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At Winegar' The Best

$2.00 Work Shoe

on Earth.

Two Soles and a Tap,

Lace or Congress.

S e e T h e m B e l o r e Y o u B u y .

GEO. WINEGAR. -PREPARE FOR A-

SPLENDID HARVEST By Purchasing-

Reed Harrows, Oliver and Syra-cuse Plows, Planet Jr., Cultl-tors, aud all kinds Farm Implements.

NASH, S T U D E B A K E R WAGONS. P R I C E S SUITABLE TO TIMES.

-ALMOST-

Everything on Earth T

Bought and Sold at

3

Highest Market Prices Paid for Farm Pro-duce of all Kinds.

t o get your money's worth buy of

C H A 8 . M C C A R T Y , Lowell, Mich.

D O M L I E ' GOOD CLOTHES? If so, better you try The Old Reliable. Latest and

Best Patterns, Latest Styles, Workmanship the Best, Everything as Represented, Fits Guaranteed or Money Refunded and no I < I E S told about Com-petitors.

~ SMITH, The Tailor.

-=s | lLOWELL PLANING Mil L , 1 = — w . j . A C T T M i t mom, n e M . , amb D S A U U u r

Lumber, Lath, Shingles and Cedar Fence Posts,

FIFLTACIVRTM 0RS*FH. DOOM, BLIND*. IV»OR AND WINDOW FRAMES AND SOSUNS. MOUI.ntNO, KXHIBITION «ND PFIPPISQ COOPS. DRIED

AFFLE R"X*S, ER»^ MATCH'N(L. RE SAWING AND JOB W »RK, WOODEN EAVE TROUGHS.

E C K E R A S Q I V , L o w e l l , M i c h .

Fresh, Salt and Smoked Meats.

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C o r n e d B e e f

P i c k l e d T o n g u e

P r e s s e d M e a l s

B o 1o g n a

Heart

Spot Cash. We Want Your Trade

A Little Too Much Ham Sausage is Just Enough.

J . J . M e N a n g h t o n & Co.

?M ABROAD. A Great Country for Dog

Teams'

ABE ft THE ROLLttAiVMANITARIAN.

Local and Vicinity Eleotion Figures and Notes.

A JOLLY TIME WITN JAMES A LYON.

Newsy Notes from Rounda-bout Home.

MORE ABOUT TUB DBLGIANS—

"DOG GONE" 'BM.

ANTWERP, M a r c h 22, 1895.

EDITOR LOWELL LEDGEK:

Noiv a short letter about the vehi-

cles and the methodg of tnoviug same.

F i n t I will say just a little about the

boat Irtmi Dover to O^tend; I t WOB

very comfurtably fitted up with open

berths, just to lie down1 and rest io.

These each had a leather covered pil-

low. The eabin Was heated with a

"Detroit Stove Works" stove and had

it been clean I should have spent

more time looking it over It was of

very ancient make, however, and 1

made no remarks about its native

place.

The railway carriages are very

much the same here as in England,-

that is, ail compartment carriages and

have 1st, 2iid and class comparl-

ments. The 3rd afe very poor, the

2nd fair and the ¥ better than in

England. Some of the l«i are heated

from the engine piftl have « lavatory.

The trains do not ruu nearly as fapid

here as in England or America.

The peculiar things are the wagons

and catts. Mo»t of the heavy wagons

have very small wheels and each

wagon has a tongue, with one horse

hitched to it and is • very queer sight

I can assure yon. The carts are

nearly all drawn by dogs; by carts I

mean such as milk carts and others

that carry heavy loads; each has from one to four dogs. One can s e r

at most any time a cart with a very

large woman io it and a load of vege

tables besides, moving along at a fair

gait and drawn by dogs only. I have

seen many oarts with' dogs helping to

draw them, woere the dug would not

weigh over 15 or 20'pounds, yet pall-

ing more accordingly than a very

large horse could, so I am infonned.

f had rather an amusing experi-

ence (fur the bystanders) one day this

week. A man and woman had a

large cart nearly full of sand nogi a

dog was nearly pulling his legs off—

so it looked to me—and I just marched

up to them and in my best liftglish

(of which they could not understand

one word) and my fiercest look,

pointed to the dog and told them that '

if they did not cut him loose at once.

I should spend $500 in cabling to

my old friend, Sam Edmonds, who

was agent for the humane society, and

if he once got after them it would be

all day witlrthem and peace for the

dog. Now if you want to know how

Yankee'*<blhff" works in Belgium,

you just ask Sam if be ever got a ca-

b legram f rom, P I C K .

LOWELL.

The spring election passed off very

quietly and resulted in the election of

the entire republican ticket, with the

exception of supervisor. The follow-

ing tells the story.

Supervisor: Rob t Hanter, J r . , R , 815; O, Bergb , D, 850; Robi. Hardy P , 34.

Clerk: Wm H. Eddy. R, 330; R. VanDvke, D, 308; J . B. Yeiter, P, 42.

Treasurer: J . W. Beery, R, 350; John S. Eg'.Meston, D, 288; Clias. Tavlor, P, 42.

Josiice: R. Hunter, Jr . , R. 366; J . W.- Walker, D, 264; S. E-. Hong, P j 46

Highway Corhmteiffner: Wm. H . Mui'phv. Ft. 380; Chos. R. O'Harrow, D and P, 301.

chool Inspector: Fred Hinyon, R 364; S. Brower, D, 291; W. A. Lud-wijr, P , 51

Board' Review: Jos. Kinyon, R, 370; Richard Mnrphy, D, 260; Hen-ry Shepard, P, 45.

Constables,republican: Benj. Morse 330; Dan'l LeClear. 325; Earl Cur-tiss, 364; John A. Murray, 365.

Constables, democrat: Arthur Mor-gan, 294; Frank Pickard, 294; D V. Denick 260; J . J . S. Graham, 253.

Constables, prohibiifon! Benj Soules 41; Adam F Behler, 61; Chas. L. Blakeslee, 48; 01 G. Hale, 43

The propositi»n to raise $2,000' by

tax for the bnilding of an iron center

span in the upper Ctrand river bridge

was carried by a vr.te of 342 to 69.

On the slate ticket, Moore had 361

to 207 for McGath. Butterfield, 362;

Hackley, 358; Pailthorp, 198; Brooks

200.

For Connty examiner. Smith re-ceived 365 to 196 for Cornell.

The vote on salary amendment was

126 yes to 224 no. On circuit court

amendment the vote was 136 yes to f49 no.

So far as heard from, the vote in

the conntv on salary amendments was

Yes, 815; N", 2,816. Evidently, the

people do Aot favor higher salaries

along with 50 cent wheat.

VBRORNNRS.

Following arw the officers elect:

Supervisor. Fred L. Hodges, D ;

clerk, Duncan Anderson, D; treas-

urer, Frank C. Alger, D ; justice,

Warren B. H»ag t D ;• highway com'.,-

J . R Lynn/ R; board review, D. ' S.

Blanding, R; inspector, Orlando J .

Odsll, !>. For justice Hoag and

Earl G: Nash were "tied." In draw-

ing. Mr. Hoag got the office. The to-

thl vote oast was 244.

6RATTAN.

The entire Republican ticket is

elected by majorities running from 1

to 11. John Q. Hessier, supervisor;

Edwin L Brooks, cierk; Luther A.

Elkins, Treasurer. Cornel I .for school

com'r, was given 60 majority by hicr

home town, i

CANNON.

The'Republican ticket is elected

with majorities as follows: Supervis-

or, Wm. J Thomas, 48; clerk, Geo.

M. Hartwell, 47; treasurer, Willis A-

Litle, 48; justice, Jos. Keech.53; high-

way com'r, Jesse B. Armstrong, 45;

school inspector, A^ron Clark, 43;

member board review, Willis Young,

66.

THB SUPERVISORS.

The Board of Supervisors is as fol-

lows: -Ada—E. B. Clements, D., 44. Algoma—H. A. Montgomerv, 212. Alpine—Aaron H. Hills, R , 71. BownC—William E. Davis, Free

Silver and D., 58. Byron—James S. Toland, R.,51. Caledonia—Eugene Ward, H , 131. Cannon—Wm. J . Thomas, R., 47. Cascade—Henry B. Proctor, R.,67. Courtland—Wm. Baldwin, R , 2. Gaines—Nelson Kelley. R. Grattan—J. G. Hessier, R., 9. Grand Rapids—Walter McGratb,

R., 76. Lowell—Cliristopher Berlin, D., 33. Nelson—John Berridge, 206. Oakfield—E. H. Jones, R. Paris—William T. Adams, R., 81. Plainfield—Chas. N. Hyde, R. , 84. Solon—Edmnnd C Woodwortb, R. Sparta—Norton Fitch, R , 120.

Spencer—Scott Griswold, R., 37. Tyron—Jnmes Holbeu. R . , 10. Vercennes—Fred L. Hodges, D., 16 -Walker—John Kinney, D., 20. Wyoming—Niehol D. Emmons, R., •

89.

The city of Grand Rapids elected ?

seven Republican supervisors and

five Democrats, which makes the 7

Board stand 28 R. and 11 D.

SOCIAL AT J. A. LYON'S.

Quite a number of Lowell people '

attended a sugar social a t the home of

J . A. Lyon, in Vergennes, last even-

ing. A large company was present -

and an enjoyable program of recita "

tions and music was rendered. A

quartet composed of Will M. Chap-

man, Miss Hnttie Wilson, Mrs. D. G • •

Look and F. M. Johnson, with Miss

Edith Sayles as organist, furnished vocal music. Will M. Chapman in

capacity of auctioneer sold a patch-

work quilt for tho ladies at $5, saying

when asked to do the job: "Well I'll

Look about me, and if there is no Fal-

las-y about it, I'll do it. and there

won't be any Lyon about it, either."

It was after midnight when the com-

pany broke up, and the Lowell con-

tingent came home feeling that Ver-

gennes people know how to do thing!! up brown.

TRAONERS' ASSOCIATION

Will hold their next meeting at the High School building, Lowell, Satur-day, April 13, at 2 o'clock p. m. It is hoped that all teachers interested in progressive education will be present and help each other by an interchange of ideas. The program is as follows:

Song by Association. Roll call, quotations on education. Secretary's report. Quiz on Geography, February and

March lessons. Pres. Ludwig. Question box and misceil aneons. Song by Association.

SAMUEL FISHER,

Father of J , K. and Quiucy, died in '

this village on Monday, April 1, after

a weeks'illness of paralysis, a t the age

of 76 years and 8 months. A brief

service was held at the bouse on Tues-

day, after which the remains were

taken to Kincardine, Out., the former

home of deceased, when funeral ser-vices were held on Wednesday.

PBTER CUNNANB,

Of Ada, died on Friday, March 29, a t

the age of 69 years. Funeral services

were held at the Grattan Catholic church on Monday, April 1.

ELLEN MCELHATH,

Died at her home in Grattan, on Mon-

day, April 1, of paralysis, a t the age

of 58 years. Funeral servioss wero

held at tho GratUn Catholic cburch on Wednesday following.

TOUTH BOSTON.

John Christie and wife spent Saturday and Sunday with the tatter's partnts near Cahdonia t

Wilt Jackson will move onto the Wid--ow Tucker's place this week.

Him Efla Van WM up from Grand Rap-ids lost week.

Over Kiity dishes of <agar were Sbld at the Orange Hall, Tuesday night.

Chris. Klahn has his new house well-under way.

Mumps at Prank Henry's.

Mi» Cntler is clerking at D. R. Craw*B store at Ehndale.

Will Jaekstm and wife spent Batnrdav

and Sunday with her people in W « i Bowne.

BAPTIST NOTES. Subject for Sunday morning sermon,"The

Triumphal. Entry of Jesna."

Solo -Pa lm Branches." by J . D. Cromer, of Qrand Rapids.

Evening theme, **Tfce Passion ef Je sw." Bible school at 12 o'clock.

Prayer mmiug Thnrsiay e r s t i ag . Beadeis M the LTMUR A ^ U Y

E H . Shanka, Pastor.

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Jewell J£eil(tfr. W. M JOHNSON, P n b l i a b t r ,

i O W l t L L . . M I C H .

' JThc cattlemen nrc right—the United Qatcs Rhould compel Germany and Prance to Inspect all tho wines and edi-blofl exported from those countries Into thte. About two-thirds of the wines would be found defective.

The New Jerflcy legislature has bought of n Chicago firm for J21,000 a eystem of ateel pigeon holes worth |7,-000. Even a t that cost It will prove a paying investment If It serves to pig-eon hole nine-tenths of the bills Intro-duced,

Never having Intended that the Ar-menian Investigation should Investi-gate. the unspeakable Turk has decided that It shall not go on until better weather comes. For the purpose of that investigation better weather will never come.

In short, and with as much gallan-try as the circumstances will admit, we think the female forgers who are now plying their vocations with such bril-liant success ought to get exactly the same punishment as male forgers. This ft an age of equal rights.

If the fool killer ever resumes business It will be his duty promptly to dispatch Calvin Rosa of Shelbyville, Ind., who pet a shotgun t rap for thieves in his cellar and failed to tell his wife who, when she went to open the cellar door, received wounds which will cripple her for life.

A writer declares tha t "the fu ture educator will see to it that the child's precept structures are not unregistered chaotically and disymmetrically." We mistake the temper of the Ameri-can boy if he will permit anything so terrible to be done to his structures without a vigorous protest.

The anti-cruelty people have charge of the dog pound in Philadelphia, and they refuse to give a cur dog to a sur-geon in order that a section of one of its nerves may be used to relieve the distressing disease of a human being. A society for the promotion of the wel-fare of folks seems to be in order.

The surgeons, af ter showing that kid-neys and lungs and sections of the ali-mentary canal can be removed without fatal results, have now demonstrated that a man with a broken neck can be fixed as good as new. The grip, how-ever, is still greater than the entire profession.

Thoughtful men will make prepara-tion for the careful picking of their fruits during the summer and fall, and the kind of baskets In which to send them to market. A nice basket filled with choice fr ' j i t will nearly always sell for double the money and ns quick again ns fruit and basket of the nonde-script commonplace character. This applies to many other things iKysides fruit and basket.

The Chinese warships at Wel-Hai-Wel were destroyed, not by the great, heavily-armored Japanese steel-clad battleships but by the little torpedo boats, which sent live ships to the bot-tom within thirty hours. Much has been said about the battles oZ the future being fought among the clouds with airships. I t seems probable that the naval battle of the future may be fought under the sea with submarine torpedoes.

The millions left for public uses by James Lick, of San Francisco, more than twenty years ago have been ex-ceedingly well handled by the trustees. They have expended about 12,000,000 on the Lick Observatory, now one of the great astronomical Institutions of the world; a school of mechanical arts, free baths, and a number of .statues, and have a million left to hand over to the Academy of Sciences and the Society of California Pioneers, who are the residuary legatees. The property was scattered all over California, and there was also a contesting heir to compro-mise with, but the trustees stuck to their work faithfully and deserve lasting credit for their complete success,-

The appeal of the people of New-foundland to. the. British government for help In the distress which has come upon them has been rejected. In reply to it Lord Ripon. colonial secretary, says that the self-governing •'cilonies should not look to the imperial govern-ment for aid in financial affairs, but he offers to send a royal commission to the island to relieve actual distress from the treasury funds. The New-foundlanders did not aslt for govern-ment aims, but for aid in working out their own relief, and It seems to be an act of political heartlessness thus to repudiate interest in and disown the oldest colony in America. Blood is not always thicker than water.

A white man in Virginia has been sentenced to prison for life for stealing a piece of bacon worth about thirty-seven cents. This was his third offense and the law provides life Imprisonment for third offenses. Virginia laws are almost as. unjust as Virginia lawless-ness.

Realism on the stage has educated audiences to such a fine point of appre-ciation that when an actor's clothing caught fire and half burned him to death during the progress of a perform-ance the other .evening the spectators took It for granted that the accident was a part of the show.

WOJlM OF THE PRESS.

CHICAGO LADIES WHO ARE FAMOUS AS WRITERS.

They HBTB OrgHalced N L « a f f n e of Ac-

t ive N e w a p s p e r W o r k e r * — T h ? Only

Orgnn lMt lon of t h e K ind In t l ie

United B tn te i—The i r S p e m U l M .

(Chicago Correspond&Ke.)

fe—Jr—g] H E C H I C A G O Press League Is said to be the only organization in the country that is com-posed entirely of a c t i v e newsQaper women. To bt eli-gible the applicant f o r m e m b e r s h i p must be. or have b e e n within t h e year, a regular en-'othrWtf. 0mtum

gaged and paid member of the editorial staff of a reputable newspaper. The league originated In the press committee of the Isabella association, of whioh Miss Mary H. Krout was appointed chairman. When It was ascertained that the Isabella association was not altogether favorable to the Board of Lady Managers, to which Miss Krout belonged, she promptly resigned, and the remainder of the committee followed her example. I t was then decided that xn organization of active newspaper women be formed for mutual aid during the World's Pair, and tha t It should be Independent of both the Isabella as-sociation, the Board of Lady Managers, and all other organisations, and which should be a means of entertainment and a benefit to visiting newspaper women, both American and—during the World's Fair—foreign. This was accomplished during the spring of 1891. Miss Krout was made president; Miss Martha Howe Davidson, vice-president; Miss Eva Brodlique, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Virginia Lull, recording secretary, and Mrs. Wakeman, treasurer. When the organization was perfected a plan of work was immediately outlined, which was carried out successfully.

Prior to the opening of the World's Fair a movement was begun to make the league an ofllcial organization aux-iliary to the Board of Lady Managers. While entertaining perfectly friendly and loyal sentiments toward the board, which she also represented, Miss Krout strenuously opposed this plan, arguing that a newspaper organization should have no affiliation with any other body;

MISS EVA BRODLIQUE. lhat its attitude, as well as the reports and writings of Its Individual members, must be given to the public perfectly (mblased. She has held the same atti-tude as regards the federation of wom-en's clubs, in all of which the majority of the league have fully concurred. Miss Krout with the league was, how-ever. willing to make certain conces-sions: • First, that In case the league worked with the Board of Lady Man-agers the officers, constitution, and by-laws should not be changed, and that no new member should be proposed for membership who was not eligible under the existing rules—the rule particularly of being a paid writer on the staff of a reputable paper. This agreement was naturally declined, and the Press League and the Board of Lady Managers main-tained Its Independence which it has done ever since. Miss Krout was also made chairman of the Woman's Branch of the Press Congress, the committee being almost exclusively made up of members of the Press League.

During the World's Fa i r the league gave several brilliant receptions to ih> vi'iting Journalists, and another a t the. opening of the Press congress whi'-n was followed by one to the'American women correspondents, and another, still mdre notable, to the foreign women in Chicago during that memorable sum-mer. From a membership of six the league to-day registers fifty-five names —names of women writers 'living In Chicago and suburbs and engaged on the staffs of.the dally and weekly papers and as Chicago correspondents on out-side publications.

Miss Mary H. Krout. of the Inter Ocean, is widely known as a political and special writer. Perhaps her most important work of late has been her articles—editorial and special—on af-fairs in the Sandwich Islands. Through private correspondence she was kept well posted In regard to the troubles brewing, and was about the first cor-respondent to reach the scenes af ter the rebellion became open warfare. Twice she has been to the Islands, the second time maklne an extended tour, and from there to Australia, traveling 27.000 miles in all, and gleaning Important in-formation from every point.

Mrs. Laura Dayton Fessenden Is. bet-^ ter known, possibly, in the-east as a correspondent than In the west, having been on the staff of one New York parer for several years. She is editing

| also the woman's pag« of vhe North 1 Shore News, and Is at present the cor« responding secretary of the league. Mrs. Fessenden's paper, which was read before tho White City club recently in defense of Florence Maybrick, the Amer-ican woman in an English prison, has been received very favorably, and is being reproduced in many different pub-lications.

