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THE LOWELL LEDGER. V O L V I L L , NO. 3 9 . L O W E L L , M I C H I G A N , T H U R S D A Y , M A R C H 1 4 , 1 9 0 1 W H O L E N O 4 0 3 .

A Wolf at The Door

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K healthy, robust Savines Account "keeps the wolf from the door." I t is a

barrier against many of the evils which beset people with small incomes.

How is it with yon?

Do you keep a Savings account?

This bank awnils your coming.

City Bank, B m U t

Quick 91}eat

Steel Ganges.

T h e demand for Q u i c k Meal R a n g e s i s g r e a t e i t h a n t h e s u p p l y s o w e are compe l l ed t o p o s t p o n e our s a l e to some-t i m e in A p r i l .

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NO If y o u need g l a s s e s a f t e r our cr i t ica l e x a m i n a t i o n

of y o u r e y e s w e ' l l s a y so; and we ' l l s a y no j u s t a s qu ick if y o u don't ' T h e r e are a g o o d m a n y people dec id ing t h e q u e s t i o n for t h e m s e l v e s , t h o u g h , and t h a t ' s d a n g e r -ous. T h e cr i t ica l e x a m i n a t i o n c o s t s noth ing , but i t ' s w o r t h a g r e a t deal t o you.

A n y one can af ford to w e a r our g o o d g l a s s e s . T h e teat l e n s e s fitted t o our f r a m e s a f t e r care fu l t e s t are f r o m ^ L O O up.

iThe People's Store.l I The White Front. 1

A. D. OLIVER

ICARPET SALE > COMMENGINGs

, Mar. 9 j Saturday W e s h a l l of fer for 10 d a y s our ent i re s tock o f .

C a r p e t s a t G r e a t l y reduced Pr ices .

W e have a good C a r p e t for 20c per yard and b e t t e r ones for 25c, 30c, 36c. 42c and a f e w p ieces of A l l Wool E x t r a S u p e r s t o c lose o u t at 50c and 52Jc w o r t h 60c.

T h i s i s y o u r o p p o r t u n i t y to s e c u r e a barga in .

N. B. BLAIN • • • • • • • • • • • • * • • • • • • • • • • • •

10N1A TO HAVEN. E L E C T R I C R O A D W I L L R E

B U I L T V I A T H I S C I T Y .

Money Will bo "socured Kith In

Threo Weeks.

The electric railroad from louia Grand Haven, through this city, 70 miles in length, will be built this summer. A portion of the money will be in hand within three weeks, so the officials announce, contracts will be let, and the moving of dirt will then begin.

The offcials of the road, of which Justin K. Whiting of St. Clair, is president; S. L. Merriman, Detroit vice president; G. W. Carman, Marine City, treasurer; and I. J. Ciley of this city, secretary. With the representative of a New York financial house, with the result that that it was decided to float a bond issue for§4,000,000 for construction of the road. The headquarters of the company will be in Grand Rap-ids.

The money is guaranteed by two of the largest endowed life insurance companies iu New York, Bonds are payable in 30 years. Not a dollar of stock goes to the bond-holders. The interest pays the the principal, the bonds simply securing payment of interest. It is a new, and it is claimed, a most advantageous way to secure the wherewithal for building electric roads.

There has been a merging of in-terests by local companies promot-ing the road to Ionia and the one to Grand Haven so that right of way between the two cities is now complete. The Ionia division will pass through East Grand Rapids, Cascade, Lowell, Saranac and Ionia, and the Grand Haven division through Lamout, Eastmanville, Spring Lake, and Grand Haven to Highland Park. The distance from ihis city to Ionia is 34 miles and Crand Haven 36 miles. In winter time when cars do not run to High-land Park, Grand Rapids will he exactly mid way.

It is possible that the water power at Lowell will be utilized. The best of cars and equipment will be order-ed and not less than 70 pound rails will be laid. It will cost about 1*1,500,000 to build and equip the road.

Secretary Cilley has been working on the plans for the road to Grand Haven for the* past five years, and it seems now as though his persist-ency would bear fruit.—Grand Rap-ids Herald, March 13.

• ^ The Vlllase Election.

The village election Monday was a very tame affair. Only one ticket was in the field and only 90 voles were cast. Two. tickets were not marked and only four were scratched.

The village officers for the ensuing yearnre:

President—R. VanDyke Trustees—D. G. Look, W . A.

Wat ts , R . J . Flanagan, J . E. Lee, E. N. White and J . B. Nicholson.

Clerk—T. A. Murphy Treasurer—Clyde Collar Assessor—J. B. Yeiter. Marshal and Night Watch to be

appointed.

Hortlcultttral Meeting

The first meeting for the year of Lowell district Horticultural society will be held at the parlors of hotel Waverly in Lowell, March 20, 1901.

George Frost of Alton will pre-pare a paper on the theory and practice of spraying.

Frank Morton oC South Boston will have a paper on orchard tools and cultivation.

Fach paper will be/followed by a general discussion. A cordial in vitation is extended to all.

C o n g r e g a t i o n a l C h u r c h N o t e s .

On account of the pastors sickness. Rev. Jones filled the pulpit last Sunday morning. There were no services iu the evening.

The bible class will be held next Tuesday evening as usual. The place of meeting will be announced on Sunday.

The Boy's Union will meet at their parlors next Friday evening at 7:30. It is earnestly requested that every boy be on hand as special work is to be done. We have room for five new boys but they should come at once.

Let us not forget our i»«teresting and prosperous Sunday school. It has never been more attractive and helping to those in attendance. May we not have a Business Men's class i

Salmon, mackerel, trout and white fish in bulk or kits at McMahon Bros.

A L V A S M I T H F O R D .

Another Old Resident Gone to His

Reward.

Alvah Smith Ford was boin in Vermont, Jan. 12, 1823, where he lived with his parents until he was about H years of age- His parents then moved to Canada. At the age of 25 he came to Michigan and settled in Otisco. In 1873 he was married to Rose S. Carver, who survives him. He also leaves a son and a daughter to mourn his loss. He was a loving husband and father and a kind and obliging neigh-bor- IP.s whole life was one of temperance, industry and economy. He was a member of the Masonic order for over 40 years.

He died of Bright's disease March 8 ,1901 a t t h e r i p e o l d age of 78 years.

Funeral services were held at the German church, Sunday, conducted by Rev. D. B. Davidson and the interment was made at Fox cemetery with Masonic honors by Lowell Lodge No. 90.

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Mrs. Flanagan Dead.

Mrs. R. J. Flanagan died of pneumonia at 2 p. m., yesterday after a brief illnesss.

Mrs. Flanagan was deservedly one of Lowell's most highly esteem-ed ladies and her death will grieve the entire community. In the prime of life with a beautiful home, loving child and kind husband, she had everything to make life desirable.

Our heart goes out to the stricken husband and daughter.

Death of J C. Wilson.

Jqhn C. Wilson died at his home in this village Tuesday night of par-alysis. Funeral services will be held at the Congregational church, Friday at 10.40, a. m.

Mr. Wilson was born in Ireland 02 years ago last Christmas and came to America at the age of 19 years. At Milford, Mich., he was married to Mary Wallace. Four children were born, two boys— who died in- infancy—and two girls, Mrs. Sayles of Clarksville and Mrs. Row-land of Toledo, O. The mother died and 28 years ago Mr. Wilson married Mrs. Lottie Wright. To them three children were b o r n -Mrs. Simpson of Freeport, John Wilson of South Love!! and Hat-tie aged 5 years.

For many years, Mr. Wilson lived on the fine farm overlooking Pratt lake and only about two weeks ago moved to this village.

He was a highly respected citizen.

Electric Road Talk

The following item from a recent issue of the Alma Record, will be of interest to those who are giving of electric road building their at-tention. The Record says:

L. F. Tucker, of Summer, repre-senting a company of Detroit capital-ists, has been in Alma this week for the purpose of securing a franchise through town and the right of way for a contemplated electric road connecting Saginaw and Grand Rapids. The proposed line has considerable capital behind it and the prospects are good for the road to be built in the near future. The route proposed will run from Grand Rapids through Lowell, Belding, Greenvillle, Sheridan, Crystal, Summer, Alma, St. Louis and then direct to Saginaw, passing through the small towns along the way.

Card from Miss Wiley. Mr. Johnson:—

Please allow me through THE LEDOBH to thank the many friends in Lowell and vicinity for the beautiful present given me. I am very proud of the spoons and appre-ciate them very much but what I value more highly is the kindness and courtesy shown me. If in the future my friends should bo placed in a similar position do not hesitate to call on ''The Rustlers." You arc sure to meet with suc^ss.

I sincerely thank you all. Ella J. Wilev.

Card of Thanks.

We wish to extend our earnest and heartfelt thanks to the many kind friends and noighbors who assisted us during the sickness and suffering of our husband and father; also for the many tokens of love ex-tended at the death and burial of our loved one. We wish to thank the Masons for their many acta of kindness, the choir for the excellent music and the friends for the beautiful flowers.

Mrs. A. S. Ford. Garfield Ford. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Gulliford.

Imported China handle teas 21 cents. Collar's Bazaar.

Are You On One of the... Mail Routes

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Olc Rave Some! good mail Boxes *

A S t e e l one w i t h lock , on a s e v e n foot s t ee l p o s t and one w i t h o u t t h e lock, on pos t . A l s o G a l v a n i z e d iron b o x e s w i t h and w i t h o u t l o c k s .

C o m e in and look at t h e s a m -p l e s . W e have so ld a g o o d m a n y for the route g o i n g s o u t h

Spraker

1 Sewing macbliKsJfflp T T o make room for B i c y c l e s w h i c h w i l l soon b e in, • I must reduce m y l a r g e s tock of S e w i n g M a c h i n e s a n d in ^ • order to d o so a s soon a s poss ib le , I sha l l f o r a short •

t ime only offer i n d u c e m e n t s t h a t w i l l be a g r e a t money • s a v i n g o p p o r t u n i t y for anyone n e e d i n g a fine S e w i n g ^ Machine . ^

A f e w good s e c o n d - h a n d ones g o i n g a l s o v e r y cheap . ^

CAUTION—As certain Chioaô Department stores are offering imitations J of some of the genuine makes I sell, I wish to call attention to this fact so that people will not confonnd one with the other. ^

R. D. STOCKING.

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O u r S P E C I A L S A L E S c o m p l e t e l y w r e c k e d our a s s o r t m e n t of P r W ^ P e r c a l e s , e t c . ' W e h a v e sor ted u p n e w l ines of s p r i n g s - p a t t e r n s in a l l our d e p a r t m e n t s and s i x c a s e s of t h e s e g o o d s have ar -rived and are on our s h e l v e s .

C o m e in and l e t u s s h o w y o u our W h i t e Goods ; w e have s o m e t h i n g n e w a S i l k s of a l l k inds , f o r w a i s t s . O u r leaders . ,

A l l C a p e s and J a c k e t s l e f t over i t o J

J. B. NICHOLSON, Old Stone Stmnd. Lowell, Michlsan

Baptist Chnrch Notes.

Band No. 1 will meet with Mrs. C. E. Maynard on Friday after-noon at 3 o'clock. After the busi-ness a picnic supper will be served.

Topic for Young People's meet-ing on Sunday evening will be 4'Christ our High Priest." Leader, Miss Elsie Godfrey.

The teacher's-meetingwill beheld after the prayer meeting Thursday evening.

M I C H I G A N C H R I S T I A N E N -

D E A V O R S T A T E C O N V E N -

T I O N . A T P O R T H U R O N .

For the above the Grand Trunk Railway System have made a single fare for the round trip to Port Huron from all sUtions in Michigan. Tickets will be on sale March 26 and 26. valid to return up to March 29th.

N i g h t W a s H e r T e r r o r .

"I would congh nearly all night long," writes Mrs. Chas. Applegate, of Alexandria, Ind., and could hard-ly get any sleep. I had consumption so had that if I walked a block I would cough frightfully and spit hlood hut when all other medicines falied, three $1.00 hollies of Dr King's New Discovery wholly cured me and I gained 58 pounds." It's absolutely guaranteed to cure Coughs, Colds, La Grippe, Bronchitis and all Throat and Lung Troubles. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial bottles free aet L. H . Hunt & Co's drug store.

Auction bills printed at THF. LKDGER office on short notice. Price and work both right.

W A . X X E D

A eood farm of about 160 acres or more suitable for general purposes or dairy farm. Must be iu Ist class condition and

I good buildings in exchange for beautiful house in Grand Rapids. Large gronnds, all kinds of frnit, fine grove. On nice

, avenue. Uandy to street cars. Give de -| l a l k Address D W I G H T BROOKS. I Station F. Grand Rapids, Mich.

For Sale Cheap. 87^j acres all improved, good buildings

good water and fruit . One mile from Lowell.

Also, two first-class •tallioDB(Montgom-•rysj Large and speedy.

28mar J . R. BUCHANAN.

WANTED-ACTIVE MAN OF G o o d character to deliver and collect In Michigan for old established manufacturing wlmio. salehousa. $900 a year, sure pay. Uomsty more thin ezperiunce reauirud. Our Mt-r e 're, any b m k in any city. Enclose aelf-adcresofd stamp-d envelope. Manufdcturers, Third Floor, 334 Dearborn 8h, Chicago. 1301

THE LOWELL MARKET REPORT-

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C H A P T E R I .—(OontlnuH ) "Queer a s Dlck' i h a t - b a a d , n o d o u b t .

But I don't l e e h o w h e could be o f -f e n d e d <f you let t h e house . T h e e i t is , l y i n g id l e—no good to h i m n o r a n y o n e else. T h i s g e n t l e m a n has a f a n c y for s e e i n g ghos t s , a n d p a y s Mr. V e r -

n o n h a n d s o m e l y for it. W h a t m . r e can k m a n ask f o r ? "

" I d o n o t k n o w . " repl ied the a g e n t , l o o k i n g t h o u g h t f u l l y in to t h e Ore.

" A n d t h e r e is no t i m e to w r i t e — t h a t Is t h e wors t of It. Mr. V e r n o n is in t h e H o l y Iînd. and I dun ' t know h o w long

i t would t a k e a l e t t e r to r e a c h h im. N o w , t h i s g e n t l e m a n w a n t s to go In a t o n c e In f ac t . I am t o give h i m an a n -s w e r t o m o r r o w . I 'm t e r r ib ly pe rp l exed s h o u t i t "

" I don ' t see why . Say yes. of course ,

s n d t h a n k your s t s r s fo r t h e c h a n c e . " " B u t if Mr. V e r n o n should be a n -

g r y T" /

" I d o n ' t see how h e cou ld be. E v e n If h e wa?. he would h a v e t i m e to g e t cool a g a i n be fo re h e m e t you. 1 s h o u l d

t a k e t h e offer , m o s t dccldedly. '*

" W e l l . I t h i n k I will. B u t I w a s q u i t e undec ided w h e n I c a m e In h e r e . I a s s u r e you. But you a r e a c l eve r

m a n , Gr imes , a n d one c a n ' t go f a r w r o n g In t a k i n g y o u r adv i ce . "

T h a n k y o u . s i r . And n o w t h a t b u s i n e s s is well off your m i n d , l e t ' s

d r i n k t h e hea l th of t h e n t w - c o m e r s , a n d wish them a h a p p y h o m e a t H o l -low A s ^ . Ha l l . "

^ -Bo th l aughed a s t hey d r a n k t h e t o a s t T h e n the a g e n t rose, b u t t o n e d

h i s coat s n d tu rned to t h e doo r . T h e l a n d l o r d saw h i m o u t ; a n d a f t e r b id -

d i n g h i m good n i g h t , s tood l o o k i n g o a t b e y o n d t h e town , at t h e hil l , w h e r e t h e l o n e l y h o u s e w a s s t a n d i n g , d a r k , s i l e n t a n d g r im .

- H o l l o w Ash H a l l l e t ! " he m u r -m u r e d as he wen t back to t h e b a r o n c e m o r e . " W e l l , t h a t is a go, a n d a o

m i s t a k e ! 1 w o n d e r h o w s o o n i t wi l l be e m p t y ? "

T h e C H A P T E R I t

8 0 t h e t h i n g w a s a c t o m p U t h e d . h s n n t e d house was l e t

T h e n e s t day a l l B a n l e y k n e w I b e ta l« by h e a r t . T h e b a n k e r ' s n a m e w a s C o w l e y , s n d t h e y o u n g l ady w h o

w i s h e d t o s e e t h e g h o s t w s s Miss R o s e C o w l e y , s p r e t t y , f a i r , l i t t l e c r e a t o r .

wfao l o o k e d a s if she would s h r i e k a n d m a a w a y If s m o u s e crossed h e r p a t h . l U r e l d e r s i s te r , C a t h e r i n e ( M i s s C o w -

\ e j ) w s s s t a l l , d a r k - h a i r e d g i r l , w i t h a U g h c o l o r a n d flashing b l ack eyes— b y f a r t h e m o s t p r o p e r p e r s o n , one w o u l d say . to e n c o u n t e r a d e n l r e n <f

t b e o t h e r wor ld . But s h e d id not s p -p r o v e of t h e p ro jec t , s n d s h u d d e r e J a t

t h e v e r y n a m e of t h e H a l t M i s . C o w -l e y , f s t . f a i r a n d f o r t y , t o o k t h e m a t -t e r ' e a s i i y , t h o u g h in h e r bf:art s h e c o n -

s i d e r e d I t s t e m p t i n g of P r o v i d e n c e . B a t sCie s a i d n o t h i n g , ^ h e » s s <ie-

To ted ly a t t a c h e d t o h e r s t o u t

t e m p e r e d h u B b * n ^ ^ n ^ | | p S e chooen t o w a l k ' n t o ' l l i i * P | t e r o f V e s u v i u s . I

h a v e g i v e n o n e s i g h ' E n g l a n d , a n d fo l lowed m e e k l y

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f £ b r o a d d a y l i g h t t k H r c a r r i a g e w a s e .

c o r t e d t o t h e v ^ r y ^ l ~ o ; • e l e c t t r o o p of ro«y-«hee*ad c h l l d r e a .

•mho s t a r e d a t B o * a s If s h e h s d been

t i w D r a g o n of W a n t l e y m person^ n n i » t o t h e g a t e s , h o w e v e r , d i d t h i s

y o u t h f u l b o f l y g u a r d * • * * * •

t h . fttrer g o t d o w n a n d l i f t ed * *

r u s t y m f * * i u * * * * ^ J e ^ k ' d i s p e r s e d t h e r a b b l e l ike msgio ,

A dire v is ion of Queen Bess in ruff and f a r t h i n g a l e , coming d o w n the a r e -

n o , to m e e t t h o s e w h o s o u g h t t o en-

ter. a l r i g h t e d t h e m ; a n d w i t h o n e a c -c o r d they se t off a t f u l l s p e e d t o w a r d t h e vi l lage, n e v e r d a r i n g t o look be-

hind them, or t o s l a cken t h e i r p a c e un -

t i l t h e y w e r e s a f e once m o r e a t t h t l r o w n m o t h e r s ' a ides .

Rose Cowley w a t c h e d t h i s e x o d u s

w i t h l a u g h i n g eyes : b u t h e r m o t h r a n d a i s t e r looked a s if t hey would g l a d l y h a v e fo l lowed t h e e x a m p l e ot

t h e ch i ld ren , a n d t a k e n to t h e i r hee l s

"Merc)- p r e s e r v e u s ! " sold Mrs .

Cowley look ing u p a t t h e Ha l l , vv 1 0

w o u l d h a v e be l ieved I t '««•»» • d , • • xaal p lace? W h y . ye s t e rday f r e m t h s

/ o a d it seemed p l easan t " D i s m a l , m a m m a ' . " s a i d K o t e , 1

h l n k i t la a n t h l n g b u t t h a t ! R o m a n t i c , s o l i t a r y , lone ly . If you will , bu t s u r e l y

n o t d l s m s l ! " - I t Is only fit f o r r a t s a n d owls to l ive

I n . " s a id C a t h a r i n e , w i t h a look of »n-l e n s e d i sgus t W h a t # c o u W p s p s be t h i n k i n g of h e 1 0 0 , 1 4 1 w i t ' l o u t

e v e n p a r i n g s v is i t t o t h e p l a c e ? H o w -e v e r . t h e r e Is one c o m f o r t — h e l ikes

a n u g . w a r m r o o m s as well as a n y of us- a n d t h e first g l a n c e at t h e i n t e r i o r of " tbe old she l l wil l be s u r e t o d i sen -c h a n t h i m . W e s h a l l neve r l ive he re , m a m m a ; so y o u n e r d n o t tUstr s i y o u r s e l f at all a b o u t i t . "

" D o n ' t be t o o certHin," r e m a r k e d

Rose . " I was t a l k i n g wi th paj ia th i s

m o r n i n g a b o u t i t . a n d 1 ahked w h a t w a s t o be d o n e If t h e p l ace f h o u d t u r n o u t d a m p a n d co ld . W h a t do y a u

t h i n k h i s a n s w e r w a s ? " " W h y . t h a t In such a case we c o m d -

n ' t s t op , of course . " - N o t a bit of H ." r e p l y t t h . m l -

c h l c v o u s g i r l . " P s p a su d t h a t h e t h o u g h t w c w e r e e l l aj»' to p a m p e

ourf ie lves t oo much a n d thr.t It wou ld d o t'.s good to m ' w • f w l u x u r n s a--d c o m f o r t s f u r a t h u " *'

Mrs . Cowley g r o s n e d .

" I sha l l h a v e r h e u m a t i c f eve r , 1 k n o w . Mr. Cowley will neve r b e m a d e n o u g h to l ive here . T b e house U l ike a wel l . "

" D o n ' t f e s r . m a m m a . " repl ied C t t h -a r lne , wi th s n s i r of compcsed c e r t a i n -

ty t h a t was pecu l i a r ly p r o v o k i n g t o Rose. "By the t i m e p s p s h s s h i d to go w i thou t b r e a k f a s t a n d d i n n e r once

o r twice, because t h e c h i m n e y wil l! s o t d r a w , he will be ready e n o u g h t o go a w a y . Men m a y be s to i c s a n d a scc t -ics and p h i l o s o p h e r s in t h e o r y eas i ly e n o u g h . B u t a l l t h e i r flne d o c t r i n e s

go to t he wall . I obse rve , w h e n t h e i r s t o m s c h s c o m e In t jues t ion . "

As she spoke , t h e y d r e w n p be fo re

t h e i r new home, a n d even R o s e was obl iged to con fe s s In h e r o w n h e s r t

t h a t It m i g h t h a v e been a p l e a e a n t e r one , when s h e looked up a t t h e f a s t -c losed door , a n d the b l ank r a n g e of d u s t y windows . Mrs. Cowley g roaned

a g a i n . T h e p lace was even worse t h a n s h e t h o u g h t , a n d s h e w a s wicked

e n o u g h to p r a y s ec re t l y f o r a fit of t h e

gout , o r a s m a r t t w i n g e of l umbago , which shou ld I sy h e r lord s n d m a s t e r flat on h i s back , a n d t h u s e n a b l e her

t o t a k e h i m t o B r i g h t o n — t o t o w n . e v e n — r a t h e r t h a n t o t h i s m o i e r a

"Cas t l e of Udo lpho , " which s h e k e l h e r a l m o s t m o r s by i t s o u t w s r d d i r t s n d d i s c o m f o r t t h a n by t h e g h o s t l y t e n s n t s which i t he ld w i t h i n .

" N o w . m y dea r , let m e he lp you.

