T e n P u v m T h l m " W ^ A k .

THE LOWELL LEDGER. VOL IX, NO. 33 . LOWELL, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY JANUARY 30, 1902 FIVE CENTS.

Begin The New Year Aright

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By opening ah aooounl with the...

City Bank, Hill, Watts & Co. J It reieivon depuftll* uf Uue Dollur and Upwards. It allows 3 por cent interent.

HAVE ACCEPTED LOWELL FRANCHISE.

HAWKS & ANGUS. BUILDERS OF STREET RAILROADS.

Onr Store is full of Suggestions

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w Come io, We can surely Please you.

The Star Tank Heater To temper the water for stock

Steel Ranges To rattke the home pleasant. Oel a Quick Meal Steel Kange, heel ton earlh.

Plated Good^ Roger's IS47, Wm. R>s?ers and Win* A.. Rogers Knives ami Forks—8 00» 3 26, 3 50, 3 75,4 (M»

Keep Warm Genuine Round Oak Healer, burns all kinds of fnel—lasts 20 years

R . B . B O Y L A N

Keep Your

on our store during the coming year and you will save some money besides having1 the pick of the best selected stock of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware, Glass-ware China, Etc.

The WhJta Fron.l, The Peoples' Store.

A. D. Oliver. Be sure and see our Hycianth Vases.

A R T J S T i C P R m i m G costs no more than tho oihor kind

T J t y us—we can p / e a s e y o u .

Mr. H a n k s In te rv lewod by Por t l nnd

Review.

T h e Mtrect railway f r anch i s eg rao t -t-d to Hawks & Ai gus (»t' Detroi t by the Lowell Vi l lage Counci l has been fo rmer ly accepted by those

gen t l emen . In t he P o r t l a n d H e view of J a n .

28 we find t he fo l lowing which will be of in teres t to Lowel l . readers:

41 Wo never secured a f ranchise on which wc did not b u i l d , " emphat ic-ally declared J . P . Uiwlcs, head of the H a w k s - A n g u s syndica te , to the Review repo r t e r who in terv iewed h im in the Ho te l Downey a t Lans-m g F r i d a y a f t e rnoon . Mr. H a w k s had jus t r e tu rned fr«»m an inspec-tion of t he iSluskegon-Grand Uapids road, in which he is in te res ted , and ta lked f ree ly with the Review.

t 4 X o , we have nd fault to tind with tho way P o r t l a n d used us,1 ' he cont inued. 4,A11 we ank of any of the towns is a f ranchise fair to both par t ies . W e s imply canno t ge t the money on f ranchises which seek to regula te fa res th rough cities and townsh ips and t ha t is why we are so par t icular about these seemingly innocent provis ions which a re slip-ped in on us f r o m t ime to t i m e . "

' ' W h a t a r e the pronpects f o r build-ing t he l ine this ^eHSon?,, Mr . Hawks was asked.

" W e have not changed our minds in re la t ion to the Grand Rap ids division. T h e fai lure of the Evere t t -

1 Moore syndica te has had its effect ' on e lec t r ic roads. W e were in no

way involved in the fa i lure bu t these th ings m a k e capi ta l is ts uneasy. In the end it will resul t in c lear ing the a tmosphere and will bo a benefi t t o us. E lec t r i c roads were b e ' n g pro-jec ted in every d i rec t ion , on wind. The buisness was be ing qver-done and l eg i t ima le oui lders suffered by it. W e may be delayed a l i t t le by the fa i lu re , but it will not be perma-n e n t . "

' •Has it been set t led where tho power house will be l oca t ed?"

" L a n s i n g will p robab ly be the place, t hough wo have not selected a site. Our engineers in N e w York are w o r k i n g on the plans f o r the power house and will r epor t soon. P a r t of the power f o r the division which will pass t h rough Por t l and wi l l . be suppl ied f ron t he power house a t F ru i tpo r t , on the Muskegon line, where we have a large reserve. How fa r toward Lans ing th is will roach is not se t t l ed . "

Mr. U a w k s was ent i re ly famil iar with tho s i tuat ion a t Grand Ledge but he did not discuss i t t o any length . H e unders tood t ha t Ionia had g r an t ed several f ranchises , most of thom to people who d id not in-tend to bu i ld , and believed his com-pany was suffer ing f rom it. Ho wanted to deal fa i r ly and on ly asked for such a f r anch i se as would pass the scru t iny of the men who back the enterpr ise with iheir money. If this could not be obtained Ionia could no t expect the road.

Mr. H a w k s spent tho a f t e rnoon in L a n s i n g looking over tho proper-ty recent ly purchased by his conce rn . His genera l appearance is that of a thorough business man and his manner is mos t convincing.

Ano the r Coup le Made Hoppy.

Miss Ne l l i e M c N a u g h t o n and D w i g h t Bu t t s , both of Lowel l , were marr ied yes te rday noon a t the homo of the br ides f a the r , J . J . McNaugh-ton in Pra i r ievel le .

Mr . B u t t s is one of Lowell ' s mos t en te rpr i s ing y o u n g business men and his br ide ' s f r i ends are leg-ion.

On their re turn f rom a shor t wed-d i n g t r ip they will bo welcomed back to Lowell, where they will make the i r f u t u r e home.

T h a t T r o u b l e s o m e Dog Tax .

Holding J a n 20. A n t h o n y Gas-par , a fa rmer in Iveeno townsh ip , re fused to pay a lax of on his d o g and tho townsh ip t reasurer , J o h n Hoskons , levied on a cow to-day and took her out of the barn yard to his homo.

Gasper has begun su i t in replevin in the name of his wife fo r tho un-lawful taking. He c la ims t ha t t he d o g is his personal p roper ly and t h a t IUH wife is owner of tho cow. A pret ty legal ba t t le is on in Ju s t i c e L a p h a m ' s cour t over the affair .

CHURCHES & SOCIETIES.

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TO HE A T A ROOM WITHOUT COST FOR FUEL..

Would be true eoonouiy, and this is the way it it dent. Put an

Independent Radidor in a Bitting room, bed room, or bath loom, up s ta in , and it will heat any of them without the cost of a single penny for fuel.

S c o t t <£ C a m b e 11,

T i i u m m i u m i i m m i i i i m m m m m m K

CouKregat lonal .

N e x t Sabba th morn ing t he oom-munion of tho Lord ' s suppe r will bo observed, preceded b y the recept ion of members .

T h o address of Mr. Car l Engl ish last S inday a f t e rnoon a t the H a p p y H o u r service on " D a v i d ' s conflict with t he G i a n t of G a t h " was much en joyed by the boys as well as by t he large aiidionco present .

" D a n i e l and his F r i e n d s " will be the subjec t fo r next Sunday a f te r -noon when Rev . Char les Nease will •'peak.

T h e Biblo class meets t he Boys rooms Monday evening a t 7:30.

Tho t egu la r Bible s tudy is pro-ceded by a ha l f -hour s t udy of t he Sunday school lesson. All in teres t -ed are cordial ly inv i ted to part ici-pate in those s tudies . T h e r e a re over 10 members of tho Biblo class now. T h e s tudy fo r next Monday evening will be Ezekie l .

Soc ie t i e s .

T h e r e will be a special m e e t i n g o f E d d y T e n t K . O. T . M. N o . 398 Monday even ing Feb . 3rd. Al l mem-bers are requested to b p resen t .

F . D A V E Y C o m .

A. D. Morse 11. K .

LOCALS

Men Wanted .

T o work cut t ing t imber . A p p l y J . E . Lee f a rm . tf .

G r e a t inducements offered ' now on . . .

P a i a n o S j u r g a n s 0 ) -and'

S e w i n g T l f a c h i n e s ,

Before b u y i n g any of these i t will pay you to g e t our prices.

R. D. Stocking.

Salt Water Fish.

Mrs. S. Munch is qu i te s ick.

Fancy si lk sale a t Nicholson ' s .

Cot ton sale a t A . W . W reekes' ,

Clayton Gunu is v i s i t ing in G r a n d Rap ids .

Miss A g n e s Pe r ry visited in Sara-nac Sunday.

H o p sack sk i r t ings a t N icho l son ' s . Newes t t h i n g fo r Spr ing .

A b o u t t w e n t v - ^ o new milch cows for sale. C. McCar tv .

B o r n — T o James D u f f y and wi fe of Vergenues , J a n . 97, a son.

Cot tons cheaper than they have been sold in years a t A . W . W e e k e s ' .

W a n t e d — S e w i n g machine operat-ors a t the shi r t and wrapper f ac to ry .

Mrs. E u g e n e Leo and Mrs . Chr is . Klump. visited in A l t o last Thur s -day .

50 new waist p a t t e r n s to select f r o m at Nicholson ' s . Special sale this week.

Dr . P . L. Cambel l and wife of Ionia spout Sunday wi th h is f a the r , Eugene Cambel l .

Mr. and Mrs . Char les C o n d o n of D a k o t a spent Fr iday and Sa tu rday with Mr. and Mrs. W m . Roxfo rd .

Call on W . S. G o d f r e y , the

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Come to us for year

Fish Steak Salmon

and Smelts.

Red S n a p p e r s

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Fresh Water Fish. Erie Whltefish, Trout,

and Bullheads. Perch

Also a full line of Fresh and Salt and Cooked Meats and remember we make our own St. sage and Preued Oom Beef. P o u l t r y a Spec ia l ty*

WEYRICK CO.

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One lot 00o bed spreads at G3c dur ing sale. J . B . Nicho lson .

Reader—You will confer a lasting favor ^ and receive a reward, if yoa will report the c lo th ier , next Sa tu rday for bargains , arm has been broken

te of dealers trying to sell you a sub- u , . w . ™ have ^ i name stitute for the Madi.,on Rocky Mountain Tea.

you Medicine Co.'s D. G- Look.

F rom Sa tu rday , Feb. 1, to Sa tur -day, Feb . 8, i s our cot ton sale.

A . W . W e e k e s .

T h e pension of I rv in J . Batchelor of Lowel l has been increased to $8 per mon th .

W . A . W a t t s , Dr . M. C. Greene and J o h n W . Beery a t t ended Mason-io Grand Lodge a t Muskegon th i s week.

C lyde J a m e s sl ipped on the ice last Sa tu rday and broke his a rm . Th i s is t he t h i r d or f o u r t h t ime t he

Clyde is an He has them and you may them. Come one, come al l .

un lucky chap, some d i y .

b u t luck may tu rn

T h o Ledger costs only ^1 .00 per year . T r y i t .

Miss Bessie F a u l k n e r is su f fe r ing f r o m inf lammatory r h e u m a t i s m .

W a y n e Young , who recen t ly moved here f rom Boston , is on the sick list.

Mrs. L. J Reeves of G r a n d R a p i d s is t he guest of her d a u g h t e r , Mrs. A. L. Weyr iok .

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Fo rce l e f t T u e s d a y t o spend tho win te r in F lo r ida and in the W e s t .

T u b L o w b l l L e d g e r ono y e a r and Michigan F a r m e r two years all f o r only 11.80 at this offioe.

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2d Annual Dress Goods Sale! patterns tor opnng—all go into this sale. Our great success in our Cotton and Linen Sales has prompted us not only to nil c SALE but in addition we have purchased for you to select from a complete assortment of P a a c y S i l k Waist Patterns These are new and up-to-date patterns and no two alike in the whole line and all go into this sale at prices lower than you haye ever purchased them for before. Don't miss an opportunity for a new Spring Dress or Waist.

Very resp'y,

J". B . . I Lowell, Mich.

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Belinda was the smallest cat That ever you did see.

One day Belinda met a rat Quite twice a^ big as she.

Now, what are you to do When a rut's as big as you?

Belinda said; "I'm not afraid Of any rat alive.

I'd swallow any rat that's made, Or two, or four or five."

Now, how could she do t h a t -Such a very little cut?

The rat replied: "I never know A rat as brave as 1.

But as for such a cat as you, I'll make you Into pie."

Did you ever see a rat Dino on a pussy cat?

Belinda said: "Superior cata Think lighting only fun.

Just coll a lot of other rata; I'll eat them, everyone."

Now don't you think that that Was a most courageous cat?

Then other rats Joined In the fight, Big, little, short and tall,

Gray, brown and brindled, black and w h i t e -

Belinda ate them all! Do you wonder how I know? Belinda told me so!

—St. Nicholas.

A. Iteur'n

That boasts are sens hie of kindness and remember it Is proved by many Interesting Incidents. The following from tl>e Home Monthly is a pleasant Illustration of benefits unforgbtten: A woodsman who was fond of pets found a young cub bear In the woods, half frozen and nearly starved, its mother having probably been killed by hunters. Ho took the Utile orphan home with him and it soon became as playful as a kitten. Every night he had a romp with It on the floor of his cabin, and upon bis return from his day s work in the woods the cub wou'd greet him with uncontrollable delight that an affectionate dog dis-plays when his master comes home. But as the bear grew older its wild nature began to assert Itself. In spite of its fondness for its benefactor, un-til finally one day it disappeared in the woods and did not return. The man hunted long and carefully for his pet, searching every nook and ravine for miles about his cabin, but with-out success. Two or three years after-ward he was going through the wood to his work, unarmed, and without even his ax, which he had left the night before at the place where he was chopping. As he was passing through a heavy growth of young evergreens an enormous female bear rose up before him. Behind her were two cubs and the mother was furious at having been disturbed, and mad with fear for the safety of her young. The chopper was utterly with-out means of defense, and even before he had time to realize the extremity of his position the bear was upon him. But just as she reached him a com-plete change came over her. Instead of attacking him she began licking his hand and rubbing affectionately against him. She was his long-lost pet, and had not forgotten him. When he recoverei from his fright sufficient-ly to go on toward his work the bear went, too, and for more than a mile she followed him. Then, feeling, ap-parently, that she had done all that courtesy and her sense of gratitude required, she left him and went back to her cubs.

T A L M A G E ' S 8 K K M 0 N .

DUTIES AKD TRIALS OF THE DIF-FfcRENT DECADES OF LlFE.

B o y s K n t f i i i n f f B a s l n e s t .

James A. Shaw says: Boys do not appreciate the Importance and serious-ness of the first steps in business life. They fail to realize that the future depends not upon luck or chance, but upon having a solid foundation. Too many start out blindly, without any idea as to what they want or are aim-ing for, thinking only of their salary. If a boy could commence business life with even a small part of the judg-ment and common sense he enjoys later on how differently he would act. Boys too often fail to realize the dig-nity of their new Ufa and cling to their boyishness and their boy pranks which seriously interfere with their work. He need not assume the airs of an old man, but he should forget the time-wasting and useless nonsense during business hours. Boys often think that because their work Is ap-parently trivial it is unimportant, and BO do their work in a slipshod way. There Is no part of the work about a business establishment that should not be done accurately and promptly. Employers notice how the employe does the little things, though the em-ploye sometimes thinks that his shirk-ing Is not noticed. Every boy should aim to do all his work at least a little bettei; than any one else can. He should give It thought, figure out how he can save time and money and Im-prove the character of the work. Sug-gestions are always in order. He should be in his place on or before tho t ime expected, and if sickness makes him late he should Immediately ex-plain it to his employer. If the boy runs out of duties he should look for more. Men want bright, ambitious boys around them prepared by experl-

* ence in humble positions to fill higher.

Words to CUrl*. You are sitting quletiy watching the

old year as it fades away and the new ono as It comes In, says Ruth Ash-moro in Ladies' Home Journal. You think of all the joys and the sorrows that have come to you during 1901, and of your hopes and ambitions for 1802, You believe just as you did a

year ago; That you will make a great resolve that tho year shall be better and your life nobler and more unsel-fish than It was last year. Now don't do this. Don't make the big resolve. Think, hope and pray what you want to, but In its place make a lot of little resolves, each one of which will, in time, tend to make you reach the goal you desire to. Resolve to think a lit-tle less about yourself and a little more of the comforts of others. Re-solve to be less quick of speech and more certain in action than you have been. Resolve not to let the wicked little demon of envy enter your heart and make you bitter and fault-find.ng. Re.solve to consider those of your own household. The inclination on the part of too many of us is to reserve our virtues and our graces for those outside, and this is all wrong. My dear girls, you had better blush un-seen, as good daughters, and good sisters than gain all tho fame imagin-able as bright talkers and great beau-ties, without any homely ta len t I like to use that word "homely." I use It. perhaps. In a different sense fiom the cne you give it. It me..n3 be-longing to the home; am. as the home is the place where lovu and charity should abide, so the talents that be-long to it are the best worth possess-ing God bless every one of you, and give you some day a home of your own. It may come in the new year. It may bo in the years that are far off; but, if it never comes, remember that the talent of making a home may be yours; and even though you can only exercise it in a single room, you must not bury It and count it of no value.

ill th« V e n n of Man C'oniil«l«r»d—Work

V the Twont m and Thlrtlos Hhould

U* Crowned with Sp.oudld B«wi*rd

lu the eeventU*.

T o I t o h K a n t a C l n u s .

The detectives were gathered around the large table in their room about 7 o'clock Christmas Eve, when tho door was pushed open and a boy entered. He was about six years old. Tho detectives thought he was lost and that the tears that were rolling down his face were from fright. He was almost frozen. 'Come in, little fellow, and get warm," said Detective Hickey. When the boy was warm he asked him his name. "Harry," was the reply. Then Chief Sullivan asked him what he wanted. The boy w..lked over to the chief and in a whisper said: "I know some boys that aro going to rob Santa Clans." "You do?" The child nodded. "They wanted me to help, but I wouldn't." "No?" "No, 'cause I don't believe it's right. But they've got a good scheme." The boy was now hard to stop. The thought that ho was doing an old friend a good turn seemed to make him bolder. "One of them wrote Santa a letter. He said he lived in a stable and was poor. He said he had a lot of brothers. They got It fixed up to get Santa Into the stable and take his pack. That's what they have. I told pa, and he just laughed and said It was a case for the detectives. You're one,.ain't you?" "I am," was the answer. "When pa said that I got two nickels out of my money bank and come on a street car. Now I'm going back. I live on Jefferson street. You won't let 'em rob Santa, will you?" The assembled detectives made up a dollar, gave it to the boy, promised not to allow Santa to be robbed and saw that the boy got on the right car.—Ix)uisville (Ky.) Dis-patch to New York Su-a.

The iCork of Glbrnltan

Gibnaltar is a rock off the southern coast of Spain. It is regarded as the key to the Mediterranean sea. It has been in the hands of the British for 150 years. In 1704 the B r t sh l:e leged and conquered it from the Spaniards. In the following year the Spaniards tried to retake it, but without s cues.s.

This fortified rock Is 1,300 feet in height and stands a t the extremity of an isthmus which projects into the sea several miles from the mainland. It is about seven miles in circumfer-ence. The ancients had a fable that Europe and Africa wore joined at this point and that the two continents were riven asunder by Hercules, and a passage thus obtilned between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic. The most extraordinary things are the galleries excavated from the solid rock. The most striking part of the galleries is St. George church, scooped out of solid rock, about 400 feet from the level of the sea. The extreme singu-larity of the place has given rise to many superstitious stories. A wild story Is current that a cave communi-cates with Africa by submarine pas-sage. There are monkeys there which are seen In no other part of Europe. If they are disturbed they scamper off with great rapidity, the young ones Jumping on the backs and putting their arms around the necks cl the old.—Boston Journal.

Not Fit to Be Keen.

A boy Jumped into a korse car, ana hafore long discovered that his bull terrier was trotting behind. "Go back, sir," he cried, "go back." But the dog kept on, revealing at once his fond-ness for his master's society and his poor training. "Oh, well," said the boy, finally, "I s'pose yen can gD If you want to do bad; but you ain't fit to be seen, all dirt and no collar on."— Youth's Companion.

Force of H-ihlt. ' Man (entering drug store)—"Say, Is

the boss in?" Absent-minded Clerk— "No, but wo have something just as good."

Bass—Willis calls his wife Birdie, Fogg—Making game of her? I see.

(Copyright. 1902. Louis Kloparh. N, T.) Washington, Jan. 26.—From an un-

usual atundpoint Dr. Talmage in this discourse looks at the duties and trials which belong to the different decades of human life; text, Psalms xc, 10, "The days of our years are threescore years and ten."

The seventieth milestone of life Is here planted as at the end of the Jour-ney. A few go beyond I t Multitudes never reach i t Whatever your age, 1 will to-day directly address you, and I shall speak to those who are in the twenties, the thirties, the forties, the fifties, the sixties, and to those who are in the seventies and beyond.

First, then, I accost those of you who are In the twenties. You are full of expectation. You aro ambitious— that is, If you amount to anything—for some kind of success, commercial or mechanical or professional or literary or agricultural or social or moral. If I find some one In tho twenties with-out any sort of ambition, I feel like saying, "My friend, you have got on the wrong planet This la not the world for you. You are going to be In the way. Have you made your choice of poorhouses? You will never be able to pay for your cradle. Who is going to settle for your board? There is a mistake about the fact thai you were born at all."

But supposing you have ambition, let me say to all the twenties, expect everything through divine manipula-tion, and then you will get all you

i want and something better. Are you looking for wealth? Well, remember that God controls the money markets, the harvests, the droughts, the cater-pillars, the locusts, the sunshine, the storm, the land, the sea, and you will got wealth. Perhaps not that which is stored up in the banks, in safe de-posits, in United States securities, in houses and lands, but your clothing and board and shelter, and that is about all you can appropriate anyhow You cost the Lord a great deal. To feed and clothe and shelter you for a lifetime requires a big sum of money, and if you get nothing more than the absolnte necessities you got an enor-mous amount of supply. Expect as much as you will of any kind of suc-cess. If you expect It from the Lord you are safe. Depend on any other re-source, and you may be badly cha-grined, but depend on God and all will be well.

Some of the mightiest things for God and eternity have been done in the twenties. As long as you can put the figure 2 before the other figure that helps describe your age I have high hopes about yon. Look out for that figure 2. Watch its continuance w-ith as much earnestness as you ever watched anything that promised you salvation or threatened you demoli-tion. What a critical time—the twen-ties! While they continue you decide your occupation and the principles by which you will be guided; you make your most abiding friendships; you ar-range your home life; you fix your habits. Lord God Almighty, for Jesus Christ's sake, have mercy on all the men and women In the twenties!

Next I accost those in the thirties. You are at an age when you find what a tough thing it is to get recognized and established in your occupation or profession. In some respects the hard-est decade of life is the thirties, be-cause the results are generally so far behind the anticipations. Nine-tenths of the poetry of life has been knocked out of you since you came into the thirties. Men in the different profes-sions and occupations saw that you were rising, and they must put an es-toppel on you, or you might somehow stand In the way. They think you must be suppressed.

From thirty to forty Is an especially hard t ime for young doctors, young lawyers, young merchants, young farmers, young mechanics, young min-isters. The struggle of the thirties Is for honest and helpful and remunera-tive recognition. But few old people know how to treat young people with-out patronizing them on the one hand or snubbing them on the other.

Oh, the thirties! Joseph stood before Pharaoh at thirty; David was thirty years old when he began to reign; the height of Solomon's temple was thirty cubits; Christ entered upon his active ministry at thirty years of age; Judas sold him for thirty pieces of silver. Oh," tho thirties! What a word suggestive of triumph or disas-ter!

Next I accost the forties. Yours Is the decade of discovery. I do not mean the discovery of the outside, but the discovery of yourself. No man knows himself^ until he Is forty. By that t ime he has learned what he can do or what he cannot do. He thought he had commercial genius enough to become a millionaire, but now he is satisfied to make a comfortable liv-ing. He thought he had rhetorical power that would bring him Into the United States senate; now he is con-tent if he can successfully argue a common case before a petit jury. He thought he had medical skill that would make him a Mott or a Grosse or a Willard Parker, or a Sims; now he finds his sphere is that of a family physician, prescribing for the ordinary aliments that afllict our race. He Is half way through life's journey and he is in a position to look backward or

forward. He has more good sense than he ever had. He knows human nature, for he has been cheated often enough to see the bad side of i t and he has met so many gracious and kindly and splendid souls he also knows the good side of M.

