CASS CIT Y CHRO NICLE ~RI~GOUNTY OHI{ONIOLE, E~t~abllsh~dinl~,[(lonsolidated CASS CITY, MICtt., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1915 8 PAGES Vol. 11, No. 35 O A ~ OIT~ ENTE~PRIBE, Established In 1881 ~ April 20, 190~

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WANT8 TO LO ATE C NNIN FACTORY HiRE

MAN OF E X P E R I E N C E WOULD LIKE TO "GET INTO GAME"

FOR HIMSELF.

An inquiry was received recently from a gentleman who is at present manager of a canning factory in an- other par t of the state and is desirous ef "entering the game for himself." He would like to get in touch with Cass City citizens with a view of lo- cating such an industry here.

Dr. M. M. Wiekware, on a recent visit to Scottville, noted the apparent prosperi ty of that village and was informed that the new buildings erected in the past few years and the improved streets of tha t town were due in large measure to the canning factory and the benefits re- ceived by employes and the farming community in its operation.

Since the inquiry has been received as to Cuss City's desire to consider a proposition for a like factory, Dr. Wickware has wri t ten to friends in Scottville from Whom he learned that the Scottvfile factory site contains six acres; that 1,000 acres of peas, 1,800 acres of corn, 500 acres of lima beans and 50 acres of str ing beans

F I N E N E W CHURCH.

Brown City dedicated a new $12,000 Methodist Episcopal church Sunday, December 19. I t is a modern struc- ture built of pressed brick, hollow tile and concrete. I t has a seating" capaci- ty of fully 450 people, modern class rooms, a full and commodious base- ment and is equipped with furnaces, toiIet and water connections and is l ighted with the indirect system of electric lights.

INST LL [&U: TINE 8¥$TEM indoor Toilei Rooms Being Equipped

at Local Schools.

The Kaustine Co. of Buffalo is in- stalling a series of chemical closets in the Cuss City schools. The work was commenced Monday and will be completed within three weeks. They are bein~ installed in the basement toilet rooms fitted for this purpose during ~he past year.

The board of education had under consideration for several months the installation of both an individual and a range system of water flushing closets, but the s ta te board of heal th has such strict regulat ions regarding the disposal of sewage that the in- ,staltation ,o~ either system was deemed impracticable and impossible

]under prevail ing conditions. 1 Both the •state board of education

were pledg'ed the first year, that ft~eiand the s ta te board of health up- factory ran for a period of six i proved of the plans for the installa- months, from June to November; i tio n of the Kaustine systems in the tha t the average number of h a n d s !ocal schools, and as it seems espec-

!tally adapted for schools located in unsevcered districts, the local board of education finally concluded tha t its .... t ~ . ~ o , would be wise. The pt/b- lic school outdoor c loset has long been. recognized as detr imentaI to the morals and health of the district and the removal of this evil wilt %e wel- comed by patrons of the local sdhooL

employed in ~he factory was 250, one- third of these being women and the remainder men and boys. ~Yh~ com- pany does not emp!oy any labor to harvest the farm products nec'essary for the factory's operation.

P. S. McGregory, some t ime ago, visited Yale and found tha t the bene- fits f rom the factory operated by a stock company in that place were nu- merous, not only providing a good marke t for farm products, %ut fro'- ] f ~ . ~ ~ _ ~ ~ : ~ T ~ RtR~_~ nishing ~mployment to a large force I ~u~ H=~.~=~ ~.,~= ~ = ~ ~ u , ~ of employes for severs] months "du-] . . . . ring. the year. Mr. l~cGregory "be-/Proposed by Nati~naI Assodi~ion ~t ~ lieves such an inst i tut ion would "b'e a ] Audubon S~6i~t~es very good thing for Cuss City.. t ' "

Here's an opportunity for Cass~ City to get busy and if the gentle- A Christmas tree for the 'birds ]s man mak'ing the 'inquiry has a l~ropo- proposed to the ch~Ydren oJ~ America sition that is feasible, it dho~id 'be by the National As s~dia~don 'of A~lu- pushed, bon Societies.. T, Gilbert Pear,son,

NASg 8 ELEI]T OFFI;NS tnstaIla~ion Ceremonies WiI! Re 71{old

5~onday Evening, Dec. 27.

At the regular meet ing of Tyler Lodge held Saturday evening, Dec. 18, the fol!owing Officers were elect- ed for the ensuing year: W. M., Bich- ard Bayley; S. W., Ar thur Flynn; J. W., Meredith B. A~ten:; Treas., Eo JH. Pinney; Sec.; I. A. LFr:itz'; S. D., E:iias ])¢IcKim; J . D . , George W. West; Stewards, V/re. G. :~mIey and Neff R. Kennedy; Tiler, N. G&bte.

At the ~ext regular meet ing ,on 7~onday evening, Dec. :27, there w~-tl be installation of officers and the p ~ s e n t a t i o n of l i fe membership cer- tificates to four brothers who have been Master Masons for more than 40 years. ~1%ere will also "be some degree work and something £o eat. A full house is expected.

PAINT KILLS ~\ALUABLE COWS.

Wm. Bland of Argyle lost two valu- able cows last week from poisoning. In the stable where the cows were housed were severa l cans of paint. The animals licked up some of the pig- ment and were taken violently ill and later died from poisoning. T h e cows were worth $160.

HEY TRUANT OFFICER.

Former school commissioner C. F. Hey of Bad Axe was last week ap- pdinted county truant officer of Hu- ron county to succeed the late Jas. 1%owe, by Commissioner Sparling.

Watch for the announcement of my big annual sale in next week's Chroni- ele. L. H. Wood. 12-24-1

House to rent. J. N. Dorman. 12- 24-2

I will be in Cass City every Satur- day to take orders for fence wire and gates to be delivered in the spring. J. S. P a r r o t t 12-24-1

secretary, who is back of the ?dea, ~says the society 2e~pes £he holiday spirit will r e su l t 'in a speci~fl efi'o~::t :to a t t ract song birds ~about American homes and to keep £he birds ~:rom s tarv ing . Amer ican Children, h~ de- clares, have opportuffity to save the l ives of thousands o~ ~ song birds finis winter.

"Birds forage braarely for ~sem- selves during ~he ternperate seasons/ ' says Mr. Pearson, "bu~c "in severe and ice-bound weather they fail in g rea t numbers from weakness bro~xght about by hunger. AnOther cause of great fatal i ty araong birds is tha t a snow crust form's oyez" them w%en they burrow to find s h e ~ r Trom ~he b i t ing wind and ~ney cannot break :out again.

"The birds' Cbxistmas tree need not b e of the regular vav'iety. A~y ~ind of branch which can be at tached ou'~side a window and to wh'idh food can be fastened w~l serve ~o attrae~ the f e a t h e r e d songsters who Will con- t'inu.e the singing of Chris tmas carols throughout the winter in exchange for a few cents worth ~of suet."

Suet, obtained at any meat shop, is said to be the best food to place on the tree, fo r while it provides the !birds with the heat and m~ergy they need, they are still obliged to hunt constant- ly for insect food to secure their daily allowance of protein or m~scle-form- ing mater~al. In t h i s quest they clear the h ibernat ing insects and insects ' eggs from trees and shrubs. Small pieces of suet should be wound on the limb or its twigs, the bird experts say, so that no one piece is within a foot of any other. If this direction is observedl.they say, there will be l i t t le quarreling, several birds having often been seen feeding a t once at the same window.

Mr. Pearson will tell any boy or girl who writes him how to a t t rac t winter birds about the home.

T. GILBERT PEARSON, Secretary Audubon Society,

New York City, N. Y.

For Sale. Breeding pen of hidian Runner

Ducks, good layers. G. W. Landon. 12-24-

The Chronicle , one year, $1.00.

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f OLD F I L E S OF CASS C I T Y EN- I TERPRISE REPRINTED FOR

l P R E S E N T - D A Y R E A D E R S .

Probably the only man on the Mich- i g a n delegation in congress who will consistently oppose either the admin- istration's ~orogram of preparedness or any- othe]r similar program is Con- g'ressman Louis N. Cramton of La- peer. A son of a Civil war veteran who fought for four years with Cus- ter 's cavalry, Mr. Cramton is opposed to mili tarism i n ' a n y form. He com- pares an armed nation to a porcupine, whose only use is found in its quill after the animal is dead.

~e~ween mx~y ano seventy per cent of all government expenses at present are for war purposes, for the army, navy or pensions. I th inb this percentage is high enough," says Mr.

]Cramton. "I am against the proposal to Vat the country o~ ~t war footing. I am opposed to a big navy and a big army on the ground that they impose enormows burdm~s on the people, make impossible national development in other lines and 'increase the danger .o

O±. ~V~I'.

"As to the administration program of preparedness as outlined in the president 's message, I am opposed to t ha t because i t means the expendi- ture of several hundred millions of dollars Which must be raised by direct taxes. It puts a heavy burden upon

Dec. 26, 1890.

A baby boy at Hugh Kinnaird's . iVtaster Hugh Waltel~s is now the

apprentice in this office. Albert Striffler succeeded in killing"

a:oother wild cat last week. T h e band is ge t t ing more venture-

some than ever. They played a few pieces on Main street Monday night.

Allen McDermott, who has beer~ teaching school near Port Austin, is home enjoying" a two weeks' vacation.

John Quirk burnt a kiln of lime last week and it was found to be of much better quality than the common stone lime.

Ephraim Knight, of this township, from sixty-five hens, has sold four hundred sixty-five dozens of eggs, put down and used one hundred sixty-six dozen, making a total of six hundred thirty-one dozen. Who has done bet- ter ?

At a regular meet ing of Tyler Lodge No. 317, F. & A. M., the fol- lowing officers were elected for the ensuing year: Henry Stewart, XV. IVL; Elias McKim, S. W; John Crane, J. W; A. H. Ale, Secretary; J. Waidley, Treasurer; J. P. Hendrick, S. D; Jas. Outwater, J. D; W. I. Frost , T. E. Norse, Stewards; H. C. Downing, Ti-

S U R V E Y COMPLETED.

Cass river has been surveyed by two :surveying parties during the past month. Ber t 'R . Walker of Marlette has charge of the Traverse party, and t F. C. Kerbison, of the level party. On l account of the severe weather, it is 1 probable tha t t h e cross sectioning o i l the drain will not be comenced until spring. The total length of the drain will be between thirty and thirty-five miles.

fine •country, places us in the class let. l with those nations which believe that i 'Miss Lilly Wickware was the re- i national salvation depends on mil l - [c ipient this week of three sheets of ts::Smm, and for the first thne gives a instrumental music, composed a n d foothold on this continent to t h a t doe- published by Frank Lenzner whose t i n e 0~ preparedness which is today Ihome :is at this place. The t i t les are a proved failure in Europe. j"Vill~ge Spring' Walt~k" "'Vfl~ag~

LOCAL ITEMS.

"While the presiden%"s program has atl these disadvantages, it d.oes not go T~r :enough to mak~ ns any safer f rom foreign aggression th'an we have ;been heretofore . We are seeking to placate the demaM, more or !less -prevalent in this country, for a navy ~second to none, i t being ~']re ifA~ory ,o'f I preparedness advocates i/h~t we are I not :safe without such a navy. Accord- i n g to t h e last navy year book we w e r e at the tim'e of "its pubIicatim~ ~hirty-five batfl.es-hil~s an~ %aftle cruisers behind Gzma~ ~fi tain, and Great Britain h a s s i n c e that :time been bui ld ing ships f a s t e r thxn warfm~e h a s destroyed ~hem.

"The pres ident urges us :to catch o;p by bui ld ing six~een batt leships arid bat t ie cruisers in ~he nex t five ye~J:m Iris easy to see that at the end of that t i m e we will be ~ r~her behind ~han w e are now- in the race [for naval su- premacy, tn the meant ime we WIll h a v e ground the ~ o p l e -~;ith taxation, denied proper pr@eets o:f nationat /}e- ve lopment the encouragement due them, set an example of ~znilitarism ~o all countries of America and increased !in t h e minds of all na~ons of t%,~e -world their dist] 'u~ of 'the ;benevolence a n d altruism of our national polieie~/"

<GONE TO BE ARD t~ichard D u g g a n Died Nov: )18 at Ed-

monton, Alta.

~Ridnard Duggan, a former resident of Cass City, but late of t~£~onton, Atber~ta, died on Nov. 18 at the age of 70 years. Mr. Duggan had been in poor heal th for years, but died sud- denly o f asthma and heart trouble.

Me had :been a consistent member of the M. E. church of this place for a grea t many years, bringing his church le t ter with him from Canada in 1880. He leaves a brother and one son in Alberta to mourn his loss. A go:od man has gone to his reward.

For Sale--on nine months' time, 9 year old, 1400 lb. mare. James NIc- Kenzie, City. 12-24-1

For Sale. Holstein bull, 18 months old, wt.

900 to 1000 lbs. Reason foT selling, qui t t ing the Holsteins. This bull is of too good a strain to butcher. Phone 162--4R. W ~. C. Fleming. 12-24-tf

For Sale. Good Hols te in cow coming 4 yrs.

old, due in Feb. G. Landon. 12-24-

Lots of boys' and girls' 25c books at Treadgold's.

Mrs. Samuel Dodge and Mrs. Geo. Mills and two sons, Archie and James, lef t Thursday for Penn Yann, New York, where Mrs. Dodge will visit her sister, whom she has not seen for 23 years.

Miss Geniveve B. Corey of Port- land, Maine, is the guest of Miss F. Marie Brooker durin~ the Christ- mas week. Miss Corey is a sorority sister of Miss ~Brooker and is attend- ing the U. of I~!.

A message was received Lfonday evening announcing the serious fii- hess of Mrs. Andrew Ness of Detroit. Her aihnent is typhoid-pneumor;~a and she is in Grace hospital. Mr. and Mrs. v~m. Akerman left Tuesday morning to be with their daughter.

Miss B{arie Brooker expects to go to I n l a y City next 'Wednesday to act as maid of honor at the wedding of 2fvfiss Joyee 1%. Fairweather. Dr. Morrell Jones of Detroit is the groom. It is to be a 5 o'clock wedding and just the im- mediate families are to be present outside of the bride's attendants. The young people will live in Detroit v,;here Dr. Jones is practicing.

Friends of Ray N. ~rickware, who elaims Bison, S. D., as his home, will be interested to know that he has a position in the First National Bank at. Lemmon, S. D., fifty miles from Bi-

I Spring Mazurka" and "Vil lage Spring son. Mr.. Wickware has been attend- ing the Mankato Commercial college at l~a-nkato, Minn., but the college burn~4 down so "Wick" proceeded to land a job and will ~nish his school-

i n g "tater. W. D. Striffier sold a baby beef to

~:d~er & Krahling Tuesday for their Chris tmas t rade which was somewhat above the ordinary. The calf was 14 months old and weighed 840 pounds;

1563.00 was the price the butchers p a i d Mr. Striffler. The calf is of ~berdeen Angus stock and Mr. Striff- !or thinks this breed make excellent

I calves to raise for beef.

Shottische." Frank is a talentefl and cultivated musician, and the music

l composed by h i m is very meritorious. "Wha t a big bear," every one ex- a~med, a~ t]~ey exammed the dusky

t To~m of Bru}n lying lifeless in Char- !Iie Widkwarg s wagon. He was killed " b y t h a t gent leman on Monday last, eas t of El l ington and about six miles

!'from Caro. The brute w~s one of the finest t~z be seen. I t we ighed 281 pounds, and had a magnificent, blaek Skin. When tanned ~he hide will bring a hundred dollar~.

NBg P01SONS SELF Ate S~rychninff Tablets Which }I~I

Bee~ Prescribed ~s Medicine.

f Mary, the two year old daughter of Mr. an~ Mrs. Ben Legness, residing on the ~a'tbot f a rm inIndianfieIds, died from aeeidental strychnine poisoning. She was ill and minute doses had been p r e s e r ~ d . She got hold of the ~oox and helped herself, which proved fa- tal .--Courier.

R E H R E D ON PENSION.

Capt. Sghn F rahm on Pointe Aux Barques Coast Guard station has re- .ceived word f rom Washington tha t he will be r e , r e d on % pay or $1,050 per year on December 15. Capt. F rahm has served the Life Saving service fa i thfuly for over ~30 years and has well earned his ret i rement .

MISSIONARY TO CHINA.

Miss Lottie Hamilton, a Student at Cleary's !~nsiness College, Ypsilanti, is qvite ill at St. Joseph's Hospital , Ann Arbor, where she underwent an operation Saturday. An extreme ease of appendicitis and an abscess were the causes of her illness. Her father and mot;~er, Nir. and Mrs. Alex Hamilton, are with her. Miss Hamilton graduated from Cass City high school last June and was very popular among her classmates.

There will be a public installation of officers at the Odd Fellow hall Tuesday evening, Jan. 4. Every Odd Fellow is requested to bring his wife or sweetheart and every Rebekah is requested to bring her husband or sweetheart and enj6y a pleasant eve- ning together. A program has been arranged consisting of music by the Cass City band and speaking by lo- cal talent with H. C. Hayward as toastmaster.

The body of Helene Bennett, 13 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Bennett of S~. Clair Heights, De- troit, was brought to Cass City for burial Wednesday noon. Services were held at the presbyterian church and interment was made in Elkland

Miss Libbie Hare , daughter of IVi'r. and Mrs. R. B. Hare of Columbia

tb:~vnship, is preparing" to go to China as a missionary under the direction of the Internat ional Holiness Associa- tion. She will leave home Monday,

J a n u a r y 3, expecting to sail f rom Seattle, January 11.

She will be stationed in the Province of Shantung where she has agreed to remain four years.

F A R M E R S '~ INSTITUTE.

BAPTIST PASTOR SUGGESTS

BUYING PARMALEE BLDG.

FOR REST ROOM.

i ! By H. C. Hayward. i Perhaps no town has more reason

i to be proud of its commercial, educa- tional and " ~'o'" l enamus privileges than Ca cs ~ P . ~ .... C.~q< _he bushless men ~re al- ways ready and perfectly willin~ to accommodate their patrons regardless of the fact: that. occasionally ready cash finds its way into the pockets of outside concerns, while the home business man is poiite] F asked to wai t and Li~e ev hope.

Our ~s,.:hools are higMy favored with 12 w e l l trs.ined competent teachers. We regr~:t, however, tha t we lack the modern conveniences enjoyed by oth- er schools in towns of N:e same size. Our church buildings are modern in most every detail, and we are in-. formed that Cass City is to be con- e;r~.am~ed in having men who love to preach the story of the cross of Jesus Chris~.

Notwitbsiandlng these and many other good features of our town, we have reason to regret that we have no provision whatever for the corn- fort of our patrons~ We need to blush with shame as we see mothers walking o~r streets weary and cold from their long drives, carrying a little child and perhaps two or three little tots followin% and crying w i t h the cold, while the mother looks fn

her child a mother 's care° The write~: speaks from the standpoint of a citi- zen ra ther than that of a minister and as one who stands ready to work at- ~ most day and night for town im- provement. The writer is very much encom~aged with the words of encour~ agement and the promise of support, L he h~s received from some of e~" prqminent business mere

The question for us as citizens to consider is what will be the most profitable to our town, a pool room to entice our promising young men and rob them of their money and man- hood, or a rest room and a place of pure amusement for our young ~o:-~ ple. For the latter no better place. could be secured than the pool room lecently vacated by 5h'. Gowan and owned by Mr. Parmalee, who has: promises Mr. Hayward that he x~:ov~d be only too glad to rent or set1 on co~.t~ac~ his building for such a¢ good purpose.

What shall we do, fellow cit izens? Shall we allow a man from Detroi t or any other place to come in and open up another pool room or shall we pull together for a rest room in- eluding lunch and amusement room for the up-building of our town and the elevation of our young poop!e?

CLOSE XMAS AND NEW YEARS°

General stores and groceries, bar- ber shops and meat markets , d r u g stores and candy shops, banks, and

i jewelry s tores- - in fact, practical ly e~ery business house in Cass City will be closed all day on both Chris t - mas Day and New Years.

Notice. For business reasons, we have

dispensed with the services of Mr. A. ~vf. Ketle$. All persons are hereby notified tha t he has no authori ty to collect o~ receive moneys due us. Cass City Marble and Granite Works,

i Cummings & McPherson, Props. 12- i 24-2

cemetery. Her death occurred Mon-] 'day morning caused by typhoid For Sale. pneumonia. Besides her parents the l Lot and nine-room house equipped, deceased leaves one sister, Thelma, aged 15. Mrs. F. A. Bliss of this place is a sister of Mrs. Bennett.

Get the "old folks" a good Bible for Xmas. Treadgold's have a splendid stock at reasonable prices.

Fountain pens, s tat ionery and wri t ing .sets make good gifts. Tread- gold's have them.

A farmers ' inst i tute will be held a t ! the Grant M. E. church at Beauley on I Give her a gif t in cut glass. She'll Tuesday, Jan. 4. Watch for p rogram ib e more tha~ pleased if you select it next week. from the beaut i ful l ine at Higgins '

For New Y e a r post cards, t ry Jewelry S t o r e .

Treadgold's splendid line of new i Not ice to Evergreen Tax Payers. cards. I I will be at Ehler's Hall, Shabbo-

!na, on Tuesdays and Saturdays} ex- Late Xmas shoppers wil l sti l l find lcept hol idays, to receive taxes. Los-

a good selection at Treadgold's. l i e Phillips, Twp. Treas. 12-10-3

with electric lights, bath, city wate r and all modern conveniences, and garage. Cement building and lot; al- so egg business and horses. Large barn and t%h lots. This proper ty nicely located on South Seeger S[. Telephone No. 89--2S. 11-12-

Two good second hand hard coal b u r n e r s aS Hitchcock's. 12-17-

Watches make pleasing and useful gif ts for every one. All styles an& prices at Higgins ' Jewel ry Store.

Best Chestnut Coal. $7.75 per t o m Farm Produce Co. 12-17-

See Jones ' swell l ine of ~ Toilet~ Manicure, Tourist and Military Sets. Ideal X m a s Gifts. 12-17-

Bon bons in china at 50c. Higgins? Jewe lry Store.

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CASS CITY C H R O N I C L E . Published Weekly .

