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Business- Directory.SABBATH SERVICES.

SERVICES ave licUl every SaVbath. at 18:30 3 o'clock A. at the Charch. o f the “ Larger iapts also, Sabbath School services iituneuiate-y after the morning meeting* Prayer and confer- 'i c e meeting every Thursday evening. A cordial I vUation Is extended to ail.

t O .O .E .—Bnqhanan L o dge S o . To hold s its • re g u la r m eeting, a t Odd F e llo w s H a ll, on each Tuesday even in g.

F as A. 5L—Bncliahan Lodge No. 68 holds a . regular meetingMondayevenlng on orbefore t le fu ll moon ineach month.TV O P H .-B u ch a n a n O range S o 40 m eets on r * th e second and fo u rth Saturday o f each n on th, a t 2 o’ c lo c k e . st.

t O.E. W.—Bnchanau Lodge No. BS IioldsHs i l , renlar meeting the 1st and 3d Tuesday even­

ing or o ich month.Ft a . R -ivm . Pcrrott Post No.22. Regular i j . meeting on the first and third Saturday .•ening el" each, month. Visiting comrades al- rayB welcome.

HalK. L E W IS W . B A K E R * P hysician and S u r­geon . N ig h t ca lls protftiitiy attended to .

>i!lce in K in yon ’s b lock .

nits. IENDERSON & BKADLEY, Pfcysicians and Surgeons. Office in Opera House Block. ,s Residence No IK) Front St., onedoorWestof Perry Fox’s. Calls answered all hours of day or night, lino always in tin* office. R. Henderson jtnd . J. Bradley./ i L. BAILEY, Homeopathic Physician and FT* Surgeon, OGii-e and residence in Imttoil's block, Buchanan, Mich.

r 51. WILSON, Dentist. Office, first door north } a of the Bank, t'barg*a reasonable and satis- action guaranteed.

M S. 51EAD, SlaunfaitnrtT of Lumber. Cus * ton sawing promptly attended to on short aoiice. Buchanan, ilich.

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improved Brick and filing KilnI am now prepared to furnish th<

the m arketaffords. vl-

FIRST-CLASS THilXGranging In a: *e from two to eight inches.

S lfCallfind seemy hriefc and get prices

H E S S T B L C B G I T T .

D E N T I S T R Y./ f c <*^*3 ->A-L~~3£. ae “l.

mem■ ‘^ p a B PDR. OSTRANDERo f Detroit has opened a Dental office in the Redden, block, where ho is prepared to do all kinds o f Dental work in a first class manner.

Teeth Extracted Without Pain.PINE GOLD FILLINGS A SPECIALTY.

Artificial Teeth made on Rubber, Celluloid, Gold, Platinum or Aluminum, at reasonable prices.

A L L WORK W ARRANTED.■•! ■ . . —i r

N o r m a l & C o l l e g i a t eI N S T I T U T E ,

Benton Harbor, Mich.Fall Term opens September 3d, 18S9.

EQtirelynewBniUliQ EleuantlyDesieaetljCliariU' itigly Located, -Modern in Equipment.

LITE, PR0G-BHSS1VE, THORQTJ&H.Prepares for ail Universities and Colleges, for

Teaching and lor Business. Diplomas honored by M ichigan Uni versi ty, W ellesley College and others.

Business Course asTnoaouou as and Cheaper than at any other school.GTlffiSIH, MUSEUM, LIBRARY and fiEiillS-UOBM.

Board in n a il , § 1.9.) per w eek; Club, SLSO: Cot­tage, § 2 .i 0 to 32.50 per w eek.

We take pleasure in replying to correspondents. Ex?"Send for new Catalogue.

e . a . EDUCH5IBE. A .51., Pli. D. 34U Principal.

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Combining a Parlor. Library, Seek-* ina, Reclining; or Invalid CHAIR.

LUUHGE. BED. srjcH P’b A and or COUCH* Price eg.We moke the largest variety of Adjustable, Reclining, Physicians' and Surgeons' Operating, Invalid Rolling. Hammock, Since. Library,

Taney Carnot, Folding. Reed and Rattan C H A IR S a n d R O C K E R S B I C Y C L E S .T R IC Y C L E S ,V E - * L O C IP E D E S a n d S E L F P R O P E L L E R S .ALL KINDS OF APPLIANCES FOR INVALIDSCTABY f t OACHEg

Over IOO different designs.Oar Patent Aotomatlc Brakaon all Car. ringt*, free, We have discontinuedwholesaling; by placing your orders direct with the makers you can- *ase several proton* Our slashing price* and special Bargains will astonish] yva. Goods sola under a gunrtmtrt and delivered free to any point m .United States. Send stomp for ,Catalogue* and state class, of goods, yon wish it for;

L U S U K G R/8F Q . G O .*43 North JEr-titb fetreeui-biladellihia, Pa.

Tie III is King!Why puzzle your brain Over the perplexing

question as to What machine yon wili buy, when only 0 moment’s thought Will convince yon that the WHITE is the BEST in every respect.

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VOLUME XXIII. BUCHANAN. BEEHIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 12, .1889. •NUMBER 46.

CONTINUATION-OF OITR-

Ia the last few clays we have receiv­ed some § 10,000 worth of Cloaks. We are now able to show all o f the yery latest styles out this season. Our as­sortment o f Cloaks is, at present.better than it has been ot? will be again this season. We will show you the nobbiest line o f Cloaks and at lower prices than we have ever sold them before. The reason is, there never was.a time before in the history o f the Cloak trade when there were so many exquisite styles as this season.

We have opened some very handsome Children's Cloaks at greatly reduced puces. New and beautiful styles in Ladies’ Cloth Jackets. Large assort­ment o f Plash Jackets from 810 up. Ninny attractive styles in New Mar­k ets of plain and fancy cloth, cut In the very latest fashion.

OUR PRICE FOR 40-INCH, LENGTH, SEAL Sicrx SACQl’ ES IS

X X „ - $165.00X X S „ - - - - 105.00X2CAX - 225.00

OUR TRICE FOR 30-IN. SEAL JACKETS ISX X , , - - - - $100.00X X X - - - 125 0 0X X X X - 150.00

We have sold twice as many Cloaks up to the present time as we sold up t-i this date last year. \V’e mention this to show that ladies appreciate this de­partment, where they cau gtt the very latest garments for the same money they would have to pay for something ancient.

R o s e & E l l s w o r t h ,S o u th B e n d , I n d .

'J. L.ZNXHiTT.S, M I C H . ,

Wishes to call the attention o f the readers of the R ecord to the fact that lie is prepared to supply all con­templating building or using

L U M B E RIn any maimer, from a large stock, at prices that defy competition.

HE HASSHUFROM $1.25 TIP.

And, for the quality, they are cheaper than you can buy at any other yard in the State. We mean this, em­phatically. A large lot of Hemlock piece stuff for sale at retail, at whole­sale prices.

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J, L. REDDICK.

D r . J . T .Would infoTm the citizens o f Buchanan and sur­

rounding country that all wlio want his

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Made or endorsed by liimself, can obtain, them at arfy of theB u c h a n a n D r u g S t o r e s .

Its Handsome Bent Woodwork,I ts Sim plicity and Durability,

I ts L igM B anning and, Noiseless qualities, and its great range o f work, A ll unite to m ake i t

The Most Perfect Machine of the Day.

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t h € Ya n k e e b l a d e19 one o f the Oldest and Best and th e Cheapest W eek ly I ’a m ily Story P ap er in American fa rts columns o f fasetnating stories every week Price. $2.00 a year- O ne y e a r o n *<-M t o new ■ubacilbers,onlyttl.O O . Senaetamnforsampla copy. Pottcr & Totter, pablliheis, SO Hawley Bt-

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Price, 50c. & $1, PostpaidHENRY KEPHART, Pharmacist,

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For Sale by M . £• B A R M O R E ,

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ILOSSOMTHE GREAT ^ S ? 5 5 er.

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Cancers, Hnmora, Sores, IJiseis, Swellings, Tumors, Abscesses, Blood Poisoning, Salt Rheum. Catarrh. Erysipelas, Rheumatism, and all Blood and Shin Diseases.Peioe, $1 per Pint Bottle, or G Bottles fo r §5. 1 lb .can Solid E x ^ c t$250. _ _ _ __

J . 51. LOOSE RED O B V ^ l OOuDetroit, Uicb.

. FOR SALC BY ALL DRUGGISTS.For ealc by W . H . KEELER.

POWDERAksolyfeSy Pura.

Thispowdcr never varies. A marvel o f purity strength and wholesomencBS. Store economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot he soldin competition with the multitude o f low test.short weight alum or pnosphate powders. Sold only in cans. R oyal Bakiyo Powder Co., 106 Wall St., N .T . 19-15

W H Y ! YQ U B U M U S

Ton vrfU have SICK HEADACHES, SAINS M I H E SXDE, DVSPJEPSIA, POOR APP E- TTTE.foel listless and unahlo to get through your daily work or-sociaL «njoyment3. T.lfo w ill be a burden to you.

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{yORYPOuTsH' Perfumes the Breath. Ask for it.FLEMING: BRG8.J - Pittsburgh, Pa.

S A S T . LEAVE BUCHANAN.

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i i f i i • * . 6 0 S h uGas no etinal for Style, Fit and Wear. Positively

the best shoe in America for the money. Do not p6 deceived. Seastamp on bottom o f each shoe. Take no other- Hvery pair warranted: Stylish ana cquai to- a n y fthuc in the market. For sale oS

Poc Sale by J. K. WOODS.

SIXTH You shouldread TheChica- go Daily News "because,being a family newspaper, it*s against the saloon. The home and the saloon are forever opposed. There can be no neutrals in this war. ButTiis Daily News is temperate in temperance. It

“ isn‘t a prohibition organ—it’s not sure prohiUnion is the best way of treating the evil—but it

. believes in prohibiting the sa­loon keeper front ruling and ruining in American society. If you would read, and have your family read, a newspaperwhich places the interests of thehome, higher than those of the saloon,* read The Chicago Daily News.

Remamher—Its circulation is 220,000 a day—over * a million a week—and it costs by mail 25 cts.

a month, four months £1.00,—one cent a day.

1) IS APX’ OINTED.

DIX & WLKINSON,

BUT m SELL BEAL ESTATE. M ONEY T O LOAN.1 large or small sums, atlow rates, on Improves

farms only.COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING.

Also, County Agents for REMINGTON TYPE WRITER:My BERRIEN SPRINGS MICH

Notice to the Ladies!Dr. E.aS. Dodd & Son,

Drnggista aha BoObseHers, have the oaency for the eaieolthfi famOns Bpecific,.‘ ‘Ornnge Blossom,'

We’vo liafi a tiff, my love aucl I—.Buthov.' she did heralo ino,

Ami vowed there was not on. llio earlh A monster that would mate mo.

She ovorlieard the talk that I And Jack Jones had together

On scienoo, politics and base ball,Tho markets anil the weather.

And as Jack went, sho caught my words, (Some folks with trouble borrow),

"W ell, if the day prove fair m y boy,I ’ll see her. sure, to-morrow!

•From boyhood ujj, I ’ve watched her olt A t night—the night’s hoi- playtim e ;

And rarely have I seen before Iler radiant lace by daytime.”

And then she jum ped, as women will,’ . A t once to a conclnsion,

Ancijaw ednutilshecOveredm e—Or ti led to—with eoniusion.

Who wa»the,‘she” that I would “ see Tom orrow }” Oh, such treason!

She’d be revenged on both o f us,Or she would know-tho reason!

She always knew, or soon o r late, .Some onewourd com e between us; -

And she.was hopping mad when told 'Tw asbnt the planet Venus,

—Ztoston Globe*

Ralph W ellington’s Probation.B Y LENA CARR.

“ Then yon refuse your consent to my engagement with your daughter* Air, Morion? Do you reUiy mean i t ? ’

“ I do.”“ Do you know anything against my

character, sir?”“As far as I can learn it is as spotless

as an infant's.”‘•Are my means insufficient?”“I know that you have recently in­

herited half a ijiiilion of dollars.”“Do you object to my family.”“ X o "better family ever lived in Bos-

;on.”“ Then, in Heaven’s name, why do

you refuse to sanction our engagement? Bessie and I love each other so much that I feel that neither can ever form another attachment. I have ample means to provide for her handsomely— luxuriously. Y ou confess that my Character and family are unexception­able. It is no more than just that you should explain your mysterious objec­tion.” And Kalph 'Wellington’s line figure was drawn’ up to its full height as he. turned his handsome face. With its authoritatively questioning look, frill upon Mr. Morton. .>

The latter gentleman gazed for a moment admiringly upon the young man, then hurst out impetuously,—

“ What have you ever dope? What can you do? What are you in'any,true sense? l i f e has been.made easyfrir; you thus far, but what will you do if misfortune comes ? You have energy enough for a boat race, a game o f bil­liards, or to pick up a lady’s fa n ; but if your fortune should take wings, could' you find bread for yourself and family? Have you decision of character? In case of necessity, could you act wisely upon the spur o f the moment? Have you patience and persistence? Could you toil and wait to gain a desired ob­ject? Can you forget yourself under the influence of a noble impulse? Y ou have never been tried; your character is unformed. I cannot give my con­sent.’” '

“ Is it fair to presume that I lack certain qualities because circumstances have not brought them to the surface?I demand a trial. I f I fail, I accept my fate submissively.”

“You shall have one year’s probation. That will be ample time for you to show o f wliat stuff you are made.”

‘I f success depends upon my efforts, Bessie will be mine,” said Ralph as he bowed lftmself out'of the room.*

The liext morning Bessie and Ralph met in the garden. Bessie’s eyes were red and swollen with weeping, Ralph looked grave, but determined.

‘Your father is hard upon me, Bes­sie. He evidently considers me a milksop and foo l; but I do not despair.

am going away to-morrow, to find what there is in the world to develop my character—if I have any. I limit my expenses to twenty-five dollars per month—that is to say, I shall draw only that amount for mvself. I shall earn all else I need.”

“It is too bad, Ralph—it is cruel. And just at this time, too, when 1 need the con-olation o f your presence so much. I found this morning that my best opera cape and sealskin sack are ruined by carpet bugs.”

•Carpet bugs! How provoking! W hy don’t you poison them ?”

‘Why, Ralph, don’t you know that nothing will poison carpet bugs?”

“Is it possible?”“It is really so; you cannot poison or

drive them away. They consider the aroma of camphor or tobacco as quite the thing for state occasions; insect powder makes delightful flavoring for fur roasts, flannel steaks, silk a la mode, and the many other delightful dishes served up for their epicurian appetites; while Rough on Eats only excites their scorn, as being too plebeian in Its nature for their dainty tastes.”

“Eureka! Bessie, you have given me an idea. I will invent a Garpet Bug Exterminator* This is the work to prove my patience and perseverance under difficulties.”

“Delightful, Ralph! And i f I ever have another sealskin sack, your exter­minator will protect it from these dainty little wretches.”

“ You shall haye another as soon as you like, My income, aside from the twenty-five dollars per month reserved for my own use, is to be expended in chanty. I have charity cheques made out from five to one thousand dollars. I will give you one of these, which you can present at the bank, where the money will he paid and no questions asked.”

“But really, Ralph, I couldn’ c accept anything from you, under the'circum- stances.”

"Hot a word. A sealskin- sackless young lady is truly an object of chanty. Accept the check, and thus strengthen my bands for their battle with the world.” c •

“ Dear Ralph! I f you put it in that way, I can hold out no longer.”

“A nd now goodby. Be ever true, as I shall be:” And lie put his arms around her for a last embrace.

“Ever, ever true!” sobbed Bessie, as her head sank on his shoulder and she wondered whether she should buy a sealskin sack or a dolman with the charity check.

* :jt # iff '<■ * & sjt * * *“Adrift in , the world, with only

twenty-five dollars in my pocket,” mused Ralph Wellington, as he step­ped off the cars at Low.ell—the busy city of spindles. Heedless o f the cries of the back drivers, he walked briskly along the streets, pausing at length be­fore the Shop of a chemist. Entering he asked for the proprietor, saying he desired a few words in private with him. The conference lasted more than an hour, and the curious clerk could only catch fragments o f sentences such as, “ tried without success”— “ wonder­fully imperious creatures’-’—“ mixture o'f”—“specimens to experiment upon” —“ fortune in i t ” et cetera. Then Ralph emerged once more into the Street. ’• - - ....... - •

“ There are ten dollars gone for chenf- icaluto begin my'experiments with,” Said he. “ What shall I da for cigars”

he continued, “ Whaff shall I do for cigars, confound it? Ah! here is a chance for self-sacrifice. I ’ll do with­out.” And straightening himself up with the proud consciousness of having formed a good resolution and a deter­mination to keep it, lie walked on, looking about him for a * temporary boarding place. This secured, he begun his search for remunerative employ­ment. Running his eye down the col­umns of a° newspaper, they fell upon the following advertisement,—

“ Wanted.—-Smart, capable young men to act as agent-* for the best sell­ing article in the world. Indispensable in every household. Parties using it once trill never be without It. Profits large. Call and secure territory at once. Appiv at number thirty-seven —A-St.” ": “ I’ll look this up,” said Ralph, .as he picked up his hat and went out.

