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VOL. IV NO. 33. L O W E L L , K E N T COUNTY. MICH., F E B R U A R Y S , 1897 .

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~ GENTLEMEN, |

< • ' • r j

I Get off the Earth! I • • |

That is—Get a pair of our $ 3 . 0 0 C o i n T o e B o i > 5

£ clod O a l f B a l s , witii extra he^'y solet:, on your feet 3

^ and van will then be olf tlie earth. 3 r 3

| YOURS ? FOR 9 FOOTWEAR, 3

| G & O . AA. W I N E G f l R . |

TAKE COMFORT.i ^ ^ w A K . A . • ckge , i e a h b n v s I 1 0 R k a t e f l b l | t ^

poin-' too Kkatc jes' tie same, jloy is.— All tliU life Is worth is the pleasure and comfort Leslie's Weekly.

there is in it. One way to keep comfortable during cold win-ter weather is to use and wear

GALLOWAY ROBES, COATS AND MITTENS,

Which you can buy at prices to correspA \ ir i th tfle times of

NASH, Dealer in Agricultural Tmplements, Wagons, Carriages, Sleighs

.and Cutters, Lowell, Mich

A Nil Tii l;Y DIM. PulntinK a SloraL

"I don't Vnow," rcmaked Senator Sor-ghuhi, "when I was more impreflsed with the fact that there is frequently a valuable lesson to be drawn from the most trivial circumstance than I was at dinner the oilier day. One of thcchil* dren pot the wish bone."

"Oh, yes. One talcos one eml and an-other takes the opposite, and the one. who «rets the longest is supposed to get his wish." .

"ExactJy. And I took occasion then and there to Impress upon their youth-ful minds how much in thin life depends on having a good pull."—-Wa«hingtou Star.

r H « 3 ^ i t i t S t f t t t t t t t t i t i J ' < :

How about that Spring Suit? m

I I can nt you out, giving1 you a ^choice of all the^

ft? best g'oods in the market. An endless line to select from ^

Hi and prices v.ery low. Best workmanship and latest

styles. Don't make a mistake, for my prices ar^ lower ^

than ever. Call on the old stand-by merchant tai'.or, j j j

III B. C. SMITH. HI Hi ^ Hi h i t i t i t i t i t i t i i t i t i t i t i t i t t ^

=1L0WELL PLANING M I L L , ^ W . J . E C K E H & S O N , P R O F 3 . , A N D D B A L B B B ZN

Lumber, Lath, Shingles and Cedar Fence Posts,

JlAS'UFACtUllERS 0F8AEU. nnOK."". BLINDS, DOOR AND WINDOW FRAMES AND SCREEN'S. MOUI.CING, KXIUIJITION AMD SHIPPING COOPS. DRIED

APPLE BOXES, EFC.. MATCII1NU. RE SAWING AND j;>B WORK, WOODEN EAVE TROUGHS.

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

WF. KILL SEND YOU S:t

The Micliigaq Farmer A N D * H B

AIN. LOWELL LEDQEft

Both one Year for only $1.50. You can find no Agricul tural paper that will give yon a as much eolid,

clio il mat te r devoted to the farm as the Michigan F a r m e r with its 20 tilled each we k with articles from the moat practical and succcssful

rs in the country. he murla't reports ^.re as compltte and reliable as lime aud money can

em. d direct lo the Michigan Fa rmer , Detroit; 'Mich, for a free sample.

Address all oiders for subscriptions to V T H E L E D G t j n , Lowell, Mich.

r. E. LOVETT, IL'usc I' inter, .

I\i] * J Linger,

(trainuuj, did tyecralot.

•(xlazi\ and

] \ \ L I 2 inling.

DEAD IN THE SNOW.

Only T»i» "There have been a number of po-

litical parties developed of late years," letnarked the young man.

"Yes," replied Senator Sorghum, "a preat many unfamiliar names for or-ganizations have been brought to at-tention. Hut af ter all, there are only two great pofitical parties."

"You mean the democrats and the re-publicans?"

"No, sir. I mean the oflicq-jjeekers and the ofliee-holders." — Waamiiftiton Star.

F a n n e r Selleck Imbibed t o o F ree ly a n d Lay Down t o d ie .

Ionia J a n 29.—Joseph Hellock, n

farmer of Orleun-?, was found dead in

iho sn.iW beside the railroad in tha t

township this morning. Scllcck vis-

ited Ionia yesterday, imbibed freely

of intoxicants and returned home

After doing his chores he again

started out for Shiloh to attend a

Maccabee meeting; H e arrived there

at 10 o'clock and was sent back nome j

and that was the lust heard of him

until found by UIQ D . , G. U. & \V:

t ia inmen. Esquire Maynard of |

Shiloh held an inquest today. Selleck's i

bod* was warm when foulwV and he

must have struggled around in the

snow for hours before he expired.

He hud a thousand dollar policy in

the Maccabees, which goes to his

four children.

Proparlnf; lilmnelf to I'rodace. Mrs. Wi.^laoe—I do believe Uhat a

woman coidd wear her dresses almost to rags l)efore her husband would noUce it.

Mrs. Ferry—That ks not the ease with Mr. Ferry. l i e notices the .dinginesa

sto my clothes before I do. I can tell when I'm getting shabby by his begin-ning to talk about how scarce money iflt aud how necessary i t will be for ua to economize.-^Cincinnati Enquirer.

Dlfflcnlt, Oat Romanenitlv*. ^Vell, my son, now that you have

been admitted to the bar I hope you will eeJect a specialty. This is the age of specialization of talents, and a general practice rarely leuda to the top of the ladder."

"Oli. I've chosen my line already, father."

"What is i t?" "Alibis and expert perjury."—Chica-

go Journal.

F a l l a s b u r g . Fred Perkins is cutting wood for Elmer

Richmondi Sliephard Halle wai nt L. Sayles' Satur-

day.

Manly Aldrich and wife arc vi.iitinsr frien ls at Lake Odessa this week.

There will he a prayer meeting at the school honso every Thnsday evening.

Mrs. Kocliello took charge ol the meet-ing here Inst Sunday.

Mrs. Win. Kexford visited her mother last wck and found her much better.

Will Sayles of Grand Kapidt spent Sun-day with his hister, Mrs. George Haymond.

A load of yonng people from hero at-tended hervices at Kcene church last Sun-day evening.

Emerson Davenport and hride cane home Inst Saturday.

Ed Clark aud wife visited at Geo. Ray-mond's Mimlay.

Elmer Reed Miid wife spent Sunday ut Ben Sayles.

Carley Booth is on the sick list this week. Lena While sj".nt Sunday at Hi Qott's

in Lowell.

T H E ONLY T rue Blood Purifier I prominently in the public eye to-

day is Hood's Sursaparilla. Therefore get Hood's and ONLY HOOD'S.

IT IS

W H O L E NO.

Liver II Like biliousness, dyspepsia, headai pafion,sour stomach,Indigestion are-cured by Hood's rills. They do tlfttf

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easily and thoroughly. Best after dinner pills. 25 cents. All druggists. Prepared by C. 1. Hood & Co., Lowelf, The only Pill to take with Hood's Sarsai

be Some excitement is caused

liken by what is supposed to murder case south of the vi l lage. 4 days-old baby of Mrs. Mather died under .-uspicious circutriatance. Aiifj. Mrs . Mather's mother Mrs. F iucf t and a man named Inman with whoni-:' tlie tormer was living are to M" arrested Tih-the charge of murder . A ' post mortem exittniuiuion showed the infiiiit had been cholc^d-tp^ dea th .— [Clarksville Record.

Congressman Smith is now a ful l-flt'dged Knj£trrS?emplar .

IrrognlrfritieA j i f the teeth correct-fd bv l / r . Camuell .

Notice.

Any one having cast off clothing

who wish to do good with it if they

will please leave it nt the "ci ty ha l l"

br drop me a postal card and I will

call for it. Clothing lor men, women

and children would be acceptable.

We have in our town a number of

poor and needy and those who will

help them, will be doing Christian

acls. Respectfully yours,

F R A N K N . W H I T E .

Caucus. A Democratic caucus will be held

at Silver headquarters in the village

of Lowell on Tuesday, Feb. 9, a t 2

o'clock p. nl., for the purpose of ap-

pointing delegates to attend the county

convention to bo held in Lockerby

hall No. 2, s . called in the city of

Grand Rapids, on Thursday, Feb. 11,

at 11 o'clock a. m., mid to t t ^ g ^ c t

such other business as may c o m i P b e -

fore the meeting. All who are in fa-

vor of the free coinage of silver with-

out waiting for the consent o(' other

nations are invited to a t tend.

By Order of Committee.

Mixad Up on Alfanony. "You are granted a total divorce," 1

said the judge to the woman, "and you ; > ? • • • • • shall have alimony."

"That's all right, jedge," said the ex-hurband, "au* suite me tor a ' t , ' but I want ter say in this here presence that ef Alimony krtowed her as well as I does, he'd never take hiir, nor any o£ her family."—Atlanta Constitution.

Pat nil Foot III It. Bixby (very uear-sigkited) — Who's

t l iat dumpy fr ight coming up the r^ad pn the wheel?

Stinchcomb—That's jay wife. Bixby—N-no, I don ' t mean that one.

I mean the grand guy 'with the Bologna bloomers.

Stinchcomb—That's, your wife.—Tit-Bits.

Be sure and go. The only chance you will

ever have under the same circumstances.

ONE NIGHT ONLY. Look for date next week.

I

Pnvlng the Pa'Jb of Poftee. "Oh, would you itiind doing me A

favor?" "With pleasure. IVhat is i t?" "Kindly remove t h a t costly mantle

•*out of your window." "Why, pray?"

j "I shall be pas / ing your shop with my wife in half uu hour."—N. Y. Trib-une.

Ilcr Preference. "Perhaps the little girl would like a

talking doll," suggested the salesman nt the toy store.

" I th ink I 'would," said the little Bos-ton girl, speaking for herself, "if you have any t ' i a t can talk intelligently. I could not endure one tha t giggles."— Chicago T r ibu t e .

PitlfnL • It Is hard for a ilngor to know

Thrit no longer a voice she's got; I t Is harder for hearers, though

When she's loat ll. and knows It not. j - n a y City Chat

CHOOfv NO TUB LESSER ET1L.

OUR JANUARY

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OFF

MA/NS cfe MAINS,

Attorneys at Law, Lowell and Lake Odessa Mich.

We Respectfully Solicit Your Business.

A. E. Cambell, Dentist,

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

the latest improved methods. Sat-isfaction guaranteed.

'''"vige Painting'a Specialty. | Gas administered.

ik fcnarantccd first claus, and 1 B e l i e v e what fhev vcad ' about Hood's SarhapurilhvA y know

it is an honest medicine, v a d that it • doors cast of LfebOBB 1 cures. Uet U o o d V a n d only Hoptfs .

' H o o d ' s P i l l s cure all liver ills, re-lievo coufitipation aesistttigesUou. 2ao«

A Wide Rauso .

Notice the diversity of reading in j

this iscue, local and vicinity news, •

editorial matter, state, domestic and ;

foreign news, congressional and legis-

lative reports. "Veteran ' s C o r n e r : ' |

form department, Talmadge 's sermon, 1

two first class continued stories, short

stories, sketches and miscellaneous

matter. What can wo do to i m p r o v e 1

it? Mas any one any suggestions to >

offer? — | Guess I'll sing to 'dim.

S O m e t h ' n g to K n o w . The Brule—Let him cry.—Flicgemle It may bo worth something to know Blaetter.

that tho very best medicine for restoring | ~T — the tired out nervous system to a healthy fm, . Impression. vigor is Eloctifc Bitters. This medicine is .>.^1 m f r f 0 l k s .hv0iJle f r o , n " c h t ' 0 ,

p r i y b , 8 i T i n i J

the nerve centres in tho stomach, gentty Than thelf father does at fifty, stimulates the Liver and Kidneys, and aijlri -Wa&hlngtdn Star, these organs in throwing oil ampnritieain * the blood. Eloofrii'Bitters imprpioB the t . . _ . appetite, aids digestion, and is pronounced .. iM-'Bengtr-Oh, yfes; I know

•m

' o f t i.arlos, buAy is crying awfully, ess I'll sincr to 'ftim.''

Our great, One Half Off Sale begins S A T U R D A Y , the 10th of January, and ends on the evening of January 30. Every overcoat in our store, Men's, Boys, Children's, just one-half former price. N o prices or tickets have been changed. Our prices in December were acknow-ledged to be the lowest . You buy them now for just half the former price. Th i s greatest of all sacrifice of values will positively side track all competition. I t is a signal to careful buyers that

MPrices Have Dropped^ On all that remains of our reliable

Winter Overcoats..

Men's heavy black and blue kecsey overcoats, were the ' best valve in Lowel l at $12, wel l made and styl ish l now • •

Boys and Children's 8.00, 7.00, 6.50, 5.00, 4.00 and'

S3.00 overcoats just one half off. T h i s is

a bonanza for late buyers.

. . m m LIE 9P SUITS AKDMNISlllS..

"The Double Store."—Easi^ide*

Tim Life u a * . Firs t I\i.riBengt'r—Oh, yfes;

those B(*if)hem rail ivads by thope,who have tried it as the very b.-st1 0 Ka*">heni railroads very well, bloodvgupfier and nerve tonic. Try it. l ' v e ^ € e i 1 r iding on t h i s line all my life. Sold for 60c or 11.00 per bottle at L. ruMenger—That so? You Hunt &, Go's Drag Store. ' IF.ve cot nn r> L I H T * 1 I.IULLL T

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A K l N d S L A B I N E T D A I B Y A M ) P O U L T R Y .

f f'.T E REST IN C CHAPTERS FOR

OUR RURAL READERS.

V w e the men who are to help y , ley run his admlnlBtratlon? A 6l of well-known politicians have f,. 4U«Keated, but not all are ahao-|r •>' assured at this writing. The ,1. i made up are likely to be broken,

no more uncertPln thing than a cabinet before the Inauguiatioa of a president. When Grant 's first cabi-net was announced, five of the appoint-ments were surprlcca, and not a single Secretary had been anticipated with certainty. AH It was. the cabinet was changed rapidly after he was InauRii-rated. Alexander T. Stewart, who had been named for secretary of the treas-ury, ooiild not serve according to the law. which prevents a merchant from holding that position, under a fine of |3,000. Uawllns, his eecreiary of war, died In September following, and Borie, who wa^ secretary of the navy, served three months, and then asked Grant k) allow him to resign.

Lincoln's cabinet ministers were not surely known before he name In. and they were changed very rapidly there-after . Some of the members of the cabinet* were arranged for at the time of the convention by the promises of some of Lincoln's friends, and I have heard It said that Pennsylvania went Cor Lincoln at Chicago In 1860 on con-dition that Simon Cameron was to go Into the cabinet. Tbls deal was made without the knowledge of Lincoln by t>avid Davis and Leonard Swett. Lin-coln did not like It, and It was long before he would consent to let Cam-eron have the place. He finally gave h im the war department. After the adminlatratlon began be did not like h im as secretary of war, and wanted

slate the night he was elected. I t was nt half-past 10 when he got a telegram from Chester A. Arthur as-suring him that Now York had given

i him 20.000 majority. Gen. Swalm, who j was with Garfield at Mentor at the : time, said, as they looked over the ' telegram, "That settles It. general. You I are elected: but before you go to bed | sit down here and write out a cabinet." Gen. Garfield laughed a t this, but flan-ally consented, saying, "Well, Swalm,

| let us see how near we are together. You sit down at that table over there

! and write out a cabinet. When you j have (lulshed turn your paper face

downward upon the table. 1 will do the same here and we will turn the papers over together and compare them." Roth then sat down and be-gan to write. When they had fin-ished on both slates was James G.

; Blaine, and Allison was upon both for ' secretaryship of the treasury. Of the

ethers all but one were changed before the Inauguration, and Allison, you know, would not accppt."

Garfield was tho first president under whom Senator Allison refused a cabi-net place. 1 undorftand that he has

i been uppermost In President McKln-j ley's mind as the head of the state de-

partment. but that the president-elect has wanted to know whether he would r>fuse or not before he offered the po-sition. I get this J.-om men very close to McKlnley. Senator Allison told me once that he could not take the In-terior department under Garfield be-

1 cause he did not want to antagonize j Gov. Klrkwood, of Iowa, who was then i a leading candidate. It was on ac-, count of the ambition of Clarkson, an-

...J THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE.

to get rid of him. He succeeded In do-ing this through Leonard Swett and Thurlow Weed. Judge Grosscup, who was a partner of Swett, told me the story. He says that Weed made Cam-eron think tha t he was going to lose both his reputation and his health by contlnuing In the position. Weed came f rom New York to see Cameron. As ho met him he started back and ex-claimed: "My God, senator! Are you sick? You don't look at all well."

Old Senator Cameron, who had a constitution of Iron, and who. you know, was over 80 when he died, re-plied that he was In his usual health, but Weed went on:

"Well, you don't look it. You have lost some weight since 1 saw yon last, and your color Is not good. I fear you are working too hard. Cameron."

Mrs. Cameron was present when this last remark was made, and she said she agreed with Mr. Weed that her

, . husband was working loo hard. After I dinner that night Mr. Wood advised Cameron to get out of the departnient. He told him ho thought the war was going to bo a failure. Ho said it would end only In the Io;ss of thousands of lives and millions of property, and thai Cameron as secretary of war would be cursed from one end of the United States to the other.

After some time Cameron became alarmed and said: "But suppose I want to get out, Mr. Weed. How can 1 do it vlUiout seeming to be either a coward or a failure?"

To this Weed replied that he did not know, but that he would take a walk and think It over and see If some ar-rangement could not be made. As he went out he spoke to Mrs. Cameron again about her husband's health, and | Bhe told him that F.ie wanted Mr. Cam-won to leave the i-abinet. In an hour o r so Mr. Weed returned and told Simon Cameron that he had hit upon a good plan and that was for him to accept the mission to Russia. "But," replied Cameron, "it has not been of-fered to me." "As to that," said Wood. " I know that I can fix matters with Secretary Seward and you will get your appointment. This will give you a good for resigning." To tills Cameron consented. VTeed saw Seward and the president and the appointment

was made.

Gen. Oharley Grosvenor told me once a curious story as to how Garfield's cabinet was formed. He denies that Blaine forced himself upon Garfield. H e eays Gerfleld felt very friendly to Blaine, and t h a t he had thought of him {M secretary of state even before he had 'wri t ten hie let ter of acceptance, say-i n g one day: Wnat n mlii chief

of staff Jim Blal "Garfield, in

venor. "wrote ' ^ e t

other Iowa man, that he refused the j secretaryship of the treasury under i Harrison. The story of the manner of this refusal has never been told. Sen-ator Cullom, who was one of the actors | upon the occasion. Is ray authority. He said to me the other night:

"It was Just after 1 had been elected to the senate and some weeks before President Harrison had come on from Indianapolis to Washington to be In-augurated. 1 had to go west to thank my legislative friends for their sup-port. and on my way I Intended to stop and call upon the president-elect. When 1 got on the train 1 found Sena-tor Allison there. He was also going west, and we rode together. During the Journey he told me that President Harrison had asked him to come out to see him, and that he wanted him to be his secretary of the treasury. Sena-tor Allison told me that he could not accept the position, and that he was going out :o refuse It. As we drew near Indln:ia:)olls 1 noticed him becoming more and more restless. He evidently did not like tho Job of having to re-fuse Harrison. At last he said:

i " 'Now, Cullom, I have been thlnk-

dlnner was over, when we were out In | the smoking room and had about fin-Inlshed our cigars, Mr. Allison said: 'Now, Mr. President, Senator Cullom is anxious to get away this afternoon. He told me that he only wanted a few moments with you, and If you don't object I will go Into the other room and finish my cigar, and you can have your conversation here.' This was as-sented to by President Harrison, and Allison went Into another room.

"Well," continued Senator Cullom, "after we were alone and had gone over the general topic of the occasion, I directed the conversation lo the cabi-net and then said: 'Gen. Harrison, during our trip out here Senator Alli-son took me Into his confidence. He told mo you had offered him tho Bocrc-taryshlp of the treasury, and he also told me that ho bad decided he could not accept It. He asked me to say this to you during our Interview and to tell you that he thought he could serve you and your administration better In the senate than In tho cabinet.' As I said I this President Harrison pushed his head to the front and asked me If that was true. I could see that he was much disturbed. He said but little further, however. The conversation changed. He soon recovered himself and talked on as though nothing had happened. I know that Allison did refuse the place then, but I have not had a word with him nor Harrison about It from that day to this."

The state department «:nd the treas-ury promise to be among the hard-working positions of the next admin-istration. Most secretaries of the treasury have complained about the work. Folger and Manning and Wln-dom are popularly supposed to have died from overwork In the treasury. I called the other day at tho state de-partment to see Secretary OIney, and ask him about the work of his office. He would not talk, but I could see that he thought he had plenty to do. Whether overwork In the state depart-ment caused Gresham's death Is a ques-tion. I am told that he did not like the bustle of public affairs, and It Is related that when he was postmaster-general he grow sick of the position and wanted to get out of It. One day, it Is said, he entered the house of a friend In Washington, and, throwing himself upon tho sofa, exclaimed: "I would not be a cabinet officer again for a salary of ?4,000,000 a year." Still it was after this ho accepted the port-folio of the treasury and later on con-sented to be Cleveland's secretary of state.

I vldited, the other afternoon, the room In the White House In which are to bo held the secret councils of MaJ. McK in ley's administration. The cabinet room Is on the seend floor of the White House, Just at the head of the stairs between the library, which will probably form Mrs. McKlnley's sitting room, and the large room over the east room and the green room, which will be the president's office, and In which President Cleveland is spending the last days of his admin-istration. Further on Is the private secretary's room, the whole suite on the east side of the second floor con-stituting the business portions of the executive mansion. The cabinet room Is plainly furnished. There are eight straight-backed chairs with leather cushions for the cabinet ministers and a swinging chair of wicker and wood for the president. President McKln-ley will sit at the head of the table, with his different ministers at the right and loft, according to their order of precedence. During the meetings of the cabinet no one Is admitted to this room. Sorgt. Loeffier, the president's

! private messenger, sits a t the door 1 and there Is no chance for cabinet se-! crots to leak out except through the j ministers themselves.—Frank G. Car-1 pouter In Detroit Free Press.

1

THE CABINET ROOM IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

Ing how you can help me In this. We will call upon Harrison together and I will see that ho talks to you first. You can thus prepare his mind for my refusal. You can tell him that I have come out for this purpose, and he will not be surprlBod when I speak."

"This 1 promised lo do," continued Senator Cullom. "When we got to Indianapolis wo wont dlrcct to Prcsl dent Harrison's house. It was about dinner time when we arrived and we at once sat down to the table. After

Cfttue and Effect. Here Is a little rider to tho history

of the Shrewsbury church spire and tlhe Darwin memorial. I am told that wMle It Is undoubtedly true that the steeple was damaged by the storm, and also that the Darwin memorial was then In contemplation, It Is also true tha t the parson of the damaged church was the only one in Shrewsbury who had n f t subscribed to the memorial. I cannot say whether this Is true, but It ought to be.—London Truth.

i I

Mow SIII'CCHHI nl Fiirmcru Opern** This Drpiirtmi-nt of tho Flirm—A Few HIIIIM HH TU ilin CURII of LI««I Stocb mill I'oullrj.