The Tri-County Chronicle and Cass City Enterprise consolidated Apr . 20, 1906.

Subscription p r i c e - - O n e :year, $1. Adver t i s ing r a t e s made known on

appl ica t ion. Entered a s second class m a t t e r

April 27, 1906, a t the postoffice a t ~ a s s City, Michigan, unde r the Act o f Congress of March 3, 1879.

H. F. L E N Z N E R , Publisher.

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MeHUGH.

Some of the f a r m e r s f r o m he re are hau l ing g rave l for the new s t a t e road b e t w e e n Shabbona and Decker .

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Calvin t t a r - r ing ton on Dec. 9 an e l e v e n pound boy . Cal won ' t ra ise him to be a pr ize f ighter. He is a man of peace.

S. J. Mitchell is moving the house f r o m his south 40 and will conver t it into a hen-house and a work-shop .

Quite a n u m b e r fr0Ln here have vis- i ted the t r e a su re r ' s~o f f i c e and find thei r t axes a re h igher than ever be- fore . Did the poor h a r v e s t have any th ing to do wi th it ?

While F r a n k Aus lande r and son, Floyd, were pu t t ing a roof on the i r silo, the scaf fo ld gave w a y and they fell abou t 16 feet . They escaped wi th a f ew scra tches and b ru i ses and are congra tu l a t ing themselves that they go t out of i t as easi ly as t hey did.

Roy. B. A. Sherk conducted servi- ces in the Me E. church S u n d a y eve- ning. His discourse was much appre - ciated and the people would be p leased to have him ot~ciate aga in dur ing the revival mee t ings which wilt cont inue this week and next.

ELMWOOD.

Wm. Johns ton is sick wi th lagr ippe .

John Evans is also on the sick list.

George L iv ings ton is w o r k i n g for A. Daus of Cedar Run.

P a t C o o t s in tends moving back on his f a r m in the spring'.

L. L o u n s b u r y and daugh te r , Mable, were Gage town callers S a t u r d a y .

A. S. E v a n s and W. C. Morse were Cuss City v is i tors T h u r s d a y las%.

Chr i s tmas tree a t the Elmwood Baptist" church F r i d a y evening. Ev- e ryone welcome.

Chr i s tmas exerc i ses a t the Sunshine church nex t Sunday, the cotIection to go to fo re ign missions.

Miss Eliza Evans is enjoying" neura lg ia of the face wi th too thache th rown in for good measure .

Miss Be r tha Evans and E z r a Kel ly a t t ended divine services a t the Naza- rene church a t g a g e t o w n Sunday .

Word reached here f r o m un ionv i t l e ~chat Mable Lu the r who has been very low with blood poisoning is ve ry much improved.

We are g lad to iearn t h a t the r u m o r recen t ly p r in ted in the Care Courier t h a t Roy. H a y w a r d was a b o u t

t o res ign is w i thou t founda t ion . The Elder says noth ing doing" in t h a t line, whe reby we a re much pleased.

g How to F~ght Tubercuiosls "~

More A b o u t Fami ly Infect ion. When the phrase " f a m i l y in fec t ion"

i~ used i t need not be s t r i e J y l imited to g roups re la ted by f a m i l y t ies. I t m a y a lso app ly to g r o u p s l iving to- ge the r in the same house, wh. ther the individuals cons t i tu te a f ami Iy or only a company.

A woman, 27 yea r s old, who was found to be the "cen te r case" i n her fami ly , her husband, two d a u g h t e r s and son also be ing infected, could give no h i s to ry of exposure , as she had never known of tubercu los i s a m o n g s t her f ami ly or her friefids. Dr. Lamp- son, r e f e r r ed to in a p rev ious art icle ,

Cass City Bank of I. B. A U T E N Established 1882

Pays % Quarterly interest on certificate

of depos i t .

Money to loan on l~eal E s t a t e .

S A F E T Y D E P O S I T B O X E S FOR RENT,

G. A. T I N D A L E , C a s h i e r

M . B. A U T E N , Ass t . Cashier .

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m a d e a mos~ :minute i n q u i r y to de te r - mine the source of th is f a m i l y ' s infec- t ion. The p o s s ~ i I i t y Of house infec: t ion w a s e l iminated , b e c a u s e the f ami - !y h a d b e e n the f i rs t and only one to

o c c u p y the house . B u t vms d icovered t h a t a b o u t a y e a r p rev ious to the w o m a n ' s ;illness a g u e s t h a d been en- t e r t a i n e d f o r t h r e e weeks . "This m a n w a s sick and coughed badly , r a i sed much spu tum, d i s cha rg ing the s p u t u m into h is handk, erchi~ef and d ry ing the handke rch i e f , When s a t u r a t e d , ove r or u n d e r the Mtch'en s tove . '

'With]ri ~he -v-ear the mOtiler be;<a>~ to fa i l H e r husband b e g a n to decline also, and the chi ldren fol lowed, unt i l all f ive w e r e Badly in fec ted .

T h r o u g h be ing v i r t u a l l y one of the f a m i l y f o r th ree weeks , {he g u e s t had v i s i t ed the scourge :on h is hos ts . H e w a s care less , of course , g ro s s ly care- less ; b u t t he re a r e m a n y eases to Show t h a t "no m a t t e r w h a t p recau- t ions have been t a k e n in fec t ion has occur red b y contac t .

In the 33 f ami l i e s which Dr. L a m p - son examined w h e r e open cases ex is t - ed, Dr. L a m p s o n found 124 individuals infec ted . This m e a n s t h a t each "cen- t e r case ," t ak ing the ave rage , in fec t - ed over t h r ee pe r sons each. In 10 of the fami l ies , eve ry individual , 54 in alt w a s infec ted . In none of the fami l i e s w e r e t h e r e less t han two cases.

Cases w e r e found of mo the r s who had the disease, b u t w e r e cured. The chi ldren who were wi th these m o t h e r s a t t he t ime of the i r s ickness were in- v a r i a b l y affected, w i th tubercu los i s . Bu t t he chi ldren born a f t e r the moth - ers ' r ecove ry , and t h e r e f o r e no t ex- posed to the infect ion, w e r e inva r i ab ly free from the disease.

Dr Lampson concluded from his re- searches that "that infection in fami- lies is greater than it is generally un- derstood to be." That "67 per cent of the families, excluding the center cases , shows evidence of t ube rcu los i s infection. ' ! Tha t " in no case whe re t h e r e has been definite p roven ex- p o s u r e of a fa tu i ty to an open ease of tubercu los i s , no r aa t t e r what precau- t ions have been taken, have I fa i led to find a sp read of infect ion.

Dr. L a m p s o n also cont inued his re- sea rch in fami l ies w h e r e no "cen te r case" exis ted, and found t h a t "no mat - t e r w h a t the home life or l iving con- d i t ions were , the n u m b e r of individ- uals showing tube rcu los i s infect ion was small , namely , 2 ~ per cent ."

Dr. L a m p s o n also i nves t i ga t ed f ami l i e s wi th a p a s t h i s t o r y of healed cases , and found t h a t " t he spread of the infec t ion is less than in fami l ies w h e r e open cases of tubercu los i s exis t , 33 pe r cent a g a i n s t 67 per cent ." This shews how b e a l i ~ , whJ].e Jt does not stop the infection which spread while the disease was yet unhealed, still does arrest the spread of it.

What do all these facts indicate? They indicate that the presence of an open case of consumption, "no matter what precautions have been taken," constitutes a real danger. They indi- cate farther that segregation is al- most a necessity if the spread of the disease is to be curtailed.

If science had discovered an anti- toxin, or serum, or vaccine, by which the uninfected members of a family could be immunized while living with an "open" case, segregation would not be so often held up as the sures~ way to prevent tuberculosis spread- ing. But since science has not yet made that discovery, it becomes high- ly desirable that consumptives them- selves and their families give earnest heed to the facts which point to the advantages of segregation.

So far as human knowledge now can say, tuberculosis never will be conquered until the spread of it is conquered. And do not these facts in- dicate that one of the places where the spread must first be stopped is in the family of the consumptive?

DEFORD.

Mrs. P. D a u g h e r t y w a s in Bay Ci ty T h u r s d a y on business .

F r a n k D r a c e of R o c h e s t e r w a s in t own l a s t week on bus iness .

Coo. L iv ings ton is h o m e g r e e t i n g old f r i ends for his ho l iday vacat ion.

Mrs. John R e e d le f t F r i d a y fo r a sho r t v i s i t wi th r e l a t ives nea r Det ro i t .

Ro land Bruce ' s b a b y has the sca r l e t f ever , and i s - se r ious ly ill a t this wr i t - inv.

A bee will be held th is week to d r a w g r a v e l on the mile of road nor th of town.

Miss Persis Roberts was on the sick list last week, but was able to return B{onday to her school.

Mr. and Mrs. J a m e s Spencer lost t he i r b a b y l a s t week. I t was buried' F r i d a y . The doctor p ronounced it m e m b r a n o u s croup.

Mrs. C. P. Goodrich of Columbus, Ohio, w i shes to t hank her f r iends fo r

t h e pos ta l card shower which she re- . t cmved a f t e r an e l even-week s t ay in a h o s p i t a l in t h a t city. They came as p ] ea san t memor i e s of childhood days which w e r e spent in Deford . She is now able to wa lk wi th the aid of a cane.

The Deford F a r m e r s ' Club m e t W e d n e s d a y , Dec. 15, a t the spac ious home of Michael Quick. A boun teous d inner w a s served to which all did jus t ice . A f t e r t h a t a sho r t p r o g r a m was given. E lder Slack of the N o r t h N o v e s t a church gave a b e a u t i f u l r e ad ing and some in t e r e s t i ng ques- t ions w e r e discussed. N e x t mee t i ng wil! be held January 11 a t J. Wel ls Spence r s ' This will be the f irs t an- nual mee t ing . Elec t ion of officers and b e s t of all an o y s t e r dinner.

A Slander. M a n w a s made to mourn, and woman

w a s made to see that he keeps everlast- ingly a t it .--Chicago News .

The Wai te r Seemed to Think ~he Orde~ [ Fitted In Admirably.,

Obviously the young man who led a girl much younger to a table in an up- town r e s t au ran t a f ew evenings ago was a commuter . Both seemed jus t a little sel f conscious and apparent ly ve ry much pleased wi th each other 's soci- ety. H e was more than ordinari ly so- licitous, to see tha t she was comfort- ably located, too, and his a t tent ions w~r~. whil~ ffontlemnnly i~ the ex- treme, marked enough to be ~otieeable.

Both scanned the menu carefully, and finally the young girl made her selection. The y o u n g man seemed, whi le the wa i t e r s tood a t a t tent ion, to be t ry ing to pe r suade her to change bur order, bu t s h e appeared to insist tha t her choice should stand. H e de- cided for himself ve ry quickly and gave the order to the a t t en t ive waiter, who by this t ime had become ra ther rest- less, as though su'ch a modest order did not hold out much hope for any considerable tip. Both apparent ly or- dered salad, but of different ~ n d s . To a middle aged obse rve r seated at an

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adjo in ing table the wa i t e r ' s eyes seen> ed to twinkle j u s t a little bit as he re- pea ted the order loud enough to be heard several t'~bles away, with a g lance first at the young man and then at the girl as he did so. "One lobster," as he nodded to the man. "'and one chicken." with a half bow to the girl.

Several other cus tomers heard the waiter , and every one of them smiled in appreciat ion. The young folks looked at each other, the girl blushed, a~nd then both broadened; into a smile as each accepted the si tuat ion as one in which they had ptaced t hemse lves . - New York Sun.

A Bit of Poetry. W h a t e v e r your occupat ion may be

and h o w e v e r c rowded your hours with affairs, don' t fail to secure at least a f ew minutes every day for the refresh. ment of your inner life with a bit of poetry . - -Charles Eliot Norton.

Impracticable Advice. A Chicago physician tells this one: "I had looked at the pat ient 's tongue,

fel t his pulse, t aken his t empera ture and was abou t to leave the room. when I s topped and said to the sick man 's wife:

" 'Madam, in addi t ion to the medi- cine I have prescribed, 1 wish you would see tha t every morning your husband has a shower bath.'

"The woman looked worried. 'But, doctor. ' she said. ' w h a t am I goin" to do the mornings we don't have any showers ?' " - -L ipp inco t t ' s .

Had Heard It Before. While engaged in a conversat ion two

p r o m i n e n t police magis t ra tes began tell ing stories of f u n n y cases that had been brought before them.

"P robab ly the funn ies t I ever had," r emarked one, "'was an aged colored man bear ing the e a r m a r k s of the youth who applied to me for a warrant . The offender, it seems, had been blasphem- ing Ras tu s before, and he had t h e n appealed to me for aid. Standing be- fore my desk. he proceeded as fol lows:

" ' Y o ' honah, I wan t s a war ran t f o r George Washington: He 's da t colored man wha t you told to be good two weeks ago, but he's been worse 'n evah, sah. I can s tand him no longah."

" 'Humph! ' I remarked cammlly. 'Seems to me I have heard that name somewhere before. '

" "Yes, sah.' he answered, with alac- ri ty; ' t w o weeks ago, sah.' "--Phi ladeV phia Press.

Testing a New Horse. A ~Velsh tour is t tells of an experi-

ence which befell him du r ing a visit to a count ry house in Ireland. His friend, the host. sent a car to the rail- way stat ion to bring him home. He had not gone fa r when the horse be- c a m e rest ive and finally upset the car into a ditch. The visitor asked the dr iver how long the animal had been used in harness. " H a l f an hour, sun"

"I mean h o w long is it since he was first put in harness?"

"Shure, I 've told you- -ha l f an hour. sur," answered the driver, "an' the m a s t h e r said i f he carried ye safe he'd buy him."--Cardiff Westetu~ Mail.

Immense Output Follows Disco> cry of ~letal in California.

t=0r ,Eleven Years, From 1850 to 1861, the Yield Was Prodigious, Amount-

Jng in 1852 to Ove~

Wa, sh ington . . - -"The h is tor ica l ly im- po r t an t d i scov6ry of gotd in Cal i fornia was made in J a n u a r y , 1848, a t John Sutter's mill on South Fo rk of Ameri- ea~ river, nea r C o l o n s , a point only ten or f iReen mi les s o u t h w e s t of t he t o w n of Auburn ," says a s t a t e m e n t by ,the geological su rvey . .

"F rom tg50 to t853 the g r e a t e s t yield was der ived f rom the gravels , and the la rges t annual ou tpu t for t h i s period was m o r e than $65,000,000 in 1852. There was some reac t ion in ]854, due to p rev ious wild specula t ion , but a product ion of abou t $50,000,000 a year , chiefly f rom placer mines, w a s m a i n t a i n e d up to 186t.

"At first the gold was won chiefly f rom the grave ls along the p r e s e n t s t reams . Those who first go~ posses- siofl of the r i ch bars on Amer ican , Yuba, F e a t h e r and Stan is laus r ive rs and some of the smal ler s t rea r.:s in the hea r t of the gold region made a t t imes f rom $1,000 to $5,000 a day. In 1848 $500 to $700 a day was not un- usual luck; but, on the o the r hPmd, the income of the grea t m a j o r i t y o~

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miners was far ]ass thah tha t of men who ser ious ly devoted t h e m s e l v e s to t r ade oi" even to commdn labor.

"The gold pan~ the ' rocker, ' Lt~,:. ' tom,' the sluice and the hydrau l i c g iant , or 'monitor , ' named in the o rder of increas ing efficiency, were the tools success ive ly used by {he miners , in to the ' rocker ' and the ' tom' the mine r shoveled gravel or 'dirt, ' rocMng the machine as he poured in w a t e r and ca tching the gold, of ten wi th the aid of quicksilver, on riffles se t ac ross the bo t tom of his box. Some t imes a s t r e a m was d iver ted into a flume to lay ba r e the gravel in its bed so tha t the mine r could get at it. "In s lu i c ing , t he gravel was shov.-, eled into a s imilar ba t much longer box through which a s t r e a m of w a t e r was a l lowed to run.

"The hydraul ic g iant was emp loyed to wash into long riffle-set s luices im- mense quant i t ies o f gravel, e spec ia l ly f rom the h igher (Ter t i a ry ) depos i t s . much of which v/as too lean to w o r k out by hand. W a t e r was b rough t for

i many miles in d i t ches and f lumes f rom t h e high Sierra and conduc ted under great head to a nozzle, from which it iwas p ro jec ted wi th t r e m e n d o u s force against the gravel .

"it was the vast quantity of refuse 'washed into the streams by these hy- draulic operations that brought about the conflict between mining and agri-

Lehi£h Hard

¢,:~e ~oss Lhe Lvuse can iaugL a~ d m cold

" L e t it freeze," he will say, " le t i t blow and snow."

And t h a t feeling of i n d e p e n d e n c e - - t h a t f reedom from ear ing any th ing at all abou t the w e a t h e r ' t h a t knowledge tha t he and his can enjoy comfor t no m a t t e r

where the t h e r m o m e t e r m a y b e - t h e s e th ings are cer ta inly w o r t h while.

Leh igh Coal is the proven c o a l ~ t h e coal o f

C E R T A I N Sat is fac t ion.

Coal up with Lehigh.

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T h e H u b - M a r k is y o u r va lue m a r k . .

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g f t to send to your f r iend who resides out of t o w n , we ~ sugges t t h a t you send him a year ' s subscr ipt ion to the

Chronicle. In all m o d e s t y we can t ru th fu l ly say t h a t there

li "d °nj°y wou d they would some token t h a t you m a n y more ~** t imes t h a n the paper. $$

Take, for instance, your f r iends or re la t ives in a ~ d i s t an t s ta te who once lived in or nea r Cass City and who

re ta in a fondness for old acquaintances . Don ' t you th ink they would find much sa t i s fac t ion and ge~ a g r e a t deal of ~ pleasure out of read ing a copy of the. Chronicle once a Week dur ing the coming yea r? And wouldn ' t t hey be g ra te fu l to the person, who was t h o u g h t f u l enough to send ~i t h e m the paper? $,

I f you want to make a g i f t t h a t will be enjoyed dur- ~* ing the en t i r e twelve months of t he year, a subscr ip t ion to

the Chronicle is the thing. And then, too, i t is not expen- sive. The price to any address in the U. S. is $1.00 a year. Place your order now.

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Try a Chronicle Liner, Mn Farmer.

BIG HAUL FOR "CRIPPLE"

This Beggar Kept Record ef Receipts ~ G i v e s Police Hard

Battle.

Allentown, Pa . - -Wi l l iam Newbeck- or, a per fec t ly hea l t hy man, who can t w i s t his a rms so t ha t he looks crip- pled, did such a p rospe rous bus ine s s begging in A l l en town tha t he w e n t on a spree and he was locked up, giving the b luecoats a fight before t hey land- ed him in a cell.

At cour t it was found ou t t ha t he had a roll of severa l hundred dollars . Newbecker , who covers the en t i re East , kept a book showing his dai ly receipts . His be s t day he re b r o u g h t $14.50, and the average for some time past was $I0 a day. He was fined $5 ,for drunkenness and told to leave Allentown.

NO NEW lOBS AT PANAlVlA

Canal Office Warns Unemployed Not to Seek Work at

Isthmus.

W~ashington.--The b lockade of the P a n a m a cana l by eaKth s l ides has no t c rea ted new w o r k for A m e r i c a n s in the Canal Zone, and the canal office here i ssued a s t a t e m e n t in an ef for t to coun te rac t publ i shed r epo r t s wh ich have d rawn m a n y Amer icans to t he i s thmus in sea rch of employment .

"Gener@l Goetha ls indicates, : ' t he s t a t e m e n t says, " t h a t the n u m b e r of men cont inual ly be ing laid off on ac- count of reduc t ion of force is in excess of the vacanc ies which we re t empora r - i ly c rea ted by the work oi1 the sl ides, and the influx of men looking for em- p loyment on the i s thmus is en t i r e ly un- war ran ted . "

T h e y Rescuec~ "Ti~e. . y' Hunt ington, Ind . - -A dog 0elonging

to Wil l iam Vqitcox, l iving w e s t of An- drews, fol lowed a coon into a ten- inch t i l e , di tch recen t ly . H u n t e r s s p e n t hours in t ry ing to call the dog back, bu t got no response , The o w n e r s dug ~p the di tch a t severa l p laces and finally loca ted Tige fo r ty rods f rom the opening and in an eight-inch side ditch. The dog was exhausted, but still alive.

BuPned Tommy and All. Appleton, W i s . ~ D e s i r i n g to see a

t o m c a t burn, a seven-year-old boy liv- ing on the outskirts .set fire to the animal, the af termath being the de- s t ruc t ion of a c a r p e n t e r shop. The blazing fur of the fe l ine communicated to shavings in the building, and the structure was converted into ashes within a f e w minutes .

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S H A B I ~ 0 N A . I d a y f r o m West Branch and vis i ted I ,, ,relatives: until .onday. " , l i ~ O r ! f 0 ~ g ~ 0 ~ k S t T h e E l m ~ o o d Bapt is t S. S. will

M e r r y Chr i s tmas to all. I h a v e a C h r i s t m a s t r e e F r iday evening , W h e r e a re you go'rag C h r i s t m a s *

" D e e , 2 4 . AII a r e invited. " ver, od. ows sis,x,me t: Mrs. H e n r y Phil l ips was in Mar - ing a f e w d a y s w i t h he r g r andpa ren t s ,

l o t to F r i d a y . Mr. and M_rs~ E. S. Simons. J u s t a l i t t le m o r e snow t o m a k e Mr. and Mrs . Colin Bingham and

:good sleighing.. Mr . and Mrs. B. B ingham will spend J. P. G r a n g e r o f Snover spen t Sun- C h r i s t m a s wi th Mr. and Mrs. R. Mc-

~day wi th his son, Guy. Conkey.

Mrs,, John McKichan r e t u r n e d home M k a n d Mrs. E. S. Simmons will : f rom Cass City F r iday . e n t e r t a i n fo r C h r i s t m a s Mr. and Mrs.

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~on with his parents here.

Herb Ehlers and family of Decker spent Sunday with M. J. Ehlers.

Mrs. Brownly of Caro was a guest of Mrs. James Hay over Sunday.