Out in the breezy country Ralph pedestrianized industriously. His pulse hounded with new vigor under the tonic o f out-door exercise in large mea­sure* Pausing for a day here and there at villages, or interviewingtbe isolated inmateso. scattered farmhouses, every­where’his frank, open countenance was his best letter o f introduction. Child- i en fan by his side on the dusty high­way, thrusting their important little confidences upon him with youthful frankness; tired matrons seemed in­spired with new life by his cheery pres­ence; toil Worn farmers consulted him on the state of the weather, the politi­cal situation, the latest foreign news, the best breeds o f fowls, and tbe most approved method of making silo. The grown,.up boys challenged him to par­ticipate in their various games, and the grown up girls—well, never mind—we will draw a veil; oyer wliat they thought of him. His wares sold rapidly, and every successful sale seemed like tho removal o f a barrier between himself and Bessie.

Five clays in each week he travelled about the country in. the vicinity oi Lowell. Friday night always found him back in.liis room there, and the whole o f Saturday was sjjentin experi­menting with drugs and chemicals:

One fine day while passing a fine farm his attention was arrested by the fluttering o f some red object upon an adjacent hillside. As lie dvesv nearer, he saw that it was a light shawl thrown carelessly about, the shoulders of a young girl who was busily gather­ing berries. He seated himself Upon the wall to rest a moment, and watched her movements. He had not known how tired he was until the red shawl attracted him. Possibly the sight o f a fellow laborer reminded him of his own fatigue, arid being filled with a con­scientious desire not toabuse bis physi­cal strength, and finding this an un- jisually easy wall to rest upon, he yielded to the combined entreaties of duty;and inclination and rested. How­ever, his eyes' were not tired, so they watched the graceful form of the berry picker with the utmost diligence,

“I wish sfie would come a little nearer, so I could S.ee her face,” thought he.

How, reader,' don’t accuse Ralph of disloyalty to Bessie.' She was still the one woman in the ivorld to him, but being denied the privilege of feasting his eyes upon what was choicest, it was no more than natural that they should grasp at a dainty here and there.

It would te impossible to say how long he might have remained upon his perch had he not been startled by a low tumbling sound seeming to come from the clouds lying low behind the hill.

“ Halloo! A shower coming up,” said Ralph, turning his eyes in the direction of the sound.

A clump o f bushes on the top o f the hill were agitated violently for a mo­ment, and then another roar unmis­takable in its distinctness this time, sent a thrill o f terror through two hearts as a monstrous bull stepped out of the bushes, pawing up the earth, and sending forth his terrible challenge to the slight figure in the red shawl.

The girl gazed a moment with terror- stricken eyes upon the fierce creature approaching, not swiftly but with many ceremonious pawings "and bellowings and shakings of his huge head, then, with a despairing cry for help, ran with all her speed toward the fence. The bull, perceiving the retreat o f his intended yictim, increased his speed to a run, and at the same time Ralph, seizing a pointed stake that leaned against the wall, made a third figure in the drama.

“Throw off your shawl 1” he shouted, as he came within speaking distance of the fleeing girl..

She understood, and with an upward motion o f her arms the shawl slipped from her shoulders, and alighted on some bushes as she passed. Hone too soon, for, with a roar o f rage, the ter­rible creature reached the spot, and commenced to gore and trample the bright object that had first excited his wrath. Ralph turned to assist the flying girl, and was only a few rods from her side when, with another roar, the bull was rushing on again.

“Run straight to the wall. I will stop him,” shouted Ralph, as he sprang in front o f the beast and struck, him a desperate blow directly upon his nose.

The stick flew from his hands, and the infuriated creature rushed upon his brave antagonist. Unarmed, and at quite a distance from fence or tree, he bethought him of some of the gym­nastics in which he had indulged one summer when in the country. Spring­ing to one side as the bull neared him, he seized one of his horns and bounded upon his back. He was strong and agile, and the gravity of the situation made him desperate. In vain the frantic creature plunged and reared; Ralph clung like grim death. Then the bull bounded on in a straight line, on, on, over brush and rocks, on toward a swamp at the far end of the pasture. Suddenly his fore feet sank in the soft mud, he pitched forward, and Ralph was thrown headlong into a small stream. He crawled up the opposite bank, and fell, unconscious.

When he came to himself he was ly­ing upon some hay in a farm wagon, driven by a weathi-r-beaten yoeman of middle age. The owner of the red shawl occupied the seat with the driver, frequently, casting anxious glances in Ralph’s direction. He at­tempted td rise, but felt so giddy that he fell back to liis former position.

”You ’d better lie still,” said the driyer. You have had a rough ride, and need to be pretty quiet after such violent exercise.”

“Ralph closed his eyes wearily, and tried to accommodate his aching body to the jolting o f the wagon as best he could until they drew up in front of the fine farmhouse he had admired in passing an hour before. It was with no little pain and difficulty that his re­moval to the house was effected, and there, in a cool, airy chamber, he had three whole days, to meditate upon liis recent adyenture, and shuddered at the'thought o f what might have been the result but for his timely fatigue and consequent desire to rest u pon that particular wall.

For ,a time, at least, Lulie Waters, his new; acquaintance,, held a position in the foreground o f his meditations, while Bessie Morton was relegated to

I the distance o f a shadowy memory.On the fourth day, Ralph walked into

the clean, sunny sitting-room and an­nounced his intention of leaving them.

“ Going to-day?” said Mrs. Waters. “Why, man, you musthave taken leave of your senses!”

“ Going to-day!” echoed Farmer Waters, v.ho had just come in. • "1 guess not, young man! You are not fit to be out of your room, to say noth­ing of tramping around the country, selling claptraps. Make yourself easy until you are strong enough to work, and I’ll give you something more re­spectable to do. I ’m in want of a man now, and will give you the chance if you will take it.”

“I never did a stivke of farm work in my life, sir.”

“ Then it’s- time you did. You were cut out for a farmer? and 1 have some young i xen 1 want broken. You are strong, quick, brave and energetic. That bull is the-terror of every man 1 employ, but you mastered him. I want yon, and will pay you good wages What do you say ? Will you stay V”

Ralph looked at Lulie, who sat sew­ing by the window, and for the mo­ment Bessie was forgotten. He said,—

“Mr. Waters, it is a bargain* I will stay.”

Two months of the npveUy of labor on a farm, and o f the sweet intoxica­tion o f anew love, and then conscience resumed her sway in the soul of Ralph Wellington. One-half o f his year of probation bad now expired, and he re­solved to tear himself away from the dangerous sweetness of this rural life, visit his home once more, and abide the result as an honorable man should. He had never spoken of loye to Lulie, but he knew, as well as if her lips had said it, that her heart was all his own. And so, with a vague promise to see them again as soon as possible, he took the cars to Boston.

That afternoon found him at the house of his future father-in-law. The servant ushered him into the library, where be found Mr. Morton and Bes­sie—tile former hearty and effusive in his greeting, the latter pale, shy and reserved,

“ E owe you an apology for coming in to-day,” began Ralph; but Mr. Morton interrupted him.

“ Yo apology is necessary,” said he. “ I gave you a year in which to prove your manhood. I have kept track of all your movements, and six months have sufficed for roy purpose. You Lave proved that you possess all the qualities I desire.”

“But 1 owe it to you to confess that I have not succeeded in all I have un­dertaken,” said Ralph, modestly. “ The Carpet Bug Exterminator is yet to be discovered.”

“ It matters not ; I did not expect suc­cess in every undertaking—only that you should prove that you possessed the qualities that win success. Bessie is yours, with my approval and bless­ing.”

Ralph turned to Bessie, She was very pale, and her eyes gazed pleading­ly into his own.

“Ralph, be generous!” said she. “Father, be kind and merciful, for—I —love—another!”

“ Heaven be praised!” cried Ralph, springing forward and clasping her hands warmly. “So do T, Bessie!’ ’

“ Bessie! Ralph! This is most ex­traordinary!” began Mr. Morton, in an imperious tone. ,

Then, seeing- the folly o f battling against fate, be seated himself and took up a newspaper with the remark “I ’d better have let well enough alone.”

Ralph went back tq the farm and Lulie. In six months they were mar­ried. The Carpet Bug Exterminator still waits to be discovered.— Warm-ley Magazine.

A False Alarm.A Providence paper tells of a Cam­

bridge gentleman who was asked to buy a ticket to tbe firemen’s ball, and good-naturedly Complied. The next question was, what to do with it. Oue of his two men servants would proba­bly be glad of it, but he did not wish to show favoritism. Then it occurred to him that be might buy another tick­et, and give both of his servants a pleasure.

Hot knowing how to proceed, he in­quired of a policeman where the tick­ets were to be had. .

“ Why don't you go to the engine house? The men all know you,” said tbe officer.

So the old gentleman went ip the engine house, but when he entered there wasno one in sight, lie had never been in such a place before, but lie was perfectly familiar with the use o f electric sign Is, and on tbe side of the room was a button, evidently connect­ed with a hell; and, naturally enough, ’ after waiting a mintute or t wo, he put his thumb upon it.

The effect was electrical, in every sense o f the word. From the air over­head—so at feast it seemed to the old gentleman, in his bewilderment--men began to rain down* Completing their toilets as they'fell. The horses rushed out of their stalls, and, in a word, all the machinery of a modern engine house was instantly in motion.

Amid all this tumoil stood the mild- mannered and innocent old gentleman, who even now did not suspect that he had touched the tire alarm. The men rushed upon him for information as to the whereabouts o f the fire; but when he opened his mouth it was only to say, in the mildest possible accents:

“I should like to buy another ticket to the ball, if you please."

The situation was so ludicrous that no one could be angry, not even the men whose nap had been broken into; and the old gentleman bought liis tick­et and departed in peace.

To a -Reform ed M ail.“A Reformed Man” writes to a news­

paper, complaining because people don’ t patronize and favor him more than they do. He thinks lie isn’ t en­couraged by his fellow man as he ought to bp, considering that he had ■reformed. l ie was led to suppose, he says, that if he abandoned Intemper­ate habits the community would flock around him, as. it were, and rally to liis support, but it hasn’t done so. He hasn’t observed that -the community acts much differerently towards him from wliat it did when lie was mak­ing a nuisance of himself* It is dis­couraging, he avers and almost enongh to turn a man back to evil courses again.

Well, what did you reform for? Was it for your own moral and physi­cal good, or was it to be rewarded by a generous and grateful community? Hasn’ t your investment in reforma­tion paid big interest in improved health, dear brain and increa-ed self- respect?

Community is under,no parlieular obligatiOn to yon I f you formerly made a nuisance of yourself by your intemperance, and yen doubtless did, it is' a relief to know that you have discontinued it, that’s all. Ho one feels impelled to take up a collec­tion for you or to present you with a reward of merit. Yon may consider yourself fortunate if the mantle of for­getfulness is allowed to fall upon your past misdeed .

It is as absurd to imagine that your neighbors are obliged to patronize or employ you because you have abandon­ed your vicious courses as it is to say that the world owes you a living. There are poor struggling men who never went astray, yet you don’ t hear them urging any particular claim upon the public on that account, and they might more reasonably do it than you. too.

Don’t let these plain words discour­age you, though. You are a gainer in every. >vay i f you have truly reformed, and you know it. Reformation, like virtue, is its own reward.—Textes S ift­ings.

Written b y a W ie li, ’ Man.A party of girls, fair as the lilylnK. •

as lovely as the day, sat chatting on •one of the hotel piazzas. Said one of the number : s>

“ Girls, can you ever fancy anything so inconvenient ? Fidele was taken sick this morning and I had to dress

jmyself all alone.”“H o!” in a chorus from sympathetic

listeners.“ Yes, really; and comb my own hair

and button my own boots.” a“Impossible! ■ How could you ever?” “ Well, I didn’t suppose I could, but

I did ; and,” waxing confidential, “girls, that was’t all. There was a hole in my sunshade and I mended it myself.”

“Why, Sally, explain; do. Did you actually sew it ?” '/ “Ho,” with a little laugh, “ but it was in the black panel, and I just put a piece of black court-plaster in under the place. See? And, girls (are you sure' there isn’t a man around?), I mended one o f my silk stockings, too. I put a postage stamp over the hole— just that way."

Off came a pretty slipper, and sure enough,, right on the sole of a shapely little foot was the patriotic emblem o f the United States post-office, showing that the wearer. was on the Saratoga side o f the Atlantic and not.on the Baden-Baden side.—Saratoga. Letter.

; ; . i: / ;V ';~T horoughly B u ilt.

Many of thp hrick houses erected in England two hundred years ago are so cemented together that the walls have to be blown down with gunpowder when the site is wanted for something modern* '

Japanese in China.A remarkable phase in the recent

industrial developments m China, say s Industries, is the increasing number Of Japanese employed in engineering works a d manufactures, It is almost twenty ye .is since Japan made a start in modern industry, arid nbt only did It start works under the superintend­ence of foreigners, but ic commenced at the foundation, and instituted schools and colleges for the training cff natives iil-the arts and sciences, and almost all the works o f which we hear So much are designed and manufactur­ed by natives. In China there have been a few schools or colleges started with the same objects, but they have never been carried out with that thoroughness which Is necessary for real success.

We understand that the present Chinese government is on the out- > look for several capable men to go to Pekin as professors in different departments o f pure and applied science. During the past year a con­siderable number lias been engaged in similar capacities in the various arse­nals, where schools for the training o f young Chinese have been eitablished. In the meantime, however, the supply of qualified Chinese is very limited, and some o f the local governors, who have not been able lo get over their dislike to Europeans, have engaged a considerable number o f Japanese en­gineers, especially for mines and some departments of manufacture. Ill some eases eVen we understand that Japan­ese have been engaged as instructors in applied seience,and, although able to understand the Chinese books, they cannot speak the language; and we have the curious spectacle of the younger Oriental nation teachirig the older- nation through the medium o f the English language—a very odd phase in the history of civilization.

----------------H3-W---------------' Japanese Lacquer.From a paper on Japanese lacquer

read lately uy Mr. R. Hitchcock be­fore the Chemical Society o f Washing­ton, D. C., we learn that Japenese lacquer is the product o f a tree, the Rhus vernieifera, w bi eh gro ws througli- out the main island of Japan. It at­tains a large-size; tbe trunks measur­ing, a meter in diameter. It is said the tree will live for forty years, but only comparatively young .trees are valued for the production of lacquer. Having yielded for several years they are cut down, the lacquer extracted from the branches, and young trees take their places. Mr. Hitchcock urges It should receive more attention than has hitherto been devoted to it by manufacturers in America. “ It gives a surface to wood,” he say3, “ much hard­er than our test copal varnish, with­out brittleness. It takes a polish not to be excelled, which lasts for centur­ies, as we may see in the old treasures o f Japan. It is proof against boiling water, alcohol, and, indeed, it seems to be insoluble in every agent known. It is the best possible application for lab­oratory tables. I have a set of photo­grapher’s developing trays that have been in use for more than a year, and I And them excellent and cheap. In Japan it is used for many household articles.”—Scientific American.

------------Fearful Heath Punishment

The Thibetans of the district near the headwaters of the Irrawaddy have a strange and terrible death punish­ment. The Irrawaddy here passes through a narrow cannon fully 1;080' feet deep. The gorge has a curiouh

■ fyqtjei-iike propertoJmd a tremendous Tfifid’pfcviiils' there nearly all the time. Across’ the top of the gorge is a beam t urned by a windlass. A swing hangs from the beam 400 feet in the chasm. Great sails or wings project from the sides of the swing. The criminal is tied in the swing, the windless is turn­ed, and down, down between the dark, gloomy rock sides o f the gorge he goes into the regions of the eternal winds. Back and forth he swings in the twi­light of that underworld. A t noon the sun shines down through the nar­row lift above. At night a few stars find--a reflection in the river below. Swing, swing, held at the end of the rope by a gust stronger than usual, falling-back with a rush during a lull, the swing rises and falls, until it is a skeleton in chains tb it rides on tire besom of the wind. »

L o ok.Haying again engaged in the

In Buchanan, (at Cathcart’s old Gallery), I will be pleased to see all my old

friends at the above pjace.

AT SEASONABLE FBZCES.

