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•INDEPENDENT IN AI.L THINGS. NEUTRAL IN NOTHINfi*

VOL. V I , NO. 2 6 . L O W K L L , M l C H K i A N , D E C K M B E R , 1 5 , 1 8 9 8 . W H O L E NO. 2 8 5 ,

\ F I R E S A ^ E ! 1 OF MRS. CARH'S

Millinery Goods,

Saturday, December 17. OVER COON'S CLOTHING STORE.

Greenville

Feed Cooker. We sell the OreenTille Feed Cooker, that we know by experience is the

be<it feed cooker made. The kettles are made uniform in thickness and are not liable to break and we tell them as cheap as the inferior grades.

For the Next Twenty Days We will close out a fine line of Cooking and Heating Stoves at reduced price.

I wish to state that Our Pocalioi i tas Coal Will Not stop up jour stove pipe with soet like high grade soft cnal, nor barn out jour grates nearl as quick, no matter what ex-druggists or grocerymen say. A trial will convince you I am right. Yours for square dealing.

R. B. BOYLAN.

If you want an Up-to I W P

Our Fall Soitiugs are now in. Hundreds of sam-

ples to select from.

guit of Clothes, P « I K O F P r t N T 6

PflLL OVERCOrtT.

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M-H-J

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L O W E L L P L A M M i M I L L .

W J. ECKBR & SON, Prop*.

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MAHUFAOTOBERS OF:—Buh, Doors. Bliads, Frames lor DoorS) Windows and Borosnii Ei* hlbltlon and Shipping Oospi fsr Fonltry, Dried Apple boxes. Wooden Eave Tronghs. etc-

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That VerjienticH Lost Money.

Pi'tcr McPhernon and other Vun uenncH taxpayers filed a petition in the Circuit Court Thureday aslcine the conn to inauo a writ of initndiuniiH compelling the townidiip buaid of that towimliip to institute pnneedimrM auainst John 0 Dennis and hiHhonds-inen to collect 8090 claimed to be due ihe township. Dennis was treasurer of the township in 1896 mid deposited the money in the Lowell bank that failed. The township board settled with him at the lime and took his account against the bank in full pay-ment. The petitioners now want to go back of the sett lement.—[Grand Rapids Democrat.

Notice to Tax Payer*.

The township taxes are now due and pay-able at my office in the store of A. L Coons. HARVET J . COONS,

Township Tre&s.

100 Watches to select from. Tea Sets, any

pieces Slver Novelties,

Chains and Bracelets. Ohilde Sets.

1847 Rogers Bros. Tableware [ 1 8 4 7 .

number holiday trade HIGBY8,

T h e progressive Jeweler.

Our Holiday Number

Next week the LEDGER will issue a large holiday number, elegantly il-Instrated and with a great amount of reading matter appropriate to the oc-casion. This will be a p;ood number to send your distant friends. W e will sell extras wrapped ready for mailing a t 5 cents. Supply limited. Get your order in early. Advertising matter for this issue must be in the printer's hands by Monday, Dec. 19. Everybody take warning.

Danclflg School Opened at Music hall by Miss Daisy Crawford of Grand Rapids. T h e series will be opened by an assembly dancing party Tuesday evening, D e c . 27. Class tor children Tuesday afternoon, 3 o'clock.

Excurs ion Rates f o r Chrts t tnes

end New Year.

C . & W . M. Ry. and D., G . R. A W. Rv. agents will sell tickets on December 23. 24, 25, 26 ,30 , 31, J an -uary l a n d 2 at one and one-third fare on account of holiday season. Ail tickets good to return until Jan-uary 3d

d 2 1 GEO. D E H A V E N , G P . A .

HOME NEWS.

Gossip ond Chat about People and Thlags You Know.

Albums cheap at Alexander 's .

Genelli stamps given with holiday purchases a t Look's.

Skating is in order on Flat river above Main s t ree tbr idge .

Those nut c m ^ r s and picks are beauties at Hoytau^.

We are informed that scarlet fever is raging at Ionia and Lyons.

Rogers 184LWVer K and F are the oest a t R. B(j5))y W s .

Lapeer county people are enjoying a splendid run of sleighing.

Mrs. Car r will have a fire sale of tnillinery goods over Coon's store next Sa turday .

W e hear complaints t t o t the jcnii tor of the East ward school neglects his duties.

Miss Madge Giles is sick with the la grippe and unable to go to school for several days.

Pa lmer ' s name on a package of perfumes is a guaranty of purity. Sold only a t Look's.

Advertised letters—Mrs. Ida Kil-burn, L . L. Howe, Dr . Lo^an, C . A. Palmerton (2), M. Poingler.

For Christ iqifepresents see R . B. Boylan. vA*/

The school board is deliberating upon the matter of placing a furnace in the West ward school building.

Best line of box papers, purses, children's books, bibles in town at Look's drug store.

The marriage of Mies Lenna E. Rouse n Wm. H , Taylor , of Pitts-burg, P a . , was solenniced at Grand Rapids, Saturday, Dec. 10th.

On Xmas morn when yon awake And presentd from your stocking take. You'll find a bracelet, key and lock: I t came from Williams' jewelry slock.

The Good Templars, ol Grand Rap-ids will give au enl«rtainment in Liwell, Dec, 23. U. W. Blain is one ot the speakers and will be assisted by Miss Grace D. Blakcslee.

Look's drug store for perfumes, millions of books or nice ChristniHS presents ot any Kind. We not only give satisfactinii imi lie niost change back.

T h e lecture Miss O l o f K r a r e r on Friday evening will commence at 7:30 st mdani or 8 o'clock tasi time. The ladies will he requested to remove their hats. Harvey B Coons, pres.

If your hubby stay* out iate at night, Buy him a wateh iliui'x always right, l ie will stay at home and roam no

more. They ' re sold at Williams'jewelry store.

F. M. Johnson returned Monday from a three days visit with old friends at Almunt. Mrs. L . S. Dick-erson of that place came with him and will spend the winter with her daugh-ter, Mrs. F. M.

Children's toys all kinds Alexander

I can fit you ont in finest L goods at prices that are right.

B. C. Smith. • "If Smith nukes 'cm they fit." A

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Store.

Him also.

Dolls all kinds at A exanderV.

The Phi la Clark Union wiii with Mrs Adams Tuesday, to finish packing A picklt- dish, a butt r dish,

A dish that is short or tall, A cracker dish, an olive d ish: Yes, Williams has them all.

Geo. M. Winegai ' s great closing • •m sale of footwear still continues and great mtmhers "f people Hre tak-ing advantage of the fact that George is going ont of business and must close out his stock at most any price Jus t cull and see what he can give you for sensible Christmas presents.

H . S Schreiner bus moved into the corner store of Train 's opera house block. Some of his slock was badly dinnaged bv water and a portion was burned He is goinir tosell 25c \vhi|i< for 10c and will give great bargain' in robes ami blanket* a f te r his insur-ance is adjusted. A peculiarity about young ladies, and the groom is one of Mr. Schreiner's misfortunes is that our popular young men. They will thev in 'silv occur on the 7th of the make their home with the groom's irionill t i e wis washed out Feb 7, | parents for a short time. 1887, ni"ved ouL^on account ol hLdi .. u - « > i n . i

" ' • i i i See Higby's holiday stock. water on the 7tn since; and burned | % • ont on the 7th of this month. Uis j Have you seen Blain's Brooklyn fire of July 4 11192 was au exception.1 bridge?

neei

Dec. 20, the Chrisimas box

for ihe home and hospital in Gruud Rapids Any one wishing to contrih-ute can leave their mite with Mrs. Adams before above date.

One hundred watches at l l igb j ' s .

The Fourth U. S Infantry with which Alge Gardner enlisted has been ordered to the Philippine islands and will leave fur that distant place as soon as transports are ready. Cap: . E . H Browne, hrotlmr-in law of F, M. Johnson, is with this regiment.

Silverware galore at l l igby 's .

Married, Monday, Dec 5, by the Rev. J . T. 11 listed in Grand Rapids, Miss Milford F.rnst and Charlie Barnes both of Lowell. The bride is me of Lowell's most highly esteemed

To Whom it May Concern ELUDALK, MICH, Oct. 10, 1H98.

To whom il may concern: We are prepared to pay highest cash

price for Wheat, Kyi and Oats, at Klin-dale Elovator. A No. i Flour, Mill Feed, Seeil» and Salt constantly on hand at lowest prices. A ^ KBBTKB & Co. dec22 I'. F BBOWM, Mur.

Special tralti E x c u r s i o n s to Mexi-

co January and February.

On Janua ry 24tli and February 27. 1899, special traio t-xcursions u>jder the management of ihe American Tourisi Association will leave Chicago for tours through Mexico. Tourists contemplating a tr ip this winter will do well to consider the del ightful ex-periences to he enjoyed on such an excursion as I his. Ful l informatinn furnished by agents of the C. & W. M. or D., G- R & W . Rys. or by Geo. DeHaven. General Passenger Agent ,

'Grand Rapids. 15d

Xo Rlicht to VBllneaa. Th-i- woman w h o is lovely In face , f o r m

and temper will a l w a y s have f r i e n d s , b u t o n e who would be a t t r a c t i v e m u s t k e e p her health, if she is w e a k , s i c k l y a n d all r.in down, she will be nervous and Ir-ritable. If s h e h a s const ipat ion or kiii-rvey trouble, her impure blood will c a u s e I>lmplc«, blotches, s k i n e r u p t i o n s a n d a wretched complexion. E l e c t r i c B i t t e r s is the best medicine In t h e wor ld to r e g u -l a t e s t o m a c h , l iver a n d k i d n e y s a n d to j H i m b r i n g m e word a g a i n , t h a t I m a v ! purify t iu blood. I t Rives s t r o n K ne rves , i , i u - i * ! bright eyes, s m o o t h , v e l v e t y sk in , r ich C0111® ® n d W o r s h i p complexion. I t will m a k e a g o o d - l o o k i n g charming w o m a n of a r u n - d o w n inva l id . Only 50 c a n t s a t L. H. H u n t & Co . ' s D r u g

Miss Carrie Potter wishes to in-form the ladies of Lowell and vicinity that she is now prepared to do dress-making in the latest styles. Prices reasonable. 1 door east II Nash's res.

Subjects at the M. E. church next j Sunday : morning, "Things which can-not be removed"—Heh 12 ,27; even-ing, " G o and search d.ligently for the j young child and when ye have found

t We Don't

Want the Earth

—To Illustrate—

Cross-Cut Saws, 6ft - $1.65 H e n r y Diston A Son, extra th in back t u t t l e t oo th saws, f u l l j

war ran ted , t h a t means ne i ther t o s o f t or to ha rd , f r e e f r o m flaws and g r o u n d pe r fec t ly , or A tk ins saws (not war ran ted) a t the same pr ice ,

Pocahohtas Coal--$4.00 a Ton W e have a car in t r ans i t and make the above pr ice del ivered

f rom t h e car . Leave your orders no •.

P O C A H O N T A S C O A L is not a smokeless coal b u t a s t r ic t -ly h igh g r a d e of S o f t Coal. W e do not wish to mislead t h e public a n d want to warn them t h a t Pocahon ta s Coal will smoke and burn ou t your g ra tes the same as o the r " h i g h g r a d e s " of s o f t coal such as L a u p Creek, E m p i r e , N e w R ive r and others . Our aim is no t to mislead you in our adver t i s ing or when sel l ing you goods. W e want every art icle and will make i t so, ju s t as repre . sented.

Holiday Goods. /

Skates , Sleds , Sleighbel ls , Si lverware, Stoves, Ca rv ing Set ts , Cut le ry and many o ther ar t ic les which makes a present

to your f r i end " w h i c h is no t fo r a day bu t f o r e v e r . "

Best Goods, Best Pr ices .

KLARK & KLARK. K-K-K-K HARDWARE.

H o l i d a y • « « * C a n d i e s

Newest of Novelties. Largest Stock. Lowest Prices.

w A T RICKERT'S.****

People who Fill

Stockings Are invited to seek their yfifts here. Certainly,

there is everything in sight which obe could possi-blv think of for CHRISTMAS.

Oranges, Nuts, Dates, FigA Candied Cherries. Liberty Bell Seeded Raisins (T^ l finest made, put up in packages of One Pound eich.)

Bon Bons, Fine Souvenir Chocolates,

Christmas Candies of all kinds at prices that will astonish vou.

AT RICKERT'S.

Il will pay the readerto read over Mark's maaimoth air.KiuiK-emcii in thu issue. Marks has befii lo .^ in^ over his s tork and fin.Is li<- 'M> iu , manv goods of the m t i aduiM-- : l There was only one thin^ to do—UM' the big knife nnd slaughter ih.- jirici -Perhaps il w-.w a mistake on Maik>' par t to overl iad *•>; bn l now the nn

loading takes place and people .vh • want to savf in ney n cloth inn neces-eties will (ind is a golden O|)|toriiia-ily.

island ('iiy Rehekaii lodge, I. O. (J. F, , will hold lis next meeting, Weii iifsdti i evening. Dec. 28. All mem-bers reipie,-'1 d to be pi >eiu, 25,2w

•a: i • niiini WW#

jCciivtH T r d y c r .

F . M. JOHNSON, ? u b i i s ) i o r .

t O W E L U MiCinr .AN

iiiv .ov . u is>k oi ireo iu •truclton f rom Tools.

An nclor is natural ly spiri t less wh»n tho ghost fails to walk.

TALMAGK'S SERMON.

" T H E S H U T I N - L A S T S U N -D A Y ' S S U B J E C T .

F r o m GrnMlH •!!. 10. M* Fol lowm "Th»

horA Klmt H i m In"—AdrtreM to R

Clam ot r t t n o n i IVrluipi Not llflfor®

A d d m i p r t In M Mrrroon.

Cosmogony has no more intorost lng chaptor t-han the one which spenks

The now woman nsnally meets ber o f l h l l t c a t a f i ( r o p h c o f t h c ages, t he n a t c h in thc now servant . submersion of ou r world in t ime of

Noah, the first ship carpenter . Many It 's always a greet bore for the bur- of the nations who never saw a Bible

glar if the safe is loeko.1.

Fools ofttiiiies rush in whore wise men would be afra id of the police.

Pleasure that isn't she red with an-other loses half its power to please.

There Is always a tender connection between the locomotive and the t rain.

have a flood s tory—Egypt ian flood s tory; Grecian flood story, of which Ducalion was the Noah; Hawai ian flood story; New Zealand flood story; ?hinese flood s to ry ; American Indian lood story—all of which accounts

1 -gree in the immersion of the con-i n o n t s under universal rains, and t ha t .here was a ship floating, with a se-

, c c t few of the human family and : .vitb specimens of zoological and or -

litbologicai and repti l ian worlds, a l -IhoiiRh I could have wished tha t t h e s t laat had been shu t out of the a rk and drowned.

Some people are Inclined to mind j AIJ 0 ( TI,OSC FLOOD ST0RICS represent tbe i r own business, but lack the ability t b e ship thus afloat as finally s t rand-to do so. ed on a mounta in top. Hugh Miller,

In his Test imony of the Rocks, th inks Tho Texas steer is a pretty tough t ha t all these flood stories were infirm

When a man is r iding a hobby It's a lways a good plan to give him thc road.

proposit ion—when you meet him in a r e s t a u r a n t

The man with the narrow mind us-ually makes up for it in the length of his arguments .

T h e chaplain of congross will soo^ t ake a look a t t h a t body—and then pray for the country.

t radi t ions of t h e Biblical account, and 1 believe him. The worst thing about tha t great f reshet was tha t it s truck Noah's Great Eas te rn from above nnd beneath. The seas broke the chain of shells and crystal and rolled over the land, and the heavens opened their clouds for fal l ing columns of water, which roared and thundered on the roof of the great ship for a month and ten days. There was one door to the

The poor optimist gels more real b i u wore three parts to en joymen t out of h is earthly s o j . u r n U a t ^ o n e p a r l f o r rach o f t h e

t h a n t h e ' w e a l t h y pessimist. ! t h r t e stories. The Bible account says ; — - t nothing about par t s of the door be-

The man who makes h is wife g e t . ] o n ( t :] ng t o t w . 0 o f ^ stories, and I do up a n i l ight the fire every m . r a i . g ^ k n o w o n w h | c h floor N , o a h ftnd

of her life shows his aF^reciat io . by h l s f a m l l v V O j . a g , d b u t my t n l t e | l s

erect ing a $10 t o n b s t o n e U her meat- U 8 l h 4 t t h e M r t o f ( h e d o o r o f t h a l

, particular floor on which Noah stayed . ^ , was closed a f t e r he had' entered. " T h e

A Boston newsraper say® that t he ^ ^ h i m l n .. S o t h c r e arc many tml iml t c i en f r anch i s e*cu t ef the n#- p # O T „ e n o w i n t h f t w o r ] d w h o a r o ^ g ro was a mistake. Thir ty years affo t h o r o u g h l y s h u t m ^ m e by sickness, anyone in Massackusetts wke B 0 I n e b y 0 , d ^ B O m e h y s p e c l a ]

have u t t c r e i such a s e n t m e a t wonW d u t l e 8 l h a t w i l l n o t a l ] o w t h e m t o f 0

have beca Invited to leave the state. f o r U l ^ 8 u r r 0 u n d c d b y d t . ] u g e s o f

„ . . ~ misfortune and trouble, and for them Mr. Carnegie is a t r e m e n s , * bene^ I n y s v i n p a l h l M a r e a r o u f l o d i „„„ t h , 3

fac tor to the h u m a n race. He has feernion , h o p e r n a y d o g o o d

Just entered a combination te i n to others, is more especially Intended t h e price of steel rails, a l t h w * he f o r l h e m ; T o d a l a d d r o s g t h (> s h u t . •dmi t tod some t ime a r e that h is firm l B . . T b e L o r d B h u t ( h p m l n . . w a s making good profHs at t he old

Notice, first of all, who closed the prices. As the rai l roads pay t b e I n - i . „ ^ , . 1 . . 4 . . . . 1 door so that they could not get out. c m s r d price, h e r h a r e . ^ t i e ^ ^ ^ ^ h | s ^ s h

m m e , tack „ t h e ^ j o t f re lskt . . i a I 1 0 r d ^ PMscneer r a t e i T h . n c r e K . ^ o ! f o u r m i r r l c i l ^ w l i 0

ou t of the pockets ef the people and . . . . . t_ j | w e r e on shipboard, nor did dospera-

! does who had scoffed at the idea of Is unnecessary and unjustifiable.

The present c c e - a t l m Is the tret f 1 1 ' ' h l < * N o 1 1 ' b a d1 P r » ^ l n f c

t h a t h a . known the to lephan. and tbe f 0 " l b " ^ ^ ' " [ • " J , t k r d e . There n r . t o d . r . o r e t t a > a b ' c k s ^ e ' * " '

. . , aui B 0 " 6 away. I will tell you how it was million telephones in use In this coun- 4 o n e A h a n ( 1 w a 3 8 t r e I c h e d d o w n

t ry . How many cycles there are ne o«e f r o a h e a v ( . n t 0 c l o s e t h a t d o o r u

knows. Both inventions save steps. ^ a d | v i n e b . i n d a s w c l l ^ a k | n d

t ime , labor and money. I t Is not « u y h a n d . . T h e U i T d s h u l l h e m i n . . to es t imate what is tho extent of the . , , , , , . . . . „ . v J « • v i A"" l1"' same hind and sympa het lc Influence of such devices a brlafflng „ „K. . ; .

. . • , v i .v T Being has shu l you in. my reader or ahon social c h a n p a . H e know U a t fc), ^ t w a n

t h . Influence Is enormous a n j t ha t M c r l b , b l e t o , h e , . i , r e , ( , s s . t h e world l i ecmee year hr year an o r I l l l s d o | n ( . I o ( o l h o r a

easier place In which to live. ! ' 'happen so." No! n o ! God had

, . 4 . . . , . gracious design for your be t te rment . As we look through a telescope and f o r t h e c u I t l v a t i o n o f y ( ) U r t l e n c e i

obtam a glimpse of the wonders It re- f o r t h e B t r p n B l h c u i n g o f y o u r f a l l h i

veala, or as we study the results which r o r t b e a d v a n t a g e y o u ralght g a t r b y

have been attained by experts la Its fcpciu&ion, fo r your e ternal salvat ion, use. the mind Is natural ly impressed H e p u t y o u , n a B c h oolroom. where with the grandeur and power of t i e j .o u Could learn, in six mon ths or a Creator of the heavenly bodies. W h e a year, more t h a n you could have l ea rn -wo learn something of their move- ed anywhere else in a l ifet ime. He monts so absolutely accurate t ha t t he i r ; lurned the latt ice or pulled down the phases and positions can be foretold , blinds of the sickroom, or put your wi th perfect cer ta inly long centuries j swollen foot on an o t toman, or held I n advance, defying competitlea by the you amid the pillows of a couch which mos t perfect Ins t ruments of h u m a a de- ^ou could not leave, for some reason vising, It Is Impossible wi th« iny show that you m a y not now unders tand , but

which he h a s promised he will explain io you sat isfactor i ly , if not in th i s World, t hen In the world to come, fo r he has said, " W h a t I do thou knowest hot now, but thou sha l t know here-a f t e r ! "

The world has no stat is t ics as to the number of invalids. The physl-

trf reason to deny the oontrolliag pres-ence of an infinite mind.

There are now 161 high schools on t h e accredited l is t of the Universi ty of Illinois. A large number ef a re to be re-examined this year , tho high school visitor is cro with werk as never before. Schools t l ans know something about It, and

Ihe apothecar ies and the pastors , but een Who can tell us the number of blind t ^ e •J'®8. a n d d e a f e a r s ' a n d diseased a 4 - lungs, and congested livers, nnd Jan-

any l l f d nerves, nnd neuralgic temples, and i e rheumatic feet, or how many took no

food th i s morn ing because they had j r . Do appet i te to cat. or digestive organs

M j is" aniloiifi" to" r( : ;ofirnl te"thatTact '» aBslmllate. or have lunss so delicate

and to encourage as much a s p o w l b l . f t h ° ^

a re being accredited for whai Is well done. Thcre has added the work of consld claims of high school gradual vanced standing. There a re h igh schools in the state t ha t •work than th:>t required fo r s ion to the university, and the

such advanced work In the high schools. The university is careful also not to constrain small h igh schools t o undertake more t h a n can be well ac-complished, and hence would p re fe r to 'accredit a small h igh school wi th less t h a n the amount required fo r admis-sion to the universi ty than with the fa l l amount less thoroughly dona. Whi le s t imulat ing every high school t o do all tha t it ought to do, tho uni -vers i ty at t he same time desires that t he high school shall work out i ts own' problem spontaneously, ra ther than be <constraIncd t o external s tandards .

I t will be some years, perhaps, before the mer i t s and defects of the city "sky-, sc rapers" will all be known. T h u s fa r t h e y have withstood severe tes te ex-t remely wall. Not long ago a gale that swept over Chicago stopped m a n y of t h e clocks in the upper s tories of such buildings, bu t did not Injure t h e build-ings. They a re ugly. They cut off l i gh t f rom the s t ree ts and are otherwise objectionable. Nevertheless, t h u s f a r they have shown all needed s t rength . W h a t ear thquakes and the corroding t ee th of the a tmosphere will do to t h e m is .yet to be made m a n i f e « t

Is In the east, or thc re Is a fog ris-ing f r o m thc river, or there is a damp-ness on the ground or pavement be-cause of the f rost coming out? I t Would be easy to count the people who every day go through a s t reet , or Ihe number of passengers carried by k rai l road company In a year, or the number of those who cross the ocean In ships; but who can give us the t ta t l s t lcs of the great mult i tudes who I r e s h u t in? I call the a t tent ion of all such to their superior o p p a n u n i t i e s of doing good.

Those of us who are well and can bee clearly, and hea r dist inctly, and t)artake of food of all sorts and ques-tions of digestion never occur to uc. dnd we can wade the snowbanks and take an equinox in our faces, and en-dure the thermometer at zero, and every breath of a i r Is a tonic and a stimulus, and sound sleep meets us within five minutes a f te r our head touches the pillow, do not m a k e so much of an impression when we talk about the consolations of religion. The world says r ight away, " I guess that man mistakes buoyancy of na t -ural spirits for religion. W h a t does he know about It? He has never been

tried." Bur when cr.e goes out and reports to tho world t ha t l ha t morning on his way to business he called to see you and found you, a f t e r being kept In your room for two months, cheerful and hopeful, and t ha t you had not one word of complaint , and asked all about everybody, and rejolc-cd In the success of your business fr iends, a l though your own business had a lmos t come to a standstill th rough your absence f r o m store or office or shop, and l ha t you sent your love to all your old fr iends, and told them tha t If you did not meet thom again In this world, you hoped to meet lhem In dominions seraphic, with a quiet word of advice f rom you to the man who carried the message about the Importance of his not neglecting h is own soul, but through Christ seek-ing pomothing better than this world could give hira why. all t he business men In the counting-room say, "Good! New, lha t is ic i igion!" And the clerks get hold of tho story, and talk It over so l ha t the weigher and cooper and hackman, standing on the doorstop, eay: "Tha t is splendid! Now, tha i is wha t I call religion!"