Now, calm yourself. Thank God for the past and deliberately set your compass for another voyage. You have chased enough thistledown; you have blown enough soap bubbles; you have seen the unsatisfying nature of all earthly things. Open a new chap-ter with God and the world. This de-cade of the forties ought to eclipse all its predecessors in worship, in use- i fulness and in happiness.

My sermon next accosts the fifties. How queer it looks when in writing your age you make the first of the two figures a 5. This Is the decade which shows what the other decades have been. If a young man has sown wild oats and he has lived to this time, he reaps the harvest of it in the fifties, or if by necessity he was compelled to overtoil in honest directions he is called to settle up with exacting na-ture sometime during the fifties. Sci-aticas and rheumatisms and neural-gias and vertlgos and Insomnias have their playground In the fifties. A man's hair begins to whiten and, although be may have worn spectacles before, now he asks the optician for No. 14 or No. 12 or No. 10. When he gets a cough and Is almost cured, he hacks and clears his throat a good while after-ward.

O ye who are in the fifties, think of it! A half century of blessings to be thankful for and a half century sub-tracted from an existence which, in the most marked cases of longevity, hardly ever reaches a whole century. By this time you ought to be eminent for piety. You have been in so many battles you ought to be a brave sol-dier. You have made so many voy-ages yon ought to be a good sailor. So long protected and blessed, you ought to have a soul full of doxology.

In Bible times in Canaan every fifty years was by God's command a year of Jubilee, The people did not work that year. If property had by mis-fortune gone out of one's possession, on the fiftieth year it came back to him. If he had fooled it away, it was returned without a farthing to pay. If a man had been enslaved, he was in that year emancipated. A trum-pet was sounded loud and clear and long, and It was the trumpet of Jubi-lee. They shook hands, they laughed, they congratulated. What a time it was, that fiftieth year! And if under the old dispensation It was such a glad time, under our new and more glorious dispensation let all who have come to the fifties hear the trumpet of jubilee that I now blow.

My sermon next accosts the sixties. The beginning of that decade is more startling than any other. In his chronological Journey the man rides rather smoothly over the figures 2 and 3 and 4 and 5, but the figure 6 gives him a big j o l t He says: "It cannot be that I am sixty. Let me examine the old fami y record. I gu ss they made a mistake. They got my name down wrong in the roll of births." But no, the older brothers or sisters remember the time of his advent, and there is some relative a year older and another relative a year younger, and, sure enough, the fact is established beyond all disputation.

Sixty! Now your great danger is the temptation to fold up your fac-ulties and q u i t You will feel a ten-dency to reminiscence. If you do not look out, you will begin almost every-thing with the words. "When I was a boy." But you ought to make the sixties more memorable for God and the truth than the fifties or the forties or the thirties. You ought to do more during the next ten years than you did In any thirty years of your life be-cause of all the experience you have had. You have committed enough mistakes In life to make you wise above your juniors. Now. under the accumulated light of your past experi-menting, go to work for God as never before. When a man in the sixties folds up his energy and feels he has done enough. It Is the devil of Indo-lence to which he Is surrendering, and God generally takes the man at his word and lets him die right away.

My subject next accosts those in the seventies and beyond. My word to them is congratulation. You have got nearly if not quite through. You have safely crossed the sea of life and are about to enter the harbor. You have lought at Gettysburg, and the war is over—here and there a skirmish with the remaining sin of your own heart and the sin of the world, but I guess you are about done. There may be some work for you yet on a small or large scale. Bismarck of Germany vig-orous lu the eighties. The prime min-ister of England strong at seventy-two. Haydn composing his oratorio. "The Creation," at seventy years of age. Noah Webster, a f ter making his world renowned dictionary, hard at work until eighty-five years old. Rev. Daniel Waldo praying in my pulpit at one hundrec yeais of age. Humboldt producing the immortal "Cosmos" at seventy-six years. William Blake at sixty-seven learning Italian so as to read Dante in the original. John Wesley st irr ing great audiences at eighty-five. William C. Bryant, with-out spectacles, reading in my house "Thanatopsis" at eighty-three years of age. Christian men and women in ail departments serving God after be-coming septuagenarians and octoge-narians and nonagenarians prove that there are possibilities of work for the aged, but I think you who are passed the seventies are near being through.

How do you feel about it? You ought to be jubilant, because life is a tre-mendous struggle, and if you have got through respectably and usefully you ought to feel like p«»'.ple toward the close of a summer da^ seated on the

rooks watching the sunset at Bar Har-bor or Cape May or Lookout Mountain.

I am glad to say that most old Christians are cheerful. Daniel Web-ster visited John Adams a abort time before his death and found him In very infirm health. He said to Mr. Ad-ams: "1 am glad to see you. I hope you are getting along pretty well." The reply was: 'Ah, sir, quite the con-trary. 1 find I am a poor tenant, occu-pying a bouse much shattered by time. It sways and trembles with every wind and what is worse, sir, the landlord, as near as I can make out, does not intend to make any repairs."

An aged woman sent to her physi-cian and told him of her aliments and the doctor paid: "What would you havo me do, madam? I cannot make you young again." She replied: "I know that, doctor. What I want you to do is to help me to grow old a little longer." The young have their trou-bles before them; the old have their troubles behind them. You have got about all out of this earth that there Is in i t Be glad that you, an aged serv-ant of God, are going to try another life and amid b e t t c surroundings. Stop looking back and look ahead.

Oh, ye in the seventies and the eigh-ties and the nineties, your best days are yet to come, your grandest associ-ations are yet to be formed, your best eyesight is yet to be kindled, your best hearing Is yet to be awakened, your greatest speed Is yet to be traveled, your gladdest song is yet to be sung. The most of your friends have gone over the border, and you are going to Join them very soon. They are wait-ing for you; they are watching the golden shore to see you land; they are watching the shining gate to see you come through; they aro standing by the throne to see you mount. What a glad hour when you drop tho staff and take the scepter, when you quit the stiffened joints and become an im-mortal athlete! But hear, hear; a re-mark pertinent to all people, whether in the twenties, the thirties, the for-ties, the fifties, the sixties, the seven-ties or beyond.

What we all need Is to tako the su-pernatural into our lives. Do not k t us depend on brain and muscle and nerve. We want a mighty supply of the supernatural. We want with us a divine force mightier than tne waters and the tempests, and when the Lord took two steps on bestormed Galilee, putting one foot on the winds and tho other on tae waves, he proved himself mightier than hurricane and billow. We want with us a divine force great-er than the fires, and when tho Lord cooled Nebuchadnezzar's furnace until Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego did not even have to fan themselves he proved himself mightier than the fire. We want a divine force stronger than the wild beast and when the Lord made Daniel a lion tamer he proved himself stronger than the wrath of the Jun-gles.

There are so many diseases In the world we want with us a divine Physi-cian capable of combating aliments, and our Lord when on earth showed what, he could do with catalepsy and paralysis and ophthalmia and demen-tia. Oh, take this supernatural into all your lives! How to get it." Just as you get anything you want—by appli-cation.

A man got up in a New York prayer meeting and said: "God Is my part-ner. I did business with him for twenty years and failed every two or three years. I have been doing busi-ness with him for twenty years and have not failed once." Oh, take the supernatural into all your affairs! I had such an evidence of the goodness of God in temporal things when I en-tered life. I must testify. Called to preach at lovely Belleville, in New Jersey, 1 entered upon my work. But there stood the empty parsonage, and not a cent had 1 with which to furnish It. After preaching three or four weeks the officers of my church asked me if I did not want to take two or three weeks' vacation. I said, "Yes," for I had preached about ail I knew, but I feared they must be getting tired of me. When I returned to the vil-lage af ter the brief vacation, they handed me the key of the parsonage and asked me if I did not want to go and look at It. Not suspecting any-thing had happened, I put the key into the parsonage door and opened It, and there was the hall completely furnish-ed with carpet and pictures and hat-rack, and 1 turned into the parlors and they were furnished—the softest sofas I ever sat on—and Into the study, and I found it furnished with bookcases, and 1 went Into the bedrooms,and they were furnished, and Into the pantry, and that was furnished with every culinary article, and the splceboxes were filled, and a flour barrel stood there ready to be opened; and I went down Into the diningroom, and the table was set and beautifully furnish-ed. and into the kitchen, and the stove was full of fuel, and a match lay on the top of the stove, and all I had to do in starting housekeeping was to strike the match. God inspired the whole thing, and if I ever doubt his goodness all up and down the world call me an ingrate. I testify that I have been In many tight places, and God always got me out, and he will get you out of the tight places.

But the most of you will never reach the eighties or the seventies or the sixties or the fifties or the forties. Ho who passes Into the forties has gone far beyond the average of human i lk . Amid the uncertainties take God through Jesus Christ As your present and eternal safety. The longest life is only a small fragment of the great there.

The highest calls may come from the lowliest circumstances.

The average monthly salaries of men teachers In Illinois is $61.69, and of

\ women $53.51.

FROM SASKATCHEWAN. WESTERN CANADA.

In a letter written from Prince Al-bert, Saskatchewan, one of the d l ^ t r lc t i of western Canada, by H«nry Langhlln to Dr. C. T. Field of Chase. Michigan, and which appeared in tho Reed City (Michigan) Clarion, ap-peared the following:

"If any one should ask you how I like it up here, tell them I am perfect-ly well satisfied; for me it is just tho place. I have as good a piece of land as ever laid outdoors. Wouldn't ex* change It for the whole of I^ake Conn* ty, or at least the township of Chase.

"Of course, I have not been hero very long, but as much of the country as I have seen it cannot be beat any* where. We had as good crops hero last faH as I ever saw, and everything gets ripe in good shape. We had ao good ripe potatoes as 1 ever ate in my life. There is no better piaoe tor stock on the continent than here. Horses and cattle will do as good run* ning out all winter here as they de where they are fed ail winter thero. Have built me a residence and now all I want is a wife to keep house for me. I have some breaking already done on my place, but next summer I Intend to have more done and then 1 will bo ready for business.

"We have had a very fine winter to far. It baa not been much below zero, If iny, excepting about a week In the middle of November. It has been quite cold the past day or two. Wo are in log shanties, and they are just muddied up on the outside, and noth* ing has frozen on the inside as y e t There is no wind or rain. Just nico steady weather ail the time."

Apply to any agent of the Canadian government.

C o n l d n ' k K e c o g n l r e H i m .

"Yes, I have a pretty big mouth, for a fact," admitted the candid man, "but I have learned to keep it shut, and that counts for something when you take your levels. 1 received a lesson when I was a small boy that I have never for-gotten. I was born and brought up on a farm and I bad the countiy-boy habit of going iround with my mouth wide open, especially If there was anything unusual going on. One day an uncle, whom 1 had not seen for a year, paid us a visit

" 'Hullo, anole,* said I, looking up at him with my mouth opened like a barn door.

He looked at me for a moment with-out answering, and then said:

" 'Close your mouth, sonny, so 1 eaa see who you are.*

"I took the lesson to my heart ," sold the candid man, according to the De-troit Free Press, "and resolved that from that day I would not allow my mouth to conceal my identity."

T o thn HhadA of the I 'a lm.*

The C. H. & D. Ry. have inaugurated through car service from Detroit to 8 t Augustine, Fia. commencing January 7th. Through cars will leave Detroit, every Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday during the Florida Resort season. The trains aro made up of through Pullman Sleepers. Purl of and Cafe cars, offering the public the fin -st type of modera train service. For particulars and rates address J . A. W I L L I A M S O N , IX P. A., Toledo, O.

Lota of men join a secret society because they think its emblem will show up well on their wat.-b chains.

Three things a woman should never forget—an engagciiient, a promise and train time.

There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than ull other dheases put toRether, and until the last few years was supposed to be Incurublo. Pur a Kreat many years doctors pro-nounced it a local disease, and proscribed local remedies, and by constantly falllnK to euro with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitu-tional disease, and therefore requires consti-tutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, man-ufactured by P. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio, Is the only constitutional cure on the market. It Ls takon Internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly upon the blood and murous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it falls tocure Bend for circulars and testimonials. Addrenu

P. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by DruRKists. Titc. Hall's Pamily Pills are the bent.

The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on; and doves will peck. In sa fe -guard of their brood.—Shakespeare.

A Cnre f o r t h e Tobnero Habit . Mrs. J. Kjiy. A. W. HiRh street, Des Moines.

Iowa, has discovered a harmless and Inexpens-ive remedy for tho tobacco habit, which hue cured her husband and huudreds of others. Any druRjfihi can put it up The prescripUon end directions sent fre^ for a stamp to pay postage.

The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world Is to be In real-ity what wc would appear to be.—So-crates.

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES color silk, wool or cotton perfectly a t one boil-ing. Sold by druggists, 10c. per package.

The cabhnpe Is a development of a com-mon seaweed which grows wild on every coast of Europe.

To Onro a Cold in One d a y . Take Laxat ive Bramo Quinine Tab.ets. All druggisU re fund money if i t fails to cure. Sfie.

One woman a lways pays more a t tent ion to what another woman has on than to what she says.

All Sufferers From Rhennaatlam should t ry MATT J. JOHNSON'S Guarantee goes with It. Try it.

Wha t the devil did In the garden of Eden every sinner would t ry t o ' de la heaven.

MM. window'S Soothing Ryron. ror children toethlnit »often* tin if urns, re.iuiv* In-flammatloa, aUaya ptln. ourei wltU roiio. tbo » tMOUo.

There are not many whom God can

work. t 0 t h e r 0 a l m e a n l n S 0 1 their

RUSS BLRAOHINO BLUB should be in every home. Ask your KI-OOOT for It and take no substitute. 10c a package.

Ono of the first things a backslider does Is to pray for the Lord to give him more work.

Plso's Cure for Consumption Is an InfalMbte medicine for coughs and colds—N. W. SAMUKL, Occan Grove, N. J., Peb. 17, 1900.

Never make resolutions; then vou will be saved f rom the trouble of breaklnjr them. ^

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CITAPTFR T|.—(ContlBord.) McGregor made a proposition to tho

effect that his principal should be en-titled to at least one ihot in practice before the affair came on the c a r p e t -as IJvormore was familiar with the handling of the firearms, he certainly had an advantage, and It would be only fair to give Overton a chance to see how tho weapon upon which he vas about to stake his life did Its work.

To this the others readHy agreed, and Jack glancing around for some mark, discovered a sparrow upon a branch fully as distant as his antago-nist would be when the word caire to lire.

' 'Ah!" he remarked, "I have found a mark almost half as large as a human h e a r t "

He fired almost instantly, and the mangled bird fell to the ground, while the McGregor whistled a bar or two from "The Campbells Are Coming," and Llvermore's second looked very serious.

Then the conditions of the duel were gone over.

The two principals were to be sta-tioned at the posts selected, within eaey pistol shot, and their backs t u n -ed toward each other.

At a given signal they were to wheel and advance directly toward each other, the privilege to fire being open from that Instant.

One advantage would come to the man who got In his shot first, provid-ed he hit his mark, but If he missed, heaven help him, for the other had the privilege of walking up as close as he pleased and delivering a murder-eus fire.

When these arrangements had been made the principals walked to their stations and received their weapons, together with a last wurd of advice from their seconds.

Then they were left alone, facing each other.

Overton could feel his Iwart pound-ing away like a miniature trip ham-mer, and he held out his arm with some uneasinees. but smiled to find it as firm as a rook—not a tremor or quiver of the slightest description— really It looked bad for Llvermore, who perhaps had met with the most astonishing perils during his adven-turous life, and finally came home to find his Sedan.

At McGregor's command the two duelists turned back to hack, with the arm holding the pistol dropped down at their sides.

"Men, are ye baith ready?" he de-manded, as though about to open a ^printing race or some other Innocent game of spor t

"Ready!" came from the traveler, quickly.

"Ready!" echoed Overton, between his teeth.

'Then , gang awa', and the God o' battles decide the day," roared the ex-dragoon.

Both men whirled around, and the dnellng pistols came up to a level.

Neither fired at once, but began to advance, while the onlookers—includ-ing an almost paralyzed rustic with a

•hfork over his shoirlder, on the way to some field of labor—held their very breath In suspense.

Two, three, four paces for each—the distance had been horribly narrowed, and as yet not a shot.

•ft looked like murder—as though both of them must fall when the final exehange of compllmeats took place.

McGregor would have given all he owned for the privilege of bawling out to his man—he believed Jack was los-ing his best chance—that he had the other a t his mercy, and was a fool not to get in the first shot; but Eucb an act on the part of a second would have been a gross breach of the etiquette governing such affairs, and he dis-creetly remained si lent

Then with stunning abruptness came the sharp report of a pistol, and the McGregor groaned as he saw the •moke oozing from the barrel of the leveled weapon clutched in the rigid .hand of Llvermore.

C H A P T R R V f t .

How the Duel Ended. With his heart In bis throat the Mc-

dregor . af ter discovering that the shot proceeded from the pistol of the vet-eran traveler, flashed his eyes toward Orerton. Jack turned his face for a second toward his friend—it was color-lees from the intense nervous tension, trat over it had shot a terrible grim •milt, such as could only be born of eomplete triumph—h*> knew the life of his hated rival was in his hands.

Llvermore, of course, had stood in his tracks af ter his fiasco. His bronzed feature gave no sign of fear, though naturally enough he had set his teeth to meet the dread summons, as-be-came a man. He had had his chance and lost—the game was in Overton's hands, and there could be no appeal from the stern arbitrament of arms..

And Jack-—a whirlwind of fancies played riot in his mind and heart—the man he hated with such bitterness, who had stolen away the girl whom he had almost looked upon as his wife forever and aye—this favori te of for-tune was now in his power, and a pres-sure of the finger alone was needed to end his career.

Fedora would thTi be f ree and be— but, stop; suppose he killed Llvermore. Would that act bridge the abyss be-

tween Fedora and himself On the contrary, would it not render It for ever Impassable?

His whole nature revolted at the thought of killing his rival in cold blood—this was not the kind of re-venge for which his spirit yearned— and even at this dreadful moment of suspense, when angel and devil seem ed to struggle within for the mastery, somehow the gentle, earnest face of little Mazette. the portrait painter, flashed before hla vision.

Then suddenly, without the least warning Overton raised his arm until the pistol covered the upper branches of a tree, and, discharging the weapon, tossed it to the feet of his antagonist, whirled on his heel and walked away.

The good angel had triumphed—he refused to accept tho life the godt: had given him.

The McGregor, breathing out mutter-Ings of discontent, chased af ter his principal. To his rather brutal soldier mind Jack was a fool to stand the fire of a man who had wronged him. and then throw away ihe golden opportun-ity for revenge which the fickle god-dess of fortune had placed in his hands.

McGregor could not comprehend the delicate nature of the affair—he be-lieved that if the doughty captain, who had perhaps bewitched Jack's sweet-heart in some mysterious manner, had only been disposed of. so that he might not appear upon the stage again. Over ton would have clear salllug in the matter.

Alas' the situation was far more complicated.

Overton knew a condition and not a theory confronted him—that Fedora had been dazzled by the evidences of wealth around her—that she loved dross and diamonds and luxurious ease more than she had ever loved him. even In that fool's Paradise when, like a couple of children, they had Indulged In beautifully romantic dreams of the future—that evanescent Fata Morgana that appears to all sailors who venture upon the sea of love.

Hut one faint hope remained—would Fedora listen to the still, small voice within and thrust tho temptation aside?

Strange how we d ing desperately to the last straw when our boat sinks un-der us.

They entered the great city and final-ly pulled up at a chop house, where, having dismissed the chuckling cabby, they had breakfast together. Overton still had little to say, though he kept up a tremendous thinking, and when the meal was over the McGregor shook him Eolemnly by the hand, saying in parting:

"As I taul ye before, laddie, if ye need a braw frlen' came to Donald Mc-Gregor. I'm sore afraid ye did wrang to let the gillee off, but ye knaw best Aweel, aweel, let It gang. Nae doot I'll see ye later, mon. In peace or war, then call on the McGregor."

C H A P T E R V I I I .

Mazetto. Overton settled down Into a rut,

waiting and working by fits and starts upon his picture. During these weeks he lived from hand to mouth, selling an occasional "pot boiler" for a pit-tance that just managed to keep the wolf from the door.

Days glided into weeks. He worked spasmodically, wandered about Lon-don. dreamed of mljrbty things that he could do If investeo with the touch of Midas, and sometimes spent an even-ing with Mazette and her a u n t

These social events always had a salutary effect upon Overton, and many times he breathed blessings upon the little miniature painter for her sister-ly affection, as he was pleased to con-sider It. which soothed him in such a wonderful manner.

His painting was complete. As he stood in front of it he knew It

was a masterpiece that must without, a doubt bring him both for tune and glory.

Oh! If she would but only wait un-til the day when all London echoed with his name, and' it would be an honor to know him.

But the hero of many an African and Indian border foray was Impatient in his wooing, since he had reached an age when a man must needs make haste if he expects to shake off the thralldom of bachelorhood and tak' upon himself the vows and duties of a benejict, since the older he grows the more difficult It becomes to assume new obligations.

When Overton read in the Times that the wedding was to occur on the next Thursday evening at a fashionable church he seemed turned into stone for a time. He became moody, almost sullen. He avoided those friends who had been of late such a comfort to him. Mazette chanced to moot him on the s t r ee t -pe rhaps the use of that word can hardly be allowed, since she pur-posely went out of her way to pass near his lodgings In the hope of seeing him, for the article concerning Fe-dora's coming marriage had caught her eye, too, and she began to fear for Jack again.

When she saw him so moody and ap-parently at cross purposes with tho whole world, she f«lt very bitter tr ward Fvdora. and had it Deen in hoi power Just then to remedy ' atters, even at the expense of pain to nerself. R - le t t e would have only too gladly dons so, for Jack manied to Fedora

ana Kappy AUH far better than Jack miserable, despondent and devoid ot ambition.

The fatal evening came. Jack had grimly made up his mind

he would by hook or crook witness the ceremony that was to darken his life and take from him the girl he had so long looked upon as his inspiration.

Knowing that a fanhionable audi-ence would fill the church, and that admission without a card would be ditticult. he made friends with the or-ganist and managed to get an Invita-tion to occupy a seat In the loft.

Mazette Insisted on accompanying him—at first he had been appalled by the thought of another witnessing hli mute suffering, but she was so per sistent, and her sweet presence al ways served to arouse his better na-tfcre, so finally he gave a reluctant con-sen t

When tho organ pealed out the wed-ding march from "Lohengrin," Over-ton shut his teeth hard and waited the coming of the white procession that started down the aisle, flower girls strewing the way with rare bloshoms.

Fedora looked like a dream—her ap-pearance would haunt him to his dying day.

And Llvermore was very handsome In his dress suit—he appeared very proud, and had eyes for no one but tho beautiful woman who knelt before the chancel rail beside him and vowed to "love, honor and obey."

When Overton heard this he seemed to feel a change come over h i m - h e knew It was false, for, loving him, how could she truthfully promise to give to her husband the affection It Im-plied?—his faith in womankind was dead, he believed, forever, and from that hour ho could never believe In the sex again.

Toward the close of the ceremony Fedora rsissd her hitherto downcast eyes, as if drawn by the subtle power of Jack's stern gaze, and looked into bis face.

As if an arrow had pierced her heart she turned pale and shuddered, nor die she dare raise her eyes again.

Perhaps she even dreaded lest the man whom she had so cruelly Jilted, whose devoted heart she had cast away after It was of no further use to her, as ono might a worn-out glove, might in his righteous anger do pome-thing desperate—such things havo been known ere now In high life.

Altogether those last few minutes of the ceremony that should have been the proudest and happiest In her whole life were the most miserable, and she endured a small portion of the same suffering her act had brought upon Overton.

All was over! The wedding procession was passing

down the aisle to renewed strains of joyous music. Perhaps those who were near enough to notice wondered why the happy and envied bride should turn her head and look In a half eager, half frightened way toward the altar—they could not know that remorse was already beginning to goad her hea r t and that the memory of that white, set. agonized face In the organ loft would come before her with reproaches every day of her life, while the bitter accusatlong of a murdered conscience must many times drive her to tears when surrounded by all the beautiful things that generally go to make the sum total of a fashionable? woman's happiness, and to possess which she had betrayed her own hear t

When Jack went out of the church, a f te r the butterfly audience had rolled away In their swell turnouts, he was taci turn; but bis step had an elasticity Mazette had not noticed for many a day. He accompanied Mazette to her home, but declined entering the humble abode.

