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VOLUME XXI, NO 12 PLYM OUTH, MICH., FRIDAY. DECEMBER 11, L90* W H O LE NO. 1110.

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EATON-HURLBUTSPELLS QUALITY in PAPETHUE

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We are offering this week a dozen dif­ferent styles of this poplar line, compris­ing the very latest designs. |Papeterie that sells the world over at 50c per box— Our price this week i^

f 3 3 c .Look at them and be your own judge as to whether they are bargains.

th e Wolverine Drug Go.■Phone No. 5 .

J . H. KIMBLE, Ph. B., M. D.

PHYSICIAN A ND SURG EO N.

O ffice a t,*‘TH E W OLVERINE.”

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R e s id e n c e ’P h o n e N o .5 , 3r

SALEM.

K llT E RK N I V E S

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Carving Sets for Chrlstuas

Conner Hardware Go., lm

Mrs. F. C. Wheeler visited in Plym­outh Tuesday.

Clayton Deake was in Ann Arbor on business Tuesday.

The Salem Poultry Association are holding th tir third annual show in the K. O. T. M. hall this week Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

A Normal training class for Sunday- school workers and students was or ganized here Monday evening and the following officers elected: President, Fenwick Lovelace; vice pres., Mrs. Fred Wheeler; secretary, Mrs. Arthur Wheeler; treasurer, Mrs. Frank Hough teacher, Oliver Deake. The class will holdttielr next meeting at Mrs. Jennie Wheeler s Tuesday evening, Dec. 15th.

Mrs. D. W. Wheeler is quite sick at this writing.

Township treasurer A. C Wheeler will collect taxes at Wheelers’s store every Friday.

Quite a company of friends and neighbors gave Mr. and Mrs. Webb Lane a pleasant surprise Wednesday evening.

The Ladies' Aid society of the West M. E. church will meet with Mrs. Clark on the Roger’s farm Tuesday, Dec. 15th, for dinner.

Mrs. Adolph (ieigler is visiting her daughter in Flint.

Dr. and Mrs. Maynard were in De troit on business Tuesday.

Miss Hilda Merritt entertained quite a company of young people Thursday evening.

A Christmas tree aud exercises will be held at the Baptist church Thurs­day evening, Dec. 24th.

Roy Ellsworth of Howell is visiting at Geo. Merritt's this week.

Mrs. Geo. Roberts was a Northville caller Tuesday.

Guy Rorabacher was in Northville on business Thursday.

At the yearly meeting of1 Autumn Hive L. O. T. the ‘ followingofficers were elected: Lady Com., Mrs Rose Heeney; Lieut. Jom., Mrs. Carrie Whitaker; Past Com., Mrs. John lieu- wick; Record keeper, Mrs. Frank Whit­taker; Finance keeper, Mrs. Shoebridge Sargeant, Mrs. E. P. Waid; Mistress-at Arms, MrsJFrank Woodworth: Chap-« lain, Mrs. S. C. Wheeler; Sentinel, Mrs. Carey; Picket, Mrs. Hattie Bennett; Organist, Miss Otna Lucas.

Mrs. J . C. Hinkley and grandson Gerald|Hood have been spending a week with their cousins, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. VanAtta. Mrs. Hinkley was formerly a resident of Salem, a daugh­ter of Peres Walker. She had not visited her old home here for thirty years and notes many changes.

Zero Weather Calls for Coal j

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So be sure to start the uew year aright ^ and buy vour fuel ol the

pipomti Lumber & Goal Go..We have a good supply ot

C h e s t n u t S to v e & F u r n a c e S iz e sIn the Hard Coal. In the Soit Cook we have a

' _ ' ' Nut.ade in the Lump and Washed also have a car of nice

C h e s t n u t S i z e 1 C o k e ,j, which is hard to beat for the range, as there is no

stnoke or soot,

GHAS. MATHER, Sec. ft Manager

EAST PLYMOUTH.A pleasant family gathering occur­

red at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. Miller last Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Myron Willett and family, Mrs. Will Eckles and children, Mr. and Mrs. Herrick and family, and Mr. Chase being pre sent.

Lee Cool is visiting his brother Clayton at Leroy.

There will be a Gleaner social at the home of Mr. antf Mrs. Chas. Stribber.s’ this Friday night.

PERRINSVILLE.

Miss Dunning of Ontario, Can., and Miss Libbie Tait of Northville visited with Mr. and Mrs. James Tait la9t Saturday and Mrs. James Tait of West Virginia visited there on Monday.

Wm. tyejer who .has been on the sick list, is able to be out again.

Mrs. F. Theuer and daughter, Mrs. Wm. Parmalee, visited with Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Dickerson of Farmington last Saturday.

Mrs. Maty YorK and children were in Farmington last week Friday.

Mrs. Mabel Hanchet was in Wayne last Friday.

Miss Mata Kotcher of Detroit is visit­ing with Miss Lizzie Theuer.

Arthur Hancbett took a business trip to Wayne Monday.

PIKE’S PEAK.J. Chambers of Detroit visited his

brother, C. V. Chambers, last Sunday.Charles Wright was a Plymouth cal

ler Saturday.A. Bordleau was seen on our streets

last Wed need »•.Mrs. Heni \ ivlatt is at South Lyon

helping to care for her mother, Mrs Richards

Miss Viola Wilson of Detroit and Miss Clara Wright visited school in p istriet No. 2 Monday.

Miss Myrtle Chambers spent the lat ter part of last week at A. M. Eckles’ of Plymouth.

Mrs. Wm. Sherwood of Perrinsville visited her mother and sister, Mrs' James and Miss Lena Bridge of thjf place last Sunday.

The school officers in District No. 2 are painting and kalsmining the school house.

T h is is W o r th B e a d in g .Leo F. Zelinski of 68 Gibson st., Buf

falo, N. Y., says: “I cured the mostannoying cold sore I ever had, with BucklenT8 Arnica Salve. 1 applied this salve once a-day for two days, whensalve once a day for two days, every trace of the sore was gone.” Heals all sores. Sold under guarantee at The Wolverine Drug Co. and John L. Gale’s. 25c.

ELM.

Geo. Cornell lost a valuable horse week.

The Ladies’ Aid met at Mrs. Fred Schroder’s last Thursday with a fair attendance.

Mrs. Coughlin of Detroit called on her sister Mrs. Cornell last Thursday.

The mill depot at this place was opened last Monday and milk is being shipped as usual to Detroit.

The disinfecting work in this vicinity is about completed. A general over­hauling is being done to all buildings where cattle were slaughtered by the disinfecting crew. :p

Cornstalks for sale by Chas. Hirsch- lieb at Elm.

W EST TOW N LINE.Miss Mamie Boyle visited in Detroit

for two days last week.Eugene Spencer was in Detroit Mon­

day on business.Will Heeney shipped a car load of

stock from Whitmore Lake this week.Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Becker of Ty­

rone stopped at F. L. Becke’s on theii wav home from Carleton, where they had been visiting.

M e d ic in e t h a t U M e d ic in e .“1 have suffered a good deal with

malaria and stomach complaints, but 1 have now found a remedy that keep*- me well, and that, remedy is Electric Bitters; a medicine that is medicine forstomach and liver troubles, and for run down condition,” says W. C. Kiest- ler, of Hailiday, Ark. Electric Bitters purify and enrich the blood, tone np the nerves and impart vigor and ener gy to the weak. Your money will b» refunded IMt fails to help you. 50c a' The Wolverine Drug Co. and John L. Gale’s.

Monster Sacrifice Sale of clothing, shoes, dry goods, ladies’ cloaks and suits, children s wear, etc., at E. L. Riggs’, beginning tomorrow morning, at 9 o’clock and continuing for 12 days only. No such bargains ever offered in Plymouth. See big advt. elsewhere

SCHOOL NOTES.

The drawing classes of the grades are making Christmas gifts.

The 1st Grade are studying the story of the first Christmas, which they find very interesting.

A steam radiator has been added to the north recitation room as a further remedy for “cold feet.”

Grade visitors this week were: Mrs. Geigler, Mrs. Gayde, Mrs. Dibble, Mrs. Ronald and Mrs. Bradley.

High School visitor: Grace Camp­bell,- Myrtle Chambers, Marguerite Hough and Elmej^Whipple.

The Edjtor-in-Cbief of the school column is off duty this week, having accepted a more remunerative position.

The 3d Grade invites you tq attend their Christmas exercises giveif fn their room Thursday morning, Dec. 24, at 8:30.

The “Fre8hies” gave Ruble Newman a surprise last Thursday evening, but how surprised she was we cannot say as it was strictly a class affair.

Two little kindergartners were dis puting the question who should be leader in their march when one said, ‘If vour the injun, I ’ll be the caboose.”

The gongs connected with the electric clock are now in working order. They call and dismiss school and give the signals for recess, reliev­ing the janitor of those important I u ties.

A little boy in the kindergarten, who whs selected as the “kitten” in one of their games in which he could choose t partner, when asked the reason why he ehose a certain little girl, replied, “Because she looked so foray.”

A D a n g e ro u s O p e ra tio nis the removal of the appendix by a surgeon. No one who takes Dr. King’s New Life Pills is ever subjected to this frightful ordeal.. They work so quiet ly you don’t feel them. They cure con -ttipation, headache, biliousness am’ nalaria. 25c at The Wolverine Drug

Go. and John L. Gale’s.

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WE HAVE AN EXTENSIVE LINE QF

C H R IS T M A S G O O D Sthis year and invite your inspection of same. What could make a more useful Christmas rrift than a

B O X O F S T A T IO N E R Y ,We have them from 15c and 20c up. Or, If that will not do, our line of

P E R F U M E Sis the finest in town—choice boxes from 10c up to $2.00. Then again, our

L O W N E Y ’S B O X C A N D IE Sare always fresh and wholesome. Last, but not least, we have a complete line of Moore’s Non-Leakable Fountain Pens, the finest in the market. What could make a more ideal present than any.one of these?