Teresa Dean is one of the best known writers In Chicago, she having had from the first the privilege of signing her name to all articles coming from her Pen. a privilege seldom accorded to regularly engaged writers. She laugh-ingly says tha t it must have come about fhrohgh the poor editor not daring to take the responsibility of her "stuff." However that may be, her chatty "Snap Shots" and "White City Chips" have made thousands of readers claim her as their particular friend. In private life she is Mrs. W. Lewis Tallmah, the wife of a prominent Chicago physi-cian. She is chairman of the entertain-ment committee in the Press league and Is called tho "Ward McAllister" of the club.

Eva Brodlique is one of the most ver-Batile writers In the league. She can

ABOUT CHORUS MEN.

THEY ARE PAID J U S T LIKE THE C H O R U S GIRL.

B a t •« They Pee n Grea t Deal of t h e

W o r l d They C'onBeqiiently Co iu lde r

T h e m t e l v e i Amply G o m p e a i a t e d f o r

T h e i r Servlcei.

MISS LUCIB VON NEVAR. Jump from politics to fashions, from prose to poetry, from humor to pathos, and write a dramatic criticism as well as an article on art. She Is Peg Wof-flngton of "The Matinee Girl" in a pop-uiar afternoon paper, and once a week "Evelyn" on fashions, and nearly every day has about two columns on a little of everything without a signature.

Grace Duffle-Roe edits the woman's page In another old established paper, and 48 another writer of unbounded re-sources. Her pen pictures are from grave to gay, practical and mytho-logical, profound enough to reach the most earnest and deepest thinker, and again light enough to interest a child. But through all the treasures that come from her pen Is the never falling thread that always tells you of her own gentle self, in private life she is Mrs. Robert Boylan, the wife of a well-known jour-nalist.

Mrs. Lucie Van Nevar. another \aiuc(l member of the lenpue, came from tho south Just before the World's Fair, where she had been the successful publisher of a paper of her own. The World's Fair was the magnet which drew her to Chicago, and almost before she knew It she was so busily engaged in the dally routine of metropolitan press work that she has never been able to tear herself away. She is one of the few workers who write rapidly with pen and ink and never change a word af ter it is down.

Mrs. Isabelle O'Keefe was society re-porter on a morning paper for some time, and is now busily engaged in writing for several different Catholic publications. She Is also president of the Catholic Woman's League. Mrs. Kale Reed Is one of the editors, with her husband. Col. Reed, of the Banner of Gold, and Is considered a great ac-•"luisition to the club. Miss Vesta Sev-'ringhaus Is Chicago correspondent for

an Alianta paper. Mrs. J . Harrison White, another beautiful woman, edits the woman's department of the National Review. Miss Meta Wellers is special correspondent for several educational journals, and receives a stated salary from three. Miss Katherlne Prindivlll*

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MRS. TERESA DEAN TALLMAN. has charge of the social columns of a mprning paper, and is one of the most popular women In the league, being a woman incapable of narrow prejudice. Miss Isabella McDougall Is artist as well as writer, and has charge of the a r t columns of an afternoon paper. Mrs. H. Effa Webster is another versatile writer whose name appears daily in an afternoon paper. Mrs. Jean Waldron Is a special writer with rare beauty of thought as well as face. Victoria Adams composes music as well as verse, and at the coming reception of the league her "Spirit of "96." dedicated to "The Continental Guards." will be played.

J . H. MEAD.

The chorus girl has had the calcium light of attention thrown upon her for ages, but the poor.chprus man has been neglected. He goes through life care-fully concealed behind a double row of chorus girls, singing his little life away, and no one gives his future a single thought, says the Boston Globe. W. H. MacDonald of the Bostonians has lifted the veil which screens the chorus man In obscurity, and speaks of his genesis In this way: "Of course, I will have to begin with the chorus man's advent In opera," said he, "and I will s tate a t the start that the chorus man collectively possesses more than average Intelli-gence. He Is not, a s a rule, however, a man who has devoted his early life to a study of music, with a determination of entering upon an operatic career. Most of them are young men who have studied tnusio In a perfunctory way. and are the possessors of good. If not developed, voices, which their friends tell them tlhould be heard upon the stage. The majority of them have been engaged in clerical work, and have tired of a life of commercial routine. If their salary Is a small one, say |6 or |8 per week, the 120 a week or more they can get doing chorus work looks as big to them as a Himalayan mountain. But even when this Impression has been dissipated by a whole lot of uncom-fortably real conditions, the chances are that these men will continue in their new work rather than turn their faces toward a business life again, and no doubt most of them are mpre or lesri tainted .with Bohemianism, and are not fitted for commercial pursuits. Doubt-less a desire to see the country, as the phrase goes. Is responsible for a num-ber of them Joining an opera company, and most of .these are there to-day, see-ing It over and over again."

"But what does the future hold In store for these men when their voices are gone? Isn ' t their outlook rather hopeless?" was asked.

'It depends upon the man himself to provide against the inevitable. While most of them are Improvident, I know of conspicuous Instances of Individual thrift. With proper care the chorus man can keep his voice—his wage-earner—for a great number of years. We have men in the Bostonians who have been with us for nearly fifteen years, sober, thrif ty men, good, I hope, for many years more. I t is very com-mon for a chorus man to marry a chorus girl, and by a little care In their domes-tic economy and a small emergency fund, be provided agains tthe proverb-ial "rainy day."

BLIND CYCLERS.

Germany has captured the "world's" championship races this year. The meeting will be held in Cologne.

Slmngo Sight on the lloulevardi of I'arln.

"In one of the most aristocratic quar-ters of the city, where the glided dome of Napoleon's tomb and the twin towers of St. Francois Xavier are sen-tinels over historic associations, lies the beautiful Boulevard des Invalldcs, a long, tree-shaped avenue, where sounds march in list slippers and the perfume of flowering shrubs envelopes the senses, says Outing. One plump shoulder of this charming drive Is made Interesting by a little grouped commo-tion every Thursday afternoon. Through an imposing iron gateway, into the center of the street, is roiled

curious looking machine of the ve-locipede order. It consists of nine largest sized bicycles Joined together in a chain by means of nickel bars, the guide, the second, in front. In Its wake follow eight young men, of about 18, dressed in a uniform of dark blue, with gilt buttons, fiat caps and heels, the pantaloons neatly caught around the anklo by clamps. Neat ctaffs.and col-lars and well trimmed hair, show care-ful attention to the person. The Ex-pression of the faces is cheerful, almost gay, the carriage straight and manly, but gentle and unforceful. This, with

certain timidity of bearing, makes one glance again to see that the party Is entirely blind! They have walked through the gateway, crossed the sward, and reached the queer machine without guide or direction, and com-mence a t once that masonic trick of ad-Justing the wheel and handle known to the bicycle fraternity. Chatting and smiling, each of the eight finds his spe-cial j t e ed and stands beside It.".

T h r e e Tra in R o b b e n Ki l led , One of the most daring and a t t h e

same time most unsuccessful a t t empts a t t ra in robberv occurred in the south-ern portion of Kentucky, when men undertook to rob the southboqpd train No. 3 on the Queen & Crescent line. One of t h e six was killed out-riffht, another died two hours later, a third giving the name of Miller, died later in the day, and tho other t h ree have not been heard from. The t ra in wa» delayed not more than ten min-utes, and reached Chattanooga on time. The express company has adopted the plan of a secret service to protect Its property against robbers. Th is is t h e first result of the new method. While it is costly, it is infinitely more effect-ive than any amount of lynx-eyed detective business employed to ar res t and punish robbers.

HIS LITTLE GAL.

She W M a T e n d e r F lower . W M F a r m e r Kklonar ' i Sally.

"It ain't everybody I'd trust my little gal to," said old Farmer Skinner to the love-lorn swain who In the f a r west had become enamored of Miss Sally Skinner and wished to carry, her. f rom the lov-ing care and shelter, of the home nest. The "little gal." who was 5 feet 11 Inches tall In her bare feet, as she was a t that moment, hid her happy, blushing face on her dear, fond old fa ther 's shoulder and Wept happy tears as- he said to Sally's deeply-moved and sympathetic young lover:

"•Jou must take good keer of my wee birdllng. Jack. Recollect that 8he:8 been raised kind o' tender like. Two acres a day Is all I ever asked her to plow and an acre of com a day Is all she's used to hoeing. She kin do light work, slch as makin* rail fences and digging post holes and burning brush and all that, but ain't used to regular farm j work and you mustn't ask too much of her. I t ' s hard for her old dad to give his little sunshine up. He'll have to split his own cordwood and dig his own taters now. But go, birdie, and be happy!" ' •

B i g F i re a t Ml lwankee .

Lower Grand avenue, Milwaukee, Wis., where the hear t of the whole-, sale and retail commerce of the west side is situated, was the scene of one of the most disastrous fires in the his* tory of the city. Several leading mer-cantile institutions are in ruins. The fire was the most disastrous since the big conflagration of October 28, 1802, and the loss will exceed 11,000,000. I t furnished a magnificent spectacle fo r the. thousands t h a t filled t h e oremie and watched i t from surrounding buildings. There were, however, luckily no fatalities.

MICHIGAN NEWS.

W. D. Riley, the Negro who was arrested charged with shooting Fred Williams a t hlason, has confessed.

iMrs. Ellen Shane, died a t Po r t Huron from the effects of a dose of s trychnine taken late las t evening^ presumably wi th suicidal intent , as she had been known to have made threats to tha t e f fec t |

The large barn of Mr. Tobias Boil, a farmer near Milford, burned. A quant i ty of grain, a horse, cow, c&lf and sheep were burned. T h e fire w a s caused by a spark from Mr. Boil'a pipe l ighting a stack of straw. Loss 92,600.

Mary, the 18-ycar-old daughter of Farmer Dado, near Battle Creek took a dose of paris green, and died in g r ea t agony. She wanted to go to a dauce and her parents refused the request, and she took the poison jus t t o f r ighten her people, not expeoting t h a t i t would prove f a t a l

An interest ing experiment is being made a t Calumet by the Calumet & Hecla Mining company. I t is a test of a newly-invented mechanical stoker, to see whether its work is equal to t h a t of a human fireman. One boiler is being fed by the mechanical af fa i r and another by men, and so f a r they have kept about even.

Charles Cort tried to cross the t rack on his bicycle ahead of an approaching train a t Uoyal Oak, bu t his wheel slipped, and the train s t ruck him. His le f t leg was cut oft between the knee and ankle, and his r ight foot was taken off jus t above the ankle. He is about 24 years old. Later Cort died from his injuries.

Mrs. Wilbur Berry, a colored woman a t Ba t t l e Creek shot her husband and herself. Tho woman is insane. She ordered her husband out of the house, and he started to leave when she shot him between the shoulders. The wound is not fatal. .She shot herself under the chin, the bail passing up into her head. Her Wound is consid-ered fatal.

Mrs. Popendeck, a widow near Paw Paw, rented her farm to W. S. Colo last year. This spring Cole rented another place and was removing his hay and had a load on the barn floor and went out for an err;»id. and when he returned Mrs. P o p e n ^ c k , i t is al-leged, was on the load of hay scatter-ing paris green all over i t Cole caugh t her in the act. She was arrested.

T H E MARKETS.

L I V E STOCK. Buffalo— Cattle Shoep

Best grades... 35 1533 Lower grades. 2 90 34 10

Kew Y o r k -Best grades...$1 751603 Lower grados. 3 63 £4 60

Chicago— Best grades .14158660 Lower grades. 2 76^4'IU

Detroi t— Best grades. . . !4 25 84 85 Lower grades. 8 J514 00

Pittsburg— Best grades...$4 358615 Lower grades. 19084 »

ClBdnnatl— Best grades. . . |4 85^5 25 Lower grades. 2 7B04 75

C l e v e l a n d -Best grades...14 25 t6«0 Lower grades. 250 400

tiRAlM, ETC.

Lambs Bogs. 95 2j 345

$5 00 460 •ss •

$5 25 aoo

1116 4 75 w

$500 300

16 00 8 75

•516 476

•8 76 SW

•475 360

•506 4 70

1465 2M

14 70 360

•4 til 4»

14 GO 280

ttn 425

•4 86 440

I4U 233

•660 360

•4n 4 25

Wheat . No 2 red

Mew York- 00* C h i c a g o - M*tx54S •Detroit— 57 tt67!4 T o l e d o - 67 QhTi Clm-lnnatl- .9 &69<i Cleveland-60 ft>68 P l t t a b n r g - 5 7 t t 8 6 B '

•Detro i t—Hay, No.

Corn, No 2 mix

66 wUU 46484.iV 45M(»45* 45^ i45K. 48'4®48V4' 47 <»47vi 4SHa47

No2whlte saa 33* (.34 83-4433 32 (SS* 3')* -88 36*

1 Timothy. §0 35 •» 60. Potatoes, 65 7a Live Poal t ry, Chickens, JO: Turkeys. >9all: Ducks, 10 ^11. Eggs, strictly fresh. 1114-Mi Butter, f resh dairy, 13^15; creumery, 18 » » .

R E V I E W O F T R A D E .

NEW YORK.—Dun's weekly review of trade says: SlgAsof improrement a re all the more sutibfuctory because neither aceompaaied e r apparently produced by a speculative craie. Dealings In stocus, cotton and wheat are not diverting all t he Interest and capital from productive Industries and legitimate trade, though these products are all a sbade stronger. But railroad earnings, bank eieurances una in-dustrial indications are more encouraging than the previous weetf. I t is a remarkable feature tha t the lilting this j eur begins at t be bottom, so to speak: raw materials a re raised before there is any lancer demand tor their finished product!}, a thing not often done with success, in all these oases it is reasoned that t he larger demand for consumption, though yet wanting, must come when it Is seen tha t prices are going up. So far there is no answering increase la demand or In price for manufactured products and on the whole the range is slightly lower than a week ago. The failures the past week were 234 in the United States against 838 last r.v.

W E A K NERVES Indicate as surely as any physical symp-tom shows anything, tha t the organs and tissues of the body are not satisfied with their nourishment.

They draw their sustenance from the blood, and if the blood is thin, impure, or insuHlcient, they are in a state of re-volt. Their complaints are made to t h e brain, the king of the body, through tbe nervous system, and the result of the general" dissatisfaction is what we call Nervousness.

This is a concise, reasonable explana-tion of the whole matter.

The cure for Nervousness, then, is simple. Purify and enrich your blood by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, and the nerves, tissues and organs will have the healthful nourishment they crave. Ner-vousness and Weakness will then give way to strength and health,

That this is pot theory but fact is proven by the voluntary statements of thousands cured by Hood's Sarsapa-rilla. Read the next column.

" With pleasure I will state tha t Hood*! Sarsnparilla has helped, me wonderfully. For several months I could hot lie down t o sleep on account of heart trouble and also

Prostration of the Nerves. For three years I had been doctoring, but could not ge t cured. I received relief fo r a while, bu t not permaneht. Soon after be-Klnnlng to take Hood's Sarsaparilla there was a change for the better. In a short time I was feeling splendidly. I now rest well and am able to do work of whatever kind. If I had not tried Hood's Sarsaparilla I do not know what would have become of the. I keep It fq my house all the time, and other members of the family take It, and all say there Is

Nothing Like Hood's Sarsaparilla. I have highly recommended i t and one of my neighbors has commenced taking it. I recommend Hood 's Sarsaparilla a t every opportuni ty." MRS. 8. BRAD-DOCK, 40* Erie Av., WUllamsport, Pennsyl-vania. Remember

Hood 's Sarsaparilla Is the Only

True Blood Purifier • A n A V f l O R LOAPKRH WAKTKD. nvner. Hw O v I Dal BBcnta. Salary orcommlulun. Clir ra-l e* 1 F i r e •Ca l l aaa tBbr r Co. Itaclne, WU.

• A I Q I S * |K| JOIIIV w . n i o n n i N . . L r a C H l / N W a a b l n f f l o n , V.cl

13 j m l u law war, ISxtjudicaUiigclaim*, atty iluoei

t h e S C A L P E R 11 p w , *c. All about making money In Grain and Stocki by "Kaiplmr tbe market" on margliu of tit to tl.ttt. Best method yet All M-alpen make

Lmnxo ft Co.. t i t Quiucy St., Chicago.

C O N R A T H . B L A C K R A S P B E R R Y . UlaytMrilff Ikan Iht Oten, mx\j tvie* u Um, abulnUlT kirtljr, Tinrcu Rovir. £ l O m MIUB. $20.00 I n i c a i Alto 6,000,000 mdtud Or-numulbtM ud pUaU, 600 Acres, btreduai Tint* B u m ANU and BarPnlUtPttd. VrlttftrlfiiitnUt OaUltgu ud Prlet Uit. fiREEMiNO BR08.llenro«,lllch.

Anselo, nubeni.Tasto

The "LINENS" are the Bert and Moat Eoonoml-pal Collars and Caffs worn: they are made of fine doth, both sides finished alike, and. being reversl-

one oollar to equal to two of any other kind. well, wtar will and look wtll. A box of

ble, one ooll

tZSSLS t o r Five Pairs of Cuffs for Twenty-Five

^ Sample Collar and Pair of Cuffs by mall for Six Cents. Name style and size. Address

REVEHSIHLK COLLAR COMPANY, 17 Vranklln St* New York. 27 KUby BU Boston.

T1ief« pattern* retail in fashion bazaan and r tom for 25 to It cent' each, bnt in onler to lncrea»e tho de-mand among ptiaagen we offer them to the lady read-erref thin paper for tlir icmarkabiy low price of ouij ID r e n t * r a r h . Pontage one cent entia.

Tha patterm are all of the very late>t Sew York (tyiM and are nneqnaled for t t j Ic, arcmacy of lit, Mm-pildty and economy. For twenty-four year* the-e pattern! have l)een ui-ed the country over. Full de-•cripHoni> and dliectloiw-a* the number of jaru» of material required, the number and nair.e« of the dif-feient pieces In the palleni, how to cut and nt and put the garment togeUier-are Kent with each |>attem. with a picture of the (rarment to go by. The-e pat-terni" are .omplete in every paiticuUr,, there l-elng a separate pattern for every , Ingle piece of the drew. Your order will Le filled the lan.e dar It ia melved.

Every ( attern guaranteed to beperfoct.

The retail price of pattern It ts ccnt».

L»DIW' WN.airo TOII.KT. Pattern No. MIL-The cape U cut in Pl< 'Ite-s rU.: SS. 34, M. 38, 40 and 44 Inrhei

buvt me«»uie. The skirt U cut in five Uret, viz.: 22, 21. ZC. 21 and SO inchej wai>t meaiure.

ThU ftytlth aprinc toilet of golden brown cirpon it one of the ne« rail-dan mode*.

The Tainin nklrt and capo are made to nutch, the col-let. or thort caj-e. being of

' buck platted rhlffon. over which a Van Dyke collar of polnt-de-ventie lace is worn. A lining of blue and brown changeable tilk make* a itch completion.

A full ruohlng of cheffon decorates Uie neck, which ran either take the place of the full Hedid collar, or be worn over it.

I'aianol of changaable blue a»J brown taffeta 1* edged

with a detp frill of white lace, a handaoma bow of bine •alia ribbon deooraUag the handle.

Bat of brown itmw, with black bow and blue wing*. Tbe retail price A earh pattern 1* t t cent*.

LAMB* Patxrrte OOWK. Pattern Ko. •343 I* cut In flvartMa, *lr: SS, »t, 86, St aadtt Inj^M bu«t maaa are. » Bluette crepopl U here

etylUkiy trimmed with black gre-de leudre* and Jetpawamenterte.

A handsome oollar of —liny point-de-reni^e lac* forms a deep round yoke, tbe tall puff* on the sleeves being eblrrad la auecaatva rows to glva the sloping abaalder effect here shown.