HE NAME "Poul-try Yard" la given | to that part of a rural estate whore j rural estate where j fowls are reared; frequently It also contains rabbit hut-ches. The poultry yard Is a valuable resource for a far-

mer's fcmily, but -.o derive all the pro-fit obtainable, a certain number of principles must be followed which may be epitomized as follows: The first Is to utilize for the fowla the resources of the locality or farm Itself without going to any great apeciol expense. Fowls should be fed on the least val- j uablo substances or ailments which could not be otherwise, utilized. Grain, etc., being of tome commercial value, should be added in small qiiantlty as a complement, and particularly for fattening. Tho poultry yard should be dally opened so thai tho fowls may wander about In the vicinity In search of Insccts and waste seed; those sub-Btances, of no value, should play an Important part In their maintenance. This principle, however, should be ap-plied. reckoning the neighborhood of crops, which fowls might Injure. In

poultry yard girl has to be employe*, who! should be supervised during her appr^itlceshlp.—Dlctloualr(\ des 3ci-encea) \

Winter RaUcd ChhU».

Eggs are too valuable In winter to be used for hatching purposes unless one is confident of securing good hatches and of raising the chicks, says nn ex-change. To use a dozen- eggs from which only six chicks come and then lose three of them, means an expen-1 dlture of four eggs for one chick, and no one can afford the cost In that re- 1

spect. The heaviest loss of chicks Is with hens—not with IncubatorB and brooders-and this fact should not be overlooked. It Is admlttod that In the spring and summer, when the hen has everything In her favor she will bo more serviceable than the brooder, but In the winter, when cold winds, Ice, ' snow and rains prevail, the hen has j a difficult undertaking to care for her- j self Instead of attempting to raise a | brood, and as a rule the hens are for- ' lunate If they raise one-half of the , chicks hatched. When a hen becomes broody and makes her nest In a warm I

i place, and when she brings off her brood have a place prepared for her, under shelter and where the sunlight can come. Be careful that tho chicks are not exposed or become chilled, and aim to raise every one of them. In that case the chicks will pay, because the expense of the eggs will be reduced by reason of the larger number of chicks marketed.

WeuninR tlio Dairy Culf. One of the reasons why dairying Is

a failure In some localities Is that the calf Is desired for beef making, and to give him a good start it IB allowed to

A l i L I N U i l A

REMARKABLE ATI OF JAMES HAMU .

Lout Ilin NlBl'l Wlirn ' S Old. Since Which Tlim Done Little hut Study I

i —Received by Royulty.

S I N G L E C O M B W H I T E L E G H O R N S .

The Illustration of an Ideal Single Comb White Leghorn, male, is by Sewell, the well-known poultry artist. It Is an excellent illustration of tho grand carriage and beauty of this variety. Some writers claim they are the original variety of the Leghorn family, and ethers give that honor to the Browns. But It matters little about thedr history. It Is sufficient that wo know they are the most popular of tho Leghorn family, and that comes from the fact that they are larger and lay larger eggs than any of their race. They are very popular In the East on large egg farms. If given a warm house, with scratching shed combined.

, they will prove to be good winter lay-

ers. But it will not do to confine them much In the house without the privi-lege of scratching among a lot of loose | litter. They are very active, and the only way to make them profitable Is to keep them busy. They greatly resem-ble the Black Minorca In every way but color of plumage, and lay an egg very much the size of that of the Min-orca. I t was owing to this fact that the White Minorca never gained much favor in this country. "Our folks" want clean, yellow legs, and as the White Minorca did not have that, and as they had no other claims for su-periority, the Leghorns came right to the front, and are to this day close riv-als of tho black variety of Mlnorcas.

such a case the yard must bo elosod a t certain times. Tho extent of the poultry yard should be In proportion with the donnad available. From this point of view the neighborhood of largo towns IP I reason for giving great ?:sportanec to the poultry yard, be-im.-c the sale Is abundant and lucra-tive, and rearing Is Just as cheap as In strictly rural districts. To feed fowls cheaply It Is good to place dung heaps within their reach In which seeds and Insccts abound. In a poul-try yard are reared hens, turkeys, guinea-fowls, pheasants, peacocks, pig-eons, ducks, geese, and swans; some for flesh, others for feathers or down. The establishment expenses of a poul-try yard should always be as small as possible. It must he separated from the other part of the farm by a wall, wire-work or very thick hedge. A few trees are useful to give shade and at night shelter to the hens, turkeys and peacocks which do not always care to return to the house. There musi bo a hen house; one or two pools of wa-ter for the geese and ducks, unless there Is some pond or stream In the neighborhood; tubs of pure water cov-ered for the hens to drink, which pass their heads through openings In the lids; a grass plot for grazing and a heap of cinders or sand for them to clear themselves of vermin. The farm-eress can attend to the poultry yard, profltably employing par t of her time, without being disturbed in other work. She can only succeed by loving the fowls and mailiiag them love her. Every morning and middle of the afternoon sheunust call and feed them, ascortaln-Inglwhatoor aDn« are lost, if all are WQli if laying and hatching progrcca favorably, etc. She must be able to attend to thasa in sickness, cure them

I andBrf tsn . All this Involves so much ! laboBln '-arjji poultry yards that a

suck for from three weeks to throe months, says Rural Life. This will spoil a cow for tho dairy, as a rule, and at any rate It takes the time out of her period of buttermaking, which will re-duce tho butter yield for the year bo-low profit. If the calf sucks three months and Is then weaned the cow may be expected to go dry In a few weeks, or half dry at . least, and she will not pay for the feed and the trouble. To get a paying mess of milk It Is absolutely necessary to milk the cow from the first. The "first" m e r ^ ; to some dairymen when the calf Is first seen. It Is removed Immediately and not allowed to suck even once, but tho milk is drawn and fed to the calf. By thla practice the cow knows no other way to have tho milk drawn and does not worry for the calf, so everything goes smoothly. Other dairymen think the first time the cow should be milked 1B when the milk IB first good for use. The fiftt secretion Is not true milk, but colostrum, and Is designed to physic the calf. All agree that the calf must have this first mllk« but some let him holp himself and others do n o t Many of the most advanced dairymen strong-ly advocate never letting the calf suck. Others, and the greater number, prefer to let It suck until the milk is good and this Is what the writer recommends. After the milk Is good for use the cow at once increases it In quantity, and good butter fat Is too precious for calf food. There Is no difficulty in taking off the calf then *Khout any objections from the mother. If you use common sense and godl tact. If she Is Inclined to worry tie the calf by her side while you milk for the first time or two, and bhe will be recundled, uul on uu ao-count permit It to sucfc after the milk becomes good fOF uses

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H E j Jame ton, dent verslty gan. Is spects able o early a accident of both of his e j was destroyed, and

since then ho has fought a Hiiccessful battle In life against great odds. Many batlo In life against great odds. Many there are who, with such an nillletlon, would suffer themselves to become a burden to others, but It has been dif-ferent with this young man. The ex-ample he sets should serve not only as an Incentive to the blind to make ca-reers for themselves, but for thousands of others as well.

Mr. Hamilton is a son of the Rev. James Hamilton of Grand Rapids, Mich. He was born at Big Rapids. Oct. 19, 1872. When 3 years old he fell and struck the points of a pair of shears Into one eye, and from sym-pathetic affection and poor treatment he lost the sight of both eyes. When he was about 10 yeara old he entered the Michigan School for the Blind a i Lansing, and remained there until he was graduated In tho literary course. He also during tho years spent In that city learned the trade of broom-mak-ing and piano tuning. He then made a trip to Europe, paying hla own way by money earned at piano tuning. While In Europe he studied both French and German, and now he Is able to speak "these languages fluent-ly. He traveled over the most Inter-esting portions of the old world, and he says the trip was very beneficial to him In many ways. There are many things to learn by travel for even a blind man, and Mr. Hamilton says that this first trip was a revelation to him, and was worth many years spent In any school. He found no difficulty In making his way about, as every one was always very kind to him, and as-sisted him In many ways. On his re-turn from his tr ip abroad ho entered Albion college and from there he en-tered the university at Ann Arbor, where he expects to take tho classical

• course. In the summer of 1895 ho was married, and he and his wife spent tho year In Italy and Greece In study. In Greece especially ho was an object of great Interest. In that country the blind do nothing but beg. and nothing more Is expected of them. And Mr. Hamilton, with his attainments, was much admired and was a source of sur-prise to all. He was given an ex-tensive write-up by one of the papers of that country, and after that the places whore they stopped wore always crowded by people anxious to see the blind man who made a living other-wise than by begging. Ho and hla wife were Invited to dine with numer-ous members of the nobility, and were finally sent for by the Queen. They wore received in the royal palace with the utmost cordiality, and were most charmingly entertained by the Queen. She was much Interested In Mr. Ham-ilton, and asked him questions without end. Upon leaving the palace she pre-sented her photograph to him.

Mr. Hamilton is not only an expert piano tuner, but IB a musician of some

[ merit, and has testimonials from the leading conservatories of America and the old world. Every lecture that he attends ho takes notes of the subject, and his mind Is so trained that he can remember an ordinary lecture of an hour's length so as to reproduce It from his notes upon returning home. He writes with the Braille system, which Is a series of perforations In pa-per road from the reverse side by tho touch. With this he writes about

MR. JAMES P. HAMILTON.

twenty words a minute, while on tl>fl

typewriter for ordinary corre6p'1II,1' ence he writes from seventy to c-iH||ty

words a minute. He Is also an atl1* lete and holds seven first prize me<lBl8

for catch-as-catch-can wrestlinfi lias nev«r been beaten. In wrestling unless he went on' o l f*!* class. He won the state ch:ii"P'0

when the Inter-colloglate ' n r 0 t

held at Ypsllantl. He Is an energetic and enthusiastic young nia" a n < l

fc boy with two good eyes would ly surprise his friends h® I f

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ti.^ old nian's heart to see that rpWhsant inn lie'of yours again—so much that I can tdl'.lt briskly. You remem-ber tho terrible night—there, there, 1 won't talk of It! 1 won't say a word more than 1 can help. It makes me shiver myself. We servants wore half frightened to death, such of us an were not In that wretch of an M. Pierre's plot, and we huddled together, not knowing what to do. for they wouldn't let us fly away from the chateau. We guessed what terrible thing was hap-pening. but couldn't get near you lo see, until tho new band came, the masked men, which drove M. Pierre's folks away. Then, while they were fighting outside. I crept Into the chapel. My old blood quite froze In my veins at tho sight I saw; I thought you were all killed. I was going to try to bring a little life to those who showed no wounds; but I heard some one coming through the broken window, and I ran away as fast as 1 could; 1 thought 1 should be killed for being there, so I ran and hid away till everything was quiet. When I came out I found most of tho servants gone; but there lay poor ViCtorle's body right In the cor-ridor.

"The masked men were most of them outside,' keeping guard, 1 thought, and some wore getting together blankets and food, and piling them Into bas-kets; 1 crept back softly and looked in-to tho chapel. A tall man In a mask was there giving directions aboul burying the bodies. He seemed to fool dreadfully about the murder, and the curse he •uttered against that villain-ous Pierre made me feel sure he was friendly to your family. I couldn t see anything of my young mistress, and this man kept asking where she was. One of his men said that they must have carried her off. and then he start-ed and went out as fast as he could go. The men followed him. and so I hurried In and took my last look, as 1 expect-ed, of my dear mistress. While I was bending over her. I saw a little flutter-ing beating a t her throat. I put m> ear hastily to her heart; It was a min-ute before I could make sure, then knew she was not dead. I stood a mo-ment wringing my bands, not knowing what to do; then some good saint put It Into my head to think of Vlctorle lying there dead. I tore out Into the corridor and brought the body In, changed the ornaments and mantles, and put the long training silk skirt of the countess on the dead girl, and the peasant cloak I wrapped around my mistress.

"Tho masked people came and car-ried the poor Vlctcrie to the grave In-stead of her mistress. They seemed expecting M. Pierre every moment, and paid no attention to the rear door. Taking my mistress In my arms, 1 ran off through the darkness, on that side, and got safely to my cottage. I could not trust a soul, but telling my daugh-ter It was Vlctorle, I laid her on a bed, and gave her the best cordial I could find. She laid so all the next day. Just breathing a little, enough to show she was not dead, but never opening her eyes.

"I went over the spot where the chateau had stood the next day. It was a terrible sight, that smoking ring

• of charred ground; but my heart was too full of the fear of the knowledge of what I had done getting to M. Pierre, to feel so badly as I should have done any other time.

"I found out from the other servants that i t was M. Pierre who struck Vlc-torle, because she begged the mistress' life, but none of 'em seemed t - know she was dead. Perhaps some of his men gave the last blows which made

• the face so none could have told who it was. 1 "He came up to me, and asked me 4f I knew what had become of the young mistress. I could answer Inno-cent enough there, and I pointed to •the grave. 1 " 'No, no,' said he; ' there are two ^bodies missing. The old woman Is ^dead fast enough, but the other has

and with a terrible oath he r 'warned me not to harbor her. - i - " I shook like a leaf with fear, and

tasked meekly enough if h e cared about ;y keeping Vlctorle, tha t she was at y cottage sick.

'Keep her as long as you like,' said 'but mind you. keep clear of any

er.' «I went home, trembling you may be-e. but the saints seemed to help me.

lady never came to herself for fthree long, dreary weeks, so as to know <a&ything. I mean, and I managed to •keep everybody out, and my daughter Vnd I took all the care of her. They W e such wild times folks had enough to do to manage for themselves, wlth-Jout meddling with their neighbors' af-

M. Pierre came to the cottage but he only glanced Into the

lie supposed Vlctorle was ept a guard around my , so no one should come to

had me watched wherever it he never thought I had

Ime in my cottage. lady woke up to know

like a ifttle child. I not being sure but ill her; but when she

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.. that I didn't go on cheating her; I thought Hho would Just die af ter all my saving her. for lack of trying to live. When she was able io go about. « • wo fixed up Just such a patch as Vic- leas offering It was not thou In your torle would have had to wear, and 1 power to bestow, a loving and apprecl-

"I t Is no time now; wait."

Edward, leading the smiling Fellclft. came to the countess.

"Dearest mother, will you give us your blessing, though I come stripped of coronet, fortune, ostate; of every-tlilng except a devoted love, a strong arm. and resolute will."

"A thousand times more Joyfully, my dear boy, than 1 could have done In the Chateau Languedoc on that fatal even-ing; you will give my Follcle the price-

can afford to T A L M A G E ' S S E R M O N .

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D A Y ' S S U B J E C T .

From Hi,. Folluwlnir That Miikelli ihe Orion" Hook of Verne K.

text: "Meek lllm Seven Star* mid

Anion, Chapter H,

there she lived In my cottage, no one mistrusting but it was Vlctorle, and sho never stepping her foot out of that room, exctpt at midnight. I made up a story that Vlctorle was so hurt at hor scarrcd face sho wouldn't allow-any one to see hor: ami the poor wench had boon such a proud-splrltoo piece they all believed It. 1 was dreadful un-easy, though, expecting every day that something would happen to let M. Pierre know of the truth. Many's the night I've laid awake planning; but I never should have got tho chance If M. Pierre hadn't suddenly taken him-self off to Paris. Something very queer had happened a t the Little Forest, which he had been guarding night and day. and he went off In wrath, vowing vengeance on everybody, they said.

"Then I went to work In earnest. 1 got all tho money I could, and gave out that Vlctorle had taken a notion to go away, and that I was going to Jour-ney with her to Calais. 1 dressed her ail up, and put a thick veil on. so they

1 could only see the great patch, and my ; lady and 1 set off on foot. Wo had a

terrible time of It; it was only now and then we got a ride In a cart or on a donkey; but after sleeping In sheds and begging for doge' victuals, we made our way to Lyons. There I stop-ped a good while, because of the troubles we heard of all about Paris. I got some work, and we Just kept from starving, because I had to lay by enough to help her to a passage to England. If ever we could get to the coast."

"Noble, faithful Jeannot!" exclaimed Follcle. catching his hand, and kiss-ing it fervently.

"Noble, Indeed; he has not told you half the self-sacrifice and devotion!" echoed the countess.

aling heart." answered the countess. "As regards the fortune," observed

Emlle, "the package of diamonds re-mains untouched. Just as your hapless father secured It In readiness for loav- . , , Ing France. I have kept It on my per- | son day and night through many perils

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CHAPTER XXV. OOR old Jeannot tried to conquer the sudden weak-ness that came over him at this earnest gratitude, but the tears came pouring over his wrinkled cheeks, and his voice broke down entirely.

Jules had stood gazing blankly, from one to another.

"Monsieur Emlle," said he, sudden-ly, as a momentary silence ensued; "I don't understand this at all. You told mo that Ch lot lido was your niece; I un-derstood that she was of peasant birth."

Eni le smiled proudly. "1 adopted her for my niece when I

believed her f r iendless-now her mother has returned oho must go back to her true name. Will It matter to you. who asked me for my niece, though I warned you of my peasant origin, that she comes from a noble family?"

"Ah, not to me, who looked upon her while Chlotllde as the peer of our proudest duchess: but I am pennlleBS, •tripped of everything—her mother may object."

"I see you are still mystified; but what does the lady say herself?" and he touched the hand of Lady Fellcle gently.

She smiled, blushed and then, look-ing up with tears still sparkling in her eyes, she answered:

"I say I would rather remain Chlo-tllde, always If another name will take me from the love of Jules, or his be-trothal vow."

Then turning to the countess, she said eagerly:

"My mother surely will not consid-er It any hindrance, that he I love has no claim to noble birth, ^hen bis na-ture has proved to be thoroughly hero-ic and grand."

"Heaven forbid!" answered the coun-tess. earnestly, "but I am perplexed—"

"So are we all. Let me unravel a little of the mystery. Jules, allow me to Introduce you to the bride who can now claim your heart as well as nuptial vow. Gentle hearted, devoted little maiden, willing to waive BO generous-ly the claims of birth and fortune, know who In truth Is this Jules you have promised to love and cherish with a wife's tenderness. Lady Fellcle Languedoc, the Marqulo Edward Jules Do Berrl. I hope you duly appreciate each other's claims."

And Emlle. his face glowing with happiness, clasped the two youthful hands together.

They .stared at each other In amaze-ment. f

"The marquis I dreaded and feared,'' uttered Fellcle.

"The Lady Fellcle I so thoroughly detested!" stammered Edward Jules.

Emlle smiled Joyously,.and bending down to the countess began a whisper-ed explanation.

"I knew that they were prejudiced against each other; I saw It was your wish they should be united. When I found the young marquis was only stunned by the blow on his head, I knew I must keep them together In my secret retront, and 1 formed this plau, foreseeing how It would end."

"Our benefactor and preserver al-ways." said the countess, softly; "alas! we have no reward to give In return." Emlle opened his lips eagerly, and then closed them again, murmuring, as he tirr.ed away:

and vicissitudes, but It Is safe, and so are all tho valuable gems of the Lan-guedoc family. You may lack the grandeur of the old days, but poverty you will never need to fear."

"Noble, generous Emlle!" echoed one and all; "you have done all for us. noth-ing for yourself."

He smiled dreamily. Lady Fellcle drew his stately head

down to her lips, and whispered some-thing In his ear.

He smiled again, kissed hor fondly, and turned away hastily.

"What did you say, my child? - asked the countess.

"1 made him a promise; sometime I'll tell you what It was. Oh. mamma, mamma, how can we bo thankful enough for this Joyful ending of our troubles!"

The other passengers had discreetly retired. Jeannot had retreated after Emlle, and now Edward Jules discov-ered It were Judicious for him also to leave the agitated mother and daugh-ter to thomselves. I t was a long and perfectly open conversation which en-sued.

And the good ship sped on her way, and bore them all safely to the friendly English shore.

They found a pretty country seat a little distance from the seashore, but whose cupola gave a glimpse of the blue waves stretching toward their poor, distracted, but still dearly be-loved France, and thither they all went.

Jules and Fellcle were to be married at once, In tho most private and un-ostentatious manner. Emlle was very grave, and very restless af ter the day was actually fixed upon.

l,ady Fellcle had watched him anxi-ously, and one morning she suddenly seized his hand, and with an arch smile, though a dewy eye, she led him to the easy chair where her mother sat looking out thoughtfully Into the sunny garden.

Her new found happiness, and cloth-ing becoming her station, had wrought a marvelous change In the appearance of the countess. A soft color restored the youthful outline to her face, the peaceful look In the dark eyes, the be-coming head dress, all had restored as If by magic, her olden beauty.

"Try, dearest Emlle, and remember that I have promised It," cried Fellcle, and ran hastily away.

What followed was too sacred for Fellcle even to Inquire about, much more, then, for me to give to pen de-scription. But In a little more than an hour, they came out to the garden where Fellcle and Edward were wait-ing In painful suspense.

A single glance showed tho young couple what had happened.

What a serene peace deepened the t in ts of Emlle's eagle eyes, what a sweet content nestled around the lips of the countess!

"Fellcle," said Emlle, "my child In-deed; wo will have a double wedding."

Fellcle kissed them both In extrava-gance of delight.

And so both members of the haughty count's family parted with the proud name of Languedoc. Neither ever re-pented IL They lived In England In peace and quiet, until tranquillity re-turned to France, when they sought again her beloved shores.

[The End.]

Ho gathered the fruit of the syca-

more tree, and scarified ll with an Iron comb Just before It was getting ripe, as It was necessary and custom-ai y in that way to take from It the bit-terness. He was the son of a poor shep-hord. and stuttered; but before the stammering rustic the Philistines, and Syrians, and Phoenicians, and Moa-bltes. and Ammonites, and Edomltes, and Israelites trembled.

Moses was a law-giver, Daniel was a prince, Isalab a courtier, and David a kin?; but Amos, tho author of my text, wna a peasant, and, as might be sup-posed, nearly all his parallelisms are pastoral, his prophecy full of the odor of new mown hay, and the rattle of lo-custs, and the nimble of carts with sheaves, ard tho roar of wild beasts de-vouring tho flock while the shepherd came out in their defense. He watched tho herds by day, and by nieht in-habited a booth made out of bushes so that through these branches he could see the stars all night long, and was mere familiar with them than we who have tight roofs to our houses, and

j hardly ever see the Btars except among the tall brick chimneys of the great towns.

observed the order established for their coming and going; order written not in manuscript that may be pigeon-holed, but with the hand of the Al-mighty on the dome of the sky, so that all nations may read It. Order. Per-Blstont order. Sublime order. Omnip-otent order.

What a sedative to you and to me, to whom communities and nations sometlme« »e.:i going pell-mell, and the worln ruled by some fiend nt hap-hazard, and In all directions malad-ministration! The God who keeps seven worlds in right circuit for six thousand years can certainly keep all the affairs of individuals and nations

a now n m ' continents in adjustment. We had machine n o t froi much, for the peasant's

Just Invented, as I argument of the text was right. If formerly the cattle ' G o < l c u n t a k o c a r e o f , , , 0 seven worlds trod out the grain. I o f t h e Pleiades and tho four chief

worlds of Orion, ho can probably take care of the one world we Inhabit.

So I feel very much as my father felt ono day when we were going to the country mill to get a grist ground and I, a boy of seven years, sat In the back part of the wagon, and our yoke of oxen ran away with us and along a labyrinthine road through the woods so that I thought every moment we would be dashed to pieces, and I- made a terrible outcry of fright, and my fath-er turned to me with a face perfectly calm, and said: "De Witt , what are you crying about? I guess we can ride as fact as the oxen can run." And, my hearers, why should we be affrighted and lose our equilibrium In the swift movomonts of worldly events, especial-ly when we are assured that It Is not a yoke of unbroken steers that are draw-ing us on, but that order and wise gov-ernment are In the yoke?

