THE LOWELL LEDGER.lowellledger.kdl.org/The Lowell Ledger/1901/05_May/05-02-1901.pdf · THE LOWELL LEDGER. VOL .VIII, NO. 46. LOWELL, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1901 WHOLE NO. 410.

THE LOWELL LEDGER. VOL .VIII, NO. 46. LOWELL, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1901 WHOLE NO. 4 1 0 .

The Public Schools

Too often overlook the practical side of a boy's education. It therefore becomes our pleasant duty to assist this boy in getting a knowledge of those things which must short-ly concern his financial welfare. Our greatest effort is to encouragc the boy to save money. Send him to us for information, if you desire.

CITY BANK, Hill, Wa t t s & Co.

Refrigerators Now is the golden opportunity to

secure one of those celebrated Sanitary Refrigera-tors at Manufacturers' Cost...

We are agent foi one of the best Awning and Tent Houses in Michigan. Place your orders with us and save money.

R. B. Boylan

KEEP YOUR

On our Kodak Department and if it gets tired come in and get a pair of glasses and rest it—a perfect fit guaranteed. ^

Ocnoral Kodak Supplies— Plates, Films, Papers, de-velopers, Toning Solution, etc.

The People's Store. The White Front.

A. D. Oliver

Closing Out Sale of Shoes J W E E K S more to close out the entire Lee stock of

Shoes and Rubbers. Come early. The rush is great. Tell all your friends to come to the Closing Out Sale of Shoes. They must have shoes, so help

them to save many dollars by coming here.

ZfAts ent/re stock muat go in the next three weeks

Ladies' aad ChiWren's Shoes Ladies' K e l t ' s | 3 50 flhws | 2 50 Ladies' Pingree 8 50 ehoes 2 50 Ladies' Fine Torn shoes 8 00 2 26 Ladies' Fine Tan Turn shoes 3 50 2 60 Ladies' Fine Dongola shoes 2 00 1 25 Ladies' Best Tan and Black Oi fords

2 00 1 60 ] adies' Best Oxfords I 00 Ladies' Patent S t rap Sandals 1 60 I 00 M iwes and Children's shoes 1 00 Mii«es v e r j fine Black and Tans 2*00 1 50 One lot Babies Black and Tan fool

form shoes, regular 1 25 G9o . Babies Black and Tan Shoes 65c 50c Ladies' Boston Rubbers 46c

WHO WILL GET IT? RECORD OF BICYCLE VOTE

UP TO LAST NKiHT.

H e l p Y o u r Young; F r i e n d t o a F i n e

A d l a k e W h e e l .

Lowell, May 2, 1001. The vote in the bicycle contest

htands this morning :is follows; Mary Aldrich 621 Melvin Lake 204 Hertha A. WcKbrook 260 Freda Bailey 300 Jay Watters 155 LaVancho E. Wright 5V Georgio H. Morse 82 Will Davey 76 Karl Vanderlip 61 Burt Charles 62 Charles I'elerle 16 Irene Murphy 1 Agnes McQarrety 1 Martin Nyburg 18 Kate Kinyon 281 Clare Lillic 59 Ethel Stone 1 Jennie Andrews 2 Glenn Hart 1 Willie Murphy v

After this week names having less than 10 voles will be dropped from the list. Those wishing to slay in the race can easily secure that num-ber of votes. However, all votes will be counted and names printed in list when tbey have received 10 or more votes.

Persons who cast a lot of "Popu-lar Lady" coupons this week are in-formed that they are "n . g ." in this contest.

Contestants should not be mis-led by appearances. Votes are ev-idently being held back. This is, contrary to our wish. Please vole promptly.

Votes are counted every Thurs-day morning. Witnesses permitted. Each week's ballot is separately sealed and the whole will be subject to final review if desired.

AT THE WAVERLY.

L a n d l o r d S w a y z e M a k i n g E x t e n s i v e

I m p r o v e r a o n t s .

Mine Host Swayze of Hotel Waverly is indulging in some ex-tensive and expensive improvements on his popular hostelry. The oftice, barroom, billiard hall, wash room and adjoining hall have been hand-somely painted, papered and grained and modern closets installed on the ground door, together with hand-some electric fixtures. On the out-side, adjoinjng the kitchen on the east, that i-eliable old mason, S. BrOwer, is building an 18x20 brick refrigerator, l i stories high.

It will all cost quite a wad of money but "Bob" says he is bound to give his patrons the benefit of modern improvements and the com-forts afforded by good hotels any-where.

DESTROYED BY FIRE.

T w e l v e Uor f l en C r e m a t e d In B e l d l n g

L ive ry S t a b l e .

Bolding, Mich., April 30. —Beld-ing was the scene of one of the hottest fires in its history tonight, when the Falcs livery barn was entirely destroyed by firo and twelve horses were cremated. The alarm was turned in about 11:30 and though the department responded at once all their efforts could not save the adjoining buildings from des-truction. the livery barn itself burn-ing like tinder.

Three horses were removed in safety, but twelve could not be gotten out of the doomed structure before they were leached by the flames. Among the burned horses was a valuable animal belonging to D. G. W ecer.

The origin of the fire is unknown. The loss on building and contents will reach 86,000, with but a small portion covered by insurance.

WILL PLAY BALL.

Lowel l B o y s G e t t i n g R e a d y f o r B a s e

Ball S e a s o n .

Lowell ball tossers are getting in shape to resume operations at the old stand and prospects are good for some lively games this season.

The team has not yet been decided upon and all the boys desiring to play will be given a chance. Prac-tice games will be played every Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings. All wishing to play should present themselves on those occasions.

E. J . Burnskill, D. G. Look's genial clerk,, who pitched winning ball for Jackson in 1805 will do the twirling and Jakeway of last year's team will catch.

K i c k e d bv a H o r s e .

Clyde James, a lad living near Fox's corners, was kicked behind an ear- by a horse yesterday noon, and was burled to the ground with such force that his temple and shoulder were injured. Mr. James says the boy was unconscious for ten minutes. Dr . Towsley was called, found no bones broken and thought he would recover. Noth-ing having been heard from Clyde today, it is thought he must be do-ing well.

D e a t h of P e t e r C o o n r o d .

The funeral of Peter Coonrod, who died Saturday at the age of 70 years, was held at the brick school house on the Ada road, Monday, April iio, conducted by Rev. J . W . McAllister.

Deceased leaves a sister, two sons and a number of grand children.

Men's aod Beys* Shoes Men's Stelsou | 5 00 Shoes $3 50 Men's Pingree 4 00 shoes 3 00 Men's Selz Swab Patents 6 00 4 00 Men's Bebt Tan shoes 3 50 2 75 One lot Men's Tans 3 00. 3 50 2 25 Men's Cordovan shoes 2 60, 3 00 2 00 Men's Calf thues 2 00 1 50 One Large Lot ot Calf Shoes 1 25 Boys' Kid Tan shoes 2 00, 2 B0 1 60 Boys' Fine Calf shoes 2 00 1 26

Our new line of Little Cent's Shoes have come so we can fit the boys in all si zee. To make it easy they go at 1 25

See those Men's Bicycle Shoos, Elk Skin, at $2.00. Boys Bicy-oloshoet, only a fe\^pairs left , these are going at $1.00. Come. If you don't see what you want ask for it. 1

E. Y. Abell Co... Sucoeesort to J. E. Lee. Lowell, Mich,

D e a t h of M r s . T a f t .

Mrs F. O. Taf t died'at her home in this village Monday at six o'clock p. m., after a sickness of about three weeks. Funeral services were held this afternoon at the house con-ducted by Rev. D. B. Davidson,

Julia Howe was born in Randolph, New York, October 6, 1849. She was married in February 1870 in Owosso, and in 1872 they came to Lowell where they lived until ten years ago. Then they moved to Texas. Mr. Ta f t died there and she returned to Lowell where she made her home until the time of her death.

,Two cMildren were born, both surviving, Lyman H. andAllon both of Lowell.

Her mother, Mrs. L. L. Howe and sister, Mrs. J . B. Crushman, of Greenville and another sister, Mrs. James Flynn and husband of Detroit are here to attend the services.

P r i n c i p a l M e r r l m a n R e s i g n e d .

Principal H. S, Merriman of the East ward school has resigned in order to accept a position with the McCormick Harvester company, resignation to take effect tomorrow. The school board will meet tonight to fill vacancy.

S. P. Hick's barn had a close call yesterday noon. The litter at the stable door caught lire—probably from a Hre of burning leaves and grass in the next yard—and the side of the barn was soon in a blaae. Mrs. Hicks used the telephone to summon S. P. who did quite a job of sprinting on his wheel. The alarm was sounded but the fire was quenched without the aid of the department and with little damage by Neighbors Finch, Hakes and Camboll.

John Clark is buying wool one door east of MoMahon Bros.

M r s . R o g e r s B u r n e d O u t .

Mrs. Stella Rogers, whom many of our readers will remember as having done dressmaking in H. Nash's tenant house, went to the home of her parents, J . Edger and wife near Hastings last fall to care for her mother, who is in poor health. Later, she moved nearly all of her household goods to that place. A few days ago the house was totally destroyed by fire and all Mrs. Rogers' goods including her clothing were burned.

HOME NEWS.

C I k trout fishing Season Opens in One ttleek A r e Y o u

P r e p a r e d

We are headquarlcrs for

Fiahing Tackle, Rods, Reels, Hooks, Lines, Baskets, Spinners, Flics

aud all of the little extras that go to make up a fisher nan's outfit

also Bicycle Supplies and Repairing at

Spraker & Cambell

G e t Y o u l\ y /

Bicycles and

Fishing Tackle of

R. D. STOCKING.

Think Pi s 1 $5.00

Pulleti's All Wool Men's Suits astonish the local clothing1 trade...

$10.00 All Wool Fancy Worsteds finished and unfinished (21 ounce go6ds) in all styles and colorings—all the new and useful shades—elegantly tailored—finished with merchant tailor style and care Print won't do it it justice. Call on

W. W. PULLEN. The Same Old Stand, Lowell.

Highest market price paid for wool one door east of McMahon Bros.

A. L. Russell of Detroit visited his aunt, Mrs. A. S. Ford a few days this week.

Mr. and Mrs. Anion Kohn of Keeue celebrated their goldeu wed-ding auniversary last week Monday, with 64 guests present, 60 of whom were relatives. The old couple have lived on the homestead in Keene for 42 years.

Ross Kenyon of Lowell is the new barber at G, W. Kelley's barber shop. He has rented the rooms vacated by Geo. Montague. His wife aud two children came Satur-day evening a n i are now settled in their new homfe.—Freeport Herald-

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

There were 112 persons present at the Happy Hour service last Sunday and it looks as if more seats would have to be provided in order to accommodate those want to at-tend. The address by Supt. Thom-as was a most practical and helpful one and like those that have preced-ed it should have been heard by a larger number of boys and young men.

The address next Sunday will be by Mr. H. S. Merriman on the sub-ject of Amusements. Special mu-sic will be provided.

r, I X When You

Our Dress Tr imming Dep't is complete.

Try one of our Sum-mer Corsets. The ; will please you.

Our French are bargains.

Girdles

the Feel the need of lighter clothing as

warm days approach, remember that we have new and up-to-date lines in Pe r -

cales, Ginghams, Dimities, Shirt Waists, Etc., that are strictly seasonable in style

and weight. Our Hosiery and Under-wear Departments are also complete in

ladies' and children's wear. In fact, for all seasonable goods, we invite you

to come in and look through our

. before you buy.

Yours very resp'y,

{J . B. NICHOLSON...

J

I tit/

/ f v '

1

The Boys' Union chorus has been invited to sing at Memorial day exercises.

The Bible class will meet next Monday evening with Mrs. Ranney.

That splendid teacher of the Bi-ble, E. A. Marshall of the Moody Institute, Chicago, will be with us May 20, 21 and 22. Further notice later.

Franklin bread has the same flav-or you used to get when,as children, you used to chew wheat until it made gum. Weldon Smith makes it.

M. E. C h u r c h N o t e s .

A revival campaign will be held at the M. E. church, beginning about May 20. The pastor has se-cured tho assistance of Kerr & Johns, two of tho leading evangel-ists now in the field. All are cor-dially invited to attend.

Beautiful floral decorations were contributed to tho funeral of Miss Rule Brown by the Mercy and Help department of the Epworth League.

The social held in tho Epworth League parlors last week was a bril-liant success

&

& * * % *

o o o

$ •:!'? 51: $ * ^ » » % * >R V V >!'• O

^ • l

•::j

•:.>

•:iJ

Hollotv Ash

J o / / a / / J o B Y M A R G A R E T D L O V N T .

C H A P T E R X. ( C o n t i n u e d . )

Mr. Cowley ' s Jaw d r o p p e d . H i s faC3 wou ld h a v e been a s t u d y f o r a p a i n t e r

ho Razed a t h i s u u e a r t h y vlsl tantH. w i t h h is h a n d s r e s t i n g u p o n h i s knees .

H e h a d t h r e a t e n e d such v l s l t o r i w i t h t h e tongs . It Is t r u e : b u t p inch-i n g t h e i r nosea w a s t he t h i n g f u r t h e i -• s t f r o m his t h o u g h t s a t t h a t m o m e n t .

W i t h h is h e a r t b o a t i n g a l m o s t to • u f f o c a t l o n . he wa tched t h e i r movo-menta . H o longed fo s p e a k , a bu t f i e w o r d s died upon h i s H p s . ' a n d hla t h r o a t f e l t pa r ched and h o t

S lowly t bey a d v a n c e d t o w a r d s h h c h a l r ~ t h e n u n ' s s a d eyes fixed s i l en t ly on h i s f aco—the o u t s t r e t c h e d band of t h e black m a n poin t ing t o w a r d s bin

' h e a r t . H o bore It mnnfuMy for a m o m e n t ;

b u t nea re r , s t i l l neare r , t hey came— t h e h a n d a lmos t totiched bis shoulder ' . '

I t was too m u c h fur poor flesh a:i 1 blood to bear .

Ho g a v e a sor t of st if led c r y — t h r e w b lmse l f back In b is cha i r—evaded tho ! • b a d o w y grasp , aud d a s h e d head long

f r o m t h e room. I Up the da rk s t a i r s be flew, and flntl-

Ing h i s own door, r a t h e r by In s t i nc t t h a n by s ight , b e b lunde red In. upse i - , t i n g two cha i r s , and s t a r t l i n g M n . Cowley f rom w h a t was a p p a r e n t l y hoc first and swee tes t nap.

" W h a t Is t he m a t t e r , my d e a r ? " s h e said, s i t t i ng u p In bed a n d r u b b i n g her t y e s . " H a v e you h u r t y o u r s e l f ? "

"Oh , don ' t t a l k to m e ! " g roaned Mr. Cowley. " N o t o n e g h o s t h a v e I seen , j b u t t w o : a n d we' l l ge t o u t of t h i s In- | f e r n a l p lace t o m o r r o w ! "

R o s e a n d C a t h a r i n e h e a r i n g t h i s In , t h e i r own b e d r o o m , h a d a h e a r t y l a u g h a n d then wen t a f t e r t h e t w o ghostrf.

w h o were p u t t i n g o u t t h e c a u d l e i d o w n below, a n d m a k i n g t b e m s e l v c i In m a n y w a y s e x t r e m e l y u se fu l .

B e f o r e t he c lock s t r u c k one, all ISe h o u s e w a s s t i l l—each I n m a t e w r a p p l d , In a sound a n d peace fu l s leep, inc lud- : I n g Mr. Cowley , w h o b a d recovered a l i t t l e f r o m h i s f r i g h t , a n d was t r ou -bled by no black m a n o r m u r d e r e d a u n Id b is d r e a m s .

C H A P T E R XI .

F r o m t h a t f a t a l e v e n i n g a new I fo b e g a n fo r Mr. Cowley. H e w a s no

longe r " m o n a r c h of a l l h o s u r v e y e d , " i

fo r in every d a r k e n e d r o o m . In every obscu re c o r n e r of t h e h a u n t e d house , i

l u r k e d s o m e t h i n g u n s e e n a n d u n h e a r l j by o the r s , b u t ful l of m y s t e r i o u s Ufa a n d mot ion fo r h i m . If a m o u s e

squeaked beh ind the WKlnscot, i t woul I t e n d h im s c u r r y i n g a l o n g the v a s s a g e !

a t t h e r a t e of t en v l le t , an h o u r ; If a d o o r s h u t suddcf l ly It m a d e h!m t r e m - \ b le and tur t pa le ; If a l i g h t s h o n e in

a w indow. If a hoa rd c r e a k e d u n e x - . ^ h y a n d " R(;8e l l ^ re i i red ' aT t h a > pectedly b e n e a t h b la fee t , ho w a s a p t

t o s t a r t , a n d . exc la im, " L o r d , b less

m e ! " X a t o n e t h a t did Mrs. Cowley ' s

1 o w n h o u s e in Meck lenbu rgh Square . W h a t was to be d o n e wi th t he b a n k e r to m a k e h im s t r i k e h i s col u s , dese r t h is s h i p a n d o w n himself sou. .d ly b e a t e n ?

I t was Rose w h o fo rmed a f r e s h p lan , which she t h o u g h t migh t bo suc-ccss ful . She proposed It t h a t even -ing w h e n tho c o n s p i r a t o r s met , as usua l In t ho t u r r e t c h a m b e r , to ba tch new plots a g a i n s t tho pcace of t he m a i -t e r of t ho house . But a t first, Mrs. Cowley had s o m e w h a t to say .

" I ' m a f r a i d wo sha l l have to g ive It up as a bad Job ," s h e r e m a r k e d , shaU-Ing her head do le fu l .y .

" W h y , m a m m a ? " asked C a t h a r i n e , " Y o u r f a t h e r will never own ho is

a f r a i d , my d e a r ; and 1 can see t h a t we a r e k i l l ing h im by Inches, H e Is

g e t t i n g so t h i n ; a n d . rea l ly he does n o t ea t enough to k ( e p a s o r r o w al ive . If we should w o r r y h i m Into a f j v e r

or a c o n s u m p t i o n , I shou ld never fo r -g ive m y s e l f . "

" N o f ea r of t h a t , a u n t , wh i l e h i s ob -s t i n a c y l a s t s , " repl ied h e r n e p h e w , c h e e r f u l l y . " B u t 1 wish t o g o o d n r s i

h e would get f r i g h t e n e d a n d g ive u s

a c h a n c e of s ee ing a l i t t l e more of t h i s r o u n d wor ld t h a n we can expoct t ' j s ee wh i l e Sve a r e cooped u p here . F o r

my p a r t , 1 feel a s If 1 was a k ind of I ron m a s k . You o u g h t t o m a k e m e a

h a n d s o m e p r e s e n t f o r u n d e r g o i n g t h s I m p r i s o n m e n t , a u n t . "

" S o 1 will , my d e a r . If It ever c o m e ; t o a n e n d . "

" T h e r e ' s t h e w o r s t of It."

"1 w o u d e r If be su spec t s , " said Mcr-Jorle.

" M y love, how shou ld h e ? "

" T r u e ! if he w a s a w o m a n , now, I shou ld feel s u r e t h a t be had d l s c o v e r e l o u r secre t . Be ing a m a n . 1 s u p p o s e t h e r e Is n o t m u c h f e a r . "

• " W e l l . " s a id Rose , complacen t l y , "I t h ink 1 can s e t you all f r ee . "

" H o w ? "

"By I n v e n t i n g a new ghos t , w h i c h I s h a l l p a t e n t . "

T h e y a l l l a u g h e d .

" Y o u sne h e ca re s Httlo fo r t h e c ra -d l e now. In f ac t . 1 t h ink we a r e all g e t t i n g used to It. But If you wl I on ly do as I tell y o u — w e wl.I b r ing t h i s o l J

room In to u s e — a n d t a k e the l e t t e r a n d t h e lock of h a i r we found he re , a n d s c a r e h im so he will be r e a d y a n d wil l -

ing t o go o u t of t he house t h e very n e x t day . '

R o s e t h e n e n t e r e d Into all t h e da-t a i l s of h e r p l an , which w a s pro-

nounced a n exce l l en t one by every •iody p resen t . In obedience t o h e r In-

s t r u c t i o n s , C a t h a r i n e had a t o o t h a c h e a n d Mrs. Cowley a h e a d a c h e t h e nex t even ing , wh ich f o r b a d e t h e m s i t t i n g

u p l a t e r t h a n n i n e o 'clock. Mrs. Ma-

t e r y h e a r t good, i n o n e word , t ho w o r t h y b a n k e r , f r o m a snug, good- !

t e m p e r e d denizen of M e c k l e n b u r g h Square , bad become t r a n s f o r m e d int-J t h a t s t r a n g e s t of a n i m a l s , a h a u n t e d

m a n ! H i s s leep w a s n o longe r peacefu l , f o r hn w a s p e r p e t u a l l y d r e a d i n g a ghos t ly v i s i t ; whi le Mrs. Cowl -y s n o ed

p lac id ly a n d p r o v o k l n g l y a t h is s ide .

H i s coffee los t I t s r e l i s h ; b ' s t e i lt< flavor, a n d h i s n i g h t l y gl iss of Ho l l and a n d w a t e r w a s t a k e n ' m o r e to sc rew h i s

c o u r a g e u p to t he s t i c k i n g po in t n t W t h a n f o r a n ac tua l p l e a s u r e It gave I j ;

h i m In t h e pecu l ia r a u d u n w o n t e d s t i t ) ,

of h is m i n d .

H e was h o r r i b l y f r i g h t e n e d . He '

b a t e d t h a t house w i t h s h i v e r i n g h a -t r e d ; he told blmf-elf t h a t If h e s a w a n - •

•other a c tua l a p p a r i t i o n t h e r e some-t h i n g d r e a d f u l would h a p p e n t ) h i m ;

b e would h a v e a f i t—an apoplec t ic one . '

very poss ib ly—or p e r h a p s , a s f o k ? of

palsy, which would leave h im wi th h i s

.face a w r y ! if w a s a h o r r i b l e t h o u g h t : bu t he k e p t It m a n f u l l y to h imsel f . Ha would h a v e su f f e r ed those s low t o r - 1

t u r e s of agonized f e a r a h u n d r e d t i m e s over r a t h e r t h a n o w n to t h e wi fe o f ,

b is bosom tha t h e h a d e r red In se lec t -Ing s u c h a place fo r h i s res idence . Ha m i g h t h a v e said as much to some g e n -

t l e m a n f r l ond . if o n e had chanced t i come In h i s w a y : b u t h is w i f e — n e v e r ! T h a t w a s a concepslon too g r e a t by f a r fo r t h e w o r t h y E n g l i s h m a n to m a k e . No, t ho h u s b a n d , l ike t he k ing , cou ld

d o n o wrong , a n d h e was d e t e r m i n e d , lo' u p h o l d t h a t doc t r i ne to t h e l a s t g a s p in h i s own f ami ly c i rc le!

Do you t h ink t h a t s ime circle, m o i n - 1 whi le , w a s u n a w a r e of t he s t r u g g ' e — I u n c o n s c i o u s of b i s f e a r ? N o t a b i t of I I t ! Mrs . Cowley, a s s h e a w o k e e a c h m o r n i n g f rom a r e f r e s h i n g s leep a n d ; s a w h i m ly ing pa le a n d u n e a s y upon b i s p i l low, smi led g r i m l y t o he r se l f ,

a n d wonde red bow long b e would t a k e , t o c o m e to h i s s e n s e s a g a i n . His d a o g h t e r s . t o o . w e r e r e j o i c i n g in t h e p a n g s t h e i r o w n m i s c h i e v o u s a r t s h a d | c aused , even w h e n t h e y a.sked a f t e r | " p o o r p a p a ' s h e a d a c h e " i n such mel - | l lduouB tones each m o r n i n g a t t h e b r e a k f a s t t ab l e . And Mrs. M a c a r t h y - -

d e c e i t f u l old s i n n e r t h a t s h e w a s — 1 l a u g h e d ti l l s h e cr ied s o m e t i m e s o v e r ,

t h e b r o t h s a n d jol l ies which s h e m a d e each d a y a n d wh ich s h e p ressed upon b i s a c c e p t a n c e w i t h a f ace as l ong a s

a n u n d e r t a k e r ' s . T h e w h o l e h o u s e w a s , In l e a g u e

a g a i n s t h im. a n d t h e poor wre t ch k n e w !

It no t . Yet h e s t nod it o u t m a n f u l l y : ' a n d t h T e s e e m e d s o m e d a n c e r t h a t ho- |

t w e e n h i s u n n a s i n e s s a n d h i s o b s t i n a c y j

b e w o u l d g r o w s e r i o u s l y 111. Bes ides , C h r i s t m a s w a s f a s t a p p r o a c h i n g a n d !

tli«» f i r l s w a n t e d t o d a n c e t h e N e w j T ^ m a n d t h e Old Yeaf o u t , ^ t t h e i r j

e a r l y h o u r , to w a i t upon the Inva l ds ,

a n d Mr. Cowley was lef t a l o n e l a h is g lo ry , w i t h o u t even a cat t o b e a r h i m

c o m p a n y . • H e did n o t o b j e c t t o t h e i so l i tude , howeve r . He mixed h imse l f s o m e m o r e grog , smoked o n e o r t w o c h e r o o t s , a n d f inal ly took u p a book t o

k e e p h imse l f a w a k e . I t w a s a v o l u m e of A m e r i c a n ta les , a n d t h i s w a s t ho s t o r y wh ich , by Ill-luck, ha h a p p m s d to se lec t : |

" W h i l e I lay one n i g h t In t h e first d i s t e m p e r e d v is ions of my l l ln? f s . I

heard tho.ê w h o watched b e s i d e m o t e l l i ng an old t a l e of a f a m i l y long 1

s i n c e e x t i n c t in o u r s e t t l e m e n t . "An old a n d w e a l t h y m a n h a d W J I ;

a f a i r y o u n g gir l f o r h is bri t le, an I I b r o u g h t h e r f r o m her n a t i v e E n g l a n i |

to t h i s d i s t a n t c o u n t r y t h a t he m i g h t j

s e p a r a t e her f o r e v e r f r o m a n ea r !y i love—a cous in t o whom h e r h a n d h a d o n c e been pledged a n d — s o sa id t h o ' goes ips—her h e a r t , a l w a y s g iven .

"Gold Is no l e s p o w e r f u l in t h e '

m o t h e r c o u n t r y t h a n th i s ; a n d f a r i ' s s a k e the f a t h e r of t he l ove ly O lne rva !

took back his pledged word , a n d g a v e b is ( l augh te r to a s t e r n a n d m o o d y m a n . w h o l i t t l e knew h o w t o v a l u a

t h e pr ize he h a d ga ined . "S<k f o r Amer i ca he s a | l c d a n d b u i l t

a s t a t e l y h o m e fo r b i s p a l e b r lda . on t h e ve ry p l ace whe ra o u r q u i e t l i t t l e |

vi l l age n o w s t a n d s . N o t h i n g w a s spa red t h a t t a s t e cou' .J

d i c t a t e o r l av i sh w e a l t h supp ly . B u t

l u x u r y w a s n o t w h a t t h e L a d y G i n e r v a des i red wh i l e love was o f fe red to he r . S w i f t l y as t h e y sa i led a c r o s s t ho b r i g h t b l u e sea . o n e fol lowed c lose upon t h e i r t r a c k , a n d R e g i n a l d , t h e dese r t ed lov-er . s o o n f o u n d his l a d y ' s f a i r r e t r e a t

c c s s n n t l y ; t h a t 1 f anc ied myse l f , n o w t h e s u c c e s s f u l lover , n o w t h e f o r s a k e n h u s b a n d ; a n d could only be pac l f l td by

t h e a s s u r a n c e of her speedy r e t u r n . " B e t h i s a s i t may, 1 c a n r e m e m b e r

well h o w o f t e n 1 s a w h e r s t a n d i n g by my bed, a n a i ry . I m p a l p a b l e s h a p e , of which 1 could not poss ib ly d i scover a

s ing le f e a t u r e ; bu t a l l seomed a gl t -t e r l ng a r r a y of mis ty lovel.neiH. And when . In a voice t h a t I could u n d e r -s t a n d ( t h o u g h on the du l l e r e a r s of my a t t e n d a n t s It fell l ike t he w h i s p e r s of t h e e v e n i n g wind) she bade mo seek her a t t h e Hall , how could I d i sobey? 1 only wa tched my o p p o r t u n i t y a n d c o u n t e r f e i t i n g sleep one hot s u m m e r a f t e r n o o n saw them all l eave the r o o m s with noise less s teps , a n d I k n e w t h a t

I was f r ee . " T h e g lass door a t t h e lower end of

my a p a r t m e n t led Into t he g a r d e n .

F r o m t h a t , t he lonely road led ove r t he hil l , a n d to t he s i t e of t he Hal l was easi ly ga ined . I d i e w my d r e el ig g o w n a r o u n d me, t h r u s t m y fee t In t3 a pa i r of e m b i o l d e r e d c l ippers a n d r a i s e d out .

"Oh. t h e glad thr i l l t h a t shot t h r o u j h ray ve ins a t t he first f r e e b rea th of t h a s u m m e r a i r ! Oh, t h e de l i gh t w i t h which m y parched l ips qua f fed t h o

c lea r w a t e r In t he f o u n t a i n by t h e a r -bor! I spi l led It ove r mo in my f e v e r ! h

ha.'-te! 1 t h r e w it ove r m y h o t face , a n d ove r my c lose 'y s h o r n h o a d ! T h e n

u n f a s t e n i n g the 1 t t l e wooden g t a I r a n s w i f t l y , long ing , b u t n o t d a r i n g , to

s h o u t a l oud in my Joy, t i l l tha hi l l r o a d was ga ined .

" I c l imbed the h i l l s a n d d e s c e n d e l t ho val leys—1 waded t h r o u g h t h e m o r -ass . n o t w i t h o u t a s i c k e n i n g f e a r w h e n

1 s a w t h e b rown a n d black w a t e r s n a k e s g l ide lov ing ly In pa i r s aro . ini i

me. " A t l eng th I s tood upon t h e b r o w of

t h e l a s t hil l a n d s a w w h a t 1 h a d not

b e f o r e d i s c o v e r e d — t h a t a p rec ip ice lay a t m y fee t . Jagged a n d r o u g h e n o u g h ,

It is t r ue , to a d m i t of a c a r e f u l d?-Kcent, b u t s t i l l a f e a r f u l t h i n g t o look a t a n d a t t e m p t . O t h e r way, h o w e v e r ,

t h e r e was n o n e ; a n d b o l d i n g my b r e a t h a n d u t t e r i n g an i n w a r d p r a y e r t o God. I began to descend . Slowly

t e n fee t of t he b o t t o m . 1 looked back a t t h e he igh t I b a d descended , a n d wi th a gay l a u g h g r a s p e d a t a bough which grew nea r , a n d s w u n g myself

f r o m the rock on wh ich 1 s tood . " B u t I was p r e m a t u r e l y exc i ted . T h e

s h r u b to which 1 h a d e n t r u s t e d m y Ufa a n d s a f e ty , t h o u g h s e e m i n g l y s t r o n g ,

was in rea l i ty decayed , a n d b u t el g h t l y roo ted . I fe l t it g r i n d i n g u p f r o m the

i g r o u n d , a n d k n e w t h a t in a n o t h e r mo-m e n t 1 should fa l l below. I c lu tched

I f r a n t i c a l l y w i t h m y f r e e h a n d . I s h r i e k e d a loud In m y f r e n z y a n d de-s p a i r when I f o u n d I cou ld n o t hold

i my p reca r ious foo t ing . 1 looked be-' n e a t h m e a t t h e r o c k y bed of t h e b rook ; a n d t h o u g h t h o w soon I s h o u l d l e

I u p o n It. s t u n n e d . a n d m o f o n l e ? s ; i t l m i g h t be d e a d ! T h e s h r u b b r o k e In

j my hand—1 was g o n e ! ' " B u t a t t h a t m o m e n t of my fal l , i t e r r o r g a v e m e s t r e n g t h , a n d with a

t r e m e n d o u s m u s c u l a r e f f o r t I t h - e w

m y body o u t f r o m the b a n k in a f r a n -

t ic l eap for l i fe . ( • "My presence of mind p robab ly s ved

m e : for In t h e p l ace of f a l l i n g d i rec t ly

below a n d u p o n t h e rocks , t h e Impe tus of my leap s e n t m e f a r o u t Into t h e s t r e a m , w h e r e a bed of s o f t s a n d r e -

ce ived me. a n d t h e cool w a t e r , t oo s h a l l o w to e n g u l f , r ipp led a r o u n d m c

In s e p a r a t e s t r e a m s .

" H o w long I lay t h e r e I c a n n t t i l l ;

b u t when a t las t 1 unc losed my e y e s a n d looked u p a t t h e c a l m , b lue s k y .

t h a t seemed to bond c lose above m e . t h e ho t s u n . t h o u g h vei led behind a pav i l ion of fleecy clouds, dazzled m y

eyes a n d b u r n e d m y c h e e k . (To be c o n t i n u e d . )

S N A K E S A V E S M I S S I O N A R Y .