Mrs. Bagar i a of Det ro i t is v is i t ing h e r paren ts , Mr. and Mrs. DeFores t .

Some f r o m he re a t t ended the re- vival mee t ings a t M c H u g h Sunday .evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Ri ley of E l m e r v is i ted with Mr. and Mrs. t%. M. Ri ley o v e r Sunday.

Misses A n n a Rob inson and H a r r i e t t Trol lop of Wiekware spent t h e w e e k e n d wi th f r i ends here.

ELLINGTON.

Li t t le Delano Rose has the whoop- ing cough.

Ernest Bradley was called i;o Quani- cassee by the illness of his'mother.

Mrs. Leroy Hendrick and Mr. Adams called at the home of Herman Oesterle Sunday.

Mrs. E. Emmonn and sons, Pearl, Clayton and Leroy, left Saturday for :Detroit, where they will ~pend Christ- mas.

Paul Francis, the little two weeks old son of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Hen- drick, died at their home in Caro Sat- urday, and was brought to Ellington Sunday afternoon for burial. Much s y m p a t h y is expressed for the be- r e a v e d family .

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Dennis 0 'Con- ner , Thursday , Dec. 16, a pa i r of twin Noys, but much to the i r sor row one passed a w a y and was bur ied in E1- :lington ceme te ry F r i d a y . Mrs. O'Con- nor will be be t t e r known as Miss Ma- ,bel Wickware .

NOVESTA.

Mrs. F r a n k Benedic t visi ted he r :sister-in-Iaw, Mrs. H. J. Stone, Sat- u r d a y .

Mrs. C ramer of Pont iac is v is i t ing .-her sister, Mrs. Wm. Kilbourn, a t p r e s e n t .

Mr. and Mrs. J a m e s W. S p e n c e r m o u r n the loss of t he i r baby boy who <tied las t week.

Mr. and Mrs. A r t h u r F lynn and son ~ n d Mrs. Clark visi ted a t the home of ;Stanley W a r n e r Sunday .

Morr is Greer w e n t to De t ro i t Fr i - ,day where he expects to ge t employ- m e n t for the win te r a t his t r a d e as a ba rbe r .

Mrs. Joseph P a r r o t t received the s a d news of the dea th of he r s is ter , who died in Denver , Col., t he las t of l a s t week.

Ade lbe r t Hendr ick r e t u r n e d home l a s t week f r o m Flor ida . He says t h a t t h e change of c l imate did no t help h i m any, and he th inks Michigan is good enough for him.

ELKLAND-ELMWOOD TOWN LINE. i

Mrs. Alice C h a f f e r is spending the w e e k in Owendale.

Miss E m m a Burse visi ted Mr. and i Mrs . George Seely S a t u r d a y and Sun- day .

Mr. and Mrs. GoD. Seely came Fr i -

~ y r n ~ Bent ley , M r a~d Mr~ N A Liv ings to i~ add ~,x~. and Mrs. Win. S immons .

Mr. and Mrs. A r z i e Lounsbury will e n t e r t a i n Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wool- man , Mr. and Mrs. P e r r y Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. T. Loundsbury and Miss Mabel L o u n s b u r y for Chr is tmas din- ner .

CENTRAL GREENLEAF.

Cold wea the r .

M e r r y Chr i s tmas .

3/iiss Mac Wright visited at the stone school Monday.

Arthur iIKnkman, Peter Remmi- long, Frank Hubble caled on Roy and Ray McCaslin Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Day were visi- tors at Fred McCasiin's last Tuesday.

John Seeger and Miss Hattie Seeg- er spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Matthews at Decker.

There will be a Christmas tree and program given at the stone school- house Friday evening , Dec. 24.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred McCaslin and daughter, Ella, and Miss Bessie Gra- cy spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Jackson nea r Cmnber.

We a re so r ry to h e a r tha t the house F r e d Fu lehe r and f a m i l y have lived in b u r n e d down Tuesday . Nothing was saved. T h e y a r e s taying a t J o h n Vance ' s a t p resen t .

WICKWARE.

Ivan Vader is our new m e r c h a n t a t Wickware .

Geo. F e r g u s o n has purchased the E u g e n e Vade r f a r m .

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Johnson of Cass Ci ty spent the w e e k end at Ivan Va- der ' s .

The f a r m house of Herb Gibbons b u r n e d to the ground. Fred F u l c h e r w a s l iving in the house a t t he t ime. N o t h i n g was saved.

NOVESTA~District No. 6.

Mr. Johnson has moved on A n d r e w Seege r ' s f a r m .

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Samuel W a g g and son,, Roy, vis i ted the las t of the week a t F rank Nichol ' s n e a r Deckervi l le .

Ordie M o n t g o m e r y was a bus iness ca l le r in Cass Ci ty Saturday.

I Anson H e n d e r s o n and fami ly vis i t - ed the i r pa ren t s , Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hender son , S a t u r d a y evening.

E l m e r C h a p m a n is ~ making" p lans f o r a silo.

M E N T H A N WOMEN H A V E A P P E N D I C I T I S

Surgeons s t a t e men are s l igh t ly ~rnore subjec t to appendicit is t h a n women . Cass Ci ty people should know t h a t a f e w doses of simple b u c k t h o r n

' b a r k , g lycer ine , etc., as mixed in Ad- le r - i -ks , o f t en re l ieve or p reven t ap- pendici t is . This mix ture r e m o v e s such su rp r i s ing foul m a t t e r t h a t O N E S P O O N F U L rel ieves almost A N Y C A S E cons t ipa t ion , sour s tomach or

.gas . The I N S T A N T , easy act ion of Ad le r - i -k s is su rpr i s ing . T readgo ld ' s Drug" Store. Adv. 3.

C_ ~ ~ H E R E a re Chr i s tmas bells

and bells. The rea l Chr i s tmas bells

r ing out only in the morn- ing of the sacred day. The

o the r bells r ing f rom morn ing unti l night• Af ter which t h e y jangle t h rough one ' s dreams.

The Chr is tmas doorbell is a g rea t ins t i tut ion. It is the busies t bell of t h e lot. All day long t h e doorbell has p ress ing engagemen t s . W h e n the doorbel l r ings on Chr i s tmas day, every- body g i v e s h e e d to its s w e e t s o u n d s . A n d e v e r y b o d y r u s h e s to t h e f ron t d o o r as if the h o u s e h a d c a u g h t on fire, and tha t w a s t h e n e a r e s t exit. T h e doorbell has e v e r y o n e in the fam- i ly hopping as if t h e y were so m a n y t r a ined ducks•

T h e r e are t w o r e a s o n s w h y t h e C h r i s t m a s doorbe l l is a we lcome vis- i tor w h e n it jars u p o n t h e ear. In t h e f irst place, y o u know tha t no bills are g o i n g to be p r e s e n t e d by t h e cal ler at the door. In the second Place the doorbell may announce the a r r iva l o f a package.

A sawed-off express wagon driver , with a chunky, hol ly-bound package unde r his arm, can get more a t t en t ion on Chr is tmas day than the governor of t h e s tate , sur rounded by his mi l i t a ry staff and preceded by a Chinese or- ches t ra , playing "Tippelaly ."

The p a c k a g e the e x p r e s s m a n or mail carrier brings , is seized by a

dozen eager hands . It is s t range how r e a d y eve rybody is to help in reliev- ing the d e l i v e r y m a n of his 12-ounce burden. Then the package is conveyed in s ta te to the inspect ing depar tment . I t is opened with nervous ant icipat ion, and t he r e is g r e a t rejoicing w h e n it p roves to be a kn i t t ed muffler for fa- t h e r f rom Aunt Jess ica . The muffler is as large as a young hammock, and is p inker than pa 's cheeks w h e n we all insis t t ha t he t r y it on.

If t he r e is a grown-up daugh te r in t h e family, she bea t s a l l records get- t ing to the door when the bell r ings on Chr i s tmas day. If anybody b e a t s h e r t o the knob, i t is no t hei ' fault, a s s h e slid down the ban i s t e r and took a fly- ing leap, which was the best she could do wi thout b r eak ing bones. Sis ex- pec t s the kind of presen ts which are no t found in f i replaces af ter San ta Claus ' visit. She 's looking for bou- que ts of flowers, huge boxes of c a n d y a n d o the r t okens of regard. S o m e - t i m e s , though not v e r y often, the bell r i ng announces a n e a t l y wrapped wed- d ing ring.

T h e Chr i s tmas te lephone bell is an i m p o r t a n t f ea tu re of the Yuletide. I t r i n g s C h r i s t m a s t i d i n g s which fo rmer - ly were sen t on decorat ive cards , which, with t h a t imi ta t ion snow, m a d e h a n d y m a t c h scra tchers •

T h e Chr i s tmas d i n n e r bell---one a t a t ime, please . Don ' t a l l rush in a t o n c e !

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Among the humorous hits in the re- cent baby parade at Asbury Park, N. J., was a representa t ion of Char ley Chaplin, the movie actor dear to the hearts of all little folks and m a n y big ones as well. J ames Mrs.%get is ~he n a m e of the boy who appeared as Charley, and he was received with grea t joy all along the line. As the photo shows, his makeup was t rue to the original. James was gree ted with uproarious applause f rom the young spectators, and the judges of the pa- rade though t so well of his representa- tion tha t he was awarded a si lver cup.

Raising the Diver. Divei~ working under g rea t pressures

require more than an hour to be d r a w n to the surface, says the Amer ican Boy. Not t h a t they are down so deep in the water , for the world's record for depth, n]ade by Chief Gunner ' s Mate F rank CNlley, U. S. N., is only 280 feet. But if they are brought to the su r face im- media te ly and their helmets removed they are liable to die of the "bends," as the divers call it. Under t h e wa t e r the diver 's body becomes accus tomed to the grea t ly increased air pressure under which he works. At enormous pressure his body through brea th ing and the blood becomes ver i tably sat.. u ra ted wi th the gases we breathe.

I f brought to the surface suddenly the change in pressure causes the gases penned in the body to tear thei r w a y out th rough the soft t issue of the body organs. So th e pressure mus t be slow, ly decreased to let the gases work out of the body gradually. Consequent ly the diver is raised to the su r face very slowly. W h e n Diver Drel l ishak was work ing on raising the U-4 Uni ted States submar ine at Honolulu in as- cending he was kept at a depth of ten feet below the surface for more than an hour.

Bloodless Beheadings, 1. Behead an exclamat ion of regre t

and leave someth ing want ing. 2. Behead a fearful noise and leave

someth ing tha t belongs to a boat. 3. Behead a span and leave an ele-

vation. 4. Behead pa r t .of a doorway and

leave to be in poor health. 5. Behead a s tate of t e r ror and be-

come quite correct. 6. Behead a banquet and leave a di-

rection. 7. Behead an emblem and become dil-

atory. 8. Behead a foot covering and leave

a gardener ' s implement . Answers.--1. A-lack. 2. R-oar. 3.

B-ridge. 4. S-ill. 5. F - r i g h t 6. F - e a s t 7. F-lag. 8. S-hoe.

S n a k e Expert Angler. T h a t some snakes can catch fish as

well as old anglers was demons t r a t ed recent ly on the ranch of E. D. Os- borne, n e a r here. says the Seat t le Post- Intelligeneer"

A small spr ing creek runs through the pas tu re on the Osborne ranch, large enough fo r fish to play in. Here a large w a t e r snake was seen to grab a ra inbow t rou t by the head and make for the tall grass.

Thousands of Dainty

Silk Petticoats FORCHRISTMAS GIFTS

$ .98 : $ .98 i! Others at $1.9#, $5 .00 ,$7 .$0 up

All suits and frocks this season demand petticoats ~1~: : ~pe t t icoa ts as full and as flaring as the most ~

feminine heart could wish. ~ : : i T h e petticoat at right, in sketch, is of Chiffon Taffeta; full flare model; trimmed with knife pleating in scalloped rows. Comes In all colors. P~ice, prepaid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2.98 II ~ iii The utlderstdrt at left is of supple Chiffon Taf- feta; full flare model with handsome flounce of

i double rows of shirring and ruffles, Black and ! i; all colors. Price, prepaid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3.98 ~,

' ~oods Sent Free ! ~ l ~ , , l l t i ~ A ~ i l m l l g~#~ ~ 2 ~ : -:_ By post t l ]1 d' lll"lll"lll$. I

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Horses For Sale Brown horse 8 years old, weigh-

ing 1600

Grey horse 12 years old, weigh- ing 1150

Grey horse 4 years old, weigh- ing 1200

Brown driver 8 years old, weigh- ing 1000

Bay colt 3 years old, weigh' ing 1200

Colt 12 months old

Shetland pony, harness, buggy, saddle and r id ing bridle

J u s t R e c e i v e d a car

B L A C K H A W K

S P R E A D E R S

of

You will miss it if you do not see them before you buy°

Bring in your horses if you want to exchange them for

implements. We will exchange with you.

CUTTERS AND SLE|(}H5

When it comes to CUTTERS and SLEIGHS we certainly occupy the king row. We have in a nice full

line. You will enjoy looking them over and we will be

glad to show you the goods that will b ea r lots of in- spection. Come in and see for yourself.

Jo A . C a l d w e i l

Danger in delaying those coal orders.

S T O P and give us a moment's attention.

L O O K at the superior quality of our Red Ash Hard Coal

A N D L I S T E . N Phone an order at once for some of our Black Eagle or Washnut Soft Coal

and you will repeat the order tor more; Phone 61.

Cass City G r a i n Company

CUMBER.

E v e r y one is p r e p a r i n g fo r Chris t - mas.

Floss ie Law, who ~as been so v e r y low a t the hospi ta l a t Bad Axe, is ga in ing slowly.

The W i c k w a r e and C u m b e r schools had an a r i t h m e t i c m a t c h in the Cum- ber schoolhouse F r i d a y a f t e r n o o n and Cumber c a m e out ahead by 750. Come aga in , Wickware .

Geo. F u r g e s o n ' s f r o m W i c k w a r e a re mov ing on the V a d e r f a r m .

Osborne killed the snake and th rew the live fish back into the pool. The . E l m e r H a w k s w o r t h and Will Rob- fish was abou t twelve inches in length, m s o n w e r e bus iness ca l le rs in Ubly

Monday. Ancient Artisans. Win. Mered i th , who s p e n t the last

F r o m the mounds and ruins of Gua- week v i s i t ing his d a u g h t e r , Mrs. S. temala, in cities and in anc ien t town Robinson, reDurned to h is h o m e a t

Shabbona S a t u r d a y . The Ladies ' Aid p r e s e n t e d the

church w i t h a fine b ig Bible. Come aga in , ladies.

sites, m a n y very fine specimens of pot- tery have been found, and these show tha t back in t he dawn of life on that cont inent the residents of w h a t is now G u a t e m a l a w e r e most cunning ar t i sans with clay and the kiln. Acute Indigestion.

A c u t e indigest ion is a ca t a r rha l in- f l ammat ion of the l ining mucous mem- brane o f t h e s t o m a c h caused by food which is indigest ible or has ~begun to decompose. This condi t ion is very fa- vorable to the g r o w t h o f d l s e a s 0 germs .

The Teeter, W'e teeter low; we teeter high; We touch the earth and then the sky. Such laughter, shouts and merry din VChen Bobby is the candle pin!

--Youth's Companion.

Pepper Dislodges a BuNlar From Dumbwaiter

N E W Y O R K . u E m p l o y i n g the mos t m o d e r n tac t ics a f t e r usual m e t h o d s h a d failed, t e n a n t s of an a p a r t m e n t house at 145 W e s t One H u n d r e d a n d

Thi r ty- th i rd s t r e e t e a r l y the o the r m o r n i n g a r r e s t e d George Jackson, a y o u n g

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negro , a f t e r a bu rg l a r had e n t e r e d t h e a p a r t m e n t of Mrs. Lena Halsey, o n

t h e four th floor. J ackson ran d o w n t h e fire e scape to the second floor a n d dropped to the r e a r yard. H e a d e d of~ f rom the s t ree t , he sought r e fuge in t h e d u m b w a i t e r and began to pul l h i m s e l f up, ev iden t ly hoping to g a i n t h e roof.

Saul F inke l s t e in and E m m a n u e l Goldman, who had run in f rom t h e s t ree t , w e n t to t he d u m b w a i t e r s h a f t . J a c k s o n s t o p p e d t h e d u m b w a i t e r w i t h

h i m s e l f in it ha l f w a y b e t w e e n t h e s e c o n d and third f loors . B y t h i s t i m e a l l d o o r s to the d u m b w a i t e r s h a f t w e r e o p e n e d and v o i c e s w e r e h e a r d f r o m a l l the floors. F i n k e l s t e i n and G o l d m a n p u l l e d the rope to br ing the d u m b w a i t e r 'down, but J a c k s o n had braced h i m s e l f a n d t h e y c o u l d n o t m o v e it.

"Throw s o m e t h i n g on h i m ! " y e l l e d F i n k e l s t e i n . A s h o w e r o f m i l k bo t t l e s f o l l o w e d the order , b u t t h e roof o f t h e d u m b °

w a i t e r w a s proof a g a i n s t s u c h pro jec t i l e s . "Try pepper," ca l l ed a w o m a n ' s v o i c e . T h e c o n t e n t s o f three b o x e s o f t h e ord inary b l a c k v a r i e t y and o n e o~

papr ika were e m p t i e d s i m u l t a n e o u s l y d o w n t h e shaf t . T h e r e w a s t h e s o u n d !. or a t i tan ic s n e e z e and of rope r u n n i n g t h r o u g h a pu l l ey . T h e d u m b w a i t e r s t r u c k wi th a c r a s h a n d J a c k s o n s p r a w l e d o u t o n t h e c o n c r e t e f loor, w h e r e h e w a s p o u n c e d upon.

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Dr. William Morris was in Care on business Monday. .

B . J . Dailey was in Bad Axe o~ business Monday .

Mrs. Anna Pat terson vis:ted fr iends

Miss Anna Belle Dodge is numbered w i t h the ill.

Mr. and Mrs. Angus McPhail of A r g y l e spen t Monday in town

Miss Hazel Lauderbach spent las t week with relat ives a t North Branch.

Mrs. R. S. Proctor, who has spent s eve ra l months in Adrian, re turned home Tuesday.

Miss Marga re t McDonald will

Hi= Maternal Grandrna' A devoted fa ther after a day's ab

sence w a s met by his two little sons. "Have you been good boys ?'" Silence. "Have you been good boys ?" "No, papa. I called grandma a bad

word," said the five-year-old, turning scarlet~

"Is it possible? What did you ca l l ' your grandma ?"

a t Deford dyer Sunday. P. S. McGregory and Douga |d Krug

were visitors in Care Monday.

Detroi t ....... " ~ ~: ........ "°''~ xrum Frld•ay to *,*-,~*~'*a- Mrs. L. H. Huf fman wil l spend

Chr is tmas at the home of J. H. Wood. J. D. Brooker has been in Care this

week at tending the Deeembcr te rm of court .

Miss Lottie McQuee : wilI ~pend the holidays at her home in ~ a y Creek.

Faul Fr i tz of Detroi t is expected home Fr iday to visit his mother , Mrs. D: N. Fri tz .

Mrs. M. J. McGillvray will be the gues t of Mr. and Mrs . Henry Her r for Christmas.

Miss Ethel Striffler spent Sunday and Monday at the home of Dr. C. W. Clark a t Care.

Miss Elizabeth Doerr was the gues t

spend Christmas and Sunday a t her "I called her a human being." home in Elkton. The father, with a miglity effort:

o~ Saginaw] maintained his gravity an(i closed the Mrs: Edward Vollmer

Tibbais, this week. r~,r unto, bu~ rememuvA tt 3t)u e e~ Mr. and Mrs. H a r r y Annis of Lan- call your grandmother a human being

again I shall have to spank you. ''.2 Londou Telegraph.

sing are spending the week a t the home of M. Seeger.

Miss Eunice Hendrick of Big Rap- ida will spend the holidays with her paren ts in Ell ington.

H a r r y Lang of Detroi t came Satur- day to visit with his mother, Mrs. Z. P. Lang, for a week.

County Clerk and Mrs. Robt. Brown this week celebrated the 25th anni- ve r sa ry of thei r marr iage .

Mrs. J. D. Crosby and son, Roy will also be among the guests at the home of A. J. Knapp for Christmas.

Miss Edith Hall of Eas t Dayton will spend her Chris tmas vacation with her parents , Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hall.

Envelope Gifts. The simplest way for a girt to re

member hm out of town girl friends :~t Christmas time is with an envelope ~dft. Some small useful tokeq which ~,:an be sent through ~he nl:]il ilas quite as much significance as a b::ll:y or elaborate I)resent which requires a large postage or expr(?ss fee to (tarry it to its des!:ina!ion. And tI:ere is no end of pretty l i f t s which' can be made to fit easily into a:t env(,l')!~e of o:' dinnry size. Of course the t:).:::g "l)11si hess'" envelope may [,'.(, u::.ed. This :tomes in stout m':uil:: paper as well as in the more fra.u'ite white I)al~er.

of Mrs. F. E. Shust in Saginaw f rom Fr iday to Monday.

Miss Edna Wood of Mr. Pleasant is spending her vacation wi th her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wood.

He rbe r t and Claude Wood of De- t ro i t will spend Chris tmas with their parents , Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wood.

Miss Laura S t r i~e r spen ' t a few days the firs~ of the week with her sister, Mrs. O. W. Nique, a t Decker.

Mrs. T. P. Zander of Saginaw is to be the guest of her parents , Mr. and Mrs. James Breoker, sr., over Christ- mas

Miss ~;tta Schenck of. Detroit will spend Christmas and New Years with her parents, ~fr. and :V[rs. V$. T. Schenck.

~ r . and ~{rs. George McCrea and children, Francis and Esther , of Owendale were the gues ts of Mrs. E m i l y Orr Sunday.

Mrs. C . D . MeKenzie expects to :leave Monday for Sioux City, Iowa, where she will visit her p a r e n t s for about two months.

Miss Laura Wagner , the only pa- t i en t at P leasant Home Hospital ex- pects to go home for Christmas.

Miss Edna Colwell ef Albion is ~ spending the holidays with her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Colwell.

