" W I T H I v I A - L I O E T O W ^ R r ) I S T O N E - A - N I D O H - A - I ^ I T Y F O R . ^ L L . "

VOL V, NO 44. LOWELL. KENT COUNTY. MICH.. APRIL 2 M 8 9 8 . W H O L E NO. 252.

It's Risky Business.

To buy shoes anywhere and

everywhere. Go to a place where every pair can be de-pended upon. That 's the

way it is at our store. Our Men's Work shoes are

shoes you can depend upon and the prices are right. They range from $1.25 up-ward. CALL AND SEE THEM.

GEO. M. WINEGAR.

W. J. ECKER & SON PROPRIETORS. AND DEALERS IN

T J HVE 3 3 E I R ; . J

| Lowell Planing Mill,

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1 LATH. SHINGLES AND CEDAR FENCE POSTS.

Manufacturers of—Sash, Doors, Blinds, Frames for Doors, Windows and Screens, Exhibition and Shipping Coops for Poultry, Dried Apple Boxes, Wooden Eave Troughs, Etc.

M A T C H O r O , R E - S A W Z V O A N D J O B W O R K .

BAPTIST CHURCH

MENTS

IMPROVE-

To the Extent of $1 ,000 Now Un-

der Way.

The improvera nta now under way

ou the Baptist clu-rch promise to al-

ter that building su that its old

friends will not recognize it. The

plans include the raising of the pres-

en t building, to admit of a basement;

the erection of a lecture room on the

east side, which can be opened into

the auditorium by means of sliding

AN ADDITION OR A WARD BUILDING?

The Questions Considered at t h e Special School Meeting.

The special school meeting last Fri-

day evening was quite well attended.

Thesent iment was largely in favor of

erecting a new ward building instead

ot making an addition to the Central

building. The matter was discussed

at some length; but as the meeting

was called to consiuer the addition

project, no action could be taken on

, . . ... , die matter of ward building. The i„,n. T h e pulpit and choir » . l l bo I n r e H l l t r s u b j c ( , t 1(J a n „ l h e r

placed on the WMt .Lie, the w i o . l . . « d ) « . h i c h i , , , h l , e „ A ,

uo that aide removed and light ad- , At that l ime both projec t , will mitted through la r^e decorated wm- w ^

dows on the south, east and north east

sides. The . south window will be

placed where tower is now and a mod-

ern tower will be placed between the

auditorium front and the lecture

room annex. T h e new building will be heated by

a furnace and the room formerly oc-

upon. Everyb ody interested should

be at this meet ing.

.Marriage of D. S. McQueen.

A quiet hut impressive ceremony

was performed at the home tif the

bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elias

l>e\ ier in the presence of a few inti-

Best Papers the Best Mediums.

There Is much good solid sense for tvery advertiser In the following ;.ariBraph from a thoughtful eastern advertiser:

The dally paper Is by fa r the safest and most certain method of reaching the public. I t should not bo dlfflcult for any m-tPlllRont man who has lived for any time In a community to know Just v.-hat i>ai>eni will servo him as advertising mc-dlums. It Isn't at nil necessary to examine the books In iho newsjiaper's counting room or to g t t their aflldavlts of cir-culation. A paper that you read yourself and tha t yonr neigh-bors read and respect and that you know to be widely read and respected, you can safely rely on as a satisfactory me-dium for reaching people of your own fr'"*.

t o n H A V H BEEN OETTINO BETTEN RESULTS FROlt The Detroit Journal WE'RE C.IVINO TOTJ MOREJ CIRCULATION.

Did You Ever Noticc?

The best business houses In Detroit use T H E DETROIT JOURNAL largely—more largely every year.

Nearly every successful general advertiser uses THE DETROIT J O U R N A L

Some advertisers are not allowed In THQ DETROIT JOURNAL.

WO, H E - S A W Z K O A N D J O B W O R K . A

Ecker & Son, Lowell, Mich. 4

83,000 crescent Bicycles sold in I897. We

want to sell you in 1888 Crescent|Qual-

ity and Crescent Beauty at Crescent prices should make you and your friends crescent rides.

We have Bicycles from $25 to $50 dollars. Art Catalogues Free.

R. B. BOYLAN. C L A R K S V U X E

—1 A C A D E M Y . THIS PRIVATE SCHOOL OFFERS THE

FOLLOWINQ COURSES OF STUDY.

Common School Course... Thi> course gives the regular work of all l lie common branches of study. Tuition for term of 20 weeks, $8.00.

Engl ish Course. . . Gives sluTier or review work of oom-mon branches and Jill aradeuiic studies luuling to tir>i, seound and third grade teacher* certificates. Tuition for term of 20 weekx $10.

Academic C o u r s e s . . Prepares the student for state certifi-cate or uoiversiiv. Tuition for term of 20 weeks, f 10.

Normal Course. . . Includes kindergarten and professional i studies for all grades of teacher's cer- , lificates. Tuition for term of 20 weeks $10.

B u s i n e s s Course. . . Gives book keeping in all its forms and ;

««ther bran< hes necessary for a complete business education. Tuition for term of 20 weeks, $15.

Announcements for 1897-98 .

Suinmer School Begins

A P R I L 1 1 , 1 8 9 8 .

Wrrite For

Particulars. — C J aad G E Traasac. Naaagcrs.

Clarksviilc. lonUCo. Micb-

LT LOOK! At Our

100 piece decorated dinner sets $12.00. SI0.00, ST.OO. 10 piece toilet sets. $2.75. Brooms, 10, 15, 2'>c. 17 quart enameled dish pans, 60c. 14 quart enameled dish pans, 50c. 10 qu;.- * enameled dish pans, 40c. Tea and <"offee pots, 441. 35 30. See my 10 and 15 cent counter l)efore buxing odd pieces of ( hina and Glassware. Nice line of Lamdsand fancvChina-

eupied by stoves will add to the seat- mate friuuds uud relatives last Sun-

ing capacity. day afternoon, the occasion being the

T h e old choir will be used as a marriage of their daughter, Miss

library room and seated with chairs Edi th P . BeVier to DeVille S. Mc-

Queen of Lowell. The cereuTony,

took place at 1:00 p. m., the Rev. J .

. Humphrey, of Allegan, officiating

at the altar. The parlor was taste-

fully decorated with white bunt ing

joining together in a beautiful arch

under which the happy couple took

their marriage vows. Easter lillies

and various other flowers forming a

very pretty background. The nup-

tial music was played by Mies Mamie

Jaques. Tho br ide was gowned in a

very becoming dress of white alba-

tross trimmed with white lace and

ribbons, wearing orange blossom in

her hair, and her maid of honor. Miss

Nina Lake, formerly of this place

was tastefully gowned in albatross,

trimmed with blue velvet. T h e

gr< om was attended by Mr. Lee IIul-

liburger. Following the ceremony

refreshments were served. Mr. and

Mrs. McQueen will be a t home to

their friends a f te r J u n e 25.—[Lak()

Odessa Wave.

If Friends or Relatives did not present you with what you

desired in the

JEWELRY LINE, can add material ly to the sealing

capacity on occasions.

These projected improvements will

cost about $1,000, at least half of

which is pledged. When our good

Baptist friends get snuglv fixed in

their new quarters they will be "strict-

ly in it."

Has Been Unfortunate . Humane Agent Randolph has been

1 meeting with misfortune in his cruel-ty to animal cases, for a number of weeks and the county has been put to quite an expense as a result. The last three cases, those of J a rv i s Train ,

, of Lowell, J o h n Brooks, of Algoma, and George Thompwu, of Wyoming, were lost and two of them nolle pres-sed. Mr. Randolph states tha t he has difficulty with his witnesses. Thev relate a pitiable story to him on his investigation and then fail to substan-tiate their stories when they get into court. The witness, cour t and offi-cer fees in these three cases cost the county $81 20. v

Death of John Maynard.

Died, at his home in LA.-well, April

12,1898, J o h n Maynard , aged 73

year-1-

Mr. Maynard wa# born in Ster l ing , : Building & L .an Association was

Mass., Ju ly 31, 1824, where he lived held a t the secretary's office and the

C A L L A T

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • All the New Goods and Fads Carried in Stock.

Tis a pleasure to show theni .~

Bench work properly and Prompt-ly Done.

East side, next to McCarty's.

C H A K L E V O I X - T H E ^

P J E A U T I F U L ,

A Prosperous Association.

The annual meeting of the Lowell

untii 33 years of age when he remov-

ed to Hume, X. Y . , where he married

Mis? Caroline E . Standish, May 23,

1857. To this union four children

were born, all of whom with the

mother survive.

John Mavnard

old officers re-elected, as follows:

President, M. C. Greene; treasurer,

N. B . HIain; secretary, J . B . Yeiter.

1 he associatioii is io a ll turishing. The first series of stock has nearlv

^SEASONW Junc25.lo Scpl25.

Everything new and strictly first-class, dress Egbert T. Osborn, Charlevoix, The

For terms, ad-Beautiful. Mich.;

matured and since its starting has paid 9 per cent, compound interest. . . . • , , • o -.xr w

was one of the A IieiV6erieS is Ilmv and aiI and bear in mind that the Chicago West Michigan and De-E S I w - * , • » « . for inves tors l.troit. Gnind topids & Western Railways are the only direct

areat interest in the little village he "". 'J, '1"" l e ^ ^ ^ l o those had choson tor his foture home. H<*

organized and was the leader of the first brass hand in Lowell. For some years he fuilowed the photograph business and then moved to his farm

who have no homes in

ware.

C. H. ALEXANDER.

advice is J-O-KI: "Stop par ing rent ; join the Buijp-

iug and Loan association and pay for a home instead. It is alm'ist or quite

aaac aaa IU , * i i

in East L/twell where he remained 1 8 **** , J1 ' n , o r e l ) r u f i u b l e -for 1J» years engaged in dairying.} His health then tai l ing he retired

; from business and returned to his old | FRUIT TREES. home in this village, where his re-J „ , . . .

' maiping Tears of paiil and . u d ^ r i n . T " t ' . , = * i t* • i . i i - 1 . , f c *P"°gs«al«*, is the b w t w have ever off have Iteeu made brighter by his life- ( ered. It is grown on nrw land where long Companions, music and b viks. nnr-ery treees have neier before been H e was an honest, upright m a n . ' r a i 5 ^ i ra r ranl t"<J " d to* from whose word was as g^>od as his Iv.nd. For over 40 years he has gone in and

1 ou: bef- re us, bearing his suffering with great patience; and now his work is done atxi we >hali know him QD

^ a twivi vv 11 i &1 A v il 11 «« 111 : ^III \ U II Cv

lines ro Charlevoix, the prettiest place in Northern Michigan, is 5my GEO. DEHAVEN, Gen'l Pass'r Agent.

I /i Ex-County Clerk

•

I Have Moved Again. My blacksmith shop is nuw in the

old Wiisou shop, opposite McCarty s warehouse, where I hope to sreal l my 1

old customers and manv new ones. F R E D B A R N E S ,

Blacksmiihing and Horseshomg. £250

A man might as well try to pu t a quar t of water into a pint measure as to make a better harness than our famous Oak Tanned hand made bar-aeas. Before purchasing it is for your intarett to call and look a t our

Brown A Sehler .

^ ELEGANT ^ New Line Of ^

• B A B Y CABS f ^ Just received. Prices a

t lower than ever, rang- T ing front J

• $ 4 . 5 0 UP. • J McCOJiNELL. •

«CA!e, root knobs, root apbis or other pest£. Buds are cat bv our N. P. Hu-;t-d fiom bearing trt*f. thereby insnring oar castomer* variet ies true to name, an important See the leading-tanJard

in ^ock:aiMithe approved tr.«:ed new varieties of value.

No Agents Employed. We find it more satisfactorv to deal di-

rectlj with the growers, relying on the . I* . i• • • j ^ , meritaofonr goods, square dealing and

Mestiaiue* II. A . I 'eckham and D. is. i ^,i.litxl cn<t<,mers for otr trad.. « dl «.n Lm V H"d ^fessrs. F . A . Whi te sssd {ss, Scot c w Oul au'J or iviUWIiCrd Gen. M. Winegar. a reunpanied by ! 0f troth of thin statement. Ifvoncan-H . D. Stork in ij. F . W . Tarleton. J . i "otcmfl, w r i t e » for twelve page circtdar. — — - - - - - — mailed free It gives valnabie inform-

more. The funeral was held at his late

reriJenoe, conducted by Rev . S. G Anderfon. Music was furnished bv

Eggs For Hatching.

E g g s from thoroughbred Pa r t r idge

Cochins, 81.00 per 13. ' A p p l y a t

this office.

H. Rickert and H. A. She rman .— i [Com.

Detroit Sunday Excurs ion May 1st . \

W e will start the excursion season , by one to Detroit ou above dale. J Special train will leave Elmdale a t 7 : 3 8 * . m. and arrive a t Detroit ai 11:00 a. m . Leave, returning, at 7^X) p . m. Rcoiod t r ip ra te $1.50 \ ia D., G. R. »t W . Bicycles ami baby 'jabs free. 26apr GEO. DEHAVEN, G. P . A.

Good work twice a week and fair t reatment a t the Lowell L a u n d r v .

1 anon in regard to new sorts. Our -pec-I udties. they will please von. if yon plant

them they will make money for yon. Certificate So. 4*.

State Board of Agricnltsre. November 15.

This is to certify that I havt examined the nursery stork .md premises »f S. P. Uu-ied A o . Lrt'Wci!. • i' . and Und no indications of the prt-sence of San Jo^r scale, nor of any dangerous insect p-M or fougous dise,\se. X. P. Hkdkick.

Slate lnsj»ector of ncrsenes and or-c h a r d s . N . P . HCSTED. A CO..

LowelL Kent oonutv. Mich.

Crayon portraits free of Bush's bakerv .

| Cornelius L- Harvey | ^ Has sold his interest in Harvev & Heystek ^

Co.. and i> no longer connected therewith In any way. He i> now occupying the store at 5') Monroe street, with a

^ New and Complete Stock of ^

Wall Paper and Paints, and will be pleased to have his friends ^ call on him when in Grand Rapids ^

I Cornelius L. Harvey, | 59 Monroe S tr i c t , Grand Rapids, Mich . ^2

3

h u u u u i u u u u u M i

to patrons j

Misses L ' tue Fletcher, Elizabeth 1 R^v. Kr . Brown will give a lecture Gregory. Minnie R.use and Anioin- in Train*? opera house, May 4. sub-et te Cole visited friends in I mia Sat - 1 ieri: "Anoiont F a i t h a n j Modern

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urdav. jec«: "Ancient Faith S ience Compared/

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J £ o w e l l HCedQcr.

LOWELL,

F. M. J O H N S O N , Publisher,

T MICHIGAN

The sympaihy of Engiaud is a good thing to have; but our fighting muftt, like chari ty, begin a t home.

The death penalty migh t be abol-ished, but t he reform should begin wi th the victims of the murderers .

The "cast les in Spain" which t ake the form of vain imaginings of glory •won in war a re a hideous type of day-dreams.

The report that a New York firm sold Gen. Weyler 8.000 pounds of dyna-mite seems to account for the genera l ' s terrific verbal explosions.

T A M A G E ' S S E R M O N .

'A LISTENING GOD" L A S T S U N -D A Y ' S SUBJECT.

From t h e Text : "He Tbmt Vlmnteth t h a

B» r, Shal l H e Not H e a r ? M —Storle i of

t h e World's Greateat M m l c l a u t — T h e

Soul* T h e y H a v e Stirred.

Cissie Fitzgerald confessed In cour t the other day tha t her real name is Marie Kate Tipping. She is cer ta inly an expert at t ipping the wink.

The act providing fo r t h e union of the Austral ian colonies, on a plan 'closely resembling t ha t of the United States, has been adopted by the con-st i tut ional convention, and will now be submitted to the people. I t s ratlf i-ication seems assured, and t h u s a so r t of United Sta tes of Austra l ia , or of iAustralasia, will come Into being, and wo shal l be a step nearer t h e " federa -t ion of the world ."

All hope of a compromise of t h e b ig •cloth mil ls s t r ike a t New Bedford, jMass., has been abandoned. The reply •of the manufac ture rs made recent ly, lhas put an end t o all t hough t s of com-promise , and, while It was pointed out t h a t they could not run the i r mil ls a t a profit even under the 10 per cent re-duct ion, there is no disposition man i -fested on the part of t he s tanch union-ists to r e tu rn to work.

Miss Amelia Sommerville, a Gotham ^actress, appears to be a peculiarly c i r -cumspect and self-restrained younp woman, wi th more than the usual re -gard for the proprieties of life. As we lunderstand it, she absolutely refused to 'marry again until a full twen ty - four hours had elapsed a f te r the receipt of the decree of divorce t ha t she secured last Saturday. I t is a lways well to have all appearances of has te e l imi-nated f rom affai rs of this descript ion.

The bicycle Industry is one In which there has been a very marked develop-ment as the result of Inventions made within the last decade. In 1890 on ly twenty-seven establ lsments were re -portod as engaged In the manufac tu re of bicycles. Five years later more t h a n 200 es tabl i shments were engaged In t h e manufac ture , and the ontout of whftols fo r 1895 was about 800,000, increas ing dn 1897 to over 1,000,000 wheels. In 1880 a large proport ion of the blcyclea used were imported, mainly f r o m E n g -land, but In 1897 the expor t s of cycles and par t s thereof to England a lone were valued a t $2,128,421, while the to-t a l exports were valued a t $6,902,736.

I t has long been the fashion to place upon menu cards sketches and quota-t ions to suggest topics of conversat ion, but Par i s ian hostesses the past mon th have adopted an opposite course. The i r fo rmula reads. "While s i t t ing a t table, speaking on the subject of the Dreyfus question is forbidden." In hive fashion Catherine 11. once posted on the walls of the Hf rmi tage : " I t is forbidden to have an ill-tempered air, to ex-change uukimi words, to speak 111 of any one whatever. All quarrels must be left a t the door with hat and sword." How beautiful to be a dic ta tor! Yet even in the land of free speech, the De Lome indiscretion suggests the wis-dom of dicts^irship over one's own tongue.

The superintendent <:f Chicago pub-lic schools has sent out f rom the office of the board instructions to teachers to begin teaching the effects of alcohol and narcotics, particularly nicotine, In accordance with the new l.tw pass-ed by the last legislature. Toe instruc-tions in the first, second and third grades will be oral, the teachers to lec-tu re for ten minutes, three days-cach week for ten weeks, beginning April 1. F i rs t -grade work will include "care and cleanliness of the body; the or-gans of sense; in jur ious effects of al-cohol and narcotics." Second-grade pu-pils will be told how to care for the jody, "especially the eyes, ears and teeth; proper and improper food and d r i n k ; the Injur ious effects of alcohol and narcotics." Third-grade children will learn the "par t* of the body; their re lat ions to one ano the r ; bones and muscles; circulation, breathing and t h e necessity for exercise; in jur ious effect of alcohol and narcotics." F rom the four th to the e ighth grade there mus t be a t least four lessons of flfteea minu tes each week, children In the fou r th and fifth grades s tudying the "Young People 's Physiology," whi le the h igher grades will use " T h e H u m a n Body and How to Care fo r I t " Bach of these books has twen ty - two pages o n the subject of alcohol and its effects o n the h u m a n body.

The terr ible a t roci ty recent ly perpe-t r a t ed by a mob of several hundred cowardly citizens of Wi l l i amsburg County, South Carolina, whereby a de-fenseless negro and his family were ru th less ly murdered for n o o ther rea-son than tha t this man had been ap-pointed postmaster of Lake City, and t h a t h is color was black, is, we th ink , t h e m o s t powerful a rgumen t aga ins t t h e to ' e ra t ion of lynch law tha t Is possible. TUe shocking details of this l a t e s t mob savagery savor more of an Apache massacre than of an OCCUP-

r e n c e a m o n g civilized white men.

Such scientists as Helmholtz and Conte and De Ulalnville and Hank and Buck have at tempted to walk the Apian Way of the human ear, but the mysterious pathway has never been fully trodden but by two feet—the too ; of sound and the foot of God. Three ears on each side the head—the exter-nal ear, the middle ear, the internal ear, but all connected by most wonder-ful telegraphy.

The external ear in all ages adorned by precious stones or precious metals . The temple of Jerusalem partly buil t by the contribution of earrings, and Homer In the Iliad speaks of Hera , "the three br ight drops, her gl i t ter ing gems suspended from the e a r ; " and many of the adornments of modern t imes were only copies of her ear Jew-els found In Pompellan museum and Et ruscan vase. But while the outer ear may be adorned by human ar t , t he middle and the Internal ear are auorned and garnished only by the hand of the Lord Almighty. The s troke of a key of yonder organ sets the air vibrating, and the external ear catches the un-dulat ing sound and passes It on through the bonelets of the middle ear to the Internal ear, and the th ree thousand fibres of the human brain take up the vibration and roll t he sound on Into the soul. The hidden machinery of the ear by physiologists called by the names of tnlf'TS famil iar to us. like the hammer, something to s t r i k e - l i k e the anvil—something to be smitten—like the s t i r rup of the saddle with which we mount the steed—like the drum, beaten in the march—like the harpstr lngs, to be swept with mu-sic. Colled like a "snail shell," by which one of tne Innermost passages of the ear Is actually called—like a s ta i r -way, the sound to a s c e n d - l i k e a bent tube of a heating apparatus , t ak ing that which enters round and r o u n d -like a labyrinth with wonderful pas-sages Into which the thougnt en ters only to be lost in bewilderment. A muscle contracting when the noise is too loud. Just as the pupil of the eye contracts when the light is too glaring. The external ear ia defended by wax which with Us bit terness discourages Insectile Invasion. The Internal ear Imbedded In by what Is far the hardest bone of the human system, a very rock of s t rength and defiance.

The ear so s t range a contrivance t ha t by the est imate of one scientist, it can catch the sound of 73.700 vibrat ions In a second. The outer ear t ak ing in all kinds of sound, whether the crash of an avalanche, or the hum of a bee. The sound passing to the inner door of the outside ear hal ts until another mechan-ism, divine mechanism, passes It on by the bonelets of the middle ear. and coming to the Inner door of tha t sec-ond ear, the sound has no power to come fu r the r until another divine mechanism passes It on through Into the Inner ear, and then the sound comes to the rail t rack of the brain branchlet , and rolls on and on until it comes to sensation, and there the cur-tain drops, and a hundred gates shut , and the voice of God seems to say to all human Inspection: "Thus far and no fa r ther . "

In this vestibule of the palace of the soul, how many kings of thought, of medicine, of physiology, have done penance of lifelong study and got no fu r the r than the vestibule. Mysterious home of reverberation and echo. Grand Central depot of sound. Headquar ters to which there come quick dispatches, part the way by cartilages, par t the way by air, par t the way by bone, part the way by nerve—the slowest dis-patch plunging into the ear a t the speed of 1,090 feet a second. Small in-s t rument of music on wh' -h Is played all the music you ever heard, f rom the grandeurs of an August thunders torm to the softest brea th ings of a flute. Small Instrument of music, only a quar te r of an inch of surface and the thinness of one-two hundredth and fif-tieth part of an inch, and tha t thin-ness divided Into three layers. In that ear musical staff, lines, spaces, bar and rest. A bridge leading from the outside natura l world to the Inside spiritual world; we seeing the abut -ment at this end the bridge, but (he fog of an unllf ted mystery hiding the abutment on the other end the bridge. Whispering gallery of the soul. The h u m a n voice Is God's eulogy t h e ear. Tha t voice capable of producing 17,592,-186,044,415 sounds, and all that variety made, not for the regalement of beast or bird, but for the human car.

About fifteen years ago. In Venice, lay down In death one whom many considered the greatest musical com-poser of the century. Strugglin)g on up f rom 6 years of age when he was l e f t fatherless, Wagner • Dse th rough the obloquy of the world, and of t t imes all nat ions seemingly against him, un-t i l he gained the favor of a king, and won the enthusiasm of the opera houses of Europe and America. Strug-gling all t he way on to 70 years of age, to conquer the world's ear. In tha t same a t tempt to master the h u m a n ear and gain supremacy over this gate of the Immortal soul, great bat t les were fought by Mozart, Gluck and Weber, and by Beethoven and Meyerbeer, by Rossini and by all the roll of German and Italian and French composers, some of them In the batt le leaving their blood on the keynotes and the musical scores. Great bat t les fought for the ear—fought with baton, with organ-pipe, with t rumpet , with cornet-a-piston, with all ivory and brazen and silver and golden weapons of the or-chestra; royal theater and cathedra)

and academy of music the fortresses for the contest for the ear. England and Egypt fought fo r the supremacy of the Suez Canal, and the Spar t ans and the Pers ians fought ' for t he defile a t Thermopylae, but the musicians of all ages have fought for the mastery of the auditory canal and the defile of the Immortal soul and the Thermopylae of s truggling cadences.

For the conquest ot the ear Haydn struggled on up f rom the gar re t where he had neither fire nor food, on and on until under the too great nervous s train of hearing his own oratorio of the "Creat ion" performed, he was carried out to die, but leaving as h is legacy to the world 118 symphonies, 163 pieces for the baritone, fifteen masses, five oratorios, forty-two German and Ital-ian songs, thi r ty-nine canons, 3C5 Eng-lish and Scotch songs with accompani-ment, and 1,636 pages of libretti . All that to capture the gate of the body tha t swings in f rom the tympanum to the "snail shell" lying on the beach of the ocean of the immortal soul.

To conquer the ear, Handel strug-gled on from the t ime when his father would not let him go to school lest he learn the gamut and become a musi-cian, and from the time when he was allowed In the organ loft Just to play a f te r the audience bad left, to the time when ho left to all nations h is unpar-alleled oratorios of "Es the r , " "Debo-rah ," "Sampson," " Jeph thah , " "Judas Maccabeus," "Israel In Egypt ," and the "Messiah," the soul of the great Ger-man composer btill weeping In the Dead March of our great obsequies and t r iumphing in the raptures of every Eas ter morn.