P in ck n ey ’s P h arm acy

i s y o u r Mo n e ymaking money for you? The .more o f it you have employed for you, the less you need to work your­self. I f you keep on saving and putting your sav­ings to work, the funded capital of your earning years will gradually take up the burden and you will not need to work at all.In the meantime you are insured against hard luck or hard times.Have you ever thought about having some money

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If not, it is time you did if you have any regard for your future comfort or for the well being of those dependent upon you.NOW is the time to begin to save. T ry a Savings Book issued by th is bank on which we pay three per cent interest, and watch your money grow.

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S A V I N G S B A N K

F IN E M O N U M E N T S !

SELECT WORKMANSHIPWe make a specialty of the finer class of designs in monument-

work—Perfectly executed carving and lettering—The finest selected Granites.

Our plant is fitted with the most modern and up to date machinery and; we will not permit a monument or marker to leave our works until properly finished and inspected.

We h a v e e v e r y v a r ie t y o f design f r o m w h ic h to s e l e c t a p le a s iD g a n d a t t r a c t i v e m e m o r i a l . We create ideas for y o u or embody yours in a , s p e c ia l d e s ig n . \•' -■ Let us give you an estimate on what a substantial monument of ex­clusive design will cost you.

The Gareu-Moran Granite Go..PLYM OUTH, M ICH.

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CASH GROCERYWe-Sell for Cash a t Lowest Prices.

Our Goods are Fresh and Clean. When we say an article is the best, we mean it. When we sell you seconds, we tell you so.

N O TICE T H E S E P R IC E SA & H Soda, per pkg.— ............................................. ............._........_..07cSeeded Kaisins- Fancy, per pkg........ .............................................. 10cCleaned Currants, per pkg.......................................................................<j9cCorn Starch, per pkg.............. ........................................................... ... afterBulk Starch, 6 Iba. ................................................................... ............. 25cBoiled Oats, 6 Iba.............................................................. _________ 25cShredded Wheat, per p k g .................................... _...................... ... .j joGrape Nats, £ pkgs.............. .............................................. .... ........ 25c

W e S ell Old T av e rn T e a , 2 5 c pe* lb.T ry K noxall C o ffee , p e r lb......... .......... ............................:.2Sc

A handsome dish with each package.

New Y o rk S ta te Full C ream rC h eese , p e r lb . 18 c

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THE PLYMOUTH MAILP . W . S a m s en , P u b lish e r.

PLYMOUTH, MICHIGAN

Restricting Vot* In South.Voting in Georgia fas heretofore

been restricted b7 the constitution to citizens who have paid all taxes upon them since 1877. At the recent state election a constituticiial amendment still farther limiting the right to vote was adopted. Hereafter a voter must not^only have paid all his taxes, but must have served in some one of the wars of the United States or of the state, or must be lawfully descended from some one who has rendered such service, or must be of good character and understand the duties of citizen­ship, or must possess a certain amount of education or a certain amount of property. The avowed object of the new law is the disfranchisement of the ignorant negroes. Similar disfranchise­ment has been effected in Louisiana and in North Carolina by a law which provides that voters must be descend­ed from persons whose ancestors could yote prior to 1867. In South Carolina and Virginia the voters must have paid their poll tax. There are educa­tional and property qualifications in South Carolina and an ancestry quali­fication in Virginia.

WOLVERINE NEWS BREVITIES

Hartford bridge is a solid structure of granite, with nine span arches, and ,1,200 feet in length. It carries an 80- foot highway, which Is the great artery of Connecticut, connecting the two busy portions of the state, divided by the river which gives it its name. There has been a Hartford bridge since 1808, and It Ji&s always been a busy brldg*. It has had to be a stout one, for in the spring the usually mild Connecticut is a vicious stream, bring­ing down thousands of tons of broken Ice and crashing it -as if in rage against Hartford bridge. Capt. Isaac Damon of Northampton, Mass., who was the boss bridge-builder of New England, built the original bridge, and he built it of hewn pine of a sort that is priceless to-day, pegged together In wonderful fashion. The river could never destroy his bridge. Fire did. But fire can never destroy the new Hartford bridge.

•t.Md A x e .— A c tio n a g a i n s t t h e e x e c u ­t o r s o f t h e w i l l o f t h e l a t e F r a n c is C r a w f o r d o f C a s e v i l i e h a s b e e n b r o u g h t b y th e t r u s t e e s o f t h e M . E . c h u r c h , w h o a l l e g e t h a t t h e e x e c u to r s a r e n o t c a r r y i n g o u t t h e t e r m s o f t h e w il l by n o t p a y in g a $2 ,000 b e q u e s t m a le to t h e c h u r c h . C la y C r a w f o r d o f T o le d o a n d W . R . S ta f f o r d o f P o r t H o p e a r e t h e e x e c u to r s . T h e e s t a t e is v a lu e d a t $75 ,000 .

B a y C ity . — S h e r w o o d C le m o n s , G r a n d T r u n k b o o k k e e p e r a n d se lf- c o n f e s s e d In c e n d ia r y ’ a n d e m b e z z le r , t h r o u g h h i s a t t o r n e y c h a r g e s h i s d e a d f a t h e r w i th b e in g r e s p o n s ib l e f o r h i s c r im in a l a c t s b y f u r n is h in g t h e m o t lv e f o r t h e e m b e z z l e m e n t o f t h e r a i l ­ro a d c o m p a n y 's fu n d s , w h ic h l a t e r c a u s e d h im to b u r n th e d e p o t in o r ­d e r to d e s t r o y t h e b o o k s . .

G r a n d R a p id s .— S e t t i n g f o r th t h a t h i s w ife d e v o te d s o m u c h t im e to t h e ‘‘o r g a n iz a t io n k n o w n a s t h e W o m e n 's C h r i s t i a n T e m p e r a n c e u n io n " t h a t s h e c o u ld n o t g e t h i s m e a ls n o r m a k e h i s b e d , a n d t h a t s h e f in a l ly l e f t h im a l ­t o g e t h e r b e c a u s e s h e f e l t s h e w a s c a l le d to a h ig h e r m is s io n , B e n ja m inD. L iv in g s to n , o f A d a , b e g a n s u i t f o r d iv o rc e .

S a g in a w .— D e a th h a s b e e n d i s ­t a n c e d in t h e r a c e w i th t h e s t o r k in t h i s c i t y a n d S a g in a w n o w c l a im s to b e t h e c h a m p io n a n t i - r a c e s u ic id e c i ty in M ic h ig a n . A c c o r d in g to s t a t i s t i c s w h ic h h a v e j u s t b e e n c o m p i le d , th e .b i r t h r a t e f o r t h e p r e s e n t y e a r

MICHIGAN NEWS T E R SE L Y TOLDL u d in g to n .— E r n e s t L . B ro w n , a n

e n g i n e e r , o f G r a n d R a p id s , w h o c a m e h e r e l a s t J a n u a r y a n d s h o t h i s w ife a n d R o b e r t J o h n s o n , a f a r m e r , in w h o s e h o m e s h e w a s l iv in g , M rs . B ro w n d y in g f r o m h e r w o u n d s t h r e e d a y s l a t e r , w a s fo u n d g u i l ty o f m a n ­s l a u g h t e r b y a j u r y i n t h e c i r c u i t c o u r t . B ro w n c a m e h e r e f r o m G r a n d R a p id s w i th t h e a v o w e d i n t e n t i o n o f a v e n g in g h i s g r i e v a n c e s r e a l or* f a n ­c ie d , a g a i n s t h i s w i fe a n d J o h n s o n , a n d t h e n e n d i n g h i s o w n l ife .

P o r t H u r o n .— A c tin g o n t h e i n f o r ­m a t io n t h a t a q u a n t i t y o f s u g a r h a d b e e n s t o l e n f r o m a c o n s ig n m e n t d e l iv ­e r e d -b y t h e P e r e M a r q u e t t e t o t h e N o r th e r n N a v ig a t io n C o m p a n y fo r s h i p m e n t t o d e a l e r s in t h e n o r th w e s t , C h ie f o f P o l i c e P e n g e l ly o f S a r n i a , w i th O f f ic e r s W . E . B o o th a n d M . H a r ­r i s , a r r e s t e d R o b e r t M c C a n n a s hei w a s a b o u t t o d e p o s i t t h e s w e e t stuff! in a b a r n o n M i tto n s t r e e t .

D e tr o i t .— A s p e c ia l f r o m S a u l t S te M a r ie , M ic h ., s a y s t h a t d o w n b o u n d b o a t s r e p o r t e d h a v in g p a s s e d th r o u g h a q u a n t i t y o f w r e c k a g e in L a k e S u ­p e r io r o ff V e r m il l io n P o in t n e a r W h i t e F is h b a y . A m o n g t h e w r e c k a g e w a s a l i f e r a f t . N o b o a t w a s r e p o r t e d h e r e a s m i s s in g . I t i s t h e g e n e r a l o p in io n h e r e t h a t i f t h e r e h a s b e e n a w r e c k i t h a s b e e n a n u p b o u n d b o a t , l ik e ly a l u m b e r c a r r i e r .

