" I N D E P E N D E N T IN Al. l . T H I N G S . NEUTRAL IN N O T H I N O "

VOL. V I I , NO 2 8 . L O W E L L , M I C H I G A N , J A N T A H Y 4 , 1 9 0 0 . W H O L E NO. 3 4 0 ,

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Opened for luiBineas, l)eceinh*r 1*1, IW»7

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ORTON HILL, Lowell Mich. P . H OILKKT, CHpiiuliM. Uloliliin.l. Mich. W. A. WAITS, " " As.v HRAATRO.N B . W . BOWMAN , BHiikcr. K . K. Wilson.CA liler Unifm BIUIU,

KnlHiiiufH), Mich. Kidiland, Mmli.

D r a f t s innucd a v a i l a b l e in all ooimi ierc ia l c i l i o s ol the worl i l .

( Jo ramcrc ia l papfi-H (li8oouute<l. M o n e y l o a n e d on f a r m p r o p e r t y .

I n t c r c s l h e a r i n g oertitioaleM of depoHitK iHHiied. _ ^

o n S a v i n R s D e p o s i t s . 3 ^ 0 I n t e r e s t P a i d

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J e r o !

M A T T E R S M A T R I M O N I A L .

U n t i l - P o t t e r .

Marr ied , Doc. 80, 1^90. at the par-

aonage of the Heooud Congrega t iona l

eliureli . G r a n d RapidH, by R e v .

Henrv Marahal l , J o h n 8 . P o t t e r of

Cincinnat i , ( ) . , a n l Hesfiie E . H u n t

of Lowell .

The hr ido is one of Lowell ' s moat

popular y o u n g ladies, t h e d a u g h t e r of

l ion, and M r s . L . II. H u n t , wi th

whom the h a p p y couple will s tay

for a sho r t t i m e previon* to l o c a t -

ing p e r m a n e n t l y .

r K S

has g o n e o u t we have •a f ew H e a t i n g S t o v e s l e f t which we w ill c lose

nu t a t less t h a n tin

p r e s e n t cost p r ice .

C a l l a u d see o u r

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C L O T H E S R I M J E H

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f o r five y e a r s .

a m m m m m w w f m m f m w w m w r m w m m m w w t w t K

W e m a k e an ex t r a e f f o r t t o keep o u r stoCk

a b r e a s t of t h e t i m e s .

N o old s tock a c c u m u l a -

t i n g . O u r p r i c e s a re

s u c h as t o kee j t g o o d s m o v i n g .

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While time is flying We'll keep on trying

to serve yon better IhU year lh»n vou were ever servtd before.-

OLIVER

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B l a k c H l c e - A h b o t t K c d d i n u

A pret ty wedding occurred a t the

residence of Mr . and Mrs. A." C.

Blakeslee in this vi l lage, a l <>, p. m.,

last T h u r s d a y , when the i r d a u g h t e r

Car r ie May was uni ted in marr iage to

Will R . A b b o t t by Rev . .1. W . M c -

All is ter . O n l y the immedia te rela-

tives were present . T h e happy couple

were the rcc ip i fnU ol many pret ty

gil ls . They will m a k e their home in

this village. A m n o g the guests from

"Utijiile were: Mr. l i e o r g e Abbot t and

Miss. F lorence A b b o t t of Gue lph , On-

tario; Mbe Esther Abbo t t ol Detroi t ;

D r . and Mrs. A. W . Abbott , of Wes-

l e t ; Mrs. C. l i . Wood, Miss E t t a

Wood, Mr. and Mrs. D a n ' l Black,

Mi.-s M a r t h a l i l ack , M r . and Mrs .

F

Rapids .

The occasion caused a reunion of

the Abbot t family a f t e r a separat ion

of 15 years .

A n o t h e r Yont tg L i fe Gone .

Bnr t i s , i he ti fteen yea r s old son of

Mr. and M r s . Don Col lar of V e r -

gennee. died S a t u r d a y , D e c . .'{0, of

diabetes , a f t e r a decl ine of neatly a

year , d u r i n g which t ime all t ha i medi

cal science and loving hearts could

suggest was tr ied in vain to a r res t the

progress of the disease.

F u n e r a l services were held at the

Bailey c h u r c h , T u e s d a y , conducted

by Rev. .Ins. Wesb rook .

W. C . T . L . W o r k .

The regular semi mon th ly meet ing

of the I 'h i la A . C l a r k W . C. T . U .

was held wi th Mis . C. A. Slade Tues-

day a f t e rnoon . Mrs. D. P . At watt r

presided. Mrs. P h i l a A . Cla rk a d -

dressed the members in words of con-

g ra tu l a t i on , encouragement and cheer .

A de l igh t fu l p rog ram of music was

lurnished by Mrs. Geo. Gi les and

T H E P E R K M A R Q U E T T E .

R e s n l a r T r a i n s To Begin R u n n i n e

Next M o n d a y .

I t will no t be known as the Grand

Rapids , Helding «fc Saginaw hereaf -

ter , b u t a s the P e r e Marque t t e .

T r a i n s a re expected to begin r u n -

n ing n e x t M o n d a y between G r a n d

R a p i d s a n d S a g i n a w via Lowell .

T h e scbedn le of t ra ins is not yet

completed; b u t W 11 C l a rk informs

us t h a t t ra ins will p robably pass

Lowell as follows:

Going west a l 10:30. a m, and 8 >

30, p m; going east a t 9:15, a m and

6:30, p in.

Local service between Be ld ing &

F r e e p o r t will be maiu ta ined by the

present Lowel l & Has t i ngs crew.

It is expec ted tha t the new depot

will be so far comple ted as to pe rmi t

i ts occupancy next Monday and the

t ra ins will s lop a t t h a t p lace .

M a r y A. R o l f .

Mary A . Pa t r i ck was born a l

Rip ley , C h a t a u q u a coun ty , N . Y. ,

Augus t 4 , 1827, c a m e to Lowell w i th

he r pa ren t s in 1838 and settled on

G r a u d R i v e r . December 21, 1856,

she m a r r i e d Samuel Po r t e r l i o l f ,

who preceded her " t o t h a t bourne

f rom whence no t rave le r re tu rns . "

Mrs . Ro l f died a t Lowel l , D e c . 26,

, , . , , , 1899, aged 72 years , 4 mon ths and • rank Clark and daugh t e r oT^frfauiL ^ , , . , , ?a niiiu days , l eav ing an aged sister and

a host of f r iends to mourn be r loss.

She was held in high esteem and

great ly loved by e v e r y one tha t

knew he r .

T a x P a y e r s T a k e No t i ce .

I will be a t M c M a b o n ' a s tore on or af ter D e c e m b e r 1, to receive taxes.

D. T . RUSH, 24tf Township T r e a s u r e r .

W e arc d e s i r o u s of d i s p o s i n g of t h e b i ' a n c e ol

«Hir H E A T I N G S T O V E S , C o a l and W o o d a n d l o r

t h i s p u r p o s e will m a k e specia l p r i ces f o r c a s h .

Out t n d e has been evce l l en t fo r w h i c h

t h a n k ou r patroiiN and imw wish to m a k e room f o r f o r o t h e r g o o d s .

C o m e iu and K H warm at ou r e x p e n s e when iu o u r v i c in i t y .

V o u r f r i e n d s .

Clark & Sprakcr.

A Happy New Year To onr cnstoiuerR and friends and we wish you the same huncess and pros perity which we have obtained the year just closed. We bnv«> always KIVCMI ymi tin- BEST in i|iiality and PRICE and continue to dn HO.

BELOW WE HAVE

S o m e t h i n g S p e c i a l t o o f f e r - w h i l e t h e y l a s t

Ladien fine kid lined, heavy so i eQ A A Shoe, baI, were 2 50. now only ^

Ladies Titan Calf, storm, heavy Q K A Role Shoef, bal, wen* 3 00, now ^

Ladies Kid, welt sole, Show, ») £AA |,al, were 3 00. now ^ "

Ladies Vici Kid, well sole Shoes, O A A bal, were 3 50, now

Men's Tan Roasian Calf, bats O l A were a 50, now ^

Men's Tan Rnssian Calf, bal, calf lined, heavy sole, wore 3 00, now

Men's Tan Russia Bal, heavy sole, were 3 50 now

Men's Black Box Calf. Bal» were '2 BO, now

Men's Black Box Calf, Bals, heavy sole, were 3 00, now

Men's Black Box Calf,, Bal-, heavy sole, were 3 50, now

Men.8 Hlack Vici Kid. leather lined, heavy sole, were 3 50. now

2 48 298 2 10 2 60 2 98 2 98

/ . H O M E N E W S

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D ON'T JUDGE US

U n t i l y o u k n o w w h a t we can do f o r you in t h e waji of s a v i n g , a oaeh s a v i n g , in t h e p r i c e of y o u r F O O T W E A R . W e

c a n n o t m o v e i t un l e s s you g i v e us the o p p o r t u n i t y .

W e a r e m a k i n g spec ia l p r i z e i i id t t cements f o r t h e b a l a n c e of t h e y e a r . C o m e and see f o r y o u r s e l f . D o n ' t w a i t u n t i l yotii '

n e i g h b o r t e l l s you h o w c h c a p he b o u g h t t h e m a t H o w ' s b e f o r e

you k n o w a n y t h i n g a b o u t i t .

T h e O l d R e l i a b l e S h o e H o u s e . . . .

A. J. HOWK & SON

Misses H u n t e r a n d Cover t , directed the fami ly of W . A . W a t t s .

by Mrs . S lade . T h e solo, "Consider* J O u r dress goods sale begins this

the Lilies" was r endered by M i s ' eek S a t u r d a y a n d ends the S a t u r -J ' d a y following. A . W . Weekes .

Giles iu a most beaut i lu l manner .

A m o n g the good work being t aken

up by the I ' n ion is t h a t of col lect ing

reading ma t t e r to be forwarded to" the

l umbermen . All hav ing such to d o -

nate will please leave same with

the secre tary , Mrs. O. O. Adams, Ly-

on Block, with whom the Union will

next meet J a n . 16.

D e a t h of O s c a r H a t c h .

Oscar H a t c h , who r e m o v a l f rom

Sutith Boston lo Annis lou , A l a b a m a ,

about a y e a r ago, died a l the latter

Dec . 21, 1899.

H e was born in Monroe county,

Ash tabu la c o u n t y , Ohio, and at the

age of 16 came to South Boston 56

years ago, jus t ly ent i t l ing him to a

place a m o n g the honored pioneers.

H e was a bro ther of Addison

Hatch of Sou th Boston, of the late

Wil l iam Hatch and of J o h n Hatch

and Mrs. A. S h e r m a n of this place.

H e leaves a wife, daugh t e r and

one son lo mourn his 'oMjf , x

Peace lo his ashes. ^ » T .

F r e e t o S u f f e r e r s

' F r o m piles, e czema , sai l rheum or any i t ch ing , b u r n i n g skin disease, Dr . A. W . Chase ol Buffa lo , N . V , will send a sample box of D r . Chase 's O i n t m e n t , a gua ran teed cure for skin I roubles. Enclose s t a m p for postage. Many h a v e been cured by sample box, and you are only asked

lo pay the postage.

j F O K S A L K . — A l a rge A r t G a r l a n d j coal stove with oven, in good c o n d i -

t ion, fo r sale cheap; W . A . WA i r s .

Dress goods sale a l A W Weekes. '

Miss E l l a Kopf , G r a n d Rap ids , is spending t h e hol idays a t home.

M r s . M a r y C a r r re tu rned Tuesday

from T e c u m s e h .

Mrs. D r . Whit f ie ld of G r a n d R a p -ids spent New Year s wi th relat ives.

W e acknowledge receipt of sub-scription f rom J . Uebele of Toledo.

Wi l l G r a m e r and Miss Mary Wil-son were in G r a n d R a p i d s S a t u r d a y .

Wi l l G r a m e r re turned to De t ro i t Tuesday where he will work this

winter .

C. E . W a l l s and f a m i l y re turned to G a l e s b u r g today a f t e r a visit with

T h i s S a l e L a s t s 3 0 D a y s .

C o m m e n c i t i K J a n u a r y 1 s t , 1 9 0 0

Come Early before sizes are gone. ,

BUTTS & OWEN.

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Mrs. S lade gives p r iva t e lessons in musio a n d F r e n c h and p a r l o r k i n d e r -ga r t en . S tud io in J o n e s b lock .

T h e rooms over the S t a t e bank re-cent ly vacated b y vV. B . R i c k e r t a r e being rap id ly tilted u p for t h e publ ic l i b r a r y .

B. B . Bristol a n d d a u g h t e r May Belle ol T rave r se C i t y and Miss Daisy Bristol of A d a a re gues ts of Mrs . I8> aac Mi tche l l .

P r e a c h i n g a l t he Bapi i s t church nex t S u n d a y m o r n i n g and even ing by R e v . Dav idson . E v e r y o n e c o r -dially invi ted.

Mrs . H . T rcden ick was fo r tuna te in hav ing the bag a n d purse lost in G r a n d R a p i d s re tu rned to her with its contents intact .

W o r d has been received of the safe a r r i va l of Mrs . Robe r t O w e n and d a u g h t e r Reva a l Chand le r , Okla-homa on last F r i d a y .

T h e V e r g e n n e s D a n c i n g c lub will g ive i t s nex t p a r l y a t T r a i n ' s opera house on T h u r s d a y even ing , J a n . 18 See c a r d s for par t iculars .

Mrs. F r e d Thornpsun and Miss Be atl ie of the Valley C i t y and Mr . and Mrs. F r a n k H a r l w e l l of C a n n o u s -burg a re gues ts of Mrs. O. O. Adams .

T h e New Year ' s dance a l the opera house was very largely a t tended , there not be ing sufticient room lo accommo-da te t h e dancers . A d a m ' s orchestra

furn ished music.

T h e Lowell W . C . T. LF. has called a genera l meet ing t o be held with Mrs. Ph i l a A . C l a r k a t the residence of J o s e p h ^ ' e i l e r this a f te rnoon for the purpose of f o rmu la t i ng plans for the publ ic r ead ing and lunch rooms to be opened soon a t some desirable location

on Main s l ree l .

If you fever buy a n y t h i n g of cs you d o n ' i like, b r ing i t back and get y o u r money. A W . Weekes.

T h e ladies of the L . 0 . T . M. met yesterday af te rnoon. Ex tens ive prep-ara t ions are being made lor a public ins ta l la t ion of otiicers lo be held iu F e b i u a r y . T h e Knigh t s and Lady Maccabees will occupy the lodge rooms now tenan ted by the Masons

when the l a t t e r vacate .

A cake walk was given al the dance T h u r s d a y n i g h t last a t T ra in ' s opera house. Mrs. Ph i l ip Al then and W m . Bui dick were the successful competi-tors and generously d is t r ibuted the gigant ic " t w o s to ry" cake a m o n g the crowd prese. t. Stocking's orchestra

furn ished music.

O u r subscribers, readers and fr iends are requested t o call u p Bell phone No. 53 and give local i tems to Mrs . Johnson . Please remember tha i by so doing you will confer a f a v o r upon

THE LBDUICR. T h e answer to the prize hol iday

poem of J E Lee & Co was "old shoes :" Char les Barnes had the first correct answer and Mrs H F Cla rk had the last one . T h e y gel t he

slippers.

Pe te r F . R o n a n and b ro ther Wi l l of G r a n d Rapids expec t lo l ake a t r ip lo Cal i fornia nex t W e d n e s d a y . T h e y will visit two sisters a t LosAngeles whom they have m l seen fo r eighteen years, and expec t t o b e g o n e about six weeks.

A n u m b e r of young people were pleasanltv en le r l a ined a t t h e home of Mr. a n d Mrs. A r t h u r Moore F r i d a y nighi . Carom was the a m u s e m e n t . Mrs. Chas . K o p f and M r . Claud Lane won first prize, a f t e r which r e f r e s h -ments were s e r v e d .

T h e Phys ica l C u l t u r e c lub , n u m -ber ing twen ty of Lowel l ' s progressive ladies, m e t a t the homo of Mrs . J . D. Kel lv last T h u r s d a y a f t e r n o o n . A series of lapaons were planned and par Ucipaled in. Dainty refreshmeula were served a n d enjoyable social l ime was had b y a l l . Miss M a r g a r e t A. Kel ly of Muskegon was a guest .

Pil lows and feathers chcap a t B l a i u '

New slock of watches and c locks at Sherman 's .

N O T K ' K

I lav lug leased the Euos X Brad field barn , corner of Monroe and Avery Sis , 1 will conduct a Livery Feed and Sale S tab le . I w a n t to buy coach and car r iage horses to ship East . I want speed prospects , also some ex t ra heavy pairs.

G E O . E J L A K K .

THE LOWELL Corrected Jan 4,

Wheat Corn Oats Rye Flour per ewt Bran per ton Middlings per ton '}orn meal per ton Corn and oata per Butter Eggs Potatoes Apples per bbl Beans Beef Veal Pork Chickens Turkeys Ducks Straw per ton Hay per ton Wool washed Wool unwashed Onions Clover Seed Hay Straw

MARKET PEPORT. 1900.

ton

ft $ Q

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17 ft 16 (*

:t0 ® '1 2 6 1 '23 ft r. 00 ft K 00 4 (K)

7 Z Or,

!• to 7 lo

3 50 to ti 00 to

20 ((9 16

•Jo to :r2S S 00 ;i()U

!»/ 40 25 50

2 00 ifi 00 IB (HI 10 00 19 00

IS 18 88

2 Ml I 65

i; oo (» fill 4 50

H 10 H

4 on 8 00

26 21 40

4 00 5)00 4 00

N o * O n c e . . .

have we ever been asked lo re-fund the money our customers have paid us for a buttle of Lnvender Cream. Like all other prepara-tions bearing our name, this cream is made from the purest and best iugredienls obtainable.] .r-j|

Price IB c e n t s . * If not satisfied with {Lavender

Cream say so. your money liack.

L. H. TAFT & CO.

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EVENTS OF THE WEEK

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. IN A B R I E F F U R M .

, . l n t y C o n p l m

i> 111. I I w - Tin. FHi-iiirrn of gouth*

hlcuii I U » , Kormrd . Co-

Ol-rr i l r . Ora l H B . T r o i i i p « n 7 .

" " ' ••.i ni . iu ' t iiotiii*!* TI,,.,,,.

n m , . ; . . M l . k . y nnri Miss M a r y Vnx .

h J • VW.,",,,i,, OOUIlty, t h e i r m i . , , | O M l w ...j ( | ) - ;

M f i u i a n H i f u m l a lu.rM< niul

» » ' " ' i ; P a i r l e d f o r " h "

w e n ' n - f T . t l , < , l r M , , T r i - « ' " V Z n n . r I ? " " , ! l r r l a ^ ' >'.v (Iu-

y « i ' iK on t h e f r r o n n d t l i a t Murv mm* Un>yimnil. T l u . p a . r | | n j v c | i a i . i {

^ { " N . p nn - . l t l , , . iMiternol ,H»miiNsi«»ii

w r k a m l t l u - o v n - i m i u y w a s t h e n iier-

J n o 1 L H . , , , h , l r , , " | , p - V l ' , M , P l e d f i m r t i ^ i f o r h h a v i t r t t V i . K i ( | 4 , I I | i I ^ | ( v t . r

r o u f f l i r ua . H w i l l , UU. • n g a r o n n d zero.

P a r m r r i W m K r J , . K . l c m r P 4 C t o r y .

A b o m :,0 f n r m e r h r e s i d i n g j,, t h t . « u W n H a r i „ f t h e Htato I m v . fi|wl n r -

/ l S T , n t i , , n o f i h c k n u r r s ' C o - o p c r a l i w Hevt Hu j r a r Co.. t h e ob -j s r t b c i n g toraiHc- b e r U a n d m a n u f a o -

""firar. I in- c a p i t a l s t ock is | 50 . -^ h o . b e e n pa id in . I t is

I j o p o s w l t o e r e c t a f a c t o r y a t D u n d e e

a n d o p e r a t e t h r o n g J m n s „ M ( , n r u . f t v n ( . 0 a k I a i J 1

i n ^ n . J a c k s o n . Hi l ls-H r a n c h , I^ennwcc a n d W n s h t c -

oount ics . T h i s is t h e f i rs t co-op-• r a t i v c c o m p a n y t o In- o r g a n i z e d f o r w i s pu rpose .

M r , A , k l n i ( i r t i L i r „ i , u p r l B o a B , a a L

i he A s i a n s m u r d e r case at F r a n k f o r t a m . I o n close on Dec - I . w h e n t h e J j r v r e i . n , ^ ! a ve rd i c t of m u r d e r in t h o lrs t d e c r e e W h e n a p p r i s e d of t h e « « u t of t h e t r i a l t h e p r i s o n e r s h o w e d a o r u d e d e e of s u n i r i s c a n d said she ex-p e c t e d i t . s h e w a s i m m e d i a t e l y sen-

j S t T V l I - ^ i m p r i s < , n m o n t - ' Mrs . M M , A s k , u s m u r d e r e d h e r d a u g h t e r * m d t n e d to k i l l h e r son and he r se l f w i t h m o r p h i n e .

^ r " D U " K«llro«il uml Mutt Hnvo I t

I ho r e s i d e n t s of H u b b a r d . Mid land • o u a t y , h a v e k - c n w i t h o u t r a i l r o a d • o m m u n i c a t on s i n c e t h e s t u b l i n e r u n -

u p f rom M i d l a n d w a s a b a n d o n e d t h e t r a c k s t a k e n u p some m o n t h s

J * o Kes ,den t s of t h e p lace h a v e of -fcred to p rov ide t h e t i e s if t h e r a i l r o a d • o m p a n y wil l r e l a y t h e r a i l s , a n d i f t h e c o m p a n y dec l ines t . . iK-eopt t h e propos i -t i o n t h e r e is a l ikclihoo«l of an eleJTrio «>a. l k i n g bu i l t

L . r r r . t D o f | „ Mlehltmn.

l o hav." l i ^ T " " " f , ; i r , n i n ^ , a , » - c l a i m s

w d T h e I i T , S t , , 0 , r i n M i ^ ^ a n . • n I t h e second l a r g e s t d o g of h i s b r eed t n t h e w o r l d . I T i o d o g i h a St . Dern-

• r " - " « m e a s u r e s C. f e e t f r o m t i p of JOM- t o end <.f t a i l ; h i s a v e r a g e b i g h t is

J f e c t c T r ' 1 ' h n i ' k " r H h o " , ^ r * ff-hn L« i r1 tflrth " f , w a d 3 2 i'H-l.os, V k a n i m a l i s o n l y i s m o n t h s old a n d W e i g h s 201 p o u n d s .

Copper l t , n e e i t ,„r t Completed.

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G r a n d R a p i d s c l a i m s t o be t h e b a n n e r r e c r u i t i n g p o i n t of t h c s t a t e of Michi-g a n fo r t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a r m y . F r o m . l u n e 20, 1800. t o Dec. 7. 1800, t h c re-c r u i t i n g s t n t i o n a t t h a t p o i n t e n l i s t e d a t o t a l of 4(Hl m e n .

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T h e c o n s t r u c t i o n w o r k o n t h c n e w Copper R a n g e r a i l r o a d in H o u g h t o n c o u n t y i s p r a c t i c a l l y c o m p l e t e d , a n d t r a i n s a r c e x p e c t e d to b e r u n n i n g reg-u l a r l y ove r t h c w h o l e l e n g t h of t h c r o a d s o m e t i m e t h i s w e e k .

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C h a c . Hay l i s s , of T e m p l e , w h i l e hav-i n g t e e t h e x t r a c t e d b y a d e n t i s t in Cadi l lac , s u d d e n l y e x p i r e d . A phys i -c i a n w a s p r e s e n t a n d a d m i n i s t e r e d t h c c h l o r o f o r m , b u t i t is s u p p o s e d Mr. Hay-l i s s w a s a f f l ic ted w i t h h e a r t t r o u b l e a n d cou ld n o t s t a n d t h e d r u g .