The closing on left side of froot I* rendered invisible by tba airaagament of the Mmatar , tbe collar clos-ing la center back with tba

T H I S

mwm cue to"lefcrac*'«

I I •1,000.000 _ T T f f i P ' f B h # « m n t l e C o r e > B .xa r t T Kaeaka oat O e n t aa i

MjturatgiatoA itmoatha good ev Doetora wetilda'l praiee it e* the* d» It'* a DUeevery. Waat, Botai

teelMjUali! Wee* a barrel lall Take this e u r v aa lUreeted. Never P a l l * and waat lajura U*

SWARSON RHEUMATIC CURE CO. Owners IftT-lOO Danrboru St., Chicago

A friend advised me to try Ely's Cream Balm, and after using it six weeks I believe myself cured of catarrh, it is a most valuable remedy. —Joseph Stewart, 624 Grand Avenue, Brook-lyn, New York.

HOTEVEB

C A T A R R H l U Y ' l CRIAM BALM opena and cleanse* the Kami Paesagm. Allays Pain and Inflammation. Hcali tho Bore*, protect* the Membrane from Cold*, Ke-stores the Senievof Taste and Smell. Tho Balm I* quickly absorbed and give* relief a t once.

A particle is applied Into each-nostril and la agree-able. Price 60 cent* at DruRglrt* or by mall. ELT BB0TEEB8, 06 Warren St., HewTork.

JERRY'S COON.

"ERRY CAME U P the path' from tho spring singing. He was singing a mer-ry, Jlg-llke tunc; BO merry that Victory began to pat "Ju-bcr." Victory had Just grown out of babyhood — a wey all healthy babies have of doing—and was the prl<ie of old Aunt Sllva's heart.

AH Jet-ry and' the 'singing approached, even Uncle Ike felt his rheumatic legs Umbering up and longing to cut th pigeon wing," or to perform some otn-

er feat of youthful days.

Possum up de gum stump, coOpey In fle holler,

Little boy a t my house, f a t as he can waller. ^ .

VASELIHE PREPARATIONS. In order t o familiarize the-publlo. all over the

United Statea with the principal ones of the very many useful and elegant articles mado by this Company, we make the following offer:

FOR O N I DOLLAR aent us by mal l we will deliver, free of all chargea. t o any person In the United States, either by mall or express, tho fol-lowing 12 artlol-s, carefully packed In anea t box:

Two Cakto Vaseline Family Soup, One Cake Vaseline Supei Sne Soap, One ounce Tube Capsicum Vaeclinc, a One ounce Tube Pomade Vaseline, 9 g One ounce Tube Camphorated Vaseline, 3 S One ounce Tube CarbolatcdVaseUne, One ounce Tube White Vaselltip, • j* Two ounce Tube Vn»ellne Camphor Ice, ft e Two ounce Tube Pure Vaseline. One Tube Perfumed White Vaseline, One Jar VascllntyLold Cream.

ALL THESE OOOD8 ARE of t h e REGULAR MARKET SIZES a n d STYLES SOLD by US.

These article*.are tho best of their hind in the World, and tho buyer will flntl every one of them ex-ceedingly a*efui uuil worm very much more than the

I m u m m m . co.. 89 STATX sr.. uzw TOSX OOT

WALTER BAKER &G0r The Largest Manufacturora of

P U R E , H I G H G R A D E

.COCOAS AND CHOCOLATES i On thl* Continent, h*T* r*0*ir*d

Highest awards from the gnat

liistrial and Food EXPOSITIONS

lie EuroiM America.

TtaaiaadabdealrabSe for alnMMt any style of fabric, aadcaabe woraa* a walk-lag toilet, tea or home gowa, as well at ceremoal-

The ralaii price of patten I* U cents.

r a e n v S s n t . Ho. MM.—This style eonat* a* on* of ef the many new designs la th* largo variety of

skirt now worn bearing th* nam* of the Parisian artiste who Introduced the mode. The shaping 1* of the dtruiar variety, and flu amnothly In front and over the hips, the top edge being held easy whan rawad to tha belt. Th* lower portloa present* th* undulating ripple now fash loaable. while tha back fall* In full godet, or organ pi|>* fold* from backward turning plait* at the top. A deep

' underfadng of oSLnva*. grass _ or hair cloth Is generally

B*ed aroand the front and sides, while the back is Hoed thiVmgliout with the >anie fabric. Some prefer a atlff interlining throughout all tha skirt, supfleuiented by a ""'"gof tatfeta or cauibric.

Such was the sounding couplet tha t Jerry has wedded to this merry tune.

As he came In sight. It was easy Enough to understand how the lines had been suggested to him. Slung over his shoulder was some kind of an ani-mal; a t least, It was to be presumed that some kind of an animal Was hitched to the tall tha t eJrry grasped.

Victory evidently thought there was something beyond tha t tall. She had been sitt ing on the ground, pouring fine dirt In little rills through her fist Into her lap. From the size of her eyes and the gap between her lips, she must have thought unutterable things; probahiy there was a Hon a t the other end of tne tall.

Uncle Ike came around from his patch, bringing a rusty hoe. He had been digging for sweet potatoes. He had found three, one almost as large as his forefinger. Uncle Ike's sweet po-tatoes usually averaged about the size of his little finger.

"What you reckon I.got yere?" Jerry asked.

The tall slipped down his back with the question, as though the animal, whatever he was, might be crawling away with It. But Jerry had lowered It so that his conumdrum would be harder to guess. Only the brush-like Up of the tall was now visible. ^

Uncle Ike made a guess. "Possum." he said, and with the word there came Into his yellow eyes a hungry look.

"Look yere at his tall," said Jerry, with a tone of superiority. ."You neb-ber seed no possum wld a tall like dls yere. Possum tall smooth like ra t tall. Possum tall bar'. What you reckon 'tis, Vlct'ry?" and he turned to the Uttle girl.

"I s'peck it's a panter or a b'ar, one or t 'other," and the little lady squared herself In a stately way, and folded

,her a rms behind her, as If to do battle i for her opinion.

"Geewhllllkens! I couldn't tote a b'ar no more'n I could tote a bawn full er horses, or dls yere plantation. B'lleve In my soul gals Is geae. Here's what It Is; It's a coon," Jerry continued, swing-ing his booty to the front, "an' ^ I cotched de genulman all by myse'f; nebber had a single solitary soul ter he'p me."

Here Tiger, as It to recall the part he had borne In the matter, lifted his head, and with a low growl, sniffed a t cooney's nose.

"Is he clean dead?" asked Victory. "Law, yes! Ef he wasn't he'd spit In

Tiger's face. He wouldn't stand no dog's nosln'."

"Whar 'd ye cotch it, anyhow?" asked Uncle Ike-

"In a 'slmmon tree, oh course." "What yer doln' a t de 'slmmon tree?

Alnt dar no cotton In de cotton patch ter pick? 'Simmons alnt good, nohow till fros'. Better 'ten' to yer cotton plckln' an' let 'slmmons an' coon 'lone."

"Reckon I'se got a right to git red uv de chills ef I kin. Aunt Sllvy tole me how ef I'd walk 'round a 'slmmon tree fou' times wldout thlnkln' uv possum. I'd git well uv de chills, sho'. 1 was tryln' ter do dat pusklptlon, an" I'd 'a' done It ef It hadn' t been for dls yere varmint. I was mos" gettln' so I could walk roun' wldout thlnkln' uv possum. It Is den I look up In de 'slmmon tree, an' dar sot a coon, layln' right out on a limb, playln' possum. Es soon es be

llrs or othrr Chtmicai* •SS.BOAI1 or l)y»s 1

_ 'asH ia snref their prrparstlnns. Their deUdou* BREAKFAST COCOA U shsolutdy

pat* and wiabts, sad co.ri less lAoa — onU a csp.

•OLD BY OROCEM tVCRYWHKRI.

WALTER BAKER * 00. DORCHESTER. lASS.

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Vs 4* Ml sMribat* M* (sirly |**a t fsrts. bat t* lb* sapseiortty *1 lb* gsads which yea I Bnaiu A Rsvn. Crhsas. lit., PsbeB*ay IS. Utt."

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Idi* ter waat sfwrad. bat thi* ragiaa ars* wstt •Ma lb* Urm** sp>

Ehtage, *•« bad to tea cr iweise «t Ike

•As&isrr"* year eanaased sav pre-aheal eaadttS. sad Ibst Isst yesr's ootpat Ihe fur ear partiea ef it, Isr

jail eea stHsn ia teg*-tstioo aad la fsd thaa te-dsy. Sajra A llaiaai. Ksnags, Ul, fskrwtfy B. ISMs

Thsacthsmder sd.wlli Urfpaapa. tr*sh*lldfstftr

$7.50 A $15 - • *he«ld has* it *r esa gM •

•ea will Walt. TUwesk of gslvsaissd sisal r shrink, issk. ra '

•stBikswaisrlastahsd. A»rm0t0r Co., CUag*.

s*or la dsaiM 1 ,.<*11 BUSMU

liea), sad sUiitytsraa wb*a sll echsn rtaal Ws shsold hsvs esida sapphed with sriad yiasi

r ^ o r ^ A t u s s f m c u s VMMi Am Toai WMU WITH Meas yesr's mill by ysasxpsctte isehli year

Unas way toss eaar. AB te t*ll si thst pifc*. An fnllewinc win *Ft«ar et tsaks si tit cents per gsilaa. They nsithet shrink, issk. rust.

"Whaf l l yer gimme for him?" chal-lenged the cautious Jerry.

"It 's mighty hard ter tell what a po' coon like dat dar It worf. 'Taint worf Its sklnnln' an' cookln', but I'll gib ye deni for de varmint. In dat case; yer won't hab none de bodder wld dem dar op'ratlons. An'- I'll gib yer tfe skin ter boot. Yer kin make a tollubul good hat outen do skin fer ter keep ye warm dla cole winter. A coonskln sap Is mighty comfortable; heap batter'n a sto' cap. Ef 'yer v^us ter take dnt coon ter town ter sell, yer couldn't git no cap for It wldouten a plc'yune, or maybe a bit ter boot. But If yer trades wld me. yer gits yer cap an" keeps yer plc'yune bofe."

"Dat 's so," said Jerry, turning tb< coon this way and Ih'at with a medlta' tlve air, and surveying It In every l igh t

"An', 'sides all de res', yer won't hab none de bodder up de cleanln'. I t ' s a mighty pesterln' Job ter. skin a coon. Skin sticks tight, I kin tell yer. Is yer gwlne ter swop or not? Kase I can't stan' yere foolln' wld yer all day. Some de udder boys gwlne out huntln' 'fore long. I'll trade wld' dem, an' den you'll miss de boggln'; an' good nuff fer yer, fer beln* sech a big fool. Is yer gwlne ter trade, or Is ye gwlne ter let some do udder boys 'hab de chance?"

"I'se gwlne ter trade ob cou'se," said Jerry, handing over tho coon to Uncle Ike, yet keeping his eyes fixed longingly on the creature hs It passed out of his possession.

Uncle Ike shuffled off to his cabin with his "boggln." Jerry watched his departure with a dubious feeling. Some-how, In spite of tbe ah- of magnani-mity with which Uncle Ike had agreed to give skinning and cooking of the coon for the coon Itself, he was not happy. He went Into Aunt Sllva. and began to tell about the fire bargain he had made, but broke down In the midst and cried about It. Aunt Sllva didn't know where the sophistry came In In the transaction, but she felt her way to the conclusion tha t Jerry had been wronged.

She strode out of her cabin, and over to Uncle Ike's. You would have taken her for the Impersonation of all the officers of Justice In the state. In vain Uncle Ike argued that a fair bargain had been made.

"Hush yer mouf. Uncle Ike," she said; "you can't- nebber make me be'-lleve black's white, not ef 'yer was to sw'ar It till yer turn white youseT I knows dat eJrry had a coon, "an' I knows dat he ain't got no coon now, nor nuflln't all. What ' s come of Jerry'a coon?" '•

"Why, he sold It ob cou'se. I gib him de coonskln for, de coon."

"To be sho'; but whar'd ye git do coonskln In de fus ' place?"

"Why, I got de skin for de sklnnln", an' de cleanln', an' de cookln'. Why, bress yer soul. Aunt Sllva. dat boy'i^ got de best of de boggln."

"Olmme dat coon dls minute," Aunt Sllva demanded. "Ef yer don't, I'll sp'IIe ev'ry bit uv rep'tatlon yer got I'll hab yer up 'fo' de church, sho's yer bawn. A member of de church In good an' reg'lar standln' 'pressln' de orfln an' de wldder! Ain't yer shame Of yer-se'f? How kin yer hab de face ter git shoutln' happy arter such puffom ances? It 's all kase yer's a Williams' nigger. Ef ye'd been a Carter's, yer'd nebber done It. Yer'd a-dled fus' . tell yer gib up dat coon, or gib up yer rup'tatlon—one or t'other."

I wish you could have seen how mean and sneaking Uncle ike looked, as he crawled under the bed, where he had hid the coon. He dragged It out by thet all, and delivered It over to Aunt Sllva.

That night there was a coon supper In Aunt Sllva's cabin, and a "night old time," as Jerry would have said. There was a goodly number of guests from the various cabins, but Uncle Ike was not among them.

Toward the close of the feast they missed Jerry. He had slipped away with a choice bit of roast coon for poof old Uncle Ike.

, ACUTE DYSPEPSIA. j SYMPATHETIC HEART DISEASE

. . O F T E N A T T E N D S IT.

Tho Modern T r e a t m e n t Consists

movlnff t b e Cause.

In Ro*

From Cedar Rapids, Iowa, nepubllcan. Mrs. V. Curley who has resided In

Clarence, Iowa, for the past twenty-two years, tells an Interesting story of what she considers rescue from prema-ture death. Her narrative follows:

"For ten years prior to 1894, I was a constant sufferer from acute stomach trouble. I had all the manifold symp-toms of acute dyspepsia, and a t times other troubles were present In compli-cation—I did not know what It was to enjoy a meal. No matter how careful I might be as to the quality, quantity and preparation of my food, dlstresj always followed eating. I was despon-dent and blue. Almost to the point of Inaanity a t times, and would have been glad to die. Often' and often I cpuld not sleep. Sympathetic heart trouble set In and time and again X was obliged to call a doctor In the night to relieve sudden at tacks of suffoca-tion which would come on without s moment's warning.

My troubles Increased as time wore on and I spent large sums In doctor bills, being compelled to have medical attendants almost constantly. During 1892 and 1893, It was Impossible for me to retain food, and -water brashes plagued me. I was reduced to a skele-ton. A consultation of physicians was unable to determine Just what did all me. .The doctors gave us as their opin-ion that the probable trouble was ul-ceration of the coats of the stomach and beld out no hope of recovery. One doctor said, "All I can do to relieve your suffering Is by the use of opium.

Aboub this time a friend of mine, Mrs. Symantha Smith of Olldden, Iowa, told mo about the case of Mrs. Thurston of Oxford Junction, Iowa. This lady said she had been afflicted much the same as I had. She had con-sulted local physicians without relief, and had gone to Davenport for treat-men t ' Giving up all hope of recovery, she was persuaded by a friend te take Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. The result Was almost-magical.

I was led to try them from her ex-perience, and before many months I fe^t better than I had for a dozen years. I am now almost free from trouble, and If through some error of diet I feel badly, this .splendid remedy sets me right again. I have regained my strength and am once more In my usual flesh. I sleep well and can eat wllhout distress. I have no doubt that I owe my recovery to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills.

Dr. Williams' Pink Pllla contain all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are for sale by all druggists, or may be had by mall from Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, J2.50)—by addressing Dr. Williams' tlx boxes for $2.50.

GOOD FOX. EVIL. lit Tiger Jes' bounced him. Den dar was a mighty tussle, but Tlge lammed him."

"Lemme see him, anyhow," said Un-cle Ike.

There was no mistaking the look In Uncle Ike's eyes. He was coveting his neighbor's property; he waa hankering af te r that coon. He hobbled, toward Jerry, and reached out his band as if to take I t

The boy did not respond to tbe move-ment. He took a step or two back-ward. He elevated the coveted arti-cle to his arm's capacity.

"See It. den," he said. T don't keer bow much you see It."

"Coon ain't much 'count for eatln' pupposes. Now possum ia tollubul good," said Uncle Ike, "What' l l yer take for him, anyhow 7"

Jennies Was i torr i i led. Kate Field's Washington recalls

story told some years ago about the first visit af ter hec marriage paid to Lady Randolph Churchill by her uncle. Lawrence Jerome. He modestly ap-proached the portals of the Churclillls' town house and accosted a choice edi-tion of Jeames Yellowplush:

"Is Mr. Churchill at home?" The footman shivers. "Me lud Is In

Ireland." "Humph! What 's he doing. In Ire-

land?" The footman Is frozen Into silence with

horror. Mr. Jerome tries again: "Is Mrs. Churchill at home?" The footman quivers with suppressed

Indignation. "Me leddy Is not down stairs yet!" "Not down stairs? In bed a t this timo

of day? Does she know What o'clock If Is? Here's a pretty how-de-do! Well, you go up and tell Mrs. Church i l l—"

The footman, growing every moment more desperate, here turns deadly pale, and clears his throat nervously, being about to call aloud and summon assist-ance to eject this audacious Intruder, when a silvery voice, with a musical laugh behind It. is heard over the banls* ters from the second story hall:

"Oh. that's you. Uncle Larry, Isn't It? Come right in!"

The footman writhes In an anguish of self-abasement a t once, bowing low and retreating.

"Oh. sir! Oh. me lud! Pardon rae! JJf you please, me lud, this way—this way!"

Runaway on tho Ocean. A runaway steamer must be an ex-

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April borrows three days from March, and they are UL

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When April blows his horn. 'Tls good for hay and corn.

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Tire SECRET ART OV HRAINR lies not in cosmetics, but is only in pure blood, and a healthy performance of tbe vital functions, to be obtained by using' Burdock lilood Bitters.

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Job prlntinsr in ronnMlon at Grand Raplda •ate#. "Always Prompt," U our motto.

B . 0 . FLOWER has an article in the

March Arena, entitled "Glimpses of

tho Prophetic Facu l ty as Revealed in

.Dreams," which goes to shew tha t

there is sometimes an element in

breams other than roiuce pie and

pickles. » •

*

THE developement of psychical

science is surely assuming proportions

tha t is destined in the qear fu tu re to

demand the attention of the t h ink ing

people of the world. " A Theory of

Telepathv," in the Arena for March

in this line and wbrlhy tho a t ten-

tion of all students of the higher fac-

. ulties of the human intellect. * * •

THE Patton quarrel proved too

powerful an argument for Mr. Wat -

kins, and Mr. Stebbins will be the

. nex t mayor of Grand Rapids . T h e

city gave Mr. Moore, republican ean-

. didate for tho supreme bench, a plur-

ality of soventeen hundred, but turned

down Watkins by about the same

iigure, a difference of over three thous>

.ind votes. Mural: Stand b y you r

t-honie tofcn. * *

* W E bid farewell to "Pr iva te Brown"

this week, ful ly satisfied with the

praise bestowed upon that individual

by our readers. We shall offer next

"The Captain's Money," which we be-

lieve will likewise prove popular.

This story is of especial interest a t this

time, on account of its opening scenes

being placed ia Cuba on the occasion

of one of the rebellions on that island,

and on account of t he repetition of

those scenes at the present time. We

think none of our readers will regret

perusing "The Captain's Money."

/ ***

j A CILIFOBNIAN judge has decided

j (bat a slander can be perpetrated in

/ . prayer as readily as in any other form

form of speech. Tbe case a t issue waa

that of Rev. J. C. Campbell, charged

with slandering Miss Tosea L . Kelso,

' l ibrarian of the Los Angeles city lib-

rary. T h e objectionable words were

as fo l lows:

" O h Lord , vouchsafe t hy saving grace to the librarian of the Los An-geles ci ty library nnd cleans* he r of all sin, nnd make her a woman worthy , 7 f h e r uflicc."

