Half Rates to Detroit for Mlchigaa

Club Baoquet.

D. G . R . & W. agents will sell ; tickets for all iraios February 2l!«t and for morning trains February 22d at one fare rate to Dftr.>ii and return:

: all i».io«l u» return February 23d.

Geo. Dellaven, G. P . A.

Spccial Offer to oar Readers.

The Lowell I.EDGER. T«icea-Week Detroit Free Press, and Fire Urew Annual Year IW»k

another page of ibis issue.

VOL. YI , NO. 3 4 .

O i t o a HILL, Pres.

W. A. WATT*. O c h i r r

Responsibility

$100,000.0(1

Commercml and ); Saving* Depar tment

Interes t paid on t i m r cert if icates.

o-partnet*—1'. H.Gil-k-T. As* SJmJlon, Oj on Hil l .W. A. Walu, E. W. Bovnikii. K a a r i l4oa.

DraiTe JOM on (irand Rapid*. Detroit *cd W w Y'"k

B I C Y C L E R I D E R S

March 1st we will harefor TOUI

inspection the

Crescent Rambler

and ColamMa Bicycles.

2 They are all Up-to-date and

Beauties.

s l l w w e ,

•'INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS. NEUTRAL IN NOTHING"

L O W E L L , X I C H I G A N , F E B R U A R Y . 1 6 , 1 8 9 9 .

NEWS FOR THE TAXPAYERS

LOWELL.

Contract to Lease Surplus

trie Power to Bclding.

OF

Elec-

T H E Y A R E AT R E S T .

A Young Wife Gone.

Died at her home in Lowell, Rat -1

urday, February 11, Mrs R. D . Bun- {

croft, aged 25 years. Funeral serv-:

ices were held at the Congregational

church on Tuesday; conducted by!

Rev. II. Marshall.

Sadie G. . daughter of James and

Louise Chambers, was born Novem-

ber 12, 1878, at Macon, Mich. She

experienced religion and united with

An informal meeting of Lowell

buMneds men and citiKeni was held at

the council rooms yesterday forenoon,

Encyclopedia for 1699, a valuable' agreeably to call bf the Villige Conn- . , , • t i . r-U«.k of !.ver .=>50 pages that tells you c i l the Congregational church at Frutt-ali voa want to know. Over .15.000 „ . . | } . . . . . port at the age of 15 years. October

| *f the 1808 issue were sold at 25c i Pr«-dem Iferpn called toe meetrng

each. I t i s t h e m o f c t p o p u l a r b o o k o f I to o er an< t i e o jeel o t e ca LoWell which has since been her home* the kind ever published. For fur- j was stated to be to obtain an expreg-ther particulars see advertisement on gjon of approval or dissent on the a c

tion contemplated by the council to

contract to furnish the Citizen's Elec-

Don't Forget Jj

On July 18, 1895, she was united in

marriage with R. D. Bancroft, who

survives her.

. t * *, • . . . . . . i Mrt. Bancroft baa been in ill health tnc Lighting companv of lieldin? , , i , i

, . 1 • for several years and has been connn-with our surplus electric power for

period of ten years,

S. P . Hicks moved that such action

be approved and the motion was sup-

ported.

Trustee F. T. King then stated at

some length the proposition and situ*

ation. The municipal plant has now

a single waterwheel capable of fur

ed to her bed since last summer; but

her death was peaceful and serene.

The bereaved husband, parents and

namcrous relatives have the smypa-

thy of their many friends in their

sorrow.

The S T E E L RANGE sold by R.

B. Boylan is a better Range and

sells for leas money than the

range sold at Grand Rapids and is

fully warranted and sold on easy

terms.

Yours,

R. B. BOYLAN

Wallace Aaals.

W. Wallace Annis died, of con-nishing about 320 horae ^ w e r , with t u r o p l i 0 D ^ t h e h o m e o f h u f , l h e r i

Solomon Annis in this village, Tbur I

day, February 9th, a t the age of 51

100 Watches

to select from. Tea Sets, any

pieces. Silver Novelties,

Chains and Bracelets. Ghilds Se ts . 147 Roge r s Bros. Tab leware

[1847.

number of

Ring>.

the anticipated additional head, which

is probably amply sufficient for pres-

ent and future wants in Lowell. The

Beldiog people will put in their own

water wheel and make all other neces-

sary extensions and alterations at the

plant and run their own line to Beld*

ing. Lowell is to be at no expense

except, possibly, $200 or $300 for

raising an additional bead of water*

The present help at the plant has

plenty of time and can take care of

the additional machinery without any

increase of expense, and this extra

labor goes in with the contract and

will be done by Lowell as at present.

For this service, Belding people are to

pay $1,000 a year tor five years and

$1250 a year for the following five

years, and they acquire no property

rights, except as to service.

Some discussion followed this state-

ment. partici|»ated in by Trustees Lee

and Look and Citizens A. L. Coons.

R . B. Boylan. S. P. Hicks. F . L

years. Funeral services were held at

the house, Sunday afternoon, conduc-

ted by Rev. H. Marshall.

Deceased was for a number of years

the faithful employ of Francis and

Frank T. King, and was a familicr

figure about town.

Boston Pioneer Goae. El bridge G. Williams died at his

home in South Boston, Monday night,

Feb. 13, at the age of 79 years.

Funeral services were held at the

M. E. church in that vicinity, Wed-

nesday, conducted by Rev. Johnson.

Mr. Williams was probably the

oldest pioneer resident of Boston

township, having lived on his farm

there for about sixty years and he

was well known by most of the peo-

ple for many miles around. He was

in Lojrell for the last time, Wednes-

day. Februarv 1, and was takeu ill

Hess he never recovered.

Fallas, W. H. Clark and others; and i on his way home, from which sick

the motion to approve was adopted

without a dissenting vote.

The following "special" from Beld-

ing to the Grand Rapids Herald is

interesting in this connection :

Belding, Mich.. Feb. 14.— The

HIQBY8, The progmsive Jeweler.

Mrs. Elmer Richmond.

Mrs. Elmer E. Richmond died of

consumption at her home in Ver

gennes, on Monday, February 13, at

granting of a franchise to the Citizen's the age of 22 years. Funeral services Electric Lighting company of Beld- wi!! be held at the M. E. church in i n ; b . Ibe city e o n t i l b u Mirred up t l l i l r i | | , 0 j , v . . n , | u.e i n l e r m « . . the bpencer Klectnc Light and power ~ . 1 • r will be at the Snow cemetery. A

If you want an I'p-to Date Our Fall Sniliics

a r e now in- Handreds of pie* to select f r o m .

uit of Clothes, l e a n fit j o n out in finest

good* a t price* tha t a r e r i ^ h t ^ ^

B. C. Smith. | ' 'If Sa i t i i m i i w 'em i h t j Hi." A

P f l l K O F P r t N T S

F f l L L O V E K C O r t T .

A N E L E G A N T L O T O P

Carriages, Buggies, Phaetons Surrey^s and Family Rigs

Justreceived, as fine as silk and we will sell them

jprices that will astonish the oldest inhabitant. i H. NASH. Oliver CkiOed Plow*.

S t a t o b a f c c r Wag tin* Acr icHl ta ra l i M p l c a c a t * Om t h Bride.

L O W B . L L , M I C H i O A N .

company and the mbtler is the talk of the tom-n. The latter company does. not think the council bar given them fair play in the letting of he contract j . i f c a f l f l mother.

| and believes that underhanded meant | have been employed in wresting Irom i them the job of city lighting. It it. understood that'the new com{tany has or is about to enter into a contract rith the city council of Lowell lor a

lease of wa er power for ten years, the first five years at an annual rental of $1,000, and the second at $1,250, the

' Lowell people to furouh labor to run

husband and two small children are

left to mourn the loss of this young

.Mrs. Kawman.

Mrs. Retta Newman died at t i e

home of Mm. Kellogg in this village,

Thursday, February 9, of pneumonia,

at the age of 50 years. Funeral ser-

vices were held at the M. E . church

on Saturday, conducted by Rev. L. the plant after it is completed by the K. Pe<tison. Belding company. Representatives of i the Spencer Electric Light and Power company were in Lowell yesterday for the purpose of endeavoring to bead off the scheme which tbey claim is a

Mrs. Ed son A. Jepson.

Hattie Beattie, beloved wife of Ed-

son A. Jepson, was born in Keene,

shrewd trap which the Lowell people Mich, Sept. 29, 1800, and died Jan . are being drawn into by which they 2.1899, aged 38 years. The deceased are selling a water power for a mere w t i s the fourth child of James and 8 0 n ^ ' Drt'v-ila Beattie. She lived on the

Card of T h u k s . } farm where she was born until Nov. To our friends and neighbors who 19,1879, when she was united in

UfUt«d tu io oor reooi „ r r u . .<• m , r r i .Iep.it. , nd wish to extend our heartfelt thanks. , , • ^ m l u

R . D. Bancroft, • e t l , e d , n E * n ' M , c b " w h e r e t b e y James D. Chambers lived tor ab -m siv jeare and then

and Family, moved to their present home one-half

Household Goods Chenp. mile north of Saranac. To this union Am going away. M u « sell my eight children were born, two of them

household goods before Feb. 25. If dying in infancy. The funeral was

) r-•S*-'

H I

W H O L E NO. 2 9 4 .

& & & «

Cbe Puzzle of Eife

is how to sustain life.

We can help you keen warm by sellintr you your COAL.

We have both Sof t and Hard Coals.

We deliver to any par t of the city.

T A K E A P E E P AT O U B

'99 C L E V E L A N D B I C Y C L E .

Your Friends,

KLARK & KLARK, K-K-K-K H A R D W A R E .

& n & a e

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L O W E L L P L A M M l M I L L ,

FRANK R. ECKER, P rop .

11A1UFACTII&E&8 OF:—Saib. Doon. Bliidi, Praaiet f»r Doori, Wiad<nri aid 8or««if, E r hifcitka aad Skipping Cocpi for Ponltry, Dried Apple bona. Woodaa Ear* Trocfhi. eto- 00

X z n r -m 00

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ISOl'ND TO MAKE HIM FAV

you want bargains, see F . W . TABLBTOX.

t — A man might as well try to put a

quart of water into a pint measure as to make a better harness than our famous Oak Tanned band made har-ness. Before purchasing it i? for your interest to call and t'K>k at our goods. Brown & Sehler.

conducted by Rev. L. B.

assisted by Rev. W. Earle.

Kenyon

For Sale at a Bargain.

One new 4 hole range and some j household good«> that will be sold at j a bargain if taken at once.

J . Jay Evans, 4 mile? west of l»well.

Vergennes People Bring Sait

Against Ex-Treasurer Dennis .

The township of Vergennes, through

its attorneys, Walker and Fitzgerald,

began suit in the Circuit Court yes-

terday against John O. Dennis, fori mer treasurer of the township and

hii bondsmen, Owen J . Howard,

Thomas S. Lally, Chas. S. Beckwith

and Edmund M. Alger to recover

$690 ol the township's money that

Dennis deposited in the Lowell bank

previous to its failure and was lost.

Dennis made a statement of the loss

at the time and turned over the cer-

tificates of deposite of the bank to the

township and ibe matter was placed

before the voters and th^y voted to

accept the securities on the the bank

and release Dennis from fur ther ob-

ligation. Notwithstanding this *et-

tlement a few of the townsmen have

taken the matter up and are seeking

te set aside Uie settlement of the

town board and the vote of the elec-

tors and make Dennis pay the money. Dennis is a poor man and acted hon-estly in the matter and has the sym-pathy ot bis neighbors and townsmen with the exception of a lew who have instigated the proceedings.—[Grand Rapids Democrat. Fen. 15.

P rank Tarleton Goes to Idaho.

Frank W . Tarleton has decided te

remove to Idaho and will leave witk

his wife's brother, Fred W. Hastings,

for that country about the first ef

March Frank has been in the em*

ploy of Lowell business men, namely

D. E. Murray and A . J . Howk and

Son for a number of years and waa

always a favorite witn patrons of those

stores and the public generally; whik

his skilful manipulation of the viola

bos encbanced the enjoyment of scores

of merry parties. He and his good

wife will be missed, and Lowell peo-

ple will hope that their loss will prove

to be substantial gain to Frank .and

his family. '

HALF RATES TO DETROIT.

T h e Grand Tronic Bai iwar S j s t em will ' iswie excureion t ickets from all its iu t iona ' in Michigan to Detroit and rciuru at a

S ingle Fare for the Round Trip on account of the Michigan Club Annual Meeting and Banquet at Detroit, February Tickeu will be sold for all t rains on February 21 a n d for the morning trainc (if Feb. 22 and valid to return on all t raint up to and in-cluding February 23, 1899. Thi» a good opportunity to vbi t Deiroil .it a « heap r».l< t h u season of t he year and the pobl is should avail t h e m s d v ^ of the opporuini ty .

The best 40c tea.* in Michigan at Bergin's Try a pound and if not satisfied jjtt your money back. This is "straight goods- ' 254tf

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g o n d l gcdijcr.

F. M. JODXHO::, P u b l i s h e r .

l O T C C L U , T MICI l lOAN

T h e bes t c i t izca n e v e r ^»:olv3 to evade J u r y du ty .

A g r a t u i t o u s f i l sc l iood n a t u r a l l y t l v e s itcclf away .

t l io r racmctor s o m e t i m e s cz te n r c r j w o w b u t i t ' s neve r vu lga r .

Giv ing advice t o v .omen and t h r o ^ -I n p Etnncs a t d o r s baa m u c h t he s a m e cffccL

Somo nioti n ;ako n c r e noise In do ing a d a y ' s v.-oik t b a a o t h e r s m a k e la a l i f e t ime .

Many of c a r l aws s e e n t o have been c rea ted f o r tho p a r p c - o of execu t ing i n junc t i on .

T h o a n c i e n t s ev iden t ly cons idered l i f e w o r t h l iv ing , j u d c i n g by tlie way t h e y c l i n g to i t

N o m a t t e r how H a l e a pe r son has t o d o h e docs It wi th a n a i r a s if he r e a l l y amoun ted to s o m e t h i n g .

I t Is b e g i n n i n g t o look a s if Agon-el l lo m a y fool a r o u n d un t i l he rtCelVos official rccognl t i ch f r o m some police-

m a n .

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FARM AND5 GARDEN.

M A T T F . n S O F I N T E R E S T T O A c n i c u L T u n i S T S .

Ponltry on t h . (Ccndcnicd f rom F u r m r n r m

U \ p

t r y on t ho f a r m . In p a r t ho p:

oi;raphlc Report.

W, W , Noyes read a pape r

Some n p-lo-I).i to Illntii 'Abont Cnl-

tlvntlon of t he Ko>l nml Tlelrt*

Thereof—IlortIrul t i i ro, Viticulture uml

i ' lorlcuilurc.

Tl ie fac t t h a t t h e r e a r e Jus t a s good f i sh in t he sea a s ever were c a u g h t Is r a t h e r e n c o u r a g i n g to tho piscato-r i a l l i a rs .

CUSTiS WAS IN LOVE.

W A S H I N G T O N W A S O B L I G E D T O

L E T HIM M A R R Y .

Of course , t he N ica raguan cana l will h a v e p len ty of locks, but the ro won ' t be a n y cana l If t h e first t h i n g is a dead lock in congress .

T h o s e P e n n s y l v a n i a legis la tors w h o a r e a l leged t o have been b o u g h t by Q u a y may no t bo suckcrs , bu t they asBOciate wi th C. 0 . D.

T h e m a n a g e r of r a Oshkosh s ' t a t i ng r i n k h a s d r a w n tho color line. Ho «uust have a not ion to run fo r Omce In one of t he Carol inas .

• S e c r e t a r y L o n g s a y s t h a t It could i inake no d i f fe rence w h e t h e r Sampson •was p r e s e n t or n o t a t t he S a n t i a g o ' l ight , a n d t he f ac t s seem to bear t h e >secrietary ou t .

he once g ln ia t o

| Ch icago p h i l a n t h r o p i s t s have e s t ab -l i s h e d a hote l fo r w o r k i n g g i r l s w h e r o b o a r d , lodging a n d b a t h s may be had f o r t w o do l l a r s a week. W h a t h a s b e c o m e of t he New York u n d e r t a k i n g of t h i s s o r t ?

An e x c h a n g e In fo rms us t h a t J o a -q u i n Miller h a s had his ha i r cut . T h a t . shows t h a t t he r e w a r d s of l i t e ra tu re , t h o u g h s low, a r e ce r ta in . T w e n t y y e a r s ago he could no t have af forded such a luxury .

Cairo, E g y p t , is to h a v e t h e over-h e a d t rol ley, bu t , then , tho overhead

' t ro l l ey ha s some a p p r o p r i a t e n e s s In a p lace whe re one of t he pr incipal l ines of bus iness Is t he exhib i t ion of m u m -m i e s a n d o t h e r a n t i q u a t e d th ings .

A s t o r y comes f r o m Peor i a t o t he c f fec t t h a t a y o u n g woman who was a r r e s t e d and locked up was cour ted , •won a n d wed before she got ou t of her <ell . Of couree It may be all r i gh t , b u t I t looks a good deal l ike an a t t e m p t t o popu la r i ze tho P e o r i a Jail.

A s t a t e m e n t of losses In t h i s coun t ry b y embezzloments , forger ies , b a n k -

•wreckings a n d t he l ike, du r ing the 3-ear Just closed, g ives an agg rega t e of t o w a r d six mil l ion dol lars . Only $21,-000 of t h e a m o u n t is credi ted to pos t -m a s t e r s . In t he g rea t c o m p a n y of the off icials t h u s commiss ioned , t e m p t a -t i o n t o s tea l g o v e r n m e n t p rope r ty m a d e few conques ts . It Is of course a Wot o n our public service record if a n y off ice-holder proves fa i th less , bu t w i t h l a r g e oppor tun i ty for wrong-do ing , t he de l inquenLs a r e t h e r a r e excep t ions t o t l i e ru le of hones t men se rv ing t ho g o v e r n m e n t Indus t r ious ly and wi th no d i spos i t i on t o p lunder t he people.

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" T r e a s u r y of Remedies fo r t he W i n d . " is t h e inscr ipt ion in t he l i b ra ry « t Alexandr ia . Egypt . Wel l -caosen l i b r a r i e s a r e m o r e than romedics; i hey « r c p r even t i ve s of mora l and in te l -l ec tua l disease. Mr. Andrew Carnegie, •when a hoy, was invited wi th o the r •working boys t o spend his Sa tu rday e v e n i n g s In t he pr iva te l ib ra ry of a r i c h m a n . They were even a l lowed t o t a k e t h e books home wi th them. K c a l l z l n g t ho good work th is man was do ing , y o u n g Carneg ie resolved t h a t If

•ever he were able, ho would establish f r e e l i b r a r i e s f o r work ing people. T h i s resolve h e h a s carr ied ou t In t h r e e cl^Jes a n d t o w n s of Pennsy lva-

•nia . o n e In Iowa, and n ine in h is na-t i v e Sco t l and : and h e now offers to

•give o s e t o W a s h i n g t o n , "And If I live,** he a d d s , "there will be more . " S u c h r o y a l g i f t s a r e n o t w i th in tho p o w e r of m a n y ; b u t w h o has uoi a f e w b o o k s w h i c h l i g h t t he fires of a sp i ra -t i o n In s c a e Impover i shed y o u n g l i fe?