(To be continued.)

EVIL8 OF THE LONDON FOG.

E z p c r i m e n t N W h i c h T « n d t o S h o w T h a t

I t 1* M o s t IlfatrnrtlTP. Some unofflcjdl experiments carried

out at Chelsea during the recent fog, according to Sir William Thiselton-Dyer. the director of Kew Gardens, showed that in a week b x tons of solid matter were deposited on a square mile. They Included not on:y soot but a variety of tarry hydro-carbons, high-ly Injurious to animal and vegetable life.

Adopting the postofflce telephone area of 600 square miles, this means that the metropolis labored under a weight of 3,600 tons of this dreadful compound before the wind was strong enough to carry It to another part of the country. The other part of the country might be the BerkshLe downs, where Sir William Richmond has sometimes seen a solid bank of fog creeping up from the e a s t There they call it London dirt.

Another Instance of the destroying power of the London fog was supplied a t the meeting of the Coal Smoke Abatement Society recently by Pro-fessor Church, who exhibited an evil-looking object, two Inches thick, which had recently been chipped off the molding of the gallery outside the great dome of S t Paul's. This deposit covers most of the building where water penetrates, and It only contains 1 per cent of soot, the remainder com-prising chemical products which are most pernicious to Portland stone.

Professor Church also has a griev-ance against the fog as the enemy of oil paintings. So great indeed Is the Injury which soot and smoke do to art as well as nature that It Is rather sur-prising a society has not been formed for the promotion of fog.—London Chronic! e.

0 « r n i a n y * a M o d e r n Hcho is,

Germany is now the best-educjjted ^at 'on of Euroue, yet onlv hundrec of yoara ago German teacbe. a in uany parts of the countr* were so poorly paid that they used to sing In front of houses In order to add to their income by odd pence,

Mll l iona f o r R a l l r o a d a . Knornious ex|M'u<lltures, aggregating

I'Joo.ooo.iKH), will In' made by the rail roads of the Uulted States during th current year, IP the plans announcei1

, by the several com|>anlcs are fulfilled • Thin colossal total does not IncluU 1 the millions usually charged up t<

0]^rating expenses, but covers tip cost of digging tunnels In New Yorl city and elsewhere, Improving road beds for thou Minds of miles with 1ml last and 1,0(10,(KK) tons of hteel rails new bridges, cars, locomotives, etc. The effect of these plans upon the stee Industry has already been felt In a

| renewal of activity In the mills. Insur Ing a prosperous year alike for manu-facturers and men.

I l o l m o n C a n ' t R e t i r e .

A naval retiring board has declined to rocouimend the retlmneiH of Capt. Rlchmoiul P. Holisoii. He himself ap-plied for retirement, complaining that Iris eyes had suffered permanent injury from beat and glare while lie was at Santiago and af terward in the drydock at I long Kong, where two vessels of the Sptmlsh fleet sunk by Dewey, were repaired. The Ixrard found that his eyes were not permanently Injured.

I t e p r r n r n t n t l v c S m i t h T o o L a t e .

It has just been discovered that through a cable error an As«>elated Press dispatch of last week announced that the death sentence upon Com-numdant Scheepers of the Boor army had been confirmed by flen. Kitchner and that he would be executed next Saturday. The fact Is lhat he was executed on last Saturday. Jan. 18,

TwLD ON MUWAoKEE.

After Ihe Olflrcrn. One of the first e f feds of the admis-

sion of the Danish Islands as terri-torial colonies is that an entire new suite of American officers must b<» sup-plied the new |)eople. There must be a governor, a secretary, a supreme court ami a score more of minor olll-cers. The president is already receiv-ing application*.

T o K r m o v r T n * .

Representative H. C. Smith has In-trod need a bill to repeal the section of tbe war revenue law placing a special tax of on banks of $20,000 and $2 extra for every adtWfional thousand dollar capital over $2."i.000. Tho Xa-tlonal Bank association has asked that the tax be repeabsl. He has also intro-duced a bill to remove the tax on frelghi bills of lading.

T o H r l o n n r MIMN . S t o n e .

The United States minister. John 0 . A. Leishman. says the brigands who abducted .Miss Ellen M. Stone and Mme. Tsllka. Sept. ,'1. have agreed to accept the amount of ransom raised by Rulwcrlption. The place of payment is now the only question. .

A M I ' S K M E N T H IN I I K T R O I T . WKF.K KNIUNG KKB. I.

Dktroit Opkiia Housk-E. H Sothorn In "If I we.« Klnjf"- Kve. u l 8 : Wed., Sa t . Mat, a t 2.

Lyckijm Theater - " T h e Nljjht of the F o u r t h " —MatlneeK jfto: EVOIIIIIKH WC, L!AO. Mo and 7 C.

Whitney Ohano-- "The Vll laae Parson"— Mutineer 10c. I.w, tin I •.,>c; Kve. IGr, 20cand.« o.

WondbAi.and—Aftarnoons at 2 and 4, inc. iho and vJJc; Eve. ut 7:80 mid 9:1ft, 10c, 15c uud Ztc.

T H E M A R K E T S .

Detroit.—Cnttle; Oood, steady nt ln«t week's prleos; mixed butchers. 10 to 15c lower; Btockers and feeders about s teady; mileh cows. Rood kind, steady, common, lower; average prices. 125 to Jf«fl H o g s -Market dull. 15 to COc lower than la^t week; buyers and sHlerp far apart , open-IHK price. J'ifiiC 05; closed steady at 5 to 10o 'ower than last week. Sheep—Rest lambs. 15 5006 75. llarht to irood mixed lota. $5 WHti'ft 40; yearlings. S4< 4 W); fair to g jod butchers, i34i3 75; culls and common, |2*f3.

Buffalo.—Cattle; Market quiet but s teady. Common to good, 25; eh 1 e. 18 50^8 75. HoKS-Rest b. avv, 50^6 0; mixed packers. >6 40fiit M; pies $5 Mtfift 65; roughs. So 40(f/T) 75; stags. WiM 50. S h e e p -Tops mixed. 14 15tfM 50; handy w c h e i s . 14 Tfi; yearlings. $4 6^/6; culls to pood. $204 10; Canadas. dull; top lamlw,

15; culls to good. $n 75(015 90. Th lea go.—rattle; Oood to prime. SA MKfi

7 25; poor to medium. stockers and feeders.J2 25(fi4 75; cows. $1 60f?4 75; hel 'ers. )2 55; canners. Jl(fi;2 25; bulls, $2 26fp 4 (WV calves. 12 bOfiH 25; Texas fed steers.

2.V Hops—Mixed and butchers. .f6 '0 40; good to choice heavy. S6 30<ff6 50;

rr.UKh heavv. $«5 6 25- lirrht $5 eOf/O b i lk of sales. S5 90^6 35. Sheep—Good to cli Ice wethers. J4 90@5; weKtern sheep. J4 257i) 5 75; native lambs, $3 10; western lambs.

f a r a i n . E t c . Detroit.—Wheat: No. 1 white, 90c; No.

2 red. R^c; No. 3 red. Sfi-; mixed winter. 88c,; by sample. 1 car at 87c per bit. Corn —No. 3 mixed 60c; No. 3 yellow, fil^c. Oats—No. 2 white. 48^c; No. 3 do. 47^c; rejected. 1 car a t 47c per bu.

f ' h l c a c c . - W h e a t : No. 3. 74f/74V.c; No. 2 red. S3^«f/84^c. Oats—No. 2. 45®45Vi; No. 3 white. •43r.i'44i c. Corn: No. 3 mixed, MHiC. No. 3 y e l l o w . 62>\c.

New York.—Wheat: No. 2 red, 87^0 f o b afloat; No 2 red. 8W«c elevator; No 1 inorthern Duluth. 8,>M.c f o b afloat; No 1 hard Manitoba. 8S%c f o b afloat. C o r n -No 2, 67%c elevator and CT'/gC f o b afloat. O a t s - N o 2. 60c; No 3, 49c; No 2 white, 52'5/52,^c; No 3 white. olM^52c; t rack mixed western, 50c; track white, 51@57c.

Produce. Butter—Creameries. extras, 23@24c;

flrsts. 21fz)22c; fancy selected dairy. It}® 17c; packing stock, ll^'l^c; common, 13^ He.

Cheese—Choice state, October, 1 1 ^ 1 3 c per lb.

Honey—No 1 white, 15$n6c; light amber. 12(ril3c; dark amber, lOryllc; extracted, 6® 6Hc per lb.

Onions—Michigan, II 25^1 35 per bu"; Spanish, II 65 per bu crate.

Eggs—Candled, fresh rccelpta, 25<fr2Gc; storage eggs. 20tfj'21c per do*.

Evaporated apples—9c per lb; sun-dried, 4^flc per lb.

Hay—Pi Ices on baled hay. new, are as follows: No 1 timothy. I l l 50; No 2, 110 50; clover, mixed, 19 50^10 00; rye s t raw, |6 50; wheat and oat s t raw, |5 50 per ton in car lots, f o b Detroit.

Hides—No 1 green. SVic; No 2 green, 6V4c; No 1 cured. 7^ic; No 2 cured, 6%e; No I calf green, 11c; No 2 calf green. 9V4c; No 1 calf cured, 11c; No 2 calf cured, 9'^c; No 1 kip green. Sc; No 2 kip green, 6'^c; No 1 kip cured. 8c; No 2 kip cured. 6%c; horse hides, $2 75; sheep pelts, as to wool, 25c<tn.

Poultry—Live hens, 7V?c; old roosters, 5c; springs, S^CS^c; young ducks, 9#l0c; young turkeys. Kwllc; geese, S'JJS^c per lb. Dressed fowl, 9c; chickens, 9@9Vo: ducks, U^ '^c ; geese, lO^llc; turkeys, 129 13c per lb.

The treaty of cession of the Danish West Indies islands from Denmark to the United States was signed at the state department Friday by Secretary Hay and Constantine Brun. tbe Danish minister. The treaty will lie submitted to the senate for ratifteation Immedi-ately,

Frederick Kralnhardt. a Catholic priest of Jorephvllle, Mo., committed suicide yesterday at the Alexlan Brothers hospital In St. Louis by hang-ing himself. He was 62 years of age and had otticiated at Josephvllle for 30 years. He had been taking treat-ment for nervous trouble.

Social Pro««#t •f CUttlag Ar^oala tad la

That City IlluBtratad.

The teacher of an intermediate grade In a Milwaukee school the other day was "showing off" her pupils before A number of visitors.

The spelling class was on tbe floor and one small, red-headed boy was given the word "Introduction."

He paused, twisted his Hps, stared and then, In a faltering way, spelled It correctly, and then seemed rather sur-prised lhat he had done I t

"Do you know what the word means?" asked the teacher.

"N'm." "What? You don't know what 'In-

troduction' means? Well, now, I'll ex-plain It to you. Does your mother ever have callers?"

"Yes'm." "Well, now, suppose that two women

came to call on your mother. Your mother knows one of the women, but doesn't know the other. She has never seen the woman and doesn't even know her name. Now, how would she be-come acquainted with this woman and find out her name?"

"She'd send me out for a can of beer."

As that was the correct answer, says the New York Tribune, the teacher had nothing further to say.

T h i s Will Tnt«ir<a' M o t h e r * .

Mother Oray's Sweet Powders for Children, used by Mother Gray, a nurse In Children's Home, New York, cure FeverlshneHs, Teething Disorders. Stomach Troubles and destroy worms. At all druggists', 25c. Sample FREK. Address Allen S. Olmsted, l^eRoy, N. Y.

W o m a n F i l i p i n o 41an*ral t ' n p t a r c d .

Woman Insurgent General Aqueda Kahabagan. who commanded a force of S00 men, has been captured by Ameri-can troops In I^aguna Province, Luzon. She promised to induce her force to surrender.

KIDNEY TROUBLES. Sirs, Ionise M. Gibson Says

That This Fatal Disease is Easily Cured by Lydia E. Plnkham's Vegetable Com-ponnd. " Dear Mrs. Pinkhau : — I fel t verv

discouraged two years ago, I bad suf-fered so lon^ with kidney troubles and other complicatious, and had taken so much medicine without relief that I began to think there was no hope for me. Life looked so good to me, but what is life without health ? I wanted to be well

MRS. LOUISE M. GIBSON.

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—Mrs. Louise Gmson, 4813 Langley Ave., Chicago, 111.—ffiOOO ftrfilt If ckw* UttlmonM li not ftnulnt.

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C U R E S C A R T A R R H . ALMOND SNUFF clears the head of

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W. I. Donpliia fa.OO mid Su.fi0 Miorn planed aide by aide with t&.OO and ffl-OO tlx** of other makea. are found to be jutt M nood. They will outwear two palra of ordinary |3.no and |s.fi0 iboes.

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01.D PLATFORMS, LF.T THEM

(iO WAY BACK.

T h e Uoruocratio party in Kent coun ty , and in t b e Slate and Na t i on , fo r t h a i mat te r , seems to be badly d e i m r a i d e d . T h i s is a bad t h ing lor all the people everywhere . X o mat te r how wise tho s ta tesmansh ip (»f the rul ing par ly , a power fu l , in-te l l igont and watchfu l opposi t ion par ty is needed as a balance wheel. The present leaderless and disorgan-ized condit ion of the Democracy is IKirticularly unfor tuna te , because i here was never a t ime in the coun-t r y ' s history when g rea te r issues nailed for a se t t lement or when wiser loadership or more exalted pat r io t ism were demanded . In view ol these facts , no fo rmer p l a t fo rms of the pa r ty should s t and In the way of uni ted action on the par t of t rue Democrats on the great l iv ing issues of the day , of which M I 6 to 1" is hardly one.

T h o early principles of Dem -r racy have been too long neglected and in some cases forgot ten . W e give below tho principles of the p la t form upon which T h o m a s .loffer-HOU was elected in the campaign of of 1800. I t is r e f r e sh ing read ing in these days of political co r rup t ion . Head it and realize how f a r we have s t rayed f rom the fa i th of the Fa the r of democracy :

Platform of 1800 abridged: 1. "Inviolable preeerrailon of the Fed-

eral conBtltulion, pocording to the true sense in which it was adopted by the States. 'J. Opposition to raonarchizini? itH features. U. Preservatlou to the States of the powers no t yielded by them to t h e U n i o n . 4. A rinorously frugal administration of the government and resistance to all meas-uren looking to a multiplication of officers and salaries. 5. Reliance for internal de-fense solely upon the militia, till actiml in-vasion ami opposition to the policy of a

•landing army in time of peace. ((. Free nommeroe with all nations, politioal con-nections with none, and little or no dip-lomatio establishment. 7. Opposition to linking ouraelvea by new treatiee with the quarrela of Europe. 8. Freedom of rel-igion. 9. Freedom of speech and of the preas. 10. Liberal naturalization laws. 11. Enconragement of science and arte to the end that the American people may per-fect their independence of all tnreign monopoliea, institutions and influences."

W e would sugges t to those who are de termined to re- i tera te the Chicago and Kansas Ci ty p la t forms lha t they go a l i t t le f u r t h e r back and re-enact th i s good JefTersonian d o c u m e n t , which is appl icable to present day condi t ions a lmos t to the deg ree of inspira t ion. Head i t ; heed i t ; you need it.

ANYHOW, the a r t i s t who painted the " B a t t l e of San l i ago" could only make a l i t t le speck in the d im die-lance supposed to represent Samp-son ' s b o a t . C a n ' t Sec re ta ry Long have the pa in te r broiled and served for b reakfas t?

LET the people not f o r g e t that t hey have the l iquor traffic because they want it and that an long as they accept a pr ice , in form of license, for pe rmi t t ing the business to run, jus t that long they are pa r tne r s in the enterpr ise of d r u n k a r d making. H a r d s ta tement? Pe ihaps ; but is it not t rue?

THE Sampson.Schley cont rover sy seems des t ined like T e n n y s o n ' s brook to " g o on f o r e v e r ; " but no m a t t e r ; all the power of all the navies on ear lh canno t ge t Sampson in to the ba t t le of Sant iago or Schley out of it. Secretary L o n g can squ i rm and con to r l iona le to the b i t t e r end, but the grim fact remains and the people a re behind it.

THE informat ion conveyed by the press tha i t he woman who went over Niaga ra Fal ls in a bar re l , in-t end ing the reby to become a dime museum f r eak , has come to g r i e f , speaks well for the good sense of the people T h e crowds whom the deluded woman expected to pour wealth into her lap did no t mater-ialize. N e x t fool to the f ron t .

THE s t a l l ing of suits to recover to the s ta te 20,000 acres of coal lands in Ohio is a s tep in t he r ight d i rec t ion . T h e mat te r of fuel is cer ta in ly a B U R N I N G quest ion and is bound to become hot ter as the des-t ruc t ion of ha rdwood fores ts nears the end. T o leave the l ives of the people absolutely upon t he mercy of the coal t rus t is a cr ime t h a t must not be allowed to con t inue . T h e gove rnmen t , which is of the people, must save the people.

PERHAPS the t roub le with t he h i s to ry g i v i ng Schley 's version of t he bat t le of Sant iago, is t ha t t he au tho r was not work ing fo r t he N a v y Depa r tmen t a t S I ,98 per day .

THE coal t rus t pays to miners j u s t as l i t t le as it can, charges t he con-sumers jus t as m u c h as it can ; and lies as great as it can in order to make its taxes as l i t t le as it can. If tbe old o r thodoxy be t rue , the men in t he t rus t will not need any coal 4 4In t he sweet by and b y . "

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THE r i g h t to cri t icize publ ic ofticials of high aqd low deg ree can-n o t — m u s t not —ho sur rendered , If t he l ime ever comes when any officer, whether admira l , genera l , representa t ive , senator , supreme cour t Jus t i ce , president or any o the r power under Ueaven c a n n o t be cri t icized and censured f o r w r o n g do ing , may God he lp the r epub l i c !

COXORESSMAX S M I T H ' S ac t iv i ty in behalf of the Hoers is c o m m e n d a b l e f r o m a humani ta r ian s t a n d p o i n t ; bu t how can Amer i ca cons is ten t ly condemn the act ion of E n g l a n d in A f r i c a w i thou t be ing l iable loan invi ta t ion to p l u c k the Ph i l i pp ine mo te f rom her own eye? T h e wr i t e r does not fo rge t tha t wi thin a year he has heard a Repub l i can ora tor hissed a t a Republ ican banque t for express ing admira t ion of and s y m p a t h y fo r t h e Boers. I t ' s a bad state of affa i rs , when an Amer ican citizen cannot speak a good word for a people who are fighting fo r f reedom; and it was a sorry day when Dewey c lung to Mani la bay instead of sa i l ing away a b o u t his business a f t e r smash ing t he Spanish fleet.

Heads Should Never Ache Never endure this trouble. Use at

once the remedy lha t stopped it for Mrs. N. A Webster , of Winnie, Va. , she writes ' ' D r . King's New Life Pills wholly cured me of sick head-aches which I had suffered from for two years ." Cure headichse, consti-dalion, billiousness. 25c at Look 's d r u g store.

EXCURSIONS

P E R E MARQUETTE

N E W O R L E A N S , M O B I L E ,

M A R D I G R A S .

Ticke t s on sale a t rate of one first class fare for t he round t r i p , F e b . rua ry 3 t o 9, inclusive. Good t o return u p to and inc lud ing F e b r u a r y 15th.

C a s c a d e .

Sta te Secre tary , Rev . W a y l a n d of Monroe preached at th is vi l lage church Sunday morn ing and even-evening . W e are »tili wi thout a pas to r but prospects a re favorab le fo r hav ing one in tbe near f u t u r e .

A crowded house much en joyed the H a n d y Wagon show last week. P roceeds 1^25.55.

Dr. Hark ins, heal th officer, re-moved the qua i au t ine Fr iday f rom the homes of H . Coger , Mrs. P a l m e r and daugh te r and Mrs. F r a n k Carl-ton, who have had scar le t f e v e r

W a r r e n Ford and wi fe of Al ton called on f r i ends in th is vi l lage T h u r s d a y .

T h o m a s McNaugh ton and wife and K. B. Clements of A d a and Marshal l Fos ter , wife and d a u g h t e r Marcie were gues t s of J . Brass and wife T h u r s d a y .

Mrs. Mart in Schne ide r , S r . , spen t 10 days with Mrs . J o h n W o o d i n g recen t ly . O t h e r vis i tors there last week were W m . H a r r i s of A l t o , Jona than T h o m a s of Morse Lake , Mrs. Nes t le of Ada . Master J o h n Stephenson spent a few days t he re to shoot spa r rows with the new gun Grandpa W o o d i n g bough t him for Chr i s tmas .

Mr . Cha l lender of Grand R a p i d s spen t last week with his wife and daugh le r on t he f a r m . H e is suffer-ing f rom a la rge corn on his neck .

V . A. T h o m p s o n is nicely im-proving f r o m his recent i l lness. H e r daugh t e r Maud is s t ay ing with her uncle, Glenn T h o m p s o n , and fami ly in G r a n d Rap ids a t t e n d i n g school.

She was silling up with a lick man. No professional nurse was she,

Simplv sitting up with her love-sick lover, Giving him Rooky Mountain Tea.

D, G. Look. »

Verge tmes S t a t i o n - A l t o n .

M j . and Mrs. C. C. P o r t e r were in B e l d i n g last week Tuesday .

Mrs. Mary McAndrews jo ined the L. O. T . M. Sa tu rday n i g h t .

S. He r r iug ton of C a n n o n s b u r g at-tended the Maccabee instal lat ion Sa tu rday n ight .

Miss E d i t h Cramer of Moftit Hil l vis i ted her g r a n d m o t h e r . Mrs. W . F o r d , several days.

Grea t D e p u t y C o m m a n d e r E v a n s of P e n t w a t e r was here Sa tu rday and Sudday and inslalled t he K . O. T . M. officers.

Let the Weather Do Its Worst

Look's Hand Lotion is a preparation that heals faster than winds can roughen. If neglected, face and hands can hardly keep from roug-henin^ in cold, raw weather. They can't keep from being smooth if you rely on Look's Hand Lotion. It heals quickly because it 's entirely absorbed. For the same reason there's no grease or stickiness to annoy. Daintly perfumed. Any amount you want. v

LOOK'S DRUG AND BOOK 8 T 0 M

George W h i t e is home wi th h is parents f o r a few weeks.

Mrs. Lill ian A d a m s of G r a n d Rap ids instal led the L . O. T . M. officers Sa tu rday n igh t .

A d d i e Spencer of Grand Rap ids visited a t home over Sunday .

Gordon Fros t and Asa Vander -brock a r t on t he sick l i l t .

Masquerade dance at hall T u e s d a y n i g h t , Feb . 4. Supper a t C. R . Po r t e r ' s .

T h e Gleaners expect to take in over 25 new m e m b e r s Feb . 1.

T h e Swiss people held revival meet ings a t tho chu rch every n igh t last week.

Mrs. Fred Soules was called to the bedside of her sister, Mrs . W m . Andrews of A l t o last week.

Logan.

E . Bat t les purchased ihe fa rm of Andrew Weaver , west of Logan .

J a m e s Pardee of th is place pur-c h a s e ! a horse of his b ro the r , W a y n e Pa rdee of Lowell .

Danie l E r b is very low at th is wr i t ing .

T h e y a r e holdiog«meetiDgs a t the Menoni te church th is week. Rev . S tyne r is ass i s t ing .

A n d r e w W e a v e r purchased t h e f a rm of W i l d e r M c D i r m i d , east of B o w n e Cente r .

H i r a m Seese and d a u g h t e r s of Du t ton s p e n t S u n d a y with f r i ends at Logan .

A n u m b e r of y o u u g people sur-pr ised t h e Misses S j y d e r T h u r s d a y even ing .

Mr . K i m e purchased a horse of Noah L i t e recent ly .