To conquer the ear and take this gate of the immortal soul, Schubert composed his great "Serenade," writ-ing the staves of the music on ihe bill of fa re In a res taurant , and went on until he could leave as a legacy to the world over a thousand magnificent compositions In music. To conquer the ear and take th i s gate of the soul 's castle Mozart struggled on through poverty until he came to a pauper 's grave, and one chilly, wet af ternoon the body of him who gave to the world the "Requiem" and the "G-minor Sym-phony" was crunched in on the top of two other paupers into a grave which to this day is epitaphless.

Are you ready now for the question of my text? Have you the endurance to bear its overwhelming suggesllve-ness? Will you take hold of some pil-lar and balance yourself under the semi-omnipotent s t roke? "He that planted the ear , shall he not hear?" Shall the God who gives us the appar-a tus with which we hear the sounds of the world, himself, not be able to catch up song and groan and blasphemy and worship? Does he give us a faculty which he has not himself? Drs. Wild and Gruber and Toynbee Invented the acoumeter and other Inst ruments by which to measure and examine the ear. and do these Ins t ruments know more than the doctors who made them? "He tha t planted the ear, shall he hot hear?" Jupi ter of Crede was always represented in s ta tuary and painting as without ears , suggesting the idea tha t he did not want to be bothered with the affa i rs of the world. But our God has ears. "His ears are open to their cry." The Bible Intimates tha t two workmen on Saturday night do not get their wages. Thei r complaint In-s tant ly s tr ikes the ear of God. " T h e cry of those tha t reaped ha th entered the ears of the Lord of Sabbaoth." Did God hear that poor girl last night as she threw herself on the prison bunk In the city dungeon and cried in the midnight : "God have mercy?" Do you really think God could hear her? Yes. Just as easily as when fifteen years ago she was sick with scarlet fever, and her mother heard her when at mid-night she asked for a drink of water. "He that p lante th the ear , shall he not hea r?"

When a soul prays, God does not s i t bolt upright until the prayer t ravels Immensity and climbs to his ear. The Bible says he bends clear over. In more than one place Isaiah ta id he bowed down his ear. In more than one place the Psalmist said he inclined his ear, by which 1 come to believe ihat God puts his ear so closely down to your lips tha t he can bear your fa intes t whisper. It is not God away off up yonder; It is God away down here, close up, so close up tha t when you pray to him. It is not more a whisper than a kiss. Ah! yes, he hears the captive's sigh and the plash of the orphan 's tear, and the dying syllables of the shipwrecked sailor driven on the Skerries, and the Infant 's , "Now I lay me down to sleep." as distinctly as he hears the fort issimo of brazen bands In the Dusseldorf festival, as easily as he hears the salvo of artillery when the thir teen squares of English t roops open all thei r bat ter ies at once at W a t -erloo. He t ha t planted the ear can hear .

Jus t as sometimes an en t ranc ing strain of music will l inger in your ears for days a f te r you have heard it, and just as a sharp cry of pain I once heard while passing through Bellevue hospital c lung to my ear for weeks, and Just a s a horrid biaBphemy iu ihe al ieei oOSiv-t lmes haunts one's ears for days, so God not only hears, but holds t h e songs, the prayers, the groans, the wor-ship, the blasphemy. How we have all wondered a t the phonograph, which holds not only the words you utter, but the very tones of your voice, so tha t a hundred years from now tha t Ins t ru-ment turned, the very words you now u t t e r and the very tones of your voice will be reproduced. Amazing phono-graph! But more wonderful Is God's power to hold, to retain. Ah! what delightful encouragement for our pray-ers. What an awful f r igh t for our hard speeches. W h a t assurance of w a r m -hearted sympathy for all our griefs. "He that planted the ear, shall he not hea r?"

Better take that organ away from all s in . Better pat it under th» best

sound. Better t ake It away f rom all gossip, f rom all slander, f rom all In-nuendo, f rom all bad influence of evil association. Bet te r put i t t o school, to ehurch, to phi lharmonic. Bet ter put tha t ear unde r the blessed touch oft Christ ian hymnology. Bet te r con-secrate It for t ime and eterni ty to him I who planted the ear . Rousseau, the In-fidel, fell asleep amid his sceptical manuscr ip ts ly ing all around the room, and In his d ream he entered heaven and heard the song of the worshipers, and It was so sweet he asked an angel ; wha t It meant . .The angel said: "This } Is the Paradise of God, and the song j you h<ar Is the an them of the redeem- | ed." J n d e r another roll of t he celes-tial music Rousseau awakened and go: up In the midnight , and, as well as he could, wrote down the s t r a ins of tue music that he had heard In the won-derful tune called "The Song of the Redeemed." God grant t ha t It may not bo to you and to me an Infidel dream but a glorious reality. When we come to the night of death and we lie down to our las t sleep, may our ears really be wakened by the canticles of the heavenly temple, and the songs and the an thems and the carols and the doxologles t ha t shall cl imb the musical ladder of tha t heavenly ga-mut .

Minor Happenings of the Past

Week.

E V E N T S OF L A S T S E V E N DAYS.

Pol i t i ca l , Rel lg loui , Social and Criminal

D o l n f a of the Whole World Carefully

Condensed for Our Reader*—The Ac-

c ident Record.

Clay Eaters of Verlona Land*. j

Baron von Humboldt says t ha t In all tropical count r ies the na t ives show an almost Irresist ible desire to swallow ea r th ; and not a lkal ine ear ths , which they might be supposed to c rave In or-der to neutral ize acid, but unc tuous and i s t rong-smell ing clays. W o m e n on the I Magdalena r iver , while shap ing ear th-en vessels on t h e pot ter 's wheel, put large lumps of clay In the i r mouths , and It Is of ten necessary t p confine children to prevent them runn ing out t o eat ea r th Immediately a f t e r a fall of ra in . Humboldt , In descending the Orinoco, passed a day with the ear th-eat ing t r ibe of Indians called the Oto-macs, and t h u s describes the peculiar diet and hab i t s of this people: "The ear th which the Otomacs eat Is a soft unctuous clay, a t rue pot ter ' s clay, of a yellowish-gray color, duo to a l i t t le oxide of Iron. They seek for It on the banks of the Orinoco and Meta, and select It with care, as they do not con-sider all clays equally agreeable to eat. They knead the earth Into balls of about five or six Inches In diameter , which they burn or roast by a weak fire until the outs ide assumes a reddish t int . The balls are remoistened when about to be eaten. A very Intelligent monk, who had lived twelve years with the Indians, assured us t ha t one of them would ea t f rom three-quar te r s of a pound to a pound and a quar te r In a day. If you Inquire of a n Otomac about his win te r provision he will point to the heap of clay bal ls stored In his hut ." Af te r ment ion ing o ther Instances, Humbold t concludes as fol-lows: "We find the pract ice of ea t ing ear th diffused throughout the torrid sone, but accounts have a lso come f rom the north, according to which hundreds of ca r t loads of ear th conta in ing In-fusor ia a re said to be annua l ly con-sumed by the country people in the most remote pa r t s of Sweden, and t ha t in Finland a kind of e a r t h Is occa-sionally mixed with bread." The Pe-ruvians . according to Nodllna, cat a sweet-smelling clay. The Inhabi tan ts of Guinea mingle clay wi th the i r bread, and the negroes of Jamaica a re said to eat ea r th when other food Is deficient. According to Labillardlere, t he Inhab-i tants of New Caledonia appease their hunger wltn a white, f r i ab le ear th , said to be composed of magnesia, sili-ca, oxide of Iron, and chalk. We must add to th i s list Slam, Siberia, t.tid Kamtscha tka a s countr ies of clay-eaters.

D e a f n e s s .

Among the few ear troubles t ha t may be fittingly spoken of In this Jour-nal comes, first and foremost, tha t greatest of all ear troubles—deafness. And deafness arises f rom a number of causes, only one or two of which can be indicated in this paper. A leading aural surgeon states tha t numbers of people t ravel hundreds and thousands of miles to consult him about deafness which Is entirely due to a collection of wax In the ears, which Is easily and safely removable with a syringe and warm water. This experience Is ful ly borne out in that of other practi t ioners, and pat ients who come to us In great concern about their deafness are sent away perfectly satisfied and comfort-ed by the application of some sof tening material to the wax and the removal of the softened mass by careful syringing.

This leads us to ano ther cause of deafness—a sore and congested throat , and enlarged tonsils, quinsy, etc. T h e deafness t h a t not Infrequently accom-panies a cold Is in many cases traceable to the blocking of t h « e l i t t le tubes, which convey air and sound t o the ear . Hence a gargle of a lum and water , port wine and water, or a lum wate r with a lit le cayenne pepper, may re -lieve this form of deafness by improv-ing the condit ion of t h e t h roa t ; o r a wei b iuumss round the th rea t , covered In t u rn by p i t t a percha t issue or flan-nel; or * linseed poultice may cure the same condi t ion; and in cases of chronically relaxed throa ts , wi th ac-companying deafness, t he cold douche to the t h r o a t is invaluable, if sys temat-ically used; and a chlora te of potash or carbolic acid lozenge, eaten occa-sionally, will also be beneflclal.

Bri t i sh Newspaper Statist ics .

The "Newspaper Press Directory" for 1898 s ta tes that the re are now pub-lished In the United Kingdom 2,418 newspapers, distr ibuted as fo l lovs : England (London 470, provlncos 1 /08) , 1,878; Wales, 103; Scotland, 23«); Ire-land, 179; Isles, 22. Of these there are 185 dally papers published In Eng-land, six in Wales, 19 In Scotland, 20

- L- Ireland and four in the Isles.

Chicago—Anton AdanskI, 4 years old, w a s fa ta l ly Injured by being struck by a t r a i n on the Chicago & Northwestern t r acks .

New York—Senator Thomas C. Piat t , according to the s ta tement of some of h is Int imate friends, has decided to re-t i r e f rom active s ta te politics.

Baltimore, Md—Rober t Matthews, t h e veteran baseball player, died nt his h o m e In this city a f t e r a long Illness. H e was 46 years old and was the second m a n t o pitch a curve ball, Cummlngs being the first.

Muncle, Ind.—Charles Stevenson, 38 yea r s of age, t rus tee and act ive mem-ber of the Avondale M. E. church, fell f r o m a chair In t h e aisle of the church dead.

Stevens Point, Wis.—The residence a t McDIll of G. E. McDIIl, cashier of t h e Cltlzzens' National bank of this city, was destroyed by fire, probably of incendiary origin. Loss, $10,000; in-surance , $6,000.

Rome—Ex-Pr ime Minister Crispl, who recently resigned from t h e Cham-ber of Deputies in order to seek vindi-cat ion f rom his const i tuents for the censure passed upon him by the cham-ber In connection with the bank scan-dals , has been re-elected In Palermo.

Grand Rapids, Mich.—Mrs. Johanna RIschow, aged 60 years, committed sui-cide by taking poison on the grave of he r eon. On her person was found $900 In certlfloatee of deposit and cash.

Richmond, Va.—The Jefferson Davis memoria l window was unveiled In St. Pau l ' s cathedral , the church where Mr. Davis worshiped while president of the confederacy.

Chattanooga, Tenn.—James Cum-mlngs, son of one of the wealthiest cit-izens of this county, died of wounds In-fiicted by Rober t Parker In a street duel. I t Is feared tha t o ther trouble will ensue.

Minneupolls, Minn.—Dr. H, U. Avery, commiBsioner of health of Minneapolis s ince 1894, was found dead in bed at F o r m a n , N. D. Death was caused by hea r t disease.

San Francisco, Cal.—Norton Bagley, ra i l road clerk, whose home was lost in St. Paul , who was well known in Chi-cago, committed suicide in Oakland by t ak ing morphine. Bagley lef t nothing t o explain his act.

Akron, O.—The Ente rpr i se com-pany ' s fishing-tackle factory burned Loss, $40,uu0.

At lant ic City, N. J.—Mrs. J . N. Bur-ton of Canton, O., committed suicide by shooting.

Green bay. Wis.—Lefevre & Schu-maker s buudlng was destroyed by lire Loss, $25,0u0.

baranac , Mich.—Burglars rifled the jewelry store of E. H. Anderson and then set the building on fire.

Hazleton, Pa.—Henry Richard and F r a n k Moses were caught In a railway wreck and fatal ly injured.

Brazil , Ind.—Isaac Kempher, tried fo r murder ing his wife, was given six und one-half yea rs In the penitentiary

Milwaukee, Wis.—Antonio Dontie died of a gun-shot wound received In a fight a t the hands of Napoieon Perugi

Troy , Wis—Char les Schweigei, i s yea rs old, was killed in a runaway while a t tempt ing to shoot wild geote f r o m the wagon.

Par is—' ine tirl t lsh ambassador here Sir Edmund Monsou, in behalf oi Queen Victoria, has presented Prcsi dent Faure with an oil-painted portrait of her majesty, specially executed at his request.

Syracuse, N. Y.—Justice Hiscock, a t Herkimer , appointed Nicholas ivernan of Utlca assignee and A. M. Mills of Li t t le Falls receiver for Alfred Doldtfe & Son, the manufac turers of Doidgo-vllle, Herkimer county. The liabili-t ies are said to be $1,250,000.

San Francisco, Cal.—Jeffries and Sharkey have been matched to fight twenty rounds on May 6.

Constantinople—The Armenian pa-t r i a rch has sent to the Turkish relief commit tee a list of for ty churches wholly or par t ly destroyed during the recent massacres in Anatolia. He fixes t h e number of children whose parents were killed a t 40,000.

Mollne, 111.—Annie Nesser, three years old, was burned to death while playing near a fire.

Wash ing ton—The Postmaster-Gen-era l has decided t ha t postal employes m a y enlist In the army or go to the f r o n t with the mil i t ia and not lose the i r positions. Whi le away, however, the i r salar ies will cease.

Springfield, I1L—Gov. Tanner has la-m e d his "a rbor day" proclamation, designating April 22 aa the day to be observed.

Helena, M o n t — T h e Shamrock mine of t h i s distr ict has s t ruck a larger body of ore t ha t runs $300 per ton. They a r e shipping s ix tons a day.

Chicago—After ten years of ceaseless grief over the death of a lover Miss Lil l ian Higgins committed suicide a t her home.

Montreal—Dennis Clifford, a mil-l ionaire of th i s city, was killed. Jos-eph O'Meara, a widely known young

. i thlete, is charged with the crime. S t l/ouls. Mo—John Cella shot and

'killed Mrs. Henry Car ter and then killed himself with the same weapon.

I Nor th Adams, Mass.—Edward Bam-ford, 54 years old, shot his wife, Re-becca, and then shot himself at thei r home on West Main street . Both a re

• kt t he city hospital and will die.

T H E TRADE R E V I E W .

War rrepsrat lons H a r e Some B a d M e e t -

o n Business.

R. O. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: "Prepara t ions for war continue as If It were Inevitable. The re is some hindrance In business, and ye t the volume of payments through clear-ing houses Is still 12.9 per cent la rger than last year, and outside New York about 2.2 per cent larger t han In 1892, though speculative s tagnat ion h e r e makes the aggregate lower. The In-dustries are doing well because they have enormous orders taken In Feb-ruary and March or earlier, which In-sure operations for periods va ry ing from a fortnight to several months.

"The volume of legitimate business i s enormous, and meanwhile fai lures a r e remarkably small. For the week they have been 254 In the United States, against 207 last year, and eighteen in Canada, against thir ty last year ."

P R A Y E R S FOR G L A D S T O N E . Son of E n g l a n d ' s G r a n d Old M a n K x -

h o r t s His C o n g r o u a t l o n .

Hawarden, April 18.—Mr. Gladstone passed a less comfortable day Sunday. His doctors say there has been l i t t le change In his condition dur ing the las t

week. Mrs. Gladstone and the other m e m -

bers of the family attended service i n the Hawarden church this morning . Rev. Stephen Gladstone officiating. A s Indicating the gravity of Mr. Glad-stone's condition, It Is noted that t h e officiating clergyman requested t h e prayers of the church for his fa ther .

He also requested the prayers of h i s congregation that "peace might b e maintained between the two g rea t Christian countries—the United S t a t e s and Spaln.^

May F u s e w i t h P o p a l l s t s .

The South Dakota Democratic s t a t e central committee selected Aberdeen a s the place to hold the s ta te convent ion June 22. Resolutions were adopted t o co-operate with the Populists if t hey can secure fair representation on t h e state ticket. If not. the Democrats will put up a ticket of their own.

Pol i t ics A f f e c t e d by Wiir.

The Indiana republican and demo-cratic state committees had hoped t o meet this week to fix the dates for t h e s ta te nominating conventions, but o n account of the war s i tuat ion the chair-men say that action Is postponed u n t i l late in the summer.

F r u l g h t T r a i n s W r e c k e d In I o w a .

Two freight trains came together , head on, In a deep cut a t a sharp curve four miles west of Falrfie d, I )wa. f h i r i e s Dibble, engineer; Elmer Blos-i9r, flretnan. and Wlll .am Wat terson , braiteman, were killed.

P r o f , Shie lds C h a n g e s F a i t h .

Professor Charles Shields of the Princeton Theological seminary h a s been received Into the Episcopal church. He was once a moderator of the general assembly of the Presbyter-Ian church.

C o m m a n d f o r Gen. Leo.

The president has decided to give Consul-General Lee the command of the Virginia volunteers In the event tha t hostilities break out between thig country and Spain.

Leaves t h e P r e s b y t e r i a n C h u r c h . At a ineeung of the xsew Vorn Pres-

bytery a letter from Dr. Brlggs was read, withdrawing from the Presby-terian church. The resignation was accepted.

MUsonr l T .n theran Synoil.

Four hundred delefeutes were present a t the opening session of the Missouri Lutheran synod of the states of Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky a t Indianapolis , April 13.

C h i c a g o D e m o c r a t s C o l e b m t e .

Chicago aemocrats ceieorated the one hundred and fifty-fifth anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jeffe.son and gave ex-Governor John P. AKgeld an en-thusiastic reception.

T o Meet a t M i l w a u k e e J u n e 15.

The Wisconsin republican state cen-tral committee will meet a t Milwaukee June 15 to elect a chai rman and dis-cuss the general si tuation in the s ta te .

M u r d e r o u s Gun I n v e n t e d .

James Judge, a Newcastle (Eng.) en-gineer, has patented a gun which will fire 30,000 bullets a minute with enor-mous velocity.

Gen. Lew Wal lace Will F i g h t .

Gen. Lew Wallace has tendered the national government his serv.cea In ti.o field. He Is no longer a candidate for United States senator f rom Indiana .

Overdas Sh ip In Port .

The British ship Havenscrag, wh ich lef t New Whatcom 178 days ago for Callao, has arrived. She was given u p for lost some t ime ago.

Barthqoakes a t San Francisco.

Two shocks of ear thquake were ex-perienced a t San Francisco Apri l 14. No damage was done.

Bdward Be l lamy I s Dying.

Edward Bellamy, the au tho r of "Looking Backward," is dying a t Den-ver, Colo.

Mrs. Oscar Wilde Is Bead. Information has been received in

London to the effect t ha t Mrs. Oscar Wilde died recently a t t he Riviera.

Storm In Eastern Nehraskn.

A heavy rain and hal l storm visited eastern Nebraska April 17, doing much damage.

Bnrn a Spanish Flag. A Spanish flag waving on Main

street, Dubuque, Iowa, was torn down and burned by indignant -ci t izens .

Pacific coast t rade with Russian ports Is Increasing.

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Spring iviedicme The Necessity and the Remed)

A Safeguard of Health, a Saver of T ime and Money.

Health and snccess may depend upon your taking a good Spring Medleim now. Jn s t at the t ime when the system needs unusual supplies of energy and vi-tal i ty to adjust Itself to the conditions of th i s t ry ing season, It is weakened and debilitated, because poorly nourished by Impure and Impoverished blood. Help Is found in Hood's SarsaparillB because this great medicine baa power to purify, en-rich and vitalize the blood. I t promptly expels all spring humors, manifested in boils, pimples, sores and eruptions, tones up tha stomach and liver, regulates and sustains tiie kidneys, cures that tired feeling, and by creating an appe t l tomd giving digestive power,it imparts streugtb and v l |or to the whole body.

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H o o d ' ^ P i l l « s are the best after-dinner I1UUU t» m i s pills, aid digestion. 26c.

The fabric of roady-mndc suits may not bo of the best, but the fitbriaitions of the dealer aro usually the real thing.

I t Wil l F a y .

I t will pay to carefully read the de-ecriptive advert isement of Alabast lne appearing in this paper. ev ' -Mnlng the difference between those goods and kalsomines. Consumers should bear in mind tha t Alabastlne Is unl ike all t he various kalsomines sold on the marke t under different names. Ala-bastlne s tands pre-eminent and alone a s a durable wall coating, and all con-sumers In buying should see that tho goods aro In packages and properly labeled.

Nobody really knows anvthln? about women except babies and dry (,'o< d«clerks .

B e a u t y Is Blood Beep .

Clean blood m e a n s a c lean skin . No beau ty w i t hou t I t Casca re t s , Candy C a t h a r -t ic c leans y o u r blood and keep-; it c l ean , bv sUrr lng u p t h e la/.y l iver an.d d r i v i n g al l Im-pu r i t i e s f r o m the body. Begin t o d a v to ban i sh p imples , bolls, blutche-i, b l ackheads , a n d t h a t s ickly bi l ious complex ion by t a k i n g CaocarcU—beauty fo r ten cents . All d r u g -gis ts . s a t i s t a c t l on g u a r a n t e e d . 10c. S.c, iioc.

Some mf n seem to be using up all their ehor^'v In glvlnif t he other man n chance.

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t ion of I t ap t l s t YOIIIIK 1 'eoplo.

I .nni l ier und Mills I l i i rned .

Fi re broke out in the sawmil l nt S l ight ' s siding, e igh t miles south of Traverse City, and in two hours the s a w und pinning mills were a to ta l loss. The only means of f igh t ing the lire was a wi th small pr iva te wa te r w o r k s p lan t which worked well , sav-ing Siri.OOO wor th of lumber. The loss is 810,000, insurance abou t 88,500. I t is supposed to have been incendiary. The mi l l s will not be rebui l t , as the company has exhausted most of the t imbe r in t h a t locality. The proper ty w a s owned by the J o h n C. Lewis estate.

New Mlcl i lgun I 'o t i tmas ters .

Some new Michigan postmasters : Ara l . Ucnzie county , Charles II. Hag-ley; Arn. Bay county. A. (1. Morrel; Fu l ton . Kalamazoo county, Rober t W. J lurns; Elmdale, Ionia county , Edson L. ( i r an t ; Kindc. Huron county . J o h n Kinde; Noko, Sani lac county, P r a n k Hal l ; Morley, Mecosta county, Mrs. Cora Harden ; Iteese, Tuscola county , Mabel H. p a r k s ; Riga, Lenawee county , Adam Dreher ; Sunlleld. Eaton county , Joel H. Hera.

I t i ip t l s t Y o u n g Peop le ' s C o n v e n t i o n .

T h e convention of the s t a t e Haptist Y o u n g People's Union w a s held in the P i r s t Haptist church, at Jackson , wi th a la rge a t tendance. The t ime was given up pr incipal ly to the r ead ing of papers and the delivery of addresses on var ious phases of young people's work . The re w a s considerable enthus-iasm over the proposed assembly a t Orchard Lake. Among the resolut ions adopted was one for the f reedom of Cuba.

M I C H I G A N N E V / S I T E M S .

Mrs. Alice McCourt died a t Saginaw, aged 107.

The Jacksop Coal Co. has s t ruck a line vein near Saginaw.

Col. Loomis K. Bishop has been ap-' poin ted pos tmaster a t Grand Rapids.

David Neil, J r . . was crushed to dea th w h i l e loading logs on a t r a i n a t Pulask i .

Cur t Emcrick, a f a rmer nea r Has t ings was drowned in t h e river wh i l e spear-ing fish.

A supposed incendiary fire in Graver Bros. ' wal l paper s tore a t Jackson , damaged the place 80,000.

T h e 4-year-old daugh t e r of J a m e s Hi l l iard , of Onekama township , Manis-tee county , was bu rned by a bonfire so bad ly t h a t she died.

At Jackson burg la r s s tole clothes f r o m Prank Smi th ' s house and 835 from J o h n Pi t ts , bu t missed 8000 hidden in a s tocking. Dr. E. A. Bulson's offlco w a s looted of 8100 worth of ins t ruments and spectacle rims.

T h u s f.ir abou t 825,000 has been spent for the ex t ra session of t h e legislature. Besides this, abou t 811,500 wi l l be paid newspapers for p r i n t i n g tho genera l laws, and o ther expenses wi l l b r ing t h e to ta l t o 840.000.

Anna Merryfield, aged 23, l iv ing near Dundee, was arrested and jai led a t Monroe on suspicion of hav ing made away wi th her child. I t w a s found buried under a brush heap in a box wrapped in a n old apron.

George Pox, t h e Grand Rapids boy b lown up on the Maine and w h o lived to te l l t he tale, has been t r ans fe r red to the Ind iana in the Key West squadron. Ear le Malett , ano the r Grand Rapids you th , is on t h e Cincinnati .

While p lay ing abou t a bonfire the l i t t le daugh t e r of William Burke, of Muskegon Heights , was burned to dea th . Both Mr. and Mrs. B u r k e were badly burned whi le a t t emp t ing to ef-fect t he rescue of the i r l i t t le one.

T h e Monroe county Republ ican con-vent ion will be held early—May 7— a n d will be the first in the s ta te . Ow-i n g to the fight aga ins t Gov. Pingree 's renominat ion t h e opening of t h e con-tes t will be of par t icu la r in teres t .