M a r s h a l l F i e ld and J o h n D. P.ocke-fc l l e r hav® p re sen t ed to t he Univers i ty of Chicago t h e t w o blocks of p roper ty r o r t l i of F i f t y - s e v e n t h s t ree t be tween E l l i s a n d L e x i n g t o n avenues . T h e p rope r ty Is v a l u e d a t $3C3,000, of which Marsha l l F ie ld doua tod $135,003 and J o h n I). Rocke fe l l e r $200,000. A n o t h e r g i f t to the u n i v e r s i t y is a block of land hav ing a f r o n t a g e of 2S8 fee t In E l l i s avenuo, immedia t e ly oppos i t e t he u n i v e r s i t y grounds . I t Is valued a t S£<,874 and was g iven by M a r t i n A. JJyernon, pres ident of t he 'Hiard of

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The Chnrnm of Nelly Calrer t — They

Mere More I 'ntent T h i n tho A(;C<J

Hero** WUhea—Ulil l e t t e r * la Culum-

bU*< Archlrc* lie veal f u e l * .

L D le t ter? . Just un-ea r thed f r o m the a rch ives of Colum-bia u n i v e r s i t y , t h row a new and

/% c h a r m i n g l igh t j ip-* on t he c h a r a c t e r of

George W a s h i n g -ton. They show t h a t he was a w a r m f r iend of tho college a n d t h a t

Journey t h i t h e r f r o m Vir-placc h i s adopted son,

y o u n g Custis , under t he care of t he professors . Cust is . however , did n o t g radua te f r o m K i n g ' s college, as Columbia was t h e n called. He had fa l len In love wi th Nelly Cal-ver t , daugh te r of Benedict Calver t .and

I ended h is s tudies a b r u p t l y t o m a r r y t he girl of his choice. T h e s to ry

• of Wash ing ton ' s connect ion wi th tho ' college, which Incidental ly reveals

much abou t t he f a t h e r of his count ry . a s tho f a t h e r of a f ami ly and some-

th ing of college l i fe d u r i n g the last { century , is best told in his le t ters to I t he Rev. Dr. Cooper, pres ident of

King ' s college, and to Mr. Calvert . The first let ter , dated April 3. 1772. Is f r o m W a s h i n g t o n to Mr. Calver t , aa-i reads a s fo l lows:

"I pm now set down to wr i t e to yon on a subject of Impor tance and of no

j smal l e m b a r r a s s m e n t to me. My son-in-law and ward . Mr. Cust is , has. a s I have been Informed, paid his addresses to your second daugh te r , aad hav ing made some progress In her affections, has solicited her in mar r iage . How far a union of th i s sort may be agree-

I able to you you best can tel l ; but I i should t h i n k myself wan t ing In can-j dor were I no t to confess t ha t Miss : Nel ly ' s amiable qual i t ies a r e acknowl-. edged on all h a n d s and tha t an al l l-I ance wi th y o u r fami ly will be pleasing

to h is ." But the couple was very young, and

the le t te r goes on to recommend a pos tponemen t for two or th ree years . In which t ime Mr. Cust is " m i g h t pros-ecute his s tud ies and render himself more dese rv ing of t he l a d y . a n d usefu l to society."

T h a t Mr. Calver t acquiesced la th i s view Is probable . In a le t te r of April

113. to Lord D u n m o r e . gove rno r of Vlr-I g lnla , W a s h i n g t o n bids him farewel l

in these words : " T h e design of my Journey to New York Is to t ake my son- in- law. Mr. Cust is , to King ' s col-lege. If your lordship , therefore , has any c o m m a n d s I shal l t h ink myself honored in be ing t he bea re r of t hem."

By t he end of t h e n e x t m o n t h tho young man was du ly en te red a s n s tu-dent , and W a s h i n g t o n depar t ed f r o m New York, l eav ing a l e t t e r to Dr.

incident expenses of his abode in th is ci ty.

" I n respect to t he first a r t ic l s of charge . I submi t wholly to your be t ter Judgment , u n d e r a firm belief of your adop t ing such measures as will most con t r ibu te to p romote t he pr incipal end of Mr. Custis* coming here, not re-ga rd ing t he ex t ra cl iarpe incurred to the accompl i shment of i t . In r e sa rd to t he second, as I do not know w h a t sum ho ough t , with propr ie ty , to ex-pend la such a place as New York. I shal l no t unde r t ake to de te rmine It, r- . , „ i,,,. , .f . . Hnoc.ieil na»hlncl(>n Down but hope. If, con t ra ry to my expecta-t ion, you should find him inclined to [ Washington was an eminen t ly f a i r run into a n y kind of oxtr,avaKance you man. Ho had a quick temper , bu t a s will be so good, by your f r iendly ad- ; a r u l o bo kept it under control . Some-moni t ion . a s to check Us progress. , t imes, however, it got the best of h im.

" A s Mr. Cust is may probably want ' T h i : i V , U 3 l l l c c : i s e o : : c o i n Alexandr ia .

regard , reverend sir. I am your mos t obedient humble servant .

"GEORGE WASHINGTON. "Reverend Dr. Cooper, pres ident of

King ' s Collego." Less than two mon ths l a t e r the m a r -

r iage of young Cust is to Miss Nel ly Calver t took place. T h i s ended W a s h -ing ton ' s cenncclion with King ' s col-lege until the revolution, when hla t roops were quar tered In the ha l l s ia which he had placed his s tepson.

c lo th ing a n d o ther necessaries, yon will p lease to es tabl ish a credi t in his behalf wi th such merchan t s as you can recommend, and when the deposit now lodged with you Is expended la th i s and o the r payments , be so good as to t r a n s m i t to me a copy of the dis-bursements . and I shal l f u rn i sh you wi th o the r bills - hereby to lay In a new fund .

" I have n o t h i n g f u r t h e r t o add a t present , except t ha t a t t he next vaca-tion. or a t a n y o ther t ime. I shal l t h ink myself Ixppy la seeing you in

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K I L L . .

WASHINGTON T A K E S H I S S T E P -SON TO COLLEGE.

Cooper behind him, which serves a d -mirably to i l lus t ra te h i s pa te rna l solic-itude. A verbat im copy of th i s l e t t e r reads :

"New York, 31 May. 1773.—Reverend , Sir: Inclosed you h a v e a s r l of bills f o r

£100, which please to set at the pre-i va i l ing exchange and r e t a i n t he m o n e y , in your own hands to a n s w e r Mr. Cus-

tis* expenses at college a n d such ca l l s as ho may l-.-vc f c r cash to de f r ay t he

DR. COOPER E S T A B L I S H E S A C R E D I T FOR MR. CUSTIS.

Virginia, and tha t I am with very great respect and esteem, your most obedient serv ' t .

"GEORGE WASHINGTON. "To Rev. Dr. Cooper, pres ident of

King s college.*'

Although th is Is not the kind of let-ter t ha t Pres ident Cooper's successor of today would be l ikely to receive, it, never theless , shows tho young man enter ing college with good procpocts of s taying.

But L a r d y six mon ths l a te r love got the be t ter of learning, and Dr. Cooper was addressed again in these te rms:

"Mount Vernon. 15 Dec.. 1773.—Rev-erend Sir : The favorable account, which you wore pleased to t r an smi t to mo. of Mr. Custis ' good conduct at col-lege. gave me very great sa t i s fac t ion . I hoped to have felt an Increase of it by his cont inuance at t ha t place ua-der a gen t leman so capable of Ins t ruct -ing him in every branch of useful knowledge. But th is hope Is a t an end. and It has been aga ins t my wishes t h a t he should quit college In order t ha t he may scon en te r Into a new scene of l i fe for which he would be much fitter t ome y e a r s hence. But having his own Incl inat ion, t h e desires of his m o t h e r and tho acquiescence of almost all his re la t ives to encounte r . 1 did n o t care, a s he Is t he last of the family, to push my oppos i t ion too fa r . and 1 h a v e therefore s u b m i t t e d to a kind of necessi ty.

"No t knowing how bis expenses a t college s t a n d 1 shal l be m u c h obliged If you will render me a n account of t h e m . You will p lease t o cha rge lib-e ra l ly f o r your own p a r t i c u l a r a t t en -t ion to Mr. Cust is and sufficiently re-ward t h e o the r gen t l emen who were engaged In tho sumo good offices. If the m o n e y wi th you Is Insuff icient t o a n s w e r the.sc r ^ r p o s e s , p lease to ad-vise mo thereof a n d I wil l remi t t he deficiency.

"1 am ve ry so r ry it was no t in my power to see you whi l s t In these par ts . I t h a n k you very s incorcly. sir , fo r your pol i te regard to Mr. Cust is dur-ing b is abode a t college, m d th rough you bog leave t o offer ITJ- r .cknowl-e d g m r n t s in IC-J-O:.

One of the county officers told mo the s to ry a s we stood oa the second floor of the marke t house In Alexandr ia a n d looked down a t t he opeu c o u r t wi th in .v, which Is now filled wi th hundreds of booths where the f a r m -ers uring their products for sale on m a r k e t days. " I t was on t h a t spot,*' said tho ofilcer, " W c s h i n g t o n was knocked down by Lieut . Payne . P a y n e was a candidate for the leg is la ture aga ins t Fa i r fax of Alexandria . W a s h -ington supported Fa i r f ax , and when he m e t Payne here, he m^do a r e m a r k t h a t Payne considered an insul t , a n d P a y n e knocked him d o v n . The s to ry went l ike l igh tn ing t b . o u g h t he t o w n t h a t Col. Wash ing ton was kil led, a n d some of his t roops who were s t a t ioned a t Alexandr ia rushed In and would have made shor t work of P a y n e had Wash ing ton n o t prevented t h e m . H e pointed to h is black eye and told t h e m t h a t th is was a personal m a t t e r a n d t h a t he knew how to h a n d l e it. E v e r y one thought t h a t th is m e a n t a duel. T h e next day P a y n e got a no t e f r o m Wash ing ton a s k i n g h im to come to t he hotel. He expected a duel , b u t went . Wash ing ton , however , w a s In a n amiable mood. H e fel t t h a t he had been in the wrong, a n d sa id , 'Mr. P a y n e . I was wrong yes t e rday , b u t If you have had sufficient s a t i s f ac t ion , let u s be f r i ends . ' T h e r e was a de-can t e r of w ine a n d two g lasses on tho tab le which W a s h i n g t o n had o rdered to smooth over the quar re l . T h e two d r a n k toge ther a n d becamo such s t r o n g f r i ends a f t e r t h a t t h a t P a y n e was one of t he pa l lbea re r s a t W o s h l n g -ton ' s f une ra l . "

The Ulcheat Man of Ilia Time.

As the yea r s wont on W a s h i n g t o n ' s l a n d s increuFcd in value, a n d w h e n he died, he was o n e of t he r ichest m e n of h is t ime. Ho owned lands a n d s tock a n d negroes , a n d his e s ta tes a m o u n t e d t o t h o u s a n d s of acres . He had houses in Alexandr i a a n d p rope r ty In W a s h -ing ton . H e had va luab le l a n d s n e a r t ho p r e sen t s i t e of P i t t sburg . H e wao t h r o u g h o u t h is l i fe a m o n e y - m a k e r , a n d I was told a t A lexandr i a t h a t w h e n he was a ooy he got $5 a day a a d u p w a r d fo r h is surveying . H e p u t h is s u r p l u s money in to lands, a n d a n ad-v e r t i s e m e n t In a Ba l t imore pape r of 1773 vta tes t h a t he had 20,000 acres of l and fo r s a l e on tho Ohio r iver . H i s wil l , which lo now kept abou t t w e n t y m i l e s f rom W a s h i n g t o n , In t he s a f e of t h e old cour t house a t F a i r f a x , Va., g ives a de ta i led s t a t emen t of eve ry a r -t ic le be possessed down to t he calves a n d sheep. H i s personal e s t a t e was t h e n put down a t $532,000, e n d t h i s In-c luded a vas t a m o u n t of tobacco, l a rge n u m b e r s of cat t le , sheep a n d horses , n e a r l y all of which he willed to h i s w i f e . T h i s wil l Is now kep t In a wooden box. t h e top of which is cover-ed wi th g lass .

WMhlnclon • • a Drlnlclns E v e r y one d r a n k In the days of

W a s h i n g t o n , a n d the f a t h e r of h i s c o u n t r y a l w a y s had wines upon h is t a -ble. I have nowhere seen It s t a ted t h a t he ever d r a n k to excess, a l t h o u g h h e usua l ly consumed five glasses of Madei ra w i n e a t desser t . D u r i n g h is you th he was a very fa i r pol i t ic ian, a n d a m o n g the I tems of h is e lect ion expenses when he was a cand ida te for t h e house of burgossor, of Vi rg in ia were a hogshead and a barrel of whis-ky, th i r ty- f ive gallons of w ine nud fo r ty - th reo ga l lons of boor.

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Mr. Hoxlo ( sec re ta ry of the S la te H o r t i c u l t u r a l soc l r ty of Wisconsin) , I w a n t t o he lp Mr. Har t l ey cu t o a w h a t some of you may th ink , perhaps, a big s t a t e m e n t (S.OOO q u a r t s of S t rawber r ies f r o m one acre ) , and a t the same t i m e I w a n t t o score one for Wlsconsia . I find I have a l i t t le sl ip In my pocket c o n c c r a i n g a c rop harves ted by Mr. S t lcknoy cf W a u w a t o s a , Wis. Tho g r o u n d measu red ton squara r o d s ICES t h a n five acres. The f r u i t measu red 1.700 bushels , and I t h i n k if you will figure t h a t c u t you will find it a l m o s t 11.000 qua r t s . Tho commis -sion m a n repor ted tha t on account cf c,xtra ca re in p ick ing and h a n d l i n g t h i s f ru i t had found the readies^ sal® a n d had b r o u g h t f r o m fifteen t o twenty p e r ccat h i g h e r pr ices t h a n all o the r s . T h i s Is a m a t t e r of ac tua l m e a s u r e m e n t .

Mr. Ba rna rd of M a a t e n o : I t m i g h t bo well f o r Mr. Hox le to s t a t e tho v a -r ie ty of ber r ies produced on t h a t field.

Mr. Hoxle : I don ' t know as I could tell t he var ie t ies . T h i s was in 18'JC; e igh t yea r s ago.

Mr. H a r t w e l l : It was a lmos t cure to bo t h e Crescent .

Mr . Sovorhl i l of T l sk l lwa : S p e a k -ing cf var ie t ies , we don ' t a lways k n o w Just how to a r r a n g e s t r a w b e r r i e s in o r -der t o get tho r i gh t var ie t ies t oge the r . Last y e a r I had t he finest s t r a w b e r r y bed 1 ever had. I s en t down to N a u v o o a n d ^ g o t th roe var ie t ies , t he bes t t h e y haif. P r i a c e t o u Chief and Bubach No. 5. I t h o u g h t I h a d t h e r i gh t ones, b u t when they c a t t e to blossom I d idn ' t h a v e a fe r t i l i zer and I d idn ' t have a crop.

Mr. Har twe l l i T h e Bubnch is al l r i g h t If i t Isn ' t t r i cky . J u s t w h e n y o u t h i n k you have it, it i sn ' t there.

Mr. ^ o v e r h l l l : I h a d the Cresccnt , too.

Mr. H a r t w e l l : M y chief berry Is th^ Warf lo ld .

Q.: W h a t do you fer t i l ize w i t h ? Mr. H a r t w e l l : T h e Splendid. Mr. B r y a n t : T h e r e Is a good deal In

varlet)*, bu t m o r e in knowing how. I tb in i t Mr. H a r t w e l l k n o w s p r e t t y n e a r -ly how to h a n d l e h is p lan t s .

Mr . Hoxle : I t h i n k t h i s ques t ion of t h e r i g h t varlefclca t o p l an t t o g e t h e r t o fe r t i l i ze each o ther i Is of t he u t m o s t Impor t ance , w h a t t w o p l a n t s wlll p r o -duce t h e best r e su l t s f r o m pol len lza t lon a n d u p o n t h a t h a n g s t h e loss and prof i t , ve ry largely , cf the s t r a w b e r r y g r o w e r .

D r . H u m p h r e y of Galesburg : If you will j u s t tpil u s how to avoid tho lat'e f r o s t s we H l l bo all r i gh t in th is p a r t of t h e s t a t e .

Mr . H a r t w e l l : Mr. Gregg of Minne-s o t a . said he pu t a s h igh as throe fee t of s t r a w be tween h i s rows, and p lan ted h i s be r r i e s s ix feet apa r t . Ho sa id if f a r m e r s would d a U i a t , they could cov-er every t ime t h e r e was danger cf a f r o s t .

Mr . B a r n a r d : I have mulched m y be r r i e s deeply a n d I find it m a k e s t h e m l a t e r in s t a r t i n g In t he spring, conse-q u e n t l y they would pass by an ear ly f r o s t . If a f r o s t should come u n s e a -sonab ly , It m i g h t no t work In eve ry case .

Mr . Corb ln : T h e ccn t l eman was In-q u i r i n g a b o u t va r ie t i es to fert i l ize. In m y exper ience Beder Wood is one of t h e bes t we h a v e fo r the Crescent Seed-l i ng a n d for t he Warf ie ld . Tho Beder Wood is a l igh t ber ry and does no t s t a n d a s well for m a r k e t , bu t i t is a good be r ry a n d a splendid fe r t i l i se r .

Mr. Hoxlo: In t he m a t t e r of mulch-ing, my observa t ion has boon t h a t s o m e t i m e s it is a d a m a g e ; if the s p r i n g comes o n wi th a few warm days , t h e h o t s u n will t h a w tho ground and they wil l s t a r t ea r ly , a n d It Is an ac tua l d a m a g e . Ins tead of tha t , In loca t ions exposed to f ros t , select a nor th s lope Ins tead cf a s o u t h e r n exposure.

Mr . H e r r l c k : T h e r e Is the ques t ion of w h a t mulch to use. Some k i n d s of m u l c h i n g will kill your p lan ts In t he field If pu t o n too heavily, for Ins tance If s t r a w Is pu t oa too heavily, or leaves, a n d t he snows pack It down.

Mr. H a r t w e l l : The danger Is In ex-c l u d i n g the a i r . If you put It on too deep a n d it ga the r s a groat q u a n t i t y of Ice, you a r e going t o ruin the field.

Dr. H u m p h r e y : One year I des t roy-ed my field by cover ing it wi th stuff f r o m the hemp faotory.

Mr, F r i end of N e k o m a : In r ega rd to mu lch ing s t r awber r i e s , we f a r m e r s have no o the r kind of s t raw t h a n out s t r a w , and t h a t Is tho th ing we m u s t u se In mulch ing o u r berr ies because It Is the t h ing we have . You don ' t need t o p u t It on very th ick , Just e n o u g h to • h a d e t he berries.

Mr. Ingel ls : I t h i n k with a very l igh t mulch, tho ground will f reeze deeper and make t he berries rea.llv l a t e r .

Mr. Morgan : I w a n t to Indorse what t h i s g e n t l e m a n has said about mulch-ing s t r awber r i e s . My plan has been to mulch them l ightly. Just enough to cover them l ight ly and let them freeze I let t h e ground freeze and then pu t on t h e oa t s t r aw .