J u m p o u t . Rose , s n d see wh ich of u s will And t h e h a u n t e d c h a m b e r first."

sa id Mr. Cowley , c o m i n g t o t h e door

of t h e fly. his r ound , red f a c e b e a m i n g wi th de l i gh t a t t h e e v i d e n t t r e p i d a -

t i on of h i s wi fe s n d e ldes t d a u g h t e r .

" J u m p out a n d see h o w you l ike y o u r f u t u r e h o m e . V o a a r e s s good s s t h e lady of t h e m a n o r n o w . Mrs . C. W h a t

do you t h i n k of t h a t ? Did you e v e r expec t t o a t t a i n t o s u c h d i g n i t y , even in your w i lde s t d r e a m s of t h e f u t u r e ? "

" I c e r t a i n l y n e v e r expec ted t o come to such a p l ace a s t h i s , " sa id Mrs. Cowley, p l t eous ly , a s s h e l e f t t h e fly.

"Quee r old den , I sn ' t i t m y love?" " V e r y q u e e r ! "

" B u t I d a r e s a y you wil l l ike It i n t ime. It Is s flne s l r y place, I c a n se?. C a t h a r i n e , you wil l h a v e c h e e k s l ika cabbage - roses In n o t i m e . "

" P a p a , you c a n n o t t h i n k of llv n g h e r e ! " a s i d t h a t y o u n g l a d y In d i s m a y .

" C a n ' t I, m y d e a r ? B u t 1 do, a n d f o r th i s ve ry r e a s o n — t h e wor ld i s ge t -t i n g f a r t oo r o m a n t i c a n d fanclfOl t o

su i t me. W h a t w i th s p i r i t u a l i s t s a n d t a b l e - t u r n i n g , a n d m e n w h o float in

t he a i r , a n d m e n w h o see t h i n g s In s c rys ta l , a n d h a u n t e d h o u s e f , a n d s ee : s

who m a k e a l m a n a c s a n d a l l t he rest-o. ' | It, E n g l a n d s e e m s t o be go ing s t a r k mad . I used t o g ive my coun

a l i t t l e c r ed i t f o r ^ o n H m ^ p p ^ ^ ^

now. a n d a n y one w h o m a k e s a firm

s t a n d a g a i n s t t h i s n e w - f a n g l e d n o n - ;

t e n s e i s s p u b l i c b e n e f a c t o r . 1 m e a n

t o d o i t . a n d t o m a k e y o u d o i t too . F o r t h i s r e a s o n 1 t a k e t h i s house , wh ich t h e s iUy id io t s a b o u t h e r e say '

i s h a u n t e d . N o t o n e a m o n g t h e m d a r e • come n e a r t h e place, I ' l l show t h e m t h a t I ' m n o t a f r a i d t o l ive h e r e . A a l

t hen , p e r h a p s , t h e y wli l come t o t h e i r ; s e n s t s a g a i n , a n d l e a r n t h a t peop le in ; t h e o t h e r wor ld a r e g lad e n o u g h t o ge t j

qu i t of th i s . C h e a t s . Ind ed. 1 h a v e a ? | p a t i ence w i t h such n o n s e n s e ! "

" B u t , p a p a . If t hey c o m e ? ' sugges ted

Rose, w i th s t i m i d g l a n c e a t t h e d o s e

s h u t house . j "If t h e y do . I ' l l p i n c h t h e i r noses ;

wi th t h e t o n g s ! " s a id Mr . Cowley, sol - | emn ly , a n d Rose b u r s t o u t l a u g h i n g .

" B u t , p a p a , " s s l j l C a t h a r i n e , " t h e

house is s o d a m p ! " " D a m p ? Nonaense ! I t i s a s d r y a s

a bone . Don ' t you see t h s t i t s t a n d s on t h e t o p of s h i l l ? H o w could the w s t e r g e t u p h e r e , I s h o u l d ' l i k e t o

k n o w ? "

" I a m s u r e I t does , s a d you wil l h a v e l u m b a g o a n d w m m n r h e u m a t i a m a n d Rose a sc-re t h r o a t a a d 1 a p e r p e t u a l

i n f l u e n r a . D e a r p a p s , d o g i v e u p t h i s

M l . i m e ar .d t a k e us t o B r i g h t o n i n -s i e a d ! "

"Oh. yes , f t h i n k 1 s ee myself d o j i g

i t ' " was t h e g r i m rep ly . " T a k e you to B r i g h t o n t o wear s p o : k - p i e h a t

on ll v s a n d s , a n d s h o w y o u r a n k e s on t h e p i e r ! N o B r i g h t o n fo r y u a ' p r f s

en t . miss . You will s t a y h e r e a n d do your f e l l o w - c o u n t r y m e n a s e m e s . If

you p l ease , by d i s n b u s i n g t h e i r m i n d s

of s s t u p i d p r e jud i ce , by m e a n s of your o w n exper iT-oe . D r i v e r , h a v e y ^ u g o t

t h e key t o t h i s d o o r ? "

" H e r e i t la . s i r , ' " s a id t h e m s a . B u t

h e f e l l t o t h e r e a r a f t e r p r e s e n t j n g I t H e was a lad of n i n e t e e n a n d h a d h e a r d t oo m u c h of t h e p k e e n o : t o k e e p a t a r e s p e c t f u l d i s t ance d u r i n g

t h e first m o m e n t of i n r e s t l g s t i o n .

" T h i s lock h a s no t been o i l ed s i n e ? t h e y e a r 1 ! " sa id Mr. Cowley , pul l ing a n d b l o w i n g a s h e t r i e d t o t u r n t h e

key . " H a n g t h e t h i n g , b o w i t s t i c k s ! B e a r s h a n d he re , m y g o j d f e low, will

y o u ? H a l l o ! "

T h e k e y t u r n e d s u d d e n l y a s h e spoke , t h e lock y ie lded , a n d t h e d o o r

flew open wi th f u c h r i o k a c e t h a t Mr .

Cowley l anded on h i s nose In t h e h i l l . See ing th i s , h i s wi fe fo rgo t h e r f a r e nnd r u n t o pick h i m up. R o s e a n d r a t U a r l n e fo l lowed , a n d HO s t I s s t t h e y t l o o d t o g e t h e r b y o n d t h e t h r e h c k l of

t he h a u n t e d h o u s e . W h i l e Mr?. C s w l e y j a n d C a t h e r i n e w i r e h e l p i n g t h e h e a d 1 of t h e f ami ly to h i s taet*. B p s e g" .sel j a r o u n d her w i th b r e a t h l e s s a w e . h ilf ' e *p « e t i n g s a c h m o m e n t to see w m s

d im s h a d e a p p r o a c h i n g t o wave t i iem

away. But no one came. All was st i l l and q u i e t T h e y stood wi th in nmsll, square hall, very duaty and dirty and lighted only by the fanl ight over the door. A worn m s t covered the floor, there was a small Iron s t i v e In the centar of the hall, and, leaning against it s cur ious ly csrved walking stick, resembling the wand of s msgt c lan rather t h s n the ordlosry c s n s of a gent leman In the nineteenth century. Rose took thla in her hand, but quickly Is Id It down. It did not seem " c a n n y ' to hold It, though why s h e could not say .

Mr. Cowley n ibbed his hesd. felt h is nose rnraful ly al l over, snd pronounced himself quits sound.

"Whst made m e f s l l , I cannot tell," be remarked. "It really seemed s s If the door was jerked from my hand by some person Inside. Do you know, my dear, I Incline to the opinion that some evil-disposed person h s s harbored here st some t ime or snother snd taken ad-vantage of the popular be!lof in ghos t s to carry out s l l manner of Iniquity In perfect safety. F o r sught w e know, such a person m s y be within hearing now."

Mrs. Cowley gave a little shriek. "Then we sre al l safe to be robbed

and murdered! Dear George, do let u i leave this place and get home a s s o o n s s possible!"

"Nonsense, my dear; don't Interrupt me. if you please! Robbed s n d mur-dered. Indeed! Is t h s t l ikely whi l e you h s v e m e to protect you? I merely msde thst remark as s warning in case such s person should b? concealed here. I recommend that person not to come too near, whoever be mar be; and I add. for his further information, that I ahall s leep here with a revolver, loaded and capp<Nl, by my side, s iyl If be begins s n y of h i s tr icks upon trav-elers, I U g i v e h im pepper, by J o v e ! Now. Mrs. C., c o m e s l o n g a a d look a t the rooms."

Trembl ing and disgusted, tbe good Isdy fo l lowed her truculent spouse, as he opened door af ter door wi th in tbe mansion. T h e rooms were s l l dsrk and dingy. It Is true, but they had h i g h ce i l ings s n d plenty of w i n d o w s wi th pleasant aspects. Soap s n d water, and afterwards pretty curtains and bright furniture, a piano, and a f ew pictures would make quite another place o f . l t as Mr. Cowley said.

11 n is (ii oiF. The Export Rato on Tobacco Ends

April 1.

GEN. WOOD APPROVES ACTION.

b o a * lUlUf T h a t Rrranue* A n

S a S c •o t WiUtMt II—Lass mt Ravaaa*

Will B* Offset by K a c M r e g t M M t 10

r i M U / j In Caba,

C H A P T E R III. Nevertheless , aa the party progressed

from room to room, s s i l ence fell over them al l—a nameless weight seemed to rest upon every h e a r t Mrs. Cowley looked really m , Catharine w s s very psle . Rose ceased to laugh and jest , and even Mr. Cowley pursued bis in-vest igat ions in a nervous, fidgety way. as if he was ill at ease.

Did you e v e c vis it an empty house, dear reader, by yourself? A lonely country cottage, for instance, with no ev i l ta le h a n g i n g over It l i k e a c loud—nothing t o mar i t s noth ing to t a k e f r o m ^ p - ^ ^ o f

home and p e a r e f t ^ J ^ , p & i n g

wi th the bunch of l ing from your band, did you

begin to fee l that someth ing un-seen. but not unfe!t, was bearing you company—someth ing that opened the doors s n d looked out of the windows and pointed at the corners of the apart-m ;nts aa if to Illustrate a su>ry which you s l s o f e l t but did n o t bear? Did not that unseen companion become al-m o s t too real—almost v is ible a t the l a s t s n d actual ly drive you from the place—not fr ightened—not nervous— o h . no !—only with pale Hps and hur-ried steps s n d a hand that shook a lit-t l e aa i t g a v e the keys back in the agent ' s office, aad wrote down t h e di-rection to which the a g e n t m i g h t ap-ply.

All this, and more t h a n this , did the party a t the Hall experience. Some-thing—nay. more than o n e someth ing w a s beside them. N o o n e spoke o f t h e presence, ye t al l were consc ious of i t though they tried to laugh it off . even l a the recesses of the ir o w n minds.

( T o he continued )

B U N K E R M i t t M O N U M E N T .

' I

A fob' . ic Daaea Cava Xa te r t a l AU l a

CvmpitUrng It.

F e w people s r e a w a r e t h a t i t w a s a public dancer who gave material a id In complet ing the Bunker Hi l l aaonu-m e n t T h i s aid came from the noted F a n n y Elss ler . who, a s Dr. H o l m e s puts i t "danced the capstone o n t o Bunker Hil l monument , . s s Orpheus moved the rocks by music ." S h e danced a t a great benef i t per lormaaes , which realized enough t o warrant t h e managers g o i n g o n w i t h ( h e obel i sk on Breed's Hil l , which I t t h e proper name for t h e historic battlefield of the Revolution, la Charles towa. T h e monument ' s corner s t o n e was laid in 182S by General Lafayet te , aad o n t h i s occasion a a d a t the grand dedication. June 17. H I T Daniel Webster made t w o of his greatest orations. T h e Blss ler s i s ters were t w o f a m o u s danc-ers , born l a Vienna l a IMC a n d 1411, respect ive ly , of w h o m t h e younger, F a n n y , became the mos t celebrated. From 1880 to 18C1 the career of Mile. F a n n y w a s one cont inuous ora t ion . Whi le at Paris she Is said t o have ecl ipsed even Tagl lonl by her won-derful dancing of " L a Cachucha." A f -ter v i s i t ing London i n 1888. s h e c a m e to t h e United States, where h e r tr i -umphant progress was marfred by m a n y advantageous offers of mar-riage. al l o f w h o m she declined. She r e t r e d t o a villa near Hamburg. Ger -m a n y . 1851. having amassed a n enor-m o u s fortune, and died in 1884. H e r

Flster contracted a morganatic mar-riage in 1851, with Prince Adalbert of Prus s i a , and was s u b s e q u e n t l y en-

nobled .

Washington, D. C , March U . — T h e president has lasued s n execut ive order abol i sh ing tbe Cubsn export duty on tobscco from April 1 n e x t T h i s action was taken on tbe earnest recommenda-t ion of the Cubsn economic commis-s ion, which recently v is i ted W s s h l n g -ton. Indorsed by Gen. Wood. A previ-ous order hsd been Issued fixing an export duty of GO per cent on Cuban tobacco from April I. Today's sct ion removes the export duty entirely . Gen. Wood's approval of the abolit ion of this export duty is prsrt lcal ly s n expression of his belief t h s t the Cuban revenues from other sources are suffi-d e n t for the needs of the Insulsr gov-ernment. Tbe or ig inal Idea was ths t the tobscco tax was necessary t o fully meet the financial requirements 'of the g o v e r n m e n t The aboliOon of d s t y affects cigars and c igarettes s s wel l s s tobacco In leaf, filler or c u t a l l of the various classes of tobacco, raw s a d manufactured, h s v l n g heretofore been subject to various rates of duty.

ta*a af B a r t a a a la Kaavjr.

It Is est imated by the war depart-ment offlcials that the a b m atlon of the tobacco dut ies will cause a loss of revenue of s h o u t $800,000 or 11.000,000 per year . But It Is said that this loss wil l be more t h s n offset by the encour-s g e m e n t g iven to the planters in Cuba to increase their producUon. T h e ex-tent of the trade affected by the order is very Urge , the tobacco exports s m o u n t l n g to about 120,000,000 a year. Of this, by far the larger p s i t came t o the United Stales . T h e total value of unmanufactured tobscco exported within the neven m o n t h s ended July 21 last was 15,020,000, and of this the export to the United States amoaated t o 14.875,000. In the s s m e period the export of Cuban c igars w s s Isrgest to Great Britain, the United S t a l ^ com-ing second. The total value of v e d gar exports for the seven mon •€.030,000,

Will l a r aaUca la Col H r U f a a d .

Lleut-Col . H. O. Helstand of army will be Investigated by a committee from the commit t ee Itary affairs of the senate, to M r i a i n his relations wi th an 1

organised to r o n t r i ^ h T h e m p Indus- j

try T h e sub-com-m l t t e ^ ^ g appointed today, and wil l |

work at once, under a resolution which Mr. Pett igrew of South Dakota introduced, and wrhich was a lopt^d on the 1st i n s t a n t recit ing that Col. Hel -stand Is accused of combin ing wi th other government offlcisls t o control the output of hemp.

Kaw EctraStoaMa Offaaaaa.

A supplemental treaty, 'mak ing ob-taining money under false prete the destruction or (Astruction of rs l l -rosds . the endangering of human life snd the procuring of abort ions extra-ditable offenses , betw the United States and Great Britain, was ratified by tbe senate today.

T b e l i fe of the French reciprocity treaty h s s been extended to March 24. 1902. T h e protocol carrying this ex -tension wi l l be submitted to the — r t f before adjournment tomorrow, aad h e adopted a s s n encouragement to the French government , and for the e f fect It will have In prevent ing trade d i s -cri ml nation or retaltatioa.

A scandal has developed s t the United States naval observatory i n th i s city. Charges have been pre-ferred by the superintendent. C s p t Charles H. Davis , s g a i a s t Prof. S t i a -son J. Brown, director of the nautical

a lmanac, w h o has the rank of captain in the navy . A court of inquiry wi l l be ordered, and a court-martial m a y fol low.

There i s a h e o l u t d y a o truth l a t h e story telegraphed from London tha t the Uni ted M a t e s bad served not ice upon Denmark that the Danish W e s t l a d l s s could not be so ld or transferred t o any o t h e r g o v e r n m e n t except thla.

kr i t * r n s l S w l T h e pres ident s s a t t h e fo l lowing

nominat ions t o t h e annate: C o n s u l s -Frank C. D e n n i s , o f Maine, a t S t John's. » . F . ; Eraest A. Mann o ( Mortda. s t Breaian, Germany; Martin I . Carter of Pennsylvania , nt Tnr-mouth. N . 8 . T o h s s e c r e u r y of t h s tegat ioa t o Guatemala a a d Hoaduraa. Robert H. Greene of Kentucky. T o h s secretary of t h s Mention a t C o a -stantlaopM, Turkey. Phi l ip M. B r o w n o f Massachusetts . The firmed t h e s e a o m i n s t i o n s

- W h o d o c s t h e bes t h i s c l r c u m s t a n e e s a l lows , does well, a c t s n o b l y : angcl-j

coul<? do no more .—Young.

Bllbso . Spain, March 11.—The Brit-ish s teamer Avlona. C a p t Lenox, has been wrecked nt the Bilbao breakwa-ter. Al l o n hoard were l o s t T h e las t obtainable report of the movements of the s teamer Avlona show her to h a r e left Santander Feb. 12 aad arrived a t | Troon Feb. 17. She w a s of 1.140 tons net register: 284 feet long, li% feet beam and 24 feet deep. She was built at Dundee l a 1880. s n d was owned by I the Av lons Steamship company of Ayr.

UisrU f r l o e f a r Window AUm.

P l l t s b u r g , March 11.—It was l e a r n e d I officially h e r e tha t the order g i v e n t h e A m e r i c a n W i n d o w Glaas c o m p a n y | by t h e j o b b e r s ' aa soc ia t ion waa for T7&.WH) boxes* and the price Ao be paid | Is t h e h ighes t fn t h e history o f the | window glB68 I n d u s t r y . The order i s wor th tl ,400.000.

t i O U T H - B R C A T H I N G .

m a O a a a n l Maallh l< BraAaa Daw a bf

B r a a l h l a s Thrmmgk tha Maath.

F e w people rea l l i s what an Import-ant organ the nose la. It Is the flrst uf tha o r g s n s of respiration, snd unless Its funct ions are well performed the whole breathing process Is deranged. 1 he nostrils s r e not open csv l t i s s w l f i smooth walls through which the s i r passes in s n d out, s s it would through a rubber tube. They are divided Into several compartments by bosy projsr-i o n s covered wi th mucous membrane, s n d the volume of s i r In entering is broken up Into several streams, ao thnt all o f It comes In contsct with the l ln lqg membrane. This warm and mois t membrane catches the dust snd other Impurities, snd warms the s i r s o thnt It will do no harm when coming In contact wi th the more delicate mem-brane In the bronchial tubes and lungs. When the nose Is stopped up from any cause one must brtathe through the mouth snd If this Is continued for s n y l ength of t ime the general health srlll inevitably suffer. The mouth Itaelf suffers first. The mucous membrane loses Its moisture and beromes la-fiamed. The air Is neither warmer nor purified, and It Irritates the l in ing membrane of the air passages nil the way down to the lungs, so thst a con d l l lon of alugciah Inflammation la ex cited. But the general effects are more ser ious than the local. One who Is a mouth-breather never gets enough nlr. During the day be su f fe r s less in this respect, for the nerve centers sre more s c t l v e snd force the respiratory mus-c les to se t more energetles l ly: but nt n ight thin vigi lanre Is relaxed, the amount of inspired s i r is greatly re-duced and nil the t i r o e s suffer for want of oxygen. For this reason the mouth-breather a lways f e d s tired snd out of sorts In the morning. The mind suffers s s well as the body and mouth-breathing children are almost s l w a y s backward In their studies. A child who s l w a y s breathes with open mouth and whoae voice has a naaal twang, should be examined and treated at the earliest possible moment, for tbe long-er the tronble ex is ts the worse It Is for the child mentally, morally, snd physics l ly .

O N V E R G E O F I N S A N I T V .

Mr*. E. A. D a a o a Tails af m Osaa Wkara

a t a 4 r la Tfcfe Sartaas Caa-

Sli toa. bat Ma« Karad.

East Randolph. N. Y., March 11.— (Special .)—Mrs. E. A. Deacon of this t own Is Vice-President of the local Women's Christian Temperance Union. She is « lady of splendid capabil it ies .

aha has s lwaya directed to-upjUting of humanity. What

Mrs. Deacon ~ 1 , r • 'e-^Cfipted in East Randolph wRfflST question. N o one has ever doubted her truthfulness or honesty of purpose.

Mrs. Deacon says : "My attent ion was flrst called to the remarkable cur-a t i v e va lue of Dodd's Kidney Pills, t h r o u g h t h e c u r e of s literary lady w h o was a f r i e n d of mine, and w h o from mental overwork was o n the verge of i n san i ty . After the failure of her phy-s ic ian to help her, her husband was advised to have her try Dsdd's Kidney Pil ls , which she did with grat i fy ing re-sults. S h e used five boxes before she w s s completely cured, but s t the end of two months' treatment, she was her own happy, brilliant self once mors.

"Fee l ing languid and worn out my-self, 1 thought they would perhaps be a help to me, and I am very g lad to s s y ths t t w o boxen made a new woman of me. I f e d ten years younger, a m In the very best of health, s n d s p p r e d a t s ths t It w s s ent irely through t h e use a f Dodd's Kidney Pills. I give them high-est Indorsement"

These cases s r s becoming very com-mon In Cattaraugus County, a a d many ladles have had experiences s imi lar t o those of Mrs. Deacon snd her friend. What Dodd's Kidney Pi l ls b a r s done for these suffering women, they wil l do for aayone who gives them a fair trial.

They are SOc. a box, s i x h o c e s for $ iS0 . Buy them from your local druggist If you csa . If h e c s a a o t sap* ply you. sead to the Dodd's M e d l d a a Co.. Baffslo, N T.

I t has been diseoverrd t h a t msajr oounterfe i t go ld pieces a r e i a cireula-i ion in U s y t L

Most of l i fe 's s h s d o w s re su l t from s t a n d i n g in our o w n l i g h t

U a a t Oat Foataara! Gat roOTÊASK. A certa in core for Swol l en . Smart-

ing. Burning , S w e a t i n g F e e t Corns s a d B u o i o n a Auk for Allen's Foot-Bsae, a

Cder. Cures Frost-bites aad Chll-as. A t al l Druggis t s and Shoe

Stores. 2Sc. Sample s e a t F R E E Ad-dress Al len K. Olmsted. LeRoy, N. Y.

L i f e i s made n p n o t o ' o n e g r e s t sac-rifiee but of many l i t t le k i n d n e s s e a

For

Ind iges t ion i s e f frc tna l ly cured b y tbe or ig ina l H E R B m e d i d n e , GAR-F I E L D T E A . w h i d i causes a normal act ion of t h e digest ive organs.

When It comes to d y i n g , e v e r y b i d y put* i t off unt i l the las t minute .

I ^ M - s r a s U l y • a d l e l a a

Moves the bowels cach day. i n order to be hea l thy th i s i s nreessary. Acts g e n t l y o n the l iver a n d k idneys . Cures siok headache. Prices 156 s a d 50a

S m a r t n e M e n a b l e * a m a n U» c a t c h o n s n d w i s d o m learn. ' , h i m t o l e t g a

T O C C B B A COLD IM OHM DAK, Tske LuXAT.rt Huuuo y r m i s s TiBiarrK. Aj' drwjnMi rrfund tfce manor U U fatto to oiua L. W. Oion'tt slcssturc Is on Umj Umc. Xbc.

M a t r i m o n y o f t r n m e a n s a m o n t h o f b o n r y a n d y e a r s of r i n e f f a r .