T w e n t y p r o m i n e n t b u s i n e s s men of T r a v e r s e C i ty h a v e f o r m e d a s t o c k com-p a n y a n d p u r c h a s e d t h e f a i r g r o u n d p r o p e r t y f o r m e r l y o w n e d b y t h e agr i -c u l t u r a l soc i e ty , w h i c h w i l l k m a d e i n t o a r e c r e a t i o n p a r k , w i t h a b a s o b a l d i a m o n d , r a c e t r a c k a n d good f a i r b u i l d i n g s .

A d e p u t y she r i f f m a d e a r a i d on t h c n i c k c l - i n - t h e - s l o t m a c h i n e s i n t h e sa-l o o n s a n d h o t e l s a t M a r i n e City re -c e n t l y , a n d con f i s ca t ed e i g h t of t h e m . S o m e t i m e a g o t h c c o u n t y of f lc ia l s no t i -fied t h e M a r i n e C i ty s a l o o n i s t s t o r id t h e m s e l v e s of t h e m a c h i n e s , b u t n o a t -t e n t i o n w a s p a i d t o t h e o r d e r , h e n c e t h i s s u m m a r y ac t i on .

A s h o r t t i m e a g o W i l l i a m S m i t h c r -i n a n , of S t o c k b r i d g c , n o t i c e d b l c s s o m s o n some of t h e s t r a w b e r r y v i n e s i n h i s g a r d e n . H e d u g u p t h e v i n e s a n d re-p laced t h e m in a d e e p b o x , w h i c h h e p l a c e d in a s u n n y b o w w i n d o w , a n d n o w h e h a s e n o u g h b e r r i e s n e a r l y ma-t u r e d t o f u r n i s h a s t r a w b e r r y s h o r t c a k e f o r h i s N e w Y e a r ' s d i n n e r .

T h e r e m a i n s of S a m u e l D r y e r , w h o w a s e m p l o y e d a t t h c M i c h i g a n A lka l i C o / s p l a n t a t Ecor se , w a s f o u n d in a b a d l y c r u s h e d c o n d i t i o n b e t w e e n t h e l i m e k i l n e l e v a t o r a n d s h a f t on t h e 20 th . H o w t h e a c c i d e n t o c c u r r e d i s a m y s t e r y , a s n o o n e e l se w a s p r e s e n t w h e n i t o c c u r r e d . T h e u n f o r t u n a t e m a n r e s i d e d w i t h h i s w i f e i n W y a n -d o t t e .

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T h e r e c r u i t i n g of I t r i t i s h co lon i s t s in Cape Co lony is a c t i v e l y p roceed ing . T h i r t y t h o u s a n d a r c a l r e a d y u n d e r a r m s a n d severa l t h o u s a n d m o r e w i l l b e a d d e d . T h o s e n o w in t h e field in-c l u d e C a p e m o u n t e d pol ice , t h e R h o d e - ' s ian a n d N a t a l f o r c e s a n d t h c co lonia l t r o o p s b e l e a g u e r e d a t K u n k r l c y a n d o t h e r p o i n t s .

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f u l , c o m m u n i c a t i o n o v e r a d i s t a n c e of 70 •. l ies k i n g p e r f e c t l y e s t u b l i s h e d . Six M a r c o n i i n s t r u m e n t s , i n t e n d e d f o r t h e Hoers, h a v e b e e n seized a t C a p e T o w n .

T h e lord m a y o r of L o n d o n , A l f r e d N e w t o n , is r a i s i n g a n d e q u i p p i n g a fo r ce of 1,000 v o l u n t e e r s a m o n g t h e c i t y corps . T h e l a r g e c i ty f i r m s a r c c o n t r i -b u t i n ; : t h e neces sa ry e x p e n s e s .

T h e Hoers possess i m m e n s e s t o r e s of food w h i c h w a s i m p o r t e d b y s p e c u l a -t ive c a p i t a l i s t s u n d e r a bel ief t h a t m i n -i n g w o u l d b e a l l o w e d d u r i n g t h c w a r .

N e w s f r o m S o u t h A f r i c a is s t i l l g r e a t l y d e l a y e d . A d i s p a t c h d a t e d Dec . 21 s a y s t h e b o i n b a r d n i c n t of L a d y -s m i t h h a s been r e s u m e d .

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' I 'he s e n a t e does no t p r o p o s e t o as-s u m e a n y r e spons ib i l i t y f o r t h e eom-nn ncemei i t of s u i t s to r ecover t h e $40,000 lost b y t h e s t a t e on t h e m i l i t a r y deal . T h e vote by w h i c h it pas sed t h e j o i n t r e so lu t ion a s k e d f o r by Gov. P i n g r e e w a s recon-s ide red on motion of S e n a t o r Lyon , it b e i n g c la imed t h a t t h e a t t o r n e y - g e n -e r a l h a s a m p l e i i u t h o r i t y in t h c p rem-ises u n d e r exist n g laws , a n d in sup-p o r t of t h i s t h e fac t is c i ted t h a t spec-ial i i u thor i ty to eomuience s u i t s w a s n e v e r before a.->ked fo r , a l t h o u g h s c o r e s of a c t i o n s have been i n s t i t u t e d by t h e a t t o r n e y - g e n e r a l a n d c a r r i e d t o a suc-c e s s f u l issue.

T h e s e n a t e c o m m i t t e e t o w h o m t h e h o u s e reso lu t ion w a s s u b m i t t e d , o n t h e 27th repor ted t h e f o l l o w i n g r e s o l u t i o n a s a t h i r d s u b s t i t u t e to t h e t a x a m e n d -u i e n t :

••See. 10. T h e s t a t e m a y c o n t i n u e t o c o l l e c t all specific t a x e s a c c r u i n g t o t h c t r e a s u r y u n d e r e x i s t i n g l aws . T h c l e g i s l a t u r e m a y p r o v i d e f o r t h e col lec-t i o n of specif ic t a x e s f r o m c o r p o r a t i o n s . T h e l eg i s l a tu re miiy prov ide f o r t h e as-s c s smnt of t h e p r o p e r t y of t h e r a i l r o a d s a n d o t h e r c o r p o r a t i o n s a t i t s t r u e c a s h v a l u e , a n d fo r t h e l e v y i n g of t a x e s t h e r e o n , by a s t a t e boa rd of assessors , o r s u c h o t h e r p e r s o n o r pe r sons , a s t h e l e g i s l a t u r e may d i r e c t , in s u c h m a n n e r a s t h e l e g i s l a t u r e sha l l by g e n e r a l l a w d i r e c t , wh i ch l a w s sha l l b e u n i f o r m .

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T h e s e n a t e o n t h e 28th b y a v o t e of 10 to 13 d e c i d e d to k i l l t h e P i n g r e e j o i n t r e s o l u t i o n p r o v i d i n g f o r /fix a m e n d m e n t t o t h e c o n s t i t u t i o n t o b e s u b m i t t e d to t h e e l ec to r s . T h e r e s u l t w a s a s u r p r i s e t o m a n y , a s i t w a s ad-m i t t e d t h a t t h e p ropos i t i on w o u l d be d e f e a t e d , b u t f e w w e r e p r e p a r e d f o r t h e l a rge m a j o r i t y a g a i n s t i t . On ly n i n e vo tes wci 'e n e c e s s a r y t o d e f e a t t h e r e so lu t ion , b u t t h e r e w e r e seven t o spa re .

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t h o u g h t of d r i v i n g t o c h u r c h on t h e i r wedd ing d a y beh ind a n y t h i n g excep t a pa i r of f o u r - l n - h a n d of dapp le greys . Grey horses , too, a r e In d e m a n d f o r c a v a l r y p u r p o s e s In t h e B r i t i s h a r m y and t h i s m a y h a v e had s o m e t h i n g to

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to r s of eggs a n d p e r s u a d e t h e m t h a t n o t h i n g will so e n s u r e t h e k e e p i n g

qua l i t i e s of t h e eggs a s a l i t t l e p re -s e r v a t i v e added . T h e r e s u l t of t h a t wi l l b e t h a t t h e p u b l i c wi l l find I t o u t a n d c u r t a i l t h e i r p u r c h a s e s In t h a t d i -rec t ion . B u t t h e h o n e s t e m p l o y m e n t of m e t h o d s of d r y i n g m i g h t g r e a t l y r e -l ieve the m a r k e t a t t imes of o v e r s u p -ply. S o o n e r o r l a t e r t he f a r m e r s ' w i f e wil l l e a r n to a p p l y t ho m e t h o d a n d t h e f a r m e r s ' t ab l e wil l bo cheap ly supp l i ed wi th e g g s In t h e w i n t e r a s i n t h e s u m -mer .

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F l o r e n c e looked t imid ly a t h im. Tho d a r k c loud on h i s b r o w w a s n o t c a u s e d hy the d i s p u t e w i th E d w a r d ; she k n e w only t oo well w h a t had occasioned It.

" Y o u a r e a n g r y wi th mo—st i l l : ' ' t h e

said, so f t l y . " N o , 1 u n d e r s t a n d tha i you were do-

ceivcd by t h e I n t r i g u e , t h a t a f a t h e r ' s last w i sh has a p o w e r f u l Influence, bu t 1 had expected my ufl lanced wi fe to

show m o r e reso lu t ion , m o r e conf ldencc . 1, too. r e m a i n e d fo r m o n t h s wi th n o m e s s a g e f rom y o u ; 1, too, hea rd t h a t you a s sen ted to t h e s e p a r a t i o n y o u r

f a t h e r decreod: b u t 1 did nu t bel ieve It for an Ins t an t . W h a t urged nio h i t h e r was mere ly t he t o r t u r i n g u n c e r t a i n t y , a v a g u e p r e s e n t i m e n t of m i s f o r t u n e .

I T W A S T H E LOOK O F A MAN S U R E O F H I S V E N G E A N C E .

held t h e y o u n g w o m a n cap t ive . She

k n e w t h a t if h e c rossed the t h i e s h o l d she wou ld lose h i m forever , a n d , e r e he r eached i t , she r u s h e d f o r w a r d , c lasp-

ing h i s a r m wi th both h a n d s . " W i l l i a m , d o n ' t leave m e s o ! You

see t h a t I was deceived, e n s n a r e d , and t h a t u n f o r t u n a t e p r o m i s e was e x t o r t e d f r o m m o beside m y f a t h e r ' s t i ck -bed . T h e y g a v e me n o choice, a n d c o n s t a n t -ly to ld m e you h a d given m e up, ' int l l

I be l ieved i t . " T h e y o u n g ofllcer paused; h i s voice

s t i l l sounded h a r s h and b i t t e r , b u t a t

l e a s t h e l inge red . " T h e n choose n o w , " he sa id . "Now

t h e n e t t h a t e n s n a r e d you Is » i r n . a n d no o n e sha l l p r e v e n t your f r e e decis ion.

C h o o s e whose w i f e you*will be . " " Y o u r s ! Y o u r s ! " cried F l o r e n c e

w i t h p a s s i o n a t e f e rvo r , a s s h e r u s h e d In to h i s a rms . " P r o t e c t me, W i l l i a m ! You d o n o t k n o w how they h a v e to r -

t u r e d m e ! " " Y e s , I see I t , " he sa id , b e n d i n g to-

w a r d her . H i s r e s e n t m e n t could n o t e n d u r e

a g a i n s t th i s t o u c h i n g e n t r e a t y . Clasp-

ing h e r h a n d In his , he t u r n e d reso-

lu t e ly to H a r r i s o n . "My fiancee's exp l ana t i on i s s u f l l d e n t

fo r me, and , I hope, fo r you also. A s

s h e h a s been t h e vict im of a f r a u d — " E d w a r d s t a r t e d a t t he i n su l t , a n d w a s

a b o u t to a n s w e r , but Ro land s a v e h i m

n o o p p o r t u n i t y . " W e l l , call It delusion, If t he word

s o u n d s be t te r . Tho f a c t r e m a i n s t h e c a m e , and a l so t h e pa r t which vou h a r e p l a y e d In i t . You p robab ly will n o t

r e f u s e to a c c o u n t to m e f o r it, even t h o u g h t h e r e m u s t be de lay . I n t h i s h o u s e a n d a t t h e hour w h e n tho m a n w h o a l s o w a s a f a t h e r t o y o u l ies o n h i s dea th -bed , such a d i s p u t e c a n n o t b e se t t l ed . S o I yield t o necess i ty a n d

s h a l l wai t a m o r e fitting s ea son , " E d w a r d looked a s if h e w e r e on t h c

p o i n t of r u s h i n g upon h i s e n e m y . T h o Icy c o n t e m p t In R o l a n d ' s w o r d s en -

r / ' ' f e d h im even more t h a n the i t ieu l l s f f c emse lve s , b u t by e x e r t i n g a l l h i s S t r e n g t h of wil l , he con t ro l l ed h imse l f .

" ' A more fitting s e a s o n ! ' " ho re-p e a t e d . " Y o u a re r ight , Mr. R o l a n d .

I , too, can wa i t , and p e r h a p s tho houi tor s e t t l e m e n t will come before you

expec t I t "

H e t u r n e d s lowly t o w a r d the dou r . H i s g a m e w a s los t : tho p r i ze for w h o s e

^ a k e h e h a d h u m o l e d h imse l f t o In-

H a d 1 a r r i v e d a few h o u r s l a t e r , I

shou ld h a v e f o u n d you a n o t h e r ' s w i f e . " F l o r e n c e bowed h e r head In con-

s c i o u s gu i l t . She h a d s o d r e a d e d t h i s f a t e , ye t h a d not h a d courage to boldly res i s t It. B u t fo r t h i s I n t e r v e n t i o n , she would Indeed h a v e fa l l en a v i c t im to it.

" I am b r a v e on ly whon you o r e a t my s ide ," she confessed . " D o n o t re -p roach me, W i l l i a m ! 1 was so u t t e r l y d e s e r t e d ; bu t now you a re h e r e a g a i n ,

a n d all will be we l l . " l i e gazed s i l en t l y u t t h e pa l e , s w e e t

f ace ra i sed so imp lo r ing ly to his , and t h e reproof died on h is lips. He loved t h i s t ende r , y i e l d i r g c r e a t u r e , wi th

h e r gen t l e unse l f i shness , a n d know t h a t s h e was c a p a b l e of a n y sacr i l lce a s soon as a s t r o n g h a n d guided a n d d i rec ted

her . " ' i h e n show m e t h a t you can be

b r a v o a n d s t e a d f a s t when on ly m y love, no t my presence , p r o t e c t s y o u , " he ic -plled. "1 c a n n o t s t ay wi th you us you

expec t ; m y leave of absence g ives me only a few h o u r s more . 1 m u s t r e jo in my r e g i m e n t t oday , and God a lone

k n o w s w h e n I sha l l be p e r m i t t e d to sec you a g a i n . "

At h is f i rs t w o r d s F l o r e n c e ' s fea-t u r c s e x p r e s s e d v a g u e r .nxle ty ; n o w s h e

s t a r t e d In s u d d e n t e r r o r . "You a r e g o i n g ? You will l eave

m e ? " "I m u s t . I g a v e m y colonel m y woid

of hono r to r e t u r n a t sunse t . T h i s was tho sole cond i t i on on which h e would

pe rmi t m e to r ide here. I m u s t keep

th i s p r o m i s e . " " A n d l eave m e a lone , exposed t o t h e

ful l f u r y of t he s t o r m which E d w a r d will r a i s e . You m o r t a l l y insu l ted h i m ,

flung t h e word ' f r a u d ' In to h i s face . H e will a v e n g e himself fo r It, a n d on

me, If you a r e o u t of r e a c h . " " T h e n come w i t h me , " s a id W i l l i a m ,

w i th d e s p e r a t e reso lu t ion . " C a s t e v e r y -

t h i n g k h l n d you a n d fo l l ow m e a t once. O u r m a r r i a g e h a s l o n g been

agreed upon . W e shal l find w i t h i n o u r l ines a j u s t i ce of t he peace a n d a p r ies t ,

will p e r f o r m t h e c e r e m o n y . Day a f t e r t o m o r r o w — t o m o r r o w even—you can be my wife . T h e n come w h a t may , a t

least n o t h i n g can s e p a r a t e u s . "

"And m y f a t h e r ? " repl ied t h e y o u n g

girl , w i th a t r e m b l i n g voice. " M u s t

he . In h i s l a s t h o u r , cal l in v a i n f o r h i s ch i ld? Must a s t r a n g e r ' s h a n d close his eyes? So long a s he b r e a t h e s , my

place Is a l h i s s ide ."

" Y o u a r e r i g h t ! I f o r g o t . You a r e

b o u n d ; bu t , so, too, a m I. You hear . 1

g a v e m y w o r d of h o n o r , a n d w h e r e

d u t y ca l l s—"

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s ac red d u t y Is to p ro t ec t me. I shal l s t a y . I h a v e not tho h e a r t t o leave my ;

f a t h e r . You will go. w h e n y o u see t ha t j I c l ing to you in mor t a l a n g u i s h ? W l l - 1

Ham, o u r love Is a t sUake!"

" A n d so Is m y h o n o r ! F l o r e n c e !

Merc i fu l h e a v e n ! H e a r m e ! Do not t o r t u r e m e l o n g e r by y o u r e n t r e a t i e s ! Do you n o t u n d e r s t a n d t h a t I m u s t go,

even t h o u g h the who le h a p p i n e s s of m y l ife depended on m y r e m a i n i n g ! "

She r ea l l y did no t u n d e r s t a n d . T h e spo i led . Idolized d a u g h t e r of t he r ich p l a n t e r could not be l ieve t h a t a n y t h i n g

could be m o r e valued t h a n herse l f . I S h e h a d h a d be fo re h e r eyes t h e d a n - [

g e r o u s e x a m p l e of a pa s s ion which ro t a s i d e d u t y a n d h o n o r t o g a i n h e r h a n d .

Only an h o u r be fo re she had heard '.ho 1

confes s ion f r o m E d w a r d ' s lips. F r o m

W i l l i a m s h e a l w a y s h e a r d of h o n o r a n d d u t y ; a n d the old susp ic ion t h a t t he re

w a s a l ack of love s t i r r e d in h e r h e a r t . And yet , h e r whole sou l d rew her to

t h e m a n w h o seemed so ha rd and un-

y i e l d i n g — s h e would n o t lose h im.

" W i l l i a m ! " T h e r e w a s no r ep roach In h e r vo ice now. T h e t o n e s w e r e

swee t a n d pe r suas ive . "Wi l l i am, do not leave mo; you d o not know w h a t 1 m u s t e n c o u n t e r d u r i n g t h c n e x t few

hours . My f a t h e r wil l d e m a n d t h e fu l -fillment of m y p r o m i s e . If I r e f u s e , t h e

e x c i t e m e n t will p e r h a p s cause h is dea th . T h e n I sha l l be whol ly In E d -w a r d ' s power , a n d y o u do not k n o w him as I do. H e h a s a f iendish will,

which c a n o v e r c o m e al l r e s i s t ance . During h i s su i t I have ' o f t e n fel t l ike

the b i rd spe l lbound by t h e gaze of t h e s e r p e n t . I t k n o w s t h a t It Is go ing to d e s t r u c t i o n , ye t flutters in to i t s j aws . H a v e y o u c o u r a g e t o l eave m e t o t h i s

p o w e r ? I—fear I t ."

W i t h f e m i n i n e i n s t i nc t , she had t ouched tho r i g h t c h o r d . W i l l i a m ' s

Jea lousy blazed up a t t he t h o u g h t of t ho poss ib i l i ty s u g g e s t e d . He, too,

k n e w E d w a r d , a n d w a s a w a r e t h a t Ed -ward would m a k e e v e r y ef for t to wres t f r o m h i m the pr ize which he had Jus t

r ega ined , F lo r ence w a s n o t c rea ted f o r a h e r o i n e . T o l e a v e h e r now w a s In-

deed to loose her . T o r n f r o m the shel-t e r i ng t r u n k , s h e would flutter he lp -

lessly, l ike a v ine In t he s t o rm , and become a prey t o t h e t empes t .

R o l a n d m a d e n o r e p l y , b u t a t e r -

r ible conf l ic t was r a g i n g In h i s soul. Now, f o r t he first t ime, h e unde r s tood the w a r n i n g of Colone l B u r n e y , w h o had been u n w i l l i n g to let h i m g o In to

t e m p t a t i o n .

He had m a n f u l l y res is ted It, when H a r r i s o n assa i led h i m ; bu t It was v e r y

d i f f e r e n t t o s t a n d f a c e to f a c e w i t h F lo rence , l is ten t o h e r e n t r e a t i e s a n d see h e r t ea r s . T h e y o u n g officer loved her w i th all t h e pa s s ion of h i s f o u r -a n d - t w e n t y y e a r s , a n d his s t r e n g t h

t h r e a t e n e d to f o r s a k e h im. F l o r e n c e saw t h o conf l ic t In h i s face,

a n d , c l i n g i n g t o h i m l ike a t i m i d dove , sho p leaded m o r e a n d more f e r v e n t l y , wh i l e t h e t e m p t a t i o n s to le n e a r e r a n d n e a r e r . Af t e r a l l , why w a s It neces-s a r y t h a t he shou ld r e t u r n t o d a y ?

T h e r e w a s n o b a t t l e in p r o s p e c t ; t h e so ld ie r would n o t be missed f r o m his post . W h a t if h e should s t a y mere ly un t i l t he m o r r o w ? Much—nay, every-t h i n g — w o u l d be decided by t h a t t ime . I D e a t h w a s a l r e a d y k n o c k i n g a t t h e '

door , and , a s soon as Mr. H a r r i s o n p a s s e d f r o m e a r t h , h i s d a u g h t e r would

be f r e e to fo l low h e r lover.

U n t i l t o m o r r o w ! A p r e t e x t w a s eas i ly found . Sp r ing -

field was w i t h i n t h e e n e m y ' s l ines. T h e

w a y m i g h t b e o b s t r u c t e d ; r e t u r n im-poss ib l e ; a n y o n e of t h e h u n d r e d per i l s w h i c h t h r e a t e n e d t h e d a r i n g r i d e r m i g h t I n t e r v e n e . I t was b u t a word w h i c h s tood b e t w e e n h i m a n d h i s hap-p i n e s s - t r u e . h i s word of h o n o r ,

( l o bo con t i nued . )

Paving Stoncn and Itevolulloni.

T h e r e a s o n s w h y a n o t h e r r e ign of

t e r r o r w a s n o t r e c e n t l y I n a u g u r a t e d in F r a n c o Is t h u s s t a t e d by t h e Ch icago T i m e s - H e r a l d : "One h u n d r e d — f i f t y - t w e n t y - f i v e y e a r s a g o t h e s e t h i n g s

wou ld h a v e s e t t h e m o b s go ing . T h e y would be t h r o w i n g p a v i n g s t o n e s a t o n e a n o t h e r ! P a v i n g s t o n e s ? A h , t h e r e

Is t h e s ec re t of t h e who le m a t t e r . T h e m o b s h a v e been robbed of t h e i r a m - j m u n i t i o n . T h c people s t a n d r e a d y toi

h o i s t t he red flag a n d r u n r io t , b u t w h a t a r e t h e b a r e h a n d s a g a i n s t m a c e s a n d m u s k e t s ? T h e r io t e r s t o o p s to p ick up a p a v i n g s t o n e , a n d h i s f inge r s s c r a t c h va in ly a l o n g the s m o o t h s u r -

f a c e of t h e a s p h a l t w i t h w h i c h m o s t of t h e s t r e e t s of P a r i s a r e now paved,

d e l ! Ho Is he lp le s s ! H e s t r a i g h t e n s

up a n d s t a r e s vague ly a b o u t h i m f o r a m o m e n t , a n d then some c o m m i s s a r y

of police r u n s h i m ' n . Men a n d w o m e n fo l low, f h o u t l n g a n d s h a k i n g t h e i r fists, b u t t h e r e a r c no p a v i n g s t o n e s

f o r t h e m to hur l . So the Repub l i c c o n t i n u e s t o s t a n d . I t is w o n d e r f u l !