I t is a good thing to preach on a Sunday morning, ihe people assembled In most respectable a t t i re and sea l 'd on soft cushions, the preacher stand-ing in neatly upholstered pulpit, sur-rounded by personal friends, and af ter an inspiring hymn has been sung, and tha t sermon, if preached in faith, will do good; but t he most effective ser-mon Is preached by one seated In dressing-gown, in an armchair Into which the Invalid has with much care been lifted, the surrounding shelves filled with medicine bottles, some to produce sloep, some for the relief of sudden paroxysm, some for st imulant, some for tonic, some for anodyne, and some for febrifuge, the pale preacher quoting promises of the gospel, telling of the glories of a sympathetic Christ, assuring the one or two or three per-sons who hoar It of the mighty rein-forcements of religion. You say that to such a sermon there are only one or two to three hearers. Aye! But the visitor calling at tha t room, then clos-ing the door softly and going away, tells tbe story, and the whole neigh-borhood hears it, and It will take all e terni ty to realize the grand and up-l if t ing influence of t ha t sermon about God and the soul, though preached to an audience of only one man or one woman. The Lord has ordained all such invalids for a stylo of usefulness which athletics and men of two h u n -dred healthy avoirdupois cannot affect. I t was not an enemy tha t fastened you In tha t one room or sent you on crutches, the longest Journey you have mads for many weeks being f rom bed to sofa and from sofa to looking-glass, where you arc shocked at the pal lor of your own cheek and the plnched-ness of your features ; then back again from mirror to sofa and sofa to bed. with a long sigh, saying, "How good It feels to get back again to my old place on the pi l low!" Remember who it is that appointed the day, when, for the first t ime In many years, you could not go to business, and who has kept a record of all t he weary days and all the sleepless n ights of your ex-ile f rom the world. Oh. weary m a n ! Oh, feeblo woman! I t was the Lord who shut you in. Do you remember t ha t some of the noblest and best of men have been pr isoners? Ezekiel a prisoner, Je remiah a prisoner, Paul a prisoner, S t John a prisoner, J o h n Bunyan a prisoner. Though h u m a n ha te seemed to have all to do wi th them, really the Lord shut them In.

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Do you forget when . In childhood, you danced and skipped because you were so ful l of l i fe j-ou had not pa-tience to walk, and in a f te r yea rs you climbed the moun ta ins of Switzerland, pu t t ing your alpenstock high up on glaciers which few others ever dared, and Jumped long reaches In compe-t i t ion, and a f t e r a walk of ten miles you came In Jocund as the morn ing? Oh, you shut - ins! Thank God fo r a vivid memory of the t imes when you were free as tbe chamois on the rocks, a s tbe eagle going s t ra ight for the sun . When the ra in pounded the roof of the ark the e ight voyagers on that c r a f t did not forget the t ime when it gaily pattered in a summer shower, and when the door of the ark shu t to keep out the tempest , they did not for-get t he t ime when the door of their home In Armenia was closed to keep out tho spring ra ins which came to fill the cups of Illy and honeysuckle and make all t he trees of the wood clap their hands.

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Notice, a 'so, t ha t there was a l imit to the shut-in experience of those an-cient mariners . I supposn the forty days of tbe descending and upr is ing floods, and tho 150 days before thc passengers could go ashore mus t have seemed to these eight people In the big boat like a small eterni ty. "Rain, rain, r a in ! " said the wife of Noah. "Will it never s t e p ? " For for ty morn-lugs they looked out and saw not one patch of blue sky. Float ing around amid the peaks of mountains . Shem, and Ham. and Japhe th had to hiiKh the fears of their wives lest they should dash aga ins t the projecting rocks. But a f t v awhile it cleared off. SunsLfne, glorious sunshine! The ascending mis t s were folded up into clouds, which Instead of darkening the sky only ornamented It. As they looked out of the windows these worn passengers clapped their hands and rejoiced tha t t he storm was over, and I th ink If God could stop a s torm as that , he could stop any storm In your l i fet ime experience. If He can control a vu l tu re In mid-sky, he can slop a summer bat t ha t files In at your window. At the r ight t ime he will put the rainbow on the cloud and the deluge of your misfortunes will dry up. I preach the doctr lnc of l imitation, re-lief nnd disenthral lment . At Just the r ight t ime thc pain will cease, the

bondage will drop, the Imprisoned wll be liberated, tho fires will go out, thi body and mind and soul will be f ree Pat ience! An old English proverb r e fe r r ing to long-continued invalidism says, "A creaking gate bangs long OP Its hinges," and th i s may be a pro-tracted case of vale tudinar ianism; but you will have taken the las t blttet drop, you will have suffered the last misinterpretat ion, you will feel t he gnawing of the last hunger, you will have fainted the las t t ime from exhaus-tion, you will have felt the cut of t he last lancet, you will have wept under the last loneliness. The last week of tho Noachlan deluge came, the las t day. the last hour, the last m o m e n t Thc beat ing of thc ra in on the roof ceased, and the dashing of the billows on the side of the ship quieted, and peacefully as a yacht moves out over quiet Lake Cayuga. Como or Luzerne, t h e ark , with its Illustrious passengers and Im-portant freight, glided to Us mountain wharfage.

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Meanwhile you have all dlvlno and angelic sympathy in your infirmities. That Satan thoroughly understood poor human na ture was evidenced when, in plotting to make Job do wrong, the groat mas te r of evil, a f te r having failed In every other way to overthrow the good man. proposed physical distress, and then the bolls came which made him swear r ight out. The might ies t test of character Is physical suffering. Critics a re Impatient at t he way Thomas Carlylc scolded at everything. His seventy years of dyspepsia were enough to make any man scold. W h e n you see people out of pat ience and irascible and lachrymose. Inquire into the case, and before you got through with the exploration your hypercr l t l - ' clsm will tu rn to pity, and to the di-vine and angelic sympathy will be ad-ded your own. The clouds of your in-dignation, which were full of t h u n -derbolts. will begin to r a i n tears of pity.

By a s t range Providence, fo r which 1 shall be forever gra teful , circum-stances with which I th ink you are all familiar. I have admission th rough tho newspaper press, week by week, to t ens of thousands of God's dear children, who cannot enter church on the Sab-bath and hear their excellent pastors , because of tho age of the sufferers, or their Illness, or tho lameness of foot, or their incapacity to stay in one posi-tion an hour and a half, or their pov-erties. or their troubles of some sor t will not let them go out of doors, and to them as much as to those who h e a r me I preach this sermon, as I preach many of my sermons, thc invisible au -dience always vaster t han the visible, some of thom tossed on wilder seas than those tha t tossed thc eight mem-bers of Noah's family, and Instead of for ty days of storm and five months of being shu t In, as they were, i t has been with these Invalids five years of " s h u t -In," or ten years of "shut-In ," or twen- i ty years of "shut - in ." Oh, comfor t ing i God! Help me to comfort t h e m ! G i v e , me two hands full of salve fo r t he i r j wounds. When we were th ree huadred i miles out at sea, a hur r icane s t ruck us, : and the life-boats were dashed from the davi ts and all the l ights In the cabin ; were put out by the roll ing of the ship 1 and the water which th rough the i broken skylights had poured In. Cap-ta in Andrews entered and said t o the j men on duty, "Why don' t you l ight up I and make th ings br ighter , for we are i going to outride th i s s to rm? Passen-gers, cheer up! Cheer up!" And ho struck a match and began to l ight t he burners . He could not silence e i ther the wind or the waves, but by tbe strik-ing of tha t match, accompanied by en-couraging words, we were all helped.

And as" I now find many in hu r r i -canes of trouble, though I cannot quiet the storm, I can s t r ike a match to l ight up the darkness, and I s t r ike a match ; "Whom the Lord loveth ha chas ten-eth." I s tr ike another ma tch : "Weep-ing may endure for a n i g h t but Joy cometh In the morn ing ." I s t r ike an -other match: " W e have a grea t High Pr ies t who can be touched wi th the feeling of our Infirmities, and he w a s In all points tempted l ike as we a re . " Are you old? One hroa th of heaven will maite you everlast ingly young again. Have you aches and pains? They insure Christ 's presence and sym-pathy through che darkes t December nights, which are the longest n igh t s of the year. Are you bere f t? Hero is a

H E A R the winds t h a t sweep the moor. 1 know the waves are high.

And far above the s tormy coast doth b o n d an i n k y sky;

I 'm waiting still to greet my boy who p r o m i s e d h e would cofce

I 've longed a n d - w a i t e d many years, I 've watched the speechless soa.

But somewhere in the distance sails the Seagull far f r o m me;

Each Chris tmast lde 1 set his cha i r be-fore the ches tnu t fire.

And wait for foots teps at the doer to br ing me my desire.

The rose has faded on the mead, and winter crowns the wold.

And in the village Chris tmas bells r ing out the s tory old.

But dear to all the world, how In the soft and scented hay.

In J u d a h ' s land beloved by all, the gent le Cbrlst-chlld lay.

I s t i r t he fire and wait for Joe, fer somethirig unexpressed

Tells me t ha t I shal l feel again the hand so often blessed.

T h a t f rom the t ropics far away, or f r o * the lands of snow

The missing ship will bring the boy wh# left me long ago.

The gulls are screaming where the waves in fu ry lash thc shore,

And Chr is tmas finds me all alone with sorrow at my door.

Yet in my hear t the re blooms a flow'r both delicate and fair—

The rope of Hope which angel hands have sweetly planted there.

Was tha t the s torm king at my door? 0 . did I hear a hand?

W h o comes to wish me well today o'or snowy sea and land?

This Chr is tmas 1 would wai t alone within my li t t le home

For Joe, who told me with a kiss tha i some day he would come.

1 I t was a knock, I ope the door. What s t ranger guest Is this?

Unlike the tall and gal lant youth whose cherished voice I miss.

W h a t ! back at l a s t ? It cannot be, yet ' t is h is smile, I know.

And Chris tmas br ings my darling home despite the swirl ing snow.

Aye, t h ro ' the tempest and the sea ho comes to keep his word.

And n o w I know tha t f a r abovo th# widow's prayer was heard;

The re steals into my little room a light like tha t which fell

Upon tbe p la ins of Bethlehem whea watched the shepherds wcll.

I place him at t he table and I look In-to his face,

The while the village bells r i n g out the i r hymns of peace and grace;

And Joe gives back thc same old smile so ful l of love and Joy,

The smile t ha t made me happy when he was a l i t t le boy.

I read of Chrls tmast ldes within the palaces of old.

Whore kings and princes merry make beneath a cloth of gold;

But I would r a t h e r sit today withia our little home.

And bl i«s the God who brought me Joe across the crested foam.

—T. C. Harbaugh.

M E M O R I E S O P ^ C H O P I N .

T m c f d r h ml CfinoUv of HI* l , l f c and

<5forc«' Kiiad'a.

Chopin sleeps In Pore Lachalse aniV though tho Ariel of memory will ad(* to tho rest morceanx of his own ni)c-:

turnes and melodies till. If you will* the place be as full of "noises, sound® nnd sweet a i r s" as Prospero 's isle, says Chambers ' Journal . It 1« pleai.ant tot rest awhilo, l istening to those things;, and looking on at what fancy will do to their measures, the visions it will bring, the figures it will shape and un-shapo from the fugit ive brain scraps you throw i t But among the pictures which come and go, like the f.ioas over tho witches' kettle—dim ouihodral, glaring opera house, twil lghted draw-ing room, a yellow moon over tho trees —ah, Chopin, what fools you made of us!—com'* others of an impersonal kind, biographical v i r n c . t o j which these mon around have left on all our minds. There Is tho Par is ian salon, Heine sidillng over at Bellini; the fair lady, amused with the mas t ro ' s curls, dolioately destroying them with bis cane. Not one of thom thought that In fourteen days' time poor Bellini, curls aiid all, would bo under the ground at Pere Lachalse. Then ap-pears a severer apa r tmen t ; a sh'Tt, muscular man there. square-Jawed and angry-eyed, as Cherublnl t u r n s u,>o» him half bi t ter ly: "Citoyen GeneriV I perceivt that you love only tha t mu-sic which does not prevent you from th ink ing of your polities." And the I tal ian moves away, as If n d d i i g un-der his breath . "Why Is this man not Midas-earod?" For that little, stout man. Napoleon, bad alone 'mid ap-plauding Paris, belltlle.i his music. And now rises a room In Florence, a l i t ter of books and papers. Do Mus-set wri t ing. George Sand dictating. It Is Chopin's doing—he has reminded us ol l i e m . Pu t now he appears himself, his p iano before him.dreaming through his finger tips nnd mak ing more dreams for his crouching l istener, the samp George Sand. T h c tragedy and comedy of those two l ives!—they make us wc?p and smile by turns. The srfuliitured m u s e on a composer 's tomb si ts mournir.g. lyre in hand . But it is all past now. tha t sorrowing time. For when Chopin died, did ho not leave us h is bet ter anpol? The musi-cian 's soul of him. doo«» U not dwell purely among us. one of tho "choir invlbible" which is ever urging us to " l a rger Issues?" One wishes the fig-u r e would lift Its head as the sick-hear ted do at t he last burst In the "March Funebre ." The few poor bones she weeps over a re not Chopin.

J o y n a d E z p a m e .

"Uncle Theodore, what is t he Christ-mas spiri t T '

" I t is tha t genial Jo / you feel when i you discover t h a t you have money

resurrected Christ, whose voice is ful l enough to go round.1

rcsurrectlonary of rcsurrectlonary power. Aro you lonely? All the angels of heaven a re ready to swoop Into your companion-ship. Here Is the Christ of Mary and Martha when they had lost Lazarus, and of David when he had lost h is son, and of Abraham when he had lost Sarah, and of your f a the r and mother when In t ime of old age they par ted at the gates of the tomb. When las t I was in Savannah, Georgia, at the close of the Sabbath morning service, I was asked to go and see a Christ ian woman, for many years cn invalid. I w e n t I had not In all tha t beautiful city of splendid men and gracious women seen a face brighter than hers. Reaching her bedside, I put out my hand, but she could not shake hands, for he r hand was palsied. I said to her, " H o w long have you been down on this bed?" She smiled and made no answer, for her tongue had been palsied; bu t those s tanding around said, "F i f teen ye^rs . " I said to her, "Have you been able t o keep your courage up all t h a t t ime?" She gave me a very little mot ion of he r head In afflrmatlvaijp»f he r whole body was paralytic, l i r e sertnon I had preached tha i morn ing had no power on others compared wllb the power lha t silent sermon had on me. W h a t was the socret of he r conquest over pain and privation and incapacity to move? Shall I tell you the secret? I will leV you: The Lord shut h w In.

Bloteoroloelo*] Caadlt iont .

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"Wha t is a green Christmas, sister Madge?"

"A green Chris tmas? Why, it Is the t ime when a girl gets n ine bunches of holly and Imlyj -We box of can f ly"

"Ever t ry matlsm, did. different seemed

9 Effcct lre . ilectrlcity for your rheu-

Should say 1 lightnln' two

rheumathi ' - E x .

er t ry jclectncity ror n, Unope Josh?" "SI I vbJ s truck by li{ snt l f i n e s an' my i to t h r i v e under I t "

A F O O L I S H S U G G E S T I O N .

GeUlnR Cp a "Wonder n a c " fop a Sick i 'rlend.

Some of the suggest ions for Christ-mas preseni-making in the women's magazines might be collected and pub-lished under the appropr ia te title, "How to Worry One's Fr iends." says the Now York Commercial Advertiser. One suggestion Is tha i one begin two m o n t h s before Chr is tmas and prenare a wonder-bag for some sick fr iend. The plan outlined is as tonishing in Us simplicity. One wri tes begging lei-tors to an unlimited number of j-er-sons, ask ing each one to send a pres-ent for the bag. "Since those fr iends will probably bo scattered far and wide in the homo land and perhaps in for-eign lands as wcll. it will bo neces-sary to begin prepara t ions early—tha earl ier t he bel ter ." W h e n the presents a r r ive one packs them in tissue paper and m a r k s each with the name of the giver and tics It with narrow ribbon. The heavy ones are put a t the bottom, the l ight ones at t he top, those appro-pr ia te to the spring nea r the top .and those suitable for Fou r th of July In t h e middle, etc., etc. T h e bag can bo made to las t three months , six months or a year . I t all depends on t i e num-ber of persons one "held up" by mall, thei r promptness and generosity and the curiosity or patience of thc Indi-vidual . who may elect to draw out all the presents In a week or to choose one tut every f o r t n i g h t The writer cites Instances of these bags being made and proving sources of g rea t Interest and p l -asure to all concerned. But con-sidering tha t most of us have Im-perat ive claims on u s at holiday t imes and limited Incomes a t all seasons, t ha t even the poorest would feel ashamed to turn a deaf car to the ap-peal for an Invalid, and that most In-valid:. have sufficient p r ' de and unself -ishness to resent this part icular way of receiving "delicate a t ten t ions ." one Is ap t to make odious comparisons twlxt the wonder bag and the old-time church fair , the house-to-house canvass for ragged children's Chris imas t rees and the well-intentioned and patr iot ic endless chains " for ou r poor soldiers

on land nnd sea."

F l i t r d l lmler Dl f f lpo l t l* .

An English war correspondent in a Cuban prison sent fo r a tailor to m a k e him a sui t of clothes, but on the a r r iva l of t he roan of tne shears the pr isoner found be could only consult with him through the bars, and had to s tand quite close to them to be measured. In a few days, however, the tailor again appeared on the scene with the gar-men t s cut out and pinned together fo r fitting on, and th i s he accomplished by s t re tching his a r m s through the window bars as before until thc "fit" was to h is mind co r r ec t When the correspondent came t o wear th i s ex t ra -ordinary suit a shor t t ime a f t e r he found i t most sat isfactori ly, and well fitting—so much so tha t It fc being worn In I-^ndon uow with much pride.

Her Pa'n Dog.

Gerald—If you don ' t mairy me 1 shall go to the dogs. Geraldlne—You won ' t have t o go far . There ' s one wa i t i ng f o r 700 at the gate.—New York J o u r -nal.

C a n n o t I»" C o r e d Vrlornl nppliration* an they (•nnnot rcnch the 4lsi'a».ed port ion of tho car. Tuere only ono way to enre dcnfnoRB, and lha t Is by con-'iliu-tloiittl rcmMirs . Doufnes* Is ** " ' " r flamed condition of tho mucous lining or the Eustachian Tube. When ih l s tube « e u Innamea jou hiivo n nimhlinir sound or Imporfect neor-ing. ami when 11 Is rntlroly c.osed. Peafnoss is the rr".ult. on.l unless ihe Inflammation can i>e taUrn out ami this lube ro s ioml to condition, hoaritiK will l>e ilpstroyed forevor, nlnf cows out of ten arc caused by t a tarrn , which Is nothing but an Inflamed condltlouor the mucous surfaces.

We will f i v e Oac Hundred DolUrs for any case of Deafness (caused by ca tar rh! that cannot be cured by H a i r * Catarrh Cure. Send for cir-

culars . in*. ^ j c H K N E V & CO., Toledo, (X Sold by Dnnrpists. TV. Hall ' s Fami ly Pills aro tho best.

MOM vount'stcrs of the present dfty 1®®™. >0 rapidly that it Is r.lmoM Impossible for the nlga •cnools lo keep up with them.

TO Cl 'Rt : A COl.O IN ONK OAT Take t a x u t l v e Hromo Quinine Tablots . All dnijar ts ro fnnd th ' -money If it fa l l s to euro. v.v-. • . r i ' • i-at ' i : Q. on cach table t .

Tru'*. i r ' t m n r ^ r than Action to most people probably because they don ' t care for on Intro-ductlnn.

EPS r.rinsn'ntryrarH.TeP'swTBfrTonniMtsTUt t <l.iy . u r ,i( l>r k h w • t.r'Kl >erT» KMtorar.

Kil f.T r u » : n K. I IO «rial iKilll# »nd tr*ftUM. IL IL Kuss . l . t J .siil Area 6U PliU»d»lphu. Pa.

Too mill-:! of " e repentanoe nowaday! Is done In hrundcloth nnd nnhes of roses.

ISr. rnr («- r '« K . •*." n . T r n does wbr.l other t > llnlnesdonotdo. Itreculaii 'S tlir four in:|i ivi.'inlortMtisof iln'boily--Uie Stom-ach I.Ivor. Kuln i t. and Itowels. i ie paokatfo

Hundreds wcuU never have known want If Oitr/ had not a t tirst known waste.

Th* Croiip X e e M a c e Is Ihe only Crvup s i ' ivm ird known o r so ld . Price by mall t ic . Xlcdlc.vod Croup NocUaoe Co..U»Kniuni, PA

Whi n n man IS riihnc a hobby It 's always a food plan to give him the rood.

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in ro mystorioua whispering. Then Mrs. O'Dowd How downsta i r s egaln to get a bundle of kindling wood. I t W|fl well tha t Tommy was a sound sleeper, as the fleeting fo rms of shadowy flg-u r t i and tho rustle of papers would

have disturbed him. It was 11:30 when Thomas ar r ived

at homo nnd greeted his anxious wife. When they retired Thomas said:

"Molly, set the a larm for 4 o'clock tomorrow, and got your wraps ready, for I intend to take you along t o help play a joke on Tommy O'Dowd."

She piled him with questions, he gave her evasive replies. At 5 o'clock Thomas and his wife arrived at Middle alley.

"Is he awake?" bo asked anxiously of Mrs. O'Dowd. who mot thom a t the door.

"No; tho saints be praised, he'fl sleop-In' like the dead. Come here at the dure and watch."

Tho door had been thrown wide open, but Mrs. O'Dowd had hung bor Sunday shawl over thc opening. Be-hind the foldfl of this garment the three persons watched nnd waited. The tracts from nat ter ing le t ters contr lbut

"WF.STERN C A N A D A PRAIRIES.

F u t u r e W e l f a r e of I h e C o n t i n e n t Lies In

T h e i r F e r t i l e I ' lel i ls .

The rapid progress t ha t Is being made In the i-ettlemont of the fert i le prairies of Western Canada Is leading to the investlr. i ion of Its resources hy those Interested in having provision made for those living in tho crowded cast, fo r those who have been s t rug-gling for years on impoverished farms, for the ren ter who is unable any longer to bear up under the s t ra in imposed by the landlord, nnd for the farmer who, unable to purchase f a rms for his son i in his own neighborhood, ha.? lo look around for lower priced lands. The invest igat ion shows t h a t It is impos-sible lo meet those condit ions success-fully outside of Western Canada. Al-ready millions of bushels of wheat aro being grown there each year, while as many as 50,000 head of cattle were shipped out this year. A ropresenta-live of The Germania, Milwaukee, one of tho leading German papers in the United States, recently made a t r ip through Manitoba, Asslnlboia, Alborta and Saskatchewan, where lie the free government lands of Western Canada, and In a future issue will appear cx-

blinds had hern carefully closed, so tha t not a ray of sunlight came into the ronm. Thr^o kerosena lamps wero blnr-ing with light to their u tmost ca-pacity. i t was painful ly atill 1" tho room, and by l istening Intently Thom-as thought he could hear tho gontlo breathing of the l i t t le boy. As the minutes ticked slowly away the sus-pense was almost unbearable. A move-

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THE E K E L E N C E OF S I R U P OF FIGS is due not only t o t h e orirrinali ty and simplicity uf t h c combinat ion, b u t also to the cure a n d skill w i t h which i t ia manufac tu red b y scion title processes k n o w n t o t h e CALIFORNIA F I O SVBUP Co. only, and w e wish t o impress u p o n all the Impor tance of p u r c h a s i n g tho t rue and or ig ina l remedy. As t h e genuine Syrup of Figs is m a n u f a c t u r e d b y t h e CALITOKNIA FIO SVBUP C o . only, a k n o w l e d g e of t h a t f a c t wi l l assist one in avoid ing tho wor th l e s s imital ions m a n u f a c t u r e d by o the r p a r k tics. Tho h igh s t a n d i n g of the CALt fonxiA FIG SVKUP Co. w i t h thc meci -cal profession, and t h e sa t i s fac t ion which the genu ine Syrup of Figs h a s given t o mil l ions of families, m a k e s t h e name of the Company a g u a r a n t y of the excel lence of i ts remedy. I t if f a r in advance of nil o t h e r laxat ives , a s it ac ts c a tho kidneys, l iver and

Melnnes, No. 1. Merrill Block. D e t r o i t | bowels w i t h o u t i r r i t a t ing or weaken-

ed to the Germaala and other papers by their special correspondents. As an induceuient for immigran ts to make their homes In Canada, the Canadian government offers ICO acres of land free of cost to any sett ler .

For fu r the r information apply to Canadian Government Agent. Depar t -ment Interior. Ottawa, Canada, or residents of Michigan address M. V.

ment In the bod caught the ea r s of the D " ^ c a ^ n ^ B a d AXO^MIS M i C h " ^ ^ ^ ? ' 1 < * # 0 0 1 ^ ^ listeners. Then the bed clothes were u - u t a v e n , Had Axe, Mich. , nauseate . I n o r d c

Mrs. WlnsIoWs S o o t h l r c Byrtip For nhilarrn tTti.iiig.iofi/'n,. the IntUnv-BkUon. a l l s } « m r r , . wii.dojllc. ti rccUft bottle.

Art rony bo lone a t t imes, but It's usually too short to msko both ends meet.

doctor said I would die, bu t Plso 's Cure fo r Consumption cured mo. — Amos Keluer, Cherry Valley, Ills., Nov. 23. 1895.

Some feminine matchmakers seem to make a Specialty of friction mau-bes.

••There are no cross bsoles or sick babies ID families that use llrowu u Toethlnjr Cordial."

I t ' s n sad Wow to t he boxer when the box-offlco receipts fall to pan out.

A cheap coat doesn' t necessarily make a cheap man. bu t It makes him feel tha i way at t imes.

SttiSMW Slonlo Sraner?

Wt never did; bnl we h ive seen die clothing at this time of tbe year so covered with dandruff that it looked as if it bad been out in a regular snow-storm. No-need of th i s s n o w s t o r m . As tbe summer sun would

melt die falling snow so will

melt these flakes of dsndruff in die scalp. It goes further than

[This: it prevents tbeir formation. It bas still other properties:

it will restore color to gray hair in just ten times out of every ten cases.

And it does even more: it feeds and nourishes tbe roots o f tbebair . Thin bair becomes thick bair; and short bair be-comes long bair.