THE DUTT OF MOTHERS.

What suffer ing f r e q n e n t l j r e s u l t s

from s mother's i g n o r a n c e ; or more

frequent ly from a molher'a n e g l e c t t o

properly instruct her d a u g h t e r 1 Tradi t ion s a y s " w o m a n m u s t s u f -

fer," and y o u n g w o m e n s r e so t a u g h t

There i s a l i t t le t ruth a n d a g r e a t d e s l

of e x s g g e r a t i o n in th is . I f a y o u n g

woman suffers s evere ly she needa

treatment , and her m o t h e r should see

t h s t ahs geta i t Many mothers hes i ta t e to take t h d r

daughters to a phvsic ian for e x a m i n a -t ion ; but no mother need hes i ta t e t o write freely about her d a u g h t e r o r herself to Mrs. P i n k h s m and secure the moitt eflicient advice w i t h o u t charge. Mrs. P inkhsm's sddress M Lynn , M a s a

MJ*. W l M U V s P u o t m o s S i r s a . For cUMrw (aaUUuc. softcM tt>« gum*. rauucM I * r—wuMi Siesbuttla

L o t s of peop le seems t o t h i n k i t b a d f o r m t o be pol i te In pub l in .

Mrs. Aug art Pfa lrgraf , o f S o u t h lyron . W l a , mother of the y o u n g l a d y vhoae portrait w e here publish, w r o t e

Mra Pinkham in J a n u a r r . l e w . s a y i n g her daughter had suffered f o r t w o year* w i t h irregnlar menstruat ion — bad beadachc s l l the t ime, snd pain in her aide, feet swel l , and waa g e n e r a l l y miserable. Mrs. P fnkham p r o m p t l y replied w i t h sdvice , and under d a t e of March. 1890. the mother w r i t e s a g a i n that Lydia E Pink ham's V e g e t a b l e Compound cured her d a u g h t e r o f a l l pains and irregularity .

N o t h i n g in the world e q u a l s Mrs. Pinkham's great tned idne f o r reffu-l a t i n g woman's pecul iar m o n t h l y '-roubles

liuKlnrsi. nowulars U U oondurted us the lino* of ramawn s resx

11 Voa H a r a IPfpmptU — -<• SM vrlut Hr. SSuaa. IU W". a

Bui IU. FUR MI U-U'-M UR SBA<*> *A •*""* •«, l awpud . Ifcwnd. ••• / • . .S-UBti tUwtaa.

MMt «p4(W» sre pcMMtMsd «t polhoo fao *. but rery (aw »r« dsaaaroua Ui buaun beta^s.

CTATS o r Osio, Cirv o r TOLSOO, 1 — Lucas C u c r r r , f *

Frank J. Cbeaojr oat* lb«t b« la lbs senior psnaee aT tba SRA of P. i . Cbeaer AOs., doing bualanM la the City ot ToMo. Cuualy sad S u t e sforessld snd Uui -aid Crm will pay Ibe suai <4 OSK HUSDBED DOLtAltS tor rmcb sad erery ess« ot Ifelanfc (bat csaaot be carvd bjr the uae o( Usll's Csiarrt Can.

PRAN'fC J. cHKtncr. Sworn to before m- mail KUlMcrlliad in s ir

praaeaoe, tills MA day at Oarrwber. A. O. Uai

Hsll's Cstsrrb Cnra Is Ubea Islarnslly.aad seta directly on i t* tlood sad SMeoas MHtem UlLckysten. fr-od (or te*(lin<it.UU. rre*.

P J. CHKNEY A LXX. Tuiado, O Sold by I>rscy>KU. Tie. l isl i 'a Family IIIU ai* th- bma.

Any coward ran Orfit witb tbr mUrhty. t a t it lake* s vtruac msn to •WV with I be acok.

HMir-Srrbtr.' l-.C-rra OTS. On the firsl s n l third Tuesdays af earh

nioi..u iU« « i.»caao. Aliiaauk** A Bi. P s u l Rsilwsy ai i l s*-U rouml-lr ib r aca r -SIOD TICKETS fiosn C h l a a o . Mllwreikas and oth. r points 00 I ts line to s « ra t many point* ia Booth I>sk'<(s N'/rth Dako t s snd other UVatrrn s n d N rth-wrcu-rn Biairs at a t . ru l t o * far* . T i k s a trip wtM sad sra Ike wondr i fu l cro>s and what s o sjnount of «ood land ran be purrhaaed tor a l i t t le money. For th e r (nformatlon a s to r s l e s . r ou t ' a . prfrei of f a rm lands, etc.. i r i y be ob aiaed by sddress lns A. MUtor. General Pas-sender A rent C h t s ^ o . Ill

Tbe candidste who espretaea biiaêW Ik oftea b.atca by aaother who pay" tbe f rnxbt-

What Ua tbe C M M t m I M a k f Dos t g h a tbam las or eiifiB. Hareyos i rM

the sew food Srtak ss l le i OSAIK-Ot It is Aa Urloas sad oourtahlar, and take* tbe plare of ooSee. Tbe mot* Grala-O you f ive the cblldreB the more beslU yoa SlsUlbate ibrourh thetr syateoM. Ursla-O Is atsAe of pure crsisa. sad wbea properly prepsfad tastes Ilk* the rtoriee tiades of ooCen. bat OOHU sbout H as math. All srooers seU It. ISe and ttc.

The psstar-s rhsOar la the bauM wlUnot stone for hi* chsttariac ia the pulpi t

Dropsy treated frat by Dr U H. GressV Saos, of Atlanta. Oa. The eraateat irspay spscialUU ia the world Hesd the'r sdrrr-Uaemant la saother ootomo of tkls psper.

t am sure Pino'* Cats for Ounsumpdav ssred aay Me thrsa yanrs stw—Maa TBoa Boaatas. Maple street, Norwu*. H. V., Feb. 17, IMa

Adterslty In of tea s Mea^ng i s ditguise.

When eyeLac, take s bsr of Mrhite's Yucsua. You caaiMa farther sniessier.

Cono^tUself-denet. ~

S t Jacobs 09

S c i a t i c a

U R L r

I

ASCIENISJIiD SEISE. Dated Beyiooing of Year

from Opening of Spring

VICII ALL TfllRCS IN RkTlKC

i r i e s n .

START

Some Other Tl ls«s is Vhldi the i a c i c a u

Have Gives lis Tsista

T h s ancients began their year wi th ths a d r s n t of spring. How much m o r s appropriate thus to begin the New Year with tha new l i fe of nsture In t h s s w a k e n i n g apring. At thla season all prneassea throughout the aatural world s tart afresh.

T h s s n d e n t s s l s o showed their s s g s c l t y snd spprecls t ion of the g r e a t . c h a n g e s snd active processes of apring-t lms, by res l l i ing that thla ia alao the t ime for rsnewed l i fe snd energy In the human ayatem. They well knew that tha Mood ahould be cleanaed from iBpuri t lea and the nerves re-lnvlgo-ratad at th i s season. Hence the estsb-l l shment of the custom of t sk ing s good spr ing medicine.

T h i s most sensible and healthy eua-torn la followed by a lmost everybody s t t h e present dsy , few people of In-te l l igence venturing to go through this try ing t ime of change from winter to

without taking a apring med-

T h s unsn lml ty on thla subject Is a set t led f a d : the only question hereto-

MR. 8TOUOHTON L FARNIIAM.

fore h s s been In regard to w h s t Is the best th ing to take . The people have n o w become unanimous In their de-c is ion that aa a spr ing tonic and restor-s t l v e . Dr. Oreene's Nervura blood and n e r v e remedy Is pre-eminently the b e s t

T e a r after year Dr. Green's Nervura hlood and nerve remedy has proved Itself the surest , moat pot l t lve and rell-s b i e remedy. Made from pure vege-tab le medicines, it Invsriahly e'eanajs, purifies snd enriches the blood, making the blood rich and red. and a t the aame t i m e , by Its Invigorating effects, g iv ing strength, power, vitality and energy U> t h e nerves.

I n fact. Dr. Greene's Nervura blood s n d nerve remedy has proved itself the m o s t perfect of medicines s n d Juit w h a t evenrhodr ncedi (or a s p r i n | TOjtfdy. Try ft this s p r i n g

' Mr. Btougbton L F a m h a m of Man-chester, N. H., says:

"Some t ime t g d T was troubled with lass i tude and a fee l ing of fat igue. I did aot h a r e t h e ambUloa to do nny-t h i n g that demanded unusual physical exert lou.

"I w s s recommended by s fr iend Co try Dr. Greene's N e r v u r a blood and nerve remedy. I took two or three bott les s n d am p r epa red to say that It did me good. 1 r a n r e c o m m e n d It aa a tonic, a s I know It h e l p e l m e . "

Remember Dr. G.-ceoe's Nervura blood s n d n e r v e remedy i s recom-mended by pbyaiclsns. In fact, it is s phyaicisn's prescription, the discovery of the we l l -known speda l i s t In nervous and chronic diseeser. Dr. Greene, of 2S W. 14th St . . N e w York Citr, w h o e a a be consulted free of cbsrge. personally or by letter.

Sore Lungs mean weakened lungs — all caused by a cold and cough Weak lungs sooner or later mean consumption.

ShilolTs Consumption Cure will heal and strengthea the lungs, cure cold and stop the

cough.

D O I N G S O F T H E A I S T S E S S I O N .

T h e f o l l o w i n g bil ls were passed by the house on the fltb: Amending the charter of the city of KatUe Creek; c h a n g i n g boundaries of Iron River townfthip, Iron county; amending the charter of the city of Detroit , re lat ive to printinf; of controller's report; au-thor iz ing people of Aljroma in Kent county , to vote on a proposithra to re-lieve R Harold Donkeray. treasurer of said t o w n s h i p from all l iabi l i ty for loss of t o w n s h i p funds through the fai lure of the KarmeiV and Merchant's bank of Roekford; suthoria ing people of Holon township . Kent county , to vote on the quest ion of re l iev ing Kidney Ktarks, treasurer of said county , from l iabil i ty for loss of t o w n s h i p funds on account of fai lure of Northern Kent bsnk of Cedar Hprings; authoriz ing the people of Cortland township . Kent county , 1 o rote on quest ion to rel ieve ( l e a Harlow, tressurer of said town-ship from l iabi l i ty for losa of townablp funds t h r o u g h t failure of Northern Kent bsnk of Cedar Kpringa; authoriz-l o g Kmmel county circuit court to ait at FetosUey under certa in condit ions; regu la t ing domest ic bui ld ing and loan associat ions;authorizin^ E m m e t county circuit court to be held a t Petoskey: su thor ia ing injunct ions t o prevent was te on certain lands; amend-ing genera l tax laws; author iz ing Ger-man-Lutheran evange i lca l churches t o es tabl i sh deaf mute ins t l tu t lona

T h e present leg is lature s U r t e d out to make a rrpntat ion as a rapid-firing body, but t h i n g s have g r o w n so slug-g i sh tha t even the roost aanguine ad-mit tha t i t wi l l not be poxalble to have the final adjournment on May I. Very l i t t le wi l l be aceompliahed dur ing the present week w i t h so many roembers absent , and as y e t no move has been made towards g e t t i n g the iropottant taxat ion measures under way. They are n o w s lumber ing in commit t ee and the o n l y prophecy t h s t the chairmen can roake ia tha t they wi l l be taken np before long.

T b e f o l l o w i n g bi l ls were passed by the s e n a t e on the OUi: Providing t h a t the c o m m a n d a n t of t h e Soldiers' home m s y be appointed guarJ ian of the in m a t e s when thought necessary by the board; providing for t h e admission of veterans of the Spanish-Aroerlean war to the Soldiers' home; to provide for a s p e d a l county drain commisaioner In certa in cases; n a m i n g the mi l i tary rank of the officers of the Soldiers' horoe; to regulate the conf inement and trial o f Infants under 1« years o^ age; to c h a n g e the boundaries of Iron wood.

T h e leg is lature , a f t e r a five days' rest, did very l i t t le work on t h e n i g h t on the 4th. There waa no sess ion of the senate , only 13 senators be ing pres-e n t . not enough for a quorom. E i g h t or n ine of the M;oators were a t Waah ing ton a t t end ing the second inaugura-t ion of President McKinley. There wi l l not be enough senators there for t w o o r three days to g i v e a bi l l Imme-•Jlate eff'-ct in the upprr h?V«e. T h e houke held only a half t o u r ' s session. S laty- f ive of the 100 members were

p r e s e n t

Senator Chaa Smith's bill to regu-a t e domest ic bui ld ing and loan Saso-

c i s t i o n s in this s ta te has n o w passed both house* of the legis lature .

Two To waa UMtroyed. A dispatch from London. Eng. . dated

t h e fttb. says tha t In te l l i r enee Just re-ee ived from nortltern Niger ia , bring-i n g e v e n t s there up to Jan. I I , de-••eribes the operat ions of a Brit ish ex-pedi t ion of 3 *0 agalns*. tha marauding l iners e f Bida s n d K o n e a g o r a Both cap i ta l t o w n s were burned by t h e Brit ish. T w o hundred »lave w o m e n b e l o n g i n g to the k i n g of Bida were re-leased by M men under t h e ootnioand of t w o oflieera w h o aneoeasfully en-gaged l.Ouu armed a a t i r e a

Kaatoar r Oraah SS Mea KUU4. A dispatch f rom l » n d o n . Eng . . dated

the Cth. says t h a t d a r i n g t h e recent heavy s n o w s t o r m s SO m e a w e r e s e n t t o d e a r t h e snow o u t of a r a i l w a y c u t t i n g near U'olod, l a t h e Elasan-Ural l ine . T h e y were Just l e a r i a g t h e c u t t l a g w h e n t h s train c a m e d o w n a t fu l l speed and crushed about 40 m e n Into shape-less masses, the ir c l o t h i n g c l o g g i n g t h e s x l e s aad s topping the train. Inquiry sbotes tha t t h e e n g i n e driver aad a l l the guards were drunk.

T H E M A R K E T S .

F I N D E R S U F A M E R I C A .

- I caacba* far vta* —W Dotian I » « . . U- * « * • • ( " • " ' " g t*oo. Had civcu up ail hoft I isaSy m*»4 Sanaa a J H runS m» totastetaly. Am

L i l u t V i l S M f a l - f S*m with avary krtUa. f l y M a V a a a M r f M U S S* *• T*** Sra«a»«« a a S g a t y a a r maaey bacS.

Wntr iltaaiatai W-* •* r«»a»wi ja W l vuboat ««al «• f " - S. C Wall# S t a . taS^y,II.Y.

a a S S h l a t PrW*» aaaatfa Tilav la BoL

Calambaa of III* l .*ar . lk

T h s Rev . Shuye Sononds , Buddh la t

p r i s s t of J a p a n , h a s r e t u r n e d to Ban F r a n c i s c o f rom Mealeo, w i th wha t he r e g a r d s s s c o n v i n c i n g proof t h s t h i s people d l w o v e r e d Amer i ca 1,000 yeara before Co lumbus a n d car r ied t h e i r

f a i t h a l o n g t h e P s d f l c coss t f r o m A l a s k a to Mexico. Soaoda hav been ass la ted by Benor Batrea. a r rhaeo lo -glat of t b e Mexican g o v e r n m e n t , aaya

s p e d s l d l sps lch t o t he Ch icago Rec-

ord . Sonoda fol lowed t b e cbron lc los of H o d r s h l n , a Buddl i l r t m u n k , who. In 4 t f A. D.. r e t u r n e d to hla n a t i v e l and wi th s n sccotmt of e i p l o r s t l o n a t h a t r eached to s l and he cal l rd Fu Bang now Identified wi th Mexleo because of t h e m s g u e y p l a n t . Bonods found In-n u m e r a b l e evidence* of Buddbla t Influ-ence ova r the n a t i v e s of Mexico. Borne of t h e s e were t he Mexican aodlac. w i t h Its t w e n t y - e i g h t hours , Buddha Zaca, O r i e n t a l l e t t e r inga and a lgns on tern-plea, atones. Imagea and pot te ry , a n d h u n d r e d a of n a m e a which a r e a l lgh t ly c o r r u p t e d f r o m t h e Japaneae . T h * t e m p l e s h s f o u n d Invar iab ly f a c i n g s o u t h , s s In T i b e t , t he borne of Bud-d h i s m . s n d In t h e moss lca s t Ul t l a he f o u n d the t o m m o n c ros s of Tibet . H e a l so found s t r o n g rac ia l r e semblances In f e s t u r e s be tween t h e Mexlcsn s n d | C a l i f o r n i a miss ion Ind i ana s a d t h e J s -p s n e s e . Bo s t r o n g were these renem-b lancea In f e a t u r e s t h a t when a Cal i -f o r n i a mlaalon Ind ian was d r s t s e d In J a p a n e s e c o a t u m e a n d p h o t o g r a p h e d , 1

P r o f . John F y e r of t h e c h a i r of O r i e n - ; t a l l anguages , C n l v e r a l t y of Ca l i fo rn i a , | dec la red the p h o t o g r a p h waa of a J a -p a n e s e of t h e n o r t h e r n la lands a n d bore , n o r e sc tnb l acce t o t h e Ca l i fo rn i a In

d l s o . j

Try Grala-Ot Try lirala-OI A*k yourOroeer Unlar to •how yo»i s park-

are of URAIN-O. the ne« food dHok that take^ the plarr u( i-uflee. Tlwre'.jlWnti may tlrlsk It! • itbou' loiury a . well a» the IMIUM. All who , iry it. like i t «;KAIS O ha* l U t rirt -esl i urowci of Modia or Java. Out It I* mule from pure t ra is* aixl tl»e ino«t 4 -li«-j'e Ktomat-h rr . 1 .*i ;e* It witlKjut dUire«*. U pr»ee of cof | fee. I V o b d d c a per parkafe. Sokl b> s i trucer*.

S o l o m o n s w i s d o m m a y h a v e bee d u e t o h ia h a v i n g t a l k a t i v e wivea.

A horse e a t * n i n e t mea it* w e i g h t i food in a y e a r , a s l ieep s x time*.

Even in t h e d a r k e s t h o u r of e a r t h l ill w o m a n ' * f o n d a l f - c t i o n c l o w a

Fools a r e a p t t o d i s c e r n t h e f a u l t * o o t h e r s a n d ove r look t h e i r o w n .

Tea Caa Gel Allea'a ro«.t-K-sa f r a a .

W r i t e l o -day to Al len O lms t ed . L Roy. N V.. for a F R E E »ample o Alfen'h F o o t - E a s e a powiler . I t c u r e s w e s t i o g . d n i n p • w o l l e n . a c h i n g fee t Make* n e r i»i l i g h t sbo«** A ce r t a i u c u r e l o r r i i i l b l a i n s a n d Fro«t-t»ite* At a l l d m g g i s t a an.t shoe Mores ;

In t h e c a m e of l i f e c l u b s s r e a l w a y t r u m p * in a p o l i c e m a u ' s h a n . l

E a r t h ha« n o t h i n g roofe t e n d e r t h a n

S p iou t n o m a u ' s i iea- ' t

r o a t l i l t r La«a* i t I onaaMn«tva. Kemp '* Ual -an i w i l l ktop t h e couj jh

a ' oner. G o l o y m i r d m g g i a t to -day a n d jfet a kampU- »x»llle f ree . Sold in iii an<t >1 i i n l b o t t l e a G o a t once: d e l a v s a r e •Istngcnms.

T b e r e p u t a t i o n of w o i u . u i s in t h e han«<- of -*01 e n t i r e l y . -

A

CATARRHJW] YEARS. Remarkabls Experienca of a Prcioaiil

' ^ r . S C - ' l T l i o a j i a i ' i E y t W a l i r

D R o p s Y.'.I: Houk of teailmoait • aad is M i r f

Statesman. CONGRESSMAN MEEKISON GIVES PE-BO-JIA

[NOORSEMENT. A HIGH

OHM W . n O B B I l ^ W a a b l n a t o a , D . C ,

KNOW THE LAW A>k sny quesiloo In eontrarta. i 6i maeea. aefl lfenes. alaLarr

rUla drmaaea, inginrnce. aiai.arr v> DIVOIICK lucJoee one dollar sod I will aeod you (In plain envelope) the verv Ueat irjal ju1\ k * snd law on ibe aubject

H. M. M S R R I L L . M s r a h e l l , M i c h .

"WIZARD SILVER PLATER Silver* and Keeilver* all s r t H e a of f l l v s r , Fllver I 'late'l Ware. Nlekel. Braiai and Cop-f e r Works lilts a rbar ia . Pr ies 5 0 o a bex.

UTILITY NOVELTY CO Rlr'. Ind'iaspo'n. led.

CHEAP FARMS DO YOU W1IT A HOME?

( 0 0 , 0 0 0 A C R E S (artnlny laad< lo I* Jli 14cd •L<j Mitd ua I* or lime and eaay | aymeala . a lltus rarb rear. Corns and are na o# wrlie.THR TKUMAM HOSli KTATK HANK. Kaollar Ceaier. Mbh.. ur 1h Trwmsa Msu E UU.Crs.iae I.SaniUc Cs./

m

und i s tu rbed H e n c e the p o p u l a r i t y of P e - r u - n a a m o n g tbe l e a d i n g ac tora and ac t resses

of t h i s c o u n t r y .

C O N G n E S S J U R /nEEXISOII . O F O l - n .

Hon . David Meeklson Is well k n o w n , l u n g s per fec t , d iges t ion ot on ly I D bla o w n Sta te , hu t t h r o u g h -u t Amer i ca . H e began h i s pol i t ica l a r e e r by s e n - l n g fou r consecu t ive • r m a a s Mayor of t h e town in which e Uvea, d o t i n g which t i m e h e b ^ m e / idely known a s t be f o u n d e r of t h e l e e k l t o n Bank of Napoleon, Ohio. H e /aa e lected to t h e F l f :y - f l f lb C o n g r e s s .y a very l a rge ma jo r i t y , a n d Is t h e cknowledsed leader of b is p a r t y in hla ect ion of t h e S ta te . Only one flaw m a r r r d t h e o t h e r w i s e

o m p l e t e success of t h i s r i s i n g s t a t ea -j a n . C a t a r r h wi th Its h ia ld ioua a p -i roach and t enac ioua g r a s p , waa h i s ,n!y u n c o n q u e r e d foe. F o r t b l i t y e a r s b e waged unsuccess fu l w a r f a r e

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T h e y h a v e come to r ega rd P e - r u - n a j a s i n d i s p e n s a b l e to the i r success . Tbe l i p rofess ion Is ao exac t i ng t h a t it re-q u I r e a p s r f e c t hea l th in e v e r y ! pa r t i cu la r . T h e y , r ega rd P e - r u - n a a> | t h e i r f r i e n d a n d ; a a f e g u a r d . Many , l e t te rs a r e rece ived ! f r o m t h i s claaa of | p -op le . Mlaa C a r - 1

r l e T h o m a s , In a p ^ a k l a g of P e - r u - n a , | s a y s : "I h a v e used P e - r u - n a w i t h sp len -did result j , Wou ld not be w i t h o u t I t N o looney would h i r e m e to h a v e a s e t t k d j cold o r c h r o n i c cough , o r hoa r senees . j C a t a r r h Is t h e moat d r e a d f u l t h i n g th%t I could h a p p e n to o n e of m y p ro fe s s ion . I P e - r u - n a is my shie ld a n d p ' - o t e c t o r l aga in s t t h i s mos t u n d e s i r a b l e d t l & a e ' —Carr ie T h o m a s .

