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f O L X I I , HO. 4 4 OFFICIAL H m LOWELL, HCHIGAN, THURSDAY, APRIL 2 a 1005 A V K R A l i K C I R C T L A T l O N IN 1 9 0 1 1 3 5 9

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MONEY W I L L BURN

It not likely tha t tbo j*<»p)e of Low-oil and vicinity will very noon forpet the hip fire of Apr i l l l th . Bat do more than think about it—profit by the lesson. If yon deposit with us your money is pro-tected apainfit fire and thiereft. * Bealde« when Tnisfortnne comes yon have provid-ed apainst the evil day.

It is never t o o late to s ta r t a Savings account in

The City Bank HOI, Watts AO*.

Have done their worst > s i rone x* «ver In his HarlnR leawd t»ie

Srrlrk; but >ie is as tm to do hnslness

Lee Meat Market unfl honphl tbe stock ot the fonnor proprietors at tbelr own price. He Will continue business at that stand and the same policy tha t tuade his prertous m a t e t so popu Isr will be continued except that he will conduct an e i -c las ivemeathusinecs , discontlnuiDg the grocery feat-ure.

Fine Western Beef will t»e handled as heireiorore, other meats will be honpht a t home and a full and compleu line carried a t all times. His former put iens and all thone of the Lee marke t are cordially Invited t o continue with

A. L. Weyrick Easter l i l l ies end Otroat ioss on sale th is week

We are ready for business again at the old stand with with a tull line of Watches Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware Fancy China, Etc.

Silverware marked free of charge. Repairing of all kinds promptly done In workmanlike manner. Please call when yon need any-thing in our line.

M THANKS t o those who helped remove our goods a t the t ime of fire.

Yours for business,

Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Oliver

^The best line of over-alls atad work clothes you ve seen in many a day, we are ,sbowing-now.

Coons, The Clothier.

Granite ware cheap. Collar's Bazaar.

*** *•»***» t o r Sale. One heavy, wide-tired wagon , t w o

road wagons, one butchers ' wagon, one pai r of Tight bobs and one donble harness for sale cheap.

A. L. W r t b c k .

Pocket-boo*

Main street, Wednesday Pocket-book con-

O B e flv5-dol,ar h ' ll- Finder please leave a t Lbdgisr offline and re-ceive reward. i W p

NOTICE. I want to thank my friends

and patrons for the very lib-eral patronag-e they have given me in the past and will say that as far as I know now I hope in the near future to be before them ag-ain in the same capacity. I shall be in Attor-ney Springett's office over City Bank at present for the collection of my accounts, and it will be a great favor if all who are indebted to me will call there and settle them.

Very respectfully, J , B . NICHOLSON.

CAKD OP TBAKKS.

The undersigned desires t o express his thanks t o the people of Lowell for their g i f t through ihe Village OouncU t o him. While It was entirely unexpected, i t is deeply appreciated by - k . R. SriLEs,

What is the best food for young chicks? €yi>her'a chick food, of course. Full of poultry foods a t Lowell Feed Store.

EXTENDS FRANCfllSE 0- R. k 1. R R. CO. GRANTED

S1XTT DAVS MORE.

Work o« Lowed Bridges to Bcgla at Conpeay's Ex pease .

President E. M. Hopkins of the <Jrand UapidN & Ionia Electric Kail-way company, accompanied by his brother. John M.. were before the Lowell Village IVjuncil Monday and Tuesday evenings, asking for an ex-tension of their franchise, which w a s to expire Wednesday.

The t'ouncil granted an extension of sixty days, on condition t h a t t he company furnish plans and specifica-tions for the three R a t river bridges within t w o weeks and an engineer; and if the Oonclnl deems it necessary that immediate work be done t o ren-der the bridges sale the company is to defray the exiwnses. All this will be fouud set forth a t length In t he Council Proceedings on the supple-ment with this Issue of The Ledt.kr,

Mr. Hopkins declared t h a t It was the purpose of the company t o l»e-gin work on tbe road within t w o weeks. I t Is known ^Jrat a gang of Italian laborers w a s in readiness a t the t i r aad Trunk depot for the evident purpose of do ing some work on the line, in order t o have kept the old franchise in force, had the Council n o t granted the extension.

This morning Edi tor Johnson of Saranac informs us by phone t h a t work has n o t begun a t t h a t place; but t h a t the ma t t e r Is in the hands of the contrac tors and work may begin next week or before May first. The company has n o t bought any-thing there. The t ransfer of the site for tbe power house has n o t been made, bu t the Saranac Council has authorized i t t o be made.

Altogether, I t appears t o us a pret ty sure proposition t h a t the road will be built this Summer.-

The Grand Rapids Press quotes Mr. Hopkins as say ing t h a t the road will be in operat ion before snow flies.

HEARD ABOUT TOWN.

Oxfords a t Smith 's shoe store. Elegant Easter neck ware a t

Coons.' Another arrival of wall paper just

in a t Look's . W ANTED—a man t o work on fa rm.

Citizens phone 2U>. Iw Dwell Langwor thy left Sa tu rday

for Columbia Falls, Mont. Fancy hose for you r oxfords. 15c,

25c, and 35c. Coons.' Tbe l>onovan aaioon Is being con-

ducted a t Hotel Lowell. - Mrs. A. P. Hunter has been spend-ing a few days a t Greenville.

F, A. Behl w a s In Grand Rapids on business las t Thursday.

Mrs. Carl Speaker returned t o her home a t Fenville Tuesday.

AL Hoffmah returned Sunday from a visit t o the Padf l c coast .

LoeUa Richmond of Grand Rapide visited friends here Sa tu rday .

Myrtle Hatch of Keeoe Is spending several weeks wi th Mrs. S. Finch.

J o h n Mack of Lansing spent Son-day wi th his brother , Rolan.

Ctaude SeovOle of Oarksvil le was in t o w n Thursday on hosiness.

Mrs. Henry Risedorpb of Grand Rapids visited friends here last week.

We have tbe largest and best line of Oxfords in the d t y . Smith shoe store.

Special values in wall paper a t 10, 12, 15, 30 and 25c per roll D. G. Look's .

Mr. and Mrs.Glassgow of Freeport visited Mr. and Mrs. Henay Blough this week.

All t h a t are owing me will please call a t once and settle, either by cash o r note. R. B. Boylan.

Messrs. S. P . Hicks and W. S. Godfrey received their Insurance money Wednesday.

Personal. Ida , 1 have decided t o buy my wall paper a t Look's , meet me there Saturday. Mary.

H a r e your feet t h a t tired feeling? If so, t r y Martha Washington shoes sold by Smith, tbe shoe man .

Geo. Wlnegar and eon d a r e of Sar-anac visited the former 's parents. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Wlnegar. Friday.

Our Oxfords a re ail h ighgrade; but we can sell them for f rom fL25 t o f3.00, in ladies.' Smith shoe store.

Mrs. Henry McLeaiy a n d little daughter Elizabeth of Grand Rapids are spending a few days wi th Mrs. Milo Har t .

W. a Hopson of Grand Rapids and Miss Mabel Dennis of Ionia were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Willard l as t Wednesday-

Miss IvaCompton of Keeneand H. B. Newell of Relding were married Tuesday evening a t the Methodist parsonage in this village by the pas-tor , Rev. A. H. Sturgis.

Among the articles taken from the residence of A. B. Moffet a t S t . Jos-eph on t he afternoon of Apr, 12 was a gold watch M o n g i n g t o Miss Bessie Kinyon of this villag>,

Chas. Brown has accepted a posi-tion with D. G. Look, and expect# Ki iK'gln work there Monday. Frank Gillespie, formerly employed by Mr. Look, has gone into the d r u g 1 .'usiness a t St. J oseph.

Compare the houses in Lowell and vicinity painted willi Shaker palm with those painted with o therpa in t s and draw your conclusion. D. G. Look sells Sha ker paint .

Dr. O. C. McDannt i rs losses Jby fire, which were inaccurately s ta ted last week, were 2400 on fnrnl tare and fixtures. 5000 on the building. In-surance on the former 2000 on the lat ter 2500,

B. & L. MEETING OFFICERS ELECTED. ASSO-

CIATION IN (100D SHAPE.

Goo^ Opportnal ty fo r Yonag Mea

to l aves t Their Sevlejts.

The annual meeting of ihe Lowell Building & lyoan aasociaiion w a s held Monday evening and the fid-lowing directors weiv elected: H. Nash. R. B. Boylan, J . A. Mattern. James Murphy, F. R. Ecker, E. D. McQueen, K. A. Hodges, E. O. Wadsworth , V. S, Ward A. I*. Knapp, J , B . Yieter, C. C. lAtomis The board organized as follows: H Nash, president* R- B. Boylan, vice president, J . B. Yvlter, secretary and F. R- Ecker, treasurer.

The secretary's report shows the association t o In* in a good healthy condition, the eleventh series just having matured, being worth 10rt.l2 per shnre. Tin' loss in the Blain fail-ure retarded t he maturing of stock nine months; three months of this have been made up, the series just matur ing sharing its proportion of the loss.

Young men desiring to make profitable investments of their earn-ings should investigate tl>e merits of this association. A case in point is t h a t of J . A. Mattern. who. desiring t o invest, recently examined into the merits of Grand Rapids associations, and wound up by re-Investing in tbe home association.

As to the safety of the Lowell B. & L., the public should understand t h a t under a recent S ta te la w build-ing and loan associations are sub-

Sc t t o annual examinations by t a t e examiner, and t h a t the Lowell

association officers are bonded with tbe Fidelity bond bought by the association. Further, tha t loans are made only on real-estate and stock security, limited t o t w o thirds of actual value.

Information as to this association freely given by any officer.

HEARD AROUT TOWN

Supplement this week. Oxfords a t Smith 's shoe store. N oisless matches 5c,

Collar's Bazaar . Mrs ' Joseph Jones, Sr., is very ill. See those 2.00 Flat-iron ha t s a t

Coons.' Mrs. M. Ruben was in Grand Rap

ids Monday. See the beautiful display of Spring

suits a t f 10.00. Coons.' Missionary tea a t the Baptist

church next Tuesday, April 27. Chris Gehrer is adding a large

porch t o the front of his residence, Mrs, Geo. Avery and son Arthur

spent Thursday in Grand Rapids. Walter Rodgers and family are

moving t o Grand Rapids this week, 1 am still agent for the Baxter

laundry; one door east of post office. Will Stone.

Mrs H. J . Taylor has l»een called to Elmira., N. Y.. by the illness of an aunt .

J u s t think of i t a 16 by 20 picture in nice f rame for 7Jtc, Saturday only at Hakes. '

To rent—one furnished bedroom to a desirable person. Inquire a t this office. tf.

The Spar tan society will lie enter-tained by Mrs G. G, Towsley Wed-nesday, Apr, 26, from 2 to 5,

We have in slock the low heel and common-sense toe shoes, like Grand-ma wears. Sn.ith shoe store.

Frank Gramer is home from Val-pariso, Ind., to sjiend Easter with his parents , Mr, and Mrs. John Randall.

Messrs. Fred and William Gramer, t aking advantage of the land seekers' excursion, are visiting relatives a t Putney, S. Dak,

Of course, you can get silk Oxford strings a t Smith's shoe store. He keeps everything up t o da te in the shoe Hqe,

F. T. King has the plans for a two-story brick and cement block to In* built bet ween the post-office and Mrs. Moffit's buildiug. It will contain four stores, and the work is to begin Bi)on,

The King Milling Company is con-verting the old saw-mill on the bank of Flat river into a temporary coop-er shop, and will occupy it as such as soon as i t is repaired.

Feel tired, no apiietlte, cannot sleep, work or eat? That ' s spring t iredness and will disappear at once if von take Hollister's Rocky Mount-hin Tea this month. •"Scents. Tea or Tablets. D, <». Look.

LoCATF.n.—We have moved into the Masonic hall block first door eas t of Foster 's grocery store, where we will sell anything made, at a smaller profit t han anyone in this nock of th is woods. R. R. Boylan.

A complete line of round-cornered 1.usiness cards from post al t o call-ing card size, just received a t The LkimiER office. We can book your order now and give it prompt at tent ion.

A pret ty wedding was solemnized Tuesday, Apr. 11, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Prindell West brook of Campbell township, when their daughter. Mat tie E., was united in the bonds of holy matrimony t o l latry G, Rogers,' the ceremony 1»e-ing performed by Rev. Wm. Mc-Williams. The bride and groom were bo th residents of Campbell, Mr. Rogers will soon take his depar-ture t o Alberta, N. W. T., where be will prepare a home for his bride. She expects t o join him there next FalL k.

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Are You Particualr About Your Wall

Paper? There is an attractiveness about our Spi;:;„ \\ ill Papers t h a t appeals to people of tas te . Ti • p . ; pern come from the lx>t umnuf.-u-turer direct to us. they represent the most .idvauc«>d ideas In wall le orat ion. We show yon ju>; ;i iw your paper will look—side wall—bonier und n-.ii yon can take .ill the t ime you w a n t iu making > . vt ions: you li.-ixr a wide assor tment t o choo.v from and we pleased to help you with ..nv ^nuuvstlons as to th<' latest ideas in proi»er treatnn-m f,.r you r diffen-nt rooms. Our way of buying Wall r.-i;»er this year en-ables us t o make a price that ranii 't 1h> duplicated by any one—at least let us :i jure with you and then buy where your judgment dictats.

Particular People Buy Their Wall P j a ; r u ook's .

D, C. LOOk, Wa°rp?pVs»r.

We are uow

SETTLED aud ready for business again . Thanking t lie many friends who helped move us the nichl of the fire we are

Sincerely your s .

Mr. aud Mrs. K. D. Stocking.

IF OUR

POTATO BREAD Pleases you tell your friends. If not tell us.

POTATO BREAD Keeps fresh aud moist longer than any other bread tuade.

Weldon Smith, baker .

Queen Quality

With the Leaders

Rehind every fact lies a reason. When the sides "<Jueen Quality" are

double the sales of aay other women 's shoe

there must l>e a reason for i t . I t can't 1-e bevanse of low price, since it costs no less. I t is simply a triuuiph of leader-ship.

••Queen Qual i ty" is recognized as the leader in style. I t leads; others follow. It originates; o thers copy. Everywhere i t sets toe style.

Fast coloi eyetets IK) uol waar brassy

Boots f.t.00 Oxfordsf-.5.0 SiK-cial -

A. J. HOWK 6c SOIS

B r i n g * i n t h a t .T«>1> o i P r i n t i n g .

vy ' •» 11

e can i<> ii mos t anytime now.

T l i e l ^ o c l

tywell fadfler. . V. M. JonwoH, Pnbllahcr.

L O W E L L , -l- M I C H I O A R

lit;. W i l e y t h a t a m a n riMMldiTAKE F , 8 H 8 P A W N F R 0 ^ L A K E -not bog in to grow old until he to 80.! _4 . . . „ . . . . Wby begin then? S t a t e 0 f , i c i a , B M " k e Concewiont to

Federal F l th Commlnioner.

Paraguay is described a« " a para- United States Fish Commissioner dis? fo r men." Must be all latchkeys Bowers of Washington, met Governor and no bargain counters, Warner. Sta te Game Warden Chaj}-

• man. Fish Commissioner F. N. Clark. Scientists tell ur that there are sev- of Northvllle, and Charles D. Joslyn.

eral species of creatures that never of the slate fish commission at Lan-fcieep, Tbe octoims Is one of tbvm. flng for the iiurpoac of agreeing on

* — a law under which the United States Greenland has f eve r thaa 12.000 fish commission may take fish in thfe

Inhabitants, and those who have been great lakes wlthont running counter there wonder why she has «» many, to the s tate game warden's depart

— ment, some litigation having resulted An eastern fash'.cn journal says last year on account of Warden Chap-

women are wearing larger shoes. They j man's arrest of the captain of a Unit-a re probably numbered as small ns td States fishing tug on l-ake Super •ver . . lor for taking flsh contrary lo the

' state law. T h e question as to the healthful- A new hill was agreed to to provide

ne«s of rhinoceros steak as an article that the United States fish commls-of food has yet to he passed upon by ! Blon shall have the power to take fish Dr . Wiley. for spawn In the lakes, but that the

— tup used must display the United There eeems to be some dispute a s ; States ensign, and that all nets used

to whether Mrs. Chadwick got into must he plainly marked. It also pro-lb® clutches of the loan sharks, or vldes a severe penally for the Illegal \ l o e rorsa. use of such markers. The United

1 States commission Is given the right If the Prinreton antl-treatlng league to sell the fish which It may strip of

<:o«; establish a women's1 auxiliary, spawn to whomsoever it chooses, tic doubt, that end of It will be sat-cewrfnl, anyhow. MAY BUY BANKRUPT FACTORY,

MICHIGAN STATE NEWS

LATEST CASH M A R K E T R I P O R T t .

PICTURE AGENT 18 IMPUDENT

Threatens to Hang Copy of Photo in

Saloon When Money la Refused,

Lieut. Parker Owen of the Saginaw police recovered the photograph of a young lady under somewhat peculiar conditions. According to the state-ment made by tbe young woman's

Chloaoe Product. nuttor—Creamery, extra , 30«'; prints.

We; flmU. :8e29c: hccoiuIk. reno-vated. 24c; dairies. Oooleva, 26c: firsts, 24c: ladles, nomlnnl; packing stock. 20c.

Eg t r—Fresh stock a t mark, firsts, 16c: prime Srsts. ITtyc; ext ra (high grade) , packed for the city trade. 18Hc,

Cheese—Full cream, daisies, t s e i n i t c ; twin. 1214c: Young Limburger, H H c : long hornn. 12\4c: Swiss. bl;iek. 12c: drum, 12© 12Hc; Limburger. choicc. 12Hc; off grade. W l f c ; : t r i ck , i s u © l l c ; oft grades, 9© 10c.

Fl»h—Black bass, 13c per lb: carp and buffalo, l e ; pike. 7c:. pickerel, f k ^ ^ e r c h .

3c: eels. "Si Sc. 4c: btillhrad*. skbine«l, 566c ; sun#

Live poultry—Turkeys, per lb. 14c: chickens, fowls, ISC; springs. 13c; ducks. 12<ri3c; geoso, $6.00©10,00 per doz.

Potatoes—Oar lots on trncK; Wisconsin. , . . . . . , i Minnesota and Michigan. Burbanks, good

m o t h e r , a p i c t u r e a g e n t c a m e t o t h e to cho;?«. 20©2Sc: axtra , 25® 26c: ruraU, h o m o m m .eelng .ho ..holograph, f • f e r e d f r e e of c h a r g e t o m a k e a n en- j to fancy, 20©22c.

New York Produce. Butter—Firm, unchanged. Cheese, firm.

R U S S I A N S P R E P A R E F O R F I Q H T

Hospital Ship, With Sick From Rojestvcnsky^ Fleet, Puts Into Saigon, Cochin China, Sending In-

valids to French Naval Hospital. "It has been suggested to at the

army of Japanese would be able to

larged copy similar to one he exhib-ited, for the privilege of banging It on i

What is this "liquid sunshine" Dr. 1 Creditors xff "E. Bemonfs Sons P lan Harper is full of? Does it make you to Purchase the Plant. feel any better than the old-fashioned a meeting of the committee ap-•qnki moonshine. pointed by the creditors of the firm of

~ E. Bement's Sons was held ot Lansing "The most unsatisfactory thing fo , 0 KO o v c r t h e a c c o u n , H o f l h e mstltu-

-oM. remarks the Nebraska State > t j o n n n ( j formulate a recommenda-Joumel . Is a grudge. Ever try hold-1 don ( 0 | , e submitted at a meeting of ng a greased pig? j ^ creditors. During the five months

the company has been managed by the receivers, it has shown a net mnnufacturlng profit of 140,000. an?! the committee was greatly pleased with the showing. It was decided tha,i a committee of the creditors be con-

An effort will now be made »o find | stltuted. or a corporation formed, for

Says a New York fashion Item: ••The latest wrinkle Is the invisible corset." So they should be worn on t!»c Inside hereafter.

out to what extent microbes of moral disease infest the money which Mr. Rockefeller distributes.

In Georgia a couple recently mar-ried who had never seen each other botore. Seeing is evidently believing altogther too much sometimes.

the purpose of buying the plant on t receiver's sale and continuing Itf operations. Ail the members of the committee were In favor of the con-tinued operation of the plant.

FATHER FINDS LONG LOST SON,

Ragged and Unkempt, In Possession

of Tamlly Who Stole Him. George Aber of Battle Creek, who

eeveral years ago lived near Marshall, has found bis son who has been lost

With Its projected new army, navy, t n e a r r > ' , c n >'«*"» A b « r , i v e d 011 a

farm and one day missed his 5-year-old son, who was playing by the road-side not far from the house. When Aber moved to Battle Creek he hap-

f t is doubtful, however. If the man •who invents a sure cure for spring fever will make a fortune out of it. It 's sort of pleasant to be lazy.

arsenals and military schools, heathen Chiaa will make quite a str ide toward Hkaness to the Christian powers.

her parlor walls by way of Introduc-' ; i a s y : 8 , n t 0 - I > c n n B y 1 ' Ing his work. The photograph was handed him on that condition. In a few days, so the story goes, the agent came and showed a proof on cheese cloth and began to talk frame. This was agreed to If the picture was satis-factory, Part payment In advance was then made and refused. There-upon, it Is said, the ager-' became Im-pudent and threatened If payment was not made to finish the proof and hang It in a saloon. The mother promptly put her foot through the proof, de-stroying It, Then, she claims, the agent grew still more Impudent and declared he would have a copy made from the original he had In his pocket and hang It in a saloon. With this declaration he took his departure. The police were notified and the pic-ture was recovered. According to I Jeut. Owen there are two of the men, and each blamed his partner for tbe Incident In question.

REPUDIATES OSLER'S THEORy.

Live

near-by fancy selected while. 20©21c: Sta te . Pennsylvania and near-by fancy .selected, white, choice, 19c:' State , Pennsylvania and nenr-by fanc \ . selected white, mixed, extra. IK^c; Western s td r -age. packed. ]8©18^c; western storage, 1 lacked. lirHtft, i f ^ e ; vouthei-na. 16©1<>*C.

Grain Quotations. WHEAT.

Chlcngo—No. 2 red, 11.1(161.K. Xew York-'-No. 2 red. I l . f l . Minncapulis—No. 1 northern. S1.12?*. St. Louis—No. 2 red. $1.0Rffl.0S>. Duluth—No. 1 northern. tl.OtVi. Kansas City—No. 2 hard, S1.02©1,07, Milwaukee—No. 1 northern, l l .U' . i . Toledo—No, 2 red. $1.09.

CORN. Chicago—No. 2, «?4©t9\4. l.lverpool—American mixed, ts-^vid. New York—No. 2. r>7c. Peoria—No. 3, 47%c. St. Louis—No. 2, 47Vic. Kansas City—No. 2 mixed, 4.'tU@453tc Milwaukee—No. 3, <S«?49c.

OATS. <'hica*o—Standard. 32U©32^c. New ' ork—Mixed. 35©35'tc. St. L o u i s - N o . 2. 31c. Kansas City—No. 2 mixed. Milwaukee—Standard, illi'.jfe.TIc.

Live Stock. CATTLE.

<'hlcnKO-Jl.«0W«.76. Omaha—S2©6.r)0. Kansas City—$2,r)0©6.G0. city— Ht. l-ouls—l2C6.fi0. Ht. JoKeph—$366.50. . New York—$l..>0(i'.">.6i'. Pittsburg—$366.25.