Crawl* Uo.t l te

C H A P T E R XH. " B e a u t i f u l s h e was . b u t f r a i l . And

f o r g e t l n g a l l w o m a n l y h o n o r a n d d u t y s h e fled f r o m her b e a u t i f u l h o m e , a n d f r o m h h n w h o h a d g iven i t to he r . T h e I n j u r e d h u s b a n d d i scovered h e r t r e a c h -e ry t oo la te , fo r t h e i r ho r se s ' h o o f s w e r e s p u r n i n g t h e p a v e m e n t s of t h e

o u t e r c o u r t be fo re h e l e f t b i s r o o m ; a n d w h e n ho hu - r i ed d o w n the s t a i r s

Over l i t* FMt, •ni l

I idlati* Bun A war

A m o n g t h e e a r l i e r c o l o n i s ' s In N e w E n g l a n d w a s o n e , a m o s t d e v o u t m a n ,

a p reacher . , w h o s o zâl s o o n led h i m t o go as a m i s s i o n a r y a m o n g t h e r e d

m e n of t h e f o r e s t . A l t h o u g h t h e I n -

d i a n s l ived all a b o u t t h e l i t t l e s e t t l e -m e n t s of t h e whi ten , t h i s m a n decided t o go f a r In to t h e w i l d e r n e s s a n d to l ive en t i r e ly a m o n g t h e r u d e paople , t o w h o m h e wished to p r e a c h the gos -

pel. So h e t o o k h i s t e n t a n d se t i t u p a t a p l ace m a n y talles f r o m f i e nea r e s t w h i t e m a n ' s t o w n . H e l e a r n -ed t h e I n d i a n l a n g u a g e a n d e v e r y d a y p reached t o t h e u n l e t t e r e d sons of t h j fo res t . A t l e n g t h t h e I n d i a n a b e c a m e a l a r m e d a t t h e e n c r o a c h m e n t s of t h a

w h i t e s a n d decided t o r i s e and m a s -s a c r e t h e m . T n e l o n e m i s s i o n a r y

could h a r d l y hope t o escape . Ono n i g h t s e v e r a l I n d i a n s , w i t h t h e i r t o m -a h a w k s , s t a r t e d ' f o r t h ' t o k i l l h i m . T h e y c r e p t s i l en t l y u p t o t h e t e n t a n d peeped in . T h e r e s a t t h e good m a n . p o u r i n g o v e r h i s Bib le by t h e l i g h t of a flaming p i n e k n o t . T h e I n d i a n s

ra i sed t h e i r t o m a h a w k s t o s t r i k e h i m , w h e n t h e i r a r m s fell he lp le s s t o t h e i r s ides. A h u g e s n a k e , f e e l i n g t h a

w a r m t h of t h e fire t h a t g lowed n e a r t h e m i s s i o n a r y , g l ided o u t of h i s ho le , c r awled h a r m l e s s l y o v e r t h e m i s s i o n -a r y ' s f e e t a n d dlsf . ; p ea red . T h e I n -d i a n s t u r n e d a n d fled, f ee l ing s u r e t h a t t hey h a d w i tnes sed a mi rac l e . T h a

I Henry Heonte*# M o d ^ t y . Once, when an e n t h u s i a s t i c y o u n g

' c h a i r m a n a t a l a r g - mee t ing in Har -I lem, N. Y.p was m a k i n g an f a r n e s t an.l

s i nce re b u t very flattering speech In 1 I n t r o d u c i n g the la te Henry ( leorge. tho 1 l a t t e r wriggled and wr i thed as t h o u g ' i

j his c h a r a c t e r was be ing aspersed in-| s tead of praised. Unable •o bear it

longer , b e suddenly leaned fo rwa rd and

poked tho c h a i r m a n In the back wi th a wa lk ing - s t i ck he had found besl.lo him. T h o c h a i r m a n . In a flood of bel-

l o w i n g eloquence, chopped elf lo tha midd l e of a word , looked behind h im. had a whispered confe renco wi th t h a

ph i losopher , t u r n e d hack to tho aud i -ence, a n d said. Quiet ly: "Mr . Oeorgo don ' t w a n t m e t o get the rest of t h a t

off ," which t ickled t h e a s somblace In-

to s p a s m s of l a u g h t e r .

Arnldenu r m i i " i '>y Hnrt'j*.

S t a t i s t i c s a r e a t hand s h o w i n g thai In t h e f i rs t m o n t h of t he last q u a r t e r l a

F r a n c e horses caused 967 acclden' .s ,

w i th 88 fa ta l i t i e s . T h e ra l lwaya In t he

s a m e l eng th of t i m e caused 145, of wh ich e i g h t were fa ta l . T h e a u t o m o -

bi le was t h e cause of 38, w i th t w o fa -

t a l i t i e s , and tho bicycle was responsi*

ble f o r 119. w i th ' six doa th s .

F R O M D E A T H S D O O R .

Hi l l sda le , III., Apr i l J f t h . - M u c h In-t e r e s t ha s been a roused h e r e o v e r t he

case of Wi l l i am Marks , who h a s been in a dy ing cond i t ion fo r severa l m o n t h s w i th a n a p p a r e n t l y i n c u r a b l e K i d n e y Disease.

T h e lead ing phys i c i ans of t h i s place

h a d p r o n o u n c e d his case a hope less o n e , a n d o t h e r s f r o m P o r t Byron . Geneseo . and D a v e n p o r t , la., h a d a t -

t e n d e d h im. a n d In a c o n s u l t a t i o n de-c ided tha t he cou ld not l ive.

In de spe ra t i on , h is nephew Inqui red of Mr L F. Giles , a local d r u g g i s t , as t o a last r e so r t . Mr. Giles sugges ted D o d d ' s K i d n e y Pil ls , a r emedy which had j u s t been Int roduced here .

T h e r e su l t s were marve lous . Mr. M a r k s I m m e d l a t e y began to Improve , a n d wi th in a f ew weeks was ab le to be u p a n d abou t , comple te ly cu red .

H i s cure U t h e ta lk of t he n e i g h b o r -hood, a n d Is cons idered n o t h i n g s h o r t

of a mi rac le . T h e r e a p p e a r s to bo no doub t t h a t

t h i s new remedy , Dodd's K idney Pi l ls , will cure a n y case of K i d n e y Disease, f o r t he m o r e m a l i g n a n t f o r m s , such a s B r i g h t ' s Disease , Diabetes , a n d Drop-sy . yield read i ly to Its r e m a r k a b l e In-fluence. T h e s e f o r m s of C h r o n i c Kid-ney Disease h a v e h i t h e r t o been cons id-ered Incurab le , a n d h a v e baffled a l l

medica l sk i l l , a n d yet , t h i s new r e m -edy h a s cured every s ing le case in wh ich It ha s been used, in th i s n e i g h -borhood . T h e doc tors t h e m s e l v e s a r e amazed a t t h e w o n d e r f u l w o r k Dodd ' s K i d n e y P i l l s a r e a c c o m p l i s h i n g in R o c k I s land County .

Good n e v e r f a i l s t o h i m w h o neve r f a l l s t o seek i t

N o t h i n g is so m u c h p l a g i a r i z e d a s o r l g l u a l s iu .

C h e e r f u l n e s s is l l ie b e s t p r o m o t e r of h e a l t h .

Lune ' i Family Uertlolne Move? t h e b o w e l s each day . I n o r d e r

t o be h e a l t h y t h i s Is necessa ry . A c t s g e n t l y on t h e l iver a n d k i d n e y s . Cures s ick h e a d a c h c . P r i ces 25 a n d 500.

W a r is s w e e t t o h i m w h o does n o t g o to It.

A Monlh 'e Teat F r ee . t* yon b»ve w r ' l « I ) r- h

H h^P ililJorll Wll., not 1(3, tor t i t holt lei of Dr. Shoop • thu etprcM pnlJ. BWil.nomoney. Pny W.W If curb*

Lnrii**! f t A 1 Towbnat*. T h e Iowa I ron w o r k s of D u b u q u e h a s

been a w a r d e d tho c o n t r a c t t o bu i ld the l a rges t t owboa t In tho wor ld f o r

i the M o n o n g a h e l a Coal C o m p a n y , P i t t s -burg. T h e boa t wll) be ab le t o t o w

i Of t / s tee l barges . I t *111 cos t ?250.000.

P R O N O U N C E I T .

S l g r l d u r J o n s d o t t l r , , K l r m a r s t o d u m .

R e y k b o l a s v e l t , B a r d a s t r a n d a r s y s l u ,

I ce land , E u r o p e .

T h i s is t he a d d r e s s g iven In a n o r d e r

fo r Dodd ' s K i d n e y P i l l s rece ived a n d filled by the Dodd ' s Medic ine C o m p a n y of Buf fa lo , on Apr i l 16th. T h i s u n i q u e

d i r ec t i on m e a n s t h a t to r each t h e s i ck people of Ice land , t h e pa rce l m u s t

| t r a v e l t o New York , t h e n t o L o n d o n , | Eng. . t h e n n o r t h w e s t to G r e e n l a n d , to

be l a n d e d f inally, on t h e lonely Is land

a t t h e edge of t h e Arc t ic Circle . T h i s

Is a po in ted I l l u s t r a t i on of h o w Uni t ed S t a t e s goods find t h e i r w a y to

t h e r e m o t e s t c o r n e r s of t h e e a r t h . A m e r i c a t oday , p roduces b e t t e r mcd -

e lnes , as well a s b e t t e r m a n u f a c t u r e d a r t i c l e s t han a n y o t h e r c o u n t r y In t he wor ld , and th i s fac t a c c o u n t s f o r t he

d e m a n d for Dodd ' s K i d n e y P i l l s f r o m every p a r t of t h e k n o w n un ive r se .

Do n o t g e t • • shor t " If y o u w a n t to g e t a long .

DeafnaM Cannot Ba Cored by locul upplloatlonii. as thpy ennnot reach the Is "

I lu lion ii I remeillcs. lieufness is cauaod by an

W h e n a m a n c a r r i e s a naoy on m o

s t r e e t s ho t r i e s a w f u l l y h a r d to look

as If h e w e r e d o i n g it f r o m choice.

I t h a s been t r u l y sa id t h a t d a n c i n g

Is t h e p o e t r y of m o t i o n . A t a n y r a t e , much d e p e n d s u p o n the f ee t bo th In poe t ry a n d d a n c i n g .

T h e c r a z y m a n wi th t he s t a t e t a k -ing e a r n of h i m a n d u n l i m i t e d t i m e to

t a lk a n d h a n d l e b ig e n t e r p r i s e s , Is a l l

r i g h t ; It Is s a n e k in w h o a r e m i s e r -able.

G r a ^ s w idows o u g h t to be eompe l l ed

by law to c a r r y a gong us a d a n g e r

s igna l a n d r i n g It every t i m e one of

t h e m c r o s s e s t h e pa th of a s t r a n g e m a n .

S o m e c l e r g y m e n deal In r h e t o r i c ,

s o m e In logic a n d some In c d m m o n -

sense . T h e f i rs t Is p o p u l a r wi th t h e

w y m e n , t he second wi th m o s t men a n d

tho t h i r d w i th but p r ec ious f e w of e i t h e r sex .

I ' c o p l e e x p e c t m u c h f r o m O a r field T e a a o d t h e y a r e n e v e r d i s a p p o i n t e d ; It p u r i f i e s t h e b lood a n d c u r e s s t o m -ao i, l i ve r , k i d n e y a n d b o w e l d i s o r d e r s .

D O Y O U

COUCH DONT D E L A Y

KEMP'S BALSAM T H K o ^

« Cure* ToUb. Coughi. 5cr# Throat. Croup. In. fluents. Whooping Coag\i ronehltisandA^hma. A cortsi i cure lor > one tirpllon In flnt etagee. and a eure relief in atfwiced e'agee. Uie et once. You will see the excellent eflrct. alter taking thd flrtt doee. Sold by dealers ev ry where. Urge bettUe 25 coats and 60 cents.

dlsen-ed portion of iho ear. There Is only one way to cur«> deafness, and tbat la by constl-

mill reroedlcs. Deafness is caused by an Intlomed condition of tho mucus Uniiiff of the

| Eustachian Tube. When ibis tube In Innnnwl

Jou have u nnnbling sound or Imperfect bear-HK. •".rt when It Is entirely closed deafneui is

the rotclt. and unlesn the Inflammation mn be taken out and this tubu restored to Its normal conlltion. hcurlnit will be di-stroyed forerer; nine CSMB out of ten are caused j y catorrh, which is nothlnu but an Inflamed condition of the mucus surfaces.

We will KiveOne Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) tbat cannot he cured by Hall's Caturrh Cure. Send for

'7: j.m^r.Ytca.ToMo. a Sold by Drunls t s . roe.

I Hall's Family Pills are the best

A t h e a t r e in P h i l a d e l p h i a h a s g i r l u she r s .

W h e n y o u r l ive r is o u t of o r d e r d o n o t dose y o u r s e l f w i t h p o i s o n o u s d r u g s t h a t h a r m a n d n e v e r c u r e , b u t t a k e Gnrf l^ ld T e a . t h e 11EKB r e m e d y t h a t

C U B E S .

T o o m a n y f r i e n d s o f t e n spoi l a b a n k a c c o u n t

D u t y Is n e c e s s a r i l y a n a f f a i r of p r o m p t n e s s .

F o o l i s h a n d o b s t i n a t e p e o p l e a l o n e s u f f e r f r o m n e u r a l g i a o r r h e u m a t i s m . F o r t h e y c a n a l w a y s s e c u r e W i z a r d Oil

a n d c u r e t h e m s o l v e s .

In Uinos of war the number of ludlvldual hoinU-ldi-N always Increases.

F A KB P I V K T I M E 4 AB M I T U AMt l>K> HIIJ llleo I mill' In s. K. Tr«ii» *nd S. W. U. at (Me

lo ir* |»*r A4TV. ton p^r Wrtfe !{. u m.U. llou>um. Ten.i CfcaMrvn A Llbfrty. T m . i UE.>. .t. MrJUnu*. Hwn nont. TVi.i K, f . Unwuon, Ji-mlnn. Iju: nitsm C. WlusHnr. (l«l»c.U»n. Tei. Uo »oulli »ta Hftnla Ko., III. Cen. « So. I'M. H ra;f.

The closer we ( f t lo our Ideals tho leas their appearance secmti to suit us.

FITS Pfnnantntly(iired. S O n u O R » f l » r Dnt dBT'n \i.» of Ur. Kline*! Oirst Nrrrt Hmtonr. R*nil for FRKE •».O0 irtal boUlf und tr»»tl*. Ua. U. H. Kum. Liu.. Ml Arch St. I hll*'lcli'Ol«. fa .

Occasionally a newspaper story itets a head at the expense of the tale.

Mr*. Wlneluw's BoctUlnn nyrnp . ! for children tMihlnit. eofuni the jamt. redaree !n> i Suiimuloa. klUi* Min.curae wind colic. Voahottl*

At present each I.IOO.OJO tons of coal raised costs one human life.

I am sure Plso's Cure for Consumption saved rav life throe years a«o. Man. THos. HOHHIMA, Maple Street. Norwich. N. Y.. Feb. 17. ivui.

II taUes two tomakcafjuarnrl .but li s usually ' Iho work of a third.

Muse hall players; Oolf players; all players iew While s Yucatan whllsi playinx. ch«

The friends of ihe upposliion candidate arc at wars • heelnrs."

R l W A R D r 1 " " -W e r e f u n d 10c f o r e v e r y p a c k a g e of

P U T N A M F A D E L E S S D Y E S t h a i f a i l s t o g ive s a t i s f a c t i o n . M o n r o e D r u g Co.,

Unionv i l l e , M a

B o r r o w i n g U b u t o n e s t e p a b o v e beg-glng-

for a CM«-or baekscto. nrrvontnws. •leeplrw new. we«kne»t luMof vlialltr. In-t-lplent kidney ibladder and urlntrj dltordrr* that ran not he cured by S50

K I D - N E - O I D S the rrcai kidney, liver and blond medicine. SOc a t all Dranrliu. Write for free •ample. Addreat

K i o - N l - D i o a , St . Lou la . Mo.

If Your Wife 1$ atrvoas and your doctor's mod to! no dots bor a o good, why don t yoa writo lo Dr. Oroono about bor and got bit advloo 1 Tbls will not o o j f yoa anything, and II will probably bo tbo moans of making your wlfo a wall woman.

Dr. Oroono* addross Is 39 W. NtbSt., Now York City. Ho Is tbo dlsoovoror of Dr. Oroono's Norvura and bas tbo groatast snoooss oaring norvoasnoss In all Its forms. It Is no oxaggoratlon to say tbat thousands ofwomon and mon bavo boon mado woll tbrougb bis oounsol. Absolutoly no ebargo for advloo by mail.

W. L. DOUGLAS $3 & $3.50 SHOES ^

iTie real worth of nir fci.JO ami ff.W shoes compared with olbcr make* la tofveo. My »«.oa(ait K<l|teLluecaunot bo eoualled at any urlca. Beat In the world for men. -

I make «ii<l •ell more men's due shoca, Ooodjrear Wel t i Hniid-NewiMi Prnee««), lhan any o ther munurue. t u r r r In the world. I will pay vl.OOO to a n y one w b o c a a prove tba t . my otuieiueut la not true. »

iHlgiêd) W . I . . Dooclna. T a k e no unhstHiitr t Insl«t on having W. I*. Doiwlaaahoas

with name and price slamiic.il on liottoin. Your dealer ahonld keep tbem ; 1 five one dealer evcliiMve sale In eîh town. II he aoea not keep them and will not (ret them for yon, order direct from factory, envloalnir price and 2Sc. extra for rarrUfro. Over 1,006.MO aatlsfled weareni. New Hprlni Catalog tree. FMI Color lyJoU uod Tf. L DOUT.LAS. fifocktofl, Mm.

AGENTS WANTED

LADIES ltd GENILEHEN lu aril the Celrliraied

DAVIES SKIRT HOLDER

The best of sellers. Agents are making large wages. Outfit Free. Write atonce,

S. M. OASLER, Aurora, Illinois.

PATENTS U .1IILO B. NTRVKNX A

W I T H O U T F E B • nleaa •ucceaaful St-nd deaorlii auiliralfreeoii

iplloni pinion.

MILO B. HTKVENH A CO.. EauV 1)1 V. X, 817—llth Slreel, WAHIIINKTON. I , Branch office*: Chlcwo, tievelund ami Detroit.

ITbea A i s v e r l i g Advertisements Kladl j

Mcotioa Tbls r spe i ;

a n d t o t he hal l door , a n i ron g love l a y . , t h e r e , d e f y i n g h im to t h e l a s t At t h a j G rea t Sp i r i t , t hey s a l d ^ w a s t h e f r l e n l

s i g h t h i s s t r o n g h ^ a r t g a v e way a n ^ " ' L ' ' t h e p i t y i n g BorvanU b o r e h tm b a c k to h i s room a r a v i n g man iac . F o r

t h r e e l ong y e a r s t hey watched h m — In t h e f o u r t h h e needed n o t t h e i r ca re ,

b u t w a s a t res t . Of t h e l o s t l ady , n o t i d i n g s w e r e eve r rece ived , a n d a s y e a r s won t by. and t h e old ha'.l b e g a n to decay , s o m e , e n t e r p r i s i n g s e t t l e r s

t o r e It d o w n , a n d f r o m I t s ru ins , P h o ? -n lx - l l ko , s p r a n g up o u r p r e t t y v i l l age

of b r i g h t e r days . " T h i s , o r s o m e t h i n g a k i n to It. w a s

t h e t a l e I hea rd , a n d In a l l m y f e v e r -

ish v i s ions a f t e r t h a t n i g h t , t h e E n g -l i sh L a d y bore a c o n s p i c u o u s p a r t

T h e y tell m e t h a t I ca l led f o r h e r In-

of t h e good m a n a n d h a d p r e s e r v e d

h i s l i fe f r o m t h e f u r y of t j ie p o i s o n o u s rept i le . In t h e b l o o d y w a r t h a t fo l -lowed t h e u p r i s i n g of t h e red m e n t h e good m i s s i o n a r y w a s l e f t u n h a r m e d ,

n o l u d l a n d a r i n g t o touch h i m . T h i s s to ry , sa id t o be t r u e , was to ld f o r m a n y y e a r s a f t e r w a r d by t h e co lo-

nlntH of N e w E n g l a n d — C h i c a g o Rec-

o r d - H e r a l d .

F i sh a n d on ions , o r s t r o n g l y flavored

foods, m u s t be k e p t s epa ra t e .

B r u s h t h e b o t t o m c r u s t of a f r u i t

pie w i t h w h i t e of egg and I t wil l n o t

be s o g g y .

From Monday to Saturday—at every turn in the kitchen work—a Wickless Blue Flame Oil Stove will save labor,

time and expense—and keep the cook comfortable. N o bulky fuel to prepare

or carry, no waiting for the fire to come up or die down; a fraction of the expense

of the ordinary stove. A

W i c k l e s s BLUB FLAMB

Oil S t o v e will boil, bake, broil or fry better than a coal stove. It is safe and cleanly—can not become greasy, can not emit any odor. Made in several sizes, from one burner to five. If your dealer dots not have them, write to nearest agency of

S T A M D A R D O I L C O M P A N Y .

' iiiiiiiHm/" liliniiiiiiiiiiin

UIIIIIIBTI,//'

f

Dont Speak tome,''

#

All mannor of extravagant expressions are poBsible when a woman's nerves are overwrought.

The spasm at the top of the wind pipe or bronchial tubes, "ball rising in the throat," violent beating of the heart, laughing and crying by turns, muscular spasms (throwing the arms about), frightened by the most insignificant occur-rences—are nil symptoms of a hysterical condition and se-rious derangement of the female organs.

Any female complaint may produce hysterics, which must be regarded as a symptom only. The cause, however,

fi

symptoms. Mrs. Lewis Says: «• I Feel Like a New Percon,

Physically and ncntally." "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM I wish t o speak a good word fo r L j d l a E .

P l n k h a m ' s V e g e t a b l e C o m p o u n d . F o r y e a r s I h a d o v a r i a n t r o u b l e a n d su f fe red e v e r y t h i n g f r o m nervousness , severe headache , a n d pn in in baok a n d a b d o m e n . I hud c o n s u l t e d d i f f e r e n t phya i r inns . b u t dec ided t o t r y y o u r m e d i f i n e a n d I soon f o u n d i t w a s g i v i n g m e m u c h re l i e f . I con-t i n u e d i t s u se a n d n o w a m fee l ing l ike a n e w person, phys ica l ly a n d m e n t a l l y , a n d a m g lad t o a d d o n e more t e s t i m o n i a l t o t h e v a ' u e of v o u r r e m e d y . " — Mas . M. H . LEWIS. 2108 V a l e n t i n e Ave . , T r e m o n t , N e w Y o r k , N. Y .

Writing to Mrs. Pinkham is the quickest and surest wav to get the right advice about all female troubles. Her ad-dress is Lynn, Mass. She advises women free. Following is an instance:

Mrs. Haven's First Letter to Mrs. Pinkham. "DEAR MRS. PDIKHAM:—I wou ld l i k e y o u r a d v i c e in r e g a r d t o MR

t roubles . I s u f f e r e v e r y mon^h a t t i m e of m e n s t r u a t i o n , a n d flow so m u c h a n d f o r so l ong t h a t I b scome v e r y weak , a l s o g e t v e r y dizzy. I a m t r o u b l e d w i t h a d i s c h a r g e b e f o r e a n d a f t e r menses , h a v e p a i n s in ovar ies so b a d some-t i m e s t h a t I c a n h a r d l y g e t a r o u n d h a v e s o r e f ee l i ng in lower p u t of bowi-ls, p a i n i n book, b e a r i n g - d o w n fee l ing , a d e s i r e t o p a s s u r ine f r e o u e n t l y . w i t h

spells, a n u s

( J u n e 8, 1809.) Mrs. Haven's Second Letter.

" DEAR MRS. PINKHAM I wi sh t o e x p r e s s m y g r a t i t u d e f o r w h a t y o u r m e d i c i n e h a s d o n e f o r m e . I su f f e r ed f o r f o u r v e a r s w i t h w o m b t roub le . E v e r y m o n t h I flowed ve ry b a d l y . I g o t SQ b a d t h a t I could h a r d l y d o m y w o r k . W a s ob l iged t o s i t o r l ie d o w n t h e m o s t of t h e t ime . I d o c t o r e d fo r a long t i m e , b u t o b t a i n e d n o rel ief I b e g a n u s i n g y o u r r e m e d i e s — L y d i a E . P l n k h a m ' s V e g e t a b l e C o m p o u n d , Blood P u r i f i e r . S a n a t i v e W a s h a n d Liver P i l l s—and n o w f e e l l ike a n e w w o m a n . " — M a s . EMMA HAVEN, SjOS S o u t h Ave . , C o u n c i l B lu f f s , I o w a . (Feb. 1 ,1900 . )

$ 5008 REWARD Owing to the (*ct that •ome ikeMkal ptoplc luv^from Utot to time questionrd thefcDuioegeuof th« lettimonial letters W« are cooitutlv publiihinr. wt have

deposited with the National City Bank, of Lran, Man., 15.000, which will be paid lo any persoa who will thaw that the abore testimonials an not genuine, or were pnblisW before obtaialnf tha writers' special pennMsioo.—LYDIA E. PINKHAM MZDICHU Co.

FRAGRANT

ODONT lot the TEETH and BREATH

I t w S l z i S O Z O O O I T LIQUID . . . 25o

Haw Patint Box SOZODONT POWDER . . 25o

U r g i LIQUID a i d POWDER . . . 76a A t the Stores or by Mall, pos tpa id , for t h e Pr ice .

2 5 gutts. I cordially dentifrice for c h i l d r e n ' s u s e . " [Name of wr i te r upon spp l i ca t i en . ]

HAI l. A RUCKEL NEW YORK.

IN 3 Oil 4 YEARS IN INDEPENDENCE ISSURED

ing wheat, reports of I deleipites. cic..niul full

InrornAllon aa to reduced railway rules cuo bv

If you take up roar bone In Western Can-ada.the land of plenty. lUuNiruted pamphlet*. glvlDK expcrlenooH of fanners who have be-come wealthy In grow

iHcnilon U) tho Superintendent of rtment or Interior. Ottawa.

IBW. Mich , or M. Detroit, Mich.

had on anpllcnwon to tho Supe Immigration. Department or Inu Cunada. or to J . Grieve. Saslnuw V. MclnnoM. No. S Merrill Dlock,,

Turn the Rascals Out We a re s p e a k i o ^ of t he g r i p mic robes

T I I A well u n d s t r o n g can r e s i s t t l ie l r poi-son. t h e a lck ly a n d w e a k a r e t h e i r prey.

I lnx te r ' s M a n d r a k e l i l t t e r s a r e nu-t u r n ' s r e m e d y f o r expelllnB: a l l poison f r o m t h e s y s t e m . At d r u g g i s t s , in l iqu id o r t a b l e t s a t 2."i c e n t s per b o t t l e o r box.

CHEAP FARMS DOVNI WiaTlHOlE?

IDOiOOO ACRES faruilQK land* to ba divided and m>;d 01 long tlma sod easy pisymenta. a mile .soli year. Comp and see DS ur wrli«, T1IK Till'MAN UOSSSTATU HANK, hanllaoCeuier, Mlcb..ur Th« Truman MOM Ettal*. Cmiw.ll. Sanilac Co.. Mich.

i^lur.'lPriceleM Remedy 011.0. PHELPS BROWN S

PREOIOUS HERBAL

OINTMENT II Cure. Through lha Pom - r — CklitssDr. OTP. Bi iwn. 08 B'way

Rh.umatiwn. Neural., . W n k Back. Sprain*,

lurni, Sore, and all Pain. t V U e t It or your .,.J ZwntW. «.>«•>;

I r t i e does not sell It, send us hU name, snd for your trouble, w a wUl C r a a Bond Y o u a Tr ia l l I B B i

. N a w b u r g h . N . Y .

Shiloh's Consumption Cure cures coughs and colds at

otut. W e don't mean that it

relieves you for a little while

—it cures. It has been doing

this for half a century. It has

saved hundreds of thousands

of lives. It will save yours if

you give it a chance.

"I have tecelvrd so much beaefit from It, thai I aiwavs iciummeud Shiloh's (or coughs, thrust, bronchial and lung trouble."

I I U S , VANUKRCAK, Watsiford, N. Y.

RhIUh'a Cnnsumptlon Oar* I . sold by a l l d r u n U t a a t . M e , 0"o, • l . t O « bott le . A

rr lu tad Rtwnuilwa f o e . wi th every bot t le . f yoa a r e ne t aatUfl^d go to y e a r d rn fg la l

and ( e l yaa r ntuney back .

Write for illnstratrd booh en ronsnraptlee. Seat without cost to you. S. C. Wall. * Ce.. l-eKor. N. Y.

L E G I S L A T V E O U S a l P .

| l iov, l i l l fh on t h e m h b r a v e d t h e i re of t he W a y n e d e l e g a t i o n by v e t o i n g

! Hep. Mar l lndale ' . s bil l I n c r e a s i n g t h e cnmpenMiitlim of e l ec t i on Inspec to r s , c l e r k s a n d g a l e k e e p e r s in S p r l n g w e l l s . T h e compensn t ion of t h e s e offlclalH is lixed by a g e n e r a l l a w , e x c e p t w h e r e

i t h e r e is a spei ial c h a r t e r p rov i s ion , so i M a r t i n d a l f had t h e s a l a r i e s f o r Spr ing-j w e l l s ra ised lo t h e s ehedn io paid in ; D e t r o i t In h is m e s s a g e t h e g o v e r n o r I s t a t e d t h a t t h i s w a s c a r r y i n g local l eg i s l a t i on too f a r , a n d e x p r e s s e I t he op in ion t h a t as a g e n e r a l p ropos i t ion local m e a s u r e s shou ld h a v e n o s t a n d -

| Ing w h e r e g e n e r a l l a w s can app ly . He ! I n t i m a t e d t h a t t h e pas sage of t h i s ac t ' wou ld he in t he n a t u r e of a p r e c e d e n t | for o t h e r t o w n s h i p s t o t r y t h e s ame

t h i n g , nud po in t ed o u t t h a t If t h e r e w a s a n y necess i ty fo r I n e r e n s i n g t h e s a l a r i e s of e lec t ion officials i t wou ld bo b e t t e r to havp t h e m a t t e r l ooked Into a n d t h e g e n e r a l l aw a m e n d e d . The g o v e r n o r a lso ve toed t h e hill amend ln i ; t h e a c t r e l a t ive t o s t e a m e n g i n e s or vehic le* wh ich a r e o p e r a t e d upon tho h i g h w a y s . When l i rs t I n t r o d u c e d tho | m e a s u r e provided t h a t such vehic les

' s h o u l d c a r r y red r i g h t s a n d p l anks , a n d cotue to a f u l l s t o p w h e n pass ing

I a n y t eam. I t Inc luded s t e a m au tomo-| bi les , u n d even as passed t h e s e l u x u r i e s • w e r e n o t speci f ica l ly e x e m p t e d , wh ich | Is t h e rea l reason fo r t he chief execu* ; t ive m a k i n g use of h i s ve to p o w e n

T h e house passed t h e f o l l o w i n g bi l l s on t h e 2llth: C h a n g i n g t i m e f o r elect-i n g m e m b e r s of t h e school board in Bay City f r o m .Inly to A u g u s t ; dlsor-gunl / . ing f r n c t l o n a l school d i s t r i c t in

I t h e t o w n s h i p of S t C h a r l e s a n d at-I t a c h i n g s ame t o C h e s a n i n g , S a g i n a w I c o u n t y ; r e p e a l i n g s e c t i o n s n u d 0 of j t ho ac t c r e a t i n g t h e 37th j ud i c i a l cir-

c u i t r e l a t i v e t o t h e e l e c t i o n of c i r cu i t I j u d g e , t h e t i m e fixed i n t h e a c t con-| fllcting w i t h t h e g e n e r a l l a w ; c r e a t i n g

v o t i n g d i s t r i c t in t h e t o w n s h i p of R o c k l a n d , O n t o n a g o n c o u n t y ; appro-

' p r l a t l o n f o r E a s t e r n M i c h i g a n , 80,000, 1

It) improve t h e w a t e r s u p p l y ; appro- I p r i a t i o n fo r M i c h i g a n P i o n e e r a n d Ills- !

j lo r icu l socie ty , 81.000; t o p r e v e n t im- | p u r i t i e s b e i n g mixed w i t h b l ack pep-

i per .

S p e a k e r Car ton h a s g i v e n u p figur-! i n g on the d a t e of final a d j o u r n m e n t

u n d now s a y s t h a t i t wi l l n u t be fixed u n t i l s o m e t h i n g is h e a r d f r o m t h e con-f e r e n c e c o m m i t t e e on t h e t a x a t i o n bi l l . T h e l u t t e r m e e t s on t h e 80th a n d wi l l h a v e a l l t in week to a g r e e o r a g r e e t o

d i sagree .

Oen. Max imo Clomez i s m a k i n g j a r r a n g e m e n t s t o v is i t t h e U. S. d u r i n g

1 t h e c o m i n g s u m m e r .

As a resul of a g a s o l i n e explos ion in i t h e Comme eial ho te l a t S t . Mary 's , W. j Va. , on t h e 23d f o u r p e r s o n s a r e d e a d

a n d the b u i l d i n g e n t i r e l y des t royed .

T h e j u r y l a t h e case of C a p t G a n r e t t Ripley, c h a r e d w i t h b e i n g in a conspi -r acy w i t h o t h e r s in t h e a s s a s s i n a t i o n of Wi l l i am Goebel , on t h e 20 tb r e n d e r e d a ve rd ic t of n o t g u i l t y a f t e r b e i n g o u t on ly a s n o r t t ime .

Dr. II. L. X i e l e r t , s u p e r i n t e n d e n t of t h e c i ty b o s p i t i l a t S t Louis , ha s j u s t p e r f o r m e d one of t h e m o s t r e m a r k a b l e o p e r a t i o n s eve r r e c o r d e d in t h e a n n a l s of s u r g e r y . I t cons i s t ed of t a k i n g t h r e e s t i t c h e s In t h e h e a r t of P h i l i p Gun , w h o had beeu s t a b b e d in a s a loon b r a w l

B A S E B A L L .

I lelow we p u b l i s h t h e s t a n d i n g of t h e A m e r i c a n a n d N a t i o n a l l e a g u e c l u b s u p t o a n d incln.-j ing t h e g a m e s p l a y e d

I on S u n d a y , Apri l 211; AMKKIOAX LKAOlTK.

Wou. Lost Per ct.

* 8

DetrAU.c.! WuKhlnglnn lliililtnorc..i C h i c a g o ( I •vdand..{ I'lilladelplilu... Iloetoa... . . . Milwaukee

1,000 I.OJO l.0<0 .7.V) .VSO .000 .100 ,000

NATMSAI. r.KAOirK Won. Lett. Per et.

(ludmmtlli!. 4 1 .HiW

S t Louis..'..- .". 4 u

M r o n k l v n 8 2 .801

I'hiiodelphlu 8 S ..'.00

P h u b u r g . / . S 2 .B0J

H o H t o n 2 2 .ft00

N e w Y o r k . 1 2 .SSI

Obl&Ke....'. 1 0 .148

T H E M A R K E T S

L I V K S T O C K .

X e w Y o r k — Cultlfl' S b e a p L » m b < | H o e * .

oo i i 7.1 l« HJ W 06 •ri li

L o w e r irrmteT 4 l.i ti HJ 4 JJ .8 if, a 21

C k l e a a r o -

He«ttfntaes.....5 11 4 90 & 30 rt Oft

L o w e r tfrtileH. .X 601.4 <tb 4 31 5 0J ft (Si

D e t r o i t ^

Best Kn»l7* ...3 8 0 ^ 5 0 0 4 03 5 » ft U )

L o w e r uruilus. .i 7Ay,J 3 uJ 4 7S ft 25

B a l f M l n -

llmurnd(!«.....4 0ir(l I» 4 Ti ft fO fl M

L o w e r Krudus 'i •'OiJ .'1 4 4) 5 2.1 0 0J

C l n r l n n u l l -

lle« xrudua..... l T V t s ri 4 ^ ft M ft HI

L o w e r gnuK's 1 iO-il 4 tW 5 0J ft ftj

I'lttabnrg

lleiiigmdiea.....* 01 V 4 8J ft 80 ft 9-.

