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VOL. I. LOWELL. KEN^T COUNTY. MICH.. FEBRUARY 10. 1894. ^ ^

NO. 33.

WINE6AR HAS IT ^ An Antidote F o p Wet Ftet,

GOSET'S BOOTS'. Every Pair Warrillted the b^ t thing to wear

for Spring

Q - e o . W l n o g a r .

took After Your Fences I •

* *

Aaving Purchaled of the Lin-

dendoll Fence Company the

Townships of Vergennes,

, Lowell, Bowne, Keene, Bos-

ton, & Campbell, I am En-

abled to Furnish my Patrons

and All Others with the c •

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f e n c e m a m I N i n C B Q M .

E m SOLD

Please Call at my Store and Examine the Superior Merits of this Miachine. Respectfully yours.

H e a d q u a r t m for General H«rdware. 1 R. B. BOYLAN

S p r i n g C o o d s T h e L a t e s t A . i » d T h e B e s t .

Now is the Thne to Place Your Order for a* Spring Suit, sn Elegjbnt Pair of Pants or a Jaunty Spririg Overcoat. Our Spring Styles and Samples imd Styles are now in, and we can fit you o^t better and (Cheaper than Ever. This is business.

tb Tailor.

THAT EX«URSI0N W«ii*t WBrk-ThB Q r a n /

RaiMtfa Tall C a n ' t w k g

TIE e o w m DM—HOT THIS TIMf,

t ^ n o t h « r TIM*. • • n t l b l B Railroad O R M a l a .

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ATTENTION I Read f(ie Following T

For the Next Thirty Days we will Sell for Cash J*

22 P o u n d s Granuiated Sugar . v . . . . $ 1 00. 24 " White E*tra C. Sugar. .-. 1 00. 28 Bars Acme or Jaxon Soap .• 1 00. 30 Bars Lion Soap..... .. 1 00. 32 Bars Troy So«p... 1 00.

100 Pounds Bolier Patent Flour. 1 40. 12 Cans Tomatoes v.. 1 00. 12 Cans Sugar Corn 1 00.

35. 25. 25. 25. 25.

5 Gallons Oil. 10 Pounds BoWed Oats .• •? -4 Pounds Cracker^;......... .. 4 " New California Prtmes

10 " English Cmrants 3 Packages Eagle Brand Milice Meat. 25.

Fresh Oysters at Reduced Prices. Our Teas and Coffees are the Finest on Earth, and we will

not be Undersold. We also have a Fine Lot of Salt Fish for

the Lenten Season.

JOHN GILES & Off.

Tf LEAVE T m .

kg KxcuaaroKs. Tba trftMportatiaa oommiUea of tba

Oraad Rapkb board of trade met l u t

Tocadaj nifht to oonider the project

of a wrice of ibeap eicursions to that

tiij from outJfide points. The meet*

ing irai attend ad by Paaeager AgenU

George DeH&veo of the C A W. M.,

J a n e s CampFVll of the D. G. H. A W*

and C A. Slatfssn of the l a k e Shore"

road.

The railroatf ottcials stated that

they did not dare diseriminta in fiwor

o f tha tc i t j r by drawing trade from

the (owns along the lines as' they are

more or lew depcodeat npoa those

towns.

There will be a mdeting of

t M railway officials adti some

o f t h e leading rkai l merchants next

MoAday night a t board rooms to con-

sider the mat te / further.

I t is to be hoped that the railway

officials will determine to let the bi|£

towns take their jchaooes with the I w f l h r e w s . Fair play all roenf W

what ii demanded, h t i theYe be n6

discnmintion.

WA8HIKGTON BIB1HSAT PARTY.

The OddfellowsW Lowell will give

a grand party at Motic Hall in com*

memoratfon of the birth of onr

country's father, on Thursday eve

ning, February 22. J . W . Broad

bent, B. C. Smith and J a y Frost will

officiate as floor tnanagere' and B. G.

flmith, R. W. Swayre artd H. H .

Hunter compose the coihmittee of

afangements. Music will tfr furnished lyy Worden'sfull orchestra and the

bill for dance will be but 75 cents, and

for sapper 50 cents. Cards of invita-

tion are out Ask' for one.

WE WAOT 'KM OS THE LIST.

Liners in this paper have been re-plied to by quite a number of p.-»eple

whose naaies do not appear in our

subtoription book, this with t h i open confeasitui of some people and infor-

mation from tahers'proves that a gHht many people are borrowing the LED-

GER week aiipr week, instead of sub-

scribing for i t and contributing their

mite to the support of the enterprise

Now, friends and readers all, if this

paper is wei'th m d l i i g it is worth pay-

ing for. Gome and join our growing

list and let us make you happy.

PORTER-WEIGHT WETDIKG.

The following delayed cBntribution

has just been received at this office:

Married, at the residence of the

bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. F . C .

Wright, January 25, Frank W. Pe r

ter of Chicago, to Mias Minnie M.

Wright, Rev. James Provan officiat-

ing. Miss Blanch Schaffer received

the guests in her usual graceful man-

ner; Miss Pearl Sayles played the

wedding march, and to the inpressive

ceremony was added fhe ring service.

The rooms were trimmed prettily

land in excellent taste. The back-

i,ground where the bride and groom

I atood, v&s of grd#n, deoftated with

lyacinthi, carnations and the lover's

knot.

The presents we& many and beau-

tiful. Among them we noticed an

elegant calandehra^ presented by the

Chicago house that Mr. PorteV repre-

sents, a heautiftil dock, silver1, ware,

and gifts of every description, shewing

the kind regards of loving friends.

The bridegroom's gift was an elegant

diamond ring. Just after the ceremony a very nice

unch was served; in tba meantime

telegrams of ooagratalaUon and letters

of regret were rebeived. At 9:20 Mr.

and Mrs. Porter left for Grand Rap-

ids, Kalamacoo and other points be-

fore going to Chicago, tbefr future

home. Many of the guests followed

them to the crepot, and 'midst showers

of rice tbey' bade them good bye

wishing Mr. Sorter and his charming >ride all the joy that life affoifts.

The smiling faoei of the guests, and

assurances from one and all : that the

eveniag was a delightful o n ^ proved

to me tbat the wedding was a success.

Contributor.

PROaPBSOtrl OOKCKRl*.

L. P . Thomas returned Thursday

from a three dayff tr ip in which timis

he sold fifty of his bean planter and'

harvesting machines. He says lhaf

the prospects are that he will not hav£

enough machines to meet the demand'.

I t becomes our painful duty to an-

nounce that Mr. Thomas ooutemplkles

moving his manufacturing plant from

Lowell ia the Spring, and for reasons

that nrtght easily be adjusted. Lowell

b a s a a t a t t o g i a i a d u s u y l a spare, wa

want more instead of less. Get to-

gether gentlemen and fix this thing up.

A UTTIE RM i f t l ItE EMIft. EDITOR LOWELL LEDGER:

Your paper is to be commended for

its invitation to an occasional bit of

criticism of % utterances and alec for

its endeavor "to be right," and further for its modesty in not claitning "invar-

iable success." Some of your thoughtful readers

may have noticed the Wllowiag para

graph, and, like the writer,'been pac-

zled to discover where the editor wife

at when the choice morsel escaped

him. "The mines of this coutitry should

be owned and operated by the govern-ment for the benefit of the people who of right own this land. God Almighty intended the mineral wealth of the world for the use of all his people, not for a few plutocrats alone."

Hie editor her^ a s s u m e s F i r s t tha t

the ownership and management of

mineral lands by governritent would

"benefit the people" more than priv-

ate of.oership, but does not show any

reason for its faith. There4 are many

who think private ownersEip ensures

the best management and that the

dear people are as well served as they

would be if government in addition

to ite milltifarions duties, took charge

of onr lead, silver, gold, copper and coal mines and enployed a million men, more or less, in their manage-ment. Jus t now "Government" seems to have its bands full with cranks seeking to embarrnss the man-agement of the national treasury, and insufferable jackasses under the guise of "senatorial courtesy," seek to secure their own henchmen to the position of J udgeship in the highest courts of the land, and to override o^r executive's right to choose his subordinates, re-gardless of how high or pure his * se-lections may be.

Again, With the business of the country atta stand stKl, and milHons of bouselees and homeless enforced idleness, and other millions'^f widows and ordbans hungering for bread ia a landwiiBrt our graaaries -flro bank-

ing dith food, and where, in* sight o i^ this Indeeoribable haman distress a self of disgruntled and miwhief making,^" three by four politicians of both 'par-ties and all parties etand in the way of itatesaMn seeking to rfincdy ihnu-* merable i l M t j a a v be mto safely t h a t , "GoTernnJrof lsnrt exactly ready to g6 lata general mining.

v Suppose we settle the tariff businew'" first. ^

The editor's second assumption beats the firrt one •'all boiler" however-" We 'a re coolly interned what "God A M g h t y intended" regarding the dis-'~ tribution of the world's mineral ' wealth. J a s t how our Lowell editor got a cinch on the Almighty's inten-tons punlcs a wayfarer, and whe6 it is farther assumed that Onmlpoteuce s balked by "plutocrats" artd a "few" ,

of 'em at that, and the dear people for whose ase "Gorf intended" the rain-' eral Wealth of die world have been^ swindled e&VbT a fair deal, (in spite of such splendid backing) it beats the " wayfarer ouC of sight. J S. J .

Almoat, Feb. 2,1894. i P. 8. I aniTReminded ^hat to-da\

• the time the'wbodchncly a gn-und bog, comes out to look for bie shadow,'" and findingone,.returns to his hole , sine die. That's'what the writer will" proceed to do.

The tthneid' should ba on their a' against confidence men. •ign anything, h i s a common

trick wiUi these traveling scamps to get a receipt for future delivery of fruit trees, seeds, fertilisers, or some other articles of use on a farm, or the soldier's history or enlarging the f t i n i ^ pictures is the latest, and cm-t e K i t iato a aromissnry note, t o ' negotiate a t a baak or elsewhere. DmI only with people you know and v

can t rus t

I t ie told that a Ifttle girl who is learning to read by studying the big print ib'tfte papers, prayed as follows U&dih&'night : " M a r Lord, make me pure, route me absolutely pure, like Royal Bal ing Powder." This beantifnl, good and true story is com-mended to the prayerful coosiderauoa of people who think it does not pay to advertise.

Tbe nimble peany makes business brisk. I feve iy one wIm has moi ey by hir\ would go and pay his debts he owe? as faVais his money will- go, he wiuld "help many o t h m to pay who must collect from thoet who owe them before they can begin to pay their own bills I t is always a safe investment to pay your debts with tbe first money yea have ia bropl

L o u of nice Rtde itearo of local news escape t i e p a l l a h n of the average country paper beeawn he can-not be everywhere himself « a i cannot afford to have salaried reportoaaoour-iug the couatry. while those who know all about i t aad could easily

biro a tip, to do so.—{Kal-Leader.

. Mors and roors tbe people within a radius of twenty miles of this place are learning to appreciate the advan-tages Lowell offers as a trading point. A market is offered for all kinds of produce at the highest cash prices, and the farmer, can bay anything he desires at a low figtre. Let everv-body join the procession.

Don't fail to patronise our adver-tisers. They are the men to deal with. They will offer you no stale, shelf-worn goods. Tbey a re up with the tiroes, and sell for the lowest prices. If a roan wants your trade, let him ask for it, and don't go where you are not invited.

FOUE BIO WDOCESflCS. U a g the needed merit to nmn tba*

make eood all tbe advertWng datoed for tbem, the following four remediw! feave reMb. td a pbenomnnul sa le . Br. lUrgla Kew Dli corcrr, for OoMamptlon. RoiulitaBd sash Battle ^srsT5?cc3-Sfcdtrtr. SUtera rae preat retnady for Liver, fttooiach and kid neyn. Bucklen'a Arnica the bwt in the world, and T)r K+np'a Sew Idle Pfflg, which are a perfect pfll- All Ihete mnadka an trnaranltwd to do j u t whSt ia elalmed for tbam and the flealpr WLwjPf"" " herewith will be glad to tell i Sold at Hooter & Son's P

Eb i a

MICHIGAN MENTION. COV. FELCH MOVES F I R M L Y I N

THE SALARIES MATTERS.

teays thut Serrelary of Stale Jaoh lm, St.ttc

T r e u u r n - Iiuinliitz«r und L»nd Com-

mlulonpf Kerry muHt Kit her RpilRn or

f«e Rcntoreii for N'rglect of Uaty.

Governor liich hns said it and the fat€ of Secretary of State Joebim. Land rommissioner JJerry and State Treas-nrer llambitzcr, as state officials, is settled. The governor had a confer-ence with the three officials, and while the discussion was carried on in a friendly manner and while no direct demand for resignations was made, yet Governor Rich says that there can be no doubt that each official fnlly understood that his resignation was desired, and that if it was not forthcoming he would be cited to an-uwer charges of gross neglect of duty in signing the amendment canvass of 1693, without making any examination to prove its correctness.

While the constitution makes it the governor's duty to remove officials for the cause stated he cannot lake sum-mary action, but must give the accused persons a chance to appear and he heard. However, rs he simply has to satisfy himself as to their guilt, and as in this case, each of the officials has repeatedly admitted that he had no knowledge of how the errors ocsurred for the reason that he signed the can-vass without examining it, it is diffi-cult to see how they can hope to gain anything by forcing the governor to remove them.

Gov. Uich said that he had already selected the successors of the present state treasurer secretary of state, and state land .commissioner, and that he •would appoint them within 15 minutes after the expected vacancies occur. He does not propose to be besieged by applicants.

Ingliuin'* Grand J u r y a t Work .

The grand jury of Ingham county is hard at work upon the salaries si audal of the state capitoL Judge Person's charge to the jury was devoid of any sensations. lie cautioned all the jurors es to secrecy in all their deliberations, and the jury retired and elected ex-County Treasurer Phillips foreman, l ie is a Democrat and a farmer, and is considered by all con jerned an excel-lent selection. There are 21 jurymen —eleven Democrats, seven Republicans three Populists and two Prohibition-ists—twelve of whom must agree to an indictment to secure iL Gov. Rich was the first witness, and he occupied the stand about two hours. Deputy Sec-retary of State Lindholm was the next to be called.

It is impossible to even estimate the length of time the jury will be in ses-sion, as many witnesses will be exam-ined in the capitoL affair, after which the rottenness that is believed to have existed in the management of the Cen-tral Michigan bank at Lansing before the crash is to be gone into very thor-oughly. An effort will be made to dis-cover, who, besides Cashier Bradley, was to blame for the remarkable state of affairs that are now known to have existed there.

T H E M U R D E R E R C A U G H T .

Kalamacoo Officials Think Tbey H a r e t h e Man Whu Killed Butcher Sehl l l ln^

March 31, 1693, a t noon, Louis Schilling, a prominent Kalamazoo "butcher was murdered in the office of his meat market while bis assistants -were at dinner. Bobbery was the mo-tive as money he was known to have was not found. The crime was com-mitted with a knife, his throat having •been cut. Although the officials have worked very hard on the pase no clues were discovered.

Last week Deputy Sheriff Teft re-ceived a tip that Wm. Alguire, of Kal-amazoo, could give some information and he was promptly arrested. He at once turned state s evidence. He1 said thai at the time of the murder he was employed as cook in Horace Mansfield's resturunt; that Anna Wood was also working there; that he often visited the woman in her room and on one oc-casion heard an unknown man plan-ning with Mansfield, who is a Mulatto, to secure certain papers "old Schilling" had. On the day of the murder Alguire was in the Wood woman's room when Mansfield entered and took a bloody knife from his pocket; the woman washed it and hid i t Mansfield threatened Alguire if he didn't keep xnum. Alguire assorts that the man -who planned the job was secreted in Miss Wood's room for two days before the murder.

The steamer L. S. Payne sank in ten feet of water in the harbor at St. Jo-eeph. The ice cut a hole in her hnlL

At the Farmen," Institute at Cold-water, ex-Governor Luce had a resolu-tion adopted asking the legislature to appropriate $3,000 a year tu aid farm-ers' institutes throughout th.> state.

Frank Squires, a well-known farmer who lived twelve miles north of Battle Creek, cut his throat with a razor be-cause of domestic troubles. He was forty-five years old and had a divorced wife.

I t is believed that a compromise will be arranged between the State and the Central Agricultural associations whereby tbe former will be allowed to hold its fair in Detroit without forfeit-ing its claim on the -grounds in Lun-e ing .

A movement is on foot among the Calhoun county supervisors to remove the county seat from Marshall to Bat-tle Creek. The activity o£ tramp-catch-ers a t MarshaH is the chief cause. Battle Creek people will raise money for a site and onilding to facilitate toe chance.

T H R O U G H O U T M I C H I G A N .

Marlette now manufactures building stones.

Jdnrcellus has asked the Grand Trunk to build a new depot

Highwaymen held'up Nicholas brnm-momi near Capac and got 5180.

The Seventh Day AdventisUi are about to build a now church in South Haven.

Vassar's municipal reform club has caused saloonkeepers to remove screens and partitions.

Charles Webster, a deaf mute, aged 40, was killed near Wolverine ny a Michigan Central train.

Roy Wedderburn, aged six, of Kala-mazoo, was run over by a heavy pair of bobs while catching a ride, and died from his injuries.

Fin- destroyed the residence of Joseph Masod at Muskegon with a loss of 83,000. The family escaped in their night clothes.

Jerome Munson, aged 02, of New Lothrop. was killed by a falling tree which was blown over upon him. He leaves a large family in destitute cir-cumstances.

The special finance committee of Muskegon's board of supervisors have investigated matters, and discovered tha t there is a dis.repancy of gr.00 in the board's road accounts.