HOGS. Chlcapo—$4.r.06 Omui"t—$4.750S.30. Kansns City—14.2060.3.'. St. Louis—$3.ft5©5.«:.. St. Joseph—$4.10î M2»4. New York—$.''.904i 6.00. PlttKlnirg—$8&,!t.90. ButTalo—$366.70.

S H E E P AND LAMCS. ( 'hicago—$30 6.9ti. Omaha—$.'i67.SO. Kansas City—$4,506 7..'A St. Ixiuls—$3(i 7.50. New York—$3.506S.35. Pittsburg—$2.50(112. Puffnlo-$3*18.

The Manchester. K. H , school 1 P e n o d , 0 b c t e l , , n « a r r i e n d o f h i s

board offers employment as teachers 8 0 , 1 s disappearance. The friend, up-to eighteen matrlmocy proof young women who are "man haters ." Now, girls!

Before criticising your newspaper for what is published therein, consult , .v ».i«, tbe files of the editorial waste paper ; h c , I v®d w l t h t h e family i ^ t p l e . h i m

on bearing tbe facts, told Aber that hc lived with the family that stolohitr a family near AtiguHla. An investiga-tion was made and the boy found. It appears that the boy was taken to the north part of the state, where

basket and see what you have es-caped.

A man in Briiish Columbia, weary-ing of life, tried to stab himself with a safety pin. His next attempt, it is conjefclurcd. will Ire made with a boll-1

ed carrot. -i

t'ntll two years ago. when they re-moved to Augustaj He recognized his father, notwithstanding the fac t that ten years had passed since he last saw him. The boy was ragged and unkempt, -and had lived a hard life.

Pickpocket Pleads Guilty. Fannie Wilson, "alias Humphrey.

It H estimated that there are fiftjl! pickpocket, pleaded guilty In the clr-âys for a voting man to work'his way j cult court ^t Monroe and.-was sen-tkrough college, Thus has the greai tenced to one to five years In the De-\ngne of athletics opened up-eduot- j l r o ' : house of correction. She was ar-tional opportunities. rested last fall.and put up a $500 bond

for her appearance In Ihe circuit The Richmond, Va.. city council may court, which she forfeited. About two

pass an ordinance malting It a misde- " ^ n t h s ago she was arrested in New meanor ' to gpeak of a leg as anything Y o r k c I t y a n r i brought back for trial. but a limb. No, there are no ladles in tbe Richmond council. Aged Woman Struck by Car.

"• — — - *11. Mrs. Margaret Ecker. 81 years old. A Boston woman recently read a ; w a s knocked down by * a Tpsl-

County Physician Desires to

Though 83 Years of Age. Dr. Osier's statement that men were

useless after CO years of age was de tiled most emphatically In a papei read by Dr. J. S. Caul kins of Thorn ' vllle. at a meeting of the Lapoei County Medical association at l-an sing, entitled, "Is It Desirable to Live ! 83 Years?"

Dr. Caulklns, who Is S3 years ol cge. Is a type of country doctors oc I— caslonally seen. Although he Is ol The yards and plant of the Western man of excellent education who would companv, owned by Senator be a shining light In any locality ot w A c ! a r k a t B u t t e i Mo,,',.. , o g c t h -soclety. he has preferred to spend bU I,,,. w i t h a u u n . b e r o f h o n B e s o n p o r phy-llfe In Thornville, a small village In ry B j r e e t i w e r c burned at a loss of the southern part of this county. SfiOOOO

While In college he studied Latin " ^ a n o n d e a v o r , 0 1 J a r l t w . 0 f , . i c n d8 a,id Greek and since then during the w h o w o r e q i i a r r p l l n g o v e r a 5 < e n t

fifty-six years he has practiced med< f . t a k e i n „ g a m e c f ^ A n R € j a G c n . cine he has spent every spare mo M l o v , a F fi|abbe(1 t o ( , e a t h w i t h a s t | . ment in study until today he has mas I o t t o t h e o f f l c e r 8 a | l p g e b>. A n I o n i o

tered nine languages and can speak, p ! o n i a l M a n a j . u n k 4 a fiuburb o f p h l , . them fluently.

He made a complete collection of birds and plants In this section for the Smithsonian Institute. He Is well xersed in all the sciences.

Dr. Caulklns Is certainly a living rebuke of Osier's theory, as he lookv far healthier than most men of 50 years and Is a splendid example ol

Admiral Train, Commander-in-Chief of the Asiatic squadron station, report-ed to the Navy Department at Wash-ington that the Russian hospital ship Orel had put Into Saigon, Cochin Chi-na, with all the sick of Admiral Rojest-vensky's fleet, i 'blcb be look to be an Indication that the Russian Admiral is expecting a battle In the near future.

The piiblicatlor, was on error of judgment on the part of a young offi-cer. When his superiors arrived they Immediately took steps to assure them-selves that nothing further should reach the public. Russia would have a right ' to regard the publication of such official reports as an unfriendly act on the part of the United States. Furnishing of copies of such messages to (he Japanese legation could hardly be considered as any more reprehen-sible.

There Is no doubt but that the Jap-anese legation has already sent the substance of the message to Toklo. whence It will be sent to Admiral Togo. It may not bo news to him; but then, again. It might. In the event that It Is, It will doubtless be wel-come.

The unofficial reports saying that the Orel landed wounded Russians Is not believed at Washington. The Im-pression Is that Rojestvensky Is mere-ly ridding bis fleet of the care of the sick, so that all his surgeons and bos.-pltal facilities may be used for service In attending the men wounded during the Impending battle.

Rojestvensky has been In the tropics so long that his sick list is probably large. Each man requires sonjc part of the attention of a member of the hospital force: hcuce It Is the part of wisdom for the admiral to send him ashore If possible before he beccmes burdened with wounded.

Saigon is the best place to send

live off the country for a long period, because of the frugality of the men. 1 do not agree with this proposition at all. Manchuria has been com-pletely swept of all vegetation, and there is nothing left which would fur-nish sustenance. The futuro will pre-sent more difficulties In this direction, because the country Is completely overrun with soldiers of both coun-irles, and there will he great t rouble In growing any crops this year."

Bound for Vladivostok.

No news throwing light on Ihe movement of the fleets of Vlco Ad-mirals Rojestvensky and Togo has been received a t London, but, accord-ing to a statement mado by one of the doctors on board the Russian hos-pital, ship Orel a t Saigon, the ships of the Baltic squadron were going to Vladivostok. April 11 being the last day the Russian vessels were sightedf it Is the general opinion in London that Rojestvensky has changed his course, possibly to the eastward, a s otherwise It Is considered certain the fleet would again have been sighted by passing steamers.

Gorky Will Go Free. On account of tbe condition of l.-is

health and the fact that tbo evidence Egalnst Maxim Gorky Is no't slrbngt'r than (hat against hundreds of others who have not been arrested In con-nection with the disturbances at St. Fetersburg January 22. It Is undcr-itood that the Russian government has abandoned lis Intention of bring-ing him to trial.

Devekpmenis nil polht to a crisis In the present agitation among (he workmen of the cities and the -peas-ants in the country on May day, and

them, as the French have there a fine j ^ p r a l s are pouring In from all qoar-ters of Russia for military protection;

what good care of a person will do l i keeping back age.

Cross-Country Bus Line, A company Is being organized and

promoted by L. Gorton and associ-ates, with a capital stock of 110,000. fer ihe purpose of operating a line of automobile passenger cars between Chelsea and Mason, a distance of forty miles. The proposed route from Chelsea Is by way of Cavanaugh lâke. Stockbridge and Dansvllle. The run will be made In four hours, carrying twelve passengers and express. Pa-trons along the route are subscribing slock liberally, and tbe attempt is assured. Two cars will be started early In May, each making a round trip every day. As this Is the first at-tempt at a cross-country bus line, ihe venture will be watched with consid-erable Interest.

adelphla. Rev. Dr. J . A. Fisher of Canton. N.

Y., a professor In St. Lawrence col-lege. Is said lo be 8la(ed for (be presi-dency of Lombard college, in Gales-burg, 111.

Fire damaged the plant of Beebe & Sens leather merchants and tanners | ^ y { " 8Vre87upon"the f a i t

paper entitled "Aro W e Growing Old Gracefully?" Of course her conc'tb j-ton was t imt "we" are not growing old gracefully or otberwls*.

It is not. t rue that Mark Twain has giv*m up tne smoking habit. "Why tow can one smoke too much." be Is woht to say, "when there aro only twenty-four hours in the day to do U taT'

Ann electric car a t Jackson. While her Injur ies are not of a f^lal character, owing to her advanced age her cahe is Herlous. The car was moving rapidly when It struck the woman, who Is quite deaf. • 4

Whole Class is Suspended. The senior cless of the Union City

high school, numbering sixteen mem-bers, has been suspended for an ln-

1 definite period, their offense being the Prof, wmis ton was looking so far P ,8>' lnB * truant one day during (he

in(o tbe future when be saw a race of • '» , '£ e n c e o f Su»'t- Ludwig at the meet-birds as the successors of men that' ^ " f t h p Michigan Schoolmasters" he may have mistaken men In flying I c , u , , a ' A n n A r b , ' r - , . . machines for members of the feath-ered famllr . h Y- M- c - A- Cornerstone.

j1 The cornerstone of the new |30.0eo

Tbe skeleton of tbe biggest whale ^ *-• A- building was laid at ever captured is being put in place in i

A ( I r l a n ' b " ' , h e r e ^ n o ' " e m o n l e s the national museum at Washington. ! l n connection with the event, they be-and hereafter people who go to tbe j "* until May 7. when C. 8. capital to see tbe elephant ought also ; T a t c a ( ' f , h e , e a ' l i n K Chi-

cago business men will be in attend-ance.

to se* the whale.

George Bernard Sbaw thinks bache-lor? should be compelled to mind the children of their married friends. But there is & constitutional provision in this country prohibiting "cmel and un-rsua l punishment."

Combination Building. The Saginaw board of trade Is about

to take up a propor-ltlon looking to the construction of a jail, market and auditorium combined. The plan Is said to have the Indorsement of Mayor | ; i o n c s c a p e i l f r o i n Fo r t "wayne . ' The Lee. and that legal authority for the James W. Blnkley, who was a c U . 0 n

J _ f O U n ( 1 • , K h O U ^ , , . ' 1 ^ | guarding them. Is also mUslng.

In Titusvllle. Pa., to Ihe ex t en t , o f 1175,000. The flames were subdued only with the aid of the Oil City, Pa., fire denartment.

James Stokes, uncle of J. G. Phelps Stokes, and Miss Florence Crooks Chat field were married at the home of the bride'f sister, Mrs. John Van Buren Thayer, in Brooklyn, N. Y., by Bisbop Potter %nd Rev. Newell Dwight Hlllls.

After controlling (bo affairs cf (he nnlted street railways of San Fran-cisco for three years, the New York banking house of Brown Brothers & Co.. It Is reported; will relinquish the management In favor of Ladenburg, Thalmen & Co. of New York.

Father Edward Vattman. formerly stationed at Fort Sheridan, has been ordered on duty as assistant to 'he superintendent In charge of Filipino students in the United Slates.

Lawyer Charles M. Reed, who pleaded guilty at Boston to embez-zling from estates lo which he was trustee, was sentenced to state pris-on for from six to eight years.

Victor Ross and John R. Campbell, prisoners held on charges of deser-

backed by the common council. An ex- Carrle Nation. Myra McHenry and cellent site is available, fronting the [ M r i . j ^ y wilhot were found guilty now Jeffers park, and across from the i n W i c h i t a > K a n , o f desiroylng prop-proposed $30,000 Elks temple. erty, and were given heavy sentences.

i punishment being suspeuded pending Contractor Beplns Work. g 0 0 ( i behavior.

Contractor Townsend of Indlanapo- , , . . .. „ lis, who I, to build an . t e n s i o n ot „ T , 1 ' , , t b t South Bend t Southrrn Mlchlsan f ™ * l h . ! ° r b ' iml l r iy c o m p l y ' , itao from f i l l e , • ' ™ ' l M " ' c ^ h " 1

through Berrien Spr ius . to St. J o ^ p h . ! 0 ,1 ,1 r H n m , r k - a n ' 1 G ^ r a ,

has commenced the work, which wil l : ' involve an expenditure of $600,000. j M r g - Desroches and her daughter One thousand men and a large n u m - A n n ' c w e r e murdered In their home at ber of teams will be employed on the ! Pcnetangulshe, OnL, and their bodies job. which must bc completed by Dec. i 'brown Into tbo cellar, a f t e r b a u n g 1 of this '.-ear. : 1 ,66 ,1 stripped of tbelr clothing. Tbe

murderer used an ax.

naval hospital, and, besides, the sym pathy of France In this war has been so pronouncedly on the side of Russia (hat. If everything else were equal, the French port Is the one that would be chosen In the event that a choice were possible.

The only surprise Is that the hoepl-lal ship did not put Into Saigon soon-er. According to reports heretofore published, the Russlau fleet has gone so lar toward Japan (hat (he Orel must have turned back In order to make Saigon. But that may be ac-counted for by the suggestion ihat Rojestvensky expected to encounter Togo before this and (hat he was un-willing to have bis hospital ship away from Ihe fleet while It seemed prob-able the expected engagement might •trt*. place any moment.

In discussing tbe war situation in the event of tbe destruction of the Jap-anese fleet by tbe Russians, naval and

that such an outcome would not only entirely change.tbe situation and make, it more favorable to Russia, but they attach even greater Importance to tbe Impending battle. Captain Samuel W. B. Dlebl, the judge advocate of (he navy, discussing the situation, said:

"It will be a ,grea t battle, tiiat will be watched with interest by naval officials everywhere. It would be worse than foolish to predict how the battle will be fought or-what will be the out-come. Those not near the scene of prospective operations can know noth-ing about the strength of the respec-tive fleets. All depends upon the con

The St. Petersburg workmen are pre-paring a great demonstration.

Arms and Lombs in largo quantities have been smuggled In and bloodshed cn a largo scale is feared. Wealthy persons who ordinarily go to Villas on the Islands of the Nova, or to neighboring country places, this year arc going abroad. Tbo government has taken * few special measures t«v meet (ho situation, evidently re!" Ing on the troops and police to guard the capital.

The latter are extremely active. Alt' the prominent agitators are being ar-rested or have already been sent back lo the villages from which they orig-inally came. The prisons are filled-to overflowing

The news received from the Interior Is alarming, especially from the Bal-tic provinces, where the entire popu-lation Is in a slate of Intense excite-ment. The cities are being flooded with revolutionary proclamations call-ing on the people (o r l se /m May day. The criminal classes aro taking ad-vantage of the situation to and plunder, while In the country the landlords are powerless, to cope with the peasants and demand the sta-tioning of troops at every station.

From Dunaburg, governmeift of Vitebsk, come reports that the Jews arc In a panic over (he clrculatloa of proclamadons- similar to those which preceded (he outbreaks at KIshenev end Gomel.

At Ekatcrinoslav three revolutlon-

dltlon of (he ve"ssc 1 a "of Uio contend- ' J v h ° ^ r e ™ u n d e d PcUce ing flce(s foughl their way (o liberty, killing or

• The Japanese are great strategists, ! mounding several of Ihe latter. and I do not believe they will engage j The press commission has recoiu-the Russians far from the coast of [ mended (he removal of the censorablp Japan. If It Is possible to bring on the , fn-m cartoons and (he debates of

Zemstvos and other legal organiza-tions.

Although a multl-mllllonaire EAf ocasiooally refer to his wealth ae a burden, he never makes good by chlft-ing tbo burden to the shoulders ot those philanthropists who always stand ready to relieve him of his load. J . •

Farmhouse Is Burned. The fine large farmhouse belonging

to George Marshal, four miles west of Linden, was bnmed to (he ground. Loss. |3,500; partially Insured.

Fire in Saginaw Bakery. An explosion of hot lard caused an

explosion al the bake shop of Borst & Co. at Saginaw. The fireman were quickly on hand and squelched the blaze that ensued, but not before a loss of |2,000 had " been caused to «tocks;

Gov. Folk's remark that the output 1 of the Missouri hen each year is equal ' in value to the production of the "li-ver mines of Colorado should be of special interest . .o other states thai, haven'i any eilvee mines but can keen hens.

Arbor Day. Gov. Warner has issued a proclama-

tion naming Fri4ay. April 28. as Arbor day and urging that appropriate ob-servance of It be followed in all pub-

«11c cchools and by the people at large.

battle near a Japanese base. 1 Imag-ine the Russians will force the fight-ing, as the Information we have indi-cates that their fleet Is much stronger than the Japanese. It is certain that Admiral Rojestvensky Is not afraid of a flgh(, because he has gone to the China sea, where ho is likely to meet the enemy. Such conduct on (he part of a commander always pleases naval officers and challenges their admira-tion."

Maj. Gen. George L. Gillespie, as-sistant to the chief of staff of the army and formerly chief of engineers, said:

"If the Russians deslroy (he Japa-nese fleet they will have complete control of the sea, and the Japanese wll find It difficult to maintain com-munications with Its army and keep It supplied with radons. În such event the Japanese army would be In a dangerous position, and the Rus-sians would have a great advantage.

"Owing to (he short distance be-tween Japan and Corea Japan might bo able to supply its army in Man-churia by this route, but, of course, the Russians would be in a position to intercept the supplies Intended for

Came to Michigan for a Bride. 1 The extensive porcelain Industry at The marriage of Miss Ella Spencer. ' Limoges Is threatened with serious

daughter of Mrs. E. M. Spencer, and i imerruptlon. The leading factories. . T h G iORb 0f t be flpp« George H. Paul of Carbondale, Pa. ! including (he Havlland works have c°®i;**8

t' | l ^ °J*

took place at Ann Arbor. The bride decided to shut d 0 * " O W iA ^ ° l ^ I for (he Japanese, as i( would be al-

Is a well known young lady who for- mands of the wor te re About M • ^ t o k e e p t h e ^ ^ merly lived in ^ psllantl. The groom i workmen are idle and nisorai r j jjp(1 w l ( b r a t lon8. Is a b a n k e r of Ca rbonda le . ( h r e a t e r e d .

Fear Easter Uprising. Disturbances at Wnreaw aro feared

during the Faster holidays. Many people are leaving Warsaw and ac-commodations in the sleeping cars lo Berlin and Vienna have been engaged several days ahead.

Fresh strikes are reported at ijodz. where (be situation Is causing.much uneasiness.

May Turn on Pursuers. It Is reported t hat the main force

of (he Russians, which retired in the direction of Hslngklng, has reached Kirln. The rear guard, which is esti-mated a t 12.000 men. continues in the vicinity of Harlung Cheng, closely In touch with the Japanese vanguard. The main force, which retired from Kaiynan, over the Klrâ road, Is re-ported a t Klrln. with a rear guard of 8,000 men al Ksuchow, Haklusu, arid at Sullpao, keeping In touch with the Japanese forces. Changcheng Is evi-dently the rallying point for tbo Changtu and Fakumen forces. Al-though a force, estimated at 13.000 men, has been detailed to occupy Fenchua, and 3,000 to hold Pamlen-cheng, the latter force seems assigned to check and retard the Japanese ad-vance.

New Rural Routes. • Rural free delivery will be estab-

lished May 15 at. Hubbard Lake, Al-pena county, with one route and ex-tended a t Central Park. Antrim coun-ty. and Fountain, Mason county, by one route each.

The Topeka. Kan., presbytery rolcu , T o g ^ n g t h e n Fortifications, in favor of uniting the regular ^ r r H ' j Washington dispatch: At the next byterlan with the Cumberland . m ee t lng of the general fortification

»- A ' " •""-"c,ro " 1700,000 appropriated by the

To Examine Militia Officers. Orders have been Issued by the

state military department for an ex-amination on April 20 of the officers of the Mason military company and of the newly organized company at Manistee.

byterlan church and for a separate presbytery for negifies. The Erie, Pa., presbyteiy voted 38 for and 17 against union.

Prof. Hugo Muensterberg. professor of psychology a t Harvard university, has decllhed a call to the chair ot

last congress for fortifications will be apportioned where it is needed most in the territory of the United States.

Held on Murder Charge. Bloomfield, Iowa, special: Claude

pblloaophy .nd phyehoKey . t the UpI- j WtHt le r « « bound ^ e r to the D t o d vers It v of Koenlgsberg. Germany., jury for the murder of Frank Ogden, made tamous by K . o t . the p b l l » o ! bU wir . ' . (onner . . w t b e a r t . W b - t -pher, by whom It was occupied for I ler claimed that Ogden bad been pay-tblrly year? Ipg too much attention to his wife

Illinois College Elects Head. Springfield, 111., dispatch: Charles

H. Rammelkamp, since 1893 instruc-tor In history and political science of Illinois college, Jacksonville, has been elected president of that college. He Is a graduate of Cornell university.

Woman Is Given Degree. Baltimore, Md.. dispatch: The de-

gree of doctor of pbliosopby has been bestowed by Heidelberg university, on Miss May Lansfield Keller o t th is c i ty because of her dissertation on Anglo-Saxon weapons and names.

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rbn B-cent packet la emiuftli for uiaal oceaa lion. The fumlly bottle (60 cents) CODUIM lupply fur k year. All druRglsts tell them.

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Arise, my heart, and sing thy Easter song! To the fiitat anthem of returning bird, And sweetening bud, and green, ascending blade.

Add thou thy word. Long was the winter and the waiting long:

Heart, there were hours, indeed, thou wert afraid,— 8o long the Spring delayed.

Shut In the Winter's alabaster tomb, 8o white and still and sleeping Summer lay.

That deed she seemed; And none might know how in her magle elde,

Slept the young Spring, and movedi and smifed, And dreamed.

Behold, she wakes again, and open-eyed, Gazee In wonder round the leafy room,

At the ydung flowers. Upon this Easter Day Awaken, too, my heart, open thine eyes. And from thy seeming death thou, too, arise.

Arise, my heart; yea, go thou forth ana singl Join thou thy voice to all this muslo sweet.

Of crowding leaf, and buay, building wlbg, And falling ahowers;

The murmur soft of little lives new-bom, The armies of the grass, the million feet

Of marching flowers.

How sweetly blows the Resurrection hem Across the meaddws, over the far hlllsl In the soul's garden a new sweetness stirs.

And the heart fills. And In and out the mind flow the soft airs.

Arise, my heart, and sing, this Easter mom: \n the year's resurrection do thy partr-

Arisc, my heartl

—Richard Le Qallisne.

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ORIGIN OF THE EASTER FESTIVAL By J . F. CARRERE

The name Easier Is of Saxon orig-in. ixiing derived from that of the Goddess Estera, In whose honor brc-rltices and celebrations took place nt the-openlnK of spring. With the ar-vent of Christianity these heathen er&Bonles were discontinued, but ns aCT'had occurred at the time of the

-Near when tbo resurrection of Christ ras celebrated by the church the old imc was applied to the new festival,

jjrith the lâtln races, however, the crucifixion and rcsurrecllon of Chrlft having occurred a t tbe time of tbe JewUh passover, they have called the festival by a name sugBestlng that fact, thus the French name for Eas-ter Is Paques and. the Spanish Far-cua.