A l i t t l e bi t of a s p h a l t p r e v e n t s t he k i l l i n g of p e o p b by t h o scores , a n d h i s t o r y Is robl>ed of who le c h a p t e r s

of bloody de ta i l s . Vive le t a r b a r r e l ! "

UanKeront Frlet lna.

An i n s u r a n c e a d j u s t e r w a s sen t to a M a s s a c h u s e t t s t o w n t o a d j u s t a lose

on a b u i l d i n g t h a t h a d been b u r n e d . " H o w d i d t h o fire s t a r t ? " a sked a n

a c q u a i n t a n c e w h o n u t h i m on his

h o m e w a r d t r i p . " I c o u l d n ' t say ce r t a in ly , a n d no-

body s e e m e d a b l e to t e l l , " sa id t ho ad-j u s t e r , " b u t i t s t r u c k m o t h a t It

m i g h t h a v o been tho r e s u l t of f r i c -

t i o n . " " W h a t d o you m e a n by t h a t ? " a s k -

ed h is f r i e n d . " W e l l , " sa id tho I n s u r a n c e m a n ,

g rave ly , " f r i c t i o n s o m e t i m e s c o m e s

f r o m r u b b i n g a t e n - t h o u s a n d - d o l l a r pol icy o n a five-thousand-doilar bu i ld-

ing , "

THE BASliTO CHIEF.

H E IS T H E T R O U B L I N G F A C T O R

IN S O U T H A F R I C A .

Ilralny and Seinl-( IvIPied, II* I« a

T o n e r fo r Uood or Evil and i l l i War

Spirit l« Now A r o m e d — W i l l bee

r i g h t .

(Specia l L e t t e r . ) T h e B a s u t o Is tho t r o u b l i n g fac to r In

t h e B r i t i s h - B o e r war . H e has been a t r o u b l i n g f a c t o r s ince t hc beg inn ing of S o u t h A f r i c a n c iv i l i za t ion . H e h a s w a r r e d w i t h t ho E n g l i s h . H e h a s w a r r e d w i t h t ho Boers. Ho h a s b r o k e n t r ea t i e s . Ho h a s upse t ca l cu la t ions . Ho h a s s m a s h e d policies. Ho h a s changed m a p s . H o ass i s ted in t h e f o r m a t i o n of t he T r a n s v a a l republ ic . Ho pres ided ove r t h o b i r t h of t h e O r a n g e F r e e S ta t e . H e has been a t h o r n In tho s ide of Boer and E n g l i s h m a n . And now, c ivi l ized and p r o s p e r o u s fa r be-yond a n y b lack people , h e w a n t s t o m e d d l e a g a i n . T h e c lash of a r m s h a s s t i r r e d h i s B a s u t o b lood . H e r e m e m -b e r s c e r t a i n l a n d s lo. t t o t h e Boer s In a f o r g o t t e n war . T h e s a v a g e In h im as a s t i r . H e Is a rmed a n d a c h i n g f o r a

C H I E F L E R O T H O D I .

f ight . T h i s B a s u t o p r o b l e m Is a s e r i -ous o n e fo r both E n g l i s h a n d t h e Boers . T h e B a s u t o a r m y is p o w e r f u l . U n u m b e r s 30,000 w a r r i o r s a n d In-c l u d e s a sp lend id c a v a l r y . T h e y would f o r m a p o w e r f u l B r i t i s h a l ly a n d a d r eaded Boer e n e m y . But t h e i r en -t r a n c e on the field would upset e v e r y B r i t i s h plan, a n d would e n d — w h e r e ? E n g l a n d f e a r s t o find hersel f t r i u m p h -a n t o v e r t h e B o e r a n d fac ing a v a s t n a t i v e upr i s ing . F o r t h e s a v a g e Is t he s a v a g e u n d e r a n y flag, a n d u n d e r n o flag long; a n d tho ball o n c e se t a - r o l l l n g might need a new a r m y of 100,000 t o s top I t s course .

Th i s B a s u t o t r i b e , n o w so a n x i o u s l y w a t c h e d by E n g l i s h eyes , is in m a n y r e s p e c t s t he m o s t r e m a r k a b l e In S o u t h Afr ica . I t occupies a r o c k y t r a c t bounded b y N a t a l , C a p e Co lony , a n d t h e O r a n g e F r e e S ta te , k n o w n a s t h e S w i t z e r l a n d of S o u t h A f r i c a . I t c o n t a i n s 10,293 s q u a r e mi les , a n d Is r i bbed wi th m o u n t a i n r a n g e s a n d va l -l e y s of w o n d e r f u l f e r t i l i t y . B a s u t o l a n d Is p rac t i ca l ly a r e s e r v a t i o n , a n d no w h i t e m e n a r e a l l owed t o l ive t h e r e e x c e p t g o v e r n m e n t officials, mias lon-a r l e s a n d a l im i t ed n u m b e r of t r a d e r s , i t s n a t i v e p o p u l a t i o n Is 230,000; Its E u r o p e a n p o p u l a t i o n , 600. I t Is a B r i t i s h c rown co lony , w i th h o m e ru le u n d e r modif ied n a t i v e laws. T h e Ba -s u t o s a r e h i g h l y civil ized fo r na t ives . T h e y a r e mixed s t ock a n d a r e l ike t he Kaf f i r s , with t h i n n e r l ips a n d s o f t e r f e a t u r e s . T h e y h a v e we lcomed mis -s i o n a r i e s a n d , a s a people, p r o f e s s a C a l v l n l s t i c P r o t e s t a n t f a i t h . T h e y h a v e t h e e n t i r e Bib le t r a n s l a t e d . The i r l a n d Is do t t ed wi th c h u r c h e s a n d schoolhouses . T h e y a r e well educa ted . T h o u s a n d s of t h e m speak D u t c h a n d E n g l i s h f luen t ly . A l o n e of A f r i c a n t r i b e s t hey bu i ld c o m f o r t a b l e b r ick a n d s t o n e houses . T h e y h a v e excel lent r o a d s a n d keep t h e m In repa i r . They a r e a l s o an I n d u s t r i o u s people . T h e y r a i s e c a t t l e a n d s h e e p ex tens ive ly , a n d a f f e c t Improved breeds. T h e i r en-o r m o u s l y f e r t i l e va l leys y ie ld rich c r o p s of w h e a t a n d maize. T h e y cult i-v a t e wool. T h e y h a v o a s t e a d y m a r k e t a t C a p e Co lony , a n d In good y e a r s Im-p o r t t h i t h e r p r o d u c e t o t h e v a l u e of a mi l l ion do l la r s . Coal Is m ined in t he m o u n t a i n s . W i t h these t h r i f t y h a b i t s a n d t h e i r c iv i l i za t ion the Basu tos m a i n t a i n a n a r m y of a h igh mora l s t a n d a r d . I t s n o r m a l s t r e n g t h Is 30,-000, b u t t h e y c a n p u t 50,000 In t h e field w i t h o u t a n e f fo r t . In sp i t e of d i sar -m a m e n t , ha l f of t h e s e w a r r i o r s would c a r r y rifles. T h e res t h a v e a s sega i s a n d b a t t l e a x e s . T h e f e a t u r e of t h o B a s u t o a r m y Is I t s c a v a l r y . F r o m e a r l y t imes t h e y h a v e f o u g h t on horse-back . T h e y a r e d a r i n g a n d sk i l l fu l h o r s e m e n . In t h e i r w a r s w i th B o e r s t h e i r m o u n t e d w a r r i o r s d id g r e a t

execu t ion . T h e i r p r e s e n t chief Is Le ro thod l , a

b r a v o m a n a n d sk i l l f u l w a r r i o r . H i s h o m e Is a m o u n t a i n cave, whoso wa l l s a r e p ic tu red w i t h h u n t i n g scene? a n d ba t t l e s . N o s m a l l sk i l l Is s h e w n In t h e s e d r a w i n g s . In a l l of w h i c h t h e B a -s u t o w a r r i o r s a r e depic ted a s s h a p e l y m e n and t h e i r e n e m i e s h i d e o u s I m p e s -s lbl l l t les . T h e i r m o u n t a i n s a r e ful l of g r e a t caves , u t i l ized a s a r m o r i e s , f o r t s a n d h i d i n g p laces . T h e i r cap i t a l Is T h a b a Bos lgo , a n I m p r e g n a b l e m o u n -t a i n s t r o n g h o l d , o f t en a s sau l t ed , b u t n e v e r t a k e n . T h e r e Is n o s ecu re r r e -t r e a t In a l l A f r i c a t h a n th i s .

I n t h e h i s t o r y of S o u t h A f r i c a t h e B a s u t o s s h a r e h o n o r s w i t h t h e Zu lus . T h e two r aces a r e t e r m e d tho N o r m a n s of t he s o u t h . Yet In power , f e roc i ty a n d c rue l ty , t h o B a s u t o s a r e no m a t c h f o r t h e Z u l u s . T h e y o w e t h e i r h o n o r s m o r e to In te l l igence a n d c r a f t t h a n force . T h e y a r c weaker , y e t tho h a r d e r

e n e m y to bea t . T h e y a r o s e f r o m the r e m n a n t s of t h e

m a n y t r i b e s d i spe r sed a n d nea r ly o b -

! l l t e r a t ed !;>• t he Zu lus in t h a t fierce | c a rn iva l of o u t r a g e a n d s l a u g h t e r In

t h o b e g i n n i n g of t h e c e n t u r y . N o t h i n g in h i s t o r y c o m p a r e s w i t h tho fe roc i ty a n d c r u e l t y of t hose o a r l y Zulu wa r s . F o r h u n d r e d s of mi l e s In all d i r e c t i ons l ho f o r e s t s wore c leared of i n h a b i t a n t s , i T h e few w h o escaped w e r e dr iven n o r t h a n d s o u t h to m e e t n e w e n e m i e s , a n d fly b a c k upon t h e a s s e g a i s of t hc , Zulus . O u t of h u n d r e d s of t h o u s a n d s ; on ly e scaped , a n d t h e s e h u n -dreds , t ho s u r v i v o r s of m a n y t r ibes , wore t h e b e g i n n i n g of t ho Basu tos .

They f o u n d r e fuge a t T h a b a Boslgo, a n d t h e r e a y o u n g m a n of h u m b l e b i r t h , M o s h e s h by n a m e , b rough t t h e m t h r o u g h d a n g e r and d e a t h , n o t by force , bu t by c u n n i n g , a n d even tua l ly m a d e t h e m a g r e a t and p o w e r f u l t r ibe . T h o n a m e of Moshesh Is revered today . W h e n In d o u b t t he c h i e f s of t h e Basu -tos mee t a n d s o l e m n l y a s k : " W h a t ! would Moshesh do if he w e r e a l i ve?" | And w i s d o m genera l ly rules .

J A M E S W H 1 T C O M B R I L E Y .

K u r r e o < n m e In t he Ml Im of Wlmt Hi-( on* dered u MUrorinne.

J a m e s W h l t c o m b Ri ley ' s success be- 1 gan With w h a t ho cons idered a tor- ; r lb le m i s f o r t u n e . H e te l ls his f r i e n d s

t h a t t h e day on wh ich he was dis-c h a r g e d f r o m t h e s ta f f of t he I n d i a n - i apol i s Jour i iBl was o n e of t ho d a r k e s t

of h is l i fe . T h e f u t u r e seemed to hold n o t h i n g f o r h im. Il happened , how-ever . t i m t a s l a t e pol i t ica l c o n v e n t i o n

was he ld in I n d i a n a p o l i s at abou t t h a t t ime, a n d a m o n g t h c n o m i n e e s w a s a

very p o r t l y g e n t l e m a n , w h o had neve r m a d e a pub l i c speech . T h e c o n v e n t i o n

called f o r h im a f t e r ho had been n o m -ina t ed , a n d w h e n he a p p e a r e d upon

the p l a t f o r m a speech was d e m a n d e d . Ho c l ea r ed h is t h r o a t , s tood on one foot a n d t h e n t h o o t h e r , a n d s a i d :

" G e n t l e m e n of t a e C o n v e n t i o n — I t h a n k you fo r t h e h o n o r you h a v e given me. I c an ' t m a k e a speech, bu t I can tell you o n e t h i n g . T h e t i cke t

you 've n o m i n a t e d h e r e today Is a - g o l n ' t o w i n ' W h e n t h e f r o s t Is o n t h e p u n ' k l n a n d tho co rn Is In t he s h o c k . ' " T h e u p r o a r which fo l lowed

Ind ica ted t h a t R i l ey ' s poem, first pub-l ished only a few d a y s before , had boon r ead by e v e r y b o d y p resen t , a n d t h a t It had t ouched a t e n d e r spo t .

T h i s c i r c u m s t a n c e m o r e t h a n a n y t h i n g else Induced t h e bus iness m a n a g e r of t h e J o u r n a l , w h o w a s Ri ley ' s s t e a d f a s t f r i e n d , to u n d e r t a k e in p a r t n e r s h i p t he poet to h a v e a l i t t le book. " T h e

Old S w i m m l n ' Hole a n d 'Leven More P o e m s , " pub l i shed . I t m a d e a n i m m e -d ia t e hi t , and g a v e Ri ley a na t i ona l

' e p u t a t i o n .

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Cannot Stand Upright."

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For strength of nerves and muscles there

mast be pure, rich, vigorous blood.

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standard preparation for the blood by Its

many rrmarkable cures.

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M I S S M. C E N E V I V E B U R N E T T .

M i s s M. Genev ieve B u r n e t t , a s s l s t -m t g e n e r a l o r g a n i z e r ot t he A m e r i c a n P r o t e c t i v e l eague , h a s become qui te

g e n e r a l l y k n o w n a s t h e " J o a n of A r c " of t h e colored race . She was bo rn In

L i t t l e Rock, Ark . , 20 yea r s ago. H e r first t r a i n i n g w a s u n d e r t h e S i s t e r s of Mercy In t he c o n v e n t a t S a n t a Fe, N. M. La te r s h e received a n o r m a l

t r a i n i n g In W l l b e r f o r c e u n i v e r s i t y , Ohio . Las t y e a r whi le s p e a k i n g a t A t l a n t i c City on t h e p lan of e s t ab l i sh -i n g n e g r o o r p h a n a s y l u m s In t h e s t a t e s

of t h e Union s h e a t t r a c t e d t h e a t t e n -t i o n of J o s e p h W . H e n d e r s o n of Provi -

dence , R . I., t h e ed i to r of t h e New E n g l a n d T o r c h l i g h t a n d t h e f o u n d e r of t h e league. T h e l eague a d o p t e d h e r o r p h a n a s y l u m p lan a n d she t o o k up t h e w o r k of a l eague o rgan ize r . T h e

o b j e c t s of t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n a r e to u n i t e t he co lo red people of t h i s coun-t r y , to t r a i n t h e m to become indus t r i -o u s a n d economica l , to e n t e r In to busi-n e s s and m a n u f a c t u r i n g p u r s u i t s , to I nduce t h e m t o seek h o m e s in t h e

n o r t h e r n a n d w e s t e r n s ta tes , to s tudy, r e a d , con fe r a n d consu l t w i t h each

o t h e r r e g a r d i n g t h e i m p r o v e m e n t of t h e i r cond i t i on , a n d to p r o m o t e the i r i n t e r e s t s in e v e r y respect by peacefu l a n d l e g i t i m a t e m e a n s . E v e r y o n e is e l ig ib l e to m e m b e r s h i p a n d t h e fee Is o n e cent a week . Tho local b r a n c h e s a r e sub j ec t to a s t a t e o rgan i za t i on , a n d nex t y e a r a na t i ona l o r g a n i z a t i o n wi l l be pe r f ec t ed w i t h a m e m b e r s h i p

MISS M. G. B U R N E T T . of a t least 100,000. T h e o r g a n i z e r s a r e m e e t i n g w i t h w o n d e r f u l success a n d t h e p lan i s be ing accep ted wi th en -

t h u s i a s m .

Two NewnboTi.

T h e fe l low- tee l lng t h a t m a r k s one • ( t he t e n d e r e s t spo t s In h u m a n n a t u r e Is o f t en m o s t p ronouncod a m o n g g r e a t men . A w r i t e r In t he C e n t u r y t e l l s t h i s n e w a n e c d o t e of F a r a d a y . T h e g r e a t phys i c i s t a n d h i s f r i end Hof f -m a n n wore w a l k i n g one d a y t o g e t h e r [ t h r o u g h t h e s t r e e t s of L o n d o n , w h e r e both were t h e n p ro fesso r s , when F a r a -d a y s t e p p e d a newsboy a n d b o u g h t a paper . H o f f m a n n a sked h i m w h y , w i t h h i s h o u s e supp l i ed r e g u l a r l y w i th a l l t h e p a p e r s ho needed, he s topped t o buy a p a p e r f r o m a boy on the s t r e e t . F a r a d a y r ep l i ed : "I was o n c e a n e w s -boy myse l f a n d sold p a p e r s on t h e s t r e e t . " It was a fitting e x p l a n a t i o n .

The l l en l lh and I'lntMuru Kimori*

Of Texas , Mexico, Ar izona a n d C a l i -fo rn i a a r o qu ick ly and c o m f o r t a b l y reachrd v ia t h e S o u t h e r n Pacif ic C o m -pany ' s S u n s e t Rou te . Dally t h r o u g h service f r o m N e w O r l e a n s to S a n F r a n c i s c o v ia Hous ton . San A n t o n i o , El Paso and l^os Angeles . S p e c i a l s e m i - w e e k l y se rv ice . S u n s e t L i m i t e d f rom N e w O r l e a n s Mondays a n d I h u r F d a y s , coiiipi.hed of Buffe t S m o k -ing Car , c o n t a l n i n s Batli Room a n d Barbe r Shop , D r a w i n g Room Com p a r t -in c n t Car , r egu l a r Pu l lman S l e e p e r s , and Din ing Car ( m e a l s a la c a r t e ) , a l l of t he h i t i s t des ign a n d n. Ht l u x u r i -ously apiMlnted , Dill t c o n n e c t i o n s u s e a t N e w O r l e s n s f r o m al l p o i n t s N o r t h a n d I'a t, Ue 'a l lod i n f o r m a -tion ch( rf i i i 'y f u n lied by W . G. Nclmyer . (i. \V. A., .-u. Pac . Co.. 238 d a r k St . , Chic:i-.'o; W. 11. C o n n o r , Com'i A t t . . ('ii:ii!; ..-r C o m m e r c e Bldg . , C inc inna t i , 0 . , W. J . li rg, T rav . P a s s . Agt.. _20 IT. icoi t Si; i,ire. B u f i a l o . N. Y.

T o t h c p u r e a i l t h i n g s a r e m o r e o r less a d u l t e r a t e d .

l^i I 'orie. trx.i*. T h e p rogress of lh( c o n s t r u c t i o n

work at La P o r t e . T e x a s , t he f u t u r e g r e a t d e e p - w a t e r s h i p p i n g po in t a l t h o head of nav iga t ion on Ga lves ton Bay on t h e Gulf of Mexico, is p r o g r e s s i n g f a v o r a b l y . T h e w h a r v e s and s w i t c h -ing t r a c k s a r e Hearing comple t ion a n d the w o r k on the s i n e t s and on t h e s e w e r a g e a n d wa te r s y s t e m s is n o w under way. Mi. I. K Hulmos. t he g e n -eral m a n a g e r of t he La P o r t e I m p r o v e -ment C o m p a n y and t h e La P o r t a Whar f and C h a n n e l C o m p a n y , is p e r -sona l ly s u p e r i n t e n d i n g Hie I m p r o v e -m e n t s . Mr. H o l m e s n n k e ^ h i s h e a d -q u a r t e r s a t t he Sy lvan llu'icl a n d v i s -i to r s to La P o r t e d u r i n g the n e x t s i x weeks a u d be fo re t i . t tun . of liie f i r s t gene ra l La Por t e sale, which will b e held In F e b r u a r y , 1900. sli iM i n t r o -duce t h e m s e h t s to Mr. i! ' . - ir; ! a l -low h i m to e x t e n d u> Hi a ' ac iMt ies for g e t t i n g a t h o r o u g h under-:" m d l n g of i he cond i t i ons sur routu .ng tire L a P o r t e e n t e r p r i s e r

A dca th - - i cd eonvcr t goes to l i e a v m m p t y h a n d e d .

Lune'ii Fuml'y Med'elno. Moves t h e bowe l s e a c h day . In o r d e r

to b e h e a l t h y t h i s i s necess- i ry. A c t a g e n t l y on t h e l iver a n d k i d n e y s . C u r e s i ick h e a d a c h e . P r i ce 2.1 a n d 50c.

B e t t e r t o d i e of h e a r t f a i l u r e t h a n b a n k f a i l u r e .

Reliable Help WHnted Klther snx. • The Humnniliirlan H nncand Snn-

l arlum for Inrullds .and llualtli Seultem. iuc )r-i.orau-d. S«.nil llo In slnmp* for full informa I in. AddreaH J. U. TelUebaum.Troa8..Laa Voeas.y.M.

Clea r b o i l i n g w a t e r wi l l r emove t e a stain.-.

T H E O U I P CURE T H A T DOES CURE. Laxative Ilromo Quinine Tablets rcmovna

the cans-? that jiroduccs La Orlppe. L. W. 15 rove's slRnaiurc is on each hux. S5c.

R i c h e s h a v e w i n g s a u d p o v e r t y h a s s t i ngs .

T h e r e i s n o p r o b l e m e q u a l a n a c h i n g

t o o t h .

AIVIERICA S A Y S S O .

The Ent i re Country is on the Move.

Cascsrets Tandy Ca hanlc Did It , a"d Fecort a Phen-jmenal Vi.t n y. F ve Mil bn

• oxes Sold Last Yea:.

From every part of Am<-rlca comes Xhm news that sufferers from const ipat ion have found relief in r a ^ c a i e t s Candy C a -thart ic, the wonderlul modern scientili® laxat ive and Intestinal tonic. Cascaretm a re iigurutively and llteially in e v e r y -body's mouth. Thousands have tried Uue-care ts with the most pleasant and e l -feclive results, and voluniari ly test ify t o the i r experiences. Here arc a few e x -t r ac t s f rom some of the le t te rs :

"1 havo heen using Cascurets for hea(>-ache ami conHtlpatlun and have receivedS great beneflt from them." Mrs. M. UaU-ler. 51- f j i r r a h e e St., Chicago.

" i have been taking CnHcarets for <>¥«*• a month and f.nd them just the tiling foo-const ipat ion." Albert H. Hurt . 70 MaLai St.. Andover, Mass.

"1 am using Cascarets and have never ' found anything so sa t i s fac tory ." Mrs. C_ \V. Durran i , 57 Emerson St. . Uuffaio. ML Y.

"I have taken Cascarets and chee r fu i ly recommend them to nil my fr iends." Mr&. G. J . Gradweii, Frugali ty. I'a.

"Cascare t s are tinp for biliousness a n d malar ia ami are so pleasant to take ." Mrs.. .V.uy Cumniings, Maud, Oklahoma.

"I use Cascarets in my famils and f lnf l them all you reiommenu them to be." K . L. Irvin. Cor. Mead and Kuilroad, M e a d -ville. Pa.

"Vou can safely add appendicitis to t h a list of diseases tliat Cascare ts will henef ls or cure." Eunice J. Snutli, Rich Valley-Ohio.