Mr. Wooda rd : Speaking of variet ies . It Isn ' t so much m a t t e r wha t a m a n has in t he way cf var ie t ies as it In fo r ev-e ry g rower to ge t a variety t h a t la H'lited to h is g round and climate, even If ho ha s to tes t t h e m fo r several yeara . O r e man bore said t he Warflold was h i ? pr incipal ha r ry . 1 got tho Warf ie ld bu t i t has been very moderate w i t h mo. Mr g round w a s too dry, but o t h e r va-MtMes do hot ter . If I had put all I had •TI»O Warf iolds a t Marengo, I would I

lect y o u r brooding pen In F e b r u a r y f r o m y o u r two and throo-ycHr-old hens. N e v e r use pul le ts . T h e c h i c k s f r o m the old hens will bo s t r onge r t h a n f r o m tho pul le ts . Got your ma le b i rds f r o m t o m e one t h a t m a k e s bus iness of r a i s ing blooded fowls. I no t keep a male wi th your lay ing lions. H o Is a useless expense a a d t he hem; a r c Toss l iable to d isease w i thou t h im. Bo s u r e and got rid. of al l y o u r young cockere l s be fo re Chr i s tmas . It m a k e s no dlTTcrrnce w h a t breeds you p re fe r , tho me thods of procedure aro tho t a m e . If y r u produce f u Vis fo r m a r k e t you mus t ca t e r to t h e m a r k e t . If t ho m a r k e t d e m a n d s a yel low-legged, ch lckea you mus t provide It.

Eggn p a y be t t e r t h a n ch ickens f o r m a r k e t , bu t to get eggs y e a r fowls m u s t nnvo seme e g g - m a k i n g m a t e -r ia ls . Tho bes t food 1 e v e r gave young ch ickens w a s checse a u d m a d e f r o m sour s k l m m i l k . T h o bust feed f o r l ay lng hens Is w h e a t a n d s o u r mi lk . Most o t t h e ch ickens ra i sed oa t ho f a r m a r e s t un t ed ia t he i r tarSy g rowth , largely due to no t h a u l i g enough wa-te r fo r d r ink ing . In b e g i n n i n g t ho r a i s ing of poul t ry do a s you would in going ups ta i r s—begin a t t h e bo t tom a n d go up o r e s t a i r a t a t ime . T h o d e m a n d fo r pou l t ry p roduc t s Is f a r g r ea t e r t h a n t he supply . Ladt yea r we Impor ted m o r e t h a n 13.000,000 d w e n eggs, a t a cos t of a b o u t $2,000,000.

Q.—Is It a fact t h a t t ho egg produc-t ion of t h e f a r m e r s ' hon in le .« t h a n fo rmer ly , a u d If BO, t o w h a t do you a t t r i b u t e i t ?

A.—I have hoard somo psoplo say t h a t , b u t I do no t know t h a t i t Is t r ue . If It Is t r u e I m u s t a t t r i b u t e it to t w o th ings . In t he ea r ly d a y s t ho f a r m e r s used lo ca r ry t h rough t he win te r tho bus ines s hens , bu t now they sell t h e m off a n d c a r r y over t h e y o u n g ch ickens t h a t do n o t lay. T h e tocond reason l» t h a t t l ie f a r m e r s aro ove rb reed i ag fo r size aj id f ea the r . I t h i n k t h a t If t h e f a r m e r s would go back to first p r in -ciples a n d breed fo r bus iness b c a s t h e y would have bet tor success.

Q .—Have you ever figured out t he cos t of p roduc ing a pouud of poul t ry wi th d i f f e r en t foods?

A*—That ha s been figured so m a n y t i m e s a n d in so many ..ways t h a t 1 do no t t r y t o do it. a n d t h e same Is t r u e of t ho cost of p r o d u c i n g a ^loaen eggs.

Q . — w h a t a m o u n t of ski l l is neces-sa ry t o m a k e a success of r a i s ing poul -t r y o n t h e f a r m ? 'Does It r e q u i r ^ m o r e sk i l l t h a n it does to h a n d l e the da i ry or s w i n e bus iness?

A.—The poul t ry bus iness , l ike every o t h e r bus iness , m u s t be l ea rned if one is go ing in to it w i t h hopes o l success.

Q — D o you use a r t i f ic ia l hea t In

y o u r p o u l t r y house? A.—No, s ir . A F a r m e r , — I live o u t h e r e two and

a half mi les f r o m town, a n d am e n -gaged In t he da i ry bus iness . My w i f e is in t he poul t ry business." She t a k e s ca re of a b o u t 50 to 60 hens , and eve ry m o r n i n g In w in te r t i m e she h a s a w a r m b r e a k f a s t fo r tho chickens , Sho cooks s u g a r bee ts f o r t h e m $nd gen-e ra l ly p u t s , In t o m b soasoniag . A t t h i s t i m e wc have on ly a b o u t 45 h e n s a n d wo a ro ge t t i ng f r o m one t o t w o dozen eggs per day. Our eggs a r c ca r -ried in to town every day and sold wi th tho mi lk , and wc a r e u n a b l e to supply t he demand a t 25 c e n t s per dozen.

F . M, Munger read a pape r on t h e s a m e subjec t . In p a r t he s a i d : T h e r e a r e a few s imple ru l e s which , if fol-lowed, would add much to tho Incomo rf t ho f a r m e r . H a v e a good p e r m a n e n t house for the poul t ry a p a r t f rom a n y o t h e r bui lding. H a v e th i s bui ld ing so c lean a n d s v w t t h a t i t can bo vis i ted a t a n y t ime, and you can s t ay fo r a n y l eng th of t ime wi thou t fee l ing t h a t you m u s t go ou ts ide to get f i coh a i r . Keep t he hens dry and clean. W e t hens will not lay eggs, ne i t he r will cold ones. Cold houses will mean t ho s topping of t he egg supply In cold wea the r . All fowls uoed exercise , bu t th i s Is especially t rue of lay ing hens . A s c r a t c h i n g shed should a l so be p r o -vided. A house 10x12 fee t should n o t bo expected to accommoda te m o r e t h a n twenty-f ive hens . T h e s c r a t c h i n g ' shed should be bedded wi th s t r aw a n d hay a n d tho fowls kep t a t work. Bo s u r e they have a ba lanced r i t l on , a s eggs canno t bo produced unless t h e proper food be provided. I t ry to feed my breed ing s tock only such food a s will keep them In good h e a l t h y con-dit ion. Tills g ives good h e a l t h y flocks, and such flocks will do v e i l even though f r o m weak p a r e n t s .

If I we re w o r k i n g to produce e g g s for m a r k e t I would use cu t bone eve ry day. A n o t h e r I m p o r t a n t Item, w h e n tho fowls do no t have a wldo r a n g e , is t o give t h e m chopped c lover h a y . Some g reen food Is needed every d a y . Chickens aro l ike h u m a n s . In t h a t t h e y like a change of food, t hough w h a t i s good fo r tho p rbduc t ion of eggs is n o t good f o r t h e f a t t e n i n g of fowls ; w h e n you w a n t to accompl ish t h e l a t t e r c o r n Is t h e p rope r r a t ion . H e n s need m u c h w a t e r , ' f o r t he egg c o n t a i n s abou t a s much w a t e r as the s a m e bulk cf m i l k .

Do n o t mix the breeds, fo r a m i x e d flock f o r tho f a r m e r is a delusion a n d a s n a r e . L i t t l e o r n o i nb reed ing shou ld be prac t iced . T h e r e a r e severa l w a y a to ge t good t ho roughb red fowls. T h b bes t way is to get, say one male , a n d f r o m fou r to s ix females . Raise t h e ch i ckens f r o m them, and tho s t a r t w i l l h a v e been ob ta ined . Bell off your coro-m c n s tock a n d uso pure-bred m a l e s each year .

A cow tha t calves in t h e eprly f a l l whi le on grass . Is In tho best cond i t ion to m a k e a high yield when f resh . Good, feed and care t h rough t h e win te r v l l l m a i n t a i n a good yield, a n d when t h i r , cow is t u rned to p a s t u r e in t he e a r l y spr ing , a f resh flow will bo s t a r t ed t h a t will cons iderably Increase tho y e a r ' s

yield.

I n t roduce r o w blood amon," the-y.dl'jy 5-.; a yzzv.

T , ITERS.

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. (,nio." ' . l icr. wrapped in h is cloak,

..o P.oor of tho v c s t U u i e impa-

t ien t ly with Ills foot. " G o on. papa, I o v o r U k e you

camo a ccu t l e voice f r o m iho top c .

t h o s ta i i s . , , . Miss Luc r t t e quickly r e tu r cod to h e r «king g k u a and ' ho old nurse held

l a m p whi le Luce t tc admi red her-

"My dress Is pret ty , i s it no t , Mary. A r e n ' t thobe flowers on my waist and t h e fenthorH In my ha i r bocomlr.g. I s h a l l have a cha rming t lmo a t t he .general '*. Everyone win be there , i be d o w a g e r of Mlramna, t h e g e n e r a l s n e p h e w - b a t tell me. p'.case, do I look

p r e t t y ? " "Yes. very, very p r e t t y ! " exclaimed

t h o old nurse fo r the h u n d r e d t h t ime. Lurc t t e l i f ted her d r e s s with t he

t i p s of her fingers and g race fu l ly be-g a n t o s ing and waltz . " L a ! la! l a ! B u t m y l i t t le blue sa t in c l ippers aro t h e p r e t ' l e s t of all. Tra , l a . l a ! Look a t t h e m under tho edge of my dress . L a . la. la; t r a , la. l a ! O h ! my p r e t t y

b lue slip para. I love you so. I—" "Your f a t h e r will bo a t t ho genera l ' s

be fo re you s t a r t , " said t h e nurso; " d o h u r r y , dea r . " And sho t h r e w a f u r c loak over Lucot te ' s shou lde r s , add ing : "You mus t w e a r your snow boo ts ! "

Lucc t te began to l a u g h . "My snow boots? T h e y would be

necessary in t he ci ty; bu' . hero, in t h e suburbs , a lmos t the coun t ry , on a beau t i fu l dry read, and a c h a r m i n g i r l g h t n igh t—no, no. my nu r se ! Be-«ldes, I wish t o look a t m y pre t ty b lue s l ippers whi le going l o t he ball. T r a . la . l a ! Good n i g h t ! "

Luce t tc l e f t tho house a n d her l i t t le s l ippers peeped t an ta l i z ing ly every now and then f rom u n d e r her dress a s she hur r i ed a long . Sho hoard a sob n e a r the hedge. Luce t t c stopped, a n d recognized t he l i t t le son of Huber t , t he hedgemake r .

" O h ! Is it you, Mimi le?" "Yes. Miss." " W h y do you c ry?" "Because San ta Claus will not b r i n g

m e a n y t h i n g . " " H a v e you vexed y o u r p a p a ? " "Oh, no. I have not t he t ime. W h e n

papa r e t u r n s f rom his work I am as leep; when ho goes ia tho morn ing I a m sti l l adleep. ' '

" H a v e you teased y o u r m a m m a ? " " N o ; n o t h i n g ever t eases m a m m a . " " H a v e you hur t your s i s t e r ?" " N o ; she Is s t ronger t h a n I . " "Then , foolish chi ld. Santa , C lans

will br ing you someth ing . You have on ly to pu t your s l ippers In tho c h i m -ney ."

" T h a t Is t he t rouble . • • • I h a v e no s l ippers ."

Lucet tc looked down and say t h a t t he l i t t le u rch in ' s fee t were bare. H e r h e a r t was filled wi th pi ty .

m

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rocond t i m e to d a n r c t h a i even ing , ar. j p e r h a p s n e v e r aga in , a n d her hear : was filled wi th sorj-ov. Wou ld her lit-i l f n c t o f I l i ^ ^ c W h e r af dea r a»

t h a t ? ll«;r melancholy ronec t lons were In-

t e r run ted by t h e mis t ress cf the house, w h o 6orfe to lief t roubled.

" W n y d l J you r e fuse t o dance w i t h my n e p h e w ? Ho feels m u c h humil ia-

ted. Then t h e general passed . " I am Ind ignan t ! It w a s a w k w a r d ! "

he said. F ina l ly h e r papa camo. " i—I a m f u r i c u s l W h a t c a p r l c c ! Are

you m a d ? 1 wish yon to dance wi th th i s y o u n g m a n nt o n c e ! "

L u c c t t e \VH» very pale . Sho did not know w h a t t o say. Sho foresaw a scandal , and felt l ike c ry ing .

B u t Just t hen the re w a s a commo-t ion. a n d tho dowager Miramns en-tered. All except Lucet tc went to meet her and gree t her.

"Oh, my f r i e n d s ! " sho exclaimed, s t i l l ou t cf brea th . " I have seen a miracle—a t r u e miracle . You know tha t every Chr i s tmas I fill my carr iage with toys , go to every poor man ' s house, en t e r and pu t Iho playthinir:-In the s l ippers myself . God alono knows w h a t slipper.! I see, s l ippers with scarcely any solos, sl ippers all In holes, s l ippers In every s ta te of de-s t ruc t ion . To-night , for tho first t ime, I found a t Huber t ' s , the bodgemaker ' s . two adorab le little blue sa t in s l ippers , two wadded slippers, so f t and smal l , and I unders tood tho invi ta t ion , a n d put the most beautiful t h ings 1 had in these p re t ty Jewel eases ."

There were ahs ! a n d a h a ! ot su r -prise. Then the crowd sca t tered . T h e dowager porceived Lucc t te Immobile and si lent .

When Lucotto saw tho dowager ad-vancing toward her sho was filled wi th dismay, and. ins t inc t ive ly lowered h e r sk i r t s and t h r u s t her fee t so f a r u n -der the cha i r t ha t sho a lmos t fell. Tho dowager took her b a u d and led her gently across tho ba l l - room, Luce t t c not da r ing to resist .

S topping on the so f t carpet of tho room ad jo in ing t he bal l-room, the dowager smiled and s a i d :

" I t is less cold here , i sn ' t i t ? " a n d sho called the genera l ' s nephew, w h o was pou t ing In a co rner .

"If you a ren ' t a f r a i d cf a l i t t le girl who loses her s l ippers whi le going l o a ball , dance with her he r e on the ca r -pot. T h a t will m a k e h e r warm." Some m i n u t e s a f t e r t h e guests m a d e a

circle a round them. T h o genera l ' s neph-ew. a very clcvor and agi le dancer , diu not s top once on Luco t t e ' s pre t ty feet— the fee t which, covered by t ho s i lk meshes , peoped f r o m t h e border of her ski r t , t h e n d isappeared , twir l ing, pur -suing. fluttering l ike t w o lively rose-colored birds, j

T h e women, oh a t c o u n t cf the spon-taneous char i ty , the m e n because Lu-cel te ' s fee t wore pre t ty—al l bocauso tho dowager dared t o say It before them—were convinced t h a t th i s n e w mode cf wal tz ing was de l ight fu l .

HOW IT SPi'EADS. t ' .hncro'Hhte rehrnnry.

The dl.-comforls of t h i s ' month can !;•» by takln .? ftdttirttago of • : • v.-ir :• i x n u v i o n s of tho Louisvllld <fc N.:. hvillo Kal l road t o one of the ivar.y plea; :::it u :orl.i cf the South. Thin lino of;i n; i:n .urpa.'^ed faci l i t ies for r each ing the ci t ies Irt the South , t l ;" v;i:;u>r n s o r t s of th - beaut i fu l gulf • i; :. of i lorida. cf Cal ifornia , a n d

•M Indies. Wr i t e C. P . At-of th more . General Pa.'

ZTonpIo all over MlelilK.ni Talkliii; About It How It sp ivmls . t an ' t k e e p u ";;ood ll i intf ' ' d o w n . E v e r no l ico how "good th ings - ' a r e

i m i t a t e d ? B e t t e r i h c at'lioly, more imi ta to r s . For t ' udh te ly t h e publ ic l ias a t>afo-

g u a r d . P ra i se can ' t bo imita ted. A m l l n i f p r a i s i ' l u k e s r o o t a n d s p r e a d j i j viilo. Ky. . fi r foi .ors descript ive Claim is o n e ihin*r, proof is a n o t h e r . ; F l o r i d a or the Gulf (. 'oast. Claim is w h a t t h e i i i unufac ln re r says . Proof is w h a t t he people say. E v c r v w l i n v in Michigan people any Doan's K idney Pi l l scuru sick k idneys . • ure all jcidnoy ills. W. S. Kliiiior. passenger eng inee r on

tho M. C. r a i lway , res id ing a t -14 Orange .St.. • laekson. Mich., .says: " I n IS'ir. 1 had considornblo t r o u b l e w i t h my k idneys f r o m t h e resul t of a severe cold which se t t l ed t h e r e and t h o u g h I t r i ed every m e a n s a t hand a n d t r e a t e d w i t h doctors t h e p a i n s t h rough t h e smal l of my back became more pe r s i s t en t a n d severe. To a d d l o my t r o u b l e s t he kid-ney sec re t ions were u n n a t u r a l a n d i r-regu la r . A t l a s t I was obl iged t o l ay oft" work . When a t home g e t t i n g n o be t t e r u n d e r t h e t r e a t m e n t 1 was t h e n t ak ing , some one advised m e lo use Doan's K idney Tills a n d I p rocured a box more o u t of cu r ios i ty t h a n f r o m any e x p e c t a t i o n t h a t t h e y m i g h t h e l p me. Now, 1 w a n t th i s t h o r o u g h l y un-ders tood, w h e n I finished t h e b o x 1 w e n t back t o work w i t h o u t a pa in o r an ache, b u t t o m a k e m a t t e r s d o u b l y ce r t a in I look a second box. Since t h a t l ime, a n d t h a t is t h r e e y e a r s apo, 1 have n e i t h e r h a d a n a c h e n o r a pa in . Is i t a n y w o n d e r t h a t a t t h i s da le , 1S93, I r ecommend Doan's K i d n e y Pi l l s?"

Doan 's K i d n e y Pi l ls f o r sa le by all dea lers . P r i e e 50 cents . Mai led b y F o s t e r - M U b u r n Co., B u f f a l o . N. Y . , s o l e a g e n t s fo r t h e U. S. R e m e m b e r t h e mumf Doan ' s a n d t a k e n o s u b s t i t u t e .

t ng ' . r Agent, Louis- j per package,

Thero la u Clam of Ponplo

Who a r c i n j u r e d by t h e use of colTeo. Heccnt ly t h e r o has' been p laced in all t h e g roce ry s t o r e s a now p r e p a r a t i o n •ailed GIIAIN-O. m a d e of p u r e g rn in s .

t h a t t a k e s t h o p lace of eoj lec . T h e m o s t del iea to s t o m a c h receives i t w i t h o u t dis t ress , a n d b u t f ew can t.-ll i t f r o m coffee. I t does n o t cost over one- four t l i is much . Ch lh l r en may d r i n k i t w i t h

; ; reat benef i t . 11 c e n t s a n d 25 c e n t s T r y it . Ask fo r GKAIN-O.

o .

It a l w a y s h u r t s a y o u n g man a l i t t l e w h e n some g i r l he k n o w s te l ls h i m blie is engaged .

ItrmmM Incrml* (irn«*l I t ' s tho Rrcatokt prass on enrth—Salr.er fuy* »o. TtnV Kftiwj ylefdk 4 to 7 ions better hny ilwm llinol)iy in dry, ralnlen* roun t rka ; yields even more iban that !n Ohio. Ind.. Mich., Wis., Iowa. 111.. Mo., Knii!'.. Nobr . Mont , y i* In every Biato of the l.'nlon! flu Iter wumnia this! I'o-thtoes, Jl.:o a Bid. ,

fiend this notice to JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO.. LA CUOSijE, WIS., and 10 renls |>ostn;o and recelvc their prcat Catalogue and aample of this grass «e<l nnd ulue oilier larm seed Raretlo^ free. l w . n l

T h e good mea.sures of t he v e g e t a b l e dea l e r t h o n l d a l w a y s come o u t o u lop.