As with all tbe other great festivals of the church, the date when Easter should be celebrated has been the cause of l i t t e r controversy. The Eastern church Insisted that It shouli' be celebrated on the day of the mont'-i on which tbe event commemorated occurred, and as the crucifixion U supposed to have taken place on thei fourteenth of Nison, the first Jewish month or Passover, on that date It was commemorated, and tbe resurrec-tion two days later, on the slxteentV. regardless of whether thosfr datra came on Friday and Sunday or not.

rThe • Westorn church entirely dls* carded the ucy of the month in ar-ranging fo r the celebration and in-sisted that the crucifixion should al-ways bo commemorated on a Friday and tbe resurrection on a Sunday. The matter finally came up for ad-jus tment before the Council of NI-caea, in 325, which decided In favo*" of the Western contention, but the East e ra church refused to change its custom and thus gave rise to what Is known as t b e ' "quartodeclman here-sy."

At the time of the adoption of the Gregorian calendar it was debated whether the feast of Easter should be

i given a fixed date or left movable i s llbefore. and tbe decision was finally reached In favor of the lat ter plan, as conforming to the ancient custem of the church. Easter therefore is J»l-

. w a y s the first Sunday af ter the full moon which happens upon or n e r t a f te r the 2l8t of March (the equinox), unless the full moon occur on Suu-

jday., v.hen Eat ter is t b i ^ following .Sunday. It must be remembere.'.. ôwever, that It Is not the actual

con is the heavens nor oven •be Jean moon of the astronomers that

regulates the time of Easter, bnt op altogether imaginary moon, whose

I period a arc so contrived that the now calendar) moon always fol'ows the

r ea l new. moon sometimes by two or even three days. . The effect of tills

| Is that the 14th of tbe calendar moon, which bad from tbe times of Mosor been considered full moon for ecclesl-

-astical purposes, generally fell on the IRth or l<5th of the real moon and

thus af ter the real full moon, whlcii is generally on" the 14th or 15th of the month. With this explanation then of what Is meant by the rull moon, namely, that It Is the 14th of the calendar moon, the rule Is thai Easter day is always the first Sunday af te r the Pascal full moon, which hap-pens upon or next after the 21st of March, and. If the full moon happens on a Sunday, then Easter Is the Sun-day following. One object of this ar-rangement was that Easter and the Jewish Passover should not coincide. Eas ter Is always between March 22 and April 25. The last time Easter came on March 22 was In 1818 and It will not occur that early again in thisj century.

It may prove interesting to those who are mathematically inclined • to figure out when Easter will occur In any given year In this century. If so. here Is a rule they can follow: First, divide the date of the year by 19 and call the remainder a: divide the dato of the year by 4 and call the remain-der b, then divide the date of the yeat by 7 and call the remainder c. Sec-ond. divide 19a plus 24 by HO and cill the remainder d. Third, divide 2b plus 4c plus Cd plus 5 by 7 and call the remainder e : then Easter will be the 22d plus d plus e .of March; or tbe d plus e minus 9 of April. There are two exceptions to that rule: If Easter falls under the calculation on April 2G, put it back to the 19th of that mouth, and when It falls on April 25. put it back lo the ISth ui>-less d equal 29 and o equal 5.

With the substitution of Easier .'or the old festival of the Goddess Estera all the old customs of the Saxons were not abandoned, but. on the con-trary. werc preserved and Christian-ized. Thus the custom of giving eggs, many of them beautifully col-ored. to friends at Easter was kent up and the eggs were blessed by the church. From the earliest ages the egg has been considered as a symbol of the beginning of life aud therefore was considered a very approprlar.? present at the beginning of spring, when all life is budding out and In -glunlng anew. The custom of "pick-ing eggs." ihat Is to say. of strikiu.* tbelr points together, which is a 'a-vored amusement with boys in M-e Eastern States, is also prol-nblv r!" very ancient origin, and was prob-ably practiced by the ancestors of our juvenile Americans of to-day cen-turies ago. In Washington Easter Monday Is the great children's day of the year. On ihat day thousands of children congregate on the rolling lawn behind tbe White House and while the Marino Band discourses lively music they amuse themselves rolling eggs down the lawn.

All the week previous to Easter has been a aeries of commemoration la tbe church. Thursday. Friday and Saturday belne esneclallv solemn fes-

tivals; Thursday In commemoration of the Lord's supper. Friday of bis crucifixion and Saturday t h e Easter celebration really begins. In many parts of Europe, especially in Russia, and during the middle ages, services were held all night before Easter un-til, cockcrow, which Is the hour at which the resurrection Is supposed to have taken place. Tbe devout re-mained for hours in prayer unt-.l morning, when they at once saluted each other with the* snlutathi:. "Christ Is risen," to wlvlch the answer was, "Yes, he is truly risen." Thnt form of salutation Is still t be one in Russia Easter morn. In contlnenta' Europe, however, and In Great Britain the church began the celebration oi; EaSi'er a t the mass of the previous i day, or Saturday, and the bells on the; churches, which had been silent since j Thursday, were again rung during j tbe service.

At the Saturday service, too. In the Catholic churches a large caudle is blessed, and also the new fire to re-call the resurrection of Christ, the! candle forming a conspicuous object! In the sanctuaries of the churches uu-1 til Ascension day. forty days later. The season Is of course one of great rejolcing af ter the fasts of Lent and ' formerly was celebrated with a num-ber of festivities which, according to j Oiir modern Ideas, a re hardly connect ed with an ecclesiastical event. Thuy in France It was customary to play a game of ball, in which the partlrt-! pants were Bishops. Canons and oth er church dignitaries. There were j dances in France as late as the sev- j enteenth century and other signs of I joy aud happiness. The law court*-1 were all closed and business seems to | have been generally suspended. In i England Easter has been celebrated ! as a Christian festival since 6G9, and 1

although the Puritans abolished It,! as they did Christmas and o ther : church celebrations. It has beea n vlved and given much of Its ancient splendor In this country all 4b.; churches observe It with special mu-sic. a n d t h e fftir sex m a k e It t h e spe-cial occasion for appearing with their latest novelties in bonnets

Washington special; OITlclal note"; exchanged by Minister Bowen and Fresident Castro, which wore received Tuesday at the state department, In-r.lcatc that, the former was blunt, oven curt. In his ultlniatiun demanding the p.rbltratlon of various disputes pending between the United States and Venezu-ela. and that the latter answered In the same vein.

Tbe correspondence shows Mr. Bow-en'B position In Caracas Is extremely embarrassing, Neveitheless, he will I ' d be withdrawn at once, though j wlien tbe president returns to Wash-liigton It is expected be will be trans-ferred to another posU

In his cable report of President Castro's reply Mr. Boweu character-iv.ed the tone of the communication as Impertinent. What Castro did say was that "the United "States must* respect I ho dignity of the Venezuelan courts," and he said It as emphatically us the I Spcnlsh language could make It.

Stand by Bowen, President Roosevelt left Washington ,

with a good Idea of Castro's attitude,1

bat the text of Bowcn's note was not 1

known, so judgment . could not bo passed upon his action. The .siate de-partment officials excuse Minister Bower, on the ground that his position | has been a difficult one, as a result of 1 the hostile policy of Castro towards 1

1,1m. At the âme time. It Is believed the suggestion of Dr. Paul that the re- i latlons of the two countries would be ] Improved if another minister was ap-pointed, may have some basis of fact. It Is not intended by the president to j disgrace or humiliate Minister Bowen. i and he certainly will get a post as 1

good. If not better, than that which ho has at present; and the president will be Informed that the United States has r.o Intention of retractlug a single | statement Minisier Bowen has made, ,

A Venezuelan diplomat has received ; a letter from an official at Caracas, in which the statement Is made thnt i President Castro's answer was dlgnl- :

lied and not Impertinent or Impudent.; Mr. Bowen's characterization of the president's note as offensive, therefore. ] has added another objection so far as Venezuela Is concerned to his con- i tlnuance as American minister a t Car-1 acas.

A letter from Caracas also states) that Mr. Bowen is blamed tor nil the 1

trouble that has pasted and still exists. !

Rt.'ports made by Mr. Bowen concern-; ing the Internal situation are declared to have been colored with the fiellb-1 crate Intention of creating a false im pies.ion In this country.

MILTON M. PERRY Attorney end Coumelor at Law

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PERE MARQUETTE Dec. 4, 1904.

Trains lea?# Lowell Mjbllows: For Detroit and East

10 60 am For Toledo and South

10 50 am For Grand Rapids, Nottn and Wesl

10 60 am 8 62 pm For Saginaw and Baf City

7 50 am 5 49 pm For Freeport 4 35 pm B.L. BHATTOH, II. F. MOCXLER, Agt. Gen, Pass. Agm

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STRIKERS SLAY TWO MINERS

Two Men Killed and Many Hurt in Riot at Hibbing, Minn.

Dulu th . Minn,, d i s p a t c h : T w o min-ers . E l i a s H a s k l n s o n a n d J o h n ICok-dnhl. w e r e ki l led a n d s e v e r a l s e r ious ly b i j u r e d by a g a n g of s t r i k e r s In a r io t

which o c c u r r e d a t t h e Hul l -Rus t m i n e at H ibb ing . Mlun. T h e m e n w e r e em-:doyed by t h e Ol iver Min ing C o m p a n y . Slieriff B a t e s , a c c o m p a n i e d b y t w o

s c o r e s of a r m e d depu t i e s , l e f t on a special t r a i n o v e r t h e Dulu th , Mlssabe At N o r t h e r n fo r H i b b i n g t o Qiiei! t h e i lot, which, a c c o r d i n g to a r epo r t , h a s ! ruken out a m o n g the m i n e r s in a r .u inber of o t h e r mines . T h e a u t h o r i -t y t h e r e wired t h a t t h e p r e s e n c e of a f i r o n s gua rd w a s abso lu t e ly neces-82;y in o r d e r t o p r e v e n t f u r t h e r vio-h :ii «•.

Fine Rigs

/RESTORES YOUTH CURESi

„ 'NERVOUS DEBII TJw world »diiilrw men who aro ttronf la l . ,

B«Dtal and nerrt forcei men of anblllon, eotrn aM ptnonal magneUfm; tii* tnio typ* of perfect tn in hood.

To attain thU tbe lint rooultlM la (ood. Malifes Norvao, which stTe mm dty for phnlcal and HwMM iarolopmoniaod make life worth urloc.

PfrriR B NKRVICOR nakaa Itreni. Oalm Nerrea. Cum Narveae Oaklllly. Pel MM SUirery. VNalWMl* naaa. PreetreUea, Sleepleecneae and other troubtoadM to OTer work,moklnff. driif habica ami other cuaeab Make* rich, healthy blood and rrpaln waMed fUrrea.

~ od for women. Booklet free. .. .. k boi. Six for M.M. poatcald, wltk b | i a»

Mtee to rofaad. If Dot rated orbrneAted. r C f n i BUICAL ASSOCIATION, CHtCAQO, U.KK Small Mlze 'lOc. Sold by A. D. S t u r o m

Jones' Livery

Will f i r e you flret-claaa ice a l moderate prices.

• BUY THE

C. H. HACKLEY LEAVES $6,000,000

Qood horeee and modem earriacta. both ilngi* and double.

Inventory of Philanthropitt 's Estate;

Shows He was a Multimillionaire.

Muskegon. Mich. , d i s p a t c h : By t h e Inven to ry filed in t b e p r o b a t e c o u r t t h e e s t a t e of C h a r l e s H. H a c k ley, a deceased p h i l a n t h r o p i s t of th i s c i t y , : is valued a t o v e r 13.500,1(00 in Mlchl- ^ gan alone. T h e I n v e n t o r y Inc ludes n o ' real e s t a t e o u t s i d e Mich igan . S ince a l a rge s h a r e of t h e p r o p e r t y Is s i t u a t e d

in sor. lbern l u m b e r r e g i o n s t h e e n t i r e e s t a t e will a m o u n t a p p r o x i m a t e l y to SO,'''10,000.

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THE lEW M M IIWIN MACHINE COMMIT ORANQK, HAM.

Many Sawing Machines sre made to sell reran*-Was ot quality, but tha *' Xbw l l o m e " is nade Co waar. Our guaranty never runs out

We make Sowing Machines to suit all condltkme of tha trade. Tha W9f«w H o m o " s'andsatthe bsad efBlIBlghârade family sewing macblMB

• • M by an thor l i ed dealers e a l x . roit B A L K av

Oha.s. A. Ithen .

Wood Phone 127 Office In U. B. Wllllaii.n' J ewe l r j ' Htore.

Lily. E m b l e m of S p r i n g .

Logon S •. plont y r l u n o r about f « l i ly , o n e lose.-Kl ot very a n c i e n t d a t e g i v e s t h e s u p p o s e d or ig in of " t b e Ulv. of all c h i l d r e n of t h e s p r i n g t h e pal-est; fairest, too. where fair ones, aro." Long centuries ago angels coming p* celestial visitants to earth, found It bare and gloomy in comparison with the eterpai blooms of their hom« jn P a r a d i s e . T h e y e n t e r e d r o c k y tombr. a n d took Ihe s h i n i n g m a n t l e s off f h o blessed dead and changed them trj flowers From this comes tbo beauti-ful and poetic superstition that on Easter morning In every Illy bud Is hidden an antrel.

C o m m e n d s Hero ic L a b o r e r . Wash ing ton d i s p a t c h : G e o r g e C.

Kill-, i h e colored l abo re r at t he WofIi ingii n b a r r a c k s , who i.s c r e d i t e d wi th hav ing saved Ihe s t a ' u e of F rodor l ck the U r e a l f r o m d a m a g e by t h e explo-sion «if a b o m b , has rece ived a per-i o r a l l o i t e r ot c o m m e n d a t i o n f r o m r> i •• :;:y T i f t . .

a a d

i"all on.. .

Earl Hooter. T O a ! Ship Wa i t s on Lovers.

New York s p e c i a l : T h e sai l ing ol lh-- W h i t e S t a r l ine r Ocean ic was de-layed ' s e v e r a l m i n u t e s by Ju l ius Mc-I n t y r e of Buf fa lo . N . Y., who was dll-a to ry in t a k i n g a f a r e w e l l h iss f r o m t h e girl ho w a s l e a v i n g behind iiim.

Boy Kills Stepfather. Malta . Mont. , d i s p a t c h : Willie Arm-

s ing ton , aged 13, Is u n d e r a r r e s t , charged with killing bis stepfather, Wil l i am Sl tz . T h e t w o b a d qua r r e l ed and the boy shot his stepfather three times with a 32-c£libcr rllle.

COHfflERCIAL CREDIT CO., LTD. ( W M d l e o m b Building, Grand Rapids .

O F F I C E S -! Detroi t 0 | )e ra llottso Block, D e t r o i t (Mil ler Block. Muskegon.

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Our Red Letter, Dlrael Demand Syatem collecta s l o w accounta 100 pat | eent net. P e n o n a l at tent ion t o business throughout Michigan.

C l e i a n d , t t e v e n a e n a n d M l a a r A t t y e .

Asseclate Oflors and Boadsi Attorotys TbrouflKl«t the Vslted States and Caaada.

From Our Point of View

TIIK longer wo live the more we see the neoesuity for r ight begin-uingH of whatever in undertak-en. A stable structure can not bc built on an insecure foundation; and no amount of "h igher education will compensate for carelessness or neglect in the elementary blanches of school work. The high school or college graduate who writes bad-ly spelled letters brings disrepute upon his alma mater-, and there are more such than you think. An ad-vertising school in a certain great city sends out circular letters that disgust u would-be student with its "pigeon Eng l i sh . " A young lady with a genius for elocution took many lessons in that art; but her laok of education was so apparent to her audiences that her efforts were fut i le . A young man would be an advertisement writer. He lakes a course of instruction and hires out to a large mercantile house; but soon gets 'Mired" for his poor spelling and hopeless gram-mar. And so it goes, all down the lino. Dear young fr iends: S t a r t might! Get a good foundation; and build from the ground up.

On a recent trip we met two obi. Republican friends, who aro mem-bers of the Legislature and are part and parcel of the "machine" which is f ighting primary reform. One declares against it because he thinks the DemocralK want i t ; and he just naturally opposes anything that meets such approval. The other says that primary reform, or direct nominations, if adopted, will be the death of the Republican par-ty. Concerning the duty of that party to fulfill its ante-election promises, neither had anything to say. This last, to our notion, in-volving faith-keeping with the peo-ple, is more desirable than the per-petuation of any party. Mere par-ty names are valueless when the principles for which they stood are bartered for temporary advantage and possession of the offices. With all due respect to these old friends, we affirm that danger to the O. 0 . P . lies not in the enactment of pri-mary reform, but ratiikk in failure to keep party pledges.

Last week We had something to say regarding the drinking man's chances for political preferment in the future. Now, a word for his industrial prospects. The Chicago & Alton Railroad company in a recently issued set of rules, forbids its employees lo visit saloons, race tracks, dance halls or other resorts where liquor is sold. The com-pany is not engaged in a crusade for good morals; but is simply protect-ing its business interests, which it can not afford to hazzard in the hands of men likely to become in-toxicated and thus endanger the property of the corporation and the lives of its patrons. Perhaps some young men who can not be deterred from forming the drink habit for political or moral reasons, may con-sider this appeal to their personal and business interests.

Omvet college should bounce the president who has disgraced it by declaring John D. Rockefeller the world 's greatest man. Whether fool or knave he is utterly unfit to head an educational institution. He is reaching for a donation, proba-bly; and for some filthy thousands is willing to insult the memories of our Washingtons and Lincolns. Kick him out, Olivet; or share his infamy. _

New York city has a new kind of a landlord. He owns three apartment houses and refuses to rent any part of them to people who have no children. He consid-ers people with children more de-sirable tenants and regards the re-fusal of house owners to rent to such as a crime against humanity and as premium for the murder of unborn babes. May his t r ibe in-crease.

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Dr. Patterson of Grand Rap-ids "sees t h ings ; " and has discov-ered that the moon was responsible for the Lowell fire. This beats weaning babies and plant ing pota-toes " in the r ight t ime of the moon;" but it amuses the Doctor aud harms no one.

"POOR little ma." That ' s what a Detroit man said who bad murdered his wife in a drunken frenzy. He now claims to have forgotten all about tragedy and will plead for mercy on the ground of his "unac-countable conditioD." I t won't do. He is entitled no mercy on that score. He knew bet ter than to get drunk.

A DKSPicAni.E wretch is he wlô conspires with another 's employees in his absence to in jure that other 's business. He laoks even the brave-ry of a common thief , for he takes mighty good care not risk his own cowardly carcass. Publicity is all thai is needed to bring upon him the contempt of any community.

THE Atlanta Constitution ap-proves of the proposed National Blue and Gray reunion, as ' 'calcu-lated to heal the old wounds of frat-ricidal s t r i f e . " Amen!

D O N T BE HYPNOTISED, Hoodwinked , hoodooed, or over-pereuadod Into accept ing a subs t i t u t e for Doctor P ie rce ' s Favor i t e Prescr ipt ion wi th i ts record of near ly 40 years, embracing h u n d r e d s of thousands of cures of woman ' s peculiar tiiiments. I t ' s t he only remedy for woman ' s ills sold by drug-gist0 , t h a t is no t ful l of "booze"—poor whisky, or bad alcohol.

A g u a r a n t e e 0 f $1000 is offered t h a t " F a v o r i t e P resc r ip t ion" conta ins no alco-hol, opium or o t h e r h a r m f u l d rug . Keeps in any cl imate . „

"Favo r i t e P rosc r ip t ion" Is a powerfu l inv igora t ing tonic, a n d Impar ts s t r eng th to t ne whole sys tem and to t he womb and Its appendages in par t icu lar . F o r overworked, "worn-out ." "run-down." de-bili tated teachers , milliners, d ressmak-ers, seamstresses, "shop-girls," house-keepers, nurs ing mothers , and feeble women general ly, Dr. Pierce 's Favo r i t e Prescr ipt ion Is t he grea tes t ear th ly boon, being unequaled as an appet iz ing cordial and res tora t ive tonic.

I t ' s an Insult to your IntelllKcnce for a dea le r to a t t e m p t to pa lm off upon you an alcoholic substitute for this world-famed medicine. You know what you want; It's his business to meet thai want: When he urges some mibstUute he ' s t h ink ing of t h e larger profi t he ' l l make—not of your welfare.

SRfl finn a,VEN AWAY. Id copies of

The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser, a book that sold to the ex-tent of 500,000 copics a few

tears azo, at tl.SO per copy. ast year we khvo away

130,000 worth of these Invalua-ble books. This year we shall give away 160,000 worth of them. Will y o n share in this benefit? If no. send only 21 one-cent stamps to cover cost of maillnK only for book In stiff paper covers, or 31 stamps forclotn-bound. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce. Buffalo. N. Y.

If out of health, write to old Dr. Pierce. He will send you good, fatherly, profes-sional advice without charge.

These sugar - coated l i t t le Pellets are the Hmallest, the

A \ i v i " easiest to take, and the easiest In the way they act. No grip-

Ing. no violence, no disturbance to tha sys-tem. diet or occupation. They are the Origi-nal Little Liver Pills, first put up by old Dr. R. V. Pierce, over 40 years ago. They have been much imitated hut never equaled.

They come In vials, always fresh and relia-ble; a convenient vest-pocket remedy.

An excited military looking man entered the editorial sanctum of The Odessa (Mo.) Democrat, exclaiming: " T h a t notice of my death Is false, sir. I will horsewhip you within an Inch of your life, sir. If you d o n ' t apologize In your next Issue." The editor Inserted the following the next day: - W e regret extremely t o announce t h a t the paragraph which stated t h a t Major Blazer was dead is wi thout foundat ion."

The Lowell Bask* to their Patrons.

Lowell, Mich.. March, 30th., 1905. We wish t o call a t tent ion t o the

lact, t h a t banks are now expected t o do a large amount of business for nothing, especially In the way of cashing checks on outside country towns, Express, and Post Office money orders. We are perfectly willing t o continue t o g r an t these favors to our friends. We will cash these orders but we also wish, to sell them. We frankly confess tha t It does no t seem to us a "square deal" to see our customers who are willing to receive favors, lined up a t the Pos t oilke purchasing money orders.

We w a n t this business. We feel t h a t It should properly come to us and we have decided on Introducing a new feature of banking

The banks of Lowell, after careful consideration have agreed t h a t be-ginning April, let., 1005, they will sell Money Orders, American Bank-ers Association form, guaranteed by The American Surety Company of New York. The Money Orders are payable anywhere on demand. You do 'not have to make a writ ten ap-plication, If lost a duplicate Is Issued on application. You are given a receipt for each order, purchased.

May we not expect t h a t the public will lie a« willing to call on us when they wish to send money away, as they are to give ns the privilege of cashing their mbnex orders, and checks? Our prices are lower than ever before offered:

$2.50 and under tfc Over $ 2.50 not exceeding $10 5c

" 10.00 " . " 25 10c " 25.011 " " 50 12c " 50.00 " " 100 15c

We believe we deserve your money order business.

Lowrix State Bank. (,'itv Bank, H i l l , Watts & Co.

The Ruben Quick house occupied by A. L. Peck and family Is being reshingled.

Lowell Plaining Mill will do ybur-Job work plaining matching, re sawing etc. Phone 30

F o r S a l e .

House and six lots cheap. Inquire of Geo. W. Rouse. 2\vp.

Two Farms Per Sale. Cheap. 150 acres, good apple and

peach orchards, stream of water, fair buildings, 20 acres timber, fair fences, 60 acres new seeding. 4 miles from Lowell.

Eighty acres, 00 Improved. 20 of t imber. ' Inquire of Geo. F. McGee or phone 63-1 l-2s. tf

New Goods! New Coodsl Arriving Diilly at E. R. Collar's

New Dress Coods In all the new weaves and colors—all wool Batiste, Silk and Silk ^ 0 ( > i Chine, Kolienne, Mohair and Silks and the celebrated Jamestown Dress Goods, more popular than ever.