"1 have used Cascarets ; there is n o t b -inn better for constipation." i.'enj. I ' a * . sage, K nii: hist own. I ml.

"Casca re t s a r e all r ight . They h a v » cured me of constIpation. and I never e * -peeled anything would." Charles IL N y * . Lock Box Wi. Cincinnati. Ohio.

"I am so lhankful for your C a s c a r e t s . They a i e better than any medecine I e v e r used." Mrs. M. Hew. Lucelle, Iowa.

"1 do not hesitate to say that Ca«c»-re ts is the very best medli ine ever piaeeOi before the people." Andrew WoodruK Daysvilie, N. Y.

"Cascare t s Hie the ivU cathar t ic I eve* used." Tom Holt. Well wood. Manitoba.

"1 have tried your Cascarets and I w a n t to tell you they are Just splendid." J o h a Wiegmink. Box 901. Allegan. Mich.

We could fill the whole paper with ex -pressions like the above. Thousands o r similar recognliions of th»* merits of Cas -care ts have been volunteered and p rov* that this del ightful laxative, so p l easan t of taste, so mild and yet effective, h a s secured a firmly established place in t h » hear t s of the people.

Oo buy and try Cascarets yourself t o -day. All druggis ts . 10c, 26c. Wc. l iookie t and sample f iee. Address Slerllr,K Hetn-edv Company, Chicago or New York.

, This is the C ABC A R E T t a b -let. Every tablet of the o n l y genuine Cascarets bears t h c magic te l lers "C C C." L o o k

A at the tablet before you b u y . V and beware of frauds. Imilu-

i | n n s nnd s u b s t i t u t e s

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§ h e g a t v e l l g e d t r e r .

rUBUBBRn RVBRT THrURDAT AT

LOWILL, KP.NT COl'NTT. MICH.

— BY—

FRANK M. JOHNSON.

F. itetert «t I / ) w e l l post offler HK necond rlnss matter.

SUBSCRIPTION ONE DOI.LAR TEAKLT.

ADVBKTI9INO KATRS. Hpnce AdTertioetnento one insertion

l lo per inoh. Samo more IhRii once 7o per inch with 10 per cent discount on Tfurly contract.

Pape and half page ads, fJ.Mi and |8.75 no three month contracts. SinRic inser-l ions 7o per inch.

Bnsiness notices anions local items fic per line per iasne. Those laking nin of paper outaide of local matter 3 cents per line.

' Card in directory column |1.0n per line per year. One inch $ft.00 per year.

Cards of thanks 50c.

Resolntions of condolence, |1.00.

HTPohit ively, no deviation from tlipse rntea.

An up-to-datb Job Printing Plant in cnnnection. Work done neatly, quickly and cheaply. A trial order solicited.

SECRETAKY GAGK may havo to ship a little more prosperi ty to New

York before long.

T K K Hritish are buy iuc; more mules

in Amer i ca . Ye t they seem to have

plenty of a»8es a l home. ^ ^

W I T H al! his versatility, Mr. Bry-

an h a s not had the ha rd ihood to l ako

up the dUcussion over the beg inn ing

of the twent ie th cen tu ry .

M E A N W H I L E the Czar is l ay ing in

rapid f i re guns and sharpeniDg his

sabres until Br i ta in gela exhaus ted

w ith f igh t ing the- Boers . <

S O M E generals b l a m e it on the

mules , a n d others on the guides , bu t

Bu l le r had the p luck to t a k e i h e r e -

sponsibili ty on his own ebouldera

Pi ty O t i s doesn't do likewise.

T E X A S has had a p a n t h e r h u n t fo r

Colonel B r y a n . T h e Colonel is well

up on the habi ts of t h e c a t t r ibe . H o

went hun t ing with the t iger in New

Y o r k in 1896, wi th somewha t disas-

t rous resul ts .

T H E New Je r sey cour t s Lave held

(ha t chu rch subsc r ip t ions m a d e on

S u n d a y are b i n d i n g . I l mus t have

been a mean man t ha t t r i ed lo welch

ou t of a subscription of t ha t cha rac t e r

on such grounds .

I T IS suspected t ha t A g u i n a l d u has

h e a r d abou t the mi leage money paid

lo congressmen a n d expec ts lo include

in his claims t h a t he hopes to file

aga ins t this g o v e r n m e n t , a s ta tement

cove r ing his t r ave l ing expenses.

G E N . W H E E L E R says t h a t the anti-

imperial is ts a re responsible for the

long con t inuance of the F i l i p ino r e -

be l l ion . Stil l , a good many people

will keep r igh t on t h i n k i n g t h a t t he

F i l ip inos have someth ing to do with

i t themselves.

T H E proposit ion in ce r t a in s o u t h -

ern states to exclude Negroes f rom the

pub l ic schools unless they pay their

p ropo r t i on of the cost is very short

s igh ted . In educa t ing the N e g r o ,

lies the only hope of rescue f rom some

of t h e ills b e n e a t h wh ich tho South

g roans .

W I T H Amer i can m a n u f a c t u r e r s un-

derse l l ing foreign compet i tors in their

own count r ies , i l m u s t be ev idenl to

t h e mos t a rden t p ro tec t ion is t tha t the

excuse for his pe t doc t r ine has gone

lorever . The " p a u p e r labor of E u -

r o p e " can no longer be used to scare

t he people of this c o u n t r y f o r recent

deve lopment s prove t ha t Y a n k e e in-

genu i t y , skill and indus t ry enable the

A m e r i c a n m a n u f a c t u r e r to compete

Kuccessfully with any na t ion on e a r t h .

T h e " i n f a n t i n d u s t r y " r acke t has been

p l a y e d out. Now let the wealthy cor-

pora l ions shod t h e i r swaddl ing clothes

a n d m a k e a n landup , manfu l fight

wi th the wor ld , j u s t t h e same an ihe

c o m m o n people have a l w a y s had to do.

S E N A T O R G R A H A M voted against g i v i n g the people a chance to express

t he i r wished on t h e subjec t of taxal ion.

In so doing, he has violated his ob l i -

ga t ion to t h e people and played into

t h e hands of the corporat ions . T o

sp i t e Governor P ingree , p robably , he

has sold out the interests of the grea t

Rtate of Mich igan , i t m a y surprise

t h e Senator to be told t h a t the re are

g r ea t e r issues a t s t ake t h a n P i n g r e e .

Becauso Mr . G r a h a m ' s mass ive in l e l -

loct enables h im t o see tha t he was

elected for t h e nole purpose of p ro tec -

l i u g mil l ionaire co rpora t ions f r o m

j u s t t axa t ion , s add l ing t h e burden up-

on " the people bo d d,'" and kil l ing

off P i n g r e e , will not excuse him in

the minds of the tax r idden masses.

Wo h e r e b y p lace M r . G r a h a m on o u r

blacklist and not i fy all concerned t ha t

f rom th is t ime on T H E L F . I K I E R will

do all in its |)ower to de fea t his po l i t -

! ical aspi ra t ions , whatever they m a y be.

H i s W i f e S a v e d H i m .

' M y wife's good advice saved my life writes F . M. Ross, of Wind f i e ld .

j T e n n . , for 1 had such a bad cough I | could hard ly brea the , 1 steadily g r e w

worse under doctor ' s t r ea tmen t , bu t my wi fe u rged me to use D r . K i n g ' s New Discovery for Consumpt ion , which complete ly cured me. C o u g h s , Colds, Bronchit is , La Gr ippe , Pneu-monia, As thma , H a y F e v e r and all maladies of Chest , T h r o a t and L u n g s are posi t ively cured b y this marve l -ous medic ine . SOc and SI 0 0 . E v e r y boll le gua ran teed . Tr ia l bottles f ree at 1>. H H u n t & Co. 's d r u g s to re .

W e s t Lowell .

J . Holmes and familr are spending the

holidays with relatives in tho southern part of the s'ate.

Mrs T. Ingersoll who has hfen ill for some time is improving.

Mrs. W. McGrath and children have

gone to Albion lo spend the winter with her sister, Mrs. Mapes. s

Grandma Peters is on Ihe sick list.

H. Easterhrook is on the gain.

The scholars of West Lowell union Sun-

day school enjoyed a very pleasant Xmas

at the home of H. Peters. A few recita-

tions were given and a bountiful dinner

served. Each child was the recipient of

a gift and went home happy.

Anna Cole of Grand Rapids spent Xmas with her parents.

» G. H . Appleton. Justice of the Peace,

Clarkehurg, N. J. , snys: 'DeWitt'a Little Early Risers arc the best pills made for constipation. We use no others." Quickly cure all liver and bowel tronbles.

Tafl * Co.

P r a t t L a k e .

The young people enjoyed a skate on Pratt Lake Saturday.

Jennie Andrews spent last week with Mrs. Eva Keller of Campbell.

Letha Burr entertained about fifteen of her friends Friday evening.

Mark Sneathen and wife have returned

from their trip to Crystal snd reported an enjoyable time.

Mrs. J a k e Meyers and two daughters of Ionia visited her mother. Mrs. Dillenbeck, recently.

A pleasant wedding was held at Ihe

home of Rev. A. B. Johnson of Hastings Dec. 20, when Miss Grace Groome was

wedded lo Mark D. Sneathen of this

place. The house was tastily decorated with holly, Ihe bride and groom standing

in front of a bank of plant*, Rev. A. B.

Johnson performing Ihe ceremony. The

bride waa prettily gowned in drab and

white, carrying pink chrysanthemnmi.

There were about thirlv gnests present,

a large number from here being there.

The present* were useful and beaatifal.

Mr. and Mrs; Sneathen spent Chriatmas

H a v c Y o u i H e a r d 0 1 I I ?

You may have heard | about SCOTT'S EMULSION

and have a vague notion that it is cod-ltar oil with

| its bad taste and smell and all its other repulsive fea-tures. It is cod-liver oil, the

| purest and the best in the i world, but made so palata-1 ble that almost everybody | can take it. Neariy all children like it and ask for more.

S C O T T ' S

E M U L S I O N

looks like cream; it nour | ishes thc wasted body of > thc baby, child or aduH better than cream or any

| other food in existence. It i hears about the same rela-1 tion to other emulsions that | rream does to milk. If you have had any experience

1 with other so-called "just as | Hood" preparations. you| will find that this is a fact, i

The hypophosphHes that a r t |

1 combined with the cod'ftvcr oil (

i g 've additional value t o it because,

they tone up the nervous system |

and impart strength t o the whole body.

Vx multi oo. «ll druggUti. » f I & BOWNE, Chtmists. New York. |

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

with her parents at Crystal.

Fred Godfrey left Tuesday for Traverae

City where he eipects lo work.

A family gathering was held at Ihe

home of Frank Godfrey when all th« ehild-

rtn gathered aronnd an Xmas tree Bnnday

evening. There were about 20 preaent

and all reported a good time.

Lewis Dennis, Salem, Ind., aays, "Kodol Dyspepsia Care did m e more good than anything I ever took." I t digests what yon eat and cannot help but enre dyspepsia and stomach troubles. Taf l A Co.

v e r K e u n e s .

Waller White and wife and Grace Moon

of Smyrna were g r a t a of G. W. Crosby and wife part of last week.

Allen Bennett went to Muskegon lo

spend Chrlatmis and for a week's visit with frieoda. \

Arthur Godfrey is having a serions lime with meaalee.

Wm. H. Parker is nnder Ihe doctor's care with pneumonia.

Clyde James went to Muskegon to spend Christmas.

Carl James who has been working in

in Mnskegon came home Tuesday.

We have beard the merry jingle of sleigh bells just once.

Nineteen-hundred came to na cold and

clondy, mercury being 12 balow aero.

Mr. and Mrs. Don Collar have the syni.

pathy of all in their bereavement in the

loss of their yonngesi son, Pertns, who died Saturday evening.

^ BRIDGET.

Size doesen't indicate quality. Beware of counterfeit and worthlesa salve offered for DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. DeWilt'a is the onl^ original. An infallible enre for piles and all akin diseases. Taf l 1 Co.

T H E ALTO"SEWS . • t e n s of l a t e r e s t G a t h e r e d by O a r

R e p o r t e r s .

Walter Hunter is aick with pnenmonia.

R. C. French and wife of Clarkavilie vis-

ited the latter'* parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Schrock recently.

Geo. Oberly of Brighton visited his

parents over Sunday.

H. D. Sterling left for Cadillac Friday

night to spend the winter.

Robert Stone left Monday for Georgia where he will spend several months in a

milder climate.

Mrs. C. L. Blakeslee visited in Grand

Rapids a few days last week.

A musicians, protective, beneflt associa-

tion was organiced in Alto Dec 15. A

number of young people came up from

Clarksuille and gave a fine musical enter-

tainment, assisted by Miss Grace D. Blak-

eslee and Will Schrock.

Wm, Yeiter and wife visited a few days

in Grand Rapids last week.

Fred Hinyon made a bnsinesa trip to

Ohio last week.

Dan Bryant's children spent a Merry

Xmas al home. H

Mrs. Miller and daughter, Jennie, are

visiting Mrs. A Hie Deniae.

Wm. Murphy iBd wife of Grand Rapids

spent Xmas at N. P . Allen's.

Mathew Hnnter has an aged sister visit-

ing him from Ontario.

Maude McKee i t Grand Rapids is visit-

ing friends here.

A very bad accident happened to John

Hartley while hunting recently. He was

accidentally ahot through the stomach, bis

powder flask exploding, setting fire to his

clothes and would probably have burned

to death had not aasiatanoe been at hand

to relieve him. Dr. Clark thinks with

care the wound will not prove aerioui.

Born to Theodore Stewart and wife, Dec. 26, a boy.

I trust our editor and correspondents

had aa Merry a Christmas and Happy a New Year as "Becky." She has not for«

gotten yon and hopes to be home again

soon when she can join the meetings and aid once more in the entertainments of our

editor. Health and prosperily for

the bright New Year.

The modern and most effective cure for conbtipation and all liver troubles—the famous little pills known as DeWitt's L i t -tle Early Risers. Ta f t A Co.

E a s t Lowel l—West B o s t o n

The people of this place greatly mourn

the loss of a dear friend and neighbor,

Mrs. Mary A. Rolf who recently left he r

home to spend the winter with her son,

intending lo return in the spring to the home she so dearly loved.

I ma spent Snndsy with Dewey and hia parents.

We wish all the oiirrea|iondenl«, our ed

iter and family and, in fact, everybody a

Happy New Year.

Elder Fall preached at the school h'in*e Sunday evening.

School began Tuesday alter a week's

vacation,

DIWIT w

F. B. Thirkield, Health Inspector, of Chicago, says. "Kodol DyB|*epsiB(Cure can-not be recommended too highly. I l cured me of severe dyspepsia." Il digeala what you eat and cures indigestion, heartburn and all forms of dyspepsia. Tsfi A Co.

•• ' •

K e o a e . A.C. Lee and wife of Klsie are visiting

relatives in this | lace and will return

home Tuesday.

Born—To Anthony Kohn and wife, a

ten pound son, Dec 21.

Last Wednesday evening Miss Nettie

Psrmlee and Archie Bowen of Keene were

married.

Charles Lampkins and wife returned from Canada Jan . 2.

Engle Hansom and Mrs. Lillian Rogers,

our mail carrier, were married last week.

A. C. Lee and wife spent New Years with the latler'e brother, Oliver Bowen

A B R O K E N B R I D G E .

Patched and Broken Bridges Are Unsafe for Man And Beast.

It Is an old and true adaire that a brldir* Is only as stronc as Its weakest llmhers.

Practical buiMera are unanimous in the opinion that it Is pmr policy to patch up a broken slmclure. It is more profltahle to build il over auew.

This is also true of thc human structure. Nsigocd bv the greateat of architects and fashioned by the Dlvice Builder.

When disease lays Its hold on the human body It Is folly to patch up the system with attmuUols and druas. It Is wisdom to start at the seat of the trouble and remove the cause.

Thestomsch is the seat of most of onr bodily Ills. Ketp It slronu and healthy and there will be no sleepless nlghls, no bilious and nervous uttacks. Impure blood a 11 eels the stomach aad that organ at once shows lt» disapproval i". •'rspepsla, hfadache. nerv. ousness, constkitlon, Isnguor, catarrh and man* other tlla.

Like tl>>) decaying bridge, it cannot he patched ip. The whole structure must he made strung and healthy again. Tou roust begin at Ihe fonndaUon, the seat of the dis-ease. Remedies that-asslst In the dlg. aUon of food do not reach the cause ot the trouble. They only roske Ihe stomsch drpendent on s sMmulsnt.

Knox Stomach Tablets are a new comlna tlon of thoroughly tried and toted remedies for the pQiincallon of the blood, the cure of catarrh, nervouaness. Inactive liver, const! pation,dyspersla and derangi ments of the atomacb. b'ood, liver and kidneys. They do not act u stimulant, but purify the blood and transform the weak and infirm Into bealtby men and women. A aingle box con-taining fifty tablets will he worth ro re than goM to the sufferer; not only affoidtng Im. mediate relief from Indigestion, bat a poai live cure for dyspepsia.

If unable to secure them of your druggW send fifty cents with your address and that of your dealer to the Knox Chemical Co, Bsltle Creek, Mich., and a full sized b jx will be sent pistpaid.

Withlwmra-Johwaoa.

At the residence of L. C. Hunter last

Tuesday eveningat 6 o'clock occurred per-

haps one of the prettiest weddings which

ever took place in this village, whon Miss

Yera 8. Johnson, of this place, -and Mil-

A. Wilkinson, of Keene, were joined in the

holy bonds of matrimony.

The event took place in the parlor of

thc large residence which was beautifully

decorated. The arch t which was a mag-

nificent affair, was in one corner of the

room directly opposite the doorway and

oould be plainly seen from two rooms. It

was a mass of evergreens, flowers, smilax and ribbon prettily arranged.

Promptly at 6 o'clock the wedding

march began, being played by Mrs. C. G.

Johnson, and Ihe wedding procession slow-

ly marched into the room to the arch led

by Rev. J . W. Bteffe. He was followed

by the Bachelors of Honor, E. L. Sargent,

J . Clyde Watt, J . H. Wheeler and Dr. C.

L. MoKinnis, who formed a line on either

side. Immediately following them came

the Maids of Honor, Misses Grace Brown, Loreua Ferree, Stella Watt, Edna Gloster,

Grace Gates, Pearl Abbot, Mamie Hnbn

and Blanche Huhn, who formed in line in

front of the bachelors of honor, forming

nn aisle through which came the happy

couple attended by little Freida Eeker

who acted as flower girl. * As they took

their position nnder the ar th the lines

closed in behind them and Ihe ceremony

wss performed with the usual congratnla lions following.

1 he gueslB were then served to a sump-

Uous repaat. The bride was gowned in

white brilliantine trimmed with while sat-in ribbon and lace, carrying white rosee

The groom was tastily dressed in black.

The maids of honor were all dressed in

white wearing a large boqust of roses and carnations.

The bride and groom left, mid showers

of rice and a neat little placard, on the 9:06

train for Allegan, where they will spend some time with her relatives.

T h e L e d g e r . L a d i e s ' W o r l d , G o o d H o u p e k e e p i n g , M c C l u r e ' s $ 3 . 0 0

T h c L e d g e r , L a d i e s ' W o r l d , G o o d H o u a e k c e p i n g , M u n s e y 3 . o n

T h e L e d g e r , L a d i e s ' W o r l d , G o o d H o u s e k e e p i n g , C o g m o p o l i i a n 3 . 0 0

T h e L e d g e r , L a d i e s ' W o r l d , G o o d H o u s e k e e p i n g , L e s l i e ' s M o n t h l y 8 .00

T H E F A R M J O U R N A L F R E E f o r J) y e a r s wi th a n y of a b o v e c o m b i n a t i o n s .

There were about seventy guesb. present.

— fSaranac Advertiser. AUNT I *

"I am indebted to One Minule Cough Cure for my health and life. It cured me of lunr trouble followinu grippe." Thou»-ands owe their lives lo Ihe prompt action of this never failing remedy. Il cures coughs, colds, croup, bronchitis, pneumon is, grippe and throat and lung troubles. Its early use prcvenls consumption. It is the only harmless remedy thai gives im mediate reanlts. Tafl A Co.

C a n n o n s b u r g .

Percy Groner who was helping saw

wood at Mr. Newbeery's place with the

Ward Co., met with a serious accident

Thursday. A belt came off and he, think-

ing he could stop the machine, took hold

of the belt which wound aronnd his hand

in such a manner as to throw him some

distance.

Mrs. Chambedain and daughter Frances of Dorr are visiting relatives and friends

in this vicinity. Clinton Nesbitt spent New Years with

his brother, Lawyer Nesbitt of Ionia.

James Nesbitt and wife spent Xmas

with relatives at Middleville.

Mrs, Geo. Armstrong who has been been

visiting her sister, Mrs. Fiehig of Grsnd

Rapids, returned home Friday. Snpervisor Charles Tuxherry is very

siek. A number from this place attended the

recital given by Miss Nina McNaughton and pnpils at the Ada church Wednesday

evening. The S'andard Oil Oo. delivered their

first load of oil to Cannonsburg merchants

Dec. 80. Bert Hoag snd wife of Ypsilanti are

spending the holidays with relstives and

friends in ibis vicinity and Greenville.

Frank Waite of Olivet College is home

during the holiday vacation.

J . 1. Bevry, toganton. Pa., writes, "1 am willing to lake my oath that I was cored of pneumonia entirely by the use of One Minute Cough Cure after doctors had fail-ed. It also cured my children of whoop-ing cough." Quickly relieves and cures cough, oolds, croup, grippe and throat and lung tronbles. Children all like it. Moth-ers indorse it. Tafl A Co.

«

C a s c a d e - E a s t P a r i s . Miss Et ta Davis is visiting friends in

Rock ford. A "Happy New Yeai" lo ill oui friends;

bnl is it not a cold one. Jack Harmon is ill with pneumonia. Joe McKnight's infant child is ill. Miss Bertha Lee and brother of Lowell

visited al Wm. Teeple's last week.

Mrs. Joe Davis is on the sick list.

Those to entertain New Years were F. . Davia, Miner Patterson and A. Slater.

On account of tho inclemency of the westh

many remiiuel at home. ^ ^ GRANDMA.

J u s t T h i n k o f i t !

O u r p a p e r a n d t h e s e S i x N a K a z i t i e s

T h r e e m o n t h s f o r $ 1 . 2 5

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I ^ e s l i e ' s P o p u l a r M o n t h l y , W i l l C a r l e -

t o n ' s M a g a z i n e , D e n i o r e u t V M a g -

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t h r e e M o n t h s T r i a l O f f e r f o r 1 . 2 5 .

B U S I N E S S D I R E C T O R Y .

O . G . M C 0 A N N E L , M . D . Physician and Burgeon. Office, 46 Bildge

street, Lowell, Mich.

M . C . G R E E N E . M . D .

ph)Siclan and Surgeon. Office at Resldenc Bridge street, Lowell, Mich.

C . C . T O W S L E Y , M . 0 , 0 E T A . C H I R .

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Bell Phone 1(H). Lowell, Mich.

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E. N. CAMBELL, INSURfttlCE, LOANS Notary Public, Real Estate Agent and Col-

lector. Over Bovlan's store. Lowell.

M I L T O N M

Attorney snd Counselor a l Law, Train's Hall Block. Lowell, Mich, Special attention given to Collections, ConveyanclDE, and Bale of Real KaUte.

Has alao qualified and been adnittcd to prac-tice iu the Interior Department and all the bureaus thereto and Is ready to prosecute Claims for those that may be entitled tr Penalou Bounty,

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

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

Office in Train'a Opera House Block

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E . A . H O l M i E S , D e n l i s l .

Rickert's old Stand, Lyon Block

Hours: 8-12 a. m., I-»);30 p. m.

Latest methods used for all kinds of woik

All work guaranteed.