A Modrm Mitld. "Am I tho firit girl you ever loved?"

she asked h im, more a s a m a t t e r of hab i t t h a n a n y t h i n g else. " I canno t te l l a l ie," sa id he. "You a r e n o t You are s imply t h e best of t he bunch . " Be-ing a modern maid, she was con t en t with tha t .—Cincinna t i Enqu i r e r .

CKKSCKNT IIOTKL,

E r i t B K A s n i i N u s , AKKANSAH. Opens February 23rd. la theOzark Moun-tains. Delightful climate. Beautiful scen-ery. Unequaled medicinal waters. Cheap excursion rates. Through sleepers via Fr isco Lino. Adres* J . O. Plank, Man-ager . Room II, Arcade, Century liuilding, or Frisco Ticket Office, No. 103 N. Broad-way, St. Louis.

A w o m a n w i t h a low, s w e e t voice a l w a y s wea r s a low h a t a t t he t h e a t e r .

ConRhlnc Lead* to Conflumptlon. K e m p ' s Balsam wi l l s top tlie c o u g h

a t once. Go to y o u r d r u g g i s t t o d a y a n d g e t a sample b o t t l e f ree . Sold in 25 a n d Ml cen t bo t t l e s . Go a t once; de-lays ace dange rous .

I t doest h u r t a n i c k e l when t h e s t r e e t c a r c o n d u c t o r k n o c k s it down.

Arc women warmer blooded than or ^ froinmoilvt sof romomy or vanity that the

f ilr buy - i Mparlni.'ly of "warm unJorwtar" (or winter use?

This N the season when ontv the people who onn aflord to have open wimlnws uad a (urnaco Ore at tho same time can bo truly fomfOrinble.

H e a l t h Cor T e n C e n t s . Casenro'.s make bowels and kidneys net nnlundly.destroy uiirrolies, cnrobcndacho, billlousuos.s aud constipation. All druggisU.

When will an nlTectatlnn of slovenly swasher eeuM- to lie. In the eyes <>f the amateur, ua lu-dlcailon or athletic prowess ? >

TO CL'RR A COM) IN" ONE DAT Take Lnxalivo llrotno Quinine TaMets. All drugp'stsrofundthemon'y If It fallstoenre. •Jc. Tho genuine 1ms I.. Ii y . on cach tablet.

After nil. the wrctched clerk upon whem wo yviur out wrath when thinas ••promised" Is rarely the person at fault.

t 'nrtcp'* K*f. Hmnrt %VeeA Will cure a cold In one nlcht; will euro Roro tlirent In a few hour*. Acts quick. Sure cuio lor Catarrh In every ->o bottlo.

There It lots of work to he done In this quiet old ymilcer Ci'-T for a sojlesy for ibe bupprcs-sloa cf unnecessary noise.

Mrs. TTInMowl Snothlnu f r r n p Tnr .•Jiiiurrn trKhlQg.wftan'Ris -uni.-.rMar*. Inftkm. uinlior. alU)> pnui. <uir*Trinactillc. 24 ceuUa bultlo.

r - r r

If it v,'S8 only hcnUb, tnieht let it clinR.

But it o cough. O n e cold . no sopnqr passes elf before another comcs. But i t ' s tho camo old cough nil the rifne.

And It 's the came; old s tory , too. Thero is first the cold, ^ then tho c o u r h , then p n e u -monia <Jr consumpt ion with iho • long s lckncss , and lifo t remb-ling ia the balance^

If there anv devotcs'of the paste pot and Infe-tln stand who h;is not nt ^omc

pen and dyed his brush. ime b'-ued up bis

STATE o r Onto. CITT or TCLSDO, I LUCAH COONTV.

FnANK J . CtlKKKY makes oath that lie Is tho senior partner cf the linn of F. J. CHESBV & Co.. dolnit business in tho City of Toledo, County and Stale aforesaid, nnd that said linn will pay the sum of ONK HUNDKKD DOLLARS for each an.I every case of Catarrh thai cannot be cured by the use of HAU.'s C iTAunn Cutt".

FRANK J. CHENEY. Swom to before mc ami subscribed in my

presence, this Uih Jay of December. A. D. ISotJ. A. W. GLKA*3N.

' — ' NOTAIIT PtlBLIG llall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, and

arts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of iho system. Send for lestlmonlals. free.

F. J. c m : SKY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Dnurtrtsts. TV. Hall's Family Pills are the best

W h a t ' s t h e s ec r c t of happy , v igo rous h e a l t h ? S imply k e e p i n g t h e bowel s , t h e s tomach , t h e l iver and k i d n e y s s t r o n g nnd ac t ivc . Burdock Blood H i t t e r s does it .

T h e eas ier a man is l o app roach t h e h a r d e r he is to g e t a w a y f rom.

T o o Inte to c u r e a cold a f t e r con-s u m p t i o n baa f a s t e n e d i f . d e a d l y g r i p on t h e lungs . T a k e Dr. Wood's Nor-w a y Pino S y r u p w h i l e yet t h e r e is t ime .

A w r a t h f u l a n s w e r doesn ' t a l w a y s t u r n a w a y s o f t people .

S p i r i t u n l i s t s may t i p t h e t ab l e , b u t t h e f e l l o w w h o l ips t h e w a i t e r f a r e s t h e besL

Lane's Family Medicine.

Moves t h e bowels each day. I n o r d e r t o be h e a l t h y t h i s is necessa ry . Acts gen t ly on t h e l iver nnd k idneys . Cures sick h e a d a c h e . P r i ce 25 a n d 50c,

IS IT YOU. M I M I L E ?

" T a k e your f a t h e r ' s s l ippers ." "They a r e too old a n d a r e worn out.-

S a n t a Clans would never p u t a n y t h i n g p r e t t y in t hem,"

Mlmlle. del ighted, s a w by the l i gh t of tho moon, Lucot te ' s blue s l ippers .

"Oh, If I had s l ippers l ike y o u r s I n m sure San ta Claus would p u t some-t h l n g beaut i fu l In t h o m ! "

Lucct te , wi thout t h i n k i n g of t he bal l , t h e dowager or t h o gonera l 'B 'nephew, found tho Idea so comical and a g r e e a -ble t h a t , regardless of t he consequence t f her childish Impuls iveness , she flung efl first one s l ipper , t hen the o t h e r , p u t bo th Into Mlml le ' s benumbed bands , and with h e r fee t covered only •with h e r fine silk s tockings , she ra^: o n to t he genera l ' s house. Ah! b u t i t w a s coidl And how the pebbles h u r t !

Mr, Maroquler was s t and ing b e f o r e t h e ga te , beat ing t ho ground i m p a -t i en t ly with his foo t .

"Como child, c o m e ! " he said, Luce t tc fe l t a delicious, comfor t ab le

eensa t lon as her f ee t s a n k Into t a e •warm, so f t carpet cover ing the s t a i r s . B u t beyond was t h e cold floor of t h e bal l - room, and she advanced wi th ehor t steps.

How could sbo conceal her s l ipper -less f ee t ? Fo r tuna te ly , she was obl iged t o bow to a number of people, Lucot to m a d e very low courtesies . Quickly g a i n i n g a oorncr nnd sea t ing herself on •a low chair , fihe spread her s k i r l s a r o u n d h e r and put her feet u n d e r l ier chnir ns f a r an possible. A t las t

-she was sa fe ! N o t a t all. An officer camo up t o her, howod. and Invited her

-to waltz . It was the genera l ' s n e p h e w . H o was charming , so cha rming t h a t t h e b lush ing Lucc t te snrlled, a r o s e a l i t t l e confusofl. a n d was about t o ac-cep t h i s Invi ta t ion when tho cold floor r e m i n d e d her of h e r posit ion. She could n o t dance; h e r feet would bo se*n, and , b lush ing s t i l l more, s h o re-f u s e d .

" T h a n k you. b u t 1 do no t dance . " f T h y g e n e r a l ' s n e p h e w looked n t her

A l t k a s ton i shmen t , coldly bowed and T i f t he r .

Lucette knew that she had mortified l i lm; that ho would not Invite her a

F e n l a u I ie-.i.

An Amer i can t r a v e l e r In Pe r s i a learned t h a t the c o m m o n soldiers of t h a t coun t ry supposed t h a t t he E n g -lish prac t ice of firing a saluio a t t h a bur ia l cf a soldier h a d for i ts ob jec t the d r i v i n g away of devi ls . O the r mis -t a k e n Impress ions no less absu rd he r epo r t s In his " P e r s i a n Life a n d Cus-toms . " A village so ld ie r asked me if I knew ot dog-worshlppors . I told h i m I had hea rd of f i ro-wcrsh lppers , cow-worsh ippers . and t h e l ike, bu t n e t of dog-wcrsh ippera . H e sa id he had seen some In Teheran . Some f o r e i g n e r s the re h a d fed dogs a t the i r tab les , had w a s h e d and c lo thed them, fond l ed t h e m in the i r laps, a n d t a k e n t h e m r id ing in their c a r r i a g e s ; w e r e t h e y n o t dog -worsh ippe r s? An Eng l i sh sea cap t a in ,whese sh ip touched a t Busb l re , look a horseback r i d e t h r o u g h t he s t r e e t s cf the city, b u t made so poor a display c f borsemanBhip as to a s t o n i s h and a m u s e the people . The n e x t d a y a v e n d e r of f r u i t s c a m e on board t h e sh ip a n d nald to t he cap t a in : " I have m a d e such an exp lana t ion a s to f r e e you f r o m all r ep roach . The re is no one w h o does n o t t h i n k t h a t you a r e an e x p e r t rldor, a s becomes one cf a na t i on of ho r semen . " "And how did you do t h a t ? " a sked tho cap ta in . " I told t h e m you were d r u n k . "

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"There am no cross babies or sick bnh'.es In families thai use Urown's Tcelhlm; Cordial."

'Tis the early worm thai catches the chost-nut Jusi now.

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. n a n t , a n d l a b o r w a s n o t n e a r l y a s l ong a s i t w a s w i t h my o t h e r b a b i e s ; e n d m y b a b y is so h e a l t h y t o w h a t t h e o t h e r s w e r e . I t h i n k e v e r y w o m a n s h o u l d use y o u r Compound w h e n prog ' n a n t , i t wi l l s ave t h e m so m u c h s u f f e r -i n g a n d mi se ry . I cannfet s a y e n o u g h in pra i se of i t . I f eve r I need medic ine a g a i n , I s h a l l u s e y o n r C o m p o t i n d . "

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H e r e is a conv inc ing s t a t e m e n t , b e a r i n g d i r e c t l y on t h i s s u b j e c t , f r o m Mrs. E , Bisnoi-, of 1843 Pac i f ic S t , B r o o k l y n , N. V.:

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k o t h e c o n t r a c t ninkiui . ' b e tween

t h e L o w e l l V i l l a g e C o u n c i l a n d t h e

Oi t i een ' a L i g h t i n g c o m p a n y of B e l d -

t a g is I h e bent t h a t h a s c o m e to o u r

t a x p a y e r s f o r m a n y l ong m o n t h s .

F o r m a n y weeks t h e c o u n c i l ha s

been i n d u s t r i o u s l y " s a w i n g w o o d ; "

a n d t h e i r succtsH in b r i n g i n g a b o u t

t h e p r e sen t p r o p o s i t i o n is c r e d i t a b l e

a l i k e t o t h e c o u n c i l ' s zeal a n d j u d g e -

m e n t . I f t h i s c o n t r a c t is c losed, as

e x p e c t e d , t h e " k i c k " a g a i n s t t h e p a y -

i o g q u a l i t i e s of t h e m u n i c i p a l p l a n t

wil l b e f o r e v e r d o n e a w a y wi th o n d a

f u n d will b e p r o v i d e d a l m o s t l u f i i c i e n t

t o p a y o n e h a l f of t h e b o n d e d i n d e b t -

e-ineas of t h e p l a n t . W e c o n g r a t u -

l a t e t h e c o u n c i l u p o n i ts c r e d i t a b l e

w o r k , t h e v i l l a g e u p o n i t s good lor

t o n e , a n d e a r n e s t l y h o p e t h a t t h e r e

m a y b e n o " s l i p ' t w i x t t h o c u p a n d

t h e l i p . "

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f a m e , is g o i n g to N e b r a s k a t o p r e a c h

i a a c o u n t r y c h u r c h . B y f u m i g a t i n g

well be tween s e r m o n s p e r h a p s t h e

p o o r f o l k s c a n s t a u d i t ; b u t t h e

b r e t h r e n h a d b e t t e r b e a b o u t h o m e

w h e n p a s t o r a l c a l l s a r e in o r d e r .

A C C O U D I N O to n w r i t e r in t h e F e b

r n a r y n u m b e r of t h e R e v i e w of R e

• i e w s , A g u i n a l d o , t h e l e a d e r of t h e

F i l i p i n o i n s u r r e c t i o n i s t s , is a r e m a r k

a b l y b r i g h t a n d t a l e n t e d y o u n g m a n

w h o h a s m a d e t h e mos t of e v e r y o p

p o r t u n i t y f o r i n t e l l e c t u a l a d v a n c e -

m e n t , a n d is well q u a l i f i e d f o r t h e po

• i t h n h e occup i e s wi th his p e o p l e .

T B F . m a r k e t i o r good horses seems

t o be " l o o k i n g u p , " a u d b r e e d e r s will

b e i n t e r e s t ed in k n o w i n g t h a t C h i c a g o

d e a l e r s h a v e a n o r d e r f o r 1 0 , 0 0 0

o o a c b a n d b u s horses t o bu s h i p p e d

! • L o n d o n , L i v e r p o o l a n d A n t w e r p .

P r i c e s r a n g i n g f r o m $ 1 6 0 t o 1 5 0 0

f o r bes t coach horses a n d f r o m $ 1 0 0

to $ 2 5 0 f o r bus horses . H o r s e m e n

s h o u l d be e n c o u r a g e d .

T H E L E D O E K ha s been u rged to

• c o r e t h e - l e g i s l a t u r e f o r its d o - n o t h i n g ,

i p e n d t h r i f t j u n k e t i n g o p e r a t i o n s ; b u t

t h e r e q u e s t c o m e s f r o m o n e w h o v o t e d

f o r t h e old g r a n n y w h o is s u p p o s e d

t o r e p r e s e n t t h i s d i s t r i c t in t h e H o u s e .

W e p l e a d not g u i l t y ; a n d as l ong a s

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

p e r s o n a l i n t e re s t s , so l ong m a y

we e x p e c t j u s t such " d u m b p h o o l "

w o r k .

G r a t t a t i - V e r g e t m e s .

Those on the sick li«t are P. W. Byrne

Mrs. J . D . Frost, E T A Andrews and Wal«

lace Snyder ' s youngest daughter.

Del l Ford is nnbet te i .

Barto school is closed Tor a week on au

count of the illness of the teacher, Miss

Ollie Roach of Cannonnburg.

Chas. Jakeway Is on the gain.

F rank Flanagan has jus t completed an

i t s bouse and filled it with huge cakes of

ifls. H e intends to keep cool next summer,

if we do h a r e hot times.

J o h n Jakeway is drawing sawdust from

Hosmer Andrews' to peserve his ice.

The cold snap is moderating :i little.

Nearly everybody's cellar is froien

Rosa Kameron is visiting in Grand Rap-

tdf.

Owen J . Byrne, of Grand Rapids, spent

last Sunday with his parents, P. W. Byrue

and wife. MIDGET.

I C o s c n d o - E o M t P a r i s .

j Mrs. R Brown and »V. Webb, of Sher -

j wood, were called home by the illnesa of

the i r mother , Mrs. Funny Voorman.

Miss Mario Teeple bus been spending

the past week in G r a n d Rapids.

Ar t lmi Stowo who closed his school on

account of the gr ippe ha t resumed bin

duties aga in .

Leon l i tFurgpy had the misfortune to

full under his horse, injur ing his foot

severely.

T h e Combination Pedro club met at the

residence of F. M. Davis and passed a very

plfiimint evening, Mhw Vanl lou ten and

Bert Fish receiving head pr i ie and conso-

lutions were awardtd lo L. VanHouten»

and Donald McDougall.

Mrs. (Jeu. Slater, aged 70 yeara, walked

Irom her present homo on South Division

street. Grand Rapids, to the homestead in

East Paris, a disiunce of 4 miles on Feb. 2.

Mr. and Mrs. 8l.iter are well to do people

who retired from the active lifool t he l a r m

a number of y e a n ago. Th is walk was n o t

s t all compulsory as she has children who

W'>nld deem it a privilege and in a position

to take mother wherever she wished to go

but tha t plucky spirit which made her a

worthy helpmate for the life of the pioneer

only manifested itself, GRANDMA.

«. A T h o n a a n d T o n a a e a ,

Could not express tho rap ture of Annie 13. Springer , of 1125 Howard street , Phll-dHphla. Pa., when ahe found tha t Dr. King ' s New Discovery for Consumption hud completely cured her of a hacking cough tha t for many years had made life a burden. All other remedies and doctors could give her no help, but she eays of this Royal Cure: " I t soon re-in ved the pain In my chest and I can now sleep soundly, something I con scarcely remember doing before. I feel like sounding Its praises throughout the universe." So will every one who tr ies Dr. King's New Discovery for any t rouble of t he Throa t . Chest or Lungs. Price BOc and $1.00. Trial bott les f ree a t L. H. Hun t ACo-'s Drug Store; every- bott le guaran teed .

S m y r n a .

Edna Tebble spent Sunday with her

fr iend, Mamie Josl in.

Mrs. Wm. Gardne r is quite ill with con-

gestion of the lungs.

Dan Skellenger of Belding spent Sunday

wi th his mother, Mrs. S . Skellenger

Eda Mast and J i m Joslin spent Sunday

with his sister, Mrs. Tom Pavis.

Miss Nettie Jeff ry of Ohio is visiting rel-

atives here.

Andrew Skellenger is improving.

Audio Gardner and Ray Ring spent

Sunday at R. Ellis. '

About 30 of Grandpa Skellenger's friends

and relatives gave him a pleasant surprise

Sunday, it being his 90th birthday.

Mrs. Bert Norton is seriously ill.

Nellie Hawks spent Sunday at home.

I N C . — • — -

T h a t T h r o b b l n f t H e a d a c h e

Would quickly leave you. If you used Dr. King's New Life Pills. Thousands of suffer em have proved their matchlcss merit for Sick nnd Nervous Headache®. They make pure blood and strong nerves nnd build up your health. Easy to take. Try them. Only 2S cents. Money back If not cured. Sold by L. H. Hun t & Co., | Druggists.

A l t o n .

Mry. Fred Ford is ill.

Rev. Mudge dined at Dorus Church's

Sunday and preached morning and evening

at the church.

Mr. and Mrs. Hart, of Rochester, N, Y.,

visited at Geo. Frost's last week.

The revival meetings are still being held

at the church.

Mr. Simmons, Sr., is sick with grippe

and heart trouble.

Chas. Keech's little boy ii sick:

Mrs. Perry Purdy is quite ill .