In Dress Skirts, Jackets and Rain Coats WE can certainly interest you. Buying these goods from several of the best manu-facturers we are prepared to give you the best in the market.

Your Carpet Trade Is of the utmost importance to us. We want it. The newest patterns and the best qualities in the different grades; and the beauty of it is they are at right prices.

Samples of Brussels, Velvets and Axmlnisters. Will save you money on these.

A L W A Y S O S M E T H I N O N E W .

1 8 6 7 1 9 0 5 Mortgages, and Land Contracts

Bought 1

JOHN B. MARTIN 60 Monroe 8t. Brand Rapids ^*1-—55—-—— . - v —-

• I I I P A in any form arc dnntrcrouB, health-• • I I P X dcstroyini.'.dcaih-Ueaiinp. 2f>cents • • " • • " i n s u r e s your life A trial jar of "Hermit" Salve will prove its Infallibility. 60c. All druguists. Hermit Remedy Co-iChicaga

For wlftdow & door mouldings, cnterior finish, etc. Lowell Plaining Mill, phone .'JO.

frames cal.

Rexall Medical New*

Catarrh

Any person who doubts tha t Lowell's burned district will be re-built, and thai soon, can not ex-pect to be regarded as .friendly to the business iulerests of the town. Of course it will be rebuilt; and belter than before.

The announcement that a young woman lias been outraged and mui-dered, that two Negroes are suspec-ted and that a lynching is likely to follow, sounds familiar; but it comes from Minnesota, not from the Sunny South.

If people could only see that Ca-tan h is an internal scrofula — that n o t h i n g applied externally does much good — they would not need to be warned so often about this fatal disease, which invariably ends up in consumption at the cost of eight to ten million lives every yea r—and yet Catarrh is easily cured if you go about it in t h e r i g h t w a y . Catarrh will never get better of its own accord. It will never wear off like a headache or a bilious spell, because Catarrh is caused by germs in the blood, which circulate through-out the entire system. E x t e r n a l remedies give temporary ease, but Catarrh is not an external disease, even though the effects are often seen in the form of pimples, rash, eczema or dry scaly skin, and will never be cured by external remedies.

Catarrh is caused by a germ, and must be cured by a remedy that first of a l l destroys the germs. That remedy is Rexall Mucu-Tone, pre-pared from the prescription of a phy-sician whose specialty for thirty years was Catarrh, and whose record of success was—every case cured. I am not at all surprised at this record for Mucu-Tone, because it is entirely different to any other rem-edy for Catarrh I ever sold or you ever bought. Mucu-Tone first of all destroys the g e r m s of C a t a r r h , and, at the same time — as its very name implies — tones the mucous tissues that have been ravaged by t h e c a t a r r h a l parasites. I t is a splendid tonic and appetizer, a per-fect spring medicine. You will never get rid of Catarrh unless you get at it internally. You cannot success-fully treat it internally unless you use Rexall Mucu-Tone. I want you to try it on my recommendation. I have a large trial size I sell for fifty cents that I guarantee to ghre re-sults or refund you your money

JTATE OF MIoniGAN, The Probate Court for the County of Kent. Al a session of

said court, held a t the prulmto officc In the city of (5rand Rapids, In said county, on the 3i»t day of March A .0.1005.

Present! HON. HARRY I). JEWELL, Judgo 0 Vn" the"mat t e r of theestuto of EDWARD GREEN deceased, .lames E. Green having Bled In said court Ids final administration account, and his petition praying for the allowance thereof and for the assinnment and distribution of residue of said chtate.

I t Is ordered tha t the 38th day of April, A D., 1905 at ton o'clock In the forenoon, at said probate ollice, lie and is hereby appoint-ed for examining and allowing said account and hearing said iMititlon.

I t is fur ther ordered, t ha t public notice thereof be Riven by publication of a copy of this order for three s uccessivo weeks previous to said day of hearing, in the Lowemj Ledik" a newspaper printed and circulated in said county .

E. R. COLLAR f w

Lowell, Mich.

CURES STOMACH

"rniK body potfl its life from * food properly digested.

Healthy digestion tnoans pure blood for the body, but stomach troubles arise ffom carelessness in eating and stomacb diBorders upset the entire system, improp-erly masticated fond sours on tne stomach, causing distressing pains, bolrhinp and nausea. When over-eating 'is persisted in thp stomach hftcomiM weakened and worn out and dyspepsia claims the victim.

Thedffcrd ' s Black-Drancht cures dyspepsia. It free.s the stomach and bowels of congested matter and gives the stomach new life. The stomach is quickly invigorated and. the natural stimulation results in a good appetite, with the power to thor-oughly digest food.

You can build up your stomach with this mild and natural remedy. Try Thedford's Black-Drauglit today. You can buy a package from your dealer for 25c. If he does not keep it, send the money to The Chattanooga Medic ine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn., and a package will oe mailed you.

THEDFORD'S BIACK-DMUGHT

Lumber We are now prepared to furnish anything in

building material, from yard or in carload lots f. o. b. your town. Our stock is now complete. Come and look it over and let's get acquainted anyway. Ask our prices—they will interest you.

The Lowell Lumber Company.

I

Trees

A true copy.) Register of Probate

PILES All dnigglBtB.

quickly and permanently cured at home.'at triflinK cost, with-out danger. "Hermit" Salvo absolutely cures. 25 and 50c.

Hermit Remedy Co., Chicago.

0. K. Starch Enamel Makes Ironing a pleasant occupa-

tion insteaii of a drudgery by caus-ing the iron to pnas very smoothly over the surface of the article you are Ironing, thus requiring bu t half tbe ordinary labor t o do an ironing: whenO. K. Starch Enamkl 1h used. I t gives an excellent lustre t o all linen aud inuBiin goods tha t cannot lie received by any other process.

O. K. Starch Enamel costs bu t 10 cents a box. Kach box contains n dozen cakes, and each cake is suflic-lent for doing any ordinary ironing. Hundreds of ladles have used this enamel and found It to give the best of sntlsfaction. Why not you? Se-cure a box today.

Sold by R. Van Dyke Lowell, Mich. M i l

Home Made and Salt Riafng

BREAD A Specialty.

Bread '...Gc per loaf Cookies....10c per doz. Fried Cakes ...10c doz. Pies 15c each

Fresh every day.

City Bakery F. A. BEHL

Beautify Your Homes With

mall Paper

Newest

I have the larKest and most complete stock of Wall Pa-pers 1 have ever bought and If you are jtolng to paper this Sprinn I am sure It will Ik- to your ad vantage to look over the line whether you buy or not as It Is a pleasure Ui show them.

All Qrades and Prices.

ttl.S.ttliiKflar

Apple Peach

Cherry Pear

Plum Orna-

mentals Etc

A full line of the best varieties

Our trees grow and bear true to name.

Call and see us

We can please you in price and quality.

N. P. Hasted & Co. LOWELL, WICH.

DR. M. CLAYTON QREENE O r a d u a t e

a t New York Polyclluc fork City.

Office—LOWELL. MICH.

University of Michigan and Pos t Graduate Jou Medical School and Hospital,

r State of Tlfichigan

Jree TRTHB LKDGER has secured on an advertising deal a limited ll number of fine, largewall maps of Michigan, which i t will

use for the fu r the r Increase of Its already large circulation. Every person who brings us one new subscription to Tbb Lbd-G ER whh one dollar to pay for t he same will be given

One of These Fine Maps Free TO PAY FOR HIS TROUBLE.

- D . G . L O O K . RtJtall Jtgtncy ]

Winegar's White Ta r for Coughs.

AHK voim Tested Sitds ALWAYS S U R E TO GROW

A postal will brine our Calalom

do you makes

jlors. every county ana townsnip, city, villagt. r l v e M a k e and boundary line, being clear and distinct. They are worth the ful l price of the subscription list; but we will pocket the loss In order to give our advertisers the benefit of t he largest circulation possible to a Lowell paper.

Any Miven can Mour* one ol I h n a Map* by getting one new subscriber to the Ledger . Call at office and see sample.

THE LEDGER, Lowell, Mich.

Say, wife! Where get your flour that such beautiful bread?

LOWELL FEED STORE.

Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Specialty.

O. Q. TOWS EY, M. D. Office oyer McCarty's store. Loweii,Micb

Ebrs Pot Sate. Pure barred Plymouth Rock eggs

for sale. 25c per sitting. A Dailer, phone 110. 3wp

K . R , . E A T O I V ? M . l > . LOWELL, MICHIGAN.

Office a t Residence.

AccoHchemcit ail Diseases of Qiiitou A Specialty.

Ladles who are troubled with Weakness will find relief oy using my ANTISEPTIC DOCCHB POWDER.

Everybody'a magazine and THK LOWELL LEDGER b o t h o n e y e a r , ! 1.85 This office.

OBSTINATE QASES Of leucorrhen, excessive flowing, painful periods, prolapsus, or failing of womb, attended by weak back, bearing-down Bcnsations, ulceration of womb, pain

en and tenderness of ovaries, are almost always cured by a fairly persistent use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. If in any case it should, in due time, not seem quite adequate to meet every

Phase of some complicated case, Dr. ierce always stands ready to offer

valu'able suggestions based upon years of varied experience which often proves of inestimable value. This he does en-tirely free of charge to those using his medicines. Address Dr. E. V. Pierce, 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. DU. R. V. PIERCE. Buffalo. N. Y . :

Dear Str-l once thought I should never enjoy good health again; What I suffered huh womb disease words cannot express. Had distressing bearing-down pains, painful monthly sickness, backache, constipation, also cold hands and feet at all times. Was all run-down, and there was nothing loft of me but a shadow. Af te r I had taken eight bottles Dr. Pierce's Favorlto Proscription, two of his "Compound Extract of Smart-Weed," also some of Dr. Pierce's-Pleasant Pellets. I was entirely cured. I always keep

• the remedies on hand now. and recommend them to all my friends. Yours truly.

Mrs. JOHN BOWERS. KB 4th Street. Rensselaer. Albany. N. Y.

There is no opium, cocaine or otiier narcotic in "Favorite Prescription." Neither does it contain alcohol, whisky or other intoxicant.

It often happens that childlessness is due to conditions which may be cor-rected. Many women have found that the vitality and vigor imparted by Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription to the womanly organs, has been the one thing needful to fulfil the joy of motherhood. This famous mcdiolne is not a cure-ail.

but a specialist's prescription, having as a single aim the cure of diseases pecpliar to women.

Ppliahle dealers recommend " Favor-ite Prescription." With tricky ones, something else that pavs them better will probably be urged upon you as "Just as good." Perhaps it is for them; but it can't be for you. Some saving may be made by pnrchasing our medicines in half-dozen quantities.

If you are convinced that the "Fa -vorite Prescription" is the medicine you need, do not be cajoled into ac-cepting something else. The attempt to induce you to do so is an insult to your intelligence, Turn your back on the one who offers the affront.

DR. PIBRCB'5 PLBASANT PELLETS

Cure biliousness, sick and bilious head-ache, dizziness, costiveness, or consti-pation of the bowels, loss of appetite, coated tongue, sour stomach, windy belchings, heart-burn," pain and dis-tress after eating, and kindred derange-ments of the liver, stomach and bowels.

Persons subject to any of these troubles should never be without a vial of the " Pleasant Pellets " at hand. They are always adopted as a household rem-edy after the tirst trial. Put up in glass vials, tightly corked, therefore always fresh and reliable.

One little "Pe l le t" is a laxative, two are cathartic. They regulate, invigor-ate and cleanse the liver, stomach and bowels. As a "dinner pill," to pro-mote digestion, take one each day. To relieve the distress arising from over-eating, nothing equals one of these little "Pellets. ' They're tiny, sugar-coated, anti-bilious granules, scarcely larger than mustard seeds.

Doctor Pierce's great thousand-paRe "Common Sense Medical Adviser" will be sent for the mere cost of mailing; paper-bound for 21 one-cent stamps, or cloth-bound for 31 stamps. It is a grand and useful book. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, 663 Main St., Buffalo, N.Y.

The New York olllcial quotat ion for week of April 2nd t o April 0th. was firm, steady market a t 28 cents.

Hand Separator Cream will be high priced this season. Specu-

. la tors are all going to be eager pur-

chasers of It through the last of May, June and July, as they all made money this year.

THE PROSPECTS ARE FINE. BUY MORE COWS.

Ship Your Cream to Me. Wr,te me

E. F. DUDLEY, Owosso, Mich.

OUR COUNTRY

Misses Lottie and Mary Keys of South Lowell are visiting Mrs. M. Titus and other Keene friends.

Hall Cave has Homer Goff place.

Paint ing and papering Is going of M. Titus

moved to the

on

E A S T L O W E L L .

Myron Ivyser was a t lonia one day las t week.

Mrs. Ferry has moved back t o her farm.

Geo. Langdon Is working for Wal-tc r Maynard this season.

Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Story and daughter Bessie attended the 25th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin H u n t a t Saranac Sa turday .

Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Rodgers of Caledonia were guests of Mr. and Mrft. Jno. Carey last Tuesday.

Mr. and Mrs. S. Y. Cary called on Mrs. Joseph Jones Sunday and found her unimproved. ,

R h e n n a t l c Polo* Quickly Relieved The excruciating pains char-

acteristic of rheumatism aud sciatica aro quickly relieved by applying Chamberlain's Pain Balm. The Kreatpain relieving power of the llnament ha s been the surprise and delight of thousands of sufferers. The quick relief from pain v which it affords is alone worth many times i ts cost. For sale by A. D. STUROIS.

AVON.

One of John Heather 's horses dropped dead Inst Wednesday, while he was drawing a load of pota toes .

Mr. and Mrs. John Hoskins visited a t the home of Byron Rich a t Otlsco Sunday. >

Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Rayhn started Monday morning for their home near Bruce Crossing.

Mrs S. Bisby left for her home a t Hearsey Monday morning.

Mrs. Orrln Bowen visited a t the home of Robt. Sparks Sunday.

A large number from this vicinity attended the Maccabee dance a t Sar-anac • Fr iday evening and report a good time.

this week a t the homes and B. F. Wilkinson.

Frifhtfttl Snfferlnc Relieved.

Suffering frightfully from the vir-ulent poisons of undigested food, C. G. Grayson of Lula Miss., took Dr. King's New Life Pills, "with the re-sult ," he writes, " t h a t 1 was cured." All s tomach and bowel disorders give way t o their tonic, laxative properties 25c a t D. G. LOOK'S drug store, guaranteed.

I B B L E Y CORNERS. Mrs. B. D. Seeley, who has been

spending some time in Grand Rapids hoping t o regain health, has return-ed to her homo feeling much worse than when sMe went away .

Born—Apr. 14, t o Mr. and Mrs. Gabe Onan, a daughter.

The sudden death of Albert Clark of McCords was a shock t o his friends.

E Rexall Medical News

KEBNK CENTER. J . S taal spent Sa turday and Sun-

day with friends a t Grand Haven. Miss Hazel Milieu is working for

Mrs. Adams. Neil Kinasen of Grand Rapids is

spending a week with G. Staal . Al. Neuinau, who has been work-

ing for B. F. Wilkinson the past t w o weeks, has accepted a position in (irand Rapids.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred D u t t of Six Lakes visited a t the home of Ed. Trask one day las t week.

Mrs. Adums and Earl at tended the wedding of Miss Mattie Westbrook in Campbell township Inst Tuesday.

Warren Reed is living on the Mil-ton TraSk farm.

Both Mrs. Adams and Eari are IU-

Indigestion There is no reason why a person

should not eat anything he chooscs — if he chews it carefully — the trouble is most people are afraid of every good looking, good smelling, good tasting thing on the bill of fare because it "don ' t agree with them." They actually starve them-selves into sickness. Dieting can-not cure dyspepsia — if we cut off every article of food that disagrees with us before long we have nothing left, and we find ourselves chronic dyspeptics. When you eat some-thing that don't agree with you, it's time to get after your stomach and tone it up. From my own experi ence in selling dyspepsia cures, there is nothing that equals Rexall Dys-pepsia Tablets. From what my customers tell me of this Rexall Remedy I am convinced that con-sistent use of it will give any one the stomach of an ostrich and the appetite of a fa rm hand. I don't know of a stomach trouble Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets wont cure.

I place the same guarantee on this remedy that I do on all Rexall Remedies, money back if dissatis fied. Fifteen days treatment for twenty-five cents. Try it to-day

Mr. and Mrs. Will Hesche and little daughter were thrown from a wagon uear the Pere Marquette railroad Friday as they were driving into Lowell, the horses having be-come frightened by the cars. No serioils damage was done.

The g rea t t rea t of the season will be given Apr. 27 a t the grange hall a t Seeley Corners. Mr. and Mrs. West of the Ideal Kntertainers will lie present with their up-to-date music, character delineations and specialties.

A Onredevll Ride. often ends in a sad accident. To

ileal iucldentai injuries, use Buck-leys Arnica Salve. "A deep wound in my foot, from an accident," writes Theodore Schuele, of Colum-bus, o . , caused me grea t pain, riiysicians were helples?, b u t Bucklen's Arnica Salve quickly heal-ed It." Soothes and heals burn's like magic. 25c a t D. G. LOOK druggist .

PRATT LAKE. Mrs. H. S. West of Grand Rapids,

and sister, Mrs. Gibbs of Sodus, and Mrs. J . C. West of Grand Rapids are visiting the iat ter 's sister, Mrs. F. W. Morton.

N. M. Bartlette of Cannonsburg has rented F. W. Morton's farm and is moving his family Into the tenant house.

Pieces of charred wall paper and shingles from the Lowell tire were found on the farms five and six miles south-east of Lowell.

M. C. Keiiar has purchased the "fract ion" of the Asa Fletcher es ta te and expects t o more there soon. George Thurltoy has purchase^ the sixty-one acres.

Verne Church of Toledo, 6 . , Is spending a few days with relatives In this vicinity.

Miss Flossie Draper returned t o her home near Freeport las t Sunday after spending a week with her brother, W. H. Draper.

The Grange will give an Ice cream social a t the hall Sa tu rday evening, April 22, proceeds to g o t o w a r d s a piano.

•— Abont Rbeamatism.

There are few diseases t h a t Inflict more tor ture than rheumatisip and there Is probably no disease for which such a varied and useless lot of remedies have been suggested.

To say t h a t It can be cured Is, therefore, a bold s ta tement t o make but Chamberlain's Pain Balm, which enjoys an extensive sale, has met with great success In the t rea t -ment of this disease. One ap-plication of Pain Balm will relieve the pain, and hundreds of sufferers have testified t o permanent enres by Its use. Why suffer when Pain Balm affords such quick relief and costs but a trifle? For sale sale by A. D . STURGIS.

ADA.

Mra. W. J . Carle and son have been visiting friends In Grand Rap-Ids this week.

Over fifty, ministers and delegates, at tended the Spring conference held in the Congregatlonaf church las t week.

J a s . Lyon and Misses L a l a Rice and At t a Gibe of the Valley City visited a t the home of Rev. J . H. Bennett this week.

Adam Fox is learning telegraphy a t the Western Union telegraph office a t Traverse City.

Mrs. Wiliington Johnson Is again confined t o her bed with rheu-matism.

The flue fish caught In Grand river this week remind us t h a t "Spring is coming."

Last Hope Vaaisked. When leading physicians said thnt

W. M. Sml thaa t , of Pekin, la., had incurable consumption, his las t hoiie vanished: b u t Dr. King New Discov-ery for Consumption, Coughs and colds, kept him o u t of his grave. He says: "This grea t specific completely cured me, and saved my 1 ife. Since then, I have used itfor over 10 years, and consider It a mar-velous t h r o a t and lung cure." Strictly scientific cure for Coughs. Sore Throa t s or Colds; sure preven-tive Pneuumonia. Guaranteed. 50c and 1.00 bottles a t D. G. Look's drug store. Trial bott le free.

Churches and ISodedesI

D. G. LOOK. Rexall Agency

CONGREOATVONAJL. The pas tor desires t o thank his

Lowell friends for their very liberal donation of $65 00 las t week.

The morning hour next Sunday will be taken up with an Eas te r con-cert conducted by the Sunday school. A fine program has been arranged. Everybody Invited.

Sunday school a t noon, a s usual. Preaching service In the evening,

subject: "Pau l a t Ephesus!" MBTHODirr.

Morning subject: "Eas te r J o y . " In the evening there will be exerciseH by the children of the Sunday school.

Epwor th League subject, "The Power of His Resurrection," leader, Miss Myrtle Taylor.

Mrs. David Flanagan and Mrs. Alice Campbell will enter ta in the Ladies' Aid society a t a coffee, Fri-day afternoon. a t the home of Mrs. Flanagan. All the ladles are invited.

BAFTUPr.

Rev. H. W. Mack of Bnd Axe will preach a t the Baptis t church Sun-day morning and evening.

Kaster exercises a t twelve o'clock. Young peoples meeting a t six-thirty, to be lead by Miss Carrie Davidson.

lOCIBTIEi.

Church and society notes should be in the hands of the printer n o t later than Wednesday morning, earlier If possible, if yon could see the work we have t o do WednesOays and Thursdays you would no t w a i t un-til the last day in the afternoon.

The west side Beuevolence society met Monday afternoon a t the home

f Mrs. Dillenbeck.

Mrs. J . E. Lee entertained the Afternoon Sunshine club last Thurs-day afternoon. The following were prize winners: Mro. L. P. Thomas, 1st.;Mrs. W. A. Watts , 2d;; Mrs. Guy Perry, consolation.

A company of abou t twenty-five indies having formed an Eas t Side Benevolence society with Myrtis Graham ns oresident, arc sewing

auilts and other articles for some of le sufferers from the fire and others

who are In need of them. The (Mover Leaf club will meet

with Mrs. R. B. Boylan next Tues-day.

The Unity club was very pleasant-ly entertained Friday af ternoon a t tlie home of Mrs. Geo. Headiey. First prize was awarded to Mrs. D. C. Machem, consolation to Mrs. A. J^ Howk.

The Lowell W. C. T. U will meet with Mrs. B. C. Needham next Fri-dhy afternoon.

The Sewing club gave a six o'clock dinner Tuesday evening a t the home of Miss Delia Wlnegar, In honor of her birthday.

Mrs. S. Brower Is at tending the W. C. T. U. convention a t Lake Odessa as delegate this week.

HEARDABOUT

Buy your Easter hat a t Coons." Laundry goes twice a week.

Will Stone. Marks Ruben spent Sunday iu

Chicago. P. S. Griffith was in Grand Rapids

Monday. HT W. Hnkes will furnish your

house best and cheapest. Don't forget Will Stone for pres-

sing and cleaning. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gibson have

rented the Zeigler house. Governor Warner has designated

Friday, April 28, as Arbor day. Miss L o t t a Ruben was home from

Grand Rapids Friday and Sa tu rday . Will Chambers has the frame up for

his new residence on Monroe street. The Barnum & Bailey circus ha s

leased the Ionia fair grounds for June 24.

New line of bicycles, base ball goods, tackle etc. Just received a t Stocking's.

Rev. A. H. Sturgis exchanged pul-

Jdts with A. B. Johnson of Saranac a s t Sunday.

Mrs. H. J . Coons Is spending sever-al weeks a t the home of her brother a t Petoskey.

The celebrated Spauldlng and D. and M. Hues of base ball and athletic goods sold by R. D. Stocking.

The 250 extra LEDGERS printed las t week have nearly all been sold come quick if you w a n t one.

The programs of the Lowell Liter-ary club for the season of 1905—6 are being printed a t THE LEDGER office.