Christ ian Nolty and Mary Jane Wilson were mar r ied by Just ice Isaac Cragg a t his home Wednesday.

Wednesday was ~'Sod Buster Day" a t h igh school and several of the boys exhibited s t r iking new ideas in mate at t i re .

Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Houghton went to Detroi t Thursday morning to spend Christmas a t the home of &e i r sen, Roy Houghton.

The infant son, Paul Francis, of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Hendriek of Care, born December 3, died Saturday morni~:g and was buried in Ell ington cemetery Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. H a r r y Annis of Lan- sing, Miss Hazel Seeger of Kingston, M. Seeger a rd Miss Mabel Seeger

lwilt sDend Chris tmas with Mr. and Mrs. George Muentner at Pigeon.

iMiss Adah Caldwell of Bay City is 1 Dr. and Mrs. 25. M. Wickware and expected Fr iday night to spend the son, Kenneth, will be guests of the holidays with her parents , Mr. and HolIoways and Fosters in Detroi t 'du- Mrs. J. A. Caldwell. r ing Chr is tmas week. They will al-

Hazen Carson of Ypsilanti and Miss so spend• a day with Dr. J. H. Hays Ethel Carson of Fl int are expected a t Ann Arbor. ~his week to visit their parents , Mr. Mr. a n d M r s . Wm~' Loney, Mrs. ;and Mrs. W. J. Carson. a~d Mrs. Ralph Loney and Mr. and

Leslie Koepfgen of Newber ry and Mrs. Har ry W a t s o n of Hay Creek :Miss Beatrice Koepfgen of AIma are i and Mr. and Mrs. William Burt will v i s i t ing their parents, Mr. and Mrs. be guests for Chris tmas at the home P . Koepfgen, during the holidays, te l George Burt.

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and son, James, sp Y l Mr. a n d Mrs. S. F. Bigelow and fami- ihome of John Ricker near Owendale. I ly and Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Bigelow

Born to Mr. and Mrs. John R. Ctark~and daughter , Eleanor , will spend .of Clinton on Friday, December 17, a :little daughter , Mary Jane. Mrs. Clark was Miss Lucile Schenck of this place.

Armand McBurney and nephew, Rober t C-oodall, of Maidstone, Sask., came Saturday to visit his mother, Mrs. MeBurney, and other relat ives here.

) l r . and Mrs. Louis Ogden of Care .!catled on friends here Monday on thei r ~way home f r o m Minden City where they visited the ia t ter% brother, El-

l i s Thompson, who is very ill. Mr. and Mrs. George Seeley of Ed-

'we¢rds Lake, West Branch visited this p l a c e las t week on thei r way home =from Lansing" where Mr. Seeley had b e e n on business with the M. C. R. R. .commission in regard to the removal ~of the rai lroad t racks to the T i t t aba- "wassee Stock Ranch of which he is :manager.

~@s. C. F. Frysic and daughter , Margare t , of New Lipsic, N. D., came Tuesday to visit with the fo rmer ' s parents , Mr. and Mrs. John Higgins, 2or a few weeks. ~ne Pur i ty Council will meet Tues-

,~tay, Dec: 28, at 2:30 p. m. at the home of Mrs. HartselI. Subject, Christmas. Children's program and Chris tmas t ree in the evening. All are welcome.

County Treasurer and Mrs. H. S. NVickware of Care will e n t e r t a i n Mr. :and Mrs. S. Y. Kenyon oi Cass City, Mrs . Mercy Elliott of El l ington and :Mark Wickware of Detroi t Christmas.

Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Molsbury, Mis- ses Rose and StelIa Fancher and Wal- t e r Soeepz of Detroit , Mr. and Mrs. Richard Fanche r~and daughter , Nora, of D r y d e n and Mr. and Mrs. Myron Fancher of Imlay City will spend Chr i s tmas day with Mr. and Mrs. P. N. Rice and daughter , L e n a .

Mr. and Mrs. E. J. McKim, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Hancock and son, Wilt l iam, and daughter , Alice, and Miss Beatr ice • Thelps, all of De t ro i t , Miss e r a McKim of Chesaning, Lloyd Mc- K i m of Ann Arbor, and Mrs. A n d r e w ~/[cKim and Miss Hes te r McKim will e a t Chris tmas dinner a t the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. McKim.

At the annual meet ing of the Evan- gel ical church Thursday evening, tihe ifollowing church officers were elect~ ~ed: Trustees for th ree years, Wm. A k e r m a n and Leonard Buehr ley; or- ~ganist, Miss Laura Striffier; choris- te r , Miss Grace Meiser. Officers for :~he Sunday School were chosen as fol- ~aws: Superintendent , E d w a r d Hel- wig; ass is tant supt., A. A. Ricker; secre tary , Roy J. Striffier; t r e a su re r ; F r ed Buehrley; l ibrar ian, Edward B~ehr ley; supt. home dept., Miss Mar- ~ha Striffler; supt. cradle roll, Mrs. E. ~g. Kaercher ; pianist, Miss Mac Ben- ke lman ; chorister, Miss Laura Str iff- ~er.

Chris tmas a t the home of Mr. and Mrs. N. Bigelow.

The Ladies' Aid Society of the Presbyter ian church will meet Thurs- day afternoon, December 30, in the basement of the church. Roy. Fred- crick Libby of Exeter , New Hamp- shire will give an address on "Our Missionaries in Their Homes."

Dance a t Doerr 's Hall, Cass City on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24. Rondo & Wolfe. 12-I7-2p

S See Jones' ~weA line of Toilet, Manicure, Touris t and Military Sets.

I Ideal Xmas Gifts__ 12=17-

Buy your meat crocks at Jones.'

See my tr iple flued hard coal burn- er before you buy. Gee. L. Hitch- cock. 12-I7-

A F i n e Gi f t for Her. Init ialed salt and pepers in hand

painted china at Higgins ' Jewel ry Store.

Soft coal (St. Charles) $4.25 ton. F a r m Produce Co. 11-12-

Large packing cases a t Jones.'

Faramel Dai ry Feed. $1.75 per i hundred. F a r m Produce Co. 12-17-

Beautiful laval l ieres for Xmas t rade. A. H. Higgins.

The music studio of Mrs. Caroline Fenn-Bigelow "will be closed for the holidays until Tuesday, Jan. 4. 12-17-

Keep your eye on Jones' windows.

Cemetery P a y m e n t s Are Due. Payments due for care of lots in

Elkland cemetery are due this month. Lot owners a re requested to give this ma t t e r their ear ly at tention and make payments before Jan. 1, 1916. H a r r y Lepla, S e x t o n . 12-17-2

Card of Thanks. I wish to sincerely thank the

fr iends and neighbors for their kind- n e s s to me dur ing the illness and death of my husband, Thomas Cox. Mrs. Mary Cox. 12-24-

Notice to Taxpayers. I will be a t the Deford Bank on

Saturday, Dec. 18, 1915, and Satur- day, Jan. 8, 1916; also at the Ex- change Bank, Cass City., Thursdays, Dec. 23 and 30, to recmve taxes for Novesta township. N. B . ~ A t home Fr idays only. ~ A. H. Henderson, Twp . Treas. 12-17-3

Two new and one second hand sets of bob sleds, one set cutter r u n n e r ~ Gee. L. Hitchcock. 12-17-

Gee. L. Hitchcock has some good practical gifts: in Aluminum and Cut- lery. 12-17-

Of these ~ri,,'ts :~one is re'h}dved with more welcome by the aver~oe ~'irl ~h~u., a silk scarf. The sev, son'q ~:ft'erings .i:~ the:~e filmy affairs show womh'onsl- beautiful coloring's

Then there are m~ny lovely sto~d~s which are soft enou£h to Z~) in an en- velope.

To Harden Concrete. A new hardening material just in

trodueed in England for use witi~ con- crete consisLu of 95 per ('eat of iron dus~, or iron flour [,'rein fifteen to twenty-five pounds ~)f' materi'tl to 10~I ponnds of drY (.enwnt is the prop~n'tb:,n nsed. and the addition (,f two t)arts of sand to this mixt~:ro make~ the top coat, apptied to n t!~i(.kness ()f about one inch, Thin top dressing when al)- plied to a floor iv said to make i¢ hard and durable, wnterp i 'oof :tlld Ilot slip- pery. It is claimed e, lso ttmt thi~ ma- terial is valuable where new e,m('rete is placed next to old (..oncre~e, m a k i n g it adhere firmly.

Electrie Blue Prir~iing. A new li~htin~ appnrat~m for hint ~

printing and copying that hag beer~ brought out in Germany oon.~i.~ts of an electric arc with q reflector se~

FOR NEW YEAR'S [VE Toy Noise Producers and How to

Make T h e m .

0 one objects to a moderate 1~ ~amount of no ise in welcome to the i n c o m i n g n e w year, and I am sure that you will agree with me that the following are splendid noise produc- ers, Each will require but a few minutes ' t ime to make.

The bell rat t le shown in Fig. 1 is made with a tin can, a common thread spool, two short sticks and two screw- eyes. The tin can forms the bell portion of the rattle, and a short piece of broomhandle, or other s t i c k whit- tled round, fastens to it for a handle. This handle stick (A, Fig. 2 ) i s se- cured to the bottom of the can by

. piercing a hole through the tin and screwing a screw-eye from the in- side of the can down into the end of the stick. Figure 3 shows how the

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tongue of the belt ratt le is prepared. The length of the tongue should be equal to the inside depth of the can. Cut a stick of this length and whit- tle down one end to fit the hole in the thread spool you have obtained; then screw a screw-eye into the other end (Fig. 3). Fasten the tongue in pIaee with a piece of string, passing the string through the screw-eyes in tongue B and handle A, and tying them toosely with firm knots. This completes the rattle.

The odd-shaped rat t le shown in ~haped that the light is thrown dowm Fig. 4 requires a short stick for han-

• 4Ie A,, and two tin cans out of which ward with eqna] int~m.Mty ovor every I to make the wings, pieces B and C. part of the illumim~i:~,~: arem The pur-

P ° s e ° t ' t h e a p p a r a t | l ~ i s t h e m a k i n g ° f ! i h e bQtt°ms °f the cans must b o r e i b l n e pl-Ints that will be of uniform ~ ~

color throughout. |

Long Dis~nce Surveyinp. ! I~ the survey of the wilds of Bolivia

all longitude determinations were made with the aid of time signals sent f r o m a wireless station ~20 miles f ~ m the base of opem~on~.

Registered O. I. C. boar for service. J. D. Tuckey. 12-17-2p

A good .base burner, Ar t Laurel , nearly new, a t $23 if sold at once. H. C. Hayward. 12-17-

Registered O. I . C. boar for ser- vice. A. H. HeIwig. 1 2 - I 7 - 5 p

Two village lots: for s a t e . Both filled with ber ry bushes ;and have ' fine shade trees~ maple and black walnut. C. H. Travis or Geo. E:. Per- kins. I2-I7-2

120 Acre. F a r m for Sale Good house and other buildings

known as the Robert Wallace f a r m three miles f r o m tow~. Also house and four lots in Cuss City. Will sell together or in parcets. Enqui re of S. Striftler, R. R. No,. 5~ Cass Ci~y.11- 19-6p

Your Rent Mone~ Buys a Ha, use. One hundred dollars: down and $11

a month for five years huys a five- room house on W0o@and Ave. En- quire at Chronicle. 11-12-52

Found- -Sum of money in Jones ' store. Finder may have same by proving loss.

Girls Ea rn $8,0t) t~ $1(}.9t) P e r Week Pickir~g Roans.

We have steady work for fifteen m o r e . Apply a t once. Cass City Grain Co. 11-5-

Farmers . We kindly ask tha t before buying

barrels and kerosene from outsiders that you get our prices. We can fur- nish you with high grade products of the Standard Oil Co. and save you money. Sat isfact ion guaranteed. E. W. Keating, Agent . 11-26-13

F a r m e r s - - G e t High-Grade K e r o s e n e at 10c a Gallon.

Pennsylvania Water White 0i l sold by the barrel or half barrel or bar- rels refilled a t :tO cents a gallon at Agar ' s Ten Cent Barn. Robt. Agar , Agent. l l -19-

S e e McKenzie about t ha t paint- ing, paper hanging, fancy or plain sign writ ing. In ter ior finishing to your own taste. Back in the Business.

N u f f Sod. James McKenzie. 12-1%2

M a g a z i n e and N e w s p a p e r Sub- scr ipt ions .

We t a k e subscriptions for any magazine or newspaper you may want, and on many of them we can save y o u money. A catalogue con- taining a list of several hundred pub- lications will be mailed f ree on appli- cation. Address - -The Chronicle, Cass City.

Your P r i n t i n g on Time, When we promise work a t / a certain

t ime w e mean what we say. T h e Chronicle Pr intery .

J. d"e,¢.+: moved, and the sides opened out. Tack the pieces to ot)posite sides of the stick handle~ • By holding the handle in eke posi- tion shown i~ Fig. 4, and: shaking from side to side, the tin wings will flap back and forth and make a splen- did crackling, crashing noise.

If you have never tried ptdiing upon a string rubbed with resins, y~u cannot. appreciate what a loud shrieking sound is produced in this manner.

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Figure 5 s h o w s the idea adapted to a toy that is quickly put together. Get an empty t in can, a piece of heavy wrapping paper, a piece of stout wrap- ping twine , and a p iece of rosin. Dou- ble the wrapping paper, pierce a hole through its center, stick the end of the cord through it and tie a large knot on it (Fig. 6). Then tie the paper over the open end of the can, as s h o w n in Fig. 6, and tr im off the pro- jecting edges. To operate , pull firmly on the string, at the same t ime allow- ing it to slide th rough your hand.

(Copyright by -4...Neely Hall.)

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Chris tmas t ree One of the best type,

too. An~ whi]% dear sir~

'tis not a fig yet it was made fir you. 'Tis t rue

y o u see upon this t ree no presents rich and ra re ; yet please be kind and bear in

mind, in wish the gif ts are there. We wish you all, the short

" and tall, young, middle-aged and gray, the poor,

the rich,

white, black

~s pitch A Merry Chris tmas Day

Crosby & Son Cass City's Shoe and Clothing Men.

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Late Xmas Shopping ¢. • is oftentimes unavoidable. If for any reason you have * ¢. @ • been unable as yet to make your selection of gifts, it can * ¢. ~i easily be arranged in these last days if done here. Our * • stock is still in good shape considering the heavy buying * ¢. ¢* • thus far and still comprises ~" o *I*

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Pri s o .:- Naay Use[ fiiits at ce . . , @ *I* • " @

. IVORY BRUSHES, MIRRORS A N D TOILET SETS -I* .**~ O • *** MANICURE P I E C E S AND FOLDING CASES *:*

uu %** BOOKS, P E R F U M E S , BOX CANDY .,..

¢* FOUNTAIN PENS, FANCY STATIONERY *I. @

@ CAMERAS, HAND BAGS AND L E A T H E R GOODS ¢. ¢. Ce ¢- BOX CIGARS AND SMOKERS' GOODS ' #," @ O -**~ BIBLES AND T E S T A M E N T S

¢. @ • A good stock of small books and stationery for teach- * • ors. Splendid line of tags, seals, cards and wrapping $ t~: papers. *

" NEW YEAR POST CARDS just opened up, * ¢ . .,u • $ ¢.

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how many ,

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THEY AKE A MOST SUIT= ABLE QIFT

For Lady or Gentlemen, Son or Daughter.

A judicious se lect ion can easily be m a d e f rom the

varied stock we carry.

A. H. H I O ( i l N S JEWELER AND OPTOMETRIST.

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p a t r o n a g e a n d m a y y o u r C h r i s t m a s be m e r r i e r a n d }." $ _ N e w Year b e h a p p i e r t h a n ever . , ¢.

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we can fit you out wi th a :i" ":" :g Kodak or Camera , and give . * * you the best for the money, * °;° as we have the original East- * .t. *I~ }.~ m a n line

* 8 1 . 0 0 to $ 2 5 . 0 0 * go .1.

" WOOD'S :!: * R E X A L L D R U G S T O R E * @ ¢*

This Sale Will Be Good Until December 31, '15

I r o n i n g Boards , $1.25, now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1.00 Doll Bugg ie s , $1.25 .................................... 98c Doll Bugg ies , 60c ........................................ 29c L a r g e Clo thes B a s k e t s , 60c ............................... 48c

Tr icyc les , a d j u s t a b l e head and handle bars, r e g u l a r pr ice $4.00 ........................................... $3.25

Ordinary Tricycle , $3.50 ................................ -3.00 Tr icycle , $2.75 ......................................... $2.25

H A N D S L E I G H S . Hand Sleighs , $1.50, now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1.25 Hand S l e i g h s for ....................................... 50e

R O C K I N G H O R S E S .

Nice l ine o f X m a s Goods fo r p r e s e n t s . New line o f g o o d s j u s t rece ived.

THOMAS CROSS

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B U Y A EMINOTON

Go hunting--it will bring health and pleasure than worth of medicine.

i A model to suit your - and ideas.

F. A. B L I S S

more $500

wants

Try a Chronicle Liner, Mr. Farmer.

B E A U L E Y . ABOUT- TI-ii,/'iBER FLUMES. Mer ry C h r i s t m a s . Those of V Shape More Efficient Than L i t t l e C lay ton Moore is' q u i t e iI1 t h e Square Sided Form.

w i t h a cold th i s week . T h a t t he V shaped t imber f lume is a E. R e a d e r and d a u g h t e r , E the I , wi l l more efficient type than the box or

e n t e r t a i n W e s l e y H a r d e r and f a m i l y squa re s ided fo rm is one of the con- of Brookf ie ld f o r C h r i s t m a s . c lusions r eached by the d e p a r t m e n t o~

~gr icu l ture in a bullet in recent ly issued Mrs. R i c h a r d E d g e r t o n is expec t - an f lumes a n d fluming. The V shaped

i ng he r f a t h e r a n d m o t h e r and sis- wooden f lume requi res less wa t e r an4 te rs , Pau l i ne and Eva , f r o m Bryce - on the ave r age less repai rs t han the ton, Sask. , fo r C h r i s t m a s . o ther type, is be t te r a d a p t e d to act as

Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hart :sel l a n d a sl ide on s teep grades and offers few- chi ldren, Clare and Mar ion , e x p e c t to er chances for jams . Concern ing a e a t C h r i s t m a s d i n n e r w i t h Mr. a n d th i rd type , t he " 'sectional" meta l flume, Mrs. Roy S t a f f o r d of Brookfie ld . s emic i r cu l a r in form, the predic t ion is

Rev. Mor r i son p r e a c h e d a v e r y en- m a d e t h a t i t will come into wide use. t e r e s t i n g s e r m o ~ S u n d a y f r o m t h e Such a f lume is s t rong and l ight and t e x t f ound in 2 K i n g s 6: 6, and t h e van be qu ick ly t aken apa r t~and t rans- i ron did swim. W e would be g l ad to por ted f rom one p lace to a n o t h e r to be l i s ten to Rev. M o r r i s o n aga in , set up again.

Mrs. Coulson BIa i r of T u r n e r is ex- For h a n d l i n g rai l road crosst ies, cants. *peeted to spend C h r i s t m a s w i t h h e r poles, co rdwood and the like a flume p a r e n t s , Mr. and Mrs. Malco lm Craw- wi th t he s ides of the V th i r ty inches ford . T h e y v¢ill also e n t e r t a i n Mr. in he igh t is large enough. For ham and Mrs. A. H o f f m a n and son, Men- d l ing logs, pil ing, long t i m b e r or brail- roe, and Mr. and Mrs. O. Bla i r a n d ed s a w e d t i m b e r a he igh t of f rom son, Haske t . for ty to s ix ty inches is r ecommended .

Mr. and Mrs. S a m u e l H e r r e n wil l The bes t ang le for the V is put at e n t e r t a i n Mr. and Mrs. T. H. H e r r e n n ine ty degrees. and ehi ldren, N o r e n e and D u r w a r d , P roposed f lume lines ough t to be sur- and Mrs. J a n e H e r r e n fo r C h r i s t m a s . ~eyed as ca re fu l ly as a line for a log-

Mr. and Mrs. D. N e D o n a l d e x p e c t g ing ra i l road to insure evenness of t he i r sons and t h e i r f a m i l i e s of De- grade. Grades should be kep t below t r o i t fo r C h r i s t m a s . 15 per cen t w h e r e v e r possible, and the

i best r e su l t s a re ob ta ined wi th grades b e t w e e n 2 and 10 per cent.

B R O O K F I E L D . 1 A b r u p t c u r v a t u r e s in a f lume should be avoided, for they are likely to

Mrs. H u g h C r a w f o r d s p e n t S u n d a y cause j ams . Curves s h o u l d rarely be a t Mrs. Robe r t son ' s . p e r m i t t e d to exceed t w e n t y deg rees

Mrs. E. H e n d e r s h o t cal led on Mrs . I t m a y be necessa ry to blast ou t rocks H. Ibb i t son Monday . and bowlders , or p ro jec t ing points of

Mr. and Mrs. George McCrea and bluffs, or to t res t le or even tunne l to f a m i l y spen t S u n d a y a t Cass Ci ty . e l imina te a b r u p t curves or ma in t a in

an even grade . Mr. and Mrs. A m o s H o f f m a n a n d & f lume recen t ly buil t on Rochat

son s p e n t the f i r s t p a r t of t he w e e k creek, near St. Joe, Ida.. is c i ted as a a t W. C. H a r d e r ' s . good e x a m p l e of modern V shaped

Miss R u t h Bodey of Caro, Misses f lume cons t ruc t ion . This flume, which B e r t h a and Olive McDonald and A1- i s=unusua l ly large and buil t to handle t a Bea r s s s p e n t S u n d a y a t E l l a H a r d - heavy logs and long t imbers , is said er 's . to h a v e cost app rox ima te ly $8.000 per

Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Ross , Mr. a n d mile for the five miles of its length. Mrs. J o h n Hook ar, d f a m i l y , Mrs. D. inc lud ing the cost of cons t ruc t ing a Ch i sho lm and sons spen t S u n d a y a t wagon road and t e l ephone equ ipment . A r t h u r Wood's . O the r f lumes are ci ted cos t ing from

George B icke r l e f t M o n d a y f o r $2,000 to $7,500 a mile. S a g i n a w w h e r e h e expec t s to be op-

e r a t ed upon in t h e n e a r f u t u r e . W e L I G H T FOR R A I L W A Y 6 A T E . hope h im a s p e e d y recovery .