CoL W. R. Shafter, a former Kala-mazoo man, now commanding the gar-rison on Angel island, near San Fran-cisco, has been offered tbe command of the provisional forces in Hawaii.

George Dell was attacked by a lynx near Summit City. He fought the animal desperately with an ax, but the battle might have ended in Dell's death had not a wood-chopper rnshed to his rescue.

Four Benton Harbor women pounced upon Albert Livingston, ex-convict broommaker. and gave him a terrible horsewhipping for taking improper lib-erties with little girls. The scoundrel has skipped the town.

Adrian is much alarmed over the rapid spread of diphtheria. Five deaths occurred within a few days, and the whoie neighborhood has been exposed. All measures possible are being taken to stop the epidemic.

Owing to the lack of funds, the fac-ulty of Alma college is being reduced. Tbe last professor to go is Prof. But-ler, who has spread over the vast field of philosophy, economics, sociology, literature, rhetoric and elocution.

Rev. George Koehler, of Kalamazoo, has been holding revival meetings at Vicksburg, and hasn't been afraid to roast the rowdy element He has re-ceived a whitecap letter of a very threatening nature,but he'll go right on with the work.

The Berrien county supervisors held a special meeting at St. Joseph, ac-cepting the offer and approving the site offered. The estimated cost for the county building was 870,000. This is preliminary step to moving tho county seat from Berrien Springs.

Mrs. Chas. Raymond, of Benton Har-bor, accuses Mrs. Campbell, an old-time friend, of stealing her pocket-book and all her of wealth. Mrs. Ray-mond says Campbell kept the cash—830 —and threw the purse and a 850 note into the fire. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell were arrested.

The handsome wife of N. H. Brown, of near Penn, has eloped with Brown's cousin, Charles Pitts, of Tonawanda, N. Y., who had been visiting with them. The Browns never lived hap-pily together. The runaway wife leaves behind two children, both boys, to be cared for by their father.

The two young sons of Baxter John-ston, aged 0 and 13 years, of near Mon-roe, were playing with a gun. Samuel the 6-year-old. was shot, in the right side hi' bis older brother. About 60 ebots are imbedded in his flesh, some of which penetrated the little fellow's lung, and his recovery is doubtful.

The village and townships boards of health met at Otsego, and came to the conclusion that the death of Abram Burnside was caused by scarlet fever and not smallpox. Dr. Chase, who at-tended him, has either varioloid or chicken-pox, while the other patient, D. H. Ropp, has mild varioloid. And thus the great scare vanishes into thin air.

A valuable horse, belonging to Mar-tin French, of Burlington, suddenly went crazy when being quietly driven along the road. He plunged and kicked and broke loose from the buggy, and in a bewildered way ran down

1 through town till he came near the j hotel when he turned toward the build-1 lug and plunged head foremost against j it, broke his neck and fell dead on the ispot

A Bay City dispatch says: The de-struction of" the United States land office at Grayling and loss of the rec-ords will undoubtedly be the last of the land office at that place. The United States has a big building in this city, with considerable office room to spare, and it is more than probable that the office will be transferred here. It is said that the cost of reproducing the records destroyed by tbe fire win exceed $100,000.

A most shocking story of youthful j depravity and immorality comes from Bay City. Truant Officer Wyman has had warrants issued for 20 young girls ranging from 14 to 17 vears of age.

j The officcr says the girls have been at-tending dan.es of the lowest order, drinking and carousing with male com-

! panions. They have been running the I street at all hours of tjhe night with ' young men and even married men, who ! have the reputation of making it their 1 business to ruin young girls. Several of tbe girls under 14 have admitted their guilt and have described a place in a lumber yard "which was fixed np for immoral purposes and was fre-quented by girls and yonng men.

COAL MINERS RIOT.

AnnrchliUo Forelrncr-t Spread Terror In rennnylvimlft'* Coal Keclon.

Dispatches arc received from several places in the Pennsylvania coal fields regarding the riots of unemployed and disgruntled foreign miners of the anarchistic stripe.

Woodville, Pa.: A mob of 600 strik-ipg coal miners, most of whom were Slavs, Belgians and Frenchmen, went to the Federal & Woodville coal min-ers on the Pittsburgh, Charties & Voughiogheny railroad and made a violent assault upon the miners who were at work. Stones and clubs were thrown, and many pistol shots were fired, but no one killed. Several build-ings were damaged, windows smashed, cables cut, coal cars and other property destroyed. The rioters then marched on the Stones & Powers mine, where the rioting was repeated. A train con-veying deputy sheriffs arrived, but the officers quickly discovered that they were entirely unable to cope with the lawless foreigners, and requested Sheriff Richards, of Pittsburgh to send additional assistance. The mob left for Bridgeville, with the avowed in-tention of closing the mines at tbat place. A serious riot and bloodshed now seems to be inevitable.

Mansfield, Pa.: A battle took place between rioting miners and deputy sheriffs at W. J. Steen's mines on Tom's Run. Several shots were fired and a number of rioters were arrested. Franz Josef Stepig, a rioter, was killed at the Beadling mines. Half the mem-bers of company K, Fourteenth regi-m e n t were sworn in as deputies, as were 25 Mansfield citizens.

The rioters assembled in Heidel berg and pledged themselves to revenge the death of their comrade by destroying the Bridgeville tipple. - Fr. Wertz, pastor of the Catholic

church at Mansfield, says that there are 100 families of anarchists in his parish. He attributes the outbreak to their influence.

LATKR.—Peace prevails throughout the Mansfield coal regions, the rioters having been overawed by the troops and sheriffs' deputies. The works of Steen, Beadling, Pittsburg Fuel Co., Wick Powers &. Moreland, resumed operations, and no attempt was made by the strikers to interfere with the workmen. The only place trouble is expected now is at the Morgan mines of Green & Steen, three miles from Bridgeville. At a meeting of employes the foreigners refused to accept the 65-cent rate, and the English-speaking miners agreed to take what they could ge t Ninety men will go in, and the foreigners threaten to stop them. The men will be armed and guards will be stationed about the works to repel an attack if made.

Twenty deputies made a raid on the anarchists at Bower Hill and arrested ten Slavs and Italians. There are re-garded as desperate and are now in jail. These were the men who wanted to raise the red flag and declare for blood. Another raid under Deputy Haws was made during the night and 30 foreigners, suspected of burning the Essen tipple were captured. The men were all armed, and several resisted arrest but no one was injured. The men were Russians, Poles and Italians. Quiet prevails throughout the region, but the mines arc still under guard.

G E O R G E W . C H I L D S D E A D .

T h e Celebrated and Iteloved Kdltor-FhUanth ropUt Gone t o His Reward .

On January 16 George W, Childs, the well-known philanthropist and editor of the Public Ledger, of Philadelphia, was stricken with a second attack of apoplexy. Multitudes of friends made anxious inquiries from all parts of the country, and were told that Mr. Childs wonld recover, but notwith-standing this he slowly sank until 3:01 a. m., February 3, his spirit fled.

Georvo W. Chflda wna b-.rn at Baltimore, Md.. Mav 12. Itcfl. h e entered tbe United btalcs navy a t the age of 13. and spent flfleen months in tbe rervice. He then settled In Philadelphia, where be obtained employment as a shop boy in a book store. At tbe a sc of IS, bavinK saved a few hundred dollars, he set np in business for himself, and when be wax 21 be was a member of the pnblisblDK tirm of K. E. I'eterson & Co.. aiterwards Childs A Peterson. He WHS raccessful as a publisher. In 18ii3 ho retired from the firm, and on De-cember 3.1864. became tbe proprietor of tbe Publio Ledger, of Philadelphia. When ho be-came owner of tbe paper It was nn remunera-tive, and its ciro ilation w^a small; but i t soon became tbe most profitable {taper in tbat city. Mr. Childs has made splemlld use of bis vast wealth. He was phiUnthropic in tbe beat sense, Huwaaac ioM friend of 0«n. G r a n t His residence in Philsdelpbia is one rf tbe finest In the city, snd his honpitallty was pro-verbial. He and his friend, A. J . Drexel. NAVE a snm of money to tbe international Typo-eraphical Union as n nucleus for a fund wltb which to fonnd the home for superanuated craftsmen, whicb was built at Colcradc Sprlncs, CoL

Ironwond 's Mayor a Dandy. Mayor W m. Trebilcock, of Iron-

wood. has stood pat against a proposi-tion to saddle a bonded debt of $226,000 upon the municipality and pay $65,00(1 cash for a water works system tha t ie believed not to be worth more than 815,000. The council authorized the bonds, and efforts to enjoin them by citizens proved unsuccessful. Then Trebilcock refused to sign the bonds.

The supreme court is asked for a mandamus to compel him to sign them. The objections to the bonds are that they were illegally adopted, that they saddled a debt upon the city larger than tbe city charter limit that the legislature had no right to allow the Ironwood council to purchase the Hur-ley water works plant, as they pro-pose, etc. If the mayor is knocked out Ironwood will have to bear an in' debtedncss of 8500,000.

The Law Refuses T h r m a Llvlnr-Deputy State Game Warden Ken

nedy, of Grind Rapids, arrested 22 men at Hamlin Lake, where they were engaged in spearing fish. The associ-ated charities of the city prevailed upon the justice to let them off on sus-pended sentences, as the men were thus gaining a livelihood. A great deal of indignation is felt in the city, as this has been a means of many pool families getting sufficient to ea t

FROM MANY, PLACES. V A R I O U S K I N D S O F N E W S F R O M

V A R I O U S P L A C E S .

Valllkut, t he Bomb. Throwing Anarchist

of Paris, Loses His H e a d on the Par i s

CulllutIne. — Dr. Driffcs Advocates a

t 'liivrrsnl Church.

Vall lant Guillotined.

Paris cable: Vaillant, the bomb thrower, was executed Feb. 4, at 7:10 a. m. His last words were: "Death to society; long live anarchy." There were no incidents of an exciting nature other than this.

When the hour of execution was an-nounced tbe night before large crowds began to assemble, and it became necessary to erect barricades in all the principal streets leading to the square. At 3 a. m. four companies of the Gardes Rcpublicaine and a squadron of mounted Gardes formed around the square. Meanwhile the crowd con-tinued to increase, and signs of ap-proaching turbulence on its part were noticeable. An ngly rush of men and women up the Rue de la Roquette took place at 4 a .m. , but was stopped by the police.

Promptly at 3:20 o'clock M- Deibler, the executioner, appeared at the stag-ing of the guillotine. A few minutes later the two familiar vans rumbled into the square. They brought the guillotine and Deibler's assistants. M. Deibler went to one van, and by the light of lanterns examined the knife and ropes as they were brought o u t The construction of *he guillotine pro-ceeded rapidly and saently, but for the occasional thnd of a piece of wood fall-ing into place. M. Lepine, prefect of police, was at hand to see that all pre-cautions against anarchistic plots were taken.

At 7 o'clock the guards appeared with the prisoner, and after convers-ing with M. Deibler for about two minutes he was led to the guillotine. All was made ready, and at 7:10 o'clock Vaillant's head fell into tbe basket

T O B A C C O W A S T H E C A U S E .

Notobao Cares t he Tobacco Habi t and Consumptive Gets W e l t

Great excitement and interest has been manifested in the recovery of an old-time resident of Two Rivers, Wis., Mr, Joseph Bunker, who was for sev-eral years considered by all his friends a hopeless consumptive. Investiga-tion shows that for over thirty-two years he used three and a half pounds of tobacco a week. • A short time ago he was induccd to try a tobacco-habit cure called "Notobac." Talking about his miraculous recovery to-day he said: "Yes, 1 used Notobae, and two boxes completely cured me, I thought and so did all my friends, that I had consumption. Now they say as you say, 'how healthy and strong you look, Joe,' and whenever they ask me what cured my con-sumption, 1 tell them Notobac. The last week I used tobacco I lost four pounds. The morning 1 began the use of Notobac I weighed 127^' pounds; to-day I weigh 169, a gain of 41 pounds. 1 eat heartily and sleep well. Before I used Notobac 1 was so nervous that when I went to drink I had to hold the glass in both hands. To-day my nerves are per-fectly steady. Where did 1 get Noto-bac? At the drug store. I t Is made by the Sterling Remedy company, general western office, 45 Randolnh street Chicago, but I see bv the

Srinted matter that it is sold by all rnggists—1 know all the druggists in

this town keep i t I have recom-mended it to over a hundred people and do not know of a sinsle failure to cure."

A Universal Church. Professor Briggs, of the Union Theo-

logical seminary, of New York, says that there is only one saving faith. The world, he said, was born with dogmatic teachings, and denomina-tlonalism has been the great source of American Christianity. I t exists no-where eise in the world in such a ter-rible manner as in America. "If we were not a very wealthy country," continued the preacher, "it would have been disastrous to Christianity in this country. The greatest church dis-sensions have been due to the strug-gles among men to see who would be highest" He thought the time was coming when there would be a Christ-ian alliance' the world over, and that there would be a universal church.

Plve Kil led by a Holler Explosion. Near Crown Hickman, nine miles

south of Owensboro, Ky., a boiler in the portable mill of John Merger ex-ploded, killing five men and fatally in-juring another. The explosion was caused by running cold water into the warm boiler. The engineer foresaw the explosion and urged the bystanders to run, but they regarded his warning as a joke.

The bodies of two of the men were found torn to atoms in a tree 75 yards from the scene of the accident All the victims were horribly mangled. A more terrific report could not be imag-ined. The concussion was plainly felt 10 miles away.

Woman's Rl f h ts T T

All of Leavenworth, Kan., is discus-sing the latest development of the wo-man's rights movement Mrs. George Blackman, secretary of the board of police commissioners, virtually rules the police force. Her husband, who has been a guard at the penitentiary, has resigned his present place and as-sumed the office 'o( sergeant of police, nnder appointment signed by his wife. He wUl succeed Barnev Cunningham, an old and faithful officer, dismissed merely because he is not a married man.

C O N U R E S S I U N A L N E W S ,

SKSATE.-Thirt)--ninl h day . -February • was . . " foi ' ' ' " decided upon as the day for cioLing debate

and obtaiuinB a vote on the bill to repeal the •tlons law. Th( federal elections law. Tho bond issue pro-

posed by Hecretary Carlisle was discussed but no action wan taken. Conslder.ble sur-prise was aroused by the address of Senator Miurmnu, oi Ohio. supoortinK tsecretary Car-lisle in bis position, ami declaring tbat be had full authoritv to issue bonds as proposed. A pptitlou "representiuic 10,1X0 wool growers of lal i fornia. irrespective of polilicai party," praying ni;alnst tne reduction of the dutv on wool, WHS presented by Senator Cu'.lom, Clti-z e n s o f b t . Louis c u n t y , Minn., to the nam-ber of 0.0IW petitiuned auninst iron ore-being placed on the free list. Sen-ator Dubois, Rep.. Idaho, as a substitute for tbe pending resolutions upon the i8-,ne of bonds by tbe secretary of the IreHStiry, pre-sented the following: "Resolved, That it is the sense of the senate of tbe United States tbat tbe secretary has no authority under ex-isting law to issue and sell the bonds of the United Stales except sut-h as conferred upon him by the act approved January Ii,18TS. en-titled, 'An act to provide for the resumption of specie payments,' and that the money derived from the sale of bonds issued under tbat act cannot be lawfully used for any nthsr purpose except for tbat providsd therein.** Hoosa.— The Income tax disc union occupied tbe day.

SENATE.—Fortieth day.—The resolution of Senator Stewart, declaring that Secretary Carlisle has no power to i->8ua the bonds for which bids have been advertised, was dis-cussed, but no action was tiiken. Hons*. The Internal revenue bill was added to the Wilson tariff b.ll after a stormy discussion. The principal tight came upon the proposal to increase tbe tax upon whisKy from 90 cents to 81, and extend the bonded period from three to eight years. These provisions, fspeclally the one looking to an increxsu of the bonded period, were bitterly opuosed by- prominent members upon both sides of the ROUM1, and, despite tbe opposition, the latter proposition— that is, tbe one to lucre; se the bonded period to eight vears—was stricken out, while tbe In-crease of tbe tax from 00 cents to 81 was allowed to stand. Onlv one other amend-ment of importance to the internal revende features of tbe bill was carried. It WHS a provision to extend the operation of the in-come tax to all monevs and personal prnt>erty given or bequeathed by inheritance. This, i t is estimated, will Increase the revenue f rom the income tax to about $3,000,000 per annum.