H. E. BRADLEY.The D ivinin g B od .

Professor E. Ray Darikester, having recently expressed some doubts upon the alleged powers o f a boy “ water finder,” who has been in tee employ o f the Grinton Mining Company, in the Horth of England, the chairman o f the company. Dr. M’Clure. .has replied to them, denying emphatically that llie boy, whose name is Rod well, is an im­postor. He says that the lad when tested never failed to find either water or mineral veins, the lodes having al­ways been found exactly at the places indicated. Th * divining rbd ’which he holds only moves in obedience to the muscular contractions of his hands, and a rod of any kind of wood or even of any material substance whatever can be used, provided It be a conduc­tor of electricity. Rod way usually walks with bis hands tightly clasped beiore him, and as soon as he steps up­on a mineral vein or water he is pow- eiless to unclasp them until he moves away from the region of the lobe or conduit. The lad is about 14 years Of age. These statemeiris by Dr. M’Clure have excited considerable comment in Yorkshire.—Scientific American. .

Preparing to K ick . ‘A well-known citizen was discover­

ed going through some singular mo­tions in one of the corridors o f the City hall, and an acquaintance who ran against him cried out :

“ What on earth are you up to now ?” “ Taking off my diamond nin.”“ But where’s your watch?”“In my cost tail pocket.”•‘Afraid of being robbed ?”“ 0, no. Its business.”“H ow?”“ Why the assessors have put me

down for S4 tax on persoual property, and i‘m going in to kick,”

“ But you’ve, got a horse.”“Yes, but be wasn’t in the day th%

called.”“And a piano.”“ That happened to be at the factory

to be revarnished.”“But your bank account!”“Sh! It’s in my wife’s name! Keep

quiet. How, then. I’m ready to go In and tell him that the people are ready to take up arms to rid themselves o f this terrible buredn o f high taxation.— Detroit Free Press.

A m bergris.Ambergris, which is used as a basis

for nearly all standard perfumery, was first found an unattractive mass float­ing on the surface o f the sea or lodged upon the shore. How so unlikely a substance ever suggested itself as a perfume is unknown, but it has been in use .for centuries, and it is only in comparative recen t times that Its ori­gin has become known, i t is nothing more than the morbid secretion o f the livet of a sick spermaceti whale. I t Is described as a fatty, waxy substance, disagreeable to sight or touch, but even in its crude state exhaling a pleasant odor. The crude substance is subject­ed to chemical action to extract the active principle, called amberine. I t was recently reported that a Maine fisherman picked up a mass of the sub­stance which nearly filled a barrel, and is worth twenty-five thousand dollars. This is probably an exaggera­tion both as to size and price, for the largest piece on record was found on the Windward Islands, weighing one hundred and thirty pounds. This was sold for about twenty-six hundred dol­lars. The find of ambergris in a whale’s interior is often more valuable than the oil c f the bubber.

M otto B e Baffled.Writing experts say that men and

women who use typewriters show uearly as much individuality in their work as they would do i f they used a . pen. It is harder to detect, but that is all th e ' difference. Any business man who is used to reading corres­pondence from concerns which employ several typewriters, can tell at a glance which one o f the half-dozen wrote the letters he receives. Signs o f careless­ness, haste, ignorance o f punctuation or the profuse tise c f punctuation marks, a wide or narrow margin around the writing, some peculiarities in capitalizing—-all these things carry meaning -to- the expert examining typewritten copy. But the personal characteristics o f the typewriter -are better concealed- by the typewriter than the person using a pen. ner­vousness can-be discovered, but the quantities depending upon tempera­ment cannot. You can tell a hopeful, despondent, generous, clost-fisted man by the work he does with a pen, but when he. does it with a machine be hides himself completely.

Summary Measures.A Paris shopkeeper, when he adver­

tises goods “ at cost”, is proinptfyecMca” upon by a government official, whose business it is to see that tbe merchant isdojDgwliat he advertises, and i f he is detected in fraud o f any kind speedy punishment is inflicted. In other- words, they will permit him to sell his own goods, which he has paid for. “at cost*”, but. i f be is lying in liis adver­tisement or defrauding'liis creditors, they expose him.

A N ew Idea.

A bout F in ger N ails.A white mark on the finger nail be­

speaks misfortune.Pale or lead-colored nails indicate

melancholy people.Broad nails indicate a gentle, timid,

and.bashful nature.Love of knowledge and liberal senti­

ment have round nails* / .People with narrow nails are ambi­

tious and quarrelsome. ;Small, nails indicate littleness o f

mind, obstinancy and conceit.Choleric; martial men, delighting in

war, have red’ and spotted nails.N ails growing into the flesh at the

points or sided indicate luxurious tastes.People with very pa]e nails are sub­

ject to much infirm ity’o f t his flesh and persecution by neighbors and friends.

Collections o f the portraits o f eminent or notorious people are supeisedina those o f coins or stamps, or prove muelq more interesting, to the overage mind.’ The illustrated magazines -are rifled for these pictures, and it takes no time at all for a diligent collector lo get qu’.te'a fine pictorial dictionary of the times.

Old gentleman—I don’t know what to make o f the coming generation.

One of the coming generation— Well, you can make me your son-in- law, i f you want to.—Epoch.

“B lush o f B oses.”* * * * * For smoothing and whit­

ening the skin, I have never seen its equal. Mrs. J. W. B bockett,

-L ak e City, Colo.* + * * My face was nearly cov­

ered with pimples, “Blush o f Roses”* bas made it as smooth as an infants.

Many, many thanks,Mabel W oolsey, Rock Creek, O.

* * * * “ Blush o f Roses” has en­tirely rid my face o f blackheads.

M b s . L il l t a n D b e w , C a n tril, la .* * * * I am delighted with the

effect of the two bottles o f “Blush o f Roses.” It lias removed the moth patches froin my face.

M rs. G. B . D ouge , Yaudalia, Mich.This does it every tim e, and you w ill

find a good supply at M . H Bannorefe.-

B u c h a n a n R e c o r d .JOHN C . HOLMES, Editor.

THURSDAY. DECEMBER 12,1889.

Jeff D avis died a t K w Orleans, F rid a ; morning.

A . toboggan slide has been built at Notre Dame.

The Saginaw Zeitung has now com* menced suit against the democratic state committee for §2000. for its part in attem pting to elect W . B . Burt governor;

Another difference between the pres­ent and past administrations. The flag over the W ar department was not lowered to h alf mast when Jeff Davis died, and the whole dem ocratic party is mad about it.

Some o f the committees o f (he Bouse at Washington have been announced. Mr. Burrows has secured a place on the committee o f Ways and Means, the most important committeein congress, and is a member o f the committee on Manufactures.

Silcott, cashier o f the office o f Ser­geant at Arm s o f the House at Washing­ton, has absconnded with about $50,- 00Q cash, drawn from the treasury to pay congressmen their November salary. He is a democrat, who bad not been discovered by the administration, holding over from Cleveland’s term. H is action w ill doubtless be excused on the plea that it is no crime for a democrat to steal from republican con­gressmen.

A D D ITIO N A L l o c a l s .

There seems to be some interesting developments regarding the use o f political campaign boodle in this state. The Saginaw Courier has sued the members o f the democrat state com­mittee,who managed Mr. Wm. K. Burt's campaign, for $1,500 for services rendered during that campaign and not yet paid, for, C. H . Kimmerle, o f Cass-opolis, was a member of that commit­tee, and had notice o f suit served upon him last week.

More attention should be given to the United States language. Every foreign born American citizen should learn to speak it, read it and write it. There are hundreds o f voters right in this city to-day who can’t read the ticket they vote.— Detroit Tribune. One o f the works o f the pr esent congress should be to fix things so that people who cannot read their ballots, may not put them in a ballot-box.

A decision was rendered last week refusing to admission to citizenship, members o f the Mormon church in Utah, on the ground that membership o f that institution implied hostility to the United States government and continued violation o f its laws. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that since the decision o f Judge Anderson against the Mormons la|t week real estate values had strengthened and advanced. There is nothing like good government and a recognition Of morality in a community to give it a substantial boom. Salt Lake is one o f the best located towns in America, and but for the control o f the Mormon church and the curse of polygamy it would now be one o f the largest and most enterpris­ing cities west* o f the Rocky Moun­tains. W ith Mormon rule broken there is great hope for Salt Lake and even for Utah.

The Iowa State Register ably dis­cusses the temperance situation in that state and comes to the conclusion, after five years o f experience with state prohibition, that the county option plan would he far more practical and effective than a state prohibitory law. The Register, which has stood firm in its advocacy o f a fair trial and rigor­ous enforcement o f the state law all these years, says there area dozen or more counties in that state that have not enforced and will not enforce the present law, while in eighty or more counties public sentiment is strong enough to enforce it. In those twelve or more counties free whisky has been the result and the Register very sensi­bly recommends the adoption of such measures as public sentiment will en­force for the curtailment of the evils o f intemperance in those counties. Hence it recommends the county op­tion plan.

A Michigan exchange gives the fol­lowing warning to its neighbors: " I fa gray haired woman o f 50, in moder­ately respectable attire is put off the cars in your town because she can’t pay her fare any further ; i f she almost immediately receives a telegram urging her to come home on the next train because her husband is dying, and i f she tearfully and desperately, in plenty and loud voice, announces that she is going to walk home, 100 miles, you let Msr'^wglt. She and her confederate, who sends'the telegram, have worked the dying-husband racket in half a dozen Michigan towns, at a net-profit, it is figured, o f $15 a day.”

J o h n sto w n , Pa., Dec. l l .—A n alarm o f fire was sounded to-night at 10 SO o’clock. It was in Dr. Wakefield’s stable in Kenville. The “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” company was playing in the Park’s opera house and when the alarm was sounded the whole audience o f 600 people jumped to their feet and made a dash for the stairway and a fearful jam and crushing was the re­sult. Thirteen persons were killed and over fifty more or less injured, six o f them seriously.

Can’t P lease E verybod y.The Republican administration has

again exasperated its captious critics. The public debt was reduced by nearly five m illion dollars in Novem ber.— Buffalo Empress.

Senator Fox, o f Tuscola, says. that it was not the intention o f the legislature in passing the new election law to make it compulsory to have the elec­tion tickets printed at Lansing, and that it is difficult for him to see how the attorney general can construe i t in that way. It was only designed* to have the tickets for the general state election printed under the direction o f the secretary o f state.—Cedar Springs Clipper, The constitution says that all printing fo r the state departments, and all printing ordered by the legislature or state departments, shall be printed under the state printing contract, and perhapsthe attorney general had that fa ct itt mind.— D etroit Journal,

M b s . E l i z a b e t h ; A l i e n died at her home, three miles west o f Buchanan, Dec. 9, 1SS9, o f heart disease. Mrs. Allen’s maiden' name was Conklin. She was born in Moravia, Cayuga coun­ty. New York, Nov. 27, 1817. Was married to Sydney Alien, March 27, 1S47. She came to Michigan twenty- one years ago, and has been a highly esteemed citizen. The funeral service was conducted by Rev. J .F . Bartmes at their home, Dec. 11, in the presence to a large assembly o f neighbors and relatives.

The "Cheaper than Auction” boot and shoe store that has been running

packed up their traps Monday and Tuesday and are with us no more. They had a poor trade and stayed but a short time. The people pf this com­munity haye learned that it does not pay to buy o f these Cheap John travel­ing tradesmen who deal wholly in shoddy goods, stay in a town just long enough for the character o f their goods to be known, sometimes as long as six weeks, and are gone. The local dealer is here to correct anything that may be wrong with the goods he sells. He must sell good goods or lose his trade, and cannot afford to handle the shoddy, while these itinerants handle the shoddy at a very little less than the price o f good goods, makelargeprofits, and are not responsi­ble for the character'of goods they handle. Buchanan has been bled by a number o f these fellows during the past few years, and is getting pretty well posted on their methods.

ThE' architect o f this column tried hard to write something about the C. W. & M . railroad the other day, in con­nection with a circumstance that oc­curred at Niles, but made a misfit o f it, by naming the C., J. & M., whereat the B u c h a n a n R e c o r d advises this paper to go to the Free Press and bor­row a map. W e might do it i f the ad­vice didn’t come from a good-natured editor who once located Marquette on Lake Huron.—Detroit journal.

W e deny the allegation, and mildly but firmly defy the allegator.

The foflowingaddress of Harry Lard- ren is the latest in the numerous ef­forts o f Niles to discover something valuable under their part o f the sur­face o f the earth:

The salt well is now completed to a depth o f 590 feet, and finished so

it presents the remarkable plie-thatnomenon o f a well o f brine rising to within 20 feet o f the surface, inside o f a well o f pure soft water, flowing at the rate o f 100 gallons per minute. There is at the depth o f 505 feet an eight inch .vein o f salt water, with a small showing o f gas, and directly un­der this vein a 25 foot strata o f very haid rock on which water could be" cased out and a dry well again had. Then comes: a porous rock containing some little gas, but no water,' as was demonstrated by the pump. I t would cost about $1.50 per foot for the nec- cessary casing, and'the drilling could be continued to 1,000 feet at say $1.50 per foot. The writer has finished; but mentions this to the citizens o f Niles at this time, because the derrick is not yet removed, and if Niles wishes to continue the search she can never find a better time to do it so cheaply.

----------- -« i *»Three Oaks Quill.

Diphtheria is having a run in this vicinity and several cases have proved fatal. Jerome Carner, living near Sawyer, lost two children last week, Gotleib Brewer, of this place, lost two children this w e e k ...A Three Oaks man who has the snap, the pride, and the money to do it in good shape, talks o f putting up a good opera house on Elm street, with two good store rooms underneath. Just what Three Oaks needs! It would pay well and let us hope that it will materialze and soon.

R iles Republican.Nehemiah Deunis, a former resident

o f this city, died at the home o f his daughter, m Chicago, on Monday, and his remains were brought here for bur­ial yesterday. Mr. Dennis died at the ripe old age o f $2 years. H e settled in Niles in 1S33, and lived here about 20 years; being engaged in the boot and shoe business. He owned and occupied the house where Dr. E. J . Bonine nowlives-----Dr. E. J. Bonine, assisted byDrs. Richardson, Horn, Carper, and F. N. Bonine, amputated the foot o f Clias, L. Allen, whose ankle bone was so bad­ly broken, between ’ three and four weeks ago. I t was hoped at first that his foot might be saved, but at last safety was sought in amputation.

T h e Three Oaks Poisoner Arrested.Deputy Sheriff Whitcomb, o f Bridg­

man, caused the arrestof a man named Silas W ilcox, at Michigan City, Wed­nesday morning, immediately after the latter’s release from the Northern In­diana State prison, he having just com­pleted a year’s sentence for petit larce­ny. W ilcox is wanted for attempting to poison a man named Miller, near Three Oaks, in the fall o f 1SSS, and for which crime he was indicted by the grand jury. The man was arrest­ed by Marshal Heise, who took him to New Buffalo and turned him over to Sheriff Whitcomb.— Palladium.

W e recently received some hand bill for which St. Louis for the World’s Fair of 1892, but; ratos. We fired the bill in the stove, Chicago is the piece for the World’s Fair, and whic-h the News ask; all the counly press to join in with us and we will carry the days. W e want Chicago to be the sight, wewill visit Chic .for which it ij the richest c- bhn raise mi city, that tao-.

This certa- Fair question

d select our sight held. Chicago is he N ew Work and hey then any other £ed.—Cav^-tlbr' tries the' World’s d cavil.

FROM OALIEN.New porches have been Greeted in

front o f G. A . Blakeslee & Co.’s store; also in front o f the building to be oc­cupied as tbe rod-office. When all ar­rangements are made for the post-office, Galiqp can flatter herself o f having as commodious an office as any town five times her size. Mr. Jones has spared no pains in fitting up the office. It is done in first-class style.

There are a t present 29 foreign pu­pils attending the H igh School, in all, foreign and home pupils, in the neigh­borhood o f 190 pupils attending, which speaks well for a town the size of Galien. A good School Board and ef­ficient teachers make the school.' Mrs. John Shook, o f Buchanan, made

friends here a short visit one day last week.

Mr. Rufus Wheaton, who has been making relatives a visit here for some time, returned home last week.

Some o f the laborers on the Ind. & L. M. R. R. are mourning over tbe de­parture o f one of the contractors, Mr. Emmett, who drew his money and left for parts unknown, leaving ac­counts unsettled and insufficient means to make things balance. Mr. Epperly, his partner, and Mr. Hicks are trying to rectify matters, but as yet have not been successful, and may not be. Such outrages should meet with severe punishment.

Mrs. T. McOmber and daughter, o f Cleveland, Ohio, made Miss Maud Mc­Omber a pleasant visit last week.

B .R . Sterns, Sheriff, was here on Saturday and Monday.

Geo. A. Custer Post held its election on Saturday night, when the following officers were elected: D. W. Swem,Com.; Geo. Roberts, V ice Com.; J. A . Jones, Quarter Master ; Melvin Lyons, Chaplain; Dr. Bowers, Surgeon. Other minor officers are to be appointed.