Automatically Changes Color When K I N G S T O N - N O V E S T A Barrier Is Lowered or Raised.

TOWN L I N E . ~n exceed ing ly s imple device tha~ causes the l ight on a cross ing gate ro show red when the gate is down ~nd

Mr. and Mrs. Geo rge Cooper e x p e c t whi te w h e n the gate is np is being to spend C h r i s t m a s w i t h t h e l a t t e r ' a ins ta l led a t g rade cross ings on the p a r e n t s , Mr. and Mrs. Phi l l ips , a t i Lehigh Valley railroad.

¢* Shabbona . I Th is device consis ts s imply of a red .:. Mrs. Geo. M a r t i n is e n t e r m i n i n g ! bullseye, wh ich is fixed to the gate in ***" he r f a t h e r and m o t h e r and a n e p h e w such a w~ay tha t t he red g lass is i m .:~ f r o m S a s k a t c h e w a n , Q ,mda.

.:. Special m e e t i n g will be~in a t t h e ..~.~ ¢* Leek schoolhouse J a n u a r y 9. I t is ex- t . .,.1,,- peered Mr. Voorhe i s of P o n t i a c wi l l .. ¢* ass i s t in the s ing ing . RED GLA55 \ " : ' ~ . " . ¢* , WHIT[ Llfit~r~'.'... :i: The t o w n l ine ladies, nht m e e t s . . ¢. w i t h Mrs. J. D. F u n k D e c e m b e r 30 f o r ~'-~- ***" d inner . . "'"-.'.~ ¢* Mr. and Mrs. H e n r y Ph i l l ips of ~;~"~,~:~'~::~~'~=~"~":'~'~~;~~'~ ~I* Shabbona a t t e n d e d t he ch icken p ie *:" social a t Gee. Cooper ' s l a s t week . ~ / ~ a ~ v ~ $ ~ l ~ l ~ / / ~ ~ - -

*:* Mrs. F r a n k M c C r a c k e n and son, RAInROAD CROSSING LIGHT. ¢* Harold , of H i g h l a n d P a r k and M r s . , ¢. #, H e n r y S tevens of R e d f o r d a re ex- med ia t e ly in f ron t of the point where O O pec ted to spend C h r i s t m a s a t t h e h o m e the l an te rn hangs when the gate is *:- of Mr. and Mrs. C. Courl iss . down. As the ga te comes d o w n the ~:* L lan tern , which has been s h o w i n g white, *:* The Sou th N o v e s t a F a r m e r s ' Club s w i n g s behind the bul lseye and shows *I* ***" a t Lewis R e t h e r f o r d ' s l a s t w e e k w a s red. As the ga te is raised it swings ~:- qu i te well a t t e n d e d and a good t i m e f rom behind the bullseye and shows .1.¢~ enjoyed. The n e x t club wil l be he ld white . Since the l an te rns are all whi te #~ a t A r t h u r Van B la r i com s. ¢. the re is never any d a n g e r of confus ing *:* the eng inee r of the t ra in by red lights. *~* Arms and the Men. I ~ "I see you have your a r m in a s l ing,"

said ,the inqu i s i t ive passenger . "Bro- Coal Mining in Pennsylvania . r 1 ~ o ken, is i t?" A n t h ac ' t e minin~ began be tween

1790 and 1800, when a small quan t i ty "Yes, sir ," r e sponded the other pas- ~ was p roduced for local consumpt ion .

senger . I To the close of 1913 the product ion of "Meet w i t h an acc ident7" I a n t h r a c i t e had a m o u n t e d to 2,184,550.- "No. Broke i t whi le I was t r y i n g 000 long tons or 2.446.696,010 s h o r t tons.

to pa t myse l f on the back." I The first records of the p roduc t ion of "Grea t Scott! W h a t for?" I b i t u m i n o u s coal in P e n n s y l v a n i a cover "Fo r m i n d i n g m y o w n bus iness , the yea r 1840, when 464.826 short tons "I see~ Never cguld happen to m e , . w e r e mined. The o u t p u t of b i tuminous

could i t ? ' t coal f rom 1840 to t he close of 1913 has "No." I a m o u n t e d to 2,731,945.059 short tons. "And i f it d id i w o u l d n ' t be b lame f rom which it appears t h a t t he totm

fool e n o u g h to tel l it ." p roduc t ion of b i t uminous coal in Penn- T h e n t he r e was s i lence in t h e ea r . - - sy lvan ia now exceeds tha t of anthra-

Chicago Tribune. cite by over 200.000.000 tons . - -Uni ted S ta tes Geological Survey.

The Devil's Sonata. Tart lnL the g r e a t violinist , a f t e r din-

ing ind isc ree t ly d r e a m e d t h a t he had Would Help Him. " Iq l t ry to m a k e you a good husband .

m a d e a ba rga in w i t h the devi l for his m y dear . " soul. To p rove h is power s t he evil one "A~d I h a v e no doubt that you will seized a violin a n d p layed a sonata of succeed. Mothe r a n d I will abe t your exqu i s i t e beauty . Ta r t i n i a w o k e w i t h e f for t s in t h a t d i rec t ion vigorously."-- the r ing ing in h i s ears, c o m m i t t e d t h e Lou isv i l l e Courier-ffournaL music to paper and publ i shed it as " ~ e Devi l ' s Sona ta . " S e n d t h e Chronic le as an X m a s gi f t .

With j o ~ u l heart, on dainty toes, Her eyes ashine, each cheek a rose, WeLl laden with her presents goe~

The Christmas maid.

In Santa's task she claims a share, And bears her gifts wi th thoughtful

carep

While Love attends her everywhere, A willing at&

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Oh, Santa, take a friendly tip~ ".~ Unless you want to lose your gtipp Don't let her make another trip

In all your days.

For she's a vision, so complete, SO captivating, fair and sweet, That she has got you surely beat

A hundred ways.

~* A GREAT DAY. *

This is Christmas day, the an- niversary of the world's great- est event. To one day all the early world looked forward" to the same day the later world .~ looks back. That day holds time t o g e t h e r . ~ A l e x a n d e r Smi th .

B u y Y o u r

Coffee Now G L E A N E R COFFEE 100 Votes

T A B A R D INN 200 Votes

W h o will get the beautiful Gold Watch for C h r i s t m a s ? The contest closes F r i d a y

night , ~ Dec. 24, and all votes m u s t be in by ten o'clock.

The contes t s tands as follows:

Lot t ie Wes t . . . . . . . . 9300 votes Haro ld Cole . . . . . . . . 9200 votes Clara Dolwick. . . . . . 7900 votes Maxine Campbe l l . . ,5100 votes Cecil Doerr . . . . . . . . 4700 votes

Get t h a t Coffee a t

L.E. Dickinson's Cass City

D E F O R D .

Mrs. Benj . G a g e w a s in Cass Ci ty F r i d a y .

W m . Gage c a m e h o m e f r o m St, Cla i r F r iday .

Ro land Bruce's: b a b y is ill w i t h t h e s c a r l e t fever .

B. O. W a t k i n s m a d e a bus iness t r i p to Caro F r i d a y .

George L~vi~gs ton is h o m e f r o m t h e M. A. C. f o r t he hol idays .

Ed . B o n n e t s p e n t t h e week end a~ h is p a r e n t a l ' h o m e in Detro i t .

Mrs. J o h n Reid l e f t S a t u r d a y f o r Pon t i ac , R o y a l Oak and o t h e r p l aces f o r t h e ho l idays .

Mr. and Mrs. E l m e r Bruce, C l in ton B r u c e and F r e d C h a d w i c k a t t e n d e d t h e ch icken p ie s u p p e r a t Geo rge Cooper ' s l a s t W e d n e s d a y n igh t .

M A R R I A G E L I C E N S E S .

Jas . C. Juh l , 43, M a r l e t t e ; E t h e l Nicolson, 28, M a r l e t t e

W a l t e r Enve r i ck , 21, R ichmondv i l l e ; Irene Barber , 21, DeckerviI le .

J o h n Riley, 29, Lexi~g ' ton; L a u r a M c N a r y , 21, L e x i n g t o n .

Lewis K lawty , 23, B r i d g e h a m p t o n ; E t h e l Fau lk , 25, De t ro i t .

A l f r e d E. K u n d i n g e r , 28, Bad A x e ; E l m i r a S h a r r o w , 23, Lincoln.

H e n r y C. Kun i sch , 33, S e b e w a i n g ; Lou i se C. Voltz , 23, Sebewa ing .

Geo. H. Wi l l a rd , 26, Casevi l le ; An- na Hayes , 18, Colfax.

E lv in Lantz , 24,• E l k t o n ; Mal inda M. Knechte l , 20, E l k t o n

Reid Hedly, 24, Casevi l le ; Vio le t H e u c k r o t h , 24, E l k t o n .

S imon R. Weiss , 29, Ol iver ; A n n a K a n t e n , 22, Chicago .

A l e x a n d e r J a m e s o n , 21, O w e n d a l e ; I n g e r Rober t s , 21, Owendale .

The Horsefly. A horsefly, i t is said, will l ive foe

h o u r s a f t e r t ~ head has been pu l led vff.

CASS C I T Y M A R K E T S .

C ~ s s C i t y , ] ~ I i c h . , D e c . 22, 1 9 t 5

B u y i n g P r i c e : -

W h e a t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 11

O a t s ................................ 89

B e a n s ............................... 3 50

R y e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

B a r l e : y t Jw~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 00

P e a s ................................ 1 75

B u c k w h e a t c w t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 40

C o r n ( s e l l i n g p r i c e ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

B a l e d h a y - - N o . 1 T i m o t h y . . . . . . . . 13 00

N o . 2 " . . . . . . . . . . . 11 0O

N o . 1 b I i x e d . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 00

E g g s , p e r d o z . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

B u t t e r , p e r l b . . . . ' 23

Fat c o w s , l i v e w e i g h t , p e r l b . . . . . . . 4 5

S t e e r s , " " . . . . . . . . 5 6

F a t s h e e p , " . . . . . . . . . 3 3 ~

L a m b s . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

H o g s . " " - . . . . . 5 ~

D r e s s e d h o g s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 H

D r e s s e d b e e f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

C a l v e ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 8

H e n s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 9

B r o i l e r s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 10

D u c k s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 12

G e e s e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l 0 11

T u r k e y s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Hides green . . . . I 0

S t a t e of Mich igan , Tuscola C o u n t y , in chancery .

Da ted , D e c e m b e r 20th, A. D. 1915, E m m a F r a n k s , C o m p l a i n a n t , vs.

G i lbe r t H. F r a n k s , D e f e n d a n t . S u i t p e n d i n g in t h e Ci rcu i t Cout~

f o r t h e C o u n t y of Tusco la in Chan- cery , a t Caro on t he 17th ,day of De- c e m b e r A. D. 1915.

In th is cause i t a p p e a r i n g f r o m a f f a d a v i t on file t h a t t he d e f e n d a n t Gi lbe r t H. F r a n k s is no t a r e s i d e n t of th i s S t a t e b u t r e s ides a t t he Vil- l age of Kel ler , S a s k a t c h e w a n , in t h e D o m i n i o n of Canada , on mo t ion of J . D. Brooker , C o m p l a i n a n t ' s Sol l ic i tor , i t is o rde red t h a t t he said d e f e n d a n t , G i lbe r t H. F r a n k s , cause his a p p e a r - ance to be e n t e r e d here in , w i t h i n t h r e e m o n t h s f r o m t h e da t e of t h i s o rder , and in case o f his a p p e a r a n c e t h a t he cause h i s a n s w e r to t he Com- p l a i n a n t ' s Bill o f C o m p l a i n t to be filed, and a copy t h e r e o f to be se rved on said C o m p l a i n a n t ' s Solici tor , w i t h - in t w e n t y d a y s a f t e r service on h i m of a copy of sa id bill , and no t ice o f th i s o rde r ; and t h a t in d e f a u l t t h e r e - of, sa id bill be t a k e n a s confessed by t h e sa id n o n - r e s i d e n t d e f e n d a n t .

A n d i t is f u r t h e r o rdered , t h a t w i t h i n t w e n t y d a y s t h e sa id Com- p l a i n a n t cause a no t i ce of t h i s o r d e r to be p u b l i s h e d , in t he Cass C i ty Chron ic le a n e w s p a p e r p r in t ed , pub- l i shed and c i r c u l a t i n g in sa id Coun- ty, a n d t h a t p u b l i c a t i o n be c o n t i n u e d t h e r e i n a t l e a s t once in each week , f o r s ix weeks in success ion , or t h a t she cause a copy of t h i s o rde r to be pe r - sona l ly se rved o n sa id n o n - r e s i d e n t D e f e n d a n t , a t l e a s t t w e n t y d a y s be- f o r e t he t i m e a b o v e p resc r ibed f o r his a p p e a r a n c e .

W A T S O N B E A C H , C i r c u i t Judge .

J. D Brooker , C o m p l a i n a n t ' s So l i c i to r B u s i n e s s a d d r e s s , Cass City, Mich i -

g a n . 12-24-

P A G E SIX. =,J= tm,rec t ,

' " ' [ I TilE GREEN G r a d u a t e of D e t r o i t Col lege e l l :~ . . ca ~ . ~ , - ~ - - - T

Medicine. Two yea r s , w o r k in Hai:-t :~ [ ~ t ~ ~ [ ~ ~ er Hosp i ta l Office 1~/~ blocks sou th ] :~ ~ ' ] i ~ £ ~ l I f l ~ J ~

P "" " i o f New Shemdan, Cass C~ty. Te e- t ~ . . . . :~ phone No 62 ' I~"' . . . . . .

DR. M. M. W I C K W A R E , : t ? -I- P h y s i c i a n a n d Surgeon . Office in[~ Int©resF' $

P l e a s a n t H o m e Hospi ta l . Kesidence/ T .u two blocks sou th of Cootes ' h a r d w a r e | ~. "~" ~tore o n See~er St.. e a s t side. Offide | ~:

C A S S C I T Y CHRONICLE, F R I D A Y , D E C E M B E R 24, 1915. I~ ~ I I[ II ' "'""'" ' ' ...... . . . . . . . . ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I I IIII I IIII

through poorer dis t r ic ts m~d poorer un- til where the l imit of dingy shabbiness seemed to have been reached the girl paused. , ' T h e r e " - - s h e pointed a t ' t h e top of

the t enemen t - - " i s m y home?' " t Iome!" the man brea thed con-

temptuously; then, with w o n d e r i n g pity he repea ted the wdrd, "Home!"

"Goodby," said the girl and ex t ended her hand.

"Goodby until tomorrow," r eminded the man, his smile unchanged.

Smiling, too, she went up the n a r r o w stair, but when tomorrow came she was

table. An a tmosphere of unaccoun tab le cheerlessness pervaded the sunny niche near the window. Bronson f r e t t ed impat ient ly at the girl's delay. He had intended to inquire today more part icular ly into her m a n n e r of liv- . rag. His night had been troubled and wakeful at the thought of her bright p resence braving the struggle for ex- istence. What sacrifice and deprivat ion might she not be undergoing for a dream of ar t which might be no more than a dream! This, a t least, his own knowledge could decide for her if she would come. But the opposite chai r remained vacant.

"Mademoiselle comes not to t tay ." / the garrulous wai te r remarked. "Made- moiselle, ' the green manikin, ' is ab- sent."

Bronson sat up with a start. "Mademoisel le who?" he asked rath-

er sharply. "She who dines with you," the

waiter imper tu rbab ly replied, "'made- moiselle who is w h a t you call 'manikin ' or model for the grea t modiste. Surely monsieur has heard of the green man- ikin f rom Franque t t a ' s . "

Yes, Bronson hqd heard, r emembered having seen the model pictured in F ranque t t a ' s window, a graceful figure clad a lways in ga rmen t s soft t in ted as the ocean's foam, and' the model was his frank faced s tudent - - she of the tenem'ent room° The two seemed ir- reconcilable.

Abrupt ly he left his un tas ted meal ; a satirical smile curled his lips. S o his sympa thy had all been wasted, im- posed upon. The green model of Fran- quet ta 's was evident ly in no need of pity.

For a m o m e n t he hesi tated before the gl i t ter ing let ters of the modiste 's sign, then passed into the miniuture theater. Before the parted curtMn he waited, wa tch ing tensely the gffrlisb figure f r a m e d in the g leaming l igh ts Clad in br ight green from shou lder to satin heel s tood . the girl whose appe,~li- ing presence had so deeply s t i r red his: heart.

Mechanically, - automatical ly, like' some maniMn h~ a play. she moved' across the bril l iant stage, d isplaying to an admir ing audience the beaut ies of her costume. Bit terly the ~ man turned from her s teady painted smile to 'pass out a g a t ~ into the street . So the s truggling a r t s tudent , the beloved little s tudent , had never been. Across his very m e m o r y of her m u s t ever flash tha t c r imson painted smile. He f rowned disapprovM when nex t day the girl hersel f slippe~ quietly into her accustomed seat.

"May I tell you," s t~e asked, " the story of a green m ode~ who, unl ike your difficult heroine, is not exact ly as she seems, not e,x~etly common, place? Her s tory m a y even have hear t i~terest ."

7 o ~ ondering, he silently bowed his head. The girl l aughed t remulously .

" F a m e is an illusive thing." she quot- ed. "'One may more quickly find he~: because of one's abil i ty to wear a cer- tain color titan for the ~eward of tire- less years of s tudy. Oval, in Amer ica my old f a t h e r and my mother and the sister who has a lways bee~ sick wait for a success in a r t wh ich was prophe- sied surely for me. To tMs purpose were carefu l ly- -oh , so carefu l ly- -hoard- ed the savings of years. Th:is had also been my fa the r ' s youthful, d r e a m - - t o go abroad and perfec t his own sketch- es, to achieve fame which c~ritics prom- ised. Marriage and later cares had forced this dream aside, b:ut now it was t~ be fulfilled, glorious~}y fulfilled. in myself, the daughter .

"But tha t which had seemed an as- sured inher i ted ta lent at home became here a doubtful prbmise, a M qt length the savings were gone--all, gone! Do you see. then." she cried passionately, "wha t I have been doing? Deceiving them all along; writing, as 1 fan- cied the glow on their faces, of how one sketch had been accepted, of how another brought the check inclosed, a n d nil the t ime--al l the t ime I was but a d r e s smake r ' s model, a manik in in green. How else could one make money here alone in a foreign land? But n o w " - - h e r voice broke despair ing- ly- -"how dare I go back. I wi th my mocking boast of ar t?"

Something gr ipped hard at the man ' s throat, and his hand reached out to clasp the girl's.

"Tomorrow," he said s lowly- -" tomor- row I w a n t to see those sketches ."

Tomorrow he saw them. As he turn- ed them over, looking in tent ly a t each, an expression Of admira t ion g a t h e r e d on his face. When he came to the last he looked up at he r and said:

"It 's the old s tory- -genius s tooping to feed on, c rumbs f rom the r ich m a n ' s table while it secured recognit ion."

And to two old people sea ted before their f a rmhouse door there came one eve a letter. "Read it," said the moth- er. "I t ' s f rom our girl beyond the sea."

The old man glanced quickly back f rom the closely wr i t t en page. " W h y , " he c r i ed - - "why , she's to i l lus t ra te t ha t great au thor ' s n e w book, mother, our own little gir l !

In speechless joy they gazed into each other 's face. Then toge ther they f inished the letter.

"Books and pictures mus t ever wai t for love." wrote the girl, "so David Bronson and I a re coming home to- gether. Your daugh te r has married

] the author ."

" ±ULL~ _ _ _JL___

days : W e d n e s d a y G 10 a. m. to 3 p. m~

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+n.oI-t-q~,-,--,-++4-I~t-~-++wo~!-++q-~ S a t u r d a y s , 1 to 5 p. m.

DR. I R A D. McCOY U n i v e r s i t y Of Mich igan g radua te :

Res idence and office 1 ~ blocks sough a f She r idan Hotel , Cass City. Office , 4 a y s ~ W e d n e s d a y , 9:00 ao m. to 4:00 p. m. S a t u r d a y , 1:00 to 5:00 p. m.

W. S. C O S S A I R T

P h y s i c i a n and Surgeon

Decker , Michigan.

P. A. Schenck, D. D. S., Dent i s t .

G r a d u a t e of t h e U n i v e r s i t y of Mich- igan. Office over Wi i sey & Ca thca r t ' s ~tore, Cass City, Mich.

D E N T I S T R Y . L A. Fr i tz , R e s i d e n t Dent i s t . Office over T r e a d g o l d ' s d rug store.

We solici t y o u r p a t r o n a g e when in ~eed of den ta l work .

A. J. Knapp, F u n r a l Director ~nd Licensed E m b a l m e r . Mrs. Knapp~ L a d y A s s i s t a n t w i th License. N i g h t ~nd d a y calls r ece ive p r o m p t a t t en - tion. Both phones.

• ~ ~,

I T. L. T I B B A L S , ~I

Op tome t r i s t .

E y e s T e s t ~ l : Glasses F i t t ed

C.ASS CITY, MICH.

H. G. L E A V E N S , i~

Office a t t he house, one block :~: sou th of C h r o m c l e office. ;{

JAS. cKENZIE I a m conven ien t ly loca ted in Cuss

Ci ty and expec t to devote m y t ime to

es tab l i sh a success fu l Auc t ion Busi-

ness. So if you a re a b o u t to m a k e a

Sate, le t me prove m y apprec ia t ion of

a call by the service r ende red you

in ob ta in ing the h igh $.

G H T R U N N I N G THE WORLBS GREATEST SEWING MAGHI~

l fyo~ want either a Vibrating Shuttle, Rot~r$ , ~hutile or ~ Single Thread [Chain glitch]

Sewing Machine wr!te to " THE ~EW HONE SE'WII~G NACHINE GOMPAN~t

O r a n f l e ~ t M a s s . : ~ I a n y s e w i n g m a c h i n e s a r e m a d e t o s e l l r e g a r d l e s s o~

q u a l i t y , b t l t t h e ~ e ~ V ~ O l n ~ i s m a d e t o w e a r ,

O u r g u a r a n t y n e v e r r u n s o u t .