If you d g n o t de r ive p r o m p t a n d s a t IsfactOfy r e su l t s f r o m t h e u w of Pe-rt ina, w r i t e a t o n c e t o Dr . H a r t m a n . g i v i n g a f u l l s l n t e m e n t of y o u r c a s e a n d he will be pleased t o g ive you bli; va luable a d v i c e g r a t i s .

Address Dr . H a r t m a n . Prea . 'dent of T h e H a r t m a n S a u i t a r l u m . C o l u m h u s . Ohio,

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T H E TWO V I L L A G E S .

(Reproduced from the Atlantic Monthly of 1880.)

O r e r the river, on the hill,

Lieth a Tillage, white aod still,

All around it the forest trees

Whisper and shiver in the breeze.

Over i t , sailing shadows go .

Of soaring hawk and screaming crow;

And mountain grasses, low and sweet,

Orow in the middle of every street.

Over the rivsr, under the bill.

Another village lieth still.

There I bee in the cloudy n ight '

Twinkl ing stars of household light;

Fires tha t gleam from the smithy's door;

Mists that curl on the river shore;

And in tbe mads no grast*M grow

Fur the wheels tha t hasten to and fro.

I n tha t villagb, on tbe hill .

Never is sound of smithy or mill;

The houses are thatched with grass and

flowers;

Never a clock to toll the hours;

The marble da>rs are always shut;

You cannot enter in ball or hut;

All the Tillagers lie asleep,

Maver again to sow or reap;

Never in drea 'ns to moan or sigh—

Silent and idle and low they lie.

In that village under the hill .

When the n ight is s tarry and still.

Many n wesry soul in prayer

Looks to tbe o ther village there

And weeping and sighing lomts to go

U p to that dome f r o m tbis below—

Longs to sleep in tbe forest wild

Whither have vanished wife and child.

And heareib. praying, this answer fall:

"Pat ience! that village shall hold yon all.'>

R o a T B B B Y .

POSSIBI-V the reason that Koah kept bis reputation as a seaman was that he didn't know how to write and didn't give his ark io his wife.

IT IS by no means certain that M c K i n l e y w i l l b e t h e s a m e m a n d u r i n g his s cond term that he was during his first. When a man has no chance for re-nomination he d jesn't always act exactly as he would if he were working for iL

THB President, it is said will now abandon t i l attempts to pro-mote Sampson and Schley. Both of them retire before Congress meets again and can only be promoted on the retired list at the best. It is hard, however, that Schley shonld suffer, after all his magnanimity, on account of Sampson's snobbishness.

T U E R E is no more useful or ao commodating a public servant in Congress than our own Wm. Alden Smith. l i e is n busy man, but never too busy to hear to or from a constituent, and without any regard to his politics either, lie is a man who does things ami if you want anything done call on him and you'll not get any cold shoulder. Politics aside, he is one of the best fellows wc know anything about.

A N KXCIIANOK never uttered truer words than when it published the following; One of the greatest wrongs anyone can do is to rob a child of its school days. Don't keep your boy at home to work a week or two after school begins and thus discourage him and handicap him when he does start. If there is anything on earth that a parent can afford to make a sacrifice for it is the education of his children. Every boy and girl needs goo'l training and good schooling and there is but one time to get it.

Strilies a Rich F i n d . *•1 was troubled fur several years

with chronic indieestiun and nervous debility," writes F. J. Greene, of1

Lancaster N. H , "No remedy helped me until I began using Elentric Bit-ters, which did me mure good than all the medicines I ever used. They had also kept my wife in excellent health for years. She says Electric Bitters are just splendid fur female troubles; that they are a grand tonic and invigoratur tor weak, run down women. No other medicine can take its place in our family." Try them Only by L,

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IF IT is true that a number of Democratic Senators were bought off from opposing the Phi l l in^gTtSr rT amendment b y ^ t h ^ ^ t ^ ^ p ' ^ j j ' j g

legislation for their

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action was more disgracrful for the buyers or the bought.

F a l l a s b M r g

We are sorry lo state that Mrs. Jennie Holden was stricken with paralysis Wednesday and is very low al this writing.

M i * George Converse and daughter , Edith of Keene^spent last week Wednesday st A. Steketee's.

Mrs. Booths and daughter Ada are on the sick list

Willie Holden of Grand Rapids Tisited his mother Friday.

J ames Stanton who has been qui te ill with pneumonia, is able to be out again.

Will Scott abd family visited in this vicinity last week.

Henry Scott is sick with a severe cold.

A. G. Steketee of Grand Rapids visited his family laat week.

J ames Creige and wife of Spring Arbor are here caring for her sister, Mrs. Jennie Holden.

WHAT will the next four years bring forth 1 Look back over the last four before answering. What a marvelous transformation has occurred, not only in United State» possessions but in American opin-ions. If we have moved so far since 1896, how far may we not move before 1904?

. RECENT occurrences warrant the belief that most colleges endowed by millionaires are not to be relied upon to teach truth. Mrs. Stan ford is shown to have bounced a proffessor in the Leland Stanford university because of his political aud social views. Such colleges are ornamental but not useful and should be shunned by every lover of justice, liberty and enlighten-ment.

IF THE billionaire trust proceeds now to the control of all the coal mines, as threatened and puts a price on the product prohibitive to poor people, what ought to be done to the promoters of the trust? What punishment would be good enough t or such a crime? Such infamous hchemes violate every law of God and man. If our government winks at such devilish crimes, what shall the people do? What is their right to do ? When everything else fails they should reassert tbe principles of the Declaration of In-dependence aud tike the law into their own hands. That means revolution. Every lover of his kind will hope that such a cat astrophe may be averted. It rests with those people who having stolen everything else in sight now propose to put a metro on every man's nose and charge him with the air he breathes—no pay, no air. If human avarice and meanness has no bounds sooner or later from the masses will go up the-cry "Death to trustu and trustmakers." If it must come, let it come!

P r o U v i ^ n M d . suffered

l y f r o m neuralgia of the stomach and indigestion for thirteen years and a f t e r the doctors failed to cure him they fed him on morphine. A friend advised t he use of Kodol Dyspepsia Cur* and after taking a few bottles of it he says, " I t b u cured me entirely. I can' t say too much for Kodol Dyspepsia Cure." I t digests what you eat.

L. H . Taf t A Co.

Toww Llae.

Now we are going t o have our mail brought to us, we hope to be able t o get our items to the office every week.

Mrs. Geo. Batoy and daughter . Clara Fraiser attended the funeral of Mrs. Walters of Ada Tuesday.

DaTld Whitehead and family of Grand Rapids Tisited Will Niles and family a lew days last week.

School has closed for four weeks vacation'

Mr, Riknor of Berlin has m j v e d to the Purdy fa rm, belter known as the Har r i s place.

Mrs. Archie Rose of Bowne visited her parenti, James Lewis and wife, last week.

O v e r - W o r k W e a k e n s

Y o u r K i d n e y s .

Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.

All the blood In your body passes through your kidneys once every three minutes.

The kidneys are your blood purifiers, they fil-ter out the waste or Impuritie.* In the blood.

It they are sick or out of order, they fail to do their work.

Pains, achesand rheu-matism come from ex-cess of uric acid in the blood, due to neglected

ey t r c B B Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady

heart beats, and makes one feel as though they had heart trouble, because the heart is over-working in pumping thick, kidney-poisoned blood through veins and artefies.

It used to be considered that only urinary troubles were to be traced to the kidneys, but now modern science proves that nearly all constitutional diseases have their begin-ning in kidney trouble.

if you are sick you can make no mistake by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild and the extraordinary effect ol Dr. Kilmer's S w a m p - R o o t , the great kidney remedy Is soon realized. It stands the highest for Us wonderful cures of the most distressing cases and is sold on Its merits by all druggists In fifty-cent and one-dollar siz-es. You may have a sample bottle by mall iioim orfiwunp-itnoi free, also pamphlet telling you how to find out If you have kidney or bladder trouble. Mention this paper when writing Dr. Kilmer & Co., Blnghamton, N. Y.

Mrt . Martin Schneider, jr . , visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Shattoa, several days last week.

Mrs. Chalender visited friends in Grand Rapids Friday and Saturday.

Miss Eva Chalender visited Bertha and Alice Wrshrook a few days ago.

The Kpworth League will give a h«H)k and eye social at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Leece Friday night. March 16.

Mrs* Mary A. Snow is still confined to her nntm, being unsble to walk.

B«wd«che often results from a disordered comlilion of the stomach and constipation of the bowel*. A dose or two of Chamber-lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets will these disorders snd cure the bead srbe. Hold by D. G I /wk , DruggUl.

M c C o r d s

Mrs. D. Wood is in Grand Kapids caring for her niece, Mrs. Truda Conley, who is IP.

Mrs. Fuller and daughter, Miiry, were guests of Mrs. Albert Clsrk Thiirsday.

John Ellis and wife attended the funeral of Leonard Carter at his home west of Tneaday,

A bright baby gir l put in sp|iearaiice at J . W. Renter's Feb. 28.

Mrs. Esrl Sinclair is severely ill.

Vet Graves, J . Brewer, ? . t ^ o o d a n d Albert Broadbent attended the Old Settler's Reunion March 4 in Lowell.

J ames Taylor of Grand Rapids is visiting his daughter, Mrs. Albert Scott.

Mrs. J . Iluizinga and Mrs. Albert Clark en jo j ed H plra«ant visit with Mrs. J . Noble in Cascade Friday.

Charlie Thomas and Miss Mary Yeiter, two of McCords most popular young people, were united in marriage Wednesday even-ing, March 6. Congratulations.

The young people of this vicinity gave a select party at tbe Russet house Saturday evening. Music was furnisbed by E. Higby and J . Taylor assisted by Loo Patterson. Good lima was reported by sll.

A CoBviaciag Answer.

" I hobbled into Mr. Blsckmon's drug store one evening," say Wesley Nelson, of Hamilton, G a , and he asked me to try Chamberlain'a Pain Balm for rhenmatism with which I hsd suffered for a long lim e I told him 1 had no faith in any medicine aa they all failed. H e said: 'Well i fLbaro, berlain's Pain Balm does not not heal you. vou need not pay for i t ' I took a bottle of it home and used it acctrding to the directions snd in one Week I was cured and have not since been troubled with rhenmatism " Sold by D. G. Look, drug-gist.

E a s t Lowel l

Mrs. John Cary continues ill.

Messra. Parson and Stone with their wivea visited a t H. A. Ware's recently.

C. Hendershott entertained a brother and his wife from southern Michigan last week.

Delia Godfrey, who has been very ill, is able to be aronnd; and her brother, Ora, is having the mumps.

Fred Conklin and wife spent Sunday in South Boston.

Your correspondent has been numbered among the sick ones. Hence our absence.

Thei r promptness and their pleasant effects make DeWltt'a Little Early Risers moat popular little pills wherever they are known. They are simplv perfect for liver and bowel tronbies. L. H. Taft A Co.

I South Lowell

We are like frogs, thnw out with spri but we caught a great cold.

Chas. Yeiter attended the f a r m e d institute at Lansing Ua.w^n-^mide' a busmeaa t n ^ ^ . c a n t y ihU week.

•^Par t i e s are all tbe fad. Will Kalhmi Jeaae Sweet, Jeaaie O'Harrow and Mrs. G. Bartlett were victims recently.

Tbe children, who are sick in tbis neigh-borhood, sre Esther Layer, Ruby Willet, Hnth and Mable Layer.

Seigel Graham made a t r ip to Valley City Monday.

March 10 makes the sixth satormy Sun-day we had in succession. We want at leaat one fair Snndsy Just to see how it aeema.

Mina Leece and father spent three days last week with friends in Kalamaiuo.

Winnie Fere attended the fnneral of L. A Carter of Down the River last week Wednesday.

Don't forget the literary exercises March 31st. .

Mrs. Jacob Layer fell on the ice and bruised her head aeverely one day laat week.

Marvin Barton and family have moved down on the Ada road.

Bert Wil'cl, 'wi fe and son, Guy, have gone to Htanton and will make it their future horoe. Our best wishes go with

them.

Counterfeits of DeWitt's Witch Haeel Salve are liable to cause blood p o i s o n i n x

Leave them alone. Theo i ig lna l has ill® usme DeWitt jipon the box and wrapper ' It is a harmlesa and bealina salve for sk in diseases. Unequaled for piles.

L. H . T s f t A Co.

V e r s e f l u e s .

Wm. H. Parker , who hss been very aick, is now able to ait up a li t t le.

Wm. Parker of Campboll was here one day last week and stayed over night with his father, Wm. H . Parker.

Frank Misner and wife of Grand Rapids are guests of their parent*, Wm. Misner and wife.

H . Shepard and Will Post have been doing quite a business trapping this winter . They hsd a tent a t Murray lake the first of tbe winter where they caught 640 mnsk rats, 22 minks, 6 coons and 30 skunks. Since then they have caught more in other places. They have already sold $150 worth of furs.

•— Like OliverT«*iBt, children ask for more

when given One Minute Cough Cure. Mothers endorse it highly for croup. It quickly cures all coughs and colds and every throat and lung fronble. I t i s a specific for grippeHnd asthma and has long been a well known remedy for whooping congh. L. U. Taf t k Co.

W e s t L o w e l l .

Frauk Gulliford and wife of Ditôi t are visiting their parenta, Mr. and Mrs. J . Gulliford.

Perry Thompson returned Saturday from a two weeks visit with his brothers at Ionia and Fenwick.

Mrs. H . Peters and Mrs. Gristwood visit-ed at J . Gary's io Lowell l u t Thursday,

Miss E m m a Bostoff is slowly ' improving from her recent Illness.

Tbe Lowell Center U. 8 school will open* a t Mapee school house the first Sunday In A p r i l I t U earnesUy hoped tha t there will be a large attendance.

The L . A. B. will hold their next meeting at the home of Mrs. L. Blair Wednesday March JOth I t 10 a m .

The stomach controls the s i tna t iun . Those who aie hearty and stningare those who can eat and digest plenly of fo«l . Kodol Dyspepsia Core digests what you eat and allows you to eat all the good food vou

If vou aofTer f r o m indigestion, hear tburn, belching or any other stomach want

tronble, this preparation can't help hut do good. The most sensitive stomachs can take it. L. H. Tail A Co.

Vergeanes Statloa-Attoa

Charles H. Frsnciso snd son, Clyde, were at Hickory Corners last week.

Mrs .* D Clawson and daughter of Orleans were here last week one day .

Newton Coons and wife of Grand Rapids are viaiting relatives and friends here.

The children of Mr. Gegger are having t he mumps

Roch Mason uf Slayton was here last week Friday.

Mrs. Fred Ford was among the sick ones last week.

Mi>. Warren Ford and Mrs Kste Purdy are both under the doctor's care.

Thia community regretted to learn of the death of Alvah Ford of Lowell. He was an old pioneer of Ihia vicinity. His family have our sympsthy.

« T b e lingering coogh f.>rowing grippe

calls for One MinnteCough Core. For all th roa t and lung tronbies this is the only harmless remedy that gives immediate re-sults. Prevents consumption. Taft A Co.

Keeae Center

Mrs. Amasa Lee is very sick with the gr ip .

Henry Myers of Ssranae will work fur B. F . Wilkinson th is season and wilt movs his family into Mrs Ephra im Abbott's house this week.

A surprise was given last Thur.-da; night to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Higgens. About

0 were present a n d a good t ime was en-Joyed.

Mrs. F rank Sayles goes Monday lo Cryauil Falls lo see her daughter, Mrs. Nellie Gott, who is Tery rick.

6 . Wilkinson and wife were guests o E m e r y Strong and wile of Easton Friday.f

Fred Morrison left Friday for his home a t Alliance, Nebraske. He will Tisit rel-atives at Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo and hia aunt, Mrs. C Bovee, at DeMoines, Iowa.

George Converse's family are all sick with the grip.

Mrs. N. Strong is spending a few weeks i th her daughter, Mra. Leroy Hunter , a t

Saranac.

Mrs. George Golds and children came Friday and stayed till Monday with her parents, B. F. Wilkinson and wife.

See that yon ge t the original DeWitt's Witch Hsxel Salve when you ask for it. T h e genuine is a certain cure for piles, aores and skin diseases. L. H Taft A Co.

WANTED-ACTIVE MAN OF GOOD character to deliver and collect In Michigan for old established manufacturing whole-sate house. #900 a year, sure pay. Honesty more thsn experience reoutred. Our refer e ice, sny binK In sny city. Enclose self adcressed stamped envelope. Manufactnrera Third Floor, 331 Dearborn 8 t . Chicago. IBOl

The greatest danger from cohls and la grippe is their resulting in pneumonia. If reasonable care is used, however ami Chamberlain's Cough Remedy tsken, all danger will be avoided. It will cure n cold or anv attack of of la g r ippe in less time than any other t reatment . It is ploisant and safe to take. For aale by D. G. L'tok, Druggist.

Wm. H. Anderson. Pros. John W. Btod. grtt. Vice Pres. John A. Seymour. Cash.

L. Z.Caukln. Asst. Caah

T H E F O U R T H N A T I O N A L B A N K Capital #300 000. Surplus #75,000 United Btstef Depository. Qriud R»pid*

DIRBCTO'S—John W. Bjodgetf S * Lemon W H Gsy.Geo P.Wanty. G K Johnson, A I >. Rsthbme, Wm Sârs, r M H-sld, A. (. Hodenpyle, C. Borlsch, W 11 Anderson.

A • • • R E S T O R E D t o

firavHairs® • • J i H s r o R v n v E General Ofllc* and Ilslr Bt»*ar 88 MoN KOF, 8 T , GRAND tUPIDi , MICH.

Wanted Western Rates Reduced. Greatly tedueed one-way rates will be

in effect fnmi Chicago. Milwaukee and | • • Manitowoc via Wisconsin Central Railwsy I M Q f C Q G lo points in Minnesota, North Dakota. I • • W i w w w *• A • I . - !N.AS..N •> ». . I Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Britiah Columbia eacTi Tue»lay comnjenc ing February 12th and continuing nntil April 30lh.

For detailed information inquire of nearest ticket agent or addresa H. W Stienhoff, District Pass . Agent W. C. Ry Saginaw, Mich., or Ja«. C Pond, Gen'l Paw. Agent, Milwaukee. Wis.

to The claim of other cough medicines be as good ss Chamberlain's are efiectuallv aet at test in the following testimonial of Mr. C. D. Glass, an employe of Bartlett t Dennis Co., Gardiner, Me. Hesay»: "I had kept adding to a cold and cough in the winter of 1897, t ry ing every cough medicine I heard of without permanent help until one day 1 was in the drug store of Mr. Houlehan and he advised me to try Cham-berlain'a Cough Remedy and offered to ray back my money if I was not cured. My lungs and bronchial tubes were very sore a t thia time, but I was completely cured by th i s remedy, snd have since always turned to it when I got a cold, and son And relief. I also recommend it lo my friends and a m glad to say it is the best of all cough medicines." For sale by D. G. LOOK, Druggist.

Buy Shirts S S Z S S S S S Z Where They Make — — — — — Them.

GABDIMER i BAXTER 61-55 Monroe St. Grand Rapids.

PERE MARQUETTE Jan . 1, 1901

Trains leave Lowell as follows: For Detroit and East

7 15 am 11 06 am 4 10 { m For Toledo sod South

7 15 sm 11 06 am 4 10 |>m For Grand Rapids. North snd West

11 00 am 4 10 pm8 47 pm For Ssginsw and Bsv City

7 45 am 6 0 6 pm For Freeport 7 15 am 4 10 pm

B L. BasTroK, H. F. MoiLtaa . Agt. Genl. Pass. Agent

C a a c a d e - E a a t P a r i s

(Too late for last week)

Mrs. Nett le dark le of Grand Rtipidi Is a guest of grandma this week.

Mr. Plow, who has been ailing for some time, ia better now.

One of the pleasant happenings of the week was a progreasive pedro party given at the rtsidenoe of Frank M. Davia last Thnnhy wcaiag. Among the guest* Caacade, East Paris and Orand Rapids were well repreaented. Seven tablee were played. Head prixes were awarded to J . Campbell and Mra. D. Myres, while J. Slater and Miae Alice Preaoott received the consolations. A bountiful repaat was served by Mra. Davis- The guests departed at a late hour thanking Mr. and Mrs. Davia for a very pleaaant evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter 'Morgan of Lowell were guests of Mrt. H . L . Davis last Sun -day.

We enjoyed a very p l euan t call from Mr. Brobat recently. Pleaae come again Sylveater.

Mr. and Mrs. A. Markle, formerly of Casesde were pleasantly snrprised by about forty of their friends last Friday evening it being the 15th anniveraary of their wedding. They received many nseful and beautiful presents. Cards, music and dancing were indulged in until a late hour.

A. Strong of Grand Rapids visited E . R. Kilmer last Bundsy.

Mark Davia was ou t ln that short cyclone Sunday evening. He loat qui te a num-ber of ahiogles off his barn. A large door on the wood house went visiting but Mr. Davis considered himself fortunate tha t the black prince he waa driving stayed by him. The gale atrnck him on Kalgmasoo Ave. and nearly took his b o r e off his feet.

Mrs. C. E- VanDeusrn, of Kilbonrn.Wis., was afflicted with stomach trouble and constipation for a long time. She aays, **I have tried many preparat ions but none have done me the good tha t Chamberlain 's Stomach and Liver Tableta have." T h e tablets are for aale a t D. G. Look's drug store. Price 26 cents. Samples free.

p R O B A T E O R D E R . A State of Michigan, County of Ker t , t s . At a session of the Probate Court fo r said County of Kent, held a t the Probate Office in the City of Grand Rapids, on the 20th dsy of February in the year one thousand nine hundred and one.

Present, H a a a v D. JEWELL, Judge of Probate.

In the mat ter of the estat* of R O B E R T W.GRAHAM, deceased, L E A N D E R J POST admiuiatrator of said estate, having rendered to this Court his final acoonnt as such administrator and his petition praying for the determination of t he heira of said deceased, and for the diatribution oT said estate.

It is ordered tha t Friday the 22nd day of March, 1901, at ten octock in the forenoon, al said Probate Office, be appointed for the e iaminat lon and allowance of said account and hearing aaid pelitiou.

And la it fur ther ordered, ths t a cr.py of this order be published three soccei-sive weeks previous to suid day uf hearin r, in the LOWKLL LKDOKB a newspaper printed and circutnting in j>aid C >unty uf Kent

HAKKV I). JKWKLL. (A true copy) Judge of Proba te mar 14 ALVIM E. EWIKO, Register.

When you are billions, us i those famous little pllU known as DeWitt 's Little Early Risers to cleanse the liver and bowels. They never gripe. L. H . T a f t A Co

C R A N D T R U N K R A I L W A Y 8 Y 8 T U I ,

WMTDOUND FAOM LOW2LL.

No 19 Morning Express to Grand Haven 12 16 pm

No 13 Mail and Chicago Ex-press to Grand Haven 488 pm

No 17 Steamboat Express *9 19 pm to Gd Haven A Milwaukee

No 11 Western Express to Gd HaTen *9 13 am

Nos 19,13 and 17 dally except Sunday. No 11, daily.

BASTBODXn N o 12 Detroit express to De-

troit and East *7 20 am No 20 Mail to Detroit 1029 am N o 18 Evening Express to

Detroit and Bast 4 04 pm No 14 Eastern Express to

Do rand and East *7 67 p a Nos 12,20 and 18 dally except Sunday No 17, da i ly . * Run daily.