• e have a book on die Hair and Scalp. It is yours, for tbe asking.

| Tommy O'Dowd's

Christmas,

HE s h a d o w s of Chrlstma«3 eve were

f a l l i n g over the city as G e o r g e Thomas, a N e w York city mechanic, stepped d o w n on the s I d e w a I k In Park place on his way homeward. His o a r n I ng capacity was $18 per week,

but because of the prevailing hard t imes his Income had been re-duced to 512. This sum. with some little change, comprised h is cash capital. As be buttoned his coat about his neck he reflcclcd rueful ly tha t th i s was a very small sum wi th which lo meet his expenses and to buy Chr is imas presents. The wind blew briskly down Park place as he walked

j toward Broadway, th inking of the com-I Ing r en t day, t he empty coal bin, and i t he new dross he had promised his j wife. His thoughts were saddened as ; he remembered tha i his l i t t le boy

would have been nearly five years old bad he lived until Chris tmas. There was a sense of constriction In his

j t h r o a t as he thought of last year ' s i Chr is tmas tree, br ight with spangles . ! irradiated with l ight and whitened with j popcorn balls. Then against the walls j of memory stood out clear and dis t inct I t he figure of his little boy s t and ing in

bis whi te nightgown In the gay dawn i of Chris tmas day, with fiushed cheeks | and eyes dancing with delight, looking ' at the marvelous Chr is tmas tree.

On Park row. near the corner of Chambers s t ree t , there was a toy store of most wonderful variety. As Thom-

; as came down the street , his mind in-ten t on his own misery, his gaze fell upon one of the most pathet ic figures he had ever seen. Before the window of the toy s to re stood a l i t t le boy. whose nose was flattened against the pane. His body shivered with the cold, but his soul was aflame with desire, which was expressed In h is hungry

: eyes. Thomas est imated h is age at 5 j years. He wore an old coat, which had I evidently been made for a boy twice I his age. Pins usurped the place of ! bullous on the g a r m e n t His feet were | th rus t Into a pair of yellow gai ters , as-1 slduous wear affording excellent but I cruel venti lat ion. His trousers, held I up by pieces of string, were f rayed and j windowed In a manner suggest ive of ! the fact t ha t the boy had been dandled-

ai lot o' money, a in ' t It? Hully gee! I'-ook at de dinky little tin so jer l Ain ' t he a corker! Mister. Is your little boy goin' lo hav ' a Kr lsmus t ree?"

"I 'm afra id not th i s year sonny." Thomas replied. "My little boy Is In Heaven."

"Where ' s dat? Across de r iver?" "Yes. It Is across the r iver ." replied

Thomas, gravely pu t t ing the little fel-low down upon the sidewalk. "Wha t is your name?" he continued.

"Tommy O'Dowd." replied the boy, "and I live In Middle alley."

"Well . Tommy," said Thomas, "you go with mc to the telegraph office and then I'll go home with you."

And so, hand in hand, the s t rangely assorted pair went to the telegraph of-fice and Thomas sent this dispatch to his wife In. Har lem:

"Dear Mollle: Detained down town by important business. Wil l be home at 11 o'clock."

"Do you know the way home?" asked Thomas as they came out of the tele-graph office on Park Row again.

"Yes." said Tommy, scornful ly. " I know all do streets. Ye goes down New Chambers street till ye comes to Roosevelt, den ye goes down Roose-

thrown aside and thc little fellow sat upright , apparent ly paralyzed with aniazement. Upon a little tab le be-tween the windows stood a Chr is tmas tree two feci tail s tuck Into the middle of a bundle of wood. The l ight was reflected from a hundred pieces

A m a n can a lways t ick le h is wi fe wi th a feather—if i t happens to be an ostr ich fea ther .

Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup seems to t b e needs of t h e

o r d e r to g e t i ts beneficial effects, please r emember thc n a m e o l t he Company —

CALIFORNIA FIG S Y R U P CO. SAX FKANOLBOO, Cat

LOCUVILLE, Kj . JIBST YORK, JLX,

it especially adapted of red ch i ldren . P leasan t t o t ake ; soo th ing

paper tied to the scrawny boughs, a | in j^a influence; I t is t h e r e m e d y o f a U

dozen red and white popcorn balls hung like apples on the limbs. Little candles twinkled through thc scant fol-iage, while barber-polo candy, a tin soldier and a jumping jack were prom-inently displayed. I t was an Aladdln-l lke scene. And before th i s radiant vision, llko a sa in t before a shrine.

remedies for every fo rm of t h r o a t and l u n g disease.

A s a n d b a g in t h e h a n d s of a hold-up man is a s t u n n i n g a f fa i r .

" I t c h i n g hemor rho ids were t h e p l a g u e of my life. Was a lmost wild. Doan's Oin tment cured mc qu ick ly and

with bands clasped In adoring admlra- pe rmanen t ly , a f t e r d<.ctors had f a i l ed . " l ion, stood little Tommy, while his C. F". Corn well , \ a l ley Mree t , baugcr -

mother was weeping tears of joy with | , e s • • ^

her face hidden in the shawl. T j i e made-over t rousers Thomas and his wife stole quietly t a l t e s a { t € - r f a t i i c r

out and left them. j "George, s top." said Mrs. Thomas | Ord inary household accidents have

when they reached the corner of | no t e r ro r s when there ' s a b o t t l e of Dr Roosevelt and Cherry streets. Uplift- ' lug her face, which was convulsively working with tender emotion, she said: i

"Wha t did It cost to play l ha t little joke on T o m m y ? "

" J u s t 71 cents, s w e e t h e a r t " he re-plied.

They walked on for ano the r block. But Mrs. T h o m a s was bubbling over with excitement, and she stopped her husband again and exclaimed:

"Bu t you haven ' t any Chris tmas p r ^ e n t yourself ."

"Nonsense, Molly, haven ' t " He was Interrupted by two soft arms

around his neck and a kiss. Then Molly began to cry. But George quick-ly soothed her, and as they sa t In tho elevated car flying toward Herlem he

said: "Molly. I thought 1 was a very much

abused man las t n i g h t but I 've chang-ed my mind. 1 think I could walk f rom the Bat te ry to Harlem on soap bubbles and never burst a bubble to-

day."

T h o m a s ' Eclectr ic Oil in t h e medicine chest . Heals bu rns , cuts , bruises , spra ins . I n s t a n t rel ief .

I t is t he s i lent m a n t h a t is usua l ly w o r t h l i s t en ing to.

It Cures Colds. Coujhi. Sore Throat. Craup. In* fluenza. WhospingCough, Bronciiitis and Asthma. A certain cure lor Consumption in first stages, and a sure relief in advancedstajts. Useatonca. You will see the e*cc'ient tfleet alter taking th* first dose- Sold by dealers ever>where. Large bottles 23 cents and 50 c.nts.

As a Poker S t f i f a 9 As a Boil S o f C — f r o m O Cold. W a r m u p wi th a r u b of

ST. JACOBS OSL. I t drives out the Cold and Cures.

" W H E R E D I R T G A T H E R S , W A S T E R U L E S . "

GREAT SAVING RESULTS FROM T H E USE OF

S A P O U O D I T T U T c r — • ' r • " S e s r r h f r e e . r A l t H i ColUuicrACo. 2315 F «., Wash. D.C.

WANTKO-Case of i sd hralth that IM-P A-V-S will nolb«-i . at. Send 5 c«Dt» lii l:;T"»o» Chcmlral Co.. New Vork.Jor 10 temples anil loXJU tMtlmoulals.

t b m K MM a M e a t t y w t d t r e a r g • r a l m U a i which a m y to euUjr

""bS. j A ATEk,LosreO.Mam.

WHITER EXCURSION. If Kick you can find help. If crippled with rheumatism you can be cured. If tired you need rest and the place to eo Is . . , . ,

H O T S P R I N G S ,

S O U T H D A K O T A .

The expense Is less than vnu imajrtno. "The Northwestern Line" hns announced

spec ial excursions oortaln days this month at

CHEAP RATES. The Evans Hotel will remain open and this and all ether hotels and boanllng houses are clvlng toed serrlcc wlih low rules durine the winter.

Round ( Omaha $16.40 Tr ip ^ Mo. Vcl ley- 16.55 Rates t Sioux City-. 14.80

and oorrespondlng reductions from other points west

Climate. Water, Seen err nnd Hotels are un-exoeUed. Thirty days' time allowed and anv **ent P. E. A I t V. fc. R.. or J. l i . Gable, Trav-eling Passenger Agent, Denlson. Iowa, can tell you more about It. The next dsie wUl be.

D e c e m b e r 2 2 , i898. Vhea Answering Xdrertlscmenta Kindly

HentioB Tins Tims,

"SAY. MISTER. L1F' MB I T . ' upon povr- t r 'F kree. T h r m s took in &11 these details as he rtopped b c r ' ? the boy siul watched him. The i -durated expression in the little f. . the pinched nostrils, the blue circles under the eyes, and the wolfish look on the wan features faded away as tbe wife never a'.ur.u your funeral , etc.

" T H E LITTLE F E L L O W SAT UP-RIGHT."

veil till ye gels to Cherry en den y' a r e in Middle alloy."

They followed th is i t inerary. Tommy r u n n t a s ahead to point out the way. T h e y entered the alley between two enormous brick tenements , th rough a big iron gate, and a f t e r a wearisome cl imb up crooked e ta i rways arr ived at the O'Dowd residence. Tommy went Into the room, and as Thomas lingered oy the threshold he heard a s t r ident voice say;

"So tha t ' s you. you l i t t le scut! Sure you had the hear t o' me ar bruk I was t ha t f reckenedl Ah. good evenln ' to ye, s i r ," as T h o m a s etepped Inside. "Come in, elr. I t ' s l i t t le we have, but yo're welklm ns If ' twace a palace, sir. Tommy, ye amodhoun. you, get t he gint leman a cha i r . "

" I hope you will excuse me, Mrs. O'Dowd," said Thomas, "bu t I saw your l i t t le boy looking in a toy s tore win-dow and th ink ing he might be lost I came home with h im."

"Now. a in ' t l ha t kind o' you. s i r ." exclaimed Mrs. O'Dowd. "Sure It's not many would do the t>ame, so there."

"But ye needn ' t be freckened about tha t little biagpard. Fai th , he'd find his way- from Har lem to the B a t t h e r ^ so he would." j r

In such genial ronve i t c the t ime passed, while Tommy and his mother supped on mackerel and potatoes. And when Tommy had been tucked a « * y for the ni?ht in his molhcr'!! bcJ under thc manivl. on which stood a plaster cast of the Virgin, with han. 's r.-.i.-spread in 1 r '• ' hcn.h.i had a .vhi®; • f l lalk with Mrs. O'Dowd, in-i c r n v c at fiequer.t Intervals by cuch

.exdumaiions as, "Oh. dear, may your shadow never prow less!" "May your

I I U P e r s o n a l A p p e n r u n c e .

We are left entirely to conjecture as t o tho personal appearance of Jesus the b and we have no means of knowing how He looked as He wan-dered over plain and by seashore, ov-er turn ing the world by His words. T h e r e is. however, a story descriplive of Him as a man which comes from the fourteenth century. He was ex-ceedingly fiur to behold. His stature was full seven spans. His hair was l ight and not very thick, slightly tend-ing to curl. His eyebrows were dark and arched. His eyes were bright,with a dash of yellow. His beard was blond and not long. He wore His hair down his shoulders, for il had never been cut. He stooped slightly, very slight-ly, at the shoulders, never walking wholly erect. His complexion was of the color of ripe wheat, golden hue,and His face was not round no r yet long, but oval like His mother's, and it had jus t a lingo of ruddiness. As one look-ed a t him he was strangely Impressed by the Intelligence, the gentleness, t he freedom from all passions therein ex-

pressed.

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I Ladies | Going to California

di l ld turned to Thomas and said: "Say. mister, l l f m e up so I kin see

de candy c igare t tes !" . T h o m a s lifted the boy in his s t roas a n n s eo t ha t his range of vision in-cluded all t he Tanta lus delights of the baraar.

"I wJdhfone mudder was goin' f hav" a KrUmua t r ^ but she says she can' t haT«*tione dis year , "cause she a in ' t got no dust. She scrubs In de Morse bttlldia' en gets $4 a week. Say, da t ' s

At 9 o'clock Thom: s was waiving up Roosevelt sireet with eager footsteps. He slopped a' a grocery store and made a purchase, then hurried up into Park Hew Kgaiu. The toy store man was putt ing up his shulters. but Thomas prevailed on him to go inside, and at 10 o ' c id f l t ye was back in Middle alley again. T&irs of delight filled Mrs. O'Dowd's eyes as she met him a t the entrance t n t h o nnd led him up the labyrlntbhie eiu.raise. Tiieie was

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; "Noth inr but wheat as f a r as the eye could reach on either side: what you might call a sea of wheat," was what a lecturer

Freddie—1 want a wa t ch for Chr i s t - speakingof Western Cauada said while re-i ferring to tha t country. For particular-

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W N . U D E T R O I T — N O . 5 1 — 1 8 9 8

PITBU8UII) BVBK* THI KSI.AT AT

UlWELL, KKNT COUNTY. MICH.

—BV—

FRANK M.JOHNSON.

m« niHtt Ht Lowell post orttre h« wcond

y. 11 Y h ^VITH all three bmochea of ihe Q l t t ^ t a i f e r » govornmeni in the IIHIKIK o f the lie-

i publican parly, and the denale"lixeH" f-.r some jearti to come, it IIIIIHI In-apparent to the nnwt anient «dvo-nilc uf iree filver tiial there if. no imnit^iiaie prNJiJect <•! M-ciirin^ the re-form he <le»i res. Thi» life hai< iiiiiii .<| other than political; iuwi It i» the j part "f d eitir,en«liip to dev te1

(iiie>eif to ihem, ieavilitf the stet rin^ ot the Ship -d State to thc powew that he. What tliid conn try tuvdi* «f mncn as anythinir in stability and se-curity. With all dm-rn»pect to thoce who want to tiyht all ihe time, «<•

line BMy | let np for a while. Take a ^o-'d bn-alhin^r spell and fiart in frwh bye and bye. Don't fear for the cauw: if il it* worthy to live, it will not die while you are napping.

BVMCRIPTION ONE DOLLAR YEARLY.

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BoatneiiH tools fi o«nlB per line owh l»Mie ICCBI »<1* nt ralw. C M In directory column f I 00

per yenr. One Inch ff> per ye»r. RaU* for lar/er tdvertlMmentc ni»de

kaown at the offlce. Cards of ibBnks, 50 cenU. Rnolutions of condolencn, 11.00

Job printtm; In connection KI UIWI-BI llvlnir "AIWBV* Prompt," I* our motto.

I s THE death ot Gen. Garcia, the Cuban patriots lose their ablest de fender.

THE CITY BANK WHITNEY, WATTS & CO.

Responsibility, $100 0 0 0 . 0 0 . 1.0NVELL, • MICH.

OKTOX HILL, I'rwitlent. \V. A. WATTS. OaBhier.

rrr* *>»i. \ yvneral Imnk nc Im-in^ trnniuw-ted.

3 penvnt inlcre^l jmiil on (wrtillt-al<-H «f He-L>e|i<milii ol $1 00 HIUI n|IM'rril r«-

ceived in SavinRH Depart ment, on which 3 percent intereni will lie i-rtnliietl Mini an-IIIHIIIT, on nil ilepimiu left four roonihn

Money limneii on real eiilate aeinirily, |iiirtial paTinentH allowtnl of anv Biuniint at anv lime.

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DEWKY'S fame IH asaured, now that «.Verpennea buck sheep has been m n e d in his honor.

THKKE are some people down east who view Pinjjree's presidential aspir-ations as a serious matter. It is hard> 35 worth worrying about.

IF ROOSKVKI.T proves a success as

Erernorof Ntw York, President Mc-nley will do well to keep an eye

•pon him. l ie is likely lo be a popu-lar candidate for the presidency.

TBE war has settled the larifl' ques-tion for some years to come. A large Be venue will be required to support Ita lar^e army and costly navy ne-wmitated by the results of the war w i h Spain. Hopes for an early re-tfdetion of tariff taxes have gone 'glimmering."

THE request that ladies remove tbeir hats at the lecture course enter' teinments is eminently right and pro-per. There is no good reason, and •ever has been, why people who pay to witness entertainments should be •ompelled to torture themselves into wry necks and squint eyes trying to Inok around a stack of ribbons and feathers. Oh, woman, lovely woman! D m't be so 'tarnation' aggravating.

PREVIOUS to Thanksgiving, Miss l^impman, teacher ot the East ward •tfaool, inaugurated a movement that • worthy uf emulation. The pupils were requested to bring in articles of lb-id, provisions, etc., suitable for a tbaokofferinj: tor the poor. The re-sult was very gratifying to the pro-m iter and the numerous contributions placed with Supervisor White for dis trit'otion served to help and cheer Biany needy ones. Christmas is near. L«t the ab »ve idea be worked out in a manner suitable for the occasion with all the schools pariicipating; and thus teach the children that the best way to secure happiness is to make others kappy. We hope the Lowell teach cvs at their weekly meeting, Saturday, will act apon this matter and arrange to have it carried out in detail.

FOR Christ mas, Remembi-r the poor, j ASA HTRATTON,

f g W A S T TOUR B I M E S S ,

McCords.

I). Wood and daii(;hler. Mm. R. Hahkin, were in ihe Valley City Monday.

MIHH Kilu-l Findlay ot CaM-ade is giving Winnie Palterwm instnictinn in mnsiL-.

Walter Clark and Will Thomas who are engaged in the meat biiHineai, took 4800II*

and wife, by the Rev. Curej of Berrien Springs, Qcrtrude Tenahtw lo Wm. Bry-ant. They will make their home in Alio.

The revival meetingH at the Baptist church are very poorly attended. Mr. (Jurey, of Bernng Springs who is assisting in the work, is a very eloquent speaker and an earnest Christian worker and the peo-ple of Alto should encourage him hy their

of pork to Grand Rapids Tuesday and 2000 t , l t ,ni | . in (^

lbs of poultry to Kreeport Friday. | ^'Jwof the many friends of C. L. J. Brewer and wife and O. Vaaderlip | B , a k M | M M ( { w | r e h e l p e d ^ celebrate the

Koenc

Mr Bubi-ock and wife,a brother of Mrs. H. Adams, who lives at llastiogi, came Monday to visit her.

Lewie Tusk ia spending the winter in tirand Uapida going to school.

Armon King's funeral was largely at-tended at Smyrna, Saturday. The Mar-ca-bei"> and U. A. R. attendwl in a Isuly,

Keene has just completeil a 6ne job of graveling from the rhunh one mile «oiuh.

Rev. Wheeler, of (Jrantl Rapids came in piare of our presiding elder at quarterly meeting and delivered two fine sermons.

Mrs. Vllie I'arr is thought to be improv-ing. which we are glad to hear.

Mrs. Royal Kirkert and ba'iy have been m 've-l to her brother's, Mr, Miller's, home in Lowell.

We cannot quitu un>lerstand why the people do n 't turn out better to the meet-ins- h" Brother Westbrook givea us some very fine sermons.

The ladies'aid society will jjive a fair at the Orange ball, Dec. 21, afternoon and evening. Li^ht refreshments will be served in tbe evening. A cordial invitati n to all

Mrs. Mark Brown iss|iending a few dayi with her mother, Mrs. T. Daniels.

Fnnk Hunter lost another horse last week.

Mrs. John Laurks is spending a few weeks with her son, Jake, at Greenville.

AUNTY.

maiie a business trip to Free port Friday. Little Bes-ie Curtiss has recovaied from '

her illnesj. and visited her schoHlmates of i Morse l>ake school Monday.

Clarence Thomas who has been telegraph 1

operator at Delta for the past month visi-ted his parents VI. Thomas and wife Thurs-day. Ha teft Friday morning for Okemos, where he has accepted a position in the depot at an increase of salary.

FBKK

i x THE Forum for November Maj. 8 . N. Clark deplores the defeat in the iMt Congress of the bill providing thai pensions should not be granted to any ioklier's widow unless she married him prior to 1898 He aaserts that the •ipectaiion of receiving life pensions after the lapse of a few years leads tn the marriage of many young wom-en every year to aged and decrepit vterans of the civil war who have on-ly a short time to live, and in fact, St number of death-bed marriages k i v e been recorded where the only

Cvible motive of the brides must ve been to qualify themselves to re-

ceive pensions as soldiers' widows." B e B a \ s further that the above men-tiiuieti bill was "defeated in tbe House Committee on Invalid Pensions by a vote of 8 to 7, solely by the efforts and influence uf pension claims agents." This abuse of the people's gi'iiernsity should be stopped at once; and the bill to remedy the evil should hflve immediate consideration.

TljEO TH

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15th anniversary of their marriage. Oys-ters were served and they were well remem-bered by their friends who departed at a late hour wishing them a continued peace-ful vojage through life.

Miss Grace Blakeslee waa in Saranac Saturday evening to recite at the Congre-gational entertainment.

BECKY.

IT WAS our great pleasure last week In attend a re union of the "Old Men's * Deba ing S iciety. organized at Almont by school boys twenty-'three years azo. Out uf a mem hers bin, of • h mt forty, only eleven respon roll call. At lens three are si ia their graves; and the others Mattered from Washington to Calift a«a and from Michigan to Tex The society held regular meetings for Mven consecutive years; and the les tons there learned, the inspiration re-asived. the incen ive given for intel-icetual research, the morals inculua-led, will abide with tbe pirtioipsnts through life. The good has not been KwL The hoys, now grown to man-bood, filling various stations in life, throughout tbe Union, have taken vi th them tlie benefits received. Through them others will be influ-cticed; and who shall say where lhat iofln^nce shall cease? So far as « e know, the example set bv tbe Almont boys of •Twenty Years Ago" has never

by

Clean vour with teeth Rose Cream

All kinds or wJl^Dpromptly deliver-ed by H. B.

Crayon portraits free to patrons of Bush's bakery.

Call and see my work Rae MaU clom. Photogapber. Lee bldg.

Galvanized steel tanks for stock watering. Call and see them.

N . HASH.

The correct place to buy wrap|iers is at N. B Blain's.

ladies'

Grattafl-Vergeflnea.

James Hurley and wife of Parnell spent Sunday with Otis Bibbler and wife.

Mrs. Wallace Snyder is on the gain. Mrs. John Jakeway and daughter Lillian

returned home Irom Grand Kapida Friday where they have been visiting relatives.

The party at Jack Byrne'a Wednesday night was qui • wall attea led.

J. D. Frost and wife returned home from Grand Rapids, Thuraday, where they have been viaiting the past week.

Quite a number from this vicinity alien-ded the dunce at Lowell Thursday evening.

We have much sympathy for Samuel Farney in his great loas.

Quite a number of our farmers are haul-ing potatoes to Helding.

ra. R. A. Weekes and son Willie made a business trip to Grand Rapids last week Tuesday

Chas. Ga'lisier and bride moved into Julia Touhey's bouse Thursday. Much joy, Charles.

David Wulah iuiends lo move to Grand Rapids this week.

MIWJET. 0

Hla Life Wan Saved. Mr. J. E. Lilly, a prominent dUsen of

Hannibal. Mo., lately had a wonderful deliverance from a frlRhtful death. In teUIn* of it he says: "I waa taken with Typhoid Fever, that ran into Pneumonia. My lunga became hardened. I was ao weak 1 couldn't even sit up In bed. Nothing helped me. I expected to soon die of Consumption, when I heard of Dr. King's New Discovery. One bottle gave gn-at relief. I continued to use it. and now am well and strong. I can't say too much in tta priase." This marvelous medicine is the aurest and quickest cure In the world for all Throat and Lung Trouble. Regular efBes 00 cents and $1. Trial bottles free at L. H. Hunt A Co.'s Drug Store. Every bottle guaranteed.

notit Bowne.

Rev. I. Freeman is holding a series of revival meetings at West Bowne. A won* derful blessing is wished him in his efforts to savi perishing souls.

John Livingston has moved into his new house.

hate Vandyke hat secured a position in the postoflice at Caledonia.

John Livingston attended the meeting of the state grangers Saturday.

U. J. Filkins went lo Chapel Monday; Josie Van Dyke has given up her position

•n Grand Rapids and is now at her home. Frank Bren was in Freeport

Wednesday. URA

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Sold by dsalon sr sat by mail oa rsootpt of prios by

.THE ROYAL CO., 28 Lafayette Ave. Detrslt, HUU. Agsat la Lewsli.

CHAS. ALTHEN, CLOTHIER.

Voloaale Ernplluna. Art- grand, but Skin Eruptions rob life

of Joy. Kucklen's Arnica Salve curea them, also Old. Running ami Fever Sore*. Ulcere. Bolls, Felons. Corns. Warts, Culs, Bruises. Bums. S aids. Chapped Hands. Drives out Bains and Achee. Only 25 cents a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by L. H. Hunt & Co., Druggists.

FallasburR.

The Water's school will give a shadow and box social at the Water's school house, Wednesday evening, Dec. 21.

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LADIES COLD WATCHES

Some dainty designs made to please the ladies, in fine gold fillled cases, with Elgin or Waltham movements, at prices lhat will prove a pleasant Btirprise Quality beyond question.

Get it at WILLIAMS'.

Town Line Tidings Sherman Reynolds has returned from

Grand Rapids and begins school at Alto this week.

Mrs. (ieorge Murray U seriously ill. Mrs. Bert Wilson of Lowell has been-

spending a few days with Mrs. (teorge Murray. ^Zack Lewis came home Sunday with his bride

L. • race who lived on the river road a couple of utiles west of the town line has been sick for several weeks and about two weeks ago his wife slipped and fell with a kettle of boiling water, scalding herself •o bad that she is unable to use her right arm yet. Last Friday their house and barn was destroyed by fire. A few things was saved from the house and the horses rescued from the burning barn

Boru, Deo. 10, to W. 8. Hesche and wife, a 7 lb. girl.

Clinton Snow has got through "oourt-ing' aud returned home Monday. In the Munson-Porter will case, the jury was out from Friday noon until Monday noon.

Ira Wesbrook and Joe Batey are out-ting wood for Uriel Snow.

X-RAY.

Lowell Ceater—Alto. Edmund Lee while doing his choree

Wednesday morning was severely bitten in Ihe hsnd by s horse.

Miss Lena Blakealee is visiting ber sis* tcr in Alto,

Mrs. Isaac Keeler fell and broke her arm been followed by their successors This is H mistake. Oolden o p p o r t u n - l M t w e e l t* i les are beini; WHsu-d. If youns; peo-| John Robinson ii failing fast. His pie would give as much time lo intel- brother who has been taking care of him, iectual purauits as they devote to has returned lo his home in Ionia, •tancinfi; and card parties, they would i B. H. Blakeslee of Grand Rapids made accure pleasures and derive benefits hi. parents a via it last week ind was pren-that would ntit pale with the paying entaltl.e installation of officers in the of the fiddler; but would abide with ' Good Templare lodge at Lowell. tbem through life. I Married, at the home of Daniel Brvanl

vergoaaaa.