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t h e latest improved me thods . Sat-isfact ion g u a r a n t e e d .

G A B admin i s te red .

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N E W Y t A R ' b C A L L S .

The Hitter Swerl Memorlr* Ibat K«Hi»w r«l Uu- OUtClutom.

H. thc cherry o! i custom of mak'tiR N e w Y p a r " »• ca l l s !" said a wo man of my «c qua lnMnre al « l i t t le 'c« pavtv the other PVPH-Ing "I am PO MU-vy that II ha.i t-one out of fash-ion . "

"It had itp pood points ." I ventured "Yes. and irs bad ones." said onr

aweet old maid Her kindly fare dark-ened n little as she spoke, and I seen' ed a s ' o ry .

It took much diplomacy and an extra t a r t or two. but I gained my polnl

"Thir ty- l ive years aRO." said the manlees one. " Ihr New Year's rail was In full bloom. It was the proper thing everywhere, and WHS f r ight fu l ly over-done. My sls er and myself were working glrlr al that time, and orn i -pled. with our mother, a small hnncp In Morton street.

Mother took a couple of borders and we did fairly well.

"1 had a 'beau* then—the only 'beau ' I ever did have, by the way" h^r voice broke a lit le here. I thought — "and his name was Charley Van B r m ' He wa« very fond of mr . and 1 of him

•New Year's, '64—11 was during I lie war. I remember—my slater and I de-cided lhal we would 'receive callers. ' so we cooked and swept and duatrd and our little parlor looked very nice on New Year's morning

" W e had five kinds of cake, includ-ing Ihe rich plum studded black ar t i -cle. with a night mare in every o"ni>r— nuts , raisins, figs, roffee. tea. sherry, whiskey and port wine

T H R E E P R E T T Y P R E S E N T S .

Wlut Any lii|*rnliiiin <;iil ( «ii I'o fur l lollu'r^

Three prr i ly p ic . -ens and qullr i i n i . p!e In form and very Inexprn-ive, so It v ill he po-v.blr for any ntnan-girl lo make Hum. are de-crllnd a« follows .

Th< hanging plnholder i cm out oT |w.-» p l r r r s of stiff cardboard In the (•hape ni clover leaves, measuring i h n o Imhc- and a half across .«iid I h i n inche* and a quar t r r high

Whrn hr enii>roldci> work !>• com p k t r .-o\ri one of lr< i irdhosi ' i - with the iiifn and alia h it fast Willi cro-s st i tches at ihr ha?*'.

A vrr> p r 'Mj hat idkrrrhlrf box can br made by pulling together four pkro.- of lioavy r.i dboard r a rh llvr inchrs lont and ihrre Inr rc - wide, and two pWr.e, thf Inches and onr eighth square.

C i \ j i lew? of good thread linen' to fli ra rh hoaid. and largf linen lo fit n r h hoard, and largr

r Ihr rardf^ !ind glue ih'" rdur'- of it m ihr i r v , -Idr of ihe rard taking • n r lo . i t * u h ihr pood oui ;u li whi lie 11 it

A pretty hean h.iped Irame lo re-ovve two pholopiaphj; ran br made from iwo plcre- "l c i rdboard . some llnrn, and eml>roidr,> . ilk ,

11 m a j v a n In i-i.'.e according lo ihr dimension^ oi the p l c lunv . hut

-for Ihe cabliid phoiopraph it can measure right incl>r« high, with th r | oval opening rai h i\v<» n u h r and a. half wldr and Hire* u u h ' • and ihreo-quar l r r s hiph

' Ihr laurrl Iraves with which il is embrolde. r l are to br in gre. in. Ihr berries and croll m lop ol ova s in

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C a u s e s D i s e a s e

D e c l a r e s l ) r , W a e l / h o l d in a n

A r t i c i c o n • • f l u s i c a n d

N e r v e s . "

Chlorosis , Neurosis and O the r Ner-vous Disorders F r o m W h i c h So

Many fllrls S u f f e r said t o be | thc Kcsult of " H a m -m e r l n g Ihe K e y b o a r d . "

In the British Medical Journal is dia cussed Dr. Waelrhold's ai t icle on 'Music and Nerves," in which he

claims that Ihe alarming increase in nervous disorders in young girls is due to the ^deadly cus tom" of hammer i rp the keyboard.

Whether or not the cause is due lo piano lessons may remain a question, I but there is no denying the fact that there is an enormous increase of nerv- j o u s 'liseases among young girls al the

enough to lap ovrr on .ho hack edge, * | o " h " ( then In lead pencil, draw « dr-ign of , h p > • " ! « • « c ^ n g tbe threshold o f ' vlolrls at each come, womanhood. Their nervous systems arc

. . ! put to a severe strain by excessive study \ \ hen t he emh , . . . J i , y is done rare- J, ) f f n f ^ n n x ^ l

fully lap the l inn. r Ihe r a i d s and | o ( c x u m i n}

n U n n K „ j , during this tr,--

log lime lliat girls become pale, weak and nervous, and suffer Ihe results of irregulnrities of the delicate femininr organs. | As H restorative for prie, weak girls, and women suffering with the ills peculiar to their sea, there is no treat mcnt to be compared with Dr. A. W. Chase's Nerve and Blood Pills, the great private prescription of Dr, A. W. Chase, whose portrait and signature is on even bo* of the genuine.

Dr. A, W. Chase's Nerve and Bio' Pills restore and revitalize thc waal> Mood and nerve cells, bring back Hi color lo lh»' checks Hnd the roundness Iu the form. 50 rents a box, at all dealers, or Pr. A. \V. Chase Med. Co., Buffalo, N. Y,

Prof Daniels failed to meet his class-es in political eronomy. and soon if was announred lhat hr was tevrlbly 111. So hr was laken to New York and plared in the Presbyterian hospit-al under t h r rare "f Miss Robertson, a pr r i ly nurse, ono of ih r mo1-! skillful of the hospiial 's regular a t t r ndan l s For a long tlmr his soul he-italf.d whether to Ma* or to f.ook wing room In ih r flrlds of -tar hunp spa^r Rut white, soft flngTs wore on b ; pul.-e and hr finally g i rw ron t rn t to remain here

When hr reiiirnod lo his r lae-rs his s tudpnts ppoke of thf great (THmgc and Improvoment Ihr* noticed In him T h - r r WHS a n r " light and sympathy In his r y r s and hi1- lips bad raugbl a way of ^mfllnc

Saturday hr Irfi foi » vacation and yesterday the halls of Princeton re sounded with hi namr given with ih" t radi ' lonal ' t lgrr " H< had brrn n m rled and had f l a i l ed with h i ' bride for a t r ip arross th^ ^ a . and the name of the bride waa Robp.lson

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pink and thr ribbon al bottom of . . . . . wreath 111 com color. The work may • Mo her objected to ihe liquors bill . h f ( 1 n r f l | n I h r r , n | | i n r > o | t ( , , r c a ^

we aald she was old fashioned, and gained our point, as In those days a house that didn't serve sllmulant.-of a spi r i tuous sort would have hern pret-ty well 'boycotted.' as we say to-diy .

"Well , the callers—all men—began to ar r ive at about ten o'clock In the morning, and kept it up all day.

"At noon my Charley called In a huge omnibws. as was the custom among the middle class people In those days—and brought with him peventepn fellows, not one of whom I had ever seen before.

' T h i s was ano ther absurd test of hospi tal i ty current at lhat time, and very t rying II was.

"Fo r seventeen lusty slrangTers to run amuck amid our already depla ' rd s tock was of Itself an aggravation, bin the quant i t ies tha t they ate and drank, in honor of "Charley's girl, ' had an ef-fect f a r from pleasing, for somr of the cal lers became a trifle boisterous and seemed disinclined to depart

"Bu t my principal worry was about Char ley .

"I had always supposed him strictly tempera te , but on this occasion he d r ank a great deal Oh. how I wished then that I had taken my mother ? ad-vlre about the liquor

"Ills face grew red. his eyes glassy, h is speech thick and his walk un-steady

"I fancy now that he must have bpen dr inking before he called on me. hut at that lime I fell lhat I was alnn-5 re-sponsible for his condillon

When he approached me to ,sa> 'goodby" I sh runk from him In disgust H e saw It, and II angered him We bad some words, he dashed out and I went to my room to weep

" I -never saw him again." " W h a t ' " we ejaculated

"Never ! In a defiant mood he mus t have drunk more and more. He had a quarre l with a companion, blows were s t ruck , he was arrested and lodged all

n i g h t in lail. I read of It In ih r paper next morning and my soul s ickened. H e called to see me a few days a f te r , but I would not receive him Pe rhaps I wa« wrong, perhaps I was right At all events, he becamc a conflrmrd d runkard , and I don'l feel tha t i was al logether responsible."

mcnt. at- it 1 r i ih and characleris t ic . '

A t B u l l R u n .

nomrade Chaa. Elma, of Mechanlcsvllle, N. Y., was struck by 1. piece of abrll which later caused severe heart trouble. He says:

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C O O K ' S C A L L E R S .

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1 Weary Wanderer—All iltrhi Mr Boodle It >v won't le lp me 111 got even wui yer tci inplii

2 —Now don in dr Mioft f n

1 11 make des t racks !i - wife ter see

Closins; on t pune and amimi thm at ^ 9 than e w t a l SlockingV,

k Gold Medal carpet sweeper f rom Bla iu 'B will m a k e auy woman h a p p y

3 - Poodlr 's Wifr—How d i ' you George! Look al those footprints , an you lolu me onl\ yesterday '.hat yoi. would s^ea t off lot thisr New Vea.

A r.iir«-HiMiim. More lhan 200 y«ar- ago a llllle girl

was born in Amslerdam, Holland, whose name was J o a n n e Koertren She was a pecul i i r child In lhal shf cared nothing w h a t r v r r for play and sport , hut found her g r e i l r s l delight In making ropies of things about her. imitat ing 111 wax every kind of f ru i t , and making on silk, with colorrd Host exacl copies of pointings which were thotigbl wonderful .

Bui after she bail becomr very ac-complish 'd in music, ^pinning and cm broidery, she abandoned all these for a still more e s t r co rd lna ry ar t—that of culllnp She rxreuted landscape-, ma i in r views, flowers, animals and porti alls of people of siirh str iking resemblance that she was (or a t'.me quite thr wonder of Europe. She usoc white paper for her cii t t lncs. plar lag Ihrm over a black sur face so tha i mauv minule openings made by n^i RCtsaors made Ihe "liphi and shadr . "

The Tzar. Pr ior thi' i ! rral and olh-ers 'if hlch rani, paid hei honor. t>n<-

man high In office vainly offered li ' t a thousand flonnx fo. i V e e small cut-lings. I he r m p i r s . of ( i r rmany pa<£ her l/W" flniinK for a t rophy she b- d cut brinInc the arm of Kmperor l.,"» pnld nowi i rd with eagles, and an ; rout drd with 1 Rarland of flows'* Shr also ''ill the Empr ro r ' s portrnU. whi" !i f!t;i now br soon ill Ihr Hoyal a n I'Bllriy In Vir rna A great man* people w m ' to sri* her, and she ke:M a book In which P r i m e s and Pi i n c i t -es wrote their names.

After she died, wblrh was when bad lived slyly-live y e n s , her bu,. band, Adrian Hlo-k ere- t rd a mriii . menl to hrr mrmorv and had d e i g n -ed upon It her por l ta l ls of the^e li:!' ' '! vlsllo s H'-i n i t l i i g w. re so corrtvl In effect and so l a ; i e fu l as lo give both dicnl.iy and valii" to bm woil; and consti tute her an a r t i s t . .whos - ' exquisite skill with the s r i ? s o p ii.i.s never before or since br n equaled.

The hog that s t ands square and strong upon i ts feet should be choscn for a breeder in preference to a gouty, weak kneed animal

NPW Vear'sl'artlo* in Uu- Kllrlien* WrHltlit.

Cook will probably have her New Year's callers this evening, and If you are wise you will close eyes and ears •for the nonce, nor Invest igate ' oo closely to-morrow the contents ol dish or demijohn.

i For her f r iends are hale and hear ty , I with old fashioned ideas on the suh-I ject of hospitality and an aversion 10 ; such foolish fslpperles as tea or coflee!

| If you have a few flowers or r ibbons lhat you do nol nerd , they will he well bestowed upon her. and will add t o her a t t ract iveness as she s i ts In s t a l e he-hind a well filled table In her kitchen presiding over some such scene as ' h i s ;

Tlng-n-ling-llng! "Mary, there's ih r basement bell,

(•'wan now an opon the dure." The ki t rhenmaid doe.^ so, and re-

ports. "U s Mr Duffy." " A n a h " come right in, Mr, Duffy

I t s in first ye are an good luck to you . '

i "Good luck to you. Miss Krlly I Sburc i t ' s a tine nighi, God ho I r-raised'."

• • \« in ' Sit down." Duffy does r-o, and stares around in

awkward fashion. An are ye makin many calls, Mr

Dully? '

"Th i s Is the first. Shure I didn't lave the dumps till slvln."

' True for yon. An" pwhat will you have lo d r ink" There 's s h r r r y wine an port wine, an" claret wine an" some whiskey "

Mr. Duffy's dull eye brightens. " I i i takr n lit l r av th ' ould s luff , '

hr says with a grin. Ho lakes II but not a l i t t le "Will yez have some t a k e or a sand-

wich 'Have yez a r r a b a corn bafe .^an-

wjch In th" house" "Phurr I have! T a k r two of thini He dors so, and m u n c h r s till the

hell rings again Thr maid announcrs "Mr. Oroho-

pan Dufh rlsrs with some show of per-

urbatlon "I think n i c h e goin" " •'Arraii don't hurry Ve know Mr

Gcohogan? "I know no good av h im." "Arrah, nhat lalk have you more "

Duffy movfyi to Hie door as the new-comer entr rs , and Ihr two men uod to each other in a surly fashion

"Good nighi says Duffy. Cook follows him to the door, and

bei sibilani whispei can be heairt plainly

•"Why don't you like him Mi Duff} r

"Shine h r s a scab! An', brsides. lie s from Tvrone I niver give a . 01111-tv I'vionr man more than t h ' l i p a\« mr hneei '

Ano ihe basement door clane- bo hind him

Mi (ieohogan par takes freely of re freshment and is pioposlng n n r nnge when a new bairh of callci - ar rive

"Glvan wld you now," says Cook pleased anu l lusnred , an come back whin yout sober lo morrow, llert* conies the Donnelley"s

From this t ime c.n he room bemmi> a rendrzvoiis for Cook's m<n> ac quuinlanres.

Thr policeman looks In the door to exchange hi- good wishes for "hltc and sup. the g .ncrrv clrrk drops In. the Kenmn cal 's and as the new yrai is ushered m wllb bells and song- and hoins and shouts. Cook's gmvii. a i r there to aid in thc "send off."

G n A M ) K A r i D S H E K A i n

T W h V. A W K F K K D I T I O N .

" I a r g c r Tba t i n Dolly nitd A l m o s t

a s t i n o d . "

T h e in<<sl wide ly c i r c u l a t e d week

ly n e w s p a p e r in W e s t e r n M i c h i g a n is t h e t w i c e a week e d i t i o n ol T h c

i t r a m l R a p i d s lU ' t a id , NN illi t h e

P r e s i d e n t i a l canipHign n o w at. h a n d vou can not y«'s, yon can ol c o u r s e

•In w i ihou l ii , I'ul y o u can d o he l -

le r w i t h i t . H c i c a re s6rac of t h e t r a s o n s why il i1- I he l e a d e r in " o n e

d o l l a r j o u r n a l i s n r . " It is i ssued tw ice a week , T n e s

d a y s a n d F r i d a y s . »•» ear ly -ii i h r

m o r n i n g lhal it c a r r i e s tho n e w s ol

t hc d a y lo any s u h s c r i h c r wi th in 150 mi l e s ( i r a n d R a p i d s b e f o r e n i g h t

and In most p l aces b e f o r e n o o n , Il is a d a i l y f " r t hose d a y s a t l e a s i .

E v e r y week each s u b s c r i b e r will

r e c e i v e 1«> pages , and m o r e when e v e r t h e p ress "t a d v e r t i s i n g shal l

r e q u i r e il. T h e p r i ce is $ 1 , 0 0 per y e a r . It i s v i r t u a l l y a da i ly a l t h e p r i c e

of a w e e k l y . I t s n e w s c o v e r s e v e r v k n o w n pa r t

of t h e wor ld . N o w e e k l y n e w s p a pe r cou ld s t and a lone and f u r n i s h

s u c h serv icc . T h e G r a u d R a p i d s H e r a l d , S e m i -

W e e k l y , has at i ts d isposal a l l of

t h e r e sou rces of t h e " A s s o c i a t e d

P r e s s " — t h c g r e a t e s t o r g a n i z a t i o n in t h e world f o r t h e d i s s e m i n a t i o n

of n e w s . T h e D a i l y i s j u s t l y t e r m -

ed ' • G r a n d R a p i d s * b e s t n e w s p a p e r , " a n d t h e S e m i - W e e k l y ti l ls its

field j u s t as wel l . T h e bes t c u r r e n t fiction is f o u n d

in i t co lnmes . I n po l i t i cs t h e H e r a l d is K e p n h -

l i c a n , b u t f a i r t o f r i e n d a n d foe

a l i k e ; above all e lse il is a n e w s p a -

p e r . T h e s e a re only some of the rea-

s o n s ; t h e r e a r e o t h e r s . R e n d i t

a n d u n d e r s t a n d t h e m all . W e of fe r t h i s unequa l l e t l uewspa -

p e r and the L o w e l l L e d g e r t o g e t h e r

o n e y e a r f o r $ 1 . 6 0 . T h e r e g u l a r s u b s c r i p t i o n p r i ce of

I h e two p a p e r s is $ 2 . 0 0

R E W A R D .

We, the underalgned druggists, ofler a

reward of 50 cents to any person who pur-

chases of us. two 2f< cent boxes of Bax-

ter 's Mandrake Bitlere Tablets, if il fails

lo cure constipation, bilionsness. ijck

headache, jaundice, loss of appetite, sour

stomach, djspepsia; liver oomplaint, or

any of the diseases for which it [is recom-mended, Price 26 rents for either lableta

or liquid. We will also refund (he money

on one package of either if it fails to give

satisfaction, L. H. HUHT A CO., D. G. LOOK, W. S. WI:«wuk.

P R O B A T E ORDER. State of Michigan, County of Kenl.ss.

AI a session of ihe Probate Court foi said County of Kent, held at the Probate Office, in the City of Grand Rapids, on the 22d day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety nine.

Present. HIRHT D.'JEWXLU Judge of Probate. •

In the matter of the estate of DANIEL H. WATERS, deceased, Dudley E. Waters havingtfiled in Ibis Court his petition pray mg this Court to adjudicate and determine w ho were at Ihe dale of lii« death or are no« the lawful heirs of said deceased, and entitled by law lo inherit the real estate of paid deceased.

Il is ordered thai Friday the 19lh dav of January, 1900, at ten o'clock in the lore noon, si said Probate office, be appointed for lienring said petition.

And il is further ordere<l. that a copy of this order be published three successive weeks previous lo said day of hearing, in the Lowell Ledger a newspaper primed mid meolat ing In said County of Kent.

HTRRT D. JEWWLL, 1A true copy) Judge of Probate, jnu 11 AI.VIN F. KWIKG, Register.

• • ^ S p o r t i n g G o o d s ,

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S e w i n g M a c h i n e s .

S t o c k i n g ' s S t o c k

U L E B M o n e y o u t » i f y o u D o ' n t .

Drs. &alleher^& -Wolford O F T H E

GRAND R A P I D S CURATIVE I N S T I T U T E

W I L L BE AT

L O W E L L AT T H E *

J , Gore Qjlleher, A M ., M D. Curtis T. Wolfonl,. M l»

W a v e r l y H o t e l M o n d a y , J a n . , 8 .

By special invitation of a number of iheir friends D r s . G a l l c h c r Sc K ' o l f o r d concluded to make a visil of one day in each mouth and give the dirk and alllicled or those who are auflering with Chronic Diseases a chance to consult with them. These Doctors are widely and most favorably known specialists in the United States. Their log experience and remarkable shill and the universal success they have bad in tbe largest hospitals in tbe world, enables lhem to ireol ell C h r o n i c . N e r v o u s . S k i n a n d Blood D i s e a s e s on the lalest sclenlitic principles and entitle, them to the full confidence of the afflicted everywhere. Come and see us aud be your own judge. Do nol let people cry quack or humbug to you. You are tbe sufferer aud tbeone that i>-most interested in gettinw well. Our aim is to give you honest and thorough word, give good wholesome advice and make our charges reasonable. The D o c t r s have no equal in treating Diseases of the Kye, Ear, None, Throat and Lungs. Dvspepcia, Bright's Disease, Kidney, Liver, Bladder. Chronic Female and Sexual Diseases, Epileptic or Falling Fits. Certain and positive cure lor th- -wfiii effects of Early Vice and the awful effects thai follow in its trial. Private diseses ol all nature. Catarrh, Skin Diseases, Sore. P impH. Scrofula, Blood Taints, Fxtema Can cers and Piles and the best treatment on earth for Women's Diseases. Nervous Debility. Consumption, Varicocle, Paralysis, Rheumatism, Neuralgia and in fact all a,Chroni» Diseusss speedily, completely and dermanently cured if taken in time. A triendly call may save yov future suffering and add golden years to your life.

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g a z e r d a z e h e r .

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s l i p p e r y s i d e w a l k s .

T h e s p i d e r i s s e l d o m in d a n g e r w h e n

h i s l i i e is h a n g i n g by a t h r e a d .

If t h e a e n s f o r m a t r u s t t h e y wil l p r o b a b l y t r y t o con t ro l t h e egg p l a n t .

A s u b s t a n t i a l code of e t h i c s is m u c h m o r e v a l u a b l e t h a n a h i s i o r i c c o a t of a r m s .

Mi l l ions s t r i v e f o r w e a l t h , t h o u s a n d s Tor f a m e - a n d poss ib 'y a dozt n to b?

good.

Bos ton is c o n t e m p l a t i n g an e l e v a t e d r a i l w a y o n w h i c h to r u n i t s t r a i n s of

t h o u g h t .

W h a t m a n h a s d o n e m a n c!.n do . b u t

i t ' s n e v e r ha l f so much a s a w o m a n ex-

pec t s h i m t o do.

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Conqurot In Vlrr—llrvonil the Ktiich

of tbe KahtMlh lt«U.

A C'hrUtlan'a rrayrr.

My L o r d ! I t is T h y w o r k wh ich I

wou ld do . And l ive my l i fe w i th t h i s o n e t h o u g h t

in v iew;

T h e wor ld wi th a l l i t s w e a l t h can

n e v e r give

S u c h h o n o r a s t h e p r iv i l ege to l ive F o r Thee , as T h i n e a m b a s s a d o r be low.

Oh. m a y I b o t h in word a n d a c t i o n

s h o w T h e joy I feel in l ha t most sacred ca l l .

And coun t i t m y chief pr ide, my l ife,

m y a l l !

you ; you h a v e saved m y l i fe ."

t h e d r o p sa id . " T h a n k ns no t ; c l o u d s sen t u s . " And t h e flower l i f t ed

u p i t s f ace t o w a r d s t h e h e a v e n s , a n d S T I L L P H Y S I C A L L Y s a i d , " O h . c loud , in t h y s u m m e r g lo ry . I t h a n k t h e e ; t h o u h a s s aved my l i fe . " And t h e c loud sa id , " T h a n k n o t m e ; t h e s u n d rew m e f r o m t h e ocean, and t h e wind w a f t e d m e h e r e ; t h a n k sun , t h a n k w i n d . " And t h e flower, per-p lexed a n d p u t f ' e d . t u r n e d i t s f ace h i t h e r a n d t h i t h e r , s a y i n g to t h e sun a n d to t h e w ind . "Oh. sun . I t h a n k t h e e ; t h o u has t b r o u g h t th i s w a t e r f r o m t h e f s r -o f f o c e a n ; I t h a n k thee , oh wind , t h a t on t h y w i n g s t h o u dids t b e a r It h e r e fo r my r e f r e s h m e n t . " T h e aun

a n d t h c wind said, " T h a n k not us; t h a n k Ood. w h o gave t h e ooean a n d th#

s u n a n d t h e wind , and caused t h e d rop* t o f a l l . " And t h e n t h e C h r i s t l a n l y

A°: GEN. GRANTS WIDOW. t h e

A N D M E N -T A L L Y V I G O R O U S .