A. O. HEYOLACFP,Agent, Lowell, Mioh

PATENTS DESIGNS ^

TRADE-MARKS . AND COPYRIGHTS ,

OBTAINED ADVICE A# TO PATEIfTAStUTY P | | l f • ? ' Notice in " Inventive Age " • § K • § • § ' Book "How to obtain Patenta" | • • • i h ^ Oiargtn moderate. No fee till patent is secured. 1

Letters strictly confidential. Addrc«k US, Patent Lawrer. WasWnBtoaVu.C. ' E. G.SIGGEHS,

Removai Notice

I wish to announce tha t I havo moved in to the east store of the Fallen block where I ahall be pleased to see my friends and cus-tomers. Yours t rnly,

W E L D 0 N S M I T H .

I>r. Curt i s X. W o l f ord of Grand Rapids, ibe Specialist of Chronic Diseases, will be in

LOWELL • t the Waverly

Hotel,

W E D . A P R I L 3 and will be pleased

to meet sl l who are in need of his services

Dr.Wolfurd has been coming to Lowell for

over two years and will continue in coming. The doctor has enred many aggravated cases which instills confidence i n h l s ability by his friends. If you s re troubled with any disease do not put It off but go and see the doctor at once.

C O N S U L T A T I O N F R f f . Addresa all communications to the doc-

tor in his new office In t he Tower Block, GESVD RAPIDB, MICH

The Doctor Is handling the noted Ap-ply Truss as a side line. Anyone afflicted with rupture ia Invited lo call and see Iho doctor aa this trurt ia receiving the highest throughout the U. S. by the leading s u r f eons in yarious Soldier's Homes and Hos -pitals. It Is guaranteed to hold any rup-ture and will cure the same.

We are headquartcrK for horses. All buyers come here. Put your horses on Exchange which means sure sale. Costs bnt little. If you want to buy or sell write us. We have places for 25 horses now. We want all kinds.

F A R M E R S B U R E A U O F E X C H A N G E 46 Tower Block. Grand Raplda

BUT TOUR R • BRK\n , BUN8, T FKtEDOAKg^, WKIKIES

I PIES.CAKRi*, CANDIES, of the old reliable BAKER,

F. A. BEHL.. First clasa lunch room in connection

Home made and S i l t Rising Bread a Specialty.

K a n d y K a s k a r a

A purely vesetable cathart ic which purifies the blood and streugthena the bowels, a laxative that stlmutaths the liver nnd aooths the nerves.

Krow's Korn Kure 10c

I - i . H . T a t t & C o Phone ISI. Lowell Druggists

PLAZA HOTEL. Fronting Monroe Street and the Parks

ORAND RAPIDS, WICK.

New First Class Hotel. Finest loca-tion In the city.

Popular Prices, #2 00 per day.

DEWEY & IRISH,

A PROP

X * Buy Groceries Here One Month

and note the accumulated savings iu your purse. Note the high quality of groceries we send you. Note the alten-lion to your orders and the promptness with which we serve you.

Mo Carty A Co.

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VlCKS 16 S t a n d a r d V e g e t a b t e e

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1 4 F a v o r i t e F l o w e r s fur r,0 ela.

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fur 10 rt«.

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I-.>•( Owhrnu-. tl n. U n M t .MK Fthlinn e-lnj, CinjA ll'a fjrlj, WIMw. !l • |H], ...M, Klifut. flJO. All liin-.l i ui -ilf*, f«.r WlKilN, •a liv-liM'- ill • f.mr tli-*-., Raotai. "WaiMlrf, |*..aa|r.n tuj Uww.

T h e L e d g e r o n l y $ 1 . 0 0 p e r y e a r .

The above flolleellon f'tl'y itcrrltied in TIcU's PJMI ri«. .tt NIML.-. WHIRH sho iMfoi ' i ttahniHis"! i - ' one vim pHus a seed lor plravir? r-r -,M. HiiiUxl free.

. IAMK; v i i . ' . : , .1 ptv.iw- «.'• - j. — • r. V.

Weduing Stationery. Correct form, printed neatly and

price right; and orders for engraved invitations and announcements taken at T H E L B D O E R office

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THE LKDGER, LOWELL, MICH., T H U R S D A Y . MARCH U , 1001

HOME NEWS.

Miss Lir.zie Kilgui is quite ill.

Mrs. R. J. Flanagan is very ill.

All kinds of canned lihli at Mc-Mahon Bros.

W. R. Blaisdell is numbered among the sick.

Mrs. S. M. Can- had a severe at-tack of the grip this week.

Imported China liandle teas 91 cents. Collar's Baxaar.

Gray marc for sale, 11 years old, J. C. Wilson, west side, Lowell.

J. G. Johnson of Orleans void :i load of wheat here last Friday that weighed 3800 ll»s.

Auclion bi Is printed nt THK LEDOKR office on short notice. Price and work both right.

Will Cogswell was in town Sat-urday. He reports a caê of small-pox near his home at Sylve.-ter.

A marriage license was issued Saturday to Fred 11. Fairbrother of Lowell and Mabel Hart of Grant.

Transfer—Charles MoCarty and wife to Frank Terry, lot 112, Sweet A Smith's add to Lowell. $475

A marriage license was issued March 7th to Charles H. Thonms of Cascade and Mary 31. i eiter of Lowell.

Grandma Ford seems to be n lit-tle improved but her daughter, Mrs. Jos. Jones is again under the doe-tor's care.

The Republican caucus for the township of LoweU will be held at Train's opera house, Friday, March 22, at 2, p. m.

Mr. Patterson of McCords was in town Tuesday. He reports the destruction of the wheel of his wind mill by March gales.

Cards are out announcing the marriage of Miss Jennie Townsend of Lowell and David Wilcox uf East Jordan, March 20th.

March winds are playing havoc with the popular trees about town strewing branches in every direction and making travel unsafe.

High wind Monday smashed a large pane of glass in C. O, Lawrence's sash door. A. J. Howk lost one of his handsome pine trees in a gust one day week.

Friends of T H E L E D G E R having business at the Probate court will confer a favor upon the publisher by requesting the Judge to send he advertising to this paper. tf

Myron Quay of Freeport was in town Saturday. He met with a hard loss recently, his house and all its contents being burned, eluding quite a sum of money.

Geo. B. Fuller has rented east store of the Wright building and will put in a news and stationery stock in connection with a magazine club which he is now organizing.

Frank Gordon will have an auction sale on the Jerry Dilleubeck farm, one mile north and one mile east of Elmdale, Thursday, March 21. See bills for particulars.

Just received a job lot of en-velopes at this office, white w >ve xxx sire 6}. Good thick, strong, large while envelopes. While they last, will give them to yon with your business card printed on them at only SOc per 100 or 50c for 200.

| Belding has-been sued for$10,000 as the result of placing stones in the streei to guard open sewer manholes. Mr. and Mrs. William Hall oi Grattan are the plaintiffs. Mrs. Hall's cutter struck the stone and overturned, throwing her out, and it is alleged, severely injuring her. The city will contcst the claim.

The daily papers are all right if you want them, but it is the w eekly paper that advertises your business, your schools, your churches, your numerous societies, sympathizes with you in yonr affliction and re-joices in your prosperity. In short it is your weekly paper that mentions the thousand and one items in which you are interested during the year and which you do not find in daily papers.

Send in the news items. The local paper should be your friend and you should be a friend to the paper. Each one has an interest in the local paper and should see to it that it contains all the news each week. The editor cannot think for a whole commuuity all the time and understand your likes and dislikes. The editor of a country paper has troubles of his own, and by the help of the community his cares can be lightened by giving him the news, and what yon te 1 him goes into print if he judges it to be the best for the big family of readers.— [ E x .

A Horrible Outbreak. ' Of large sores on my little dauuh-

terVhead developed into a case of sen Id head" writes 0 . D. Ishill ol Mur|iBnlon, Tenn, but Hucklen's Auiica Salve completely cured her, li's a guaranteed cure for Eczoma Titter, Salt Rheum, Pimples, Sores, U l u rs and Piles. Only 36c at L H. Hunt's & Co.

The World Against Him By V I L L N. H A R B E N .

Coprrliibt. IVOO. t r A N K«llo(i NiwipsparCompsDr

f i t i s a rwn i . CHAPTER I.-Ronald is tbe one promts*

member of tbe t ' snshaw houaehold. ur.» ippreclated by any of the othera, save his brother David. Tbe preceding summer he bad saved the life of Evelyn, second d a u r b ' tsr of Col. Hasbrooke, the coumy'a great-

rlt planter, and whose splendid home waa nown as "Csrnlelgb." CHAPTER I I . - A l Carnletgh. James

Hardy, a Charlealon cotton merchant and suitor for the hand of Caroline, Haa-brooko'a eldest daughter, and Capt. Winkle, an admirer of Evelyn, are guests Evelyn a school dsys over. Ronald meeta her by chanco, when ahs again thanka him for the light he had made with the angry bull which had thrtalened her life. 8he is glad of rebuke he had given Winkle, but a few mtnutea before, who had conde-scendingly thrown him a coin for a little Hahlng oalt,

CHAPTER IV.—The next morning, with two revolvers In his pockets, Honnld mnkes his way to a place where Winkle may be meu winkle refuses to flght n man In Ronald's position In life. Ronald, bent on humlllnting the coward, c r a ips him by the collar nnd deliberately cuts off the buttona and shoulder s t raps from his uni-form. Winkle snraks back to the house. Evelyn, who hnd been gntherlng flowers, tells Ronald she had been eavesdropping. Sorry for what he had dono In nnger, he gives her the buttons nnd shoulder straps, that they might be put again on the cap

m . - K o n a i o , returning-novre with bla brother. It overtaken by the Has-brooke trap. NMnkle, holding the retna, tries deliberately to ride Ronald down. the trap coming so near a s to knock the basket in his hand to the ground. Ronald determines to have satisfaction.

CHAPTER V. -Tba t nlKht In the draw ig-room at Carnletgh. Hasbrooke telli

the sad atory of Mrs. Lancailer . one of his tng-room at Carnletgh, Hasbrooke tells

{uests. In early life during the war, her usband, a confederate oracer, had bei

in-

the

In the to

y life during federate ctHt

killed by mountain bushwhackers, and her baby lost, perhnps killed. A little later Capi. Winkle gives n colored account o( his meeting with Fanahaw. By a sly stroke Evelyn shows him she knows the true version. When he tlnds her alone, he threatens to tell her fa ther of her being In correspondence with Fanshaw. She de-nies having learned of Iho affair In that way. saying she was a witness, aed tells of having the buttons and ahouMer straps In her possession.

CHAPTER VI.—One July morning Ron-ald flnds a lynching plot on. A woman has been murdered for her money, and the suspcct, caught with blood-stained hnbds and considerable money, had escapi * " the sheriff and known to be In hldln swamp. Young Fanshaw determTnes thwart the mob.

CHAPTER VII.—The moV beats the swamp, but Ronald goes from man to man. trying to dissuade them from their pur-

£jse of lynching the man when captured, ve!yn learns of his noble course, end

wants to write a note of encouragement. Mrs. Lancaster, who has been made a con-fidante, disapproves, but compromises by writing such a nets herself.

Mrs. Lancas t e r ' s a r m t igh tened round t he g i r l ' s wais t , b u t h e r voice lay dead In h e r t h r o n t . T h e d i s t ance w a s too g rea t t o d i s t i ngu i sh t h e words of t h e speaker , but his s t e n t o r i a n t o n e s seemed to cut t h e d a r k i n t e rven ing spare like n kn i fe . At t imes a t e m p e s t of cries and yells would rise f r o m t h e mob nnd d rown the l ead ing voice; b u t p r adua l ' v , pers i s ten t ly , i t would s t r u g -

gle u p to mas t e ry aga in . T h i s w e n t on f o r about ten minu te s , and then t he two on the veranda heard several loud voices raised in t h r e a t e n i n g tones and t h e r e was a s h a r p r i n g i n g repor t of a p is to l . The c lus te r of l igh t s widened and .the wh i t e horse was seen to p lunge a w a y f r o m the c rowd, the beat of h i s hoofs, be ing the only sound in the st i l l

a i r . " U g h l Somebody h i t dat t lme, , :

g r u n t e d old E p h r a i m . "My Lawd, w h u t a p i t y ! "

Evelyn gazed in lo the whi te face of h e r f r i end , h e r te r r i f ied eyes seek-ing a con f i rma t ion of her own fea r s . She could no t f r a m e the words for the ques t ion in her h e a r t . Mrs. Lancas t e r did no t k n o w w-hat to make of it al l , bu t she w a s a f r a i d some ca lami ty h a d befal len Ronald F a n s h a w . «

" I could no t see If a n y o n e w a s on t he horse a s It b r o k e a w a y , " she f a l -t e red .

" I t h o u g h t I s a w him fa l l o f f , " said Eve lyn . "Oh, I f - l f he Is d e a d - "

E v e l y n ' s voice b roke . T h e y w e r e b o t h s i lent f o r a f e w m i n u t e s and t h e n t h e y s a w t h e t o r c h e s g o i n g o u t one b j one. T h e people w e r e g o i n g h o m e . T h e r e could be n o d o u b t now. Some-t h i n g h a d h a p p e n e d . JJonald ' s voice w a s hea rd n o m o r e ; could It be s t i l led f o r e v e r ? T h e n t h e y hea rd th'e t r a p r e -t u r n i n g . T h e t w o w o m e n advanced to t he s t eps a s t he h o r s e s were re ined In a t t h e door . T h e occupan t s a l igh t -

point and Iho l i t t le c h a p began to taiK. Vou could ha rd ly h e a r w h a t he said, he was so f a t i g u e d nnd hoarse . ' In t he name of God and Chr i s t i an i t y , ' he said, ' le t m e have a c h a n c e to prove I 'm not gu i l ty . '

"Syd H a r t , Thad Wi l l inms and the i r f ac t ion were t oo fu l l of w h i s k y and ha t r ed to be moved by mere e loquence; they were t h e r e f u r Mood, and they were go ing lo have i t ; so t h e y tried to d r o w n out w h a t t he p r i s o n e r was saying . But F a n s h a w . t o w e r i n g above them all on his horse , finally succeeded In g e t t i n g h im h e a r d nnd t he boy's s t o ry sat isf ied me of his Innocence . Ho ia id Hie money he had w a s his sav-ings f r o m t w o y e a r s ' hard work in an iron f o u n d r y in C h a t l a n o o p i and t h a t he was t a k i n g it home to h is widowed mothe r , who depends on him for her suppo r t . He said he wns t r a m p i n g h o m e on foot to save the expense of ii ra i l road t i cke t . Somebody asked him why he had t r ied to escape f r o m the sherilT. and he said he was a f r a id of be ing l ynched—tha t he had heard of the t r e a t m e n t men accused of cr ime re-ceived in these m o u n t a i n s .

"Then some one asked h i m about t h e hlood on his h a n d s nnd sh i r t , nnd he showed t h e m n cu t on h is leg which had been bound u p and w a s bleeding.

"About t ha t t ime Syd H a r t beeamc o b s t r e p e r o u s a g a i n . Cap ta in , I s a w you t a l k i n g t o -him jus t t hen . 1 won-Ilered if you had said a n y t h i n g to in-

flame—" "I t hough t I m i g h t r ea son wi th h i m , "

broke in Winkle , w i th a s t a r t . " I saw-he was clear out of h i s head, wholly unreasonable , you k n o w . "

"Wel l , you seemed t o have s t r u c k s tony g r o u n d f o r y o u r good seed ," l aughed Hasb rooke , " f o r he got wi lder t h a n ever ."

"Oh. do go o n ! " c r ied Mrs. Lnncas-ter . "Wha t became of Mr. F a n s h a w ? "

" I wns c o m i n g to h i m . " said the old man . "As soon as he appeared on t he scene, t he sher i f f , w h o had ha rd ly opened his m o u t h in nny sort of r e m o n -btrance, p icked u p h is c o u r a g e and be-g a n t o t r y l o ge t possess ion of the pr i s -one r ; bu i nobody paid any a t t e n t i o n t o him. H a r t and Wi l l i ams had the i r e a r s . However , y o u n g F a n s h a w saw how the t h i n g wns go ing a n d b r o u g h t it to a fo-cus by t he mos t unexpec ted and r i sky move I ever saw. P r e t e n d i n g t h a t he w a n t e d t h e people in t he edge of t he crowd to see how smal l the p r i soner wns, he l i f ted t h e l i t t l e fellow on to h is horse in f r o n t of h i m . nnd, be fo re a n y -one suspected w h a t he w a s up to , he h a d wheeled h is h o r s e and was off l ike t he wind . Syd H a r t pu l led his revolver nnd a imed It at F a n s h a w ' s back, b u t Dave F a n s h a w k n o c k e d the weapon up, a n d It went off w i t h o u t h a r m i n g any-one . T h e n Dave he ld n pistol a t H n r t ' s head and d a r e d h i m to s t i r a musc le . This q u a r r e l d r e w t h e a t t en t ion of t he mob f r o m t h e p r i s o n e r and F a n s h a w bore h i m a w a y w i t h o u t any opposi t ion.

WHAT DID THEY DO. F A T H E R ? "

ed. As h e r f a t h e r ascended the s t eps Evelyn c a u g h t bo th h is h a n d s in he r s . " W h a t did t h e y do, f a t h e r ? " she asked .

T h e old soldier l aughed .

" D o ? " he excla imed, en thus ia s t i ca l -ly, a s he rubbed h is hands toge the r , " w h y , t h e y did n o t h i n g . J a d e F a n s h a w ' s son rode i n t o t he i r r a n k s and m a d e the g r andes t speech I ever l is tened to fu my life. H e t u r n e d t h e very marroA-in m y bones to ice. I was eold one m i n u t e a u d as h o t a s old Nick t h e next . I believe we w e r e all hypnot ized . F rom the m i n u t e he began to s h o w u p t he h o r r o r of lynch law and ' h e r i sk they were r u n n i n g of h a n g i n g an inno-c e n t man , I believe I 'd a-died r a t h e r t h a n let t h e m o b h a r m the fe l low. He stood t h e r e wi th more ropes on film than he could c a r r y and d i d n ' t look-big enough to h a r m a fly. A f t e r F a n -s h a w g o t t he i r a t t e n t i o n the first t h i n g h e d e m a n d e d w a s t h a t t hey let the o r l aoae r te l l h i s s to ry . H e ga ined h is

T h e sheriff fol lowed a t h i s heels. T h e y have gone w i t h h i m to t he jail In Dan-ube . He ' l l be sa fe t h e r e . "

Eve lyn wns closely w a t c h i n g Wink le ; she had read h i m b e t t e r than hnd h e r

f a t h e r . " I t w a s t he noblest deed I ever hea rd

o f , " she said, e x u l t l n g l y . Winkle r e sponded wi th a s h r u g and

a f r o w n . " F a n s h a w wil l p a y well for i t , iu all

p robab i l i t y , " he sa id , sul lenly . Despite h e r h a b i t u a l command over

h e r e m o t i o n s E v e l y n ' s f ace fel l , b u t she did n o t g r a t i f y h e r e n e m y by reply-

ing to h i s t h r u s t . He r f n t h e r a g r e e d w i t h Winkle . "Yes , " he sa id , " i t Is no t over ye t by

a n y m e a n s . Syd nnd T h a d wil l c e r t a i n -ly be b e n t on r evenge , nnd F n n s h n w wil l be t h e i r t n r g c t . I never s a w n m o r e m a l i g n n n t c o u n t e n n n c e t h n n H n r t ' s w h e n he renlized t h a t his p l a n s w e r e t h w a r t e d . I g u e s s he will lie In w a i t f o r F a n s h a w on h i s r e t u r n f r o m D a n

ube . " Grown s u d d e n l y f a i n t , Evelyn- t u r n e d

In to t he hnl l . Mr . H a r d y ' s voice fo l lowed h e r a n d bent p lensnn t ly on h e r ea rs . " I c e r t a i n l y t a k e off m y ha t t o t h a t s o r t of c o u r a g e , " he w a s say ing . " F a n s h a w has t h e r i gh t k i n d of g r i t . I t ' s a pity-t h e wor ld h a s no t more men like h i m . "

Eve lyn ' s w i n d o w c o m m a n d e d a view of the" road l e a d i n g f r o m D a n u b e t o F a n s h a w ' s house , nnd the r e m a i n d e r of t h e n i g h t , s leepless and d i s t r a u g h t , she sa t g a z i n g ac ross t he fields a t a spot she k n e w h e m u s t p a s s on his way home. And the re , in t h a t a w f u l s t i l l suspense , sho read h e r h e a r t a s she had never r ead

I t b e f o r e . "Yes , " she confessed to he r se l f , a loud ,

because she loved t o h e a r h e r own voice p r o n o u n c i n g a t r u t h which seemed to have qu ickened h e r soul in to a n e w nnd h i g h e r l ife, "yes , I love h i m ! 1 love

h i m ! " A b o u t five o 'clock, a f t e r i t had g r o w n

l i gh t—when t h e sky In t he ens t w a s t u r n i n g g o l d e n — h e r long vigil wns r e -w a r d e d . Moving a long t he road , w i t h a t i red s t ep , she saw a wh i t e ho r se , a n d a m o m e n t l a t e r she recognized t h e r ider . T h e n she p u t her icy h a n d s t o her face a u d b u r s t Into t ea r s of re l ie f .

A n h o u r l a t e r , w i t h a m o t h e r ' s solici-t u d e . Mrs . L a n c a s t e r stole In to h e r r o o m nnd f o u n d h e r asleep, h e r head r e s t i n g on the b a r e w i n d o w board . T h e good w o m a n c o m p r e h e n d e d It all, nnd , r a i s -lni» t h e g i r l ' s face , she kissed h e r eye-

I k ' , till t h e y opened . " H e is s a f e ! " were Eve lyn ' s first

w o r d s . " I s n w him comc home. I i i> f ended to go t o bed then, hu t I wns say-ing my p r a y e r s here w h e m l fel l a s leep . "

Mrs*. L n n c a s t e r ' s l ips tw i t ched s y m p a -the t i ca l ly ns she pu t Eve lyn to bed nnd s a t b y h e r s t r o k i n g h e r b r o w u n t i l s leep c a m c a g a i n . Then t he old l ady s a t w i t h h e r ch in r e s t i n g in h e r hand , q u i t e

t h o u g h t f u l . " I r ea l ly don ' t know w h i c h w a y m y

d u t y lies," she mused . "She loves h i m —she loves h i m jus t as I should h a v e done a t h e r nge, nnd she will s u f f e r over j g iv ing h i m u p ns I su f fe red when: h e j w a s t o r n o u t of my l i f e . "

C H A P T E R I X .

T h e g u e s t s a n d f ami ly a t Ca rn l e lgh u sua l l y c a m c d o w n to b r e a k f a s t i r r e g u -

lar ly . b u t th i s m o r n i n g by e igh t o 'clock t h e y were all n t t h e t ab l e , i n c l u d i n g Eve lyn . T h e colonel , w h o h a d been out fo r tin ea r ly bus ines s w a l k w i t h one of his overseers , w n s t h e Inst t o sit d o w n . And ns he took h is p lace a t t he head of t he t a b l e he h a d t h e nir of a m a n nnx ious t o be ques t ioned . He had

picked tip a piece of news. "Wel l , " he began , w i t h t w i n k l i n g

eyes, " i t seems t h a t Ronnld F a n s h a w w a s not s p e n d i n g his b r e a t h antN-ld- i i ng his horse to den th fo r n o t h i n g . "

"So he reached the ja i l al l r i gh t , d id h e ? " inqu i red Mr. Ha rdy , a s he p u t n spoonfu l of whipped c ream in lo his cof-

fee. ' "Ob, yes , he made t h a t t r i p all r i g h t ,

bu t t he n e w s has jus t come f r o m Wilk in S t a t i o n , on the o t h e r s ide of the m o u n -ta in . thnt n n e g r o ha s been a r r e s t ed w h o has a l r eady confessed t o the c r ime of k i l l ing t h e old w o m a n . "

"So t h e boy was innocent , a f t e r a l l ! " cried H a r d y .