S. B. Parker and wife of Lowell were gunBtaof their brother William and wife, Sunday.

Mix Seth VanWormer visited iu Grand Rapids last week.

Lettie Medlerand Bessie Tale of Lowell were gueats of M's. Frank Fox last Satur-day night and Sunday.

Mrs. S. Lee is in Lowell helping to care for her sister, M re. A. Krum. who ia very low with consumption.

Dora Rutzen and Ruth Hudson are sick with chicken pox.

Wm Krum and Fred HodgM have each lust a burse and Seth VanWormer has lost a very valuable heifer calf.

T. B. James hss just pnrchssed a very nice Shropshire ram. Il arrived last Fri day from Kendalville, Ind.; and they have natred him Geo. Dewey.

BRIDGET.

Dlamarek'a Iron Nerve. Was the result of ht* aplemiV health.

Indomnitabie will and tremendous energy j are not found where Stomach. Liver. Kidneys and Bowels are out of order, i If you want theae quaJMea and the sue- i cess they bring, use Dr. King's New Life PiUa. They develop every power of brain i and body. Only 2S cents at L. M. Hunt & Co.'s Drug Store.

Strings for violin, banjo, mandolin and Guitar at Oliver's. 1 if

WASTED—Three-foo wood, green or dry. W . J. Eel er & Son. if

' f o r Christmas are made of eoiMmrdwood and well braced at BoylanT

Handkerchiefs lady's and gent's at Alexander's, headquarters for Santa.

Headquarters for Christmas pres-ents at Alexander's.

Headers of the Ledger will find a well selected sUick of holiday goods at Look's drug store and selling prices that will please you.

». Eaat Lowell—Wast Boa ton.

Bom—To W. Wiane'r and wifa, a son. S Y. Cary was in Lake Odessa recently. Ethel Weekes of Alton is visiting her

sister, Mrs. Allen Godfrey. J. Locher of Berlin was a recent guest

of J. Cary and wile.

Jay and Ray Ware have returned from the upper peninsula where they have been hunting deer. They got three and sent one to their father, 8. A. Ware.

J. N. Hubbel, wife and son. Ward, visit-ed frienda in Chauncey last week.

Ernie Conklin spent Sunday in Yergen-nes

James Grant and wife sp"nt Sunday iu Berlin

Rev. 8. G. Anderson of Lowell was the guest of J. N. Hubbel and wife Tuesday.

DEWEY

Silverware novelties at l l igby's.

•Miss Tassie Murnelt visited Liwell friends a day or two last week.

Miss Myrlie Taylor iHiight for Miw Lampman, who was sit-k, Mon-day.

Mrs. W illiam Burnelt has been 8|H-nding a few days with her son, Arthur and family at iSaranac.

Highest market prices paid for poultry by F. L. Fallas.

The second entertainment of the Lecture Course, Dec. 16. Course ticket# still on sale at A. L. Coons' store.

Look for the soap bridge in Blain's window.

1 he L. A H. have completed their survey to Belding and are now work-ing on tbe right of way with go>d success.

Our friend I. A. Anderson been appointed agent of the L. A K. R. at Lowell. May he get businesH he so well deserves.

Clocks, all stvles, cheap^at Higby's.

1 be L. & II. 11:30 train returning at 6:20 from Grand Rapids still seems to be the favorite as it allows the people to get their meals at home.

Rev. S .Q. Anderson will take for his subject next Sunday morning, "Standing by a purpose true," in the evening,' Simply trusting every day."

R e v . S . G . Anderson attended a meeting of the workers conference of the Grand Rapids Baptist association at that city Thursday aud Friday of last week.

Sell your poultry to Fallas

W . C. Shepard's lecture on "The Regnant Race." at the Baptist church, was attentively listened to by a large and intelligetil audience. It is well spoken of by those in attendance.

Frank L^e Kitchen, the 5-year old son ot Thos. Neil Kitchen and wife (nee Nellie Hine) and grandson of M. N. Hine, died ai. the home of bis parents in Columbus, Ga., Dec. 12.

James Gulliford who had to quit work in his blacksmith shop lasi Febiuary on account of rheumatism, bas resumed operations at tbe old stand again. A years loss of time from work is quite a set back and Mr. Gulliford would be glad to see all bis old customers again.

Call at city bakery for your lunch

Married at the home of the bride's parents, Mr and Mr. Soloman Coo pere, Wedneadnv. Dec. 7. Marion G. McCabe, of Milwaukee, to idah L. Coojiere. The ceremony was per-formed by Rev. S. G. Anderson, pae-tor of the Baptist ubuiob. in tbe presence of a small party uf the im-mediate friends of the contracting parties. The young couple will make their home in Milwaukee.

Edward Stauffer of Bowne town-ship began suit in the the Circuit Court yesierday against Herbert £ . White, his wife's cousin, for $10,000 damages for alienating bit wife's afi lections. White's wife died in 1896 and afterwards be boarded with Stauffer. Stauffer claims that he was working away from home much of the time and often when he returned home late at night he found White and his wife occupying the same bed Wi.ite is a wealthy farmer, while Stauffer makes bis living by day's work.—-[Grand R tpids Democrat, Dec. 14.

! FOUNTAIN PENS.

A good fountain pen is au iudis-penrible arlideto the modern busi. nessmnn. You have perhaps used high priced founlaiti pens that wo.ild blot, Main your fingers and were generally u elesB. ours are not that kind but are a practical pen for practical purposes at a practical price. Quslity beyond question.

Get it st WILLIAMS/

3000 cake ot white Castile smp to be sold tor 2jc a cake at Blain's.

WANTED, several loads of good dry wood on subtcripiion at this of-fice.

A elegant present for your CENTS husband, it may prove an

opening wedge for that ring VEST or one of our gold watches

lhat yuur heart in set upon. CHAINS Qnalily beyond question.

Gel it at WILLIAMS',

A man might as well try to put a quart of water into a pint measure as to make a better harness than our famous Oak Tanned hand made har-ness. Before purchasing it is tor yuur interest to call and look at our g >od» • Brown A Sehler.

Try Rose Cream lor the teeth.

I am in the market for poultry ot all kinds. Fallas, the grocer.

Go to Malcolm's new Studio for first-class work.

My prices the same to all. Rae Malcolm. Photographer.

Ice cream by the dish, quart or sup-plied lor socials and parties in gallon lots. D. T. Bush.

Ourgtiarnntee with every purchase: Goods the best, price« the lowest'. Bergin, the reliable grocer. 254if

Eyerybody knows what Bergin's coffees are, and the beet in the world

C h r i s t m a s

P r e s e n t s

Are all ready for your choosing.

Dolls of all kinds, Imu toys, Railroad Trains, Street cars and Fire Engines.

Wooden toys, Animals, Game Blocks. Sleighs, ''tins Drums, Rocling homes, Children's Desk< and Fur-niture, and every kind of new and ingenous toy lhat will delight the children and make older folks child-ren again all at reasonably low prices. Also a nice aa sortmenl of Vase and Hang> ing lamps. Decorated Din-ner sets and decorated En-glish ware to sell in open stock, fancy china and glass ware, album;, necktie, glove ^ collar and cut! and fancy boxes and numerous other useful articles.

•c. H. ALEXANDER -Ou the Bridge.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

J. HARRISON R1CKERT, Dentist. Over Church's bank. Lowell.

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

street, Lowell, Mich.

M C.URKEN. M. D.

plivsician tnd Surgeuu. Offlce at Rcsldcnee Bride sireet. Lowell. Mich.

O G TOW8LEY, M. D., Physician ard Kurifeon. Offlce Lours, 10 aia

to 3 Dm. and 7to 8 pm.

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

E. H. CAMBELL, INSURANCE, LOANS Notary Public, Real Estate Agent and CoL

lector. Over Boylan's store, tawe'1

MILTON M. PERRY,

Attorney aud Counselor at Law. Train's Hal Block, Lowell, Mich. Special attention given to ColiectionB, Conveyancing, tad Sale of Real Estate.

Has also qnalifled and been admitted to praa lice iu the Interior Department and all th* bureaus thereto and is ready to prosecuts Claims for those that may be entitled It Peesion Bounty.

E D W A R D 0 . M A I N S ,

A T T O R N E Y A T L A W .

YOUR PATR0NA8E SOLICITED.

^ n n e t a P . W a t t s ,

Piaaiste and Accompaaiste

-TEACHER OF PIANO.-Por terms aad particalars call at flrat

fionae north ol Methodist charch.

r o m tolb

INSURANCE! CALL OK

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

A . E . C A M B B L L , D e n t i s t

OVER BOYLAN'S STORE. All branches of dental work dune by

tbe latest improved methods. Sat-isfaction guaranteed.

Gas administered.

LOWELL MARKET Invariably corrected Thureday morning.

at tbe price.

Spleadld

R o o m

GENTS Make an inexpensive LINK present, something al RUFF ways appreciated fby the BUTTONS ""D- Our sjock embraces

the latest designs. Quality beyoncLajiestion.

Is delivered free of charge «

ny part of the city. Get it at WILLI A

W c C O N ^ E L L .

254tf F. L. Fallas wants your poultry.

Wheat 0 <1 Corn 0 40 Oats 0 M Bye 0 41

Barley per ewt @ M Flour per ewt e I 60 Bran per ton & 14 00

Middlings per ton 0 16 00 Corn meal per ton 0 16 00

Corn and oats per Ion 0 l.« 00

Butter 0 If Eggs @ IS

New Potatoes J O ® 2S Beans eo 0 TO

Beef a oo 0 6 00

Veal « 00 0 e oo Pork t 50 0 4 00

Chiokens 7 @ 8

Ducks 0 08 to 09 Turkeys 08 to 09 Wool washed 20 (9 H Wool on was bod I f * 19

S I G N S ON Y O l f R F A C E .

\ VI-

NOT AFRAID OF MAN.

TELLTALE EXPRESSIONS THAT

*08E YOUR THOUGHTS. IX-

PHPf Ways hy watch tb» Car*ral y p e e v v e r May Detact Voar Real . f fMllnss In Spit* of Str«as KCnMa to Ride Theaa.

Bvervbody in this imperfect world tikes to be able to take care of himself, MQ to do this tbe more insight one bas

one's fellow men tbe better. R^tiei, as a rule, get on because they at* shrewder observers than tbe peopls

l y cheat This article, among other logs, gives the honest man tbe power

of protectliiK Inmself. There are dozens of little signs which,

^oyou but kuowthem, give yon tbe key Ilea man's thoughts and betray him f^tbnut hit being aware of i t This pa-per is tbe laM paper in tbe world to ss-sbt the private detective mania or en-pemage motbid suspioioo of deceit, but • dear comprehension of Ihe real sig-•Mcsnce of these faoe signals will, be-(ddes making people's observstions of f f s to them, lead to a better nnder-standlng all round.

Most of these mo sou far actions by Which—to tbe skilled faoisl reader that la^-we give ourselves away ara involun-tary, aud hence their value Supposing, for instance, you are telling sometbing io a man who can keep his countenance

you want to find ont whether ha your news or not. In Ihe ordinary if he bas sufficient self control lo

Reasarkak la Tamonoas of Aalaials l a tho Yrllovratone Park.

The slaughter of birds has almost en-lltely removed one of the delightful ao-oompaniments of life In tbe rural east —tbe music of tbe feathered sou^sters. Apcypoe of this, it may be aaid that one of tbe most vlifttimt features of tbe drive throngb the Yellowstone Natiouul park is the appurent iotimscy between man and Ihe animal and bird life in ths park. Thanks to the wise and strinuenl. knife rbgulalious, no shooting is allowed with-in its boundaries.

"Tbe result, ' siiys an Euglish tour-ist, ''is positively i harmiug. Hundreds of little (ihipniunks, with their gatidv swiped baoks, wumpered imnudentiy about or peered at the pussiug couch from the roadside The squirrel did not boll for tbe nearest 11 ee, bnl nodded a welcome. All bird lile treated us like-wise. Even the lordly eagle hovered near, and the wild turkey atalked un-concernedly through theiank grass We were fortunate euongh to see s tine specimen of tbe wolf tribe. He stood, a beautiful creatan , m l watched ns out of sight, showing only cniinsity, not fear. Another time were perceived a doe and fuwn grazing by-lbe road. Not un-til we were within a lew l t d did lin y seek the chelti-r of tho woods, yet not to fly They tii: fly moved oside. Hi re at least mainiind was regarded as a friend—one who could be trusted. The only animal who ran away was n brown bear. He lurned tail at the sight of a coaching party, yet it was quite a com-mon thing tor bears to appnacb close

Plsk ia Nantacket. 1 o residenti of Nantucket are said to

be m wt 11 hatisfled with their small is-land that they care but little for the outside world. Nalnnlly many of the men are employed iu tlshing, and the eld fishermen delight to tell of the fool-bh questions asked by the "rusticators" w bo visit Nnntuckel iu summer. One lutunier visitor, iu turn, tells this story 01 tb • town fish market;

"Lave vou any salmon?" I asked of the • do Hot, who wan sharpening a

"No, uia'am," he answered, and iben he added, in a pleasantly conde-Ki-in ing way, "We don't sell notbin but !. -h here,"

"Well," I responded, "snlmon is Hsli. you know. They aro caught in ill"— Hut he Interrupted me,

"Lnul! I know folks eat all sorts of Ibini. • I hear about 'em eatin frogs •ml ( -.ilin themflsh. F'dkssre strange m th, ir eatin, same as tiiey be in their clothi V with a critioal glance al my bicyi In skirl, "but all tbe fish that folks might t'> eat can lie caught right round th. s.- ,bores. Can't I sell you a nioe blue I h, that ain't been out'n tbe water mor. n nu h iur?"

Not knowing any better way to re-gain Ins goud opinion, I purchased ths blue? h and went meekly home.— Youi. s Oompanion.

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L CA UV UBB BUtAJVsmee WSa wajW\»a WW * • placid yon would be bard put to t b p h""*1* a t to ™

about these without | h t

d with the that above

tcb. for, the

arch

T*r i l ; but if yon know where Jook^or it he cannot, even if be has

face ofV^xass, bide the sign you are ling.

i There are certain mnscies which Dar-win oalled the "grief muscles," for the reason that w b £ a n y one bears infor-aiaSion be doefint care amsoles act i K a o n knowing

Then muscles are egrsbrows, and in a fe is the eyebrows yon U your information be fiuide ends will for an aovt^ly upward and a slight w^pkls omUe across the brow. Tben, though the rest of the face be wrealhsd D smiles, yon may disregard these and fee) certain you have "got home." The

is so involuntary that il often emipes observation, and even those wno notice il frequently take it as be-ing indicative uf pleasant surprise.

Tbe individuals who iiivariably smile l)en yon speak to tbem are a difflonll

lo read, but there is none tbe leas a • a y of doing It. Tbe man who smiles o s | of pore good nature and because be is pleased always does it more with bis syea than bis lips, but tbe smile yon Best never trust is that of tbe man Wboee lip goes ap for a moment and shows yon tbe pointed end of bis amine foatb.

Watch bim in a rage and yon will see precisely tbe same movement Tbe fnelthat be does it when smiling shows ^ a l l i b l y malevolence, cloaked by de-

A good many people ssem to think there is a difflonlty in finding a sly

before tbe mischief he does dis-ibisobsraotet. As a matter of fact

is absurdly easy. You have only to watoh bim for ten minutes and be will give himself away.

Tbe sly person is alwaya trying to something without being supposed

M i t When that something is ont-4|4e his visual leld, be baa to move bis qpsi instead of his bead. Any man's iysn therefore Ibst yon see very much drawn to one side, say twice in five aiavtes, is sly, and yoo would do well le a i s t n s t him.

The old trick of making a man yon suspect look yon "straight in the eyes"

^jwbile you glare into bis has more in it than people think. Any ordinary per-son bent on deception will ten lo one

I bis optics flinch under tbe ordeal. J^ol'^be accomplished liar and swin-

' r has by long practice taught him-' to withstand the test and for him

iitiodal one is advisable Tbe delioate portion of the faoe after

^•yes are tbe lips, and any man or . whose lips, when they are he-

[brought to book, doo't twitch visi-ls "acting on the square."

lination, one would think, is thing to disoern in a man, but

> matter ot fact i t isn't, especially talks loodly and has a good deal

i a rule, most people are deceived [the appearance of determination cb a man, when he ia "bluffing,"

on to carry bis point. In these it is the involuutary things

{till, and directly a man is thor-ny determined be is resigned as to

will probably happen. There, if watoh cloasly, you will see his

i ly become arched (not •brng), and when he says be

f t care be m^ens i t | difficolty that most face readers ienoe ia that ot discriminating be-

snrprise and tbe action of tbe muscles, inapmnch as both cause

Bbrows i o be elevated slightly. fa($ ibat surprise always makes

open \aeir months, even wben they| ere 'threading a needle, should help I then. Tbe brow, too, is full of difflcultBlb for it may be beetled either

efiort or melancholy. . case, however, the

eygf will be not quite wide open. laiUlhter should be received

i suspicion, for a person will often laugh hilariously after coming throngb an orfleai that has l i ft him heavy of tam, Bid a fresh, spontaneous smile is bore tartly indioative of happiness. Berhape, however, the most difficult thing to detect in a person of strong •elf control is fuar .or violent agitation. A man of pluck and hes'tby nerves will betray bis excitement only by the back of biisiahk which gets crimson, and to

las to look behind

refuse thrown ont. it was an after din-ner relaxation for the guests to watoh them feeding. They munched and dis-puted the choicest morsels, for the most part indifferent to the oompany. Only | when we became inquiMtive and ap-proached too near d.d they retire, aud these BUIIIIHIS were perfectly free and unfettered in their moveinenls. It may read like a fairy tale, but it is solid fact."—Troy Times

M E N O F G E N I U S .

ftatore Llkra Thnn Kol aad lavart-1

ably Criinht-a the Hrrrd.

Through all time men of genius have scoffed at and have ridiculed tbe at-jempts of punw j^rond oUP'rlobe^Ii-lo snjStfior ordets of manhood. Nor is this a matter for wonder. They were and are ridiculous. Yet these at-tempts are repealed every hour Con-aidering them one would suppose that wealth, titles, dignities, are talismans which insure viriue and honor and per-sonal worth and beauty in those to whom they descend Talismans are ridiculous, and so are titles.

Nobility is of blood and not of gar-ters, royal sponsors and christening robes. Pedigrees, portraits and family history wben truthful tell us e great deal about the nobility of a race. Titles, qnarleringa and patents are worthless, and tbe production of a greet genius is m general as bad a sign aa tbe produc-tion of a great profligate. Racca that produce geniuses shonl'l be avoided. Tbe best is Ihe secoud Iwst—tbe normal.

Genius, as some one (Victor Hugo, 1 tbiuk) hss finely said, is a promontory stretching out into the'ocean of tbe in-finite. Look for tbe descendants of Shakespeare, Bacon, Maoanlay, Wel-lington, Nelson. Gibbon, S w i f t Vol-taire, Cariyle, Bonaparte, Goldsmith, Spencer, Milton, CromwelL Disraeli— to take a few names at random—and yon will find that they are not for the genius ia always a transgressor of tbe normal—a "sport." He ia never symmetrical. Such a one nature likea not, and she makes provision for the ex-tinction of bis race.—Humanitarian.

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lllawtlnnlnl Boors. Another form of bbacon for mariners

of smaller dimensions, but hardly less important, is the illuminated buoy. These floating lamp boldera, placed in an estnary where the available channel is often only a narrow one, bound mud or sand banks only a few feet the surfaoe of tbe water, are invalB. e to shipping. Hitherto the illuminant chiefly employed has been compreased gas, necessitating a high pressure reser-voir and compressing machinery.

Mr. Wigbam, whose name has long been known in connection with light-bouse apparatna, has introduced a min-eral oil lamp which can be fitted to any existing buoy and will burn for a long period at very small cost Tbe maintenance of one form of lamp can be kept up at a cost of one penny for 84 honrs, and as no compressing machinery fs required this is the only expense pins Ihe original cout of tbe lamp. The approach to port—such as that of Liv-erpool, for instauoe, where a ship has to enter through a long avenue of buoys —could by this invention be almost as well lighted as a city sireet—Cham-bers' Journal.

LOT« Tops. Mn'ital relations in Ireland are as a

rule i f the inust harmonious character, and if a hti'-band and wife do fall out occasi inally ;ind even resort lo blows they liiink nothing the worae of each other in tbe nnd. Pill Laue is a classic locality in Dublin, which might with aome - ruth be described as tbe Billings-gate 11 the L-isb metropolis. "That's a fine black eye you've got, minis ," said a mau to s woman sitting over ber basket of fish in Pill Lane. "Figblin, 1 supi use, ag in." "No, I wasn't figbl-in," ii plied the flshwomsn. "Himself (her husband) it waa thai gave me that,'' and, facing fiercely round on her questioner, slie added, "and I'd like to know who hud a better r ight"

A laborer, out of employment applied for outdoor relief for himself and bis wife al the North Dublin union. "Well, my good fellow, we must have evidence thai you are legally married," said the chairman of tbe relief commit-

tee '^feegdr K i ^ 1)681 P r 0 0 ' i n

tbe wuruld," aalMJ10 applicant and. bending his head be SWi&v***lMicar ou his skull. "Does yerhoun^rthink," be added, "I'd be after takin lhat Hlnise from any wan bnl a wife?"—Maoiuil-Ian'a

Diseases of Memory. Writing of disoases of the memory, a

Russian doctor givea an interesting ao-count of some of the eccentricities of bis patients. In the case of a literary man, sjme lime previous to his seeking advice he had been troubled with au absolute tailure of memory.

He could remember exactly every-thing he had done more than a year ago, but occurrences of later date he had entirely forgotten. When attacked by the disease, be was engaged in writ-ing a novel, which he bad half finished. He remembered the first half, but could not tell bow lie had intended to finish i t He was at last unable lo remember whether be bad dined.

In amither case the patient tells of his travels, but repeats tbe tales a dozen times au boor, with tbe aame phrases. He would play a game of cards care-fully and well; five minutes afterward be would mention that he had not play-ed for weeks. He would say "Good morning I" when the doctor made his first visit of tbe day, but did not re-member Ihe visit three minutes later if tbe doctor again looked in.—London Til-BiB

which

A Worm Enalaod. The extremes of outdoor temperature

in England vary more than 138 degrees. Tbe greatest beat piobably ou record was regisiured in the valley ot the Medwsy ou July 22, 1868, when tbe thermometer at Tonbridge stood in the shade at 100 4 degrees F. Eleven years later, in Deceu-ber, 1879, 56 degiees of frost were recorded at Blaukadder, in Berwickshire-i. e., ^3 degrees below tero F. More remarkable, however, than the heat in summer were tbe hot winters of 1748 aud 1867 aud the warm Jauusrys of 1877, lSh4 aud 1898.— Notes aud (Queries.

His Oul> Alternative. Little Dot was very foud of Bible

stories, and cue day after her mother had read the story of Lot's wife she asked, "Mamma, what did Mr. Lot do when bis wife was turned iulo a pillar ef salt?"

"What do you think he did?" asked mamma.

"Why," replied Ihe practical little miss, "I s'pose he wwot "Q^ Hn^ bunted

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Roollr o Kind

"Did yon see anything of a pocket-book that 1 dropped somewhere in the bedroom I occupied last n ight land-lord?"

"Any money in it?" "About £100." "Yes, sir. Here is your pocketbook,

with tbe money. Tbe maid was honest enough to bring it to me, smd 1 looked it np in tbe safe."

"Ah, very correct proceeding, very. 1 bad intended placing the money in the bank Ibis morning, where il would have been drawing 4 per cent As a re-ward for your honesty 1 will aay noth-ing about the interest for Ihe time it baa been in your possession, and you can make il square w:*h tbe chamber-maid. There ia nothing small abont me wben I run across a man who seems lo be trying to do what'sright "-—London Telegraph.

km OM Mlosoarl Brldaro.

There is an old lattice bridge acroa the North Fabius creek, near Monti-cello, Lewis county, lhat was built in tbe year 1845. It is said that it was the first bridge of tbe kind built in north Missouri The timber was taken from government land and was sawed into lumber st a water mill and with whip-sawa The contractors were seven months on the job, for which they re-ceived tlOO.—Kansas Oily Journal

Tko Gorman Pooh Bak. "I don't know that there is much use

of my keeping my school open more than a month or two each year," aaid tbe German pedagogue.

"Why is that?" "Our emperor has simplified matters

to such anex le t t that wben you ask the name of the world's greatest poet painter, musician, general, traveler or monarch there ia only one answer to all the questiona "—Washington Star.

r-i . np a fresh one.''—Chicago N s w s ^ \ k a t

Among Other Tklngs. "Bo you've lost your new servsnt al-

ready?" remarked a lady sympathetio-ally lo a neighbor.

"Yes." "What time did she go?" "I really can't tell," was tbe reply.

"She look my watch with bw."

DOWN GO THE PRICES!

Nearly every mail brings us news of L O W E R P R I C E S on some lines of D R Y

GOODS but we meet the market.

- ^ W e D e l i g h t ^ -

in selling goods cheap for that means pleased customers and a customer pleased is very

sure to return. We have customers that have traded with us for th i r ty years aod ^

still they come—which is good evidence that they are satisfied.

We have larfre line of

L a d i e s W r a p p e r s f r o m 5 0 c U p . .

Our C A R P E T Sales are the Largest we ever had and there ia no occasion

to Grand Rapids to buy them—We allow no one to undersell us and we

you well.

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"IT'S NOT MY WAY."

••It's not my way." Bow often ts iliis hennl "It's not my way. to si ••sk the kindly 1 fuel enough, but 'tis not well to spesk. To toll my loving out it seems so wsak."

"It's not my wsy." How often hear is have broken Because the loving word has been unspoken, Boosnso the smile we ioyked for wna a frown. The hand that shoulU uplift, but held us down.