The sky looks bluer, the aan tbines brighter, a feeling of vouth and itrength oreepa over tbe soul after taking Book? Mountain Tea made by the Madiaon Medl-eine Co. Sftcts. D. G. Look.

Lo t N o . 3 laoe c u r t a i n s 76o va lue at 63c io sale. J . B. Nicho lson .

WANTED—Several persons of character and good reputation in each etate(one in this county requiredjlo represent and ad-vertise old established wealthy business house oi solid financial standing. Salary |18.(K) weekly with expenses additional, all payable in cash each Wednesday direct from bead offices. Horse and carriage fnrnisbed when necessary. References Enclose uelf-addressed stamped envelope Manager, 316 Cazton Building, Chicago

M | | M | It is ALL OFF at MARKS MM I I • • • • • • L _ h f Great Make Room

I • Unloading Sale

Sale Began Jan. 25—Lasts 20 Days. Out of the way, Mr. $12.50 Suit. You go to this gentleman for $8.62. You hav'nt been on our table long. I t aeerns a pity to give you away at such a price, but we can't

help it. We must have room for new goods." That's the way every last article is going. Cut to the quick to make go quick. Come ana take your choice of anything in the store. Who's going to miss the chance?

Men's Suits. 4 Button Cutaway Sack, brown plaid

Farmer satin lined yoked and piped. K. H, F. make Regular price 8 00 K Q O

For this all on sale t l t O O

4 button Cutaway Sack all wool Oxford grav all sizes Farmer satin lined K N dk F make Regular price 0 60 £* / { Q

For this all off sale U«^rO

i button Cutaway Saok, all wool plaid Oassimere serge lined fancy sleeve lining with padded shoulders K N F make

Regular price 12 50 Q O i ) For this all off sale

4 button Sack 18 ox all wool black stripe worsted, Farmer satin lining fanny sleeve lining, satin piped K N *. F make.

Regular price 12 75 Q nt) For this all off sale

4 button Cutaway Sack all wool fancy Cheviot military cut, Farmer satin lined padded shoulders fancy sleeve lining yoked and piped H 8 & M make

Regular price 14 60 Q Q A For this all off sale

J Button Cutaway Sack 18 oz all wool black clay Worsted, Fanner satin lined fancy sleeve lining, French yoked and «atln piped. K N & F make.

Regular prioe 14 50 Q Q A For this all off sale

4 Button Cutaway Sack all wool stripe ('assimere serge lined with fancv sleevfc lining padded shoulders K N A; F make

Regular price 16CO 1 A / | 0 For this all off sale x U « T r O

All two piece suits for boys from 4 to 16 years old for half prioe during this all off sale.

Overcoats. t

Drees Overcoats of Oxford Gray well made fancy lining velvet collar R N «k F make Regular prioe 6 75 Q Q Q

For this all off sale 0 « 5 / 0

Dress Overcoats of blue black and jet black beaver well made with Farmer satin lining velvet collar fancy sleeve lining K N & F make Regular price 7 50 A tfO

For this all off sale

Dress Overcoats of brown Beaver well made with Farmer satin lining, velvet collar fancv sleeve lining K N & F make

Regular price 7 50 A n f ) For this all off sale

Drees Overcoats of blue black all wool beaver Farmer satin lined, velvet collar K N & F make Regular price 10 50 Q Q

For this all off sale

Dress Overcoats of genuine all wool imported blue black Kersey Farmer satin lined, satin bleeve lining, silk velvet collar K N A F make Regulai prioe 12 50 Q IS)

For lhi» all off sale O . U * '

Dress Overcoats of Oxford Gray long swell back. Farmer satin lined, silk velvet collar padded ahuulders up-to-date H S £ M make. Regular price 13 50 Q O f y

For this all off sale C j*0 I

Dress overcoats all wool invisible plaid voked and raglan. Farmer satin lined, satin sleeve lining, padded shoulders K N A F make Regular price 14 00 A

For Ibis all off sale «/• I ^

Dress Overcoats of fine kersey blue and black, half satin lined and satin fdeeve lining, genuine silk velvet collar K N <% F make Regular prioe 1860 1 0 Q O

For this all off sale

Dress Overcoats of fine kersey brown half satin lined and satin sleeve lining genuine silk velvet collar K N & F make

Regular price 18 50 1 ^I A r t """ 'For this all off sale

Storm Ulster of Oxford Gray and brown, fancy lining, good sleeve lining K N A F make Regular price 7 60 A £*rt

For this all off sale

Youths Btorm Ulsters in blue and black, good lining K N & F make

Regular price 4 75^; rt svQ For this all off sale

Boys Reefers in blue Chinchilla, good lining, K N & F make

Regular price 4 00 rt J O For this all off sale

f

Pants. Genuine all wool Dickie kersey pants

gray and brown Regular price 2 7S 1 O K For this all off sale X » O t l

All wool stripe oassimere pants extra heavy Regular price 3 00 1 Dpr

For this all off sale J. • O i l

Ducking Coats. 2 doz brown and black duoking coats

blanket lined, corduroy collar Regular price 1 2ft A O / ) For this all off sale D J / t /

A few gray rubber lined duclflng coals Regular price 2 25 1 Osv

For this all off sale •'••*'57

Furnishings. 10 doz natural gray undershirts extra

heavy Regular prioe 2Bc and 3fto 1 K n

For this all off sale XUL'

16 doz fleeced lined Undershirts and drawers good weight.

Regular price 60c and 65o For this all <'ff Hale t l U v

6 doz all wuol fleeced lined double front and back undershirts and drawers

Regular prioe 75c A Qn For this all off Male

10 doz all wool Swits Conde under-shirts and drawers, extra quality

Regular prioe 1 26 T a / * For this all off wile •

5 doz all wool brown undershirts and drawers extra quality Res:prioel 26 ' 7 ' a o

For this all oil wile •

b doa blue Hack Jersey oversbirts fleece lined, lace front

Regular price 60c For this all off sale v t l v

10 doz extra heavy gray J ersey knit overshlrts extra long. Beg. price 75c A f ) n

For this all off sale

10 doz tine Jerseys bine and brown oversbirts extra heavy.

Regular price 100 and 1 25 For this all off sale *

Socks. 12c 25 dos all wool socks Regular

prioe 20c For thia all off sale

10 doz extra heavy all wool Books assorted colors Regular price 85c O O n

For this all off sale

6 doz extra heavy and fine all wool red socks. Regular price 50o • Q R n

For Ibis all off sale w l /

Caps. AH 25c caps at this all off sale 180

All 50c caps at this all off sale 35C

All 76c caps at this all off sale ( 0 0

All 1 00 and 1 26 caps at this all off sale 7 ( 0

Gloves -Mittens All 25c goods at this all off sale 180

All 40c goods at this all off sals 230

All 50c goods at this all off sale 370

All 75c goods at this all off sale 500

All 1 00 and 1 25 goods at this all off sale 75C

Horse Blankets. 10 pairs fancy pattern horse blankets

76x80 Regolar price 3 75 For this all off sale $ 2 76

8 pairs fancy pattern horse blankets 80x84 Regular prioe 4 60 For this all off sale $ 3 25

10 pairs Ohase's all wool three horse headblankets 84x90 Regolar price 9 00 For this all off sale $ 6 OO

Robes. 3 plush robes plain color. Chase's

make. Regular prioe 3 60 For this all ofl sale $ 2 BO

ft Plush robes faney patterns Ohase's make. Regular price 4 60, 6 00 and 6 50 For this all off sale $ 3 9 8

There's lots more of them. We can't put them all in the paper. Lucky for you if you need heavy clothing now. Luckier still if you need them next winter. You can't make your money earn over 6 per cent in the bank. Buy next year's clothes now and i fwil l earn 100 per cent. Hurry up! If you are looking for an opportunity to get quality and save money at the same time, I t lasts 20 days, if the stock lasts that long.

HS/I-AJFIIKIS m J B E D S T . ,

* T i m L f t U G K K , L O W K L L , M I C H . , T H U K a i J A Y . J A K U A J t Y M), 190a

p r u n e PULSK.

f'rief anJ cumrnuuiuitioiu uod&r linn head will I*) weloomeil. Writer* are m libwriy io aitTanow a n j TUWH they

j*»eiu right, but tho editor ii oot to be nn* ^ retood HM wtidor^lng thum.

K D I T D R L O W E I I L L E W K K : —

I'leaf.e allow me to occupy a smal l Hjwce in your enter ta iniDg paper. S o m e t i m e ago I happened to notice tl e tliHcussiou by t w o of your con-t r i bu to r s in regard to the Sabbath of our Lord. W h a t is all th is use-Ichh conten t ion I'orf Ih not one

y jus t ah good an ano the r to havo a s igh of devou t r emembrauce and thankfu lnes s to your Maker 1 Fol low His example and 1m; guided by tho t rue spirit of d iv ine t r u t h . In con iend ing over poin ts in llie mus ty records of by-gone t imes on s.ich t r ivial mat te rs only onuses you to fo rge t y o u r du ty to look h igher fo r Chr i s t ian t r u t h and d iv ine l ight than the fal l ible doc t r ines of man. A d j u s t y o u r te lescope of human in-te l l eo t—with which God has blessed y o u — t o tho uner r ing eye of ration-a l i t y , then turn on the search l igh t ol" reason. Now explore the im-mens i ty of God ' s wisdom and you will discover how small your con-cept ions a re in regard to a n y t h i n g a p p e r t a i n i n g to Chr i s t ian t ru ths . Vou see th rough your te lescope the broad field of d iv ine d ispensa t ion whereby , if fa i th fu l ly fo l lowed, you can a t ta in e ternal salvat ion wi thout d r a g g i n g religion in to publ ic news-papers and the reby p rov ing your ignorance. T h e Four th Command-m e n t in t he Decalogue is an ample proof fo r anybody who is wil l ing to see t he t r u t h — B e t t e r b ide by t he word of G o d , than set your self up aw a champion of a popish device, t he g l a r i n g defiance of G o d ' s dis-pensa t ion . M. I>. K k u z z b * .

V. S. I regre t very m u c h tha t you made me say: t 4 l am your good fe l low c i t i zen . " Ins tead , I. am your fe l low cit izen.

B e a u t i f n l Soa She l l s F r e e .

Since coming South 1 have receiv-ed numerous inquiries for sea shells , and now please say to your readers tha t 1 am at present l iv ing on the seashore , and have made a tine collect ion of lovely shells f r o m our own shore, the coral reefs and t h e west Ind ia Is lands , and t ha t 1 will send a dozen di f ferent k inds , no two a l ike , and a dozen scarlet sea peas to any one who sends a s t a m p to pay the postage. Any one is welcome to send fo r I have p len ty f o r all .

M M . F . A . W i J i x i R . P a b l o Beach , Fla.

A Li t t le Book Of Oreet I r a p o r t e n c e .

D o yon ever wich for a book that oan be relied upon to answer correct-ly all the l i t t le q u e i t i o n s a n d k n o t t y problems lha t present themselves day by d a y — a book that will quick-ly decide all a rgumen t s on all sub-jects? T h e 1902 W o r l d Almanac and Encyc lop idia, which is now ready, is exactly this k ind of book. It takes the same posi t ion in the world of facts and f igures as does the d ic t ionary in the world of words.

T h i s l i t t le volume conta ins over OUU pages of well pr inted agate t ype , every l ine oon ta in tng some fact t ha t you will sooner or l a te r want to look tip.

T h e Wor ld Almanac shou ld occupy a p rominen t place in every progress ive Amer ican household. The 190W edi t ion is more comple te j than any of the fo rmer ones. It | contains facts of many subjec ts t ha t • have recenily been b rough t to the public no t i t e and which every up-to-date person should have at his f ingers ' ends.

A m o n g the fea tures of 19(12 Al-manac are :

T h e mil l ionaires of t he I ' n i t ed S t a t e s - - a list g iv ing the names of nearly 4,000 Amer i cans who possess over $1 ,000 ,000 . T h e g r e a t Amer-icans trust"; fu l l par t icu la rs of l»»:i leading industr ia l organizat ions . Organized labor; enlarged stat is t ies of the s t r eng th of labor unions and tho present condi t ion of the labor movement . T h e Nicaragua Canal and the H a y - P a u n c e f o t e t reat ies with Grea t Br i t i au . P rogress of aerial navigat ion in 1901. Com-plete I ' n i t e d S ta tes Census . An-archis t s ta t is t ics of t h e I ' n i t e d States and Knro|»e, Ac . , £ c . , to t he extent of over J ,000 topics.

T h e 190^ W o r l d Almanac and Encyclopedia is on salo by all news-dealers t h r o u g h o u t the coun t ry fo r •J5 cents . W h e n o rde red by mail 10c. extra for pos tage mus t be in-closed to T h e W o r l d . N e w York .

A Cough u 1 have made a most thorough

trial of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and am prepared to say that for all dis-eases of the lungs it never disap* points ."

J. Early Finley, Ironton, O.

Ayer's Cherry Pectoral w o n t cure rheumatism; we never said it would. It won't cure dyspepsia; we never claimed it. But it will cure coughs ard colds of all kinds. W e first said this sixty years ago; we've been saying it ever since.

Three tlm: 25c.. «k.. SI. All dmnlitt.

Consult your donor If li<> »ayg t ake It, th«ii <lii as he sny*. If lie jell* you not to tnkp it. then don't take It. Il« kuowi. I.o.ive It with him. We arp willinK-

J. C. AVER CO.. Lowell, Man.

INotlcc to Cor respo t idcn t f t .

Cor respondents hav ing reques t s to adver t i se ar t ic les lost a n d f o u n d m o t h e r business mat ters of money mak ing na ture , will please charge and col lect one cent per word on such notices. A d iscount will be made to cor respondents when repor t ing col lect ion at t he oftice.

E D . L K T Q E N .

COULD NOT SLEEP

N o rest a t n igh t , nervous , worr ied , t i r ed , all the t ime , the medic ine l ha t neve r fails,

Mrs. E . A . Speaker of W a s h i n g , ton Ave.,Tx)well , Mich . , saye:-'—<4I have never had a mcd ic ine in t he house t ha t d id mo more good than Dr . A. VV. Chase 's N e r v e P i l l s . I had been sub jec t to a t tacks of nervous headaches and was bother-ed a g rea t deal wi th s leeplessness and got some of the N e r v e P i l l s a t L o o k ' s D r u g Store a n d was g rea t ly pleased wi th tho resul ts , t h e y reliev-ed t he headaches and enab led me t o rest well . Others iu m y fami ly also used them and speak most high-ly of t h e m . "

D r . A . W . Chase ' s N e r v e P i l j a re sold a t 50c a box at dealers or Dr . A . W . Chase Medic ine Co . , Buffa lo , N , Y. See tha t p o r t r a i t and s igna tu re of A . W . Chase , M. D . are on every package .

Large Registered Poland China Pigs for Sale.

Special sale on Fa l l p igs a n d Yea r l i ngs and S p r i n g sows, b red -P e d i g r e e s fu rn i shed of a l l s tock sold. F a r m one mile west of B o w n e Center , J.OB.ar WDTSO^B.

P . O. address , Saranac, Mich.

Finds Way to Live Long. T h e s tar t l ing annomncement of a

* discovery that will surely lengthen i i l i f e is made by editor O. H . Downey,

of Churubusco. I n d . ' I wish to s ta te" he writes " tha t Dr . King 's New Discovery for consumption is the most infallible renwdy tha t I have ever known for c o ^ h s , colds and g r i p . I t s invaluable to people with weak lungs. Hav ing this wonderful medicine no one need dreati p n e u , m o n i a o r consumption. I ts relief is . justant and cure certain." D. G faobk guarantees every 60c andSl 00 and give t t ia l bottles free.

F«Ilo»hurg.

Mrs. Fred Kituers of Grand Rapids in vinitiog har tnothnr, Mrs. Emma Heckwith.

Mra. Ira Poltruff, who has been sick lor surne time, is aide to be around again.

Mrs. Riobmoud npent Tuesday with her sister, Mrs. Denny.

Mr aud Mrs. Frank MayimrH Hpeul Sno-day uf last week with her hither, .). D. Harvey of Loweli, who has been siok and part of ihe time oonlined lo his htnl with eczema.

Mrs. Wilbur Moon of Keene spent Fri-day afternoon With Mrs. J . Tower.

Mr. Pierce of Coopersville is visItiiiK his hrother-in-law, (-Jeorge Raymond and fain ily, of Keene.

Will Laux has bought a span of horses and will work the Booth farm with Mr. I'oltruff this summer.

Mr. Monette, who formerly owned the Sargent farm, has Aold out for cash lo a practical farmer, of Detroit, who will come to the place next Spring.

Mrs. Tower visited Mrs. .1. P. Harvey of uf Lowell Monday afternoin.

WANTED-'Several persona of character and good repntation in each slate (one in this county required) lo represent and advertise old established wealthy bosinesa house of solid tinanoial standing. Salary $i8.0O weekly with expenses additional, all payable in cash each Wednesday direct from head offices. Horse ami carriage lumished when necessary. References. P-nclose self addressed stamped envelope. Mauager 16 Caxton Builiding, Chicago.

S m y r n a . | Last week's iKier |

Mr and Mr-, .lohn Brown of Grand Rapids are guests at Newton Poiiglas'.

Mr. and Mrs. C. Parks of Stanion spmt Monday and Tuesday with her aunt, Mrs. (it'O. Itinu.

Mrs. Dr Pen tun has been very hick but is better at present. Her mother, Mrs McFarlane ol Alakinao arrived i.vre Mon-day.

Misses Nellie and Kdna Tebbfl arc visit-iiu relatives at .Jackson.

W. Olds ard wife ol Belding visited at John i'urdy's Tuesday,

Mrs. Sherwood of Stanton vUited relative* here a part of last week.

Nearly four hundred people witnesed the installaiion of offloers of the K. and L. O. T. M. Inst Wednesday eveniiiK at Hotel Greene. Mr. fuller ol Ionia and Mrs. Dev-ine of Belding acted as installing uffioers, and the guard work by both the knights and ladies was done in a very pleasing manner. Supper was then served to all after which tho young people and some lhat were not so young, spent a few hours in a siM ial dance.

\ P ro f i t ab l e InvcHtmctit

"1 was troubled for about seven vears with my stomach and in bed half my time," says E. Demick, Somervdle, Ind. "1 spent about "til 000 and never could yet anything to help me until I tried Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. I have takon a few bottles and am entirely well*" You don't live by what you eat, but by what you digest and assimilate. If your stomach doesn't digest your food you are really starving. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure does the stomach's work by digesting the food. You don't have to diet. Eat all you want. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures all stomach troubles. b. H. Taft it Co.

are unanimous

Itching Scalp. Scald Head e n d t h e M o s t Violent

F o r m s of E c z e m a a n d Sa l t R h e u m Prompt ly a n d T h o r o u g h l y Cured by Or. C h a s e ' s O i n t m e n t .

Among small children, scald head and similar itching skin diseases are most preva-lent. and the worst feature is that these ail-ments, which are'apparently trivial at first, almost invariably develop into chronic eczema if neglected.

There is but one treatment that physicians recommending for scald

heads and eczema, and that is Dr. Chase s Ointment, the great antiseptic healer. It prompt-ly stops the dis-tressing i t c h i n g which accompanies these diseases and positively produces a thorough and complete cure.

Scores and thous-ands of men and

women stand ready to vouch for the merits of Dr. Chase's Ointment. It has brought about some of the most marvelous aires ever recorded. In justice to yourself and family, you cannot do without it in your home.

Mr. J. H. Grant, 716 Joseph Campao ave-nue, Detroit, Mich., writes:

"For three years I have been troubled by tn intense itching on my body. So terrible was it at times lhat I could get no rest night or day. I tried all kinds of ointments and blood purifiers, but could get no relief. Mr. H. A. Nicolai of 379 Division street recom-mended Dr. Chase's Ointment. A few applications stopped the itching and I hare felt nothing since."

MAH W A S T K P to to do chorea f o r w i n t e r , Good wages to wi l l ing and r e l i ab l t man . C. H. B l a c k m m , J . K. L m f a rm . i f .

Subs^r ibo f o r T h o Lodger , now

Baby Eczema. Mr. F. S, Rose of 13J Sixteenth street,

Buffalo, N. Y., writes: "Our baby boy suffered for some time

with that wretched eczema, and we were un-able to find anything to cure or even relieve his pain. A few applications of Dr. A. W. Chase's Ointment stopped tbe itching and healed the sores, and a bright, natural skin now takes their place." e

Dr. Chase's Ointment does not cause pain when applied, but soothes the sore or in-flamed surface. 50 cents at all dealers, or Dr. A. W. Chase Medicine Co., Buffalo, N. Y.

Keeue Cen t e r . Mrs. Del OR Reynolds starts for Erie,

Penn., Mond»y to s; end a week. Mr. Fisher of Belding will move his saw

mill to B. F. Wilkinson's woods in Febru-ary. Neighbors have already begun lo draw their logs io the site,

Charlie Higgins has been soffering very muoh with rheumatism for the past three weeks and is not improving.

Keene Orange inslalled oflieers Satur-day evening. A. E. Bevier, the installing officer, was present, and reports Stale Grange as hiving a good attendance, meet-ing every two weeks.

George Hardy had tbe thumb cut oil'his right hand while culling wood with a buzz sww al John Ruberlson's Tuesday.

On Wednesday, Jan. 22, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Campbell was invadeo by about ninety of their friends who went to spend the day with them. As soon as our host and hostess had somewhat re-covered fiom their surprise, they hastened to make all welcome and did so royally. About one o'clock a dinner, such as Keene ladii s know how to prepare, was served, after which Rev. Wesbrook in beliall of the Ladies Aid society, presented Mrs. Camp-bell with a lovely rocking chair, a token of lheir love aud enteem and of their ap-preciation of her work as president In a few well chosen words Mrs. Campbell thanked the ladies for their remembrance ot her. After the singing of''God be with you till we meet again" the guests departed for their homes, each feeling that it had had been good to be there.

A free mail delivery has started from Belding, coming to Mark Hull's corners, tnence west to Marble cemetery and north 0 Belding.

— C h i l d W o r t h M U I I O H A

"My child is worth millions to me," says Mrs. Mary Bird of Harrisburg, Pa, "yet I would have lost her by croup had I not purchased a bottle of One Minute Cough Cure is sure cure for coughs, oroup and throut and lung troubles. An absolutely safe cough cure which acts immediately. The youngest child can take it with entire safely. Tbe little ones like the taste and remember how often it has helped them. Every family should have a bottle of One Minute Cough Cure handy. Al ihiaseason especially it may be needed suddeulv.

L. H. Taft 4 Co.

P r a t t Lake. j Last week ' s l e t t e r . ]

H. Nelson and son of Grand Rapids visited at Levi Fletcher's recently.

Lloyd Cummings uf Dakota visited Mrs. Frank Norton last week.

Jennie Andrews attended the Lyric Ladles concert at Lowell Saturday evening and visited friends there over Sunday.

Rev. Calkins expects to begin evening meetings at the church this week. Part of Tuesday evening will be devoted to the Gospel chorus.

The lleece of wool which Mr. MoCarthy sold McCarty A Co , for Jfft 01 was taken from a sheep raised by our townsman, P. C. Freeman.

Verne Freeman is quite sick, A. M. Andrews sold nineteen H months

old lambs, Ihe average weight being 0o pounds.

The Ideal Entertainment Saturday even-ing was the finest ever held by Ihe, com-pany.

Joel Gilbert and wife spent Sunday with O. J. Kinyon and family of Lowell.

Keene C e n t e r [Last week's letter.]

C. L. Picroe of Coopertyille eame Satur-day to vim his brother-in-law, George Raymond.

Rev. Wosbrouk i.< huldinK revival meet^ ings at ihe Keene church There seems to be quite an interest taken.

Milton Wilkinson of Stranac was the guesi of his parents Sunday.

Mrs C harlie Lampkins went to Belding Friday lo visit her cousin, ( ora Holmes.

C. Lampkins started for Buffalo Satur-day witha carload of sheep and hogs.

The cemetery society met with Mr«. Norman HurglDR Wednesday. The ladiew aro preparing for a handkerchief and apron sale in the near lutnre. Donations will be gladly received.