" Y e s ; t he sheriff nabbed the w r o n g bi rd at t he s t a r t , and if it hnd no t been fo r F a n s h a w his body would have been s w i n g i n g a l t he sport of the wind th i s m o r n i n g . "

"And n widowed mot hi r would have been w i t h o u t h e r son." put in Mrs. Lan-cas te r . w i t h te l l ing e f fec t .

" F a n s h a w did only w h a t nny man would have donv who believed iu the p r i sone r ' s innocence," said Capt . Win-kle, w i t h an icy smile nt no one in pa r -t i cu la r .

Hut Mrs. Laueas te r was more t h a n u m a t c h fo r h im. " I t ' s only what one m a n did uo ," she re tor ted .* T h e r e u p o n Wink le s t i r r e d his coffee in moody si-lence.

"1 am sor ry it wns Ronald F a n s h a w w h o is to get nil t i e c red i t . " r e m a r k e d Caro l ine Hasb rooke , coldly . "S ince he ha s t a k e n u p t he s t u d y of law it looks as if he h a s a p r e t t y good Idea of h is im-p o r t a n c e . T h i n g s are c o m i n g to a pre t -ty pass when such people as t h e F a n -s h n w s get i n t o t he profess ions usua l ly held b y g e n t l e m e n . "

Don ' t k ick aga ins t t he p r i c k s " (It wns n f a v o r i t e express ion of h e r f a -t h e r ' s ) , " t h e c o m m o n people have been r i s i n g i n t o p rominence since t he b i r t h of c r ea t i on . "

'And t he b e t t e r c lass has been degen-e r a t i n g . " r e m n r k e d Mr. Ha rdy , w i t h a s low smile . "As f a r as I am concerned , I 'd r n t h e r employ a m a n like F n n s h n w to de fend me, If I we re on t r ln l fo r my l ife, t han some m a n wi th more a n c e s t r y nnd less individual force ."

"Bravo! bien d i t , " npplnuded Mrs. L a n c a s t e r , and she rose to necompany Eve lyn ou t on t he l a w n .

T h e dew- l ay as heavy as r a i n d r o p s on the g r a s s and h u n g like sc in t i l l a t ing gems f r o m the go rgeous hol lyhocks , t h e I n d i a n ch ie f t a ins , nnd t he roses flared l ike bi l lows of red on t he s i lvery green-sward of t h e s lop ing te r rnces . Mrs. Lnncas t e r was first to b reak t h e silence.

" I need n o t tell you I ' m g lad t h a t boy was i nnocen t , " she began . " I a m espe-c ia l ly glad b e c a u s e it emphas i zes t h e n o b i l i t y of Mr. F a n s h a w ' s ac t . I am go-i n g t o d r ive ovei to h is house In the p o n y c a r t th i s m o r n i n g . I have s o m e t h i n g t o say t o h i m . "

Evelyn raised h e r g rea t eyes in a s ton -i s h m e n t , b u t she u t t e r e d n o c o m m e n t .

Mrs . L a n c a s t e r ' s voice s h o o k per-cep t ib ly as she w e n t on :

" N o t h i n g has ever a f fec ted m e so p o w e r f u l l y a s all t h i s h a s . L a s t n i g h t t h e impass ioned f e r v o r of h is voice wh i l e h e w a s s p e a k i n g down t h e r e b r o u g h t b a c k some of t h e t e n -de re s t a n d saddes t recol lec t ions of m y y o u n g m a r r i e d l i fe . I t r e m i n d e d m o of a speech In f a v o r of secess ion t h a t m y h u s b a n d m n d e . j u s t b e f o r e t h e w a r b r o k e o u t . T h e r e seemed t o b e a r i n g in Mr. F n n s h a w ' s t o n e s l ike m y h u s b a n d ' s . I t m a y have b e e n o n l y m y i m a g i n a t i o n , and t h e g r e a t d is-tance , b u t i t d rove m e n e a r l y wi ld w i t h t h e old pa in . And l a s t n i g h t i n t h i n k i n g of Mr . F a n s h a w ' s d a n g e r , I t seemed t o b e m y h u s b a n d w h o w a s i n per i l . Rea l ly , I did n o t s leep a w i n k . I w e n t t o t he w i n d o w a h u n -d r e d t imes . I saw- Mr. F a n s h a w r e -t u r n i n g th i s m o r n i n g , ami then I d r e w m y flrst easy b r e a t h . Oh, E v e l y n l " (Mrs. L a n c a s t e r was gaz ing i n t o t h e g i r l ' s eyes) " w h a t is t he m a t t e r w i t h b o t h of u s ? "

Eve lyn s h o o k h e r h e a d ; h e r r i c h , a b u n d a n t h a i r g l i s t en ing l ike t h r e a d s of b u r n i s h e d gold in t h e sun .

" I k n o w w h a t ' s t h e m a t t e r w i t h m e , " she said, w i t h a l i t t le l augh . " I h o p e s o m e t h i n g else is w r o n g w i t h y o u . "

Mrs. L a n c a s t e r s ighed. " W h e n I g e t b a c k f r o m h i s house 1 m a y t e l l y o u w h a t I am g o i n g fo r , b u t I shal l n o t now—no. I sha l l n o t n o w . "

Mrs . L a n c a s t e r h a d severa l t i m e s t a k e n shor t d r ives In t h e p o n y c a r t , w h i c h was a l w a y s a t t h e disposal of t he gues t s of Carnle lgh , a n d so, w h e n she ordered It out a t t e n o 'clock, n o

one ma t l e a n y c o m n i t n t . AS sne d rove u p n e a r t h e d i l ap ida ted domi-cile of t h e F a n s h a w s sho b e g a n l o s h r i n k f r o m h e r In t en t ions . T h e place c e r t a i n l y p r e s e n t e d a t o r n - d o w n , for -M d d i n g ' a s p c c t . I n f r o n t , n o t t w e n t y y a r d s f r o m t h e p o r c h , w a s a d e c a y i n g rail f c n c c a n d a g a t e t h a t sagged to t he e n r t h . T h e roof of t h e po rch was low n n d flat, d a n k and moss -g rown , and o n It lay s o m e pieces of r a g g e d cast-off c l o t h i n g on w h i c h t w o o r t h r e e c a t s l ay s leep ing i n t h e s u n . T h e tw-o s i s t e r s ha l f lay, ha l f s a t o n t h e p o r c h , and Mrs . F a n s h a w s tood in t h e f r o n t d o o r w a y , h e r d u l l gazo on t h e o a r t and Its" i n m a t e . T h e d o g s s p r a n g f r o m u n d e r t he h o u s e a n d r a n ba rk -i n g f u r i o u s l y t o t h e g a t e , and M r s . F a n s h a w , t h i n k i n g t h n t t h e Indy h a d s topped t o a s k s o m e q u e s t i o n a b o u t t h e r o a d , a s pas se r s -by o f t e n d id , s h a m b l e d down t h e s t e p s a n d o u t t o t h e c a r t . She succeeded in d r i v i n g t h e dogs back, and t h e n leaned over t h e g a t e e x p e c t a n t l y .

" I cal led t o see Mr. Rona ld F a n -t h a w . " announced t h e v i s i to r ; "is h e a t

h e m e ? " "Yes , m a ' a m , " a n s w e r e d Mrs. F a n -

s h a w ; " h e was u p in h is r o o m j e s t now. Won ' t y o u ' l ight a n ' c o m e I n ? "

T h e r o o m In to w h i c h t h e a r i s to -c r a t i c cal ler w a s u she red h a d a w o r n s c r a p of c a r p e t f r o m t h e d o o r t o t h e big, soc ty fireplace. T h e r e w e r e on t h e wa l l s several w a r p e d c h r o m o s and c rude ly en la rged c r a y o n p o r t r a i t s of F a n s h a w and Tils wi fe , a lso pho to -g r a p h s of every m e m b e r of t h e f a m -ily except Ronnld , w h o had never ca red to have h i s p i c t u r e t aken . Mrs. F a n s h a w gave t he v i s i to r a t u r k e y -w i n g fan , and b r o u g h t in some f r e s h w a t e r . Mrs. L a n c a s t e r w s s s i p p i n g It f r o m the edge of t h o b ig c r a c k t d t u m b l e r when Ronald came d o w n the n a r r o w c r e a k i n g s t a i r s and en te red t h e room.

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violence a n d d i s o r d e r in t h e B r i t i s h b o u s e of c o m m o n s o n t b e n i g h t of t h e t h e 5 t h , w h e n 10 I r i s h m e m b e r s , w h o b a d r e f u s e d t o obey t h e s p e a k e r ' s o r d e r t o l eave t h e house , w e r e d r a g g e d o u t b y pol ice . T h e vote on a c c o n n t of t b e d v i l service f o r £17,000.000 ($85,001,000) h a d been c losured , a f t e r a s i n g l e n i g h t ' s d i scuss ion , devo ted w h o l l y t o E n g l i s h e d u c a t i o n . T h e r e b a d been an u n d e r s t a n d i n g t h a t if t b e e v e n i n g w a s g iven t o E a f f l U h e d u c a t i o n o t b e r qnes t ion .s wou ld be disei ihsed a t a sub-s e q u e n t s i t t i n g J o h n R e d m o n d , Mr. Di l lon, a n d o t h e r o l d e r h a n d s of t h e I r i s h p a r t y h a d l e f t t h e house , u n d e r -d e r s t a n d l n g t h a t n o f u r t h e r b o a i n e s s wou ld b e done , a n d some of t h e y o u n g e r , l e s s e x p e r i e n c e d I r i s h m e n lie-c a m e d e s p e r a t e l y e x c i t e d o v e r Mr. 1UJ-f o u t ' s a t t e m p t l o o v e r r e a c h t h e m . T h e r e w a s n o t i m e f o r d e l i b e r a t e coun-sel, a n d i t w a s dec ided t h a t t h e y shou ld r e f u s e t o g o i n t o t h e d iv i s ion l o b b y w h e n ca l l ed upon by t b e c h a i r t o d o so. S p e a k e r G u l l y w a s ca l l ed i n . a n d t h e n a m e s of 10 I r i s l imen w h o h a d diso-beyed t h e c h a i r m a n ' s o r d e r s w e r e t a k e n d o w n a o d th.-y w e r e n a m e i f o r sus-pens ion . A t t h i s a t e r r i f i c t u m u l t a rose a n d t h e se rv ices of 20 po l i cemen w a s r e q u i r e d t o r e m o v e t h e I r i s h mem-bers f r o m t h e bona? .

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s f e p p e d on a b u r g l a r a l a r m , a n d t h u s b r o u g h t t he d e n t i s t to t h e d a r k h a l l w i t h a p i s to l i n h i s h a n d . T h e d e n t i s t t h r e a t e n e d to s h o o t , a n d t h e v ia i iu r w a s so te r r i f ied t h a t t h e a c h e d e p a r t -ed f r o m his c h a t t e r i n g t e e t h .

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C o l l i n s deser ted f r o m t h e B r i t i s h a r m y a n d . came to t b e "United S t a t e s . D u r -l a g the D i a m o n d J u b i l e e ce l eb ra t i on of t f . i Queen , h e p e t i t i o n e d t h e t h r o n e for a p a r d o n f o r d e s e r t i o n a n d on a r -c . t int of h i s o w n e x p l a n a t i o n a n d h i s p m b r a v e r y h i s r e q u e s t w a s g r a n t e d

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w a s a d d r e s s e d by t h r e e consp icuous mlll loiiDlres, w e r e u t t e r ed by Mr. Col-

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T h e S t a t e Assoc ia t ion of V i l l a g e Off icers m e t i n L a n s i n g on t h e Rth, b n t o w i n g to t h e p r o x i m i t y of t h e e l e c t i o n s In t h e v i l l a g e s of t h e s t a t e , t h e r e w a s a v e r y l i g h t a t t e n d a n c e . S e c r e t a r y of S t a t e W a r n e r is p r e s i d e n t of t h e s t a t e a s s o c i a t i o n , a n d W . H . M a r v i n , of U t i c a , s e c r e t a r y a n d t r e a s u r e r . T b e f e w m e n liters p r e s e n t d iaensaed m e t h -o d s of c o u s t r u c t i n g c e m e n t w a l k o , a n d p a i d some a t t e n t i o n t o m e a s u r e s int.ro-dnoed i n t h e l e g i s l a t u r e a i f fec t ing t h e p r o v i s i o n s of t h e g e n e r a l v :!ia{»e cha r -t e r . G e n e n U l y t h e of f icers n p p r o v t b t bil l t o i n c r e a s e to t w o y e a r s t h e t e r m of office of p r e s i d e n t s of v i l l ages .

W i l l V o t e on T w o r ropoi i l l la i i* .

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c i t y connc j l of T o p e k a . Ks. . w h i c h i t is be l ieved wil l m a k e i t a l m o s t impos-s i b l e f o r t h e " j o i n t i s t s " l a d o b u s i n e s s i n t h a t c i t y . T h e o r d i n a n c e m n k e s i t u n l a w f u l t o t r e a t n f r i e n d t o a d r i n k of l i q u o r i n a p r i v a t e house . A m a n i s d e c l a r e d t o be g u i l t y of v io la t in t r t b e o r d i n a n c e if h e is f o u n d in a p l ace w h e r e l i quor is sold. T h e o r d i n a n c e d o c s n o t r e q u i r e t h a t an a c t u a l s a l e s h a l l be p rove 1. Heavy fines a n d im-p r i s o n m e n t of 3» t o 100 d . iys in j a i l a r e t h e penal t ie i t f o r v i o l a t i o n s ol t h e or -d i n a n c e .

H u b o n l e P l n r i i e Mi l l Hp r e n d i n g .

A spec ia l f r o m Cape T o w n , d a t e d t h e 3 1, s a y s t h a t b u b o n i c p l a g u e is sp read -inp t h e r e . F .ve corpses , a l l c o l o r e d p< r s o n s . w e r e f o u n d on t h a t d a t e . T e n colored pe r sons a n d o n e E u r o p e a n w o m a n , be l ieved t o be a f f e c t e d by t h e d i s ea se , w e r e r e m o v e d t o a h o s p i t a l . N u m e r o u s p e r s o n s w h o h a d come i n i o c o n t a c t w i t h snbpec icd e a s e s have been i so la ted .

N E W S Y B R E V I T I E S .

c i t y schools a week e a r l i e r T h e h e a i t h off icers be l ieve t h e s m a l l p o x Will be a l l o u t of t h e d t v in t h a t t ims .

At t h e P r o h i b i t i o n s t a t e c o n v e n t i o n , i ^ L . he ld a t Ka l amuaoo on t b e 5 th . a reso- I T h * t o t h e P i a t t l u t i o n w a s i n t r o d u c e d i n d o r s i n g l h , ; ^ n d m c c t . to t h e a r m y bill .

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T w e n t y - o n e fishermen w e r e c a r r i e d o u t on L a k e Er i e , off S i lve r Creek , N. Y., on t h e .1,1 on fioa inir ice. b u t 17 of t h e m w e r e rescued. T h e o t h e r f o u r h a v e p r o b a b l y pe r i shed . T h e 17 w h o w e r e rescued w e r e tal;«-n off t h e f loat-i n g Ice w i t h g r e a t d i f f icu l ty . T h e y sa id t h n t t h e i r c o m r a d e s p r o b a b l y per-sl ied a s t hey w e r e i a p e r i l o u s posi-

t ions .

w o r k of Mrs. C a r r i e N a t i o n in smiish-ing sa loons in K a n s a s , b u t It w a s al-mos t u n a n i m o u s l y voted d o w n .

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t e r t h a n a vessel of abou t tho s a m e s ize buil t In 1803. T h a t s t a t e m e n t , howeve r , i s m a d e by a no ted n a v a l a r -

c h i t e c t of B o s t o n . H e d e c l a r e s t h a t t h e f a m o u s Sa lom p r iva t ee r A m e r i c a ,

of t he war of 1812. sa i led f a s t e r on her bes t p o i n t — w i t h the w i n d on t h e qutrr-

t e r — t h a n a n y of t h s c rack r a c i n g y a c h t s of t oday . H e r log s h o w s t h a t s h e f r e q u e n t l y m a d e th i r t een k n o t s

wi th t h e b u r d e n of a wa r sh ip , wh i l e t h e best speed of t h e cup d e f e n d o . s of

t o d a y Is l i t t l e be t t e r t han f o u r t e e n k n o t s lu r a c i n g t r i m . It Is an In t e r -e s t i n g fac t t h a t t he a rch i t ec t In ques-

t ion. a l inea l d e s c e n d a n t of one of t he bu i lde r s of t h e p r i va t ee r , is h imse l f des ign ing a boa t to defend the cup tills

year . H e does not expect to s u r p a s s b i s ances to r .

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issue, whidl i ha s been t h e f o r e m o s t of a l i m a t t e r s of v i l l a g e g o v e r n m e n t a t H o m e r fo r t he pan t s ix m o n t h s , a n d j t u t i o n s in Herr iou c o u n t y , a n d will re -

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"Strong hear ts and helpful hand« a re needed, an.l. fortunately, we have them In every par t of our beleved country. We a re reunlle-l. Sectionalism h a t dis-appeared. Dlv l i lm on public queit lona no longer can be traced by ihe war roapt of I Ml. These old differences lean and probletni demand tbe thought and quick-en the con»clence of the country, and the re?pcnBll>lllly for their pre?ence a* well l e u d is turb the Judgment E x l i t l n s

~ I a s for their righteous set t lement raats r a . verdic t af I M « . Haa Ileea upon us a l l - n o more upon me than upon " CoadtWoae ' > 0 U ' T h c r ' a r e • o m , national quastlona

McK'nley to the Peeple of the Country.

'COND INAUGURAL SPEECHi

r a l l y Jnatlf lad by r r M n a t

— r a t e K n i t B e l a d e p ^ i d M t — T b e

War la th* rb l l lpplnaa .

P r e s i d e n t I f c K l n l e y del ivered h i s

I n a u g u r a l a d d r e s s M o n d a y to a l a r g e , a s s e m b l a g e of people , g a t h e r e d a t i ' • W a s h i n g t o n f r o m a l l p a r t s of t b e 1

t o u n t r y a n d t h e n a t i o n s of t h e o ld ' world. H e w a s l i s t ened to a t t e n t i v e l y

as h e s p o k e t o t b e m u l t i t u d e in a d e a r ' voice a n d e v i d e n t e a r n e s t n e s s . T h e

fo l lowing Is t h e f u l l t e x t of b i s ad -

dress ; "My fellow c l t laen t : When we asMtn-

Wed here en the 4lh of March, li»T. tber was g r e a t anxiety with regard lo our

"Currency and credit. None exists now. Then our t r ea su ry receipts were inade- , quale to meet tbe current obligations of j the government . Noa^ they a r e su f lk ien t • fo r all pub.lc needs, and * e have a sur- j plus Instead of a de.lclt. Th< n 1 felt constrained lo convene the Congress In ' ax t raord inary session to devise revenu s te pay the ordinary expenses ot the gov- , e rnment . Now I havo the s s t s f a c loa i to announce tha t the Congress Just closed has rrduced taxat ion in the sum | af for ty-one millions of dollars. Then there w s s deep so l 'd lude because of the long depression In our manufac tur ing , minlna. agr ienUuial and mi-rcanUle in-dus t r ies a n d the consequent d is i ress of our labor ing population. N o * every , avenue of prodaet lon Is crowded a k h ac-t l r i ty . labor t s well employed and Amer- | lean produe ls find good marke ts at bom ; and abroad.

"Our diversified productions, however. I a r e Increasing In such unpreo-dcnled vol- • ume as to admonish us of the necessity | of silU f u r t h e r enlarxing o u r f . reign oiarkets by broader cojnir.crclal r e l a t l . n s fy>r th is purpose reciprocal t r ade ar-r ang rmen t s with other nations should. :

" t f f nbera l spiri t , be car , fully caUlvaled and promoted.

Vvrdlet of I89S K\®eni-d. He Ray*. •The nat ional verdict of ISW has for th

most pa r t been executed. Wha teve r re -•aalns unfulfilled ia a continuing ob;iga- i

In the solution of which patr iot ism should exclude partisanship. Magnifying thei r difllrultiea will not l ake them oft our hands nor faci l i ta te their ad jus t -ment. Distrust of Ihe capacity. Integ-r i ty and high purposes of the American people will not be an Inspiring thrma for lu tu re political contests.

Way of Safety and Bnnor. "Dark pictures and gloomy foreboding*

a re worse than useless. These only be-cloud. they do not help to point, tha way of safety and honor. "Hope m a k e t i not ashamed. ' The prophets of evil were not the bulldrrs of the republic, nor In Its crisis since have they saved or serve 1 It. I he fai th of the f a the r s was a mighty force in Its creation, and the fa i th of their descendanta has wrought Its prog-ress and furnished Its defenders. They a r e obstructionists who despair and who would destroy confidence in the ability of our people to solve wisely and for civ-ilisation the mighty problems rest ing up-on IhetiN The American people, In-trencheo >> fn-edom a t home, t a k e thei r love for U with them wherever they g * and t he* r>Iect s s m i s t akes and un-worthy t>* 4MUlne t h e ; we lose our

Vbtit ire bv Fe.nring the e n d u r l n ; toundat lons of l iberty to others. Our In-s t i tut ions all l not deter iorate by exten-sion, and our sense of Justice will not abate under tropic suns In dis tant seas. As heretofore, so hereaf ter , will t he na-tlon d -moas t r a t e Its fitness to admln sler any new estate which events devo ve up-on It and in the f ea r of God will "take occasion by the hand and make the boi">ds of freedom wider yet. '

"If there are those among us who would make our way more difficult we must not be disheartened, bu t the more earnest ly dedicate ourselves to tha task which we hsve r ight ly er. 'ered. The pa th of progress seldom Is smooth. New things are of ten found hard to do. Our f a the r s f»uud them so. -We find them so. 1 hex are Inconvenient.* They cost UJ something. But a r e we not made be t te r for the effort and sacrifice, and a r e not tho te we serve lifted up end blessed?

TViil StaiiJ liy O a r ICnnliiv. " W e will l-e consoled, too, with the fac t

t h U opposition has confronted every on-wurd mo-cmcnt of t h s republic f rom Its

1NSUHANCE CLAIMS.

P O L I C Y H O L D E R S P R E S E N T

P R E P O S T E R O U S D E M A N D S .

Odd Arr ldanU Mnde Ibe ItnaU of Ito-

qnrata for Caab—Unrl a t n I'enea

Mmtlnff — Maa I r lgbtanrd While fiba*-

lug UailiM Ills Chin.

T h e o t h e r d a y one of t h e b e s t - k n o w n Eng l i sh acc iden t In su rance c o m p a n i e s

B U S I N E S S D I R E C T O U Y e r t / and conforming to ths established and historical policy of t he United State* In ' t s relation lo Cuba.