The Vrnrralilc XVMotr of the Warrior

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Incton lloniM After Kerrr*! Vram* Ab-

•encc—Fr <mU Aiwara Welronied.

( W a s h i n g t o n L e t t e r . )

Mrs . J u l i a Dent G r a n t , t he v e n e r a b i e w idow of t h e f a m o u s w a r r i o r p res lden i , h a s reopened her W*ashlngton h o m e

a f t e r an a b s e n c e of n e a r l y five m o n t h s . Mrs . G r a n t r e t u r n s In exce l len t h e a l t h a n d sp i r i t s . H e r o u t i n g , s p e n t in Sa r -a t o g a . Magnol ia , Mass . , a n d l a t e r in

. . « .... N e w p o r t , w h e r e she a t t e n d e d tho wed-i D l t n i c t t d Bower l i f ted u p IU d l D t 0 , „ „ r . v o r l t . i n n d d u u h t e r .

As T h o u on e a r t h was t moved lo s y m -

p a t h y . W h e n h u m a n s u f f e r e r s were b r o u g h t

t o T h e e ; And bade t h e bl ind t o see. t he l a m e to

w a l k . And e ' en t b e l e p e r c lean , t h e d u m b t o

u , i t a l k ; T h e m o r e exper i ence a m a n h a s In ^ j a J , j 1 o o a f T h v f a ( t h f U i s e r v a n t ,

m a k i n g good r e so lu t ions t h e poore r t h e | ' g c o j .

q u a l i t y h e t u r n s o u t . T o b j n d e a c h b r o k e n h e a r t , s u p p o r t

j t h e weak . N o m a n eve r uad t o s t o p c l i m b i n g A n d l n p a c h l i f e h o w e v 0 r cold a n d

t h e l a d d e r of f a m e b e c a u s e t h e r e w a s n 11 d r e a r

a n o t h e r r u n g above h im. I B r j n g w a r m ( h of Ch r i s t i an s y m p a t h y

a n d chee r .

s a i d . "Oh. God . I t h a n k T h e e who didst m a k e t h e ocean , and d ids t give t h e SUP i t s power to d r a w t h e cloud f r o m t h c ocean , a n d d ids t g ive t h e winds the i r w i n g s to b r i n g t h e c louds h i t h e r , a n d d i d s t d r o p d r o p s f r o m t h e c louds t h a t b r o u g h t m e back to l i f e . " So m a y we t u r n . In t h e a l chemy of pi ty , a l l ou t

joy to g r a t i t u d e . — L y m a n Abbo t t , D.D.

T h e c h e e k y Individual usua l ly ge t s I

t h e r e , bu t it is gene ra l ly at t h e e x p : n f

of s o m e o n e ' s good op in ion .

No Belf-ronqiirat In Vice.

Vice pays , unconsc ious ly , l i s t r i b u t e

t o v i r tue . I t is h u m a n n a t u r e to feel a seii.-e of s a t i s f a c t i o n in h a v i n g m a d e

a c o n q u t s l of o n e k i n d o r a n o t h e r .

T h e m a n whose m o r a ! c h a r a c t e r is

d c t e r i o j a t l n g neve r f e e l s t h a t . In t a k - 1 ing a d o w n w a r d s tep , he l ias m a d e a se l f -conqucsL He neve r fee l s t he

s t r o n g e r f o r ro i l i ng d o w n hi l l . He

m a y m a k e a loud b o a s t i n g of h i s vie- j

J u l i a Den t G r a n t , p r o v e d rep le te wittf i n t e r e s t i n g a d v e n t u r e s . She espec ia l ly e n j o y e d t h e g a y e t i e s a t t e n d i n g t h e n u p -t i a l s of t h e P r i n c e s s C a n t a c u z e n e , a n d Is neve r t i red of r e l a t i n g h e r e x p e r i -e n c e s t o h e r f r i e n d s . T h i s v e n e r a b l e w o m a n , a l t h o u g h 75 y e a r s of age, is re -m a r k a b l y v igo rous phys i ca l ly a n d m e n -t a l l y . She rece ives h e r f r i e n d s a l m o s t e v e r y m o r c l n f in h e r p l easan t s i t t i n g

T h e lowl ies t m o r t a l T h o u d ld ' s t n o t

despise . N a u g h t w a s unc l ean , n o r c o m m o n in

T h i n e eyes . And T h o u a r t t h e E i e r n a l K i n g of a l l . A s p a r r o w c a n n o t e 'e r unno t i ced fa l l .

i o h t e a c h m e I x ) r d t h e v a s t a n d

A s p i n s t e r of u n c e r t a i n yea r s who j ^ w o r t h

r e c e n t l y m a r r i e d a m a n named Hope 0 f c a f h i m m o r [ a i soul , t h a t dwel l s on s p e a k s of h i m a s t h e Hope long de

f e r r e d .

W o m e n a r e queer c r ea tu re s . One m a y l a u g h at you if you a r e r ich a n d

s m i l e on you if you a r e poor .

T h e Boer s m a y be m a k i n g a m i s t a k '

when t h f y t r y to shoot t he B r i t i s h g?n e ra i s . T h o s e tha t would r ep l ace then", m i g h t be b e t t e r ones.

lousness . but h e h a s n o sense of s a t i s -

f a c t i o n o r joy a s a se ' . f -conqueror or I o v e r c o m e r . As Prof . J a m e s finely says , j

" H e w h o u n d e r t he s u r g e o n ' s k n i f e re - j p r e s se s c r ies of pa in , o r h e w h o ex-poses h imsel f t o socia l ob loquy for

d u t y ' s s ake , f ee l s a s If he w e r e fo l low-i n g t h e l ine of g r e a t e s t t e m p o r a r y re-

s i s t ance . H e s p e a k s of c o n q u e r i n g j

a n d o v e r c o m i n g h i s Impu l se s a n d j. t e m p t a t i o n s . But t h e s l u g g a r d , t h e j

p a r t h - j d r u n k a r d , t h e c o w a r d , n e v e r t a l k ]

And m a v 1 n e ' e r despise t h e s m a l l e s t , of t h e i r conduc t In t h a t way , o r j deed. ! s a y t h e y res i s t t h e i r e n e r g y , over - j

Or e 'en t h e h u m b l e s t In t he t i m e of i c o m e t h e i r s o b r i e t y , c o n q u e r t h e i r

need.

My Lord , i t is T h y work t h a t I wou ld

do. A l r eady the d e e p e n i n g of t h e Cana - j And l ive my l i fe , w i th t h i s a l o n e i n

d ian c a n a ' s ha s induced A m e r i c a n ; v iew;

g r a i n - h a n d l e r s t o seek s ? a c : f o r th T h e wor ld , w i th all i t s w e a l t h c a n e r ec t ion of e l eva to r s a t Mont rea l . Now j n e v e r g ive too . t h e M o n t r e a l l eg i s l a tu re ' s ac t ion 1 h o n o r a s t h e pr iv i lege t o l ive in p r o h i b i t i n g the e x p o r t a t i o n of log- F o r T h e e And when 1 go f r o m h e n c e f r o m t h a t p rovince is compel l ing Mich- | o n h i g h .

i gan l u m b t r m e n to t r a n s f e r t h e i r saw- t 0 j 0 j n W i t h t h o s e t h a t p r a i s e T h e e in mi l l s t o t he repion uf Georg ian bay. i t h e s k y .

T h e r e i s s u n ly some r e t a l i a t o r y meas- o h , m a y t h e r e m a n y be t o w e l c o m e u r e t h a t can lessen t h e c o m p l a c e n c y o f : n p .

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cou rage , a n d so f o r t h . " T h e y , l ike all

o t h e r s , a r e s e n s i t i v e to t h e j o y of self-

c o n q u e s t . a n d k n o w t h e nob le de l igh t • MRS. J U L I A D E N T G R A N T ,

of o v e i c o m l n g . But t h e fac t t h a t t hey j r o o m in h e r M a s s a c h u s e t t s a v e n u e neve r s p e a k In t h e s e c h a r m e d t e r m s | h o m e . S h e Is p e r f e c t l y Impar t i a l In t h e

I of t h e i r v l c lousness i s t h e i r t r i b u t e t o

; t h e s e v i r t u e s on which t h e y h a v e

t u r n e d t h e i r backs , t o t h e i r o w n d a m -a g e a n d mise ry .—S. S. l i m e s .

What Money Cannot Bur.

H e w h o is l i b e r a l l y educa ted is a l -ready r i ch . He h a s w h a t m o n e y i t -self will no t buy. I t in i tself is a

t . , c ap i t a l Inves ted secu re ly a n d y i e ld ing l a n a d i a n s o v e r t h e i r " s m a r t - , w h o whi l e on e a r t h I led f r o m s in t o i n t P r P f t t h a ( p u U l t J 5 possessor In t h e

Thee . ^ e n j o y m e n t of t h e bes t t h i n g s f r o m day 1 —George J e f f r e y Russe l l in N e w t 0 ( j a y ^ m o n e y va lue m a y v a r y

In 189G a min ing p a r t y of t h i r t y men ! Y o r k Obse rve r . . hu t t h e r e a r e s o m e t h i n g s whose

s t a r t e d f r o m ^h i -mgo f o r t h c N o r t h - p r i ces a n d v a l u e s c a n n o t b e fixed in west t e r r i t o r y of Can ida . lured t h i t h e r j chriatiao End«*vor Topic*. i t h e da i ly m a r k e t s . As one g r o w s older

by t a l e s of a region where t h e qua r t z T h e p e r e o n a , i n Miss ions - M o n d a y . I ^ *» a t * ™ o t r l c h e 8 t h a t d < > e s n o t

a s s a y e d i,8o ounces of gold t o t h e ton . i T h i s El Dorado proved t o be a m y t h , a n d a f t e r h a r r o w i n g e x p e r i e n c e s o l

s t a r v a t i o n , s ickness ar.d d i s i l lus ion-m e n t . t h e su rv ivo r s a r e said t o be t ry-i n g t o bea t t h e i r way back t o t h e hap-

py s h o r e s of Lake Michigan, w h e r e t he wor s t t h a t can h a p p e n to o n e is t o be

w h e r e one can eke out a l iv ing in win-t e r t i m e by Ihe h e a l t h f u l a n d soo th ing

o c c u p a t i o n of s h o v e l i n g snow, which is e n o u g h a rc t i c exper i ence fo r a n y rea-

s o n a b l e ind iv idua l .

An ac t r e s s s topped the p lay recen t ly

in a New York t h e a t e r t o a l low the c o n v e r s a t i o n in o - e of t h e boxes t o go o n . I t was a s t e r n r ebuke , bu t was it u n d e s e r v e d ? " N o t h i n g in a l l my ca-

r e e r , " said M a d a m e Ma-ches i , t h e grea". P a r i s mus ic t e ache r , " h a s a n n o y e d me m o r e t h a n cha t t e r d u r i n g m y g ing ing ." Once wh< n .'he was s ing ing a t t h e G e r m a n a m b a s s a d o r ' s , and t h e noise had

r e a c h e d l i s h e i g h t , s h e s u d d e n l y ceas -d T h e hos t rushed up. "1 wish to be l i s t ened to . " she said in c l e a r tones , a n d s i lence fol lowed It is d o u b t f u l 11 a n y of those w h o had t h u s t r e s p a s s e d on i h e a r t i s t ' s r i g h t s and on t h e en joy -m e n t of t he o t h e r gues t s , ever re-

p e a t e d t h e offense .

J a n . 15, " T h e field." Mat t . 2 4 : 3 - 1 4 ; T u e s d a y . J a n . 16. "God ' s k i n g d o m t o

; come , " Ps . 145: 10-13; W e d n e s d a y , l J a n . 17. " W a y s a n d m e a n s , " R o m . 10:

13-17; T h u r s d a y . J a n . 18, " N e e d of h a s t e . " J o e l 3: 13-17; F r i d a y . J a n . 19.

" T h e c o n s e c r a t i o n of t h e p u r s e . " P r o v .

11: 24. 25; Eccl . 11: 1-6; S a t u r d a r . J a n . 20, " H e r o e s of t h e f r o n t i e r , " Heb . 11: 32-38; S u n d a y , J a n . 21, top ic , " S e n d m e , " Isa . €: 1-10. ( Q u a r t e r l y m i s s i o n -

a r y m e e t i n g . ) I s a i a h — a n d We.—Do not e x p e c t t o

h e l p o t h e r s t o get r id of t h e i r s i n s u n t i l ' t h i n e o w n in iqu i ty i s t a k e n

a w a y . " F i r e is good, if i t b u r n o u t s i n ; floods a r e good, if t hey d r o w n i t ; t r oub l e , if it d r ive sin a w a y . N o o n e

can do God ' s w o r k well w h o is v e r y

s u r e h e can do it wel l . eff iciency g o t o g e t h e r , if y o u

dep rec i a t e , b u t y i e lds I t s l a r g e r r e -j t u r n s as t he d a y s g o by. I t does n o t : d e r r e a s e w i th u s i n g , f o r t h e m o r e i t i s ; ca l led In to use. t h e more does i t m a k e j Increase of I tself . T h e l ibe ra l ly e d u -j ca ted C h r i s t i a n , r ich in m i n d a n d 1 peacefu l in h e a r t , is l i v ing h i s l i fe on

a h i g h p l a n e . — T h e H e r a l d a n d P re s -

: by te r .

r ecep t ion of t h e s e gues ts . T h c lowly f r i e n d s of ea r ly y e a r s a r e a s we lcome a s t h e l e a d e r s of soc ie ty . Mrs . G r a n t wil l s h o r t l y i s sue h e r book of r e m i -n i scences . S h e h a s lieen engaged on t h i s w o r k f o r n e a r l y five yea r s , a n d wi th h e r v a s t e x p e r i e n c e of social a n d pol i t -ical l i fe a t t h e c a p i t a l , t he v o l u m e can n o t f a l l t o be I n v a l u a b l e a n d a d l s t l n^ : a d d i t i o n t o t h e l i t e r a t u r e of t h e cap i t a l . T h e l a t e Mexican a m b a s s a d o r . S e n o r R o m e r o , w h o w a s Gen. G r a n t ' s l i f e long f r i e n d , g a v e Mrs . G r a n t t h e benef i t of h i s expe r i ence a n d d ip loma t i c k n o w l -e a g e In t h e r ev i s ion of t he book. T h e l a t e B i shop N e w m a n a l so a s s i s t ed Mrs. G r a n t in t he co l l ec t ion of t h e d a t a . T h e loss of t h e s e t w o f r i e n d s h a v e s o m e -w h a t s a d d e n e d t h e aged a u t h o r e s s , bu t s h e h a s dec ided , w i t h t h e a s s i s t a n c e of h e r d a u g h t e r , Mrs . NelHe G r a n t S a r -t o r i s , t o p lace t h e book on t h e m a r k e t

a b o u t t h e C h r i s t m a s s ea son .

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in God ' s s t r e n g t h he h a s r i sen up a n d d o n e i t . "Go, a n d do t h o u l i kewi se . "

A R E M A R K A B L E W O M A N .

| LI red Tbronrh Manr •Urrlnf Timea— Kenemberrd N»pole*n.

L a d y Mabe l la K n o x , who h a s j u s t

d ied a t B a t h , w a s a r e m a r k a b l e w o m -a n . S h e w a s t n e y o u n g e s t d a u g h t e r of t h e first E a r l of K i lmorey . a n d widow

of t h e H o n . H e n r y K n o x , w h o w a s a , . , son of Or l ando , first E a r l of R a u f u r l y .

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a p e r f o r m a n c e ^ ^ e U m ^ a p p ^ l s ^ o f p e r s o n .

a n d e v e n t s t h a t h a v e long s ince pa r sed i n t o t h e d o m a i n of h i s t o ry , a n d a s s h e

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school sys t em a two y e a r s ' course in t o c o n s i d e r w h a t l i fe beyond t h e r e a c h " ' i r a J J o n t h a n t o e i t h e r t h e S c r i p t u r e s d o m e s t i c sc ience f o r g i r l s , t o p rov ide ; of t h e m i s l ike. Many a s o j o u r n e r on o r j n . J p i r a t j o n ; more a b o u t open a n d

The Krw Tl.e .losy.

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s a t l o n was a t r e a t which those w h o h a d t h e p l e a s u r e of h e r a c q u a l n i ^ n c e will n e v e r f o r g e t She r e m e m b e i e d w II t h e r e jo i c ings wh ich took p lace in l>ord K i l m o r e y ' s P a r k , when s h e was abo it e i g h t y e a r s of age , to c e l e b r a t e t he j u -b i lee of George the Th i rd , a n d she v a s p r e s e n t a t i h e c o r o n a t i o n of George t h e F o u r t h . I -ady Mabel la K n o x rec-ol lected t h e R u s s i a n c a m p a i g n of N a -

T r i n i t y t h a n t o t h e P e r s o n s c o m p o s i n g i t ; m o r e lo t h e o r i e s of S c r i p t u r a l in-

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"Ho , you hegparn, w h y don ' t you ra i se it row nn ' g lvo us a chance o' nKht in ' a n d ' g lory , an" m a y b e p romo-t i o n ? "

Corpo ra l Mac l l ean shook his flsl s avage ly a t ' t h e colosnal h a r r i e r of m o u n t a i n p e a k s t h a t h a r r e d t h e ho r i -zon. r u m m a g e d a m o n g his pocke t s fo r h is t obacco a n d pipe, a n d s a t h imsel f down to s m o k e f u r i o u s l y a n d to t h i n k upon t h e I n c o m p a r a b l e beau ty of Miss J a n e t Sloanc,

Ind i rec t ly Miss S loanc was t ho cause of t he r e m a r k s w i t h w h i c h m y s to ry opens , r e m a r k s add re s sed n o t to

t h e m o u n t a i n s , b u t t o t he s w a r t h y , t u r b u l e n t t h r o a t - c u t t i n g crow who In-hab i t ed t h e m , f o r t h e r e was, fo r onco in a way . peacc upon t h e n o r t h -wes t e rn b o r d e r of Ind ia , a n d Corpo ra l

Macl lean was t h i r s t i n g fo r w a r a n d p romot ion—al l fo r t h e s a k e of t h e b r igh t eyes of Miss J a n e t Sloane, t h e d a u g h t e r nnd he i ress of Serg t . S loanc of t he Sapper s .

Miss S loane was c e r t a i n l y a very p r e t t y gir l .

So It h a p p e n e d t h a t m a n y g a l l a n t

s e r g e a n t s a n d p r i v a t e s w i t h o u t n u m -ber . a n d even a s e r g e a n t - m a j o r , w h o possesseu h o u s e p r o p e r t y a t homo In d i s t a n t Woo lwich , w e r e a l l s i g h i n g m o r e o r less f o r t h e love of J a n e t S loane .

B u t Miss S loane encou raged n o n e of t h e m , b u t smi l ed Impa r t i a l l y upon t h e m all . p r o t e s t i n g all t h e t i m e ^ h a t she c o u l d n ' t a - b e a r so ld ie rs .

And even t o t h e m o s t h a r d e n e d a n d ca l lous w a r r i o r a s m i l e f r o m J a n e t was an expe r i ence n o t eas i ly t o be fo rgo t t en .

Corpo ra l MacBean w a s n o t a r e c e n t v ic t im of J a n e t ' s w o n d e r f u l smi le . Over s ix m o n t h s h a d e lapsed s ince ho had first fa l len u n d e r t h e in f luence of t h a t f a t a l smi le , a n d . u n l i k e m o s t of h is f e l l ow-v ic t ims , h e h a d not recov-ered.

On t h i s p a r t i c u l a r a f t e r n o o n he could find n o r e f u g e In day d r e a m s , fo r t h a t very m o r n i n g he h a d seen J a n e t smi l e w i t h d i v i n e s w e e t n e s s up -on t h e s e r g e a n t - m a j o r , a n d the t h o u g h t of t h a t smi le , a n d of t h e l e g e n d a r y house p r o p e r t y a t Woo lwich , r a n k l e d In h i s bosom.

In t h i s I nven to ry h e w a s u n g r a t e f u l enough t o f o r g e t a v e r y I m p o r t a n t i tem In h is c l a i m s u p o n t h e a t t e n t i o n of J a n e t S loane .

" ' A l i o , B e a n o ! " cr ied a l i t t l e voice at h i s e lbow.

Corpo ra l M a c B e a n t u r n e d , a n d the c a r e w o r n p u c k e r s In h is b ronzed face s m o o t h e d o u t a s h i s gaze m e t two round b lue eyes fixed upon h im.

T h i s w a s t h e f o r g o t t e n I tem—Miss Vic to r ia Donelly, d a u g h t e r a n d solo he i r e s s of Cap t . Donel ly , t h e special c h a r g e of Miss S loane , a n d t h e da r l -ing of t h e w h o l e g a r r i s o n of F o r t Curzon .

Miss V ic to r i a w a s Jus t t h r e e and a half y e a r s old, a n d w a s a l r e a d y begin-n i n g t o deve lop t h e f acu l ty of observ-a t ion t o an a b n o r m a l e x t e n t . She k n e w e v e r y m a n In t he g a r r i s o n p re t t y well by n a m e — e v e n the Ghoorkas , whose n a m e s w e r e beyond all p r o n u n -c ia t ion .

S h e w a s very m u c h a t t a c h e d to " B e a n o , " a s she cal led Corpo ra l Mic-Bean, in a c c o r d a n c e wi th t h e t r a d i -t i o n s of t h e g a r r i s o n , a n d Beano s h a r e d in t h e p o p u l a r a ' n a t i o n ac-corded to t n l s f r a i l , m o t h e r l e s s baby.

B e a n o was a l w a y s good f o r a g a m e of ho r ses , a n d o n c e In h a r n e s s would t o s s h i s head a n d p a w the g r o u n d a n d c u r v e t m o r e n i m b l y t h a n a n y real polo pony . F u r t h e r m o r e , h e could d r e s s r a g dol ls b e t t e r t h a n a n y o t h e r m a n in t h e g a r r i s o n , t h e r e g i m e n t a l t a i l o r s n o t excep ted .

"Good a f t e r n o o n , m i s s i e , " replied Corpo ra l M a c B e a n in a n s w e r t o a long. I n q u i r i n g s t a r e .

" P r i v a t e D o o l a n got t h e t o o t h a c h e , " a n n o u n c e d C h u b b y so l emnly .

" H a s he, m i s s i e ? " repl ied t h e cor-po ra l .

" Y e t h , " l i sped Chubby , w i t h Impor t -ance . " I h e a r d t h e d o c t o r pul l It ou t In t h e ' c t h p l t a l j u t h now. P r i v a t e Doolan did ' o i l e r ! "

" D i d he, m i s s i e ? " inqu i r ed Corpora l MacBean a b s e n t l y .

H e w a s w o n d e r i n g w h e r e J a n e t S l o a n e could he, fo r h e r l i t t l e c h a r g e h a d e v i d e n t l y g i v e n h e r t h e s l ip dur -ing t h e i r a f t e r n o o n walk round t h e can tonmen tB .