Mrs. Mitt Trask is sick with congestion of the lungs.

Mrs. N. Strong is making her home with her daughler, Mrs. Leroy Hunter, in Saranao this winter.

The annual celebration in honor of the birthdays of Morgan Titun and B F Wilkinson was held al the home of the former .lanuarv 17. Twenty-six guests were present and Mr. Titus was the r* cipient of some nice gifts. A bounteous dinner was served and Lew Waison enit.r lained with his gramaphi ne Fanny Reed also lavored the companv wiih some vo' al i music. The meeting next year will heal Wilkinson's.

Don't Live T o g e t h e r

Constipation ami health never go to-gether. He Win's Little Early Risers promote ea y action of the bowels without distreos. "I have been troubled with costiveness nine years," says .J (). Greene, Depnuw, Ind. "I have tried many remedies but Little Early Risers eiv« be>»l results.'

L. H. Taft & Co. — • # — - — . —

S o u t h B o a t o n - E l r a d a l c .

(Last week's letter)

Miss Jessie Fleb her of Grand Rapids is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jude Fletcher.

Mr. and Mrs Chas. Khlan visited the latter's brother, Frank Nye of Freeport, one day last week.

Beatrice Farnham came homo from Grand Rapids Friday where she has been ill with scarlet fever for the past thrw weeks.

Mrs. Chas. Khlan made a business trip to Grand Rapids one day last week. •

( has. Pratt of Ashley is visitiiiK friends here.

Misses Carrie and Jennie Farnham of Grand Rapids are visiting their brother Clarence, of this place.

Anna Rollins of Lowell visited friends in ibis vicinity last week.

C h i l d r e n Espec ia l ly Liable.

Burns, bruises and cuts are extremely painful and if neglected often result in blood poisoning Children are especially liable to such mishaps because not ao earful As a remedy DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is unequalled. Draws out the fire, stop! the pain, soon heals the wound. Beware of counterfeits. Sure cure for piles. "De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve cured my baby of ec/.ema after two physicians gave her up,' writes James Mock, N. Webster, Ind. ''The sores were so bad shesoiled two lo five dress-es a day. L. H. Taft A Co.

C h e a p Raten To T o r o s t o , Out .

S t n d e n t V o t n n t e e r M o v e m e n t f o r F o r e i g n

M i s s lea* . #

For the above the G r a n d T r u n k Ra i lway Sys tem will sell T i c k e t s at One Fare f o r the R o u n d T r i p on February 23, 24 and 25, valid to r e tu rn , leaving T o r o n t o not la ter than March 5, 1902.

Inquire of Agen t s of the G r a n d T r u n k Ra i lway System and connec-t ions .

Cash paid fo r all k inds of hard-wood logs. Custom sawiup done .

J . H . C A R T ,

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a Tne* trtrinc i* ALL INFLAMMATION

8or«thro«t, flMUUch* (I mlnutM), Too 11 achad minnla), Oold Sorw.relona.efee!

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CURES AMY PAIN Of 8IDB OR 0U' In ona to thirty mlnutM.

fraMn. TIM by null Wc.rndonU.lT

For Ml* by w S. W(*&3 va. T.

Or CurtiRT.Wollord

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of Grand Rapids, the Siwciiilist ofChronic Diseages, will he in

LOWELL a t t h e Waver ly

Hotel ,

WEDNESDAY FEB 5 and will be pleased to meet all who are in need of his services r)r.Wolford has been coming to Lowell for

and will contimit in coming. The doctor has cured many aggravated cases which instills conlldence in his ability by his friends. If yon are troubled with any disease do not put It off but go and see the doctor at once.

CONSULTATION FREE. Address all communications to the doc-

tor in Ids new office in the Tower Block, GKAND RAPIDS, Mien

77A* —/Dainty and wholesome baking

t»n /mum* mf

SMITH'S BAKERY add Lunch Room.

I over two years

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Stop That Cough!

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PINE ANn TAR.

Take no substitute.

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Before buying a

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Lounge

Sec my elegant line bought direct from Manufac-

turers at low prices. I saved v 'h discounts on

them ami divide the profit with my customers.

G. V. MDCONNEU tLioensed Embalmer and Undertaker.

Night calls attended.

Going Out = = = = = Of

Business Sale To the People of Lowell. A short time ago I began to think of

going out of the Clothing Business iu Lowell. After careful deliberation I have fully decided to do so. This U no "fake echerne" to dispose of oddd and ends but a Genuine Reduction on every article of Men's, Boys', and Children's Suita, Pants, Overcoats and Furnishing Goods,

No Such a Chance Has Been Offered Before in

Lowell and judging by Saturday's business our goods and prices are all right. Come and look our goods over. $10.00 Overcoats now 5 8 7 , Men's now 8 2 5 , Boys 2oc Knit Caps now 1 0 c , Men's All Wool Pants 1 2 5 .

The Pioneer Clothing House

W. W. PULLEN

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"I'm sure I don't know; father Bays it's because some people like to name things af ter their patron saint."

"Thai 's u quaint idea; but tho name fifs rather better in this case than it wsuflilly 'Iocs. There is always some-thiup BUggestivo of tho weird and un-canny in a valley that has no visibleout-let. How does the man who lines that corn ever pe t down to i t?"

"Oh, there are several ways to pel down, though not von* many people know them."

"I suppose you know some of them; can't we explore it?"

"I think we'd better not t ry; it 's get-ting late, and—"

"Who was tha t?" Interrupted Thorn-dyke, pointing toward a great bowlder standing like a Eentinel over the corn-field.

"I didn't see anybody," replied Elsie, looking troubled.

"But I'm sure 1 did; while you were speaking I caught a glimpse of a man standing in the shadow of that rock just beyond the stream. l ie looked like another Rip Van Winkle." I'liilin stopped and sent his memory back o v -

the last few days in search of soinethiug. " I know now," he went on; " I was sure I 'd eeen him before. He waa in the gar-den with y6ur father one morning when 1 came downstairs, and he ran away when he so w me. Who is he?"

"I can't tell you; i f s h i s s e c r e t a n d my father's. I shouldn't have brought you hero when I raipht have known you'd ask quest-ions. Will you forgive me and promise you won't, say anything about, what you've seen?"

"That Is very fernrnine—to ask for-glventss and exact a promise all in one breath; but I'll overlook it this time and promise to be as dumb as on oyster. Only I wish you would tell me about, him; you've aroused my curiosity until 1 shan't be able to sleep to-night."

Elsie shook her head doubtfully. "T mustn't, tell anybody; I should never forgive myself if nny harm came to him through me."

"But 1 don't understand. I hope you don't think tha t I'd hur t any friend of yours. On the contrary, I'd be glad to help him, if he needs help."

"Oh, ho does; he needs friends so much! He's a poor, lonely old man. and he's afraid of everybody; 1 can't even make him understand that Mr. Protheroe wouldn't h u r t him."

Whoever first pointed the sarcasm which has resulted in turning a proverb

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Tell me tbout him," he urged.

upon feminine curiosity knew not whereof he spake. As compared with the greed for enlightenment which as-sails the mnficuUne mind a t the bare scent of a mystery, tho curiosity of woman is bu t a sedative. Philip was no exception to the rule governing his sex, and the pathoa in Elsie's voice was becoming quite irresistible,

"Toil me about him," he urged; "I'll promise anything you can ask in the way of secrecy and discretion;" and, ns she still hesitated, he did not scruple to lay a snare in her way by adding: "I 'm quite prepared fo r the worst you can say; I'll be dumb event if you tell me tha t t he old man 1® on escaped mur-derer."

"Oh, no, no!" she said, quickly; "it isn't anything like tha t ! He did wrong ia the first place, but t ha t was years and years ago, and he didn' t under-stoad; and now the others have been so moan to h iml"

"I think you'd bet ter tell me about it ," said Philip, gravely; "if you don't, 1 may imagine it's worse than i t really is, you know."

If iSlsle did not answer a t once i t was not because she wa» afraid to t rus t Thorndyke, but ra ther for the reason that the daughter of James Duncan could not. well help inherit ing some-thing of Ms cautlo«ufl h a b i t At length she said: "Perhaps you could think of some way to help him; I'll tell you the story, but you mustn ' t say anything about it a t home till a f ter I've told father. Let 's move back a little way, so he can ' t see us from down there."

They retreated a few steps from the brow of t he cliff and Elsie sat down upon a log, while Philip stretcihed himself upon the grass a t her feet.

"The t rouble commefficcd a long t ime ago, when the mountaineers used to make whisky and sell i t to the valley people," ahe began. "They knew i t was against the law, b u t I don't think the}' cared much about tha t , and, any-way, they kept on t i l l one time the rATcaufi. o f f ice r raided JJie j n o ^ a i n ,

At that time"John Kilgrow wn.s living on a little farm over yonder where you see the old orchard, and for years he had l)oen in the habit of making a few gallons of apple braaidy from the apples lhat he couldn't sell. I'm sure ho never thought he was doing wrong; and lather says he nevt-r sold any of tho brandy, though he used to give it away, sometimes, to hLs neighbors. JJeKidcs the place up hero, he owned a farm in the big valley, nnd that was rented out to a lunn by the name of t a l c s .

"Father soys ra tes always had a Ixul name; he used to encourage t he moun-taineers to moke whisky, and then he would help t lmn soil it in tho volley, lie. was owing Mr. Kilgrow two or three years' back rent at the time of the raid, ami to got out of paying he told the deputy constable—or what-ever you caill him—that Mr. Kilgrow made brandy. olTering to show him the house and the still."

"The infernal wretch!—1 beg your pardon—1 didn't imnn to be profane, ricose go on."

" (a les did what ho said he would, but he was sharp enough to see that Mr. Kilgrow might g d clear if he was taken, or thot he himself might bear-rested us a witness; so he went lo Mr. Kilgrow first and pretended to warn him as a friend. Did you ever hear of such a moon thing?"

"Never. 1 hope it didn't succeed." "Yes, it did: It oil turned out just as

Gates had planned. The revenue men surrounded the house, but Mr. Kilgrow got out of a back window and ran. They chased him clear away over to tho other side of the mountain, shooting at him every time they caught sight of him. nnd scaring the poor old man so that he left, the country nnd never did come back till this spring. And now, os I say. he's afraid of everybody, excopt

lallu i. and he li\es .-ill .IIIMK in n e.ne Mown there in tin* I'oekri. I'.inniii*; that Ml lo |iiilch "i| liiml I'm :i l;\ ii!V,."

"And what bi'iMmi1 ol ihe loiiM l.iin?—fates. I mi an."

"Thai 's what makes it so bad When lie was sure lhat Mr. Kilgrow h;id left Ihe country he told ii aronnd that he had bought ihe farm in the valley; and when the new town company came along he sold it to them, took Iho money and went away."

Thorndyke's studies iu the law had necessarily been the reverse of prac-ticol, but as he sat up and reflectively nursed his knees ho was surprised at the readiness with which the lawyer's point of view suggested itself.

"How large was this farm in the valley?" he inquired, af ter a few mo-ments of thoughtful silence.

"I don' t know that, bu t father says if Mr. Kilgrow had his r ights he would own half of Allacoochoe."

Philip went into another revery. com-ing out of it to say: "I wish 1 were well: 1 should enjoy taking Dp a thing of this kind. I've half a mind to t ry it, any-way, and take the chances on living long enough lo see it through. You didn't know I was a lawyer, did you?"

"No, indeed; are you?" "I presume I'm not. in the useful

sense of the word, though I have o piece of parchment somewhere among ray belongings that says I am. Perhaps, however, 1 could scare up enough com-mon sense to help your old friend out of his trouble; it seems to bo a very clear cose."

"Oh, Mr. Thorndyke! If you could only do t h a t ! "

Her face was alirrht with the snored

A Good Hearted

Man, or in o ther words, men with good sound hearts, are not very numerous. T h e i n c r e a s i n g number of sudden dea ths f rom heart disease daily chron-icled by t h e press, is proof of the alarm-ing p r e v a -lence of this d a n g e r o u s c o m p l a i n t , and as no one c a n foretell just w h e n a fatal collapse J ' ^ Kreamsj1,

will occur , t h e danger of neg-lecting t rea tment is certainly a very risky mat te r . If you are short of breath, have pain in left side, smother ing spells, pal-pitation, unable to lie on side, especially t he left , you should begin taking

M?ieV Heart Cure. J. A. Kreamer of Arkansas City, Kans.,

says: "My heart was so bad it was im-possible for me to lie down, and I could neither sleep nor rest. My decline was rapid, and I realized I must get help soon. I was advised to try Dr. Miles' Heart Cure, which I did, and candidly believe it saved my life."

Dr. Miles* R e m e d i e s a re sold by all d rues l s t s on g u a r a n t e e .

Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.

enthuRlBRm that makea an IrretlsHble apeelal pleader of every good woman enlisted in the caiiRe of the unfortunate, nnd for the neeond time that day Thorn-dyke felt the subtle Inspiration of her personality tingling through his veins like the fire of a strange wine. There were Incendiary things at the tip of his tongue, but he withheld them rising nnd saying that they had better go back to the farmhouse. On the long wolk neroRs the plateau he said but lit-tle. asking nn oeeoslonol question bear-ing upon Elsie's story and listening nt-tentlvely to her explanations. Just be-fore they come In sight of Ihe house he naked her to wait n moment.

"Tf T am to do nnythlng for your old mountaineer T must first have your fa-ther's eonfldence. Hove you made up vour mind to tell him Hint I 'm In fho Reeret ?"

"Yes. Indeed; T shnll tell him to-r igh t . "

"Then you may say thnt I am willing lo do anything I eon in Ihe matter."

"I'll toll him. It 's very good nnd kind of you to offer to help: T don't know how we eon ever moke it up to you."

Philip hesitated o little l>ofore saying lhat which would push him still fa r ther into the unexplored regions of duplic-ily; then ho onsweml her.

"You eon pay me with your approval; you can help me immeasurably—not by lifting me over tho hard places, os you did awhile ago. but by giving me credit for Iho energy nnd pluck that I ought lo have. Will you do tha t?"

"Indeed 1 will." There was no em-barrnssment in her manner now. nnd no shadow of reserve in the honest blue eyes that were lifted lo his. "We will all help you; and I believe with all my henrt thot you will win—I don't mean for Mr. Kilgrow alone, but for your-self."

"Thank you; that 's enough until I have done something," he said, and they went on down the mountain.

(To be ountinucd)

THE ALTO NE WS. The management, of this department

has he^n ammmed by Miss T.aVerle Chirk who is authorized to receive and receipt lor all eubscriptiens nnd to t»ke • rdere for j ib printing. I'ems for the Alto eolnmn tuny be Imnded to her.

Rcditccd Rnten to i h e W o s t .

r o n i m e n c i n g March I fit and daily t h e r e a f t e r , unt i l Apr i l 30th , 1002. tho WfaconNn Cent ra l Ry . f wi l l sell Set t ler '* t i cke t s Irotn Ch icago to poin ts in Montana , Idaho. Oregon , W a s h i n g t o n , and Bri t ish Co lumbia , M grea t ly reduced rates. F o r d e t a i l -«<l i n f o r n n t i o u inqu i re of neares t T i c k e t A u e n t , or address IJ. W . S te inhof f , I). P . A . , Sag inaw ( W . S ) Mich. , or J is. C. P o n d , Gen ' l Passenger A g e n t , Milwaukee, Wis .

»JTATE OF MICHIGAN, The Probate Conn fur ihe C imiy of Kent.

\t H se^ion ^f HHid Oouri. held at the I'robito Office in the Ciiv of Grand RaphlB in said County on ihe 13lh day of January A D. 1908.

Present HON. HARBV D. JEWELL. Jiid^c of Probate.

In the matter of the es'ate ofSOI.OMON LEE. deceased. J. EDWIN LEE havlnn tiled in Kiid conrl his nniitia1 aoconni a« «xernior nf unid estate, and his petition praying f r the allowance thereof.

Ii i- ordered lhat Monday the tOth dav of February \ . I). UK)?, nt ten o'clock in the forenoon, at naid Pndmte Office, he and i" hereby nppointed for examining and i-llowinu mid iicomit and hoaring said peiition.

It is further ordeml that, public notice thereof hegivon hv puhlieation of a copy if this order, for three suocesiive weekH i-rnvinns io Kiiiil dav of hearinir, in the Lowr.i i. Lrnnpn. n newspaper primed and (iPMilnled in MIM ooinitv.

lUunx D. .IEWFLL. Jndtfo of Probate. | I \ true copy) ALVIN R. Ewtso.

Register of Probate.

B o r n — T o Ed StaulFer ami w i f e , W e d n e s d a y , J a n . 22, a son.

T h e L. O . T . M. will servo an oys te r suppe r in the O r a n g e hall F r i d a y evening , a f t e r wh ich a q u i l l will bo d r a w n . All cord ia l ly iu-v i ted .

Minnie T h o m p s o n ot Grand R a p -ids is v i s i t ing her s i s te r , Mrs. r i a t t i e Har r i s .

Mrs . D a v i d Mer r iman of G r a n d R a p i d s is v i s i t i ng f r i ends and rel-a t ives here .

T h e Gospe l mee t ings of the pas t week were ve ry in te res t ing , and will con t inue th is week. R e v . ' j eehe igh will assist.

J . N . L i v i n g s t o n and t w o ch i ld ren re turned to the i r h o m e in S t r i ck land Monday a f t e r a two weeks ' v is i t with f r i ends and re la t ives here. Mrs . M. A , Ke l l e r will accompany t h e m home.

A very p l ea san t e v e n t took p lace at t he h o m e of Dr. Mer r iman Satur -day when s ix ty of t he y o u n g f r i ends of K e n n e t h and A m h e r s t Mer r iman enme lo ce lebra te t h e i r b i r thdays . T h e t ime was s p e n t in games and all had a jo l ly good t ime . A f t e r be ing served wi th r e f r e shmen t s they went home wish ing b i r t h d a y s came every day.

P r a t t Lake

The South Boston Select Sohool Litor-iiry Fooiety will meet ut the home of Miss Lei ha Burr Tuesday evening The subject I r debate is "Kesnbed that water is more dpstrnctive than fire."

Verne Frefman, • who has been very Mck, is better.

The Lowell Granite and Marble Works have erected an elegant monument on tbo John Wilson lot.

The M. E. Sunday school is gaining in attendance. A new class has been or-gsnized.

MORTGAGE SAI-E.

Defii'ili h p b-"" made In the conditions of H' iTt tin RCM! Patatu Mortgage d •'ert Murrh

i I Sib A I) '8W) and execuifd by UE^J^MIN P \ : VER ind CAIIKIET VAbVER.hls

! mfeof th lirs' p rt. io FRKD J, LAYER oi i In? pcrot'd pirt, and ncorded June find. 1 >. D 1809 ill tin* "Hire of Hie Reglat^r of . IVcd-, K« iiv ( onnly, Mictilgun, In Lib r S67 ' uf Mortg^g 8 on page elgtn I8J at two and

onn.half o'clock p. m I he amount due on M i l d morlgsge al tins date U the sura of

hree H i died forty three and 10100 • 'ollhrs aa prim ipal in'd Interest and the I.other sum oftw.nty Ave dollars [251 a 8 a n

ttorney fee ss Bilpuiated for in said mort-gage. N<- suit either at law or in equity has been instltntfd to recover s iid debi ora»<y part thereof. Notice is hereby given that by 1 irtuo of the power cf sale contained lu said mortgage and In nifsuance of the siaiute In -urh • >i-e mid- and provided, said raorig.ge vlll be foreclosed bv ihe sale cf premises herein desiMibed al public auction to th--

iiithest bidder on Friday, the vilfit day of •larch, \ . IJ. iO;1^ at ten |1CJ o'clock a in. •f lhat day at the North frontdoor of the X. i.t ( cm ly Court House in ihe city of lirand K pi-'.s, K'-nt County. Michigan. 8bld Court House being the pbee where the ')lieuit Court of said county la iield Haid preraisi-B are described in said rnorigage as follows: All (hat certain pi'-e.-or pircel "f spuated h Ihe Tow-ship of B'i*vne, In the Con ty of Kent and Stalf of Ml. higm and dec"lb"d i.«follows to wit: The Northwest - rter j^J of the .^onth-west quarter (^ ) of ^ Hoi lour, 4,b'dng in Towu-hip live (6) North i ang.-nine, 9, West, Bowm, Kent County, vllchigan.

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NOTICE OF COMMISSIONERS ON

CLAIMS.

State of Michigan, The Probate Court for the County of Kent.

In the matter of the estate of Jl)HN DELANEY, deceased. Having been appointed commissionera to receive, exam-ine and adjust all claims and demands of ill persona against said deceased, we do hereby give notice that six montliK from the thirteenth day of January A. D 1902. were allowed bv said court for creditors to present their claims to ns for examination and adjustment, and that wo will meet at the store of A L. Coons in the village ol Lowell, Kent Co., Mich, in said county, on "riday the 14th day of March, A. D. 1902, and on Monday the 14th day of .Inly, A. I). 1902, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of each of said days, for the purpose of ex amining and adjusting said claims

Dated January, 15, A. D. 19' 2. A. L Coons.

A. W. Weekes. OmmiseioneiK.

f T h e L e d g e r Qosts only $1.00 per year . T r .

Nov. 8, IflOl Trains leave Lowell as follows;

'-'or Detroit and Eaot 7 12 am 10 30 am 4 10 pm

For Toledo and South 7 18 am 10 30 am 4 10 pm

Tor Grand Rapids. North a«'d West 10 31) am 4 10 pni8 12 pm

For Saginaw and Bax City 7 47 am G 07 pm

For Freeport 7 15 am 4 10 pm

11 L. Biurrorr , H. F. MOELI.BR, Genl. Pass Ag«n

"3HAND TRUNK RAILWAY SYSTEM,

WUiiTBOUND FKOM LOWBLL,

No 19 Morning Express to Grand Haver 12 28 pn

No 13 Mail and Chicago Ex-press to Grand Haven 442 pn

No II Steamboat Express 9 19 pn to Gd Knpids

No 17 Western Express to (id Haven 8 40 an

Nos 11.19 and 13 daily except Sunday. No 17, daily.

«*8TBonNl) No 12 Detroit express to De-

troit and East 7 19 au No 20 Mail lo Detroit 10 05 an No 18 Evening Express to

Detroit and East 3 S3 pn No 14 Eastern Express to

Dnmnd and East 7 43 PN NOH 12. 20 and 18 daily except Sunday Nos 14, d lily.

A. O. HKynuiCFF,Agent, Lowell, Miol

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HOME NEWS.

Sai l water fish at W e y r i c k ' s

meat-market .

One lot $1.00 lace cur ta ins a t 88° a t N i o h o l i o n V

A m o s Andrews IB work ing on the

Caledonia News.

H e n r y Gi ldner of Caledonia was in town two days last week.

A . A . Uusted has been do ing bus iness a t Ionia se re ra l days.

El l is Fau lkner of Has t ings visit-ed his mo the r one day last week.

George R o g e r s of G r a n d R a p i d s is v i s i t ing W e l d o n Smi th th is week.

See t i n t lot of $1 .25 lace cur ta ins a t Nicholson ' s . Salo pr ice 05c.

Mrs . C. 0 . Lawrence is recover , ing f r o m a sudden and nearly fa ta l i l lness.

Le t t e r s a t Lowell post ofllce for Chas . Menogue and Mrs Sarah D u n l a p Bloomer .

Mrs . E lmer W h i t e , who has been dangerous ly ill , is improv ing f r o m a two weeks ' i l lness.

Born , to C a M n Maynard and wife of Buena Vis ta , Cal i forn ia , J a n 17th, a d a u g h t e r .

Mr . and Mrs. C. L . S m i t h of G r a n d Rap ids v is i ted wi th B . C. Nob le and fami ly recent ly .

Mrs. Nel l i e Mosher has r e tu rned to her home a f t e r spending two weeks car ing.for Mrs. W . B. Miller.

E r v e Pa t t e r son of Cascade will soon leave f o r Ca l i fo rn ia to join his wi fe who is t he re on account of he r heal th .