"Vha pear# which we a re pledged lo leaxe to the Cuban people mus t carry with It Ihe guaran t ies of permanence W'e became sponsora fo r the paclficstlou of the Island, an-l we remain accountabl to Ihe Cubans , a o less t h sn to our own country and people, fo r the reconstrtic-llon of Cuba as a f ree commonweal th o:i abiding foundat ions of l igh t . Just ice. I I J -e r ty snd assured order. Our enfranchise ment of the people will not ha completed unt i l f ree Cuba shall l e a real i ty , not a name: a perfect entity, not a has ty ax- H j H pertment bearing wli.tla Itself the ele- T h e o t h e r day one of t h e b e s t - k n o w n C .C. TOWSLEY, M. D-. 0 ET A. CHIR-nients of failure. B u g 11st) acc iden t In su rance c o m p a n i e s —SFBTIALTT—

n a . a r d l a g t b . rh i i i p pi»»* . received a c la im for | i 0 . s a y s t he U m - . "While the t rea ty of peace with Spain i . | 0 | | M | l | , T h e l n b U r e r b a ( i received l ! . , E A R , M S E A N D T 1 I R 0 A T

w a s ratified on the $th of February . . . . . w, w n ^ KI„ 1 « , and ratif ications were exchanged • «n ^ w h l l l | ' " n i p e l l e d b l m

0. C. MC BANN ILL, M. 0 . Pbystdao and Bnrgeoa. Omco, 4d Crldge

street , Lowell. Mich.

M. C. GREENE. M. 0. p b j s l d s a and Surgeon. Office over Bo j l a t ' i

s tcie. Bridge i t ree t , Lowell, Mich.

isss. fttiQ mi incmnoni n f i v , near ly two j-ears ago. the C o n g n s g has t o s t a y In a d a r k r o o m for a m o n t h . Indicated no form of government for the 1 | n t he c o l u m n "cause of acc iden t " w e r e

i ^ • « > -

to suppress Insurrection, res tore pesce. a Pesce m e e t i n g . give securi ty to t he Inhabi tants and es- T h e u n u s u a l c a n d o r tablUh the authori ty of the United Sta e . some of t h e Insured wr i te Is a m u s i n g , throughout t he archlp«Ugo. I t has au- . . _ . , . „ thorlzed the organisation of nat ive troops , n a i a p e < i n R b . i h a c l i en t h a d as auxil iary to the regular force. It ha* I suf fe red f r o m a b roken r o l l a r hone, been advised f rom t ime lo l ime of the i b f r e a p p e a l e d u n d e r t h e

Office Graham Block,

Bell P h o n e 106. Lowell, Mich

E. A. HOOCES, 0 D- 8 • wi th wh ich D e n t i s t . S u c c e s s o r t o R l c k e r t

Lowell. Mich.

h e a d i n g

In t h e j s l a n d s . of my action In appolnt lm ) D u n o , k n o w

instiuciions I < I n t o i i c a t e d ) . _ S o m e Clients I m a g i n e

ac t s of the military and naval officer< • • r a u s P 0 f acc iden t :

send a m i n u t e l y de-clvll commissions, of the wth which they were chsrtred of their 1 If they d o not duties and powers, of tha rooemmenda- . n C f . 0 un t of t he acc iden t they will I lions and of the several ac t s under e»e u . . . _ , . live commission, together with the very n o ^ m p e n p a t l o n . It Is on ly complete general Information they have t h i s w a y tha t o n e can accoun t f o r submitted. These repor ts f u l l y set for th t h i s s t a t e m e n t : "I h a d w o r d s wi th m y s a . ecndltlons. p w t snd present . In the » l f e . S h c | o w a . d n l c w , t h a

Isistius. and the lustructioRs clcatly sho* the principles which will guide the execu-tive until the Congress shall , as It l i required lo do by the t r a t y . determine ' the civil r ights and political i t a t u i ol the na t ive Inhabitants . '

"The C o n g n s s having added Ihe sanc-tion of Us author i ty to the powers al-ready possessed and i x e r d s . d by the ex-ecutive under t he Const i tut ion. thereb> leaving with the executive the nspons i -billty fo r the government of tha Philip-pines. I shall continue the cf lcr ts alrcaJ> begun until order shall be restored throughout the Islands, and as fas t a# condit ions i>ermit will a.-t 'ib Ish local governments . In the format ion of which tbe ful l co-o|>eratlon of t he people has been a l ready Invited, a n d wh n e s t ab llshed will encouragc the people to ad minis ter them.

i;ood Work HelBx Don*. "The settled purpose, long sgo prevail-

ing, to afford the inhabi tan ts of th« islands self-govemroent as fa*t as the} were ready fo r It will be pursued with earnes tness and fidelity. Already some-thing has been accomplish i d In th is di-rection. The government ' s representa-tives. civil and mili tary, a r . doln? fa i th -ful and no We work In thei r mission oi emancipat ion and merit the approval and support of their countrymen. The most liberal t e rms of amnes ty already have been communicated to the Insurgents, and the n a y is still open fur those who have raised their a r m s atralnst the gov-e rnment for honorab e submission to Its au thor i ty . Our ccunt rymen should not be deceived. We a re not waging war aga ins t the Inhabi tants of the t 'nll lpplnr Islunda. A portion of th>m an- maicing w a r aga ins t the United States. By fa r the grea ter part of the Inhab t an t s rec-ognize American srvere lgnty and wel-come it as a g u a r a n t y of orde. and of securi ty for life, p rop i r ty . liberty, free-dom of conscience a n d the pursui t o happiness. To ib«m ful l protection wil be given. They shall not be abandoned W e will not h a v e the destiny of th loyal mlilicns in t he Islands to t be dis-loyal thousands whu a re In rebellion aga ins t the United States. Order under civil i a s t l t a t i cns a i t l come as soon a '

shovel , a n d In leav ing t h e room 1 t r ipped ove r t he m a t a a d sp ra ined my a n k l e . " H e r e is a c la im fo r I n j u r e d fee l ings : " I was r e t u r n i n g f r o m btisl-

8. P. HICKS, Loans, Collections. Real Ketata and Insur

ance. Lowell , Mich.

E. N. CAMBELL, INSURANCE. L0ANS!

Notary Public, Real Estate Agent aod Col lector. Over Boylan'a store, Lowell.

UILTON M PERRY. Attorney sod Counselor al Law. Train 's Hall

Block. Lowtll. Mkh Sjit-'olsl attention given to Uollectlons, UonTeyandag, and Sale of Real Estate.

Job P r i n t i n g t u r n e d o u t on s l i o r t n o t i c e a m i

i t w i l l b e g o o d h o n e s t , u p - t o - i l a t e

w o r k , t o o . N o t b i n ^ l e a v e s o u r

J o b D e p a r t m e n t t h a t i s n ' t r i g h t ,

THE LEDGER.

F O R F I R S

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ness y e s t e r d a y when my b r o t h e r - l n - Has alsoquslifled »nd l>een sdralticd t o p r s c law en t e r ed the t r a in . H e ra i led m e an l h e I n t«r lor IVpartment snd sll tbe

Idle r o g u e . s n d by d o i n g so d e g r a d e d mo u Z m S r e 4 d , ' T T ? " . , ,, , w a m a for those t ha t may be entitled u be fo re a l l t h e passengers . Ccn 1 re - , Pension BOUOIT.

cover d a m a g e s f r o m y o u r c o m p a n y ? " | A w e l l - k n o w n I n s u r a n c e c o m p a n y i.nce rece ived a c la im f r o m a w o m a n w h o s e h u s b a n d w a s Insured a g a i n s t t o t a l d is -a b l e m e n t . S h e s a i d : " M y h n s b a n d

Is q u i t e u n a b l e t o wr i t e . He had a se-r ious f a l l l a s t week, a n d t h e d o c t o r says he will neve r be a b l e t o w o r k a g a i n . " Doc to r ' s a n d m a g i s t r a t e ' s cer-

t l f loa tes to t h i s effect w e r e Inclosed. Aa t h e ce r t l f l ca te was s o m e w h a t cu r l -

EOWARD 0 MAINS,

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

Office in Tra in ' s Opera l lonse Clock

LOWKLL, MICH.

A. E CAMBELL. DENTIST Oyer Uoyiau's Store.

ous ly worded t h e c o m p a n y m a d e In- A l l b r a n c h e s o f d e n i a l w o r k d o n e b y • t a ^ a . t. .« a I. A I v KIcrK.ir rt*- - *

T H E P R E S I D E N T . AND T H E VICE-PRESIDENT. oj>enl.tg hour until now. but wt tboot sac-eess. T h e rt-publlc ha s marched on and on and i ts every s tep has exalted free-dom and humani ty . W e are undt rgo lnc the siime ordeal as did our predecessors nearly a century ago. We are following the course they biaxed. They t r iumphed Will the i r successors f a l t e r and plead orcanlc Impolency In t he na t ion? Surely a f t e r 15 years of achievement f o r man-kind w e will not now sur render c u r equal-i ty with other powers on ma t t e r s funda-mental and essentiaJ to nat i >oa!lty. With nB such purpose_ was created. Ih no such"sjVnt lias i t devel-oped i t s ful l and lndepend< n t sovereignty W e adhere to the principle of equal i ty arocnR ourselves, and by no act of ours a-Ul we asaifm to ourselves a subordinate r a n k In t he faxnl y of na t i . n s .

••My fellow HUsens. t he pub'.ic events of the last four years have gone Into history. They a r e too n e a r to Just i fy recital. Some of tbem were a n f c r a a n n : many of them momentous anfl fa r - reach-Inc in thei r conseguences to ourset res and our relat ions with t he rest of t he world. The par t which the Unite J S l a t e i bore so honorably in tbe tb r l l lng acmea

— . . . . in China, while new t o American life. flrat regular aession. wi thout pa r ty divi- in harmony with i ts t rue spirit

t ten r e a f l n r with undiminished force up-on the executive and the Congress. Rut f o r t u n a t e as our condlt 'on Is I t ' per-manency can only l e assured by s o u n l boainess methods and str ict economy In na t iona l administrat ion and legislation. W e ahould not permit our e r ea i pr.-s-per»\y to lead vis to recklcss ventures In baalneaa or niwfllgacy In public expendi-tnres . While the Congress d«termiue» tha objects and the sum of appropr ia-tions. t h e officials of t h e execut ive de-p a r t m e n t s a r e responsible for honest a n l

the i r c ^ n s t a r i t ' ^ S e ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ t E e ^ a a d e x t r a / asanoe .

-Hones ty , capacity and indnstry no-w h e r e are more indispensable t h a n in pdbllc employment. These should b - f n a -d a m e n t a l requisites to or i r lnal appoint-men t a n d the su tes t g u a r a n t e e s a s a t e m removaL

' V o n r years ago we stood on t h e br in ' t • f w a r without tbe pecple knoa-lng it a n d without any preparat ion o r efTort a t p repara t ln Tor tbe Impending peril. 1 did all tha i in honor could b> d ne to a v e r t the war . but w l thcu t avai l . I t be-

Inevilable: and the Oongiess a t m

j u l r l e s a n d found t h a t t h e i r h i g h ' y re -spec t ab le c l i en t h a d been lynched . Many of t h e genu ine c l a i m s a r e ex-ceedingly comic . " B i t t e n by a n a d d e r " Is le) a n d " k n e l t on by a bul l , " show c u t l c u s a c t l d e n t a t h a t h a p p e n t o coun-t r y peop le . " T r a p p e d flngsr in a ca sh

t i l l " Is decidedly s u g g e . t i v e . S o m e of t h e d o m e s t ' c a r e ' d e n t a h a v e the. ' r l i g h t e r side. One c a n n o t hu t be a m u s t d at t he h s r d w o i k i n g h o u s e w i f e w h o c l a i m s d s r ^ a g e s because a e ' o l h e s -

peg fell f r o m the l ine a n d s t n r k h e r in t h e eye . W e can imagine , a lso, t h a t

it w a s a y o u t h f u l h u s b a n d wh.!. t o t e ; h i s c h a r m i n g y o u n g wi fe , c a u g h t ho'.d of an Insecure d o o r k n o b , which gave w a y a n d p rec ip i t a t ed h im h e a d l o a g d o w n a flight of f t e p s . Half a do2?n a c c i d e n t s a y e a r a r e c i u s : d by coal

" e x p l o d i n g " in t he flre. E i t h e r p a i n t -e r s h a v e a m o r e r e p r e h e n s i b l e hab i t of d r o p p i n g tLe i r p a i n t s p o t s on pa.-a e r a -by o r els» insured people spend t h e

t h e la tes t i m p r o v e d m e l b o d a .

isCaction g u a r a n t e e d .

G A B a d m i n i s t e r e d .

S a t -

X h e L c c i g r e r I s o n l . v n y e a r . T r y i t .

Kodol Dyspepsia Cure

Digests what you eat. T t a r t i f l c i a l l y d i g n s t s t h e food a n d a i d s

M a t u r e In s t r c n K t b c n i n g a n d r e c o n -s t r u c t i n g I b e e x h a u s t e d d i g e s t i v e o r -g a n s . I t I s t b e l a t e s t d l s c o v e r e d d i g e s t -a n t a n d t o n i c . N o o t b e r p r e p a r a t i o n c a n a p p r o a c h I t In e f f i c i ency . I t I n -s t a n t l y r e l i e v o s a n d p e r m a n e n t l y c o r c s D r s p e p s i a . I n d i g e s t i o n , H e a r t b u r n , F l a t u l e n c e , S o u r S t o m a c h , K a u s e n . S i c k I l e a t l a c b e , C a s t r a l p i a . C r a m p s a n d a l l ot b c r r e s u l t s of I m p e r f e c t d i g e s t i o n . PriceSftC.andH. T-irseslrecontalns SH times tmai I site. Dook all al> >u t d}-spcpsia u a i led f r ra

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I . I I . T A K X & C O .

those w ! o now br<ak the p . a c e shall . u , . , . . - i i . . « keep lu Force will no: be r e r d e l o r u -e ^ u ' k o f t h < l r l i m * U Q d < ' r P>»atera lad-wh« n thiise who make war cra l r is t uf j d e r s . I n s u r a n c e c o m p a n i s a l w a y s re-shall make it no more. May it t n d wi th- ; g a r d c l a i m s fo r d a m a g e s d o n e t y o u t f u r t h e r bloodshed, and the re be w i t h a j ; t t j e S U S p i c i c n . Su re ly ushered in ihe reign of peace to be- made j . , , . . . . r«rman»-nt by a s o v . m m t n t of l i be r ty ' ^ r e n t l e m a n w h o n u t t h e Ugh ed e s d

under l aw."

Planing Mill FRANK R. ECKER, PROP.

Dealer !• L u m b e r , l e n t i l .

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SASH, OOJRS, BUNDS, FRAMES FOR DOORS. WIMD3WJ A' D SCREERS, EXHIBITION ANO SHIPFINC COOPS FOR POULUT, DRIED APPLE BOXES, WCCCEN EAYE TRLUCHS, ITC.

M a K ' h i n g f ,

l « c - S a A v i n g r , .Tol> " W o r k .

sion. provided money in a n t i d p a U o n of t h e crisis and in preparat ion to meet it. I t came. Tbe result was signally f a v -o r a b l e tc Airerlcnn a r m s and In th;- h gh-• a t degree b on ora b e to t he government . I t Imposed upon ua obligations f r o m which we cannot escape and f r j m which t t would be dishonorable to aeek t o es-cape. We are now at peace with the world, and It Is my fe rvent p raye r t h a t If d l t f e r n n o s arise b e t w e m us and otb^r powers t hey m a y b e set t led by peaoeful art>ltration. and tha t h e r e a f t e r we m a y ka spared the ho r ro r s of war .

to I'mtpl* ' « r Hvtfi.

•"Intrusted by the people fo r a aeoosd wUfc the office of President . 1 c-nte.-i ts admiiiistraition apprecia t lnc t h e

' g r e a t responslhi iDes which a t t aoh to •tals renewed honor and commlsslnn. promlHlug unreserved devotion on my p a r t to the i r f a i th fu l dlactaaava a n d rev-

anfl best t radi t ions, and *n deallne a-lta the resul t s Its policy mill be tha t of moderation and f a i r n e a a

Ae Mm Toward* " W e face a t th is moment a most Im-

portant question—that of the f u t u r e re -lations of t he United Sla tes with Cuba. With our nea r neighbors we m u j t remain close fr ienda. The declarat ion of t he purjioses of thla government in the reso iutl^n of April ai. ls»s. mus t be m i d e pnod. Ever since the evacuat ion of t he island by the a r m y of Spain t he execu-tive a i t h all p r ae t i r ab ' e speed has been asaistlng I t . i ^ rp l e in r t > . . t • ^ . ^ r t o w a r d t h e ^ U r r e r w o r t d -

A<i«lr««s of Mr. noose**lt-The solemn oa th , t he taWng of which

places Mr. Bdosevelt in the arallery o t he coun t ry ' s eminent pa rW* an J s . a t e s men. was adminis tered by Senator Wil-l iam P . Frye. of Maine, president pro tempore of the Senate . In his iuaugura . address Mr. Koosevelt said:

H>«tary of r>wo Uovrrnaa a t .

in _ i..c —story of thoee represen ta t lve legislative bodies in which, f rom the earliest times, f ree government has found i t s loft iest express on. They must ever bold a peculiar and exalted position In tbe record whtcn tells how t h e t r e a t nat ions of tbe world have endeavor, d to achieve and pretterve orderly f reedom No man can render t o h.s fe lows greate t service t han is rendered by him who with fear lessness and honesty, with san Uy and disinterestedness, d . e s his l i f t work aa a member of such a body.

"Especially is th i s tbe ck»» wben the legls la tura In which tbe service is ren dered is a vi ta l pa r t in the gove rnmen t s machinery of one of Ihose world powerr to whose bands, in the course of t he ages, is in t rusted a leading pa r t In shap ing the destinies of manlclnd. F o r wea or for woe. fo r good or for ecu . this !>• true of our own mlchty na t ion . Great privileges a n d g r e a i powers a r e ours, ana heavy a re the responsibilities t ha t g<> a l t h these prlvib-ges snd these powers Accord injely as we do well or 111. so sbal mankind in t be f u t u r e be raised c r cas t down. W e belong to a young nation, al-ready of g iant s t rength , ye t whose pres-ent s t rength i s but a f o r ea s t af tbe power t h s t is t o comr. W c s tand an-preme In a continent, in a hemisphere Eas t and west we look across the t

of h i s c i g a r In hia m o u t h n e v e r ex -pec ted c o m p e n s a t i o n . A s e r v a n t g i r l

c a r r y i n g a t r a y f e d d o w n s t a i r s a n d b r o k e h e r leg. S h e was u n i n s u r e d a n d . [

of c o u r s e g o t n o t h n g . b u t in h e r f a l l | s h e b u r s t open t h e door of a room In w h i c h a m a n w a s s h a v i n g . In h i s f r i g h t h e g a s h e d h i s c h i n - a d l y a n d

h i s c la im f a r „ . J a a a pa iu .

slews necessary - to the establishment of flHme with the office of President . 1 c-nte/ a tree a n J i(iue;H--nJent government pre-• n p o n i ts udmii.lsiralion appreciat ing the pared to aasume aud per form the obliga-

reunonsllii il»e« which a t t aoh to tiuns of i n u r n a t i o n a i law which now rest upon the United States und . r t h ; t r ea ty of Par is . Tbe convention elect e l by the people to f r a r r e a consUtutl n Is approaching the completion of its labors.

rcotlon and favor af Almlgnty o o o . i The t r ana fe r of American control to t he should Kbrirk from the dut ies th is day _new government is of surh great import- face these dut ies a l a ssumed if 1 did not feel t ha t in tbe i r anoa. Involving an th l lga i ion resul t ing tlon alike of their p e r f o n n a n c e I should have the co-opera f r o m our intervention and t be t r ea ty of th.-ir /liffimltv. But t lon on the wise and patr iot ic men of ali peace, t ha t 1 am glad to lie adi'ised, by pcr t tea . I t encourages BBe fo r t h e great the recent act of Oongraas, of t he policy

" — — w h i c h the legislative branch of the gov-

life In which, whether we will or not . we must t a k e an cv«r Increasing ah a r e And as. keen-^yed. we gaze lr.;o the com ing years, duties, new and old. rise thick and f a s t to confront u i f r t m within and f rom without.

• ren t ly Invoking for my guldanei t h e di-favor af Almighty God. 1

which 1 now under take to believe t h a t those who voluntarily committed to i e rnment deems esaentlal to the best in-— the t r u s t Imposed upon the cldcf ex-coutive of t he republic will give to me generous support In my dut ies to "pre-serve, protect and defend t h e Consti tu-t ion of t he United Sta tes ' and to 'care t h a t the laws be fa l ihrnl ly executed. ' T h e nat ional purpose is indicated t h r o g.i a nat ional election. It Is the const i tu-t ional method of ascert i i lnlni; t he public will. When once It Is registered li U

teres ta of Cuba and the United S la t e s Tbe principles which led to our in te r -vention require tha t t he fundamen ta l law upon which the new govenunen i res t s should be adapted to si-cure a gov-ernment capable of performini: the du-ties and dlschargtiiR the funct ions of a sepa ra te nation, of Observing Its in t e rna tional obl lcat ions of protect ing l ife a n J property, insuring order, safe ty and lib-

F a d TowarC tt« y. 'There is every reason w h y we should

face these du t i e s a l t h u sober apprecia importance and o

their difficulty. But th< re a lso Is every reason for f ac ing them wilh h ich-he«r :e . resolution and e a g t r and contident fa i th In our capacity to do tbem ar ight . A great work l iss ready to t he hand of th i generaUon; It should count Itself h a p p y indeed, t h a t to It Is given t be prlv.leg of doing such a work. A leading par therein must be taken by t h i t , the augus and powerful legislative body ever which 1 have been cal.ed to preside. Most deep-ly do X apprecia te the privilege of m position: f o r high, indeed, i s t he honor of presiding over the American Senate a l the outset of tha twent ie th century. '

Mrtata Keed R«at. I t m a y sound s t r angeJy t o h e a r p e r -

s o n s u l k a b o u t a " t i r e d s tee l a x l e "

o r a f a t i g u e d Iron r a i l . " b u t t h a t so r t of t a l k Is b e a r d a long ra l l s rays a n d in m a c h i n e shops , a n d is cons ide red

c o r r e c t " T h e idea of i n a n i m a t e m e t a l b e c o m i n g weary!** m a y be y o u r

t h o u g h t , bu t e x p e r t s f a m i l i a r wi th t h e w a y s of m a c h i n e r y s a y t h a t w o r k

m a k e s it t i red , a n d t h a t It needs r e s t , a a you do . " W h a t caused t b e a x l e t o b r e a k ? " a s k s t h e r a i l w a y s n p e r l n t e n -

den t . " F a t i g u e of t h e m e t a l . " a n s w e r * t h e Inspec tor . S inews of s tee l can t i r e aa well as m u s c l e s of b r a w n , a n d m e t a l

t ha t does n o t h a r e I t s r e s t will c e a s e t o do i t s w o r k , a n d m a y a u s e g r e a t damage . A t l eas t s o t h e e n g i n e e r s s a y ; a n d a s s e r t t h a t w i t h o u t res t t h e

af f in i ty of t h e molecn les of t he m e t a l f o r each o t h e r becomes w e a k e n e d , un -

t i l t h s b r e a k i n g po in t la r e a c h e d .

Rharp Par iah by Mlll loaa. O D D S A N D E N D S .

T h e d r o u t h In t h e w e a t e r n d i s t r i c t s ^ .