K e n t City was visited by a disastrous fire. Aid w a s summoned f r o m Grand Rapids and a hose t ruck a n d engine sent , b u t arr ived too la te to be of ser-vice. The opera house and th ree o ther bu i ld ings were burned. Loss, 815,000.

A house and hal l occupied b y Mrs. J . P a r r , a t New Boston, as a d r u g store w a s destroyed by fire w i t h contents. Loss 82,000, w i t h no insurance. The fire was caused by the explosion of a lamp. P r a n k Pa r r was severe) y bu rned a n d his recovery is doub t fu l .

T h e sexton of the Grandvi l le ceme-te ry , seven miles south of Grand Rap-ids was s t a r t l ed by finding t h e body of Mrs. J o h a n n a Rischow. She w a s t h e wife of a wea l thy f a rmer , bu t do-mest ic a f fa i r s were no t a l toge ther p leasant , so t h e old lady h a d bough t a package of rough on ra ts , w i t h which she commit ted suicide in t h e cem-etery . She w a s 00 years old. Over 8900 was found on her person.

Willis Crandall , Jesse Burdick, Willie Shir ley and a boy named Car-pen te r , a l l a b o u t 16 yea r s old, stole a r ide f rom Ypsi lant i on a t h r o u g h f r e igh t . In jumping off near the Huron br idge a t Ann Arbor Shir ley w a s killed and Carpenter knocked senseless. Burdick is missing, and the boys have no idea w h a t became of h im. One year ago Shirley's f a t h e r commit-ted suicide, and a sho r t t ime la ter h is mothe r died suddenly.

The Xcwland block, recent ly r ebu i l t a t Benton Harbor , w a s ru ined by fire. The proper ty was valued a t 88,000, b u t w a s covered by insurance.

SliBke I n t o T o u r SHOPH.

Allan's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. I t cures painful , swollen, smar t -ing feet and Instantly takes the st ing out of corns and bunions. It 's the greatest comfort discovery of the age. ( Allen's Foot-Ease makM tight-flt t lng or new shoes feel easy. I t U a certain cure for sweating, cal loui and hot, i t i red, nervous, aching feet. Try It to- j day. Sold by all druggists and shoe | s tores. By mall for 25c In s tamps. Trial package F R E E . Address, Allen 8 . Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.

Tho piant^playcr produces music b y t h e pound.

Olvo t h e C h i l d r e n » D r i n k

called Grain-O. I t is a delicious, appe-tizing. nour ishing food d r ink to l ake the place of coffee. Sold by all grocers and bked by all who have used i t be-cause when proper ly prepared it t as tes like the finest coffee, bu t is f ree f rom all i ts in jur ious propert ies . Gra in-0 aids digestion and s t r eng ihens the nerves. I t is not a s t i imuant , bu t a hea l th builder, and chi ldren, as well as adul ts , ean dr ink i t with g r e a t b e n e f i t Costs a b o u t # as much as coffee. 15 and 25c.

T h e k a n g a r o o read i ly leaps f r o m 60 to 70 feet.

" I t c h i n g hemorrho ids were t h e p lague of my life. Was a lmost wild. Doan's Ointment cured me quickly a n d pe rmanen t ly , a f t e r doctors had f a i l ed . " C. F. Cornwell , Valley Street , Sauger-tles, N. Y.

Posey is t he n a m e of florist .

St. Louis

Scrofula , sa l t r heum, erysipelas and o the r d is t ress ing e rup t ive diseases y ie ld quickly and pe rmanen t ly to the cleans-ing . p u r i f y i n g power of Burdock Blood Bit ters .

Chain u p a child and a w a y he wi l l go

Bodily pain loses i t s t e r ro r s if you 've a bo t t l e of Dr. Thomas ' Eclectric Oil in t h e house. I n s t a n t relief in cases of burns , cuts , sprains , accidents of any sor t .

A b i r d in the had lays no eggs.

The l i t t l e fo lks love Dr. Wood's Nor-way Pine Syrup. P leasan t to t ake ; per fec t ly harmless ; posit ive cure f o r coughs, colds, bronchi t i s , a s thma.

A pi tch in t ime saved t h e nine.

N o - T o - U a c f o r F i f t y Cents . Gunrantccd tobacco habit euro, makes weak

men strotuf, blooil pure. Mo. $1. All Urugglsia

M O O N S H ' N N - O Q M U S T G O .

R o v e n u o A g e n t s ' c u u d ^ i u K A t t a c k s U p o n

U U c l t W h i s k y M a n u f a c t u r e .

From the Kansas City Jou rna l : " W e are mak ing life wearisome for the Arkansas moonshiners ," said Col. W. S. Wheeler, special agent of the reve-nue department , who was at Collector Wi thers ' office yesterday checking the records of his depar tment . "Since the present campaign was opened against them we have JUnded th i r ty -five of them, and we will get the res t very short ly and absolutely clean out the business In nor thern Arkansas ," he contdnued. "The moonshiners shot a posse of officers there last fall and killed some of them. Then the depar t -ment gave orders to clean out the gang, and we a re doing It. The hun t Is on and the game will be caught or run out of the country ." The horde of moonshiners tha t came Into Arkansas and Missouri a long the line were f rom Georgia principally. Three years ago a war was opened on them there, and they were hunted so hard they had to leave. The unfrequented woods and hills of Arkansas gave many of them a hiding plaice, while others went Into the Ozarks. They were chased so hard by officers under the late Gen. Jo Shel-by they had to leave Missouri, and they went Into the Arkansas moun-tains. When a posse of deputy m a r -shals and revenue agents started a f t e r them they were led Into ambush and four killed. I t was war then, and every man who refused to aid the fed-eral officers was arrested. The spies for the moonshiners were shot or cap-tured. The war has been relentless. When a clear case against a man was made out so heavy a bond was required t ha t he could not give It, and a s they were gathered behind the bars the business lost its al lurements.

In chasing them out of the Ozarks, Gen. Shelby's men had repeated shoot-ing scrapes, and wounded several men. The S t Louis marsha l s have captured a number of the men, and the business Is Just about wound up.

Remarkable .

" I s he a good proofreader?" "Never saw a better. I t took him only a day and a half to discover all the e r rors In a thea te r programme."--Detroi t F ree Press.

A Ques t ion .

Charley Bragg—Yes, Miss Brightly, It costs me ten thousand a year to live. Miss Brightly—Oh, Mr. Bragg, do you th ink i t 's worth It?—Tld-Blts.

AN O P E N LETTER TO MOTHERS.

Wo ore ns- ortlnp In tho courts our r leh t to the exclusive use of the word "CASTORIA." nnd " P I T C H E R S CASTORIA, ' a s our T rade Mark.

I, Dr. Snmuf 1 Pi tcher , of I lyannls , Massa-chuse t t s , was tho originator of " P I T C H E R ' S CASTORIA," tho same tha i has borne and docs now bear the fac-simlle siRnaturo of CHAS. H. F L E T C H K R on every wrapper. Th i s is tho original "P ITCHER 'S CASTORIA" which has been used in the homes of .ho mothers of America for over th i r ty years. Look careful ly s t the wrapper and sec tha t it Is " t he kind you bave a lways bought." and has tho s ignature of CHAS. II. F L E T C H E R on tho Wrapper . No cno h a s author i ty from me to use mv namo ex-cept Tho Centaur Company, of which Chas IL Fle tcher Is President .

March 8,1837. SAMUEL PITCHER, M. D.

FIBROID TUMOR CONQUERED.

Expelled by Lydla E. Pinkham's Vegetable Oompound—Strong State* znent from Mrs. B. A. Lombard.

The nrt of brin^ able to mnke a good use of j moderate ubiiities wins esteem, and often con-fers more reputation than real merit.

D e a f n e M C'nnnot bo C u r e d bv local app l ica t ions as t h e y c a n n o t j r e a c h the diseased por t ion of the t a r . i T h e r e is only one wav to c u r e d e a f n e s s , ! a n d t h a t is bv ronx t i tu t lona i r emed ies . D e a f n e s s is caused by an inliame-l condi -t ion of the mucous iinina of t i c Eus -t a c h i a n Tube. When this tube is in-i lamed you have a ru inb l ing sound or i m -p e r f e c t hea r ing , and when i t is e n t i r c l v i c losed. Deafness is the resu l t , and u n - ;

less Die in l lammat ion can be t a k e n ou t i a nd t h i s tube r e s to red to its n o r m a l con-di t ion . h e a r i n g will be des t roved f o r e v e r : n i n e cases out ot ten a r e caused bv c a - ; t a r r h , which is no th ing but a n in l iamcd I condi t ion of t he m u c o u s su r faces .

We will give One Hundred Dol lars f o r 1

a n y case of Deafness (caused bv c a t a r r h ) > t h a t c a n n o t be cured bv Hal l ' s C a t a r r h i Cure. Send f o r c i r cu la r s , f r e e

F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. I Sold bv d rugg is t s . 7 c. H a l l ' s F a m l l v Pil ls a r e the b e s t

Grea ter New York has I ino churches within Its l imits, und over 130.000 dwelling houses.

A Mlsxloimry Medic ine . Cleanliness begins within. If a man isn ' t

clean Inside, he Is far from Godliness. A consti-pated sinner is a stench in the nostrils of tho Deity. A man whose foodsonrs in his stomach, nnd whose liver is leaden, can't help looking a t tho world hatefully with Jaundiced eye, and con-juring up evil thoughts In his tortured brain. Cleanliness of psrson begets cleanliness of thought . Cascarets. candy cathartic is tho mis-sionary im-dielne which purines men's bodies and minds. Pure, fragrant, palatable, mild and positive, they clean out the intestinal canal, s t imulate the liver and strenghten the bowels. Then n man enjoys again feeling of charity and brotherly love for his fellows and recommends others to take Cascarets and be as happy as he.

One of the g rea tes t t r iumphs of Lydia E. P inkham ' s Vege tab le Compound ! s tho conquer ing of woman ' s dread e n e m y . Fibroid Tumor .

The g r o w t h of these tumors is so sly t h a t f r equen t ly t he i r presence is n o t sus-pect 'd un t i l they are f a r advanced.

So-called " w a n d e r i n g pa ins"may come from i ts ear ly s tages , or the pres-ence of d a n g e r m a y be made man i f e s t by ex-cessive mens t rua t ion ac-companied by u n u s u a l pain ex t end ing f rom t h e ovaries down the gro in and th ighs .

If you have myster ious pains, if the re are indica-t ions of inf lammation o r displacement , don ' t w a i t fo r time to confirm y o u r f ea r s a n d go t h r o u g h t h e hor rors of a hosp i ta l operat ion; secure Lydia E. P i n k h a m ' s Vege tab le Compound r i g h t a w a y a n d begin i t s use.

Mrs. P inkham, of Lynn , Mass?, wi l l give you h e r advice f r e e of a l l c h a r g e i f you wi l l wr i te he r abou t yoursel f . Your le t te r wi l l be seen by women only, a n d y o u need have no hes i ta t ion about b e i n g perfect ly f r a n k .

Read w h a t Mns. B. A. LOMBARD, BOX 71, Westdale, Mass., says: " I have reason to t h i n k t h a t I would not be he re now if i t had not been fo r L y d i a

E . P i n k h a m ' s Vegetable Compound. I t cured me of a fibroid t u m o r in my womb. Doctors could do n o t h i n g forme, a n d they could n o t c u r e me a t t he hospital . I wi l l te l l you abou t i t . I had been in my u s u a l hea l th , b u t h a d worked q u i t e ha rd . When my mon th ly period came on I flowed very badly. T h e doctor gave me medicine, b u t i t did me no good. He said t h e How m u s t be s topped if possible, and he m u s t find the cause of my trouble. Upon examinat ion he found t h e r e w a s a fibroid tumor in my womb, and gave me t r ea tmen t w i t h o u t any benef i t wha tever . About t h a t t ime a l ady called on me and recommended Lydia E. P i n k h a m ' s Vegetable Compound; said she owed her l ife to it. I said I wou ld t r y it, and did. Soon a f t e r the flow became more n a t u r a l a n d r egu l a r . I s t i l l con t inued t ak ing t h e Compound fo r some t ime. Then the doctor made a n ex-amina t ion a^a in , and found every th ing a l l r i g h t . The t u m o r h a d passed a w a y , a n d t h a t du l l ache w a s gone."

m

The man who passes armmd tho ha t docs not expect to contribute anything himself.

If a woman 's grief happens t o be a wr ink le even t i m e cannot heal i t .

If t h e office h a s no sa la ry a t t acked It is obliged t o seek t h e man. • Men mar ry t o m a k e a n end, women t o m a k e a beginninng .

M a n y T i m e s Notblng;—.Sometimes a F u n d

of K n o w l e d g e .

I t ' s a good old saying, and a t rue one too, " K n o w all men by the i r works ." The publ ic have been imposed upon so many t imes by unscrupulous c la ims made for selfish means of profit, they look for someth ing more subs tan t ia l ; they tusk for deeds. The l i t t le conqueror lias earned the reputa t ion made in Mich-igan and no imposter can s teal it. From nor th to south, f rom cast t o west , in every city, t o w n and hamle t in t h e s ta te , people s tand ready to tes t i fy t o mer i t . Gra t i tude fo r comfor t b r o u g h t to thousauds of homes b r ings empha t ic re joic ings and words of pra ise t h e l ike of which has not been equalled in mod-ern t imes. I s i t a wonder t h e name DOAN is a f ami l i a r one in every house-hold? Is i t su rpr i s ing the public appre-c ia te Doan's Kidney Pi l ls and wi l l not be led a s t r ay by t h e ingenious effor ts of would be competi tors? A Detroi t citi-zen te l ls here why the name of Doan is dear to h im: Mr. U. N. El l io t t , of 143 H i g h s t ree t , Detroi t , says:

My knowledge of Doan's Kidney Pil ls da tes back to live years ago. I was then living in the town where Dr. Doan was located. I was tor-tured with kidney troubles and Inflammatory rheumatism. Tho doctor prescribed the pills for me which have since betome so justly fa-mous. Their uso quickly eliminated tho "uric acid f rom my system and with its departure came the cure of tho rheumatism and the end of the kidney troubles. I t took but a few boxes to ac-complish this end and I feel that I owe Dr. Doan an everlasting debt of grati tude for prescribing such a valuable remedy. I have taken grea t pleasure la recommending this medicine to a number of my friends. I always keep a box of these pills on hand so that should 1 take a severe 1

cold and feel that It Is settling on my kidneys a few doses of Doan's Kidney Pi l l s relieves all apprehension.

Doan's Kidney Pil ls fo r sale by a l l ; dealers . Price 50 cents per box. Mailed j ou receipt of price by Foster-Milburn i Co., Buffalo, N. Y., sole agen t s fo r the I United States .

Remember t h e name Doan's and t a k e | no o ther .

"IROINIING M A D E E A S Y . "

/ S E A R C H e f o p j I N V E N K — • i / Q A /

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HilKES COLURSAND GUFFS STIFF AND NICE

ONE POUND OF THIS STARCH WILL CO i AS FAR AS A POUND AND A HALF

OF ANY OTHER STARCH. ^ O T A C T U R E O ONLY B y

T"U.C.HUBINGER BR0S.C? ^KeokukJOWA.JEWHAVEN^NN^I

ThliAtMvhl< nrcpnfil nn «rlpntlflo prlnrlplo* by ram who h»T» hud Trim of p-n't1c»l (•xp«rirne« In faaey unniierinir. It rntorct old linen and rammwdrwM* to their Mttanl whlt^n-w nnd ImpM-ts a beanMrni «ai lantlng nnl*n. It 1, t ie only itn-ch man ifaetun'd Hint 1* pcrf-c:ly himiliM". cnntn*<'"« nrltlicr ftnteue, alum or any other (Uliatniice injurious to linen nnd ran be U!«ed ero.i lor a 1 " i baby powder.

Over 70,000,000 Europeans wear wooden shoes, i

E d u c a t e Y o u r B o w e U W i t h C a s c a r r t a . Candy Calhartie. curt! constipation forever

10c. 26o. if C. C. C. fall. druRgisls refund mouov.

One Australian gold m ne yielded 1150,000.0(10.

Mrs . WIHRIOW'H RoothlnR S y r n p For children toothliiff.Boflenn the mimi'.rrdui'ei'inllnm-maUon,alla> a pain, cures wind c-Jllv. Ucenuaboitle.

Lace veils now have diamond-shaped spots.

Coe*B conRt i Halmim It the oldert and be»t. It will bn-ak un a cold nuicket than auytbing elie. It ia alwaya reliable. Try it.

F o r S a l e b y a l l W h o l e s a l e a n d R e t a i l G r o c e r s .

" D I R T IN T H E H O U S E B U I L D S T H E H I G H -

WAY T O B E G G A R Y . " B E W I S E I N T I M E A N D U S E

SAPOLIO

Paraso ls are Unlshed with heavy silk fringe.

Smoke S l e d g e Cigarettes, 20 for 6 cts.

Don't quarrel with the COOK until a f t e r you have eaten your dinner.

Don't throw stones a t the baby when trying to rock It to sleep.

Maine factories sold tno.ooo worth ot wooden shoe pegs In 18W.

Las t year the suicides In the United S ta tes numbered 0,000.

A mind capable of real sorrow is capable ot good.

Those who t.-.Te few affairs to at tend to are BTcattS^eakers. The less men think, the more

A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until i t ' s too late to let he r know tha t he sees It-

Wtoen a woman drives a man to drink he al-ways makes a good t ime record.

T h e wise man learns from experience, and also a good deal f rom his wife.

Taffeta si lks aro trimmed with three flounccs. The tobacco plant has 40 varieties.

When Aaswcnnfj Advcitlscmcnts Kindly Mention This Taper.

i u u u b i G Y t l L E i CArrlod oror from 1SS7 mu» hf tacriltced now. Jiei ,111(11 Urade, ail style? loot equipment, miaran l«d. S0.75 to sir.oo I •edn'hi-cU.latcmoJrl: all makoa, S 3 to $12 tftship on approval tellh \ut a cm t payment. WrIU

. . JIB 11*1 and art cataloiroe - ifla. niOYCLK FREE for

(rammtoadrertiMthem. Html for one. Kider areata •amed. Ltarn how to Ear« • Uicydoandmakn money.

K . B . H E A D CYCLE CO., CHICAGO.

K a r ^ M . W * dtli|M to da aa tatly I Ir A S f l n E k i0®1 •a'B* woum* p*iu of1

ANY AKRMOTOlri W S M Z T B M B C X C H A N C E O

A ROLLER I ^ BEARINO.a«>hp.nia.l

w 1 H % b1iii. •Tu-fuiD], •TwUMiat, »o"«r-1 J - J U feabuac, UP-TO-DATE '98 IMOTOR.SFT. FOR set u afet i i^u-t t l I lor |3U. Tuy ran Ilk* * bieydt, ud m aud* llkt a I I natch, (my aonbl* put on rolUtt. DOUUm gund I ImlU pow.r. Th. A.rruot-T rut whan aU other BiUil I stood ttill, aad mid# tha atoal windmill bBiioaai.1 THE NEW BEATS THE OLD A 8 T H E I OLD BEAT THE WOODEN WHEEL. I

I On ratalpt . f amount, ranaad motor (bat not whaall 1 ar »'•*) will be Hat to raplaca old an* thta to bal , ta turn ad. OSar tiiki«<t to canaalteUon *1 any lima, f

U yoar eld whaal la not aa larmator, writa far , kf ami *t awap-oaw tar eld-ie r* old towar.

feeeaapmlieB. lamatorCa^f

P E N S I O N S ^ Write CAPT. O'PARRELL, Pension A f e n t ,

1425 New York Avenue. WASHINQTON. O.Ca

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IN 3 Oil T tHKS AN imlepeudence is assured i f you t a k e

u p y o u r h o m e in

Western Canada, t h e land of p len ty .

I l lus t ra ted pamphle t s , giTlng experi-ence of f a r m e r s w h o have become

w e a l t h y In g r o w i n g whea t , r epo r t s of de legates , e tc . , and f u l l i n fo rma t ion a s t o reduced r a i lway ra t e s , can be had

o n appl icat ion t o Depa r tmen t In t e r io r , O t t awa , Canada, a lso, r es iden t s of Michigan address M. V. Mclnnes , No. 1 Merr i l l Block, Detroi t ; J a m e s Grieve,

Reed City, Mich., or D. L. Caven, Bad Axe, Mich., Agents f o r t h e Canadian Government .

W . N . U . — - D E T R O I T — N O . 1 7 > - 1 8 9 8

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ALASASTSNE I T IS EASY.

It Is easy for any one to understand t h a t Alabastlne, the base of which is a cement, t ha t when appl i td to any clean solid surface goes through a process of se t t ing and grows hard with age. should bo durable, that Is, not rub and scale off. but admi t of reooatlng from time to time without having to. wash and scrape off its old coats before renewing. I t is equally plain that all kalsomines aro the reverse of this, being manufactured from whitlng.chalks, clavs. etc.. for a base, and being stuck on the wall with glue, which when exposed to tho air, moisture.

etc. . soon decays, and tho rubbini; and scaling th<n commences, leaving the wall in a terr ible condition.

On account of this bad repute, most manu-fa' t u re r s or kalsomines brand their products with some a rb i t r a ry name, but the contents ot the packiige still remain a kalsomine. Ala-bas t lne is for sale by druggists and paint deaiers everywhere.

incn S I C K N E S S

Par t i cu la r ly tl roat and lung difflcultles, wrongly a t t r l be :ed to other causes. Is the result o! un«acitar;- eoarUt,''n • of walU and

ceilings. Think of having bedrooms covered with layers of molding flour pas te to fleed vermin, with paper t o hide them ami to absorb I the moisture of respirat ion, and an animal j glue cul ture ground on its f a te fo r disease germs: this having s t rong colors add^d, like a | colored shirt , to hide the dir t : then think of " the nasty practice ' of repeating t h i s paper-ing. without removing th-s old. and a number of i imes at that , as many do. Then think of a I •.03m coated with pure, porous, p e n n a n n ' i Alabastlne. which is re t in ted with but littio 1 trouble or expense, and is pur i fying and swect-sm -lllng and fl'.ls traclis. W a l l p i y - j j

f r ee would be dearer than Alabas t lne If cost of removing paper is con-idered.

TO DEAI.ERS.

Do not buy a law suit or aa Injuaetlon witi cheap kalsomines. iml ta ia l ions of Alabast lne. Dealers assume th? risk o f a sui t f o r dan asea by selling an infr ingemcni . A labas t lne Com-pany c,wn the r ight , covered by le t te r* patent, to make and sell wall coat ing adapced to b« mixed with cold vrutcr. Alabastlne Qk. 1 *""1 Uioife

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& -ARE AT T H E FRONT WITH A FULL LINE OF-

Clothing, Hats, Caps, Trunks, Telescopes, Crockery* Also Lamps, Glassware, and General Bazaar poods.

HE.RE ARE. S f lMPLBS OF OUR PRICES: ' S I H A T S ! H A T S !

8.26 | Our new Hue IB now in nnd they »ro up to date . 12.00 | Men's fancy shirts nt 35. 50, 65, 75, 81.00. 13.50 I Men's working shirts nt 15,19, 25, 35, 45, 50, 75. 14.50 j Men's oyeraiis at 25, 35, 50, 60.

5 00 | Youths' overalls a t 35, 40, 45.

H A T S ! Prices from 50o to 84.00

Men's suits, g®od value at $6 50 for Men's suits, good value at 88.00 for Men's suits, good value at §10 00 for Men's suits, good value at 813.50 for Men's suits, good value a t •15.00 fur Men's suits, good value a t 816.50 ^ Boys' suits, good value a t 81-25 to 16.00 to go at 8oc to i — >- - • o K n » • i r n I t will do you good to see Ihe boy. 8ml . tbat we oIRr at H.SO, 2.00 «n.i:3,00 I B r o w n e at 16, 26, Men s plaid jacketa 3o Heavy . tnped oO.

E L E G A N T C R O C K E R Y . Remember we are headquarters for crockery both in plain, decorated open

stock or 100 piece dinner sets. •

100 piece dinner sets at 86 50, 7.00, 8.00, 0.00, 12.00, and^ 13.00. W e bought several crates of these goods and we nre in position to give every-

body a chance to get new dishes this spring.

f Ar g o w t l l i e d g e r .

PnUI.ilBBD EVRKT TIIUK8DAT AT

LOWELL, KENT COUNTY. MICH.

—BV—

FRANK M. JOHNSON.

Enteicd at Lowell post office as second laee matter.

8UB8CUIPTION ONE DOLLAR YEARLY.

ADVBHTISINO RATES.

Businens locale 5 cents per line each Issue Legal ads at legal rates. Card In directory column 11.00 r t r line

per year. One inch | 5 per year. Rates for lar.'er advertisements made

known at tho office. Cards of thanks, 50 cents. Resolut ions of condolence, 11.00.

Job printing In connection at lowest living jates. "Always Prompt," Is our motto.

WHICH SHALL IT BE?

A s stated elsewhere in this issue

of the Ledger, the sentiment of the

Toters a t the special school meeting

last Fr iday evening, as f a r as expres-

lions were made, was largely in favor

of erecting a new ward building. The

Objections urged by the LEDGER last

week against making more additions

to the old Cenral building were dwelt

upon at considerable length, und the

arguments in favor of a new ward

building were so favorably received

that another meeting has been called

to consider latter plan.

W e are fully aware that there are

a few people in Lowell upon whom

an intimation that the Central build-

ing is not a twentieth century, gilt-

edged architectural gem of the first

water has the same effect as a red

rag shaken a t an angry bull, and we

a r e not advocating its destruction.

The venerable old building has associ*

ations for many Lowell people that

a modern temple of learning will nev-

er obta in . I t is in a good state of

preservation, is fairly comfortable,

and is well insured. In the present

state of finances the people would not

consent to its destruction; and prob-

ably not at any time in the near f u t -

ure, while it answers its purpose as

well as at present.