U ) W G r gnuk-H 1 W i H 4 W ft*) ft ii

.) flRAIN. E T C .

W h e o t C o r n O a U N o . rel No.-j m i x N o . 2 white

N e w Y o r k 81 ,•3 33 (f 33'4

C h i c a g o <3 ' ft 45(tlMi 2fl.t20'4

' D e t r o i t 1 17'i77'4 4B .145!< 812/81

T o l e d o 4 3 ® I M i •-8.V.2H

C l n r l n n a t l '0:>77 l8(i4K S8QSU

n t l a b o r ^ » W 'TU'i 47'147 i 3 3 ^ 3 3

llHtfalu '8 s.7»>i m / a :

•Delrolt- Hay. No. I Tirnoiliv. •(: .VI per Ion. Hoiuloos. Sic per hu. Live Poultrv. sprln; chickens, lie por D.; fowls, IKJ; turkevs, IDs; duckx. |IX'. BITK*. xtrictly rrcsti. IS.1 per ilor. '.t Uutter, boat dairy, 18.' p -r J>; creamery. .'0c.

T h e N e w V-irk s t a t e t a x r a t e f o r t h e n e x t fiscal your h a s beeu fixed a t 1.21 mil ls , t h e l o w e s t in 4U yea r s .

N e w s bus j u s t been received of tho c o m p l e t e d e s t r u c t i o n In M a r a g n o n e , l i n a l l . of t h e R o m a n Cathol ic miss ion , e^tabtlHhed a few y e a r s uffo by Capu-c h i n F a t h e r s , by a luind of h o s t i l e In-

dia ns. S e n a t o r s P r o c t o r , of V e r m o n t , a u d

Cockre l l , of Missour i , had an I m p o r t a n t c o n f e r e n c e w i t h t h e , P r e s i d e n t o n t ho 17th, r e g a r d i n g t h e ' s i t u a t i o n in Cuba, l ioth s e n a t o r s h a v e made t r i p s t o t h e island, s i u e j t h e a d j o u r n m e n t of con-irresn.

SPRING CATARRH MAKES PEOPLE WEAK AND NERVOUS

m

M I S S A N N A B R Y A N O F W A S H I N G T O N , D . C . (•}

Miss Anna Bryan , a f a v o r i t e c o u s i n of W i l l i a m J e n n i n g s B r y a n . Is well k n o w n socia l ly In W a p h l n g t o n . D. C.. where she h a s a hos t of f r i ends . Miss B ryan r ecen t ly s tud ied mus ic at F a l r m o u n i S e m i n a r y , of W a s h i n g t o n . D. C. In a r ecen t let ter t o T h e P e r u n a Medic ine Co., of ColumbUB, Ohio, she s ays :

1459 Florida Avenue, N. \V., Washington, D, C. The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O..*

Gentlemen—"At the solicitation of a friend I began some weeks ago to take your Peruna and i now feel like a new person. I take pleasure in recommending it to all who\want a good tonic and a per-manent cure lor catarrh."-'Anna Bryan.

fkjk R8. B E R T H A K O C K L E R , 177 / f l G u l n e t t s t r ee t , Brook lyn , N. Y., ' T 1 w r i t e s :

" P e r u n a a n d Mana l ln h a v e done m e r e r y g r e a t service, a n d 1 r e c o m m e n d t h e m w i t h p leasure to all w h o su f f e r w i th n e r v o u s c a t a r r h of t h t s t o m a c h a s I d .a . Should s u c h a p w " e v e r a t t a c k m e aga in I s h a l l ImBiMla t e ly t a k e P e r u n a . I n o w feel ve ry ft%ll a n d h a v e a good a p p e t i t e a l l t h e t i m e . 1

have ga ined In weight . I r e c o m m e n d e d P e r u n a t o a n a c q u a i n t a n c e of o u r s a n d he .s m a k i n g r e m a r k a b l e p rogress . I looked so badly fo r a t i m e be fo re I began y o u r medic ine , t h a t now w h e n I meet s o m e of my f r i e n d s t hey s a y : 'I was v e r y much wor r ied a b o u t you, b u t n o w you a r e l o o k i n g s o well . ' I sha l l a l w a y s keep P e r u n a and M a n a -lln In t h e b o u s e a s f a m i l y m e d i c i n e s . " —Mrs. B e r t h a K o c k l e r .

Tliousands of Fair W o r n A n Never W i t M Peruna, Tlis

National Calarrli Remedy. Miss Marie Coa t s , P r e s i d e n t of the

App le ton Young l a d l e s ' C lub , wr i tes t he fo l lowing c o n c e r n i n g P e r u n a :

Apple ton , Wis. T h e P e r u n a Medicine Co., Co lumbus , O.

Gen t le m e n— " I find P e r u n a an e x c e l l e n t s p r i n g and s u m -in e r med ic ine a n d a m glad to call t he a t t e n -t i o n of my f r i e n d s t o It. i $ W h e n t h a t l an - 3 guld , t i red feel- 3 ing comes ove r • you, a n d y o u r •

food no longer i Merle Coawa t a s t e s gOOU, a n d 3Ti„in, i , i iTrr , i imiy™ I sma l l a n n o y a n c e s I r r i t a te y o u , P e r u n a will m a k e you feel l ike a n o t h e r pe r -son Inside of a week. I h a v e n o w used It fur t h r e e seasons a n d And i t very re l iable a n d ef l leac lous ."—Mart* Coats .

Mrs, Al. Wetze l , 21 S o u t h 17th s t ree t , T e r r e Hau te , Ind. , wr i t e s :

" P e r u n a Is t h e g rea tes t med ic ine o o e a r t h . I feci well and t h a t t i red fee l -ing is all gone. When I b e g a n t o U k s y o u r medic ine 1 eould n o t smel l n o r h e a r a c h u r c h bell r ing. Now I c a a smel l and h e a r . W h e u I b e g a n y o a r t r e a t m e n t my bead was t e r r i b l e , All so r t s of buzzing, c h i r p i n g a n d l o u d ^ noises . T h r e e m o n t h s a g o I d r a g g e d a r o u n d like a sna i l ; tôw I can walk a s b r i sk ly as ever . 1 am g o i n g to go a n d sec t h e doc to r t ha t said 1 w a s n o t l o n g fo r th i s wor ld , and tell h i m t h a t P e r u n a cured me."—Mrs. Al . We t i eL

If all t he t i red women a n d all t h a n e r v o u s women , and a l l t h e w o m e n t h a t needed a tonic wou ld r ead a n d heed the words of t h e s e t h r e e f a i r l ad les who h a v e spoken r i g h t t o t h a poin t , how m a n y I n v a l i d s would b o prevented a n d how m a n y w r e t c h e d l ives be m a d e happy.

P e r u n a r e s t o r e s hea l th In a normal w i y .

P e r u n a p u t s r i g h t all t h e m u c o u s m e m b r a n e s of t he body, a n d In t h i s way r e s to res t he f u n c t i o n s of eTery o r g a n .

If It Is t h e s t omach t h a t Is o u t of o rde r , a n d t h e d iges t ion Impa i red , P e -r u n a qu ick ly m a k e s t h i n g s r i g h t b 7 r e s to r ing t h e mucous m e m b r a n e of t h s s t o m a c h .

If t he n e r v e s t ingle , if t h e b r a i n Is t i red . If t h e s t r e n g t h is flagging a n d the c i r cu l a t i on of blood weakened by flabby m u c o u s m e m b r a n e s of t h e d i -ges t ive o r g a n s , P e r u n a r eaches t h o spot a t o n c e by g iv ing to these m e m -b r a n e s t h e v i ta l i ty a n d ac t iv i ty wh ich be longs t o t hem.

T h e pelvic o r g a n s a r e a l so l ined wi th m u c o u s m e m b r a n e which In t ho f e m a l e sex is espec ia l ly l iable to d e -r a n g e m e n t s . P e r u n a i s a n a b s o l u t o specific in these cases . T h e w o m e a e v e r y w h e r e a r e p r a i s i n g i t N o o t h e r r e m e d y h a s ever received such u n -qual i f ied p r a i s e f r o m such a m u l t i t u d o of women .

If you do n o t d e r i v e p r o m p t a n d s a t i s f a c t o r y resu l t s f r o m the use o f P e r u n a , w r i t e a t once to Dr. H a r t m a n , g iv ing a fu l l s t a t e m e n t of y o u r caso a n d h e wil l be pleased t o give yon h i s va luab l e advice g r a t i s .

A d d r e s s Dr. H a r t m a n , P r e s i d e n t o l T h e H a r t m a n S a n i t a r i u m . Columbua . OL

MAM-M-MA11 D O N T YOU HEAR BABY CRY? Do you forget that summer's coming with

all Its dangers to the little ones—all troubles bred in the bowels.

The summer's heat kills babies and little children because their little insides are not in good, clean, strong condition.

Winter has filled the system with bile. Belching, vomiting up of sour food, rash, flushed skin, colic, restlessness, diarrhoea or constipation, all testify that the bowels are 'out of order.

If you want the little ones to face the comfrif dangers with-out anxious fear for their lives, see that the baby's bowels are gently, soothingly, but positively cleaned oat in the sp'lng time, and made strong and healthy before hot tveaiher sets in.

The only safe laxative for children, pleasant to take (they esk for more) is CASCAJ?£TS. Nursing mothers nuke their milk mildly purgative for the baby by eating a CASCARET now and then. Mama eats a LASCARET, baby gets the

benefit. Trv itl Send for a JOc box of CASCARETS to-day and you will find that, ZX we guarantee, all irregularities of the little and big childrens insides are

10c. 25c. 50c.

ALL DRUGGISTS.

• I I k * w e l I r o n b l t * . a n p e a d l e l U s , b U -U i i a n e M , b a d b r o a i k , b a d b l o o d , w i n d

*>• b l a a t e d b a w a l s , f o a l l a d l f M U o n , f r t m p U a ,

ible, • a l l o w • • m y l e x l o n - , -- J o w e l a d o n H m o r a r e s n -l a r l r y o n a r e g a l U n s a l c k . C o n a U p a U a n k l l l a m o r a n e o p U t h a n a l l a i n e r d lacaaea t o g e t h e r . I t la a a l a r t c r f o r t h a e b r o n l a a l l m e a t a a n d l o n g r e a r a o f a a f l b i i n g t h a t c a n e a f t e r w a r d a . No m a t t e r w h a t a l ia y a n , a t a r i t a k i n g C A S C A n E T f t t o - d a y , f o r y o n w i l l n e v e r g e t w e l l a n d be w e l l a l l t h e t i m e u n t i l you p u t T o u r b o w e l a r i g h t . T a k e o u r a d v l c e i s t a r t w i t h r a i i r A R B T S t o - d a y . u n d e r a u a b a o l u t e g u a r -a n l e e t o c u r e o r m o n e y r e f u n d e d .

NEVER SOLD IN BULK.

o n t h e a t o i ^ a c h . • • • _ m o u t h , h r a d a r h o

. J n a a f t e r e a U n g , l i v e r t r a n b l e , a a H o w c a m p l e x l . . a n d d l z s l n e a a . U l i en y o u r b a w e l a d o n H m o v e r e g u

GUARANTEED WiSM

Fear keeps ma-'y a mortal straight and narrow path.

i l k

N u

Tlu> m o d e s t ronlden a l w a y s c o m m a n d s W . N . U . — D E T R O I T - • N O . IS—-IQQI

t h e r t ' s p e c \ o f a l l m a n k i n d . When answering Ads. pleas? -leoUj.i th 11

•lay. Hea l th will qa lak lv fol'avr And «< yon S r t i i t a r t c * Ike n .e ot'CASl'A n KT*.

bTEBU.NU UEUKDT 10.. M.H IOC dnaji

f a # tfiDOBtt, tx)WtttL. t n c f l , . T m m m u i maV a, moi

SATURDAY SPECIAL

On SATURDAY, MAY 4, we are tfoing to offer 120 pairs of Ladies' Oxfords and 60 pairs of Ladies' Fine Vici Kid Shoes at a price that can't be duplicated in the state. These goods are not old odd lots but new goods just in this week, made by the Harrisburg- Shoe Co. for a party they concluded not to ship to, and we bought them at a price to sell quick.

The Oxford is a fine vici, regular price $1.50—Our price $1.00. The Shoes are an extra fine bargain at b2.00—Our price $1.25, made in kid and cloth tops. Every pair warranted—Solid inner sole and counter.

Positively not one pair sold before or after the above date at these prices.

The Old Reliable Shoe House.

A. J. Howk & Son.

L O W E L L LEDGER FUBLIMBD i r u r THUUDAT AT

D W E L L , K I N T COUNTY. MICB.

—ir—

FRANK M. JOHNBON.

Kotercd at Lowell post office u second etMB matter.

SUBSCRIPTION O N I DOLLAR T1ARLT.

ADT1BT1S1NO BATB8.

Space AdTertiaemonta one inaertiou lOo per iaoh. Same more than onoe 7o per Inch.

Page and half-page ads, |8 .00and $4.00.

Buineea notioee among local i tems 6c per line per isane. Those taking ran of

Eiper ontside of local matter 3 cents per ae. Card in directory colamn $1.00 per

ine per year. One inch $6.00 pbr year .

Oards of thanks 50c.

Resolutions of condolence, 50o.

dowH and let the gas escape before lighting your burners. You lake your life in your bands, if you vio late these rules; but a good gasoline stove bandied intelligently and care-fully is safe and economical and a household convenience and comfort in warm weatber.

TUB Presbyterians bave decided to revise their creed. The world docs move. ,

"BILLY SMITH" is t h e l a t e s t ad-

dition to the pugilistic grave yard; and yet it is proposed to legalize ten round fights. Shame!

WE abbreviate our editorial apace this week to admit the timely offering of E. H. N. on "Our Feathered Friends," which will be found well worthy of perusal.

COAL users face a cheerful pros-pect. Retail dealers have been notified of an advance of 10 cents I>er ton, taking effect May 1; and of repeated advances of 10 cents per month to take effect in succession on the first of each month until September. This is the work of the coal combine. It is a pity every coal user in the country could not kick Mark Uanna until be recants his statement that'thereare no trusts and tbat trusts are good things, any-way.'

^11 Eyes On Texas. Qreat isTexaa. Her vast cotton

crops and marvelous oil discoveries amaze the world. Now follows the atarlling statement of the wonderful work at Cisco, Texas of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. "My wife a contracted severe lung trouble," writes editor J . J . Eager, "which caused a moat obstinate cough and finally resulted in profuse bemor-rhagee, but she has been completely cured by Dr. King's New Discovery." Iti s posstively guaranted for Coughs, Colda and all Throat and Lung troubles. 50c and $I.0o. Trial bottle free. L. H. Hunt A -Co.

O. Mason and wife of Orand Rapids were RIMSU of Mrs. Daniels last week.

Anna Hnmmel of Lake Odesiw is work-ing for Amasa tae this season.

The mumps are being well entertained in a number of families of this place.

Miss Bush of Eaiton is working for E. Hall. I

Mrs. N. L. Smith of ML Pleasant has j been spending ihe past (em days with her aunt, Mrs. T. DanieU. Has gone to (Hisoo to fitii her cousin, Mrs. Mark Brown.

B. Wilkinson and wife were guests of their dauKhler, Mrs. Sparks, Sunday.

Mrs. Amanda Kinney Is home to her parents from Belding nursing a felon.

Otto Kohn has gone to Belding lo work in a hardware store.

Matt Billlngcr has purchased a gasoline engine to put in his blacksmith shop.

W. R. Bowenand wife culled at Emry Koaen's Sunday.

Kpworth fieagne sarvicos were well at* tended Snnday erening and were led by Earl Adams. Serrices next Sunday eren-ing at 7:80 with Myrtle Raymond leader.

• Bruce Wheaton and wife called at Dell Bowen's Sunday.

"1 hare been suffering from Dyspepsia for the p u t twenty years and hare been nnahle after trying all nreparations and physicians to get any relief. After taking one bottle of Kodol Dyspepsia Oure 1 found relief and now in batter health than I have l>een for twenty years, I can not praina Kodol Dyspepsia Oure too highly" thus wriirs Mm. D. W. Roberts, North Creek, Ark. L. H. Taft & Oo.

Cascade-Lowell Town Llue. Misses Ethel Shilton and Libbie Schreid

er are working in the shirt factory at Low-ell.

Warren Ford and wife visited his daugh-ter, Mrs. Mate Reynolds, Friday.

Mrs. Orville Reynolds visited her daughter, Mra. Onan, Wednesday.

j Alex. Onan and wife visited Mrs. H. Carey Wednesday, i t being Mrs. O.'a Tflth birthday.

Gift Bicycle Coupon SchoollrciSr Contest

One Vote For

Write the name plainly and in full.

Mrs. J o h n Oalller and children of Low-i ell and Gay and Ward Stapleton of Grand

Rapids were Sunday guests of Charlie Rey-nolds and family.

Stella Batey and friend were in Grand [ Rapids Saturday.

Mrs. Mary A. Snow is improving in her health but is yet unable to walk.

Mrs. Zack Lewis is reported better, so much so that Mrs. Wesbrook returned home Saturday night from taking care of her twelve days.

Mr. W. J . Baxter of North Brook, N. Y. says he suffered with piles for fifteen years. He tried several remedies with no reeulU until be used DeWitt's Witch'Haxel Salve and tbat quickly cured him.

L. H. Hunt t Co.

C a H f i o i i e b u r a Msx Gase of Gratlan made a bnsineM

trip to Oannontburg Thursday. Jsy Mason and wife called on

Gleaner friends of Oannon Arbor Thursday on tbeir way from Orand Rapids.

Mrs. Oharles Turberty who has been ill with lumbago is better.

Mrs. Schoomnker, who has been snilerlng with eyrsipelas, is not as well as usual.

D. Church and wife of Allon visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herrington. Mrs. H. is not improving very fast.

Cannon Arbor will meet Mav 4. There will be a literary urogram followed by a feast. An enjoyanle t ime ' i s antisoipated,

. Thomas spent Wednesdsy sad Thq in Grand Rapids.

'rank Leslie is home from Grand Rap-ids and will work his father's tarm this rammer.

Policeman Doran and Miss Ryan of Grand Rapids, on their way to attend church al Parnell, called on James Bookey aod family.

A pleasant sodsl was given at the home of Rev. Krase Friday evening. Games were in order after which a light luncheon of coffee and cake were served. A good time was reported.

L. P. Thomas and son. Earl, of I owell were in town last Snoday.

Charlee Talman and wife of Orand Rap-ids visited his grand-mother, Mrs. J . 8. Baker, Sunday.

Jamea Booliey spent Sunday with Thoe* Jonee at his home in Oakfield.

Sam Smith is the latest pension genius. Sam was drawing five different pensions at five agencies, an aggregate of $550 per annum. Sam's graft was not discovered until be died. Then two widows from different cities tried to get en-rolled on the pension list; this led tu au investigation aud an unearth iugofthefraud.^-Hast ings Journal.

AND yet, the man who intimates that there are frauds on the pension rolls is in danger of being called a ••traitor."

LAST week, we received a brass pin with a glass ••emerald" from a New York firm, with the request that we publish a four-inch adver-tisement • •as many times as you see fit, to pay for the pin." This office has plenty of brass and wo fired the pin back to tbo post office. Some of 'our exchanges bit on the scheme.

THE State Senate came within an acc of killing the barber law last week; and i t is a pity the job was not completed. All the thing is good for is to give two or three fel-lows fat jobs at the expense of the barbers of the State. Besides tbat, it is an unwarranted interference with the |)oor boy's right to earn bis living in his own way.

ADRIAN announces another victim to gasoline carelessness. A woman was horribly—probably fatally— burned while trying to fill the reservoir of her gasoline stove while the tire was burning; and this is the way most of the trouble with gasoline occurs. When will people learn to be care-ful in handling this dangerous fluid I Never fill a gasoline reservoir before extinguishing the flame in thq burn-er or while an oil lamp or any fire is burning near. If in generating or filling, gasoline runs out upon the floor, open the doors and win-

F a l l a s b u r g

Charlie Booth and family oi Lowell spent Sunday wilh their parents, H. Booth and wife.

Fred Hoo|»er has moved his family into the house formerly occupied by Mre. Etta Gould, who has moved to Keene.

Mrs. James Colvin was called to Grand Rapids last week on business.

Carl Colvin is ill with blood poison caused from a slight cut on the knee.

J immieSage of Wisconsin is visiting hia sister, Mrs. Denny.

Mrs. James Richmond and daughters, aod son, Elmer and family and Elmer Reed and wife visited Frank Sherrard and wife Sunday.

John Randall of Lowell called on W. Liilie Sunday.

Fred Pottrufl filled the place of Rev* Raycraft here Sunday on acconnt of the quarterly meeting held a t Berlin Center.

Mrs. George Convene of Keene called on Mrs. Tower Monday.

Beware of a Coagb. A cough is not a disease, but a symptom.

Consumption and bronchiUs which are the most dangerous and fatal diseases, have for their first indication a persistent cough, and if properly treated as soon as this cough appears are easily enred. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy bas-proven wonderfully rac-oesstul, and gained its wide reputation ani4

extensive sale by its success in curing th diseases which cause coughing. If il is o6t beneficial it will not coat you a cent. For sale by D. G. Look, DrusgisU

C a s c a d e Vi l lage

T h e children of Uncle John Patterson and several of his neigbbora gathersd at his home April 25 in remembranoe of his 74tb-birthday. A sumptuous dinner wag served and a pleasant day enjoyed by all , |

We are pleased to know that Mra, Mary A. Snow can get about a little with the aid of crutches.

W. R. Lawyer is very ill. John Fish has gone lo Detroit where he

is imployed on the street railway. Evarl Belton and wife of Byron Center

were recent guests of Mrs. J a n e Fish and daughter, France*.

Miss Lila Prescolt of Grand Rapids spent a few days last week with her parents, G. Prescolt and wife.

Rev. Chappie preached an excellent sermon Sunday from hia rather peculiar subject "The Five Bible Fool*."

Master Norman Kepler ran a fish hook into his hand Saturday. He bravely sub-mitted lo a doctor for i l s removal.

VergeaBes Station-Alton Patrick Murphy is preparing to build

new house. Mrs. George Froel has been very sick but

is now some belter. Mrs Jeese Froel is in very poor health.

Jay Mosher is now able to wafk to his barn and back.

Owen Howard's children are Ul with the whooping congh.

Our new snperviosr was oul on duly last week.

Mrs. J . (ioble is ill with the grip.

Perry Purdy tore down the old dwelling house on his farm. last week which ' stood there nearly nfly years.

The daace lasunreek Tuesday evening waa largely attended and all enjoyed it,

Mable Booked of Oannonsburg visited here last v i l k Tuesday and Wedneaday

Misa BMr spent Saturday and Sunday at bertftfbme l iTtyand Rapids.

The ^ a n c e a t ' Fred Condon's Friday night waa well attended.

John Kropf moved back from Smyrna iat>l week.

A number of people wereal Moteley Sun day to witnees the arrival of Mr. Wilson'1

house which waa moved on the c a n frot Smyrna.

Ed Alger, the Vergennes supervisor dined with Rlcfaacd Mctfee Friday.

Parnell mail carrier waa in Grand Rap-ids Saturday.

We undent aod that Mr. MoGarrely baa bought at Parnell and sold here.

Skin affections will readily disappear b; by using DeWltt'a Witch Hazel Salvi book out for counlerfeila. If yon get De Witt's yon will get good reenlta. It is the quick and positive cure for piles.

L. H. Taft a CoT

T H E HOME GOLD CURE.

Aa laaenlonn Treetment by wklch Oraafc. ards are Being Cared Dally la Spite

of Tkenselves.

No Nosions Doses. No Weakealag of tbe

Nerves, A Pleasant and Positive Care

for the Llqnor Habit-

Il is now generally known and under-stood that Drunkeness is a disease and not weakness. A liody filled with poison, and nerves compleiely ohattered by periodical or constant use of intoxicating liquors, re-quiraa an antidote capable of neumliaing and eradicating thia poison, and destroying the craving for intoxicants. Sufleren may enre themselves at home with nu publicity or lose of time from business hy this won-derful "Home Gold Cure" which has been perfected after many yean of close study aod treatment of inebriates. The faithful use aocording lo directions of this wonder-ful discovery is positively guaranteed lo core the most obstinate rase, no matter how hard a drinker. Our records show the marvelous transformation of thousands of Drunkards into sober, industrious and

upright men. Wives cure your hnibandsl! Children

cure your fathers!! This remedy is in no sense a nostrum but is a specific for this

sklllfi

A T T E N T I O N HORSE O W N E R S

LINWOOD 8448 Record2i30 1-4, Trial 2i2f

There is a wonderful oomhinalion of producing blood shown in the labniation of Linwood's pedigree. Nutwood, his sire, came from the house of Belmont. His dam was Miss Russel by Pilot J r . and his second dam WHS Sally Russel by Boston. Nutwood is the leading sire of 8:30 speed aa well as the leading sire of producing sons and brood mare sire of 2:15 race hones. Gncie, his dam, the dam of three in list, was a producing daughter of Cuyler, sire of the dams of 57 per formen, 8 of whom have records fasler lhan 2:16. Nora Norman, hit second dam, is the dam of two in the list—one producing a son and the second dam of 8 wilh records from 2:11 to 2:29J4 was a daughter of Blackwood 74, sire of thedama ol 42 performon from 2.-09,^ lo 2:30. ,

Linwood has breeding, size, npeed, sub-stance and finish. He has served but few mares but he has shown himself a high-class sire. Hia colts are big, fine and stylish and show mil jh n ilur il spue 1. He is bred

and he has done so. Come

La-the

disease only, and is so iklllfnlly devised and prepared that il is thoroughly soluble and pleasant lo taste, so that il can be given in a cup of tea or coffee without the knowledge of the person taking it. Thou-sands of Drunkards have cured themselves with this priceless remedy, and as many more have been cund and made tempente men by having the "Cure" administered by loving frienda and relatives without their knowledge in coffee ur lea and be> lieve to-day that they discontinued drink-ing of their own free will. Do not wait. Do not be deluded by apparent aud mis-leading "improvement." Drive oul the disease al once aod for all time. The "Home Gold Cure" is sold at the extremely low price of One Dollar, thus placing within the reach of everybody a treatment nore effootual than othen costing $25 lo $60. Full directions accompany each package. Special advloe by skilled phy-sicians when reqdested<wilhout extra charge —".I prepaid to any part of the world on

i reoeipl of Une Dollar. Address Dept - J69 Edwin B. Giles.& Company 2330 am 2333 Market Street, Philadelphia.

All correspondence strictly confidential

lo prooiiL. and look al him and bis standurd and reg-istered three-year-old win, John S. Wolla-colt. They are sqnare trotters and are the kind that show for themselves. Linwood's book for the nenHon Is now open and hiiff service fee is $15 00 with usual return privilene. QIO. W. PARKER.

NOTICEI 5 City Lots iti Hastings For Sale or Exchange.

H.O. WEEKS, R R.I.LOWELL

GRAY HAIFT RKdTOKBI) to lis Natural color hy Mme. HlBHAKlVd ROYAL INDIA RBoTORAi TIVE. Indcrsed hy tho New York Journa of health. 8end for Free Booklet.

30 Monroe St., Grand Rapids

M n . J . No matter what causes faolal crrnpfions, abeolale cleanimess inside and ont is Ihe only way to cure them. Rocky Mountain Tea taken this month will drive Ihem away. 35o. Ask your druggist.

P r a t t L a k e

Jesse Fisher and Axel Fletcher of Low-ell wheeled through this place Sunday.

George Montague of Freeport visited his children at J . B. Fleloher'a recently.

The EpwortL League are planning on having exercisee in the evening of Mayl2, being i t s anniversary.

M. Keeler, wife and daughter and F. L. Harker and wife spent Sunday with Levi Fletcher.

Roy CiUey is vialting friends at Grand Haven.

Misa Babcock of Lowell is vlaiting Mr*. Ida Babcock.

The third quarterly conference of the South Boston M. E. church will be held June 1 and 2 at 2:30 p. m. Dr. Graham will be with us.

The South Boston Stock Breeder assooiation held their annual meet-ing at the grange ball last Wednes-day. P . Freeman and E. Cilley ex-hibited some Ramboulette ihee one of which weighed 200 ponn

V.

« p ,

- . - , d s v Geo.Thurlby had a Lincoln * which/ weighed 250 pounds aod Messrs.\ J . and £ . English had a fine display of caUle. E. F. Cille was elected President and Allen, Secretary and Treasurer. Tho ladies had a fine collection of painting, embroidery and etc. Mrs. George Gould was elected President and Mrs. Fred Harker, Secretaryv

^ D e W i t t ' s Little Early Riaen search the remotest parts oi the bowela and remove the impurities speedilv with no discomfort. Tbey are famous for Uheir efficacy. Easy te take. Never gripe. L. H. Tail & Co.

M c C o r d a

Mrs. Anna Sayles and daughter Glenna, of Grand Rapids were guests of her mother, Mrs. Simon Kiel last week.

Clinton Wood was taken violent ly ill Saturday.

Wm« Patterson and wife visitud his father, C. C. Patterson of East Paris Sunday, the occasion being his seventy-eighth birthday. ' Mrs. H. Vansickle of Eagle, who has been visiting relatives here re-turned to her home last week.

Ward Proctor and wife of Alto visited here Sunday.

Mattie Patterson, who has been spending the past three months with her sister, Mrs. J . T. Epley, at Lowell, returned home Thursday.

Morse Lake school will give an entertainment Saturday, evening. May • 4. Cordial invitation. to all Admission 5 cents.

Miss Florence Butras and Miss Challender called on friends in this vicinity Saturday.

{ j r i i a r a n t f i e c l S a l a r y

$900 Yearly Men and women of good addrew to rep-

resent us. some to t nve l appointing agent*, king after c

f \ The least in quantity and the

iribes DeW pills forconslipat L. H . Taf t & Co.

^nality describes aers, the famous

liver complainta.

K -

most in ill 's Little Early

ills for constipation and

Have you seen the stallion at Mo-Queen's barn? He is tha kind you are looking for. AprlS.

The Eminent Kidney and Bladder Specialist.

Miss Florence Newman, who has been a great sufferer from muscular rheuiualism, says Chamberlain's Pain Balm is the only remedy that affords her relief. Miss New-msn is a much respected resident of the village of Gray, N. Y., and makes this statement for the benefit of others similarly nlllicled. This liniment is for sale by D. G. Look, druggist.

Keeue C. L. Froel and wife relumed home from

Mill Brook, where they have been spend-ing the winter.

Clarence Renwiok, one of Keene hoys who was reoenlly married t o Miw McCard, will move on his farm known as the chaaie factory farm. He has just purchased 40 acres more Joining iu Clarence is one of our smart aliring youug men and we wish him suoeea.

Mn. Wodsworlh of Saranac gave a dinner party last Fr iday and M n . Daniels was one of the gueata.

i

The Macererer of Swaa»-Reef at Work la Da Lataratsry.

-There is a disease prevailing In thla country most dangerous because so decep-tive. Many sudden deaths are caused by It—heart disease, pneumonia, heart failure or apoplexy are often the result of ki disease. If kidney trouble is allowed to vance the kidney-poisoned blood will attack the vital organs, or the kidneys themselves break down and waste away cell by ce l l Then the richness of the blood—the albumen —leaksout and the sufferer haa Bight ' s Disease, the worst form of kidney trouble.

Dr. Kilmer's S w a m p - R o o t the new dis-covery is the true specific for kidney, bladder and urinary troubles. It has cured thousands of apparently hopeless eases, after all olher efforts have failed. At druggists In fifty-cent and dollar sizes. A sample bottle sent free by mail, also a book telling about Swamp-Root and Its wonderful cures. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. and mention this piper.

They are going fast—what are :oing fast? Why, the Celebrated eeiless Plows. A guarantee bond

goes with every one sold. Brown Sehler.

T i n LEDGER office is overstocked with bill heads. While they last Ve will give you 500 first class 16b for $1.00, printed and blooked. Take 'rtn quick and we wont buy

many next time.

othen for local work looking after our in-terests. $900Balnry guaranteed yearlv extra commissions and expenses, rapid ad-vancement, old eslabliiihed house. Grand chance for earnest ni*n or woman to se-cure pleasanl, pormanent position, liberal income aud future. New brilliant lines. Write a; once. aug8

STAFFORD PRESS, 23 Ohurch St., New Haven, Conn.

for only Safe and Painless msthod of Extracting Teeth.

I v e r y Cold a n d

S i lver F i l l ing

G u a r a n t e e d R i f f h t Every Set of Teeth Warranted lo HI Accurately

r>r. H. I?. Snyder, 64 Monroe St. Bill Phone Main 1883

Grand Rapldr, Mich.

BUT TOM BREAD, BUNB.

FRIEDCAKES, COOKIKB PIES,CAKES, CANDIES,

of the old reliable BAKER,

F . A . BEHL . . . Flnt class lunch room In coonecllon.

Home made and Salt Riaing Bread a Specialty.

vergeanea.

George Morgan and wife of Free-port are gueats of her brother, Geo. M. Parker and family.

Mesdames G. W. Crosby, Ed. Alger, Syd Beckwith and Colvin were f t Grand Rapids laat week courting,

A serious and almost fatal aocident oocured at G. W. Croeby's a few days ajjoin which G. W. got serious-ly bruised up. Frank Pant was getting some hay at Crosby's. W hen getting up on tbo load he slipped and fell against ono of the horses which frightened them and they started to run. Crosby jumped in front of them and got them by the bits and hung to them for ten or twelve rods and Frank was on the tongue behind the horses. How they got away from the team they do not know and how they got away without being killed is a mystery Assistance was got and Crosby had to be carried to the house. A doc-tor was called. Ho found no bones broken but very bad bruises. Both men were "out of tbeir heads" for several hours. Frank bas a lame arm and Crosby is lame in both limbs so(bo s a y s ^ o a n ' t limp. He gets around some with the assist-ance of two canes. He ha(< a bad looking faoc. The horses ran around the house, back to the barn aud •topped.

In to each l ife some rain most fall, Wise people oon'l ail down and bawl; Only fools suicide or take to flight. Smart people take Rooky Mountain Tea

al night. Ask your druggist.

Mothen of good judgement and exper-ience give their little onea Rocky Mountain Tea this month, keeps them well. 35 cenlc. Ask your druggist.