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Again, Amos saw, as we must see, that the God who made these two archipelagoes of stars must be an un-changing God. There had been no change In the stellar appearance In this herdsman's life-time, and his fath-er, a shepherd, reported to him that there had been no change In his life-time. And these two clusters bang

But at seasons of the year when the herds were In special danger, , . . . . -he would stay out In the open field all o v e r t h e celestial arbor now Just as through the darkness, his only shelter t h e y w e r e the first night that they tho curtain of the night-heaven, with 8 h o n e o n t h e B^enlc bowers, the same tho stellar embroideries and slivered tassels of lunar light.

What a life of solitude, all alone with his herds! Poor Amos! And at twelve o'clock at night, hark to the wolf's bark, and the lion's roar, and the bear's growl, and the owl's te-wblt te-who. and the serpent's hlsa, as he unwittingly steps too near while mov-ing through the thlckota! So Amos, like other herdsmen, got the habit of

as when the Egyptians built the Pyra-mids from the top of which to watch them, the same as1 when the Chaldeans calculated the eclipses, the same as when Ellhu, acordlng to the Book of Job. went out to study the aurora borealls. the aamo under Ptolemaic system and Copernlcan system, the same from Callsthenes to Pythagoras, and from Pythagoras to Hersohel. Sure-ly, a changeless God must have fash-

studying the n . .p ot the hmvor.*. h . - ! l o n e ' 1 < w ° n : O " ' w h a t

T. 1 an anodyne amid the ups and downs of life, and the flux and reflux of the tides of prosperity, to know that we have a changeless God, "the same yes-

setllng with certain seasons of the year J t e " f a y . to-day, and forever. He had a poetic nature, and he read | X e r x e 8 K"landed and knighted the

cause It was so much of the time spread out before him. He noticed some stars advancing and others re-ceding. He associated their dawn and

A N I M A L S K I L L E D B V T R A I N S .

Foxc« and Owls Often the Victims— Doss Lured by Foxes.

The report printed a few days ago that a buck deer had been killed by a train near Sayvllle, L. I., reminded sportsmen of many similar tragedies of the animal world. When tho buffa-loes roamed across the plains they not Infrequently compelled trains to stop until the herds had passed. Antelopes were killed quite often by the locomo-tives. The glare of the headlights a t night seems to stupefy birds and beasts that cross railroad tracks. Owls are killed frequently, as well as many other birds, during the migrating season. An engineer on a New Jersey railroad, 'while passing through the pineries one night, heard a faint crash of glass above the roar of the train. Instantly the headlight went out, and the fire-man went forward to learn the cause. A short-eared owl had flown Into the glass, broken It, broken the chimney of the lamp, and lodged against the re-flector, a dead bird. The fox, in spite of its craft. Is m e of the animals most frequently killed by trains. The chances are that most of the foxes kill-ed are young and Inexperienced. In Pleiades and Orion must be the God of England foxes, closely followed by a order. I t was not so much a alar here pack of hounds, have been known to * n ( l a star there tha t Impressed the In-run In front of a train along the track, spired herdsman, but seven In one then Jump off again before the t r a in ' sroup. and seven In the other group, came up. The dogs would follow af ter He saw that night after night and sea In full cry and a dozen or more w o u l d , 8 0 1 1 after season and decade after de-

nlght by night, and month by month, and year by year, the poem of the con-stellations, divinely rhythmic. But two rosettes of s tars especially attracted his attention while seated on Ihe ground, or lying on his back under the open scrol of the midnight heavens— the Pleiades, or Seven Stars, and Orion. The former group this rustic prophet associated with the spring, as It rises about the first of May. The latter he associated with the water, as It comes to the meridian In January. The Plei-ades, or Seven Stars, connected with all sweetness and joy; Orion, the herald of the tempest The ancients were the more apt to study the physiognomy and Juxtaposition of the heavenly bodies, because they thought they had a spe-cial influence upon the earth; and per-haps they were right. If the moon every few hours lifts and lets down tho tides of the Atlantic ocean, and the electric storms In the sun. by all scien-tific admission, affected the earth, why not the stars have proportionate effect?

And there are some things which make me think that It may not have been all superstitutlon which connect-ed the movements and appearance of the heavenly bodies with great moral events on earth. Did not a meteor run on evangelistic errand on the first Christmas night, and designate tho rough cradle of our Lord? Did not the stars In their course fight against Slsera? Was it merely coincidental that before the destruction of Jerusalem the moon was hidden for twelve consecutive nights? Did It merely happen so that a new star appeared In constellation Casseopeia. and then disappear Just be-fore Charles IX. of France, who was responslbk for St. Bartholomew mass-acre, died? Was It without significance that In the days of the Roman Emperor Justinian war and famine were pre-ceded by the dimness of the sun, which for nearly a year gave no more light than the moon, although there were no clouds to obscure It?

Astrology, a f te r all. may have been something more than a brilliant heath-enism. No wonder that Amos of the text, having heard these two anthems of the stars, put down the stout rough staff of the herdsman and took Into his brown hand and cut and knotted fingers the pen of the prophet, and ad-vised the recreant people of his time to return to God, saying: "Seek that maketh the Seven Stare Orion." This command, which Amos gave 785 years B. C., Is Just as appro-priate for us 1897 A. D.

In the first place, Amos saw, as we must see, that the God who made the

be killed. One pack ran under the wheels of an express In their eagerness to get the fox. Rabbits, wild turkeys, skunks, partridges, quail, squirrels, wild ducks and geese, and many ot] kinds of animals that abide near

j roads, have been killed by the

cade they bad kept step of light, each one In Its own place, a slstertiood never clashing and never contesting prec-edence. From the time Heslod called . t l^iP'^lades the "seven daughters of 1 -• and Virgil wrote inJ i ia j^ane ld

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steersman of bis boat In the morning and hanged him In the evening of the same day. Fifty thousand people stood around the columns of the na-tional capital, shouting themselves hoarse at the presidential Inaugural, and In four months so great were the antipathies that a ruffian's pistol in Washington depot expressed the senti-ment of many a disappointed office-seeker. The world sits In its chariot and drives tandem, and the horse ahead Is Huzza, and the horse behind Is Anathema. Lord Cob-ham, In King James' time was applauded, and had thirty-five thou-sand dollars a year, but was afterward execrated, and lived on scraps stolen from the royal kitchen. Alexander the Great af ter death re-mained unburled for thirty days be-cause no one would do the honor of shovellnK him under. The Duke of Wellington refused to have his Iron fence mended because It bad been broken by an Infuriated populace In some hour of political excitement, and he left It In ruins that men might learn what a fickle thing Is human favor. "But the mercy of the Lord Is from everlasting to everlasting to them that fear him, and his righteousness unto the children's children of such as keep bis covenant, and to those who re-member his commandmeiits to do them." This moment "see1.; him tha t maketh the Seven Stars .\r.d Orion."

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And I am glad that so many texts call us to look off to other worlds, many of them larger and grander and more resplendent. "Look there." says Job, "at Mazaroth and Arcturus and bis sons!" Look there," says St. John, "at the moon under Christ 's feet!" "Look there," says Joshua, "at the sun standing still above Glbeon!" "Look there," says Moaes, "a t the . parkllng firmament!" "Look there," says Amos, the herdsman, "a t the Seven Stars and Orion!" Do not let us be so sad about those who shove off from this world under Chrlstly pilotage. Do not let us be so agitated about our own going off th is little barge or sloop or canal-boat of a world to get on some "Great Eas tern" of the heavens. Do not let us persist In wanting to stay In th i s barn, th is shed, th is out-house of a world, when all the king's palaces al-ready occupied by many of our best friends are swinging wide open their gatee to let us In.

When I read, "In my father 's bouse a re many mansions." I do not know but that each world Is a room, and as many rooms as there are worlds, stellar hallways, stellar windows, stellar domes. How our departed friends must pity us shut up In these cramped apartments, t ired If Tve walk fifteen miles, when they some morning, by ono stroke of wing, can make circuit of the whole stellar system and be back In t ime fo r matins! Perhaps yonder twlnk-lingconstellationls the residence ot the mar tyrs ; t h a t group of twelve lumina-ries may be the celestial home of the Apostles. Perhaps that steep of l ight Is the dwelling place of angels cherubic, seraphic, archangellc. A mansion with

as many rooms as worlds. windows Illuminated for

Oh, how this widens an stimulates our expectation! It makes tho present, and dous It makes the future! soles us about our ploiib d< stead of being boxed up tho (round have the range rooms M there are worlds come everywhere, for It Is th house, In which there are mai slons! Oh, Lord God of th^ Stars and Orion, how can I e transport, the ecstasy, of such I must obey my text and se will seek him. I sock him n call to mind that It Is not the universe that Is most va luab spiritual, and each of us worth more than all the wo tho Inspired herdsman saw booth on the bil ls of Tekoa.

1 had studied It before. Cathedral of Cologne, Germany, h i Impressed me as It did one summer. I t Is admittedly the grandest Gothle.atruc-ture In the world. Its foundation laid in 1248, only a few years ago ploted. More than six hundred In building. All Europe taxed construction. Its chapel of tho with precious stones enough chase a kingdom. Its chapel Agnes with masterpieces of p . Its spire springing five hundro eleven feet Into the heavens. I ts a' ed glass the chorus of all rich Statues encircling the pillars and circling all. Statues above statues, un-til sculpture can do no more, but faints and falls back against carved stalls and down on pavements over which the kings and queens of the earth have walked to confessional. Nave and aisles and transept and portals combining t h e splendors of sunrise and sunset. In-terlaced. interfollated, Intercolumned grandeur. As I stood outside, looking at the double range of flying buttressee and the forest of pinnacles, higher a n d higher and higher, until I almost reeled from dizziness I exclaimed: "Great doxology In stone! Froien prayer of many nations!"

But while standing there I saw a poor man enter and put down his pack and kneel beside his burden on the hard floor of that cathedral. And teanK> of deep emotion came Into my eyes as I said to myself, "There Is a soul worth more than all the material surround-ings. That man will live a f te r the last pinnacle has fallen, and not one stone of all that cathedral glory shall remain uncrumbled. He Is now a Lazarus In rags and poverty and weariness, but immortal, and a son of the Lord God Almighty; and the prayer he now offers, though amid many superstitions, I believe God will hear; and among the Apostles whose sculptured forms stand in the surrounding niches he will at last be lifted, and Into ihe pres-ence of that Christ whose sufferings a re represented by the crucifix before which he bows; and be raised In due time out of all his poverties Into the ^ glorious home built for him and buil t for us by 'Him who maketh the Seven Stars and Orion.'"

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The Eskimos Defy All Law* of nyglen* and Thrive.

Much Is said about American dyspep> sla, but there is one native race of America that Is certainly not greatly troubled by the modern curse, says Popular Science News. The sturdy little Eskimos defy all the laws ot hygiene and thrive. The Eskimo, like the ordinary dweller in America, eats unti l he Is satisfied, but there i s this difference, that he never Is satis-fied while a shred of the feast remains unconsumed. His capacity is limited by the supply, and by tha t only. H e cannot make any mistake about t h e manner of cooking his food, tor a s a rule be does not cook It, nor so f a r a s the blubber or fat o t the arctic an imal is concerned, about his method ot ea t -ing It, fo r he simply does not ea t i t ; he cuts It Into long strips an inch wide \ and an inch thick, and then lowers t h e strips down his throa t a s one migh t lower a rope Into a well. And a f t e r that he does not suffer from indiges-tion. He can make a meal off t h e flesh and skin of the walrus, provision .so hard and gritty t h a t In cut t ing up the animal the knife must be continually sharpened. The teeth of a l i t t le Bskl-mo child will meet in a bit o t wa l ru s skin as the teeth of an American child would meet In the flesh of an apple. And t h a t when the hide ot the walrua ' f rom one-halt t o one and one-hal t inches In thickness and bears consid-erable resemblance to the of a a elephant. The Eskimo child will bits It and digest It, too. and never know what dyspepsia means.

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Gronnds for Suspldon. A worthy vicar In a rura l par ish w h o

bad waxed eloquent In the Interest o t foreign missions one Sunday w a s surprised on entering the village shop during t h e week t o be greeted w i t h marked coldness by the old dame who kept I t On asking the cause the o ld woman produced a half-crown f r o m a drawer, and, throwing It down before him, said: "I marked tha t coin and put i t in the plate last Sunday, and here i t is back again in my shop! I kno^sed well them heathen never got the money!"—Evening Telegram.

Sometimes Be Does. Job Lett—One never loses a n y t h i n g

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" W H A T the devil is Pingroe holding

on to the mayoral ty of Detroit for?"

writes a correspondent. Don ' t know.

Breeding a hog to stock his prison

farm with, perhaps. » * A

A i m now we have a coffin trust

i^hich h^s advanced prices f rom 10 to

tfO per cent. Tho cursed corpora-

tions are not satisfied to skin a m m

alive, they must pursue him to his

grave and rob his widows aud orphans,

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M U C H favorable cot.iment has been

occasioned by the L E D O E U ' S article on

f requent changes of school books; and

f r o m the tenor of remarks made, we

judge that the next school book agent

with a "fine .thing" to sell and a big

ax to grind will receive an invitation

t j move on. It is time to "saw off." * t-*

R E A I LV, Mr. Pingreo's assumption

that be is the only man capable of

r u n n i n g Detroit affairs is becoming

tiresome, even to his best friends. I f

he is going to serve the state of Mich

igan he should give the people his un-

divided attention. There is none too

much ability to go around. Besides,

tlie -pectacle o fone man holding two

fa i offices when thousands of patr iots

are looking for a job, savors too much

of" po rk . Hazen , we love you; but

for goodness sake, don't be a hog. # * *

M O R E tomfoolery. Barbers are

t rying to get the legislature to make

a law requiring barbers to take out

l icences to be issued by a state ton-

sorial commission, consisting of throe

b i rbers . It is designed U) kill off

poor barbers in the interests of those

who are better fixed. N e x t we know

the bakers, tailors, shoemakers and

other mechanics will be following

suit, ana we'll have so much red tape,

that a man can ' t get a pair of cow-

hide boots tapped without getting his

feet t a n g led 4ip. This scheme needs

kill ing. "We have 500 obsolete laws

no w, made by the Squaw bucks, the

Haw Bucks, the J aw Bucks and

their predecessors. It is t ime to let

up. W h a t we need as a state is leas

law and more sense.

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TUB administration classes the al-

leged filibuster Three Friends as a

"pirate." Great guns, Mr. Harmon,

if sympathy with Cuba and a willing-

ness—nay an eagerness—to help her

suffeiing people constiUite piracy, the

whole American people are pirates.

But if our patriotic, whole souled,

honest and liberty loving people who

remember Valley Forge, France and

Lafayette and who would emulate the

grand example of humanity thus af-

forded, if all tliHse are "pirates,"

whi<t name shall be given to tho un-

American policy ofGrover Cleveland",

OIney, H a r m o n , et al, who seem to

be doing all in their power t " aid a

rotten old monarchy iu its campaign

ot butchery, devastation and lust?

Turkey knows everything that is vile

and abhorrent . Lot her name it. ¥ *

A T H E L E D O E R has sometimes been

criticized for its advocacy of capital

punishment for murder in the first de-

gree and aggravated cases of assault.

Our sympathies go out to the innocent

dead, "steeping the years of the i r man-

hood away;" \Ye remember the vic-

tims of rage and passion. We think

of aad homes, tyhence joy and peace

have r ) rever departed, driven out by

the assassin's hand; and we know t h a t

the same fate now awaits thousands

upon thousand of happy homes. Our

critics may forget all this! \ve can-

not. They may \yeep over the bloojy-

handed murderer or the foul desecra-

tor of sacred rights, and carry to them

beautiful roses and sweet lillies! but

excuse us. This is a plank in our

platform t h a t we stand tyr. W e be-

lieve it to he sensible a n d j u s t .

Those who do not like U can "skip

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M I L L I O N A I R E G A G B of Chicago is

to be McKinley's secretary «f the

treasury, and ho endorses the Cleve-

land idea of finance. He proposes to

retire the greenbacks permanently, to

redeem and cancel t reasury notes and

to establish a "broader and more elas-

tic bank note system," such notes to be

redeemable in gold only. Mr. Gage

classes silver certificates as "danger-

ous." and will wipe them out if he can.

Tiiis looks like couiraction with a big

C. When it is stated that of 812,000

thus far paid in taxes by the people

of Lowell township for this year less

than $100 was paid in gold, one can

understand that Messrs. Cleveland

ami Gage propose that the business of

this country shall be done on the

basis of a money that the people do

not possess. Well, what else can

you expect f rom a millionaire? Some

sweet day, the great people of this

nation will assert themselves and

no longer allow a handful of

millionaires to sit around and make

a business of ruining the masses.

They will. As sure as there is a God

in Heaven, ti ey will!

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Peach Hill Grove. The meetings Imvo elaseil at the

sclinol iinuHe, Jud Miipeman's imlty is on the sick The rest of tlie pick are improving. Delia Godfrey spent Sunday with her

sister. Mrs. Gen. Chrislie of South Lowell. Elder Mnnge of I^OWG I I and Mr. Gull of

Detroit were guests of J . N. llubbei Fri-day.

Our teacher was unnlile to lake charge of his school a couplcof days last.

F. M. Godfrey and wife visited friends in Lowell Friday.

Klder Stone and wife and Rev. F. Davis and wife, Mrs. W. Pnilen and Misses Nettie

| I'ullen and Lynn Crawford were guests ol [ John Gary and wife last week.

Mrs Allen Godfrey visited her parents in Alton Saturday and Sunday.

The Crandes t Remedy , .Mr. R. B. Greevo, merchant, of Chil-

howie, Va., certifies that he had consump-tion, was given up to die, sought all medi-cal treatment that money could procure, tried all cough remedies ho could hear of, but got no relief; spent many nights sit-ting up in a chair; was induced to try Dr. King's New Discovery, and was cured by use of two bottles. For past three yonrs has attended to business, and says Dr. King's New Disoovery it, the grandest remedy ever made, as it has done so much for him and nlso for others in his com-munity. Dr. King's New Discovery is guaranteed for Coughs, Colds and Con-sumption. It don't fail. Trial bottles free at L. H. Hunt £ Go's. Drug Store. 2

Al ton. Fred Perkins and wife of Stanton, are

visit ing friends and relatives here. Warren Ford cut his ankle while cutting

wood last week Wednesday, which has laid him up.

Cyrus Ring and wife of Rnrtonville were guests of his brother E. King last week Thursday.

Mrs. Stocking and children of Dakota visited at Fred Ford's Wednesday.

A few of C. R. Porters friend's gathered at his home last week Thursday in honor of his 63d birthday, the seniors in the afternoon and the juniors in the evening.

Horace Weeks took advantage of the sleighing to get his lumber fro^n Hastings home.

Orrin Ford attended church at Lowell Snflday.

John Hapeman and wife wore called to their son Jud's in East Lowell Sunday on account of the illness irftheir grandson.

Mrs. Hannah Culver is sick abed at her nephew's. Dnrus Church.

Mrs. Helen White is sick. Richard Fort assisted Mr. E. Ring last

week. Orrin Ford was at Lincoln Lake several

days last week. Evelyn Culver of Belding visited his

mother Dorus Church, Tuesday. Mr. Sweetland of Lowell was a guest of

Pat Houlihan, Tuesday. Iva Mason and children of Dakota were

guests at Perry Pardy's last week Thurs-day.

Chester Church and wife visited his sis-ter Mrs. H. Culver at his son, Dorus',Mon-day.

Ed Ring was laid up for about a week with a severe cold which settled in his eyes causing him to be nearly blind.

Miss Gracc Gibson and Lewis Andrews, both of Lowell in company with Elgie Ford and Charley Kuch wereguestsatC. R. Porter's las', week Tuesday evening.

Ralph Ford was on business in Grand Rapids last Saturday.

The protracted meetings at the church closed last week Thursday. No converts.

Warren Davis of Lowell spent Sunday with his brother L. H.

Ernest Godfrey's daughter is sick. Geo. Slaytou of Nebraska visited his

aunt Mrs. Kate Purdy last Saturday. He was called home by the illness of his father Wm. Slayton.

Wm. Condon goes to RufTalo soon with a load of slock.

The -wiss we understand have purchased a lot in Lowell to erect a church upon.

Charles Kuch went to Grattan Centre on business Tuesday.

Dance at the Grange Hall Friday night. Jessie Frost made two trips to Lowell

with wood last Saturday and then got back in time for the dunce at his son George's that evening. Pretty well for an old ^pitleman.

San; Wlngier, Sr.. died Tuesday night Feb. 2.

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Jess ie Lynn has been laid up several

wce'. s with a sprained foot and ankle ,

cause: horse stumbled a n d fell with h im.

Horace Ford and wife of Grattan visited at John Hapeman's Saturday.

Z. H . ' overt and family of Lowell spent last week Tuesday at Dorus Church's

Adra Clawson is on the sick list. Mrs. J . Moshernnd daughter Mrs. Abhia

Tarbell of Custer, South Dakota, returned Sunday from Belding.

The funeral of Frank Weeks here was largely attended. We deeply sympathize wi',h the friends.

GrattaH-Veraeanes.

The dance at Geo. Frost's Saturday night was weJI attended.

John Edwards is hauling potatoes lo Belding.

Mrs. Allen Godfrey spent Sunday with her parents H. 1). Weeks and wife of Alton.

John Curly of Grand Rapids was at Par-nell Sunday.

Nellie Hyrne and friend Leila Houser of Lowell spent a couple of days in south Grattan last week.

Frankie Lewis is on the sick list. I'vnnces Houlihan has returned to her

work in Grand Rapids after a short visit with Alton friends.

John McOee of Grand Rapids spent Sun-day in South Gra tan.

Mrs. Michael Hogan is some better at present writing.

Ised to speak for us again. As she al-ways likes a full house, all try and be with us. .

Grin Beach, wife and son of Grattan, spent last Sunday with James Tredenick and wife.

Mrs. Clare Bisbee, of Hersey. is visiting relatives in Keene.

Prayer meeting every Thursday evening at the Keene vhurch.

The chicken pie social was a success, and every one seemed to be more than pleased over the speaking that Miss Grace Blakes-lee gave them. Many thanks to her.

Mesdames Joe Richmond, Merrill Kuight of Lowell spent last Friday with Mrs. James Tredenick.

Otis Stanton visited his parents at Fallas-burg, Saturday and Sunday.

Erastus Hull and wife spent Sunday after-noon with Mrs. James Bowen.

Remember the Ladies Aid al Mrs. Grant Adam's February 10. She wants a good attendance.

Robert Sparks, wife and son Floyd vis-ited her mother, Mrs. B. F. Wilkinscn, Sun-day.

Keene Center. Brother Rochelle started for Wisconsin

Friday night lo help his brother in his meetings. Will be absent two weeks.

Sunday school next Sabbath morning, and bible reading after.

Mrs. R. Adams entertained the Relief Corps froxi Lowell and some of her neigh-bors. nearly thirty-five in all, last Friday.

League meeting every Sunday evening. All come out.

.Miss Flora Wheaton who is working at Belding in the silk mill was home on a visit ami returned Sundav.

The infant daughter of John Scheidt died. Funeral was last Thursday.

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Guarantee to euro every caw of dys-pepsia, sick headache, piles, t«po wo'ntiV . and stricturo.

SlT We will give special attention to difllcult crises and to cases other physi-cians have failed to cure. Persons ap-plying for treatment will ploase bring two ot three ounces of urine for analysis.

Those who are unable to come can write full particulars of their case and have medicine sent by express with full insiructions how to be taken.