SENATE.—Fortyflrst day.—The bond Issue was again discussed. Senators Stewart and Allen contended tbat tbe secretary of tbe treasury had no authority to issue bonds as proposed. No action. HOUSE.—Tbe tariff bill was passed by a vole of 20( yeas to 140 nays—a majority of 64 votes. The e« ents leading up to the vote were full of excitement and in-terest. The entire space allotted to s p m a t o r s was crowded to the utmost limit when a t 12 o'clock the Wilson tariff bill, with the income . tax bill aa a rider, was reported to the House. It is nee iless to attempt to give the speechen of tbe three Hons of the day upon tnls great problem. Sufflee to say tha t Tom Reed, of Maine, fully met tbe high expectations of his friends; tba t Speaker Crisp aroused the Demo-cratic tariff reformers to a high pitch of en-thusiasm, and that Chairman Wilson, the father of the bill, made the offort of bis life, wrought his followers to such unmatched en-thusiasm tbat in their excitement they lifted him upon their shoulders and carried him down tbe ais e of the halL For tnree hours the oratory of the champions of the two econ-omic systems followed—Heed, Crisp and Wil-son—vhilo their partisans mads ibe air vocal with their shouts of approval. Reed closed tbe debate fttr the Republican side. Thii ap-iioarance of the Speaker upon the floor in de-bate was an unusual thing, and Mr. Wilson's closing words were tbe signal for a remark-able ovation. Kach of the three seemed to be in his best form. and the speeches tbey delivered^will rank among tbe most brllllunt o r . t h e i r Uvea. When It came to voting tba victory for the measure was overwhelming. The vote upon the income tax proposition (taken In connec-tion with the internal revenue amendment) stood 1ft! to SO. Only twelve Republicans voted upon this proposition seven for and Ave against. 'I he Democratic opposition amounted to 4 . Tbe last efforl was made by those Democrats who are opposed to the measure in wiiole or in part, led br Mr. Covert, of New York, to recommit the Lill, but tbe Hepabll-cans refused to inln In this and it ended in dismal failure. The vote upon the flnal pas-sage of tiie hill was a surprise. Afnid tbe most intense enthusiasm i cmocrat upon Democrat who bad been counted upon to vote against tbe measure recorded their votes in the afllrmative. Only 17 Democrats of. the Demo-cratic opposition to the measure stood out to tbe end and voted against it, Aa each one cast his vote It was greeied by applause and cheers from the Repiibllcan stile. Tbe majority for the bill. 04, ex-ceeded tbe most sanguine expectations of the Democratic members of the -a and

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ih

means committee. Wnen tbe nonnced the vote cheers followed the Democratic side; papers, h sional records, and in fact even-. Democrats could lay tbelr hands u flung high in the air, and amid a p e r i . c . n-demoninm of Joy tbe House adjonrnud.

SKNATB,—Forty-second day.—Bonds was the theme of Ulk. No action,. HODHE.—Tbe Hawaiian resolutions were taekled a f te r tbe tnriff battle smoke had cleatSa a'wny. Tbe commitU-e on rules presented f-report giving three days to the oonsideratlotnff tbe majority report of the committee on forei.'U affaire re-garding tbe Hawaiian matter.. Me. Boutelle, of Maine, attempted to call up h W i M t a i l a n resolution as a question of privlleimfD i n fer-ence to tbe special order of thacomnrit teeon rules. The hneaker declined to r aMani l or-dered the previous question. This gfive each uide 16 minute* for debate. Mr. Hecxljriticlsed the Speaker for not giving tbe Honte a chance to vote upon tbe consid ration of Mr. Uontelle's resolution, i t seems, be said, as though the House was to be dlsposesaed of theiiower to consider a quesii'u of pnvl-l9g" and placed entirely Into th»- control ol the commltire on rules. Mr. Calohlngit, of Mla-slssippl, said tbs special order was preaented as the qulcke -t and most effective way of dis-posing of the Hawaiian mutter, "It la the same sor to proceeding tbat characterises a lynehii g in tbu south.'* relorted Mr. Heed, "both swift and inexpensive." Then followed an exciting war of words betwean M a n n . Heed, Calciiinirs and Bouteile. A shoritoes-snge from Prosideut Cleveland, together with correspondence irom Minister WHUa. was ve-ceived. Mr. Catcblnga presented the maJaMtr report of the committee on foreign af t t t rs , condemning tbe action of Minister StevHM in assisting in tbe overthrow of tho Haw Ulan monarchy. Mr. Hltt read the minoriiy re-l»r t protesting against the reatora-tion of the monsre y, roasting Preatdant Clevelani for wishing to re-crown so Uendisb and corrupt a quaen, who would behead her own peopfe to satiate ber greedy tevenge. Mr. Ulair offered an amendment to the innjority report: Resolved, Tb t lbs House of HepreMntativss npprovea therroov-"i1.1?11 ? / provisional govaramaat of the Hawaiian islands by the Isst and pras-ent administrations, and will view with satis-faction the maintenance of a policy wbfih shall tend to consummate l a t h e near future, with the consent of their people, tbe annexation of said islands to this country, or some other po-lilicai arrangement wbii-b will tulljr preserve and promote the mutual interests of both Hawaii and tbe United States.

SENATE. — Forty-third day—No session. I'rownted the reports on

the hill to coin silver bullion seigniorage in the treason-, and gave notice that he would call It u P f J op^ortnn'ty- Mr. Money, ens -f the Democratic members of this foreign

Bayers presented the sundry civil appropriatloa bill, 'and the Ha-waiian debato was then resumed. Mr- Hltt was reco-nlied to complete bis speech of the previous day. Ha characterlred the Blount reports os the skill-fully prepared argument of a criminal lawyer bearing inconUstible internal evidence of Its character. In concluding ha denounced the sdministratiun against tba new republic in the Pacific, a course, bo said in violation of tbe oplnioos of all writers and authorities on international law. Mr. Raynor. Dom., Maryland, followed In support of tbe reeoln-tion sanctioning the administration's course and oondaanlngMinister Steven's actions.

Th^ silver convention which was to have been held at Des Moines Feb. 23 and 23, has been postponed to March 21 and 22.

g t - u u v m ^ A L G f r n r n r n m * .

. r V

D I S G U I S E S .

All wear disguises In life's came, The true men lurk within:

A saye may mnxquerade and claim To be u harlequin.

A cynic's sneer may serve to hide A tender heart of i?ol<1.

AB in tho aea warm currents glide Beneath a surface cold

Full many men who to the eye In virtue's garb appear.

ATe sepulchers in which there lie But bones and darkness drear.

They any that when from deith we wako We'll know as we are known.

K-.u h Irom his face the nvisk will take And the true self be shown.

—Inter Ocena

SCARLET FORTUNE. BY H, HKH.UAN,

CHAPTER VI—CONTINUED, '"tfho oarl of Clove presents his

compliments to Lady Evolyne Wyn-tep," he wrote, "and desires to ex-plain a clrcumstanco which, ho is afraid, must have surprised l.ady Kvelyne. Lord Clove is a.llicted with loss of memory, tho result of some wounds in tho head. It was, there-fore his misfortune, and not his fault if ho did not recognize Lady Evolyne Wynter this artornoon. Ho hopes that this apologv will bo his excuse, and that Lady Evolyne Wyn-tor will believe that Lord Clovo could not possibly have acted towards hor in any spirit of discourtesy.'"

"It 's jost a bit soapy, ain't it?" Miss Lucy exclaimed, wh n tho youn# gentleman had dotted all his "i's" and crossed all his "t 's ," "an' it's a little smeary liko maple sugar, when yew got too much of it on yewr spoon. I guess she's a bonsum young woman, Waal, It ain t no matter." With tha t she danced away, apparently unburdonod by thoughtfulness or caro.

That wai all outward show, how-ever; all nervous determination not to show to the man she loved how much she loved him. If it had been possible for a prying eyo to pene-trate into Lucy's chamber that night, it would have found hor walking up and down tho softly-carpeted lloor liko a ca<red panther. Her bosom heaved, she wrung her tiny hands with a nervous grip and big tears were flowing down her choeks. At last she flung herself on her knoea by the bedside, and buried her head on the coverlet, whilst tho soft masses of her hair fell like a glossy shower around her. She sobbed, and sobbed and sobbed, as if her heart would break.

On a sudden, she jumped up in a Filent fury, both against herself and the fortune which oppressed her. She gnashed hor white teeth and tore at her hair.

• God!" sho cried, "don't try mo too Hovorely, I'm only a :woman after all, and it'll soon be more than I can bear. What have I done, how havo I sinned, to deserve it allPM

The paroxysm of her grief pros-trated her. and she gradually sank on hor knees, and thence on the floor, whore her lissome figure lay extended, white and cold as the gar-ments which sparsely covered her, while hor babbling lips murmured: "What havo I done? What havo I dooo? What have I done? What have I done?"

Even the Squalid ugliness of Lon-don architecture could not r«b a summer morning of its early roseate beauty, and'Lucy could seo the first softly blushing light of day, creep-ing from across the housetops, threugh the aperture between her curtains, ere she recovered her wonted composure, Sho went into hor dressing room and sponged her-self with cold water. The touch of the refreshing element seemed to bring back vigor of mind and elas-tioity of body, and the previously-mentioned prying intruder had ho seen Miss Lucy only a t that moment would have deemed her the most hardened of cynics.

••Waul. iVa. jest another slice o' my luck, I s'pose," she said as she splashed and flung the wator about her in a.I directions; "an' what oay'nt be cured 'a got to bo endured. I've-gone that fur, an11*11 jest see i t out, I reckon."

Five minutes afterward, her head resting on her sun-bronzed arm, and her bosom moving in as tranquil a sleep as a child might enjoy, Lucy's mind was at r e s t

The first few days of Lord Clove's sojourn in Loudon passed swiftly amidst the stress of the ordinary oc-cupations of a gentleman of fortune who has just entered into possession of his property. Solicitors had to be consulted, interviews had to be granted to bailiffs, stewards and ten-ants; tradesmen's bills, left unpaid by the previous, bearer of the title, had to be checked and settled; and amid the hurry and scurry of ail this matter-of-fao't occupation. Lord Cleve found but little t |me to abandon him-self to the round of gaieties tempt-ingly baited for him by Belgravian society, much less to fo.low the reg-ular giddy whirl of fashion's daily rites. He would flk-eaklast with Lucy, aad then pfuw hours and honrs with those who had busiaeM with him, and a hasty Itinoheon would be succeeded by fnr ther work He could barely snatch so much of the daily sunshine as to take Lucy for an afternoon ride in the Row. The fashionable eques-

triuu promenade had seen few such horsewomen as that daughter of tho Rockies. Sho sat on hor horse as if sho had been born on it, and once when her mount, frightened be-yond measure by such a trifle as a flaring silk parasol poked into its faco by a silly woman, plunged and reared, and wheeled as if it would never recover its equanimity. Lucy seemed so little rtifiled by its capers that tho by-standers raised a ringing cheer. People began to wonder, and society began to enquire, who was the lovely girl in that quaint no-fashion hab'.t who so often accom-panied Lord Cleve.

In tho meantime. Lord Cleve had endeavored to learn from Lucy, why sho had held no communication, and wished to hold no communication, with her father and cousin. Her re-ply was simple enough. Sho said tha t she hated her cousin, and tha t slio had had a deadly quarrel with her father, and had vowed never to live with them again. In answer to more pressing en-iuiries, she turDed up her big blue eyes at him and looked into his eyes with such a tender pleading, tha t he had not the courage to persist

"Uon't ask more," she bogged, and he who was so deeply indebted to her was happy to look into tho face that boro such a heavenly stamp of truth, and, by one deep gaze, to silence the promptings of curiosity.

On tho other hand, the Maclanos, George and David, seemed to take no trouble toreo;jonint!rcour3o with Lucy. When the girl had first dis-appeared from the hut in the moun-tains, they explained Lucy's absence by the statement that she had grno off with a young man. Heaven only know whither, and that Dick Ash-land had gone away with tho pair. Lucy's many admirers came to the conclusion that tho girl whom they had thought unconquerable had, after all, turned out a woman like tho rest of tho prairie wenches, and had fallen a prey to the insinuating spoechos of a handsome young stranger. From that moment, the interest in hor welfare disappeared. Dave made an imposing pretense of a broken heart, but George brazonly asserted that his daughter, having left the parental roof without his authority, might lie on tho bed sho had made for herself, for all ho cared. The result 'of this lino of conduct was that but little enquiry was made after the fate of the sup-posed fugitives.

The Maclanes had boon wise enough in their generation to allow a sufficient stretch of time—more than a year, in fact—to elapse before proclaiming their discovery to the world In tho meantime, they had taken all tho necessa y stops to secure to themselves the safe and undisputed possession of the land that thus teemed with wealth. The red-banded Fortune smiled, and, by her guilty leer, Lucy was, and re-mained forgotten.

Nearly three weeks had passed since Lord Oleve's arrival In London, and he had n o t for a second time, set eyes on Lady Evelyne Wynter or the Maclanes,

Ho had taken par t in none of society's ceremoniafs, until, one afternoon. In company with Mr, i^uonthelm, ho strolled into the Royal horticultural society's grounds a t South Kensington, where a charity fete was being held The lovely gardens were ablaze with tho choicest bloom and green, and filled by a fashionable throng. Delicat), high-born ladies hawked trinkets and trifles, whilst others had, fur the nonce, transformed themselves into stoll-tenders and barmaids.

Lord Cleve and Mr. Quenthelm sauntered up and down the broad walks, stopping here and there to purchase or to o h a t for, although the young earl knew fow persons, his companion hod some measure of acquaintance with most, Quito a buzz of excitement followed their footsteps,, as everybody wanted to have a look at the young nobleman, whose romantic career, and perhaps, also his bachelor condition, made him so very interesting. Eye-glasses were raised, and opera-glasses were pointed with but slight ceremony, and Herbert, to escape, if possible, from the well-bred rudeness which dogged him, walked leisurely with h is companion towards a more secluded par t * of the grounds. Ho thus managed to free himself from the starers who mobbed him, and was about to ex press to his companion his satisfaction at the resul t when he heard himself addressed by name.

"Lord Cleve. won't you buy some-thing from me?"

He turned and found tha t the speaker was no less a person than Lady Evelyne Wynter.-

••Do buy something, Lord Cleve," the lady chatted on. exhibiting a basket with a heterogenous profusion of oddities and uselessnesses. " I t is for a charity, you know—a hospital— most deserving."

With tha t the young lady dipped into her assortment of wares, and produced a hand-emproidered cigar case.

•Only five pounds. Lord Cleve, and it's such a deserving charity. I

j know you won't refuse me.1-' I Lord Cleve naturally neither ooald

nor did refuse. He countcd out tho. five sovereigns, and as ho did so ho looked into my lady's languidly smiling eyes. They were big, and they were blue, and although they were neither as bltr :.or os blue as Lucy's, Lord Cleve thought them very beautiful. Lady Kvelyno was not as pretty as Lucy -that she could not possibly be—but Lord Clove thought sho was as handsome a young womiin—next to Lucy—as ho had seen in his life. As ho placed the coins on the young lady's extended palm, his finger tips barely touched tho soft and velvety hand, and whether it were from unison of fool-ing, or just for tho fun of tho thing, both Lady Evolyne and Herbert smiled.

Tho young lady had no dilliculty iu admitting tha t the young earl was a handsome example of distinguished manhood, and harmony of sentiment between the pair was quickly so lar established that they began to chat, apparently in fun, of their, as they called It, past and forgotten engage-ment.

The engagement was not so far for-gotten, however, by the young lady at any rote, that she did not open all hor batteries of witchery to rekindle In the young earl's heart tho kindly memory which ho hud so unfortu-nately lost. "For shame," Mrs. Grundy will soy. " tha t brazen young, woman is ongoged to Mr. David Moclone," ond Mrs. Grundy Is per-fectly r i g h t It was wrong. The young lady herself stated that fact to Lord Cleve. with a sly glanco at him and another at Mr. Quenthelm. and a faint pretense of wishing to leave. Lord Clove, however, found Lady Evoiyno's society chorming, and the young lody, on hor side, had forgot-ten oil about her self-imposed duties as a vendor on behalf of charity. She thought tho young man had much improved by his long residence abrood, ond his manner towards her simply delightful In the result, tho conversation degoneratod into a not too harmless flirtation, which was kept within bounds by tho opportune presence of Mr. Quenthelm. As it was, they become so interested by each other's converse that they did not notice the op^ioich of Lody Gwendale, who, occo.npanied by Messrs. George and David Moclone, stopped for some soconds in front oi the little grou() without either of the three being aware of hor presence. Lody Gwendale acted as o cautious general; she neither appeared to ap-prove noc to rebuke; she did not even evince ostonishment She was, nev-ertheless, just a trifie afraid that a word might escape from her daugh-ter's lips which could be miscon-strued by Mr, Moclono, and there-fore ended the slight temporary ou»-borrassment by saying—

"My door, Mr. Maclono hos been looking for you all over the gar-dens." Then, seeing that the young earl roso and bowed, sho held out hor hand. "Ix)rd Cleve," sho sold. In her blandest tones, "you must allow me to introduce myself, for I am aware that you have most likely forgotten me. I am Lady Gwendale, and your mother was one of my earliest and dearest friends."

The young man, token aback Dy her ladyship's sudden apporition,and even more by the presence of the two Americans, whose cold gaze seemed to penetrate him like some-thing uncanny or inexplicably loath-some—he know not why—stammered a few incoherent worda The mo-ment afterwards he chided himself for his seemingly unreasonable dis-like to the Maclanes.

"Now tha t you know mo," con-tinued Lody Gwendale, in her bright-est mood, ^ o u must allow me to in-trodnce to you my future son-in-law, Mr. David Maclane."

At these words Lord Cleve discov-erod a new, and to him reasonable, excuse for disliking the young We t-erner. Ho was shortly to marry Lody Evelyne Wynter, and, strange as i t mav seem, the yoimg oarl sud-denly considered this a personal In-jury.

David Maclane, in return, looked a t the young Englishman as if he could have, poisoned him,

••I have an idea." said Lord Cleve to Mr. Quenthelm, as they were walking back, "quite a confused idea, but still an idea, that I have met these men before, I wish Lucy were not so reticent on the subject The pity Is tha t the more I try to think the less my brain will lend it-self to the work, and I generally break down hopelessly in any at-tempt of tho kind**

••Why don't yon go and see Sir William Cnthbortson? , , suggested Mr. Quenthelm. "He is the great specialist in oases of this sort, and some of the cures he has made ore nothing short of marvelous."