The Marshal reports he rfiade two ar­rests for November, and cared for 13 tramps.

We are informed the High School is about to institute a Lyceum.

Mrs. $ Scott started on Wednesday for Lamoni, Iowa, where she expects to remain for the balance of the winter.

The Baptist-Society intends having a Christmas tree.

Mr. Clint W hite has been seriously afflicted with rheumatism, but is slow­ly recovering.

The G. & W. M. bridge across the Paw Paw river, between Benton Har­bor and St. Joseph, was the scene of a serious railroad disaster on Sunday. Six flat cars loaded witbcsteel rails, en- xoute for Holland, were precipitated into the river, and the forty-foot draw that spanned tue main channel was completely wrecked. The train which went through the bridge was made up Of twenty-five cars loaded with steel rails, one empty freight car and a caboose. The train readied the bridge about 5 :30 a . 3i., and the engine and eleven cars crossed safely. The twelfth car jumped the track as the forward trucks reached the center of the draw, and the wheels caught between the ties, bringing the car to a sudden stop and breaking the front coupling. The five flats following crashed into the de­railed car and piled themselves upon each other in a confused mass of rails, broken timbers and car wheels. The immense weight o f the six cars was more than the structure could stand and after tottering and creaking for a moment the entire forty-foot span, with a lurch to the north, went down with a terrific crash, almost burying the mass of wreckage in the water be­low. One car on tbe west span was tipped partly over and the load o f rails slid off Into the fiver, making seven cars o f steel altogether- that were dumped by tbe accident. The remain­ing six cars and caboose did not leave £he track, but were brought to a stand­still by the sudden shock, which was so great that it shook every timber in the cars and made the ground tremble like an earthquake.—Benton Harbor Palladium.

C ircu it C outt.Lambert vs. Niles Milling Co; ver­

dict for plaintiff $300.American W hite Bronze Co. V3.

Getchell; continued.Preston vs. Zekind; time to file bill

o f exception, extended 60 days.People vs. Hinehman: continued.People vs. Martin Schantan; tried;

found guilty; sentenced nine months at Ionia.

Mary Retta Weldon vs. Alonzo J. Weldon, decree o f divorce granted plaintiff.

Adjourned until Monday, Dec. 1C, ISS9.

J a c k R o e a n and Bridget Waters, employes In the hotel at Berrien Springs, were married by Justice Plummer, at Benton Harbor, on Tues­day o f last week. Jack and Bridget felt so tickled over the affair that they both got drunk and were arrested and spent the first night o f their wedded life in separate cells in the Benton Ha bor lockup; The next morning they were brought before the same justice who had only the day before made them one by marriage, but now imposed a fine o f $9 on them for their misbe­havior.

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A D IFFICir. ___ fleal operation wasperformed on the person o f Mr. Philip Humphrey, residing on the line be­tween Sodus and Benton townships, on Tuesday afternoon. The operation was no less a task than the removal o f the entire scapula or shoulder blade on one side, for the eradication of a dangerous and troublesome bone cancer. To get rid o f the cancer the whole bone had to be removed, this being one o f the most important operations known to surgical science. I t was skillfully per­formed in this instance and Mr. Hum­phrey is doing nicely.—2?,ZT. Palladium.

C o l . C o p e l a n d is going to lecture in Michigan again this winter on “ The Mistakes o f Bob Ingersoll.” Bob’s whole life may be a mistake, but he never made the mistake o f trying to relate the mistakes o f Col. Copeland,— D etroit Journal.

A Vanderbilt special west passed ’through Niles. 5:45 last evening. En­gine 37, Engineer George Bryant, drew the train, and made just one mile per minute from Jackson to Michigan City. Conductor 0. McKain was in charge.— N iles Star, Tuesday.

A Palladium correspondent says; "Royalton spends enough money every year in the S t. Joseph saloons to sup­port an academy o f learning for the young population.”

A Dowagiac firm sent 20,000 dozens o f eggs to Boston last week, in one shipment.

A Coldwater man lias been arrested for selling tobacco to a minor. The boys are still smoking and chewing the weed all over Michigan, but those-who were most instrumental in securing the passage o f the law seemingly are not breaking their necks in their efforts to secure its enforcement.—Detroit Jour­nal. ’Twas ever thus.

Hon, Minor S. Newell, ex-commis sioner o f the land office, died at his home in Flint, Wednesday, after an illness o f three yftirs. He was born in Wyoming county, N. Y., in 1823, came to Michigan in 1S42, and participated in the Mexican war and the war o f the rebellion. He was commissioner of the land office from 1882 to 1880.—l^ala- mazoo Telegraph.

The following is a fac simile copy of a warrant issued by one o f Oceana county’s pioneer justices of the peace for the arrest o f a man charged with theft, and which tbe constable, James Hadley, o f Pcntwater, actually carried with him for his protection in making the arrest, and returned to the court with the defendant in custody. It was written on brown wrapping paper and read as follows:

“Fetch him, d—n him.”JO H N B E A N , JR.,Justice o f the Peace.

State Item s,Howard City is talking water-works,

and has done the necessary voting to getthem.■ Niskern, Couet & Mukantz have ] ust started a new republican paper in Man­istee. the Advertiser.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin visitedDowagiac last week, and so affected the editor o f the Times that he flung poetry at his

Sanilac county made eighty tons of cheese this year, the greater part of which was sold m Europe.

A company o f Chicago capitalists haye purchased’ several hundred acres of land on the South Manitou island, Lake Michigan, for the purpose of making an insular summer resort. The company is now seeking to get control o f the entire island and will probably be successful.

A scheme is being agitated in some parts of the state to name all country roads as streets are now named, and to number the houses along these roads. A t present, country roads have no designation except as incidentally fell to them, and it is often difficult for strangers to find their way Without inquiries.

The most unruly salt well in Michi­gan is R. G. Peters’ No. 2, at Manistee. It is a quarter o f a mile or more deep, and always full o f brine, but about three times a month a lot o f gas and oil in the bottom gets on its muscle and blows tbe brine sky high, soaking the pump house and everything else around the well with a copious shower o f salt water and oil. Mr. Peters is going to arrange to save the oil, which is o f a superior quality, and it is thought he w ill secure several hund­red barrels a year .—Detroit News.

Canine Benevolence to a: Tramp Dog.A dog in the neighborhood o f Man-

chester nas been distinguishing itself in a marked degree. This is not a homeless cur, but a dog in easy cir­cumstances, and owned by a kind and indulgent master. Too indulgent, the reader may be disposed to think, when he is told every morning at lunch time the creature was presented With a penny, Winch it carried in its mouth to the shop of the baker and there purchased a buscuit. It happen­ed, however, that the baker, meeting the owner o f the dog, mentioned to him that it had not been for its bis­cuit lately. This was unaccountable, and the more so because the animal’s master ha& remarked that during the past week or so it had exhibited unusu­al impatience for lunch time, endeav­oring by caressing and tail wagging to obtain its luncheon money before it was due. W hen it had at last receiv­ed it it had never failed to run off in a hurry, and return without the coin, seemingly satisfied with its invest­ment.

The next morning after the baker had made his communication to the gentleman, the latter, after giving his dog the penny, was curious to watch it. And lo and behold! it never went near the biscuit shop! Without an instant’s delay it hastened to a tripe seller’s, and there bought and paid for

neat arid tempting skewering of* ‘paunch. ” But it was not for his own eating. W ith cheerful alacrity it took the meat in its mouth and made for an empty house, and to "the cellar thereof, and being closely followed, the benevolent creature was discover­ed in the act of delivering its precious pennyworth to a, poor, miserable tyke, a stranger to the neighborhood, and apparently of the “ tramp” species. Evidently it had been taken ill on the road, anil probably would have died in the cellar into which it had crawl­ed for shelter, had it not been for the kind commiseration o f the other dog, who probably quite by accident found it there.—London Globe.

W hy He Disobeyed.Zagonyi, the commander of Gen.

Fremont’s body guard, was a Hunga­rian refugee, and am an o f most gal­lant spirit; not at all the man to over­look insubordination or the appear­ance o f it. He obeyed orders himself and exacted obedience from others. Just before the final charge at Spring- field, Mo., Zagonyi directed one o f the buglers, a Frenchman, to sound a sig­nal. The bugler seemingly paid no attention to the order, but darted off with Lieut. Maythenyi. A few minutes afterward he was observed in another part o f the field vigorously pursuing the flying infantry. W hen the line was formed in the city square after the eagagement, Zagonyi noticed the bu­gler, and approaching him said : “ In the midst of the battle you disobeyed my order. You are unworthy to he a member of the guard. I dismiss you.” For reply, tbe bugler held up his bugle ana showed the mouth piece shot entirely away. “ The mouth was shoot off,” said he; “ I could not bugle viz mon bugle, and so I bugle vizmon pistol and saber.” It is unneces­sary to add that the sentence of dis­missal was withdrawn.—San Francis­co Argonaut

“For years Dr. F. B. Brewer made bis visits as regularly as the recurring seasons, has outlived all other special­ists, and given unquestionable proof, by his regularity, that he is skillf ul and reliable.. “ His visits do not interfere u ith the

regular practice o f tbe local profession, being confined to a special class of cases riot much treated by them, and which they gladly surrender to those who, by constant study and long prac­tice, are more eminently qualified to treat them with skill and success. We congratulate this class o f sufferers on the opportunity thus offered, here at their homes, o f being treated from time to time, by a physician who not only can thoroughly understand their peculiar needs, but knows tbe best remedies to be applied to cure them. And we unhesitatingly recommend the afflicted to avail themselves ol the skill o f Dr. F. B. Brewer, confident that f rom him they will obtain the advice and treatment their case needs.”

Will be at the Bond House, Niles, on Tuesday, December 24.

P flA C I ’S A N D P H Y S IC .

Sbaves, but never swindles passen­gers—the barber.

H eart Disease.I f you are short o f breath, have flut­

tering, pain in side, faint or hungry spell, swoolen. ankles, etc., yon have heart disease, and don’t fail to take Dr- Miles’ New Cure. Sold at W . H. Keel, er’s Drug Store. 0

Alwavs called a “she”—the mail steamship.

Gross Crulty.Parents top frequently permit their

children to suffer from headache, fits St. Vitus, Dance, nervousness, etc., when they can be cured. Mrs. P. was cured of sick headache, dizziness, dys­pepsia, nervous* prostration of eighteen years standing, after failure o f sixteen physicians; Mrs. K., o f sick headache for 35 years; Mis. P. of twenty or fifty fits a night; others from this vicinity could be mentioned who have been cured by this wonderful nerve food and medicine—Dr. Miles’ Nervine, which contains no morphine, opium or dangerous.drugs. Free sample bottles may be had at W. H, Keeler’s Drug Store. G

The hull of a ship is only one part o f it.

Tlie Great- - -AT. P ,By M. P. is meant Miles’ Nerve and

Diver Pills which regulate the liver stomach, bowels, etc., through their nerves, etc. Smallest and mildest. A new prin cip le!-A revolutionizerlSam- ples free, at W. H. Keeler’s. 6

William James Cannon, “ the child of the Almo,” the only male survivor o f that famous massacre, a boy veteran o f the Mexican war, long a govern­ment scout and interpreter on the Western frontier, and a gallant soldier o f the civil war, is now an inmate o f the Iowa Soldiers^ Home.

Regular sailor buoys—those in the harbor.

B n e k le n ’s A rn ica Solve.The best Salve in tbe world for Cuts,

Bruises, Sores; Ulcers, Salt Rheum Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands Chilblains, and all Skin Eruptions, and -positively cures Files, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refund­ed, Price 15 cents per box. For sale bv W . F . Runner, Druggist. 25yl

“Clara, that horrid Mr, Slink has just left, I think he has a lying tongue.”

“I shouldn't be surprised; I know he has false teeth.*’—Boston Beacon.

XiOOBe’ s Bed Clover File RemedyIs a possitive -specific for all forms of the disease. Blind, bleeding, itching, ulcerated, and protruding Piles. Price 50c. For sale by W . H. Keeler. I7yl

The hole view of the Atlantic— through the cabin port,

E poch.—3The transition from long, lingering

and painful sickness to robust health marks an epoch in the life o f the indi­vidual. Such a remarkable event is treasured in tlio memory and. the agen­cy -whereby the good health has been attained is gracefully blessed. Hence it is that so much is heard of Electric Bitters. So many feel they owe their restoration to health, to the use of the Great Alterative and Tonic. I f you are troubled with any disease o f Kid­neys, Liver or Stomach, o f long * or abort standing you will surely find re­lief by use o f Electric Bitters. Sold at 50c and $1 per bottle, at W. F. Run­ner’s, Drugstore. '

Sea divinities — clergymen among passengers. „

T n e ir Business Booming:.—3Probably no one thing has caused

such a general revival of trade at W. F. Runner’s Drug Store as their giving away to their customers of so many trial bottles o f Dr. King’s New Discov­ery for Consumption, Their trade is simply enormous in this very valuable article from the fact that it always cures and never disappoints. Coughs. Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis. Croup, and all throat diseases quickly cured. You can test it before buying t>y getting a trial bottle free, large size §1. Every bottle warranted.

Not sailors, but used to hard t a c k - upholsterers.

L oose's R ed Clo vev P ills Cure Sick Headache, dyspepsia, indigestion, con­stipation. 25c per box,.5 boxes $1. For sale by W. II. Keeler. l7yl

Don’t try to take the right of way from an express train at a railroad crossing.

Children Cry for Pitcher’s CastoriaJChildren Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria.Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria.

Don’t go near a draft. I f a draft comes toward you, run away. A slight draft is the most dangerous.H is M other K n ew W h at W a s B est.

I know from practical use of the berefieial effects of Red Clover. When but eleven years o f age I had scrofulas swellings, carrying noth arms in one position for weeks at a time. Doctors said, on examination, that I might live a year, possibly two at tbe longest, but no longer. My mother took charge of me, and in her old fashioned way of doctoring and nsing Red CloYer, I am to-day a well and hearty man. Since your extract of- Red Glover came on the market, I have used it with good results. My wife is now using it for dropsy and general debility and it is doing her more good than anything she has yet found. I think that for a tonic and blood medicine there is noth­ing so good as your Extract o f Red Clover. Youvare free to use this, as I do not hesitate to recommend it to any who are afflicted. Yours truly,

A . L . JOHNSON,35 Hamlin Ave., Detroit.

To J. M. Loose Red Clover Co., Detroit Mich. For sale by W. H. Keeler.

When Baby was sick We gave her Castoria. When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria. - When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria. When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.

“ Rocked in the candle of the deep”— Neptune’s children.

MORTGAGE SALE.

DFirst publication Dec. 12,1833.

EFAULT lias heen made in payment of a cer­tain sum or money secured to he pnidbya

certain mortgage dated September 28,1878, made "by John Hoff and Caroline F. Hoff to Jacob F. Jtellar, and recorded October 5,1878, in Liber 22 ofMortgages, page is, in the office of Register of Deeds ot Berrien County, State of Michigan, There is claimed due on said mortgage at date of this no­tice seven hundred arid sixty-two dollars, and no proceedings have heen taken to collect the same. Now, therefore, by virtue of tbe power of sale con­tained in said mortgage, and of the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby givenvu«w uiuuu uuu |Huiiuvu, uuueu m aiwiwuj-jjiruuthat said mortgage will he foreclosed ana _thc

rib<premises described therein sold at the front door of the Court House, in the village ol Berrien Springs,Michigan, on

Saturday, March 8, A. D. 1890,at one o’clock P.M . of said day, to satisfy the ampunt then due, costs and expenses allowed by law, and an attorney fee ot thirty dollars provided for in said mortgage. The premises to be sold are described in said mortgage as follows: Ail thatcertain piece or parcel of land situate in the town--* Br--*------- -----------------------ship of Buchanan, in the County o f Berrien and State o f Michigan, to-wit: The sonth-west quar­ter of north-cast quarter of section twenty-one, town seven sonth, o f range eighteen west, con­taining forty acres of land, more or less.

Dated December 12, A. D . 1839.JACOB F. KELLAR, Mortgagee.

R oscoe D. Dix, Att’y for Mortgagee.Last publication March 6,1890.

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Burning Wood or Soft Coal.

By using the Reversible Grate, in any Heating Stove, makes the most powerful heat­er that has ever been manufac­tured. It is the only Stove Grate that will hold the flames to the surface of the stove, thus producing a steady and uniform heat, and a saving of fuel.

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BOOTS, SHOES, HATS,CAPStoo numerous to mention.

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Is the place so get your Furnitnre and Holiday Goods. My stock consists o f Parlor Suits, Bedroom Suits, Bureaus, Commodes, Extension Tables, Center Tables, Fancy Parlor Tables, Gbairs in sets and odd pieces o f all descriptions. Window Shades and Fixtures, Curtain Poles. Pictures and Frames, Scrap Books, Albums and Plush Goods, Trunks and Valises, Hand Bags, &c. Beds and Bedding. In fact anything usually kept in first class store. My stock o f

I have the largest line of Overcoats in this part of the state, which must be sold. My line of Underwear w ill suit all wants.