T r a v e r s e C ity .— L o c a l s p o r t s m e n a r e p r e p a r i n g to c i r c u l a t e a p e t i t i o n a sk -

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T h a t v iB it o f a b ig d e l e g a t io n o f b u s ­i n e s s m s a f r o m t h e P a c i f ic c o a s t o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s i s h a v i n g g o o d r e s u l t s i n J a p a n . T h e r e c e p t i o n a c c o r d e d t h e A m e r ic a n s , b o th o n t h e p a r t o f o ff i­c i a l s a n d o f t h e p e o p le o f J a p a n g e n ­e r a l l y , h a s b e e n o f t h e m o s t c o r d ia l s o r t . T h e d e l e g a t io n h a s s a i l e d f o r h o m e , b u t b e f o r e d o in g s o h e ld a m e e t i n g a n d a d o p te d r e s o lu t io n s e x ­p r e s s in g p l e a s u r e in t h e f r ie n d s h ip a n d g o o d -w ill p r e v a i l in g b e tw e e n t h e tw o n a t i o n s , a n d u r g in g t h e a d o p t io n o f p l a n s " w h e r e b y t h e c o m m e r c e o f t h e t w o c o u n t r i e s m a y b e i n c r e a s e d a n d t h e f r ie n d s h ip o f t h e J a p a n e s e a n d A m e r ic a n p e o p le m a d e p e r p e t u a l . ” I n t e r c o u r s e s u c h a s t h a t p r o v id e d b y t h e i n t e r c h a n g e o f s u c h v i s i t s .w ill g o f a r t o w a r d p r o m o t in g th o s e e n d s a n d r e m o v i n g a l l c a u s e f o r m i s u n d e r s t a n d ­in g .

Frederick Peterson, nerve specialist, in Collier’s, opines that the extent to which the influence of mind on bodily health may go Is as yet little known, even among the medical fraternity. He tells af a Vienna physician who told a young woman patient that he would place a small plaster on her back which would produce a blistfer In a few hours. He actually put on only a postage stamp and the blister appeared, as suggested. This recalls the trick played by Dr. Morton Prince on a lady who always had a violent at­tack of hay fever whenever a rose was brought Into the room. One day he brought in an artificial roae, and the

■ usual symptoms followed. He then showed her it was made of paper and had no pollen, and ever after all symp­toms of hay fever disappeared.

Pablo Sarasate, who died at Biar- ritz last month, was one of the most noted violinists of his generation. He ,was a Spaniard and the son of a regi­mental bandmaster. His formal mu­sical training began when he was 12 years old, and he won prizes when hs ■was 13. As he gained mastery of him­self and of his instrument, he was honored by decorations not only from the Spanish government, but from the governments of France and Germany. There was a magical quality In his playing and a fascination in his per­sonality which made a strong appeal to painters and poets. A small vol­ume could be made of the rhapsodieswritten about him, and Whistler’s por­trait of him Is one or ttf the finest ef that great artist’s productions.

Lord Northcliffe has had to pay dam­ages amounting to about $600,000 for accusing certain English people of be­ing Implicated in efforts to form trusts. It appear* to be a serious offense to accuse o m o t belonging to a trust In mnginA Perhaps the trust has not come to be regarded over there as a form of benevolence.

A tidal power plant capable of sup­plying 26,000-horse power Is to be es­tablished on the shores of Black bay. fU tt Portland. ________ ;

i f t h e D e c e m b e r r e c o r d h o ld s u p , s h o w a g a in o f 32 p e r c e n t , t h e l a s t 12 m o n th s .

M u s k e g o n .— A c ts o f d e p r e d a t i o n b y a g a n g o f b o y s c a m e to l i g h t t h r o u g h in v e s t i g a t i o n s m a d e b y D e te c t iv e P e t e r s o n . T h e b o y s b r o k e in B o n ­d a g e 's w h o le s a le w a r e h o u s e , s t o le f i r e ­c r a c k e r s a n d h a d a m i n i a t u r e F o u r t h o f J u ly c e l e b r a t i o n ; , s t o le a k e g o f b e e r a n d b r o k e w in d o w s in t h r e e h o u s e s .

B a t t l e C r e e k .— \V h e n J u s t i c e B a t- d o r f f f in e d C h a r l e s W y m a n $30 fo r r u n n i n g a “ b l in d p ig ,” W y m a n , w h o m a n a g e s t h e D ia m o n d c lu b r o o m s , a n e g r o s o c ia l o r g a n iz a t io n , f e l t t h a t i t w a s p r e t t v s t if f , c o n s id e r in g t h a t h e f a c e d a s W o n d in d ic tm e n t- . B u t t h e c o u r t a d d e d “ a n d a l s o f iv e / l a y s in ja i l ."

B a y C ity .— A le x a n d e r D o m b e r s e , w h o h a s l iv e d o n th e o u t s k i r t s o f t h e c i ty f o r n e a r ly 40 y e a r s , b u t o f w h o m p r a c t i c a l l y n o th in g w a s k n o w n b e ­c a u s e o f h i s h e r m i t a g e h a b i t s , w a s fo u n d u n c o n s c io u s in h i s h u t b y n e ig h b o r s . H e w a s r e m o v e d to t h e c o u n ty p o o r h o u s e w h e r e h e d ie d .

L a p e e r .— R e v . k . h . S id e b o th a m , a g e d 34 y e a r s , a m i s s io n a r y r e c e n t ly r e tu r n e d f r o m K o r e a , d ie d h e r e f r o m b u r n s r e c e iv e d in a g k s o l in e e x p lo s io n /^ H e p o u r e d g a s o l in e b y m i s t a k e o n a f i r e w h ic h h e w a s k in d l in g . R e v . S id e ­b o th a m h a d s p e n t s e v e n y e a r s in t h e P r e s b y t e r i a n m is s io n f ie ld .

K a la m a z o o .— T h e B ig B ay L u m b e r C o m p a n y , a K a la m a z o o c o n c e r n , s o ld p r o b a b ly t h e l a r g e s t t r a c t o f h a r d ­w o o d t i m b e r la n d in t h e s t a t e o f M ic h ig a n . T h e t r a c t i s l o c a te d in M a r q u e t t e c o u n ty a n d c o m p r i s e s 12.- 000 a c r e s o f t h e b e s t h a r d w o o d t im ­b e r in t h e s t a t e .

G r a n d R a p id s .— C h ie f o f P o lic e H a r ­v e y O . C a r r ot' t h i s c i t y , w h o h a s h e ld t h e p o s i t io n 15 y e a r s a n d w h o i s s e c ­r e t a r y o f t h e N a t io n a l A s s o c ia t io n o f P o lic e C h ie f s , r e s ig n e d a s a p r o t e s t , i t i s s a id , a g a i n s t t h e i n t r o d u c t io n o f p o l i t i c s i n t o t h e p o l ic e d e p a r t m e n t o f t h e c i ty .

M u s k e g o n .— D r. A l f r e d S . B r o c k e t a u t o s l ip p e d in t h e s n o w w h e n t u r n ­in g a c o r n e r a n d c r a s h e d i n t o a t e l e ­p h o n e p o le . T h e f r o n t e n d o f t h e m a ­c h in e w a s w r e c k e d a n d D r . B r o c k e w a s t h r o w n o u t b u t t h e h e a v y f a l l o f s n o w p r e v e n te d h i s b e in g s e r io u s ly in ­ju r e d .

P la in w e l l .— W ith h i s w ife a n d b a b y , l e s s t h a n a y e a r o ld . b o th s e r i ­o u s ly il l w i th ty p h o id f e v e r a t t h e i r h o m e in S p a r t a . D r . F r e d S . G r a n g e r , w h o d ie d o f t h e s a m e d i s e a s e , w a s b u r i e d f r o m t h e h o m e o f h i s p a r e n t s , M r. a n d M rs . C h a r l e s G r a n g e r o f t h i s c i ty .

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S a g in a w .— A s y s t e m a t i c e x a m in a ­t i o n o f c a t t l e t h r o u g h o u t S a g in a w c o u n ty h a s f a i le d t o r e v e a l t f le p r e s ­e n c e o f a n y d i s e a s e , a n d t h e i n s p e c ­t o r s w h o d id t h e w o r k d e c l a r e t h e c o u n t y ’s s to c k is in t h e b e s t o f c o n ­d i t io n .

M a n i s t i q u e .— J o h n B u r n e t t e . fo i t h r e e y e a r s p o l ic e m a n o n t h e W e s t s id e , d r o p p e d d e a d w h i le t a k i n g a d r u n k e n m a n f r o m a d a n c e h a l l . B u r n e t t e w a s 51 y e a r s o f a g e , a n d a p ­p a r e n t l y a r o b u s t , h e a l th y m a n .

L a n s in g .— A r r a n g e m e n t s h a v e b e e n c o m p le t e d f o r h o ld in g t h e a n n u a l m e e t i n g o f t h e N a t io n a l A s s o c i a t i o n o f B r e e d e r s o f B e r k s h i r e h o g s In L a n s in g , M a r c h 16 to 18.

B a y ’C i ty .— B u r g l a r s b r o k e in to t h r e e p la c e s . W h i le c o m in g o u t o f t h e l a s t , a m e a t m a r k e t , t h e y w e r e s e e n b y P o l ic e m a n W il l i a m B a r t l e t t , w h o g a v e p u r s u i t a n d e m p t i e d h i s g u n a t t h e m e n , b u t w i th o u t r e s u l t .

Cold water.—John T. Starr, formerly engaged in the hardware business in this c i t y and a well-known resident, died in Harper hospital. Detroit, fol­lowing an operation for appendicitis.

Marshall.—The state railway com­mission has issued an order requiring the Pere Marquette to interchange cars with the Michigan United Rail­ways in carload shipments.

d e e r i n G r a n d T r a v e r s e c o u n ty f o r t h e n e x t t e n y e a r s . A f te r b e in g p r o t e c t e d f o r f iv e y e a r s t h e d e e r g r e w s o a c c u s ­to m e d to m a n t h a t w h e n t h e s e a s o n f i r s t o p e n e d i t w a s a l m o s t l i k e s h o o t ­i n g c a t t l e a n d a l a r g e n u m b e r w e r e s l a u g h t e r e d .