This was the outcome of opposition

by the clergyman to the selection of

certain books by the l ibrarian. The

lady's friends hold that the prayer

was so worded as to indicate tha t her

character was bad and her life impure.

The preacher pleaded tha t his p raye r

was a "privileged communic •tiun,"

but tbe court holds to the contrary

and Mr. Campbell must stand trial

fur slander.

* * *

FOREICH COMPLICATIONS.

Indications are nut lacking that

t be re will be serious trouble between

Unc le Sam and J o h n Bull before the

Nicaraguan and Venezuelan diffi-

culties are satisfactorily adjusted.

G r e a t Britain has been stealing terri.

tory from Venezuela for years.

Against every steal our weak "i»ter

republic has entered a protest. Dach

protest has been answered by a fresh

grab, until England is now in mili tary

possession of thousands of square miles

of terr i tory to which she has not a

shadow of r ightful claim. T h e situa-

tion is rendered more serious, by tha

fac t that Venezuela has made a large

g r a n t of land and rights in the dis-

puted terri tory to American capitalists.

I t must be apparent to all but the

mental ly blind, tha t the time has come,

when the Monroe doctrine must be en-

forced o r forever abandoned. Great

Britain should a t once be notified

t h a t her g lut tony for terri tory must

be satisfied cUewhere than on the

Amer ican continent , nor th or south.

Ei ther this or peaceful aubmission

while the South American republics

a r e rendered mere British dependen-

cies and tho Nicaragua canal passes

under the^samo control. T h e writer

has felt a great admirat ion for Presi-

dent Cleveland's back bone, and ho

hopes that the conduct of these inter-

national difficulties will show tha t

the gentleman is still in possessiou of

the same.

4KEBSIC CENTER.

Dawilt Hunter and wife and Mr. Han-korn and wife vwiteJ at Wm. Campbell'a

March 27. George Apderson, who has been'aick with

spinal fevaf, died Saturday. He taught school at the Center a few years ago.

Mead <mos Robert Sparks and Carria Scott visited at George Gold's last Sunday.

Mrs. Charles Merriman of Iiowoll, is spending; a few dava with her sister, Mrs. Chid Lee.

Mrs. Liza Hawley of Fonia, is spending a few days with her mother, Mrs. Converse.

Amanda Lee, daughter of Henry Lee, graduated at the Saranac high school last

week. Maggie Seymour will commence tho

bpring term of school at North Keeae next Monday.

Amoe Abbott is very ill at this writing, being confined to tho house.

Emry Bowen and wife and Mr. Lott and wife spent April 1st at B. F. Wilkinson's.

Thomas Dsnieb is improving and the family have hopes of his recovery.

Alfred Bowen and family qre moving back north on their new place, recently purcliuse'l.

fBiOrt HILL UrtOVE.

The latest on the sick list are J . Cary and wife and Cecil Warner.

Mrs. C. Hendcrahott entertained her uncle and aunt from Nebraska, recently.

Geo. Cbrista and wife apent Sunday with (heir parents in thia place.

Mr. Everhart has moved into his new house.

The rain was much needed. T. Filkina spent a pari of last week with

bis aister, Mrs. J . Hubbel. Ed Peterson, who has been making his

home with Will Cogswell the past winter, while felling a tree, had his arm so badly crushed that it had to be amputated. He has the sympathy of his many friends here.

J . Davis lost his barn by fire, lately. Three hogs were cremated. Mrs. Di\vib waa alone and all she could save was the cow.

H. Vanderwaul and wife attended the funeral of Mr. Auatio last week.

DUDE.

ALTON.

Great iqnving times in Alton lately;, twenty different families will soon have changed locations.

A. Wees has a sale on the Lally place|

Friday of this week. i The Alton Sunday School elected new

officers last Sunday. Superintendent, Mrs. Mary Lavendar; Assistant. David Clawaon; Organist, Mrs. David Clawson; Sec. and Treas, Merritt Scofield. The teachers re-main the same for the present.

The Swiss will observe Good Friday here with services "t ten, a. in., but Easier will beolworvod at Portland instead o f ' here.

Lena Rerie bos been having tho mumps, | but is getting bettor.

Ray Ford is the happiest boy in town since Wm. Andrews brought his pet New-foundland from Dakota for him, the little fellow is now more reconciled to living in Michigan.

The Swiss band was entertained Satur-day evening at Thomiis Lally'a, and re-port a pleasant time. Tho boys played on the streets of Alton, Sunday afternoon) after church ser'vieea.

IJert Cambell of Odessa was home over Sunday.

Miss Frances Houlihan and niece Lucile Stevens of Lowell nre visiting her parents this wi*ek.

Willie Andrews returned last week Thursday from Dakota.

Thomas Esed and family left Alton Monday for their new home.

Charles Godfrey moved to Oakfield Tuesday.

Warren Ftyrd will move this weok. Geo. If. Godfrey will leave here Wed-

nesday or Thunday. The Alton boy|i will soon organise their

base bail club. Henry Keech and son Frank attended

the funeral of Mm. Peter Keeoh last Sun-day at Greenville. j

The Swiss Band went to Saranac on { Wednesday to play.

Setli Bates left Tuesday for Riverton. U. No, J a .

U W O L A Z M B D X i S T T B U .

List of letters remaining unclaimed in the postoffico nt Lowell, Mich., for the week ending March 30,1895:

Ladies—Miss Cura Mason, Miss Ann Welker.

Gentlemen—Ed Foster, Wm. Randolph, Aaron Russel.

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fTHB POST SCOUT, i

r^»i1|tils« iU*. by CAPTAM JACK OXWRC** AN Kithc B'wvH CHAPTER XXL

What a bright, generous flood of mm-light he left behind him. Two yonng hearts glowing with an encourrigement t h a t Qlled their eouls with happiness itupretne.

The days passed rapidly, and despite t h e pain he soffcred they were happy dn^vs to IMvato Hrown, for Alice was ever by his cot enconroging fcim with her devoted love. Nor was she alono In her attentions to the wounded man. Krery officer nnd M y In the garrison called daily nnd tastowed upon him ilM' 'r'ndeM. uttention, their hearts

• "i ndinimtion for his horo-

lam. 1 said every oCicar. Tha t was not tmo. Lieut vnisdever never camo near him. That oflicer now kept eloso In the seclusion of hi* own quarters only when obliged to come forth on fluty. When bis troop was ordered haatily Into the Kaddlc to fly to tbe aa-sistance of Brown In his defense of the eommander's daughter Vandcver pleaded Illness and took to his bed for a day. The looks of contempt which wero cast nt him by tho other oCJcora a f t e r that day made his life ono not to bo envied, and it was not long before, a t his own request, he was transferred to o distant garrison, where be vowed he would begin his military career anew.

With tender, lovl*g hands Alice ad-ministered to her lover's every want, and the rows deepened in her cheeks, faer eyes grew brighter nnd her musical iangh took on a more Joyous ring as •die noted his fast Increasing strength. When he was a t last permitted to rise from hia eot nnd walk slowly about tho ward anpyorted by her arm, (die seemed happy and joyous as a child.

One fine morning before Alice had come to tho hospital on her daily mis-hion of love, the anrgeon nnd Brown sat- talking la ".he former's office.

"PAKAI.TZK8 YOU, Ell, KY BOY?**

The patient had on the previous day walked to his troop's quarters, where be was given an ovation by his com' rados.

" I t is a lovely warm morning. Brown," tho surgeon said, "and if you will wnlk slowly and not over-exert yourself yon can go and surprise the colonel and your little nurse with a calL I am sure they will warmly wel-come you."

He needed no second bidding, and leaning oa a cane for support, walked slowly to the colonel's quartern On the way ho met several oUlcers, and warm were the congratulations poured npoij him over his recovery. Again he crossed tho porcl^as ho had done a few weeks before, but not now with fear aad trembling.

Bqtering the hall he rapped lightly a t the colonel's door. Tbe same sharp, harsh ''Come in," greeted his ears, but i t did not now fill him with alarm. Taming the knob, he entered.

"Private Brown, by all the gods ol war!" eried the bluff old soldier, ari*. ing and grasping his baud- "Oat again, eh? Once more on yoar pins? Tha t ' s r i g h t Tafco a chair. I am v « y glad to see you." I

For half an hour they conversed re-garding his wound, his return to duty and virions other topiesi but tbe young soldiers thoughts were in another apar tment with his loved ono, and he , longed to greet her for tho first time in her own . home. Unablo to suppress this burning desire be finally said:

"CoL Sanford, before I return to the hospital will you not permit mo to pay my respects to my fai thful nurse. Miss Sabford?"

The old officer's face assamed a cold, stern look and his genial^oir seemed to vanish as before an icj^wind as he re-plied:

"Privats Brown, wo may as well eome to an understanding r ight now. You nobly risked your life to restore my beloved child to my arms, and I am deeply gra teful to you for doing so. I t was bu t her simple duty to nurse yon through tho long days of suffering which you were called upon to endure from a severe and dangerous wound re-ceived in her defense. She performed t h a t duty, and with my full approval i and consent Her duties as your nurse 1

a re now a t an end, and I regret that 1 1

may give you pain af ter al l you suf-fered for her if, in doing what I con-sider to be a father 's duty, I use harsh language toward you. You may think f t cruel ap.d heartless, sir, when I tell i

yon that I cannot permit her In her own home to receive a call from a pri-vate soldier, no matter how worthy , t h a t soldier may be,"

Brown's face paled, as the cruel words cut into his heart as a knife. A great fear came upon him, and he al-most groaned aloud in his agony of sp i r i t He tried to speak, but with a gesture the officer stopped him.

"Nor, sir, hear my decree, from the enforcement of which I will never swerve a j o t After t h i | visit Private Richard Brown will never again be per-mitted to enter this house, and I shall forbid my daughter to ever again men-tion his name in my presence. This may seem damnably cruel to you, sir, a f te r wha t you have done for us, but there nre rules of propriety in army life tha t cannot be disregarded. My daughter cannot maintain friendly relations with a private in the ranks."

Uo paused and regarded the young man closely. Brown sat as dumb ns a marble statue and nlmost as pale, for his heart was complutely erushed a t the cruel decree.

"But," the colonel resumed, with a strange twinkle in bis eyes, " L i e u t Edward Thornton will always be a wclcomc guest a t my home. There is your commission, sir, you trembling rascal, fresh from the hands of the sec-retary of war. Lieutenant Thornton, let me be the first to congratulate you upon your promotion, and to assure you that if you prove as faithful In the discharge of your duties as an officer as Private Brown always proved as a soldier in tbe ranks, the stars of a general may some dnv rest upon your shouldera" j

As he spoke he handed the yonng man his commission, and warmly grasped his hand, while a grim smile played over his face.

Thornton took the paper mechanhv ally. In his wild astonishment hecould not ut ter a word. Bo stood there trem-bling and turning white and red by 4nrns until the old officer broke into a loud laugh over his embarrassment j

"Paralyzes you. my boy? Jus t pet* rifles you with amazement By God-frey, I have had that document hid away for two weeks just to have thia fun with you. Never mind. l ieutenant (slapping him familiarly on the shoal* der) you'll get over it and regain full use of your paralyzed tongue af ter while. I will find something that wil/ restore your speech. Alice! Alice!" |

"Coming, papa, in a moment" came a silvery voice from another part of the house. I

Like a ray of loveliest snnshine she entered, and an exclamation of pleas* nre fell from her tips a t sight of her lover.

" L i e u t Thornton, allow me to pre-1 sent my daughter, Miss Sanford. Alice, dear, this is First Lieut. EJ<I ward Thorn-ton, a new officer j|ust assigned t o d a t y with B Troop, Sixth cavalry.

Tho old man darted out of the 'door to hide the tears tha t hecould no long-er force back, and the lovers w s r s clasped in each other's arms.

"Ned, dear, what is the matter with papa? What did he mean by such an , introduction?" ;

As an answer he placed the commis-1 sion In her bands, and a hasty glance ' a t the document told her all. With a glad cry she again clasped her arms around the young officer's neck and to-gether they wept tears of joy

"Your father says you must never mention the name of Private Brown again, darling," he said, with a smiling face.

"I just don't care what papa says, l will always |ove him. He was my first love, and the name Private Brown will always be a cherished one in my b o a r t "

How handsome he looked in his new uniform, with the straps of a first lieu-tenant resting on bis shoulders. And how proud the day when Col. Sanford introduced him to the officers of the garrison as a brother officer and as his prospective son-in-law. From every officer of tho post he received a most hearty welcome into the official ranks, and not one of them but fel t honored with the friendship of one whose hero. Ism had been put to such an extreme test and had not been found wanting.

A couple of years af ter their marriage L ied t and Mrs. Thornton were sitting on tho porch of their quarters enjoying tbe refreshing coolness of a New Mexi-co summer evening. The l ieutenant waa enjoying a cigar and watching the ever-changing hues of the western clouds as the sun slowly sank down behind the San Mateo mountains while bis lovely wife sat scanning the columns of the last issue of the Army and Navy Jour-nal.

"O, Nedl Here is an item abont Mr. Vandcver," sho exclaimed.

"What is It, dear?" "Dismissed from the service for cow-

ardice in the face of the enemy in an Indian campaign in Wyoming."

" I t does not astonish mo," he replied. "Such unworthy men but rarely get into the service to east reproach upon the most honored profession on earth, and they invariably meet with their just deserts. An ulcer has been re< moved from an otherwise healthy body."

Promotion came in successive steps to our hero as the years roUed on. Maj. Thornton now commands one of the most important posts in tho far w e s t He is ye t in the very prime of manhood, and is the idol of his beloved Alice, whoso marital Ufe has boen one of unclouded happiness. Tho major's aunt, whom he and Alice several times visited in her Brooklyn homo, died sev-eral years ago leaving him a large for-tune, ye t he remains in tho service where be found such g rea t happiness,

land experts to serve his country until retired by reason of age.

Often they sit together in the beau* t i ful western twilight, the dignified, handsome officer and hia lovely wife, and talk of the strange events which clustered around their courtship, and the sweet woman is never so happy as when he gently chides her for her lack of taste In falUng In love with an huoy ble private in the ranks.

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M I C H I G A N P E O P L E A N D W H A T

T H E Y ARE D O I N G .

Sta te ConTentlcms of t he Grand Army o t

t h e Repnbllo. Women 's Relief Corps,

Chr l i t ian Endeavo red (ind the F.pworth

I-eaguo.—Urlcf Mention.

Kndravo ron nt Bay City. " Bay Ci'tyans h a d the honor of hav ing a b o u t l,t)00 live, act ive y o n n g people g a t h e r wi th in tho wal l s of t h e i r c i ty a s t h e n in th a n n u a l convent ion of t h e Yonog People's Society of Chr is t ian j jndeavor of Michigan, and each a n d e v e r y o n e ' 6 f t h e 1,000 de lega tes was-s imply overf lowing wi th en thus iasm. T h e convention w e n t w i t h a r u s h f r o m t h e opeding song to t h e c los ing bene-"' dict ion. The r epo r t s of oflicers showed t h e society in a n o u r i s h i n g condi t ion. T h e secretary, Miss Lue l l a E. Hol land, of Saginaw, gsfae a de ta i led r e p o r t of t h e work of t h e society d u r i n g t h e

•-.year. The n u m b e r of societ ies h a s in-creased f r o m G10 l a s t year, ' w i t h a membersh ip of 29,400; t o 777 senior so-ciet ies wi th 27,195 act ive , 11,655 asso-c ia te members a n d 231 j u n i o r societies w i t h 9,240 members , m a k i n g a to t a l of 1,007 societies w i t h a combined mem-bership of 49,090. T h e hope was ex-pressed t h a t t h i s n u m b e r wou ld be in-creased t o -50,000 before t h e na t iona l convent ion a t l los ton in J u l y . Presi-d e n t S t rong del ivered a n ab le address in which he u r g e d t h e member s t o be a s wi l l ing to be fo l lowers a s leaders-

Jun io r day w a s ex t r eme ly fn te res t -i n g and impor tan t , t he pape r s and ad-dresses showing deep s t u d y of t h e quest ion of j u n i o r work , how t o in t e r -e s t and cu l t iva te t h e ch i ldren . A j u n i o r ra l ly w i t h the boys ' and g i r l s conduc t ing the p rog ram w a s a n un ique f ea tu re . .Prof. Graham Tay lo r , of Chicago, spoke in t h e e v e n i n g on the " R e v i v a l of Keligion in Pol i t ics ." Rev. Wm. Pat te rson , 1). D., gave a n address o n "Chr is t iani ty vs. Churchan i ty . "

T h e officers chosen f o r t h e ensu ing y e a r were: President ,- .W. H. St rong, Detroit ; vice-president, George P . Cole, Ann Arbor; co r responding a n d s ta t is-t ica l secretary, Miss Luel la "E. Holland, Saginaw; t r easure r , H. O. F a n n i n g , Grand Rapids; j u n i o r supe r in t enden t . Miss Mary G. Haskins , Detroi t ; mis-s ionary super in tenden t , II. R. 'Hoobler, Hay City. T h e convent ion of '90 w a s secured for Ionia. T h e c los ing session w a s possibly t h e mos t i n t e r e s t i ng and absorb ing , t he pape r s and addresses .being of exce l len t qua l i ty .

With Roaiilng A menu. W i t h the i r p r e t t y b a d g e s of wh i t e

sa t in , w i th a scar le t t h r e a d and t h e Maltese cross bea r ing t h e mot to , " L o o k up! L i f t upl—the colors a n d e m b l e m of the young people 's society of t h e M. E. church—ovei 1,200 dele-g a t e s t o the fifth a n n u a l t onven t ion assembled in t h e Cent ra l M. E. church , Det ro i t . In t h e open ing session par-t i cu la r in te res t was shown in t h e ad-d r e s s of Sta te P res iden t E. C. Pierce, of Sag inaw, w h o said t h a t w i th five y e a r s of the E p w o r t h l e a g u e in Michi-g a n a membersh ip of 30,000 w a s en-rol led. Having seonred t h e n u m b e r s he advised t h a t n o w a t t e n t i o n be t u r n e d to evangel iza t ion a n d re fo rms . Rev. S. A. Steel , of JCashville, Tenn . , sec re ta ry of The league of t h e M. E. church south , m a d e a n address eulo-g iz ing the old-t ime i t i n e r a n t p reachers —circuit r iders w h o o f t e n t r ave led f o r .hundreds of mi les f r o m one s ta t ion to a n o t h e r , t h r o u g h t rack less fo res t s and amid g rea tes t dangers—as t h e "Heroes

.of American Methodism." T h e second day ' s session ' occupied

eve ry moment f r o m t h e sunr ise service a t 0:30 a. m. t o t h e benedic t ion a t 30:15 p. m. T h e reports' of oflicers s h o w e d ' t h a t t h e r e a re in Michigan 593 E p w o r t h Leagues , w i t h a member sh ip of 38.418; of which 401) leagues , w i th a membership of 20,197, a r c seniors and 1841 wi th 9,221 members , d re juniors . These raised a to ta l of $16,351.36 the pas t year . New leagues fo rmed dur-i n g the year , 38; ga in of membersh ip , 6,881. T h e a d d r e s s e s d u r i n g t h e d a y w e r e very inspir ing. J u d g e Chapin advised all y o u n g men t o t a k e g r ea t e r i n t e re s t in American politics, s ay ing t h a t vot ing fo r good men w a s essent ial n s prayer in m a k i n g re fo rms . Rev. Geo. Whi t t aker , of De t ro i t , said t h a t Methodism has hecocfi today w h o are m a k i n g daily sauriflces of themselves fo r their Master ' s w o r k , a n d he be-lieved t h a t t he church of t h e f u t u r e w a s safe in the hands of i t s y o u n g people of today.