Tho firm of Drs. B.. S. and Co. were in-corporated several years since with a cap-ital of S-fifl.OOO. hence you take no chanced if you empty them. Address. (

m B., S. AND CO., X.OOX BOX, 16C,

MUSKEGON, - MICH.

T h i s s tory begun in N o . 18#.

aok numbers will be suppl ied f r e e

p new subscr ibers , subsoribe n o w ,

litee mon ths fo r 9 f c , and read thin

plendid s to ry . I t is semi-historical

tnd deeply in teres t ing .

he purpose of meeting m. ^el8,and piloting them throug!; tin nlei lo Smithvillo harbor, and often up to Wilmington.

'The life was very hazardous, and many pilots annually hud their frail hutita swamped by the angry waves and lost their lives, yes, and do up to this (toy.

Among these pilots a few years before had been one Donald Bruce, n Scotch-n a n of middle life, and as bold, expert and fearless a mariner as ever piloted a c raf t through tne inlet.

tflB daring and recklessness cost him his'life', for, venturing out three years l-efore In a rough sea, a t a t i m e when an English bark hat^ tired a signal of dis-tress, he.and three others who accom-panied him to help him through the Inlet as the tide was running in were swamiied and drowned, and their dead bodies probably eaten by sharks, or they would have, drifted in, as did their upturned and sloven boat.

Three of the men were single, but Ponald Bruce had left behind a wife, a »,on and a daughter.

Tho wife would have lost Ihe son the intne day she did the husband but. for he fact that she threw both arms-nbout

his neck and detained him. "Xay, Angus, thou shal t not go, son,

end If Donald Bruce wud list to me, he wud go. neither—the. sea is angry. I will warrant mo. and one life is enough for Manrct Brnce to trust to it this day."

"Stay hame, Angus, stay hame, and mind thy inithcr, lad—for summuttells me there be a mighty swell, and I'd have thee by the dame."

So that Angus had remained behind, tind well he did, for the wife and daugh-te r of Donald Bruce—aye, and for tho Ibd himself.

Margaret Bruce was a woman of some <0 years of age when she lost her hus-band. lie ha/1 married her some 25 veors before in bonnie Scotland, and removed to North Carolina shortly r.ftcr.

Angus, the son, was now 23 years of age, tall, straight as an arrow, and did not know his s t rength; he was an ex-pert pilot and a thorough seaman, his

' f a ther having tutored him for years. Angus Bruce waa, one the pasbcr-by

"would glance nt more than once; his large blue eyes, heavy head of hair (not red, but nearly so) heavy eye-brows, clean shaven face, and close-set lips, in addition to his stalwart frame, made him good to look upon, •nd so thought every pilot, nay, every pian and woman tha t gazed ui>on him.

Jennie Bruce, his sister, was six years lids junior, and as comely a Scotch lass 94 one would wish to see.

Now after the father 's death Mar garet Bruce determined that An-gus should never venture more in an open boat to sea, so she purchased for young Angus "The Clara Belle," a two-masted schooner that had plied the v a t c r s of the river and coast for several

Andy Quillan visited friends in Grand i M , n ' C , , a r l w Lamkins, A. Abbott and Dell Bowen took dinner wilh Mrs. Chad Lec lost Wednesday.

Rapids recently. Art Bibler and Charles Kropf were bad.

ly scalded last week Ttfesday while butcher-ing.

Roy Ford had the mlsfbrtune tu break through the ice in the pond back of the wagon shop one day last week.

Mrs Carrie Hesseltine from Wilbur, Washington, is visiting Mrs. R. F. Wilkin-son and odier friends.

All bear in mind that there will be Easter services at the Keene church on Easter

jjSundny. Miss Grace Bldkeslee has prom-

THIS IS CNR OF THBM.

3UV ONLY T H £ C E L E B R A T E !

Far rand & Votey

ORGAN M A D E IN DEIROIT, MICH.

Business Directory. J . H A R R I S O N U I G K E K T .

dontlst. Over CburcL't bank, Lowell.

8 P. HICK8, — - -Loans, Collection*, Real Estate and Insi r-

ance. Lowell, Mleh.

6AL1 BV D STOCKING i

O.G. ifcOANSEl., M. 1), HiysieUn and Surgeon. OfBfce, 4(5 bridge

street, Lowell, Mleh.

M.C.GEBSN, M. D.

physician and Surgeon. Ofllceat Besldefice Bridge street, Lowell, Mleh.

O. G. TOWSLKY. M.7)7 " Physician and Snr!r*on. Oillce hours, 10 .-m

to 3 pm. and 7to8pra.

J . M.GOODSPREn, M. 1). Ofllceand Residence on Hudson street f fllce

hours from 5, lo 10 a. m , 2 lo <1 m . t n i i * t o ^ P - , Sundey. 2 to 5 p. M.

E. H. CAMBELL, INSURANCE, LOANS Notary Public, Real Estate A W ..nd Col-

lec'.or. Over Boylsn's store. \owcV

HOTEL CENTRA] Lowell, Mich, A. D. Horn $1.00 per day, *3 50 per wej and clean beds.

. Linen sale a t A . .

BaU

Angus to the rcacue.

waficns, carrying the planters' products to market, bringing them supplies, and coasting IVom Newborn and Beaufort to Charleston harbor.

The lad had on the deck of his cn . f t eight good stoift men, and in the galley 0 cook, who was his properly.

Do had always been as punctual and reliable as tho sun, and lacked not for all that he could do; he was making

' jroney rapidly. This was the Angus Bruce and this

the c raf t that, Abner Hill looked for the Wednesday succeedliig the Sunday on which John Ixiyd was a t Orton, to freight Ins tnrpentuio lo Wilmington, ami Fannie, Herbert and Clara were to take passage in its ample cabin.

The Clara HeUe passed into the mouth of Otrton croek on Tuesday night, and was «EC'ircd to the landing; big bon-

were built upon the creek bank, (ll night long 20 of Squire Hill's

under the direction of Corbett, piling turpentine aboard; while

live! Yeoh! Heave!" of the sail-jcard as they lowered i t into

speared a t the house a t ^Wednesday morning and Hire seated on the piazza [irly pipe.

Newspaper Co.) ISprpih*. the t'lUrn 1 telle is loaded, and

AajfuM Marls for Wilmington on the i'ood tide at ten o'clock."

"Very good, Corbett. Angus never fails us. Did yon. tell him of his pas-sengers?"

"Yes, squire, 1 told him." "Very welh they'll be aboard nt ten." Promptly at ten the schooner swung

from the wharf nnd passed out into the river. Herbert nnd Ihe two girls v e r e standing on the afteu deck. The lide was bearing up the river, nnd tlie wind was favorable. So, with her can-vas unfurled to Hie breeze, the Glora Belle soon left Orton far behind.

('apt. Angus was on the deck in-slip-jfrred feet. Having been up the greater par t of the night , he had just arisen. Ho approached t i n stern, whero his passengers were seated in chairs.

"Good morning, ladies." "Good morning, Capt. Bruce." "Miss Hill, you know where the cabin

Is. and you will find i t untenanted. It Is a t your disposal."

"Thanks, captain, thanks, b u t l think it more pleafiaut this fine morning on deck."

"Your mother and sister are well?" "Quite well, I thank you.'" "Capt. Bruce," said Fannie, "what

time will we arrive in town?" "Wo will be there by three o'clock,

Miss Fannie, and perhaps before. There, is fruit in the cabin. Miss Hill, and if you would like either tea or coffee, or anything else I hot the Clara Belle con-tains, ring the bell for Tobe and order it."

" 'Clara Bellei ' lwonder, captain, was your schooner named f o r m e ? "

"I fear not. Miss Hill, as tha t was the name the craft, bore when I purchased her. but I rechrlstened her the Clara Helle. for the bonniest lass on the river."

"Oh, Capt. Bruce, liow you can Mat-ter."

"No flaltery. Miss Hill; do you think I'd give a c r a f t ns stanch nnd true as this, the name of one 1 did not—the name of anyone but Miss Clara Hill?"

Angus Bruce went fo rvnrd in some confusion, while Clara Hill's face iushed.

"Tlie impudent puppy," said Herbert Lathrop. "Miss Hill, shall I reprove kim?"

"I advise you not. Mr. Lathorp. else you might get your clothing soiled by contact with the deck, or in the some-what grimy waters of the river."

"Come, Fannie, let's test the captain's u'urt."

The two girls deacemK I into the cabin, but soon returned with oranges aud apples. Fannie gave Herbert, a couple, and they proceeded to tlie stern of tlie schooner, where as they took the outer covering off they cast it over-board. Clara was seated on the schoon-er's railing, and Herbert standing near-ly In f ron t of her.

Suddenly he said: "Hand me the apple. Miss Clara, I will pare i t for you," and he extended his hand—rt came in contact with the hand tha t held her knife.

She recoiled as though fitung by a viper, swayed back—one scream, sho fell from the railing into the river, and sank beneath its foaming surface di-rectly in the wake of the schooner.

Fannie screamed, and. Herbert La-throp cried: "Stop the boat! ('aptain» stop the boat! Mlsa IHU is over-; boardI"

Angus Bruce, with his red hair flying, ' came rushing af t , kicking off his slip-,

pcrs as he came. "Por t your helm! Hard port your helm! Swing her to,

j and lower a boat," and over the vessel's ralllnghead first,with acryof awound-

1 ed beast, he disappeared from view. Down, down into the depths of the river, bu t not for long—his head waa soon above the surface, his st-rougarins causing the water to fly, as valiantly, with mighty strokes, lie dashed i t aside to rescue one. who. unknown to her-self, held in chains never lo be broken but by death live body, heart and soul of Angus Bruce.

Angus caught sight of two white hands, then of a whiter face, surround-ed by clustering hair, ns it rose above the surface.

"Courage! Courage!" he cried, nnd with all the might in his powerful frame he plowed through the. water, nearing the form of the one he loved.

Clara heard tha t cry, and on the in-s t an t the thought passed through her brain: "I am saved."

Then she sank again—down, down; strange roaring sound;? were. In her ears, but her lips were firmly closed.

As that loved form sank a second time from view, so also did the form of Angus Bruce, and when he reappeared on tlie river's surface he bore In his a rms the form of Clara Hill.

l ie clasped her round the waist with h is left arm. nnd sustained himself on the water with his right.

Her arms were around his neck, cling-ing as will a drowning person to any-th ing in reach.

"Courage! Dear heart! Courage, Clara Belle! don't clasp me quite so t ight , alas, tha t I must say t ha t ! There, so—that will do.

"Hey! Calvin, quick! Mate, quick!" "Unloose me, Angus, and let me

drown, else will you drown too." "Unloose you, Clara Belle? not while

l ife Insta. You are dearer to the heart of Angus Bruce than life Itself- why, we float the river's surface like a cork; laugh a t your fears, you'll never drown, while clinging to Bruce."

"Oh, Ang-asI Angus! bu t for yon. I

h • -i itll her hel^n hard-n-port, the i^chooner had. rounded to, and now lay i thwart tho river, her Kails flapping

xllyhiSd'emptied of the breeze. Calvin 'Stewart , the mate, had low-

ered tho yawl, and with two good men was pulling to the rescue.

When he reached them Angus lifted Clara, with the help of Gtilvln, into the yawl, and was soon seated beside her.

When the boot reached the side of the schooner, a rope ladder was hanging to the rail, by which to ascend to the deck, and Herbert Lathrop was standing by it .

"Are you s t rong enough to climb the ladder. Miss Hill?"

"Oh yes, my bravo reBcuer, oerteinly." Then glancing up. she saw a t the head

of tho ladder Herber t Lathrop leaning over the rail. "Bu t you go first, cap-tain, and help m e over the rail, for I like' not Herbert Lathrop, and but fo r him', I should no t hove taken this bath ."

" I am glad of tha t , " said Angus "O, which? tha t I llko not Herber t ,or

t h a t I took the ba th?" " " " "Of—of both, Miss Hill," said Angus,

as he climbed to the deck. " • "Oh, captain!" As Angus mounted the deok, Herbert

said: "A brave act , Capt. Bruce, a brave oc t l "

"Oh no," said Angus, "none but a cow-ard would see a lady drown; had 1 stood whero you did, when she went overboard, sho would have little more than been Immersed; now she la well soaked."

Herbert hated Angus Bruce from t h a t time.

"Well, you have done your duty, cap-tain, now stand aside and I will receive Miss Hill."

"Not so, Herbert. Lathrop, I never do things by half," nnd Herber t bit his lips, as Angus lifted Clara over the rail-ing, and, followed by Ihe weeping Fan-nie, bore her to the cabin.

"Don't cry, Fannie! don' t cry! the time to cry has passed. I am quite over my scare now—only wringing wet."

"My sister Jennie," said Angus, "ac-companied me co Charleston on my last t r ip down the coast. You will find in the bureau there, dresses and clothing that she left aboard—I beg you will speedily make use of such as please you; there is wine in tha t decanter—now I will go and put on dry toggery, as this Is too wet, even for a sailnr."

When Angus returned to his berth nnd changed his clothing, he thought of some of the language he had used, under the excitenu.nt of the moment, while he was rescuing Miss Hill, and felt somewhat abaAled.

"Clara Hill Is no for me," he said, "but by the gods, a i e will never find a heart that loves her more—I have saved her life for some mere fortunate man."

While Angus was noliloqulzing thus, Clara Hill was repc- i t ing over and over In her mind the w o r l s :

. jves me! • Brute 1 >1.- ii.i i Ib.s , she tli.. "Is tlie love of a mau; with such a on. could be happy, but that do—what would my father and n brother say?—yea, or what would th do. should I even think of wedd Angus—even my mother. 1 thin would revolt to see her daughter we. a pilot's son. and the captain of a schooner; and yet I knew when I heard bis voice: 'Courage! cour-age! Clara Belle.' that 1 loved him: yes. I do love him as fer-vently a-s he loves me—beside him, Her-bert Lathrop is a c 'pher. Oh, Angusl you saved my life. 011 have my heart ; would I could g'.v< you my hand. But not so. your imago will bo graven on my brai l 1 v. ..ole life long, but I will be the Li -l.- of my father 's frlem^, Jbbn Ldyd. and now I care ipot ^)(w hobn—for then will there be an impaa-sable barrier between the man I ^oye and may not marry, and mc."

Ah hour later the two girls were on the deck, gazing back in the direction of the recent disaster; Clara clad In the Scotch plaid of Jennie Bruce.

"Ah," said Angus, as he approached them, "1 have aboard a Scotch laasie now.

"Miss Hill," lie continued, aside to Clara, nnd a deep blush suffused his cheek, "pray pardon me for any Word* I uttered, when 1 knew not but thai they might be the last "

MSj>e«k not of pardon, Angus Bruci but for you I should be now lying a' the river's bottom."

"This locket. Miss Hill, came fron your neck while in the water, when grasped you first; the der cliaii parted nnd it remained halid. now return it,"

"Have you opened its face?" "Oh no, I would not lake that lib

er ty ." "Then do so now." He opened it, and an exclamation o

pleasure fell f rom his lips. "Do you reeognixe t he lady, captain'.' "Oh, yes, Miss Hili, it is your lovel

self." "Keep it, captain, in memory of th

worthies*! life you saved;" and wi: tears in her eyes, as she saw the loo on the face of Angus, Clara Hill (l« scended to the cabin.

I t was four o'clock when the schoonej landed at her pier, and John Loyd'scar riage was in waiting.

"Good-by, Capt, Bruoe. When do y c re turn lo Orton?"

"1 take a cargo here. Miss Hill, foi Charleston, but will go ashore a t Ortoi nnd see your father."

"When do you re tu rn to Wilming ton?"

"In three weeks' t ime; provided, al-ways. t h a t we have fai r winds am weather."

"1 shall hope to see you then, and until then—good-by."

"Good-by, Miss Hill. Miss Loyd, good by," and Angus assisted them to th-wharf, where Uiey entered the elegao carriage of Banker Loyd and were rap-idly whirled away, Oarashudder ing , as she though t t "The n e x t t ime I seo An-

•g^j xruue x smui nmw on Ufy ta engagement ring."

Angus watched the parrlage unftl it turned the corner; then, turning^ to his mate, Calvin. Stewart, a man of somq- 30, years, who had been with hflm now* tivo yeara, said:

"Now,-\'nlvln, ge t everything In reed I-Ties's for unloading. I will go ashore and seij tho consignees. Wo must nn-load to-tiight," -• ••

Calvin1 wna a man of Bruce's s tature who- had appeared In SrolthHHe- tw.) years before. Ho had stated' that he had been' shipwrecked, hJid as he was a thorough sediiian, bWd/fenrleka am? welt acquainted with the ooast, Angus, having found him trustworthy, made him second in command on board the Clara Belle.

That night they discharged their cargo, and Thursday night were, again under way, en route for Charleston har-r bor.

[TO I\E CONTINUKn.]

Good butter , lard, eggs, fresh pnrk» W f or poultry taken on suhscriptinn * 1 * the L K D O K H nnd the highest retail •trice allowed.

I f ORTCAGE SALE. Whereas, default has boon mndoiti tho

i r z ?.i t i — ^ m o . u m « n ^ and fifty flvedollars($fiB6)besides

nn attorney foe of fifty dollars, provided

MORTCAftl Whereas Alan It havmifneitn made

in the payment and condHtonil'dr a oer tain mortgage dtfted October fith 1878, ex-ecuted by Willia/n IL Brownell of Ver-gennos, Kent cohnty, Michigan,-to Cor mlok McGee of Lowell, said coniAy and nfcato, and recorded in tho office of the Register of Deeds of Kent county, Michi-gan, October 10th, 187K, at 8 o'clock a. m., in Liber 61 of Mortgagos on pngo 501; Said mortgago was assigned Nov. 27th 1878 by said Gormick McGee to David M. Miller of Vorgennes in said county and state, which assignment was recorded in said'Register's office May 2rilb, 18!>3, at 5 o'clock, p. m., in Liber 203 of Mortgages onpngeHBi Saia'mnrtgngo waa after-ward transferred by tho last will and tes-tament of said David M, Miller deceased to Sabrina E. Lobdell residuary legatee and solo executrix of said will, which was duly proven and a copy of which was re-corded in said Register's office, December 30 I89G In Liber 253 of Wills, Power of Attorney, etc.. on pages 152, 163, 154: Subsequent thereto said Sabrina E. Lobdell died intestate leaving an estate in said county, and Bradley N. Lobdell was duly appointed by the Judge of Probate of said county administrator of her said estate, a copy of which appointment was recorded in said Register's office Novem-ber 30lh I8i»(> i)i Liber 202 of Wills, Power of Ally, etc., on pages 138 and 139; Upon which mortgago there is claimed to be due and unpaid at the date of this notice of principal and interest the sum of fivi

Iu variably oerrecteclf r idaj morning.

r 1 jL-^SsKjcfc'-" ' ' • ' • < 1 I

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nd executed by Luther F . Sevrry nnd ophla C. Severy, his wife, both of the illage of Lowell, County of Kent and • ate of Michigan, to Fred S. Sweet ol" yracuso. Now York, and recorded in tho llico of the Register of Deeds for the ounty of Kent, and State of Michigan, u the BOth day of NovemborJ A. D. 181)1, • five o'clock in tho nfternoonof said ay, iu Liber 178 of mortKages on pages '(i and 587, aud. whereas, by mieh dofantt •e power of sale in such mortgago has •come operative, and on said mortgage tore is claimed to be due and unpaid al ie date of this notice the sum of $006.21 ollars, as principal and interest, and n 1 lit or proceeding at law cr in chancery us been Instituted to recover said debt, r any part thereof: now. therefore, no ee is hereby given, that by virtue of th ower of sale is said mortgage contained nd of the statute in such ease made an I rovided. tho said mortgago will bo fore l.wed by a sale of tho mortgaged premises • as much thereof as may be necessary t • • tisfy the amount due on said mortuair1

principal and interest and the cost ami pensesof sale allowed by law. includimr iKOirdancu with the. statute in such f«se

ade 11 nd provided, an attorney lee of $2 > he t-ame not exceeding the amount pro ided lor said mortgage, in ease of fore-osnre thereof, ami attorneys at law beinir mploTcd therefor) nl public miction to ie highest bidder, on May llth lhj)7. nt •n o'clock in the forenoon of stid day. al ne north front door of the court house, so • lied, in the city of Grand Kapids, Michi-:in, which building is the place fur hold-,ii the circuit court for the County of Kent, •which county the premises to be ^old e Mtuate. Said premises are described lol lows to wil: 1 ot number eleven (11) ol

weet & Smith's addition to i-aid village of • .well according to the recorded plat

hereof. Dated. Februarv 5,1897. FREDS. SWEET.

Mortgagee. SWEET, PERKINS & JUDKINS,

Attorneys for Mortgagee.

•IcKINLEY & vlcCARTY

Are elected. The former will run

<ie government but the Intter will

uiitihue lo run the Grocery, Provis-

•n and Farm Produce business,

Everything in the line of S T A P L E

md F A N C Y GKOC E R I E S .

Crockery and Glassware a Specialty

'rices that cannot he heat for nnmey

tins or marbles.

McCARTY. lighest pricespnid for f a r m products.

1he Only Laundry in the city is the

- L O W E L L —

mm LAUNDRY. W o r k called for and del ivered.

JCcw machines g ive

j e n c c t work .

VHiUARANTEE Satisfaction, Drop u s a card ami we will call

»r your work.

CAMPBELL & H A R R I S .

in case of foreclosure, and no proceedings at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the same, or any part thereof: Notice is hereby given that said Morteaj."-will be foreclosed by a sale of the premi-ses therein described to satisfy the amount duo thereon with interest and cost of foreclosure, and such sale will be made at public auction to tho highest bid-der. March 27th. 1897. at 2 o'clock, p. m . at tho front fnorth) door of tho court house in the city of Grand Rapids. Michi yan. that being the placo of holding th* circuit court for tho county of Kent; said promises being described as follows, (o wil: All the south half ( ! ) • f tho east half ( j .j of tho west half of the southwest quarter ('.j) ..f Section fifteen (15) in Town Seven (7i N-Tth • f Range Nine west, C' unty of Kent and state of Michi-nan. Dated. Ducemher .'iUth, ltS96.

BRADLEY N. LOBDELL, Administrator.

MILTON M. TERRY. Attorney f-r Admimstratnr.

•.tll/i' -v v I- RRY,

V'toruev mid • o niseliir al Luw. Train's Urn R ock. I. "*, d Mleh. •'peeliil ulteuti.. givni lo R..l|. .Hons rouwymclnir. UK S de of RH I KsMtc.

l is lUoqunI tlfd Mid been iidmitted to pr •• ice In th- Interior D.-p .rlment ami nil tti.

I>; 1 . HUS thereto in d is rendy In prosecul Claim* for tlmse that miy tie entitled i< v si-.n Hoiinly

N e w

Bazaar S t o r e ! One door west of Bakery.

Call and examine prices

and you will go no

further.

W. S. PURPLE.

IT P A Y S TO

The demand still continues for students of the McLnchlan Ihisiness I'niverMiy. Grand Rapids, Mich. During the past week four more of our sludenls have re eeived positions: MISK Maud Elliott, sten ojirapher for the Klliott Bultou.fastener Co, Grand Rapids; Mi>s Jennie Daniels stenographer for Wm. White & Sons, lum her merchants, Boyne City, Mich.; Mr Rerl Newton, stenographer for The Fred Macey Furniture Co., (»rand Rapids, Mieh . Miss Mary Kelly, stenographer for Holt wood & Bollwood. lawyers, Grand Rapids. Mich.