"I don't think there is much chanco for me,*' Herbert answered "My injuries, I am afraid, are per-manent**

" I t cannot possibly do harm to try,*' the lawyer replied " I t is surely worth while.'*

" I wiM take your advice,** ex-claimed Herber t with a hot and sudden determination in his eyes. "1*11 *o and call upon Mr .William Cuthbertson to-morrow.**

[TO BE CONTIMUED.]

H A W A I I A N ' S C E L E B R A T E

The Aunlversnrytof t he Overthrow of t he Monnrchy.pWinja Wouldn ' t Take I ' a r t .

News received from Honolulu by the brig W, G. Irwin, tells of the celebra-tion of "Abrogation Day,"—the first anniversary of tbe abrogation of the Hawaiian monarchy. Among the chief exercises were a parade of military forces, a reception in the council room (formerly the throne room), and a mass meeting in the evening on Palace square, which has just been named "Union Square" by the Annexation club. United States Minister Willis declined for himself .-ind the admiral and United States navni niHeers Presi-dent Dole's invitation to the reception. He closed his note by expressing the hope that more satisfactory relations may soon be obtained between tho two governments.

The American league is rapidly growing, and is coming to the front as the chief political organization in sup-port of the provisional government and the cause of annexation. It is de-veloping a strong opposition to what Its members regard as an endeavor of the planter-capitolists to control the government in their own interests, in opposition to those of the working classes of whites, A strong resolution was passed opposing the further im-portation of Chinese laborers. Tbe league desires to sec Hawaii become a white man's country, and not mainly given up to the t'reat estates of capital-ists manned by Asiatic laborers. To this end they prefer to see a portion of the profits of the planters sacrificed, and some of tbe sngar estates given up and the land divided into farms for white immigrants. I t is becoming evident that party lines ore going to run mainly upon these Issues for the future. The planting interest is cer-tain to make a strong fight for itself. Planters as a class, however, are un-likely to antagonize annexation or any government which tends towards i t

Mobbed a Kecreant Hnbby.

Eight masked men occompanied Mrs, George Cullins, of Madison township. Muskingum county, O,, to the home of a neighbor. Miss Collins, where tbey found Mrs. Cullins' husband. They took him out and beat him severely, perhaps fatally, releasing him only when be promised never to visit the house again. In the meantime the wronged wife entered the house and whipped the young woman.

HOOD'S Sartapari l la

CURES

Iff as Ortencia E, Allen Snlem, Mich.

Liver and Kidney tronblo caused mo to suffer all bnt death. Blirht weeks 1 llveii on brandy and beef tea. The doctor said he bnd not a ray of hope for m j recovery. I rallied and commenced taking

Hood's Sarsaparll la and from tho first felt better. I continued and am now able to assist my mothi-r in her house-work. I owe my life to flood's Samaparilla." OnTENcuE.Au.KN, HOOD'S CURES.

SO O d ' S P i l l s cure nausea, sick headsehe, gesuon, biliousness. Sold by all druggists.

Half Million F i r e In Ba th . Me, Fire storted in a stable in the reor of

tho Sagodohoe block at Both, Me, A big break in the woter main rendered the system useless, and the river hod to be tapped. Before the flames were subdued tbe damage done approxi-mated half a million; insured for one-half. linsiness blocks were the prin-cipal losers.

One of the IJrandirme flour mills a t Wilmington, Del., burned. The los^ is estimated at about 8200,000,

The next sanitary convention of the stele board of health will be held ot Menominee April 5 and 6. Prominent Wisconsin ond Michigon sonitorlons are down for addresses.

A bank will be started ot Morlette by A, E. Sleeper and A. W, Merrill, of Lexington, It will be known as the Commercial bank of Marlette, with a capital of *100,000.

T H E MARKETS.

5 2 5

Detro i t . Cattle—Uood to choice . . . . . ! 4 00 to HOBS ' " Sheep and Lambs

heat—hod spot No 2 White spot .NO 1

Corn AO 2 spot • at*—No 2 white spot Hay—Timothy Pota toes Batter—Dairy per lb - ..

Uieamery 22 .. ERRS p e r d o « 14 . . Live foul t ry—Fowls BH..

ch ickens Duck* Turkeys

ChlCHRO. Cattle—Pteers I 4 25 to

t 4 23 5 Si 400

604.. s * B054., Mii. . 36^ 31%.. 31%

10 80 .. 1310 80 ,. 55 15 ., 17 22 .. W 14 .. 15 BH.. 7 .. 8 0 .. 10 « .. 9

ommon 3 0 J Sheep— ixed 2 iO ..

Lambs 3 40 .. HORS—Mixed 5 15 .. Whea t—ao2 Kod Corn No 2 Oats . — Mess Pork ner bbl 12 <0 Lard per cwt 7 40 ..

New York. r attle—Good to fancy • 4 20 to HORS Sheep.. 2 0) ..

I .ambs J 'J •• Wheat—No 2 rod •'J'; -f o r n — N o 3 42^-Oata—No2 white -Wt -

Toledo—Grain. W h e a t " N o 2 s D o t I ^OSito

No 2 May Corn—No 2 jfj -Oats—No 2 white

Hutlklo—Live Stock, Ta t t l e -Mixed shipments..$ 2 35 to Sheep 2 60 ..

L a m b s : Ti " HORS—Choice wolRhis n 45

(.ommon and ruuRh.

59» 04*

4 75

Thin Children Grow Fat on Scot t ' s

Emulsion,

b e c a u s e

f a t fo o d s

make f a t

c h i l d r e n .

T h e y a r e

th in , and remain th in jus t id propor t ion to t he i r inabi l i ty t o

assimilate food r ich in fa t .

Scott's Emulsioi) of C o d Liver Oil is especiallyr

adap t ab l e to those of weak diges-tion—// is partly digested already.. Astonishing h o w quickly a th in

person ga ins solid flesh by i t s use!

Almost as palatable as milk. Prepsred by Scott A Bowne, W. Y. All dnngtrte.

EL E C T R I C Telephones Sold Outright, Adtros-A Morrison, flifrUWert Polk St., Chlcagn, Ills.

M T M Q i n M ^ v tvTmorris I K I l O I W n W a s h i n g t o n , D . c .

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HAVE 0 A DO YOU WANT TO 8 E I X IT ?

Write m« full description with very lowest prloe.

LLOYD

DROPSY TREATED FREE.

Poiltlrely Cared with VeRetahle Remedies. Have cured thouionds of owe*. Cnre oue^ pro-

nounced hupeleMDr beit phyilclans.Krom flratdote armptomBdissppesr: In tendsyiatleMttwo-thirds all symptoms removed. Send for free book icstlmo-nials of mlrscnlous cures. Ten days' treatment free by mail. a i r you order trial send lOe in itamps

'•L-DooauT

to pay pocsge. nB.H.H.GREEN A8oxs.AUanta,Qa. If ron order trial return this sdvertliement to ns.

W.L. uoviiluiH S3 8HOK [equals custom work, cost ing f r o m

f t t " $6, best value tor the money in the world, N n m r and pr ice

lktnm|x'(l on Ihc bollnm livery pair warranted . T a k e no aubst i

i v j ^ w u u v a ^ x ^ C t u l c . See local papers for fu l l flttTr.y Wircni, description o f ou r complete

J "MMrMl tRPS.oSa- lines for ladies and g e n . llcmen or send for / / -luslraltd Catalogue

giving In-strucUons how to or-

der bv mail. Postage free. You can get the best bargains of dealers who push our shoes.

ELY'S

CREAM BALM Cleanses the

Nasal Passages, Allays Pain and Inflammation,

Reals the Sores. Restores the.

Senses of Taste a n a Smell.

A particle.

•na?

CLY'S

cunts

'ARRK

* 4 ,

*155

TBT THE CURE. :Ie Is applied into eaeh nostril anSIs

WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADE.

NEW YORK, February &-R. G. Dun & £0.: A fresh Impulse has been given ' o bu-lnosa by the success of tbe treasury In obialn n* gold for i ts reserve, thus Htrengthenlng con dence in iw •blHt* to m a l n i 1 ^ Rolo payments. Keveaue had fallen off sp much and the prospects f o r l h ^ l 9 ® n . ^ ® „ - h e r * favorable until Hnaucial Institutions here decided to carry it through, t b " some anxiety about the monetary fu tu re was n a t u r a l b radua l 1 raprovemcnt In business exnlttlns tho appearance of more commer-cial paper in tne market than has been seen for a Umic tlmo. though as the vast i ^ u m u -latlon of idle funds is proof e n o t u b ttiat t rade has by no moans retrained normal proportions, indu i t r l t l recovery conUnnea, thouith i t Is bu t g adual In response to t he demand of the people "bo. . . consumption a t its lowest Is greater than t h a t of a n y other country, and more mills a r e now a t work. Wheat has advancod about half a cent . Smaller receipts and export* of corn have not prevoiHetf a sllRbt. dArllne. a n d , pork products are dull without Impor tan t chaneo. Domestic exports for fou r weeks were 14 per cent lower than a yea r ago. while imports were 37 p e r c e n t s m d l w . • u s -toms receipta for January were butflLSOO.-000. again t «U)00.(M) ast Tear, and e r l -dently the success In the safe of bonds Is a mat te r of hlRh importan e. Commercial fai urea for the week number 86tt In t he 1 nlted States, acaiost 255 last ysar , and U la t a n a d a , a g a i n s t « l a s t year.

iN, H, Downs' Elixir! WILL CURE THAT

Cold AND STOP THAT

Cough. , stood the f^st for BIXTT TXASS j ' a a d ha* proved itself the best remedy/ | known for the euro of CuntumjMioit, i Coughs, Cold*, Whooping Cough, [ o i l Lung DUeatM In yonng or old. I price Mc„B0o., and |1,00 per bottle.

S O L D K V C R Y W H E R I . ' n m , JOHMBOU * LOU, Mpi.. luHagta, n.J

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L«)WELL, KENT COUNTT, MICH., —Bl—

FRANK M. JOHNSON.

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PUB8CRIPTION ONE DOLLAR TEARLT

ADTUTftlM EATM. BuslnM* locftli 6 cenu per line e»cb iMue Lezal fd* *t leiril r»te». Curia :• dlreelonr JoUina H 00 per Un

i«rTear Ow Inches ptfryeer. Bawa f<>r Urrer tirerttoeipenU Bide

Known allheofflee.

Job prlntlnr In ronnflcUoe at Grand Repida raws. "Alwaya Prompt," I* oor motto.

SATURDAY. FERRUAET 10. 1894

MICHIGAN'S new congresiman, Mr

, GrifBs of Detroit, took a hand in the

Hawaiian debate Monday. He was

accorded cloee attention and was freely

and frequently applauded. He

. warmly endowed the course of the ad-

ministration. ' • •

* THE legislature of Massachusetts is

considering a bill to prohibit "indecent

dances in public places." It provides

' that, "No woman shall appear in

. tights or appear at public perform

ancea in high-kicking, serpentine, hip

or skirt dancing. ; • •

*

Gborok W. Chilpb, phil|pthropi8t . and editor of the P^ladelphifi publ ic

Ledger, has gon$ to his reward.

Union printers the world over will

mourn for him, whose flenoj-osity

established the h9mo at Colorado

Springs for wor|p out printers. The

world is better because Mr. Childs

lived in it. * *

* THE home where Abraham Lincoln

first saw the light of day has been

sold to a syndicate. I t is situated

| near Hodgenville, Larue county, Ky.

I t is the intention of the purchasers to

improve the farm and to replace as

, near as possible the cabin in whi^h the

ex-president, was born. The place

. will be a'puUic reaort « V

" A FAIR ballot (nd an honest

coantT Sounds familiar doesn't it?

In view of the betrayaf of public trust

j n the aalary amendment case.

Michigan politicians are no longer in

position to throw stones at tbe "solid

jouth." Never in all tbe history of

the country has there been a more

flagrant violation o^the people's rights. * * •

T h e House has passed tbe Wilson

bill, and by a large m^jorilv. The

kickers in the De^ocratie party

r have been compelled against their

will to submit to the of fu ie the ma-

jority. They accepted nominations

ami were elected under the promisee

of the Chicago platform. If they

were not in accord with the tariff

,plitak of that platform, their I^emoc-

| racy was worthless and they might

as well join the Republican party at

ouc^. [f there is no issue between

i the partiea on ^he tariff there is no issue

HI nil. The kickers should either get

in lino or get out of the party. • • '

PEOPLE who havefcoounts to collect

will be interested in tho following

clipped from the January number of

the Michigan Press Bulletin: "An

. e<iitnr wrote to tbe first Assistant

Postmaster General recently ifod re-

ceived the following reply, giving the

decision of .fudge Thtyer", December

14,1889,09 the wording of a postal

card that was mailable an^. one tbat

was not. Tbe maikble one read:

"Please call and settle account, which

is long past due and for which our

oollccor has called eeveral tinges, and

oblige." The one deeidfd unmailatye: ."You owe me 11.80. We have

oaMed several times for same. If not

paid for a t o t** weahall place it with

our law agency for oollectioB." Postal

cards a f | not mailable if they contain

iaognage of a threatening nature.

V Afia ru l s , it to do busi-

niss with people yoo know either

pemrtnaly or by reputation. Many

people seem to j i k j u j every gavelet,

agent or quack that c^mes along in

preference to dealing with true and

tried people of their own town. I t is not a safe proceeding as has been

proven time and again. W e append

a new illustration. A despatch from

Birmingham this state, has the follow-

ing; The sudden death of Tom Ada ros,

the Troy farmer, occured a day after he had his teeth pulled by a traveling dentist. I t is said that the dentist had been drinking hard. However this may be, he was badly" rattled during the operation. I^f. Adams wanted two teeth extracted. "If you hurt me," said he, half gruffly, half in fun, "I'll throw you out of the win-^ w . " The dentist was nervous and mghtened and bonnd to deaden the nerves in some way. He broke two needles while administering ten injec-tions of cocaine. The two teeth were extracted, but the big burly jjarraer dropped dead the next day as he was shot.

lough

* * *

T h e Senate shows signs of re tgming

consioutness of its obligations to thp

peoble, and really propoee to settle

the Wilaon b^ll matter promptly, ' a s

indicated by a statement issued by

the Senate committee on finanoe.

Here is one paragraph: "Prompt and spoedy action on pen-

ding tariff legislatic#! is required at this time by every gptriotic and busi-ness consid-ration. The majority of the finance committee, charged with the responsibility of the pending raeasun?, intend that no deliiy shall

wr which it is possible to avoid. We are deUirmined that the busi-ness men of the country of all classes shall at a very early day have a full and clear insight into the laws of tariff taxation which shall hereafter prevail"

I t closes as follows: "The whole subject is very familiar

to the American mind and needs no farther elucidation than will be in-cident to a full, free debate. The country needs action, actioul"

• * *

COVflMKNTAL COMTMi OF IIIIIE8.

We welcome the communication of

J . S. J . published in another column, and now that the ice is broken we

hope to hear front others. We advocate government owner-

ship of onr mines, ji^ order that the

people may derive the full benefit

from them. Had such ownership ex

isted would this country have witnessed

the outrageous spectacle of ^Pennsyl-

vania miners starving, while the far

meps of Kansas were burning their

corn? Is this "the best management

that private ownership ensures?" The LspuBa affirms that such a condition

of affairs is a shame and disgrace, and

fhat back of it is a crime and an out-

rage upon a sufTering people.

J . 8. J . says that the goyernment

has iu hands full; l>ut the same argu-

ment was used ngainat governmental

Control of tho mails. Were the peo-

ple better served in the days when a

letter cost twenty-five cents? Would

our correspondent like to return to

that order of things? Why should the starving sewing girl of New York

city pay a prinpely price for coal to

warm by when millions of tons lieun

mined, and injllions of men with

starving wives and children are crying

for work while a "few plutocrath"

clothed in |K]rplc and fine linen, who toil not neither do they spin are keef

ing those mines oloaed for the very

purpose of forcing high prices snd of

exacting the pound ot' flush from the

widows and orphans of Aiii|rica ? Is

this the best managemont J . S. J . can

conceive of? God forbid!

W e hold this truth to he self evi-

dent: "God Almighty intended the

mineral weal^ of the world f i r the

use of all his people, not for a few pin-

tocratt alone." If J . S. J . doesn't like

that, let him prove to the contrary.

If our statement is not trua, this must

be: "God Almighty intended the

minerkl wealth of the country for the

use of a few plutoerats alone." When

J . S. J . gets ready to defend that prop

oaition, may we be there to see.

LAES ODESSA-From the Ware, Feb. I .

Bom, to David Bf«U and wife Jan. 21, a boy.

Chiy. Glasgow has giren jip the po«-rnaipp of his st6i%lo Mr. ;$urt, anji re-

moved to his farm. M. J . Painter of Lowell wa* In town

ycaterday. H. Wlnegtr, of J-owell, g money lender,

was in town this w eek. C. C. Winegar, of Lowell, ha* been visit-

ing at James Probst's. Warren Hint*, waa found dead ia bis

bed | t his home thi^ morning.

IONIA.

Frotp the Standard, Feb. 2

William Donovon, for a long time em-plojwl in the D. L. A N. ihopa, died at his home on Mill street Tuesday morning.

The Williama Manufacturing company, started up Wedneeday, after a brief shut down for repairs. They rtart up witlj more power, refitted machinery and a good booking of orders.

C. A. Stoddard has leased his building,, recently occupied by Aniba'a restumnt, to Q. F. Phelps & Son, who will take poa-sesiion as soon as it is ready for occupapcy.

It is expected that the Wagon Works will start up again on Monday next. Superintendent Bible is expected back Friday, the first two weeks of his trip he secured orders for Jtyrenty cars of wagons.