Elder Mudge will occupy the ptdpit a t

the Alton church four «weeks from

Sunday.

There were several earthquake shocks

felt here last week. One at D. Church's,

P. Purdy's and F. Ford's leaving a crack

in the ground.

Willis Purdy was one of the sick ones

l u t week.

Col. Porter shot a large guM Sunday

morning which measured Aft f rom tip of

the wings and 2 ft in length and weighed

2i lbs.

Ralph Ford is r i s i t iag bis brother , Clark,

at Muskegon.

Logs are being hauled to the Ring saw

mill.

Beck, we read the sermon and must sa r

that your hear t is in the r ight place.

Frances Houl ihan of Lowell ia visiting

friends and relatives here th is week.

Fred Soules and wife of Lowell called

on Dell Ford, Sunday.

The Republican caucus was held at W.

Keech's store Meoday af ternoon.

UNO

M o u t h B o s t o n E l m d a i c .

T h e themomuturs in the South Boston

peach belt ranged f rom 24 to 30 degrees

below 7.oro Sunday morning.

Clarence Farnl .sni is on the sick list.

Ella llellalienger was down from her

northern home and spent a couple of days

at Chas. Klnhn 's last week.

George Ki lgus went to southern Indiana

with a carload of potatoes last week and

reported the thermometer as low ns 40 de-

grees below zero.

Special meetings at the church this week

In cellars that havo not froten for twenty

years potatoes are found frozen hard enough

for marbles. LEAH.

• A K r l K h t f n l l l l a n d e r .

Will o f t en cause a horrible Burn. Scald, Cut or Bruise. Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the best In tho world, will kill the pain nnd promptly heal It. Cures Old Sores. Fever Sores, L'lcers, Bolls, Felons, Coras, all Skin Erupt ions. Best P l ^ cure on ear th . Only 26 cents a box. CUJO guaran-teed. Sold by L. H. Hun t & Co. Druggists.

v e r s e n n o s .

Miss Anna Daniels of Lansmg visited j

hor cousin, Frank Fox, and family; also j

her aunt, M m Mary Krum, and family

last week.

J . E Lee of Lowell and son. Dr. Toll

Lee of Marquette were guests of Eugene

Lee and family one day last week.

Jack Heed and family of Grand Rapids

have moved to Vergennes and are living

in Ed. Hovey's tenant house and will work

for him the coming season.

Mercury has been trying to hide in the

basement of the thermometer the past

week. I t has been from 24 to 29 below

zero and for three days it was not less than

9 below zero in the warmest part of the

dav. BRIDGET.

Lowel l C e n t e r - A l t o .

James Smith and wife. Nathan Blair and

wife, Mr. and Mrs. Soules and M. Ketchen

spent an enjoyable evening al tlie homo of

Geo. Blakeslee Tuesday night.

The re will be a mush and milk social

given by the ladies of the Disciple church

at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peters Thurs-

day evening, Feb. Ifi. Rev. Freeman of West Lowell visited

Geo. Blakeslee and family Friday. The

revival meetings still continue under bis

guidance; but the cold weather keeps many

from attending. T h e Alto base ball club is preparing for

the coming season's conflict and will give

an oyster supper at the South Lowell

Grange hall on Feb. 16 A program is giv-

en by local talent assisted by Bowne Cen-

ter Quartet . T h e sick in Alto are improving but old

Mr. and Mrs. Freymuth are very poorly.

One of the most pleasing numbers of m •

program was omitted by mistake, an instru-

mental solo by Winnie Patterson.

Geo. Blakeslee had the misfortune lo

lose some young stock during the extreme

cold weather. They were frozen to death

in a few minutes in spite of the fact that

they were well housed and cared for. Many

were lost in the surrounding country. BECKY.

D o w n go the Prices and D o w n mutt go the Stock .

G r a n d C a r p e t S a l e !

W a t c h for ou r

S e m i -A n n u a l

U n d e r w e a r

about Apr i l F i r s t .

S a l e

Good Stock i n a l l l ines and

r ight prices.

W e have n o w t h e largest stock of C A R P E T S

we have shown and a r e mak ing p r ices t h a t will

move t hem .

W e a lso have a f u l l l ine of s a m p l e s f r o m t h e

larges t C a r p e t House i n Ch icago and can f u r n i s h

a l m o s t a n y t h i n g i n t h e Carpet Line .

Can sell an a l l wool C a r p e t f o r only 50c pe r yd .

Don ' t go t o G r a n d Rapids f o r C a r p e t s

you can buy same q u a l i t y as c h e a p at home. when

N . B . B L A I N

I l o h h e d t h e G r a v e .

A s ta r t l ing Incident, of which Mr. John Oliver of Philadelphia, was the subject . Is na r ra ted by him aa follows: " I was In a most dreadful condition. My skin was almost yellow, eyes sunken, tongue coated, pain continually in back and sides, no appetite—gradually growing weaker day by day. Three physicians had given me up. Fortunately , a f r iend advised t ry ing 'Electric Bit ters ; ' and to my great Joy and surprise, the first bott le made a decided improvement. I cont inued thei r use for three weeks, a n d am now a well man . I know they saved my life, a n d robbod the grave of ano ther v ic t im." No one should fall to t ry them. Only 80 cen ts a botUe a t L. H. H u n t A Co. 's D r u g • tor* .

E a s t L o w e l l — W e s t B o s t o n .

Jack Frost has been testing the potatoes

in this vicinity. W. J . F i lk ins of West Bowne visited

f r iends in th is place Sunday.

Ray Ware is visiting f r iends in th is place.

Mr . and Mrs. Godfrey at tended the

Lalley-McOarty wedding last week.

Mrs . J o h n Carey is very ill with t he

gr ippe . DEWEY.

foil on st and be C o n v i n c e d that what we sav U trne.

J ,

Mrs. F. L. Colson of Grand Rapids is

visiting frienda and relatives of this place,

Ura greatly regrets t ha t she was a un-

able lo attend the oyster d inne r g iven by

our kind editor and his wife; but Mr. La-

grippe was a her house at the t ime; but

never mind, she don't intend to miss all

the good times.

The oyster d inner given by the Bowne

Grange; was, enjoyed by a l l present

The installing of officers took place as fol-

lows: W. M., F. Burton; W Q., J . G . Liv-

ingston; W. L., Lena Johnson; W . Chap .

Mrs. L. J . BooUrd; W. Trea*., L. J . Bool-

ard; W. Seoy.. Clayton Johnson , Gate keep-

er, Wayne Benton; Pomona, K a t e Johnson;

Flora; Mrs. Maggie Lowe; Cor., Mrs. Jen -

nie Brew; L. A. B., Effie McDia rmid . Af te r

the installation the delegates to t he sUte

grange, J o h n Livingston and wife, m a d e

reports on the state grange . URA

O u r g u a r a u t e e w i t h e v e r y p u r c h a a e :

G o o d s t h e bea t , p r i c e s t h e l o w e s t ' .

B e r g i n , t h e r e l i a b l e g r o c e r . 2 5 4 t f

LOWELL MARKET

W e a t L o w e l l .

A. Rolf and H . Sinclair were put t ing u p

ice from Spr ing brook last week and report

ice 19 inches th ick. J . Mange of Lowell WM t he guest of 8 .

Gristwood sod wife last Tuesday evening*

Mrs. H . J a y is qui te ill at th is writ ing.

Spr ing brook mill is shut down for an

indefinite t ime for repairs. RUMOR.

E v e r y b o d y k n o w s w h a t B e r g i n ' a

coffees a re , a u d t h e bes t in t h e wor ld

a t t h e p r i c e . 2 6 4 t

Town Line Tidings A good many are down with t he grippe.

Clinton Thomas and wife of South Low-

ell attended church Sunday.

Philo Murray visited his cousin, Roy

Murray, of Lowell Saturday and Sunday.

Bert Carter and wife of Middlevil le and

Steve Carter of Orangeville accompanied

by Laura A. Wesbrook were guests of Mrs.

H. Wesbrook, Sunday.

The sick are improving.

Fred Wood and wife spent Sunday with

Mrs. J . Tbiboa.

Mrs. Bert Thibos went to Grand Rapids

Saturday and returned Sunday .

Mrs. Bush, mother of Mrs. A. Shii ton,

was buried Monday.

Mrs. Win. Austin was called to t he death

bed of her sun-in-law, Don Williamii, of

Ada a few days ago. Mr. Wil l iams was

buried Feb. 3d. Mrs. Aus t in brought her

daughter and three small children home

with her.

XRAY.

w e s t B o w n e .

J o h n Par ley and wife h a v e rented the

Thomas Hauley plaoa and have taken pos-

aestion of it. Laster MoDiarmid recently visited in

Ionia . Henry Johnson was quiet seriously hu r t

l u t wsek while wucking logs.

B o r n - T o Raymond Johnson and wife,

a daughter . Mrs. J e n n i e Brew is among the sick.

Every one you meet greeU you with " I s

this cold enough for you," and the reply

'•well, I should say so." Frank Brew sold 60 sheep Inst week,

nett ing h im | 4 .26 per head. W. Dayget of West Bowne was buried

Saturday after a long and painful i l lnon.

1. F i lk ins talked to t he people of the

M. E. church Monday eveaing.

We noticed Dewey's name in the Grand

Rapids Herald last week and th ink he

must be get t ing quite popular .

John Curlwy and wife have rented a

farm near the Catholic church and have

taken possession.

A Paper for WaalilnK. P e o p l e w h o wish t o i p a y a y e a r s u b -

Hcription t o t h i s p a p e r b y d o i n g a

week ' s w a s k i n g a n d i r o n i n g c a n h a v e

t h e o p p o r t u n i t y by a p p l y i n g a t th ia

office N o poor w o r k w a n t e d a t a n y

pr ice .

Green Wood Wanted. I w a n t a q u a n t i t y o f g r e e n b e e c h

a n d m a p l e s t o v e w o o d ; a n d u n t i l f u r -

t h e r n o t i c e I wil l g i v e in e x c h a n g e

p e r c o r d o n e y e a r s s u b s c r i p t i o n to t h e

Lowe l l L e d g e r a n d t h e s a m e of t h e

N e w Y o r k W e e k l y T r i b u n e , bo th dol*

la r p a p e r s . T h i s o f f e r will b e wi th-

d r a w n aa soon as a s u f f i c i e n t q u a n -

t i ty is s e c u r e d . F . M . J O H N S O N .

P u b . L e d g e r , L o w e l l , M i c h .

W h e e t e 6*

Corn 3 40

O a t s 0 80

Bye e fiO

F lonr per cwt 0 2 00

Bran per ton ® 14 00

Middl ings p r ; ton 6 16 00

Corn meal per ton e 18 00

Corn and oats per ton 20 00

Bnt te r 14 O

E g g s 16

Po t a toe s T2 0 26

Beans 60 @ 80

Beef 5 00 & 6 00

Veal 6 00 « « 60

P o r k 8 M 0 4 26

Chickens T ® 8

Wool washed 20 0 >1

Wool unwashed 1 6 0 SO

Apples 40 Q 60

BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

O.C. McDANNEL, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. Office, 4t Bridge

street , Lowell. Mich.

M.C .OREEN, M. D.

physician and Surgeon. Office at Resldenee Bridge street, LoweU, Mich.

O. Q. TOWSLEY, M. D., Physician acd Surgeon. Office hours , 10 am

to 8 pm. and 7 to 8 pm.

8. P . HICKS,

Loans, Collections. Real Estate and I n s n r -

ance. Lowell, Mich.

V I C K 'S

Bulbs and Plants havt ton* to thousands of satisflf S cus-tomin for halfacantury.andtootlebraUtheMUi jrnar lo l-—1"— wi bar* la*oe4 a QoWto Woddln# edition of

V i c k ' s K . , Guide which Is a work of art M p u * llthoffaphtdlace'cis. 4putsMUTtnlr, nsarly JOOpk** balTton* IlluslraUous of Flowan. VsmtaMw. WanU. FrulU,rtc..el»««ntlT bound Id whits and jold A mar-Tel In cnUioeue making: an authority on all subjects pertaining to the farden, with car* for the same, and a ilMcrlpUre catalogue of all that Ii d*«lrable. •• eipeasive to glvs away IndlwrtmlnaUly, but w* want fvtryone Inleretled In a good garden to hav* a copy, ibereforc we will send th* Guide a i d al DUB BILL far 39e . worth ot aood/15 O t a .

U tails k*w *r*4U Is glvsa for rail Aauaat «f fBKkas* ta key other c**ds.

V l o k ' a L i t t l e O e m C a t a l o a u e . . . A perfect llttl* gun of a price list. U Is simply too Quid* coodenud, finely llluatratad, and In h*ndT shape, making It convsnlcnt for t«f*r*ne«. F E B B

V l o k a I l l u s t r a t e d M o n t h l y M a a a z l n e Enlarged. IropmTed and uptodat* oa all subj*™ relating to Gardening, Horticulture, *10. M c«nia a year. ( S p e c i a l INftO offer-tb* Macaa laa on* year, ana the fJnlae for U S ceoia.

Oar n**: plan of seUIng Veietable Seeds give* ye* man for year m*a*y thaa any m*4 hoa»* la AawrUa.

James Vicke Sons , R o c h e s t e r e N . Y .

Splendid New Line of

Bed Room Suit At From

$ 1 0 . 5 0 U p

a delivered free of charge

y par t of the ci ty.

M c C O N N E L L .

PUT ABOVE ALL THINGS

by the exceptionally fine work turn-a n y nne ed out by the LOWELL LAUNDRY

We are very careful , conscientious and guarsntee satisfactory work.

E. H. CAMBELL, INSURANCE. LOANS NoUry Public, Real EaUte Agent and Col.

lector. Over Bovlan's store, Lowel*

MILTON M. FERRY,

Attorney and Conoaelor at Law, Train's Hal

Block, Lowell, Mich. Special attentloa given to Collections, Conveyancing, aad Sale of Real Eatate.

Haa also qualllled and been admitted to prae tlce In the Interior Department and all t he bureaus thereto and Is ready to prosecnte Claims for those that may be entitled to Pension 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 .

Y O U R P A T f t O N A B l S O L I O I T E D .

H O D G E S , Dentist. Rickert 's old Stand, Lyon Block.

H o r n * 8 -11 a . m . , 12-5 p. m .

l a t e s t methods used for all k inds of work .

All work guaranteed.

\uncUi P . W a t t S s

P i a a l a t a a n d A c c o a p a a i a t o

-TEACHER OF PIANO -For toraaa a n d p a r t i c u l a r a c a l l a t f l rwt

hoaao n o r t h of Methodla t c h u r c h .

VOB rzma

INSURANCE! C A X s L O M

P . D . E D D Y & C O . *

A . E . C A M B E L L , Dentist

OYER BOYLAN'S STORE. A l l braoches of dental work dene by

the latest improved methods. Sat-isfaction guaranteed.

Gas adminiatered.

The Michigan Farmer and L o « 4 | Ledgerone year for 11.50. Apply t ^ t h i s off ice.

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I t Ju s t w h e r e t he g a l l e o n w e n t d o w n . T d ve ry l ike ly g e t myse l f i n t o a s e r i o u s e c r a p e , b u t Jus t s u p p o s e I shou ld n inn -t g e t o see t he d o c u m e n t a f t e r al l . T h e n I t ippose I t o o k a l i t t l e t r i p some d a y on o n e of t h o s e Hying c a t n m a r n n s — t h e y m a k e 23 k n o t s s o m e t i m e s , if I re-m e m b e r c o r r e c t l y — n n d s u c c e e d e d in l o c a t i n g t h i s r e e f . S u p p o s e 1 h a d a d i v i n g su i t w i th m e ; t h e r e p r o b a b l y I s n ' t s u c h a t h i n g b e t w e e n ' F r i s c o n n d t h e Y o k o h a m a navy y a r d , b u t i m a g i n -a t i o n ia c h e a p . S u p p o s e 1 a c t u a l l y f o u n d s o m e t h i n g t h a t looked l ike an old w r e c k , c r u s t e d o v e r w i t h c o r a l , a n d t r i e d a d y n a m i t e c a r t r i d g e on i t . Sup-p o s e I f o u n d s o m e t h i n g t h e r e , a n d s t o w e d It a w a y u n t i l y o u cou ld j o in me ,

e h ? " H a l s t e n d w a s filling h i s p ipe a s 1

a p o k e , b u t h is fingers t r e m b l e d a l i t t l e . H e t o o k s e v e r a l long , m e d i t a t i v e p u f f s w i t h o u t s a y i n g u w o r d . T h e n h e g o t o p a n d b e g a n t o p a c e t h e deck , u p a n d d o w n , b a c k a n d f o r t h . P r e s e n t l y he c l e a r e d t h e t a b l e a n d s p r e a d upon it an I m r a y c h a r t of t h e w e s t e r n Pac i f i c be-t w e e n N e w G u i n e a a n d J a p a n . A f t e r a t u d y i n g t h i s c lose ly f o r s eve ra l mo-m e n t s . he t o o k d o w n F i n d l n y ' s Di rec-t o r y of t h e N o r t h Pac i f i c , which he als.i c o n s u l t e d . T h e c o n v e r s a t i o n had d r i f t e d c a s u a l l y i n t o t h i s c h a n n e l f r o m i t s a s s o c i a t i o n w i t h t h e L a d r o n e voy-a g e , b u t t h e s u b j e c t w a s t a k i n g ho ld of us w i t h t h e g r i p t h a t such s e e m i n g I m p o s s i b i l i t i e s o f t e n wi l l ; and ail s o r t s of wild a b s u r d i t i e s flashed t h r o u g h my m i n d a s I w a t c h e d t h e c a p t a i n ' s f a c e . A f t e r w h a t s e e m e d an h o u r of c a l c u l a -t i o n ove r t h e c h a r t a n d d i r e c t o r y , h e

s a i d : " T h a t reef h a s n ' t b e e n f o u n d by a n y

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T h e ol l le ial copy of t h e t r e a t y of peace w i t h Sjwiiu, b e a r i n g t h e s i g n a -t u r e s of I n e .Spanish a n d A m e r i c a n c o m m i s s i o n e r s a n d w h i c h w a s r e c e n t l y , ra t i f ied by t h e U. S. s e n a t e , h a s b e e t t s igned by P r e s r d e n t M e K i n l c y a n d Sec-r e t a r y H a y . T h e s a m e h a s b e e n f o r -

w a r d e d t o M a d r i d .

T o n p o s t a l e m p l o y e s h a v e g o n e t o t he P h i l i p p i n e s t o a i d D i r e c t o r of P o s t a Va i l l e In u s t a b l i b h l n g a m o d e r n se rv i ce . A p o s t o ' l U t e ' i s ' t o b e e a t a b l i a h e d a t -

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Than Rich." • Wise people arc also rich when they know a perfect remedy for all annoying dis-eases of thc blood, kidneys, liver and bowels. It is Hood's Sarsaparilla, which is perfect in its action. It so regulates thc entire sys-tem as to bring vigorous health* It never disappoints.

C o l t r c - " F o r 42 yeara I hud goitre, or BvellinKS on my r.eck, which was dls-cournglng and troublesomo. Kheumntisni also annoyed iiu*. HikkI's Sars.ipnrllla cured mo completely and I lie jwdllnir 1ms entirely dl-npi-ivird. .\ lady In MIchkMn paw my prcvioun tesiliuonlal and used Hood's anil was entirely cur d of llie samo troui'Ie. sin' tliniked me fur n.'coniiiieiul-ATIK I!." MIK. ANX\ SI ruEKi.A.MI, 1 L o v e l Btreet. Kalamazoo, Mich.