~ o l d by ~ u t h o r i z e d de~ lers o n l ~ FOR SALE BY

Co D. STRIFFLER, Agt., Cass City.

Terrible Croup Attach Qn~cMy Repulsed

By Old Reliable Remedy

W e l l k n o w n G e o r g i a s t o r e k e e p e r h a s m a s -

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

F o l e y ' s H o n e y a n d T a r C o m p o u n d •

The minute that hoarse terrifying croupy cough is heard in the home of T. J. Barber, of Jefferson, Ga., out comes Foley's I-Ioney and Tar Com- pound--there's always a bottle ready.

I-Iere's what he says: "Two of my ~hildren, one boy and a girl, aged eight and six years respectively, had ~errible attacks of croup last winter ~nd I completely cured them with :Foley's IIoney and Tar Compound. I have ten in family and for years I've ~sed Foley?s Honey and Tar Compound ~nd it never fails."

Banish w o r r y and save doctor bills ~ k e e p l~oley's Honey and T~r Com-

ound a lways 9n hand, in your home. no bottle lasts a long time--it's reliable and

~ a f e ~ a n d the last dose is as good ~s the first. Get the genuine.

SOLD E V E R Y W H E R E .

Refuge In the Office. ~'What makes Bliggins in such a

hu r ry to get to work i n the morn ingW " l i e isn ' t ge t t ing ~o work. His fam-

ily has moved and t .hey ' re fixing up the house, l i e ' s ge t t ing a w a y from work." ~ W a s h i n g t o n Star.

Rend the Chronic le as a n Xmas gi f t .

When David Bronson heard an Amer- ican speaking voice in that little far- away Parisian res tauran t an emotion that was surprising surged within him. "So this w a s wha t had been the t r o u ble of lage, this the cause of his u n finished book--homesickness, pure old fashioned homesickness."

Long ago, as a lad, he had realized this desperate feeling. Now the sound of tha t famil iar tongue brought back a longing to be "among his own" which was almost unbearable, back again in "little otd New York," for f rom her ac- cent the speaker had also lived in tha t vicinity. Bronson whirled about to look at her. Demure and unaware of admir ing glances, st]e sat at a nearby table, "conspicuously simple" in her close fitting black sui t and turban.

Bronson s t ruggled against an uncon- U'ollable desire to hea r again tha t soft voicing of his m o t h e r tongue, then with a mut te red , "May I?" sank into a seat a t the opposite side of the table. The r e s t au ran t being unduly crowded, his in t rusion was ca lmly taken for grant- ed. Happily absorbed, he gazed at the lovely, downcas t face of his companion, and she, glancing tip a t last, smiled. A frank, engaging smile it was, like tha t of a fr iendly child.

"The salt?" Bronson asked politely, while the girl's smile deepened.

"So you, too, are American," she said. All the pentup longings of the man 's home yearning soul broke forth a t her quest%n.

"Amer ican- -yes ," he answered, "and if you could but know the joy it gives me merely to be again in the presence of an Americanl I might have sougllt out my countrymen here, I suppose, but"--he laughed shortly--"I did not recognNe my need until I heard your voice."

The girl leaned impulsively forward• "I know," she breathed. "Oh, I know! For weeks I 've been fighting off the desire to go back. Sometimes it was a lmost too s t rong for me. I've got to s tay here, you see. I must, u n t i l " ~

"Unti l ," he prompted gently. The girl d rew back, continuing her meal. "Unt i l I make good." she answered quietly.

"Student?" the man questioned. She nodded her head.

"The re are so m a n y of us," she said ruefully, " 'would be' artists, musicians - -most ly failm'es!"

"And you ?" The girl's low laughter ended in a

wry smile. ' T m an art failure," she replied, with a shrug of the shoulders.

Bronson's quick glance was sympa- thetic.

"Pe rhaps not," h e encouraged. "Bet- ter st ick it out a little longer and see." She arose, d r awing on her gloves, and stood looking now on the gloves, now on him.

"I intend to," she answered brightly. With visible regre t the author also

arose. "Pa rdon the boldness of a fello~v

American," he ent rea ted , "'but may l not hope to see you aga in? "

" W h y not?" the girl carelessly re- sponded. "I dine here every day."

So it h'tppened t h a t the small table benea th the window came quite natu- ral ly to be a place of meeting, a place for the exchange of simple confidences. for comfort ing recollections of home beloved scenes and home happy times. To the man this one hour was a sort of panacea for all the trials of a t roubled day. About it his dreams centered as a r e w a r d for n ight ly hours of Writing. And the girl's open pleasure in these meet ings was a cons tan t growing joy.

" D o you know," she asked in her in- genuous way, "I cannot get over the idea tha t I have known your face be fore? It was s t rangely famil iar f rom the first, and ye t " - -

Then David Bronson knew tha t his hour of a n n o u n c e m e n t had come. It had been a g ra t i fy ing thing to hide for a t ime f rom the paths of f a m e and to feel tha t his unknown personali ty had powers of its own to awaken in- :crest and pleasure. With a sigh he

d rew forth his card and placed it be- fore her.

"David B. Bronson," the girl read aloud, while recollection widened in her eyes.

"Not," she said in a tone of awe-- "not David Bronson, the author?"

H e nodded abrupt ly. "And you are wri t ing a book over

here," she went on slowly, "a book wi th a French se t t ing perhaps and one of your wonderfu l American heroines?"

"The heroine," he confessed, "proves a disappointment. She is so exact ly wha t she seems to be--commonplace, no h u m a n hear t interest ."

T h e girl tu rned weari ly aside. His admission of grea tness seemed all a t once to put him fa r f rom her presump- tion of friendship.

"Look about you," she said• "You'll find human hear t stories among us alL"

Bronson got has t i ly into his coat. " Jus t this once," he begged, "al low me to walk with you."

l i e re to fo re this request had been re- fused. Now the girl deliberate& "You may come," she agreed.

Down the sunli t na r row s t r e e t they went, crowds jost l ing her slim figure agains t the s h e l t e r of his a rm--on

COLWOOD.

Mr. and Mrs. C. D. A n d r e w s spent S u n d a y a t Chas. Andrews ' .

P a t r i c k Sul l ivan a te S u n d a y dinner With Mr. and Mrs. F red Mat t .

Miss N e t t l e Colling was a gues t over S u n d a y a t the E d w a r d Dosser h o m e .

Mrs. Melville Graham and chil- d r en leave Tuesday to spend the C h r i s t m a s hol idays with re la t ives a t P a r k Hill, Ontar io .

Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd H u m e s and cif i&e~, ~ e , , ~ 2;,~:~da~, ,~ith M~. and Mrs. Marsha l l Turner .

Mrs. Ivan McDonnell of De t ro i t is spending a f e w days with he r paren t s , Mr. and Mrs. C. Bar r igar .

Mr. and Mrs Thos. M c C a r t h y will e n t e r t a i n a l a rge company of rela- t ives fo r Chr i s tmas dinner.

Dr. and Mrs. H. H. King and daugh- ter , Gera ld ine , were en t e r t a ined fo r d inner S u n d a y by Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Muck. -

Mr. and Mrs. John McCar thy , Miss Vera Kel ly a n d Mrs. Jas. McNeil and d a u g h t e r , I rene , were Care vis i tors Sa tu rday .

Mrs. E. C. Bliss and Miss Mary B r a g g will spend Chr i s tmas wi th Mr. and Mrs. Or ia M o n t g o m e r y of Ea ton Rapids.

Miss G e r t r u d e McClellan was called home T u e s d a y to a t t end the fune ra l of l i t t le E a r l , six weeks old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. McLel lan who died Sunday .

ARGYLE.

H e c t o r M c i n t y r e was a bus iness cal ler in Cass City last week.

J. H u m p h r e y came home Wednes- day and is g r e e t i n g f r iends here .

Mrs. McFadden is spending some t ime wi th he r daugh te r , Mrs. E. Rose, and f a m i l y .

John M c L e a n of Pt. Huron is vis- i t ing r e l a t ives here.

S. Strifi~er was in Sandusky Fr iday .

The Misses McEachin f r o m Cleary Business College are spend ing t h e i r vaca t ion a t t he i r home here .

Don ' t f o r g e t the date of t h e Chris t - mas exerc i ses here F r iday even ing a t P e r k i n s Hail.

Mrs. S tevens of Pt. H u r o n . i s visi t- ing her s is ter , Mrs. McDougald.

A C h r i s t m a s reunion, looked fbr- w a r d to wi th happy ant ic ipat ion, wiI~ be' heId a t t h e Bond home in Detroi t . AII t he b r o t h e r s and s is ters h o p e to' be' p resen t . D. McNaugh ton and famf- Iy and Mr. and Mrs. J. MePhai l and d a u g h t e r , iVliIdred, will a t t end from: he re .

NOKO.

N:e r ry Ch.ristmas to all.

Mr: and N~rs. H. Cameron, Mr. and Mrs. E: R'aducheI and Mr. and Mrs. A. M c K e n n e y a r e p lanning on spending C h r i s t m a s i~ Owosso.

Mr. and ~ r s : J. J. Har r i s a re enter - t a in ing f r f e n d s f rom Ludington.

Win. S imons and f a m i l y of Cass City spen t a f e w d'ays he re l a s t week.

Mr. a n d Errs. J. A. McKenney at- t ended the fes t iv i t i e s a t S n o r e r Sat-

u r d a y e v e n i h g ,

C. Bae r and fkmffy a re moving on- to the f a r m famiI~arIy known as the "old Hood f a r m . " We a re g lad to we lcome Mr. B a e r as a neighbor .

The annual elect~on of Sunday School officers' took place here at our church Sunday and resulted in the following beib:g- ehescn: H. Foster, supt.; Rev. Hammond, Bible class teacher; young people's class, A. Mc- Kenney; see-treas, Miss D. Harris; librarian, Miss Ernestine Flynn.

Miss Lily Harp, who has spent the past summer in Pontiac, has returned home for the hoKdays.

Mrs. Jas. McIntyre and Mrs. D. Mc- Pherson have just returned from a visit with friends and relatives in De- troit and Pontiac.

Wasps. Wasps ~ e , s~id to rank nex t to the

Mgher classes of ants in point of in- sect intel l igence.

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NVEST 80% Guaranteed vEsT $10.00 $10.00 THE EARNING POSSIBILITIES OF A TEN-DOLLAR BILL

In The Ford Motor Car Company it has returned ......... $25,000.00 In the Belle Telephone Company it has returned ......... I0,000.00 In the Welsbach Mantle Company it has returned ........ 5,000.00 In the National Cash Register Co. it has returned 4,287.00 In the Diamond Rubber Company it has returned ......... 1,472.00 In the Fisk Rubber Company it has returned ................ }.,240.00 In the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. it has returned ........ 1,290.00

The stock in the above companies went begging when it was first offered--investors could not believe the profits, the management pre- dicted. The above enormous profits made by the shrewd investors with the courage to back a young business are a matter of record and fact, and are heing duplicated by present stock offerings. You have such an OPPORTUNITY in this offering..

THE WEALTH we offer is a real and an accomplished fact~our Company, if we did not increase our manufacturing faci1~ties, and w o r k i n g capi ta l one cent , st i l l could pay 80 per cent on t h e i n v e s t m e n t offered in th is a d v e r t i s e m e n t . This we are new e a r n i n g - - t h i s is an aecompIishe~ fact .

T h e proceeds f r o m the sale of our stock will enab le us to increase our ou tpu t a t l eas t fou r fo ld and wi th the economies this increased produc t ion will effect, we wiII t hen be e a r n i n g abou t 300 pe r cent on this inves tment .

THIS IS T H E S~[ALL I N V E S T O R S ' O P P O R T U N I T ~ B y a special a r r a n g e m e n t we a re enabled to offer one t h o u s a n d

inves tors this: E X T R A O R D I N A R Y proposi t ion: Mail u s te~ dol lars ($I0.00), no more and no less, and w e will

mai l you a Cer t i f i ca te f o r F o r t y (40) shares of the T r e a s u r y Stock o f our Company, F u l l y Pa id and F o r e v e r Non-Assessable , and desc r ip t ive l i t e r a t u r e of our C o m p a n y and its business.

T h i s offer is m a d e only to the f i r s t one thousand i nves to r s who a ~ w e r th i s a d v e r t i s e m e n t . " F i r s t come, f irst served. ' ; i f yo~ a r e too la te or if you ~ n d a n y m o r e or less than ten dollars , y o u r m o n e y will be r e t u r n e d 5y the n e x t mai l .

This offer is m a d e to secure t he co-opera t ion of one thousand smal l s tockholders in b~os t ing the sale of Double Service T i res and to p r e - v e n t l a r g e f inancial i n t e r e s t s f r o m secur ing control .

The Double Service Ti re and Rubber Company is incorpora ted m~der t he s t r i n g e n t Iaws of the S t a t e of Ohio a t $250,000.00, divided into 250,000 sha res of a p a r va lue of $1.00 per share , all common, Fu l Iy Paid and Non-Assessab le . E v e r y share of s tock and e v e r y s£ockholder being abso lu te ly on an equal and even basis, all sha r ing a I i ke in all e a rn ings o f the Company .

This is an es tab l i shed and g o i n g business and one which, is a t p r e s e n t ea rn ing ne t d ividends equal to 20 per cent on i ts ent i re capi- ta l iza t ion , and wi th f u t u r e dividend possibi l i t ies so big and so a l l u r ing t h a t t h e y seem a lmos t unbel ievable .

The h i s to ry of p rac t i ca l ly a n y one of Akron ' s f a m o u s rubber t i r e companies r e a d s m o r e like a f a i r y t a l e than business facts . E a r l y inves to r s have m a d e f o r t u n e s a l m o s t unbel ievable and a re st i lI maMng" them. The g r o w t h and success of the Double Service Ti re a n d Rubber Company but adds a n o t h e r chap te r to this never -end ing s t o r y of the f o r t u n e s m a d e t h r o u g h the popu la r i ty of t he automobile .

OUR GUARANTEE--YOUR PROTECTION The fact that this Company is now earning at the rate of 20 per

cent on its entire capitalization, with less than one-third (I-3) issued, is a positive guarantee of your 80 per cent and proof of the still larger earnings you will receive when their production facilities have been increased.

Your p ro tec t ion is m a d e still m o r e secure by the f a c t t h a t a f t e r y o u h a v e received our l i t e r a t u r e and y o u r stock, you m a y r e t u r n t h e s a m e any t ime wi th in t e n days o f i ts r ece ip t b y you and receive y o u r m o n e y back in ful l i f you a r e not en t i r e ly satisfied wi th your invest- men t , This g ives you ten days in which to i n v e s t i g a t e and to a s s u r e y o u r s e l f t h a t th i s is n o t a chance, bu t t h e best and b i g g e s t l i t t le inves t - mer i t you ever made. Could a n y t h i n g be more f a i r and square ? W a s e v e r an i n v e s t m e n t offered so a t t r a c t i v e and so s u r e ?

J u s t t e a r o f f and fill ou t th i s coupon and a t t a c h a ten-dol Iar bill to it, or a check, or a Money Order , and mail i t to-day. R E M E M B E R t M s offer is m a d e only to the f i r s t one thousand who a n s w e r th is ad- ve r t i s emen t .

T H E D O U B L E S E R V I C E T I R E & R U B B E R C O , Akron , Ohio.

I he reby accep t y~ur offer as m a d e in the above adve r t i s emen t , and a m enclosing ten aol lars , f o r which please send me Stock Certifi- care fo r F o r t y (40) sha re s of Stock of your Company, Fu l ly Paid and Non-Assessable , w i t h desc r ip t ive l i t e r a t u r e r e g a r d i n g t h e same, w i th t h e u n d e r s t a n d i n g t h a t i f I a m not en t i r e ly satisfied wi th m y invest- men t , you will r e t u r n m y m o n e y in ful l a n y t ime wi th in t en days of m y rece ip t of m y Stock Cer t i f ica te a n d l i t e ra tu re . N a m e ..........................................

Addres s ...................................... S t a t e ......................................

I I ]IN EXTENDING you my hearty good wishes for l " Christmas and the New Year, I wish also to ~

.} express my sincere thanks tor the liberal patronage accorded me during my business career in Cass City.

C. W. HELLER

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C H A P T E R VI I .

A Real Detective, O n e of the g r e a t e s t de tec t ives in

t h e w o r l d (in his own opinion and, w h a t was more r e m a r k a b l e still, in t h a t of his wife) sa t down to his eve- n i n g meal. He cat led it supper ; as ,:they called it immed ia t e ly a f te r the s t o n e age, when man and woman be- g a n to form habi ts . This supper con- s i s t ed of corned-beef , cabbage an4 bo i led pota toes . H a g g e r t y heaped his 'plate, p roceeded to sl ice the th ree into :a c o a r s e hash and spr ink led it liber- a l ly wi th salt, pepper and vinegar. H e w a s no t a t a lka t ive m a n at his meals , wh ich he t ho rough ly enjoyed, having a cons t i tu t ion far more rugged than ' tha t of the Uni ted Sta tes , in tha t it was no t open to p romiscuous amend- men t s . Nor was Mrs. H a g g e r t y trou- b led with the vapors of the fashion- able. She ate as silently and heartily as he r lord and mas te r . They finished off t he meal wi th qua r t e r sl ices of rich mince pie, w a s h e d down the whole wi th pints of aromatic coffee, and then smiled across the table. Their admira- ~iQn for each other was mutual; it had stood the acid test of eight years of propinquity.

Haggerty was a real detective, a post-graduate in the virtues and deKn- quencies of humanity; the detective you and i know in every-day life; who was once a policeman on our block and who winked when we broke a window playing o~e-old-cat Haggerty's salary might be called handsome, if one in- cluded the splits in frequent rewards; but as the pay of a man wlm took his

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Co., doing business in the City of To- ledo, County and State aforesaid, and ~hat said firm will PaY the sum of O'NEI H U N D R E D DOLLARS for each and ev- ery c~se of Catarrh that cannot be cure@[ by the use of HALL'S CATARRI-I CURI~

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1% j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by aI1 Druggists. 75c.

i ~ k ~ ~ l l ' s F~mily Pills for conatlp~tiOgh

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l ife in his hands /seven days in the week and fifty weeks in the year, it was less than meager .

"Milly, you 've got 'em all ko towing when it comes t ' corn'-beef an' cab- bige. Say! I'm thinking of buying t h a t little o1' shack up Bronx way, after all."

"No !" "Sure th ing!" "But I don' t l ike these mortgages ,

Will. If anyth ing happened to you, where 'd I be?"

"And wilere are yuu goiiig tO get three thousand dol lars? They won ' t take a cent under six for the place."

"Leave it t ' me." He pulled out a thick b lack cigar. Had Genera1 Lee sent a box of t hem to General Gran t there wouldn ' t have been any Appo-: mattox.

'"Will, you a ren ' t taking any of tha t graft stuff, after your promise to me six years ago?"

"Nix on th' graft , Milly. I a in ' t handsome but I 'm honest . More 'n that, I ain ' t the g ink they th ink I am down at Central ."

"You're a smar t man, Will." H a g g e r t y was wor th looking at. H e

had a round head, a sign of combat ive- ness. He had h e a v y rec tangu la r j aws , a sign of perseverance . He had keen blue eyes, too, wi th room enough be- tween to sa t i s fy the mos t cri t ical of phrenologis ts and phys iognomis t s (for whom the de tec t ive had the hea r t i e s t contempt) . To see things, to obse rve and re ta in impress ions , it is not neces- sa ry to hold a un ivers i ty degree . Theory and logical deduction, as writ- ten, interested H a g g e r t y just about as much as a missionary's lecture on the uplift of the sinful Hottentot would have done. Crime to him was merely a picture-puzzle; there were so many pieces and only one way to put them together. \Vhen he found another piece he tried to f.,t the two together. if they did not fit he proceeded to hunt for the other pieees. By and by he got a corner together , maybe a center- piece; in the end the p ic ture unfolded. Nothing mysterious about this.

Haggerty was not orilliant; he was only slow and sure. And because of this ability to wait he had now been a detective of the first class for six years. As the character of his imvesti- gations somewhat removed him from %he graft zone his promise to his wife was rather a negligible one. The low ,cut-purse, the polished swindler, the dishonest bank o~eial, all were fish to his net. Being a man of great phys- ical strength, courageous as all Irish- ~en are who have had to fight their w a y to a decent Day to!l, and fond of his work besides , he was forn_ddaMe. He was well known, feared and re- spected. He never a 'pproached h{s .quarry t i l l he was abso lu te ly cer ta in o f his picture-Dazzle. Then his hand fell heavily. He w~s jus t but merci- less. H~s bus iness was to get the crim- inal. i f a ju ry wan~ed to. let the man go, tlw2t was no concern of his.

"Some t ime be tween now an" ,mid- night,, Milly, I'm gofng ,t' put this hand, somel~ manicured ~duke on th' ~houl- der of t h ' clevere~<t crook New York ha s seen in years . He ' s had th' force ~p a ~ree for a lmos t a . y e a r . P~eee of bull-headed tuck, :b,ut luck 's hal{ ~of a n y game."

" \¥~o is it, ~ i l l : ? ' "Th' gent lemantT jewel thief, as th '

: reporters call him." " S e ~ e n thousand do l l a r s ~in re-

w a r d s f " "Six @rom ~h' ~peopte w h o ~ e :been

jobbed an' one f rom Pa Knickerbock- ~er. T~at ' l l t a k e ,~are c a r e o f ~hat lit-

Hagg~rty Was W o r t h Look ing At.

tle oi' Bronx shack, an' some onion money besides. Oh, I've got him all Tight. Qaeer case, t:hough; an' I don't understand it all yet. But ~ know: who an' where he is."

"Tell me. You've nev,er said a word." His wife leaned across the table eager- ly.