Business at the furniture factory wears an encouraging aspect. Orders for 260 suits were received to-day. Two of these orders were in car load lots. The orders in cover territory from Vermont to Texas

The stone foundation for the jail annex is completod. and the brick laying is com-menced. It is expected to have the walls completed in ten days, and the building ready for the nscommodation of tramps in thirty days.

J i l s t o f U n c l a i m e d l e t t e r s

Remaining in the Post Office at Lowell, Mien., week ending Feb. 3,1894. Ladies—Mis* I/ottie Bryant, Mrs. Mc-

Camphell, Mrv Mice Wright, Mrs. John g^m.

,Oents—F Andrews, A. W. Clifton Solomon Cooptr, Wm. Tennis, G. W. Stark*. Arthur Sweet.

Paeknge—Miss Dora Hatch. Persons claiminfr the above will please

;y"advertised" and give date of list.

LKOKAan H. HUXT, P. M.

U e t h o d l s t E p i s c o p a l O i m r o h .

Sunday services aa follows: preaching in the morning at 10:90. Bunday school at 12 m., Dr. W. F. Brooks

superintendent Epworth lasagne devotional meeting at

6:80 p. as. All ase cordially WVitod. >- /

A. P. Moofa, Pastor.

m a s . J. CHURCH & SON.

Baptift Notes. Pastor Shanks will give the tenth of the

Old Testament character series at the Sunday morning services. The theme is Samson, Isfeal's Aytnger

Tbe Snnday evening theme will be, The Fight of Faith and the Cost of Character. Headers of the LcDGxa cordially invited.

Usual serviosS during the week, tn 1 sl^ .are cordially invited. -

Eaxxsr H. Sharks. Pastor.

A Little Dau§hter Of a Clpirch of Englant} minister cured of a distr—ting raoh, by A j w ' a Sarsaparllla. Mr. R ichard Birks , the well-known Druggist, 207 McGill s t , Montreal, P. Q., says:

I have sold Acer's Family Medicines for 40 years, and have heard pothlng bat good said of them. I know ot many

Woit f le i fu l C u r e s performed by Ajrec^s Sarsaparllla, one ia particnlar being that pt a little daughter of a Church of England minis-ter. Tbe child wa* literally eerered from kee i to feet with'^pd aad ex-ceedingly troublesome rash, fron which she had snffered for two or'/hree years, in spite of the best mediofl treatment avaliaUe. Her father was in greef dlstreaa a^oat the ease, and, at my recommendation, at last began to ad^ minister Ayer*a fUrsaparilla, two hot-ties of which effected • eoaipleCe eere, much to her relief and her father'a delight. I am sdie, were he here to-day, he would testify in the etn**eet as V> the n^erita ol

Ayer'a Sarsaparilla Pwpaied b^Dr. J.C.ayar kOo.,Lowdl,)laM.

fiMra* • t h a n , w i l l ^ u r a y o j i

CHAS. J. CHURCH, CHAS. A. CHUKCH.

JSstablisfcd at 'Greewille '186'i, Xowcll, -ISSS.,

LOWELL, - MlCfl.

ATJi K I N D S

OF

F O O T W E A R QHEAP

G O T V

VJoHN ROBERTSON,

H. NASH, Dealer in agricultural implements.

G a l l o w a y Robes, COATS AND MITTENS,

f o r c o i d w e a t h p r .

I S T H E P L A C E T O

Buy Groceries, Produce and Crockery O F A L L S O R T S A N D E I N D * . F " R II R T- T H E

FARMER'S FRIEND Pays Cast for everything & Farmer can raise, beg or

bprrow. Always |teady for Business.

A B E TOU T M E I N G ? O F

Erecting a Monument ? — I F SO, C A L L ON

KISOR & AYEHS, Manufacturers of Marble and

Granite Cepietery Work.

FIR ST CLASS WORKMANSHIP

§ 1 0 AT MODERATE PRICES.

"hisor j- Xowell, Mich,

G. BER6IN

MUST and care adapted to

H em are sore to

P r o l i f i c P w d t r y f o o d

nixed with a«ft feed tor t -rmerninf.

aas >» a Hb. pfcg. by aAurs— m w

DEALER IS

Fine Teas and Coffees, Spices. Sugars od

GroQpries..

LOWJLL, « meg Subscribe for the ?

l e d g e r -

Why Not R!de the Best?

Victor Bicycles are first in tires and improvements, and lead U|e world of cycl^dom.

• o e r o N , O V E R M A N W H E f L CO. Wash ing ton , Denver , # a n Pi iANopoo,

*K •VUS Mr. ami Mrs. Choat went to Graml

Rapids Tnesilny. Mrs. Un icrwood of Petoskey is visiting

her cousin Mrs. A. J. Kopf. Mrs. Banjjs has the la grippe. Mr. an! Mrs. McDonald spent Snnday

with James Smith and wife. J. Kunkle has gone to Pennsvlvaniat

called there fjy the serious illness of his fattier.

Wesley Fox of Freeport was the gy«st of Mrs. W.J Kopf Tuesday.

To grow old gracefully, one mt^t live temperatelv, calmly ineth-vlically; be interested in nil that is f{»in(; on in the world; be cheerful, happy and contented, and al»ove all, keep the blood pure and vigorous by the use of Ayt-r's Sareaparilla. Be sure you get Ayer's.

last PEVJH HI LI. OKOV*.

C. Conklin was in Grand Rapids Friday.

Arthur White and wife, John Wietie . and wife and L. Cogswell, son and daughter .spent last Monday evening at C. Hender-fcilOtt'b.

Kidcr.Mange of Lowell made J. N. Hub-l)el a fhort call last Friday.

Mrs. Canfidd and sons have moved to •South Bost^i on tha.J. Fletchei .place.

When suflering from throat or lung troubles, take only such medicine as has heen proved worthy of confidence. Such x repeily; is Ayer's Cherrv Pectoral; a ripeci<hc forbidden colds, and invaluable in nil fQrm* of pulmonary complaints. Sold by druggies. Price fi.

Fred Sayles lost eleven sheep last week Tuesday night out of a flock nineteen. Mr. Onnen's and Selover's dogs were the ones that did the mischief.

Mrs. Frank Walsh, nee Ida Wiley of Chicago hut formerly of thli place is the mother of a fine daughter, February I.

U No Jr.

The use of Hall's Hair Rcnewer pro-motes the growth of the hair,« and restores its natural color and beautv, frees the scalp of dandruff, tetter and all impurities.

Mon-

' 4.0 well Nlarketa. Invariably corrected every Friday morning.

Wheat, white, 1 0 61 <3 Wheat, red 61 @ Corn 85 @ Oats ; 80 @ Rje 42 @ Baney, per hundred 75 @ Floor, per hundred 1 40 (ft Bran, per ton 18 00 @ Middlfngs. per ton 14 00 $ Corn Meal, per ton 18 00 @ Corn snd Oats, per ton.... 30 00 @ Butter 14 ($ 16 Ejcgs 18 (4 Potatoes 85 (41 Beaos 1 10 @ 1 25

4 60 « 5 60 Por)s....,, Chickens, Cabbage, por doi W001, wasbed... Apples, per bbl Onions

5 26 7

40 10

2 0 0 60

6? 5 50 8

50 18 00 fiO

Business Directory. J. HARRISON RICKERT,

Dentist. Orer Church's bank, Lowell.

MILTON M. PERRT, Solicitor in Chancery and Pension Attorney,

Lowell, Mich.

B. E. BURT, Notary public. Your busintss solicited,

flee in Graham block. Of.

S P. HICES, Loans, Collections, Real Estate and Insur-

ance. Lowell, Mich.

0. C. McDANNEL, M. D , Physician and Surgeon. OfBce, 46 Bridge

street, Lowell, Mich.

M. C. GREEN, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. Office at Residence,

E Bridge street, Lowell, Mich.

W. F. BROOES, M. D, Physician and Surgeon. Office hours, 10, a.

m to 8, p. m. aad 7 to 8 p. m.

DON'T FORGET! That we have Everything that is made to Keep your

Feet Warm, at Pricoe that Can't be BeaJen for Good Gootk

The Old Reliable,

A. J. HOWK & SON.

ALT"S

Wilbur Heath left Mopday morning for . Grand Rapids.

Hwmcr Andrew's daa^htcr, Eva is under the doctor's care.

Mrs. Levander was in Oak field last week .visiting her son Filo.

Many of our young people attended \fie Foresters djmce at Lowell.

John Wright of East Vergennes lost a <fheep last Monday by dogs.

Mrs. Moshier yisited her friend Mrs. •Qlarke at Saranac last i eelc.

John C. Winegar wifl also put up a .cheese factory soon on {lis place.

Chris and Abe Blosser went to Pierson Jast week a^d bought four cows.

' Mr. Fort and Mrs. Cyrus Ring of Otisco visited at E. Ring's las'- week Tuesday.

Mrs. Dave (/melon's mother Mrs. We*-brook of Campbell tewp visited her last week.

Smith Godfrey epteruined Nelson Holmes and wife of Grattan |a>t week Wedneeday.

Fred Millar and wife are back froia Pierson. Brie Coodoo moved their house-hold goods.

Bert Campbell returned to Grand Bapids Wednesday morning after spepding a week with Alton friends and doing some dentist work.

Mrs. Edmund Ring has an orange tree 8 inches high which haa a ripe orapge as large as a walant pp.

Mrs. Wm. B. A Id rich with her friend Mrs. Alma Soo0e)d visited Mrs. HolSfn of J'allasbargh last week Thursday.

B ELDING.

From the Star, FeJ). 2. To Mr. and Mr*, Art Coles a 'hoy

day. Horn, to Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Glass,

girl. Tuealay. Mr. and Mrs. Will Richmond are the

delighted parents of a bran new girl that urrived last Saturday.

The Belding Manugacturing Company and Fall Brothers Manufacturing Company started their factory yesterday, full blast and full force. There is no certainty »s to how long they will run, hut as they have the branch houses yet to fill it will surely he for some time. '

1'harles Sweet, wife and children, are' now in the sunny climes of Tennessee, and a telegram from them announces they will have a job Ricking strawberries in about two weeks. They were sent there throngh the principles of pntitioal economy as|

practiced iiy Supervisor Moulton. The i-ircumstnnces surrounding this family are) quite laughable to all who know them: They seemed to be almost incapable of

•hel|iing themselves (Snd their name has appeared on the city indigent list more than all tlu< reetofjihe poor together, and, the bills for them amount tp something' over $50, with a good chance of being ahoty twice as much before spring. They wanted to go to Tennessee, Charley saying he could get work there. The supervisor thought h best and cheapest that they go, and pnrohssed tbe tickets for them. Since George's many friends are all striking him to buy them tickets to Tennessee.

A fiend in human fonq made bis head-quarters at Belding last Sunday, and as result G. A. Stanton, the gentlemanly physician whosa office is jn the Meloche block, came very near to deaths door. Last Sunday aftern6on the doctor left his medi-cine case in the office leering the door unlocked as he often does. He returned in the evening and retired with Dr. Mann, hU room-mate. In the morning, having some-thing of a headache, he went to his case and taking oat the bottle of phenacetiq, took a few grains. He weat to breakfast and on returning began to feel dixzy When he readied the block he could go no further and Dr. Mana, f h o waa with him had to help him into thp room and onto the couch. Having a suspicion by this time that something was radically wrung, the unfortunate man aeot for Dr. Pinkham By the the time the latter had arrived the patient waa in eonvulsions and showed every symptom of having been poisoned, aad by arsenic. Dr. Pinkham then sent for Drs. Martin and Moorman, and com menced the arsenic treatment. Tfrp other doctors arrived and by dint of bard work succeeded in saving the patient's Ufe. was net uUiil the qaxt day tbat be entirely recovered. A Star reporter called on Br

THE DAVIS HOUSE, John Cutler, proprietor. Overhauled and

refitted throughout, aqtf pow ready for the traveling public. Rates teaaopable.

FREEPORT. From the Hemhl , Feb. 1.

Tb George GlWt and wife, January 26, a girl, usual weight.

C. C. Winegar of Lowell visited*Freeport yesterday.

W. H. Pardee has moved his household goods to the home of his brother Od in Bowne. Wilbur is still waiting on cus-tomers at the old stand and Mrs. Pardee is visiting Bowne friends.

H. Case was suddenly afflicted with a partial stroke of paralysis while at work at the handle factory last Saturday and had to be assisted to his home. He is reported better at this writing.

A MILLION KRIENDS. A friend in need Is a frisnd indied, snd not

less than ene million people h«ve found Jnat such a friend In I»r. Kings New Discovery fur Consumption, Conghs a^d Colds—If you have never used this Gr» at Cough Medicine, one trial will convince you that It has wonder-ful curative powers In Ii diseases of Throat, Chest and Lungs Each bottle Is guaranteed to do all that I* claimed or money will be re-funded. Trial bottles free st Hunter A Son's Drur store. Larg* bottles 60c. nnd $1.00

MURPHY IS THE DEALER IN

Fresh Cured Meat, Poultry, Etc.

"good VEAT'LO •

IS HIS MOTTO.

Highest Market Prices Paid for Stock.

HEADQUARTERS

FARMERS HOTEL, I/)well, Mich.,0. F. Lane, Proprietor. Rates

$100 per day, $8.60 pei week. Good ipeals and clean beds.

J .C . TRAIN, Breeder of Hambletontan Hones and Pro-

prietor of TRAIN'S HOTEL,

Accommodations first class, rates reasonable. Also proprietor of

TRAIN'S OPERA HOUSE, Seating capacity TOO, lighted by electricity.

LOWELL 'BUS LINE. Calls are collected from the established

slates of the Line $0 minutes before D., G. H. A M. trains ane due and I will not be responsible for cajls left after that time. I he Bos is timed to leave the Davis House 35 minutes before DM G. H. A M. trains are doe and Train's H^tel 25 minutes before saM trains are due. Notice oT 60 minntes must be given if ftaggage Wagon is re-quired. CHA*. WKSBROOK.Prop.

Mains A Mains,

Attorneys at Law, Lowell, Mich,

We respectfully solicit your business.

D E T M I T , GRAND HAVEN A M I L W A U K E E

TJmo Taf>l*4n Effect Nov. I0 44903. W STWAHO.

STATIONS S=1 u: S b.

Detroit Lv Mil wank Jc>

Pontine

Holly imrand OwossoJct loula

Lowell G Rapids Ar G RAULv Feirysbnr 1} haven 'l, •MOw bySti Chcagoby

- H S a - q beb7

£

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Hi

a m 6 40 7 00]

7 4tJ

8 28 9 X,

10 15 11 40 p.m 18 17 13 50 I Of. S 05 3 101

a m. 10 40 10 681 p.m t l 461

IS 80 1 8-2 3 15| 8 81

4 00 4 45 5 00 6 55 6 001

p.m 4 05 4«5j

6 07

66 6 50| 7 » 55

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p. m 8 45 • 05

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13 14

1 14 3 18 8 05 6«8

646 686 705 8 16 880

—'FOR—

School Books And School Supplies.

Sccond Harfd School Books Bough 1 Sold aqi) Exchanged.

STRICTLY

iASrWlBD.

STATtQUS. i&i

9 * f«o

| o «

ffi £

Pure Drugs And Medicines

And a Fnll Stock of Perfrftues, Toilei Articles and Patent Medicines.

Call and See

HUHTER&SOH

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Sunutufueedayaltornoon and-found him quite wafl and cftserful. Ha explained that phenacetln was a drag quit# often used for headache; that tbeanenic must xhave been placed on Um top and be took all there waa, aa tbe balance was analysed sfid fonnd to be fMa from the deadly drug. It seems the doctor has a bad yan for y i enemy, bnt who it is he cannot surmise He is also at sea as to whether the poison was intended for him or put there that hf might be led to put up a bad prescription, thereby iqjuring his practice.

G Haven L\ "eirysberg

G R & 1 Jet. GranKaplda liOwell

I'«U

Owoasq Je t

Derand Holljr Poottac Mlwaak Jet ln-troH Ar |

BUCELEN'6 ARNICA SALVE. Tan Baar SaLva tn the world for Cats,

Braisea, Sena, Ulcers, Salt Sfaeum, Fern <k>rea, Tatter, Chapped Handa. Chndblalna, Corns, and nU Skin Brupttoes, aad poaWvely cares tlka, or no pay required.- It U gaaran-teed to givn perfect sattsiacdeii or muMyre-fuuded. Price 86 rents per box.

FOE SALE BY HU>TER * SON. 1 (78

a "

I s I® i5

740

a.m.

6 45 7 tb

740

8 57

985 10 14 10 68

i m 6 10 6 66 686 7 801 1! m

" Mi

LOWELL PLANING MILL, w . 9 . M B * It t o i l , n o n ^ M A U U f t I *

Lumber, Lath, Shingles ^ Cedar Fence Posts,

MANUFACTURERS OF SASH, DOORS BUNDS, DOOB AND WINDOW FEVMES ' AMD SCEEENS, MOULDING, EXQlb{l'10N AND SHIPPING OOOW, DEI ED

APPLE BOXES, ETt rMATCHTNG. RE SAWING AND JOB WORK, WOODEN EAVETROUGHS. t

E O f t E I l & S I O I V ,

SARANAC.

From the Local, Feb. 2. Mrs. Mathew Brown, of Keeoe, died

Tuesday morning, of heart failure. She h u be«i troubled a loag time with tumors which aotqp claim were cancerous, and othen claim ware notr but all agree they were malignant, aad last summer under' ( went an operation ip Grand Kapids without any promise of a cute. She was taken with pneumonia some wteka ago and was apparently recovering when a relapse set in and she kept falling rapiply untill death enaoed.