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T r a v e r s e C ity .— T h e o ff ic ia l r e t u r n s f r o m t h e T w e n ty - s e v e n th s e n a to r i a l d i s ­t r i c t , r e c e iv e d h e r e s h o w t h a t F r e d C. W e tm o r e w a s r e - e l e c t e d to t h e s t a t e s e n a t e b y 13 .379 v o te s . I n t h e d i s t r i c t w h ic h c o m p r i s e s s e v e n c o u n t i e s , b u t t h r e e v o t e s w e r e c a s t a g a i n s t W e t- m o re .

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p e r o u s f a r m e r l i v in g n e a r N o r th A d a m s , l o s t 50 h o g s b y s o m e s w in e d i s e a s e . A n u m b e r o f h o g s i n t h e v ic in i ty h a v e d ie d a n d a n e f f o r t i s b e ­in g m a d e to a s c e r t a i n t h e c a u s e a n d n a t u r e o f t h e d i s e a s e .

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M a r s h a l l .— E d m o n d B a t e s o f C la r ­e n d o n h a s m a d e c o m p la in t to t h e p o s t o ff ic e o f f ic ia ls a g a i n s t H o l ly S c h u b e l a n d H e n r y W e n d o r f o f T e k o n s h a . H e a l l e g e s t h a t t h e y u s e d h i s m a i l b o x f o r a t a r g e t a n d f i l le d i t f u l l o f h o le s w i th a s h o tg u n .

Hastings.—School children with the aid of enterprising citizens will raise money enough to pay the freight and cost of mounting the civil .war cannon recently offered to the city and re­jected by the common council.

St. Clair.—Fire destroyed Kohler's hotel and the residence of Charles A. Gilen, both old landmarks. The hotel was a three-story frame structure and the Gilen house was the second built in St. Clair.

Marshall.—H. P. Davock of Detroit, referee In bankruptcy, was met by the creditors of Julius Nagel, who went into voluntary bankruptcy. W. T, Phelps of this city was appointed trustee.

"Pinckney.—Burglars entered the store of Jackson A Cad well, blew open the safe and secured $200. They then went to the postoffice, blew open that safe and took $3 and all the stamps and registered mail. ~ . rr

Bay City.—The body of Jofaln' J. War- dell, watchman on the barge Pome­roy of Bay Port, and whose home was in. East Tawas, was found floating in A Blip in the Saginaw river. j Kalamazoo.—While on her way

home from a shopping trip, Mrs. David Haines, one of the most prominent women of the city, was knocked, down and robbed.

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M illionaire F . D . H irschberg Lou is Shot and K illed .

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Head of M innesota U n iv e rs ity Quits a t End of College Y e a r .

Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 8.—Dr. Cyrus Northrop will retire from the presidency of the University of Min­nesota at the close of the present col­lege year. His formal resignation was presented to the regents Tuesday. When it becomes effective he will have completed a full quarter cen­tury at the head of the university.

Dr. Northrop is 74 years of age. He feels tha^ he is entitled to a rest and he has made a decision which is final and. unalterable.

H aske ll L ib e l S u it Dropped.Guthrie, Okla., Dec. 9.—Charges of

criminal libel preferred against OmerK. Benedict, manager of. the Oklahoma City Times, by Gov. Charles N. Has­kell,' were dismissed ^ere Tuesday. Mr. Benedict was- arrested in August i«ist on complaint of Gov. Haskell, who objected to an -editorial that appeared In the Times.

Bank Robbery in Portland, ffre.. Portland, Ore., Dec. 8.—The East

Side bank was held up by'three men and robbed of $15,000 Monday.

S f. L o u is . D e c . ft.— M ill io n a ir e F r a n c i s D. H ir s 'c h b o rg . p r o m in e n t in t h e R o m a n C a th o l ic c h u r c h a n d a p e r ­s o n a l f r i e n d o f A r c h b is h o p G le n n o n . a l s o w e ll k n o w n in c lu b a n d b u s in e s s c i r c l e s a n d a s a d i r e c t o r o f t h e L o u is i ­a n a P u r c h a s e e x p o s i t io n , w a s s h o t a n d k i l le d a t h i s h o m e , 3818 L in d e l l b o u le v a r d . T u e s d a y .

W h e t h e r h i s d e a th w a s t h e r e s u l t o f m u r d e r o r s u i c id e h a s n o t b e e n d e ­t e r m i n e d . M e m b e r s o f t h e f a m ily a v e r t h a t h e w a s t h e v ic t im o f a b u r ­g l a r . T h e p o l ic e i n v e s t i g a t o r s t a k e t h e o t h e r v ie w , d e c l a r i n g t h a t t h e r e w a s n o e v id e n c e o f t h e p r e s e n c e o f i n t r u d e r s in t h e p a l a t i a l h o m e .

Church Council Ad journs.P h i l a d e lp h ia , D e c . 9 .— T h e f i rs t

F e d e r a l C o u n c i l o f t h e C h u r c h e s o f C h r i s t in A m e r ic a , o r g a n iz e d t o f u r ­t h e r t h e m o v e m e n t o f u n i ty o f a c t io n a m o n g t h e P r o t e s t a n t d e n o m in a t io n s in t h e i n t e r e s t o f s p r e a d i n g t h e G o s ­p e l , a d jo u r n e d T u e s d a y t o m e e t in D e c e m b e r , 1912, a t a p la c e t o b e s e ­l e c te d b y t h e e x e c u t iv e c o u n c i l o f t h e o r g a n iz a t io n . S t r o n g r e s o lu t io n s w e r e a d o p te d a t t h e f in a l s e s s io n in o p p o s i t io n t o i n c r e a s e d a r m a m e n t by th e n a t i o n s o f t h e e a r t h .

O h io c o u n ty o p t io n l a w w a s jgft c o n s t i t u t i o n a l b y J u d g e P u n - -

r - « F in d la y .T h e a u x i l i a r y c r u i s e r P a n t h e r , p r e ­

c e d in g t h e A t l a n t i c f l e e t , a r r i v e d a t C o lo m b o , C e y lo n .

C h a r l e s A . E k s t r o m e r , S w e d is h v ic e - c o n s u l in S t . L o u is , c o m m i t te d s u ic id e b y d r i n k i n g p r u s s i c a c id .

C h a r l e s W . B lo w o f S t . L o u is , m a n ­a g e r o f t h e A m e r ic a n L in s e e d C o m ­p a n y , s h o t a n d k i l le d h im s e l f .

T h e g o v e r n m e n t d e c id e d t h a t t h e w i t h d r a w a l o f t * 6 o p s f r o m C u b a s h a l l b e g r a d u a l , r u n n i n g i n t o A p r il .

M rs . E m m a R u s s e l l C h e s e b r o u g h , w i f e o f a n o t e d y a c h t d e s i g n e r , c o m ­m i t t e d s u i c id e a t h e r h o m e i n B r i s to l . R . I.

E l e v e n s o l d ie r s w e r e k i l l e d a n d 26 o t h e r i n j u r e d b y a n e x p lo s io n in t h e m a g a z in e a t t h e C a l c u t t a m i l i t a r y s t a t i o n .

P r e s i d e n t R o o s e v e l t p r e s s e d a b u t ­to n t h a t g a v e t h e s i g n a l f o r t h e o p e n ­in g o f a n a t i o n a l a p p le s h o w in S p o ­k a n e , W a s h .

T h e lo n g o v e r d u e B r i t i s h ship H a d - d o n H a l l a r r i v e d a t S e a t t l e , W a s h . , 24S d a y s f r o m L iv e r p o o l , a f t e r a m o s t t e m ­p e s tu o u s v o y a g e .

T h e N a t io n a l E x c h a n g e b a n k o f S p r in g f ie ld , M o., w a s c lo s e d b y o r d e r o f t h e c o m p t r o l l e r o f t h e c u r r e n c y b e ­c a u s e o f l o s s e s o n lo a n s a n d i n v e s t ­m e n t s . '

T h e c e l e b r a t i o n o f t h e t e r c e n t e n a r y o f J o h n M i l to n ’s b i r t h w a s b e g u n b y a g a t h e r i n g o f e m i n e n t m e n in t h e t h e a t e r o f t h e B r i t i s h A c a d e m y in L o n d o n .

H e r m a n R il le k , t h e C h ic a g o n e ­c r o m a n c e r w h o w a s s e n t e n c e d t o b e h a n g e d D e c e m b e r 11 fo r , m u r d e r w a s r e p r i e v e d u n t i l J a n u a r y 729 b y L ie u t . G o v . S h e r m a n .

F r a n c is c o M a r t in e z a b d u c te d M a g ­g ie G a r c ia , 16 y e a r s o ld , a f t e r k i l l i n g h e r p a r e n t s in L a s A n im a s c o u n ty , C o lo r a d o . B e in g p u r s u e d b y o ff ic e rs , h e s le w t h e g i r l a n d h im s e l f .

C ity c o u n c i ls o f A n a c o m ’a a n d M is ­s o u la , M o n t., p r o t e s t e d a g a i n s t p r o s ­p e c te d i n t e r f e r e n c e in t h e A n a c o n d a c o p p e r p l a n t s b y th e g o v e r n m e n t b e ­c a u s e t h e f u m e s k i l le d v e g e t a t i o n .

C a p t . J a m e s W : t e r s o f t h e B r i t i s h s t e a m e r H o r n b y C a s t l e , w h ic h h a s a r ­r iv e d a t N o r fo lk . V a ., s a y s t h e v a s t t r a c t o f s t i l l w a t e r i n t h e A t l a n t i c k n o w n a s t h e S a r g o s s a s e a h a s d i s ­a p p e a r e d .

T h e c a s e o f M rs . F lo r e n c e M a y b r ic k a n d h e r m o th e r . B a r o n e s s v o n R o q u e o f N e w Y o r k , i n v o lv in g t i t l e t o l a n d s a id to b e w o r th a b o u t $2 ,500 ,000 , w a s d e c id e d in t h e i r f a v o r in t h e c h a n c e r y c o u r t a t R ic h m o n d , V a.