"I don ' t ta lk tilt I 'm sure, MiLy. If yo,u women 'd only thi~k it out tha t way there 'd be a lot o' t rouble saved. Well, you r e m e m b e r t used t' pooh. hooh this finger-print business . Looked like exper t stuff. I ~.ever saw two ex. ports who agreed on anything. But this thumbprint is th' real article; you can't get away from it. Fact. When Mrs. Armitage lost her emeralds~ forty thousand iron-boys, including duty~think of it, forty thousand for a string of little Irish.-green stones~ well, I was detailed t' look over th' case. She has a whatchacallit next t' l~er bedroom."

"Boudoir" "That's it. Well, she had th' slimk.

e~t wall safe you ever heard of. Or, dinary furnace register in th' wall an' back of it the safe. New stunt. Bu~

~_er__~'~. a )ways somebody t~a t n.nJ~

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out. Li t t le t ab le s t ands in f ron t of it. Maid hadn ' t dusted it lately. Saw a nice t h u m b print . Pe r f ec t . Got it photographed , an' w e n t over th' help an' th' folks t hemse lves . Didn ' t match . Same pr int on a l i t t le idol in the safe. !So I put it a w a y for f u t u r e reference. There wasn ' t any m a t c h for it down 'at Central , e i ther . New hand. Th' 4dol was one o' t hem Hindu things. Chap was i n t e r e s t ed in it. We laid :low for th ' break-up of th ' jewels . N e v e r came. Say! m e b b e we didn ' t s i t uo an' t a k e not ice ." H a g g e r t y 'fu:mhi~d in hiR xv~j~t('Oa.% f,qr ~. ra2feh.

" E v e r y good jewel is reg i s te red . All j e w e l e r s k n o w some th ing abou t it. 'Well, no th ing doing in R o t t e r d a m or ~Amsterdam, or any o the r of th ' o1' :country dams. Th' guys w a s either :afraid or wa i t ing till w e forgot . But :'we don ' t forget , Milly. Then came th ' Ho l l i s t e r pink pearls . Ol ' - fashioned 'safe this tr ip. Easy job. O1' Hol l i s t e r 'had one o' t hose j ade pla tes . W h a t a ~ou th ink? S a m e t h u m b pr in t on that . N u m b e r three , th' Morris rubies . Good !safe, n ice job, bu t no v i s i t ing card ~of anyone we knew. A L o o y th ' Four- : teenth minachure . Morr i s s ays it 's wor th two thousand. Mr. Thumb- .print again. I was getting loony. Sud- denly it got int' my coco that th' gink .was interested in curios. Get me?"

Mrs. Haggerty squeezed her hands together in her excitement.

"Nothing more after th' Morris rubies. That was eight r~onths ago. :Well, I went bug on th' thumb-print .thing. Hunted bar-rails, ship-rails; ~verywhere you could think of. Y' see, there was a little scar across what th' wise ones call the whorl. That :,was his photograph. Th' swag mount- 'ed up to a hundred an' twenty thou- isand, m a r k e t value. Now, tha t ' s go- /ins some even these days, when you 'think of it. I:or weeks an' weeks nothing but blind alleys. Then came th' bull-headed luck• They were put- ting in some new mummies at th' museum, an' ! was d e t a i l e d t' wa tch th' c rowd for dips. ! was looking over one o' th ' n e w cases, when who bobs up bu t Mr. Thuml)-print, 's large as life. You could have k n o c k e d me over with a feather. Say, girl, you wouldn ' t t h ink it, but t he re ' s th ree t housand bugs in this l i t t le ol' New York who don ' t do no th ing bu t collect things, fu rn i tu re , rugs, china, weapons , .foreign th ings an' mummies . Say, but i wore out some shoe lea ther . All th' t ime ~ was handl ing th ' r eg ' i a r jobs. I hobnobbed wi th s t u d e n t s an' profes- sors. I gum-shoed th' h o m e s of th ' no ted a rehy wha t ' s t h e m ? "

"Archeo log is t s , " s u p p l e m e n t e d Mrs. I-iaggerty, who h:ad gone t h rough high school.

:"By an ~' b y t got r id of two thou. sand nine. hund red an' n ine ty-n ine of the bugs. A~' N u m b e r T h r e e Tb:~u. sand had m e - s ~ a l t o w i n ~ m y Adam's apple, f couldn ' t connec t him. A mil l ionaire, Milly; spends t housands diggings up th ' dried ones, f r i end of th' ~ ie t ropo l i t an d i r ec to r s an ' ~ . P.; got a raft of medals , an ' m!~ that. :'S fine a looking chap as ye~!',d want t' see. You know, Milly, l've got what they ~M1 th' hunch. I can spot a bad actor just as you can :a w:~man that ain't straight. That hu~:dh balked. I f he 'd ,done it, it w~s a s :a joke, £or{ h e doesn ' t need money . "

"I~ave you got hi~ 't:h,~¢m'b print?": a sked Mrs. H a g g e r t y , w~o w a s t h i n b ing ,of the s e v e n thousa, n,d dollars .

"The re ' s w h e r e I fall down. ~I couldn',t ge t it w i thou t 'going a t h[~n !straight. So I s e t t l ed d o w n t' s tudy ihim an' his habi ts . O~:e d~y , while I w a s .nosing round I felt ,ont' somethimg tha t g o t m y goat. You see , Milly, t hese bugs gene ra l ly 91ay two games, one for w o r k an' one gor :play. W,ell, t h i s c h a p ' s p lay w&~--" Hagg¢¢ty a rose . o

"%~7itl !" "~Buying up oi' smf+~s an ' yegging

'e~_z< !"

Cont inued next, week .

* STREET CORNER SAG~ *

~¢. , , He T a l k s A b o u t A u t a - m o - b e e l s .

He w a s s t and ing w i t h some o ther old men in f r o n t o f the postoFfice, waiting" fo r the carrie-r to b r ing the mor~fing mai l up f r o m the r a i l road s ta t ion.

" B ' l e v e m e " - h e said "suddenly, "~'au- ta-mo-~Jeels is g i t t in ' t h i c k e r 'an :~ees on these here c o u n t r y r o a d s . E v ' r y fe l le r in the county , s eems like has g o t one a the th ings , 'an is r i d in ' in i t all the t ime. A in t sa fe tv go no p lace enny mm;e w i th a s k e e r y hoss , 'cayuse shore as .you do ye r l i 'bul to have a run -a -way . : 'Sall r i gh t fro" a doc tor :'or some b u d d y t h e t needs o n e in the i r b izness to own the durn th ings , b~ t I 'm aga in ' th i s p l ea su re d r iv in ' in 'em."

" W h y I w a s t a l k ing to Ysaiah Waid- ley l as t night,," said an aud i to r , "and he tel ls me you are go ing t o b u y one in the sp r ing . "

"Wal l i t a i n t m y f a u l t , " said the Sage has t i ly . '*The th ing ' l l se t me back seven or e igh t hund red dollars , bu t when th ' ole w o m a n se ts her head on g i t t in ' someth in ' th ' on ly w a y you

k i n m a k e her f e r g i t a b o u t it is to go a n ' b u y it. She w o u l d n ' t ca re if I wen t p lum b roke . "

Whol |g Inappropriate. "I can ' t find tiny old c lo thes to put

on the scarecrow," said F a r m e r Corn-

tossel. "You migh t use some of the fancy

duds our boy Josh b rough t home," sug- gested his wife .

" I 'm try[n ' to scare the crows. I 'm ~ot t ry in ' to m a k e 'era l augh . " - -Har - yard Lampoon.

Send the Chronicle as an X m a s gi f t .

PRETTY PERUVIAN GIRL

Miss Teresa Granda y Peze t is an in- t e res t ing addition f rom the diplomatic circle to the list of debu tan t e s in Wash ing ton socie ty this winter . Miss Granda is spending the win te r at the Peruvian legation with her uncle and aunt, the minister from Peru and Mine. Pezeto

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CAn'T PROVE HE iS DEAD

Wil~ of a Man Who Has Been Missing Twenty-One Years, Offere~

fo r Probate,

Denver.--For the first time in the history of the Denver county court the will of a man o£ whose death there is no record has been lodged with the clerk of the court. It may be- crone necessary to have the maker, George T. Sheets, dec la red legally dead before the i n s t r u m e n t is offered for probate.

Sheets , a contractor , made the will in 1893. He was then seventy- two years old. A year la ter he disap- ~ared. The family did not know of • the existence of the will until a few days ago, when Attorney ~.dwin Parke discovered, the document in his safe. Parke turned it over to the clerk of the court.

~ORE ~OBS THAN CHE[~]STS

Sca'rc i ty of En~t inee~ Shown at C¢~ [umbia U~iversity Since Out-

break of War.

: ~ e w York.---Since t he o u t b r e a k of ~ e wa r and the r e su l t ing increase in chemical projec ts in this couagry the demand for chemica l engineers has

:grown so rapidly tha~t the companies ~ r e finding i t d~m,cutt ~to !fill t h e many ~places tha t are now open.

Indicat ion ~f th i s was gix'en a t Co- lumbia mdve r s i t y when ~ e a n Fred- er ick A. Goetze v~ the g r a d u a t e en- g ineer ing school ~eporte¢! ~that he had r e c e i v e d a cMl @ore ;a ,~nining com- :pany for severa l ¢chem$cal engineers familiar with ,the iron :and steel in- dustry, but th'ag he h~s been unable to find any of the recent graduates who were not alread7 ,,~ell placed.

IS LONELIEST OF PUPILS

MissouM You th Has School and Teach- er All to Him:self--Sports

Are Eschewed°

Chillicothe, Mo.--Livingstone county has the smallest possible school in the world--it has j~a.st :one pupil. But, despite the small enrollment, it keeps grinding steadily u~ay, confining its activities principally to the text books and eschewing :football and other forms of athletics.

The school in question is in district No. 2 in Medic ine t o w n s h i p and Miss M a r y Phi l l ips is the t e a c h e r . The l i s t of m a t r i c u l a n t s has n o t been pub- l i shed. W h e n t h e t e r m began five w e e k s ago, i t was ~ g i c i p a t e d t h a t a n u m b e r of ch i ld ren would enroll , bu t o n l y t h i s one boy came, so t he t e a c h e r s t a r t e d in wi th t he cou r se .

CHILD SMOTHERS IN COTTON

Litt le Oklahoma Girl Digs Hole in Pile and Ttaen Accidentally ]

Tumble~ l,~.

Guthrie, O k l a . ~ T h e nine-year-old daugh t e r of Paul Richey, a fa rmer liv- ing near Prague, th i r ty miles eas t o f here , was "drowned" in a pile of cot ton in her fa ther ' s field.

W h e n the ht t le girl was missed, her pa ren t s s tar ted out to sea rch for her. H e r fa the r finally saw her shoes on top of the huge mound of cotton, and c loser examinat ion disc losed her body buried, head first, in the fluffy mass. She evident ly had dug a hole in the ll pile and then acc identa l ly fallen into it, the loose cot ton packing about hm" and smother ing her.

Anti-Girl Club Formed. Kendallvi l le , Ind. - -Thir ty-f ive young

bache lo r s of this c i ty have organize4 the "Anti-Girl" club. To be caught t ak ing a young woman to a theater, dance "or o ther social function, or home f rom church, or even to make a social call, will cos t the member $5. The "high cost of entertainment" is given as the cause for organizing.

BEAULEY.

W h e n Mrs. J a m e s Young , (ff G r a n t township , died t h r e e w e e k s ago her t h r ee sons of Sea t t l e , who could no t a t t end the funera l , s e n t the fo l lowing to the i r b r o t h e r s and s i s te r s :

My M o t h e r - - A Prayer .

By Tom Dillon.

F o r the body you g a v e me, the bone and the sinew, t h e h e a r t and t he b r a in t h a t a re you r s , m y mother , I

uil~ uivu(l l i l lily V t ~ i I l ~ , ~ o r

m y speech, f o r m y l ife , for m y being. All t h a t I am is f r o m you who bore n!e.

F o r all the love t h a t you g a v e me, u n m e a s u r e d f r o m the beginning , m y mothe r , I t hank you. I t hank you fo r the hand t h a t led me, the voice t h a t d i rec ted me, the b r e a s t t h a t nes t led me, the a r m t h a t shielded me, the lap t h a t r e s t ed me. All t h a t I am is b y you, who nursed me.

F o r your smile in the morn ing and your kiss a t night, m y mother , I t h a n k you. I t hank you f o r the t e a r s you shed over me, the songs t ha t you sung" to me, the p r a y e r s you said fo r me, f o r your vigi ls and min i s t e r ings . All all I am is by you, who rea red me.

F o r the f a i t h you had in me, the hope you had fo r me, fo r y b u r t r u s t and your pride, my mother, I thank you. I thank you for your praise and your chiding', for the justice you bred into me and the honor you made mine. All that I am you taught me.

For the sore travail that I caused you, for the visions and despairs, my mother, forgive me. Forgive me the peril I b r o u g h t you to, the sobs and the moans I w r u n g f r o m you, and fo r the strength i took f r o m you mother, forgive me.

For the fears I gave you, for the alarms and the dreads, my mother, forgive me. Forgive me the joys I deprived you, the toils I made for you, for the hours, the days, and the years t c laimed f r o m you, mother , f o rg ive iTle.

Fo~" the t imes t h a t t hu r t you, the t imes I had no smile for you, the ca res ses I did not g ive you, m y moth- or, f o rg ive me. F o r g i v e me for >ny a n g e r s and revol ts , f o r m y decei ts and evasions, for all the pangs and sor- rows I b r o u g h t to you, mother , for~ give me.

F o r your lessons I did not learn, for your wishes I did not heed, for the counsels I did not obey, my mother, forgive me. Forgive me my pride in my youth and my glory in my s t r eng th that forgot the bo! iness of your y e a r s and the vene ra - tion of your w e a k n e s s , fo r m y neglect , fo r m y self ishness, f o r all the g r e a t d@bts of you r love t h a t I have no t pa id , n e t h e r , sweet mother , f o r g i v e me.

And m a y the peace and the joy that passeth all understanding" be yours, my mother, forever and ever. Amen.

R E A L E S T A T E T R A N S F E R S .

F r a n k Bened ic t and w i f e to E d w a r d R. Lee and wi fe , se ¼ o f se % nw % of se % and s ~/~ of ne ¼ sect ion 1 K i n g s t o n $4500.

Moses G. G a r n e r a n d w i f e to Nor - m a n d. Garner , w 34 ac res of e ½ of e ~ of sw ~{ s e c t i o n 14 D e n m a r k [$3200.

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John H. F o s t e r and wi fe to H a r r y D>Kink tey e t al p a r t sw % sec t ion 16 F a i r g r o v e $600.

C h a s . G. Dickinson and w i f e t o Leone Tyo, p a r t Cass Ci ty $1,000.

S ta t e Savings Bank Caro to J o h n Co Gordon and wife , lots 18 and 19, p~, 20 bIk. 6 M o n t a g u e ' s sub. Ca~'o $1,000

Lot t i e P a l m e r to Lo t Fos t e r , p a r t Tuscola $1200.

Geo. F. K e n n a r d et al to A l f r e d R, Baker and wife, se ¼ of ne ~ sec t ion 16 Vassa r $1.

John J. M a u r e r and wi fe to Theo- dv~v Sci~ui~. i~ i ~ and ~ inK. O Roger's add Reese $1500.

Geo. H. Kilbourn and wife to Fred H. Vogt and wife, w 51 acres of nw section 24 Vassar $1500.

Jos. E. Levis and wife to Frank A. Pres ton , p a r t nw ~/~ sect ion 23 T u s - cola $6500.

Sophia L a y e r to E r n e s t E. L a y e r and wife, ne ~ of sw ~Asection 27 Fa i rg rove $2700.

F rank F. Soper and wi fe to J o h n H. Wooley and wife , lots 2 and 3, blk . " B " J a r v i s add K i n g s t o n $66.

Pa t r i ck Toohey, sr., to Samuel P u t - ham and wife , ne f r l ~ sec t ion 4 E1- l ington $8400.

t J a m e s Colling to F r a n k S u g d e n and /wife , se % sect ion 10 W a t e r t o w n t $10,000. i Robe r t Vance to Char les S c h w a r t z and wife, e ~ of ne % sect ion 25 D a y - ton $3,000.

] Geo. ~ iayer and wife to K a t h a r i n e 1 Engelhardt, se ¼ of ne ~. and s ½ of ne ¼ of ne ~ section 29 Denmark $Io

N. E. York to Oscar M. York, s 3-5 of s ~ of nw -t~ and part entire sec- ~tion 25 Arbe]a $1500.

Keen Scented DeeP. Under the. mos t f avo rab le a tmos -

pheric conditions deer can scent a m a ~ at the distance of a mile and a hail

I f he is smoking the rnn?:e m a y be in- creased to two miles. They have been

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i known to re fuse to cross a man ' s t r a c k more than four hours a f t e r he had passed, but rain may des t roy the seen~ in ten n~inutes.--St. J ames ' Gazette..

iS IT Y O U ~ K I D N E Y S .

. on t ~ i s t a k e tke Cause of Y o u r Troubles°

Many people never s u s p e c t t h e i r kidneys, t f s u f f e r i n g f r o m a l am% weak or aching back t h e y th ink t h a t i t is oMy a muscu l a r w e a k n e s s ; w h e n u r ina ry t rouble se t s in t h e y t h ink i t will not cor rec t i tself . And so i t is with at! the o ther s y m p t o m s of k i d n e y disorders. That. is where the d a n g e r of ten ties. You should rea l ize t h a t these b:ov.bles o f t en lead to d r o p s y o r Br igh t ' s disease. An e f f ec t i ve r e m e d y for weak or d i seased k idneys is Do an's Kidney Pills. Res iden t s of th i s vicini ty are cons t an t ly t e s t i f y i n g .

Lyle Spencer, b lacksmi th , R. F. D. No. 2, Deford, Mich., says : " M y ki~ .... neys were w e a k and ! suffered from i pains in the small of my back. There were sharp twinges in my back after ! stooped over. Doan's Kidney Pills l had been used in the family wfth ex- cellent resul ts , so I t r i ed t h e m ° They cured me."

Pr ice 50c, a t all dealers . Don'% sims, ply ask fo r a k idney r e m e d y - - ~ e ~ Doan's Kidney P i l l s - - t h e s ame tha'~ cured 1Vlr. Spencer . F o s t e r - M i l b u r n Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y . ~ A d v . 7

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"Martha," said F a r m e r I=Iolt one even ing to his wife when she was w a s h i n g the dishes, " John Corey was \ ta lkin ' to me this af ternoon. He says he wan t s to s i t marr ied ."

"Well, w h y don ' t he?" " K e says the re a in ' t no one to

m a r r y Y : "There ' s lots o' Wimmin would like

to ge t J6hn. He 's passed out o' onsartin y o u t h into shore middle age. t Ie 's got a good farm, and it 's well stocked, and he h a i n ' t got no bad habi ts fixed on to him. I could n a m e ha l f a dozen gals about yore t h a t would be glad to get him."

" H e says he couldn ' t m a k ~ up his m i n d to do the court in ' ."

'%Vhat's he w a n t to do any courtin' f o r ? Courtin's for younkers . John's too old for that, and if he marr ies a w o m a n of sui table age--some ' rs about

" t h i r ty - -1 reckon she won ' t set store b~ the court in ' par t 0£ i t neither."

" H o w can a man get marr ied without doin' any eourdn'?°'

"'He kin jist ask the woman he wants to marry, and if she says yes they kin be married. '"

"But John says he don' t know any par t icular woman he w a n t s t o marry."

Mrs. Holt finished doing her d{shes, put them a w a y and, taking up a bas- ket of stockings° beg'an to darn- them, i~er husband tu rned to the Farmer ' s l i m p e r and began to reaG

" I ' m thinkin ' ," said the wife, whose mind had got set on the matrimonia! question, " tha t Mandy Sellers would be about wha t J o h n - w a n t s . She's a first ra te cook and keeps the house Iookin' nea t and clean all the time. She's al. ways workin ' a t ~omethinL"

"Reckon her f a the r and mother need her."

"There ' s the younger sister, i" Susan. She could take Mandy ' s place. Besides, a gal has got to look out for a home of her own."

"~tow d 'ye know Mandy would have John ?"

" E u m p h l She'd j u m p at the chance.'" The f a rmer tu rned to his paper. He

was more in teres ted in an article on the feeding" of hog's than in ~)roviding John Corey with a wife. But the idea of mak ing the poor man comforlable and obtaining" a t the same time a home for Mandy Sellers had got into Mrs Holt ' s head, and she couldn' t get it out.

Miss Sellers occupied the adjoh~ing f a r m to the Holts, and presently leav- ing her husband immersed in the hog' feeding" problem the good woman slip- ped out and in te rv iewed Mandy, tell- ing her tha t John Corey wanted a wife. She did not ask Mandy if she would like the position; she simply s ta ted the fact. But a few days later when Man- dy asked if John had got a wife yet Mrs. Holt suggested t h a t Mandy would be about the kind of wife he should have. Mandy s impered and said he "wouldn ' t look a t hm'."

One day John was at work at the c ider press when he heard Mrs. Holt call him from the road. He went to her, snc] she spent h'~lf an hem" ques- t ioning him about the t r ea tmen t of cows and chickens and other mat te r s per ta in ing to the farm. Jus t as she was about to depar t she said:

"By the bye , Mr. Corey, have you seen Mandy Sellers lately?"

"No, Mrs. Holt, I ha in ' t seen none o' the Sellers family in some time."

"Fine gal, Mandy." "Thh~k so?"

" G o o d Cook; knows all about a fa rm and specially good at dairy work."

~,nr ~ . w l n t tO know!"

"I wonder why some of the unmar- ried men about yore hasn ' t picked Man- dy up. She's gett in ' on past the age for the young .fellers, and there 's not m a n y middle aged men in these parts t ha t haven ' t wives."

"Reckon I 'm about the only one o" thai:, kind."

" I f you ' re want in ' a wife you couldn't do be t te r than m a r r y Mandy."

"La" sakes, Mrs. Holt: Mandy Sel- lers wouldn ' t ma r ry me. Besides, she's wan ted at the Sellers farm. She a 'most runs i t"

"Don't you believe that. Mandy would like a home as well+as any gal I know."