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B u c h a n a n R e c o r d .

TH U RSD AY, DECEMBER 12, i860.

Entered at the Post-ofllce ats Buchanan, Mich., oa Becend-clasB matter.

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Has moved intolns new brick building on Front street* foot of Day’s ave.,

and lias the largest stock of new

FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC

S U I T I N G S ,F or Gentlemen's W ear,

to be found in Berrien county at the lowest living prices for good work.

now arriving, o f which

An Inspection is Solicited.Bndianan M arkets.

Corrected weekly by Bishop & Kent. Hay—$6 SS per ton.Butter—IGc,Eggs—ISc.Hard—Sc.Potatoes,—new, 23c.Salt, retail—$ 1.00Flour—$4.-10 $3.60 per bbh, retail.Honey—12*3.Live poultry—6 © 8e.Wheat, —new, '75c.Oats - 21c.Corn new— 30c.Beans—1.00@ t.30.L ive Hogs—$3.00.

“December is as pleasant as May,”

Additional locals on second page.■ 4 8>

A x Elecution entertainment will be given in Three Oaks. Dec. IS.

The one Who has not a first-class cold now is out of fashion.

Mrs. H. H . Daw . o f Chicago, is here for a: visit with her parents;

J. M. Sxetler has opened a jewelry store in Three Oaks.

HiRA3t Reese jumped from; a load o f corn, sprained his ankle and broke one bone.

— -«-a 9- ■—St. Josehu expects to have a new

school house completed by the holi­days.

. Geo. G. Rogers, who has been “ on the road” for a patent medicine firm, Is home for a visit with his wife.

Chri>tmas one week from next Wednesday. It comes on the twenty- fifth this year.

M r. J. H. Roe was confinded to his home, last week, by serious illness, but is out again this week.

Without finding fault at all, we might remark that we have had wet weather enough for a time; at least.

Mb . L. B. H il d r e t h , of Iowa, a former resident o f Buchanan, is here for a visit with friends.

F raxk Wilder, a well-known citi­zen o f St. Joseph, died Monday o f asthma.

F ound.—A lady's “ fascinator” was found on Front street. Call at this office fo r information.

H ighest temperature during the week, 60: lowest, 2S; at seven this, morning, 36.

Th e flag was left flying at the High School building Monday night, and the high wind Tuesday morning broke the top off from the staff.

A n ew iron bridge has been built over the Michigan CentraUtrack be­tween this place and Dayton, at wliat is known as the high bridge.

M arried , by Rev. J, H . Buttelman, at the parsonage, Dec. 5, 1SS9, Harry Wiggins, o f Galien, and Elizabeth Crage, of Miles.

A pair o f spectacles left at this office will probably be more valuable to the •owner than to us, and we stand ready to deliver them.

H a r r y Parson commenced, Mon­day, as school teacher in the Eaton dis­trict, about seven miles west o f Bu­chanan.

Geo. W yman & Co. have spoken to their clerks about showing you every­thing they have for Christmas. See their advertisement*

■ M rs, Gkixin, .daughter o f Mr. and Mrs. A llen Frame; died at the home o f her parents, Monday, after a sick­ness o f tw o weeks, o f typhoid fever.

Rev. S. L. Hamilton was here at­tending the meeting o f theEpworth League, Monday and Tuesday, and fa­vored the Record with a pleasant call.

Is the religion of Christ adapted to the young? will be the theme at the Advent Christian church next Sunday evening. The young especially invited.

A . P. Moore.

N iles talks o f sending a committee to Lynn to find some manufacturing company to come to Niles and occupy the city property—the old Kriek wag­on works. A first-class idea.

George H . Murdoch, has sold hjs interest in theL 'A nse Sentinel to his partner, John E. Young;* who will con­tinue the gaper under a new political banner..

-«r*HMr. N. E. Smith answered the ad­

vertisement in the R ecord for a teach­er in the Drew district, in Chicaming township, and commenced Monday on a four months* contract.

This vicinity was treated to a thun­der shower Tuesday, Dec. 10. There was also another rare curiosity seen that day. A bright full rainbow in the north.

—---------- <1» —Buchanan Grange N o. 40 will meet

in their hall in this place, Saturday, Dec. 14. There will be important bus­iness to transact, and it is desired that a full attendance be given.

Mr. Whither of Colon, was here last week to take a survey o f the sur­roundings, with a view of opening a lumber yard here, and lias concluded to move here and engage in that busi­ness.

— - « » »■-------- —L ist of letters remaining uncalled

for m the post-office at Buchanan, Mich., for the week ending Dec. 10, ’S9: Mrs. Esther Reckard. Joseph White. B . F . Boyer.

J. G. Mansfield, P. M.

M n.H . D.Hamxlton,brother of Rev. S. L Hamilton late o f this place, has secured a position in the Government printing office. H e has published the Monroe Commercial thirty years.

The quarterly Meeting o f the First Baptist church o f Cass and V an Bur- en counties was held in Brownville church, Cass county, Friday, holding over Sunday.

---------------— *----------------M r . J. F . Jordan, formerly Super­

intendent o f Schools in this place, was calling upon his Buchanan friends on Monday. Mr. Jordan is now a resident o f Minneapolis, Minn.

Some one in search o f knowledge pried open a window to the school house in Dist. No. S, in Bertrand, and carried off the dictionary. A ny Infor­mation regarding its whereabouts will be thankfully received by Henry Kauff­man.

The Record is authorized to an­nounce that since Monday there are three members o f the family o f Mr. G. G. Caldwell, o f Centerville. The latest addition being a young lady who weighs ten pounds.

Th e firm o f C. A . SImonds & Co., of Niles, has been dissolved. The Co. part d t the firm Lis supposed to have been Mr, C. C, Cotton, an old Buchan- anite. and Charley has bought him out, and is continuing the business alone.

Occasionally Buchanan is treated to a howling concert upon Front street that usually opens about ten o’clock at night, and is enough to make a hand of Comanche Indians wild with envy. Some towns allow such performances and some do not. Buchanan appears to he one o f the former.

Ou t in the St Joe Valley the rabbits throw off the hounds by swimming across the river, and the Niles Mirror has documents to prove it.-—Detroit Free Press.

Wonder i f that refers to the remiuis- censes o f the Mirror editor among the Poltawotamie Indians.

War. Perrott Post N o. 22, G. A . Ik, elected the following officers on Satur­day evening: Q .E . Richmond, P. O.;S. W . V an Meter, S. V . C,; John Curtis, J. V . C.; John Perrott, Q. M.; Aaron Miller, Surgeon; H. A . Richardson, Chaplain; J. B. Barmore, O, D .; Adam Hahn,' O. G.; John Graham, Delegate; Aaron Miller, Alternate.

The session of the Epworth League for the Niles. District o f the M. E. church, held iu this place Monday evening and Tuesday, was well attend­ed by members from all parts of the district. A n interesting session has been carrying out the most excellent program published fa these columns last week.

T he new station, in Lake township, on the Vandalia road, is to be called McLin, for Dr. McLin o f St. Joseph, who is a brother o f the Baehanan Mc­L in o f years past. Mr. A . E. Holmes, who had a grocery stock in this place a few years since, is the first to operate a store in the new town.

M r. J. L. R ichards has sold his old post-office outfit to Jasper A . Jones, and it was removed to Galien, Friday, to do service in that place during Hr. Jones’ administration in that office. The first general delivery boxes ever used in a Buchanan post-office, are now doing service as an ink cupboard In the Record office.

1 a * -Th e next meeting o f the C. L. S- C.

will be held on Monday evening at the home o f Mrs. LeRoy Dodd. The les­son fo r the evening: Roman History, from page 123 to 129, Miss Maria Sam­son. Political Economy, Chapters 1st and 2d in Part 4tb, Mrs. Levi Redden. Paper, Manners and Customs of the Ancient Romans, Mrs. M. C. Johnson.

W e have received an anonymous letter giving a young man in the bend of the river a basting, but there are several reasons why it cannot appear in these columns. The first and most important is that we have no means o f knowing its author or its responsibility. Anonymous letters always find a rest­ing place in the waste basket.

The R ecord received this week a lot o f the finest wedding stationery ever brought to this place. The de-

* signs are all new and elegant. I f you ate going to get married* hold an an­niversary, or give a reception, we can please yon.

The Michigan City Dispatch says J. D . Banks, the book agent who canvass­ed this place quite thoroughly two years since for atlases and albums, was arrested at the Major House, in that city* qu the strength* o f a tele­gram from Kalamazoo, and gives the following explanation:

James Sweet, a Kalamazoo officer, arrived in . this city late this after­noon. The story which Banks has told is untrue, according to a state­ment o f the officer to the Dispatch. Banks is wanted for larceny. Some two weeks ago Banks canvassed Kala­mazoo as a book agent. He sold two books to a party and afterward stole them again, selling them to another party. Banks is in a fair way to go to the Jackson prison.

Sold.—The Enterprise was sold last week to Duffield & Herwig, the new proprietors taking possession Saturday morning. Both gentleman and Mrs. Duffield are printers and hail from Rockford, 111., where they have been employed on the Dally Gazette. They will continue the publication o£f]Jle Enterprise as heretofore. Mr. AlesSfre has not yet fully decided what line of profession he shall pursue.

The Holden Comedy Company gave three entertainments in this place this week. They have a good company hut were not very well patronized. They announced a small sized lottery for last evening, the prize to be either a heating stove or $5, as the recipient may elect. Clint Bliss held the lucky number and took the cash.

Report comes to us that two young fellows, about 20 years old, living northwest o f Dayton* settled an old grudge Monday by a fight, which last­ed and hour and a half, in Which ears and fingers were promiscuously Chew­ed, leading one to believe that Marquis of Bull-dogrules governed, It is hoped they will both feel better, now that they have asserted their manhood!

The opium habit is about as had, i f not worse, among women as is the whisky habit .among men, and there are a number o f families In Buchanan, and we suppose fa every other town, where more o f the earnings goes to buy opium or morphine than for food and clothing. "While we haye no law pro­hibiting the sale o f this stuff, there should be just as heavy a penalty and restriction upon its sale as there is upon the sale of whisky.

T h e r e Is a thrifty farmer in this vi cinity who is investing considerable money in fine blooded stock, a most creditable'move,from which he expects to reap a rich profit. He never fails to notify all o f the neighboring editors every time he makes a move, for the purpose o f getting a bit of free adver­tising, hut was never known to spend a cent iu a printing office in any kind o f consideration. This is probably not the only community that contains such people.

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Buchanan has been so frequented by snide shows who charge a high price for a poor entertainment that oc­casionally a good one is allowed to pass with poor patronage. This was the case with the Estelle Clayton Com­pany, brought by H i Henry, last Thursday. The entertainment was an excellent one—the only kind that, H i Henry has ever been known to travel with. One great relief to the audience was, he shot the woodpecker off from the bass wood stub* and gave the audi­ence some new scenery to view.

Bu rglars entered Frank Merson’s meat market and Boardmau & Wherle’s grocery store, last Thursday, early in the evening. There were two o f them and were seen in the grocery by the night watchman, hut being so early he thought they were persons who be­longed in there; but soon afterward he saw them coming out, and gave chase down through the mill yard, hut they were too sgry for him and escaped. They secured §2.50 in the- market and $2 In the grocery, Local taleut is sus­pected, but nothing. 1ms yet developed to warrant an arrest.

M arriage Licenses.NO.Qnn j -Josc- ’i F. Ferry, Pipestone,

u ( Fre aid Wood, Berrien Tp. g0_ J Wm; Scherer, Benton Harbor,

‘ 1'Wyniee Sievert, Riverside, oon j JohnB. Curtis, Millburg.

t Flora I. Enos,„„„ ( Frank B. Johnson, SteveusviUe., a~a | Bertha M. Keeler,m , j Frank W.Bryant, Coloma." | Anna Smith,

g0- ( Fred Kasiselike, Lincoln.J Alary Carclrmuu, Royalton.

H u. A . J. Dudley, representing the well-known music house o f Lyon & Healy, of Chicago, was here Saturday and until yesterday morning,.to place into position the new organ in the M. E. church. The organ is one of the Peloubet reed pipe organs, with two mannals o f keys, and pedal bass, o f 29 notes, contains 450 reeds and pipes, and while not so powerful, gives the quality and variety o f tone found in a pipe organ costing' $ 2,000 or more. The members o f the church, so far as we can learn, are well pleased with the instrument, and also with the gen­tlemanly manner in which Mr. Dudley has explained its character, and the use o f its different parts. Several o f the ladies were given instructions in the use o f the pedals, and are now pre­pared to furnish music at any time.

Ma r y and Joseph W achs, o f this city, both agree that marriage is a fail­ure, and Joseph has presented his pe­tition fordiyorce. The circuit court will pass judgment at the next term. Mr. and Mrs. Wachs once before agreed to disagree and the marital knot was* untied, but they afterward became reconciled and were again married. Six months o f wedded bliss was quite sufficient.—Michigan City Dispatch.

Locals.Plush Albnms, worth $1.25, only75c.

“ “ “ 2.50, “ ’ $1.25and $1.50.

Scrap Books, worth 50c, only 25c.Dolls 34% inches long, washable, worth

$2.00, only $1.00.Talking Dolls, will say papa and mam­

ma, worth 50c, only 25c.Two Wheel Carts, usually sold, at 25e,

only 10c.500 Jack Knives, worth 50c and 75c, all

for 25c each.China Cups and Saucers, worth 40c, only

25c.ChinaCupsand Saucers, worth 20c, only

10c.Come to Headquarters, where you

will find most anything in a Christmas Present. THE FA IR ,

Buchanan.Don’t buy your Christmas Presents

until you aee the Choice Novelties at<} S. P. HIGH’S.

YO U SEE OUR BOOKS.* P. O. STORE.

I have the best Cotton Batting in this town, for the price. h

CHARLIE HIGH.Boys, buy your best girl one o f

those elegant Handkerchiefs or Muff­lers, at S. P. HIGH’S, i .

Toy Books, Games and Gift Books/).P. O, STO R E ./#

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One Car Load of Holiday GoodsJust arrived, and we invite everybody, old and young, big and little, rich and

poor, to call where your money will go the farthest, and where you are sure to find just wbat you want. A 'few articles we mention:

Plush Goods, Toys, Books, Dolls, Jew­elry, Cutlery, Musical Instruments, Hobby Horses, Sleds, Scrap Books, China W are, Neckties, Pocket Books , Confectionery, Fruits, Nuts, Novel­ties, Notions, Handkerchiefs,

And a thousand other articles which you will see by calling at Santa Glaus’Headquarters.

FREE SHOW EVERY DAY!JO HN M ORRIS, Proprietor.

NOTICE.• The regular annual meeting of

Stockholders for the election o f Direc­tors will be held at the First National Bank o f Buchanan, on the second Tuesday o f J an uary.

JNO. F. REYNOLDS, Cashier.The first o f January is most here.

Please see that your account With us is settled by that time, and oblige .fJ

TREAT BROS.Ladies, I have a few Cloaks left 1

will sell for one-half price. ^H. B. DUNCAN.

Christmas Hats, at•MAY TREMMEL’S.

Come and see our imported Holiday- Gilt Booklets, Xmas Cards, Etc. "1

P. O. STORE. /S. B. High has knocked the bottom

out o f the price on Cloaks. l ie is sell; ing them- at less than cost in order to close out. It will pay you to see him before buying, ,r

See our Albums. ’ OiP. O. STORE.

Cheapest and handsomest Silk Muf­flers are found at V

CHARLIE HIGH’S.Come and see me and I will save

you money in buying Christmas Pres­ents. H. B . BUNCAN. £

A Gold Fountain Pen makes a nice Present. See one at ri

P. O. STORE.The finest line o f handkerchiefs and

Mufflers ever brought to Buchanan can be seen at S. P. H igh's. He is selling them at reasonable prices.

Box Papers, Plush Goods, Collar and Cuff Boxes, Albums, etc,, etc.

P .O . STORE. -Silk Handkerchiefs, colored borders,

that are beautiful, atCHARLIE HIGH’S.

When you buy a Round Oak Heating Stove, see that you get the Reversible stove grate.

I f you want a uniform Heating Stove, buy only the Round Oak with Reversi­ble grate.

BERTRAN D TAXES-I will be fa Niles, at First National

Bank, oil Tuesdays, Dec. 10,17,24 and -31; at Buchanan, First National Bank, on Saturdays, Dee. 14, 21 and 28; at Dayton, Mondays, Dec. 23 and 3Q, for the collection o f taxes for the township of Bertrand.