PERE MARQUETTE Jan. 1, 1001

Trains leave Lowell as follows: For Detroit and East

7 1 6 a m 11 OBaai i 10 pin For Toledo and Sooth

7 16 am 1100 am 4 10 pm For Grand Rapids. North and West

1106 am 4 10 pmS 47 pm For Saginaw and Bat City

7 46 am 6 06 pm For Freeport 7 16 sm 4 10 pm

B. L. BRAT TON, H. F. MOBLLRH, A*t.

K a n d y K a s k a r a A purely vegetable cathartic which purifies the blood and Htrenglhens the bowela, a laxative that stimulaths Ihe liver and sooiha the nerves.

Krow's Korn Kure 10c.

I j . H . X a t t & C o Phone 1S1. Lowell Drugglata

Oenl. Pasa. Agent |

CIAND TRUNK RAILWAY SYSTEM.

WSATBOUND FBOM LoWfeLL.

No 19 Morning Ezpresa to Orand Haven 12 15 pm

No 13 Mail and Chicago Kz-prcaa to Orand Haven 46G pm

No 17 Steamboat Expreas 9 19 pm lo Od Haven A Milwaukee

No 11 Western Express to Od Haven 9 18 am

Noa 19,18 and 17 daily except Sunday. No 11, daily.

iiSTBODRD

No 12 Detroit ezprcea to De-troit and Eaal 7 20 am

No 20 Mail lo Detroit 10 20 am No 18 Evening Express to

Detroit aod East 4 01 pm No 14 Eastern Express lo

Dnrand and Eaal 7 67 p n Nos 12,20 and 18 daily except Sunday No 14 daily.

A. O. HaroLin rp ,Agen t , Lowell, Mich

Ploturesque Pan-American Route to Buffalo.

re can print anvthlng you want rjnt it right—Tho Ledger.

If other dealers bought Tea in as large quantities a we do thev would be able to sell y< u uood tea as cheaply as we do. Bnt what is the use of buying big if you don't sell big say our competitors, but that is just what we are doing and you'll agree with us if you give us your nei l

, order.

UcCARTT & CO. The Popular Groce rs.

You are much more liable lo dissase when your liver and bowels do not act properly. DbWitt's Little Early Risen remove the cause of diaeaae. Ta f t t Co.

I

f \

\ TLFFI L E D G E R , L O W E L L . MLCTI. , TrfirifttOAY. M A Y 2, 1901

HOME NEWS. OUR BICYCLE GIFT

t • Z m J

TO SCHOOL B0T OR GIRL GETTING MOST VOTES.

belov Hiler 1 will jreatly redn muHt be sol''

Voting Coupoaa la Each Ledger. Everybody Vote.*

The Ledger will now proceed to giveaway a high grade 1901 bicycle to some school student, boy or girl, on the plan followed in our spoon contest. Any^school boy or girl In any district or township may enter the contest. A coupon good for one vote will be printed in each copy of The Ledger during the contest and those paying a dollar on subscription will be given a 52 vote coupon, with 60o, 20 votes and with 26o, 13 votes

In addition to the above and in connection therewith, we will pay a liberal commission to all candi-dates or others securing subscrip-tions to The Ledger. A house to house canvas has never been made for this paper in the townships and good wages can be made.

Wo have selected the Adlake bicycle sold by R. D. Stocking for our bioyole gift. If the winner re-quires a juvenile wheel, something equally good will be given. Saddles, gears and handle bars will be suited to the wishes of the winner.

Following is Mr. Stocking's guarantee of the ••Adlake:"

* This is to certify that the Adlake bicycle is a strictly high grade $35.00 wheel and fully gurranteed by the manufacturers, The Great Western Manufacturing Company of Laport, Indiana, who are capital-ized at over a million dollars. Samples of these celebrated wheels may be seen at my store.

R. D . STOCKING.

O r a t t a n - V e r g e n n e s

Chas. Francisco and wife of Beldiog are visiting their daughter, M n . C. Jakeway.

George McGee, wife and children spent Sunday with her uncle, Pete Byrne and family.

Leo Burt of Belding is visitin his grand parents, P . Byrne an wife.

Laura Jakeway and Jack Corrigan married Tuesday, April 23 were mnrnea inesaay, April 23

at the Grattan Catholic chnroh, Rev. Fr. Byrne performing the holy rite. After the ceremony an elaborate dinner waa served a t the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Jakeway. The presents were numerous and costly. The bridal couple went on a wedding tour, re-turning home Saturday. W e wish them mnoh joy.

J . Malone and son made a business trip to Belding Saturday.

Agnes MoGarrety is attending school at Parnell.

Lon Conrad had the misfortune to fall off from the barn last week and break bis shonlder.

MiddlevHle will play ball this year.

Pontiac gets the State fair away from Grand Rapids this year.

Strawberries retailed at 10 cents per pint in Grand Rapids last Fri-day.

J . E. Kennedy, Caledonia's hust-ler, visited Lowell on business last Friday.

Dr. Wunch has been re-appointed health officer for the township of Boston.

George Hardy in rebuilding and enlarging a barn on his farm in Keene^

Grand Kapids mail carriers will wear light gray "shirtwaist" blouses this Summer.

M. Scott bas moved from the Weat side into Mrs. Hewitt's tenant house on the East side.

The Ionia District Fair association have concluded not to rebuild floral hall this year. This is the main building on the fair ground that was burned a short time ago.

Carl Speaker bas "hired ou t" to (ho Caledonia hotel and the base ball enthusiasts of that town are jubilant over the prospects of a good team.

The Ionia Standard gives warning to owners of poultry that the supreme court has decided tbat fowls runn-ing at large are considered as wild game and tbat there will be no re-dress if they are shot.

The National City Bank of Grand Rapids by its safe and conservative methods combined with large capi-tal gives a feeling of ample security to its patrons. ..Every service ren-dered in the Commercial and sav-ings.departments to customers, tf.

The Michigan Monthly Bulletin of Vital Statistics reports the total number of deaths in Ionia county for March 1001, as 50. Of this number Berlin bas 0, Campbell 5, Keene 1, Easton 1, Odessa 3, and Saranac 1. No deaths was reported for Boston township.

The Grand Rapids A Belding electric road, thus far built on paper only, seems to be making slow bead-way. Some claim that the promised cash to financier the road is not in sight and that there is no telling when it ever will be. While at Ionia last Saturday, we bad a talk with Attorney Kerwin of Grand Rapids who is looking after the proposed electric road that is being contemplated between Muskegon and Saginaw via Grand Rapids, Lowell, Saranac and Ionia. Mr. Kerwin informed us tbat bis com-

The World Against Him By WILL N. HARBEN.

Ooprrifhv. ato. br A. M Etllofi Nt«ipM«r Coapcar

Honald turned f r o m window; his hea r t was very heavy. He was th ink ing of Evelyn again, and the gulf between h im and her . Ah, how he loved her! He crossed the room and stood at an-o the r window from which ho could aee the roof of Carnlelgh.

" I a m to blome," he sighed, "sadly t o blame; wha t r igh t hod 1 to allow her first t o pity, then t o lo re me. when I have no th ing to offer—nothing, abso-lutely nothing, and she every th ing to give?"

The colonel reached home later than Ronald. Nigh t waa beg inn ing to fall , and the big lamp at the top of the car- , riage-drlve th rew i ts raya fa r down » the tree-bordered avenue us he drove throflgh the b lgwrough t - l ron gnte. The lamps In the hall and drawing-room, under t he i r var ico lored shades, cast a beaut i fu l glow on the veranda . A s h e entered Ihe hall he fancied he saw Evelyn flit out a t the door at the end, which opened Into the conservalpry. He w a s assured of th i s when be bad gone into the l ibrary, where there was n o o t h e r l ight than w a s made by the huge wood fire, which flamed and .•rnckled on the brazen dog-irons, for

«he came f r o m the conservatory by an-other door, br inging his smoking-jnek-e t and sl ippers; be k n e w that she hud had t h e m ready, for she had not had t ime t o g o t o his room for them. His hear t sorely smote him as he kissed her whi te f ace and noted the da rk hollows o n o e r n ^ r eyes—eyes which absorbed the red firelight ilke diamonds. At any r a t e he had good news fo r her . but the thought pierced him like a dagger to t h i n k of It as such. Despite himself , a

P a r a e l l .

Bennie Murphy and Patrick Duffy visited friends in Grattan Sunday.

John Howard and familv of Alto spent Sunday at Wm. Howard's.

Mr. Hildred of Rockford called on Elma Davis Sunday.

A number from here attended the party at Fred Condon's Friday night and report a good time.

Mrs. Delaney is better at this writing.

Mrs. John Dawson of Lowell visited at Mike McAndrewa' last week.

Cis figuring on building a ch of their road from Lowell to

Belding, running up the east side of Flat river through Keene. He expects to visit this city in a few days for the purpose of looking the field over.—Belding News.

COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

Special meeting of the Lowell

S m y r n a

Died April Ha-cl, ohttd of Mr. ana Mrs. Frank Jones, aged about 1 year. The parents have our sympathy in their bereavement.

M n . Mary Knee land and two children of Aberaeen, Sooth Dakota were guesta of her aunt, Mrs. Geo. Hoppough last week.

Audie Condon ia ill and under the doctor's oare.

Mra. Chas. Northway ia on the siok list.

M n . S. Hanrontree and little daughter iof Belding visited M n . George Ring one day laat week.

Orren Purdv and wife of Orleans called OP. friends here Tuesday.

Chaa. Godfrey and wife of Ashley viaited at Geo. Ring's Sunday.

Carl Hoppough, wife and daugh-ter of Remus visited hie parents Sunday. M n . H. and daughter will remain this week and visit friends.

M n . Edith Wright and little daughter of Belding luwe been spend-ing the week with her mother, M n . Sarah Skellenger.

Mn. Luoy Spencer and family are moving onto the old Jus t farm. The boys will work the farm.

Dr. Penton is moving into the house know as the Smith residence.

M n Bert Spencer of Belding and and daughter, Mn. Cynthia Cole of Toledo, Ohio were in town Monday.

M n . Cynthia Ring ia visiting friends at and near Rookford.

Get your old papers at the Ledger office—5c a bundle

Village Council held in the Council Rooms on Tuesday evening, April 30, 1901.

Meeting called to order by President VanDyke.

Present Trustees Flangan, Lee, Look. Nicbolsoo, aba ent Watte and 'White.

Meetiog called fur the pnrpoae of eon-s U e d a f liquor bonds. %

Oo motion by Trustee Lee lb« liquor bond of R. E. Uelfron aa prineipal aod J a r vis 0. Train and E. 9 . Cambell as sureties was approved.

Yeas, Flanagan, Lee, Look, Nioholson* absent Watts and White.

On motion by Trustee Look the bond of Martin Van^rsdale as principal and Geo. W. ra rke rawJ J e l l B S r t i ^ i L aaTCrT.if? was approved.

Yeas Flanagan, Lee. Look, Nicholson, absent Watta and White.

On motion by Trustee Nioholson council adjourned.

T. A. MUBPHY, Clerk.

Shuddered a t Hit Faat . " I recall with horror," says Mail

Carrier Burnett Mann, of Lavenna, O., "my three yean of suffering from kidney trouble. I was hardly ever free from dull aches or acute pains in my back. To stoop and lift mail tacks.made me groan, I felt tir^d worn out'about readv to give up, when I began to use Electric Bitters, but six bottles completely cured me and made me fsel like a new man." They're unrivaled to regulate Stomach Liver, Kidneys and Bowels. Perfect satislaction guaranteed by L. H . Hunt A Co* Only 50 cents.

• — THE LOWELL MAHET REPORT

Whel t O Potatoes Beans 1 25 Pork 6 00® Corn $ Oats • Bye O Buckwheat per bo Butter 12 A Xggi $ Apples per bu 50 Flour per owt ®

f iown ga thered on his brow. Bhs misunders tood it, and he saw h e r ca t ch her b r e a t h as she held h is coat for h im. Nei ther of them spoke, t hough when she had . kne l t at hia feet and h e r whi te t ape r ing fingers treiD> bled over their task of unlacing liia shoes he fel t an aimost uncon-trol lable impulse to sna tch he r to hia breas t and sob out the awfu l re-bellion within him. When she had t aken off his shoes she smoothed ou t the wr ink les in his s tockings and p u t on his sl ippers, finishing her task wi th a l i t t le sad pat as she rose to he r fee t .

"Ah, you vixen," he said, t remulous-ly—"Evelyn, you are m y b a b y ! " He looked towards the door. "1 have al-ways given you more of my h e a r t t h a n I have t o your sister , pe rhapa because you have gHen me more of yours, pool dear chnQT^

T h e t e a r s ap rang i n t o her eyea, a n d she t u r n e d away quickly to a tab le where she bad put a c iga r and a match fo r h im.

" I have rolled i t and c u t t he end ." There w a s a catch in h e r voice as she scratched the mutch and held it- to the cigar .

" T h a n k you, baby , " he said, a s he puffed.

For a moment she stood searching bis face and then, as be did no t speak, she said:

"1 have waited as long as I can, papa. I t seems to me t h a t I shal l die if I do not k n o w the news. I s the re any h o p e ? "

He pushed out his knee and d rew he r down on i t . He f e l t . t h a t her body was rigid wi th expectancy.

"Evelyn, you are m y most helpless child. I m u s t do my duty, towards you i a sp i te of w h a t you feel to be r i gh t . "

She slid her a rm round his neck, but he knew t h a t i t did n o t clasp him wi th he r usual tenderneaa.

" W e can ta lk a b o u t t h a t l a t e r , " she said, " b u t I m u s t know now w h a t they did to h im. Tell me; p a p a ! "

H e aver ted his eyes; a scowl was on his face .

"Don ' t t o r t u r e me, papa ; r emember I am only a woman."

He ra i sed bis h a n d t i l l i t touched hei head ; he essayed to d raw i t down

"If you had only IKed, flear K v e i y n / he murmured ; "if you were here yJu 'd know w h a t t o do. I t m a y be t b a t f a n s h n w could love h e r as I loved you ,

hfm- k t|h a t

kc o " e ' 1 »>e wronging

Wm, bu t oh, m y ange l wife, I d o know what is b e s t ! " He gared a t t b e ace in the l i t t le f r a m e for o n o t h e r

minute and then he restored i t t o its place and closed the d r a w e r .

CHAPTER XVII .

f J ! l e l

C 0 , 0 ! , e l b f g a a back and I forth in the room. Now ond ihen he would s t ray across the bs l l and pause '

r a i n r i w n y t 0 h a , f ^ to CaroMne, w h o was listlessly playing the

him a*, i i V T ' 0 h a < l n e v | , r ,ou<-"hed him as had Evelyn's. Evelyn's s o n g s -

a ^ L M t l o u c h ~ , e e r n « J t o i n v i t e the

U n m n l e , n 0 r l " t o h , • L e o r , • h i -

"Mr a n h » e r r I!1"5 t U r n e d 0 n , h e • , 0 0 1 -Mr. Hardy has wr i t t en ask ing me to

f m H # i ' a y ' b e w i l 1 w r i l < 1 0 you If I encourage blm to do so."

Hasbrooke advanced till be stood be-hInd her . Somehow he hod Uti le fn-clmai ion t o touch this one of his daugh-

• he asked, "have you t h o u g h t It over?"

" I like him as well as I ever liked anybody she said, s lowly. "You know he Is well off; he has a nice home—the Hardys a re good people. I have al-

" a n t e d t o live in Char les ton." r h e n write him i t is all r i gh t , " re -

turned Hasbrooke. weari ly, and they

r m n J . " , V U P P < r - came d o w n a momeni later. Her f a t h e r wondered «t t he t r ans fo rmat ion in her . In her

wM i V r " ' looked like a flower which bad never been touched bv s to rm. •

^ I ^ t t h e table she followed him t o the door of bis s t u d y »nt he coldly begged to be left alone, nd asked he r to send J a m e s t o h i m . he servant found h im a t h is desk .

•T w a n t you to beor a message f o r aie, J ames , be said. " I want t o have a private ta lk with Mr. Ronald Fanshaw. Oo oyer to his house and p re sen t m y compliments, and w k h im if he will Co m e the honor of cal l ing on me this tvemng if he h a s n o previous engage-

J a m e s ? " 0 U r e m e n i b e r w y e x a c t words .

The serVtfat repeated t hem. " T h a t will do, and when he comes

show him in to thia room, und see t h a t we a r e no t d i s tu rbed . "

"Thank you, sub ." About e ight o'clock Ronald rode up

to Carnlelgh and t u rned his horse over to a wai t ing groom. A t the foo t of t h e s teps he was met by James , who, in a low, gua rded voice, invited h i m in to h i s master s s tudy . As h e passed the win-dow of the drawing-room the vounir roan had a flashlight view of Eve'lyn as she sat r ead ing a t t h e cen te r tab le un -der a tall l amp wi th a p ink shade. H e naa n t v e r seen Her coun tenance so ra-diant ly aglow. The t h o u g h t took pos-session of h is brain t h a t i t was due t o his release f r o m prison, and t h a t idea was infinitely sweet t o h i m a f t e r w h a t he had been, forced to endure.

As be entered the colonel 's s tudy, f r o m t h e walls of which fami ly por -t ra i t s leaned downward in deep, old-fashioned gil t f r ames , a casual observer would hove t aken h i m f o r a m a n of t h e world r a t h e r t han a man whose l ife ex-per iences were bounded by the l imits of a single county .

Firs t of al l ." said the colonel, as he extended his hand, stiffly. "I must con-g r a t u l a t e you upon y o u r escape f r o m t j a t disagreeable af fa i r . I was rejoiced at t h e outcome."

Ronald thanked him, surprised a t his own calmness: t he warm memory of Evelyn's face, as he had jus t seen it, in-spired him with s t range , unexpected confidence In himself . The cha i r he had been given was quite nea r Hasbrooke's , and as the colonel continued to speak he leaned his head on his hand , h is el-bow rest ing on b is desk. This pos ture threw his face somewhat in to the shadow.

'I may as well come directly to the point, Mr. Fanshaw," in a forced, ten^-

s e n t f o r y o u ; l a m unable a lone to fight • love like hers. You and I m o s t decide on w h a t to do—between u s ! "

"Between us," repeated Ronald, still In the dark as t o w h a t was expected of him.

Hasbrooke ' s face unde r the ordeal be-fore him took on the color of ashes, and as be began to speak again he picked the n a p f rom the sleeve of his coat wi th the mechanical action of a dy ing man. i "Perhaps , Mr. Fanshaw, ft may be a s well to begin by ou r admi t t i ng that my social t ra in ing has been d i f fe ren t f r o m yours . In my cradle I Imbibed cer ta in convent ional Ideas of t be d u t y of a m a n of my name to his stock. F rom y o u r s tandpoin t , doubtlcsis, I am wrong— f rom mine, r igh t . I a m coming to t h e point, and I t rus t you will pardon me fo r being painfully plain. Fanshaw, a s

Hasbrooke nodded despairingly t o Ronald and the l a t t e r took the b in t .

"Circumstances beyond our control make i t advisable t h a t we should sep-a ra te , " he said, automatical ly.

She uncovered he r face, disclosing no t r ace of tears . "Am I to be told about the—the c i rcumstances?"

"They concern only myself ," an-swered Ronald, wi th a n o t h e r g lance a t her f a the r . " I would - ra ther not speak of t h e m . "

"Very well, t hen . " she d rew h e r i e l l up ercct . " I may as well soy good* by." As she gave h im he r hand t h e eyes of h e r f a t h e r flashed wi th sub t l e , pride, bu t t h e n e x t m o m e n t h e h a d ano ther gl impse of he r inmos t soul . "Henicmlwr, Ronald ," she said, " t h a t • I shail never kneel down w i t h o u t praying fo r you. Remember t h a t I

f a r bock as ray family records run—and ' 0 V e a n o , , , f r 1 1 , 8 0 • • •ong we have vqlumes of them, s i r - w e have n 8 i v< ' -

agains t his own, b u t she held herself 1 u > n e - " T o b c f r a n k - 1 fln<1 myself com-firmly erect .

"Don ' t to r tu re me.*' she repeated, al-

most t h r W f « l i l i ^ "Well . I will no t , " h e said. '

I know w h a t you w a n t . The case was t h r o w n out of cour t . I t was proved t h a t Syd H a r t acc identa l ly shot himself wi th h i s own pistol . Fanshaw was in no way responsible. H e is a t home by th i s t ime , a free m a n . "

H e fe l t he r gasp, and then he r head fell on h is shoulder, al l the r igldness ol suspense was gone f r o m her body; she lay l ike one dead. H e though t she had fa in ted , b u t a moment la ter she s t i r r ed ; t he color ran in to he r face, and sb t stood u p before h im.

"Oh, papa! oh, p a p a ! " was all she could say, but a world of unu t t e r ab l* Joy lay in her tone. His cigar had gone o u t ; he took a t a p e r f r o m a vase on the mante lp iece and lighted i t a t the fire, and as he applied i t to his c igar he fel t b is anger r e t u r n i n g to him. Tbe out look seemed so hopeless. She could never be happy w i t h o u t Fanshaw—she Would be worse' t han miserable with h im, a f t e r she learned the folly of her step. No, there m u s t be some escape. He would th ink i t over again. H e bad t h o u g h t i t over till it had become a sort of monomania w i t h him. Perhaps some way of escape would present i tsel f . H e led he r to the door and . , „ bowed silently as she tu rned f r o m him i t h e m o m e n t f r o m the mass of t hough t s

pletely in your power, and, since it m u s t be so. i t is a comfor t to be in the power of a fearless man, and one who would, T Hesnise to t ake unfa i r

af lvantage of me." " I am sure I do not unde r s t and , " fal-

tered the visitor, in surpr ise . The old man twis ted himself round

in his chai r ; tbe l ampl igh t b r o u g h t his s t r o n g fea tures out in minute l ineali ty against t he wal l behind him.

"You have me, Mr. Fanshaw. as com-pletely In your power as If I lay at your f e e t and you held a saber aga ins t my hear t . My d a u g h t e r has withheld noth-ing f r o m me. Be he r j udgmen t good or ill. she loves you a s she loves her life. She believed you have been grea t ly wronged—ahvays misunderstood—and t h a t bas Intensified her love. At first I was inclined to b lame you fo r t ak ing u n f a i r advantage of her exper ience in worldly mat ters , but l a m now forced to admit t h a t you have done n o t h i n g I should not have done had the woman been as a t t rac t ive personally as my daughte r . I know you must core fo r her, Fanshaw, and t h a t is why I have sent for you t o unbosom myself ."

The speaker 's words bad been grow-ing more and more indist inct , unt i l they finally dl*d in the still room. Ron-ald knew tha t he was expected to reply, but he could g a t h e r no th ing bef i t t ing

never found the line ta inted with dis-honor ."

Hasbrooke paused, t a k i n g a ful l b rea th . I t was evident to Ronald t h a t the climax was near, bu t he made no comment . The room was very sti l l ; out -side of it could be heard only Evelyn's sweet, r ing ing notes. A vague, unac-countable despair had seized on the young man 's hear t . He knew not w h a t was coining, but whatever il was would not be pleasant .

"You see, Fanshaw," Ihe colonel seemed to pull himself up to his task with ex t ra effort , "if my daugh te r m u s t m a r r y and br ing chi ldren into t h e world, I should na tura l ly desire the al-l iance to be with a man aga ins t whose fami ly there had never been a charge of —dishones ty!"

Ronald breathed hard. The last word had fallen like a powerfu l weight which crushed out t h e last b i t of hope he had ever hod of fighting the world ' s difficulties.

"1 th ink I unders tand . Col. Has-brooke ." he heard his words j a r r i n g against the sweet f loat ing sounds of Evelyn 's >oice. which waa rising l ike

happy p raye r t o heaven.

The colonel leaned fo rward a lmoat in an a t t i tude of pi ty.

"Don' t unders tand m e t o say, Mr. Fanshaw," he said, " t h a t 1 should de-mand £. pedigree wi th my d a u g h t e r ' s husband , fo r I t h i n k t h e r e a re good people who have not kept up the i r fami ly records, bu t If I knew—actual-ly knew of dishonesty in a family, t ha t , sir, I should t r y t o save my child f r o m a s I would f rom heredi ta ry con-sumption or Insanity. 1 had a dea r f r iend . Mr. Fanshaw, in Virginia, who belonged to one of the best families— dis tan t ly related t o the Carnleigha. He had a beaut i ful d a u g h t e r who fell in love wi th a se l f -made man. whose g r a n d f a t h e r had been accused of dis-hones t dealings. My f r iend re luc tan t -ly gave his consent, bu t t he only Issue of t ha t marr iage , Mr. Fanshaw, was a son who became an ou t law and broke the hea r t s of bo th his paren ts . Par-don me. sir. b u t I s t a r t ed o u t t o be : plain, and remember , we axe consult-ing about the welfare of one we both love. Mr. Fanshaw, my fa ther 'a bro ther , who lived in Eas t Tennessee. , was the judge who sentenced your j g r a n d f a t h e r . Abraham Fanshaw. to ;

pr ison fo r 20 years f o r the f t . I know no th ing of your f a the r ' s life In Ten- : nessee. but it pains me to say tha t I I detected him five years ago loading a wagon wi th wheot f rom one of my , barns . He confessed his gui l t and i t h r e w himself on my mercy, and I did 1

not, t h ink ing of h is family and his old , age. prosecute h im."

Hasbrooke paused; he was not look-ing at Ronald, who bad covered bis foce wi th both his hands and sa t as , still as a s tatue.

He bowed low; he t r i ed to say somo-ihing. but ihe ball in h i s t h r o a t r o t e und choked him. He heard t h e door •dose and knew she wos gone.

"THEY CONCERN ONLY MYSELF," SAID RONALD.

"God forgive me if I have given you , Fanshaw walking ahead of h im needless pain," said t h e colonel. " I sound as a dol lar as f a r as be 1

would not have spoken if 1 could have

Bran per ton Middlinga per ton Corn maal per ton Corn and oato per ton Beef Veal Wool washed Onions Qover Seed

6 00 © 6 00 #

2 0 ®

500

to go u p to her room. He w e n t Into bis s t u d y and lighted a l amp on his desk t h e n he sat down and began t o f u m b U some papers which one of b b agen ts hod l e f t f o r his inspect ion, b u t h is mind w a s cl inging t o Evelyn—Evelyn— Evel j 'n l

H e opened a d r a w e r in his desk and took o u t a min ia tu re f r a m e d in gold. I t held a face s t rong ly resembl ing the d a u g h t e r who had jus t qu i t ted the room, and as he looked a t i t a flood of t ende r recollectioiy. rushed over hiih.

• n d emotions t h a t seethed in h is hear t . A t th i s point a ba r of soft , r ippling notes came f r o m t h e piano, and they were caugh t up by a sweet , well- trained voice s inging a happy -song. Tbe old m a n held up his hand.

"You see how t h e feels, F a n s h a w , " h e s u d , husk i ly ; "s ince your a r r e A she has looked more dead than olive. I w a s seriously a f ra id she would not survive. B u t you see how she i s now; I told he r the news jus t be fore supper , and she al-mos t fa in ted wi th joy. T h a t is whs . I

seen any o ther way of mak ing my a w f u l fears c lear t o you. Fanshaw, if these th ings were "not t r u e of your people and you bad not a dollar to y o u r name, I should, seeing how my d a u g h t e r loves you. t u r n over t o you and her all t he p rope r ty which is t o go t o he r at my dea th . As God is my judge, I wish 1 could end it all by giv-ing h e r t o you, b u t I canno t ! I sim-ply' c a n n o t ! "

Ronalu rose to bis fee t ; he reeled a l i t t le as he reached for his hat , which lay on the desk.

I have really never hoped t o win said, unsteadily. "You a re

i v* t* to be. Children right. I t o u g c f f l U ^ ^ of mine shall never live wor ld ! I see my d u t y t o her—to you. May God have mercy o n m e ! "

T h e music had ceased; t h e r e w a s a l igh t s tep outs ide and Evelyn suddenly opened the door, paus ing on t h e threshold wi th an exclamat ion of sur -pr ise .

" I did not know—" here she b roke off as he r eyes fell to s tudy ing her lover 's agonized face. "Papo , " she asked, coming forward and s t a n d i n g be tween the t w o men, " w h a t does t h i s m e a n ? "

The old man collected his sense slowly.

"Daughte r , " he sold, a f t e r a n aw

Like an au toma ton , Hasbrooke! moved fo -ward and laid his two h a n d i l on the shoulders of t h e c rushed y o o n g i man.

" I t has ended b e t t e r t h a n I could bave hoped," he deelared. "Bear op . Many th ings are wi th in y o u r g rasp , but my child was n o t f o r you. She ' s not for me, e i ther . F a n s h a w " (sigh-ing) "she ' l l never be t h e samo a g a i n —neverl1 '

CHAPTER X V I I L

The nex t month was December. Chris tmas day was made known t o the Fansbaws chiefly by t b e firework* which were discharged by tbe negroes on tbe Hasbrooke estate . The d a w n come in wi th a g r e a t too t ing of horns , beat ing of old pons, t be discharge o l guns, Ihe burs t ing of inflated hog bladders. There was to be a cake-walk in t b e barn, a dance, a barbecued ox. a glorious feast , a Chris tmas tree.

The Fanshaws were not going t o in-dulge even In an ex t r a dinner. Ronald bad remembered bis bands by pres-t n t s of money, bu t t hey were go ing to spend It In town. Something, how-ever, did happen to mork tbe day as cn eventful one. Old J a d e F a n s h a w was brought home in Bud Tarbe l l ' s dump car l , on a pi le of whea t s t r a w , covered by an old qui l t . Th is oc-curred about 12 o 'clock in the day. Ronald remembered tha t It took place j u s t as the d inner bell r a n g a t Carn-leigb. Bud Tarbel l told the l i t t l e group in the f r o n t ya rd t b a t Jade "wasn ' t dead an* they needn ' t be skeerd." He explained t h a t he w as driving along a moun ta in road looking tor s t icks of l lghtwood when h e saw

as was

able t o see. He looked away f o r a minute and then he saw F a n s h a w down on his al l-fours, c rawl ing a l o n g with head down l ike a graz ing cow.

"At f u s t I was a f e e r d of 'im, f u r h e was ac t ln ' migh ty cur l s , " observed Tarbell , " b u t t e r r ec t ly his knee j ' i n t s seemed t o flicker a n ' he come down kerp lunk In t h e m u d o n his s tomach. Then I drive up a n ' p u t Mm in m y car t . "

Mrs. Fanshaw was alwoys a ca lm woman; she went ou t a t t h e ga te , waddled up to the ca r t , and shook t h e human heap on the s t r aw.

"Looky beer, w h a t ' s a-oilln' of you . J a d e ? " she asked, see ing his eyes open.

F a n s h a w s a t u p slowly, b u t h^-like a mon wi th only a • J -

rtuiconi of o 5. FWu-."" Jlio linck. oii'l

soked

a •l^j'forlirc ttllUooHhru.o

f 8 , 1 ' . Eto.. Onmn AT Onnc. l u rneu t u y |*iM<lii*n»olurkinRlii th* „,OV, or I/HKNF SMIIIII Po»8r, t n e gf M'vliRlAORT IXI >on f«il them Vim cnn'l nKoH totfikeany

" i eaMu by bulliliiiK up was id. i . «li«l inirr«"«fiillj-nt homo, hi-will UiS irwit yon for nt (he Niinlliiriiim, . j f cro llin Im.t of In-alniont nl the low-

V M l t f r l u m In th i ' count ry , nml whorn ((itaiMlicul binll nml lha b « t o t prufe».

J h eomn f o th« Hnnltarlnm nhould writs . • tamp, unii recetra <i"<*Uon Hut.

Tartxl n t hninn hy ro r rmpomlsnra . Wri to , riiM, In mm thnt enn Im tr«nte<l nt l iom^

. < i o a M l u t l o n IVCE. Our homwt opiulan and Rood. honn>t,car«ful t r e a t m e n t g i n a

.tleul. A d d r m nil mnll to HLEO CITY HAN1TAUIUM,

Uccd City,

Dr. Spinney will be a t ward pause. "I have sent for Mr. F a , yfOVERLY HOUSE, MOMOAY. shaw to consul t wi th him in regarf"- ' y „ f t o m 8 a , m, to 4 p. m. t h e wel fa re of you both , and — a f t e r t a lk ing i t all over—we

Syes Tested Free t a lk ing i t all over—we

come to a mutua l a g r e e m e n t tha idea of mar r i age between you;f a t any time—would be unwis t o be t h o u g h t of.

Evelyn fastened a quest ioni d i s t r u s t fu l gaze o n h e r IoveT

"Do you th ink it would you to give m e •rpT* w t J U j each del ivered a f t e r u lous bol t . "You see. never known whe the r he lp to you. If you I would be ready t h r o u g h t rouble . t h i n g t h a t m i g h t e t h e m a n ; you know eyes went d a r t i n g f r t o t h e o the r ) ' i f — " o the r beginning, b p u t her handkerc H e r breas t heaved

L A R G E S T O P T I C A L

D E P A R T M E N T IN T H E CITY

An Expert Optician in Attendance and you get glasseu thai are guaranteed lo helpyonr eyes.

R J E W E L R Y CO, ORAND RAPIDS: ^

L M' a

C L < ^

L m WCWk, * • W O 6 1 . . -

pin mik a tfam êmerald New York i m , with t l thai we pnbluh s four-in^ l iecment " a s many times a s ' fit, to pay for the p in ." TL has plenty of brass and we fir-pin back to the post office. 'L of bur exchanges bit on the sok?f

THE State Senate came within) ace of ki l l ing the barber law lai week; and it is a p i ty ihe job wat not completed. All ' the thing it good for is to give two or three fel-lows fat jobs at the expense of the barbers of the State. Besides that , it is an unwarranted interference with the jK»or boy's r ight to earn his living in his own way.

AUKIAN announces another victim to gasoline carelessness. A woniau was horribly—probably f a t a l l y -burned while trying* to fill the reservoir of her gasoline stove while the fire was burning; and this is the way most of the trouble with gasoline occurs. When will people learn to be care-ful in handling this dangerous fluid ? Never fill a gasoline reservoir before extinguishing the flame in thq buru-• r or while an oil lamp or any fire is burning near. I f in generating or filling, gasoline runs out upon the floor, open the doors and win-

nfliicte G. Look, v

MiJi r ins

ClBM who will movi factory f a i p t acres more jfa oar smart et* bim HuoeBe. 1

Mrs. Weds diuuer party:] waa one of tH

Titfc Lfebnteft, L o w t e t X , M l c i r f t H t j I t s b A y L . MAYa. idol.