"1 don ' t t h i n k P r i v a t e Dooin ' th a ve ry b r a v e m a n , " c o n t i n u e d Chubby , jud ic ia l ly .

" W h y no t , m i s s i e ? " a sked the cor-pora l .

" Y o u w o u l d n ' t ho l le r if you had a t o o t h ou t , I k n o w . N u r t h said you wou ldn ' t , b e c a u s e you a r e too b rave , " added C h u b b y e m p h a t i c a l l y .

" D i d she , t h o u g h ? "

C o r p o r a l MacBean s a t u p wi th sud-den In te res t .

" W h e n did s h e say t h a t , m l u l e ? " he added , h i s f ace g r o w i n g pa le u n d e r

t h e t an . " W h e n P r i v a t e Doolan sa id , "Yow.

yow, y o w ! ' And I a sked her If you would 'o i le r l ike l h a t . "

"Did she , t h o u g h , n o w ! " gald C o r -pora l M a c B e a n wi th a n i m a t i o n . " D ' y o u k n o w w h a t I a m go ing to make f o r you, m i s s i e ? "

" A w o c k l n ' - ' o r s e ? " Inquired Miss Vic to r ia a f f a b l y , a s sh*' squa t t ed d o w n c o m f o r t a b l y by h i s side.

" B e t t e r t h a n t h a t . A who le b loom-in ' N o a h ' s a r k , fu l l of l i ons a n ' t i g e r s a n ' c a m e l s a n ' c o w s a n ' Jackals . An" t h e n t he r e ' l l be S h e m , 'Am and J a -cob . in g r e e n h a t s a n ' ye l low b reeches "

" A n ' red c o a t h s ! " i n t e r p o s e d C h u b -by b r e a t h l e s s l y . "Of c o u r t b t h e y ' d h a v e red c o a t h s if t h e y were In t h e s e n i c e . T h e n t h e r e ' d be yahb i t h "

"Of c o u r s e t h e r e ' d be r abb i t s , mis -sie, w i t h l ong e a r s " '

" L i k e s o m e o t h e r d o n k e y s I k n o w o f — l e a d i n g t h a t chi ld a w a y when I 'm l o o k i n g fo r h e r e v e r y w h e r e , t h i n k i n g t h a t s o m e o ' t h o s e g u n - s t e a l i n g h e a t h -ens f r o m o v e r t h e b o r d e r had gone a n d

pot hold of her ! I t ' s a s h a m e d o" ye I a m , M l s t h e r Corpo ra l M a c l l e a n ! " In-t e r r u p t e d a c lea r voice f r o m t h e cres t ot t h e r a m p a r t .

II. Corpora l MacBean s p r a n g l o h i s feet

l ike a sho t . T h e n ho s a lu t ed a n d b lushed down to h i s heels, fo r t h e r e s tood MISH J a n e t S loane , In a l l t ho g lory of her w h l t o - s t r l n g e d b o n n e t , r e g a r d i n g h im w i t h a n o n e too f r i e n d -ly look in h e r fine eyes .

"I l.eg your p a r d o n . Miss S l o a n e , " said C o r p o r a l M a c l l e a n h u m b l y nnd ponde rous ly . "I was not a w a r e l h a t you w e r e In a n y a n x i e t y a b o u t Miss Vic tor ia , o r 1 would h a v e b r o u g h t h e r to you a t once. I w a s j u s t t e l l i n g miss ie t h a t I w a s g o i n g lo m a k e h e r a

N o a h ' s a r k . "A n ice N o a h ' s a r k you 'd m a k e ! "

repl ied Miss J a n e t w i t h s c o r n . " I w o n d e r you d o n ' t t r y a n d i m p r o v e your m i n d , i n s t ead of loa f ing a b o u t , r e a d i n g a lot of t r a s h y nove l s , a n d p u t t i n g Ideas I n t o t h a t c h i l d ' s h e a d ! "

T h e r a n k In ju s t i c e of t h i s c h a r g e reduced Corpo ra l MacBean t o t ho d u m b s i lence of u t t e r a s t o n i s h m e n t .

" Y o u a re u n k i n d , n u r t h . " p iped C h u h b y ' s l i t t l e voice . " A n ' you to ld m e t h a t C o r p o r a l M a c B e a n w a s so b r a v e an" good on ly j u s t n o w w h o n

P r i v a t e Doolan ho l l e r ed . " " H o l d y o u r t o n g u e , miss , a n d come

a l o n g o ' m e a t o n c e ! " c r i e d Miss S loane , b l u s h i n g f u r i o u s l y a n d se iz ing C h u h b y ' s a r m s . " D o n ' t I keep t e l l i n g you t h a t n o good'II come of y o u a l w a y s t a l k i n g to a pa r ce l o' n a s t y c o m m o n so ld ie r s , l e a r n i n g t h e i r b a d m a n n e r s a n d t h e i r i m p i d e n c e ? I w i s h you a ve ry good a f t e r n o o n , C o r p o r a l Mac-B e a n , " s h e added . " A n d I ' l l t r o u b l e y o u n o t to go a s k i n g s n e a k i n g ques-t i o n s of a poor l i t t l e i n n o c e n t chi ld a b o u t peop le w h o don ' t w a n t to h a v e a n y t h i n g to do wi th t h e l i ke s of you! A c o r p o r a l . I n d e e d ! "

J a n e t s n o r t e d I n d i g n a n t l y as sho d i s a p p e a r e d d o w n t h e o t h e r s lope of t he r a m p a r t . A n d C o r p o r a l MacBean s a t d o w n a g a i n In despa i r , f o r he did not u n d e r s t a n d women . One t h i n g , he dec ided , he m u s t d i s t i n g u i s h himself Et on t h a t he m i g h t h a v e a n o p p o r t u u -Uy of a s k i n g Miss S loane t o s h a r e h is lot a s a s e r g e a n t .

T h e o p p o r t u n i t y c a m e a few n l g h t a a f t e r w a r d . A ha l f h o u r o r so be fo re o a w n t h r e e s h o t ? r a n g ou t . T h e n a s e n t r y was f o u n d ly ing cur led u p on t h e g r o u n d , w i t h a long A f g h a n k n i f e t h r o u g h h i s s h o u l d e r .

" M o r e r i f les s t o l e n ! " sugges ted t h o s e w h o c a m e r u n n i n g up. T h e ga r -

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r l s o n of F o r t Curzon w e r e well accus-t o m e d t o n i g h t v i s i t s f r o m t h e well-g r ea sed a n d s l i ppe ry r if le t h i e v e s f r o m t h e hi l ls .

B u t t h e word soon passed t h a t s o m e t h i n g more p r ec ious t h a n rifles h a d gone t h i s t ime .

C h u b b y w a s mis s ing .

T h e n it w a s r e m e m b e r e d how ven-geance deep a n d d i re h a d been sworn a g a i n s t Cap t . D o n n e l l y v l n t h a t he h a d p rocured e x p a t r i a t i o n t b t h e A n d a m a n Inlands fo r t h e las t p a i r of r i f le th ieves w h o had been c a p t u r e d w i t h i n t h e con-fines of F o r t Curzon .

T h e bug les b la red o u t t h e "boo t a n d s a d d l e . " Corpo ra l M a c B e a n hea rd a s c r e a m f r o m J a n e t t h a t cu t t h r o u g h h i s h e a r t l ike a kn i f e . A red ml.it s h u t a c r o s s h is eyes, a n d he rode l ike a m a d m a n t o w a r d t h e m o u n t a i n s a h e a d , los ing all s e n s e of t i m e In t h e hea t of t h e wildly g a l l o p i n g hoofs. T h e best ho r se in t h e ga r r i son w a s his .

T h e d a w n b r o k e In a s w i m m i n g mis t of b lue -g ray . T h e n t h e d i s t a n t m o u n -t a in t o p s g r e w p ink , a n d Capt . Mac-l lean rode on wi th h i s eyes fixed on a cloud of d u s t a m i l e a h e a d .

T h e r e w e r e fou r of t h e m . One. two th ree , f ou r , he c o u n t e d . T h e n he re-m e m b e r e d tha t he w a s u n a r m e d .

A rocky defile o p e n e d a r o u n d h i m a s he d r e w s tead i ly u p t o t h e g r o u p of h o r s e m e n t h a t ga l loped wi ldly a h e a d of h im. One of t h e m t u r n e d In h is saddle , a n d a sho t c a m e w h i s t l i n g hack. T h e n they a l l d r e w rein, a n d a c-orporal 's h e a r t bea t th ick a n d f a s t as he s a w a w h i t e p a t c h d r o p f rom the sadd le Low of t he leader .

I t was C h u b b y , u n h a r m e d ; fo r she ran a l i t t l e way , t h e n paused , and pe rched hersel f on a sma l l bowlder .

T h e h o r s e b e n e a t h h im t h u n d e r e d on. H e saw t h e h o r s e m e n d r a w to-ge the r , wh i l e f o u r r i f les were leveled at h i s b reas t . A s p u r t of f lame, a s h a r p w h i s t l i n g a b o u t h i s ears , a n d he was upon t h e m . One ho r se rol led over b e f o r e h is a s he c r a s h e d In to t h e group a n d fe l t h i s ouLstretched h a n d g r ip t h e beard a n d t h e j a w of t h e m a n he h a d m a r k e d . T h e r e w a s a s h a r p j e rk . H i s knees t i g h t e n e d on t h e s a d -dle w i th a g r ip t h a t tw i s t ed the m u s -cles of h i s t h i g h s t o w r i t h i n g k n o t s of r e d h o t Iron. H e hoa rd a c r a s h b e h i n d h im, a n d s a w t h a t h i s r i g h t fist g r i pped a h a n d f u l of d a r k h a i r . He ro lgned his h o r s e upon h i s h a u n c h e s a n d t u r n e d a g a i n . T w o men lay on t h e g r o u n d ve ry s t i l l , a n d a smal l voice

cried f r o m a n e i g h b o r i n g bowlder : " G o if., l l e a r . o ! "

T h a i i l he r t w o m e n h a d d i s m o u n t e d nnd w e r e c rouch ing beh ind a bowlde r , which qu i ck ly s e n t fo r th t w o j e t s of flame, s e e m i n g l y e m p t y i n g M a c B o a n ' s saddle . H e had fa l l en on the body of one of t h e m e n w h o lay so s t i l l , a n d ills e n e m i e s a r o s e a s t hey s a w h i s body tw i t ch . C o r p o r a l MacBean w a s s i m u l a t i n g tho las t agon ie s of d e a t h as h e s l ipped one of t ho sca t t e red c a r -t r idges In to t h e b reech of h is f a l l e n foe 's rifle. T w o k n i v e s sn icked o u t of t h e i r s h e a t h s a s h i s a d v e r s a r i e s r a n toward h i m . T h e n t h e corpora l , c u d -d l ing h i s riflo b e t w e e n his knees , Bls-ley f a s h i o n , s i gh t ed nnd fired. T h * ri8..v-iinnd m a n topp led a n d fell, w h i l e t h e o t h e r doub led a n d r a n j u s t 300 y a r d s b e f o r e t h e p u r s u i n g bu l l e t t o o k h i m b e t w e e n tho s h o u l d e r b lades , so t h a t h i s sou l w e n t o u t In one g roa t cough .

T h e n ho r a n a n d picked u p t h e l i t t l e w h i t e figure t h a t danced exc i ted ly on t h e bowlde r , s t r a i n i n g h e r t o h i s b road c h e s t In a p a r o x y s m of re l i e f .

" I w a s f w l g h t e n e d a l i t t l e b i t u n t i l I s a w you c o m i n g , " a d m i t t e d C h u b b y ,

" b u t I d i d n ' t 'o i ler . W h a t m a k e s you s h a k e so. B e a n o ? Are you cold, t o o ? "

" I t i s a bit ch i l ly , miss ie . I s n ' t I t ? " s a id t h o co rpo ra l , a s he w r a p p e d h e r

In h i s J acke t a n d ca r r i ed h e r t o h is ho r se .

" W h a t ' s t h e m a t t e r w i th those n a u g h t y m e n ? " added C h u b b y .

" T h e y ' v e g o n e t o s leep ." "Yes , mis s i e ; t h e y ' r e ve ry t i r e d

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T h e r e a r e n o r e s e r v e d h o a t s i n h e a v e n fo r r i c h people .

Try (Jniln-o ! Try (irnln-ol

Ask y o u r g r o c e r to. lny l > s h o w y o u a p a d c a g e of ' JUAIN'-O, t h e n e w f o o d ] d r i n k t u a l t a k e s t h e p U'-c of coffee . T h e c h i l d r e n m a y d r i n k it w i t h o u t in- ] j u r y a s wel l as t i i - ad i i i t . All w h o t r y i t , l ike it. G U A I N () I n s t h a t r i c h sea l b r o w n of Mocha o r J a v a , b u t i t is m a d e f ru in p u r e g r a i n s , a n d t h e m o s t d e l i c a t e s t o m a c h rece ives il w i t h o u t d i s t r ess , j O n e - f o u r t h t he p r i c e of cof fee . 15c. a n d 2 p e r p a c k a g e . Sold b y a l l g roce r s .

T H E B O E R A S A F I S H E R M A N .

He Will Sit for Hours AnKlmi; and

Kmoklnir. T h e Boor Is n o m e a n f i s h e r m a n .

Given a p ipe a n d a supp ly of h i s f a v o r -

ite weed , he wi l l s i t f o r h o u r s a n g l i n g , s a y s t h e L o n d o n Mail . Very fine so r t , i noeed , m a y be h a d In a n y of t h e s t r e a m s n o r t h of t h o Orange r i v e r . T h e on ly t a c k l e r equ i r ed c o n s i s t s of t h e u s u a l coa r so f i shhooks a n d a s t r o n g rod. On t h e a u t h o r i t y of Mr. R o l a n d T r i m e n , F . L. S., a n d c u r a t o r of t he C a p e T o w n m u s e u m . It m a y be s t a t e d

t h a t n o less t h a n f o u r t e e n d i f f e r e n t f r e s h w a t e r fish, v a r y i n g f r o m a b a r -ber of s even ty p o u n d s to t h e cu lpe r , o r b u r r o w i n g pe r ch , of less t h a n a q u a r -t e r of a pound we igh t , e x i s t i n t he T r a n s v a a l s t r e a m s , t h e l a t t e r b e i n g the on ly f r e s h w a t e r flnh of t h o c o u n t r y k n o w n to t a k e a fly. T h e m o s t com-m o n spec imens , howeve r , a r o t h e t w e n -t y - p o u n d ye l low ta l l a n d a t h i r t y - f i v e p o u n d n o n d e s c r i p t s o r t of fish which m e r e l y r e q u i r e h o o k i n g a n d h a u l i n g o u t w i t h a n o r d i n a r y cod l ine . F r o m t h e O r a n g e r i v e r s o u t h w a r d t h e f r e s h w a t e r fishing Is ve ry poor, b u t f a r t h e r n o r t h t h e r i v e r s a n d viols a r e g e n e r a l -ly well s t o c k e d . E v e n l akes wh ich a r e on ly filled w i t h wat i j r d u r i n g t h e r a i n y s e a s o n a r e o f t e n s tocked w i t h fish, wh ich p r e s e r v e l ife, w h e n t h e bo t tom Is d ry , by b u r r o w i n g deeply in tho ooze be fo re i t h a r d e n s , a n d coming f o r t h a g a i n f r o m t h e i r m u d d y r e t r e a t s w h e n t h e flood r e t u r n s .

A C T S GENTLY ON THE

KIDNEYS, LIVER AND BOWELS

C L E A N S E S T H E 5 V 5 T E M

OVERCOMES I r f Q ^ ' I ? ? * .

, U A t PERMANENTLY

CouKliIni: Lead! lo Con*umptlon. K e m p ' s B a l s a m wi l l s top t h e c o u g h

a t once. l io t o y o u r d r u g g i s t t o d a y a n d g e t a s a m p l e l>ottle f r e e . Sold in 25 a n d 50 c e n t b o t t l e s . Go a t once ; de-l ays a r e d a n g e r o u s .

No man knows the rinht way so well as the one who has oncc been misled.

Mr*. Wlnnlow'i Sootbinir Syrup. ForchliilrfQ leetbioK, iofifni the uum*, reduce* In* IlammatUn.tlliyipain.curea wlndcollc. Ucabottie.

Some men's idea of practicing economy is to preach it daily to their wlvc*

When CtiniiKioK Water or Diet 1'ie I.lKbtnlnK Hot KP-I" m j urutil llmeii; 2Sc.

All drunclil«. Ilcrl) MeJl Iuc Cu., S|>rlagacld, O.

A fat woman never looks as fat In a phaeton as in a hiub top bma-y.

l inker 's llreHkfHst Cocoa Udeli. Ir,;:.. I'M :>iaii rnierent » "-'ip M»de onijr ti> Waller llaku * fo. Ltd.. IMivliwler, MAM

St. Paul said that all men arc liars lie was probably an assessor.

Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved m*-' laree doctor bills, c I,, linker, LJ-JS Ke^ent Sj., Philadelphia, Pa . Dec. h. IMM

ICIAL FL Buy THE G t N v t N t - M AN'r 0 6 y

(AUIvRNIA ffO f YRVP(S RO# s«u BY an i r u SOI n» tctnL

DO NOT S k n u U3 A N Y M O N E Y . * FGLSKNT I OR TOI-.

LOOK! FREE!

SOLID C O L D RING

After a man reaches .Yi he should stop dream-ing and eo to work.

Brohn's Teething Cordial is thc babies best friend, so say the mothers

No. 362, 2 Rubies «nd 2 Pearls. Till* U-autiiul IflDK will adurn your hand witboul

any ro»i lo you. Iion't »end u» any muney. Jo«t youf name and udrrM. We will lend you I'ottpald 13 of our l.arnr. Ilandwme L)oli:e». dlfffrrnt JeMKn'- Belli I hem lo yiur Family and Krlrndt at iuc. each, tend u^ ibe I -O and we will aend you by return mall th# beautiful liinir.

Wc "Her 1 urr, ster Im: Silver nrnccleta. Solid Gold Plated Bracelet*. Solid Oold KlnBi.Noiber»».le Silver Bracelet*. M Pen and Pearl Handle. foracllloBour lland'omc bollle*. HRITK IT UK TO IUT. TOI B SI II CSS IS CIITLI!r.

F. A. REED & CO.. Jewelry Deot. TIT HI DM)* STlirr, •« f TORI.

W. N . U. — D E T R O I T — N O . 1 — 1 9 0 0 .

There is no fun n grumbling when nobody W**0 Answering Ad\crtIsetr.entS Kindly pays any attention. Mention This f apc r .

For Infants and Children.

Illntloo Idol Fallllled tlla I-egeti I. Myst i c s wil l be In te res ted In t h e d is-

c o v e r y t h a t Mme. C a r n o t , t h e widow of t h e a s s a s s i n a t e d p r e s i d e n t of F r a n c e , i n h e r wil l , h a s l e f t a r e q u e s t to h e r c h i l d r e n to r id t h e m s e l v e s of a c e r t a i n H i n d o o Idol wh ich was In h e r posses-s i o n . T h i s ido l—a l i t t l e o n e , of s t o n e cu r ious ly ca rved , a s a r e m o s t of t hese o b j e c t s — w a s p r e s e n t e d : o C a r n o t by a l e a r n e d f r ic : id on h i s r e t u r n f r o m I n -d ia . C a r n o t t h e n w a s m e r e l y m i n i s t e r of finance, a n d did n o t e x p e c t t o a t t a i n t h e p r e s i d e n c y . T h e f r i e n d w a r n e d C a r n o t t h a t t h e legend c o n n e c t e d wi th t h e luol w a s t n a t it a s s u r e d s u p r e m e p o w e r t o i t s o w n e r a n d a l s o t h a t t h e o w n e r would d i e a v io len t d e a t h by t h e k n i f e . I t h a d be longed to t h e d y n a s t y of t h e k i n g s of K h a d j u r a o . a n d the l a s t r a j a h , h a v i n g a r r i v e d a t p o w e r by i t s m e a n s , a n d f e a r i n g t h e d a g g e r , s o u g h t t o c o n j u r e d e a t h by g i v i n g i t away . I n -t e r e s t e d by t h i s s t o r y , M m e . C a r n o t a c -cep ted t h e l i t t l e f e t i ch w i t h p leasure . M. C a r n o t a t t a i n e d t h e p re s idency , a n d Mme. C a r n o t w r o t e a t t h e t i m e to t h c f r i e n d In I n d i a t h a t it w a s 'all due t o t h e f e t i c h . " C a r n o t d ied by t h e kn i f e .

Rrbonlliny Kxtuyv.

A m o n g a n u m b e r of a m u s i n g school -boys ' e s s a y s c o n t r i b u t e d to C a s -se l ' s S a t u r d a y J o u r n a l is tho fo l -lowing by a y o u t h f u l e s s a y i s t , a g e d 10: " K r u g e r a n d K a n n e r b u l l s m Is one. H e Is a m a n of b ind. Mr. C h a m b e r l l n g h a s w r o t e to h i m s a y i n c o m e o u t a n d flte o r e l se give u p t h e b ind of t h e E n g l i s h y o u h a v e t o o k , he is a b o a r d u t c h m a n a n d a wick ld h e e t h l n , lord K i t c h e n e r h a s been s e n t fo r h i s g o a r y bind a n d to b r i n g

back h i s s c a n d e r l u s h e a d ded or a l i ve . " By a n o t h e r j uven i l e w r i t e r T e n n y s o n Is t h u s s u m m a r i z e d : " T e n y s o n w r o t e bu t i fu l l p o l m s wi th l ong ha i r a n d s tud id so m u c h t h a t h e sed m o t h e r will you call m e a i r l y dear , h i s mos t g r e a t e s t po im Is cal led t h e idoll K i n g , he w a s m a d e a lord but h e w a s a good m a n and w r o t e m a n y h e a d s , he luved o u r queen so m u c h t h a t h e m a d e a p o i m to her ca l ld

t h e f a i ry Q u e e n . "

A Kligbt Ml*take. Acto r ( j u s t a r o u s e d f r o m his s t u p o r ,

whi le be ing hau led t o t h e police s t a -

t ion In a w h e e l b a r r o w ) — W h a t ! H a v e m y a d m i r e r s a g a i n u n h i t c h e d my h o r s e s . — M e g g e n d o r f e r B lae t t e r .

S o i n f e r e n c e .

P a r s o n F e a t h e r l l e w — Y o ' doan ' need t o be f e a r ' d oh me, f o w l ; I ' s er m l n l s -

t a h ob de gospel . Musica l roos te r—AH

coons look a l i ke to me .—Judge .

A v o i d a b l e P rcpa ra l ion fo r A s -

s i m i l a l i n g Uic Food a n d R e g u l a -ling ihc Siomachs a n d Dowe l s ol"

I N F A N T S / ( HILDKKN

Promolcs Digcslion.CheerfuJ-ness and Rest.Contains neither Opium.Morphine nor Mineral. > O T H A R C O T I C .

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Aperfccl Remedy f o r C o n s l i p a -Tion, Sour S tomach ,D i a r rhoea Worms Convulsions ,Fcvensh-ncss and L o s s OF S L E E P .

FacSiirote Signature of

N E W Y D I i K .

The Kind You Have Always Bought

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EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER.

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Use For Over

Thirty Yeers

m m THC CiriTAUN COMFANV, IIIW TORR CITY.

SPECIAL COUCH SALE Hcnutllul Rococo Couch, loni; un<l wide, with

hiirhly tempen 'i s t t - i Bprlngt, soft and lux-urious. upiioMi-n-ti m buudhomc velours, any t-liode desired, usually retails at 112.00, only.

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F D F I f . H T D A I D Wliencash ai-ccmpanleK onler we will ship •aboveCouch.freliht I K L I V J l I I K M I L r . to uny polnl In Michigan. OurBWJds ure strictly h i fh

tinule and are fully B'liirantced. SAHPLES FRRE. Name 1 be ^hade desired and wo will seiid you free samples of ix-st enverlnir. Agent* Wanted.