«C N e w South W a l e s la t e r r i b l e . Over 0 1 0 U t p U t

20,000,00 s h e e p h a v e p e r i s h e d . T h e . n , v i h » a m a of d rou th-a f f l i c ted c o u n t r y i s vas t | A n a a t r o n o m e r r e p o m tha t h i s busi-

X u g h t o find r o o m f o r t w o o r t h r e e ^ ^ * * * * * k i n g d o m s , and It Is a s m o n o l o n o u s lb T h e h o m e nocre ta ry hns t he p o w e r t o

v a s t K i l l s a r e u n k n o w n . T b e r i v e r s P * * * ' w m- i rdu- in E n g l a n d . a r e m o r e d i t ches . At t h e w h spe r o : j T h e d - s l i n c t i o n a m o n g a n i m a l s re -r a l n t h e s e s o a ' i k e p l a i n s b'oi-tsom i n t o Qni r ing least sleep b e l o n g to t h e e le- ! d i t i ons wou ld he f o u n d if U J P churcL

u n p a r a l l e l e d v e r d u r e , b n t u n ^ e r t h e pl iant^ a ' e r e d o i n g t h e S a v i o r ' s wi l l . S a l v a

t Jmreh a Work U natva Inn.

Dr . J o h n s t o n Meyers s a y s ; " T h e firs;

work of t b e church a n d t b e C h r i s t i a n Is s a l v a t i o n . I t held a s u p r e m e piac-

in t h e l i f e of Jesua. I t i s u n f o r t n a a u w h e n a c h u r c h or a m i n i s t e r p l a c e tha work of t r a i n i n g , e d a c a t l a g o-- d ? ' 1.600 t o 11.500

. N A » fa r O l r a p U o (MIIBM. Bus iness m e n a n d m e m b e r s of t b t

f a c u l t y of t h e U n i v e r s i t y c f C h i c a g o w h o a t t e n d e d a d i n n e r a t t h e C h i c i g o c lub reoen t iy . s t r o n g l y u rged t h e t f f o r t

t o secure t h e O l y m p i a n feamta f o r U h -c a g o In 1901. a n d a p p o i n t e d a c m m i t -t ee t o p r e p a r e a c a r e f u l p m s p e c r u s . T b e c o m m i t t e e is co-npos?d of H e n r y J . F n r b e r , c h a i r m a n ; Vo iney W. F o s -

ter , P ro f . Geo rge E . V i n c e n t . A. A. S tagg a n d J o h n B a r t o n P a y n e . T h f q u e s t i o n of e x p e n s e w a s d i scussed a n d

t be loca t ion of a s t a d i u m s e e m i d t o be t h e only a p p a r e n t d r a w b a c k . T h e

l a k e f r o n t w a s sugges t ed a s a good s i te a n d t h e c o m m i t t e e i n s t r u c t e d to see if g r o u n d could be s e c u n d t h e r e . O the r c i t i es a r e b i d d i n g f a r t h e g a m s bo th in t h e Un i t ed S t a t e s a n d a b o a d

but C h i - a g o is said to be m o s t f a v o r -

ed. •

l» •mppea-ane* or tha CkaMnta. A t t e n t i o n i s called in F r e n c h sc ien-

tific j o u r n a l s t o t h e d i s a p p e a r a n c e of t h e c h a m o i s f r o m t h e F r e n c h Alps

T h e s e g r a c e f u l a n i m a l s , i a s p i t e of t he fact t h a t t h e y concea l t h e i r h o r m s a n a

p laces of r e f u g e in t h e mos t inacces-s ib le spo t s , a t h e i g h t s v a r y i n g f r o m

feet , a r e merc i l ess ly

ve lop ing a b o v e the w o r k of sou? sav

ing. T h e e x a c t i t verse of p r e sen t c o •

r a i n l e s s c r y s i a ' l i n e a k i a s t h e s e s h a d e - | I n IfcSO t h e wor ld s r a i l w a y s me~B-leas p a s t u es s ' i r h a : i n t o one \ a A l^vai nred 210 miles . Nuw the re a r e S7U,-

Onar of sai .U. WL.

do ing t i on would be t he r e g u l a r s e rv i ce and

t h e d e v e l o p m e n t oi t h e church t b e spt ela? u t r v l c e . "

h u n t e d o u t a n d s h o t down. B-» tha* t h e r e i s d a n g e r cf t h e i r c o m p l e t e ex-t inc t ion . I n I t a ly t h e r e is a l a r g e re

1 serve on which t h e c h a m o i s a - e pro-

t ec t ed . a n d t h e f o r m a t i o n of a s i m l ' a r

r e se rve in F r a n c e is a d v o c a t e d .

Agricultural: e Implements

We have everything that is to be found in a first-class implement store and we can save you some money if you purchase your next piece of machinery here, be-sides giving you a guarantee that you can't get of every dealer you may buy from. Come in and see us.

H. NASH.

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Lowell's Up-to-Date Goods Store.

A t Weekes' you will always find U-to-Dnto, Seasonable Dry Goods. We are always on the •watch for the latest and most desirable novelties. This week we call your attention t o j ^ ^ .

Spring Underskirts in Black and Colors, finished

in Ruffles, Cordings and Knife Pleatings.

Spring Weight Silk Etnb. French Flannel Waist Patterns

in all the leading shades, also a ftill line of plain French and Tricot Flannels.

R & 6 Corset No. 397

is a Corset of comfort and style. It is straight enough for the prevaling style and curved enough to conform to healthful anatomical lines.

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Available in all parts of the United States and Canada.

i HOME NEWS. |

Imported China handle teat 21 cents Collar's Bazaar.

Henry Hiler's family is on tbe mend.

Mrs. Ryder is recovering from her recent illness.

Mrs. J. F. Hatch's arm does not improve very rapidly.

Claude Wesbrook of Wisconsin is visiting friends here.

Syrup cans for $9.00 per 100 at Boylan's hardware store.

Rolan Mack and Cliff Hatch were in Saranac one day last week

All the new and dainty lines of breakfast foods at McMahon Bros.

Mrs. 0 . A. Robinson spent Sun-day with Grand Rapids friends.

L. E. Smith is holding forth at Howard City this week with bin book auction.

The Twentieth century club have pon'p ined the party announced for MarobJiO,uatV'!ilrt,ner niAvjA- „

The infant left by tbe lat.^ Katie Clark Watters at Ada, has followed us mother to her untimely grave;

Miss Ella Wiley spent several days wilh ber father in Grand Rap. ids, returning Tuepday evening.

Wanted—Shirtmakers, machine operators and even inexperienced bands at tbe Lowell Manufacturing company, Lowell. tf

Frank Maynard and wife of Fal-lassburg and Mrs. Frank H. Bacon of Sunfield were guests of Mrs. W. E. Johnson and Mrs. J. D. Harvey part of last week.

Married, in Ionia, Wednesday, March 6, Miss Effie Clay of Beld-ing to Allie Knee of Greenville, son of A. W. Knee of Keene. Tbey will be at home to friends at Beld-ing after May 1 .

Mrs. Myron Bozung of Keene died Monday night. Funeral ser-vices were held at the German church, just over tbe Otisco line, yesterday. She was a young wom-an, but bad been in ill health for many months. •

Should a copy of T U E LEDGER fall into your bands tbis week un-expectedly please accept it as an in vitation to become a regular patron of the paper. Look it over care-fully, see if is not worth two cents a week to you, and let us know your decision.

Wo have received from Tbe Suc-cess Music Company, 343 Fifth Ave., Chicago, several professional copies of tbe late sheet music. Tbis com-pany is putting some good music, l»oth vocal and instrumental, on the market and will gladly examine authors' manuscripts with a view to their publication.

Senator Weekes was at bis home last week sick with tbe grip. He returned to his labors at the capitol Tuesday, although not feeling first rate yet. He has not much bone for the passage of bis bill to make the office of village marshall elective. Ifc is a Rood plan and ought to be adopted.

Mrs. John Calicr is quite ill. [

Wanted—25 cords of green wood. ! Yeiter & Wadsworth.

Don't fail to attend Blain'scarpit i sale.

Oysters in bulk or cans at Mc-' Mahon Bros.

Imported China bandle teas 21 cents. ' Collar's Bazaar.

Mrs. Albert Ryder is quite ser-iously ill.

Mrs. Albert Raimer is suffering with tbe grip.

Mrs. M. M. Perry made a busi-ness trip to Greenville today.

W. A. Watts has been confined to tbe house several days thin week.

Allie Knee and wife of Greenville were guests of Mrs. S. M. Carr and Bessa, Saturday.

N. B. Blain reports good sales in carpets but has a few bargains loft. Now is tbe time to buy.

A farm of 120 acres to rent for cash, i mile west of Free Methodist church, in Orleans.

4wk J. G. Johnson. Mrs. R. W. Graham has returned

from a visit with her daughter, Mrs. V. J. Obernauer, at Dayton, Ohio.

Unclaimed letters at Lowell post-office for John A. Nash, J. C. Winegar, Mrs. Rachel Wendt, Ida Reilly, Mrs. Wm. Schultz.

W. R. Bowen of Keene broke bis collar bone, Tuesday afternoon, by being tipped over in bis sleigh on bis return home from Lowell.

WANTED—A man with horse to act as salesman and collector in tbe territory of Lowell. I will be at Hotel Waverly, Monday, Mar. 25. [2w] Lew Smith.

R. T. Matthews, late with Marshall Field & Co., of Chicago, has taken $2500 stock in tbe Lowell Manufacturing company and will represent tbe firm on tbe road.

Geo. Montague of Freeport was in town Saturday. He informs us that the assault and battery case against Phillips, Carver and himself was dismissed.

"Hollow Ash Hall," by Margaret Blount, is a new story; the first installment appears iu this issue of THK LKDOEK. Read tbe opening

Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Johnson at-tend tbe Michigan Press asso-citation at Lansing to-day and to-morrow. A banquet at tho agricul-tural •college is on tap this afternoon;

Geo. H Simons died at bis home in Vergennes Monday, March 11, at tbe age" of 81 years. Funeral services were held at tbe bouse-yes-terday, conducted by Rev. Mr. Wesbrook.

Frank White has bills printed at tbis office advertising an auclion sale of farm stock, implements, tools, etc., on the premises i mile south of Alton church on Tuesday, March 26 at 1 p. m. N. F. Gould auction-eer.

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Old age is a matter of years—-Old,Sight is a question of glasses.

If you find a difficulty in read-ing while for distance your sight is good, you require "old sight" glasses. Old sight usually shows itself at about forty.

A competent be consulted, satisfaction.

optician should We guarantee

We make a specialty of teas and coffee. McMahon Bros.

Tbe convention of tbe Bowne township Sunday School association will be held at Bowne Center, Sun-day, March 17. Sessions at 10.30, 2 and 7 o'clock.

Just received a job lot of en-velopes at tbis office, white wove xxx size 0}. Good thick, strong, large while envelopes. While tbey last, will give them to you with your business card printed on tbem at only 80o per 100 or 50c for 200.

Puny children with weak conBtilatinns can at tain an nnusnai degree of bodily and mental vigor by taking Rock} Mountain Tea this month made by the Madison Medicine Co. Sfic A»k your drnggiHt.

Mr. and Mrs. Chas. McCarty re-turned Tuesday evening from their prolonged western trip. Charlie says he helped initiate tbe president of Mexico into tbe Shrine and had seven different kinds of wine at a banquet following. He also saw a bull fight and lots of otber things and looks as if western air agreed with him.

This will be a good year to ease up on local taxation. $2,000 less than was raised for the village last year will do for this. Township and school taxes should he light-ened, too, if possible without in-jury to public service. 'When vot-ing appropriations will l)e a good time to remember that whatever raised must come from the taxpay-ers' pockets.

At the annual meeting of tbe Pbila A. Clark union bold at tbe rooms of Mrs. Harriet Peck Tuesday March 12th tho following officers were elected: Mrs. W. S. Merriman, president; Mrs. i f . J. Painter, Rec. secretary; Mrs. D. B. Davidson, cor. secretary; Miss Mary McLean, treasurer. Mrs. Merriman was chosen as delegate to the district convention to be held at Sparta Agril 3, 4 and 5, Mrs. Davidson alternate. Mrs. O. O. Adams will represent the uniou as supcriu-undent of legislation and petition.

Smyrna Died—March 8 at hia home in Otiscu,

William Btandon, aged C9 yeara. The funeral was held at the Baptist church Sun day afternoon He leaves his wife, one son

> • (Mtifcuier. . The remaina of Mra. Nora Stoom? .?£.

Balding were brought here one day la-t week for barial in tbe Smyrna cemetery

Carl Hoppough of Bemua was in town one day laat week.

Earl Brown and wife of Carson City Titited hia cousin, Mrs. Chaa Dumon, last week.

Mr. and Mra Rogera have gone to their home in Pottersville after spondin1/ three years keeping house for her brother, Mr. Short.

Mrs. ClynthaRingof Keene is visiting friends in Belding and this place.

My hesrt and hand another da imed. His plea had COL'U~ too late. It'a ever thus with people without pluck

and vim, Take Rocky Mountain Tea, don't get left

again. Ask yonr druggist.

ELECTRIC SCIENCE.

gwg T H E PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION A T BUFFALO

. A, WILLIAM L BUCHANAN, NM^CIIRW . AR COURTCBV of coujaa-B wtiiav.

F T H E people of the republics

nnd countries of Centra l and South America fully renlized

to how great an ex ten t misin-format ion with regard to their several conntrlen exists In the United States

and Canadn. the rnn-Amer lcan Exposi-tion would be taxed beyuml i ts limit to

provide space for the exhibi ts tha t

would come from those countr ies to enlighten I lie people of the United States and Canada roncernlng their

neighbors tu the southward. If . on the other hand. Ihe people of the United Sta tes nud Canada knew to nny ap-preciable degree of the wide opportuni-

ties for the prolltable investment of money and energy which offer them-selves lu Central nnd South America, they would not require such exhibits

to a w a k e n their Interest, nor would such opportunit ies long remain un-

known or unpossessed. The Objrel of Ibe Bxpoaitlon.

The ideal had In view by those who planned the Pan-American Exposition

nnd toward the accomplishment of which nothing Is being l e f t undone tha t energy nnd effort can bring about or suggest Is tha t lu all t ha t apper-

ta ins to tbe industr ial and Intellectual development of the countr ies of the Western Hemisphere the Pan-Ameri-can Exposition shall occupy the posi-tion of a greet In ternat ionai " Informa-tion Clearing House." While Interest-ing miliionB a s a beau t i fu l spectacle, i t will afford an opportuni ty to the peoples of the three Americas to be-come bet ter ncqnainted wi th each oth-er. and It will prove a very prominent factor , too. In developing a proper and Just appreciat ion In encb country of t b e industr ial w a n t s and t r ade posal-billties of their neighboring countries of the Western Hemisphere.

While their view of the duty and task Imposed upon them In this regard has been broad the generosi ty and pub-lic spiri t of the promoters and man-agement of the Exposition In provid-ing fo r the set t ing of t be Exposition a magniflcent. fairyl ike spectacle In landscape and building effects and In a r rang ing fo r the sumptuous , Intellec-tual en ter ta inment of visitors within • h e gronnds have been brooder. It Is safe , I

F e a t u r e of G r e a t I n p o r t a n c e a t t h e P a n - A m e r i c a n .

Electricity and electrical appliances a r e to receive such at tent ion a s to make this one feature of the Pan-American Exposition of the greatest Importance In the history of efecfrtcal development. In addit ion to the spec-tacular uses of electricity In Illuminat-ing buildings, towers, courts nnd foun-tains there will be very Important dem-onst ra t ions of the application of the force to many new purposes. Among them will be wireless telegraphy, tho X rays, the electromobile, telegraphy to and from moving t ra ins by Induc-tion. the Improvements In the electric l ight and telephone. The wonderful labor saving qualities of electricity have revolutionized tho production of many n r t i d e s of merchnndise within the pnst deende. This phase of em-ployment of the electric fluid will form a most pleasant study fo r thoee who nre Interested in the newest of the sciences, nnd such n s tudy ns will only be possible n t the Exposition. The de-velopment of electric power will be 11-Instrnted In a comprehensive manner .

Wedding Stationery. Correct form, printed neatly and

price right; aud orders for engraved invitations and announcements taken at T H E LEDCIER office.

Map-paper—New stock just re-ceived at tbe LEDGER OFFICE.

* ''.n-y-DIBBCTOR OEXVRAL BDCBAXAX.

tlon tha t a s a result of all this t he ver-dict of those who visit Buffalo next yea r will be thnt in cer ta in phases, and In not a few. the Pan-American Expo-sit ion will be jus t ly entitled to r ank In history a s the most beaut i fu l and successful of American Expositions.

No one who has approoched the sub-j e c t of Industr ia l Pan-America seri-ously believes t ha t t b e artiOclal t r ade conditions now exis t ing between Cana-da, the different Centra l and South American republics aud the United B t a t e s - a s they affect and res t r ic t com-merce and coramunication between the different count r ies - can long continue, nor can It be controverted tha t great changes for the be t te r In these regards have taken ploce dur ing the past few years. Indeed, a grea te r advance has been made dur ing the past ten years In t b e countr ies of tho Weslern Heml-, sphere in all that counts for the better t han dur ing the fiO years preceding. Th is s ta tement , made broadly, can bo verified in detnll i t applies to every-th ing tha t has tended toward stabili ty of government, t oward the bet terment a n d Improvement of the people of tho different countries, toward the build-ing up therein of permanent national wealth and in the direction of utilizing to a grea te r degree than heretofore tho products and resources of those coun-

triee, G o T e r n m e n U a n d E x p o r t P rodno ta

of l o a t h Amer loa . It la true that cxcentloni tfl Ulif

s ta tement can be easily pointed out : but , broadly speaking. It will bear In-vestigation and will be found to be cor-r e c t For example, with few exceptions tbe seemingly unending boundary dis-p u t e s - a l l of which, by the way. came • down from the old Spanish regime ns an Inheritance and which have been fo r 70 years the source of untold ex-pense and of constant Irritation and o f t threatened war between practically all of the republics of Centfal and South A m e r i c a - h a v e been amicably concluded. The closing d a y s of the century find tha t chief source of trou-ble In Latin America happily reduced to a comparat lvf ly small po in t It Is but Just to these republics to sny In this connectlpn tha t due credit should be given them for the fact that In reaching this result they have consist-ently recognized the theory of a rb i t ra-tion to be the proper and t rue method by which such International disputes

may be solved. Today no boundary difficulty of any kind affects the peace of the east coast of South America, and but two such questions aro still to be adjus ted upon the west coast. Stable government, well administered, has been reached in very many of the re-publics south of us. In some—notably in those toward the ext reme south of the continent—the most s tr iking and rapid advances Imaginable hove been made dur ing the pas t ten yeqrs in the i r material development and In the pros-perity of their people.

This has been especially t rue of the Argentine Republic and of Chile. F i f ty years ago tho la t te r supplied flour to the entire west coast of South, Centra l and even to t ha t of North America. The development of California and Or-egon, however, changed this, and today the la t ter not only supplies their own wants , but as well a large section of Central and pa r t of Western South America with breadstuffs . Chile on her par t has become the world's n i t ra te producer and notably so In copper, while her vineyards have Increased with each year.

In the Argentine - Republic the changes that have occurred are even more striking, because they re la te to things with which we of the United States and Canada a re more famil iar . I t Is, for example, relatively speaking, but a few yenrs since the United Sta tes

Inventory We have Just finished invoicing

onr SUH k and find that we have a few sela of

DISHES AMO^

LAMPS To Close out at your

Own Price.

Collar's Bazaar.

tal expense a t least $15 less t han It Is possible to do tbe some th ing In ei ther the United Sta tes or C a n a d a - w h i l e a greot advan tage lies with the producer of River Pla te m u t t o n - t h e y would realize the s t rong appearance of prohft- • blllty to the of ten quoted statemedtT made by some that the not d i s t an t fu-ture would br ing River Pla te mut ton to our tables in the United Sta tes .

Grea t C a t t l e Zones In t h e Soa th . Many public men In South Amer ica

believe th i s will occur, reasoning a s they do t ha t t he conditions In the Unit* ed States a re such and their develop-ment In manufac tu re s is so pronounced tha t it can be looked upon a s a l together probable t ha t within tbe next ten years meat will be profitably exported to t b e United Sui tes from the g rea t ca t t le zones of South America, They also believe tha t the tu rn of the t ide t h a t has carried tbe United S ta tes into t h e position of a lender of money ra the r than a borrower will then car ry tbe well known aggressiveness and zeal of American financiers and Industrial op-erators Into South America, w h e r e a highly profitable field would be found for the employment of capi ta l In t h e development of many of t be smaller Industries now In existence the re a n d In the consolidation and operation c o l a large scale of the mea t producing! plants there and In the handl ing of breadstuffs and all thei r related Indus-tries.

Millions of acres of t i l lable land. In an excellent climate, with every facili-ty except Immediate t ranspor ta t ion,

. „ . . . awa i t those who will seriously look f o r was ahlpping III P H I H W U J L w t r n l A m e r I « C T W ^ Republic and to U m g u a y . TodJy. a s n I t w a g t h p o a r r

result of the Immigration t ha t hns poured Into those republics, but prin-cipally Into the first country, and as a result of the application of North Amer-ican f a rm machinery to the grea t allu-vial basin of the River Plate, t he Ar-gentine Republic alone exports to Eu-rope 85,000,000 bushels of whea t and half t ha t amount of maize each year. Not content with having thus become the competitor of the United Sla tes nnd Canada in the Old World in the expor-tation of breadstuffs . the same republic has also become their competitor—and a strong nnd growing one. too—In the exportation of mea t products. Few have any Idea of the growth of this »n duatry In the River Plate republics Thi r ty years ago (Jrent Britain Import-ed less than 300.000 pieces of frozen mutton. Indeed thn t wns the begin-ning of that Industry. Todny there a re killed, frozen and exported to Europe each day f rom the province of Buenos Ayres alone. In the Argentine Republic, 13,tJ00 carcasses of ns good mut ton ns the world can produce, while Innumera-ble square miles of nlfnlfn fields dot t he republic nnd furnish rice, cheap fa t ten ing material for 30,000,000 or more of cattle possessed by the coun-try- ,

The advantages the people of the United States and Canada might obtain by grasping the t rue meaning of tho above facts would appear to me many and their value very great.

If they would, fo r Instance, bu t real-ize t be Bignificonce of the o n e ' f a c t tha t a well bred, f a t Bteer can be and Is being produced In the Argentine Ro-oubilc aud exported to England at a to-

earnest wish and purpose of those who formulated and planned the Pan-American Exposition t h a t In III the above fields they might, th rough the Exposition, do something tangible toward bringing to all a be t te r knowl-edge than now exists concerning the countries of the Western Hemisphere and tha t there might result f rom the Exposition something of value In the direction of a wider dissemination of that practical knowledge of our sur-roundings and of our fu tu r e Industrial outlook so much desired by all of us and so essential to a proper realization on our own par t of the problems of t rade and of commerce t ha t a re In • tore for UB and fo r our children to solve, t ha t through It t h e people of tbe Western Hemisphere might more cleat*-ly appreciate than they now do t he enormous resources of the Western HemlBphere and the poBBlbllltles It con-ta lus fo r the building up of an enor-mous Industrial empire, containing, a s

It does, tbe most fert i le agr icul tural lands of the world toward both ex-tremit ies of the hemisphere, with min-erals and forests ad jacen t in e i ther sec-tion, wi th great navigable wa te rways in both North and South America and wi th a central zone capable of produc-ing to an unlimited degree all t he trop-ical nnd subtropical products known tQiir used by man.

(Continued next week)

Reaulia. Immediate and lasting. Before and after trying other remedies use Rooky Mountain Tea thla month. 'Twill keep von well all summer. A great spring blexaing. Ask your druggist.

GEE WHIZ! GODFREY

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