F r e d e r i c k A . H y d e o f S a n F r a n c is c o , c o n v ic te d d f c o n s p i r a c y to d e f r a u d t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s o f l a r g e t r a c t s o f l a n d in O r e g o n a n d W a s h in g to n , w a s s e n t e n c e d in W a s h in g to n to p a y a f in e o f $10 ,000 a n d s e r v e tw o y e a r s in t h e p e n i t e n t i a r y a t M o u n d s v i l le , W . V a .

D IP L O M A T S IN A U TO W R E C K .

Guatem alan Foreign M in iste r Probably F a ta lly H urt in W ashington.

W a s h in g to n , D e c . 9 .— S e n a t o r D o n J u a n B a r r io s . G u a te m a la 's m i n i s t e r o f f o r e ig n a f f a i r s , w h o i s i n W a s h in g to n o n a s p e c ia l m is s io n f o r h i s g o v e r n ­m e n t . w a s p r o b a b ly f a ta l ly in ju r e d , a n d S e n o r D r. D o n L u is T o le d o H e r - r a r t e , G u a te m a la n m i n i s t e r t o t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , a n d G e n . J o h n D r u m ­m o n d , a w e a l th y c o f fe e p l a n t e r i n S o u th A m e r ic a , w e r e b a d ly h u r t in a n a u to m o b i le a c c i d e n t l a s t T u e s d a y .

T h e d ip lo m a t s w e r e r i d i n g in a h e a v y t o u r i n g c a r w h e n i t t u r n e d t u r t l e p u s t a f t e r p a s s i n g o v e r t h e h ig h w a y b r id g e in to V i r g in ia , t h e o c ­c u p a n t s b e in g h u r l e d b e n e a th t h e c a r a n d p in io n e d u n d e r t h e t o n n e a u .

Southern Congress Opens.W a s h in g to n . D e c . 8 .— W h a t m a y

p r o v e a n e p o c h in t h e c o m m e r c ia l d e ­v e lo p m e n t o f t h e s o u th w a s t h e o p e n ­in g M o n d a y o f t h e S o u th e r n C o m m e r ­c ia l c o n g r e s s , a n a s s e m b la g e of lead­e r s in t h e n a t i o n 's b u s in e s s affairs, w h o s e m is s io n is to d i s c u s s t h e r e ­s o u r c e s a n d i n d u s t r i a l p o s s ib i l i t i e s o f t h e s o u th .

T H E M A R K E T S .

Lo w Fa re L a w Is A ttacked .Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 9.—The consti­

tutionality of Pennsylvania’s^two-cent railroad fare law 1̂ again attacked in an equity suit.filed In common pleas court here Tuesday by the Pittsburg A Lake Erie and the Pittsburg, McKees­port A Youghiogeny Railroad Com­panies. The petition asks a prelim­inary Injunction restraining Allegheny county or any of its officials from bringing suit to collect the penalty of $1,000 for each violation of the fare law enacted in 1907.

Dies a t H e r P raye rs .New York, Dec. 8.—Kneeling beside

her bed, with a religious picture be­fore her and her rosary clasped in her stiffening fingers. Miss Kate Manning was found dead In her room in Fif­teenth street. Frbm a Jet overhi gas was escaping.

N ew Y ork , D ec. 9.L IV E S T O C K -S te e r s ....... . $4 20 1 7 60

H o g s ..................................... 7 30S h eep .................................... . 3 25 1 » « 15

F L O U R —W in te r S tr a ig h ts - 4 60 i > 4 80"W H EA T—D e cem b e r ............ . 1 12%! 1 13%

' 1 14%M ay ..................................... . 1 13%C O R N —D e cem b e r ................. ' 73%R Y E —N o. 2 W e s te r n ............. . 83 1 83%B U T T E R —C re a m e ry ........ 18 1 . 32

C H E E S E .................................. 10%4 15%CHICAGO.

C A T T L E —F a n c y S te e rs ___$6 40M edium to G ood S te e r s . . 5 50 C ow s, P la in to F a n c y . . .N a tiv e Y e a rlin g s .............. 5 25C a lv e s ..................................... s 00

H O G S—H e a v y P a c k e rs ....... 6 55H e a v y B u tc h e r s ................ 5 60P ig s ......................................... 390

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O a ts , M a y ............................. 51$iR y e , M a y ..............................

M IL W A U K E E .G R A I N - W h e a t , N o. 1 N o r in $111

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K A N S A S C IT Y .G R A IN —W h e a t , D e cem b e r.. $ 97

M a y ..................................... 102C o m , D e c e m b e r . ............ 57O a ts , N o. 2 W h i te ........... 48

S T . L O U I&C A T T L E —Beef Steers . . . . . . $3 10 Q

Texas Steers ....................... 2 70 6H O G S-Packers .......................... 6 00 f l

Butchers ................................... I S iS H E E P —Natives ........................ $00! OMAHA. f, C A T T L E —Native Steers . . . . $4 00

Stocker*.and Feeders . . . . * **

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A C Q U I R E S A F E W

F O S T E R M O T H E R SPa was a hero After capturing the

■two tigers and the lion after they had inhaled gas from the gas bag of the air ship, because the crowd •didn’t ’know how it was done. Every­body thought Pa had scared the wild animals with the airship until they were silly, and then hypnotized them, and got them into cages, but when •the wild animals came out from un­der the influence of the gas and be­gan to raise the roof, and bite and snarl, the whole camp was half scared to death, and they all insisted on Pa going to the cages and quieting them by his hypnotic eye, but Pa was too wise to try it on wild animals, and he had to confess that it was the gas bag that did the work, and they made Pa fix up a gas bag under the cages and quiet the animals, and when the employes of the expedition found that Pa was not so much of a hero as he pretended. Pa was not so much of a king as he had been, except in the minds of the African-" negroes who were at work for us. (That old negro who had 60 wives fairly doted on Pa, and the wives thought Pa was the greatest man that ever was, and the wives fairly got struck on Pa, and wanted to take turns holdfmg Pa in their laps, until the giant husband of the 60 big black females got jeal­ous of Pa, and wanted to hit hind on the head with a war club, but Pa shovwed him a thing or two that made him stand without hitching.

The black husband had a toothache and asked Pa to cure him of the pain, and Pa had him lie down on the ground, and he put some chloroform on a handkerchief and held it to the man's nose, and pretty soon the-ne-

any circumstances, 'cause you see what it has brought me to. When you get back to America tell Roosevelt that I died for my country.” Well, they brought in the wedding feast, and all the wives helped me and Pa, and Mr. Hagen bach, and the cow boy that throws the lasso, and the fore­man, and we ate hearty, and all was going smooth when there was a com­motion at the door of the tent, and in came the former husband, who had come out from under the influence of the chloroform, and he was crazy and had a club.

He had been told of his death, and the marriage of his wives to the old man who owned the gas bag, and he wouldn’t have it that way.

He knocked some of his wives down and some fainted away, and then he started for the man who had usurped him in the affections of his 60 wives.

Pa was scared and started to crawl under the tent and escape into the jungle, when I saw that something had to be done, so I got right in front of the crazy husband and look­ing him square in the face, I began to chant, "ene-mene-miny-mo, catch a nigger by the toe,” and before I got to the end of the first verse, the great giant said: “Maybe you are right,” and he-fell to the earth in a fit, prob­ably from the effects of the chloro­form, but everybody thought I had overcome him by my remarks, and then they jumped on the husband and held him down while Pa escaped, and for Pa's safety they put him in a cage next to the newly acquired tigers and lions, who were cross and ugly, but Pa said he had rather chance it with them than with that crazy husband

Looking H im Square in the Face , I Began to Chant, “ Ene-Mene-Miny Mo."

gro wag dead tp the world, and the wt?#s thought Pa had killed their hus­band with his mighty power, and they Insisted that Pa marry the whole 60 wives. Pa kicked on it, but Mr. Ha- genbach told Pa that was the law in that part of Africa, and that he would have to marry them.

I never saw Pa so discouraged as he was when the oldest wife took his hand and said some words in the ne­gro dialect, and pronounced Pa mar­ried to the whole bunch, and when they led Pa to the man's tent, fol­lowed by all the wives, half of them singing a dirge for the dead hustfand, and the other half singing a wedding hymn, and Pa looking around scared and trying to get away from his new family, it was pathetic, but all the hands connected with the Hagenbach expedition laughed, and Pa disap­peared in the tent of his wives, and they hustled around to prepare a ban­quet of roasted zebra and boiled rhi­noceros.

We went to the tent and looked in. and Pa was the picture of despair, seated in the middle of the tent, all the female negroes petting him, and hugging him, and dressing him in the African costume.

They brought out loin clothes that belonged to the chloroformed husband And made Pa put them on. they blacked his arms and legs and body with some pokeberry juice, so he looked like-a negro, and greased his body And tied some negro hair on his head’over,his bald spot, and by gosh, when I saw Pa transformed Into a negro I looked at myself In a mirror to see If I had turned to A negro. I held the mirror up to Pa so he cdnld see himself, and when he got a good look f t the features that had always been his pride, he shed a few tears And said: "Booker Washington, by gosh,” and when the wives were pre­paring to bring in the banquet Pa Aaid to me: “Hennery, let this be a esson to you. Don't ever try to be

' jasrt, aa£ don't be a masher under

who had accused him of alienating the affections of his 60 wives.

The next day everything was fixed up with the husband of the 60 wives, his toothache was cured, and he quit being mad at Pa, and we all went to a river about a mile from camp to catch a mess of hippopotamuses.

The usual way to catch the hippos is to let negroes go out in boats and give' the hippos a chance to £wim under the boats and tip them over, and after they had eaten a few ne­groes they would come ashore and lie down in the mud for a nap, and they could be tied to a wagon and hauled to the cages.