P o o r H e a l t h - " H i d p'tor health for ' "yeftfa, P(fills in shoulders, back and hips,

wl tb cunstaiit In Mibubi'. nervoiisness and no appetite. I'«> ;1 Hood'" Sarsiipirilla, galnml siren;:lh and enn work bard nil dny; ca t heartiiy nnd sl'.-ep well. 1 took It he-cause U helped B.y busbau'l." Mna. Ei.i/.AiiCTii,?. Girrn .s . Moose l i k e , Minn.

[VIake3 W e a k S t r o n g - " 1 wouiii piva C> a Uuitle fur ilood'n sarsaparilla if I could 1101 pot il for less. It Is the best BprliiRmedicine. It makes tlie weak strong." AUIHIIT A. JAGNOW, Doil^lastOwn, N. V.

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wes t , a f t e r a l i n g e r i n g i l lness c o v e r i n g a per iod of si:; m o n t h s , s a y s t he W a s h -ing ton Pea t . P a r k e r could p r o b a b l y

r e l a t e m o r e of t h e ea r ly h i s to ry of Mount . V e r n o n t h a n a n y one l i v ing pe rson . Hln e n t i r e l i fe was s p e n t a t

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c h a r m s fo r h i m . Ho p r e f e r r e d to spend h i s d a y s a s they had begun , w i t h i n t h e b e a u t i f u l a n d h i s t o r i c In-

e losuro of Mount V e r n o n .

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ton a n d t a k e n to Moun t V e r n o n . H e r e fo r t h i r t y - t h r e e y e a r s ho l ived, w i t h m a n y o t h e r s of h i s race , a n d a t t h e

b r e a k i n g o u t of t h c civi l w a r h e w a s t a k e n o v e r t o P L W a s h i n g t o n , w h e r e he

se rved a s cook f o r t he u n i o n s o l d i e r s A f t e r t ho w a r a n d w h e n t h e M o u n t

V e r n o n p r o p e r l y passed in to t h e h a n d s of t ho a s soc ia t ion of pa t r i o t i c A m e r -ican w o m e n who now cont ro l t bc old

home , P a r k e r signified h i s des i r e tn spend t h e r e m a i n d e r of h is d a y s on the g r o u n d s of h i s you th . Ho was

employed to w a t c h the t o m b of W a s h -ing ton a n d t o p r even t d e p r e d a t i o n s on

i b e t r ee s a n d s h r u b b e r y .

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A l e x a n d r i a a n d W a s h i n g t o n . Ho h a d a sma l l watch-box , a few fee t f r o m t h e tomb, whero h e sa t in bad w e a t h e r , a t

o t h e r t i m e s occupy ing a c h a i r In f r o n t of t he tomb. T o t h e t h o u s a n d s of v is -

i to r s w h o w e n t to Moun t V e r n o n e a c h > ear . P a r k e r was an objec t of i n t e r e s t . H i s b lue u n i f o r m a n d tho r e spons ib i l i -

t ies of h i s posi t ion gave h i m pos i t ive ideas of an exa l ted du ty , a n d a l m o s t

every d a y of h ! # l l f p ho was t h e c e n t e r of a t h r o n g of v is i tors , w h o l i s t ened In ten t ly and in te res t ed ly to h i s r e l a -

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r u m m a g i n g about a n d finding n o t h i n g nf va lue t hey took t h e i r d e p a r h i r c . Immed ia t e ly they had pot c lear a w a y

tho wild m a n of t hc P e a k jumpcfi off Ihc set t le , removed the chaff bed, r.nd,

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It fa, t h - n , t he first a n d g r e a t e s t les-son of t h i s war t h a t good sh ips a n d g u n s o r e use less if t h e r o a r e n o t good

ofT.cern. e n g i n e e r s nnd s e a m e n to w o r k tho s h i p s a n d good g u n n e r s 10 l ay tho gunc , r a y s H a r p e r ' s Magaz ine . F a r -r a g u t ' n v.'lso r a y i n g t h a t " T h e bes t de-fense a g a i n s t t h ? e n e m y I", a wol l -d l -rcc ted firo f r o m o u r o w n Guns," Is tiT-

u m p h n n t l y v ind ica ted . I t is nn oxtr , - .ordinary fac t t h a t t h e

S p a n i s h g o v e r n m e n t , w h i l e p u r c h a s i n g o r b u i l d i n g the sh ips , l o o k no s t e p s lo t r a i n t h o men . r n l i k e t he g r e a t na -vies of E u r o p e — D r i t l s h . F r e n c h . U u s -a lan , G e r m a n and I ta l ian—-the S p a n i s h navy h a s neglec ted m a n e u v e r s In pcacc. W o sea rch in va in for a n y s ign of t h a t i n c e s s a n t d r i l l i n g u p o n tho sea w h i c h has m a d e t h e A m e r i c a n , B r i t i s h a n d F r e n c h Heels so f o r m i d a -ble. T a r g e t p rac t i ce , wh ich in t h e s e t h ree n a v i e s end t h e G e r m a n h a s re -ceived tho u t m o s t poss ib le a l l o n l l o n . w a s s i m i l a r l y over looked . T h e r o a r e

ta lcs , t r u e o r u n t r u e , t h a t t ho a m -m u n i t i o n issued lo S p a n i s h sh ips waa neve r expended . S p a n i s h vessels , in-deed, p r e sen t ed a fine a p p e a r a n c e nt Kie l . S p i t h e a d a n d t h e C o l u m b i a n re-view. b u t a n i m p o s i n g e x t e r i o r Is n o t h -ing in war . T h o neg lec t cf ba l l l o -

t r a i n i n g h a s t e r r i b ly a v e n g e d i t se l f . T h e e x p l a n a t i o n of t h i s neg lec t m a y

be f o u n d In S05*eral d i r ec t i ons—in na -t ional obs t inacy , w h i c h Imag ined t h a t

t h e S p a n i a r d w a s in c o u r a g e tho s u -pe r io r of every f o r e i g n e r a n d t h a t na -val w r r w a s a m e r e m a t t e r of luck a n d p ' u e k ; in c o r r u p t i o n , wh ich di-ver ted f r o m t h e i r p r o p e r a i m s u m s voted fo r t ho n a v y , a n d In n a t i o n a l pove r ty , wh ich could n o t s u p p o r t t ho h e a v y cos t of an a d e q u a t e fleet. I t Is a f a i r l y obvious f a r t t h a t five s h i p s wi th t r a i n e d c rews a r c be t t e r tha,n t en s h i p s w i th u n t r a i n e d men . B u t t h e imbeci lo m i s m a n a g e m e n t of S p a i n d u r i n g the w a r r e n d e r s i t p r o b a b l e t h a t h e r r u l e r s h a d n o t g r a s p e d t h i s

t r u i s m .

T h e Or ig in or " J l o K o e s . "

I a h i s "S ix ty Y e a r s o f - o n A g l t a t o j ' s L i f e . " George J a c o b Holyoake .ghrear i sn

a u t h e n t i c accoun t of how- , the w o r d " J i n g o e s " c a m e . t o be app l i ed t o tboso w h o a ro a d v o c a t e s of " a s p i r i t e d f o f -eign pol icy ." E a r l y In 1878. a t t h e t ime tho eas t e rn q u e s t i o n w a s a p -p r o a c h i n g a crisis , t h e r e w a s a p o p u l a r mus ic -ha l l song, t h e b e s t - k n o w n l ines

of wh ich r ead : W :c don ' t w a n t to fight.

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A n d we h a v e t h e m o n e y , too . One S u n d a y a f t e r n o o n In March ,

1S7S. a m e e t i n g w a s held in H y d e P a r k in s u p p o r t of Mr. G l a d s t o n e ' s po l icy

on t h e e a s t e r n ques t ion , b u t i t w a s b r o k e n up by a c rowd of e n t h u s i a s t i c y o u n g Tor ies , u n d e r t h c l e a d e r s h i p Of

Lieu t . A r m l t t . A f t e r w a r d a p o r t i o n of t he a s s e m b l y set o u t f o r H a r l e y s t r e e t , w h e r e t hey b roke t h e w i n d o w s In Mr. G l a d s t o n e ' s house. A m o n g t h e l e t t e r s of p ro t ec t cal led f o r t h by t h e s e occur -rences w a s one, pub l i shed in t h e Da l ly News , f r o m Mr. Ho lyoake , in w h i c h the u n r u l y y o u t h s w e r e dubbed " j l n -gces . " T h e t e r m w a s a t o n c e t a k e n u p and w a s added to t ho n o m e n c l a t u r e of po l i t ica l l i t e r a tu r e .

Mr. H o l y o a k e ' s c l a im to t h e d i s t i n c -t ion of h a v i n g o r i g i n a t e d t h e t e r m in t he s e n s e in wh ich i t Is n o w used w a s recognized a l t h e t i m e by t h e L o n d o n W o r l d a n d by S i r H a r d l n g s G i f f a r d , t he so l i c i t o r -gene ra l of t h e day .

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sh i r e side, s a y s t h e G e n t l e m a n ' s Mag-az ine . An old f r i end of ours , r e c e n t l y

deceased, was as a lad a c q u a i n t e d w i t h an a n c i e n t goodman who h a d wi t -nessed th i s m a r c h t h r o u g h P e a k l a n d , T h c I n h a b i t a n t s themse lves were , a s

r ecen t ly as tho beg inn ing of t h e p r e s -e n t c e n t u r y , pronounced " a h o r d e of s a v a g e s , " b u t l ike doesn ' t a l w a y s l a k e l o l ike , and the adven t of t h e b r e e k -

ICBS w a r r i o r s of Char les E d w a r d is sa id l o h a v e worr ied them exceedingly . T h i s did no t a r i se to much f r o m per-sona l f ea r as fo r the s a f e ty of t h e i r goods a n d cha t t e l s . It was t h e conf i -d e n t hope of the Penk lande r s t h a t t h e

r ebe l s would cont inue the i r m a r c h r i g h t o n w a r d to London, and t h e r e gei. h a n g e d or o therwise e x t e r m i n a t e d , t h e r e b y sav ing the necessi ty of a re -t u r n Journey . The i r very wor s t f e a r s w e r e jus t i f ied when the h l g h l a n d e r s w e r e back upon them in a few d a y s ! H e r o Is one s tory of the march wh ich

l i n g e r s local ly : An old co t t age r espied a band of

f o r a g e r s in the d is tance . They were m a k i n g toward h is homes tead , a n d , of course , he had a shrewd guess w h a t t h e i r e r r a n d would be. Kami s tock ho h a d n o n e to reave. His wife was too h a r d - f a r e d to r u n any r isk of be ing " k i s s e d a n ' car r ied awa ' . " P u t on t h e

wal l of t he houseplace t he re h u n g an o b v i o u s piece of loot, namely, a flitch of bacon. The old fellow, howeve r , d e t e r m i n e d to h a v e a good t ry a n d keep t h i s w i n t e r prnvis iou of h i s ou t of t oo w a m b l e s of t he h igh land gen-t r y , so in t ho few minu te s a t h i s d is -posa l he m a d e his a r rangemont f i . W h e n tho so ld ie r s entere;! t be c o t ' a g o t h e y found a m a n ly ing on tho s e t t l e in t h c last t h r o e s of d i sso lu t ion , a n d a w o m a n w r i n g i n g her h a n d s ove r h im in i ndesc r ibab le a g e n y . The cl.;n:-nipn. fcare^sgged t h o u g h thojr w e - ' , yfolflcd r. ccrtriin n m n u n t of pity, nnd p r h s s -cu tcd t h e s ea rch a f t e r w h a t t hey

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A r m y n m l Navy.

S e r g e a n t W i l k e s , j u s t r e t u r n e d f r o m 1 M a n i l a , r e p o r t s t h a t t ho a u t h o r i t i e s a r e

In s t a l l i ng s h o w e r b a t h s t h e r e t o s a v e the l ives of A m e r i c a n sold iers . T w o or t h r e e b a t h s a d a y a r e f o u n d t o bo a p r e v e n t i v e of m a l a r i a l d i seases .

T h o r e t u r n s j u s t pub l i shed s h o w t h a t t he e f fec t ive s t r e n g t h of t h e B r i t i s h a r ray w a s 219,283 of all r a n k s , viz . : 19,261 cava l ry , 35,977 a r t l i l e ry ,7 ,80I en -g ineers . 141,587 I n f a n t r y , co lon ia l corps , 5,412; a r m y se rv i ce co rps , 3,590; a r m y o r d n a n c e co rps . 1.310; m e d i c a l staff corps . 2.007. a n d a r m y pay co rps .

57S. T h e f o r e g o i n g cons i s t ed of 7,757 ollleers, 91S w a r r a n t oflicors, M.1S9 se r -gean t s . 8,429 t r u m p e t e r s , d r u m m e r s and bug le r s , a n d 192.990 r a n k a a d file. T h i s is a n a v e r a g e of t w e n t y - s e v e n en - 1

l i s ted m e n lo each officer, w h i c h Is prec ise ly t he s a m e a s in t h e Miles bill. T h e a r r a y r e se rve n u m b e r e d 82,063, tho mi l i t i a 114,588, t h e y e o m a n r y 10,191, tho v o l u n t e e r s 231,798. end t h e m i l i t i a r e se rve 31,095; a g r a n d to t a l of 689.-018.

T h e A m e r i c a n s a r e now so keen on m i l i t a r i s m t h a t t h e y a r e m a k i n g busy to c r e a t e m l l l . a r y bands , s a y s a n Eng-lish cr i t ic . T h e l a w sca rce ly recog-n l r e s mus ic in t h e a r m y of t he Uni ted S ta tes , see ing t h a t i t p rov ide s f o r on ly one b u n d — t h a t of t h e m i l l t a r v acad -emy. T h i s band, wh ich Is l i t t l e b e t t e r t h a n an apo logy f o r a band , b e i n g the only one wh ich be longs to t h e mi l i -t a r y e s t a b l i s h m e n t , i t m a y be i n t e ro s t -Ing to see t he n u m b e r of b a n d s muln -t a ined by o t h e r c o u n t r i e s . A u s t r i a

I Biipports more t h a n 100; Be lg ium " f I j E n g l a n d . 175; B r i t i s h India 76 : 1

i F r a n c e . 195; Du tch E a s t I n d l r s 2r.:'l ! G e r m a n y , 357; I t a ly . 172; R u s s i a 28''

Spa in . 91; Sweden . 33; Saxonv , 25; t ho I republ ic of E c u a d o r . (J; P ( . r i i n o n

; wh i ch we a re Inc l ined fo look a s be-j In*, bu t half c ivi l ized, h a s 5t: band*

wi th vn nvernge s t r e n g t h of fifty n r m eaeb . all p rov ided wi th t h e I n s t r u -m e n t s ' o f E u r n p e n n bilnds.

f T h e wor ld ' s p a s t u r e s every y e a r p ro -| r'lic • and the vr,rl.-t eoTJuiv"- 1 j 00" '

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S U P E R S T I T I O N S A B O U T M O L L Y

T h e y Are N a m e r u t M n m l Soma A r o T c r -

r i f i inc.

M a n y a r c t he l egends nnd oupcrs t l -t l o n s conncc t cd wi th tho hol ly . Old n u i h o r s w r i t e of tho troo as t ho hu l -w e r and t h o hoi .n , wh i l e in o u r old ba l l ads It i s n e a r l y a l w a y s t h e hol l ln t r e e . It Is a i tho h o l m t h a t Spense r inc ludes It a m o n g tho t rees t h a t - g r e w In t he fo r e r t w h e r o U n a nnd her gent lo k n i g h t s o u g h t " c o v e r t . " Coles. In b is q u a i n t " H e r b a l . " t e l l s i n t h a t t he s m a l l e r b i a n e h c s of tho ho'.ly m a y bo

used in d e c o r a t i n g h o u s e s a n d chu rc lu , a n d t h a t IhoEn cf a l a r g e r eizc a ro " v e r y nce -srary l o r c a r t e r s lo m a k e w h i p s a n d for r i d i n g rods . " and . " w h i c h m a y ncem a l i t t le Gtrar.ge" t > t he r e a d e r w h o known no be t t e r , " o m of h is f r i e n d s had a hollv t r e e g r o ^ ' n r . in his o r c h a r d of t h a t Idgncsse : . .m . be ing cu t down, ho cau red It to bo sawed o u t In bea rds , and m a d e him-self t h e r e w i th a coITtii, e n d , " If Mr. Coles m i s t a k e s r o t . " l e f t enough t;i m a k e bin w i f - one al -o." "Doth tho p a r U t s . " ho edds , " w e r e very corpu-lent . and t lu rc foro (he r e a d e r m a y im-a g i n e tho b igncs se of the t ree ."

In s o m e p a r t s of Yorksh i r e , cur ious-ly enough , to t h i s day i t l.i believed t h n t if m p r o ivy t h a n hol ly Is used in t ho C h r i s t m a s decora t ions , t he wife will " w e a r tho brcccher." fo r t h e ensu-ing year . An old f a r m e r was once seen pu l l ing d o w n the ivy wi th which the

k i t chen w a s decora ted . " I ' l l ha ' noan o' t h i s . " he whispered t o his so-iire. In Y o r k s h i r e , too, t hey h a v e the beau-t i fu l s u p e r s t i t i o n t h a t C h r i s t m a s U the one feast cf t he year in which the f a i r i e s m a y re jo ice ; they may hea r the Ho ly N a m e w i t h o u t h a v i n g to nee nnd hide, and they h a v e been hea rd to jo in in t he ca ro l s . Once a l i t l le elf-child, we arc told, was f o r g o t t e n by sorae-mischnnee . and was heard weepin;; and wai l ing u p and down the house , t hough

j n o n e saw h i m ti l l .Whi t sun t i de . Speak-| i ng ftf t h i s to an old woman in Dcv-i onsh i re , s h e nssured ua t h a t t he fa i r ies , h a d left t ho child "of purpose . " If a n y j o n e had h a d wit tn sp r i nk l e ( ch r i s t en )

h im. be n e v e r would have gone back ! t o h is people, Lut would become a j Ch r i s t i an chi ld . T h o holly used fc r I decora t ions , both iu church and house. I should be t a k e n down on Candleme -• I eve, or m i s f o r t u n e will come on pa r -i i sb or people1. I n t ak ing down holly

in some p a r t s of Eng land i l is t hough t un lucky to prick t h e finger if blood

comes, bu t if a leaf st ick to dress n: coa t it Is a good omen. In old d a y s a b ranch of holly picked on C h r i s t m a s eve was ns effieaeious ns tho rowan , or m o u n t a i n a sh . in p ro tec t ing f rom wi l ches a n d w a r l o c k s o r evil spells. A twig , b r o u g h t f r o m church , m igh t bo kep t , l ike t he Eas t e rn pa lm, for t h e s a m e purpose . Your catt le, too. will t h r ive , nnd y o u r sheep and goa ts br ing f o r t h t w i n s If you fas ten up a bit of hol ly in s ta l l or m a n g e r or fold, t h a t God 's c r e a t u r e s m a y re jo ice wi th m a n on the a n n i v e r s a r y of H i s b i r th .

A C T I V I T Y IN C H I N A .