But as for laying out 81,500 more

a 40-foot addition to the old build-

ing, which, aa Mr. Mason puts it, al-

ready looks more like a war ship than

a school house, it appears to us the

height of folly, when 83,000 will pay

for a good brick ward building, so lo-

cated as to save much walking for the

little tots who now have long distances

to go to reach the Central building -

The addition can be of but tempor-

ary benefit. I t will increase the haz-

ard of fire and engender the lives of

our children. I t will increase the

pressure upon the already overcrowed

school ground, a state of affuirs not

conducive to the public health, and

make the homely structure look worse

than ever.

A new ward building of brick cost-

ing about 13,000 would be a perma-

nent improvement; and instead of be-

ing a loss when a t some fu ture time

a new Central building must be erect-

ed, would render such a building less

extensive and consequently less e x -

pensive. In case of fire at the Central

all of the village pupils would not be

rendered homeless whilea |new build-

, ing is under way.

The board says that more school

room is an imperative necessity.

T h a t being the case the LEDGER trusts

t h a t the good sense of the taxpnyers

w'l! direct a permanent investment in-

stead of a temporary expedient.

I t it explained l o a t h e tax payers

tha t the sum required, would not a t

once be spread upon the rolls, b u t

pieced out f romjyear an a t ' not to be

burdeusome upon present tax payers

and also to permit fu ture residents

who will participate in the benefits to

pay a portion of the expenses.

Again, we urge upon our citizens

and school patrons the importance of

the special meeting at which these dif-

ferent projects will be discussed. Tu rn

out and express your wishes, or forev-

er arter hold your peace. »

* ±

AND now we are threatened with a

furniture t rust . The people should

reciprocate ,by knocking the tariff

props from under it.

* « *

WE DON'T know what use the Am-

erican people have for an unreason-

ing mule like Czar Reed. If the He-

publican par ty ever made an ass of

itself, it was when it elevated him to

the speaker's chair for the second

time.

* *

THE country editor has had a hard

time writing editorials on the Cuban

question during the past few weeks.

The situation changes about as often

as the Dutchman 's flea; and what is

all right to day may be all wrong by

publication day.

* » *

WAR will bring its compensations,

not the least of which will be the

wiping ou t of the sectional feeling be-

tween the North and South. The

old wrangles over the "lost cause"

will cease forever, when the boys of

the blue and gray shall have march-

ed, fought and supped together in de-

sense of u common flag.

* * •

A REQUEST for prayers for peace

"between two great christian coun-

tries, the United States and Spain ,"

was made Sunday by Rev. Stephen

Gladstone, son of Wil l iam E . If

Spain is a "Chris t ian" nation tha

United States should get out of

that class instanter. Spain has taken

more lives through religious persecu-

tion than all the other nations com-

bined. She wallows in the ignor-

ance, superstition and vice of the

fifteenth century and has not pro-

gressed an inch in four hundred

years. To style such a people

"Chris t ian" is to insult the Master

and glorify the Devil,

THE CITT BANK WHITNEY, WATTS & CO.

Responsibility, $100,000. GO. L O W E L L , - M I C H .

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, President. W. A. WATTS. Cashier.

A general bunking business trnnsncted. 3 percent interest paid on eerliflcal.-s of de-posit. Deposita of ifl.OO and upwml re» ceived in Savings iK-partment, on which 3 percent interesl will be credited semi-an-nually, on all deposits left four months.

Money loaned on real estate security, partial payments allowed of any amount at any lime.

O O - r * A R T N E B S : ORTON HILL, Lowell, Mich

W. A. WATTS, D. R. WHITNEY, Lowell, Mich. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Kalamazoo.

E. W. BOWMAN, N. S. WHITNEY. Richland, Mich.

ASA STRATTON,

Wg WAST Y(M BIOTSSS. Cascade.

Mrs. J. Coger, the landlady of the Gas. cade hotel for past few years, has returned

to Ckicago.

Mrs. E. R. Kilmer and childreB, of Grand Rapids, who has been spending some lime with her mother, Mrs. E. Shu-man, returned home Saturday.

Miss Edith Dayis, of Grand Rapids, is •pending a few weeks with her parenta.

Mrs. Chas. Maben. who has been spend-ing the winter in Chicago, was the victim of an exceedinglv happy surprise. Her daughter, Mrs. 1. Patterson, met her at Grand Rapids, where she was fuest of May-or Stone, and the shades of evening were closing in when she drew near her home, although it looked rather lonely with no signs of life and closely drawn curtains, and some such thought must have passed through her mind as this; "Be it ever so lonely, there's no place like home." Up-on entering the dining room they found the table laid for 21, but she thought noth-ing of that as the room was in darkness, she struck a match. Being somewhat of a joker herself she spoke of one of neighbors that had the joke on her, that of having to put away her dishes. But, upon going through the sitting room, to lay off their wrap, her amazement at the flood of light and the many greetings quite overcomn her. About 8:00 p. m. they adjourned to the dining room and discussed the many good things, which the ladies of Cascade know how to concoct, after which the even-ing was spent in visiting and music. The last words heard from that lady to depart-ing guests were; "that the best pnrt of go" ing on a visit was the returning home." Those are the sentiments of your corres-pondent.

The Cascade hotel will he run by Ga-

len Prescott the coming season.

Fal lns tmrg:

Mrs. Frank Sayles spent Friday with Mrs. Wm. Rexford.

Mrs. George Converse took care of Mr. Hozung's children, while he was at West-phalia at the burial of his wife.

Ed. Wicks has moyed in with Mr. Wat-sron.

Wm. Rexford and wife spent Sunday in Grattan at A. Wright's.

Ed. Clark and wife were nt George Ray-mond's Sunday.

Died, April 15, at Fallasburg, Katie Bozung, at the age of 20 years. She has lived here six years and made many friends as they kept store and the postofiice and always had a kind word for cverv one she

HOW TO UND OUT. Fill a bottle or common glass with urine

and let it stand twenty four hours, a sedi-! ment or settling indicates a dincensed con-j dltion of the kidneys: When urine stains i liuen it is positive evidence of kidney

trouble. Too frequent desire to urinate or pain in the back, is also convincing prool thatrthc kidneys and bladder are out of or-der.

WHAT TO D'J.

is comfort iu the knowledge There often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp* Root, the great kidney remedy InllilU every wish in relieving pain in the back, kidney, liver, bladder and e v e r y part of tie urinary passages It corrects inability to hold urine and scalding pain in passing

met. She leaves besides her husband, four U'- "r bad eilect following "se of liquor, ' 1 wine or beer; and overcomes that nnpleas-

motherless children, the oldest not being j n n t necessity of being compelled to get up 5 years old and the youngest, a babe four j many times during the night to urinate, days old, a father, mother and live sisters I The'mild and the extraordinary eilect of

Swamp-Root is soon realized. It stands and a large circle of friends to mourn the loss of a loved one. She was taken to Westphalia for burial as it was her home when she was a girl.

Wm. Rexford received a letter from his

brother, whom he had not heard from in two years. He is in soldiers home in Los Angeles, Cal.

John Wright and wife visited over Sun-

day at Frank Sherrard's.

McCords.

J. Renter and family spent Sunday with relatives at Freeport.

Dwight Sayles, of Grand Rapids, is spend-ing a few days with friends in this vicin-

ity. -

Dan Patterson was the guest of Miss Eunice VanWormer, of Vergennes, Sun-

day.

John Ellis and wife visited their daugh- j

ter, Mrs. Wm. VanSickle Sunday.

Walter Clark, wife and daughter, Jennie were guests of Chas. WiUiems and wife, of Alto, Sundav.

Miss Ore BolnBiOB. is a member ef J . W. Renter'* family.

Easter exercises were held at Morse Lake school Friday. The school room was tastefully decorated with flags and flowers. The program consisted of recitations, de-clamations und singing. Vera Marsh, of Lowell, sang ker "Lullaby song" and Mrs. Marv Curtis read her poem '"Morse Lake school" which was highly appreciated by Mrs. Slade and her pupils. The distribu-tion of 'Easter box" took place, which caused much merriment among the children. After the exercises were over a Mother's meeting was called to order by Mrs. Mary Curtis, who led in on itn able discussion on Child Study, followed by Mrs.C. A.Hadeand Mrs. Win. I'altorsou. It was dei-ided to bold next meeling. April 20th.

Robbed t h e Grave. A starUinc incident, of which Mr. .lohn

Oliver, of PhlladelphU. was the subjc I. narrated ky him as fo1l««t: "I w a i n am dreadful condition. My skin was almost yel-low, eyes sunken, touuge ctated, paia con-tinually in b«v k and aidea, no appellte—grad-ually growing weaker day by day. i dree physicians had giv-n me up. Fertunately a Jrlend advittd trying Electric Bitters and to my great )ey and surprise, the first battle made a decided improvement. I continued their us<s for three weeks and a a now a well man. I kaow they aaved my life, aad robbed the grave of aaetber vlcliai. No one should fall to try them Only 50c per hot. at I. Hunt & Co. drug store.

Remarkable Rescue, Mrs. Michael Curtain, Pialnfleld, III,

makes the fpllowlnc statement, that she caught cold, which settled upon her lungs; she was treated for a month by her family physician, but grew worse. He told her she was a hopeless victim of conauDptlon and that no medicine could cure her. Her drug-gist suggested Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. She bought a bottle and to her delight found herself benefitted from first dose. She continued Its use and after taking six bottles, found herself sound and well; and now dees her own housework, and is as well as she ever was. Free trial bottles of his Great Discovery at H Hunt A Co.'s drug store, Larg^ bottles 6Uu and |100.

Peach Hill Grove.

Born —To Seymour Coles and wife a daughter.

Fred Conklin has moved in with his parents.

Mrs. N. S. Godfrey and da ighter, Mar-ion, spent a part of last week with F. M, Godfrey an4 family.

School did not begin last Monday us we reportod, on account of meas les.

F. M. G«Klfrey has been chosen juryman this term

W. J. Filkins, of Bowne, spent Snndny with his sister, Emma.

Alton J. Rennells of Lowell was here Monday.

Measles at Abe Fits. Joe Hooker nnd Sam Sweetland of Low-

ell were here Monday on business. Mrs. Sarah Pudy is assisting Mrs. New-

ton Coons. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Keeeh of Johns-

town visited his parents Sunday. Miss Mary Covert of Lowell was a guest

at D. Church's the fore part of this week. Mrs. Fred Ford and son, Roy, visited at

Will Andrews Saturday and Sunday. Alonzo Culver of Belding visited his

mother and other relatives here Saturday

and Sunday, Mrs.J. Mosher returned Sunday from

Greenville.

Wm. DeGraw, wife and danghler, of Belding were gneats at J . Mosher's Sun-day.

A ball club was organized at Parnell, April 10. The Orattan and Parnell play-ed last Sunday at Grattan Center. Par -nell won.

The W. M. quarterly meeting will be held at chapel, May 7 and 8. A corres-ponding secretary will then be elected, it

is desirous that all members be present. A party at Fred Ford's Monday night. Grace Clawson, the Sunday school secy.,

was unable to be present Sunday on ac-count of being sick with the measela.

P . Houlihan visited their daughter, Mrs. Wm. Andrews, in Bowne laat week.

Fred Soules and wife, of Lowell, are at Chas. Francis.

Party at J . Frost's this week Wednee-day and at Homer Andrews Friday even-

H. ins-T r y the LEDGER on a trial t r ip of

10 weeks for 10c. Your money back if you are not satisfied. Come now.

the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases. Ifyou need « medi-cine you should have the best. Sold by druggists price fifty cents anil one dollar. You may have a sample bottle and para phlet both sent tree by mail, upon receip of three two-cent stamps to cover cost o postage on the bottle. Mention Lowell LEDHEB, and send your address to Dr. Kilmer £ Co., Binghamton, N. Y. The proprietors of this paper guarantee the genuineness of this ofler.

To Whom It May Con-cern.

W h y pay a fancy price for foreign Peach trees when you can buy the genuine home grown at living prices. I have the Elber ta Crosby, Tr iumph, Oceana, Barber . Engle's Mammoth, Hill 's Chili, Kalamazoo, Snow's Orange, Barnard, Late Craw-ford, Improved Late Crawford, Im-proyed Chili, Wager , Ear ly Michigan, Ea r ly Crawford, Ear ly St .John. I sell for from 1 to 6c. a tree for any and all varieties. Packing ground 1 block east and 1 block south of the Swiss church.

R . D . B E R G I N .

Certificate of Nursery Inspection No.113, Lowell, Apri l 5 ,1898 . This is to certify tha t I have examined tne nursery stocks premises of R . D . Ber-gin and find no indication of the pre-sence of and dangerous insect, pest or fungous desease.

D . W . T R I N E ,

State Inspector of Nurseries.

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Paper

NOW READY ^

FOR 3 INSPECTION. ^

We shall be pleased 3 to have you call and sec 3 our line. ^

Also a complete line ^

No trouble to show g'oods

L. H. HUNT I CO. |

MD^IC AND FRENCH. Mrs. Clnrn A. Slade, teacher,

Lowell, . . . - Mich.

Clean your teeth with Rose Cream.

Business Directory.

J, HARRISON RICKERT. dentist. Over Church's bank, Lowell.

8. P. HICK8, Loans, Collections, Real Estste and Insur-

ance. Lowell, Mich.

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

street, Lowell, Mich.

M. C. GREEN, M. D.

physician and Surgeon. Office at Residence Bridge street, Lowell, Mich.

G. G.TOWSLEY, M. D., Physician acd Surgeon. Office hours, 101

to 8 pm. and 7 to Spin.

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

lector. Over Boylan's store. Lowe!1

MILTON M. PERRY,

Attorney and Counselor at Law, Train's Hal Block, Lowell, Mich. Special attention given to Collections, Conveyancing, «nd Sale of Real Estate.

Has also quallded and been admitted to prte tice In the Interior Department and all the bureaus thereto and Is ready to proeecnte Claims for those that may be entitled te Pension Bounty.

Edward 0. Mains, Attorney at Law.

YOUR PATRONAQE 80LI0ITED.

FOR riEH

INSURANCE! CALL OK

P. D. EDDY & CO.,

A , E . C a m b e l l , D e n t i s t ,

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

the latest improved methods. Sat-isfaction guaranteed.

Gas administered.

LOWELL MARKET Invariably correctedJThursday morning

Wheat 0 96 Bstter O 14 Onion 40 Cam 28 Oats e 25 Rye 6 4$ Barley per cwt @ 60 Flour per cwt 0 a 4o Bran per ton A 16 00 Middlings per ton O ifi 00 Corn meal per ton © 1C 00 Corn and oats per ton G 17 00 Eggs » Q

Potatoes 60 $ 56 Beans O 60 Baef 5 60 O 6 00 Pork 4 00 (9 4 2 ; Chiokena 7 (* s Wool washed 18 A 23 Wool unwashed 10 • If Apples 50 & 80

B E T T E R than euro is prcv O By taking Hood's Sarsaparil may keep well, with pure blood, t nerves and a good A P P E T I T E .

' ck ion. ) : 3 il h you ' ^ , t l r o n g ' ^ 5

Cothes Don't Make ^ The M a n »

But.they certainly do make a * -great difference in their appear- S i snce, as in the case of these two men. My suits, pants and over-coats are made from goods of your own selection from hun-dreds of the best and latest sty les of goods on the market. The goods, fit and workmanship are guaranteed with a guarantee • -that guarantees.

SMITH, Fall and winter samples now In.

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P R O B A T E ORDER. State of Michigan, County of -Kent,

ss. At a session of the Probate Court for said County of Kent, held at the Probate offlce, in the City of Grand Rapids, on the let day of April in the year one thonsand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

Present, Harry D.. Jewell Judge of Pro-bate.

In the Tn*tt«r of the estate of Nellie i Raimer. minor. On rending and filing the petition, duly verified, of George V.

j MeConnell, guardian of said minor, pray-I ing for license and authority to sell tht real estate of said minor therein describ-ed at private sale, for reasons and pur-poses therein eet forth.

I t is ordered, that Friday, the 29th day of April, 1898 at ten o'clock in the fore-

j noon, at said Probate Office, be appointed | for hearing said petition, and that all

persons interested in said estate appear before said Court, at said time and place,

j to show cause why a license should not be I granted to said guardian to sell the real j estate as prayed for in said petition.

And it is further ordered, that a copy of this order be published three sneoessive weeks previous to said day of hearing, in the Lowell Ledger, a newspaper printed and circulated in said County of Kent.

HARRY D.JEWELL, (A true copy) Judge of Prubate.

i L V I N E . EWIKO, Register.

I

Spring & Co. „V. .V.WtoVAWWiWMg

A CLEW [JY WIRE Or. An Ir.tiMTupted Current,

• • • •

A Desperate Cut at the Silk Counters. 37ic Foulards, 8 designs at .25 75c Figured silks, 15 de-signs at .48 2.00, 2.50 and 3.00 fine im-ported silks the zenith of all silk styles at .98 1.50 figured silks at /D

Colored Dress Goods at a Great Sacrifice. Silk and wool Poplins and Ve-lours, former prices 2.00 to 3.00 yd. at 1.00 50 pieces imported fancy mix-tures, all wool, and silk and wool formerly 1.00, 1.50 at .(>9 1 lot of dress goods in checks, formerly 25c at .12.2

Black Goods. All wool Brocaded Grenadines, which sold at 50c at .35 Fine all wool Grenadines, for-merly 85c at. .69 Black Crepons, can't be bought to sell less than 2.00 at 1.48 Fine all wool imported Cre-pons in stripes, formerly 1.00 now at .69

$1.50 and $1.00 Gloves for 25 cents. 1 lot of kid gloves in black and tan, mostly Foster hooks 6^ and 5J, until gone at

sizes .25

afterwnni asc^Hafned, belonged to a telephone circuit embracing half a dozen towns nnd villages In the vicin-ity. This wire cronned the roof of the house, but was not fastened to it In any way, swinging nt least three feet clear of the ridge-pole. Within n few Inches of the wire was a section of lightning rod. The air was still, nnd the wire hung motionless. On the previous night a fftrong breeze had been blow-ing, as I remembered from the mourn-ful cadences it produced up in the uttic.

Here was one mystery which could be very reasonably explained. The wind had swung the wire, causing it to strike

BY HOWARD M. YOST. Copvnr tit -Sot U Lipcmcolt O

W.WWMwS

' SYNOPBIB. C H A l ' T K R 1—Nelson C o n w a y , suspec ted

of a Ph i l ade lph ia bunk rubbery , r e aches a ld ing ton on hla way io the old Nelson hoinus tead , g e t s JaKu l l u n s i c k e r to d r ive him to h is boyhoixl home and recognizes In J a k e ' s wi fe S a r a h , a s e r v a n t is y e a s s be fo re to hi* g r a n d f a t h e r Nelson.

G H A P T l i R II—A y e a r prev ious C o n w a y , paying teller In a I'hlhulelphla savings bank, was Invited to the home of Florence ..... -

<>•« p e r p . n . i t o l a r p o r t i o n of next morn ing a s usua l he a r r a n g e s wi th t h e l i g h t n i n g r o d , t h e r e b y c a u s i n g t h e H o r a c e J a c k s o n - a fellow employe—to be r on h a n d w h e n t he c lockwork slioiitd re lease s c r , e s 0 ' g e n t l e v i b r a t o r y r n p s I m i d

heurd. S a t i s f i e d t h a t t h e o t h e r m y s t e r i o u s

c o m b i n a t i o n of vaul t . Ke' .urn'nK to biMik nex t m o r n i n g C o n w a y d i scovers the cash r e se rve of JIUO.OOi) miss ing

C H A P T E U HI—Conway ia a c c u s n i o i t h e f t , b m Mr Morley, a ini.-fUf. provi alibi for h im. wi thou i howcvei removing t he gene ra l suspicion

C I l A l ' T i J U IV —I'erry exicussmi his con-lldenci.- in C o n w a y , but s a y s oillciully he m u s i hold him i.i d o u b t . \vHereupon Con-way ivs lgns ills posit ion. .Mi. Morley uiso be l l ev i s in C o n w a y ' s innocence, but be-c a u s e of public Unitrust e x a c t s a p romise t h a t f r i end ly r e l a t i ons be iwecn Conway and F l o r e n c e Morley tie d i scon t inued until C o n w a v n r o v t s biu l u i m u u

C H A M C l t V —Florence .'ihortly n f l o r IhH wr l i ea to a s s u r e C o n w a y of he r cont inued respec t and t rus t . In the old Nelson honi", so long dese r t ed , C o n w a y h e a r s s t r a n g e noises : sees a ghos t ly l igure in t he moon-l lglu, s h o o t s a ; it, only io lind it a reilec-tlon of h imsel f . U n e a r l h l y voices a r e hea rd even a f t e r d a y l i g h t c o m e s speak ing In dis-jo in ted u n m e a n i n g p h r a s e s . Conway l ea rns

Laces and Embroid-eries. 100 pieces Pt. Venice Lace, in white, ecru and butter, 3 to 12 inches, always sold at 85c tc 1-50 now at .25 1 lot of Cambric Emb., 4 to 8 in. wide, 31c and 25c quality now at .16

Linen Department. All Linen Table Damask, bleached and half bleached, 62 inches wide, regular price 60c now .48 66 to 72 inch bleached and halt bleached all linen table Dam-ask, sold up to Saturday7 night for 85c, now at .69

Wash Dress Goods. 25 pieces Figured Cotted Mus-lin and silk striped ginghams, former price 20c and 25c per yard, now at .12 1-2 One lot of new wash dress fab-rics in light or dark grounds made to sell at 10c, now at .61

Towels. All Linen Hemstitched Tow-les, 17x33 inches, former price 1.50 per dozen at 1.20

Linen Napkins. All Linen | size Damask Ta-ble Napkins, regular price 2.50 now at 1.98

ne ighborhood . C H A l ' T K R VI—Discovery Is made t ha i

bo th d o o r w a y s to one of t he cePura hove been wal led up. F l o r e n c e dr iv ing by wi th her f a t h e r sees C o n w a y , but o f fe rs no salu-ta t ion , J a c k s o n h a s f r e q u e n t l y been com-Inj-. f r o m cl iy and s o m e t i m e s ca l ls on the Mot leys .

v r i A I T I M : r m — i v i e e i l n g nei w r e i r i - i o r -ence and C o n w a y r e s u l t s in p romise to m a r -ry. J a c k s o n had proposed to In r, been re-

tnsed, bu t upon a c c u s i n g C o n w a y of rob-ing a c o m p a c t had been m a d e I ha t she

would m a r r y J a c k s o n In eo«e i h e f t could he t r a ced to C o n w a y

C H A P T E R TX—Again m y s ' e r l o u s noises a r e hea rd nt n igh t , and Conway spends m a n y r e s t l e s s h o u r s t r y i n g In vnln to loca te t h e m A pistol shot f r o m the room below Is h e a r d , w h e r e u p o n he de r ide s to cu t t h r o u p h t he floor to pa in access io tho b a r r e d - u p cel lar , and in t he morn ing pro-cu res tools l o r tho nnrn/vaA of being able to change from one npart-ment to another just as the whim seized it.

Like the voice which had sounded downstairs, the tones were Intermit-tent ; in the present instance they al-ternated with the rappings.

After standing motionless, with hear-

e v e n t s w o u l d a l s o g i v e u p t h e i r s e c r e t s

n p o n i n v e s t i g a t i o n . I w e n t , t o b r e a k -f a s t . M r s . S n y d e r w a s n o t n e a r l y s o

t a l k a t i v e a s d u r i n g f o r m e r m e a l s . I n -d e e d , s h e a p p e a r e d r a t h e r g l u m . T h e

r e a s o n of t h e o l d w i d o w ' s t a c i t u r n m a n -

n e r w a s s o o n e x p l a i n e d . A f t e r p o u r i n g m y c o f f e e , s h e w a t s h e d I

m e in s i l e n c e f o r s o m e i t m e . R u t s i - ;

l e n c n w a s n o t t h e w i d o w ' s f o r t e , a n d , a s j I w a s b u s y w i t h m y o w n s p e c u l a t i o n s , i

s h e w a s c o m p e l l e d t o b e g i n . " I g u e s s y o u t o n ' t l i k e m y c o o k l n ' , " i

s h e s a i d . . , " I n d e e d I d o ; t h e p r o o f l i e s i n t h e

I rom S a r a h t ha i S y l v e s t e r Morley and Ids . . . . . r v#. , , n r « a n d a u g h t e r h a v e a s u m m e r res idence In nea r q n a n t i t y I find r o o m f o r . IOU a e a

• e x c e l l e n t c o o k . " T h e o ld w o m a n ' s f a c e r e l a x e d s o m e -

j w h a t u n d e r m y p r a i s e .

" V e i l , b u d y o u t o n ' t c o m e r i t e n v a y

j w h e n id i s r e t t y , " s h e c o n t i n u e d , " u n d

I t o u g h t m a y b e y o u n o t l i k e d e c o o k -

1 i n ' . " I " I b e g y o u r p a r d o n , M r s . S n y d e r . J I d i d o v e r s l e e p . I ' l l b e m o r e p u n c t u a l

j i n f u t u r e . " I " S o y o u s c h l e e p o f e r y o u r s e l f ? V h a t

f o r ? " s h e i n q u i r e d .

I " O h , I w a s u p r a t h e r l a t e t h e e v e n -i n g b e f o r e , " I r e m a r U - ' d . i i i d i f f c r e n t l y ,

j f o r I k n e w q u e s t i o n s r e l a t i n g t o t h e i s t r a n g e t h i n g s w h i c h h: id c o m e u n d e r

h e r o b s e r v a t i o n w e r e t r e m b l i n g o n h e r

| l i p s . | " Y o u r e m e m b e r o u r d i s c o v e r y of t h e

i w a l l e d - u p c e l l a r ? " I c o n t i n u e d , M r . 1 S o n u t a g ' s s u g g e s t i o n r e g a r d i n g t h e

| w i s d o m of s e c r e c y c o m i n g t o m i n d ,

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tha t nt no time did the voice and the rappings sound together.