' Why not attend the best?" Ifinteres ted. write for cataloffiies lo D. McLachlan A- Co., Grand Rapids, Mieh.

t o k T I B B

Whaat, whlw Wbeat, red Butter Unioai Coru

Rye Bailey, per hundred.... Flour, per hundred Rriiii, perlon.. ; . . . . . . .Middling!, per Ion Corn meal, per ton.. . . Corn nnd oais. per ton.. Eifgs Potatoes Beans .-... Beef I* rk Ohickeus W001, washed Wool.uuwushed..

PP'W" '

LOWELL A HASTINGS RAILRMAD TIME T>BLK.

In Effect Sonday, December 27, 1806

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trcet

D E T R O I T -Ls noAMnRi

Jan. 1, 1897. GLFAND RAPIDS & WESTERN R. R .

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Oolng East Grand Rapids Elnidale Lowell Lowell Lansing Detroit

f.OINO wBar

A. M. 7 00 785

r. M. p. M.

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7 36 10 08_ P M. 2 20

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1 1 0 " 882

1010 P. M.

P. M. 600 8 8 7

Lowell Lowell Ehndale 1168 Grand Rapids 12 36

p. M.

620 4 2 0

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Gov. P ing ree . accompanied by Land I Commissioner French and Hep. Chas. | Pc t row s k i , of Wayne , went lo .lackson j f r o m Lans ing nnd were m e t h e r e by ! cx-Congressmnn O'DonncIl . The par ty | immedia te ly repa i red to the s ta te . p r i son w h e r e the governor and O'Don- | n e l l we re closeted fo r three-quar te rs | of a n h o u r in Warden Chamberlain 's office. At the conclusion of the inter- I v iew Henry Jacobs. August Grossnnwa, : Car l Vogcler and August Fub rman , • f o u r of t h e murdere rs , were b r o u g h t in a n d in te rv iewed separa te ly b y the gov-c r n o r . When th is bad been completed Gov. P ingree took f rom his* inside | p o c k e t the pa rdons fo r the four men. ! aff ixed h i s s i g n a t u r e a n d handed them j t o Warde r Chamberlain . T h e men . were aga in b r o u g h t to the warden's ^ offiee and told they were f ree men, | a n d seldom have men ap- [ pea red more pleased over a n y good f o r t u n e t h a n were they . In broken j l anguage , b u t t h a t which came from i t h e h e a r t , t he convicts t h a n k e d the gove rno r and warden , a n d promised to r e t u r n a t once t o t h e i r fami l ies and live honorab le and u p r i g h t lives, as in f a c t i t is claimed they had done for m a n y ye a r s previous to t he i r conviction.

T h e boa rd of pa rdons h a d recom-mended the pardon of these f o u r men, b a s i n g the i r act ion la rge ly upon the second confession of Wil l iam Repke in wh ich he exone ra t ed the f o u r men f r o m part ic ipat ion in the crime, say ing t h a t t hey were no t p r e sen t a t t he t ime of the ki l l ing. Repke 's admission of h i s p a r t in the shoot ing makes i t q u i t e ce r t a in t h a t h e wi l l end h i s d a y s in prison. He had n o t h i n g t o g a i n b y m a k i n g the second confession which has , the re fo re , been iriven much con-s iderat ion.

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A. M.. assembled in the Masonic temple a t Saginaw. The r e p o r t of t h e g r a n d sec re ta ry shows t h a t the re a rc a t pres-e n t 38.000 members of the order in the s ta te , a gain of over 1.000 d u r i n g the yea r . The g r a n d lodge decided t o un i t e wi th the o the r g rand bodies in t h e care a n d main tenance of the Mich-igun Masonic home, and t h e success o t t h a t ins t i tu t ion is t h u s assured. Offi-cers were elected as follows: Grand m a s t e r , Lou H. Winsor, of Reed City; d e p u t y muster . J a m e s M. Bradley, of P o r t Huron; g r a n d senior warden . F r a n k T. Lodge, of Detro i t ; g r and jun io r warden, Lucien E. Wood, of Pokagon; g rand t reasure r , William

\ W c n t e , of Manis tee; g r and secre tary , J ^ f e r s o n S. Conover. of Coldwater; g ranu ' lec turer , A r t h u r M. Clark, of Lex ing to f t ; g r a n d chapla in . Rev. A. A. Knappen , ofvAlbion; g r a n d senior dea-con, F r a n k 0 . "CnUbert, of Bay City; g r a n d jun io r deaconw Neal McMillan, of Rockford; g r a n d fL\irshal, R W. Brough ton , of P a w P a w ; v r r a n d tyler , J a m e s F. McGregor, of Detf-Qit. The n e x t mee t ing will be he ld at^ Grand Bapids. >%s

Bold Day Robbery a t Detroit . A f ew minutes a f t e r 0 p. m., while

t h e shoe s tore of David McAllister, 283 Michigan avenue, Detroi t , conta ined severa l customers, two men rushed in w i t h d r a w n revolvers, t h r e w Mr. Mc-All is ter upon a set tee and one of the fe l lows held him while the o the r step-ped over t o the cashier 's desk, covered Miss McAllister w i th a revolver , opened t h e money d r a w e r and took ou t abou t $70 in bills. The robbers then rushed o u t of the s tore a n d d isappeared across t h e s t r e e t The t w o c le rks and six or e i g h t customers h a d stood rooted t o t h e floor d u r i n g t h e s t a r t l i n g scene, b a t a s soon as the thieves ran ou t they ra i sed an a larm. The police were ca l led and l a t e r in t h e even ing a r res ted t w o suspccls, who have been qu i t e fnUy identified.

Two Old Men Bnrned to Death. In a fire, which occurred in Van Em-

s t e r ' s d r u g store, o n Columbus avenue, Bay City, Theodore During, aged 64, • n d F. H. J . Van Emster , aged 70, lost t h e i r lives. At t h e first a l a r m Mrs. Van Ems te r aroused he r husband , who Enatehed one of t h e chi ldren and made h i s escape. The m o t h e r a n d th ree o t h e r chi ldren escaped in t h e i r n i g h t gowns . Van Ems te r then re tu rned a n d made a despera te a t t e m p t to ex-tUiguish the flames. He w a s unable to g e t o u t again, owing to a spr ing lock on a door t h r o u g h wh ich he en-t e r e d . D u r i n g w a s found in h i s bed-room upsta i rs . Death came f r o m suf-foca t ion . The fire was caused by an exp los ion of chemicals , a n d t h e loss i s on ly §1,000.

Duga ld P a t t e r s o n , of E m m e t Mich., w a s i n s t a n t l y kiHed b y a f a l l i ng log a t Nelson , B. C.

A n d r e w Doolan, a p ionee r of Pont iac , w a a found a t t he co rne r of Huron and Wil low s t r e e t s unconscipus and over-come wi th cold.

T h e Diamond Match Co., capi ta l ized a t $11,000,000, filed a r t i c l e s w i t h Secre-t a r y of S t a t e Ga rdne r a n d paid a f r a n -ch i se f e e of §5,500.

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A gas explosion in tho h igh school i I 1ff ,® c e n t Kalamazoo, caused a fire, ' j which destroyed the s t ruc ture . Tho I a n n e x fo r the g r a m m a r school was [ saved, a l t h o n g h Hooded wi th water .

I cmage , 810,000; insurance, 812,000 | A ladder on which four firemen were ' s t a n d i n g broke . Moth of Fred Wins-« |u»v a lejr* were brukeu and Fred Wild-smi th s spine was h u r t badly. A new cen t ra l h igh school will probablv l>e b u i l t and an addit ion be e rec ted to no g r a m m a r depar t inon t on the old

h igh school site.

T H E T W O P E N I N S U L A S .

The home of C. H. Kingsbury bu rned I a t a t Louis. Loss 82,500.

i ! l Polish woodsman, was !

killed by a f a l l ing t ree n e a r Alma.

Eugene Graham, aged 14, fell f r o m 1

the second s tory window of a p l an ing mil a t Mt. P l e a s a n t and b roke his neck.

Somers S. Leoland commit ted suicide-a t Qumcy by hang ing . He w a s abou t

^ a r 8 ° f and one of tho p ioneers of the villacre.

The Michigan Equal Su f f r age asso-ciation is sounding tho leg is la ture wi th , regard to tho advisabil i ty of in t rodue-ing an equal su f f r age bill th i s session.

John Selleck a f a rmer of Orleans, as found dead in the snow beside t h e

Detroit , ( . rand Rapids A Western rail-road. He had been d r i n k i n g heavily.

Mrs. A r t h u r Vandowator was burned to dea th in the des t rnct ion of h e r home, three miles south of Belleville The o the r member s of the f ami ly nar-rowly escaped.

The McCuIlough house, a t Cedar I Liver, ihe proper ty of Mrs. R o b e r t 1

McCuIlough, w a s destroyed, by fire. Loss 85.000. I t was one of the oldest hotels in the nor thwes t .

Lewis Baylor , of Somerset , Hillsdale county, was dr iv ing home f rom Adrian when he suddenly discovered t h a t his wife was dead by his side, hav ing ex-pired wi thout mak ing a m u r m u r .

Miss Lizzie Kinney, of Okemos, a young inmate of the I n g h a m county poorhouse, was found in h e r room w i t . he r clothes on fire and so badly burned t ha t it is impossible for h e r to recover.

Chas. Schrank, nea r Menominee, be-came fr ightened nine yea r s ago and lost his voice. One day last week he suddenly regained it. and is now one of the happiest men in the upper pen-insula. ^

Edward Williams, of Toronto , was arres ted a t Battle Creek, for robb ing the Michigan Central ra i j road t icket office a t Marshall of 800. The money w a s found on his person and he con-fessed.

Howard Hawley, who is in ja i l a t Caro, charged with be ing an accom-plice in the murder of F a r m e r J . H.

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Fred W Benkay , a conductor on tho Rapid railway between Detroit and M t Clemens w a s crushed to death under the t rucks of h is own ear on Monroe avenue . Detroit . He had intended to q u i t his j ob t h a t same n ight and had bu t one more run to make.

T w o men, supposed to In- tramps were found f rozen t o dea th beside the t r acks of t h e P., F t W. A C. railroad n e a r Dunki rk , 0 . They had been putoff a t r a m a t Nor th Washington and tried to wa lk to Dunki rk , bu t were overcome by the cold be fore g e t t i n g half way.

W o H". K e r r ' o f S a > f i n a w - former ly of the Sagiuaw Rifles, and Thomas Cook fo rmer ly of the Bay City Peninsulars, ' nave l e f t Bay City, os tens ibly fo r Cuba to t ake a company to jo in ' t he insur-ffcnta. They would be picked up be-

City ^ go d l r e o ' to ^ w t f S f n a . Fla .

T w o m e n w e r c ins tan t ly killed and a th i rd fa ta l ly wounded iu an accident m the woods nea r Huron bay, nea r Marquet te . The killed a re : Joe Mar-tin and E r n e s t Ford. Pa t Donahue was wounded and may die. Tho men were r e t u r n i n g to their lumber camp in a Winding snow. A t ree fe l l on the pa r ty , killed the first two o u t r i g h t and hor r ib ly mangled Donahue.

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A Madrid d ispa tch says t h a t U. S. Minis ter H a n n i s Tay lo r asser ted to Senor Caste lar , a l ead ing Spanish s t a tesman , t h a t Pres iden t Cleveland would t ake some s tep to end the Cuban revolution be fore h is term expired.

Indicat ions seem to poin t to a pi tched b a t t l e soon be tween t h e a r m i e s of Gomez and Weyle r in Cuba. T h e lat-ter is march ing eas tward toward San ta Clara wi th 16,000 men while Gomez is s lowly push ing wes tward wi th 12,000 m e n a n d is receiving r ec ru i t s daily.

F i r e a t Syracuse, N. Y., des t royed t h e Dillaye block and p a r t of t h e But-le r block and damaged the Keeler block. The fo l lowing s tores were b u r n e d o u t : W. W. Kimbal l Co.'s, p ianos and o rgans ; Now York Cloak House, Pa lmer ' s mi l l inery store. T h e to ta l loss is a b o u t 8100,000, most ly in-sured. The s tore of J . W. Yale & Co. w a s c rushed b y t h e f a l l ing of the roof of t h e Bu t l e r block.

P res iden t Cleveland received a visi t f r o m e.x-Quoen Lil iuokalani . of Hawaii , a t tho Whi te House. Tho Pres iden t g ree t ed t h e ex-queen mos t k indly , ex-press ing p leasu re a t h e r call. Liluo-kalani , in behalf of t he Hawai ian race, t hanked tho Pres ident fo r his with-d r a w a l of t h e annexa t ion t r ea ty when h e assumed h i s office f o u r yea r s ago. , N o t one word w a s said a b o u t " r e s to ra -t luu ," e i the r pas t , p r e sen t or f u t u r e . T h e ex-queen refer red in fee l ing terms t o t h e d e a t h of Mr. Willis, late minis-ter t o Hawai i . The n e x t day the ex-q u e e n he ld a reception a t h e r hote l wh ich w a s q u i t e largely a t t ended .

S K N A T K . 32nd day.—A crisis was I

reached in the deba te on the Nicaragua canal bill and it b r o u g h t ou t an ener-get ic s t a t e m e n t f rom Mr. Sherman in which he foreshadowed a new t r ea ty j in which the United S ta tes could buy ' t he canal w i t h o u t any in termedia t ion ' of a pr ivate concession. The sena to r [ declared t h a t this governmenta l execu- i tion of the pro jec t was the only f eas l - ! bio one. Answer ing Mr. Morgan 's re- ' c en t cha rge t ha t England inspired op- 1

position to American control of t he i canal , Mr. Sherman assorted t ha t this i was wholly wi thou t foundat ion. Mr. ! Vilas moved to recommit the bill to tho commit tee on foreign relat ions, a s t e p ' which Mr. Morgan charaeter ized as an insult . The motion was changed so as to make the recommittal to the special 1 commit tee of which Mr. Morgan is cha i rman , bu t no vote was taken on I the motion. The mi l i t a ry academy appropr ia t ion bill, c a r ry ing approxi- ' mute ly 8 4 7 9 . 0 0 0 , was passed. H O U S E — '

A f t e r a deba te of four hou r s the con- 1 forenco report on tho immigra t ion bill was adopted. The principal cri t icism 1 of the measure was based upon tho ex -tension of tho educat ional test to fe-male as well a male immigran t s on tho g round t h a t i t m i g h t divide famil ies . and to the l imitation of tho abi l i ty of an Immigran t to read and wri te the ' hngl i sh language or the language of the nat ive count ry or residence."

S K N A T K 33d d a y - T h e open session waa comparat ively br ief , as more than ha l f the day was spen t behind closed doors. Dur ing the open session tho i bill fo r an in te rna t ional mone ta ry con- | forenco was deba ted , Mr. Chandler I speak ing in favor of i t and Mr. Stew- | a r t , of Nevada, a g a i n s t Tlio Nicara- j g u a canal bill and the b a n k r u p t c y bill were before the Sena te fo r a brief t ime, b u t no progre.ss was made on e i the r of them. Ear ly in tho day a lively de-bate occurred over Mr. Allen's resolu-tion ques t ioning tho r i gh t of tho Presi-d e n t to foreclose aga in s t the Pacific railroads. The resolutions w e n t over. HOI-SK—Tho Indian appropriot ion bill w a s passed and tho considerat ion of the ag r i cu l tu ra l appropr ia t ion begun ,

u t all in te res t in these t w o measures w a s overshadowed by two very r emarkab l e speeches, ono made by Mr Grosvenor . of Ohio, a t t a c k i n g ex-Gov. Altgold. of Illinois, and tho o the r bv Mr. De Armond, of Missouri, h e a p i n g ridicule on Secre tary of Agr icu l ture Morton.

SKNATK.--34th day.—By the decisive vote of 40 to 4 the Sena te passed the bill fo r t he a p p o i n t m e n t of commission-ers to an in te rna t iona l mone ta ry con-ference . The closing of the deba te 1 b r o u g h t ou t several notable speeches, I b u t very l i t t le opposition, tho only division being as to the expediency of

^ seeking bimetal l ism t h r o u g h in t e rna -t ional a g r e e m e n t Mr. Bacon pre-sented a j o in t resolution reciting t h a t the United S ta tes favors the pr inciple and pract ice of i n t e rna t iona l a rb i t r a -tion f o r the quest ions of d i f ference be-tween them and any o t h e r na t ion which they may fail to a d j u s t by t r e a t y or diplomatic negot ia t ion. H O I T S K . —

The conference r epor t on the bill to c o n f e r the r igh t s und f ranch ises of tho At lant ic & Pacific ra i l road on the pur-chasers unde r the mor tgago foreclosure

, caused a b i t t e r personal ora tor ical con-j be tween Mr. Powers , of Vermont ,

ami Mr. Bar re t t , of Massachuset ts . The remainder of the day was spen t in the discussion of tho ag r i cu l tu ra l ap-propria t ion bill.

Tliir ty-fifth day.—No session of tho Senate . HOUSK.—The agr i cu l tu ra l ap-propriat ion bill was passed b u t much of the day was devoted t o poli t ical dis-cussion. The f ree d is t r ibut ion of seeds by the agr icu l tu ra l d e p a r t m e n t raised an in teres t ing discussion, b u t J h e House refused to s t r ike out t ^ ) seeds item.

SKNATK—36th day—The-VfUcussion of the Nicaragua canal biU waa cont inued but was not b rou^Ut much n e a r e r to a conclusion m g i u t o the opposition of

I -y - \ i i a > * a others . Senator Tel le r , I ' MibraAo, was remembered on his r e t u r n fo r ano the r term by a n u m b e r of superb floral t r ibutes . A resolution b}' Mr. S tewar t , of Nevada, was ag reed to, r eques t ing the secre ta ry of tho in-te r io r for informat ion a s to the pro-gross of tho survey in Alaska d u r i n g the las t yea r . Mr. Hoar , of Massa-chuse t t s , introduced a bill fo r consoli-d a t i n g the United S ta tes circuit and dis t r ic t courte. Tho sena to r said the bill w a s of g r e a t impor tance and was int ronueed to i n a u g u r a t e consideration of the sub jec t w i t h o u t expectat ion of speedy action. In executive session the a rb i t r a t ion t r ea ty be tween the i United S ta tes and Grea t Britain was | reported wi th the amendmen t s made by the commit tee on fore ign relations. One of tho t w o a m e n d m e n t s which a r e essent ial s t r ikes ou t tho clause pro-viding fo r the selection of King Oscar of Sweden a s umpire , leaving i t t o t h e t w o powers to select an umpire when-eve r i t is considered necessary. The o t h e r a m e n d m e n t i s in addit ion to the first ar t icle of the t r ea ty and reads a s follows: " N o quest ion which a f fec t s the foreign domestic policy of e i t h e r of the cont rac t ing par t ies or the re la t ions of e i the r wi th any o t h e r s ta te or power, by t r ea ty or otherwise, shal l be sub jec t to a rb i t ra t ion unde r this t r e a t y excep t by special a g r e e m e n t " Some discussion was had as to when tho t r e a t y I would be taken up fo r considerat ion. and a disposition w a s shown t h a t i t I should go over unt i l i t could I* pr in ted a s amended. Several senators an -nounced the i r in tent ion of giving a s much publici ty to the t rea ty as possi-ble. HOUSE.—The House had a busy day. An unusual ly large number of bil ls were passed, b u t few of t h e m were of any considerable public im-por tance. The diplomatic and consu la r appropr ia t ion bill w a s taken u p a n ^ f a i r progress made.

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In* on itocks In Delaware River.

Over Hi!.(100 Die From Starvation. j A dispatch f rom Jubbu lopore , Ind ia ,

snys t ha t t he la tes t s ta t is t ics of tho 1

famine give as an excess in the mor ta l -ity in 181)0 over t h e previous 10 y e a r s 82,388. exclusive of cholera cases, m o s t of this excess be ing due to famine .

A cor respondent h a s j u s t t r ave l ed i f rom Bombay to Bi japnr , over 240 j miles, and repor ts the keenes t distress, j especially among the lower castes. :

These a re on the verge of s t a r v a t i o n 1 aud there are many cases of i l lness 1

arising f rom a lack of proper nour ish- ! ment and f rom emaciat ion and i t is re-garded as ce r ta in t h a t cho le ra w i l l

. reach th i s d is t r ic t soon. I t is e s t ima ted | tha t ful ly one- tenth of the ca t t l e in | th i s d is t r ic t have a l ready per i shed 1 f rom lack of fodder and in tho fields 1

can bo seen n u m b e r s of carcasses of animals being devoured by vu l tu res . There are many g a n g s of robbe r s en - ' gaged in pi l laging gra in s tores w h e n -evor an oppor tun i ty arises, nnd t h e prisons a r e fu l l of th ieves w h o have been captured while s tea l ing g r a i n .

t '. S. Vralner Rrooklyn Rndly Disabled. ' The United Sta tes cruiser Brooklyn ,

calculated to wi ths tand the fiercest on-s laugh t of sho t and shell, now lies al-most u t t e r l y helpless because of a na r -row ledge of snnkon rock in the Dela-ware river, above Marcus Hook, Pa . , on which she s t ruck heavi ly . H e r lower double compar tments , f o r w a r d , were completely stove in, and i t w a s only by the meres t good f o r t u n e t h a t t he b ig vessel d id n o t s ink. T h i s would undoubtedly have been t h e r e -sul t had not he r inner c o m p a r t m e n t s successfully withstood the shock. As i t w a s she w a s pulled c lear of t h e rocks, and is now tied to the b ig s tone ice b reake r s a t Marcus Hook. T h e Brooklyn is seriously damaged , and i t is impossible to say when she wi l l be able to go into active service.

Uncle Sam After the King: of Slam.

There is much t rouble ahead fo r t h e I k ing of Siam. In respnnse io o rde r s issued upon the receipt of official n e w s a t t he s ta te d e p a r t m e n t of a n a t t a c k by Siamese soldiers on U. S. V ice-Con-sul-General Barre t t , t he U. S. g u n b o a t Machias h a s a r r ived a t Bangkok , a f t e r

] a t r i p of 2 , 0 0 0 miles f rom Hong Kong . I For tho first t ime in seven y e a r s a n American w a r vessel h a s appeared a t Bangkok. Tho Machias' mission is t o protect American interes ts , a n d if t h e circumstances wa r r an t , a sa lu te t o tho American flag will be demanded .

The income tax bill d ra%n up

Fred Baker , of Detroit , and in t rodue vin both Houses some timo ago, providi Joi'-tt, t a x of 2 per cent on a l l incoim l>ver^8l,500. Rep. Graham, of Ken ^tiinks t h a t i t doesn ' t c u t deep enough and h a s a bill t o t ax all incomes over

I 8750 p e r yea r 1 pe r cent. The t axes I thus raised m u s t g o in to t h e p r i m a r y | school fund , according to the const i tu-tion. Rep. Green, of St. Clair, has a bill fo r the taxa t ion of inher i tances . , Tho legis la ture of '95 exempted fu r r ae ors who used wagons wi th a e e r t e S

1 wid th t i res of one-four th of t he i r roara I tax. T h i s l ias caused such a loss to^j ; the road improvemen t f u n d t h a t Rep. | ; Brickor wan t s to repeal t he law. Uop. 1

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Which TlmM. .. - r f ' o f b i l i but Study n few others .