T h e r e i s n e w s of cons iderab le Indus-t r i a l a c t i v i t y in China . Not only a r e

' t h e G e r m a n s in S h a n t u n g forg ing ahead iu t he m a t t e r of r a i lway con-

i b t ruc t ion a u d the m a t t e r of coal, but ' '.he C h i n e s e themse lves a r e beg inn ing

i o show m a r k e d s igns of a d e t c r m i n a -i t i on lo t u r n t he i m m e n s e mine ra l ! wea l th of t h e coun t ry to the i r own I profi t . An edict ha s been Issued ap-j po in t i ng Chang-Yi d i rec to r of mines In

t hc Me t ropo l i t an province, w i th power

: to f o r m s y n d i c a t e s to work them. T h i s j s h o w s t h a t t he e m p r e s s dowager has

| g rasped t h e s i tua t ion , and means to j fight W e s t e r n na t ions wi th the i r own , weapons . These effor ts , l audable as

t h e y m a y be, are. of course, p redoom-ed lo f a i l u r e . W i t h o u t E u r o p e a n a s -s i s t ance n o t h i n g can be achieved even by the qu ick -wi t t ed Ch inaman , as was amp ly d e m o n s t r a t e d by the comple te f a i lu re of t he viceroy. C h a n g Ch ih

Tung , to cons t ruc t r a i lways unas s i s t -ed a f e w yea r s ago. it does n o t fo l -low. however , t ha t the Chinese a r e in-capab le of fu l ly acqu i r ing W e s t e r n knowledge of mechan ic s ; on ly t h e y m u s t d r o p the i r pr ide a n d go to w o r k In a d i f fe ren t spi r i t . Meanwhi le t h e r e is s e r ious news abon t t he e m p e r o r ' s hea l th ; a n d we f ea r t h a t t h e even t , so o f ten a l luded to in t hese co lumns , is rap id ly a p p r o a c h i n g i t s c o n s u n m a -

l ion.

Locomotor Auxi 01% Paralysis C&n be Cur«d.

These extreme nervous disorders were UeMed w i th wonderful success by thc dis-tovercr of Or. W i l l i ams 'P ink P»Us for P&lc People, previous to his d i scove ry bemd otter-ed t o t h i public generally. This remedy is the only Known speci f ic in m^ny diseases t h i i t . un t i l rcccnt y e t r ^ . v / c r c pronounced in-curable. Ucrc 13 trie p rooh

Jnmei Crocket, n sturtfy old Scotchmnn t i r i n g In n r t m i f , Mich, nt SS MonU'iilm St . was cured of l.ocoinoior Alnxin by these iiills. l-or inimy yc-ar* lie hns bccti n ciiief ciiRiucer of one of those blfj imBiw-nKiT paincc Mennurs l iving upon tlie Rri-nt lakes. Tiiis is n pcMllion of (frent tvspon-slhiiity nml tin; nnxicty cnuscs n Rrt.it nervous r.tmln, Mr. Crocket wiys : "l-'or liftccn v a n s I vvntcheil the big engines nml iHiilera without n siiiRle itt 'ddcnt. nml only noli ceil that I wns K.-ttiux ncn-o.ia, SiuliU-nly without warning I was tnkeu sick, nnd wai prontralivl. I had thc Ix-st of piiysi-clmis but grew gmdunliy worse. At n council cf doc ton . they said I had nervous p r o t l n t i o u , nnd iiad destroyed my whole nervous system nnd wouM never rccovrr. I"or three years 1 wns unable lo move from my l)eii. Tlie doctor la id I iiad luconiotorulaxia, aad would ucvcr be able to wnik asuin. '

" T h " pn'us nnd fiilTerin,': I experienced du r ing those j-enrs nrc nlmnst indescribable. The Iriemis tha t i unc to nee in.- bid mc ijmni-bye when th-y left me mid I was jjlven up. Tlie do •tor.-, Mid nothing more could be done, y.v wife keiit re.idlujj to me, articles about Ilr Williams' Pink I'iils for Talc foople. Wc furdly decided to Iry them. Thc limt box Rave • i i relief. I continued to use them for about two yenm before 1 could R'-t • t reag th enough lo walk. 1 .nm nearly srventy-fi 'veymni old and there is not n mnn iu this city that can kirk hlffher or wnlk fur ther than I enn mid lo.dnv 1 owe mv pr-scut Rood iicnitii lo Or. Williams' r i u k Pills fur I'ulc I 'cujlo for they saved my ufc.'1—Dttroil Lit King Anuu

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CSettlai; E v e n ,

I t is n o t a l w a y s easy t o p u n i s h a

boor w i t h o u t los ing one ' s t e m p e r , bu t

a L o n d o n p a p e r tel ls h o w a boa t - load of sa i lors , on s h o r e - l e a v e f r o m a m a n -

o -war , did it g o o d - n a t u r e d l y a n d w i t h -o u t violence. As they j o u r n e y e d up

tho roadway i n t o t ho Corn i sh vi l lage, a g e n t l e m a n ' s w a g o n e t t e passed . One

of t h e t a r s t h o u g h t l e s s l y j u m p e d on

t h s s t ep beh ind . " G i t orf t h e r e ! "

shou ted tho c o a c h m a n , a n d b e i n g a

chur l i sh s o r t of . "llnw, he lashed the s a i lo r v ic ious ly ac ross t he f a c e wi th

h i s wh ip . T h a t was e n o u g h . In an

i n s t a n t t h e o t h e r e leven b lues had closed round and 1 s topped t h e t r a p , t he

b o a t s w a i n ' s m a t e In c o m m a n d . " 'Ton-

l i o n ! " crteil he , a n d ' t e n t l o n t h e r e was . " p i s m o d n l ! t h e g u n l " h e shou ted ,

a n d It secfticd a s If e v e r y b l u e j a c k e t

ca r r i e f t ' t i 'whBle c a r p e n t e r ' s out f i t . In

t h r ee m i n u s e s t hey h a d t a k e n t h e wa-

g o n e t t e Into 172 pieces, a n d t h a t w i lh -ont BO m u c h a s s c r a t c h i n g o n e b i t of

p a i n t o r los ing a so l i t a ry screw. They

la id t h e m a l l o u t n e a t l y on tho s tony road , a n d t h e b o a t s w a i n ' s m a t e , a f t e r

i n spec t ing tho job, cr ied, "Good! Dis-

m i s s ! "

Ko O u t n r r I l r g l n s on S u n d a y .

T h e r e a ro some cur ious facta abou t

o u r ca l enda r . N o c e n t u r y b e g i n s oa W e d n e s d a y . F r i d a y or S u n d a y ; t hc s ame

c a l e n d a r s c a n bo used e v e r y t w e n t y

yea ra . Oc tobc r a l w a y s b e g i n s on the

bamo d a y of t h e week a s J a n u a r y ,

Apr i l a s J u l y , S e p t e m b e r ns December .

F e b r u a r y , M a r c h a n d N o v e m b e r begin

on t h e s a m o days . May, J u n o a n d Au-g u s t a l w a y s beg in on d i f f e r e n t d a y s

f r o m each o t h e r a n d e v e r y o t h e r m o n t h

In t h e y e a r . T h e first a n d l a s t d a y s of t h e y e a r a r o a l w a y s t h e samo. T h e s e

r u l e s do n o t a p p l y to l e a p y e a r , w h e n

c o m p a r i s o n i s m a d e b e t w e e n d a y s be-

f o r e a n d a f t e r F e b . 2D.

T h o r e b a b i i i t a U o n of t he n a l t l m o r e a n d Ohio S o u t h W e s t e r n Hal lway w i l l begin a s soon n s t h e f ro s t is o u t of the g r o u n d In t h o sp r ing . J u s t b e f o m the l ine w e n t i n t o t h e h a n d s of R e -ce ivers H a r m o n a n d R o b i n s o n a l a r g e q u a n t i t y of m a t e r i a l w a s p u r c h a s e d . T h i s wil l bo i m m e d i a t e l y de l ive red a n d used t o t h e b e s t a d v a n t a g e . F o r t y t h o u s a n d l o o s of 85-pound s tee l r a i l s h a v e been p u r c h a s e d , a n d e n o u g h w i l l be on h a n d o n March I s l lo e n a b l e t he R e c e i v e r s t o beg in l ay ing i l o t five d i f f e r e n t p o i n t s on t h e line. E a c t i mile of t r a c k wi l l b e c a r e f u l l y reba>-las tcd a n d p l aced In first-class c o n d i -t ion. I t wil l t a k e 101.000 pa i r s of c o n -t i n u o u s ra i l j o i n t s f o r t h e fo r ty t h o u -sand t o n s of r a i t T h e t w e t h o u s a n d s t a n d a r d box c a r s a n d five h u n d r e d s teel coal c a r s r e c e n t l y o rde red wi l l b * de l ivered in M a r c h . A d d i t i o n a l m o t l v o power , in i h e s h a p e of f o r t y c o m p o u n d f r e i g h t eng ines , w e i g h i n g 156,00» p o u n d s , a n d five t e n - w h e e l c o m p o u n d p a s s e n g e r e n g i n e s , w e i g h i n g 135,000 pounds , is n o w b e i n g b u i l t by t b e B a l d -win L o c o m o t i v e W o r k s . I t is e x p e c t e d t h a t by t h e t i m e t h e p r o p e r l y i s r e -o rgan ized a n d b e c o m e s the s o u t h w e a t -e ru d iv i s ion o t t h e B a l t i m o r e a n d Ohio R a i l r o a d t b a t I t will be in » p h y s i c a l c o n d i t i o n f u l l y equa l t o t h * B a l t i m o r e n n d O h i o R a i l r o a d .

R t m c * Story.

" W h a t m a k e a y o u s a y M a b e l ' s Rns-

b a n d is w e a k m i n d e d ? " " W e l l , t hey 'T f been m a r r i e d t w o y e a r s a n d h e w o n l d r a t h e r s t a y a t h o m o w i t h h e r i n t h f

e v e n i n g t h a n d o a n y t h i n g e l s e on earth.**

I l l s (liuRliiiin A p r o n s .

P e r h a p s tho mos t u n u s u a l p r e s e n t s cvev received by a m a n were bes towed tbi.-i C h r i s t m a s upon a B r o o k l y n m a n who cooks. T h e y were t w o big b lue-nnd-whi lo checked g i n g h a m a p r o n s , long and la rge , a n d wi th a m p l e a i r i n g s to eneirclo t he raasculino wais t . T h e man m a k e s a t t imes a de scen t lo t h e ki tehen w h e n tho m a i d s a r e a w a y a n d denionst r a l e s how u good s t e a k sfcould bo broiled or some o t h e r of t he nu -

nierous t h i n g s of tho p r e p a r a t i o n of which fo r t h e tab le be eonsidera t h a t ho has a n exper t knowledge . Upon such occas ions It h a s been h i s c u s t o m lo bo r row Ihe first m a i d ' s a p r o n con-venient . T h i s good, housewi f e ly t en -dency to uso an a p r o n be ing k n o w n , thero c a m o to t ho m a n f r o m o u t of town tho t w o big a p r o n s , which w e r e probably t h o best a p p r e c i a t e d of all bis C h r i s t m a s g i f t s and w e r e exh ib i t ed with tho g rea t e s t p r ide .—New Y o r k

Tir.iea.

f l o w l i e Won Her .

"Ah . " Bighod t h e r ich widow; " t o w do 1 k n o w tha t you do not wish t» mar ry m e s imply fo r ray raonoy?"

•• l i . i r l ing!" n > l t h e m a n . who w a s yoiing e n o u g n to be h e r son. " h a v e I not w r i t t e n poe t ry fo r t h e n a g a z i n e s ?

Ami did you ever h e a r of a poet w h o al lowed money m a t t e r s to e n t e r i i r f o his calculat ion. ' ;?"

T h e r e a ro t w o I s lands In N e w Zea-l and set a p a r t f o r t h e p r e s e r v a t i o n of i t s r e m a r k a b l e wild b i rd s nnd o t h e r a n i m a l s . All h u n t i n g a n d t r a p p i n g is fo rb idden t h e r e o n .

A K v i o r d y f o r t h e Ur lppo .

A r e m e d y r e c o m m e n d e d f o r p a n e n t a nfi l leted w i t h t h e g r i p p e Is K e m p ' s B a l s a m , w h i c h Is espec ia l ly a d a p t e d ' t o d i s e a s e s of t h e t h r o a t a n d l u n g a Do n o t w a i t f o r t h e first s y m p t o m s of t h e d isease , b u t g e t a b o t t l e t o d a y a n d

k e e p It on h a n d f o r u se t h e m o m e n t t t is needed . If ncg i ec t ed tho g r i p p e h a a -a t e n d e n c y t o b r i n g on p n e u m o n i a . T h e B a l s a m p r e v e n t s t h i s by k e e p l n e the cough loose. Al l d r u g g i s t s se l l t h a B a l s a m .

An o ld b a t b e l n r s a y s t h e d l f e r e n e * b e t w e e n firmness a n d o b s t i n a c y i s m e r e l y a m a t t e r of s ex .

Cakes Without Eggs.

W h y d o n ' t pou l t ry r a i s e r s feed ' .bclr c. . i uu egg ; !. --IV

Observing housekeepers quickly learn tha t D r . Pr ice ' s

Cream Baking Powder is far superior to all o ther brands from

the fact tha t its use always insures t h e finest, daintiest and most

wholesome pastry, aud if they wish to be economical they can

dispense entirely with eggs and uss a much lessqnantity of butter

for shortening purposes. Thc advantage is no t alone t h e sav ing

effected, but thc avoiding of t rouble and t h e f requent difficulty

in securing eggs that arc fresh.

Cakes of every kind from t h e informal Griddle to '-ho

stately Bride Cake can be made wi th

Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder

t hus insuring their beiug l ight a n d delicious. W h e n used in

Griddle Cakes they can be produced ia t h e shortest space of t ime

and are always tender and delicious, and m a y be eaten hot with

impunity by dyspeptics and persons wi th weak digestions. Cakes

of other kinds made with Dr. Pr ice ' s remain moist and sweet for

a much longer time than if any other bak ing powder is used.

Noth ing so decisively set t les t h c superiority of

Dr. Price 's over a l l o ther b a k i n g powers as the bestowal

upon it of the H i g h e s t Medal and Diploma by the

Wor ld ' s Columbian Exposi t ion (Chicago, 'O.'J) aud the

Special Gold Medal and Diploma by the California Mid-

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LOWELL STATE BANE Capital, - $25,000.00

LOWtiLL, M I C H .

FRANCIS KINO, Piwidenl,*,

CHAS. MoOARTY^Vlce'PreniHen M. C. GR.ISWOLD. Owhier.

DrRBCTORS:

Francis King, Chan. McCtrty,

G«o. W. Parker, F . T . King,

G. H, Force E. L. Bennett,

M. C. Qriswold, C. Bergin.

A General Banking Bnsinees TranRarted

Mooer Loaned on Real Estate Securitv

a Bewing befel k ind

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H O H E N E W S .

C o s H l p a n d C h a t a b o n t P e o p l e a n d

Thl t tSH You K n o w .

S e w i n g machinga . needles and oil a t 8u>ckiiif»'s.

Clnrence Long WIIH in G r n n d Rap -id s laul F r i d a y .

.1. S . AdamH Hpeni S u n d a y with P o r t l a n d friends. •

H a r r y G a r d n e r , of M u i r , is visiting b i i uncle . P e r r y G a r d n e r .

C. VV. Wisner registered a t Sweet '# hote l , G r a n d l iapids , F r i d a y last.

Closing out sale of o rgans at S tock-i n g ' s now to make room for bicycles.

Mrs . C h a s . J . A r m s t r o n g of Can-n o n n b u r g died , F e b r u a r y , 9, a t the age of 21 years.

J . S . J o h n s o n of A l m o n t s p e n t sev-era l d a y s of this week with the fami ly of his son, F . M.

S u p e r v i s o r W h i t e is " g r a n d p a . " I t is a ten pound g i r l a t Robe r t ' s in G r a n d v i l l e , F e b . 11 .

T h e Congrega t iona l missionary so-c i e t y w i l l meet a t the home of Mrs . R . W . G r a h a m , Wednesday , Feb . 22 , a t 3 p . m., fas t t i m e .

R e v . L . N . Pa t t i son aud d a u g h t e r , J o e e p b i n e , were called to Indianapol is , M o n d a y , by the dea th of the e lder ' s f a t h e r , T . T . N . Pa t t i son .

F r a n k C l a r k , C . O r r i n Hi l l and W . H . E d d y were Lowel l delegates to t h e R e p o b l i c a n county convention a t G r a n d R a p i d s yes t e rday .

M a r r i a g e licences were issued Sat -u r d a y to J o h n Noble , J r . , and Or ie A . R o b i n s o n , both of Cascade; and t o Delirikie Bnyder of Oaki ie ld and M a r y 1. Close of Cannon .

Y o u can ge t m a c h i n e of t h e of R . D . S tock ing j u s t as t h e d e p a r t m e n t stores sell one o k n o w n make .

T h e Genera l G r a m , upi.n which the F o n r t h U . S. I n f a n t r y sailed fo r Ma-ni la , J a n u a r y 18th , passed th rough t h e S u e / canal S a t u r d a y n i g h t and down the Red Sea S u n d a y morn ing .

T h e Vergennes d a n c i n g c lub will g ive a masquerade ball a t T r a i n ' s ha l l , Lowel l , Wednesday evening , F e b . 22. Music b y A d a m s fu l l or-c h e s t r a . Bil l 50c including horse c a r e .

E . A . H o d g e s , D . D . S., of G r a n d R a p i d s has located in the pleasant q u a r t e r s recently vacated b y D r . J . H . R i c k e r t and which h a v e been pu t into nice shape for his use. Read his card else-where iu this paper .

N e x t Sunday and Monday will be the second quar ter ly mee t ing of the Methodist c h u r c h . T h e presiding elder . R e v . D r . J o h n G r a h a m , will preach Sunday morn ing , und quar te r -ly conference will be held M o n d a y morn ing .

S tock ing is m a k i n g prepara t ions for a large bicycle business the com-ing season und says he will only sell wheels of known repu ta t ion with fu l l mnnlr 'e guurantee and at prices t ha t defy competit ion of even the the d e p a r t m e n t stores of Chicago .

T!.^ econd qua r t e r ly nmeting ser-vice of the Vergennes and K e e ne c h a r g e will be held Feb . 18 und 11). T h e qua r t e r ly conference will be held a t t he bom? of the pastor, Sa tu rduv , 2 : 3 0 p . m. T h e S u n d a y service will be he ld at the Keene chu rch a t 2 p.m.

A first-cluss paper cu t te r has been added to the L e d q h r ' h facilities tor do ing j o b pr int ing, which will enable its to t u r n out work more expeditious-ly and nea t ly than iu the past . W e hope this enterprise will he apprecia t -e d with" a largely increased job pr in t -ing pa t ronage .

D e p u t y Sheriff Morse yesterday a n rested W m . A . Lally. of Vergennes at the ins tance of H u m a n e Agent R a n -do lph . Lully is charged with leaving his t e a m exposed to the bit ter cold lor several hours in this village last S a t u r d a y .

T h e K e n t county Democra t i c c o n -ven t ion will lie he ld a t the a u d i t o r i u m in G r n n d Rapide . F e b r u a r y 25 . E a c h townsh ip is ent i t led to five de lega tes . T h i s convention is for the purpose of e lec t inn for ty-seven delegates to the Democra t i c state convent ion to b e Leld a t Kalamu/.oo, March B.