S. A. Watt was called io Finding, Ohio, Tuesday, by tbe death of his brother James.

Born, to Mr. aad Mrs. Richard Parkina, of this village, an 8lh. hoy. Febmary 1.

Anson Beafoey, a former reaident Saranac and father ef Mra. L. M died at Kalasaoaoo, laat 8 0 9 % . He 88 years old.

TO THE AFFLICTED. Whoever haa Fiia, Epilepsy or S t Vitas'

•During navigatian only. •^TChair Car, BnEet Car and Sleeping Car

Srvke Matward Ne. 13 has Pnllman Sleeper and

Boffet Cir attached Chicago to Detroit dally. No. 4 haa P r or Buffdt C .r attached Grand Haven to Ilrtrolt (extra charge 85 cenU» No. 18 baa perier ear attached 1 extra charre, taenty • fivecenta). No. 82 has sleeper to Detroit.

Westward No 11. has parlor car attached icxtra charge S5 centa.J No. 15 haa ptrlor butfet car at:acbed Detroit to Hrand Rapids estra rh>rie 86 cents. No 17 hss the finest ••f Pullman Sleeper and Buffet Car attached to * 'Llcsgu dally. No. SI has sleeper to Grand Rapkla.

«.1ty odka first door esst of the Elng Mil-ling company. Open 7a.m.to8p.m. Sun-day, 4 to 5 p. m. JliO. W. I.OUD, BEN FLETCHER,

Truffle Manager. ^ HEYbLAUFK**Dt' Local A^ent

" CHICAGO A GRAND TKUNE R'Y. Trains leave Darand for Battle Creek, Chi-

cago and West at 9:86 a. m., 1 fi5 p. m., and

m 1 mHAM, L O W E L L , MICH.

clfliTER&PAPER-HANCER^

- A L L WORK DONE-

Neatly and Cheaply and Satis-faction Warranted.

Give Hiig One Trial and Yon wiW try him Again.

L F. SETERY,

of

Danes enn ha eared bj nslog Dr. BslPa Ner viae. Ton wiB tad » all It la rafnsaanted It

•" nwsies. His also a nsras Maris aad a for all nervous d eeaaea. We have aoM seats tlms anddmglvstaa relisrencss

heme if von srs a refftntr.

will ca-s It for hers at See us.

if yoo are 1 Hunter A Sea.

reflsreness OUi aad

71

11:80 p.m. for Flint Prtrt Huron snd all pointa eaat,

6K)8 a. m., 9 JO a. m^ 8:85 p. m., and 10.80, p. D.

Cincinnati, Saginaw A Mackinaw R. R. trains leave Dorand for Saginaw and Bay City at 6:80 a. m, 9:40 a. m., and 6:60 p. m.

W. E. DAVIS, G. P. A., Chtcago.

DEALER IN

General Hardware, and Penin-sular Stoves and Ranges.

Furnace Work and General Jobbing

A SPBCULTY.

West Main Street, Lowell, Mich.

LOWELL * HASTINGS RAILROAD time table.

In Effect Sunday, November 19, 189$. GO]no sutiru No. 1 Nn. 8 No. 5

4 d 0 p i Lowell lv Pratt Lake Elmdale ar Elmdale Is Loxan Freeport ar G'd Rapids a< Lansing Detroit j r aorae aonvn DetviaD.&L

6 46am 6 65 7 00

864 u 40

11 86am 11 45 11 66am 18 0Sm IE 10 18 80 18 46 8 00 686

4 60 6 00 6 06 6 15 6 86 5 4 0 7 4 8

10 IS No. 8 No 4

Grand Freeport Logan Elmdale ar Elmdale lv Pratt Lake Lowell

7 00 si

7 86 7 60 800

7 46at 10 87

1 1 8 " 1 80 I 40 1 56 8 10 880

No, 6

t E 9 00 6 15 6 80 6 8 8

Tralaa arrive and depart froih Front strvet passenger ^epot

P . S . L 0 V E T T , ftouse Painter,

Paper ^Uanqer,

and S)ecoraior.

'Graining,

ixlaziny and

Wall Tinting.

Carriage Paintmg a Specialty All work guaranteed first cla^.

and prioea raaaonable. 8bop one door east of the LkdovH:

ofba.

F . F . CRAFT, G E N E R A L

Ditohing, Tile amt Drainage

Contractor. Orders by mail given prompt attention, atod satisfactory work guaraofeedl

Public patronage respectftiMy Solicited. Ixjwell, Mioh.

gatvell I'wfyfr. F. M Johnson, Publlfiher.

T O W E L L , M I C H .

ON THE ERIE CANAL. stated, the tempeniture U limited py that a t which tho walls of tho furnoco ^

T H E E L E C T K 1 C T R O L L E Y 1 8 S U C -

C E S S F U L L Y T E S T E D .

Prize-fiohtinr is brutal and shtmld 1m discounlonnnocd. of courso. Hut M lonp as it is pormitted to go on i t is jiiHt ns well that tho American should win.

The Tow-Path About to Girt) Place to

Eleotrloltjr—A Reeent E x p e r i m e n t -Some Important InTcntlom and DU-coreriea.

Thb reported assassination of tho young kin? of Servia was afifnmod t o be true because it is scbedulo timo for porno such divers on to occur in that part of tho world.

TUB head of the Russian govorn-ment is expressing his devout wish for a continued era of peace. l ie farther hopes that when his military •hieftains echo this righteous senti-«Mnt they will not forget to keep their side arms and ordnance loaded aed bandy.

Japan is getting too civilized. The last steamer brings word that a know-nothing society has tried to blow up the minister of finance, while the government is accused of taming over 160,OJO yon from tho secret service fund for the election expenses of the Liberal party.

IN the shifting movement of this restless country some people yet have beep content to abide by the ancestral roof tree. Dr. George Adam died at Canaan, Conn., a few days ago at the age of 81 years in the same house in which he was born and in which he had lived all his life.

A 8word-swallowkr of abnormal capacity thrust, fourteen blades a t onoo a-down his leathern gullet,' and the medical gentleman who pulled them out did so so rudely that the eat-e r of oold steel couldn't use his swal-lower for mashed potato now. The valne of restraining the appetite h i s merely been illustrated again.

ATacoma man, George R. Cowls, Is said to be the inventor of a pro-cess for making illuminating gas out ol wood. From one cord Ot wood he gete gas and by products worth $43, so it is claimed. If this be true, then Washington state can use up all ite long tree stumps in the manu-facture of gas and get so much clear gain oat of them.

THB allegation that a lady had called a detective a liar has caused her to bnng suit for |50,0 JJ. It is •o t easy to understand why so much faM should be made. Bad the lady been accused of asserting that tbQ Jeteetive was not a Har, her own

.reputation for veracity might have been thus questioned, and real basis laid for an action at law.

begin to fuse, and even Deener'a flre bricks are not found proof apainstthis. Magnesia is claimed to be capable of standing far higher temperatures than that kind of briclc, the principal diffi-culty in using it being the excessive shrinkage to which it is liable when heated—a cube of magnesia of ten-inch

| ^ g e , in the raw state, is said to shrink ( to one of six-inch edge when suffi-

HE APPLICATION | den t ly calcined—and, such being tho of the troUey line case, furnace linings made of this ma-te the propulsion of terial are liable to crack badly; as a canal boats was re- remedy for this state of things, the cently the subject magnesia is caused to undergo its max-of an experiment imum possible contraction before be-upon the Erie canal ing placed in tho furnace, though for under the auspices this an excessively high temperature is of the government required. M. Lencauchez claims to of the state of New • have overcome these difficulties, and York. has exhibited a number of perfectly

A section a mile j solid bricks of magnesia, which were long of a canal level east of Brighton, as dense as granite, and had been thor-near Rochester, N. Y., was selected for oughly shrunk. The composition of the experiment Work was begun on , these bricks-is 98.25 to 93.20 magnesia, November 13, and on November 17 the • 1.50 to 3.00 lime, 0.75 to 1.25 alumina span wires and trolley wires were in and iron oxide, 1.50 to 2.50 silica, position and the boat was ready for the experiment A canal boat, re-christened the Frank W. Uawlcy, was fitted with motors. A double line of

S H A R P P O I N T S F R O M

F U N N Y M A N ' S P E N .

T H E

Irlab Wit lUnatrated—Tbe Benedict and

the PhrenoIocUt—A Case of Uninten-

tional Blang — Current WlttloUmt

Gleaned f r o n Varlom Ezebanftea.

A Natural Seqnance.

Aa Improved Not Lock.

This nut lock is especially adapted trolley wlit^waauscd and the bo^t *o r«ec«ring the fish plates upon rail-carried two trolley poles, thus work-ing without grounding. The switch-board was located near the helm. On Friday, November 17, a private trial waa made with success. On Saturday the official trial took place.

Governor Flower and a large party . of guests and representatives of the » P 1 ** 0,f s P r m ? w i r e ' a 8 fih<,vvn m Fig. interests concerned were on the boat j ^ ^ther end oi the wire being bent To the executive was assigned the » ri?ht »ngle to lie against the outer turning of the motor switch. On his ??d« o f tbe nnt and form a locking doing so the motor started and tho »mb, pointed and siighUy curvcd near propeller began to churn up the water.

road rails and other similar uses Fig. 1 shows the application of the device. Fig. 3 being an end view representing the nut engaging the bol t and Fig. 3 showing it disengaged, while Fig. 4 is a key used to release the lock. In one corner of the nut is secured one end of

Phrenologist—You have been mar-ried some years?

Patient (in surprise)—By George! That 's true. How could you tell?

Phrenologist—Your bump of Hope is a dent—Puck.

The boat started off and in a few min-ntes was moving along at about four miles an hour. Curves and a bridge were passed without trouble and a lock was entered. The boat was loaded with sand ballast and her deck was crowded with people. A strong head Wind and a head current were en-countered.

its end. In the bottom of the spiral track of the bolt thread are a number of cupped indentations, adapted to be readily engaged by the pointed end of the locking limb, the latter springing sufficiently to permit the nut to move freely as it is screwed upon the bolt body, but preventing backward move-ment of the nut by its engagement with one of the indentations. To dis-

Other causes also did much to interfere * 5 ^ ^ ® 8P r i n?. l o « k i D * l i m b f r o m

with a successful issue. The pressure t h e b o l t ' t h e ^ 18 P l a o e d o n B n **•

A fox has been imported into California so that sporting gentle-men may have tbe pleasure of hunt-Sag i t to death. Their noble ambi-t«on may be resognized at a glance. Here's hoping that the fox will es-cape, so that the hunt can be con-tinned indefinitely. In the mean-tune, is there a society for tho pre-vention of cruclty to animals?

given was from 200 to 250 volti instead of 500 volts as it should have been. Under this pressure, 60 amperes of current were taken, so tha t about 13,-000 watts a t the most were absorbed, indicating about 20 horse power. The boat was an everyday canal boat with an old type propeller. I t s preparation for the trial consisted in the removal of its boiler and engine, and the intro-duction of two street car motors. Each was of 25 horse power, and the two motors were connected directly to the propeller sha f t Under the cir-cumstances the experiment was a very great sncoess.

The lines were about five feet a p a r t and were strung about two-thirds of the width of the canal from the berm' bank or tow path. The trolleys were regular street car trolleys. I t is pro-posed to use a trolley running on the wire and connocted by a flexible con-ductor with the boa t so as to permit the craft to be steered in any direction. Under the present arrangement the trolley lines have to be followed within the limits of a small lateral deviation.

Much expense i t is hoped can be saved by this use of electricity.

jacent post in the end wall of the n u t

HARMON * FABKB'S NUT LOCK.

and the taming of the key springs the locking limb away from the bolt, one key serving for nse with any number of simUarnot locks.

WlndlBK Cotton Thread.

An automatic winder of cotton thread has been contrived, a mechan-ism which takes thread from eight large spools, loooely wound and trans-

Competent.

Penn Inkley—I think I shall try my hand at magazine poetry.

Fa ber—Do you think you are capa-ble? You know magazines require something mtfre than rhyme.

Penn Inkley (enthnglastically)—Ca-pable! Why, it's just in my line! I've been running the puzzle department of onr paper for years!—Judge.

Tonched HU Heart.

Citizen—That big Chinaman got drunk and knocked down a policeman. Why isn't he arrested?

Officer—Sure, now, give tb 'poor hay-then a chance whin he's thryin' so har-rud to become Amerikinized.—Es

Ho DeMrroe I t

After Deacon Smithers had finished his call on the pastor, the latter's little daughter said:

"Papa, didn't the deacon say he didn't believe in Santa Glaus?"

"That 's what he said, love." "Then, papa, won't we have

him for heresv?" to try

T h e W i t h - R O M .

A jerk—and then they eaxeriy The bone asunder read;

And he with joy tho b icpr piece Holds np, and she tho end.

Why looks she pleaaedt She lost her wish That they abonklBarrM be.

How strange! But no; the rsasoa is He wished the same as sto.

Tho Baatlc View.

Adeline (country cousin)—In describ-ing the ball the paper say* your gown was trimmed with real lace and pearl omamenta. .

Stella—Well, that's correct Adeline—So the pearls were not real

then.

Maxim, the gun maker, predicts that within the next ten years hu-manity will be navigating the air. When that time comes some genius will have to devote his time to de-vise some way by which the air nav-igator can be brought down at the first fire, else of what possible use wonld coast defenses and tremen-dous ironclads bo when a bomb from a balloon could blow steamers and cities to smithereens?

IT is charged by the enemies of the Triple alliance that the Italian army, while up to the numerical strength stipulated by the alliance agreement is so ill equipped that i t would not prove a? effective as half *be number armed with the latest military devices. Out-of-date mili-tary equipments against the Maxim gun, for example, would prove about as effective as bows and arrows against Springfield rifles.

When a woman has the plnct to throw ammonia in a burglar's eyes whom she caught in her room and take away from him his watch, while h o is all the time vhreatening to shoot her with a revolver which he holds in his hand, as a Stalen island woman had a few nights apo. it is t ime to stop talking biblical talk •boa t woman being the weaker ves-s e l That particular Staten island woman wonld make a good chief of police.

Gebmakt, too, is suffering from hard tinsOB. The revenue return for 1898 fell shor t of the government ex-penditures by folly 40,000,000 marks. All the same the kaiser goes right ahead swelling the expense Of an in-creasing army. Moreover, he is now demanding tha t certain property in Beriin be condemned and its build-ings removed a t a cost of $1,000,090 o r more, all because his vision is oh-strncted. f h e wonder is tha t an en-lightened people like the German people etand i t

is devoted to the tow path. The abolition of the tow path would save in this item a good deal of money. By

She (fiancee)—Well, we've estimated The fers i t to eight small spools containing 1 most of the expenses of honsekeep-

maintenaace of the Erie canal costs 200 yards; these small spools having ing, and there's 8400 of your salary the state of New York almost 81,000.000 received 200 yards exactly, stop revel v- stilL Is there any thing else? per annum, of which the greater part ing. a knife cuts a d o t in the spool,the — '

end of the thread is fastened in this; the machine then cuts the thread off, drops the spool into a trap, takes eight empty spools from as many hoppers, places them on the spindles and fills these as i t did the previous se t The machine goes through the entire pro-cess in just forty-five seconds, making all changes automatically and with the greatest precision. Fnrther, in another machine the small spools are placed on an inclined trade and in roll-ing throngh the' machine receive on each end a ticket cut from a long strip or roll of prevkmsly printed tickets placed on a stand above the machine. After the ticket is cut, paste is applied to the back and i t is then pressed a p m the spool, which has rolled into proper

increased average speed i t is believed that the capacity of the canal can be doubled or trebled, while material re-duction can surely be made in the help required to rnn a boat -

Intenalty of Booad. A very ingenious apparatus for meas-

uring the intensity of sound is dea I position to receive it^-this a t the rate scribed in a German paper. A narrow of ninety spools per minttte. glass tube bent a t a very obtuse o^gle is half filled with alcohol; one end of the tube has a conical' opening, and this is placed at a distance of 0.5 em. from the opening of the resonator, the whole being mounted on a board capable. of adjustment to any angle; the puffs emitted from' the resonator, when resoonding to a sound, affect the level of the alcohol, and the displace-ments are read off on a scale attached to the tube, projected, if necessary, on to a screen.

Am l a p & a a t DtaotVoiy.

I t seems that, recently, powdered metallic arsenic, which in the prohess of powdering had been ihoistened with water to prevent dusting, exhibfted the capability—not hitherto recorded —of spentaneoas combustion, accord-ing to aa account in a German scienti-fic paper. A- quantity of powdered arsenic had been received in a doable

In the observation of P*?®" l»te in the erening, and set that interesting effect of sound-repnl- j o v e r » » basket containing sion—« light resonator of ^he ordinary 0 " i e J articles packed in Straw and f.nstrnction. is floated on water , . iu ' 8 a w d , x s t - On the following morning, axis being kept horizontal by means of *P«» opening the store, the peculiar an attached piece of wire, and. on | g*r''®k"^ike odor attracted attention l'lowing the horn, the sphere will float 1 0 t b e b , U i k e t «mtainingthe powdered in the direction opposite to that in a™e rnc- A n examination disclosed which the neck Is pointed. To produce u , < ' f a c t t i h*t the arsenic had agglnti-cuulinnous rutataon, four resonator:; to a solid glowin? mass, and are attached to" a light cross of w- «J t l l l i t l l i e p»per containers had been t urning on a ' needle point, or one re- c ' U i r r e ^ , a portion of the ^straw being senator with four bent necks is sus- a ^ 0 scorched. A number of bottles in pended by a thread .the basket had also burst, owing to

I the high heat, and upon the charred Hlgber Toaapervtare far Faroaeae. pope.r hag were sublimed some beauta-The subject of obtaining higher tem- ful crystals of arsenionsoxidc. A flre,

peratures in steel furnaces has lately which probably wonld have been at> been discussed by the Society of Civil | tributed to some other cause, was in

* Engineers, Paris. At present it is ; this oase averted.