The in teres t was sus ta ined on. t he t h i r d day. T h e f ea tu r e of t h e clotting session waa an address by Bishop Foss, o f i ' h i l a d e l p h i a . o n "Appl ied Christ ian-i ty . " The electirtn of officers resu l ted : Pres ident , F. K. McEldowney, Detroit ; first vice, Rev. Wm. Puf fe r , Manistee; second, Miss Mary Ninde, Wyandot te ; t h i r d . Prof . D. ' B. Waldo, Albion; four th , . Mrs. .0. R. Love joy. Big Rapids* secre tary , J . H. VanTassel , Apn Arbor ; t r easure r , • F r a n k Morgan, Saginaw; s u p e r i n t e n d e n t of jun ior l eague work , Miss Nellie J . Chase. Grand Rapids. L n d i n g t o n w a s decided upon ( as t h * p l a c e fo r holding the nex t convention.

MlyMcaa Monnments a t Chlokamausa*. sThe Ch ic t amaugua and Missionary

R i d g e mil i tary park commission, in aesrtion a t Grand Rapids, selected t h e d e s i g n s for t h e monuments . T h e first -one agreed upon was t h a t of Maurice J . Powers, of New York, fo r the E n g i -n e e r s and Mechanics. T h e m o n u m e n t w i l l be of wh i t e Maine gran i te . I t will b e 14 f e e t long . 2J^ f e e t th ick a n d 11 feet high. T h o base will be t w o heavy f o a n d a t i o n s tones r is ing t o the h e i g h t

•4}t 3 f ee t ; t h e n a la rge polished s tone -wi th a b ronze t ab l e t 3 f ee t 1 inch by •4H f ee t , u p o n which will be shown a •view of t h e lay ing of the first pontoon b r i d g e a t Brown ' s Ferry. The reverse s i d e of the monumen t will bear a b r o n z e p la te wi th an inscription of 150 w o r d s t e l l i n g the s tory of the regi-m e n t -

S T A T E O. A. R, E N C A M P M E N T .

Michigan V e t e r a m "Fa l l in" a t M t Clemens

.—W. R . C. Also in Convention.

Mt. Clemens, " t h e c i ty of minera l wa t e r s , " e n t e r t a i n e d the e n b a m p m e n t of Grand A r m y of t h e Republ ic , de-p a r t m e n t of Mich igan ' a n d t h e 12th a n n u a l convent ion of t h e Women 's Relief crops, aux i l l i a ry to t h e G. A. R.

The- ve t e rans ' open ing session w a s called to. o rde r by D e p a r t m e n t Com-m a n d e r Kani tz , who, in h is a n n u a l r e -por.t sa id t h a t t h o d e p a r t m e n t Is in

-splendid condi t ion. Five n e w posts have been added a n d seven s u r r e n d e r e d the i r c h a r t e r s d u r i n g t h e y e a r . H e said t h a t l a s t Memoria l D a y 12,303 g raves were decora ted ; t h e W. R. C. had been of g r e a t h e l p t o e v e r y post ; t h e S. of V. should be encouraged ;

Esrmrfneht h e a d q u a r t e r s a t t h e Grand apids Soldiers ' Home w a s recom-

mended ; pol i t ics in the G. A. R. a re condemned.

T h e r e p o r t of t h e ass i s tan t a d j u t a n t -genera l , J o h n R. Benne t t , showed t h a t t h e member sh ip of the d e p a r t m e n t h a d dropped f r o m 10,016 to 18,059 d u r i n g t h e yea r , m u c h less t h a n w a s expec ted . T h e g a i n w a s 1,741 and t h e loss 2,698, m a k i n g t h e n e t loss 957. T h e r e were 284 pos ts in t h e s t a t e a t t h e b e g i n n i n g of t n e yea r . An a m e n d m e n t t o t h e commit tee on legis lat ion r e p o r t was adopted to the e f fec t t h a t t h e board of m a n a g e r s of t h e Soldier 's Home was t o consist of s ix members I n addi t ion t o the governor a n d t h a t t w o of t h e member s were t o be women h a v i n g , in a l l m a t t e r s r e l a t i n g t o t h e manage-m e n t of t h e home, exac t e q u a l i t y wi th t h e ma le member s of the board .

Commander-in-chief Thos. G. Law-ler , w h o is on a t ou r of t h e var ious s t a t e s compl imented the Michigan de-p a r t m e n t on h e r prosper i ty . He a lso made a s t r o n g a r r a i g n m e n t of t h e pension d e p a r t m e n t ' s a t t i t u d e t o w a r d the old soldiers.

The p a r a d e of abou t 500 ve te rans a n d t h e elect ion of oflicers concluded t h e fo rmal i t i e s of t h e e n c a m p m e n t The (election resu l ted a s fo l lows: De-p a r t m e n t Commander , S. B. Daboll , of S t J o h n s : Senior Vice-Commander, M. L. Ski l lman, of Mt. Clemens; J u n i o r Vice-Commander, Norm. G. Cooper, of S turg i s ; Medical Inspec tor , Dr. Oscar Pa lmer , of Gray l ing ; Chap-lain, Rev. H e n r y M. Conden, o f : P o r t Huron; Council of Adminis t ra t ion , J o h n IL Benne t t , of Muskegon; M. C. Barney, of F l in t ; W. K. Childs, of Ann Arbor; Jo seph Vanbusk i rk , of Harr i s -ville, a n d W. W. Cook, of Lans ing . The con tes t f o r t h e n e x t s t a t e encamp-men t w a s won b y Saginaw. *

The LAdlrs* Depar tment .

The Women ' s Relief Corps conven-t ion w a s a busv one, Mrs . Ann M. Barney , of Kalamazoo, d e p a r t m e n t pres ident , presiding. T h e r e p o r t of t h e d e p a r t m e n t secre tary , Mrs. Anna L. Shakespeare , of Kalamazoo, showed t h a t a t t h e beg inn ing of t h e yea r the re were 234 corps, w i t h k to t a l membersh ip of 7,451. Dnr ing t h e y e a r 12 corps were organized a n d 12 were disbanded. The member sh ip now is 7,690. Assistance was given t o 1,640 soldiers and the i r famil ies a n d 1,015 members and the i r families. Relief to t h e a m o u n t of $2,564.18 in money and 84,050.50 in suppl ies w a s given. T h e corps wh ich stood a t t he head in relief work in cash were : Detroi t , No. 10, $303; Grayl ing , No. 162, $207.57. Petos-key w a s a t t he head fo r suppl ies o t h e r t h a n Cash. T h e various corps contr ib-u ted t o t h e i r respective pos ts a to ta l of $r.884.88. T h e corps t u r n i n g over the l a rges t a m o u n t of m o n e y to i ts post w a s K a l k a s k a No.'92, t h e amoun t be ing $144. Adr ian No. 72 repor ted t h e l a r g e s t membersh ip of a n y corps in t h e d e p a r t m e n t , hav ing 116.

Mrs. Em.na R. Wallace, of Chicago, na t iona l p res iden t of the W. R. C., ac-companied by Na t iona l Secre ta ry Miss J e n n i e Bross, were d i s t inguished guests , and were accorded a n enthus i -ast ic welcome. Mrs. Wal lace repor ted t h a t t h e W. R. C. has a t p resen t 34 s ta te d e p a r t m e n t s nnd 53 detached corps in the te r r i tor ies , s o u t h w e s t e r n s t a t e s and fo re ign countr ies . T h e y boas t 140,000 member s a n d have ex-pended in t h e 11 yea r s of t h e i r h is tory more t h a n $1,000,000.

Beyond severa l very good addresses t h e e lec t ion of officers filled tho liist day of t h e convent ion. T h e new ollicers a re : Pres iden t , Mrs. E m m a E. Knapp, of Howell ; Senior Vice-Presi-dent , Mrs. G. S. P lnmmer . of Benton Harbor ; J u n i o r Vice-Presidept , Mrs. F . Babbi t t , of Ypsi lant i ; T reasu re r , Mrs. Kate Collins, of Howell .

Neighbors Bnsprct Foa l P lay a t Fenton. F e n t o n a p d vicinity w a s consider-

ably. cxercisad over the b u r n i n g of thp residence of F r a n k Annis,' a f a r m e r l iv ing fou r miles no r th . H i s wi fe per -ished unde r s o m e w h a t pecu l i a r circum-stanccs. T h e blaze occur red a t 4 o'clock a. m. A coroner ' s j u r y was summoned and t h e t e s t imony of he r d a u g h t e r , aged 10, showed t h a t she heard "a sound as if a ma tch was be ing scra tched, t h e n footsteps. Soon a f t e r -wards ' t he smell of smoke awoKe her . She discovered t h a t he r bed and he r mother ' s w a s o n ; f i r e . S h e t r ied t o a w a k e n he r m o t h e r b u t w a s unab le t o do so. She and. a y o u n g e r s is ter t h e n ran f r o m ithe bui lding. Thte husband and chi ld ' tes t i f ied t h a t Mrs. Annis had been su f f e r ing frb.ti n e u r a l g i a and h a d been in t he -hab i t of t a k i n g morph ine and ch lo ro fo rm t o ease t h e pa in . An-nis w e n t t o F e n t o n a t 3 a. m. a f t e r a physician. Dur ing his absence the tire occurred. She recent ly took ou t a policy in t h e Maccabees fo r $1,000.

Sad Resul ts of Three Runaway Marrlar**. Frances Bailey, 26 yea r s old, was

found dead in he r room, No. 1235 Wabash avenue , Chicago. On a table near by was a n empty two-ounce bot t le of morphine . She is t he t h i r d of t h r e e handsome s is ters a t Al legan, Mich., who, a t d i f f e ren t t imes m a d e r u n a w a y matches , and were in t u r n deser ted, each t i ien commit t ing suicide. family name w a s Smart.

M I C H I G A N , H A P P E N I N G S . '

J . Todd, a deajf f a r m e r a g e d 70, w a s i n s tdn t ly k i l led 'by a t r a i n n e a r Par i s .

• T h e .\Veyera .homestead a t P o r t H u r o n was to t a l l y de s t royed b y fire. Loss $2,000.

" Bothune Bigelow, a West Bloomfield t i l emaker , s t a n d s 6 f e e t 7>£ inches w i t h h is boots off. •. :

T h e residence of George R a u b b u r n e d a t Greenvil le; loss $1,000; f u l l y covered by insuranoe .

Mrs. R.. U. Hasen, an a g e d Colon l ady , WM burned , by a gasol ine s toye a n d wi l l p robab ly die.

T h e Manis t i^ue s t r e e t r a i l w a y h a s not i f ied i t s employes t h a t t h e y m u s t Swear off d r i n k i n g or else q u i t t h e i r jobs .

Fowlervi l le ci t izens w a n t t h e coun-. c i t t o raise t h e bonds of s a loonkeepe r s "to $6,000 or else close u p t h e saloons en t i r e ly .

T h e 47th ann ive r sa ry of modern sp i r i tua l i sm w a s ce leb ra t ed by t h e sp i r i tua l i s t s of t h e Sag inaw val iey a t Sag inaw.

S t Clair is a b o u t t o bu i ld a $15,000 add i t ion to i t s c o u r t house , in t h e s h a p e of wings . City officials wi l l be provided for.

T h e Odd Fel lows ' h a l l i n Haynes townsh ip , Alcona conn ty , w a s de-s t royed by fire, t o g e t h e r w i t h t h e con-t en t s . Loss $1,500.

T h e Centennia l flouring mi l l s a t L a p e e r fo r some t ime idle, wi l l shor t ly r e sume aga in u n d e r t h e m a n a g e m e n t of A. W. Kelly, of De t ro i t :

Ex-Pos tmas te r Char les A. Ba ldwin , of Vicksburg, once a p rospe rous man , h a s been sen tenced t o t h e Detroi t House of Correct ion f o r 60 days .

J a c k s o n coun ty S u n d a y school peo-

Ele m e t a t J a c k s o n a n d e lec ted & A. lough p r e s i d e n t T h e y r e p o r t e d 142

schools a n d 11,946 pupi ls in t h e county .

Mrs. H e n r y B. Lcdya rd , w i f e of t h e p re s iden t of t h e Michigan C e n t r a l rai l-road , dropped dead on Chene s t ree t , Det ro i t , w i t h o u t a m o m e n t ' s wa rn ing .

Fr . McNamara , one of t h e mos t elo-q u e n t pr ies t s in t h e Grand Rapid's dio-cese, fe l l f r o m a t ra in a t L a n s i n g a n d su f fe red in ju r i e s t h a t m a y prove seri-ous.

Woodchucks a re p len ty a r o u n d Mid-dleyil le. Over 350 have been ki l led in T h o r n a p p l e t o w n s h i p d u r i n g t h e pas t m o n t h . T h e t r e a s u r e r of t h e t o w n s h i p pa id ou t $83.25 in bount ies .

A n o t h e r dividend of 6 pe r cen t h a s been declared by Receiver Stone, of t h o Centra l Michigan Sav ings bank , Lans ing , m a k i n g a to ta l of 60 per cen t s ince the b a n k w e n t under .

In Lyons township , Ionia county , a n en thus ias t i c f r e e silver c lub , w i t h 200 members , has been organized. R u f u s Kelly, a D e m o c r a t is p res iden t , b u t ha l f t he officers are Republ icans .

Seven workmen in the h a r r o w w o r k s a t Kalamazoo s t ruck fo r a n increase of wages f rom $1.25 t o $1.50 a day . T h e y fai led t o induce o the r s t o fo l low the i r example a n d were o rde red off t h e premises.

Otsego ladies were m u c h horrif ied l as t week to see t h e "Span i sh Student" ' pe r fo rmances i l l u s t r a t ed in t h e Police Gazet te . T h e pic tures w e r e pure ly imaginery and , un l ike t h e rea l i ty , we re f a r f r o m m o d e s t

Deckerville wi l l have a flax mil l t h i s spr ing opera ted by J a m e s Livings-t o n & Co., of Baden, O n t , w h o owns several mil ls in the e a s t e r n pa r t of Michigan. Over 100 ac res of l a n d a re be ing prepared for the crop.

T h e case aga ins t Dr. Myron S Brownson, of Kingsley, w h o is cha rged wi th causing the dea th of Ha t t i e Belle Coe by a cr iminal opera t ion , h a s c rea ted a sensat ion a t T rave r se City, a t Kingsley an J a t Wexfo rd , t h e home of t h e girl .

T h e Saginaw au tho r i t i e s t r ied t o force D. W. McDevitt to pay $10 a day for the privilege of se l l ing books a t auct ion. He was fined f o r r e f u s a l t o pay, and the circui t j u d g e h a s j u s t de-cided t h a t t he t ax is u n r e a s o n a b l e a n d aga in s t public policy.

A bull t h a t a f a r m e r w a s b r i n g i n g in to Bat t le Creek broke loose on Maple s t r ee t and r a n amuck, c a u s i n g a s tam-pede among the people. H e became perfec t ly in fur ia ted and drove t h e peo-ple off the s t r e e t I t w a s f o u n d neces-sary to shoot the animal .

J a m e s H. Mullen, a l ead ing business man of Charlevoix, w a s b u r n e d t o dea th in a fire which des t royed t h e Wal ter ' s house a t Central Lake . Loss on t h e hotel is $5,000, n o insurance . The fire caugh t f r o m t h e k i t chen a t midnight , and the o t h e r i n m a t e s b a r e l y escaped in t he i r h i g h t c lo thes .

J o h n G. W a t e r m a n w a s a r res ted a t J ackson on t h e cha rge of embezzle-m e n t I t is al leged t h a t he purchased l a rge orders of goods pf Minor , Beal Sc Co., of Boston, and t h e Excels ior Man-u fac tu r ing Co., of Buffa lo , placed t h e m in a s tore a t B r y a n , 0 . , t h e n sold out f o r w h a t he -could iret a n d l e f t

Oxford he ld a n electibn l a s t f a l l a n d voted in favor of a w a t e r w o r k s sys-t e m , bu t t h e ' election was dec lared il-legal , and a second one w a s held f o r . t h e purpose of vo t ing u p o n t h e propo-sit ion to bond the vil lage f o r $35,000 fo r wa t e r w o r k s a n d a n electnfc l i g h t system. T h e r e were 235 cas t in f a v o r of and 67 aga in s t t h e proposi t ion. Both systems a re t o be oompleted b y J u n e 1.

vlbert Legne r , t h e 11-year-old son of Henry l^egner, of Maple R idge township , .Alpena county , w a s ki l led in a s t r a n g e manner . H e and h i s f a t h e r were f e l l ing a t r ee , whioh lodged in ano the r . His f a t h e r pro-ceeded to dis lodge it, and Alber t s tood over 100 f e e t away w a t c h i n g w h e n t h e top broke, a la rge l imb flying a n d

T h e | s t r i k ing the boy squa re on the fore-head, completely sever ing h is head.

S T A T E L E G I S L A T U R E .

BBNATK.—40th day.—Mills passed: Jackson charter amenilmoni; revising and consohdat-IDR the Flint Union scbools; submitting to a' vote o( tho people rf Emmet county tho ques-tion of makipg Petoskoy Instead of Harbor Springs the county sobt By a unanimous vote the Senate refused to concur la the Houso amendmont, which provides that In the distri-bution ot the Michigan manual Senatora shall be allbwed but 80 instead of 100 copies. Sena-tor Janes moved that all after the enacting clause be stricken out of the bill providing for a vote on local option by dt les . villages and townships. Instead of counties. Mr. Barnard fSvored Its passage. Mr. Junes declared that a representative ot tho liquor association had asked him to Introduce tho bill, and said that the liquor dealers desired Its passage. The-vote bh tha motion to strike out was a tte, 13 to 13. Senator Chittenden, who Occupied the chair, cast tbe deciding vote in the afflrmatlve. HouflK—Bills passed: Compelling the erec-

Son and maintenance during the months of arch. April, May and June, ot Ush shutes and

<lams'across the Muskegon river and its tribu-taries. Clinton river and its tributaries. In Ma-comb county, and Black river, ia Sanilac and Huron counties; also across Cass river ia Tus-cola, Saginaw and' Huron counties; amending the franchise tax law so as to compel corpora-tlonsVhose legal existence has expired to pay the tax in case of reorganization: amending the drain law ot IBM) so as to give townships as well as'indivldunls tho right to appeal from decisions of drain commissioners: relative to mortgaging tho property, of estates: making instrucflon on the prevention of communicable diseases compulsory In the public schools; amendment to the good roads laws so as to prohibit any member or employe ot the county road Commission from having an interest in any contract let by the commission; prohibit-ing the posting of bills on public bridges; re-qulrlhg constitutional amendments to be voted tor on a separate olllclal ballot Irom that con-taining the aame of candidates for office; incor-porating the state Y. M. C. A.-body: requiring local boards ot health to turaish itemized statements of the cost of caring for quarantined persons: authorizing eoclesiastlcal bodies to change their rules of government by a two-thirds vote of those present, instead of a two-thirds vote of those entitled to sit: repealing the law authorizing a partition ot real estate in certain coses: compelling probate notices to be posted six weeks; relative to ser-vices in appeals from the probate court The bill authorizing candidates tor office to sit as election inspectors in townships ot 600 In-habitants or less tailed ot passage, as did also the bill authorizing the taxing as part of the costs of a attorney tee ia justice Court cases. A lavorable report, was made oa a bill tor the compulsory educatloa of chlldrea. I t provides that chlldrea between the ages of sevea and s lxteeaia cities having incorporated schools aad between tbe ages ot eight and tourteea In other places shall attend school at least tour months each year. Stringent provisions to" cover the case ot truauts are provided. Gov. Rich seat his second veto to the House. He declines to approve the bill provldlag that villages ia Houghton connty shall pay the cost of prosecuting l iquor cases. The bill, is sup-posed to bo designed to punish the village of. Red Jacket for toleratlag a very vigorous law and order league within its borders.