Pa was to superintend the boat excursion, because the hippos would not eat a white man. Pa forgot that he was made up like a negro^apd so he went in the first boat, with six negroes who had been purchased at $5 apiece for hippo bait.

When the boat got out in the mid­dle of the stream, and the hippo heads began to pop up out of the water, with a “look who's here” expression on their open faces, Pa turned pale which probably saved him, for when the boat was upset, and the hippos took their pick of the negroes, and the water washed the pokeberry juice- off Pa he waif as white as the dtioen-. enoro, and when the nearest hippo got his negro in his mouth and start­ed for the shore Pa climbed oh his back and rode ashore Tn triumph, grabbing the husband of the 60 wives by the arm and pulling him on board, the hippo, and saving his life, and right there in the mud, while the hippos were eating their breakfast of cheap negroes, that husband told Pa he felt so under obligation to him that he could have his 60/wives and wel­come, and he would go out in .the jungle and corral another family.

Pa said he was much obliged but he must decline, as in his own coun­try no man was allowed to have more than 15 or 20 wives. But the terrible scandal Pa had brought upon the ex­

pedition was settled out of court, and Pa was reinstated In good standing in our expedition.

It takes a hippo quite a while to go to sleep after eating a negro, as you can imagine, they are ho indigestible, and it was annoying t£) -stand around ini the mud and wait, but we finally got two specimens of the hippo into the cages, and we killed two more for food for the negroes, who like the flavor of hippo meat, after the hippos have been fattened on negroes.

On the way back to camp we-Sight- ed a herd of elephants, and Pa said he would go out and surround' a couple of them and drive them into camp. Mr. Hagenbach tried to rea-

P a , A strid e of a Z ebra , Had Frightened the E lephants Into a Stampede by P lay ing “ A Hot T im e ” on a Mouth Organ.

son with Pa against the suicidal act, In going alone into a herd of wild elephants, but Pa said since his ex­perience with old Bolivar, the circus elephant, he felt that he had a mys­terious power over elephants that was marvelous, and so poor Pa went out alone, promising to bring some ele­phants into camp.

Well, he made good all right. We went on to camp and got our hippos put to bed, and fed the lions and tigers, and were just sitting down to our evening meal, when there was a roaring sound off where Pa had sur­rounded the elephants, the air was full of dust, and the ground trembled, and we could see the whole herd of about 40 wild elephants charging on our camp, bellowing and making a regular bedlam.

When the herd got pretty near us, we all climbed trees, except the ne­gro husband and his wives, and they took to the jungle.

Say, those animals did not do a thing to our camp. They rushed over the tents, laid down and rolled over our supper which was spread out on the ground, tipped over the cages containing the animals we had cap­tured, found the gasoline barrel and filled their trunks with gasoline and squirted it all over the place, and rolled the gasoline on the fire, and away the elephants went with gaso­line fire pouring out of their trunkf, Into the woods, bellowing, and when the dust and smoke cleared away, and we climbed down out of the trees and righted up the cages, here came Pa astride a zebra, playing on a mouth organ, “There’ll be a hot time in the old town to-night,” which had fright­ened the elephants into a stampede.

Mr. Hagenbach stopped Pa's zebra, and Pa said: "Didn’t you catch any of them? I steered ’em right to camp, and thought you fellows would head 'em off, and catch a few.”

I never saw Mr. Hagenbach mad before. He looked at Pa as though he could eat him alive, and said: “Well, old man, you have raised the duece on your watch, sure fenough." And then Pa complained because sup­per was not' ready. Gee, but Pa is getting more gall all the time.

(C o p y rig h t. 1908. b y W . G . C h a p m a n .)(C o p y rig h t in G r e a t B r i ta in .)

Prevention W hich Saves.Now, put it into money, this same

saving to the race through Intelligent observation, Ilunter has estimated the average cost of preparing a man for usefulness at $1,500. The loss of400,000 workers, which occurs every year from diseases that are preventa­ble, represents, therefore, an annual loss to the country of $600,000,000. On Hunter's estimate the lowered death rate of England in about ten years would mean a capital saved of $1,285,206,000. The epidemic of 1891-'92 cost Philadelphia an esti­mated loss of about $22,000,000—to railways, hotel keepers, merchants, manufacturers—for care of sick, loss of time and expense of burial. A pol­icy of prevention, on the other hand, would have cost about $700,000, says Leslie’* Weekly. The discovery of the yellow fever mosquito Is supposed to save us more money In each single yegr than was spent upon the entire Cuban war. If we could master tu­berculosis the saving in money in the United States would be , $330,000,000 per year. Is it any. wonder, then, that the best physicians are heart and soul in the study of prevention?

TALK o r NEW YORKG o ssip o f P eop le and E ven ts T old

In In terestin g M anner.

T h e S ile n t B ro k e r o f W a ll S tre e t■rSura r l — cast. He has never attempted to tell S i l B l L I' ' :ihe-age of Ann. Nor hashe ever es-

^ ‘ sayed to predict increased prosperityor appalling disaster. In the environ­ment where words fill the air like leaves of Vallambrosa, Mr. Neefus only releases those which are absolutely necessary, that Is all. The appellation “Silent Edward” is no misnomer.

It is related by Mr. Neefus’ close personal friends that the broker's daughter at one time asked her moth­er:

"Mother, how did father ever find his tongue long enough to ask you to marry him?"

That question was not answered and both Mr. and Mrs. Neefus smiled upon their child.

Mr. Neefus when trading upon the curb never shouts forth the word “Sold” in making a trade, but simply nods his head and the deal is closed without loss of^hreath and without waste of precious words.

Ho Is an enthusiastic yachtsman. He rushes from Wall street to his home in Rockaway beach and as quick­ly as possible gets into his boat and sails away to the fishing ground and remains there, more silent than the sea on a calm day when the water is like glass: He will fish anjl fish and, when the day is over, return home, take a seat by the hearth and listen to all that his family has to say, smile, nod his head and never say a word.

But Mr. Neefus is a man of action, and under strict compulsion—for in­stance that imposed by military dis­cipline—he can talk in cold, direct, comprehensive speech. It may not be much to his liking, but he is a man who puts duty, whether domestic or patriotic, above all other things, and if occasion requires, may rip off a line of talk which fairly vibrates with vi­tality. *

NEW YORK.—There has been fre­quent speculation for many years

as to where J. Cheever Goodwin found the type which he embodied in the Lone Fisherman made famous in "Evangeline.” Mr. Goodwin himself, usually not a voluble man, not given to long dissertations, found his widest expression in writing, and the fact remains that he has never written the story of the origin of this silent, mys­terious character which has taken a permanent place in American usage and tradition. The expression "Lone Fisherman” springs naturally to the lips when one beholds a man perched on the shores of the river or sound solitary and expectant. But were you to speak to one of these persons they might be voluble enough in telling of the wondrous fish they ha,ve landed or expected to land.

But the real ideal Lone Fisherman as conceived by the librettist is a man whose whole sphere of activities is comprehended by -pantomime and no spoken word. For many years there has been a search to find such a char­acter, but now the friends of Edward Lefferts Neefus, or “Silent Edward,” declare that Mr. Goodwin must have certainly had him in mind, or someone who was a perfect replica, when he drew the character in “Evangeline.”

Mr. Neefus is probably the most ex­pert fisherman in the financial dis­trict, just as he is the most silent and uncommunicative operator on the street. He has never told a fish story. He has never made an election fore-

• rNew Am usem ent Palace Is Planned

NEW YORKERS will not long miss the Madison Square garden if a

new plan to build an amusement pal­ace is caried out.

A proposition to construct a mam­moth amusement arena and show place upon one of the great ̂ squares over the New York Central railroad tracks north of Forty-fifth street, has been laid before that company.

It has been demonstrated by practi­cal tests that such a structure would not be affected by vibration or by the noise from the trains. Experts* de­clare that a grand opera house built over those tracks would not be mar­red at all by the close proximity of the electric train service beneath it.

The erection of high-class apartment hotels, or family .apartment houses, upon this great superstructure above the tracks has also been proposed. Al­though no property of this sort has ever been utilized for purposes as are now proposed, it is declared en­tirely practical and adaptable by the experts who have considered the vari- oous propositions.

The great areas which will be avail­able for the site of the proposed new palace of amusement as soon as the subterranean tracks are completed will embrace ten square city blocks. They will extend from Forty-fifth street on the south to Fiftieth street on the north and between Park ave- nue and Lexington avenue on the east, and between Park and Madison ave­nues on the west. Each of these “squares” will be 700 feet east and west by 200 feet north and south, any one of them affording mere area space than is now available in the Madison square garden.

H arry and Evelyn Thaw M ake U p Again

A VISIT which Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw paid to her husband In the

Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminal insane at Poughkeepsie gives rise to the belief widely expressed here that a reconciliation has been ef­fected between the couple. Indications are not wanting either that Mrs. Wil­liam Thaw, Harry Thaw’s mother, is a party to the new understanding, if one has, indeed, been reached.

The visits of Mrs. Thaw to her hus­band have been rare, and it is months since she has seen him at all.

Her last visit to him at the Mat­teawan state hospital was on February 13 last. Her counsel, Daniel O’Reilly, accompanied her then. Only twice since has she visited Thaw, both vis­its being while he was confined in the

county jail at Poughkeepsie.There are evidences that Mrs.

Thaw’s recent trip had been prear­ranged and also that Mrs. William Thaw was a party to the arrange­ment. O

The elder Mrs. Thaw has been domiciled at Poughkeepsie for the past two weeks. Ever sinpe her arrival she has made a dally visit to her son at two o’clock each afternoon. On the day of her daughter-in-law’s visit she gave orders not to have a carriage called until four o'clock. Mrs. Evelyn Thaw remained with her husband an hour and a quarter.