Ka r l H u n t e r , who has been enn ployed in t h e W i n e g u r shoe store for t h e past s ix years , will leuve Lowell abou t F e o r u a r y 22 fo r u t r i p to A t -lanta , Georgia , w i th a view to locat ing w h e r e the weather c le rk does not t r y to knock the bo t tom ou t of the ther-mometer for three weeks in succession. E a r l has a host of f r i ends in Lowe l l w h o will regret his d e p a r t u r e a n d wish him God speed where ever he m a y go.

New song; " H e r n a m e is M a n d y " a t S t o c k i n g ' s .

C . H . A l e x a n d e r was in G r a m l R a p i d s yes t e rday

D r . R. S . Lee of Marque t t e has he^n v i s i t ing his pa ren t s , Mr. and Mrs. .1

E . l^ee, and o t h e r l / twell f r iends t h ^ w e e k .

T h e Lowell M lecuhee* had thre»-in i l a t ions M o n d a y niirht and a good l i m e genetHiK A delegation "I F r e e pi irt '»iaceai»ee« eame iiver t'» an sist in the work and Ud- Lmvell A-

H a s t i n g s ran a special t rain t<> t ake them home. Itiw-p-i hi tin* MaccHbfi-

is looking u p and m new i inpetus will bi/ given to the work in the f u t u r e .

C l u h t d n a L l a t .

W e will furni- i i I i i k L d w r u . L r i i o r k in combiinii i with the tollnw ing papers ior 1X99. I he price given be ing in eaeh can for i wo papers , oiii> and the one nain^d

Michigan F a r m e r (week ly ) 81.50 N«»w York T r i b u n e (week ly ) I 25

De t ro i t F r e e P r e w (semi-weekly) 1.70 New York Wor ld ( i .n-weekly) 1.70 G r u n d Rapids Herald 1 60

(semi weekly) O t h e r p a p e r s and magazines fur-

nished to ou r pa t rons a t wholesale rates .

W E A T H E R B R O T H E R H O O D .

M J r a B

W A L K I N L A D I E S

and ins|H>('t ou r l ine ol Belt Buckles

T h e y are t h e latest in fancy de-signs in gil t and g i l t ami e n a m e l .

T h e y a re t be s t rong made-for-ser-vice k ind—someth ing (hat will su i t . The prices seem to ca tch the f a v o r of

ou r customers.

We shall endeavor t'» keep a com-plete line of Buckles , Sh i r twa i s t goods, e tc . , d u r i n g the season.

Oily D w H I e n T a k e G r e a t J o y In t h a | C H E A P S T A M P E D E N V E L O P E S i l n l l e t l B * In t h e K e l s r b b o r -

b o o d P o u t O f f i c e .

A city dwel le r who hud read in the pape r s abou t how in dis tant pa r t s of t he coun t ry , where the re were no daily papers , the government weather re-port was posted daily in the local post oftice, where t h e f a rmers und o thers in teres ted could see it, wns himself in-t c r e ^ c d t o discover tha t tha t same

C o d e r N e w C o n t r n c t a t h e U o r e r * -

m e n i C a n S e l l T h e m f o r

$ 1 . 3 0 P e r l.OOO.

Within a j ho r t t ime it is expected tha t the posamaster general will issue an order reducing the cost of s tamped envelopes and newspaper wrappers . Th is is made possible by the extremely low bids received for doing thc work.

B A L L A S T A B O V E DUCKS.

A K e n . d c a T l m l IN R e e i i v l n a A i t e n -

l i o n I n M n r l n e C l r c l e a — A

h u c c r n i f n l T o s t .

It Is only within the last few years that sailors h im discovered tlie grea t advan tage of c a n y ing ballast on t h e decks of empty ships, says the Man-ches ter ( inardian. In sai l ing ships, of course, it is neeessaiy to have the weight as low down in the hull as may be. lor the object is t o give the vessel "stilTness" and to counterba lance t h e pressure of the wind on her sails. Bu t in s teamers the weight of ballast need-ed to prevent the ship f rom capsizing is small; most of it is carried to im-merse the propeller and to reduce roll-ing. and as a s teamer ' s center of grav-ity is generally nea re r to her deck than to her keel, bal last on deck stead-ies her more than ballast a l t h e bot tom of the hold. Some captains. K is t rue, still re fuse to believe that i t can Ik- safe to carry weight so high up. but the number of t r a m p s teamers t b a t go to sea with rubbish on their dccks Is steadily increasing.

The Maneunia. which has just had her first experience of the Atlantic, is the first s teamer in which provision fo r c a r ry ing water ballast above the wate r line. The sides are double, and the space between the inner and on t e i skins can be filled or emptied at will, so tha t there is no occasion to cum-ber he r decks with solid ballast. Her captain 's s ta tement that this voyage in her was by fa r the most comfor tab le of 12 made by him across the At lant ic "in bal las t ," confirmed as it is by the record of the ship 's c l inometer , is cer-tainly remarkable .

C A R T R I D G E B E E R MUGS.

T E R R I B L E J U D I C I A L E R R O R

H o w L y i n r S c r * ^ n t « C n n u r d t h e K * -

e c n t l o n o f a n I n n o c e n t M n n

I n R n a a l n .

A terrible judicial e r ro r is repor ted f r o m Byehawa. in Rtwrian Po land . In Feb rua ry . 1802. a merchant arr ived at an inn tbere and took a room f o r the n ight . In the morning he w a s found dead in bed and had every a p p e a r a n c e of having died a na lnra l d e a t h . The "boo t s . " Ivan Pscha-tka. and a servant , bow-ever, both swore t h a t t hey had w y n the innkeeper, ftiwk. rtrangle t h e merchan t , take money f r o m his p o c k e t s and bury it near a c e r t a i n t r ee i n t h e g a r d e n . T h e i r e v i d e n c e v a s . c o n -

firmed by the discovery of 60 rubles burled at t he spot mentioned by t h e m The judge held tha t OaaekV truilt waa n o w conclusiveiy proved nnd =»enitenoed h i m t o dea t h. Oa rek w a s f h ort ly a f t e r -ward hanged in pplte of his p r o t e r t a -t ions of innocence.

Ivan Pacha tka marr ied the t « r v a n t and Cazek w a s almost f o r g o t t e n , when Pwhmtka and his wife r ecen t ly quar -reled and made aocusatione aga in r t each o ther , which led to invw-tigationa be ingmnde . I t h a s n o w t r ansp i r ed t h a t Oaaek w a s in the habit of h id ing hi* o w n savings n e a r the t ree in the gar-den. Pscha tka and the servant dis-covered the hiding place and s to le all t he money except 50 rubles.

They were, however, t e r r ib ly a f ra id of be ing detected, and when t h e met^ chan t happened to die in the inn j u s t at t he oppor tune m o m e n t f o r t h e m they concocted the Rtory of m u r d e r and caused the innocent Cajjek t o be f o u n d gu i l ty of murder and hanped . T h e t w o unscrupulous pe r ju ren . a r e n o w awa i t -ing- t r ia l f o r their nwfnl cr ime.

Bisy7Yes.Wky?

w e a t h e r repor t , or the one fo r this lo- T h p Rovernment does not seek to make

cali ty, is put up in thc post oflice here; he has found it regular ly in the branch post office where he goes to buy his s t a m p s and mail his le t ters , says the New York Sun.

There is very l i t t le f a rming land

money out of the people iu the sale of envelopes, b u t endeavors to put the i r price near the cost, repor ts the Wash-ington Star.

It is in teres t ing to note the immense sums paid by the government for en-

V . u i v / « . i velopes in the past . Thus in 1874 tbe around the branch post office, the land i . . . . t , j

. . . , price of the envelope most used by the public was $2.90 per 1.000 to the govern-ment. and the people had to pay $3.20 pe r 1.000.

Four years ago (and the depar tment is now opera t ing under this con t rac t ) the depar tment awarded a con t rac t upon a bid of $1.30 per 1.000 for the same envelope, and fi»rured on selling them to the people at $1.80 per 1.000.

The government will be enabled to fu rn i sh envelopes under the new con-t r ac t s at a much lower price. It is un-derstood that the reduction will be in

t h e r e a b o u t s being devoted principally t o br icks and mor t a r ; but t he city dweller who reads the notice the re feels himself t he reby put quick in touch, as the saying goes, with the agr icul tural in te res t , and he feels himself impelled, if n o t to go and get in his hay. at least t o g e t out his goloshes.

Though he may already have read i t In h is evening paper, the weather repor t seen here appeals to him with a new and novel interest . As he tu rns in here f r o m a busy thoroughfare and walks

up t o the bulletin, he can't help think- j ( h e neighborhood of 50 cents per 1.000.

Under the new bid a man can go t o any postoffice and purchase envelopes at $21.30 per 1,000 already stamped wi th two-cent s tamps. This is approximate-ly but 13 cents per 100 for fhe envel-opes, or, to get it down much finer, only four cents fo r a package of 25 envelopes of the best government grade.

TO W O M E N B I C Y C L I S T S .

ing of the man in cowhide boots and slouch hat stepping, at tha t very mo-ment perhaps, f rom a muddy count ry road Into some far-distant post oflice to scan the bulletin there. And th i s sort of th ing makes him feel t h a t w e ' r e all citizens alike in this big out f i t ; and tliat, while the government may no t always perhaps pet the prediction ex-actly r ight , there 's nothing mean or skimpy about tlu distribution of the bulletins.

K e e i i l n i r I IOKN Q u i e t In J n p a n .

When a dog ba rks at night in Japan the owner is ar res ted and sentenced to work for a y e a r fo r thc neighbors whose s lumbers may have been dis-turbed .

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iHavcYoui Heard Of It?

You may have hea rd about SCOTT'S EMULSION and have a vague notion that it is cod-liver 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 world, but made so palata-ble that almost everybody tan take it. Nearly all

£ children like it and ask for j more.

SCOTT'S •] EMULSION \ looks like cream; it nour-

ishes the wasted body of 5 the baby, child or adult » better ihan cream or any i. other food in existence. It i hears about the same rela-w tion to other emulsions that ] crcam does to milk. If you t have had any experience

< with other so-called "just as ,f good" preparations, you ^ will find that this is a fact.

The hypophoiphitcs that arc • ombined with the cod-liver oil

, ;'vc additional value to it because ( , hey tone up the nervous system, |

. d impart strength to the whole i i

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A a B a f f l l n f c A n t h o r l t y D e e l s r e m T h n t

R l d l n s M a k e * t b e F e e t

M n c h l . a r s e r .

Mark some of the a t t r ibu tes of the cycl ing heroine a s she will be. and com-pare wi th the languishing s is ters of a pas t decade, says St . Paul's.

We find a l ready a muscular, heal thy, practical c rea ture , whose dreati is not of cows or mice, but of the punc tu re 'fiend. H e r figure is na tura l ly well de-veloped, in considerat ion of which home t ru th let us pray fo r the u l t imate re-moval of the "lissom f o r m " and "wil-lowy w a i s t " f rom tha storied page. Il will follow, at. a m a t t e r of course, that " toy ing wi th the wing of o r to lan" will go hopelessJy out of fashion, fo r it i s a n accepted fac t thnt the appet i te of the bicycle heroine, is " rudely 'ea l thy."

Moreover, we ment ion it with bated brea th , we ure told that the feet of the bicycling gir l a r e gradual ly increasing —in size, not in number—al though.con-s lder lng all the marvelh which a re at-t r ibuted to the bicycle, we should not be surprised to h e a r thai il had ef-fected the development of a t h i rd limb.

This last fact , however, we should ad vis*- the novelist to ignore. No l a d j likes to have Ihe size of her feet over-es t imated. and Ihe nearer her size ap-proaches to sevens the more rooted It her objection to having even the bare t ru th hinted at . Once let the idea take root thni cycl ing has this effect , and f rom that hour the n u m b e r of f a i r c y clists will dwindle .

T h e B r a a a S h e l l s M a u l f l a r e B e e »

U » e d i n t h e L a t e W a r t o B e

t h e H e a l T h i n s .

Of all the war relics which h a r e deluged the country, the new car t r idge

! beer mugs are the most unique. A fash-ionable New York jeweler has discov-

' ered that large ca r t r i dges lend them-selves to t his purpose, nnd has prepared several at tractive designs, says t h e » w York World.

Tlie car t r idge beer m u g s are made from empty six-pound tibeils. The car t -ridges are a l i t t le more than th ree inches in d iameter a t the base and slightly na r rower at t he top, where t h e shell was placed. The open ing is l a rge enough to drink f rom comfor tab ly . I t is the same size as the hole made by tbeee six-pounder sho t in the sides of the Spanish warships .

The car t r idges are m a d e of b rass in order t h a t they will' s t a n d tbe s t r a i u put upon them a t t he m o m e n t of explo-sion wi thou t burs t ing . This qual i ty of brass will take a h igher polish t h a n poorer grades of the meta l . When pol-ished, tbe mugs gl is ten like gold.

Some of the new m u g s a re a r r anged with detachable handles , so t ha t t b e car t r idge may be used as a vase. T h e cniy o t h e r decoration is a s i h e r b a n d on t h e f r o n t se t t ing f o r t h the h i s to ry of the ca r t r idge . T b e inscr ip t ion records the name of t h e ship.

H A R D ON H I S N E R V E S .

This Man

h "blowing up" his wife because she didn't improve the opportunity to save money-by buying her

A C h i c a g o P r o o f R e a d e r W h o O o a l d

N o t S t a n d f o r B a d l y P a a c t a -

a t e d S lgrnH.

The old proof reader , who had been for more than a score of yea r s correct -ing the thousand and one minor e r r o r s which the has te of newspape r -mak ing allows to creep into "copy" before i t reaches the p r in te r ' s bands , was a m o s t methodical man, as proof readers a r e likely to be. He came to work a t t he same hour and minu te every evening, worked in the same methodical way and knocked off a t the same time, s t a r t -ing immediately for home with one par-

! ticulur chum. But one n igh t he made a change in his mode of procedure, which was the more remurkuble oom-

, iiu,' from him.

It was tbe end of tbe week, and l ike all well-regulated pr in te rs , he bor-rowed his weekly dollar and s t a r t ed for home. Hut instead of t ak ing the near-e.-t road he struck off on a roundabout

1 course. " W h a f s the m a t t e r ? " inquired his

pa r tne r , "why don't you go down Twelfth street to-night instead of tak-ing th i s long route?"

The proof reader hesi tated a moment and then said:

"Well. I'll tell you. I 'm ge t t ing so i can ' t bear Twelf th s t r ee t any more, the signs over the .stores are so badly spelled and punctuated."

Vyc. ami $i .00. ill drurpUls. & BOWNE, r.hemi»!», New Yorl

T h e M o a t . V a r l l k e L a n d .

Turkey, pa r t l y f r o m necessi ty und par t ly f r o m cboicc, is the most war l ike of tlie European nat ions. Her record f rom the beg inn ing of the cen tu ry to the end of 1896 was 37 years of war to 05 of pence; Spain, wi th 31 yea r s of war to 65 of peace, h a s second place; then comes France , wi th 27 yea r s of war and 69 of peace. Russia, d u r i n g the 90 years, bad 24 years of war ; I t a ly , 23; England , 21; Aus t ro-Hunpary , 17; thc Nether lands , 14; Germany, exclu-aive of Pruss ia . 13; Prussia . 12; Sweden, 10; Por tugal , 12, and Denmark, tt. The re was peace fo r European powers iu the periods of 1816-18, 1841-47, 1879-81. und f r o m 1886 up to the war be tween T u r k e y nnd Greece.—Keystone.

F r u m u F o r t h o o m i n u l l o i n n u c e .

Hand in b a n d they stood r.t thc bow of the s t e a m e r as i t plowed the placid Burfiyie of t be g r e a t lake.

Hand iu hand they looked at the sky line fo rmed by the tower ing bui ld ings of the vast c i ty to visit which had beeu the d r e a m of the i r young lives.

Hand in h a n d they watched the shore draw nea re r , a n d with swell ing h e a r t viewed t h e e n c b a r t l n g rea lm w h e r e they were t o spend the golden days of their honeymoon.

A few m o m e n t s inter they lot go of hands nnd held the i r noses.

Tbey bad entered the Chicago x t w . —Chicago Tr ibune .

F O R OLD H A R V A R D .

—GROCERIES— at my siore. Next time she will know better.

T ^ A a M c c a r t y .

Becauae lu hard work to supply the dcoiand all over (he country ior

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"Wear Resisters" They sell well, look well, feel well, wear well. For men, womeu und children. Look for "Lewis" on every shoe. Made only by the

J. B. LEWIS CO.. Boston, M n s .

LEWIS " W E A R R E S I S T E R S uro sold by all shoo dealers

T a k e Notice!

W e have harveeted a l a r g e c r o p ©f

• ^ I C E ^ with the expec ta t ion of l o e -i n g Peach C a r s the coming s u m m e r ; bu t on accoun t of peach c rop lieing d a m a g e d v e r y much by e x t r e m e cold w e a t h e r we will h a v e an overs tock of Ice so we shal l

p u t t he price of I ce wi th in t h e reach of every one t ha t needs to nse loe t h e c o m i n g s u m m e r ,

P r i v a t e families from $3 .00 to 1 5 . 0 0 for the season.

I C E a t the bouses $ 1 . 0 0 per ton in ton lota.

I C E will be f a m i s h e d F r e e for church Ice-Cre&m socials

D. E. ROGERS & SON.

T h e F r e e P r e s s Y e a r Book and Encyc loped ia fo r 1899 given free with T h e LEDGER and F r e e P r e n f o r a yea r a t $1 .75 for a l l , m a y n o w be seen a t t h i s office.

G e n u i n e home-made b r e a d " l i ke m o t h e r m a k e s " a t Bushes b a k e r y .

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type is of the latest design. Don't think because vou don't see our finest Job Type in the newspaper that we haven't got it for we have and know how to put il together so that it will please you. Try us acd be convinced that what we say is true.

Our Prices are right and work satisfactory.

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While a crowd of Harvard boys were oelebrutiu(,r the Pentu>ylvauia game in the cafe of a Boston hotel one of the s tuden ts became infa tua ted with a gor-geous white waistcoat which was worn by one of the colored waiters, saye the New York World, l ie called the colored man and said to him: "1 want to buy t h a t waistcoat!" "What you w a n t of t b a t weat, bosa?" ..aid the man. " I j u s t w a n t to buy It. What will you t ake fo r it ?" Af te r u good deal of gu f f awing and some hesitation the colored m a n al-lowed that h s would take $5 fo r i t . "Done." said the Harvard man, and he pulled out a $5 bill und guve It to the negro, who began to pull off h is wais t -coal. "Oh, you needn't do thu t , " said the s tudent . "I don't want you lo give It to me—I just wanted to feel t ha t I owned that waistcoat ." The n e g r o went on to wai t on h is table, when the s tudent called to h im: "Come h e r e l " "What do you want , bosi,?" T h e s tu -den t called the nepro up close, dipped h la own fingers in to a plate of c ranber -ry sauce that he had and with t h e m proceeded to mark a b ig " H " exact ly o n the middle of the f ront of the whi te waistooat—his wais tcoa t !

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1898 Watch Trade Excelled an> previous year.

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fwdry, S I L V E R W A R E # .

We are goinjr to make 1SW still better. Why?

1st—We have the poods. 2d—The quality and s tyle are r ight. 3d—The price will suit you—Call and » ee

A. D. Oliver, J E W E L B B O P T I C I A N .

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