SENATE.—.-oth day.—Bills passed: To nre-veat the transportation of corpses on high-ways as well as railroads when death has re-sulted from communicable disease: for ex-amination of witaesses la opea court la chaacery proceedlnKs: tor appointment of receivers for solvent though embarrassed cor-porations. to prevent sacrifice of assets; Soldiers' Homo appropriation bill: fixing from Nov. .1 to Nov. aft as open season for deer In both'peninsulas. The event of the Senate session was tho discussion of the bill to raise the age of consent which was finally passed at 1! years of ago. The normal school commit-tee recommended the passaire ol tho following appropriations tor that lastltutloa: |M,200 for l<9'i and #51.700 tor IHSHL, LI.000 each year to be available for library purposes. #30.000 for a practice and training school, and for a perma-nent tax of one-filteenth of a mill tor normal current exnenses. HOCHE.—Bills passed were mostly local. The one of general Importance provides for a physical and military examina-tion by a state ooard of persons elected or re-commended tor appointment as officers la the Natloaal Guard below the raak of major. The mortgage tax law ot 1HW came as near be-ing killed as a thing could and still not give uptheRhost . There was a hard fight by its frieads to save it. All the old anruments pro and con Which have been used for years were brought forward, and whea tbe House. In com-mittee ot the whole, came to vote on the mo-tion to strike out all after tbe enacting clause it was carried—42 to 39. But when the com-mittee reported the House reKised to concur by a tie vote of 41 to 4H, and the thing was given a new lease of life—but evidently a short ono—by being laid upon the table. The bill author!'.Ini; tbe use of the Myers and Abbott voting machlm s was reported without recom-mendation and laid on the table. The commit-tee of the whole struck all af ter the enacting clause out of the bill providing that formali-ties should not effect the legalitv of tax pro-ceedings. Tho opinion was entertained that It might be of advantHKe to tax sharks; A reso-lution was adopted providing that a committee be appointed to Investigate toll roads which refuse to make nn annual statement of their disbursements and expenditures.

SENATE.—Mst day.-Bil ls passed: Graduated salaries for county agents: Koilforn's county school commisstoner bill; legalizing action of Delta county In creating county hospital; fixing ugo of consont at Id years. In executive ses-s.on the nominations of Mrs. Mory C. Spencer as state librarian and George H. Newet tas mining statistician, were conllrmed. Senator McLaughlin has u bill which will probably evade the opposliion of country legislators who voted against the repeal of the mortgage tax law. Jt is to arrange tho law so that cities may not have to tax mortgages and contracts for their municipal aHalrs. HOUSE.-Bills passed: Amending the act relative to the ap-pointment of spcclal administrators: authoriz-ing damage suits for Injnrles incurred through failure to make repairs on toll roads; joint res-olution submitting to the people a proposed constitutional amendmcni fixing the compen-sation ot legislators at tfaO per session, with mileage at 6 cent per mile. Li iuor legislation was the principal feature of the day. Aplln uniform 4J0 license bill was informally passed by .a very close vote and agaliist the wishes of Mr. Aplln was made the special order of April :i Another step In liquor matters was ihe action taken on the bill providing an exception to the law which prohibiu the sale of Intoxica-ting liquors within one mile of the Soldiers' Home at Grand Kapids. l iep Graham wished to allow the West Michigan fair the privlleae of tho exception. This was defeated in com-mit ;ce of the whole nnd an amendment to ex-tend the limit to one and a half miles went through to tbe third reading when It was tablod. Senator MoLaagblin's bill prescribing elective

iuBliucatloas, which reiiulres every voter ia llchigan to be able to read the state constitu-

tion in English and to wrlso his aame ia full was uader discussion in committee of the whole, but no action was taken. The Senate bill providing that U. S. flags shall be dis-played on all public school buildings was agreed to in eommlttee of the whole. Tbe bill was informally passed to abolish the present state board of health. The judiciary commit-tee reported favorably the bill .providing pen-sions for l>elrolt police. Speaker Gordon ap-pointed Rep Graham. McNall and Holmes as the special committee to Investigate toll road companlos.

SENATE.—59d day.—Nothing of Importance transacted. HonsK.-Billspassed: Preventing fraud In ooatraets. chattel mortgages.etc., an such papers to be filed with township or ci^y clerK: provld.nglor the purchase and display of United States flags on public school build-Ings; for tbe reorganisation of the fire and marine Insurance companies whose terms ex-pire bv limitation: re luihng Judges ot probate to notify /oreign consuls of applloaMons tor the appointment of administrators In certain cases; amending act Io regard to sultogaiast foreign corporal oas; relative to wills of personal and real estate; requiring personal actions to be begun w.thln two years; amending law for the Incorporation of mutual benent associations. The date for tbe hearing on the lliuor tax bill was re.onsi.lered and iinally p aced at April 11. The committee on the State university made a report on tbe special appropriation bill tor that Institution. Tbe bill originally called for »l».V<w. but the committee recommended that the amount l>e out to »1 ti.onu—TTO.UOj levied in iWJiaad TWOOI in IW'. The items: Forelectrle light plant. ^ : repair of chemical labora-tory. l.i.o NI; home for nurses and superintend-ent of hospitals. jfN.Kn; enlargement of law library t85.UUi: to rnlmbursn general fund for de-ldency ••auscd by u no v heating plant £0,-000. The itums of -ft. K) > for an addition to the chemical laboratory u i i o l Wi for eulirge-mentof iheanatom cnllab ir tory were stricken out of the bill

NEWS OP MANY KINDS

N E W S O F I N T E R E S T * A N D MORE

OR L E S S I M P O R T A N C E .

Spanish Minister i o t he Uni ted States Re-

. signs and ^ New Minister Appointed.—

An Armist ice Declared by t h e Emperor

o t Japab, With China. ' . •

- New Spanish Minister {to t h a U. g. "Washington;. Senor ..Murufiwa, t h e

Spanishtqi in is ter , has been advised of t h e acceptance of h is r e s i g n a t i o n b y t h e new Spanish g o v e r n m e n t Senor M n r h a g a communica ted t h ^ foot to t h e secre ta ry of s t a t e , and Mr. Grcsham visi ted t h e . execu t ive mans ion and communica ted t h e f ac t s t o t h e Presi-d e n t

En r ique D u p h y de Lome h a s been nan\ed as the n e w Spanish' envoy. He i ^p resen tcd h is c o u u t r y a t W a s h i n g t o n u n d e r the las t Canovas m i n i s t r y u n t i l March 2, 1693, w h e n he w a s succeeded Vy Muruaga . Senor de L o m e became exceedingly p o p u l a r in W a s h i n g t o n a n d his r e t u r n i s welcomed b y o the r fo re ign representa t ives . H i s f a m i l a r i t y w i t h American a f f a i r s pecu l i a r ly fit h im to deal w i t h t h e p e r p l e x i n g ques-t i o n s which- h a v e recen t ly a r i sen be-t w e e n th is c o u n t r y and h i s dwn , and on account of t h e u r g e n t "mat te rs a w a i t i n g s e t t l e m e n t i t i s expec ted t h a t h e wi l l reach W a s h i n g t o n be fo re t h e e n d of April.

E m p e r o r of J a p a n Declare* a n Armlst lee. Tokio: T h e empero r of J a p a n h a s

dec lared a n uncond i t i ona l armist ice . T h e decision of the e m p e r o r w a s g r e a t l y due t o t h e e x t r e m e indigna-t ion aroused b y t h e a t t a c k on t h e Chinese peace ambassador . Viceroy Li H u n g Chang. T h e r e , w U l be n o wi th -d r a w a l of J a p a n e s e t rbops f r o m China u n t j l .the peace t r ea ty is complete . I n t h e .ar.misticcv t h e I s land of Fo rmosa is excepted .

The" power of t l ie J a p a n e s e govern-m e n t to excutc t h e a rmis t ice wi l l n e w be p u t to a c r i t i c a l t e s t T h e mi l i tary p o w e r of J a p a n in the j u d g m e n t of in-t e l l i gen t observera has a l m o s t ou t -s t r ipped the c i v i l power d u r i n g t h e war . Th is h a s caused s e r i o u s concern, a s i t has been f e a r e d t h a t t h e mi l i t a ry e l ement , backed "by t h e w a r s p i n t a m o n g the people , would n o t s u b m i t t o a n armist ice, even if t h e civil au-thor i t i e s o rdered one.

H o n g Kong: T h e J a p a n e s e are bom-b a r d i n g Tai W a n , the cap i t a l t o w n of Formosa .

Historic Conr t House H o m e d . T h e T r u m b u l l coun ty c o u r t house

a t Warren , O., a h is tor ic bu i ld ing , w a s nea r ly des t royed by fire, c aus ing a loss -of $20,000, w h i c h is covered b y insur-ance . The s t r u c t u r e w a s erec ted in 1^53 and in i t we re r eco rded nea r ly a l l t h e t r a n s f e r s of t h e l a n d s of t h e Connect icut L a n d company , wh ich a r e n o w known a s t h e W e s t e r n Reserve. T h e s e records w e r e a l l saved f r o m de-s t ruc t ion , a l t h o u g h m a n y of t h e mere r e c e n t records w e r e des t royed , involv-i n g a loss w h i c h canno t be es t imated .

Bal ld lng Blown Down—One Man Killed. Dur ing t h e h i g h wind a t Creston, O.,

t h e side w a U s of a two-s to ry br ick bu i ld ing in course of e rec t ion col-lapsed, b u r y i n g t h r e e p e r s o n a One, J a c o b Wentz , t h e con t r ac to r , was t a k e n out dead . His body w a s te r r ib ly crushed. A n d r e w Baird sus ta ined a b roken a rm a n d a s l i gh t f r a c t u r e of t h e skull , and Mar t in M u r r a y was in-t e rna l ly i n j u r e d , b n t n o t seriously. Wen tz leaves a widow a n d th ree , chi ldren.

Minister Thur s ton Leaves t h e U. 8. Washing ton : Hawai ian Min is te r

Thu r s ton has acpepted t h e ind igni ty imposed upon h i m by .Secretary Gres-h a m and has dccided t ^ leave t h i s coun t ry w i t h o u t w a i t i n g f o r fo rmal not ice f rom his g o v e r n m e n t t o r e t u r n . Mr. Thu r s ton reached t h i s conclusion suddenly. H e le f t W a s h i n g t o n t h e n e x t day and wi l l sail f r o m San F ran -cisco on Apr i l 4 on t h e s teamer Arrowa.

Whisky Trust Def rauded of SS,000,000. A most sensa t iona l r e p o r t was sub-

mi t t ed t o Receiver M c N u l t a of the whisky t r u s t b y the e x p e r t s who for a m o n t h have b e e n e x a m i n i n g the books of t h e Greenhut ' m a n a g e m e n t of the concern a t Chicago. C h a r g e s of j og -g l i n g accounts , " d o c t o r i n g " books and s imilar work a r e made, a n d the report asse r t s t h a t t h e fo rmer d i rec tors and officers by d ispos ing of s tock to them-selves have l e f t a d i sc repancy of $1,924,120.

S^anlkh Soldier Shoota an E n t f l a h Sailor.

Balt imore: A t 2 o 'clock on Ihe morn ing bf March 19, Span i sh sentriea murderous ly s h o t and killted a seaman of t h e Bri t ish s t eamsh ip Lanrenstina a n d badly w o n n d e d a- Cuban Negro a t S t J ago , Cuba. - T h e Brit ish govern-m e n t is i nves t iga t ing t h e m a t t e r aad complicat ions b e t w e e n Great Britain and Spain m a y r e s u l t

Harriet Beochor gtowe'LMilnir Her Mind. Mrs. H a r r i e t Beepher Stowe, t h e

a u t h o r of " U n c l e ' T b m ' s Cabin ," w h o is app roach ing he r 823 b i r t h d a y , h a s been g rowing w e a k e r m e n t a l l y eve ry day, unt i l n o w t h e r e is r a r e l y a flicker of reason in h e r once b r i g h t mind. She is chi ld ish and h a p p y and s ings over and over again h y m n s of h e r school days, 70 years ago.

Spaniards Fi re on a Brit ish Steamer. New York: A d ispa tch f r o m Hav-

a n a says: La Discussion, of Havana , says t h a t a t San t i ago d e Cuba, a n Engl ish s t eamer , t he Lo ren t i a , was fired on by t h e Spanish coas t guard f o r f a i lu re to heave to w h e n o rde red , b n t no official r e p o r t has y e t b e e n made re -ga rd ing the a f f a i r .

A NOVEL.

2T WALTER DESANT AND TAWFS RICE

CHAPTER V.

"A good nppctito, had he?" "No; couldn ' t e a t any th ing a f t e r a

b i t ; sa'-d he fancied nothing.- Lost his tas te entirely. l i e pined a w a y and died in n galloping consmuption, before the thi rd month w a s due. Nobody ever saw him dr inking, but ho w a s d runk every night , regular , like tho res t . P e r h a p s It 's only coincidence. Bet ter luck to you, Mr. Luc ra f t . "

Th is conversat ion did not reassure mo and I determined to go over to Buck-lerebury a t onco and see my pa t ron . I found tlie post aga ins t which J[ w a s leaning when he accosted me; there wen no doubt a b o u t that , fo r t he ha res e n d caullflowens wero still in the shop window, only they looked disgust ing to me th i s morning. I found the s t ree t Into which ho h a d led me, a n d then— then—It waa t h e most ex t raord inary thing, I could n o t find tho door by which we had en tered . Not only w a s there no door, b u t th«-e seemed no plaoo where a door a s I remembered conld exist In t h i s little, na r row, wind-ing s t r e e t I w e n t up a n d down twice. I looked a t all t h e windows. I a sked a poHcemnn if h e had ever seen a n old gent leman aibout the s t ree t such a s I described, or euch a negro a s Boule-fle-nedge; bu t he could give no informa-tion. Only a s I prowled slowly a long t h e pavemen t I hea rd distinctly—it gave m e a ne rvous shock t h a t I could no t account for—the in fe rna l "Cluck-d u c k ! " of t h e negro wi th the cold, s o f t hands , t ho wr ink led skin, a n d tho fiery r ed e y e s . ' H e w a s chuckl ing a t me f rom some h id ing place of his own. where he w a s s a f e . H e had done me no h a r m t h a t I knew of, bu t I ha ted him at t h a t moment .

I w a s by th i s t i m e not a t all e la ted a t my good for tune . I even c raved to have back aga in w h a t I had sold. I feR heavy a t h e a r t and h a d a pre-sen t iment of f r e s h t rouble be fore me . I thought of the faite of those unknown nnd u n f o r t u n a t e predecessors, all dead in consequence of dr ink, evil course, and D. T . Heavens ! w a s I , too, to die miserably wi th del ir ium t remens, a f t e r I bad sold my tas te , and could only tell h raedy f r o m wa te r , like the cask which might hold ei ther , b y the smell?

At lialf pa s t one—the luncheon-tim'i for all who h a v e appetites—the sens ' of being gorged c a m e t o m e again, bu t th i s t i m e wHhout the giddiness. I went to a t ave rn in t h e S t r and and fell sound asleep. W h e n I a w o k e a t 0 the oppression h a d passed away . And now I began to real ize something of the consequences of my act , I say some-thing, because worse, f a r worse, re-mained behind. I w a s doomed, I s a w clearly, to be tho victim of the old man ' s g lu t tony . H e would ea t and 1 should suffer . Already, a s I guessed from t h e c lerk 's s ta tements , he had killed fou r s t rong men before me. I was to be the fifth. I w e n t again to Bucklersibury, a n d sought iu every house for someth ing t h a t might give m e a clue. I loitered in the quiet c i ty s treets in the hope of finding my tor-mentor, and fo rc ing him to give me back my bond. The re w a s no clue, and I did not meet h im. B u t I felt him. H e boRan his dinner , as near ly a s 1 could feel, al iont 7 o'clock: he took his meal wi-th deliberation, judg ing f rom tbe g r adua l n a t u r e of m y sensat ions ; but he took an a m a z i n g quant i ty , and by 8 o'clock the weigh t upon me w a s so great t ha t T could scarcely breathe . H o w I cursed m y folly! How 1 Imp.v tent ly wri thed . under the bunion I had wan ton ly la id upon myself! And then he began to dr ink . Tho flend, t h? soonndrel! I f e l t t he f u m e s mount to my head ; the re w a s no exhilarat ion, n o forge t fu lness of misery; none of the pleasant g rada t ions of excitement, hope and confidence through which men ar.? accustomed to p a s s before a r r iv ing at the final stage, t h e complete oblivion of intoxication. I fe l t myself get t ing g radua l ly bu t hopelessly drunk. 1 s t ruggled a g a i n s t the feeling, b u t In vain; t h e houses w e n t round and round with me ; my speech, when I tr ied to speak, became th ick ; t he flags on the pavement flew u p and s t ruck me.v io-lently <m the forehead, and I became onososdous of w h a t happened a f t c r -

In the morn ing I found myself lying oa a s tone bench in a small white-washed room. My brows were throb-bing and m y t h r o a t w a s parched, and fn m j brain w a s r inging. I do not Icmw why, t h e i n f e r n a l "Clock-cluck!" of Ike negro w i th derisive i rr i ta t ion. I bad mot long t o medi ta te ; t h e - door opeeed and a constable appeared .

"N^w then . " b e said, roughly. "If yoa c a n s t a n d upr igh t by this time, come along."

II waa c lear t o me now w h a t had happened. I w a s in custody, in a po-Hoe eell, and I w a s going before the magis t ra te .

I i r e a m of t h a t ignominy still, though for ty yea r s have passed since I waa plnccd in the dock a n d asked what I had to s a y for myself . " D r u n k a n d disorder ly ."

I w a s charged by the constable— there w e r e no police In 1&23—with be-ing d r u n k a n d disorderly. T w e n t y other poor wre tches were wa i t ing their t r ia l for t he s a m e offense; one or two for g raver charges . My case came first and h a d the honor of being reported in tbe papers. H e r e is the ex t rac t cut out of tbe Morning Chronicle:

"A young m a n who gave his n a m e a s Henry Luke , a n d said he w a s an actor by pYofession, w a s charged with being d runk a n d disorderly in the streets. T h e Constable f o u n d him a t 10 o'clock lying on t h e pavemen t of Bucklersbury too d r u n k even t o speak, and qnit6 un-aWe, therefore t o give any account oC

himself . A check signed by tho well known flnn of Crackett & Charges, for £.'10. w a s found on his person. T h e mag-Islrato r emarked t ha t t h i s w a s n sus-picious circumstance, nnd decided to r emand the case till t h e se gent lemen could be conimunicAted with. One of tho pa r tne r s appeared n t 12. a n d do-posed t h a t the prisoner 's real n a m e w a s Luko L u c r a f t . t ha t he had been an actor, a n d t ha t tlie check w a s given him by tne firm, act ing for a client who W'ulied to be anonymous, bu t whoso motive w a s pure benevolence.

"Tho magis t ra te , on hear ing these fac t s of the case, addressed the prison-er wi th a sui table ndmofiltion. Ho bade him remember t ha t such an a b u s e of a good m a n ' s charily, as he ha'd been guilty of, w a s tho wors t form of In-gra t i tude . I t appeared tha t o n the very d a y of receiving a gift , which w a s evident ly intended to advance him in life, or t o find him tho m e a n s of procur ing su i tab le e m p l o y m e n t the prisoner deliberately m a d e himself so hopelessly d runk t h a t ho could ne i ther s t and nor s p e c k - w h o r e . It did n o t ap-pea r . T h o magis t ra te could p o t but feel t h a t h is conduct showed tho grav-est w a n t of mora l principle, a n d strong-ly advised Mr. Cracket t t o cancel the check un t i l f u r t he r orders . As, how-ever, i t w a s a flrst offence, a n d in con-siderat ion of the pr isoner 's youth , t he flno inflicted would be a small o n e of ton shill ings with costs."