'It's not my wsy To speak tbs word that.rrsvlng love reqnlrss. To voloe approval, foster vain deilres." Bearta often taint and fall oat by tbs way. Booause to speak is not your way,

"It's not my wsy." Ah, well, wben desth ihsil corns And touch the best loved lips sod msks thsm

dumb Bad will it be for you if gnm regret And stsrn remorse upon your hsartstzings sat

Their fingers firm. Booanss it ia their way to torture and to wring Then you'll remember every Uttlo thing, Ths smile you did not give, the word unspoksa Which might hsvs glided life and kept • heart

oa broken

Aye, then yon will re mem ber I And in Mood swest and agony will say, "Would it had been my way , To love, approvu and tell it ont, so meet, for tt waa yon that made my life completo.'

—Rose Bci-lyt- MilUr in Observer

2 cakes of Castile Soap at Blain's for a nickle.

See Fallas before selling^our poul try. He wants it.

Genuine home-made bread "like mother makes" at Bush's bakery.

A tinted photo free with each dozen matt photos at Malcolm's new Studio.

The best 40c tea in Michigan at Bergin's Try a pound and if not satisfied gel your money back. This is "straight good*" 254tf

NO GORE. NO PAY. If we can name

and locate your dis-ease or weakness without asking you any questions, yon should be coevinced that we are special-ists and can cure you. Yet, to fur-ther prove il we will guarantee a cure or Atksd Until Csrsd if

D E A L I N G W I T H L U M B E R M E N .

Poowllor Trlrka indaliced In br Both Borer ond Seller.

There is an old retired merchant in Detroit who delights in recalling his experiences wben an active man run-ning a general store in one of Ihe north-ern cities of tho lower peninsula.

"I used to reap a harvest w^en tbe men were coming ont of the woods," he relates. "T!iey were not op in styles, and abont any old thing would suit them provided Ihe color was right and the fit 1

even passable. But there were tr ok-sters among tbem, and 1 bad to have i my wits about me in order to keep even ; with them.

" 'How mucb is that bat?' rsked a strapping six footer, who arrived from oamp one day with a pocketful of money. '

•• 'Two fifty, * I replied, "Theu be informed me that be al-

ways bad Ihe crowns of bis bats punched full of boles in ordur to keep his bead cool and bis hair from coming out 1 soon bad this attended to. and then be asked what the bai waa worth. 'Two fifty,' 1 responded in surprise, but be laughed al me for asking such a price for damaged goodh He had me, and got bis hut for $1, while the jolly crowd with bim bad a IUUKII at my expense. He wanted to look at some'fiddles,' and after pricing one at |10 concluded to take it.

" 'Where's the bow?' he asked, as 1 was doin£ up the package

" 'You only bought the fiddle,' I laughed. Tbe otberh saw the point and laughed too The giant tried to bluff me, but I kept good humored, and got even on the hat; by charging bim |1 .60 for tbe bow. I not only got even, but tbe others wore st* pleased with my 'Yuuket trick''that they spent plenty of money with me."—Detroit Free Press.

no pay, and Nt Pay * " loney in bank as security.

Catarrh, AtUima, Brenckm, t money in bank as

atarrh, Rhsumatlsai, Pimples, Ec-

zsma. Scrofula, Ulcert, Tumors, Cancer*, Ruptures, Varlco eels, Epilepsy, Fits, Paraly-sls, Hsart, Lung, Skin, Blood, Kidney, Blad-der, Private Diseases, etc.

No matter what your disease, or who has failed to cure vou, mnRull tw.

ConsultaUon free to those "who want treatmcuU We can show hundreds of cures, many in TOUT own county, who you know. G. A. MUNCH, M. 6., the Eadeset Specialist can be consulted at the following hotel parlora.

If impossible to see bim, write, en-closing two stamps, for informstioo,

i t f r t it Mttfloal M i S m t o a l Intl tuti ,

146 Pino St., Detroit, Hloh.

Lowell, Hotel Brace, Tueaday Dec. Saranac, Commercial Hotel, Mon. Dep. .ID I-ake Odessa, Miner Hotal, Wed. D^k 21.

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Parlor ears on all tralas Rapids and Detroit, seats 88

010 . DaHAVEN.Oea. W.H Ci.ark, Agent

Lowell.

GRAND TRUNK L A I L K A Y I H T W .

Arrival and Departure of Trajaaat Lowell

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In Eifect Sunday, June 91, 180.8

voTi No. 1 No. 6 7 UGamlll. 7 08 18 7 16

8 54 11 40

IS 10 a m 18 16 m 18 86pi 18 85 U 66 8 20 6 46 10 06

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Rut t 7 16 am t • 19 pm Detroit and Ckicago ^

; la Duraad 11048 am f 4 66 p a Detroit. Canada and

Baal t * M P * t l 2 1 0 pm Detroit, Canada aad

Bast * 7 67 pm * • 89 am f Except Sunday. * Bally.

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OOI NU SOCTB Lowell Iv Pratt Lake £|(ndale ar Elmdale Iv Logan Freeport ar G'd Rapids ai Lansing Detroit ar oomo NOBTH DetviaD.AL Lansing Grand Rapids Freeport Logan Elmdale ar Elmdale Iv Pratt Lake Lowell

Trains arrive and depart from t root street passenaer deoot

1210 pm train has parlor far to Qtaai . Rapids Extra charge 25 oenia. r

919 pm train baa parlor ear le Omal 1 Rapids Extra charge 25 oeala. '

*9 39 a m new fast Wealora Eapeess for Qiand Rapids aad Grand Havasu

KAtrwAanl 116 am train has parlor oar la

Extra charge 25 cents. Pullman car Devroit to Toronto connoeting sleeping car for the east and Kew Xi connects at Durand with OA G T tor Port Huron and Chicago aad with A M for Saginaw and Bay Oily;

8 66 pm train has parlor car to Extra charge 25 cents, and PuUman sissp

Detroit

8 00 am 10 60 1 36pm 1 86 1 46 1 66 8 10 8 80 8 80

7 00 am

ing car to Toronto. 8uspeoaion Bridga Bufialo, Philadelphia and New YoHi. connects at Durand witn 0 4 Q T di. for Port Huron and Battle Creek and 0.8. A M, division for Saginaw «nd City.

7 67 p m new fast Eastern Bxpnss Durand, Pu Huron, Buffalo A New Y ork

A. O. HaxDLicrr agent, Lowell, Mlob, E. H. HUGHES, Asst Gen P A T

Chicago, 111. BBM FLrrouaa, Trav Pass agent

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Uctlvo, Juil returned from Boston, nridi •walllnK him an unsigned typowrllten let-Ur directing him to apartm«nti In Palncs hottl. where he will Hnd rtmalnn of Mr. Weldon Caruthera—currently reported for paat two week* to be out of town. De-tacvlve seems to connect letter with at-tempt made on hla own life some time pre-vious Goea with friend, Dr. Lampkln, to lovaat lirate.

Chapter 11.—Upon eearch of Caruthen* apartments remains of cremated body and Jaweled hand of victim are found In a vaaa. Band l>oars marks of finger rails ma«l-oared to sharp points. Lampkln recalls "•ports of a row between Caruthera and Arthur Qlelow, both sultora tor hand of Dorothy Huntington, who Is holreae ta several nu'lllons should Ihe marry Car* vthers, unconditionally In case ef Car* uthers' death.

Chapter III.—Late that night Hendricks and Lampkln call at homa of Mlsa Hunt-ington.

Chapter TV.-Dorothy ahows detective typewritten letter, which waa an Invltatloa for herself and aunt to occupy with Count Bantlnnl, Italian nobleman, his box at taorse show, aa he was called out ei town Mr pressing business.

Chapter V.—She recalls Olelow had ex-pressed belbre murder Intense hatred for Carulhers and believes him guilty, yet da-cldes to help him. and with her aunt goca

studio. ipter VL—Olelow haa fled. His senr-UenrL tells of overhcaring confession H.tlnnl. Henri thouglvt his master la-

^ ' e n d r l o k s . concealed In room, hears

lar csot iy 1 1 - - H e n d r lcks gees to consult _ 8 t Indian Interested In occult

,p _ ho had helped him In much HIS Wtttive w,ork, and located In an

liun for 8om ln8lon among the pallsadea. -.MI -Dr. Lampkln ts summoned

Kveoue , r i ' ' ho haa been shot. Bullet t'® large 4roaiyetectlva warned not to M i U U K l by t d r l c h s . u n k l l o w n w a n . Win bpaio. hoform him in his sleep. tfnciioD of tar'd ^ u , t , n t , i n e ' b u t

•nHamering," """• _____ fc-r!ck8ciills for a cre-

THH rrwinfirti 0 confirm* the supposl-IHE rcquwi were those of human

their haU at tbe leci taiDtnents is eminently per. There is no •>' • eve r has been, w b y ^ J J J. c., tell-to witnem enleriaicit. wrapvllcd to w i wry Declf'During a caU on Sergt. Den-look active of police department, Hen-• .-comes Into possession of cuff with r"? written In blood over Glelow's name

/Uffttect that he waa innocent, starving and

- S S i t i r xni .-Oolng to Oleicw'a studio, •Mri Identmes cuff as his master's. Henri tails 6f strange Influenca Bantlnnl had m r Olelow. Hsndrloka comes to ooaala-

Bantlnnl was the murderer, aad •krougb hypnotism ma da Olelow aoafeas M h la person ta Henri and by letters to 0 W i * e r XIV.—Hendricks and Lam^tln go to Kola'a retread Kola tens ihera Ole-low ia dead. and/|o^)rove hla supernatural powerf clalr^Mprgo to detectlve'a home In hla astrivf tony and bring back a Bible,

*leh li' hapded to' Hendricks amidst a Of occult balderdash. Kola warns de-

soetlva an attempt is to be made on his life. CSupter XV.—Reaching home, Hendricks

laaras how nearly Kola deceived him when hla mother iells of dlsuppearance of Bible after ana. of Kola's calls during hla ab-asnce In Boaton.

Chapter XVI.—Coming now to Olelow's •sparlansaa, the story goes back to night of murder, when Bantlnnl by hla atrango power abducted his victim with very little •UBoultr.

Chapter XVIL-Olelow wakes in narrow Mil and raallxes he is starving. Bantlnnl toQa hla prlaoner he Itt In his power, and feOW dttrinff three daya of unconsciousness |M had beea used to write letters to Miss Hnntlngton aa/l l*" police.

CBapTer XWrf—The imprisoned artist a a m g i s to loosen a stone In side ofcdl Through thia opening he manages to get Mo cuff out with its bloody message to the O,08ap?c>r1^TX.—Sergt. Denham, not hav-ing known cf Hcndrlcks' connection with the affair, comes to him for advice. This brings out fact that ci IT was found near palisades. Detective I.-) now convinced of Identity of Kola and Muntlmrl, and with Deniham and Lampkln, Joined by Miss HtuRington, who begs to accompany them, set out to rcscue Olelow. on my moyeraents ami knew wben 1 re-tamed. My mother tells me thai Kola Mlled to ask about me every afternooi; dnrlog my abtence, and he never let a day alip during that time without drop-ping In this office. Why, every time he eame he aaw his letter to me lying un-opened on my desk. Oh, the whole thing bears the imprint of the Indian, •nd I could make it clear to you if I had tln|ft. In his role as psychic adviser to tho rich set he got acquainted with their ways, and, being desirous of get-

• ting rich suddenly, he resorted to the Italian noblennn ruse., He felt that I knew bim belter than anyone else in Now York, and tried to blow me out of Uo path. Failing in that, he may have decided to let mc exist awhile longer,

v dutwhen he hnd ntained his hands with i human blood he became shaky and \ made another i rial at my windpipe.M

At this juncture the offlce boy re-' turned with the parcel for the doc'.or,

and they saw that he was accompanied by Miss Huntington.

. "I do hope you will pardon my intru-sion," she taid. humbly, to Hendricks, who had haatily risen to meet her. "but

' It aeemed impossible to wait lonper at f home. Won't you tell me if you have

made any progrehs?" "We've made aome in the right direc-

tion," said llti.dricks, reflectively. I "Come, ait down a moment. You look

awfully cold. You have met Dr. Lamp-kin, and this in Sergt. Der.ham, of the detective bureau. We are all working

or you/' You say you have done s't me thing?"

'altered the young lady, as Bhfe sat down ear the radiator. "Oh, I do hope—lam

'almost afraid to ask— In her agitation she seemed unable to jc iude her remark. !^We knpw where Bantinni is," ex-

ed Hendricks, "and, aa you know, jutte reasons—strong reasons, in

for believing that Mr. Gielow was power only a few days ago. You n'ot b? too hopeful, however, for

must realize that it would be Bantinni'a interests to allow

our friend to live and be a w i j n U s againht him. Pardon me for not bc-i ing abh- to pni the situation before you more delicately, but I do not want to raiwc false hopes."

They saw her shrink under the wnrdi like a llower pluced before the open door of a fiirnnce. She said nofhing. Hen-dricks hit his lip nnd pulled his beard ns if angry at himself. He tried to throw a more hopeful ring into his tones as he went on:

"We are going out to Bantinni's place at once. It is ju s t above Fort Lee. on tbe Jersey side. If we are fortunate enough lo lind Mr. Gielow still alive, everything possible shall he done for him. Dr. Lampkln hns already sent for tbe necessary medicines. We were just getting ready to s tar t ."

"Have you yourself any J»ope tha t Mr. Olelow may be found alive?" asked the young lady as she rose.

Hendricks looked down. • I t may sound paradoxical," he said;

"bu t 1 base my hopes in regard to his fate ou his statement, made perhaps two days ago, tha t he was starving."

"Oh. don't say tha i ! " cried Miss Huntington.

"You see." went on Hendricks, as they all moved towards the door, "Bantlnnl placed him in confinement for a pur-pose. If he had not desired that Gie-low should be kept alive for awhile he would have put him out of the way at once. It looks as if the count intended to let him live for awhile and has for-gotten to give him attention."

Miss nunt lnpton laid her hand on Hendrlckp' arm.

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community u chance to buy Hoots and Shoes for less money than they have ever been sold for before. The weather has been such this fall

that it has left us heavily overstocked on most kiuus of leather goods. We quote

you a few price*.

"I am going to ask a great favor." she said, tremulously. "I want to go with you. If he is—dead. I shoi.ld like to be there a l once, you know, and if he is alive, I could he lp l"

Hendricks* face fell. He glanced dubiously at the sergeant aud Dr. Lampkln, theu his face slowly cleared up.

"I really don't see why you couldn't go," be said. "I have ordered a closed carriage, to meet us at the elevated sta-tion. You could remain in the ear-nlage till we went in and made the ar-rost aud then you certainly would come in handy."

"Ob. you ore so good!" she exclaimed. ^Please do not lose any time."

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As the carriage was asconding the gradual Incline of the rugged road through the woods surrounding the old mansion, the four occupants agreed that, to prevent any suspicion of their intentions entering the mind of Kola, the sergeant and Miss Huntington were lo remain inside the carriage with the blinds down while Hendricka aud Dr. Lampkln went in. And just before gett ing out, when the door was reached, Hendricks said to the sergeant:

"Keep a good look-out, and if he ihould escape us and make a break for the front , stop him."

"All right," agreed the officer, and he smiled apologetically at Miss Hunting-ton as he took out a big revolver and laid it on ihe seat between them. Lampldn and Hendricks had their re-volvera cocked ready for use in the pockcts of their overcoats. It bad been agreed that Ihey were to take Kola by surprise, get him well under fire and then calmly demand the res-toration of the prisoner.

Going up the steps. Hendricks and Lampkln found the big front door open, and as no one came to answer their ring they were hesitating as lo what eonrse to pursue when Kola thrust his cowled head through the cur ia insand called out, cheerily:

"Oh, hello! Come right in, gentle-men."

When they -went into the room in which Kola bad entertained them the night before, they found, the windows darkened and the same dim lights burning overhead.

"I have jus t got up," said the Indian, with a smile. "That performance last night took all the strength out of me. I hope I'll never have to go through that sort of thing again to convince anyone of my ability in that line."

"You won't have to, my boy," replied the detective. '.'But I want to have a talk with you." \

" I know—I know, sit down," and Kola waved his hand at the loungaon which he had reclined the preceding night, but i t had been moved against the wall. He sal down in a chair a t a table. Hendricks and Lampkln both obeyed. The fonner thrust his hand into the pocket of bis overcoat and grasped the butt of his revolver.

"Kola," he began. "I have reasons for thinking Gielow is alive and—"

"Hold on l " tbe Indian broke in, with a laugh. "Listen to me, Hendricks. What if I should tell you that you are absolutely in my power—you and your friend—that simply by pressing the electric button under my band I could hurLyou both info e terni ty?"

A. nar t led look dashed into the face of t h e ^ t e c t i v e . He looked above him and t h f l f c ^ w n at bis feet.

" I s h o M believe you," be said. "My God, doc to i |he bas trapped us!"

"Don't mare a muscle or raise a An-ger if yonflvant time to say your prayers," chuckled Kola, "for as sure as you sit there you will be dead in a minute. The riig under your feet covers some thin boards over a cavern 200 feet deep. With all your shrewd-ness you have never suspected me, bat

you do suspect Count Bantinni. and it does not suit me to have you prying fur ther into his affairs. I have tried twice to get you out of my way, and I do not intend lo fail this time. Now, get ready. I assure you it is a genuine delight lo see that expression-on your face. I'd get you a mirror, Hendricks, but to do so I'd have to take my hand off the button."

"1 can ask only one thing," said Hendricks, calmly, nnd a perspiration broke out over his face.

"What is that?" asked Kola, with a smile.

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"My friend here is not responsible for what 1 have done, "hnd I hope—"

"Oh. there Is not a ghost of a chance for him!" broke In the Indian. "You can see that, Hendricks."

Lampkln was speechless with aur-prise. He had been slow to grasp the ; awful seriousness of their predicament, but when he did it completely un- j nerved him.

Kola pi a need past them at a little ' eloivk on the wall. t t t

"I'll give you jus t u minute," he said. «bt "i t ' s as much lime as I can afford to allow. My Indian pal has become sh: l;y and threatened to desert me if I sprung the t rapon you. 1 must pacify hi.n and show him how safe we aro. I -(.r id evuln'n lo your driver out there

iluit au accident had happened, and one would think of blaming me."

Then, although their eyes were glued to Kola's sinister face, they ob-served the silk curtains behind the In-dian stir as from a breeze, then thecnt^ tains parted cautiously, and Sergt Denhnm peered in. They saw from th" wondering gaze of his wide-open eyes that he was mystified by their un-ex peel el silence, their white faces, and the half-crouching att i tude of the In-dian as he leutu-d over the table, his slitT lingers un the button. Like a Hash a plan of action came to Hendricks, and Its subtility wns worthy of his great inlelleel. Thc words he called out the next a ^ W ^ l l n l i n P r d irnuld stay the

^ ' g . Attniieh of the murderer u , niah a key to their predicament to Den-

ham. "Hold one seiond!" he cried. "I

know something you ought to know, Kola. We are completely in your pow-er. I know that when you presa that electric button we shall be hurled into rhe pit below, but you must listen."

Kola's enjoyment seemed intense. "I don't want to hear anything from

you," he laughed. "Get ready." Hendricks drew a deep breath. The

most startling feature of the situation was that Denham did not seem to com-prehend their peril. He haif smiled aa If he thought Hendricks were playing one of his practical jokes on his man before arresting hira.

"Time's up," announced the Indian. "Denham, jerk hira backward!"yelled

Hendricks, and, in the sudden shook of astonishment over the puzzling com-mand, the Indian involuntarily railed his finger from th^ button, and tho alt* uatlon seemed to Hash upon Denham. Like a projectile' hurled from iomo powerful destroying machine be sprang at Kola. He caught him by the throat and pulled him over the back of his chair. Hendricks sprang from tho rug, dragging the almost inactive doc-tor with him. Kola wriggled in Den-ham's clutch and managed to get on his f e e t B u t with his fingers digging into the Indian's throat, the sergeant bore him backwards over the table. In the struggle Kola's shoulder preaiod down on the clectrlc button. Thext was a crash of timbers under the lonngf just vacated, and with a dull, aub to^ ranean rumble the flooring over thfrt spot disappeared in a yawning black hole.

Hendricks was beside himself with rage as he towered over the now paa* sive Indian.

"Ob, you dirty scampi" he ejaculated. He took a pair of handcuffs f rom hl i pocket and fastened them on Eola 'f wrists.

The Indian's face waa the color • ! ashes.

"Downed me, a f te r all," he said* ro-slgnedly.

"You dirty puppy," was all that Hen-dricks seemed able to say, bu t In a moment he was perfectly calm.

"Kola," h e said, firmly, "we i rant Olelow."

The Indian sa t down in bis chair. He had grown calmer, and now a sort of dogged smile played over his face.

"Oh, yon do!" he said, almost with a sneer.

"And we are going to havfe him," add-ed Hendricks.

"Never," said Kola. "I t doesn't anlt me to give him to you. I know I am good for the electric chair, anyway, ao why should I tell you where he iaf There is not another man alive that knows the secret entrance to his celL You would have to blast pway this whole hill of stone to get a t him, and then you'd noi find him alive. The last t ime I saw him, two days ago, he was dying of starvation. Huh! Gio-IOW'S suffering nnd death is all the aat-isfaction I shall have out of the busi-ness. Yon will find enough of my eleo-trical appliances down below to amnio you, but the secrct vaults can be en-tered by .no one besides myself. I learned the secret f rom the sole sur-vivor of Jhe old gang of counterfeiters, and leased the place for that reaMff*

Hendricks proposed to lAfbpkin to go with him downstairs. ,•»

"Get your gun ready,* he said. "He has a dark-skinnedassinant somewhere about here." ,1

"I think he has akijmed," said Den-ham. "I saw a fellow in^oreign clothes run out of the side door. I was afraid i t waa your man giving yon the slip, so 1

Ladies First. 1 T. ( \ . P lan t ' s 3.50 Fine Shoes for - - -

3.00 " - -2.50 44 .

H. C. Godman's 2.50 " " •v 4 4 2 . 0 0 " -

Harr isburg 2.50 M - -Gudtnan * 2.50 '4 44

And a general reduction all down the line.

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' Ladies we have got 24 pairs of fine Kid, Hand Turned, Flannel Lined, 'tt made to sell at 1.25 pr., we are going to close them out a t 75c per pair. f t t ,

m There are so many different kinds of shoes for men that we will simply say jf •ee there is a man around here, who is in need of a pair of shoes he had better s e e ^ s ^dore IJI you buy. /

ttt Almost everyone wants Rubbers now. We wont sell you Rubbery Reaper than • f f t f f j anyone else on ear: h but we will sell you F r s t Quality Rubbers as clj.ap a 8 they can Wf

possibly be sold lor and we have got some brands of Rubbers the c o m e a pood iff mtini - tnil*.t: f n «r..f -JK'"' f ' '

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like to sell him one pair and take our chances on sellim Rubbers we would

-- — - „ , . , , . . , goods the rest of his life. ' have j j^ /y ur>,e sJoclToi fl! ' i. and we ate going to put

. Pr iC--<yhere it w ill make this mouth's business the largest we ever had.

The Old iUliabl* Sk«t House.

A., Howk & Son.

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LOWELL STATE B A 1 K Oapltal, - $25,000.00.

l^OVVKLL, MICH.

/RANCIH KINO, Piosideni. • CHAS. McCARTY, Vifw President

A. C. GRI8WOLD. Cashier. .DIRECTOB8:

/rancib King, Chas. McCarly, ko. W. Parker, F. T. Kin»r. ».H. Force E. L. Bennett, H.C. Griswold C. Bergin.

\ General Banking Business Transacted Monor Loaned on Real Kstate Security

Sterling

Silver

ELEOrtNT LOT O P s

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i Carriages, Buggies, Phaetons

Surrey 's and Family Rigs

Joitreceived, as fine aa ailk and we will sell them prioes that will astoniih the oldest inhabitant.

H. NASH. • a th SrldK,

LOWBLL, . MICHIOflN.

Ollvar Chlflvd Plows, Stadabahar Wagaaa,

Acrlcaltaral laipltaiaata-

Novelties.

Watch sates, s tamp cases, curling tongs, paper knives, seals, blotters, stationery sets, manicure sets, scssors, kev tags tie retainers, pocket combs, bag" checks, envelope openers, sterling mounted.elxiny bru-'H-es, ami pocke t boi.ks. A f i n e , assortment to choose from.

Our line is ')25-1000 fine and extra heavy.

"Quali ty beyond question.' ' i

Get them at

A FINE CAD RING Makes a capital present for mother, father, sister, brother, or sweetheart. When you give or receive'ono of onr rings there is a satisfsction of knowing that the "quality is beyond question" and that the style and workmanship is the acme of the jeweler's art.

Got it at WILLIAMS.'

Ak-ni mrhes li'iiif. in gold (i'Ufl iiU'i i't'Hi rniiv.i plate,sliiliH vilid gold, M*I

I CUAFlD with OIIMIH. |»»nrln and «ll-f m-mil'm. A line iine to ' CHA N6 • liiHtoe imm. Quality !•••

vnnd quehiion.

Gel it at WILLIAMS'.

( 'ill! »t Belli".- r i ' ' • .'H :IMI IIII . ji

linkerv f"r ' m k -

[ Invtr u (V.w u .n.'l l-.orm- for !iiil« H. NAUH.

Do You Wsnt to laarn

SHORTHANDP Do yon want to laarn tho boat

system of ^BOiTHAin>r Do yon wsnt to learn Typewriting Do yon want to get a good,

thorough llDainess KdncatioaT Do yon want to attend a

BulRm eollcge which givea a thorough eonrse in Shorthand and allied branches and fits its students for eompetent umanneasifl work.

Do yon want to attend a school where the atudents are thoroughly drilled in all (lie duties required in n Hn>ineas Offlce and do actual office work before leaving school f

Do yon want to improve , yonr penmanrhif, and lesrn how to write a burfinesb letter?