Mrs. Holt, being a diplomat, w e n t no f u r t h e r at the time. She had sowed the seed both in the breast of Miss Sellers and Mr. Corey and was dis- posed to give it t ime to germinate. By a skillful manipula t ion of the par- ties she finally got them together. John proposed, was accepted, and in due t ime the pair were marr ied.

Now, John Corey ,was not a pliable man even iu yot]th, and, having come to middle age, his will was hardening like his bones and cartilage. -~s for Mandy, she was a methodical person who prefer red to do such work as a w o m a n is expected to do in her own way. Thus when he saw, her doing things in a d i f ferent w a y from w h a t he had been used to doing them he de- murred. Mandy had kept the paren- tal abode spick and span. Her f a the r had been accus tomed on coming into the house a f t e r his day 's work was finished to put on a pair of slippers; John t ramped in his muddy boots all ov~r the house. H e r f a the r did not smoke; John did and knocked the ashes out o f his pipe on anyt]M~g that came handy, usual ly the floor.

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C A S S C I T Y C H R O N I C L E , FI~IDAX, D E C E M B E R 24, 1915. i i i r i i i i - ] u i i i i i r i i r l U l l l i i i i i i i i i i

One day Farmer Holt a ~ t John Core~ ~ T h e z met at the crossroads.

so, , BookI0 do you like mat r imony so f~r as ye got*." :

"Waal, I ain ' t as independen, t as I was. My wife seems inclined 'to run •

. = , d , . . o , |n full appreciation of your liberal patron= @i Farmer Holt cimnged the st}bject. A 4ocai ca fe t e r i a was the scene of an

fo th k =to, =o, = ,oo ,°proof tho a g e r 9 5==we a n y o u . Corey and asked her a similar ,ques- In a cafe te r ia the luncheon seeker lion. wande r s f rom ta . . . . . . .

"WaaL Mrs. Heir, it would be ,wet~l ble to t ab le with enough if John had any respec~ for a t ray, collecting

more to him than his 'barn." ceivcs a check . . N e w c"-ar When Mr. and Mrs. H o l t compared for the amount ®

notes it became apparen t to them tha t of food on his t i f the Corey fami ly continued as t h e y t ray and pays the had begun they would not hang togeth- check on the way , er long. h~r. Holt accused his w i f e o f out a f t e r he has I ~ ; having b e e n t o o a c t i v e i n m a k i n g t h e finished. P A R R E L L & T O W N S E N D COo match, and Mrs, Hol t re tor ted by ask- A youno- man

i n s him who s ta r ted the matter . Since of prepossessing C A S S CITY, M I C H I G A N ~}~

John Corey w a n t e d a wife he put-sued w i t h the ear- the argumefl t no fur ther , ma rks of "know- /

Matters in the Corey family w e n t : i n s h i s • w a y from bad to worse. W h e n e v e r J o h n J ~ - ~ ~ I a r o u n d " up- ~ ~ c c a x ~ ~ x c c c c c c c ~ ~ ~ [ ] ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ met F a r m e r Holt he abused him for p r e a c h e d the making a match for him with the "con- cashier with his sarnedes t woman in the world." When check and laid a . . . . . . . . . ~ , ~ , ~ Mrs. Corey met Mrs. Holt she rued the . . . . . . . . day when she had Ieft a good home to GLANCED AT TUn f i f ty cent piece . . . . . : keep house for a man who was so set G~RL. on the counter.

The girl, who is , •

in his ways tha t an ox team couldn ' t s o m e w h a t austere , sna tched up the D 3N W A S T E COAL move him. The recitals of fami ly diffi- piece, looked at i t skeptically, then culties were f rom time to t ime poured bounced it on ~he counter. It rang

into F a r m e r Holt 's ears by John Corey true. She took out change, including ~ , ~ ~ instead of half b u r n i n g ~he coal by p o o r and into Mrs. Holt 's ears b y Mrs. a penny, and pushed it t oward the Corey. Now and again the Holts were customer. All dur ing the occurrence L ~ ~ ~ draught and clinkers~and losing half the heat reminded tha t they had made the the s t ing was not so much in w h a t she ° you p a y f o r ~ u s e match. John said he didn' t blame did as in the w a y she did it.

Holt for his share in tying him up The young m a n had not said a word VIIIII ~ ~ co= ' with a virago, but this did not cause 'or moved a muscle of his face all the " .

the lat ter to fee! especially well satis- time. P rese rv ing the saine serenity and burr . eve ry ounce of it. The re witt be n o t h i n g fled with Mmself for having done so. and silence, he picked up his change, 5~:rs. Core~, , " ' left to s~f t - ' iost fine ashes° .. ]m not hesitate to th row glanced at the girl, regarded t h e pro> o. all the [,lame fox. her "mis take" on n y a moment , bouneed it on the coin- "11 I - , k ' } ~ ] ; S l l e s Mrs. Kolt. tar, l istened, picked it up and walked I , , t , f ~ o

in t ime t h e s e vituperations became out, his f ace as expressionless as ever. ,~m'~ ~ - so marked tha t the Holts concluded Pa t rons Who had watched lau?,'hed produce the p u r e s t a n t h r a c i t e in t h e w o r l d - - a n d tha t they n]ust do son]ething to stbp quietly, and the girI's face flush~-d.-- I l l I 1 1 1 !%OOFfleStOVOLl f t ' e e f F o l ' I A ' ~ " ,~-~==.-, dIF#, s e F e e I [ P ~ g & n d

i them. The mi]y th ing they could think N e w a r k S t a r . ~ ";-.,~.~. = ~ . . . . . . " .

of was to apologue for having inter- CL~*.;ct-,_Oa~e_,]P_g ingredients. fared to brin~ the eouple together. One Do it Now. ~7~ e ~,'~-~..,~ a t a v e r y smalt preFniu.m irl pr ice evening a f t e r Mrs. Holt had cleared Lose this day loitering, 'twill be the same -

the supper table and done the dishes story YI I - o,., A== . , , , , , . . . o . . o T o m o r r o w , and the next m o r e d i I a t o r y ; t h a t t h e y wi]! c o i f i r m the s t a t e m e n t t h a t i t is t they walked over to the Corey f a rm T h e n i n d e c i s i o n b r i n g s i t s o w n d e l a y s , ' . . . .

to carry out their intention. They And days are lost lamen.ting those lost tVOi"~h m o r e t h a n o r d i n a r y ha rd coal. Place y o u r found ?fir. .and Mrs. Corey at home, days. and the couple, not hlvi]]g had any rea- Are you in earnest? Seize this very min- OF(~C}2 lqO%V, i

u_ S tislas S01] t0 quarrel with each other, re- What you can do, or dream you can, be- calved their guests, if not with cordi- gin it. " ality, at least with common civility. Courage has genius, power and magic in . .o ~, " , Cuss C ty Gram, Company i The visitors ta lked for a t ime about Only engage, and then the mind grows the crops, what they were going to l)ut h. eated-- into the ground for the next 5,ear and :Begin it and the work will be completed. other ordinary matters . Present ly Mrs. --Goethe. . ¢]

~Io!t looked knowinldy at her husb:~nd, H is Clew. . .~~_~Aiii~tg/iiz;:i+=~+i/i+,+<:tiI+ ~ , % I & , z , I Z ~ , ; ~ 2 , , ~ > , , . + I ~ , ~ who, nerving himself for an effort, The London police se rgean t raised .............................................................................. ~- .......................................................................................................................................................

af ter cleating" his throat, said: his eyes f rom the blot ter as two po,-L'K{"''"~I~II~Y~II" 1 [ 1 t ~ GREETIN 'GS TO M E ~ B E R S W H ~ N O T . "I wan t to say to you peol)!e tha t the l ieemen propelled the resis t ing victim • OF B A P T I S T C H U R C H

blame for the mis take that has been . . . . ~he Free M e t h o d i s t s a re still hold- before him. A N D CO~"~GRE~ ....... ~TION. ing'~revival services. made i sa l I o n m e . t ]nentioned to n]y "A germs.~ ~py~si r !"~a~ped thefi]'.~, l [ l ~ i l I I

wife tha t John wanted to get marr ied, bobby. The L. A. S sacred d inner in Moul- and she reekone-i thr, t you two might "I am an Amer ican and can prove , A ,~ain l'!l l r y in His blest name, "" be a hell) to each other. I d idn ' t ~ $on's halt Wednesday , Dec. 22. know tha t ,John wasn ' t used to havin ' it," denied the victim. M y h e a r t i e s t C h r i s t m a s wish to Mrs. P a r k e r will e n t e r t a i n ' heF

clean house and"- - "Th.affs w h a t he says, but here% the f r a m e , - - daug'hters and g r a n d c h i l d r e n Chr i s t - a "I didn' t know," in ter rupted Mrs. evidence," in te r rup ted the second bob- W. a. C A M P B E L L OF McGREGOR, E n t w i n e it all wi th holly sprigs, mas, Holt, " t lmt Mandy wouhl make a fuss by. t r i u m p h a n t l y producing a bulky W E N T TO R E P A I R P L A N T R e g a l e it well wi th p ine - t ree twigs , Mrs. W a l t e r M c A r t h u r and Mrs .

hole.1 reg is te r f rom beneath his arm R i g h t gladly, then, to send it y o u - - Wil l iam B a r r o w s are n u m b e r e d wi th every t ime there was a bit o' dir t left and point ing to an entry. W I T H L A N T E R N . " Y ul t ide ' s bes t love, both w a r m and the . s i ck . • on a rag carpet."- "V. ~ ""

• ( = , t e a , wri t ten in a flowing t rue . " A i r you statin~ tiffs ease or I.?" ask- hand, was the record ,ha t met the as- T h e t eache r s and.. scho la rs w~tt

ed F a ) m e r Holt severely, tonished serge.'t~,t's gaze.- -Everybody's . As~the l ights were not work ing well C h r i s t m a s I wish m i g h t b r ing to you have a Chr i s tmas box a t t he school- "Look a-here." said Mr. Corey, bris- _ ................. in the Campbell H a r d w a r e s tore in H ands full of eve ry needed t h i n g ; - - house T h u r s d a y a f t e rnoon ,

fling. "Wha t do you people m e a n by M c g r e g o r las t F r i d a y evening, W. J , R i e h bless ings fo r you r h e a r t h and Mr. and Mrs. E. W. H a r t t and son, eomin' yore to in te r fe re be tween man The Cat He Tackled. Campbell , one of the owners , took a home Barton, will spend F r i d a y and S a t u r , and wife?" An I r i shman fresh f rom the "ould

l ighted l a n t e r n and w e n t to the r e a r I n boun teous showers to you m a y day wi th re la t ives a t Pont iac . "Ain ' t you~got nothin' bet ter to do sod" secured a job with a lumbering of the s tore where t he ace ty lene p lan t comet

than that?" asked Mrs. Corey tempos- c rew in the Mimmsota woods. While Mrs. C. Rounds is d a n g e r o u s l y i l l was housed in a shed. The gas was S i n c e God's bes t g i f t s come f r o m a t this wr i t ing , a l t hough t h e s y m p -

tuously. . sound asleep in his bunk one night a leak ing f r o m the t a n k and when he above, "We jist wan ted to apologize for lynx slipped in at the open window, toms were some be : t a r today .

what we done in bringin' you two to- espied P a d d y ' s brindle whiskers and came n e a r enough an explo'sion oe- T hen m a y be yours , Fa i th , Hope and cur red which t h r e w Mr. Campbell sev- Love. Roland R a y w o r t h and m o t h e r l e f t

gather, seein' tha t you both m-ida a prompt ly poun(ed on its supposed en . . . . . . mistake in putt in ' on double harness ." amy. A terrific contes t ensued, during oral fee t . His clothing' c a u g h t fire and M ~y those whose pa ths are lined wi th W e d n e s d a y fo r Yps i lan t i w h e r e t h e y

will spend Chr i s tmas wi th F r e d R a y - "Who's made a mistake.*" growled which P a d d y ' s clothing was reduced to he w a s quite ser iously burned . P r o m p t care,

Corey. . ribbons, but ending !mppily when the act ion by Gilber t Booth and Charles A n d h o m g s w h i e h h a v e a v a c a n t chair , wor th and f ami ly . "There imsn ' t been any mis take ," b r a w n y son of Er in secured a half nel- Cook prevented~ the fire .spreading. S i r o n s F a i t h f r o m God receive, m y Mrs. George Allen is some b e t t e r .

Mr. Campbell is r ecove r ing a t his p raye r . Some of he r f r i ends and n e i g h b o r s cried his wife. so]] on the beas t and heaved it bodily home in t h a t v i l l a ~ e . - - S a n d u s k y presen ted he r wJ.!;h a box of ca rna -

Mrs. Holt was so indignant a t this through the window. F a r m e r . " T o those -whose day t u r n s into night , t ions Tuesday . t o cheer he r up. denial of wha t had been poured into I t e was ins tan t ly sur rounded by n O h! m a y t h e s t a r of Hope shine Mr. and Mrs. Lou B a r r o w s will on- her ears and her husband 's ears for so score of exc~ted and admir ing woods- br ight , t e r ra in a t Chr i s tmas dinner. Mr. a n d long a t ime thqt she opened up the de- men. Af te r examin ing h imse l f critical- V A N D E R B I L T G E T S 5 MONTHS. Y u l e t i d e will prove, 'mid Win te r ' s Mrs. Louis Bar rows , Mr. and Mrs. bate on a high key, Mr. Corey endear - ly P a d d y straig 'htened up slowly and

snows, Win. Ba r rows and ehildren, Mr. and er ing to drown her words with a high- r e m a r k e d wi th dis t inct emphasis : F r a n k Vanderbi l t , the Quanicassee O f f aded flowers, one is not f roze ' Mrs. Jacob B a r r o w s and f a m i l y , Mr. er one. For a t ime the man th rew iu "Bedad. if I knew th' men thot own- hotel keeper , who pleaded gu i l ty to a an oceasional remark, but, finding them. ed thot cat I 'd be a f t h e r rammin" me violat ion of the local opt ion law a t the U n d y i n g L o v e - - t h e Chr i s tmas Rose. and Mrs. los . B a r r o w s and d a u g h -

ter , Mr. and Mrs. Win. Moul ton a n d selves no match for the women, drop- f i s h t . d o w n th ' th roa t av ' im--I wud las t t e r m of the Tuseola County air- A n d since t r u e l o v e can never fai l , M-. and Mrs. Langfo rd . pod out. their n t te ranees sounding like thot!" euit cour t , will ea t Chr i s tmas d inner N or God His m e r c y will curtai l , d is tant thunder mut te r ing in a violent

wi th S h e r i f f Brainer, d a t the jail in D o le t your hold on Chr is t prevai l ! storm~ Susy Program. Care. J u d g e Beach l a s t week sen- NOVESTA CORNERS.

iGnaiiy F a r m e r Coroy deserted, lear- T h e , w o m e n of a cer ta in town recent- t e n c e d h im to five m o n t h s ' imprison- Y our Chr i s tmas , then, be b r i g h t and ins his wife to ca r ry on the fight alone, ly organized a musical appreciation men[ and to pay a fine of $125. g lad ; Mrs. Char les Grinnell i s . visit ing-

- S h e then began a retreat, tu rn ing here club, and for awhi le eve ry th ing w a s 0 h. do no t dwell on p ic tu res sad. he r sister, Mrs. Ju l ius W e n t w o r t h . and there to fire a parting shot. Mrs. lovely. "Louise,"' asked the husband U n l e s s we ' r e f a l se to Chris t ' s love- Miss E v a Mil ton is h o m e f r o m Ca- Corey followed her on to the porch, of one of the members a f te r her re turn C H U R C H N O T E S . t ro th , r e for a t w o weeks ' vaca t ion w i t h while John wen t out the back door to f rom one of the meetings; " w h a t w a s R el inquish F a i t h and Hope and Love, he r paren t s . seek quiet in tt/e barn. the topic unde r discussion by the club S o m e day we' l l see His face above.

The tempest was stilled @hen Mrs. this afternoon*." At first Louise couldn't Method i s t E p i s c o p a l ~ Mrs: A n d r e w Hami l ton spen t S u n - S incere ly and a f f e c t i o n a t e l y ' day wi th he r mothe r , Mrs. S a m u e l

Holt reached the gate and was not re- remember , but finally she exclaimed W . A . Gregory , Pas to r . your pas tor , Sangs te r , sr. sumed. No more r e p r o a c h e s w e r e vis- "Now I recollect: We discussed that You a r e cordial ly invi ted to a t t e n d H . C . H A Y w A R D . ited on Holt by Corey or on Mrs. Hol t brazen looking hussy tha t ' s j u s t moved all or a n y of the services in the above Mr. and Mrs. Car re l e x p e c t t~ by Mrs. Corey. There was no inter- in across the st.~eet and Debussy."--Ar- church. P r e a c h i n g services, Sunday s t a r t W e d n e s d a y fo r Canada to spend course between th4 families for six gonaut, a t 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m." Sabba th I-IORTON E A L Y I N J U R E D . the hol idays w i t h re la t ives . months. Then one day ~irs. Holt sent ' Mrs. John W e n t w o r t h is e n t e r t a i n - a myster ious looking box to Mrs. C0rey. F a t Margaret . School a t 11:45; E p w o r t h League a t

• , i n s he r s is ter , Mrs. F r a n k Bird, and It was not re turned, but a note of I t was a h is tory lesson, and the teach- ~:30. H e r [ o n EaSy, l i t t le son of Mr. and ichi ldre n f r o m Arcola , Canada . thanks came to the donor, wi th an er fe l t convinee~ he had told his boys Bethel C h u r c h ~ R e g u l a r services Mrs. J. McNa i r Ea ly , of Care was t

t h r o w n t h r o u g h the windshie ld in an / Mrs. McLeish and f a m i l y expec t t e expressed desire 1:hat the past migh t all the impor t an t fea tu res and charac- o n S u n d a y a f t e rnoon a t 2:30. au tomobi le acc iden t a t Miami, Flor i - move this coming week t o B i g R a p ' be forgotten. Within a few weeks f rom tars connected with the Wars of the C h r i s t i a n S c i e n c e - - da, r e c e n t l y and received severe cuts ids. So r ry t o h a v e t h e m go,. b u t a l l that t ime the stork visited the Coreys. Roses. '

Chr i s t i an services a re held eve ry l on cheeks and chin, which requ i red 25 join in wish ing t h e m success. verMr" andcup MrS.and HOltweresentinvitedthe babYto standa sil- Margaret"N°w' boyS,of Anjou do wasY°U knOWhis firs~°f Sunday m o r n i n g a t e leven o;ctoek and s t i t ches to dose . He is m a k i n g a good I Monday, while l i t t le J a n e F I e m i n g as godfa ther and godmother a t t:he on W e d n e s d a y evenings at 7:30 in the recovery , accord ing to word received {was engaged str ing ' ing beads one be- child's christening. After the ce remony question. r e a r room of the She r idan Building, by Care re la t ives , c a m e lodged in h e r ear , m a k i n g i t

. i thej, re turned with the happy parents A slight pause and then quite a good ad jo in ing Fa r re l l & Townsend Co. All !necessa ry to call a phys ic ian to re-. to the lat ter 's home. show of hands, i move it.

"I~ beats all," said Corey to [-Iolt. "Well, Jones?" - - th i s to a youngs te r areTheweleorne.subjeet for December 26 will ~ W E L L P L E A S E D . [ "how a little chunk of flesh like t ha t who was f ran t ica l ly waving his arm be Chr is t ian Science." " I am Well p leased wi th the resu l t s . k e y . Irl R. Hicks 1916 A l m a n a c . will make a lot o' other things seem so about like a flag s ignaler work ing over- little you can ' t see 'era." time. B a p t i s t - - of m y auct ion sale held r ecen t ly and The Rev. I r l R. Hicks 1916 A l m a n -

Ice is by f a r the finest, l a r g e s t and "Reckon you'lt find the chunk o' flesh "She was v-v-very f-f-fat, sir," stare- Rega rd le s s of w h a t has been said especia l ly wi th t he services of F r e d t bes t ever be fo re pr inted. T h e Hicks:

not so little as you think," replied roared Jones. . about P a s t o r H a y w a r d res ign ing , he E. W r i g h t , who was employed by m e / s t o r m and w e a t h e r f o r e c a s t s f o r F a r m e r Holt "Fa t ! H o w do y o u make tha t out*." cont inues to p reach e v e r y Sunday as auc t ionee r . " This is the verd ic t 11915 aga in have proven t h e i r t r u t h

"I wan t to thank you,' Mr. I~olt, for queried the teacher , who h a d made no w i t h o u t s ay ing a word h imse l f abou t expressed by Chas. O. Wr igh t . l a n d value, and th~s splendid A l m a n a c givin" me the best wife m the hull ment ion at all of the lady's physical res ign ing . The pas to r says he has fo r 1916 should find its w a y s t ra igh t : c o u n t y and the baby as well." cha rms and was s o m e w h a t in doubt no th ing bu t the k indes t words and into every home and office in A m e r i -

"Don' t ment ion it." h imse i f as to her exact dimensions, t h o u g h t s about eve ry one in town. To H O S P I T A L B E N E F I T BALL. ca. The Roy. I r l R. Hicks Magaz ine , Meanwhile Mrs. Holt was being Opening his textbook, Jones trium- those who have been so f r e e to t a lk Word and Works , and his un ique A1-

thanked by file: m o t h e r for saving he r phan t ly pointed to the following pus- of late, the pas tor can only say, " M a y A hospi ta l benefi t ball will be giv- manac should a l w a y s go t o g e t h e r both fo r only one dollar a yea r . The,

from being an 01d maid and giving her sage: God fo rg ive them." en in .the Tr ibune Hall , Bad Axe, A lmanac alone is 35c, p repa id . Send' the best man tha t ever lived, besides "One 9 f Richard ' s s toutest opponents Subjec ts fo r nex t S u n d a y ; morn - T h u r s d a y evening , Dec. 30. F i sche r ' s to Word and Works Pub l i sh ing Colm- the baby. was M s r g a r e t of Anjou." ins , " H o w God Meets Men." Eve- o r c h e s t r a f r o m Ka lamazoo will f u r - puny, 3401 F~ankl in Ave., St. Louis~

• ning, " A Homesick Man." nish music. M o . ~ A d v e r t i s ~ m e n t . :: ; ' %

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