\ r R o y a l t y . ^ a w e e , noticed a bill fo r m < mfot the genera l elccllou laWs.-J l aws consist of over 400

M j f l s nnd conflict nnd dovetai l i n t o Bno ano the r so t h a t i t is impossible t o g e t a comprehensive u n d e r s t a n d i n g of them. The bill provides t ha t a uni-f o r m oal lo t box be used a t a l l elections, Alio s ta te to le t tho con t rac t for t he i r Aknuufacture, and then sell tho boxes

cities, counties and townships . t he o the r bil ls t he most im-

t h c p r o p o s e d n m e n d m a n t to the j 1 ) o r t „ u t these: To increase the

Murdered Wife and Three Little Ones. C. K. Bash r e t u r n e d to h i s h o m e

near Wayne, Neb., f rom a revival meet ing and murdered his wi fe and th ree chi ldren. T h e dead bodies of Mrs. Rash and h e r 10-year-old son w e r e 1

found on the floor f r i g h t f u l l y gashed , and the two younge r chi ldren lay d e a d ! on t he i r bedf wi th t he i r h a n d s mashed t o a je l ly a n d Rash w a s s i t t i ng in an- j o the r room s t a r ing in to vacancy. T h e ' (Ivfjh had been done wi th th ree pieces o f / soapstone. I t is supposed Rash 's imnd became unbalanced.

| Gen. Alger, Secretary of War.

' / Gen Russell A. Alger , of Det ro i t , w a s . jwmmoned to Canton, O., fo r a confer -pence wi th Pres ident -e lec t McKinley, which resul ted in s e t t i ng a t r e s t ono source of cab ine t -making eon jcc tu re . As soon a s Gen. Alger made his appear - { ance a t tho close of thc conference ho was su r rounded b y newspape r corre-spondents, t o w h o m he smi l ingly re -marked : "You may say t h a t Maj . Mc-Kinley h a s tendered me t h e s ec re t a ry of w a r portfol io, and t h a t I h a v e accepted ."

B R E I F S .

I Seven firemen and two cpcc ta tonj w e r e bad ly h u r t a t a fire which de-s t royed t h e Wil l iams block, on Monroe avenue , Chicago, and th ree wi l l die. The in tense cold r endered the work of the firemen very difficult. |

The l a rge t a n n e r y of t h c E lk T a n -n ing Co., of Ridge way, Pa . , was burned , toge ther wi th a n immense stock of

| l e a the r and undressed hides. The loss is 8150,000.

The Nevada legis la ture has passed a bill to g r a n t a l icense f o r prize fighte. If tho governor s igns i t t he Corbet t -F i tzs immons fight wi l l come off a t Reno.

Dispatches f r o m Cairo say t h a t t h e k h a l i f a is s t r e n g t h e n i n g the s t rongho ld of the dervishes a t Omdnrman , on t h e Nile, opposite K h a r t o u m , in p repa ra -tion t o m e e t the Br i t i sh advance .

• The Idaho legis la ture , a f t e r one of the most b i t t e r fighte ever k n o w n t h e r e , t u rned d o w n U. S. Sena to r Dubois a n d

' e lected H e n r y He i t f e ld , a l i t t l e -known farmer- legis la tor and a Popnl i s t , t o I succeed Dubois.

Lyman J . Gage, p res iden t of t h e F i r s t Nat iona l bank , of Chicago, a f t e r a visit to Pres ident -e lec t McKinley an-nounces t h a t he w a s tendered, a n d he accepted, t he office of sec re ta ry of the t reasury .

Alber t Cunning, a coachman, of Cin-cinnat i , sho t a n d ki l led Mrs. Mary Denning, a t 4036 S t a t e s t ree t , Chicago. He t h e n a t t e m p t e d t o k i l l t he w o m a n ' s two boys bu t fai led and t u r n e d the weapon on himself , f a l l i ng across Mrs. Denning 's body, f a t a l l y wounded .

Prof . Beal , of t h e Agr i cu l t u r a l col-lege, has become in te res ted in t h e b i l l for a tire warden sys tem for the pres-ervat ion of Michigan 's fo res t s a n d he wiU a p p e a r be fo re t h e commi t t ees o n public lands in behalf of thc bilL

The g o v e r n m e n t of townsh ips is too heavy, according t o Rep. Van Camp, of Berrien, and a s economical m e a s u r e s

townsh ip boards should decide w h e t h e r or nu t more than ouu vutiu^ p red lnc l i a . required w h e n t h e r e a re more t h a n 500 votes in a prec inc t ; h e would a lso h a v e proper ty owners bea r tlie expense of disposing of diseased f r u i t t rees ins tead of sadd l ing i t upon the township.

consti tut ion for t hc referendum-which gives tho people a vote on all legislation. Other impor tan t measures are: Providing a pena l ty for the adul-teration of b u c k w h e a t flour; to have all poisons put up by druggis t s in bot-tles wi th a pr ick ly surface; to c u t off the first edit ion of thc Michigan manua l and thus save the s ta te a lmost one-half of t he expense of t ha t costly work.

m g r e c legislation is becoming more n evidence. Rep. Moster, of Wayne ,

has noticed a bill to p reven t t h o e x -lend ing of f ranch ises to s t ree t railways un t i l t he expira t ion of the term for which they a rc g ran ted . This is in-tended to s t r e n g t h e n the hands of Mayor P ingree in his fight aga ins t t he s t ree t railway combination a t De t ro i t The l a t t e r will put up a s t rong b a t t l e aga ins t the measure. The Pingree I bill for a flat two-cent passenger fa re on all ra i l roads of the s ta te is all ready to be b r o u g h t to l ight and will occasion a n o t h e r fignt The House commit tee on judiciary reported favorab ly the bill p rohib i t ing prosecutors f r o m de-fend ing cr iminals in the county t h a t elected them to office ami i t seemed t h a t i t would pass unt i l Rep. Atkinson spoke a g a i n s t it and i t was tabled. Rep. Eikhoff , of Wayne, h a s in t roduced a bill to provide t h a t t he finding of nine ju ro r s shal l const i tue a ve rd ic t A bill f o r t he sa1e of the vast amoun t of lands held by the s ta te has been noticed by Rep. F. M. Shcpard, of Che-boygan. Two yea r s ago a smi la r bill was passed, b u t vetoed by Gov. Rich Among o the r new and i m p o r t a n t mens

, ures are these: Providing t h a t t he proper ty of the St. Mary 's fa l l s ship canal and tho 808.00.1 in the canal f u n d be tu rned over to the United States , providing the gove rnmen t shal l build wi th t h e funds e i t h e r a d ry dock fo r disabled vessels or a mar ine hospital ; providing t h a t t w o yea r s ' service as

o f a c o u r t of record shal l e x e m p t ; appl icants for admission to the ba r

f rom the necess i ty of serving t w o y e a r s m an a t to rney ' s office before t h e y can secure a certifleute en t i t l ing t h e m to practice; providing t h a t c r iminals who escape pun i shment on a plea of insan i ty shal l be commit ted to thc s ta te i n sane asylum; to make express and fa s t f r e igh t companies liable fo r damages ; to p reven t publ i shers f r o m col lect ing money for publ icat ions s en t t h rough the mai ls beyond the expirat ion of sub-scription time.

Labor will receive considerable at-tention j udg ing by the bills in t roduced. Rep. Eikhoff , of Wayne, wan t s some-th ing more p e r m a n e n t in the control of prison labor t han the mere passage of a s t a t u t o r y law which may be re-pealed a t t he n e x t legislature in the in te res t s of prison labor contractors . His measure provides for a s t a t e f a rm for convict labor and an a m e n d m e n t to the const i tu t ion so t h a t h e r e a f t e r t he pr isoners sentenced to peni tent ia r ies , prisons, jai ls or re formator ies , w h e t h e r unde r s ta te , county or municipal con-trol, shal l no t work while under sentence a t a n y t rade , or occupation whereby his work or prof i t sha l l be contracted, given or so'd to any per-son, firm or corporat ion. But the pris-oners m u s t be employed upon a s t a t e fa rm. The pr isoners a re to be classi-fied in to 10 classes and are to produce every ar t icle consumed by themselves or used fo r the i r maintenance . The bill also provides for the appo in tmen t of a commission by the governor to car ry out the provisions of the a o t Rep. Molster would utilize convict labor a t road-making. Anothe r bill by Rep. Eikhoff is to prohibi t t he pay-ing of wages in a n y t h i n g bu t cash. Rep. Ful le r desires to increase the salary of s ta te game warden to 82,000 per year . Rep. Herr ig , of Saginaw, says t h a t abondoned sal t wells l e f t open in ju re o the r wells, and he would have the s ta te in-spector s top u p unused wells. Rep. Pc t rowsk i , of Wayne , h a s a bill to compel s t r ee t c a r companies in all cit ies over 150,000 inhab i t an t s to run cars a t leas t every five minutes . I n some cities t h e companies r u n the cars wi thout re ference to the accommoda-tion of the people. Rep. Green, of S t Clair, is opposed to " g r a v e y a r d " and juveni le Insurance of the l ife of any person unde r 17 yea r s of age or over 65. The idea of .annual sessions of the legis la ture is the sub jec t of a measure f a the red by Kep. Pearson, of Sani lac who would have the 50-day l imit fo r i the int roduct ion of bills in the legisla-tu re cons t i tu te one yea r ' s session of ' t he legis la ture , the session of the sub-sequen t yea r to be devoted to action on the bills in t roduced a t the previous y e a r s session. Th is will give the peo-ple a y e a r to discuss the bills IN;fore t he i r e n a c t m e n t Among o the r n e w bil ls are these: Providing t h a t g e n e r a l election days shal l be legal hol idays to b e t t e r enable the work ing people to g e t a chancc to vote; to place bui ld ing and loan associations under the super-vision of the s t a t e bank commissioner; to repeal t he l aw which prohib i t s the sale of pa r t r idge , quail and woodcock; providing for a bounty of 825 on wolves, 85 on lynx and 83 on wildcats; t o abol-ish the recorders' cour t of Detroi t a s an economical measure , whereby 820 000 a y e a r can be saved to Detroi t by hav ing

j the cr immaI business of the city con-I ducted b y c i rcui t cour t judges.

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number of depu ty g a m e wardens, f rom 8 to 13, and the appropr ia t ion for the i r pay f rom S'1.000 to 810,000, the same to be taken f r o m thc funds .

I received f o r l icensing h u n t i n g ; provid-ing guard ians for hab i tua l d runkards ; ,

i f o r a 813^,000 appropr ia t ion f o r build-ings a t tho Newber ry asylum; to re-peal tho law which now exempt s 8200-of personal p roper ty in business f r o m taxat ion; providing t h a t u n i n c o r p o r ' a ted societies can bo sued by se rv ing process on the president and secre tary ; to change t h e name of tho Michigan mining school to Michigan College of Mining; to prohibi t t he ki l l ing of qua i l in the lower peninsula; to pe rmi t tho

j spear ing of fish in J a n u a r y , F e b r u a r y | and March.

j The Senate and House fisheries com-i mit tees have declared themselves in favor of a 85,000 appropr ia t ion fo r t h e black bass fishery nea r Grand Rapids.

Game Warden Osborne's idea to have dee r h u n t e r ' s licenses pa id in to t h e s ta te t r easury instead of be ing retained b y tho count ies will be made a sub jec t of legislation.

Mrs. Mary L. Doc, of Bay City, cha i rman of t hc legislat ive conlini t tee | of the Michigan Equal Suff rage asso-ciation, says t h a t no woman ' s su f f r age bill will IKJ b rough t before this legis-la ture .

Capt -Gen. Weyler and Admiral Na-varro. the l a t t e r commanding the Spanish fleet in Cuban waters , have hod so many disputes recently over the al leged poor work oi tho navy t h a t Havana expects t h e m to se t t le t he i r quar re l s wi th a due l soon. ,

G E N E R A L N E W S B R I E F S .

The Menard County Farmers ' Inst i -tute closed Tts second annual session a t Petersburg, HI. Fred H. Rankin,, pres. nt. and H. A. Wood, secretary, were re-elected. The Insti tute will pe-tition the general assembly for legisla-tion providing for tho employment of convict labor in the Improvement of the public roads ef the state.

After a heated discussion in the New York assembly the Lexow reso-lution, calling for the appointment of a Joint committee to Investigate truatfl and report remedial legislation before March 1 next, was passed by a vote of 99 to 34.

Lieutenant Governor W. A. Nor th -cott is confined t o his room a t his home in Greenville, III., with a severe a t -tack of the grip. He th inks he will

i soon recover

The F i r s t National Bank of Olympla, Wash., has closed. Liabilities, |100,000; assets, $226,000. The fai lure was caused by the wi thdrawal of the s ta te deposit of 125,000.

The glove contest bill introduced t * permit t he fight between Coroett a n d Fitzimmons to t ake place in Nevada, passed the assembly Tuesday by a vote of 20 tu '.i. the license being increased to D.roo.

Mrs. Sophia Nichols, one of the white women to come into southwest-ern Michigan, is dead a t Otsego, aged 99 years.

The house commit tee o n labor b a n authorized a favorable repor t o n a b i l l to prohibi t the employment of p r i son labor on government buildings.

The Associated Ohio Dallies, oom-poaed of publishers, h a s unanimously indorsed J . G. Gibbs, publisher of t h e Norwalk Reflector, and t reasurer o l the Nat ional Edi tor ia l Association,,for public p r in te r of the United Stated.

The twe l f th annua l meet ing of t h e Illinois Society of Engineers and S u r -veyors was held a t Springfield, IlL* xrith th i r ty members p r e s e n t

At Monticello, III., John Will iams, a baker, dropped dead f rom hea r t fai lure.

Oscar Carlson of Dollar Bay, on h i s way to Lukkinen 's camp, died f rom ex-posure when seventeen miles f r o m Houghton. Mich.

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E OPENED his eyes. Every th ing looked much as ha had Imagined ouJ hoped It w j u l d ' look. On the wall opposite, in a black f rame, h u n g the picture of a snow-

-•> s to rm f rom the Il-lus t ra ted London News of half a doz-

ago; by his bedside stood the wi th a tumbler of water and a

iWl of f resh flowers—lilles-of-the-val-r. On another table, by the window, irnt a dim l ight! here were a medicine t t le , some few ar t ic les a lways found

. j ln a sick-room, a couple of books, I jmore flowers and a roll of whi te linen.

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- . a ma County, III., 1 | w o r n a n snt. He could only see her head

writes us : " F r o m one package Salzer 's n n d a n a r r o w out l ine of her face. Her Get man ColTee Berry I grew 300 ; ; h e a ( , w a 8 th rown f a r back aga ins t the pounds ol bet ter coffee than I can buy P l n k cushion; he r hair looked brown, Iu s toics at 30 cents a pound." ' s t reaked with gold where the light

A package of this and big seed cata- j touched it. Her dress was black; he lo^ue is sen : you by John A. Salzer ! ] c o u ^ 8 e e th® corner of a white apron

Seed Co., La Crosse. Wis., upon receipt ' a n d t h e c u r v e o f a w h i t e c o , , a r ' , i n ( 1

of 15 cents s tamps aud this notice, w.n. s o f t w h , t c c , , f f 3 aga ins t small white j hands.

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c.uici '.ni: i,trails I,, cmiNiimption. was good. W a s she also beautiful , or Italsuiii will s top the eough I even pre t ty? Would she be soft and Go t o y o u r d r u g g i s t today " —4 1—• •"|<i» him. or hard

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my love to—everybody; tell them I Nurse , w h e r e wanted lo help ami Nurse, - u . . . F o r a Hea l thy E l l « t e n c e . - T h . l >

is that picture of the snow-storm gone? , Why t h e Kidneys so o f t en F a l l .

I can' t see it up there now—and I can ' t '•

z n T ,y n 1 oD'f - r " s r . : - r T t rr man the lump of icc—so cold Hla , ^ o v e r t a x them and disease eventu-— rfj\A , . rr, no t 0 0 0 p0r.

he bes t k idney cure on cam, . , IcMvered F R E E t o nny suffer wr i t t en for promptly. , I'KRU 11; I:it.\T. U K J I E D V C O . . 2 8 ( 1 / 1 3 . F i f t h S t . , Cim-imrnti. O. (Th'i-offo/appMr* but once) -J J

i in lavor of tlji'5 m-a t many m 'n l his are all uj j jg

JMf0n\

Large Co a t

Kemp"' ut once. and s e t a sample bott le free. b o l t l o . ?.'> cents and 50 eenls. once; delays an- dangerous .

Toshut our tu-ji a(;alnKt a liroiher Is lo shui heaven aculnst ourselves

"My husband had t w o cancers taken f r o m "his face and a n o t h e r was coming

i o n his lip. l ie took two bo L t ics of Bur-I dock Blood Bi t ters and il d isappeared | He is completely well ." Mrs. Win P K i r b y , Akron, Er ie Co . N Y.

Where there is no sell-cuKure there is nf Kr.uwledceot t rue lile.

The m.in whoconliols hiin-rll .m.iy IIOIK

LXCfarrn older- men.

actael's Horchound and Elccampana lof Crape June . lJ«H k Candy Civslal ie HorehtMinil (lerh. is a simnle and

Ivf remedy (nr COIIRIIS, colds. hii.ittM-jrt s.ire lliro.il- tiignly recommendrd isumplfves This Is no paleiil inedl-Ixlnre. Imi 11 is pure llorehoiind. Kle-ne I:«MI1. KiM.k Candy and Cra|ie .luite, lied wilh oilier medicines much used sumiilives. puldic. speakers and KIIIJ;-

Ihls l i t t le

I even pre t ty | gent le and pat ient wilh him ! and stern and matter-of-fact ' '

1 How peaceful it was in 1 room in the center of the great , silent

hospi ta l ! • Such peace he had never fel t before In h is life, though he had often sought i t No one could come and worry him [here, or s t a re at him, o r ask him stupid questions. He did not care now wheth-er he grew be l te r or worse so long as Tie could lie in the s i lent room with the .picture of the snow-storm on the wall and the lilies by his side on the table, and the nurse asleep In t h e chair , and everywhere the calm a n d the peace.

I t was even belter t h a n his room a l home . There h is mother or his fa ther .

ksnmptlvcs. j .old liy dmiCRlsis Price. iScento and

fwill alwavi Und KIKMI wlini we look lor |li a RIMHI ln-.te I

< Old i'orl Ct.ipc Wine from lilt r ioCtape viney.iiil . il I'.iNs.iir. N .1 . liK

• nllie Clarel. vm ISMI. :ind his im ions ITeundy stand unrivalled liy any wines in I world, esiiecially foi invalids.

. ..ir men look happiest when lliey h.ive toao news lo lell.

• \Vlioevrr will oliey Cod will lie sure io nnd his way io him

TO c i m r A r o i . n IN ONK DAY. Tai:r Laxative Kriinin Qnlnme Tahtels. All

Driii:i:lsi»refund (lie miiiiey il ii laiin locurc

To J.IVC and to KMIIIKC IS no hellei than not <o clve ai ait • Tin- sin oi a momeni may Mipht the whole

4ife Cod makes noilunc loo;.in.ill tor his use

•UUlilt;. a ttw v h i s s is ters and his bro thers , would have continually come and looked a t him and asked him how he felt, and why Jie was so s tupid, and why h e was dif-

fe ren t t o o the r people. , Here none could worry him. H e was

safe. ' W h a t t ime was i t ? Evening, prob-

ably, or perhaps night . ', No l ight came th rough the blind and I others ' ' ' the gray, d rawn curtains. He could ' — hea r n o sounds f rom the street, not even the d i s tan t roa r of trafllc which

and t ha t sor t of t h ing ; but they didn care lor my laol turn, qnlftt ways. If my brothers came home late f rom a fellow's rooms they used lo let them In and help them to their rooms and say noth ing about It. They though t It r a the r good sport , and were annoyed with me because I d idn ' t ever stop out late, or get mixed up In a row. or drink

too much. "I never found any one who look an

interest In th ings I liked. Because I wouldn' t go Into the law or medicine or banking . I was kicked out f rom home. Give me someth ing to dr ink . Nurse. Th is doesn't t i re you? I am glad. I wantcjl to tell some one why I failed, and all tha t , before I died, and you seeu.—Well. I thought I could work aud live with my pen, and keep my dreams and Ideals to myself. By God, Nurse , I t r ied! I t r ied ha rd . I had money a t first. Life seemed gay and jolly. But I kept s t ra ight . T h a t was one of m y Ideals, because I felt sorry—I sort of felt all women were sacred, and unless I loved one—so I kept s t ra ight .

"But a London lodging is not inspir-ing. I began to long for my books and flowers, and my comfortable room; I began to long to see my brothers ' and sisters ' faces. I asked if I m igh t come home and work io my old rooms. I re-ceived no answer . I got depressed. My ideals got mixed. Nothing seemed real

except vice. "One night I got d runk with the

l ights and the noise of London supped at a big res taurant , principally on champagne. I me t he r t h a t n i g h t I never eared for her , and I had cared for others and passed them by. She loved only gold and jewels; she was a lump of Ice—well, I froze my Ideals

with that i ' j inp of Ice!

voice slipped away, h is eyes closed. God ' foji" ( );vs There Is

R , R > I K I I / - I M O U / A T F R ! portant function of lllteriag the blood oi D R I N K I N G W A T E R . | t | i e i m p U r i t i e g n n t u r i i | l y form in the

* nr „,l .n^o&linn The

gave him back his dream.

tuviv . -] lion of our organism that is so overworked

thc kidneys; on them is placed thc im the blood ol

l.ano'n Fntally Me.llrlne Moves the bowels each day. In o r d e r

lo be h e a l t h y this is nceessary gen t ly on the liver end kidneys. ow.ir )ir>ndn<-ho. Price LV.e nnd .I

Acta Curea

r.oc.

when

P U R I F Y I N G u k i p i i m i ' « - ' t l ie impunuea T . — . r l l . ! regular action of life and digestion, l <

storing i t Away the iip»t >\ajr k i d n e y s a r e consequently termed thc st - -• —item; clc raring. i , ,

It is well known that alum will re- crag0 0 f the system; clog up this sewer, n.nvo «ra. .nin i and the blood becomes tainted with poison-mo e organic and other mat te r s f rom 0 U 3 ^ n c i d w h i c h b r i o n water so as to render ll clear and } n f o r m a . T h c back is the flrat lo pure; but it is now said t h a t fluoride J show this stoppage. From there comes is superior to a lum for t h i s purpose,,1 thc warning note; it should be heeded, says Mechan's Monthly. Ono ounce of nnd the kidneys receive prompt attention. fluoride Is used to every 1,000 gallons.' l o a n ' s Kidney Pills will right thc action - - . o f the kidneys quickly, relieve the back of * — nf

p u m y O I U M M - LLL'50 UIIAU V»A

Those invisible creatures Portage Street, and his business have to live as well as their larger n grain buyer. 11c says: —. nvn " For five years I have sulTcml from a

chief ing water

sick headache .

A turning point In a woman's lift* Is she meets another with a new bonnet.

A bo t t l e of Dr. Wood's Norway P ine S y r u p in tho house saves dortoi-'a bills, saves t rouble , and very o f t en saves precious lives. Gives almost i n s t a n t relief in cases of coughs, colds or l ung t roub le s of any sort .

. . man who Is too fond of his ante usually makes the acciuaintance of his undo.

I n cases of bu rns , sprains, sea Ids. o r a n y o t h e r accidental pa ins likely t o come t o tho h u m a n body. Dr. Thomas' Eclect r ic Oil gi v s a I mos t instan t re 1 ie f.

We are BU;- lo be bound in lae .tevll't ropes If we fail to break his threads

Eczema in a n y p a r t of t he body is i;j-s t a n t l y relieved nnd permunept.ly einvd by Doan's Ointment , the sovereign remedy fo r all i t ch iness of the ^Ititi.