R. D. Graham says the cold weather will help the peach crop In-stead of injuring it, as some have feared.

John Monks has gone t o Chicago for a month ' s visit with his daugh-ter. He drove through, expecting t o sell his team in the city.

Mrs. Eunice Crawford and daugh-ter Miss Lynn, have moved into the upper rooms of the Guiliford build-ing.

Dr. H. O Barnes went t o Detroit last Fr iday In quest of employment He does no t expect t o resume the practise of dentistry here a t present,

Mr. and Mrs. J . Schrouder and son Althen of Denver, Col., are here visit-ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Althen, and her sister, Mrs. M. E. Simpson.

Saturday only, April 22, you can get a nice photo colored or water colored 16 by 20 picture in a floren-tine f rame with glass complete for 79c a t H . W. Hakes.'

Miss Ruby Barret of Grand Rapids who has recently returned from a , several month 's t r ip t o Daytonia, Fla., spent a few days of last week with her aunt, Mrs. H. Nash.

Messrs. John Bergy and Howard Caine, formerly employed by R. B. Boylan, have gone t o their homes a t Bowne and Charlevoix respectfully.

Mr. and Mrs. Milton Gobel and t w o children of Grand Rapids visited a t home of Mr. aud Mrs. Chas. Blakeslee the latter pa r t of last week.

Mrs. J . H Cramer left last night for Aberdeen, Wash., having been called by the serious illness of her husband, who was injured in the machinery of the saw-mill in which he was working.

The following are among the jurors drawn for the May term of the Kent circuit court : Ada, Fred Schenck; Bowne, Josiah Stahl; Cas-cade, Fred Tlllyer; Cannon, Helmer Shoemaker; Gra t t an , Lou Conrad; Lowell, Chas. O 'Har row; Vergennes. John Carey.

A wonderful spring tonic. Drives ou t ail winter impurities gives you strength, health and happiness. Tha t ' s what Rollisters' Rocky Mountain Tea will do. 315 cents. T e a o r T a b l e t s . D . G. LOOK.

A L. Weyrick, who has had all sor ts of hard luck durlnc the past year,Including flood, death and fire. Is again doing business. Read his announcement on first page. He needs what Is due him on account and those who have been accom-modated by Abe will surely need no urging t o square up a t once.

Mrs. Geo. M. Sternberg of Wash-ington, D. C., wife of the former sur-geon general of the army, and who is one of the candidates for the office of president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution, is the aun t of Mrs. A. L. Knapp, Mrs. Sternberg being tlie only sister oi .Mrs. Knapp 's father, Rev. L. N. Pat t ison.

I want to see you and pet acquainted—come in the store anytime but be sure and don't forget

Saturday, April 22

I'll tell you about it. "lAfter 8 o'clock Saturday morning-the first 100 boys that call at my store with a parent or a friend and signs his name in a little book, will receive a new N E W S E L F S P I N N I N G TOP—you wind it up, press the button and away it goes. Now don't be late.

M. E. SIMPSON, Clothier Suooeaaer to Chaa. Althen.

Easter Opening My Easter opening of Spring Millinery will be April 20th, 21st and 22nd. A veritable bower of beautiful effects will be shown.

HATS for all occasions, the newest ideas for street or church. Handsome styles to go with suits. Many additional designs brought out daily. It is my constant aim to please my customers. You are cordially invited to call. Better select your Easter hat NOW while the stock is complete.

rs. WHITE, '

Formerly Hayward 8 White.

I'M FROM MISSOURI SHOW ME..

Before Investing • Investigate. The English Language belongs to t he man using it.

All Labels are Attractive, A l l Color C a r d s R e a d Well t

E U T WHEN YOU BUY PAINT. YOU S H O U L D

See the Paint Itself. Slip Top Cover shown above gives you a

chance to do ae. Call and have the palat question The

i v u u bo. v ^ a u p n s u i t i u v o u v u explained InteUlgently and to yaur aatlsfactloa.

Scott & Winegar

ECZEMA Testlm'U free. Hermit Remedy

suffertrscuredwith" Hermit' ' Salve, who had lout hope of relief. 25& 50c. Alldrurelsts.

" / Co.. Chicago.

Farm for Sale. The went % of b. w . qunrter of seo-

t ion 12, Lowell township, 1 mile south of village, known us the Graham land. About 6.r» acres im-proved and seeded t o clover.

Enos & Bkapkied, 4wp Grand Rapids, Mich.

Fa i r Woralag.

All persons are hereby warned aga ins t setting: fires in Oakwood cemetery under penalty of from $8.00 t o $5.00 fine and costs. By order of Board of Health.

8w F. Wintkrs, Sexton.

Advancing Old Age n dftedfd by a gradual los of dailkity in the entn i m which mblly turns t*W wrinVU. |

JOHN H.WOOD

WOODBURY'S Z r lc«a* the ikm finn wholesome and well nom-iAel Ihw retarding the ravage* ol line. For o m 30 yearitfiii Face Soap hat been indu-pemablc to Hi acquaintance*.

25 ant* A CAKE.

Vomfiwry'a Facial Cream applied regularly whitens and prexrvet the natural condition of die face dun.

iNtTIAl. OFFER. In case your dealer cannot supply you

tend us hia name ami we will ien-l prepaid, to any address for $t.oo the following toilet reqtilsftr.i

1 Cnkr Wpodtmn's racial Ronp! 1 Tttlv " ' facial Cream. 1 " ' " Dental Cream. 1 Box " Pace Powdtr.

' Together willi our readable booklet Jteatrtya Maaqne, a careful treatise «Q lbe | care of Mie "outer .scU."

Booklet free on application.

tVME ANDREW JERGENS C O n | CINCINNATI, O. i

S * R; CROCKE TT, At/f6or c/ (Copjtight. 1808. mo, by S. R Crockett.)

CMAPTtR I.

Somebody Sayi That— When a woman asks a tiumbor of

queslions she is possessed of idle curiosity. When a man asks a num-ber he is animated by a keen desire to improve his mind and enlarge his sphere of knowledge. That is just another one 6f the little differences

t h e Hall of the Guard. LouA Txn£ t t e IfcMghler In the hall

of thf l êA-4 ( - |m | a t Castle Kerns herg.1 iTien? witf fcomo an embassy

I from the heretlftfcry Princess of Plass-i enbtirg. recently' fcttabllshed upon the

throne of her ancestors, to the Duch-i oss Joan ot Hohenstein, ruler of that cluster of hlH atKtêts which Is called collectively Masurenland, and which Includes, beftldcs Hohenstein, the original Eagle's Eyrie, Kemswald also, and Mlrienfeld.

Ahox-e, in the hall of audience, the ambassador, one Leopold von l)es-saner, a great lord and most learned councillor of fetate, sat alone with the young duchess. They were eating of Ihe baked moats and drinking the good Rhenish up there. But, af ter all. It. was much merrier down below with Werner von Orseln. All Plkker, Peter Balta, and John of Thorn, though what they ate was mostly bnt plain ox-flesh, and their drink the strong ale native to the hill lands, which Is called Wendlsh mead.

"Get yon down. Captains Jorian and Boris," the young duchess had com-manded, looking very handsome and haughty in the pride of her twenty-one years, her eight strong castles, and her two thousand men ready to rise at her word; "down to the hall, where my officers send round the was-sail. If they do not treat you well, e'en come up and tell it to me."

"Good!" had responded the two sol-diers of the Princess of Plassenbnrg. turning them about as If they had been hinged on the same stick, and starting forward with precisely the shame stiff hitch from the halt. they, made for the door.

"But stay." Joan of Hohenstein had between the sexes which ought to show a woman the utter Impossibility j said, ere they reached It, "here are a of ever hoping to attain equality (couple of rings. My father left me with m a n . ore or two such. Fit them upon your

fingers and when you return give them to the maidens of your choice."

And with their rings upon their lit-

Named for "Grand Monarque."

When La Salle entered the gulf of Mexico In 1682 he founded the fort of fie fingers the two burly captains went St. Louis and named It for Louis XIV , down the narrow stair of Castle of France and the surrounding, terrl-, Kemsberg. Being arrived at the hall tory h e called "Ixmlslana." The In-! beneath they soon found themselves habitants of IHVs co.ihtiy originally | the ctti ter tVf a hospitable circle. Gruff, were French and Spanish settlers, and 1 bearded Wendlsh men were these of-

ficers of the young duchess: not a bulterfly youngling nor a courtly car-pet knlRht among them, but men fan-ned like shlpmen of the Baltic, sol-diers mostly who had served under her father Henry, foraging upon occa-

M OIE ASKS Hi

their descendants even to day are call; cd "Creoles." ( ,

To RestOffe Enaravingt.

Afld fourteen ounces of bicarlionate of soda to a quart of water, and boil for twenty minutea; then stir in four | s , o n f a r a-8 t h e M t r k Sn o n o aircc ounccte of chloride of lime. When, t , 0 l l a n d l n t 0 uor-Russla In the other, oold. Immerse the engravings for one j m o n R r o u n d e ( J hn<\ compacted af ter mlnptc. .'hen wash in a weak sain-; ^ fcnd Borj*. tlon of hypo, and afterwards rinse in 1 „ w f t S s i n a n W o n < , e r that among clean wal IT. j S l l f ^ congenial society the ox-men-ai-

. ~ ' arms found themselves presently veiy Racing In Abyssinia. i m n o h a l h 0 m e i Scarcely were they

Thr first racing moeling ever held R o a t e d when Jorian began to brag In Abyssinia came nff at Adls Abeba ! 0f jjjp gjf( the duchess had given him r-ccJitly. The chief event was won i f o r the maiden of his troth. by one of Emperor Menelik's horses. I "And Boris here, ihat hulking co-

j bold, that Hans Klapper upon the A yofitig man thinks his father 1«' housetops, had well-nigh spoiled tho

loo hard on him. but every year) j e B t . f o r w h ( . n h e r U ( l y s h j p him changes him till ihe day com^s w h e n ^ Rpoond time in her sweet voice for lu- is sure his father was not h a M ' t h e name of his 'betrothed.' he must caough. j n e w j s lay his tongue to 'Gretchen,'

^ — | instead of 'Katrln, ' as he had done at j the f i rs t !" j Werner von Orseln, the eldest and j gravest of all, glanced round the full i circle of his mess. Then he looked

HOW HE GOT EID OF HISOB&TIAATE ' back at the two captains of the em-MTJSOUIAS RHEUMATISM. 1 bassy guard of Plassenburg with a

• pitying glance. T.Ir. .7onen Tolln of tho Way b r Whi<-h Ho "And y o u l ied a b o u t y o u r SWCET-

Trroted n im-o i f S n c ^ . f o u , h n c r t « ( 0 ^ c D u c h e s s . l oan" h e s a i d . When IXH-to., v»,M. j . . H | i h f l . Y c g j , t r o w yes . " q u o t h

Pix physicians , all of t h e m good, one of j o r i a n jov ia l ly . " W i n e m a y be d e a r , f l icm a wpooialist, I n d d o n e t h e i r b e s t for Mr. Jbnes nt ditTerent limes during ' three years, and still ho snffered fear- :

folly from the tortures of rheninatism. ' The- rheninatism that had been dor-!

mailt in his system was suddenly ; brought to an aonte stage by exposnre i while be was drawing ice in February, 1901. From that time on for a period i of more than three years he was a con-! stant snfferer. Ho tried many kinds of treatment, but tho rhonmatism wouldn't i budge. When rognlar doctors failed, ' and o»o remedy af ter another proved I nseless, many said: " I should think be | would-give i t up and save his money." i

Of bis condition a t this time, Mr. ' Jones says: " My rhonmatism started | in my right thigh, but in t ime it ap- , peared iu every innsde of my "body. I j lost the u se ' of my left arm en-firely aud nearly lost tho use of my r ight one. My feet Were badly affected, esfwcially the bottoms of the heels. When my r ight side was afTeoted, there was swelling, 4mt the left side d idn ' t ; swell whoa the .diseaso settled there. Tho internal organs didn' t seem to be involved at all. The trouble was all in ' the muscles and tho nerves." j

Among the few who still encouraged , Mr. Jones to think that a cure might ye t he foand Was a friend wlio had rea- :

son for great confidence iu Dr. Wil- i l iams' Pink Pifls. and noting on her i advice hc bought u box of them in Scp-tomler , IWt. Tlio story of v.lint fol-lir.vod is l.i-.r, bat uu ih in j vouU b j more satisfactoiy.

'• When I was on the third Iwx," says Mr. J o n e s , " I could realize a chango for t h e b e t t e r . I f e l t su re t h o u t h a t D r . Williams' Pink Pills were the right medicine for my ease. I kept on with them for several weeks longer and now 1 am entirely wc/H, "itod everybody is : gentlemen! Captains Jorian and asking what i took." ! Boris, you do noi. seem to know that

Mr. William Jones lives at Oxford, ' you are no longer in Plassenburg. Mich. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills effect Hero are no tables of Kar! the Mil-woudorful euros inrbeniuatisin, because , ler's Son to hamper our liege mis-they work directly on the Wood whieh is • tress. Do you know that you have the seat of the disease. Xlhey an, cold lip^ to her ai^d .made n jest of kT"

I HC'SFOKJ} Very s l o w i j . I c a n i r s to-

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ward them and punctuating his mean-ing upon tho palm ot his loft hand with the fingers of his right, "if 1, Werne; of Orseln, were now to walk upstairs, and In su many wordn tell my lady, ' the sweet, easy princess,' as yon name her, Joan of the Sword, as we aro proud—"

"Joan of the Sword! Hoch!" The men-at-arms at the lower table,

the bearded captains at the high board, the very i>age hoys lounging In the niches, rose to their feet nt the very name, pronouncod In a voice of thunder-pride by Chief Captain Wer-ne r ,

"I thank you, gentlemen, on behalf of my lady. In whoso name I com-mand here." sa 'd Werner, bowing cere-moniously to all around, while the others settled themselves to listen. "Xow. worthy soldiers of Plassen-burg." he went on, "be It known to you that If (to suppose a case which will not happen) 1 were to tell our 1-ady Joan what yon have confessed to ns here and boasted of—that you lied and double lied to her—I lay my life and the lives of these good fel-lows that the pair of you would be aswlng from the corner gallery of the Lion's Tower In something under five minutes."

Jorian rose to his feet. "Up. Boris!" he cried: "no-Bor-Russlan, no kern of Hohenstein that ever lived, shall over-crow a captain of the armies of Plas-senburg and a soldier of the Princess Helere—Heaven bless her. Take yo'Ur ring in your hand. Boris, for we will go up straightway, you and 1. And we will tell the Lady Duchess Joan that, having no sweetheart of legal standing, and no desire for any. we choused her into the belief that , we would bestow her rings upon our be-trothed In tho rose gardens of Plas-ser.burg. Then we will see if indeed we shall be aswlng In five minutes. Ready, Boris?'-

"Aye, thrice ready. Jor ian!" "About then! Quick march!" A great noise of clapping rose all

round the hall as the two stout sol-diers set themselves to march up the staircase by which they had just des-cended.

"Stand to the doors!" cried Werner, the chief captain, "do not let them pass. Stand up and drink a deep cup to them, rather! To Captains Jorian and Boris of Plassenburg. brave fel-lows both!" t

The toast was drunk amid multi-tudinous shoutings and handshakings. The two men had stopped perforce, for the doors wore In the hands of the soldiers of the guard, and the pike polnls clustered thick in their paths They turned now in the direction of the high table from which they had risen.

"Sit down, gentlemen, and 1 also will sit. Now hearken well," said Werner: "these good fellows of mine will bear me out that I lie not. You have done bravely and spoken up like good men taken In a fault. But we will not permit you to go to your deaths. For our Lady Joan—God bless her—would not take a false word frobi any—no. not if it were on Twelfth Night or af ter a Christmas merry-making. She would not forgive It from your old Longbeard upstairs, whose business It Is—that Is, If she found It out. T o the gallows!' she would say. and we—why,, we should sorrow for having to hasten the stretchings of two good men. Keep your rings, lads, and keep also your wits about you when the duchess questions you again. Nay, when yon return to Plassenburg, be wise, seek out a Gretchen and a Katrin and be-stow the rings upon them—that is. if ever you mean again to stand within the danger of Joan of the Sword in this her castle of Kernsberg!"

"Gretchens are nbne so scarce in Plassenburg." muttered Jorian. "I think we can satisfy ber—but at a cheaper price than a r ing of rubles set in gold!"

Lion roared, and we went lo Castle I FOLLOWING A RELIGIOUS RITC, Lynar and made an end—save of this . , •, spitting Sparhawk, whom our master j ^ Custom That Iq In Voaô C"* would not let. us kill, and whom now ' Par t of Italy. we keep vrlth clipped wings for our ! i n ( h 3 "vanity" section o? a muRCum sport." n t Florence, says the London Tele-

Tho lad listened with erected head and haughty eyes to the tale, but pnswered not a word.

"Now," cried Werner, with his cun in his hand and his brows bent upon tho youth, "dance for us as you used upon the Baltic, when the maids came In fresh from their tiring and t!?c newest klrtles were donned. Dance, I say! Foot It for jour l l fcl"

The lad Maurice von Lynar stood with his bold eyes upon his torment ors. "GUI's of Bor-Russla," he said at last. In speech that trembled with anger, "you may vex the soul ot t Danish gentleman with your asper sions, you may wound his body, but you will never be able to stand up to him In battle. You will never be worthy to .eat or drink with him, to take his hand in comradeship, or to ride a tilt with him. Pigs of the sty you are. man by man of you—Wends and boors, and no king's gentlemen!"

"Hans Trenck, lift this sprlngald's pretty wrist-bauble!" said Werner.

At the word the man laid down his partisan and lifted the ball high be tween his two hands.

"Now dance!" commanded Werner

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graph, there is an interesting collec ttlon of blocks used for what Is called "religious tattooing" among the Italian peasants of the district Inclosed be-tween the Aruzzl, ymWla and the Adriatic.

Peasants in these parts a t ' wot* with shirt sleeea rolled up display a Christian symbol of ftbmo sort or text tattooed ift blue ink on their brown skin. This hai lieen imprihted on the occasion of some special festivial.

A wooden block is pressed upon the tightly drawn, skin to make the out-lines OT the design. This Is then punc-tureU ahd a blue ink Is rubbed into the ' wounds, which usually heal In about twenty-four bours. The custom, which is essentially Christian, Is In commemoration of the branding of St. Francis, who founded a monastery close to Lorettb.

Charms of the Rivler*. !l- has been pointed out that- the

temperalure on the Riviere is a very-few degrees above that cf the south of England, but the charm lies in the almost constant succession of days of sunshine.

the sty you are—man man of you!"

von Orseln, "dance the Danish milk-maid's coranto. or 1 will bid them drop it on your toes. Dost want them jellied, man?"

"Drop, and be cursed In your low-bom souls!" cried the lad fiercely. "Untruss my hands and let me loose with a sword and ten yards clear on the floor and. by Saint Magnus of the Isles, I will disembowel any three of you!"

"You will not dance?" said Werner, nodding a t him.

"I will see you fry in hell fire first!" "Down with the ball. Hans

Trcnck!" cried Werner. "He that will not dance at Castle Kernsdorf must learn at least to jump."

" 'Ware toes, Sparhawk!" cried the soldiers in chorus, but at that mo-ment. suddenly kicking out a s f a r as his chains allowed, the boy took the stooping lout on the face, and In-conrinently widened the superficial area of his mouth. He went over on his back amid the uproarious laughter of his fellows.

The fellow rose, spluttering an-grily.

"Hold his legs, some one," he said. "I'll mark his pretty feet for him. He shall not kick so free another time."

A couple of his companions took hold of the boy on either side, so that he could not move his limbs, and H a r s again lifted high the ball.

"Now, then, for marrow and mashed trot ters!" he cried, spitting the. blood from the split corners of his mouth.

" H a l t ! " (To be continued.)

A Wonderful Discovery. Broadland, S. Dak., April i 7 . -Qu l t e

a sensation has been created here by the .publication of the story of G. W. Gray, who af ter a special treatment for three months was prostrate and helpless and given op to die with Brlght's Disease. Brlght's Disease has always been considered Incurable, but evidently from the story told by Mr. Gray, there is a remedy which will cure it even In the most advanced stages. This is what he says:

"1 was helpless as a little babe. My wife and I searched everything and read everything we could find about Bright's Disease, hoping that 1 would be able to find a remedy. After many failures my wife Insisted that I should fry. Dodd's Kidney Pills. 1 praise God for the day when I decided to do so. for this remedy met every phase of niy case and in a short time I was able to get out of bed and after a few weeks' t reatment I was a strong, well man. Dodd's Kidney Pills &aved my life."

A remedy that will cure Brlght's Disease will cure any lesser Kidney Disease. Dodd's Kidney Pills are cer-tainly the most wonderful discovery which modern medical research has given to the world.

Advice to a Schoolboy.

'William HarJltt, the celebrated es-sayist and critic, wrote a letter to his son (of the same name) when sending him to school, says St. Nicholas. It contains excellent advice, is written in simple and direct style and will be found well worth your reading, though decidedly old-fashioned—a quality that makes it t he more delightful. Hazlitt warns his son against being too fond of books, saying they "are but one inlet of knowledge; and the pores of the mind, like these of the body, should be left open to all impressions" •—wherein the worthy father shows considerable ignorance of physiology. And. by the way, Hazlitt's essays touch upon every sort of subject, and all are charmingly written, so you might make a note of this when you wish for a book that is not a story.

ALL BROKEN DOWN.

No Sleep—No Appetite—Just a Con-tinual Backache.

Joseph McCau'.ey, of 144 Sholto street. Chicago, Sachem of Tecumseh Lodge, sayo: "Two years ago my

health w a a com-pletely broken down. My back ached and

. was so lame thnt at times I was hardly able tp dress myself. I lost my appetite and was unable to sleep. There seemed to be no tellef nntll I took DOtm's Kid-

ney Pills; but four boxes of this rem-edy effected a complete and perma-nent cure. If suffering humanity knew the value of Dean's Kidney Pills they would use nothing else, as it Is the only positive cure 1 know."

For sale by all. dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N.Y.

oho'.ographs of All Aged CMnote. "During the empress dowager's birth-

day celebrations an order was Issued the emperor to the different Tice-

rays, calling upon them to obtain photographs of all subjects from oev-enty to one hundred years of age.— SouVa China Poat.

"MY WIFE'S PEOPLE COMING."

In

"But stay," Joan of Hohenstein had said.

b u t th i s r i n g will pay ihe s w e e t s of m a n y a n i g h t ! "

" H a , h a ! Ii wi l l , will i i" s a id Wer-n e r . t h e chief c ap t a in , gr imly .

" A y e . t r u l y , " echoed Bor i s , the i nn ing to work nutt i l> imr->r f-a;'. "When w e n v l i "'il?

- K a t r i n ' s j ewe l , we ' l l quaf t b e a k e r . T h e R h e n i s h shal l

flow. And P e g and Moll a n d E l l s a b e t sha l l b o t h e r e — y e s , and many a good f e l l o w — "

" S h u t t h e d o o r ! " quo th W e r n e r , t he chief c a p t a i n , at th is point . "S i t down .

m e n d b e h i s i t v l

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CHAPTER II.