I « Cream Soda is our long suit. We think we know how to make il. Try it and you will agree wilh us.

Ice Cream b r (he pint, gallon. quart or

SMITH'S B A K E R Y .

Having bought the entire stock of

Linens and Embroidery Silks

belonipag to the Jate Mrs. Hiler 1 will olneeout same at , atly reduced priccs as they must be mid at once.

All Embroidery Silks a t 35c and 40c per doz

Doileys from 8c up Lunch Cloths and Center Pieces a t half price.

Pillow covers at your owu price.

Mrs. Eggleston.

We announce lu everybody that the

The Light Still Shines

at the Millinery Ftore formerly occupied by Mrs. Hiler and would be pleased to have the |>atroDage of her old customers as usual.

Having made improvemenU and procured au up-to-date milliner aod trimmer and a fine line of

Spring fieods

We are confident yon may be pleased as ul old at

HILER'S Apprentice girl wanted

Invincible Potato Planter

P l a n t s f r o m 50 t o I no pe r c t n t m o r e bi l l s In a day t h a n a n y o t h e r .

W i n d r e s i s t a n c e reduced t o a mini-t f jum. C a n n o t c log a n d fa i l t o p lan t -

S h a r p Jaw e n t e r s a s easi ly a s a spade.

' d j u s t a b l e h a n d l e s u i t s a n y lielj,1iL

l a n d l e s o h u n g a s tOBave m u c h labor

A d j u s t a b l e d o u b l e leaf s p r i n g ; un-reakable .

We will p u t u p m o n r y a n d m a k e a field t e s t to b e a t a n y p l a n t e r m a d e .

So ld b y H. NASH.

Trunks, Bags, Harrises, Robes, Blankets and Whips

^ —at Honey Saving Prices -

1 * A . U 1 j E I F E R T , 86 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Next to Thum's drug store.

Buy Shirts Whero They ihe Them.

GAUDINIER k BAXTER 61-61 Monroe St. Grand Rapids.

O u r F e a t h e r e d jg| g j

F r i e n d s

A t this time it seems only fitting tha t we should recall aud increase our knowledge of these, our tiny benefactors, the birds. This , the season, as Allen says, wheu Nature is doing her Spring house cleaning, dashing bucket after bucket of water upon this earth and scrubbing it off with the March wind until it is an clean as a new floor. What an amount of drenching and sweeping she can do in a single day. This done, she begins lo hang soft , new curtaius at at the forest windows aud to spread over the floor a carpet of such em-erald loveliness as no mortal looms could ever have woven, then, at Inst, she sends oul invitations through the South and even to some tropical lands for the birds to come aud spend the Summer with us. The invitations are sent out in March and accepted in April aud May and by June her house is full of these small visitors. As one goes early to a concert hall with a passion even for tbe preliminary tuning of in-Htruments, so our ears wait and listen for llie first notes of the robin, that herald of the spring as well as of the morning.

The robin courts the society of men, following close upon the plow aud the spade and often becoming quite tame. It feeds, it is true for a month or two upon strawberries aud cherries but when we consider the number of destructive insects it consumes we should not begrudge it this. A robin will devour ravenous-ly 08 earth worms, weighing 34 pennyweight or 41 per cent more than their own weight. A man at this rate should eat 70 pounds of and drink 5 or (i gallons of water per day. I t is a pattern of propriety when keeping house ami concerned with the care of its offspring, though not one of our most charming song-sters, yet its carol is sweet aud it may be educated lo imitate other birds and even to sing tunes. It must bc amusing indeed to hear it pipe so solemn a strain ai " O l d Hundred." The American robin belongs to the Thrush family and the cat bird, brown thrush aud mocking bird are other familiar children. The mocking bird is our chief of songsters being rivaled only by the English nightingale, but I fancy if the mocking bird could hear the nightingale's song i t would soon learn it , so apt is it a l imitating. T h e Golden Oriole is another of our American songsters and in a state of captivity often imitates various tunes. Its nest is beautifully constructed of hair, wool and floe strings, each hair being wound with wool before being woven into the deep basins-haped nest and the whole finally lined with fine feathers. I t is said these birds are so attached to their young tha t they have been conveyed, with their eggA, upon which they remain si t t ing with resolute instinct until they ex-pire.

Some one has been said of our Yellow bird which returns in early May thai i l comes like the whirling leaves, half Autumn yellow and half green of Spring, the colors blending as in the daffodil. The Yellow bird's nest is a wonderful example of biid architecture, being lined with, silky down on dandelion balls. The unwelcome egg of the Cow bird is often found in ihis nest but the Warbler builds a floor over the egg repeating the expedient if the Cow bird continues he j mischief, some-limes making three stories lo her nest.

Loving, cheerful little spirits, darling about, crrrying sun glints on their backs wherever they go singing "sweet , "sweet, sweeter,) ' seven times repeated. They should make the gloomiest misanthrope feel the season's charms. I t has been said: " W h e n Nature had made all her

other birds. And had no care to think on,

She gave a rippling laugh And out there flew a Hobolinkon." Other birds may like lo travel

i lone but when Mr. Boboliuk and his demure little wife come North il is with a large party of friends. They feed upon m-e in the South, l)eing known as the Rice bird, but here they destroy great quantities of May flics and cattepillars.

The Bobolink's song is a peculiar one, varying with its costume which he changes once a year. His nest is built near that of his industrious little wife and

" A s the little ones chip the shell, And five wide mouths are ready for

food. Robert of Lincoln bestirs him well

Gathering seeds for this hungry brood."

W e now come lo the birds of society of which the red-wing Ulack-bird is chief. They travel in great flocks, often rising from a field wilh a noise like thunder. They oommit great havoc in the

| grain and though many arc shot and

many are killed by the hawks, it seemt as to have little effect upon the survivors. Still, these birdsmore than compensate the farmer hy the benefit they confer in the destruction of worms anu various kinds of larvae, the secret yet deadly enemies of vegetation. 11 is estimated they consume 12,0UU million insects in the United States in a single season.

The American Cross-bill are very social birds among themselves but care little for olher birds. They are peculiarly susceptible to sorrow in tbe loss of their companions, it being in fact the only calamity which makes them shy of man. W e must not forget the saucy Chickadee who stays with us all winter aud is of such value lo the orchards, a single one it is said destroying 5.650 canker worm moth eggs per (lay. They often become so tame as to come to our porches and sing "chick-a-dee dee-dee, hear, hear me" right in our faces while we feed them crumbs. The Hob White , as he proclaims himself, or quail as we often call him is another of our easily tamed birds, it l»eing possible to keep them with poultry about a farm house; however, hunted as they are with gun and dog, is it strange that as a whole

they are timid? I believe if man were as kind to them an they are to him, the quail might easily be domesticated.

Bu t we must his leu to the more destructive birds such a< the King bird. Burrows calls him the exquisite of the family and braggart of the orchard, a bird that feeds ou the stingless bees and drones and loves to strip the feathers from its timid neighbors. Dr. Brewer says he has rarely or never known it to attack any olher birds lhan those which instinct prompts it to drive away in self-defense, such as hawks, owls, eagles, crows,and in fact we wish him joy of his victories over the crow for it seems shameful that a bird of his cloth should be a thief. The English sparrow is another of these bird tyrants. Although in his owu country, he was a great seed and insect eater, he has developed a ravenous taste for grain, buds on vines, trees, etc Their services in insect killing are still not lo be despised, a single pair feeding their young, on an average, no less than 40 grubs per hour for a day. The good he does in this direction, how-ever, is nullified by the war he wages upon our song binls, destroy-ing their young aud substi tuting his chirps for their beautiful songs. How they delight in a mob we all know, whether a domestic skirmish or danger to a nest, how they all congregate, pecking, scolding and often fighting in a fierce yet amus-ing manner, which makes us think w ith Whi t ie r : "Then smiling to my-self, I said—How like are men and birds ." The last but, perhaps, to us Americans, the greatest bird lo consider individually is our National bird, the Eagle. This bird of lofty flight is a native of the whole of Nor th America. There is an es-tablished superstition among seamen that the ship which carries an eagle can never go down. The Orientals believed that the feathers f rom the eagle's tail made their ar-rows invincible. The United Stales seems lo have an abiding faith in the great bird, as our minted dollars show. The eagles are affectionate parents, car-ing for their young and will not forsake them, even though the tree on which they rest be enveloped in flames. But when they are ready to fly, the children are pushed from the nest lo shift for themselves. The longevity of the eagle is very great, from 80 lo 160 years.

Aa a Food For the Skin.

T o Make H Smooth, Healthy and Beautiful , Dr. Chate'a Ointment is Hailed by Thousands o f Fair Women.

Every woman, no matter b e ' beautiful het skin, finds need at times of some preparation to overcome the redness and roughness, aod to care the pimples, blackheads and skin Irritations.

Powders may cover np the disfiguring eruptions, but can never cure tbem. and are

positively injurioui because tbey clog

r'ie cores of the Dr. Chase's

Ointment if a food for tbe skin. It is readily absorbed, and t h o r o u g h l y cures each and every skin disease, making the skin smooth, soft and c , w -

' i * — ' ' No w o m a n ' s toilet is complete without Dr. Chase's Oint-ment, for besides being the roost perfect skin beautilicr obtainable it can be used in a score of different ways. It absolutely cures eciema, salt rheum and tbe itching to which women are especially subject.

When the feet are sore and chafed with walking an application of Dr. Chase's Oint-ment takes out the smarting and allays the inflammation in a surprisingly short time. Then for bums, scalds and every sort ol chafing, irritation or eruption of the skin Dr. Chase's Ointment affords a safe and ceruin cure. • It has come to be indispensable in scores of thousands of homes in the United States; 50 cent a box, at all dealers, or Dr . A, W, Chase Medidoc Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.

Now, what of birds gen-erally, Higginsou says a bird's egg is the most uorfeel thing in existence; while Newton tells us that scarcely any branch of natural history brings the inquirer so closely in contact with its many secrets. Ingersoll gives a law " t h a t the nest complement of eggs of any bird is in exact portion to the average danger to which that specie is ex-|K)sed." What shall we say about the protection of these our feathered friends? The small boy, who pur-sues them from the standpoint of a hunter, feels only the ardor of pur-suit. Shall we not tell him of tho great aid birds are to agriculture? Shall we not educate him lo think wilh the |)oel? " H e liveth best, who loveth best

All things both great and small For the dear Lord who loveth us

He made and loveth a l l ." We think with Allen if man could

only moult, as the birds do, his mind once a year its errors, his heart once a year its useless passions; but no we have one set of feathers to last us through life, one set of spotless feathers, which we are told to keep spotless through all our lives, in a dirty world. If one gets broken, broken il stays; if one gets blackened, nothing will cleanse it, as has been said of a broken reputa-tion: ' I t may be mended, but the world will always see the crack." "God sent his singers upon earth

With songs of sadness and of mirth.

That they might touch the hearts of men

And bring them back to heaven again." E. H. N .

Old Soldier's Experience. M. M. Amstin.a civil war veteran,

ol Winchester, Ind. ' writes: "My wife was sick a lung time in spile of good doctor's treatment, but was wholly cured by Dr. King's New Life's Pills which worked wonders for her health-" They always do. Try them. Only 25c al L. H. Hunt & Co.'s drug store.

E X C U R S I O N S V U THE

P E R E M A R Q U E T T E

G R A N D RAPIDS. S U N D A Y

- MAY 12.

Train will leave Lowell 11:35 a. m. Returning leave Grand Rapids a l 6:00 p . m . R a l e 5 0 £ e n l s .

P A N - A M E R I C A N "EXPOSITION

AT B U F F A L O , N. Y.

Ask agents for ful l information as lo the various rates, -limits, etc. , which cannot well be given in this advertisement. awks H. F. Moeller, G. P. A.

I t Saved His Leg. P A. Danforth, of LaGrange, Ga.,

suffered for six months with a fright* ful running sore on his leg; bu t writes that Bucklen's Arnica Salve wholly cured it in five days. For Ulcers, Wounds, Piles, its the best salve in the world. Cure guaranteed. Only 2dc. Sold by L. Hunt & Co.

Real Estate Traasfers.

Malcolm B. Remington and wife to Ed-son L. O. Harron and wife; laud on section 4, Bowne, f400.

James L. Thomas to Ellen Thomaa, lot 25, (ânaoniiburg, fSOO,

Ellen Thomas to Jamas L. Thomas; Und on section 21 Cannon, 11,200.

Levi C. Rathbua to i l z ina M. Bathbun. land on section 26 Caledonia, $3,500.

M. Bela Kerekes and wife to Kela A. Kerekes, land on section 1, Lowell. |400.

Mrs. Rosalia Soars to M. Bela Kerekes, land on section I Lowell, 1400.

Leonard 8. Jones to Hiram P. Jonesi land on sections 23 and 27, Cannon, $1,000

U. B. Pettitt to Mrs. M. E' Doan, lot 11 blk. 37, Abel Avery's add U» Lowell, $240.

Try Ihe new remedy for costivenem Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.-Every bo* guaranteed. Price 25 cents. For sale by D. O. Ijook, druggist

• ^ •

COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

Special meeting of the Ix)well Village Council held in the Council Rooms ou Monday icveniug, April 29, 1901.

Meeting called to order by President VanDyke.

Present Trutlees Lee, Look, Nicbolsoo, Watts, absent Flanagan aod White.

Meeting called for the purpose ol con-sidering liquor bonds.

The liquor bands of R. E Heffron and & Oct., and of M. VanArsdale were offered for coDsideration but were found to be i n -ourrect and on motion by Trustee Look were returnee! for correction.

On motion by Trustee Lee, oonncil ad-journal .

T . A. MUBPHY, Clerk.

"I t is witb a gook deal of pleasure and satisfaction tbat I recommend Chamberlain Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy," says Druggist A. W. Sawtelle, of Hartford, Ounn. "A lady customer, seeing tbe remedy exposed for tale on my show case, said to me: "1 really believe tbat medicine aaved my life the past summer while al the shore and she became enthusiastic over its merits and I a t onoe made up my mind to reoom-mend it in the future. Recently a gentle-man came into my store so overcome with colic pains tba t he sank at once to the floor. 1 gave him a dose of this remedy which helped him. J repeated tbe doee aod in 15 minutes he lef t my store smiling-ly informing me that be felt as well as ever." Sold by D. O. Look, Druggist.

F i n e O r g a n F o r S a l e C b e a p . Bridgeport, 7 octaves, handsome

high, blackwalnut, but little used good as new. Cost $72. $40 bny

>t. Inquire at this office.

"Our little girl was unoonscions from straugulation during a sudden and terrible attack of of croup. 1 quickly secured a bottle of One Minute Coiigb Oure, giving her three doses. The croup was mastered and our little darling speedily recovered" so writes A. L. Spatnrd, Chester, Mich.

L. H . Taf t A CV

1 0 0 A c r e F a r m F o r iSale . N. W. ,'4 Sec. 2H, Vergennes. Oood

house, barn, well, windmill, 8 acres peaches apples, plums, etc. 70 acres improved, balance timber. Terms easy. Ijuly WALTER H I L E R , Lowell.

Inquire at McConnell's store.

A WORTHY SUCCESSOR.

Si'

"SoMethlBB New Uader the Snn "

Ail doctors have tried cure to Catarrah by use of powders, acid irasses.inhalera and drugs ill paste form. Their powders dry np the mucuous membrances causing them lo crack open aud bleed. The powerful acids used in the inhalers have entirely eaten awav the same membranes tbat tbeir makers have aimed lo cure, while

stes and ointments cannot reach the Isease. An old and experienced praclit-

ioner who has for manv years made a close study and speciallr of the treatment of Catarrah, has at last perfected a treatment which wheu faithfully used, not only re-lieves at once, bnt permanently cures Catarrah by removing the cause, stopping discharges, and curing all inflamation. f t ia the only remedy known .to science that actually reaches the afHictcd pails. This wonderfnl remedy is known as "Snuffles the Ousranteed Catarrah Cure" and is sold a t the extremely low price of ono dollar, each package containing internal and external medicine sufficient for a fnll month's IreaU ment and everything necessary to iU perfect nse.

"Snnfflea" is the only perfect Catarrah Core ever made and is now recognized as tbe only safe and positive cure for t h a t annoying and diagusting disease. I l cnre» all inflamation quickly and permanently and is a'so wonderfully quick to relieve Hay Fever or Cold in the Head.

Catarrah when neglected often leads to Consumption—"Snnfflea" will Have you if yon nse it al onoe. I t ia no ordinary remedy, but a complete t reatment which is positively guaranteed to cure Catarrah In any form or stage if used aooording to the Drections which accompany each package, won't delay but send for it at once, and

rite fnll particnlara as to your oondition and von will receive apecial advice from thediaoovererof this wonderful remedy regarding your caae without coet to you beyond tbe regular price of "Snuffles" the Guaranteed Catarrah Cure."

Bent prepaid to any address in the United States o r Canada on receipt of One Dollar. Address Dept. B. 369 Edwin B. Giles £ Company, 2330 and 2832 Market Street, Philadelphia.

PROBATE ORDER. -*• State of Michigan, County of Kent, as At a session of the Probate Court for said County of Kent held at the Probate office, in the City of Grand Rapids, on the 18th day of April in the year one thousand, nine hundred and one.

Present Harry D. Jewell, Judge of Probate.

In the matter of the estate of FRANCES E. LANOLEY, mentally inoompeteot, A. OREN EVANS, guardian of said ward, having rendered to this court his firat annual acoount aa such guardian,

It ia ordered that Monday the 20th day May, 1901, at ten o'clock in tbe forenoon at aaid Probate office, be appointed for the examination and allowance of aaid account.

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

H A a a r D. JBWKLL, Judge of Probate., ALVIM E. EWINO, Register. (A true copy)

If people only knew what we know about Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, it would be used in nearly every boniehold aa there are few people who do not suffer f rom a feeling of fullnesa after eating, belching, flatulenoe, sour stomach or waterbrasb, caused by in-destion or dyspepsia. A preparation, such aa Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, which witb no aid from the stomach, will digest your food certainly can't help but do you good.

L. H. Taft * Co.

Estate of Patrick Cnrley, Deceased

NOTICE TO CREDITORS. STATE of Michigan, County of Kent. ss.

Notice is hereby given that by an order of tbe Probate Court for the County of Kent, mado n the 4lh day of April, A. D.. 1901, six mooUu from that date were allowed for creditors to present their claims agaloat the estate of Patrick Cnrley, late of said county, deceased, and that all creditors of said de-ceased are required to present their claims to said Probate court, at tbe Probate office, in thL city of Grand Rapids' for examination and allowance, on or before the 5th day of October next, and tbat auch claima will be heard before aaid court on Saturday the 6lh day of October, next, at ten o'clock In the forenoon of tbat day.

Dated,Orand Rapids. Mich.. April i, A. D. 1901. HARKY D. JEWELL. may2 Judge of Probate.

Billiousoess ia a condition characterized by a disturbanoe of tbe digestive organs. T b e stomach is debilitated, tbe liver torpid and tbe bowels constipated. There is a loathing of blood, paioa in the bowela, diz-ziness, coated tongue and vomiting, flrst of the undigested or partly digested food and then of bile. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets allay the disturbances of the stomach and create a healthy appetite. They also tone up the liver to a healthy aotion and regulate the bowels. Try them aod you are certain to be much pleased with the resnlt. f o r sale by D. G. Look, druggist.

ASK YOUR GROCER FOR

Ralsfo The 5 Minute Breakfast rood.

Wm. fl. Anderson. Pres. John W. HI d. gett, VlcePres. John A. Bermour, Cash.

L. Z.Caukln. Asot. Cash.

T H E F O U R T H N A T I O N A L BANK UNITED STATES MBPOSFTORV ( ' s p l u

Hint Surplus •100.000. ...SAVINGS BOOKS ISSUED...

Grand Ha|iidi>, Michigan

T o m t T h e m . 10,000 pairs of warranted (1.60 and

| 2 00 Shoes sold |ar>t year—that is our record. Thla provea that they are the great-est values sola for the price. Nothing over 12 00. Try them and you won't be disap. pointed.

T H E P E O P L E S I 5 0 AND 2 0 0 S H O E S T O R E . 14 Canal St.

R I T Z E M A A O L T M A N S H O E C O .

no Pain, no Danger.

Don't Be misled We will msk>' your mouth perfect. We

will do your work cheaper und better than any dentist or eoinbination of dentists In (irind Rapids. Our late scieutilie methods insure the greatest advancement in modern deatistry.

Gold Crowns.Gold Plate-, Gold Brldgea

Gold and Silver Fillings without pain. All work guaranteed.

flMERIGRN D E N T r t L C O . DK.Q.A.CRAWFORD, Mgr.

Wooderly Building Grand Rapids

J u l i u s A J . F r iedr lch , J U a n d 3 2 C A N A L S T .

Pianos, O r g a n s ,

^ S l u e ! Music a n d

Musica l M d s e . Etfrylhing In Ihe Musical

Line

Write for catalogue ami priccs.

G R A N D RAPIDS. MICH.

• • • • • • • • • • • • •

Patronize Your Home Industry,

THE LOWELL STEAM LAUNDRY ^

Bush, Brockway and ^ Wieand Props, •

AH work Kuaraatm] lirst-claas. King ua up and our wagon will call for aud, de-liver your laundry. '

Office in Wisner Bell Phone IH5. Citizens Phone 41.

• • • • • • • • • • • • •

SENT FREE TO

MEN AND WOMEN! DR. ANDREW B. S P I N N E Y ,

Fonarrir of llrlroll. und prapriHnr at Hrr4 Clfj Saallarias. I br ».d n lluM- ^p-Hallat. crowned »Uh forty )mrt ol un|>iir.ill»I>*l hurrtai. in trraHos

r H n u r r . "••tunl, ii'xl nil furm* of (.'brralc li»» »ut li f*llh in lu ' abiliO I'J coir wbô

Mh«i> full TIIH* LI" will M*IIII •>im moii'h'i tr ( rw Ii* Im. uu paiviit to n ho i t i v . nor A rAKE arcc i r tc . Karh cn** U rnr>riil|> .tu li«l by lu •elf. sii'l will rwe-ir* 1I10 imM riii>l>il HU»fition.

Partirnlur •llimioa l« ifirmi th" In atinHnt of Ihw following l<>'iii-«un-1in( dlM.i .<•«. m.» %B.iil<'aiarrii. folrpua, Mucoti> lioil rollir-ilnr Uiwi-aaofUMIThroat. Koreiicn 'froatli. in tl.* Lanm. Lrrynititi.. Bronchi. (IN. Hroncliinl <on-aiaiitiu i. Kiuttina of Itlood, LOMof Voire, Enlitwl Ton-IN. lucipM ui l!unraiii|ition. Atlh-ma. IHi>*a>a»uf ths Hoarl. i.-u-ral Ifebilllr, Diuaara rnralur to Wotnao, NVumlsi* -(nd all formi of Ser-TOM Uiaoaw. I»l-w •. of thf KMncm and Bladder. HtrictarM,Oon«tiuaiion. PiloH. V i'-tii». KMula. Irrlt,'. blw and Indolnnt I'lror*. Hip l>l«ea»U'. Sctofola. nioo«i •ndHkin Diaoam. Sur.-ir .1 InM'.iM<>of all fiimi>t.li4 Kyt>. Bar. Kacn nnd Interpiil Oigaii', iiicludiiia ]>.. lonnlli««.OIuh Ke t, CtO'i-Kr in. Tuinon. IlnrvLii'*, Mt Alao.lanndi». Dr"l«:"iB. I'iai:hea. und all furrcj of Lt'Hr, Htonuoti und lk/«»-l Vi -ru«i.

YOtlNU MKN led into mil linliii.. not bnonlmitti'. harm, and now nwroii. nn<k*. imllt for atud), aocir! pleiuiifM or ha.ino-t, trill. Iiv.. ol luwu ir). hvadarl: •eak IrneV. iMtlpluliim. ttrl and »iiiik>n <•>«*. f itnpl.-. lin-d in»rnini;..iio mnl.il inn. nrnnion lo K>rM),drciiii.<« and I . - IHI. . . . . ! . in the urinc.whltli i» t-aw-d Uvm'-Mn. aoraHinpM in-arliii^, milk) nrln*. kidnr) trouli^. (onorrhiM. glimi. -Irirtaro. orBn> •li-*H.*»f thcoin-al arnuini. can IIHIV Hii<ln-:if» und •|«Hl>curo, Chuiivt r*(w>nablf> (Miwciallv i-.il.. |-,,r < urraftti.ranliol.

THK SlrtNSOK KVI'III l.ls am hiood and .kin di*-oavw, painful intilllnc*. l-M" IÎN-. ITUM-OUS P.IU J,..n la lh« raouth. hair lo-t-o. pin.i lc on tli» bark, nn l wartj Rrowthi'- Tbi-ae rated for life nliliuat tbr u .o •r lalarluM. druf*.

VARIOOOKI.K. PM-KS. f t r . Criirn AT Owr*. HAVB YOU lint •r<«i<of HID pot DIM'ii.O lutkins In

yoar.j•'.mnT IVPOTKSOV. or l.oxnf Setunl I 'O. 'T , and do ;oa mnlmoplat* MMilUACKT Im ).m •-•I •afainUkine IhUatwiT You cnn'l Mlli.rd Intnkoanjr ri*k. Wacara all ••irn raa.-. I.); buildine up thui>>>t«m and parifrinK tha blood.

If )ourann'H l>atr«ai<-I rarrMifallrnt home, ba will loll ).iu wh'U In ran ir^nt TOO fur at llif Knnitancm. whore TOO ran rerelra Ihe lie«l of tn«tnient ut Ihe low-rmtyrinnl an/ Kanitanuru In therountry. andvliera he baa a ArM-claaa uadical ataS and Ihe Imt of prufaa-aional nuraaa.

Tboae nnable to rome lo the RanlUrinm ahonld writa partlrulara. inrloainic afamp. and lecelr.. iioeetion Hal.

Thouunda cured at home hjr rorreapondenre. Writa oa. and if lha ra«e la one that can lie treated nt hom« wa win do ao. teaaaltallon frrr. Our honeat opinion a I war. giraa, and good, boneat, careful treatment (iraa toererjr (.aliasI. Addrvaa all mall to

B£EU CITY HAMTABICX, BCE4 CLTJ, MTRBLG^

Dr. Spinney will be a t

LOWELL, WAVERLY N 0 U 8 E , MONDAY, M A Y 6 from 8 a. m. to 4 p. m.

S P E C T A C L E S AND E Y E H L A S N U

Gold, Gold Filled, Nickle. Steel, Oella-loid, Zylonite, Rubber and Torloiae Shell. Low prioea pre ta i l throughout oar Op-cal department.

Eyes Tested Free LARGEST OPTICAL

DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY

An Expert Optician in Attendance and you get glassee that are guaranteed to help your eyes.

J . C . H E R K N E R J E W E L R Y C O . , • 7 M O N R O ! S T . GRAND RAPIDS:

Smell Mr- m i l l • 1 1 M .

F M . JOHNSON, r u b l l h h e r .

LOWELL, M I C n i G A K .

T h e r e a r e m o r e lhan l.OOO.UOO s q u n r c

fee t of g l a s s s u r / a c e in E n g l a n d ex-

c lu s lve ly devo ted to t h e c u l t i v a t i o n a n d p r o d u c t i o n of t o m a t o . « f o r m a r k e t p u r -pose*.

M ' ^ ' O R M I C H I G A N M A T T E R S . | D O I N G S O F T H S 4 I : . T S E S S I O N .

A m o n g t h e flgurrs r e t u r n e d fo r

c i t i e s f r o m t h e I t a l i an c e n s u s t a k e n on F e b r u a r y 9 a r e R o m e , 602,000: F lo r -

ence , 190.000; Venice , 131,000, a n d Bo-logna , 152,000.

T h e qu ick f i r ing a r t i l l e ry w i t h which t h e who le Swis s a r m y is to be equ ipped

f o r t h w i t h , c o n s i s t s of n icke l Kteel g u n a , 7.4 c e n t i m e t e r s ca l iber , firing ten s h o u

a m i n u t e , w i th a r a n g o of 5,800 ya rds .

T h e Ktatc f a i r is to In- h e l d a t r o r ' . i a o

t i l l s y e a r .

F i v e cai ict of s m a l l p o x a r c r e p o r t e d a t M a r s h a l l .

Hay H t y In l«» b a v e t h e l a r g e s t ce-

m e n t f a c t o r y in Amer ica .

l loi i i{hton n o w h a s a d a i l y p a p e r — T h e I ' a l l y Copper J o u r n a l .

l l o u g h t o n S counoi l h a s r e j e c t e d t b e I iMinds of six sa loon ' tenpcTs

A n o w po.^toflliv bas U ' c n I ' t t a b l i s h e d . at I I n b e r , X f w a y g o c o u n t y ,

i F r a n k f o r t b a s a n e w b a n k k n o w n a s th"" l lenzie C o u n t y s t a t e b a n k .

T h e f o l l o w i n g b i d s w o r e p a s s e d by 1

tlu* bouse on t h e ' . ' l ib; I ' r o u ' e t i o n of | r a b b i t s of W a s h t o n a w a n d M o n r o e

j c o u n t i e s ; a m e n d i n g c h a r i e r of Hay Ci ty ; to p rov ide fo r t h e r e o r g a n i s a t i o n 1

j of t b e school d i s t r i c t of N o r t h S i a r | t o w n s h i p , ( i r a t i o t C o : n u t h o r i / . i n g t o w n s h i p of I ' e n t w a t e r t o b o r r o w m o n e y ; n m e n d i n g g a m e l a w ; reapprt)- |

j p r i a t i n g f15.000 l o i m p r o v e t h e M-wage i s y s t e m of J a c k s o n p r i son ; a p p r o p r i a - | • t ion fo r s t a t e r e f o r m a t o r y . 91U,0'.';>: , ! p r o v i d i n g fo r t h e i n c o r p o r a t i o n of '

C h r i s t i a n R e f o r m e d c h u r c h e s ; r e l a t i v e to i m e n d i n g b y - l a w s of c o r p o r a t i o n s

T h e f i s h i n g t a c k l e is W i n g b r o u g h t t o p r e v e n t c r u e l t y t o c h i l d r e n ; s ame

I t does n o t Hppe.tr t h a t t h e Kngl i sh a r e r e a d y t o w i t h d r a w f r o m South

Af r i ca . Hri t l sh a g e n t s a r e In t h i s c o u n t r y a s k i n g bids on 20.000.000 bags

of f e e d i n g oa s. 20,000.000 b a g s of 8e?d

o a t s , 20,000.000 bales of a l f a l f a h a y a n d 20,000,000 bags of b ran . It is u n d e r -

F ood t h n t t h e s e suppl ies a r e f o r t h e t r o o p s in Sou th Afr ica .

H e r e is t h e l a tes t s t o r y of J u d g e H e n r y E . H o w l a n d , o n e of t h e m o s t p o p u l a r a f t e r - d i n n e r s p e a k e r s of New

Y o r k : " T h e r e was a l i t t l e boy w h o w a s bad ly puzzled ove r t h e t h e o r y of

e v o l u t i o n . H e wen t to hia m o t h e r a n d a s k e d ; "Mamma, a m I descended f r o m

a monkey?" 'I d o n ' t k n o w , ' she a n -s w e r e d ; i neve r m e t a n y of y o u r f a -t h e r ' s p e o p l e . ' "

P r e l i m i n a r y r e p o r t s of t h e A u s t r ' a n c e n s u s t a k e n on December 31 l a s t . g l v « t h e p o p u l a t i c n ' o f Aus t r i a as 26.107.301 a n d t h a t of H u n g a r y a s 19.203,531. T h e t o t a l p o p u l a t i o n of t h e e m p i r e . Inc lud-ing B o s n i a a n d Herzegov ina , is p rob -

ab ly abou t 47.000,000, an i nc r ea se of a l i t t l e o v e r 9 per cent , s i nce 1890. T h e p o p u l a t i o n of Vienna is 1,635,647 a n d t h a t of B u d a p e s t 729.3S3.

Jas. H . B r o w n , o f B a t t l e C r e e k ,

M u s t A n s w e r t o T h i s C h a n r e .

T R O U B L E D A T E S B A C K I N 1 8 9 8

Whrn II U AllrKnl Thm llmmn Miantrd Ihr MHIP mnl Ciillrrltil L*it|r for I 'unr

|lft}V Hrr t l r r Ml I 'linlUr M hllr Ml t he

Samr Tlmr Mr w O l h r - w I iig iffrU.

Mn*l \n«Mfr lo llir Charff* nf Kraiid. T b e t r i a l of J a m e s II I t r o w n . of Hat-

| t i e Creek, a m e m b e r of t h e s t a t e l ive s t ock s a n i t a r y e o m m i s s l o n . w h o w a s ind ic ted by t h e g r a n d j u r y f o r a l l eged

I f r a u d in ofUce, com m e need in t h e c i r -! oui t c o u r t at l . a n s l n g on tht* '.'Sii. I ' r o v

e c u t o r T u t t l e i s a s s i s t ed by W a t t s S. H u m p h r e y , of L a n s i n g , a n d t b e de-f e n d e n t is r e p r e s e n t e d by P h i l i p T. j p o i n t m c n t s . Colgrove, of l l a s t i n j K . No t r o u b l e w a s \ T e k o n s h a h a s a c o u n t r y scliool w i t h

; e x p e r i e n c e d in s e c u r i n g a j u r y , o n l y j t w o p n p i l s in a t t e n d a n t mos t of ^ . i a % p c c l ] Q n o t ^ m l n e s ; M n l h o r i , n „ P r o s e c u t o r | t i m e . 1 h e r e a r e t . m e s w h e n the a t - ^ ^ ^ ^

teDilanoe is n u t one . 1 lie t e a c h e r is I . . . , • , t o schools ; p rov id inf f t b a t in a r k n o w l -

paid f'.'O a m o n t h . , , , . , i e d . ' i n g d o c u m e n t s n o t a r i e s m u s t g iv^ l - a r m e r s in t a s s c o u n t y an - predic t - . t l i e t | r i i e o f t h , M , i r B l l u n o f l h o i r

i n g a t ine w h e a t c rop in t h e i r see ion o v i ( I i f o r l I , e n . t H , r . , i n t r 1 t h i s s u m m e r . 1 hey say it wil l no t be , o f ^ n n ( 1 o t h | . r i n r , V l l | so l a r g e as m some y e a r s pas t , out q u a l i t y wil l be h igh .