During the young wife’s talk with her husband Mrs. William Thaw reached the asylum, arriving about 15 minutes previous to her daughter-in- law's dqparmture from her husband's ward.

After the prisoner’s wife had left the asylum it was said that the greet­ing between the two had been warm and that both conducted themselves as though a thorough understanding had been reached and a reconciliatio’ effected.

W om en Now M anage Hoffm an House

Hurt by Will’* Conditions.To Bertha Schultz, a young dress­

maker in Hamburg, Germany, $16,006 was bequeathed on condition that she never married a man engaged in an intellectual occupation. She is al­ready engaged to an accountant, and she and her fiance are now endeavor­ing to peianade the law that the work la purely mechanical

ANNA and Margaret Caddagan, sis­ters of the late John P. Caddagan,

for many years proprietor of the Hoff- han house, have taken charge-of that hotel since his death. Miss Anna; Cad­dagan has become general manager and has been elected a director of the corporation which, owns the property. She is assisted by Miss Margaret Cad­dagan. The post of steward, which is one of the most important' in the administration of a big hotel, is at the Hoffman house now held.... by Miss Mary Boyle, who for many years has been'a friend of the Caddagan family and who was appointed steward by Mr. Caddagan several years ago. She

came to New York from the south to engage in business and went to the Hoffman house to live. Mr. Cadda­gan, attracted by her grasp of busi­ness conditions and knowledge of marketing on a large scale, prevailed on her to accept the place of steward. She is the only woman steward In any large hotel in New York.

It was during the last illness of Cad­dagan that his sisters became ac­quainted with the details of his work. Miss Anna Caddagan developed an un­usual executive ability and he turned over to her the entire management of the hotel. After his death she became general manager of the property. She made several changes In the per­sonnel of the staff, but so far as ad­ministration is concerned proceeded along those lines which her brother followed for many years and which brought success to him and to the Hoffmaii house. The Miss Cadda- gahs have tak€n up their residence in the hotel.

PROVED RY TIME.

No Fear of Any Further Trouble.

David Price, Corydon, la., says:' “1 was in the last stage of kidney trouble

—lame, weak, run down to a mere skeleton. My back was so bad I could hardly walk and the kidney secre­tions much disor­dered. A week after I b e g a n u s i n g Doan’s Kidney Pills I could walk with­

out a cane, and ms I continued my health gradually returned. I was so grateful I made a public statement of my case, and now seven years have passed, I am still perfectly well.”

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T H E Q U A R R E L .

h e - •Why on earth did you every., marry me?

Him—Oh, don't be so bromidlc! That’s what everybody asks.

O F T W O E V IL S , E T C .

Youngster Evidently Had H ie Own Idea as to the Choice.

My neighbor, writes a correspondent, has four young sons, whom he and his wife duly lead to church every Sun­day. Just as the sermon was about to begin last Sunday one of the boys was observed to look vory uncomfort­able, and, having explained the nature of his sufferings, was sent home. His younger brother, in an urgent whis­per, demanded of his mother: “Where’s Tom gone?"

“He's gone home."“What for?”“The mother whispered, low: "He'a

got toothache.”And the lad, as he sat up to listen to

the preacher, muttered, in a stage whisper: "Lucky-dog! 7

O ptim ist and Pessim ist.Sydney Rosenfeld once wrote a com­

edy. entitled “The Optimist,” which achieved success after the production, but was a long time reaching th® stage. Manager after manager refused the manuscript, and one day Mr. Rosenfeld, whose patience was ex­hausted, blurted out to his sole au- ditdr:

“Of eourse you don’t appreciate the play! You don't even know the meaning of Its name!”

“Yes, I do,” protested the Im­presario.

“Well," insisted Rosenfeld, "what’s the difference between an optimist and a pessimist?”

The manager barely hesitated: "An optimist is an eye doctor,” he said; "a pessimist is a foot doctor.”—Sun­day Magazine.

Kicks.Harry Payne Whitney the day his

own and other noted horsemen’s racers were shipped from London on the Minnehaha, said of the death of racing in New York:

"A good many jockeys have been hard hit. A Jockey told me last week a very sad tale of misfortune. I lis­tened sympathetically.”

" ‘Ah, Joe,' said I, ‘when a man Is down, few hands are extended to him.’

“The Jockey as he chewed a straw, smiled bitterly.

“ 'Few hands—yes—that*3 light,’ he said, ’but think of the feet.*"

E xp e rt Pocket-PIckfng.An old lady was accosted in a Lon­

don street by a well-dressed and re­fined-looking stranger, who effusively claimed her as a fcriend. “1 really don’t believe you remember me!” she exclaimed, reproachfully, and the old lady, never doubting that her memory was at fault, confessed that she could not quite recall the name. “Ah, bat I have changed It since you knew me," said her Interlocutor, gayly, and after a few more lively speeches she passed on, having possessed herself mean­while of the old lady’s purse.

- C A U S E A N D E F F E C TGood Digestion Fo llow s R ig h t Food.

Indigestion and the attendant dls- •omforts of mind and body are cer- talc to follow continued use of Improp­er food.

Those who are still young and robust are likely to overlook the fact that as dropping water will wear a stoett away at last, so will the use oK heavy, greasy, rich food, finally canj.j loss of appetite and Indigestion.

Fortunately many are thoughtful enough to study themselves and note the principle of Cause and Effect in their daily food. A N. Y. young wom­an writes her experience thus:

"Sometime ago I had & lot of trouble from indigestion, caused by too rich food. I got so I was unable to di­gest scarcely anything, and medicines seemed useless.

"A friend advised me to try Grape- Nuts food, p r a i s i n g I t highly, and as a last resort I t r i e d f t I am thankful to say that Grape-Nuts not only re­lieved me of my' trouble, bat built mu op and strengthened my digestive or­gans so that I can now eat anything 1 desire. But I stick to Grape-Nr**."

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p w l in e o r I r a c t lo n th e r e o f , to r e a c h 'n se r tio n . Suolar ad v ertis in g r a t e , m a d e know n on sp- S lc a t id n . W here no t tm e i s s p e c if ie d .a ll n<> rice s a n d ad v e rtisem en ts w ill be in se rte d n n tll o rd e re d d isco n tin u ed .

The following is taken from the .Union City Register, the bride named being a former resident of this vicinity:

L U T H E R A N CHURCH.Rev. G. D. E hnes. P asto r.

Thet will be English services in the The patrons of our citv schools have. • Gerumii church next Sunday evening,

found reason for admiring Miss Mabel [ The pastor will preach. Everybody is Patterson^ work in the capacity of 1 invited.Music and Drawing teacher in the year she has been w ith ' us. She is most

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An item nf 81,700 for the salary of an associate judge to act as juvenile court judge is included in the annual oudget of the board of county auditors. The act provided that where the pro­late judge cannot look after the juve­nile court the work must be done by -he curcit court judges. Judge Rohnert has always looked after the work in Detroit, for juvenile court work the probate court judge is paid according

population, and since July, 1907, •Judge Durfee has been paid 83,299, in addition to his regular salary of 86,000.

■If Judge Rohnert has received any- :hing for his additional work it is by special agreement with Judge Durfee.

It is probable that one of the big struggles of the-coming legislative ses­sion will be over a bill to prevent ship meat of liquor into counties that are •;dry” : from counties that are “wet.” This is the thing most desired by the Anti-Saloon league and the Prohibi­tionists. Michigan has one county, \>nBuren, which has been dry for 18 years.; In addition, the “drys" carried 10 out; of the 14 counties on which a vote of local option was taken last spring. Next spring there will be a vote tin local option in the following

^counties: Ottawa, Tuscola, Montcalm, Eaton, Alcona, Huron, Lapeer, Sanilac Kalkaska. Genesee, Mecosta—11. In addition, there is now a struggle on to bring about a vote in these counties: Berrien, Alleganr Emmet, Clare, Iosco, Branch, Livingstone, Newaygo, Lake, Benzie. Hillsdale, Ionia, Isabella—13. The Anti-Saloon League is confident that a majority of these will carry, this bringing the number of counties in which local prohibition prevails up to

s 25 or 30.

T o w n sen d fo r S e n a to r .

Congressman jCharles E. Townsend has emphatically announced that he will not be a candidate for the speaker- ship of the lower house at Washington, but verified the rumor in circulation about the state that he would be in line for the United States senatorship two years hence. He said:

“I am not a candidate for the speak ership. but what the country demands is a revision of the rules, Cannon is as fair a man ns could be seclected under these rules. The trouble is not with the man but with the regulations, under which he works. I am in favor of a revision of the rules and shall do everything to accomplish that end. 1 am a candidate for United States sena­tor and expect to euter the primaries in two years. I have received several letters from different jjgfr^of the state regarding ray cand id ly for the sena­torship and to each I have replied that I would be out after it.” “

The term of Senator Julius Caesar Burrows terminates two years from the fourth of next March,

In order to set at rest the com­plaints of the inhabitants of adjoining houses, a remarkable engineering ex­periment has just been carried out successfully by.^a power company oc­cupying a house in the Rue St. Roch. This hbuse, like many old buildings in Paris, did not have side walls of its own. These walls, constructed of h^avy masonry, were shared with its neighbors to the right and left.

As a result, the three adjoining buildings were practically one. By the same token the engines in the power­house sent their thud and vibration through the entire mass, keeping neighboring tenants awake and driv­ing away trade.

A master quarryman who happened to be visiting the manager of the pow­er house accidentally heard of the complaints, .and at once proposed a remedy, to isolate the three buildings by splitting the connecting walls from top to bottom. He was used to such operations in his quarries, and he pro­posed the use of an endless helicoit cord such as is commonly used-In ex­tensive stone-sawing operations.

This suggestion was adopted and Tias just been executed with perfect success. A perpendicular slit, two inches wide and 70 feet deep, now com­pletely isolates the power house. Ten­ants. of the neighboring houses say the noise and vibration of the power house engines have completely dis­appeared.