CHAS. P. EHRINGER, Township Treas.

We defy Competition. Call and see us. MORGAN & CO.*ls

J. J, Roe lias the “ Rockford Watch.” It Is the best. Go and see it, buy it ahd be happy. Mr. Roe is doing fine watch repairing.

Quick Sales and small profits is a de­cided success. You can save money by trading with us. n

BOYLE & B A K E R /'Go to Mbs. Binns’ for bargains in

ready trimmed Hats. 2-.The nicest Presents for Christmas

come fromTHE H O LID A Y STOCK

OFJ. H A R V E Y ROE,

Where you will find Jewelry and Watches,^Silverware, Novelties, Etc. Delightful Goods for old and new,

A complete line o f Lamps, at l TREAT BROS.

Great bargains fa Cloaks. W e have commenced fo-elear out. See -n

BOYLE & BAKER. IGo to Mbs. Binns’ for Fancy Goods

for making pretty things for the Holi­days. W e show people how to make up their goods when they buy o f us.

The largest assortment o f Glassware ever brought to town, for sale at 'A

TREAT BROS.Trade with Boyle & Baker . They

MRS. b i n n s :will saye you money.

Stamping done at 17 pounds Sugar for $1, at

B IS H O P * KEN T’S. Sugar, Oil and all kinds o f Groceries,

way down, at TRE AT BROS. »fSee Boyle & B aker for low prices. In quire for BOYLE & BAKER. /|

, A fine line of Mufflers very low* at & P. HIGH’S / /

Chinese Baskets, Bric-a-Brac Dust­ers. Something new* at

CHARLIE HIGH’S. Holiday Goods arriving at

W . H. KEELER’S,'Drug Store.Look out for BOYLE * B A K E R ./! Remember our Corsets are as good

as eyer. Be sure and look, at J u*' CHARLIE HIGHS.

Prices cut way down, atB IS H O P * KENT

Handsomest Handkerchiefs you have seen in embroidered ones, at V

CHARLIE HIGH’S.Y ou can buy anything in the Dry

Goods line of S. P. High as low as any dealer w ill sell them. I

FLOUR AND FEED STORE,A T TILE BIG MILL.

Buchanan Flour, Niles Flour, South Bend Flour, Indefwick Flour, Pure Buckwheat Flour, Corn Meal and Bolted Meal, Corn in the Ear, Corn Shelled, Oats, Feed (corn and oats), Screenings, Middlings, Bran, Will still exchange Flour for Wheat.I will he at Geo. Noble’s store even­ings to take orders for Flour, Feed, Eto, • . L .P . FOX.

What’s the matter with Sugars^They are all right, at /

BISHOP & KENT’S.Have you seen that Sugar, 10 lbs. for

$ 1.00, It ’s a bargain. f 4 ^ B IS H O P * KENT.

Ladies who visit South Bend to trade; are invited to call upon M rs. Fralich , on Michigan street, opposite Wyman’s store, and inspect her Stock and W orkin Millinery. Y ou may find something you will want.

13 lbs. Granulated Sugar... ..$1.0014 lbs. Confection “ A ” . . . . . . . 1.00,15 lbs. Extra “C” , .............. 1.00

BISHOP & KENT. AUse Purity Brand of Flour, the best

on the market. Sold only atBOARDMAN & W EHELE’S.

Ladies, we have the best Underwear for you in the city. £

CHARLIE HIGH.Elegant Silk Mufflers, new ones. Very

cheap. CHARLIE HIGH.L&Eyerything in the Rubber line for

everybody, at J. K. WOODS£?"~TA K E NOTICE.—A ll o f my un­

settled accounts and notes have been left with. Charles Pears for collection. A ll persons knowing themselves to be indebted to me please call and settle.

T. F . H. SPRENG.DRESSM AKING.

Miss Elmira Burrus is prepared to do dress-making in the latest styles and give good work. Call at her home on Day’s Avenue, near the depot.

Carpet and Plush Rockers made up in any order or style, at

AL. H UN T’S.Can or Bulk Oysters, at

* GARDNER’S Restaurant.,Everything in Furniture line, at hot-,

tom prices, at AL. H UN T’S. <3Oyster Stew OR F ries, at

GARDNER’S Restaurant.The largest and finest line of Per­

fume in the city, at The Little Drug Store Around the Corner.

Everybody uses the famous Blush of Roses, found at BARMORE’S.

Prices talk. And if you don’t be­lieve it, come and learn my prices, i f

H. B. DUNCAN.'I have a few nice young Plymouth

Rock Roosters for sale this fall. I f you want one for next spring buy now, as I Cannot keep them over winter. $ 1.

J. G. HOLMES.I f yon want to be suited, go to Mrsl

B inns’ for Fancy Goods and M illinersLook at those 5c Prints, at , / *

BOYLE & BAKEffife.Lots of Carts, cheaper than ever.

Closing Out sale. Come and see.- - T. C. Elson.

I have for rent or to sell cheap, one Kimball Organ in good order. Will sell on $5 monthly payments, at a bargain. J. G. HOLMES.

Beef by the Quarter at Merson’s, cheaper than any other place in the state, barring the Big Pour of Chi­cago.

LADIES, ATTENTION!M rs, H oward Smith has a large

assortment o f ladies’ and children’s Cloaks on exhibition and for sale, from Wymans’, South Bend, Ind. Please call at her residence, corner o f Front and Detroit Sts., before purchasing your winter cloaks and examine styles and prices. ' 39w4

The low Pri ces begin' to tell. Go to BOYLE & BAKER'S, d

New stock o f Glassware and Fancy Goods, finest we ever had, cheap, if

HD’S.

W e make the lowest price. f £ t B O Y L E * B A K E R /

12 mo Books nicely hound, only 25C now, at KEELER’S Drug Store.

Ladies, look for Christmas Suspend­ers for Gents, at I f f

C H A R L IE H IG H ’S. Paris Sugar Corn, 12%c a can, at £

B IS H O P * KENT’S. FOR SALE,—A pair o f Bob-Sleighs.

Enquire o f • MORRIS LYON,: A large assortment of Holiday Goods,

a t , T R E A T BROS,

M O R G A N * CO’S1 have three brand, new Mason &

Hamlin Organs, which I offer for sale either for cash, or long time on month­ly orqnarterly payments.' There is noth­ing made better than'the Mason & Hamlin. Several are in this county thjit have been in constant use over twenty-five years, and are good for as many more.

L G . HOLMES.• Have you seen that Short Hip Corf+

set at H . B. D uncan’s. Best in townAThe new Swing Rockers are going

fast. Finest Rockers on the market, at A L . HUNT’S. *

Look at those 25 cent Dress Flannels, at BOYLE & BAK ER’S . ^

The finest Bakery Goods in town, at MORGAN & C O rj

Don’t forget that I still sell Pian<* and Organs. I f you contemplate b u y ­ing either, see me before buying.

J. G. H OLM ES

C. A. SIMONDS & CO.,43 M AIN STREET, NILES,

Will discount all previous records of prices in the Boot, Shoe and Rubber line. Look at prices:Ladies’ Croquet Rubbers, at - - 15cMisses’ and CMldren’s Kubbers, at 15c Men’s Buckle Arctics, at r . - 75cWomen’s Buckle Arctics, at - -- 75c

Men’s Felt Boots and Lumbermen’s Ankle Boots, complete,

Men’s Rubber Boots, Woonsocket make, 2.00 Men’s Solid Kip Boots, - - - - 1.50

This is a rare opportunity, You may never see it again. Bring the family and shoe them up for the winter.

43 Main St., Niles. C. A . SIMONDS & CO.

Lonsdale, per yard,Fruit of Loom,Best Brands of Calico, 5c Indiag'o Blue Calico, - 5c Best Canton Flannel in

town, for - . - - 10cA ll-W ool Flannel, l i yard.

■wide, at - - - 47cDress Flannel, 38 in. wide, 25c A $22.00 Plusli Cloak, $10.00 A $10.00 Cloak, - - $5.00Coates’ Thread, - - 3c

And we have other goods as cheap. Call before buying. •

- .A J X 1-

Offer for sale a great‘variety of use­ful aqd beautiful things suitable for Christmas presents..

Handkerchiefs at 1 . cent and 2 for 5' cents. Lace, Printed, Embroidered, in 25-cent quality, 3 for 50 cents. Quite desirable 2 for 25 cents. Duchess Lace Handkerchiefs at 7p, $1, $1.25 and $1.50 that usually sell for ff.3.00 andupwards.

Lace Fichus, quite Lhe thing, SOCts, to $10.00.

Chatelaine bags 50 cents up, quite new. Plush boxes filled with brush, comb and mil ror. Manicure sets, Cuff and Collar boxes, photograph albums, etc. $1.50 buys a Toilet Set that'you expect to pay § 2.00 for.

Fancy baskets, work baskets, lap boards, eucher tables, fancy stands, soaps and perfumery, pocket books.

One lot of Ladies’ 4-Button Smar- shen Kid Gloves, dollar goods, for 50 cents. A ll kinds of Ladies’ and Gents gloves and mittens for less money than you expect to pay for them.

Shirts and drawers, socks, suspend­ers, scarfs, ties, etc.

Dress silks, cloaks, shawls, dress fabrics o f all kinds, goat skin, robes for $4.50. Horse blankets ; supposing yon buy your horse a Christmas present o f a blanket. I f he or she could talk lie would say “Much obliged.”

Purs are all the go; supposing you buy a nice muff for $3.00 or one for 50- cents " and upwards. W e have the greatest variety and everything we have is suitahlefor Christmas presents. Fans: Feather fans, hand-painted fans and decorated fans. Gold and silver top umprellas for $1.25 and upward.

*May we have the pleasure of show­

ing you our novelties and staple goods suitable for Christmas gilts? May be you might buy something. See? We have spoken to our clerks«about show­ing you everything we have that is nice. So we shall expect you. See?

COME A N D SEE D S .GEO. HIM i COSouth Bend, Ind.

USrUpen evenings, until 9 o’clock the week preceding Christmas.

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HOX, O. F . BATCNES, P h'esipbnt.ATtZA G. GAGE, Vice Puefidhnt

E . F . WOODCOCK, Cashier. W . a i. DUTTON, A ss*t C ashier,

Citizens’ National Bank,NILES, MIOH., Aug. 28 ,1889 .

D e a r S ir s :

Yours at liand and contents noted. We a l w a y s Lave money to loan on approved security. Gome over and see us.

E. F. W OODCOCK, Cashier.

AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES,

Than Ever Before,- A T -

DODD’S DRUG AND BOOK STORE.

A good assortment of Holiday Goods at exceeding low prices. Get pricesbefore buying.

Reed and Cane Rockers, from - - $3.25 to .$7.50Carpet Spring Rockers, from - - 3.75 to 6.00Floor Rockers, from - - - 1-00 to 7.Q0Cduclios, from - - - - - . 5.00 to 15.00

Everything in Furniture line in proportion. Upholstering a specialty.^ REPAIRING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.„JE"

Third Door North o f Bank, Main St., Buchanan* Mich,

HOLIDAY ANNOUNCEMENTA very large and unusually fine exhibition of

Albums, Books, Flush Goods, Dolls, Vases, Games,

Fine Perfume&'Artist$’ iVlaterlafeN O W ON SA L E A T TH E "

AROUND THE CORNER,For Pure Drugs, Patent MedicInes, Perfumes

AND TOILET ARTICLES.Also, Blank Books, School and W riting Tablets. In fact

everything pertaining to a first-class stock.BARMORE.

Any person detected in delivering in Michigan Central elevator for C. Bish­op of a lower grade of grain than bar­gained for, on account of dampness, smut, dirt or any cause whatever, w ill be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. You have warning.

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By M A Y ffEELL, Author of “Jonathan and H is Continent,” “John Bull

and His Island," "John Bnll's ■ * Daughters,” Eto,'

[c o n t in u e d . ]

and the Freneh hospital, there aro now in London and in the provinces many French dubs and associations, which prove that the French in England no longer shun one another's company, hut, on the contrary, seek it.

In these dubs and societies, where the French can be seen at. home, as it were, their characteristics: comeoout in full light. Gayety and good fellowship reign, but tempered—if one may say so—by the little national failings, jealousy and. yearning after elective titles. These so­cieties, w e see, are subdivided Into sec­tions, committees, commissions, 'etc., each having a president, a vice presi­dent, a treasurer, a secretaire rapporteur, a secretaire archiviste and what not.

For that matter, you wiil never see half a dozen Frenchmen meet round a table for the discussion o f anything but a good dinner without appointing.one of their number president, another vice president, etc. Each one must have a# title; and if there are six members, and only five titles to be dispensed, the one Who is left out sends in his resignation,, and goes aboiit abusing the other five. It. seems up to’now as if the republic bad failed to make the French people real republicans. W e are destitute o f the first requisites of a republican—respect and obedience to elected governors, and deference to the voice of the majority. Universal suffrage may be absurd (I think it is); but having chosen to estab­lish it, we should abide by its decisions, whether they concern the government o f a society or o f a nation. I am afraid it.is our misfortune to have made a re­public before we had made republicans of ourselves. However this may be, the French societies in England are doing good work, especially the society of French teachers, whose aim is to improve the teaching of French in England, and to help honorable and intelligent com­patriots.

Now, something about Frenchmen you may come across in England. *

There ia a type o f Frenchman who, after residing ten, fifteen, twenty years in England, cannot speak English, He is proud of it, and sometimes wonders that, with so many Frenchmen in Eng­land, the English do not all speak French by this time. But he will tell you that the English have no aptitude for lan­guages. Although he has lived five years in the same apartments, could you believe that his landlady still 'compels him to give his orders in English? He receives his paper from France every day, and avoids reading an English one. Why should he try to perfect his knowl­edge o f the English language? He knows he speaks it badly, but he assures you that you require very few words to make yourself understood o f the people.

This worthy Frenchman carries his patriotism to the extent o f baying all liis clothing in France. He would not for the world invest in a cravat or a pair of gloves o f English manufacture. He de­clares it impossible to wear English gar­ments, and almost impossible to wear oat French ones. Besides, he does not see why he should not give his country the benefit of some of the guineas he has picked up in England. lik e every child of France, he has the love o f fine linen, and, in his opinion, the article is only to be found on the other side of the chan­nel. So he goes about in bis narrow brimmed hat and turndown collar, fast­ened low in the. neck, and finished off with a tiny black tie, a large expanse of shirt front, and boots with high heels and pointed toes. He holds his head high, is always smiling and happy look­ing.

As he goes along the street he hears people whisper; “ There’s a Frenchman!” But, far from objecting to that, he rather likes it, and I admire him for it. He likes the English and recognizes their solid qualities; but, as he possesses many o f his own, he keeps to his native stock, and never tries to imitate the English­man either in his habit or his dress. If his English vocabulary is of tbe most limited, his knowledge o f England is still, more so. One of this type, andaLondon correspondent of a Parisian paper, once wrote to his editor that “ Lord Salisbury yesterday kissed tbe queen’s hands on bis appointment as leader o f her majesty’s opposition.” Another remarked that English boys are more respectful to their fathers than French ones, and, to prove it, he added: “ In the English upper classes the son invariably calls liis father governor, a word which is pronounced guv’nor.” If the dear fellow speaks bad English, lie will never admit that there are in. England a good many Frenchmen who write and speak very good English.

Then there is the Frenchman whose great ambition is to be thought English. He frequents only English people, g-ftes his fellow countrymen a wide bertli, and has not a good word to say for them. I am inclined to think that his slurs against his countrymen cannot be appre­ciated by his English friends, for my ex­perience of the English tells m'e that their own admiration for England makes them respect a Frenchman for remaining French. Needless to say that this speci­men is a nob. IIo would fain make you believe that all his spare time is spent in the country houses and the yachts of wealthy or titled English friends. His conversation is full of the “ splendid shooting we have just had at Lord So- and-so’s place,” ortho “ delightful cruise we had in the North sea in Sir John’s yacht last August.” Ho never says “ the English do this or do that;” but his lan­guage bristles with such expressions, as

' " “ .should never stand that in Eng­land,” “ as wo say in English.” "What would he hot give to be able to go a little further and say, “ we English?’ He pushes his English get-up so far as to wear whiskers and shave bis upper lip and chin, and not for tho world would he be betrayed into a shrug o f the shoul­ders. I am happy to say that his name is not legion.

A Frenchman not very uncommonly met with in England is the . Anglopho- bist. He hates the very name of Eng­lish. Needless to add that the man is: a social failure.

IX—CRITICS OF T H E FRENCH.

vrhy Foreigners' Understand the French So L ittle—They Have H om es and. Love Them, T oo , Even Though They H ave No Sam e fo e H om e.Looking at Paris, and callingit France,

is the great mistake which most of our would be critics make.

This was perhaps never more forcibly illustrated than on. Sunday, the 39th of January, 1883, from the pulpit in. the Brooklyn Tabernacle.