He (fiance)-Yes; the cook's hire will be 8100.

She—Oh, I mean to cook myself. Anything else?

He—Yes; doctor's bills—say 8150.

In a Bad War. " I saw a man to-day who said he

couldn't believe his own ears." "What is the matter with them?" "They are so large that they mag-

M**

Calateattoaal Slaaf . #

M

"Mother—Why, Hand, Pm shocked! Get off tha t table a t ooee. What h i the world ia the matter with yoa?

Maud—Oh, rat*!—Truth.

•'What shall we name herT said Mra Darley as she gazed fondly Vt her firstborn.

"Well name her Yorick," replied Mr. Darley.

••Yorick?" echoed his wife. "Why, that 's a masculine name."

"Indeed It is not. Didn't Shskes-peare say 4 A lass, poor Yorick?*"

He (at the dance)—I beg pardon; 'but when Mrs. Bobinson introdnced me I failed to catch your name.

She (sweetly)—Ball. He—Great Cesar—what a muff! And

Pm on the cdllege team, tool

A F a t a l ObI«et lnp .

•T c a n t understand why you eu gaged yourself to Arthur lially, who possesses neither good looks nor for-tune, when you had your pick of hal f a dozen rich and handsome fellows."

"The others made me tired, Laura. Arthur Uas the only one of them who hadn't been to the fair.*'

What >Ve Are Comlns To.

First senator (in fifty-fifth congrussl —Do you think our minority can talk for two wee ks longer?

Second senator—Yes. The new son-ator who stammers will consumc one week, and after that the chapla'\n has pro mhed to make filibnsterlng prayers —Judge.

A Seasonable OpDortnalty.

The win ter season's snow fall Now on the pavement sloshes,

And gives t he chappie chance to call Bis overshoes "galoshes."

Thev Are Needed.

Hamlet—Why is it, Simon, that they always have bloodhounds iu an "Uncle Tom's Cabin" show?

Simon Legree—To find the manager on salary days, my boy.

Woman's Gnlle,

Mrs. Hicks—I told you Mrs. Dix wa envious of our new dining-room .furnis ture, and you didn't believe i t

Hicks—lias she been here and told you so?

Mrs. Hicks—No; but she sent over a box of boy's tools to-day to Dick.

Hope Deferred.

Cleverton—When do you expect to be married, old man?

Dashaway (gloomily)—I don't know. Cleverton-Why, hasn't she set the

day? Dashaway—The day? Why, she

hasn' t set the year yet!

Hard Times.

She—John, I want 825a He—Another word, Maria, and I

shall be compelled to hand you over to the police as a dangerous crank.

Aboat Kren.

Bagley—Are you square with the landlady yet?

Brace—Pretty nearly, I guess. I haven't paid her a cent in two months.

For the Time Betas.

"There is a period in a woman's life when she thinks of nothing bnt drees."

"What period is that?" "From the cradle to the grave."

I r i sh Wit .

Mrs. Brady—Oi don't phat's the mat-ther wid i t Th' men as sold i t tonld me i t was made of seasoned lumber.

Brady (in disgust)—Seasoned, is it? Well, the lumber must hov been sea-soned in th' fall, thin, fer th'leaves are aiydroppin' ahf.—Puck.

Xeeeraary f«

Charley Stasal—I wish that we might sail forever down the stream of life.

Minnie Clipper—So we can—if yon will raise the wind.

l a t h e Car lo Hall .

Bromley—The face of thatCircasst&Q man looks strangely familiar. Haven't I seen him before?

Tonuny-Why, Certainly! Didn't you know? That 's ' Charley Hard face, who played on the Yale foot ball team last season. His father failed, and the thought of having to work for a living turned Charley's hair white. He's had this Circassian job ever since.

TOsrel nothing now beneath t he « , ther • a y

(A •tatsoMBt that you've doohtiea heard tafcfe):

B n t then k not the world on S e w Year s day

With newest reeotetioaa hnhfaUnc o'er'

B a a Too Fast.

Examiner—You want pension, yon say, yet yon don't anpear to have been wounded, or to have lost a limb.

Applicant—I lost my breath at the battle off Bull ~

Bloobnmper—This barometer rf mine is the most accurate instrnment of its kind I ever saw.

Spatto—Indeed? Bloobnmper—Yes; it is always point-

ing to "chanjre."

Servant—Mrs. Yonngwife wants you to send up five gallons of mustard, right sway.

Storekeeper—What is she going to nse ao much mustard for?

Servant—The baby is sick, and th* doctor ordered a mustard bath l o i t j t

J

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

It lo Contrary m the Law and May ' Kntall l) l taKreenble Coiueqnencftt . I

"A man better have a live rattle-snake in his pocket than a counter-feit dollar carried os a pocket piece." -aid Inspector Lawrence of tho treas-ury department, to a Minneapolis •lournal man when talking about the •irrying of coins or bills which ono

knows to bo counterfeit "A great many men doh't know the danger they run in this thing," he said. "Suppose, for instance, that a man has a counterfeit dollar which ho has had for years, ono that he has picked up somewhere and carries as a pocket piece. Ho goes into a store ono day to get something or other and gets a lot of silver coin in change. He iroes from tho store say to a saloon, where he buys a drink, or to some drug store to get something or oth^r —it matters not where ho goes pro-vided there is one of these •'dmart" young fellows behind the counter al-ways ready to take somebody up on something or other.

• Paying for his purchase with one of tbe dollars, the man behind the bar, or tho counter, as tho casu may be, flings the dollar bacK with the remark that it is counterfeit Tho purchaser, some what aba ihed. and not liking the eyoing of the crowd around, begins to make excuses to the effect tbat he did not know that it was counterfeit and so on, and the clerk, who is anxious to make a record as a counterfeit detective, suddealy calls in the police and the man is arrested and searched. Un his person is found 1

the other counterfeit dollan and the possession of two is prinurTaoie evi-dence that he intended.to pass both of them, and that zn kh 'hasn't got enosffh friends in the world to koep •him out of the penitentiary. True, i t looks hard, but the mnn had no business carrying around a counter-feit eoin for a pocketpieco or any other reason. It is&plain violation of the law to carry .counterfeit money about you, something whieh many people do not realize.

••Suppose i happen to know that a man. a cashier in one of the well-known banks of Minneapolis or S t Paul for instance, has a $20 biH in his possession. I go into that bank and 1 call him by name and ask him for that bill. He says ho hasn't got it. 'But1 I rejoin, 'you did have such a bill yesterday in your posses-sion. for 1 have the testimony of two reputable men that they saw you | show it around to some part ies Now 1 want that bill; yoa have no business with i t ' He demurs and makes various excuses and does not give1

me any satisfaction. What do you suppose I do? I go out and get a search warrant and 1 go throngh every dollar in tbat bank, dollar by dollar, or bill by bill, until 1 find tbat counterfeit $2) bill, and then I j confiscate i t There used to be no law against this sort of thing, bu t there is one now, and the public generally ought to know the facts in 1 the case. And formerly H was not

ofTense to make the dies which

Tho Bvll Bffkete of l l a s t l o a t l a t Fa p e r II-1 n i t r a t e d bjr a a Old ftorj.

In the time of Charlea XIL of Swe-den the private secretary of Count Goortz, then minister to England, waa atrongly addicted to the habit of chewing paper, saya the 6 t Loula Post-Dispatch. Goertz had made tbe young man'a acquaintance on a jour-ney to Kurland. He waa the aon of a lauded proprietor named Buehren. Count Goertz took him to Stockholm and gave him a place in the cabinet At first tho young aecretary chewed oaly white paper, out soon acquired a liking for paper evon tbat had been written on. A peace treaty had been formulated between Russia and Swe-den, which the members of the as-sembly forced Charles XIL to accept The basis of tbe latter was a treaty which both states had agreed upon with regard to Finland. The orig-inal of this treaty wss given by Count Goertz to his young secretary. When it was called for by tho assem-bly it could nowhere be found. The assembly believed tbat i t had been destroyed by Goertz in order to over-throw the peace policy and give Charles XIL a chance to go to war. Goertz was arrested, when his secre-tary came forward and confessed having masticated the document He waa tried and sentenced to ddath. The king would gladly fcave par-doned him had he dared in the face of the angry assembly, but he gave him an opportunity to flee from the country. •

Luehren went to Kurland with a let-ter of recommendation to the duke from Miniater Goertz. The latter, believing that hia severe punishment had entirely cured him of the bad habit of chewing up documents, ap-pointed the young man secretary to hia auperintendent When the duke, who was very extravagant in his expeniitures, was notified by his auperintenient of the hopeless con-d t on of his finances, he asked for a statement of hia affaire,and the young secretary waa intrustoi with all tho bills, e tc , to make up the statement. He again auccumbed to his evil habit and chewed up one of the most im-portant receipts among the duke's pspers. In his despa.r he sought mercy at the hahda of the besutiful duchess, Anna 1 wane wna. the niece of Peter the Great, and she interceded for him with the duke.

*'How doea the old man look upon you aa a prospective son-in-law?"

••Don't know ye t Haven't got far enough along to sound him."

"He csn't bo blind to the fact that you are an accepted besu?"

••Well, no; that's plain enough as far as the beau is-concerned; but 1 seem to be playing second fiddle all the time."—Kansas City JournsL

Never be without i t V r . Chas. Vi«»cher. 41 Lincoln avenoe ^nrinsHeld, O., writes; - F i v e doses of l»r. Ball 's onzh Syrun cored me o f * severe coaxh. I s b a l l o l w a r s k e e p i t '

Tbe daxoerreotvpe wa« Invented by Da-puerre. and t be A n t miniatures were pro-duced in ISK

are used in counterfeiting—anybody i „ . T ~ ; " — , <-oold m«ke tbem »nd ^ b o d y could have them in their possession so iong as they were not used, but t h s t .ha? all been changed now."

been nslnr Salvation oil and have obtained tcreat relief. Among so m a n r rem*dle t r ied . Salvation Oil Is t be best for sprain*

vnA Ine I aa • K a ** f* !• 111. ^11 . - I —

Snd He Coatiaaad to Wear the Hat. fnorc is a man in Boston who is

far beyond the financial condition de-nominated ••well-to-do," but he has a great fon iness for an old soft hat. and at his summer resort insists upon wearing one. A certain young ]ady undertook the liberty of taking exception to this head-gear, and asked him why he wore i t Mr. A— iooked at her reproachfully. dress as well as 1 can afford to." he answered. The yonng lady did not know his real financial status, and •was conscience-stricken. But in a week or so she found i t o u t and de-termined to b j avenged. Her oppor-tunity came after their return to town- Mr. A— was to be her escort to some function, and when she came trailing down the stairway in a mo.-t fetching evening-gown, he made H«ne remark that gave her.the long-desired openinff. There was a touch of triumph, mingled with reproach, iL her tone, as she answered: " I dress as well as I can afford t o " Bat the triumph was of short duration, for Mr. A— only answered softly: "Yes. you bet you da"—Argonaut

••ileuce Is tilndeu.

There was an English lady who saw much of the late Professor Jow-ett. ^he was often his hostess. In-telloctjally they had n o t perhaps, many points of contact but each was >TiDpalbe;.ic to the other. A friend once remarked to her how often one came into the room and found them both silent "Oh. yes," answered fhe. "nobody is so interesting as Jowett when he is s i l en t " I t was fct,id with entire sincerity.—Argo-naut

t-onrrrslnas In Oldea T inea .

When Winifred of Devonshire(eS1)-7-,4 A. D.) went to Germany to con-vert the heathen his first act was to fell a sacred oak which had been dedicated to Thor. A great storm assisted him in laying the giant prone upon the earth, and the hea-

ihen . regarding it as a miracle, were fionverted by hundreds

and pains in t be back." I t kills all pain.

Air brakes were Invented by George Westinxboase In 1989, and subse ioen l ly o f t en Unproved.

Coo's Cowgn Ba laam UtkfoWrrf sjidbrw. it win break up ar oid mteh cr tkaa anyUitas else. It ta aJwaya n&mtita. Try tt

E ' »be u r l * was aa much t a x a t i t Is t a lk i t wouldn't btand a miait .

Shddea Chaagaa of W e a t h e r cause Throa t Diseases. T h e r e is no more effec-tua l remedy fo r Cougba, Golds, etc. , t han B s o w s ' s Bboscbial Itocbes. Sold only in tMitM. P r i c e b5 cts.

Tho Parse Crtb.

The titan ot tbe land crab family la Birgua latro, commonly called the "purse crab," a resident of the

islands of the Indian and Southi Pacific ooeana Mature adults aro fr ightful looking creatures, full two feet in length and from eight to four-teen inches across the baok, capable of "rearing baok" and pinching % man hip high when acting in defense, which they are not slow to do If molested. The pinchers are, of course, on the first pair of legs, which are large and powerful; the aecond and third pairs are armed with but single olaws, while the fourth pair (which are much smaller than either the aecond or third and not one-tenth aa strong as the "pincher carriers") are provided with a pair of weak little nippers. A fifth pair of legs, but so small as to almply be uaeless rudiments, are attached to the body near the ab-domen.

MAN'S sys tem is l ike a Viwn—It must be well dra ined, and notb inx is s o e P c l e n t ns Beecbam s Pills. For s a l e by all druggists.

Polli t lkle scandals a r e biles on tbe baddy pollltlck

STATE o r OHIO, CITT o r TOLSOO, I CC LCCASCOUKTT. f s s -

FRANK J . Chenet makes oath t h a t he Is t he senior pa r tne r of t h e firm of F. J . u k \ev A- IX)., doing business In t be (Jltvof Toledo. County and S ta te aforesaid , and tha t said firm will pay the sum of UN lIUi\i)Kr.l) bULLARs fo r each and every case of CATARaH t h a t cannot be cured by tbe use of BALL'S CATAURU CU- E.

FKANK CHENEY. Sworn to before nw and suhscrlned In mv resence, th is s th day of Lecember, A. 1).

A. W. GLEA80X. Notary Public.

Hall 's Ca ta r rh Cure Is taken Internallv a n d acts d i rect ly on t be hi od and mucous surfai-es of t be sys tem. Send for testimoni-als, free.

F. J . CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. CT-Sold by Drngglsta, 75c.

I " a l 1

Strawberries are reported to be la bloom at Lexington, Ga

Jessie Logan of Gilmer county, West Virginia, 14-years of age has eloped with James Bishop, who is 64.

A b r a h a m Lincoln'* stories.

An illustrated book, unmarred by

advertising, containing stories and

anecdotes told by Abraham Lincoln,

many heretofore unpublished, will be sent free to every person sending his or her address to the Lincoln Tea Co.. Fort Wayne, Ind.

A London man who made a specialty of manufacturing modem antiquities has been forced to give up business, owing to the slim demand for his specialties.

Krnpp employs 11. 0) people. There a r e «.>i0spe:les of bees.

Maa'a Pan . Since t be orixinal fa l l of man we h a v e had

some signal examples of g r e a t falls—not t o include M a g a r a or t he immense f a l l In va lues which t be time • h r e brought abou t —in the naUi ie of accidents which waylay men a t all timet. « ne such is t h a t of r. George W. i-ord Olanta F a . who says be fell down s t a i r s and kuffeied fou r weeks with a s t ra ined back. The use of S t J a c o b s Oil complete y cured him. r. G. horuer . <U i 8. Ktii s t ree t , maba. Neb., re -l a t s t ha t b e Jumped f rom bU engine in col-l is on and sas ta lned a very bad spra in to bis a n k l e ; be had to use a cane for week*, b u t waa tloally cured by St. J a c o b s OIL Never fall o u t with so good a thing.

In Norway men have to be vaccinated be-fore tbey can vote.

Those

KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement and

tends to personal enjoyment when rightly used, t b e many, who live bet-ter than others atid enjoy life more, with lees expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world's best products to the needs of physical being, will attest the valne to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy. Syrup of Figs.

Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas-ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect lax-ative ; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers and permanently coring constipation. I t haa given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession, because i t acts on the Kid-neys, l ive r and Bowels without weak-ening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance.

Syrup of Flea is for sale by all drug-gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but i t ia man-u facta red by the California Fig Syrnp Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will uos accept any substitute if ofiered.

H ighes t of all in Leaven ing Power.—Latest U, S. Gov't Report'

ABSOU/TELY PURE Rent* la England .

In England 233 families live in houses which pay ovor £1,00J a year rent; 9,214 pay between £5Di) and £1,003; 8,633 pay betweea £2id and £503; 101,948 pay between £50 and £100 and 3,624,6J3 pay less than £23 or under $103 a year for the houses in which they live.

Land Valnsa In Grea t Bri ta in .

The value of land in Great Britain rose enormously during the Canadian and American wars of the last cen-tury aad Increased still further dur-ing the French wars owing to the demand for grain and its advanced price.

Uropst is a dread disease, bu t I t has lost Its te r rors to those who know t h a t H. H. i.reen v hons. the i ropsy bpeclallsts of At-lanta. Georgia t r ea t It wl h such great suc-cess. Write tbem for pamphlet giving f u d Information.

The Amerlkln easel can crow in mighty near ovvery forr in langwidge.

Be« Colebeslcr Spading BooUadr. la other c

Heaven is no t tor sa ls .