G. R, WHOLESALE FURNITURE CO. , Grand Rapids, Mich.

15 c e n t s A l l d r u g g i s t s .

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W E C O M M E N C E O V U FIFTH ANNUAL DRESS GOODS SALE

SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1900,

And continue the S laughter through the week followinsf. Wc arc not going t o let the cost to us of any of our D R E S S G O O D S cut any figure in the price at which we shal l sel l them. W e have but a very f ew old pieces of any kind of Dress Goods in our store—most everything being N e w , Up-to-Date Stuff , bought for this season's trade at much lower prices than they could be replaced for.

Big Selling Means Big Values. If our prices for D R E S S G O O D S were not lower than elsewhere, our sa les would not be so large. If you think this over you will see the force of it and wil l feel inclined

to come here for your dresses whether you have purchased here before or not. Once a customer a l w a y s a customer, for it is values such as w e are offering' that hold our friends and constant ly increase their ranks. See a f e w of the prices, all are correspondingly low:

P e h b l e d C h e v i o t in B l u e and B l a c k

T h e 1 25 k ind f o r 88c T h c 1 <i0 k i n d f o r < 3 l > o T h i n e a r c Ihe

l a t e s t a n d m o s t d e s i r a b l e iroodn w o r n .

ve ry A. W. WEEKES. O n e lo t of A l l W o o l N o v e l t i e s

T h e 2 5 c k i n d f o r .

20 P i c c e s of 15c P l a i d s f o r

17c 8c

A u d o v e r 200 p ieces of

j u s t as c h e a p .

o t h e r dcHirahlc t h i n g s

Lowell State

Bank J Organized under the general Ranh-

inc La*" of this State. CAPITAL • $ 2 8 , 0 0 0 0 0 .

; ORNOEBS: J FBANCIB KINO, PreBidenl. J CHAH. MCCABTI, Vice-President. ) M. 0 . GBIBWOU), Cashier.

( DIBECTOBP: Francis King M. C. Griswold E I* Bennett Frank T. King Goo. H. Force

Charles McCarty Geo. W. Parker C. Bergin

: A Cicttcral B a n k l f i a B u s l f l e s s •: T r a n s a c t e d . i

\ HOME N E W S J 1 \

G. W . P a r k e r is on the sick list.

N e w milch cow for sale. W m . C h e e l h a m . 2w

Good wood healer fo r sale. I n -quire a l this office.

V' Dress goods sale, one week and one day a t A W . Weekes . '

Mies R h o d a Mills r e t u r n e d lo Grand Rap ids M o n d a y .

M r . Al len of L y o n s called on G . W . P a r k e r last week.

Chas . Blakeslee and wife visited a l Carson Ci ty last week.

.T. Denton and wife of Coral a re visit ing his sister, M r s . Mi lo H a r t .

C. A. Barrows of Cascade made this otlice a pleasant call yes t e rday .

Mar ion Hill goes back to he r s t u d -ies a t Monroe today lo remain till J u n e .

C. F . S l rowbr idge of G r a u d Rapida made G . W . P a r k e r a sho r t visit last week.

Miss Beru ice Eckor en te r t a ined a company of he r y o u n g f r iends laet. evening.

Miss I l a l l i e Fox spent the ho l ida j ' s with her f r i end , Miss A u d i e Condon of S m y r n a .

D a n Blakeslee and ivife of Carson C i ty havfi been visi t ing relat ives in this v i l lage .

T h e Gleaner lodge had a pedro pa r ty a t the home of M r . and Mrs. E d . Condon iu S m y r n a , Dec. 30.

M r s . Geo . P a r k e r en te r t a ined al d inne r S u n d a y . A m o n g the guesls was Mrs . G , W . Schneider ol A l b i o n .

Mrs . F . H . Bacon of Sunf ie ld has

r e t u r n e d to he r home af te r spending a w e e k with her sister, Mid . J . D . H a r v e y .

T h e inslal lat ion of the otticors of Ihe W . R . C . will lake place a t tho uex t regular meet ing , W e d n e s d a y , J a n . 10,

*at 3 , p . in.

Vis i tors a t J . R . Whi t e ' s New Y e a r s day were Messrs. and M e s -d a m e s 0 . Fo rd , T . Mue l l e r , B . Morse and J . Frost .

Mrs . Orton Hi l l and d a u g h t e r Mar-ion s p e n t Tuesday in G r a n d R a p i d s

visilintr Mr . Hi l l ' s niece, M r s . Cau-kins, on Koulh Union s t ree t .

Miss Mary G u l l i f o r d of G r a n d

R a p i d s was the truest d u r i n g the hol-idays of her pa ren t s , Mr . and Mrs. . l ames Gul l i ford and of her sister, Mrs. A n n a Mors®.

Ofl icers for E d d y T e n t N o . 398, K . 0 . T . M. , for the y e a r IflOO: Com., .1. I ) . Crawford ; L . C. , C . A . P e r r y ; R . K . , M. L a n g w o r t h y ; F . K . , E . Ba i l ey ; Chap. , G . Kl ine; P h y . , R . R . E a t o n , Serg., C b a s . B u c k l e y ; M. a t A., Chas . F o r c e ; 1 M. of G. , Dell K e n y o n ; 2 M. of G. , W . K e n y o n ; Ken., A . F . J a y ; P . , Zeno Pos t .

Mi.-s May Brower has r e t u r n e d lo G r a n d Rap ids a l tar s p e n d i n g the hol-idays with her pa ren t s .

Mrs . D . A twa te r en te r t a ined Miss E m m a Cole, botanist , of t he G r a n d Rap ids schools, last week .

Miss I n a Bau ld ry a n d M r . Cha? . Mapes of P o n t i a c spen t Ihe hol idays with M r . and Mrs. Del l H a r r i s .

J o h n Blakeslee and w i f e of Carson C i t y a t tended the wedd i ng of Iheir nicce C a r r i e lasl T h u r s d a y evening.

M r . a n d Mrs. Chas . F ranc i sco have gone to Be ld ing for a few months to s tay with the i r d a u g h t e r , Mrs . K r u m .

M r . and Mrs. A . C . Stone a n d ch i ld ren spen t New Y e a r s day with tlie fami ly of Henry S tone in G r a n d R a p i d s . T h e girls r ema ined two or days wi th their cousins.

On F r i d a y e v e n i n g the y o u n g girls ' c l u b was en ter ta ined by L o l t a K u l u n , in honor of Marion Hill a n d on S a t -u r d a y evening Miss Mar ion enter-ta ined them a t her home.

M r s . G . W . Schneider of Albion r e t u r n e d lo her home N e w Year s day a f t e r a two weeks visit wi th her p a r -ents , Mr. and Mrs. L . J . Robinson and o ther Lowell r e l a t i ve s .

H a r r y 11. H u n t e r of M t . P leasan t s p e n t several days of the last two weeks with old Lowell f r iends . H e looks as if Mt . P l easan t were a hea l th fu l and prosperous t o w n .

M r . and Mrs. Geo. G u l l i f o r d s n d l i t t le daugh t e r F lo rence r e tu rned to their home a t M a n c e l o n a , M o n d a y , a f t e r visit ing his pa ren t s , Mr . a n d M r s . J a m e s Gul l i ford a n d o ther r e l a -

t ives. ^

Sewing machines in f a n c y woods

a t S tock ing ' s .

H o m e made and sa l t r is ing bread a t t h e Ci ty Bakery .

O r d e r your cu t flowers for all o c -casions of C. G u y P e r r y .

A good E lg in watch t o e x c h a n g e for good wood. U . B . Wi l l i ams .

I t ' s like picking up d o l l a r s to buy y o u r watch a t our pr ices.

H . A . S h e r m a n .

T h e thing of nex t impor t a nee to y o u r deed is your insurance p o l -icy. B e sure t h a t it comes f r o m the C . G u y P e r r y agency .

P e o p l e who w a n t to s ecu re a lot of f irst class reading m a t t e r for very Ut i le money should not fail to look

over o u r c lubbing ofler on magazines in ou r last issue. T h e y a re Ihe b ig-gest values we know of in the m a g a -zine line. See the t h r e e m o n t h s t r ia l of fer in this issue.

Co our friends...

I t is with pleas-ire that we extend to you New Yeara Greeting, and for j ou r kind favors of the past year, please accept our henrlMl i^ratitnde.

Hoping you will aec fit lo extena us your further pat-ronage, we assnre yen there will be no lack of etturl on onr pari to 'erve yon well.

Wishing you a H i p p r and prosperous New Year, we are yoors for mutual prosperity,

AIIKUrH (fUHtN.

A friend in Pennsylvania wants t o know if the Angora goat can endure a cold climate, that is f rom ten to twenty degreeb below zero? 2. Are they pro-llflc? 3. Is their coat a long, coarse hair , or Is II fine? 4. About what size a re they? 5. is their flesh edible for m a n ? 6 Arc they docile or do they get cross? 7. Would their pel ts make good robes? 1 Von, I ihlnk they can stand twenty degrees below zero very well. If kept In a barn where It Is dry. 2. Vee. :i. Ixmg and fine. 4 About the size of common sheep. 5. Ves, very fine. G. They are somewhat of a wild na ture , but if treated k indly they get very gentle. 7. Ves. very fine. The de-mand for goats IR very great here In* Missouri. The people a rc flnding out that they can kill sprout« much cheap-er with Angora goats t h a n they ran with thc grub hoc. and much easier. It will pay every man l ha t has sp rou t s to kill out io purchase about ten or fif-teen Angora goals, or as many more a s he can buy or handle, and fix a good shel ter for them to go Into lu bad weather , and by taking goud care of them, you will soon have «ome to sell t o some other man tha t wauls to make money faster and k " ! out sprouts and nt the same time you wl^j soon Ret your money back tl iat you first paid out . and sllll have a fine Uock left.— George Dressendofer. Maeeflonla. Mo.

C f l l a t B e b l ' s c i t y b a k e r y f o r b a k -

ed goods and luuches .

T>on'i frf>t Cow* flet Tired.

Remember tha t If a cow is compelled to travel back and forth over a th i r ty -acre field from morning t i l l n ight in order to hunt a ration for herself she will not give you big pay In the pail. If she has to use the energy to eecure a living that she should have expended In e laborat ing milk, she cannot be profitable. To do her best, t be cow should be enabled lo fill up well in a few hours and rest the balance of tbe time, as it is dur ing the res t spells tha t she Is gr inding out your profit. There Is some profit in summer dairying, but we must give very careful a t tent ion to all the details. If wc would realize i t — L. W. Lightly, In National Stockman.

Cotfklng Feiwl.

Without doubt for those who a re io position lo do so. It is a good plan lo cook the larger par t , if not all the feed given to the bogs The idea in feed-ing is to get all out of a given amount of grain that Is possible, and I do not believe that there Is a more practical or tsurer way of doing th i s than by cooking. I have in mind a farmer who has Just disposed of a large number of hogs at three dollars per cwt., and has gone and stocked up again with bogs that hf has purchased expressly lo fa t -ten. He says that he is confident that he can feed them to a marke tab le con-dition and then sell at a fair gain even at three cents per pound. He buys all of his grain and cooks it. 1 under-stand tha t he expects to feed burnt corn to this drove, which he purehaaoa at a discount, and has it shipped to him. The suceess of the cooked grain is evidenced by the number of cookers thiit are being purchased in this vicin-ity by practical farmers who have the dollars and cents of the investment well in mind

How to Plgl it Yel low Dock.

Please inform me th rough the P F of the best method of dentroying what if- known as yellow dock in meadow and tillage land?

On land that can be cult ivated follow a short rotat ion and never let any dorks go lo seed. II is not much work to do this only that the work must be thorough every time, so no seeds will get back to the land W e go over the clovcr when about a th i rd grown and cut off all dorks at t he ground They will not go to seed then before tbe clover is cut. Of course, when you plow the clove.r you can easily keep any docks f rom growing up in coro or potatops Some years we have quite » few, but not one now where there used to be 100 Wc have got the upper hand of them pretty well. Seeds eeem to remain in tbe ground a long ttmf and then grow under favorable condi-t ions in permanent g rass I know of no better plan than to keep the docks cut ofl. so they will not go to teed.

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EDQAR ALLEN POE.

The Truth About His Death Told Hy • Friend.

The recent dedication of a bust of thf poet, Edga r Allan Poe, at tbe University of Virginia, has revived a widespread interest in thc life s tory of that wonderful l i terary genius.

Dr. R. D'Unger, of Chicago, who lakes exception lo the etory of Poe's-death as il has been' told dur ing re-cent years in papers and magazines, to the cffect t ha t he was drugged to dca 'b by political " rounders ." says :

•'This very remarkab^s story re la t ing lo the death of Edgar Allan Poe, wbtcn Is now going the rounds of tTie press , would be still more remarkable did it contain a s ingle word o t t ru th . 1 am personally acquainted with ail t he facts as to the demise of the poet, ana will give them lo you in a brief way.

"The s tory as to bis being 'cooped by ward heelers, ' drugged and im-prisoned in a room in the rear of tbe lire engine bouse on Calvert a f r ee t ( the old Mechanical Volunteer Fi re Company had their engine house there) is preposterous, for thc reason tha t t h e i r wag no rear room in i b n house, the engine s tanding aga ins t the, rear wall. Poe never had any th ing to do with politics, never mixed with politicians, and. besides, was no l a voter in Balt imore at tha t or any oth-er time, being a non-resident .

"He was nol a 'bum* ei ther , and it was only men undeniably ot th i s s tamp who were 'cooped.'

"Toe was a morose, melancholy sor t of fellow, bis great weaknese being an inclination to drink with any and every body t ha t invited bim, but 1 do not (believe lha t he ever called the 'boys' up t o the bar even when he had money, which was seldom.

" H e had an abundance of old Vir-glnia pride, and would brace up a f te r several d r inks and be ail ' f u s s and f ea the r s / and then It was that be could and would talk eloquently. Peri-odical spreeing waa bis greatest weak-ness. and the sober Intervals were reg-ulated a« t o length by tbe s t a t e of his pocket book—never full, to my recol-lection. but now and then with a five-dollar bill in It.

"The winning of tbe |100 prize for the 'Gold Bug" story made a tool of him. He could never s tand prosperi ty. After ge t t ing this money he went on Mverni smal l sprees, but finally on a 'great* one. as he termed it . After be-ing intoxicated for a week he would suffer frohi inflammation of the stom-ach, and it was this complaint t ha t carried him oft, and not a poisonoun drug.

"The day a f te r h is death, or perhapa two days, t he story was told in Ihe old Bal t imore Pa t r io t office, then lo-cated on North atreet . above Bal t i -more, t ha t Poe had been or was to be burled in Pol lers ' field. Tbe pr inters , although Poe. on account o t hia arro-gance, was not much o t a favor i te with most of them, did not relish the idea o t a g rave in Pot ters ' field. A sub-scription was started, headed, i t my memory nerves me correctly, by Thom-a s Snicer; however, the man who star ted the list was the foreman of the Balt imore American composing room.

"I myself was on the list for a few dollars.

"With the money thus raised Poe's remaina were interred in the cburch-yjard al tbe corner of Faye t te and Greene streets . Poe did not seem to have any money, and, for all we knew and saw of them, any friends, outs ide of the Journeymen pi inters, whom he ever considered his Inferiors, even when dr inking the whisksy tfieir money had paid foi ."

There will always be such a grcatl degree of interest in 'he life and fate of Poe t i n t falsehood cannot greatly hurt his fame,

Cracked Wheat Tor Vonna Cli lrhi .

Pome crachod wheat should be given to chicks even b'-forc they are a week old. says an picchange. Il is the best exercise their d 'g-*t lvc org n^ c»n have. Whole who-t will l eoa tpn when the chicks arc ten days or two we^ki o'd and should a lways form a pari o! their r . i t ior it is e:p?clally valuable lo nr lce them fo titer quickly, by giv Irg "be trrain contr inlng Just t he klnf< of matei ia i n c c r ^ m y for fe-ilhe'r pro durtion Wbrre w l e u 1- la i ro ' " grown. H e fowib f.nd enoueh scat e-? g ' a l n s ahoiM Ih: 1 a ns or stack . lhat yourg ehicl:- b tched In mtd u mer will become fu ' l fe - tbered befo' winter, nnd make ear'.y spring la je:- .

C O U N C I L P R O C E E D I N G S .

R e g u l a r meelina; of the Lowell Vil-lage Counci l held io the counci l rooms on Tuesday evening , J a n . 2.

Meet ing called lo o rde r by P r e s i -den t W e e k e s .

Presen t , P res iden t W e e k e s , T r u s -lees Berg in , Lee, V a n D y k e , W i n e g a r ; absent C o l l a r and Look.

The F i r e Commit tee lo whom was referred t h e mat te r of bu i ld ing a closet fo r t h e ja i l , repor ted lha t ihey deemed i t unnecessary and asked i o be d ischarged. Repor t adopted a n d commit tee d ischarged.

Hi. Commiss ioner ' s repor t for Dec. received a n d placed on file,

Oo mot ion by Trus tee V a n D y k e , supported b y Trus tee Bergin t b e following bills were allowed.

Yeas 4; absent 2.

OKNERAL FUND.

Chas Q u i c k 1 1 0 60 Lowell Ledger 1 20 Geo. F . W h i t e 10 76 H . F . L a n e 29 20 R. B. Boy lan 2 00 F i re D e p t . 17 0 0 T . A . M u r p h y 12 60 L. & P . F u n d 3 00

8TIIEET FUND. W . J . E c k e r & Son Geo F . W h i l e J o h n R . W h i l e Z. H . C o v e r t L. A; P . F u n d

H. & P. FUNK. Genera l E lec t r i c Co. E c k e r A Son A . L. K u a p p C. S. E n g l i s h Wal l e r M o r r i s Scott F o x Eleclr io Appl iance Co. F r e i g h t

W . S . E d w a r d s Mfg. Co

•86 16

• 71 8 6 0 3 0 0 2 00

112 60

t l 2 H 71

3 8 00 3 10

36 00 76 26 31 00 18 20 31 77

2 73 IH 98

• 2 6 2 04

On mot ion by Trus t ee Lee council a d j o u r n e d .

T. A. MUBPHT, C le rk .

Women's Troubles. Mrs. W . S. Coneland of C o r t l a n d ,

N. Y., wri tes : . ' My system was ter-r ib ly r u n down and I w a s th rea tened with col lapse and nervous p ros t r a t i on . Dr . A. W . Chase's N e r v e and Blood Pi l ls he lped me wonderful ly iu a mild a n d effective m a n u n e r . " See p ic ture a n d s igna ture of Dr . A. W . Chase on evrey bo* you b u y . 50c, all d r u g g i s t s or D r . A . W . Chase, Med. Co., Buffalo, N . Y .

Notice to CorrespoudeiitB. I'loase date and sign all letters, giving

locality. To neglcct this makes trouble.

A subscriber called this week 'and said

"I wish Ihe correapondent* would nol pul ao much ailly stuff fn their leUera." The

auggeation is a good one and this is a auit-

abia lime lo reform. EDITOB.

Bucklen's Arnica Salve, H a s world wide f ame for m a r v e l -

ous c u r e s . I t surpasics any o the r salve, lot ioo, o in tment or balm for Cuts , Corns , Burn t , BrtfTs, Sores, F e l -ons, Ulcers , Te t t e r , Sa l t R h e u m , Fev-er Buret, Chapped hands , Sk in E r u p -tions; In fa l l ib l e for Pilea. Cure g u a r -an t eed . Only 26u a l L. H . H u n t & Co.'s d r u g store.

O rattan-VergemieB. Wedding bells will soon ring for Anna

M«.Oarthy and Bert Heffron.

Mrs. George Fingsllon and son Pat

apenl Thursday with Mrs. John Malone.

Irena McGtrrly of Graud Bapids visited her sister last week.

Mrs Byrne is on Ihe sick list

* A nuoAer of young people attended tha

dauce at Oraltan Center Saturday night

We wish you all a Happy New Year MIDGET,

Smyrna. The Smyrna K 0 T M b a - 1 will hold

their annual dance at Green 'Olei J an 19

A J Dickens and wife i.ave returned from Iheir visit at Lansing

Elder Close will hold a seriea of revival

meetings at the hall, commencing Jan 9

Ray Ring and Nellie Hanks commenced

the new year by getting married

Carrol Chase leaves this week for Ohio

School started Tuesday after a week's vacation

SilT* Short is nnder the doctor's cars

Mr. and Mrs. Rodgers and William Short are visiting in Grand Kapids

L W B'gnell of Grand Rapids is visiting his onnle, G. O. Hignell

* L. T. Travis, Agent Southern R. R., Be

Una, Ga , writes. ''I cannot aay too" much in praise of One MioDte Conzh Cure. In my case il worked like a oharn." The only harmlefa remedy that gives immedi-ate results. Cores coughs, colds, croup, bronehitis and all throat and lung troubles

Taf t t Oo.

Fallasburg. Mrs Richardaon of Lake Odeasa is Tisit-

ing her son. Manly Aldrich.

Leon Aldrich of Lake Odessa visited his cousins, Clyde and Clarence Aldrich, a few days rvcently

A G Steketee returned from Grand Rap-ida Tuesday

Minnie Steketee viaited friends in Ixiw-ell Sunday

Frank Maynard and wife attended the interment of his father, T T Maynard at

Grand Rapids Wednesday

IMA.

Made Toung Again. " O n e of D r . K i n c ' s New Life P i l l s

each morn ing a n a n i g h t for t w o weeks, has pu t m e i o my ' t e e m ' a g a i n " writes D H . T u r n e r of D e m seytown. Pa . T h e y ' r e the beat in tl world for L iver , S tomach and B o w -els. P u r e l y vegetable. Neve r gr ipe . O n l y 26c a l L . H . H u n t & Co.* D r u g Store.

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Al ton .

John Hapeman ia among the sick ones The Gleaners elected the following of-

Hcers: Chief Gleaner, K B Davis; Vice

Chief, Mrs Georgia Oman; Chaplain. Mrs

Marion Weekes; Secy and Treas, Arthur

Armstrong; Conductor, Thomaa Beed; Con-dnctorese, Ida Weekes; Inner Guard, Mrs

Fred Condon; Onter Guard, M a r h n Weekes

There will be no installation of offiecra of K O T M and L O T M thU week

Our miller had over 600 bushels of grain

braught to mill for grinding one day last week

Ernest and Ed Godfrey were shal ing

hands with old neighbors and friends here one day last week

Norma Chnrch returned from Cannons-burg Friday

George Eirg and wife and Mra Cynthia

Ring of Keene apenl New Year's day with E Ring end wife

Clyde Godfrey of Lowell spent seretal days last week with Bert Taylor

Sunday and New Yuara guests a l D

Church's were Mrs Herriugton and son

Will and wife, Claude aud Ray Langfords of Cannonsburg

Myrtie Condon of South Lowell is visit-ing relatives here

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Old People MadeToung. J . C. She rman , the veteran ed i tor

of the Vermonlv i l l e (Mich . ) E c h o , haa discovered the r e m a r k a b l e aecre t of keeping old people y o u n g . F o r years he has avoided Nervousness , S l e e p -lessness, Indigestion, H e a r t t r o u b l ^ » Const ipal ion and R h e u m a i i i m , lyf using E lec t r i c Bit ters , and he wr i to t :

" I t can ' t be praised too h igh ly . I t gen t ly s l i iuuiales the kidneya. tones t he s tomach , aids digestion and g ives a sp lend id appet i te , I l b4l w o r e d wonders for my wife and m'o. I t ' s a marve lous remedy f o r old people's compla in t s . " Only 60c a t L , H . H u n t and Co. ' s d r u g s to re . ^

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