“ Show me the dress o f a people, and I will tell, you what their morals are,” ex­claimed the famous Rev. Dr. Talmage.

As it was evident,from what bad gone before, that, the reverend doctor was going to speak o f France, a vision of my country people rose- to m y mind’s eye. I thought o f the industrious, orderly, vir­tuous, sober, thrifty millions—the men in their'always suitable clothing, never aping that of the class above; the wom­en in. them simple costumes, which, whether those of the picturesque Bou­logne or Granville fishwives, the peas­ants o f Normandy, Brittany, Burgundy, Picardy, Champagne, or the south, are always models of neatness, simplicity and suitability,, from the crown o f the picturesque cap to the sole of the strong, sensible shoe. I -then remembered the trim little seamstress, milliner, dress­maker, or_shopgirl, in her natty dress, frightened up Tjy~ a .'pfclty^feilnet Tifi

SCnreayvTmt TievUr SeCSeiT'vv.ni cheap imitations o f what her employers wear.

There was a grand dllustration o f the point the reverend doctor wanted to make.

Did he use it? Not he!Passing, over the great country and

the people who should represent France, he goes to Paris—a cosmopolitan town, where the good: or bad tastes o f visitors, aye, and even their vices,, are catered to —and calling itsinhabitants The French, he proceeded to censure them, and la­mented that their eccentricities in dress should be followed by the women of other countries. He- passed over the fact that, in the best Parisian society, when a lady’s street dress calls forth the highest admiration, that admiration is invariably expressed, by such words as: “ How exquisitely simple!”

Was not this a fine opportunity the doctor neglected of giving a hint to his countrywomen?

When, copied in vile stuff and unar- tistic colors by clumsy fingers, the crea­tions o f Parisian milliners reappear all over tho world, they are often eccentric enough, I admit—another form of French as she is “ traduced”—and it is no won­der that reverend doctors are found to frown on them; they shock none more than the French themselves.

After all, I suppose it is little wonder that outsiders should know so Jittle of the French. French life is so; so exclu­sive! The passing visitor to our shores gets no opportunity to judge of his host’s real character. ‘ As a nation we are not hospitable, I am sorry to say. A stranger will meet with politeness and attention as he travels through our country, everybody will help him, and if he appears in Paris armed with letters o f introduction, lie will be made wel­come at social gatherings; parties may be given in his honor perhaps; but, go where he may throughout the country, he will not have a chance of penetrating into the inner family circle. The home life of the bulk o f tbe people will remain a closed letter for him.

On the other hand, modern literature is of little or no use in the case either, for most of our novelists do not describe every day life. They describe the excep­tion. A picture of middle class life— that is to say, the existenceby the largest part o f the community—is too peaceful, uneventful, humdrum if you Will, to at­tract the novel writer or to please the novel reader. Our manners debar him from drawing scenes from the birth and growth of the love that ends in, matri- mopy—romance only begins after tbe marriage ceremony is over-—and tlie French novelist turns too often to tbe portrayal of illicit love.

Because he does so is no: reason for in­ferring that this kind of love is more common in France than elsewhere. A Balzac may charm with pictures of com­monplace people and their doing; but to the ordinary novel writing pen a moving tale of passion is a necessity. SO, rare examples of unholy passion are seized upon as groundwork for much French fiction, and the foreigner reads and ex­claims:

“ This is a picture o f French life!"But it is not.The foreigner runs away with the idea

that he knows us; but be does not, and bis criticisms on us, of which he is so lavish, are worthless.

The best critics France has bad have been Frenchmen. It is to them that we must turn for true portraits o f the French.

But to return to our foreign Critics.- I was not greatly surprised, on coming

to America, to hear that home life hard­ly existed in France. I had heard that before. And the overpowering reason advanced to prove this statement was that time honored Anglo-Saxon “ Chest­nut:” The French language has no equivalent for the English word home.

How glib is the criticism of the ignor­ant!

To feel the whole meaning o f those sweet words, chez sol, chez nous, one must know the language they form part of. They call up in French hearts all the tender feelings evoked by the word home in the Anglo-Saxon breast.

How many English or American peo­ple have an inkling of their value?

Do they care to know that some hun­dred years back the French used^to say en chez (from the Latin in casa, at home), and that the word chez was a noun? That later on they took to adding a pro­noun, saying, for example, en chez nous; and that the people, mistaking the word chez for a preposition, because it was al­ways followed by a noun or a pronoun, Suppressed the en, so that now the French language has lost a noun for home, hut has kept a word, chez, which to this very day has all its significance? What an idea, o f snUgness, happiness, is conveyed by the little sentence, restons cliez nous, on the lips of a young couple, though their chez: nous may but represent the most modest o f abodes! What a delight­ful title chez nous would be for a little volume containing sketches of the life of a happy married couple!

Home life unknown in France! Why, the mistake is one of the most glaring ever made. There is no more home lov­ing, home abiding creature on earth than the Frenchman.

Tlie very narrowness of the French is the result of their contentment with home; for they are narrow, it must be ad­mitted, provincial to the highest degree.

Yes, the French are essentially home loving. And their morality, so often im­pugned by ignorant critics, who find it easier to repeat idle nonsense than to study' for themselves, will bear favorable comparison with that of any nation, in­cluding: tbe look-how-good-I-am Great Britain. Of this I am convinced from the depths of my soul.

But we are happy, and care not a jot what impression we make. You will never bear a Frenchman ask a foreigner: “ Now, what do you think of us?’

We never trouble to show our best side to the foreigner. This is what mis­leads completely so many outsiders. In France, the vice that there is, is on the surface for every one to see. It is all open* to every looker on; there is very little hidden. What there is, that you see. No slightest effort is made to hide defects. In comes the Englishman or the American, and forgetting the care­fully hidden vice which exists, and with a. vengeance; in Ms own great towns, cries out upon the immorality o f Paris.I will go so far as to say that, in France, there is not even so much vice as there appears to: be.

Let me explain myself.Far from attempting to hide our faults,

we, as a matter of fact, often make show of those we have not. The Frenchman is the, braggart of vice. If you say to an Englishman: “ I know you are a virtuous man',” he will think you only give him his due. If you were to pay the same compliment to a Frenchman he would resent it. Like the Anglomaniacs repre­sented in that charming American com­edy by Mr: Bronson Howard, “ The Hem rietta,” ‘ ‘each fellow,” in France," wants every other fellow to believe that he is a devil o f a fellow—but he isn’t.”

Beduced to literature for a means of knowing- something of the real French character read, then, those French writ­ers who portray the. home- life of the people (for, after all, we have a few who do), not those who build up ex­travagant tales of passion, from the ma­terials every nation will afford to those who go in for sensational novels. Would you judge the English people by the works of “ Ouida” or MissBhoda Brough­ton? Take rather the writers who, with only the uneventful lives' of ordinary French people as material, have suc­ceeded in giving to the world the, most charming novels. For delightful pictures of high life, go to Gustave Droz and Octave Feuillet. Bead Cherbuliez and Edmond About. If you would know what, brave, honest folk our peasantry are, turn to Erckmann-Chatrian, These are the really popular authors in France.

My own conviction is that the ob jec­tionable books published in France are morb patronized by foreigners than by.

the French themseives,'toi:j. seldom come across, among my French friends, a man who has read them. M. Zola’s books aro

.read, I admit, but not for the same rea­son as they pro read in England. Hero they sellas objectionable books; in France they sell as the works of a transcendent artist. We read Zola’s too often repul­sive details for the sake of the masterly genius displayed in the handling. No­body, I imagine, read's Shakespeare or the' Bible for the sake o f many filthy pas­sages. None the less every man of taste regrets the prostitution of such a genius as Zola’s to such an unworthy cause.

An undergraduate was complaining to me one day that no good French modern novel could be obtained at Oxford. “ All we can find in the French depar tment of our booksellers,” he said, “ are the works of M. Zola. There are piles o f ‘La Terre.’ ”

“ Well, my dear sir,” I interrupted, “ does it not strike you that booksellers are tradesmen, and that they of course keep the articles that are wanted? If there was no demand for ‘l a Terre,’ there would be no supply, and you would not see piles of tbe book.”

The manager o f a great Reach hook­selling firm in. London told me once that his firm alone had received orderssfor more than ten thousand copies o f “ La Terre” in England.

I don’t wish to get up a case against the Englishpeople. Judge for yoursdves;- I have stated facts.

I assert that, to those who will look at us without bias, we must appear in our true light tlie happiest and most home loving people among modern nations.

The Frenchman’s wife and children are his adoration. The former is liis friend and confidante, who thoroughly enters into liis aims and aspirations, and knows to a franc the amount o f his ac­count in the bank. The latter are rays o f sunshine which brighten: liis daily life more than any gold could ever do. Rich in the love and camaraderie o f liis dear ones, and in the things which he knows how to do without, he clings to liis home and country, and gets thefull enjoyment out o f the blessings that heaven sends him, but has no desire to grasp more than his share, and sighs not after wealth.

Oh! that his critics would look more at his qualities Which are great, and less at his defects which are infinitesimal compared with them, and which, for the most part, are but the exaggeration of them.

.What is his narrowness but the out­growth o f his love o f home? What is his overdone interest in women but the outgrowth of his warmth of heart?

Look at his foremost place in the ranks o f art, science and literature; look at his magnanimity in conquest, bravery in danger, pluck in adversity. Look at the world’s work done by him. He is prouder of his Pasteur than of the great Napoleon, not because lie bas saved the silkworm industry of France and Italy from destruction, and taught the French Wine makers to quickly mature their wine; not because -be has effected an enormous improvement and economy in the manufacture of beer, and has rescued the cattle of Europe from the peculiarly fatal disease ofkmthrax; not because he has conquered that horrible monster, Rabies, but because the great savant has shown bis perfect disinterestedness by offering his services as a free gift to liis native country, and indeed to all man­kind.

I have lived many years in England; 1 have traveled a great deal in Europe and ' in America. The day on which I meet a . more happy, home loving couple than my countryman Jacques Bonhomme and his dear wife—then I will let you know.

THE END,

By MAX O'BELL, Author of “Jonathan and His Continent," eto.

I—“ a r e s i d e n t a b r o a d .”

Xh© Englishm an W ho Lives on tho Con­tinent Xs to B e Pitied M ore Than to Be Despised.On tlie maps published in Great Britain

you may notice large slices of the earth’s surface marked in red.

These represent the British possessions. But there are a good many other Brit­

ish possessions which are not marked in red. Some of them are in France, where numbers o f the most delightful and picturesque towns—such as Avranches, in Normandy; Dinan, Dinard and St. Servan, in Brittany; Pau, in the Pyre­nees, etc., are inhabited by a regular English colony. -m

On entering these places the signs of English colonization will strike you: the English church, the lawn tennis ground, and the cricket field, will announce to you that John Bull has taken up Ms abode there. The Union Jack does not float over the town hall, it is true; but you are pretty sure, before you have gone very far, to see it flying from the sum­mit of a house inhabited by some titled member of the community. You will not have been many days in the town be­fore you are presented with evangelical tracts, either handed to you in the street or quietly slipped under your front door.

These British colonies are chiefly re- jruited from the upper middle class of their mother country; Irish landlords whose rent rolls have shrunk, officers on half pay, unlucky speculators, and vic­tims o f the turf or ecarte.

They are all people who cannot keep their wonted position in a society where they are judged by the length of their purse, and where poverty is a crime. “ To dig they are ashamed;"’ all lrinds of work are derogatory in their eyes, and the only tiring to be done is to make the most of what is left to them. So, quietly they slip across the British channel, and pitch tlicir tents in our fair land, where, thanks be, it is still possible to live well and cheaply.

To any inquisitive friends it.is easy enougli to explain why they are in France. “ Our English climate is atro­cious, you know; my lungs were getting affected. Here I am reviving. Besides, I want the-children to speak French; and the only way to get the accent at all is to come and live over here.”

That, is not all. “ Life in London is awfully -wearing, you know. Here I shall enjoy complete rest. Everybody has his hobby. Well, mine is to rusti­cate philosophically, a la Rousseau. Ah! my dear fellow, Jean Jacques was right —the simple pleasures of life, that kind of thing, don’t you-know!” John Bull will tell you, as he enlarges on the sub-. ject of a country life and a diet of dairy produce and vegetables: “ I haven’t felt a touch of dyspepsia since sve came over.”

It would be a wonder if he had.“ And the shooting and. fishing are

really capital, to say nothing of the primitive habits o f the Breton, who is quite an interesting subject of study.”

The good man tells the story so often,- that in the process o f humbugging his friends lie finishes by humbugging him­self, and by and by believes it is all true.

The advantages of the move are mani­fold. In London the society man must dress three times a day. In these places he does as he pleases,, and that is one of the great charms of life in a little French town. The inhabitants do not know him—no need to dress for them. His, compatriots, voluntary exiles like himself, do know him—no need to dress for them.

■Wherefore, behold, John’s got up is a compromise between former grandeur and present poverty. He affects corduroy and flannel. The knickerbockers and jacket of the former look sportsmanlike, andare everlasting'wear; the flannel slfirt is comfortable, and shortens the washing bill. The said knickerbockers may be patched, but they have a shooting pocket; and although he has one meal a clay less than‘he could- easily manage, he has a shooting license.

.’Thesg-Siii.iauers are clannish; they as­sociate pnly among themselves, unless, indeed; ‘it be among the French aris­tocracy of the town and neighborhood. The chief qualification to be a member of their set is to do noth ing. I know one case of an Englishman having been dis­covered to have accepted an agency from some English firm, in order to allow his family to live a little better. He was piteously “ boycotted” as a black sheep.

Yet these worthy folks are kind hearted. Tlie poorest o f them are often charitable. Not to he able to give to the poor would have been the hardest privation resulting from their reduced state. At Christmas, at any rate, they most permit themselves the luxury of regaling some o f the poor old folks of the neighborhood. Deal*, funny, lovablo snobs! They, may have been taught to despise work—they may have their whims and fads; but at the core there is much that is sweet and wholesome in them, and few of their acts need be repudiated by the nicest gentleman. I remember once going to an English church witli one of those self banished Britons. When the collection bag came round he dropped in a sou, which be had pulled out o f his pocket in mistake for a franc.* There were proba­bly very few coins in that pocket o f his. At all events, before it was time to leave be had discovered liis mistake, and be­fore wo left he had rectified it, taking the trouble to go all round the church to find the person who had carried the bag.

These people, plenty of whom have had, luxurious homes in Epgland, are fain to content themselves witli a little, poorly furnished house, for which they pay forty dr fifty francs a month. Are there no carpets on tlie floor, they con­sole themselves with the thought of the dust those luxuries are apt to harbor. Is there little furniture in- tlie drawing room, they think of the overcrowded Salons in South Kensington, and are al-

, most ready to look upon the possibility of free movement as a blessing cheap at the price.

Thanks to the inborn talent English women have for making their houses pretty, the plain furniture is soon supple­mented by a hundred knicknacks, and the aspect of the place is far from heing uninviting. I have seen some of these houses, with poverty plainly ’staring out from garret to groui.l floor, yet. looking pretty, thanks to tha women who lived in them. Their own drawings, and a few good photographs, elegantly framed, brightened the walls, and drapery, cheap, but gracefully em­broidered and looped about the win­dows, doors and fireplace, gave-a certain appearance of elegance to rooms that had been bare and ugly without them. Cheerful cretonne coverings hid tlie faded chairs, and plump pillows made the hard, straight sofa more inviting than it had ever looked before. It was not luxury, far from it; it was, alas! hardly comfort; but it was good taste. One felt among people of refinement.

If, in the room dignified by the name of library, there are only one or two bookcases, and they have their glass doors discreetly lined to hide the scarcity o f books, and the presence of a cigar box filled with penny productions from tlie French government manufactories, and also, maybe, a whisky bottle; the little fraud is a harmless one, pathetic rather than amusing.

Let us not begrudge this poor, shabby, honorable gentleman, who keeps up such a brave face to the world and pre­tends he enjoys his enforced cheesepar­

in g —let us not begrudge him that hour with his cigar and liis “ toddy;” it is his one little solace in an existence as bare as tbe bookshelves.

Ay, the whole thing is pathetic—the dining table, with its wealth of hedge flowers and dearth of beef and mutton.

Perhaps it is lunch time, and there are fruit and cheese for all fare; or, it may be, tbe family are; at dinner, and tlie master is carefully helping the trout he

- caught this morning, or dissecting ahare, with a due regard to to-morrow’s cro­quettes. There, behind his chair, stands the good Breton servant* who waits on them, doing her best to keep from smil­ing at the solemnity with which these English people eat.