Sh l loh ' a Ceawempt l em Car*-la n id on * iruanintr*. [t niiea Incipient om Uoo. I t a tbe best couch Cure. 3S.ctjL.90oU. a

I t a l y has 10,800 Socialists.

•• Haaaoit's H a g l e Cans fUOna.** Warranted to cure or money refunded. Aak <

drufSisttarit. t r lco IS ceota.

Well Teraad ta Dlvlalo*.

Pa—Bobby, the school teachi r §m forms me tha t you are well up division.

Bobby—Tea, sir. Pa—Well, Bobby, suppose I toUl

you to divide this, apple eqnaUy between your little sister and your* self—how much would she get?

Bobby—The core.

C a r b o n c l e s L a r g e a s H e r t s E g g e l

KARI.Y COBI* OVKK 1 FOOT r O t o . Salzer illustrates in a colored plate a

new early corn, a giant of its kind, and offers S300 in gold for the largest ear in 189L In addition to this early Giant corn, which yielded in 18M HO bushels per acre, he has over twenty other pro-lific field coma He has the best fodder corn in the world. Be is the largest grower of farm seeds, such as oats, barlev, wheat, millet, potatoes, etc., in America. Fifty kinds of grasses and clovers. Jf V..u Will Cnt T h i s Oat and Send I t With 15c to the John A Salzer Bred Co., La CroMe, Wla , yoo will receive a large puck-age ot above Giant com and h.s mammoth catalogue. w

Plaving cards were invented for t he amusement o. tbe crazy king Charles VL, of France, in 1380.

wa WW W WAS

up with carbuncles, tbe worst that 1 ever Ue tried everything be heard of. bis doetar

could do nothing fow him. Had six « r seven carbunckaata time, as large as henna eggs. Hegotaoweak ana suffered ao B m h he could not wale a step. In IKS he ha* his bed put la tha middle of his t oo t and got on It to dta. Noone expected Uaa to get well. Beaanr Dr. Pierce'a GoMen Medical Dtoot advised for all disorders. Beft bad taken half-^-

Cou T. U. Fooo. ^DJaooj-

Baway. Two bottka enUrely cured htm. Ha now T8 years old. and enjoys good health.**

PIERCE-<=-CURE

ST. JACOBS OIL IS THE, KING-CURE OVER flUU

iSCIATICA IT flflS NO EQUAL NO SUPERIOR. ALONE THE BEST.

th f Seaaoil S f i a i t t - M . BavrbMafeabfrnttdvlaths

IRON M O U N T A I N R O U T E ^ V S T £ 5 Pacif ic a a d Sou the rn Paelfie Kallwaya Th* ••Califon.ln Ipecla , " Eovtmcd

aat* BteZ'^IIE SOUTREII 5 7

ttaflfeteawtih. aoraemaaa !

jjjfr 5. KHIS, float. 199 Sortli Ctart SL. CMogo, I i's Eyt ffttir.

H U E S WAITED. • oaraceau M H M M w n n I KUf for NTMTM. Send Wc tllrer for panlcalara .Crcacest Ad vml i In* Co,Latrol*.Pa.

turn m n « . K M i i l a s c i a x t o s a o d mahonae. S*Bplepr«t pakUflvcccnta.FOBSHE£ A MAKIN Oaetaaati^)

DE1P1" A"!. un. N-I4r|jrc ktruuoaxjaEs r v.r.a.T. Writ* tatak rf rewtof ncC

f\r6 You Going Sooth Tms Winter?

I F S O

M A K E Y O U R A R R A N C E M E M T 8

T O C O V I A T H E

P r i c e B l 0 F 0 U R R 0 I J T E -'yeart*expertenre aa cumiDrr la D. a Pat-e.l Ofllr*. Patent ruatant«wd or no f««. S. BEASHSAKS. CIS 7U> St, Waahiartoo. a e

F r u i t T r e e s " It . .n aa. . •> - n.._ . •_ i U If} on iBtcna lo m out Pracfc. Prar. Apple

JT Pratt Tree* of any kind, yov will wive monrv by wil lor to the MK HIOA.V M RHERY CO.. MOVKOE. MICH. Tlx-r hare the bent aad the bardiea: rarteUea for i'jU pan of the cuaa-trr Saall Frol •f All Kinda. and a l«rv a. aonxneat ot tbelci and bartflen iu*et, bbrubbery

{ and urntmrotal Tree* and Plan:*.

ACRES of land for aak by the Sanrr Pant 4 Drum Baitaoan

OoaraXT in Micaoota. teud for Mapa and Circo. Ian. Tbey will be moi to joe

1.000.000

Pimples A r c tdl- ta lc symptoms tha t you r blood is not r ight—foil of im-purities, causing a sluggish and unsight ly complexion. A f ew bottles of S. S. S. w i l l r cmove all foreign and impure mat te r , cleanse the blood thoroughly and give a d e a r and rosy com-plexion. I t is most effectual , and entirely harmless.

Chas Heatoa, 78 Laard S t , Phila^ says:—-"I have had for vears a hnoor In • j blood which made a s dread to shave, as saall boda or p tn les would ba cat thns cansh'f shaving to be a great annoyance. After taking three bottles ol

| freiB the nse cf S. S. S. ^

i i i l t f U W C C I . « t a l i . a L |

ss.s.

Addnaa HOPEWELL CLARKE. Land CommiauoDer. BL Paul, Mian

"COLCHESTER"

SPADING BOOT.

BEST IN MARKET. BEST IN KIT.

BESf IX WEAKDTO QUALrry.

% The outer orl T'Soleex-tends the whole length down to tbe beel. pro-ted ing tbe boot In dic-p'.nc and is other hard work. ASK TOtTR PKALEB

TOR THEM and dool put off with inferior rooda

OOLCHKSTBR B F B P K R CO.

Whethe- in pursuit of htilth or pleasare, no portion of the country offers so mxiqr and varied attractions at this season as the Sunny South. The Orange Groves «f Florida, redolent with the perfume of sweet blossoms, wave their branches in hearty welcome to the tourist from the Snow-cbd Northland and tbe mellow breezes of the Southern Sea woo tbe invalid from (he Blizzards of the Frozen North. There is one line to Florida -The Big Four Route"

hich on account of its excellent train ser-vice, perfect conrections in Union Depots and absence of transfers, forms tbe Towr-ists' Ideal Line to Florida." From all points

j north of the Ohio River the Big Fo«r Poute, in connection with the Through Car lines from Gncinnati, will be found U offer the Best Time, Ba Service and Best Equipment to all Southern Points, and if you drrare to travel with comfort and eae be sure your tickets read via the Bij Fow Ruute.

E. O. McCORMICK, 0. B. MARTIN, l"«as*t TraMe Mn. Oru'i fats'r Aft.

ClXCl.WATI. O.

S O U T H E R N ' S ^ _*aad to the aadrrvlaned fcr a FUEC COl T oT Aa ist)4 Edition «r oc I til lull or dwi a-

tafamauoo cobcrraiac tfc ton b »odd<«c.lfcaa

The Apiallonl tid Hortimltml Advutaga of tba cant try trmTrrwJ by tba llllool« Oo'ral aad " ~ > A Xini-tlpyi r*Ilr» R.llr..»4-in Wejroeky.

a Ipm «rd . a»i* * J f MetXT» - - - — -er. Ia.

1 atill hara a few Hlc>> CJrada

FARM WAGONS FOB SALE CHEAP.

LLOYD EBERHART. Joliet , IM. _ W. N. U.. D.—XII—6.

Fhaa vrttlac to Adrertlsafa please I saw tha adrarUaemaot la this

mHUmg*

THE LOWELL STATE BRHK • mkh.!

c a p i t a l , $a©,ooo.oo. O F T Z O S M :

*• '• • " " S m - . . D i m 8 L 0' a m ™ 0 L D ^

B I R E O T O R S ;

Y, J. BOWNE, R. K. 00MB8, DANIEL STRIKER, J. C. QRlSWdLD, M. 6. ORIIWOLD

We Solicit Tour BuBineu.

Elisor's Daughter at Misic hall. V. 8. Ward spent Sonday in town.

Farm to rent Enquire at this office.

Jap Waterman is home on a short visit.

J . H. Stevens of Muif was in town' I'ueeday.

lasureyour property with Alger and Perry.

George Taylor was in Grand Rap-i.ls Tuesday.

J . M. Bricker-Grattan-Lowell vis-itor, Monday.

Harnr S. Thompson of Alto was in town Monday.

J . C. West of Grand Rapids waa in Lowell Monday.

J . L. Gillett of Grand Rapids was in town Tuesday.

T. H. White of Grand Rapids waa' in Lowell Monday.

Manley Jordan of Muiriiwaa in town Inst week Saturday.

C. Brigham of Kalamazoo walked our streets Tuesday.

Mias Jennie Gate of Freeport waa n town last Saturday.

Will Crofbot was in Grand Rapids be first of the week.

R. Wolcott was- over from Free-twut last week Friday.

A. C. Stone was lookirfg after Free-jiort business Tuesday.

J . VanDeusen of Grand Rapids .vas in town Thursday.

W. H. Jennings of Grand Rapids was in town Saturday last.

D. A. Ghipman of Grand Rapids wns in the city Wednesday.

A. McMillaDr'made a business trip :o Grand Rapids Thursday.

•lamei Martin of the County seat was i i Lowell last Saturday.

M. Jones of Grand Rapids was in lib well th» first of the week.

Wm. R. Foster was over from- the ilapids Friday of last week.

Honseand large lot to rent cheap, l^hquire of W. F . Howk. tf

Paul Willey and wife of Greenville arc visiting at M. M. Perry's.

Kdwin Deltis and Albert Harms of Ada were in Lowell Monday.

Tbe Maccabees are making numer-ous additions to their membership.

W. S. Winegar and visited friends in Grand Kapids the first of the week.

J . E . Abbott and wife of Midland City were in Lowell last week Friday.

All implements for making maple Mvgar can be had at R. B. Boylan's.

Will exchange hardware for 500 cords of green wood. R. B. Boylan.

Some second hand aewin); machines in ;:ood order cheap at R. D Stocking's.

James Smith of Grand Rapids joined Lowell'i: Saturday crowd last week.

Remember the Washington party to i* piven by the OddAIIows Febru-ary 22.

Don't fail to hear the great Orion* •juartette in • Hascall Comedy company. adv.

Remember the L e d g e r off.ce when" in need of job work. We will not be underbid.

Don't keep borrowing this paper when you can get it three months for ' a quarter.

J . B. Hutcbins, well kaown here, takes a prominent part in the Miser's Daughter.

M. M. Perry and friend, Paul Wil-ley, were in Grand Rapids Thursday on business.

Two first class profeasionaLr asaist the Ionia Dramatic club in the Mis-er's Daughter.

Miss Lynn Crawford has returned fironi a visit to her aunt, Mrs. Balcnre in Kalamazoo.

The good people of the Advent aire Shave closed a very pleasant

-eriet of meetings.

James McPheraon. the bazaar man, •jas sold his house aud lot to J . C. yugiish of Boston.

Teeth extracted by Dr. J . H.Rfok-ert; no paiu^no sleep; no sickness; no trouble afterward.

The new preparation used by Dr . J . H . Rickert takes away all the ter fors of extracting teeth.

S. B. Knapp and niece, Mrs. Lunn, went to Ionia yesterday for a visit with Homer H. Knapp.

The Lowell Literary Society will Aieet next Monday evening M the res-idence of Francis King.

The Ionia dramatic club %ill present The Miser's Daughter a t Music Hal) Tuesday evening, Feb. 20.

If you want an outside newspaper or magazine you can save money by clubbing with the LEDORR.

Mrs. N. G. King of Ionia and Mrs. Blanch Graham of Marshall are guests of F. D. Stocking and wife.

Hair work done to order by Mrs. I . W. Halstead, residence opposite Lum-ber, Ice &-Coal Co.'s office.

Mra. R . VV. Oraham and daughter, Miss Winnid Shaw, visited' Grand Rapids friend^ last SatuMay?

Pay a year's subscription to the LEDGER and get the Poul t ry and Horse Review mr a year free.

By the new method (same as used by traveling dentists) Dr. J . H. Rick-ert extracts teeth without pain.

Nort Henry and Will McCarty were in-the city W"dnesday night and totik in the Herman entertainmeht.

E. Carpenter, wife and daughter of B^ldinx spent Sunday with their un-cle and aunt, 8. Bmwer and wife.

B. M. Hoag, principal of the weat ward school, and wife vfoffed at Can-nonsburg I S a t u r d a y and Sunday.

M. A. Simpson, who plays the part of B w Baxter in the Miser's Diugh-t*r, was formerly a resident of this to#n .

Messrs. Chns" A! Church and Carl S. English drove to Smvrna and Bel-ding Saturday and inspected the'elec-tric plant of those towns.

About ten couples assembled at Bid McLane's Tuesday evening, the occa-sion being his birthday. Cards and dancing wai the program.

Kisor & Avers have sold a large granite monament to John Abrnm, who erects i t in Grattan"cemeaery, in memory of-Ws departed wife.

Revival meetings are being held at the M. E. church and mbch good is being done. The attendance is large and many are professing1 a change of heart.

FOR SALE 150 cleared, 1 6 acres apple and good bui

FORCE.

rm of 200 acres > peach orchard,

lard well watered. Enquire of G.

Mrs. Edward L. May has traded her village property f o r a farm in Paris township, with her tnotheV, Mrs. Richards, who will raake'£owell ber home.

villehas entered' dencybffbe Low-t Company and

r of ChUrch-A

Al. Phelps of upon the Supei ell Water haa his offi Son'a bank.

Patrons ••of the LEDGER haviBfe business nt the Probate Court will confer a favor upon the publisher by requesting the Judge to send the ad-vertising-to t h e LEDGER.

B. C. Smith has received bis spring styles and samples. He can fit you out in (He finest style of the tailor's art. Afl work warranted the best. Prices lower than ever, and that can not be beaten, quality of goods cot* sidered.-

Last snmmer, wTiile*tbree young la* dies of Orange, lonih'countv, were out driving, a dog belonging to Mrs. Chas Croel barked at their horse, frighten-ing i t so that it ran away. The young ladies allege that they were injured in the runaway, and now have begun suit for 1300 damages against Mrs. Croel.

Dr . McDannell, D. G. Look. Chas. Church and wives, S. P . Hicks, Dr.'

i Greene, W. S. Winegar, A. B. John-j son, F . B. Clark, A:<0. Heydlauff, R. ; Ryder, Mra. OrtHil l and Misses Ethel |and Florence McDStinell went to Grand Rapids to see the Herman per-formance at Prifcrera.'.'

MUSIC HALL

Three Nights

COMMKNCING

Monday, February

12,13,14.

Hascall Coiriedy Co.

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Ten Nights in a Bar

Boom,

A Striking Resem*

blance,

And Banch Ten. .

PRICES

To Suit the Times,

10 and 20 Cents.

The Freeport Hierald, one of the brightest, cleanest and best local pa-pen in Michigan, is just starting in on the twelfth year of its existence. Editor Godfrey deserves well of his constituency. Long may he flourish.

Porter Carr hifcput thpsteam plant of the Lowell W a ^ r a p d Light com-pany in as good s h y ^ T as new, and now the compan^Mu\u) l i ca te plants either one of w^lch is a s f o o d as any town of twice onr popuiatNk could hope to have.

The Hascall Comedy cbmpanyNil l ptteent oft Monday. Evening that gtrtal temperance drama "Ten Nights itfif Bar Room; Tuesday, "A Striking Resemblance) Wednesday, "Ranch Ten" the greatest border drama ever written. adv,

A lady's cloak man opened a' stock in the sample room at Central • Hotel, and.a clothing man a stock in the e 'nb room a few days laat week. These parties are only leeches, who pay no taxes and have no interest in the welfare'of the village, and yet our local merchants do not advertise enevgh to keep these tramps out of town.—[Cedar Springs Clipper. •

The Ionia party had a sort of a jolly time at Lowell last night. The Lowell people bad met the lotfians before, and in appreciation of their astonishing capacity, prepared1 two banqnets hoping by this means to keep them quiet and in good order. I t was $• fotile hope. They could not be gorged into anything like torper; food was merely fuel to the wild hilarity. There was only one unpleasant feature of the odfiMion—and that was "rats!" The wild scene that Marked this period in the impromtu program win not soon be forgotten »• by the sisters, nor will the brother whom t h i y hold responsible.—[(oriia Stan-dard, Feb. 2.

To the tempeianoe people of Lowell. W? wish to say that the Hascall Cfemedy company presents that grand oM temperance drama "Ten Nights in a Bkr Room ** on Mbnday night a t MuSir HaH. This > play has done more for thai^blaaa of people in assist-ing them in A e i r good work than any lecturef could" ever do. ns it poHrays the evils of rum ^ from a social trlass to the litter n 4 n of a whole family. I t certainly is your doty to support a ccftnpany pftjsenting this grand old piece. They guarantee perfect satisfaction or will gladly refund your* money. Jupt note the pnees, 10 ariH 20 eftita. Dont fail to se® it. adv.

The Hascall Comedy company, a t Music Hatf Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday well recomended' by both press and. public. Their twenty-seven weeks in this state proves tbat the company is one of rare mgrit, and nn- the first "time this winter they will ptay to popular prices ao* that all can afford to attend* General admission, 10 and 20>oent8. adv.

Congt^gatioBltl Church. • Usaal serriees *nd •veiling. .Sabbath School at oobn. Prayer meetiag Thiwday evening at

7:30. AH are cordially iavifed to attend Afe

sewic«9» Rev. Ja8.\Pbovam, Pastor.^

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