tr ip to Grand Rapids, by change of treatment, scenery, exerciso and diet.

Mrs. K A. Richards of Saranac is visiting this week with Mrs. Findlay.

Cull at the LEIIUKR'S new quarters when in need of anything in the line of job printing.

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Subscriptions for uewspap tn a n d magazines received a t the L e d g e r office a t regular rales. We pay pos-tage and assume all risks.

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Alton.

Mr. Davis of Lowell wns u guest at John IlHimmah's I list week Friday iiigiit.

Pal Maiuior's eluldren arc down with the diphtlierla, also Mr. Dayles.

•ria Weeks lias hi'tiU ve.y sick but is better now.

Mrs. Orrln FUrd isqillte sl-k. Mrs. Addle Toliy of llrevnville was a

guest of lier sislor, Mrs. (leorgb lHyUil*, last Sunday.

(Jeorge F. White and wifo of Lb Well were guests nt Frl'd Ford's last week Fri-day.

Adinind Heuch and wife of Ada nnd S. Duvis of <• rat Inn \Vere guests nt Dortis Cliurcli'H Sunday.

Joo Heck and wifo ntlfiilied ehtirch ut Mirian lust Sunday nnd spent SutuKlny at Mr. Dollura' 1$) in Keene.

John Andrews is on the sick list. Clyde Purdy and Lena Berri were deje-

gntes from our school lo pariieipnte in the spelling contest which was held ut Grattan Center lusi Satimluy evening.

There was a fair attendance at thegridige meeting last Saturday. Another Ineetmg is up|Hiinied, we undei-stadd/ili four weeks.

(ieorge King of Kecne lias been very ill • since his child's funeral, but is now getting

better. Swiss meetings are still being held every

evening al the cliureh. Klder Mnd^e preached to a pretty fair

itudieuco Monday evening at the church. All were well pleated witli the discourse.

Diphtheria is prevniling in the northwest of Vergenues and the school in the Aldrieh district has been closed.

Doras ( hurch und wife were called to Lowell Tuesday l>y the illnets ut his father, Chester Church, who is iH very poor health, not being able te be out at till.

i'he dance nt the hall hud to bl post-poned ou uccount of diphtheria in thl: west ol Verge ones.

The lunernl of Smith D. Godfrey Inst Sunday was very largely attended. The building Wus tilled to its uttermost, showing the high regard in which he und his fuinily were held. He has been a citizen of Alton for over fifty-four years, having taken his farm fhmi the governmeni. He was a kind and loving father, n benevolent friend nnd neighbor, !lnd his loss will be greatly felt ih our midst, liis children und relatives have the deepest Sympathy of this community.

Keene Center.

Mra. B. F. Wilkinson Visited a t Mrs. Eil l ienuedy's last Fr iday .

William Higginsaml family nnd R. Sparks uiid wife spent Mouduy even -ing at M. Billiuger 's. *

Veru Scoit is sick with the grip.

We hear that William Darby has rented the Thomas Kennedy farm.

Mrs. Noble Strong is spending a few weeks with her daughter , Mrs. Leroy Hntiter, a t Saranac.

Miss Hdwe, au old teacHer who taught iu the Marble district, has beeu spending a few days with her niauy friends iu Kiifene.

Ed Kennedy aud wife visited a t C. Lee's Last Thursday.

Dell Bowen and wife visited dt E Boweu's Friday.

THere wili be a spelling contest be-tween thu Sayles and Marble schobls, three of the best spellers chosen from each (b'lool to meet a l the home of Eary Aiibins on the eVeniug of F e b -ruary 21.

Mr. Tower o[ ftillasburg has traded DakbU land (or Mr. Tfylor'a farm in Kecne, acroea from ilamea Tredentck's.

Mr. OgUvle has rented Mr. MUIman's farm in South Boston and is preparing to move ftOOD.

James Tredenick baa rented his farm tb Charles Locber and ia moving into Lowell.

Mrs- Wilkinson visited Mrs. Jamea Tre-denick last Wednesday.

The Ladles' aid society was well attended at Mrs. T. Kaymond's. The next meetinic will be at Mrs. U. HatcL's in Keene uu March 10.

H. N. Lee is preparing to buird a new barn. There will be a donation at the home of

Frank Laiupkms on Feb. SO for the benefit of Elder Armstroajc. Everybody invited. Come and bring anytbiug that wili help him or his family, or his borae. It will be acceptable.

B. F. Wilkinson returned Saturday from the Farmers' insiitnte at Grand Rapids and feels very much pleased with the meeting.

Truman Pratt and 0 . Carr attended the Grand Rapids institnte.

The Leaene nexi fuuduy evening will be led by Mrs. Frank Huuler.

Next galarday and Sunday there will be quarterly meeting at the Kecne ebureh, and no service iu the evening. We hope to have a lar^e attendance.

Last Sabbatn morning Dr. Wisse from Gr ind Rapids was with us and gave us a v< ry fln i sermon. Those that were not present missed a great treat.

Chsries Lampkins and wife went Sunday to Eastoa to visit Mrs. E. McKindra.

Myrtie Ugilrie is apending a week at Lowell with her grandmotner, Mrs. Dono fan.

Mrs. Ed Kennedy, who has been so badly affllcied with Mood poison io her hand, is improving rapidly,

Little Matie Ogiivie. who has been afllisied with rUeumaUsoi is butter.

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STATE OP MICHIGAN, County of Kent—ss. At a session of the Probate

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Present—Cyrus E. Perkins, Judge of Probate.

In the matter nf the estate of Andrew B. Johnson, deceased.

An instrument in wriling, purporting to he the last will and testament of said de-ceased, having been filed in this court for probate.

It is ordered, that Mahdhy, the Itith day of March, 1806. at ten o'clock in the fore-noon, at said Probate office, be appointed for proving said instrument.

And it is further ordered, that a copy of this order be publisKed three successive weeks previous to said day of liearintf, in the Lowell Ledger, a newspaper printed and circulating in Miid county of Kent.

Cvaus E. Pkrkijjs, (A true copy.) Judge of Probate. H a u r v 1). .Ikweu,, lienister.

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