A bi l l w a s passed on t h e 2.11 by t h e

s u b j e c t : a m e n d i n g g e n e r a l t a x law ' r e l a t i v e t o t h e pa .vm-n t of t a x e s on ! pa rce l s of l a n d ; pri.v d i n g t h a t r eg i s t -| r a r s of d e a t h s m u s t fi o r e p o r t s w i t h

c o u n t y c l e r k s in o r l e r t o co l l ec t f ees ; a l l o w e d ; p r o v i d i n g t b a t t h e m e m b e r s

a f t e r " m a n / r o n ? " m o n l h s o 7 " t a lk ing j o f l ^ U u f * * * * * m u » l t a x p a y e r s o v e r t h e p r o j e c t and repcat.Nl d i sa jv • n | , l - n d o w n e r K revis ion of l a w s rela-

i l ive to t h e i n s p e c t i o n of coa l mines . 1 p r o v i d i n g a l ioard of, e x a m i n e r s nnd | p r o v i d i n g f o r t h e a ] - p o i n t m e n t of an

d o w n f r o m i t s r e s t i n g p l a c e a n d p u t in r e a d i n e s s f u r i t s a n n u a l o u t i n g w h e n t h e t r o u t s eason o p e n s on ly a few-d a y s n o w .

W o r k h a s finally b e g u n on t h e con-s t r u c t i o n of Cad i l l ae ' s n e w o p e r a house

t w o j u r o r s b e i n g e x c u s e d . , T u t t l e . In o p e n i n g t h e case t o i h e j u r y . I

s t a t ed t h a t t h e peop le wou ld show t h a t d u r i n g t h e week of Apr i l I I , l^'Jrt. B r o w n c h a r g e d t h e s t a t e s n d c o l l e c t e d pay f o r f o u r d a y s ' s e r v i c e s In I ' on t i a c w h e n , in f a c t , he w a s e n r aged in m a k - | i ng a t e s t of F a r m e r K l l i o l t ' s c a t t l e . • a n d t h o s e of F a r m e r J e n n i n g s u n d e r ;

i t s

p r i v a t e c o n t r a c t E l l i o t t pa id h i m 132 j l o w e r house of t h e l e g i s l a t u r e of I l l in-fo r h i s services , b u t J e n n i n g s , w h o h a s , uis . p r o h i b i t i n g t h e sale , g i v i n g a w a y s ince d i ed , fa i led t o r e m i t f o r b i l l s sub-s e q u e n t l y r e n d e r e d . T h e p r o s e c u t o r a lso p romised t o s h o w t h a t a t t h e s a m e t i m e B r o w n w a s u n d e r c o n t r a c t to g i v e

t h e M i c h i g a n F a r m e r s e rv i ce a m o u n t - j t h f l of t b e s e v e r * , s i t e s of- i r i I ^ d " f ing to t w o d a y s ' w o r k e a c h week , a n d f . , ' h U t c m i l , U r v e n c a m p - i 1

cases i n s t ead of fi.ing t h e m ; t o p e r m i t t h e h u n t i n g of l a b b i t s w i t h f e r r e t s o r d o g s on a n y p r o p e r t y e x c e p t w h e r e spec i f ica l ly p r o h i b i t e d ; l i m i t i n g t i m e

. f o r t h e c o m m e n c e m e n t of a c t i o n s ques -o r b r i n g i n g In to t h e s U t e o f c i g a r e l l e a . , t l o n l l l ? t h e t i d i l y of l a x t i t l e s to s ix

| m o n t h s ; a p p r o p r i a t i o n fo r M a i q u e t t e I n o r m a l school , {*.•.'>.200.

T h e r a i l r o a d s h a v e n e v e r b e e n ac-

c i g a r e t t e p a p e r o r s u b s t i t u t e s .

T h e s t a t e m i l i t a r y b o a r d m e t a t Lan-s i n g on t b e 23d a n d d i scussed a t l e n g t h

t h a t be d id f u r n i s ' i t h a t p a p e r t h e re-q u i r e d copy fo r t h e w e e k in ques t i on .

Kanilpnuin Munlr r <'a*e Iteratleri.

is l ike w r i t i n g a n old s t o r y l o c h r o n i c l e 1 t h e fac t t h a t t h e y scored a n o t h e r vie-

fe red fo r i h e s t a t e m i l i t a r y e n c a m p -i m e n t No s i t e w a s s e l ec t ed , howeve r .

j T n e half h u n d r e d s a l o o n k e e p e r s of ; t o r y in t h e s e n a t e on t h e e v e n i n g of j K a l a m a / o o g o t t o g e t h e r on t h e 2rith , i h e 23d bv e f f e c t i n g t h e p a s s a g e of a

Mrs. Mar ie S a n d e r s o n , w h o rece ived i a n d s igned an i ron clad a g r e e m e n t t o 1 t a x a t i o n * m e a s u r e b u i l t in t h e i r order , much n o t o r i e t y by b e i n g p laced on : c u t off a l l e x t r a s in t he f r e e l u n c h l ine j T h e fin .1 v o t e w a s 20 to 8. a n d i t w a s t r i a l f o r t h e a l l eged m u r d e r of h e r bus - j anil in t h e f u t u r e servo o n l y c r a c k e r s | b imply a c a s e of t h e r a i l r o a d s s e c u r i n g band . R o d o l p b u s S a n d e r s o n , of B a t t l e ^ a u d cheese. I w h a t t h e y s e t o u t t o g e t in t h e first Creek, by f e e d i n g b i m g r o u n d g lass , j T h e r e g u l a r i y e l r c t e d assessor , of ; p lace . As finally a c t e d npon t h e bi l l a n d w a s a c q u i t t e d , h a s c o m m e n c e d su i t T e k o n s h a . dec l ined to q u a l i f y a n d t h e j i#. p r a c t i c a l l y t h e s a m e as i t c a m e f r o m

| in t h e c i r c u i t c o u r t t b a t m a y r eopen counci l had d i f l i c u l t y in t i l l ing t h e po- | t h e r a i l r o a d c o m m i t t e e , o n l y t w o o r s i t lon. T w o a o p o i D t a i e n t s w e r e m a d e . t h r e e m i n e r am<fndm3nt s b e i n g t a c k e d

T b e A r c h d u k e R a l a e r of Aus t r i a h a s p r e s e n t e d h is m a g u l . l c e n t col lec t ion of papyr i , wh i ch l« o n e of t h e finest In

t be wor ld , to t he Hofb ib l i o th^k a t V ienna . T h i s sp lendid g i f t cn i . s l s t s of 70.000 Greek , 30,000 Arab ic , a n d 5,000 Oopt io m a n u s c r i p t s , all of wh ich h a v e

b e n c a t a l o g u e d d u r i n g t b e las t 15 yea r s by P r o f e s s o r K a r a b a c e k . w h o

h a s j u s t been appo in ted d i r e c t o r of t h e V i e n n a H o f b l b l l o t h e k .

W h a t a r e t h e two c h a n g e s in t he pe r -

sona l a p p e a r a n c e of p e j p ' e wh ich

would most s u r p r i s e a R ip Van W i n k l e , o p e n i n g his eyes a f t e r a s leep of a cen-

t u r y ? Accord ing to a r ecen t o b s e r v e r ,

t hey would be t h e n u m b e r of p e r s o n s — y o u n g a n d o ld—who w e r e w e a r i n g

g lasses , a n d the few of a n y age w h o

were p i t t ed wi th Miuil'.pox. A very

a g r e e a b l e exchange . P e r h a p s anothei -c e n t u r y will leach m a n h o w t o r e -

cover n o r m a l eyes igh t , a s well a s 10

save t h e s m o o t k n e s s of h is sk in .

1 some of t h e s e n s a t i o n a l t h i n g s con-

I noa t e d w i t h t h e f a m o u s t r i a l . Mrs. S a n d e r s o n , w h o is n o w in G r a n d Rap-

! ids . h a s c o m m e n c e d s u i t in t h e c i r c u i t c o u r t t o r ecover p r o p e r t y w h i c h w o u l d h a v e been h e r s in t b e e v e n t of h e r hus -

; band ' s d e a t h , p r o v i d i n g t h a t h i s d e a t h had o c c u r r e d in a m a n n e r w h i c h w o u l d

I h a v e l e f t h e r f r e e f r o m t h e susp ic ion

( o f h a v i n g m u r d e r e d h im. of w h i c h she w a s f o u n d i n n o c e n t . Mrs. S a n d e r -son w a s ob l i ged to sell h e r r i g h t s in p r o p e r l y va lued nt 130.000 fo r t h e s u m of $4,500, in o r d e r t o s e c u r e t h e ser-vices of a l a w y e r .

IlUfHiM s In Miehlcnn, R e p o r t s l o t h e s l a t e lioard of h e a l t h

by r e p r e s e n t a t i v e p h y s i c i a n s in a c t i v e

b e f o r e a c a n d i d a t e eou ld be f o u n d l a k e t h e p l a c e

T h e r e I v - o r w a s — o n e d o g in 11 i l l v d a l e t h a t bad i deas of i h e e t e r n a l fit-n e s s of Ih inTs . liQp d r o p p e d dead t h e o t h e r d a y a n d picked o u l an u n d e r t a k -e r ' s e s t a b l i s h m e n t in w h i c h t o do t h e

s h u f f l i n g off a c t

D o w a g i a c ' s c i t y c o u n c i l h a s s h u t d o w n on " s t r a w b o n d s " f o r sa loon-keepe r s . ami h e r e a f t e r t h o s e wisl i n g t o e m b n r k in t h e l i quor b u s i n e s s t h e r e wil l h a v e lo h a v e b o n d s m e n of un-d o u b t e d l lna ' ic ia l s t a n d i n g .

P r o s e c u t o r T u t t l e s a y s t h a t t h e w o r k of p r e p a r i n g a f u l l a n d c o m p l e t e s t a i e -m e n t o f t b e F r e n c h . I ' r . i t t a n d A d u m s

g e n e r l p r a c t i c e in d i f f e r e n t p a r t s of fo r s u b m i s s i o n t o J u i g e \ \ i es t , i» l l . e s t a t e i n d i c a t e t b a t Inf iuenr .a , neu- »f>'Dg r a p i d l y f o r w a r d , a n d t h e r e p o r t

T!ie deepest ho le In F r a n c e is a well

in t h e coal m i n e s of R o n c h a m p . Up-

per Seine , which was comple ted in De-

cember , 1900. I t s d e p t h Is 3.600 f ee t aod I t s u t i l lxable d i a m e t e r is 13 f ee t .

T h e s h a f t Is walled f r o m top t o b o t t o m

a n d l ined wi th copper w h e r e it t r a -ve r ses w a t e r - b e a r i n g s t r a t a . T o c o m -

ple te i t s i x t y m o n t h s were r equ i red .

At 30 feet below the s u r f a c e t he t e m -p e r a t u r e of t h e rock is 50 degrees F a h -

r e n h e i t ; a t t be l iot tom the t e m p e r a -

t u r e Is 117 degrees F a h r e n h e i t , a l -

t h o u g h the h ighes t t e m p e r a t u r e of t b e a i r In t h e s h a f t ( w i t h o u t a r t i f ic ia l v e n -

t i l a t i on ) Is 88 degrees .

T h e munic ipa l counci l of Venice ha^

offered a r eward of 20.000 l ire to a n y person who may rescue Lieut . Gnu a t

F r a n c o Qul r ln l and t h e N o r w e g a a sa i lor , who were lost f r o m the e x p l o / -

Ing p a r t y of t he Duke of Abruzzl . A

reward of 5.000 l i re Is o f fe red to a n y one who f u r n i s h e s def in i t e news of

t he f a t e of t he men. Only a few d u y i ago an expedi t ion s t a r t e d fo r F r a n z -

Josef l . and , fo r t he p u r p o s e of finding t h e los t a d v e n t u r e r s . T h e y m a y be

discovered, bu t t he c h a n c e s a r e a g a i n t

i t . T h e r e m a r k a b l e expe r i ence of N a n -sen a n d his compan ion in t h a t r eg ion

a f fo rds some hope t h a t t h e I t a l i an a n d t h e N o r w e g i a n a r e st i l l s a f e .

r a lg ia . r h e u m a t i s m , t o n s i l i t i s and bron-chi t i s . in t h e ord.-r n a m e d , caused mos t

j s i c k n e s s In M i c h i g a n d u r i n g t h e week e n d i n g Apr i l 20, 1901, Ce reb rosp ina l

| m e n i n g i t i s w a s r e p o r t e d p r e sen t a l 4 places, w h o o p i n p c o u g h I I . d i p h t h e r i a

j 26. m e a s l e s 28. t y p h o i d f e v e r 3.V s c a r l e t < feve r UO. s m a l l p o x U4 a n d c o n s u m p t i o n

a t 104.

Sulrlde » « r I'llrm. Mrs. J o h n F o g e l s o n g e r . a v e d a b o u t To

y e a r s , w a s f o u n d In t h e c e l l a r of h e r r es idence . 3 ^ mi l e s n o r t h of C l i e a in a d y i n g cond i t i on on t h e 23-1. S h e h a d c u t h e r t h r o a t in s ix o r e i g h t d i f f e r e n t places in a h o r r i b l e m a n n e r . H e r

wi l l p r o h a b l y be m a d e sume l i m e t h i s week .

T h e c o n t r a c t h a s been le t for t h e cons l ru i - t ion of t he c h i c o r y f a c t o r y a t Bad Axe, a n d now t h e c i t i z e n s of t h a t e n t e r p r i s i n g , b u r g wil l t u r n t b e i r a t -t e n t i o n to t h e s e c u r i n g of some o t h e r i n d u s t r y to h e l p In t h e u p b u i l d i n g of t h e vi l lage.

T h e c o n t r a c t fo r T o r t H u r o n ' s c a n a l w a s finally l e t on t h e e v e n i n g of t h e 24th. T h e S t a n d a r d C o n t r a c t i n g com-p a n y . of C leve land , w e r e a w a r d e d f i e c o n t r a c t a t tU3,400, w h i c h p r i ce is t o i n c l u d e a l l b r i d g e s a n d t h e n e c e s s a r y r i g h t of way .

T b e I ^ - x i n g t o n N e w s • h i n k s I t h a s . I . * | . . .. | A IIV KJU a 'iiuiKn it iia« windp>pe w a s c u t c l e a r in two . l ioth . . • » . . r r . . . . . .... . i loca ted t h e m e a n e s t m a n on e a r t h fo r be low a n d a b o v e t h e l a r y n x . 1 h e l a r - I n • i . . . . . m

. , su re . He is a r e s i d e n t of S a n i l a c y n x w a s a lso s e v e r e d 1 h e o p e n i n g on | . . . . . . . . . , . . . i i . • i . . 1 c o u n t y . His w i f e d i ed r e c e n i l v . a n d t h e neck w a s ove r s ix i n c h e s in l e n g t h , • e x t e n d i n g f r o m t h e r i g h t t o l e f t ear .

A r i s t o c r a t a n d p lebe ian a r e on'.y c o m p a r a t i v e t e rms . S o m e y e a r s a g o

P r o f e s s o r Cleddes of E d i n b u r g m o v e d his f ami ly in to a s lum d i s t r i c t , w h e r e

they hoped to do f r i e n d l y work a m o n g the poor . One e v e n i n g h e a s k e d a d i s -

t ingu i shed s t a t e s m a n to d i n e wi th t w o local gues t s , a c h i m n e y - s w e e p u n d a scavenger . T h e s t a t e s m a n accep ted

wi th unfe igned p l easu re , t h e s c a v e n g e r said he would come; b u t t h e c h i m n e y -

s w e e p re fused to s i t d o w n wi th t h e s cavenge r . At a n o t h e r t i m e t h e f a m -ily on the first noor of t h e dec rep i t

t e n e m e n t t hey Inhab i t ed to ld P r o f e s s o r

Geddes t h a t If he c o n t i n u e d to s p e a k to t h e f ami ly in t h e g a r r e t he m u s t

d r o p t h e i r a c q u a i n t a n c e . " I f t h e a n -gels h a v e any fun In t h e m , " w r o t e

H o r a c e Walpo le , " h o w o u r d i s t i n c t i o n s

m u s t d i v e r t t h e m ! "

T h e b u r s t i n g f o r t h of a new s p r i n g a t C a r l s b a d , t h r o w i n g o u t e ight h u n -

d red g a l l o n s a m i n u t e a t a t e m p e r a t u r e of 162 F a h r . , Is a r e m a r k a b l e e v e n t . F o r 600 y e a r s t h e w a t e r s of C a r l s b a d

h a v e r u n w i t h , so f a r a s Is k n o w n , o n l y one i n t e r m i s s i o n , w h i c h occur red fo r t h r e e d a y s a t t h e t i m e of t h e g r e a t Lis-

bon e a r t h q u a k e . T h e t e m p e r a t u r e of t h e n e w s p r i n g s h o w s t h a t Its w a t e r s

c a m e f r o m w h a t Is l oca l ' y k n o w n a s t h e S p r u d e l k e s s e l , o r " f o a m i n g ca ld -r o n , " w h i c h Is be l ieved to u n d e r l i e

C a r l s b a d , a n d to s u p p l y i t s s e v e n t e e n

b o t s p r i n g s .

b e a s k e d t h a t h e r f a l s e t e e t h m i g h t be r emoved , r e m a r k i n g t h a t t h e y cou ld lie used a g a i n .

I t is r e p o r t e d t h a t t w o f a r m e r s l i v i n g n e a r Bay City, r e c e n t l y , by m u t u a l con-

s e n t of a l l p i r l i e s i n t e r e s t e d , dec ided t o t r a d e wives . One of t h e m e n . to-g e t h e r w i t h h is n e w w i f e h a v e been

come b e f o r e t h e o tbe i a l c a n v a s s c a n be ! a r r e s t e d , b o t t h e o t h e r c a n n o t be f o u n d made. F r o m s u c h figures a s a r e in. : a t t h i s w r i t i n g .

T w o n e w r u r a l d e l i v e r y r o u t e s

i s t a r t e d f r o m G r a n d L e d g e o o t h e lU.h. j u s t i ce wi l l b e n e a r l y 95.000. a b o u t h a n d l i n g n e a r l y 500 p i e c e s of mal l , tw ice a s m u c h a s w a s figured j u s t a f t e r j T h e r e a r e t h r e e r u r a l r o u t e s f r o m t h e r e e lec t ion day . n o w a n d n o n e in t h e c i t y , so f o r o n c e

Kobbr r j Adrian. I t h e f a r m e r s c a n n o t c o m p l a i n t h a t t h e

Mrs. R u t h A y e r s . a g e d 80. of S p r i n g - 1 c l t i e " ff*1 » 1 1 t h e Jf0 0 1 1 t h i n g s .

She d id n o t r e g a i n consc iousnes s a f t e r l ic ing dUcove red .

Majorllr Ijtrirrr Than K.*perled. T h e r e t u r n s f r o m t h e v a r i o u s coun-

t i e s on t h e r e c e n t s t a t e e lec t ion a r e sl-mos t a l l in, b u t t h e few s t i l l o u l m u s t

h o w e v e r , it a p p e a r s t h a t t h e m a j o r i t y of M o n t g o m e r y ove r Adsl t fo r s u p r e m e

vll le, n e a r A d r i a n , a w i d o w r e s i d i n g a lone , w a s g a g g e d , b l i n d f o l d e d a n d bound h a n d a n d f o o t on t h e 26th a n d r o b b e d . How m u c h t h e r o b b e r s se-cu red i s n o t m a d e k n o w n , b u t on t h e floor w a s f o u n d a S-Vl a n d a 820 bi l l w h i c h t h e t h i e v e s had e v i d e n t l y d r o p ped. T h e w o m a n t h i n k s she con d I d e n t i ' y t h e t w o m i s c r e a n t s .

P e a r l M a r v i n of Cad i l l a c w a s r o u g h l y h a n d l e d on t h e n i g h t of t h e 20th on a f a r m n e a r W a l t o n b y a g a n g of m e n w h o g a v e h i m a t h o r o u g h h o r s e w h i p p i n g a n d t h e n t r e a t e d h i m to a c o a l o l l a r a o d f e a t h e r s . ' H e w a s c h a r g e d w i t h u n d u e i n t i m a c y w i t h a f a m i l y w h i l e t h e h u s b a u . l w a s in t b e h o s p i t a l a t Anu A r b o r .

T h i r t y - o n e h e a d of c a t t l e , 600 bush -e l s of g r a i n . 12 t o n s of h a y a n d s e v e r a l T h e I t rumm f a c e lu Cunrl Aealii.

T h e s u p r e m e c o u r t h a s m a d e t h e or-d e r in t h e h a b e a s c o r p u s p r o c e e d i n g s b r o u g h t in t h e i n t e r e s t of J a m e s H. B r u m m r e t u r n a b l e Mny 7. w b e o t h e al- 1 w a s d e s t r o y e d by fire on t h e l eged i n s a n e m a n wil l be b r o u g h t i n t o tfilth. A t r a m p w h o w a s t h r o w n c o u r t by t h e she r i f f of E a t o n count}*, o u t of t h e b o u s e by F o r e m a n ' s s o n . i s T h e a u t h o r i t i e s of t h a t c o u n t y wi l l ! s u p p o s e d t o h a v e s e t fire l o t h e b a r n .

t o i o n . In i t s e s s e n t i a l f e a t u r e i t i s a r a i l -road m e a s u r e , a s t h e e n t i r e fight w a s m a d e on t h e p r o p o s i t i o n of w h e t h e r t h e r a i l r o a d s s h o u l d bc assessed by t h e s t a t e l a x c o m m i s s i o n e r s , w h o a s s e s s a l l o t h e r p r o p e r l y in t h e s t a t e , o r w h e t h e r a s e p a r a t e b o a r d s h o u l d b e p rov ided , as t h e bi l l ca l led for . Sen-a t o r N icbo l s m a d e a g a l l a n t fight t o h a v e a l l p r o p e r t y in t h e s t a l e a s ses sed by one boa rd s n d t b e a r g u m e n t s he p u t f o r t h w e r e l e f t u n a n s w e r e d by t h e ma-j o r i t y . B o t I t w a s a c a s e of t h e ra i l -r o a d s h a v i n g t h e vo t e s a n d t h e y w o n eas i ly a t t h e e n d .

T h e f o l l o w i n g b i l l s w e r e passed by t h e s e n a t e on t h e 26 tb : T o d e t a c h Ca lhoun c o u n t y f r o m t h e 5 th j ud i c i a l c i r c u i t a n d m a k e i t t h e 3Tth c i r c u i t ; l o a m e n d t h e j u s t i c e c o u r t a c t f o r De-t r o i t ; t o p r o h i b i t fishing in Mil l l . k e . B l o o m i n g d a l e t o w n s h i p . V a n B u r e n c o u n t y ; fish a p p r o p r i a t i o n . 877.000; f o r a s e p a r a t e v o t i n g p r e c i n c t in R o c k l a n d t o w n s h i p , O n t o n a g o n c o u n t y : r e l a t i v e t o t h e i n v e s t m e n t of t h e c a p i t a l of in-s u r a n c e c o m p a n i e s : f o r u n i f o r m sys-t e m s of a c c o u n t i n g by c o u n t y a n d c i t y officers; t o a m e n d t h e g e n e r . i l e l ec t i on l a w t o p r o v i d e s e p a r a t e b a l l o t s f o r con-s t i t u t i o n a l a m e n d m e n t s : t o a m e n d t h e b a r b e r s ' a c t

T h e s e n a t e passed t h e f o l l o w i n g b i l l s o o t h e 24 th : T o r e g u l a t e fishing in t h e l akes of Ci<ss c o u n t y ; t o o r g a n i m : school d i s t r i c t s in Oss ' .neke t o w n s h i p , A l p e n a c o u n t y : a m e n d W e s t B a y Ci ty c h a r i e r ; a m e n d S g i u a w c h a r t e r ; t o r a i s e t h e s a l a r i e s of S a g i n a w c o u n t y off icers ; t o o r g a n i z e school d i s t r i c t s in N o r t h S t a r t o w n s h i p . G r a t i o t c o u n t y ; t o a m e n d t h e fishing l a w s of M u s k e g o n c o u n t y ; to a u t h o r i z e I ' e n t w a t e r . O c e a n a c o u n t y , t o b o r r o w - m o n e y f o r i m p r o v e m e n t s ; r e l a t i v e t o t b e i n c o r p o r a t i o n of f r a t e r -nal b e n e f i c i a r y a s s o c i a t i o n s ; r e l a t i v e t o fishing in M a p l e r i ve r ; a p p r o p r i a t i o n f o r s t a t e n a v a l b r i g a d e .

T h e h o u s e passed t h o f o l l o w i n g b i l l s on t h e 23d: R e g u l a t i u g fishing in S i lve r l ake . O c e a n a c o u n t y ; r e g u l a t i n g fishing iu Wa l l l a k e . B a r r y c o u n t y : p r o h i b i t -i n g s p e a r i n g of fish in I s a b e l l a c o u n t y : r e g u l i t l n g fishing in c e r t a i n l a k e s in Cass a n d V a n B u r e n c o u n t i e s ; r e g u l a t -i n g c a t c h i n g of b l a c k b a s s in i n l a n d w a t e r s of t h e s t a t e ; r e g u l a t i n g fishing in i n l a n d l a k e s of Cass c o u n t y ; t o t a x r a i l r o a d c o m p a n i e s on a d v a l o r e m basis; a u t h o r i z i n g t h e p e n s i o n i n g of Bay City firemen.

T h e s e b i l l s w e r e pass i ' d by t h e s e n a t e •on t h e 23d; T o r a i s e t h e s a l a r y of t h e s t a t e I lb ra r j j sn f r o m 81 .200 to 81.800; f o r a n o r m a l school In w e s t e r n Mich-i g a n : t o a u t h o r i z e D i c k i n s o n c o u n t y in c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h t h e W i s c o n s i n a u t h o r -

A n d has G o n e to L i ve W i t h H e r

M o t h e r a t V i l i a m a n r i q u e .

L E F T H E R C H I L D R E N B E H I N D

lleraaur She OMld nnl Tahe Thrm I'rtim Ihr Klnadom Wauled lo Knler a I'on-trnl INII on Apphlna fnr AdmUnlon Pniind Thry had Hrrn Cloord lu Her.

(Jueen Take* Her Clolhp* anil COM. T h e t h r e a i e n e d b r eak b u t w e e n t h e

k i n g a n d q u e e n of P o r t u g a l ove r t h e a t t i t u d e of t h e P o r t u g u e s e g o v e r n m e n t t o w a r d t h e r e l i g i o u s o r d e r s b a s finally t a k e n p l i c * . T h e y o u n g q u e e n h a s l e f t her h u s b a n d a n d w i t h d r a w n t o V i l i a m a n r i q u e , n o t f a r f r o m Sevi l le , w h e r e s h e i s n o w s l a y i n g w i t h h e r m o t h e r , t h e w i d o w e d c o u n t e s s of P a r i s , w h o h a s an i m m e n s e c l i a t e a u a n d es-

t a t e t h e r e . F o r is i t l i k e l y t h a t she w i l l r e t u r n t o L i sbon fo r m a n y a l o n g d a y . e spec i a l l y now t h a t d i p l o m a t o c I n t e r c o u r s e b e t w e e n t h e Vatican a n d t h e P o r t i i T u e s e c o u r t Is b r o k e n off . a n d t h a t t h e k i n g a n d his g o v e r n m e n t a r e In a s t a t e of v l r t u s l con f l i c t w i t h t h e p s p a c y . W i n n K i n g C h a r l e s , a f t e r h i s r e t u r n f r o m E n g l a n d , p l a c e d h imse l f in a pos i t ion of a n t a g o n h m t o t h e Vat-i c a n . t h e q u e e n dec ided t o l eave t h e k i n g d o m w i t h h e r c h i l d r e n in t o k e n of h e r d i s a p p r o v a l of h e r h u s b a n d ' s pol-icy. On d i s c o v e r i n g t h a t she w o u l d n o t be a l l o w e d t o t a k e t h e royal chi l -d r e n o u t of t h e k i n g d o m , she an-n o u n c e d h e r i n t e n t i o n of w i t h d r a w i n g t o a c o n v e n t - a t L i sbon . Severa l con-v e n t s in w h i c h she w a s spec ia l ly i n t e r -e s t e d w e r e c losed by t h e pol ice, a s be-i n g i n h a b i t e d by r e l i g i o u s o r d e r s t h a t h a d n o t been a u t h o r i z e d by t h e gov-e r n m e n t . a n d s h e rea l ized t h a t i t w o u l d be imposs ib l e f o r h e r t o t a k e u p resi-d e n c e in a n y o n e of t h e s e , so dec ided t o leave t h e k i n g d o m a l o n e a n d w i t h -o u t h e r c h i l d r e n .

Said lu Have AO Wi» rs. I n I h e a r r e s t of C o u n t Leopold d e

Melvi l le , o t h e r w i s e k n o w n a s Leo F r a ' q u i n i , w h o is he ld by t h e New-Y o r k pol ice o n a c h a r g e of b i g a m y s w o r n t o by a b r o t h e r of o n e of h i s C h i c a g o wives , t h e r e w a s b r o u g h t t o l i g h t in t h a t c i t y a r o m a n c e w h o s e un-f o l d i n g r e v e a l s t h e c o u n t a s t h e h e r o of more t h a n I'M) love a f f a i r s , l i e is d e c l a r e d t o be t b e h u s b a n d of a n as-s o r t m e n t of w i v e s w h o s e n u m l i e r a re-c e n t l y d e s e r t e d w i f e in C h i c a g o es t i -m a t e d n o t l e s s t h a n "50 o r so . " A s a d u e l i s t on m a n y a b l o o d - s t a i n e d field of h o n o r in E u r o p e , t h e c o u n t b e c a m e c e l e b r a t e d n e a r l y a g e n e r a t i o n ngo. H i s d u e l s w e r e a l w a y s f o u g h t f o r love, a n d t h e w o u n d s rece ived In t h e o n s e t s h e p roud ly b e a r s on h i s f a c e a u d l>ody. H e a t las t b r o k e a l t o g e t h e r w i t h b i s f a t h e r , a n o b l e m a n h i g h in t h e c o u r t a n d c o u n c i l s of t he k i n g of B e l g i u m , a n d c a m e t o t h i s c o u n t r y .

Klood Damaae Mar Reach •S.OOO.OOO. W h i l e weste-.-n P e n n s y l v a n i a w a s

f a i r l y o u t of t h e c l u t c h e s of t h e flood o n t h e 22d. f e a r s of q u i c k r e p e t i t i o n of t he d i s a s t e r , a n d p e r h a p s on a n in-c r e a s e d sca le , s eemed t o h a u n t t h e people . W e a t h e r c o n d l t l o n t a r e n o t r e a s s u r i n g . I t is a g a i n r a i n i n g in

P i t t s b u r g , a n d adv ices f r o m t h e h e a d -w a t e r s o f t h e A l l e g h e n y on t h e m o r n i n g of t h e 22d s h o w e d a r e n e w e d r i s e w i l h a c o n t i n u e d d o w n p o u r . W a r m e r tem-p e r a t u r e a c t i n g on t h e soow, w a s a f a c t o r t h a t a l s o c a u s e d some a p p r e h e n -s ion. I t is i m p o s s i b l e t o f a i r l y a p p r o x -i m a t e t h e loss r e s u l t i n g f r o m t h e h i g h w a t e r s . E . t i r a a t e s y a r v f r o m 81.000,00» t o 83,000,000, b u t t h e first figures wil l p r o b a b l y c o m e n e a r e r t h e c o n e c t a m o u n t

New r n m e t is OrMnae Color. T h e n e w c o m e t w h . c b w a s o b s e r v e d

on t h e m o r n i n g of t h e 27th a t V e r k e s o b s e r v a t o r y a l W i l l i a m s bay Is s a id by t h e a s t r o n o m e r s t o be t h e b r i g h t e s t t h a t h a s a p p e a r e d f o r 10 y e a r s . W h e n t h e c o m e t w a s d i s c o v e r e d a t Queens -t o w n , Apr i l 23, i t s p o s i t i o n w a s a b o u t 16 d e g r e e s s o u t h w e s t of t h e s u n . I t s pos i t ion o n t h e al iove d a t e w a s some some 15 d e g r e e s n o r t h of t h e s u n . Indi-c a t i n g a v e r y rap id n o r t h e a s t e r l y move-m e n t .

b u n u r e d d o l l a r s w o r t h of m a c h i n e r y I Wes . to b u i l d a b r i d g e a c r o s s t h e Me b e l o n g i n g t o S t e p h e n D. F o r e m a n , a i " o m i n e e river; t o p r o h i b i t t h e c a t c h i n g l a r m e r of n e a r t h e M i c h i g a n - O h i o l i n e , i fish i n S i l v e r l ake . O c e a n a c o n n t y :

h a v e t o s h o w c a u s e w h y B ' u m m is de-

t a i n e d in c u s t o d y .

One case of s m a l l p o x is r e p o r t e d a t

S p a r t a .

As t h e r e w a s n o t e s t i m o n y s t r o n g e n o u g h to ho id Drs. Ba i ley a n d M c L a r e n , c h a r g e d w i t h m u n s l a u g h t e r in t h e M a h a n c a s e a l De t ro i t , Jn .s t ice S e l l e r s on t h e 22d e x o n e r a t e d t h e m .

R o b b e r s s e c u r e d o v e r 84,000 a l Kr igh-ton on t h e m o r n i n g of t h e 26th by b l o w i n g o|>cn t h e s a f e a n d v a u l t i n the . I p r i v a t e b a n k of B a e t c k e X Co.

T h e c a n a l p r o j e c t ut Po r t H u r o n is ; s u s p e n d e d by o n e foo t , un t i l uncon-sti l l in t h e a i r , t h e counc i l h a v i n g 1 M'lous, w h e u t h e l i m b g a v e w a y a n d h e t u r n e d d o w n t h e b i d s of t h r e e con- 1 fe l l , s t r i k i n g on h i s bead s h o u l d e r s , t r a c t o r s a t i t s m e e t i n g on the 22J. j Mr. R o w e ' s g r a n d s o n s a w the a c c i d e n t

I t looks n o w a s t h o u g h T e k o n s h a j a n d w h e n a s s i s t a n c e a r r i v e d It w a s wou ld n o t h a v e a s a loon t h e e n s u i n g j f o u n d t h a t c o n c u s s i o n of t h e b r a i n h a d yea r , a l t h o u g h t h e e lec t ion w a s won i r e s u l t e d a n d the o ld g e n t l e m a n w a s upon t h e p r o p o s i t i o n to g r a n t l i censes . 1 o t h e r w i s e b a d l y b r u i s e d . S a l o o n i s t s f r o m v a r i o u s p o r t i o n s of t h e H a r t h a s a good c h a n c e t o s e c u r e a s t a t e h a v e v is i ted t b e t o w n b n t h a v e j » t a r c h f a c t o r y , a n i n s t i t u t i o n w h i c h been u n a b l e t o s e c u r e r e s p o n s i b l e wou ld f u r n i s h a good m a r k e t f o r t h e

b o n d s m e n . j s u r p l u s p o t a t o c r o p of t h a t sec t ion .

to r e g u l a t e fishing in I n d i a n and Magi c ian l a k e s . C a t s c o u n t y ; t o p r o h i b i t fish s p e a r i n g in I s a b e l l a c o u n t y .