J . B. Nicholson l e f t f o r t he Eas t Sa tu rday to purchase his Spr ing s tock . H e spent Sunday wi th his f a the r a t Nor thv i l l e .

W e are still se l l ing cot tons cheap, er t han anyone else. Ge t prices and samples and we will d i scount bo th . J . B . Nicho lson .

T h o s e ch icken pies are t he bes t h i t of a n y t h i n g I have m a d e ye t . I wi l l t r y and have enough nex t Sa tu rday . W e l d o n Smi th .

Q . W . Crosby and wife of VergenJ nes and J . L. Smi th and w i f e of Lowel l Center took d inner wi th Mr . and Mrs . T . A . M u r p h y Sunday .

E x . Congressman Geo. F . Rich-ardson of G r a n d K a p i d s h a s been spend ing a f ew days with A l b e r t Gosh and fami ly of Al ton .

A n o t h e r new lot of j o b p r i n t i ng type t mater ia l and appl iances has been received a t th is offioe. I f our pa t ronage cont inues as at present we shal l have to b u y auo the r j ob

press.

T h e new electr ic r a i l ' road f r o m Muskegon to G r a n d R a p i d s will beg in r u n n i n g r e g u l a r cars F e b . 16. M r . H a w k e s of De t ro i t , w h o has t he f r anch i se for t h e Lowel l r o a d , is a t t he head of the l ine j u s t comple ted .

H e r b e r t D e n n i s and fami ly , f o rmer ly of th i s v ic in i ty b u t now of B lancha rd , Mich . t v is i ted tho fami l ies of J o h n H a w k and J . 0 . Dennis several days and r e tu rned home Sunday .

E x - E d i t o r Chas . Quick went t o Muir F r iday , a n d i t a lmost b roke bis hea r t to* pay his f a re a f t e r twelve years of edi torial " p a s s e s . " St i l l t he odds are i n t h e Pos tmas t e r ' s f avor . Because, if t he ed i to r go t no «4passes" he would b e obl iged to re main a t h o m e : b u t t he man • who works fo r U n c l e Sam has money and

he can pay.

Fo r f ru i t s and mixed nu t s go t o J o h n Giles & Co.

Al l k inds of fre^h and salt water fish at W e y r i o k ' s .

McCar ty has abou t twenty-f ive new milch cows fo r sale.

One lo t $1 23 bed spreads d u r i n g sale. P r i c e 96c. J . B. Nicholson.

WASTED—Butter , eggs a n d pou l t ry , f o r which we wil l pay t he highest marke t prices.

J o h n Giles & Co.

Mrs, F i tzg ibbona wil l be at Motel W a v e r l y , Feb . 14 and 15, for t he purpose of r emoving all facial blem-ishes by electrolysis, Consul ta t ion free. * tf

Rev . A . P . Moors , f o rmer pas tor of the Lowell M. E . church , s topped off for a few momcntH' chat wi th f r i ends bore while en rou te to his home in Greenvi l le , F r i d a y .

If " C o n s t a n t R e a d e r " will s ign his communica t ion it wil l be g iven space. Be fo re a s suming tho posi-t ion of press c r i t ic , he should a t least learn lha t a n o n y m o u s le t ters are consigned to t he waste basket .

All diseases »tart in the bowela. Ktep thorn opon or you will be sick; CuBcarels act like nature. Keep liver and bowels active without a sickening griping feeling Six million people take aud rocommond Gascdrets. Try a lOo box. All druggUta

A n in fo rmal m e e t i n g o f s tookhold. e r s o f tho Lowell c a n n i n g fac tory was held Fr iday e v e n i n g and it was decided t o call a genera l mee t ing f o r Monday , Feb . 3. A t that t ime t he m a t t e r of mak ing cont rac ts w i th fa rmers f o r t he g r o w i n g of tomatoes etc, will be taken up. Hi very s tock-holder should be present .

T h e Grand R a p i d s Democra t , a morn ing paper , has been changed to the E v e n i n g P o s t . I t will find the even ing field p r e t t y well covered by the P ress , which has been grea t -ly improved d u r i n g t h e past year unt i l i t is deservedly esteemed one of tho very bes t s t a t e papers in Michigan .

New Century Comforts. Millions are daily finding a word

of comfort in Bucklen 's Arnica Salve I t kills pain f rom burns, scalds, cuts, bruUes; conquers ulcers and fever sores; cures eruptions, salt rheum, b^ils and felons; removes corns an awarls. Best |>ile cure on earth. 25 t Look's d rug store.

CUURCHES A: SOCIETIES

M o t h o d l a t .

T h e E p w o r t h League meet ing on next Sunday even ing will b e in cha rge of Miss Celia Lewis and the top ic fo r t ha t even ing is, " I n a s -m u c h . " W e shall all want to know what is in t ha t theme . Come and see.

A splendid Sunday school last Sunday, the in teres t lively and the a t t endance the bes t in many weeks. W e aro eager to hear the r epor t lha t will bo made next Sunday. W h i c h is t h e " B a n n e r Class" for J a n u a r y ?

T h i r t y five member s of the J u n i o r League were present last Sunday a f t e rnoon . W e shall bo g lad to welcome any of t he paren ts who may choose to come in and en joy the hour wi th boys and girls.

N e x t Sunday a f t e rnoon Mr . Carl S. Eng l i sh will have some th ing good for t he League and we hope tha t all will bo presen t aud e n j o y t ha t meet ing .

N e x t S u n d a y t he Rev. Charles Neaso will preach on the fol lowing themes : In tho morn ing , " T h e Spi r i t of C h r i s t . " In the evening , " T h e Unique Persona l i ty of H i m who ia Cal led W o n d e r f u l . "

Soclot)o».

T h o Robekah ladies will g ive a box social a t I. O . 0 . F . hal l Wed-nesday even ing F e b . 5. all are in-vited.

B a p t i s t .

B a n d N o . 2 of t he Bap t i s t church ! assisted by t he teachers a n d those ' in terested in tho k indorgar ien de-1 par tment of tho Bible school wil l g ive a " F o a s t of the Seven T a b l e s " , in t h e d i n i ng room of t he church | on W e d n e s d a y evening, Feb . 5ih 1902 T h i s wil l be an e labora te | and da in ty f eas t , aud if t he people of Lowo ' l e n j o y i t as did t he people 1 of G r a n d R a p i d s recent ly , it will p rove h i g h l y en joyable . T b e feas t will only cost 15o. Wi l l you b e : the re?

W e a r e stocked wi th a fu l l l ine of t h e pures t and best teas , coffees, spices and pickles. E v e r y t h i n g bough t on qua l i ty and sold at a low margin for t he benefit of our ouatomers. J o h n Giles & Co.

Every Man

Should Know This

That we sell good honest clothes. That our clothes are well made. That they are perfect fitting and stylish. That you can buy these clothes at

A Great Saving Of Money

Bpcause it is getting late in the season we hare Cut ottr Prices Deop and the goods must go. We do not carry goods over from season to season but clean

them up at prices that lenves money in your pockets.

Heavy Fleece Lined Underwear 25c Good Wool Sox 10c

My Late Season Prices Make 'em Go.

Tjrunks, tBags, Suft Gates

and Tjohsoopos. A. L. COONS

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Saie! Sale! Sale! Jfave you heard about tho great

2)ress Soods Sale at €. S?. Collar's

Begining January 30th and Closing February 8th We have the finest line of up-to-date Dress Goods in Lowell and we are sure we can please you in quality

and price. You are cordially invited to exaraime our j^oods and {jet prices and you will be convinced of the many f^ood bargains.

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Two ExtraSpecials 'One lot DnM^Ooods 50c md 60c wil1

Sua! 3 0 0

C M lot Drtss Oooda 40c AOD 45o will goat 3 9 0

ThftM goods ara f tnu ias vahiM, not flotitioui onet mad* for lha porpoie of dtcelvlng people with a seeming reduction

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LOWELL, MICHIOAH

The beet sugar men will do tholr best to beat

An onnce of organization ia wortb a ton of oratory.

Kipling is In South Africa, but be hasn't surrounded any Boera at ye t

Chile is now accused of creatine a coldness in the Pan-American con-gresa.

Honolulu ranintains a public com-mktee whose sole business is to exter-minate rats.

Onoe more the British have captured the spot where Gen. Botha was a few hours before.

Senator Depew will be compelled to play hookey from most of the midwin-ter banquets in Washington.

Tjitc advices from Pekln are to the effect that the empress dowager once more has her authority on s t ra ight

Joey Chamberlain intimates very clearly that it is not the German vote he is trying to caU'h.—At apta Journal.

Sixty-six per cent of the young men of the United States are unmarried. They are brave enough in other re-spects.

A woman is suing Russell Sage for 175,000. She will be glad to compro-mise for seventy-flve cents before the case ends.

When the gods love a man and want him in a hurry they first make him smoke anywhere from twelve to thirty cigarettes a day.

Things are coming to a hopeful pass when a New York alderman refuses a $5,000 bribe and tells of it—Cleve-land Plain Dealer.

Rake any hard-grained, matter-of-fact old Scotchman with half a dozen lines of Bobbie Burns and you will al-ways uncover a poet.

The description given of the cos-tumes worn at the diplomatic recep-tions indicate that an Oriental circus is wintering near Washington.

Gov. Odell of New York is an all-round athlete. If the presidency comes fooling around his neighborhood he will be found to be in prime condition.

Another defalcation has occurred in U)s Angeles county. Lucky Baldwin's Chinese cook has defaulted with a side of beef and a barrel of potaloea. What next?

Japanese papers have started a cru-sade against "tipping." There are no Pullman porters in Japan, however— luckily for Darktown.—Los Angeles Times.

The United States is now the world's fourth nation in point of population. When you consider quality instead of quantity It is easily first—Cleveland Plain Dealer.

A revoltuion is paralyzing Paragnay. Gen. Egsqueeza. minister of finance, has excited the enmity of a lot of pa-triota who want to squeeze a little on their own account.

Herr Sonneberg of the German Reichstag, seems to have also acquir-eel the very bad habit of allowing his conversational machinery to do too many stunts a day.

Melbourne has pledged undying sympathy with the mother country in Its troubles. England should at once dispatch this sympathy to the front and try it on the Boers.

Premier Waldeck-Rousseau states that the French submarine boat is In-tended to capsize naval pre-eminence. The premier Is evidently figuring on a gigantic paving contract for the deep-eea levels.

A public office ho'.der in Chicago has refused to accept his salary for five months because he was away during that time. Other public office holders will now regard him with suspicion or pity or both.

A man who sat in a woman's lap In a street car yesterday was promptly knocked down by the woman's husband without having a chance to explain whether the strap broke or the car started too suddenly.

A Brooklyn woman Is bent on changing her name from Pitzslmmons because of Its pugilistic associations. The lady should be told that a cham-pion heavyweight Is first In the hearts of most of his countrymen.

Sir Robert Ball's prediction that an-other glacial period will come, when a great field of Ice will sweep across the hemispheres, crushing, grinding, be-numbing all things for hundreds of thousands of years, and In its nature worse than famine, flood and pesti-lence, Is safe enough. It Isn't due, he adds, for several thousand years.

^dent i s t s say that Chicago can be lighted by windmills. Scientists do not stem to be aware that Chicago has al-ways been lighted by windmills and t h i world I b none the wiser for I t

S irgiii The Lumber Product of th i ^ast

Year.

T H E BEET G R O W E R S ' C 0 N 1 rtACT

>1 r*. Sad VUlt Id l i a r City—Urob«*«

r i l s h t From J a r k s o a - L a o k r Mra.Hinllh

—Thlnar* SUItl ttntl l ion* all Ovar th*

fllaU.

T h e L a n b e r Prortnrf .

The conditions ot" the hnnber Indus try last year, while sltowing a diiuin* ished outinu. were nmwt favorable aa to prices obtained for the pine p i t hVuo i oud to the demand ror stovks. Hem-lock. while not in surli active request, developed some improvement and this aindlet* also to hardwoods. 'Hie prod-w t for the state roilows:

O u t p u t Stockn. P ine tn fcot. Dvc. 1.

Upper MichlKnn 4S .504.1100 1 7.135, Ol Lower Michlnan 20.112.000 132.4«t).4.ri)

Total pine 770.866.000 319.06.453 Ht-mlO'-k—

Upper Mich1 nran 231.5W.000 90.739.001 Lower Michigan &:«.» 8,000 22s.07u.ftt)l

To ta l hcmlock 7Sl.996.000 318.Srt9.00>

Hnrdtvood— t 'ppor M l r h k a n 110.4S6.(W «.«M.OnO Lower Michigan 32r..^«.:rfi» 180,060,250

Tota l h a r d w o o d . . . . . . 44.r>.lH4.MO 212,SS6.260

Ornnd to ta l n t f t te . . . 1.998.317,000 851.390.700 At tho present time thore is com-

paratively a smaller quantity of un-sold lumber in hand than ever before. Tho year closed with prices generally drm. and excellent profquvts for the continuation of existing conditions.

The Thompann Orltieey Cane. Tlie examination in Kalamazoo of

Charles H. Thompson, of llanunon.l. Ind., charged with offering a bribe to Stato Dairy and Fowl Obminlssioner W. H. Snow to cease prosecutions of violations of the oleo anti-color law,was continued by stipulation to .Ian. .HI. Nn evidence was put in. Thompson is backed by the l i ammmd Packing Co.. which engaged four Chicago attorneys to act with Frank E. Ivnappeti. of Kalamazoo. Ii is undorstood that tbo defense will make a bard light to pre-vent Tlioinpson being IxHind over to the Circuit Court aud will try to show that Snow made tlie first pr.vposals looking to a brilie. and by causing Thoinpson's arrest in Snow's house two weeks ago. played to the grandstand. Prosecuting Attorney Master and Snow say they have a clear case against Thompson. If the trial gets into the Circuit Court it is said officers of the Hammond Packing Co. will be subpenaed for a very lively session. Possibly developnicnts in Snow's de-partment will follow this move.

A Jfevr C o n t r a c t . The Beet Sugar Growers' Assocla-

lion met ami adopted a new contracr for submission to stnrar factories. The contract claims for $4 50 a ton for 12 per cent sugar. Tills is an Increase of four cents a ton on extra percentage. Anoiihor new feature of the contracr Is a provision which states that the state chemist shall regulate the proper factor for determining the actual su-gar in beets and that he be employed al any time tlie growers' assoeiaiIon deems it necessary to make such test, growers and factories to bear one-hal'' of the expense. The new contract will be submitted to file factory managers next Saturday by executive committee of the growers' association.

S n d d e n l y W i d o w e d .

J. S. Lewis, manager of T. E. Web-ster's farm, in the southeastern comer of Bay county, came to Bay Olty Sat-nrday on business wlrh his wife. In the artemoon Mrs. I^wis W t her husband to call upon her daujjhter. in the south end or the city, and that wsts the last she heard of him until a report reached her that he was dead. Lewis was walking on the Pere Mar-quette track, near the Detroit mill when the Detroit & Mackinac rreiirht train came along and etruck him. Bot i legs were crushed, his arm broken and skull fractured. Dewth was install-ianeoua Lewis WHS about 50 vears or age.

A Craay Man Ont. Frank Bought, a Grand Uapids in-

mate of the Kalamazoo asylum, secur-ed a key to his cell and made his es-cape several days ago. Like the three other Inmates of the asylum who have Achieved their liberty during the last three weeks. Bought started for Ber-rien county and has since been ter-rorizing farmers about Paw Paw and Dowaglac. Me travels rapidly and has made 30 miles on several days. His mania is stealing shoes.

T o o l e D e n l e a It . W. W. Toole, of South Haven, who

Is credited with an anti-American ar-ticle In the Ix>ndon Saturday Review, and who Ivas denied ever having writ-ten the same, will nt once try and learn the origin or the artkles. and commence suit for,libel. Mr. Toole said: "I am an American citizen, hav-ing taken out my papers soon af ter coming here, and do not Intend to have my name used ns the author of antl-American articles."

S h e Weeded t h e M a a e y , Mrs. Jennie B. Smith, of this city,

a widow with two clyildren. has re-celved word from tbe Art Publisbin-Co., or New York, that one or the live names she suggested for their new magazine has l>een adopted. She will receive their prize of $3,500. The money comes luckily ror her, ror she has lately had hard work to provide for her little family.

George R. Howard, or Pulaski, aged 40. was cutting wood Thursdav. when a tree rell on him, kllling'hiin"instant-ly.

The president has sent fho name of John T. Rich to the senate ror a second term as collector ot customs at De-t ro i t

Henry Gates, well-known through-out Shiawassee county and the state, was found dead in bed yesterday morning.

Escanaba, a city of 10.(100 people, has 100 saloons. In some of them there are ns many as five slot machines In operation.

Word has l»eeu received Prow Wash-incton that the court of rlalms has decided in favor of tbe crew » r the Yoaemite In its demand ror bounty money ror sinking the Spnnlili ship Antonio,l/<»jn'z in tls' harbor or San Juan, In June. Wis. The amount asked tor was $50,000 and the <i)urt on Mon-day handed down a decree ror that sum. The Vosemite receivtf double prize money, and so far as any of her crew iu lU'troit know. Is the only ship of tbe navy to r ev ive such an honor. Double prize money U the reward for destroyhisr or capairing n ship or ships of superior armament or crew.

t n p e r r W i l l I'wy l l e e t a . Though the Lapeer Beet Sugar Co.

failed to get a factory, they decided UIMJU a scheme at a meeting which will be of quite as much benefit to licet growers, likewise the business men or Lapeer. The plan now is to sign con-tracts with tlie ranners to raise and deliver beets «»t Lapeer, paying them ror the same at the rate of per ton. and thirty-three cents additional for every per cent that the beets may assay over 12 per cent. The I>eet8 will be delivered to Detroit parties on a contract, while tbe local producers are guaranteed against loss by the Ixipeer Beet Sugar Co.

T h e MrGnrry Caae, When the case of Thomas F. Mc-

Garry, under indictment for conspir-acy and bribery in the Salisbury boodle case, was called for trial In the Suiier-lor Court, .ludge Morse, one of the respondent's attorneys, read bis own affidavit and one from Dr. IAMIIS Barth, stating that Mr. McGarry was sick in bed and too ill to apiiear in court. It was the opinion of his physician thai Mr. McGarry would not l)e able to go into court this week and his attorneys asked that the case be put over until Tuesday, January 2S.

Ornhr J i m i p e d I l ia n u l l . SnmiP'l Gnibe. awaiting trial In

Jackson for embezzlement, has. it is believed. Jumped his bnil Isuid and de-camped, lie Induced his wire to mort-gage some personal property or her own. it is said, and with the proceeds left the state in crMnpany with another woman. IL« was last seen at l lnds n, and ollleers are airain on Iris trail. He lert ills wire destitute. Gruiie was ar-r«sted in Kent nek v some months ago. where he had tied af ter embezzling several hundred dollars from his em plojer. a Jackson meat dealer

M I N O R M I C H I G A N M A T T E R S .

Twenty-six new hanks were organiz-ed in Michigan during 11KM.

James lladlow. a well known Benton Harisn* friill grower, died vf hie-ceughs

Mendon will get a new Hour mill when tlie new dam is built across the St. Joe river

A Kalamazoo man Is enthusiastic over a utiggel of gold which he found in a hen s crop.

Saginaw claims to be the first city in the world to award a contract for electric street lighting.

There are two mild crises of small pox in the Northern Milchigan insane asylum lu Traverse city.

Oiu. woman in Cadillac has set all the others guessing by sending out cards for a "Kolfee Klatch."

Secretary Storrs says that tbe next national conference of corrections and charities may l)e held In Detroit.

The town of South Haven will vote next March on the proposition of in-corjKirating the village as a city.

It is proposed to observe McKinley's birthday in Grand Rapids in the schools and by a public meeting.

The carpenters of Adrian have or-ganized. They will apply to the na tlonal association for a charier.

Seventeen thousand farmers in Mich-igan are engaged in raising lieets. and they were paid *3.170,520 last year by the sugar companies.

A bald eagle measuring 14 reel from tip to tip of wings and two white owls, each measuring 10 feet, were killed near Prescott recently.

An effort is being made by the IYo-hlbltionists of Calhoun county to have the local option question voted on at the coming spring election.

James Freeman, of Alger, was kicked the other day in the mouth by a heavy working horse. His upper Jaw and teeth were broken.

The slate l)oard of health has LHUI notified that Miss Effle Parham. of Bronson. a student ut the university at Ann Arbor, Is 111 with smallpox.

Since the late serious fire In Gallen ex-Senator Blakeslee has erected a two-story brick building in which An-drew J . Glover will officiate as post-master.

The Michigan Central Railroad com-pany has commenced the construction of a new line between Nlles and Bu-chanan in order to cm out the present steep grade.

There are five eases or smallpox now In Bronson. but projier quarantine at that village aud Ann Arbor has been established, and it Is hoped to check the outbreak.

Three weeks have passed since the terms of office or Bay county's deputy fish and game wardens expired, anil no appointments have been made to fill the three vacancies'

So strict a quarantine has been placed over the premises iu Battle Creek, on which there Is a case or smallpox, that not even a cat or dog Is allowed near the house.

George Harter ' s shingle mill at Faltborn Junction burned to the ground Thursday. A crew of men were sent rrom Menominee and tbe mill will be rebulh at once.

Harry Bye and John Soper, of Lon? Rapids, quarreled over a harness. Bye got possession ami started away with it. when Soper returned to the house, and brlmrlng ont a shotgnn, fired at Bye. filling his side and arm with No. « shot. A wan-ant has been issued for Super's arrest.

Ex-Speaker Edgar J . Adams, whosn bribery trial came to a sudden end at Mason, owing to tbe fact that the Su-preme Court's ruling shut out tbe tes-* tlmony of Charles H. Pratt , has wrlt-»en a "roast" on P r a t t Adams says Pratt defamed him because be (Adania) rerused to procure railroad transporta-tion ror Pratt

Huiiill|>ox has broken out In two rnmilleN in Weld man. There are three cases In all. and the healib authorities have ordered all public meet lugs lo cease ror th» next ten days.

Revenue officers chased through Braneh county ror three days looking ror illielt distilleries. The only "inoon-sblner" round was a farmer making elderln rry wine si hla home.

Mrs. A. N. Gogarn, of Powell's Point, has the skin of a monstrous wild cat to tes.iry to her skill with a rifle. The reline we'ghed 20 1-2 pounds and meas-ured 42 Inches from lip to tip.

Louis II. Cronenwett. aged 27. or the firm or Cronenwett & Sons, De-troit. has been missing since the nigiit or Sunday. Dec. 8. and his r e l a t h t s rear that he has met with foul play.

A bill has been presented to loseo county ror over $5oo for expenses in-curred In a case or smallpox or W. M. Gregory, superintendent or East Ta-was schools, who wa* sick last sum-mer.

Two lads who disappeared from the county i»oor farm In Lansing, made their way as far as Howell, where a pair of empty stomachs turned their steps, and they are now back at tae rami.

Samuel F. Hawley, who commlttel suicide lu St. Louis, was a university graduate, class of '85. He wan for three years instructor in Latin at Or-chard Ijike. Illness made him des-pondent

Miss liOttle Knight, of IVescott. killed a bear last week which welglnsl 103 ismnds. The young woman found the Ixiar in tlie chicken coop and re-turning to the house got a gun aud killed it.

Branch county has two outbreaks of smallpox. D. F. Williams, ex-super-visor iu Gilead. and his wi fe , are both down with it, and a neighbor across the road. Both rumllles are under strict quarantine.

The Hawks-Angus Co., la preparing Olans for a double crossing in Lansing with the Lake Shore and t i rand Trunk railroads. A bridge will be erected of suiiicient higlit to span both roads at the junction point

Adam ('ron. a young cnrpenl'M4, was kllhnl in tlie Toledo A: Monroe railway power plant Saturday. He was work-ing baek of a switchboard and came in contact with a live wire. He leaves a wife and one child.

A carload of sugar beets was reciv-ed at the Bay City factory that showed 18.8 per cent of sugar, and 3 iier cent of tar. The price realized by tbe farm-er was $0.75 a ton. The beets were raised near Sebewaing.