T h a t w a s t h e newspaper account of tho af fa i r . On his w a y out of the cour t Mr. Cracke t t stopped me.

"Young m a n , " ho said, shak ing his heed, " t h i s is very doubt fu l . I w a r n e d my benevolent client aga ins t t h i s ac t of generosi ty. You a re the fifth young m a n w h o m h e has assisted iu t h i s mag-nificent manne r . The former, al l . f ou r , took to dr ink , and died in a d i sgracefu l manne r . T a k e warning, and s top while K Is y e t t ime."

I got a w a y a s f a s t a s I could and crept b a c k t o my lodging a f t e r the necessary miserable b r e a k f a s t

I a m no t a shamed t o say t h a t I sat down a n d cried. T h e tears would crowd Into my eyes. I t waa too dread-ful . H e r e I was . only 24 years of age, wi th m y l i f e before me, doomed, tu rough my own folly, to a miserable end ing a n d a disgraceful repttta/Uou. W h a t good would come of hav ing mon-ey u n d e r these d r ead fu l condit ions? Money, indeed! W h a t had become of tho f i f ty pounds given me only two days before? Gone. All gone b u t one single sovereign which served to pny my fliie. Some one had robbed me. P e r h a p s t h e constables. P e r h a p s a s t ree t thief . I t was gone. T h e sorry r e w a r d of m y consent to t h e unholy ba rga in w a s clean swept a w a y , and only the consequences of the cont rac t remained .

In t h e af ternoon, a s I has tened home along, tho darkening streets , hoping to reach my lodgings before the dally gorge began , a curious thing happened to me. On the other s ide of the streeT. In a d a r k cornor, s t and ing upr ight , and point ing to m e with a linger of deris-ion, I s a w Boule-de-nelge, t he negro servant . 1 rushed a t him, bl ind wi th rage. When 1 got to the spot I found nobody there. Was It a trick or a dis-ordered b r a in? 1 had seen him, quile plainly, gyinnlng a t m e wi th his wrinkled features . As 1 f u m e d f r o m t h e place 1 heard his famil iar "cluck-cluck."

Twice more on the w a y this s t r ange phan tom appeared to me ; each t i m e ao-companied by the "c luck" of h is voice. I t w a s a phan tom wi th which I w a s io l>ecome fami l i a r indeed, before I had finished wi th Boule-de-nelge a n d his mas ter .

I t w a s d e a r t h a f t l i e demon to whom I had sold myself w a s incapable of tho s l ightes t considerat ion toward me. H** would e a t and drink a s much a s no fel t disposed to. careless of a n y conse-quences t h a t might befal l me. I t w i s equal ly evident t h a t he In tended to m a k e the mos t of his bargain , to ear. enormously every day, and t o dr ink himself d runk every night . A nd I w a s powerless. Meant lmo. l t w a s becoming evident t h a t tho consequences t o m e would be serious, a s If I were myself guil ty of t he se excesses. One drop of comfor t a lone remained; my appe t i t e would fall , a n d my tormentor w o u l l be pun i shed whore he would feel It most. I lay down a n d wa i t ed till luncheon t ime; no sense of replent loo came over me ; It v a a certain, there-fore, t h a t h e was a l ready suf fe r ing a vicarious punishment , so to speak, fo r yes te rday ' s debauch.

Tho nex t day, however, I rea l ly did meet m y negro.

I t w a s abon t 5 in t h e af ternoon—the t ime when I was tolerably sa fe , be-cause m y owner , who took a p len t i fu l luncheon a t one, did' not beg in his n ight ly orgle much before seven. I w a s loi ter ing about Bucklersbury, my favor i te p lace of resor t , In the hope of meet ing the old man . when my a r m w a s touched a s I turned round. I t w a s the negro ; -"M&satf Lucra f t . " h e said, "you come along o' me. Massa him ber ry g lad to see-you."

I dec l a re t h a t al though the m o m e n t be fore I had been ' p ic tur ing such an encounter . ' a l thongh 1 had Imagined myself w i t h m y Angers a t his th roa t , d ragg ing hl jn off. a n d forcing h im to tell m e w h o and w h a t he was . I fel t myself u n a b l e to speak.

'•Come a long o' me. Massa L u c r a f t " he sa id ; " th is w a y - w a y you know ber ry well. Ho. ho! Cluck!"

H e stopped before the door I remem-l)ered .but had never been a b l e t o find, opened I t with a l i t t le key. and led t h e w a y t o the octagonal room. .

The re w a s no ono In I t bu t t h e table w a s a l ready laid for dinner .

"Massa come hymeby. You w a i t geglemnn."

Then he disappeared , somehow. As before. I could see no door. As

before, t he first sensation which c a m e over m e w a s giddiness, f rom which I recovered immediately. I walked round nnd round the room. looking a t t he hswvy fu rn i tu re , t he pictures, which!

were all of f r u i t and game, and the sl iver plate . Every th ing showed the presence of groat weal th , and . 1 sup-posed, though I know nothing about I t g r e a t taste . I w a s kept wa i t ing fo r near ly t w o hours. T h a t I d id not mind, because every moment b rought rae, I thought , nea re r to tho hour of ray deliverance. I w a s cer ta in t ha t I had only to pu t tlie case to Mr. Grum-below—I remembered his n a m e the mo-men t I w a s back In t ha t room—to ap-peal to h is generosity ,hl8 honor, h is pity, in order,10 ob ta in my release. Mr. Grumbelow—Ebenozer Grumbelow—he w a s the char i t ab le client of Messrs. Cracke t t a n d Charges, w a s he? Why, I m i g h t show him up to popula r deris-ion and ha t red . I m igh t tell the world who and w h a t this g rea t bcnellactor of young men real ly was .

Suddenly, a s the clock s t ruck seven, he stood upon t h e carpe t before me, whi le Boule-de-nelge stood a t t he t a b l e wi th a soup tureen in h is hand . I de-c la re t ha t I did not see a t any t imo a n y one en te r the room or go out of I t T h e y appeared t o be suddenly In I t

I hope t h a t . t h e appearance of deta i ls like tho above, a t flrst Im Ible. will no t be t aken a s proof of w a n t of veraci ty on my o w n p a r t I wish t h a t I could tell thci t a l e w i thou t these par t iculars , bu t 1 c a n n o t I m u s t re-l a t e the whole or none.

"You b o r e r ' said Mr. Grumbelow, looking a t m e wi th a n a i r of c o n t e m p t H e seated himself a t the table and un-folded bis napkin . "Soup, Boule-de-nelge."

"Massa hung ry? D a t young debbel the re he look ber ry pale a l ready ."

" P r e t t y well, Boule-de-nelge, consid-er ing. You, sir , come here, a n d le t m o look a t you ." I obeyed. "Hold ou t your band . I t shakes. Le t m e look a t y o u r eyes. They a r e yellow. Do you know t h a t your appet i te seems to mo to be fa i l ing already—already—and It Is only the fou r th day . "

" I t Is no t m y f a u l t " I said. "Nonsense. Don ' t t a lk t o me, sir, be-

cause I will have none of your Inso-lence. I say t h a t you do no t walk enough. I order you to wa lk twelve miles a day—even twenty , a f t e r a heavy night—do you hea r?"

" I t is no t In the c o n t r a c t " I replied, doggedly.

" I t Is In t h e c o n t r a c t You a r e to use every m e a n s in your power t o ke«p y o u r facul t ies in vigor. W h a t moans h a v e you u s e d ? '

H e banged the spoon on the table a n d glanced a t m e so fiercely t h a t I had nothing t o say.

"Massa, soup get cold," said Boule-de-nelge.

H e gobbled It up, every now a n d then looking up a t me wi th a n angry g r u n t

"Now then, you a n d your c o n t r a c t T h i s Is p re t ty Ingrat i tude, this Is. Here ' s a fellc'w. Boule-de-nelge. I pick u p out of the gut ter , s t a rv ing ; whom I keep expensively; whom I endow wi th a n Income; whom I depr ive of tho tempta t ion to glut tony."

"Nebber see such a debbel In all my days . " sa id the negro; "nebber hea r such a t ing told nowhere."

"No, no r ever will. Listen to mo, sir . You will walk ten, twelve, or twenty miles a day , according to the d inne r I have had. And m a r k you. It will be tho worse fo r you If you do n ) t Remember . If I cannot e a t I c i n d r ink ."

The re w a s a fiendish g lare in his blood-stained eyes a s ho spoke, and I t rembled . My spir i t w a s so complete-ly gone t h a t 1 h a d not even the plu< k t o appeal to h is pi ty. Pe rhaps a secret consciousness of tlie uselessness of such an appea l deterred rae.

"You will now." said he, "wa tch m e m a k i n g a s la rge a d inner a s your mis-e rab ly languid appet i te will al low."

" I have been d runk for f ou r nights," I p leaded.

"Then you have no business to get d r u n k so easily. Your head Is con t empt lb ly weak—what did I t ake yes-te rday , Boule-de-nelge?"

"Big bot t le champagne, b ig bott le port , eight goes whisky grog."

" I d i d - a n d t ha t w a s all. Why. your predecessor stood double the quanti-ty . "

"Beg pardon , massa . Las t young gegleman poor trash—last b u t two— him mighty s t rong head—head like

hul l—nebber get d runk . " "Ah. w e wasted him. Boule-de-nelge;

w e fooled him a w a y In one Imprudent evening. I told you a t t he t ime t h a t noyeau punch is a very dangerous thing."

"Ho . ho!" the diabolical negro laughed till his teeth showed like the gr inning Jaws of a dea th ' s head. "Ho, ho! him so bl ind drunk he t u m b l e out of window—break him neck. Ho. ho!"

Th is w a s a p leasant conversation f o r m e to h e a r . '

Then Mr. Grumbelow resumed h i s d inner .

H e a t e a good meal In sp i te of h is grumbl ing , and then he began to dr ink p o r t I observed t h a t t he w ine had a pecullaf effect upon him. I t m a d e h im redder in t h e face, bu t no t th icker in speech. H e d r a n k t w o bottles, t a lk ing a t me all t he t ime. I began to ge t d runk . H e only got the more merr i ly fiendish.

(TO BE CONTINUED.)

In t he Swim. Manager of packing house—Yes, we

need a m a n to st ick pigs, bu t tha t ' s a j ob t h a t requires experience, and you don ' t look old enough. H a v e you any references or recommendat ions? Young Man—Yes. sir. Here ' s my high school diploma. 1 could cut up a live frog or a j ack r abb i t qulcker 'n any other boy in school.

Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov't Report

W e hear a great deal now-a-days abou t woman ' s superiority over men a n d tha t t h e fo rmer Is a s ab le to do m a n ' s work a s he is himself, bu t u p to the hour of going To press w e haven' t hea rd of a n y women crowding their h u s b a n d s a w a y f rom tho sawbuck and sawing wood themselves.

Powder A B S O L U T E L Y P U R E

G R A I N S O P G O L D .

Belf-love Is Idolatry. A self-made man likes to b r a g on his

fob. Golden opportunities do not fly In cir-

clet. Make life a ministry of love, and It

Will always be worth living. W e always find wit and meri t In those

who look a t u s with admirat ion. No ma t t e r who has the floor, self-con-

9cU will a lways find a way t o apeak. A great m a n y people are in such a

h u r r y thitt they have no t ime to live. > The money t h a t brings us most good

IS the money wi th which we do good. All t ru th Is nonsense to the man who

h a s let a lie m a k e Us home in h is h e a r t

A loud wardrobe spebihs tor Itself.

" H a n a o n ' a Mag ic Corn B a l v a . " Wsrrsnicl to care or money rsfunilod. Ask

Iruggl't fur It. Price li cent*.

After a wet April follows a dry June.

ITegeman's C a m p h o r I ce w i t h Olyeer ln*. Cures Chsppod Hands and Face, Tender or Sore Kect,

Chilblains, rites, 4c. C. Q. Clark Co., New Ha»en, Ct-

April and May nre the keys ot the year.

II t he Baby is Cutting: Tooth. Be sure and use that old and well-tried remed/, it Wis SLOWS SOOTUIN'O Sracr for Children Teethlac-

The Erolntlon Of medicinal a g e n t s is g radua l ly rele-

St i n g t h e old-time herbs , pills, i n g n t s a n d vegetable e x t r a c t s to t h e

r ea r and b r i n g i n g in to g e n e r a l use t h e p l ea san t a n d effect ive l iquid laxa t ive , S y r u p of F igs . T o g e t t he t r u e r emedy see t h a t i t is m a n u f a c t u r e d by t h e Cal i fornia F i g Syrup Co. only. For sale by a l l l e ad ing druggis t s .

A dry April is not tho farmer's will; rain in April Is waat he wills.

Thunder storm ia April Is the end of h o a r frost.

Plso's Cure for Consumption has no eaual ae a Cough medicine.—P. M. ABBOTT. mU Seneca street, Uuftalo N. Y.. May 9.1834.

Profi table Fa rming In Wisconsin. Settlers oa the timber lands, now being

offered In small tracts by the Northwestera Lumber Co.. Eau Clslre, wis., a re lladlnR the soil so well adapted to growlna all varieties ot tame grasses, that they are able to make dairy-ing a very profitable industry. I t is also said that poutoes, aad all other veaetables, yield remarkably well, aud are of such ezcelleat ^ illty that they sell readily at top prices la the big cities ot the northwest. These lands are located la a thickly settled couatry. coa-venient to schools, churchcs and good markets.

Not even a canal horse would ever get ahead if he dlda'thavo a pull.

Low Rate Escnrslons, Apr i l 9 a n d 30 .1S9S On April 8 the IRON MOUNTAIN ROUTE

will sell Bzcurslon tickets to all points In Arkansas, to Lake Charles. La., and to all points In Texas, except El Paso, at the very low rate ot one fare for the round trip, (plus two dollars). and on April 30 at one fare straight for the round tr ip to points in the Southeast.

Liberal limits and stop-over prlyileges allowed. For full particulars and illustrated and descriptive pamphlets, address company' agents, or H. C. ToWSSESD. General Passt :e Agent, St. Louis.

I t takes adverse circumstances to develop man's staying quaUtles.

Whatever March does not want, April bring* along.

FOR RHEUMATISM, LUMRAUO, NKU-RAI.OIA. CRAMP a n d Colic t h e r e i s n o remedy supe r io r t o t h e genu ine D r . Thomas ' Ec lec t r i c OIL

Gertrude Hall , whose stories and poems have been appear ing fo r several years In the big magasines . Is almost unique a m o n g li terary women in being-young. handsome and comfortably well off.

Mrs. Cleveland bends her energies t o keep out of the newspapers . S h s entertained a newspaper woman l a s t week all day for f r iendship 's sake, a n d then solemnly forbade he r t o wri te a th ing abou t the visit. Th ink of t h e agony of t h a t fo r the "born J o u r n a l i s t "

I n t h o u s a n d s of cases t h o cure of a cough is t h e prevent ive of consump-t ion. The sures t cough medicine in the world is Dr. Wood's Norway P i n e Syrup. Sold by all dea le r s on a g u a r -an t ee of sa t i s fac t ion .

Tho future is of lisclf a great fortune, pro-vided il is properly f-penl.

Hcnry Schodnhals , fo reman H e n r y Krt ig P a c k i n g Co., S t Joseph , Mo., j uses Dr. T h o m a s ' Eclectr icOH wi th h is men for sp ra ins , cuts, bruises, chapped hands , etc. I t is t h e b e s t

If Fomo of our hearts were not so big our bcaru would Krow faMsr.

, BicvcVs will bensed the coming season more generally than ever before, especially as they have bocn greatly reduced in price. 1 he Chicaro Scale Co. arc leaders for low prices on the best Wheels, as well as many 1 other articles, and all kinds of Scalcs.

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LiniTED TtflE ONLY, The People's Common Sense Medical Ad-

viser. By R.V. Pierce, M. 1).. Chief Consul tine

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Physician to the Invalids' Hotel nnd Surgical Institute, liuffalo, a book of over i,coo large pages and 300 eolored ami other illustra-lionsj in strong paper covers to any one sending 11 cents in one-cent stamps for packing and postage only. Over 660,000 copies of this complete Family Doctor Doot already sold in cloth bitulini; at regular price of $1.50. Address: ( with stamps and t h i s Coupon) WORLD'S DISITNSARY MEI>-ICAI. ASSOCIATION, KO. 663 Ma in St ree t , Cuffalo, N. Y.

T h o C r o a t

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BLADDER C U R E .

Bm A( T>rncrl»t«, 50<- X- $1. A a A Adrioe A. Piimiihlet fnyt D r . K i l m e r & Co. . B l n g h a m t o n , N. V

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Tho man who docs not care for fho pood opinions of others has very lijtle sclf-respcct.

The money a man tucks away In h!s '•inside pockcl' may be looked upon as vested security.

Bast Congh Syrup. In time. Sold br dniu l tu .

i M m S T . J A C O B S OIL=ga®s Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago,

Sprains. Bruises, Bums, Wounds,

Swellings, Soreness, Headache, Backache.

All Aohe8( Stiffness, Cuts, Hurts, Frost-bites.

....WHAT MORE IS NEEDED THAN A PERFECT CURE....

W e b s t e r ' s I n t e r n a t i o n a l XarsIfUtMe i a Office, School, or Mome.

New from cover to oorer . D i c t i o n a r y • IT ft gtTT.T.—. SVOT* MM.- «* . I t is the S t U K f a r d of the 17. 6 . Supreme Conrt, of t he U .S .

Government Printing: Offloe, and of w i r i y all of the Schoolbooto! I t Is warmly commended by every State Sapertatesdent ef Scheds.

A College P rcaMent w r i t e s : " F e r ease w i t h w h l e h t h a eye finds t h e w o r d eoaght , f o r acenra<7 of dcf ln lUoa. t o r S . feetlTa m e t h o d . I . I n d l c ^ T ^ ^ o l a t t o . . oemprelMpalve s t a t emen t s of foots, a a d lot p r aeUea l WM as a w o r k i n g d i c t i o n a r y , ' Wlehsfer 'a latervMuoaul' any o t h e r single v o l u m e . " , ,

G . ft C. X c n i a m Co., Pabl ta fccra , •prtacfleld, W — U . S . A.

W . L D O U G L A S $3SHOErins.c^..

3 . C O R D O V A N ; mNCHaDUlKUO CMT.

[4.$3.*P FINE CALFUCMBMOtt f *3.49 P0LICE.3 SOLES. I ^ l a . W O R K I N ^ | - EXTRA riNC- ^

«2.5l.7?B0YS'SaWLSHfla • L A D I E S *

B K O C K T O K J U S S . Direr Ons Mmioa PMple wear f t o

W. L. Donglas $3.& $4 Shoes AU onr shoes ere equally satisfactory They give t he beet value for t he money. They equal castom shoes In s tyle and t i t . Their wearing qualities are ansarpassed. The prices are tnlJorm,—stamped en sem. Prom $1 to S3 saved over c tber makes.

If your dealer csjiaot sc pply you wo csa.

" M u n i a a "

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B E 8 ^ N WKAMNG QCAUTY.

ttoonterortapscteex. tbe whole leerth

down t o t be heel, pro-boot in dlr-

plnt and In other bard work.

ASK TOUR DEALER , . PGR THSM 'snd, dont be put oS' with Inferior goods.

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LOWELL STATE BANK LOWELL, MICH.

O a p i t a l , ^ $ 8 5 , 0 O O .

RANCIS KINO, PreHidcnt. CHAS. McCAR. Y, Vice Praidenl.

M. C. GRISWOLD, (Mhier. B . N . KEI8TBB, AMistanl Cushicr.

DIRECTORS:

I rancis King, Chas. McCarly,

I.'obert Hardy, F . T. King, i-r.'H. Force, M. C. Griswold.