Do you want get a Business Ed-ucation at s very moderate cost \there both boa-d and tuition are down to the very lowest notch T

All thtae wants may be aatiafled by attending ths Bnsinsss depart-ment of the

C l a r k w i l f e Academy Write for 'pirtlcnlara, Address

thu Principal. C. J. TIJANSUE,

j au rksv l l l e ,

Oliver's Locals

Get yonr watch andjewel-ry repaired a t Ol ivers and you will be satisfied. I U

W e fit the a^es with gl eo and give you. a perfect fit. Special attention to compli cated cases a t Olirer 's I t t

w.» c i v e l h e fljfery lowest pricfH mi watches, and our watches are the in the morke t nt A. D. Ol iverV ] .

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This Man

• s "blowing up" his wife because she didn't mprove the opportunity to save money by

buying her •

— G R O C E R I E S — ^ at lu^gors. Next time she - J m j f a o n

CHAS. K o C A R T Y

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1 have decided to close o m y en«re stock n

To do this in the shortest possible time I will sel.

for cash. This is no fike sale but a genuinf^1 1^ a t ^anufactiiro^ > 'ing Ouf o i eost

concedes we have the best stock of Shoes ^ «aie. Ever Qfit in r

you are assured of getting only Hi ^-owelj. de Footwear.

Tone Thus

Stock mi st be closed out by Janua

NOTICE TEE FOLLOWS 1 8 9 9 .

LADIES' AND MEN'S RUBBERS. S2 9 8 IS2 4 8

S2 00

Men ' s duck rubber boots, snag proof, former price >3.50, Closing out price

Men 's rubber boots, former price ^3.00, Closing out price

Men's Erics, high cut duck rubber , for socks, former pr ice ^2.50,

Closing out price Men's Ot tawa, high cut sock rubber duck vamp, former pr ice $2.25,

Closing o u t price

Men 's I tasca low sock rubbe r , snag proof , former price $1.7 Closing out price

Men's Hurons , low sock rubber , former price $1.50, Closing ou t pr ice

Men 's snag proof per fec t ion , for fel t boots, f o n n e r price, $2.00,

Closing o u t pr ice

Men 's snow excluder ar t ics , fo rmer pr ice ^1.60, Closing out p r i c e .

Men's ar t ics , f o n n e r p r i ce <1 .35, Closing ou t pr ice

All Men 's rubbers that former ly sold fo r 75cts, Closing ou t p r ice

All ladies ' rubbers that formerly sold f o r 50c, Closing ou t pr ice

Boys' and Youths' Misses' and Children's Rubber? at Cost to Closa

RICES LADIES' SHOES.

Ladies ' |k id bal, welt sole, good ,s ty le , 'P ingree & Smith make, . -

S2 jteN'S SHOE? Lad ie s ' t i ne winter tan bals, fas t colored eyelets, wcll sole, latest siyl», calf J i n e ( j *

Kelly's make, former pr ice ^3.50, C J O R l S extension e ' L ^ ' 0 ^ h o o f c » and e w i Closing out p n e e Q f r Q / i c e s $4,0o a n® '**' ^ W"', C.

Ladies ' kid bal and but ton, welt sole, latest style, Kel ly 's make.

SI 65 thi; niarkci lor our

j fo rmer price I3 .50 , Closing out pr ice

| Q I All Ladies ' ^2.00, $2.25 and $2.50 kid shoes m a I Closing ovtt price

Ladies ' kid bal and but ton, good style, ihe best q j former pr ice >1.50, 1 Q

Closing out price j l ( |

Ladies ' dongola bal and but ton, good style, regular $1.25 goods Q A fll | 7 Q Closing out price Q j j

P i / 0 l a d i e s ' heavy shoes we formerly sold a t $1.25, I1 .50 , 51.75 ; 'n < l ^2.00.

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S I 18 ®0's' m i Yoil,hs'' M|SS8S< 31111 Cliiidrsn's shoes, of whicli we lia«o 0 , the most complete slock In Lowell, every pair to be

::..4o sold at COST.

Our heavy lumberman's socks we have been seliing at %\ worth J1.25

38 50 Closing out price

All Men's 50 and 75c socks to go a t

nee. "" • • ' ' "B . n d h e . v y sol

th .p" ' " ' f o r " j e r p r i c e * t . J 5 .

We have any number of other Great Bargains that we have not space to mention, but aii must go at

put in your Spring stock of Boots and Shoes now.

GOMEL E A R U Y A N D GELT F I R S T C H O I C E

C E O . I V I . W I N

M e t o e r S o , e - " ' J tan ' ^ ^ shoi P r | c e S2.00, ' e x t e n s i o n edge

M e " u ' r ? d S e a " l l « » C , k ^ p r i c < . « « « ! , „ r k

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toyday to show yon j&N-O, tho now food • • • tho placo of coffoe. .may drink it without J ^ a tho adnlt. AU who « > ' " GRAIH-O has that ; I

m of Mooha or Java, ' ' from pure grains, and • >,

ato stomach receives it ' [ a*, i the prico of coffee. ' 1

id 8^ cents per package. . . tocars

• Coffee Coffee

3nr groccr glrrs you QRAI&O tatlon.

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how An-

iposilion

ncc In. ou crazy. iblc. £C. •clicf.

atcliing it. iu know it

•' mo&aing. tn be cured. Joan's Olnt^

i's Ointment ir any itchi-

Battle Creek

indcr of 197 Jreck, snya: 0 from eczema r 1 could bend uracked open, in addition to

.• they itched •ything I could of to stop the

ie to do so until ntment. I had by several peo-v;ould act like

ras which I tried ytil I was 00m-ftin of my hands Joan's Ointment i ind this is some d the treatment On of any return,

for sale by all jeuts. Mailed by Buffalo, N. Y., sole 8. Remember the

no substitute.

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obchkrgei IniUtloDi

InUuniiuatiu or ulcora

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Doings of thc Week Recorded in a

Br ie f Style.

CONCISE AND INTERESTING.

T h e Supromn Court I lumU Down it Num-

ber of Mont Iniporlunt DpcUloim—

W o m n n Shoo Ik Il.'r Dortor, Kill*

H e r DuuRlili-r mid 'J'lion SIIICIIIOM.

f)Icoiiiiiri;rrlui< I.aw K n o c k n l Oat .

In an ununi inous opinion wr i t t en by JtlHticc Hooker, t h e supreme court ho lds t h c o lenmaiyer ine law to be invalid. T h e mer i t s of t he l aw are not diseussed in t h e opinion, jihu opurt simply ho ld ing t lmt the law is defective iliaamueh ns t h e lep ' s ia t ive j u i n m U show t h u t it w a s w i t h o u t an i i iaeting elnnse when It passed the sen: ' , nml llinl the lunihe fai led to remeily Ihis defect . Tliis c lause w a s insert ed previous t o t l ie s i gn ing of the 1)111 by the jfovernor, and t h e a t tdrney-venernl urged t h a t t h i s w a s u Kuflieient eomplianee wi th t h c const i tu t ion. This content ion is denied by the court , on thu ground t h a t t he conHtitntionai provision is not merely directory, no par t of t he legis-lattvc power beitnr vested in the gov-ernor. The cour t says: " I t will bo much be t te r t ha t the legis-l a t u r e shal l correct its mis take t h a n t h a i t he courts shal l sanct ion the ir-r egu l a r correction in this case."

T h e court ' s re ference to the legisla-t u r e correc t ing i ts mis take is t aken as an indicat ion t h a t it believes the l aw is o therwise const i tu t ional .

"Itililo Iti-aitlnRH" In thc Schools.

In a case appealed f rom the Wayne c i rcui t cour t—which granted an order compel l ing thc board of educat ion of Detroi t to discontinue thc use of "Bib le Headings" in tho public schools—the supreme court reversed the order , de-o l a r i n g t ha t tho use of such book is not uncons t i tu t ional . The cour t says Ihe precise question involved is not w h e t h e r the pupil can be compelled to a t t e n d rel igious excrcises, nor neces-sar i ly whe the r the reading of the Ulblc or an ex t rac t f rom It cons t i tu tes a t e ach ing of rel igion or a m o u n t s to a r e s t r i c t ion of civil or polit ical r igh t s or pr iv i leges of such s tudents as do not ca re to a t t end upon the exercises. The conclusion of the court a f t e r a review of t h c au thor i t ies and laws is t h a t the r ead ing of ex t rac ts from t h e lUble wi thou t comment , is not in violat ion of a n y cons t i tu t iona l provision.

Ju s t i ce Hooker wrote the decision and only Jus t ice Moore dissented.

Silver UnllnrH «ro Lcp*l Tender .

About a year ago Fred A. l iaker , of Det ro i t , refused to accept 301 silver dol la rs from Stephen Baldwin, of Pon-t iac . in payment of a mortgage. Baker took steps to foreclose t h e mor tgage •and Baldwin filed a bill in chancery in t h e Oakland circui t court a s k i n g t h a t t h c mor tgage be discharged since h e hud tendered the payment to Baker. T h e l a t t e r contended t ha t t he congress of t h e United Sta tes had t rea ted silver tui a descredlted and debased metal and t h a t t he money ofiered by Bald-win was, therefore , not a legal tender . J u d g e Smith decided t ha t t he t ender of the silver In payment for the mort -g a g e was good and accordingly ordered t h e mor tgage discharged as paid. The case will be appealed to t h e supreme c o u r t of Michigan and f r o m t h e r e It is expected t h a t i t will go to the U. S. s u p r e m e cour t .

UxiireitH Compnnleit Miwt I'uy Wur Tux.

T b e Michigan supreme cour t has de-cided t h e case b rough t by Atty.-Gen. M a y u a r d o r t hc relat ion of numerous De t ro i t merchan t s and. manufac tu re r s , a g a i n s t t he American Express Co.. to compel t h e company to pay for t h c U. S. revenue s t a m p a t t ached to ship-p i n g receipts. The Wayne circui t c o u r t g ran ted such a mandnmus and t h e company appealed to thc h igher cour t , where the case was e labora te ly a rgued . The main quest ion in the case re la ted to t h e construct ion to be pluced upon the revenue act, and the cour t concluded t h a t as the sh ipper has n o t h i n g to do wi th issuing the receipt, i t was the c lear i n t en t of the law t h a t t h e company shal l give such a receipt as will b r ing the gove rnmen t the rev-enue provided, and the re fore the com-p a n y must pay the tax.

Oruwliw Wheat In Eicellcnt Condition. ; The ot&cial crop report for December says that t h e average condit ion of w h e a t i a ' t h e s ta te Dee. 1 was 100, com-par ison b«^ng with average years. T h e percen tages by sections a re as fol lows: Sou the rn count ies 101, cen t ra l 97. a n d n o r t h e r n 98. One year ago t h e percent-a g e fo r t hc s t a t e was 88. j F a l l pas tu re was r emarkab ly good u n t i l l a t e In the season. The condi t ion 'of live stock is pract ical ly a fu l l a v r -age. The figures a re : Horses and cat-t le , 97; sheep, 98, and swine . 90.

Detroi t Woman'* Tcrrihl.t Deed.

I While t emporar i ly deranged, Mrs. ' F r a n k D. Brooks, 1057 Russell s t ree t , 'Detroit, sho t and wounded her a t tend-i n g physic ian, Dr. 0 . S. Bell and a f t e r •ho h a d cscaped she shot and killed he r 9-ycar-old daugh te r , Bernice, and t h e n [bulcWcd. The husband and f a t h e r found the dead bodies of h is loved onus when lie re turned from his work .

Seven Allilun Stores Iturned.

Fire broke out in Rosseau's h a r n e s s store, nt Albion and the whole block of seven store.-, were destroyed. The loss is about £ 0 , 0 0 0 , with S J . f i O O insurance.

T h e Automulic Sweeper Co., wi th a capital stock of § 3 0 , 0 0 0 . was organized a t Marine City to munufucture the King carpet sweeper. The factory will begin operation at once.

The coroner's jury in the inquest over tho men killed In the new Won-der land disaster, a t Detroit, placed the Tcsponslbi l i tv of the horror upon J o h n Bcott & Co., the supervising architects .

A Cr,. /) I 'unncrn Tcrrl l . le llccil.

A f a r m hand named Wal te r l l i tchlnps bu tchered three people on the farm of Wm. Hun t , t w o miles wes t of Free Soil, Manistee county , w i th an ox and a kn i fe . The murdere r a f t e r w a r d s cut his own th roa t . The dead are: Wm. H u n t , Mrs. Hun t , T h o m a s l layward , a hired boy, and Wal ter l l i tehings.

T h e r e are no l iving witnesses of tho a w f u l t ragedy , but the s tory is told by su r round ing circumstances, l l i tehings w a s known to be s l igh t ly demented, b u t he was never very violent a l though quick tempered. He was a bro ther of Mrs. Hunt and made his w in t e r home wi th the farmer. l l ayward was 15 years old. The three men s ta r ted out t o c u t wood, and it is evident t ha t they had not long been ,at work when l l i t eh ings was seized w i t h an insane desire to kil l , and ra is ing his ax he b r o u g h t the sha rp b lade down on H u n t ' s head, cu t t i ng the skull open. Y o u n g l layward tu rned and ran in te r ror , but s tumbled and fell and the madman was upon him in an instant and crushed his skul l a t a blow. The t w o died a lmost i n s t an t ly , l l i t eh ings r e tu rned to Hunt ' s body and dragged i l t o a brush heap where he carefu l ly covered il up. but Hayward ' s body was only par t ia l ly hidden.

T h e insane man then ran hast i ly to the house, g rabbed his sister and wi th a hip. dull jack kn i fe te r r ib ly s lashed and cut her in several places before ho succeeded in cu t t i ng her t h roa t . T h a i the poor woman made a desperate fight for her l i fe was evident, bu t he r s t r eng th failed. The murderer made, two gap ing wounds in the back of her head, f rom which the brains oozed and then pushed tho body under the bed. He then w e n t up s ta i rs and t r i ed to cut his t h roa t w i th the jack kn i fe , bu t i t w a s t o o d u l l so, with blood f lowing from his hacked neck, he be-g a n to search for a razor. At t h i s poin t Mrs. Kri tzen, a Polish neighbor, and Hunt ' s eight-year-old daughter , r a n over in response to Mrs. Hunt ' s screams, l l i tehings s ta r ted a t tho wo-man, b rand i sh ing the bloody knife , and she caugh t up the one-year-old baby f r o m the floor and ran out. s lamming t h e door behind her, and fled to her home with the chi ldren. By the t ime he lp has been called and reached H u n t ' s home l l i tehings had completed h is awfu l work and lay at the foot of t h e s ta i r s wi th h is t h r o a t cut f rom ear to ear , and a bloody razor beside him.

Hun t lived wi th h i s second wife, w h o was a sister of his first. A son by t h e first wife, aged 18, lives near Seat-t le , Wash., and ano the r , aged 20, w a s a t work a t Millerton a t t he t ime of tho t r agedy . By his present wife Hun t bad two chi ldren, a g i r l of 8 and a boy one yea r old, who a re be ing cared for by kind neighbors . l l i tehings and Hun t were each a b o u t 50 years of age. Mrs. Hun t was abou t 45 years old.

Murder nt I.nnslni;. A m u r d e r was commit ted in Lansing,

t h e victim being Lawrence Edwards, aged 23, who w a s sho t and ins tant ly ki l led wi th in a block of the hear t of t h e bus iness section, unde r the p lare of an arc l igh t , and the murdere rs in their t e r ro r ran directly t h r o u g h the princi-pal business s t reet . Thos. and Bob I lanif lu had been d r i n k i n g wi th Ed-w a f d s and quarre led wi th him shor t ly before t h e murder . They were ar-rested soon a f t e r t he deed was com-mit ted. Both have criminal records and Bob had been released from Ionia pr ison only the day before.

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I t was rumored a t corps headquarters a t August , Oa., t ha t t h e 35111 Michigan would bo t ransfe r red to the Seventh a r m y corps, now commanded by Gen. OF Fi t zhugh Lee. T h a t corps is under or-ders to go to Cuba by Dec. 20, and if t he regiment is t ransfer red to l ha t corps the boys will ea t Christmas din-ne r somewhere near Havana.

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

John Cope drank himself to death a t Mayfield.

Mrs. Geo. Heimert , of (ialien, h a s gone insane over spiritualisui.

The huge t ank of the iioscommon wa te rworks burned. Loss S.100.

Marquet te people figure on b u i l d i n g an ice palace like t h a t at Montreal.

Louise E. Bahle has been appoin ted postmaster a t Sut ton 's Bay, Lee l anaw county.

The total season's shipments of i ron ore f rom the Crystal Falls d is t r ic t w a s 345,000 tons.

Peter Kouing, a steward on a s t eam barge, suicided at Menominee by drowning.

The National Prohibi t ionis ts of Shia-wassee have again amalgamated wi th the old par ty .

M. 0 . Youngs, of Detroit, was fined 850 and costs a t Lans ing fo r viola t ing the l iquor law.

Senator Burrows has in t roduced a bill to appropriate $100,000 for a publ ic bu i ld ing at Battle Creek.

A syndicate of Det ro i t and eas te rn capi lui is ts propose to connect Detroi t and Saginaw by a n elcctiric ra i lway.

T w o F. P. M. f r e i g h t t ra ins col-lided a t Northvll le. Both enjrin' .s and 12 loaded cars were completely wrecked.

George Webster h u n g himself in tho county jail ••' •iiieii. He was arres ted i. i • . i s wii'e while ho

was d runk . The official vote shows thai a to t a l

of 421,141 votes were cast in ihe s t a t e election. Pingree 's exact p lu ra l i ty waa 75,007.

J o h n Keid. aged 22. of Grand Rapids , went t o n dance. He quarre led wi th his best gir l , t heu went home and killed hlmscif.

Cannon Rooks, a cleric, aged 19, while h u n t i n g n e a r Stanwood, was ac-cidentally shot by a companion. He died f rom hemor rhage .

l leaton 's la rge Hour mill a t Lake Odessa was bu rned to the g round . Tho.loss IH $7,000, with small insur-ance. I t will be rebui l t .

George W. l.cc was ins tant ly ki l led by a Michigan Central t rain at Avery while across the tracks. Lee's neck was broken. The horses were unin-jured.

F rank Su t ton and James Nichols, who blew open a safe in the depot a t Mart in and who shot the ass is tant agent , were each sentenced t o 15years ' Imprisonment .

Mrs. KM jab Corby, aged 05, widow, was bu rned to death a l her homo in Hay townsh ip , Macomb county. The house w a s destroyed and the body burned to a crisp.

Char lo t t e disputed wi th her electric l igh t company and has been in dark-ness ' for 10 months. Au unders tandimr has been reached and a l l n igh t l ight ing will begin Jan . J.

F r a n k Debore, aged £3, Co. G. 3-1 Michigan died at Grand llaplds froa consumption. He was in exeelb hea l th when he enlisted and thedisca w a s caused by exposure.

• lonathan McHee, of Ypsilanti , " is over 10S years of aye. applied at 1

Arbor for a marriagn license. H got the lady's mine and went biti'l Ypsilanti to ascertain it.

Wm. Yanlente . agv 1 30, while Ii ing nea r Holland, .daccd i of his gun on a log. discharged, and t h head near ly bh: vr s taut ly .

1. M. Weston, formerly ont1

most prominent Democratic lioll of t he s t a t e and a business Grand Rapids, died in New Vo and was burled in his nntlvi Madison, Me.

Harry Uandnll, a popu la r j of Po r t Huron told his wife ago that he was going to die t ime. He was then in fair last week he died within the t ime he had predicted.

A l i t t le 0-year-old son of ler . of Jackson, while left few minutes , upset a ke: Tho blazing oil set tht clothes afire and befo reached him he was burned to death.

The fol lowing new poAofiiccs have been established: Jack l ine . Crawford county . Ueorge Hartman, pos tmas ter ; Oliver, Lake county. Alex Wolcott, postmaster . Postolllccst M a n l o n t o b e raised to presidential Jon. 1, w i t h post-master 's salary SI,100.

Bev. P. J . Sloane, of Owosso, gave a nolo for 8350 as premium insurance policy. When the note came due he denied the signature and refused to pay. He was sued awarded a judgement fo r 8357.45 against him, with costs.

Thomas Curtis, a convict n t J ackson prison, was severely scalded wh i l e cleaning a boiler in thc wagon shops, and died of his injur ies . He w a s 53 years of age and came to Detroi t l a s t April ou a two years ' sen tence fo r stealing a contr ibut ion box f rom a church.

Miss Ellon May Tower , a Detroi t hospital nurse who w e n t to Camp Wl-koff to care for sick Michigan heroes r e tu rn ing f rom Sant iago , and la te r went to Porto Rico lo cont inue her heroic work at the cal l of Uncle Sam, succumbed to typhoid- fever in Por to llico.

Ann Arbor en t e r t a ined the Sta te Hort icul turnl society a t t he i r annual meet ing. The addresses , papers and discussions were of u n u s u a l in teres t . Oftlcers elected: Pres iden t , J . C. Mon-roe, South Haven; sec re ta ry , E. C. Reid, Allegan: t r easure r , A. W. Slay-ton, Grand P.apids.

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I N T E R E S T T O

K E E P E R S .

Inasmuch as tho Wor ld ' s Fa i r and the Iowa and Minnesota Sta te Boards of Heal th, condemned baking powders containing alum It will be of UEC to OUT readers to have an ofllclal l is t of some of tho powders in order t h a t they may be able to dist inguish between them and the pure and wholesome cream ol t a r t a r article. Th is 1b not an easy mat-ter, as none of the a lum compounds la labeled ao such, but all masquerade aa "pure," "best In the world," "none so good," etc. Our space will not permit of a complete list and wo give tho pow-ders most generally sold In this section, which are known to contain a lum:

Calumet. I. C-Chapman's. Jaxon. Chicago Yeast. Kenton . Crown. Loyal. Climax. Perfect ion. Davis 0 . K. Rocket. Dellcatesse. Snow Ball. Gran t ' s Bon Bon. Unrivaled. Immense Value. Reject all brands sold with a prize or

a t twenty-five cents or less a pounu, as they are made of a lum. Be on the safe side and accept none o ther than Dr. Price 's Cream Baking Powder, which received the highest praise and honors a t the World's Fa i r .

News j f the Day as Told Over the Slender Wires.

D o | S T I C A N D F O R E I G N N E W S

nu* Increase In Our Kxporls nnd

Irjje Drcrenso In Our ImportH—

ilnnce of Trade With All CountrleH

Srenlly In Our l-'avor.

e report of Secre ta ry of tho Treas-!agc shows t h a t ou r foreign com-

cc of the fiscal yea r 1898 in many peets have been phenomenal . The lor ta t ions of the products of both d and factory exceeded in value those

any preceding year , and thc g r a n d )tal of expor ts w a s the larges t ever jeorded—averaging more t h a n 8100,-

[000,000 per month , t he total be ing 5 - 1 . 2 3 1 . 1 * 2 . a g a i n s t 81,050,093,550 in 1 and 81.030.278,148 in 1892. The value of ag r l cu i tu rn I p roduc ts expor ted was 8853.083,570, s'.irpassing by 851,-355,338 the hi' . 'best record, t h a t of 1892, Our manufu ' tu r . n. also made t be i r highest record, t:29 I . 0 : I7 . "54 , aga ins t 8277.285,391 in t h e preceding year . F o r the first t ime a lso in the his tory of ou r foreign commerce, t h e expor ts of do-

I mestic m a n u f a c t u r e s were g r ea t e r t h a n \ the imports of foreign manufac tu res , whi le thc to t a l expor t s of the year were twice as g rea t as the to ta l im-ports—a condi t ion here tofore un-known. Near ly all b ranches of t h e g rea t m a n u f a c t u r i n g Industr ies shared in th i s increase, par t i cu la r ly manu-factures of i ron and steel, l ea the r , boots and shoos, and minera l oils. Near ly all classes of tho groa t agr icul-tu ra l products made their h ighes t re-cord of expor ts in tho past year . T h c prices realized on nea r ly all i m p o r t a n t ar t ic les of expor t wero h igher t h a n in the proceding your.

" I n impor ta t ions , t he yea r h a s shown an equa l ly r e m a r k a b l e record, t he value of fo re ign imports be ing less t h a n in any previous year , w i th a sin-gle exception, 1880, though the popula-tion has increased 50 per cent s-ince t h a t time. T h c to t a l imports wero b u t 8010,049.054 in value, aga ins t 8704,730,-412 in the preceding year , and 8779.-724,074 a yea r ear l ier . The fa l l ing off w a s almost en t i r e ly in m a n u f a c t u r e s and ar t ic les of food. The impor ta t ion of wool m a n u f a c t u r e s was 814,823,771, aga ins t 840,102.992 in tho preceding year ; of cot ton goods, 827,207,300,

"u iu . uocu .w n i n s t 834 409 803 in 1897; of manufac -

L J ° 1 t a r e s of i ron and .Wcl, 812.OM.431, aga ins t 810,094.557 in t h e p reced ing year ; of e a r t h e n w a r e and china , 80,-087,300, a g a i n s t 89.977,297 a y e a r ear l ie r ; of glass a n d glassware , 83,782.017, aga ins t 85,003,808 in 1897; and of t in pla te , 83,809,148. aga ins t 85,344,038 in t h e preceding year .

This sa t i s f ac to ry condit ion of ou r foreign t r a d e extended t o ou r com-merce w i t h prac t ica l ly every na t ion . Oar sales t o Europe a lone increased 8100,420,001, wh i l e ou r purchases f rom t h a t section of t h e globe decreased 8124,258,514; and t o all thc g r e a t divis-ions, except Oceanica, t h e r e w a s an in-creased sale , and f rom all , except Asia and Ocean lea, decreased imports . Our exports t o Asia show a g r a t i f y i n g ga in , those of 1898 hav ing been 844.707,791, against 825,030,029 in 1890 and 811,045,-703 in 1880, t h u s having quadrup led since 1880, and near ly doubled w i th in two years.

Beport of l l i iwnl lnn ConiinlMloncrs.