The Baiting of the Sparhawk. •Bring in t h e Dan i sh S p a r h a w k .

and w e will b a i t h i m ! " said W e r n e r . " W e h a v e s h o w n our g u e s t s a poor en-t e r t a i n m e n t . B r i n g in t h e S p a r h a w k . 1 s a y ! "

T h r o u g h t h e black o b l o n g of t h e d u n g e o n doo rway t h e r e c a m e a lad of s e v e n t e e n o r e i g h t e e n , lal l . s l im , d a r k - b r o w e d , l imbe r . H e walked be-t w e e n t w o men-a t - a rms , w h o held h i s l i s t s firmly on e i t h e r side. H i s h a n d s w e r e c h a i n e d t o g e t h e r , and f r o m be-t w e e n t h e m dang led a spiked ball t h a t c l a n k e d heav i ly on t h e floor a s h e s t u m b l e d f o r w a r d r a t h e r than w a l k e d

in to t h e room. H e had black h a i r t h a t w a v e d f r o m h i s fo rehead In a b a c k w a r d sweep , a n o s e of s l i gh t ly R o m a n s h a p e , wh ich , t o g e t h e r w i th h i s bold eag le ' s eyes , had o b t a i n e d h i m t h e n a m e of t ho S p a r or S p a r / o w -h a w k .

W e r n e r von Orce in t u r n e d to h i s c n c f - n d sa id . " T h i s S p a r h a w k ir a l i t t l e D a n e w e took on our last fo ray to t h e n o r t h . It i s only in thai direc-t i on w e c a n l ead t h e fo ray , s ince you h a v e g r o w n so l a w - a b i d i n g and s t r o n g i n P l a s s e n b u r g a n d t h e Mark . H i s u n c l e s w e r e all k i l l ed In the d e f e n s e of C a s t l e L y n a r . on t h e N o r t h e r n H a l f . W e k n o w not wh ich of t h e s e h a d a l s o i h e c l a i m of f a t h e r h o o d upon h i m . At all e v e n t s , h i s g r a n d a d had a m a n -o r the re , a n d c a m e f r o m the J u t l a n d , s a n d - d u n e s t o btrild a c a s t l e u p o n t h e Baltic shores. Bnt he had better have stayed at home, for he wonld not pay : h e TVacc Geld lo c u r H e n r y . So t h e

A Flimflam. Senator Depew was explaining to a

clergyman the slang term of "flim-flam."

•'To flimflam." he said, 'is to confuse a man's mind to such a degree that he actually consents to, and concurs in, his own cheating.

"Now, permit me to give you an 11-' lustration of flimflam.

"A boy goes to a grocer and asks for a pint of molasses.

•• 'Put the molasses, sir,' he says, •in this pitcher.'

•'The grocer draws the molasses in a pint measure, pours it into the pitcher and hands it to the boy.

"But the boy. looking at the meas-ure, exclaims:

•• 'See here, you haven't given me all my molasses. There's some still slicking to the bottom of the meas-ure.'

" 'Oh. that's ail right, sonny.' says the grocer easily. 'There was some in the measure before. '

"Thereupon the fiimfiammed boy goes off content."

A Doctor's Talk on Food.

There are no fairer set of men on earth than the doctors, and when they find they have been in error they are tosnally apt to make honest and. man-ly confession of the fact.

A case in point is that of an emi-nent practitioner, one of the good old school, who lives in Texas. His plain, unvarnished tale needs no dressing up:

"1 bad always had an intense preju-dice, which 1 can now see was un-warrantable and unreasonable, against all muchly advertised foods. Hence, 1 never read a line of the many 'ads.' of Grape-Nuts, nor tected the food till last winter.

"While in Corpus Christt for my health, and visiting my youngest son, who has fonr of the ruddiest, health-iest little boys I ever saw. I ate my first dish of Grape-Nnts food for supper with my Jit tie grand-sons. I became exceedingly fond of it and have eaten a pack-

Beating of Dead Hearts. ape of it every week since, and find it Hearts of cold-blooded animals will a delicious, refreshing end strengthen-

hcni for a comparatively long time ing: food,leavlngno111 effects wbatevcr. al'ior doaih or removal from the body j causing no eniciaLions (with which 1 (if kept cool and moist), because of | was formerly much troubled), no powerful Internal collections of : sens3 of fullness, nausea, nor distress nerves' known as ganglia, whose au- jo f stomach in any way. tomatlc impulses cause the regular j "There is no other food that agrees contractions of the muscles. Similar j with me so well, or sits as lightly or ganglia exist in man and other warm-1 pleasantly upon my stomach as this blooded animals, but their action is j does. 1 am stronger'and more active less prolonged. Scientists have as- j since I began the nee of Grape-Nuts certained that a turtle 's heart will boat than I have been for 10 years, and am

A Percoftal Illustration. Some years ago in a town meeting

in Needham, Mass., a hot debate took place on tbe question of abating some alleged nuisances in the form of large piggeries. The clcim was strongly made that they were a menace to health. One of the owners, a strap-ping. rosy-cheeked young farmer, who was much more at ease whi'.e feeding his swine than on the floor of a town meeting, rose to defend the sanitary side of his occupation by using him-self as a striking illustration. An-grily sweeping his hand toward the objectors, he said: "These folks say hogs ain't healthy. Look at me!"

HONEST CONFESSION.

"We have had a splendid winter Western Canada.

Canada's Inrush this year is wonder-Tully great and considerably ahead of any previous year. It Is always inter-esting to those who contemplate mov-ing to read expressions of opinion from those living in the country- ' t is therefore our pleasure to reproduce the following, written to an Agent of the Government and forwarded to the Immigration Branch of the Depart-ment of the Interior a t Ottawa: Birch Hills, Sask.. Canada, Feb. 1,'#5.

Dear Sir:—I fake pleasure in drop-ping you a f tw lines to let you know how we are getting along up here and how we like the place. We have been here close on to a year now and think tho place is fine. We have been out every day this winter working in the bush getting out logs for buildings, etc., getting rails for fencing. We have not suffered wifh the cold as much as we did In Chicago. My lit-tle boys are out every day with their sleighs having a good time. The low-est the temperature has been this winter is 34 below, and It is very still, no wind.

We had a splendid summer. We put up about 50 tons of hay and will have about SO tons to sell. Hay brings | 8 per ton now and will be higher in the spring. We have 20 acres broke and ready for crop. We worked on the Can. Nor. Ry. for awhile this summer and am jnst ,t miles from the R. R. and town site. The steel is all laid to within 2 miles of the river and we often- see the train bringing supplies for tha Bridge.

My wife's people are coming up. about May. I wish you wonld write them and if there should be any one coming to Prince Albert that could do with a half a car let them know. The homesteads are all taken up within 12 miles of us. I often think if this land were only In the States whai rush there would be. It is the rich-est land and most productive I ever saw, and the climate Is O. K.

I know that people back there that I write to do not believe me when I write them what a splendid winter we are having. They think we are all frozen up. We have' only about 8 inches of saow, and there are cattle on the range tha t have not been rounded up this winter. Day af ter day the Ther. raises up to 50 and 60, and 1 d o n t befieVe we have had a day this winter that it stayed at zero. My wife says that we used to think that zero was cold in Chicago. Bnt we don't mind it one bit. Christmas night we went out and drove 5 miles with our 3 little boys, it was 20 be-low, and there was not. a whimper from any one of them; I'd hate to J o it in old Chicago.

Well. 1 guess 1 v f f l close, and yon can tell any one in the U. S. that they cannot do better than oome to tho Prince Albert District. ! remain.

Yours truly, (Signed) j . D. Head.

A woman fs so coastitnted that she can love admiration without loving ihe source from which it proceeds.

D e t f o e s s C a n n o t B e Cured 1 caoBot rearta tl here !• ooijr o«m

ty local applications, as they cannot reach tbe dla-he ear. Tbere U only uoe way to

Peafncs* Is eittiwi'by an Srtsmeatxwimni, of !ba

eased portion <if the ear. enre drafoess. and

inocoits ilnln« ol the EnstMblaa Tube. When ttla tube la Inflamed yon have arunniiliw aouad or tm-perfect heanng. and wben it Is entirely rtaaed. I>nr. oeaa la the reanlt. and nnleaa tbe inBaumaJnii can ba taken out and thla tnlie rmitored So Ita iwimalooadl-tlon, hearlof win be deamiyed •orever; OIIM case* out of ten are caused by < aunt, whlft Is noihta*

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neafneM (cauaed by catarrh I ttist cannot be enred by Hall sCatarrh Cure. Sendfortilreniars.free.

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An Idea somet imes when he is down .

s t r i ke s a m a n

in a Pinch, Use ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE. A powder. It curespainfni,smarting,cerv-

ODS feet and ingrowing nails. It 's the greatest comfort discovery of tbe age-Makes new shoes easy-. A certaia core for swearing feet. Sold by all droggists 25c, Trial package FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.

An opi lmis t Is a m a n who ' l a m a r r i e d and g lad of i t

I m p o r t a n t f a Mothe r s . Examine carefully erny bottle of CASTOSTA a safe and sure remedy for infanta and children, and see that it

af ter removal, if put on a piece of glass, kepi cool and mclst, and cov-ered with e bell jar. I b®lieve it has been knowq to beat 86 or even 48 hours; 12 or 14 hours Is a common record.—fit Nicholas.

no longer troubled with nausea and Indigestion." Name given bv Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.

There's a reason. Loo* in each pkg. for the famous

li t t le book, "The Road to Wellvill*"*

Sean the Sicnatorc of

la Cm For Orer 30 Yeara. Tlie Kind Toa Bare Always Bought.

Some men nustle almost as hard for a lob a s some w o m e n b u s t l e f o r a h u s -band .

PAINFUL PERIODS Suggestions How to Find Relief from Such

Suffering.

THREE WANTED THE QUAIU FISHES FROM OCEAN'S DED.

Me/fie Holmes AlfxTillie Hart

While no woman is entirely free from periodieal suffering, i t does n o t seem to be the plan of na ture t h a t women Should suffer so severely. Menstrua-tion is n. severe s t rain on a woman's vitality. If i t is painful o r irregular nomething is wrong which should be net r ight or i t will lead to a serious de-rmngemenl of the whole female organ-ism.

More than fifty thousand women have testified ingra tefn l letters to Mrs. I^nkham t h a t - L y d i a E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound overcomes pain-fu l and irregular menstruation.

I t provides a safe and sure way of es-cape from distressing and dangerous weaknesses and diseases.

The two following letters tell so con-vinclnglv what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound wiH do for women, they cannot fail to bring hope U> thousands of sufferers.

Miss Nellie Holmes of 540 N. Da vi-sion Street, Buffalo, N. Y., wr i tes :

Vegetable Compound sooner: for I have tried so many remedies without help.

" I dreaded the approach of my menstrual period every month, as it meant so much pain

"" used tha and suffering for me, but after I had Compound two months 1 became regular and natural and am now perfectly well and free from pain atmy monthly periods. I am very

Eteful for what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vego-le Compound has done for me."

Such testimony should be accepted by all women as convincing evidence t h a t Lydia S. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound stands without a peer as a remedy for all the distressing ills o( women.

The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound rests upon the well-earned grati tude of American women.

When women are troubled with irreg-ular . suppressed or painful menstrua-tion. leucorrhoea. displacement or ul-ceration of the womb, tha t bearing-down feeling, inflammation of the ovaries. 'backache, bloating, (or flatu-lency). general debility, indigestion and nervous prostration, or are beset with such symptoms as dizziness, faintness, lassitude, excitability, irritability, ner-vousness. sleeplessness, melancholy, they should remember there is one tried and true remedy. Lydia E. Pinkham's

u • • . , Vegetable Compound a t once removes . ? ' such troubles. Refuse to buy any other

you need the best, h e s i t a t e t o w r i t « t o M r s .

P l n k h a m i t ' t h e r e i s a n y t h i n g a b o u t y o u r s i c k n e s s y o n d o n o t u n d e r s t a n d . S h e w i l l t r e a t y o u w i t h k i n d n e s s a u d h e r a d v i c e i s

. u ^ u v ...... ' r e e . N o w o m a n e v e r r e g r e t t e d months of suffering and pain had I only; w r i t i n g h e r a n d s h e h a s h e l p e d known of the effleacy of Lydia E. Pinkham's: t h o u s a n d s . A d d r e s s L y n n , M a s s .

Ask Mrs. P taUna ' S ' F R K T - A Wuui Best I f c f c n u o f c a W N M ' S U S .

Man, Fox and Hawk Claputed Posses slon of Birds. I

Dr. William Rowland of Pasadena, who was v.p at Middle Ranch quail shooting a few days prior to the close o.' the season, had a most unique ex-perience.

He ran upon a covey of quail and, flushing them, dropped one with his, left barrel, and then, at considerable, of an angle, dropped nnother with the right barrel. Turning to his first j bird he was just In time to see a fox, snatch it up ana start to* run awayi with It. Quickly pumping another | cartridge Into hln gun, ho let tho fox have It, knocking him stiff. After 1 reconnoltering a minute and finding his first bird, ho was returning to pick up the second, when something; shot down like an arrow from thel skies In front of him, the object prov-! Ing to be an osprey.

Tho quail had been wounded, and Its fiutterlng attracted the attention! of the big hawk, which while sailing through the ether had an eye out for j a quail dinner, and darting upon the j wounded bird, was abont to cheat the | hunter out of his quarry. Dr. Row-! land, while amazed at the turn oil events, did not propose to stand fo r j such a play, and, training his ready! gun on the bold robber, with a pnllj of the trigger put him out of commis-sion, and saved bo th 'h i s birds.—Ava-lon correspondence I-os Angeles Times.

Unusual Characteristics of Inhabitants of the Deep Sea.

When a deep-sea flsh Is brought to the surface, how gradually and care-fully soever, its bones are often like so much touchwood and its muscles like rotten pulp, while its eyes arc burst from their sockets and Its vis-cera are often blown out of the body cavity by the expansion of the air bladder. It frequently happens that deep-sea fishes are found floating help-lessly on the surface of the ocean, with large prey In their stomachs. Their appearance under these circum-stances is accounted for by the efforts « t their struggling victims to escape from their jaws, causing them to as-cend beyond tho horizontal zone which they usually Inhabit. Deep-sea fishes aro commonly black or da rk brown. Bnt ulthough it is claimed that light is essential to tho formation of colors, some deep-sea fishes aro scarlet in parts, or uniform red or rosy. Others are silvery white, while, according to Alcock, the neocopelus is "one daz-zling sheen of purple and silver and burnished gold, amid which Is a spark-ling constellation of luminous or-gans,- '

QUEEN OF ACTRESSES PRAISES PE-RU-NA.

STEER DRIVEN IN HARNESS.

D-jar Mr?. Pinkham:— " Yoar medicino is indeed an ideal medicine

for women. I suffered misery for years with painful periods, beadachcs. and bearing-down mins. I consulted two different physicians but faHpl to get any relief. A fnerid from the Bast advised me to try Lydia B. Pink-ha'.Vs Vegetable Componnd. I did so, and no longer isuffor as I did before. My periods are natural; every ache and pain is gone, and i ray general health is murtTimproved 1 " ^ ^ . f o r v advise all women who suffer to take Lydia ! O o i l t liestt K. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound." — - .

Mrs. Tillie Hart , of Larimoro, N. D., wri tes : Dear Mro. Pinkham;—

' I might have have been spared many

Young French-Canadian Has Succeed-ed in Educating AnlmaL

John Fornler, a young French-Cana-dian who lives a t Molunkus Lake, Me., Is turning a pretty penny for himself with his educated steer, John Henry. This s teer is a most amiable beast, and has been trained to har-

! ness so well that he can be driven as i easily as a horse, and easier than

some horses. A harness has been made for him

with reins, which he minds at the slightest pull, and Is "sound and kind

• Wnen tlie little folks take colds • I and coughs, don' t neglect them

I and let them strain the tender | membranes of their Inngs, | Give them

S h i l o h ' s C o n s u m p t i o n C u r e JST*

I t will core tbem quickly and ttrengthen their lungs. I t is pleasant to take,

Prtcw, 25c., 80c., and $1.00. <

THE FISH BRAND SUCKER A VALUED FRIEND

"A good many yeah ago I bought a FISH BRAND SBcker.and h has jrowa a valoed fiiend for many a stormy day, but 'nam k • gttA« oU and 1 am* W wnadtet. Pfcase aead me a priced*.'1

r, ribllptd to b« OBUB «n tTtm wn fffffilt wnrtliT —, •on.of wotlnr. wCQ b* gtrra oa Uaaiai.)

m m iwm i K i y m i i . m .

TOWER CANADIAN -• COMPANY, limited

Torcato, Canada

Wet Weather aotMng,8a*a, and Hats for an kinds o( wet wort: or apart

Waiting For Sixth Generation. One year when we were spending

our vacation in Maine a large party i was held a t one of the neighboring farmhouses. It was to celebrate the 93d birthday of an old resident In the

; vicinity. There were five generations present. A local photographer, Mr. Robins, was to take their picture. He

> was very slow, and the bfcby, about i G months old. was very uneasy, i One of the farmers who was stand-ing near hy Said: •'Well, Robins, the sixth generation will bo here before

: you get tha t plcfurc taken if you don't ; hurry up."—Boston Herald.

Most cf YOUr Neighbors ! will take advantage of the offer made by 1 t b e Verna l Remedy Company, of Le Roy, ; N . Y., to send free a t r i a l bott le of Vernal ! Palmettona (Palmetto Berry Wine), the . household remedy t h a t is a t t r a c t i n g t h e j attention of phys'icians and the public at i large, for the reason that it is tbe best specific known for the quick and permanent enre of all diseases of the stomach, liver, bowels, a n d urinary organs. Only one dost

I a day. Sold by druggists.

Drawing the Ladles. and can be driven by ladles and child-ren."

On pleasant days John trots John Henry up to Maitawamkeas village and for the small sum of one dime will let tbe outfit to anyino who wishes to take a pleasure drive around the town. Business is invari-ably good, and John has earned enough money to keep John Henry in excellent condition. The Mattawam-keag ladies a re John's best custom-ers, and John Henry really seems to enjoy their company.

The accompanying photograph shows John Henry and two ol his n;ost ardent admirers.

Weather Indications. If It clears off In the night look for

rain the next day.1 If smoke from the chimney settles Instead of rising there i is a storm at hand. When sound trav-els a long distance there is also a storm near. Never expect much storm 1 In the old of the moon. Tbe absence i of dew and an unusually heavy dew • are alike forerunners of rain. Not much frost need be expected in the light of the moon. An owl hooting in the hollow Is a sign of a cold storm; on the hill It foretells a thaw.

trnfiHIflMs* &

MISS JULIA MARLOWE Heartily APfrai'M of Ptruva for the Xervest.

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Provided Handsomely for ; 3etx Q u i t e a l a r g e s u m w a s l e f t by a

R a j p u t p r i n c e some t h i r t y y e a r s a g o " f o r t h e m a i n t e n a n c e in c o m f o r t " of h i s t h r e e f a v o r i t e e l e p h a n t s a n d a p e t t i ge r . A cu r ious p rov i s ion w a s t h a t spec ia l t r a p p i n g s a n d c l o t h s w e r e to b e p rov ided f o r t h o e l e p h a n t s , wh i l e t h e t i g e r w a s t o b e r e g a l e d w i t h a spec ia l ly m e n t i o n e d d i e t , a n d w a s to b e p r o v i d e d w i t h a solid gold co l l a r s t udded wi th a l a r g e n u m b e r of pre-c ious s t ones .

Bishop Brooks at New Haven. The late Phillips Brooks' ready wit

is well illustrated by the remark once made by him, as he was starting for New Haven, In company with Dr. Ed-, ward Everett Hale, to witness a Har- :

vard-Yale football game. To a friend , who met him on his way to the train, '< and who inquired whe.e he was going, i.o replied: "i'm gol.-.g down lo New Haven to yell with Hale."

i Trades Arc Independent.

A bankrupt sawyer recently stated in a Ivondon court that his trade had been ruined by the advance in the j price of sugar. Confectioners and candy manufacturers were econo-mizing by doing without wooden box-es and cases.

T X a recent le t ter to The Pcrnna Medl-1 cine Co., Miss Ju l i a Marlowo.of New

York City, wri tes the following:

This can be easily obviated l y mvng Peruna. Peruna strikes a t tbe root of the difllculty by correcting the diges-tion.

Digestion furnishes nutr i t ion for the nerve centers. IVoperly digested: fi" "1 furnishes these reservoirs of l i 'e with vitality which leads to strong; steady nerves and thus nourishes life.

Peruna is in great favor am-"Hi.' women, especially t hose who have v . • .-tions tha t are trying to the n«-> ves.

'•1 am gUd to write my endorse' meat of tbe great remedy, Peruoa, as a nerve tonic. 1 do so most heartily."—Julia Marlowe.




Nervousness is very common among women. This condition is due to anemic nerve centers. The nerve centers are the reservoirs of nervous vitality. These centers become blood-less for want of proper nutrition.

This is especially true in the spring season. Every spring a host of invalids are produced as the direct result of weak nerves.




Nervousness is very common among women. This condition is due to anemic nerve centers. The nerve centers are the reservoirs of nervous vitality. These centers become blood-less for want of proper nutrition.

This is especially true in the spring season. Every spring a host of invalids are produced as the direct result of weak nerves.

Buy a bottle of Peruoa to-day. If you do not receive all the benefits from Peruna that you expected, write to Dr. S. B. Hartman. Colum-bus, Ohio,

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BABY'S AWFUL ECZEMA.

BLEW DOWN CITY WALL.

Lady The "Ccleiy Ktaf

plexkm" la w h a t Beoakâ M y eftBa b M ^ M a U a t t a t i

Ow we of Celery KlBf, On tonloOaxative. TOt gnat touc fa made te botti and Tablet fbna. S8c.

Where Polly Drew the Line. While out for a walk one bright ^

summer morning a well-known Chi-, cago divine passed a house where a • parrot's cage was hanging in the sun- ; shine. Noticing the bird, in his usual- j ly mild, even tones the minister said: j "Good morning, Polly." To his | amazement the parrot, answered: | "Well, good n'orning, but for heaven's | sake don't ask me if I w-ant a crack- i c r ! "

Detectives Protect Women. A special detective force has been i

, organized in Berlin to protect unac- j companied women from insult. With-: in six months 158 men have been con- j victed for this kind of molestation.

aensiois TO THK

Free Grant Unds

World Postage Stamps. The total number of all known va-

rieties of postage stamps, not includ-ing "errors, " issued by all the govern-ments of the world up to the present i s 1J»,242.

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People of Leipsic Reminded cf the Fate of Jericho.

Wo have been hearing a good deal about the walls of Jericho lately, and. therefore, it Is curious that we should have an actual example of the jower of a trumpet-blast occurring in Europe ttt-day.

A short t ime ago, at Leipsic. the conductor of a brass band used to train b is musicians in his garden, w h i c h w a s b o u n d e d by the old wa l l s o t tbe city.

O n e d a y , w h e n t h e y w e r e p r ac t i c ing * g r a n d m a r c h t h e y c a m e to a p a s s a g e iî w h i c h a l l t h e t r u m p e t s had t o blow f o r t i s s i m o , a n d , a s t h e y g a v e o n e final b l a s t a l l t o g e t h e r , t h e y w e r e as ton-i s h e d t o s e e t b e old wall sudden ly • rumble and topple over into the ( teds outside.

Happily,' t he only result was that fbe cows in the meadows were fright-ened, but It is evident that the walls rt Leipsic a re even more unstable fhiin were the walls ol Jericho.— Sketch.

Face Like Raw Beef—Thought She Would Lose Her Ear—Healed

Without a Blemish—Moth-er Thanks Cuticura.