Victor Cheppel, tlie defnultlng treas-urer of Schoolcraft county, has been received al the penitentiary. Satur-day at Manistique he pleaded guilty' to the embezzlement of $8,000 and was sentenced to five years.

Elbertina Eckier, of Ofisville, brought suit against Charlotte Branch, of that village, for $3,000 damages for wiling her husband liquor. The Jury af ter being out six hours gave the plaintiff a Judgment of $1)00.

Judge Davis finds that be has dis-posed of 229 cases in Ionia and 185 in Montcalm, a total of 414 in the past year, nearly as many, by tbe way, as in Kent county, where two Judges are required to do the business.

Prosecuting Attorney Tuttle has sent a letter to Lansing ju«1lcea of the peace announcing his deterininatlon to restrict the business of the I^aiHlng fee officers who a r e alleged to have been imcklng the county Jail with ho-bos.

An additional shortage of $1,300 has been discovered in the lioolis of former County Treasurer V. p. Chappei, or Schoolcraft county, bringing tbe amount or the discrepancy to $8,000. Chappei can find no sureties and is still in Jail.

Two-thirds of tbe grading ror the electric line between Jackson and Al-bion has been completed. The mils are on the ground and cars will be running between Jackson, Albion, Marshall and Battle Creek before ihe first of July.

The trial of Thomas F. McGarry, under indictment charged with bribery in connection with the Lake Michigan pure water scandal, will not proceed. McGarry is contlned to his bed by ill-ness and physicians say be must not go out ror several days.

Passenger train No. 8 on the Pere Marquette road was nearly thrown into the ditch Saturday evening by colliding with a light engine near Bridgeport which was backing to Sag-inaw. Engineer Reckwith or the pas-senger was badly Injured.

John W. Merrihew, the oldest citi-zen of Clinton county, celebrated his 100th birthday Jan . 10. He caime to that county rrom Olive, N. Y., in 1830, and when the townships were laid out named the one in which he resides, Olive, arter his birthplace.

Fred Luff, a young rarmer. was driv-ing home rrom Owosso, when h's horse ran away. Luff was dragged face downward ror some distance over the hard road and terribly d h lgure I. Due eye was gouged ou t The horse ran through the side of a barn.

McGarry, or Grand Rapids. Is still n very sick num. and while reports mad#, by his attending physicians are en-couraging. It is generally understood lhat there has been little If any lift, provement. and that tfliere Is no Ilke'.I hood of hlm lictlng able to go Intc court for some time.

Jacob Stlnman and Mary Sboke have comnYenced suit asralnst Antrim county for $5,000 *-*n new law making a county liable for damages sn^talne1

by persons who become victinw of mob violence. They allege they were stripped by a mob near Central Iwike. tied together and whipped.

Rev. William B. Comb, pastor of Calumet Methodist Episcopal church, and four members of his congregation, made tbe rounds or the saloons Sun-day evening, partly In disguise. Cigars anil liquors were purchased in each place. The crusaders represented the recently organized civic rederation.

There aro now five cases or small-pox at the Detroit detention hospital, and Health Officer Klerer once more admonishes the public to vaccinate.

John Paul, or Owoew, who has a criminal record, risked his lite by climbing Into the Capac Packing On. plant to steal a number or hams, It is alleged. He has been arrested.

Admiral Schley Clearly Defines His

Position.

W A N T S NO POLITICAL OFFICE.

KostUh to be Aided bjr Ilurr* Who ara

W»ary uf War—1>UU AtkfMl to KMlga-*

An Old WterMa t*oue-MaJjr aad Mia-

or Tluor*.

S o h l e y ' a T l n i n W o r d * . At the na liquet given Admiral

Schley in Chicago Saturday evening, he hllid'

"What I desire parnicniarly to say Is that 1 thank you most siucereiy for the welcome that y j u have a c o r d d to me. The glad tribute which I nu t oa arrival at your de|)ot and in passing through your streets was such a trib-ute ot conlldence ami eAiteem that it lias touched my heait most sincerely. If I. In my long career of 45 years, have done any tiling that is worthy of approval, then my satisfaciion is com plete.

"I wanted only to say that I am simply a sailor and that I have served you iu storm and in calm, in sunshin ' ami In bad weather, from pole to p.de and from sun to sun. The only motive of my action has been *mv countrv and uiv people.'

"I desire to say most emphatically t'.iat I have no desire lo be otlher than a sailor. I have no aspiration for any civil offh-e. however high It may be.

"My one ambition has been to serve you faithfully, loyally, devotedly, and If I have succeeded in dping that, the measure of my ambition is full, and my only other ambition is that I may retain for the rest of the years that may be voud'Ha red ror me. your love, your esteem and your respect. I would not care to Jeopardize that by seeking or accepting any oflW where I Hhould l>e condemned to follow always, rath-er than to remailn in the one profes-sion that I have chosen, where there are oecaslomilly opjwrtunlties to lead, ' .hat I want to say to you all from the iKUtom of my heart and with alwolute earnestness of imsinlng. Gentlemen. I thank vou "

T h e P n n a i m i r i u h t . A battle Monday in the harbor of

Panama between the revolutionary t ied and the three governnient ships resulted in a draw, it is not believed that the rebels will renew bostiilties immediately. Tbe revolutionary fleet attempted to force a lauding off Saoa-na. One of tlie rebel ships, tbe Dar-len. was so seriously injured that she had to be beaehed. The governnient steamer Lautero went to the bottom of the bay, af ter sailors from the I tilted Slates steamship Philadelphia had made a desperate attempt to check tbe flames that were devouring her. Survivors from the Lautero feel sure that treachery is responsible for the loss of that ship. They say tbe Lau-tero was set afire by meml>ers of her own crew. There was a heavy loss of killed and wounded, especiaily on the government side. Sailors from tbe Philadelphia rescued many wounded from the Lautero. (Jen. Alban, mili-tary governor of Pnnama. the man who has outgeneraled the Colombinn rebels for months, was struck down by a bullet while personally leading his men on the l/aulero.. He died quickly and bis men then speedily de-serted tbe burning ship.

T h e P e n e e f n l F i l i p i n o * . Judge Wm. II. Taft . governor of the

Philippines, who arrived in San Fran-cisco from Manila, Mondf.v nignl on tbe transiKirt Grant, after d voyage of 241 days, gave out tbe following sia'e-ment from his bed, which he was un-able to leave: "By authority nnd or-der of the secretary of war. Gov. Tuft turned over the civil governorship of tbe Philippines to Luke E. Wright, a member of the commission. The pur-pose of the visit, as expressed by tbe secretary of war. was to enable Gov. Taf t to recuperate from a three months' Illness which he has had in tlie Phliipplnes and also to assist, ns far as he may be able by information, as to the actual conditions In the Phil-ippine Islands, the operation of tne civil government there." Tbe gover-nor states that there has never been a t^me since the Dnited Stares became Interested in the Islands when the at-titude of tbe Filipino people as a whole has been so friendly to the civil gov-ernment established by the United States as now.

A V e t e r a n G o n e .

Ainrust Schoenbom, who prepared the plans for the dome of tbe capitol. Is dead In 1840. at the age of 22. he came to fbe United S'ates from Ger-many, first going to Wisconsin. Two years later he '-ame to Washington and entered the office or the architect '»f tbe capitol. At the breaklnsr out of the civil war be rendered valuable service iu the preparation of maps and plain for Gen. McDoweH, as well as plain for forts, barracks, hospitals aud other buildings for the quartermaster-gen-eral's office.

T h e r r i n e e n * W a n t * t o C o m a , i r the Princess Henry does not nc-

compnny her husband to the United Slates. It will not lie because she wishes to remain at home, says a Ber-lin dispatch. On the contrnry, the princess is making every e f fo r t socinl and political, to lie allowed to form one or tbe launching party that has now become or International Interest. Should the princess succeed In obtain-ing the kaiser's royal permission to make the trip she will lie accompanied by an eutourage or court ladles.

D o l e ' a R e n l K n a t l o n . A Washingfon dispatch says that

Secretary Hltchcoek has ror warded n letter to Sanrord B. Dole, governor or llawaiU. intimatimr that the governor's resignation was desired. (Jov. Dole's term of four years will not expire un-til May. 1004. but bis continued po( r health has given rise to many rumors that he was nbout to resign

The upper nnd lower houses or the Iowa legislature In separate session, by a strict party vote. Tuesday re-elected Messrs. Allison and Doiliver United States senators. The election will be ratified iu Joint sesskm.

cof tnnie™.

On behair of the majority of the senate committee on Philippines. Chnirmnn I/odge on Monday reported the tariff bill and gave notice that bo would call It up at 2 o'clock Tuesday. Mr. Bawlins. ror the minority of the committee, offered a substi tute ror the bill or the majority, and announced lhat he would make some remarks 4>n It at ihe conclus'on or Mr. Lodge's statement in support or the majority report.

During the first part or Monday's session the measure providing r.>r th« esinbllshment or a department of com-morce was under discussion. An ef-fort was made by Mr. Nelson, o ' Min-nesota. to secure a vote, but the o\y-position to many of Its provision* be-eame so strong thnt the effort Imd to be abandoned.

A house bill, conferring on Mrs. Ida S. McKlnley. the mail f ranking privi-lege, was called up by Mr. Mason, ehnlrman ot the committee on post-offices and postroads. aud passed.

Mr. Frye (Me.), reported the ship subsidy bill agreed upon by the com-mittee on commerce. Mr. Vest (Mo.i, gave notice or dissent on Ihe part of the Democratic members of the com-mittee, nnd nlso or nn intention to file a minority repor t

The president has transmitted to congress the supplemental report or the isthmian canal commission on the proposlilon of the Panama Canal Co. to sell Its property to the United States tor $40,000,000.

Rep. Stephens, or Texas. Introduced a bll] for the union ot Oklahoma and Indian territory as a state to be known as the state or Oklahoma.

Rep. \\ iley, (Ala.). Introduced a bill designed to prevent the holding up or trains ror purposes or robbery. It pro-v ldes a jMMiaity or death or lire Im* prisonincnt for the guilty parties.

I he committee on the election of a president and vh-e-president of the house to-day made a favorable report on the bill for the election of United States senators by dlre<t vote or the people.

In the house Tuesday Wm. Aldcn Smith, or Michigan, introduced a reso-lution calling upon the state depart-ment to request the British govern ment to stay the execution or Schecp-ers.

Mr. Teller presented Representative Smith's resolution regarding Ihe ex-ceution of ScheeiMTs, in the sena-e Wednesday.

There is some opposition to tlie pnqiositlon to admit the territories of New Mexico. Oklahoma ami Arlzoni to statehood. Delegate Rodey, of New Mexico, says: "If the bouse falls to pass the admission bills you may look to tiie delegates of the three territories to adva/ice to the bar of the house to-gether and resign their commissions.

Friends of the river and harbor bill are not so sanguine of its jrao-sage ns they were two months ago. There are two threatening dangers ahead. One is that western iVMiators and •congress-men are Insisting on making a provis-ion for the irrigation of lands. The other is that the bill will carry such a large appropriation that the president will be forced to veto it.

Some of the old partisan fire was Injected into the proceedings of the house Wednesday when the Item in Ihe urgent deficiency bill appropriating $500,000 for a military post at Manila, which ihe Democrats have been using as a text for speeebes in opposition to tbe Philippine policy of the adminis-tration for the last three days, was reached. Mr. Cannon, in charge of the bill, confessed that fbe appropria-tion was subject to a point of order, and it went out. In lien thereof he offered an amcmlmeni to appropriate the same sum for the "shelter and pro-tection" of the officers nnd enlisted men of the army on duty in the Phil-ippines. This the chair held to be in order, and It nt once be*nme the sub-ject of a very spirited debate. When the vote came to be taken the solid Republican side arose in suipport of it. and with the Republicans, n solitnrf Democrat Cummings, of New York, stood up. Turning on his fellow Dem-ocrats and shaking his fist in their faces. Cummings shouted: "When I refuse to vote to protect the life of an American soldier I hope I mny be par-a-lyzed." The amendment was adopt-ed. 127 to 100. nnd without completing the bill, tli" house adjourned.

Tlie first business in the house Fri-day was the vote upon the nreent defi-eiency bill. Mr, Cannon, chairman of the appropriations committee, demand-ed a separate vote i v iku i tlie amend-ment lo the bill to appropriate $500.-000 for "tbe protection and shelter" of the oflieers and enl'»ted men of the army serving in the Philippines. His purpose was to put the other side on record.

When the department or commerce bill was tup in the senate Thursday. Hanna said the estiablisbmcnt of the. new departmeivt was In the Interest of lK)th capital and labor. He believed the labor Interests of the country would not object to the t ransfer or the Inbor department. There wns no ques-tion before the countrv be said, which demnnded *u<<h enreful attention ns the industrial development or the coun-try and the expansion of our commerce.

Mr. Hnle said the United Stntes al-ready had captured all the foreign trade worth hnving.

"The record of whnt hns been ac-complished by the Dlngley Inw." con-tinued Mr. Hnle. "Is to me the most nmazlng record ever exhibited to the world in the absorption of foreign trade. We hnve Invaded England, Germany, Austria. Italy and Russia. We do not need additional markets."

Mr. Hanna replied that the United Slates had not conquered tlie markets or Europe, and the markets or the world were yet an unexplored field for us.

The vote was ordered a f te r the Dem-ocrats railed In an attempt to head It off and tbe bill passed.

From »-eq>ortP that come rrom Elk-hart . Ind.. where James S. Mather Is confined. It Is evident that Mather never will be tried ror his confessed murder or Peter Oleson In Muskegon In 1875. Mather has paresis, the doc-tors say, and is getting worse.

Despite the strenuous denials of the deal by J . P. Morgan's representative. It is said the gigantic ship trust, to control the treight trade or the North Atlantic ocean, will yet be consuin* mated.

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"A most unnatural child—sullen, tlugglfih, Hneaklng," the rector atflrm-•<1, punctuating the Indictment with pauses In his effort to be exact. A shadow of protest illtted over his wife's lace. First, Billy was motherless. Secondly, under cover of a garden hedge one day She had watched Billy take aim at a crow, and his eyes, eager, sweet and blue as larkspur, had ap-pealed to her unforgettably. Decided-ly, Billy's eyes when they could be seen, counted.

It was said of the rector that he knew every man, woman and child In the county: and they, by reason of his sweet cordiality of manner, knew and loved him. The rector owed his popu-larity more to a single grace than to the whole big sum of his virtues—a grace of sympathy so rare, so discrim-inating, so replete with charity as to make him quite unoflklally. of course, but in a very real sense, the confessor of his people.

But with Billy the rector could make no headway. Billy was his thorn In the flesh, an ever-present ap-peal to his sympathy, but dodging ev-ery expression of It with the eluslve-nesa of a phantom. His kindliest overtures glanced the armor of the child's reserve. One day tho rector took him perforce for a drive, hoping to thaw this stolid unresponsiveness. He told his most thrilling stories; Billy remained utterly aloof. Tho rector was approaching a state of actual dis-comfiture when Billy himself snapped the tension by dropping adroitly from the phaeton. He disappeared in the brush like a scared rabbi t The rector decidcd to bide his time.

It was in harvest time that Billy's mother breathed her last, swiftly, tranquilly, meck'y grateful for her re lease. Billy's father had bullied her Into a stlngless grave. Billy's father, a burly. Irascible farmer, had long since tired of his sickly wife; he was doubtless glad of his release. But he felt a fresh displeasure against her; she had died In his busiest season without consulting his convenience.

Billy's conception of death was very nebulous. He observed the funeral preparations with a sort of wonder, though tho unwonted stillness and darkness made his heart flutter. It was not until the rector led him to the bier and tenderly told him to kiss his mother good-bye, and the tall man with black gloves screwed on the lid, that Billy began to apprehend. The chill of desolation came upon him and he sobbed softly, unobtrusively lest his father should hear. He had smarted too often for the offense to take risks.

At last the casket was lowered and the rector's voice became more solemn. Billy sobbed audibly. He drew as near the rector as he dared and In-creased the distance from his father. Presently Billy heard a thud. "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust," and the rector had thrown a clump of dirt at his mother! He moaned aloud In his an-guish. To Billy, who knew nothing of symbolism, the act savored only of un-friendliness. He interpreted It In the light of his own experience, and in road-side warfare with his kind, Billy had learned the value of pebbly sand as ammunition.

Hence the rector's difficulty with hla young parishioner.

The farmer lost no time in bringing home a buxom widow whose quarrel-some progeny soon crowded Billy out. A nostalgia for the woods seized him; he became nomadic In his effort at self-effacement, aud hla father, who hated the sight of his under-sized offspring "slinking around like a whipped dog." was not sorry. No wonder Billy past-ed as "sullen, sluggish, sneaking."

Billy exulted In woodcraft. He knew the boggy hollows where the violets and blood-root grew; the songs of the birds were the familiar voices of his friends, and he studied the habits of the birds and chipmunks with the fervor of a naturalist. Billy did not miss his mother's kisses so poignantly In the forest

In the course of time a new Interest c&nae into Billy's life. One day In

with us and bar* the dog for your t m j own?"

Billy's arms tightened about bet neck In an ezcefls of feeling.

And so It came to pass.

PIE OR TART7

qulsltlvely tilted. Hrt sniffed at Billy and then backed off. Kvldently he was not prepossessed. Blllif dived Into his pocket for his lunch and held it coax-ingly between the palings, but the pug was not to be baited with coarse bread and ham. He had never eaten so mean a moal In all bis petted, well-fed life. Billy did not consider this a bad beginning, however; he was so accus-tomed to being snarled at by the surly country dogs.

Billy Anally broke the Ice In this wlbe. Having heard of the pug's pre-dilection for candy, he determined to play his trump card. He had long carried in a safe inner pocket a nickel which he kept partly for the lack of a suitable investment and partly because the consciousness of ownership ex-pressed In dollars and cents Is so sweet to a boy. Now Billy had so fallen un-der tli« spell of the pug's enchantments that he cheerfully spent his nickel penny by penny, for the toothsome commodity which was the price of the dog's good will. And the weeks of joyous fellowship that followed left Billy nothing to regret In his bargain.

Billy's new-found happiness came to a sudden end, however, when ho saw sinister signs of departure about the rectory. The rector's guests were go-ing. and the Impending separation from his dear, canine playfellow filled him with despair. Now, Billy could not know that the dog had been given to the rector's wife. He assumed that as It had arrived with the strangers. It would also depart with them.

Billy thought the situation over in bitter rebellion. Gradually he evolved a way out of his trouble. He remem-bered with a thrill tho long-disused shanty in a clearing in the woods, where he kept a rusty, old musket and other valuables safe from the vaudal-ism of his step-brothers. What could be simpler than to secrete the dog In this safe place—yes. Indefinitely? Billy would bring his own portions of meat and cakes for him to eat, and there were a few corn sacks In ihe barn which would do admirably for his

Uon't 8i»jr, If Yna PI Le»m to DlitlngaUh.

"Do you know the difference between a pie and a t a r t ?" How often hava you heard this asked at a dinner ta-ble when the conversation languishes, and how fruitful of argument the ques-tion Invariably Is! Half a dozen "cor-rect" answers are given In as many minutes. Tho fact la, the point Is not capable of such an easy explanation as might be supposed.

A pie contains meat, a tar t fruit." says some one. Quite so, but who ever would deny the existence of ap-ple pie? The famous Lord Dudley was heard to remark at a sumptuous din-ner given by Prince Esterhazy, "God bless my soul! No apple pie." And he should certainly have known what he was talking about, for this was his favorite dish. Further, there exists a volume (dated 18G3) entitled "The Compleat Cook," wherein are to be found descriptions of how to make a "partridge tart and an Mollve pye." History may thus be said to veto tho "meat-and-frult" theory. Mrs. Beeton, by the way, who should be the su-preme court of appeal In a matter of this kind, Inglorlously describes her recipe as an "apple tart or pie." Next comes an even more plausible explana-tion. "A pie Is closed; a ta r t Is open"; thus pronounce by far the majority of tho oracles on this momentous sub-ject. There Is admittedly much to be said in support of thia argument. The aforementioned Lord Dudley, who was once questioned as to his correctness in speaking of apple "pie," held to tho "closed-and-open" theory, while Lord Aivanley's apricot " tar t" was an up-rooted structure, although sometimes ornamented with a grille of cross-picces. But tbe word "pie" as any au-thority will teil you, is, in its origin, an abbreviation of the word "pastry." And we have yet to meet a self-respect-ing tart whose basis was other than (more or less Indigestible) "pastry. Wherefore any tar t may be corrcctly called a pie, though not every pie, as we shall now demonstrate, can bo de-scribed as tart. The whole thing turns on the origin of the word tart. The French tourte gives the clue. It leads us to the Latin torta—English "twist-ed." A "pie" Is that which is made of pastry, whatever its form or con-tents. A "tar t" Is that which Is made of pastry twisted. The merest twig-gle of culinary a r t on the summit of an otherwise unornaraented pork pie confers upon it the proud right to the title of tart. On the other hand, con-ceive, if possible, a totally plain dish of fruit supported on a slab of bald farinaceous pastry, and, despite all preconceived ideas to the contrary, you may unhesitatingly label It "pie."— Pall Mall Gazette.

OLD Jot , TMt rtmr *AlCHMAN (From the Pall If all Oatette. London.)

How often on returning home lata on a dreary winter's night baa our sympathy gone out to the poor old night-watchman as ha sat huddled up over his cage fire, overlooking the ex-cavations which our city council In their wisdom or otherwise, allow the different water companies to make so frequently In our congested streets. In all weathers and under all cllmatlo conditions, the poor old night-watch-man Is obliged to keep watch over the companies' property, and to see that the red lights are kept burning. What a life, to be sure; what privations and hardships; no wonder they have achea and pains, which nothing but S t Ja-cob's Oil can alleviate.

"Old Joe" Is In the employ of the Lambeth Water Works, and Is well and favorably known. He hac boea a night-watchman for many years, tn the course of which he has undergone many experiences. What with wet and cold, he contract d rheumatism and sci-atica, which fairly doubled him up, and It began to look a serious matter for old Joe whether he would much longer ba

i able to perform his duties, on which bis good wife and himself depended (or a livelihood; but as It happened, a passerby, who had for some nights no-ticed Old Joe's painful condition, pre-sented him with a bottle of S t Jacob's OH, and told him to use I t Old Joe followed the advice given; he crawled home the next morning and bade his wife rub his aching back with the St. Jacob's Oil "a gentleman gave him." and undoubtedly his wife did rub, tor when old Joe went on duty at night ha met his friend and benefactor, to whom he remarked: "Them Oils you gave mo. Guv'nor, did give me a doing; they wns like pins and needles for a time, hut look at me now." and old Joe began to run and jump about like a young colt All pain, stiffness and soreness had gone; he had been tell-ing everybody he met what S t Jacob's Oil had done for him. Old Joe says now he has but one ambition In life, and that Is to always to be able to keep a bottle of St. Jacob's Oil by hlm for he says thero Is nothing like It In the world.

S t Jacob's Oil serves the rich an<l the poor, high and low tho same way. It has conquered pain for fifty years, and It will do the same to the end of time. It has no equal, consequently no competitor; It has many cheap Imi-tations. but simple facts like the above tell an honest tale with which noth-ing on earth can compete.

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T h o T ^ e c i g f o r in o n l y ^ I n . v o n r . T V v i t .

"How came you to do it?"

Billy acted upon tills alluring

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He snlfTed at Billy. passing the rectory he saw a little, yellow pig frisking about the lawn In the most unaccountable fashion. Billy stopped short In amazement. It wasn't a pig after all. but could It be—yea. It was a dog. a tawny, little rolyboly with a black stripe down his back, and a tall that curled like a pig's, and a face that reminded Billy of old Uncle Ike's bulldog, only It was black and looked leas dangeroua. Billy sidled ap to the fence and whistled softly. Tbe pug frisked over with his nose in-

bed. plan.