Pres ident McKinley has banded to congress t h e repor t of the Hawa i i an commission toge ther wi th t h r e e bil ls d rawn by tho commission for tho gov-e rnment of the is lands as a pa r t of t b e United States. The principal one pro-vides fo r tho erection of t h e i s l ands in to a t e r r i t o r y of tho United S ta tes to be s tyled t b e te r r i tory of Hawai i . A governor , secretary of t e r r i to ry , U. S. d is t r ic t judge, a U. S. d is t r ic t a t t o r n e y and a U. S. marsha l are to be appoin ted by tho Pres iden t , and an i n t e r n a l rev-enue d i s t r i c t and a customs d i s t r i c t are to bo created.

Section 4 provides t h a t "a l l w h i t e persons, inc lud ing Portuguese and per-pons of Af r ican descent, and all per-sons descended from the Hawai ian race, on c i the r the pa te rna l or mate r -nal side, who were cit izens of t h e re-public of Hawai i immediately p r io r t o the t r a n s f e r of the sovereignty thereof to t h e Uni ted States, a r e he reby de-clared t o be citizens of t h e Uni ted States ."

Provision is made for a l eg i s la tu re t o consist of t w o houses—a sena te of 15 members, and a house of representa-tives wi th 30 members. These a r e to be elected biennially. Voters fo r rep-resenta t ives mus t be male cit izens, 21 years of age and of one year 's residence in the te r r i to ry , must have paid all taxes due t h e government , and m u s t bo ab le to read and wri te the Eng l i sh or Hawa i i an language. To be qualif ied to vote fo r senators ho must , in addi-tion to t h e above, own 81,000 wor th of real p roper ty upon which tho t axes have been paid, or must have an income of not less 8000 per year.

The b i l l provides fop the election of a

H O U S E -

While thc s teamer Aurora , wi th the Aurania , from Dulu th for Buffalo w i t h whea t , was w o r k i n g t h r o n g b the ice fields a t thc mou th of Detroi t r iver j flames b roke ou t and the capta in scut- , t i ed he r in 13 feet of w a t e r to prevent i de legate t o U. S. house of representa-to ta l des t ruc t ion . T h e w h e a t c a r g o I s ' tlves. and a lso provides t ha t t he con-a to t a l loss. The barge Auran ia w e n t j s t i tu t ion and laws of the U. S. locally ag round on Bar point . The s t eamer ! appl icable shal l have t h e same fo rce in

C. A. Bind . . u hvJi1. f rom Dulu th , wont w e n t ag round a t Bar point , also.

The Homeopathic Medical college of the U. of M. has a r r a n g e d fo r post g r a d u a t e lectures and a pract ical clin-ical course fo r th-i p r e sen t col legia te year . The courses a re a r r anged es-pecially for phys ic ians w i t h a r egu l a r pract ice and l i t t l e t i m e for s tudy. The cl inical course will be free. T h e lec-t u r e s begin on F e b r u a r y 14 and con-t i n u e un t i l March 3. T h e cl inical course begins Feb. 28 and cont inues fo r ono week.

T h e s ta te supreme c o u r t has affirmed t h e cons t i tu t iona l i ty of t h e l aw fixing a s t anda rd fo r all elder v inegars of-fered for sale in Michigan.

t he t e r r i t o r y o: Dawaii as e l sewhere in the Uni ted States.

Tho American peace commiss ioners have re jec ted Spain's r eques t t h a t , fo r a t e rm of years , the ships of t h a t coun-t r y a n d i t s products be a d m i t t e d t o Cuban and Por to Riean por ts u n d e r tho same r egu la t i ons and cus toms tar i f f as American ships aud products . ' I he Spanish commissioners were g iven such co . isolat ion as they may der ive f r o m the permiss ion to reapply, w h e n t h o d ip lomat ic re la t ions h a v t ^ b o o n re-newed , f o r sh ipping concessions u n d e r the reciproci ty scheme of the Dlngloy law, f o r which Senor Dupuy do Lome was nego t i a t i ng in Wash ing ton when tho w a r b roke out .

C O N G n E S S AT W O R K A G A I N .

Dur ing the second day 's session Sen-a t o r Vest, of Missouri, opened tho b a t t i e in opposition to expans ion by in-t roduc ing t h e fol lowing jo in t resolu-t i o n : " T b a t under the cons t i tu t ion of tho Uni ted States, no power is given to t h e federa l government t o acquire terr i -to ry to be held and governed perma-n e n t l y as colonies. T h e colonial sys-tem of European na t ions cannot be es-tab l i shed under our p resen t const i tu-t ion , bu t all ter r i tory acqui red by tho t h e government , excep t such smal l a m o u n t s as may be neccssarv for coa l ing s tat ions, correct ion of boun-dar ies , and similar governmenta l pur-poses, mus t be acquired and governed w i t h the purpose of u l t ima te ly organ-iz ing Mich terr i tory in to s ta tes su i t ab le for admission Into the Union." Navi-ga t ion laws were briefly discussed and then the Senate udjourimd. H O U S E . —

A session of half nn h o u r awns held, a t wh ich the doflciency bi l l ca r ry ing the ex t r ao rd ina ry expenses of t hc a r m y and navy from Jan. 1 t o Ju ly 1.1899 was reported. The repor t of thc Hawai ian commission was laid be fo re tho house nnd refer red , toge ther wi th bi l ls of-fered by Mr. Hill t<> car ry ou t tho rccommcndat lons of t h e commission.

Sena tor Vest (Dem., Mo.) called u p h i s resolut ion declaring; it to be uncon-s t i tu t iona l for this government to ac-qu i r e foreign t e r r i to ry except for coal-ing s t a t ions or some l ike purpose, un-less its in ten t ion w a s to confer s tate-hood upon the t e r r i t o ry and c i t izenship upon i t s inhabi tan ts . Iu a l eng thy speech Mr. Vest said t h a t It w a s a bas ic principle of t h i s government t h a t " t h e powers of the government were derived f rom the consen t of t h c gov-e rned . " and main ta ined t h a t t h e fed-oral government hnd no o n t h o n t y e i the r in mora ls or in the cons t i tu t ion t o go beyond t ha t principle. Sena tor P l n t t (Rep., Conn.) opposed Mr. Vest and said t h a t a t a l a t e r date he would go Into thc subject a t l ength t o nhow where in thc Missouri sena to r was wrong .

Dur ing the considerat ion of pension bi l ls Senator Vest (Mo.) protes ted aga ins t t he rush ing of such bi l ls t h r o u g h thc senate when the re was no t a quorum present and wi th only t h e t i t le being read. He was wi l l ing to pay munificently nnd l iberal ly in pensions, but insisted t ha t these bil ls should receive proper consideration. Mr. Gall inger (N. 11.), cha i rman of the senate pension committee, agreed wi th Mr. Vest.

Senator Hoar precipi tated a l eng thy deba te when he opposed tho appoint-men t by tho Pres iden t of sena tors as members of commissions whose ac ts would have to be passed upon by the senate. Tho confirmat ion of tho appoin tment of the Hawai ian commis-s ioners was und i^ Ji&cussion a t the t ime, and the m a t t e r was finally re-ferred to thc jddioiarv committee, w i t h ins t ruc t ions to inves t iga te and report .

Rep. Hepburn , of Iowa, Introduced a bi l l authorir . ing the Pres ident t o ac-quire by purchase f rom thc s ta tes of Costa Rica and Nica ragua fu l l owner-ship, jurisdiction and sovereignty of such land as may be desirable and nec-essary to const ruct and defend a sh ip canal f rom ocean to ocean. The bill also appropr ia tes 8140,000,000 to con-s tne t t he canal.

The house passed the ant i - t icket sciflping bill by a vote of 119 to 101.

Rep. Hull, c h a i r m a n of t h c house commit tee on mi l i t a ry affa i rs , intro-duced a bill . increas ing t h e regular a rmy to approximate ly 100,000 men. The bill was f r amed a t t h e w a r de-pa r tmen t and is no t t he bill f r amed by Gen. Miles. I t gives a to ta l of 14 regi-men t s of a r t i l le ry , 12 of cavalry and 30 of in fan t ry .

Senators Hale (Vt.) and H o a r (Mass.) presented reso lu t ions of ci t izens in t he i r states, r emons t r a t i ng aga ins t t he extension of American sovereignty over the Phi l ippine islands and against t he acquisit ion of fore ign terr i tory wi thou t the consen t of the people of such terr i tory.

Senator Morri l l presented a pet i t ion f rom the legis la ture of Vermont , ask-ing fo r the revival of the g rade of ad-miral , and recogni t ion of Rear Admira l Dewey. Mr. H a l e presented a bi l l to revive the grades of admira l and vice-admiral .

Senator McCaffrey (La.) in t roduced a resolutlop reques t ing the Pres iden t t o en ter into nego t i a t ions wi th Great Br i ta in for t h e purpose of modi fy ing the Clayton-Bnlwer t r ea ty in so f a r as i t in terferes w i t h the Uni ted Sta tes construct ing, o w n i n g or con t ro l l ing an Inter-oecaDic cana l across t h e i s thmus of Darien.

Senator Vest introduced a resolut ion providing fo r the appo in tmen t of a jo int commission composed of th ree senators and five members of the house, to invest igate t h e charges of corrup-t ion in the conduct, of tho w a r wi th Spain.

The u rgen t deficiency bi l l t o provide fo r the suppor t of t he mi l i t a ry and naval e s t ab l i shment s was passed by the house prac t ica l ly w i t h o u t opposi-t ion. There w a s not a word of criti-cism of the w a r d u r i n g the debate .

In response to the Pres ident ' s mes-sage Senator Hoar introduced a resolu-t ion for a commit tee to prepare nnd ear rv out p l ans for the ce lebra t ion of t h e centennia l of thc city of Washing-ton as capi ta l of t he United s ta tes .

The ant i -scalping bill passed by the house was la id on the t ab le in tho senate, a s imi la r bill hav ing a l ready been reported by the i n t e r s t a t e com-

merce committee. , . Senator E l k i n s in t roduced bi l ls ex-

t e n d i n g t h e l a w s re la t ing to customs, commerce and navigat ion to t be Ha-waiian islands and Por to Rico.

Senator H a w l e y offered a bi l l on thc l ines sugges ted by Gen. M i h s for the reorganizat ion of the a r m y wi th 100,000

men. A bill has been Introduced in the

senate authorizing the raising of the battleship Maine.

P E A C E T R E A T Y S I G N E D .

Bpuilsh a n d Amerloitn CommUnloners

Fin ish Their Work a t Paris.

The Uni ted States and Spanish peace commissioners concluded tho work nnd finally se t t l ed the t e rms of tho t r ea ty of peace. T h c Spaniards aro exceed-ingly b i t t e r over the resul t , t h o u g h observing t h e forms of friondlincfis nnd courtesy 10 the end. Oho of the Spanish commissioners snid: " I h e Eu-ropean na t ions have m a d e a g rea t mis-t ake is deser t ing Spain and leaving he r to spol ia t ion by the b r u t e force of a conscienceless g iant . They all k n o w that, in t h e Phi l ippines America bin taken more than she can digest . She will u l t ima te ly sell t h e is lands to Eng-land or Germany, and when the t rans-fer is a t t emp ted it wi l l precipi ta te gen-eral Europenn strife. Wc have refused to sell any island in t h e Carolines. Wo never t h o u g h t of cons ider ing nn offer. Nor have wo cohsentefL to negot ia te upon any quest ions Accept those di-rect ly involved in t h e protocol s igned a t Wash ing ton ."

T'IO Treaty I* filBnrd.

As soon ns thc t r e a t y of peace w a s ongrossud the commissioners held t he i r final mee t ing and signed the document , which conta ined 17 art icles. Af te r tho t r ea ty had been read in both Spanish and Engl i sh two copies were passed a round t h e table, t h e commissioners s ign ing them in t b e order of t he i r r ank ; William R. Day, Senator Cush-man K. Davis, Sena tor Wil l iam P. Frye, Whlte law Reid and Sena to r (ieorge Gray; Senor Montero Bios, Senor Abarzuza, Senor" Oarnica, Senor Vi l l au ru t i a and Gen. Corerero y Saons, each commission s i gn ing its opponents ' t rea ty . Both were tied wi th the Span-ish, Amer ican and French colors,

j Each copy contains tho Engl ish and I Spanish tex ts of t h e t rea ty in paral lel ; columns.

Wash ing ton : The official news of the . s i g n i n g of the peace t rea ty w a s re-I ceived in Washing ton wi th a genera l

feel ing of relief.

M a y Cause a Cabinet Crisis,

j" A special dispatch f rom Madrid says ' t he posi t ion of t h c cabinet Is most

cri t ical and t ha t t h c res ignat ion of t h e • min i s t ry is expected.

Gen. Garcia Is Dead.

Gen. Calixto Garcia , t h e d is t ln-gnished Cuban w a r r i o r and lender, and

' the head of the coramission elected by I the Cuban assembly to visit t h i s coun-; t ry to confer w i th Pres iden t McKinley

and members of congress, died a t t b e j Hotel Raleigh, a t Washington , where

the commission h a s i ts headquar te rs . The midden change f rom the w a r m

cl imate of Cuba, w i t h the ha rdsh ips ho 1 bail t h c r e endured , to the w i n t r y ; w e a t h e r of New York and Washington ! is responsible fo r t h e pneumonia which ; resul ted in his demise. In h i s dy ing ; momenta, as all t h r o u g h his busy and 1 act ive life, h i s f t h o u g h t s were for h is ' beloved country a n d i ts people.

Gen. Garcia was 60 years of age. He leaves an aged mothe r in Havana, a

; wife, t w o d a u g h t e r s and t w o sons. 1 One son was wi th h im when ho died.

Maj.-Gen. Jas . F. Wade, pres ident of tho U. S. evacuat ion commission a t Havana has received cer ta in instruc-t ions f rom Pres ident McKinley which seem to indicate t ha t he will he ap-pointed mi l i t a ry governor of western Cuba. Gen. Greene will be governor of t h e city of Havana. He has a l ready v i r tua l ly taken bold.

T h e U. S.-Canudian commission is n e a r i n g the end of its negot iat ions. Bu t i t is feared t h e reciprocity fea tures wi l l prevent an agreement . The Amer-icans have made a proposition show-ing w h a t concessions they can make, bu t i t is said to fa l l shor t of w h a t tho Canadians expected. The l a t t e r will o f f e r counter proposi t ions and on these t h e work of the commission mus t rest or fa l l . I t is expected t h a t t h e lumber schedule will be the principal poin t of difference.

T H E M A R K E T S .

L I V E STOCK. New York— Cattle

Best Kratios... 15 fl • Lower grodcH. .8 SiXai 00

Chlcaito— Best RradOi-.-.S 00^5 M Lower gra(leH..3&J(£4T5

Detro i t -Best Kra(les....4OJfcftl <0 Lower grades. .2 .•>0a3 8>

Hnffnlo— Best irrades....371^420 Lower grades. .2 S2®3 (W

Cleveland— Best grades....37504y Lower grades-SMdSOl

Cinelnnatl— Best gradeH....4 00ft4 40 Lower grades. .8 6o@l W

Plttsbarff— Best f(rade8....4S3®4 75 Lower grades..3 OJ04 00

Sheep l i 01 3 UU

Lambs Id i>i t> 00

Hon •3 74 3 50

4 as 2 50

& 3i 4 M

a 40 3 20

4 00 300

6 as 4 2J

8 30 810

4 40 3 »

5 40 4 2)

S4S 8 25

409 3 00

4 8i 4(M

8 40 810

400 3 00

6 01 4 W

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Wheat, No. 2 red

New York 74974^ Chlearo 68108^ •Detroit 67(167 }4 Toledo 67&67M Cinelnnatl 67267V4 Cleveland 67387 Pjttsbnrg 70 170# Untfalo 68 ft 68

I

OKAIN, ETC. Corn, Oats.

No. 2 mix No. 2 whlU B B S 2*329

40/1434 33<TS3i< 34381)4 33983# 84934 S3d8Stt s*e.ri 8iQ3i

2942## 28028#

28338 8)^30# 20 (20

«Dotroll-Hay, No. I timothT. W.W per toa Potatoes. ."Uc per bu. Live Poaltry, spring chlckt.us, 7c per lb: fowls, he: turkeys, 7#Ci ducks, oc. EgRs, strict ly fresh, 82c per doz. Butter, best dairy, Uc per lb; creamery, 21c

i "Hero" Hobson will go to Manila t o super in tend t h e ra is ing of several of t h e Spanish w a r vessels sunk by Dewey

! las t May, The secre tary of t h e t r easury ' s re-

p o r t of t he government ' s receipts and 1 expendi tu res f o r tho yea r end ing Juno ! 30, 1898, shoves t ha t Michigan 's to ta l ! con t r ibu t ions t o Uncle Sam's exchequer : f r o m customs, in te rna l revenue and | sa le of publ ic lands, we re 83,108,489. I Tho government ' s expendi tu res in | t ho state, in addi t ion t o sa lar ies and ! o the r fixed cha rges of t h e government service, amoun ted to 8818,000.

Premier S^gtt ta is reported to have said that If thtL United Statas insist upon Spain paying the Cuban and Phil-ippine debts she wil l honor her signac. tare to the extent o l her rt^urcea.

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FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. D O M E G O O D S T O R I E S F O R O U R

J U N I O R R E A D E R a

"A Great y* his Week's Btory—

Sketch of a Hoy W h o Took Editor

Oreeley's Advice—Steull i iB a Dlrd's

Nes t—l .ov lng Hurvlce.

A I.ittlc Bov'* Tronlite.

I IbnuRbf when I'd learned my letters, T h a t all my troubles were done;

Unt 1 tlml myse l f mlsiaken— T h e y have only Just beRun.

Learning to reail w a s awful . B u t nothlnp like Icarnim.* to write,

I'd be sorry to have lo tell It, Hut my copy-book Is a s lchU

T h e Ink pets over my rtngers. T h e pen eutn all sorts of nhlnefi;

Ami won't do at all as 1 hid It, The letters won't s tay on the linen.

Hut go np nnd down and all over. As thoURh they were danclnK " J'P—

T h e y are there in all shapes and rteec. Medium, little and blK.

There'd he s o m e comfort In learnl If one could Ret throuRh; Instead

O. that, then aro bonks awalllnf;. Quit" enough to erazc my head,

There's the multliilh-atlon table. And Rrammar. ami -oh. dear me?

There's no fruod place for stopping. When one has biRiin, I see.

My teacher says MtUo hy little To the niountnin top w e climb,

I t Isn't done in a minute. Hut only a step a l u t ime;

She says that all tho s c h d l a n . And all tho wise and learned men,

Ilnil each lo beptn a s I do; If that's so—where's my pen!

T H E C H R I S T - C H I L D .

H I S w o r l d hae whirled en lu Its way

Fa r nineteen hun-dred years.

Since Belhlehem's babe, who came in Love,

Wept over us Il ls tears.

Still swings above

the golden stax Tha t ou tha i night stood still

Above the humble village lun, By the Judaean rllL

And wise men seek the path today The crowned Magi found—

The mother hear t of womanhood Makes tha t , Ea r th ' s holy grouiid.

The s inging ongcls hover now Above the mauger , there.

Where God's l ight shone upon His brow,

Tbe Pr ince of Peace so fa i r !

The wondrous story, never old. Thri l ls on the wakened heart.

Who led us to His Heavenly Fold, W h o walked from men apart.

Awake, today, In spir i t s t ra in . Tbe song tha t never dies!

'Find out tha t g l i t te r ing s tar again. The scales dropped from our eyes!

For God's dear love is potent now As when His reign began;

The chan t ing of the seraph band Shames restless hear t of man.

Here , In our midst , t he Heavenly Dove Seeks an eternal res t ;

Descending from His throne above To hide within each breast.

"Wake! Bet ter Natures , sleeping long! Cast off the th ra l l s of sin!

List to the choir ing angels ' song And let the W h i t e Dove in!

Mute by the graves of vanished hates, Greet all In love today!

Li f t up your brows with hearts elate. ! And meet Him on our way!

—Richard Henry Savage.

"Waocail boo," a uuuen o: liuily or oilier evergreens on a polo, decked with ribbons and hung with oranges and apples, and sonietlmeB henrlng a pair of dolls, was carrlcd about in York-shire at Christmas nearly a century apo. And until IMO the "besant" was escorted hy a procession with music at Shaftesbury—It being a tree-shaped framework covered with ribbons, flow-ers and peacock feathers, on which were hung jewels, coins and o ther ar-ticles of value, loaned by the local gen-try. Hutchlns ' history of Dorset s lates In 1S03 that the decorations of this "besant ." or "byzant," or "bczon," as It was variously called, were sometlmea worth as much as £1,601;.

These and kindred customs prevail-ing In the England of a century ago are generally regarded by archaeolo-gists aa survivals of tree worship, which seems to have existed every-where.

Germany probably received the tree from Scandinavia, where the ancient legend tells of "Yggdrasll ," the ash. which hinds togeiher heaven, earth ..nd hell: Its branches spreading over the whole world, and reaching above the sky; Its roots running In three dl-

I

£ nstmasTree.

H E R E did the Chris tmas tree or-iginate? This is a question tha t doubtless w o u l d puzzle most people

.,to answer. I t came to us f rom Eng-land, and\Jt Is pret-ty well settled that U was taken there f rom Germany, for

the custom of se t t ing up a tree hung wi th gif ts a t Yuie-tlde was by no means universal In Br i ta in until a f te r the marr lago of Queen Victoria to a Ger-m a n prince.

Bu t prior to this there was a sor t of Christmas tree In England. The

" T H E WASSAIL DOB."

rectlons, one to the Asa gods In heav-en, one to the Frost giants, and the third to the under-world.

In the far East. Japanese sacred books, writ ten a d07.cn centuries ago. relate how the gods pulled np by the roots on the mountain Kager the Saka tree, on the brandies of which they hung Jewels, a mirror and blue and while peace offerlnca to tho shining goddess of the heavens.

The Hindoo I'arl.fata and Kalpavrls-kaha yielded a!i the objects of the de-sires of gods and mortals, and so, too.

bols) is the central spot of the ear th , while Its fruits—obviously the s t a r s -are ef bril l iant crystal and. reach Into the liquid vast ."

The pine of Cyhele and Atlls Is still to be seen ou the ancient baa reliefs, hung with bells, a reed flute, a wheel and other objects, and there are sacred birds among the branches and a ram

BASRELIEF.

boy goT' Wo; he went f rom town to town, from city to city. He would get the min is te r s to let him preach, and al the clone he would toll his story. "I have pot a boy who Is a wanderer on tho fare of tho earth somewhere ." He would doacrlbo hla boy nnd say: "If yon ever hear of him or see him, will you not wrl to to me?" At last he found tha t he had gone lo California, thousands of miles away. Did the fa ther say, "Let him go?" No; off he wont to the Pacific coast, seek-ing the hoy. He went to San Fran-cisco, and advertised In the newspa-pers that ho would preach al such a church on such a day. When ho had preached bo told his story, In hopes that tho hoy might hnve seen the ad-vert isement and como to tho church. When he had done, away under thc gallery, there was a young man who waited uiitll the audience had pone mil: then he ramo toward the pulpit. The fa ther looked and saw It was his own hoy, and he ran to hint, and press-ed him to his bosom. The hoy want-ed to confess, but not a word would tho father hear. He forgave him free-ly. and took him home once more.

1 tell you, Christ will welcome yon this minute If you will come. Say.

Sharp Pains k i Darting from one point to another, atlfl and ' swollen Joints, Inflammation, Intense But-

tering, are characteristics of rheumatism. All these painful symptoms arc cured by Hood's fiamaparllla which purifies the blood nnd neutralizes thajicld which is tho cause of rheumatism. Why continue to snflsr when you may be relieved by

Hood's Sarsapari l la Auierlca's Greatest Medicine. Price $L Prepared by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.

H o o d ' s Pills euro all Liver Ills. 25 cents.

UulDlity EsourHlonN. Excurs ion t ickets will ho sold nt all

s ta t ions on the JIorth-WoHtorn lino (C. & N. W. R'y , C. St. P. M. & O. R ' j , 8. C. & P. R'y and F. E. & M. V. R, R.) to nil other points on this system and on the Union Pacific Railroad, wi th in 200 miles of the sel l ing stat ion, at grcnt ly reduced ra tes . December 24, 20, 2C a n d 31, 1898, and Janua ry 1 aud 2, 1899, good until J a n u a r y 4, 1899. Apply to agen ts Chicago & Nor th-Westcrn R 'y for fu l l par t iculars .

I 'ne l t lc Const l . lmlted.

To California In three short days v ia

t> , Inat winter ' s route of Sunset Limited. I will ar ise and go to my l ather . f,*0 high a l t i tudes ; no snow blockades;

May God incline you to take this step, sunshine nnd comfort all tho way f rom

Chicago and St. Louis to Los Angelei nnd San Francisco. Wri te for lowest

, ra tes and i l lustrated pamphlet, giving | complete part iculars, to James Oharl-| ton. General Passenger Agent, Chicago : & Alton Rai l road, Chicago, Illinois.

There Is not one whom Jesus has not sought f a r longer than tha t fatfler. There has not been a day since yon left him but he has followed you.

FROM

and a bull s t and ing beneath, ready for sacrifice.

Pictures and other votive objects were attached to the laurel of Apollo.

Summing up all the evidence. It cer-tainly seems tha t the Chr ' s tmas tree hung with gif ts has descended to us f rom the tlmev' when decorated t rees laden with ' f f e r i ngs were worshiped as reprccentatlves of the abs t rac t "Universe tree," whose t runk was the cosmic axis, whose roots were In the under-world, and whose branches, l i f t -ed aloft Into the skies, bore up the heavenly hosts.

The custom of decorat ing the church-es with greenery a t Chr is tmas had Its origin In a pagan ceremony. T h e great feast of Saturn was held In De-cember, when the worshipers hung th s temple with such green th ings as they could find; and the Chrlstlaim adopted the same method to celebrate the bi r th of the Savior, giving it an emblematic turn by referr ing to the " r lgh teeus branch," and Just i fying It f rom Isaiah 55: 13—"The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree and the box together to beautify the place of my sanctuary ."

The holly, or holy tree, is called Christ 's thorn In Germany and Scan-dinavia, from Its use In church decora-tions and Its put t ing for th Its berries at Christinas lime.

A Gres l Day.