" M y l i t t l e gir l b a d e c z e m a v e r y b a d w h e n s h e w a s t e n m o n t h s old. I t h o u g h t s h e would l o s e h e r right ea r . It h a d t u r n e d b l a c k , a n d h e r f a c e w a s l ike a p i e c e of r a w m e a t , a n d very-sore . I t would b l e e d w h e n 1 w a s h e d h e r , a n d I had t o k e e p c l o t h s on it day a n d n i g h t . T h e r e was n o t a c l e a r spot o n h e r f a c e w h e n I b e g a n u s i n g C u t i c u r a S o a p a n d O i n t m e n t , a n d row-i t i s c o m p l e t e l y hea l ed , w i t h o u t s c a r o r b l e m i s h , wh ich i s m o r e t h a n 1 h a d hoped fo r . ( S i g n e l ) Mrs . R o s e E t h e r ,

291 B c k f o r d St . , B r o o k l y n . N. Y ."

or Western Canada.

Dortna the nontb* of March and April, tbere will be exctinriana on tbe various lines of rail-w*y io tbe cauidtaa Wem.

Hundred* of tbounaadK of arreti of tbe best wT»eal and Graxlnc Lands on UM CooUacr.i fw- to Un; net tier.

Adjoining land* may be purchmwd from rail-way and land eompuiiea at reanonable pneek.

For informal ion a« to route, cost of tramtpor-tanon etc.. apply to Soperlntendent of Immi-rration. Ottawn onwda. or to author!wd Can-artlun Oovwnment Ageat-U. V. Mclnne*, 6 Amnie Thcatr» Block. Detroit. Michiiran; C. A- Lauricr, Suuit Sic. Marie. Uietigan.

Talking Postcards. To-day tbe "talking postcard" Is on

•ale a t 6d in a large number of retail-rn. ' shops. The "talking postcard" is ie?cribed as a picture postcard with a ditc attached on which is the record cf some song, or recitation, or piece of orchestral mnsic.

The disc is made of celluloid, ad-: t e r e s firmly to the body of the post-card, and is practically unbreakable, fo that it is not likely to come to any gxhf a t the hands of the postoScc

! people. '•The disc, aided by a suitable gramo-

Wickedness in Luverne. Everybody in Luverne knows the

young ladies who lock arms with the | devil. "You can fool some of the peo-1 pie some of the time, but you can' t! fool all the people all of the time." j —Luverne Journal.

Miserable Conditions Of body and mind, always result from a torpid liver, which leads to bile | poisons being absorbed Info the blood, and poisoning all the nerves and tis-sues. This dreadful state, some of the symptoms of which are headache, bit-ter taste, nausea, lack of appkite , yellow complexion, constipation, etc., can be quickly cured by taking Dr. Caldwell's (laxative) Syrup Pepsin. | It relieves the strain on your liver, relaxes the tightened bowels, purifies the blood, strengthens the stomach, and makes it as clean as a whistle. The result is perfect health, and free-dom from pain and discomfort. Try-it. Sold by all druggists at 50c and $1.00. Money back if it fails.

Say Plainly to Your Grocer That you want LION COFFEE always, and he, being a square man, will not try to sell you any-thing else. Tou may not care for our opinion, but

What A M ae UaiM JHfMri si MflBsat of housekeepers who have used LION COFFEE for over a quarter of a century ?

I s t he re a n y stronger proof of merit, t h a n the ,

1 e v e r t n c r e a a l n g p o p n l a r i t y T U D N COFFEE l a c a r e f l n l l y a e -teeted a t t h e p l a a t a t l o n . s h i p p e d d i r e c t t o o a r v a r l o v s f a c t o r i e s , w h e r e U I s s k O l l a l l y r o a s t e d a a d c a r e i a l l y p a c k e d I n s e a l e d p a e k -a g e s — u n l i k e l o o s e e o f f e e , w k l e h I s e x p o s e d t o p e r m s , d — l . te-s e c t s . e l e . U ON COFFEE r e a e k e s y o o a s p a r e a n d d e a a a a a v k c a I t l e f t t h e l a e t s r y . S o l d *miy faa 1 Eb. p a c k a g e s .

Lion-head on every package. Save these Lion-beads for valuable premiums,

SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE WOOI£ON SPICK CO., Toledo. Ohio.

AGTNOW! Set hi On the

Tbe Colorado Nevada Gold Mtaea Co. baa 70 acre* of the rlobetiL.-moat valuable mineral land In the ! OpldtJeld district, and la order to develop this ma«-adBcent property and start to shipping ore ai as early a dateaa puealhie, tbey have decided to place RO.noo • raare«of tbelr treasury atneôn the market at the •aurtaiely kiv flaur« <* S cents per abate. This eloot l win tooo bell at 10c and higher. „ Tbts lathe ••pportunlty to secare an tsdapendent i laeojnewltJi bnt an extremely small Investment on

Write farpNapeotas and details AT OKCE Colorado OoMSeld Inrrestmeot Company. Pntto IS. Mormaiidte Bide.. T>envrr. fWo.

A M a r w e l o f I t o l i o f

St Jacobs Oil Sfcfe and sure for

Lumbago

Sciatica It Is the specific virtue of psnotratlon In thla remedy that carries it riebt to the pain spot and effects a prompt cure.

p>)one, produces sweet music, more or Icae appropriate to the picture on the card.—Liverpool (Eng.) Mercury.

Paupers Kept in Luxury. '.t cost the town of Ware, Mass.,

119,000 to support nine paupers last year, and economical citizens a re sug-

l a s t i n g that they be boarded a t a

Emigrant Buys Pistol. A m a n c h a r g e d in a I x m d o n Police

Cour t wi th c a r r y i n g a p is to l sa id he j h a d bough t i t f o r " se l f -p ro t ec t i on , " a s he w a s "go ing to A m e r i c a . " H e was s y m p a t h e t i c a l l y d i s c h a r g e d .

The Present Rate Law. T h e du t i e s of t h e p r e s e n t I n t e r s t a t e

C o m m e r c e Commiss ion a r e io c o r r e c t j all d i s c r i m i n a t i o n s in ra i l road ra t e s , j If it finds t h a t an u n j u s t r a t e is in ' f f l e e t , t h e r a i l road ' is not i f ied. If it ; t ioeI ; rcs lo c h a n g e ii. t h e Commiss ion rsin b r i n g suit in Cour t and if t h e Cour t dec ides in favor of t he Com- ' r i s s i o n e r s ' finding, t h e ra i l road m u s t j obey , or i t s o f f icers may be b r o u g h t u p lo r c o n t e m p t of cour t and s u m m a r i l y ! c e a l t w i t h

Sign of Bad Weather. Distant sounds distinctly heard fore-

bode no good weather. If the sun "draws up water" It will rain. The pitcher sweating and the teakettle boiling dry also indicate rain. Cob-webs thickly spread upon the grass are an indication of fa i r weather.

Nero an Esthete. I am taking a new, but I sincerely

believe a just, view of Nero. I con-sider him not only not a monster, but not even a radically bad man in tbe ordinary sense of the term. He was. In it? most original sense, a a es thete —placed fn an omnipotent position.— Mr. S. Phillips, in Great Thoughts.

Many Children An Sickly. Mother Gray s Sweet Powders for Children, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Children's Home,New York, Core Feverishneas, Head-ache, Stomach Troubles, Teething Dis-orders.Break up Colds and Destroy Worms. At all Dnifrgists,.2Sc. Saapfemailed FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. y .

A married wotnan'a opinion of n sec-rot »ind of a secret society is what may be called antithesis with a ven-gejuiee.

"The Adirondacks and How to Reach Them" Is a nice folder with maps and references to localities, ho-tels, boarding houses, mountains ami rivers in the great wilderness of Northern New York known as the Adirondack Mountains. If you visit this region once, you will be sure to go again. A copy of "The Adiron-dack Mountains and How to Reach Them" will be mailed free, postpaid, to any address, on receipt of a two-eent stamp, by George H. Daniels, General Passenger Agent, Grand Cen-tral Station, New York.

There are two times when a n a n doesn't know if he is getting Ills money's worth or not—when he Is buy-

! ing a monument or diamonds.

Mrs. Wtaatow 'a ffeothHtc Syrup. For rhlidrea tre tiling, mtttta* the gorna. red urea to-11 •minatUm. aliaya pala. cures wind oollu. Bcabouic.

PLEASANT

C h a r i t y b e g i n s a t home , b u t r e f o b e g i n s w i t h o u r n e i g h b o r s .

THE NEXT WORKING I FEEL BRIGHT AND KEW A\ '0 « R COMPLEXION IS BETTEFIL

1 do not brtiere rise's carp for Cm. "na has an «*iuul for coughs and colds. .. m> K. BOTEB, Trinity Springs. Ind., Feb. 15.1, a".

Love Is a t h i n g t h a t people w nove l s a n d p l a y s a b o u t .

P e o p l e w o u l d r a t h e r ta lk a b o u t t h e I czar just now than about the neigh-bor s .

^ Dr. David Kennedya Favorite ReraeilT. the kidney ud UrcrCttro. World Fsmmi, « riu-lir. - 's Sons. Rondout. V T.. for tree .•Jin.le botUa.

Some pe^-rle h a v e a lot of good in them, but the trouble is tbev don't li t i t out .

Vy doctor s»r« '• s ta ffintl* mi tbe svunirh. '-r tnd ki.liu-r->n<1 Hn plmKnnt Urntive. TMs <li . n

uj» "ii iwi-*. sml i« nrrmrr.1 for nte n ui. ? »j i«i. 1: is csllad "l.aiir 'a Tea" or

LANE'S FAMILY NEDICIN£ All drncrietsnrby mallScto. uidiOrl* Bnrttio

dsy. Kaae'A FaMllv Mrdiriae MO*en (lie %o«reln rstrh day. l« order l" be hwilitiy tbmia •mi—TT. Address. O. V. Woodwsrd. I* Roy, H Y.

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PUTNAM F A D E L E S S DYES Coler more oaods hrighter aad taster colsn than a*j other dye. dae Uc aacfcaoe nton silk, wwl and cotton equalh well and is juaranteed to oivejperifct results. *ik dealow we will tend port paid «M0c a pac aoa. Write lor free Booklet-How to Dje, Bleach and Bi* Colore. MoSltok vuftTco., i uiomvIIu,

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Our Store is Full of the Newest Things in Spring Dry Goods. Wc have been making preparations for doing more business this spring th!an we have ever lone before by buying a greater amount of goods in a wider range of styles and prices.

WASH GOODS We are showing an unusually large number of the widely adver-

tised Arnold Wash Kahrica In Mohair Lustres, Grecian Voiles, Taf-fe ta Silks and Peau de Soles.

PATTERNS We deep S t a n d a r d Pa t t e rn s In stock. They a re n o t the cheap-

est kind, b u t they a r e the most reliable p a t t e r n s made. None high-er t h a n 15 cents. N o t t r a sh or truck here. We have n o room for such goods.

WHITE GOODS Full assor tmeute will be fouud here of India Linens, Figured

and Dotted Swisses, French Muslins, Persian Lawns , New Weaves and effects In g rea t variety.

LACE CURTAINS We buy our Lace Curtains of the largest lace cur ta in house In

the world and can sell them for a b o u t w h a t o ther places pay for tnem.

EMBROIDERIES In Sets, KAgings and Insertions t o match, suitable for Robes.

Misses' and Children's Dresses, Infants ' Wear. Underwear, LU.. In prices up and down .

SHIRT WAIST SUITS See our Sh i r t Waist Suits ' In Wash Goods. They a re beauties

and don ' t cbst much. . . . . . We sell Pony Stockings, Black Cat Hose, 14 kinds of Corsets,

Ferris Waists, Carpets f rom samples.

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y will guarantee to furnish

your houae for less money

than anyone else—quality

considered. Picture Framing a Specialty.

H. W. HAKES Furniture Dealer and Funeral Director.

THE LOWELL STATE BANK LOWELL, MICHIQAN

The Lowell S t a t e Bank Is governed by the Bank-ing l aws of the S t a t e of Michigan. I t Is under S t a t e con t ro l and Is regularly examined by the S t a t e Bank ing Depar tment . This insures careful Investment of the money of the depositors of th is bank. You a re Invited to investigate I ts condi-tion and s tanding .

3 Per Cent Paid on Savings Deposits. Bank Money Orders Sold.

T k Keiwwd Shirt at Sic

" Monarch M " JI.W M Lakeside " " 1.00

Cliett, Coat S h i r t w 1.50

ALL leaders in their class. We show them and no one else here.

Coons9 the Clothier.

H e a r d A b o u t T o w n

Dr. Hodges, dentist . tf Twenty-Ave cent brooms for 19c.

Collar 's Bazaar .

Our p o t a t o bread is only 5c. Smith the baker.

A. D. Sturgis has opened his drug s tore in the Hunte r building.

T w o Scotch collie d o g pups for sale. A. W. Onan, R. R. 50. [2wp

Mr. aud Mrs. Thos . Donovan have rented Mrs. Harr ie t DeVoe's house.

Hur rah boys! ge t a t o p free Satur-day . See Mar t Simpson 's ad. on pageS .

/ A. L. Wei rlck has leased tl)e Lee marke t building and is doing business there.

The family of J . H . Cramer is mov-" Ing Into the Robinson house on the w e s t side.

A. J . H o w k is building a wide porch wi th four pi l lars across the f r o n t of bis house.

Oxfords a t Smi th ' s shoe store.

T ry Smith 's p o t a t o bread, 5c. Dr. Snyder, dent is t . Phone 156. Best match on ea r th .

Collar 's Bazaar. Jim MacMahon Is clerking for Mc-

ca r ty and Henry. Born—In Lowell, April 15. t o Mr.

and Mrs. Harley Delk, a n pound daughter .

F. M. Johnson spent Sa tu rday aud Sunday wi th relatives a t Al-mout and Imlay City.

Mrs. Elmer Richmond h a s returned from a three weeks' visit wi th her parents In Terre Hau te , Ind .

Mr. and Mrs. Will Schrouder and HOU Percey of Grand Rapids spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Murphy.

Chatt le mor tgage blanks for sale a t LEDGER of l l ce . t f

Mrs. Chris Bergin and son Haro ld spent Sunday wi th friends in Grand Rapids.

The Lowell school teachers en-Joyed a " sp read" in the high school Fr iday evening.

Miss'Athoi Meyrs has been unable t o a t tend School th is week , on ac-coun t of illness.

FOUND—a lap robe. Owner can secure same at H. W. Hakes ' s to re by proving proper ty and .paying for this notice.

Mr. and Mrs. J a s . Monroe enter-tained a company of children Sa t -urday af te rnoon, in honor of the third anniversary of their little sou.

Miss Lizzie McMahon formerly em-ployed by J . B. Nicholson, has ac-cepted a posit ion In the store of E. R. Collar.

Mrs. David Merriman aud daugh-ter Bernice of Grand Rapids vmited a t the home of Rev. and Mrs. A. H. Sturgis over Sunday.

Miss Lily Meyers and three friends, drove dowu from Lake OddessaSun- '

. . w . - j - Dtiritriit- n rnrnt i<i Rnn i vi, ,lt<?d a t the home of her Mrs. Marie Dwight of Grand Rap- u u c i e j »• IdH spent Sunday wi th her sister, " 1 1 ^ ^ i

M - ; v , e 5 e r H -Mrs. S. P . Hicks. | , "• êro has sold his farm lu

Miss Louella Richmond of Grand w ' ! ' . ' o r the pres-l iaplds 1H visit ing her mothe r and bro ther on the fa rm.

Supt. J . F. T h o m a a wen t t o Hol-land Friday, t o a c t a s Judge In the District Oratorical contes t .

Geo. T. IImiter, representat ive of the Mutual Lyceum Bureau of Chicago s|tcut Ijiwt week wi th the family of Elmer Klchmoud.

Chas. Bergin IUIM returned t o ty-and Rapids af ter si>endlng t w o weeks here In the interests of the Kimbal l P iano Co.

Mr. and Mrs. J . A. llarknfBs and family have moved t o Detroit. J . C. Kingsbury of Grepuviile In the new propr ie tor of Hote l Central.

A s t rength tonic t h a t brings rich, red blood. Makes you s t rong, heal thy, and active. Tha t ' s w h a t Hollister 's Rocky Mountain Tea will do. 35 cents, T e a or Tablets, 1). G . LOOK.

his daugh-ent , make his home with ter a t Hastings.

The students home from Ann Arbor for their Easter vacation are: Miss Mina Eggieston, Messrs. Carl Bergin. Bert Quick. Tom Davidson. Emery Lalley and Harry Johnson. Miss Eggieston is entertaining her room mate. Miss Edith Thackwell.

R. D, Stocking's loss by the hasty removal of his goods a t the t ime when t h e burning of the Graham block seemed inevitable Is l)ebween f 100 and $300. I t took some time t o g e t his s tore into Its usual order, b u t he Is n o w ready for business,

David Kelster died a t P e w a m o Sunday aged Wi years. He w a s fa ther of Bruce N, v/ho was cashier of the Lowell S ta t e bank ten yea rs ago, Bruce weu t th rough here Mon-day a n d asked t o be remembered t o his Lowell friends.

Something New Under the Sun

In our eas t window we a re showing "Komethlng new under the Sun" in knives and forks, .

I t Is called "The Break-f a s t " and its size is between the dessert and the medium, or regular—Its just the r igh t size for all kinds of use, aud you'll wonder why it w a s n ' t t h o u g h t of before. Not t o o large nor t o o small and on a pinch the fork can be used as a dessert fork.

The knife is beautifully proport ioned with ceimeter or curved blade.

This pa t t e rn has lieen b rough t o u t by the cele-b ra ted Rockford Silver Plate. C o . , t h e JUOW r e c o g n i z e d leaders In sliver plated ware and these goods a re all guaranteed t o be 14 d w t plate—2 d w t iieaver t han o ther makes—so as t o make It wea r longer.

By buying them lu lots of 100 sets we can sell them a t $4.00,0 knives and «forks .

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Since the Fire I have made up my mind to

reduce my stock of

Clothiflg, and Shoes

and will sacrifice profits to do it quickly. Will cut the price on every suit of

clothes and pair of shoes in my store

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Men's Suits worth $7.50 to $8.50, sale price,, J 0 2 5

Men's Suits worth $10, $11 and $12, fur 8 i 2 5

Boys' Knee Pant Suits worth $3.25, for . , , f . , . . 2 « 3 S

Boys' Long Pant Suits, worth $7.50, f o r • S a 4 8

All other suits in proportion.

Shoes Amerioan Girl Always $2.50 Always Sale price.., $ 2 . 1 5

W. L. Douglas, the $3.50 kind for ,$3.00 Boys', Misses and Children's Shoes from 50c pr. to 2.50

Men's New Spring Siyle Hats Black aud Brown wor th 2.00 Sale price j u s

Come and Buy. I Need the Money. Believe Me.

W. S. GODFREY

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Supplement to The Lowell Ledger. Thursday, April 20, 1905.

OUR COUNTRY

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CAKNONBDURO.

Bom—April III, t o Mr. and Mrs. Win. Mower, a son.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lampnmn of Lowell visited Mr. and Mrs. C. S. ludson and Mrs. Bert Hartwell Sat-urday and Sunday.

Iêv. Geo. Hancock and C. S. .lud-son attended tl>e ministerial conven-t Ion a t Ada lust week.

A large class united with the Con-:;rdgational church Sunday, and a iiupiber were baptised.

A company of twenty-eight indies were.entertained a t the home of Mrs. • ieo. Inwood . riday, Apr. 7. in hon-or of Mrs. John F. Bookey of Sti t ts-ville. A Dutch luncheon was served .-it noon, and t oa s t s were given in l:onor of the hostess. A musical •• i nd literary program was the enjoy-•iWe feature of tlie afternoon, a reci-tatlou being given by Mrs. Vena vi'histrong, and readings by Mrs. C.

s. Judson. Mrs. James Bookey and •Irs. J . F. Bookey. Refreshments were served a t four o'clock. Mrs. Uookey, in a very l>ecoming manner nnd fitting words thanked the host-<•88 and friends who hud made the occasion one of pleasure.

i, Keep your bowels regular by the

•ise of Chamlierlaln'H Stomach aud lilver Tablets. There is nothing better. For sale by A. D. Sturgis.

Glen Ford is sawing wood Chris Blosser with his euîne.

Chas. Francisco and Orrin Ford of Lowell were in t o w n Sa turday in the interest of the Grange property.

James Holly has moved to the Fred Jones farm.

Mrs. Abe Blosser is iu very poor health.

Chas. Andrews of G r a t t a n Center spent last Wednesday and Thursday with his brothers, John and Hosmer and his old friend C. R. Porter .

CAflCADB.

'rhe Juniors are preparing an ex-ercise for Easter evening entitled • Easter Pilgrims," t o be rendered n t the Cascade church Sunday even-ing, Apr. 23. AH are cordially in-vited.

Mrs. W. D. Kennedy has returned to her home In Grand Rapids for tlie ii resent, t h a t she may be with her iiusbaud, Deputy Sheriff Kennedy.

The families of Calvin and Harry LUlie have moved Into this village.

Mrs. C. M. Dennlson is Bpending a few days with her daughter a t Irv-ing.

Mrs. F. M. Thompson is visiting her children In Grand Rapids this week.

Miss Salina Cook has returned to her homo In this village after spend-ing the Winter with her niece, Mrs. Chas^. Kinney, a t Caledonia.

Miss Ida Shear, daughter of Mrs. W. D. Kennedy, will remain with Mrs. M. Kennedy and continue her xtudles In the Cascade school during t he rest of this term.

Mrs. Chnuncy Pat te rson has been making Improvements In her cem-ftery lot In this village.

Cheated Death. Kidney trouble often ends fatally,

but by choosing the r ight medicine, E. H. Wolfe, of Bear Grove, Iowa, cheated death. He says: "Two years ago I had Kidney Trouble, which caused me g rea t pain, suffer-ing and anxiety, bu t 1 took Electric Bitters, which effected a complete cure. I have alrfo found them of y:reat benefit in general debility and nerve trouble, and keep them con-wtantly on hand, since, as I find they have equal." D. G. LOOK druggist, guarantees them a t fiOc.

VBROBKREB STATIOH.

Mr. and Mrs. Franc Vanderbrock visited a t Ionia and Keene last week.

Don't forget the Moseley Gleaner dance a t their hall Thursday eve-ning, Apr. 27.

Terry Corrlgan has recovered so far as t o be able t o be out .

^ o r a Weak D l g e n t o n .

No medicine can replace food .but Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets will help you t o digest your food. It is not the quant i ty of food taken t h a t gives strength aud vigor t o the system, but the amouu t di-gested and assimilated. If troubled with a weak digestion, don ' t fall to give these Tablets a trial. Thou-sands have been benefitted by their use. They only cost a quarter . F o r sa le by A. D. STUBQIR.

VBRGBNXEB.

Born—April 12, t o Mr. and Mrs. Willis Chaffee, a son.

Mr. and Mrs. John Crakes visited at Hastings recently.

Mr. and Mrs M. L. Bailey were In Grand Rapids Saturday.

Miss Carol Remington and Mr. VanSlngle of Grand Rapids vl-lted a t the home of John Krum Sunday.

C h a n b e r l a i n s ' i t C o u g h Remedy t h o B e s t a n d Most P o p u l a r .

"Mothers buy It for croupy child-ren, railroad men buy It for severe coughs aud elderly people buy It for la grippe," say Moore Bros., Eldon, Iowa. "We sell more cf Chamber-lain's Cough Remedy than any other kind. It seems t o have taken the lead over several other good brands." There Is no question b u t this medicine Is the best t h a t can be procured for coughs and colds, whether It be a child or an t h a t Is afilcted. I t a lways and cures quickly. Sold by SIURGIS .

adul t cures

A. D.

Daniel Blough Is preparing t o build a barn.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ford of Cas-cade visited their mother, Mrs. N. Ford, Monday and Tuesday.