Tho man who takes th-- Bibb- for his i.le cannot live an aimless life.

brethren, and they must ea t to live.' . , :„I . I,„J (V k .. on ,ko inability to iintmle. which resulted from As soon as t h e j h a \ c eaten all in the w i , a t w a s 8 a 5 ( i t o b c a s t o p p a g o o f thchlad water that there is to feed on they die. ( j c r During these years I have taken mir Ik*. Frnnkland has recently slated, < nil and electric bat hs and used other mean from his recent examinat ion of wa te r ' in expectancy of gelling better, but 111';. stored for two weeks, t ha t i t soems as , all proved unavailing. .Some months ago I pure and f ree from bacter ia life as I f l using Doan's Kidncy Pllls, which i

It had paase,, throtiKh the heat « «.-1 ^ ^ W T t S ^ ^ ters, but ll seems s t range t ha t th i s n o t ' 1(.r t h a n t | ) C V d c s c r v ^ . i g o l

should have so recently come under j Letter r ight along, an(i I am f ree from any Dr. F r ank l and ' s experience. Every- ' trouble now. I feel better than I have one knows t h a t there Is no purer or j done for three years past. " T ^ — T ' . M -

bet te r water in the world than t h a t ' which Is supplied to sea fa r ing people. Almost any kind of water stored away in a ship's tank becomes absolutely pure a f t e r the vessel has been a few weeks at sea. This is usually ascribed in popular language to fermentat ion, but the re is really noth ing to fe rment ; It Is simply tha t the bacter ia have eaten everything in the water there Is to ea t and then died of s tarvat ion.

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CAHCABETS stimulate liver, bowels Never sicken, weaken or gript.

Dur ing a na t ive t l ieatr ieai p^rfo: m-ence a t K w a n g Fou. China, t he build-

_ i n g c a u g h t fire a n d in t h e panic u h i e h

ic for three years past. If Doan's Kid-1 resul ted 300 persons were t r ampled • Pills were well known all^ over they | ^ d c a t h i o f t h e 40 a c t o r s but f ou r es-

> »—— —/ m n v ilie. ney xruw wcio would do an immense amount of good.

Sold by all dealers—price, 50 cents. Mailed bv Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, X. Y., sole agents for the U. S. Remem-ber the name, Donn'*. ami take no other.

A woman waits until she is very sure of her man before she begins to amuse herself by arousing his jealousy.

capod and t w o of those may V .Ii '

H A R E H U N T I N G .

" I wandered about town, t i red of every th ing . I was 111. 1 grew worse. Then they found me and look me home. How they worried me! How they plied me with questions! How they stared a t me! 'Why was I so different f rom

T 1 I K H I A i K S .

G r a p h i c U o s c r i p t i o n

D r e a d f u l F o o l i n g .

never ceases. Should he speak to the nurse and see

l ike? He very much He still clung

of t h o

What 1» Meant by XhU Form ol Acuta

Muery-Wbero W o r .

Make

When a cheer fu l , br.-ivp, l ight-hearted woman is suddenly p lunged in to t h a t perfect ion of misery, t h e U I . U E S , it is a

sad picture . II is usua l ly th i s way :— Sire has been feeling " out of s o r t s '

for some t ime; head h a s ached , and back also; h a s s lep t poorly; been q u i t e oervons, and nea r ly fa in ted

• qnce o r .<7, twice; head dizzy, ftbd hea r t h i s "Ti,

bea t very ' f a s t ; then t h a t bear ing-down feel ing. Her doctor says, " c h e e r up, you have dyspepsia; you'l l be a l l r i gh t soon "

But she doesn' t g e t " a l l r i gh t . " She g r o w s worse day by day , till al l a t once she realizes t h a t a d is t ress ing female

complarnt is established. Her dpeto:' h a s m a d e a mistake. She hafHost f a i th in h i m ; hope van-

ishes; t hen comes thc brooding, mor-bid, melancholy, ever las t ing B L U E S .

H e r doctor , if he knew, should have to ld h e r and curcd he r , bu t he did not , a n d she was al lowed t o suffer . By c h a n c e s h e came across one of Mrs. P inkham ' s books, aud in i l s h e found h e r very symptoms described and a n exp lana t ion of w h a t they m e a n t Then she wro te t o Mrs. P inkham, a t Lynn , Mass. , f o r advice, feel ing t h a t she was telling her t roub les t o a woman. Speedy fclief fol lowed, a n d vigorous

h e a l t h re tu rned . Lydia E. P i n k h a m ' s Vegetable Com-

pound ins tan t ly asser ts i t s cura t ive - w v o r s in a l l those peculiar u i lments

what she was wanted hei lo be pre t ty t o the s tupid Idea tha t If she were pret-ty s h e would be k i n d - a n d forgiving. Did she know al l about him—all that o ther people knew or thought they k n e w ? But he did not need forgiveness —he had done no th ing wrong; she would only consider h im like other men. Well, t ha t would be bettor t han th ink ing him "so different to every-body else." He was quite tired of hea r

Ing he was "dif ferent ." • H e tu rned on his side again to sleep. .' T h e nurse heard him. She rose and came to the bedside and bent over h im. "Are you comfor table? Do you want

any th ing?" H e opened his eyes grateful ly. T h e

voice was low and deep and soothing. The thought also came to h im tha t it

was a forgiving voice. "No, t hank you—nurse. I am all

r i g h t I was just th ink ing how—how quiet and nice It was here. Wha t t ime Is i t ? Night- t ime, surely?"

" I t Is ear ly morning, near ly o'clock. You will hear the sparrow awake soon, and beg 'n to chirp and cha t t e r In tho t rees beneath your win-dow. Wil l you dr ink th i s medicine

now?" He smiled. "Yes, If you l ike; but t he

knowledge has come to me t ha t medi-cine is no good. I don ' t suppose I shall live long. I don't want lo live. I have no th ing to l ive for. My Ideals I have found only Ideals; my dreams will come t o nothing. I only want to—1 seem to

" I , too. b e g a j to ask myself that question. Tho first t ime I slip, I break my neck; but my brothers make It their business to sl ip—gracefully and care-

fully. "Fo r a long time they kept me at

homo, a lways worrying me, t ry ing to make me talk, t ry ing t o make me sensible.' Then, al last, I made them br ing me here And a t last I am hap-

py.

" T h e r e ! Wha t have I been saying Nurse? You mus t not th ink too badly of me ; a t t he worst, I am only a fool H a r k ! it Is da»/n. Do you hear the sparrows chat ter ing? I t reminds me of the country. I can see the faint l ight s teal ing through the g ray curtains, and the wind is shak ing the blind to and

fro.

Uoga That Are Able Seconder* of the Chase.

Th is branch or sport has a host of e a rnes t supporters throughout the nor thern s la tes and Canada and many fine dogs a re kept for the sole purpose of dr iv ing the whi te fellows, says a contr ibutor to Outing. Some hunters use nat ive foxhounds and crossbreeds, such a s are used to d r ive deer. Need-less to say the man who regularly h u n t s deer and hares will keep certain hounds f o r each k ind of work. Hounds j schooled to drive ha res a re a nuisance j on a deer hunt , owing to their tend- , W e a r e t h e 0 I l l v

There Is more catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to j be Incurable. For a great many years doc-tors pronounced It a local disease and pre- 1 scribed local remedies, and by constantly ; falling to cure with local treatment, pro-nounced It incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and therefore reqiiiresconstitutional treatment. I Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, O., is the onlv consti-tutional cure on the market. It is taken in-ternally in doses from 10 drops to a tea-spoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Thev offer One Hundred Dollars for any case It fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address. F. J. CHKXEY & CO., Toledo. O.

Sold by druggists, 7nc. Hall's Family Pills are the best

Many a man has been looked on as a mar-. / r to duty, when vanity or ambition .vus what stirred him

week.

I mid

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A Little Child With a Little Cold.

T h a t ' s a l l !

W h a t of i t ?

Lit t le colds when ncglccted grow to large d i i eas t s and

Ayer's Cherry Peclarel C U R E S C C L D S .

and

Mrs.

f a * P r i ce s on P l a n e t J r . Goods. 8eedsmen_darln(Mo cut

«nffliotpd ? X h ^ n i p s o n ' s Evu W s t t r

deer hunt , owing 10 m c v>e a rc vu . v/.... ency t o follow the lesser game when the prices on the'Pi'anct Jr. Tools. We seii ' , . , - , 0 ^ % , tu ' the Planet Jr . Combined Drill, that other f l D l i l l l W H ! S , < Y the greater Is wanted. Smar t ha r r i e r s | seedsmen must ask fit.oa for, we sell same U H l U m F K I X ur. B. n.

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nnuLU.T, ATUST*. HA.

mainly be-

a re excellent for hares , but perhaps the best dogs for the purpose are good-sized beagles. These enterpr is ing fe l -

uuexcelled a s t ra i lers a n d Manv children go to the bad, man have fine voices, while they are j u s t ! " u i c God is misrepresented to them

large enough to have the necessary N0-T0-BAC FOR FIFTY CENTS. speed. The very smal l beagles will over 4W.000cured. Whv not let No-To-Bac t ra i l enthusias t ical ly and make fine 1 regulate or remove your desire for tobacco. • • . 1 Saves money, makes health and manhood.

'• Cure guaranteed, 50c and fl.OO, all druggists.

OITCUTC :0vniV<-rT>T;-n..v Soul' ptrlifpra^ U A I W N I X ... ii. prtn.• > iinineru.a.

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CorfU IP 10 |o20PiJ»». NoP«UU ^ D R . J X V T E P H E N S . LEFIAFMMMUA.

T H E KISSED LIPS

w a n t to m a k e m y peace, to come to an unde r s t and ing with some one or some-

th ing ." " H u s h ! you mus t not talk. There,

I will m a k e your pillow comfortable ,

and smooth your sheet." " I m u s t ta lk . Nurse ; I will ta lk . Do

you know I have been awake a long t ime? I have been lying looking at you. I w a s wonder ing if, and hoping you

pre t ty . I am so glad you are.

power s in a n wiuac of women. I t h a s been t h e s t a n d b y

—lean women f o r he "cited , ^ UDDU

above i a j t h e t r u e exper ience of bun- beaut i ful women have beaut i ful a- tt dreds of gra t i tud i Mrs. P«'

Agric

t u r e .

women, whose l e t t e r s of a re to be found on file in

lam's l ibrary.

i ral college asks thc legisla-

1 0 " H u s h ! you must not ta lk ; you will

live

rs«i»- Oood. Die |

g row excited." I " N u r s e - y o u know I cannot long? Well , let me be happy"—he gave II sor t of sob-laugh—"be happy for a (ew minu te s ; let m e ta lk j u s t for once. I have been silent all my life, I have though t all my life. I never found any one to ta lk to—except Ruby, and s h e r a n away with another m a n ; t h a t y a s because I was poor. Briug over your cha i r and sit beside me. Ah! tha t

Would you read to me. Nurse? don' t suppose you have a 'Swinburne?' He used lo be my favori te poet. I t was he who made me dream, I think. Nurse, I wonder why I have never been able to talk to any woman, as I am talk

mg to you?" Then he lay fo r some t ime silent, lis-

tening to the spa r rows and the wind rust l ing the cur ta ins together .

The nurse had r isen. She stood op-posite the mi r ro r and gazed a t herself . She loosened the ha i r on her forehead a l i t t le, so that the wavy curls fell na tu -rally on either side. Then she crossed to the bed. and bathed his temples with some slightly perfumed water, and gave him a clean, cold pillow for h is head, and sal again by h is side.

"I, loo. used to read Swinburne once" —he turned s u r p r i s e d - " b u t tha t was long ago. when I used to dream. Dreams arc bad and foolish. We were not meant lo ( 'ream in this world."

•So." he rep;!ed wearily, "1 suppose not ; hut dreams are the only beautiful th ings In this world. Do you remern-ber "Ah, -God! Ah. God! that day should 1 be so soon?' Tha t Is what I feel now. ' You won't leave me, will you. Nurse? Walt until il is quite day. 1 am afraid my mother might come lo see me, and 1 never feel comfortable when she Is near me—I feel afra id—It is so s tupid."

"All r ight , I won ' t leave you." She took his hand In hers. She knew his

hours were few. Aud she wondered why Qod had al-

ways let him meet the wrong women. If she had met him before, perhaps—

His thoughts were similar . "Nurse, I wish 1 had met you before."

She hesitated a momeni. "So do I . " She touched his forehead wilh he r soft ,

scented handkerchief . "Wha t do you mean?" 1 "Perhaps we might have both been '

happier ." "Then you a re not happy? Poor lit-

t le Nurse!" His hands gtipped hers harder. "Nurse . I wonder—would you - k i s s me—directly? Il is not wrong or s t range lo ask you lo kiss a dying

man. Is I t?" "No, dear." She kissed his forehead.

His eyes caught hers. She bent again

and kissed h is Hps. "It must be 10 o'clock. Nurse. H a r k !

there Is some one coming. Don't le t any one In, Nurse—until I am gone,

M! hold my hand tightly—because It ts a little, does death. Let m e

smell those lilies—they remind me of Ruby—she was a wicked woman. Nurse, but I was fond of her, poor lit-tle th ing! because It wasn't hor f a u l t Hold me fighter , and—kiss me again— It Is good to have some one to love,

don' i let Uiem in until T am

music but they are comparatively slow. ) cure guaranteed Moreover, their short underpinning la 1

not t h e best pa t te rn for work In deep ' He—"Is your pa ln>" Shc-"Yes, but he snow, in which the cream of the h u n t - to be terribly out tonight^

Ing Is usual ly t o be had. The ve ry , smal l beagle Is a dea r little dog, t rue , I lo rCon^V r"1

I ) t l oT

n ,1c ,ircd ~

gHraft and I n t e r a t t n g . but he shows ' ^ \ alley. III.. NOT.

^ r S v a n t a g . o n ' t h e Ba l l o t t he j ^ " " "

cottontail . '

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My doctor said I would die, but Piso's Cure u-'-. ' i S n v , ^ ' l , ; l p " ' s •" r ,I.'r-- . — n n u r f i o n cured me.-Amos Kelner. ^ co Q ^ ' V e b ^

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Nurse.

She Knew the Rules. H e had listened t o her upbra id ing

fo r two hours by the downstairs clock. "My love," he said mildly, "don ' t

you th ink It Is a b o u t t ime for you to

ad journ sine d ie?" She knew her Cushing 's Manual l ike

a book. ' I shall ad journ sine die present ly,"

she coldly remarked, "and then—I will a l once call an ex t r a session."

And the husband rolled over wi th a groan.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.

T h e Tronble .

Mrs.—Am I still " t he s tar of your life," as I was when you used t o wr i t e love le t ters to me?—Mr.—Of course, dear . "I don' t seem to be d r a w i n g a s t a r salary, though."—Indianapol is

Journa l .

Advice Unbonded.

Pa. I am going to marry Mr. Gay." Haven ' t I a lways told you not to get

gay?"—New York Tribune.

M I S S I O N S .

Reports f rom various cities Indicate t ha t the char i table work of tho order of Deaconesses Is reaping splendid re-

su l t s fo r t h e Master. I t Is es t imated tha t Union Congre-

gational church, Pnston, h a s given $200,000 to foreign missions a n d $300,-000 to home missions and o the r char i -t ies dur ing the seventy-four years of

I ts existence. Mrs. l i a u d Balllngton Booth, of the

| Volunteers of America, has jus t com | pletod a week of excellent work amo~

the churches of Chicago In the lnt« est of t ha t c lass of mission work whl she so ab ly represents.

A novel series of rel igious servlcoii for employes of the Union Trac t l r company was Inaugurated by the S n S day Breakfas t association a t tho depot , F i f teenth Mid Cumberland s treeta , Phi ladelphia. President Bean conduct-ed the exercises and a n address w a s made by Rev. Leonard Weaver .

The Chicago Tra in ing School f o r Missions, located a t 4949 I n d i a n a a v e -nue, has received the uncondi t iona l gift of deeds to proper ty in t h a t c i ty valued a t $8,000 t o $10,000. Tho aitten-tion of the public Is b e i n g more a n d more d rawn lo th i s Inst i t t t t lon, w h i c h Is pu t t ing hundreds of worke r s In tc tho mission fields of t h i s and o t h e r countries. An endowment f u n d ol $100,000 is n o w great ly needed.

FITS Hopped free and permiincntiy cured. Xnfltn after flini day's une of Dr. Kline'* Great Nerve Kestorrr. Kre.- ti trial hotUe and treatis.-.

Scud to Uu. KLINE. 101 Arch St.. Philudelpbia, Pa.

Self-righteousness never has any mercy on Itself or anybody else.

Heceman 'a Catnphor l e e w i t h Glycerine. Cures Chapped Hands and Faco, Tender or Sore Feet,

Chilblains, Piles, Ac. C. G. Clark Co.. Mew lUren. Ct.

We have done too Mttle, when we have not done our prayerful besi.

Just try a lOc.box of Cascarets.candy cathar-tic. the linest liver and bowel regulator made.

Gets in his work—the well-digger

W H E N bllllous or Oandv catharUc

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ast Cocoa. lV;:iuse it is abso lu te ly pure.

B;;iuse it is not made by the so-called Dutch which chemical' —' ^ e b e a r , , ; l r S a r e " « d . Becau>;»- finest oin/ih, u e * IJ miw. u.. ( ' u a ' , fy are used - V4JCU.

made by a method which preserves unimpaired exquisite natural flavor and odor of tlie beans.

^ • • V. rAUe most economical, costing less than one cup.

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LOWELL STATE BANE Capital, - $25,000,00.

LOWliLL, MICH.

F R A N C I S K I N G , Prwidcni,

CHAS. McCARTY, Viet r m i d e n l .

M. C. GRISWOLD, t iuh ie r .

D I B E C T O B S :

Francis King, Chas, McCarty,

Robert Hardy, F . T. King,

G . H . Force, E. L. Bennett,

M. 0 . Griswold

A Ueneral Banking Business • Transacted

* Money Loaned on Real Estate Security

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T A Rpecial inv i ta t ion ii* extendod to Ujc W . C . T . U . ladies to meet a t tin-h o m e of Mrs. J u d e Eng l i sh , F r i d a y a f t e r n o o n , F e b . 11.

D o n ' t fail to u k e advan t age ol

W e e k e s ' cot ton sale.

P Miss E l l a Q u a i l t ol Wes t Lowell h a s been v i s i t ing fr iends and relative* a t C la rksv i l l e a n d G r a n d Rap ids tin-

pas t four w e e k s .

C a r l Speake r was convicted b y an

Ion ia j u r y by a vote of 5 to 7 .

T h e Swis s in nnd around LowcM

Are g o i n g to erect a Ge rman M. E chape l on F o x ' s addit ion nex t sprins; with a seatiiin capac i ty of 200 or up-w a r d s , and with ad jo in ing r o o m s for p r a y e r and society mee t ings .

T w o of Lowell ' s young men went t " S a r a n a c last S u n d a y , and their de p o r t m e n t was such tha t they had t exp la in themselves to anxlonia just ice

S c h o o l c h i l d r e n ^ n d . t r i i a n t s ge

t h e best, w e a r i n g shoe j i ^a f !>. E .

Q u i c k & ( V s .

Mrs. Hen Suules visited Iter sister. Mrs . Gr in Hill last Tuesday .

Wi l l Cogswell of Sou th lias ton vis i ted at Wi l l i am Fox ' s Wednesday .

\ Pas to r S h a n k s and wife an- th n a p p y possessors of ano ther boy .weigh

n i n e pounds . . . .

A sleigh load of Good Templa r f r o m tho G r a n d R a p i d s lodges pai I Lowell l o l g e a very p leasan t visi

last W e d n e s d a y evening.

"Cast, A d r i f t " was well presented t •a good house a t Music hall la«t even i ng . Har twel l Comedian h a v e h o e ' s t r eng thened >ince their last visit here. T h e y hold fo r th two more n ights , d o -i n g S a t u r d a y even ing . Admissio.

onlv 10 cents. •

^ We study thc wanls^f the littl ones in footwear. V—

IJ. S .^Q«icfc & Co .

B r u c e W a l k e r of G r a n d Rap ids wa

seen u p o n ou r streets Tuesday .

Mr . and Mrs. Ed Tra in spen t Sun-

day in S a r a n a c .

A u d i e Post who has b e e n ill i-

aga in a t t e n d i n g school. >.

Mrs . S . C h a m b e r s of W e s t Lowei

was the g u e s t of Miss Nellie F o x , F n

day.

Wes ley F o x of F reepor t , was in Lowell on businoss W e d n e s d a y .

- A- I l u r n h e r of people of t h e I. 0 . G

A\cnu-. of <>f t h i i place went to G r a n d R a p j W f e r s o n S. CoJo vis i t t he Plainfield A v e . lodg.-, granu1 l ec turer , A^'.iy n iyht .

Lexingtof i^ g r and c h a i J M r a . Morris J u r y left Tues Knappen , o f Albion; g r a n a for F r e m o n t , Ind. , wher con. F r a n k 0. Gi lbe r t , of f u l u r e home, g r a n d jun io r deacortv ^ o a l MclW.. a * r of Rockford; g r and n.\arshal, R. , ;H" Brough ton . of P a w Paw';\gTand «vler, J a m e s F . Mc(iregor, of Dctf.Qit ' ' " nex t mee t ing will be held at" i . T jDnly

l^»ld Day Kobbery at DctrotJerlill Hl^r Ul'ii Uol A f e w minutes a f t e r fi p. m.ert made thia office

the shoe store of David McA Thurkday. Michigan a\ 'enue. Det ro i t . . ( ' , . o „ i . • rvc ra l ciiBtorocrs. , w o r • r . t r ' - ,! l t T o ^ •wi thdrawn revolvers, ' ' ds in (-irajifl KapluS,

A l l i s t e r n p o n a se t ter r lie Kopl" lia^ re turned f r o m fe l lows held him wiwaler .

« e 4 1, 5 j e Ga in Bungs visited in Mather ton

MissMcAlhste- . . t he money d Ja«« H ™ k -

Mrs. Wai l cf F reepor t , was the •L'uest of her brother . Mr. Fred B r u n -

:ier one day last week.

•lap W a t e r m a n and wife of Sa r -

Miac visited a t Mr . Loyd J o n e s , Sumlay .

Sp r ings , mattreses and cols a t Ye i -te r A W a d s worth 's .

T h e n e x t pa r ly given by the V e r -•gennes Dancing clilb will be on the ' e v e n i n g of F e b u r a r y 11 at Music ha l l , and will be an all n igh t dance. Bil l lor dance, 50c. inc luding ca re of

•horses a l VlcQneen's. Oyster s u p p e r " r jven by Mrn. Nellie Moslier, 50c per couple.

Im- dancing school conducted by ' l ie MisaeH I'.-c.ry is in session eve ry W e d n e s d a y atiernuun and eveniug. Ai< nre invi ted

!)rs . B. S & Co., wb(«e announce-. i. i l ls a p p e a r regular ly in this paper , i ::re the p rompes i payin . ' fore^ ' i i nd-

"v. n i s e r s with whom we have deal t in "Some time. If thei r medicines and ; ' r nc ibods a r e hall as good as the i r pay-'iiiL' qua l i t i e s , they a re A No 2, aud Mini led to t h i y n r e ^ i c i t e d tefeiimonial.

•' T h e o n l y / p a i n l ^ meihod of ex-V. 'acting teVth,vitaIraed air or gas a i

Iir On rr beys. ^ 1 Y o u r a tMnt ion is invi ted to the

';i v / a r m o u n c e r a e n t s ol B. C . Smi th airti U . B. W i l l i a m s in this issue.

1 T h e LEDGER'S co r re sponden t s will

l - a r n some th ing t o their n d v a n t a g e •by ca l l ing t t t h i i office n e x t t i m e they ,

Sire in town.