"Children," asked Miss Mary, the teacher, "do you know what day this Is?"

"Yes, m a ' a m ! " cried Hobby Wllklns, ! looking up with sparkl ing eyes. ; "Docs any one else know?" asked j Miss Mary.

No one spoke. 1 The boy John know very well wha t 1 day It was, but ho was off In the clouU.-. I th ink ing of William thc Conqueror, | and did not hear a word Miss Mary ; said. Billy Green knew, too, but he

had been reproved for chewing gum In class, and was in the sulks, and

' would not speak. Cf course Joe didn' t know, for ho never knew any th ing of that k ind ; nnd none of the girls were going to answer when the boys were reciting. So Bobby Wllklns was the only ono who spoke.

'I t is a day," said Miss Mary, look-ing round ra ther severely, "which ought to awaken joy In the heart of every American, young or old." Bob-by felt his cheeks glow, nnd his hear t swell. He thought Miss Mary was very kind,

"It Is a day," she went on, " to be celebrated wi th feelings of prido and delight." Bobby felt of the bright new half dollar In his pocket, and thought of the splendid kite at home, and of the cake that mother was making when he came away. Ho had not •vanted to come to school today, and now he wa.- glad he had come. He had no idea Miss Mary would feel this j way about It. He looked round to see | bow the others took It. and they all looked blank, except the boy John , 1 who was s tanding 011 the field of Hast-ings, and whoso countenance was Il-lumined with the joy of victory.

I "I t Is a day," said Miss Mary, with i j kindling eyes—for the children wero 1 1 really very t ry ing today—"which will 1 I be remembered In A merle as long as j freedom and patriotism sh ill endure."

Bobby felt as If he were growing taller. He saw himself in the presi-dent 's chair, or mounted on a grea t horse, like the s ta tues of Washington, holding nut a truncheon.

"One hundred and twenty years ago today," continued Miss Mary.

"Oh—oh. my! It a in ' t ! " cried Bobby Wllklns, springing It. "I t ' s only seven."

"Bobby, what do you mean?" asked Miss Mary, looking at him severely. "You are very rude to Interrupt me. Wha t do you mean by 'seven'?"

"My birthday," faltered Bobby. "1 ain ' t a hundred and anything, I'm on-ly seven!"

"Conu here, dear ," said Miss Mary, holding out her hand very kindly. "Como here, my little boy. I wish you very happy re turns , Bobby, dear. But - b u t I was speaking of the battle or Bunker Hill."

HtenllnK n lllrd's Nest.

Nobody wants to hear about the van-dals who go bird's-nesting, unless wc may be told that they have. In some

Can You Sol re This I'uxxln Vorso? A slmplo go-between am I,

fashion, come to grief; but a now and ' ^ S ^ V V h o u S s of Innocent form of lhat occupation has , And liberally divide.

men,

T H E Y U L E L O G ,

Christmas day iu the primit ive church was always observed as the Sabbath day, and. llko that preceded li' .in Eve, or Vigil. Hence our prcs-CUL Christmas Eve. On the night of

did the Iranian Harvlsplokhm, "the ; E v e > p e 0 p i 0 were wont to light ' ce of all the seeds." ^ c a n j i e 3 „[ a n uncommon size, call-

At cremation ceremonies In Bud- | f;f, Christmas candles, and lay a log of dhlst Slam a framework representing I w*ool l U 1 ) 0 n t he lire, called a Yule log

come into being, whereby one may car-ry off a nest and eg.es without break-ing the mother bird's heart . A wri ter In Forest and Stream tells how he goes on this quest.

I was out on a little expedition the other day, along the banks of thc So-roton river, near Stamford, Conn. The neck of land I sought is composed or rich, soft ground, and covered with a heavy growth of bushes. Beneath them Is n carpet of skunk cabbage and hellebore, and along thc margin, in the early spr ing, there aro brilliant patches of marsh marigold.

Near by Is a tall tree, and on the topmost twig a red-winged blackbird swung In the wind. At short intervals he ut tered a joyous "Kong-querrec!" which was doubtless a signal to his mate, and has been humanly t rans-lated as "All 's well!" As I approached his confident announcement was changed to a suspicious "chut ! chuck!" and then he launched himself Into tho air with a shrill and pro-longed cry of alarm.

1 pushed my way through tho under-growth and had not gone far when there was a flutter of bird's wings on my left, nnd the hen blackbird bung poised in air above me. There in a wild rosebush, perhaps four f ' e t f rom the ground, was the neat, and In It wero four beautiful blue eggs, curious-ly s t reaked and spotted with black.

I cut two straight poles and s lung them up horizontally, a few Inches apar t , almost directly over the nest. I made them as firm as I could by tying them to the bushes with cords, and by bracing them with s takes be-low.

I then placed my camera on the poles, with the nozzle pointing down between them at thc nest, and climb-ing a t ree stump, close to tho bush, I was In a position to focus the camera. I had a slow plate; so I pave It a short t ime exposure, with full sunlight, and obtained a beautifully clear plcaire of nest and eggs.

I set the soul of Shakespeare free. T o Milton's thoughts give liberty, Bid Sidney speak with freer speech . L e t Spenser sing and Taylor preach. Though through all learning sv/lft 1 glide, N o wisdom doth with m e abide."

If you can solve the foregoing, and send the cnrrect answer to George Heafford. General Passenger Agen Chicago. Milwaukee & St, Paul Rai l way. Old Colony Building, Chicago, to-gether wi th a two-c nt s tamp, ho will send you what It calls for.

A woman never forgives a m a n hi« fa i lu re t o ask to be forgiven.

A lazy liver makes n lazy man. Bur-dock Blond Bi t te rs is t he na tu ra l , never f a i l ing remedy for a lazy livor.

Wben mar r i age is u fai lure the hus-band Bometimes l iquidates.

TESTS PATIENCE. T h e Most r a t l c n t IVople Must Bhntr An-

noyance at Times .

N o t h i n g spoils a good disposit ion quicker .

No th ing t axes a man 's pa t iencc Like any i tchiness of t be skin. I t c h i n g piles almost drive you crazy. All day It makes you miserable . All n i g h t i t keeps you awake . I tch . I tch . I tch . With no relief. J u s t t h c same wi th eczcmn. Can h a r d l y keep from scra tching it. You would do so b m j o u know i t

makes you worse. Such miseries are daily decreasing. People a re l ea rn ing they can be cured. L e a r n i n g tbe mer i t s of Doan's Oint»

ment . P l en ty of proof t h a t Doan's Oin tment

j wi l l cure piles, eczema, or any itchi-I ness of t be skin.

Read the tes t imony of a Ba t t l e Creek citizen.

Mr. A. G. Ayers, bookbinder of 197 I West Main s t ree t , Ba t t l e Creek, says: j My b a n d s became so sore f r o m eczema

t h a t it w a s w i t h difficulty I could bend my fingers. T h c sk in cracked open, large scabs formed and in add i t ion t o the spots be ing t ender t hey i tched

• in to le rab ly . I t r ied e v e r y t h i n g I could 1 hea r a b o u t or ge t hold of t o stop the

ring T rc* j t roub le b u t I was u n a b l e t o do so unt i l A lady was walking homeward from j procured Doan's O in tmen t . 1 h a d

a shopping excursion, carrying two or ; hea rd i t spoken a b o u t by several peo-three packages In her hand, while by j pic b u t a s I t h o u g h t i t wou ld aot l i k e

y to

but

a tree, to which are lied limes and nul-shclls containing money and lottery tickets, occupies a prominent place, and a f te r the rites these " f ru i t s , " which are called "karaphruk," a re scrambled for by the crowd.

In Upper India the scavenger caste carry In processions, in honor of their god Zahlr, a bamboo f ramework deck-ed with bright colored cloths and pea-cock feathers, and hung with fans and bunches of cocoa nuts.

Luclan described trees covered with o rnaments and sacred a t t r ibutes which were brought each year to be burnt offerings to the goddess Atergatls at Hlerapolls of Syr ia : and he told also of grea t trees, loaded with soats, sheep.

vBarmenUi nrul BQUI and silver objects which were burned before tho Syro-Phofenlclan gods.

Conventional, or "made-up" trees aro pictured on Babylonian cylinders,

e o f ' the bilingual hyvnmKillhs

or Chris tmas block, to Illuminate the house, and, as li were, to turn n ight Into day. This custom is still kept up in the north of England. The size of these logs of wood, which wero in fact great trees, may be imagined from the f a d that In the time ot the civil wars of the last century, Capt. Hosier burn t tho house of Mr. Barker of Haghmond Abbey, near Shrewsbury, by set t ing flro to the Yule log. At the bringing lu of the Yule log at Chris tmas Eve In tbe ancient castle of England, the great hall ot the castle was profusely decorated with ivy and holly berries. As soon as the log was lighted the Chris tmas festivities be-gan. The se rvan ts were theu given a general holiday and did not go to bed at all, but rambled abont until tho church bells called lhem to prayer a t 12 o'clock. The word Yule sif:nlfl«B

i Christmas, which was called In tho >f*fetln or WeiWrn tf*ivh F«WBt of

lated by Prof. Sayce describes how the : Lights, because they used many lights "Place of the Tree" (of which these j or candles at Us celebration In honor pictured trees were undoubtedly sym- 1 of Christ , tho Light of all Lights.

A Hoy W h o Wont West.

A number of years ago, before any railway came into Chicago, they used lo br ing in the grain from the western prairies in wagons for hundreds or miles, so as to have It shipped off by the lakes. There was a fa ther who had a largo farm out thcre, and who used to preach tho gospel as well as to a t tend to his farm. One day. when church business engaged him, he sent his son to Chicago with grain. He waited and walled for his boy to re-turn, but he did not come home. At last he could wait uo longer, so be saddled his horse and rode to the place j where his son had sold the grain. He found tha t he had been there and got the money for his grain; then he be-gan to fear tha t his boy had been murdered and robbed. At last, wi th tho aid of a detective, they tracked him to a gambling den, where they found tha t he had gambled away the whole of h is money. He had fallen among thieves, and like the man who was go-ing to Jericho, they stripped him, and then the - cared no more about h im. What could he do? He was ashamed to go homo to meet his fa ther , a n d he ' ieJ . The f a the r knew what i t all meant . He knew the boy thought ho would be very angry with him. He was grieved to think tha t h is boy should have so little confidence In him. Tha t is J iUt««c t )y t f l fen t f io s l n i n : Xf t th inks because he has t inned God will have nothinr. tn •! v i t h bim. But what fllf t.Vt fa lhe : t1 -ny. 'L^t the

her side walked her little b;." .^TUe child was weary; the little ' to lag and soon a walling

"I 'm too tired! I want let me wide homo!"

The mother looked abi there was no street car goii s n her direction. She took one ot the parcels and gave It to the child.

"Mamma Is tired, too. and Will ie must help her to got homo. She Is glad she has such a brave little man to t ake care of her and help her to carry the bundles."

Instant ly the little fellow s t ra ight -ened, his step quickened and he reached for tho offered parcel, s ay ing s tout ly :

"I 'll ta r ry 'em all, m a m m a , " It was only the old, old lesson that

our Fa ther Is a lways teaching us : " I s tho homeward way weary? Try to l ighten another 's burden and the lov-ing Fervlce shall smooth t h i n e own pa th . "

all t he o t h . r p repara t ions w h i c h I tr ied I wa i t ed some t ime u n t i l I was com-pel led f r o m t b e condi t ion of my handa to do someth ing . Doan 's O i n t m e n t cured m c Dp to da te , and th ia is some m o n t h s a f t e r I s topped t h e t r e a t m e n t , I have bad no ind ica t ion of any return.

Doan 's O in tmen t f o r sa l e by a l l dealers . P r ice 50 cents. Mailed b y Fos te r -Mi lburn Co., Buffa lo , N. Y., so le a g e n t s fo r t h e U. S. Remember t h e n a m e Doan 's and t a k e no substitute.

Satan smiles every t ime he sees t w o men trying to trade* horses.

"Citn't On.| CountT"

Two children were carrying a baske t of cakes to t he i r g randmother . As often happens wi th chi ldren—and wi th grown people, too—they were cur ious to know what was in the basket , and so they carefully raised the corner and looked in. When the i r greedy eyes saw the t empt ing cakes their mouths fa i r ly watered to t ake them. After count ing them over several t imes they a lmost made up their minds to eat Just ono of them. Nobody would know It and It would taste so good!

Whi le they were gazing at the cakes and just ready to t ake one, t he l i t t le girl looked up in to her bro ther ' s face and thought fu l ly asked the mat te r -of -fact question. "Can ' t God count?"

T h i s settled the m a t t e r Immediately and all t he cakes were carr ied to their grandmother .

J Try Qrain-O! Try Qrain=0! Ask you Grocer to-day to show you apnekngoof GRAIN-0, the now'food > •

drink that takes tho placo of coffee. Tho children may drink i t without

in ju ry as well as tho adnlt. All who . . t ry it , like i t . GRAIN-0 has that J r ich seal brown of Mooha or Java, " ' b u t it is nndo from pure grains, and < >, tho mostdclicato stomach receives i t without distress. ^ the prico of coffee. " 1

15 cents and 25 cents per package. I ! Bold by all grocers

T a s t e s like Coffee Looks like Coffee

InBist that yonr grocer elves you QRIQM) ] i Acccptno Imitation.

i m e her, husband-to d r ink arid be unao le t o urlve a nan for the same reason—both pads boin?; soft .

u » ojs.

CURE YOUISELFI . XJm Big « for onnstara^

olschsrses, InlUmiuotioi,,' 1 IrnUtlons or ulcomr

i - - — of m u c o u s tnem IPitriBU cmiuus. PaUWu, sod n \THtE»AN3 CHEUICUCO, goat oi poliono

• o M k y

reqiuii-

Sranritts. Best Cough

A SUIT SLASH! A Suit Crash!

A VOLLEY OF VALUES! A Burst of Bargains!

Men of Lowell, Don't, Don't be Blinu to Your Own Good! Our stock of Gele i rN v .

WORSTED AND FRENCH BACK SUTS MUST GO! It's the Suit chance of your life! Too little room, too much stock for too little time. Our profits now

are in the room, in the Clearance, in the ready ash , in the great advertisement of pleased patrons.

TWO WEEKS ONLY, NO LONGER! SALE NOW ONI TWO WEEKS ONLY, NO-LONGER!

Lot Special, 75 Pairs.

Menu all wool bUuk Cluy wormwl jnuQtB, r aup lnp In pr loe rrom 4.NI to

(2 weeks only) For this S a l e . . . S3 87

Lot No 8B40

i O s r r r s ONLY - AH wool i - O blMk Clar wors ted 16 07.. R huitoL cutaway, f u n u e r m a i n lined, yokud and piped, fanny ntrliied Hleeve llnlnp, K N & F made. P o r -mer p r l re Hi-50.

(2 weeks only) M A Q H For this Sale p Q 0 /

L o t N o 6 3 7 5 .

ns r r r s O N L Y - A U wool uiaok Clay wanted . IK 07., :i button

outawuy, farnier sutln lined, fancy Htrlimd KlBeve l i n i n g . K N & F made. Former jn .j*- $l3.7fi.

(2 weeks only) For this S a l e . . S987

Lot 4;{K8

n SUITS ONLY - Inijiiirtdd nil wool blauk Clay worsicd. !i 1.111-

ton cutaway. 20 oz fanirnr HULIU lined. Htrined Hleeve llninc. K N A F niadi:. Foru'er price 114.50.

(2 weeks only) C I 1 1 if Q For this Sale. • • p X l x O

Lot Nc 26 .447 .

I K s r r r s ONLY-lni i iorted all • wool (rrcy Clay vv-irmed. fancy jilaid. 1 07.. extra fai'mcr satin lin-ed. satin pljied. fancy Htrtjifd iileeve Uultm, extra trlnim. iighnut. K N it F nittfle. Fonnur price ClA.Mi

(2 weeks only) F o r t his c i i l e . . 21248

Lot No 1200.

"I n SUITS ONLY—not all wool. 1 I eack Buits. f a r m e r sa t in lined.

Htriped sleeve llninR. tboroughly we l imade . Former price 15.76.

(2 weeks only) F o r this S a l e . . . S3 98

Lot No. 26,448.

1 O SUITS ONLY—Imported all J . wool Clay worsted Ih oz. double breasted, square cut . f a rmar sat in lined, fancy Htriped sleeve lining. K N & F made Former price 812.50.

(2 weeks only) For this S a l e . . S892

Lot No 26,449.

1 O SUITS ONLY—Imported all 1 O wool Clay worsted, double

breasted. BQnare out. farmer satin lined, fancy sleeve linlnR. K N 4 F made. Fi inner price 114.50

(2 weeks only ) For this Sa le . . , S1048

1 O s r r r s ONLY —imiMin "d all 1 <J wool Frcncli back Mack •iiilth.

beary Italian lined, fmicv srrhved sleeve lining wl lb arm sbleldH. New York made. Fonner price (15.;. .

(2 weeks only) F o r this S a l e . . S1187

Lot No. 1490.

1 A s r r r s ONLY-AI I wool black J- ^ Clay 14 or.. Hack Hulta, I t a l i an lined, f ancy str l j ied sleeve lininft. New York made F o r m e r pr ice . W.BO.

(2 weeks on ly ) F o r this S a l e . . . S648

Lot No. 2164.

1 Q SCTTS ONLY—Imported all J . O wool Clay wors ted . IS oz, sack su i t s . French voked and piped, l a r -IIIHT sa t in lined, fancy s t r tned sleeve l luinp. New Ytirk made . F o r -m e r price •18.50.

(2 weeks only) F o r this S a l e . . S892

Lot No 6436.

1 Q SCTTS ONLY—Imported all 1 O wool Clay wors ted , flu or., sack

su i t s . F n m o b yoked and •pljied I t a l -ian lined, ex t r a beavv. fancy blue s t r iped sleeve l ln lnc K N 4 F made. F o n n e r jirlee 514.50.

(2 weeks only For this Sa le . . SIC 48

Ix i t N4. 3<>.4+«.

|£> SUITS Onjr—Inqiorted all 1 U wool blaoli Clay worsted. I! but -ion cutaway. 20 oz. extra beavy fanner sai ln lined, fancy strijjeil sleeve linim: K N & F made. For-mer price $15,511.

(2 weeks on ly ) For this S a l e . . S1248

Lot No 6197.

in" SCTTS ONLY Imporud all • I wool blue black Clay w.atrted, iP 07.. 11 button cutaway. Italian lin-ed. fancy blue striped sleeve lininu. K N & F made. Fonner price •H..5

(2 we- ki. only i- i»r i r i s Sale. . S1287

L d Ke 6452.

9 SCTTS ONLY imported all wool black Clay worsted, *(' oz,

:i button eutawav. ejctni farmer sat-in lined sutln jiliM'd. fancy strlpe<l sleeve l iniue. K N & !• made. Fonn-er price ?ni.50.

^2 weeks ouly) For this Sale. . . S1287

Lot No. 1490.

1 C SUITS O N L Y - A l l wool Clay 1 -worsted IB m . sock mxits, f a r -

m e r s a t i n lined, yoked and p iped , f a n c r sleeve l ining. Former p r i ce

(2 weeks on ly) F o r th is S a l e . , . S792

Lot No. 2164.

"I r j SUITS ON LY—Imported all A I wool blBcl; Clay worsted. 8 bu t ton cu taway . I ta l ian lined .yok-ed and piped, balf faced, f ancy sleeve l ininc. New York m a d e . F o n n e r pr ice fl3.

(2 weeks only F o r th is Sa le . S948

Lot No 6451.

| c S U I T S ONLY—®ea^-y impor t -' O ed all wool C j ty worsted.SO os .

suck Hulls. F rench yoked and p iped . ex t r a btiayy f a r m e r sat in l ined, f ancy blue sleeve llnlnc. K N 4 F made . F o r m e r jirloe IP15.50.

(2 weeks only) F o r this Sa l e . . S1087

l,i»t >'<• ^ . 4 7 4

1 - , s r r r s ONLY 1-up .ried aU 1 / w.i.il .iluiik oiu.v W.iraec. ao -i/.. • r.'ru Heavy fuvu •! iiattn Un—.l. ..u \ strijMMi sleeve liulim K N 4

1' made tl Is lot is ctiminmed of e*-trasr/.e-. fnun 44 ii• IVI lu frock suits 'iniy. Former jirlee illi.nti.

(2 wet-ks only) For iliis S a l e . . S1248

Lot No 4365.

1 S U I T S ONLY—Imported ' wool Clay worsted sack si

all ""««•

line sa t in lined and paneled w i t h fancy s t r iped sa t in , white s a t i n sleeve l ln lncs K K & F m a d e . F o r -m e r pr ice •ill 50.

Lot No. 6373.

US U I T S O N L Y - A l l wool CUy wors t ed . IB oz, s inple bream-

ed, squa re ont. f a r m e r sa t in lined, fancy s t r i ped Hleeve l ining. K F 4 F made. F n r m e r pr ice t i l .75.

(a weeks only) £ 1 7 A A For th is Sale j j /

Lot No. 925.

U S U I T S ONLY - Hea%T im-por ted all wool d a y wars ted .

IH oz. sack sui ts F rench yoked and jilited. fanc> Htitcbed. wi th a rm Hhitild. e n r a heacy f a r m e r natln lined, f ancy blue strl j ted sleeve lin-ing. New York made F o r m e r price •I8 7n.

(2 weeks r n ly) For th i s S a l e . . . S987

Lot No 5627.

1 A S U I T S ONLY-lmjKir te f l all I ^ wool grey Clay worsted. SMK.

sui ts . IK oz. f a n n e r sa t in lined, blue Hirl]ied sleeve l inlnp. K N 4 F made F o r m e r price 814.

(2 weeks only) For th is Sale . . S1087

I. .1 9 6 6 1

H SUITS ONLY ImjMirted all wool g r ey Clay wur.agtl. fnocy

plaid, suck suit*. IK oz. f a l s e r s a t i n lined fancy s t r lp -d sleeve l inings. K N 4 F made. F o r m e r price •15.50

(2 weeks only) F o r t h i s Sa le . - S1248

Lot No 6 4 6 2 . 117 S U I T S ONLY —Imp' iried all 1 i wool black Clay worsted, aii oz. S k i n n e r sa t in lined. Item qual i ty , ex t r a qua l i ty fancy str i jmd sleeve l ining ex t r a t r immed t h r o u g h o u t . K N 4 F made. F o r m e r price IIH.50

t2 weeks only) F o r this S*lf . S1448 (2 weeks only)

For th is Sa le . . S1448

Lot No. 6374.

"1 Q S U I T S O N L Y - Impor ted all X V-» wool Clay wors ted 16 oz. sack suits, f a r m e r sat in lined, yoked aud piped. Tanty sleeve l ining. F o r m e r price •I2.5«.

(2 weeics only) For this S a l e , . . S862

Lot No. 6774.

•1 O SUITS ONLY—impar ted all A O wool grey Clay worsted, ihoz, I ta l ian Unnd, fancy nlue stxlped sleeve l ining. K N 4 F made. For -mer p r i c e ina

(2 weeks only ) For this S a l e . , S948

Lot No B558. 1 A SUITS ONLY -Imported all I T t wool black Clay wor t t ed . ex-

tra huavy f a r m e r s u u u lined, fancy Hleeve l iu inc . K N 4 F made. This lot Is eomposed of ex t r a sizes f rom 44 to ho in sack su i t s only. Formia-price KM 80

(2 weeks only) F o r this S a l e . . S1148

L<»( \ « 11 *'3..

I Q SCTTS ONLY—Imparled ail I O wool black Clay worsted l«oz, u but ton cu taway, e x t r a f a r m e r sat-in lined, sa t in piped, fancy str iped sleeve l ining. New York made. F o r m e r pr ice t in ft1).

(2 weeks only) F o r this Sa le . . . S1248

Ut lo 26,453. l Q S U I T S ONLY—Imported aU 1 O wool F rench back. HO oz.

heavy I t a l i an lined ex t r a line, sack Hulls"fancy s t r iped sleeve llnltig. K N 4 F made. F a n n e r j irice $16.10.

(2 weeks only For this Sa le . , SI448|

I

The best advertiseu i The most patronized! The least criticised! The most eulogized!

Ask anv man or woman whai store it is of which the above can be sp.id. and is being said, and every one will answer,

It means to the merchan t who bas done a

wonderful business, a tossed, tumbled stock, it means

odds and ends, tbe surplus of a seasonable , stylish,

serviceable mcrchundise tha t must move at any sac-

rifice. T h e t ime for profit is past, the t ime to clear

the decks is here. It means make r o o m for Spring

stocks, i t means a Clearance, Un load ing Sale tha t

must—« ,ill s tar t with an i rresir table momen tum—the

biggist bombardmen t of

" S L X I S I S '

Don't coivir to us, we repeat , if you're looking lor '-all wool si. for $.- 49, satin-lined overcoats for 1 3 . 3 ^ " or for r ol ' l dollars at 42c, or something for no th ing .

We ' re tMit-aired in U-pitrmitle business, not b u n c o steering. H you will insist on hunting for these th ing go to the man whose creed is: "1 be-lieve there ' s a sucker horn even- minu te , " and bite at the "line ba i ted with paper promes and fanciful pic-

tu res Bui— -

Jf ) our desire is a tasty, stylish suit, which was o i l b y a skilled designer and not by a man with a

•rat ax, which is hones t ly sti tched, instead of be ing

? - d with sealing wax, ' ' T R - t i s t a c t i o n here.

f

every taste and purse will LOWELL, MICH.

Mens' and Boys' ClolUng This city has ever seen! A volley of values that will

vibrate th rough every economical .purse for miies

around. T h i s means a great deal when we make up

our minds to use the knife. An old c lo th ing mer-

chant looks over these goods and asks bcSc these

things can be. A c lothing manufac turer f rom an-

other city gazes and says; "If 1 were to offer such

goods at such p n e e s at home, they would think I

was p repar ing to fail ." Take all this seriously and

get your i.hare in the savings. We are not on our

vacat ion when we quote such pr ices a s these—yon

might as well save from S J to $10 as no t—tha t ' s the

way llyy'Te going."

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