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A considerable number of people are afraid to put forth an effort to gaiu patronage or bring new industries to a tow i for fear another will get some benefit without paying for it.

In every town are some business men who say they would advertise, bui, for the fact that others who don’t would get some benefit from it. I f no one advertises this fellow would find hard times.

Some business men do not advertise, but if no one advertised for business, or made an effort for business, the towns that do would get the big end of the trade. -Every man who gets a new customer for himself, helps the other business men also, from the fact that the new customer "looks round” some

, while he is in town.Some men are afraid of competition

in business. .N o need of it in a big country like this. I f your competitor and yon will both go after the business

. you will soon widen the field and find plenty of room for both. If, by a united effort, the radius of tr^de can be extended a'mile in every direction, there would soon be a noticeable iu crease in the number of people who come herb to trade. _

A little poll all together would get some small industries that would em­ploy a few more men. However, as long as every fellow waits for some one else to take'the initiative, nothing will be done. All the larger trade centers were villages once and would be’yet if ttie business men had not

> ' made a united effort to make them bigger and better. Had they “killed” competition and nobody boosted, they would have been little yet or petered out altogether.

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capable, and very ambitions, besides I church of Christ, Scientist, 10:10 A. M.being amiable and tactful toward the ffellow teachers and her pupils. She • ’ ’ ’finds herself surrounded by admiring Man.”

the Preserver of Sunday-school for' children

d the lady congratulations u d o u her i menial service, 7 L\rriage which took plane in Detroit, ,g. 29, ’08, at which time she was ___

friends who are now permitted to ex tend marriiAug. ,united in marriage to A. A. ’lowne by Rev. Edgar Moore, at the Methodist parsonage in Detroit. As if this was not enough surprise for one commun­ity, Prof. Fearsall comes forward and says that he has been married about two years and- now announces it for the first. Mrs. Pearsall will arrive here probably next week and it is a pleasure to welcome that laiv to our village. We extend all four of the young people congratulations and and best of wishes for the future. That the school may continue to keep Mrs. Towne is the desire ofjthe super­intendent, board and patrons and that the pleasant relation of the past year may i i no way be interrupted.

11:00 A. M. Wednesday evening testi M. Everv one is

8 P L IT S O L ID W A L L E D G E W I6 E .

Endless Cord Used to 8aw Two Bu ild ­ings Apart in P a ris .

Snake Disturbed D iners.At dinner time recently at a famous

Berlin restaurant the place was crowded, when suddenly a six-foot snake dropped quietly, apparently from nowhere, into the center of one of the largest tables. Ladies screamed, men shouted, and chairs- w were overturned by the flying crowds. The snake alone remained unmoved lying perfectly oblivious of the conrtnotion which it had created. Finally a wait­er bolder than the rest approached cautiously, others followed, and soon it was evident that the reptile was sound asleep. The reptile belonged to a showman who hrfd a room on the floor above. It had escaped through a hole, and curled itself around the chandelier of the restaurant. The smoke of so many cigars stupefied it. with the result that It fell. The snake was captured without being awakened, and returned to the showman.

H is Idea of Bonanza.A certain man had a disastrous ex­

perience in gold mine speculations. One day a number of colleagues were discussing the subject of speculation, when one of them said to this specu­lator:

“Old chap, as an expert, give us a definition of the term ‘bonanza.’ "

“A bonanza,’ ” replied the- experi­enced man, with emphasis, “is a hole in the ground owned by a champion l ia r ! —Pick-Me-Up.

A M arried Man.Station Sergeant—Are yon married ?Prisoner—No, sir.Officer—Beggin’ your pardon, sarge,

he's wrong. When we searched him we found in his pockets, a clipped recipe for curin' croup, a sample of silk, an' two unposted letters in a woman’s handwritin’ a week old.— —London Tit-Bits.

Seasonable Matrimony."Mother, I want to get married this

winter.”“Very well, my daughter. But don’t

throw yourself away.”“Oh, no; lam going to marry a nice

, "I must say, dear, I think a man would j>e more seasonable.”

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M arked for Death.“Three years ago I was marked for

death. A grave-vard cough was tear ing my lungs to pieqes. Doctors failed to help me and hope had fled, when my husband got Dr King’s New Discov­er'- says Mrs. A. C. Williams,of Back Kv “The first dose helped me ami improvement kept on until 1 had gained 58 pounds in weight and. my health wasTully restored.” This med­icine holds the world’s healing record J'or. coughs and cqlds and long and throat diseases It prevents pneumo­nia. s»»M Under guarantee a t ’The Wolverine linn* Do. and John L.Gale’s 50c and 81 Trial bottle free.

P R E S B Y T E R IA N .Rev. H . N . Ronald. Paato r.

Snnday 10:00, morning worship. Preaching by the pastor on “Habak kuk’s Complaint.” 11:15, Sunday- school. 6:00, Young People’s Meeting. 7:00, evening gospel service. Preach­ing by the pastor on “The Law of Lib­erty.” Everyone is most cordially in­vited to these services.

U N IV ER SA L1ST Rev. F . W. M iller. P aato r

Services as usual next Sunday at 10 a. m. Sermon by the pastor. Topict “Hebrew Ceremonial Purity apd its Christian Interpretation ” Sunday- school at 11:15 a. m. At 7 p. m.,'stare- opticon views of the Obec Ammergad Passion Play yvill be given. All are in vited. A collection will be taken.

B A PTIST.R ev. C. T . Jac k . P asto r.

Morning worship at 1030. Sermon by pastor. Subject of morning sermon, “Scriptural Assurance.” Evening subject, “Eternity and where shall I spend it? “Sunday-school 11:45. 15.Y. P. U. 6:00. Leader. Miss Martha Wellman. Topic, “Books that delight and strenghten.” Fifty present at the 13. Y. P. U. last Sunday evening. Make it 60 next Sunday evening. We are getting ready for our Christmas in our Sunday-school. Mid-week service Wednesday night 730. Don’t miss a Wednesday night service if you wish to gain spiritually.

M ETH O D IST.Rev. E . K ing. P as to r.

Servitres next Sunday as follows: Morning service at 10 a. m. Preach ing by the pastor. Sunday-shoo! at 11:30. Epworth league at 6 p. m. Eve­ning service ?»t 7 o’clock, with a twenty minute song service at the opening. Sermon also.

At the quarterly conference held at Newburg last week, encouraging re­ports were received from every depart­ment of the church. The corigrega tions have increased numerically, the membership has grown, the Sunday schools show a tine increase over a year ago, and the Junior and Senior League'services are a success" aDd an inspiration. The Ladies Aid Society at both Plymouth and Newburg a-re doing tine work.

At the experience social held by the Plymouth Ladies Aid last Friday eve ning over 880.00 was received. The “experiences” were very interesting, and the program thoroughly enjoyable.

Our song service lastSunday evening was great. The new books are iu favor, and this feature of the service will be continued.

At the election of Sunday-school officers last week the following were elected for 1909: Supt., P. W. Voorhfes; ass’t. supt., W. O. Stewart; 2nd ass’t.,

ine; secretary, Florence sec’y. Gladys Passage;

treas., Russell Wingard; Miss, treas., Lynn VanVleet; Miss, sec’y., Ethel Smitherman; librarian, Clara Lyons; ass’t. librarian, Cora Peterson; piajnist Myrtle Yorton; ass’t. pianist, Czarina, iVnney; Cradle KoH, Mrs. Luther Passage.

G. W. Ricl^vin Durfee; ass’t. e

A print shop has * few things to offer the Christmas giver and perhaps some of them may just fit into your list.

For a gentleman—A supply of printed stationery or envelope* is a de­sirable gift. The Mail office can sup­ply any kind or any amount.

For a lady—A package of visiting cards, either engraved 6r printed. The Mail office will fill your order for either. Get the order in early.

For some absent friend who likes to hear from Plymouth a subscription to the Mail for six months or a year.

P ly m o u th M ark ets.Wheat, Red, 8 .98 Oats, 49c.Rye, 70c.Beans, basis 81.90 Buckwheat, 81.40 per cwt. Potatos, 55c.;Bolter, 28c.E fts -30c

Knowing that you feel a generous desire to remember those you love with ap­propriate and desirable Christmas Gifts, we have taken special pains that our selec­tion of'Chvaktinas Goods this year should include a variety of something new and Up-to-date and really desirable for every individual, from youngest to the oldest, and at the lowest scale pf prices known to honest trade. Remember, that we rep­resent all things as they are and regulate the price by the true value of the article.

W atches, Clocks, Jew elry. Silverware, Cut Glass, Books, Stationery,

Kodaks and Supplies,

Ebony, Sterling and S tag Toilet■’ Articles and Celluloid Boxes

NEW LINE O F HOLIDAY B O O K S- C h r i s t m a s C a r d s

A new line of Books for young and for old. Alger Books for.-10c and 2oc. Linen Books. Christmas Postcards. Post Care! Albums from 10c to ffi.OO.

Large Line Blocks and Games, 5c to $3

Base Balls, Foot Balls, Fancy Rubber Balls,Leather Goods, Purses, Music Roils, etc.

Holiday Stationery and Fountain Pens

\\ e have made it a point to make our selections at prices that you will feel able to pay. We hope to see every reader in our store at an early date. The early purchaser get the cream of the stock, as we have but a few pieces of a,kind.

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The season’s best gowns demand a lithe, -Lender figure, with a rounded waist and slop­ing hips. To produce these results and that your gown- may be just right, rests with the Corsets.

Adiusto G o rsetsare strongly made and are universally worn by women of stout figure, who invariably praise the supporting features of this obesity garment Adjusto Corsets bring comfort, decrease the hhe hip size and transform large women into graceful subjects lor the dressmaker.

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