A General Banking Business Transacted Money Loaned on Real Estate Security

Miss Katie McMahon closed a very succeedul term of school in tiie Mope's •listrict with exercises, last week. 8he has been engaged to teaeh the spring term.

There will be a meeting at the Mc-Bride 8cho«)i house nest Sunday at 3, p. tn., for the purpose (if organizing a Sabbath school. All invited.

At Walker Center, the other day, a MOW belonging to Ake Willers died, leaving four little motherless pigs just a day old. Mrs. Willers took the lit-tle orphans into the house and is rais-ing them on a buttle and rubber nip-ple to which they take HS naturally as life. They are learning baby talk real fast, and when they squeal out -ma," she irots out the bottle in a hnstle.

There will be a meeting of the Sil-ver Club to-night.

Special services at tho Baptist church next Sundny.

The Missionary society of the M. E. church will meet with Mrs. R. Quick Tuesday afternoon, April 9. Tea will be served from 5 to 8 o'clock. You are cordially invited.

Ladies clean your kid gloves with Josephine Ohive Cleaner, fur sale only by E. R. Collar, headquarters fur •iressed and undressed kid gloves in all the most desirable shade for street ur evening wear. 93 tf

R. W. Hooker arrived home fnim Toronto, Veterinary college Monday ';veninn-havintr graduated from that institution. He will spend a few weeks here, previous to locating for tbe practice of hi* profession.

The list of marriage licenses pub-lished Wednesday, has the names of Fred L. Barnes and Cora I. Holmesv nee Charles, both of Lowell. Mucb-joy, Fred.

Mrs. N. Purple has raoye^ into her house on Avery street.

Wre. Miller and wife of this place •tUeuded th^ horticulture meeting at Saranac Mar^b 27.

Hiss Nettia Miller visiied at A. W. Knee's in Keene, recently.

Onie Lee of Bowne, has been on-to teach io district No. 2, this spring.

I t seems a great pity that the stock-holders of the Lowell Furniture fac-lory should allow their property tu lit-jdle. It seems as il*. they might, at leaat, find good renters and realiz*-something from their inveetiueut Mr. Orton Hill, one of the stockhold-ers, is quite anxious to see sometliinu done in tbe matter, |nd is willing to contribute liberally of his stock to any responsible party who will take charge of tbe factory and run it. For (he good of all concerned we hope to xae soue action taken regarding tbe matter in the near future. . Iter. Mr. Whooloo ef Freeport wan US:vu Toeadaj.

Miss Nellie Batt has been spending her week of vacation at her home iu Tekonsha, Calhoun county.

Chos. H. Moouey of Smyrna and Miss £dun Lockwood of Portland were guests of Dr. Towsley over Sun-day.

Miss Anna Bruner of Freeport vis-ited Fred Bruner and wife the first of the week.

Miss Winnie Sunderland of Lan-sing was the guesl of the Misses Mc-Danoell over Sunday.

Miss Bertha McCarty started for Olivet Thursday morning io company with Miss FloreiiC§ McUannell, where she will take a musical courtie.

Will McCarty accompanied Clare Althen to Albion college, Thursday.

Miss Aggie Wiley of Grand Rap-ids visited triends and relatives over Sunday.

Art Morgan has bought the city oil wagon of L. B. Lyuu.

A number of Lowell young men visited Saranac, Sunday.

Roy Eaton from Chicago is visit-ing friuuas and relatives for a couple of weeks.

Cal Maynard is absent on a busi-ness trip to Ionia and other points, in the interests of \V. J . Ecker & Son.

Mrs. A B. Johnson and daughter, Winnie, arc home from Sante Fe and A inly is located at Las Vegas. His health is much improved and he will soon be home.

E E. Alien of Grand Rapids was in town Tuesday.

The Lowell base bull boys, iifetheir new uniforms, were photogr^hed iu a group hy Wilson, on Wednesday. They are a good looking lot of boys and the camera stood it without a flaw.

The Alton band was in town ami played some, ou Wednesday,.previous to accompanying the athletic club to Saranac The buys do well, consider-ing the chance ther have had. Next time they come o Lowell they must serenade t h e LEDQKU.

The village school children1 have been enjoying a week's vacation.

T«e Lowell Building and Loan as-sociation, by Mains Mains, solici-tors. has tiled a $780 loivcloMure. bill in the Circuit agninst Benjamin E ami Olive Sniiih, holding ten shares stock in compHtiy, nnd Alkus Bros. & Co., uf Piiijndelphia, holders of M-C ond inorttpt^e. The security is lot 6, nl«ck 6. KunrA Amphlft's addition, Lowell —[Democrat.

Mi** Rudell Ickax. who has been spending the winter in Ohio, in visit-ing Miss Ella Lumpkin, in Keene.

Jesse Thompsett has returned from a ton days residence in Gannon, just long enough to vote.

C. L. Rjwley of Greenville was in town Wednesday.

At the town meeting tho following sums were appronriated for the ensu-ing year: $400 for genepri highway purposes; 150 for cemetery No. 4? and $100 for library fund. j

Mrs Lnmas Austin has been sick abed ever since her husband's death.

R. B. Boylan put in a large plate ' glass for Geo. Winegar this week.

Bob Taylor and Ellen Richard of Saranac visited Lowell Thursday, 1

Phil Althen and Roy Eaton visiied friends in Grand Rapids the last ot the week.

Thomas Walsh of Qrand Rapids was in the village Tuesday.

8. W. Ferguson of Ovid was in town Tuesday.

The Athletic club report a fair crowd and-a pleasant time at Saranac Wednesday evening, but £ • heavy additions IQ their treasury.

Born to Asa M. Carver aud wifer

April 1, a boy. Miss Ethel Bristol of Adar is visit-

ing at Isaac Mitchell's. H. A. Peckham left for the east on

- business, this week. Saturday is the last day of $1 pho-

tos at WiNou's. The east aud west side kids played

ball, Thursday and the score was 20 to 5 in favor of the east side.

Robert Milne and H. E. Freeman of Grand Rapids were iu the village Tuesday.

R. A. Sinclair of Jonesville visited his sister, Mrs. M. M. Perry, last Thursday.

Eugene A. Sunderlm, deputy state bank inspector, was iu ttiwu Monday to vote.

The book social of Ethel McDan-nell's Sunday school class, held last Wednesday eveninir at the residence of Mrs Archie McMillen. was well at-tended and very much enjoyed. Re-freshments were served.

Quincy Fisher was struck in the rijrht eye by a flying jiiece of steel last Monday, which has laid him up for repairs.

Fred L. Alger has moved with his family to his lafto down the river road toward Ada.

The Republicans rlnim that the Dpmoeralic partv, John Donovan of Bay. is responsible for the long ses1

sion of our present legislature.

Harinsr purchased the Banner latm-drv, I solicit the patronage of alK I cruaranlee good work or no pav re-quired. Give me a tria', and supnort home indns t rv . CnARi.Ea SRVRRT.

A friend writes: "The Coin chih meet" •' '<* ^Friday) evening to eWt ofti ""he over zealous advertise it a ver diiH. whieh we think a misi th<»re are manv Dhmn. era's as « ll ns Rpnnblieans who are bimetnlista. but not fVee silver men; who believe that gold and silver should hoth bensod as primary monev on a hasi* of equal va'ne with »»«eh other, and will not join a free, unlim-ited silver club."

Mrs. M F i W has jnst r e t i r ed s nice line of Easter goods. Call snd see them

The snip fr^m W B'aisdell Sl Co. to R Oniric A Son wss con*um-msted Isst Tnesdav,

Thomas Daniels of Ke<»ne. who hSK bi»en dangerous'v i't" with tvnhoid nnenmoniil, we are glad to sav, is get-ting better.

Tra S. Gardner of Vprfonnes ha« so'd his 80 aorp lot on wtion 14 of Vprgennes, to Fred Wingier for |1,-800

Buva l lk indof wood of J . W; Eeker A Son.

STAI.LIOKS FOR SAI.K—A biff b v Montgomerv. dam bv Hamble^on; 16 hands hi^h, 4 venrs old. natural naepr, yprv soppdv. Anteep^p. bv Whpel-ine Wiltps, dsm bv T. B TTH.P; 5 rpars old. troftpr. Dindy, bv Ham-b'pfon; dsm bv Morris: natural pacer. What hnvp von to trade?

J . R. KDCHAXAV. Lowell, Mieh.

Rev A. P Moors. Mm D, C Wst-ters. Mi««ps Effip Potter. Mabel Moors Mvrtie Tavlor and several others at-tended the Enworth Leairiie conven-tion at fonia, Tuesday and Wednes-dav of this week.

Miss Nettie MeNanghton is in Sparta, caring for her sister, Mre. Mil-ler, who is sick.

See Ecker & Son for wood and kin-dlinga.

FOB SALE.—Swell box cotter and articles of second band fumi'ure at Lang's feed and sals stable, Pailea'a ooratr.

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EDITOR LOWELL LEDUKR:—

Fred L. Hodges. Vergennes'efficient and courteous suiiervisor was honored by re-election,- notwithstanding the attack made upon him in last week's Journal, concerning which one citiMn of Vergennes says:

Evidently the tax payers of Ver-gennes do not agree with the Lowell Journal in regard to Peter McPher-son's superior judgement and nbility to make a new assessment roll. Aud to think that the people sre not willing to pay half the amount of taxes they are now paying when it could so easily be fixed, simply by electing Peter and assessing property at half of what it is now assessed. Oh, how essv!

X Y .Z.

Business Directory. J . UAKKlaU.N" UIOKBRr.

donlist. Over (Jburvb's bank, LOKCII.

8 P. H-ICHS, Loans, Collectious, Ke«l Ksute and l i u i r

ance. Lowell, Mich.

O. U. MCD.ANNEL, M. I> , Physician ana Sargeoa. UUlo, 48 Bridge

slfcet, biwell, Midi.

M. O. (iBESN, M. D. pbMlcisn nnd Surgeon. Office at Residence

Brid-^u street, Lowell. Mlub.

0 G. ToWaLEYy M. D., Physician aud Knric on. Utllce Lours, 10 nm.

t<i y m. Hnd 7l'i 8 pin.

J . M.OOOtWPEE '. M.l>. Office and Kesidenre uu Hud-on street. Office

hnura from 9 to 10 a. ra. S io 4 p. m. and' 7 to 8 p in , Simd^v. 2 t 6 p iu.

PAKMrRs UnTbL. Lowell, Mich , (J. P. Une. Prop. RMU* SI .00

per diy. $3 CO per week Good meals aud clean beds.

MILFOM M. PERKY,

Attorney and Counselor at Law. Train's Halt Block, Lowell. Mich. Special attention giren to Gollrctioos, CoDTeyauwlog, anii* Sole of He'll Estat".

Has also qualifled and bean admitted to prac-tice iu the luterior Di-partment and all the bureaus thereto and la re&dy t> pr.wecnte Claims for those that n u r be entiUei to Pet'sion Bounty.

Oounoi'jfrooeedlnaa. Regular meeting ol the Commnn ConncH

of the rillatte of Lowell, at Music HaU, Monday-evening. April 1, 1895.

Couneil call^l to onler by tbe presidsnt. Present A. W. Weekes, O. G. I/>ok. J . E.

Lee. The Committee on appeals report tUst

they wish an extension of time, and that the matters of Appeal and t'lirther conaiH-eiation of the Rolls be postponed until next regular meeting, there being no objections.

On motion by lyiok the report was ac-cepted and further time granted. Yeas 3.

On motion by Lee the Council adjonrned

U> meet Tuesday evening^ A pril 2. Yeas 3. D.G. LOOK; Cleric Pro T e n .

MAINS & MAINS,. Attorneys at Law,

Lowell and Lake Odessa Mich.

We Respectfully Solicit Your. Business.

TOR rzsii

INSIHIANGEI O A U O V

P. D. EDDY & CO, Office of Town Clerk.

We Are Still Doing business at the

Old Standi

LOW PRICES AND A No I 'A

Goods All the Year Rouad—We la-vite You to Come and Examine

Our Stuck.

ELMDALE KTCBIN04.

Quiltinga, sugar parties. and weddings, seem to uccopy the attcntiovof our vicinity now.

Ye acribe attended a pleasant entertain-ment Saturday evening at Academy Hall ,

'Clarksville, given by the Academic Liter-ary society.

Chas. Klahn's dog acted queer for severe si days last week, then suddenly disap-peared and has since been running at large | in a supposed rabid condition. Several! people report seeing it, and someone ahut at-it. Mr. Klahn desires to have it killed as conaiderable trouble might ensue.

A way oar on one of the night freights

was derailed here one night last week and tbe stock yards partly demolished in con-sequence. A broken flange whs tbe

cause. CMTIC.

Lost Keys.—A bunch of seven keys awaits tha owner at this office.

S u b s c r i b e f o r t h e L o w

e U L B D Q B R .

Oor grootfrlea are seassashle. Prices always reasonable, . Don't be afraid We want your trade, And with all oor might We'll do what ia right— To get it And to keep it.

Yours for buiness on the square.

C. B E B O E a , Lowell, - - - Mieh.

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Uphelstering! 1 have opened an Upholster-

ing and Furniture Repair tihop on East Main street, Lowe" and am prepared to do kinds of work in.that line.

Old mattresses tleaned, paired and made over; n. ores made to order. All work bi. ; < f i r s t class and ch* reaaouaole. EL G R U

AT A RIPE OLD AGE.

Dales Qlbton Goes to Hit Rett.

List Sunday morning "Unci*" Deios Gibson, as he was familiarly called, was taken with a severe attack of the grip ««nd during the day was suffering intense pain. His old family physician, Dr. H. H. Power, who has-treated the family for nearly 40 years, was called and afer a time he ap-peared to be easier. But typhoid tend-encies developed and it soon became ap-parent that he was sinking rapidly and on Thursday morning death ensued.

Mr. Gibson was born in Otsego, Genesee county, N. Y., July 24th, 1804, which would make his age 90 years, 8 months and 4 days. He was married to Miss Lovisa Adkins in 1827 and in 1839 moved to Roz-and, Eaton county, this state. While in Boxsnd he was converted to the christian faith and united with the M. £. church tn 1842 he moved to Keene in this county and took him a home in the wilderness, be-fore the township had leeeivtd any name.. He lived in Keene until 1891, when he came to Saranac with his son, Wallace W., where he resided at the time of his death.

He was the father of five eliiidrent four of whom, Mrs. Mary J. Henry, of Saranac, Mrs. Ruth Stebbios; of Ionia, Mrs. Celestia M. Hull, of Lowell, and Wallace W., are still living. His wife has long since gone to receive her reward.

Mr, Oihson was a remarkable man in many respects. Time se«med to halve but little effect Upon him. He was spry in movement and his heart was as young' as though in the hey days of youth. Never complaining, cheerful, he made a pleasant companion for old or young alike: His character "was irreproachable and his lifc is one thai makw him fit example for the gen-erations that follow after him. He goes to the grave at a ripe old age followed with the regret of all.

Short funeral service will be held . from

the residence of W. W, Gibson Sunday morning at half past ten, and at one o'clock Sunday afternoon service will be held at the M. £. church in Enston. Rev. L. B. Kenyon will conduct the services. —[Sara-nac Local.

FALLASSBCRG NEW*.

Jim Sayles and Bert Calvin have return-ed from the pine woods. t

Mrs. J. C. Richmond visited her sister, Mrs. N. C. Denney, last Thursday.

Mr. Tower from Dakota, has moved into the Burg.

Wm. Rexford and wife visited Charles Wesbrook and family Saturday and Sun-day.

Supervisor Hodges was in the Burg on business the other day.

Ira Gardner moves back onto his farm this week,

Mrs. Emma Beekwith has gone to Sparta to visit her son, Fred Miller.

Mr. Chatterdon will move from here onto J. Denney's farm, east of Lowell.

Mrs. Bosung entertained a sister from Iowa, over Sunday.

NIMBLE.

K E E N E C E N T E R .

On Wednesday evening, March 27, D. C. Hunter and wife were surprised by the tin-ceremonious entrance of forty-seven of their friends, making a merry party, in commem-oration of Mr. Hunter's 48th birthday That^gentleman was presented with a beau-tiful lamp and the evening passed pleasant-ly with card playing and dancing.

Miss Florence Joseph is recovering from a severe attack of the grip.

Samuel Johnson and wife are very sick. Not much hope is entertained of the for-mer's recovery.

BOY W A N T K D , — A smart, active boy, well up in common school stud-ies, will be given a good opportunity to learn the printer's trade at this of-fice.

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•t Lowell Ledger Supplement VERGtNNe*.

Mrs. 0. Hodges and son, Lew, of Qrand Rapids, were gnests of Fred Hodges and wife last week.

Mrs. J. C. Wright and daughter of Grand Rapids, visited Mrs. Crista Findlay and family part of last week.

Anna and Dora Evans spent their week of vacation with friends in Ada township.

Miss Bessie White, one of Lowell's teach-ers, attended the Reading Ciicle at Allen Bennett's Saturday evening and spent Sun-day with Miss Lottie Olmstead.

Orrin Evans went to Grand Rapids and Gaines Monday on a business trip.

Roy McDonald is working for Q. Hudson this season.

Wm. Misner and wife had a shert visit with his brother, P. P. Misnar. of Muske-gon, one day last week.

Mrs. Findlay and daughter, Tm, were in Grand Rapids last week Wednesday.

Eddie VanWorraerand Frank Batchelar are having the mumps.

Charley Merriman of Grand Rapids, is home for a few months—so we hear.

Miss Ina Findlay commenced school here again Monday morning.

Ed. Bunker and wife, wha have been liv-ing in Mrs. Mary Bennett's house fur the last year, have moved to Bowne.

Lute Baily and Florence Gott were mar-red in Grand Rapids last week Wednesday.

March went oat just a flying on the wings of the wind and April came imu'ch-ing in with a cloudy face and Redding tears, and thif (Monday) evening the ground is wnite with snow.

Miss Emma Cole of Grand Rapids, visited friends here last week.

Friend Peck, your letters from England that we find in the L E D G E R are very inter-esting; please send one every week.

The Vergennes Beading Circle will meet with Miss Delia James, April 13 with the following program:

Music—Circle, Roll Call—Tennyson.

Reading-vCircl*. ^ " Instrumental Soto—Bertha Lee. Medley—Melville MisPhersoh. Recitation—tna Findlay. Solo-E. G. Nash. Paper—Delia James. Reading—'Allen Bennett.

• Music—Circle. P A T S Y .

• Friend Patsy: When we from Lowell are out riding in Vergennes again, we will make amends for past delinquencies and make our friends there twice glad.

K. V. P.

R I V E R R O \ D R I V A L S ,

Fred Alger and family have taken posses-ion of their farm in this vicinity, recently vacated by Mr. Collins.

Nelson McCanl is moving onto the farm he recently purchased, known as the Bel-knap place, in Vergennes.

Mrs. Chauncey Townsend is in Grand Rapids caring for her daughter, Mrs. Don Miller, who has been ill for some time and is gradually {ailing.

Joseph Denny and family of East Low-ell, now occupy the farm formerly owned by Joseph Denny, deceased.

Minnie Martin visited friends in Grand Rapids a few days last week.

Miss Goldie Leary of Lowell, is spending her vacation with her friend, Lois Batey.

Will Vansicklc, wife and little sun, Ellis, of Cascade, spent Sunday at L. A. Carter's.

Stella Batey is visiting her sister, Mrs. Grant Fraxier, in Ada.

Geo. Broadbent has hired to work the coming year for L. A. Carter.

Eugene hte, wife and son, Glean, were guests at L. A. Carter's last Friday.

Martin Cogswell, wife and daughter, Ltvanche, visited at Ed Story'sJnst Friday,

Geo. Pant is a victim of the mnmps.

Wm. Pant and wife entertained Wm. McDonald and faipily of Ktene, Sunday.

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