W E S T L O W E M i .

Mrs. •Gregory and son of Kalkaska, formerly of Lowell' have been spend-ing a few days with relatives here.

Perrle Thompson Is on the sick list.

Born—April 14, t o Mr. and Mrs. Gabe Onan, a daughter.

We are very glad to welcome our old friend and correspondent of E a s t Paris to our circle again.

Rev. J . G. Mange of Lowell called a t the home of S. Grlstwood Tues-day.

There 1$ a little mat ter t o which the Me$$enger beg$ to call the a t -tention of $oine of lt$ $ub?crlber?. We really, hate t o $peak of It, but f ome have feemlngly allowed It t o ^lip their mind$. To u$ thlf 1$ a very Impor tant l$$ue; in fact it I? n e c e f j a r y lu our bu$ ine | f . We won ' t $peak further on the Subject. Perhap$ you have gue$$ed the drift of our remark^.—[Mississippi Mes-senger.

SCHOOL NOTES.

From the Adelphic, Apr. 14. Mr. Ward of Freeport Is visiting

school. Eunice Coats is out of school on

account of the Illness of her mother. The class of '05 received their class

plus the first of last week ami it Is now easy t o determine who the "grave and dignified'' seniors are, by those flashing emblems of orange and black.

A plan Is now In operation by which each pupil in the high school will take p a r t a t least once on a Fri-day morning program before the close of the year. These exercises are a p a r t of the regular school work and nobody will be excused without a most excellent reason.

Smith's po t a to bread for sale by all grocers.

The Moseley Gleaners will give a dance Thursday evening, April 27, for which the Lowell orchestra will furnish the music. Floor managers: John Woods. Lowell; Mark Hopp-ough, Smyrna; Eugene Lally, Mose-ley. tf

THE LOWELL MARKET REPORT.

[Corrected April 19,1905.] GRAIN.

Wheat 1.05 per bushel Oats, new ale * " Corn 56c " " Rye 70c '* "

FEED Corn and Oats 22 00 per ton Bran 20 00 " " Middlings 22 00 " " Corn Meal 21 00 " 44

PHODUCE Flour 3 00 p e r e w t Eggs 15c per dozen Butter 18 to 20c per pound Lard 8 to 10c 44 44

Wool 23 to 26c 44 44

Beans, baud picked 1 40per bushel Potatoes 10 to 44 44

Clover 8 50 t o 9 00 Alsyke 8 50 to 9 00 Timothy 2 00 to 2 25

MEATS Beef, live, weight... 3 25to 4 OOper cwt Ueef dressed $6 00 t o 6 50 44

Veal dressed $5 50 to 6 00 44

Sheep live weight...$4 00 to 5 00 44

Lambsllve welght$7 00 to 7 50 44

Calves live $4 00 to4 50 44

Pork alive ^4 50 5 00 44

i 'ork dressed $U00to(i 50 44

POULTUV Turkeys, feather dressed 15c per lb Chickens 44 44 10c 44 44

Fowl 44 44 8c 44 44

Ducks 44 44 11c 44 44

Geese 44 44 10c 44 4*

PALLASBVRO.

Ed. Faiias aud family of Grand Rapids were guests of his sister, Mrs. Wilber Moon, and her husband over Sunday. *

Otis White of Alton visited his nephew, Frank White aud mother Monday.

Rev. J. H. Bennett of Ada was en-tertained a t the home of Geo. Raymond Sa tu rday night.

Arthur Parker of Keene was home Sunday.

Milton Thomas of Lincoln Lake was the guest of his uncle, Frank Chapman, Sa turday and Sunday.

Miss Myrtle Raymond of Lowell spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Raymond.

Miss Lott ie Potruff was home from Keene S unday.

Chester Gardner of Smyrna visited Frank Chapman Sunday. He was accompanied by his sister-in-law, Misa E t t a Chapman, who has been visiting her sister tho pa s t week.

Frank Sherrard and family of Keene moved Into their new home here this week.

Mrs. Whedon of Lowell ha s been spending a few days with the family of her nephew, Frank Sherrard.

* f t l l Bovee of Keene has lieen visit-ing his mother, who Is lu poor health.

LOGAJI. Miss Lydia Brighton of- Lowell is

visiting her sister, Mrs. H. Secse this week.

A. Eash and family spent Sunday a t the home of A. Atchersoh. of South Lowell.

Mrs. N. Ford visited Mrs. W. Pardee a t Lowell Friday.

A I T T I O X S A L E S .

Notices of Sales printed free in this column for people who get their auction bills printed a t THE LEDGEK office. If t w o or three insertions are desired, order b'lls t h a t many weeks in advance of sale.

Mrs. Margaret Clark will have an auction sale of farm stock, tools , etc., on the farm of the late Albert Clark, % miles east of McCords in Lowell township, on Thursday , April 27, beginning a t 1 o'clock, p. m.

O p p o r t n a l t y f o r T r a v e l e r s Low R a t e s t o P a c i f i c Coas t .

Only $33 from Chicago to Por t -land, Tacoma, Seattle, Vancover aud many other points In Oregon and Washington and British Columbia via the Chicago, Milwau-kee &^5t. Paul Railway. Tickets on sale every day during March and April and until May 15, 1903. These tickets are good In the tourist sleep-er. Full information regarding rates, routes and train service on re-quest. R. C. Jones, Michigan Pass-enger Agent, 32 Campus Martins, Detroit.

Chattle mor tgage blanks for sale a t LEDGER ofllce. tf

A complete Hue of round-cornered business cards from postal to call-ing card size, just received a t THE LEDGER ofllce. We can book your order now and give It prompt at tention. . ,

EXCURSIONS VIA TMB

PERE MARQUETTE To Grand Rapids Sunday, Apr. 30

Train will leave Lowell a t 11:02 a. m. Rate 50c. See posters, or ask agent for particulars.

H. F. Moeller, agent.

How Is YourHeart?

I s your pulse weak, too slow, too fast , o r does it skip a bea t ?

D o you have shor tness of breath , Weak or h u n g r y spells, fainting, smothe r ing or choking spells, palpi tat ion, fluttering, pains around the hear t , in side and shoulder ; or h u r t w h e n lying on lef t s ide?

If you have any of these symptoms your hea r t is weak or diseased, and cannot get be t te r wi thou t assistance.

Dr . Miles ' H e a r t Cure s t rengthens weak hear ts , and rarely ever fails to cure hea r t disease. T r y it, and see h o w quickly you will find relief.

"Abou t J a n u a r y 1st, 1902, I took down wi th weaknes s nnd dropsy, a n d g radua l ly g row worse. I w a s to ld b y m y fami ly physician t h a t my caso w a s houcless. My neighbors a n d f a m -ily had given m e up t o die. My l imbs a n d body were swollen to onc-t h l r d l a r g e r t h a n no rma l size, a n d w a t e r h a d collected around my h e a r t . F o r a t l eas t t h r e e m o n t h s I had t o s i t propped u p In bed to keep f rom s m o t h -er lng. I s e n t f o r five liottlea of Dr . Miles H e a r t Cure , a n d by tho t i m e I h a d t a k e n t h e m all I w a s ent i re ly cured. I feel b e t t e r t h a n I h a v e fo r t w e n t y years , a n d I a m ab le to do any kind of w o r k on my f a r m . My a t t e n d i n g phys ic ian told m e t h a t If It h a d n ' t been fo r Dr . Miles' H e a r t Cure I would now be In m y g rave . "

L. T . CURD, Wilmore, K y . Dr. Miles' H e a r t Cure Is sold by

your drungls t , w h o will g u a r a n t e e t h a t t h e f i r s t Tiottle will b e n e f i t If It f a l l s he will r e fund your money.

Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind

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Supplement to The Lowell Ledger. Thursday, April 20, 1905.

COUNCIL

Regular Special Meeting of tbe Oommotf Council of the village of Lowell, held lu the Council rooms on Monday evening Apr. 17, 05.

Meeting called t o .order by Pres. McCarty.

Present, Trustees, Collar, Hicks, Loveiand, Perry, Smith, aud Winegar.

Jno. M. Hopkins addressed the Couucii, requesting an extensiou <)f time on the street Railway fran-chise granted t o E. M. Hopkins and Mip associates, which expires tho 19,^. Inst., and the mat ter wns laid • >D tho tabio t o be taken up a t an adjourned meeting to be hold Tues-day evening Apr. 18th 1905.

On motion by Trustee Winegar the foiiowing bills were allowed. Yeas. Collar, Hicks, Loveland, i'erry. Smith, and Winegar.

GENERAL FUND.

Doubleday Bros & Co $ 7 00 KArl Hunter 5 83 Weidon Smith 12 00 .1 no Kelley & Sons 5 00 Clyde Collar1 4 50 R I' Morse 2 00 Special Police for fire 48 00

$84 33

S T R E E T FUND.

A'lBrunnor J 4 80 II Davis 4 80 J F Todd 12 00 AHowlet t 2 25 W Rogers 6 00 .1 Jones 4 50 A Hewlet t 4 80 P Sayles 4 80 MjBcott - 2 25 KpTerry.., 3 00 P Sayles 2 25 M Scott 4 80 .1 FLynn 3 00 R FVTerry 4 50 Burt Ransford 2 25 W Rodgers 3 00

• 0 9 00

LIGHT AND P O W E R FUND.

.1 a8"?McMahon f 50 Allle Stone 50 'Juy. Morgan 150 Scott & Wlnegar 7 57 Westiughouse E Mfg Co 108 76 Fostor ia Inc Lamp Co 1 ^ 6

. • $132 uu On motion by Trustee Wlnegar,

the bond of U. B. Wiiliaras Village Treasurer, In the sum of $4,000.00, i <9ued by the United Sta tes Fidelity uud ' Guaranty company of Bal-\ imore, Maryland, waa approved.

On motion by Trustee Collar the 11 ruggist bond of D. G. Look with A. W. Weekes and R. VanDyke as sureties, the druggist bond of W. S. Wlnegar, with E D. McQueen and i Jeo. W. Parker as sureties wore approved.

The liquor bonds of R. W. and Bessie Swayze, Martin Vanarsdale, Benj. and Susie Gosch, i«. E. New and Frank Gould, Thomas Donovan and Thomas Shells, were presented • -id were referred to the flnancecom-

mlttee. At tbe request of W. S. Wlnegar

Trustee Hicks moved t o consider the approval of the druggist bonds of vV. S. Wlnegar and D. G. Look and Mr. Wlnegar withdrew his bond.

On motion by Trustee Hicks the druggist bond of D. G. Look waa approved. , ,

Moved by Trustee Loveland, t h a t a special meeting of the Council be held on Monday evening Apr. 24th 1905 t o receive the report of the Fi-nance committee on liquor bonds. Carried. . . .

Chief of fire depar tment submitted an Inventory of appa ra tus on hand, and made a request t h a t the Council

tu rchaae the following supplies tor he department: 5C0 feet hoie, 6

smo! e protectors and t w o pipe shut off*.

On motion by Trustee Wluegar the mat te r was referred t o the fire committee with power to act. Yeas Collar, Hicks, Loveland, Perry, Smith and Wlnegar.

Resolutions offered the chairman of the fire committee.

Repolved by the Common Council of the \lllage of Lowell: Tha t tho citizens of our village wish to ex-press their grat i tude t o tbo fire de-par tment of the city of Grand Rap Ids for the prompt response which they gave to our request for help on the evening of April 11th and aa a token of our appreciation thosumlof twenty-five dollars is hereby appro-priated out of the general fund for the benefit of the Fireman's Relief fund of Grand Rapids.

Clyde Collar, Chairman of fire committee.

On.motion by Trustee Hicks tho resolution was adopted. Yeas, Col-lar . Hicks, Loveland, Perry Smith and Wluegar.

Offered by the fire committee. Be It resolved by the Common

Council of the Village of Lowell: T h a t forty dollars bo appropriated from the general fund of the village, and thir ty dollars of tho same be presented to tho Lowell fire com-pany, in addition t o their regular compensation t o be uêd In any manner they see fit, as a token of our appreciation of their faithful and efficient services In fighting the fire on tho night of April 11th.

Also tha t ten dollars of said fund be presented to A. R Stiles, who se-verely burned one of his bands while working as a volunteered fire-man. Clyde Collar, ) Fire

S. P. Hicks, [Com-WeidonSmith. ) mittee.

On motion by trustee Wlnegar the above resolution was adopted. Yeaf, Collar, Hicks, Loveland, Perry, Smith and Winegar.

Trustee Hicks moved t h a t the ma t t e r of placing of an incandescent l ight In front of the post office be re-ferred to the L. & P. committee with power to act.

On motion by Trustee Hlcka the Council adjourned to Tuesday eve-ning a t 6:30 o'clock.

T. A. M U B P H Y , Clerk.

Card of thanks: The Common Council for the Vil-

lage of Lowell wish to express their t hanks aud appreciation to tbe mem oers of our fire department and the volnnteer firemen who so faithfully and effectively fought the fire from which we suffered on tbe evening of April l l tb , and t h a t we appreciate It waa due to their Jservice t h a t a far greater calamity waa a\ erted.

By order of the Common Council of the Village of Lowell.-

By T. A. Murphy, Clerk. Lowell, Mich., Apr. 17,1905.

Adjourned regular special meet-ing ot the Common Council of the village of Lowell, bold lu tbe Council Rooms on Tuesday evening Apr. ISth 1905.

Meeting called t o order by Pres. McCarty.

Present, Trustees, Collar, Hicks, Loveland, Smith, and Winegar. Absent Perry. ,

Trustee Wlnegar moved tbe adopt -ion of tbe following Ordinance. Carried. Yeas, Collar, Hicks, Love-land, Perry, Smith, aud Wlnegar.

A n ordinance grant ing unto E. H. Hopkins, b i s associates, heirs, auccoasora und assigns t b e right to construct , malntu'n and opera te a s t reet railway In tho Village of Lowell.

Sec. i—That, E. M. Hopkins, bis associates, heirs, successors, and assigns be and hereby a r e granted the permission and r ight to oon-struct , maintain and operate a s t reet railway to be operated by electricity or other modern motive power, excepting steam, with the nec-essary switches, turnouts and Ts, poles, wires, appliances and equipments, to operate the same upon and^ lung tbe following s t reets in said Village of Lowell: Bridge s t reet f rom t b e easterly corporate limits westerly to Main s t ree t ; Main street from Bridge street west-er ly to westerly corporate limits.

Sec. 2—Said proposed s t reet railway shall consist of a single standaid gauge track with such switches, turnouts and Ys, as said gran-tees, their successors and assigns shall deem necessary, except tha t no switch, turnouts or Y shall oe put In on Main s t reet between WHshington on Bridee s t reet and Hud-• n on Main street without the consent of t t i village Board of Trustees. The construc-t on a r o equipment of said railway sbaU be Urst-class and such as to least interefere with t h e necessary and ordinary public use of said streets. T rails of not less than seventy poui d weight per yard shall be used. All palei shall be wooden, s t ra ight and kep t painted. Whenever said Village of Lowell shall shall uave any portion of the s t reets occupied under this franchise, the said g ran -teen, tbel r successors and assigns shall r e -place such Wooden poles with iron poles, along such portions so paved. The said grantees, thef r heirs, successors and assigns i shall construct three suitable bridges over 1

the three channels or sluice ways of the F l a t Biver crossing Main and Bridge streets, of the same length and width of the present bridges, tbe same to have piers and abutemente of wooden spiles capped with wood, upon which shall rem iron 1 oeams for t h e support of three inch oak planking, said brldues to be so constructed as t^ safely care for the ordinary public travel Said bridges shall be main-tained by and ac the expense of tbe said Vil-lage of Lowe 1 except such portions thereof as are occupied by the t racks of said railway.

Sec 3—This grant is made upon the condi-tion tha t tne construction of the street ra i l -way shall be commenced within three months from tbo da te of i h-) passage of this ordinance, and tha t the entire railway herein provided for shall be comuleted and in operation with-in tifteen months from tho da te of the pas-sage of this ordinance, not counting the t ime delayed by compulsory legal process, o r by causes or reasons over which, said grantees, their heirs, successors or assigns have no control.

Sec. 4—Said grantees, the i r heirs, successors and assigns shall have the r ight to carry pas-sengers, baggage, express, UnlUd States mail and freight, and shall charge and receive for carrying passengers over said lino of rai lway or any par t tbereof within the corporation limits on a continuous passage one way, Uve cents for each passenger, and shall c a r r y children under five years of age free wnen ac-companied hy parent or guardian .

See &— This grant Is made upon the f u r t h e r condition, tha t the cars of said railway shal l ba propelled by electric poorer or such o tbor motive power, excepting steum, as raid g ran -tees. their heirs, succes-ors ur assigns may ffom t ime to time deem expedient. Tbe speed of said cars shall not ex-%ed t n miles per hour on Main street between tVashlngton aud Hudson streets aud eiguteen miles per hour a t other points within tho corporate limits.

Sec U-Sald grantees, their holrs, successors and assign^, shall restore all portions of said streets and the pavements and cross walks thereon which It muy be necessary for tbem to remove, alter or misplace during the con-struction, of tho railroad under this franchise, und shall leave the same as noarly as prac t i -cable In tbe same condition a s before d s tu r -ed. All t rucks located in portions of btraets whicii have been Improved or put upon a n es-tablished grade shall conform to the g rade of the street . The upper sur face of t h e rails shall be laid flush with tbe surface of tbo street , and shall be laid In such a manner as to dis turb as l i t t le as practicable tbe f r ee passage of vuhlcles over tbe same. I t a t any time the village shall a l ter tbe grade of said streets or any portion thereof upon which tho t racks are laid under this ordinance, said grantees, their heirs, successors or assigns, Miallat their own expense relay their t r a c k s or any portion thereof as shall be necessary to make all conform to the new grade. Sucn t racks shall be located along such portions of said street as the Village Board or Trustees may direct. Before contracting, such loca tlon shall be determined by tbe said VUlag) Board of Trustees within ton days a f t e r re-quest to the Village president by the g ran -tees, their heirs, successors or assigns: and in case • aid location is not made by the VUlage Board of Trustees within tho ten days above provided tor,a ild grantoos.tbolr heirs, succes-sors and assigns may proceed to lay tbelr tracks accordini' to their own location. All portions of said tracks that are laid in portions of streets that have been improved, or put upon an established grade, shall a t the expense of the said crantees. their heirs, successors or as-signs be ullid with gravel between the rails and twelve inches outsido of same and shall be maintained and kept flush with the rails during the continuance of this ordinance. In case said Village of Lowell shall a t any time pave or repave any portion of any of the streets occu-

Eied under this franchise, said grantees, their eirs, successors or assigns shall a t their own

expense pave or repave such portions ot streets paved or repaved as may lay between the tracks and twelve inches outside of same, which paving shall be done according to the specifica-tions of the said Village of Lowell for the pav-ing of the balance of the streets.

Sec. 7.—Whenever i t may become necessary in the construction or repair of said railway or its appurtenances, to alter or interfere with any of the municipal wiring, the same shall be re-paired in as good a condition as before and shall bo done at the expense of the said gran-tees, their heirs, sncoessors or assigns. In caso i t shaU become necessary in the construction of said railway to cut or trim amr ornamental trees, the same shall be done under the direc-tion of the president of the village. Said gran-tees, their nein, successors, and assigns shall remove the ice and snow from such parts of the street as may be occupied by their tracks and spread the same evenly over the balance of said street.

Sec. 8.—If said grantees, their heirs, succes-sors or auigns, shall fai l or neglect to perform or fu l f lUthe covenants heroin contained, then af ter sixty days notice, said notice to be in writing given by the Village of Lowell, and to eoutain a clear and definite statement of the

failure or neglect complained of, the rights, privileges, interest, commissions and authority hereby granted Hhall thenceforth cease and be forteited, unless said grantees, their heirs, suc-cessors or assigns ahall within the sixty days above mentioned comply with this ordinance In th'e particulars mentioned in said notice.

Sec. 9—The grants, powers and privileges conferred in this ordinance shall be extended for and be limited to a period of thirty years.

Sec. 10-Said grantees, their heirs, successors and assigns, shall file their written acceptance of this orainance with the village clerk of tho Village of Lowell within thirty days after it passage.

Set. 11—This ordinance shall take effect im-modiately upon tho signing of the acceptance provided for in section ten.

Dated, April 18th, 1005. Moved by Trustee Hicks that the following

agreement be spread on the records. Carried. In consideration of the extension of the fran-

ohiso granted by the common council of the village of Lowell to the Grand Rapids and Ionia Railway Company, said Railway Company br its President E. M. Hopkins covenants ana agrees with said Common Council of the Village of Lowell a8< follows:

That within two weeks from date hereof aud earlier if possible he will furnish plans and specifications for tho three bridges referred to in said franchise across Flat River and that he will also furnish a competent engineer to direct the construction of said bridges.

Further that so soon as the construction of said railway be commenced that said Railway Company will pay ninety (90) per cent of the cost of said construction to date and that monthly thereafter during construction of said bridgo will pay or cause to be paid ninety (901 per cent of the cost of said construction and when said bridges are fully completed the en-tire cost of construction.

Further that he will send a competent engin-eer within a period of two weeks from this date to inspect the present bridges which said engin-eer shall make a report to the Common Council of said Village.

If said Common Council shall determine after receiving such report that said bridges are safe the construction of said new Railway bridges may bo delayed until said Railway Com-pany can build said bridges themselves. Said Common Council may however at any time com-menco the construction of said bridges as here-inbefore mentioned at their option when they deem said present bridges unsafe for the use of the public.

I t is expressly understood and agreed that said Common Council and they are herebv em-

KAerod to commence the construction of said dges and continue said construction until

their completion and that they shall have the services of said engineer to superintend the con-struction thereof free of charge should said Railway Company be delayed in the taking up the construction of said bridge and completing it themselves.

I t is expressly understood and agreed that upon the compliance with the foregoing cove-nants and conditions said franchise is hereby extended for a period of three months from dato hereof.

The Grand Rapids & Ionia Railway Company, By E. M, Hopkins, President.

Dated April 18 1905, On motion by Trustee Hicks council adjour-

ned. T. A. MURPHY, Clerk.

HEARD ABOUT

Oxfords a t Smith's shoe store.

Messrs. A, D. Sturgis, Marsh Morse and Ben Gosch were in Grand Rap-ids Sunday.

WANTKD—several pupils In Gregg shor thand; Inquire a t THE LEDGEU office, phone 200.

Benj. TerwIIilger is a t work on his new home on the lot adjoining t h a t of his former residence.

FOR SALE.—A large revolving book case. Fine for office library. Only F5.00. S e e i t a t LEDGER of f ice .

A. vanjj den Boogert, contractor , of Grand Rapids, waa here Tuesday, figuring on tbe rebuilding of the burned block.

' Squire J o h n " closed In our las t Issue. This week we begin a new continued s tory, " J o a n of the Sword Hand , " by S. R. Crockett, au tho r of "The Raiders." Read the opening chapters.

Prof. R. I . White, of the Caro schools, baa accepted the superln-tendency of tbe Coldwater schools a salary of $1400, being chosen for the place among eighty applicants. Mr. White now ranks very high among the school superintendents of the s ta te and his Lowell friends are correspondingly well pleased.

Send your friends views of tbe F I R E — 6 views. J S. Adams.

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