•"v "m

jnnioi ' 1'ok agon ,

tne money i 870 in b i l t t

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Chas . McCar ty ivnd ' f a m i l y visited Chas. L e e a n d vrife a t C la rksv i l l e S u n d a y .

W i l l R i t l enge r m a d e Cla rksv i l l e f r iends a cal l T u e s d a y .

T h e o . Mason a n d Goo. Ki tchen have formed a p a r t n e r s h i p for t h e m a n u f a c t u r e of c e m e n t and t a r walkh and have a l r e a d y m a d e some con t racts tor n e x t s p r i n g .

O u r en te rp r i s ing young jeweler , U . B. Wil l iams, is bu i ld ing u p an exten s u e business a n d is witness t o the i r u th t h a t sensible adve r t i s ing pays. Wi l l i e K o p f has en te red his employ .

Good Rio b u l k coffee a t Bergiu ' s ,

25ct8. „ , . .

ivrotherJRogers of the Mul l iken E x -•ross has lost his wife, who died ' a n u a r y 26 th a f t e r an illness of 14 u-eks . T h e aff l icted b ro the r has our warmest s y m p a t h y .

Miss Lyd ia V a n Dusen has t aken liie place in t h e offlce of S . P . Hicks nade vacan t by the m a r r i a g e of Miss Kila Wiley.

G . V . McOonnel l a n d wife were •iireeably surpr i sed W e d n e s d a y even ng by thc i incercmonious visit ol

-orrte th i r ty- f ive fr iends, who spent lie hours v» ry a g r e e a b l y at p r o -• ressive p e d r o . The head prizes wen-

«v.)n by Mr . a n d Mrs . R i c h a r d Morse nd the con's-'lution prizes by Mrs .

Vlex. Talbot and ( ' l a te Fa l l a s . C la te as ceased t a l k i n g to Mac a b o u l pop-• >rn and is pu l l ing in t i m e p l ay ing ii a tin horn .

All k inds of wood p rompt ly deliv-••ed by R . R. Boylan.

Geo . Craw's , grocery spor ts a h a n d -- .me new de l ivery sleigh.

Mr. and M r s . Geo. E . Wi l son spent •Sunday with her b ro ther , A. L . Jraisted at G r a n d Rapiils.

Mr. and Mrs. .Tohn i t . D u t c h e r c n --riaiued a par ly of f r i ends an I

n- i jnbors a t progressive pedro T u e s ay even ing . All r epor t an enjoy-

able t ime.

A'm PiiUen Son have inaugu-tied a i r reat one -ha l f -o fF sale on vcrcoais, as pe r the i r announcement i i his issue. They a re o ld , s t andby ealers and ihe i r promises can be re-ed upon. T h e y do not belong i<> •ie f i y - b y - n i g h t o rder , but will be ore nex t yea r and the yea r a f t e r , to .iake good their promises . I t pays • deal wilh siich a l irm.

Miss Maude Dennis of G r a n d R a p -Is is visiting he r at lut , Mrs. W . I I . l u r p h y .

Mrs. B a r b a r a R i t t enge r of Sou th i.Atwe 11 is t h e gues t of Mrs. J . B. ria&terday a n d o t h e r i r iends in W e s t i juwell .

Qua r t e r l y mee t ings a t t he West Lowell M c l n t y r e school house last l a i u r d a y and S u n d a y were well at-ended , and Rev. J a m e s Mower de-ivered two exce l len t discourses.

The G r a n d T r u n k ra i lway system vill m a k e ra te ol s ingle fa re for thi: ound t r ip to De t ro i t on accoun t ol l ichigan c lub meet ing, F e b r u a r y 22,

Michigan League and Republ ican :ul) on Feb. 22, and Republ ican con-

. enlion F e b r u a y r ^ S . T icke t s good o r e tu rn F e b . f \ . ! • 191.

H a v e those i eca re r l teeth filled aii<l uade I>eaulifulyan(f6erviceable by D r . Jambell .

George E y r e and wife of G r a n d iapids visited phe la t ter ' s pa ren t s ,

Ha r ry C o u r t r i g h t and wife las t Sa t -u rday .

Meetings cont inue with u n a b a t e d mc-resi a l t he Bap t i s t c h u r c h , and hose who g o late are unable to gain

mi en t rance . O u r Bapt i s t I r iends will •lo well t o " t i e to" Pas to r Dex te r .

J i e is a live man a n d well esteemed ^ K j ^ w h o m e e t huj^.

T n u m e r s : Nelson 'Rogers and wife

to (reoTge II . Force , n e \ 8 W ^ s c ' c 21, ami n 30 a nw \ sw \ sec Lowell 84,000. H o m e r D . Belcher i i d wife el a! , t o ' J o h n W . C o m p l o n . il 4 sw <

sec 24. Ca ledon ia S4,0«0.

Wi l l wed; W i l l i a m W . V ' a i t e , C a n n o n ; F l o r e n c e A . Hawkins , ( J r a n d

Rapids .

La Grippe If y o u h a v e h a d t h e <Trippc,

y o u k n o w i t s achi-s a n d p a i n s , (

t h s l e v e r , t h e c h i l s* t h e c o u g h , " t h e d e p r e s s i o n — y o u k n o w t h . m a . l . T h e G r i p p e e x h a u s t s t h : u k r v o u S s y s t e m q u i c k l y ,

l o w e r s t h : v i t a l i t y . T w o t h i n g i s h o u l d i e d o n e a t o n c e : — t h e b o y m u s t be s t r e n g t h -

e n e d , a d f o r c e m u s t be g i v e n t o t h e n e r v o u s s y s t e m . C o d -

h v e r O i l w i l l d o t i ; e f i r s t j H y -

p o p h o s p h i t e s t h e second . T h e s e a r e p e r m a n e n t l y a n d • l e a s a n t l y

c o m b i n e d in S c o t t ' s E m u l s i o n . I t l i . t s t h e d e s p o n d e n c y a r d

h e a l s t h e i n f l a m e d of t h c t h r o a t an4H

P>'jt v o u n e e d n G R I P P E .

Y o u c a n p u t y o u . y , . a c o n d i t i o n u n f a v o r a b l e t o i t .

Y o u c a n h a v e r ich , r e d b l o o d ; r e s i s t i ve s t r e n g t h ; s t e a d y b r a i n

n d n e r v e s . Sco t t ' s E m u l s i o n p r e v e n t s a s w e l l a s cu rcs .

A n d w h e t h e r y n u s e n d o r g o

f o r S c o t t ' s E m u s ion , b e s u r e y o u g e t t h e g e n u i n e .

SCOTT & BOWKE, Kcw YBrk.

s t e m i n

I i is said t h a t a m a n who won't b u y a p a p e r because he can borrow one h a s inven ted a mach ine b y which he can cooft h is d i n n e r by t h e smoke of his ne ighbor ' s dh imney . T h e same fel-low sita in the b a c k pew in c h u r c h to save in teres t on cont r ibu t ions , a n d is a lways b o r r o w i n g a r ide to town lo save the w e a r and tear on h i s own horse-flesh. Yes, y o u k n o w h i m H e ' s a first cousin of t h e m a n who neve r winds his watch fo r fear of b r e a k i n g t h e sp r ing . H e undoubted-ly is a nea r re la t ive of the m a n who went in to the b a c k y a r d d u r i n g a cold s n a p last w in te r , soaked his ha i r in water , let i t f reeze a n d then b roke i t o f t in o rde r to chear the b a r b e r out of a ha i r c u t . — [ E x .

Trdusfer : Ben jamin Olds and wife t o Gottf ir ied Mezger and wife, piece land on sec 0, Caution S220 .

T r a n s f e r : J a c o b Ye i te r a n d wife to F r e d S. and C o t a Yei ter , n J n e 1 of see 28, also piece land on sec 21, Lowell *2,000. ,

L o o k t o ua f o r c n U d r e n ' s s h o e s .

W e can s u r e l y ptaaatf y o n , * B . K j ^ i H c k & C o .

G . W . Bent ley h a s o e e n appo in t ed postmaster a t Chauncey , t h i s coun ty , vice T. E . Hubhe l l , resigned.

Jo seph Anderson of Bowne died of Br igh t s ' d i rease on J a n u a r y 24, a l t e r a sho r i i l lness.

T h e Rev . Mr. Wesbrook of B o w n e had one of his r ibs f rac tu red recen t ly b y be ing t h r o w n violent ly a g a i n s t t h e s ide ol h is c u t t e r .

R o y P e r c e l e f t f o r Tennesee Tues -day a f t e rnoon .

T h e man w h o slops t ak ing a news-paper w i t h o u t p a y i n g his subscr ip t ion in fu l l is rare ly encounte red in t h e higher wa lks ol l ife. H i s p lace is with t h e c reeping th ings of e a r t h , and the re he is usual ly r o u n d . — [ F r e e p o r t Hera ld .

A beau t i fu l set of ar t i f ic ia l t ee th fo r ••S a t Dr . J . H , R icker t ' s . A s k to see sample . 1

'he f r e e p o r t H e r a l d is fifteenie.-irs o i a and l ikegoud wine improves w i t h ago. T h e Hera ld is one of tlie Vest examples of l y p o g t a p h y in tho 8 \ u e and the people of R e p o r t will d o well, t o give i t a cora ia l and unan i -mous suppor t .

J u d g i n g by the h e a r t y responses Monday even ing to the request of t he m a n a g e m e n t f o r t hc Indies to remove their hats , Rock fo rd will not need to follow Chicago and G r a n d Rapids and pass a n an t i - t hea t r e h a t o r d i n -ance. I t is ve ry sensible , and should be cont inued a t all e n t e r t a i n m e n t s . —

Register. W o n d e r it t he ladies of Lowell won ' t follow suit?

NOTICE.—Freeman Winters was duly appoin ted sex ton of cemeter ies No. I and No . 2, Lowell , ill J u l y IHOfi. H e will do all work a s d i r -ec ted . See him in person or leave word with the u n d e r t a k e r s . 187 if .

B i r th in Lo-.vsll, Tuesday F e b . 2. a son to Zeno H . Pos t and wife.

F r a n k Cu t l e r of Sou th G r a n d Rap-ids was ca l l ing on Lowel l f r iends las t F r iday .

To weds Jt i lm B r a n n a n and E m m a G r a h a m of L o w e l l ; W i l l i a m II. K n a p p and Car r i e M. Jones , Cale-

d o n i a .

Ai the a n n u a l mee t ing of the K e n t C o u n t y F a r m e r s ' Mutua l F i re Insur -

nce c o m p a n y , T u e s d a y , Edward 15. lemeuls of Ada w a s re -e lec ted sec -

re ta ry , P . W . McPhersou of Vcr -ennes was elected a m e m b e r of t hc

hoard of d i rec to r s for one yea r to fill

vacancy.

Mrs. D. M. W a s h e r of I tn lay C i t y s the guest of the family of her b ro ther , F . M. J o h n s o n .

Pol iceman V i e r g i v e r , charged wi th mans l augh te r by reason of the shoot-ing "f Saloonkeeper T radewe l l in t h e New V--ars row a t G r a n d Rapids was

•tischarged by J u d g e Hagi ie r ty , Tues-day .

Stocking 's orches t ra , five pieces, will p lay fo r the s i lver ball on the 22nd .

S . P . H i c k s has r e l u m e d t r i p to R o m e Cente r . H e fouuiv. b r o t h e r Roswell in a very c r V condi t ion , it being bu t a quest ion f ew d a y s with h im.

P h o t o g r a p h s fo r wood a t H i l e fcalUry.

T h e si lver commi t t ee is hus t l in th r ings for the 2in I and inteu I t ha t old and y o u n g shal l have a no • I t ime.

T h e f ines t a s s o r t m e n t of i n f a n t s '

a n d c h i l d r e n ' s f ine s h i e s fiver o f f e r

in Lowe l l can be s«cj^flit ou r s ton

A l l s t y l e s , lowest / r i c e s . & C o .

T r y the L R D G B R t h i r t een week, 2 5 1 ' .

N e x t par ty of Vergennes D a n c i n g c lub Thi' .rsday even in L', F e b . 11.

S i lver p a r t y — M u s i c H a l l — F e b . 22 .

Upho l s t e r ing aud repa i r ing a t

Yei ter & W a d s worth 's .

P a t r o n s of this paper hav ing busi-ne-s a t t he P r o b a t e court , will confer a g rea t favor u p o n the publ isher , by reques t ing t h a i the i r notices he p u b lished in the L O W E L L L E D U E I I . tf

Cal l in and look over our line of d in ing cha i r s . Ye i t e r & W a d s w o r t h

N o t i c e t o D e l i n q u e n t S u b s c r i b e r s .

A f l c r wai t ing more than a mon th longer t han specified in our ear ly De c e m b c r notice, we have a t length , un de r s p u r ol necessity, placed all sub scr ipt ion accounts of one y e a r and over in the hands of a pub l i shers ' col-lection agency. The i n d i v i d u a l a m o u n t s a re smal l none of t h e m over 33.50, but t he agg rega te is several hund red dol lars , and it is posi t ively necessary t ha t we have the mon^y. If bills a re pa id direct ly a f t e r not ice is received th rough the mai l , no e x t r a expense will be incur red ; f u r t h e r t h a n th i s we canno t promise.

V e r y t r u ly yours,

F . M . J O H N S O N ,

Publ i she r Lowel l L E D G E R .

A M U

jro on'

'for cold weathel

(nee Ellen Daniels) of

."a recent guest of her cousin, Fralj

? n J family nnd called on other o l ^

friends. Al ihe annual meeling of the Vergennel I

Aid society the following officers were re-

elected for t l ^ ensuing year: President,

.Mrs. John CrakV; Vice President, Mm.

Joe Banks; Secretary, Miss Haltie Herr;.

Treasurer, Mrs. Abna Anderson. N^s. R. P. W a i r s who has been visile

ing lidr parents Dickson and wife hss-j

returned to her home Tn* Kentucky. J . \V. Walker and S. E. Hon; and wives

of Lowell visited al Lute Bailey's and Don

Coller's Tuesday. D S. Blanding and family visited frieadflr

south of Lowell Tuesday. The ground hog could see his shadow the

second all right, and he will have to hide

himself for six weeks longer. We will say to our dear sister cor-

respondents—and ic our brother ejrs., tnd

several others who have espressc-d regrets

at our leaving the Journal ranksk we ap-

preciate their word- '«f regret. It was like

leaving old friends, bn^ we had go.td reas-o n - . P A T S V .

Blood and Nerves are very close-ly related. Keep the blood r ich, p u r e and heal thy, w i t h Hood 's Sarsaparil la a n d you wi l l have no nervousness .

Hood's Pills arc best after-dinner pills,aid digestion, prevcutcons t ipa l ion

' *> Bucklen's Arnica Salve. THE BEST SALVE i n t h e w o r l d f o r C u t s .

Bruises. Sores, Ulcers, Sail Rheum. Fover Sores. Totter. Chapped Hands. Chilblains. Corns nnd nil Skin Eruptions, and positive-ly cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or-money refunded. Price 25 ccnts per box.

Good p r i n t i n g , low prices. L E D G E R I For sale by L. H. Hunt & Co.

r e e e e e e e e e e e e s ^ e e o s s s e c * • j t — t f

| IMPORTANT! | A MESSAGE OF INTEREST TO THE READERS OF THIS PAPER I

H u n M s of Dslhrs Saved to tho People ON STAPLE DRUGS, MEDICINES AND PRESCRIPTIONS!

Tooth PiToparations. Ret;. On r Out Trice Price

Sheflleld'B Dentifrice 23c 1 5 c

Zonwels 25c

P a u l V. Finch k Co.. of t^ran.l Rap ids , t h c o r g i u a t o r s a n d i n a i n t a i n e r s o f

CUT RATES ON EVERYTHING.

Cough Cures.

P. D. A Co.'s Ethymol.. . 2ic Wright 's Myrrh Tooth

Soap 25c

Lyons' Tooth Powder. . . . 25c

Rubifoam 25c

Denulfoaia 25c

Sozodont 75c

Hood's Tooth Powder. . . . 25c Dr. Graves' Tooth Pow-

der 25c Brown's Camphorated

Tooth Powder 25c

Antiseptic Tooth Snap... 25c i m p r e s s Josephine Tooth

Powder 25c Empress Josephine Tooth

Paste 25c

Calder's Dentifirice

Good Tooth PowJer, per it)..

Sanitary Tooth Soap

Pills. Erandreth's 23c

Beecham's 25:

Ayer's 26o

Casoaretts 10c

Cascaretts 26c

Cascaretts 50c

Morse's 26c

Hood's 25C

Hane r ' s 2Sc

H O B B S ' 2BC

Hall's 2ac

King's 25c

Jaynes' Be

Kilmer's 26c

Miles' Pain 2Sc

Miles' Liver 25

Hobbs" Sparapus 60c

Williams' Pink Pills 50c

Doane's Kidney Pills 50c

Pierce's 25e

Pinkham's 25c

Rudway's 25e

Schenk's ...25c

Wright 's ...26c

Warner's ...2Sc

Wills' EngiiUi 25c

WesOa. l^c, 2 fdr Laxative Bromo Quinine

Tablets

Hall's Lung Balsam 11.00 — j Heavy Mi I Orders Fronj North South. East and West. |

1 5 C Hie great success which has a tunded the inauguration of our cut rate King's Discovery J1.00 drug prices and thc w-onJerf Jl response both in Gmnd Rapids and else- I _

I d C ' whore Impels us to extend Its -bennlts tn people who are still paying tribute j King's Discovery Buc 1 to the high price storrs. The magnitude of our business today enables us to i

I O C i furnish the public -with sill the reputable «tnndard drugs. Chemicals, Patent ; Hemp's Balsam 59e | Medicines and other merchandise usually found in the best stores in this

I O C i country a t not only wholesale prices but often belter. 4 — j W« invite your attention to the ifollowlng price list which will furnish an l / C I index to every article of nusrclMndlse in stock. Cut it wit to guide you when

ordering goods, and write us for anything else not on this list.

Catarrh Cures.

Hall's Catarrh Cure 75c

I 5 C :

55c: ! 7 c

18c i

18c: ! Sage's Catarrh Cure 50o

j Ely's Cream Bjlm «0c

i 5 c | K i n s < 3 o n ' 8 Jelly,50c

i Pretzingcr's Catarrh Jelly.50c

50c 15c

15c

Piso's Consumption Cure, 25c

nag. Our r u t Price Price

Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy.Mc Marshall's Catarrh Rem-

edy 25c

50c 35c 35c 35c 35c 35c 17c 35c 17c 8c

18c 35c 75c 40c

Ayer's Cherry Plctoral..J1.09 Chamberlain's Cough Rem-

edy 50c Chamberlain's Cough Rem-

Blood Remedie s^ . j i<d> 250

n<-g' Our Cut , Bull's Cough Syrup.; 50c Price Price j

Bull's Cough Syrup 25c

Acker's Cough Remedy...50c

Piso's Catarrh Remedy...50e Mrs. Mann's Catarrh

Remedy 25c . — ; Mrs. Mann's Catarrh

1 5 C ! Remedy 10c

1 5 c j Munyon's Catarrh Cure..25c

8 c 1 Munyon's Catarrh Cure...50c

I 7 c j Booth's Hyomel T1.0C

3 5 c j Booth's Hyomel 50c

Blood Remedies. 17c

Hood's Sarsaparllla $1.00

Ayer's Sarsaparilla $1.00

Scott's Sarsaparilla......$1.00

Cutlcura Resolvent $1.00 K e n e d y ' . Medici ^ ^ $ 1 . 0 5

67c 70c 67c

$1.25 67c

Munyon's Blood Cure..«..25c

Syrup Trifolium $1.00

Sulphur Bitters $1.00

Electric Bitters $1.00

Electric Bitters 50c

Hosteller's Bitters $1.00

For the Baby. Castoria—

At Talcom Powder—

At Comfort Po-wder—

At Lubin's Toilet Powder—

Ai

18c 65c

'Acker 's Cough Remedy...25c 0 " C • Wood's Norway Pine Syr. g- mm 50C O / C ; Wood's Norway Pine Syr.

35c 250

_ _ Hall's Long Balsam ......50c 67c

Hall's Lung Bali*am 25c

! Kilmer's Cough Cure 50c

2 2 c 1 Kilmer's Cough Cure 26c

Qc 18c

Ransom's Hive Syrup 85c

Allen's Lung Balsam 50c

65c 65c 55c 60c

covery

Burdock's Blood Bitters, $1.00 Pinkham's Blood Purlfler

i . . $1.00

S. S. S $100

S. S. $1.75'

I7c 15c 17c 17c 17c 17c 15c 15c

35g 3 1 C | Miles' Blood Purifier

! McDadf's Succus Alter-3 1 c ' l l I"J $2.()0 4>1 . J5U

I 5 c : Acker's Blood Remedy..$1.00 6 7 c

I7c 17c 17c 17c 15c *9c 25c' 17c

Mellln's Food 50c

Mellin's Food 76c

Malted Milk 60c

Malted Milk

Malted Milk $ 3 . 7 a $ 3 . 0 0 Eagle Condensed Milk—

Ar Swiss Milk—

At Nestler's Food—

At

18c i Allen's Lung Balsam 23c /•jj" i Shiloh's Consumption 0 * 5 C 1 Cure 60c #«nr> Shiloh's Consumption

Cure 25c : White Pine Expertorant, j per pint

White Pine Expertorant, w per half pint

Lactated Food 25c

, l^actatod Food 60c

j Carnrlck'a Sol. Pood 25c

1 Carnrick's Sol. Food 60c t Nipples, best Quality—

r fo: j Nurshig Bottles—

, Nursing Fittings, complete—

i A l

! Nursing Bottles und Fit-i tings, complete

17c 17c 40c

Janes' Expectorant $1.00

Boohees' German Syrap..75c

Rubber Goods.

35c

i Fountain SjTlnges. 1 quart 1 9 c | (bottle guaranteed^

! Fountain Syringes, 2 quart 3 8 C I (bottle guaranteed) - Q I Fountain Syringes, 3 quart l o C ' (bottle guaranteed)

Fountain Syringes, 4 quart (bottle guaranteed)

5 C j Hot Water Bottles, 1 quart j (bottle guaranteed)

5 c Hot Water Botties, 2 quart j (bottle guaranteed)

5 c i Hot Water Bottle, 3 quart I (bottle guaranteed)

1 0 c • Hot Water Bottle, 4 quart (bottle guaranteed)

All goods warranted strictly pure, full strength, fresh and genuine. We rec(dve many large orders made up by several families for one ship-

ment: 1" cents extra for boxing. Wnen goods are to be delivered by mail in-'cKide •postage.

PAUL V. FINCH i CO., T H E C U T RATE D R U G G I S T S .

75 C.W.U STKttT. W W ) KAI'IDS, MICH. Long Distance Phone , 9 3 8 .

Bulb Syringes. 2 pipe., plain.. Bulb Syringes, 2 pipe, exrra

rubber Bulb Syringes, 3 pipe. No. 5

Goodyear Bulb Syringes, 3 pipe, Co-

lumbia

All Atomizers, Bandages, Bougies, Cat haters. Air Cusl; sarles, Urinals. Womb Trusses, ctc. Let us kno* we will mr-kt prlra* rlfrt

Our Cat : Price

65c 65c 32c 35c 15c

65c 30c 15c 35c 15c

sSi

17c 35c 17c

35c 17c

35c 17c 23c 35c 17c 3Sc 17c 50c

65c 55c

40c 50c 60c 70c 50c 60c 70c 80c 20c

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