T h e f o l l o w i n g b i l l s w e r e passed by D u r i n g o n e of t b e p e r f o r m a n c e s at I t b e b o u s e on t h e 25th : M i n i n g school

\Vunderb>nd. D e t r o i t ' s p o p u l a r p l ay - | a p p r o p r i a t i o n , 8175,000; p r o t e c t i o n of h o u s e , on t h e 27th. a sma l l boy p l t c b e l I fish in t h e Au Sab le r i v e r u n d i t s t r i -o v e r t h e r a i l i n g in t h e g a l l e r y a n d | b u t a r i e s ; a m e n d i n g t b e c h a r t e r of l a n d e d In t h e l ap of a w o m a n In t h e | G r a n d Haven , e x t e n d i n g t h o c i ty l i m i t s j p a r q u e t . T h o lad m a le a c o m p l e t e j so as to t a k e in t h e b r i d g e b e t w e e n t h e ' s u m m e r s a u l t in m a k i n g t h e d e s c e n t ' c i t y a n d S p r i n g LI ke ; a p p r o p r i a t i o n , He w a s q u i t e s e r i o u s l y i n j u r e d b u t it is fo r N o r t h e r n M i c h i g a n a s y l u m . 852.644; j t h o u g h t h e wi l l l ive. T h e w o m a n w a s ; p r o h i b i t i n g t h e sa le o r g i v i n g a w a y of ; b a d l y f r i g h t e n e d , b u t n o t h u r t

Nelson Rowe. w h i l e t r i m m i n g a n a p p l e t r e e on h i s f a r m , n e a r H a r t f o r d , lost h i s b a l a n c e a n d fell b a c k w a r d , h i s foo t c a t c h i n g iu a l i m b w h e r e h e h u n g .

c i g a r e t t e s in t h e s t a t e . Some of t h e l e a d i n g m e m b e r s of t h e

h o u s j a r e c o n s i d e r i n g v e r y se r ious ly , t h e q u e s t i o n of a d j o u r n m e n t T h e house is d r a g g i n g a w a y in a p e r f u n c - \ to ry w a y a n d p e t t y l i t t l e b i l l s a r e be-ing a c t e d on d a y a f t e r d a y a s t h e p r l n - | e lpa i b u s i n e s s , w h e n a s a m a t t e r of f a c t t h e y o u g h t t o b e m e r e l y s a n d - . w i t ched b e t w e e n I m p o r t a n t m e a s u r e a | T h e A t w o o d r e s o l u t i o n fixing May 4 . fo r a d j o u r n m e n t has e v i d e n t l y c u t n o j figure w h a t e v e r . T h e r a i l w a y t a x a t i o n ; bil l is, so t o speak , in I t s i n f a n c y a s f a r a s t h e s e n a t e Is c o n c e r n e d a n d , t h e r e a . e 80 b i l l s on t h e house g e n e r a l

o rd ' r. . I

IJeereaup In C'nba's Trade. A d e c r e a s e of 8226.081 in t h e c u s t o m s

r e c e i p t s of C u b a f o r t h e m o n t h s of J a n u a r y a n d F e b r u a r y , 1901, a s com-pa red w i t h t h e s a m e per iod of I9i)0, is s h o w n in a s t a t e m e n t issued by t h e divis ion of i n s u l a r a f f a i r s , w a r d e p a r t -m e n t . on t h e 23d. C u b a ' s t r a d e w i l h t b e o u t s i d e wor ld h a s d e c r e a s e d o v e r 81.500,000 In i m p o r t s a n d ove r 82.0,10.000 In e x p o r t s f o r t h e first t h r e e q u a r t e r s of 1900, a s c o m p a r e d w i t h t h e s a m e pe r iod of 1899.

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

A d i s p a t c h f r o m V i e n n a s a y s t h e czar h a s s igned a d e c r e e e x p e l l i n g Coun t T o l s t o i f r o m Russ i a a n d t h a t t h e dec ree h a s been se rved .

Old t i m e r s in t h e Y u k o n a r e anticW p a t i n g a flood because of t ho u n p r e c e -d e n t e d s n o w f a l l a l o n g t h e Y u k o n . A h e a v y fa l l of s n o w , a g g r e g a t i n g f o u r feet , w a s recorded a w e e k ago. T h e r e is now 15 f e e t of s n o w on t h e s u m m i t , a n d t h e W h i t e H o r s e & Yukon R a i l w a y c o m p a n y is p r e p a r i n g f o r p o s s i b l e t r o u b l e w h e n the s n o w mel t s .

Advices f r o m A g a n a , i s land of O u a m . b e a r i n g d a t e of M a r c h 14. s^y t h a t t h e g r i p is p r e v a l e n t t h e r e a n d t h a t m a n y n a t i v e c h i l d r e n a n d a d u l t s a r e d y i n g f r o m I t s e f fec t s . D e a t h s r e s u l t m a i n l y b e c a u s e of t h e d i f f i cu l ty of i m p r e s s i n g on t h e n a t i v e s t h e necess i ty of c a r i n g f o r t h e s ick p roper ly .

J o s e p h Ke l l e r , a R a c i n e , Wis . , sol-

d i e r w h o w a s r e p o r t e d s h o t a n d k i l l ed w h i l e e n g a g e d in a b a t t l e in t h e P h i l -ipp ines , n s t o n i s h e d h i s r e l a t i v e s a n d f r i e n d s on t h e 33d by w a l k i n g in on t h e m . N o t u n t i l he r e a c h e d S a n F r a n -cisco d id h e l e a r n t h a t h i s f r i e n d s h a d m o u r n e d f o r h i m a s dead .

C U B A A N D P H I L I P P I N E N E W S .

N e w s f r o m H o n o l u l u , d a t e d t h e 17th, s a y s t h e t r a n s p o r t K l l p a t r i c k h a s a r -rived t h e r e f r o m Sun F r a n c i s c o w i t l i t w o ease s of s m a l l p o x on b o a r d a m ' ' s e v e r a l cases of m u m p s a n d meas les . S h e is In q u a r a n t i n e o u t s i d e t h e h a r b o r . All t h e so ld ie r s on lionrd wil l l>e t r ans -f e r r e d t o a n o t h e r vessel w h i l e t h e s t e a m e r Is b e i n g c l e a n e d . M e n t . Tho»* Cobb, J r . . of t h e 39th I n f a n t r y , l a n d e d f r o m t h e t r a n s p o r t L a w t i d i ed on Apr i l 13 a l q u a r a n t i n e , f rn t . . s m a l l p o x . He w a s t a k e n il l w h i l e oil t h e w a y h o m e f r o m Mani la .

I t h a s been d e t e r m i n e d t o I nc r ea se t h e r e g u l a r a r m y to a p p r o x i m a t e l y 76.000 m e n a n d to l eave it a t t h a t n u m -b e r u n l e s s e o n d i l l o n s In t h e P h i l i p p i n e s s h o u l d m a k e m o r e t r o o p s necessa ry . T h e P r e s i d e n t a n d S e c r e t a r y Root r e a c h e d t h i s c o n c l u s i o n on t h e 23d a n d t h e d e t a i l s wi l l be w o r k e d o u t by t h e s e c r e t a r y a n d Gen, Miles. T h e n u m b e r of off icers a p p o i n t e d wil l be a s o r i g i n -a l l y c o n t e m p l a t e d .

Gen. M a c A r t b u r o n t h e 23.1 inforr . ' t h e w a r d e p a r t m e n t t h a t t h e Iran* S h e r i d a n sa i led Apr i l 22d via Nagar w i t h Gens. J o h n C. Hates a n d Frecfer.* D. G r a n t ; 66 of l lcers a n d 1,833 e n l i s t e d m e n of t h e 45th an I 46lh i n f a n t r y . Also t h n t t h e t r a n s p o r t K i n t u e k a r r i ved a t M a n i l a on t h e 22d.

T h e sess ion of t h e P h i l i p p i n e s com-miss ion a t C a t h a l o g a n . S a m a r i s l and ,

on t h e 23d deve loped t h e f a c t t h a t t h e i h h a b l t a n t s of S a m a r a r e s t i l l t e r r o r i s e d by t h e f o r c e s of (Jen. l-ukl>an. t h e rebe l l eade r , w h i c h cons i s t of 000 r i f les a n d m a n y bo lomen .

M s j. Noble , a d j u t a n t - g e n e r a l of t h e d e p a r t m e n t of t h e M say as , h a s received t h e s u r r e n d e r of Q u e n t l n Sa la s . a n d t h r e e of nla officer*. All t h e i n s u r g e n t s u n d e r S* la s wi l l s u r r e n d e r soon. I l is c l a i m e d t h i s wi l l t e r m i n a t e t h e i n s u r -r ec t iop .

Over 100 of l lcers a n d 2.157 b o l o m e n h a v e s u r r e n d e r e d a n d s w o r n a l l e g i a n c e l o t h e U. S. at N a r v a e a n . p r o v i n c e of

| S o u t h I locos. T h e A m e r i c a n s a r e a c t i v e t h r o u g h o u t t h e a r c h i p e l a g o , a c c e l e r a t -i n g s u r r e n d e r s .

I t Is e s t i m a t e d t h a t t h e r e a r c 25.000 l e p e r s in t h e P h i l l p n i n e s . a n d i l i s p l a n n e d t o i so l a t e a l l of t h e m on o n e .Island.

T h e I n v e s t i g a t i o n of t h e c o m m i s s a r y f r a u d s is p r o c e e d i n g .

T R A N S V A A L W A R I T S M S .

A t r a i n loaded w i t h c a t t l e a n d coal w a s c a p t u r e d by t h e Boers n e a r Mol-t eno . C pe Colony, on t h e e v e n i n g of t h e I8th . T h e f o r w a r d l ocomot ive es-caped a n d r a n t o S t o r m b e r g a n d re-t u r n e d w i t h t r o o p s w h o f o u n d t h e t r a i n on fire. A coup le of n a t i v e s w e r e k i l l ed . T h e t r a i n h a n d s h a d been s t r i p p e d a n d t h e n re l eased .

L o r d K i t c h e n e r h a s Issued a procla-m a t i o n lo t h e e f f e c t t h a t a n y r e s i d e n t in t h e m a r t i a l l a w d i s t r i c t s of C a p e Colony f o u n d in a r m s , i n c i t i n g t o fight, a i d i n g t b e e n e m y o r e n d a n g e r i n g by-o v e r t a c t t h e Br i t i sh fo r ce s , wi l l be t r i e d by c o u r t m a r t i a l a n d b e l i ab le t o t h e m a s t severe p e n a l t i e s Such per-s o n s m a y even be s h o t

T h e a n n u a l r e t u r n of B r i t i s h r e c r u i t -i n g f o r 1900 s h o w s a t o t a l e n l i s t m e n t of 98.361. a g a i n s t 46.700 in 1899. T h e r e c r u i t i n g f o r t h e I n f a n t r y is r e g a r d e d as u n s a t i s f a c t o r y : In s p le of t h e im-p u t e s of t h e w a r a n d t h e r e d u c t i o n in i h e s t a n d a r d of h i g h l . t h e n u m b e r of e n l i s t e d i n f a n t r y m e n is b o l o w t h a t of 1899.

A g u i n a l d o h a s been r emoved f r o m f r o m t h e M a l a e a n a n pa lace t o a pri-v a t e res idence . T h e g u a r d p l aced ove r h i m h a s been mod ill -d. I t i s r e p o r t e d t h a t t h e F i l i p i n o l eade r is n o w des i r -o u s of v i s i t i n g Amer iea .

A c c o r d i n g t o a d i s p a t c h f r o m Lon-d o n . Maj . -Gen . H u m e s Lockwood S m i t h - D o r r i e n . now in S o u t h A f r i c a , is t o be p r o m o t e d to t h e r a n k of a d j u -t a n t - g e n e r a l l o t l ie fo rces in Ind ia .

C H I N A W A R N E W S .

I t Is u n d e r s t o o d a t W a s h i n g t o n t h a t t h e Chinese p l e n i p o t c n t a r i e s a t P e k i n . P r i n c e C h i n g a n d Li H u n g C h a n g , a r e p r e p a r e d l o g i v e a g u a r a n t e e t o t h e p o w e r s f o r t h e p ro t ec t ion of a l l f o re ign -e r s In C h i n a if t h e f o r e i g n t r o o p s n o w s t a t i o n e d t h e r e a r e w i t h d r a w n . T h u s f a r t h e r e t e n t i o n of t h e f o r e i g n fo rces h a s been u r g e d as n c e e s s a r y in o r d e r t o p r e se rve o r d e r a n d p r o t e c t f o r e i g n -e r s , b u t t h e Ch inese a u t h o r i t i e s s a y t h a t o r d e r h a s been s o f a r r e - e s t a b l i s h e d t h a t t h e i m p e r i a l g o v e r n m e n t i s f n l l y a b l e t o d i r e c t t h e C h i n e s e t r o o p s i n such a w a y as t o e n s u r e c o m p l e t e s a f e t y t o t h e i n t e r e s t s of a l l l o r e i g n e r a .

Acco rd ing t o a d i s p a t c h f r o m SL P e t e r s b u r g official i n f o r m a t i o n has been rece ived t h a t r e n e w e d m i l i t a r y a c t i v i t y is b e g i n n i n g in M a n c h u r i a . Ch inese t r o o p s a r e s t r o n g l y e n t r e n c h e d a t t h r e e p o i n t s a r o u u d M u k d e n . T h e y a r e a r m e d w i t h good M a u s e r r i f les a n d h a v e 30 K r u p p guns . T o t h e e a s t w a r d of j M u k d e n , n e a r T u r c h a u s e n , t h e | a r e 12.000 m e n u n d e r t h e chief b o x * Lutan.se. T o t h e n o r t h w e s t , n e a r KUK J oere a r e 6 ,000 Chinese u n d e r t h e foi m e r g o v e r n o r of M u k d e n . T o t h e e a s t w a r d in Mongol ia a n d n e a r t h e In S h a n

1 m u u n t a i n t h e r e a r e 9,0X) more u n d e r t h e Ch inese Gen. Schu .

A d i s p a t c h f r o m Sofia a n n o u n c e s t h e o p e n i n g of t h e M s c a d o n i a n c o n g r e s s , a t t e n d e d by 100 d e l e g a t e s . I t a s s e r t s t h a t b e f o r e p r o c e e d i n g t o t h e b u s i n e s s of t h e c o n g r e s s t h e d e l e g a t e s b u r n e d t h e s u l t a n in eff igy.

Mrs. C a r r i e N a t i o n , Mrs . L n c y W H ^ b i t e , Mrs. J u l i a E v a n s a n d Mrs. L y d i a M u n t z a p p e a r e d b e f o r e J u d g e Dale In t h e d i s t r i c t c o u r t a t W i c h i t a , K a s . , OP t h e 24th a n d fa i l ed t o g i v e b o n d . ' T h e y

w e r e t o k e n t o t h e c o u n t y ja i l nnd wil l r e m a i n t h e r e u n t i l a b o n d fo r 8500 eacV is a p p r o v e d o r u n t i l t h e i r t r i a l a l t h« May t e r m of c o u r t for ' " jo in t s m a s h i n g . *

Lord K i t c h e n e r , in a d i s p a t c h u n d e r d a t e of P r e t o r i a , Apr i l 21, s ays : S inc^ my l a s t r e p o r t t h e B r i t i s h c o l u m n r h a v e c a p t u r e d 242 p r i s o n e r s . 248 r i f l e s s o m e a m m u n i t i o n a n d w a g o n s an (

c a r t a A few men h a v e a l s o s u r r c n d e r e d .

V i T \

t • /

'ALM AUK'S SERMON.

' f c t E K E R S F O R W I S D O M " T H E

S U B J E C T L A S T S U N D A Y .

e n t e r e d t h e i r I ron m o n e y v a u l t f o r |

bu s ine s s p u r p o s e s and the door accl- ' d e n t a l l y shu t a n d they w e r e su f fuca l ed .

t h e i r c o r p s e n o t d i scovered u n t i l t h e next day. But every d a y nnd all np i

a n d down the s t r ee t s of o u r c i t i es t h e r e | a r e m e n . body, m i n d a n d sou l , f o r e v e r i

w r o u g h t f o r t h e relief of t h e brute, cre-a t ion . nnd his n a m e was H e n r y Horgb. In my t ex t Ihe a n t Is no t Impaled. Is not dead , bu t a l ive, and In t h e w a r m fields-providing h e r mea t In t h e s u m -mer a n d g a t h e r i n g her food In t he h a r -

vest. F u r t h e r m o r e , g o t o t h e a n t a n d

o , u , t h . AaL Thoo s i . t T " d , Con. d r r f n | ( t l n ( h p l r m v an l t s . Ac- ^ ^ ^ | p m o n o f Qod appo in t ed or -H«r Ways '*• w n # . n « » i n f • 0 c u m u l a t i o n of bonds , m o r t g a x e s an 1

• t h l i a r M#»t

- (laid*. Uv»r.««r o r Raler. hhm r r»»:d- j K a v e r n m f n t M e , . u r U | r B a n d town lo t s • —I'rov. e i a-a . ^ a n ( j f a r i n H j , 1 9( f o r ^ e p l ea su re Of

— I a c c u m u l a t i o n Is desplcable .but t h e pu t -

<Copyrlghi. IM1. by Louis Klopsch. N. T.) t i n g as ide of a s u r p l u s fo r your se l f -W a s h i n g t o n , A p r i l 28.—In th i s d ls - d e f e n s e w h e n y o u r b r a i n h is ha l t ed

icourBe Dr. T a l m a g e draw/i h i s l l l u s t r a - o r your r igh t hand has f o r g o t t e n iH

• t l q p s f r o / n a r e a l m se ldom ut i l ized f i r c u n n i n g o r y o u r old a g e n e e d s a m a n

ka ipra l a n d r e l i g ious p u r p o s e s ; text . 1 s e r v a n t or fo r t he s u p p o r t of o t h e r s j p o v e r b s , vl. , 6-8, "Go to t he a n t . t h o u w h e n you can no more b e a h r e a d w l n -

^ • u g g a r d , c o n s ' J e r h e r w a y i nnd be ner for y o u r h o u s e h o l d — t h a t Is r i g h t ,

wise, which , h a v i n g tô guide , ove r see r t h a t Is beau t i fu l , t ha t Is C h r i s t i a n

o r r u l e r , p roVide th h e r m e n t In t h e t h n t Is d iv ine ly app roved . T h a t s h o w s

s u m m e r a n d g a t h e r e t h h e r food In t h e t h a t you bave t aken S o l o m o n ' s a n t hill

n a r v e s t . " f o r an ob jec t lesson .

T h e mos t of S o l o m o n ' s w r i t i n g s h a v e IIO I„ >•.„ OIIRIOE W-RK pe r i shed . They h a v e g o n e o u t of ex is t - | F u r t h e r m o r e , go lo t h e an t and eon-

e n c e a s t h o r o u g h l y a s t h e 20 b o o k s of a i d e r t ha t It does

of t he books of Aes " "

der. T h e be ing who t a u g h t t he In t ec t how to 'mild w i s g e o m e t e r as well as a r ch i t ec t . T h e p a t h s Inside t h a t l i t -t le h o m e r a d i a t e f r o m t h e door w i th as comple t e a r r a n g e m e n t ns ever t he bou leva rds of a c i ty r ad i a t ed f r o m a t r i u m p h a l a r ch o r a flowered c i rc le And w h e n they m a r c h they k e e p per-fect o r d e r , mov ing In s t r a i g h t lines, t u r n i n g out fo r n o t h i n g . If a t imber l ie In t h e way . t hey c l i m b over It, It t h e r e be a house o r b a r n In t he way, they m a r c h t h r o u g h It. Order in a r -

c h l t e r t u r a l s t r u c t u r e , o rde r In gov-

T H t CINCJUE P O R T 3 .

Illoml of llM-djr Mar lnan Krma 'n i in

Channel f U h e r m e n . How m a n y of us can n a m e o f f h a n d

t h e h v e por t s t o which t h e d e s t i n i e s c h a r t e r of E d w a r d I. lh''8'> five h a m l e t s

In Kent and Sussex which hnd cons t i -tu ted t h e m s e l v e s the d e f e n d e r s of t he

sea at I ts n a r r o w e s t point w i th in s igh t

o f a hos t i l e s h o r e ? W a l m o r c n s t K we know. Is tbo res idence of t he lord

w a r d e n , nnd D«ul. w i th Its c a s t l e s a n d

t ower s . Is p r o m p t l y set down by n ine

r ende r s out of t en a s o n e of t h e por ts ,

which , of course . It Is not . Sandwich , H y t h e . Dover . Roroney anil H a s t i n g s

were t h e qu in t e t wbleh In Anglo-Saxon t i m e s l inked t hemse lves t o g f t h e r to re-

pel t he Invader And a t u r b u l e n t t l n i "

thev bad of It. Never a w i n t e r n igh t b u t t h o s e good folks m u s t l ie abed

with t h e t hough t of t he t rumpe t ' . .

D l ' S I N E S S DIUEITOUY

O.C. MC DANNZLL,M.D. Pbyt ldsn snd Bur<eon. Oiuca, ii Drldge

street ,Loirell , Mlcb,

M. ft. GREENE, M. D. physlclsn ind S.irguon. OtOc* over BOJIID'I

•tore. Bridge ktre**, Lcweb, Mlcli.

DR. E. D. MCQUEEN

V E T E R I N A R Y SURGEON,

D '1.1 • si ry e n d S u r g e r y a Special ly L i v e r y , Feed n n d Sale B a r n

in connec t ion

Bj'.h Phones No. 35. LOWELL, MICH.

e m i n e n t , o rde r of m o v e m e n t , o rde r of - - n , h n , , i r a l 1 " ' " t m igh t at a n y m o m e n t si in

expr ill lon. So let us all observe t h i s m < i n m " , . . , . . I - . n r j | t i i V o nat ls- 1 black face of t he ' ' * 1 '—•-l* •'•n •nvador fniMi

C . C . TOWSLEY, M. D O E T A . CHIR-— Srw-IALTV—

EYE,EAR, X0SK ANDTHHOAT Office Q r s h s m Dlock,

Bell Phone 100. Lowell, Mich

E. A. HOOCES, 0 0 S. O o n t l s t . S u c c e s s o r t o R l c k e r t

Lowell, Mii ti.

J A P A N E S E N A P K I N S ! Make aenl souvenir* of festive .*•. euslons. We furnish and print them fur (inly ; : : ;

73 Cents Per 100. Sold without any prlntltiK If il' al Ihe offlee of :

T H E L O W E L L L E D G E R .

Ind

F O R F I R S

P l i n y a n d most c h y h i s and Kur lp ldes a n d V a r r o a n d

Q u l n t l l l a a . S o l o m o n ' s S o n g a n d Ec-c les las tes a n d P r o v e r b s , p rese rved !iy

n s p l r a t l o n . a r e n emai l pa r t of h i s

u m l n o u s p roduc t i ons . H e was a at sc ien t i s t . One ve r se In tho Bib le

e«ts t h a t h e was a b o t a n i s t , a zoo-ogls t , a n o r n i t h o l o g i s t , nn Ichthyolo-

g i s t , a n d k n e w al l a b o u t rept l l la . I.

Kings , lv.. 3.1, " H e s p a k e of trees, f r o m

t h e 9dar t r e e t h a t is In Iêbanon even u n t o t h e h y s s o p t h a t s p r l n g e t h o u t of

t he w a l l : he s p a k e a l s o of beas t s a n i

of fowl nnd of c r e e p i n g t h l n s s a n d of fishes." Hi s ides all theê flclentlflc

works , he composed 3.00D p r o v e r b s

and 1,005 songs .

no t dec l ine w o r k 1

because It Is Ins igni f icant . T h e f r a g - j m e n t of seed it hau ls Into Its h a b i t a -t i on may be so smal l t ha t t he una ided | e y e c a n n o t see It, but t he liutecllle w o r k goes on, the c a r p e n t e r a n t a t work above g r o u n d , t h e m a -son a n t a t work u n d e r gvound . Some of t hese c r e a t u r e s mix

t h o leaves of t he fir a n d t h e ca t -k i n s of t he p ine fo r t h e roof or wall of t h e i r t i ny abode, a n d o t h e r s go o n t a s h u n t e r s looking f o r food, wh i l e o t h e r s In domes t i c d u t i e s s t a y a l home. T w e n t y specks of t h e food they a r e mov ing toward t h e i r g r a n a r y p u t upon a b a l a n c e would h a r d l y m a k e t h e sca les quiver . AH of It work on a s m a l l scale . T h e r e Is n o u.ue In o u r r e f u s i n g a miss ion because I t Is Ins lg-

Ood a p p o i n t e d ru le nnd t a k e fac t ion In t he fac t t ha t t h i n g s a r e not a t loo.-'e e n d s In th la world. If t h e r e Is a d iv ine r egu la t i on In a co lony or republ ic of Insects . Is t he re no t a d iv ine r egu la t i on In t h e l ives of I m - . — mor t a l men and w o m e n ? If (Jod c a r e s i 8( ' ' ,n<lpd upon Rye w f o r tr ie least of h i s c r e a t u r e s a n d s h o w s : "h ips and t h i r t y - t w o gs

t h e m how t o p rov ide t h e i r m e a t In t h e s u m m e r a n d g a t h e r t h e i r food in t h e h a r v e s t , will h e no t be In te res ted In m a t t e r s of h u m a n l ivel ihood a n d In t he g t i l J a n c e of h u m a n a f f a i r s ? I p r e a c h t h e d o c t r i n e of a p a r t i c u l a r p rov idence . " A r e not two s p a r r o w s sold fo r a f a r t h i n g , a n d yet no t one of t h e m Is f o r g o t t e n b e f o r e G o d ? A r e ye n o t of m o r e v a l u e t h a n m a n y s p a r -r o w s ? " L e t t h e r e b e o r d e r In o u r In-

8. P. HICKS, c h a n n e l to h u r l back t h e invader f r o m

t h e i r shores . Sieges a n d s a c k i n g they h a d in p lenty , and h e a v y w e r e l b -

p a y m e n t s exacted . Thus . In 1.1:17. t he

F r e n c h m e n , d r iven f rom Sandwich , d •-Hh th i r t y - f i ve

s h i p s a n d t h i r t y - t w o ga l l eys and de-v a s t a t e d the l i t t le t o w n set upon tha t

hi l l , f r o m which the t i d e h a s gone o u l never to r e t u r n . T h e Cinque P o r t s

s q u a d r o n was quickly m a n n e d , t h ? c l u m s y sai ls caught a f a i r w ind , n n d t Block. Lowell, Mich gpecUl t l tenliuo

In h t r i c e Mas te r F r e n c h m a n was send S a r o f ^ S f a S e 0 " ' C o n T e j r , n c l l , K ' " • d

ding home with t h e Sussex boys cl s^ H u alio qualified and been admitted lo pme

at bla heels. In to t h e h a r b o r of B i n - 1—N . - - J .K-

logne they followed the foe, get fire to t h e town and polished off t h e Job by ^

h a n g i n g twe lve c a p t a i n s of t h e o f f e n d -

Loans, Collections. Real Kalate and Innur

ance. Lowell, Mich.

E. H. CAMBELL, INSURANCE, LOANS1

Notary Public. Real Kalate Agent and Col lector. Over Buylan'a store. Lowell.

| -

MILTON M- PEHRY. Attorney and Counaelor at Law. Train'* Hall

INSURANCE! C A L L O N

P. D. EDDY & CO.,

D O N T B E FOOLED\ Take Ilia g;nulnr. original

ROCKY MOUNTAIN TEA Made only hy Madison Medi-cine Co.. Madison, WU. It keeps you well. Our trad* mark cut on each package, f f l c e , J 8 cents. Saver sold in bulk. Accept no substl* lute. Ask your dniKglsL Wco«Pa"*tto<Mi

lice In the interior Hepartmeoland all Ihe bureaus thereto and la ready lo {iroaeeule Claima for those tha t mar beeulllled \c Pension Hountv.

A l t h o u g h So lomon lived long b e f o r e ! n l l l r a i l t . A n y t h l n K t h | l t ^ l n h l 8

t h e mic roscope was cons t ruc ted , h e p r o v l r i e n r e Morr us to do Is

w a a a l s o an Insec to logls t nnd wa tched l m p o r , a n t , T h e n m n p b a i o f B c e

• n d descr ibed t h e ap lder bui ld I t s BUS- „ c e r t a | n l y l b e te ioacope a n d t h e p e n s i o n b r i d g e of s i lk f r o m t r e e t o gpade as a p a r l i a m e n t a r i a n scrol l . You

r o w s : iuv.it. d iv idua l lives, o rde r In t h e f ami ly , or - 1 Ing "fleeL T h e s e were not t he d a y s of I der lu t he t h u r c h . o r d e r In t he s t a t e , j H a g l l e r , ) n f P r e n ( . P 8 H n ( , peace c o m m i t - j

OOII'H of SinKll Thlngo. ' Pierre

tees,

ta le

t ha t

a n d a blow begot a blow. T h e

Is no t spoiled by r e m e m b e r i n g ten y e a r s l a t e r Ihe F r e n c h m e n

t r ee , ca l l ing It t he sp ide r ' s web. and he no t ices i t s sk i l l fu l foothold la

c l i m b i n g the s m o o t h wall of t he t h r o n e

room In J e r u s a l e m , s ay ing . " T h e spi -

d e r l a k e t h ho ld wi th h e r h a n d s a n d i s In k i n g s ' pa laces . " B u t he Is espe-

c ia l ly In t e re s t ed In t he an t and recom-m e n d s Its h a b i t s as w o r t h y of s t u d y

a n d Imi t a t i on , say ing . " O o to t he a n t .

Heal a n d a c c u m u l a t i v e use ogy was of no ava i l .

T h e r e Is no need of o u r w a s t i n g t i m e a n d e n e r g y In l o n g i n g fo r s o m e o t h e r sphere . 1 h e r e a r e p l e n t y of peop le t o

• n u l u m m i t / u . — — - - d o t h e b ig s n d r e s o u n d i n g w o r k of t h e

t h o u s l u g g a r d , cons ide r h e r w a y s n n d c h u r e h a n d t h e wor ld . Nu l ack of b e wise, w h i c h , h a v i n g no guide , ove r - b r i gad i e r g e n e r a l s o r m a s t e r bu i lde r s s e e r o r ru i e r , p rov lde th her m e a t In o r e n g i n e e r s fo r b r i d g i n g N i a g a r a s o r t h e s u m m e r nnd g a t h e r e t h her food In t u n n e l i n g Rocky m o u n t a i n s . F o r e v e r y t h e h a r v e s t , " b ig e n t e r p r i s e of t h e wor ld a d o i e n

Koi A i i o o i h - r Comrneii'iah'*. | ™ « > " ' a t e s . W h a t we w a n t Is p r i v a t e

B u t So lomon would not commend al l , o l d , e " , n V * " " T ™ r a n k , l

m a , , 0 » » t h e h a b l ' a of Ihe a n t . f o r some of t h e m ^ ^ " " ^ to wield a t m w e l c a n d l -

- . d a t e s fo r o r d i n a r y w o r k t o b e d o n e In

A f t e r w h a t L i n n a e u s a n d H u h e r h a v e to ld us c o n c e r n i n g t h e s e . . J K l i v i n g m i t e s of t h e n a t u r a l wor ld , a r e ' e rep t on t o t h e coas t one n i g h t , a n d .

— - n o t l o telleve t h a t t he God l i gh t i ng t h e i r t o r ches on t h e beach

know w h a t became of t h e m a n In t he who t u r n s t h e wheel of t he s o l a r sys - , managed to b u r n down fif v - t w j h o u s e s

p a r a b l e of t h e t a l e n t s w h o bur led t h e t e m a n d t h e v a s t e r wheel of i a H y ^ a n d n i n e t y . f m i r h o ; i W M i n w i n - I

one t a l en t Ins tead of p u t t i n g It t o p r a c - t h e u n i v e r s e r e g u l a t e s t h e beeh ive a n d | che l sea . H i s apol- ] t h e a n t hi l l a n d t h a t a l l t he a f f a i r s of

m o r t a l l ives a r e u n d e r d iv ine m a n -

EDWARD 0 MAINS,

ATTORNEY AT LAW.

Offlca in Tra in ' s Opera House

LOW1LL. MICH.

a r e as bad ns some of t h e hab i t s of t h e h u m s n race . Some of t h w e smal l c rca -

o r d l n a r y w a y s In o r d i n a r y places. R igh t w h e r e we a r e t h e r e Is s o m e t h i n g

o u r a g e m e n t ? W h e n s o m e one a s k e d a h e r m i t o n t h e t o p of a m o u n t a i n In I t a l y If h e did not feel It d a n g e r o u s to l ive s o m a n y mi l e s f r o m h u m a n

h a b i t a t i o n , he r ep l i ed : " N o . P r o v i -d e n c e Is my very nex t door n e i g h b o r . "

H e who b e c a m e S i r T h o m a s O r e s -h a m and bu i l t t h e R o y a l R x e h a n g e In { I x m d o n w h e n a n I n f a n t was a b a n d o n e d by h i s m o t h e r In t b e fields. Did It J u s t h a p p e n so t h a t t h e c h i r p i n g of a g r a s s h o p p e r b r o u g h t a boy to t he s p o t w h e r e t h e babe lay a n d his l i fe w a s s a v e d ? N o t so, t h o u g h t S i r T h o m a s

Block ' Digests what you eat.

1 T t a r t l f l c l a l l y d l t res t s t h e food a n d a i d s N a t u r e i n s t r e n g t h e n i n g a n d r e c o n -

— - — — s t r u c t i n j j t h e e x h a u s t e d d i g e s t i v e o r -

A I CAIIRFil ncMTiQT ^ ' l n s ' i L i s l b c l a t e s t d l s c o v e r e d d i g e s t -

L i fe In one of t h e s e p o r t s i n n . ,, 8 a n t a n d t o n l c . N o o t h e r p r e p a r a t i o n e x h i l a r a t i n g exper ience , a n d B.,ylan a Store Can a p p r o a c h I t In e f f l r l e n c y . I t I n -

un.i hi o t branches of dental work done by stantly rellevesandpernianontly cures •' J—*I—.I- C-. 'Dyspepsia, I n d i g e s t i o n , Heartburn,

F l a t u l e n c e , S o u r S t o m a c h , N a u s e a . S i c k H e a d a c h e , Oas t r a l g l a . C r a m p s a n d a l l o t h e r r e s u l t s o f i m p e r f e c t d i g e s t i o n .