A week elapsed and Billy heard ru-mor of the distress at the rectory which took the edge off hla satisfac-tion. The rector's wife had actually been seen In tears—a state of things poor Billy had not foreaeeu. His con-science began to work in deadly earn-est. and he would hug the dog In a pas-sion of repentance. His mother's griefs were too fresh In his mind for him to be Indifferent to teaia. An old formula which she had patiently in-stilled became luminous with mean-ing. "Do unto others." Assuredly, Billy's conscience had become sadly over-weighted.

Yes, he would take the dog back and make a clean breast of It. H e thought of what might happen when the rector told his father, with dark misgivings, but he would know that the rector's wife was not crying.

At twilight they started. Billy wlah-ed that he felt like frisking, too, but hla courage oozed with every step.

Bllly'a rap brought the rector to the door. The pug yelped delightedly. In the noisy welcome that followed Billy would have slipped away, but the rec-tor drew him Inside.

"Where did you find him, Billy?" "Didn't find him," said Billy laconi-

cally. "Where has he be€n?M

"I had him." Billy was dreadfully scared, but he was not ready to tell the whereabouts of his treasure house.

The rector took another tack. "Billy did you bring him back because you were sorry you had done wrong?" The rector was sounding his "moral sense "

Billy's head dropped lower. "Who required you to bring him

back?" "Nobody," Billy muttered. "You brought him because you were

sorry for us," suggested the rector's wife, gently.

Billy raised his beautiful eyes to hers In a flash of gratitude. The rector started. It gave the plain features the effect of an illumination.

"My dear," she continued, drawing him to her, "how came you to do It?"

Billy burst Into tears. "I didn't want him to go away."

The lad's life was bared before them In Its great frlendlessness. The child-less mother clasped the motherless child to her h e a r t

Finally she said, "Billy, how would you like to be our little son—to live

of the Ar t Traced

Several Centuries.

The earliest paper was doubtless that made from Egyptian papyrus, whence all similar writing material Is named. The papyrus pr.per used to be described as being made of the thin pellicles ly-ing between the rind and the pith; now It IB known to have been made of slices of the cellular pith laid length-wise side by side whereon other lay-ers were laid crosswise, the whole moistened with Nile river water, pressed and dried, and smoothed by being rubbed with Ivory or a smooth shell. The papyrus paper was super-seded In Europe by a paper of other fibrous matter gradually between the 10th and the 11th centuries. At a re-mote antiquity the Chinese made paper of the mulberry tree, sprouts of the bamboo, and Chinese grasses. The Chi-nese first wrote on bamboo-boards; but for 300 years before the time of Christ the usual paper of the Chinese was made of silk-waste, solidified In some way that has not been described. The Inventor of paper made of vegetable

1 fiber was the statesman Ts'al Lun. i born in Kwei-yang, In the province of

Hunan, who in 89 A. D. was In charge of the imperial arsenals. In 10R A. D. it Is said he succeeded In making pa-per of bark, of hemp, of rags and of old fishing-nets. The governor of Sa-markand, returning from a victorious expedition Into China In 751 A. D. brought among his prisoners of war ar-tisans who enabled him to start a pa-per manufactory a t Samarkand. Per-sians learned tho mystery, and soon were making paper of old linen cloths. The demand rapidly increased and In 795 new works were set up at Bagdad, where the manufacture was carrIM on until the 15th century. The first Man-ufacture of '•ag paper In Europe was In Spain under the Moors; in 1154 there was a mill a t Jatlva. Soon after traces of paper-making are found In Italy, France and Germany. In Eng-land there Is said to have been a paper-mill at Stevenage In Hertford, in 1460, but little Is known of the history of paper-making in England until 1558, when there was a well known mill at Dartford.—-Montreal Star.

Robber Forests of VeDexaela. Along the River Orinoco the caout-

chouc, or rubber, trees are scattered about In families. In forests composed of many other valuable woods. The men engaged In the collection of raw rubber make entrances Into the thick forest on the banks of the stream and then open tracks penetrating the leafy wilderness. They find from 100 to 200 rubber trees along the course of each of these tracks, although the distance seldom exceeds two-thirds of a mile. The milk, which la white when it issues from the tree, Is coagulated with smoke into dark balls, weighing about 44 pounds apiece. Recently tho plant Ing of rubber trees haa become a con-siderable Industry in Venezuela, .

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Tho health board has sent out or-ders to ali citizens of this and other boroughs that no rugs shall be beat-en hi the yard or on the roof. I h e reason therefor is that germw and mi-crobes are set loose In the operation of beating, much to the detriment of the general health. There are vacant lota In the city, wherein rugs and car-pets may be beaten until they weep. I t muat be far mo^e detrimental to th» general health to beat them in vacant lota than on the housetops, for on the housetops there 13 a chance for the wind to carry off the germa and drop them Into tbo _Npw York Press.

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In Dlabetea Onrablef Halo, Ind., Jan. 27th.—In aaawer,

Mrs. L. C. Bowers of this place has this to say:

"I had Kidney Trouble which, neg-lected, finally ran Into Diabetes; my teeth all got loose and par t of them came out; I passed from one and a half to two gallons of water In twenty-four hours, and such a burning sensa-tion attended It that I could hardly bear It. I lost forty pounds In flesh and was very much discouraged.

"Two doctors treated me and I»took every Kidney Medicine I could hear of, but got no relief whatever from any-thing till 1 began to use Dodd's Kid-ney Pills.

"Seven boxes of this remedy drove away every symptom I have men-tioned."

We have everythinor that is to be found in a first-class implement store and we can save you some money if you purchase your next piece of machinery here, be-sides giving1 you a guarantee that you can't get of every dealer you may buy from. Come in and sec ua.

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Diamond Dealer Murdered. B. B. Brown, a prominent diamond

dealer of Rochester, N. Y., was mur-dered in his store after being bound and gagged.

A Cold Rejoinder. "Dere ain't much sympathy In dls

world, an' dat's a fack," said Meander-ing Mike. "I took dat policeman into me confidence. I told him dat r had had al! ^e troubles extant—dat I was jes' a collection of sorrows."

"What did he do?" "He looked me over, an ' den said

It was about t imi fu r to take up a collection."

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The pmallest bird la an eas t Indian hummlnp bird. It la n little larger than ;he common house fly. •

Sure to be arrested! Any ache or pain by Hamlin's famous Wizard O.L Your Druggist sells it.

William Is the Christian name tha t has «lonccd to the greatest number of dl*-ingulshed persona

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Dross goods sale at Nicho l son ' s .

Mrs. Clayton Gunn is a t t end ing a sick s is ter in Al legan .

Mies W i n n i e J ohns on leaves for Ol ive t college to-morrow.

Steak cod and salmon, red snap-pers and smel ts at Wey r ick 's .

Mrs. S. 1'. Hicks visited her sis. ter in Grand Rap ids last week.

E l m e r Kinsey of Grand Rap ids spent Sunday with his parents .

Glenn Lee of Holding was enter-ta ined l»y his parents over S u n d a y .

Take a l i t t le money and buy a lo t of co t tons at Weekes ' special sale,

Nicholson sells best sh i r t ing pr in ts at 3c and host dress pr in ts at 4 c.

One t h ing a t a t ime is all wc can a t t end to. I t s co t tons now.

A . Wr. Weekes .

Miss Anna Cole of Grand Rap ids visited over S u n d a y with Lowell f r iends ,

M i s s J u a n i t a Y o u n g of Clarkston vis i ted her aunt , Mrs . R . R Hoy-lan, las t week.

Miss W i n n i e Barber has been en-gaged as operator at the Cit izens ' T e l e p h o n e Central .

Huy your cot tons of Nicholson 's . H o is sill! cheaper than special sale prices tha t others give.

Mr. and Mrs J o h n F l e m i n g of Car l ton a re visi t ing his sisters, Mrs. Win . Hurne t t and Mrs. I l inchey .

Dr. E. F. Pa r t e l l o of Grand R a p i d s has located at A l t o with ofllce a t Hote l Wi l l i ams and Cit-izen's phone 11,

S. P . H icks was in Grand R a p i d s on business several days last week, aud is stt l l de ta ined there in the Lewis will case.

W i l l B u r n e t t e and family re turn-ed the i r home a t Minneapol is a f t e r a four week's vis i t wi th re la t ives in Lowel l and vicinity.

Mrs. H a r r y A. Manu has re turn-ed to her home in De t ro i t a f t e r a five weeks' visit with her parents , A . E . Culver and wife.

W . S. W i n e g a r and R . B. Boy lan represented Lowell Lodge, R . A . M. , a t Grand Chap te r in D e t r o i t T u e s d a y and W e d u e e d a y of las t week .

E . 0 . Mains has been in town this week and we are in fo rmed has rented his fo rmer law-office and is t r y i n g to lind a sui table house with the intent ion of r e suming his business and residence here. -

A copy of the R a v e n n a T i m e s has been received a t this office, • g iv ing an account of a . te r r ib le acQident which occured on Sa turday to Mrs. W . W . Robe r t son of t ha t place, fo rmer ly of Lowell and well known here . She was c leaning some c lo th ing wi th gasoline. T h e bottom, of the glass c a i r w h i c b conta ined i t fell ou t a n d the con ten t s dropped onto some coals on tlie hear th of tho cook s tove and her c lo th ing in-s tant ly took fire. Mr. Rober t son ' s hands were te r r ib ly burned in t ry ing to ex t inguish the flames aud Mrs. Robe r t son is in a cr i t ica l condi t ion .

McCar ty has about twenty-five new milch cows for sale.

F r e d Davis of Orchard Lake is t he gues t of his s is ter , Mrs. L. 0 . Barber .

W e are still sell ing cot tons cheap-er than anyone else. G e t prices and samples.anj,! >ye. will d i scount both . J . B , Nicholson .

Mrs. Wil l Ives of Grand Rap ids re turned hom« T u e s d a y a f t e r a week's visit with her s is ter , Mrs. A. L. W e y r i c k .

Mr. Kinsey of the Lowel l Manu-f a c t u r i n g company says lha t the re is no t r u t h in the r epo r t t h a t the com-pany con templa tes l eav ing Lowell and tha t twice t he n u m b e r of hands now working-wil l be required t o get out the goods a l r eady sold. H e is now adver t i s ing in the P ress fo r morehe lp and those need ing employ-ment should app ly at t he fac tory .

People who wish to c o n t r i b u t e to our co lumns are reminded for the ' s t een th t ime lha t their names must, be s igned to all communica t ions , ' ' n o t necessari ly for publ icai ion but as an evidence of good f a i t h . " Un-signed i tems lef t in the box will not be used under any c i rcumstances . A violat ion of th i s rule cos t us .^1" once upon a t ime and once is enough for us. Sign 'em or fire'em into the waste b a s k i t .

" N i a g a r a T h e Scene of Pe r i lous F e a t s " is tho t i t le Of an ar t ic le in F e b r u a r y Cosmopol i tan which tells the s tory of the many who h a r e year a f t e r year gone to N i a g a r a seek ing notor ie ty or death . F rom tho earli-est d a y s Niaga ra has been the Mecca of those who valued the i r lives l ight-ly, and t he s tory of Sam P a t c h , B lond in , Maria Spe l t e r ina , the jeal-ous Balleni 's a t t e m p t to cut the cable on which his rival was p e r f o r m i n g over the see th ing W h i r l p o o l Rapids , P e t e r N i s s e u ' s i l l - fated " F o o l - K i l l -e r , " and Captain W e b b ' s last swim, is carr ied down to Mrs. T a y l o r , the only survivor of a t r i p over t he great Falls.

Our ( i r co t E d n c a t i o n n l Of fe r .

Here is an oppor tun i ty to get $13 wor th of first class educat ional lit-e ra tu re fo r $6. W e will send you a year ' s subscr ip t ion to Success, regular price $1 00, Review of Rev iew, new subscr ibers only , reg-ular pr ice $2.50, C u r r e n t L i t e r a tu re , now subscr ibers only , r egu la r pr ice $ 3 00, N o r t h Amer ican R e v i e w , new subscribers only , r egu la r prico $ 5 . 0 0 , a n d T H E L O W E L L L E D G E S ,

regular price 1.00; all for i?0.00. T h e Now Eng land magazine or a n y two of Cosmopol i t an , Lesl ie ' s M o n t h l y , T h e Househo ld , Good Housekeeping and Des igner , m a y be subs t i tu ted fo r R e v i e w of R e -views or for C u r r e n t L i t e ra tu re . Leslie 's Week ly may be subs t i tu ted fo r N o r t h Amer ican Rev iew.

B r i n g orders f o r these combin . at ions l o T H E L E D G E R olKce.

She WHS sitting up with a tiick man. No profeasional nurse was she,

Simply eitting up with her love-sick lover, Oiving him Rooky Mountain Tea.

D, G. Look. « —

M c C o r d s .

The "Handy Wngon"' show was greeted with a laree audience at the Wbitneyville Grange hall, Jan. 21, and was enjoyed by all present.

Clinton Snow of Town Line was seen on our streets Monday.

Winnie Reovoa of Grand Rapids is spending the week with her friend. Miss Wood.

Fred Tilljer is very ill with gastric fever. Mattie Patterson is visiting her sister,

Mrs. J. T.Epley, in Grand Rapids. Will VanSiokle and wife were guests of

Oasey Shephard and family Saturday nnd retnrned Sunday nccompnnied by their .grandmother, Mrs. Shephard.

Mrs. Cal Lewis of Kalama/oo, who has been making au extended visit with her daughter, Mrs J. W. Brower, returned to her homo Friday.

Mrs. .1. Ellis is entertaining her mother, Mrs. JaH. Shephard of Lowell.

Bert Wood of Chicago will spend the re-mainder of the winter with his- brother, Deroy Wood.

Mr. and Mrs. Vanderstolp of Grand Rapids were recent gnests of their daught-er, Mrs. Frauk Clark. -

I See Our • Window

to* - v a r o i i i a n r a i i i n R n T l R I I l ^ ^ oi »*• Drn„I.U

Gmlne stamped € C C . Never'sold in bnlk. Beware ofthe dealer who tries to sell

^somethln? Jnst ss good."

fo r some bargains this week. If you are desirous of g e t t i n g a Hrush and C o m b Set or a n y t h i n g iu S t e r l i ng Silver Novel t ies you canno t a f ford to miss this oppor tun i ty . Our win-dow shows only a sample of what our en t i r e stock offers.

(.it(/.en's phone fit

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n m l o .Ii iNtior. A certnin Amoiui justiccof the peace,

whose Unowlnlgc of the law was never gnlned from books or nctual practice before the hnr. wn* IK : I r i n g nn assault nnd buttery ease. The lawyer for the defense was shouting his arguments when the conrt said:

"Thai will do. Sit down." He then adjusted his spectacles and

sagely observed; "Prisoner, sfband up! Accordln tab

th" law an th' evydince -nn there is no evydinee—Oi found yez guilty, sor. an folne yez $50. if yoz air guilty, faith. It's a very light, sintince, an if yez. are not guilty it'll be a mighty good lesson for yez!"—-Detroit Free Press.

Chrtinlc Condition, Prospective Tenaut—Of course th(

house needs repairs. Owner—Hull! Did you ever seo a

house that didn't?—Indianapolis News.

Tbe first European book that ever appeared In the Japanese language was a translation from tbe German of Heine's songs.

A H e a l N e e d .

"Why, oh. why." walled the woman, picking up the watch a t her feet and holding It to her ear, "doesn't eome-body Invent a watch that you can drop without Its stopping?"—New York Sun.

Thp J o c k e y * * HOKT. "The Logy of a Jockey's life Is 'tak-

ing on ilesh,'" says Alnslee's. " l i e dreads this ns a beauty dreads to lose her charms, and his whole thought from the age of 10 to 25 Is to avoid the catastrophe. This Is the perulclous feature of the lifi' and distiiignishes It ns n healthful sport from boxing or from football. In which the physical being Is developed according to the laws of nature and is not outraged or balked. In order to reduce bis weight nine pounds Monk Overton once re-mained In a Turkish bath from 10 p. m. one day until 'J p. in. the next, with no nourishment except a cup of tea aud some toast.

"Again, Mike nergen, mounted on a favorite, rode such a poor race that the stewards came to the paddock to Inves-tigate and punish him for fraudulent riding. They foryave the performance, however, when ihey found him col-lapsed and unable io speak. Knowing that be had to ride at a certain weight, Bergen had spent 4S hours in a Turk-ish bath, eating nothing whatever. When he reached the track, he was so weak that n stimulant was necessary. The one drink of whisky he took so demoralized his faculties that he could scarcely keep his seat iu tho saddle.

"Such a violation of physical devel-opment at the age when a boy should be most rapidly maturing makes It dif-ficult for a Jockey ever to become ro-bust. Mon over, the mere riding of a race is a lerrible drain on the nerve force of a Joi-ki y. A boy may lose a pound of wei-Jit in a hard race."

Did Nut W i l l i K n o M l e d i c c . Ou a He;ir :ind beautiful Sunday

morning In ji |i,iri.->ii not tar from Mll-waukee :i prii-. l wns pleased to note tin4 preseinv ni M-rvU-e of /m unusual-ly liir-c it :- i! f-i ol tho male members of his eon;:!--.::!ion. and. since he bad been inronnrd of eonsiderable trouble In his llork, he considered It an oppor-tune time lo give those present a friendly, yet pointed, sermon on for-bearance. l ie charged the men, par-ticularly the married men, to be ever kind, courteous and considerate to wo-men, to overlook all opportunities for trouble, to be good to them and so-Heltons of their welfare, aud finished with a masterly peroration relating to connubial decency on the part of hus-bands.

Shortly af ter be met an old aud re-spected member of the church and said:

"Mlcbnel, J was glad to see you at church Sunday. And how did you like t b o s a r i u a i j / "

"Well, father." the old man answer-ed, "tbe language was beautchlful. and

} the delivery wns folne; but. be Jabbers, | father, if you was only married about

three months you'd tell a different uto ry!*'—M11 waukee SentInel.

ItrNCnliMl f l i c A l l r R H t i o n .

Two men zigzagged unsteadily down Long street the other morning shortly af ter midnight. It was a case of "unit-ed we stand, divided we fall." Each of course was trying to steer the other safely home. At length No. 1 came up against a pole and held fast. No. 2 tried In vain to pull him forward. Then No. 1 became impatient at the other's obstinacy and spoke very frankly:

"Shay, you're—hie—you're a shump -thash what you are! I've seen worse men 'n—hie—you in Jail!"

This was more than No. 2 could stand. Ho felt that his honor as a gen-tleman had been sullied, and, bracing himself stiffly, be replied, with spirit:

"If you shay you've-hie—seen worse men 'n me in Jail, why—hie-you're a liar, thash what you are!"—Ohio State Journal.

D o n ' t nrl lCTO All Von I l r n r .

A man iu a railway carriage was snoring so loudly that ids fellow pas-sengers decided to awake him. One particularly sensitive old gentleman shook up the sleeper with a start.

"What 's tlie matter?" be exclaimed. "Why, your snoring is annoying ev-

ery one In the carriage." said the old gentleman testily.

"How do you know Pm snoring?" "Why. we can't help but hear It." "Well, don't believe all you hear,"

replied the culprit and went to sleep again.—London Standard.

Bargain Cable

T o o k N o C h a n r m . "I'll tell you bow It Is, parson." said

the board of trade clerk. "You've mar-ried us, and you'll admit that it is a good deal of a speculation. Now, I'll pay you $2. the regular fee, now and call it square or I'll wait GO days and pay you what experience teaches mo the job is really worth to me, even if It's $100."

The clergyman looked long and ear-nestly at the energetic, determined youug woman and slghod.

"Give me the $2," ho said.—Chicago Post.

T h e y H a d n ' t M a d e Tp.

"Well," said he, anxious to patch up their quarrel of yesterday, "aren't you

i curious to know what's in the pack-age ?"

i "Not very," his wife, still unrelent-i Inff,.renlled Jndiffercntlv.

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Commencing next Saturday we s tar t a Bargain Table on which will be found all kinds of articles at prices which are way below oar regular. Believing you will be well paid in looking this table over, wc remain vours for b u s i n e s s .

Collar's Bazaar "It 's something for*tbe ono \ rtJVe

best in all tbe world." "Ah. I suppose It's those suspenders

you said you needed."—Philadelphia, Press. I

T h e I ' r n d e n t S c o t a w A cautious Scotsman, 85 yes.

had saved enough to purchase • piece of freehold bind upon which •» had bad his eye for some time. He repair-ed to the freeholder and opened nego-tiations for the purchase. The free-holder. however. Informed him that for some reason or other he could not part with the freehold, but said he would give him a lease for 000 years. This, he was informed, was practically the same thing. "Na. na," said the aged one, shaking his gray bead*, "time soon rins awa'."—London Outlook.

Heads Should Novor A c ' n Never endure this t rouble . Use at

once tho remedy that stopped it for Mrs. N. A Webster, of Winnie, Va . , she writes " D r . K ing ' s New Life Pills wholly cured me of sick head-aches which I had suffered f rom for two years." Cure headaches, consti-dation, billiousness. 25c at Look ' s d r u g store.

THE LOWELL MARKET REPORT

Thursday, (to-day) Jan. 30, 11)02.

OKA IN.

Wheat—93c per bushel. Buckwheat—50c per bushel. Uats—42o per bushel. Corn—53c per bushel. Rye—5*10 per bushel. Clover seed—$4 00 (a) $5 00. Beans—$1 25 @ 1 60 per bushel.

PIIODUCB.

Butter—Hi @ 18 per pound Kggs—20c per dozen. Lard— 10 to lOJc per pound Honey—10 @ 12c per pound.

VEOBTABLBS AND FHUITS.

Potatoes— 60c per bushel Onions—00 @1 00 per bushel Apples— I 00 to 125 per bushel

MBATS.

Beef, live weight—2 50 to <|8 fiO per cwt Beef, dressed—$6 00 @ $C 00 per cwt. Veal dressed—$8 00 Q 7 00 per cwt. Sheep, live weight—*2 50 @ $3 00 per cwt Lambs, live welRht-^a 50 3 75 per owt Pork nlive—$5 50 00 per cwt. fork dressed—6 00 to 7 00 per cwt.

FLOUR

Standard Winter Best—12 20perowt Winter Patent Family—2 20percwt Spring Wheat Patent—2 40 per cwt

Fine .

Com and Oati- ' - |30 per ton Bran—$22 per ton Corn meal—-26 00 per ton Middlings—2800 per

POULTUY Spring chiokens dressed— 10c per pound Chiokens, feather dressed— 8c per pound

H i n t s AND TALLOW

Beef Hides-6o per pound forgreen CalfSkins—No. 1, 7c per po ind Tallow —8Jc per pound.

WOOD

Beech and Maple green 1 76 per cord Beech and Maple dry 2 00 per cord Oak dry 175 per cord Oak green 1 40 per cord

NOTICE! 2 pr Heavy W o o l e n Socks for 25c

Fleeced Lined Gloves 10c per pair

Fleeced Lined U n d e r s h i r t s and Drawers fo r boys 15c, 20c and 25c

Fleeced Lined Unde r sh i r t s and Drawers for men 250, 35c and 50c

Men 's W a r m Mit tens f o r 25c per pair . T h e be s t tha t eve r happened

M e n ' s Mackin toshes w i th cape a t $1 35 each

Men's and Boys ' warm Caps a t 15c each—bet -tor ones at 25c, 35c, 50o, 65c, 750, $1 00 and $1 25. T h e bes t a s so r tmen t you have ever seen in Lowel l thia t i m e of t he

' year . W e have y o u r size.

I t ' s a good many miles to ano the r C l o t h i n g House tha t has the a s so r tmen t of Boys Knee Pan t s equal to ours. P r i c e s 20c to $1.50 per pair .

W e have 5 Uls te r Overcoa ts le f t . C o m e and ge t t h e m at $4 each.

F i n e Dress Overcoa ts . Lots of t h e m . Good assor tment in color , s ty le and pr ices . $4 00 buys a good one . $10.00 bnys a dandy .

Fur Overcoats To be Closed Out in the next 10 days.

Prices $10, $14, $16, $18.

Yours f o r Barga ins ,

W. S. Godfrey LOWELL, M I C H .

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