The few detached words I distin-guished hod no possible reference to myself; nevertheless the voice seemed to follow me. I was unwilling to at-tr ibute the sounds to supernatural causes, for I was not a believer in the supernatural. I t might be that the par-ties who had) walled up the cellar found some of their plans, whatever they may have been, upset by my advent, i nd had taken this way to fr ighten me ind cause my departure.

On second thought the idea did not appear tenable. For if the purpose was to fr ighten me, a fiercer and more ter-r ifying demonstration would be used.

Was there only one voice which in some Way sounded both In my room and In the attic, or were there various voices all over the place, each independent of the other?

I hastened downetairs, bu t when I reached my room no sounds were heard there.

While in my bedroom, I had no way of knowing If the voice in the at t ic was still sounding.

The remainder of the evening I spent In rushing from my room to the at t ic md back again, and quietly stealing through the vacant rooms, in the hope of laying.hold of some explanation of the strange voice. I did hear i t again in the attic, but there was no sound in my room, though I had Immediately hastened there.

Finally I gave up the quest fo r the time, and, thoroughly fatigued, un-dressed and went to bed.

My head had hardly touched the pil-low when the report of a pistol reached my ear. The sound wns muffled, as though coming from o distant apart-ment. Indeed, i t seemed to come from

It is advisable to keep the ma t t e r a secret," I continued. "You have not mentioned it to anyone, have you?"

"Ach, no." "Then please do not, for the present." She promised compliance with my re-

quest. As the cellar was the next mystery I

determined to turn my attention to, I went home io-mediately af ter finishing my breakfast , harnessed the horse in the buggy, and drove off toward Sarah's house.

If I had the necessary tools i t would not be a difficult mat ter to cut the floor of my bedroom.

Sarah greeted me effusively. The good soul seemed to have a constant fear that each time she saw me would be the last.

"Can you let me have a saw, a chisel and a hammer?" I asked.

"Ach, yes. Bud vhat for, Nel?" "I am going to find out what is in that

cellar," I answered. "How you ged In?" "By cut t ing through the floor." "Dat will be hard work, Nel. De tim-

ber under de floor is awful thick." "I know that . But I have plenty of

time, and so will be able eventually to get through."

The tools were produced, and I start-ed homeward. Sarah sending a f t e r me an earnest appeal for carefulness and the avoidance of danger.

I intended to commence the task of gcttiug into the sealed apar tment im-mediately upon my arrival home. The thought that danger of some kind might lurk in the cellar would not deter me. And the pistol-shot I had heard the last night seemed to indicate that there might be a degree of peril in the work. I did not like the idea of the dank, musty odors ascending into my sleep-

underneath, as had the sound of the i n g a p a r t m e n ( > but I could easily re-

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slamming door; but yet not directly be-neath; It would undoubtedly have sounded much plainer bad Ihe shoot-ing taken place In the walled-up cellar

i below my room. 1 There was no snswerinp shot, nnd no j more unaccountable noises, though I | hearkened intently. i All through the night I lay vainly 1 trying to find repose, but sleep would j aot come. I was resolved to leave no i stone unturned to unravel these mys-

teries. For the events, trivial as they •eemed nnd aa they probably would prove when explained, were certainly

Irritating, and threatened wholly t e d * s t ray the rest and peace I had expected to find in Kelsonville.

I t was exasperating that, besides be-ing burdened with a load of guilt which r ightful ly belonged on other sbouIdeM, I should also be subjected to petty an-noyances which promised to make my stay in Nelsonrille anything but peaca-ful . True, I was my own master. I could leave the old house on the mor-row. But to b« utterly routed and driven from the field by a few harmlesa though Inexplicable happenings was contrary to my nature. Then, too, Florence; how could I leave the place, now that I had found my love abiding here?

When the first rosy t ints of daw* showed in the east, slumber closed my weary eyes.

As on the previous morning, Mrs. Snyder was compelled to arouse me for breakfast . On the present occasion shs announced rather testily that the morn-ing meal had been waiting for over an hour.

I could not resist the desire to begin investigations immediately, nnd there-fore a f te r hastily dressing I walked all around the house, keeping at such dis-tance from it tha t every par t oi the roof could be seen.

There was n line of wire running along the sidc.cfJ.h&J'Oad. which, as I

move to one of the spacious chambers iipstairs. and thus escape them.

On arriving at the house. I took the tools into my room. I looked over the floor, and. a f te r quite a time debating where the hole should be made, deter-mined to begin over in one corner. Be-fore I hud time to commence opera-tions, a loud knock sounded on the front door.

Hastily shoving the tools under the bed. I went out through the ball and opened the door. My visitor was Mr. Sonntag.

CHAPTER X. I ushered the old lawyer into the

room. After a few commonplace re-marks he said: "That walling-up ol those cellar doorways has made quit4 an impression on me. Suppose wc have a look a t them."

I was very willing. Together we de-scended the stairs to the storeroom.

Mr. Sonntag examined the place where the door had been, minutely, as though he expected to find in the stones of the wall some intimation oi what wns on the inside. He even went BO far as to scratch off patches of the whitewash.

"I t is rather dark here," he finally said, glancing around.

"Perhaps the door can be opened," 1 suggested.

"I have the key with me, but maybe it would be best not to use iL Give me a few matches."

I handed him all I hod with me, and he, by the light afforded, examined closcly the places where he had scratched off the whitewash.

While watching him. the thought again occurred to me that T. had seen or met him previous to my arrival at Nel-sonviile.

"Do you know it seems as though I had seen you before?" I said.

|TO DE CONTINUED.!

LEWIS "WEAR R E S I S T E R S " are sold by all shoe dealers.

CEO. M. WINECAR LOWELL.

This pnpor on trial 10 weeks for ] one dime.

D r . Rickert now extracts teeth by the use of gits.

Belding certainly can not he called a'Miol" town. The refrigerator fac-tories there arc turning out about 6,000 refrigeriilors per month.

Kepairs on the Haptist church are progressing so favorably that it is ex-pecied regular services will lie held nextSui idav . Subject for morning: "Cluistian Evoiution;"' eveni-ig: "Pre-paring for the Marriage."

8. G. Anders.m, pnstor.

1 A. Keeler will have un auction Mile of farming stock nnd utensils on Wednesday, April 27, beginning at 1 o ' c l o c k , p . m . . L i b e r a l t e r m s . D a n

iiHt iear will wield the hammer. See b i l l s p r i n t e d a t t h e L E D G E R o l l i cc f o r

particulars.

I aniel Striker, formerly vice presi-dent of the Lowell State bank, died nt. his home in Hastings last Tuesday, at the age of 63 years. His death was very sudden, having just relurn-cd from the funeral of a friend and lining stricken while sitting in hie chair.

Sunday, April 24, will be a Red Letter day at the M. E . church. Rev. A. S. Dobbs, D. D., of New York, will preach. You may expect sonn thing fine. P r o f . Thomas Stalker says: "He ' s a clear forcible speaker anil Dr . Dobbs has few superiors ." All w ho do no go elsewhere to church are cordially invited to attend this service.

To All Whom I t Moy C o n c e r n .

Whereas my wife Irene V u n d e r -brock has stealthily left my bed board and l ome.and taken with her a great-er ps r t of my household geods with-out jus t cause or provocation, I do beret y warn you, not to harbor,board or trust her at ray account, for I shall not | ay any bills or accounts made by her nuin this date.

Dated March 25th, A .D . , 1898. Francis Vanderbrock.

2fi3.

West Lowell. The Busy Dees will meet with Zella Mc

Inly re Saturday April 30. Emma Bostoff visited Erma Jay last

Thurfday, Alice Mullen and Nellie Gary spent Sun-

day with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Carter visited at A.

Rolf's last Snnday. Mvs. M. D. Court visited her sister Mrs.

j S. Gristwood Snnday. i Etwc od Stinchoomb and wife vinited nt j C. Mcintyre's Sunday. j C. ( ary and took dinner with N. Dlair | and wife Sunday. | .Mrs Gristwpod visited Mrs. Kullec last ' Friday.

Mrs. E. Easterbrook has been quite ill

tho pi at week. \>rs. M. D. Court and Mrs. (iristwood

called ou Mrs. C. Cary last Monday. Mr. H. Cary took dinner with S. Grist-

wood .• nd wife last Thursday.

Quarterly nieetinx at heune church nex Saturday ami Siimiay.

Bert Owen is home from Kalamuzoo on . visit.

The Miirbie Cemetery Association wil make a lice ni ihe cenelery .Saturday befor Decoration umi clean up the cemetery All that feel intcicsterl there are invited t come nnd iicl|i.

Mrs. < 'liarle.N Lee aud Mrs. Charle-l.amp ins spent Wednesday with 'irs. John I task ins.

Robert Sparks, wife and son, Mr. Liver more of South Boston, «iss Blanche Lee, L. O. Biakeslee and sister, of St. Loiii8f

Mo., took diniiai willi Mrs. B. F. Wilkin-son Sunday.

Mrs. Wetherby. mother of Mrs. Edwin Alibey, has the urip, with no hopes of re-covery. She is 85years old.

V-iss Luticia Brown, who fell and iimke her lex iiiht fail, is lietler and will |i> live with her neice, Mrs. Elmer Lee, at Kl-ie, the first of May. •

A ary Abbey is home on a week's vaca-tion to viait her sick grandma, M . Wethcrliy.

Willie Sparks has moved hack to his mother's fann.

Will Ellison is Imildinx a new house on hif fallicr's farm.

Fnnuie Thompson, of Ann \rhor. is home for a vacation. Addic Bealtie o1

Potters Corners, will do clressmnkin,' fur her next week.

O, A. (Jrccn and family, of Saranac, were guests of Harvey Batson Inst Sunday.

O.C. Gould, of Saginaw, visited his mother, Mrs. II. S. Lee.of Potters Corners, lam week.

L. G. Biakeslee and sister, Grace, were guests of Milton Wilkinson over Sunday.

Mrs. Ransom Abbey, of Otisco, is help-ing take care of Mrs. Wetherby.

K. Hull, of Oregon, is spending a few days with his brother, John, at Clarksvillc-

Otie Kohn, who is teaching at the strip' ed school house, came down with H e measles last Thursday in school aud has had to close for a while.

Mrs. Gilbert Ayers, who lives in Sara-uac, came to visit her son, Kiley, and was taken sick with typhoid pneumonia lab

Tuesday. The Cemetery Association was held at

Mrs. Wm. Sparks and Chas. Higgins pre-sented the society with $5.00. The next meeting will be at Mrs. C. Higgins, May 18,

Mrs. A. C. Lee, of Elsie, went home last Wednesday.

Mrs. Titus is better of measles. Mrs. Denton is thought to be improving.

Mrs. Frederick, who has been suflering from rheumatism for the past few weeks, is belter.

Last Friday W. R. Bowen wns called to do another job of moving by Amos Abbott to his new home, but he started late in the day that the people would know he was out and it was not done on the sly.

II 'rt pi •lll>; Uhli llierti is no irur. . f rejnnice n^ainst ihem. Miccess depeii 1» ii a great meuxuro in getting tine, henli'iy lants, strictly pure and f n e to nani".. his we know onr plant* to be.

Read this List diarpless, (P)Greenville, (P)Arrow, Maf nail, i.'yclone, (I')Epping, Big B"h, Holil'i-•n, Wcilverton, Weston, (P)Bir<l. IVinl, 'arry, Rio, Dew. Bart, Cumberland, i amer .arle, (P)Warlield, (l>)Hav«rlaiid, Beder»-

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I'. M. P. U P.M. Parlor cars on all traii.o betw . r c, .ud

Rapids and Detroit, seats 25 cents. GEO. DbIIAVEN,Gen. Pass. Agent.

W.II UI.AKK, A g e n t u ru i u o at Lowell.

GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY SYSTEM.

Arrival and Departure of Trains at Lowd

Bucklen ' s Arnica Salve. THE BEST SALVE i n t h e wor ld f o r C a t s ,

Bruise s, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns and aU Skin Eruptions, aud positive-

( ly cures Piles, or no pay required. I t is gnaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or

| money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. : For sale by L. H. Hunt A Co.

Keene.

Wm. Covert and wife and family, of Pot-l ters Omers, spent a few days last week at

Langston with his brother George. Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson enjoyed a very , .r , .-

, . • r u . u i ' Vergennes Kent Connty .Michigan, pleasant visit from Bert Bowen, of K.lu- ( I )hU,(, F , b n i . u v t sw . mazoo, Sunday.

]Lf ORTGAGE SALfc. l-'A Default has been made in tiie con-ditions of the payment of a certain mort-gage dated November 5th 1895, made and executed by Glaspie Alexander, a single man, nnd Hannah J . H. Alexander both of Vergennes, Kent County Michigan, to Mary E. Boughton, of Alps Reusalaer County New York, Said Mortgage was re-corded November 6th, 1895, at the office of the Register of deeds Kent County Mich, at 8 o'clock a. m. in liber 234 of mortgages on pages 454 and 455.

Said mortgage contains a clause wherein it is expressly agreed, by and between the parties thereto that should any default be made in payment of the principal or inter-est or of any port thereof on any day where-on the same is made payable, and should thesamp remain unpaid and in arrears for the space of 30 clays, then the aforesaid principal sum with all arrearages of inter-est, shall at the option of the second party thereto her legal representatives or assigns bccome due, and payable immediately thereafter.

And, whereas, more than 30 clays have elapsed since the interest and a part of the principal secured by said mgrtgage became due und payable the said Mary E. Bough-ton hereby declares the entire sum secured by said mortgage clue and payable.

The amount claimed to be due and pay-able on said mortgage at date of this notice is the sum oi eleven hundred, three and 40 -100 dollars, principal and interest, also the farther sum of liftcen dollars as an at-torney fee is stipulated for iu said mort-gnge.

And whereas, no suit or proceedings at law or in ccpiity has been instituted to re-cover said debt or any part thereof

Now therefore notice isjiereby given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage and in pursuance of the statute in such case, made aud provided said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the premises therein described at public auction to the highest bidder on Saturday, the 30th day of April 1898 at ten o'clock in the forenoon of that day, at the North front door of the Court Ilause, in the City cif Grand Rapid- Kent County Michigan, said Courj house being the placc where the Circuit Court for the County of Kent is held.

Said premises are described in said mortgage as follows: "All that certain piece or parcel of land situate and being in the Township of Vergennes, County of Kent and State of Michigan and described as follows, to wil:

West half [A] of South West epiarter IJ] of Section Thirty-one [31] Tojru-7-9-

Time Table In Effect Apr. II, IQOt. WU3TWARD.

Gd Rapids,(id Haven LKAVE

and Muskegon j \ 2 10 pm Gd Rapids,(id Haven

Muskegon and Chicago. f 4 35 pm 11047 a»>

lid Rapids,l id Haven and Milwnnkee ate Station- J- 9 19 pm

Gd Kapids.liil Haven and Muskegon * 5 40 am

Mixed Ud liapiiis f 2 15 pint

ABKtVK t 4 00 p*»

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BASTWAKH.

Detroit, Canada aud I.KAVK East f 7 16 HIII

Detroit and Chicago via Durand t l 0 47 nm

Detroit, I'auada und East + 4 00 pm

Detroit, Canada and East * 12 00 pm f Except Sunday. * Daily.

Mixed Owosso "fUJ 10

AERITE t 9 19 pm

f 4 35 pta

t l2 104pju

* 5 10 a*j

2 15.

SERVilE SLEEPING AND PA8L0R GAR WESTWAHO.

12 10 pm train has parlor car to Grand Haven. Extra charge 25 cents.

9 19 pm train has parlor car to Grand Haven. Extra charge 25 cents.

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The second day n f to r Pres ident Mc-K{nlcy'« Cuban messnge had been re-rcfer red to the fore ign re la t ions com-mit tees of the Senate nnd House both

commit tees repor ted resolut ions de-m a n d i n g intervent ion in Cuba bj* the IJnitcd States. T w o repor ts were pre-sented by the Sena te committee. Tho ma jo r i t y repor t was submi t ted by (tlmirmnn Davis and was a s follows:

Whereas, t he abho r r en t condit ions which have existed for more t h a n t h r e e years in the island of Cuba, so nea r ou r a w n borders, have shocked tho moral Ktmse of the people of t h e Uni ted States : have been a disgrace to Chris-t i a n civilization. cu lmina t ing , ns they have, in the destruct ion of a Uni ted Sta tes bat t leship w i t h 2G0 of i ts oflicers nnd crew, whi le on a f r iendly visit in tho harbor of Havana, and canno t longer be endured , as has been set f o r t h by the President of the Uni ted States, in h is me.-sage to congress of April 11, 1808, upon which t h e act ion of congress was invited: Therefore .

Kesolved, Tha t the people of t h e is-land of Cuba are and of r i gh t ough t to be free and independent . T h a t i t is t h e duty of the United Sta tes to de-mand , nnd the government of t h e United Sta tes does hereby demand, t h a t t h e government of Spain a t once rel in-quish its au thor i ty and government in t h e island of Cuba and wi thd raw i ts land and naval forces f rom Cuba and Cuban waters. T h a t the Pres ident of t h e United States be and is hereby empow-ered and directed to use the en t i r e land a n d naval forces of the United Sta tes , and to call into ac tua l service of t h e United States the mili t ia of t h e several states, to such an ex tent as may benec-

sponsible for the 8100,000,000 Spanish-Cuban 4 p e r c e n t bonds held in France, Germany a n d t h e Un i t ed States . Mr. Elltins, of West Virg in ia disputed th i s point. Mr. Fornker refer red to the Maine disaster brieily bu t w i th t e l l ing effect. As he closed he w a s hear t i ly congra tu l a t ed by the Democratic Sen-ators . bu t the Republ icans g lumly kept the i r seats.

Mr. Lodge followed wi th an appeal fo r act ion in preservat ion of t h e na-t ion's honor and in wiping ou t the s ta in of the "a t roc ious murde r " in Havana harbor . His words so reached the hear t t h a t the gal ler ies were swept wi th a t remendous wave of applause. He declared t ha t t he des t ruct ion of ou r ship, according to Gen. Lee's tes t imony, w a s celebrated wi th banque t s and c ha m pagne by t h e Spanish oflicers in Cuba. Sena tor Lodge said t h a t Gen.

essary to car ry these resolut ions i n t o j Lee had advised t h e fore ign relat ions

p e o p l e o f C n b a arc , t h e y a n d t h e y a l o n e Senate Deiaya by DebHte.

have power to es tabl ish the i r govern- A f t e r the House had t aken favorable ment . Independence and sovereignty kction t h e conflict on t h e Cuban ques-go h a n d in hand , and a n y people who tlon was centered in the Senate, and have independence have the capacity apon th i s body the a t ten t ion of the and the r i gh t to exercise sovereignty ," Jivilized world w a s focused, as upon i t s Mr. Forake r declared t h a t an a t t e m p t iction i t w a s evident t h a t t he moment -on t h e pa r t of the United Sta tes to es- i n s quest ion of w a r between the United tabl ish a government in Cuba would be States and Spain w a s pending. So an ac t host i le to the Cuban republic, many Senators expressed a desire t o He said t h a t in tervent ion by the United ipoak on the resolut ions t h a t i t w a s States meant war wi th Spain and t h a t »oon seen t h a t a t least t h r e e days we should recognize t h e Cuban republ ic would be t h u s consumed. T h e first nnd go hnnd in hand w i t h Gen. Gomez 3ay t h e speakers were Mr. T u r n e r , and the 35.000 men he now has in tho (Wash.), Mr. Hoar. (Mass.), Mr. Tnrp ie , field and the 35,000 to 50,000 more who [Ind.), Mr. Gray, (Del.), and Mr. Fa i r -would be wi th him if we would b u t banks, (Ind.) furn ish t h e m wi th a rms and ammuni- They were aceorded the mos t pro-tion. Gomez ' force could ' ' speedi ly evict found a t ten t ion , bo th by senators and the Spanish ba t t a l ions f rom the island hy the th rongs in the galleries. T h e of Cuba. If w e wi l l only w i t h our Speeches delivered upon the var ious navy blockade the ha rbo r s so t h a t they phases of the s i tua t ion , e loquent , spir-can t a k e no boats- nor provisions in the ' ted nnd vehement as all of them were, Cubans will speedily p u t an end t o the disclosed no i r reconci lable diflFerenees war and t h e r e will be no necessity for among those who spoke. All were in this government to expose ou r t roops favor of act ion in some form by t h e to tho ravages of yel low fever and to government of the United States . The o the r difi icult ies and d i sadvantages m o s t radical dif ference w a s as t o t ha t woilld a t tend a campaign in t h a t w h e t h e r the resolut ions finally adopted island in the r a iny season. ' ' should recognizc the independence of

lMr. Forake r showed by in te rna t iona l the Cuban republ ic or simply declare au thor i t i e s t h a t if we should in tervene for a rmed in tervent ion wi th a view t o w i t h o u t recognizing the Cuban repub- ' h e u l t i m a t e f reedom nnd independence lie the United Sta tes would become re- t h e Cuban people. The speeches

effcct. Tho resolut ions were accompanied

by a lengthy repor t which w a s a thor -ough review of the Cuban s tua t ion a n d gave the g rounds for o f fe r ing t h e reso-lutions. The Maine disaster receives par t icular a t ten t ion and a f t e r speak ing of the patience w i t h which the people awaited an oflicial inves t iga t ion i n t o t h a t t e r r ib le a f fa i r t h e r epor t says : " T h a t invest igat ion lias been made. I t was conducted wi th judicial thor -oughness and del iberat ion. The difll-cu l ly of demons t ra t ing b y conclusive proof t h e eflicient personal cause of t h a t sinister event w a s t h e usua l o n e of exposing p lo ts and mys te r ious crimes. No such difficulty, however , obscures i t s official and responsib le cause." T h e repor t says t h e explosion was s trongly l inked wi th a series of precedent t ransac t ions which show clearly the Spanish an imus a g a i n s t t h e United States ."

Concluding i t s reference t o t h e de-struction of the Maine the repor t says: " T h e duplicity, perfidy, nnd c rue l ty of the Spanish character , as t hey a l w a y s have been, a re demons t ra ted s t i l l t o cont inue b y the i r mani fes ta t ions d u r -ing the present w a r in Cuba, All these circumslances considered cumula t ive ly , war ran t the conclusion t h a t t h e de-s l ruct ion of t h e Maine w a s compassed c i ther b y t h e official ac t of t h e Spanish authori t ies (und the asce r ta inment of tho par t icular person is no t mater ia l ) or was made possible by a negl igence on their pa r t so wi l l ing and gross a s t o be equivalent in culpabi l i ty t o posi t ive criminal act ion."

Tiie report t hen concluded w i t h a review of the uncivilized a n d a t rocious methods of w a r f a r e pursued by Spain, not only aga ins t t h e fighting pa t r i o t s of Cuba, bu t also aga ins t t he peacefu l men, the old men and the women and children. The repor t also speaks of the endeavors of the U. S. government t o prevent aid be ing sen t t h e insur-gen t s and shows t ha t 83,000,000 has been spent by th i s government in t h a t work, nnd all in the in teres ts of Spain.

Senator T n r p i e presented t h e r e p o r t of t he minor i ty of t h e commit tee as follows;

The undersigned members of the committee on foreign re la t ions cor-dial ly concur in t h e repor t made upon t h e Cuban resolutions, b u t we favor t h e immediate recognition of the re-publ ic of Cuba a s organized in t h a t is-land . a s a free, independen t and sover-eign power among the na t ions of the world.

I t w a s s igned by Sena tors Tnrpie , Mills, Daniel a n d Foraker .

Following the presenta t ion of the re-ports and a f t e r Mr. Hoar had insisted t h a t considerat ion of t h e resolut ion go g o over for t h e day on o po in t of order , came t w o of t h e most r e m a r k a b l e speeches y e t delivered on the Cuban question. Mr. Foraker , of Ohio l and Mr. Lodge, of Massachusetts , b o t h b r i l l i an t and impassioned orators , pre-sented d i f fe rent phases of t h e s i tua t ion . Mr. Foraker advocated the di rect rec-ognition of independence of t h e Cuban republic and w i t h an eloquence and vehemence seldom heard in t h e Senate , splendidly mainta ined h i s position. He both praised and criticised the Presi-dent 's message and showed t h a t t h e

commit tee aga ins t recognizing t h e in-su rgen t government .

I l o i u e I'uMeM the Reiiolutlons.

Dur ing the dignified discussion in the Sena te much di f ferent scenes were be ing enncted in the House, which, a f t e r one of the most exci t ing and memorab le days in i ts h is tory , by a vote of 323 to 10, adopted a resolution which n ine- ten ths of its members be-lieve m a k e s w a r wi th Spain inevitable. The reso lu t ions submi t t ed by the ma-jor i ty of the commit tee on foreign re-lat ions, and which were adopted, are as fol lows:

Whereas , The government of Spain fo r t h r e e years ' past has been w a g i n g w a r on the island of Cuba aga ins t a revolut ion by the i n h a b i t a n t s thereof w i t h o u t m a k i n g any subs tan t ia l pro-gress t owards the s. ppression of said revolut ion, and has conducted the war-f a r e in a manne r con t ra ry to the laws of na t ions by methods i nhuman and uncivilized, caus ing t h e dea th by s tar-vation of more than 300,000 innocent non-combatants , t he victims be ing for the most pa r t helpless women nnd chil-dren, inf l ict ing in to le rab le i n ju ry t o t h e commercial in te res t s of the United States , involving the des t ruct ion of the lives nnd proper ty of many of our citi-zens, en t a i l i ng the expendi tu re of mill-ions of money in pa t ro l l ing ou r coasts and pol icing the h igh seas in order to ma in ta in our neu t r a l i t y ; and.