I Price 50c. and f l . TjirveHlreeontalnsZK t imet amall size. Book all about dy»pe|>slu mallcdfre*

T h e L e c i c c i * I n o n l y Pr«p3r«d «y E. c . DewiTT a c o . , cb icaa#

Hi it yonv. T r y I t . ' ! I . H , T ' A K T ' sfe C O .

was an even to -day some of t h e b o n e a n d h i - o i of t hose h a r d y m a r i n e r s r e m a i n s in

those c h a n n e l fishermen who a re r e a d y In a n y g a l e t ha t b lows t o f ace t h "

Ooodwln s a n d s In a eoekshel l of a l i fe -

b o a t . - T h e Pal l Mall Magazine.

the latest improved methods, isfaction guaranteed.

Gas administered.

R E A D I N G F o n B O V S -

t.ulilr I T u l a for l . l ier^tura Nlmnl I li

Kaihvr than Korrait.

B u t t he child y e a r n s for rea l i ty , a n d t h e d a y con ies w h e n lie wishes t o s ee

h i s he roes In t h e flesh. Fays Pro. 'ess :r

O m h . m . ' . b o . h a v l n s . r r l v r t . t ( m t I ? » " ' ' • ? * * * • B " , " r - '« l h e L _ _ i day when he will put t he r o m a n c e o r

l u r e t a r e d e s p e r a d o e s a n d m u r d e r e r s . ^ G o d w o u . d ^ u # d o U t u g

Now a n d t h e n they m a r s h a l t h e m s e l v e s d o t h o u g h , t raliy t o ^ a s

i n t o hos t s a n d m a r c h In s t r a i g h t l ine u n i m p o r t a n t „ t h e r o I M n g o f a g r a , n

and come upon an e n c a m p m e n t of t h e i r o f c o r n , n t 0 b m

o w n race a n d d e s t r o y I s o e n p a n t a ex - K u r t h , r m o r , g o t o ^ cept t h e y o u n g , w h o m they c a r r y In to l t 8 l u d e f R t l K a b l e n V I f b y t h e

cap t iv i ty , a n d If t h e a r m y come back j . C l . | d e n t a ] § t r o k e o f y o u r f o o t o r t h e

w i t h o u t a n y such c a p t i v e s they a r e n o t o f a l l n i b e r t h e c U 1 p 8 o f t h e

pe rmi t t ed to en . e r , b u t a r e sent f o r t h | n B e c t l l e world a r e de s t royed , I n s t a n t l y t o m a k e m o r e succeasfu l conques t . So l - | t h e y ^ t 0 r ebu i ld ing . T h e y d o n o t s i t o m o n g i v e s n o c o m m e n d a t i o n t o such a r o u n d mop ing . A t I t a g j l n In a ssc-s a n g u l n a r y b e h a v i o r a m o n g Insects , o n ( i T b e i r f r | g b t i m m e d i a t e l y gives a n y m o r e l h a n he would h a v e c o m - w t l y t o t h e i r I n d u s t r y . And If o u r mended s a n g u i n a r y b e h a v i o r a m o n g s c h e m e s of u s e f u l n e s s a n d o u r p l a n s m e n . T h e s e l i t t l e c r e a t u r e s h a v e s o m e - of w o r k fa l l , w h y s i t d o w n In d l scour -Hnies w r o u g h t f e a r f u l d a m a g e , a n i a g e m e n t ? As l a rge a n t h l l L as h a v e they h a v e u n d e r m i n e d a town In N e w ever been c o n s t r u c t e d will be con-O r a n n d a , which In t i m e m a y d r o p In to s t r u c t e d aga in . P u t y o u r t r u s t In God t h e a b y s s t h e y h a v e d u g f o r I t . ^ a n d d o y o u r d u t y , a n d y o u r bes t d a y s

B u t w h a t a r e t h e h a b i t s which So lo - 1 a r e y e t t o come . You h a v e n e v e r hea rd m o n wou ld e n j o i n w h e n he s ays . " C o n - ' such s o n g s as you will ye t hea r , n o r s lder her w a y s a n d be wise ." F i r s t of h a v e you eve r l ived In such g r a n d all , p rov idence , f o r e t h o u g h t , a n t l c l p a - a b o d e a s you will y e t o c c u p y , a n d a l l

t lon of c o m i n g necess i t ies . I a m s j r r y t o say t h e s e q u a l i t i e s a r e no t c h a r a c -

te r i s t i c of a l l t h e a n t s . T h e s e c r e a -t u r e s of Ood a r e divided In to g r a n l v -o rous n n d c a r n i v o r o u s . T h e l a t t e r a r e

not f r u g a l , b u t t h e f o r m e r a r e f r u g a l . W h i l e t h e a i r Is w a r m a n d m o v i n g

t h e wor ld ly t r e a s u r e s y o u h a v e los t a r e n o t h i n g c o m p a r e d wi th t h e opu-

If you

wea l th a n d power , chose a g r a s s h o p -p e r f o r h i s c r e s t a n d h a d t h e figure of a g r a s s h o p p e r Im-

p re s sed on the wall of t h e R o y a l E x c h a n g e a n d h a d a t t h e t op a w e a t h e r v a n e In t ho figure of a g r a s s h o p p e r . T h e W a l d e n s l n n C h r i s t i a n s In t h e s e v -e n t e e n t h c e n t u r y w e r e expe l l ed f r o m t h e va l leys , a n d o n t h e i r w a y 800 of t h e m w e r e s t a r v i n g to d e a t h . Did It Jus t h a p p e n so t h a t o n e n i g h t t h e deep s n o w s u d d e n l y t h a w e d a n d s h o w e d a l a r g e a m o u n t of w h e a t wh ich h a d been cove red by t h e u n t i m e l y s n o w a n d w a s

s u d d e n l y u n c o v e r e d s o t h a t t h e h u n -g e r was sa t i s f ied a n d t h e 800 l ives w e r e s a v e d ? Did It Just h a p p e n so? N e a r P o r t R o y a l . J a m a i c a , i s a t o m b w i t h t h i s I n s c r i p t i o n ; " H e r e Ueth t h e b o d y of Lou i s Ca ldy . E s q . , a n a t i v e of Mont -pe l l i e r . In F r a n c e , wh ich c o u n t r y he lef t on accoun t of t h e r evoca t i ons . H e was swa l lowed u p by t h e e a r t h q u a k e , which occur red a t t h i s p l ace In 1692, bu t , by t h e g r e a t p r o v i d e n c e of God, w a s by a second s h o c k n u n g In to t he

lence t h a t you will yet o w n . If you i was u} « love nnd t r u s t t h e Lord , P a u l l ooks j sea , w h e r e h e c o n t i n u e d s w i m m i n g t i l l you In t h e f a c e a n d t h e n w a v e s h i s ! r e scued by a boa t a n d l ived f o r t y y e a r s h a n d t o w a r d a h e a v e n f u l l of pa laces • a f t e r w a r d . " W a s t h e re lease of t h a t

Whi le t h e a i r is w a r m «i.u * d A t h r o n M , s a y i n g . "AH a r e y o u r s ! " , m a n f r o m the J a w s of tho e a r t h q u a k e

about Is not h i n d e r e d by Ice o r s n o w - S o w h a t y o u f a , l t 0 l n 1 1 1 , 8 , a " J U 8 t h a P P e n 8 0 ^ w h e n , , u r , D K t h e

bank t h e y I m p o r t t h e i r ca rgoes of food P r f M n t , l f e y o u w , , 1 K P t l n t h ! ? c o r a , n ' ? p ! a K U e , n , ^ n , 1 o n - t h e r i sk of h i s

T h . , b r i n g In t h e i r r a r a v . n o ( p r o . l - 0 0 , 0 ' o r k , r e - I • n , 1D

l , n d " " " J T " " ' o t J l '

. l u n » : thry bin] in lb(lr l o n t m l . of b " " , " • ' >'0" R " , V1""0.1 •J*"' t h a t w h a t t h e t r o w e l s of e a r t h l y In- [ t i m e p r e a c h i n g t h e gospe l t o t h e s u f -f e r e r s a n d 68,596 peop le pe r i shed , s e v e n t h e s c e p t e r s of whea t o r co rn o r oa t s . T h e t a r m e r s d u g t r y f a | i to r e a r

are no t more busy In Ju ly a n d A u g u s t b e a v e n l y r e w a r d wil l m o r e t h a n m a k e In r e a p i n g t h e i r ha rves t t h a n a r e t h e P e r s i s t e n c e Is t h e l esson of e v e r y

a n t s b u s y In J u l y a n d Augus t r e a p i n g ^ h l J , W p 8 t < . n o ( „ m ( ) n i ( , D t ! d

t h e i r h a r v e s t . T h e y s tack i h e m a w a y ; ,C3S r e g r < . l 9 o r u n h e a l t h y r ep jn lng ,

they p i l e them up. T h e y ques t ion w h e n they b a v e enough . T h e y a g g r e g a t e a t m p . n . l . - f s i l-—ona. •u f f l c l rn t toount t o las t t h e m u n t i l t h e F u r t h e r m o r e , go t o thv a n t and con-

nex t w a r m season . W h e n w i n t e r o p e n s • , d e r t h a t , f G o A h o n o r * «« ' " s e c t by they a r e ready . Blow, ye win t ry b la s t s ! n , a k , n K 1 1 0 , l r • " t r u e t o r In I m p o r t a n t

H a n g y o u r icicles f r o m t h e t rea

b r a n c h e s ! Imbed all t he h i g h w a y s u n -der s n o w d r i f t s ! E n o u g h f o r a l l t h ?

d e n i z e n s of t h e h i l l s . H u n g e r s h u t ou t

a n d p l e n t y s i t s w i t h i n . God. w h o feed-

t h e poem In to h i s off hours , a n d t : ik • u p h i s t o ry , b iog raphy , t r a v e l s or sci-

ence. Gu ide h i m g e n t y now. DO not p u s h h i m or expec t u .m to push f a r a t fiist. If bis t r a n s i t i o n Is t h r o u g h

s o m e h i s to r i ca l romance, s o m e r o m a i -t lc poem, let It be so. He will p r e s e n t -

ly ask f o r a c loser s i f t ing , nnd a n is-t o r y , l ike P a r k m a n ' s . of a r o m a n t . c per iod , o r a book of t r ave l s In m a r -ve lous l a n d s Wm lead him hopef illy. H i s h u n g e r f o r f a c t s Is l ike y t o g r o w ,

a n d wi th an Inc rea s ing des i re to e l imi -n a t e t he non - f ac t . But d o not c h o k • h i m w j t h fac t s , t i e r let him c h o k e h i m -

self . If you k n o w how. m a n e all t ha t h e d o e s In te l l igent w i th d i scuss ion . ;

Induce h i m to go over In m i n d , at l eas t , a second t ime , even n flimsy j n a r r a t i v e , a n d ge t day l igh t u p o n It. Do not c rowd h i m . howeve r , w i th de-

ta i l s . Leave t h a t to t h e s c h o o l m a s t e r . | If i t m u s t be done . One or t w o la rge I

top ics a r e e n o u g h - Just to s t blm | t h i n k i n g . I ' n d e r such r ead ing , g e n : y j s t l m u ' a t e d . neve r pushed , you will s o i

l ea rn w h e t h e r t he boy ' s mind h a s a de-c ided b e n t — w h e t h e r h e Is t o b e a n a t -

u r a l i s t , a sc ien t i s t , an e n g i n e e r . « h ' s -t o r l an . poet o r w h a t not . Do not b?

s u r p r i s e d If h e g lows w h e n F i t z s m-m o n s . t he pugi l i s t , is n a m e d . For

ch i ldhood dias all t he d L t e m p e r s . L l k ? m e a s l e s , yon c a n d r i v e t h e m In, o r

let t h e m h a v e t h e i r brief o u t i n g an I escape . One d i s t e m p e r you m a y f e e l

u n t i l It has b u r n e d Itself out . A n o t h e r you would best s t a r v e . A t h l i d . let die. C h i l d r e n pul ! t h r o u g h m a n y a t -

D e a l e r l «

O t M l i l I*

Planing ^ - F k A M K P . ECKER, P R O P .

V o l i C O

S h i n p r l e H ,

n n d U r i o l c -M a n u f a c t u r e r o f u - - =

S A S H . D 0 3 R S , B U N D S . FRAMES FOR DOORS, WI>i03W j Al D 8 3 R E E N S , EXHIBITION AND S H I P f I N C COOPS FOR POULTAY, DRIED APPLE BOXES, WGODLN EA.VE TRCUCHS, ETC.

M u t < ' h i n g r . ,

l l e - S a - w i n g s

Mill

, T o b " W o r k .

iltural Implements

W e have evcrythinj* t h a t is to be found in a first-

a n t h i l l . Wrcekail by Katr* vacauan.

T h e r e a r e w o m e n who a l t h e first

I nc r ea se of t h e i r h u s b a n d ' s r e s o u r c e s wreck a l l on a n e x t r a v a g a n t w a r d r o b e . '

T h e r e a r e m e n w h o a t t h e p rospec t of

l a rge r p r o s p e r i t y bui ld h o u s e s t h e y | wi l l n e v e r be a b l e t o p a y f o r . T h e r o j « r e people w i th 14.000 a y e a r Income i

'who h a v e not o n e do l la r laid u p for a g h a s t l y d i s h o n e s t y

f a t a l i t i e s In t h e h o u s e w h e r e h e l ived did I t Jus t h a p p e n s o t h a t h e c a m e

t h r o u g h u n h u r t ? A I I 'mler Goil't Car*.

W e l ive I . t l m ™ when t h e r e . r e « u c . k a , h p F | t „ l n i n , „ „ 8 M r l , a n a

ninny c l u b l . p . T h e r e . c e n . . a l m o , t j b l r l t 5 e | f

u n i v e r s a l u n r e s t . L a r g e f o r t u n e s s w a l - : : low u p s m a l l f o r t u n e s . Civi l ized n a - ' Ev - r r F.im n Hian'c. t l ous t r y i n g to gobb le up b a r b a r i c n a - 1 A FhHnde lph la gir l who h a s Just r -t l ons . U p h e a v a l of c r e e d s a n d peop le t u r n e d f r o m a t w o yea r s ' t o u r a b r o a I w h o o n c e be l ieved e v e r y t h i n g now be- j is h a v i n g a g r e a t m a n y Jukes c racked l i e v l n g n o t h i n g . T h e old book t h a t ' a t h e r expense by reason of h e r ex-Moses began a u d St. J o h n ended b o m - i pe r l enees In t he field of a m a t e u r pho-b a r d e d f r o m Helentlfic o b s e r v a t o r i e s I t o g r a p h y . S h e took wi th h e r a c a m e r a ,

i u c o.u»,v . . . . . . — A n , l d 8 : 1 t h l a one of the t r ipod va r i e ty , a n d

f e r f o r t h e a d v a n c e i u e n t of h u m a n d l s t u r u a n c e a n u u u . c i t a l n t y t h a t d ims . All i knowledge and t h e b e t t e r m e n t of t h e which m a n y good people need is n o t a | era was her c o n s t a n t c o m p a n i o n , and

• J s t i m u l u s , b u t a s e d a t i v e , a n d lu m y t e x t ,111 o r d e r to k e e p t a b s on h e r p i c t u r e s

I find I t — d i v i n e o b s e r v a t i o n a n d gu ld - ' - — 1

a n c e of m i n u t e s t a f f a i r s . And n o t h i n g Is t o Ood l a rge o r smal l - r -p lan^t o r a n t h i l l — t h e God w h o eaa i ly m a d e ' t h e w o r l d s e m p l o y i n g h i s in f in i ty In t he j w o n d r o u s c o n s t r u c t i o n of a sp ide r ' s

H. NASH.

l e s sons we o u g h t no t t o a b u s e t h e l o w e r o r d e r s of c r e a t i o n . I t ha s been f o u n d by s c i e n t i s t s t ha t insec t s t r a n s -fixed in tho case of n m u s e u m h a v e been al ive and In t o r t u r e f o r y e a r s . H o w m u c h t h e Insec t n n d t h e f o w l a n d 1.000

et'h e v e r y ' l i v i n g t h l u g . h a s blc83°d t h a b r u t e n iay be r i g h t l y cal led to s u f - J ^ t i r b a n c e ' ' a n d ^ u n c e r t a l n t y t h a t I films. All d u r i n g her t r ave l s t h e cam-

cond i t i on of t h e h u m a n r a c e 1 d o n o t n o w s t o p tb d i scuss , b u t he w h o use -lessly h a r m s a n y of O o d ' s l iv ing c r e a -t i o n i n s u l t s t h e C r e a t o r . Alas , f o r t h e h o r r o r s of v i v i s e c t i o n ! I h a v e no c o n -fidence In t h e m o r a l i t y of a m a n o r w o m a n who would h a r m a h o r s e o r d o g o r a c a t o r a p igeon . Such m e n fooL

Before we leave t h i s sub j ec t let us

' n J W O m e n - U n d " r ' I T o i : ' b U r n 1 - b a n * o a a . r r a i n y day. I t Is a gnmauy u . - i . u « w , d a n > d W o u ] d t l l k e t h e l i r e o l n . . a n d

r a c t l c e d on t h e next g e n e r a t i o n . Bush M n i [ Y o i i C ( i n n ( ) t m a k e m e be l i eve i t o e n d u r e t h e f a t l g u

4he Jotted d o w n In a no te book J.is wha t each one was . T h i s l i t t l e book

con ta ined such s u b j e c t s a s " F e e d i n g Crocodiles In t h e Ganges . " " S u n r i s e on the Ni le . " "A S t r ee t In J e r u s a l e m , " a n i o t h e r s of a n equa l ly I n t e r e s t i n g na tu r e .

The

L LEDGE DWELL JOB ROOMS

IS THE PLACE TO CET YOUR

•acuceu on 1 ut- u c * i s c u c i m . u u , e n dese rve b a n k r u p t c y a n d i m p o v e r - Y o u c « n n o l m a n e m e u c u c . o - -h m e n t . In a l m o s t e v e r y m a n ' s l i f e t h a t G o ( , l o o h f l ( , o w n I n d i f f e r e n t l y u p o n , flees n e c e s s a r y to m a k e r eve l a t i on of

lere comes a w i n t e r of cold m l s f o r - , h e K a , l e ( , n e c k o f , h e o x o r , * , e c r u e l * , h e n a t u r a l w o r , d - 8 0 " - e n f o r c i n g the m*. P r e p a r e fo r It whi le vou m a y ' , y C l , ^ b e » , ,> |l " f t h e h o r s e o r t h e un - j Sc r ip tu re s . If t he mic roscope could

oi.«i»orA.i / .ottin in t h e s n o w s t o r m or \ speak , w h a t a s to ry II could te l l of • ... , . . j -..fforlnff and

fshmenL t h e r e t u n e . P r e p a r e f o r It wh i l e you may, : . . . W h O M t h e r m o m e t e r h u not . o m e t l m , - , f * " 1 ' , h « „ r \ J I I «r i , . Ul ». ! t h e ••ockp t o r t h e b e a r b a l l i n g o r s t ood below t e r o ? W h a t s h i p ha^ . . . . . ^ f h < >

n e v e r been c a u g h t In a s t o r m r e g i m e n t a t t h e f r o n t n e v e r g o t

b a t t l e ? H a v e a t leas t a s m u c h s i g h t a s t he Insect i le wor ld . E x a m i n e

h a r d s h i p and pover ty a n d s u f f e r i n g a n d on the p a r t of t hose who

Almos t t b e first t h i n g s h e d id w h e 1 i h e reached h o m e was t o send h e r t h o u s a n d films to a p ro fe s s iona l pho-tog raphe r to have them developed. T h e next day she received a m e s s a g e f r o m him a s k i n g her to call an. l l earned tha t her l abor of t w o y e a r s h a d heen wasted . Never once h a d she re-moved t h e cap f r o m t h e c a m e r a , a n d every fl m w a s blank.— Ph i l ade lph i 1

Record .

Note Heads Envelopes

Letter Heads

Statements

7i.« n . n t H i n o . . „ . . . . . . . . . u n i v e r s e It b a s been a p p o i n t e d y o u r ! of t h o s e wno, a n e i v.._ T " * * 7 , • P r o t c » o r . All o v e r t he l a n d nnd .11 m i n u t e o b j r . t . o l O o d ' . c r ea t ion , . t . g - , * ' r "

Apr i l w c . t b e r . a n d you wi l l And - h a t t h p w , i r | a t h r r e o v „ . d r l v e u ! gered out I ron , t b o l r c a b i n - - w i t h *>>« ' A , r r « " W i t l y a t t e n d e d an ex- ,

t . . l . n m m e r ri . u n n l r la . o t r e t « - Kn r«ea t h a t o i n h t to be n u h a r . e s . H l . 1 . W o n d M l r u l e d . T h l . h o u r In m a n y , I t l o . 0 , m " v l n « • , h , , w o r k o f p u t - ] When In one of t he S o u t h Af r i can I -• —' .nn lôH „ n nffli- r

Announcements

OR

n o guide , ove r see r or ru l e r , p rov lde th lo be w a t e r e d a n d c r u s t a c e a broi led a l i ve t h a t o u g h t lo be l i f ted out of t h e fire. C h r i s t chose twe lve a p o s t l e s f o r t he h u m a n race In t h e

first c e n t u r y , and you k n o w

h e r m e a t In t h e s u m m e r a n d g a t h e r e t h

h e r food In t he h a r v e s t . " T h i s Is n a a r g u m e n t f o r m i s e r l i n e s s .

A v a r i c e a n d ppnu r lousnes s des t roy a m a n a b o u t a s soon a s a n y of t h e o t h e r n a m e s , b u t In t he n i n e t e e n t h c e n t u r y , w i s e a n a m u i m v . / v ices . W e h a v e h e a r d of t h o s e w h o he c h o s t h i s t h l r t o e a ' h apos t l e , w h o h i m a n d w o r s h i p h i m f o r e v e r !

t h e i r

Slgni, uuieso 11 . — W h i l e t h e t e lescope is r e a c h i n g f a r t h e r on on a c e n a i n ••*••11111*. .. m... .v u p a n d t h e m i c r o s c o p e Is r e a c h i n g f a r - w o u ' < ' pu rpose ly Journey f r o m G b s -t h e r down, both a r e e x c l a i m i n g : 1 BOW. She had noi seen h e r h u s b a n 1 " T h e r e Is a God, a n d h o Is In f in i t e ly | fo r ove r a yea r , bu t a t l a s t obse rved

a n d In f in i t e ly g o o d ! W o r s h i p » * r o , , D , h e s * r , ' e n of h i m In a g roup | d n f n i a tog raph .

Bill Heads

Programs Flyers Sale Bills

O T H E R P R I N T I N G

Completed When Promised

Belie Phone No. 52. Prices Reasonable.

Postoffice Bldg.

« H i

. r - v C # ,

n

r i . . . . • ...• • ; '

THK LEDGER, 1X)WKLL. MICH., THURSDAY, MAY a, 1001.

Don't like the way we sell Dry Gooda. They say that we sell Uur Lomvetnors them too cheap and that we don't add enough profit.

7jhat's Our business Appreciate our little profit plan of selling Dry Goods. They come in Appreciate our little profit plan of selling Dry Goods. They co

U S t O T T l C F S an (^ 8 e n ^ t ^ e i r f r ' e n ( ^ 8 1 0 u8» 8 0 well pleaded are they.

- T)hat's uheir ffiusii

We're jCooking

mess For volume of trade, not big profits. Won't you help up and help yourself at the same time?

XJhat's 2/our business

jCace Curtains Klegnnl new line. Handsome designa. Prices within reach of economical boyen nnd Kôda rich enough for Mra. MrKinley. Come and see.

Summer jCawns and 'Dimities,

Snfant bonnets and Caps

All new, up to-date and al Bargain I ' lices

A. W. WEEKES

.

•

1 | Cowell | Stale Bank 5 Transacts a General Bank* ^ ing Business.

| Buys and Sells g Government and High Grade $ Municipal Bonds.

| Domestic Drafts

SAvjilablc in all parts of tbe United States and Canada.

$ Tmtgn Drafts ? Available in all Commerdal ^ Cities ol Ihe World.

j Csans money C On Real EMate, Mortgages, 2 Approved Notes and Couat-£ erals.

£ Extends IO All £ Fair and courteous treatment J an-! every accnmmodatfoo

Lcon'btcnt with Sound Bank-ing.

V.-*- •Vr#) U*

1 HOME NEWS.

Buy the Peerless pants. God-frey sellH them.

James Ladner of Grattan was in town Monday.

J . W. Stewart of Hastings was a Lowell visitor Saturday.

Ed. Headworth of Alto called on Lowell friends Saturday.

I sell the best 4c. sock on earth. W. S. Godfrey, the clothier.

Charles Howe has moved into ajiartmcnts in Music hall block.

Leave your orders for store aud window awnings at R. B. Boylan's.

We have some very nice parly seed potatoes for sale. John Giles i t Oo.

('harleH Booth haa moved into the James Shepard house on the depot street.

Merrit L. Wright has moved in-to the living apartraents in his new block.

G. A. Slater of Campbell and Goo. Hooper of Freeport were in Lowell Sunday.

L. E. Stage of Cedar Springs and J . G. Livingston of Bowne were on our streets last Thursday.

Clifford Gibson caught a T-lb pickerel below the King Milling dam Monday. Several other good oatches have been made there, and large strings of suckers are frequent.

Robert Jones has returned from his sojourn in the West.

Dr. A. E. Cambell visited his brother Perry at Ionia Tuesday.

Mrs. Staibard and family left Tuesday for Billings, Montana.

The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gain Bangs is slowly recover-ing.

Station agent, E. T . Grant of Elmdale returned Monday from his vacation and resumed duties.

You can get your pictures en-larged free of charge with $1.00 cash purchases. Jonn Giles A Co.

Bert Wilson pricked a finger while shearing sheep one day last week. Blood poisoning set in and he now has a very bad arm.

Phil Althen has rented Squire Hunter's house on the East side and the same is being thoroughly over-hauled and renovated. Phil will move in next week.

Word has been received here that Dr. Elmer Sayles, of Balwin, who

' has been at the St. Louis sanittrum taking treatment, received a stroke of paralysis Tuesday and is very low at this writing.

While Benj. Morse's people were away from home Monday evening some unknown man made free to enter. He stepped out the back door as Mrs. Morse entered the front. Nothing has been missed as yet.

Born, Monday, April 22, lo Mr. and Mrs. George Winegar of Berlin, a daughter.—[Saranac Local. George has a quartet to train, two boys and two girls. Just try the tenor of your basso, friend Winegar and get them to work on the "do, mi, sol."

Quest/on

of Spex

Do your eyes tire easily ?

If so you need glasses

Do your eyes burn?


Does the type beoome blurred in reading?


Do yon suffer from frontal headache?

If so glasses wdl help you

Do yon know if you have perfect eyesight?

If not we can inform you

It will coat yoa nothlflg.

Our...

Special Sale

Ends S a t u r d a y , May 4. Better hur-ry and make your purchase before it's too late.

Collar's Bazaar

Carpets! Carpets! Buy Carpets of Collar where you gfet the best goods for the least money. A Fine Line to select from

|_ace Curtains Do not fail to sec them. We sell curtains cheap. We have the stock.

Some Great Bargains in

• Ladies Tailor Made Suts Save money by buying a suit al-ready made. Prices from $5.00 up.

Always something new.

COLLAR

Miss Ethel Jay is very ill.

Mrs." Henry Hiler is very poorly. Miss Grace Whedon is in very

poor health.

Fred Bowen and secured employ-ment at Slocum.

W. R. Blaisdell was in Grand Rapids Tuesday.

Theo. Muller has a neat new fence in front of his residence.

F. F. Joseph left for Denver Tuesday on a prospecting trip.

Librarian Robinson spent a few days in Grand Rapids this week.

Village Marshal Mason is btisy putting in some new crosswalks.

Born—To Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Stone of Alto, Wednesday morning,

boy. • •

A large new woodshed has been built on Mrs. Honson's residence property.

Brownie shirts and brownie over-alls for boys, age 4 lo 10, price 25o. at Godfrey's.

Letters at Lowell post office for D. J . Warner, Mrs. Winnie King and Mrs.JLuisley. •

Miss Maria Somerby went to Los Angeles, Cal,, Tuesday to live with her brother and sister.

Clayton Gunn will have a new tar walk laid on the south side of his Monroe street house.

A marriage license was issued Monday to Eber Smith of Grattan and Lena Tully of Oakfield.

Mrs. A. W. Burnett of Saranac was in town one night this week to see her mother, Mrs. Court, who is quite sick.

Nine rooms to rent, besides a good, dry cellar and woodshed, a garden and lawn. Plenty of water both hard and soft. Terms easy for small family. Sarah Jennings,

C. Francisco and wife have re-turned from a three months stay at Belding; and will remain here dur-ing the summer. If Mrs. Francisco's health permits they expect to spend next winter in California.

N. P. Husted & Co.'s trees are in fine dormant condition and can be safely planted all through the month of May. If yon wish to see as fine peach trees of ever grew call at Hnsted's packing grounds at the D. & M. depot and there you will find a complete line of nursery stock.

The City Bank, R. B. Boylan, Abell Co., Will Pullen, J . B. Nich-olson, A. W. Weekes, W. S. God-frey, Chaa. Althen Clyde Collar, Weldon Smith, E. R. Collar, Howk & Son and Mrs. Eggleston all have new advertisements in this issue. I t makes our ad. man hustle; but that's what we keep him for. Our patrons can't change their ads. too often to suit us. Only bring 'em in early, not later than Tuesday, that 's all we ask. "Dee" Stocking usually gets around with his ad. just as we are going lo press.

Mits Effiie I 'otter will return lo her home in Greenville Friday.

Born—To Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Jones April 29, a pound girl.

A marriage license was issued vealerdayto Wirt D. Fletcher of Lowell and Annie E. Fleming of Middleville.

Yea sir you can get as fine peach trees as ever grew of N. P. Husted A Co. Varieties true to name of the valuable sorts.

William O. Barber of Caledonia has been added to the pension rolls at $6 per month. Moses Forney of Clarksville has had his pension in-creased to $12.

Mrs. J . H. Rickert was in town Monday enroute lor her home at Greenville from Grand Rapids, where she had been spending a week. Her many Lowell friends are pleased to see her looking so well again.

A tea was given at Mrs. Brower's home Tuesday evening in honor of jNIrs- C. T. Wooding of Aberdeen, Washington, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. M. A. Carr. Mrs. Wooding went to Grand Rapids Wednesday.

Many new orchards are being set this spring and old ones filled up. Experienced fruit growers say tbat

For Nobby Hats Buy The=

M

Tiger Hat, Price $3.00 Champion hat Bull's Eye hat Perfection hat Kettle i nish hat Red ha ts

2 50 2 00 1 5 0

1 0 0

Only 25c

*«

«<

«*

l l W J t W. S. GODFREY, T h e C l o t h i e r a n d H a t t e r . Lowell , M i c h .

Smith's soda fountain is now in operation.

B. C. Need ham and wife were in Grand Rapids over Sunday.

Weldon Smith has put up a new awning in front of his place of bus-iness.

Lewis and Frank Ayres have re-turned from an extended visit with

the season is exceptionally favor- relatives at Elmira, N. Y. able for tree planting. Peach trees were well matured in wood and bud last fall and are now in a splendid

| dormant oondition and can be suc-cessfully planted out all through the month of May. The outlook is fine for a full fruit crop.

Will M. Chapman aud wife left Lowell Monday after a round-up visit of several days with Lowell friends. They left Grand Rapids for LosAngeles the day following. Our readers wMl hear from them in the near future.

Miss Maggie Robens was in Grand Rapids over Sunday visiting her mother.

The Lowell W. C. T. U. meets with Mrs. Brower May 3. at 2.30, p. m., fast time.

will meet-Tuesday,

The Phila Clark union with Mrs. Sidney Hoag. May 7 at 3 p. m.

Anthony Christ and Anna Taber and Chas. Byrne and Anna Krupp, all of Otisco. are among the newly wed.

S. S. Courtright, who is in the employ of the Duplex Printing com-pauy of Battle Creek, was in town last Saturday.

ti FCONOMY IS HEALTH If

Says the Wise Saw.

7 7 I E L L , perhaps it is; but we know a lot of people who have been very

very economical for a great many years but who are still far from wealthy. How-ever, there is no doubt but that the man who practices judicious economy has a far better chance of becoming wealthy than the fellow who wastes his money; and this brings us to the point at which we should have started: We want to ask you to

See our Choice Selection

of Extremely Fashionable, Well Tailored, Perfect Fi t t ing

Ready-to-Wear Suits $15.00

made from some of the best American mills' fabrics. These should be sold at $18 to $22; but a good purchase on our part us an opportunity to offer yoa choice at

Suits gives

<XA*AA^CLxXu\tA£

l \ T H I 5 LABEL 19 ON ALL FASHIONAOLt CLOTHING"

This Label ia on all Fanhionable Clothing Tliih ia Ihe Label of the Makers.

I > o u b l e B r e a s t e d . J a c k e t S u i t s (Sixes 8 to 16 Years)

R u s s i a n l l l o u s e S u i t s (Sizes 3 to 6 Years)

V e s t e e a n d S a i l o r B l o u s e S u i t s (Sizes 3 to 10 Years)

Here is a chance to

Practice Economy Without Sacrificing Desire

and a great man has told us that desire is e conomygrea t e s t enemy. "Shake!"

Our Boys Clothing Dep't is a very prominent feature of our business. We sell everything that a boy needs to wear, except shoes, and at prices low enough to keep you from worry, everytime your boyneeds.new togs.

- SLOG to $5.00

$2.50 to $6.00

- $2.00 to $5.00 . A n d Y o u r M o n e y B a o k i f I D i s s a t i e f i e d

CHAS. ALTHEN C g T U U M i E D « 1 8 6 8

LOWELL - MICHIGAN

•J

» —

THE LOWELL LEDGER.lowellledger.kdl.org/The Lowell Ledger/1901/05_May/05-02-1901.pdf · THE LOWELL LEDGER. VOL .VIII, NO. 46. LOWELL, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1901 WHOLE NO. 410.

Documents