By and by, in the drawing room, friends will drop in, and all will play at life In. Belgravia and Mayfair. The so­ciety papers come from London regu­larly every week, aud supply the conver­sation with’topics. You hear the little scandals of the day in London com­mented upon, to a running accompani­ment of “ You don’t say so!” “ "Who would have thought it?” etc. The latest boudoir secrets and London club gossip are told with many a “ This is entre nous, you know;” or, “ I shouldn’t like

. it to he repeated; no. not for the world, you understand.” To hear them, you would imagine they -were all intimate friends o f every member of the Guelph family resident in England. They speak of the Prince and Princess of Wales as they would of their next door neighbor, and nobody is worth mentioning Who is not at least a baronet.

These English people are all staunch Conservatives.

Now and then there is a little farewell gathering. Some one has died over there in England, and some one here is the better off for it. And then there are sad little partings; and wistful eyes watch the departure of the lucky fellow who is going back to resume liis itlace in the delightful whirl of London life,-, while the rest must rusticate and rust

: until a similar piece of luclc befalls them..Poor, reduced John Bull! The sun

never sets on his dominions, it is 'true; but his own particular star is not in the ascendant yet. So he goes on playing liis little comedy, though everybody sees through it: gets what consolation he may out o f the society of his companions

: in exile, and the local nobility who are kind enough to open their houses to Mm and “ put him up” at their club. The bourgeois call him “ goddam,” but has a lurking respect for Mm. The shop­keeper overcharges him; but those Eng­lish people have the reputation of flitting with as little ceremony asthe rooks, and those of them who pay must pay. for those who do not.

“ Que voulez-voUs? On the whole, it is not such a bad fife,” says John to him­self, “ and the children are picking up the accent wonderfully.”

II—JOHN BULL, TH E TOURIST.

l ie Leaves Ills Mannera Behind HimW hen H e Starts Out on Dis Travels.

It lias been asked by M. Lablache, in “ Le Voyage de M. Perrichon” (a play worthy of Moliere), why the French, who are so witty at home, are so stupid abroad.. Perhaps I am only furnishing an- ex­ample of tiiis peculiar effect of frontier crossing in asking the following ques­tion; How is it that the English, who are so kind, amiable, considerate and unaffected at home, are so rude, over­bearing, and inconsiderate abroad? It is a question that I have often asked my­self as I looked at certain Britons taking their holiday rambles on my native shore. .

I am fain to come to the conclusion that a man out of liis country is for a time not his own self. To be seen at his best, lie must have the setting of liis natural surroundings. First along, lie is like a fish out of water making great ef­forts to go on swimming naturally, butun- able to use-its tail gracefully and becom­ingly; for want of its natural element. The English residing on the continent have found* their feet, as it were; they : have learned the language of their adopted country, and, having made '1 themselves a new. home, have an 'ob­ject in being pleased with it.

Bat the wandering Briton is like the J-est of us: he sets out from home with; the firm conviction that he is leaving the most wonderful: country lit the world. Ha perhaps starts'with the idea that!., everybody admits it. .He has; probably not gone far in his travels before he sees* ■ that he may have reason to modify that!oMqlom. BnChe. dneavinf on-nV «-Vin Mon, I

much; It \v<«3d be wounding to his nat ural vanity; to say the least of it. Wit.not put on a little bluster and pretend to see nothing very remarkably fine? It is much more comfortable to say: “ Ah, yes, that scenery’s not -half, bad, really; but, you know, l think these things have been awfully overpraised. These old churches, no doubt, are very fine; most of them; but it’s wonderful how sick one gets of them when one has seen a dozen or so.” Having takev. up this course, lie is prepared to stand quite un­moved in presence of the grandest Alpine sunrise, or Vesuvius lighting up the mid­night sky.

There is another tiling that goes Sadly against his grain; and rubs him up the wrong way. He finds that his French, that used to sound so nice at home when he occasionally aired a little quotation, is apt to raise a smile to the lips of the na­tives. You must not imagine that he blames himself, or that it ever occurs to liim that he is the worst linguist in the world. Oh, no! He simply wonders why those confounded foreigners can’t learn English, puts on a disgusted look, and takes to giving .his orders in a.tone of bored contempt, particularly exas­perating to the recipients of them. His liat senis to grow to his head, he lounges in tlie best seats at the theatre in his tweed suit, and succeeds in making himself generally disagreeable as well as Conspicuous. One of Ms most objection­able tricks is that o f going sniffing about, as if everything smelt ill. At home he bas carried his sanitarian hobby to a very mania, and lie seems terribly afraid there is typhoid fever lurking in every corner of every building he en­ters. All these little matters,'added to his calm way of: making himself at home, as if all the world belonged to him, are necessarily trying to the for­eigner,

Under the Second Enipire, John Bull’s little peculiarities were lumped under the head of “ insular eccentricities.” Only tlie better class people of England trav­eled on the Continent in those days; they were rich, and spent their money freely, seldom even taking the trouble to look at tlieir bills. I f they hurt tlie suscepti­bilities of the natives, the latter found English gold a tolerable balm for the wounds, and further solaced themselves with caricaturing John Bull to tlieir heart’s content.

But the times have changed. John is no longer the good guinea pig that he was. The enterprising Mr. Cook has arisen with his “ personally conducted” tours, and been followed by many imi­tators, all anxious to give you the max­imum of sight seeing at the mihiniain of cost.

At first these firms were only patron­ized by tlie city clerk class. Unable to speak foreign languages, but anxious to make the most-of his 'annual fortnight’s holiday; the clerk put himself under the care or one of those lightning conduct­ors who, for a consideration of eight or ten pounds, lodged him, fed him, spoke for him, and whirled him through Europe in less time than it takes to see London tolerably.

But now, people who would not think o f’going with tMs flock of gapers, pur­chase Cook's coupons and obtain hotel accommodation in any foreign town for about two-thirds of the usual cost. The continent is overrun with English tour­ists, whose object is to do the thing cheaply.

The French- hotel keeper o f today keeps his smiles and his best bow for the Americans and the Russians, and shows his disapproval of the Cookists by send­ing them to his top floors, scarcely an enjoyable elevation in a land where the elevator is as yet a rare luxury.

Poor fellow! is it any wonder if, find­ing that he is not wanted, lie takes his little revenge by shutting his eyes to all that is admirable, and doing his best to confirm in his mind all the absurd preju­dices lie set out with?

How lie has managed tiiis, you may find out if you care to question him on liis return as to what he lias seen.

Has he passed a day or two among the treasures o f Cliiny or tho Gobelins? Has he done more than walk through the Louvre? Has he made acquaintance with the Sorbonne and the College o f France and what goes -on there? Has lie ever been, on a Sunday, in some of the churches, and seen for himself that French .churches are not, like the English ones, full only from eleven to half-past twelve, but thronged from six o’clock in tbe morning to one in the afternoon by a crowd whose fervor is

.second to that of no other church goers? Oh,-dear, no! Catch John in a church on the continent. .

Then where has lie passed his time?Look over Ms shoulder the first time

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from the continent. I will postpone giv­ing you details until we meet in private. All I can say now is that I thank God I was bom an. Englishman.”

THE END.

D elicately Given.An anecdote that shows by one inci­

dent what the man was, is related of the recently deceased Gardiner millionaire. One Christmas morning, a few years ago; as Mr. Peter G. Bradstreet was walking down Water street, he saw ap­proaching a man whom he had often hired to do odd jobs of work for him. He folded a five dollar bill in Ms right hand, and in shaking hands with the workman the bill dropped toothe side­walk. As Mr. Bradstreet was about to move on, the man caught sight of the bill, and speaking excitedly told him he had lost something, at the same timepicking up the money. But the gentle­man would not acknowledge the money as his property and insisted that the workman keep it. The latter did not fail to appreciate the delicacy' of the millionaire’s good deed.—Lewiston Jour • nal.

T oo A ccom m odating.Lady (to stranger one seat ahead of her

in passenger car)—Beg.pardon, sir, won't . you help me put my window up?

Stranger—With pleasure, only you can’t get half the draught from your window. I'll put mine up, and then yon’ll get the full benefit of the outer air. There!—New York Weekly.: Not Civilized.

- Senator Jones, o f Nevada, was once expressing surprise that since the ad­vent o f tne whites into his state, th e - Piute Indians had increased in num­ber, whereas all other aborigines in this country had withered and perish- ed when brought in contact with civ- ■ ilization. “ I can’t account for it,” > said Mr. Jones. “ To me,” ventured Sunset Cox, “ the explanation is sim­ple. The Nevada Indians have not yet been'brought in contact with civ- • ilization.” —San Francisco Argonaut,

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E s ta te o f P a t r i c k C u r r a n .-First publication, Nov. 28,1889.

<CfTATE OF MICHIGAN, Cortnty of Berrien,—ss.At ascBBiou ol' the Probate Coart for said Coun­

ty, lield at tho Probate office, in the village of Ber­rien Springe, on the 20tli (lay of November, in the

.yearone thousand eight hundred aud eighty-nine.Present, David E. HinMak, Judge of Probate.In the matter of the estate o f Patrick Curran,,

■deceased.Ou reading.and tiling the petition, duly verified,

•of Timothy iS. Howard, praying that a duly au­thenticated copy otjhe last will and testament o f isaid deceased, from the Circuit" Court for the County of St. Joseph, Indiana, may be allowed, tiled and recorded in this Court, ag the fast will.

' and testament of said deeeasel, and that said pe­titioner may be appointed Executor o f said will in Berrien connty,Michigan.

Thereupon il ls ordered; that Tuesday, the 24th. •day or December next, at ten. o'clock in the .forenoon, be assigned -for tbe hearing o f .said petition, and that the heirs at law ot •said deceased, and all other persons interested in said estate, are required to appear at a session ■of said Court, then to be holdcn in the Probate ■Office, Jit the village of Berrien Springs, and .show cause, if any there he, why the prayer of the petitioner should not be granted: And it is further ordered, that said petitioner give notice to the persons interestediu said estate, o f the pend- •ency of said petition, and the hearing lliereol, b y •causing a copy o f this order to he published in tbe Buchanan Record, a newspaper printed and cir-. •culated in said County, three successive weeks previous ;o said day of hearing.

(Aline copy.) DAVID E. IIIN MAN,{SEAI..1 Judge of Probate.

' Lnst Publication Dec. 49,1889.

A D M IN IS T R A T O R ’S S A L E .First publication November 7 ,1S89.

i ESTATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Berrien, ss— i 43) In the matter 01 the estate ol Dauiel Babcock, : deceased.• Notice Is hereby given, that in pursuance o f an| Kwcler granted to the undersignedyudministrator ol ! (the estate o f said: Daniel Babcock, deceased by the [H on , Judge of Probate,for the county orBerrien ou i the 2d day of September, A. D . 1889, there will be

isold at public vendne, to the highest bidder,at .the ffront door o f Lhe Court House, in tbe village of Berrien Springs, in the couuty of Berrien, in said •state, on Tuesday, the 24th day of December A. D. 3889, at ten o’clock in the forenoon o f that day •(subject to all encumbrances by mortgage or other-

' wise existing at the time of the death of said de- •ccased, or at the time ol sale, and "also subject to the right of dower and the homestead rights ol •the widow of said deceased therein) the following •described real estate, to-wit: Commencing at apoint about ninety rods enst of the southwest •comer of section twenty-six .(20, town. Seven i7\ •south, range nineteen (19) west, and being at that point where the west line or the Indiana and Lake Michigan railroad as now located, crosses the •south line of said section twenty-six; thence north along the west line 01 said railroad os now locaicd to the north line ol the south half of said section twenty-six; thence east on quarter line one hund­red feet; thence south along the cast line of said railroad as now located to the south line of said section twenty-six ; thence west one hundred feet to tho place of beginning.

JOHN BABCOCK, Administrator.Dated No v. 0,1889.

Last publication December 19, 1889. '

N O T IC E F O R H E A R IN G C L A IM S .First publication November 14,1889.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County o f Befrien.-ss.Notice is hereby given; that by an order of the

Probate Court for the Connty of Berrien, made on. theSSth day of September, A.D. J889, six months

■ from that d.ate were alloweafor creditors to present their claims against the estate ol George V. Fred enbnrg,late of said county, deceased, and that ait creditors o f said deceased are required to present their claims to said Probate Court, at the Probate office;in the tillage of Berrien Springs, for exam­ination and allowance, on or before the 25th day of March next, and that such claims will be heard before said court, on Thursday; tlie 20th day of February and -on, Tuesday, the 25th day of March next, tit 10 o’ clock In the forenoon of each of those days.. . ■ * . . •

Dated November.O, A . D. 1839. - •' - ’ ' DAVID E. HINMAN,

Judge of Probate. Last publication December 12,1889.

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E s ts t o o f A d a m . E e d in g e r .First publication Dee. 5,1889.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County of Berrien.—ss. Probate Court for said County.

A t a session of the Probate Conrt for said County, held at the Probate Office, in the Village of Berrien Springs, on Monday, the 2d day o f De­cember; in the year of oui Lord one thousand eight hundred aud eighty-nine.

Present, Davuj E , IIinma;.', Judge o f Probate. In the maiter o f the estate o f Adam itedineer,

deceased.Martin S. Bedihgcr. one of the Executors or

said estate, comes into court aud tepresents that he is now pvepatedto render his final account as such Executor.

Thereupon it is ordered, that Friday, lhe 27ill day o f December next, at ten o ’clock in the fore­noon he assigned Ibrexanuningaud allowing such account, and that the heirs at liw o f saiddeceased, and all other persons Interested in saitt estate, are required jo appear at a session of said Court, then to be holdcn at theProliale office, in the Vil­lage of Berrien Springs, in said county, and riiow cause, if any there be, why thesaidaccouat should not be allowed:

And it is further ordered, that said executor give notice to the persons interested in said estate, o f tbe pendency o f said account, and the hearing thereof, bv causing a copy or this order to he pub­lished in 'the Buchanan Record, a newspaper printed and -circulated in said Connty, three suc­cessive weeks previous to said din ol'hearing.

(A true copy.) DAYID E. HINMAN,[ 1,. s .) Judge o f Probate.

Last Publication, Dec. 28.1889.

AD M IN ISTRATO R'S SALE.First publication Nov. 12,18i9,

STATE OF MICHIGAN, 1 t’ocxTV op Beuuiex, J •In the matt’.r o f tlie estate o f Franklin C. Spen-

ette, deceased.Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of an

order granted to tlie undersigned, Administratrix ot the estate of said Franhlin-C. Spenetta. deceas­ed, by the Hon. J udge of Probate for Hie County of Berrien, ou tho eighteenth day o f November, A. D. 1889, there will he sold at public vendue, to the highest bidder, at the front door o f the Court House in the connty o f Berrien, in said State, on Tuesday, the seventh day o f January, A.D.1S90, at ten o’clock in the forenoon o f that day (sub­ject to all encumbrances bv mortgage or other­wise existing at Hie time o f the death o f said de­ceased, or at'the Hme of said sale, and also sub­ject to the right or dower and tbchomcstcadrigbts of the widow of said deceased thereinyUiefotmw- ins described real estate, to-wit: A part or south half o f south half o f southwest quarter o f section eleven, town seven south, range nineteen west, in Berrien County, Michigan, commencing' at the south line o f said landsaboVe described, at that point where the center line o f the Indiana and Lake Michigan railroad crosses the same, then running north across said land aud on the center line ol said railroad, and embracing fiftyicet on cither side o f said surveyed line of said railroad ns row located.

GENEVA A. SPENETTA,Administratrix,

Last publication ,7aif. 2,3890.

E s t a t e off L a v ia d a H . "B sek w itlx .First publication, Nov. SI, 1889.

QTATE OF MICHIGAN, County o f Berrien.—ss. h j Probate Court for said County.

At a session of the Probate Conrt for said Couuty, held at the Probate Office,in the village o f Berrien Springs, on Friday, the 15th day o f November, in the year o f our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine.

Present, David E. Hijoian, J tidgc o f Probate.In the matter o f the estate o f LevindaH. Beck­

with, deceased.Jojin C. Dick, Administrator o f said estate,

comes into Court and represents that lie Is now prepared to render his final account as such Ad­ministrator.

Thereupon it isordercdlhat Wednesday,the 18tli dayof December next, at 30 o’ clock in the fore- noou, be assigned for lhe examining and aUowing such account, and that the heirs at law o f said deceased, and all other persons interested iu said estate, iiee required to appear at a session of said conrt, then to beholden at the Probate Office, in the village ol Berrien Springs, in said connty, and show cause, If any there be. Why the said account should not be allowed. And i l ls further ordered, that said -Administrator give notice to the persons interested in said estate, ol the pen­dency o f said account, and the hearing thereof, by causing a copy o f this order to be published in tho Buchanan Record, a newspaper printed and circulated in said county, three successive weeksprevious to Bald day o f hearing. ___

[L. S.] DAVID E. HINMAN,(A truecopy.) .1 udge of Probate

Last publication, Dec. 32,1889.

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