Whereas , T h i s long series of losses, i n ju r i e s and burdens for which Spain is resjionsible h a s cu lmina ted in the des t ruc t ion of the United S ta tes bat-t lesh ip Maine in the ha rbo r of Havana and in t h e dea th of 300 of ou r seamen; therefore ,

Kesolved, T h a t t h e Pres ident is hereby au thor ized and directed to in-tervene a t once to s top the w a r in Cuba t o t h e end and wi th t h e propose of se-cu r ing p e r m a n e n t pence and order t h e r e nnd es tab l i sh ing by the f r ee action of the people thereof a s tab le and inde-pendent government of t he i r own in the is land of Cuba: and t h e Pres ident is he reby author ized and empowered to use t h e land and nava l forces of the Uni ted S ta tes to execute the purpose of t h i s resolut ion.

Al though only 19 members dissented upon t h e final vote the proceedings were marred by a b i t t e r and acrimoni-ous display of pa r t i san feel ing. Dur-ing the he igh t of the exci tement tho lie w a s passed between Mr. Drum (Rep., Pa.) and Mr. Kar l l e t t (Dem., Ga.) and a d i sg race fu l scene fol lowed t h a t a lmost descended to the level of a f ree fight. Mr. Bar t l e t t hur led a book a t h is ad-versary and in a minu te half a hun-dred members were fighting l ike fiends. Order w a s finally restored and la te r t he t w o members found t ha t t he al terca-tion had arisen out of a misunders tand-ing whereupon the re were m u t u a l apol-ogies. L a t e r when Mr. Johnson , of Ind iana , created a d i s tu rbance t h e speaker ordered t h e sergcant -a t -arms t o sea t him.

Only 30 minutes a side were given fo r deba te , und a special ru le was required to ge t t h e resolut ion before t h e House. The first contest came on the resolu-t ions of the minor i ty of the fore ign af-fa i r s commit tee , which declared for t h e recogni t ion of the independence of the republ ic of Cuba and made the de-s t ruc t ion of t h e Maine one of the prin-ciple reaituab foi such act ion. I t also author ized and directed t h a t immedi-a t e relief be sent t « s t a r r i n g Cubans. major i ty resolutions differed mater ia l ly . . . . . . . , ,

. J . . ,, . . ,. . . . . . . , The minor l tv report was rejected by a f r o m t h e President. •> position. H e said t . , . i . . • •» . . r i, i i . vote of 147 t o 100. I h e n the m a j o n t v t h a t i t wns a mat te r of "g r a ve doubt 1 . i . > .,o... n .

. I report was adopted —333 to 10. as to the r i p i t of congress to empower 1 ' 1

t he Pres ident or for the congress itself to creak- a n d establ ish a s tab le govern-men t in t h e island of Cuba fo r the ben-efit of t he Cuban people. However t h a t m a y be, a f t r r t he commit tee had declared t h a t t he people of t h e island a rc and of r i gh t ought to be f ree and independent , the proposition t h a t t he Pres iden t o r t h e congress or a n y o t h e r ex te r ior power should es tabl i sh fo r the

.people a government s tab le or other-wise w a s incons 's tent . If a people be f r e e a n d indg^eii- 'ent ;>• we have m t h i s first proposit ion dei •. od t h a t t he

-lSome s t i r r ing and pa t r io t ic senti-men t s were voiced dur ing the debate , w h i c h l i f t ed the crowded ga l le r ies and t h e members to a h igh pi tch of enthus-iasm. Mr. Adams, of Pennsylvania , ac t ing cha i rman of the foreign af fa i r s commit tee , and Mr. Dinsmore (Dem., Ark.) , senior minor i ty member, were t h e on ly persons who had an opportu-n i ty t o speak direct ly to the resolu-tions. Mr. Henderson, of Iowa; Mr. l iai ley. of Texas, and Mr. McMillin. of Tennessee, each made speeches on t h e s p e c h l order reporled by the ru les comi • t tee .

we re in terspersed w i t h s h a r p a n d spir-ited colloquies, some of which caused intense exc i tement in the gal ler ies . Many t imes the applause bo th on t h e floor a n d in t h e gal ler ies w a s t u m u l t u -ous a n d t h e vice-president was obl iged more t h a n once t o w a r n the spec ta to rs t h a t no demons t ra t ions were, unde r t h e ru les , t o be permi t ted .

T h e second day of t h e deba te in t h e Sena te began a t t he unusua l l y ear ly h o u r of 10 a. m., cont inued u n t i l f a r i n to the n i g h t and y e t t h e t h r o n g s re-mained in t h e ga l le r ies a s if he ld u n d e r some spel l . Dur ing t h e day speeches were delivered b y Mr. Cullom (III.), Mr. Ber ry (Ark.), Mr. Daniel (Va.), Mr. T i l l m a n (S. C.), Mr. Wolcott (Col.), Mr. Spooner (Wis.). Mr. Chi l ton (Tex.), Mr. Te l l e r (Col.) and Mr. S t e w a r t (Nev.), and fu l l y 30 o the r names of Sena to r s w h o desired to m a k e speeches were s t i l l o n t h e vice-president 's list.

T h e l a s t day of the Senate deba te on t h e Cuban resolut ions saw the adopt ion of reso lu t ions for t h e independence of t h e Cuban republ ic , b y a vo te of 07 t o 31, a s a subs t i t u t e fo r t h e House reso-lu t i ons which were merely fo r in ter-vent ion to s top the w a r of Spain on

C u b a - . ^ u v All d a y long t h e contes t w a g e d w i t h a n earnes tness , energy, ab i l i ty and elo-quence seldom equaled even in t h e Sen-a t e of the Uni ted States . From 10 o 'clock in t h e m o r n i n g u n t i l t h e mo-m e n t of t h e final vote, a t 0:10 o'clock in t h e evening, t h e in tens i ty of the in-t e r e s t did not a b a t e fo r art i n s t an t . Under an a g r e e m e n t l imi t ing t h e dur-a t ion of t h e speeches, excep t in speci-fied ins tances t o 15 minutes , every Sen-a to r who so desired had an oppor tun i ty t o express h i s views. No less t h a n 35 Sena to r s addressed themselves t o t h e m o m e n t o u s ques t ion unde r considera-t ion d u r i n g t h e day and while , unde r t h e ru le , e l abora te a r g u m e n t s were im-possible, t he speeches were character-ized b y a n impassioned force a n d elo-quence rare ly heard in or ou t of t h e h a l l s of t h e American congress. The reso lu t ions as adopted a re as fol lows:

J o i n t reso lu t ion fo r t h e recognition of t h e independence of t h e people and r e p u b l i c of Cuba, demanding t h a t t h e government of Spain re l inquish i ts au tho r i t y and gove rnmen t i n t h e i s land o f C u b a and t o w i t h d r a w i t s l and a n d nava l forces f r o m Cuba and Cuban wate rs , and d i rec t ing the Pres iden t of t h e United S ta tes t o use t h e l and a n d nava l forces of t h e Uni ted S t a t e s t o c a r r y these reso lu t ions in to effect .

Whereas , T h e abho r r en t condi t ions wh ich have existed fo r more t h a n t h r e e y e a r s in t h e i s land of Cuba, s o n e a r o u r o w n borders , have R o c k e d t h e morad sense of t h e people of t h e Un i t ed States , have been a d i sgrace t o Christ-i a n civi l izat ion, cu lmina t ing , a s t hey have, in the des t ruct ion of a Uni ted S ta tes ba t t l e sh ip w i t h 300 o f I t s officers a n d c rew, w h i l e on a f r iendly visit in the h a r b o r of Havana, a n d canno t longer bo endured , as h a s been set f o r t h b y t h e P res iden t of t h e Uni ted S ta tes , ' in h is message t o Apri l 11, 1898, upon wh ich t h e act ion of congress w a s invi ted: There fo re ,

Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representa t ives of the Uni ted S ta tes of America, in c o n g r c * assemblod,

1 T h a t the people of t h e is laml o i Cuba a re and of r i gh t o u g h t t o be f r ee a n d independen t a n d t h a t t h e govern-m e n t of tiie Un i t ed S ta tes he reby rec-ognizes t h e republ ic o f C u b a B s t h e t r m and l a w f u l gove rnmen t of t h a t is land.

2 T h a t i t is t h e d u t y of t h e Uni ted S t a t e s to demand, and t h e govern-m e n t of t h e Un i t ed Sta tes he reby does d e m a n d t h e gove rnmen t of S p a m once to re l inquish i t s au tho r i t y and jrovcrnment in the island of Cuba a n d w i t h d r a w i t s l and and nava l forces f r o m Cuba and Cuban waters .

3. T h a t t h e Pres ident of t n e Uni ted S t a t e s be, and he hereby is, d i rec ted a n d empowered to use th® e n t i r e l and a n d naval forces of t h e Uni ted States , ond t o cal l i n t o ac tua l service of t h e U n i t e d S ta tes t h e mi l i t ia of the several s ta tes , t o such an ex ten t a s may be nec-essary t o carry these reso lu t ions i n t o

T h a t t h e United S ta tes he reby disclaims any disposition or i n t e n t i o n t o exercise sovereignty , ju r i sd ic t ion or control over the is land, excep t fo r t h e pacification thereof , and assert* i t s de t e rmina t ion w h e n t h a t is accom-pl i shed to leave t h e government and control i.i t he island to i ts people.

Wash ing ton : An exchange of notes has been made between the European cap i t a l s w i t h a view t o m a k i n g s t r o n g rep resen ta t ions on the Spanish-Amer-ican s i tua t ion , w i th a hope of prevent-i n g the w a r wh ich the act ion of con-press m a k e s a lmos t inevitable. Whi le t h e Sena tors as a ru l e professed t o be ignoran t of the movement they gen-e ra l ly expressed the opinion tha t t h e r epor t was based upon ac tua l develop-m e n t s because i t i s unders tood t h a t Eu rope fears t h a t a war v/ror Cuba m a y involve all Europe. The ma jo r i t y of t h e Senate is no t impressed w i t h t h e impor tance of the powers ' move.

Congress Passes Resolutions that Effect,

to

F O R I N D E P E N D E N C E O F C U B A .

UnleM SpanUh Abandon Cuba Soon Uncle

Sam will Expel T h e m by F o r c e —

Senate nnd lIonne had a S trugg le Bo-

fore Reach ing an Understanding.

When the Senate subs t i t u t e f o r t h e House resolut ions were received b y t h e House i t was a t once seen t h a t It w a s unsa t i s fac tory to the leaders, owing to t h a t port ion which declared f o r recog-nit ion of the Cuban republ ic a s i t ex-ists. Th is por t ion was cut out a n d tho resolut ions were then concurred in, a n d re tu rned t o the Senate. The l a t t e r body refused to concur in the ac t ion of the House and a conference wns agreed to, Messrs. Davis. Morgan and F o r a k e r being appointed ns conferees. T h e Speaker of the House appointed Messrs. Adams (Rep., Pa.), Hca twole (Rep., Minn.) and Dinsmore (Dem., Ark.)

The first a t t empts of t h e conferees t o

C A S U A L T I E S .

Eldora, la.—The Slack hotel was de-Btroyed by fire. Loss, |5,000. Insur-ance: Sun of London, |1,000; Green-wich, |1,000; Western of Toronto, 11,000.

Great Falls, Mont.—The coal wash-ing p lan t of the Anaconda Copper Min-ing company a t Belt was burned to the ground. Loss, |250,000; no Insurance. Cause of fire, unknown.

Goshen, Ind.—While burning leaves Mrs. Eli Dean's dress caught fire and she died.

Davenport , Iowa—The Charles Hill fu rn i tu re s tore was destroyed by fire. Loss, |30,000.

II. S. Huf, Concentrated at Points of Easy Ac-

cess to Cuba.

NAVAL RESERVES GIVEN SHIPS.

Uncle Sam Buy ing More VeMela for Cruli-

ers and Transports—Spain Also Pre-

paring for tho Conflict—Queen Re-

gent P r e f e n W a r to Humil iat ion.

i . - . . . . . I •• willw A I 1 U UW AJULiXMua reach an agreement were fu l l c and i t ' destroyed a large amount of lumber

to board a moving t ra in Fred Russel was Instantly killed.

Menasha, W i s . - R o y Smith fell th rough an elevator sha f t thir ty feet and was dead when picked up.

Maryvllle.Mo.—Pat Keegan accident-ally killed h is 8-year-old daughter .

Magazine Point , Ala.—Two men were killed by the sudden slipping of a car.

Laporte, Ind.—L. D. Brand's general s tore a t Kingsbury, th i s county, was destroyed by fire. Loss, $10,000; In-surance, $6,300.

Wapakone ta , Ohio—Fire at Botklna

w a s reported to both houses t h a t t hev h a d not reached a n agreement . I n t h e Senate Mr. Davis then s t a t ed the points of disagreement , t h a t t h e r e had been n o difficulty t o agree t o t h e House reso-lut ion as amended by c u t t i n g ou t the recogni t ion of t h e Cuban republic , b u t t he point of content ion arose over the insertion of t h e words " a r e , and" in tho first section, which says the people of Cuba "a re , and of r i gh t ough t t o be, f r e e a n d independent . " T h e Sena te conferees had yielded to the House in the ma t t e r of recognizing Cuban re-public, bu t insisted t h a t t he words "a re , a n d " should be re ta ined. T h e Senate suppor ted i ts conferees a n d a t 0:40 p. m the House asked for a f u r t h e r conference. T h i s was agreed to and then while a w a i t i n g a report both bodies spent the t ime in discussing the si tua-tion r a t h e r in fo rmal ly and w i t h fre-quent recesses, while a number of the members of t h e House assembled In the lobby and sang patr iot ic song.

At 1:45 a. m. the Sena te received the second conference repor t which w a s to t h e effect t h a t tho House conferees had yielded a s to t h e words "a re , and ." Within L't minutes the Sena te had adopted the report , and a t 1:55 a. m. ad journed .

In the House as soon a s the confer-ence r epor t had been presented. Mr. Adams moved the adopt ion of t h e re-por t . The gal ler ies gave cheer a f t e r cheer a s the resolut ions were read. The demand for the previous ques t ion cut off debate , and Mr. Bailey, of Texas, and Mr. Johnson , of Ind iana , bo th appealed fo r a f ew minu tes ' t ime. Mr. Adams refused to yield t i m e fo r deba te owing to the la teness of t h e hour. Mr. Johnson protes ted indig-nant ly . Mr. Bailey demanded t h e ayes and noes a n d t h e rol l w a s called. T h e previous quest ion w a s ordered, 171 to 121. The conference report was then adopted by the House, 310 to 0. ( t rea t applause. At 3:43 a. m. t h e House ad-journed.

E u r o p e a n *>ower» T r y t o P r e v e n t W a r

Rome: The Popolo Romano says i t unde r s t ands the powers of Europe will in te rvene be tween t h e U. S. a n d Spain in favor of the l a t t e r coun t ry . The paper adds, according t o in format ion ga thered in wel l - informed qua r t e r s , t h e in te rvent ion will t a k e the fo rm of a naval demons t ra t ion in which a l l t h e powers wi l l par t ic ipate .

' I t is not cer ta in , by a n y means, t h a t all of t h e powers a re ready fo r th i s step. Great Bri tain so s t rong ly sympa-th izes w i t h t h e s t and t a k e n by t h e U. S. in the Cuban mut te r t h a t she wi l l very likely f la t ly refuse t o join in a n y dem-ons t ra t ion aga ins t t he U. S. Germany has of l a t e shown a disposit ion t o avoid exe r t ing s t r o n g influences on t h e U. S. Russia is also t h o u g h t t o be somewha t indi f ferent . Franco a n d Aus t r i a are the most act ive in t h e present move-ment , as t hey were In t h e fo rmer one

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SpanUh OlilrlnU Umtroyed t h e Maine

Consul-General Lee before t h e Senate commit tee on fore ign re la t ions ta lked f ree ly in regard to the condit ions in Cuba and especially wi th re ference to the des t ruct ion of the Maine. He said t h a t in h is opinion the re w a s no room to doub t t ha t t h e des t ruct ion of the vessel was due to Spanish officials, bu t t h a t it was not w i th Gen. Blanco's knowledge.

Gen. Lee's arr ival a t t he s t a t e depar t -ment w a s the occasion of a r emarkab l e demonst ra t ion , a rmy and navy oflicers uud hundreds of o the rs cheer ing him.

Decided the most war l ike s tep taken

by the war depar tment in prepar ing JOB, fOU.UUU. I . , Alexandria , Ind.—While a t t empt ing ' f o r t h e possibility of an encounter w i tn

- Spain wns inaugura ted wqpn orders were issued fo r the concentrat ion a t four points in t h e south of six regi-ments of cavalry, 33 regiments of in-f an t ry and the l igh t bat ter ies of five regiments of a r t i l l e ry .

At Chlcknmnuga there will be six regiments of cavalry and the l ight bat-teries of five regiments of a r t i l l e ry : a t New Orleans e ight regiments of infan-t ry ; a t Tampa seven regiments of in-f a n t r y . and a t Mobile seven r e g i m e t ' of in fan t ry .

The depar tment hns so distr ibute* t h e 32 regiments of in fnn t ry a t convet-ient places on the gulf t h a t they wi l l be accessable for t ranspor ta t ion t o Cuba. Proposals have been invited f rom steamship eompnnies for chnrter-ing vessels t o t h e government for th i s work .

Since t h e eivfl w a r no su -h propo;-tion of the a rmy has been mobDi&vJ, and the movement itself is t he best evi-dence of the grav i ty of the s i tuat ion a» looked upon by t h e President and his advisers. The determation t o rendez-vous the t roops in the south, where they can be acclimated t o the condi-t ions of a more tropical c l imate hns been under consideration fo r some time, bu t i t w a s not unt i l t h i s t ime t h e s i tuat ion hns seemed to w a r r a n t the expense.

The heavy bat ter ies of a r t i l l e ry in each of the five regiments mentioned will remain a t t he i r present posts. The two new rcgimcntsof ar t i l lery recent ly authorized by congress have not ye t been recruited to their fu l l s t r eng th , and in addi t ion n re not well equipped wi th horses and o ther necessary re-quisi tes of service, nnd the re fo re are not included in these orders.

and Allen's s tave factory, owned by Clark & Son, of Erie , Pa . The loss Is 122,000, with no insurance.

Klngabury, Ind.—L. D, Brand 's store was burned. Loss, $10,000.

Whi te Pigeon, Mich.—Mr. and Mrs. E l l a s Dean, an aged couple, were ser-iously burned.

Bloomdale, 0.—Mrs. M. F. Stolner was fatal ly Injured by being thrown unde r a wagon.

Philadelphia.Pa —Two children were suffocated in a fire in the dwelling house of George Dugnn.

Dayton, Ohio—Fire broke out in the village of Osborne, ten miles f rom this city, and only the prompt assistance of the Dayton lire depar tment saved the village f rom total destruction. The loss is about $20,000, chiefly to business houses.

Sioux Falls, S. D—Pra i r i e fires th roughout this s ta te have destroyed the homes of a hundred farmers , en-tai l ing a loss of $100,000.

New Orleans, La.—A spccial f rom Morton, Miss., reports t ha t the business por t ion of the town was destroyed by fire.

F O R b l G N .

London—Secretary Cooper has In-formeu m e AbSOCiaieu i-reas t h a i tno Hemey r e g a u a coiunimee has aeciueu to reiuse m e entry of ' len n-ycK, tne American oarsman.

uou i t—' ihe pope has appointed the Rev. Alexunuer Christie, rector of St . btephen'u church, Minneapolis, to the b isnopnc of Vancouver. His holiness h a s approved the t rans fe r of the see of Vinceunes to Indianapolis, f rom which i t will take Its name.

London—Advices received here f rom Manila show th .n the rebellion in the Phi l ippine islands Is increasing. I t is est imated tha t the insurgents now have 10,000 men under arms.

Madrid—The result of the senatorial elections is that 140 ministerialist^ have been elected out of 180 senators voted for.

London—Samuel French, the Ameri-can theatrical publisher, died a t his home, Yarra House, Kensington.

Tacoma, Wash.—Russia has estab-lished a mint a t Vladlvostock for the coinage of silver rubles bearing Chinese charac ters for uso In rai l road construc-t ion through Manchorla.

Madrid—Dispatches f rom Manilla say t h a t the Insurgents captured Cebu, but were expelled later by the Spanish gar-rison, with an insurgent loss of 600. T h e Spanish losses a re described as in-s ign i f ican t

C R I M E .

Vandalla, I I I—J. F . Strenger and C a r t Miller, well-to-do f a rmers residing a few miles nor thwes t of Vandalla, had a dispute over the exact line dividing the i r fa rms . Miller picked up a piece of fence rail and s tar ted to str ike Strenger with It, when the la t te r dropped dead.

Niles, Mich.—After a t r ia l last ing n ine days the jury in the case of Mrs. E m m a Raum, charged with the murder of Mrs. J o h n H a r t m a n at Laingslmrg, brought in a verdict of acquittal .

Eau Claire, Wis.—During a quarrel over some tomato p lants Christ ian Mil-ler split Will iam Taylor 's head open w i t h a n a x a n d then fled. Taylor died In the hospital th i s evening, and It Is believed Miller has killed himself In P u t n a m Park .

Elwood, Ind.—Walter Shores and Taylor Endr lcks quarreled over an ac-count of 15 cents, and Shores killed Endr lcks by a blow over the head with a mace. Shores Is in jail.

Burlington, Iowa—Judge Winthrow has Instructed the grand jury to Indict t he leaders of the mob which a t tempt-ed to lynch Murderer Storms In Bur-lington recently.

Jonesboro, Ind.—Andrew Shearer hanged himself in t h e calaboose.

Ripon, Wis—Freder i ck Milke hang-ed himself. He was sevety-nlne years of age.

Bagdad, Ky—Morgan Bohannon deputy sheriff , was ambushed, shot and killed.

Aurora, HI—Jul ius Dorsch, aged thir ty- three, killed himself as a resul t of family troubles.

New Albany, Ind—Capt . John Horn committed suicide by shooting.

Milan, Mo.—George W. Leeper, who cut his wife's throat , was captured.

Harvard, III.—John B. Mulligan at-tempted suicide by cut t ing h is throat .

Jeffersonvllle, Ind.—Lizzie Hardin was acquitted of the murder of Mary ROsenbaum.

Grantsburg, W i s — J o h n Edln, a far-mer, committed suicide by tak ing paris green.

Galnsboro, T e n n — J o h n T. Carter, who was to be hanged for the murder of his brother , was granted a respite of thirty days.

Rig Navy Preparations, Also,

Several impor tan t and decisive-steps in the work of war preparat ion were t a k e n b y t h e n a v y depar tment . I t w a s decided*to assign the naval reserves of New York, New Jersey. Massachusetts, Maryland and Michigan to the five aux-i l ia ry cruisers t o be known a s pa t ro l boats. These are the Pra i r ie , Dixie, Yankee, Y'oseraite and e i ther the Vene-zuela or Yorktown, which has jus t jus t been purchased. The depa r tmen t a lso decided t o char te r all four of the magnif icent American line, t he St. Louis, St. Pau l , Pa r i s and New York. Negot ia t ions w e r e reopened fo r t h e purchase of t w o w a r ships and several torpedo boats f rom Chile nnd Argen-t ina . One of the cruisers is t he Chilean O Higgins, j u s t completed a t a n Eng-lish ya rd and regarded as one of tho most formidable of her class ailoat.

Spain Talka F ight .

Madrid: A f t e r a lengthy cabine t mee t ing t o discuss Pres ident McKin-ley's message and tho Cuban s i tua t ion a n oflicial n o t e w a s issued which s t a t ed t h a t Premier Sagasta had designated t w o of the ministers to immediately d raw up on address to the crown.

T h e note se ts fo r th t h a t t h e cab ine t has g ran ted a n ext raordinary credit fo r wni purposes, and has incidental ly in-creased t h e g r a n t for the account of t h e a r t i l l e ry of Por to Rico. T h e gov-e rnmen t re fuses to acknowledge t h e r i g h t of t h e United States to In te r fe re in Cuba, adding, " T h e doctr ines con-ta ined in Pres ident McKinley's message a r e Incompatible wi th the sovereignty and r igh t s of Spain, and are a n in ter-ference w i t h t h e in te rna l a f fa i r s of tho count ry . A firm consciousness of i t s r igh ts , ' un i t ed w i t h tho resolution! t o mainta in them, will inspire t h e na t ion as they inspire t h e government , w i th t h e sereni ty necessary in these dill lcult moments t o d i rec t successfully a n d de-fend energet ical ly the sacred In teres ts which are t h e pat r imony of the Span-ish race. T h e Spanish government considers t h a t , a p a r t f r o m i t s solemn afllrmatlon of Spa ln ' s r lgh ts ns a na t ion , t h e min is te r s a re not called upon t o m a k e any declarat ion so l o n g a s t h o resolut ions of congress or t h e in i t i a t ive of Pres ident McKlnley d o no t lead t o concrete acts ."

The Spanish government ia m a k i n g ex t raord ina ry ef for t s t o o b t a i n a l l t h e muni t ions of w a r possible^ She h a s given to ono of the most p rominen t En-gl ish firms un l imi ted orders for a l l muni t ions of w a r i t could de l iver u p t o May 1.

Spain la Now for War. Madrid: T h e action t aken by t h e

Spanish cab ine t has confirmed the gen-e ra l belief t h a t w a r i s now inevi table . T h e w a r l i k e t o n e of t h e official n o t e issued by t h e Spanish government finds general approval and creates much ex-citement.

T h e queen regen t h a s m a d e t h e fol-lowing s t a t ement : " I p re fe r even t h e hor rors of w a r r a t h e r t han t a rn i sh t h e prest ige of t h e a rmy or an impa i rmen t of t h e r i g h t s of t h e crown."

According t o the newspapers of Mad-rid the Spanish capital is one blaze of patr iot ic indignat ion aga ins t t h e Uni ted States. Some of t h e papers as-ser t t ha t t h e Spanish minis t ry has sold the nat ion and declare the g r a n t i n g of an armist ice in the face of the de-mands of t h e Americans h a s disgraced Spain before the world. These pape r s call upon Gen. Weyler to r e t u r n t o Madrid nnd lead h i s enthusias t ic fol-lowers aga ins t t he weak-kneed policy of the Sugusta government . They de-c lare t h a t t h e insults which have b e e n cont inual ly heaped upon Spain h a v e reached the i r culminat ion in McKin-ley's message and the action of congress.

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LIE WINS A BATTLF. W E L L - K N O W N Q U E S T O F I N -

D I A N A MINERAL S P R I N G S H O T E L T H E P R O U D LIAR.

Oapt. H . t . Cole Convinced the Advance Shonld B e Made D e i p l t e Gen. Gregg*!

Order—He Rnna t h e Risk of Court

. Martial and Disgrace , B a t Victory Save* Him.

I n d i a n a Minera l S p r i n g s , Ind . , A p r i l I L — (Spec ia l C o r r a < p o n d e n c e ) — W a r l i k e dis-p n t c OH in t he m o r n i n g n e w s p a p e r s h t i r r ed n p a g e n e r a i diHcussion a m o n g a half s co re of g H u u e m u u <n a c o r n e r of t he s m o k i n g r o o m of t h e . n d i a u a Miuera l S p r i n g s Hote l t o d a y . S e v e r a l ve io raus of t h o c ivi l w o r w h o h a v e been r c - c d u i u g hea l th by m e a n s of t h e K a ; n o M u d l iu ths a n d Lit 'hia W a t e r he re t o n a l i v i l y i n t e r e s t in tho diKcussiun. M a n y i n t e r e s t i n g s to r i e s of t he l a t e con-flict wore to id .

' l a t he t a m p a i g n b e f o r e R i c h m o n d in t h e l i i s t i n u n t h s 01 t h e w a r , " >a.a C a p t . H. S . Co e of F e r g u s Fal l s , Minn. , "1 WUH gu l l \ v a ili toi t ion of an o r d e r t h n t . had tno L a u i u wh eh i t c a u s e d been a d e i e a t l o r u s , would h a v e iiad sad r e su l t s l o r m e ; f o r t u n a t e l y t h e f a N e h o o d 1 told r e scue 1 us f r o m a p i n i o n s pos i t ion aud we wou a vli o r y . "

Cup t . Colo's r e g i m e n t wns t he f a m o u s F i r s t Maine C a v a l r y which hy ape ia l o r d e r of t h e W a r D e p a r t m e n t h a s seven m o r e battle< on i t s co lo r s t lmn a n y o t . . e r c a r r i e d l y n n y r e g i m e n t i n t h o U n i o n a r m y . 1 he F u s t M a i n e a i s o has t h o r e o r d 0. hav in i ; t u r n o I m o r e ot i t s t r o o p e r s i n t o p r e a c h e r s a t tho c lose of hos t i l i t iea t h a n a n y o t h e r r e g i m e n t of t h e nor th- r n a r m y , wi i i le s eve ra l of t h e men who h a v e iieea g o v e r n o r s of t h e P i n e T r e e s t a t e s i n e 1803 w e . e a t t h e f r o n t w i t h t he F i r s t Maine , B u t It was whi le he w a s on t he s ta i f of Gen. Chas . F. S m i t h , w h o c o m m a n d e d a b r i g a n e of t h e S e - o n d C a v a l r y corps , t h e head of w h i c h W'B Gen. D. McOregg , o n e of t he b e s t c a v a l r y c a p t a i n s in t h e n o r t h o r sou th t h a t t h e i n c i d e n t h a p p e n e d .

" O u r b r i g a d e w a s i n a d e s p e r a t e cond i -t i o n , ' ' sold C a p t . Cole , " w h e n Gen . S m i t h s e n t m e to a - k Gen. M c G r e g g f o r r e - i n f o r c e -m e n t s 1 f o u n d t h e P e n n s y l v a n i a f igh te r s a n d de l ive red m y message . H e t h o u g h t -f u l l y s t r o k r d his b e a r d .

' " G i v e m y c o m p l i m e n t s t o Gen . S m i t h , ' h e sa id , ' nnd tel l h i m he c a n ' t h a v e a re I n f o r r e m e n t ' I t w a s t he f i r s t t i m e I e v e r h e a r d b e n . M c G r e g g s w e a r , n n d 1 w a s o o n v i m e d t h a t i t w a s duo to t h e a e r i us c o n d i t i o n of b is c o m m a n d . 1 w a s al*o con-v i n c e d t h a t our b r i g a d e should l ight i t s w a y ou t , bo w en I ga l loped u p to Gen . S m i t h 1 d e t e r m i n e d t o s o m e w h a t c h a n g e h i s sup i - r io i ' o r d e r s .

•• 'W h a t succeM ?' he a sked . 'Gen . M c G i e g c a n ' t m n i nny r e in fo i c e m e n t s , a n d d e s i . e s y o u to a t t a c k . ' 1 sa id . H e w a s a u r p r i e l, b u t t i ie word was g iven . In-sp i r ed b y o u r p. r i l we r o u t e d t h e e n e m y a n d ga ined a s n ' e place .

" S o m e l i m e a f t e r w a r d I to ld Gen . S m i t h •what I I a I di n e . "

' • W h a t h a p p e n e d ? " asked o n e of t h o o t h e r v e t e r a n s .

" U i i n ' s on tho ( rcnora l . " s a id tho m a n f r o m M i n r c o t a , w h o a d d e d t h a t »i h a f e w m o r e Mairno Mud b a t h s ho wou d be in a r t cond i t i on to t a k e a bund in t h e iiu-p e n d l u g w a r w i th Spa in .

Chocked taffeta cross-barrwl is used for wais ts

n te l l ing hla s t o r y , Mr. V a n d y k e s a y s : fflic'ted w i t h •

T H E C A U S E OF DYSPEPSIA. From the Republican, Scrantcm, Pa.

T h e p r i m a r y c a u s e of dyopepsla la l ack of v i t a l i t y ; thu absence of n e r v e f o r c e ; t he lo8 i of t h e l l f e - s u s t a l n i n g e l e m e n t a of t h e blood.

No o r g a n c a n p r o p e r l y p e r f o r m i t s f u n c t l ona w h e n t h e aonrce of n u t r i m e n t fa l la . W h e n t h e s t o m a c h ia robbed of t h e nour -i a h m e n t d e m a n d e d b y n a t u r e , aa s imi l a t ion ceases, u n n a t u r a l ga^ea a r e g e n e r a t e d ; t h e e n t i r e s y s t e m r e s p o n d s to t h e diocord.

A p r ac t i ca l Ulux t ra t ion of t h e s y m p t o m s a n d t o r t u r e of dyspeps i a la f u r n i x h e d b y t h e c a s e of J o s e p h T. V a n d y k e , 440 Hick-o r y S t , S c r n n t o n , P a .

i n te l l ing hla s t o r y , " F i v e y e a r s a g o I w n s

t r o u b l e of t h e s t o m a c h , w h i c h w a s v e r y a g g r a -v a t i n g . I h a d ' no appe-t i t e , con ld n o t e n j o y my-self n t a n y t i m e , a n d e<-pee ia l ly w a s t h o t r o u b l e s e v e r e w h e n 1 a w o k e in t h e m o r n i n g . I d id no t k n o w w h a t t h e a i l m e n t was , b u t i t be. araohte .nl -i iy worse a u d I w a s in c o n s t a n t m i s e r y .

" I ca l led in m y f a m i l y phys ' i Inn, a n d h e d i ag -nosed t he c a - o a s c a t a r r h of t h e s t o m a c h . H o pro-sc r ibed l o r m o a n d 1 had t h e pi e sc r lp t ion flllo 1. I

IGHT OilT OF;

INTERNATIONAL PWESS ASSOCIATION.

I n M i s e r y .

CHAPTER XXVL—(Continued.) l i t t le drawing-room, and as she pushed

! open the door, suddenly there flashed across he r mind a remembrance of t h e

i fact tha t a large portrai t of Dick wns j s tanding on a l i t t le tab le near t h e i fireplace. Quick as thought she walked

s t ra igh t t o the table and turned t h e port ra i t face downwards, carelessly t h r o w l r g over i t the pre t ty lace tr if le which adorned the top of a little chair which stood close by.

She flattered herself tha t the old lord took nea-dy al l of t h e m e d i c i n e , b u t s t i l l },nd n o t s een o r a t a n y r a t e n o t i c e d t h e t h e t r o u b l e b o e n m o worse , a n d I f e l t t h a t m y cond i t i on w a s hopeless . 1 t r i e d s e v e r -a l r e m e d i e s r e c o m r a e n u e d b y m y f r i e n d s b u t w i t h o u t bene l i t . A f t e r 1 h a d been s u f -f e r i n g s e v e r a l m o n t h s , T h o m a s C a m p b e l l , a l s o a r e s i d e n t of t h i s c i t v , u r g e d m o t o t r y Dr . W i l l i a m s ' P i n k P i l l s l o r P o l e P e o p l e .

" H e flnnlly p e r s u a d e d m e t o b n y a b o x a n d I b e g a n t o u s e t h e pil ls a c c o r d i n g t o d i r ec t ions . B e f o r e I had t a k e n t h e second b o x I began t o f e e l r e l i eved , a n d a f t e r t a k -i n g a f e w m o r e boxes , I c o n s i d e r e d m y s e l f r e s t o r e d t o h e a l t h . T h e pil ls g o v e m e new l i fe , s t r e n g t h , a m b i t i o n ond h a p p i n e s s . "

Dr . W i l l i a m s ' P i n k PI Is c u r e d b y r e s t o r i n g to t h e blood t h e r e q u i s i t e con-s t i t u e n t s of l i fe , b y r e n e w i n g t h e n e r v e f o r c e a n d e n a b l i n g t h e s t o m a c h t o p r o m p t -l y a n d p r o p e r l y a s s i m i l a t e t h e f o o d . These pil ls a r e a spo iflo f o r a l l d i s ea se s h a v i n g t h e i r o r i g i n a t i o n i n i m p o v e r i s h e d b lood o r d i s o r d e r e d ne rves . T o e y c o n t a i n e v e r y e l e m e n t r e q u i s i t e t o g e n e r a l n u t r i t i o n , t o r e s t o r e s t r e n g t h t o t he w e a k , g o o d h e a l t h t o t h e a i l i n g .

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"About two vee r s ago, I nursed a lady w h o was s i i f fe r i i ig (and i inal ly d i ed ) f i o m blood poisoning. I must h a v e cont rac ted t he diseane f rom h e r ; for s h c r t l y a f t e r h e r dea th , i hnd four l a rge sores j r u l ce i s , b r e a k out on m y person . 1 doctored for a long t ime, both by ex t e rna l app l i ca t ion and with various blood med ic incs ; but, in •p i t eo f all t ha t I could do, t he sores would n Jt hea l . T h e y were obst inate , very pa in -ful . annoying , und only ge t t i ng worse nil the t ime. At last , I pu rchased six bot t les of Dr .Ayer ' sSa r sapor i l l a , t h i n k i n g I would give it a thorough tr ial , l ie fore the first bo t t le wns t a k e n , I noticed a decided im

and to heal . Before the s ix boltlea had been t a k e n , t he u lcers were healed, t he sk in sound and natura l , and my hea l th be t t e r t h a n i t h a d been fo r y e a r s . I h a t e been well ever since, i had r a the r have one bot t le of Dr. Aver 's Sa r s apa r i l l a t h a a t h r e e of any o ther k ind . "

T h i s Is bu t one e x a m p l e of t he r emedia l va lue of Dr. Ayer 's Sa r sapa r i l l a in a l l fo rms of blood disease. T h e i c is no e the r blood medic ine that cures so p r o m p t l y , so su re ly and so thoroughly . Alter n e a r l y ha l l a cen tu ry of test and t r ia l it is the s t anda rd medic ine of the world for a l l d i seases of the blood. Sores, u lcers , boils, t e t te r , r heuma t i sm, sc rofu la and every o ther blood disease is curab le by Dr. Ayer 'a Sa r sapa r i l l a . The success of th i s r emedy has caused many imi ta t ions to be put on the m a r k e t . Imi ta t ion r emed ies work im. i tat ion cures . The universa l tes t imony is tha t "one bot t le of Dr. Ayer ' s Sa r s apa r i l l a

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action, and turned to him ea^er to hear wha t had happened to Barbara .

"Tell me, Is she much h u r t ? " ahe asked. "My poor old Barbara . How

was i t?" He told her then exactly how the ac-

cident had happened, and how they had taken the old lady (as he called Barbara , with an air of being himself quite a boy) off to St. George's, she be ing Insensible and not able to tell

where she lived. " T o St. George's! I s t ha t a hos-

p i ta l?" Dorothy cried. "Oh, my poor Ba rba ra ! She will t h ink t ha t t he end of the world has come."

"Oh, no. She Is much bet ter off t h a n she would be In any pr ivate house," said Lord Aylmer, soothingly. " B u t I a m most grieved and sorry to tell you t h a t her leg Is broken, and she Is na tura l ly very anxious t h a i you should hea r of her, and. If possible, t ha t she

should see you."

"Oh, I'll go. I'll go a t once," Doro-thy cried. "Would you be kind enough to get me a cab? I won ' t lose ano ther minute. Oh, my poor, dear old Bar-

bara!"

"May I drive you the re? I have my carr iage at the door." he asked.

In an uncontrol lable burs t of gra t i -tude Dorothy put out her two l i t t le t rembl ing h a n d s and took his. "Oh Lord Aylmer," she cried, "how good you are! I won ' t keep you wai t ing a minute. I will be ready before you know tha t I have gone."

She ran out of the room and came back with her bonnet on and a dus t -cloak over her smar t tea-gown, bu t not before Lord Aylmer had quietly gone to the table and looked at the por t ra i t which she had so adroi t ly hidden. Yes as he had suspected f rom her move ments . It was a por t ra i t of Master Dick! He put It down again and walked t o the window, where he stood looking at his handsome carriage, wl h Its satin-coated horses and the two tall servants in their resplendent liveries. I>ord Aylmer wondered how long the fascinations of a photograph would hold out against t he fascinat ions of such a turn-out as tha t . And Dorothy all the t ime was th ink ing how lucky it was t j ia t it was not Lord Aylmer who had picked up Barbara , and how, now that she had got in touch with him, she would he able to work thinRp into a s t ra ight and comfortable s ta te and send fo r her dar l ing home again, instead of going out to India to Join him.

"I haven' t been long, have I ? " she said, as she came in.

Very quick. Indeed." he answered approvingly, and added to himself.

T o n my word, but Master D'ck has very fa i r tas te—knows the r igh t sort when he sees It."

I will put my gloves on a s we go; do not let us lose any time," she said, going toward the door.

He handed her into the carriaRe with an air of deference de might have shown to a princess, then he got in himself and sat beside her.

Back to St. George's Hospital ," he said to Charles.

"Yes, m' lord," said Charles. And, a s ill-luck would have It. nt

that very Instant the lady with the serene eyes who lived on the floor above Dorothy's flat came down the s treet In t ime to see them come out and tho old gentleman hand her into the carriage—nay. in t ime to hea r Charles' reply of "Yes, m' lord,"

As If by Instinct t he two women looked a t one another—there was no expression In the serene face of the lady who was on foot, no th ing notice-able abou t her excepting a cold severi ty In her eyee; It was hut the glance of a moment, yet Dorothy, who guessed what was In the mind of the other, grew scarlet f r o m chin to brow and turned her head away tha t Lord Ayl-mer might not see t ha t her eyes were filled w k h tears.

"Will you be able to get on without your old se rvan t?" Lord Aylmer asked, a s they drove along.

' 1 must , for the present ," answered

Berothy. "But I meant—have you—that Is " "Yoa meant have I ano ther se rvan t?"

she finished. "No, I have not. 1 must see about some one to t a k e her place for the time. I wonder where I shall

go to look for one?" "You don't know this par t of London

well, then?" he asked. " I don't know London well at all,"

Dorothy answered, " fo r I lived in the country all my life unt i l I was—mar-

ried." There wns a scarcely noticeable hesi-

tat ion before she ut tered the word mar-ried, and Lord Aylmer interpreted it

in his own way. "If you could trust me to find out

about it, 1 th ink I know just the very person," he said. "My valet 's wife she

is—an excellent cook and a very clever capable servant in every way."

"But would she come?" "I think so." "But to a little flat like mine, w i th

nobody to do anything but herself . I am afraid sho is a person accus-tomed to a very inrge e s t a b l i s h m e n t - "

"I think that will lie all right, I will make it worth her while to rome. No, don't look so, my dear Mrs. Harr is ; It will only ho Just and right tha t I should pay for your temporary domestic—it must lie a fr ightful inconvenience, and of course it was my fault. If 1 hadn ' t been there, the old lady wouldn't have come to grief."

"You a re too good," murmured Doro-thy, gratefully.

She could not help wondering, as they drove along through the mellow autumn air, how it was that Dick had so mistaken his uncle. I t seemed to her that he was all that was charming and considerate—the sor t of old gentle-man who does not seem old, although his hair Is white and he must have lived years enough for the world to call old. It was evident to her sweet and simple soul tha t Dick had never really got at his uncle's Inmost nature—which was true, and all the better for Dick that he hadn't . He could not, she ar-gued, be such a savage as Dick had al-ways made out, for why should he take so much trouble for an insignificant s tranger like herself, or for an old wo-man like Barbara, even If his carr iage did happen to have knocked her down and broken her leg? Tha t had no-thing, or next to nothing, to do with it—oh. it was plain to her that Dick had never managed his uncle properly, and very likely Lady Aylmer had never managed him properly ei ther.

So by the t ime they had reached the hospital, Dorothy had thought herself into oulte a blissful f rame of m'nd. She had built up a wonderful castle in the air, when Ixml Aylmer should express a wish, "Oh, my dear, I do wish that you were my daughte r !" when she would throw off her disguise and say "I am the next th ing to your da-gh te r . ' "How?" "Why, I'm Dick's wife.

She was so engrossed In her dream tha t she did not notice tha t they had reached their destination, unt i l a smooth voice at her elbow said, "Now, dear lady."

Somehow the tone jarred on her dream, but her eyes were still rad ian t

Sne r.urned again to him. "How soon do you think the woman you spoke of will be able to come!" she asked.

"Tonight, I hope," he replied. "Any way, I will go and see her and let you know."

"But what a t rouble for you!" "Not at all—a great pleasure, I can

assure you," gallantly. "How good yon are!" she cried, fo r

the twentieth t ime. " I t la very easy to be good, If I a m

good," he said, smiling; "but I a m afraid you Judge me too kindly alto-gether . Then I will d rop you a t your house and go and see this good woman a t once, come back and let you know the result ."

"Yes, if you will," said Dorothy. He helped her to alight and saw hor

safe in the house, then got into the carr iage again. "To Grosmont Road," he said.

"Yes, m' lord." Charles replied. "Whore to now?" asked Barker, who

was get t ing tired and generally des-

perate. "Grosmont Road." "Oh. my!" muttered Barker. "I wasn ' t

surprised when broken legs didn't put 'Im orf Mrs. "Arris; but when Mrs. 'Arr is don' t put him orf Grosmont Road, It is a pret ty go."

Meantime, Dorothy had gone In to the ent rance hall of Palace Mansions, where the porter of the establ ishment met her. "A lady for you, ma 'am," he said. Then there was a pause, a rush, and a glad cry of "Oh, Es ther ! Es ther !"

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A Coniwrvntive Patriot .

I don ' t heed half t h o r av in ' ' B o u t w a r . w i th t h u n d e r s d r e a d ?

Bu t t he ol ' flag's Jes t a -wavln* An ' ri i iplln ' d o w n I ts r ed !

An" fo lks t h a t t a lk of nRhtln" Mus t be k e e r f u l h o w t h e y t r e a d ,

F e r w e ' s r e a d y w h e n t he w o r s t c o m M In t h o m o r n l n ' !

T don ' t heed half t h e bluster— I d o n ' t k e e r fo r t h e b r a g ;

But wo ' ro r e a d y h e r o te r m u s t e r An' ra l ly r o u n ' t h e flaR!

An' fo lks t h a t t a lk of fightin' Should set s t e a d y on the i r n a g ,

For w e ' s r e a d y w h e n t h e w o r s t comes In tho m o r n l n ' !

Ain ' t m a r c h i n ' o r a - r i d l n ' ; Ain ' t dodgln ' roun ' t he s t u m p ;

I k e e p s my fa i th a b l d l n ' Till I see t he r abb i t h u m p !

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P e r w e ' s r e a d y w h e n t he w o r s t c o m e s In t he m o r n l n ' !

as she turned them toward him. "I

HANDED H E R IN. did not notice where we were." she said in a voice still t inged with the brightness of her dream.

"Happy thoughts ." he said, as he helped her to the ground.

"Very happy ones," she answered, smiling.

They did not permit her to stay very long. Barbara was lying still, very fa in t and weak from the shock of the accident and the paiu of her leg. She was worrying and anxious about her young mistress, and Dorothy hastened to reasRure her.

"Dear Barbara ," she s^ld, "don ' t wor-ry the least little bit about me, not a l i t t le bit. I shall he Just aa well looked a f t e r as if you were there. Lord Ayl-mer Is going to send at once to his valet 's wife, a very respectable, middle-aged woman, very clever and a good cook. And Miss Es ther may be here any day now. you know; so tha t I shall get on beautiful ly. All you have to do, dear Barbara , Is to possess your soul In patience, and get well as quick-ly as ever you can."

" I can ' t think what the master will say ," fret ted Barbara .

" T h e master! Why, he will be as sor-ry a s If I had broken my leg. or very near ly ," Dorothy cried. "Now, dea r here Is t h e nurse looking a t me with a th rea ten ing eye. I must go. Good-by my dearest old Barba ra , and don't wor-ry, because I shal l have my new help

In tonight ." She stayed to ask a few questions of

the nurse, caleny about wha t th ings Barba ra would need, then they drove quietly back to Kensington.

For a l i t t le way Dorothy was silent "Poor old Harbara!" she burst out at length. "I don't believe she was ever 111 in all her life before; a t least, I never knew her to be 111, never."

"And you have known her long?" "Ever*since I could remember any-

thing," Dorothy replied. Lord Aylmer assumed an expression

of surprise, mingled with assent—ho had wonderful variety of facial Im-personations, he could even assume goodness on occasion. "Comfort that old lady is safe In St. George's." he said to himself, as ho watched Doro-thy ' s lovely mobile face.

C H A P T E R XXVII. T would be Impos-sible for me to tell you what a relief II was for Dorothy to find he r cousin. Es -ther await ing he r on her r e t u r n home. She cried a little, of c o u r s e , and then managed to tell her all about poor Barbara ' s ac-

cident. " Jus t as well for you that I turned

up when I did, my dear ." said Es ther , dryly; "i t might have been very awk-ward for you to be lef t alone long."

"Oh, but Lord Aylmer was so kind." Dorothy cried. "He not only took me to the hospital to see Barbara and brought me back again, but he has actually gone off now to see his valet 's wife, who is the very person to stay with me till Barbara is able to come

home again." "Yes. tha t is really very good of

him," Es ther admit ted. "But now, my poor little excited pale-face, I am going t o make you a cup of tea. Show me

the way." So Dorothy took her into Barbara ' s

neat little kitchen, and Miss Brand es-tablished her cousin In a chair, while she put the tea- th ings together and made all ready. Then she carried the t ray into the d rawing room and made Dorothy sit In a big arm chair while she waited upon her and gave her ev erythlng tha t she needed for her com-

fort .

"I suppose t K ^ j L o r d Aylmer Is smar t man-abouT-rown sort of person." she remarked presently, as she slowly stirred her own tea round and round.

"Oh, awful ly old," answered Dorothy —"at leas t he doesn' t seem old, you know, but a t the same time he Is old. His hair is aa whi te ns snow, and ho has a delicious, old-fashioned, half -fatherly sort of manner . And so kind so thought fu l . "

"Ah, well. It is a very good thing, Really, t he world Isn't half so bad a s it sometimes seems,". Es ther said, dreamily. "Well ," with a quick change of tone, "and this Dick of yours—he la perfection, of course?"

(To be continued.)

A ruefu l Male.

"Tom, tha t old sway backed mewl o* yourn a in ' t no good under a saddle, la he?"

"Nope; too slow an* klumsey." " N e r In th ' buggy er waggln '?" "Nope; too awkward fer tha t . " "Ner at pul l ln ' ov the plow?" "Nope; wants t o graze too much." " W h u t you keepln ' him fer, t h e n ? " "Wal , you see, we a in ' t got no clock

at our house, an ' tha t ole mewl b rays r ight a t d inner t ime Jest ez shore ea the year th t u r n s over. Yasser, I 've been called to d inner by t ha t mewl ' s bray fer the past five years, an ' I am alius r ight p lump on t ime."—Atlanta Journa l .

On t h e Tnkon.

Banner—I don' t see how you stand the cold so well, you must have been born In a very cold climate.

Minor—No. But I got hardened to the cold In the states.

Banner—How did you do t h a t ? Minor—I married a woman with cold

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A girl In a window s e a t -Dusk. and a single lamp

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Stained with the yellow gas,

Eyes that a lost hope seek. Lips t ha t bear longing's s t a m p

And someth ing bright on her cheok. —St. Paul ' s .

Unuaed to It .

Ted was invited out to tea wi th hla mother ono day. and among o the r deli-cacies a saucer of orange-gela t ine was set before him.

It was a new dish to the l i t t le fel-low, and he eyed It d isparagingly a minute , then said, very politely:

"If you please, 'um, t hank you, I r a the r guess you can have I t back—U keeps waggln" so."—Pittsburg Bulletin.

T O O K IT F O R G R A N T E D .

Worthy Couple T h o u g h t t h e Wedding

Llcenae Nettled All .

A lawyer told a few days ago of a s t range s late of affa i rs that came to his notice several years ago wh..e practic-ing in the eas tern p a n of the s ta te , says t h e Sioux City Journa l . He had not been out of college very long, and to s t a r t In gave considerable nt tent ion to pension claims. One day an old woman, possibly 80 years of age, came to his ofilce. She was a widow of a soldier of the war of 1812. and wanted him to look up he r pension claim. He asked her to show proof of marr iage. The applicant said somewhere In her house she had the marr iage license that had been Issued to her In one of the eastern s ta tes before tha t war. But she had not been able to find It. She was told then t ha t she mus t secure affi-davi ts of some people who had known her husband, and of the fact tha t they had lived together for years and had brought up a family. One of the grown-up sons was with her at t he t ime and he secured the necessary In-formation. But to be sure m a t every-thing was all r ight the lawyer wrote to the clerk of the courts of the county In which the original license had been issued. Tha t officer replied tha t t he license had been Issued, but tha t no re turn of the marrlaEe had ever been made. In a few days t h e old woman came back to see her lawyer about the matter , and by tha t time she had found the worn marr iage license. But t ha t was all she did have. I t a f t e rward de-veloped tha t t he couple had understood tha t when the license was Issued to them tha t It was all t h a t w a s neces-sary. They never called In a preacher to perform the ceremony and had lived together for all these years and had brought up a large family.

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The chief smiled. "Yes." he said to the new mission-

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The missionary paled. Two hours later he was Inside a l l

right.—Cleveland Plain-Dealer.

An Karitpe.

"There ! Didn't I tell you Wednoa-day was my lucky day?"

"In what way has fo r tune favored you?"

"Why , there goes Cholly Softly, and ho h a s passed us wi thout seeing ua."— Judge.

Harder Than Perpetual Mot loa .

Ilia PiMiance.

Wilkins—Are you keeping L e n t ? Harper—Yes; ' always do. My wife has her mother spend the month oefore Eas te r with hor every year.

Vis i tor—What was the trouble with this m a n ?

At tendant—That la ono of our most hopeless cases. I t is an example of misdirected energy. The poor fellow imagines he has invented an absolute-ly original method fo r going to the Klondike—Up-to-Date.

H e W a a There .

"Seen my boy, Tommy, anywliwe, Mrs. Rook?" , "Well , no, I ha in ' t seen Mm, but

the re ' s a fight a t t he o the r end of the s t reet ."—Black and White.

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Is now ready for t.u people of „ xvou. Would you look for ice ere un in a blacksmith shop? Would you look for butter ia u lumber yard. A ,'iuue lor everything and everything in its place. Mtrks Ruben for Clothing. For Clothing, Marks Ruben.

OKnND SPRING OPENING o T f l R T S S f l T U R D f l Y , flPRIU 9 .

Since "Adam stubbed his toe in tiie nu.b , .i' C leu never have such values been offered to the People of Lowell and vicinity. Pshaw! There is no such thing aa serious competition for U3 when the . i uh» . i of i • -.fi n ice iaduceraejt) is involved. Every eye is on Marks Ruben watching the success of years of progress condensed into months.

Watching ;oiir advertisements, those true trade thermometers, seeing how we perform what others claim but never dared to do. Every tongue praises us; every hand applauds us.

R E A P . , R E J O I C E . R E A D .

AVhy Marks Lends.

"MEN'S SUITS. M e n ' s R a i l r o a d S u i t g o l d m i x e d

w e a r s l i ke i r on r e g u l a r , p r i c e § .76 F o r t h i s sa l e o n l y

F i n e b l u e b l a c k iDvis iblo p l a id ,

W o r s t e d su i t , K . N . & F . m a k e , r e g i l a r p r i c e

F o r t h i s sa le o n l y 4 - ,3T /

B l u e b l a c k C h e v i o t s u i t , we l l

l i ned , K . N . & F . m a k e , r e g u l a r ^ 9 . 6 0 . F o r t h i s pale o n l y 4 - .3T'

I n v i s i b l e p la id , woo l su i t , g o o d

w e a r e r , K . N . & F . m a k e , r e g u l a r

p r i c e 80 .76 . T h i s sa le o n l y 4 . 4 ^

A l l wool C h e v i o t , woll m a d e ,

f a r m e r ' s s a t i n l ined , K . N . & F . m a k e , g u a r a n t i e d g r e a t va lue , r e g -

u l a r p r i c e § 7 . 6 0 N o w o n l y £ > . £ 3 0

** A l l wool i n v i s i b l e p l a id , we l l l i ned , I t a l i a n l i n e d a n d p i p e d , r e g -

u l a r p r i c e $ S . U . N o w on ly O . 1 0

A l l wool , l i g h t co lo rod , i nv i s ib l e

p l a id , n i c e l y t r i m m e d , n o b b y s p r i n g su i t , K . N . A F . m a k e , r e g u l a r

p r i c e $ 8 . 7 6 . T h i s sa le o n l y G . 1 0

A l l wool . C l a y W o r s t e d 14 oz

l i ned w i t h I t a l i a n l i n i n g , r e g u l a r

p r i c e . Sack , $ 9 . 6 0 . N o w T ' . S S

R E F V L I B C T .

Why Marks Grows.

All w o o l C l a y W o r s t e d , H «z. l ined w i t h I t a l i a n l in ing , r egu la r

p r i c e . F r o c k , 111.SO. N o w 9 . 8 7

P M in p o r t e d , all wool . C lay W o r s t e d

18 oz, saek or f r o c k su i t , m a d e b y K . N . & F . Co. l ined w i t h impor-

ted I t a l i an l in ing , p a d d e d s h o u l d e r s ,

p iped , f o r m e r p r i c e $ 1 1 . * ' ' . F o r t h i s sale o n l y 9 . 8 7

I m p o r t e d , all wool , C lay W o r s t e d , i o oz, s a t i n l ined , f ancy s l eeve l in -

inir, p a d d e d i h o u l d e r i , m a d e b y K . N . & F . Co, in sacks and f rocks ,

f o r m e r l y $ 1 8 . 5 0 , - i n o n F o r t h i s sale on ly 1 3 , 8 7

E i g h t e e n oz F r e n i h b a c k , v e r y

fine, f a r m e r ' s s a t i n l ined , p a d d e d

s h o u l d e r s , f a n c y s leeve l i ned a n d p iped , in sacks or 1 rocks , f o r m e r l y

$18 .10. T h i s sale o n l y 1 3 , 8 7

Youth's Boys and Children's All wool , i n v i s i b l e p l a i d , i i g h t

s q u a r e or r o u n d eu t , s iBgle b r e a s t e d ,

K . N . A F . m i k e , r e g u l a r p r i c e

$5 .71 . F o r I h i s sa l e only 3 . 8 7

W o o l mi xed , i n v i s i b l e p l a i d s a e k

lu i t . d a r k co lo r , r e f i l a r p r i c e $ 1 . 7 6

F o r t h i s sa le o n l / 8 . 87

Why Marks is Popular.

A l l w o o l , i nv i s ib l e p l a id , g r e y

m i x e d , s i c k su i t , l i g h t oolor , r e g u -

la r p r i c e $ 6 . 7 6 . N o w o n l y $ 4 . 9 8

A l l woo l d o m e s t i c C l a y W o r s t e d , s izes 15 t o 19 yea r s , we l l m a d e ; wel l

t r i m m e d , I t a l i a n l i n i n g , f a n c y i l e e v e

l i n i n g , f o r m e r l y $ 9 . 0 0 . F o r t h i s s a l e o n l y 1 . 9 1

J m p o r t e . 1 , all woo l , I I oz O l a y W o n t e d , s izes 15 to 19 y e a r s , l i n e d

w i t k I t a l i a n l in ing , f a n c y s l e e v e

l i n i n g , f o r m e r l y $ 1 0 . 1 0 ,

F o r t h i s sa l e only 7 .12

I m p o r t e d , a l l woo l . C l a y W o r s t e d

a g e s I I t o 20 yea r s , p a n n e l e d , f a n -• y e l e e v e l i n ing , p a d d e d s h o u l d e r s ,

f o r m e r l ^ $ l l . 7 6 . F o r t h i s l a l e o n l y 9 . 8 7

T w e n t y s u i t s , 8 p i e c e g o o d l , c o i t

p a n t s a n d v e s t , r e g u l a r p r i c e $ 4 . 0 0

t o $ 0 . 0 0 , t i c lose ' e m o u t $ 2 . 1 7

T w e n t y - s i x s u i t s , k n e e p a n t s ,

l i g h t a u d d a r k c o l o r e d , r e g u l a r p r i c e

$ l . T 5 . T o c lose o u t $ 1 . 1 3

T w e n t y - f i v e sn i t s , k n e e p a n t s ,

p l a i d s a n d i h e c k , r e g u l a r p r i c e § 2 . 0 0

T o c lose t h e s e o u t § 1 . 1 7

Why Marks is Happy. I v i s i b l e p l a i d , w o o l s u i t . 4 t o 14

yea r s , r e g u l a r p r i c e $ 1 . 6 0 .

F o r t h i s s a l e on ly $ 1 . 6 8

A l l woo l f a n c y p l a id , l i g h t co lo r -

ed, I t o 14 y e a r s , r e g u l a r p r i c e

$2 .76 , F o r t h i s sa l e o n l y $ 1 . 7 8

B l u e b l a c k C h e v i o t , wel l m a d e ,

6 t o 16 y e a r s , r e g u l a r p r i i e $ 1 . 5 0 , F o r t h i s sa l e o n l y $ 1 . 1 9

M e n ' s o u t i n g flannel, w o r k i n g

s h i r t , g o o d l e n g t h s , s izes I 4 i t o 17, f o r m e r p r i c e 25c .

F o r t t i s s a l e o n l y .17

H e a v y w o r k i n g S h i r t s , a l l co lors ,

f u l l s izes 14 £ t o 171, 86 in l o n g ,

w a r r a n t e d n o t t o r i p , f o r m e r l y 5oo F o r t h i s s a l e o n l y . j j

B l a c k s a t e e n s h i r t , 16 i n l ong , f a s t eo lo r s , f o r m e r p r i c e lOc,

F o r t h i s sa le o n l y . 1 5

^ x t r a h e a v y w o r k s h i r t , b l a c k

s t r i p e , c o r d e d bosom, t w e n t y d i f fe r -

e n t p a t t e r n s , wel l m a d e , w a r r a n t e d n o t t o r i p , f o r m e l y lie,

F o r t h i s s a l e o n l y . 4 8

E x t r a heaVy w o r k s h i r t , p l e a t e d

b o s o m f a n c y co lo rs w i t h n e c k t i e , f o r m e r p r i c e 75c F o r t h i s sa l e o n l y . 5 0

Why Others Grumble. F a n c y fine n e g l i g e e s h i r t w i t h

c o l l a r a t t a c h e d , in al1. co lo r s , a l l s i zes , f o r m e r p r i c e 50«,

F o r t h i s sa l e o n l y .84

F a n c y f r o n t , d r e s s s h i r t , f o r m e r

p r i e e 50o F o r t h i s sa le o n l y 860

F a n c y f r o n t , v e r y fine d r e s s s h i r t

w i t h cu f f s , d e t a c h e d , f o i m e r l y 75c

F o r t h i s sa l e o m y .52

100 doz . p a i r s socks , w a r r a n t e d a l l c o t t o n , T o be so ld a t . 05

80 doz . f a n c y fino socks , in b r o w n

a n d b l a c k , r e g u l a r p r i ce 16c F o r t h i s sa le o n l y .0i»

25 doz . p a i r s ove ra l l s , 36o g o o d s .

F o r t h i s sa l e o n l y .S3

30 d o z . s t r i p e d a n d c h e c k e d o v e r -

al ls , w a r r a n t e d n o t t o r i p , 7 o c g o o d 8 ,

F o r t h i s sa le o n l y . 80c

G e n u i n e E v e r e t t b i n e d e m i n g ,

f o r m e r p r i c e 40c, T h i s sa l e o n l y .86

M e n ' s c o t t o n p a n t s , a l l c o l o r s , s izes 32 to 44, f o r m i r p r i c e lOc ,

F o r t h i s sa le o n l y . I s

E x t r a h e a v y c o t t o n w o r k p a n t s , wel l m a d e , t w o h i p p o c k e t s , a l l eo l -

o r s , s izes 32 t o l l , f o r m e r $ 1 . 2 5 F o r t h i s sa le on ly . 8 7

1

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30 doz knee pants, warranted all cotton, sizes 4 to 14 years, Ibrmerly 26c. For this sale only 1 7

25 doz all wool knee pants, sizes 4 to 15 years, for-mer price G5c. For this sale only 4 2

25 doz suspenders, 20c goods, For this sale only Q

Too many other bargains to mention this week.

Every Garment Guaranteed as

Advertised.

If you can't find it here,

.Give up the search. rcn. *

• • • •

LOWELL STATE BANK Capital, - $25,000.00.

LOWELL, MICH. • • • 4-f

FRANCIS KING, President, CHAS. McCAKl Y, Vice President.

M. C. GRISWOLD.Canliier.

DIRECTORS:

Francis King, Clius. McCarty,

Qloo. W. Parker, F. T. King,

G. H. Force, K. L, Bennett,

M. C. GriswoW C. Bergin.

\ General Banking i'.usinpss Transacted

Money Loaned on Real ICsime Security

F a t h e r Brown, T r a i n ' s opera house.

May 4.

Send y o u r work 10 the Lowell Slciim L n u m l r y .

• Mary ( ' ove r t visiicd over hnminy wilii relat ives at Ai lon

Mrs. Wi l l Ta} 1 ir who has been ve ry sick is much bet ter .

Mrs. B. E . Qu ick it- able to be out again af ter an illness of several weeks.

A ir joI F l a n n e l o t t c w r a p p e r f o r

6 0 c e n t s a t N . 15. Mla in ' s .

Mrs . . I ' l in i f Unii IIK.II weni t-i Ionia thi.-' week, 10 icnuiin iiiildiuiiM-

b-Mrs S ui !:i' • • i 1:1st w«-ek

f rom un I'SLI'II'ie I \ MI u i th ju r SKII

at ileldiiij:.

\ \ :iiii«:il. iH'i p c i " semi their I j- i i imln io ilu- Luweil Steam Liiuiiiiry

Ladies 11 Band N . 1. will meet with Mr i . M . N . l l ine . Tuesday . April 26, 3 p. m.

The ladies •'! i!tf Tliila Cla rk I n ion will meet wiili their P res iden t , Mrs . Hooker , Apr i l , 'Hi.

Mrs, \Vi!l Tay lor has been quit« sick a t the homo of Mr , and Mre-E d w i n Taylor , with p n e u m o n i a .

T h e bes t a n d c h e a p e s t t h i n g f o r

d i n i n g r o o m a n d k i t c h e n f l o o r s is

l i n o i c n i n . Bla i t i h a s t h e m .

Mrs . M. M. Pe r ry was called to Jonesvil le. Mondav by the serious ill-ness of her sister, Mrs. J a n e Dea l .

Mrs. McPherson will en t e r l a in B a » u N o . 8 of the C o n g r e g a t i o n a l c h u r c h F r i d a y af ternoon, Apr i l 29.

Al l k inds of wood p rompt ly deliv-e red by R . B. B o y l a n .

In Your House Cleaning

1 D o not overlook y o u r Si lver-1

ware ; b u t pu t in u eomtition equa l to 1 the result of your o the r hi "or.

Th is is 1 est and easiest d o n e by j using

F O S T E R ' S S I L V E R POLISH,

A pi liih that works q u i c k l y , ! thorough ly and wi thout s c r a t c h i n g . ! Iiroilncimr !> luster equal to n e w .

1. is a l so cxri l leiu, for glass , mir- •

rors, e tc .

WILLIAMS, THEJEVBLE8,

( 'a j i a t city b a k e r y fo r y o u r l unch . ;

Mrs . F . .1. Davey spent Master in

G r a n d Ivipids .

The ear ly irardener is ge t t i ng in his work now.

Fred F a l l a s i s one of the new de- 1 votes of 1 hi' seduct ive wheel.

S. F . Kdmnnds lias re tu rned from n Imsi: e>-1 rip to ()(fi.,iina ( ' •uni ty .

'i ' li- ii •uni " I ' superv i sors will hold j

1 spiM'ia! session mi Monday , May 2. 1

VVAM I D—A tiirl lor general h o u s e w o r k liiqiiiro ot Mrs. A b e . .

I V i k .

Miss Minnie Rouse en te r t a ined . j E l izabeth (i 1 egory ol McCords lust i

week.

N e w c a r p e t s , m a t t i n g s , a n d Kn-

o l e u i u s ffinid a n d c h e a p a t N . l i .

B l a i n V .

C. O. Lawrence has completed the ' irrailing u p of h is l awn, m a k i n g a i very m at j o b of it.

H S. Thompson , of A l to , was in j town Monday and renewed his sub- j script ion to the LKDOKR.

T h e post office. Hotel W a v e r l y a n d Dr . Campbe l l ' s bu i ld ing have all been re - roofed with t a r and g r a v e l .

If you wish to get peach trees of T r iumph nnd Oceana t h a t a re t rue to name call mi N. P . HUSTED& C o .

J a y J . E v a n s lias sold his f a rm in no r thwes t Ada and expec ts to remove t > Colorado for the benefit of his wife's h e a l t h . H e will sell his f a rm s.ock, implements and household uoorls a t auction on T h u r s d a y , Apr i l 28, as pe r bills pr inted at this office. N . F . Gould auct ioneer . Sa le com-mences a t 10:00 a. m .

I have a f ew good horses for sale. H . N A S H .

A u n t L a u r a H a y i l a n d died yester-

d a y a t 8 , a . m.

T h e fancy dress ball bv the Eas-te rn S t a r t a k e s place, F r i d a v evening,

Apr i l 22

Ladies of B a n d N o . 1, will f u rn i sh you with aprons . G i v e y o u r o rde r to any ol the members .

N . P . Hus ted & Co. have the only stock of T r i u m p h and Oceana peach t rees.

W m . P u l l e n , R . V a n D y k e and F . M J o h n s o n were d o i n g business in G r a n d R a p i d s last F r i d a y .

T h e Lowell , W . C. T . U . will meet in the Y . M . C. A . room, F r i d a y ai-tern. '"i i , Apr i l 2 2 , a t 2 : 3 0 p. m .

Milan Wi l son , now of A d r i a n , spent a couple of days with his rela-tives and old Loweli f r i ends last week.

Miss W i n n i e J o h n s o n is home from her school a t W i n d s o r , a n d will p r o b a b l y not re turn unt i l n e x t Sept-e m b e r , as her heal th is not very good.

Ber t K a n n e y was down f r o m the vi l lage p lan t S a t u r d a y , as fat and good na tu red us eve r . H e says the fishing opens u p pre t ty good there this

spr ing.

Billy B a r b e r has been released by the G ni nd Rajiiils L d l team manager , not I'll' pool p laving; for t h a t was sut-isfactory; b u t for m a k i n g himself " s i c k . " Too b a d .

A t a special meet ing of the vi l lage council last T h u r s d a y even ing , S. F . E d m o n d s and H . Dawson were ap-pointed mar sha l and n i g h t watch , respectively, for the ensu ing- yea r . Good appoin tments .

O u r good citizeri. C h a n d l e r J o h n -son, who i n j u r e d the l igaments of one leg by u fall on F e b r u a r y 11th is still confined to the bouse and only hobbles a b o u t a l i t t le with crutches. H i s i m p r o v e m e n t is very slow.

Burg l a r s entered the jewelry s tore of E . A . Ander son a t S a r a n a c Sun-d a y mornit ig, and a f t e r t ak ing all the stock t ha t was not locked u p in the safe ,se t fire to the b u i l d i n g a n d es-caped. T h e fire w a s discovered in t ime to p reven t t h e destruct ion of the bui ld ing . C h a r l e s H o l c o m b has been a r res ted on suspicion of the cr ime.

l i s t e r G r a n t , of E l m d a l e , has sold his slock of merchand i se a^ t ha t p l ace . E l m e r W h i t e a n d fami ly , of Lowell, c a m e over M o n d a y to spend several d a y s wi th r e l a t ives . R . M. K i n y o n visited his pa ren t s n e a r Lew-ell f r o m F r i d a y un t i l M o n d a y . — [Cla rksv i l l e Record .

G e t the genu ine T r i u m p h a n d

O c e a n a peach trees of N . P . HUSTED

& C o .

O f . L . K . Bishop h a s been appoin t -ed pos tmas te r a t G r a n d Rap ids . E d -itor Conger , of t he H e r a l d , got t he

" icy mi t t . "

L . K . S a u l s b u r y , of G r a n d R a p -ids, was s h a k i n g h a n d s with qld Low-oil i r iends last F r i d a y . T h e chances a re t h a t " L a u t " will be asked to run f o r prosecut ing a t to rney again this

fa l l .

Lis t of U n c l a i m e d l e t t e r s — M i s . E l l en V e r k u y l e , L i b b i e W r i g h t , J a s . E . A m e s , J . S . Cha l i foux , D a n C a r , K i r k & S m i t h , P e n i n s u l a r P a p e r W o r k s , W a r d & L u r k , Miss Flossie

W a r d . Novel t ies in mi l l ine ry will be

ready for y o u r a p p r o v a l on T h u r s d a y , Apr i l 21 nnd fol lowing d a y s . Y o u a re cordia l ly invited to examine t h e

latest fancies in f a sh ion . MRS. M . H I L B R .

R e v . Marshal l a t t e n d e d the C o n -grega t iona l Convent ion las t week a t W a v land and reports a good t ime nnd j good ai t endance at each session. T h e papers a n d discussions a t the s a m e were very interest ing.

R e v . I I . l l enshaw, pa s to r of- the B 1 ptis t c h u r c h a t A l to , m a d e t h e ' LEDGER office a p leasant call M o n d a y . | M r . Renslmw is a g r e a t admi re r of j W i n E . G lads tone , hav ing a person- j ni acqua in tunco with t h e " g r a n d old

m a n . "

W e a r e pleased to no te the pro-gress m a d e by J o h n O. Goodsell nt Sag ioaw. W e a re credibly informed

I t h a t he has one of t h e best denta l offices in the s t a t e , ami is doing a good bus iness . All of which will be grat-i fy ing to his Lowell f r iends.

Robe r t I . W h i t e , (he popula r p r inc ipa l of t he G r a n d v i l l e schools, spent S u n d a y with Lowe l l fr iends. T h e people of G r a n d v i l l e have offered h i m a l a rge increase of sa lary as an i n d u c e m e n t to remain wi th them an-o t h e r year .

T h e V e r g e n n e s and K e e n e Q u a r t -e r ly meel ing will be held Apr i l 22 and 23 in Keene . P r e a c h i n g a t 2 : 3 0 p . m. S a t u r d a y , followed by qua r t e r ly conference . P r e a c h i n c S u n d a y a t 10 a. m. B r o t h e r N . E . G i b b s , of O r -leans, will be with us both days .—

[ C o m .

A t its mee t ing M o n d a y even ing the Lowell Univers i ty Cen te r elected t h e fo l lowing officers: P r e s i d e n t , F . M. J o h n s o n ; vice p res iden t , A . H u s t e d ; sec re ta ry , Mrs . B . E . Quick ; leader , C. M . F i n d ley; execu t ive commit tee , Mesdames H i n e and F i n d l a y , S . P .

H i c k s .

PAY WHEN CURED. Q. A. MUNCH, M. D., the Eminent Specialist, who has five Di-plomas and two honorary Diplomas, and who can name and locate a disease with- f out asking a question, will be at *

LOWELL, HOTEL ERASE, Tuesday, May 10.

N o m a t t e r H A T y o u r d i sease , o r w h o h a s f a i l ed t o c u r e y o u

C o n s u l t h i m . I T C O S T S N O T H I N G a n d is s t r i c t l y c o n f i d e n t i a l .

W T p P ) | | | « p Chronic, Nervous and Private Diseases and Diseanea of women Cutarrh. Antlnna. Rheumalism, Fits. Paralysis,

( nnoers, rumor*, hlmliler, Kidney, Ilwin and lil«XMNl Diseases,etc.. by our special syhtem of treatment.

Diseasfis- of Men ^NTI> VOUNO MEN suffennf? from any defects of a private natnro consult us. I t costs you nothin,. if not cured.

I fyou have been deceived by FBACDS, UUMIIUOS, QUACKS andfo-called •

"SPECIALISTS" call and investigate. We can furnish plenty of references. ^

Onr >rcst reference; "No Cure No Pay." Why will yon pay out money when we ASK N O P A \ UNTIL CUBED, For further infornmlionor eironlarssee Dr. Munch, or address with stamp,

J Detroit Medical & Surgical Institute, 145 Pine Detroit Mich A L A K E ODESSA, Miner Hotel, .Wed. M«y n . SARANAC, Monday, May 0. ,

Salloway Comforts for Cold Weather. its usual, we are on hand with a full line of Gallo-way Coats, Robes nnd Mittens, antidotes for shiv-er, tingle and freeze. Prices low.

First-CIass Implements - --Oliver and Syracuse Plows, Planet Jr , Cultiva-tor? They are right, and Nash sells them right. If you don't find it so: he is here to make it right.

H. Nash. STUDEBAKER WAGONS, CARRIAGES. MCCORMICK BINDERS AND MOWERS.

WANTS TO T R A D E — T h e unde r s ign -

ed has a des i rable res idence p r o p e r l y in Ovid which he wishes to t r ade for Lowell p r o p e r t y . Call on or address B . F . WILKINSON, P . O., Lowel l . Residence, K e e n e . [ 4 5 4 ]

Farm For Sale. John Ketoskey wants to sell his 31 acr*

farm U miles north of Elmdale. Place has a Rood barn and orchard. Apply on the premises. 253 1

G e n u i n e home-made b r e a d " l i k e mothe r m a k e s " a t Bush ' s bakery .